{"id": "enwiki-00187643-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SAP Open \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187643-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SAP Open \u2013 Singles\nMurray defeated Lleyton Hewitt 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133), to become 2006 SAP Open Champion, and claim his first ever ATP Tour title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187644-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SCSA season\nThe 2006 SCSA Season was the 6th season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187644-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SCSA season, Race calendar\nAll races were held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187644-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 SCSA season, Race calendar\nThe season consisted of six meetings of two races each. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187645-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SEAT Cupra Championship\nThe 2006 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the fourth season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 9 April at Brands Hatch, and ended on 15 October at Silverstone, after eighteen rounds held in England and Scotland. The championship was dominated by the previous season's runner-up Mat Jackson, who won eleven of the eighteen rounds. He would use the \u00a3100,000 prize for winning the championship to purchase the ex-Andy Priaulx World Touring Car Championship-winning BMW 320si for the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season. Alan Blencowe was second with 225 points, with Jonathan Adam in third with 218 points, Fulvio Mussi in fourth with 169 points and Ben Winrow in fifth with 166 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game\nThe 2006 SEC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2006, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The game matched SEC Western Division champion Arkansas against SEC Eastern Division champion Florida. The second meeting between the two schools in the championship game, it led to a 38\u201328 victory for Florida. The two teams had previously met in the championship game in 1995, with the #2 Gators winning 34\u20133 against Arkansas. Florida later went on to win the BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game, Selection process\nCollege football rules dictate that if a conference has twelve or more teams, an extra conference game (13th game of the season) may be played as a championship game to determine the conference champion. The SEC Championship Game matches up the winner of the Eastern and Western divisions of the Southeastern Conference. The game was first played in 1992, when the conference expanded from 10 to 12 teams with the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. The SEC was the first conference in college football to have a conference championship game. Seven other conferences currently have conference championship games (Big Ten, Pac-12, Big 12, ACC, CUSA, MWC & MAC, and Big 12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nEntering the championship game, both Arkansas and Florida were the subject of mass hype. Ranked #8 and #4 respectively, Arkansas was led by the dynamic running back tandem of Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, while Florida was led by star duo quarterback Chris Leak and wide receiver Dallas Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game, Regular season, Arkansas\nThe preseason for Arkansas began as a disaster, with star running back Darren McFadden dislocating his toe, leaving Arkansas without its best weapon for the first game of the season. The regular season began just as disastrous, with a humiliating 50\u201314 loss against the USC Trojans. Coach Houston Nutt replaced starting quarterback Robert Johnson with star freshman Mitch Mustain after the former's poor play in the loss, and the latter's stellar performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game, Regular season, Arkansas\nThe change was instantly apparent for Arkansas, as Mustain helped to lead Arkansas to eight straight victories, including an overtime victory against the then #22 Alabama Crimson Tide, and a startling 27-10 victory at the then #2 Auburn Tigers. Relying on a powerful running game and a limited but efficient passing game, Arkansas handily won the games on the middle of its conference slate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0003-0002", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game, Regular season, Arkansas\nBut early in the first quarter in games won against Louisiana-Monroe and South Carolina, Mustain was kicked out for poor performance himself, including two interceptions early in the ULM game., and replaced with Casey Dick in a controversial move. Dick finished the season with a 125.72 passer efficiency rating compared to Mustain's 120.53. Although Dick led the Razorbacks to 2 more victories against Tennessee and Mississippi State with the latter clenching the Western Division for the Hogs, a poor performance contributed heavily in a loss to the LSU Tigers. Arkansas finished its regular season at 10\u20132, with a 7\u20131 mark in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187646-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Championship Game, Regular season, Florida\nFlorida entered the 2006 season in the top 10 of many preseason lists. The Gators followed these high expectations by winning six straight games, including a 21\u201320 victory at #13 Tennessee and a 23\u201310 victory against #10 LSU. But on October 14, 2006, the Gators were defeated by #10 Auburn 27\u201317. But the Gators rebounded, and won the last 5 games of the regular season, winning the SEC Eastern Division title. Florida finished its regular season at 11\u20131, with a 7\u20131 record in conference play. Using a two quarterback system, Coach Urban Meyer would employ Leak and freshman Tim Tebow, with the latter using his running ability to catch defenses out of position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187647-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 9\u201312, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187647-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe top two teams in both the Eastern and Western Divisions received byes in the first round, which were Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, and Florida and played their second round games on March 10, 2006. The SEC Tournament winner (Florida) received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament en route to winning the 2006 NCAA National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187648-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Softball Tournament\nThe 2006 SEC Softball Tournament was held at the Georgia Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia from May 11 through May 13, 2006. Tennessee won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187649-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2006 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament took place on March 2-5, 2006 in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Alltel Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187649-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament\nTennessee Lady Vols won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating LSU on March 5, 2006 by the score of 63 to 62.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187650-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SK Brann season\nThe 2006 season was SK Brann's 98th season and their 20th consecutive season in the Norwegian Premier League. The season opened on 10 April, with a tie in Fredrikstad, in a match best remembered by an amazing scissor kick goal from Charlie Miller. 8 month later, on 10 December, Brann finished the season with a tie against Helsingborgs IF in their last group stage match in the 2006-07 Royal League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187650-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SK Brann season, Information\nManager: Mons Ivar MjeldeLeague: Norwegian Premier LeagueShirt supplier: Umbro (Kappa from 1 December)Shirt sponsor: Sparebanken VestHighest league attendance: 19,348 (v Rosenborg, October 22)Lowest league attendance: 13,528 (v Lillestr\u00f8m, April 18)Average league attendance: 16,707 League: Silver Norwegian Cup: 4th roundEurope: UEFA Cup, second qualifying roundRoyal League: Quarter finals Top goalscorer league: Bengt S\u00e6ternes, 10 goalsTop goalscorer season: Bengt S\u00e6ternes, 11 goalsPlayer of the year: H\u00e5kon Opdal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187650-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 SK Brann season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187650-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 SK Brann season, Matches (goals)\nMatches and goal are for matches in the Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian Cup, Royal League and European Cup/UEFA Cup, and was last updated after the seasons last game 10 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187651-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 SVL season\nThe 2006 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the 3rd season of the Shakey's V-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187651-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 SVL season, 1st conference\nThe Shakey's V-League 3rd Season 1st Conference was the 4th conference of the Shakey's V-League. The tournament started April 22, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187652-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sacramento Monarchs season\nThe 2006 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs reached their second trip to the WNBA Finals, but was defeated in five games to the Detroit Shock. It was the final season in franchise history that Sacramento qualified for the WNBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187652-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sacramento Monarchs season, Offseason\nChelsea Newton was picked up by the Chicago Sky in the 2006 WNBA Expansion Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187653-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sacramento State Hornets football team\nThe 2006 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187653-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sacramento State Hornets football team\nSacramento State competed in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets were led by fourth-year head coach Steve Mooshagian and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4\u20137, 4\u20134 Big Sky). Sacramento State was outscored by its opponents 168\u2013288 for the season. This was Mooshagian's last year as head coach. He finished with a four-year record of 11\u201333, which is a .333 winning percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187653-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL\nNo Sacramento State players were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187654-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Francis Cougars football team\nThe 2006 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2006 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 9th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John M. D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 1st place in the MSFA MEL division, and they received an automatic bid to the 2006 postseason NAIA playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187654-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Francis Cougars football team\nThe 2006 Cougars finished the regular season undefeated. In the postseason playoffs, the Cougars advanced to the national championship game where they lost to the Cougars of Sioux Falls, 23-19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187654-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Schedule\nOn September 23, 2006, Saint Francis named its football field after Coach Donley in pregame ceremonies. A third consecutive return to the NAIA championship game saw the third consecutive runner-up finish for the Cougars, this time to Sioux Falls (SD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187655-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Francis Red Flash football team\nThe 2006 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Flash were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Opfar and played their home games at the newly-constructed DeGol Field, which was in its first year as the home of the Red Flash. They finished the season 3\u20138 overall and 2\u20135 in NEC play to place fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Saint Lucia on 11 December 2006. The elections were fought between the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) and the United Workers Party (UWP), which between them dominated politics in Saint Lucia. The results saw the governing Saint Lucia Labour Party lose the election to the United Workers Party led by John Compton, which gained eight seats to hold an eleven to six majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Background\nThe last two elections in 1997 and 2001 had seen victories for the Saint Lucia Labour Party with the previous election in 2001 seeing them win 14 seats to only 3 for the United Workers Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Background\nHowever in 2005 John Compton came out of retirement to become leader of the opposition United Workers Party again. Compton had led Saint Lucia to independence in 1979 and then been Prime Minister from 1982 until he resigned in 1996. Compton defeated Vaughan Lewis in an election for the leadership of the United Workers Party with Lewis later defecting from the UWP to fight the 2006 election for the Saint Lucia labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Background\nA by-election in Castries Central in March 2006 was seen as starting a long campaign for the election due in December. The by-election was won by an Independent candidate Richard Frederick in a seat which the Saint Lucia Labour Party had won in the last two elections. Frederick would later join the United Workers Party and stood for the party in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Campaign\nIn the campaign the United Workers Party focused on crime, which they saw as increasing, and promised to make it a priority if they were elected. Their leader Compton pledged to tackle unemployment, which they said was to blame for much of the crime in Saint Lucia. They also promised to revive the banana industry in Saint Lucia and accused the Saint Lucia Labour Party of corruption and nepotism. However the age of the United Workers Party leader John Compton, at 81, became an issue with the Saint Lucia Labour Party calling on voters to not entrust the country to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Campaign\nThe governing Saint Lucia Labour Party defended their record in office and put the strong economic growth over the last few years at the centre of their campaign. They also pledged to continue tackling crime in Saint Lucia and to bring in a mandatory capital punishment for anyone convicted of murder. The Saint Lucia Labour Party received assistance in the campaign from the Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica who both spoke in favour of the party at rallies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Campaign\nThe police commissioner in Saint Lucia described the election as the most peaceful yet in Saint Lucia with election monitors from CARICOM and the Organisation of American States observing the election. Four opinion polls as the election neared showed differing results with each political party favoured by two of the polls. There was controversy over the release of a poll two days before the election which strongly favoured the Saint Lucia Labour Party, with the United Workers Party describing it as a \"laughing stock\" as it had been conducted back on the 25 and 26 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Results\nThe results saw the United Workers Party gain a majority in the election, winning 11 of the 17 seats. While the United Workers Party won a strong majority of the seats they were only around 2,000 votes, or 3%, ahead of the Saint Lucia Labour Party. The election resulted in John Compton succeeding Kenny Anthony, and Compton became Prime Minister again at the age of 81.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187656-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Lucian general election, Results, By constituency\nThe seventeen constituency results in the election were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187657-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saint Pierre and Miquelon legislative election\nLegislative elections for the Territorial Council were held in Saint Pierre and Miquelon in March 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187658-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Salford City Council election\nThe 2006 Salford City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 28.1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187659-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Salvadoran legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 2006. Although the Farabundo Mart\u00ed National Liberation Front received the most votes, the Nationalist Republican Alliance emerged as the largest party, winning 34 of the 84 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187660-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sammarinese general election\nGeneral elections were held in San Marino on 4 June 2006. The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 60 seats in the Grand and General Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187660-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sammarinese general election, Electoral system\nVoters had to be citizens of San Marino and at least 18 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187661-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoa National League\nThe 2006 Samoa National League, or also known as the Upolo First Division, was the 18th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. Vaivase-tai won their sixth title, the last in the record number of titles by any team in the Samoa National League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187661-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoa National League\nThe only recorded detail of this tournament is that Vaivase-tai beat Cruz Azul (Samoa) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187662-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Samoa on 31 March 2006. The main contesting parties were that of incumbent Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP); and the Samoan Democratic United Party (SDUP). The result was a landslide victory for the HRPP, who won 33 of the 49 seats. The newly founded SDUP secured 10 seats, and the remaining 6 were won by independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187662-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoan general election, Electoral system\nDuring the time of the 2006 election, Samoa\u2019s legislative assembly, the Fono, was composed of 49 seats, each serving a five-year term. 47 of the 49 members of the Fono were elected electoral constituencies, whilst the remaining two were elected through independent voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187662-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoan general election, Electoral system\nOnly Matai (chiefs) are permitted to contest any of the 47 constituencies, whilst the other 2 seats are open to all individuals. Once the final election results are confirmed, the leader of the majority party is appointed prime minister by the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state). The O le Ao o le Malo then appoints cabinet ministers on the advice of the prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187662-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoan general election, Aftermath\nFollowing the election ten candidates filed election petitions alleging various irregularities. Three of these were subsequently withdrawn, and five went to trial, of which three were eventually upheld. Fa'asalele'aga No. 2 MP Pau Sefo Pau was deprived of his seat after being found guilty of four counts of bribery and one of treating. The petitioner, Leanapapa Laki, was also convicted of ten counts of bribery. In Aleipata Itupa-I-Lalo, Paepae Kapeli Su'a was found guilty of two counts of bribery, while the petitioner was found guilty of three counts of bribery and three of treating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187662-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Samoan general election, Aftermath\nAnd in Fa'asalele'aga No. 4, Mulitalo Vui Siafausa was convicted of bribery after making a gift of fine mats to a village outside his constituency. The petitioner, Samoa Party leader Su'a Rimoni Ah Chong was also convicted of bribery for giving someone money and a television set. All those convicted were deprived of their seats and barred from standing in the subsequent by-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187662-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Samoan general election, Aftermath\nThe parliamentary session was officially opened by the O le Ao o le Malo, Malietoa Tanumafili II, on 30 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187663-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500\nThe 2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500, the seventh race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, was held at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2006. Kasey Kahne became the first driver to win at Texas from the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187663-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Samsung/Radio Shack 500, Race results\nFailed to qualify: Brent Sherman (#49), Chad Blount (#92), Kenny Wallace (#78), Chad Chaffin (#34), Stanton Barrett (#95).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187664-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Antonio Silver Stars season\nThe 2006 WNBA season was the 10th for the San Antonio Silver Stars. It was their 4th season in San Antonio. The Silver Stars failed to qualify for the fourth consecutive season. This was the last season San Antonio had failed to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season\nThe 2006 season was the San Diego Chargers' 37th season in the National Football League, and the 47th overall. They improved on their 9\u20137 record in 2005 and finished the campaign as the No. 1 seed in the AFC ending the season at 14\u20132, the best record in the NFL in 2006. The team would experience a brutal home-field playoff loss for the second time in the past three seasons losing in the final minutes, this time to the New England Patriots 24\u201321. This was the first of four consecutive AFC West titles for the Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season\nRunning back LaDainian Tomlinson led the league in rushing with 1,815 yards, as well as setting NFL single-season records for rushing touchdowns (28) and total touchdowns (31).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Off-season\nThe Chargers did not re-sign All\u2013Pro quarterback Drew Brees to a contract, Brees had suffered a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder in the final game of the season, and turned instead to 2004 1st round selection Philip Rivers. Brees would later sign a contract with the New Orleans Saints as a free agent and make a complete recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Off-season\nChargers ownership announced in January that the team would no longer attempt to place a proposal for a new stadium on the November ballot as they were not able to locate private partners to facilitate financing of the project. The team had begun talks with city officials in 2002 stating that Qualcomm Stadium was inadequate to meet the financial needs of the franchise, and that they needed the city's help in building a new stadium to remain competitive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, 2006 NFL Draft\nIn the NFL Draft, the Chargers used their first pick on Florida State cornerback Antonio Cromartie. They used their second pick on Auburn offensive tackle Marcus McNeill. The remainder of their draft picks were Clemson quarterback Charlie Whitehurst, Iowa State linebacker Tim Dobbins, Kansas State offensive tackle Jeromey Clary, Virginia kicker Kurt Smith, North Carolina defensive end Chase Page, and Virginia Tech offensive tackle Jimmy Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Training camp\nExpectations varied for the Chargers' 2006 season. Questions centered on the play of the untested QB Rivers in his first season starting, and with the offensive line, especially at the crucial left tackle position. OLT Roman Oben injury in 2005 had a negative impact on all aspects of the offense and his replacement Lender Jordan ability to protect QB Rivers blindside was unproven. Jordan was injured in training camp and 2nd round draft pick OT Marcus McNeill landed the starting job and went on to have a Pro Bowl season. Defensively, the front seven remained talented and solid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Training camp\nLB depth was tested with Steve Foley's off-the-field injury; however, his replacement OLB Shaun Phillips (42 tackles, 23 assists, 11.5 sacks) came through with a major quality performance. The unit returned numerous key players, including nose tackle Jamal Williams, DE Luis Castillo, DE Igor Olshansky and 2005 Defensive Rookie of the Year Shawne Merriman, that made the Chargers the best team in the NFL against the run in 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0005-0002", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Training camp\nAnother area of concern was in the secondary, Cromartie, who sat out his last season at Florida State with a knee injury, is talented but inexperience was not expected to contribute right away . Cromartie filled the 3rd CB role for the team and pressed starting CB Drayton Florence for playing time. Safety play became more of a concern particularly with the arrest of DB Terrence Kiel by federal law enforcement officials on drug charges during the regular season and the re-injury to DB Bhawoh Jue's knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Chargers opened the season on September 11, 2006, with a 27\u20130 victory over the division rival Oakland Raiders. This second game of a Monday Night Football doubleheader marked the first time the Chargers had shutout the Raiders since a 44\u20130 win in 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nLaDainian Tomlinson led the Chargers with 31 carries for 131 yards, while Philip Rivers, in his debut as an NFL starting quarterback, completed 8 of 11 pass attempts for 108 yards with one touchdown pass and no interceptions. The Chargers' defense stifled the Raiders' running game, holding Raiders RB Lamont Jordan to 20 yards on 10 carries, and recorded 9 quarterback sacks against Raiders QBs Aaron Brooks and Andrew Walter. Three of those sacks belonged to second-year LB Shawne Merriman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, the Chargers extended their winning streak against Oakland to six games, while head coach Marty Schottenheimer improved his head coaching record against the Raiders to 26\u20137. Schottenheimer also earned his 187th career victory, passing Chuck Knox to become the seventh-winning-est head coach in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nThat shutout also marked the second time ever that Oakland had been shut out in their own stadium, the second being the Denver Broncos and the third being the St. Louis Rams as the Chargers picked up their 6th straight win over the Raiders and started their season 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nThe Chargers hosted the Tennessee Titans in their Week 2 home-opener, winning 40\u20137. Tomlinson rushed for two touchdowns and tied Lance Alworth for the Chargers record for most career touchdowns with 83. Vince Young spoiled the Chargers bid for a second straight shutout by throwing a touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter, though the 7 straight quarters of holding the opponent scoreless were the most to open a season since the 1977 Raiders. With the win, the Chargers went into their bye week at 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans\nPhilip Rivers completed 25 passes out of 35 attempts, racking up 235 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens\nComing off of their Bye, the Chargers traveled to M&T Bank Stadium to take on the Baltimore Ravens. The Chargers drew first blood as QB Philip Rivers completed a 31-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd. However, the Ravens would tie the game up with QB Steve McNair completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Wilcox. In the second quarter, kicker Nate Kaeding would give the Chargers some comfort, as he kicked a 34-yard and a 54-yard field goal (a then career long) to give San Diego the lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Ravens slowly started to climb back. Late in the fourth quarter, after giving Baltimore an intentional safety (instead of punting deep from their own end zone), the Chargers hoped that their defense could hold up and prevent any chance of a comeback. Unfortunately, McNair led the offense throughout the closing minutes and scored the game-winning touchdown with a 10-yard TD pass to TE Todd Heap. With their loss, the Chargers fell to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nHoping to rebound from their last-second loss to the Ravens, the Chargers flew back home and donned their throwback uniforms for a Sunday Night match-up with the defending Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Chargers struggled early as their offense actually had \u22122 total yards, while the defense gave up a 9-yard TD run by RB Willie Parker in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Chargers continued to trail, as Steelers kicker Jeff Reed completed a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nSan Diego would start to get back into the game, as QB Philip Rivers completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd. In the third quarter, the Chargers charged right into the lead, as kicker Nate Kaeding kicked a 28-yard field goal, while Rivers hooked up with TE Antonio Gates for a 22-yard TD strike. In the fourth quarter, Kaeding put the game away with a 33-yard and a 22-yard field goal, while the defense squashed any hope of a Steeler comeback as the Chargers improved to 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 6: at San Francisco 49ers\nRiding high from their win over Pittsburgh, the Chargers traveled up north to Candlestick Park for a Week 6 fight with their other state rival, the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first as QB Philip Rivers completed a 57-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates, yet the Niners tied the game with QB Alex Smith completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Bryan Gilmore. RB LaDainian Tomlinson helped the Chargers retake the lead, as he got a 5-yard TD run. In a topsy-turvy second quarter, points were flying everywhere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 6: at San Francisco 49ers\nIt began with 49ers kicker Joe Nedney kicking a 42-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chargers retook the lead as Rivers hooked up with WR Vincent Jackson on a 33-yard TD strike, followed by Tomlinson getting a 1-yard TD run. Then, Smith connected with FB Moran Norris on a 2-yard pass for San Francisco, which was followed up with the Niners getting a safety from an intentional grounding penalty. Tomlinson would get another 1-yard TD run to end the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0015-0002", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 6: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the second half, San Diego scored 13 unanswered points to seal the game, with kicker Nate Kaeding kicking two field goals (24-yarder in the third quarter and a 44-yarder in the fourth quarter) and Tomlinson iced the game with one more 5-yard touchdown run. With their victory, the Chargers improved to 4\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Chargers flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 7 fight with their AFC West rival, the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, San Diego fell behind early with KC QB Damon Huard completing an 11-yard TD pass to TE Kris Wilson and a 21-yard TD pass to WR Eddie Kennison. In the second quarter, the Chargers got on the board with kicker Nate Kaeding making a 39-yard field goal, yet Kansas City would respond with an 11-yard run by RB Larry Johnson. Kaeding made a 31-yard field goal for San Diego to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, both teams swapped touchdowns, as QB Philip Rivers threw a 1-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates, while Johnson got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, RB LaDainian Tomlinson caught a 37-yard TD pass and then threw a 1-yard TD pass to TE Brandon Manumaleuna. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes was good on a 53-yard field goal to seal the win for Kansas City, dropping San Diego to 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe Chargers returned home for a Week 8 fight with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, RB LaDainian Tomlinson completed a 2-yard TD run and a 38-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams climbed into the contest with RB Steven Jackson completing a 3-yard TD run for the Rams' only score of the period. In the third quarter, San Diego gained some distance in their lead, as free safety Marlon McCree returned a fumble 79 yards for a touchdown. St. Louis got a field goal, as kicker Jeff Wilkins hit from 34 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe Chargers also got a field goal, as kicker Nate Kaeding was good from 31 yards out. In the fourth quarter, San Diego RB Michael Turner scored on a 14-yard TD run, while Rams QB Marc Bulger completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. The Chargers responded with QB Philip Rivers completing a 25-yard TD pass to Tomlinson, while Bulger completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis, in favor of St. Louis. In the end, the Chargers improved to 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Cleveland Browns\nThe Chargers at home, donned their throwback jerseys and played a Week 9 fight against the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, both sides would limit each other to a field goal. Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding would complete a 29-yard field goal, while Browns kicker Phil Dawson completed a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Dawson would help Cleveland take the lead on a 20-yard field goal. San Diego a defensive touchdown as back as LB Marques Harris recovered a fumble in the Browns end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Cleveland Browns\nThe Brown's would retake the lead with Dawson nailing a 42-yard and a 30-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 41-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dawson helped the Browns by converting a 36-yard field goal, San Diego continued to add to their total with Tomlinson getting a 7-yard TD run. Dawson would get one more field goal (from 35 yards out), the Chargers continued to score touchdowns as Tomlinson ran one in from 8-yard out. QB Philip Rivers completed a 2-point conversion pass to WR Vincent Jackson. Afterwards, Cleveland would get its only touchdown of the game, as QB Charlie Frye hooked up with WR Braylon Edwards on a 4-yard pass. In the end, San Diego came out on top and improved to 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals\nIn a high scoring contest the San Diego Chargers overcame two 21-point deficits to take down the Cincinnati Bengals on the road. The game started off with Carson Palmer completing 7 of his first 10 passes and with two short runs by Jeremi Johnson and Rudi Johnson plus a long pass to Chad Johnson of 51 yards the Bengals were dominating the Chargers going up 21\u20130 after the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Chargers were able to get things working a little bit in the second quarter with LaDainian Tomlinson running a TD in from 9-yds out to shrink the deficit to 21\u20137, but a 7-yd pass to Chris Henry finished the first half with the Bengals up 28\u20137. The Chargers came out for the third quarter and rebounded with a 4-yd run by LT and a 46-yd pass from Philip Rivers to WR Malcom Floyd to make it a 28\u201321 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0019-0002", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals\nCincinnati responded by driving down field again; however, this time they had to settle for a field goal to make the score 31\u201321. Philip Rivers lead the Chargers down field with a 9-play 80-yd drive capped off with a 9-yd strike to TE Brandon Manumaleuna to get within 3 making it 31\u201328. But the Chargers defense lapsed again with no one covering Johnson when Palmer passed him the ball for a 74-yd reception to make it 38\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0019-0003", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Chargers drove down field again and ended the third quarter in position to shrink the lead allowing the team to start off the final quarter of play with a 2-yd run to make the score 38\u201335. Then after the kickoff Chargers Linebacker Shaun Phillips sacked Carson Palmer on first down forcing a fumble that was recovered by the Chargers. A 9-yd run by LaDainian Tomlinson gave the Chargers their first lead by the score of 42\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0019-0004", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals came within one with a 44-yd kick making it 42\u201341, but the Bolts were not to be denied as Rivers led yet another drive down field ending with a shovel pass to Manumaleuna who wasn't covered to make the score 49\u201341 and the Chargers officially tied their biggest comeback in team history with LaDainian Tomlinson getting 108-yds rushing and 4 rushing TDs and Philip Rivers passing for 24 of 36 and 337 yds with three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 11: at Denver Broncos\nLaDainian Tomlinson made history by becoming the fastest running back to reach 100 career TDs by doing it in 89 games, eclipsing the mark set by Emmitt Smith and Jim Brown of 93 games. He also continued his march toward beating Shaun Alexander's single-season TD record by scoring 4 TDs to bring his total to 22, just 5 short of tying Alexander's mark. Philip Rivers had a good day as well, throwing 19 of 26 for 222\u00a0yards and two TDs, although he did throw two picks including a 31-yard interception return for a TD by Denver cornerback Darrent Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 11: at Denver Broncos\nThe game started out with Tomlinson running it in from 3 yards out to make it 7\u20130 San Diego. Denver's Mike Bell ran for two TDs in during the 2nd quarter to make it a 14\u20137 Denver lead at halftime. After the break, Denver continued the scoring with a Jason Elam's 42-yd field goal and Williams INT return to make it a 24\u20137 lead for Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0020-0002", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 11: at Denver Broncos\nBut just like last week against the Bengals, the Chargers wouldn't say die putting together two scoring drives including a 3-yard run by LT, his 100th TD, and a 51-yd pass to LT by Rivers to cut the lead to 24\u201321 at the end of the third quarter. Elam helped the Broncos' cause by hitting a 38-yd kick to extend the Broncos' lead to 27\u201321, but that only lasted until Rivers found Vincent Jackson open at the back of the end zone to put the Chargers up 28\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0020-0003", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 11: at Denver Broncos\nOn the ensuing Broncos drive, Drayton Florence then intercepted Jake Plummer's 4th and 4 pass to give the Bolts terrific field position that set up a 1-yard run by LT to make it 35\u201327; it was his 4th TD of the night and 102nd of his career. That left Denver 1:14 to try to tie the game. They started that drive from their 3 and made it all the way to the Chargers 32 in part to a personal foul on Chargers defensive end Igor Olshansky, who was ejected for punching Broncos center Tom Nalen. The Broncos' hopes for overtime ended when Plummer was sacked by Shaun Phillips and time ran out, giving San Diego their first win in Denver in 7 years as well as sole position of first place in the AFC West and improved their record to 8\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nLaDainian Tomlinson ran in two TDs and threw for one to give San Diego its third straight comeback win. He then had 21 rushing touchdowns on the year and brought his career QB record to 7 completions out of 10 attempts with 6 touchdowns. Philip Rivers, on the other hand, struggled completing 14 of 31 passes and throwing for only a 133 yards with no touchdowns and 1 interception. The Chargers swept the Raiders and had then won seven straight from Oakland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe scoring started with the Raiders making it 7\u20130 after a 1-yard pass from Aaron Brooks to Reshard Lee. The Chargers answered back when Antonio Cromartie returned the ensuing kick 91 yards, which set up a 2-yard run by LT to tie the score at 7\u20137 going into the half. The Raiders took the lead again on a catch and run by rookie John Madsen that set up a 2-yard pass from Brooks to Madsen to make it 14\u20137 Oakland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0021-0002", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nOn 4th and 2, Rivers passed to Vincent Jackson for a first down, but Jackson proceeded to get up and throw the ball forward in celebration, but he hadn't been touched down. The initial ruling was that it was a fumble and Oakland's ball; however, after the officials got together for a conference they declared that since it was an illegal forward fumble that it was technically an illegal forward pass and San Diego was then given back the ball and penalized 5 yards, which was still enough for the first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0021-0003", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe game continued and on the next play, Rivers pitched the ball to Tomlinson as if it were a run play but then threw the ball to an open Antonio Gates to tie the score at 14\u201314. After forcing Oakland to punt, the Chargers drove down field and LT ran it in from 10 yards out to give the Chargers the 21\u201314 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, the Chargers had won 7 straight games over the Raiders and improved their record to 9\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Buffalo Bills\nComing off a season-sweep over the Raiders, the Chargers flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a cold Week 13 fight against the throwback-clad Buffalo Bills. This game would also mark the return of San Diego's star linebacker Shawne Merriman after his four-game suspension for failing a test for performance-enhancing drugs. In the first quarter, the Chargers drew first blood with kicker Nate Kaeding's 42-yard field goal and RB LaDainian Tomlinson's 51-yard TD run. In the second quarter, San Diego got the only score of the period with QB Philip Rivers completing an 11-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the Bills started to come back with QB J. P. Losman completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Robert Royal, while RB Willis McGahee got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers distanced themselves from Buffalo with Tomlinson's 2-yard TD run. The Bills would get another touchdown, with Losman completing a 6-yard pass to WR Peerless Price. San Diego would emerge as the victor. With their sixth-straight win, the Chargers improved to 10\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos\nat Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego|TV=CBS |TVAnnouncers= Jim Nantz and Phil Simms", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe game featured newly appointed rookie Denver QB Jay Cutler. In a stark contrast to the come-from-behind victory against Denver earlier in the season, San Diego scored early and often in this game, leading the game 28\u20133 at halftime. It was all Denver in the 3rd quarter, the Broncos closing the gap to 28\u201320, but San Diego bounced back in the fourth quarter with 20 unanswered points, winning the game 48\u201320. The win, as well as a Kansas City Chiefs loss earlier in the day, clinched the AFC West Division for San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the Indianapolis Colts also losing earlier in the day, San Diego gained the best record in the AFC (11\u20132). In addition, with his 7-yard rushing touchdown toward the end of the 4th quarter (his third of the game), RB LaDainian Tomlinson broke the NFL single-season touchdown record (29) (26 Rushing, 3 receiving), set by the Seattle Seahawks' RB Shaun Alexander (28) in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nAfter a 3-point loss earlier in the year, the Chargers were set to split the season series with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City meanwhile was reeling from a loss against Baltimore, and the death of the team's owner, Lamar Hunt. In this game the Chargers were again led to victory by LaDainian Tomlinson who scored twice, breaking the NFL single-season scoring record held by Paul Hornung for the last 46 years. The latter was an 85-yard touchdown rush which is the longest of his career. He also broke Shaun Alexander and Priest Holmes's shared Single Season Rushing TD record by getting 28 rushing touchdowns and added to the record he set last week for total touchdowns with 31 (28 rushing, 3 receiving). Moreover, he set the record for most consecutive Multi-Touchdown Games with 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks\nSan Diego took the lead late in the second quarter when Philip Rivers threw a TD to WR Vincent Jackson, giving San Diego a 7\u20130 lead going into halftime. Rivers had a bad first half completing only 1 of 10 passes, the only completion being a touchdown. The 3rd quarter saw San Diego add to their lead making it 10\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0027-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks\nBut Seattle RB Shaun Alexander narrowed the gap with a rushing TD making it 10\u20137, San Diego would answer back with a field goal to make it 13\u20137, but on Seattle's ensuing drive they allowed another Alexander TD to make the score 14\u201313 and they would allow a field goal to give Seattle a 17\u201313 lead. With time running out San Diego drove down the field and Rivers would connect with a 37-yd pass to Jackson to give the Chargers a 20\u201317 lead with only :29 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0027-0002", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks\nThe defense would hold and the Chargers continued their winning ways setting a team record 13th win. The win also clinched a first round bye and set up the Chargers to control their own destiny the next week against Arizona, as a win would clinch them homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the San Diego Chargers on their way to owning the AFC's top seed in the playoffs, Rivers threw two touchdown passes after injuring his right foot, and LaDainian Tomlinson also limped off after wrapping up his first NFL rushing title in leading the Chargers to a 27\u201320 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The Chargers clinched home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. They'd already earned a first-round bye, which gave Rivers and Tomlinson time to heal. Their exact injuries weren't disclosed. Tomlinson ran for 66 yards, giving him 1,815 and the league rushing title. He beat Larry Johnson of the division rival Kansas City Chiefs, who had 1,789. Tomlinson did not score for the second straight game, but he already was the league's most prolific scorer in a single season, with 31 touchdowns and 186 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, the Chargers finished the season at 14\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs\nThe Chargers had a first-round bye as a result of being the number one seed in the AFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the divisional playoffs, the New England Patriots faced a San Diego Chargers team who were unbeaten at home in the regular season. The Chargers boasted a roster that included nine Pro Bowlers, five All-Pro players, and league MVP running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who had shattered several league records. However, four turnovers, three of which were converted into Patriots scoring drives, eventually led to the demise of the Chargers. San Diego ended up losing despite outgaining the Patriots in rushing yards, 148\u201351 and total yards, 352\u2013327, while also intercepting three passes from Tom Brady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the first quarter, after San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer opted to go for it on 4th-and-11 instead of attempting a 47-yard field goal, quarterback Philip Rivers lost a fumble while being sacked by Mike Vrabel, setting up Stephen Gostkowski's 51-yard field goal with 40 seconds left in the period. In the second quarter, Chargers receiver Eric Parker's 13-yard punt return set up a 48-yard scoring drive that ended with LaDainian Tomlinson's 2-yard touchdown run, giving his team a 7\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0032-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nThen, on the Patriots' next drive, linebacker Donnie Edwards intercepted a pass from Brady and returned it to the 41-yard line. But the Chargers ended up punting after Rivers was sacked on third down by defensive back Artrell Hawkins. Later in the quarter, Tomlinson rushed twice for 13 yards and took a screen pass 58 yards to the Patriots' 6-yard line, setting up a 6-yard touchdown run by Michael Turner with 2:04 left in the half. New England responded with a 72-yard scoring drive, with receiver Jabar Gaffney catching four passes for 46 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown reception with six seconds left in the half, cutting their deficit to 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, Brady threw his second interception of the game. But once again, the Chargers were forced to punt after Rivers was sacked on third down. Mike Scifres' 36-yard punt pinned New England back at their own 2-yard line, and San Diego subsequently forced a punt, but Parker muffed the kick and New England's David Thomas recovered the fumble at the Chargers' 31-yard line. New England's drive seemed to stall after Brady fumbled on 3rd and 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0033-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nPatriots' tackle Matt Light recovered it and Chargers defensive back Drayton Florence drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for a personal foul. The drive continued and Gostkowski eventually kicked a 34-yard field goal to cut their deficit to 14\u201313. Then, on San Diego's next drive, linebacker Rosevelt Colvin made an interception of a Rivers pass at the New England 36-yard line. The Patriots then drove to the Chargers 41-yard line, but were halted there and had to punt. After the punt, Rivers completed two passes to tight end Antonio Gates for 31 yards and a 31-yard pass to Vincent Jackson, setting up Tomlinson's second rushing touchdown to give the Chargers an 8-point lead, 21\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nNew England responded by driving to San Diego's 41-yard line. On a fourth-down conversion attempt, Brady's pass was intercepted by Marlon McCree, but Troy Brown stripped the ball, and receiver Reche Caldwell recovered it. Schottenheimer then called a timeout challenging the officials call of interception and fumble by McCree. The Chargers forfeited the time out when the official ruling of the play was upheld. Four plays later, Brady threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Caldwell. On the next play, running back Kevin Faulk took a direct snap and scored the two-point conversion, tying the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0034-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nThen, after forcing a punt, Brady completed a 19-yard pass to Daniel Graham. Two plays later, Caldwell caught a 49-yard pass down the right sideline to set up Gostkowski's third field goal (a 31 yarder) to give them a 24\u201321 lead with only 1:10 left in the fourth quarter. With no timeouts left, San Diego drove to the Patriots 36-yard line on their final possession, but Nate Kaeding's 54-yard field goal attempt fell short with three seconds remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nAfter the game, the Patriots erupted in a controversial celebration, mocking the \"Lights Out\" dance of LB Shawne Merriman and stomping on the Chargers mid-field logo which made Chargers' quarterback Philip Rivers and running back LaDainian Tomlinson confront Patriots players. The controversy was a response to remarks made by Schottenheimer after the Chargers snapped the Patriots 21-game home winning streak in 2005 where he noted \"I'll have to be honest. During the course of the week, I wondered, 'Is there a breaking point, where all of a sudden you can't find enough fingers to plug the dike? ',\" referencing the injuries the Patriots faced early in the 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nGaffney finished with ten catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. Tomlinson rushed for 123 yards, caught two passes for 64 yards, and scored two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. New England Patriots\nWith the brutal loss, it ended the Chargers' season with an overall record of 14\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187665-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Chargers season, Pro Bowl\nThe San Diego Chargers had more Pro Bowlers for the 2006 season than any other team, with a total of 11. This included QB Philip Rivers (who did not play due to a foot injury), RB LaDainian Tomlinson, K Nate Kaeding, OLB Shawne Merriman, T Jamal Williams, OC Nick Hardwick, FB Lorenzo Neal, ST Kassim Osgood, TE Antonio Gates, LT Marcus McNeil, and LS David Binn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election\nThe 2006 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary election was held on June 6, 2006. Four of the eight seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. All four incumbent council members stood for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most candidates do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in June followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates if no candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round. Since each incumbent was reelected with a majority in the June primary, there were no city council runoffs in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Campaign\nThe 2006 election used the eight district boundaries created by the 2000 Redistricting Commission. Seats in districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Campaign\nAlthough the election featured four incumbent candidates, only Donna Frye had previously served a full term on the city council. Kevin Faulconer and Ben Hueso both were serving partial terms after winning special elections to fill the seats vacated by the resignations of Michael Zucchet and Ralph Inzunza respectively. Tony Young had also served a partial term after winning a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Charles L. Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 2\nDistrict 2 consisted of the communities of Bankers Hill/Park West, Downtown San Diego, La Jolla/Mount Soledad, Little Italy, Midway/North Bay, Mission Beach, Mission Hills, Ocean Beach, Old Town, Pacific Beach, and Point Loma. Incumbent council member Kevin Faulconer, who had previously been elected to a partial term in 2005 after the resignation of Michael Zucchet, was reelected with a majority of the votes in the June primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 4\nDistrict 4 consisted of the communities of Alta Vista, Broadway Heights, Chollas View, Emerald Hills, Encanto, Jamacha, Lincoln Park, Lomita Village, Mount Hope, Mountain View, North Bay Terrace, Oak Park, O'Farrell, Paradise Hills, Ridgeview, Skyline Hills, South Bay Terrace, Valencia Park, and Webster. Incumbent council member Tony Young, who had previously been elected to a partial term in 2004 after the death of Charles L. Lewis, was reelected with a majority of the votes in the June primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 6\nDistrict 6 consisted of the communities of Bay Ho, Bay Park, Clairemont Mesa, Fashion Valley, Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, North Clairemont, and Serra Mesa. Incumbent council member Donna Frye won reelection with a majority of the votes in the June primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Results, District 8\nDistrict 8 consisted of the communities of San Diego along the Mexico\u2013United States border, including the communities of Barrio Logan, Egger Highlands, Grant Hill, Golden Hill, Logan Heights, Memorial, Nestor, Ocean View Hills, Otay Mesa West, Otay Mesa East, San Ysidro, Sherman Heights, Southcrest, Stockton, and Tijuana River Valley. Incumbent council member Ben Hueso, who had previously been elected to a partial term in 2005 after the resignation of Ralph Inzunza, was reelected with a majority of the votes in the June primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187666-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego City Council election, Council President\nThe new city council was sworn in December 2006. Scott Peters of district 1 was unanimously elected to a second term as council president after running unopposed. Peters had previously been elected as the first council president under the new strong mayor system of government in San Diego in early 2006. Young continued to serve as council president pro tem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187667-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Padres season\nThe 2006 San Diego Padres season was the 38th season in franchise history. The Padres captured their second consecutive National League West crown, with a record of 88\u201374, and for the first time in franchise history back-to-back postseason appearances, and three consecutive winning seasons. Although the Padres final record equaled that of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres record of 13-5 against the Dodgers awarded them the official division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187667-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 San Diego Padres season\nThe 2006 season also marked the end of Bruce Bochy's tenure as manager of the team, after 24 seasons overall, 12 seasons as manager (1995\u20132006), winning 4 division titles (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006). The Padres were eliminated in the 2006 National League Division Series by the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, losing 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187667-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Padres season, Regular season, Opening Day starters\nPlayed at Petco Park on April 3, 2006 against the San Francisco Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187667-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Padres season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187668-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego State Aztecs football team\nThe 2006 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were coached by Chuck Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187669-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Diego Toreros football team\nThe 2006 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their third year under head coach Jim Harbaugh, the Toreros compiled an 11\u20131 record, outscored their opponents 514 to 155, and won the Pioneer Football League championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season\nThe 2006 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 57th season in the National Football League and their 61st overall. It began with the team trying to improve on their 4\u201312 record in 2005. Despite having improved from their previous two disastrous seasons, they missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year, continuing their playoff drought. The 49ers celebrated their 60th anniversary during the 2006 season, because, although it was their 61st season, the 2006 calendar year marked the 60th anniversary of the franchise's founding in 1946.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Off season\nSoon after the end of the 2005 season, Mike McCarthy, the 49ers' offensive coordinator of one year, left for the Green Bay Packers. On January 17, 2006, the 49ers hired Norv Turner as McCarthy's replacement. Whereas McCarthy based the majority of his offense on Bill Walsh's West Coast Offense, Turner has been known to use a power running scheme and vertical passing game more often than the West Coast scheme. Turner came to the 49ers after two unsuccessful seasons as the head coach of the 49ers' cross-bay rivals, the Oakland Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Off season\nThe 49ers gained the 6th pick in the 2006 NFL Draft after winning a coin toss with the Oakland Raiders at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. The 49ers used their first pick on Maryland Tight End Vernon Davis. They then used their next pick (acquired from the Denver Broncos via the Washington Redskins) on North Carolina St. Defensive End Manny Lawson. The rest of their picks were Wisconsin Wide Receiver Brandon Williams, Penn St. RB Michael Robinson, Tennessee DE Parys Haralson, Central Missouri St. Wide Receiver Delanie Walker, North Carolina St. Safety Marcus Hudson, Louisiana St. DE Melvin Oliver, and Arkansas Safety Vickiel Vaughn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Off season\nThe 49ers had two major free agent acquisitions in the offseason. Larry Allen, a perennial Pro Bowl left guard from the Dallas Cowboys, and Antonio Bryant, a talented but oft-troubled wide receiver from the Cleveland Browns. The 49ers also traded Kevan Barlow to the New York Jets for what is believed to be a 2007 4th round draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe 49ers opened the regular season against the Arizona Cardinals on September 10. Despite losing 34\u201327, many positives can be taken out of the game. RB Frank Gore rushed for 88 yards and caught 6 receptions for over 80 yards with two touchdowns. Rookie tight end Vernon Davis and second year quarterback Alex Smith hooked up for a touchdown pass with Smith equaling his touchdown total of the entire 2005 season and passing for an encouraging 288 yards with 23 completions out of 40 attempts. The 49ers had several chances to win it, however, many controversial non-calls were made by the officials, including a blatant pass interference in the end zone, which would have tied the game with just a little over 2 minutes to go. The 49ers would start their 61st season 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe 49ers played their second game of the season against the St. Louis Rams on September 17 in a Week 2 home \u2013 opener. After a loss to the Arizona Cardinals the previous week, the 49ers redeemed themselves with a win at home. Second year quarterback Alex Smith threw for 233 yards with 11 completions and one touchdown pass to Antonio Bryant. Bryant had four receptions with 131 yards. Running back Frank Gore ran for a (at the time) career-best 127 yards with a touchdown, despite Jonas Jennings and Larry Allen being sidelined with injuries. San Francisco won 20\u201313 and evened out their record at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe 49ers stayed at home for a Week 3 contest against the Philadelphia Eagles. From the get-go, the Niners trailed as QB Donovan McNabb managed to complete two TD passes to RB Brian Westbrook (a 4-yard pass) and WR L.J. Smith (a 1-yard pass) in the first quarter. In the second quarter, San Francisco would get on the board with Kicker Joe Nedney completing a 48-yard field goal, but Philadelphia would strike hard, as RB Brian Westbrook ran 71 yards for a touchdown and Kicker David Akers completed a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, both sides managed to get themselves a touchdown. Eagles DT Mike Patterson returned a 49ers fumble 98 yards for a touchdown, while the Niners' rookie RB Michael Robinson got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, San Francisco tried to come back with Robinson getting another 1-yard TD run. However, the Eagles got an 8-yard TD run by Westbrook. The Niners would get one more score, as QB Alex Smith completed a TE Eric Johnson, but that would as far as they would get, as the 49ers fell to 1\u20132 on the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs\nAfter losing at home to the Eagles, the 49ers flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 4 match-up with the Kansas City Chiefs. Unfortunately, this match-up was one-sided from beginning to end, with the Chiefs' offense being in top form, the Niners crushed by KC's defense, and the usual loudness of the stadium (via the Chiefs fans) also probably affected the team's ability to execute. The 49ers tried their best, but in the end, QB Damon Huard and the Kansas City Chiefs were the better team in the fight. 49ers would drop their record to 1\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their loss in Kansas City, the 49ers went home for Week 5 as they played a Bay Area battle with the Oakland Raiders. The Niners drew first blood with QB Alex Smith throwing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle, yet the Raiders would respond with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 33-yard field goal for the first quarter. In the second quarter, things started to look grim, as Oakland took the lead with Janikowski kicking a 36-yard field goal, while QB Andrew Walter threw a 22-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers would rebound, as Smith hooked up with Battle again for a 6-yard TD pass. Later, Alex would throw a 33-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Hicks, giving San Francisco the lead. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers continued to roll, as kicker Joe Nedney kicked a 19-yard field goal, while rookie DE Melvin Oliver returned a fumble 12 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0008-0002", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe Niners would allow one last touchdown from the Raiders, in the form of QB Marques Tuiasosopo completing an 8-yard pass to TE Courtney Anderson, but Nedney would help the Niners get win #2 with a 39-yard field goal. This beating of their Cross-bay rivals would bring the 49ers to a 2\u20133 record", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. San Diego Chargers\nNothing RB LaDainian Tomlinson does on the ground really impresses the San Diego Chargers at this point. For that, the star running back must take to the air. Tomlinson seemed to be trying to jump out of Candlestick Park while hurdling the goal line on one of his four touchdown runs\u2014and his elevation was the Chargers' inspiration. Tomlinson set a franchise record while seemingly spending most of the afternoon in the end zone, and QB Philip Rivers passed for a career-high 334 yards and two more scores in San Diego's 48\u201319 victory over San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. San Diego Chargers\nTomlinson got his third score 33 seconds before halftime, capping San Diego's 35-point first half and essentially finishing off the 49ers (2\u20134) with an astonishingly high leap over the goal-line pile. WR Bryan Gilmore and FB Moran Norris caught scoring passes as the Chargers gave up more points in the first half alone than they allowed in any of their first four games. But San Diego shut out San Francisco in the second half, with QB Alex Smith finishing 20 of 31 for 214 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0009-0002", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. San Diego Chargers\nSan Francisco's offense has been better than expected heading to the club's bye week, but the defense has been just as bad as feared. Two weeks after giving up 41 points to the Chiefs, the 49ers seemed lost from the moment top CB Walt Harris was ruled out with a hamstring injury. This crushing blow put the 49ers record at 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nWearing bright orange uniforms and showing their speed on defense and special teams, the Chicago Bears overwhelmed the 49ers who were coming off their Bye Week. They jumped to a 24\u20130 first-quarter lead and 41\u20130 halftime cushion before coasting to a 41\u201310 victory. Brian Urlacher's one-handed interception was headed to the highlight reel as soon as he tumbled to the ground after somehow batting the ball to himself. Urlacher's stellar play symbolized what kind of afternoon it was for the refreshed and still unbeaten Chicago Bears \u2013 and how frustrating the day was for the San Francisco 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nSan Francisco entered giving up 32 points a game, but the defense wasn't to fault early on because turnovers allowed the Bears to work from short fields. Drives started at the 15, 41 and 13, and they turned all three into touchdowns to take the big opening-quarter lead. The 49ers coughed up the ball a fourth time late in the half when WR Antonio Bryant caught a pass and fumbled, with CB Ricky Manning Jr. recovering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0010-0002", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nSan Francisco averted a shutout in the fourth quarter on a 23-yard field goal by K Joe Nedney and a 16-yard TD pass from Smith to WR Antonio Bryant. QB Alex Smith finished 16 of 26 for 146 yards. RB Frank Gore rushed for 111 yards on 12 carries, thanks to a 53-yard run. The 49ers now stand at 2\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nSunday, November 5, 2006|Weather=67\u00a0\u00b0F (Partly Cloudy)With just 238 total yards and a host of dropped passes and mistakes, the Minnesota Vikings showed every negative effect of its injury problems and a short week of preparation after Monday night's loss to New England. But count QB Brad Johnson among those shocked by the 49ers sudden defensive acumen. San Francisco managed just 133 total yards with its own miserable offense, but got cohesive play from the same unit that gave up 41 points by halftime last week at Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe Niners simplified their game plan and hung on, stopping Minnesota's final drive with 1:04 left. QB Alex Smith passed for just 105 yards and RB Frank Gore rushed for only 41 as San Francisco hung on for its eighth straight home victory since 1988 over the Vikings, now 4\u20134, who'll be shaking their heads all the way back to the Twin Cities after failing to mount any significant offensive attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0011-0002", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nQB Brad Johnson passed for 136 yards but made three turnovers for the Vikings, whose final drive ended when WR Troy Williamson dropped an on-target pass on third down before S Mark Roman and CB Shawntae Spencer prevented WR Bethel Johnson from catching a desperate pass at the goal line. K Joe Nedney left Monster Park Sunday with a game ball after accounting for all of the 49ers scoring efforts. Nedney hit from 25, 30 and 51 yards out. The 51-yarder he had to kick twice after a game clock debacle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0011-0003", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe 49ers, now 3\u20135, had just enough offense to back a shocking performance by their previously porous defense (which had allowed 150 points in its last four games), led by new starting LB and NFC Defensive Player of the Week Brandon Moore, who finished with 14 tackles and 1 sack. With the win, the 49ers advanced to 3\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Detroit Lions\nSan Francisco kept Detroit in the game with missed opportunities, then made just enough plays for a rare two-game winning streak and its first road win. RB Frank Gore set a franchise record with 148 yards rushing in the first half and scored on a 61-yard run before leaving with a concussion. San Francisco led 13\u20133 at halftime after scoring on three of its first four drives, wishing it had a bigger lead after out gaining Detroit 247\u2013102 yards and recovering a fumble without giving up a turnover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Detroit Lions\nThe 49ers had chances to go ahead big in the third quarter because Detroit had two turnovers on its first three plays, but they came away with only a field goal and a 13-point lead. Gore then caught a 7-yard pass, wobbled off the field and didn't return. QB Alex Smith's fumble midway through the third quarter set up a score that helped the Lions get back in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0012-0002", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Detroit Lions\nThe 49ers drove down the field to set up K Joe Nedney's fourth field goal, a key score because it made Detroit go for a TD instead of kicking a tying field goal late in the game. S Keith Lewis intercepted QB Jon Kitna's pass at the 49ers' 2 with 2\u00bd minutes left and San Francisco now 4\u20135 picked up the one first down it needed to seal the game, winning consecutive games for the second time since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0012-0003", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Detroit Lions\nRB Frank Gore finished with career-high 159 yards rushing and San Francisco's QB Alex Smith was 14 of 20 for 136 yards with a fumble. WR Arnaz Battle caught six passes for 55 yards, and converted a third-and-4 on the final drive to allow the 49ers to run out the clock. The 49ers' defense again came up huge, allowing only 273 total offensive yards and forcing 4 turnovers. LB Brandon Moore was yet again the story, leading the team with 9 tackles, 2 sacks and forcing 2 turnovers. With the win, the 49ers advanced to 4\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn their first match up of the season versus division-leading rival Seattle Seahawks, the 49ers jumped to a 20\u20130 lead at halftime thanks to the combined efforts of running back Frank Gore and the defense. This was the first game back from injury for Seattle running back Shaun Alexander, and he was held to just 37 rush yards. On the other side of the ball, Frank Gore ran for a career-high 212 yards on his way to topping the 1,000-yard mark for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Seahawks offense turned the ball over five times during the game, including three interceptions thrown by quarterback Seneca Wallace, two of which were picked off by San Francisco cornerback Walt Harris. Alex Smith, 49ers quarterback, threw one touchdown pass and also rushed for a one-yard touchdown, the first rushing touchdown of his career. The win elevated the 49ers to a .500 record, and put them just one game out of first place in their division, behind the 6\u20134 Seahawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nOn the final play of the game, a pass to Seattle's fullback Mack Strong, the Seahawks attempted to continue the play which was similar to The Play which made the Cal-Stanford rivalry famous. However 49ers Rookie Marcus Hudson recovered the lateral attempt and the game was over. In a reference to The Play, radio announcers on 107.7 The Bone declared \"The band is NOT on the field\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 12: at St. Louis Rams\nRiding high from their home upset over the Seahawks, the 49ers flew to the Edward Jones Dome for an NFC West rematch with their historic rival, the St. Louis Rams. After a scoreless first quarter, the Niners trailed early. In the second quarter, the Rams struck first with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 24-yard field goal, while RB Steven Jackson got a 36-yard TD run. San Francisco would get on the board with RB Frank Gore getting a 12-yard TD run, yet Wilkins gave St. Louis a 51-yard field goal as time ran out on the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 12: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers took the lead as QB Alex Smith completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Eric Johnson for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, kicker Joe Nedney gave the Niners a six-point lead with a 24-yard field goal. However, the Rams would get the win with QB Marc Bulger completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis. With the loss, the 49ers fell to 5\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Rams, the 49ers flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 13 fight with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, the Niners took an early lead with kicker Joe Nedney nailing a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 49ers lost their lead with RB Reggie Bush's 1-yard and 8-yard TD runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco came close with QB Alex Smith's 48-yard TD pass to WR Antonio Bryant, yet New Orleans gained some distance with kicker John Carney's 19-yard field goal and QB Drew Brees' 5-yard TD pass to Bush. In the fourth quarter, the Saints wrapped things up with Bush's 10-yard run and Carney's 33-yard field goal. With their second-straight loss, the 49ers fell to 5\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Green Bay Packers\nTrying to end their two-game skid, the 49ers went home for a Week 14 fight with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, the Niners got an early lead with kicker Joe Nedney nailing a 24-yard field goal, yet the Packers gained the lead with QB Brett Favre's 36-yard TD pass to WR Ruvell Martin. In the second quarter, San Francisco's troubles grew as Packers kicker Dave Rayner nailed a 23-yard field goal, while RB Ahman Green got a 1-yard TD run. The Niners would respond with Nedney kicking a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers had RB Frank Gore get a 1-yard TD run, yet Green Bay responded with Favre completing a 68-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver. In the fourth quarter, the Packers wrapped things up with Rayner kicking a 44-yard and a 21-yard field goal. The Niners would get a touchdown, as QB Alex Smith completed a 52-yard TD pass to rookie TE Vernon Davis, yet a botched snap foiled the following PAT. With their third-straight loss, the 49ers fell to 5\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 15: at Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to end a three-game skid, the 49ers flew to Qwest Field for an NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. In the first quarter, the Niners started off bumpy as Seahawks RB Shaun Alexander got a 3-yard TD run for Seattle's early strike and the only score of the period. In the second quarter, San Francisco would get a field goal before halftime as kicker Joe Nedney nailed one from 39 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 15: at Seattle Seahawks\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Niners were in full force as QB Alex Smith completed an 8-yard TD pass to rookie TE Vernon Davis. Afterwards, Smith would complete a 20-yard TD pass to RB Frank Gore. Then, the 49ers wrapped the game up with Smith getting a very easy 18-yard QB sneak for a touchdown. Seattle would get one more score as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 22-yard TD pass to TE Jerramy Stevens. Fortunately, the Niners would get the win and the season sweep over the Seahawks. With the win, the 49ers improved to 6\u20138", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nFollowing their road win over the Seahawks, and hoping to clinch a playoff spot, the 49ers went home for an NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 49-yard field goal, yet the Cardinals took the lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 25-yard field goal, along with RB Marcel Shipp's 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, things continued to get worse for the 49ers as QB Matt Leinart completed a 6-yard to WR Larry Fitzgerald, along with Rackers nailing a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThe Niners would be able get a field goal before halftime as Nedney kicked from 32 yards out. In the third quarter, San Francisco started to come back as RB Frank Gore got a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Arizona increased its lead as Rackers was awarded a missed 37-yard field goal and was successful in kicking a 32-yard field goal. Even though Gore managed to get a 1-yard TD run, the Niners fell short of a comeback. With the loss, the 49ers fell to 6\u20139, securing them their fourth consecutive losing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 17: at Denver Broncos\nTrying to end their season on a positive note, the 49ers flew to Invesco Field at Mile High to take on the playoff hopeful Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, the Broncos struck first with kicker Jason Elam getting a 22-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Denver continued its dominance with Elam kicking a 21-yard field goal, while CB Champ Bailey returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown. The Niners would get a field goal before halftime as kicker Joe Nedney got one from 46 yards out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 17: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco took the lead as QB Alex Smith completed a 32-yard TD pass to RB Moran Norris, while CB Walt Harris returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown. The Broncos would sneak close with Elam kicking a 22-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Nedney gave the Niners a little cushion with a 29-yard and a 46-yard field goal. However, Denver managed to tie the game with QB Jay Cutler completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187670-0020-0002", "contents": "2006 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 17: at Denver Broncos\nThe game would go to overtime, where both sides fought hard and fierce as the period wore on. San Francisco eventually prevailed with two minutes remaining as Nedney helped knock the Broncos out of the playoff picture with a game-winning 36-yard field goal. With the win, the 49ers ended their season at 7\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election\nThe 2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections occurred on November 7, 2006. Five of the eleven seats were contested in this election. Four of the five incumbents ran for reelection, while one sought another elected office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 2\nDistrict 2 consists of the Marina, Pacific Heights, the Presidio, part of Russian Hill, and Sea Cliff. Incumbent supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier ran for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 4\nDistrict 4 consists primarily of the Sunset district. Incumbent supervisor Fiona Ma did not run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 6\nDistrict 6 consists of Alcatraz Island, Civic Center, Mission Bay, South of Market, the Tenderloin, Treasure Island, and Yerba Buena Island. Incumbent supervisor Chris Daly ran for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 8\nDistrict 8 consists of The Castro, Diamond Heights, Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley, Glen Park, and Noe Valley. Incumbent supervisor Bevan Dufty ran for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187671-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 10\nDistrict 10 consists of Bayview-Hunters Point, McLaren Park, part of the Portola, Potrero Hill, and Visitacion Valley. Incumbent supervisor Sophie Maxwell ran for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187672-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Giants season\nThe 2006 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 124th year in Major League Baseball, their 49th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their sixth at AT&T Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with a 76-85 record, 11\u00bd games behind the San Diego Padres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187672-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Giants season, Regular season, Season summary\nBarry Bonds of the Giants pursued his quest toward Hank Aaron's all-time mark of 755 home runs. Bonds finished the season with 734 career home runs, 21 short of tying Aaron's mark. On June 3, 2006, Eliezer Alfonzo made his big league debut. In his debut, his name was misspelled on his jersey (it should have ended in \"zo\", not \"so\"). Alfonzo hit a two-run shot in the sixth inning that ultimately won the game against the Mets. The following day, the jersey was still misspelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187672-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 San Francisco Giants season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Giants finished 76-85, 11\u00bd games behind the division winner, the San Diego Padres, and also 11\u00bd games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants finished in third place in their division, just \u00bd game ahead of both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, who both finished their season with a record of 76-86.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187673-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco SUV rampage\nOmeed Aziz Popal, a native of Afghanistan, struck 18 pedestrians and killed one in the San Francisco Bay Area with his black Honda Pilot SUV on August 30, 2006, when he was 29 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187673-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco SUV rampage\nOn July 31, 2008, at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco, state judge Carol Yaggy ruled Popal not guilty by reason of insanity of the attempted murder charges and committed him to a state psychiatric facility. According to the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, Popal was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had a history of severe mental illness. He had been involuntarily committed for mental treatment twice within the six months before the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187673-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco SUV rampage, Victims\nThe first person to be attacked, Stephen J. Wilson, 54, was struck in Fremont, California, and died at 11:50 am. Another victim was hospitalized in critical condition. Popal struck two men at the intersection of Sutter and Steiner Streets in San Francisco. He passed through the intersection again in an attempt to hit the men a second time\u2014and then a third time\u2014before moving on. A witness said he saw one victim's body \"thrown 25 feet.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187673-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco SUV rampage, Victims\nMultiple witnesses and victims said that the driver appeared to be aiming for people, intentionally hitting them. Other victims included Vera Jenkins, 40; Pedro Aglugov, 70; Leon Stevens, 56; and Susan Rajic, 43. One police officer was slightly injured when Popal was apprehended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187673-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco SUV rampage, Reactions\nCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called Popal's actions \"malicious and hateful\". He commended authorities and offered his condolences to the victims and their families. He further said that \"acts of hate such as this will not be tolerated in California\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187673-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 San Francisco SUV rampage, Reactions\nIn a column read on air by Rush Limbaugh, Debbie Schlussel did not believe his family's explanation that he was upset over a stressful arranged Muslim marriage and declared it was the third incident of \"islamic terrorism by auto\" that year. She compared it to the 2006 UNC SUV attack and to a Palestinian Muslim, Ali R. Warrayat, who drove his car into a Home Depot in Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187674-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose State Spartans football team\nThe 2006 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They were coached by head coach Dick Tomey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187675-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose Stealth season\nThe San Jose Stealth are a lacrosse team based in San Jose playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 7th in franchise history and 3rd as the Stealth (previously the Albany Attack).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187675-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose Stealth season\nThe 2006 Stealth looked to rebound from the dismal 4-12 2005 season. But after starting the season 5-4, they lost their last seven games to finish 5-11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187675-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose Stealth season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187675-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose Stealth season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187675-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose Stealth season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187676-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose mayoral election\nThe 2006 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 6 and November 7, 2006 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the election of Chuck Reed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187676-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jose mayoral election\nBecause no candidate managed to receive a majority of the vote in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held between the first round's top-two finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187677-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jos\u00e9 mayoral election\nThe municipal elections of the canton of San Jos\u00e9, capital of Costa Rica, of 2006 were held on December 3 of that year. This process was the second occasion in the modern history of the country where elections were held for the election of the capital's mayor. San Jos\u00e9, besides being the capital of the country, is the most populated canton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187677-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jos\u00e9 mayoral election\nThe incumbent Mayor Johnny Araya Monge of the National Liberation Party (PLN) opted for reelection. His main rival was doctor Arturo Robles Arias of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), a political group that in the canton had obtained the majority of votes for his presidential ballot in the previous presidential elections held in February 2006, which were very polarized among the PLN and PAC candidates. Araya won with 68% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187677-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Jos\u00e9 mayoral election\nThe PLN also obtained all the disputed syndics of the districts of San Jose and the majority of councilors in the District Councils, even though the PAC obtained representation of councilors in all the districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187678-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino GP2 Series round\nThe 2006 San Marino GP2 Series round were a pair of motor races held on 22 and 23 April 2006 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola as part of the GP2 Series. It was the second round of the 2006 GP2 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix\nThe 2006 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2006) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy on 23 April 2006. The 62-lap race was the fourth round of the 2006 Formula One season, and the 26th running of the San Marino Grand Prix. It was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher, who had started from pole position. It was both his and Ferrari's first win of the season. Championship leader Fernando Alonso finished second for the Renault team, whilst Juan Pablo Montoya completed the podium with third position for McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Schumacher improved his position in the Drivers' Championship from fourth to second. Alonso lengthened his lead in the standings from 14 to 15 points. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen remained in third, 3 points behind Schumacher, whilst his teammate Montoya elevated himself ahead of Button into fifth place as a result of his podium finish. Alonso's Renault teammate, Giancarlo Fisichella, dropped to fourth place but still helped to extend the team's lead to 18 points over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari were then 3 points behind McLaren, on a total of 30 points, 15 more than fourth-placed Honda, and 20 more than fifth-placed BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix\nIt was Schumacher's seventh victory at the San Marino Grand Prix, and his fifth win at Imola in six years. This was the last Formula One race to be held in Imola until the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers\nThe bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nMichael Schumacher took pole position, and in doing so, broke Ayrton Senna's record of 65 poles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn the first lap, Alonso passed Barrichello at the Tamburello curve. Like the previous Grand Prix, the race started with an accident, this time in the Villeneuve curve. The Super Aguri team's driver Yuji Ide hit MF1's Christijan Albers, putting the Dutchman's car into a series of rolls that left it upside down. Albers was unhurt and Ide was able to continue after replacing his damaged front wing, although he later retired on lap 23. He was reprimanded by the stewards and warned over his future conduct. This incident also formed part of the evidence that led the FIA to withdraw Ide's superlicence later in the season. The Safety Car was deployed for two laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMichael Schumacher appeared to have a clear lead coming up to the first set of pit stops, although things started to go wrong after that. His car developed graining in its tyres, which slowed him down considerably. Alonso gained significantly on Schumacher, but could not pass him. The Imola circuit is renowned for being difficult to overtake on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race continued normally for some laps, until Toyota driver Jarno Trulli entered the pits to retire following a steering problem. Tonio Liuzzi had a problem and spun his Toro Rosso car in the Variante Alta, a corner which had recently been revised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHonda driver Rubens Barrichello started the first round of pit stops, on lap 14. His stop lasted 15 seconds, which dropped him to 13th place. Michael Schumacher came into the pits on lap 20, temporarily giving Renault's Fernando Alonso the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nLap 30 saw Honda's Jenson Button make his second stop. The refuelling nozzle got stuck and Button, thinking it had been removed, pulled away from the pits, tearing the nozzle from the refuelling rig. He was delayed in the pitlane while the Honda mechanics removed the nozzle from his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBy the halfway point of the race, Ferrari began experiencing problems, specifically tyre degradation. Eight laps were enough for Alonso to bring down the 10 second difference between himself and Schumacher. The duel that took place during the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix was to be repeated, this time with Schumacher in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187679-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race\nLap 41 saw Alonso pit for a second time, ahead of Schumacher. Alonso's out lap was not good enough to put himself in front of Schumacher, so their positions remained the same. Alonso chased hard, but a mistake by running wide into a corner left Schumacher a clear path for the last few laps to win. Meanwhile, David Coulthard had a driveshaft problem and retired on lap 47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187680-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187680-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\n24 of the 72 seats on the council were being contested in the election, with Labour holding control beforehand with 53 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187680-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw 9 candidates from the British National Party, part of a record number for the party in the West Midlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187680-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nIn the run up to the election councillor Alan Burkitt was arrested by the police on suspicion of selling his girlfriend for sex. As a result, Burkitt, representing Charlemont with Grove Vale ward, was suspended from the Conservative Party; Burkitt had previously been a Liberal Democrat councillor before defecting to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187680-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nDuring the election the Conservative candidate in Tipton Green Shahzad Chaudhry accused the Labour councillor, Ahmadul Haque, of breaking the code of conduct for candidates by giving his home number for voters who wanted help with postal votes, however Haque denied he had done anything wrong. Meanwhile, Chaudhry received the backing of the former British National Party organiser for the West Midlands, Steve Edwards, in the election for Tipton Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187680-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the British National Party win 3 seats, all gains from Labour. The gains for the British National Party came in the wards of Great Bridge, Princes End and Tividale, taking the party to 4 seats on the council. Labour dropped to 50 seats, after losing 4 but gaining another 1, the Conservatives stayed on 11 seats, the Liberal Democrats 5 and independents on 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187681-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Santa Cruz Measure K\nMeasure K is an ordinance put on the city of Santa Cruz's annual ballot on November 6, 2006. Its purpose was to give marijuana violations the lowest priority for local law enforcement. All other offenses besides adult-marijuana offenses were put to a higher priority as well. After winning with 63.88% of the vote, Measure K was put into action in December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187681-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Santa Cruz Measure K, Origin\nMeasure K was originally sponsored by the group, Santa Cruz Citizens for Sensible Marijuana Policy which was organized and led by Andrea Tischler. It was also funded by Ohio insurance tycoon Peter B. Lewis who donated $70000 for the cause. The year before the law was enacted 254 citations for possession or use of marijuana in amounts less than an ounce were given out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187681-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Santa Cruz Measure K, Effects of the Measure\nThe citizens of the city of Santa Cruz have passed an initiative to deprioritize marijuana offenses and request that the federal and California state governments take immediate steps to tax and regulate marijuana use, cultivation, and distribution and to authorize state and local communities to do the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187681-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Santa Cruz Measure K, Goals\nTo help Santa Cruz law enforcement focus their resources on high priority crimes such as murder and theft, and to save taxpayer's dollars on marijuana offense prosecutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187681-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Santa Cruz Measure K, Oversight Committee\nMeasure K set up an oversight committee to oversee the actions implemented by Measure K. It is made up of seven volunteer residents of the city of Santa Cruz. The committee meets at 809 Center Street in the City Council Chambers in Santa Cruz City Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187682-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Santos FC season\nThe 2006 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-fourth season in existence and the club's forty-seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187682-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Santos FC season\nThis season, Santos announced the return of the manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who had left the club in the last season and failed at Real Madrid. On 9 April 2006, Santos won the Campeonato Paulista for sixteenth time in history, by beating Portuguesa 2\u20130 in the last match. On 31 August, they signed Brazilian midfielder Z\u00e9 Roberto who was free agent since he left FC Bayern Munich, until June 2007. In the Campeonato Brasileiro, Santos ended in the 4th place, securing a place in the 2007 Copa Libertadores. In the Copa do Brasil, Santos were knocked out by Ipatinga in the quarter-finals. Santos also competed in the Copa Sudamericana, being eliminated in the round of 16 after a 1\u20133 loss on aggregate to San Lorenzo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187682-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Santos FC season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election\nThe ninth Sarawak state election was held on Saturday, 20 May 2006 with nomination day on Tuesday, 9 May 2006. The election functioned to elect 71 representatives to the Sarawak State Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri in Malay). The eighth state assembly was dissolved by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng by the advice of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, on 24 April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election\nOn nomination day, Barisan Nasional won two seats without contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election\nThis election saw 892,537 voters eligible to cast their ballots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election\nThe previous state election was held in 2001, when the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) won 60 out of 62 seats in the eighth state assembly. The Democratic Action Party won one, while another went to an independent candidate. The eighth state assembly's mandate would expire on 18 November 2006, necessitating the calling of an election beforehand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election\nA total of 28 seats was contested by Sarawak National Party (SNAP), followed by People's Justice Party (PKR) (25 seats), Democratic Action Party (DAP) (12 seats), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (1 seat). There were 20 independents contesting for 16 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Background\nSarawak is the largest state in Malaysia, comprising 124,450 square kilometers, almost as large as the Malay peninsula. In 1963, Sarawak and Sabah together with the Federation of Malaya formed a greater federation named Malaysia. Since then, Sarawak nationalism dominates in every state election. The people of Sarawak generally resented the control of the Malay peninsula on Sarawak affairs such as autonomy in decision making, dissatisfaction over the 5% allocation of oil royalty to Sarawak, and the tendencies to support local parties in Sarawak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Background\nSince rural areas dominated Sarawak lands, the control over the rural areas is essential for electoral successes. In the 1990s, deforestation in Sarawak became a major issue whereby logging companies with close political ties to the regime were given large amount of concessions for logging. As the source of timber in Sarawak forests became depleted, oil palm plantations became a priority. The Sarawak government had encroached on the Native customary rights (NCR) lands to convert them into state lands for logging, plantations, and infrastructure developments. In return, the government promised infrastructure projects that can benefit the rural community. However, tenders for the infrastructure projects were also awarded according to party lines. Poverty in the rural areas had fostered dependence on government handouts, thus rural communities showed more loyalty to the government when compared to urban areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 960]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Background\nSarawak is ethnically diverse. The Iban people is the largest group, followed by Chinese, Malay, Melanau people, Bidayuh, and Orang Ulu. The Ibans are primarily located in rural areas, the Chinese is primarily located in the urban areas; Bidayuh was traditionally rural but has been increasingly urbanised. Since the 1970s, the chief minister of Sarawak traditionally come from Melanau ethnic group. Similar to Peninsular Malaysia, delineation of constituencies and campaign issues are organised along racial lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Electoral system\nSince formation of Malaysia in 1963, Sarawak has hold nine state elections. Since 1979, Sarawak hold state elections separately from the national parliamentary elections. Thus, Sarawak elections become a measure of support of the incumbent government before the next Malaysian general elections. Malaysian electoral system uses the first-past-the-post voting system, where winners take all. Therefore, Sarawak BN consistently won greater proportion of seats than the share of popular vote. Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) had been alleged to be politically aligned with the incumbent government since 1961. The chairman of EC is appointed by the incumbent government and is answerable to the Malaysian prime minister department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Nomination\nThe Sarawak State Legislative Assembly was dissolved by chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. The nomination date was set on 9 May 2006 with campaign period set from 10 to 19 May. This election also saw larger number of women candidates being fielded by both government and opposition parties. BN nominated six women candidates while the opposition slated four women candidates. BN has introduced 18 new faces in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Nomination\nThere were only a total of 892,537 registered voters in this election, which was less than a third of the 2.5 million total population in Sarawak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Nomination\nOut of 71 seats, only 69 seats saw contests between various candidates. Two seats \u2013 namely Daro and Dalat \u2013 were won uncontested by candidates from Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu, a component party in Barisan Nasional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Parties and leaders, Government\nSarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and its predecessor Alliance has been securing decisive victories in every state elections since the formation of Malaysia. Sarawak is also one of the five states in Malaysia where the governing BN coalition secured more than 90% of the seats in almost every election. Other states are: Malacca, Perlis, Negeri Sembilan, and Johor. Sarawak BN consists of entirely local parties: United Traditional Bumiputera Party (PBB), Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), Sarawak Peoples Party (PRS), and Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP). Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud is the president of PBB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Parties and leaders, Government\nHe is also the chairman of Sarawak BN. His party consists of Malay-Melanau party members. SUPP is predominantly Chinese, although the party also has several Iban members. PRS is the combination of Iban and Chinese members while SPDP is predominantly Iban. Both PRS and SPDP are either direct or indirect splinter parties from Sarawak National Party (SNAP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Parties and leaders, Opposition\nSarawak National Party (SNAP) was a component party in Sarawak BN in 2001. However, in 2002, SNAP was grippled by a leadership crisis. It was later deregistered by the Malaysian Registrar of Societies (ROS) on 5 November 2002 due to the persistent unresolved leadership crisis. The party then filed a judicial review against the ROS decision. The review was dismissed by the High Court in September 2006. During the 2002 SNAP crisis, Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) was formed and admitted into Sarawak BN. SNAP then departed from BN and became an opposition party in 2004. In the same year, another component party of Sarawak BN, Parti Bangsa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS), which was a splinter party from SNAP in 1983, faced a leadership crisis and was deregistered. Sarawak Peoples Party (PRS) was formed later and admitted into Sarawak BN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Parties and leaders, Opposition\nAmongst all the opposition parties in Sarawak, only Democratic Action Party (DAP) has a seat in Kidurong since 2001 election. DAP had left Barisan Alternatif (BA) before the 2001 election. It has reached an informal agreement with People's Justice Party (PKR) for the latter to contest at Padungan in return for not contesting against DAP in 2004 Malaysian general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Parties and leaders, Opposition\nMeanwhile, People's Justice Party (PKR) together with Sarawak National Party (SNAP) teamed up to form the Sarawak United Front (Barisan Bersatu Sarawak, BBS). Malaysian Dayak Congress (MDC), being one of the two parties split from the deregistered PBDS in 2004, was awaiting for registration approval from ROS. Therefore, BBS had allowed candidates from MDC to use SNAP party symbol to contest in this election. Meanwhile, Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) decided to contest in only one seat in view of voters base in Sarawak mainly consists of non-Muslims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Parties and leaders, Opposition\nMost of the seats saw two corner fights with the agreement of the opposition on not contesting against each other. The number of independent candidates also dropped from the last election where only 15 seats saw the participation of the independent candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Barisan Nasional\nThe BN government lifted the ban of helicopter flights to ease the dissemination of manifestos in the rural areas. Sarawak BN mainly campaigned on theme of \"development and stability\" with messages such as \"A Peaceful, Progressive and Prosperous Sarawak\". BN put heavy emphasis on rural development in terms on agricultural expansion such as palm oil, pepper, and cocoa. It is stressed that continued rural development is depended upon the rural voters' political loyalty. For example, chief minister Taib Mahmud had spoken the following words to the voters at Bekenu:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Barisan Nasional\nIt is the policy of the government to always help the people, and that is why we have a development plan. Since the First Malaysia Plan (1MP), the government has spent hundreds of billions of ringgit to provide the infrastructure and basic amenities for the rakyat (people). They[the opposition] have no capital to help the people so they spread lies, but do you want to wait another 50 years to see development to your area?\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Barisan Nasional\nSarawak government allocated projects under the SALCRA agency (Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority) in rural areas. Rural Growth Centres (RGC) were also opened throughout Sarawak. These centres were aimed to \"create job opportunities and income\". A total of RM 2.12 billion (US$0.57 billion) would be allocated exclusively for rural development. BN also linked Ninth Malaysia Plan to Sarawak development. The Malaysian federal government allocated RM 13.4 billion (US$3.62 billion) to win support in this campaign. For example, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin announced his plans of boosting cocoa and pepper production in Sarawak. Awang Tengah, a senior politician from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) highlighated the RM400 million (US$108 million) allocation for Rural Electrification Scheme (RES) in Sarawak. Samy Vellu, Malaysian Minister of Works announced allocations for upgrading Mambong-Sejingkat road (Kuching), Miri-Lutong road (Miri), Limbang-Lawas road, and an elevated road in Miri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 1105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Barisan Nasional\nA PBB leader named Abdul Wahab Aziz stressed that Mukah and Balingian only got development when Taib Mahmud represented Balingian since 2001. Since the discovery of coal in Mukah, a coal power plant was built in Balingian, an oil palm plantation was planted in Mukah, and a deep sea fishing port was built at Tanjung Manis. In Ba'kelalan (near Indonesian border of Kalimantan), BN candidate Nelson Balang emphasised regarding the risk of them being left behind for 10 to 20 years if they do not vote for BN in the next five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Barisan Nasional\nThe issue of connectivity of Ba'kelalan to other towns in Sarawak had also been highlighted. A road project was also politicised in Bekenu (near Miri). Besides, BN also emphasized on the importance of political stability in bringing developments to the people while saying the opposition only bring chaos to the community. Politicians from BN coalition also argued that supporting BN is also necessary in maintaining Sarawak's autonomy in decision making and with local leaders in control because Sarawak BN are consisted of local parties. A vote for the opposition will let Peninsular Malaysia to have more control over Sarawak. This election was also portrayed as the last election for the chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. The election day coincidentally fell on the date of his birthday. Therefore, Sarawak BN regularly featured a headline read as \"Give CM special birthday gift\" on newspapers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 954]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Opposition parties\nSarawak National Party (SNAP) campaigned on the Native Customary Rights (NCR) platform, arguing that BN has not been respecting Dayak NCR rights while using their lands in various development platforms. SNAP has been focusing on personalities of a Dayak long-time leader Daniel Tajem, however Daniel lost the Balai Ringin constituency eventually. Meanwhile, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) emphasized on good governance with less corruption, better human rights protection, lower inflation, and equitable allocation of resources. PKR national advisor Anwar Ibrahim came to Sarawak for three days and highlighted these issues during his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Opposition parties\nThe meagre 5% oil royalty, removal of fuel subsidies, and uncertainty associated with the renewal of the 60-year land lease among the urban residents were highlighted during the PKR campaign. The PKR campaign was relied heavily on machinery and resources from Peninsular Malaysia. Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) also emphasized on similar issues with endorsement on Islamic governance. Although PAS only focus on one constituency, their own PAS candidate was not loyal to the party. Therefore, the candidate did not receive the required amount of support from party leadership to campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Opposition parties\nDemocratic Action Party (DAP) has the strongest campaign amongst all the opposition parties. They portrayed themselves as the watchdog of the government with the themes \"Enough is enough\" and \"Sarawak deserves better\". They also presented themselves as the probable alternative with a united team to the urban Chinese voters. Price hikes, land lease renewal problems, and corruption issues were highlighted. In response to opposition accusations, BN \"approved\" 835 owners in Sibu and 85 owners in Kuching to renew their land leases but only with the final approval from the Sarawak Land and Survey Department and the fees were not announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Campaign, Opposition parties\nBN labelled the oppositions such as DAP, PKR, and PAS as \"West Malaysia opportunists\", \"liars\" and \"rejects\". They even labelled DAP as \"dangerous and poisonous\". BN also labelled the opposition as the transversities welcoming Anwar Ibrahim at Kuching airport. Meanwhile, the opposition lashed back and lablled BN as \"Barang Naik\" (goods increase\") in reference to inflation of prices of daily necessities under BN governance. The opposition also attacked the character of the chief minister Taib Mahmud. The largest opposition public meeting on the night before the polling day was at Kings Centre Shopping Plaza at Kuching, with over 5,000 voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Polling\nOn the polling day, 62.6% of the registered voters went our for voting. The election commission spent RM 31 million in this election. They used 3,889 land vehicles, 1,007 boats and 48 speedboats to reach the 1,705 polling centres staffed with 14,571 officers, 71 returning officers and 170 assistant returningofficers. Voters from rural areas such as Ba'kelalan and Telang Usan went to polls early in the morning and the polling was stopped at noon with certain polling stations opened for half an hour. DAP, SNAP, and PKR parties were able to put more polling agents to supervise voting counting at polling stations. There was no incidence of violence reported. The polling day was peaceful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Results\nBy 8 pm on the same day, results started to pour in with overall results known by midnight. Barisan successfully captured 61 seats out of 71 seats, but lost a total of nine seats; eight seats to opposition and one seat to an independent. Meanwhile, the opposition managed to captured 8 seats. This was the first time since the 1987 election that the opposition made a significant inroad in a state election. SUPP, a component party in the BN coalition, is the biggest loser as it lost six seats to DAP in Chinese urban areas. SUPP almost lost all the seats in the Kuching city (Padungan, Pending, Kota Sentosa, and Batu Lintang) but able to retain one seat Batu Kawah. Meanwhile, twenty one candidates lost their deposits (garnered less than 1/8 of the total votes cast), mostly independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Results\nBN was managed to secure 62.8% of the popular vote in this election, a significant reduction when compared to 70.3% in the last election. Meanwhile, the opposition together won 47.2% of the popular vote. BN experienced a general drop in support from multiple ethnic groups, with the biggest loss of support from the Chinese. Younger generation have more tendency to support the opposition than the older generation. Poorer voters tend to be more receptive of the BN development promises while wealthier voters tend to sympathise the opposition. BN suffered an average of five percent decline in vote share across all constituencies. BN suffered 19 percent decline in Chinese majority seats, four percent decline in Iban and Bidayuh seats, six percent decline in mixed constituencies, and two percent increase in Malay-Melanau areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Results\nAccording to political scientist Bridget Welsh, the loss of BN support in Sarawak was attributed partially to national issues such as fuel price hike, high electricity tariffs, increased inflation, slowing of reform, and the lack of direction by the Abdullah Ahmad Badawi administration. As the media become more open under Abdullah administration, voters gain more access to information, including the opposition; thus favouring the chances of the opposition in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0026-0001", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Results\nLocally, chief minister Taib long tenure in office and his exertion of political power in economy through firms allegedly linked to his family members and associates have raised concerns amongst the voters. Lack of job opportunities in the state led to out-migration of the younger people. The Chinese questioned the voice of SUPP within Sarawak BN. The SUPP handling of land leases involving oil palm plantations was seen as benefiting only a selected few and did not contribute to a wider Chinese community. Factional infighting amongst the SUPP led to sabotage of candidates during the election. DAP was seen as offering a more dynamic range of younger candidates when compared to SUPP which offered only old candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Controversies\nDuring this election, DAP had made police reports at Opar, Balai Ringin, and Saribas for alleged vote-buying. The opposition also protested on postal votes that greatly favoured the incumbent government. Sarawak BN also used government machinery such as government vehicles and public officials during campaign. Public officials were expected to be rewarded for helping BN during campaign. The Sarawak media were also expected to feature news favouring the incumbent government. An NGO named \"The Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections\" (MAFREL) raised concerns on the discrepancies in the electoral roll where voters were registered without addresses, and a case of voter impersonation was recorded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Aftermath\nAfter the election, both BN and the opposition tried to build momentum in the next general election, with DAP being more optimistic about its outcomes. SUPP lost the mayoralty of the Kuching South City Council (MBKS) after their devastating defeat in the Kuching city. The mayor of the Kuching South was usually a political appointee from SUPP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187683-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Sarawak state election, Aftermath\nJohnichal Rayong, who won the N28 Engkilili seat on SNAP ticket, joined SUPP in December 2010, contributed another seat for BN. Dublin Unting, the state assemblyman for N29 Batang Ai, died at the Normah Medical Specialist Centre, Kuching on 24 February 2009 after a coma. This resulted in the necessity to call for a by-election. Malcolm Mussen Lamoh later successfully defended the seat for Barisan Nasional. Gabriel Adit Demong previously an independent for N43 Ngemah constituency joined PKR in November 2008. He later quit PKR and joined Parti Cinta Malaysia in December 2009. Larry Sng, who won the N54 Pelagus seat for BN, was sacked by Sarawak Peoples Party (PRS) in 2007. Although partyless, Sng is regarded as a loyal member of BN by Abdul Taib Mahmud, the chairman of Sarawak BN coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187684-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saroma tornado\nOn November 7, 2006, a deadly tornado struck the town of Saroma, Hokkaid\u014d in northern Japan. The tornado destroyed forty buildings. Nine people were confirmed dead and 26 people injured (seven seriously) as of November 9, 2006. Most of the casualties occurred at the work site for a tunnel, where the storm swept over prefabricated housing that was being used by workers. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the tornado is the deadliest ever recorded in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187684-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Saroma tornado\nThe previous recent most deadly tornado occurred September 18, 2006, killing three people on the southern island of Ky\u016bsh\u016b. The agency's records only go back to 1961, however. The previous deadliest tornado struck Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture in 1941, killing 12; and the deadliest killed 16 in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture in 1881.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187684-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Saroma tornado\nThe November tornado also took out power to approximately 600 homes and destroyed 40 separate buildings. The meteorological agency estimates a wind speed for the tornado at more than F2 on the Fujita scale. The tornado was later confirmed as an F3. It was likely a low-mild F3 with winds around 160-165mph, well built, conventional earthquake resistant homes lost their roofs and some walls and even conventional multi floor houses lost their stories as well, cars were thrown for a short distance and overturned, and poorly built structures were swept away entirely. Stronger reinforced-concrete buildings had partial roof collapse, all doors blown in, and total loss of glass windows; they also lost the entrances if they were not made of steel-reinforced concrete, patios were swept away, and garages were blown in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187685-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saskatchewan Roughriders season\nThe 2006 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished 3rd place in the West Division with a 9\u20139 record. They appeared in the West Final where they lost to the eventual Grey Cup champions BC Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187686-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2006 Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts women's provincial curling championship, was held February 1\u20135 at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The winning team of Tracey Streifel, represented Saskatchewan at the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts in London, Ontario, where the team finished round robin with a 2\u20139 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187687-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saskatchewan municipal elections\nThe Canadian province of Saskatchewan held municipal elections on October 25, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nThe 2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 31st final of the Crown Prince Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nIt took place on 7 April 2006 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was contested between Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal. It was Al-Ahli's ninth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's seventh final. It was Al-Ahli's first final since 2004 and Al-Hilal's second consecutive final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nAl-Hilal won the game 1\u20130 to claim their sixth Crown Prince Cup title. As winners of the 2005\u201306 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Al-Hilal qualified for the 2007 AFC Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue. This was the seventh Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its current capacity is 68,752 and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Hilal reached their seventh final after a 5\u20132 aggregate win against Al-Wehda. This was Al-Hilal's second final in a row. Previously, they won finals in 1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, and 2005, and lost in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Ahli reached their ninth final, after a 5\u20134 aggregate win against Al-Shabab. They reached their first final since 2004. They finished as runners-up after losing to Al-Ittihad in that year's final. Previously, they won finals in 1957, 1970, 1998, and 2002, and lost in 1958, 1974, 2003, and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nThis was the second meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final. Al-Hilal won in 2003. This was the 6th meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup; previously Al-Hilal won 3 times, Al-Ahli won once and the two teams drew once. The two teams played each other three times in the season prior to the final with Al-Hilal winning all three matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187688-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Clemente Ayete Plou (Spain)Oscar Mart\u00ednez Samaniego (Spain)Fourth official:Bernardino Gonz\u00e1lez V\u00e1zquez (Spain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187689-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election\nThe 2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election was held on 13 November 2006 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors to Sault Ste. Marie City Council for the term from 2006 to 2010, as well as school board trustees for the Algoma District School Board, wards 1, 3 and 4/5, and the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187689-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sault Ste. Marie municipal election\nThis election coincided with the 2006 Ontario municipal elections held across Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187690-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Savannah State Tigers football team\nThe 2006 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in American football. The Tigers were members of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187690-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Savannah State Tigers football team, Statistics\nCurrent as of November\u00a027,\u00a02006\u00a0(2006-11-27) \u2013 All Games", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187691-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election\nThe 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Wolfgang B\u00f6hmer lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187691-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187692-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scheldeprijs\nThe 2006 Scheldeprijs was the 94th edition of the Scheldeprijs road cycling one day race, held on 12 April 2006 as part of the 2005\u201306 UCI Europe Tour, as a 1.HC categorised race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187692-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scheldeprijs\nBelgian rider Tom Boonen, in the rainbow jersey as the incumbent world champion, won the race in a bunch sprint for the Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic team, ahead of teammate Steven de Jongh, while compatriot Gert Steegmans (Davitamon\u2013Lotto) completed the podium. Boonen was the first incumbent world champion to win the race since Eddy Merckx in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187692-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Scheldeprijs, Teams\nTwenty-one teams were invited to take part in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187693-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa\nThe 2006 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2006 in South Africa by Scotland national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187693-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa, The Matches\nSouth Africa: 15.Percy Montgomery, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Jaque Fourie, 12.Jean de Villiers, 11.Andr\u00e9 Snyman, 10.Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9.Fourie du Preez, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.Juan Smith, 6.Schalk Burger, 5.Victor Matfield, 4.Danie Rossouw, 3.Eddie Andrews, 2.John Smit (capt. ), 1.Os du Randt, \u2013 replacements: 16.Hanyani Shimange, 17.Lawrence Sephaka, 18.Johann Muller, 19.Pedrie Wannenburg, 20.Ricky Januarie, 21.Wynand Olivier, 22.Gaffie du Toit Scotland: 15.Hugo Southwell, 14.Chris Paterson, 13.Marcus di Rollo, 12.Andrew Henderson, 11.Sean Lamont, 10.Dan Parks, 9.Mike Blair, 8.Ally Hogg, 7.Donnie Macfadyen, 6.Jason White (capt. ), 5.Scott Murray, 4.Nathan Hines, 3.Bruce Douglas, 2.Scott Lawson, 1.Gavin Kerr, \u2013 replacements: 16.Dougie Hall, 17.Craig Smith, 18.Alastair Kellock, 19.Kelly Brown, 20.Sam Pinder, 21.Gordon Ross, 22.Simon Webster", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187693-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Scotland rugby union tour of South Africa, The Matches\nSouth Africa: 15.Percy Montgomery, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Andr\u00e9 Snyman, 12.Wynand Olivier, 11.Bryan Habana, 10.Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9.Fourie du Preez, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.Juan Smith, 6.Schalk Burger, 5.Victor Matfield, 4.Danie Rossouw, 3.Eddie Andrews, 2.John Smit (capt. ), 1.Os du Randt, \u2013 replacements: 17.CJ van der Linde, 18.Albert van den Berg, 19.Jacques Cronje, 20.Ricky Januarie, 22.Gaffie du Toit \u2013 No entry\u00a0: 16.Hanyani Shimange, 21.Wayne JuliesScotland: 15.Hugo Southwell, 14.Chris Paterson, 13.Marcus di Rollo, 12.Andrew Henderson, 11.Simon Webster, 10.Gordon Ross, 9.Mike Blair, 8.Jon Petrie, 7.Ally Hogg, 6.Jason White, 5.Alastair Kellock, 4.Nathan Hines, 3.Craig Smith, 2.Dougie Hall, 1.Gavin Kerr, \u2013 replacements: 16.Scott Lawson, 17.Bruce Douglas, 18.Scott Macleod, 19.Kelly Brown, 20.Donnie Macfadyen, 21.Sam Pinder, 22.Ben MacDougall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 \u2013 March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending champion, whose team is known as Team Canada. The tournament was the 25th anniversary of the Hearts. The winner would be Kelly Scott's British Columbia rink who defeated the defending champions, Jennifer Jones in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nRepresenting Team Canada is last years champion, Jennifer Jones but with a change at lead position with 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Georgina Wheatcroft. Making her 21st appearance at the Scotts in Colleen Jones who is skipping the Nova Scotia team. Colleen Jones has won the Scotts six times. 1998 Champion Cathy King will be skipping Team Alberta. Making her fourth appearance at the Scotts is Suzanne Gaudet from Prince Edward Island, a two time Canadian Junior Champion and 2001 World Junior Champion. Making her first appearance at the Scotts is Andrea Kelly from New Brunswick, the 2005 Canadian Junior Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nReturning from last year is the Northwest Territories/Yukon team skipped by Kerry Koe- Koe is making her fourth appearance at the Scotts. Also returning is Kelly Scott, from British Columbia, the 1995 World Junior Champion who is making her second appearance. Another skip returning from last year is Heather Strong from Newfoundland and Labrador who is making her sixth appearance. Making an appearance at the Scotts for the first time since 1997 is Janet Harvey of Manitoba, attending her third event. Debuting at the Scotts this year, along with Kelly from New Brunswick is Eve B\u00e9lisle from Quebec, Krista Scharf from Ontario and Tracy Streifel from Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Jennifer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Georgina Wheatcroft", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Cathy King Third: Lori Armistead Second: Raylene Rocque Lead: Tracy Bush", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Janet Harvey Third: Jill Thurston Second: Cherie-Ann Loder Lead: Carey Burgess", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Andrea Kelly Third: Kristin McDiarmid Second: Jodie deSolla Lead: Morgan Muise", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Heather Strong Third: Shelley Nichols Second: Laura Strong Lead: Susan O'Leary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Colleen Jones Third: Kim Kelly Second: Mary Anne Arsenault Lead: Nancy Delahunt Alternate: Mary Sue Radford", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Krista Scharf Third: Tara George Second: Tiffany Stubbings Lead: Lorraine Lang Alternate: Michelle Boland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Suzanne Gaudet Third: Susan McInnis Second: Nancy Cameron Lead: Tricia Affleck Alternate: Shelly Bradley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Eve B\u00e9lisle Third: Pamela Nugent Second: Martine Comeau Lead: Saskia Hollands", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Tracy Streifel Third: Ros Tanner Second: Kristen Ridalls Lead: Andrea Rudulier", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kerry Koe Third: Monique Gagnier Second: Kelli Turpin Lead: Heather McCagg-Nystrom", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Shamrock Curling Club in Edmonton January 24\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Williams Lake Curling Club in Williams Lake January 25\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena in Thompson January 25\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nDefending Manitoba champion, Jennifer Jones won the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, meaning she will get an automatic bye to the championships and did not have to go through qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Curling Beaus\u00e9jour, Inc. in Moncton January 25\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Corner Brook Rec Plex in Corner Brook January 25\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nColleen Jones represented Team Canada at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts because she had won it in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Highlander Curling Club in St. Andrews January 25\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Fort Frances Curling Club in Fort Frances January 29-February 4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Maple Leaf Curling Club in O'Leary January 19\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nThe defending champion, Rebecca Jean MacPhee played third for O'Rourke", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Club de curling Victoria in Quebec City January 15\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Yorkton Curling Club in Yorkton February 1\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187694-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Qualifying\nEvent held at the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife January 26\u201329", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187695-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was an association football match between Ross County and Clyde on 12 November 2006 at McDiarmid Park in Perth. It was the 16th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187695-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nThe match was Ross County's second appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final since losing in 2004, whilst it was Clyde's first national final in 48 years since winning the Scottish Cup in 1958. The tournament was contested by clubs below the Scottish Premier League, with both finalists from the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187695-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nRoddy Hunter scored first for Clyde in the 43rd minute with Andy Dowie equalising the score at 1\u20131 in the 80th minute for Ross County to force extra time. Clyde were reduced to 10 men during extra time after Eddie Malone was sent-off after receiving a second yellow card. The score remained 1\u20131 and the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Both teams scored four of their first five penalties and Jason Crooks scored the winner for Ross County after Neil McGregor missed the decider for Clyde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187695-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Team news\nRoss County started with a 4-4-2 formation. Alex Williams, who was Clyde's top scorer the previous season, missed the match through injury along with Sean Higgins and Fergus Tiernan. Craig Samson started in goals for County, with on loan Celtic duo Gary Irvine and Michael Gardyne also getting starts. Gardyne was partnered by Frenchman Amick Ciani, the only non-Scot in both squads, in attack. Experienced duo Don Cowie and Derek Adams were partnered in the centre of midfield. The midfield was completed by youngsters Craig Gunn and Martin Scott. Midfielder Kevin McKinlay found himself in the unfamiliar position of left back, playing alongside Andy Dowie and Alex Keddie. Jason Crooks, who would go on to score the winning penalty, was making his first senior appearance from the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187695-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Team news\nClyde used their preferred 3-5-2 formation. Star striker Dougie Imrie missed the game through injury, which he picked up in the previous game, as did Steven Masterton, who was suffering from a knee injury. Michael McGowan and Gary Arbuckle were both suspended, after picking up their second yellow cards of the competition at the semi final stage. Goalkeeper David Hutton made only his fourth appearance for the club, with the consistent trio of Craig McKeown, Neil McGregor and Chris Higgins in front of him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187695-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Team news\nThe suspension to McGowan meant a rare start for Ryan McCann at right wing back, with Eddie Malone took up position on the opposite flank. Captain Paul McHale played in the middle of the park, alongside Craig Bryson and Stephen O'Donnell, with Andy Ferguson and Roddy Hunter forming the attack. The squad was so stretched that manager Joe Miller named himself amongst the substitutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187696-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Cup Final\nThe 2006 Scottish Cup Final was played on 13 May 2006 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 120th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who beat Hibernian 4\u20130 in the semi-final, and Gretna, who beat Dundee 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187696-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Cup Final\nHearts had previously reached the final 13 times, winning six. Gretna, who were only admitted to the Scottish Football League in 2002, having previously competed in non-League English football, had never reached the final. Gretna became the first team from the third tier of Scottish football to reach a Scottish Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187696-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Cup Final\nThe cup holders were Celtic, who had beaten Dundee United 1\u20130 to win the previous final, but they were knocked out in the third round by First Division club Clyde who beat them 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187696-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish Cup Final\nHearts won the match 4\u20132 on penalties after the match had ended in a 1\u20131 draw after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187697-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish League Cup Final\nThe 2006 Scottish League Cup Final was a football match played on 19 March 2006 at Hampden Park in Glasgow. It was the final match of the 2005\u201306 Scottish League Cup and the 59th Scottish League Cup Final. The final was contested by Dunfermline Athletic and Celtic. Celtic won the match 3\u20130, thanks to goals from Maciej Zurawski, Shaun Maloney and Dion Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187697-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scottish League Cup Final\nThe Celtic team all wore the number 7 on their shorts in honour of former player Jimmy Johnstone, who had died a week earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187698-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Scream Awards\nThe Spike Scream Awards inaugurated an annual award show dedicated to the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres of feature films. The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt, Cindy Levitt, and Casey Patterson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187698-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Scream Awards\nThe 2006 ceremony was held on October 10, 2006 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was hosted by Grindhouse co-stars Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton and Rosario Dawson. Shock rocker Marilyn Manson presented the Scream Rock Immortal Award to Ozzy Osbourne. Rock groups My Chemical Romance and Ko\u042fn performed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187698-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Scream Awards, Competitive categories\nNominees and winners for each announced category are listed below. Winners are listed in boldface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season\nThe Seattle Mariners 2006 season was their 30th since the franchise creation, and their third consecutive season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a 78\u201384 (.481) record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season\nTwo players were featured in the All-Star Game: Ichiro Suzuki, making his sixth appearance in the All-Star Game, and Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez, with his first appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season\nThe Mariners' longest winning streak was 5 games, which they managed twice, between June 16\u201321 and June 24\u201329, counterpointed by their longest losing streak of 11 games from August 10\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsOnly pitchers who qualified for the ERA title have been listed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Team statistics\nPositions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Team statistics, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Team statistics, Pitching\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nBelow is a complete list of Seattle Mariners draft picks from the June 2006 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft but not the Rule 5 draft in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187699-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe 2006 Major League Baseball Draft was held from June 6 to 7. The Mariners selected a total of 50 players in the draft. Of those 50 players, the Mariners signed 26 players. They did however sign multiple players after the draft deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season\nThe 2006 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League, fifth season playing at Qwest Field, and eighth under head coach Mike Holmgren. The season began with the team attempting to improve on their 13\u20133 record from 2005, repeat as National Football Conference (NFC) champions, and return to the Super Bowl. The team, while winning their NFC West division, only advanced as far as the Divisional round of the NFL playoffs, losing to eventual 2006 NFC champions Chicago Bears in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Detroit Lions\nThe Seahawks won their regular season opener against the Detroit Lions on September 10. Despite the Seahawks' offense failing to score a single point, Josh Brown had a big day, as he provided all of the Seahawks' points. He kicked a 20-yarder, a 50-yarder, and a 42-yard field goal as time expired to win the game. Meanwhile, the defense limited the Lions to just two field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Detroit Lions\nWith the win, the Seahawks started out the season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Deion Branch trade\nOn September 11, the Seahawks announced they had acquired wide receiver Deion Branch in a trade with the New England Patriots. In return, they gave their first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft to the Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nAfter a low-scoring victory in Detroit, the Seahawks played their Week 2 home-opener against their fellow NFC West rival, the Arizona Cardinals. Unlike Game 1, Seattle's offense got off to a strong start, as RB Shaun Alexander got a 2-yard TD run, while QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 49-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson. That's how the rest of the first half would end up. In the third quarter, the score of the period was Arizona kicker Neil Rackers completed a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks got a 1-yard TD run by FB Mack Strong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nThe Cardinals would get a touchdown, which would come in the form of a 40-yard TD pass from QB Kurt Warner to WR Bryant Johnson, but fortunately, Seattle would maintain the lead for the win. The Seahawks would extend their home winning streak to 11 straight games and improved to 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nThe Seahawks held on to defeat the New York Giants 42\u201330 after leading 42\u20133 going into the 4th quarter. Prior to the game the Giants had complained to the NFL about the level of crowd noise at Qwest Field and suggested that some of the noise was artificial. Last year the Giants were called for 11 false start penalties in a 24\u201321 overtime loss at Seattle. The complaint became public and the predictable result was a boisterous Seattle crowd and inspired play from the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nDeion Branch saw his first action with the Seahawks as he caught two passes for 23 yards and ran once for eight yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nOne day after the game, the Seahawks reported that MVP Running Back Shaun Alexander had a cracked bone in his foot that would sideline him for a few weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nWith the win the Seahawks improved to 3\u20130 and increased their home game streak to 12 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nThe Seahawks met the 3\u20130 Chicago Bears in a primetime matchup of NFC powerhouses at Soldier Field. The Seahawks took the lead on an early field goal, but momentum quickly shifted to the hometown Bears. Two Matt Hasselbeck interceptions midway through the 2nd quarter led to 10 Chicago points and a 20\u20136 halftime lead. Any hopes for a comeback were erased after the Bears scored a touchdown on their first possession of the second half for a 27\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nThe Seahawks running attack was diminished without the injured Shaun Alexander. Near constant pressure on Hasselbeck, including 5 sacks, thwarted the effectiveness of the 4 receiver offense that had confused the Giants the week before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nThe team flight back to Seattle was diverted to South Dakota for a \"medical emergency\", which turned out to be Defensive Consultant Ray Rhodes feeling ill after the game. He was checked out at a Rapid City, South Dakota hospital and released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, the Seahawks went into their bye week at 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at St. Louis Rams\nStill recovering from the loss to the Bears and without Shaun Alexander and WR Bobby Engram, the Hawks were ineffective for much of the first half. Trailing 21\u20137, Mike Holmgren blistered the paint in the locker room and a different Hawks team took the field in the second half. Seattle scored 20 unanswered points to lead 27\u201321 and looked to have put the game away after a Lofa Tatupu interception late in the game. However, RB Maurice Morris fumbled on the Ram 7-yard line with 2:48 left. A few plays later Ram QB Marc Bulger hit Torry Holt with a 67-yard TD pass to give the Rams a 28\u201327 lead with 1:38 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at St. Louis Rams\nMatt Hasselbeck engineered a final drive from the Seahawks' 17-yard line and led the team to the Rams' 31-yard line. A premature celebration erupted on the Rams' sideline as the Seahawks were called for an illegal formation after Hasselbeck spiked the ball to stop the clock with four seconds left in the game. The Rams believed the Seahawks had committed a false start which would have resulted in a ten-second runoff on the clock that would have ended the game. Instead, the Seahawks were penalized five yards, pushing them back to the 36-yard line. Despite the setback, Josh Brown still kicked a 54-yard field goal to win the game, 30\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: at St. Louis Rams\nBrown's kick was tied for the second longest game-winning field goal in NFL history, behind Tom Dempsey's 63-yard effort in 1970. (It would be supplanted a week later by Tampa Bay kicker Matt Bryant's 62-yard field goal in a win over the Philadelphia Eagles.) Brown also became the first player in NFL history to make 3 field goals of 49 yards or longer in the same quarter. In the third quarter, Brown achieved the equally rare feat of hitting both uprights on an unsuccessful 34-yard field goal attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe return of Steve Hutchinson had the 12th man at Qwest Field in a frenzy. A knee injury to Matt Hasselbeck early in the second half silenced them. An early 72-yard touchdown reception by Darrell Jackson staked the Seahawks to a 7\u20133 lead, but the Vikings scored a TD of their own in the second quarter and the teams went to the half tied at 10. On the Hawks first possession of the 3rd quarter, Vikings LB E.J. Henderson rolled onto Hasselbeck's right leg and sent the QB to the turf well after he had released the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nHasselbeck left the field with the assistance of trainers, and did not return. Seneca Wallace took over at QB, completing 14 of 25 passes with two interceptions and a fumble in his own endzone. The Hawks gave up a 15-yard TD pass from RB Mewelde Moore to TE Jermaine Wiggins to trail 17\u201310 as Hasselbeck was walking to the locker room. They looked to have weathered the storm and recaptured momentum when punter Ryan Plackemeier pinned the Vikings on their own 5-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0016-0002", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe next play resulted in the Vikings' longest ever TD play, a 95-yard romp by Chester Taylor that brought back memories of Bo and the Boz. Suddenly the deficit was 14 points. The Hawks drove for an FG to cut the lead to 11, but a failure to convert a 4th and 1 play on the next drive ended any hope of pulling out the game. The loss ended the Seahawks' 12-game winning streak at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nAn MRI scan on Hasselbeck's knee revealed a second degree sprain and he missed 4 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith the loss, the Seahawks fell to 4\u20132 and their 12-game winning streak at home was snapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Seahawks ventured to Arrowhead Stadium without stars Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander. Seneca Wallace made his first career start in a stadium where the Seahawks have won only twice in their last 20 visits. The story of the game was not the Seahawks wounded offence, but rather the failure of the supposedly healthy defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Chiefs controlled the ball for over 42 minutes of the contest, piled up 499 total net yards, and were able to sustain drives all afternoon. The Seahawks defence was only able to force one Chiefs punt, early in the fourth quarter. Despite being dominated in time of possession and yardage, the Seahawks found themselves leading the game 28\u201327 after a Kelly Herndon 61-yard TD return of a fumbled field goal attempt and a 49-yard TD grab by Darrell Jackson with just over 6 minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Chiefs responded as they had all game, with an 8-play, 80-yard drive capped off by Larry Johnson's 4th TD of the game. A successful 2-point conversion made the score 35\u201328. A last drive by the Seahawks ended when Seneca Wallace completed a short sideline pass to FB Mack Strong for 8 yards on 4th down and 15 from the Chiefs 46-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs\nFox became the sixth network to air a game between these two teams. All Sunday afternoon meetings between 1977\u201397 were aired on NBC, then from 1998\u20132001 on CBS (which also aired the 2002 game in Seattle). ESPN broadcast Sunday night games in 1992 and 1998, TNT aired a Thursday night game in 1996, and ABC aired a Monday night game in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Chiefs, the Seahawks returned home for a Monday Night match-up with the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders won the coin toss. It would be the last time fortune smiled on them on a windy and wet night at Qwest Field. In the first quarter, QB Seneca Wallace completed a 22-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. Later in the first quarter, kicker Josh Brown nailed a 20-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Brown would get a 25-yard field goal for the only score of the quarter. After a scoreless third quarter, Brown would put the game away with another 20-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWhile the offense did their job, Seattle's defense had a huge night, sacking Raiders QB Andrew Walter nine times, including three consecutive times on the same set of downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith their 16\u20130 victory over the Raiders, and a 42\u20130 appearance at the Eagles in 2005, dubbed the Monday Night Massacre by NFL Films, the Seahawks became the first team to post consecutive shutouts on Monday Night Football. Poetically, the Raiders became the first team to lose in back-to-back MNF shutouts, having lost 27\u20130 to the San Diego Chargers earlier in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nOn a windy, rainy Sunday the Seahawks hosted the Rams looking to take an effective 3 game lead in the division with a win. The Seahawks drove the ball easily on their first possession, moving to the Ram 1-yard line. After a false start penalty, Seneca Wallace was sacked and fumbled, and the Rams returned the ball 89 yards for a touchdown. The Seahawks drove down the field again, this time maintaining possession to the endzone as Darrell Jackson caught a 3-yard TD pass. The lead would change hands 6 more times in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith the Rams holding a 16\u201314 lead in the fourth quarter, Rams coach Scott Linehan chose to challenge a call, nullifying a field goal. The challenge was upheld, but the Rams still faced a fourth down play. Instead of kicking another field goal to increase the lead, Linehan chose to go for a first down. The raucous Qwest Field rose to the occasion, and Rams FB Paul Smith could not hear the play call. Rather than run a pass route he stayed in the backfield to block, and Ram QB Marc Bulger's pass to double covered TE Klopfenstein fell incomplete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nNate Burleson returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown and a 21\u201316 lead. After a Rams TD with 2:37 remaining, a series of penalties against St. Louis changed momentum. A holding penalty nullified a successful 2 point convert. The second attempt failed. A 15-yard personal foul was assessed on the subsequent kickoff, and Josh Scobey returned the ball to the Ram 49-yard line. With a short field and time on the clock, Seneca Wallace and Maurice Morris drove the Seahawks to the Ram 20-yard line, where Josh Brown kicked a game-winning field goal with 9 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nBrown kicked game-winning field goals in both games against the Rams that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith their 4th straight win over the Rams, the Seahawks improved to 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nThe Seahawks travelled to Monster Park to face division rival San Francisco. Buoyed by the return of Shaun Alexander to the starting line-up, and having Matt Hasselbeck dressed as the 3rd quarterback, the Seahawks expected to take a stranglehold on the NFC West. Instead, they played a flat first half and fell behind by 20 points \u2013 13 of those coming after 3 turnovers. The Seahawks also allowed the 49ers to gain 163 rushing yards in the first half, whereas Alexander had only 9 yards on 7 carries. He would finish with 37 yards on 17 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nA different Hawks team appeared in the second half, scoring quickly on a 38-yard touchdown reception by Deion Branch. The Seahawks added another long touchdown reception by Darrell Jackson with 6:40 remaining in the game, but could not get any closer. A key sequence in the last 2 minutes of the game saw Alexander stopped for a loss on 4th and 1. Following the change of possession, 49ers RB Frank Gore fumbled, recovered by Grant Wistrom. Given a second life, the Seahawks allowed a 9-yard loss on a sack before Seneca Wallace threw an interception. Instead of owning a 3-game lead in the division, the Seahawks only lead the surprising 49ers by a game. The teams meet again December 14 at Qwest Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nSnow fell on a Seahawks home game for the first time ever. In a setting that looked more like Green Bay's home field, the Seahawks started poorly on Monday Night Football. Matt Hasselbeck returned after missing 4 games and promptly turned the ball over four times in the first half. Shaun Alexander picked up the slack for the rusty Hasselbeck, rushing a team record 40 times for 201 yards on the evening. It was a return to MVP form for Alexander, who is still running on a cracked foot injured in the first week of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nJosh Brown kicked four field goals in the first half to keep Seattle in the game, and they trailed only 14\u201312 at the half. All of Green Bay's points came off turnovers, the last 7 when a Hasselbeck fumble was returned for a TD. The snow stopped falling at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nGreen Bay drove for a TD on their first possession of the second half to go up 21\u201312. After both teams had drives stall and were forced to punt, Hasselbeck led the Seahawks on a nine-play, 62-yard drive capped by a 23-yard pass to D. J. Hackett. Seattle drove again late in the third quarter, led by Alexander. On the second play of the 4th quarter, Hasselbeck found Darrell Jackson for a 4-yard TD toss. A 2-point convert gave the Seahawks a 27\u201321 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0033-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nAfter a Green Bay field goal cut the Seahawks lead to 3 points, Hasselbeck threw his third TD to Jerramy Stevens to cap an 11-play, 51-yard drive. The Seahawks defense crushed the final three Green Bay drives with two interceptions and a fumble recovery to finish with 4 takeaways on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Denver Broncos\nThe Seahawks travelled to Denver to face their old foe from the AFC West. On a frigid Sunday Night game, these Seahawks were able to accomplish what few of their predecessors managed \u2013 to come out of Denver with a win. Carrying on their recent troubling tendency of weak first half performances, the Seahawks fell behind 13\u20137 to the Broncos, who were led by first-time starter Jay Cutler. The Seahawks managed only 2 first downs and 67 yards of total offense in the first half, but remained in the game thanks to Darryl Tapp's 25-yard return of an intercepted Cutler pass for a TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Denver Broncos\nIn the second half, the teams traded punts and one turnover apiece until Seattle got the ball on its own 39-yard line with 9:42 left in the game. Two long pass completions from Matt Hasselbeck to Darrell Jackson put the Seahawks on the Broncos one-yard line. Shaun Alexander quickly took the ball into the endzone for a 14\u201313 Seahawks lead. The Broncos fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Joe Tafoya recovered. Assisted by a holding penalty on third down, the Seahawks moved the ball into range for Josh Brown to kick a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0035-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Denver Broncos\nThe Broncos held onto the following kickoff, but on their first play Cutler threw an interception to Jordan Babineaux for Seattle's 9th takeaway in the past two games. The Seahawks again had to settle for a Brown 23-yard field goal for a 20\u201313 lead with 3:01 remaining, keeping Denver in the game. The failure to score a TD proved costly, as Cutler connected with WR Brandon Marshall on a 71-yard pass and run play for a game tying TD, assisted by some poor tackling by Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Denver Broncos\nThe Seahawks started the last drive at their own 14-yard line with 2:31 remaining. A key third down reception by Nate Burleson kept the drive alive, and Hasselbeck led the team down to the Broncos 32-yard line with 10 seconds remaining. Josh Brown came on to kick a game-winning, 50-yard FG, his fourth such kick of the season to tie an NFL record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Denver Broncos\nWith the win the Seahawks' lead in the NFC West increased to three games over the 49ers and Rams as they improved to 8\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their Sunday night victory over the Broncos, the Seahawks flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for an NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Cardinals QB Matt Leinart completed a 56-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson, while RB Edgerrin James got a 7-yard TD run. The Seahawks would respond with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR D. J. Hackett. In the second quarter, Arizona increased its lead with kicker Neil Rackers nailing a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Arizona Cardinals\nSeattle would draw closer with Hasselbeck completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. In the third quarter, the Seahawks took the lead with Hasselbeck's 2-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals got the win with Leinart's 5-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald and Rackers' 40-yard field goal. With the loss, Seattle fell to 8\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nDespite the loss to the Cardinals, the Seahawks could still clinch the NFC West at home in a Thursday night game against the San Francisco 49ers with the Seahawks hoping to avenge the earlier loss to the 49ers. On a rainy, windy night, Seattle started off strong with RB Shaun Alexander getting a three-yard TD run for the only score of the first quarter. The 49ers offense was almost nonexistent in the first half, as seven of San Francisco's first eight drives ended in three-and-outs. However, the Seahawks still allowed a 39-yard field goal by Niners kicker Joe Nedney near the end of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Seattle's defense started giving way. 49ers QB Alex Smith completed an 8-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Davis combined with an excellent kickoff return by Nate Burleson gave Seattle prime field position at the San Francisco 33-yard line. However, the Seahawks failed to convert on a fourth down play on the first series from scrimmage, and turned the ball over on downs. Smith would take advantage by driving his team downfield and completing a 20-yard TD pass to RB Frank Gore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0040-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nSan Francisco delivered the final blow with Smith running for an 18-yard TD on a naked bootleg with no defenders near him. The Seahawks got a 22-yard touchdown from QB Matt Hasselbeck to TE Jerramy Stevens with under two minutes left, but it wouldn't be enough as Seattle would get swept by the 49ers. With the loss, the Seahawks fell to 8\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nTrying to end a two-game skid, the Seahawks went home for a Week 16 fight with the San Diego Chargers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Chargers struck in the second quarter with QB Philip Rivers completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, San Diego increased its lead with kicker Nate Kaeding nailing a 46-yard field goal. Fortunately, Seattle started to strike back with RB Shaun Alexander getting a 33-yard TD run. However, the Chargers answered back with Kaeding kicking a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0041-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the fourth quarter, the Seahawks finally took the lead with Alexander getting a 9-yard TD run, along with kicker Josh Brown's 33-yard field goal. However, the Chargers wrapped up the game with Rivers and Jackson hooking up again on a 37-yard TD pass. With the loss, Seattle fell to 8\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTrying the end a three-game skid, the Seahawks flew to Raymond James Stadium for their last game of the regular season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Seattle drew first blood with kicker Josh Brown nailing a 35-yard field goal, while RB Shaun Alexander got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers would get their only score of the game as QB Tim Rattay completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0042-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAfterwards, Seattle took over for the rest of the game as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR D. J. Hackett. In the second half, Brown wrapped up the game with a 30-yard field goal in the third goal, along with a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. With the win, the Seahawks wrapped up the regular season at 9\u20137 and acquired the NFC's #4 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nHowever, CB'S Kelly Jennings, and Jimmy Williams were injured during the match. They would join Kelly Herndon and Marcus Trufant on the injured list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason\nSeattle entered the postseason as the #4 seed in the NFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #5 Dallas Cowboys\nEntering the NFC playoffs as the fourth-seed, the Seahawks began their playoff run at home against the fifth-seeded Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Seattle struck first blood with a 23-yard field goal, while Cowboys kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica nailed a 50-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Seattle went back into the lead with Brown kicking a 30-yard field goal. However, Dallas took the lead with QB Tony Romo completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0045-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #5 Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks regained the lead with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 15-yard TD pass to TE Jerramy Stevens. However, following the touchdown drive, the Cowboys marched right back into the lead as WR Miles Austin returned a kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Dallas increased its lead with Gram\u00e1tica kicking a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0045-0002", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #5 Dallas Cowboys\nLater, Seattle retook the lead with a safety off a Terry Glenn fumble from a hit by rookie CB Kelly Jennings, along with Hasselbeck hooking up with Stevens again on a 37-yard TD pass (followed up with a failed a two-point conversion). Afterwards, the Cowboys got into position to score late in the game, but Romo botched the hold of a field-goal attempt. He then ran to try for the first down or the touchdown, but was tackled by strong safety Jordan Babineaux. The Seahawks then ran out as much of the clock as they could. With two seconds left, Dallas had one final shot as Romo threw up a Hail Mary pass, but Seattle batted the ball down for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #5 Dallas Cowboys\nWith the victory, the Seahawks improved their overall record to 10\u20137 and advanced to the Divisional Round to take on the Chicago Bears. They also became the first team to win a playoff game after losing the Super Bowl since the 1997 Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #5 Dallas Cowboys\nIn the words of the , the Seahawks won \"a wild wild-card game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff: at #1 Chicago Bears\nComing off the win over the Cowboys, the Seahawks traveled to Soldier Field to face the top-seeded Chicago Bears in the Divisional round. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early with Bears RB Thomas Jones getting a 9-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Seahawks got on the board with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. However, immediately following Seattle's score, Chicago responded with QB Rex Grossman completing a 68-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0048-0001", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff: at #1 Chicago Bears\nThe Seahawks struck back with RB Shaun Alexander getting a 4-yard TD run, yet Jones helped the Bears out with a 7-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Seattle took the lead with kicker Josh Brown kicking a 40-yard field goal, while Alexander got a 13-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Chicago tied the game with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 41-yard field goal. In overtime, the Seahawks won the coin toss and received the ball first. Hasselbeck led the team to around midfield, but on their last third down of the game, he threw the ball out of bounds. On fourth down the Seahawks punted to the Bears who were able to get the ball close enough for Gould to kick a 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187700-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff: at #1 Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, Seattle ended its season with an overall record of 10\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187701-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Seattle Storm season\nThe 2006 WNBA season was the seventh for the Seattle Storm. The Storm barely made the playoffs as the 4th seed, which they later lost to the Los Angeles Sparks in three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187702-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187703-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe 2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoci\u00f3n de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2005\u201306 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B to the 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n were relegated to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. It also decided the one team which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2006\u201307 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187703-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe top four placed teams from each group in the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B played in the Liguilla de Ascenso. Each liguilla contained one team from each of the four regular season groups. Teams were then drawn to plan one another with the 1st placed team in each group playing the 4th placed team, and the 2nd placed playing 3rd. The winners of these ties then played each other with the winning team being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187703-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe teams finishing 16th in each group of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B were drawn into 2 pairs, with the losing teams then played each other with the losing team being relegated to the Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187703-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nAll ties were two-legged, with each team playing once at home. The winner of each tie was determined by aggregate score, with draws being separated by the away goals rule or a penalty shoot-out where necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187703-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Promotion play-offs\nThe regular season finished on the 27 May and the play-offs began on the 3 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187703-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Matches\nThe two losers of this tournament will play another tie, which will decide the team that will be relegated to the 2006-07 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187704-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Senior League World Series\nThe 2006 Senior League World Series took place from August 13\u201319 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Punto Fijo, Venezuela defeated Pearl City, Hawaii in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187705-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nThe 2006 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3 was the first edition of the Seniors Torneo God\u00f3 and it took place from April 20\u201323, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187705-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nTie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'Champions Tie-break' (the first player to win at least 10 points or by a margin of two points) would be used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187705-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nSergi Bruguera won the inaugural edition by defeating Carlos Costa 6\u20131, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187705-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3, Draw\nThe list of players was confirmed on 10 April 2006. Marcelo R\u00edos, winner of the first two tournaments at Doha and Hong Kong, was initially considered but later discarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum\nA referendum on a proposed draft of the new Serbian constitution was held on October 28 and 29 October 2006 and resulted in the draft constitution being approved by the Serbian electorate. The constitution is Serbia's first as an independent state since the Kingdom of Serbia's 1903 constitution. Over 6.6 million people were entitled to vote in the national referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Background\nThe previous Constitution of Serbia was adopted in 1990, when Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107 was President of Serbia. When he was ousted on October 5, 2000, one of pre-election promises of the new Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition government was to adopt a new constitution. That did not occur, however, as the coalition soon fell apart following disputes between the President of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Ko\u0161tunica, and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Zoran \u0110in\u0111i\u0107, which ended with Ko\u0161tunica's Democratic Party of Serbia leaving the government of Serbia, dominated by \u0110in\u0111i\u0107's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Background\nThe 1990 constitution contained several anachronisms, such as a provision for \"social property\", which was neither privately nor state owned. Also, it significantly reduced the level of autonomy of Serbia's two provinces (Vojvodina and Kosovo), which had been introduced in the Titoist constitution of 1974. It required a two-thirds majority in parliament and a qualified majority of 50% of the electorate to be changed. Ko\u0161tunica advocated that the change of constitution be in accordance with the constitution of 1990, while many other parties suggested the provisions for constitutional change be ignored, advocating elections for a Constitutional parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Background\nFollowing \u0110in\u0111i\u0107's assassination in March 2003, general election was held in December 2003 but was considered inconclusive due to low voter turnout. In March 2004, Ko\u0161tunica became the Prime Minister. At the same time, the Serbian Radical Party experienced a revival and became the single largest party in parliament, but it was excluded from government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Background\nThe issue was revisited in 2005, when the teams selected by President Boris Tadi\u0107 and the Government presented their drafts of the constitution to the public. In June 2006 Serbia became an independent state when Montenegro decided to put an end to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro at a referendum, making a new constitution urgent. The Kosovo status talks also necessitated the quick adoption of a new constitution which would affirm Serbian desires to keep the province under its sovereignty, in accordance with international law and UN Security Council Resolution #1244.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Background\nOn October 1, 2006, followed by short negotiations among the largest parliamentary parties, the Parliament of Serbia unanimously adopted the draft of the new Constitution, with 242 MPs voting in favour. The other eight were not present. The draft was the result of a compromise among the key political parties. Some considered the way in which it had been drawn up to be reasonably untransparent, and the result of political horse-trading. In the preamble, a statement that \"Kosovo is an autonomous province of Serbia with significant autonomy\" was included. It was decided that the constitutional referendum was to be held on October 28 and October 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Background\nAll major political parties supported the draft and began a public campaign for the referendum. The only political bloc that campaigned against the draft and advocated public boycott was a group of liberal and social-democrat parties (\u010cedomir Jovanovi\u0107's Liberal Democratic Party, Nenad \u010canak's League of Vojvodina Social Democrats, \u017darko Kora\u0107's Social Democratic Union, Nata\u0161a Mi\u0107i\u0107's Civic Alliance of Serbia) and a number of NGOs. They objected to the lack of public discussion, argued that the claims to Kosovo in the preamble were a populist attempt to encourage the voters. Some were also dissatisfied with the level of autonomy given to Vojvodina. (On the 2007 election, those parties formed the coalition and entered the Parliament with about 5.3% support).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, The constitution\nIn the first article, Serbia is defined as a \"state of the Serb people and all its citizens\", and in the preamble Kosovo is defined as an \"integral part\" of Serbia with \"fundamental autonomy\". Also, it defines Serbia as an independent state for the first time since 1918. In addition, it makes Cyrillic the only alphabet for official use, while making provisions for minority languages to be used at the local level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, The constitution\nDifferences between the new constitution and that adopted in 1990 include the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Controversy\nWhile it was more or less universally accepted that the new constitution draft was a significant improvement over the 1990 constitution, the main objections of the public were directed at the untransparent way in which the draft was drawn up and approved by parliament. Even President Tadi\u0107 acknowledged that \"...I sense a certain uneasiness that we did not have a full public discussion about the constitution, due to the speed and pace at which it was seems to be adopted\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Controversy\nSeveral international law experts and independent analysts pointed out that the new article 16, which states that all international treaties must comply with the provisions of the constitution, sets up an inherent conflict, and can present an obstacle to the country's accession to European Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Controversy\nAnother obstacle was how to ensure the constitutional limit of 50% of registered voters. Republic Election Commission (RIK) placed the total number of electors at 6,639,385\u2014that excluded Kosovo Albanians, who have been boycotting all Serbian elections and censuses since 1990. Critics pointed that it's hypocritical to exclude Albanian voters from the balloting about the document which states that Kosovo is part of Serbia. Political analyst and president of Transparency Serbia Vladimir Goati said that \"It is pointless to state that they are not on the voter list, because they are boycotting all Serbian elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Controversy\nIf you recognize someone as a citizen of your country, then you cannot take away his or her right to boycott. \"; however, the practice of excluding Kosovo Albanians has been adopted in several elections before. Also, opponents of the constitution such as Serbia's Liberal Party pointed out that the decision of the Republic Election Commission that potentially an extra number of ballots would be ignored, was unlawful and outrageous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Results\nAccording to preliminary counts published by the Republic Election Commission, 51.46% of the electorate (95.9% of those voting) supported the constitution, with 50% support needed for it to come into effect. The voter turnout amounted to 53.66%. The turnout of registered voters in Kosovo reached 90.1%, Albanians in Southern Serbia (Kosovo and Metohia) who constitute the majority of population in these areas ignored the referendum. The turnout in Vojvodina was also low (45.9%), as several regional parties and NGOs called for a boycott, stating that the degree of the province's autonomy was insufficient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Results\nThe Speaker of the Vojvodina provincial assembly, Bojan Kostre\u0161, accused the authorities of \"forcing the new constitution\". \"The final voting hours were very strange, with a sudden, steep rise in turnout\", he said. Several political analysts pointed out that similar scenarios have happened before; analyst \u0110or\u0111e Vukadinovi\u0107 stated that \"...the turnout of three to five percent per hour has been reached on several occasions in the past ten years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0012-0002", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Results\n\", while many commentators also pointed out that non-stop public messages on TV urging people to vote, the appearance of Serbian Patriarch Pavle voting on a TV broadcast, and an increase in awareness about the problems that would occur if the referendum failed, may also have played the role in increasing turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Results\nThe final results of the referendum were declared by the Republic Election Commission on 2 November 2006: voter turnout amounted to 3,645,517, or 54.91% of the electorate (totally 6,639,385 citizens), of which 25,866 votes were declared invalid and thus the final valid figure of 3,619,221 votes published. The new constitution was supported by 3,521,724 voters, or 53.04% of the electorate and 96.60% of those voting; 97,497 voters (1.47% of those registered and 2.67% of those voting) were against the new constitution; 25,866 votes were invalid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Reactions\nThe referendum and the text of the new Serbian Constitution have been sharply criticized by International Crisis Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187706-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Serbian constitutional referendum, Reactions\nDespite the drawbacks, the European Union and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe endorsed the proposed changes. Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman of EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, stated that \"[The EU] positively assesses the fact that Serbia is changing the Constitution from the time of Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season\nSerena Williams's 2006 tennis season was hampered by injury, She was only able to play 4 tournaments and was outside of the top 100 for the first time since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open\nWilliams in her biography talking about her meltdown on court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open\nWilliams did not have any preparation into defending her title at the Australian Open. Williams faced China's Li Na and won in three sets dropping the second set in a tie-break, but winning the first and third set comfortably. In the second round she defeated Frenchwoman Camille Pin dropping just four games. Williams then faced Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 in the round of 32. Williams dropped the first set by winning only a single game. In the second set Williams saved three match points in the twelfth game to push it to a tie-break. Hantuchov\u00e1 took the tie-break on her fifth match point. The loss meant that Williams will drop outside of the top 40 since entering it in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, Early hard courts, clay court and grass season\nShe then withdrew from tournaments in Tokyo (citing her lack of fitness) and Dubai and from the Tier I NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne (citing a knee injury and lack of fitness). On April 10, her ranking fell out of the top 100 for the first time since November 16, 1997. Shortly after, she announced that she would miss both the French Open and Wimbledon because of a chronic knee injury. She said that she would not be able to compete before \"the end of the summer\", on doctor's orders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, US Open Series, Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open\nWilliams came back ranked no. 139 at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open and faced world no. 11 Anastasia Myskina, she won easily losing only four games. She then faced Bethanie Mattek in the next round and won, once again just dropping four games. The following round, Williams defeated compatriot Amy Frazier, once again losing only four games for the third match in a row. In the semifinals, she took on Russian Vera Zvonareva and fell in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 113], "content_span": [114, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, US Open Series, JPMorgan Chase Open\nIn her only third tournament of the year, she played the JPMorgan Chase Open. She cruised pass through her first two matches Maria Kirilenko and Ashley Harkleroad winning in straight sets. In the third round she faced Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and lost the first set winning only a game. However, Williams came back winning the next two at three. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced compatriot Meghann Shaughnessy, the first set went to a tie-breaker, which Shaughnessy won. However, Williams came back and won the next two sets easily. Williams then faced Jelena Jankovi\u0107 in the semifinals. Jankovi\u0107 broke Williams in tenth game of the first set to take the set. Jankovi\u0107 took control of the second set by breaking Williams in the fourth game and that paved way for Jankovi\u0107 to advance to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, US Open Series, US Open\nWilliams was unable to enter US Open as a direct entry, but received a wildcard. Williams began her Open against Spaniard Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino and quickly dispatched the 41 ranked player in straight sets. For the third time in four tournaments Williams has played, she once again faced Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Hantuchov\u00e1 served for the first set in the ninth game, but Williams pegged her back, breaking and winning the next three games. Williams then took the second set to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187707-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Serena Williams tennis season, Year summary, US Open Series, US Open\nWilliams then faced a young up-and-comer in Ana Ivanovic and cruised through with a straight set win to become the first wildcard entry to advance to the round of 16. In the fourth round, Williams faced top seed Amelie Mauresmo. Mauresmo took the first set with a single break, however in the second set Williams came back winning it in a bagel. In the final set Mauresmo broke in the fifth game of the third set and won the last three games to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187708-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Setanta Sports Cup\nThe 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187708-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Setanta Sports Cup, Group stage\nThe draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 \u2013 3 April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187708-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Setanta Sports Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187708-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Setanta Sports Cup, Final\nSimilarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187709-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Seychellois presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in the Seychelles between 28 and 30 July 2006. Incumbent president James Michel of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front was re-elected with 54% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187709-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Seychellois presidential election, Results\nThis Seychelles-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187709-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Seychellois presidential election, Results\nThis African election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187710-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe 2006 Shanghai International Film Festival was the ninth such festival to be held, and took place over the course of two weeks between June 17 and June 25, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187710-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Shanghai International Film Festival\nIn all, over 764 films were submitted, but only seventeen were selected to compete for the Golden Goblet or \"Jin Jue.\" The jury was chaired by French filmmaker Luc Besson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187710-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Shanghai International Film Festival, International reaction\nThe 2006 rendition of the Shanghai International Film Festival was meant to place the program as a top echelon international festival. Problems plagued the two-week festival, however, including poor Chinese-English translations and a failure by many of the filmmakers to even attend the award ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite\nThe Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the creation of the Province of Shariff Kabunsuan in the Philippines. The plebiscite was conducted on October 28, 2006 and results were announced on October 31, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite\nThe proposed province \u2014 named after Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan, an Arab-Malay Islamic preacher who introduced Islam to central Mindanao in the 16th century, \u2014 was established under Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201 which was signed into law by ARMM Regional Governor Zaldy Ampatuan on September 7, 2006. MMAA 201 provided for the creation of a new province comprising the nine municipalities of Barira, Buldon, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Matanog, Parang, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura, and Upi, all of the first legislative district of the province of Maguindanao. A tenth municipality, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, was created within the proposed province on September 16, 2006, weeks prior to the actual plebiscite for the creation of the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite\nMaguindanao Governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. originally pushed for the creation of the new province to \"decentralize governance and maximize development in poor Muslim communities, most of which have been areas of armed conflict for decades.\" He and his son ARMM Regional Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, campaigned for the creation of Shariff Kabunsuan to better extend government services to residents, particularly those in the \"precipitous\" parts of the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, Referendum question\nThe Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite was supervised and officiated by the COMELEC pursuant to Resolution No. 7727.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, Referendum question\nDO YOU APPROVE OF THE CREATION OF THE PROVINCE OF SHARIFF KABUNSUAN, INTO A DISTINCT AND INDEPENDENT PROVINCE COMPRISING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BARIRA, BULDON, DATU ODIN SINSUAT, KABUNTALAN, MATANOG, PARANG, SULTAN KUDARAT, SULTAN MASTURA, UPI AND DATU BLAH T. SINSUAT IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO, PURSUANT TO MMA ACT NO. 201?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, Results\nThe following municipalities seceded from Maguindanao and formed the new province. All of them were from the first legislative district of Maguindanao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, Results\nDatu Odin Sinsuat was designated the capital of the new province, per Section 1 of MMA Act 201.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, Results\nThe province was the first to be created under Republic Act No. 9054 or the Expanded ARMM law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187711-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, Aftermath\nBy 2008, in Sema v. COMELEC and Dilangalen, the Supreme Court ruled the creation of the province as unconstitutional, as the constitution only gives Congress the power of creating legislative districts; this means that provinces and cities, which are made up of legislative districts, can only be created by a Republic Act made by Congress. This led to the province being reverted to Maguindanao.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187712-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sharpie 500\nThe 2006 Sharpie 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 26, 2006 at Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 mile (0.857\u00a0km) concrete short track, it was the 24th race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth of Roush Racing won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187712-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sharpie 500, Race recap\nOne of the most popular races on the circuit, the Sharpie 500, NASCAR's twenty-fourth race of the season was held on August 26, 2006 under the lights on the 0.533-mile Bristol International Speedway. Kurt Busch won the pole for this event. Matt Kenseth won his second straight Nextel Cup race and, along with points leader Jimmie Johnson, clinched a berth in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187713-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sheffield City Council election\nSheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 4 May 2006 with polling stations open between 7am and 10pm. One third of council seats were up for election; one in each ward, plus one additional seat in Ecclesall due to a resignation. The overall turnout this year was 34.5%, down considerably from the previous year's general election turnout at 43.9 per cent turnout in Sheffield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187713-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sheffield City Council election, Election result\nThis result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season\nIn the 2006 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nDespite having battled with dire finances for much of the 2006 season, mainly due to market risk-taking in the drive for success, over-expenditure on player-purchase fees, high wages, low home attendance rates and continuing tax debts, Shelbourne actually managed to win the title. However, they had been hit with three winding-up orders by the Revenue Commissioners within a spell of nine months but just about managed to gather enough funds and investment to keep the tax collectors off their backs and keep the club running on each occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nThis was at the expense of the players, though, who had gone for weeks without their wages and it seemed that the only thing keeping them performing at the club was the season's climax and the drive for the title, as well as promises (which ultimately turned out to be empty) of a remedy. Once the season came to a close the rot set in and the general public were made fully aware of the true extent of how poor a state the club were in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0001-0002", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nDue to the finances, many found it extraordinary that Shelbourne had been awarded a Premier Division licence for 2007 by the Independent Assessment Group a few months earlier. They saw it as another chance to criticise the lack of transparency within the organisation that appointed the Group who were supposed to dispense licences to clubs who were solvent and financially stable for the foreseeable future - the Football Association of Ireland. The association has been well used to criticism of its administration in the past, but clearly, the Group could not have been said to have performed their role effectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nManager Pat Fenlon tendered his resignation from Shelbourne on 5 December 2006. This was in spite of Shelbourne winning the title on goal difference from Derry City. Fenlon's departure precipitated a widescale exodus from Tolka Park, as players, unhappy with the wage situation, departed to rival clubs - many having their contracts rescinded by law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Personnel, 2006 Squad Members\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Personnel, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187714-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne F.C. season, Final League, League results summary\nLast updated: November 17, 2006. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187715-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne Irish Open\nThe 2006 Shelbourne Irish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of the event, and part of the 2006 ATP Challenger Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland, from 3 through 9 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187715-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne Irish Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187715-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne Irish Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187716-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Doubles\nDutch pair Jasper Smit and Martijn van Haasteren won the title, defeating British pair Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray in the final, 6\u20132, 2\u20136, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187717-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded German Mischa Zverev won the title, defeating Kristian Pless in the final, 7\u20135, 7\u20136(8\u20136).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187718-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shiga gubernatorial election\nShiga Prefecture held a gubernatorial election on 2 July 2006. Incumbent governor Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu was defeated by Yukiko Kada, a professor of environmental sociology at Kyoto Seika University. The victory of Kada, who had very little political experience was considered surprising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187719-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shimizu S-Pulse season\nThe 2006 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's fifteenth season in existence and their fourteenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season fourth in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187720-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shinagawa mayoral election\nShinagawa held a mayoral election on Sunday October 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187721-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shinjuku mayoral election\nShinjuku held a mayoral election on November 12, 2006. Hiroko Nakayama, backed by the LDP and New Komeito Party was re-elected. Polling turnout was extremely low, only 26% but still about 1% more than last election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187722-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash\nOn 23 September 2006, a Shree Air Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed on a chartered flight from Phungling to Ghunsa in Eastern Nepal. The accident killed all 24 passengers and crew on board, including an expedition of World Wide Fund for Nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187722-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash, Aircraft\nThe helicopter involved with the accident was a Mil Mi-8 MTV 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187722-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash, Crew and victims\nOn board the helicopter was an expedition of World Wide Fund for Nature returning from an conservation event in Taplejung District, where the Government of Nepal handed the management of the park around Kanchenjunga to the local people. The WWF team included Chandra Gurung and Harka Gurung. Other passengers on board the ill-fated helicopter included politician Gopal Rai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187722-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash, Incident\nThe helicopter took off at 10:45 NPT on 23 September 2006. Shortly afterwards, the helicopter was declared missing. Two days later, the wreckage of the helicopter was found south-west of Ghunsa. Bad weather was assumed to have caused the crash at the beginning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187722-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash, Investigation\nThe final report on the accident the committee of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal stated that the pilots entering cloudy areas in unfamiliar terrain as well as bad crew resource management were the main causes of the accident. It furthermore criticized the operating airline, Shree Air, on their training proceedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187722-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash, Aftermath\nA day of mourning was observed throughout Nepal and schools and public offices were closed on 27 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187723-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sicilian regional election\nThe Sicilian regional election of 2006 for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Presidency of Sicily was held on 28 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187723-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sicilian regional election\nThe election was competed by three competitors: Salvatore Cuffaro, incumbent President and House of Freedoms candidate; Rita Borsellino, candidate of The Union; and Nello Musumeci, MEP elected for the National Alliance and now leader of the autonomist movement Sicilian Alliance. In the end, Cuffaro won the election, despite a heavy loss of support compared with five years before, when he was elected with 59.1% of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187723-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sicilian regional election, Candidates\nSalvatore Cuffaro, 48, was first elected at the Sicilian Presidency in the July 2001 with 59.1% of regional votes; that election was held immediately after the national election which saw the centre-right win all the 61 Sicilian ridings. Cuffaro is a prominent member of Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, a Christian democratic party. Often associated to the mafia by his critics because of an open investigation by the magistrature of Palermo which brought to a trial commitment, Cuffaro will nevertheless head the regional UDC list of candidates for the April general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187723-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sicilian regional election, Candidates\nRita Borsellino, 61, sister of the late judge Paolo assassinated by the mafia, gained the centre-left candidacy after having won a primary election with over 67% of votes. She is not member of any party. If elected, she would be the first female president ever in Sicily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187723-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sicilian regional election, Candidates\nNello Musumeci, 51, is a former member of the right-wing National Alliance party; he served as President of the Province of Catania from 1994 to 2003. He left National Alliance in September 2005 in order to found a new autonomist party, Sicilian Alliance, of which he is the leader. Despite his past political experiences, Musumeci is highly unlikely to have some actual possibility to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187723-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sicilian regional election, Candidates\nPollster claimed this election to be much closer than five years ago, and majority of surveys even put Borsellino to lead over Cuffaro. However, Sicily confirmed one more time in the April 2006 national election, in which the House of Freedoms obtained 57% of regional votes, to be still a centre-right stronghold. The election was in fact characterized by separate contemporary votes for centre-right parties and Rita Borsellino as president, as the sum of centre-right coalition parties obtained over 60% of votes. In any case, the disjoint vote was not sufficient to ensure Borsellino to win the election, and Cuffaro was confirmed president of Sicily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship\nThe 2006 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 27th edition of the competition, started on 23 April and finished after eight race weekends on 17 September 2006 with Dani\u00ebl Willemsen taking out the title once more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe 2006 season was the 27th edition of the sidecarcross world championship. It resulted in a fifth world championship for Dani\u00ebl Willemsen, his fourth in a row and the second with his passenger Sven Verbrugge from Belgium. The two clearly dominated the season with 13 wins in the 16 races and an 83-point gap to the second placed Evgeny Scherbinin / Sergei Sosnovskikh from Russia. A close third came Marco Happich / Meinrad Schelbert, the German-Swiss combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nAfter ten seasons in the top ten and five world championships, it was the first time since 1995 for last season's runner-up Kristers Ser\u0123is not to finish in the top ten. Due to injury, the Latvian only took part in four races but still achieved three podium finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe eight races of the season were held in six countries, France, Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Latvia and the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nEvery Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means, the 2006 season with its eight Grand Prix had sixteen races. Each race is currently 30 minutes plus 2 rounds long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nTeams go through a qualifying, usually on Saturday. Typically, around 50 teams compete for 30 spots on the starting grid, meaning around 20 teams miss out on the race altogether. Some teams did not actually get a race start all season, failing in qualifying each time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nThe first twenty teams of each race scored competition points, allocated accordingly to the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Retirements\nAt the end of the 2006 season a number of long-term competitors retired from the World Championship, the longest standing of those being German Josef Brustmann with 19 seasons in the competition and Belgian Geert Devoldere with 18 seasons, both first having raced in the World Championship in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187724-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Sidecarcross World Championship, Classification, Riders\nThe final standings in the overall table of the 2006 season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187725-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2006 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round was the fifth round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 26\u201328 May 2006 at Silverstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187726-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore Open\nThe 2006 Singapore Open in badminton was held in Singapore, from June 5 to June 11, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187726-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore Open\nIt was a five star tournament and the prize money was US$170,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy\nThe Wee Shu Min elitism controversy occurred in October 2006 in Singapore. Wee Shu Min, daughter of parliament member Wee Siew Kim and a then eighteen-year-old student on Raffles Junior College's Humanities scholarship programme, found herself in controversy after posting on her blog what were viewed by some Singaporeans to be elitist, na\u00efve, and insensitive statements against heartlanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy\nDismissing the who voiced concerns on job security and age discrimination on his blog, she shot back with a take-no-prisoners diatribe, calling Derek a \"stupid crackpot\", belonging to \"the sadder class\" and overreliant on the government. Her post also called for Derek to \"get out of my elite uncaring face\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy\nHer response triggered an avalanche of criticism, as it came on the heels of the sensational suicide of an individual (said to be facing financial difficulties) at Chinese Garden MRT station. As a result, her name topped Technorati's search terms for a week. She has since appeared to have apologised on another blog and shut down her own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy, Response\nIn response to the controversy, Wee Siew Kim stated that he supported Shu Min's point in principle and that \"people cannot take the brutal truth,\" but he and Shu Min's college principal also expressed disappointment and counselled her to be more sensitive towards others. Wee also claimed that his daughter's privacy had been violated. Critics pointed out however, that he appeared to have endorsed her elitist remarks and failed to address values such as empathy and humility, and that he was apologising for the tone, but not the content of his daughter's response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy, Response\nIn 2019, after a remark made by Raffles Girls\u2019 School's staff on the school's relocation to a neighbourhood estate, concerns about elitist sensibilities, similar to Wee, were raised again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy, Public backlash\nTwo days after Wee Siew Kim first spoke out in The Straits Times, he made a public apology to those who were offended by statements made in his interview, in particular Derek Wee. Commentators used the controversy as evidence that Singapore was suffering from increasing signs that political elitism, \"smarter-than-thou\" snobbery and class consciousness anxiety were creeping into its meritocracy model, a widening social stratification that will cause long-term implications for Singaporean society, and problems in the education system that need to be addressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187727-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Singapore elitism controversy, Public backlash\nThe controversy was subsequently raised and hotly debated again in the opening session of the Parliament by fellow MP Sin Boon Ann, who pointed out that elitism was now an open secret in several aspects of Singapore society, including education, the military and the civil service, commenting that it is necessary \"(to) break down the institution of snobbery within our society.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election\nGeneral elections were held in Singapore on 6 May 2006. President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 20 April 2006 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong three weeks before the election. The People's Action Party (PAP), in its first election under Lee Hsien Loong, won 66.6% of the overall votes and gained 82 out of 84 seats. The PAP held the office of Prime Minister for a twelfth consecutive term. The general election was held under the first-past-the-post system. On Nomination Day, the PAP gained 37 seats in divisions which were uncontested by other parties. The main election issues included employment, cost of living, housing, transport, education, the need for an effective opposition voice in parliament, and the quality of the candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background\nThe 2006 General Election was the 15th General Election in Singapore and the 10th since independence in 1965. The governing People's Action Party (PAP) sought to secure their twelfth consecutive term in office since 1959. This would be the first election since Lee Hsien Loong replaced Goh Chok Tong and became PAP's Secretary-General in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Political parties\nBesides the ruling PAP, the other major political parties were the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP) led by Low Thia Khiang, the Singapore People's Party (SPP) led by Chiam See Tong, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) led by Steve Chia, and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) led by Chee Soon Juan, who himself was ineligible to run in this election because of a 2002 conviction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Political parties\nFour parties, including the SPP and the NSP, contested the election as members of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Election deposit\nFor this election, the deposit for each candidate was set at S$13,500 (approximately US$8,590 or \u00a34,620) which was about 8% of the total annual salary to a member of parliament in the preceding year, rounded to the nearest S$500. The regulations of the elections stated that the deposit was to be forfeited if the candidate failed to obtain at least one-eighth of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Electorate\nAll citizens at least 21 years of age, based on the Registers of Electors, were eligible to vote. The Elections Department had completed its revision of the Registers and made them available for public inspection from 17 January through 30 January 2006. There were 2,158,439 eligible voters. The 2006 election was the first election where more than half the electorate were of the post-independence generation, i.e., those born after Singapore's independence in 1965.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Electorate\nFor the first time in Singapore's election history, Singaporeans living overseas were able to vote at designated polling stations located within Singapore's High Commissions, Embassies or Consulates in other countries. To be qualified to vote overseas, they must have had either resided in Singapore for an aggregate of two of the past five years, or be overseas for reasons of employment or education related to the Singapore government. There were several overseas polling stations, namely Tokyo, Canberra, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. 1,017 Singaporeans had registered for overseas voting by 22 March 2006, although only 558 voted, as the rest had a walkover in their constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Electoral divisions\nOn 3 March 2006, the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee published the updated list of electoral divisions. There were fourteen Group Representation Constituencies (GRC), each with five or six seats, and nine Single Member Constituencies (SMC). The total number of seats remained the same at 84 as the previous general election in 2001, but there are some minor changes and tweaks. The two opposition held SMCs, Hougang SMC and Potong Pasir SMC were intact. Also unchanged was the Chua Chu Kang SMC which saw a close contest in the previous election between the ruling PAP's Low Seow Chay and NSP's Steve Chia. The boundaries for the five Group Representation Constituencies (namely Bishan\u2013Toa Payoh, Hong Kah, Jalan Besar, Jurong and Tampines) were also intact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Background, Election issues\nAs in previous elections, bread and butter issues including jobs, medical care and cost of living dominated the election campaign. Other major election issues are listed in the following.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Dissolution of Parliament\nOn 20 April 2006, Parliament was dissolved by President Sellapan Ramanathan on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Later that day, the President issued the writ of election and the government announced that the election would be held on Saturday, 6 May 2006, with nomination day on Thursday, 27 April 2006. The Returning Officer was to be Tan Boon Huat, Chief Executive Director of the People's Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 87], "content_span": [88, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, New/outgoing candidates\nThis election saw a large number of new candidates as the major political parties had undergone self-renewal in recent years. Many of the new candidates belong to the post-1965 generation. A total 49 candidates made their debut among which include notable PAP candidates include Grace Fu, Lui Tuck Yew, Josephine Teo and Masagos Zulkifli, while WP introduced their party's chairwoman Sylvia Lim (who would later become the first-ever female opposition MP-elect in the next election), as well as James Gomez (now SDP member) and Goh Meng Seng (now founder of People's Power Party).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, New/outgoing candidates\nA total 24 candidates did not seek re-election, among which were former cabinet ministers Lee Yock Suan and former Speaker of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon, as well as Tan Cheng Bock and Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Tony Tan, though they would later return to compete in the 2011 presidential election five years later in which the latter won; the former would later return to the political fray in the 2020 elections as a founder of Progress Singapore Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Budget day and progress package\nOn 17 February 2006, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was also Minister for Finance and Secretary General of the PAP, delivered the country's Budget Statement to the Parliament. He released details of a S$2.6 billion \"progress package\" including S$500 million for Central Provident Fund top-ups, S$400 million for workfare bonuses, and S$200 million bonuses for national servicemen. Largely due to this package, the 2006 Budget incurred a deficit of S$2.86 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Budget day and progress package\nLow Thia Khiang (WP) came out strongly against the progress package which he said was no more than a vote-winning tool for the PAP. Low called for greater transparency on how the government intend to finance the package and to compensate for the budget shortfall. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng (PAP) later dismissed claims that the progress package constitutes a form of vote buying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Workers' Party manifesto\nThe Workers' Party (WP) was the first party to launch an update to its manifesto on 14 January 2006. Among its policy proposals, WP called for the Presidency to revert to its former ceremonial role and the abolishment of the GRCs, the Ethnic Integration Policy for Housing and Development Board flats, the Resident Committees and the Citizen Consultative Committees. It also revealed its intentions to establish a central agency in the provision of public transport, set up of a national unemployment insurance scheme and a more comprehensive national health insurance scheme among a host of other things.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Workers' Party manifesto\nOn 21 January, PAP made various criticisms on the WP's proposals, describing four of their proposals as \"four time bombs...[which] will weaken and tear Singapore apart\". Khaw Boon Wan, revealed various changes in medical policies, including the Medisave scheme, which had been a constant target for criticism by opposition parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Workers' Party manifesto\nHe also chided the WP for its \"failure to understand what makes inter-racialism work in Singapore and why we are different from the rest of the world\", referring the four points brought up by Ng Eng Hen as \"poisons\" Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim released a press statement on 22 January, responding to each of the four \"time bombs\" criticised by Ng and adding that the party was standing firmly by its manifesto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Goh Chok Tong's special assignment\nOn 19 March, Lee Hsien Loong said that PAP was aiming to win all the constituencies including the two opposition wards in Hougang SMC and Potong Pasir SMC, stating that \"We want to win, this is not masak-masak [a Malay term meaning a child's game]\". The PAP candidates for these two wards were respectively previously-contested candidates Eric Low and Sitoh Yih Pin respectively, and both candidates had been working the ground in these wards since along with assistance by Goh Chok Tong who had been given the special assignment to help the PAP win the two wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 96], "content_span": [97, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Goh Chok Tong's special assignment\nGoh had suggested that if Eric Low and Sitoh Yih Pin won the election, they would be given extra latitude when speaking and voting in parliament and not be subjected to the political Whip. Goh also said that he would help Sitoh to gain a post in the new Cabinet if elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 96], "content_span": [97, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Goh Chok Tong's special assignment\nHougang and Potong Pasir residents were also been promised housing upgrades worth $100 million and $80 million respectively if PAP was to retake the two seats as both of these constituencies have not been selected for housing upgrades or provided with lifts that stop on every floor due to the constituencies being held by the opposition. When the PAP shaved Low's vote share from 58% to 55% in the 2001 General Election, Goh offered to upgrade Hougang estate if the share was reduced to 52%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 96], "content_span": [97, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Remarks in The New Democrat\nIn April 2006, the SDP published an article headlined \"Govt's role in the NKF scandal\" in the SDP party newspaper The New Democrat regarding the National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal. On 22 April, letters of demand were served on twelve members of the SDP and the publisher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Remarks in The New Democrat\nDrew and Napier, the law firm acting for Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Kuan Yew, said that the newspaper article had alleged that the two Lees were \"dishonest and unfit for office\", that Lee Kuan Yew \"devised a corrupt political system for the benefit of the political elite\", and that he managed the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation in a \"corrupt manner\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0018-0002", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Remarks in The New Democrat\nIn addition, according to the letter of demand, the newspaper also alleged that Lee Hsien Loong had \"perpetuated a corrupt political system for the benefit of the political elite\" and how he and his Government \"had access to the information which has now been unearthed about NKF but corruptly concealed and covered up the facts to avoid criticism\". The letters demanded that damages be paid and an apology made in the media by 25 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Remarks in The New Democrat\nFour of SDP's eleven committee members apologized shortly after, while the party's chairman refused to do so, as it would constitute \"an admission of guilt\". An apology had been formally rejected by the party, though the party would not oppose individual members making personal apologies. M Ravi, the lawyer representing most of the accused, had rejected claims made in the letters that allegations made in the paper were \"highly defamatory\", and he \"[does] not see how a government or public body could be defamed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, Remarks in The New Democrat\nOn 27 April, Chee said that the threat of legal action was already seriously affecting SDP's campaign at Sembawang GRC: \"Lawyers for Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Lee Hsien Loong have gone as far as to sue the printer, so much so that he is so frightened he dares not publish our election material.\" SDP was still seen selling the publication, and the Lees were seeking aggravated damages. Only the Chee siblings have yet to make a public apology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Pre-nomination day events, SDP podcast\nOn 25 April, Elections Department warned SDP that it would take action against the party if they did not remove audio files and podcasts from the party's website, as they were against election advertising regulations under the Parliamentary Elections Act. Within hours after the notice was issued, SDP posted a notice on its website that the podcast service was suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Planning for nomination day by political parties\nAs early as January 2006, when it became clear that the election would be held soon, the political parties began making definitive plans for Nomination Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Planning for nomination day by political parties\nOn 10 March 2006, major opposition parties hosted a meeting, after which they announced their intention to contest 57 of the 84 seats in Parliament, but full details of the opposition's plan was not revealed until Nomination Day itself. Steve Chia told reporters, \"Any self-respecting politician will hold his cards close to his chest.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Planning for nomination day by political parties\nThere were nine Single Member Constituencies for the election. For smaller political parties and independents who do not have sufficient candidates and resources to contest the GRCs, the SMCs were the only constituencies that they could afford to run; many analysts cited that opposition candidates stand a greater chance of winning in SMCs as compared to GRCs, and all nine SMCs were expecting contests. The opposition tried to avoid three-cornered fights by co-ordinating with each other. Chiam See Tong (SPP) said that \"if we enter into one [three-cornered fight], we're only going to kill ourselves. We're not that stupid.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Planning for nomination day by political parties\nIn March 2006, it was thought that there could be a potential three-way contest in MacPherson SMC, where both Mansor Rahman, Chairman of Democratic Progressive Party, and Sin Kek Tong, Chairman of Singapore People's Party, cited interest to run for that seat, but both members eventually chose not to contest. Tan Lead Shake, ex-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member, later joined the National Solidarity Party (NSP) (under the banner in Singapore Democratic Alliance), and became a member of SDA's team contesting Tampines GRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Planning for nomination day by political parties\nAs of 26 April 2006, the opposition had indicated that they would contest at least half of the seats in the 84 member Parliament; 47 PAP candidates standing for election with 10 new candidates facing the opposition. Candidates standing for election had only an hour to present their nomination papers and must be accompanied by their proposers, seconders and assentors. Observers projected that the other 37 candidates from seven Group Representative Constituencies would return unopposed and the PAP would be denied a majority on nomination day, an eventuality that proved to be true.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Early announcement of intention by parties\nSome of the opposition parties, such as Workers' Party and Singapore Democratic Alliance, adopted the strategy of announcing early their plans on which constituencies they intended to contest prior to announced changes in electoral boundaries, as a tactical move to earmark those divisions to discourage any third party from contesting in the same divisions leading to three-cornered fights. Another cited reason was that, if the Government electoral commission redrew those boundaries, the opposition would be able to exploit such actions by accusing the PAP of gerrymandering to avoid the ballot challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Nomination day results\nOn nomination day 47 candidates representing the opposition (a large increase of 29 candidates from the previous election) contested 16 constituencies; all contests were between the PAP and one opposition party, which marked the first (and to-date, the only) election with no three-cornered fights. For the first time since 1980, no independent candidates participated in this election, which was a rare occurrence as independent candidates had participated in every election since 1955..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0027-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Nomination day results\nFor the first time since 1988, the total number of uncontested seats (37) from the seven GRCs were less than the majority of the parliament (42 out of 84 seats), and the ruling PAP was not returned to power on nomination day. The Elections Department also announced that over 1.2 million Singaporeans, 56.6% of eligible voters, would be able to cast votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Diversity of candidates\nNotably, all 18 candidates contested in SMCs were male Chinese. On 28 April, Lee Kuan Yew (PAP) referred to this fact when defending the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system on the grounds that it ensures minority and women representation in parliament, although there is no prerequisites on GRCs having at least one female candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Nomination day, Diversity of candidates\nOver the years, each GRC team has been steadily increased by the government from three to at least five members. WP had called for the abolishment of the GRC system which it considered as a means introduced by the PAP to make it difficult for opposition who lack sufficient resource to contest the large electoral division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day\nWith the nominations completed, the opposition was contesting 47 seats with the remaining 37 returned to the PAP, resulting in PAP being prevented a walkover majority to form a government on nomination day for the first time since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day\nBetween 28 April to 5 May, a total of 50 political rallies were held by the parties at 24 designated sites during nine days of campaign. The \"Lunchtime Rally Site\" at Boat Quay, next to UOB Plaza, made a comeback in the election; it was removed from the list of rally sites in the previous election due to fears of terrorist attacks after the September 11, 2001 attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day\nThe Workers' Party had put up their strongest team, consisting of its more prominent candidates led by chairman Sylvia Lim, to contest Aljunied GRC challenging the PAP team led by Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo. The constituency eventually had the fiercest GRC contest in the election. The strongest GRC team for the SDA was one contesting Jalan Besar GRC. It was led by Sebestian Teo and its members include former MP Cheo Chai Chen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day\nThe hotly contested Single Member Constituencies include Chua Chu Kang SMC where incumbent MP and Minister of State for Education and Manpower Gan Kim Yong was challenged by NSP's secretary-general and then-NCMP Steve Chia. Low Thia Khiang (WP), the incumbent MP for Hougang SMC faced a strong challenge from PAP's Eric Low Siak Meng. Nee Soon East SMC was hotly contested with Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee against Poh Lee Guan (WP). Potong Pasir SMC, another opposition seat held by Chiam See Tong since 1984 was also hotly contested by PAP's Sitoh Yih Pin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day\nWorkers' Party fielded a very young team in Ang Mo Kio GRC, with candidates mostly born after 1965, to compete with the flagship PAP team led by Lee Hsien Loong. On 29 April 2006, Lee referred to his opponents at Ang Mo Kio GRC as \"\u6562\u6b7b\u961f\" (suicide squad) adding that even the bookies would not take bets on the outcome in that constituency contest. In response, Low Thia Kiang said that it was better to be a \"\u6562\u6b7b\u961f\" (suicide squad) and not a \"\u6015\u6b7b\u961f\" (squad that is scared to die). WP's candidate Yaw Shin Leong added that his teammates and himself were mentally prepared to lose but they were not push-overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, James Gomez saga\nControversy arose during the election surrounding the application for a minority-race candidate certificate by James Gomez of Workers' Party. On 24 April, Gomez went to the Elections Department to fill up the minority-race candidate certificate application form accompanied by the chairperson Sylvia Lim. Instead of handing in the application form to election official, Gomez slipped the form in his bag and went off for an interview. At the time, Sylvia Lim had gone to a waiting area and did not witness the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, James Gomez saga\nOn the eve of Nomination Day, James Gomez went to collect his minority-race candidate certificate claiming he had submitted the application form. After failing to get the certificate, Gomez warned an elections officer of the \"consequences\". At 1\u00a0pm that day, an Elections Department staff called Gomez and told him that he did not submit the Indian and minority candidate certificate form. During the call, which was recorded, Gomez changed his story and said that he would get back to them. When the media asked him about the issue, Gomez initially refused to discuss about the issue, but later conceded. Following two days of dispute between both sides, the Elections Department was able to produce video evidence showing that James Gomez did not submit the application form; a day later, James Gomez apologised to the Elections Department at a Worker's Party rally saying he was distracted by his busy schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 1014]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, James Gomez saga\nDuring the controversy, PAP raised questions about the credibility of Gomez. He was accused of attempting to discredit the Elections Department by claiming they misplaced the form. Two PAP leaders Wong Kan Seng and Lee Kuan Yew called Gomez a \"liar\" and Lee dared Gomez to sue him and Wong. George Yeo (PAP) also suggested that the Worker's Party should sack Gomez and field a four-member team for the five-member Group Representation Constituency. This was rejected by Low who asserted that PAP was trying to divert public and media attention from main election issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 99], "content_span": [100, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, Party political broadcast\nOn both 29 April 2006 and 4 May 2006, the four contesting parties made their political broadcasts over television and radio in the four official languages \u2013 the English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil languages. Each party was given an allocated time based on the number of candidates it fielded. The People's Action Party (PAP) was given 12\u00a0minutes with 84 candidates fielded, the Workers' Party (WP) and Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) were given 4.5\u00a0minutes each with 20 candidates fielded, and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) was given 2.5\u00a0minutes with 7 candidates fielded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, Party political broadcast\nThe SDP was represented by Chee Siok Chin, the Workers' Party by Sylvia Lim on the first broadcast and by Tan Hui Hua on the second broadcast, the SDA by Chiam See Tong on both broadcasts, with the PAP by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the first broadcast and by PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng on the second broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 108], "content_span": [109, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, Debate on housing and lift upgrading\nThe upgrading of public housing, including the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP), was a major issue in this election. As in previous elections, PAP had tied the scheduling of housing upgrades to the number of votes the party received in the election. The PAP argued that government was successful in raising the standard of living in the country, and those who supported its various policies, including the upgrading, should be given priority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 119], "content_span": [120, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0039-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, Debate on housing and lift upgrading\nIn the hotly contested Aljunied GRC, George Yeo (PAP) placed lift upgrading the \"top of [his] priority list\" so that the lift would stop on every floor in as many blocks as possible. Sylvia Lim (WP) accused the PAP of being selective in its upgrading programmes, arguing that this was a divisive policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 119], "content_span": [120, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, Large turnout at opposition election rallies\nThe election featured large turnouts at some of the election rallies of the opposition parties, which was unheard of since the 1980s. A report by Malaysian press The Star estimated that around 10,000 people attended the Workers' Party rally on 30 April at Hougang. At the last rally of the Workers' Party at Serangoon Stadium on 5 May, the audience filled up most of the field and even spilled outside the stadium. However, the local media did not report on the large turnout at all, prompting criticism of the credibility of the Singapore media on local political issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 127], "content_span": [128, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Events between nomination day and election day, Large turnout at opposition election rallies\nThe PAP dismissed the significance of the crowds, suggesting that crowd size would not necessarily translate into votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 127], "content_span": [128, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Results\nAfter polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by the returning officer Tan Boon Huat. The first result was declared at 10.46pm on 6 May 2006 where PAP candidate Seng Han Thong won the Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency with a majority of 8,419. The final result to be declared was for the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency at 12.16am on 7 May 2006 where the six-member PAP team, led by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan retained the constituency by a wide margin of 53.4%, or 90,633 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Results\nThe People's Action Party won a 12th consecutive term with its majority virtually untouched, but vote majorities were reduced island-wide. Goh's special assignment in which winning the two opposition-held constituencies were unsuccessful as opposition MPs were re-elected with swings toward their parties, among which Hougang won its largest share of 62.7%, by then it was second lowest votes received after Singapore's independence in any particular ward (which would later be superseded in the next election, where WP received 64.80% of the votes.) The record low for PAP votes in a ward was 30.4% in Potong Pasir SMC during the 1991 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Results\nApart from overseas voting for those who had resided in Singapore for two out of the last five years, this was also the first election where six-member GRCs were contested (among which the Prime Minister's constituency of Ang Mo Kio garnered votes below PAP's national average of 66.6%), and none of the candidates forfeited their election deposits. This was also the second election (after 1980) in history with no independents, likely due to new election laws requiring presence of assentors in Nomination Centres, posing difficulty for candidates without party machinery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Victory parades\nTo continue with tradition, the winning candidates toured their constituencies to thank voters for their victory in the election. These parades were held in all contested seats as well as walkover Group Representation Constituencies. Victory parades are usually held in the late morning and early afternoon in conjunction with other events organised by the grassroots committee. The candidates were driven on trucks as they broadcast messages of appreciation to the residents. Some losing candidates also toured their constituencies to thank their supporters although their parades were usually smaller than those of the winning candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Non-Constituency Member of Parliament\nElections Department announced that the Workers' Party team for Aljunied GRC received the highest share of votes among losing constituencies with 43.9%, and the party was allowed to appoint a member as Non-Constituency Member of Parliament, replacing Steve Chia. The Central Executive Committee voted for Sylvia Lim with nine in favour and one opposed. Lim would not represent any constituency but she said she was looking forward to the opportunity to fulfil her obligation to supporters and also to voice people's concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Detaining and questioning of Gomez\nOn 7 May, Gomez was detained by police at Singapore Changi Airport when he was about to take a flight to Sweden for work. The police were investigating an \"alleged offences of criminal intimidation and providing false information\". The Elections Department had earlier filed a police report regarding the incident during the election period in which Gomez spoke to an election official in a threatening tone, an episode that was caught on closed-circuit television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0047-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Detaining and questioning of Gomez\nGomez was brought to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at Police Cantonment Complex for questioning and to file his statement, after which he was released at midnight. His passport was impounded by the police to prevent him from leaving the country and his air ticket was forfeited as it was non-refundable. He also suffered a loss of income due to his absence from work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Detaining and questioning of Gomez\nOn that night, Sylvia Lim and Low Thia Khiang were also asked to give statements at the CID. On 9 May, Gomez was called again to CID for a questioning session that lasted five hours. Gomez later told the media that he was giving the police \"the fullest cooperation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Detaining and questioning of Gomez\nAfter three questioning sessions, Gomez was let off with a stern warning by the police who issued a statement stating that the public prosecutor was satisfied that Gomez had committed the offence of using threatening words towards a civil servant but the police decided to release Gomez as he had no prior criminal records. His passport was returned to him and he left for Sweden on 16 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Chee Siok Chin's challenge of polling results\nOn 24 May 2006, SDP member Chee Siok Chin filed a summons on the High Court asking to declare the election results void. In her affidavit, Chee claimed that the PAP had used the HDB upgrading scheme and gave out shares and cash to induce voters to vote for the party and hence secure electoral victory. Chee also wanted the High Court to declare the ban on podcasting during election period as unconstitutional. Chee did not pay the $5000 security costs on time, and the Elections Department did not accept her payment as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 91], "content_span": [92, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0050-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, Chee Siok Chin's challenge of polling results\nSenior State Counsel Jeffrey Chan said her petition would be deemed to have lapsed the moment she failed to meet the deadline to furnish the security amount for costs and asked the election judge to dismiss the matter. On 22 June, Election Judge Andrew Phang dismissed her application and awarded costs to the Attorney General whom Chee had named as defendant. Her attempt to extend her security deposit payment time was denied by the High Court. As a result, a hearing scheduled on 27 June did not take place. Chee had not followed the rules of the Parliamentary Elections Act which requires them to pay the security deposit within three days after filing the petition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 91], "content_span": [92, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, New cabinet\nThe new cabinet was inaugurated on 30 May 2006. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reveal lineup in which Raymond Lim relinquished his roles as Second Minister for Finance and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office for a new ministerial portfolio for Transport succeeding Yeo Cheow Tong. Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam was given another role as Second Minister for Finance, while Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan was given a second post as Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts as he relinquished his Second Minister for Trade and Industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, New cabinet\nFive new candidates, Lui Tuck Yew, Lee Yi Shyan, Grace Fu, Teo Ser Luck and Masagos Zulkifli, along with three returning MPs, S Iswaran, Amy Khor and Zainudin Nordin, were promoted as Minister of State or Parliamentary secretaries in political office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Aftermath, New cabinet\nSenior Minister of State Balaji Sadasivan relinquished his position as Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Health for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, but remained as Senior Minister for State for the MICA. Heng Chee How took Balaji's place as Senior Minister of State for Health; he relinquished his appointments in the Ministry of National Development and Mayor for the Central Community Development Council. Zainul Abidin Rasheed was appointed Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Koo Tsai Kee as Minister of State for Defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet\nThe Internet played a much more significant role compared to previous general elections. Singapore has a large number of computer users, with 74% of households owning computers and 2 in 3 households having Internet access. Podcasts, blogs, and online political discussions have become common in Singaporean cyberspace. A blog called \"SGRally\" was set up to collect recorded rally speeches in this election. Opposition candidates had complained about insufficient rally sites allocated to them in past elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet\nIn August 2005, Singapore Democratic Party became the first political party in Singapore to launch a podcast called RadioSDP on its party website. Several members of the Workers' Party are active in blogsphere; the notable bloggers are James Gomez, Goh Meng Seng, and Melvin Tan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet\nOn 25 February 2006, the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore organised a public forum on politics titled \"The (In)Significance of Political Elections in Singapore?\" Among the speakers were 2nd Assistant Secretary-General of Workers' Party James Gomez, Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Geh Min, and former NMP Chandra Mohan. A recording of the forum is available via podcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet, Regulations\nRegulation of political content online was an issue throughout the election period. The Media Development Authority (MDA) had reminded Internet content providers to comply with the law of Singapore, including those relating to political content. Online bloggers and podcasts are subject to the Parliamentary Elections Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet, Regulations\nIn a notification issued by MDA under the Broadcasting Act, all political websites are required to register with the MDA. These websites include those belonging to political parties as well as to \"individuals, groups, organisations and corporations engaged in providing any programme for the propagation, promotion or discussion of political or religious issues relating to Singapore on the World Wide Web through the Internet.\" A MDA spokesperson said that only a handful of websites have registered and that they mostly belonged to political parties or registered political associations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet, Regulations\nPolitical analyst Cherian George noted that the regulation would hinder the development of citizen journalism in Singapore. A number of bloggers and political commentators had noted that the rules are too broadly defined and were unsure how they would be enforced. They protested that this was a violation of freedom of speech. A candidate Goh Meng Seng (WP) refused to register his blog, saying \"I don't see the need to do so as an individual citizen. We have our rights to our political views.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet, Regulations\nIn a parliament session on 3 April 2006, Balaji Sadasivan, the senior minister of state for information, communications and the arts, made some clarification on the regulation in response to a question by Low Thia Khiang. Balaji said that podcasting and streaming of videos were prohibited during the election. On the other hand, pictures of election candidates, political party histories and manifestos were allowed to be used as election advertising on the Internet. He added that bloggers who persistently promoted political views had to register with the MDA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187728-0060-0001", "contents": "2006 Singaporean general election, Influence of the Internet, Regulations\nDuring elections, only political parties, candidates and election agents are allowed to advertise. Balaji warned that those who violate the rules would face prosecution, and said \"In a free-for-all internet environment, where there are no rules, political debate could easily degenerate into an unhealthy, unreliable and dangerous discourse, flush with rumours and distortions to mislead and confuse the public.\" The regulation of political content on the Internet had previously led to the closing down of a popular discussion forum website Sintercom in 2001, after the owner refused to register with the authority and voluntarily shut down his website. Additionally, publication of election surveys during the election period or exit polls was banned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187729-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s\nThe 2006 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the eighth year that the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament had been held. South Korea defeated China 24 - 19 in the final of the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187730-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team\nThe 2006 Sioux Falls Cougars football team represented the University of Sioux Falls in the 2006 NAIA football season. The Cougars won the 2006 NAIA Football National Championship with a 23\u201319 victory over the top-ranked St. Francis Cougars. The team also won the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 10\u20130 record. This was the school's second NAIA Championship (1996). The team was coached by Kalen DeBoer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187731-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Six Nations Championship\nThe 2006 Six Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 112th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. This was the fourth edition sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187731-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Six Nations Championship\nThis was the last Six Nations to be held before the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road into today's Aviva Stadium. Ireland played their 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Six Nations home fixtures at Croke Park, also in Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187731-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Six Nations Championship\nIn this year, France won the competition on points difference over Ireland. Ireland received the consolation prize of the Triple Crown Trophy, presented for the first time that year, by winning their matches against the other Home Nations: Wales, Scotland and England. Italy once more collected the Wooden Spoon, but showed considerable improvement over past years, earning a first-ever competition point away from home in a draw against Wales. For the first time since 2000, Scotland won the Calcutta Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187732-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales\n*captain in the first two games**captain in the third, fourth and fifth games", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187733-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Skate America\nThe 2006 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut on October 26\u201329. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2006\u201307 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187734-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Skate Canada International\nThe 2006 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia on November 2\u20135. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2006\u201307 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187735-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sky Radio Tennis Masters\nThe 2006 Sky Radio Tennis Masters were held from 10 to 17 December 2006 in the Topsportcentrum Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187735-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sky Radio Tennis Masters\nRobin Haase won his first Masters title by beating defending champion Raemon Sluiter in the final. Micha\u00eblla Krajicek won her third consecutive Masters title after beating Elise Tama\u00ebla in a replay of the 2005 final. Krajicek, 17 years old during the tournament had not lost a single match against another Dutch player since she was 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187735-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sky Radio Tennis Masters\nPrior to the tournament Thiemo de Bakker and Antal van der Duim were suspended by the Dutch Tennis Association because of bad behaviour after playing some tournaments in Israel in November. Both players were suspended for a month, while Van der Duim also was excluded from the association's youth project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187736-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Skyrunner World Series\nThe 2006 Skyrunner World Series was the 5th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187736-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Skyrunner World Series, Results\nThe World Cup has developed in 8 races from May to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship\nThis is a round-up of the 2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The reigning champions, Coolera/Strandhill, who were surprisingly eliminated at the group stage, after losing a playoff tie to neighbours St. John's. Geevagh won the 2006 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship with a victory over St Patrick's and therefore will take part in the 2007 Championship. Curry won the 2006 title, claiming their 6th title in all, by beating Bunninadden in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages\nThe Championship was contested by 16 teams, divided into four groups of four. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to secure Senior status for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages, Playoffs\nTwo groups required playoffs to decide the remaining Quarter-Final places. In Group A St. Mary's, inspired by Mark Breheny, defeated Drumcliffe/Rosses Point to qualify to face Easkey in the last eight. The other playoff produced a major upset as holders Coolera/Strandhill crashed out, beaten by neighbours St. John's in the Group C playoff. Coolera had led by six points at one stage in the second half but St. John's scored two late goals, and booked a meeting with Curry in the Quarter-Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Quarterfinals\nThe quarter finals of the Championship saw the exit of Tourlestrane, St. John's, Easkey and Tubbercurry. Eastern Harps, Curry, St. Mary's and Bunninadden qualified for the semi-finals. The quarter finals had one drawn game, Eastern Harps and Tourlestrane finishing level after a tense encounter. Harps won the replay a week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Semifinals\nThe Semi-Finals saw Curry and Bunninadden emerge victorious, and qualify for the 24 September decider. Bunninadden recorded a famous win over neighbours Eastern Harps, whom many expected to reach the final. In the second Semi-Final, Curry, with the Marren brothers, Jason and Adrian, both on form, saw off St. Mary's by a three-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final\nTeam:J. DurcanP. WalshJ. HayesB. CollinsS. HaranJ. FeeneyS. MarrenG. MayeB. McDonaghS. Davey (0-3)K. Morley (1-1)K. GiblinJ. Marren (0-1)A. Marren (0-8)D. McDonagh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final\nMatch rules:60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final\nTeam:D. FlanneryP. McGettrickS. RoddyT. GormleyB. GilhooleyE. GilhooleyS. LeamyP. Doohan (0-2)F. O'Flaherty (0-1)L. \u00d3g GormleyMark Gormley (0- 1)Michael GormleyS. McHugh (2-0)K. Kerins (0-1)W. Gormley (0-3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187737-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Relegation\nDue to the restructuring of the Senior Championship, in order to reduce the number of teams to 12 by 2009, two teams were to be relegated from the 2006 Championship, with one being promoted from the Intermediate ranks. The loser of each game progresses to the next round, the losers of the relegation finals will play in the Sligo Intermediate Football Championship in 2007. Coolaney/Mullinabreena and St. Molaise Gaels were the two sides that made the drop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election\nElections to Slough Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election. This was the 121st Slough general local authority election (including both whole Council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election\nOverall, the Labour Party gained three seats, the Conservative Party lost two and the Liberal Democrats lost one. This result was slightly unusual compared with the other UK local elections on the same day whereby the Conservative Party generally gained seats at the expense of the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election\nThis election filled thirteen seats for the term 2006\u20132010. The remaining twenty-eight Slough Councillors continued in office. These seats were previously contested in the whole Council election of 2004 following the redrawing of the ward boundaries in the Borough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nSlough has an unusual balance of political forces. In the twenty-first century the town has developed something that more resembles the party systems of countries like France and Italy, than that typical in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nThe council has, since 2004, had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group form the current administration, with the Labour Group in opposition. There were (in April 2006) two non-Group affiliated Independents, one an Independent Conservative and the other an Independent Britwellian Residents Councillor, who is seeking re-election on a Slough Independents ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nThe BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, containing members from six parties or groups of Independent Councillors based on particular Wards. The existing members of the Group have an electoral pact for the current election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the 2001 Slough Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nA number of Independents and others, not affiliated to BILLD, contested the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nIn April 2006, the composition of the 41 member council was:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nIn the 2006 election 51 candidates were nominated for the 13 seats up for election. The list is broken down by Party or group of Independents, with a residual category of Independent candidates standing without prefix or suffix and not affiliated to BILLD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Summary of Council composition 2004\u20132006\nBefore the elections held on 4 May 2006, the composition of Slough Borough Council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Summary of Council composition 2004\u20132006\nNote: The Others category in this table includes all non-Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Councillors. Richard Stokes (Liberal-Haymill) is the BILLD Group Leader, which group includes the Liberal Democrats and all the Others category Councillors in 2004. By 2006 two of the Councillors in the Others category are not part of the BILLD Group. Two Councillors left the Conservative group between 2004\u20132006 (one of whom joined BILLD) and a third Councillor left BILLD, re-joined and then left again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nSlough was first warded in 1930. The town was re-warded 1950, 1983 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nBritwell and Wexham Court were added to Slough in 1973 (when the two new wards and eleven existing wards were allocated between two and nine seats, instead of the three per ward which had existed previously).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nColnbrook & Poyle was added to Slough in 1995 and became a fourteenth ward, with one member 1995\u20131996 and two from 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nFor 2004 Slough Council election the Borough was re-warded. There were still fourteen wards, but only Colnbrook with Poyle (formerly Colnbrook & Poyle) and Haymill had unchanged boundaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nFor brief notes on the individual wards used since 2004, see the individual ward sections below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nThe turnout box figures given below include a number of spoilt ballots \u2013 see the official results on the Slough Borough Council website for further details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results\nAs the 2004 Slough Council election was for the whole Council, with each ward returning multiple Councillors, no plus or minus percentages are given for individual candidates or majorities nor a swing figure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Baylis & Stoke\nBaylis & Stoke (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the north of the Borough, to the west of Central ward and to the east of Haymill. It broadly combined the former Baylis and Stoke wards. Baylis was named after Baylis House and the estate of Baylis, which from the sixteenth century was a sub-division of the parish of Stoke Poges. Stoke ward was named after the parish, southern parts of which were included in Slough, as part of the 1900 and 1930\u20131931 extensions of the district boundaries. The Liberal Democrats, (building on the Liberal tradition of the Liberal-Labour marginal Stoke ward) overcame the Labour leanings of the former Baylis ward, to win all three seats in 2004. In 2006, with a new Liberal Democrat candidate, one of the seats was lost to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Britwell\nBritwell (born 1973) is a three-member ward in the north-west of the Borough. It includes Britwell parish, although since 1983 some unparished territory was added. Britwell elected some Liberal Councillors in the 1980s but was otherwise safely Labour until 2000. Since then Britwellian and Independent Britwellian Residents Councillors have become increasingly successful. In 1997 Labour won all three seats, but in 2004 the Residents took the three seats. Patl Janik, the incumbent IBR Councillor, stood for re-election in 2006 as a Slough Independents candidate in opposition to a new IBR nominee, who was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Central\nCentral (1930\u20131950 and 1983\u2013) has had different boundaries during the three of the four Slough redistributions in which it has existed (it was divided between Central North and Central South wards 1950\u20131983), but it has always been a three-member ward with Wexham to the north, Langley to the east, Upton to the south, Chalvey to the south-west and Baylis & Stoke to the west.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Central\nIt was part of the original parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, although the hamlet of Slough (a few scattered houses and coaching inns along the Great West Road and Windsor Road) was smaller than the villages of Upton and Chalvey until the Great Western Railway arrived in the 1840s. It was a safe Labour ward under the 1983 boundaries, but in 2004 the Conservatives won two of the three seats of the revised ward. In 2006 there was a straight fight between the Conservative incumbent and a Labour challenger, which the Labour candidate won. It is noticeable that he was the only Councillor elected in 2006 with more than 50% of the votes cast in his ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Chalvey\nChalvey (born 1930), (in the south of the Borough) is a three-member ward. It was part of the ancient parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey and was an original ward of Slough. The ward has existed in some form continuously since the district was first warded in 1930. Before 1970 Chalvey was Conservative but since then it has been safely Labour. The Liberal Democrats came within ten votes of winning the last seat in the ward in 2004. Labour retained the seat with an increased majority in 2006, so they still hold all three seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Cippenham Green\nCippenham Green (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. It was one of the two wards based on the old Cippenham Ward, which was a Labour/Conservative marginal (six Conservative and eleven Labour wins between 1983 and 2003). This area is the western part of the previous ward, incorporates the old Cippenham village area (now a suburb of Slough). This ward includes the village green, which it is named after. In 2004 it elected 1 Conservative (since defected to UKIP) and 2 Labour Councillors. One of the Labour councillors was re-elected in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Cippenham Meadows\nCippenham Meadows (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. It was one of the two wards based on the old Cippenham Ward, which was a Labour/Conservative marginal (six Conservative and eleven Labour wins between 1983 and 2003). This area is the eastern part of the previous ward, incorporating the Windsor Meadows development. This estate caused the large population growth in the area, since the 1983 redistribution of wards. Presumably these are the Meadows which the ward is named after. The ward elected 3 Labour Councillors in 2004. The Labour incumbent, up for election in 2006, was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Colnbrook with Poyle (no election 2006)\nColnbrook & Poyle (1995\u20132004), Colnbrook with Poyle (born 2004) is a (since 1997) two-member ward in the furthest east part of the Borough between to the M4 motorway and Greater London. Labour elected some Councillors here, in 1995 and 1997 (1 seat), but by 2004 the ward was safely Conservative. There was no election in this ward in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 106], "content_span": [107, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Farnham\nFarnham (1930\u20131950 and 1983\u2013) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough, to the south of Britwell and west of Haymill. It was named after Farnham Royal parish, the southern part of which was incorporated in Slough as part of the 1930\u20131931 boundary extension. This was an original Slough ward. It was split between Farnham North and Farnham South wards 1950\u20131983. This was a safe Labour Ward, in 2004 as before. Labour won in 2006, but may be vulnerable to a less fragmented opposition in future elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Foxborough\nFoxborough (born 1983) is a three-member ward in south-east Langley in the eastern part of the Borough. It is named after a 4-acre (16,000\u00a0m2) area mentioned in connection with the inclosure of Langley Marish parish in 1809. This was the ward where the Liberal Democrats won their first election to Slough Borough Council in 2000 and the party held all three seats after the 2004 election. The Liberal Democrats retained one of their seats in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Haymill\nHaymill (born 1983) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough (to the east of Farnham ward and west of Baylis & Stoke), which was left unchanged by the 2004 redistribution. It is a safe Liberal ward having last elected a non-Liberal Councillor in 1984. The Liberal Councillors and activists, for this ward, did not join the Liberal Democrats in 1988. In 2006 the Liberal Councillor up for election held his seat, so all three Councillors are still Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Kedermister\nKedermister (sometimes locally pronounced Keddermeister) (1983\u2013) is a three-member ward in south-west Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. The ward was named after Sir John Kedermister (or Kidderminster), who was Warden of Langley Park and founded some almshouses in Langley in 1617. It is a safe Labour ward and the party held its seat in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Langley St Mary's\nLangley St Mary's (born 1983) is a three-member ward in north Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. St Mary's is named after the church in Langley. This has been a Labour/Conservative marginal ward, but in 2004 the Independent Langley Residents won two seats and tied for the third (which the Conservative candidate won on a roll of dice, so he was credited with an additional vote). The Conservative Councillor increased his majority to seven in 2006 (over Labour, with ILR in third place), for the only Tory victory of the 2006 Slough election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Upton\nUpton (born 1930), part of the original parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey (in the south of the modern Borough), is a ward which has existed in some form continuously since 1930. It is a three-seat ward. In the early nineteenth century Upton was a village about a mile and a half south-west of the hamlet of Slough (see Central ward). This was the most Conservative area of Slough until demographic change made Labour competitive. Labour won the ward for the first time ever in 1990. In 1997 Labour won two seats and the Conservatives one. At the 2004 election the Conservatives won all three seats, although one Councillor has since become an Independent Conservative. Labour gained a seat from the Tories in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187738-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2006 results, Wexham Lea\nWexham Lea (born 1983) is a three-member ward in the north of the Borough, to the north-east of Baylis & Stoke and the north of Central ward. It combines Wexham Court parish and an area known as Upton Lea. The ward was formerly safely Labour but is now securely held by Independent Councillors who won all three seats in 2004. The Mayor of Slough for 2005\u20132006 was re-elected in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash\nOn 19 January 2006 an Antonov An-24 aircraft operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, near the village of Hejce and town of Telkib\u00e1nya. The airplane was carrying Slovak peacekeepers from Kosovo. Of the 43 people on board, there was only one survivor. The crash remains the deadliest in Slovak history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Background\nThe airplane involved in the crash was an Antonov An-24V, the 50-seat version of the Antonov An-24, a twin turboprop transport aircraft. The aircraft was manufactured on 31 October 1969 in the Soviet Union with the serial number 97305605.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Background\nThe airplane was carrying Slovak peacekeepers who had finished a six-month tour of duty in NATO\u2019s KFOR mission in Kosovo. The airplane was flying from Pristina International Airport in Pristina, Serbia and Montenegro to Ko\u0161ice International Airport in Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Crash\nAt around 19:38 CET (18:38 GMT), the aircraft disappeared from air traffic controllers\u2019 radar screens. The aircraft crashed in snowy and forested terrain on Bors\u00f3 Hill at an elevation of 700 meters (2,300 feet) near the Hungarian village of Hejce and the village of Telkib\u00e1nya. The crash site is about 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) from Ko\u0161ice and about 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) from the Slovak border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Crash\nAccording to the Hungarian Disaster Management Agency, the plane hit the tops of trees before catching fire and crashing. Tibor Dobson, of the disaster prevention unit of Hungarian Ministry of the Interior, was quoted as saying that bodies and wreckage were scattered over a large area, and Hungarian police spokesman L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Garamv\u00f6lgyi was quoted as saying that it was \u221218\u00a0\u00b0C (0\u00a0\u00b0F) at the crash site and that the fuselage was completely burnt out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Crash, Emergency response\nEmergency workers who arrived at the scene were tasked not only with looking for survivors, but also with putting out the fire at the crash site. Hungarian authorities reported that the heavily wooded and steep terrain, as well as the low temperatures, contributed to the destruction and hampered rescue efforts. It was also reported that helicopters were unable to land at the crash site. Access was also made difficult because the road leading to the site was covered in snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Crash, Emergency response\nMichaela Farkasova, the wife of the sole surviving passenger, reported that she received a cellular telephone call from her husband, Martin Farka\u0161. She said that she received the call around 19:30 EET (18:30 GMT). She is quoted as saying that her husband told her that his plane had crashed in a forest. Shortly before the line went dead, he asked her to alert rescue services and the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Sole survivor\nThe sole survivor of the crash was Slovak Army First Lieutenant Martin Farka\u0161. He suffered minor brain swelling and lung injuries in the crash and was transported to Ko\u0161ice for further treatment afterwards. He was put into a medically induced coma, but he was soon reported to be in a stable condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Sole survivor\nAccording to rescuers, his survival was pure luck as he was found in the aircraft's lavatory, which received little damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Reactions and aftermath\nUnited States Ambassador to Slovakia Rodolphe Vallee released a statement on 30 January expressing his condolences to the families and friends of the victims, to the Slovak Armed Forces, and to the Slovak Republic. Secretary General of NATO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer issued a statement hours after the incident in which he expressed his condolences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Reactions and aftermath, Memorials\nImmediately after the crash, flags were lowered to half-staff and sirens sounded as a tribute to the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Reactions and aftermath, Memorials\nOn 30 March 2006, the United States Army Major General R. Martin Umbarger, Commanding General for the Indiana Army National Guard, presented a memorial to Slovak Army Major General Peter Gajdo\u0161 at a ceremony at the Slovak Ministry of Defense building in Bratislava. On 27 March the memorial travelled to Pre\u0161ov and on 29 March to Trebi\u0161ov before returning to Bratislava.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Reactions and aftermath, Memorials\nOn 18 September 2006, the government of Slovakia allocated 1.5 million koruna from its reserve fund to build a memorial in the Hungarian village of Hejce, near the crash site. The Defence Ministry of Slovakia was able to raise 1.496 million koruna through fundraising. The Slovak Cabinet committed to match public donations and earmarked 1.5 million koruna. The memorial cost around 4.5 million koruna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Reactions and aftermath, Memorials\nOn 19 January 2007, the first anniversary of the crash was commemorated by the victims\u2019 loved ones, Martin Farka\u0161 and his wife, and the Slovak and Hungarian militaries. Among those attending was Slovak Defence Minister Franti\u0161ek Ka\u0161ick\u00fd, Slovak Army Chief of Staff \u013dubom\u00edr Bul\u00edk, Hungarian Defence State Secretary J\u00f3zsef Bali, and Hungarian Deputy Army Chief of Staff J\u00e1nos Mikita. The attendees laid wreaths and flowers and lit candles at the crash site. Also in the ceremony, Slovak and Hungarian clergy blessed the cornerstone of a monument to the victims that will be near a local church in the Hungarian village of Hejce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Investigation\nAccording to Tibor Dobson of the disaster prevention unit of Hungarian Ministry of the Interior, the aircraft had strayed 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) off the flight path outlined in the flight plan after Slovak air traffic controllers had taken over the flight from Hungarian controllers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187739-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Investigation\nThe investigation indicates that the pilot descended too early in the dark towards the lights of Ko\u0161ice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187740-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Cup Final\nThe 2006 Slovak Cup Final was the final match of the 2005\u201306 Slovak Cup, the 37th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Pasienky in Bratislava on 8 May 2006 between FC Spartak Trnava and MFK Ru\u017eomberok. Ru\u017eomberok defeated Spartak Trnava on penalties 4-3, after match ended 0:0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187741-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 Slovak Figure Skating Championships (Slovak: Majstrovstva Slovenska seniorov a juniorov 2006) were held in Ko\u0161ice from December 17 through 19, 2005. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior and junior levels, and pair skating on the junior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187742-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 17 June 2006. Direction \u2013 Social Democracy emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 50 of the 150 seats. Its leader Robert Fico was appointed Prime Minister on 4 July 2006, leading a three-party centre-left populist coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187742-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak parliamentary election, Background\nOriginally the election was planned for 16 September 2006. However, on 8 February the government proposed calling an early election after the Christian Democratic Movement left the coalition government. This proposal was passed by the Parliament on 9 February and signed by the President on 13 February. For the first time Slovak citizens living abroad could vote, using absentee ballots. A total of 21 parties contested the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187742-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 28 June Fico announced that the government coalition would consist of his Smer-SD party, together with the Slovak National Party and People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. The Party of European Socialists (PES) criticized this decision because of nationalist statements of the leader of the Slovak National Party and subsequently suspended Smer-SD's membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs\nThe Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs of 2006 were a series of ethnic and diplomatic affairs between Slovakia and Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning\nThe situation escalated further after the parliamentary elections in June 2006, after which the party of the Hungarian minority SMK was not invited into the new government coalition. After a series of bitter comments from both sides, a short movie presumably depicting a group of Slovak nationalists instigating against the Hungarian minority by burning the Hungarian flag appeared on YouTube.com, which at the day, when it has been announced, it has been removed from YouTube due to . A day later, anti-Slovak graffiti appeared on Slovakia's embassy in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nIn August 2006 in a few days time the following incidents were reported: In Kom\u00e1rno a man was severely beaten because he spoke Hungarian on the street. In the smaller towns of southern Slovakia a woman was allegedly harassed by the hospital staff because of the same reason. This was reported from Nov\u00e9 Z\u00e1mky, \u0160a\u013ea and Ve\u013ek\u00fd Krt\u00ed\u0161. In Nov\u00e9 Z\u00e1mky a graffiti saying \"Hungarians (should go) to the other side of Danube\" appeared on a Hungarian family house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nIn Bratislava, the statue of S\u00e1ndor Pet\u0151fi, the popular Hungarian poet (of Slovak origin), was damaged on August 24, which has happened many times in the past decades. According to B\u00e9la Bug\u00e1r, a politician of the SMK, such incidents weren't typical in the past 8 years (when his SMK was in the government), and the Slovak government has to take seriously the worsening ethnic tensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nAfter these incidents another film was uploaded to the Internet, which was made in April at a Slovak second division football match between Slovan and Dunajsk\u00e1 Streda, showing a Kingdom of Hungary map for some seconds, then it was creased and savaged, then started hailing Jan Slota and shouted \"101% anti-Hungarian\", \"Slovakia is the Slovak's\" and several fascist slogans. The attempt by the Hungarian diplomacy to delete it from the Internet was successful, but soon Slovak football fans protested against local Hungarians in Bratislava(Pozsony) with slogans: \"Fucking Hungarians go home!\" .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nAfter that there was an anti-Slovak protest as a response by football fans in Budapest (they said \"Fucking Slovakia\", \"Slovaks, you will always remain our slaves\", \"Slota must die\" ), six protesters were arrested. On August 25 an ethnic Hungarian female university student called Hedvig Malina was severely beaten and the statements \"SK (probably means Slovakia) without parasites! \", \"Hungarians to the other side of the Danube!\" was written on her clothes in the town of Nitra. On September 12, the police concluded that this was a staged attack what the girl denied. According to \u00daj Sz\u00f3, some pictures and more evidence was found and attempted to pass to the local police about the incident, but they refused to take them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nAccording to this, a bit later, on a Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica football match a transparent was handed out, with \"Death to the Hungarians!\" written on it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nOn 26 August a 19-year-old Hungarian man was seriously beaten in Sladkovi\u010dovo. According to Slovak sources this had no ethnic background, but was a usual crime. The victim said that before he was beaten the assailants asked him: \"Do you know where J\u00e1n Slota lives?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nFor a response on August 29, the statue of Friedrich Habsburg in Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1r was damaged and an anti-Slovak graffiti appeared there. On August 29\u201331, several name tables of towns and villages inhabited by the Slovak minority in Hungary were destroyed or damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nAs a response to this series of attacks, the Slovak Police announced that it would use its special forces to fight political extremists. The deputy prime minister of the Slovak Republic Du\u0161an \u010caplovi\u010d officially met with B\u00e9la Bug\u00e1r to discuss the new measures against extremists and he publicly supported SMK-sponsored declaration against the recent violent attacks. In late August, several Slovak persons (football hooligans having held anti-Hungarian inscriptions) have been sentenced to prison in Slovakia for \"inciting ethnic and racial hatred\". In addition, police investigations in all the above-mentioned cases are in progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nSlovak authorities promised to take action, but they also accuse Hungarian counterparts of overreacting to these incidents, saying similar accidents do not usually get attention of government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Flag burning, Ethnic conflicts\nAccording to the mainstream Hungarian and Slovak media, this series of incidents was encouraged by the fact that J\u00e1n Slota's party joined the ruling coalition government or by his anti-Hungarian statements, described by the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation as ultra-nationalist, made in early summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Political affairs and statements\nOn 26 August Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny said there is a direct connection between the governmental role of Slota's party and the incidents. According to Gyurcs\u00e1ny: \"The Ghost is already out of the bottle\". Gyurcs\u00e1ny said that guaranteeing the safety of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia is the personal responsibility of Slovak PM Robert Fico who signed the coalition with Slota. The Slovak ambassador's deputy in Budapest was called to the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he received an official note of protest from the Hungarian Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Political affairs and statements\nIn the last week of August negotiations between the Slovak and Hungarian government somewhat eased the tensions between the two countries. Both Prime Ministers condemned any kind of ethnic violence. On the other hand, leading politicians of the Smer, ruling party of the Slovak government, blamed the Party of the Hungarian Coalition for internationally discrediting Slovakia. On 4 September, Boris Zala, deputy president of the Smer accused Hungarian minority politicians with disloyalty to Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187743-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Slovak\u2013Hungarian diplomatic affairs, Political affairs and statements\nAfter the Slovakia elections of 2006, the victorious left-wing party, Smer, formed a coalition with the right-wing nationalist party, SNS (Slovak National Party), whose leader, J\u00e1n Slota, is notorious for anti-Hungarian statements (see J\u00e1n Slota and ). J\u00e1n Slota himself is not in the government (a condition for the inclusion of his party in the government has been that he will not himself be a member of the government). The program of the new government explicitly says that it will maintain the status quo of the minority institutions and rights. The new government, however, refused to distance itself from the extremist statements of Slota on the grounds that he is not a member of the government and his statements are not official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election there had been two by-elections resulting in Conservative holds, and a Liberal Democrat defection in Shirley West, with Howard Allen changing to Independent. As such the Conservatives ran the council with 27 seats, compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats, 8 for Labour and 2 independents. This meant the Liberal Democrats only needed to gain 2 seats to deprive the Conservatives of a majority, with predictions in the press that they could achieve this, after gaining the parliamentary seat at the 2005 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe Liberal Democrats campaigned against cuts to Solihull's Music Service, opposed windfall developments and brought the president of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes to Solihull to open their local election campaign. The Conservative leader of the council Ted Richards predicted their record would enable them to stay in control and the party supported the expansion of Birmingham Airport and the bringing of a Super Casino to the region, both of which the Liberal Democrats opposed. Other issues in the election included proposals for the regeneration of Shirley and Chelmsley Wood, and a plan to transform northern Solihull. Apart from the 3 parties with seats on the council, there were also candidates from the British National Party, Green Party and 2 independents in Shirley, both of whom former incumbent Conservative councillors for the old Shirley seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 928]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nAll 3 of the main party group leaders from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties signed a pledge to avoid damaging race relations during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservative keep control of the council, but with their majority reduced to just 1 seat. The Conservative majority was reduced after the Liberal Democrats gained Shirley South from the Conservatives, meaning the Conservatives had 26 seats compared to 15 for the Liberal Democrats. The British National Party won a first seat on the council after winning Chelmsley Wood ward from Labour by 19 votes after a recount. This reduced Labour to 7 seats, while the 2 independent councillors were not defending seats at the election. Overall turnout in the election was 38.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe successful British National Party candidate George Morgan described his win as a victory for the ordinary working man and put his success down to disillusionment with politicians, immigration and local social issues such as rubbish. Meanwhile, the defeated Labour candidate blamed recent events involving the national Labour government for his defeat. Following the election the other councillors from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties said they would have nothing to do with the British National Party councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187744-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187745-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Solomon Islands National Club Championship\nThe 2006 Solomon Islands National Club Championship was the 3rd season of the National Club Championship in the Solomon Islands. Marist FC won the league for the first time. All matches were played at the hillside ground called Lawson Tama Stadium, with an approximate capacity of 20,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187746-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Solomon Islands general election\nGeneral elections were held on 5 April 2006 in Solomon Islands. No party won more than four of the fifty seats, while thirty seats went to independent candidates. A number of those subsequently formed an Association of Independent Members of Parliament, with Snyder Rini as their leader. Rini was elected Prime Minister by Parliament on 18 April, amidst \"widespread street protests\" in Honiara, which caused particular damage in the city's Chinatown. Rioters \"alleged corruption and insisted that Mr. Rini had been unfairly favouring Chinese businessmen\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187746-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Solomon Islands general election\nWhile the riots ceased with the arrival of Australian and New Zealand peacekeeping troops the next day, the opposition soon lodged a motion of no confidence in Rini's premiership. Rini resigned on 26 April, having been Prime Minister for just eight days. Opposition parties united in a coalition and succeeded in having Manasseh Sogavare, of the Solomon Islands Social Credit Party, elected Prime Minister on 4 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187746-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Solomon Islands general election\nAustralia sent a ten-member observer delegation to monitor the election, led by Senator Marise Payne, and comprising MPs Bob Sercombe and Michael Ferguson, former Queensland Electoral Commissioner Bob Longland, and six experienced officials from the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Defence and AusAID. The Australian observer delegation was joined by other international observer teams from New Zealand, Japan, the USA, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. The United Nations Electoral Assistance Division coordinated the consolidated international observer effort. The international observers' interim assessment said the polling process was transparent and well-conducted, and voters were able to exercise a free and secret vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187746-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Solomon Islands general election\nTwenty-six women candidates stood in the election, but none were elected, making the Solomons' Parliament one of the world's few all-male legislatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive\nBetween May and July 2006 an offensive took place against the Islamic Courts Union by an alliance of warlords who were trying to seize control of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu. The Warlord Alliance was funded by the United States. This offensive led to the 2006 Battle of Mogadishu, following which the Islamic Courts Union expanded further in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, Criticism of United States support for ARPCT Warlords\nMichael Zorick, the U.S. State Department's political officer for Somalia, who had been stationed in Nairobi, was reassigned to Chad after he sent a cable to Washington criticizing Washington's policy of paying Somali warlords. The Times stated, \"The American activities in Somalia have been approved by top officials in Washington and were reaffirmed during a National Security Council meeting about Somalia in March.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, US Failed Policy\nThe New York Times declared the US backing of Warlord Alliance a failed policy. A Reuters report cited that the plan had backfired and destabilized the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, Timeline\nOn 4 June the ICU gained control of Balad, 30 miles north of Mogadishu. Balad had previously been under the control of Musa Sudi Yalahow a warlord whose gunmen fled towards Jowhar. Another warlord named Mohamed Qanyare Afrah had started heading toward Balad with a dozen battlewagons, but changed course for Jowhar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, Timeline, 6 June 2006\nOn 6 June 2006, the ICU claimed it was in control of all the lands up to 100 kilometers (62\u00a0mi) inland from Mogadishu. The US backed warlords were reported to have either been captured or to have fled the city, abandoning most of their weapons, with the majority fleeing to Jowhar, which was taken by the ICU militia on 14 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, Timeline, 7 June 2006\nThe Republic of the Congo's president and current African Union head, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, criticized the United States for its involvement in fighting in Mogadishu following his meeting with President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, Timeline, 14 June 2006\nOn 14 June 2006, following a stand-off that lasted for approximately eight days, the ICU militia reportedly attacked the remaining forces of the US backed Warlord Alliance in Jowhar, routing them and seizing the town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187747-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Somali warlord offensive, Timeline, 14 June 2006\nJowhar was the most important warlord stronghold outside of Mogadishu, ruled by Mohammed Dheere. After securing allies in the town, the ICU advanced on Jowhar in early June, forcing Mohammed Dheere to flee north to Ethiopia on 14 June and capturing the town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187748-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sonora state election\nA local election was held in the Mexican State of Sonora on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187749-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open\nThe 2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open was a Tier 3 Women's WTA Tennis Tournament held in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from 13 - 19 February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187749-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open, Finals, Doubles\nLiezel Huber / Sania Mirza defeated Anastasia Rodionova / Elena Vesnina, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187750-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open \u2013 Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187750-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open \u2013 Doubles\nIn the final, Liezel Huber and Sania Mirza defeated Anastasia Rodionova and Elena Vesnina 6\u20133, 6\u20133 to win their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187751-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open \u2013 Singles\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 122.57.243.2 (talk) at 08:52, 25 June 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187751-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open \u2013 Singles\nSania Mirza was the defending champion and top seed, but was stunned by Camille Pin in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187751-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open \u2013 Singles\nIn the final, Mara Santangelo defeated the Jelena Kostani\u0107 to win her title 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187752-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony HD 500\nThe 2006 Sony HD 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race held on September 3, 2006 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23\u00a0km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Kasey Kahne of Evernham Motorsports won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187752-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sony HD 500, Background\nThe track, California Speedway, is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2\u00a0km) long. The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187753-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Soul Train Music Awards\nThe 2006 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 18, 2006 at the Pasadena Conference Center in Pasadena, California and was hosted by Vivica Fox and Tyrese. The show marked the 20th Anniversary of the Soul Train Music Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187754-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa Sevens\nThe 2006 South Africa Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament which took place on 8\u20139 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape as part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The tournament was the second event of the 2006\u201307 season, and it was the eighth edition of the South Africa Sevens. New Zealand won the tournament, defeating the host nation South Africa by 24\u201317 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187754-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa Sevens, Series standings\nNew Zealand was the first team to score 1,000 all-time points in this round after beating France by 29\u20130 in the Cup quarter final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England\nThe 2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England was a series of matches played in November and December 2006 in Ireland and England by South Africa national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England\nThe Springboks, coached by Jake White lost the test with Ireland, drew the series (1\u20131) to England and won against a World XV selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England, Results, First test in Dublin\nA bad defeat against Ireland, that had never before scored four tries against Springboks in a century. In the first half, Irish, made three tries that exposed the poor defence of Pierre Spies in particular and Bryan Habana out of position at 13. Spies was twice caught charging out of the line and the Irish swiftly punished that opening each time. The Springboks, fielding a largely experimental side, fought hard as Habana and debutant Francois Steyn dotted down in the second half. That comeback was roundly ended by Horgan after O'Driscoll expertly put him away to seal the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 88], "content_span": [89, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England, Results, First test in Dublin\nThe match celebrate the centenary of the first Springboks tour and South Africa played in the kit worn by the 1906 touring squad, which was captained by Paul Roos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 88], "content_span": [89, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England, Results, Second test with England\nNext up was a two test encounter against England at fortress Twickenham. The Springboks had not beaten England since the Spring Tour of 2000 where the Boks won 18\u201313. England exacted revenge a week later and had built a period of dominance spanning six years. Even more disconcerting was that the Boks had not won at Twickenham since 1997; this leaving the Boks with a nine-year hoodoo to break. The Boks dominated England for much of the first test and seemed certain of victory until a late try by Phil Vickery gave England the result. A key turning point in the game was the injury to Butch James. His replacement, Andr\u00e9 Pretorius failed to deliver the steadiness Butch provided and missed an important penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 92], "content_span": [93, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England, Results, The revenge with England\nThe final analysis was that this was a year of growth as much as it was a disappointing lost opportunity. Injuries to Schalk Burger (broken neck), Bakkies Botha (calf surgery), Jean De Villiers (cracked rib), Bryan Habana (cracked rib), Butch James (groin and knee), Andr\u00e9 Pretorius (groin), Joe Van Niekerk (C5 & C6 vertebrae), Jacques Cronje (cracked rib), Danie Rossouw (hamstring), Juan Smith (left quadriceps), Eddie Andrews (back), BJ Botha (back surgery), CJ Van Der Linde (Leg), Gurthro Steenkamp (broken hand), Pedrie Wannenburg (wrist surgery), Marius Joubert (fractured hand) amongst other lesser injuries stretched the Bok's depth to its limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 92], "content_span": [93, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187755-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 South Africa rugby union tour of Ireland and England, Results, The revenge with England\nThe blessing was that it allowed the Boks to break their reliance on certain individuals and expand their depth in blooding new players and testing new combinations. Francois Steyn was undoubtedly the find of the season alongside the elusive Ruan Pienaar. Jake also found depth in Wynand Olivier and Pierre Spies; the former being used extensively in plugging gaps left by injuries in the backline. Jake lamented the many lost opportunities of this campaign but was optimistic about the various changes they made to their defensive patterns and saw it as an important learning cuve ahead of the World Cup the following year", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 92], "content_span": [93, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187756-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South African Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 South African Figure Skating Championships were held from 25 through 28 September 2005. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles at the senior, novice, and pre-novice levels. There was also a junior and juvenile ladies' competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in South Africa on 1 March 2006, to elect members to the local governing councils in the municipalities of South Africa. The municipalities form the local government of South Africa and are subdivisions of the provinces, thus making them responsible for local service delivery, such as electricity, water and fire services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections\nAll major political parties, excepting the SACP who are members of the Tripartite alliance, fielded candidates in the election. The expected winner, the African National Congress (ANC) won the majority of seats nationwide, with 66.3% of the vote. These elections were seen as a test of the ANC, after some discontent with the speed of the delivery of new services at the municipal level in South Africa. The official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA) took 14.8% of votes nationwide, placing them in second overall. The Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party took 8.1% of the vote, or third place, while the new party formed under the leadership of Patricia de Lille, the Independent Democrats took 2.0%, placing them fourth of all major political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections\nHowever, because rural electors have an additional vote compared to urban voters (for district council), a fairer representation of popular party support is given by the percentage of proportional representation votes (excluding district council votes and ward votes) i.e. African National Congress (ANC) with 65.7% of the vote, the Democratic Alliance (DA) with 16.3% of votes nationwide, Inkatha Freedom Party with 7.6% of the vote and 2.2% for the Independent Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Campaign\nThe campaign focused around the delivery of services, particularly to townships after 12 years of democracy in the country. Riots and large-scale protests had broken out before the elections in certain townships around the country. All parties promised to speed up delivery of services. In Durban the shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo boycotted the elections under the slogan 'No Land! No House! No Vote!'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results\nThe ANC won a majority in most of the councils of Northern Cape Province, North West Province, Gauteng Province, Mpumalanga Province, Limpopo Province and Eastern Cape Province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results\nThe DA won the largest share of votes in the City of Cape Town but did not achieve a majority, and hence was not able to form a government on its own. The DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille formed the city government and was elected mayor with the support of numerous minority parties. This was achieved in spite of the Independent Democrats siding with the African National Congress. The ID subsequently joined the DA-led coalition, strengthening its majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results\nThe Inkatha Freedom Party won the majority in KwaZulu-Natal Province, although it lost support overall, when compared to the previous election, and did not win the major economic centres in the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, Geography\nThe map to the right shows the winner in each of the six metropolitan municipalities, 231 local municipalities and 20 District Management Areas (DMAs) in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, Nelson Mandela Bay\nIn the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with Nondumiso Maphazi succeeding Nceba Faku as mayor of the municipality; Maphazi was also the first female mayor of the municipality. The ANC also captured 81 seats with 66.53 percent of the votes. The DA won 30 seats, the ID three and the other six seats were divided between smaller parties, including the FF+, ACDP, PAC and UIF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 97], "content_span": [98, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, Johannesburg\nIn the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, and incumbent executive mayor Amos Masondo was re-elected to a second six-year term. The DA contested all wards, with opposition councillor Mike Moriarty unsuccessfully challenging Masondo for mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 91], "content_span": [92, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, Tshwane\nIn the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with former Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgope elected to succeed Smangaliso Mkhatshwa as mayor of Tshwane; Ramokgope also became the first female mayor of the municipality. Gwen was challenged by DA councillor Fred Nel for the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 86], "content_span": [87, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, Ekurhuleni\nIn the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with incumbent mayor Duma Moses Nkosi re-elected to a second term in office. He was challenged by DA councillor Eddie Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, eThekwini\nIn the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with Obed Mlaba being elected to a third term (his second six-year term) in office as mayor of the municipality. The ANC's mandate was increased by an estimated 115,000 votes, at the expense of the IFP, as was the case in several other parts of KwaZulu-Natal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, Cape Town\nIn the City of Cape Town, the Democratic Alliance was the largest single party in the City Council with 90 of the 210 seats on the council, ahead of the African National Congress's 81 seats, but with no party holding a majority. The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) with 7 councillors, drew an unlikely array of five smaller political parties together to form a king-maker block of 16 Councillors that eventually agreed to work with the DA's 90 in a multi-party government (MPG) rather than the ANC /Independent Democrats alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By Metropolitan Municipality, Cape Town\nThe MPG's 106 councillors agreed to elect the DA's Helen Zille as Executive Mayor, the ACDP as Executive Deputy Mayor, the Speaker post was held by the one elected councillor from the Freedom Front Plus, whilst the United Democratic Movement (1 councillor), the Universal Party (1 councillor) and the Africa Muslim Party (2 councillors) took up seats on the Mayoral Committee. This fragile MPG survived until January 2007 when the AMP was expelled from the MPG for conspiring with the ANC. The ID was drawn into the MPG when the ACDP offered up its Executive Deputy Mayors post. This brought about a stable MPG", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 88], "content_span": [89, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By district, Cacadu\nIn the Cacadu District Municipality, the African National Congress won Makana, Kouga, Ndlambe, Camdeboo, Sunday's River Valley, Blue Crane, Kou-Kamma, Ikwezi, and Aberdeen. The Democratic Alliance won Baviaans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By district, Sedibeng\nIn the Sedibeng District Municipality, the African National Congress won Emfuleni and Lesedi. The Democratic Alliance won Midvaal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By district, West Coast\nIn the West Coast District Municipality, the African National Congress won Matzikama, Cederberg, Bergrivier, and Saldanha Bay. The Democratic Alliance won Swartland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By district, Overberg\nIn the Overberg District Municipality, the African National Congress won Theewaterskloof, Cape Agulhas, and Swellendam. The Democratic Alliance won Overstrand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By district, Eden\nIn the Eden District Municipality, the African National Congress won Kannaland, Hessequa, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, and Bitou. The Democratic Alliance won Mossel Bay and George.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187757-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 South African municipal elections, Results, By district, Central Karoo\nIn the Central Karoo District Municipality, the African National Congress won Beaufort West and Prince Albert. The Laingsburg Gemeenskaps Party won Laingsburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187758-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also later and commonly known as the 2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the first Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from March 5\u201312 in Maca\u00e9, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187758-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship\nThe qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was instead organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the title of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier. CONMEBOL first recognised the tournament in 2013, under the title South American Beach Soccer Championship, also acknowledging the 2006\u201311 events as historic editions of the championship. CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187758-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship\nHosts Brazil won the championship, with Uruguay finishing second. Argentina won the third place play-off to claim third. These three nations moved on to play in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187759-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Championships in Athletics\nThe 2006 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio La Independencia in Tunja, Colombia from 29 September to 1 October. The competition represented a departure from the traditional biennial cycle of the championships, a decision taken partly as a response to the lack of major competitions that year for the region's athletes, as well as the fact many athletes would instead focus on the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and the Pan American Games (in Rio de Janeiro) which were scheduled for the following year. The stadium's location at 2810\u00a0metres above sea level aided the performances of athletes competing in the sprint and field events. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187759-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Championships in Athletics\nBrazil continued its dominance in the medals and points tables with 26 gold medals and 55 medals in all, adding to an undefeated streak in the men's and women's sides since the 1975 edition. The hosts Colombia were clear runners-up with nine golds and 36 medals, while Argentina and Ecuador were the next most successful nations. Cold, windy conditions affected athletes performances over the course of the three-day competition, but five Championships records were broken or equalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187759-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 South American Championships in Athletics\nPole vaulter Fabiana Murer won her first continental title with a record clearance of 4.40\u00a0m, while Argentine Germ\u00e1n Chiaraviglio equalled the best mark in the men's event. Jess\u00e9 de Lima beat defending high jump champion Gilmar Mayo in a record height and Jennifer Dahlgren retained her hammer throw title with a new record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187759-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Championships in Athletics\nColombian Bertha S\u00e1nchez became champion in three events (5000\u00a0m, 10,000\u00a0m and steeplechase) and her compatriot Caterine Ibarg\u00fcen took a gold and two silver medals in the jumping events, as well as setting a national record in the triple jump. Brazil's Elis\u00e2ngela Adriano won both the shot put and discus throw disciplines. Two more of her compatriots scored event doubles: Lucimar Teodoro won the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles, while the 100 metres and 200 metres titles went to Rosemar Coelho Neto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187760-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the official results of the 2006 South American Championships in Athletics which took place from September 29 through October 1, 2006 in Tunja, Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187761-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Cross Country Championships\nThe 2006 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 4\u20135, 2006. The races were held at the Naval Base in Mar del Plata, Argentina. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187761-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Cross Country Championships\nComplete results results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187761-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 142 athletes from 10 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187762-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Games\nThe VIII South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held from 9 to 19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some events taking place in Mar del Plata (canoeing, cycling, futsal, handball, roller sports, rowing, triathlon). An appraisal of the games and detailed medal lists were publishedelsewhere,emphasizing the results of the Argentinian teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187762-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Games\nThe Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR), who awarded the Games to the city with 10 votes over the bids by previous hosts Cuenca, Ecuador (3 votes) and Lima, Peru (1 vote).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187762-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Games\nThe Games were originally awarded to the first edition host La Paz, Bolivia, but this decision was retracted following domestic instability in Bolivia during 2005. This country did not participate in the subsequent selection process after ODESUR denied its request to reconsider the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187762-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Games\nTorch lighter at the Estadio del Parque Roca was multiple Olympic medalist, windsurfer Carlos Esp\u00ednola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187762-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Games, Medal Count\nThe medal count for these Games is tabulated below. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187762-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Games, Sports, Notes\n\u2020: The competition was reserved to representatives aged under 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187763-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Race Walking Championships\nThe 2006 South American Race Walking Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on April 8\u20139, 2006. The track of the championship runs in the Paseo El Prado (Avenida Ballivi\u00e1n). A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given by Eduardo Biscayart for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187763-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Race Walking Championships\nComplete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187763-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Race Walking Championships, Participation\nThe participation of 89 athletes from 9 countries was announced. Another source reports 93 athletes. An unofficial count yields 107 athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187764-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nThe 2006 South American Rugby Championship was the 28th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187764-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nThe tournament, that was also valid as the final stage of South Americas 2007 Rugby World Cup qualification, wasn't played in a host country, but each of the three countries participating hosted a match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187764-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Rugby Championship \"A\", Standings\nThree point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187765-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Rugby Championship \"B\"\nThe 2006 South American Rugby Championship \"B\" was the seventh edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187765-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Rugby Championship \"B\", Standings\nThree point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187766-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American U-20 Women's Championship\nThe 2006 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the second edition of South American youth women's football championship and the first with an age limit of 20 years. It was held from 4 to 20 January 2006 in Vi\u00f1a del Mar and Valpara\u00edso, Chile. Team Brazil won this tournament and along with team Argentina, qualified for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187767-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics\nThe 2nd South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics were heldin Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo (CeNARD) on November 10\u201312, 2006. The championshipswere held as a part of the 2006 South American Games (ODESUR). A detailed report on the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187767-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Participation\n410 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event. However, an unofficial count through the result lists resulted only in 266 participating athletes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187767-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nMedal winners are published. Detailed results can be found on the Fecodatle, on the CAU, on the CACAC website, on the CONSUDATLE website, and on the Tilastopaja website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187767-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Medal table (unofficial)\n* There is a mismatch between the unofficial medal count aboveand the published medal count. This is explained by the factthat the source reports that in the women's 20\u00a0km race walkcompetition, Magaly Andrade from Ecuador won the silver medal and Luz Villamar\u00edn from Colombia won bronze. However, all other sources anda special report on the race walking competitions list Luz Villamar\u00edn second and Magaly Andrade third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 81], "content_span": [82, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187767-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, Team trophies\nThe placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 70], "content_span": [71, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship\nThe 2006 South American Women's Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano de F\u00fatbol Femenino 2006) was the fifth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship (now known as Copa Am\u00e9rica Femenina) and determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2008 Olympic Games football tournament. The tournament was held between November 10 and November 26 in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship\nThe hosts Argentina won the tournament for the first time and qualified to their second FIFA Women's World Cup and their first Olympic tournament. Runners-up Brazil also qualified for the World Cup; but had to face Ghana in a play-off to qualify to the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship, Venue\nLike in the 1998 edition, the only venue used for the tournament was the Estadio Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Minella, also known as Estadio Mundialista.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship, Officials\nThe following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship, Results\nThe tournament format is similar to the 1998 edition. It features a first round, where the ten teams are divided into two groups of five teams each. The top two teams in the groups advance to a final round, instead of a knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship, Results\nThe final round was set up in a round-robin format, where each team played one match against each of the other teams within the group. The top two teams in the group qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in the People's Republic of China, and the first-placed team won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship, Results\nThree points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187768-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Women's Football Championship, Results, Final round\nArgentina and Brazil qualified to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Argentina and Brazil also qualified to the 2008 Olympics, although second placed Brazil had to play an Inter-continental play-off, which they won against Ghana eventually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187769-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Youth Championships in Athletics\nThe 18th South American Youth Championships in Athletics were heldin Caracas, Venezuela from October 14\u201315, 2006. The event wasrelocated from the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo in San Crist\u00f3bal, T\u00e1chira,Venezuela, because the renovation of the stadium for the Copa Am\u00e9rica de F\u00fatbol 2007 was not yet completed. A detailed report on the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187769-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nMedal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the Fecodatle, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187769-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Team trophies\nThe placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 67], "content_span": [68, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187769-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)\nDetailed result lists can be found on the Fecodatle, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 281athletes from about 13 countries:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 80], "content_span": [81, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187770-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Asian Games\nThe 2006 South Asian Games (also known as the 10th South Asian Games) were held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from August 18 to August 28, 2006, in the Sugathadasa Stadium with more than 2000 sportspersons competing in the record 20 disciplines of Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187770-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Asian Games\nThe 10th edition of SAF Games also marked the debut for Afghanistan. Another highlight of 2006 SAF Games was unprecedented high levels of security for officials & players amid violent clashes between the Sri Lankan Government's troops and LTTE. Earlier in 2005, the Games, originally scheduled to be held in 2005, had been postponed following the Indonesian tsunami wave devastated the northern and eastern region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187770-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Asian Games, Mascots\nPora-Pol (an ancient sport of coconut fighting) and Wali kukula (a jungle fowl) were chosen as the official logo and mascot for the 2006 SAF Games, respectively. However they drew some criticism for the lack of creativity particularly in the case of mascot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187770-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Asian Games, Sports\nThe 2006 South Asian Games encompassed a record 20 disciplines with hockey being reintroduced after several years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187770-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Asian Games, Participating nations\nathletes from eight countries competed at 2006 South Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187770-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Asian Games, Doping\nThe 10th SAF games could not be freed from infamous trend of steroid-using by athletes to boost their performance, as a group of athletes were reportedly tested positive for the use of banned performance-enhancing substance. Prominent athletes alleged to test positive included Nepal's double gold-medalist Rajendra Bhandari, Pakistani boxers Nauman Karim & Mohammed Lassi and Sri Lanka's Jani Chathurangani Silva. An Indian athlete was also said to have failed a dope test.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election\nThe state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election\nIn the 47-seat South Australian House of Assembly, the Labor government was returned in a landslide with 28 seats from a 56.8 percent two-party-preferred vote, winning six seats which were previously Liberal, who were reduced to just 15 seats, the worst result in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election\nIn the 22-seat South Australian Legislative Council, the balance of power has been continuously held by the crossbench since the 1985 election. With half of the seats up for election, Labor gained an additional seat at the expense of the Liberals, Nick Xenophon and No Pokies rose to prominence after unexpectedly winning a historic fifth of the entire statewide vote, the Greens won their first seat, Family First won their second seat to hold two seats, while the faltering Democrats failed to win a seat for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results summary, House of Assembly\nThe centre-left Australian Labor Party, elected in 2002 and led by Premier Mike Rann of the Rann Government, gained six Liberal-held seats and a 7.7 percent statewide two-party preferred swing, resulting in a net gain of five seats and the first Labor majority government since the 1985 election with 28 of the 47 House of Assembly (lower house) seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results summary, House of Assembly\nThe centre-right South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, led by Leader of the Opposition Rob Kerin, regained a former independent seat while losing other seats \u2013 a net loss of five seats. The Liberals were left with only 15 of 47 seats, the worst result for the Liberals in South Australian electoral history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results summary, House of Assembly\nIndependent members Bob Such and Rory McEwen were re-elected. Kris Hanna, elected in 2002 representing Labor, was re-elected as an independent member. The sitting Nationals SA member Karlene Maywald was also re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results summary, Legislative Council\nWith 11 of the 22-member Legislative Council (upper house) standing for election, both major parties finished with a total of eight of the 22 seats, with Labor winning four of the 11 and the Liberals winning three. No Pokies independent Nick Xenophon polled 20.5 percent, an unprecedented result for an independent or minor party, which resulted in both Xenophon and his running mate, Ann Bressington, being elected. Xenophon's third running mate, John Darley, was later appointed to the vacancy created by Xenophon's resignation. Family First had a second member elected. The Democrats vote collapsed with no candidate elected, leaving them with one remaining member in the upper house. The SA Greens won a seat for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results summary, Leadership changes\nFollowing the outcome of the election, the member for Davenport, Iain Evans, replaced Rob Kerin as leader of the Liberal Party and thus as Leader of the Opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 73], "content_span": [74, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Australian Labor Party\nThe Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest political party, founded in 1891. It is a centre-left social democratic party which is formally linked to the trade union labour movement. At a state level, the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party had been in government since the previous election in 2002, having been in opposition from 1993 to 2002. Since the 1970 election ending decades of electoral malapportionment of the Playmander, nine of the 12 elections since have been won by Labor. Labor's most notable premiers in South Australia include Thomas Price in the 1900s, reformist Don Dunstan in the 1970s, John Bannon in the 1980s and the factionally nonaligned and pragmatic Mike Rann. The party's deputy leader, and therefore the Deputy Premier, was Kevin Foley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Liberal Party of Australia\nThe South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right conservative liberal party with close links to business and advocating free markets. Whilst primarily a socially conservative party, there exists a more socially liberal wing, colloquially known as 'wet', 'moderate' or small-l liberals, highlighted by the short-lived Liberal Movement who first contested the 1975 election as a separate party led by Steele Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Liberal Party of Australia\nAt state level, in 1973 the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia emerged from the Liberal and Country League (LCL), which in turn had resulted from a merger between the Liberal Federation and the Country Party in 1932. The state opposition leader at the 2006 election, Rob Kerin, was seen as being largely aloof from factional disputes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Nationals SA\nThe Nationals SA is a sub-division of the conservative National Party of Australia (formerly the Country Party). First contesting the 1965 election, they have only held two seats: Flinders (1973\u20131993) and Chaffey (1997\u20132010). Former member Karlene Maywald, representing the Riverland district of Chaffey, accepted a cabinet position in 2004 as part of the Rann Labor government, as Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Small Business, and later Minister for Water Security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Nationals SA\nThis informal ALP-NAT coalition (the first since 1935) caused an uproar, with the federal Liberal member for the SA seat of Sturt, Christopher Pyne, calling for Maywald's expulsion from the Nationals, and Patrick Secker calling for a corruption enquiry into the appointment. Neither eventuated. As the Liberal Party in South Australia is descended from a historical merger from an earlier Country Party, the SA Nationals are not as dominant in rural areas as their eastern state counterparts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, SA Greens\nThe SA Greens, founded in 1995, are a sub-division of the left-wing Australian Greens. They are based on green politics and consider themselves a new politics party with strong beliefs in ecology, democracy and social justice amongst other issues. Federally and locally they have seen a continued rise in primary votes, in part due to the demise of the Australian Democrats. The 2007 federal election saw 77.28% of the Greens' preferences flow to Labor over the Liberal Party in SA. The party's Parliamentary leader is Mark Parnell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Family First Party\nThe Family First Party, founded immediately before the 2002 state election, has a political ideology based on Christian-influenced conservatism. Although officially a secular party, it has close links to the Pentecostal movement, and in particular the Assemblies of God denomination. Its social policies generally mirror conservative Christian values (but not necessarily politically conservative values). The 2007 federal election saw 57.10% of their preferences flow to the Liberals over the Labor Party in SA. The party's leader at the time of the election was Andrew Evans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Australian Democrats\nThe Australian Democrats were originally a centrist party, with most current policies based on social liberalism. Federally, the party was founded in 1977 from three different groups, all of which had split from the Liberal Party at different times: 1) the Liberal Movement, which had split from its parent over electoral reform; 2) the Australia Party, which had rebelled against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, and 3) initial leader Don Chipp, who left the Liberal Party, citing dissatisfaction with the increasing underrepresentation of small-l liberals within the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Party backgrounds, Australian Democrats\nAt the state level it is descended from the New Liberal Movement (New LM) of Robin Millhouse, who held the Democrats' only lower house seats, Mitcham and its successor seat Waite. The Democrats have suffered internal problems and leadership scuffles since 1997. The 2007 federal election saw 65.79% of Democrat preferences flow to Labor over the Liberal Party in SA. The party's leader at the election was Sandra Kanck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Electoral system\nSouth Australia is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legislative power rests with the Parliament of South Australia, which consists of The Sovereign (represented by the Governor of South Australia), the House of Assembly (lower house) which forms the government, and the Legislative Council (upper house) as a house of review. Forty-seven members of the lower house represent single-member electorates and are elected under the full-preference Instant-runoff voting (IRV) system for fixed four-year terms. The independent State Electoral Office, which conducts elections, is responsible for a mandatory redistricting of boundaries before each election to ensure one vote one value. At each election, voters choose half of the 22 upper house members, each of whom serves eight-year terms in a single statewide electorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 982]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Electoral system\nThe Legislative Council is elected under the preferential Single Transferable Vote (STV) system through a means of Group voting tickets. Voters can choose to vote for a ticket by placing the number '1' in one of the ticket boxes \"above the line\" or can vote for individual candidates by numbering all the boxes \"below the line\" (54 in the 2006 election). In above the line voting, ticket votes are distributed according to the party or group voting ticket registered before the election with the election management body. As more than 95% of ballot papers are above the line, this form of voting often leads to pre-election trading between parties on how each party will allocate later preferences to other parties and candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Electoral system\nVoting is compulsory once enrolled in South Australian elections, which results in turnout rates above 90 percent. Informal voting, which occurs when a voting slip is not valid, is at a rate of under five percent. Voting slips are informal when they are not filled out correctly, such examples are not numbering subsequent numbers, not filling out all the candidate boxes with numbers (except the last candidate), or in some other way that is verified by the State Electoral Office as illegible. South Australian elections have some features that are unique to the rest of Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Electoral system\nAs elections have fixed four-year terms, the election date of 18 March 2006 was known well ahead of time. The Electoral Act stipulates that the election is to be held on the third Saturday in March every four years. The election campaign must run for a minimum of 25 days or a maximum of 55 days, therefore the Governor would have needed to issue writs for the election by 21 February 2006 at the latest. On 20 February, Premier Mike Rann invited Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson to issue writs for the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Electoral system\nIn accordance with electoral regulations, the Electoral Commissioner then advertised key dates for the election of the House of Assembly and half of the Legislative Council \u2013 close of rolls on 27 February 2006 at noon, nominations to be received by 2 March 2006 at noon, polling day on 18 March 2006, and the return of writs on or before 28 April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Election background\nIn the 2002 election, Labor won 23 seats, the Liberals 20, Nationals 1, and conservative Independents won three. As 24 seats are required to govern, the Liberal Party was expected to retain government with the support of all four independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Election background\nHowever, in a surprise decision, one of the conservative independents, Peter Lewis, decided to support Labor in exchange for holding a constitutional convention, making him speaker of the House of Assembly, and concessions for his electorate including the phasing out of commercial fishing in the River Murray, prioritising the eradication of the branched broomrape weed, changing water rates for irrigation, fast-tracking a feasibility study for a weir and lock at Wellington, and improving rural roads. Lewis resigned as speaker in April 2005 after controversy over allegations of paedophilia he had made about a serving MP. However, by this time, Labor had already gained the support of independents Bob Such and Rory McEwen in 2002, as well as Nationals SA member Karlene Maywald in 2004. Such was given the position of speaker for the remainder of the government's term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 933]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nThe Labor campaign was heavily based around Premier Mike Rann with Labor's advertising swapping between the mottos \"Building South Australia\" and, to a greater extent, \"RANN Gets Results\". Some commentators also argued that the \"presidential\" style of campaign, common in modern Australian politics, could be seen in Labor's formal campaign launch at the Norwood Town Hall the Sunday before the election, which had some similarities to the nomination conventions that the major parties hold in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nAnother facet of the Labor campaign was extensive negative campaigning against Liberal leader Rob Kerin, including an advertisement featuring an excerpt of an interview that Kerin had with FIVEaa presenter Keith Conlon, who asked Kerin why he wanted to be leader of the Liberal Party. Kerin stammered for a few seconds and gave the impression that he was uncertain. The advertisement concluded with the question, \"Does Rob Want The Job?\". Conlon complained that the advertisement gave the false impression that he was endorsing Labor, but Labor campaign director David Feeney dismissed his concerns. Other negative advertisements run by Labor revolved around the actions of the previous Liberal government\u2014one advertisement and leaflet reminded voters that while in power, the previous Liberal government closed 65 schools, closed hospital wards, and privatised the Electricity Trust of South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 950]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nConsidered \"strapped for cash\", the Liberal Party ran a very limited television and radio campaign. Businessman Robert Gerard was forced to resign from his Federal Liberal Party-appointed position on the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia due to the party appointing him to the position despite the known fact that he had outstanding tax avoidance issues being dealt with by the Australian Taxation Office, and had thus subsequently pulled out of his traditional role of bankrolling the state division of the party, leaving the party with \"only enough funds for the most basic campaign\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nKerin indicated people would have to \"wait and see\" if there would be any campaign, even asking trade unions for donations, no matter how small. The advertisements that did run argued that Labor was wasting record tax receipts from the GST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0022-0002", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nA number of embarrassments for the Liberal Party surrounded their television advertisement\u2014in an early version released to journalists, Labor was spelt \"Labour\" (Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley dropped the 'u' in 1912 to \"modernise\" it as per American English) and the advertisement alleged that South Australia's hospital waiting lists were the worst in the nation, which Labor successfully disputed to the Electoral Commissioner. During the election campaign, David Pisoni, the Liberal candidate for Unley, made allegations in his advertising that Labor and their candidate Michael Keenan supported controversial urban infill programmes, which Labor flatly denied. Electoral Commissioner Kay Mousley investigated and ordered that the advertisements be withdrawn and corrections be run at Pisoni's expense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nThe Labor minority government sought to win a majority in the House of Assembly. Opinion polls indicated that this was likely and ABC elections expert Antony Green said that the \"Labor government looks set to be returned with an increased majority\". Centrebet had Labor at odds of $1.01 and the Liberals at $12.00 for a majority government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Campaign\nMost commentators agreed that the Liberal Party had little chance of winning government, and that Kerin would step down from the leadership after the election, a suspicion confirmed in Kerin's concession speech. Martin Hamilton-Smith was considering mounting a leadership challenge, however, he withdrew on 14 October 2005 (probably for the sake of the impression of party unity) and subsequently resigned or was pushed from the opposition frontbench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nOne of the most publicised issues prior to the election was the tram extension from Victoria Square to the Adelaide railway station which the Liberals, despite having proposed the idea in their previous transport plan, now opposed. Construction began in April 2007 and was operational as of October 2007. The Adelaide Airport expansion suffered fuel delivery related delays that Labor was criticised for. A perennial election issue, lack of safety improvement of the Britannia Roundabout was focused on by the Norwood Liberal candidate. Land and payroll tax cuts worth $1.5 billion were announced by Labor, the largest in the state's history. The tax cuts coincided with South Australia achieving an economic \"Triple A\" rating under the current Labor government. Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan \"praised\" Labor's economic management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nThe Advertiser revealed details of \"the biggest project of its kind in South Australia's history\", a $1.5 billion redevelopment on the western bank of the inner harbour. The development will include 2000 new homes on government-owned land and new buildings as high as 12 storeys. This followed the awarding of a $6 billion air warfare destroyer contract to ASC Pty Ltd, based in the electorate at Osborne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nThe future of the River Murray has come under threat due to falling water levels, and in an unprecedented move, Nationals MP Karlene Maywald was given a cabinet position as Minister for the River Murray in 2004. Possible nuclear waste dumps were of concern to many Adelaide residents; Premier Rann successfully lobbied against any federal government proposals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nLaw and order was another key issue, with Labor promising extra police. Tough drink and drug driving laws had also been introduced which included zero tolerance roadside testing for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Methamphetamine, and later MDMA. Labor introduced speed limit reduction legislation which took effect in March 2003 which saw non-arterial non-main roads and most Adelaide CBD roads reduce from 60\u00a0km/h to 50\u00a0km/h. The Liberals proposed to increase the speed limit back to 60\u00a0km/h for several roads, concentrated mainly around the Adelaide Park Lands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nAllegations were made over the condition of the state's health system and the capacity to deal with mental health issues. Labor pledged to buy back Modbury Hospital located in the district of Florey, privatised under the Liberal government to alleviate the effect of the State Bank collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nThe need for homosexual law reform was acknowledged by both major parties; however, there was disquiet within the Labor Party over delays. December 2006 saw the Domestic Partners bill pass which provides greater recognition to same sex relationships on a range of issues such as superannuation. The bill was supported by all parties after much negotiation, but in the end was voted against by both members of Family First, as well as Liberal Terry Stephens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nElectoral reform policies received little attention, as did the eventually shelved referendum proposal by the Rann Government to abolish or reform the Legislative Council. WorkCover underfunded liability increases have also received little attention, despite the fact that the liability has climbed from a disputed $67 to $85 million to $700 million since Labor came into government in 2002 due to a more generous compensation scheme. Labor have since looked into reform for the scheme including cutting payments to injured workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Issues\nThere were claims that federal industrial relations reform, WorkChoices, was an influential issue in the election. The Liberals announced 4,000 public service job cuts to fund their election promises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Polling\nNewspoll polling is conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Roy Morgan polling is conducted face-to-face Australia-wide. Sampling sizes consist of 500\u20131000 electors, Roy Morgan has a sampling tolerance (the Margin of error) of \u00b13.2 percent for a 40 to 60 percent rating in a sample size of 1000 electors, and \u00b14.5 for 500 electors. The sampling tolerance rate is lower for high and low percentages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly\nSouth Australian state election, 18 March 2006House of Assembly << 2002\u20132010 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly\nThe final results for the House of Assembly seats were 28 Labor, 15 Liberal, three independents and one National. First preference and two party preferred statistics for each district are available through the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly\nLabor won six of eight key seats, the Liberals one of three. Labor's wins included the previously marginal Liberal seats of Hartley, Light, Morialta, Mawson, Bright and Newland. The Liberals regained Peter Lewis' seat of Hammond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly\nSA Nationals MP Karlene Maywald and independent MPs Bob Such, Rory McEwen and Kris Hanna were all re-elected. Hanna was elected at the 2002 election as a Labor candidate; this counted as a loss for Labor, giving Labor a net gain of five seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly\nLabor, the Liberals and the Greens ran in all 47 seats, the Democrats ran in all but Giles which resulted in a contested seat vote of three percent, Family First ran in all but Ramsay and Croydon with a contested seat vote of 6.1 percent. The Nationals ran in Chaffey, Flinders, Finniss, and MacKillop, averaging 24.8 percent in those seats. Dignity for Disabled, No Rodeo and One Nation ran in 10, 7 and 6 six seats respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nThe outer southern suburbs district of Mawson was first won by former Liberal Police Minister Robert Brokenshire in the 1993 state election. He was defeated by former radio presenter Leon Bignell, who gained a 5.7 percent two party preferred swing for Labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nThe other outer suburbs district that fell to Labor was Bright, which had been held since 1989 by former Liberal energy minister Wayne Matthew, who decided to retire at this election. The seat was contested for the Liberals by Legislative Council member Angus Redford, who faced a tougher fight than expected. He was defeated by Labor's Chlo\u00eb Fox, who received a 14.4 percent swing on a two party preferred basis, the largest in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nThe inner southern suburbs district of Unley was won in 2002 by outspoken Liberal Mark Brindal who failed to win preselection for the seat and moved to contest the marginal Labor seat of Adelaide, but was shrouded in a controversy concerning a sexual relationship that Brindal had with a mentally ill man, forcing him to withdraw. The Liberal candidate was businessman David Pisoni, while Labor fielded Unley Mayor Michael Keenan. Despite a 7.9 percent two party preferred swing against him, Pisoni hung onto the seat by 1.1 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nThe inner north eastern suburbs district of Hartley had been won by Joe Scalzi in 1993 and held by a very narrow margin in each subsequent election. The district has a very high proportion of Italian migrants and the ability to speak the language is considered by many commentators as being vital for a candidate to win the seat. This was a factor in Labor's preselection of political staffer Grace Portolesi, who defeated Scalzi with a 5.9 percent two party preferred swing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nThe neighbouring district of Morialta had been held by former Liberal Tourism Minister Joan Hall since 1993. She was defeated by Labor's Lindsay Simmons, who received a 12 percent two party preferred swing, reclaiming the seat for Labor for the first time since 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nIn the outer north-east, the district of Newland had been won by Liberal Dorothy Kotz since 1989. After her decision to retire, the Liberals preselected police officer and local councillor Mark Osterstock. He was defeated by Labor's Tom Kenyon, who recorded a 12.5 percent two party preferred swing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nLight, which contains Gawler and the outer northern suburbs, was recontested by sitting Liberal member and former Education Minister Malcolm Buckby. He was defeated by Labor candidate and Gawler Mayor Tony Piccolo, who received a 4.9 percent two party preferred swing. This was the first time since 1944 that Labor had won the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Liberal seats\nThe rural and outback district of Stuart was first won in 1997 by Liberal Graham Gunn, a 40-year member of parliament and former Speaker. As in 2002, he was challenged by Labor ministerial adviser Justin Jarvis. Unlike the Adelaide metropolitan area and the neighbouring seat of Giles, there was only a small swing of 0.7 percent to Labor, so Gunn managed to hang on with a margin of 0.6 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Labor seats\nThe inner eastern suburbs district of Norwood, held for Labor by former Norwood mayor Vini Ciccarello, was expected to be a tough contest, particularly after the Liberal preselection of former Adelaide Crows footballer Nigel Smart. Ciccarello retained the seat picking up a 3.7 percent swing on the two party preferred vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Labor seats\nThe other Labor seat considered vulnerable was the neighbouring inner city district of Adelaide where high-profile Education Minister and former Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith was challenged by Liberal Diana Carroll. Lomax-Smith comprehensively defeated Carroll with a 9.2 percent swing to Labor on the two-party preferred vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Independent seats\nThe southern suburbs district of Mitchell was won at the 2002 election by Labor's Kris Hanna. After the election, Hanna defected to the Greens and subsequently left and became an independent on 8 February 2006. Hanna faced a tough contest against by Labor's Rosemary Clancy. Despite pre-election expectations of a safe Labor win, Hanna defeated Clancy by 0.6 percent with the aid of Liberal preferences. Labor won a 65.2 percent two-party vote against the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Independent seats\nThe district of Fisher, located in Adelaide's south, was held by independent MP Dr Bob Such. Late in the campaign, there was some speculation that Fisher may have been a closer contest than commentators initially expected, but Such comfortably defeated Labor's Amanda Rishworth and the Liberals' Andy Minnis with an independent candidate election best 45.2 percent of the primary vote, picking up a 4.6 percent two candidate preferred swing. The election outcome saw Such facing the Labor candidate on the two party preferred vote as opposed to the Liberal candidate in 2002. Labor won a 59.4 percent two-party vote against the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Independent seats\nThe Riverland-based district of Chaffey was the only seat held by Nationals SA. River Murray Minister Karlene Maywald easily defeated Liberal Anna Baric. Maywald received a 3.2 percent swing on the two party preferred vote. The Liberals won a 71.8 percent two-party vote against Labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Independent seats\nThe district of Mount Gambier (which also includes much of South Australia's south east) was a close contest between independent and Agriculture Minister Rory McEwen and Liberal Peter Gandolfi. McEwen prevailed despite a 20.4 percent swing against him on the two party preferred vote. The Liberals won a 55.6 percent two-party vote against Labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Independent seats\nThe Murray Bridge based district of Hammond was won in 2002 by independent MP Peter Lewis who then cut a deal to deliver government to Labor. Facing almost certain defeat, he declined to recontest the district and his attempt to win a seat in the Legislative Council failed. Hammond was won comfortably by Liberal Adrian Pederick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Key Independent seats\nWith Mitchell and Fisher included, Labor won the two-party vote in 30 of 47 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly, Post-election pendulum\nThe following pendulum is known as the Mackerras Pendulum after its inventor, the psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the House of Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two party preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted. The seats are classified as follows: marginal 0\u20135.99 percent, fairly safe 6\u201310 percent, safe over 10 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 88], "content_span": [89, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nSouth Australian state election, 18 March 2006Legislative Council << 2002\u20132010 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nIn the South Australian Legislative Council, Labor won 4 seats, the Liberals won 3 seats, both No Pokies member Nick Xenophon and his running mate Ann Bressington were elected and Family First and the Greens won a seat each. Almost 40 percent of voters deserted the major parties for Nick Xenophon and the minor parties; this percentage had been steadily increasing over time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nLabor received a 3.7 percent swing, electing four councillors as in the previous election. Carmel Zollo, Bob Sneath, Russell Wortley and Ian Hunter were all elected, with 4.39 quotas Bob Sneath was elected president of the Legislative Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nOn the other hand, the Liberal vote collapsed with a 14.1 percent swing against the Liberal Party. Having received five councillors in 2002, at this election the Liberal Party had just three councillors elected. Rob Lucas, John Dawkins and Michelle Lensink were elected on 3.12 quotas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nBefore the election, No Pokies member Nick Xenophon was popular with the media and in opinion polls, but he faced a tough campaign as a result of both major parties preferencing in favour of other independents and the minor parties. No Pokies received 20.5 percent of the vote, yielding 2.46 quotas and thus seats for both Xenophon and his running mate Ann Bressington. Having been elected at the 1997 election with 2.9 percent of the vote and other independent candidates at the 2002 election on 1.3 percent of the vote (Xenophon being a sitting member at that election), the No Pokies ticket received a swing of 19.2 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nThe Family First Party's first member, Andrew Evans MLC, was elected in 2002. Family First won 5 percent of vote with only a small swing of 0.98 percent, allowing candidate Dennis Hood to be elected on preferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nThe SA Greens won 4.3 percent of the upper house vote meaning a swing of 1.5 percent, narrowly securing Mark Parnell for the last upper house seat on preferences. This is the first time The Greens have won a seat in South Australia. Having secured second spot on the ticket at this election, Sarah Hanson-Young was successful in gaining the first spot on the ticket at the 2007 federal election, which saw the Greens secure their first federal upper house seat in South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nThe Australian Democrats fell to just one seat in the Legislative Council held by Sandra Kanck, after Kate Reynolds was defeated in her bid for re-election after being appointed in 2003. The Democrats gained only 1.8 percent after a 5.5 percent swing against them. Kanck has since announced that she would not recontest her seat at the next election, placing serious clouds over the future of the party in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nPauline Hanson's One Nation Party gained 0.8 percent of the upper house vote and won none of the six lower house seats they contested. Their highest vote was 4.1 percent in the district of Hammond, followed by 2.7 percent in Goyder, and the other four hovering around 1 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nDignity for Disabled ran for the first time and won 0.6 percent of the upper house vote; they won none of the 10 lower house seats they contested. Their best results were in Wright and Bright, with 2.4 percent in each (506 and 492 votes respectively).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nLabor-turned-independent Terry Cameron and Liberal-turned-independent Peter Lewis both failed in their bids for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nAfter the election, Rob Kerin vacated the position of opposition leader. The party selected conservative Iain Evans (son of former politician Stan Evans) for the role, with moderate Vickie Chapman (daughter of former politician Ted Chapman) as deputy leader. The only other contestant had been Isobel Redmond, who ran because she was concerned by some speculation that the Evans deal may have been stitched up by federal Liberal counterparts Christopher Pyne and Nick Minchin. Preferred premier ratings in July 2006 showed Rann on 71 percent with Evans on 15 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0067-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nOnly 27 percent of Liberal Party supporters saw Evans as the preferred premier. Continuing low support for the new Liberal leadership saw Martin Hamilton-Smith replace Evans in April 2007, however this move saw Liberal support decline further to a three-year low according to an Advertiser poll conducted a month after the leadership change. Over half of polling respondents were unable to name the leader of the Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0067-0002", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nThis contradicted Newspolls quarterly polling indicating the Rann Labor government slipping to a two-party preferred figure of 57 percent down four percent, with a preferred premier rating of 52 percent down 14 percent for Rann and a first-time rating of 21 percent for Martin Hamilton-Smith. Poll results also show Rann's satisfaction rating was below 60 percent for the first time since coming to office at 58 percent, with Hamilton-Smith receiving a 33 percent satisfaction rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nPreviously unknown quantity Ann Bressington, elected on the back of Nick Xenophon's No Pokies popularity, has proposed mainly conservative social policies such as raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21, zero tolerance of illicit drugs, mandatory twice-annual drug tests of every school student over the age of 14 regardless of whether parents give their consent, and making the sale of \"drug-taking equipment\" illegal. However, she remains undecided on voluntary euthanasia, calling it \"a personal struggle\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nSetting a precedent, Sandra Kanck's pro-euthanasia speech which contained suicide methods was censored from the internet version of Hansard in August 2006 as a result of an upper house motion, with Labor, Family First, Nick Xenophon and Ann Bressington voting for, and the Liberals and SA Greens member Mark Parnell voting against. Despite this, the speech was published on a non-Australian website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nThe state's budget was released on 21 September 2006. It included 1,600 public service job axings despite an election pledge of only 400, however none of the redundancies will be forced. It also included increases in some fees and charges such as victims of crime levies and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) charges. There were increases in funding for health, schools, police and prisons, and the Department of Public Prosecutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0070-0001", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nThe 2007\u20132008 budget released on 13 June 2007 saw additional spending on Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Health, Families and Communities, and Justice portfolios such as transport initiatives including revitalisation of the rail network, commencement of the $1.7 billion Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Hospital to replace the Royal Adelaide Hospital, funding for mental health reform including the delivery of health services, and funding for new commitments to law and order policies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nNo Pokies MP Nick Xenophon resigned from parliament in early October 2007 in a successful attempt to win a seat in the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election, which according to the South Australian result, he retained 72 percent of his 2006 vote, on 14.78 percent. His replacement is his third candidate on the 2006 ticket, former Valuer-General John Darley, and was appointed by a joint sitting on 21 November 2007, where second candidate and upper house MP Ann Bressington also took the opportunity to accuse Xenophon of lacking integrity and suitability for federal parliament. Xenophon was re-elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election with a record 25 percent vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nA record-breaking 13-hour Parnell-Bressington filibuster occurred in May 2008 in crossbench opposition to WorkCover cuts being passed by the major parties due to the increasing underfunded liability in the workers' compensation scheme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187771-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 South Australian state election, Aftermath\nFormer Liberal Premier Rob Kerin resigned in November 2008, which triggered a 2009 Frome by-election. Independent Geoff Brock won the seat, reducing the Liberals to 14 of 47 seats. Brock's parliamentary presence would later be pivotal to the outcome of the 2014 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187772-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Cambridgeshire District Council election\nElections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 4 May 2006, as part of the 2006 United Kingdom local elections. Twenty seats, making up just over one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election, with a by-election being held in one ward (Harston and Hauxton). Seats up for election in 2006 were last contested at the 2004 election, when all seats were up for election due to new ward boundaries, and were next contested at the 2010 election. The Conservative Party remained the largest party with an increased number of seats, but the council remained under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187772-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Cambridgeshire District Council election, Summary\nAt this election, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats were defending eight seats each. Independent councillors were defending in three wards, while Labour were defending in Sawston. The Liberal Democrats lost three seats to the Conservatives in Balsham, Melbourn and Waterbeach, but gained the Shelfords and Stapleford from the Conservatives. In Milton, the incumbent independent councillor ran for re-election as a Liberal Democrat. Other Conservative gains included from Labour in Sawston as well as from an independent in Cottenham. In Histon and Impington however an independent, who had run as a Conservative in 2004, defeated the incumbent Conservative councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187773-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team\nThe 2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his second season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187773-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Schedule\nThe October 28 game against Tennessee played host to ESPN's College Gameday, the third year in a row that South Carolina had hosted the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election\nThe 2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Sanford won re-election against Democratic State Senator Tommy Moore, becoming only the third Republican governor in South Carolina to win a second term (Robert Kingston Scott and Carroll A. Campbell Jr. were the others). Sanford started the campaign with a double-digit edge over Moore and he maintained that lead to election day. During the course of the campaign, Sanford's approval rating averaged in the mid fifties. In Sanford's re-election victory, he also garnered 22% of the African American vote, which was considered very high for a Republican statewide candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary\nTommy Moore, a State Senator from western South Carolina, emerged with Florence Mayor Frank Willis as the major candidates in the Democratic primary election for governor. Rumors circulated that Superintendent of Education and former U.S. Senate candidate, Inez Tenenbaum, might enter the race, but she ultimately chose not to run for governor nor seek re-election to her position. Kenneth Holland, a former U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district, briefly entered the race, but dropped out a month later after failing to raise enough financial contributions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary\nMoore and Willis traded barbs over campaign contributions made by Willis and his wife to prominent Republicans, including President George W. Bush and Senator Lindsey Graham. Attorney C. Dennis Aughtry, who entered the campaign at the eleventh hour, floated the idea of legalizing casinos statewide to raise money for public schools. Moore garnered more than 50% of the vote in the Democratic primary held on June 13 and thus avoided a runoff election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Republican primary\nPortending a sign of trouble, incumbent Governor Mark Sanford faced a primary challenge from Oscar Lovelace, a physician from the Midlands. When former Governor David Beasley ran for re-election in 1998, he faced a primary challenge and went on to lose the general election to Jim Hodges. Sanford's veto of a heart center for Lexington County and theatrics such as bringing pigs to the Statehouse to show his displeasure of pork barrel spending by the General Assembly angered and annoyed many Republicans. However, Sanford's strategy of avoiding Lovelace and refusal to debate worked as the governor scored a decisive victory in the primary on June 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Campaign\nGovernor Mark Sanford proposed three major issues in his campaign for re-election, chief among them being the restructuring of state government. He wanted to reduce the number of statewide elected officials from nine to three and eliminate the state's Budget and Control Board. The governor insisted that these measures would reduce the number of redundant positions and make state government both more efficient and less costly. Sanford's three major issues for the campaign were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Campaign\nState Senator Tommy Moore ran as a good manager of state government. He held socially conservative and fiscally moderate positions, which put him squarely at odds with the libertarian incumbent. Moore disagreed with what he believed was Sanford's condescending and combative approach of dealing with the General Assembly. The senator also believed that Sanford lacked leadership skills, and that lack of leadership had brought South Carolina to a standstill over the past four years in his view. The main policy proposals that he developed were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Campaign\nOn July 7, several weeks after the primary election, Lexington County State Senator Jake Knotts launched a last minute effort to place his name on the ballot as a petition candidate for governor. He had feuded with Governor Sanford over a number of issues, including the heart center for Lexington County, and supported Lovelace in the Republican primary. In order to be on the ballot in November, Knotts needed to collect 10,000 signatures of registered voters by July 17, which he failed to do. Knotts's political consultant publicly stated that he could not have raised enough money to have run a successful candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187774-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Campaign\nThere were two trains of thought on the effects of a candidacy by Knotts. It was generally believed that had Knotts entered the race, it would have split the Republican vote and helped elect Tommy Moore. However, because those who supported Knotts went on to support Moore, it was also argued that a Knotts candidacy would have in fact deprived Moore of both votes and money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections\nThe 2006 South Carolina State Elections took place on November 7, 2006, and included the gubernatorial election. All nine popularly elected constitutional officers were up for reelection, and all races except the Attorney General's were contested. The entire South Carolina House of Representatives, one state senator and six state circuit solicitors were also up for election. Several constitutional amendments were also on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections\nFiling for the major parties closed on March 28, 2006, and filing for minor parties closed on August 15. The primaries for both parties were held on June 13, and run-offs were held June 27. All results are taken from the South Carolina Election Commission's official results. Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Governor\nLovelace's candidacy was largely quixotic, although it did garner some interest from disaffected Republicans and Democrats. The Prosperity doctor emphasized working across party lines, health care reform, opposition to school vouchers and job creation. Sanford largely ignored Lovelace's campaign, even refusing to attend a South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV) debate with his opponent. Although Lovelace made a stronger than expected showing in the primary, his loss was not surprising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Governor\nMoore obtained the support of much of the state party months in advance, having declared his candidacy early. Moore ran on a platform that stressed his experience in state government and support for consensus-building politics. Willis largely self-financed his campaign, highlighting his history fighting crime in Florence and bringing economic development to the PeeDee. Aughtry was a late entrant in the race, and based almost his entire campaign off the idea of legalizing casino gambling in the state to boost revenues. Holland briefly entered the race, but left when it became apparent he could not raise enough money to be an effective candidate. His name was not on the primary ballot. Moore won with an absolute majority, avoiding a run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Governor\nBefore the general election campaign, major issues in the race were expected to likely be South Carolina's property tax, cigarette tax, and school vouchers. However, the race had surprisingly low visibility, with the only major issue being the governor's combative relationship with the legislature. Job creation and public school investment were minor issues in the campaign. Despite being named one of the worst Governors in the country by Time Magazine a year before the election and generally being seen as ineffective, Sanford defeated Moore in the general election by ten points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Governor\nState Senator Jake Knotts considered mounting an independent candidacy for governor, and collected enough petition signatures to theoretically qualify for the ballot, but decided not to run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Lieutenant Governor\nThe Republican primary was expected to be messy and close between Bauer and Campbell, but the former's plane crash and resulting public sympathy late in the race stymied negative campaigning. Campbell relied upon a base of support in the Upstate, where support for his father was strong, while Bauer made stops all across the state in a traditional face-to-face campaign. Campbell received an endorsements from former president George H. W. Bush, support that was the basis of one of his television ads. Jordan, a late entrant, went negative against both camps in radio and internet ads, but never gained traction outside of Anderson. No candidate received 50% of the votes in the primary, and thus Campbell and Bauer faced each other in a run-off, which Bauer won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Lieutenant Governor\nThe Lieutenant Governor's race was dominated by the missteps of Bauer, the incumbent. Bauer came under criticism for multiple citations for speeding and flamboyant personality. His controversial public image, and the fundraising prowess of his opponent, Robert Barber, who did not face a primary, kept the race close in public polling throughout the campaign. In late May, a two-passenger plane which Bauer was piloting crashed in the Upstate. Bauer's ankle was shattered, but otherwise he and the passenger in the plane survived with minimal injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Lieutenant Governor\nThe plane crash was later determined to have been caused by faulty bolts in the plane's construction. Barber later suffered from his own personal problems with his James Beard Award winning restaurant, Bowen's Island, burned late in the campaign. Bauer eventually won the general election with less than one percent over the vote after a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Secretary of State\nHammond initially faced little opposition from Flynn and McKown and far out fundraised both. However, Flynn withdrew from the race and endorsed McKown, whose campaign picked up traction based on questioning Hammond's conservatism and support for the governor. Hammond eventually defeated McKown. Although Flynn received 6.5% of the vote in the primary, his votes were not officially tallied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Secretary of State\nMark Hammond faced Democratic challenger Cheryl Footman, who did not face a primary. In a rather bizarre moment in the race, Footman attempted to burst into patriotic song at the end of her SCETV debate with Hammond, but was quickly cut off by the moderator. Hammond easily won re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, State Treasurer\nThe Republican treasurer's race was hotly contested. Ryberg and Quinn were initially seen to be the front-runners, and Ryberg, the 2002 Republican nominee, made an early $2 million loan to his campaign. Ultimately, Ravenel defeated his opponents in the primary just short of the necessary 50 percent total to prevent a run-off. Ryberg and Quinn both withdrew from the run-off, citing the need for party unity behind Ravenel. Ravenel easily defeated Willis in the run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, State Treasurer\nThe treasurer's race pitted Thomas Ravenel, a young millionaire and emerging politician, against Grady Patterson, a nine-term incumbent who did not face primary opposition. The race was largely fought over the state of South Carolina's employee pension fund, with Ravenel taking issue with the state's projected unfunded liability and its failure to invest the fund in equity funds, which he claims would boost returns. Patterson retorted by pointing out Ravenel's inexperience and accusing Ravenel of using the race as a platform to run against incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham, which Ravenel denied was his intention. Thomas Ravenel won the election, but was indicted on June 19, 2007 on cocaine charges, and has been suspended as Treasurer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Attorney General\nThe incumbent, Henry McMaster, did not face a primary and ran unopposed in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Comptroller General\nNeither party held a primary for the race. The incumbent, Richard Eckstrom, was challenged by Drew Theodore, businessman and son of former Lieutenant Governor Nick Theodore. The only public issue in the race was incumbent Richard Eckstrom's use of a state-owned car to drive himself to Minnesota a year earlier, and also his use of state funds to refurbish his state offices upon taking office in 2003. The race got some national attention when Saturday Night Live aired a sketch September 30, lampooning President Bush's low popularity by portraying Eckstrom as the only Republican running for office who was willing to be seen campaigning with the president. Eckstrom eventually won reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Superintendent of Education\nThe crowded Republican primary was dominated by Floyd's campaign from the start. Floyd was able to gain the endorsements of the governor, both Senators, Republican Congressmen and state legislators early in the race, when it was presumed that she would be running against incumbent Inez Tenenbaum. When Tenenbaum announced she would not be running, more serious candidates began eyeing the race, and Bob Staton eventually became the viable alternative to Floyd. His race emphasized an opposition to school vouchers and support for existing aspects of public education. The other, more minor candidates, were largely united in an anti-voucher position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Superintendent of Education\nRyan distinguished himself by straying from attacks on the state's standardized test regime, the PACT, instead supporting the idea of standardized testing as a way to create standards in education. Just before the election, Wood withdrew from the race and endorsed Staton, but despite this his votes were officially tallied after the race. Floyd won the primary, barely surpassing the 50 percent threshold to avoid a run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Superintendent of Education\nAlthough Tenenbaum began preparing for a campaign in 2005, she eventually decided against running and withdrew from the race. Cecil Taliaferro and Ed Murray, two Democrats, then entered the race. Frank Holleman, Tenenbaum's campaign manager in her 2004 Senate run and former Deputy Secretary of Education, considered a run but did not enter the race. When Rex announced his candidacy, he received wide acclaim from the party, and Taliaferro and Murray withdrew before filing. Since, Tenenbaum, Holleman, Murray and Elizabeth Moffly have endorsed Rex's candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Superintendent of Education\nTim Moultrie won the nomination of the Libertarian Party at their Lowcountry convention, fending off Rebekah Sutherland, the Libertarian Party's 2004 candidate for US Senate. Karr has received the endorsement of the South Carolina AFL-CIO and affiliated unions. His campaign is stressing the independence of the Superintendent's Office from that of the Governor, empowerment of public educators, and funding equity for all school districts in the state. He has proposed using SC lottery proceeds to subsidize poorer districts until the General Assembly enacts a permanent funding plan. Lindblad has pledged to dissolve the SC Department of Education if elected and eliminate the office of Superintendent entirely, claiming that bureaucracy is the biggest impediment to effective education. Fayyazi believes that the state superintendent should be an educator with knowledge of how public education works on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 983]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Superintendent of Education\nThe Superintendent race was one of the more high-profile and competitive races. The incumbent, Inez Tenenbaum, opted not to run for re-election after her defeat in the 2004 Senate election against Jim Demint. Republican Karen Floyd declared her candidacy early and posted strong fundraising numbers, avoiding a run-off in her primary against three opponents. The Democrat, college president Jim Rex, also showed himself to be an apt fundraiser, and gained the financial support of large segments of the education community. Rex eventually won the general election in a close election that was decided after a month-long recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Adjutant General\nThe Adjutant General campaign, the only one of its kind in the nation, was interesting not only for its novelty but also because of the entrance of an Iraq War veteran as a Democratic challenger to the incumbent, Stan Spears, a former businessman. The Democrat, Glenn Lindmann, was critical of the decreasing size of the state's national guard contingent over Spears' time in office, and also wanted to make the position an appointed one instead of an elected one. Spears countered that the size decrease is due to a national policy decision, not a state one, and said the position should remain elected. Spears won re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Commissioner of Agriculture\nOne of the major issues in the Republican primary was whether the commissioner should be elected or appointed. Bell was an advocate for election, while Weathers supported appointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Commissioner of Agriculture\nThe Commissioner elected in 2002, Charles Sharp, was convicted in 2004 for accepting bribes from a cockfighting ring to help them avoid prosecution. He lost his office and was replaced by Weathers, the interim commissioner. Weathers was challenged by Democrat Emile DeFelice, an organic hog farmer and State Food Policy Council Chairman. DeFelice did not face a primary. DeFelice promoted raising consumption of locally grown foods over food from other states or countries and adopted an anti-subsidy platform that would limit direct subsidies to South Carolina farmers. Weathers won the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Constitutional Amendments\nAmendment 1 added Section 15 Article XVII of the state constitution, denying recognition of any domestic union other than a marriage between one man and one woman in South Carolina and all its political subdivisions. This also abolished common-law marriages and civil unions in the state. The amendment easily passed, although state statute already defined marriage as only between a man and a woman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Constitutional Amendments\nThese amendments modified Article III. 2A amended Section 9 to allow the State Senate to, at any point, recess for up to 30 days with a simple majority vote, or recess for more than 30 days with a 2/3 majority vote. This basically extended to the Senate the same powers of recess already possessed by the House. 2B deleted a legal prohibition from Section 21 that prevented either legislative body from adjourning for more than 3 days without the consent of the other. Both easily passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Constitutional Amendments\n3A modified Article X, Section 16 to allow state retirement funds to be invested in equity securities. 3B modified the same section, deleting language providing for a State Retirement Systems Investment Panel, an advisory body that oversees the investment of state retirement funds. Both easily passed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Constitutional Amendments\nThis amended Articles III and X of the constitution, allowing the General Assembly to cap changes in reassessment of property values for tax purposes at 15% over a five-year period. This amendment was part of a tax reform plan introduced by state Republicans during the summer of 2006, that centered around cutting property taxes and replacing them with an increased sales tax. Essentially, this amendment limited increases or decreases in millage to 15% of the property's pre-assessment value.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187775-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 South Carolina state elections, Constitutional Amendments\nAmendment 5 amended Article I, Sections 13 and 17, and Article XIV, Section 5, to limit the circumstances in which local governments can use eminent domain to seize private property. This amendment was part of a national political movement to limit the powers of eminent domain following the famous 2005 Kelo v. City of New London Supreme Court case, in which the Supreme Court backed the power of governments to seize land for the use of private development projects. The amendment prevented governments in South Carolina from doing so, as well as eliminating constitutional clauses that give certain counties slum-clearing and redevelopment power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187776-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Dakota Amendment C\nSouth Dakota Amendment C of 2006 is an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages, or to recognize civil unions, domestic partnerships, or other quasi-marital relationships regardless of gender. The referendum was approved on 7 November 2006 by 52% of the state's voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187776-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Dakota Amendment C\nOnly marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in South Dakota. The uniting of two or more persons in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other quasi-marital relationship shall not be valid or recognized in South Dakota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187776-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Dakota Amendment C\nThe amendment was rendered void by Obergefell v. Hodges, a US Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187777-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Dakota gubernatorial election\nThe 2006 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds defeated Democrat Jack Billion to serve a second term as governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187778-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Florida Bulls football team\nThe 2006 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was Jim Leavitt and they played all of their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 2006 college football season was the tenth season overall for the Bulls and their second season in the Big East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187779-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Korean local elections\nThe 4th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 31 May 2006. It was the first local elections in South Korea to have political parties nominating candidates for Municipal Councillors. The ruling Uri Party proved its declining popularity since the 2004 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187780-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Lakeland District Council election\nThe 2006 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187780-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Lakeland District Council election, Background\nCandidates in the election included a Save Westmorland Hospital Group, opposed to any reduced services at Westmorland General Hospital. Meanwhile, councillors who stood down at the election included cabinet member Bob Barker and long time independent Elizabeth Braithwaite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187780-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Lakeland District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority on the council after gaining 9 seats, 6 from Labour, 2 from the Conservatives and 1 from an independent. This gave the Liberal Democrats 31 seats and was the first time that a political party had won a majority on the council. The 6 Liberal Democrat gains from Labour were all in Kendal, as well as 1 of the 2 gains from the Conservatives. The other 2 seats they gained were Sedbergh from the Conservatives and Lakes Grasmere, where the independent councillor had stepped down at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum\nSouth Ossetia, a mostly unrecognized republic in the South Caucasus, formerly the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic with its capital in Tskhinvali, held a referendum on independence on November 12, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Referendum\nThe voters in the independence referendum organized by Tskhinvali answered the question: \"Should the republic of South Ossetia retain its current status as an independent State, and be recognized by the international community?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Referendum\nParallel to the referendum and elections, the Georgia-backed Ossetian opposition movement organized its own elections in Eredvi, inhabited by ethnic Georgians, in which five Ossetian presidential candidates opposed to Eduard Kokoity took part. On the alternative referendum the voters answered the following question: \"Should South Ossetia engage in discussions with Tbilisi concerning a federal State uniting it with Georgia?\" According to the Electoral Commission of Alternative Elections, 42,000 voters turned out for the elections held in the territories under Georgian control, but Tskhinvali claimed that the voters numbered only 14,000. Dmitry Sanakoyev was elected by 88% of voters as the alternative President of South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Results\nOn 13 November 2006, the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia announced the results of the referendum. 99% of voters supported independence, with voter turnout at 95%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nThe Georgian government has declared both the election and the referendum illegal, but it was believed to support the Salvation Union of Ossetians, the organization in charge of holding the alternative elections. Kokoity thus accused Tbilisi of staging the alternative elections that aimed at \"dividing the Ossetian people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 12 September 2006, the Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Boris Gryzlov, welcomed the appointed South Ossetian referendum and announced that Russian parliamentarians would observe the voting process. On 13 September 2006, the Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues, Merab Antadze, issued a statement, condemning Gryzlov's statement as \"destructive.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nThe European Union Special Representative to the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, downplayed the forthcoming South Ossetian referendum and said in Moscow, on 13 September 2006, that the referendum would not contribute to the conflict resolution process in South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 13 September 2006, the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Terry Davis commented on the problem, stating that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nThe secessionist authorities of the South Ossetian region of Georgia are wasting time and effort on the organisation of a \"referendum on independence\" in November. [ ...] I do not think that anyone will recognise the result of such a referendum. If the people in power in South Ossetia are genuinely committed to the interest of the people they claim to represent, they should engage in meaningful negotiations with the Georgian government in order to find a peaceful, internationally accepted outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nThe head of the Institute of CIS Countries and the member of the Russian State Duma, Konstantin Zatulin, is quoted during his visit to Artsakh in October 2006, where he spoke only about Artsakh and Transnistria, as saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nRecognition of the so-called unrecognized states is not far off. Unrecognized republics have all attributes of state system and stable democratic system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 2 October 2006, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said during his visit to Tbilisi:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nI also call the South Ossetian authorities\u2019 intention to hold a referendum counterproductive. It will not be recognized by the international community and it will not be recognized by the OSCE and it will impede the peace process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 11 November 2006, Secretary General of NATO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a statement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn behalf of NATO, I join other international leaders in rejecting the so-called \u201creferendum\u201d and \u201celections\u201d conducted in the South Ossetia/Tskhinvali region of Georgia. Such actions serve no purpose other than to exacerbate tensions in the South Caucasus region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 11 November 2006, Luis Tasc\u00f3n, a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, said during a press-conference in Tskhinvali: \"Those people who wish to be free, will be free.\" He also hinted that Venezuela might eventually recognize the South Ossetian independence, claiming that president Ch\u00e1vez would make a correct decision. He also noted that his presence in Tskhinvali did not guarantee the recognition the South Ossetian independence by Venezuelan Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 11 November 2006, Sergei Fyodorov, an observer and Latvian Parliament member of Russian nationality, and a member of Socialist Party, stated during a press-conference in Tskhinvali that all peoples had the right for self-determination, and it could not be ignored. He also made a commitment to inform the other members of the Latvian Saeima of his observations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187781-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian independence referendum, Reactions\nOn 13 November 2006, the European Union foreign ministers said that the vote did not contribute to conflict resolution. The OSCE and the Council of Europe reiterated that they would not recognize the referendum and condemned it as unproductive. An EU statement was later joined by Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187782-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in South Ossetia on November 12, 2006, coinciding with the South Ossetian independence referendum. Incumbent Eduard Kokoity was seeking a second full five-year term. He was re-elected with more than 98.1%. According to the de facto authorities, the election was monitored by a team of 34 international observers from Germany, Austria, Poland, Sweden and other countries at 78 polling stations. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Nataliya Vitrenko of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine. The election process was criticised by local civic society and the results were likely to be inflated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187782-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian presidential election, Alternative elections and referendum\nSouth Ossetian opposition politicians, some of whom had left Tskhinvali due to a conflict with the de facto president Eduard Kokoity, set up an alternative Central Election Commission and nominated their candidates for presidency: Gogi Chigoyev, Teimuraz Djeragoyev, Tamar Charayeva, and Dmitry Sanakoyev, who served as defense minister and then as prime minister for several months in 2001 under Kokoity's predecessor, Ludwig Chibirov. Voters were also to answer a question: \"do you agree with the renewal of talks with Georgia on a federal union.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187782-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian presidential election, Alternative elections and referendum\nThe alternative elections and referendum were held in the villages with mixed Georgian-Ossetian population not controlled by the secessionist government. The Salvation Union of South Ossetia which organised the election turned down a request from a Georgian NGO, \u201cMultinational Georgia\u201d, to monitor it and the released results were also very likely to be inflated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187782-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Ossetian presidential election, Alternative elections and referendum\nAlthough Georgian government has officially declared both elections illegal, Kokoity accused Tbilisi of staging the alternative elections in order to create a \"puppet government\" in South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 79], "content_span": [80, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nThe 2005 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 97th in the club's history. Coached by Shaun McRae and captained by Peter Cusack, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in last place, and collecting their 8th wooden spoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nSouths acquired many sound players for 2006 including Joe Galuvao, Stuart Webb, Jaiman Lowe and Ben Rogers. They also re-signed key five-eighth/lock John Sutton for several years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nDespite coming close, Souths were yet to score a win after round ten but had shown significant progress. One area of weakness nominated by fans included the half back position. An injury to regular half-back Ben Walker took a heavy toll on the team's performance. Players who have made a big impact in a losing side included David Fa'alogo (a New Zealand International) and Nathan Merritt. Merritt finished the season as the NRL's leading try scorer with 22 tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nDavid Peachey came to the club after being sacked by his English club Widnes. On 11 June 2006, in his second match for the Rabbitohs, Peachey steered the bottom of the table Souths to their first win of the 2006 season with a commanding 34-14 win over the second placed Brisbane Broncos. This was Souths first win over the Broncos since 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nOn 25 June Souths suffered their worst defeat ever, going down 66-0 to the New Zealand Warriors at Telstra Stadium. In a rare move, this catastrophic result moved the club to make a full and unreserved apology to their fans through the nation's press, in direct letters to members and through the electronic media. Souths finished the season in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nOn 30 August 2006 Jason Taylor was appointed head coach in place of Shaun McRae for seasons 2007 and 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187783-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Ladder\n1 The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches. 2 The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187784-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187784-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election Labour controlled the council with 36 seats, with 6 Progressives, 5 independents, 4 Liberal Democrats and 3 Conservatives taking the remaining seats. 18 seats were contested in the election with Labour having a full 18 candidates, independents 19, Conservatives 17, Liberal Democrats 12, Progressives 3, Greens and British National Party 2 each and 1 from the United Kingdom Independence Party. The big majority for Labour meant that there was little chance of them losing control of the council in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187784-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw early voting stations set up so that for the first time voters were able to vote in the normal way for up to 2 weeks before election day. However turnout on election day was significantly down at 35.9%, compared to 41.41% at the last election in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187784-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour hold on to control of the council with a slightly smaller majority after holding all but 2 of the seats they were defending. The 2 defeats for Labour came in Fellgate and Hedworth and Westoe wards where 2 independent candidates were successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187785-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southampton City Council election\nThe 2006 Southampton Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187785-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats formed the administration of the council with 17 seats, compared to 16 for the Conservatives and 15 for Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187785-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included refuse collection, the condition of the pavements and anti-social behaviour. The Labour and Liberal Democrat parties clashed over anti-social behaviour, with the parties disagreeing over whether the Liberal Democrat led council was doing enough to tackle such behaviour. The campaign saw national politicians joining in, such as Labour's Hazel Blears and Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187785-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nThe election also had two independents standing on a platform calling for the chairman of Southampton F.C. Rupert Lowe to resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187785-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw all 3 main parties end the election with 16 seats, after Labour gained 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats. Meanwhile, the independents calling for Rupert Lowe to resign as chairman of Southampton F.C. received 200 and 63 votes each. Overall turnout in the election was 31.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187785-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the 3 parties were unable to reach agreement on who should become leader of the council, with a five-hour council meeting on 18 May failing to reach a conclusion. Finally Liberal Democrat Adrian Vinson continued as council leader for another year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze\nThe 2006 Southeast Asian haze event was caused by continued uncontrolled burning from \"slash and burn\" cultivation in Indonesia, and affected several countries in the Southeast Asian region and beyond, such as Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, and as far as Saipan; the effects of the haze may have spread to South Korea. Local sources of pollution partly contributed to the increased toxicity, particularly in high-pollution areas such as ports, oil refineries, and dense urban areas. In the highly urbanised and industrialised Klang Valley of Malaysia in particular, the surrounding terrain acted as a natural retainer of polluted air, aggravating the situation when the haze set in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze\nThere is also a link to El Ni\u00f1o. The haze was made worse than during previous occurrences by the El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation which delayed the year's monsoon season. Fires in Kalimantan produce great amounts of smoke, burn a long time and are difficult to extinguish because they are on peatland, and once lit the fires can burn for months and release gases that produce sulphuric acid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze\nAir quality across the region appeared to improve in late October as heavy rainfall doused fires in Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Brunei\nBrunei, an independent sultanate that is surrounded by East Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo, had been affected by the haze from Kalimantan. Rains brought some relief, and on 8 October, the Pollutant Standards Index had dropped to 46, which is within the \"good\" range. There was a brief spell of clear skies during the first week of Hari Raya, following a spell of rainy weather. But the haze returned on 31 October, with the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation recording a PSI of 49.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nThe fires originated mostly in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, and on Sumatra, where they are set by swidden agriculturists employed by agroforestry concerns to clear land to grow pulp woods or market crops ahead of the growing season. Satellite images taken over Borneo on 4 October showing 561 \"hot spots\" areas where fires had been set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nOfficials in neighbouring countries accused Indonesian officials of doing nothing to stop the fires, though forestry ministry officials said they had firefighters working to douse the blazes on state-controlled land. However, they conceded, most of the fires were on private land. Indonesia planned to deploy its military to aid fire fighting effort. To recruit more people to man the fire line, the government offered two days off for civil servants who volunteered for fire duty. But the country lacked equipment for fighting forest fires, having aeroplanes that were too small to carry enough water to douse the fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nIn a bid to obtain bigger aircraft, the government leased two Beriev Be-200 aircraft from Russia, which are capable of skimming over water and taking on loads for sustained firefighting efforts. The planes, which will be flown by Russians and maintained by Russian technicians, were due to begin operations on 1 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nThe fires forced schools to close, delayed and cancelled airline flights, disrupted shipping and forced Indonesians to don face masks. Cities affected include Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan and Pekanbaru, Riau. The haze was blamed for a Mandala Airlines flight from Balikpapan, the provincial capital of East Kalimantan, skidding off the runway upon landing at Tarakan on 3 October, when visibility was reported at around 400\u00a0metres. It has caused breathing problems for people in Riau and in Jambi Province. On 21 October 12 airlines cancelled domestic flights from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to smog at many destinations, including Jambi, Banjarmasin, Jayapura, Semarang, Surabaya, Bengkulu, Denpasar, Makassar, Pekanbaru and Padang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nA 20 October report by Malaysian government news agency BERNAMA offered a first-hand account of the scene in Kalimantan: \"The suffocating smell of smoke, sore throat and eyes got worse when this reporter and a photographer stepped foot in central Kalimantan, forcing them to put on face masks. Throughout the 200-kilometre journey from Banjarmasin to Palangkaraya, what could be seen of the forests on both sides of the road was a landscape of blackish soil with smoke still billowing from the ground in some areas and of withering trees and plants. The area was foggy and dusty as the air was filled with flying ashes and other particles.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nLocal villagers, the report said, appeared to be unconcerned with the smog, saying it was \"normal\". \"If we do not burn the forest, where are we going to get our food from?\" a villager said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Indonesia\nOn the environmental front, fires destroyed 1\u00a0km2 of the Tesso Nilo National Park in Riau Province. At the Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan, the haze adversely affected the orangutans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Malaysia\nThe effects of the haze started in early July and affected the northern Malaysian states severely. However, the haze had cleared substantially throughout Peninsular Malaysia from 29 August 2006 due to the arrival of the rainy season. The rain reduced the number of hotspots throughout Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. On 30 August 2006, The Star reported that Kuala Lumpur would be free of haze during the Independence Day. In the late evening just before midnight on 31 August 2006, the visibility in the Klang Valley was recorded to be very good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Malaysia\nUnfortunately, the haze returned again in late September when Muslim Malaysians were experiencing Ramadan. This was partly due to a change of wind direction towards the southwest, partially caused by Typhoon Xangsane. The worst hit place was Kuching. The Sarawak state government had declared that schools would close if the API breaches the 300 mark. The worst affected area in Peninsular Malaysia is Johor Bahru which recorded an API of 150 on 7 and 8 October. For now, many people are wearing masks to prevent themselves from inhaling excessive amounts of haze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Malaysia\nOn 7 October, visibility in parts of East Malaysia fell to 300\u00a0metres. On or about 9 October, the worst of the haze in Peninsular seemed to be in the state of Negeri Sembilan, where visibility in Sepang fell briefly to 500\u00a0metres and the API in Nilai reached 198, before the rain relieved the haze partially. Shortly thereafter changing winds caused conditions to improve rapidly. Sarawak has started cloud seeding attempts to try to encourage rainfall that will help relieve the haze. Each cloud seeding session costs at least RM50,000 (roughly US$14,000).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0011-0002", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Malaysia\nOn 21 October, the winds has changed direction and started to blow the hazes away from Malaysia, and the following day, heavy rain has cleared the haze. Later on 26 October, the heavy rain returned again, and there were isolated showers in Klang Valley. The Star reported that the hazy days are soon coming to an end as the monsoon season is approaching.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nWhile the haze largely spared Singapore with 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index readings within the \"Good\" range for 15 days in September and the rest in the \"Moderate\" range and no higher than a reading of 66, its harmful effects became more prevalent in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nOn 7 October 2006, the 3-hour PSI reading breached the 100 mark at 8\u00a0a.m. and entered unhealthy levels for the first time in the year, as winds from neighbouring Sumatra blew the haze to Singapore. At 10\u00a0a.m., it hit 130, the highest in three years, before subsiding to 80 at 4\u00a0p.m. and climbing rapidly to 150 at 9\u00a0p.m., the worst since 1997, before ending the day at 136, still in the unhealthy range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nAlthough the air quality was set to improve with the arrival of the Northeast monsoon rains in mid-October, southeasterly winds extended the hazy season. A mild El Ni\u00f1o effect delayed the starting of the showers to late October or early November, or even until the end of November. The prolonged haze could be attributed to the extended dry season, which put the rains on hold and affected wind patterns which brought the haze to Singapore. Intermittent showers could occur in the pre-monsoon period, but these would do little in increasing air quality. The unpredictable winds in the pre-monsoon period could bring haze from either Sumatra or Kalimantan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nAir quality remained in the moderate range for the next week until 14 October, when the 3-hour PSI readings gradually increased from 53 at 6\u00a0a.m. to peak at an unhealthy 116 at 10\u00a0p.m. This time, majority of the haze came from Kalimantan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nSimilarly, on 15 October, the PSI readings increased from 69 at 6\u00a0a.m. to 98 at 3\u00a0p.m. and 4\u00a0p.m., 3 points short of reaching the unhealthy range. This eased to 82 by midnight. As winds remained southeasterly, haze from Kalimantan blew across the South China Sea to Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nThe next day, on 16 October, the PSI stayed in the 80s in the morning, before shooting up once again into the unhealthy range, hitting a high of 130 at 4\u00a0p.m. and 5\u00a0p.m. The 3-hour PSI remained in unhealthy levels for 8 consecutive hours, between 2\u00a0p.m. and 9\u00a0p.m. The haze obscured the sun, and symptoms of exposure to haze resurfaced in the general population. The 24-hour PSI for 16 October reached 98, just 3 points short of unhealthy. Visibility dropped to as low as 1\u00a0km in some areas, compared to the usual 20\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nThe PSI on 17 October gradually increased from the moderate range in the morning to slip into the unhealthy range at 4\u00a0p.m., reaching 106, before declining back to 100 in the moderate range at 10\u00a0p.m. The hazy conditions were expected to persist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nOn 19 October, the PSI crept into the unhealthy range at 106 at 2\u00a0p.m., peaking at 113 at 4\u00a0p.m. The National Environment Agency reported that the situation would not improve the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nThroughout the early morning on 20 October, the PSI kept in the 90s, before reaching a high of 103 at 8\u00a0a.m. This dropped to 74 by 7\u00a0p.m., although the PSI remained in the 90s in the afternoon. Even though rain fell in some areas, this was not enough to \"alleviate the haze situation\". The NEA forecast thunderstorms over the weekend, but the southeasterly winds would continue to prevail. The 24-hour PSI on 20 October also reached the unhealthy range at 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nLater in October, though, the situation began to improve, with the PSI hitting a low of 11 at 2\u00a0p.m. on 26 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nHowever, in early November, intermonsoonal winds brought slight haze back to Singapore, with the 3-hour PSI in the moderate range most of the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore\nThe highest 3-hour average PSI recorded prior to that point 226 in September 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nWhile some Singaporeans began donning face masks, others frequented shopping malls and public places like VivoCity, with many shopping before Deepavali at Little India, and going to Geylang Serai's annual Hari Raya bazaar. Stallholders said that the haze had not affected their business. However, Singaporeans generally kept indoors, with some staying away from East Coast Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nThe government announced plans for a haze action plan if the situation became \"extremely dangerous\", which included priority treatment for haze-related illnesses. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that there was \"very little that (could) be done to stop the haze\", and advised people to remain indoors, especially those with prior respiratory conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nSome minor haze-related illness began to surface, but free clinics across the island did not report any increase in patients with this symptoms. However, attendance figures at polyclinics islandwide increased by 600 cases to about 15,000 cases of haze-related conditions in the first week of October as compared to the same period last month. This is despite the National Healthcare Group reporting that the number of people \"complaining of the same ailments\" has decreased from the same period last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nAir purifier sales shot up during the hazy period. Best Denki, an electronic store, sold S$350,000 worth of air purifiers and related items in 4 days, a 300 percent increase. However, experts from the Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University said that only some of these products, like High Efficiency Particulate air filters, would effectively remove small particles from air. Other kinds of air purifiers like ionizing purifiers gave off ozone which could cause symptoms similar to those caused by the haze. The experts recommended regularly cleaning the filter media and opening windows to get some fresh air at night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nThe western region, which includes Boon Lay, Choa Chu Kang and Jurong, seemed to be the \"epicentre\" of the haze. Residents there complained of the worse conditions in their area, saying that it felt \"hotter than usual\", and health problems were more widespread. The air quality levels in the west may have consistently been the worst, but only by several points. Some speculated that the more polluted air was caused by the many construction sites and industrial parks in Jurong, but NEA refuted this, claiming that they did not contribute to the haze. Polyclinics in Jurong and Bukit Batok had an increase of 20 percent admission for patients with respiratory problems and asthma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nSchools islandwide restricted outdoor activities and had to rethink post-examination activities and training or revert to wet-weather programmes. The Singapore Sports School's swim team had to cut back on training when the haze reached unhealthy levels even though they were in the midst of various international competitions. The Ministry of Education recommended that schools suspend all outdoor activities when the PSI reading passes 100, but some schools chose to move indoors regardless of the PSI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nMany Singaporean \"fitness buffs\" also made the move indoors. Fitness clubs reported increases in turn-outs and check-ins, utilising gym facilities rather than outdoor activities. Rock climbers were also affected, and began to move activities indoors instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nThe haze also caused increased sales and rental of entertainment VCD and DVD titles, but cinema attendance was unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nThe National Environment Agency website received about 170,000 hits on 14 October, as compared to the usual 60,000, and caused the server to temporarily go down due to the sheer volume of traffic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Singapore, Impact\nAccording to economists, Singapore suffered a US$50 million economic loss due to the onset of the haze in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Thailand\nIn July, the southern Thai provinces of Pattani and Satun suffered an on-and-off bout of smog, with the levels of pollutants in Satun being high enough to constitute a health hazard. In all, seven provinces were affected by the haze in July and August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Thailand\nHaze was again reported on 6 October, with respiratory illnesses and eye irritation reported in Narathiwat. Visibility and air quality were also affected in Songkhla, Satun and Yala. Health warnings were issued and surgical masks were issued to residents. Three days later, meteorological officials reported that the haze had thinned to almost normal visibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Countries affected, Thailand\nStrong winds in the region brought haze from Indonesia back into Songkhla, Satun, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces on 17 October. Visibility in Yala and Songkhla was reduced to less than a kilometre, and officials warned fishermen going out to the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand to \"stay vigilant\". Drivers were also asked to turn on their headlights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution\nMalaysia and Singapore criticised the way Indonesia handled the issue. Both urged the latter to ratify the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. The Malaysian Environment Minister Azmi Khalid said \"Frustration is an understatement\", directed toward Indonesia. There was also a protest in front of the Indonesia embassy in Kuala Lumpur, organised by local political parties. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed disappointment toward Indonesia soon after Azmi Khalid made his view public. In response to the letter, Indonesian President apologised for the regional haze. Indonesia has earlier stated that it lacked the resources to combat the burning effectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution\nSingapore proposed regional talks on the haze, to be held in Singapore. Indonesia, however, requested such talks to be held in Pekan Baru, Kalimantan instead. The request was agreed to and talks were held on 13 October 2006. At the meeting, Malaysia proposed the setting up of a regional fund to help combat the environmental disaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution\nWith the arrival of the northeastern winter monsoons in December, the haze problem was effectively ended for 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 84], "content_span": [85, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Imagery\nFires on Borneo, especially Kalimantan, and the haze caused. Image captured 5 October 2006 by the Terra MODIS satellite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Imagery\nFires on Sumatra and the resulting haze. Image captured 4 October 2006 by the Aqua MODIS satellite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187786-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeast Asian haze, Imagery\nAn image captured on 1 October 2006 by the Aqua MODIS satellite that shows the extent of the fires and resulting haze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187787-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2006 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 24th through May 28th. Ole Miss won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187788-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187788-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw a candidate from a new party, Mums' Army, stand in West Shoebury ward. The party was founded by Take a Break magazine with a platform of addressing anti-social behaviour in the community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187788-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign\nMeanwhile, the Labour party was unable to put up candidates in 5 wards after their nomination papers were stolen just before they were to be handed in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187788-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after winning 11 of the 19 seats which were contested. However this was one down on before the election, after the Conservative council leader, Anna Waite, was defeated in Prittlewell by the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats gained 2 seats to overtake Labour as the second largest party on the council with 9 councillors, as against 8 for Labour. Overall turnout in the election was 34%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187789-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2006 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 23 through May 27. Second seeded College of Charleston won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Cougars' first SoCon tournament win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187789-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nAll ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187790-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2006 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2\u20135, 2006 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The #3 seed Davidson Wildcats defeated the Chattanooga Mocs in the championship game to win their 8th title and receive the automatic berth to the 2006 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187790-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nAll eleven teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured three games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The fourth and fifth seeds also received automatic byes to the quarterfinal round and played each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide\nOn the 17th of February 2006, a massive rock slide-debris avalanche occurred in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The deadly landslide (or debris flow) followed a 10-day period of heavy rain and a minor earthquake (magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale). The official death toll was 1,126.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Overview\nAt around 10:30 on February 17, 2006, a cliff face of a ridge straddling the Philippine Fault collapsed in a combination rockslide-debris mass movement event, translocating and subsequently burying Guinsaugon village in the township of Saint Bernard. Up to ten smaller landslides had occurred within the previous week in the vicinity of St. Bernard, but Guinsaugon was the worst-hit community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Overview\nAmong the worst of the tragedies was the burial of the local elementary school, located nearest to the mountain ridge, as the landslide occurred when school was in session and full of children. Provincial Governor Rosette Lerias said at the time the school had 246 students and seven teachers; only a child and an adult were rescued immediately after the disaster transpired. About 80 women who participated in the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Guinsaugon Women's Health Association were also lost in the landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Overview\nLerias said that although several residents had left the area the week before due to the fear of landslides, several of them had returned when the rains had eased.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nRescue teams including military personnel proceeded to the affected areas. However, relief efforts were hampered by rain, chest-deep mud, roads blocked by boulders, washed-out bridges, and lack of heavy equipment. A minor earthquake in the morning of February 17 also affected the relief operation as the ground remained unstable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nPhilippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo gave an address on television stating that \"help is on the way\". Navy and coast guard ships were dispatched to the coastal area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nOn February 17, Philippine National Red Cross chairman Richard J. Gordon who was then in Geneva attending a board meeting of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement appealed for international assistance. He raised US$1.5\u00a0million to help the victims of the mudslides. The funds were used to purchase tents, blankets, cooking utensils, mosquito nets, temporary shelter materials, hygiene articles, water purification tablets and medicines. US$152,000 was released to provide initial assistance. A relief plane was flown into the region carrying emergency trauma kits, rubber boots, ropes, clothing, flashlights and medicine. Three Philippines National Red Cross teams with search and rescue dogs were at the site to provide assistance, with others joining soon afterward. The Red Cross said that it feared that the death toll would be high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nThe United States sent three naval vessels, the USS Curtis Wilbur, USS Essex, and USS Harpers Ferry with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, to the area to provide assistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nAbout 6,000 U.S. Army and Marine Corps troops were in the Philippines for an annual bilateral exercise. The US government also donated $100,000 worth of disaster equipment to the Philippine National Red Cross. USAID turned over 29 million pesos (about $560,000) worth of food and non-food items.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nOther countries donated or pledged assistance to the Philippine government. China offered a donation of $1\u00a0million in cash and material. Australia also offered A$1\u00a0million ($740,000) in immediate relief. Taiwan pledged enough medicine to treat 3,000 individuals for a month and a half along with $100,000. Thailand also pledged $1\u00a0million. Malaysia sent a 60-man search-and-rescue and medical assistance team named the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance Team (SMART). Spain, through a non-government organization, the Unidad Canina de Rescate y Salvamento, sent a six-man rescue team equipped with five sniffer dogs to aid in the relief and rescue efforts. South Korea promised $1\u00a0million. New Zealand sent $133,000 to be used in future rescue operations. Singapore said, according to a statement from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, that officials would help the Arroyo administration in any way possible. Indonesia and Turkey offered humanitarian contingents as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 1019]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Rescue and relief\nThe Philippine National Red Cross reported that 53 persons were rescued from the mud on February 17, but the rescue efforts had to be suspended at nightfall for safety reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes\nPhilippine congressman Roger Mercado of Southern Leyte claimed in a Reuters interview that logging and mining done in the area three decades ago was the main culprit. Dave Petley, professor at the International Landslide Centre, Durham University, told the BBC that the causes Congressman Mercado mentioned, if proven true, created a \"dangerous combination\" that produced a \"classic landslide scenario\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes\nHowever, local government officials and eyewitnesses claimed anecdotally that the area was \"well forested\" and the governor's office said that deforestation from mining and logging activities were not the causal factor, although no scientific evidence was presented to back the claims. The governors office did not explain why the soil was so unstable at the time of the slide, after millennia of stability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes\nExperts did agree that torrential rains lasting two weeks before the mudslide were the tipping point that precipitated the disaster. Rainfall amounting to nearly 1,200 millimetres (47\u00a0in) over the period of 4\u201314 February loosened the soil so much that the resulting sludge and rocks thundered down the slopes of nearby Mount Can-abag, virtually disintegrating it. The La Ni\u00f1a weather phenomenon was blamed for the non-stop rains that occurred in the province, as well as in the Caraga region, which is due south of Leyte. San Francisco, Agusan del Sur mayor Carie Ladernora declared the state of calamity on her town by February 12, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes\nThe Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded a magnitude 2.6 earthquake in Southern Leyte just prior to the landslide although the effects of this are unclear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes, 2008 workshop\nAfter two years, the international geoscience community including experts from Japan, Canada, United States, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, Taiwan and the Philippines, came together in Tacloban and St. Bernard to examine known information on the Guinsaugon disaster. In addition, the workshop was tasked with determining the next steps as Leyte and the Philippines move forward from the world's deadliest single-event landslide since 1998. The landslide is classified as a rock slide-debris avalanche using the Varnes (1978) or Cruden and Varnes (1996) classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes, 2008 workshop\nVolume estimates in recent publications range between 14 MCM (million cubic metres) and 20 MCM, converging on or about 15 MCM. There is general accord among scientists that high precipitation a week prior to the failure contributed to the conditions at failure, but the 5 day delay between the rain and the landslide, and the fact that Southern Leyte regularly gets high overall levels of precipitation means that the precise nature of that contribution is unknown. Similarly, the role of minor ground shaking that occurred at about the same time is still uncertain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0015-0002", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes, 2008 workshop\n\"Was the landslide caused by ground shaking or excessive rain? This is one of the things that is not yet resolved.\" said Dr. Mark Albert Zarco, a professor at the Department of Engineering Sciences, University of the Philippines Diliman in a news story. Importantly, the geological and geomorphological history of the slope including, for example, the prominent strike-slip movement of about 2.5\u00a0cm per year, has ultimately lead to failures all along the scarp, including the one that buried Guinsaugon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0015-0003", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Possible causes, 2008 workshop\nRichard Guthrie, of University of Waterloo, Canada, stated: \"We have had very large rains and we have had very large earthquakes in the past; The rocks have been stretched and strained. As time moves on, the rock begins to age and die and finally it collapses. The important thing is that we\u2019re able to know the preconditioning of the slopes.\" Scientists are currently building a synthesis paper on the landslide and a set of recommendations regarding the next steps for the Philippines in relation to landslide hazards. There was also a minor earthquake in the area measuring 2.6 which would have contributed to the landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, May 2006 mudslide\nDue to Typhoon Chanchu (Philippine name: Caloy), flash floods and mudslides isolated at least 11 barangays in Sogod, Southern Leyte. No casualties were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187791-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, In popular culture\nFootage taken during helicopter rescues after the mudslide was featured in an episode of the American reality television series, World's Most Amazing Videos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187792-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\nThe 2006 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187793-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2006 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 27, 2006 to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2006 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Vincent\u2013Beck Stadium, home field of Lamar in Beaumont, Texas. Fifth-seeded Texas\u2013Arlington won their second overall championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187793-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187793-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nRyan Riddle was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Riddle was a pitcher for Texas\u2013Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187794-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Southwark London Borough Council election\nElections to Southwark Council were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187794-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Southwark London Borough Council election\nSouthwark local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010. The council remained in no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187794-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Southwark London Borough Council election, Ward results, College\nAndrew Simmons was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187794-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Southwark London Borough Council election, Ward results, Peckham Rye\nAubyn Graham was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187794-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Southwark London Borough Council election, By-Elections 2006-10\nThe by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul D. L. Baichoo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187794-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Southwark London Borough Council election, By-Elections 2006-10\nThe by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Anne Yates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification\nIn 2006 the Russian Ministry of Defence declassified about a hundred pages of archived documents concerning Soviet preparedness for the German invasion on 22 June 1941 at the Eastern Front of World War II. On 22 June 2017 the Ministry published them online on a subdomain of its official website, stating that they had never been published before. The documents from the early 1950s were authored by Soviet military commanders of various ranks at the request of a fact-finding panel. The online publication was made on the 76th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Background\nThe documents coming from the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence were written mostly by seven Soviet military commanders (Pyotr Sobennikov, Pavel Abramidze, Mikhail Zashibalov, Nikolai Ivanov, Ivan Bagramian, Boris Fomin and Kuzma Derevyanko) at the request of the fact-finding panel of the Military History Department of the General Staff of the Soviet Army. Headed by Colonel General Alexander Pokrovsky, the panel was formed in 1952 and put five questions about the preparedness of the Baltic, Kiev and Belorussian military districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Background\nThe questions concerned the receipt of the border defence plan by the Soviet troops, the deployment of covering forces on the state border, the receipt of the order on combat readiness, the reason why the majority of Soviet artillery units were in training camps and the preparedness of the unit staffs for troops management. The questions were addressed to persons who on the eve of Operation Barbarossa held high-ranking military positions, down to division and corps commanders. At that time, Sobennikov was the commander of the 8th Army of the Baltic Military District staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0001-0002", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Background\nAbramidze was the commander of the 72nd Rifle Division of the 26th Army. Zashibalov was the commander of the 86th Rifle Division of the 10th Army. Ivanov was the chief of staff of the Kiev Military District's 6th Army. Bagramian was the chief of operations staff of the Kiev Military District. Fomin was the chief of operations staff of the 12th Army. Derevyanko was deputy chief of the intelligence department of the Baltic Military District staff. The documents were mostly published as scans of the typewritten originals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Contents\nThe documents generally indicate that the Soviet high command underestimated the German threat and ignored the information about the impending invasion. Derevyanko, in particular, wrote that two or three months before the invasion the command and staff of the Baltic Military District had reliable information about Germany's strengthening and preparation for the war. Noting that he repeatedly notified the command of the German buildup in the border regions, Derevyanko wrote that his impression was \"that the military district command underestimated the impending threat and distrusted a lot of intelligence data\". According to Derevyanko, in early June 1941 the district's staff started to receive information about the timing of German invasion. Three to four days before the invasion the informations contained not only the precise date, but also the estimated time of the invasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 941]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Contents\nIvanov wrote that Germans exploited the Soviet \"carelessness, complacency and hope that Germans will do nothing serious, confining themselves to provocations\". He notes that \"despite the obvious signs of a large concentration of German troops, the commander of the Kiev Military District forbade the deployment of covering forces, as well as bringing troops into combat readiness, especially strengthening them even after the shelling of the state border and air raids\" began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Contents\nBagramian wrote that the General Staff forbade the early deployment of covering forces in order \"not to provoke the war\". This was also confirmed by Abramidze who noted that covering forces were deployed only after the German invasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Contents\nSobennikov noted that he refused to execute an order he had received on the night of 22 June to withdraw the troops from the state border and his men stayed on positions. He also stated that almost all aircraft of the Baltic Military District were burned down by Germans on airfields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187795-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Soviet war documents declassification, Contents\nAt the same time, most commanders wrote that they had been strengthening the border up until the German invasion. The official position taken by the Russian Ministry of Defense is that \"by not issuing an order on full combat readiness the country's leadership did not want to provoke Hitler and incite a war in extremely unfavorable conditions for us, hoping to delay the war\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187796-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Spa 24 Hours\nThe 2006 Proximus Spa 24 Hours was the fourth race for the 2006 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on July 29 and 30 2006. It set a record for the farthest distance run since the event changed to the shorter 7\u00a0km track in 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187796-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Spa 24 Hours\nThis race saw Porsche debut their new 997-generation GT3-RSR in the hands of Manthey Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187796-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Spa 24 Hours, Half-point Leaders\nIn the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top 8 teams are awarded half-points for their position both at the six-hour mark and at the midway point of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187796-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Spa 24 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187797-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Formula Three Championship\nThe 2006 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the sixth Spanish Formula Three season. It began on 8 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia and ended on 12 November at Circuito del Jarama in Montmel\u00f3 after sixteen races. Ricardo Risatti was crowned series champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Telef\u00f3nica de Espa\u00f1a 2006) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. It was the sixth round of the 2006 Formula One season and the forty-eighth Spanish Grand Prix. The 66-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team, from a pole position start. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Alonso's teammate Giancarlo Fisichella third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Alonso stretched his lead to fifteen points in the Drivers' Championship over Schumacher. Alonso's team, Renault, also increased their lead, but did so in the Constructors' Championship standings. This put them nineteen points ahead of Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as Constructors) were Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, BMW, MF1, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nBefore the race, Renault driver Fernando Alonso led the Drivers' Championship with 44 points; Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was second on 31 points. Behind Alonso and Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third on 23 points in a McLaren, with Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa on 18 and 15 points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault were leading on 62 points and Ferrari were second on 46 points, with McLaren third on 42 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers\nThe bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race \u2013 two on Friday, and one on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90 minutes; the third session, on Saturday morning, lasted for an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 15 minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of the qualifying session lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of the qualifying session ran for 20 minutes which determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187798-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nAlonso clinched his second pole position of the season with a time of 1:14.648, and was joined on the front row by teammate Fisichella. Michael Schumacher took third place on the grid, with a qualifying time more than one-tenth slower than Alonso's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187799-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish International Badminton Tournament\nThe 2006 Spanish International Badminton Tournament was held in Madrid, from May 18 to May 21, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187799-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish International Badminton Tournament, Participating nations\nA total of 28 nations entered players at the 2006 Spanish International Badminton Tournament. The number of competitors is indicated in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187799-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish International Badminton Tournament, Participating nations\nGermany (20) \u00a0Belgium \u00a0Belarus \u00a0Croatia \u00a0Denmark (23)\u00a0Scotland \u00a0Spain (43)\u00a0Estonia \u00a0Finland \u00a0France \u00a0Wales \u00a0England \u00a0Ireland \u00a0Norway \u00a0Netherlands \u00a0Poland \u00a0Portugal \u00a0Czech Republic \u00a0Russia \u00a0Sweden \u00a0\u00a0Switzerland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187800-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 24\u201326 March 2006 at the Jerez circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187800-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187801-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sparkassen Giro\nThe women's race of the 2006 Sparkassen Giro Bochum took place on 13 August 2006. It was the 6th women's edition of the Sparkassen Giro Bochum. The race started and ended in Bochum, Germany with 137 participants and spanned 73\u00a0km (45.4\u00a0mi). The race is a UCI 1.1 category race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election\nElection of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic was held in June, July and August 2006. Chamber of Deputies was unable to elect new Speaker for 2 months. Miloslav Vl\u010dek was eventually elected the new Speaker. Vl\u010dek was considered a provisory Speaker but remained in the position whole term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [88, 88], "content_span": [89, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, First attempt\nFirst election was held on 29 June 2006. Civic Democratic Party nominated Miroslava N\u011bmcov\u00e1 for the position. She was the only candidate. She received 98 votes in the first round while 27 MPs voted against. N\u011bmcov\u00e1 needed 100 votes to be elected. Second round was held but N\u011bmcov\u00e1 was once again unable to secure enough votes. She received 98 votes while 26 MPs voted against. It was speculated that at least one MP of her party voted against her. Czech Social Democratic Party assured its support for the incumbent Speaker Lubom\u00edr Zaor\u00e1lek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 111], "content_span": [112, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, Second election\nSecond election was held on 7 July 2006. Christian and Democratic Union \u2013 Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-\u010cSL) nominated Jan Kasal. Kasal had support of the governing coalition of ODS, KDU-\u010cSL and Greens. Kasal received 99 votes in the first round while 27 MPs voted against. Second round was held and Kasal received 99 votes and wasn't elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 113], "content_span": [114, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, Third election\nThird election was scheduled for 12 July 2006. No candidate was nominated and the election wasn't held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 112], "content_span": [113, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, Fourth election\nFourth election was scheduled for 21 July 2006. Opposition Czech Social Democratic Party nominated Lubom\u00edr Zaor\u00e1lek for the position. Zaor\u00e1lek's candidacy was withdrawn prior voting and election didn't take place. Social Democrats and coalition government decided to negotiate about possible conjoint candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 113], "content_span": [114, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, Fifth election\nFifth election took place on 28 July 2006. Jan Kasal became the only candidate when Social Democrats withdrew their candidate Lubom\u00edr Zaor\u00e1lek. Kasal received 100 votes while 100 MPs didn't vote. The result was repeated in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 112], "content_span": [113, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, Sixth election\nAnother election was scheduled for 4 August 2006. No candidate was nominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 112], "content_span": [113, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187802-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, Voting, Seventh election\nCoalition parties agreed to support Social Democrat Miloslav Vl\u010dek for the position. Seventh election was held on 14 August 2006. Vl\u010dek received 174 votes of 197. Vl\u010dek agreed to remain in the position only temporarily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 88], "section_span": [90, 114], "content_span": [115, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187803-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Special Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2006 Special Honours in New Zealand was a Special Honours List, published in New Zealand on 3 August 2006 and effective from the previous day. Appointments were made to the Queen's Service Order to recognise the outgoing governor-general, Dame Silvia Cartwright, and vice-regal consort, Peter Cartwright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187804-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speed World Challenge\nThe 2006 Speed World Challenge season was the seventeenth season of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed World Challenge. It began on March 15 at Sebring International Raceway and ended on October 21 at Road Atlanta after ten rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187805-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Conference League\nThe 2006 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187805-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Conference League, Summary\nThe title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions who won the play offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187805-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Conference League, Conference League Knockout Cup\nThe 2006 Conference League Knockout Cup was the ninth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187806-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187806-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format\nThe format remained the same as 2005 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the first 20 heats over the course of the season. The riders placing in the final receive points as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187806-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification for Grand Prix\nFor the 2006 season, there were 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right. They were, in 2005 championship order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187806-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification for Grand Prix\nThey were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are: (in alphabetical order)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187806-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway Grand Prix, Calendar\nresults: \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 69]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187807-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup\nThe 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 pts), host team Great Britain (36 pts) and Australia (35 pts) in the Final. The defending champion Poland did not qualified to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187808-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Event 1\nThe 2006 Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the first race of the 2006 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on 16 July 2006 in the Rybnik Municipal Stadium in Rybnik, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187808-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Event 1, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187809-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Event 2\nThe 2006 Speedway World Cup Event 2 was the second race of the 2006 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 18, 2006 in the G&B Stadium in M\u00e5lilla, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187809-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Event 2, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187810-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Final\nThe 2006 Speedway World Cup Final was the fourth and last race of the 2006 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187810-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Final, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187811-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Qualification\nThe 2006 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) were two motorcycle speedway events used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2006 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Australia and Czech Republic) from the 2005 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187811-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Qualification, Heat details, Daugavpils (1)\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187811-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Qualification, Heat details, Miskolc (2)\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187812-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Race-off\nThe 2006 Speedway World Cup Race-off was the third race of the 2006 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on 20 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187812-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Speedway World Cup Race-off, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187813-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Spengler Cup\nThe 2006 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland between December 26, 2006 and December 31, 2006. All matches were played at HC Davos' home arena, Eisstadion Davos. Brent Payne, a member of Modo played for Team Canada and scored a total of 7 points, including 4 goals and 3 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187813-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Spengler Cup, Gallery\nEisstadion Davos (later renamed Vaillant Arena) during the 2006 Spengler Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187814-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sport Club Internacional season\nThe Sport Club Internacional won two important titles in the year 2006: Copa Libertadores and Fifa Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187814-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sport Club Internacional season, Season 2006, Campeonato Ga\u00facho, I Fase\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187814-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sport Club Internacional season, Season 2006, Campeonato Ga\u00facho, II Fase\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187814-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sport Club Internacional season, Season 2006, Campeonato Brasileiro, Results summary\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187815-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sports Network Cup\nThe 2006 Sports Network Cup was a college football postseason NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Championship Series. The San Diego Toreros finished ahead of Monmouth Hawks 20\u20130 in first places votes to be named the NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Football National Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187815-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sports Network Cup\nNote: Voting was conducted by a panel of 112 FCS media members and media relations professionals. A first-place vote is worth five points, a second- place vote is worth four points, a third-place vote is worth three points, a fourth-place vote is worth two points, and a fifth-place vote is worth one point. Votes were due by Wednesday, November 22, 2006, following the final week of the regular season. Postseason play has no effect on the outcome of the awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187816-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Srinagar bombings\n11 July 2006 Srinagar bombings consisted of five grenade attacks by militants, killing 8 people and injuring 43 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187816-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Srinagar bombings, Attacks\nThe attack took place within an hour of the departure of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's conclusion of a two-day round table conference. The first attack occurred at 11:40\u00a0am when a grenade was thrown into a minibus carrying tourists from Bengal. Five people, died and another 10 were injured. The dead included a mother, her son and her daughter-in-law. At 12:40\u00a0pm, another grenade was lobbed at a car with a Haryana registration number. Three bystanders were injured. At 1:10\u00a0pm, another grenade was thrown at a van carrying tourists in Lal Chowk. One person died and several were injured. A small boy named Hardik lost his leg in the explosion. The last grenade was thrown at a taxi stand at 3:00\u00a0pm .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187816-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Srinagar bombings, Aftermath\nMohammad Afzal of the Baramulla district, who allegedly threw the grenade, was caught by onlookers and handed over to the police. He confessed to be a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba These bombings happened on the same day as 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings and were overshadowed by them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187816-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Srinagar bombings, Reaction\nUN secretary general Kofi Annan condemned both the attacks saying \"Such Acts Cannot Possibly Be Excused by any Grievance\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187817-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St Albans City and District Council election\nThe 2006 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187817-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the council was composed of 29 Liberal Democrats, 17 Conservative, 11 Labour and 1 Independent councillors. The Liberal Democrats hoped to win a majority at the election and complained about decisions being delayed by the opposition parties. However the Conservatives were also confident of making gains and said that a hung council with the best councillors from each party making up the cabinet was right for St Albans. Labour meanwhile were hopeful of holding onto their seats, expecting that they would perform better than in recent elections. As well as the 3 main parties on the council, the Green Party also stood candidates in every ward, while targeting Clarence ward as their best chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187817-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats regained overall control of the council that they had lost at the 1999 election after making a net gain of 2 seats. They gained 3 seats from Labour and 2 from the Conservatives, but also lost 3 seats in Marshalswick South, Redbourn and Verulam to the Conservatives. The 3 defeats for Labour included one in Sopwell ward, which they lost for what was described as \"the first time in living memory\". The results meant that the Liberal Democrats had a majority over the other parties of 4 seats after previously only having half of the councillors before the election, however the Conservatives did win more votes at the election than the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout at the election was 45.1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187817-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result\nIn Wheathampstead ward the election ended in a tie after 3 recounts. The winner in the ward was decided by getting the 2 candidates to pick the longer pencil resulting in the Liberal Democrat Judith Shardlow defeating the Conservative former mayor Keith Stammers. Meanwhile, the Conservative group on the council was reduced, when councillor John Newman, left the party to sit as an independent councillor after having recently being replaced as Conservative group leader on the council by Teresa Heritage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187818-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187818-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Labour Party needed to gain 1 seat to regain a majority on the council that they had lost at the last election in 2004. Labour had 24 seats before the election, while the Liberal Democrats had 18 and the Conservatives had 6. Labour was able to run the council however as the Conservative mayor had agreed not to use her casting vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187818-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nAmong the councillors who were defending seats at the election was the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer in West Park ward, while the seat in Blackbrook was vacant after the death of Labour councillor Albert Smith earlier in 2006. 16 seats were up for election and as well as candidates from the three political parties who held seats on the council, there were also four candidates from the Community Action Party and one each from the British National Party and the Socialist Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187818-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nLabour remained the largest party on the council but lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats to leave the party with 23 councillors. The Liberal Democrat gain from Labour came in Town Centre ward and moved them to 19 seats on the council, however the Labour council leader Marie Rimmer held her seat in West Park with a 457-vote majority. Meanwhile, the Conservatives remained on 6 seats after holding the 2 seats they had been defending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187818-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer became the new leader of the council after an agreement between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats taking 5 of the seats on the cabinet and the Conservative group leader Wally Ashcroft taking the other seat. This came after Labour rejected proposals for all three parties to share power on the council and meant Labour lost power on the council after 70 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187819-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St Kilda Football Club season\nThe St Kilda Football Club's 2006 season was its 110th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187820-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Catharines municipal election\nThe 2006 St. Catharines municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. The incumbent mayor, Tim Rigby, vacated the mayoral position and ran for election to Niagara Regional Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187820-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Catharines municipal election, Niagara Regional Council\nElectors could vote for six candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187821-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season\nThe 2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the eighth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2006 premiership season. The team finished sixth in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the preliminary finals against the Melbourne Storm, losing 24\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187821-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, Ladder\n1The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches. 2The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season\nThe St. Louis Cardinals 2006 season was the team's 125th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 115th season in the National League. The season started out with a bang, as the team raced out to a 31-16 record by late May. Momentum would be slowed by injuries, as starting pitcher Mark Mulder was lost for the year, while center fielder Jim Edmonds and shortstop David Eckstein missed large amounts of playing time in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season\nPoor performance from several key players also hampered the team: starting pitcher Jason Marquis compiled a 6.02 ERA, starting pitcher Sidney Ponson was cut due to ineffectiveness, closer Jason Isringhausen blew ten saves before undergoing season-ending hip surgery in September, and catcher Yadier Molina had a poor offensive year, batting .216.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season\nAll this led to a difficult season, despite that quick start, one that included two eight-game losing streaks (the longest such streaks for the franchise since 1988) and a seven-game losing streak, losing months in June, August and September, and an 83-78 record, the worst for the Cardinals since the 1999 team finished 75-86. However, that record was still good enough to finish first in a weak National League Central. On the season's final day, the Cardinals made the playoffs for the sixth time in the last seven seasons, edging the second-place Houston Astros by a game and a half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season\nOnce the playoffs began, the lightly regarded Cardinals surprised baseball fans everywhere by beating the San Diego Padres in the four-game Division Series, beating the New York Mets in the seven-game NLCS, and beating the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 World Series four games to one, winning the tenth, and probably most unlikely, World Series championship in franchise history. Their .516 winning percentage is the lowest ever for a World Series champion. This season ironically contrasted with 2004 as that team was considered the overwhelming favorites but were swept in the World Series, resulting in a bittersweet three-year period for the Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season\nFollowing the season, the Cardinals ended a 19-year association with KPLR and returned to KSDK for the first time since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nThe new season brought a Cardinals team that was much changed from the one that went 100-62 in 2005 but fell to the Houston Astros in the NLCS. Starting pitcher Matt Morris, second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, left fielder Reggie Sanders, and relief pitcher Juli\u00e1n Tav\u00e1rez left the team via free agency. Relief pitcher Ray King was traded to Colorado. Right fielder Larry Walker retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nBrought in to replace the departed Cardinals were right fielder Juan Encarnaci\u00f3n, starting pitcher Sidney Ponson, relief pitchers Braden Looper and Ricardo Rinc\u00f3n, all via free agency, and second baseman Aaron Miles, acquired in the Ray King trade. Left field was left unsettled in the offseason and would remain so all year, with no player getting more than one-third of the playing time at that position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nThe Cardinals opened the 2006 season on April 3, on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies. St. Louis won 13-5. Albert Pujols homered twice, newly acquired second baseman Aaron Miles had two doubles and a triple, and Scott Rolen, who missed most of the 2005 season with a shoulder injury, had a grand slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nThe Cardinals' home opener was Monday, April 10th. The Cardinals came back from an early deficit to beat Milwaukee 6-4. Pujols had a home run (his fourth in eight games) and Mark Mulder won his first game of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nOn April 16 against the Cincinnati Reds, Pujols continued his hot start, hitting three home runs, including a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give the Cardinals an 8-7 victory. The three-dinger day was the second of his career and gave him eight home runs in the Cardinals' first twelve games. St. Louis would continue playing well through April and finished the month with a record of 17-8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nThe Cardinals continued to play well in the month of May, but injuries began to accumulate. Relief pitcher Ricardo Rinc\u00f3n, on the disabled list since April 28, had season-ending shoulder surgery on May 12. Ponson went on the disabled list with a strained muscle in his right arm, and ace Chris Carpenter went on the DL with bursitis at the end of the month. Rookie Anthony Reyes got two callups to make emergency starts for Carpenter and Ponson, earning one victory and one no-decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Last season before the new Busch Stadium\nJim Edmonds missed time with an abdominal infection and many of the players fell victim to a flu bug in the clubhouse. But Albert Pujols continued his great year, hitting 11 home runs in May after 14 in April, Jason Isringhausen was 10-10 in save opportunities, and the team went 17-11 for the month and finish May with a record of 34-19, fifteen games over .500. On May 28, Mulder, who had been very effective for most of the first two months of the season, was tagged for eight runs in 4.1 innings as the Cardinals lost to San Diego 10-8. It would be a sign of things to come for St. Louis' #2 starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nIn June the Cardinals began to struggle. On June 4, Albert Pujols went on the disabled list for the first time in his career with a strained right oblique muscle. Two days later, Isringhausen gave up a three-run homer in the ninth inning and the Cardinals lost to Cincinnati 8-7. (Isringhausen blew four saves in June.) Two more losses to the Reds dropped the Cardinals into a brief tie with Cincinnati for first place, but they won seven of their next nine to maintain possession of first place and improve their record to 42-26. The Cardinals were sixteen games over .500, the high-water mark for 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nSt. Louis then traveled to Chicago for a series against the defending world champion Chicago White Sox. They lost the opener 20-6. Mark Mulder's ERA rose to 6.09, and two days later he went on the disabled list. They lost the second game 13-5, with starting pitcher Jason Marquis giving up all thirteen runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nThe next night, rookie Anthony Reyes, called back up to the big leagues with Mulder injured and Ponson banished to the bullpen, threw a one-hitter\u2014but that one hit was a home run by Jim Thome, and the Cardinals lost 1-0. Reyes' gem was also the first game back for Albert Pujols after eighteen days on the disabled list. After the sweep by the White Sox the Cardinals were swept by the Detroit Tigers. Two more losses to the Cleveland Indians extended the streak to eight losses in a row, the longest such streak for a Cardinal team in 18 years. They finally snapped the streak with a 5-4 victory over Cleveland on June 29. For the month, St. Louis went 9-16 and fell to eight games over .500 at 43-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nJuly would see much turnover in the roster as the Cardinals struggled to regain their equilibrium. On July 5 Jeff Weaver was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a trade, and two days later, Sidney Ponson, previously plagued with injuries and ineffectiveness and demoted to the bullpen, was released. At the end of the month, St. Louis traded H\u00e9ctor Luna to Cleveland for Ronnie Belliard, who took the second base job that Luna and Miles had shared, and acquired relief pitcher Jorge Sosa from Atlanta for a minor leaguer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nChris Duncan started getting more and more playing time in the outfield and responded with a .324 average for the month. In other developments, Jason Marquis, who gave up thirteen runs in a start against the White Sox in June, gave up twelve runs in a 14-5 disaster against the Atlanta Braves on July 18. Marquis became the first big-league pitcher since Chubby Dean of the 1940 Philadelphia Athletics to cough up twelve runs in a game twice in the same season. On July 19, a storm carrying winds of 80\u00a0mph struck the new Busch, knocking over concession stands, ripping the tarp, and injuring thirty people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nThe yo-yo season continued. The Cardinals won seven in a row and 13 out of 16 in the middle of July (a surge largely fueled by a sweep of all seven games with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006) and by July 26, they had regained their previous high of 16 games over .500, at 58-42. However, the end of the month saw a four-game sweep by the Cubs at Wrigley Field and a losing streak that would extend into August. St. Louis went 15-11 in July and finished the month at 58-46. The Cincinnati Reds continued to dog the Cardinals' footsteps, sitting 3.5 games out of first place at the end of July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nPitching continued to be problematic for the Cardinals in August. Mark Mulder, attempting to come back from his shoulder injury, made two starts towards the end of the month, got hit very hard both times, and return to the disabled list, where he would stay for the rest of the season. He ended the worst year of his career with a 7.14 ERA. Jason Marquis' miserable year got even worse, with a 6.75 ERA for August. New acquisition Jeff Weaver followed up his 6.46 July with a 5.67 August. Closer Jason Isringhausen also struggled, blowing two saves, taking three losses and posting a 5.06 ERA for the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nInjuries took their toll on position players as well. Jim Edmonds missed half the month with post-concussion syndrome and David Eckstein went on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle. The Cardinals signed Preston Wilson, who had been released by Houston, to fill the hole caused by Edmonds' injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nSt. Louis ended July by dropping four in a row and lost four more in a row to start August. After going 18 years without an eight-game losing streak the Redbirds now had their second of the 2006 season. They finally snapped that streak and played somewhat better for the rest of August, as Pujols and Rolen both continued to hit well and Chris Duncan, now playing almost every day, led the team with nine home runs for the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Summer slump\nBackup catcher Gary Bennett had a spectacular weekend at the end of August, homering and hitting a walk-off single to beat the Cubs on the 26th and hitting a walk-off grand slam to beat the Cubs again on the 27th. The Cardinals went 13-15 for the month and ended August with a record of 71-61, still enjoying an NL Central lead of five games over Cincinnati and six games over Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nThe Cardinals' strange, up/down season would get even stranger in the final month, as the team staggered to the finish while trying to avoid a shocking collapse. As August passed into September, Eckstein was still on the DL and Edmonds was still absent from the lineup with post-concussion syndrome. On September 3, Pujols had his second three-homer game of the season and third of his career, as the Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 6-3. However, two days later the Cardinals were nearly no-hit; Ram\u00f3n Ortiz of the Washington Nationals took a no-hitter into the ninth before Aaron Miles' single spoiled it. Ortiz settled for a 4-1 victory. Just four days after that on September 9, the Cardinals again almost got no-hit, getting only one Scott Rolen double in a 3-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nAs the season wound down, St. Louis seemed to run out of gas. Edmonds and Eckstein missed almost the whole month with their injuries. Duncan, who'd made major contributions to a slumping offense in July and August, slumped to a .212 September. Even worse, Scott Rolen, the second-best hitter on the team for five months, went into a terrible slump and hit .227 for the final month. Encarnacion hit .238, Belliard .219, and Molina .224. The only players contributing offense in the final month were Pujols and Scott Spiezio, whose power surge allowed him to post a 1.042 OPS for the last month of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nOn the pitching mound, Marquis ended his awful year with a dismal 7.25 ERA in September. His 6.02 ERA in 2006 was the worst amongst National League pitchers who qualified for the ERA title. Jason Isringhausen, who had been struggling all summer with a deteriorating hip, was finally lost for the season after blowing his tenth save of the year on September 6 against Washington. Rookie Adam Wainwright assumed the closer's role for the last few weeks of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nDespite all these difficulties the Cardinals succeeded in treading water for the first three weeks of the month, and, after a 12-2 victory against Milwaukee on September 19, stood at 80-69 for the season, seven games ahead of Cincinnati and 8+1\u20442 games ahead of Houston with twelve more games to play. However, the Cardinals proceeded to reel off a seven-game losing streak, their third of the season of seven games or longer. Included in the slide was a four-game sweep by the Astros, who won nine in a row from September 20 through September 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nOn September 27, St. Louis' seven-game lead had been sliced to 1+1\u20442 games over the hard-charging Astros. Houston won again that day, their eighth in a row. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th inning to the San Diego Padres with two on and two out, Albert Pujols hit a three-run homer, his 47th of the year. New closer Wainwright made it stand up, and the losing streak was over. It was Pujols' 25th game-winning hit of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nHowever, the next night Jason Marquis had one last terrible start, the Cards lost to Milwaukee 9-4, and the lead over the Astros shrank to 1/2 game. The sports world was rife with memories of the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, who led by 6+1\u20442 games with 12 to go and lost ten in a row to lose the pennant to, ironically, the Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September: photo finish\nOn September 29, St. Louis beat Milwaukee 10-5 and the Astros lost to Atlanta, snapping their nine-game win streak and widening the lead to 1+1\u20442 games. On the 30th, Scott Spiezio hit a bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the 8th inning and the Cardinals beat Milwaukee 3-2. Needing only a win in Game 161 against Milwaukee on October 1, St. Louis lost 5-3, but the Astros had already lost 3-1 at Atlanta. The Cardinals had narrowly avoided collapse and won the NL Central with an 83-78 record. Had the Astros won their last game, the Cardinals would have had to play a rained-out make-up game against the San Francisco Giants to determine the tie breaker between the Astros and the Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, Division Series\nThe Cardinals entered the postseason with the third-worst record in history for any MLB playoff team, beating only the 2005 Padres (82-80) and the 1973 New York Mets (82-79), and they had just endured a September 12\u201317. Experts gave them little hope of advancing in October. Yet the Cardinals proceeded to beat the NL West champion San Diego Padres in four games in the best-of-five Division Series. Carpenter won two games in the series including the clinching Game 4, Albert Pujols hit .333 with a home run and a double, and Yadier Molina hit .308 (4-13). St. Louis would advance to the NLCS to face the best team in the National League in 2006, the New York Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, League Championship Series\nThe Cardinals began the NLCS as huge underdogs to the New York Mets. The Mets won fourteen games more than the Cardinals did in 2006. Their offense scored 53 runs more than the Cardinals' did. Their pitchers allowed 31 fewer. In head-to-head contests during the season, the Mets won four of six from St. Louis. Also, by virtue of the better record, the Mets would have home field advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, League Championship Series\nHowever, the series would be hard-fought by both sides. New York won Game 1 2-0 behind the pitching of ace Tom Glavine and a two-run homer by Carlos Beltr\u00e1n. The Cardinals won Game 2 9-6 by scoring three runs off Met closer Billy Wagner in the top of the ninth inning, the rally started by a home run from light-hitting (16 career HR in 960 at-bats) So Taguchi. St. Louis won Games 3 and 5 and New York won Games 4 and 6, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 in New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, League Championship Series\nLight drizzle fell all game, increasing to a light rain in the later innings. The Mets scored in the bottom of the first on a double by Beltran and a single by Wright, but would not get another hit until the ninth. The Cardinals evened it up at 1-1 in the second on singles by Molina (who followed up his Division Series success by hitting .348 in this series) and Edmonds and a sacrifice bunt by Belliard. There the score would stay for seven innings, thanks in part to Met left fielder Endy Ch\u00e1vez, who made a leaping catch of Scott Rolen's almost-home run in the sixth and doubled Jim Edmonds off of first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, League Championship Series\nThe game was still tied with one out in the top of the ninth when Rolen singled. Molina, batting next, (and like Taguchi not a home run hitter, with 16 in 937 big-league at-bats), hit a two-run homer over the left field wall to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mets loaded the bases with two out on singles by Jos\u00e9 Valent\u00edn and Chavez and a walk to catcher Paul Lo Duca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, League Championship Series\nThat brought to the plate Cardinal-killer Carlos Beltr\u00e1n (18 for 51 with seven home runs against St. Louis in the 2004 and 2006 NLCS), who in the regular season hit 41 home runs and drove in 116 runs. St. Louis' rookie relief pitcher, Adam Wainwright, installed as closer only one month before, struck out Beltran on three pitches (the last a curveball looking), and the Cardinals won the series and the 17th National League pennant in franchise history. Starting pitcher Jeff Suppan was named NLCS MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, World Series\nSt. Louis had been an underdog against the Padres, and won. They had been a prohibitive underdog against the Mets, and won. That did not prevent them from being an underdog for the third time against the American League champion Detroit Tigers, who had won 95 games in the regular season, knocked off the New York Yankees in the Division Series and swept the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS. Bob Nightengale of USAToday expressed majority opinion when he said \"Tigers in three\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, World Series\nRookie Anthony Reyes, whose up-and-down season had ended with a 5.06 ERA, retired 17 Detroit hitters in a row in his Game 1 victory, Chris Carpenter threw eight shutout, three-hit innings in Game 3, and Cardinal pitchers overall had a 2.05 ERA for the Series. Scott Rolen hit .421 for the Series, Yadier Molina finished off his superb October by hitting .412, and David Eckstein hit .364 and won the MVP. Detroit, on the other hand, hit .199 and played poorly in the field, with eight errors in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187822-0026-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Cardinals season, Postseason, World Series\nSt. Louis came back from a 3-0 deficit to win Game 4 5-4 and get within one win of a title. In the deciding Game 5, St. Louis carried a 4-2 lead into the ninth inning. As 46,638 fans looked on, closer Wainwright got Magglio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez to ground out, gave up a double to Sean Casey, then got Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez to ground out to bring the Cardinals one out away from victory. Pl\u00e1cido Polanco, a former Cardinal, drew a walk, putting the tying run on base. Brandon Inge struck out on three pitches, and the St. Louis Cardinals won their tenth World Series championship in franchise history. David Eckstein won Series MVP and a Chevrolet Corvette Z06.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season\nThe 2006 season was the St. Louis Rams' 69th in the National Football League and their 12th in St. Louis. The season began with the Rams trying to improve on their 6\u201310 record from 2005 under new head coach Scott Linehan. This was the Rams last non-losing season in St. Louis as the franchise would go on a ten-season losing record streak until 2017 in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nScott Linehan was named head coach of the St. Louis Rams on January 19, 2006. He previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins. On January 24, Jim Haslett, the former head coach of the New Orleans Saints, signed a three-year deal to become the Rams new defensive coordinator. On March 17, 2006, the Rams signed former Miami Dolphins QB Gus Frerotte to a three-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nDuring the free agency period, the Rams signed DT La'Roi Glover, LB Will Witherspoon and S Corey Chavous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nIn the 2006 NFL Draft, the Rams used their first pick on Clemson CB Tye Hill. They used the next pick on Colorado TE Joe Klopfenstein. The remaining picks were LSU DT Claude Wroten, USC TE Dominique Byrd, Stanford LB Jon Alston, Indiana DE Victor Adeyanju, Virginia WR Marques Hagans, Northwestern LB Tim McGarigle, Minnesota Guard Mark Setterstrom, and Missouri Guard Tony Palmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nOn Friday, September 1, 2006, the Rams signed former Carolina Panthers RB Stephen Davis a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nThe Rams also signed defensive tackle Jason Fisk to pair with La'Roi Glover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Schedule\nIn the 2006 regular season, the Rams\u2019 non-divisional, conference opponents were primarily from the NFC North, although they also played the Washington Redskins from the NFC East, and the Carolina Panthers from the NFC South. Their non-conference opponents were from the AFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe Rams opened the regular season at home against the Denver Broncos on September 10 with a Rams' 18\u201310 win. Jeff Wilkins scored all of the Rams' points by kicking six field goals, a franchise record for a single game (from 51, 48, 26, 38, 29 and 24 yards), and became the first Ram player to score 1000 points in a career. Wilkins also tied a franchise record of seven field goal attempts in one game which was first accomplished by Bob Waterfield on December 9, 1951. The Rams were unable to score a touchdown all game and went 0 for 5 in the red zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe defense allowed just one touchdown and forced five turnovers. Three of these turnovers were interceptions, from a team that only allowed seven interceptions all of last season. First round draft pick Tye Hill intercepted a pass by Jake Plummer with 12:02 in the second quarter. It was his first in his NFL career. The defense also sacked Jake Plummer four times in the game, with Leonard Little accounting for two of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nIsaac Bruce passed Henry Ellard and Shannon Sharpe for 11th most receptions in an NFL career with his five receptions for 64 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nCenter Andy McCollum injured his left knee with 7:39 left in the second quarter and was out for the rest of the game. On September 11, 2006 it was announced that McCollum will miss the entire season and will undergo knee surgery. With the win, the Rams began their season 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Francisco 49ers\nThe Rams visited division rival San Francisco 49ers on September 17 for their home opener. The 49ers increased their winning streak against the Rams to three, beating the Rams 20\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Francisco 49ers\nWith 11:10 left in the first quarter, Alex Smith completed a 56-yard pass to Arnaz Battle, setting up a 32-yard field goal by Joe Nedney. At the beginning of the second quarter, Corey Chavous recovered a Frank Gore fumble at the Rams 3-yard line. The Rams moved the ball sixty yards down the field setting up a 49-yard Jeff Wilkins field goal. The Rams scored their first touchdown of the season with a 3-yard pass from Marc Bulger to Torry Holt with 2:21 left in the half, giving the Rams a 10\u20133 lead going into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Francisco 49ers\nWith 14:12 left in the third quarter, the 49ers tied the game at ten with a Gore 32-yard touchdown run. The 49ers took the lead at 10:54 in the third quarter with a 72-yard pass from Smith to Antonio Bryant. Each team had a field goal in the fourth quarter. Wilkins hit a 40-yard field goal with 11:06 in the fourth, and Nedney had a 20-yard field goal with 5:23 in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Francisco 49ers\nBulger was sacked six times in the game and completed 19 of 34 attempts for 147 yards. Steven Jackson had 103 yards on the ground on 22 carries, along with 2 receptions for 21 yards. Will Witherspoon also had a good game making 13 tackles and forcing one fumble. The Rams had 118 total yards during the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Francisco 49ers\nLeft tackle Orlando Pace left the game at the half with a concussion. He was taken to a hospital in the bay area where a CAT scan turned up negative. Linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa dislocated his elbow in the third quarter, and missed the rest of the game. With the loss, the Rams fell to 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nThe Rams traveled to Glendale, Arizona for their first game in the new Cardinals Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith 11:28 left in the first quarter of play, Matt Turk kicked a 31-yard punt giving the Cardinals the ball on the Saint Louis 45. Nine plays later, Kurt Warner threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald. This gave the Cardinals a 7\u20130 lead with 7:04 left in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith 11:28 left in the second quarter, Jeff Wilkins hit a 26-yard field goal to put the Rams on the board 7\u20133. On the Cardinals next drive, Warner was intercepted by O.J. Atogwe giving the Rams the ball on their own 6-yard line. Marc Bulger hit Torry Holt for gains of 42, 26 and 9 yards during the drive, with the final catch ending in a touchdown. It was the second touchdown for Holt and the Rams for the 2006 season. The very first play of the next Cardinals drive, Warner was intercepted again by Fakhir Brown. The Rams drove the ball down the field for 16 yards setting up a Wilkins 47-yard field goal to end the half, giving the Rams a 13\u20137 lead. Wilkins kicked another field goal with 8:08 left in the third quarter increasing the Rams lead 16\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith 4:13 left in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals ended a 16-play, 87-yard drive with a 9-yard Edgerrin James run for a touchdown cutting the Rams lead 16\u201314. With 1:58 left to play, Bulger fumbled the ball at the Saint Louis 30. It was recovered by Arizona's Antonio Smith. Yet, on the third play of the drive, Warner fumbled the snap and the Rams' Will Witherspoon recovered the ball. The Rams ran the clock out and won the game 16\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 3: at Arizona Cardinals\nRookie Victor Adeyanju got his first start in the game, replacing Anthony Hargrove who did not show up for meetings and practices. With the win, the Rams improved to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Detroit Lions\nHoping to build on their road win over the Cardinals, the Rams returned home for a match-up with the Detroit Lions and their offensive coordinator, former Rams head coach Mike Martz. In the first quarter, the Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins kicked a 42-yard and a 19-yard field goal to begin the game. The Lions kicker Jason Hanson kicked a 29-yard field goal. St. Louis distanced themselves, as QB Marc Bulger completed a 16-yard TD pass to rookie TE Joe Klopfenstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the second quarter, Lions QB Jon Kitna and WR Mike Furrey hooked up with each other on two touchdown passes (a 1-yarder and a 10-yarder), but the Rams retook the lead with Wilkins completing a 46-yard field goal. In the third quarter, St. Louis gained even more points, as Bulger connected with WR Torry Holt on a 16-yard TD strike. Detroit got a 20-yard field goal from Hanson and RB Kevin Jones ran 35 yards for a touchdown, but the Rams had their RB, Steven Jackson, get a 1-yard TD run to add to their lead. In the fourth quarter, Jones ran for a 7-yard TD strike. The Rams closed out the game with a win, as Wilkins completed a 47-yard field goal and Bulger completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. With the win, the Rams improved to 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nFirst-year coaches Scott Linehan and Mike McCarthy faced off against each other in Lambeau Field on October 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nOn the Packers\u2019 first possession of the game, Vernand Morency fumbled the ball and it was recovered by rookie Victor Adeyanju. This gave the Rams the ball at the Packers' 37. Six plays later, Marc Bulger passed the ball to Torry Holt for a 6-yard touchdown pass. Jeff Wilkins hit the extra point giving the Rams the lead with 9:49 left in the first quarter. The Packers answered with a 15-play 80-yard touchdown drive that ended in a Noah Herron 1-yard touchdown run. Dave Rayner made the extra point tying the game at seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nOne the first possession of the second quarter, Dave Rayner connected on a 27-yard field goal, giving the Packers a 10\u20137 lead with 13:12 left in the quarter. Marc Bulger completed a 3-yard pass to Kevin Curtis for a touchdown with 3:33 left in the quarter. Jeff Wilkins made the extra point giving the Rams a 14\u201310 lead. The Packers connected on a 32-yard field goal with 0:03 left in the quarter cutting the lead down to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nThe only points in the third quarter were on a 31-yard field goal by Wilkins, increasing the Rams lead to 17\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nJeff Wilkins made two more field goals in the fourth quarter, one with 14:57 remaining in the quarter and another with 9:27 remaining, which gave the Rams a 23\u201313 lead. Brett Favre completed a 46-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings with 6:42 left in the game. The extra point was good. The Packers attempted a late comeback, but Favre fumbled the ball on the Rams' 13-yard line. It was recovered by Jerametrius Butler. The Rams took a knee ending the game with the Rams winning, 23\u201320, and improving to 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers\nSteven Jackson ended the game with 98 yards on the ground on 23 carries. Bulger completed 18 passes on 28 attempts for 220 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to keep their three-game winning streak going, the Rams returned home for an NFC West fight with the Seattle Seahawks. The Rams struck first, as QB Marc Bulger completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. Yet, the Seahawks responded with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. In the second quarter, St. Louis began pulling away, as RB Steven Jackson ran 2 yards for a touchdown and the duo of Bulger and Holt hooked up again with a 10-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0028-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks started to creep back as Hasselbeck completed a 42-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson. In the fourth quarter, Seattle managed to take the lead with kicker Josh Brown nailing a 49-yard field goal, Hasselbeck throwing a 19-yard TD pass to Branch, and Brown kicking another 49-yard field goal. The Rams responded with Bulger and Holt completing a 67-yard TD pass. The Seahawks won as Brown kicked a 54-yard field goal as time ran out, giving Seattle a three-game winning streak against St. Louis. This game was marred by controversy as the 10-second run-off rule did not apply on the last play of the game, giving Josh Brown the chance to win the game. With the loss, the Rams headed into their bye week 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers\nComing off of their bye week, the Rams flew to Qualcomm Stadium for their Week 8 match-up with the San Diego Chargers. From the get-go, St. Louis trailed as RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 2-yard TD run and a 38-yard TD run in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Rams started to retaliate as RB Steven Jackson got a 3-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, things started to get ugly for St. Louis as Chargers free safety Marlon McCree returned a fumble 79 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers\nThe Rams responded with kicker Jeff Wilkins nailing a 34-yard field goal, yet Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding made a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, it was back and forth with touchdowns. San Diego RB Michael Turner got a 14-yard TD run, while Rams QB Marc Bulger completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. Afterwards, Chargers QB Philip Rivers completed a 25-yard TD pass to Tomlinson, while Bulger completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis. However, San Diego got the win, as St. Louis fell to 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to rebound from the road loss to the Chargers, the Rams went home for Week 9, as they fought the Kansas City Chiefs in a \u201cShow Me State Showdown\u201d. The Chiefs struck first as RB Larry Johnson got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, things got worse for the Rams as QB Damon Huard completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez, while kicker Lawrence Tynes nailed a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0030-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nSt. Louis got on the board with RB Steven Jackson getting a 2-yard TD run, yet Huard and Gonzalez hooked up with each other again on a 25-yard TD strike. Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins made a 41-yard field goal to end the half. In the third quarter, QB Marc Bulger completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis for the only score of the period, yet the only score of the fourth quarter came from Huard completing an 11-yard TD pass to TE Kris Wilson. With the loss, the Rams fell to 4\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 10: at Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to end their three-game skid, the Rams flew to Qwest Field for an NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Rams struck first with rookie DE Victor Adeyanju returning a fumble 89 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Seahawks responded with QB Seneca Wallace completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson. Then, St. Louis had kicker Jeff Wilkins nail a 40-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Seattle took the lead with Wallace completing a 15-yard TD pass to TE Jerramy Stevens. The Rams responded with Wilkins's 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0031-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 10: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Wilkins gave St. Louis a 35-yard field goal for the only score of the period and the lead. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks responded with WR Nate Burleson returning a punt 90 yards for a touchdown. The Rams retook the lead with RB Steven Jackson\u2019s 14-yard TD run, yet it was followed up with a failed two-point conversion. However, just like earlier in the year, Seahawks kicker Josh Brown came out with the win, as he kicked a 38-yard field goal. With the loss, the Rams fell to 4\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 11: at Carolina Panthers\nTrying to end a four-game skid, the Rams flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 11 fight with the Carolina Panthers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Panthers took control for the rest of the game. In the second quarter, Carolina kicker John Kasay made a 40-yard field goal, while QB Jake Delhomme completed a 62-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. In the third quarter, Kasay improved the Panthers\u2019 lead with a 34-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Carolina wrapped up the game with DE Mike Rucker sacking QB Marc Bulger in the Rams end zone for a safety. With St. Louis\u2019 fifth-straight loss, the Rams fell to 4\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nTrying to end a five-game skid, the Rams went home for an NFC West rematch with their historic rival, the San Francisco 49ers. After a scoreless first quarter, the Rams drew first blood in the second quarter with kicker Jeff Wilkins' 24-yard field goal and RB Steven Jackson\u2019s 36-yard TD run. he 49ers responded with RB Frank Gore's 12-yard TD run, yet St. Louis got Wilkins to kick a 51-yard field goal as time ran out on the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0033-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers took the lead with QB Alex Smith completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Eric Johnson for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the 49ers increased its lead with kicker Joe Nedney nailing a 24-yard field goal. The Rams got the win with QB Marc Bulger completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis. Not only did St. Louis improve its record to 5\u20136, but they also snapped a five-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their victory over the 49ers, the Rams stayed at home for an NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Rams trailed early as Cardinals RB Marcel Shipp got a 1-yard TD run. St. Louis responded with kicker Jeff Wilkins. In the second quarter, the Rams continued to struggle as QB Matt Leinart completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, while kicker Neil Rackers nailed a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0034-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis tried to retaliate with QB Marc Bulger completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt, yet the Cards responded with Shipp's 6-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Rams had Wilkins kick a 37-yard field goal. However, the Big Red pulled away with Shipp's 9-yard TD run and Rackers' 20-yard TD run. Even though St. Louis made another TD, with Bulger completing a 1-yard pass to WR Isaac Bruce, Arizona held on to win. With the loss, the Rams fell to 5\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off their loss to the Cardinals, the Rams stayed at home for a Monday Night fight with the current NFC North champion Chicago Bears. After a scoreless first quarter, the Rams struck first with QB Marc Bulger completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt, yet the PAT attempt had a botched snap, making it no good. However, immediately following St. Louis's first score, the Bears took the lead with DB Devin Hester returning a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0035-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears\nFortunately, the Rams responded with RB Steven Jackson's 2-yard TD run, yet Chicago responded with QB Rex Grossman's 34-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. St. Louis tried to get a 48-yard field goal in before halftime, yet it just went wide right. In the third quarter, the Rams' recent struggles continued with RB Thomas Jones's 30-yard TD run, while Grossman completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad. In the fourth quarter, the Bears dominance continued with RB Adrian Peterson's 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0035-0002", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears\nSt. Louis tried to come back with Bulger completing a 6-yard TD pass to Holt, yet Hester immediately followed that up with a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, which gave him the single-season record for the most returns for a touchdown with six. The only thing remaining within St. Louis was Jackson's 2-yard TD run. With their second-straight loss, the Rams fell to 5\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Rams flew to McAfee Coliseum to take on the Oakland Raiders, who, just like the Rams, used to play in the city of Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, St. Louis struck first in the second quarter with kicker Jeff Wilkins nailing a 24-yard and a 34-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Rams increased their lead with RB Steven Jackson's 4-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis wrapped up the win with Jackson's 19-yard TD run. With the win, the Rams improved their record to 6\u20138. It was the first Rams shutout win since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins\nComing off their dominating road win over the Raiders, the Rams played their last home game of the year as they took on the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, the Redskins struck first with RB T. J. Duckett getting a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, St. Louis took the lead with QB Marc Bulger completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce and a 27-yard TD pass to rookie TE Dominique Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins\nHowever, Washington responded with RB Ladell Betts getting a 6-yard TD run and QB Jason Campbell completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley. In the third quarter, the Redskins increased their lead with Betts getting a 7-yard TD run. The Rams responded with Bulger completing a 64-yard TD pass to RB Stephen Jackson and a 10-yard TD pass to RB Stephen Davis. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis took the lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 21-yard field goal, yet Washington managed to tie the game with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 52-yard field goal. In overtime, the Rams won with Jackson getting a 21-yard TD run. With the win, St. Louis improved to 7\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins\nHowever, because the New York Giants won a Week 17 match-up against the Redskins, it ended any chance for the Rams to get into the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Rams flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to take on the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, St. Louis got off to a fast start as free safety Ronald Bartell returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, kicker Jeff Wilkins made a 42-yard field goal. After that, the Vikings responded with QB Tarvaris Jackson getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Rams' domination began with RB Stephen Jackson getting a 4-yard TD run and a 10-yard TD pass from QB Marc Bulger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0040-0001", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Wilkins kicked a 53-yard field goal, while Stephen Jackson got a 3-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Stephen Jackson wrapped up the game for St. Louis with a 59-yard TD run. Afterwards, Minnesota got their remaining points with RB Chester Taylor getting a 1-yard TD run, while Tarvaris Jackson completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Travis Taylor. Afterwards, the Rams ended the game with a victory to end their season at 8\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187823-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Louis Rams season, Season record\nRB Steven Jackson, who was elected to his first Pro Bowl at the conclusion of the season, led the NFL in 2006 with 2,334 total yards from scrimmage. His 90 pass receptions and 806 receiving yards were also NFL records amongst all running backs that year. Jackson was named the St. Louis Rams MVP and also received one vote for NFL Offensive Player of the Year. Although the Rams did not make the playoffs in 2006, they did finish the season with an offense which produced a 4,000-yard passer in QB Marc Bulger, a 1,500-yard rusher in RB Steven Jackson, and two 1,000-yard receivers, one of only four offenses in NFL history to accomplish the feat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187824-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Petersburg Open\nThe 2006 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 23 through October 29, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187824-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Petersburg Open\nThe singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 8 Tommy Robredo, and No. 12 Mario An\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187824-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Petersburg Open, Finals, Doubles\nSimon Aspelin / Todd Perry defeated Julian Knowle / J\u00fcrgen Melzer 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187825-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Todd Perry won the title, defeating Knowle and Melzer 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187826-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles\nMario An\u010di\u0107 won the title, beating Johansson 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20132) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187827-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanford Cardinal football team\nThe 2006 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In head coach Walt Harris's second season at Stanford, the Cardinal won only one game, ending the season with a 1\u201311 record, the school's worst since a winless 1960 season. Harris was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended. By the end of his tenure at Stanford, Harris had surpassed Jack Curtice with the lowest winning percentage in the history of Stanford football, with a 26.1% win record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187827-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanford Cardinal football team\nThe team played their home games at the newly renovated Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals\nThe 2006 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2005\u201306 season, and the culmination of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs. The first Stanley Cup Finals since 2004 after a lockout in 2004 and 2005, it was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes and the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. It was Carolina's second appearance in the final, the other being in 2002, a loss to the Detroit Red Wings. It was Edmonton's seventh appearance in the Final and their first since their fifth Cup win in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals\nIt was also the first (and to date only) finals matchup between teams that entered the league in 1979. Carolina defeated Edmonton in seven games to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup and become the tenth post-1967 expansion team and third former WHA team to win the Cup. Carolina's 2006 win was also the team's second league championship (the club, then known as the New England Whalers won the WHA Championship in 1973).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nCarolina defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4\u20132, in the first round of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, the New Jersey Devils 4\u20131 in the second round and the Buffalo Sabres 4\u20133 in the Eastern Conference final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nEdmonton defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4\u20132 in the first round, the San Jose Sharks 4\u20132 in the second round and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4\u20131 in the Western Conference final. The Oilers became the first team since the NBA's 1999 New York Knicks and the first team in the history of the NHL to make it to the finals as a #8 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nThis series marked the first time that two former World Hockey Association teams played against each other for the Stanley Cup since they merged with the NHL in 1979. As a result of the new scheduling formula that was implemented before the 2005\u201306 NHL season, the Hurricanes and the Oilers did not meet during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nThese were also the first ever finals contested by two teams that had both missed the playoffs the previous season (skipping 2005 due to the lockout). It was also to be the first finals contested by teams that would both go on to miss the following year's playoffs. Prior to these Finals, only the 1938\u201339 Chicago Blackhawks had ever missed the playoffs one year, then played in the Stanley Cup final (win or lose) the following season, and then missed the playoffs again the season after that. Both the Hurricanes and Oilers have now accomplished this dubious feat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nHurricanes head coach Peter Laviolette joined Ron Wilson as the only people to have head coached in an Olympics and Stanley Cup finals in the same year, having coached the American ice hockey team during the Torino Olympics. Both would coach in either one in 2010; Wilson coached the American ice hockey team to silver medal at the Vancouver Olympics, while Laviolette would coach in the Stanley Cup Finals with the Philadelphia Flyers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nIn game one, Carolina tied the biggest comeback in Stanley Cup finals history, overcoming a three-goal deficit to win 5\u20134. Edmonton scored first, 8:18 into the first period, with a goal from Fernando Pisani. In the second period, Chris Pronger scored the first penalty shot goal in finals history after defenceman Niclas Wallin illegally covered the puck inside his own goal crease, and Ethan Moreau's goal at 16:23 gave the Oilers a 3\u20130 lead. But at the 17:17 mark, Rod Brind'Amour scored the Hurricanes' first goal of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nCarolina then tied the game in the third period with two scores by Ray Whitney. The Hurricanes jumped ahead 4\u20133 on a shorthanded breakaway goal by Justin Williams, but Edmonton's Ales Hemsky scored on a power play to tie the game with 6:29 remaining. Late in the final period, Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson suffered a series-ending knee injury in a collision and was replaced with Ty Conklin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0006-0002", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nWith 32 seconds remaining in regulation, Conklin misplayed the puck behind his own net, where it deflected off Jason Smith's stick to the front of the empty net, allowing Brind'Amour to score the winning goal. Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward had to make the last of his 34 saves with 3.8 seconds remaining, robbing Shawn Horcoff for the second time in the third period with a glove save to preserve the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two\nWith Roloson's injury, Jussi Markkanen started for the Oilers in game two. Although Markkanen had played 37 games in the regular season, sharing the job with Ty Conklin and Mike Morrison, he and Conklin switched back and forth during the playoff as the backup (with the other sitting in the press box as a healthy scratch); he also had not played in a game since March 1, 2006. The Hurricanes shut out the Oilers, 5\u20130, with five different Carolina players scoring goals. It was the first time three goaltenders had been used in a Stanley Cup final since May 1970, when the St. Louis Blues employed Jacques Plante, Glenn Hall and Ernie Wakely on their way to being swept by the Boston Bruins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nMarkkanen once again started in net with Roloson still out. Shawn Horcoff scored just over two minutes into the first period. During the second period, a short-handed goal was waved off by the referee, because he had lost sight of the puck and had blown the whistle, despite the fact that the puck had not yet been covered. The Hurricanes responded midway through the third period with their captain, Rod Brind'Amour, taking a rebound off a blocked shot past Markkanen. However, with 2:15 left in the game, Edmonton's Ryan Smyth scored the winning goal after crashing into Ward inside the crease as they both tried to get control of a rebound off of a shot by Ales Hemsky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nEdmonton got off to a good start when Sergei Samsonov opened the scoring at 8:40 of the first period. However, the lead was short-lived as Cory Stillman replied just 29 seconds later to tie the game at 1\u20131. Stillman also made a sound defensive play on Chris Pronger late in the second period, tipping the puck away in the Edmonton zone to the front of the net, where Eric Staal fed a pass to Mark Recchi, who scored the eventual game-winning goal with 4:08 to go in the period. Once again Edmonton's power play was ineffective, failing to capitalize on five chances, including a two-man advantage in the first period. When the game ended, the Oilers were 1-for-25 on the power play to this point in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nCarolina had a 3\u20131 lead in the series and a chance to win the Stanley Cup on their home ice. However, Edmonton scored first on Fernando Pisani's redirect of a Pronger slapshot 16 seconds into the game. The Hurricanes then went ahead 2\u20131 on two power play goals by Eric Staal and Ray Whitney before the Oilers scored on the power play with a one-timer by Ales Hemsky to tie the game. Michael Peca then gave Edmonton a 3\u20132 lead with 17.4 seconds left in the first period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nIn the second period, Staal poked a goal between Jussi Markkanen and the post to tie the game. Early in the third period, Hurricanes centre Doug Weight got sandwiched by Chris Pronger and Raffi Torres, separating his shoulder and ending his night early. Weight would not return to play for the rest of the series, but would eventually raise the Cup. Carolina defenceman Aaron Ward also was injured in the third period, and with Carolina running out of healthy skaters, the Hurricanes were desperate to close out the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0010-0002", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nWith 7:47 remaining in the third period, Whitney missed what might have been the Hurricanes' best chance to win the series with a shot that just hit the post. The game went to overtime, where Mark Recchi drew a penalty early in the period to put the Hurricanes on the power play. Fernando Pisani picked off a cross-ice pass from Cory Stillman and streaked in short-handed to beat Cam Ward top right corner (glove side) with a left-handed shot to score the first short-handed overtime goal in finals history, giving the Oilers the upset win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game six\nDespite the emotional boost of Carolina winger Erik Cole returning to the ice for the first time since breaking his neck in March, Edmonton dominated for the entire 60 minutes, shutting-out Carolina 4\u20130 in front of a raucous crowd at Rexall Place, scoring three power-play goals and limiting the Hurricanes to only 16 shots on goal. Edmonton held Carolina to seven shots through 40 minutes of play. Fernando Pisani scored his post-season-high fifth game-winning goal (and 13th in total, also tops amongst scorers in the 2006 playoffs). This game also marked Jussi Markkanen's first career playoff shutout. This was the final playoff game at Rexall Place, as the Oilers did not make it into playoffs again before moving venues in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nHowever, the Hurricanes returned to the RBC Center to defeat the Oilers in game seven, 3\u20131, to win the Stanley Cup. Aaron Ward and Frantisek Kaberle gave Carolina a 2\u20130 lead before Fernando Pisani scored for Edmonton 1:03 into the third period to cut the lead in half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nWith just over a minute to go in regulation, the Oilers pulled the goalie in hopes of forcing overtime. A loose puck wound up on the stick of Bret Hedican, who passed to Eric Staal, who himself passed it down-ice to Justin Williams. Williams skated down the length of the ice and tapped the puck into the empty net, sealing the Stanley Cup for the Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nCam Ward became the first NHL rookie goaltender to win a Stanley Cup finals series since Patrick Roy lead the Montreal Canadiens in 1986, and he was also the first rookie since the Philadelphia Flyers' Ron Hextall in 1987 to be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nCory Stillman earned a Stanley Cup title for the second-straight season, having won in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Lightning, becoming the first player to win back-to-back titles with different teams since Claude Lemieux (1995 New Jersey Devils, 1996 Colorado Avalanche).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nThe Hurricanes' victory ended Glen Wesley's 18-year drought without winning the Cup. He had played close to 1,500 regular season and playoff games before winning the Cup, the longest such drought in the NHL. Wesley was the last player remaining from the franchise's days as the Hartford Whalers. Other notable veterans to win their first Cup were Rod Brind'Amour, Doug Weight, Ray Whitney and Bret Hedican. Hedican was on the losing end of another final decided in a game seven, in 1994, while with the Vancouver Canucks. Mark Recchi won the second Cup of his career, having won it 15 years prior as a member of the 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins. He would later retire a Stanley Cup winner with the 2011 Boston Bruins, where he teamed up with Frantisek Kaberle's brother Tomas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nThe Hurricanes became the third former World Hockey Association franchise to win the Stanley Cup, following the Oilers and Quebec Nordiques, who won as the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 and 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nThe 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs marked the second time in a row that an Alberta-based team had made it to the finals only to lose in seven games to the Southeast Division champions, as the Calgary Flames were defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nThe Oilers were not able to complete their Cinderella run, having entered the playoffs seeded eighth, denying General Manager Kevin Lowe and Head Coach Craig MacTavish from joining Lester Patrick and Frank Boucher as the only duos to win the Stanley Cup together as players and then as a coach-managerial team, as the two were with the Oilers as players in 1987, 1988 and 1990 and the New York Rangers in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nCoincidentally, in each game of the final, the team that won the opening faceoff went on to win that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game seven\nThis was the first major-league professional championship for the state of North Carolina by a men's team (the Carolina Courage of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association won the 2002 Founders Cup), although the Hurricanes made it to the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Detroit Red Wings in 5 games; and the Carolina Panthers made it to Super Bowl XXXVIII, but lost to the New England Patriots, and Super Bowl 50, losing to the Denver Broncos. It is also, as of 2020, the only world championship by a current North Carolina team in any of the four major league sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Team rosters\nYears indicated in boldface under the \"Finals appearance\" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe 2006 Stanley Cup was presented to Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Hurricanes 3\u20131 win over the Oilers in game seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe following Hurricanes players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Players\nNine players remained from the 2002 Carolina team that lost in the finals \u2013 Craig Adams, Kevyn Adams, Rod Brind'Amour, Erik Cole, Bret Hedican, Josef Vasicek, Niclas Wallin, Glen Wesley, Aaron Ward. Jeff Daniels also played in 2002, but was an Assistant Coach in 2006. Assistant Coach Kevin McCarthy was the only remaining member of 2002 Carolina Coaching Staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving\nIncluded on team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving\nSpare players for the playoffs \u2013 left off Stanley Cup and team picture", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving\nAll nine above received a Stanley Cup, along with many other members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Television\nIn the United States, this was the first Stanley Cup Finals to be broadcast on NBC and OLN (later Versus, currently NBC Sports Network). Games one and two were on OLN, while the remainder of the series was on NBC. NBC's broadcast of game seven drew a 3.3 rating, a 21% drop from ABC's 4.2 for game seven in 2004. However, some NBC affiliates didn't air game seven live. Overall, NBC had an average rating of 2.3 for its five telecasts of the final, down 12% from ABC's 2004 average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187828-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Television\nIn Canada, the CBC's broadcast of game seven drew 4.739 million viewers. However, it included pre-game and post-game coverage. The game itself drew 5.553 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 21, 2006, following the 2005\u201306 regular season. This was the first playoffs since 2004 due to the 2004\u201305 NHL lockout that cancelled the previously scheduled season. The 16 teams that qualified, seeded one through eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the Conference Quarterfinals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe Finals concluded on June 19 with the Carolina Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup, defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the final series four games to three. Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. The Edmonton Oilers would miss the playoffs each year thereafter until 2017. This was also the last time that the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs\nWhile the 2005\u201306 season introduced a shootout to break ties after five minutes of four-on-four overtime, the Stanley Cup playoffs retained their traditional format of unlimited 20-minute periods of five-on-five sudden-death overtime to break ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe Western Conference made history in the first round when all four series were won by the lower-seeded teams (conversely, all four series in the Eastern Conference were won by the higher-seeded teams). The eighth- and lowest-seeded Oilers proceeded to win the Western Conference and participate in the Stanley Cup Finals. Four Canadian teams qualified for the playoffs this year, this total was not equaled again until 2013 and not exceeded until 2015 with five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning\nThe Ottawa Senators entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference regular season and Northeast Division champions with 113 points. Tampa Bay qualified as the eighth seed earning 92 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Ottawa won all four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning\nThe Senators defeated the Lightning in five games. The Senators used a two-man advantage in the third period of game one to gain the lead as they took the game by a score of 4\u20131. In game two the Lightning came back from a one-goal deficit by scoring two goals 55 seconds apart as they evened the series with a 4\u20133 victory. Six Ottawa skaters scored a goal in game three as the Senators won 8\u20134. Ottawa scored three times in the second-period of game four as they earned a 5\u20132 win. Martin Havlat scored the series-winning goal for the Senators at 15:02 of the second period as Ottawa closed out the series with a 3\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens\nThe Carolina Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 112 points. Montreal qualified as the seventh seed earning 93 points during the regular season. This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams with Montreal winning five of the six previous series. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference Semifinals where Carolina won in six games. Carolina won all four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 137], "content_span": [138, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens\nThe Hurricanes eliminated the Canadiens in six games. After allowing a goal in the opening minute of game one the Canadiens scored six unanswered goals taking the opening game of the series 6\u20131. Carolina pulled goaltender Martin Gerber after allowing three goals in the first period of game two and he was replaced by 22-year-old rookie backup Cam Ward. The Hurricanes were able to tie the game with 90 seconds remaining in regulation before losing in double overtime as Michael Ryder scored at 2:32, giving Montreal a 6\u20135 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 137], "content_span": [138, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens\nIn game three Eric Staal scored the game winner 3:38 into overtime as Carolina won 2\u20131. Rod Brind'Amour gave the Hurricanes the lead in game four and they hung on to win 3\u20132. Cam Ward made 30 saves and allowed just one goal against as the Hurricanes took game five 2\u20131. Hurricanes forward Cory Stillman ended the series at 1:19 of the first overtime as Carolina won game six 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 137], "content_span": [138, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) New York Rangers\nThe New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions (winning the tie-breaker with Philadelphia in total wins), earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 101 points. New York qualified for the first time since 1997 as the sixth seed earning 100 points during the regular season. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with New York winning all three previous series. They last met in the 1997 Eastern Conference Semifinals where New York won in five games. The teams split this year's eight game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) New York Rangers\nThe Devils swept the Rangers in four games. The Devils scored five times on the power play in game one winning 6\u20131, Devils forward Patrik Elias scored six points in the victory (two goals and four assists). In game two John Madden scored a hat trick for the Devils as they earned a 4\u20131 victory. Martin Brodeur earned his 21st career playoff shutout with 25 saves as the Devils won game three 3\u20130. New Jersey took the lead in the second period of game four with two power play goals and they never looked back eliminating the Rangers by a final score of 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Buffalo Sabres entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 110 points. Philadelphia qualified as the fifth seed (losing the tie-breaker with New Jersey in total wins for the Atlantic Division title) earning 101 points during the regular season. This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams with Philadelphia winning five of the seven previous series. They last met in the 2001 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Buffalo won in six games. Buffalo won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers\nThe Sabres defeated the Flyers in six games. Philadelphia goaltender Robert Esche made 55 saves in a 3\u20132 Flyers loss; Daniel Briere ended the game with a goal at 7:31 in double-overtime. Buffalo forwards Jean-Pierre Dumont and Jason Pominville each recorded hat-tricks in game two as the Sabres scored three power play goals rolling to an 8\u20132 victory. Peter Forsberg scored two second period goals in game three to break a 1\u20131 tie, the Flyers went on to win the game 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers\nIn game four R. J. Umberger put the Flyers up for good with his goal at 9:51 in the third period as Philadelphia evened the series with a 5\u20134 victory. Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller made 24 saves to earn his first career playoff shutout in game five as Buffalo won 3\u20130. In game six the Sabres jumped to a 5\u20130 lead on a goal by Maxim Afinogenov as the Flyers pulled Robert Esche from the game, Buffalo went on to a resounding 7\u20131 series-clinching victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nThe Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners, the Western Conference regular season and Central Division champions, with 124 points. Edmonton qualified as the eighth seed earning 95 points (losing the tie-breaker with Colorado in total wins) during the regular season. This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Edmonton winning both previous series. They last met in the 1988 Clarence Campbell Conference Final where Edmonton won in five games. Detroit won this year's four game regular season series earning six of eight points during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nThe eighth seeded Oilers upset the Red Wings in six games. Red Wings winger Kirk Maltby scored two goals in game one, including the winner in double overtime as Detroit won 3\u20132. The Oilers took the lead by scoring twice in 57 seconds in the second period of game two as they hung on to win 4\u20132. Jarret Stoll provided the game-winner in double overtime in game three giving the Oilers a 4\u20133 victory. The Red Wings scored three power-play goals in game four earning a 4\u20132 victory to tie the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nOilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson made 30 saves as Edmonton hung on to win game five by a score of 3\u20132. The Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit after two periods of play in game six by scoring four times in third period, Ales Hemsky broke the tie with 1:06 remaining in regulation as Edmonton ended the series with a 4\u20133 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche\nThe Dallas Stars entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 112 points. Colorado qualified as the seventh seed earning 95 points (winning the tie-breaker with Edmonton in total wins) during the regular season. This was the fourth and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with Dallas winning two of three previous series. They last met in the 2004 Western Conference Quarterfinals where Colorado won in five games. Dallas won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 130], "content_span": [131, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche\nThe Avalanche upset the Stars in five games. After trailing by two early in the first period of game one the Avalanche scored five un-answered goals and won by a score of 5\u20132. Brett Clark tied the game with a short-handed goal at 17:56 of the third period and four and a half minutes into overtime Joe Sakic scored his NHL-record seventh career playoff overtime goal to end the game in a 5\u20134 Colorado victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 130], "content_span": [131, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche\nAvalanche forward Andrew Brunette scored with 57 seconds remaining in the third period to tie game three and Alex Tanguay tallied his second goal of the game at 1:09 of the first overtime to give the Avalanche a 4\u20133 win. Dallas staved off elimination in game four as Niklas Hagman scored two goals in a 4\u20131 victory. Colorado goaltender Jose Theodore made 50 saves in game five and Andrew Brunette scored the series-clinching goal nearly fourteen minutes into overtime to give the Avalanche a 3\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 130], "content_span": [131, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Calgary Flames vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim\nThe Calgary Flames entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 103 points. Anaheim qualified as the sixth seed earning 98 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The teams split this year's four game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 137], "content_span": [138, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Calgary Flames vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim\nThe Mighty Ducks eliminated the Flames in seven games. Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff made 33 saves and Darren McCarty scored 9:45 into the first overtime as Calgary won game one 2\u20131. In game two Anaheim took a three-goal lead and hung on for a 4\u20133 victory. The Flames scored three power-play goals as they earned a 5\u20132 win in game three. Sean O'Donnell scored the overtime winner shortly after a power play expired in game four as Anaheim evened the series with a 3\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 137], "content_span": [138, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Calgary Flames vs. (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim\nFlames captain Jarome Iginla scored twice as the Calgary held off a late charge by the Mighty Ducks taking a 3\u20132 victory in game five. In game six, Mighty Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal with just over five minutes remaining in regulation time as Anaheim forced a seventh game with their 2\u20131 win. Anaheim goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves as the Mighty Ducks ended the Flames season with a shutout winning game seven 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 137], "content_span": [138, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nThe Nashville Predators entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 106 points. San Jose qualified as the fifth seed earning 99 points during the regular season. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Nashville won this year's four game regular season series earning six of eight points during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nThe Sharks eliminated the Predators in five games. All four of the Predators goals in game one came on the power play as Nashville took the opening game 4\u20133. In game two San Jose scored three first period power play goals and Vesa Toskala earned a shutout in the Sharks 3\u20130 victory. San Jose captain Patrick Marleau scored twice in game three as the Sharks won 4\u20131. Nashville attempted to make a comeback late in game four as the Sharks hung on to win 5\u20134, Patrick Marleau recorded a hat trick in the victory. San Jose continued to exploit the Predators penalty killing in game five as they scored twice on the power play and ended Nashville's season with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with Buffalo winning both previous series. They last met in the 1999 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Buffalo won in four games. Ottawa won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres\nThe Sabres eliminated the Senators in five games. Sabres forward Tim Connolly tied game one with just 10.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at six and Chris Drury ended the game just 18 seconds into overtime as Buffalo won 7\u20136. Ryan Miller faced 44 shots and allowed just one goal against as the Sabres won game two 2\u20131. Overtime was required in game three after Jason Spezza tied the game late in the third period. Jean-Pierre Dumont ended the game with a goal at 5:05 of the first overtime as the Sabres took the game 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Ottawa Senators vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres\nIn game four Wade Redden scored a power-play goal early in the third period as the Senators earned a 2\u20131 victory. Sabres rookie forward Jason Pominville became the first player in league history to score a short-handed overtime goal to end a series as he scored just 2:26 into the first overtime as Buffalo won game five 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3) New Jersey Devils\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2002 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals where Carolina won in six games. Carolina won this year's four game regular season series earning five of eight points during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 130], "content_span": [131, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3) New Jersey Devils\nThe Hurricanes defeated New Jersey in five games. Carolina scored five power-play goals in game one as they won 6\u20130. Scott Gomez gave the Devils a 2\u20131 lead with just over twenty seconds to go in the third period of game two, however just 18 seconds later Eric Staal scored the game-tying goal with just three seconds left in regulation time to send the game into overtime. Niclas Wallin tallied the game-winner 3:09 into the first overtime. In game three Carolina's Rod Brind'Amour scored the game-winner with 1:01 to play in the second period. New Jersey jumped out to a 5\u20130 lead and won game four with a final score of 5\u20131. Cory Stillman scored the series-winning goal at 14:20 of the second period as the Hurricanes held on for a 4\u20131 victory in game five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 130], "content_span": [131, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (5) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Edmonton won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (5) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nThe Oilers came back from a two-game deficit to defeat the Sharks in six games. Patrick Marleau recorded a goal and an assist during game one in a 2\u20131 San Jose victory. The Sharks won game two 2\u20131 with Joe Thornton scoring the game-winner on the power play in the second period. Sharks goaltender Vesa Toskala made 55 saves in a losing effort in game three as the Oilers won in a triple-overtime on a goal scored by Shawn Horcoff at 2:24 to give Edmonton a 3\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (5) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nEdmonton came back from an early 3\u20131 deficit in game four and scored five unanswered goals to win 6\u20133 and to even the series at two games apiece. After San Jose tied game five early the third period the Oilers scored three unanswered goals as they took another 6\u20133 victory. Dwayne Roloson posted a 24 save shutout in game six as the Oilers took the game 2\u20130 with the game-winning goal from Michael Peca to win the series four games to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Colorado won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 135], "content_span": [136, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche\nAnaheim swept the Avalanche in four games. The Mighty Ducks scored four times in the second period of game one as Anaheim won 5\u20130, rookie Ilya Bryzgalov recorded his second-straight shutout. In game two Ilya Bryzgalov equalled a rookie record previously set by Frank McCool in 1945 as he recorded his third straight playoff shutout as the Mighty Ducks won 3\u20130. In game three Dan Hinote ended Ilya Bryzgalov's shutout streak at 249:15 (the second longest in league history) when he scored late in the first period for the Avalanche. Joffrey Lupul scored four goals including the overtime winner as the Mighty Ducks won 4\u20133. Joe Sakic scored the only goal for the Avalanche in game four as Anaheim finished off the series with a 4\u20131 victory to advance to their second Conference Final appearance in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 135], "content_span": [136, 946]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Carolina most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2002, defeating Toronto in six games, while the Sabres last made it to the Conference Finals in 1999, defeating Toronto in five games. Carolina won three of the four games in this year's four game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 118], "content_span": [119, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres\nThe Hurricanes eliminated the Sabres in seven games. Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller made 29 saves in game one as Buffalo won 3\u20132. Ray Whitney scored twice in the second period of game two as the Hurricanes evened the series with a 4\u20133 victory. The Sabres scored four times in just over thirteen minutes in game three as they earned a 4\u20133 win. Martin Gerber made 22 saves in a shutout victory for the Hurricanes as they took game four by a score of 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 118], "content_span": [119, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (2) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres\nCam Ward replaced Martin Gerber early in the second period of game five as the Hurricanes came back from a two-goal deficit and won the game 4\u20133 on a power-play goal scored by Cory Stillman at 8:46 of the first overtime period. Daniel Briere forced a seventh game in this series with his game-winning goal at 4:22 of the first overtime as Buffalo won game six 2\u20131. Hurricanes forward Rod Brind'Amour capitalised on a delay of game penalty to Brian Campbell at 11:22 of the third period in game seven as Carolina advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals with a 4\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 118], "content_span": [119, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Anaheim most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2003, sweeping the Minnesota Wild in four games, while the Oilers last made it to the Conference Finals in 1992, losing to Chicago in four games. Edmonton won all four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nThe Oilers eliminated Anaheim in five games. Ales Hemsky's power-play goal at 11:35 of the second period gave the Oilers the lead as they took game one 3\u20131. Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves won again by a score of 3\u20131. Fernando Pisani scored the game-winning goal for the Oilers in game three as the two teams traded eight goals in the third period and Edmonton hung on for a 5\u20134 victory. Anaheim changed goaltenders before the start of game four as Jean-Sebastien Giguere got the start for the Mighty Ducks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0031-0001", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (6) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers\nAnaheim took a three-goal lead in the first period and never looked back winning the game 6\u20133. Dwayne Roloson made 32 saves as the Oilers ended the series with a 2\u20131 victory in game five. The Oilers became the first eighth-seeded team to reach the Finals under this playoff format (which was introduced in 1994). Anaheim changed their team nickname, uniforms and logo after the season as they became known as the Anaheim Ducks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 123], "content_span": [124, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals\nThis was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Carolina made their second Finals appearance, while Edmonton made their seventh appearance in the Finals. The Hurricanes were defeated in their last appearance in the Finals losing to Detroit in five games in 2002, the Oilers won their last appearance in the Finals defeating Boston in five games in 1990. The teams did not meet during the regular season. This series marked the first time that two former World Hockey Association teams played against each other for the Stanley Cup since they merged with the NHL in 1979. This was the first Stanley Cup Finals to be contested by two teams that had both missed the playoffs the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Skaters\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending\nThese are the top five goaltenders based on either goals against average or save percentage with at least four games played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187829-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending\nGP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187830-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Star World Championships\nThe 2006 Star World Championship was held at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, United States between September 27 and October 8, 2006. The championship was administered by the World Sailing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187831-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament\nThe 2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament was a domestic Twenty20 tournament in New Zealand. The tournament was held in Invercargill on 10-12 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187831-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament\nA prize of $30,000 was on offer for the winners of the tournament. Teams representing the six senior cricket associations of New Zealand (Auckland, Northern Districts, Wellington, Central Districts, Canterbury and Otago) took part, but owing to inclement weather only 4 of the 9 scheduled matches took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187832-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Mexico election\nA local election was held in the State of Mexico, Mexico on Sunday, March 12, 2006. About 3.5 million people (40% of the total registered electorate) went to the polls to elect, on the local level:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187832-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Mexico election\nIn addition to the eight nationally recognized political parties, the State of Mexico has, as of 2006, one locally recognized political party, the Partido Unidos por M\u00e9xico (PUM), therefore nine political parties will participate in the Mexico state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series\nThe 2006 State of Origin series was the 25th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. It was decided in three matches which drew a total attendance of 180,074. Queensland won the series 2-1, their first outright series victory since 2001 and the first in their record-breaking run of eight consecutive series wins. Prior to game one there was growing concern about the long term future of State of Origin, many commentators were beginning to wonder if Queensland would ever win another series after three consecutive New South Wales victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game I\nCraig Gower was originally picked for the New South Wales side at halfback but pulled out because of injury. Matt Orford was forced to turn down selection as cover for Gower, also because of injury. Both Andrew Johns and Trent Barrett turned down coming out of retirement to play in the fixture so eventually Brett Finch was selected to start at halfback in jersey no. 20 for New South Wales as a last-minute inclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game I\nThe Queensland selectors picked a total of seven State of Origin debutants for game I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game I\nGame I was played at Telstra Stadium, Sydney, and won by New South Wales 17-16, following a late field goal by NSW late-choice halfback, Brett Finch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game II\nFor Queensland, Origin debutant Adam Mogg replaced the injured Greg Inglis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game II\nIn game II, Queensland levelled the series at home at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, with a commanding 30-6 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game III\nJustin Hodges was ruled out of the Queensland side for game III after he re-tore his hamstring and was replaced by Josh Hannay. Steven Bell was also ruled out after he sustained a fractured cheekbone in game II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game III\nAfter the heavy loss in game II the New South Wales selectors made five changes, bringing in Matt Cooper, Paul Gallen, Craig Gower, Luke O'Donnell and Ben Hornby as well as moving Matt King into the centres, Mark Gasnier to five-eighth and Luke Bailey into the starting side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187833-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 State of Origin series, Game III\nGame III was held at Telstra Dome, Melbourne, and was the first decider played at a neutral venue. Some controversial video referring decisions in the first ten minutes of the second half saw Queensland trailing 14-4 with ten minutes remaining. Queensland, however, scored two converted tries in the space of five minutes \u2013 first Brent Tate's long-range try after a line break from Thurston and then Lockyer intercepting a Hodgson pass inside New South Wales' own half \u2013 to take the match and series, winning 16-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address\nThe 2006 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 109th United States Congress. It was Bush's fifth State of the Union Address and his sixth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Dennis Hastert, accompanied by Dick Cheney, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address\nThe address outlined the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year and referenced the budget deficit, health care reform, the War on Terror, the Occupation of Iraq, Iran's nuclear program, the rising price of gasoline and the transfer to independent sources of alternative energy, illegal immigration, Hurricane Katrina and the federal response to natural disasters, Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak, the Abramoff scandal and corruption within the government, the NSA spying controversy, the successful nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, and the Administration's proposed ban on same-sex marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address\nNewly elected Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine gave the Democratic response in English and Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa did so in Spanish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Introduction\nPresident Bush began his State of the Union Address for the year by reflecting on the memory of Coretta Scott King, who died earlier that day, and Martin Luther King Jr., \"the husband who was taken so long ago\". Bush then paralleled \"moments of national mourning,\" an indirect reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks with \"national achievement.\" When discussing the American political system, Bush used anaphora, repeating \"two\" at the beginning of each clause, \"two parties, two chambers, and two elected branches.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Introduction\nBush shifted his tense from the past to the future while emphasizing the need for civility and bipartisanship among legislators during debate. Echoing his 2005 State of the Union address, he stated \"Tonight the state of our Union is strong \u2013 and together we will make it stronger.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Terrorism and isolationism\nHe again used anaphora by repeating \"We will choose,\" paralleling \"pursuing the enemies of freedom,\" applicable to both the Axis of Evil and terrorists in general, with \"Retreating \"from our duties in the hope of an easier life,\" a direct attack on Criticism of the Iraq War, which particularly calls for withdrawal. He paralleled choosing \"to build our prosperity by leading the world economy\" with the alternative \"shut[ting] ourselves off from trade and opportunity,\" a warning against protectionism and isolationism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Terrorism and isolationism\nThe President cited a foiled terror plot in Los Angeles, where terrorists supposedly planned to hijack a plane and fly it into the Liberty Tower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Democracy versus tyranny\nBush stated that America's involvement in Afghanistan is a necessity, part of an overall historical goal of trying to end tyranny worldwide, because \"problems originating in a failed and oppressive state seven thousand miles away\" orchestrated the September 11th attacks and continue to \"shelter terrorists, feed resentment and radicalism, and seek weapons of mass destruction\" whereas Democracies give hope and \"respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Democracy versus tyranny\nThe president pointed out that there are 98 more Democratic countries in 2006 than there were in 1945, in addition to Women's suffrage in Afghanistan, the Purple Revolution in Iraq, and political discourse in Lebanon and Egypt, as evidence that Democracy, freedom, and self-governance have grown throughout the world. Although many social and political analysts would agree that more people live in free and fair societies than at the end of World War II, all of the examples Bush provided lay in the Middle East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Democracy versus tyranny\nHe went on to say that the \"demands of justice, and the peace of this world, require... freedom\" for the citizens of nations in the Axis of Evil; Syria, Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Radical Islam\nShifting away from the comparison of democracy and dictatorship during the Cold War and post-9/11 America, Bush outlined the major opposition to freedom as radical Islam, which he defines as \"the perversion by a few of a noble faith into an ideology of terror and death.\" See also: Religion of Peace", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Radical Islam\nHe stressed that \"bin Laden [is] serious about mass murder\" and wants to \"impose... totalitarian control throughout the Middle East, and arm [al Qaeda] with weapons of mass murder. Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven... When they murder children at a school in Beslan, or blow up commuters in London, or behead a bound captive, the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Radical Islam\nHe indirectly referenced the Beatitudes by saying the terrorists hope that breaking the will of the U.S. will allow \"the violent to inherit the Earth.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Retreat from evil\nIn a verbal attack on \"isolationist\" and \"appeasing\" sentiments, Bush condemned \"the false comfort of isolationism\" for sending the \"signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals, or even in our own courage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187834-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 State of the Union Address, Energy\nBush stated that America is addicted to oil often originating from unstable parts of the world. He announced increased funding in clean-energy research: renewable energy, for instance biofuels and nuclear energy. He also stated the goal of 75% oil import replacement by 2025 based on new technologies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187835-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships\nThe 2006 Stella Artois Championships, also known as the Queen's Club Championships, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It was the 104th edition of the event and was held on outdoor grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 12 June until 18 June 2006. Lleyton Hewitt won the singles title, his fourth win at the event after 2000, 2001 and 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187835-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles\nPaul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett defeated Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Max Mirnyi, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187836-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187836-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20138], against Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187837-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to James Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187837-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Singles\nLleyton Hewitt won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134 against Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187837-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Stella Artois Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187838-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stevenage Borough Council election\nElections to Stevenage Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2002. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187839-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards\nThe 29th and final Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 2007 to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2006. Zoom received the most nominations with ten. Dishonourable mentions are also featured for Worst Picture (39 total). A few months after the results were released, the Stinkers released their expanded 1981 ballot before shutting down for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187840-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stock Car Brasil season\nThe 2006 Copa Nextel Stock Car was the 28th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on April 9 at the Interlagos and ended on December 10 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187840-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stock Car Brasil season, Race calendar and results\nAll races were held in Brazil, excepting the round at Aut\u00f3dromo Juan y Oscar G\u00e1lvez, which held in Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187841-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stockholm municipal election\nThe 2006 Stockholm municipal election was held on 17 September 2006, concurrently with the 2006 Swedish general election. The election determined how many seats each party would be allocated on the 101-member Stockholm city council (Stockholms kommunfullm\u00e4ktige) thorough a system of proportional representation. A total of 490,869 votes were cast in this election, for a total voter turnout of 79.1%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187842-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The Liberal Democrats held overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187843-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election\nThe 2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187843-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Campaigns\n19 seats were due to be contested in the election but in Wellesbourne, independent Roger Wright did not face any opposition meaning that only 18 seats saw contests take place. Both the Conservatives, who were defending 11 seats, and the Liberal Democrats, who were defending 7, were hoping to make gains in the election, while the Labour party only put up 4 candidates in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187843-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Campaigns\nThe Conservatives campaigned on pledges to take action over traffic congestion and to keep council tax levels low. However the Liberal Democrats said that big improvements in services were needed and that improving basic services should be put before any ambitious plans for the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187843-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw no seats change hands with the Conservatives remaining in control of the council as a result. Overall turnout in the election was 41.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187844-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stroud District Council election\nThe 2006 Stroud Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187844-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stroud District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservative Party increase their majority on the council after gaining 2 seats. The Conservatives gained a seat in Cainscross from the Labour Party and Wotton-under-Edge from the Liberal Democrats, while holding the other 11 seats they had been defending. Meanwhile, the Greens gained Over Stroud from the Labour Party and came within 70 votes of taking Nailsworth from the Conservatives. This meant the Greens had 5 seats after the election, the same number as the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout in the election was 42.16%, a little above the national average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187845-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Stuart by-election\nA by-election for the seat of Stuart in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 23 September 2006. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor member Peter Toyne, the Minister for Health, on 29 August 2006 due to ill health. The seat had been held by the Labor Party since 1983, with Toyne as the member since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187845-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Stuart by-election\nThe Labor Party selected indigenous policy adviser Karl Hampton as its candidate. The opposition Country Liberal Party endorsed two candidates, while three independents also contested, including the CLP's 2005 candidate Anna Machado. Hampton easily won the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187845-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Stuart by-election, Results\n\u00a7 The combined CLP vote was 20.3%, a decrease of 8.4% from the 2005 result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500\nThe 2006 Subway 500 was the 32nd stock car race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the sixth in the ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 22, 2006, before a crowd of 65,000, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races. Jimmie Johnson won the 500\u2011lap race starting from the ninth position; Denny Hamlin finished second, and Bobby Labonte was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500\nKurt Busch won the pole position with the fastest time in qualifying. He was immediately passed by Jeff Gordon at the start of the race. Gordon held the lead for 143 laps, until Johnson took the lead for one lap. Gordon regained the lead on the next lap, only to lose it to Johnson again on the 153rd lap. Labonte moved into the lead on lap 406 and held it with 55 laps remaining when he was passed by Johnson. At the race's final restart on lap 495, Hamlin challenged Johnson for the lead, but the latter held off Hamlin's passing maneuver and won the race. There were 18 cautions and 16 lead changes by five different drivers during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500\nIt was Johnson's fifth win of the 2006 season and the 23rd of his career. The result advanced him to third in the Drivers' Championship, 41 points behind Matt Kenseth (who took over the championship lead when Jeff Burton retired during the race; this caused Burton to fall to fifth in the championship, one point behind Hamlin). Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 53 points ahead of Dodge, and 61 ahead of Ford with four races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nThe Subway 500 was the 32nd of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the sixth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. On October 22, 2006, it was held at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, a short track that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn, 0.526-mile (0.847\u00a0km) oval. Its turns are banked at eleven degrees, and neither the front stretch (the location of the finish line) nor the backstretch is banked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nBefore the race, Jeff Burton led the Drivers' Championship with 5,763 points, with Matt Kenseth second and Kevin Harvick third. Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were fourth and fifth, and Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top ten drivers competing for the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with 237 points; Dodge was second with 179, followed by Ford with 173. Gordon was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nAfter falling from seventh to tenth in the Drivers' Championship at the previous race (at Charlotte Motor Speedway), Gordon said he would try and win races to return to contention for the championship. Jeff Burton called the Subway 500 \"another volatile race in the Chase\" and thought it would significantly impact the chase contenders. Although Kenseth felt the race would be the toughest for his team, he believed a good finish would put him in a better position for the championship because of his good results at the tracks following the Martinsville race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nAfter a good finish at Charlotte, Earnhardt felt he was in \"good shape\": \"Jeff has been at this a long time, but I don't look at him as indestructible. If he has a mistake or even a couple of bad runs, it will completely shake up the points.\" After winning the Busch Series championship, Harvick focused on the Nextel Cup championship: \"We're excited about it, proud of what we've done this year, and, hopefully, we can do what we need to do on the Cup side in the next five weeks. I have never had a season like this.\" Hamlin thought he would perform well at Martinsville, where he felt comfortable. He and his team did not rule themselves out of contention for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nIn preparation for the race, NASCAR held the last of its test days for Nextel Cup entrants on October 16\u201318 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Sessions began at 1:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), paused from 5:00 to 6:00\u00a0p.m., and concluded at 9:00\u00a0p.m. Fifty-eight cars, a mix of Cars of Tomorrow and 2006 cars, participated in the October 16 afternoon session. Reed Sorenson was quickest with a speed of 171.652 miles per hour (276.247\u00a0km/h), and Casey Mears had the highest speed of 173.077 miles per hour (278.540\u00a0km/h) in the evening session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nDuring the third session (with 75 cars), Kyle Busch had the fastest speed of 175.382 miles per hour (282.250\u00a0km/h); Gordon had the highest speed of the three days, at 175.553 miles per hour (282.525\u00a0km/h) in the fourth session. During the fifth session, on the afternoon of October 18, 23 cars were tested. Scott Wimmer had the highest speed of 172.364 miles per hour (277.393\u00a0km/h), and Jeff Green had the highest speed of 174.639 miles per hour (281.054\u00a0km/h) in the evening session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nThere were 50 cars represented by 3 different manufacturers entered for the race from a total of 29 teams. One team substituted for its regular driver. Morgan-McClure Motorsports driver Todd Bodine decided to concentrate on the Craftsman Truck Series title and was replaced by Ward Burton, the 2002 Daytona 500 champion. Burton, who had not raced since 2004, went to Motor Mile Speedway to reacquaint himself with NASCAR. According to crew chief Chris Carrier, Burton expressed a large amount of interest in driving at Martinsville: \"He's a Virginia driver and we're a Virginia team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Background\nThat makes for a great combination at Martinsville.\" On October 18, Roush Racing announced that Craftsman Truck Series driver David Ragan would drive the No. 06 car in four of the season's five remaining races beginning with the Subway 500. Ragan said the experience would help him prepare for his full-time d\u00e9but in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Practice and qualification\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 60 minutes, and the third 45 minutes. In the first practice session, Gordon was fastest with a time of 19.478 seconds; Ryan Newman was second and Hamlin third. Johnson took fourth position, and Dave Blaney placed fifth. Kurt Busch, Sterling Marlin, Green, Sorenson, and Kahne rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Martin switched to a back-up car after he crashed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Practice and qualification\nFifty cars entered qualifying on Friday afternoon, due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, only forty-three could race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Kurt Busch clinched his sixth pole position of the season, the ninth of his career and his first at Martinsville, with a time of 19.408 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Gordon, who was 0.038 seconds slower and had the pole position until Kurt Busch's lap. Hamlin qualified third, Newman fourth, and Tony Stewart fifth. Blaney was sixth, with Earnhardt and Green seventh and eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Practice and qualification\nJohnson, a Chase for the Nextel Cup driver, qualified ninth, and Ken Schrader rounded out the top ten qualifiers. Harvick, another driver in the Chase, set the twelfth-fastest time. The seven drivers who failed to qualify were Mike Bliss, Hermie Sadler, Chad Chaffin, Morgan Shepherd, Ted Christopher, Derrike Cope, and Stanton Barrett. After the qualifier, Kurt Busch said, \"It was a great lap, unexpected for me, but this team has always qualified well at this track, Martinsville is the kind of track that you either love or hate, and I've learned to do both. It's a tough, challenging short track.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Practice and qualification\nOn Saturday morning, Marlin was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.668 seconds. Positions two through ten were occupied by Kahne, Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Mears, Johnson, Hamlin, Brian Vickers, Greg Biffle, and Jeff Burton. Of the other drivers in the Chase, Kyle Busch was 13th-fastest and Martin 19th. During the second practice session, Scott Riggs had an engine failure in the session's opening minutes and changed engines. Later that day, Johnson led the final practice session with a 19.722 lap; Harvick, Biffle, Marlin, David Stremme, Hamlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Practice and qualification\nEarnhardt, Kyle Busch, Gordon, and Mears were in positions two to ten. Other Chase drivers included Jeff Burton in 17th and Kahne in 17th; all were within one-tenth of a second of Johnson's time. The session was suspended when Kenny Wallace's engine blew up since the track then needed to be checked and cleaned, and Wallace changed engines. Jarrett spun out with a brake problem, but since he made only minor contact with the wall, he did not have to switch to a back-up car. After a similar collision, Michael Waltrip also did not have to switch cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nLive television coverage of the race began at 12:32\u00a0p.m. EDT in the United States on NBC. Rain showers were forecast for the day of the race, and at the start, weather conditions were overcast, and some rain had already fallen. The air temperature was around 48\u00a0\u00b0F (9\u00a0\u00b0C). Cleaning trucks cleared the track before the start. Eldrid Davis of Raceway Ministries began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation, the Martinsville High School marching band performed the national anthem, and Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Riggs and Wallace moved to the rear of the grid because they had changed their engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nThe race began at 1:00\u00a0p.m. Gordon accelerated faster than Kurt Busch off the line and was ahead of him by the second turn. The first caution was given three laps later when Kyle Petty spun in turn four, and Martin Truex Jr. made contact with the rear of the slowing Sorenson's car. Jeff Burton had front-end damage to his vehicle when he contacted the rear of Joe Nemechek's car, who hit Marlin. At the lap 11 restart, Gordon maintained his lead over Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin. Seven laps later, Hamlin passed Kurt Busch for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nEarnhardt passed Kurt Busch for fourth place on the 44th lap. On lap 45, he reported that one of his engine's cylinders was misfiring and was worse coming out of the turns. Five laps later, Gordon had a 1.8\u2011second lead over Hamlin, which grew to 2.4 seconds on lap 60; Earnhardt had moved into second on lap 58. On lap 65, a collision between Mears and Newman in turn two prompted the second caution; although Mears was spun around, he was able to continue. During the caution, all the leaders made pit stops for fuel and tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0012-0002", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nJeff Burton's pit crew repaired his loose hood with tape on the right front. Biffle left the track on lap 67 with brake problems. Newman was sent to the rear of the longest line by NASCAR two laps later for his role in the incident with Mears, and Gordon maintained the top position at the lap-73 restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nSix laps later, Earnhardt passed Raines for second position, and Gordon led Earnhardt by 1 7 seconds by lap 80. Raines was passed by Stewart for third by lap 83, and Johnson took third place from Stewart six laps later. J.J. Yeley drove to pit road on the 94th lap with a flat left-rear tire. On lap 106, Burton (whose car was hot because of the tape on his hood) made contact with Gordon and escaped with minor damage after a three-lap battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\n24 laps later, Johnson passed Earnhardt for second place, and on lap 145, he passed Gordon for the lead. One lap later, Gordon reclaimed first place, and built a quarter-second lead by lap 150. Johnson moved back into the lead on lap 153. Two laps later, Stremme spun sideways in turn four following contact with McMurray, prompting the third caution, and all the leaders made pit stops. Johnson remained the leader at the lap-162 restart, ahead of Gordon and Stewart. After the caution ended, Burton switched to a second ignition after feeling he had a problem with his engine. 42 laps later, Waltrip's turn-four spin prompted the fourth caution; he was able to continue. During the caution, the leaders again made pit stops. Johnson, who had minor air-pressure adjustments because of sunlight exposure at his pit stop, maintained his lead at the lap 210 restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nJeff Burton drove to his garage on lap 218 when a carburetor problem caused him to run slower than his rivals; Earnhardt, and Stewart avoided a wreck on that lap. Four laps later, the fifth caution came out when David Gilliland made contact with Ward Burton in turn two; although Burton spun, he avoided hitting the wall. Johnson maintained his lead at the lap-228 restart. The sixth caution was given on lap 231 when Sorenson spun after colliding with Riggs, causing Mike Skinner to strike the left front quarter of Harvick's car and Travis Kvapil to spin sideways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nBiffle sustained damage to his car's nose, and turn three was temporarily blocked. Harvick, Kahne, Vickers, and Biffle went to pit road for repairs, while the leaders remained on the track. Johnson led on the lap-239 restart. Four laps later, Kvapil made heavy contact with the wall after being bumped, and Tony Raines' car had a cut tire from contact with Ragan, prompting the seventh caution. Most of the leaders, including Johnson, again made pit stops. On lap 244, it was announced that Jeff Burton had retired from the race. Gordon became the leader at the lap 249 restart, ahead of Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch, and Nemechek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nHamlin passed Gordon for the lead on lap 256. Twenty-four laps later, Bowyer made contact with Kenseth, spinning him in turn four (although he kept his car off the wall) and prompting the race's eighth caution. During the caution, most of the leaders (including Hamlin) made pit stops. Kyle and Kurt Busch's pit crews made track-bar adjustments to their cars. Hamlin had tape added to the front of his car to fix a handling problem, and Sadler narrowly avoided a collision with Kahne. Johnson regained the lead after the pit stops, maintaining it at the lap-287 restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nThirteen laps later, Kurt Busch passed Earnhardt for second place, and Gordon moved back up to fifth by lap 318. On lap 333, the ninth caution was given. Schrader and Ragan made contact into turn one, causing Schrader to hit the outside wall, and both of them hit Jarrett. Schrader retired from the race because of the collision; Ragan and Jarrett continued. The leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops during the caution. Kurt Busch gained the lead after the pit stops, maintaining it at the lap-341 restart. Five laps later, Raines made contact with Skinner, forcing him to collide with the inside wall and prompting the tenth caution. With severe damage to his car's rear end quarter, Skinner stopped after the start-finish line. Kurt Busch maintained his lead at the lap-353 restart, ahead of Johnson and Earnhardt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nJohnson moved into the lead on the same lap after passing Kurt Busch, who dropped two more places over the next two laps. On lap 356, Ragan spun in the second turn after contact with Elliott Sadler, while having Stewart on the inside and Ward Burton on the outside, prompting the 11th caution; none of the leaders made pit stops. Johnson led at the lap-362 restart, ahead of Earnhardt and Hamlin. The 21st caution came out two laps later when Kurt Busch tried to pass Riggs, and the drivers made contact exiting turn four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nKurt Busch was spun while crossing the start-finish line and hit the inside wall, requiring a pit stop for repairs. Johnson maintained his lead at the lap-372 restart and was followed by Earnhardt, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, and Gordon (who made a pit stop for an air-pressure adjustment during the caution). Hamlin passed Earnhardt for second place eight laps later, and held off the latter on lap 381. The 13th caution was prompted on lap 400 when Bobby Labonte made contact with the rear of Jamie McMurray's car in turn two, sending him spinning sideways but avoiding the wall. Most of the leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops. Johnson adjusted his air pressure, and Hamlin's pit crew removed a front fender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nLabonte led on the lap-407 restart, followed by Mears and Gordon. Elliott Sadler went to his garage with motor problems on lap 411. By lap 438, Johnson had moved into second position. Seven laps later, he passed Labonte, for the lead, and Hamlin passed Gordon for fourth a lap later. Lap 448 saw the 14th caution; Ragan spun sideways at on the inside at turn four, and Kyle Busch collided with the outside wall to avoid him, sustaining minor damage to his car's right side. On that lap, Kyle Busch entered pit road for repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nThe race restarted on lap 454, with Johnson leading Labonte and Hamlin. On the 460th lap, Gilliand caused Mears to spin sideways coming out of turn four, prompting the 15th caution; Johnson maintained his lead at the restart on lap 468. On lap 469, Bowyer triggered the 16th caution after spinning sideways at turn three. Four laps later, Martin drove to pit road for engine troubleshooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nThe race restarted on lap 477, when a seventeenth caution was issued because Earnhardt made contact with Kahne after trying to pass him on the inside at turn three and spun. Martin again went to pit road because of water problems, and Johnson maintained the lead at the restart on lap 483. On lap 485, Hamlin passed Labonte for second place. Five laps later, Wallace spun coming out of turn two after being hit by McMurray, prompting the race's final caution; he was able to continue. Johnson remained the leader at the lap-495 restart, with Hamlin close behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nHamlin bumped Johnson coming out of turn two, causing Johnson to move to the outside lane, and went to the inside lane to draw alongside him on the backstretch. They remained side by side for one lap when Johnson drew ahead of Hamlin at turn four. He pulled away, holding the lead for the remaining six laps to win the race. Hamlin finished second, ahead of Labonte in third, Stewart in fourth and Gordon in fifth. Mears, Kahne, Green, Harvick, and Petty rounded out the top ten finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0018-0002", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race\nThe race had a total of 18 cautions and 16 lead changes by five drivers. Johnson led seven times for a total of 245 laps, more than any other competitor. The win was the 23rd of Johnson's Cup Career and the last of five victories he posted in the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nJohnson appeared in Victory Lane after his victory lap to celebrate his fifth win of the season in front of the crowd; the win earned him $191,886. He was pleased with the result, saying he was happy to have taken the victory: \"We've been running up front the last three of four races and haven't been able to close the deal. Today we did.\" Hamlin was disappointed with his finish as he felt he had a faster car after the race's final restart and admitted Johnson would not be beaten: \"It was my only shot to get around him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nI wasn't going to get under him completely. There was no way possible. I was doing the best I could to win the race.\" He later admitted he made contact with Johnson and that it was on purpose. Labonte said about his third-place finish, \"I feel like I stole something.\" Jeff Burton was philosophical about his retirement from the race: \"These things happen. Everybody has had an issue in this Chase, and we had ours today. This thing is not over for us by any means.\" Kenseth, who finished eleventh, was optimistic about his chances of winning the Drivers' Championship: \"It's great to be the leader, but we've got to start running good, It's still pretty wide open. It's going to be pretty exciting, I think, coming down to the last race.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nEarnhardt admitted he was to blame for the collision with Kahne on lap 476. He said he was anxious to pass him and was underneath him when he made the maneuver, but his rear brakes locked, which caused him to spin. Kahne thought Earnhardt was driving too hard in turn three: \"I guess I need to get somebody on [the radio] to preach to me to have more patience because I definitely can't take control of myself.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nAfter retiring from the race, Schrader said of his collision with Ragan, \"I moved him earlier because you can't run like that two laps down. Got back around him and he paid me back for moving him, but he was two laps down.\" Ragan denied intentionally wrecking Schrader, saying he over-drove his car going into the first corner and his brakes locked. Stewart saw Ragan's lap-447 spin (which caused Kyle Busch to collide with the wall) and believed NASCAR should have disqualified Ragan from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nAccording to Mears, who was involved in an incident with Newman on the 64th lap, \"[Newman] was kind of holding everyone up. When I got up to him, he tried to park me in the center of the corner. [ He] just got on the brakes and I got into the back of him. Got him a little loose. He didn't wreck, but he came around the next lap and wrecked me.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nAlthough Mears was also angry about the incident with Gilliland 396 laps later, he praised his car's handling and said it was the first time a car had worked in his favor. Three days after the race, NASCAR announced that Waltrip-Jasper Racing crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr. was fined $5,000 for violating four NASCAR rules. The fines were for \"actions detrimental to stock car racing\" car, car parts, components and/or equipment used in the race that was not compliant to NASCAR rules, and entering the car-servicing area without a fire-resistant uniform or helmet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187846-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway 500, Race, Post-race comments\nThe result left Kenseth leading the Drivers' Championship with 5,848 points, ahead of Harvick with 5,812. Johnson moved into third with 5,807, six points ahead of Hamlin. After the race, Jeff Burton, who fell to fifth, was still upbeat about his championship chances: \"We have as good a shot as anybody. We've run well enough to win the championship; we just got to put the next four races together.\" Earnhardt, Martin, Kahne, Gordon, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top ten. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the lead with 246 points. Dodge remained in second with 185, eight points ahead of Ford. The race took 3\u00a0hours and 44\u00a0minutes to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.544\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187847-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway Fresh 500\nThe 2006 Subway Fresh 500, the eighth race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, was held at Phoenix International Raceway on April 22, 2006. Kyle Busch won the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187847-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Subway Fresh 500, Race results\nFailed to qualify: Chad Chaffin (#34), Mike Garvey (#51), Chad Blount (#92), Kevin Lepage (#61), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Steve Portenga (#52)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl\nThe 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl was played on January 2, 2006, as part of the Bowl Championship Series. This 72nd edition of the Sugar Bowl featured the West Virginia Mountaineers, champions of the Big East, and the Southeastern Conference Champion Georgia Bulldogs. West Virginia's upset victory bolstered the Big East's profile in the wake of losing three members to the ACC, and likely preserved the conference's automatic inclusion in the BCS. The game was played in Atlanta, Georgia, as its traditional site, the Louisiana Superdome, was unfit for use in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl\nThe freshmen-led West Virginia team stunned Georgia\u2014playing in what amounted to a home game in the Georgia Dome\u2014by opening a 21\u20130 lead by the end of the first quarter. While West Virginia pushed the lead to 28\u20130 a minute into the second quarter, Georgia rallied to close the gap to 31\u201321 at halftime, behind quarterback D.J. Shockley. The 52 first-half points were a record for a single half in a BCS game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl\nIn the third quarter, Georgia cut the lead to 31\u201328 following a 68-yard scoring drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl\nFreshman quarterback Pat White led West Virginia on a 9-play, 95-yard drive to extend its lead to 38\u201328 with 8:32 remaining in the game. Georgia responded with a 90-yard drive of its own to cut the lead to 38\u201335 with 5:13 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl\nWith 1:26 remaining in the game and facing a 4th-and-6 near midfield, West Virginia's Phil Brady ran for 10 yards on a fake punt to seal the win. West Virginia's freshman running back Steve Slaton was named the game's MVP, having rushed for a Sugar Bowl-record 204 yards and 3 touchdowns, including two separate scores of 52-yards each. Fellow freshman Darius Reynaud, a wide receiver, scored the Mountaineers' other two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nWest Virginia capped off an 11\u20131 season ranked #5 in the nation, while Georgia fell to 10\u20133. The win was the first of four bowl victories for West Virginia QB Pat White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nESPN ranked the 2006 Sugar Bowl #6 on its list of the best major bowl games of the BCS era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187848-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Sugar Bowl, Aftermath\nThis was the last Sugar Bowl to host the actual SEC champion until the 2014 season when Alabama played in the national semifinal game. The SEC champion would play in the BCS National Championship Game each of the eight years following the 2006 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games\nThe 2006 Sukma Games, officially known as the 11th Sukma Games was a Malaysian multi-sport event held in Kedah from 28 May to 4 June 2006. Negeri Sembilan weightlifter Zulkifli Che Rose and Negeri Sembilan swimmer Lew Yih Wey were announced as Best Sportsman and Best Sportswoman of the event respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Development and preparation\nThe 11th Sukma Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 2006 Sukma Games used a mix of new and existing venues. Most venues were existing public-sporting facilities, while others were newly constructed venues. Some retrofitting work were done in venues which are more than a decade old. They will be revert to public use after the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nAt the centrepiece of the activities was the upgraded 40,000-seat Darul Aman Stadium which hosts most of the events. A games village was not built, instead athletes and officials were housed in Universities throughout Kedah. Besides being physically near to the sport venues, it was hoped that it will add vibe to the city and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Development and preparation, Venues\nThe 11th Sukma Games had 24 venues for the games. 12 in Kota Setar, 4 each in Kuala Muda and Kubang Pasu respectively and 1 each in Langkawi, Padang Terap and Pendang respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Marketing, Logo\nThe logo of the 2006 Sukma Games is an image of a human in movement which represents the activeness and fitness of the athletes participating at the games. The colour Yellow and green represents the games host state, Kedah, the colour red represents the fighting spirit of the athletes and colour blue represents the greatness and sincerity of the athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Marketing, Mascot\nThe mascot of the 2006 Sukma Games is a nameless Eagle. It is said that the eagle is the state bird of Kedah and one of the prevalent species in Kedah especially in Langkawi where an eagle sculpture was erected in the Eagle Square (Dataran Helang) to symbolise the island. The adoption of eagle as the games' mascot is to represent the fighting spirit of the athletes participating at the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Marketing, Motto\nThe official motto of the games is \"Sukan Cemerlang Negara Terbilang\" which means Excellence in sports, Glorify the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187849-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Sukma Games, Broadcasting\nRadio Televisyen Malaysia was responsible for live streaming of several events, opening and closing ceremony of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187850-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup\nThe 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 15th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe 2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup was the 34th edition of the Sultan Qaboos Cup (Arabic: \u0643\u0623\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u0627\u0628\u0648\u0633\u200e), the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe competition began on 19 August 2006 with the Group Stage and concluded on 20 November 2006. Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. were the defending champions, having won their fourth title in 2005. On Monday 20 November 2006, Dhofar S.C.S.C. were crowned the champions of the 2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup when they defeated Sur SC 2-1, hence winning the title for the seventh time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Teams\nThis year the tournament had 31 teams. The winners qualified for the 2007 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Group stage, Group Stage Results\nThe first match played was between Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. and Khasab SC on 19 August 2006. 16 teams advanced to the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Round of 16\n16 teams played a knockout tie. 8 ties were played over one leg. The first match was played between Oman Club and Sur SC on 21 September 2006. 8 teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Quarterfinals\n8 teams played a knockout tie. 4 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Sur SC and Al-Nahda Club on 28 September 2006. Sur SC, Al-Seeb Club, Dhofar S.C.S.C. and Bahla Club qualified for the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187851-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Semifinals\n4 teams played a knockout tie. 2 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Sur SC and Al-Seeb Club on 16 October 2006. Sur SC and Dhofar S.C.S.C. qualified for the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187852-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan of Selangor Cup\nThe 2006 Sultan of Selangor Cup was played on 10 May 2006, at Singapore National Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. This match marks the second time the competition is played in Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187852-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sultan of Selangor Cup, Veterans\nA match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187853-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2006 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 3\u20137, 2006. The tournament took place in Murfreesboro, TN at the Murphy Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. The Semifinals were televised on ESPN Plus with the Championship game being televised on ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187854-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Belt Conference football season\nThe 2006 Sun Belt Conference football season was an NCAA football season that was played from August 28, 2008, to January 6, 2009. The Sun Belt Conference consisted of 8 football members: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, and Troy. Troy and MTSU split the Sun Belt Championship, with Troy playing in the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Rice. Middle Tennessee would play in the Motor City Bowl where they lost to Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187855-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Bowl\nThe 2006 Brut Sun Bowl featured the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-10 and the Missouri Tigers of the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187855-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Bowl\nRunning back Tony Temple started the scoring for Missouri as he took a handoff and ran 7 yards for a touchdown, to give Missouri an early 7\u20130 lead. Quarterback Matt Moore threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Sammie Stroughter to tie the game at 7. Matt Moore later ran for a 1-yard touchdown to increase the lead to 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187855-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Bowl\nMissouri placekicker Jeff Wolfert kicked a 30-yard field goal to cut the lead to 14\u201310. Quarterback Chase Daniel threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Danario Alexander, to give the lead to Missouri, 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187855-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Bowl\nIn the third quarter, Matt Moore found all Pac-10 tight end Joe Newton for an 11-yard touchdown pass and a 21\u201317 Oregon State lead. Tight end Chase Coffman took a handoff, but then threw to a streaking Tommy Saunders for a 29-yard touchdown to give Missouri a 24\u201321 lead. Tony Temple later broke free on a 65-yard touchdown run to stretch the lead to 31\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187855-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sun Bowl\nOregon State kicker Alexis Serna drilled a 29-yard field goal to cut the lead to 31\u201324. With 12:08 left in the game, Chase Daniel found Chase Coffman in the end zone for an 18-yard touchdown, stretching the lead to 38\u201324. With 6:02 left in the game, Matt Moore threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to running back Yvenson Bernard, to trim the lead to 38\u201331. Moore later fired a 14-yard touchdown pass to Joe Newton with only 23 seconds left to make it 38\u201337. Yvenson Bernard plowed ahead on the two-point conversion attempt, and Oregon State won 39\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187856-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sundance Film Festival\nThe 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held in Utah from January 19, to January 29, 2006. It was held in Park City, with screenings in Salt Lake City; Ogden; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival, and the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Sundance Institute. The opening night film was Friends with Money; the closing night film was Alpha Dog.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187856-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sundance Film Festival, Award winners\nThe official announcement of the winners can be found .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187856-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sundance Film Festival, Juries\nThe juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187857-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunderland City Council election\nThe 2006 Sunderland Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187857-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunderland City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the council was composed of 60 Labour, 12 Conservative, 2 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent councillors. In the period since the previous local elections in May 2004, there had been two by-elections, in Barnes Ward and Millfield Ward (with seats held by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats respectively), and Doxford councillor Mike Tansey had left the Labour Party to sit as an Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187857-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunderland City Council election, Campaign\nIn total 99 candidates stood in the election for the 25 seats that were being contested, with the Labour Party, Conservative Party and British National Party contesting every seat. Other candidates included 22 from the Liberal Democrats and 1 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. The council was safe for Labour, but the Conservatives were hoping to make gains in the wards of Doxford, St Peters, Washington East and Washington South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187857-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunderland City Council election, Campaign\nSunderland was one of 4 local councils which had early polling stations available so voters could vote up to 2 weeks before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187857-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunderland City Council election, Election results\nThe results saw Labour keep a strong majority on the council after finishing just one seat down with 59 councillors. The Labour leader of the council, Robert Symonds, was among those to hold his seat in Castle ward, but the party did lose 2 seats including St Peters to the Conservatives. The other Labour loss was to the Liberal Democrats in Millfield, but Labour also gained Washington South from the Liberal Democrats. This meant the Conservatives had 13 seats, the Liberal Democrats 2 and 1 independent. Meanwhile, the British National Party failed to win any seats, but did win almost 15% of the vote. Overall turnout was 32.2%, with 1,436 voters having used the early voting scheme, while 30,304 people used postal voting, which was 67.54% of those registered to vote by post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187857-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunderland City Council election, Election results\nFollowing the election the leader of the Conservative group, Peter Wood, was challenged for the leadership by Lee Martin, but held on by one vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187858-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open\n2006 Sunfeast Open was the second edition of the WTA tennis tournament held in Kolkata, West Bengal, India from 18 to 24 September 2006 for women's professional tennis. It was a Tier III event with the prize money of US$175,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187858-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open, Finals, Doubles\nLiezel Huber / Sania Mirza defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer / Yuliana Fedak, 6\u20134, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187858-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open, Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187859-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina were the defending champions, but neither chose to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187859-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Doubles\nLiezel Huber and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer and Yuliana Fedak 6\u20134, 6\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187860-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Singles\nAnastasia Myskina was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187860-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Singles\nMartina Hingis won the title, defeating Olga Poutchkova 6\u20130, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final\nThe Final of the 2006 Super 14 season, a rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere, took place on 27 May 2006 at Jade Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The match was won by the Crusaders 19 points to 12 over the visiting Wellington-based side, the Hurricanes. The match featured low-lying sea fog which prevented many in the crowd, as well as the television cameras and commentators, from seeing the action. The match had one try, to Crusaders' centre, Casey Laulala which was scored in the second half. The match has been nicknamed the \"Gorillas in the Mist\", after the film of the same name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final\nThe Crusaders finished top of the table, following a strong season at home and only one loss, away to the Stormers in Cape Town, which ended their 17-game winning streak. They also had a drawn match in Perth against soon-to-be wooden spooners, the Western Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final\nThe Hurricanes made the final after back-to-back wins over the Waratahs in round 14, in Sydney, and then the first semi-final, played in Wellington. The Hurricanes finished second on the table, losing only three matches, in the round robin, to the Cheetahs, the Crusaders and the Brumbies. The home semi-final was the first time the Hurricanes franchise hosted a playoffs match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final, Pre-game\nThe game was expected to be centred on the defence of both sides. The Hurricanes entered the final with an average points-against of 15 against New Zealand sides, the Crusaders were slightly better, with 14. The weather was not building up to be a huge factor, with clouds and rain forecast. The Crusaders had finished the 2006 season at the top of the ladder, and defeated the Bulls to claim the home-final as they were the highest ranked side. The Hurricanes finished the season in second position, and defeated the New South Wales Waratahs to meet the Crusaders in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final, Pre-game\nThe Crusaders went into the match with no reserve scrum-half after Andrew Ellis went off injured against the Bulls the week before. This meant if starting half Kevin Senio was injured, Cameron McIntyre would come on and Daniel Carter would move into scrum-half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Conditions\nAbout an hour before kick-off at Jade Stadium, an unusual thick fog floated over the stadium. The players and officials were asked whether they wanted to persist with the game, with both parties agreeing that the match should go on, although some speculated it might be pushed over to Sunday. As the sides ran out onto the field the players almost disappeared into the mist. The commentary box could not make out anything on the opposite side of the field from where they were.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Conditions\nThis forced a commentary split, with the sideline commentator taking up the duties when the play was on the opposite side to the commentary box. Some of the television footage was relatively clear with many camera angles and positions different from a normal game broadcast, though many thought they could have done better with more cameras repositioned to the far side of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Conditions\nThe poor visibility prevented much free-flowing play, as players struggled to see one another. Bombs and high kicks created havoc for both teams, with both back lines making unusual mistakes. There were many examples of the ball suddenly appearing below the hanging mist, making it difficult to field many kicks. Overall the crowd at Jade Stadium had a poor view of the match, with most of the south stand turning around to watch the match on the stadium's big-screen. The Sky Sports commentators saw many patrons in the upper levels rushing home or to other establishments to watch coverage on television. Officials admitted that the match would have been postponed if the fog had been any thicker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nIn one of the opening exchanges, Crusaders wing Rico Gear dropped the ball from a high kick, the resulting play lead to a Hurricanes penalty. David Holwell missed the penalty attempt, it being taken from 30m out and near the touchline. The Hurricanes scored first through a long range Piri Weepu penalty goal in the 12th minute. Daniel Carter had an opportunity to level the scores with a penalty kick, but missed as well. Carter did make two penalties, leaving the half time score 6\u20133 in favour of the home side. Weepu went down several times in the first half and was momentarily knocked out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Match, Second half\nHolwell tied the match up four minutes after the interval, but Carter put the Crusaders back in front with a penalty two minutes later. Holwell was then substituted for Jimmy Gopperth, in what may have been Holwell's final first-class match. Gopperth kicked the Hurricanes' third penalty, once again evening up the scores. The Crusaders struck back though, with a try to Casey Laulala near the right hand upright. Carter converted, put the Crusaders out to a 16\u20139 lead. Carter then extended the lead out to 19\u20139 on the 69\u00a0minute mark, before Gopperth scored a penalty with ten minutes remaining. The match ended with the Hurricanes attempting to run it out from their own 22, needing a converted try. Reuben Thorne forced a turnover though, and hooker Corey Flynn kicked the ball into touch for the Crusaders' sixth Super rugby title, and first Super 14 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Criticism\nMany after the match criticised the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) and the Canterbury Rugby Football Union (CRFU) for allowing the match to be played in such poor conditions. Former All Black first five-eighth, Grant Fox, defended the decision, citing that the fog came in around 6:30\u00a0p.m., around one hour before kick-off, making it a logistical nightmare to attempt to postpone it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Criticism\nThe decision to allow Weepu to continue playing (after being knocked out) also drew criticism from medical experts, including former All Blacks' doctor, John Mayhew. \"Get the player off. Assume that his day is over and go on from there. Whether it's a test match or Super 14 final or a rugby league game\", Mayhew told NZPA. Hurricanes doctor, Ian Murphy said on Tuesday 30 May that he was unaware that Weepu was knocked out. \"By the time I got to Piri out on the field he was conscious and I could not fault him in terms of his responses to my concussion-related questions\" said Murphy. Weepu revealed after the match that he was suffering from amnesia, and could recall very little about the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Post-match \"handbag incident\"\nFormer All Black captain Tana Umaga and Chris Masoe were involved in an altercation after the final in The Jolly Poacher, a bar in Christchurch. Masoe tripped over a male patron's feet whilst walking in the bar. Umaga then intervened, by taking Masoe aside and began hitting him with a nearby women's handbag. The mobile phone inside the bag was broken in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Post-match \"handbag incident\"\nAfter the incident, Masoe was fined NZ$3000 by the NZRU and it was reported that he punched another patron at the bar. All Black coach, Graham Henry said that he believes that the All Black players may have been discussing Umaga's technique. Umaga received no fine from the NZRU, but replaced the broken phone. The handbag that was used by Umaga was placed on the TradeMe auction website after the event, and at the close of bidding was sold for NZ$22,800.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187861-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 Final, Post-match \"handbag incident\"\nThe incident was later parodied by the Australian television network, Seven, in the buildup for the 2006 Tri Nations Series, in a television commercial. The commercial featured the All Blacks performing the haka, with digitally enhanced handbags over their shoulders. New Zealand officials later complained about the ad, saying that it was insensitive to Umaga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season\nThe 2006 Super 14 season started on Friday 10 February 2006. The Grand Final was held on Saturday 27 May 2006. Super 14 is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This season was the first of the expansion, which saw two new teams, the Western Force and the Cheetahs, join the Super 12/14. The addition of two new teams led to the name change from the Super 12. It was also the first year for a new Super 14 trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season\nAt the start of round one, the Crusaders were the favourite to win this year's title with a return of A$3.25 for every $1 bet. The Blues were second favourite with a return of A$4.75 for every $1 bet and the Waratahs were third with a return of A$5.00 for every $1 bet. The Cats were favourites for the wooden spoon. These figures are the final odds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season\nThe season saw the first joint commercial by the three SANZAR unions since 1996. The commercial was filmed in Ukraine and is set in a laundromat. The ad was attempting to draw interest, with the motto More teams, more games and more excitement at the end of the commercial. One player from each of the 14 teams was present, except for the Waratahs. A local extra named \"Ouri\" filled the role of Mat Rogers who injured his back in a test match for the Wallabies against Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season\nBy the end of round twelve, critics began speculating that the pre-season favourites, the Crusaders, were losing their form after a draw against the winless Western Force and then a shock loss to the Stormers. However they bounced back against the Bulls with a 4 try bonus point victory. After a few results fell in their favour they were able to comfortably beat the Brumbies, and finished for the second consecutive season on top of the ladder. The Crusaders won the Super 14 after defeating the Hurricanes in Christchurch in the final, 19\u201312 in misty conditions. There was 94 matches held over three and a half months, with each team playing one full round robin against the 13 other teams and the playoffs involving two semi-finals and a final. Every team got one bye over the 14 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season, South African relegation\nOriginally, the fifth-place South African side was to be replaced by the Spears, who were initially planned to compete in the 2007 and 2008 competitions. However, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) revisited the decision to admit the Spears, and announced on 19 April 2006 that the Spears would not enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season, South African relegation\nOn 5 August 2006, the High Court of South Africa threw a potential monkey wrench into the 2007 season when it issued its ruling in the Spears' legal challenge to the decision. It ruled that the Spears had a valid contract with SA Rugby, the commercial arm of SARU, to be included in the 2007 and 2008 Super 14. SA Rugby and SARU are expected to appeal the decision. If the Spears win their court challenge, the Lions, the new name for the Cats, will be relegated for 2007 and will play a test match with the lowest South African team on the 2007 ladder, other than the Spears, for a place in the 2008 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187862-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Super 14 season, South African relegation\nOn 8 September 2006, the Golden Lions Rugby Union, the company that operates the Cats franchise, announced that the franchise would be known in the future as the Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187863-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Super Fours\nThe 2006 Super Fours was the 5th cricket Super Fours season. It took place from May to July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league and a Twenty20 knockout tournament. The competing teams were renamed from the 2005 season, with Braves, Knight Riders, Super Strikers and V Team becoming Rubies, Diamonds, Emeralds and Sapphires, respectively. Sapphires won the 50 over league, whilst Diamonds beat Sapphires in the final of the Twenty20 tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187863-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Super Fours, Competition format\nIn the one day tournament, teams played each other twice in a round-robin format, with the winners of the group winning the tournament. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187863-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Super Fours, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187863-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Super Fours, Competition format\nWin: 15 points. Tie: 6 points. Loss: 0 points. Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187863-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Super Fours, Competition format\nThe Twenty20 competition reverted to the 2004 format, involving two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third place play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187864-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Super GT Series\nThe 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fourteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the second season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fourth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187864-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Super GT Series\nIt was the first season for Lexus, as Toyota had decided to retire the Supra and elected to use the Lexus SC430 for their GT500 campaign (although SARD and Toyota Team Tsuchiya continued to use the Supra). The season began on March 19 and ended on November 5, 2006 after 9 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187865-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League Grand Final\nThe 2006 Super League Grand Final was the 9th official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding game of Super League XI. Held on Saturday, 14 October at Manchester's Old Trafford ground, the game was played between St. Helens, who finished top of the league after the 28 weekly rounds, and Hull FC, who finished second after the weekly rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187866-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League season results\nThis article details the 2006 Super League season results. Twelve teams competed in the 11th season of British Summer-era rugby league. In all, 174 matches were played over nine months, from February 2006 to October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187866-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League season results, Play-offs\nLike all Super League seasons since 1998, the 2006 championship was decided via a play-off series. Teams were introduced according to the play-off's format and their relative places in the league table at the end of all 28 regular rounds. The play-offs had no bearing on the minor premiership (otherwise known as the League Leaders' Shield).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187866-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nSuper League XI followed the top-six play-off system, for its fifth consecutive year. Places were granted to the top six teams in the Super League XI table. Following the final round of matches on the weekend of 15\u201317 September, all six play-off teams were set (in order of finishing place):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187866-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\n^\u00a0a:\u00a0Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187866-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nHome field advantage was given by position in the league table at the end of regular rounds, with the lower team playing on the team's ground. The only exception to this rule was the grand final, which was played at Old Trafford following tradition. The format followed the double elimination rule for the first and second placed teams, meaning whichever of the teams lost their qualifying play-off match would have to lose again in order to be knocked-out of the play-offs entirely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187866-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Super League season results, Play-offs, Details\nElimination play-offs: , ;Qualifying semi-final: ;Elimination semi-final: ;Final eliminator: ;Grand Final: .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187867-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Superbike World Championship\nThe 2006 Superbike World Championship was the nineteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 25 February at Losail, and finished on 8 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds and 24 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on 22 October but the round was cancelled at the request of the series' promoter FGSport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187867-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Superbike World Championship\n2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was fourth. The manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe 2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars, held on 8 October 2006 at the Mount Panorama Circuit. It was Round 9 of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe event was the tenth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was also the 50th race in a sequence of endurance events beginning with the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe race winners were awarded the Peter Brock Trophy, commemorating the recent death of nine time Bathurst winner, Peter Brock. The race was won by Brock's prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup of the Team Betta Electrical Falcon. It was Whincup's first \"Bathurst 1000\" win following on from his second place in the 2005 Supercheap Auto 1000. Whincup became the 51st drive to win in the combined history of the race. It was Lowndes second win, achieved ten years after his 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 win. It was also the first \"1000\" win for Triple Eight Race Engineering which first contested the event in 1997 and the first for Ford since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List\n31 cars were entered for the race, with 15 of them Ford Falcons and 16 Holden Commodores. 2005 winners Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly were split between the two factory Holden teams, despite racing as team-mates during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Support race accident\nDuring Race 1 of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series There was a multiple-car crash involving Mark Porter, who was seriously injured and would die Monday after the race. Porter qualified the #12 Falcon for Brad Jones Racing. His name was left on the window of the BJR Falcon as a mark of respect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying, Starting grid\nThe following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187868-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race results\n*Mark Porter practiced in the #12 Falcon, but was injured in a serious crash in a support race on the Friday before the race. Michael Caruso was drafted into the team so the car could race. Porter would die on the Sunday afternoon from the injuries in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187869-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2006 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a was a two-leg Spanish football match played on 17 and 20 August 2006. It was contested by 2005\u201306 La Liga champions Barcelona and 2005\u201306 Copa del Rey winners Espanyol. Barcelona won 4\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187870-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a de Baloncesto\nThe Supercopa 2006 was disputed in M\u00e1laga. The teams that took part in the tournament are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187871-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercoppa Italiana\nThe 2006 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by the 2005\u201306 winners Internazionale and the 2005\u201306 Coppa Italia runners-up Roma. The Coppa Italia runners-up were chosen to play instead of the winners because of the aftermath of the 2006 Serie A match-fixing scandal. As a result, Juventus, the original league winners, were relegated to Serie B and replaced by Inter as champions. Since the Coppa Italia winners were also the newly appointed league champions, the Super Cup spot was given to the runners-up of the Coppa Italia, Roma. The match resulted in a 4\u20133 win for Inter after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187872-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe 2006 Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 9th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Na\u0163ional on 22 July 2006, and was contested between Divizia A title holders, Steaua and Cupa Rom\u00e2niei champions, Rapid. Steaua won the trophy after a late goal by Daniel Opri\u0163a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187873-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Superettan, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and Trelleborgs FF won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187874-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Supersport World Championship\nThe 2006 Supersport World Championship was the eighth FIM Supersport World Championship season\u2014the tenth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 25 February at Losail and finished on 8 October at Magny-Cours after 12 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187874-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Supersport World Championship\nThe riders' championship was won by S\u00e9bastien Charpentier with a total of 6 race wins. It was Charpentier's 2nd World Supersport Championship. The manufacturers' championship was won by Honda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187875-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Superstars Series\nThe 2006 Superstars Series season was the third season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship). The championship was won by Max Pigoli driving for Jaguar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe 2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira was the 28th edition of the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested between the 2005\u201306 Primeira Liga and 2005\u201306 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal winners, Porto, and the cup runners-up, Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe match took place at the Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa in Leiria, 19 August 2006. In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP1. Watched by a crowd of 8,890, Porto defeated the Sadinos, 3\u20130. Goals from Brazilian striker Adriano, midfielder Anderson and 70-minute substitute Vieirinha clinched Porto their 15th Superta\u00e7a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Background\nPorto were making their 21st appearance in the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. Porto went into the match as 14-time winners (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004). Of their 21 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira appearances, the Drag\u00f5es had lost 6 times (1979, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1997, 2000). Porto's last Superta\u00e7a appearance was in 2004, against Benfica. Porto defeated their Lisbon rivals, 1\u20130. Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal were appearing in their second Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira. Their first appearance came in the previous season's edition, where they lost to Benfica 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Background\nIn Porto's and Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal's entire history, the two teams had met on 133 different occasions. Porto had accumulated 83 victories while Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal had accumulated 27 victories; 23 matches had ended in a tie. This encounter in the Superta\u00e7a marked the first time these two sides had met in this competition. The last meeting between these two sides, prior to this encounter, was in the domestic cup competition, where the Drag\u00f5es defeated the Sadinos in the previous season's final of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. Porto defeated their opponents 1\u20130 to claim the cup for a 13th time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nPorto qualified for the 2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira by winning the 2005\u201306 Primeira Liga and the 2005\u201306 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. The Primeira Liga title was primarily contested between Porto and Sporting CP. Porto had led the chase the league title for the majority of the season. The Drag\u00f5es went into game week 32 knowing that victory over already relegated side Penafiel would clinch the league title. Porto defeated Penafiel 1\u20130, with a second half penalty from Adriano to grant his side a 21st league title. In the same season, Porto also won the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nThe Azuis e Brancos progressed through four rounds to reach the final. Their first two cup ties saw the Portistas progress with the narrowest of scorelines. Victories over Marco and Naval 1\u00ba de Maio saw them book a place in the sixth round. After taking a bye to the quarter-finals due to the odd number of teams at the sixth round stage of the competition, Porto met fellow first division side Mar\u00edtimo, which they won thanks to a 96th-minute extra-time goal from Benni McCarthy. The semi-finals saw Porto face a penalty shootout against rivals Sporting CP. Lisandro L\u00f3pez scored the winning penalty to send his side through to the final. In the final, a 39th-minute Adriano goal saw Porto see off Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal to seal their 13th cup trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nAs Porto claimed both league and cup in the same season, Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal qualified for the Superta\u00e7a as the cup runner-up. Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal faced lower league opposition in the first few rounds of the cup. Despite their opposition being of a lower division, Vit\u00f3ria struggled to overcome their opposition. Their first cup tie, saw the Set\u00fabal side progress by the narrowest of margins against third division side Fafe. Their fourth round tie saw yet another away tie, against Pinhalnovense. Vit\u00f3ria progressed to next round after their fourth round tie went to penalties which they won 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry\nAfter claiming a 2\u20130 victory over Lixa in the sixth round, the Sadinos faced fellow Primeira Liga side Boavista in the quarter-finals. After the match ended 1\u20131 in normal time, the match proceeded to extra-time. Carlitos scored the winning goal to send his side through to the semi-finals. Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es were the opponents for the semi-finals. In a match which proceeded to extra-time, Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es would score first on 110 minutes through Polish striker Marek Saganowski. Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal would level through center half Auri on 119 minutes which would take the game to a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, Guimar\u00e3es' Paulo S\u00e9rgio missed his spot kick and Carlitos converted his to send his side through to their tenth cup final where they lose to their Superta\u00e7a opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Officials\nThe match officials for the game were confirmed on the 16 August 2006 by the Portuguese Football Federation. Pedro Proen\u00e7a of Lisbon was named as referee. This was the second time that Proen\u00e7a had officiated a Superta\u00e7a match after officiating the 2003 game between Porto and Uni\u00e3o de Leiria. For the Superta\u00e7a, Proen\u00e7a was assisted by Pedro Garcia and Jos\u00e9 Lima of Lisbon, whilst H\u00e9lio Santos of Lisbon was named as the fourth official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Venue\nThe Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa in Leiria was selected by the Portuguese Football Federation to host the match. This was the first time that the stadium had hosted a SuperCup match. At the time of the event, the Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa was used the home ground of Uni\u00e3o de Leiria. It holds a capacity of 30,000. The stadium was built in 2003 and was one of the stadiums which histed games at UEFA Euro 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Team selection\nCaretaker manager Rui Barros selected a group of nineteen players as part of the squad who would be taken to Leiria. Barros' squad selection saw him leave out Bruno Moraes, Jo\u00e3o Paulo, Lucho Gonz\u00e1lez, Pedro Emanuel and Tomo \u0160okota who were unavailable for the game due to injury. The exclusion of first team regulars like Gonz\u00e1lez and Pedro Emanuel saw Barros make the surprise inclusion in the Porto squad of Brazilian full back Ezequias and wingers Diogo Valente and Vieirinha. Rui Barros's squad selection for the Superta\u00e7a saw him include three newly acquired players: Diogo Valente, Ezequias and Tarik Sektioui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Team selection\nPorto lined up in a very distinct 3\u20136\u20131 formation. Barros selected Jos\u00e9 Bosingwa, Marek \u010cech and Pepe to comprise the defense while Paulo Assun\u00e7\u00e3o was selected to play in the holding role in front of the back line. The major debates in Porto's line-up was whether Moroccan international Tarik Sektioui or Alan would start on the left wing and who would replace Lucho Gonz\u00e1lez in midfield. Caretaker manager Barros would select Alan to start on the left wing as well as play Anderson in the attacking midfield role in order to support striker Adriano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Team selection\nJust like their opponents, Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal went into the Superta\u00e7a with several players missing. H\u00e9lio Sousa was unable to count on Serbian goalkeeper Nikola Milojevi\u0107 and Nigerian forward Kevin Amuneke for the match due to both players waiting for their work permits to come through. The Sadinos were also without captain Bruno Ribeiro, \u00c9mile Mbamba and Pedro Russiano who were unavailable for the game due to injury. H\u00e9lio Sousa's squad selection saw him include eight newly acquired players: C\u00e9sar La Paglia, Hugo, Jo\u00e3o Paulo, Lu\u00eds Louren\u00e7o, Marcelo Labarthe, M\u00e1rio Carlos, Sandro and Silvestre Varela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Summary\nPorto dominated the match from the beginning. The first half saw Porto dominate possession, but fail to create many clear cut goal scoring opportunities. The best chance of the first half fell to Raul Meireles. The chance came about after Anderson recovered the ball in the middle of the park, and played a diagonal ball to Meireles, who beat Vit\u00f3ria's Nandinho to ball and saw his shot saved by an on rushing Marco T\u00e1buas. Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal's only goal scoring chance of the first half came from a set piece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Summary\nA left wing cross near the middle of the park, saw the ball deflect off Pepe's head, which saw it go towards Helton's direction which forced the Brazilian keeper to tip the ball out for a corner kick. Both sides went into level at the break. The second half started off with a goal for the Portistas. A right sided corner kick saw Vit\u00f3ria fail to clear the ball after two attempts, before the ball fell to Adriano whose bicycle kick beat Vit\u00f3ria's Marco T\u00e1buas to give his side the advantage. Porto's second came on 74 minutes through Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187876-0010-0002", "contents": "2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, Match, Summary\nAdriano's kick free kick found Alan on the right and squared the ball to an on rushing Anderson, doubled his side's lead. Porto closed out the scoring on 89 minutes through Vieirinha. Pepe intercepted the ball in the middle of the park and played the ball to substitute Lisandro L\u00f3pez in the final third. L\u00f3pez would then find Jorginho, who would play in Vieirinha, who beat a Vit\u00f3ria player and fired the ball from outside of the box into the net to make it 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood\nThe 2006 Surat flood occurred over 7\u201310 August 2006, which affected Surat, India, and nearby villages. About 80\u201395% of Surat was flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood\nThe sudden release of a large amount of water into the Tapti River from the Ukai Dam caused the flood. The Government of Gujarat described the flood as a natural disaster, while reports from the People's Committee on Gujarat Floods of August 2006 and the Surat Citizens' Council Trust's Committee, described the flood as being the result of mismanagement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, History of floods in Surat\nIn the 20th century the city of Surat has suffered from some 20 floods. The 1968 flood was one of the major floods with peak water flow of about 15 lakh cubic foot per second (cfs or cusec), while the 1970 flood had a peak flow about 13.14 lakh cfs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, History of floods in Surat\nThe Ukai Dam was constructed in 1972, flood control was one of the objectives of the dam's construction. After the dam was constructed 90 km upstream from Surat, there were no major floods until 1994. The floods of 1978 and 1979 were effectively managed by the dam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, History of floods in Surat\nIn the 1998 flood more than 30% area of Surat was flooded due to the release of water from Ukai Dam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, Causes\nDue to heavy rainfall during 2006 in upstream basin areas, the inflow at Ukai Dam increased. The water level of the dam reservoir was increasing rapidly. On the morning of 3 August, the reservoir had already crossed the prescribed rule level of 333.60 feet (101.68\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, Causes\nThe inflow at dam was 85,958 cfs on 5 August 8 am, then rises to 330,216 cfs on 6 August 8 pm. On the morning of 7 August it became 853,679 cfs. By that time the reservoir was already 90% full, leaving very little empty space left to accommodate the floodwater coming from upstream. The inflow was still increasing. The peak inflow during the flood was about 1,200,000 cfs, but it lasted only for two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, Causes\nOperating the gates of the dams increased the outflow rapidly. The outflow increased from 124,920 on 6\u00a0August, 8 am cfs, to 409,004 cfs on 7\u00a0August 8.00 am. Maintaining the same pace of increase the outflow was increased to a peak of 907,316 cfs at 8 pm on 8\u00a0August. The heavy outflow of about 900,000 cfs for a prolonged period of time caused the flood in Surat and other downstream villages. The high tide of the sea during the flood further reduced the drainage capacity of the river and worsened the damage due to flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187877-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Surat flood, Causes\nThe Government of Gujarat described the flood as a natural disaster, while reports from the People's Committee on Gujarat Floods of August 2006 and the Surat Citizens' Council Trust's Committee, described the flood as being the result of mismanagement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187878-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season\nThe 2006 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season was Suwon Samsung Bluewings's eleventh season in the K-League in Republic of Korea. Suwon Samsung Bluewings is competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187878-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen\nSvenska Cupen 2006 was the fifty-first season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition started on 17 March 2006 and concluded on 11 November 2006 with the Final, held at R\u00e5sunda Stadium, Solna Municipality in Stockholms l\u00e4n. Helsingborgs IF won the final 2\u20130 against Gefle IF before an attendance of 3,379.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen, First round\nThe 34 matches were played between 17 March and 8 April 2006. There were 68 teams in the first round from Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3, but also including a few teams from Division 4 and Division 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen, Second round\nIn this round the 34 winning teams from the previous round were joined by 30 teams from Allsvenskan and Superettan. The 32 matches were played between 12 April and 18 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen, Third round\nThe 16 matches in this round were played between 16 May and 6 July 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen, Fourth round\nThe 8 matches in this round were played between 22 June and 27 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen, Quarter-finals\nThe 4 matches in this round were played between 3 August and 31 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187879-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen, Final\nThe final was played on 11 November 2006 at the R\u00e5sunda Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187880-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen Final\nThe 2006 Svenska Cupen Final took place on November 11, 2006 at R\u00e5sunda Stadium in Solna, Sweden. It was contested by Allsvenskan teams Gefle IF and Helsingborgs IF. It was Gefle's first final of all time. Helsingborg, who had won the cup two times before the match, played their latest final in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187880-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Svenska Cupen Final\nIn this final, Helsingborg were the sharper team and won 2-0, thanks to goals by Luton Shelton and Babis Stefanidis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187881-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swale Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Swale Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187881-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swale Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained three seats after winning 11 of the 16 seats contested. They took two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Grove and Minster Cliffs wards, while also defeating a Labour councillor in Queenborough and Halfway by 17 votes. This took the Conservatives to 28 seats on the council, compared to 10 for Labour and 8 for the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187881-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swale Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax failed to win any seats after standing in 9 of the 16 wards contested, coming closest in Sheppey Central where they finished second with 540 votes, compared to 636 for the Conservative councillor John Morris. This meant the former Conservative councillor Chris Boden remained the only councillor for the Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Tax after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187882-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Football Division 2\nThe following are the statistics of the Swedish football Division 2 for the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187883-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Football Division 3\nStatistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187884-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Golf Tour\nThe 2006 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden and Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187884-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Golf Tour\nMost of the tournaments also featured on the 2006 Nordic Golf League (NGL) and the 2006 Challenge Tour (CHA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187884-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule\nThe season consisted of 17 events played between May and October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187885-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nThe 2006 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187885-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nAnna Berg was the only player to win two events, and Christine Hallstr\u00f6m won the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187885-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule\nThe season consisted of 16 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187886-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Open\nThe 2006 Swedish Open was the 2006 edition of the men's tennis tournament. The tournament was held on 10\u201316 July. It was the 59th edition of the Swedish Open and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. Second-seeded Tommy Robredo won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187886-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Thomas Johansson defeated Christopher Kas / Oliver Marach, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20134]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187887-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Joachim Johansson were the defending champions, but Johansson did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187887-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Open \u2013 Doubles\nBj\u00f6rkman partnered with Thomas Johansson and won in the final 6\u20133, 4\u20136, [10\u20134], against Christopher Kas and Oliver Marach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187888-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Open \u2013 Singles\nTommy Robredo defeated Nikolay Davydenko 6\u20132, 6\u20131 to win the 2006 Swedish Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187889-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Rally\nThe 55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from February 3\u20135, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187890-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships\nThe 2006 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Fyrishov, Uppsala on 23-26 November 2006. 44 champions were declared and three national records, eight national junior records, 16 championship records, and seven national club relay records were set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187891-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship\nThe 2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 11th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. In total nine racing weekends at six different circuits were held; each round comprising one race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187891-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers\nList of starting drivers for the 2006 Swedish Touringcar Championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election\nGeneral elections were held in Sweden on 17 September 2006, to elect members to the Riksdag, the Swedish national legislature. All 349 seats were up for election: 310 fixed seats in 29 constituencies and 39 adjustment seats, used to ensure that parties have representation in the Riksdag proportional to their share of the national vote. The electoral system used was semi-open list proportional representation using the Sainte-Lagu\u00eb method of allocating seats. Elections for County and Municipal councils were also held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election\nFredrik Reinfeldt from the Moderate Party was able to form a majority government together with the Centre Party, Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats following the election. The Social Democrats were ousted after twelve years in power. It was the country's first majority government since the second F\u00e4lldin cabinet fell in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election\nReinfeldt reached out to working-class votes in the re-branding as the 'New Moderates', which resulted in sizeable gains in historically left-wing locations in densely populated areas. As a result, several municipalities that had never voted blue before in Stockholm County flipped. This, combined with a landslide overall win in the capital region as a whole and strong showings in Scania tipped the balance in favour of the Alliance. The centre-right bloc also flipped the crucial populous municipalities Gothenburg, Link\u00f6ping, Uppsala and V\u00e4ster\u00e5s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election\nThe Social Democrats recorded around 35% of the overall support, which was the party's worst showing in the post-war era. Although the red-green parties received a higher proportion of the vote than in the 1991 hung parliament loss, the coalition fell short of a majority by seven seats, or two percentage points of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election\nThe Alliance did not reach 50% of the vote, courtesy of several minor parties gathering up 5.67% of the overall vote. This was the final election before the Sweden Democrats entered the Riksdag, with the party getting close to three percent of the vote, falling short by just above one percentage point. The election also saw the party get above 10% in Bjuv Municipality in its Scanian heartlands and above the parliamentary threshold in the country's five southernmost constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results\nThe final results were published on 21 September 2006 by the Swedish Election Authority (Valmyndigheten). Apart from separating the minor parties, there were no big changes to the preliminary count from the election night. 6,892,009 people were eligible to vote in the election. The results are here compared with the 2002 election. There were 5,551,278 valid ballots cast, a turnout of 82%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results\nThree hours after the polls closed, the result was clear enough for Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt to declare himself the victor and for G\u00f6ran Persson to announce his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Social Democratic Party. The four centre-right parties of Alliance for Sweden formed, as expected, a government with Fredrik Reinfeldt as Prime Minister. The Speaker had asked Reinfeldt to begin this formation on 19 September but, as is usual, requested the Cabinet of G\u00f6ran Persson to stay on as a caretaker government until the Riksdag formally elected a new prime minister. The newly elected Riksdag convened on 2 October and the government was presented on 6 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results\nThe election result is historic in being the worst result for the Social Democrats ever in a general election with universal suffrage (introduced in 1921) and the best result for the Moderates since 1928.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results\nMinor parties, that are not represented in the Riksdag, got a total of 5.7% of the votes, which was an increase of 2.6 percentage points, compared to the 2002 election. Behind this increase lay a great success for the Sweden Democrats, gaining 2.9% (+1.5 percentage points) and thus surpassing the limit (2.5%) for gaining governmental financial support for the next four years. Two new parties, Feminist Initiative (0.7%) and the Pirate Party (0.6%), also contributed to the increase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results\nOf the 349 elected Riksdag members, 164 (or 47%) were women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results, By municipality\nVotes by municipality. The municipalities are the color of the party that got the most votes within the coalition that won relative majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results, By municipality\nVotes by municipality as a scale from red/Red-green bloc to blue/Alliance for Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results, By municipality\nCartogram of the vote with each municipality rescaled in proportion to the number of valid votes. Deeper blue represents a relative majority for Alliance for Sweden, brighter red represents a relative majority for the Red-Green bloc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Results, By municipality\nMap showing the voting shifts from the 2002 to the 2006 election. Darker blue indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form Alliance for Sweden. Darker red indicates a municipality voted more towards the parties that form the red-green bloc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, The contenders for government\nThe minority government of G\u00f6ran Persson's Social Democratic Party attempted, and failed, to gain enough seats to form a majority government, to continue as a minority or to govern in a red-green coalition government. His party had been in power since the 1994 election, and Persson had been Prime Minister since 1996. The Social Democrats before the election had an agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party that gave them an influence on government policy in exchange for their support. However, both the Left Party and the Green Party insisted that any red-green government formed after the election would need to include them in a coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, The contenders for government\nThe four centre-right parties \u2013 The Moderate Party (m), The Liberal People's Party (fp), The Christian Democrats (kd), and The Centre Party (c) \u2013 united in Alliance for Sweden succeeded in gaining enough seats to form a coalition government. The four parties (formerly in opposition) had presented a joint election manifesto (although c, fp, and kd still had individual manifestos). Their candidate for Prime Minister was the Moderate Party leader, Fredrik Reinfeldt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, The election campaign\nThe campaigning for the 2006 election began early, as the opposition decided to present itself as a viable alternative government by forming an alliance: Alliance for Sweden. This alliance was negotiated at a meeting held in the village of H\u00f6gfors, home to the chairman of the Centre Party, Maud Olofsson. The meeting ended on 31 August 2004 with the presentation of a joint declaration outlining the principles under which the four parties intended to run in the election. One year later a similar meeting was held at Bankeryd, home of G\u00f6ran H\u00e4gglund, leader of the Christian Democrats. See Alliance for Sweden for further information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, The election campaign\nThe Alliance enjoyed a leading position for over a year over the red-green parties, according to most polls. However the gap between the two blocs (s, v, and mp are assumed to work together) began to close rapidly in January 2006, and the red-green parties took the lead in May 2006; indeed they were ahead of the Alliance in every poll conducted in May and June. However, there was a late shift in opinion back to the Alliance during the summer: in mid-August all polls showed the Alliance leading the red-green parties comfortably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nThe regime shift that occurred in the 2006 election, however, can be traced to changes in popularity between the party - blocs prior to the campaign really started and to the timing of two extreme natural disasters that combined had a dramatic impact on the Swedish political landscape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nIn a dissertation from the Department of Government at Uppsala University, entitled \"Natural Disasters and National Election\", PhD Lina M. Eriksson found in her research that the Indian Ocean\u2019s 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and 2005 Storm Gudrun (Erwin), which struck only two weeks following the tsunami, impacted on the 2006 historic regime shift that occurred in the 2006 Swedish parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0002", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nThe results from this research show that the 2002-2006 incumbent Social Democratic Party's (S) poor crisis response to Gudrun, which is the hitherto most costly natural disaster in Swedish history, alone has an estimated effect of a magnitude that likely was crucial to the 2006 historic regime shift. In the abstract to the thesis one can read \"The 2002-2006 incumbent Social Democratic Party (S) received its lowest voter support since 1914 as roughly 150,000, or 8%, of the 2002 S voters went to the main opposition, the conservative Moderate Party (M).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0003", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nThis became the most decisive factor in ousting S from power after 12 years of rule. As a result, the M-led Alliance (A) with the People's Party (FP), the Center Party (C), and the Christian Democrats (KD) won the election. Natural Disasters and National Election makes the novel contribution of proposing two natural disasters, the Indian Ocean\u2019s 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and 2005 Storm Gudrun (Erwin), which struck only two weeks following the tsunami, as major events that impacted government popularity in the 2006 election and contributed to the redistribution of voter support, within and across party-blocs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0004", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nThe core findings from this thesis show that the S government\u2019s poor crisis response to Gudrun, which is the hitherto most costly natural disaster in Swedish history, alone has an estimated effect of a magnitude that likely contributed to the 2006 historic regime shift, while the tsunami also seems to have mattered. The tsunami is particularly interesting, as S\u2019s poor international crisis response to the event constitutes the first natural disaster situation to knowingly have affected an election on the other side of the planet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0005", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nMoreover, to some degree voters recognized the active opposition by C as effective representation and rewarded the party for its strong stance on the poor handling of both events by S. In fact, the active voice of C concerning these disasters likely helped move the party from the periphery of party politics to becoming the third-largest party in Swedish politics. In sum, this research investigates accountability and effective party representation via retrospective voting, which is an essential mechanism for the legitimacy of democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0018-0006", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change\nFindings suggest that the average Swedish voter indeed may be voting retrospectively to hold publicly elected officials accountable, which suggest a healthy status of the retrospective voting mechanism and Swedish democracy.\" Part of the dissertation has also been published in Electoral Studies, which is to be considered the leading scientific journal in election research. In the article long-term effects are also found over the 2010 and 2014 election, which implies that the Storm triggered long-lasting changes in voter support from the left to the right side of the political spectrum. A comprehensive summary of the dissertation is available for download via Uppsala University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\nThe Social Democrat government's perceived failure to reduce unemployment was a major issue in the campaign, especially considering the good performance of the Swedish economy (when compared with that of the rest of Europe). The opposition also argued that \"real\" unemployment was much higher than the official figure of 4.8% (as of May 2006). They quoted a figure of 1,037,000 (or 17.9% of the labour force in January 2006) for those who are \"outside the labour market because they do not have a job or are studying\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\nIf those who are \"wholly or partially outside the labour market\" are included then the figure rises to 1,700,000. This gloomy view of the unemployment situation was raised by Jan Edling, a former economist for the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). However, compared with other OECD countries Sweden has a low \"broad unemployment\", as was pointed out by the Green Party's Peter Eriksson in the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\nAlliance for Sweden proposed to address the problem by cutting income tax for the lowest paid (by increasing the tax-free allowance), cutting the payroll tax (and abolishing it for parts of the service sector), and making wages paid for household work tax-deductible. Critics of the proposed tax cuts said that, because they are funded by reducing unemployment benefit and sick pay, they would attack the most needy in society rather than helping them as Alliance for Sweden claimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\nIn addition the Centre Party proposed a special youth contract of employment for those aged under 26, allowing their term of employment to be ended by their employer up to two years after they begin work. This controversial proposal (not adopted by the Alliance as a whole) was intended to increase youth employment by making taking on new employees less risky for the employer, but it was criticised by the red-green parties as reducing job security for the young. A similar contract introduced by the French government (the Contrat premi\u00e8re embauche) caused angry demonstrations and riots in France. In a debate article in G\u00f6teborgs-Posten on 21 March 2006 Wanja Lundby-Wedin, Chairperson of LO, wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\n\"[Maud Olofsson's] new proposal to abolish job security for the young will not result in more jobs. It will only lead to increased insecurity and an even larger exclusion... More than half of youths under 25 who work already have an insecure job; a time-limited job of some sort. This is most usual among our young female members. The most insecure jobs, 'need-employment' or the so-called 'phone and run locum' is entirely on the employer's terms. Every morning many people sit and wait for their employer to ring. Am I needed today or not? \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\n\"What LO's Chairperson has not understood is that those youths who already have a job are not covered by our proposal. It does however give a new opportunity for the 146,000 youths who are wholly or partially living in the exclusion the Social Democrats have created... One of the main reasons why companies don't take on new staff is that the risk is too large. If the gamble doesn't pay off then the costs are too great.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\nBy lowering the threshold for job creation we are convinced that many youths will be able to take their first steps onto a labour market that they today have never been able to set foot on. We are equally convinced that the great majority of these youths will show their employers that they were right to dare to employ them\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Unemployment\nA survey carried out by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt N\u00e4ringsliv) indicates that 41% of Swedish companies believe that such a contract would increase their willingness to hire young people \"to a great extent\" and that 51% believe that it would increase it \"to a certain extent\". 7% of those surveyed said that they did not think that they would be more willing to hire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Winds of Change, Computer break-in by Liberal People's Party members\nOn 4 September 2006, only two weeks before the general election, the Social Democratic Party reported to the police a computer break-in into its internal network. It has been reported that members of the Liberal People's Party copied secret information, not yet officially released, on at least two occasions for the purpose of counter-attacking Social Democratic political propositions. On 5 September the Liberal Party Secretary Johan Jakobsson voluntarily resigned. Leading members of the party and its youth organization are under police investigation suspected for criminal activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 99], "content_span": [100, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Pre-election opinion polls\nThe charts below show the results of pre-election polls conducted by the five major polling institutes in Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187892-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election, Pre-election opinion polls\nTEMO has a summary of all polls conducted since the election in 2002, and is therefore cited as the reference for each poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187893-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swedish general election computer infringement affair\nThe 2006 Swedish election espionage affair, in daily media sometimes called Leijongate, which is created from Watergate and the liberal party leader Lars Leijonborg, was a series of computer break-ins and the subsequent scandal. It all started on September 4, 2006, only weeks before the 2006 general election, the Social Democratic Party reported a computer break-in into the Social Democrats' internal network to the police. It has been reported that members of the Liberal People's Party had copied secret information not yet officially released to counter-attack Social Democratic political propositions on at least two occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187894-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swindon Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187894-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\n19 seats were contested in the election, with a total of 70 candidates standing and 10 sitting councillors not defending their seats. From the parties defending seats in the election these included 19 each from the Conservative and Labour parties and 15 Liberal Democrats. Other candidates included 11 from the Green party, 2 Socialist Unity and 3 independents. The election also saw the British National Party (BNP) stand for Swindon council for the first time, with one candidate, Reg Bates, standing in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst ward. His candidature led a group comprising trade unions, the Labour party, community groups and some independent socialists to form an alliance in opposition to the BNP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187894-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included regeneration, with the different parties proposing different ideas including a library, art gallery, redeveloped car park and the preservation of green spaces. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council, saying that they had improved services and increased council tax by lower percentages than Labour had when they had been in control of the council. Labour said they would protect services the Conservatives were cutting, deal with anti-social behaviour and criticised the Conservatives for increasing council tax. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats said they would stand up for local residents and make the town centre attractive for everyone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187894-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\nFor the election a new website was launched by the council where voters could register in order to get reminders to vote, in an effort to increase turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187894-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Swindon Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining 5 seats to hold 40 of the 59 seats. 3 of the gains came from Labour who were reduced to 14 seats, with both of Labour's Swindon Members of Parliament blaming the defeats on national issues. The other two Conservative gains were from the Liberal Democrats who fell to 3 seats, while the 2 independent councillors were not defending seats in 2006. Overall turnout in the election was 34.21%, up on the 32.7% in the 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187895-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss Federal Council election\nOn 14 June 2006, a by-election was held for the vacant seat of Joseph Deiss on the Federal Council, the government of Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187895-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss Federal Council election\nThe joint chambers of the Federal Assembly elected Doris Leuthard of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland in the first round of voting with 133 votes out of 234.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187895-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates\nDoris Leuthard, at that time president of her party and member of the National Council representing the canton of Aargau, was the only official candidate for the seat of Joseph Deiss. Several other members of her party also received votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187896-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 Swiss Figure Skating Championships (officially named German: Schweizermeisterschaften Elite Kunstlaufen und Eistanzen and French: Championnats Suisses Elite Patinage Artistique et Danse sur Glace) were held in Biasca from December 9 through 10th, 2005. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187896-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men\nTobias Bayer of Germany was a guest competitor who finished 5th with a score of 122.00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187896-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ladies\nCornelia Bayermann of Germany was a guest competitor who finished 16th with a score of 68.99.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187897-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss referendums\nSix referendums were held in Switzerland during 2006. The first was held on 21 May on revising article 48a in the Swiss Federal Constitution on education, and was approved by 86% of voters. The second set of three referendums was held on 24 September on proposed amendments to the laws on asylum and foreigners, as well as a popular initiative on diverting profits from the Swiss National Bank into the national pension fund. The two laws were approved, whilst the initiative was rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187897-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Swiss referendums\nThe final two referendums were held on 26 November on laws on assistance to Poland and other poorer EU countries, and family allowances. Both were approved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187898-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney Roosters season\nThe 2006 Sydney Roosters season was the 99th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2006 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 14th (out of 15).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187899-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney Swans season\nThis article covers the 2006 season of the Sydney Swans AFL team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187899-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney Swans season, Captains\nOn 16 December 2005, the Sydney Swans announced they would use three captains over the season, following on from the 2005 season, where they rotated among six captains after Stuart Maxfield resigned from the captaincy. The three captains are Barry Hall, Brett Kirk and Leo Barry. The captaincy will not be rotated, but each will be captain in each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187899-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney Swans season, Club list\nThe 2006 squad consisted of the following players. The list was finalised in December 2005 following a 2nd list lodgement on 18 November, the NAB AFL Draft on 26 November, NAB AFL Pre-season Draft and Rookie Draft on 14 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187899-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney Swans season, Club list, Player list\nStatistics are as of 15 May 2006, after Round 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187899-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney Swans season, Games, Exhibition and trial games\n1: Exhibition game as part of Australia week in the USA2: NAB Regional Challenge game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187900-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 62nd annual running of the \"blue water classic\" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187900-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nAs with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2006 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 2006), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170\u00a0km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187900-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2006 fleet comprised 78 starters of which 69 completed the race and nine yachts retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187901-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Sylvania 300\nThe 2006 Sylvania 300 was an NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on September 17, 2006 at New Hampshire International Speedway, in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested at 300 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703\u00a0km) speedway, it was the 27th race of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187901-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Sylvania 300, Background\nNew Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703\u00a0km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed \"The Magic Mile\", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6\u00a0km) road course, which includes much of the oval. The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187902-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Syracuse Orange football team\nThe 2006 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were coached by Greg Robinson and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187902-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Syracuse Orange football team\nIn 2015, Syracuse vacated the four wins from this season among others from the 2004 to 2006 season, due to the NCAA finding players ineligible for academic fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187903-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nThe 2006 season was S\u00e3o Paulo's 77th season in the club's existence. S\u00e3o Paulo finished in the second position in the Campeonato Paulista, only one point behind the winners Santos. A year after winning the Copa Libertadores, S\u00e3o Paulo once again challenged for the cup, being defeated by Internacional in a second final between Brazilian teams in a row, having beaten Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense in the previous edition. S\u00e3o Paulo lost by 2\u20131 in the Morumbi and drew in 2\u20132 on away second leg, thus coming in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187903-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nAs the current champions of Copa Libertadores, S\u00e3o Paulo played the Recopa Sudamericana versus Boca Juniors and was defeated by 4\u20133 on aggregate. Tricolor won the Campeonato Brasileiro fifteen years after their last title, in 1991 and became national champions for the fourth time, securing the title in 36th matchweek against Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense in the Morumbi with a 1\u20131 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187903-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187904-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo gubernatorial election\nThe S\u00e3o Paulo state elections of 2006 was held along with Brazilian general elections, on October 1 and on October 29, 2006. Since 1994, as a result of a constitutional amendment which reduced the presidential term to four years, all federal and state elections in Brazil have coincided. The state elections decide Governors and the state deputies for the Legislative Assemblies. Also, the members of the National Congress are elected by state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187904-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo gubernatorial election, Governor and Vice-Governor\nIn general, the rules of the presidential ballot also apply to the gubernatorial one. That is, the ballot is taken in two rounds, if no one reaches at least an absolute majority of the valid votes, a second round between the two most voted candidates will be held. All the candidates holding executive posts had to renounce till April 2, 2006 in order to be able to run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187904-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo gubernatorial election, Governor and Vice-Governor\nThe candidates for Governor of S\u00e3o Paulo were, in no particular order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak\nThe 2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak began on the night of May 12, 2006 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in South America. It was among the worst outbreaks of violence in recorded Brazilian history (and has been called the worst) and was directed against security forces and a few civilian targets. By May 14 the attacks had spread to other Brazilian states including Paran\u00e1, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Bahia (this without direct links to the PCC criminal organisation).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak\nThe violence began after forty S\u00e3o Paulo police officers were killed by gang violence. Subsequently, the police officers sought to find the gang members behind the criminal acts. In the process, a violent situation arose, creating a clash between law enforcement officials and criminals and taking the lives of over 150 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak\nThe wave of violence, amongst the worst in Brazil's history, received broad national and international media coverage, and this fact allied to the lack of information from the S\u00e3o Paulo state government caused mass panic among the population. The state governor, Cl\u00e1udio Lembo, was harshly criticized by the press for the slow response to the violence, for the absence of communication between the security forces, for the lack of information, to the press and the general public, and for poor management of the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nSince early Friday May 12, 2006 there have been 299 attacks against public establishments such as police stations, justice forums, buses, etc. ; which are allegedly organized by the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) criminal organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nThe violence represented the bloodiest assault, worse than Rio de Janeiro, of its kind in the history of Brazil's richest state, S\u00e3o Paulo, and the news has reached the international media. Related uprisings at 20 prisons across S\u00e3o Paulo were taking place Saturday, May 13. The attacks were not limited, however, to the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, as they have reached other states, such as Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paran\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nThe attacks came in response to 7 imprisoned PCC leaders, among them, Marcos \"Marcola\" Willians Herbas Camacho, the leader of the criminal organization who allegedly ordered the attacks, being transferred and placed in solitary confinement in the Presidente Venceslau penitentiary. The practice was used by authorities to sever prisoners' ties to gang members outside prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nThe power of the PCC has been heightened in recent years by the availability of mobile phones inside their jail cells. The lack of surveillance to prevent prisoners from communicating with criminals on the outside allowed them a powerful tool to spread information and coordinate uprisings and attacks in the state. Measures are being discussed, in the future, they might either remove mobile phone service antennas from the districts with penitentiaries, or increase the quality of surveillance inside jail cells, with metal detectors and other tools that would assist in locating cell phones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nThe waves of attacks were orchestrated by PCC leaders supposedly in jail, using said mobile phones, but it is arguable that the general chaos encouraged other criminals to take advantage of the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nThe ministry of Justice, led by M\u00e1rcio Thomaz Bastos, offered assistance by making available all federal security forces and the army, but S\u00e3o Paulo State Governor Cl\u00e1udio Lembo said this is not necessary at the moment and that S\u00e3o Paulo can handle the situation without assistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nMay 15 was a very unusual day in S\u00e3o Paulo. This was the first work day after the attacks had been reported in the media, so the effects were now apparent as ever, with chaos marking the height of the attacks. On one hand, many people decided to stay home in fear of becoming a victim of violence. Also, one third of the public bus fleet stayed in the garages as they are a frequent target for attacks, being burned down and used to barricade streets and establishments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, The violence\nConsequently, the residential neighborhoods were ghost towns, whilst the avenues were choked with traffic because of the lack of public transportation. The compulsory carpool law was lifted for the day. Those who did go to work decided to go home early and the roads were congested long before peak hours. The ensuing traffic jams is the greatest of this year (195\u00a0km or 122 miles) and that fear was spread to the population mostly due to the massive coverage by the media, who may have exaggerated the situation. In addition, many rumors of attacks and riots are being created by civilians. The situation now is \"under control.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187905-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Paulo violence outbreak, Timeline of the violence, July 14\u201317\nThe city suffered new attacks and riots by the PCC two months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187906-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9an legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe on 26 March 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187907-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9an presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe on 30 July 2006. Incumbent Fradique de Menezes, first elected in 2001, won with more than 60% of the vote, while his main challenger, Patrice Trovoada, son of a former president received just over 38%. The third candidate, Nilo Guimar\u00e3es, received less than 1% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187907-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9an presidential election, Campaign\nFradique de Menezes was nominated by the Force for Change Democratic Movement \u2013 Liberal Party and supported by the Christian Democratic Front and Social Liberal Party. Patrice Trovoada was nominated by the Independent Democratic Action, but also supported by the Democratic Renovation Party, the MLSTP/PSD, the National Union for Democracy and Progress, the Opposition Democratic Coalition, the Social Renewal Party, the S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9an Workers Party, the Social Renewal Party and the Union of Democrats for Citizenship and Development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187908-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 TAC Cup season\nThe 2006 TAC Cup season was the 15th season of the TAC Cup competition. Oakleigh Chargers have won there 1st premiership title after defeating the Calder Cannons in the grand final by 27 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187909-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 TC 2000 Championship\nThe 2006 TC 2000 Championship was the 28th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187909-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 TC 2000 Championship, Final standings\nBold\u00a0\u2013 Pole positionItalics\u00a0\u2013 Fastest lap\u2020\u00a0\u2013 Retired, but classified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187910-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team\nThe 2006 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU finished the season with an overall record of 11\u20132 with a 6\u20132 mark in the Mountain West Conference, where they placed second behind BYU. The Horned Frogs were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they defeated Northern Illinois, 37\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nThe TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling X Cup Tournament staged by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in April and May 2006. The tournament pits stables of X Division-style wrestlers from around the world against one another in a series of singles and tag team matches, with the teams earning points for victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nTeam USA won the World X Cup for the second time in a row after team captain Chris Sabin defeated Team Canada captain Petey Williams to break a 5-5 tie on the May 18, 2006 edition of TNA Impact!. This is Chris Sabin's second World X Cup Championship, as he was a member of Team USA in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament\nSeveral matches leading up to the World X Cup were billed as \"World X Cup preview matches\", including a six-man tag team match between members of Team USA and Team Japan at Lockdown, in which Team Japan were victorious; and the aforementioned four-way match at Destination X, featuring Chris Sabin, Petey Williams, Puma and Sonjay Dutt, representing the United States, Canada, Japan and India respectively (Puma and Dutt would go on to compete for Mexico and the US).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament, History\nThe 2004 World X Cup took place in May 2004, with Team USA defeating Team Canada, Team Japan, Team Mexico, and Team Britain. In October 2005, TNA website manager Bill Banks announced that, as a result of the working relationship between TNA and the Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion, TNA were considering hosting a second World X Cup, this time featuring members of the NJPW roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament, History\nOn the February 18, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!, it was announced that the World X Cup was to return in 2006. Later that evening, Jay Lethal defeated \"The Prince of Punk\" Shannon Moore and Roderick Strong in a three-way match to become the first member of the 2006 Team USA. On the March 11, 2006 episode of Impact!, Chris Sabin became the second member of Team USA when he defeated Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley in another three-way match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament, History\nOn the March 18, 2006 episode of Impact!, Sonjay Dutt defeated Maverick Matt and Elix Skipper in a third three-way match to become the third member of Team USA. On the April 8, 2006 episode of Impact!, Alex Shelley defeated Roderick Strong and Chase Stevens to become the fourth and final member of Team USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament, History\nTeam Mexico and Team Japan were quickly announced as competitors in the 2006 World X Cup, much like they were in the 2004 World X Cup. Team UK was planned, but they were replaced by Team Canada, after two of the members, Doug Williams and Nigel McGuinness were already booked to wrestle in Japan. The other members were to be Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Results, Round 3 (The Gauntlet) - 5 Points, Entry and elimination order\nThe order of entry in the gauntlet match included a pattern: Japan, Mexico, Canada, USA. This is identical to the final standings in reverse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187911-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament, Standings\nThe standings for the 2004 and 2006 World X Cups were identical; in both, Team USA was ranked first, Canada second, Mexico third and Japan fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187912-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 TSFA Season\nThe 2006 TSFA season was the eighth regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187912-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 TSFA Season\n2006 brought another name change to the Texas Sixman Football Association (TSFA). The reason for this change was the creation of a sister league in Tampa, FL named the Florida Sixman Football Association (FSFA). There was also a large turnover from 2005 with four teams leaving the league and being replaced promptly by other teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187912-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 TSFA Season, Teams\nThe last remaining original team of the SFA folded prior to the 2006 season. The Red Raiders and Rhinos continued for their seventh seasons. The Bandits, Bucs, Longhorns, Rage and Wolverines entered their sixth year of competition. The Six-Pack entered into their fifth season of play. The Hurricanes, Ruff Ryders and Wrecking Crew returned for their second seasons. The Punishers folded after one season the most of their players went to the Panthers. A large number of Mad Dogs players went over and helped jump-start the Gladiators while the Warriors and Jets joined the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187912-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 TSFA Season, Teams\nThe Northern Conference consisted of the Bandits, Bucs, Hurricanes, Jets, Longhorns, Panthers, Six-Pack and Warriors. The Southern Conference consisted of the Gladiators, Rage, Red Raiders, Rhinos, Ruff Ryders, Wolverines and Wrecking Crew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187913-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tabasco state election\nA local election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187913-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tabasco state election, Gubernatorial Election\nEight political parties participate in the 2006 Tabasco state election; two of them (the PRD and PT) joined forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187913-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tabasco state election, Gubernatorial Election\nNOTE: Although CD participated in the election the party decided to have no candidate for Governor of Tabasco while the PASDC decided, at the end of the campaign, to support the PRD-PT candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nThe 2006 Table Mountain fire was a large fire in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. It broke out at approximately 4 p.m. on 26 January 2006 above Tafelberg Road, and spread quickly due to dry conditions and strong winds of up to 60 knots (110\u00a0km/h; 69\u00a0mph). It threatened to spread into the densely populated suburbs of Tamboerskloof, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek and Gardens on the north side, as well as Camps Bay and Bantry Bay on the south side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nJanet Chesworth, a 65-year-old British tourist, died from smoke inhalation while hiking near the lower cable station along with her daughter, Linda. A group of three German tourists were found unharmed on the mountain, and two tourists were also airlifted off the mountain while they waited on a rock near the upper cable car station. Up to sixteen hikers were also reportedly stranded on Table Mountain and Signal Hill. A number of homes were destroyed, as well as three cars along Tafelberg Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nAn estimated 7\u00a0km2 of fynbos vegetation was destroyed on the first day of the blaze and, according to conservation officials, approximately 40 to 50% of the world's Silver leaf tree population \u2014 found only in Stellenbosch, Paarl, Lion's Head and the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden \u2014 had perished in the blaze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nThree helicopters from Working on Fire, a government-private poverty alleviation initiative, waterbombed the blaze for most of the afternoon of the 26th, but had to leave the area as darkness fell. At that time, the fire was being fought by 150 firefighters and twenty reserve firefighters as well as volunteer wildfire specialists from the Volunteer Wildfire Services. On the morning of 27 January, waterbombing by six helicopters aided by a spotter plane resumed when daylight returned, and the fire was seemingly under control by early morning. More than one hundred firefighters worked through the night to contain the blaze, with the abating winds helping speed the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nHowever, in the early evening of the 27th the wind picked up, fanning hotspots still left over and by nightfall the mountain was ablaze, and, despite extra firefighters brought in from as far afield as Clanwilliam and Mpumalanga, a long night's work was predicted for emergency personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nAround 4:30\u00a0a.m. on the 28th the fire severed an electrical main line that supplied some of the higher-lying suburbs, leaving them without electricity until late the afternoon. By this time, firefighters also reported that the fire was completely under control. With the wind keeping low during the night, no additional flare-ups occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nMany citizens of Cape Town supported the firefighters with refreshments and in one case, fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nA 36-year-old British man, Anthony Cooper of Gowerton, was arrested on the 26th after allegedly causing the fire by discarding a burning cigarette butt from his car while stopped on the mountain. In addition to being charged with arson, he faced a potential culpable homicide charge after the death of the British tourist. The City of Cape Town noted its intention to pursue a civil claim against Cooper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187914-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Table Mountain fire\nOn 23 May, after he failed to appear for an unrelated charge of driving under the influence two days before the fire, magistrate Ingrid Freitag issued a warrant for Cooper's arrest and provisionally forfeited his bail. Cooper claimed that he had phoned the national emergency number when he realized a fire had started, allegedly through his own actions. In January 2008, Cooper was found not guilty of causing the fire, on the basis of reasonable doubt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187915-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament\nThe Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament (Chinese: \u53f0\u5317\u570b\u969b\u4e94\u4eba\u5236\u8db3\u7403\u9080\u8acb\u8cfd) was held from October 27 to October 29, 2006 at Taipei Gymnasium in Taipei, Taiwan. It was the first international futsal event in Taipei after holding the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship. Finally, Japanese D.C Asahikawa Futsal Club beat Macau, Chinese Taipei, and Taipei Select team and won the first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187915-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament\nBefore the tournament was held, the organizers originally wanted to invite Korea national team as well as Macau national team and D.C Asahikawa. However, the Korea team declined the invitation, and thus Taipei Futsal Association's select team was included as the replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187915-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament\nIn December, Chinese Taipei Football Association was fined US$ 10,000 by AFC Disciplinary Committee for failing to seek the AFC\u2019s approval for the tournament which violates Article 11-V (Tournaments) of the Regulations governing the application of AFC Statutes \u2018All tournaments involving more than two local or national teams (clubs or representative teams) which belong to difference member associations must be approved by the Confederation.'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187916-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajik League\nTajik League is the top division of the Tajikistan Football Federation, it was created in 1992. These are the statistics of the Tajik League in the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187917-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajik presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Tajikistan on 6 November 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President Emomali Rahmonov, who won a third term in office after receiving 80% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187917-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajik presidential election, Candidates\nThe Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, the Democratic Party, and the Social Democratic Party all boycotted the elections, criticising the country's electoral apparatus as unreliable and refusing to accept the constitutional changes that allowed Rakhmanov to seek a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187917-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajik presidential election, Campaign\nA rally by opposition parties was broken up. According to the BBC, none of the four candidates opposing Rahmonov have publicly criticised him, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has said that \"[n]o signs of a competitive campaign have been observed thus far\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187917-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajik presidential election, Conduct\nCIS election monitors declared the elections \"legal, free and transparent\", while the OSCE condemned them, and the election has been called \"flawed and unfair but peaceful.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187918-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajikistan earthquake\nOn July 29, the 2006 Tajikistan earthquake hit the Khatlon region of Tajikistan. The earthquake doublet killed three people and injured 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187918-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajikistan earthquake\nPoor water and sanitation posed an ongoing risk to health, as did malaria, given its prevalence in the region and the fact that some people sleep outdoors without mosquito nets. Damaged roofs made from asbestos posed additional risks to health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187918-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajikistan earthquake\nFollowing an initial assessment mission of the earthquake affected areas on 29 July by the Minister for Emergency Situations, a second joint mission followed on 1 August, led by the Deputy Prime Minister and including the UN Country Team, WHO and humanitarian partners. WHO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, immediately activated other UN and international agencies and NGOs in response to the disaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187918-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajikistan earthquake\nTo date, more than ten health partners, including NGOs, UN and International agencies have worked together to provide 50,000 water purification tablets, 86 tents and essential household items, mosquito nets, soap, buckets and high energy biscuits and to ensure basic drugs and WHO has donated 1 NEHKit to support local health authorities in ensuring essential medications are available for affected communities and forwarded drug donation guidelines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187918-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tajikistan earthquake\nFunding has been received from ECHO since January 2006, in support of WHO's work to 'strengthen and enhance the coordination of humanitarian health programmes' in Tajikistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187919-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tallahassee mayoral election\nThe 2006 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on September 5, 2006, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187919-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tallahassee mayoral election\nIncumbent mayor John Marks was reelected for 2nd term by over 77% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187920-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187920-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nAfter the election, the composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187920-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Results, Denton South ward\nShortly after hearing the result Councillor Arthur Grundy died; he had been suffering from terminal cancer. The seat was retained for Labour a month by Walter Downs later in a by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187920-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Results, Hyde Newton ward\nCouncillor Margaret Oldham died in office in November 2008. The seat was retained by Philip Fitzpatrick for Labour in a by-election in February 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\nThe thirteenth legislative assembly election, of Tamil Nadu was held on 8 May 2006. It was held for all 234 constituencies to elect the government in the state for the following five years. The votes were counted three days later on 11 May 2006 and all the results were out by the end of the day. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (DMK) front won the elections, with the DMK emerging as the single-largest party with 96 seats, and its leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fifth and final term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\nThis election marked the first time the state saw a hung assembly with no party gaining a majority of its own. As a result, DMK formed a minority government with its allies, which is the first in the state since the 1952 election. 13th Assembly was instituted due to this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election\nThe election marked the electoral debut of the actor Vijayakanth and his political outfit, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK). Though the party could only gain a single seat, it cut into the vote share of both DMK and AIADMK and emerged as a third alternative to the existing two Dravidian parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Polling\n48848 polling stations were set up for electorate, that sized up to 46,607 eligible voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and the alliances\nTamil Nadu has a remarkable history of being dominated by the local parties, DMK or AIADMK, while the national parties have a strong presence in other states. The parties have resorted to forming alliances in the last few elections to take on each sides for power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and the alliances\nStriking changes in the alliances included the swap of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) from DMK led Democratic Progressive Alliance to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) led alliance. While Dalit Panthers of India joined the AIADMK alliance, all other major parties in the fray such as Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Indian National Congress, CPM and Communist Party of India (CPI), aligned themselves with the DMK party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and the alliances\nThere were two notable new parties \u2014 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) formed in September 2005 by actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth, and Lok Paritran formed by Indian Institutes of Technology graduates in February 2006. Both contested alone in this elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and the alliances\nThe contest was between two major alliances in a seat-sharing agreement, the AIADMK alliance and the DMK alliance. These archrivals had a face-off in 106 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and the alliances\nExit Polls predicted a 157-167 seats in favour of the DMK alliance, while the AIADMK alliance was expected to get 64-74 seats in the assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and the alliances\nBefore the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections, the Pattali Makkal Katchi left the DMK, citing differences with its leader M. Karunanidhi, and joined the AIADMK, and the Third Front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 82], "content_span": [83, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Voting and results\nThe 2006 Tamil Nadu State Elections saw a record voter turnout of 70.70% an 11% increase compared to the last 2001 elections and the highest since the 1991 elections which saw an 85% voter turnout. The ruling party AIADMK was voted out of power with the DMK alliance regaining power after losing out in the previous elections with a paltry 37 seats. This time however, no party reached the simple majority of 117 of the 234 seats. DMK grabbed the highest number of seats (96) for any contesting party, while AIADMK followed with 61 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Voting and results\nThe Congress won 34 seats while the other national party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), drew blank after contesting alone in this elections. PMK managed to win 18 seats followed by the Communists (14 seats). MDMK, the party that jumped alliance won 6 seats and the DPI won 2 seats. DMDK, even while contesting in 232 seats managed to score just one seat, with the party leader actor vijayakant winning the seat he contested in Vridhachalam Constituency. There was 1 independent winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Voting and results\nThe split results paved way for the formation of the new coalition government led by DMK chief, the 82-year-old veteran politician Dr.M Karunanidhi, becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time, with the Congress unconditionally supporting his claim for Chief Ministership and government formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Voting and results\nDue to the loss of key allies after the previous election, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), ended up losing both the 2004 Lok Sabha Election and the 2006 State Assembly Elections, to DMK led coalition that consisted of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and former allies of AIADMK, Indian National Congress, left parties (Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist)) and Pattali Makkal Katchi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Voting and results, Results by pre-poll alliance\n\u2020: Seat changes reflect the following mergers in parties from previous election. MADMK merged with Bharatiya Janata Party in 2002. TMC merged with the national party INC in 2002. Usilampatti FBL MLA L. Santhanam, joined AIADMK and contested in Sholavandan, after being expelled from his party by newly elected actor-turned party leader Karthik Muthuraman. \u2021: Vote\u00a0% reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote\u00a0%, reflects the\u00a0% of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187921-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, Voting and results, Constituency wise results\nThe following table lists the winners and margin of victory in all constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe 2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League the 9th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium, and the 5th under head coach Jon Gruden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe team failed to improve on their 11\u20135 record in 2005, tumbled to a 4\u201312 record and missed the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nAfter winning their division in 2005, the Buccaneers suffered through an abysmal 2006 season. The season was plagued by injuries, with starters such as G Dan Buenning, WR Michael Clayton, RB Carnell Williams, DE Simeon Rice, CB Brian Kelly, and QB Chris Simms all being placed on injured reserve at some point in the season. The season also saw a lot of rookies starting for the Bucs, such as QB Bruce Gradkowski, T Jeremy Trueblood, and G Davin Joseph. The league schedule was also unfriendly to the Bucs, scheduling them for 3 games (two of them away games) within 11 days of each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nThere was more to the lost season than just injuries, as most of the players put on injured reserve had been done so after the team's 0\u20133 start, and offensive shutouts in the first two games in which no touchdowns were scored by the Buccaneers. The departure of several key defensive coaches and assistants didn't bode well with players, who complained to some in the media of not being able to hear coaches in team meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nInconsistent and unorganized are how some players referred to one of the newcomers, who most players had a hard time making the transition from longtime favorites Rod Marinelli and others. Some believe the problems in 2006 were rooted in recent years mistakes, lack of salary cap room to bring in high impact free agents, lack of top 50 draft picks over the last 5 or 6 years due to trades, and maybe even a failure to properly assess talent resulting in a lack of contribution from second day draft picks in recent history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nThe Bucs started off the season 0\u20133, with QB Chris Simms throwing only 1 touchdown to 7 interceptions. In the third game of the season, a last-minute loss to the Carolina Panthers, Simms's spleen was ruptured, and he was placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season. After their bye week, the Bucs elected to start rookie quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, a 6th-round pick from Toledo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nGradkowski started off performing decently. People who in hindsight claim the Bucs should have started the more experienced Tim Rattay forget the Bucs nearly upset the New Orleans Saints, and then went on to win two narrow victories: one, against the Cincinnati Bengals, winning on an overturned call resulting in a touchdown; and another against the Philadelphia Eagles, thanks to Matt Bryant\u2019s 62-yard field goal. After these victories, though, Gradkowski\u2019s performance declined. After a 3\u201317 loss to the New York Giants in heavy winds, the Bucs proceeded to lose 5 of their next 6 games, leading them to a record of 3\u201310 (0\u20136 in their division). In the loss to the Atlanta Falcons, Gradkowski was replaced in the 4th quarter by Rattay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nIn the first half of the Bucs' next game, against the Chicago Bears, Gradkowski was again replaced by Rattay, who led the team from a 24\u20133 deficit to a score of 31\u201331, with three touchdowns in the fourth quarter. However, the Bucs then lost the game in overtime, 34\u201331. Rattay was then named the new starting quarterback for the last two games for the season. The Bucs finished their season with a 4\u201312 record, tied for third worst in the NFL. The overall defense was ranked in the low 20s, the first time a Tampa defense was not ranked in the top ten since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nThe Bucs sent three players to the 2007 Pro Bowl, cornerback Ronde Barber, tight end/long snapper Dave Moore (A \"Need\" player according to Saints coach Sean Payton), and late addition outside linebacker Derrick Brooks (as an injury replacement). This would be Brooks's 10th consecutive Pro Bowl and 10th Pro Bowl overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Summary\nIt was also the final season for longtime fullback Mike Alstott. Although he was on the roster the following season, he was unable to play due to a preseason neck injury against New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason\nIn the 2006 NFL Draft, the Buccaneers used their first pick on Oklahoma Guard Davin Joseph. They then used their next pick on Boston College OT Jeremy Trueblood. The rest of their picks included Notre Dame WR Maurice Stovall, Penn St. CB Alan Zemaitis, Stanford DE Julian Jenkins, Toledo QB Bruce Gradkowski, North Carolina St. TE T.J. Williams (who was lost for the upcoming season to injury when he tore his right Achilles tendon the week of June 19), Oregon CB Justin Phinisee, Clemson DE Charles Bennett, and Michigan TE Tim Massaquoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason\nAfter a potential season-ending injury to backup quarterback Luke McCown, the Buccaneers signed veteran quarterback Jay Fiedler to back up Chris Simms on June 29. The signing maintains the four-deep status of the backup quarterback position, as Tim Rattay, Jared Allen, and Bruce Gradkowski are still on the roster (as of July 18). Additionally, the team signed two-year veteran tight end Matt Kranchick to replace T.J. Williams, who was lost for the season due to injury, as noted above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason\nThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers played four preseason games. The home team is in capital letters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Schedule\nIn the 2006 regular season, the Bucs\u2019 non-divisional conference opponents were primarily from the NFC East, although they also played the Seattle Seahawks who headed the 2005 NFC West, and the Chicago Bears who had headed the 2005 NFC North. Their non-conference opponents were from the AFC North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nThe Buccaneers opened the regular season at home against the Baltimore Ravens on September 10 by being shutout for the first time since Week 14 of the 2005 season. The game began with the Ravens scoring a touchdown after a clock-killing 80-yard drive, and the Bucs were never able to respond. Bucs QB Chris Simms threw three interceptions and many of his passes were batted down at the line of scrimmage, an issue that was present during the pre-season and would continue to plague Simms in the next two games. In addition, second-year RB Carnell Williams struggled with back spasms and was held to just 22 rushing yards on 8 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe Bucs went to the Georgia Dome for a Week 2 contest against their division rival, Atlanta Falcons. Historically, the Buccaneers had been able to effectively contain Falcons' QB Michael Vick, shutting down the Falcons' offense in the process. However, the Bucs' performance here had not improved much from Week 1. The defense was unable to stop the running duo of Vick and RB Warrick Dunn, whose combined performance netted 261 yards, and 306 for Atlanta as a team\u2014a new Falcons team record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons\nAlso illustrating their sharp fall in performance from their #1 NFL ranking the previous season, the Bucs' defense also allowed a 1-yard QB TD run by Vick and a 4-yard TD pass to FB Fred McCrary. Bucs QB Chris Simms continued to struggle, throwing another three interceptions, while Carnell Williams was held to just 37 yards on 15 carries. The Bucs' only points came on a chip-shot 22-yard field goal by kicker Matt Bryant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Bucs played one of their most heated rivals, the Carolina Panthers, at home. In the first half, it was a rout 20\u20137 with Bucs QB Chris Simms' first pass intercepted by the Panthers' Chris Gamble. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay finally scored its first touchdown of the season on a short pass from Simms to Joey Galloway, then followed that up in the third quarter with Carnell Williams scoring his first TD run of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nLater that quarter, Simms led a drive that was wrapped up by a 2-yard bootleg by Simms on a fake to Mike Alstott, but Simms was hit hard on the play, and had to leave the game momentarily to let rookie Bruce Gradkowski take over. Simms returned in the fourth quarter to lead another scoring drive which ended with a long field goal by Matt Bryant. Unfortunately for the Bucs, the Panthers' kicker John Kasay hit his fourth field goal of the day, winning the game for the Panthers with only six seconds to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0016-0002", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAfter the game, it was learned that Simms had a ruptured spleen and went into emergency surgery to remove it. Originally diagnosed as bruised ribs, it was only discovered shortly after the game ended. If discovery had been delayed any longer, Simms would have died. The injury cost Simms the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nComing off their bye week, the Buccaneers were still looking for their first win of the season. The Bucs traveled to the Louisiana Superdome for their third divisional match-up in a row\u2014this time, against the New Orleans Saints. The Bucs scored first as rookie QB Bruce Gradkowski threw an 18-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway in the first quarter; the Saints responded with a 21-yard field goal from kicker John Carney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nThe Saints continued scoring, with a 24-yard TD run from RB Deuce McAllister in the second quarter, and a 9-yard TD pass to TE Ernie Conwell in the third quarter. The Bucs finally responded with a 1-yard TD run from FB Mike Alstott, and took the lead in the fourth quarter with Gradkowski's 3-yard TD pass to TE Alex Smith. Unfortunately for the Bucs, a special teams breakdown led to Saints RB Reggie Bush getting his inaugural NFL touchdown on a 65-yard punt return, which sealed the win for the Saints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bucs were predicted by many as an underdog by several sports commentators to defeat the 3\u20131 Bengals, and they pulled off an upset win, with Bruce Gradkowski throwing 2 touchdowns, and Cadillac Williams running for 94 yards. With 34 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter, Gradkowkski threw a pass to wide receiver Michael Clayton, who appeared to cross the goal line in a dive, but dropped the football in the end zone. The pass was initially ruled incomplete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe replay official initiated a review, and referee Mike Carey determined that Clayton had possession of the football when he crossed the plain of the goal line. The call was reversed, and the Buccaneers were awarded the touchdown. At the end of regulation, Shayne Graham had a chance to win the game with a 62-yard field goal, but missed it wide right, giving the Bucs their first win of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Bucs entered week 7 against an Eagles team looking to build upon their 14\u201313 win over the Bengals. The Bucs defense stepped up big early, particularly Ronde Barber, who returned two Donovan McNabb interceptions for touchdowns. The Bucs however blew a 17-point lead when Brian Westbrook scored on a 52-yard touchdown with 33 seconds left. With two timeouts remaining, the Bucs drove to the Philadelphia 45-yard line with 4 seconds left. Kicker Matt Bryant then converted on an improbable, franchise record 62-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bucs a 23\u201321 victory. Ironically, the kick was the same distance Bengals' Shayne Graham missed from the previous week. The Bucs improved to 2\u20134. The kick was one yard short of the NFL record (63 yards) and the second-longest game-winning field goal in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 902]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 8: at New York Giants\nHoping to build on their dramatic home win over the Eagles, the Buccaneers flew to Giants Stadium for their Week 8 game with the New York Giants. Bucs CB Ronde Barber would be facing his brother, RB Tiki Barber for the last time in NFL competition as the latter planned to retire after the season. In the first quarter, Tampa Bay fell behind early, as QB Eli Manning completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 8: at New York Giants\nIn the second quarter, the Bucs' woes continued as Giants RB Brandon Jacobs got a 1-yard TD run. Kicker Matt Bryant would get Tampa Bay a 43-yard field goal, but that would all of the points that the Bucs would get, because after a scoreless third quarter, Giants kicker Jay Feely kicked a 31-yard field goal to put the game away. With their loss, the Buccaneers fell to 2\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Giants, the Buccaneers went home for an NFC South rematch with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, the Bucs trailed early as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston and a 52-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. In the second quarter, kicker John Carney helped New Orleans improve its lead with a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints\nTampa Bay would valiantly fight back, as QB Bruce Gradkowski completed a 44-yard TD pass and a 17-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway, but that would be as close as they would get. In the third quarter, Saints pulled away with RB Deuce McAllister completing a 3-yard TD run and Bree completing a 45-yard TD pass to Henderson. With a scoreless second half, the Bucs would fall to 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Carolina Panthers\nThe Buccaneers travelled to Bank of America Stadium for an NFC South rematch on Monday Night Football with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, QB Bruce Gradkowski completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Ike Hilliard for the only score of the period and the first half. However, in the third quarter, the Panthers struck back with a vengeance as kicker John Kasay nailed a 28-yard field goal, QB Jake Delhomme completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Keyshawn Johnson, and FB Brad Hoover contributing a 5-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, even though kicker Matt Bryant would nail 28-yard field goal, Carolina managed to put the game away with Delhomme completing a 36-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. With the loss, the Bucs fell to 2\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Washington Redskins\nHoping to rebound from their three-game losing streak, the Buccaneers went home for rematch of last season's NFC Wildcard match-up with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, the Bucs drew first blood with kicker Matt Bryant nailing a 26-yard field goal, while Redskins kicker Nick Novak got a 45-yard field goal. After a scoreless second quarter, Washington took the lead in the third quarter with QB Jason Campbell completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley. Tampa Bay would respond with QB Bruce Gradkowski completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Becht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the fourth quarter, the Bucs managed to wrap-up the game with Gradkowski completing a 34-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway, while Bryant kicked a 31-yard field goal. Even though the Redskins would get a 4-yard TD pass from Campbell to TE Todd Yoder, the Bucs held on to win and advance to 3\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys\nHoping to build on their home win over the Redskins, the Buccaneers flew to Texas Stadium for a Thanksgiving game against the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, the Bucs capped off their opening driver with FB Mike Alstott getting a 1-yard TD run. However, the Cowboys responded with QB Tony Romo getting a 30-yard TD pass to WR Terry Glenn. In the second quarter, Romo and Glenn hooked up with each other again on a 2-yard TD pass. The Bucs could only respond with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys\nDallas would respond with Romo getting a 1-yard TD pass to RB Marion Barber. In the third quarter, Romo and Barber would hook up with each other again on a 2-yard TD pass, with Romo also hooking up with WR Terrell Owens on a 7-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, kicker Mike Vanderjagt would close out the scoring with a 22-yard field goal. With the loss, the Bucs fell to 3\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nBruce Gradkowski\u2019s homecoming was also his worst game of the season. In the first quarter, Ben Roethlisberger threw his only interception early in the game to linebacker Derrick Brooks. Later in the quarter, Gradkowski tossed his first interception to Steeler linebacker Larry Foote. In the final seconds of the first quarter, Roethlisberger threw a short touchdown pass to tight end Jerame Tuman. Later in the second half, Gradkowski tossed another interception in the red zone to Bryant McFadden. Steeler kicker Jeff Reed, kicked a fifty-yard field goal to end the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter another interception of Gradkowski in the second half, Roethlisberger completed a touchdown pass in the early fourth quarter. By the two-minute warning, the score was 20\u20130, in the favor of the Steelers. Tampa Bay kicker Matt Bryant, made sure the Bucs did not get shut out with a 27-yard field goal in the last seconds of regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 81], "content_span": [82, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Buccaneers went home for an NFC South rematch with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first half, the Bucs jumped out to an early lead as kicker Matt Bryant got a 42-yard field goal in the first quarter, while nailing a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter. However, for the rest of the game, it was all Atlanta. In the third quarter, the Falcons took the lead with OLB Demorrio Williams returning a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown, while FB Justin Griffith got a 21-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta wrapped up their season sweep over Tampa Bay with kicker Morten Andersen nailing a 23-yard field goal. With the loss, the Buccaneers fell to 3\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 15: at Chicago Bears\nThe Bears entered week 15 of the NFL season hoping to secure a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Chicago led 24\u20133 with 5:22 left in the third quarter and were en route to winning their third straight. During the first quarter, the Bucs had only reached 80 yards in total offense. Coach Jon Gruden sent in back-up Tim Rattay, who completed 20 of 35 for 268 yards with 3 touchdowns and one interception as the Bucs battled back to tie the game up at 31 during the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0027-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 15: at Chicago Bears\nA controversial move was made by Chicago Bears' head coach Lovie Smith as he decided to let time expire during the fourth quarter and thus send the game into overtime. Tampa Bay won the coin toss, and both teams had three possessions in overtime. After missing earlier in the overtime period, Robbie Gould connected on a 27-yard field goal with 3:37 remaining to give the Bears the victory, 34\u201331. This loss sent the struggling Buccaneers to 3\u201311 which secured last place in the NFC South standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Cleveland Browns\nTrying to end a four-game losing skid, the Buccaneers flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 16 interconference fight with the Cleveland Browns on Christmas Eve. In the first half, the Bucs got off to a decent start with kicker Matt Bryant nailing a 23-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Tampa Bay increased its lead RB Michael Pittman's 11-yard TD run (following PAT was blocked).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0028-0001", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the fourth quarter, the Pewter Pirates\u2019 defense got a chance to score with OLB Derrick Brooks returning an interception 21 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Browns would get their only score of the game as CB Daven Holly returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown. After that, the Bucs wrapped the game up with Bryant's 37-yard field goal. With the win, the Buccaneers improved to 4\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187922-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to end their season on a high note on New Year's Eve, the Buccaneers hosted the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks. Tampa Bay trailed early as Seahawks kicker Josh Brown nailed a 35-yard field goal, which was followed by RB Shaun Alexander's one-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Bucs got their only score of the game with QB Tim Rattay completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway. Afterwards, Seattle continued its dominance with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR D.J. Hackett. After that, the Seahawks wrapped up the game in the second half with Brown getting a 30-yard field goal in the third quarter and a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. With the loss, the Buccaneers ended their year at 4\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187923-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season\nThe 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their ninth since the franchise was created. They finished last in the AL East division, posting a league-worst record of 61\u2013101. Their manager was Joe Maddon, who entered his first season with the Devil Rays. The Devil Rays' offense had the fewest runs (689), hits (1,395) and RBI (650) in Major League Baseball, as well as the joint-lowest batting average (.255) and lowest on-base percentage (.314).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187923-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187923-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187923-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187923-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187923-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187924-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Storm season\nThe 2006 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 20th season for the team in the Arena Football League and 16th in Tampa. They tried to improve upon their 10\u20136 record from 2005 in the Southern Division, and looking to get back to the playoffs again. They finished 7\u20139 and for the first time in franchise history, they missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187924-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tampa Bay Storm season, Coaching\nTim Marcum, head coach since 1995, entered his 12th year as Storm head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187925-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tamworth Borough Council election\nElections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.3%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187926-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tandridge District Council election\nThe 2006 Tandridge District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187927-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tashkent Open\nThe 2006 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the event, and part of the Tier IV Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 2 October 2 through 8 October 2006. Unseeded Sun Tiantian won the singles title and earned $22,925 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187927-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tashkent Open, Finals, Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Maria Elena Camerin / Emmanuelle Gagliardi, walk-over", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187928-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tashkent Open \u2013 Doubles\nMaria Elena Camerin and \u00c9milie Loit were the defending champions, but Loit did not compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187928-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tashkent Open \u2013 Doubles\nCamerin teamed up with Emmanuelle Gagliardi and reached the final against Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek. However, Camerin suffered a sprain in her right ankle and was unable to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187929-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tashkent Open \u2013 Singles\nMicha\u00eblla Krajicek was the defending champion, but chose not participate. She played in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix instead, which was held in the same week at Stuttgart, Germany. Sun Tiantian won the title, defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187930-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election\nPeriodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2006. The two seats up for election were Rowallan, held by independent MLC Greg Hall, and Wellington, held by Labor MLC Doug Parkinson. Rowallan was last contested in 2001, while Wellington was last contested in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187930-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Rowallan\nRowallan had been held since 2001 by independent MLC Greg Hall. His sole opponent was Karen Cassidy of the Tasmanian Greens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187930-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Wellington\nLabor MLC Doug Parkinson first entered the Legislative Council as the member for Hobart in 1994. He successfully transferred to Wellington in 2000. In the leadup to the election there was speculation that the Tasmanian Greens were close to winning the seat; their candidate was Marrette Corby. The other candidates all appeared on the ballot as independents. Michael Fracalossi was a member of the Christian Democratic Party. Marti Zucco was a Hobart City Council alderman. The other independents were Stephen Roomes and Paul Hiscutt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election\nAn election for the House of Assembly (lower house) was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006, the same day as the South Australian elections. The Labor Party led by Premier Paul Lennon, won a third successive majority government term in office, despite predictions the election would result in a minority government. Although there was a small swing against Labor, they finished with 14 seats, and there were no changes in the party composition of the assembly. The Liberal Party led by Rene Hidding gained a small swing and finished with seven seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election\nThe Tasmanian Greens led by Peg Putt suffered a small swing and finished with four seats; meaning no change in seat representation since the last election. Had the Greens lost one of their four seats, they would have lost their status as a major party and would lose financial resources, offices and support staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election\nMinor parties such as the Australian Democrats and the Family First Party did not contest the election. The Tasmania First Party, the Socialist Alliance and the Christian Democratic Party (who stood as grouped independents) polled poorly. A total of 95 candidates (65 men and 30 women) nominated for election: 27 from Labor, 25 from the Liberals and Greens, four from Tasmania First, two from Socialist Alliance and 12 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election\nThis was the first time Paul Lennon had run for election as Premier, after the resignation of Tasmanian Labor leader Jim Bacon in 2004 due to lung cancer. On the day the election results were finalised, the Liberals installed Will Hodgman as their new leader and Jeremy Rockliff as deputy leader. Hodgman said the Liberals were disappointed with their result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign\nThe Liberals pledged that they would only accept government if they won a majority. Labor said they would be prepared to work with the Tasmanian Greens to form government if necessary, but ruled out a formal coalition and campaigned to be returned in majority. Commentators said that fear of a minority government was a factor in the government's strong showing, which appears to have resulted from a swing to Labor in the last week of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign\nLennon refused to participate in an ABC television debate if the Greens leader Putt was to be involved. Hidding was also not in favour of Putt's involvement but said he would participate if Lennon did. As a result, the ABC cancelled the debate, saying that Putt should not be excluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign\nThe Federal Labor member for Franklin, Harry Quick, caused a stir for his endorsement of Greens candidate Nick McKim. In a Greens election pamphlet, Quick commended McKim on his \"hard work over the last four years.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign\nMembers of the secretive Christian group known as Exclusive Brethren were found to be behind newspaper advertisements and distributed flyers attacking Greens policies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign\nA group identifying themselves as Tasmanians for a Better Future placed television and newspaper advertisements calling for a \"stable majority government\". Late in the campaign period, businessman Michael Kent revealed himself as one of the backers of the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Australian Labor Party\nLabor tried to convince the public of their economic achievements. Since the Labor government came to power, Labor said, employment and property value had risen and the state debt had been greatly reduced. Labor attributed this economic success to their stable and strong leadership. Others including federal Treasurer Peter Costello claimed that it was the GST revenue and the Liberal federal government's economic policies that have caused Tasmania's economy to grow. Labor also claimed that under their government the number of tourists visiting the state had risen. They attributed this to a marketing campaign and the purchase of the three Spirit of Tasmania ferries. Others claimed that the increase in tourists had been caused by cheaper air-fares from operators such as Jetstar and Virgin Blue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Australian Labor Party\nPremier Paul Lennon warned voters about electing a minority government. On the final day of the campaign at a childcare centre, Lennon argued that a minority government would jeopardise the future of the state's children, and said that Tasmanians should move forward under a majority Labor Government. Lennon also raised the spectre of small businesses failing under a hung Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Liberal Party\nThe Liberals campaign slogan was \"Getting it right for all Tasmanians.\" Much of their campaign was focused on criticising the Labor government, including over the long waiting lists in Tasmania's Royal Hobart Hospital, long dental waiting lists, and the number of young people leaving Tasmania. They also heavily criticised the conduct of Lennon, using the slogan \"special deals for special mates.\" This criticism related to the resignation payment of $650,000 to former Governor Richard Butler, Lennon accepting an upgrade at the Melbourne Crown Casino owned by PBL and then signing a licence to PBL to operate an online betting exchange, and other matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Liberal Party\nThe Liberals also warned of a possible minority government between Labor and the Greens, claiming it would be a disaster for Tasmania: this campaign may have backfired on the Liberals by encouraging voters to support a majority Labor government. The Liberals abandoned their 1998 commitment to sell Hydro Tasmania. On the issue of health Hidding promised to resign if he did not cut waiting lists by 20% in one year. The Liberals also promised to abolish Land Tax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Liberal Party\nOn the final day of the campaign, the Liberals criticised the Government for funding an additional $166 million to pay for its election promises, saying the money should be used for the troubled Royal Hobart Hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Tasmanian Greens\nThe Tasmanian Greens' campaign slogan was \"This Time Vote Green\". Before the election was announced the Greens changed two of their policies: they announced their support for the Sydney-Devonport Bass Strait ferry, which they had previously criticised, and they changed their drug policy to one similar to Labor's. However, even after changing their drugs policy, pamphlets delivered by the Liberals claimed the Greens had a \"crazy policy\" to legalise drugs such as cannabis. The Greens promised that in the case of a minority government they would work co-operatively with both parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Tasmanian Greens\nThe Greens released a wide range of policies, and unlike in previous campaigns there was little attention given to forestry issues. They stated their opposition to the proposed Gunns Limited Pulp Mill in its current form. They proposed an alternative forestry policy to that of the major parties; they would reserve more of Tasmania's old growth forests, use plantation timber instead and process timber locally. One Tasmanian forestry small business group supported the policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Campaign, Tasmanian Greens\nWith polls showing minority government a possibility in the final stages of the campaign, the Greens moved to reassure voters they would be responsible with a share of the power. Greens leader Peg Putt slammed Lennon's warning about the perils of minority government as \"outrageous scare tactics\" and hypocritical in the face of plummeting house prices in areas affected by forestry operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Key seats\nThe key seats were widely said to be Labor's third seats in Braddon and Franklin. Had Labor lost both of these seats, a minority government would have been likely. The Greens were hoping to pick up an extra seat from Labor in both Braddon and Denison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results\nTasmanian state election, 18 March 2006House of Assembly << 2002\u20132010 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results\nLabor retained majority government after an unexpected strong performance, winning 14 of the 25 seats, despite a 2.6% decrease in their primary vote. Early in the counting Tourism Minister Paula Wriedt seemed likely to lose her seat in Franklin to Liberal candidate Vanessa Goodwin, however after preference distribution she secured the final vacancy. Labor's vote increased slightly in Bass, where former federal politician Michelle O'Byrne topped the poll. Media commentators claimed that Labor would take the final seat in Bass where the Greens were short of a quota, however ALP candidate Steve Reissig narrowly missed out and the Greens held their seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results\nThe Liberals retained their seven seats and nearly gained a seat at the expense of Labor in Franklin. Will Hodgman in Franklin outpolled Hidding. The Liberal primary vote rose by 4.4% to 31.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results\nAfter early speculation that the Greens might retain only two seats, they retained all four of their seats. The Greens came close to losing Kim Booth's seat in Bass, largely as a result of the strong victory of Labor's Michelle O'Byrne. Booth won the seat by the slim margin of 136 votes. Had the Tasmanian Greens lost one of their four seats, they would have lost their status as a major party and would lose financial resources, offices and support staff. The Greens failed to win a hoped-for second seat in Denison or to win a seat in Braddon. The Greens primary vote fell by 1.5% to 16.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results, Leaders' comments after the election\nRe -elected Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon has said he will use the majority won in the state election to make the state an Australian leader. \"We've made the economy strong again,\" he said. \"We've taken Tasmania from the bottom to the top of the economic pile.\" He committed his Government to be economically progressive, socially progressive, and to speak out for children. Lennon also expressed a desire to lead the nation economically and socially, and with Aboriginal reconciliation, pledging to \"resolve once and for all the Stolen Generation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results, Leaders' comments after the election\nTasmanian Opposition Leader Rene Hidding conceded defeat, saying a majority government - even if it is Labor - is good news for the state. \"After the disaster of 2002 it was universally accepted that we would need at least two elections to be in a position to win government,\" he said. Mr Hidding also paid tribute to Mr Lennon, stating that \"Paul Lennon has been and is a worthy opponent\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187931-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tasmanian state election, Results, Leaders' comments after the election\nGreens leader Peg Putt said the Tasmanian election has been the grubbiest campaign the party has ever seen, and stated that everyone had targeted the Greens during the campaign. \"We have had the might of big business, unions, Labor and Liberal and more, all directed against us,\" she said. Ms Putt accused small groups of running a smear campaigns, and called for disclosure laws to ensure transparency. She said her party campaigned with honour and integrity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187932-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nThe 2006 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2005\u201306 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the 66th season of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 14 May 2006 at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Porto and Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. Porto defeated Vit\u00f3ria 1\u20130 thanks to a second-half strike from Brazilian striker Adriano, which would claim Porto a 13th Ta\u00e7a de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187932-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nIn Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP and Sport TV. As Porto claimed both league and cup double in the same season, cup runners-up Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal faced their cup final opponents in the 2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira at the Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa in Leiria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187933-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Team Ice Racing World Championship\nThe 2006 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 28th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on\u00a0?, 2006, in Berlin, in Germany. Russia won their 12th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187934-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe 2006 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the second of the FIM Team Speedway Junior World Championship season. The final took place in Germany, Sweden and Poland in June and September 2006. World Championship was won by Poland team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187934-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualification, Semifinal 2\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187934-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187935-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey\nThe 2006 Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey was the third round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on May 29, 2006 on the Fundidora Park street circuit in Monterrey, Mexico. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais took the pole and the race victory, his third consecutive to open the season. The race was the sixth and final Champ Car race to take place at Fundidora Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187936-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Teen Choice Awards\nThe 2006 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 20, 2006, at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California. The event was hosted by Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson with Nelly Furtado & Timbaland, Rihanna, and Kevin Federline as performers. Fall Out Boy was one of the ceremony's biggest winners with three awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187937-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Teenui-Mapumai by-election\nThe Teenui-Mapumai by-election was a by-election in the Cook Islands electorate of Teenui\u2013Mapumai. It took place on 8 June 2006, and was precipitated by the retirement of Upoko Simpson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187937-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Teenui-Mapumai by-election\nThe by-election was won by Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament Norman George.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187938-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tehran City Council election\nAn election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187938-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tehran City Council election\nThe council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. The Principlists gained 10 seats, while the Reformists won 4. Another seat went to Alireza Dabir who ran as an Independent, but was close to then mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187939-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election\nA by-election for the Islamic Consultative Assembly's constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr was held on 15 December 2006, to fill two vacancies caused by resignation of Davoud Danesh-Jafari and Manouchehr Mottaki, who were appointed as finance and foreign ministers respectively. The voters in Tehran cast their ballots along with the nationwide Assembly of Experts election and the Tehran City Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187939-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election\nThe two seats went to conservative Hassan Ghafourifard and reformist Soheila Jolodarzadeh, who were placed the first and the second respectively in a plurality-at-large voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187939-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election, Results\nThe top sixteen candidates who ran for the seats, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187940-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tejano Music Awards\nThe 25th Tejano Music Awards were held in 2006. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The Tejano Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony recognizing Tejano music musicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187941-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing\nThe 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing was a suicide bombing on April 17, 2006 at \"Rosh Ha'ir\" shawarma restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel. Eleven Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 70 were injured. The Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the terror attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187941-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, Attack\nOn April 17, 2006, around 1:30 pm, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached a crowded fast food restaurant near the old Tel Aviv Central Bus Station in the southern part of the Neve Shaanan neighborhood. The suicide bomber blew himself up when the security guard stationed at the entrance to the restaurant asked him to open his bag for inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187941-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, Attack\nThe blast killed 11 people and injured more than 70. Two of the victims died on arrival at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. Of the wounded, six were seriously hurt, 12 sustained moderate wounds, while the rest were lightly injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187941-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, Perpetrators\nThe Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the bomber as Sami Salim Hamad from near Jenin in northern West Bank. Islamic Jihad leader Elias Ashkar, who was accused of being behind the suicide attack, was killed by Israeli troops in the village of Qabatiya, together with other four Palestinians, on May 14, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187941-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, U.S. Court ruling on case\nThe family of Daniel Wultz won a case in May 2012 in a U.S. District Court against Iran and Syria for their supporting \"Palestinian militants\" in this suicide bombing attack. The amount of the judgement was for $323,000,000 and represented the first time that a U.S. court issued a judgment against Syria for terror related activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187942-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Telus Cup\nThe 2006 Telus Cup was Canada's 28th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 24\u201330, 2006 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The Prince Albert Mintos went undefeated throughout the tournament to win their first of two consecutive national titles, defeating the Calgary Buffaloes 5\u20134 in triple overtime in the gold medal game. Future National Hockey League players playing in this tournament included Dustin Tokarski, Yann Sauv\u00e9, Jordan Eberle, and Alex Pietrangelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187943-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Temple Owls football team\nThe 2006 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Temple competed as an independent. The team was coached by first-year head coach Al Golden and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187944-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team\nThe 2006 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team was an American softball team, representing the University of Tennessee for the 2005 NCAA softball season. The team played their home games at Tyson Park. The team made it to the 2006 Women's College World Series, finishing third for the 2nd straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season\nThe 2006 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise\u2019s 47th season overall, 37th with the league, and tenth in Tennessee. The season began with the Titans trying to improve on their 4\u201312 record in their 2005 season. The team improved to 8\u20138, but missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season\nThe Titans signed Pittsburgh Steelers safety Chris Hope, Indianapolis Colts linebacker David Thornton, New England Patriots wide receiver David Givens, New York Jets center Kevin Mawae, Oakland Raiders quarterback Kerry Collins, and brought back defensive lineman Robaire Smith after he was released by the Houston Texans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season\nThe Titans, with the third 2006 overall pick, chose Vince Young, star quarterback out of the University of Texas, and with their second round pick, picked USC running back LenDale White. Then, they used the rest of their picks on Penn St. Safety Calvin Lowry, North Carolina St. LB Stephen Tulloch, Miami University (OH) LB Terna Nande, Tennessee DT Jesse Mahelona, Wisconsin WR Jonathan Orr, Samford DB Cortland Finnegan, Utah LB Spencer Toone, and Utah RB Quinton Ganther.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season\nHowever, the Titans were winless for five consecutive games before winning their first game against the Redskins in week 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Regular season\nApart from their regular games with AFC South division rivals, the Titans played against the AFC East and NFC East according to the NFL\u2018s schedule rotation, and also played against the Ravens and the Chargers, who in 2005 had like the Titans each finished third in their division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. New York Jets\nThe Titans opened the regular season at home against the New York Jets on September 10. After a scoreless first quarter, the Titans started to seriously trail as opposing RB Kevan Barlow scored on a one-yard TD run (extra point attempt was good) and an 8-yard TD pass to opposing WR Jerricho Cotchery (extra point attempt failed). In the third quarter, things didn't get any better, as opposing kicker Mike Nugent kicked an 18-yard field goal to make Tennessee trail 16\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. New York Jets\nIn the fourth quarter, the Titans made a valiant attempt to come back, as RB Travis Henry got a 3-yard and a 1-yard TD run, which were both followed by successful two-point conversions. However, the Jets were just too much as opposing TE Chris Baker caught a 12-yard TD to put the game away. With the loss, the Titans began their season 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Diego Chargers\nIn Week 2, the Titans played their first road game of the year against the San Diego Chargers. From the get-go, the Titans trailed as opposing kicker Nate Kaeding kicked a 28-yard field goal in the first quarter. Things only got worse in the second quarter, as San Diego unleashed their ultimate weapon, RB LaDainian Tomlinson, as he got a 4-yard and an 8-yard TD run and Kaeding got a 31-yard field goal to give Tennessee a 20\u20130 halftime deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 2: at San Diego Chargers\nThings weren\u2019t any better in the third quarter, as Kaeding got a 35 and a 44-yard field goal for San Diego. In the fourth quarter, the game was put well out of reach as opposing QB Philip Rivers completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. By this time, QB Kerry Collins was taken out and rookie QB Vince Young came in to complete an 18-yard pass to WR Drew Bennett. However, the Chargers delivered one more blow as opposing QB Charlie Whitehurst ran 14 yards for the game's final TD. With the loss, the Titans fell to 0\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 3: at Miami Dolphins\nStaying on the road, the Titans traveled to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 3 contest against the Miami Dolphins. From the get-go, the Titans trailed as kicker Olindo Mare got a 40-yard field goal. The Titans took the lead before halftime as QB Kerry Collins completed a 27-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife in the second quarter. However, in the third quarter, the Dolphins retook the lead as QB Daunte Culpepper got a touchdown on a 5-yard QB sneak. Titans kicker Rob Bironas tied the game up on a 22-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins walked away with their first win as Mare booted a 39-yard field goal to drop the Titans to 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=82\u00a0\u00b0F or 27.8\u00a0\u00b0C (Sunny)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nBack at home, the Dallas Cowboys traveled to Nashville to face off against the Titans. The Titans started their rookie quarterback Vince Young after veteran Kerry Collins produced dismal results after the first 3 games of the season. The Titans were able to score with a field goal on their opening drive making it the first time this season that they were able to score in the first quarter. The Titans were held to two field goals in the first half while the Cowboys had a lead at halftime with two 13-yard TD passes from Drew Bledsoe to WR Terry Glenn to put them up 14\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nThe Cowboys continued to drive up the score during the 3rd quarter with a 5-yard touchdown run by RB Julius Jones. During this play Titans' DT Albert Haynesworth stepped on the face of Cowboys center Andre Gurode. Haynesworth was flagged for Unsportsmanlike Conduct and ejected from the game. He protested his ejection by taking off his helmet and throwing it on the ground. He was then flagged again with another Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty. Gurode left the field with an ice pack to his face and required stitched above his left eye. He did not return to the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nHead Coach Jeff Fisher as well as Haynesworth later apologized for his actions. Vince Young connected for his second touchdown of the year to TE Ben Troupe. During the 4th quarter, the Cowboys scored on a field goal by Mike Vanderjagt. LB Brady James intercepted Vince Young's pass intended for Ben Troupe and returned it for a touchdown. The Cowboys sealed the win with a 7-yard TD run by Tyson Thompson with a final score of 45 to 14. The Cowboys moved to 2 and 1 while the Titans continued to losing streak dropping to 0\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to get their first win of the year, the Titans traveled to the RCA Dome for Week 5, as they played an AFC South match-up with the Indianapolis Colts. The Titans got off to a surprising start, as QB Vince Young ran 19 yards for a touchdown. Tennessee followed it up in the second quarter, as kicker Rob Bironas kicked a 22-yard field goal to give the Titans a 10\u20130 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Tennessee got an unpleasant wake-up call, as Colts QB Peyton Manning completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison. The Titans got another field goal, as Bironas kicked a 47-yarder. Tennessee remained winless on the year, as Manning completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne in the fourth quarter. With their loss, the Titans continued to stay at the bottom of the AFC South at 0\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 6: at Washington Redskins\nThe Titans won their first game of the year, and Vince Young earned his first NFL win in a game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 6: at Washington Redskins\nThe Titans got on the board first as K Rob Bironas connected on a 32-yard field goal five minutes into the game. The Skins responded with a 10-yard touchdown run by RB Clinton Portis. On the first play of the second quarter, Skins QB Mark Brunell hit TE Chris Cooley with a 24-yard touchdown pass. Titans K Bironas converted a 26-yard field goal, and Young hit WR Brandon Jones with a 3-yard touchdown near the end of the first half, to pull the Titans to within one going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 6: at Washington Redskins\nTitans RB Travis Henry rushed for a career-high 178 yards and scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter. On the Skins next possession, Titans FB Casey Cramer blocked a Derrick Frost punt out of the end zone for a safety. Skins RB Portis ran for his second touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and Brunell hit WR Santana Moss for the two-point conversion to tie the game at 22. Titans K Bironas kicked a field goal from 30 yards out with 5 minutes left to give them a 25\u201322 lead. The Skins had one last chance but Brunell threw an interception to S Lamont Thompson to seal the deal for the Titans. With the win, the Titans went into their bye week at 1\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=74\u00a0\u00b0F or 23.3\u00a0\u00b0C (Sunny)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans\nComing off their Bye Week, the Titans went home for an AFC South battle with the Houston Texans. After a scoreless first quarter, Titans QB Vince Young started the scoring with a 20-yard TD run. Afterwards, Texans kicker Kris Brown kicked a 27-yard field goal. Tennessee struckback with DE Tony Brown returning a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Young completed a 20-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Wade, while Houston QB Sage Rosenfels (who replaced starting QB David Carr early in the quarter) completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the fourth quarter, Adam \"Pacman\" Jones helped the Titans boost their lead by returning a punt 53 yards for a touchdown. The Texans fought back, as Rosenfels completed a 1-yard TD pass to rookie TE Owen Daniels (Extra Point Attempt Failed) and a 2-yard TD pass to Daniels (2-Point Attempt Failed). In the end, Tennessee had consecutive victories, and improved to 2\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 9: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nHoping to build on their recent victory over the Texans, the Titans flew to Alltel Stadium for an AFC South fight with the Jacksonville Jaguars. From the get-go, the Titans fell behind, as Jags QB David Garrard completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Ernest Wilford and a 14-yard TD pass to TE George Wrighster in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee kicked a 47-yard and a 21-yard field goal in the second quarter, giving Jacksonville a 20\u20130 lead over Tennessee at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 9: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Titans woes continued as Garrard hooked up with Wilford again on a 22-yard TD strike. Then, DB Scott Starks returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown. Finally, Scobee kicked a 39-yard field goal, putting the game out of reach. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee got their only score of the game, as QB Vince Young completed a 32-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett. With the loss, the Titans fell to 2\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=47\u00a0\u00b0F or 8.3\u00a0\u00b0C (Sunny)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Jaguars, the Titans went home for a Week 10 fight, as QB Vince Young went up against his predecessor (Steve McNair) and the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, the Titans scored first on a 21-yard field goal by kicker Rob Bironas. Afterward, McNair completed a 65-yard TD pass to WR Mark Clayton to give Baltimore the lead. Afterwards, Young got a 2-yard TD run to give Tennessee the lead, while DE Tony Brown sacked McNair in the end zone for a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the second quarter, the Titans increased its lead with TE Bo Scaife getting a 13-yard TD run and RB Travis Henry getting a 1-yard TD run. However, the Ravens responded with McNair completing a 30-yard TD pass to FB Ovie Mughelli, followed up by kicker Matt Stover's 27-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Baltimore wrapped things up against Tennessee with Stover getting a 40-yard field goal and McNair completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason. With the loss, the Titans fell to 2\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 11: at Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to end their two-game skid, the Titans flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 11 fight with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the Titans drew first blood as QB Vince Young completed a 14-yard TD pass to TE Ben Troupe. The Eagles responded with kicker David Akers making a 42-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Akers kicked a 38-yard field goal for Philadelphia, while kicker Rob Bironas got a 36-yard field goal for Tennessee as time ran out on the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 11: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Titans offense went into overdrive, as RB Travis Henry ran 70-yards for a touchdown, while CB Pacman Jones returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, even though QB Jeff Garcia completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to TE L.J. Smith, Tennessee managed to seal the deal with OLB Keith Bulluck returning a fumble 16 yards for a touchdown. With the win, the Titans improved to 3\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 12: vs New York Giants\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=70\u00a0\u00b0F or 21.1\u00a0\u00b0C (Mostly Cloudy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 12: vs New York Giants\nTrying to build on their road win over the Eagles, the Titans went home for a Week 12 fight with the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as QB Eli Manning completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Giants RB Brandon Jacobs got a 10-yard and 4-yard TD run to give the Giants a seemingly comfy 21\u20130 halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, the Titans' improbable comeback began in the fourth quarter with 10 minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 12: vs New York Giants\nQB Vince Young completed a TD pass to TE Bo Scaife. Afterwards, Young followed it up with a 1-yard TD run. The key play of the game came on a 4th and 10 from Tennessee's 24-yard line, when Giants DE Mathias Kiwanuka had Young in his grasp, but he let go thinking the quarterback had thrown the ball. Not wanting a roughing the passer penalty, it allowed Young to dash away for the first down. Four plays later, he completed a 14-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. Afterwards, after Manning got intercepted for the second time by CB Pacman Jones, kicker Rob Bironas nailed a game-winning field goal it from 49 yards out. With the win, the Titans improved to 4\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Indianapolis Colts\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=41\u00a0\u00b0F or 5\u00a0\u00b0C (Mostly Cloudy)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Indianapolis Colts\nAfter scratching off one Manning in one thriller, the Titans stayed at home for an AFC South rematch with their archrival Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, the Colts struck first with QB Peyton Manning completing a 68-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Indianapolis increased its lead with RB Dominic Rhodes getting a 2-yard TD run. The Titans started to creep back into the game, with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 25-yard field goal, while QB Vince Young completed a 20-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Indianapolis Colts\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Tennessee took the lead with Young completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. The Colts tied the game with kicker Adam Vinatieri completing a 20-yard field goal. The Titans got the win on Bironas' 60-yard field goal, sealing the victory after lasting out the clock. The win boosted the Titans to an improbable possible playoff berth and ended Indianapolis' winning streak against the Titans at 7 games spanning 4 years. With wins over both Manning brothers, Tennessee improved to 5\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nIn Week 14, the Titans traveled to Reliant Stadium for an AFC South rematch with the Houston Texans in a homecoming for QB Vince Young. The Titans struck first, notching 6 points on two field goals by kicker Rob Bironas. The Texans scored next, however, when RB Ron Dayne plunged into the endzone from one-yard out for his first TD as a Texan. Dayne found the endzone again in the third quarter on a two-yard run to expand the lead to 8 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nLate in the same quarter, RB Travis Henry added his own rushing score and the Titans pulled to within one. Following a Young interception by CB Demarcus Faggins, kicker Kris Brown connected on a 49-yarder. Tennessee recaptured the lead on Henry's second score, but Brown tied the game with a 46 yarder forcing overtime. The Titans won the coin toss in overtime, and Young ended the game in dramatic fashion with a 39-yard TD run on a 3rd-and-14 early in the extra period. The Titans improved to 6\u20137 and remained mathematically eligible for a wildcard playoff berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=72\u00a0\u00b0F or 22.2\u00a0\u00b0C (Sunny)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nTitans got their fifth straight win as they play at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the first quarter, Pacman Jones intercepted a pass at Tennessee\u2019s 17-yard line and returns it 83 yards for a touchdown, bringing the Titans up 7\u20130. Later, Maurice Jones-Drew runs the ball 12 yards for a touchdown, tying the score 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the second quarter, Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee made a 43-yard field goal, putting the Jaguars up 10\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Titans managed to score 17 points and keep the Jaguars scoreless for that quarter. Kicker Rob Bironas made a field goal from 27 yards out. Later, Cortland Finnegan returned a loose ball 92 yards for a touchdown. Later, Chris Hope intercepted the ball and returned it 61 yards for another touchdown. At the end of the third quarter, the Titans were up by 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the fourth quarter, WR Matt Jones caught a 3-yard pass from Jaguars quarterback David Garrard. The final score was 24\u201317, Titans. With the win, the Titans improved to 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Titans (7\u20137) faced the Buffalo Bills (7\u20137) at Ralph Wilson Stadium on December 24, 2006. The Titans won 30\u201329 to improve to 8\u20137 and stay alive in the playoff chase, although their chances of making the tournament were slim. It was the first time the Titans had been above .500 in December since 2003 and assured that 2006 was not a losing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nat LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee|Weather=62\u00a0\u00b0F or 16.7\u00a0\u00b0C (Light Rain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nNeeding one more win to get into the playoffs, the Titans (8\u20137) wrapped up the regular season at home against the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Tennessee scored first with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 25-yard field goal. The Patriots responded when kicker Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28-yard field goal, and then took the lead after RB Corey Dillon scored a 21-yard TD run, though the subsequent extra point attempt failed. New England continued their scoring with Gostkowski's 26-yard field goal and another touchdown from Dillon to go up 19\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0033-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nThe Titans managed to score before halftime as CB Pacman Jones returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Tennessee inched closer on Bironas' 27-yard field goal. However, the Patriots extended their lead as QB Tom Brady completed a 62-yard touchdown pass to WR Reche Caldwell. The Titans responded with another 27-yard field goal from Bironas, followed by rookie QB Vince Young running 28 yards for a touchdown to bring the Titans to within three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187945-0033-0002", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nHowever, in the fourth quarter, New England essentially put the game away on RB Laurence Maroney\u2019s one-yard TD run, followed by backup QB Vinny Testaverde completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Troy Brown, making the final margin 40\u201323 in the Patriots' favor. With the loss, Tennessee ended their six-game winning streak, finished the season at 8\u20138, and was eliminated from the playoff race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nThe 2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Tennessee entered the 2006 season coming off a 5\u20136 record (3\u20135 SEC) in 2005. The Volunteers were given a preseason ranking of #23 in both the Coaches' Poll and the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nLed by head coach Phillip Fulmer, the Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium. The 2006 season saw a turnaround from the previous years losing record. The Vols added four wins from the total of the previous season. Also notable was the breakout year turned in by wide receiver Robert Meachem who broke the single season school record for receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Preseason\nThe Volunteers were picked by the media as a preseason third place in the SEC's Eastern Division at SEC Media Days. Tennessee was picked as low as 4th by the preseason magazines, with only one, Phil Steele, picking the Vols to win the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Preseason\nThe Vols had last won a conference and national title in 1998. Their last SEC East title had been in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Starting lineup, Offense\nOffensive Coordinator: David Cutcliffe (1st year)Offensive Scheme: Multiple (I-Form, Shotgun and Singleback)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Starting lineup, Offense\nTennessee had many changes on the offensive staff following the 2005 season. Former Offensive Coordinator Randy Sanders resigned and later took a job as quarterback coach at Kentucky. Sanders was replaced by former Ole Miss head coach David Cutcliffe. Wide receiver coach Pat Washington and offensive line coach Jimmy Ray Stephens were fired. Washington moved on to Kansas State University, while Stephens stayed in state, taking the same position at Middle Tennessee State University. The coaches were replaced by Matt Luke, who took over as offensive line coach, and Kurt Roper, who came in to coach running backs. Trooper Taylor switched from running backs to wide receiver coach in response to the changes in staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Starting lineup, Defense\nDefensive Coordinator: John Chavis (19th year)Base Defense: Multiple (4\u20133 and 3\u20132\u20136 \"Mustang\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Starting lineup, Defense\nThe entire Tennessee defensive staff returned for the 2006 season. The group of Johnny Chavis, Dan Brooks, Steve Caldwell, and Larry Slade have been together since the 1999 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Volunteers looked impressive in their first game after the 5\u20136 2005 season. Tennessee led 35\u20130 late in the 3rd quarter before putting in reserve players. Erik Ainge connected for 4 TD passes, with 4 scoring plays of more than 40 yards. Sports Illustrated's \"By The Numbers\" noted that Tennessee had only 1 scoring play of more than 40 yards in the entire previous season. WR Robert Meachem caught two long touchdown passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nOn Defense, Tennessee held the highly touted Golden Bears scoreless for almost 3 entire quarters. They were led by Ryan Karl with 9 Tackles, while Antwan Stewart and Inky Johnson each had an interception. Cal QB Nate Longshore was held to 85 yards passing, while preseason All American RB Marshawn Lynch was limited to 76 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nTennessee avoided an upset by stopping a two-point conversion with less than two minutes remaining. DE Xavier Mitchell made the stop in the backfield as the Vols avoided the late charge. Tennessee led 31\u201317 late in the 4th quarter before an interception and onside kick recovery allowed the Air Force Academy to close the gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nErik Ainge moved into the top ranking for NCAA passer efficiency by going 24 for 29 with 1 interception and 3 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nThe Air Force Flexbone offense gave the Tennessee defense trouble and racked up 281 rushing yards. The Vols also lost DT Justin Harrell and CB Inky Johnson for the season to injury (Though Harrell would be able to play sparingly against Florida before his surgery).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe Vols lost their SEC Opener in a hard-fought battle with the Florida Gators. Florida held the Tennessee offense to \u221211 rushing yards en route to a 21\u201320 victory. Florida QB Chris Leak passed for 3 TD's including the game winner to Dallas Baker with 6:30 left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nTennessee took the lead in the 2nd quarter after scoring on a trick play. WR Lucas Taylor took a reverse pitch and threw a pass to backup RB LaMarcus Coker. The Vols Defense sacked Leak 3 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nOne controversial play cost the Vols 7 points. MLB Marvin Mitchell intercepted a pass and returned it for a TD. The play was nullified by a roughing the passer penalty on J.T. Mapu for a hit to the head. Replays showed that Mapu was swiping at the ball and made contact with Leak's helmet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nThe Volunteers took a while to get going... but only because the kickoff was postponed for 1 hour due to lightning. Soon after, Tennessee rolled to a 33\u20137 victory. The Defense led the way, holding Marshall to 236 total yards. Xavier Mitchell and Matt McGlothlin sacked Marshall QB Bernard Morris for a safety to start the scoring. Backup RB LaMarcus Coker got his second career TD on an 89-yard run, the longest run from scrimmage for Tennessee since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nTennessee out manned unranked Memphis coached by former Vol Tommy West. The Vols racked up 571 total yards en route to a 41\u20137 victory. The Vols held Memphis to 122 total yards, over 50 of which came against the reserve defense. QB Erik Ainge turned in another solid performance, going 24-for-28 for 331 yards and 4 TDs. WRs Jayson Swain, Robert Meachem, and Bret Smith each had a touchdown reception, with two TDs for Swain. Memphis did have a 7\u20133 lead for a short time, after returning an interception for a touchdown. However, the play was called back on a penalty, and Tennessee never actually trailed the entire game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nGeorgia took advantage of Special teams play to jump out to a 24\u20137 lead in the 2nd quarter. However, Tennessee stiffened its defense and scored on every possession but one in the second half to record a 51\u201333 victory over the ninth ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia entered the game with the #1 ranked scoring defense in the nation, but the Vols dropped them to #17. Erik Ainge was 25-of-38 with 2 TD's and no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nGeorgia scored twice on Special teams, with one long kickoff return for a TD in the first half and a long punt return for TD in the second half. Tennessee DB Antonio Wardlow blocked and punt and recovered the ball in the endzone to post a TD for the Vols in the 2nd half. Robert Meachem had 7 receptions for 98 yards and moved into first place nationally for receiving yards per game. A photo of Wardlow's punt block and recovery made the cover of Sports Illustrated for October 16, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nThe Vols won a close contest, regaining bragging rights for the Third Saturday in October. Erik Ainge struggled early, but the Vols overcame their QB's 3 interception first half performance with strong defense and timely scoring. Tennessee held the Tide offense to 211 total yards and 13 points. Arian Foster scored the go-ahead touchdown with 3:02 left to play in the game to give the Vols the 16\u201313 win. James Wilhoit went 3-for-4 on field goal attempts to account for the other nine points. Running back LaMarcus Coker sustained a knee injury that will keep him out until the Arkansas game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nTennessee's 4th-quarter touchdown against Alabama marked the first touchdown against the Crimson Tide by the Vols in 9 quarters, a streak starting in the 2nd quarter of the 2004 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nTennessee took advantages of some early turnovers and finished strong as they beat Steve Spurrier's South Carolina Gamecocks by the score of 31\u201324. On the second play from scrimmage, MLB Marvin Mitchell intercepted a bobbled pass and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown. On South Carolina's next possession, CB Jonathan Wade intercepted another tipped pass in the Tennessee endzone to stop a Gamecock drive. The Vol offense marched down the field and scored on a 10-play, 74-yard drive, capped off by a touchdown pass from Erik Ainge to Bret Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nSouth Carolina controlled the middle part of the game, and took a 17\u201314 lead with 4:10 left in the 3rd quarter. However, the Vols responded with a long scoring drive, and a 1 play scoring drive after a long Jonathan Hefney punt return. The Vols led 31\u201317 until South Carolina scored with 2:45 remaining in the game. The Vols had to recover an onside kick and stop one last Gamecock offensive stand. An interception by Demetrius Morley on the final play of the game sealed the win. QB Erik Ainge suffered an ankle injury. CB Jonathan Wade was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against South Carolina. Wade had an interception in the endzone, 2 pass breakups and 4 solo tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU QB JaMarcus Russell threw a touchdown pass with 9 seconds remaining to give the LSU Tigers a 28\u201324 victory over Tennessee. The Vols looked good at times during the game, but could not make a stop on LSU's final drive of the game, which consumed 7:14 from the clock. QB Erik Ainge, starting with a sore ankle, was replaced in the 1st quarter by redshirt freshman Jonathan Crompton. Crompton performed well for his first significant action, connecting on two long touchdown passes to Robert Meachem. On Defense, Tennessee intercepted Russell 3 times and recovered 1 fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nThe Razorbacks dominated the Vols on both sides of the ball and took a 28\u20137 lead into the locker room at half time. Arkansas won the game 31\u201314, predominantly by controlling the line of scrimmage. Arkansas out rushed Tennessee 259\u201392, with 191 yards by Razorback Darren McFadden. Redshirt freshman Jonathan Crompton started his first game, after playing most of the previous week's game against LSU. Crompton struggled, going 16-for-34 with 1 interception and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nTennessee avenged last year's upset loss to Vanderbilt by beating the Commodores, 39\u201310. The Vols took a 19\u20137 lead into halftime and were not in any danger of giving up the lead in the second half. Ainge capped the victory with a 17-yard TD toss to Robert Meachem early in the fourth quarter for a 36\u20137 lead. Meachem had seven catches for 95 yards, and Wilhoit had a career-high 15 points with field goals of 43, 27 and 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Vols shut down an offense that had been fifth in the SEC averaging 363.1 yards per game and the nation's top receiver in Earl Bennett. He had four catches for 16 yards a week after a career-high 220 yards receiving. Chris Nickson, who had 517 yards total offense against Kentucky, was held to 97 yards passing and 44 yards rushing. \"We kept an eye on (him),\" said Tennessee cornerback Jonathan Wade, \"We never lost him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0024-0002", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nVanderbilt took its only lead at 7\u20136 when Nickson connected with George Smith on a 7-yard TD pass to culminate a drive that ate up nearly half of the second quarter. The Vols answered this score with a 6-play, 80-yard drive. The drive was capped off by an 8-yard touchdown run by LaMarcus Coker. Coker ended the day with 126 yards on 10 carries and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe Vols scored their 22nd consecutive victory over the Wildcats of Kentucky with a 17\u201312 win. The 22 game streak is currently the longest in the nation after Navy defeated Notre Dame in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nTennessee held the Wildcats scoreless in the second half, and held back a go-ahead drive by the Wildcats in the 4th quarter. Kentucky drove down to the 2-yard line, before a delay of game penalty and two incompletions stifled their scoring effort. Kentucky outgained the Vols 410 to 336 yards, however, they were stopped on two trips inside the twenty, and on a 4th down play at the Tennessee 28. Kentucky K Lonas Seiber also missed an extra point and 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nRobert Meachem had another good game for the Vols, with six catches for 116 yards and a touchdown. With his effort, Meachem broke the UT record for receiving yards in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Penn State\nThe Vols ended the season on a sour note by dropping the 2007 Outback Bowl to the Penn State by the score of 20\u201310. The Vols were driving for the go-ahead score midway through the 4th quarter before Arian Foster fumbled. The fumble was scooped up by the Lions' Tony Davis and returned for an 88-yard touchdown. The play proved to be decisive as Penn State added another field goal for the final margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187946-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Penn State\nPenn State RB Tony Hunt turned in a strong performance, running for 165 yards. The Vols defense allowed 380 total yards, but limited the Nittany Lions to only one touchdown scoring drive and surrendered only 13 points. James Wilhoit hit a 44-yard field goal and an extra point in his final game as a Vol. RB LaMarcus Coker had a 42-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187947-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election\nThe 2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen, defeated Republican State Senator Jim Bryson in a landslide to win a second term as Governor of Tennessee, winning every county in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187947-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election\nAs of 2021, it is the last time a Democrat won a majority of counties in the state; the last time a Democrat won any statewide race in Tennessee; and the most recent statewide election in Tennessee in which several counties, including Knox County and Hamilton County, went to the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187948-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Channel Open\nThe 2006Tennis Channel Open was an men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States that was part of the ATP International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from February 27 to March 6, 2006. Fifth-seeded James Blake won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187948-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Channel Open, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd / Robert Lindstedt 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187949-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Bob Bryan were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, defeating Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd and Robert Lindstedt 6\u20133, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187950-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles\nWayne Arthurs was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187950-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles\nJames Blake won the title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 7\u20135, 2\u20136, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187951-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup\nThe 2006 Tennis Masters Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 32nd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, from November 12 through November 19, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187951-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup, Champions, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187952-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles\nMicha\u00ebl Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but failed to qualify as a team that year, as they did not compete together in 2006. Llodra failed to qualify with another partner, while Santoro qualified with Nenad Zimonji\u0107, but lost in the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187952-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20134, against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187952-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187952-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Gold Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187953-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer defeated James Blake in the final, 6\u20130, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to win the Singles tennis title at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187953-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles\nDavid Nalbandian was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187953-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187953-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles, Draw, Gold Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187954-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs\nThe 2006 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B from Tercera Divisi\u00f3n (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2005\u201306 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n to 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. In some groups four teams took part in the play-off while other groups have only three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nThe 2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 9\u20134 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe game was close throughout the first three quarters, with the most notable play being a 95-yard kickoff return by A&M's Kerry Franks. When Tech was trailing by 3 late in the game, Graham Harrell threw what appeared to be an interception that would ice the game for the Aggies. However, video replay showed that the ball skipped off the ground before Mark Dodge corralled it, so the play was overturned. Tech went on to take the lead with less than a minute left on the clock. This close loss would prove to be devastating to A&M, as they would have won the Big 12 South had Dodge's interception been allowed. Dennis Franchione fell to 1\u20133 against the rival Red Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThis game was Bob Stoops's 100th as head coach at Oklahoma; it was also the 25th meeting between the programs. The Sooners hold a narrow 15\u201310 lead in the series, though A&M has won five of the eight played in College Station. The Sooners have won their last four games while the Texas A&M Aggies came in with a four-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe two programs are very similar in their offensive philosophies. Texas A&M came in averaging a very balanced 213.7\u00a0yards per game rushing and 209.1\u00a0passing while the Sooners averaged 178.4\u00a0yards on the ground and 204.8\u00a0through the air. Oklahoma was surrendering an average of 36\u00a0fewer yards per game on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe game started well for the Sooners. Allen Patrick had 101\u00a0yards on 14\u00a0carries and Oklahoma scored two touchdowns in the first quarter to A&M's one field goal. After Oklahoma failed to recover an early surprise onside kick, however, the Aggies closed the gap to 4\u00a0points with a scoring drive capped by a one-yard rumble from running back Jorvorskie Lane. The defenses stiffened in the second half and both teams had to settle for field goals in the third and fourth quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIn his second risky call of the game, Stoops had the Sooners attempt to convert a fourth-and-inches with 1:29 left to play and the ball almost to the offense's 30\u00a0yard line. The run by Thompson was successful but unnecessary as A&M was penalized for having too many men on the field and Oklahoma was able to run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nPaul Thompson had a disappointing day as he completed only three of his twelve passing attempts for a total of 39\u00a0yards. A&M's Stephen McGee was slightly better completing 8 of 18 for 63\u00a0yards, though he was picked off by Marcus Walker in the third quarter; Garrett Hartley kicked a field goal after the Sooners offense could not advance the ball after the turnover. The Aggies forced two fumbles of their own (one from Patrick and one from Thompson), but they were forced to punt after their own offense was also stymied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe player of the game was Allen Patrick; he finished the day with a career-high 173\u00a0yards on 32 carries and one touchdown, however, he suffered a sprained ankle during the last minutes of the game. Coach Wilson questioned whether he will be 100% for the next game. Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione is now 0\u20134 against the Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOn the day of the game, ESPN's College GameDay broadcast from College Station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThis game marked the 113th meeting between Texas and the Texas Aggies in college football and the game is part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. It is the Longhorns' longest-running rivalry and Texas lead the series 73\u201334\u20135, including the last six in a row. During the week before the game, the Longhorns conducted their traditional Hex Rally while the Aggies had an off-campus version of their traditional Bonfire. and also staged a parade just prior to the game. The Longhorns announced that starting quarterback Colt McCoy, who was injured in the game against Kansas State, was cleared to play the game against the Aggies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nSince the series began in 1894 it has traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2006 game marked the thirteenth straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day (one day prior to the game), the sports line in Vegas casinos had Texas favored by 13 to 13\u00bd points while the weather forecast called for mostly sunny skies, a high near 81\u00a0\u00b0F (27\u00a0\u00b0C), and winds up to 15 miles per hour (24\u00a0km/h) from the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe 2006 meeting was the first time in eight years that both teams entered the game with at least eight wins coming into the match-up. Going back to 1999 when UT lost the final three games of the season, the Longhorns had gone 87 games without losing back-to-back games. That was the longest active streak for any college or professional football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nDuring 2006, the Texas A&M defensive coordinator was Gary Darnell who had been fired as defensive coordinator at the University of Texas under John Mackovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe pre-game activities consisted of a military flyby performed by AH-1 Cobra helicopters from the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HMLA-773 from Atlanta. Texas A&M won the coin toss and deferred, Texas elected to receive, and Texas A&M chose to defend the south end-zone. Kick-off was delayed while ABC side-line reporter Stacey Dales did her pre-game report from the north end-zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTexas's first drive of the game ended when Henry Melton was stopped on a fourth-and-one run at the Aggie eight-yard who was led with a big push by freshman Tony Portillo. (7\u00a0m) line. The Aggies drove the ball the length of the field to score a touchdown, but missed on the extra point to leave the game at 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nWith about four minutes to play in the first half, McCoy connected with Limas Sweed for an apparent five-yard (5\u00a0m) touchdown pass. However, Sweed was flagged for a \"questionable\" pass interference call. According to the Austin American-Statesman the referee blew the call as replays showed that both players were involved in some \"hand checking while the ball was in the air, but neither player appeared to push or be guilty of interference\". All three broadcasters working the game for ABC also spoke out against the penalty call. In an ABC half-time interview, Mack Brown said \u201cI thought it was a bad call,\u201d but added \u201cThere\u2019s nothing we can do about that. We should\u2019ve done a better job on third down.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nImmediately after the penalty, Colt McCoy threw an interception near the Texas A&M goal line and the Aggies were able to run out the clock to take the 6\u20130 lead into half-time. The zero score marked the first time the Longhorns had been held scoreless in the first half of play since the 2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe only score in the third quarter was a rushing touchdown by Jamaal Charles, his seventh of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nIn the fourth quarter, Texas A&M made a long-drive that took up nearly nine minutes. Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee had taken so many hard hits that he was throwing up during the game, but he managed to make an 8-yard (7.3\u00a0m) touchdown run with 2:32 left to play. A&M was unable to convert their two-point attempt after the touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nWith 1:21\u00a0seconds left in the game and Texas trailing 12\u20137, McCoy threw his third interception of the game. Following the change of possession and sometime near the whistle signalling the end of the play on the field, Aggie Kellen Heard knocked McCoy to the ground as McCoy walked along the field unbuckling his chin strap. Heard was ejected from the game as a result of the \"cheap-shot late hit\" and the Aggies were penalized fifteen yards (14\u00a0m). McCoy was later quoted as saying that the tackle had not been a cheap shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTexas A&M's coach Dennis Franchione later apologized for what he called a \"late hit\" saying \"We do not teach this type of play or condone it.\" Texas held the Aggies to three-and-out and used all three of their time-outs in order to preserve game time. Texas got the ball back with 48\u00a0seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nWith 20\u00a0seconds remaining in the game, Colt was injured by a \"vicious, stadium hushing tackle\" as Aggies defensive end Michael Bennett connected with his helmet under McCoy's jaw just as McCoy released a pass. Replays showed both on television and in the stadium revealed the hit included \"helmet-to-helmet\" contact which, if intentional, is illegal in NCAA football. No flag was thrown on the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nWhen the replay was shown in the stadium, the Longhorn fans erupted in boos before lapsing back into silence as McCoy lay on the ground for 10\u00a0minutes before being taken off the field on a cart. Mack Brown said after the game \"I didn't see it, but it sounded like 88,000 (fans) thought it was dirty.\" Fellow Longhorn Selvin Young said he thought the hit was clean calling it a \"textbook hit\". McCoy was taken to Brackenridge Hospital where he spent more than three hours undergoing an evaluation that included an X-Ray, MRI, and a CAT scan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0017-0002", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nLonghorns trainer Kenny Boyd said the injury was a severe pinched nerve in McCoy's neck. Boyd said that McCoy was expected to make a full recovery, but no timetable was set for McCoy to return to play. Months later, the Big 12 announced that their officials failed to make the correct call and that a late hit penalty should have been called against A&M's Michael Bennett. Colt McCoy, in a November 2007 interview, stated that neither this nor the earlier Heard tackle had been cheap shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nFollowing the injury to McCoy, back-up quarterback Jevan Snead threw an interception on his first play of the game. With the clock rolling on the change of possession, time expired without the Aggies needing to take a play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe Aggies amassed 244 rushing yards against the nation's top-ranked rushing defense. Texas, normally a potent running team, produced only four rushing first downs and did not have a single run longer than nine yards (8\u00a0m). Jamaal Charles, in a later interview, stated \"We were looking weak. We thought they'd let up because we're Texas.\" The 12\u20137 victory was the first time for the Aggies to win in Austin in 12 years. \"They shattered all our dreams,\" declared Longhorn defensive end Brian Orakpo. The game was the 40th consecutive home sell-out for the Longhorns and Justin Blalock became the first player in Texas history to start 50 consecutive game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187955-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Pacific Life Holiday Bowl \u2013 California\nThe 2006 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was the Aggies' first bowl game since the 2004 SBC Cotton Bowl. This was Dennis Franchione's second bowl appearance in his four years of coaching at Texas A&M. The game in sunny San Diego, California began with Stephen McGee hooking up with Chad Schoeder for a 14-yard TD, but it was all California from then on out. Marshawn Lynch, DeSean Jackson, and Nate Longshore ripped the Aggie defense for 31 points in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nThe 2006 Texas Bowl, part of the 2006 college football season, was played on December 26, 2006 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Kansas State Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nRutgers running back Ray Rice ran for 170 yards and a touchdown, Tim Brown caught two TD passes and the 16th-ranked Scarlet Knights won a bowl game for the first time in program history, beating Kansas State 37\u201310 in the Texas Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nLinebacker Quintero Frierson returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage of the second half and Rutgers (11\u20132) cruised from there, earning an 11th victory for the second time in 137 seasons. The Scarlet Knights' seventh-ranked defense manhandled Kansas State's offense, holding the Wildcats to 162 total yards and six first downs. Freshman quarterback Josh Freeman was 10-for-21 for 129 yards with two interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nKansas State (7\u20136) mustered only 85 yards after Frierson's return of Freeman's first interception put Rutgers up 24\u201310 just 33 seconds out of halftime. The Wildcats' only touchdown came on Yamon Figurs' 76-yard punt return with 9:37 left in the second quarter. Rice had a 24-yard run on Rutgers' next possession and Teel found Brown deep down the sideline for a 14\u20130 lead. Brown, a freshman from Miami, had only four catches and one touchdown reception coming into the game. Rutgers outscored its opponents 103\u201328 in the first quarter this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nOn the first play of the second quarter, Freeman found Jordy Nelson on a crossing route for a 33-yard gain to set up Jeff Snodgrass' 44-yard field goal. Four minutes later, Figurs took Joe Radigan's punt up the middle, sidestepped Radigan and scored Kansas State's seventh special-teams touchdown of the season. Rice, the nation's fourth-leading rusher, had 74 yards rushing at halftime to move into third place on the school's career list. The Wildcats' offense had only one more yard at halftime (77) than Figurs gained on his punt return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nFreeman was on the run when Frierson leaped to pick off his wobbly pass. Freeman's 14th interception of the season was his fifth in the Wildcats' last three games. Rice burst through the line and ran untouched through the defense for 46 yards and his 20th touchdown of the season to make it 31\u201310 with 11:41 left in the third quarter, and that was more than enough for Rutgers. The Wildcats' offense did nothing after that, failing to get a first down for the rest of the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187956-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Bowl\nFreshman Leon Patton, Kansas State's leading rusher, fumbled at the Wildcats' 22 near the end of the quarter, setting up the second of Jeremy Ito's three field goals. Teel finished 16 for 28 for 268 yards without an interception. Brown had four catches for 101 yards and Clark Harris made seven catches for 120. Kansas State was playing in a bowl for the 12th time in 14 seasons, but for the first time since the Fiesta Bowl following the 2003 season. The Wildcats dropped to 6\u20136 in those dozen. It was Kansas State's only bowl game with Ron Prince as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election\nThe 2006 Texas Legislature election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Legislature election was conducted as a part of the 2006 Texas general election, which also included the 2006 United States Senate election in Texas, the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, and the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election\nSuccessful candidates served in the Eightieth Texas Legislature, which convened on January 9, 2007, at the capitol in Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate\nFifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican primary and was unopposed in the fall election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate\nFive Senators chose to not run or were defeated in their local primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Senate race summary\nDistrict 3Race uncontested after Nichols\u2019 win in the Republican primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Senate race summary\nIncumbent Frank Madla was ousted by Uresti in contentious Democratic primary race. Madla was the only incumbent senator to lose a primary race in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, Texas Senate, Senate race summary\nThis was considered by some to be an extremely important Texas Senate election race. Thought to potentially add to the competitiveness of this Senate race was District 29's historically low-voter turnout and Republican \"Dee\" Margo's close connections to President George W. Bush via First Lady Laura Bush's close friendship to \"Dee\" Margo's spouse, El Pasoan Adair Margo. As it turned out, Shapleigh won reelection in a race that was not that close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, House of Representatives\nIn the Texas House of Representatives, 117 of the 150 seats were contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty-two races were uncontested after the primary elections on March 7, 2006, while the remaining two were determined in the primary runoffs on April 11. One previously uncontested race came back into play with the withdrawal of the incumbent, thus allowing a new nomination process by both major parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187957-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Legislature election, House of Representatives\nThere will be at least 21 new members of the House of Representatives. Two Democratic and five Republican incumbents were defeated in the primaries. These current representatives will not be back:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe 2006 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Mack Brown. The Longhorns (also known as Texas or UT or the Horns) played their home games in Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR), which during 2006 was undergoing some renovations to improve older sections as well as to add extra seating capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe 2006 team was the defending national champions since the previous year's team won both the Big 12 Conference championship and the National Championship. That was the program's second Big 12 Championship (27 conference championships total, including 25 in the Southwest Conference), and fourth consensus national championship in football. Their championship victory in the 2006 Rose Bowl was also the 800th win for the program and the Longhorns entered the season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage (.7143).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team\nIn 2006, the Longhorn's game against Ohio State University in September was one of the most anticipated college football games of the regular season. Texas lost the game to Ohio State and completed the regular season with an overall record of 9 wins \u2013 3 losses, and a 6\u20132 record in conference games. They were ranked 19th in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, issued prior to the bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe Longhorns ended their season with a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl against the unranked, 6\u20136 Iowa Hawkeyes to improve to an overall record of 10 wins \u2013 3 losses. They were ranked 13th in the final national rankings by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll As of May 1, 2007 seven players from this team had been drafted by professional football teams and two more had signed professional contracts as free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Leading into the 2006 season\nIn most preseason rankings, Texas was listed in the top five. In the initial USA Today Coaches' Poll, which is part of the Bowl Championship Series formula for determining which two teams play for the national championship, Texas was ranked number two. The same poll had Ohio State number 1, meaning that if both teams held their ranking until their September 9, 2006 match-up, it would be a rarely seen early-season meeting of the two most highly ranked teams in the sport. The teams did keep their respective ranking until game day and played the earliest ever meeting of the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Stadium renovations\nDarrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium underwent renovations just prior to the season. US$15 million were allocated by the board of regents for stadium renovations. Stage one, which began on November 14, 2005, involved updating Bellmont Hall \u2013 which sits in the west end of the stadium \u2013 to meet newer safety codes set by the Austin Fire Department. Also included were water sealing the stadium and expansion of both the Centennial Room and eighth-floor press box. $8 million was spent on audiovisual improvements, including a 7,370-square-foot (685\u00a0m2) high-definition Daktronics LED scoreboard, nicknamed \"Godzillatron.\" At the time of its creation, Godzillatron was the first high-definition video screen in college sports and the largest high-definition video screen in the world, though it was quickly surpassed by a larger screen in Tokyo. It is still the largest high-definition video screen in collegiate sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 976]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Stadium renovations\nA new temporary bleacher seating section was added behind the south endzone bringing the stadium's stated capacity to 85,123 for the 2006 season. In mid-July 2006, The University of Texas announced that Memorial Stadium was completely sold out for the upcoming 2006 season. For the first time, tickets would not be sold on an individual game basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Stadium renovations\nStage 2 of the project began just after the final home game, as the north end-zone was expanded to include luxury boxes and an upper-deck. The lower deck was rebuilt in 2007, while the upper deck was ready for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nThe win extended Texas' streak to 21\u00a0games, the longest in the NCAA at the time. The game's attendance was 85,123, a new school record and the 34th\u00a0consecutive sellout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nThe game against Ohio State University was one of the most anticipated college football games of the regular season. The two teams had combined for 1,576 victories in 231 total years of football prior to meeting, with the Horns ranking third on the NCAA all-time victory list with 801 wins and the Buckeyes ranking sixth with 775.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nOhio State was ranked No. 1 with Texas No. 2 in both the Associated Press and the coach's polls. The September 9, 2006, game between Texas and Ohio State became a match-up of college football's No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams for the 36th time in NCAA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nOhio State is only the second top-ranked team to ever play as a visiting football team in Austin, Texas. The other was SMU when then-No. 7 Texas beat the Mustangs 23\u201320 on November 4, 1950. Ohio State has participated in three No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups in school history and holds a record of three wins and no losses (2\u20130). The most recent such win for Ohio State occurred when they beat No. 2 Michigan in their annual matchup later that same season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nTexas has a 4\u20130 record in No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups with all four previous victories coming en route to national championship seasons. The last time UT played in a No. 1 vs. No 2. regular season game was a win over the top-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks in one of the most famous games of the UT-ARK rivalry. The game marked the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the regular season since 1996, when No. 2 Florida State beat No. 1 Florida 24\u201321. The September 9 meeting was the earliest for the No. 1 and No. 2 teams to ever face each other in any college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nOn September 4, 2006, five days prior to the game, two UT players and one former UT player were arrested in Austin and charged for marijuana possession, a Class B misdemeanor. The two current players, Tarell Brown and Tyrell Gatewood, were suspended from the team and did not play in the September 9, 2006 game against the 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. Brown was also charged with a Class A misdemeanor weapons violation for being in possession of a firearm without a permit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nTarell Brown was listed as a starting cornerback and may have covered Ohio Statewide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. in that game. Replacements included Ryan Palmer and Brandon Foster, neither of whom had started a college game. The former player, who was the owner of the handgun, is former UT linebacker Aaron Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\n\"I think it will be one of the most exciting games in the history of this school\", said Texas coach Mack Brown. He said he had listed Ohio State at the top of his ballot in the coach's poll prior to the game. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel stated in a news conference that he cast his vote for Texas as the number one school coming into the game, but it was later revealed that his ballot listed Ohio State as number one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nTwo United States Senators, Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, placed a wager on the game. DeWine promised to deliver his wife's homemade chocolate-covered peanut butter Buckeye candies to Hutchison if Texas won, while Hutchison promised to give DeWine some Blue Bell ice cream, made in Texas, if Ohio State won. In sports book betting in Las Vegas, Nevada the day prior to the game, Texas was favored to win the game by 2 to 2+1\u20442 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nOhio State won the game 24\u20137. The attendance was 89,422, the most people to ever watch a football game in the state of Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nTexas's loss made it unlikely that Texas would repeat as National Champions. Since the Bowl Championship Series was formed in 1998, 11 of the 16 teams were unbeaten going into the game. The only time the national champion has not been unbeaten during that stretch was in 2003 when LSU and USC claimed a share of the title as each finished with one loss. Ohio State tackle Kirk Barton said \"There\u2019ll probably be two undefeated teams at the end of the road and if you\u2019re not one of them you\u2019re probably not going to be playing for the championship. So you\u2019ve got to treat every game like it's the Super Bowl. You only get one opportunity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nTexas and Rice met in 2006 for the 89th time. The series, which began in 1914, is the fourth oldest (by number of games) in Texas history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nTexas and Rice were once conference foes in the Southwest Conference, despite the usual mismatch in ability on the field (66 Texas wins vs 21 wins for Rice, with one tie). President John F. Kennedy compared the challenge of going to the moon to the challenge faced when Rice played Texas. In addition to renewing a traditional rivalry, playing Rice in a \"home and away\" series allows for Texas to play games in Houston, Texas, a city that is an important recruiting base for UT, along with having a significant Texas Exes alumni population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe game was the first time Rice offensive coordinator Major Applewhite faced his former college team, where he enjoys \"cult legend\" status. Applewhite was a quarterback for Texas from 1998 to 2001 and set 48 school records. Many of these still stand, including the longest pass play (97\u00a0yards), most touchdown passes in a career (60), career yards (8,353), consecutive passes without an interception (156) and most yards passing in a game (473). At Rice, Applewhite has taken the team away from the \"Wishbone\" offense and moved them to a more modern, one-running-back formation similar to that used by Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nRice won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half, allowing Texas to start the game on offense. Texas' opening drive used 7 rushing plays (no passes) and just over 3\u00a0minutes to drive 65 yards (59\u00a0m) for a touchdown. Texas followed up by scoring a touchdown on its second possession and a field goal on its third possession to earn a 17\u20130 lead at the end of the first quarter. Texas won the game 52\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nTexas began conference play on September 23, 2006, vs the Iowa State Cyclones. This was the 6th match-up between the two teams and Texas had won all five previous games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nBoth teams scored in the first quarter. Iowa State opened the game on offense and failed to gain a first down, going \"three and out\" and punting to Texas. Texas scored a touch-down on the resulting drive. Iowa State was stopped again on its second possession. As Iowa State went to punt, the ball went out of the back of their end zone, resulting in a safety for Texas. Texas scored another touch-down on their second possession. Iowa State answered to make the score 7\u201316 as the first quarter ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIn the second quarter, Texas scored two touchdown and Iowa State scored one, to make the score 30\u201314 Texas at the half. Texas scored one more touchdown while holding Iowa State scoreless in the third quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the officials called a delay due to lightning in the area. When the game resumed, neither team scored in the fourth quarter, giving Texas a 37\u201314 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State\nWith the decision by the NCAA to allow teams to expand to a 12-game schedule, Texas added Division I-AA Sam Houston State to its schedule. The game was the first UT game since 2004 not to be televised nationally on broadcast or cable, though it was available on pay per view from DirecTV and Dish Network. This was the first-ever meeting of the Texas Longhorns and the Sam Houston State Bearkats and the first time Texas played a Division I-AA team in fourteen years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Longhorns and the 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team met at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas for their annual rivalry game known as the Red River Shootout. This was the 101st meeting between the schools. Texas came into the game leading the series 56\u201339\u20135 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThree days prior to the game, UT fans conducted the traditional Torchlight Parade and Rally, terminating on the South Mall of the UT campus. The rally first took place in 1916 prior to a game versus Texas A&M; since 1986 it has been an annual event held exclusively during the week prior to the Texas-OU game. Another annual tradition is the running of game balls by the schools' Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. Each school's ROTC program uses a relay running system to run one game ball from their respective campus to Dallas. Once there, they participate against each other in a football scrimmage, with the winner taking home a rivalry trophy and bragging rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe teams alternate home and away each year, and this year the Sooners played host. They occupied the bench under the press box and wore their red home jerseys while Texas will wore their all-white road uniforms. The stadium, as usual, was split down the 50-yard (46\u00a0m) line with Sooner fans sitting on the south side of mid-field. The division is visually striking with a difference in crowd noise levels from one end of the stadium to the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nBeginning in 2007, the teams will alternate North and South ends of the field, giving the home team fans the seats adjacent to the tunnel leading to both teams' locker rooms. The game is worth an estimated US$21 million in direct spending to the Dallas economy. The UT ticket office controls 37,000 tickets for the game, 7,000 of which were assigned to student season ticket holders plus another 2,000 assigned to students through a lottery. On eBay, tickets were selling for over US$500 (equivalent to $641.88 in 2020).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nAs intense as the rivalry between the schools is, there were many factors tying the programs together in 2006. Texas head coach Mack Brown was the offensive coordinator for the Sooners in 1984 (the Red River Shootout ended in a 15\u201315 tie that year). He is also the brother of UAB head coach Watson Brown, who lost to OU at the beginning of the 2006 season. Oklahoma Co-defensive Coordinator and defensive backs coach Bobby Jack Wright was an assistant coach at Texas from 1986 to '97. OU also had two Austin natives on their roster this season, QB Hays McEachern and WR Fred Strong. McEachern's father was the Texas quarterback in 1977 and 1978 and his mother was a Longhorn cheerleader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nWith the two teams in the south division of the same conference, it is difficult for either team to win their half of the conference without winning this game although this did occur in the 2006 season. The winner of the game has a much greater chance to be the Big 12 South division champion and play in the Big 12 Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. The game often has national title implications as well. Since 1999, the winner in of this rivalry game has gone on to the BCS National Championship on 3 occasions, the Sooners in 2000 and 2004, and the Longhorns in 2005. Prior to the game, the sports line in Vegas casinos was 4 to 41/2 points with Texas the favorite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nMcCoy got his first win over a ranked team as well as his first come-from-behind victory when he threw 2 touchdown passes and led the Longhorns to a 28\u201310 win. He threw 11 completed passes in 18 attempts for a total of 108 passing, with no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe 2 touchdowns by McCoy gave him 12 touchdown passes for the season, tied for third with Longhorn passer James Brown in the list of most touchdowns by a freshman. Despite a prediction by the UT student newspaper, The win gave Texas its second win in a row vs Oklahoma and 17th straight conference win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOklahoma outgained Texas 333 to 232 in total yards, but the Sooners turned the ball over five times to none by Texas. Four of Oklahoma's turnover occurred in the second half. Texas' Aaron Ross was credited with three of those turnovers, as he intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble for a touchdown. It was the first time since 1967 that Texas avoided making a turnover in the Red River Shootout. Oklahoma also suffered from penalties, committing 11 to the Longhorns' 3. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said after the game, \"They made the plays and the turnovers, and we did not. Congratulations to them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe attendance for the game, 76,260, was second highest for a Texas-OU game behind the 79,587 who saw the 2004 game. Fans in the Oklahoma end of the stadium were filing out to the State Fair of Texas with more than seven minutes left and they were practically all gone with one minute remaining as the Longhorn fans chanted \"Poor Sooners\" and soon after, sang \"The Eyes of Texas.\" After the win, defensive end Brian Robison donned the Golden Hat from the Red River Shootout winner's trophy. He also planted a Longhorn flag in the turf of the Cotton Bowl. When combined with the 2005 score, the Longhorns have outscored the Sooners 75\u201322 for the Longhorns' largest winning margin across a two-game stretch in the 101-game history of the rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Longhorns first played Baylor in 1901 and faced them annually during the days of the Southwest Conference. In the 96 meetings through 2006, Texas' record was 70 wins, 22 losses, and 4 ties. This is Texas' third-longest rivalry by number of games: only Oklahoma and Texas A&M have faced Texas more often on the football field. The morning of the game, the betting line in Las Vegas was Texas by 27+1\u20442\u201328 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nBaylor quarterback Shawn Bell used play action and passed for a 67-yard (61\u00a0m) touchdown on the first play. Bell then ran down the field flashing the upside-down Hook 'em Horns sign. Baylor added a field goal to outscore Texas 10 \u2013 0 in the first quarter. Texas forced 3 turnovers in the second quarter, scoring touchdowns off each of them. Texas scored a fourth touchdown to take a 28 \u2013 10 lead into half time. The two teams each scored 14 points in the third quarter while in the final quarter Texas scored 21 to 7 points by Baylor. The final score was Texas 63, Baylor 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nTexas quarterback Colt McCoy threw six touchdown passes in the game, the most ever by a Texas quarterback. The previous record of 5 touchdown passes had been held by James Brown (set vs Baylor in 1994) and Chris Simms (vs Oklahoma State in 2001). McCoy completed 21-of-32 attempted passes for a total of 275 yards (251\u00a0m), with one interception. The game moved McCoy from eighth to fifth in the list of quarterbacks by passing efficiency, and the 18 touchdown passes were the third most in the nation. Following the game, McCoy was selected as the Cingular All-America Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAided by an Auburn victory against Florida, Texas moved up one spot to No. 5 in the AP poll following the win against Baylor. The first Bowl Championship Series rankings of the year were issued on October 15, 2006. Along with the AP poll, the BCS rankings use the Harris Interactive Poll and a series of computer scores to rank teams. Texas had a number 5 ranking in both human polls, but a combined computer ranking of 15th meant that the Longhorns entered the BCS poll ranked ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe 2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers entered the game against Texas ranked 16th in both human polls and 19th in the computer rankings, for a total BCS ranking of 17th. Coming into the game, Texas was the third-winningest program in college football, with 806 wins. Nebraska was fourth, having won their 800th game the previous weekend vs Kansas State. Only four teams have won 800 or more games: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, and now Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nIn terms of winning percentage, Texas ranked third at 71.52% while Nebraska ranked seventh at 70.57%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAustin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls predicted that Nebraska might pull off an upset against the Longhorns. He said that \"Texas isn't a great running team (only a good one)..\" that \"Texas' pass defense is very suspect...\" and that Longhorn kicker Greg Johnson had only kicked one field goal all year. Bohls also speculated that Nebraska might have more motivation because \"Texas has had Nebraska's number for a while,... [ Texas] knocked off the Huskers in the inaugural Big 12 football championship game at St. Louis to deprive Nebraska of a shot at another national title in 1996.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nIn 1998, freshman quarterback Major Applewhite led the Longhorns to a victory over the seventh-ranked Cornhuskers, snapping their 47-home game winning streak. they also ended the Cornhuskers new, national-best, winning streak at 26 in 2002. Entering the 2006 game, Texas was the only team in the Big Twelve Conference with a winning record (6\u20134) vs. Nebraska. Texas led the series 5\u20131 since the formation of the Big Twelve, and they were 4\u20131 against Nebraska since Mack Brown came to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nPrior to the game, the Las Vegas betting line was Texas by 5+1\u20442 points. The game set a new stadium attendance record crowd of 85,187, the 280th consecutive sell-out at Nebraska. Before the game, Nebraska honored Mike Rozier for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. The Nebraska players all touched a horseshoe as the entered Memorial Stadium, which was referred to by a writer from The Daily Texan as \"perhaps the most polished in the Big 12.\" The game featured 36-degree temperatures, winds out of the north at 20 miles per hour (32\u00a0km/h), rain, and snow flurries", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nIn the fourth quarter with Nebraska trailing by 6, Coach Callahan called what seemed to be a sweep play similar to ones they had used earlier in the game. However, when running back Marlon Lucky got the pitch, he threw a 25-yard (23\u00a0m) touchdown pass to Nate Swift. The extra point gave Nebraska a one-point lead with 4:54 left in the game. Texas safety Aaron Ross took responsibility for over-pursuing on the run; \"It was my fault. The receiver did a great job pretending like he was blocking, I came down to force on the run, and they beat us deep.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAfter Texas was forced to punt, Nebraska had to run out the clock to ensure victory. On first and second down, Brandon Jackson rushed twice for seven yards (6\u00a0m), bringing up a third down with three yards (3\u00a0m) to go on its own 36-yard (33\u00a0m) line and 2:23 remaining on the clock. Texas' defense had limited Nebraska's running offense to only 36 yards (33\u00a0m), far less than their 207.7 average, so Nebraska passed to NU receiver Terrance Nunn for a first down. Had the play ended there, Nebraska would likely have been able to run out the clock since Texas had no time-outs remaining. Before Nunn went down, Aaron Ross tackled him and used his helmet to cause a fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nColt McCoy led the Longhorns through the snow flurries to the Nebraska 5. With less than a minute remaining, Nebraska leading by one point, and the Horns facing fourth down, Texas needed a field-goal to win. Johnson had already missed three kicks (two field goals and a blocked extra point) and he told Coach Brown late in the game that his leg was tightening up. Brown looked to walk-on sophomore Ryan Bailey to attempt the kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0042-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nBailey was not listed on UT's depth chart and coach Brown later admitted he wasn't sure whether Bailey had even been on the team as a freshman. Bailey had made only 10 kicks as a high-school kicker from Anderson High School in Austin, Texas and he had never attempted a kick for the Longhorns. The trip to Nebraska was only the second time he had ever been included in the travel roster, which is limited to 64 players. Before the kick, Brown told him \"You're the luckiest guy in the world. You've got a chance to be Dusty Mangum on your first kick.\" Mangum had scored the game-winning field goal as time expired to lift the Longhorns to victory over the Michigan Wolverines in the 2005 Rose Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska Coach Callahan used his coach's challenge to have the officials review the preceding third-down play. The play was allowed to stand as an incomplete pass, as called on the field. Brown gave Bailey a swat on the helmet and Bailey jogged onto the field and calmly made the field goal. Nebraska tried two end-zone passes, both incomplete, and Texas won the game by 2 points, 22\u201320. Bailey said afterwards, \"Actually, the only thing I really remember about being on the field was when the offensive line turned around and said 'Let's just block for 1.3\u00a0seconds. Just give him a chance to get the ball off.'\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe win was Texas' 16th straight road game victory, extending a school record, and 19th consecutive win in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe Longhorns had several injuries during the game. Defensive starters Derek Lokey and Robert Killebrew both had to leave the game due to leg injuries. Cornerback Tarell Brown was seen limping badly after the game and kicker-punter Greg Johnson aggravated a previous injury on his fourth-quarter field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nEric Ransom, a writer for The Daily Texan, dubbed the game \"the comeback on the prairie\" and declared the game an \"instant classic\". Former Longhorn quarterback Vince Young was on the sidelines for the first time since going to the NFL and he went to the Longhorn locker room afterwards to congratulate the team on the win. Representatives from the Fiesta Bowl, the game that normally takes the Big 12 Conference champion, were also on hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe media had speculated that Nebraska and Texas would win their respective conference divisions to play again in the Big 12 Conference Championship. This was echoed in post-game interviews as both teams voiced respect for the other. Texas coach Mack Brown said, \"Nebraska is back, For them to keep coming back and back and back \u2013 they made big plays throughout the game to put themselves in a position to win.\" He continued, \"As soon as they back away from it, they'll see that their program is back on track, one of the best in the country. And they'll be excited about a chance to go play somebody in (the Big 12 championship game). Hopefully, if we can keep playing, it might be us.\" Nebraska cornerback Cortney Grixby said of Texas, \"They kept their composure. That's the mark of a champion. And that's what they are.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Longhorns come into the game at Texas Tech with several injuries on defense. Five\u00a0days prior to the game, the Longhorns announced that starting defensive tackle Derek Lokey, injured in the Nebraska game, was out indefinitely with a broken left leg. Senior defensive end Tim Crowder said. \"That's huge. He's the heart and soul of our defensive line. He didn't get a lot of credit, but he was the anchor.\" Lokey had 24 tackles and quarterback pressures and also spent some time at fullback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0048-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nLuke Tiemann will take over Lokey's fullback duties while sophomore Roy Miller will start at Lokey's spot as nose tackle. Roddrick Muckelroy, who started the first three games at linebacker, was still out indefinitely due to a ruptured finger tendon. Linebacker Robert Killebrew was listed questionable for the Texas Tech game. In addition, several defensive players had been playing with injuries. According to the Houston Chronicle, these include twin-brother safeties \"Marcus Griffin (ankle) and Michael Griffin (ankle), tackle Frank Okam (knee), cornerbacks Tarell Brown (toe) and Aaron Ross (hand) and end Brian Robison (ankle)\". Linebacker Drew Kelson has also been suffering from an ankle injury. The 2005\u00a0national championship team only had one game missed by a defensive starter due to injury, but the 2006\u00a0team already had thirteen missed games due to injuries or suspensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 949]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nDuring Mack Brown's time at Texas, he has only lost six\u00a0road games in an opponent's stadium. The Red Raiders are the only team so far to have defeated the Longhorns twice in road games, and they have done so in four-year increments with victories in 1998 and 2002. The 2002 game was lost by Texas 42\u201338, when defensive starters Derrick Johnson, Kalen Thornton, Marcus Tubbs and Nathan Vasher were all injured. Texas' coaching staff said that injuries are not an excuse to lose a ball game. Mack Brown said, \"It's still a loss. Nobody cares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0049-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nI used to talk about injuries all the time, and it does nothing good for your team. Some years you have them, and some years you don't... We've still got a chance for everything after eight games, and that's unbelievable.\" The most recent two Tech-Texas games had not been close score-wise, with Texas winning 51\u201321 in Lubbock in 2004 and 52\u201317 in Austin in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech entered the game with a potent passing offense led by Sophomore quarterback Graham Harrell. He has completed 245 passes out of 356 attempts this year and he averages more than 313 passing yards per game. Just the previous week, he threw for 368 yards (336\u00a0m) and career -high six touchdowns in a 42\u201326 win over Iowa State and the Red Raiders are averaging 48.6 passes per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOn the other side of the ball, the Longhorns were ranked 84th in pass defense this season, giving up 221.8 yards (202.8\u00a0m) per game. Tech senior defensive lineman Chris Hudler said Texas also possessed a powerful offense, \"There is no room for error\", he said. \"Some teams you might be able to make mistakes and make up for them later. But they (Texas) have some of the best athletes in the country.\" Henry Melton, previously known as a tailback used by the Longhorns in short-yardage situations, ended up being used in the game at defensive end in an effort to give Texas more depth on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nFour days prior to the game, the betting line in Las Vegas casinos was Texas by 11+1\u20442 to 12 points. The game set a new attendance record for Texas Tech in Lubbock, with 56,158 in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech got off to a quick start, outscoring the Longhorns 21\u20130 in the first quarter. Harrell compiled 364 passing yards and three touchdown passes against the Longhorn pass defense during the first half. That was more yards passing than Texas had previously given up during an entire game in the course of the 2006 season to date. Texas responded by outscoring Texas Tech 21\u201310 in the second quarter so that Tech led by 10 points at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nBy the end of the game, Texas Tech had completed 519 yards (475\u00a0m) passing. This was only 14 yards (13\u00a0m) short of the record for most-ever passing yardage against the Longhorns which was set by David Klinger of the University of Houston in 1992. Nevertheless, Tech found themselves trailing 35\u201331 with 4:24 left in the game and facing fourth down at the Texas 15-yard (14\u00a0m) line. According to UT's Brian Robison, \"We recognized from the [offensive lines] splits that it was going to be a quarterback sneak,\" Texas stopped Graham Harrell to take possession of the football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0054-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas in turn was facing a third down and five yards-to-go with one and a half minutes left in the game. McCoy dropped back to pass but was under pressure from the defense. He first ran right and then revered direction to break into the open for a 34-yard (31\u00a0m) gain before sliding down in the field of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nPlaying with a busted lip since early in the game, Colt McCoy ended up with 256 passing yards and four touchdowns. He also contributed career-best 68 rushing yards, including the 33-yard (30\u00a0m) scramble that helped seal the victory. The win may have had added significance for McCoy since he grew up only two hours from Lubbock, attended Tuscola Jim Ned high school, and is dating a Texas Tech student who serves as a recruiter for the Red Raiders football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0055-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nAlthough McCoy has now completed 24 touchdowns (2 shy of the UT single season record) he is known for shunning the limelight, preferring to give credit to his coaches and teammates. Former Texas wide receiver Roy Williams, who attended the game on the sidelines, said of McCoy \"And you know what the scary thing is? He's not even good yet.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nFor Texas, coming back to win the game from a 21\u20130 deficit was the second biggest comeback win in school history and the biggest comeback ever in a road game. The Longhorns over came four turn-overs they committed during the win. For Texas Tech, the loss was only the third loss under Coach Leach when the Raiders held a lead at half-time. The 519 yards (475\u00a0m) passing by Graham Harrell was a career-best.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0056-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nWide receiver Jarrett Hicks had nine catches and the most receiving yards in the game at 156, but he left the game with an apparent head injury early in the second half. After the game, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal interviewed fans and reported \"Many agreed that it was the most exciting game of the year, citing the big crowd and enthusiasm in the stadium.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nAfter one pass interference penalty against the Red Raider, Tech defensive back Darcel McBath threw his mouthpiece towards the officials. After the game, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach implied that there may have been mistakes made by the officiating crew. He said, \"There were some things that happened in the course of the game, in particular the second half, that were outside of our control that I'm not able to comment on that were very detrimental to our effort.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0057-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nLeach sent Big Twelve Conference officials a video tape showing 18 calls, no calls, or other rulings that were disputed by Texas Tech. The disputed play-calls include plays accounting for more than half of the penalty yardage assessed against Tech as well the spot of the ball following a 14-yard (13\u00a0m) fourth down pass on Tech's penultimate drive of the game. The officials said that play came up less than a yard short of the first down marker, giving Texas the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nWith the win over Texas Tech combined with the USC Trojans losing to the Oregon State Beavers, Texas moved up one spot to No. 4 in the Associated Press and Coach's polls. According to Fox Sports columnist Eric Moneypenny, \"...we're gonna be left with Ohio State or Michigan against Texas. Maybe West Virginia can stay the course and somehow stay above Texas in the standings, but it seems doubtful should Texas run the table and win the Big 12.\" Texas got no boost in the BCS rankings however, as they passed USC but were passed by idle Louisville to remain at number seven in the BCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIn each of the preceding four games, Texas trailed their opponent for at least part of the game and managed to come back to win. This includes fourth quarter come-backs against Nebraska and Texas Tech. The win over Texas Tech was the biggest road come-back in UT's history, and the second biggest come-back ever. The biggest was against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in 2004 in Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe week prior to the 2006 game against Texas the Cowboys had scored 28 unanswered points in a come-from-behind upset of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe day of the game, the betting line in Las Vegas casinos favored then #4\u00a0ranked Texas by 16 points against an unranked 6\u20134 Kansas State team. Kansas State won the coin toss and elected to kick. The kick was a touchback and Texas made 4 first downs in a 10 play drive from the Texas 20 to the Kansas State 1, where Texas had their fifth first-down of the game. Two rushing plays by tailback Selvin Young were unsuccessful, as was a third down carry by red-shirt freshman quarterback Colt McCoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0061-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nOn fourth down from the Kansas State 1\u00a0yard-line, Texas again opted to keep the ball in the hands of McCoy. He made the touchdown on a run up the middle, but was buried in a pile of defenders. McCoy came off the field holding his right shoulder and then was seen wincing in pain as trainers attended to him on the sideline. He was taken into the locker room for further evaluation and returned to the sideline in the first half, where he threw some warm-up passes. However, McCoy never re-entered the game and freshman quarterback Jevan Snead played the rest of the game in McCoy's place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nKansas State tied the game in the first quarter off of a 36-yard (33\u00a0m) touchdown pass from quarterback Josh Freeman to wide receiver Yamon Figurs. Jamaal Charles would regain the lead again for the Longhorns early in the second quarter with a one-yard (1\u00a0m) touchdown run, however Kansas State quickly regained the lead in the second, with a surprising 21\u201314 lead at half-time off of a 32-yard (29\u00a0m) touchdown pass from Josh Freeman to running back James Johnson and an 8-yard (7.3\u00a0m) touchdown run from running back Leon Patton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0062-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nTexas managed to briefly tie the game 21\u201321 three minutes into the third quarter off of a 5-yard (4.6\u00a0m) touchdown run from Selvin Young, one play after Michael Griffin blocked Kansas State punter Tim Reyer's punt and Tyrell Gatewood recovered. But on the Longhorns' next drive, Charles fumbled at Kansas State's 20, this would lead to the beginning of Kansas State's 21 straight points in a span of 3:06 to take a 42\u201321 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0062-0002", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nKansas State's Ian Campbell recovered the fumble, and it led to Leon Patton's 18-yard (16\u00a0m) halfback pass to wide receiver Cedric Wilson for a 28\u201321 lead. After Selvin Young fumbled on the second play of the Longhorns' next possession, and Campbell recovered again. Josh Freeman's 30-yard (27\u00a0m) pass to Yamon Figurs then put the Wildcats up 35\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0062-0003", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nWith the following possession by Texas, quarterback Jevan Snead threw three straight incompletions, leading to the Texas punt team coming onto the field, however Kansas State's John McCardle blocked Texas punters Greg Johnson's punt and Daniel Gonzalez recovered at the Kansas State 23. That led to Josh Freeman's 1-yard (0.91\u00a0m) TD run to make it 42\u201321 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nTexas mounted a partial comeback near the end of the 3rd quarter with a 75 scoring drive that ended with an 18-yard (16\u00a0m) run by Jamaal Charles and a touchdown pass to Limas Sweed early in the 4th quarter to giving the Longhorns a chance, however Kansas State had other ideas as Kansas State kicker Jeff Snodgrass connected on a clutch 51-yard (47\u00a0m) field goal with 3:19 left to give the Wildcats some breathing room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0063-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nTexas' Chris Ogbonnaya's 1-yard (0.91\u00a0m) touchdown run with 1:36 left in the 4th quarter cut the Kansas State lead to 45\u201342, putting the Longhorns within a field goal's reach. With one minute forty-three seconds remaining in the game and Texas trailing 45\u201342, Texas attempted an onside kick. The kick was recovered by Kansas Statewide receiver Jordy Nelson, who then caught a 6-yard (5.5\u00a0m) pass for a first down allowing Kansas State to run out the clock to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nFollowing the game, Texas revealed that X-Rays, taken during the game, of McCoy's shoulder were negative. His injury was described as a pinched nerve or stinger. UT trainer Kenny Boyd explained why McCoy did not re-enter the game: \"After the injury, Colt experienced shoulder weakness and neck pain,\" Boyd said. \"When evaluating injuries, we look for return of normal strength and a reduction of pain before putting a player back into the game. Colt wasn\u2019t released to play because his symptoms, including strength, did not improve.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0064-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nHis mother, Debra McCoy, confirmed the nature of the injury and said that the extra time off prior to the game against Texas A&M should give Colt a chance to recover. Colt McCoy said in a statement, \"I'm really disappointed I wasn't able to be in there helping my teammates, but I'm going to be fine. The off week couldn't come at a better time. I'll do everything it takes to get back.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThis defeat snapped the Longhorns 17 win streak on the road as well as the national best 21-game conference winning steak. Texas dropped in the AP Poll from No. 4 to No. 11 and from No. 5 to No. 13 in the BCS rankings Since the inception of the BCS in 1998 no team has entered the championship game with more than one loss, so Texas' chances of repeating as national champion were considered eliminated after taking this second loss on the season. The game has the distinction of being the most points ever scored by a UT team in a losing effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThis game marked the 113th meeting between Texas and the Texas A&M Aggies in college football and the game is part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. It is the Longhorns' longest-running rivalry and Texas led the series, 73\u201334\u20135, including the last six in a row. During the week before the game, the Longhorns conducted their traditional Hex Rally while the Aggies had an off-campus version of their traditional Bonfire and also staged a parade just prior to the game. The Longhorns announced that starting quarterback Colt McCoy, who was injured in the game against Kansas State, was cleared to play the game against the Aggies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nSince the series began in 1894 it has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2006 game marked the thirteenth straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day (one day prior to the game), the sports line in Vegas casinos had Texas favored by 13 to 13+1\u20442 points while the weather forecast called for mostly sunny skies, a high near 81\u00a0\u00b0F (27\u00a0\u00b0C), and winds up to 15 miles per hour (24\u00a0km/h) from the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0067-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe 2006 meeting was the first time in eight years that both teams entered the game with at least eight wins. Going back to 1999 when UT lost the final three games of the season, the Longhorns had gone 87 games without losing back-to-back games. That was the longest active streak for any college or professional football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nDuring 2006, the Texas A&M defensive coordinator was Gary Darnell who had been fired as defensive coordinator at the University of Texas under John Mackovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nFor the third time during the season, the pre-game activities consisted of a military flyby. Unlike the first two, which featured jets, this one was performed by AH-1 Cobra helicopters from the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron HMLA-773 from Atlanta. Texas A&M won the coin toss and deferred, Texas elected to receive, and Texas A&M chose to defend the south end-zone. Kick-off was delayed while ABC side-line reporter Stacey Dales did her pre-game report from the north end-zone. Soccer star Mia Hamm was spotted in the audience rooting for Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nTexas's first drive of the game ended when Henry Melton was stopped on a fourth-and-one run at the Aggie eight-yard (7\u00a0m) line. The Aggies drove the ball the length of the field to score a touchdown, but missed on the extra point to leave the game at 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nWith about four minutes to play in the first half, McCoy connected with Limas Sweed for an apparent five-yard (5\u00a0m) touchdown pass. However, Sweed was flagged for offensive pass interference which the Austin American-Statesman later suggested was \"questionable\". According to the Austin American-Statesman, the refs \"blew the call\" stating that replays showed that Sweed was involved in some \"spirited hand checking while the ball was in the air, but neither player appeared to push or be guilty of interference\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0071-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nAll three broadcasters working the game for ABC also initially spoke out against the penalty call, although later acknowledging that enough interference had occurred to justify the call. In an ABC half-time interview, Mack Brown said \"I thought it was a bad call,\" but added \"There's nothing we can do about that. We should\u2019ve done a better job on third down.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nImmediately after the penalty, Colt McCoy threw an interception near the Texas A&M goal line and the Aggies ran out the clock to take the 6\u20130 lead into half-time. The zero score marked the first time the Longhorns had been held scoreless in the first half of play since the 2004 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe only score in the third quarter was a rushing touchdown by Jamaal Charles, his seventh of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0074-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nIn the fourth quarter, Texas A&M made a long-drive that took up nearly nine minutes. Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee was playing so hard that he was throwing up during the game, but he managed to make an 8-yard (7.3\u00a0m) touchdown run with 2:32 left to play. A&M was unable to convert their two-point attempt after the touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0075-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nWith 1:21\u00a0seconds left in the game and Texas trailing 12\u20137, McCoy threw his third interception of the game. Following the change of possession and sometime near the whistle signalling the end of the play on the field, Aggie Kellen Heard knocked McCoy to the ground as McCoy walked along the field unbuckling his chin strap. Heard was ejected from the game as a result of the \"cheap-shot late hit\" and the Aggies were penalized fifteen yards (14\u00a0m). McCoy was later quoted as saying that the tackle had not been a cheap shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0075-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nTexas A&M's coach Dennis Franchione later apologized for what he called a \"late hit\" saying \"We do not teach this type of play or condone it.\" Texas held the Aggies to three-and-out and used all three of their time-outs in order to preserve game time. Texas got the ball back with 48\u00a0seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0076-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nWith 20\u00a0seconds remaining in the game, McCoy was injured by a \"vicious, stadium hushing tackle\" as Aggies defensive end Michael Bennett connected with his helmet under McCoy's jaw just as McCoy released a pass. Replays shown both on television and in the stadium revealed the hit included \"helmet-to-helmet\" contact which, if intentional, is illegal in NCAA football. No flag was thrown on the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0076-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nWhen the replay was shown in the stadium, the Longhorn fans erupted in boos before lapsing back into silence as McCoy lay on the ground for 10\u00a0minutes before being taken off the field on a cart. Mack Brown said after the game \"I didn't see it, but it sounded like 88,000 (fans) thought it was dirty.\" Fellow Longhorn Selvin Young said he thought the hit was clean calling it a \"textbook hit\". McCoy was taken to Brackenridge Hospital where he spent more than three hours undergoing an evaluation that included an X-Ray, MRI, and a CAT scan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0076-0002", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nLonghorns trainer Kenny Boyd said the injury was a severe pinched nerve in McCoy's neck. Boyd said that McCoy was expected to make a full recovery, but no timetable was set for McCoy to return to play. Colt McCoy, in a November 2007 interview, stated that neither this nor the earlier Heard tackle had been cheap shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0077-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nFollowing the injury to McCoy, back-up quarterback Jevan Snead threw an interception on his first play of the game. With the clock rolling on the change of possession, time expired without the Aggies needing to take a play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0078-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Aggies amassed 244 rushing yards against the nation's top-ranked rushing defense. Texas, normally a potent running team, produced only four rushing first downs and did not have a single run longer than nine yards (8\u00a0m). Jamaal Charles, in a later interview, stated \"We were looking weak. We thought they'd let up because we're Texas.\" The 12\u20137 victory was the first win for the Aggies in Austin in 12 years. \"They shattered all our dreams\", declared Longhorn defensive end Brian Orakpo. The game was the 40th consecutive home sell-out for the Longhorns and Justin Blalock became the first player in Texas history to start 50 consecutive game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0079-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl\nWith their loss to Texas A&M, Texas looked North to the Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State Bedlam Series Rivalry. If the Oklahoma State Cowboys had defeated the Sooners, then Texas would still have played in the Big 12 Championship Game with a chance to play in the Fiesta Bowl. That is because both the Longhorns and the Sooners would have had a 6\u20132 conference record, but the Longhorns would have won the tie-breaker by virtue of winning the head-to-head game against Oklahoma. Oklahoma won the game, however, so the next game for Texas would be their bowl bid, with speculation originally centering on the Cotton Bowl Classic or Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. The Holiday Bowl and the Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0080-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl\nMeanwhile, Longhorn defensive coordinator Gene Chizik accepted the head-coaching job at Iowa State University and did not participate in coaching the Longhorns in the Alamo Bowl. Also, on November 29, 2006, the Austin American-Statesman cited unnamed sources saying back-up quarterback Jevan Snead would transfer from Texas. On December 1, 2006, the Longhorns issued a statement confirming that Snead, along with sophomore defensive end Chris Brown and sophomore offensive tackle Greg Dolan, had left the team and would transfer to unspecified schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0081-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl\nOn December 3, 2006, Texas officially accepted a bid to play in the Alamo Bowl against the unranked University of Iowa Hawkeyes, who were 6\u20136 overall and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten conference with only two conference victories. The Alamo Bowl is played in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on December 30, 2006. Offensive coordinator Greg Davis spoke about the prospects at quarterback, should Colt McCoy not be ready to play:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0082-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl\nMatt McCoy, a senior walk-on, is a young man that has been working for the last three or four years. We would certainly not take a redshirt off Sherrod Harris at this point; it would be unfair for him because he has sat this year with the idea that he'll start the spring as a redshirt freshman. And then Mack (Brown) and I will sit down and discuss the possibility of an emergency situation as we've done in the past; one year Tony Jeffrey worked as quarterback for us because he had played quarterback in high school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0082-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl\nSo we'll sit down and look at some different options as to which way we would go. It would certainly be somebody that we think can run the offense and have a limited package for those guys. I don't think we'll need an emergency quarterback, but we'll certainly have a third guy ready.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0083-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl\nOn December 21, 2006, Colt McCoy was cleared to play in the Alamo Bowl. McCoy did start and played the entire game for Texas. The game was a back-and-forth affair with the 2006 Iowa Hawkeyes football team largely dominating most of the first half and Texas the second. Texas won the game 26\u201324. The attendance for the game was 65,875, which established a new record for the most people to gather in San Antonio to view a sporting event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0084-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nThe Longhorns received a final-ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll They were ranked 19th in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, which were issued prior to the bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187958-0085-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nSeven members of this team were selected by professional football teams in the 2007 NFL Draft \u2013 Michael Griffin (number 19 overall), Aaron Ross (number 20 overall), Justin Blalock (number 39 overall), Tim Crowder (number 56 overall), Brian Robison (number 102 overall), Tarell Brown (number 147 overall), Kasey Studdard (number 183 overall). Lyle Sendlein and Selvin Young were not drafted but signed with NFL teams as free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season\nThe Texas Rangers finished the 2006 season in 3rd place of the West Division of the American League. They had two players feature in the 2006 All-Star Game: Michael Young who in his 3rd appearance was named the All Star Game's Most Valuable Player; and Gary Matthews, Jr. making his first appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsOnly pitchers who qualified for the ERA title have been listed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Team statistics\nPositions in brackets are in league with other MLB teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Team statistics, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187959-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Team statistics, Pitching\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SHO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187960-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Southern Tigers football team\nThe Texas Southern Tigers American football team played 11 matches in the 2006 season, of which they won 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187961-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nThe 2006 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mike Leach. The Red Raiders played their home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election\nThe 2006 Texas General Election was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide elected the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, and one Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were the chief justice and four justices of the Texas Supreme Court, and the presiding judge and two judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election\nThe Texas United States Senate election, 2006 and the Texas United States House elections, 2006 were conducted as part of the Texas General Election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election\nDemocratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held 7 March 2006. In races without a majority, the runoff elections were held on 11 April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election\nLibertarian candidates were selected at the Texas Libertarian Convention 10 June 2006 in Houston (the Libertarian Party does not use a primary system to select candidates).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election\nIndependent candidates had 60 days after the primaries are over (from 8 March, one day after the primary election, to 11 May 2006) to collect the necessary signatures to secure a place on the ballot. For statewide elections, state law proscribes the collection of one percent of voters casting ballots in the prior gubernatorial election (for 2006, this equates to 45,540 signatures) from registered voters that did not vote in either primary or any runoffs. If there was a primary runoff for the office an independent candidate is seeking, the petition process shrank to only 30 days, from 12 April (one day after the runoff elections) to 11 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election, Legislative elections\nSixteen Texas Senate seats and all 150 Texas House of Representatives seats are up for election in 2006. The senators and representatives elected in 2006 will serve in the Eightieth Texas Legislature, while the senators will also serve in the Eighty-first Texas Legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election, Legislative elections, Texas Senate\nFifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate are contested to some extent. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican primary and will be unopposed in the fall election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election, Legislative elections, Texas Senate\nThere will be at least five new members of the Senate. These current senators will not return:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election, Legislative elections, Texas House of Representatives\nIn the Texas House of Representatives, 118 of the 150 seats will be contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty races will be uncontested after the primary elections on 7 March 2006; the remaining two will be determined in the primary runoffs on 11 April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187962-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas general election, Legislative elections, Texas House of Representatives\nThere will be at least 20 new members of the House of Representatives. Two Democratic and five Republican incumbents were defeated in the primaries. These current representatives will not return:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election\nThe 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006, to elect the Governor of Texas. The election was a rare five-way race, with incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry running for re-election against Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman, as well as Libertarian nominee James Werner. Perry was re-elected to a second full term in office, winning 39% of the vote to Bell's 30%, Strayhorn's 18% and Friedman's 12%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election\nPerry carried 209 out of the state's 254 counties, while Bell carried 39 and Strayhorn carried 6. Exit polls revealed that Perry won the white vote with 46%, while Bell got 22%, Strayhorn got 16% and Friedman got 15%. Bell won 63% of African Americans, while Perry got 16%, Strayhorn got 15% and Friedman got 4%. Bell also won the Latino vote with 41%, while Perry got 31%, Strayhorn got 18% and Friedman got 4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election\nPerry was inaugurated for a second full four-year term on January 16, 2007. The ceremony was held inside the House of Representatives chamber at the Texas Capitol after thunderstorms cancelled the planned outdoor ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Requirements\nIt is difficult for an independent gubernatorial candidate to gain ballot access in the state of Texas. The election law, summarized briefly, requires the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Requirements\nIn the event a candidate does not qualify for independent status, they may still run as a write-in candidate. The candidate must pay a $3,750 filing fee and submit 5,000 qualified signatures. However, the filing cannot take place any earlier than July 30, nor later than 5:00 PM on August 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry\nIncumbent Rick Perry became governor in late 2000 when then-Governor George W. Bush resigned following his election as President of the United States. He had been elected lieutenant governor in 1998. Perry was subsequently elected governor in his own right in 2002 and successfully ran for a second full term in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry\nPerry's overall poll ratings had plummeted since the 2002 election, plagued by budget woes, battles over school financing reform, and a contentious and controversial redistricting battle. His approval rating dropped to 38% during the latter part of the 2005 legislative session. Perry then improved from this position, more recently holding a 44% approval rating, with 51% disapproving, as of a September 2006 poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry\nTexas election laws do not require a run-off in the event that a majority is not achieved, and so Governor Perry joined only two other Texas governors to achieve the office by a plurality of less than 40%. The Texas Governor Elections of 1853 and 1861 both won with less than 40% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Perry\nDespite weak polling numbers, Perry had the support of the Texas GOP. According to Perry's campaign website, he gained 142 separate endorsements. Perry had endorsements from virtually the entire Texas GOP Congressional delegation (all but two members), every other Republican statewide officeholder (except Strayhorn and judicial officeholders; the latter by law cannot endorse political candidates), 51 of the 62 members of the Texas Republican Party executive committee, and nearly every major Texas pro-business, fiscal conservative, and social conservative organization and PAC. Perry even managed to gain the endorsement of the Teamsters Union, notwithstanding Texas's strong right to work laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Friedman\nKinky Friedman, an independent candidate, gained a good amount of popular support among Texas voters. He claimed that country-music lovers, college students, animal lovers, ranchers, and anyone who didn't vote in the last election were among his supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Friedman\nFriedman briefly enjoyed a high standing in the polls, and surpassed Democrat Chris Bell by Independence Day. As Election Day drew near, his campaign fizzled out as much of his wide support was among young voters. He finished fourth in the election with under 13% of the vote. His website claimed that \"he doesn't put much stock in unscientific political polls among \"likely\" voters, saying, \"\". Friedman stated during the campaign that he was going after the 71% who didn't make it to the polls in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Bell\nChris Bell, a former Congressman from Houston, filed an ethics complaint against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as a lame duck who had been defeated in his party's primary after the controversial mid-decade redistricting in the state. Bell announced his run in July 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Bell\nBell's official strategy was to get Democrats to unite behind and vote for a Democrat, predicting (and betting on) a splintering of the Republican vote among Perry, Strayhorn, and Friedman, giving the Democrats the needed plurality to win the election. Running on a platform of ethics reform and education issues, he stayed with the pack of three candidates with better name recognition. After a good debate performance, his poll numbers improved significantly to where he had taken second place in nearly every poll afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Strayhorn\nCarole Keeton Strayhorn, the Comptroller of Public Accounts, was initially pegged as running in a potentially contentious three-way Republican primary battle with bitter rival Governor Perry and U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Hutchison declined to run for governor in late 2005, instead opting to run for re-election to the Senate. This left Strayhorn and Perry vying for the GOP nomination. Believing her chances to be better running as an independent and appealing directly to voters, rather than those of the Republican Party first, she announced her intent to challenge him in the general election instead. Had she run in the primary, the December 2005 Scripps Howard Texas Poll of match ups had Perry in the lead against Strayhorn by a 55%-24% margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Strayhorn\nStrayhorn was seen as a moderate alternative to Perry, and found support among moderate Republicans and independent voters. Although a few polls had her tied for second going into Election day, she finished with 18.13% of the vote, 12% behind Bell and 21% behind Perry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Werner\nJames Werner was the Libertarian Party candidate. According to Werner's campaign website, he has a master's degree in Spanish and Latin American literature from the University of California, a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and is currently working for an Austin-based educational software company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Werner\nWerner previously ran for Congress in 2004 as the Libertarian nominee. Contending for the 25th District, he garnered 26,748 votes or 0.61%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Campaign, Dillon\nJames \"Patriot\" Dillon was the only announced write-in candidate, according to information from the Texas Secretary of State's office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Polling\n* denotes polling result winner is within the margin of error", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187963-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas gubernatorial election, Results\nPercent change available only for parties that participated in the 2002 Texas gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections\nThe 2006 Texas 22nd congressional district election for the 110th Congress was held on November 7, 2006, and attracted considerable attention because this district was represented by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a prominent member of the Republican Party, who resigned after being indicted and subsequently winning the Republican primary. Because of Texas state law (and court rulings interpreting it), Republicans, in order to hold on to the seat, would have had to win a write-in campaign, something that has only been done four other times in the history of U.S. congressional elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections\nThere were actually two elections held in the district on November 7: a special election to fill DeLay's vacant seat which expired in January 2007, and a general election which was for a two-year term starting in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections\nIn the special election, there were five candidates\u2014four Republicans\u2014Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, Don Richardson, former US Representative Steve Stockman and Giannibecego Hoa Tran, and one Libertarian, Bob Smither. The Democrats were not represented with a candidate. Sekula-Gibbs won that race with approximately 63 percent of the vote and was sworn in as a Member of Congress on November 13, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections\nIn the general election there were three main candidates. Democrat and former US Representative Nick Lampson, Libertarian Party candidate Bob Smither, and Republican Sekula-Gibbs. Only Lampson's and Smither's names appeared on the ballot, as Shelley Sekula-Gibbs had to run as a write-in candidate because DeLay had previously won the Republican primary. In this race, Lampson captured 52% of the vote, to Sekula-Gibbs' 42%, and Smither collected 6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Tom DeLay's ethical problems\nOn September 28, 2005, DeLay was indicted on conspiracy charges by a grand jury in Travis County. As a result, he stepped down from his post as House Majority Leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, 2006 primary\nDeLay won the Republican primary on March 7, 2006, getting 62% of the vote in the four-way race. DeLay outspent his closest opponent, Tom Campbell, by a near 20\u20131 ratio. It was his lowest percentage of votes in a primary election and it prompted questions about whether he could win the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Resignation and decision not to run for re-election\nOn April 3, 2006, three days after a former aide, Tony Rudy, pleaded guilty to various charges of corruption relating to the Jack Abramoff scandal, DeLay announced that he would withdraw from the race and not run for re-election. He explained that polls showed him beating Democratic opponent Nick Lampson in the general election, but that the possibility of losing the election was too risky. DeLay announced his resignation effective June 9, 2006. DeLay said that he planned to move to a condominium that he owns in Virginia near Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 115], "content_span": [116, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Resignation and decision not to run for re-election\nHe stated that he could serve \"the conservative cause\" best by forming a lobbying firm that would work to support conservative issues. On May 24, 2006, DeLay's final bill, the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006, passed in the House with unanimous support. In his farewell speech on June 8 to the House, he defended the \"pugnacious\" political partisanship he'd championed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 115], "content_span": [116, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Determination of eligibility and withdrawal of name\nOn June 12, 2006, Tom DeLay's voice was featured in a robocall that went to 11,000 homes in Northern Virginia announcing his endorsement for Republican Primary candidate Mark Ellmore. In the robocall, he mistakenly stated he lives in California which was featured in The Hill, \"Recently I reregistered to vote in Northern California. My first action was to cast my vote for Mark Ellmore in tomorrow's Republican Primary.\" This prompted a challenge with the City of Alexandria Voter's Registrar, stating the vote was illegal since it was speculated that DeLay was still registered in Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 115], "content_span": [116, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Placing another Republican on the ballot\nTexas law stipulates that after a candidate wins a primary, the party may not replace him unless he is ineligible for re-election. DeLay asserted, when he resigned, that he moved to Virginia, rendering him ineligible. The Texas Republican Party chairwoman subsequently declared that DeLay was ineligible for re-election, and set about choosing a replacement candidate. Texas Democrats, however, filed a lawsuit arguing that the Republican Party could not legally name another candidate for the 2006 election because DeLay was still eligible for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Placing another Republican on the ballot\nIn July 2006, a district judge ruled that DeLay was indeed still eligible, in part finding that allowing the Texas GOP to find DeLay ineligible based on his current residency would effectively impose an unconstitutional residency requirement. On August 3, 2006, a 3-member panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the decision and affirmed the District Court's constitutional argument. On August 7, the Texas Republican Party filed an application to Justice Antonin Scalia, who handles the Fifth Circuit, to stay the Court of Appeals ruling. Scalia denied the stay on the same day, ruling that DeLay's name must stay on the ballot pending an appeal. This effectively ended the efforts by the GOP to put a replacement name on ballot, as the Supreme Court could not hear and decide the case before the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 945]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Background, Placing another Republican on the ballot\nDeLay announced on August 8, 2006, that he would withdraw in order for the GOP to organize a campaign for a write-in candidate. The result is that no Republican was listed on the ballot for the two-year term that began in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Candidates in the general election, Democrat\nOn January 2, 2006, Lampson filed to challenge DeLay for the 2006 election, as a Democrat. Lampson represented an adjacent district (the Texas's 9th congressional district) until DeLay engineered the 2003 Texas redistricting; Lampson lost his seat to Ted Poe in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Candidates in the general election, Democrat\nThe 22nd had absorbed several parts of Lampson's former territory, including much of Galveston. DeLay, who was then the House Majority Leader had only managed a 14-point victory in 2004\u2014far less than what is normally expected for a party leader in Congress. Many experts believed that the 22nd, long considered a rock-ribbed Republican district, had become much more competitive as a result of DeLay's attempts to make the other Houston-area districts more Republican. Most of the Democratic strength can be attributed to the portion of the district in Galveston County, home to large numbers of unionized petrochemical refinery workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Candidates in the general election, Democrat\nLampson announced on August 16, 2006 that three major police associations had endorsed him: the National Association of Police Organizations, the International Union of Police Associations, and the Texas State Police Coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Candidates in the general election, Libertarian\nOn March 25, 2006, Bob Smither won the nomination of the Libertarian Party to run in the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 99], "content_span": [100, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Candidates in the general election, Republican write-in\nThe Texas GOP, resigned to the fact that they could not get another name on the ballot, decided to go the write-in route, scheduling a meeting of precinct chairs in the 22nd district on August 17. Before that meeting, Sugar Land mayor David Wallace, the presumed favorite before Scalia's denial of the appeal, filed as a write-in candidate with the Texas Secretary of State, vowing to run even without the support of the GOP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 107], "content_span": [108, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Candidates in the general election, Republican write-in\nAt the August 17 meeting, the precinct chairs selected Houston councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs as the Republican write-in candidate. Wallace initially indicated he would remain in the race, suggesting that the endorsement of Sekula-Gibbs was unrepresentative of the district's \"grass roots\". But with national Republicans insisting that the only way they would fund the race\u2014they were pledging $3 million\u2014was if the GOP field was limited to one write-in candidate, Wallace withdrew in late August. Part of the decision to bypass Wallace may have been based on his decision to run against the incumbent Republican mayor of Sugar Land in 2002, a race that he won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 107], "content_span": [108, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Non-candidates, Independent\nFormer US Representative Steve Stockman, who had previously represented the 9th district, attempted to run as an independent, but failed to gather enough signatures to make the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Fundraising and campaign expenditures\nAt the end of June 2006, Lampson had $2.2 million cash on hand and spent about $744,000. His campaign spokesman said Lampson should have more than $3 million in contributions and the campaign plans to use every bit of it. \"It's not in our plans to have any money left over,\" Mike Malaise said. By contrast, Sekula-Gibbs had about $30,000 in the bank at the end of June, two months after she began raising money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Fundraising and campaign expenditures\nTexas GOP chairwoman Tina Benkiser told a group of the district's precinct chairs that the national Republican party would spend $3 million to $4 million in the race if only one Republican ran as a write-in, said Gretchen Essell, party spokeswoman. While Wallace did drop out, another Republican, Don Richardson, filed as a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Fundraising and campaign expenditures\nEric Thode, former GOP chairman in Fort Bend County, which includes DeLay's hometown of Sugar Land, doesn't expect much outside money to be spent on the race. \"Neither Republicans or Democrats are going to waste \u2014 emphasis on waste \u2014 three to four million on a nearly impossible write-in bid when you've got 20 or 30 close congressional races where the dynamics are near normal around the nation,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Outlook and polls\nDuring the fall, this election was rated as among the more competitive in the country according to the National Journal. Two non-partisan political reports, the Cook Political Report and Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, rated the race as Leans Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Outlook and polls\nOn August 16, 2006, the Hotline ranked Texas' 22nd Congressional District House race as 8th, from a previous ranking of 14th, in a list of the top 30 House races in the country. In late August CQPolitics.com changed their rating of the race from \"No Clear Favorite\" to Leans Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Outlook and polls\nOn October 30, 2006, a Zogby poll showed a statistical tie. Sekula-Gibbs received 28 percent, Lampson 36 percent and Smither 4 percent, based upon 500 respondents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Special election, Background\nTexas Governor Rick Perry announced on August 29, 2006, that a special election would take place for the unexpired term of DeLay (November\u2013December 2006), coinciding with the general election on November 7, 2006. This meant that voters would vote twice on that date, once for the special election, once for the general election\u2014and it also meant that Sekula-Gibbs' name would be on a ballot for November 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Special election, Background\nOn August 29, both Sekula-Gibbs and Nick Lampson said they would file for the special election. On August 31, Lampson decided not to file. \"We want to be able to say, vote once for Lampson and then you're done,\" his campaign manager said. Lampson also said that his not running might eliminate the cost and confusion of a run-off, since no candidate might win the required majority in the special election. Sekula-Gibbs was asked if the special election would confuse voters. She replied, \"People already know it's an unusual race.\" She also stated that having her name on one ballot would serve as \"a memory jog.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Special election, Background\nIn addition to Sekula-Gibbs, four others filed for the special election before the September 1 deadline: Republicans Sekula-Gibbs, Don Richardson, former Rep. Steve Stockman, and Giannibecego Hoa Tran along with Libertarian Bob Smither.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Special election, Results\nIn one of the more short-lived victories in recent political history, Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was elected Tuesday to fill the vacant seat in Texas' 22nd District for the final two months of the 109th Congress \u2014 while simultaneously losing her write-in bid to win a full two-year term in the seat long held by resigned Republican Rep. Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader. Sekula-Gibbs will be succeeded in January by the man who defeated her in the simultaneous general election, Democratic former Rep. Nick Lampson, who took 51 percent as the Democratic nominee while Sekula-Gibbs took 43 percent in her write-in bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Special election, Results\nSekula-Gibbs was sworn in on November 13. Sekula-Gibbs' situation is similar to one experienced by Congressman Neil Abercrombie, who won a special election in September 1986, while simultaneously losing the primary election for a full term in Hawaii's 1st congressional district. He, thus, was elected to a term of a few short months, though he was later elected in 1990 and held the seat for twenty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187964-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district elections, Special election, Results\nAccording to The New York Times, Sekula-Gibbs has announced her intention to resign her seat on the Houston City Council in order to serve during the lame duck session in Congress. In 2008, Sekula-Gibbs ran for the seat again, running in a crowded Republican primary field. While she received the most votes on primary day, she was defeated by a wide margin by Pete Olson, the former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator John Cornyn and a veteran of the United States Navy. Olson went on to defeat Lampson in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187965-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai Senate election\nPrawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187965-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai Senate election\nBorders\u00a0: Cambodia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Maritime\u00a0: India Indonesia Vietnam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187965-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai Senate election\nSenate elections were held in Thailand on 19 April 2006. All 1,463 candidates for the 200 seats ran as independents, as they were forbidden from belonging to a political party or campaigning. Despite the party ban, around 106 seats went to candidates deemed supporters of the Thai Rak Thai party, whilst 36 were won by candidates associated with the party's ally, Thai Nation Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187965-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai Senate election\nVoter turnout was 62.5%. Election-related violence by separatists in the south of the country saw three people killed and 21 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat\nThe 2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat took place on 19 September 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup d'\u00e9tat against the elected caretaker government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The coup d'\u00e9tat, which was Thailand's first non-constitutional change of government in fifteen years, followed a year-long political crisis involving Thaksin, his allies, and political opponents and occurred less than a month before nationwide House elections were scheduled to be held. It has been widely reported in Thailand and elsewhere that General Prem Tinsulanonda, Chairman of the Privy Council, was the mastermind of the coup. The military cancelled the scheduled 15 October elections, abrogated the 1997 constitution, dissolved parliament and constitutional court, banned protests and all political activities, suppressed and censored the media, declared martial law nationwide, and arrested cabinet members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat\nThe new rulers, led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin and organised as the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR), issued a declaration on 21 September setting out their reasons for taking power and giving a commitment to restore democratic government within one year. However, the CDR also announced that after elections and the establishment of a democratic government, the council would be transformed into a Council of National Security (CNS) whose future role in Thai politics was not explained. The CNS later drafted an interim charter and appointed retired General Surayud Chulanont as Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat\nMartial law was lifted in 41 of Thailand's 76 provinces on 26 January 2007 but remained in place in another 35 provinces. Elections were held on 23 December 2007, after a military-appointed tribunal outlawed the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party of Thaksin Shinawatra and banned TRT executives from contesting in elections for five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Earlier planning and rumours\nPlanning for the coup started about February 2006. Rumors of unrest in the armed forces and possible takeover plots swirled for months leading to the event. In May 2006, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin issued assurances that the military would not seize power. On 20 July 2006, around a hundred middle-ranking army officers said to be supporters of Thaksin were reassigned by the army high command, fuelling rumors that the army was divided between supporters and opponents of the prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Earlier planning and rumours\nIn July 2006, 3rd Army Area Commander Saprang Kalayanamitr gave an interview in which he stated that Thai politics was below standard and that the kingdom's leadership was weak. He also claimed that Thailand had a false democracy. The public was becoming increasingly alarmed by each fresh rumor. In August 2006, there were reports of tank movements near Bangkok, but the military attributed these to a scheduled exercise. In early September, Thai police arrested five army officers, all members of Thailand's counter-insurgency command, after intercepting one of the officers with a bomb in a car allegedly targeting the prime minister's residence. Three of the suspects were released after the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Earlier planning and rumours\nIn December 2006, former National Security Council head Prasong Soonsiri claimed that he and five other senior military figures had been planning a coup as early as July. He claimed that Sonthi was one of those figures, but that Surayud and Prem were not involved at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nOn the evening of 19 September 2006, the Thai military and police overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. At the time, the premier was in New York City at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nThe armed forces commander and the national police commander have successfully taken over Bangkok and the surrounding area in order to maintain peace and order. There has been no struggle. We ask for the cooperation of the public and ask your pardon for the inconvenience. Thank you and good night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nThe junta, initially called the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM), later took the name of Council for Democratic Reform to rule out suspicions about the role of the monarchy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nForeign news channels, such as BBC World, CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg Television, were reported to have been taken off air, although foreign broadcasters were still able to broadcast from Bangkok. Telecommunications networks (telephone and the Internet) were operational.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nThe army declared martial law nationwide, ordered all soldiers to report to their barracks and banned troop movements unauthorised by the CDR. Television footage showed heavily armed troops in M113 armored personnel carriers and M998 HMMWV vehicles on the streets of the city. Many soldiers and military vehicles wore strips of yellow cloth as a symbol of loyalty to the king, whose royal color is yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nJunta commander Sonthi Boonyaratglin confirmed that Deputy Prime Minister Chitchai Wannasathit and Defence Minister Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya had been arrested. High-ranked civil servants were ordered to report to the council while governmental offices and banks would be closed on 20 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day one (Tuesday)\nA few hours after news of the coup broke, BBC News reported that the leader of the coup would be meeting with the king later in the day, although it was unclear at that time what King Bhumibol's position on the coup was.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nWe have seized power. The constitution, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Cabinet and the Constitutional Court have all been dissolved. We agreed that the caretaker prime minister has caused an unprecedented rift in society, widespread corruption, nepotism, and interfered in independent agencies, crippling them so they cannot function. If the caretaker government is allowed to govern it will hurt the country. They have also repeatedly insulted the king. Thus the council needed to seize power to control the situation, to restore normalcy and to create unity as soon as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nShortly after this announcement, Thai TV programmes resumed whilst cable TV partly resumed. However, main foreign news channels (CNN, BBC, CNBC, NHK and Bloomberg) remained blacked out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nThe country's northern border with Laos and Myanmar was closed for a couple of days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nIn an interview given before leaving New York for London with Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai, spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee, and his personal assistant Padung Limcharoenrat, Thaksin Shinawatra said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nI didn't expect that this will happen. I came here as Prime Minister but left as an unemployed man. It's fine that no one gives me a job. I volunteered to work but they didn't want to give me job, so it's fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nThaksin was escorted to his home in Kensington where he joined his daughter Pinthongta, who is studying in London. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said that Thaksin's trip was a private visit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nLate in the evening, a spokesman of the CDR announced that the king has issued a royal command to appoint Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin as the CDR president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nContradicting earlier announcements, the CDR issued a 13th statement maintaining the status of the newly selected Election Commission and adding that the EC ACT would organize the election of local administrations and councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day two (Wednesday)\nThe Council for Democratic Reform then issued its seventh order dividing responsibilities into four divisions as part of responsibility sharing. The four divisions were the CDR, the secretariat, the advisory division, and the special affairs division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nThe files and papers related to the investigation of the alleged car bomb plot against Mr Thaksin (24 August 2006) vanished from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) Tuesday night around 21:30. Police loyal to deputy police chief Pol Gen Priewphan Damapong (brother of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's wife Khunying Potjaman) were also seen loading assault weapons from the CSD in vehicles that went off to an unknown destination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nIn the afternoon, Thailand's coup leader ordered media executives to army headquarters to tell them to stop carrying expression of public opinion following the military takeover. The move came after the military imposed strict controls on the media and said they would block information deemed harmful to the provisional military council now in control of Thailand. The army official said the normal television programming will be resumed but the council would begin making its own televised", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nRTA Troops and tanks began the process of reducing their presence at key government facilities. Four tanks remained at Government House early Thursday, down from 10 the previous day, and fewer armed soldiers are on guard. \"As of now we have only two companies of troops \u2013 some 50 to 60 \u2013 deployed at Government House but total withdrawal is up to the army commander because there is not yet complete trust in the situation,\" Lieutenant Romklao Thuwatham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nThailand's coup leader ordered two more top aides, Newin Chidchob, the minister attached to the premier's office, and Yongyuth Tiyapairat, minister of natural resources and environment, to deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to report to the military, one day after detaining his senior deputy. \"They must report themselves to the Council for Political Reform at Army Headquarters\" at noon (05:00 GMT) Thursday, the order said, referring to the provisional body the coup leaders have set up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nOusted deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak arrived at the Don Mueang International Airport returning from France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nThe chartered Thai Airways jet that took ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to New York and later to London returned to the Don Mueang Military Airport after being diverted from Bangkok's commercial airport. On board the plane were some 20 members of the press corps and low-ranking officials who had travelled with him. Ten heavily armed commandos immediately surrounded the plane and conducted an inspection. All were released after their passports were stamped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nOusted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra called for new snap elections in his homeland and confirmed he is bowing out of politics, urging \"national reconciliation\" after the coup in Bangkok. In a statement issued in London, Thaksin said he will devote himself to development and possibly charity work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Day three (Thursday)\nWe hope the new regime will quickly arrange a new general election and continue to uphold the principles of democracy for the future of all Thais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Timing of the coup\nColumnist Thanong Khanthong of The Nation claimed that Gen. Sonthi acted to prevent an imminent military coup by Thaksin. The columnist contended that Thaksin intended to use the political rally planned by the People's Alliance for Democracy at the Royal Plaza on Wednesday 20 September to trigger violence and then declare a state of emergency and place the country under martial law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0028-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Timing of the coup\nGeneral Sonthi would have learned from an intelligence report that Yongyuth Tiyapairat and Newin Chidchob were planning to organise a counter protest with the support of the Forestry Police (\"Hunter Soldiers\" or Rangers) armed with HK33 rifles and acted before the bloodshed was set to take place. On Friday, the Rangers were in the process of being disarmed. Both Newin and Yongyuth were later detained, the latter being accused of mobilizing the Forestry Police. Coup-planner Prasong Soonsiri later denied that Thaksin planned his own coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Timing of the coup\nHowever, fellow The Nation columnist \"Chang Noi\" called Thanong Khanthong's claims \"a myth\" that had \"achieved the status of 'fact'.\" Chang Noi noted the absolute lack of any corroborating evidence to support the claims of imminent violence as well as the lack of opposing troop movements on the night of the coup. Chang Noi called the myth a \"salve\" for people \"surprised and a little ashamed to find themselves supporting a coup. This myth makes the coup reactive and defensive.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Timing of the coup\nHe also noted that General Saprang Kalayanamitr, commander of the Third Army, claimed that planning for the coup had begun 7 months in advance, thus contradicting claims that the coup was executed as a reactive pre-emptive strike against violence and Sonthi's who had said \"hundreds of thousands\" of pro- and anti-Thaksin supporters planned to descend on Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Timing of the coup\nGeneral Sonthi later said in an interview that the coup was originally planned for 20 September, to coincide with a major anti-Thaksin rally also planned for that day. He cited the \"Portuguese example\" in which anti-government rallies coincided with a successful military rebellion which overthrew King Manuel II of Portugal and established the Portuguese First Republic. The coup was moved up to 19 September, when Thaksin was still in New York. Sonthi also stated that the coup was not an urgent measure mooted just a couple of days earlier. Sonthi also claimed that during a lunch that Thaksin had with the commanders of the armed forces, Thaksin had asked him \"Will you stage a coup?\" Sonthi replied: \"I will.\" This contradicted earlier public statements where he denied that the military would stage a coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Timing of the coup\nThe Nation noted that the timing of the coup contains many instances of the number nine, a highly auspicious number in Thai numerology. The coup occurred at the 19th day of the 9th month of Buddhist Era 2549. Coup leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin made a major public announcement on the morning after the coup at 9.39 am. The Nation earlier indicated 09:16 as the time for Sonthi's press conference and the Buddhist calendar is in line with the Gregorian calendar only since 1941.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Events, Coup financing\nThe junta was accused of paying Army officers 1.5 billion baht in order to participate in the coup. Junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratkalin stopped short of denying that the military spent money from a secret fund, saying \"We certainly needed money for our people's food and other necessary expenses.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Causes of the coup\nMany causes of the coup were identified, both by the junta as well as by independent observers. Initial reasons stated by the junta were the Thaksin government's alleged creation of an \"unprecedented rift in society\", corruption, nepotism, interference in independent agencies, and insults to the King. Later reasons stated by junta leaders included Thaksin's alleged vote buying, plans to provoke violence, and weakening of the military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Causes of the coup\nTwo months after the coup, the junta issued a white paper identifying many reasons for the coup, including corruption, abuse of power, lack of integrity, interference in the checks and balances system, human rights violations, and destroying the unity of the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Causes of the coup\nIndependent analysts identified widely differing reasons for the coup. Thitinan Pongsudhirak of Chulalongkorn University alleged that the coup was due to conflicts between Thaksin and King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Biographer Paul Handley noted that \"[the coup masterminds] did not want Thaksin in a position to exert influence on the passing of the Chakri Dynasty mantle to Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.\" Giles Ungpakorn of Chulalongkorn University claimed that the coup was due to class conflicts between the rural poor (who supported Thaksin) and the urban elite (who supported the junta).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nThe scene changed every hour as the coup progressed. Here is how it unfolded after the first tanks rolled in according to the observations of Manik Sethisuwan. Manik was one of a few citizens who was forced to spend the night on the street as his car had run out of gas. According to government laws as of September 2006, it was mandatory for all gas and petrol stations in the city to close-down from 22:00\u201305:00 as a cost-saving measure. Hence he was forced to seek refuge near the international press personnel until it was possible for him to move out, as a result of which he was able to capture most of the event as it unfolded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nAs the tanks (including this M41 Walker Bulldog) rolled in, a slight out-of-season drizzle poured over the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nNews media from around the world gathered at Government House. Pictured here is the Australian ABC News Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nCNN Reporter Dan Rivers prepares his news report. However, the feeds within the country itself were blocked off, as well as most internet service providers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nA M41 Walker Bulldog light tank parked in the centre of Rajadamnern Avenue, in front of the Parliament House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nA sign in Thai which reads \"Special Operation in Progress - Traffic Temporarily Suspended\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nThe colour of the day, yellow ribbons on machine guns of a M41 Walker Bulldog. Yellow is the color of the King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nA speeding motorcade of cars. The military leaders on their way from the royal palace as the military police look on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nA street worker viewing M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, not sure what to make of it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nThe first signs of support. A teenager hands a rose to a soldier at a M41 Walker Bulldog light tank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Photo-timeline of the coup, from dusk to dawn\nSeen here is a Humvee utility vehicle with several soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Outside Thailand\nAfter the coup, Thaksin flew from New York to London, where his daughter was a student. He was later joined by his family. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said earlier that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could return to the country, but warned he could face criminal charges. \"Any prosecution would proceed under the law, and would depend on the evidence,\" Sonthi said. However, Privy Councilor and interim Prime Minister General Surayud Chulanont later warned against Thaksin's return, calling his return a \"threat.\" \"Myself and several other people understand that supporters and opponents will clash on the day that Thaksin returns home. It would be a big commotion,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 102], "content_span": [103, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Outside Thailand\nDeputy Premier Surakiart Sathirathai was with Thaksin attending the UN General Assembly in New York when the military staged a coup on Tuesday against the prime minister. Surakiart was, at the time, in the hotly contested race to succeed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, a Thai official said. \"The (new) Thai authorities have reaffirmed their support for Dr Surakiart's candidature for the UNSG,\" Thai ambassador to the United States Virasakdi Futrakul told AFP. \"There's no change. He's still in the race.\" The former deputy premier had left for Bangkok after the junta took power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 102], "content_span": [103, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Outside Thailand\nFinance Minister Thanong Bidaya remained in Singapore where he was attending the annual meeting of the World Bank/IMF. Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak remained in Paris, but returned to Bangkok on Thursday. Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon flew from Paris, where he was attending the Thai-France Cultural Exhibition presided over by Princess Sirindhorn, to Germany, before returning to Bangkok. Agriculture Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan was reported to have fled to Paris with her family. Thai Rak Thai party executive and former Interior Minister Kongsak Wantana left the country for Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 102], "content_span": [103, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Arrested or detained by the junta\nDeputy Prime Minister in charge of national security Chitchai Wannasathit was arrested after the coup and detained at the army. He was detained on Wednesday and was held at a guesthouse on the northern outskirts of Bangkok, according to army spokesman Colonel Acar Tiproj. Defence Minister Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya's whereabouts were unknown. Former Secretary-General to the Premier Prommin Lertsuridej and Labor Ministry Permanent Secretary Somchai Wongsawat (who is Thaksin's brother-in-law) were also placed under arrest on the second floor of the army command building. The Secretary-General was last reported being detained at the same guesthouse as the Deputy Chitchai Wannasathit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 119], "content_span": [120, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Arrested or detained by the junta\nNatural Resources and Environmental Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat and Deputy Agriculture Minister Newin Chidchop were ordered to report to the junta by noon Thursday. The junta did not specify what punishment they would receive if they failed to report. At the time, there were reports that both Yongyuth and Newin were in London. Troops raided Yongyuth's houses in Mae Chan District of Chiang Rai Province (at 10:35 Wednesday) and Bangkok (Wednesday night), but did not find him. Both Yongyuth and Newin reported to army headquarters on Thursday, and were detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 119], "content_span": [120, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Arrested or detained by the junta\nChidchai Wannasathit, Newin Chidchop, Yongyuth Tiyapairat, and Prommin Lertsuridet were freed after the interim charter was promulgated. The status of Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya was unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 119], "content_span": [120, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, In Thailand\nSeveral party executives including Chaturon Chaisang, Phumtham Wechayachai and Suranand Vejjajiva were reported to still be in Thailand and not arrested by the junta. TRT MP Veera Musikapong was also at liberty. Party Deputy and Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit and former Social Development and Human Security Minister Watana Muangsook were reported to be staying in the country at an unidentified location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 97], "content_span": [98, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Civil servants, government agencies and family\nThe junta initiated the removal from the civil service of people appointed by the Thaksin government as well as his former classmates at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School. Several military officers were transferred to inactive posts. Also removed were 18 senior police officers which the junta claimed could pose a threat to national security if they were to remain in their current posts. For a list of transferred military and police officers, see Removal from the civil service by the CDR. In early February, Police Commissioner-General Kowit Wattana himself was ousted for investigating military involvement in the 2007 Bangkok bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 132], "content_span": [133, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Civil servants, government agencies and family\nThe purge was completed in the junta's mid-year military reshuffle of April 2007, when all senior officers perceived as loyal to the Thaksin government were removed and replaced with officers trusted by the new regime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 132], "content_span": [133, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Civil servants, government agencies and family\nThe junta affirmed on 20 September that along with the abolition of the constitution, the constitutional court, and other independent organisations set up under the abrogated charter were automatically abolished. However, the status of Auditor-General Jaruvan Maintaka was maintained by an order of the junta. The same order dissolved the State Audit Commission. She appeared when summoned along with senior government officials by the junta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 132], "content_span": [133, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Civil servants, government agencies and family\nSurasit Sangkhapong, director of the Government Lottery Office and an aide of Thaksin resigned to allow Auditor-General Jaruvan Maintaka to conduct an investigation into an allegation of irregularity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 132], "content_span": [133, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Civil servants, government agencies and family\nPol Col Priewphan Damapong, Deputy Police Commissioner-General and brother-in-law of Thaksin Shinawatra, reported to the national police chief in line with the junta's orders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 132], "content_span": [133, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's deposed government, Civil servants, government agencies and family\nThaksin's wife and son, initially reported as having left Thailand for Singapore ahead of the declaration of martial law, were later reported in Thailand. It was suggested they remained to look after the family's finances. On Monday 25 September Pojaman Shinawatra left Bangkok at 01:30 (18:30 GMT) to join her husband in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 132], "content_span": [133, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nThe junta ruled with a series of announcements. An early announcement asked the media to call it by its full name, the Council for Democratic Reform under the Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM), rather than just the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR). The junta said that the public might be misled if it wasn't understood that the junta was working \"under the Constitutional Monarchy\". Later, the junta formally shortened its English name (but not its Thai name) to Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) in order to avoid any suspicions about the role of the monarchy in the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nThe 11th official announcement of the military regime outlined its leadership. It was composed of the leaders of all branches of the Thai military and police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nOn 20 September 2006 (local time in Bangkok), the junta denied that it had appointed a Prime Minister, and noted that General Sonthi Boonyaratglin had the powers of a Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nA week after the coup, Sonthi's former classmate General Boonsrang Naimpradit was promoted from Deputy Supreme Commander to the post of Supreme Commander, replacing Ruangroj Mahasaranon. Junta Secretary General, Winai Phattiyakul, was promoted to the post of Permanent Secretary for Defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nGen Sonthi also promoted his classmates and lieutenants in the coup, 1st Army Region Commander Lt-Gen Anupong Paochinda and 3rd Army Region Commander Lt-Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr, to the post of Assistant Army Commander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nGen Sonthi Boonyaratglin told Reuters news agency\u00a0:\"I can assure you it is impossible that we will control the government. [ ...] We will be the government's tool to keep peace.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform\nIn its 16th announcement, the CDR gave itself the role of parliament. On 22 September, the junta gave Police General Kowit Wattana absolute power over all police matters and named him chair of a new National Police Commission to rewrite the 2004 National Police Bill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform, Appointment of advisory committee\nThe junta ordered 58 prominent civilians to serve as its advisers. However, most of the appointees denied any knowledge of the appointments, with several saying they couldn't serve. \"I have said that the coup is wrong, how can I serve as its advisory board?\" asked Chaiwat Satha-anand of the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University. Pratheep Ungsongtham Hata, who was appointed to the reconciliation panel, also boycotted the CDR's advisory board, noting that as a democracy advocate, she could not work with the CDR, which took power by unconstitutional means. Pibhob Dhongchai, a leader of the defunct anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy, said he could not participate in the reconciliation panel because he was a member of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council, and already had a channel to advise the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 119], "content_span": [120, 974]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform, Appointment of advisory committee\nPasuk Pongpaichit, an anti-Thaksin economist who had also been appointed, denied that she would serve as an advisor, using as her excuse an impending extended trip to Japan. However, some appointees welcomed their appointments, like Nakharin Mektrairat and Thawee Suraritthikul, the deans of the Faculty of Political Science of Thammasat and Sukhothai Thammathirat University, respectively. When asked by the press why the junta had not informed the appointees of their appointments, the CDR spokesman Lt-Gen Palangoon Klaharn said: \"It is not necessary. Some matters are urgent. It is an honour to help the country. I believe that those who have been named will not reject the appointment because we haven't damaged their reputation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 119], "content_span": [120, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform, Investigation of the deposed government\nThe junta established a committee empowered to investigate any projects or acts by members of the Thaksin government and others who were suspected of any irregularities, including personal tax evasion. The committee, chaired by Nam Yimyaem, had the authority to freeze the assets of members and families of the Thaksin government accused of corruption and was composed of several figures who had been publicly critical of the Thaksin government, including Kaewsan Atibhoti, Jaruvan Maintaka, Banjerd Singkaneti, Klanarong Chantik, and Sak Korsaengruang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 125], "content_span": [126, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform, Investigation of the deposed government\nA separate decree (No. 31) gave the NCCC the authority to freeze the assets of politicians who failed to report their financial status by a deadline or intentionally reported false information. Another decree (No. 27) increased the penalty for political party executives whose parties had been ordered dissolved, from simply banning them from forming or becoming executives of a new party, to stripping them of their electoral rights for five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 125], "content_span": [126, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Council for Democratic Reform, Interim constitution\nA draft interim constitution was released on 27 September 2006, and received mixed reactions. Structurally, the draft was similar to the 1991 Constitution, the 1976 Constitution, and the 1959 Charter, in that it allows an extremely powerful executive branch to appoint the entire legislature. The CDR, which would be transformed into a Council for National Security (CNS), would appoint the head of the executive branch, the entire legislature, and the drafters of a permanent constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 106], "content_span": [107, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nGen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, leader of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy told foreign diplomats that a civilian government and prime minister would be appointed to run the country within two weeks. The constitution would be amended for a rapid return to democracy through a national election in a year's time. This would imply that the October 2006 elections will not take place as scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nSonthi confirmed a previous statement saying that Thaksin and the members of his cabinet have done no wrong and can return to Thailand. However, Privy Councilor and top contender of appointment as interim Prime Minister General Surayud Chulanont warned against Thaksin's return, calling his return a \"threat. \"<", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0074-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nSonthi said Thailand was and still is a democracy and that tourists can continue to visit the country normally. The U.S. State Department has not issued a travel warning for Thailand, but has advised tourists to be vigilant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0075-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nOn 20 September 2006, Thailand's Army chief and current interim leader, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, pledged to hold general elections by October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0076-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nMany civilians were rumored to have been short-listed for appointment to figurehead Prime Minister. These included General Surayud Chulanont (Privy Councilor to King Bhumibol Adulyadej), Akharathorn Chularat, (Chief Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court), and Pridiyathorn Devakula, (Governor of the Bank of Thailand), and Supachai Panitchpakdi (Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0077-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nOn 26 September 2006, junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin said that the junta would remain in place after the appointment of a civilian government, noting \"It's necessary to keep the council so that there is no loophole for the executive branch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0078-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Thailand's future government\nFollowing the appointment of a new interim civilian government, the junta would be transformed into a permanent \"Council of National Security\". It will dissolve itself once the general election is held a year later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 83], "content_span": [84, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0079-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression\nFor general information about the Thai media, see Media in Thailand. For information about censorship in Thailand prior to the coup see Censorship in Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 109], "content_span": [110, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0080-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression\nOver 90 percent of Thais own a television and over 50 percent own a radio. For most Thais, TV and radio are the only source of daily news and information about the coup. Less than 20 percent of the population reads daily newspapers. As of 2004 Internet users made up less than 12 percent of the population nationwide, and 26 percent in the Bangkok area. The junta imposed and maintained censorship on television from the first day of the coup onwards. However, no newspaper publications were suppressed and censorship of the Internet did not start until several days after the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 109], "content_span": [110, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0081-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nThe CDR demanded the cooperation of the Thai mass media and authorised the censorship of news reports that might be negative to the military. During the first 12 hours of the coup information was available only to those able to access the Internet or receive TV channels by satellites not controlled by the junta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0082-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn the evening of Tuesday, 19 September, regular programmes on Thai television channels were replaced by video clips and music authored by the king. The next day, shortly after Sondhi's TV conference, all Thai channels were back on air under control of the ICT ministry authorised to censor information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0083-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn Thursday, 21 September 2006, the CDR summoned media executives to army headquarters and ordered them to stop carrying expressions of public opinion. This included a ban against the common practice of broadcasting viewers' text messages on a news ticker. The junta did not say whether the ban would extend to newspaper editorials or internet web boards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0084-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nThai television broadcasters did not air footage of demonstrations against the coup, including the first major protest on 22 September at Siam Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0085-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nLocal cable broadcasts of CNN, BBC, CNBC, NHK, and several other foreign news channels were censored, with all footage involving former Premier Thaksin blacked out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0086-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn Thursday, 21 September 2006, The Guardian disclosed that armed soldiers are sitting in every television news studio and control room. On Thursday, 12 October 2006, Suwanna Uyanan, vice president of the Thai Broadcasting Journalists Association, said that soldiers were occupying Channel 11, where she worked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0087-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nThe nine members of Board of Directors of MCOT, a privatised state-owned media company, resigned on 26 September, effective 27 September, in order to take responsibility for allowing Thaksin Shinwatra to address the nation on MCOT-controlled Modernine TV (Channel 9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0088-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn Thursday, 21 September 2006, the CDR ordered more than 300 community radio stations in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Mae Hong Son to suspend broadcasts. Community radio stations in Lamphun, Lampang, and Phayao were also ordered to turn their transmitters off. In addition, the pro-Thaksin Muan Chon Community Radio in Udon Thani stopped broadcasting on Wednesday. Police were stationed at the radio building as well as the office of Siang Tham Community Radio Station, owned by revered monk Luang Ta Maha Bua. Maha Bua had been a key supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0089-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nIn response to the community radio ban, some station operators vowed to air only non-political programmes. They promised self-censorship to ensure their programmes would not infringe against CDR rules. Others in the north initiated a signed pledge campaign that they would not become involved in politics and that their programming would be completely free of politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0090-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nThe websites of the leading Bangkok newspapers Bangkok Post, The Nation, and Thai Rath had been functioning normally and were reporting the coup. Both the Bangkok Post and The Nation had been strong critics of the deposed government. The Daily News website included extensive photographic coverage of the military operations. On the morning of Wednesday, 20 September newspapers were available as usual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0091-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn Saturday 23 September 2006, the CDR said they would \"urgently retaliate against foreign reporters whose coverage has been deemed insulting to the monarchy.\" Numerous international news agencies speculated at the king's role in the coup (see Role and position of the King).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0092-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn 21 September, during a meeting with internet service providers and operators of TV stations, radio stations, and other ICT businesses, the ICT Ministry (ICT) asked webmasters to close political webboards found to contain provocative messages for 12 days. Kraisorn Pornsuthee, ICT Permanent Secretary said that websites and webboards will face permanent closure if such messages continue to appear, but that messages could be posted on webboards as long as they do not provoke any misunderstandings. The anti-coup website was shut down, but later relocated to the US. The official website of the Thai Rak Thai party was also shut down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0093-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nOn 27 September, the ICT ministry confirmed that at least 10 websites were shut down for violating the junta's regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0094-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nThe Midnight University website, a free scholarly resource and discussion board, was temporarily shut down after the management of Midnight University and scholars from Chiang Mai University conducted a protest against the junta's draft interim charter. Somkiat Tangnamo, the webmaster of Midnight University, claimed the site contained 1,500 free scholarly articles and received 2.5 million visits per month. Kasian Tejapira of Thammasat University claimed the website was \"the foremost free and critical educational and public intellectual website in Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0094-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nThe shutdown is not only a huge loss to academic and intellectual freedom in Thai society, but also the closure of a free forum for the contention of ideas so as to find a peaceful alternative to violent conflict in Thailand.\" Kraisorn Pornsuthee ICT Ministry permanent secretary said he did not know about the shutdown of the website and would ask for details from his officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0095-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on broadcasting and the press\nIn the second week after the coup, the was temporarily inaccessible, with no indication if it was an act of censure or not. The website used by Thaksin to receive mail and comments from his supporters and to promote himself was also inaccessible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 153], "content_span": [154, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0096-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\nThe military banned any gathering of five or more people for political purposes, threatening violators with six months in jail. On Wednesday, 20 September, the military arrested activist Chalard Worachat along with hunger striker and former MP Thawee Kraikup at Democracy Monument while they were peacefully protesting against the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0097-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\nThe anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy formally cancelled its scheduled rally for 20 September 2006 and later dissolved itself, after having reached its goal of toppling the Thaksin government. The status of the Mass Party, established by PAD leaders, was not known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0098-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\nThailand's coup leaders Thursday banned political parties from holding meetings or from conducting any other activities, according to a statement read on national television. The junta also barred the establishment of new political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0099-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\nIn order to maintain law and order, meetings of political parties and conducting of other political activities are banned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0100-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\n\"Political gatherings of more than five people have already been banned, but political activities can resume when normalcy is restored,\" the statement said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0101-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\nIn its 22nd announcement, the junta ordered a complete ban on all political activities, including those at the local level like tambon administrative organizations and provincial administrative organisations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0102-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on political meetings and political parties\nDespite the bans, the organizers of the Thai Social Forum, a major nationwide conference of 300 social and political activists, insisted that the meeting would continue to take place at Thammasat University's Rangsit Center from 21 to 23 October. Jon Ungphakorn, an organizer said that the focus of the conference would be media reform and press freedom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 167], "content_span": [168, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0103-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on the right to travel\nThe military interpreted the restriction on the right to assembly as a restriction against travel, in at least one case. On the night of 25 September 100 teachers from Chiang Rai were traveling via bus to attend a social function in Chonburi Province when they were stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint. The soldiers refused to allow the two busloads of teachers to continue because they failed to provide a permit from the Chiang Rai army commander for them to move in a group larger than five people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 146], "content_span": [147, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0104-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Restrictions on human rights and freedom of expression, Restrictions on the right to travel\nLarge groups travelling into Bangkok were required to seek authorization from their district offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 146], "content_span": [147, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0105-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nIt was assumed by some Thai analysts and the international media that the coup had the support of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. For some analysts, the silence of both the King and Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda on the day following the coup was taken as indicating support. remarks made earlier in 2006 by Thaksin had been widely understood as a criticism of Prem's continued influence in Thai politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0106-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nRoyal endorsement is critical to establishing legitimacy for military rebellions. Every successful coup over the past 60 years has been endorsed by King Bhumibol. Previous unendorsed coups in 1981 and 1985 failed after at most a few days. For background, see King Bhumibol's role in Thai politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0107-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nOn 14 July 2006, Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda addressed graduating cadets of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, telling them that the Thai military must obey the orders of the king, not the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0108-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nAt the time that special forces started mobilizing from Lopburi to Bangkok, Prem was having an audience with the king. This led to speculation outside Thailand that the king had advance knowledge of the coup, or even that he had executive control over it, although there was no direct evidence for this. The day after the coup, the king endorsed it and its leader. Given the extensive reserve powers retained by the king, this statement gave legitimacy to the coup and legal authority to Sonthi's position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0109-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nSome Thai analysts have said that the king must have at least been in favour of the coup. \"The role of the king was critical in this crisis,\" said Thitinan Pongsudhirak of Chulalongkorn University, adding that \"This coup was nothing short of Thaksin versus the King. He is widely seen as having implicitly endorsed the coup.\" Thitinan said he believed the king had allowed the coup to take place as it was the best option available. \"What we were heading for otherwise was violence in the streets,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0110-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nSulak Sivaraksa, a well-known social critic, said, \"Without his involvement, the coup would have been impossible.\" Sulak added that the king is \"very skillful. He never becomes obviously involved. If this coup goes wrong, Sonthi will get the blame, but whatever happens, the King will only get praise.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0111-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nThe Bangkok correspondent of The Australian, Peter Alford, wrote: \"The King's overriding commitment has always been to social stability...and by December last year, he had clearly lost any faith in Thaksin's capacity to govern without wedging the country apart... All Prem need do is refrain from criticising the coup... for almost all Thais to believe they know the King's will.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0112-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Thailand's political situation, Role and position of the king\nOn 13 April 2008, the Asia Sentinel wrote: \"Never mind elections, the fate of Thaksin's proxy party could be decided, yet again, by Thailand's royalist judges and generals. Thailand's proxy war between loyalists to deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Bangkok's royalist elite is stirring once again, with the outcome as uncertain as ever.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0113-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions\nThe coup occurred after nearly two years of escalating anti-Thaksin sentiment, particularly in Bangkok. Even long-standing rural supporters of Thaksin reported increasing frustration at the tensions caused by the Thailand political crisis 2005-2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0114-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions\nPublic support for the coup has been widely aired and published whilst public expression of opinion against the coup has been limited by the military control over the media, the ban on protests and political activity, and the arrest of some cabinet members by the junta. Protest has also arisen from both pro- and anti- Thaksin supporters and is directed against the use of military power to resolve a political stalemate. Protest is also limited following the king's endorsement of the coup and the junta's use of a royal decree that legitimizes the coup. See also Censorship in Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0115-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nWith Thaksin and most of the Thai Rak Thai-party leaders in London and some of its top executives in detention, the reaction of the TRT was minimal. Several former party leaders believe the party will have to be dissolved. Former Khon Kaen MP Prajak Kaewklaharn said \"When we have no leader and no executives, the party cannot continue\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0116-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nA former TRT MP from Udon Thani, Thirachai Saenkaew, called for the junta to allow party-leader Thaksin Shinawatra to contest the next election. Thirachai claimed that TRT supporters wanted Thaksin to return to politics after the political reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0117-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nFormer Udon Thani MP Theerachai Saenkaew said his constituents would still vote for Thaksin and his party at the next general election. \"Following the normalisation of the political situation, democratic rule should move forward in accordance with the voice of the people,\" Theerachai said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0118-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nFormer Sakon Nakhon MP Chalermchai Ulankul, a member of a faction allied with Suchart Tancharoen, a key TRT figure, said he and others might be unemployed for about a year. However, he said his group was \"firm\" and preparing to run in the election next year. \"As long as the Thai Rak Thai Party is not dissolved, we can't say we will move to be under any other party. However, I don't know who will continue the TRT.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0119-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nNearly two weeks after the coup, TRT's deputy leader Sontaya Kunplome and his 20-member faction resigned from the party. Somsak Thepsuthin, another TRT's deputy leader said he and his Wan Nam Yom faction which has about 80 members would also submit their resignation. The move comes after the CDR issued an order banning from political activities for five years all executive members of a party that has been dissolved. TRT is currently under investigation and could be dissolved for hiring smaller party during the April 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0120-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nOn Tuesday, 2 October ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and former Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusipitak resigned from the Thai Rak Thai Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0121-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Reactions from the Thai Rak Thai and its supporters\nReactions from grassroots supporters who lack political organisation have been muted. A woman who benefited from Thaksin populist policies said \"He gave me a chance to keep my daughter alive. He gave us food when we were in need. Now that he's been chased out, the poor have lost their closest friend.'\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 94], "content_span": [95, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0122-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public support\nOn Wednesday, 20 September 2006, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University published the result of a poll of 2019 people. The results were that 84 percent supported the coup d'\u00e9tat, and 75 percent believe the coup will \"improve politics\". Only 5 percent believe the coup will make politics worse. This should be contrasted with a nationwide poll taken in July that found that 49 percent of the people would vote for Thaksin's party in the cancelled October election. Starting Thursday, 21 September, the junta ordered the media to stop publicizing the results of public opinion against the coup, which presumably included public opinion polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0123-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public support\nSoldiers were heartened by the warm public response. A soldier who agreed with the coup although he said it wasn't democratic said \"I talked to people protesting against Thaksin Shinawatra who said they could do anything and would sacrifice their lives. If that happened\u2014and officers had to suppress the chaos\u2014the loss would be greater\". He added, \"We have our own democracy. We are all under His Majesty the King and people still have faith in the monarch. The military has a duty to protect the country, the religion and the King.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0124-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public support\nA group of lecturers and students from Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon briefly held a rally in front of army headquarters to urge their counterparts from Chulalongkorn and Thammasat Universities not to oppose to the coup. Many students from Chulalongkorn University supported the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0125-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public support\nThe Campaign for Popular Democracy, which coordinates 32 civic groups, six universities and 169 NGOs, came out in support of the coup, as did several politicians, including former Senator Kraisak Choonhavan. Kraisak, whose father Chatichai Choonhavan had been deposed in a coup in 1991, said, \"This is the first coup where I don't have to watch my back.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0126-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public support\nA demonstration occurred in front of the UN Building in New York City in support of the coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0127-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nFormer prime minister Chuan Leekpai said of the events, \"As politicians, we do not support any kind of coup, but during the past five years, the government of Thaksin created several conditions that forced the military to stage the coup. Thaksin has caused the crisis in the country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0128-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nAnand Panyarachun, one of Thailand's most respected intellectuals, head of drafting committee of the 1997 constitution, and former coup-installed prime minister, noted his criticism of the coup in an interview with the Far Eastern Economic Review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0129-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nYou have to remember that since 1992, we have had four general elections; we had peaceful transfers of power; we had governments who served full four-year terms. The military in 1992 had gone back to the barracks, and up to a few months ago there were no speculations and rumors about a possible coup. The armed forces, particularly the army, had gone back to the barracks and had become real professional soldiers. So to me what happened must be considered to be an extremely unfortunate dead-end street. So let's hope that there will be a new civilian government, fully engaged in some of the reform measures, including the revision of the present Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0130-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nHowever, Anand later qualified his disapproval, by noting that \"A coup d'\u00e9tat has a different meaning in the Thai context,\" and blaming the coup on Thaksin, \"Over the past five years Thaksin and his party have become too powerful. They have consolidated their hold over the government machinery and certain sectors of the armed forces and parliament. So I think it's a more precarious situation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0131-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nOther prominent academics also voiced disapproval of the coup, including Pasuk Pongpaijitr, Chaiwat Satha-anand, and Giles Ungphakorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0132-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nLeader of the Democrat Party Abhisit Vejjajiva voiced displeasure at the coup hours just before all political activities were banned:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0133-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nWe cannot and do not support any kind of extra-constitutional change, but it's done. The country has to move forward and the best way forward is for the coup leaders to quickly return power to the people and carry out reforms they promised. They have to prove themselves. I urge them to lift all restrictions as soon as possible. There is no need to write a brand new constitution. They could make changes to the 1997 constitution and if that's the case, there is no reason to take a year. Six months is a good time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0134-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nOther Democrat Party leaders, like Chuan Leekpai and Korn Chatikavanij expressed displeasure over the coup, but blamed Thaksin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0135-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nSeveral student groups also stated disapproval at the coup. Signs were set up and demonstrations organized to protest it. However, no unified multi-university statement of disapproval was made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0136-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval\nReports on the numbers, extent and nature of public demonstrations against the coup and the military government are often contingent on national media whose freedom of speech is limited by the censure imposed by the CDRM. Organised local opposition to the coup was muted by a junta ban against assemblies of more than five persons. International protests against the coup were scattered, with anti-coup demonstrators protesting in front of the Thai Consulates in New York City and Seoul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0137-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Democracy Monument, 20 September\nActivist Chalard Worachat and former MP Thawee Kraikup held a protest against the junta at the Democracy Monument the day after the coup. Thawee held up a sign saying \"Fasting in Protest Against the Destroyer of Democracy.\" Military forces arrived soon afterwards and arrested Chalard at 12:30. Thawee refused to stop his protest and was arrested three hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 95], "content_span": [96, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0138-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Siam Center, 22 September\nThe first public protest after the coup attracted between 20 and 100 protesters in front of Siam Center on the evening of Friday, 22 September 2006. Nobody was arrested, but police recorded the protest on video and noted that the tape would be examined to determine if protesters broke martial law. It is unknown whether the police or junta will arrest those it had recorded. Demonstrators wore black to mourn the death of democracy, and urged people who opposed the coup to also wear black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 88], "content_span": [89, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0138-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Siam Center, 22 September\nProtester Giles Ungphakorn noted, \"We believe we speak for a significant number of Thais who are too worried or too afraid to speak.\" The protest was not reported on Thai television channels. The Independent reported that when the first protester, a female student, began reading out a statement, armed police forced their way through the crowd and grabbed her. A police officer jabbed a gun into her stomach and told her: \"You're coming with us.\" The protesters tried to hold the woman back, but her fate is unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 88], "content_span": [89, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0139-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Thammasat University, 25 September\nThe second public protest against the coup occurred on Monday, 25 September 2006 and attracted between 50 and 60 protesters and 200 spectators. It was held at 17:00 at Thammasat University. The protest included a political discussion on \"Why we must resist the coup\", and was organized by the \"Dome Daeng (Red Dome)\" group of Thammasat University, the \"Chula Students for Liberty\" group, and students from Mahidol, Ramkhamhaeng and Kasetsart universities and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology. \"The choice in our world is not just between Thaksin or tanks,\" said Arunwana Sanitkawathee, a protesting Thammasat journalism student. The one-hour rally featured a banner mocking the \"Council of Demented and Ridiculous Military\". There were no uniformed police, but several intelligence officers were present and recorded the event on video.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 97], "content_span": [98, 940]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0140-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Subsequent protests\nProtests were also held at Chulalongkorn University on 27 September 2006. A protest was also held in Chiang Mai on 28 September 2006. On 2 October 2006, several dozen students and labor representatives demonstrated in front of army headquarters and burned the junta's Interim Constitution. On 6 October, the protest continued at Thammasat University and on 14 October, hundreds of protesters gathered around the Democracy Monument.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 82], "content_span": [83, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0141-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Democracy Monument, 10 December 2006\nTwo thousand people dressed in black protested the coup on Constitution Day, 10 December 2006, at Sanam Luang and in front of the Democracy Monument. The group demanded the immediate revival of the 1997 constitution and a new election. Protestors included Weng Tojirakarn, Sant Hathirat and former senator Prateep Ungsongtham-Hata. Roadblocks were set up across the country to prevent protestors from heading to Bangkok. A group of 41 would-be protestors were stopped by police - their names were taken down and they were \"encouraged\" to head back home. A smaller group protested the coup and junta at Thammasat University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 99], "content_span": [100, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0142-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Violent protests\nAt 06:00, Saturday 30 September 2006, a taxi driver who had spray painted \"[CDR is] destroying the country,\" and \"Sacrificing life\" onto his vehicle intentionally rammed it into a tank at the Royal Plaza. The driver, Nuamthong Praiwan, was severely injured and taken to a police station nearby. He later told reporters from a hospital bed that he wanted to protest the junta for damaging the country. His hooded body was later found hung from a pedestrian flyover. Officials ruled his death a suicide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 79], "content_span": [80, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0143-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Public disapproval, Petitions\nAn active on-line petition organized by Thongchai Winichakul, of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, was also set up at the PetitionOnline website to urge the junta not to arrest or harm protesters. Several influential figures have signed the petition so far, including Kasian Tejapira of Thammasat University, Viroj Na Ranong of the TDRI, and Duncan McCargo of the University of Leeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0144-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Media\nIn an editorial, Bangkok's English-language broadsheet, The Nation, gave qualified support to the coup. It noted that \"the likes of Thaksin should be rejected at the ballot box or through public pressure in the form of peaceful protests.\" However, under the circumstances in Thailand, it said the coup \"may be a necessary evil.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0145-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Media\nThanaphol Eiwsakul, editor of Fah Diew Kan magazine (which had been censored by the Thaksin government), urged the public to resist the coup by exercising their right to protest coups as guaranteed by Article 65 of the 1997 Constitution. He vowed to stage a protest on Thursday, 21 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0146-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Media\nThe Campaign for Popular Media Reform criticized the military for media censorship stationing soldiers outside media outlets. \"Our standpoint is, we still believe that the military have no right, they should not give any order to shut down any media, even those [community] radio stations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0147-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Media\nIn a statement issued on 25 September, the Thai Journalists Association and the Broadcast Journalists Association did not condemn the coup, nor did it protest the junta's orders restricting freedom of the press. However, it urged the junta to transfer power back to the people as soon as possible and give the promised interim government a free hand to run the country. It also urged the junta to ensure that the promised constitution gave similar rights to the abrogated 1997 People's Constitution and also to allow the public to participate in its drafting, as the 1997 Constitution was.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0148-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Human rights groups\nSaneh Chamarik, chairman of the state National Human Rights Commission, stated in an interview, \"I do not think [the coup] is about progression or regression [of democracy], but about problem solving.\" His remark was criticized by Suwit Lertkraimethi, an organizer of the 19 September Network against Coup d'Etat, who noted, \"His role is to protect human rights, but his statement showed his approval of human-rights violations.\" Suwit demanded Saneh's resignation from the NHRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0149-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Human rights groups\nThe Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission was critical of the coup. \"The Asian Human Rights Commission is gravely disturbed by this takeover of power. It has no place in Thailand at a time that parliamentary democracy, despite difficulties, was maturing and taking root.\" The Commission called on the military to appoint a caretaker civilian government swiftly and on the United Nations General Assembly to condemn the coup. Later, the commission called for the junta to release the four cabinet members who the junta had arrested and detained without charges beyond the seven-day period allowed by Thai martial law provisions. In October the group set up a webpage contrasting commitments given by the coup group with what it had actually done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0150-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Human rights groups\nNew York-based Human Rights Watch was also critical of the coup. \"Thaksin's rule had seriously eroded respect for human rights in Thailand, but suspending basic rights under the constitution is not the answer,\" said Brad Adams, Asia director of Human Rights Watch. \"Thailand needs to solve its problems through the rule of law and the people exercising their right to choose their own leaders.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0151-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Human rights groups\nThe Thailand Union for Civil Liberty was also critical of the coup. In a formal statement, it noted that the coup was destructive to the democratic system and would result in serious human rights infractions. The association demanded that the junta respect human rights, involve public participation to draft a constitution that protected human rights at least as well as the abrogated 1997 Constitution, and hold speedy elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0152-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Human rights groups\nAmnesty International demanded that the junta must uphold human rights. \"No one should be penalised for their peaceful exercise of the rights of freedom of expression, association or assembly,\" the London-based group said in a statement. Amnesty also called for the junta to \"comply with Thailand's obligations under international human rights law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0153-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Human rights groups\nOn Monday 25 September 20 academics and human right activists submitted a petition to the junta to request that they cancel restrictions that violate basic human rights. They also called for all sectors of the public to take part in the drafting of a new constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0154-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Southern border provinces\nThailand's southern Muslims, who widely despised ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, said they hoped Muslim army commander and junta head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin would hold peace talks with separatist insurgents. Before the coup, Sonthi had suggested negotiations with insurgents, to much government criticism. However, up until 16 September, the army admitted it didn't know whom to negotiate with.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0155-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Southern border provinces\nAfter a brief lull, violence resumed two days after the coup, when two villagers were shot in Yala. On 23 September four policemen were injured in a bus stop bombing on a road to be travelled by Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn later that afternoon. Then on 25 September, two police stations and a military outpost were attacked by 30 gunmen in a coordinated series of attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0156-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Karen refugees Myanmar/Thailand border\nThe secretary-general of the insurgent Karen Nation Union Mahn Sha told The Irrawaddy that he believed Surayud will honor his word to return power to the people, and steer the country in the right direction. Many Burmese refugees will have fond memory of Surayud who, as army chief under Chuan Leekpai's Democrat government in 1998, endorsed a policy of not pushing back refugees who fled from war and persecution in Burma. \"He understands the nature of democratic groups,\" Mahn Sha said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0156-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, National reactions, Karen refugees Myanmar/Thailand border\nThe Karen leader thought that \"[Surayud] was highly regarded among other Burmese pro-democracy groups because of his integrity and professionalism in the army. He is a good soldier who sympathizes with refugees from Burma,\" said Mahn Sha adding hoping that Surayud would not have a \"one sided view\" towards Burmese politics not based on business considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0157-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, International reactions, Diplomatic reactions\nThe reactions to the coup outside Thailand were generally negative. Many organizations and countries expressed their concern about the situation and hoped for a peaceful resolution. Some countries advised recent travelers to Thailand to be alert due to safety concerns. International government statements concerning the coup ranged from harsh denunciations to non-interference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0158-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, International reactions, Diplomatic reactions\nThe United States said \"There's no justification for a military coup in Thailand or in anyplace else, and we certainly are extremely disappointed by this action.\" It later noted that it would like to see elections held earlier than the one-year timetable set by the coup leaders. The United States later cut off US$24 million in military aid although funding for humanitarian purposes would continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0159-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, International reactions, Diplomatic reactions\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan noted that \"I don't have the details but this is not a practice to be encouraged.\" He also said, \"As the African Union, for example, has indicated, they do not support those who come to power through the barrel of a gun.\" The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights later noted that the coup contravened human rights conventions and urged the junta to \"ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and reinstate the country's human rights commission.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0160-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, International reactions, International media responses\nSeveral international publications condemned the coup. The Economist noted that the coup would not solve any problems, that its purpose was to prevent an election victory by the Thai Rak Thai Party, and that it undid a decade's worth of democratic progress. It also noted how the general lack of international condemnation for the coup might embolden military leaders or reinforce authoritative tendencies in neighbouring countries. The New York Times also criticized the coup, noting that Thailand, a former exemplary leader of democracy, was now sidestepping constitutional processes to achieve political ends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 77], "content_span": [78, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0161-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Economic consequences, Stock exchange\nThai stocks fell to two-month lows before recovering in the first day of trading since a military coup ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Shares of Shin Corp., linked to Thaksin, and its units declined. The SET Index dropped 9.99, or 1.4 percent, to 692.57 at the 16:30 close in Bangkok. About six stocks fell for every one that rose at the exchange, with 43 billion baht (US$1.1 billion) changing hands. That was the most since 51 billion baht in shares traded on 5 April, the day after Thaksin said he would step down to end a political crisis. The SET rose 3.1 percent that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0162-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Economic consequences, Stock exchange\nThe SET Index fell 29.64 points, or 4.2 percent to 702.63 in the first minutes of trading Thursday to its lowest intraday level since 21 July. But quickly bounced back, suggesting the coup would do no greater damage. Merrill Lynch said \"This time investors should be encouraged by the fact that the uncertainty surrounding Thaksin's tenure has been removed.\" and kept its \"overweight\" rating on Thai stocks. Foreign Institutions with JPM leading is net buy 7,393 million baht (US$200 million) in this day. After the previous coup, in February 1991, the SET tumbled 7.3 percent on the first day of trading before rallying 24 percent in the next two months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0163-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Economic consequences, Currency\nThe Thai baht experienced its biggest loss in almost three years after the military seized control of Bangkok and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared a state of emergency. The baht fell 1.3 percent to 37.77 per dollar at 17:06 in New York, from 37.29 late on 18 September, the biggest decline since 14 October 2003. The baht trimmed losses after falling by as much as 1.8 percent on speculation King Bhumibol Adulyadej would resolve the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187966-0164-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai coup d'\u00e9tat, Economic consequences, Currency\nThe baht rebounded in the following day as investors bet the coup would break a political deadlock that had stalled public works spending. The currency rose the most in more than eight months after army chief Sondhi Boonyarataklin took power without bloodshed and pledged to hold elections in October 2007. The baht rose 1 percent to 37.38 per dollar at 14:30 in Bangkok. \"This represents a buying opportunity as it removes the political roadblock from the economy,\" said Richard Yetsenga, a currency strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. \"The coup is as calm as you could possibly expect.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election\nPrawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election\nBorders\u00a0: Cambodia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Maritime\u00a0: India Indonesia Vietnam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election\nGeneral elections were held in Thailand in April 2006. Elections for the lower house of the Thai National Assembly, the House of Representatives, were held on 2 April 2006 and elections for the upper house, the Senate, were held on 19 April 2006. The Constitutional Court later invalidated the House of Representatives election results and ordered a new round of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election\nThe ruling Thais Love Thais (TRT) party of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won a majority seats in the House of Representatives, partly as a result of the decision by the major opposition parties to boycott the elections. Nearly complete results showed that TRT won 61% of the valid vote and about 460 of the 500 seats. Despite this, Thaksin announced his resignation two days after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election\nAlthough TRT easily won the election in terms of both votes and seats, the results were seen by Thaksin's opponents and media critics as a rejection of his call for an overwhelming mandate. In parts of Bangkok and in southern Thailand, most TRT candidates were elected on minority votes after the majority of voters used the \"abstain\" option on their ballot papers. In a number of southern seats TRT candidates failed to poll the required 20% of registered voters, rendering these southern seats invalid and resulting in party dissolution charges against Thai Rak Thai and Democrat Parties. TRT won all the seats in the Northern and North-Eastern (Isan) regions, and also in the Central region apart from Bangkok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election\nDue to the election result, King Bhumibol Adulyadej took the unprecedented step of calling the elections undemocratic, and soon later the election was declared invalid by the Constitutional Court. New elections were scheduled for October 2006, but were canceled when the military overthrew the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Background\nThe elections followed the decision by Prime Minister Thaksin to dissolve the House of Representatives. King Bhumibol Adulyadej granted Thaksin a dissolution even though the last election was held only in February 2005, and even though Thaksin's party had a huge majority in the House. At the February 2005 election, the TRT won 375 seats out of 500, with its former coalition partner, the Thai Nation Party taking 26 seats. The opposition Democratic Party of Thailand won 96 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Background\nThaksin's decision to call early elections followed a mounting campaign of criticism of his personal financial dealings. In January the government changed regulations for telecommunications companies allowing an increase in foreign ownership from 24% to 49%, and within the same month he and his family sold its stake in Shin Corporation, a leading communication company, for 73 billion baht (about $US1.88 billion), an enormous profit on which the Shinawatras legally paid no tax, even though family members bought and sold shares in the company in a 24-hour period. This sparked a series of angry demonstrations in the capital. Nevertheless, Thaksin's parliamentary position was under no threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Background\nThe English-language newspaper the Bangkok Post reported Thaksin as saying, \"I cannot allow mob rule to supersede the law,\" and citing intelligence reports of \"instigators of violence\" seeking to exploit the divisive situation as a reason for dissolving the House of Representatives. The country could not suffer a new round of \"bruises\" when it was still suffering from the violent events of May 1992, with relatives of victims still to be healed, Thaksin said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Background\nThaksin also cited the impact on the economy of the political situation, pointing to the questions it had raised about the future of megaprojects and the ups and downs on the stock market. \"I am ready to accept the decisions of the people. But I will never accept those outside the system who claim to be deciding for the people,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\nOn 25 February the Post reported Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as saying he was \"ready to become a prime minister who adheres to the principles of good governance and ethics, not authoritarianism.\" The next day, however, it was announced that the Democratic Party, along with other opposition parties, were considering boycotting the elections. At a press conference Abhisit joined the Thai Nation Party's Banharn Silpa-archa and the Mahachon Party's Sanan Kachornprasart and said that the three parties would consult with party members before making a final decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\nAbhisit said that the elections \"lacked legitimacy' and were an attempt by Thaksin to \"divert public attention.\" from the Shin Corp scandal. \"Boycotting the poll is one option but the parties still have to explore other possibilities allowed by the constitution,\" he said. Thaksin's behaviour was \"exposing the country to a new political system, the Thaksin system, which bent the constitution,\". Abhisit said. \"The charter was once the people's charter. Now it has been hijacked.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\nBanharn said the sudden dissolution left opposition political parties \"no time to prepare a list of constituency candidates and list candidates.\" Only Thai Rak Thai was well equipped with wealth, people and power,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\nOn 27 February, the three opposition parties announced a boycott of the election after Thaksin reportedly refused to sign a pledge to implement constitutional reforms. The Bangkok Post reported Abhisit as saying that \"under the current circumstances\" a fair general election was unlikely. What was likely, he said, \"was an election that would yield the outcome Mr Thaksin was expecting.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\n\"The prime minister does not respond to the intention of the three political parties,\" Abhisit said. \"He is diverting from the heart of the solution and creating the process that sees only uncertainties and complications. That does not assure us that there will be serious political reform.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\nDeputy Thai Rak Thai leader Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan said that the government was doing its best to find a way out of the political crisis. \"Dissolving the House to return power to the people is the best way out under this constitution and democracy,\" she said. \"But you do not accept it. What better choice could Thai Rak Thai make?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Opposition boycott\nThe decision by the Democratic Party and the Thai Nation Party to boycott the elections meant that almost the whole of southern Thailand lost its previous political representation, since at the 2005 election, Thaksin's party won only one seat in the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Results\nUnofficial results published by Bangkok newspapers showed that TRT polled over 61% of all valid votes (about 53% of all votes cast), and won about 460 of the 500 seats. Voters in the Central, Northern and North-Eastern regions voted overwhelmingly for TRT candidates, who were unopposed in the great majority of seats in these regions. But the majority of voters in Bangkok and in the Southern region rejected the government. In many constituencies in these areas voters used the \"abstain\" option on their ballot papers to reject TRT candidates, even when they were running unopposed. TRT received fewer votes than the number of abstention votes in 28 of 36 Bangkok constituencies. In 2005, TRT won 30 of the Bangkok seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Aftermath\nOn 3 April 2006, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) petitioned the Administrative Court to suspend the results of the election and accused the Election Commission of violating voter privacy. The EC repositioned voting booths so that voters' backs were to the public, whereas in previous elections, voters faced the public, with a board one-half meter tall at the front of the booth separating the voter from the public. The EC claimed the new arrangement was designed to prevent various forms of poll fraud including the use of cameras by voters to take photographs of their ballots. After the 2005 election, cameras and cameraphones had been banned from voting stations due to fears that canvassers would demand ballot photographs in return for money. However, the PAD claimed that this allowed onlookers to peek over voters' shoulders and see who they voted for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 911]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Aftermath\nAfter unofficial voting results became public, the PAD declared that it would ignore the results of the election. He further said that the \"PAD will go on rallying until Thaksin resigns and Thailand gets a royally-appointed prime minister\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Aftermath\nThe elections were finally declared invalid by Thailand's Constitutional Court, which found that the positioning of the voting booths violated voter privacy. The Constitutional Court later pressured the Election Commission to resign for its management of the April elections. The Court was unsuccessful in pressuring the EC head to resign; however, it did prevent the Senate from appointing a replacement for commissioner Jaral Buranapansri who had died. This prevented the EC from having a quorum. It later found the remaining Commissioners guilty of malfeasance and jailed them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187967-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai general election, Aftermath\nOn 30 May 2006, the Cabinet decided to hold new elections on 15 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government\nThe 2006 Thai interim civilian government is the Thai provisional civilian government headed by Interim Prime Minister General Surayud Chulanont. It was appointed on 1 October 2006 by the Council for National Security, the initial post-coup interim military government led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, which had overthrown the government of Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup on 19 September 2006. The interim government operated under an interim constitution, promulgated that same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Background\nOn 19 September 2006 the Thai military staged a coup against the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, suspended the Constitution, cancelled upcoming elections, and dissolved Parliament. The junta later appointed General Surayud Chulanont as Prime Minister of an interim civilian government, promulgated an interim charter, and changed its name to the council for National Security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Unselected candidate: Chatumongol Sonakul\nAfter the coup, Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pookpasuk, CDRM vice-president, said that more than five candidates were being considered for the post of interim prime minister, though none of them had been approached yet. Chalit said the CDRM would favour a lawyer since political reform is the priority of the CDRM's goal. Economists could be brought in as cabinet ministers to take charge of national economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 126], "content_span": [127, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Unselected candidate: Chatumongol Sonakul\nFormer central bank governor Mom Rajawongse Chatumongol Sonakul was tipped as interim prime minister because he is knowledgeable about economic issues. Some CDRM leaders had reservations about Chatumongol, who gained a reputation for being outspoken and intolerant during his long years as a technocrat at the Finance Ministry and Bank of Thailand (BoT). Chatumongol previously served as the permanent secretary for finance from 1 October 1995 to 28 July 1997 and was dismissed by the Chavalit Yongchaiyudh government. Named on 7 May 1998, governor of the Bank of Thailand by Tarrin Nimmanhaeminda, Chuan Leekpai government's finance minister, Chatumongol was later sacked on 30 May 2001 by the Thaksin Shinawatra government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 126], "content_span": [127, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Unselected candidate: Ackaratorn Chularat\nAckaratorn Chularat, president of the Supreme Administrative Court, was always considered unlikely to be named interim prime minister because his knowledge of economics is regarded as limited, and he is not widely known in the international community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 126], "content_span": [127, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Unselected candidate: Pridiyathorn Devakula\nM.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, at the time the current governor of the BoT, has the banking and business community's favour, and was seen as a strong contender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 128], "content_span": [129, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Unselected candidate: Supachai Panitchpakdi\nSupachai Panitchpakdi (Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) was also previously rumored to have been short-listed for the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 128], "content_span": [129, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Selected candidate: General (ret.) Surayud Chulanont\nPrivy Councilor and former boss of junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratkalin Surayud Chulanont also emerged as a strong candidate for Premier. Panithan Wattanayakorn of Chulalongkorn University called Surayud the most feasible choice, noting that \"He is also recognised internationally. Time magazine ran a story about him on its front page once and dubbed him an Asian hero.\" Suriyasai Katasila, leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy also said that Surayud was the strongest candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 137], "content_span": [138, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Selected candidate: General (ret.) Surayud Chulanont\nPrivy Council President Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, Surayud's former boss, was seen to be in a cheerful mood after reports gained ground that Gen Surayud might be named interim prime minister. During a nationally televised press conference General Sondhi Boonyaratkalin reaffirmed wanting to install a new civilian prime minister \"as soon as possible\" but was still narrowing down candidates for the job. He did not rule out a former soldier for the temporary role, \"When you say civilian prime minister, you will see that soldiers after they retire can be called civilians,\" hinting at the former Army commander Surayud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 137], "content_span": [138, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of the Prime Minister, Selected candidate: General (ret.) Surayud Chulanont\nOn 1 October, the military junta officially named Surayud as interim Prime Minister. The leaders also announced an interim constitution to take effect immediately until a new permanent constitution is drafted and signed by the King of Thailand. This temporary charter includes provisions giving amnesty for the military junta and all others under its command.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 137], "content_span": [138, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Composition, Selection of government ministers\nThere was early speculation after the coup that junta leaders have approached former senator Kraisak Chonhavan to serve as Foreign Minister in the interim government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nSurayud 1/1 - The cabinet sworn in by the King on 9 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nSurayud 1/2 - Two ministers have been added to the Cabinet. The two new ministers have been appointed and sworn in on 18 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nSurayud 1/3 - Two ministers have been added to the Cabinet. The two new ministers have been appointed and sworn in on 2 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nSurayud 1/4 - One minister announced his resignation, one minister received additional responsibility and three ministers have been added to the Cabinet. The resigned minister announced his resignation on 28 February 2007, effective the following day. The minister (received additional responsibility) and the new three new ministers have been appointed and sworn in on 7 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nOn 21 May 2007, One minister resigned from the cabinet, due to health reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nOn September/October 2007, Five members of the Cabinet resigned after named by the National Counter Corruption Commission as holding company shares of over 5 percent, which is in violation with the 2000 anti-graft law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet\nSurayud 1/5 - After five ministers resigned cabinet, one minister received additional responsibility and one minister has been added to the Cabinet. The new minister has been appointed and sworn in on 2 October 2007. The minister who received additional responsibility has been appointed and sworn in on 3 October 2007. Additional responsibilities were given to current ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Cabinet, Civil service appointments\nOn Wednesday 27 September the Judicial Commission chaired by Supreme Court President Charnchai Likhitchittha approved the promotion of Jaral Pakdeekul, Secretary-General of the Supreme Court President, to become the Permanent Secretary for Justice Ministry. Jaral replaced retiring Permanent Secretary Charupong Ruangsuwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Role of the junta\nOn Tuesday, 26 September 2006, junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin said that the junta would remain in place after the appointment of an interim civilian government, noting \"It's necessary to keep the council so that there is no loophole for the executive branch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Role of the junta\nFollowing general elections and the establishment of a new civilian government, the junta would be dissolved and replaced by a permanent \"Council of National Security\" (CNS) whose future role in Thai politics has not yet been explained. It was later revealed that the interim charter would give the junta significant control over the interim civilian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, Parliament\nThe government worked with a junta-appointed parliament. The 242-member legislature was widely criticized for being dominated by military leaders. Critics called it a \"rubber stamp\", a \"chamber of generals\" full of \"[Privy Councilor President and key coup backer] Prem's sons.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187968-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai interim civilian government, International response\nWhile US$24 million (Bt902 million) was in suspended military assistance, United States Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce met with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont in what was billed as a gesture of goodwill by a key ally on Surayud first day at the office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges\nParty dissolution charges are a series of events and scandals that eventually led to the dissolution of the Thai Rak Thai Party, Thailand's biggest political party, and a few small parties following a general election in April, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Background\nSince his ascension to power by an unprecedented landslide victory in 2001, Thaksin triggered public concerns over his authoritarian-style leadership, corruption scandals, massive wealth added to the already wealthy Thaksin and his cabinet members, and abuses of power by Thaksin himself. These concerns were growing in spite of huge popularity among business communities and rural voters who were enjoying wealth resulting from Thaksin's populist policy .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Background\nThese concerns were stoked by the sales of Shin Corp, whose largest portion of shares were owned by Thaksin's family. The deal raised concern over Thaksin's conflicting interest, triggering public outrages and resulting in months of mass protests. The protests gained increased momentum, particularly among the urban middle- and upper-classes and later accelerated by the strict censorship of media, both by the media's own-censorship and intervention by the authority. Although mass protests in Bangkok were intense, support of Thai Rak Thai was still strong in the rural areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Background\nCriticized by the opposition parties of avoiding testimony before the joint session of parliament, Thaksin weighed the situations and decided to dissolve the house of representatives in February and called for a general election in April 2006, hoping that the election would legitimize his position. The decision followed Thaksin's insistence that he would not resign and would not dissolve the House. Thaksin defended his decision, saying that he wanted to return the power back to the seriously divisive Thai people following massive protests against his administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, General Election in April 2006\nThe opposition parties decided to boycott the elections, citing that no conflict occurred between the government and the House (the TRT controlled 377 out of 500 votes in the House); that Thaksin wanted to avoid testimony before the joint session for a completely personal reason; and that Thaksin did not live up to his pledge to undertake political reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal\nThe final verdict was broadcast live on national television on May 30, 2007 by the Constitutional Tribunal appointed by the Council for National Security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 1 (Thai Rak Thai Party, Pattana Chart Thai Party, and Pandin Thai Party)\nThe Thai Rak Thai Party, Pattana Chart Thai Party, and Pandin Thai Party were unanimously found guilty of conspiring to gain administrative power by illegal means. And consequently, all three parties were dissolved. The verdict found General Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayudhya and Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn, both key executive members of the Thai Rak Thai Party, guilty of providing funds for both the Pattana Chart Thai and Pandin Thai Parties. Boontaweesak Amorasil, leader of the Pattana Chart Thai Party, was found guilty of receiving money from General Thammarak and illegally amending its party membership records. Bunyabaramipon Chinarat, leader of the Pandin Thai Party, and Mrs. Thattima Pawali were found guilty of receiving money from General Thammarak and issuing fraudulent letter of certification for Party members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 186], "content_span": [187, 1014]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 1 (Thai Rak Thai Party, Pattana Chart Thai Party, and Pandin Thai Party)\nThe Constitutional Judges also barred 111 executive members of the Thai Rak Thai Party, including former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, 19 executive members of the Pattana Chart Thai Party, and 3 executive members of the Pandin Thai Party from participating in politics for a five-year period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 186], "content_span": [187, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 1 (Thai Rak Thai Party, Pattana Chart Thai Party, and Pandin Thai Party), Summary Verdict\nAfter thorough consideration of the petition, rebuttal statements from the Thai Rak Thai Party, Pattana Chart Thai Party, and Pandin Thai Party and all of the evidence of the Parties concerned, the Constitutional Tribunal found, on the factual and legal basis, the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 203], "content_span": [204, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 1 (Thai Rak Thai Party, Pattana Chart Thai Party, and Pandin Thai Party), Summary Verdict\nThe Constitution Tribunal hereby issues an order to dissolve the Thai Rak Thai Party, the Pattana Chart Thai Party and the Pandin Thai Party as well as to suspend the electoral rights of 111 executive members of the Thai Rak Thai Party, 19 executive members of the Pattana Chart Thai Party, 3 executive members of Pandin Thai Party, for a period of five years, effective on the date of the order of party dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 203], "content_span": [204, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 2 (Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party)\nThe Democrat Party was acquitted from all charges. Most significantly, it was ruled that no related evidence supported the charge that they had bribed smaller parties to expose the involvement of high-profile Thai Rak Thai party members in election fraud in April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 164], "content_span": [165, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 2 (Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party)\nThe court also ruled that the Democrat Party did not malign Thaksin or urge voters to cast a \"no\" vote in the election. It also found the party innocent of obstructing a parliamentary candidate from registering in a southern constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 164], "content_span": [165, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 2 (Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party), Summary Verdict\nAfter thorough consideration of the petition, rebuttal statements from the Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party and all of the evidence of the Parties concerned, the Constitutional Tribunal found, on the factual and legal basis, the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 181], "content_span": [182, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 2 (Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party), Summary Verdict\nThe Announcement of the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27 dated 30 September B.E. 2549 provides that the revocation of election rights of party executives, for a five-year period following an order for a dissolution of a political party, is not a criminal penalty. Hence, the Announcement of the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27, Section 3 has a retroactive binding effect for this party dissolution case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 181], "content_span": [182, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 2 (Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party), Summary Verdict\nThe Tribunal concludes that the Democrat Party did not commit the act as had been accused, and hereby dismisses the case and request to dissolve the Democrat Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 181], "content_span": [182, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Verdict delivered by the Constitutional Tribunal, Verdict on Group 2 (Democrat Party and Prachatippatai Kao Na Party), Summary Verdict\nThe Prachatippatai Kao Na Party, however, did commit the act as had been accused, which is considered a violation of Article 66(2) and (3) of the Organic Act on Political Parties B.E. 2541. The Tribunal, therefore, issue the order to dissolve the Prachatippatai Kao Na Party and withdraw the election rights of its 9 party executives for 5 years, in accordance with Announcement of the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27 (3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 181], "content_span": [182, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Criticisms\nThe verdict came not without criticisms. Although conducted independently, the trial was made in a time when the military junta, understandably hostile to the Thai Rak Thai, was staying in power. Furthermore, the constitutional judges, although consisting of high-profile judges renowned for their autonomy, were arbitrarily hand-picked by the military soon after they came to power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Criticisms\nThe introduction of Announcement No. 27 (Section 3) by the Council for Democratic Reform dated 30 September B.E. 2549 (2006), was also a spot of criticism. Whether or not the Announcement can be applied retroactively to charges committed before the Announcement was enacted and enforced is controversial. On the one hand, it can be argued that the CDR's Announcement earned a law status at the time it was announced. On the other hand, however, making an act punishable as a crime when such an act was not an offense when committed\u2014so-called ex post facto law\u2014is, some argued, unjustifiable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Criticisms\nThis was reflected by the non-unanimous 6-3 vote in favour of the application of the Announcement. Chief Judge Panya Thanomrod, voting against the use of Announcement No. 27 (Section 3), held that barring individuals from politics is a serious charge and that individuals have the right to know in advance any possible punishment they will receive as a result of conducting a particular action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Implications for Thai Politics\nThe historical ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal will be likely to set standards of conduct and behaviors for Thai politicians in the years to come. The ruling is also likely to have huge repercussions on Thai politics in several aspects. First, the court ruling suggests that serious violations of election law committed by any party's executive committee member are deemed wrongdoings committed on behalf of the political party itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Implications for Thai Politics\nSecond, the ruling raises controversy as to whether violations of election law can be construed as criminal actions. The legal system in Thailand, and in other legally similar countries, stipulate that criminal actions must not be subjected to any punitive act that is enacted and enforced after the offenses have been committed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Implications for Thai Politics\nThird, the judiciary emerged strong as one of the three sovereign powers in Thai political landscape, counterbalancing the traditionally powerful executive and legislative branches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Implications for Thai Politics\nFourth, leaders of several factions that were later split from the disbanded TRT were barred from politics for five years, including TRT's party leader Chaturon Chaisang, former Thaksin's close aide and hopeful premiere candidate Somkid Jatusripitak, Macchima faction leader Somsak Thepsuthin, and Suwat Liptapanlop. It is uncertain how the absence of these high-profile politicians will influence the outcome of the elections to be held by the end of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Implications for Thai Politics\nFifth, soon after the ruling became public, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the leader of the Council for Democratic Reform, announced publicly that selective amnesty to the punished politicians was being considered. Sonthi stressed that the amnesty aimed to bring the country back to reconciliation. The possible amnesty will add to the heated public debate. Thailand will be once again put under challenge as to which direction the country is heading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27\nAmendment of Announcement by Council for Democratic Reform No. 15 dated 21 September BE 2549 (2006)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 123], "content_span": [124, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27\nPursuant to the Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 15 dated 21 September BE 2549 (2006) continuing the force of Organic Act on Political Party BE 2541 (1998). So as to attest the force of such law as well as to stipulate the disfranchisement of whom contravening the said law, be it, therefor, announced by the Council for Democratic Reform as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 123], "content_span": [124, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27\n\"Section 1. The abolishment of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand shall not affect the Organic Act on Political Party BE 2541 (1998). The Organic Act on Political Party BE 2541 (1998) shall remain in force until the amendment or abrogation by law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 123], "content_span": [124, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 27\n[Published in the Government Gazette, vol. 123, pt. 105 ko, dated 1 October BE 2549 (2006)].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 123], "content_span": [124, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\nAmendment of the Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 15 Banning the Political Gatherings and Any Other Political Activities dated 21 September BE 2549 (2006) BE 2550 (2007)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\nGiven on the 12th Day of August BE 2550 (2007)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\nPhra Bat Somdet Phra Poramin Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej is gracious pleased to proclaim that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\nWhereas it is expedient to amend the Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 15 banning the political gatherings and any other political activities dated 21 September B.E. 2549 (2006);", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\nBe it, therefor, enacted by the King, by and with the advice and consent of the National Legislative Assembly, as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\nNote: The ground on promulgation of this Act is pursuant to the Announcement by the Council for Democratic Reform No. 15 banning the political gatherings and any other political activities dated 21 September B.E. 2549 (2006) which constitutes the interim ban on installment and registration of the political parties. The Council of Ministers, thereafter, passed a resolution permitting the installment and registration of the political parties. It is, therefor, necessary to enact this Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187969-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Thai political party dissolution charges, Relevant Thai laws, Act amending CDR Announcement No. 15\n[Published in the Government Gazette, vol. 124, pt. 44 ko, dated 17 August BE 2550 (2007), pp. 4-6. ] .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187971-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Open (tennis)\nThe 2006 Thailand Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 September through 1 October 2006. James Blake won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187971-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Open (tennis), Champions, Doubles\nJonathan Erlich / Andy Ram defeated Andy Murray / Jamie Murray, 6\u20132, 2\u20136, [10\u20134].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187972-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe 2006 Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 25 through October 1, 2006. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won in the final 6\u20132, 2\u20136, [10\u20134] against Andy Murray and Jamie Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187973-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Open \u2013 Singles\nThe 2006 Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 25 through October 1, 2006. James Blake won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20131 against Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187974-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Premier League\nThe 2006 Thai Premier League had 12 teams. No clubs would be relegated as the league would be expanded to 16 teams for the 2007 season. Two teams promoted from the rival Pro League and two clubs from Thailand Division 1 League. The official name of the league at this time was Thailand Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187974-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Premier League, Kor Royal Cup\nThe Kor Royal Cup was an end of season match between the two clubs that finished first and second in the final Premier League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187974-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Premier League, Kor Royal Cup\nOsotsapa, who came second in the Premier League, beat league Champions Bangkok University 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187974-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Premier League, Queen's Cup\n2nd Level Royal Thai Navy upset the odds when they won the 32nd edition of the Queen's Cup defeating Krung Thai Bank 1-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187974-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thailand Premier League, Champions\nThe league champion was Bangkok University. It was the team's first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187975-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 The Citadel Bulldogs football team\nThe 2006 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Kevin Higgins served as head coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187976-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Third Division Football Tournament\nThe Third Division Football Tournament for the 2006 season in the Maldives. Red Line Club went on to win the tournament without losing a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187977-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cup\nThe 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from 28 April to 7 May in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187977-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cup\nSendai hosted all of the group stage and play-off matches while Tokyo hosted the event starting from the quarter finals until the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187977-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cup\nThis was first time the Thomas & Uber Cup was played with a three-game 21-point scoring system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187977-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cup\nChina emerged as champions of both tournaments after beating Denmark and Netherlands in the men's and women's competitions respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187977-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cup, Host city selection\nJapan, which was competing with Indonesia and the United States for hosting the 2004 Thomas and Uber Cup finals, was awarded with this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187977-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cup, Teams\nThe following nations from five continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the sixteen nations, defending champion of both tournaments China and host Japan qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187978-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa\nThe 2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa were held in Rose Hill, Mauritius, between 19-23 February and organised by Mauritius Badminton Association. South Africa was the defending champion in men's and women's team events. This tournament serves as qualification stage for African countries for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. South Africa men's and women's team qualified to compete at the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup held in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187979-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Three Days of De Panne\nThe 2006 Three Days of De Panne was the 30th edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycle race and was held on 28 March to 30 March 2006. The race started in Middelkerke and finished in De Panne. The race was won by Leif Hoste.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187980-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Three Rivers District Council election\nElections to Three Rivers Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election\nThe 2006 Thunder Bay municipal election was held on 13 November 2006 in Thunder Bay, Ontario to elect a mayor, 12 city councillors, trustees for the Lakehead District School Board, the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario, and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores bor\u00e9ales. This election coincided with the 2006 Ontario municipal elections being held across Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, Thunder Bay City Council\nVoters are asked to elect a mayor, five at-large city councillors and seven ward councillors. Of 86,914 registered voters, 33,196 votes were cast and 33,192 votes were counted. Voter turnout was the lowest in the city's history at 38.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, Thunder Bay City Council, Mayor\nThree candidates ran for the office of Mayor. The incumbent, Lynn Peterson, was re-elected by a considerable margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, Thunder Bay City Council, Councillors at-large\nFive councillors are elected at-large to sit on City Council. Fifteen people ran for the position in 2006. Each registered voter can choose up to five candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, Thunder Bay City Council, Ward councillors\nThe city of Thunder Bay is divided into seven electoral wards: Current River, McIntyre, McKellar, Neebing, Northwood, Red River, and Westfort. Residents of each ward elect one member to represent their ward on city council. Twenty people ran for these positions in five wards. The incumbent councillors in Northwood and Neebing wards were acclaimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, Thunder Bay City Council, Ward councillors, McKellar\nOn 18 October 2007 Andy Savela announced his resignation to take on further responsibilities with the Canadian Auto Workers. City council voted 6\u20135 on 5 November 2007 to appoint Robert Tuchenhagen, to the position. Tuchenhagen was defeated by Savela by 377 votes. He was sworn in on 19 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, District School Boards\nThree boards of education to which voters elect trustees operate in the city of Thunder Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, District School Boards\nThe Lakehead District School Board is an English language public school board and elects 8 trustees at-large in the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area, the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board is an English language separate school board and elects 6 trustees at-large in the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area, the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario is a French language public school board and elects one trustee from Northwestern Ontario, and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores bor\u00e9ales is a French language separate school board and elects 4 trustees at-large in Northwestern Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, District School Boards, Lakehead District School Board\nEight trustees are elected to the Lakehead District School Board by registered voters in the city of Thunder Bay, the six municipalities in its CMA, and voters in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District. Each registered voter can choose up to eight candidates. Thirteen people ran for this position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 91], "content_span": [92, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, District School Boards, Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board\nSix trustees are elected to the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board by registered Roman Catholic voters in the city of Thunder Bay, the six municipalities in its CMA, and voters in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District. Each registered voter can choose up to six candidates. Fourteen people ran for this position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 103], "content_span": [104, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, District School Boards, Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario\nOne trustee is elected to the Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario by registered voters with French language education rights in Northwestern Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 116], "content_span": [117, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187981-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Thunder Bay municipal election, District School Boards, Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores bor\u00e9ales\nFour trustees are elected to the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores bor\u00e9ales by registered Roman Catholic voters with French language education rights in Northwestern Ontario. All four candidates, Anne Breton, Angele M. M. Brunelle, Bernard Caron and Claudette Gleeson, were acclaimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 121], "content_span": [122, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187982-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Thurrock Council election\nThe 2006 Thurrock Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187982-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Thurrock Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour gain one seat from the Conservatives in West Thurrock and South Stifford ward where the British National Party pushed the Conservatives into third place. However the Conservatives held the other 7 seats they were defending and as a result maintained an overall majority of 3 on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187983-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tidjelabine bombing\nThe 2006 Tidjelabine bombing occurred on June 19, 2006 when an explosive bomb detonated against a patrol of the Garde communale in the town of Tidjelabine, Boumerd\u00e8s Province, Algeria injuring 3. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier\nThe 2006 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 11 to 19 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. In the final, Quebec's Jean-Michel M\u00e9nard rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier. They also became the first francophone team to win. They defeated Ontario's Glenn Howard in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Kevin Martin Third: Don Walchuk Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Don Bartlett Fifth: Mark Johnson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Brian Windsor Third: Dennis Graber Second: Randy Nelson Lead: Bill Johnson Fifth: Aron Herick", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jeff Stoughton Third: Jon Mead Second: Garry Van Den Berghe Lead: Steve Gould Fifth: Don Harvey", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : James Grattan Third: Wayne Tallon Second: Jason Vaughan Lead: Jeff Lacey Fifth: Mark Dobson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Ken Peddigrew Third: Ryan LeDrew Second: Jeff Rose Lead: Keith Jewer Fifth: David Noftall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Rob Gordon Third: David MacInnes Second: Steve Burnett Lead: Jeremy Landry Fifth: Larry Carr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Mark Dacey Third: Bruce Lohnes Second: Rob Harris Lead: Andrew Gibson Fifth: Mathew Harris", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Fifth: Scott Taylor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Rod MacDonald Third: Kevin Champion Second: Phil Gorveatt Lead: Mike Dillon Fifth: Mark O'Rourke", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jean-Michel M\u00e9nard Third: Fran\u00e7ois Roberge Second: \u00c9ric Sylvain Lead: Maxime Elmaleh Fifth: Jean Gagnon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Pat Simmons Third: Jeff Sharp Second: Chris Haichert Lead: Ben Hebert Fifth: Brian McCusker", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jamie Koe Third: Kevin Whitehead Second: Mark Whitehead Lead: Brad Chorostkowski Fifth: Richard Robertson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Round robin results\nAll draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC\u22125).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Playoffs\nThe Tim Hortons Brier uses the page playoff system where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Provincial playdowns, British Columbia\nFebruary 15\u201319 at the Chilliwack Curling Club, Chilliwack, British Columbia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Provincial playdowns, New Brunswick\nFebruary 8\u201312 at the Capital Winter Club, Fredericton, New Brunswick", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Provincial playdowns, Newfoundland and Labrador\nFebruary 7\u201312, St. John's Curling Club, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 71], "content_span": [72, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Provincial playdowns, Newfoundland and Labrador\nDefending champion Brad Gushue did not participate, as at the time he was representing Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 71], "content_span": [72, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187984-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tim Hortons Brier, Provincial playdowns, Ontario\nThe 2006 Kia Cup was held February 6\u201312, Guelph Sports Centre, Guelph, Ontario", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187985-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225\nThe 2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 was the fourth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 4, 2006, on the Milwaukee Mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais took the pole and the win, his fourth consecutive victory to open the year. It was the final CART/Champ Car event to take place on an oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187985-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225, Race\n* Mario Dom\u00ednguez was stripped of his points for this race for avoidable contact during the first lap of the race. He was also put on probation for the next three events. \u2020 The car of Alex Tagliani was withdrawn from the event after heavy contact with the wall damaged his car beyond repair during the first practice period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187986-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tippeligaen\nThe 2006 Tippeligaen was the 62nd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on April 9, 2006 and ended on November 5, 2006. Rosenborg became champions on October 29, with one round to go, by defeating Viking at home. The other main contenders for the title were Brann and Lillestr\u00f8m, the former securing their place as runners-up on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187986-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tippeligaen, Teams and locations\nFourteen teams competed in the league \u2013 the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187986-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tippeligaen, Teams and locations\n1 Troms\u00f8 installed artificial turf on Alfheim Stadion in the summer break during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187986-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tippeligaen, Season statistics, Attendances\nUpdated to games played on 8 April 2019Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary clubs. The winners of the Tipperary Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Club Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe Tipperary County Champions in 2006 were Toomevara who became champions with a win over Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g. The Tipperary senior hurling championship is probably the most complicated system in Ireland as it strives to accommodate 25 teams. A knockout divisional system and group backdoor system has been introduced to accommodate these teams. Before the new system, the county championship was run on a divisional basis with the teams in the divisional finals going into the county quarter-finals and proceeding from there. It may not be long before this system is re-introduced because of the complexity of the current championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2006 Divisional Championship, North Tipperary\nThe North Tipperary Championship is contested by nine teams: Borris-Ileigh, Burgess, Kildangan, Kilruane McDonaghs, Moneygall, Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g, Portroe, Roscrea, Toomevara. The championship is a knockout competition with the losers apart from the semifinal runner-up entering the County Championship. The winners of the North Championship advance to the quarter final of the County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2006 Divisional Championship, Mid Tipperary\nThe Mid Tipperary Championship is contested by seven teams: Boherlahan-Dualla, Drom-Inch, Holycross-Ballycahill, J.K. Bracken's, Loughmore-Castleiney, Thurles Sarsfields and Upperchurch-Drombane. The championship is a knockout competition with the losers apart from the one semifinal runner-up (Upperchurch-Drombane in 2006) entering the County Championship. The winners of the Mid Championship advance to the county quarter final. Drom-Inch receive a bye to the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2006 Divisional Championship, West Tipperary\nThe West Tipperary Championship is contested by five teams: Cappawhite, Cashel King Cormacs, Clonoulty-Rossmore, \u00c9ire \u00d3g Annacarty and Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams. The championship is a knockout competition with the winners advancing to the quarter final of the County Championship. The other four contestants also play in the first phase of the County Championship (group stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 88], "content_span": [89, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2006 Divisional Championship, South Tipperary\nThe South Tipperary Championship is contested by four teams: Ballingarry, Carrick Swans, Killenaule and Mullinahone. The championship is a 'knockout' competition. However, the three semifinalists losers going into the County Championship. The winners of the South Championship advance directly to the quarter final of the County championship, while the other three divisional semifinalists also play in the first phase of the County Championship (group stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2006 Tipperary County Championship\nThe 14 teams defeated in their divisional championship are divided into groups of 4 with the winner of each group going into the next round. The teams that finish bottom in these groups go through to the relegation playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Relegation\nThe bottom teams in the groups fight out relegation playoffs with the loser going to intermediate status next year. The four teams are Portroe, Galtee Rovers, Carrick Swans and Cashel King Cormacs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Round 2\nIn this round the three defeated divisional semifinalists not in the group stages namely Roscrea, Borris-Ileigh, Upperchurch-Drombane meet the group winners namely Burgess, Loughmore-Castleiney, Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g and Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g received a bye to round 3.In round 3 the winners of round 2 will meet the divisional runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Round 3\nIn this round the four defeated divisional finalists not in the group stages namely Kildangan, Boherlahan-Dualla, Clonoulty-Rossmore and Killenaule meet the winners of round 2.Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g received a bye to this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187987-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Quarter-finals\nIn this round the four divisional winners namely Toomevara, Drom-Inch, Mullinahone and Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams meet the winners of round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187988-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico\nThe 41st Tirreno\u2013Adriatico road cycling race took place from March 8 to March 14, 2006, over seven stages. It was won by Dutchman Thomas Dekker of the Rabobank team. The points classification was won by Alessandro Petacchi and the King of the Mountains jersey went to Jos\u00e9 Joaqu\u00edn Rojas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187988-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Stage Results, Stage 3 - March 10: Avezzano \u2013 Paglieta, 183 km\nGeneral Classement leader Paolo Bettini crashed and was forced to retire from the race after 80\u00a0km following a tangle with Lars Bak of the CSC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 86], "content_span": [87, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nThe Tokelau self-determination referendum of 2006, supervised by the United Nations, was held from February 11 to February 15, 2006. The defeated proposal would have changed Tokelau's status from an unincorporated New Zealand territory to a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand, akin to the Cook Islands and Niue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nAfter 581 of the 615 eligible voters cast a proper ballot (3 ruined ballots were also cast), the referendum fell 38 votes short of the two-thirds majority required to succeed in a change of status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nThe majority of Tokelauans reside in New Zealand, and were ineligible to vote in the referendum, in line with standard practice in United Nations mandated votes on self-determination. However concerns among this community may have influenced those who were eligible to vote, thereby contributing to the referendum's failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nThe passage of the referendum would have removed Tokelau from the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, as the Cook Islands and Niue were removed from this list when they were granted self-governance in 1965 and 1974, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nOutgoing Tokelau Ulu (head of government) Pio Tuia suggested in February 2006 that since the vote failed to pass by such a small margin, the issue was likely to be revisited in a few years' time. In June 2006, his successor Kolouei O'Brien announced that the Fono had agreed to hold a similar referendum again in late 2007 or early 2008; in the end, it was decided to hold a second referendum on self-determination in October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nAn unintended result of the United Nations' recent efforts to promote decolonization in Tokelau has been the re-emergence of a Tokelauan claim to Swains Island, which is legally part of American Samoa, hitherto a somewhat dormant issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187989-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum, Results\nThe proposal: \"Do you agree that Tokelau become a self-governing state in Free Association with New Zealand on the basis of the Constitution and as in the draft Treaty notified to Tokelau? \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187990-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toledo Rockets football team\nThe 2006 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in the West Division. The Rockets were led by head coach Tom Amstutz. The Rockets offense scored 432 points while the defense allowed 404 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187991-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tommy Murphy Cup\nThe Tommy Murphy Cup 2006 began on July 22, 2006. It was the third year that this element of the Bank of Ireland Football Championship was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187992-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tonga Major League\nThe 2006 season of the Tonga Major League was the 28th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. Lotoha\u02bbapai United won the championship for the ninth time, the 9th in a record streak of 11 titles in the Tonga Major League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187993-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tonga earthquake\nThe 2006 Tonga earthquake occurred on 4 May at 04:26:35 local time with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (very strong). One injury occurred and a non-destructive tsunami was observed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187993-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tonga earthquake, Earthquake\nThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a warning 17 minutes after the earthquake for coastal areas around the Pacific. An hour later, the center downgraded the warning to only the region within 600 miles of the epicenter, and an hour after that, it canceled the alert. The earthquake was followed by a pair of large aftershocks the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187993-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tonga earthquake, Damage\nThe event caused very limited damage. The previous large earthquake in Tonga, in 1977, was of a lower magnitude but resulted in more severe damage. A likely cause is that the 2006 quake generated other frequencies that only resulted in resonance in small items. In shops, cans and bottles fell from shelves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187993-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tonga earthquake, Tsunami\nSince the earthquake occurred underwater, tsunami warnings were issued, but then lifted. A small tsunami was observed. Later analysis showed the earthquake to be a slab-tearing event and so less conducive to tsunami generation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum\nOn 29 July 2006, the City of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia held a referendum on the controversial issue of using recycled water from the city's sewers as a source for drinking water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum\nThis proposal, the public debate, the referendum and associated campaigns for both the \"Yes\" and \"No\" positions, attracted statewide and national interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum\nThe \"Yes\" position, championed by the mayor of Toowoomba, Di Thorley, and backed by the council staff and Toowoomba Water Futures project, faced opposition from a minority of councillors led by Councillor Lyle Shelton (Who unsuccessfully ran as a National Party candidate for Toowoomba North in the 2006 Queensland state election) and former mayor and MLA for Toowoomba South Clive Berghofer and grassroots campaigner Rosemary Morley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, Background\nChanging weather patterns, a drought, and insufficient investment in water infrastructure in the 20th century by both Toowoomba City Council and the Queensland Government led to increasingly severe water restrictions in the \"Garden City\". Using town water on lawns, and eventually gardens and potted plants was banned under a series of ever harsher water restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, Background\nA proposal to recycle water from the city's sewerage system, add salts to prevent the ultra pure water damaging concrete water pipes, pump it to the city's dams, then redraw it for domestic (drinking water) use was initially supported unanimously by the mayor and councillors, and by the local Federal Member Ian Macfarlane seat of Groom, which covers most of Toowoomba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, Background\nState and Federal governmental support from both Labor and coalition politicians was also strong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, The debate\nThe situation was complicated by growing resentment at perceived heavy-handedness from outside \"celebrities\" and leaders such as Commonwealth Water Minister Malcolm Turnbull who tied federal funding exclusively to the recycling project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, The debate\nLyle Shelton and two other councilors switched to opposing the proposal, as did Ian Macfarlane saying that \"No\" campaigner, millionaire property developer Clive Berghofer \"had a right to be heard\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, The debate\nThe lead up to the poll was marked by misinformation, dirty tricks and an alleged whispering campaign by some members of the Toowoomba City Council. Unsourced claims in the whispering campaign included a kick-back (of $11\u00a0million) to the Mayor; questions about the Mayor moving to Tasmania; and the engineering firm behind the project being a Halliburton subsidiary. There was a threatened exodus from the city should the recycled water begin flowing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, The debate\nMuch was made about the risk of loss of equity in homes as house prices would tumble should Toowoomba embrace recycled water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187994-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, The poll\nThe proposal was defeated on Saturday, 29 July 2006 by 62% to 38%. In 2007, the Mayor (Di Thorley) announced she was moving to Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187995-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Top End Series\nThe Top End series in 2006 was an international first-class and List A cricket series played in Darwin and Cairns in the north of Australia from 30 June to 27 July 2006. Australia A, India A, New Zealand A and Pakistan A played as well as a Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI and a Queensland XI team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187995-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Top End Series\nVenues included Marrara Oval and Gardens Oval in Darwin and Fretwell Park and Cazaly Stadium in Cairns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series\nThe 2006 Top League Challenge Series was the 2006 edition of the Top League Challenge Series, a second-tier rugby union competition in Japan, in which teams from regionalised leagues competed for promotion to the Top League for the 2006\u201307 season. The competition was contested from 15 to 28 January 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series\nCoca-Cola West Red Sparks and IBM Big Blue won promotion to the 2006\u201307 Top League, while Honda Heat, Kintetsu Liners, Kyuden Voltex and NTT Communications Shining Arcs progressed to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Competition rules and information\nThe top two teams from the regional Top East League, Top West League and Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League qualified to the Top League Challenge Series. The regional league winners participated in Challenge 1, while the runners-up participated in Challenge 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Competition rules and information\nThe top two teams in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the 2006\u201307 Top League, while the third-placed team in Challenge 1 and the three Challenge 2 teams qualified to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification\nThe teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 series through the 2005 regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top West League\nThe final standings for the 2005 Top West League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top East League\nThe final standings for the 2005 Top East League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League\nThe final standings for the 2005 Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 1, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2006 Top League Challenge 1 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 1, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2006 Top League Challenge 1:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 2, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2006 Top League Challenge 2 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187996-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 2, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2006 Top League Challenge 2:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187997-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toppserien\nThe 2006 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 6 May 2006 and ended on 28 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187997-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toppserien\n18 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number nine and ten went to a playoff round with number three and four from the First Division. The two top teams from the First Division were promoted, as the league was expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187997-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toppserien\nKolbotn won the league after beating Trondheims-\u00d8rn on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187998-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open\nThe 2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 23rd edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, from January 27 through February 5, 2006. Elena Dementieva won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187998-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Champions, Doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs, 6\u20132, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00187999-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open took place between 30 January and 5 February on the indoor hard courts of the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur won the title, defeating Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188000-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost to Martina Hingis in the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188000-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nElena Dementieva won the title, defeating Hingis in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188001-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tornado World Championship\nThe 2006 Tornado World Championships were held at the Club N\u00e1utico San Isidro in San Isidro, Argentina between 1 and 10 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188001-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tornado World Championship, Results\nLegend: DNF \u2013 Did not finish; DNS \u2013 Did not start; DSQ \u2013 Disqualified; OCS \u2013 On the course side of the starting line;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188002-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo Apertura (Chile)\nThe 2006 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado was the 79th Chilean League top flight, in which Colo-Colo won its 24th league title after beating Universidad de Chile on penalties, in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188003-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)\nThe 2006 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco del Estado was the 80th Chilean League top flight, in which Colo-Colo won its 25th league title after beating Audax Italiano in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188003-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile), Relegation table, Promotion/relegation playoffs\nLota Schwager reached its promotion to Primera Divisi\u00f3n after beating Rangers in the 2nd leg match\u2019s penalty shoot-out at Coronel. Whilst Palestino remained in the top level after beating Arturo Fern\u00e1ndez Vial 3\u20131 in Concepci\u00f3n and 1\u20130 in La Cisterna, Santiago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188004-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo Descentralizado\nThe 2006 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable M\u00e1gico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninetieth season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Sporting Cristal as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-second Primera Divisi\u00f3n title after beating Cienciano in the final playoffs. The season began on February 3, 2006 and ended on December 27, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188004-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo Descentralizado, Changes from 2005, Promotion and relegation\nUniversidad C\u00e9sar Vallejo and Atl\u00e9tico Universidad finished the 2005 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, on the three-season average table and thus were relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. They were replaced by the champion of the Copa Per\u00fa 2005 Jos\u00e9 G\u00e1lvez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188004-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nAlianza Lima won the Apertura tournament which allowed them to qualify to the Copa Libertadores 2007. Universitario and Cienciano tied for first in the Clausura tournament and were forced to play a playoff. The playoff was a single game, played on a neutral ground, in Trujillo at Estadio Mansiche. Cienciano won the playoff 2\u20131, qualifying to the Copa Libertadores 2007. Sporting Cristal placed second on the aggregate table, which allowed them to qualify to the first stage of the Copa Libertadores 2007. The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, Alianza Lima and Cienciano, played in a two-legged final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188004-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nBoth teams won their home games, but due to goal difference, Alianza Lima won their twenty-second national title. Uni\u00f3n Huaral placed last on the aggregate table which meant they were relegated to the second division. Jos\u00e9 G\u00e1lvez FBC and Sport Boys tied for second-to-last place. A playoff was contested and Sport Boys won 5\u20134 in the penalty shootout after a 0\u20130 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188005-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo God\u00f3\nThe 2006 Torneo God\u00f3 was a men's professional tennis tournament that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2006 ATP Tour. It was the 54th edition of the Torneo God\u00f3 and it took place from 24 April until 30 April 2006 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. First-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188005-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo God\u00f3, Finals, Doubles\nMark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6\u20132, 6\u20137(4\u20137), [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188006-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo God\u00f3 \u2013 Doubles\nLeander Paes and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions, but they did not participate together this year. Paes partnered Martin Damm, losing in the second round. Zimonji\u0107 partnered Max Mirnyi, losing in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188006-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo God\u00f3 \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20137(4\u20137), [10\u20135], against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188007-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo God\u00f3 \u2013 Singles\nDefending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Tommy Robredo in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134, 6\u20130, to win the Singles title at the 2006 Barcelona Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188008-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo di Viareggio\nThe 2006 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188008-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Torneo di Viareggio, Format\nThe 48 teams are seeded in 12 pools, split up into 6-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and two best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. The Round of 16 envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time with Silver goal rule and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds. Semifinal losing teams play 3rd-place final with penalties after regular time. The winning sides play the final with extra time, no Silver goal rule and repeat the match if the draw holds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188009-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Argonauts season\nThe 2006 Toronto Argonauts season was the 49th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 134th season overall. The Argonauts finished the regular season 10\u20138 and finished in second place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188009-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason\nThe Argos made a splash just before training camp when they lured high-profile RB Ricky Williams to Canada. The team also picked up QB and 2001 Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188009-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nQuarterback Damon Allen became professional football's all-time leading passer, moving ahead of Warren Moon on Labour Day in Hamilton. The team, however, was decimated by injuries at almost every position and the Argonauts stumbled out of the gate to a 2\u20135 record. Mid -season health bred new promise as the team gained the majority of its starters back including Allen and Williams, who both fell to injury early in the year. Upon his return, Williams joined forces with fellow RB John Avery to deliver a late-season one-two punch out of the backfield. Combined with the stellar play of their dominant defence, the Double Blue was able to turn the season around and win 8 of their remaining 11 regular season games to finish in a first-place tie with the Montreal Alouettes. The CFL tie-break rule landed the Argos in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188009-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Argonauts season, Postseason\nThe Argos hosted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a thrilling East Semi-Final at Rogers Centre. With the season on the line, QB Michael Bishop and LB Chuck Winters teamed up to lead the Boatmen to one of the greatest come-from-behind victories in recent Argo memory. The Argos fell to Montreal in the East Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188009-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Argonauts season, Awards and records\nDespite their early exit from the playoffs, the Boatmen finished the season with 11 East Division All-Stars and three CFL All-Stars. Kicker/Punter Noel Prefontaine was once again named the East's Most Outstanding Special Teams Player and elusive receiver Arland Bruce III finished with a division leading 1,370\u00a0yards receiving and 11 touchdowns. A bright star on defence came in the form of CB Byron Parker. The speedy defender re-joined the Boatmen mid-season and made his mark in both the Argos and the CFL record books in only nine regular season contests. By season's end, the Tulane product had accumulated 8 interceptions for a CFL record 348 return yards and 4 touchdowns. Linebacker Mike O'Shea became just the third player, and first Canadian, in CFL history to record 1,000 or more defensive tackles in a career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season\nThe 2006 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 30th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. For the second straight season, Blue Jays hitters combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts. It was the first time since the team's World Series championships in 1992 and 1993 that the Blue Jays had combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts in consecutive 162-game seasons, as well as the first season since 1993 that the team finished above third place in its division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn January 3, J.P. Ricciardi signed free-agent catcher Jason Phillips to a minor league contract. Phillips, who hit .238 the previous season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, also had an invitation to spring training, was supposed to have competed with Guillermo Quir\u00f3z for the role of the Blue Jays' backup catcher. Quiroz was later claimed on waivers by the Seattle Mariners, and Phillips started the season with the team after Gregg Zaun was put on the disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nThe trades for Troy Glaus and Lyle Overbay in the off-season created a glut of corner infielders for the Jays, as the team now had five players (Glaus, Overbay, Eric Hinske, Corey Koskie, and Shea Hillenbrand) who could play third base, first base, or designated hitter. The Jays relieved some of this pressure on January 6, by trading Koskie to the Milwaukee Brewers in the second deal between the two clubs in less than a month. The Blue Jays received minor league pitcher Brian Wolfe in return for Koskie. The Blue Jays also moved first baseman (and former third baseman) Eric Hinske to right field as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn February 6, Toronto signed former Angels catcher Bengie Molina to a one-year contract with an option for a second. Three days later, Toronto wrapped up its off season moves by re-signing Shea Hillenbrand and Pete Walker, each to a one-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn July 2, Troy Glaus, Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay, B. J. Ryan, and Alex R\u00edos were picked to represent the Blue Jays at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. However, Rios would not compete in the game due to a serious staph infection that occurred around June 28, possibly as the result of a foul ball off Rios' leg during a game on June 27. Manager John Gibbons was also picked as an assistant coach for the AL team. The five Blue Jay players selected to the AL All-Star team was the most to appear in an All-Star Game since 1993. The only AL team with more All-Stars than the Jays was the World Series champion the Chicago White Sox, with six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn July 7, Troy Glaus was picked to compete in the 2006 Home Run Derby, though during the Derby, he hit only one home run and was eliminated after the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn July 19, infielder Shea Hillenbrand was designated for assignment after an altercation with the team management. Shortly after Hillenbrand, along with reliever Vinnie Chulk, was traded to the San Francisco Giants for reliever Jeremy Accardo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn August 3, rookie second baseman Ryan Roberts started his first game in the MLB, and had his first hit, which was a home run. He is one of few Blue Jays rookies to have his first hit a home run in his first start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn August 12, the Blue Jays got the Minnesota Twins to hit into 6 double plays, tying a Blue Jays record set on April 16, 1996. (Blue Jays vs. Detroit).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn August 16, the Blue Jays traded reliever Scott Schoeneweis to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations or a player to be named later (later announced to be INF Trevor Lawhorn).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn August 17, the Blue Jays traded first and third baseman and outfielder Eric Hinske and cash considerations to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nDuring a game against the Oakland Athletics on August 21, 2006, while on the verge of blowing an 8-run lead, John Gibbons walked to the mound to remove starter Ted Lilly. An argument ensued on the mound, in front of the audience at the Rogers Centre. Lilly eventually did leave the game and then headed into the clubhouse. Gibbons subsequently followed him into the hallway, where it appeared to eyewitnesses that he and Lilly got into a fight. Numerous team members and support personnel rushed into the tunnel to break them up. After the game, both the pitcher and manager denied any altercation and said the problem had been resolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nDespite their on-field and off-field problems, the Blue Jays managed to play well in the critical month of September, going 18\u201310. This, combined with the slumping of the Boston Red Sox, enabled Toronto to snare sole possession of second place in the American League East by the end of the season. This marked the first time that the Jays had finished above third place in their division since their World Championship season of 1993, and with the most wins since the 1998 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn November 17, the Blue Jays announced that they had signed designated hitter Frank Thomas to a two-year contract worth $18 million, with an option for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn November 28, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed catcher Gregg Zaun to a two-year contract with an option for 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn December 18, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed centre fielder Vernon Wells to a seven-year contract worth $126 million, to come into effect after the 2007 season. It was the largest contract in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188010-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Blue Jays season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188011-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto International Film Festival\nThe 31st Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a film that \"explores the history of the Inuit people through the eyes of a father and daughter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188011-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto International Film Festival\nIn a press release dated June 27, 2006, twenty-six international film selections were announced which previously premiered at major film festivals worldwide. Of the films announced, twenty-five of them will receive their North American premiere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188011-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto International Film Festival\nAmong the many anticipated films were Babel by Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Volver by Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election) by Johnnie To, The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky and The Host by Bong Joon-ho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188011-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto International Film Festival\nBella took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly coveted \"People's Choice Award\", a distinction which puts them in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life Is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda. Last year's winner of the \"People's Choice\" Award, Tsotsi, won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188011-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto International Film Festival\nBella marks the feature directorial debut for Alejandro Monteverde, who also co-wrote its original screenplay with Patrick Million. Bella features Manuel Perez, Ang\u00e9lica Arag\u00f3n, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. Bella was produced by Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro Monteverde and Denise Pinckley and executive produced by J. Eustace Wolfington, Ana Wolfington and Stephen McEveety. The film was financed by producers Sean Wolfingtonand Eustace Wolfington. McEveety (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, Passion of the Christ) consulted on the script and signed on as an Executive Producer to help market the movie. Bella is McEveety's first release under his nascent Mpower Films moniker and marks his first feature since ankling Mel Gibson's Icon productions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188012-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Rock season\nThe Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the 9th in franchise history, and 8th as the Rock (they played one season as the Ontario Raiders). The Rock won the Championship in the 2005 season, but followed it up with a mediocre 8-8 record and an early exit from the playoffs at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188012-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188012-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188012-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike\nThe 2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike was an unlawful strike in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that occurred on May 29, 2006. It was initiated by 800 Toronto Transit Commission mechanical and janitorial workers who were protesting proposed changes in work schedules, including permanent reassignment of 100 workers to night shifts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike\nThe strike began between 4\u00a0a.m. and 5\u00a0a.m. EDT, and quickly resulted in a large scale disruption of service when transit drivers honoured the picket line, effectively shutting down the Toronto transit system. The shutdown left over a million commuters searching for alternative means of transport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike\nBy 7\u00a0a.m. the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) issued a cease-and-desist order to pickets; this order was ignored. A further back-to-work directive was forwarded by the OLRB, and eventually Amalgamated Transit Union officials requested the workers to comply, the call coming just before 3\u00a0p.m. EDT. Given the logistical difficulties, limited service slowly increased, with full service resuming later in the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nWorkers argued that there was a declining state of conditions since the latest collective bargaining agreement was ratified, and worker morale in the TTC was lingering along the lines of discontent. Workers perceived a lack of good health premiums, arbitrary shift changes, lack of action on operator safety, and an assortment of other grievances assembled by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113; Many argued that these were not being fully acknowledged by the management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nIndeed, a series of rebuttals were assembled by management's executives and several commissioners against the union's grievances. The most notable refutation is owed to the issue of operator safety. It had been suggested by several union detractors that in roads were being made in regard to improving working conditions for operators. Among several recommendations laid out by a joint task force (the inception of this panel was approved by both the union and management), the most publicized suggestions involved the idea of installing cameras and erecting some form of artificial barrier between the operator and individual customers. This seemingly conciliatory approach to union grievances gave TTC's management much valued public sympathy. Some experts in worker relations suggest that a wildcat strike would have been unfathomable if relations were indeed amicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 937]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nGrowing tension between TTC's management and its union were not relenting. Signs of an impending strike action on the part of unionized workers were becoming evermore apparent to those inside the TTC. Evidence is seen in a press conference held by union executives days before the strike action. As well, Bob Kinnear, president of ATU Local 113, issued a series of automated messages to his constituents who numbered up to and around 8,500 TTC workers. He informed them that many of the most critical issues had yet to be resolved through joint negotiations with management. Although Kinnear's comments never implied any form of job action, it was suggested that many members of the union took his messages as such.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nThe wildcat strike which took place on the May 29, 2006, was not initiated by joint action of all the unionized workers in the TTC. Picket lines were assembled by a relatively small number of mechanical and janitorial workers (approximately 800) across many of the TTC's yards and garages; locations that housed buses, streetcars, and subway trains. Many operators who showed up for their morning shift joined their co-workers in a sign of solidarity, and the remainder were asked by the TTC not to cross the picket lines. Without the operators passing through the picket lines, transit service was halted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nOver 700,000 commuters were forced to find alternate forms of transportation for the day. The bewilderment observed on the faces of many early-day commuters speaks volumes as to the spontaneity of the strike. The public was essentially left in the dark throughout the build-up of tensions within the TTC. The day was also notable as it was the hottest day of the year to that point, with the temperature peaking 40 degrees Celsius when the humidex was added in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nRumours of the strike only hit the news very late on Sunday night, and many who were sleeping or working at the time had no way of knowing what was waiting for them in the morning. Finding alternate forms of transportation, some people who became aware of the strike action had to tell others at bus and streetcar stops along their way. Some decided to walk as there was no other option at their disposal. Both management and union members were fully aware of this state of discord. Even though the wildcat strike itself was a surprise, some suggest that the stressed relationship between these two parties should have been indicators on their own right. The strike began at 12 am for maintenance employees and the bus drivers and streetcar and subway operators followed early in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, General synopsis\nAt around noon, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) \"issue[d] a cease and desist order requiring workers to report back to work immediately.\" This order was completely ignored by picketers. Shop stewards kept strikers in line by advising them to await orders from Kinnear himself. A couple hours later, the OLRB reassembled, dispatching a back-to-work order, reinforcing their earlier promulgation. Kinnear remained defiant throughout the wildcat strike, but eventually bowed to pressure and advised all picketing workers to return to work. He asked the workers to do it \"For the travelling Public, not the TTC Management\". Rogue picket lines that refused to dissolve were done so through the assistance of the Toronto Police Service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, Aftermath\nImmediately after the strike's end, several members of Toronto City Council, along with countless commuters, saw recourse in the idea of enforcing strict disciplinary penalties against the union and its membership. Toronto Mayor David Miller, contrary to pro-union inclinations of the past, introduced the idea of prosecuting the Amalgamated Transit Union; a strategic move that paralleled the opinions of his constituents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, Aftermath\nIf such a route were to proceed, it had been suggested that individual fines for the over 800 mechanical and janitorial workers who started the picket lines would be one of the prosecution's top priorities, behind charging the union itself. This externalized approach to dealing with lost revenue was inspired by a similar event that erupted in New York City during the winter of 2005. New York's transit strike ended with a union boss being given a short prison sentence, while the union itself was fined for the economic disruption it caused. Kinnear brushed off suggestions that he too was in line for incarceration. Instead, he embraced the idea, signifying his willingness to act as the union's martyr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, Aftermath\nOn May 31, 2006, Local 113 published an attack ad against the commission chair Howard Moscoe, Mayor Miller, and Rick Ducharme, chief-general manager of the TTC. In it, the union argued that negligent and careless behaviour by the three men, essentially reflecting management's posture, had led Bobby Lowe, a bus operator who was physically assaulted on shift, into disparity. The ad effectively illustrated how Lowe's life was ruined as a result of receiving deficient forms of compensation from the commission, and due to their overall laissez-faire stance on the issue of operator safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, Aftermath\nAfter Moscoe rebuked the ad with scathing criticisms of its accuracy, Lowe himself visited the former in his city hall office, illustrating his discontent over the allegations. Moscoe later retracted most of his comments. Some saw the attack ad as the essential variable that legitimized the wildcat strike, while others saw it as the union's complacency over other contentious issues such as the state of janitorial and mechanical workers; an issue that was seen as less media friendly in comparison to the matter of operator safety. It had also been suggested that if the union moved forward with a similar Public Relations campaign before the wildcat strike, they would have received more sympathy from the public. Some also charge the union of foul play by not concentrating on the problems facing initial strikers themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, Aftermath\nThe power struggle between management, the commissioners, and the union, eventually ended with Rick Ducharme's resignation on June 6, 2006. Ducharme had criticized the councilors on the TTC board for interfering with labour negotiations, as there were closed door meetings between TTC commissioners and the union which excluded management; management was the traditional negotiator with the union, not the board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188013-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike, Aftermath\nAt the end of 2007, the TTC dropped its $3 million lawsuit against the union, while the event was no longer referred to as a \"wildcat strike\", but an incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188014-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto municipal election\nThe 2006 Toronto municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario (see 2006 Ontario municipal elections). In the mayoral race, incumbent mayor David Miller was re-elected with 57% of the popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188014-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto municipal election\nThere were 38 candidates running for Mayor of Toronto and 238 candidates running for 44 city councillor positions. To date, this represents the largest number of candidates to ever run in a Toronto municipal election. In contrast to the previous election (which had two acclamations), no candidates were unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188014-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto municipal election\nProvincial legislation passed in May 2006 extended municipal council terms in Ontario from the previous three years to four. The council elected in 2006 thus served until 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188014-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Toronto municipal election, Opinion polls\n? statistic not stated/unknown* percentage of decided voters only\u2014 option not available/given at time of polling", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188015-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toulon Tournament\nThe 2006 Toulon Tournament was the 34th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 15 May to 24 May. It was won by France, after they beat Netherlands in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188016-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour Down Under\nThe 2006 Tour Down Under was held from 18 to 22 January 2006 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 685 kilometres and is part of the 2005\u20132006 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2006 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event. The event was awarded the Australian Sport Tourism Award of the year at the Australian Sport Awards in February 2006, having attracted 495,000 spectators and more than 11,670 visitors to South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188017-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin\nThe 2006 Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin was the second edition of the Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin, a women's cycling stage race in France. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.2 race, and was held between 21 and 23 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188018-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Corse\nThe 42\u00e8me Tour de Corse - Rallye de France, the fifth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 7 and April 9 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France\nThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between the 1st and the 23rd of July. It was won by Spanish cyclist \u00d3scar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis. Due to the United States Anti- Doping Agency announcing in August 2012 that they had disqualified Lance Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999\u20132005, this is also the first Tour to have an overall winner since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France\nThe Tour began with a prologue in Strasbourg, on the French-German border, and ended on Sunday 23 July in Paris. The distance of the course (run counterclockwise around France) was 3,657\u00a0km (2,272\u00a0mi). The race was the third fastest in average speed. Along the way, the cyclists passed through six different countries including France, The Netherlands (a stop at Valkenburg in Stage 3), Belgium (at Huy, Stages 3 and 4), Luxembourg (at Esch-sur-Alzette, Stages 2 and 3), Germany (though not stopping there, Stage 1) and Spain (Pla-de-Beret, Stage 11). The presentation of the course was made by the new director of Le Tour, Christian Prudhomme. For the first time since the 1999 edition, there was no team time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France\nThe event, as with some of the Tours of the late 1990s, was marred by doping scandals. Prior to the tour, numerous riders\u00a0\u2013 including the two favourites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso\u00a0\u2013 were expelled from the Tour due to their link with the Operaci\u00f3n Puerto doping case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France\nAfter the Tour, the apparent winner, Floyd Landis, was found to have failed a drug test after stage 17; Landis contested the result and demanded arbitration. On 20 September 2007, Landis was found guilty and suspended retroactive to 30 January 2007 and stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title making \u00d3scar Pereiro the title holder. Landis appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which upheld the ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France\nPereiro was also suspected of having taken a forbidden substance during this Tour after failing a drug test. However, his use of the substance in question, salbutamol, was approved by the UCI for medical reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Teams\nIn the most controversial scandal since the 1998 tour, thirteen riders were expelled from the tour on the eve of Strasbourg prologue to the 93rd edition stemming from a Spanish doping scandal. Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, two favourites to win the race, were among those excluded from the Tour along with podium candidate Francisco Mancebo and Alberto Contador (who would return to win the following year, 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Teams\nAlexander Vinokourov, another race favourite, was not linked to the doping scandal, but was forced to withdraw when the eligible riders on his Astana-W\u00fcrth Team fell below the minimum starting requirement of six. Because of this and the retirement of then-seven-time consecutive winner Lance Armstrong, this year's Tour started without the top five riders from the 2005 edition. It was also the first Tour since 1999 that did not contain a past champion. All 21 teams were composed of nine cyclists, so 189 riders commenced the 2006 Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nAfter the retirement of then seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, the main contenders for the overall win were expected to be Ivan Basso from Team CSC, the 2005 runner-up; and Jan Ullrich from T-Mobile Team, the third man on the podium in 2005, winner in 1997, and the only previous winner still racing. However, both Ullrich and Basso were suspended by their teams on 30 June after UCI told T-Mobile and Team CSC that the riders were involved in the anti-doping investigation in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nThe 2006 Tour also saw the return of former yellow jersey holder and three-time stage winner David Millar (Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir) after serving a two-year ban for admissions of the use of the drug EPO, which was discovered in a police search of his house before the 2004 Tour de France, in June 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nFrancisco Mancebo of the French team AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance, who finished fourth in 2005 and sixth in 2004, was also suspended by his team due to the Puerto investigation, and subsequently it was reported by the press that he announced his retirement. Mancebo denied this, claiming that he decided to change his focus. He would return to ride for Team Relax-GAM the following year and while he continued riding for more than another decade; with his change in focus he never entered another grand tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nAlexander Vinokourov would have been the only returning rider with a top-five finish from last year's race. However, his team, Astana\u2013W\u00fcrth, was forced to pull out of the race because they would not be able to start with the minimum of six riders. As a result of the drug scandal, many believed Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'\u00c9pargne), or the Americans Floyd Landis (Phonak), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), or Australian Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) would probably win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe highest point of elevation in the race was 2,642\u00a0m (8,668\u00a0ft) at the summit of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nDue to the developing doping case known as Operacion Puerto several top tier riders were denied entry to the 2006 Tour including Jan Ullrich, Joseba Beloki, Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and indirectly, as his team did not have enough eligible riders, Alexander Vinokourov. The Prologue was won by Thor Hushovd and over the first few flat stages Robbie McEwen claimed three stage victories, but did not take the overall lead at any point as by Stage 3 another sprinter, Tom Boonen, had claimed the Yellow Jersey, which he held until the ITT in Stage 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nThe ITT was won handily by Serhiy Gonchar who claimed the Maillot Jaune with Floyd Landis finishing in 2nd in the Stage, as well as moving up the standings into 2nd place in the overall. After the ITT Team T-Mobile had four riders in the top 6 overall including Honchar and Andreas Kloden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nThe top of the GC remained more or less static until Stage 10 when a pair of riders escaped early in the day and stayed away to the finish with Juan Miguel Mercado winning the stage and moving into 2nd place overall and Cyril Dessel finishing the stage 2nd with the same time as Mercado, but taking over the Yellow Jersey as the new race leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nStage 11 was a brutal mountain stage with five highly categorised climbs. It was won by Dennis Menchov with Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis staying with him to the finish line. Landis took over the Yellow Jersey as the new race leader :08 ahead of Dessel. Cadel Evans and Carlos Sastre finished 4th and 5th in the stage and at the same time moved into 4th and 5th in the overall standings. Stage 12 was an intermediate stage won by Yaroslav Popovych who jumped from outside the top 20 to tenth place overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nThe top GC Contenders wouldn't change places until Stage 13 when Jens Voigt and Oscar Pereiro outlasted Manuel Quinziato and Sylvain Chavanel in a four-man breakaway that finished about 30 minutes ahead of the Peloton. Pereiro jumped everyone to take the overall lead by about 1:30 over Landis and Dessel and around 2:30 ahead of Menchov and Evans with Sastre over 3:00 back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nThe situation remained the same after Stage 14, but in Stage 15 from Col d\u2019Izoard to Alpe d'Huez the race blew apart with Frank Schleck winning the stage and among the GC riders Landis and Kloden winning considerable time on everyone but one another. Landis was back in Yellow by a thread of :10 with the 3rd through 7th place riders of Dessel, Menchov, Sastre, Kloden and Evans each within only three minutes of Landis and Pereiro. Stage 16 was won by Michael Rasmussen as Pereiro took over the race lead with Sastre jumping up to 2nd, Kloden taking over 3rd and Landis coming entirely unhinged and dropping outside the top 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nIn Stage 17 however, Landis made the potentially catastrophic decision to attack off the front of the Peloton entirely on his own over 100\u00a0km from the finish in pursuit of the morning Breakaway bunch. Before long he caught the escapees, rode with the break for a while, then attacked off the front with only Patrik Sinkewitz able to stay with him for any length of time, though without doing any work being as he was teammates with two riders placed higher than Landis in Kloden and Michael Rogers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nLandis won the stage with Sastre finishing nearly six minutes back and Pereiro finishing over seven minutes back barely hanging onto the Maillot Jaune by :30 over Floyd Landis and :12 over Carlos Sastre. At this point in the Tour, Kloden, Evans, Menchov and Dessel were all within 5:00 of the Yellow Jersey; not since the 1987 Tour de France had even five riders been within 5:00 of the overall lead this late in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview\nStage 18 there were no serious (Cat-1 or HC) climbs and Matteo Tosatto won the Sprint with no change in the overall situation. The Stage 19 ITT would decide the race and Gonchar would win his second stage of the Tour putting in the fastest ride of the day. Floyd Landis won the 2006 TDF by defeating all of the other GC Contenders except for Kloden taking the Yellow Jersey back for the 3rd and final time. Pereiro finished 2nd overall at 0:59 back, Kloden rounded out the podium at plus 1:29, Sastre was 4th over three minutes behind and Cadel Evans finished 5th just over 5:00 slower than Landis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nThis was the first TDF since the first retirement of Lance Armstrong and to the majority of American fans doping by contending riders was thought of as a rare occurrence that just didn't happen even though in reality many GC Contenders, Sprinters and Domestiques of the Armstrong Era, as well as previous eras admitted to doping or were implicated in some form of doping incident. Landis would be stripped of his only Tour de France victory soon after winning it following a confirmed failed drug test after Stage 17 and Oscar Pereiro would be declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\n2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro was an incredibly talented athlete who finished 10th, 1st, 10th and 10th in the four TDF's that he finished and even scored a goal apiece in the two professional soccer games he played in. He initially failed a drug test in this Tour de France as well, but was cleared after providing sufficient medical evidence that he had a legitimate medical reason for taking the substance he failed for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nDespite Landis having this entire TDF vacated for doping, among some modern riders and fans when a GC rider attacks and finishes a seemingly impossible solo breakaway, as Chris Froome did in Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro, it is referred to as \"Doing a Landis\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nThis was initially the closest three-way finish in the race's history to date. Floyd's final time was 89h 39'30\". While Landis was a leading favourite even before the Spanish doping scandal came to light, in an epic eight-minute loss of performance in Stage 16, it appeared he had lost all hope to finish on the podium, much less win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nBut the following day, during Stage 17, Landis set a very high pace on the first climb of the day that no other rider could match. He then caught a breakaway group that had escaped earlier, passed them, and continued to the finish line solo, making up almost all of his deficit, ending up 30 seconds behind yellow jersey wearer \u00d3scar Pereiro, which he made up with an extra minute in the final Stage 19 time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nA urine sample taken from Landis immediately after his Stage 17 win has twice tested positive for banned synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti- Doping Agency rules. Landis indicated that he would appeal the test results with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping\nOn 20 September 2007, Landis' doping accusation was upheld by an arbitration panel deciding between him and USADA and will be banned for two years. In response to this, the UCI formally stripped him of his 2006 Tour de France title. Second place finisher \u00d3scar Pereiro was officially declared the winner. The only previous Tour de France winner to be disqualified was 1904 Tour de France winner Maurice Garin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere were four main individual classifications contested in the 2006 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. There time bonuses given at the end of each mass start stage. If a crash had happened within the final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors cat\u00e9gorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1981. The leader wore a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. The riders in the team that lead this classification were for the first time identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nIn addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass start stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have \"made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship\". The winner wore a red number bib the following stage. At the conclusion of the Tour, David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir) was given the overall super-combativity award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188019-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere were also two special awards each with a prize of \u20ac5000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 16, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage 11. Michael Rasmussen won the Henri Desgrange and de la Fuente won the Jacques Goddet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11\nThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Strasbourg with a prologue individual time trial on 1 July and Stage 11 occurred on 13 July with a mountainous stage to Val d'Aran in Spain. The race finished on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris, on 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Prologue\n1 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Strasbourg, 7.1\u00a0km (4.4\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Prologue\nThe prologue is a short (7.1\u00a0km/4.4 mile), completely flat, time trial, as is customary. It took place in the French city of Strasbourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Prologue\nThor Hushovd, the 2004 and 2005 Norwegian National Time Trial Cycling Champion, captured a third stage win and second yellow jersey in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Prologue\nNote: George Hincapie got to wear the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1\n2 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Strasbourg to Strasbourg, 184.5\u00a0km (114.6\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1\nStage 1 was a largely flat sprinter stage with a category 4 climb up the small C\u00f4te de Heiligenstein about halfway through the stage at the 101.5\u00a0km (63.1\u00a0mi) mark, and three intermediate sprints throughout the length of the course. The sprints were in Saverne (at 53.0\u00a0km/32.9 mile), Plobsheim (137.0\u00a0km/85.1 mile), and Kehl (175.5\u00a0km/109.0 mile). The stage was a 184.5\u00a0km (114.6\u00a0mi) long loop, starting and finishing in Strasbourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1\nAn early breakaway consisting of St\u00e9phane Aug\u00e9 (Cofidis), Walter B\u00e9n\u00e9teau (Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com), Benoit Vaugrenard (Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux), and Fabian Wegmann (Team Gerolsteiner) formed by the 22\u00a0km (14\u00a0mi) mark and gained a lead of 4:35 over the main peloton before being caught in the last 30\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi). That allowed Wegmann to take the polka dot jersey for winning the race up the lone climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1\nA fast George Hincapie won two bonus seconds and with them the yellow jersey at the last sprint, despite a quick damage control operation by S\u00e9bastien Hinault who took the four second bonus to protect his captain, Thor Hushovd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1\nAt the very end of the stage, Thor Hushovd (who was wearing the yellow jersey) made contact with a cardboard sign from green-jersey sponsor PMU held by a spectator. Hushovd cut his right arm badly, but was able to stay in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2\n3 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Obernai to Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), 228.5\u00a0km (142.0\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2\nStage 2 started in the small French town of Obernai and ended in Luxembourg and is the second longest of the Tour. This stage is 228.5\u00a0km/141.9 miles long with rolling terrain. It has five categorized climbs (two Category 3 and three Category 4):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2\nThere were three intermediate sprints in Marimont-l\u00e8s-B\u00e9nestroff (at 107.0\u00a0km/66.5 miles), Holling (169.5\u00a0km/105.3 miles), and Yutz (198.5\u00a0km/123.3 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2\nThe stage was primarily dominated by a two-man breakaway almost at the start by David de la Fuente and Aitor Hern\u00e1ndez. They were caught in the late climbs, and De La Fuente took over the polka dot jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2\nA crash in the last 2\u00a0km (1.2\u00a0mi) slowed the peloton considerably, although they were all credited with the same time as the leaders. Thor Hushovd reclaimed the yellow jersey due to sprint bonuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\n4 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Esch-sur-Alzette to Valkenburg (Netherlands), 216.5\u00a0km (134.5\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\nLike stage 2, stage 3 (216.5\u00a0km/134.5 miles long) has a rolling profile with six categorized climbs and three intermediate sprints. Starting in Luxembourg the stage passes through Belgium before finishing in Valkenburg in the Netherlands, which is also the traditional site of the finish in the Amstel Gold Race cycling classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThere were also three intermediate sprints in Mersch (at 35\u00a0km/21.7 miles), Spa (144\u00a0km/89.5 miles), and Aubel (176.5\u00a0km/109.7 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\nIn this stage, the breakaway featured the following five riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\nJ\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau concentrated mainly on finishing first in the climbs, which won him the polka dot jersey. Towards the end, most riders were expecting Jens Voigt to try to get away on his own, but he never did. Instead, Christophe Laurent twice got away, but was caught by the chasing four. Then, Jos\u00e9 Luis Arrieta got away from the others, but during the last climb of the day, the Cauberg, the peloton passed by him. The most important event of this stage was the loss of Alejandro Valverde, the leader in the ProTour, who broke his collarbone. Erik Dekker and Fred Rodriguez also crashed, and both suffered serious injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThe Cauberg, with its top just before the red banner 1\u00a0km (0.62\u00a0mi) from the finish line, was the ideal point for Matthias Kessler to get away from the peloton and take the victory. Sprinters Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen did not get over the Cauberg in the first part of the peloton. Therefore, Tom Boonen took the leads in both the general classification and the points classification, even though he finished fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3\nNote: Daniele Bennati will be in the green jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\n5 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Huy (Belgium) to Saint-Quentin, 207\u00a0km (128.6\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nStage 4 was another sprinter's stage. The 207.0\u00a0km (128.6\u00a0mi) long stage had only two categorized climbs, both in the first 60\u00a0km (37\u00a0mi). It started in Huy, Belgium and ended in Saint-Quentin in the northern part of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nThe two categorized climbs were Cote de Peu d'Eau (Category 3 at 13.0\u00a0km/8.1 miles) and Cote de Falaen (Category 4, 57.5\u00a0km/35.7 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nThere were also three intermediate sprints in Beaumont (at 103.0\u00a0km/64.0 miles), Sains-du-Nord (135.5\u00a0km/84.2 miles) and Bernot (188.0\u00a0km/116.8 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nIn this stage, the breakaway took place about 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) into the stage and featured the following five riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nThe peloton slowly caught them in the late going, with the lead group breaking up at about 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi) to the finish, and finally being caught within 2\u00a0km (1.2\u00a0mi) of the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nRobbie McEwen won his second stage in a quick sprint. Just before the finish line, Julian Dean crashed in the middle of the peloton but did not take anyone else down. Thor Hushovd, who finished fourth, was disqualified for irregularities during sprinting and set back to last position of the group he finished in, which was position 148. This cost him 26 points for the green jersey which could prove vital in the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4\nIn the top 10 of the general classification, two new names appear, Robbie McEwen because of the 20-second bonus he received for finishing first, and Egoi Mart\u00ednez, who won all three intermediate sprints and so moved up 18 seconds and into fifth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5\n6 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Beauvais to Caen, 225\u00a0km (139.8\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5\nStage 5 is a long (225.0\u00a0km/139.8 mile) sprinters stage with four categorized climbs (all Category 4) and the usual three intermediate sprints. The stage started in Beauvais and ended in Caen in northern France (in the Normandy region).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5\nThe three intermediate sprints were located in Les Andelys (at 66.5\u00a0km/41.3 miles), Saint-Georges-du-Vi\u00e8vre (at 140.5\u00a0km/87.3 miles) and Pont-L'Ev\u00eaque (at 175.0\u00a0km/108.7 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5\nEarly in this stage, eight riders tried to get away from the peloton:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5\nbut the peloton did not let them get away very far until Dumoulin and Schr\u00f6der broke away from the group. The other six were caught and Dumoulin and Schr\u00f6der were allowed to take a lead of up to 12'50\" over the peloton. Meanwhile, the sprinters in the peloton did not want to sprint for the 2 points left at the three intermediate sprints, so every time Johan Van Summeren attacked just a few kilometers before every sprint to take the points. J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau also was very active today, as he did the same thing as Van Summeren but then on the climbs, taking points to maintain his lead in the standings for the polka dot jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5\nIn the end, Dumoulin and Schr\u00f6der were caught about 2 kilometres from the finish line as Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic, Davitamon\u2013Lotto and Cr\u00e9dit Agricole had driven hard to close the gap. In the sprint, surprisingly \u00d3scar Freire popped up out of nowhere to take the stage win. Tom Boonen finished second, took 12 bonus seconds and thereby insured that he was going to be wearing the yellow jersey at least one more day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\n7 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Lisieux to Vitr\u00e9, 189\u00a0km (117.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThis somewhat shorter stage (189.0\u00a0km/117.4 miles) was also a sprinters' stage, with only one categorized climb: the C\u00f4te de la Huni\u00e8re (Category 3 at 27.5\u00a0km/17.1 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThe three intermediate sprints were located in Villedieu-l\u00e8s-Bailleul (at 46.0\u00a0km/28.6 miles), Chantrign\u00e9 (at 116.5\u00a0km/72.3 miles) and Juvign\u00e9 (162.5\u00a0km/101.0 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nIn the beginning of the stage, many riders were trying to break away from the peloton to be part of the daily group of leaders, but in contrast to most earlier stages, it took a long time before finally a group got away from the peloton and was allowed to gain some time and distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0039-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nAfter the only categorized climb of the day, it's Giuseppe Guerini and David L\u00f3pez who are just riding a few seconds in front of the peloton, followed by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau, the holder of the polka dot jersey who successfully tried to enhance his lead in the king of the mountains classification. But the two leaders don't get away and at the first intermediate sprint in Villedieu-l\u00e8s-Bailleul, new names pass the line first. Most important to remember is Benoit Vaugrenard winning the sprint and therefore taking 6 bonus seconds which move him past Markus Fothen in the classification for best young rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nAfter that a very large group of 17 riders forms who manage to ride away almost 2 minutes in front of the peloton, the most important riders in this group are\u00a0\u2014 Tom Boonen, wearing the yellow jersey, Pavel Padrnos, Antonio Flecha, Axel Merckx, Thor Hushovd, Patrick Sinkewitz and Philippe Gilbert. However, the peloton does not want to let them go, mainly influenced by the teams Davitamon\u2013Lotto and Discovery Channel. Three less important riders manage to break away from the leading group and when the peloton catches the other 14, they decide to let the three go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0040-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThose three are Anthony Geslin, Florent Brard the current French national champion, and Magnus B\u00e4ckstedt. They get caught just four kilometers before the finish line and so the sprinters can have another go at the stage victory. Robbie McEwen wins the sprint by a big margin after excellent work by his teammate Gert Steegmans. Robbie takes his third stage win in this tour and his eleventh overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nIn the standings, Tom Boonen remains in yellow but is expected to lose it the next day when there is an individual time trial, Robbie McEwen enlarges the gap between him and the other sprinters in the standings for the green jersey. He will probably be wearing that jersey for another two days, just like J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau is not likely to lose the polka dot jersey any day soon since not many hills or mountains are to be overcome the next few days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0041-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6\nBenoit Vaugrenard is now leader of the young rider classification, but will have to be faster than Markus Fothen and the other youngsters in the time trial as he only has a small time advantage over most opponents. Anthony Geslin wins the combativity-trophy for the day and Discovery Channel remains in the lead of the team classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\n8 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Saint-Gr\u00e9goire to Rennes, 52\u00a0km (32.3\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThe first time trial took place in Brittany. It was a flat stage with no major climbs. The stage was 52.0\u00a0km (32.3\u00a0mi) long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nDue to the doping scandal a number of riders did not start in the tour, among those riders were the biggest favorites to win the tour, Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso and Alexander Vinokourov. With those riders not starting, the 2006 Tour de France did not have real favorites and opinions were hugely divided over who was going to win the tour. Stage 7, an individual time trial, was going to be the first real test to see who was up to the task and who wasn't.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nPositive results came from T-Mobile Team, who were all very strong in the time trial with 6 riders in the top 16 and Serhiy Honchar, a Ukrainian time trial specialist topping it off to take first place in the stage and also the yellow jersey. Other positive results came from Floyd Landis, who finished second and Cadel Evans the Australian climber who manages to put himself into ninth position in the general standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0045-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nDisappointing results came from big time-trial favorite David Zabriskie, finishing out of the top 10 in 13th, The whole Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team underachieved, with George Hincapie, Paolo Savoldelli, Yaroslav Popovych and Jos\u00e9 Azevedo all setting moderate to bad results for their being. But the biggest surprises came from Levi Leipheimer, who finished more than 6 minutes behind Serhiy Honchar and Bobby Julich who crashed badly and injured his wrist and thigh severely before being driven away in an ambulance which means they can both forget about winning the tour this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0045-0002", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nLeipheimer failed, but nevertheless there is still good news for Gerolsteiner as both Sebastian Lang and youngster Markus Fothen set good times and managed to finish in the top 10. Fothen now takes back the leading position in the young rider classification and has a considerable lead over his opponents. Other names worth mentioning are Gustav Larsson the Swede and Joost Posthuma the Dutchman who can be very happy with their top 10 place in the time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nLooking at the general classification after stage 7, T-Mobile Team has 4 riders in the top 10 which looks promising going into the mountains. However the other major contenders for the victory in this tour seem to be Floyd Landis, Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov. It is unsure what to expect exactly from Vladimir Karpets, Markus Fothen and David Zabriskie but they have possibilities left too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0046-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nPaolo Savoldelli and George Hincapie are not out of it yet also, being behind respectively 2'10\" and 2'30\", with a few other possible contenders between them in the standings as there are Carlos Sastre, Eddy Mazzoleni and French favorite Christophe Moreau. In conclusion, the tour is still wide open since not many people expect Serhiy Honchar to hold on to the jersey until Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThe green and polka dot jersey stay with Robbie McEwen and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau respectively, while the best team is now clearly T-Mobile Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\n9 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Saint-M\u00e9en-le-Grand to Lorient, 181\u00a0km (112.5\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nStage 8 (181.0\u00a0km/112.5 miles in length) had a somewhat rolling profile, with four categorized climbs and three intermediate sprints. The weather was also a factor with the ocean winds blowing. The four climbs were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThe three intermediate sprints were located in Plessala (at 38.0\u00a0km/23.6 miles), Locmalo (112.5\u00a0km/69.9 miles) and Plouay (142.0\u00a0km/88.2 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nIn Stage 8, a group of five riders formed after about 50 kilometres (31\u00a0mi), consisting of the following riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nwith Patrice Halgand, \u00a0France, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole making the jump from the peloton to the leading group on his own before the gap became too big which made the final number of escapees in the breakaway group of this stage six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThe peloton, mainly under influence of Phonak, did not let the lead grow too much, since Zabriskie and Kessler were both standing 2'03\" behind the leader, or just 1'03 behind Phonak's leader, Floyd Landis. As the race progressed and the lead of the leaders was brought back from its maximum of 7'30 to about 3'30, the riders from the Phonak team stopped chasing as it was the sprinter's teams to start chasing and close the final gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0053-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nHowever, most teams were probably afraid of Davitamon\u2013Lotto's Robbie McEwen as he had impressively won three sprinters' stages in this tour already, so there were no chasing riders from Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic (for Tom Boonen), no riders from Lampre\u2013Fondital (for Daniele Bennati) and no riders also for Davitamon\u2013Lotto as they already had Mario Aerts in the lead. The only team that kept chasing was Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux, because they were the least successful French team so far in the tour and the lead group featured two riders from other French teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nMeanwhile, in the lead group, Sylvain Calzati had stormed away from the other five escapees with about 30 kilometres (19\u00a0mi) to go, only to be chased after somewhat later by Patrice Halgand and Kjell Carlstr\u00f6m. The other three riders mainly looked at each other and did not believe they could stay out of the peloton's grip. However, the peloton would catch up with those three non-believers, but the other three were not to be caught before the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0054-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nSylvain Calzati proved to be too strong for the other two as they co\u00f6perated to get back to him but never saw him again before Lorient, instead the gap only became bigger. In the end Sylvain Calzati scored his most beautiful professional victory of his career as he came over the finish line more than two minutes ahead of Carlstr\u00f6m and Halgand, who both just ended a few seconds before the peloton. In the peloton, Robbie McEwen again won the sprint, enlarging his lead in the standings for the green jersey over the other sprinters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nIn the top 10 of the general standings and best young rider classification, nothing changed as all the main contenders finished together in the peloton. The polka dot jersey also remained with J\u00e9r\u00f4me Pineau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThe intermediate sprints of this stage did not have any major influence on the classification for the best sprinter, but David Zabriskie, who was part of the breakaway group, took 10 bonus seconds and so moved into ninth position overall and reduced his deficit to 1'53\" from the leader Serhiy Honchar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8\nSylvain Calzati did not only win the stage, he also came through first on top of all classified climbs of the day. He scored 4 points for de M\u00fbr-de-Bretagne and 3 points for the three other c\u00f4tes which made him end with 13 points and this moved him into fourth position in the polka dot jersey standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Rest Day\nAll the riders had flown from Lorient to Bordeaux on the evening of July 9 and now spent their rest day in Bordeaux or some place nearby. Important news on this day came from Floyd Landis, as he announced that he seriously injured his hip, during training in 2003, which still hinders him while riding due to a bad position on the bike and also causes sleeping problems. He has decided to undergo surgery to receive an artificial hip after the Tour which would hopefully relieve him of these problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0058-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Rest Day\nHowever this also means that it is very well possible that he will never be able to ride at a professional level again. As a conclusion he mentions this is an extra motivation for him to try to win this Tour. Floyd's teammate Axel Merckx on this day signed a new contract with Phonak for one extra season. Merckx, who is now 33 years old, announced that the 2007 season will be his last season, as he wants to spend a lot more time with his family thereafter. The Phonak team will be called iShares next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9\n11 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Bordeaux to Dax, 169.5\u00a0km (105.3\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9\nThe peloton got a completely flat stage today, which was also relatively short (169.5\u00a0km/105.3 miles in length). This stage looked to be one of the last chances for the sprinters as the next day they were moving into the Pyrenees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9\nThe peloton did not have to pass by any categorized climbs during this stage but instead there were three intermediate sprints which were located at Le Barp (at 25.5\u00a0km/15.8 miles), Parentis-en-Born (72\u00a0km/44.7 miles) and Saint-Girons (128.0\u00a0km/79.5 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9\nLike many of the preceding stages, an early break away was allowed to escape, but kept within reach of the sprinter teams. In this stage, the break away consisted of Christian Knees (Team Milram) who initiated the break away, and Walter B\u00e9n\u00e9teau (Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com) and St\u00e9phane Aug\u00e9 (Cofidis) who joined soon after. The break away was eliminated with four kilometers to go, and so was an attack from Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC) two kilometers later. The final sprint was won by \u00d3scar Freire (Rabobank), after an impressive maneuvre by Robbie McEwen (Davitamon\u2013Lotto).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9\nImportant detail at the finish line was that many riders lost a few seconds because the peloton broke into groups during the sprint. Important riders who lost 13\"\u00a0\u2014 Matthias Kessler, Denis Menchov and Markus Fothen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\n12 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Cambo-les-Bains to Pau, 190.5\u00a0km (118.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nStage 10 (190.5\u00a0km/118.3 miles) enters the Pyrenees and is the first mountain stage. It is considered an in-between stage, as it features two major mountains, but the finish line lies more than 40 kilometres beyond the last climb of the day. Expected is that the winner of the stage will not be a climber, maybe even a sprinter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nBeing a mountain stage, it has only two intermediate sprints instead of the regular three: at Larceveau (at 37.5\u00a0km/23.3 miles) and Laguinge (at 74.5\u00a0km/46.3 miles)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nDuring the first 40 kilometres, no riders managed to get away from the peloton. At the sprint in Larceveau a few riders sprinted for the points and that group grew to 15 riders who were allowed to break away from the peloton:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nHushovd and Steegmans dropped on the Col d'Osquich, then the rest of the group got split into lots of different smaller groups during the climb of the Col de Soudet with Cyril Dessel and Juan Miguel Mercado passing the top of the climb first. During the descent Landaluze, Rinero, Isasi, Vasseur and Moreni managed to return. The peloton was about 10 minutes behind at that time, as T-Mobile Team had decided they were not going to defend their yellow jersey and leave the work for the next stages for some other team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nDuring the climb of the Col de Marie-Blanque, Dessel and Mercado again proved to be the strongest with Dessel coming through first as he had done on the two earlier climbs already: the polka dot jersey was his. Landaluze came closest to coming back as he was about 50 meters behind at some point during the descent, but the two leaders worked together not to let that happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0069-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nHowever, about 15 kilometres before the finish line, Mercado was hoping to make a deal with Dessel: since Dessel was going to be winning the yellow and polka dot jersey, he was hoping to be getting the stage win from Dessel in return for helping him. However Dessel wanted it all, so Mercado stopped helping and Dessel had to maintain the lead by himself to prevent Landaluze from coming back. In the end, Mercado sprinted past Dessel about 300 metres from the finish and won the stage. Landaluze finished third about a minute behind. Moreni, Rinero, Isasi and Vasseur also managed to stay in front of the pelont, the others were caught.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nSprinters Erik Zabel and Daniele Bennati were able to stay in the peloton and therefore they took points in the competition for the green jersey as they sprinted for the eighth place behind the seven of fifteen escaped riders that were not caught. Bennati won the sprint and finished 7'23\" behind Mercado and Dessel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nAs a result of this stage, Cyril Dessel is now holding the yellow and polka dot jersey, Robbie McEwen is still in green and Markus Fothen is still in white. The best team is now AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance. Other important facts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10\nNote: Juan Miguel Mercado got to wear the polka dot jersey, as a rider cannot wear two leading jerseys at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\n13 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Tarbes to Val d'Aran, Pla-de-Beret (Spain), 206.5\u00a0km (128.3\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0074-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nStage 11 is a mountain stage with five categorized climbs: the Col du Tourmalet (Hors cat\u00e9gorie) with an ascent of 7.7% over 18.4\u00a0km, the Col d'Aspin (Category 1) with an ascent of 5.2% over 12.3\u00a0km, the Col de Peyresourde (Category 1) with an ascent of 7.1% over 9.5\u00a0km, the Col du Portillon (Category 1) with an ascent of 8.4% over 7.9\u00a0km, and the Pla-de-Beret (Category 1 in Spain) with an ascent of 5.4% over 13.5\u00a0km. It begins at Tarbes at 325 m and ends at Val d'Aran at 1830 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0075-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nIn contrast to the previous stage, many fewer riders were interested in joining an early breakaway group as the stage featured over 60 kilometers of climbing. 17.5 kilometres into the stage, at the first sprint, there were still no riders who had escaped and so Robbie McEwen saw the possibility of going for it. He succeeded, but mainly because the other sprinters did not even challenge him; this means that they have probably given up for the points classification. It seems now that McEwen just needs to make it to Paris to win that green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0076-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nNot much later, four riders did get away from the peloton. They included three Spaniards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0077-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThey left, together with Fabian Wegmann, the German from Gerolsteiner. All this happened before the first climb of the day, the Col du Tourmalet. On the Tourmalet, Wegmann and de la Fuente looked to be somewhat stronger than their two companions as they both sprinted to finish first on the top. De la Fuente won the sprint and so took the most points for the polka dot jersey, but also he won the Souvenir Jacques Goddet for coming through first on the top of the highest climb in the Pyrenees of this Tour which rendered him 5000 Euros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0077-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nIn the peloton, the team of AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance maintained the tempo to keep the leaders within reasonable distance and thus protect their yellow jersey. Thomas Voeckler won the sprint against Michael Rasmussen for the remaining points on top of the Tourmalet and he kept going. Although the leaders were about 4 minutes ahead at that time, he thought it would be useful to go after them on his own. At first, his plan appeared to be correct, as he closed the gap during the descent and managed to climb faster than the leaders on the Col d'Aspin. Halfway up the Aspin he was only 2'30\" behind, on top of the Aspin only 1'30\". The four leaders stayed together on the Aspin, with now Wegmann sprinting faster than de la Fuente at the top. In the peloton, Rasmussen again took the points, but nothing more happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0078-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nDuring the climb of the Col de Peyresourde, Wegmann suddenly attacked and de la Fuente easily followed and beat him at the top for the points. Flecha had tried to follow them but came through more than 2 minutes behind at the top. Camano and Voeckler, whose plan had not been so smart after all, had used up most of their strengths and had been overtaken by the peloton before the top, who were 3 minutes behind at the top with yet again Rasmussen taking the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0078-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nFlecha was caught in the descent and on the Col du Portillon Wegmann was also caught; he had not been able to counter an attack from de la Fuente. On the Portillon something happened in the peloton also, because now suddenly it were the riders from T-Mobile Team who took over from the guys from AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance and pumped up the pace. As a result, the peloton grew thinner and thinner, until only 19 riders remained:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0079-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nCyril Dessel, the holder of the yellow jersey, was already about 2 minutes behind at that time. In the valley that came between the Col du Portillon and Pla-de-Beret, Arroyo and Cunego broke away from that elite group and closed the gap to de la Fuente, but they were all caught even before the climb towards Pla-de-Beret. On the last climb it was due to some extraordinary work by Michael Boogerd that the group kept getting smaller and smaller, with only five riders remaining in the end:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0080-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nEvans and Sastre had to give in at the end and finished only 17 seconds behind the other three who sprinted for the victory at the top. Menchov outsprinted both Americans and won the stage, the third stage victory already for Rabobank during this Tour. In the General Classification, Floyd Landis became the leader and thus holder of the yellow jersey, as Cyril Dessel finished 4'45\" behind, the exact time he was in front of Landis before the stage\u2014but since Landis finished third, he won 8 bonus seconds and so he moved into the lead with an eight-second advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0081-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nLooking at the \"lesser climbers\", 37 riders just managed to avoid being disqualified for finishing late, as a group of 36 came in 44'20\" behind Denis Menchov and Christophe Mengin even managed to finish 46'13\" behind. The time limit was about 46'30\". Amongst this group were sprinters Robbie McEwen, Thor Hushovd and \u00d3scar Freire. Tom Boonen would have been delighted to see them finish late as he was in an earlier group. Being on time however, Robbie McEwen remains the leader of the points classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188020-0081-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11\nCyril Dessel not only lost his yellow jersey; he also lost the polka dot jersey, which went to David de la Fuente\u2014who also got the combativity award for the day. Of the youngsters, only Markus Fothen was able to keep up with the pace during the day, he now has a big lead of exactly twelve minutes over the number two in the young rider classification and almost half an hour or more over all the other youngsters in this tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20\nThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Strasbourg with a prologue individual time trial on 1 July and Stage 12 occurred on 14 July with a hilly stage from Bagn\u00e8res-de-Luchon. The race finished on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris, on 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20\nA positive test for epitestosterone by Floyd Landis after Stage 17, however, left the results of the Tour de France in doubt, with the possibility that all of his records may be expunged, pending a hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On 20 September 2007, Landis was found guilty of doping and ordered that he forfeit his 2006 Tour de France victory, making Pereiro the official winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\n14 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Luchon to Carcassonne, 212\u00a0km (131.7\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nStage 12 started in the Luchon, which held big celebrations because this was the fiftieth time that the Tour de France visited the city. The stage end location was Carcassonne and in between those cities the course featured four categorized climbs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nThere were also two intermediate sprints in Caumont (at 76.0\u00a0km/47.2 miles) and Mirepoix (162.0\u00a0km/100.7 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nThis being the first stage after the Pyrenees, many riders were hoping to get an easy day, sitting at the back of the peloton; however, there were also a lot of riders who had lost a lot of time during those mountain stages and who knew that they were not going to get a good position in the general standings. Those riders all tried to get into the escape group which led to everyone chasing everyone for the first 100 kilometers and an extremely fast pace which caused the first riders already passing the 46-kilometre mark after just one hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nAs a result, 4 riders dropped from the race during the first hour; among those were Paolo Savoldelli and Benjam\u00edn Noval from Discovery Channel and the sprinter Isaac G\u00e1lvez. Another important fact for the large number of riders trying to escape was the fact that it was 14 July, in France known as Bastille Day. On this day the French are extra motivated as it is their national holiday, which shows in the results of the latest years with David Moncouti\u00e9 winning in 2005 and Richard Virenque in 2004 on this day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nSo a lot of changing situations during the first hours of this race, as there was always some team not happy with the current group of escapees. On the first climb of the day the first serious group formed, consisting of 15 riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nThis group looked to be getting away from the peloton at first, but suddenly Davitamon\u2013Lotto started working for Robbie McEwen as sprinters Bennati and Hushovd were in this group. They were working hard to keep the gap between the peloton and the group reasonable, but of course the leaders tried to stay ahead too. This led to the gap fluctuating between 45\" and 1'15\" for a very long time. From this group which formed after about 30 kilometres, six riders dropped as they waited for the peloton after 70 kilometres, knowing that they would not let the group go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nMeanwhile, Albasini, Bennati, Goubert, Guerini, Hincapie, Millar, Moncouti\u00e9, Verdugo and Voigt pushed on. Bennati then won the intermediate sprint and Davitamon\u2013Lotto stopped working, but now the teams from Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com and Team Milram were trying to close the gap as they did not have any riders up front. Finally they succeeded at kilometre 94. As soon as the breakaway group was caught, a new group formed which now consisted of only four riders:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nRobbie McEwen was not happy again with \u00d3scar Freire among this group, but when he tried to start up the chase again, almost the whole peloton was mad at him as they had been now riding at a huge pace for over 100 kilometres, just one day after a heavy mountain stage. It took him a few kilometres to settle down and give in and so the group did get away. Phonak was now maintaining a moderate pace just to keep the riders within a reasonable distance but without wasting too much energy. Most riders were happy to catch a break and at that time it was almost sure one of the 4 leaders was going to win the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nLooking at the leading group, it was reasonable to think that Ballan, Le M\u00e9vel or Popovych was going to attack sooner or later, as Freire is a top-class sprinter and would probably beat them all if they went to the finish line together. Yaroslav Popovych was the first to attack and immediately the French got disappointed as Christophe Le M\u00e9vel dropped and never managed to come back. Alessandro Ballan however closed the gap and brought \u00d3scar Freire back in his wheel. It was then Freire's turn to attack, but again Ballan closed the gap and now brought back Popovych.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nPopovych and Freire both took turns in attacking but Ballan seemed to be the strongest as he closed the gap every time. However, after a while he was also getting tired and could not respond to yet another attack by Popovych. He did not get any help from Freire in closing the gap and so Popovych won the stage. Freire knew he did not deserve the second place and left it to Ballan; however, this could cost him the green jersey in the end. Le M\u00e9vel finished as fourth and in the peloton it was Tom Boonen who convincingly won the sprint for the fifth place, 4'25\" behind Popovych.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nAs a result of this stage Floyd Landis remains in yellow and Yaroslav Popovych just moved into the top 10 at place 10. Robbie McEwen still holds a considerable lead of 25 points over \u00d3scar Freire in the standings for the green jersey but sees Freire come 11 points closer, Daniele Bennati 3 points and Tom Boonen 1 point. Michael Rasmussen scored 12 points today for the polka dot jersey, but is still 19 points behind David de la Fuente.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nMarkus Fothen stays the best rider under 23 and also in the team standings nothing changes, T-Mobile Team keeps a small lead over Gerolsteiner. Next to the earlier mentioned quitters, today Agritubel also loses two riders who give up\u00a0\u2014 Jos\u00e9 Alberto Mart\u00ednez and Samuel Plouhinec. Daniele Bennati, who was not amongst the escaped riders but was almost constantly in the offense during the first 100 kilometres, received the combativity trophy for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\n15 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 B\u00e9ziers to Mont\u00e9limar, 230\u00a0km (142.9\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nThis stage had five categorized climbs, all Category 4. It started at B\u00e9ziers and ended at Mont\u00e9limar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nThis stage was characterized by an early attack including six riders\u00a0\u2014 Voigt, Pereiro, Chavanel, Coyot, Quinziato, and Grivko, who attacked about 20\u00a0km into the race. As Cofidis had two riders in the lead group, Chavanel and Coyot, they decided to have Coyot wait for the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nThe main peloton, including Floyd Landis, did not see anyone in this group as a threat, so they allowed them to get away and stay away. The attack group of five had a lead of 30 seconds at 27\u00a0km. They continued to increase their lead\u2014to 3 minutes at 37\u00a0km, 6'20\" at 47.5\u00a0km, and 11'05\" at 61.5\u00a0km after the category-4 C\u00f3te de Pu\u00e9chabon climb. At the beginning of the third climb, the C\u00f3te de L'Arbousset at 119.5\u00a0km, the lead was 18'50\". The lead grew to 24'45\" at the 146.5 mark, and to 27'10\" at 172.5\u00a0km. Pereiro had begun the stage 28'50\" behind Landis. Now he was threatening Landis's yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nBut this was intentional, because the previous mountain stages had shown that from Landis's teammates, only Axel Merckx was somewhat able to stay with Landis and help him. Through losing the yellow jersey, the Phonak team made sure that those teammates did not have to ride after the escaped riders every day; instead they now leave that responsibility to Pereiro's team, Caisse d'Epargne\u2013Illes Balears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nOn the final climb, the C\u00f3te de Villeneuve de Berg, youngster Grivko attacked. Just like most times, the first attacker is not the winning rider, as the group was able to catch and pass him. Grivko never managed to return and finished fifth. In the final five kilometres, Voigt and Pereiro broke away from Chavanel and Quinziato, who were both expecting the other to close the gap. Neither of them did, and the other two maintained their lead the rest of the way. In the final hundred meters, Pereiro was on Voigt's rear wheel, angling to pass him at the finish. Voigt held him off and barely won the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nIn the peloton, the teammates of Menchov from Rabobank started increasing the pace, as they wanted Landis to remain in yellow to have his teammates work hard the next few days. After a few kilometres, however, they gave up and so the peloton finished 29'57\" behind Voigt. Pereiro was rewarded for ending second and earned the yellow\u2014one minute, 29 seconds ahead of Landis. The peloton came in past the time limit of 29'00\", but since more than 20% of all riders were involved, they were allowed to stay in the race. Apart from the team standing, where Team CSC took the lead, all other jerseys remained with their rider, as the breakaway group had taken most points of the climbs and sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 14\n16 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Mont\u00e9limar to Gap 230\u00a0km (142.9\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nThis stage had four categorized climbs\u2014 two Category 3, and two Category 2. It started at Mont\u00e9limar and ended at Gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nThere were also two intermediate sprints in La Bont\u00e9 (at 50.0\u00a0km) and La Plaine (at 160.5\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nAfter 39 kilometres, five riders broke away\u00a0\u2014 Egoi Mart\u00ednez, Matthias Kessler, Pierrick F\u00e9drigo, Mario Aerts and Salvatore Commesso. Rik Verbrugghe and David Ca\u00f1ada joined the group later on, while Martinez dropped out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nWith 39 kilometres to go, Verbrugghe, Kessler and Ca\u00f1ada were involved in a crash at downhill right-hander. Verbrugghe and Ca\u00f1ada were injured and had to abandon the race. Kessler could continue but was soon caught by the peloton. Of the remaining three riders, Aerts was dropped and caught by a peloton. The peloton was not able to catch F\u00e9drigo and Commesso who had a sprint for a stage victory, with the Frenchman taking the glory. Christian Vande Velde attacked from the peloton late to get third place. \u00d3scar Pereiro finished 26th and retained the yellow jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 15\n18 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Gap to L'Alpe-d'Huez, 187\u00a0km (116.2\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 15\nThis was a mountain stage with three categorized climbs: the Col d'Izoard (Highest Level) with an ascent of 7% over 14.5\u00a0km, the Col du Lautaret (Category 2) with an ascent of 4.4% over 12.1\u00a0km and L'Alpe d'Huez (Highest Level) with an ascent of 7.9% over 13.8\u00a0km. It started at Gap at 785 m and ended at L'Alpe-d'Huez at 1850 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 15\nL'Alpe d'Huez is one of the famous climbs that often figures on the Tour de France. Although Fr\u00e4nk Schleck from Luxembourg won the stage, American Floyd Landis' fourth-place finish was enough to regain the yellow jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 16\n19 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Bourg-d'Oisans to La Toussuire, 182\u00a0km (113.1\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nThis was a mountain stage with four categorized climbs: the Col du Galibier (Hors categorie) with a 4.5% ascent over 42.8\u00a0km, the Col de la Croix-de-Fer (Hors categorie) with a 6.9% ascent over 22.7\u00a0km, the Col du Mollard (Category 2) with a 6.8% ascent over 5.8\u00a0km, and La Toussuire (Category 1) with an ascent of 6% over 18.4\u00a0km. It began at Bourg-d'Oisans and ended at La Toussuire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nThe Dane, Michael Rasmussen won the stage, and Spaniard \u00d3scar Pereiro came in third, retaking the yellow jersey from American Floyd Landis, who came in 23rd on the day dropping to 11th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nItalian Daniele Bennati of the Lampre team was injured in a fall and unable to continue the race. French rider Sylvain Chavanel fell in the same descent, but continued after being examined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 17\n20 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 St.-Jean-de-Maurienne to Morzine, 201\u00a0km (124.9\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nThis was a mountain stage with five categorized climbs: the Col des Saisies (Category 1) with an ascent of 6.4% over 14.9\u00a0km, the Col des Aravis (Category 2) with an ascent of 7.7% over 5.9\u00a0km, the Col de la Colombi\u00e8re (Category 1) with an ascent of 5% over 11.8\u00a0km, the C\u00f4te de Ch\u00e2tillon (Category 3) with an ascent of 4.9% over 5.1\u00a0km, and the Col de Joux-Plane (Highest Level) with an ascent of 8.7% over 11.7\u00a0km. It started at St.-Jean-de-Maurienne and ended at Morzine-Avoriaz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nAmerican Floyd Landis put himself back in contention by winning the stage after a 120\u00a0km solo breakaway attack, advancing to third place overall. Spaniard \u00d3scar Pereiro finished the stage in seventh place and now leads Carlos Sastre by only 12 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nAs is the case with all stage winners, Landis was tested as part of the Tour's standard doping precautions. On 27 July 2006, one week after the stage finished, the Phonak announced that the \"A\" test on Landis's urine sample had come back \"positive\" for banned synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti- Doping Agency rules. On 5 August 2006, the \"B\" test confirmed the initial findings and Landis was immediately dismissed by the Phonak team. In June 2008, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Landis's appeal, disqualifying him from the 2006 Tour de France, and so stripping him of his win and suspending him from the sport for two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 18\n21 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Morzine to M\u00e2con, 197\u00a0km (122.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nThis stage had three categorized climbs: the C\u00f4te de Ch\u00e2tillon-en-Michaille (Category 3) with an ascent of 3.7% over 51. km, the Col du Berthiand (Category 2) with an ascent of 6% over 4.7\u00a0km, and the C\u00f4te de Chambod (Category 4) with an ascent of 6.4 over 1.9\u00a0km. It started at Morzine and ended at M\u00e2con.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nThe Italian Matteo Tosatto gave the Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic team their first stage victory, after team leader Tom Boonen dropped out of the Tour in the Alps. Tosatto's compatriot Cristian Moreni took second, while the yellow-jersey wearer \u00d3scar Pereiro coasted along with American Floyd Landis on his tail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 19\n22 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Le Creusot to Montceau-les-Mines, 57\u00a0km (35.4\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nThis was the last time trial of the 2006 Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nAmerican Floyd Landis put all his rivals behind him in this stage and virtually sealed an unprecedented come-from-behind victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 20\n23 July 2006\u00a0\u2014 Sceaux to Paris, 155\u00a0km (96.3\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nThe last stage had two categorized climbs (both Category 4). It started at Sceaux-Antony and ended at Paris on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188021-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nAs expected after the time trials on Saturday, American Floyd Landis won the 2006 Tour de France, before it was taken away due to doping and handed to eventual winner \u00d3scar Pereiro. Norwegian Thor Hushovd won the stage, edging out Australian sprint champion (and points winner) Robbie McEwen in the dash for the line. This makes Hushovd the first and as of 2020, the only person to win either the first stage or prologue and the last stage of the Tour de France in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188022-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Georgia\nThe 2006 Tour de Georgia was a six-stage race held April 18 through April 23, 2006 with the overall title won by Floyd Landis of the Phonak. American Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon\u2013Lotto) claimed the points jersey for sprinters. Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel) won his second KOM crown; he previously won the 2004 climbers title. McCartney's teammate Janez Brajkovi\u010d won the Best Young Rider competition. Celebrity bike riders from Mountain Home, Arkansas, Gary and Zach Beck, made cameo appearances at the fifth stage to the Brasstown Bald and the final stage to Alpharetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188023-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Hongrie\nThe 2006 Tour de Hongrie was the 33rd edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 26 to 29 July 2006. The race started in Miskolc and finished in B\u00fckkszentkereszt. The race was won by Martin Ri\u0161ka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188024-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Langkawi\nThe 2006 Tour de Langkawi was the 11th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 3 February in Kuala Lumpur and ended on 12 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2005\u201306 UCI Asia Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188024-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Langkawi\nDavid George of South Africa won the race, followed by Francesco Bellotti of Italy second and Gabriele Missaglia of Italy third. Steffen Radochla of Germany won the points classification category and David George won the mountains classification category. South Africa won the team classification category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188024-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Langkawi, Stages\nThe cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,161.4 kilometres. Due to the extreme weather conditions(heavy downpour) experienced during the Stage 10 of the 2006 Tour de Langkawi, the stage result was abandoned according to the decision of the College of Commissaires and the Race Organizer. All classification would be as at the end of Stage 9. However, Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Relax\u2013GAM) who had a substantial lone lead at the time of the decision abandon was made had been awarded the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188024-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Langkawi, List of teams and riders\nA total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2006 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 119 riders, a total of 102 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188025-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Pologne\nThe 2006 Tour de Pologne road cycling race took place from September 4 until September 10. German Stefan Schumacher won the last the two last stages on his way to capturing his second consecutive stage race; previously winning the Eneco Tour of Benelux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188025-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Pologne, KOM Classification\nThe leader of the climbers classification (or King of the Mountains) is determined by obtaining points for reaching 19 mountain primes ahead of the competition. The classification leader will wear green jersey. Order of riders will be decided by the total number of points scored during the mountain primes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie\nThe 60th Tour de Romandie took place from April 25 through April 30. It is a six-stage cycling tour. It was won by Australian climber Cadel Evans of the Davitamon\u2013Lotto who surprisingly won the final time trial stage and won the Overall Classification despite starting the time trial in the third overall position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Prologue - April 25: Geneva ITT, 3.4km\nThe stage was a short individual time trial. Pre -Tour favorite, Jan Ullrich, a notable time trialist and Tour de France winner, underperformed; clocking only 4 minutes 53 seconds, almost 30 seconds behind the fastest time of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 76], "content_span": [77, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 2 - April 27: Porrentruy-Porrentruy , 171.2km\nFollowing an early breakaway by Swiss cyclists Roger Beuchat and David Loosli, which lasted for the majority of the stage, they were finally caught at the final climb of the day (less than 20\u00a0 km from the finish), the 1st Category Col de la Croix; which is particularly steep at some points. On the climb itself a 15-man group which was led by Spaniard Joaquim Rodr\u00edguez was quickly formed, including provisional leader Paolo Savoldelli, but excluding General Classement favorites Bradley McGee and \u00d3scar Pereiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 89], "content_span": [90, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 2 - April 27: Porrentruy-Porrentruy , 171.2km\nFollowing the climb, the descent led by specialist Savoldelli stretched the lead group out even further, and the leaders' group was split into two groups. With 5\u00a0 km to go the second of the two groups were looking to approach the lead, and Davitamon\u2013Lotto's Christopher Horner used this as a springboard for his own attack, and managed to stay ahead of the chase group to take the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 89], "content_span": [90, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 3 - April 28: Bienne-Leysin , 164.6km\nStage Three featured a relatively flat stage profile until the final 15\u00a0km, where the course shifted to a 1st Category climb up to the Swiss mountain resort of Leysin. A breakaway from the peloton after 25\u00a0km, led by Wouter Weylandt of the Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic team, and joined by Jose Redondo Ramos of the Liberty Seguros team gained a quick lead, which expanded to a maximum of 9'20 minutes at around the 100\u00a0km mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 3 - April 28: Bienne-Leysin , 164.6km\nThe lead was reduced by the peloton to about three minutes at the start of the final climb of the day. On the climb, Ramos quickly shook off Weylandt, and started up the climb by himself. Several early attacks from out of the peloton were pulled back, but the first which succeeded was by Spanish T-Mobile Team climber Oscar Sevilla who quickly opened a lead of several hundred meters. He was shortly followed by Liquigas's Dario Cioni, and as the climb entered its steepest final stage, the solo leader Ramos was caught and passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 3 - April 28: Bienne-Leysin , 164.6km\nA drive from the GC leaders in the group chasing Sevila and Cioni eventually led to the two being pulled in with several kilometer left to go, and as the climb approached the summit 23-year-old Spanish all-rounder Alberto Contador launched an attack up the hill that quickly gained a lead of 20 seconds, which was held until the summit and the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 3 - April 28: Bienne-Leysin , 164.6km\nA notable underperformance of the stage was Discovery Channel's Paolo Savoldelli, 2nd in the GC that day, who suffered from diarrhoea and had to stop several times during the stage, and eventually lost 12 minutes on the leaders. Also Overall Leader Christopher Horner and local favorite Alexandre Moos were not able to keep up with the blistering pace on the final climb and both lost over a minute to stage winner Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188026-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Romandie, Stage Results, Stage 5 - April 30: Lausanne ITT, 20.4km\nThe stage was an individual time trial. Cadel Evans rode superbly in the last few kilometers, taking the provisional lead, and when General Classement leader Alberto Contador and close GC number 2 Alejandro Valverde both lost more than 50 seconds to Evans, the Australian all-rounder rode to overall victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse\nThe 2006 Tour de Suisse was the 70th edition of the Tour de Suisse road cycling stage race, which took place from 10 to 18 June 2006. The race consisted of nine stages, covering a total of 1,468\u00a0km (912\u00a0mi), starting in Baden and finishing in Bern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse\n2004 champion Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) overcame a 50-second deficit on the final stage to win the overall title and the yellow jersey, in what became the last race of his career. Koldo Gil and J\u00f6rg Jaksche finished second and third, respectively, to complete the podium. In February 2012 Ulrich was found guilty of a doping offence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In consequence all his results gained since May 2005 were removed from his Palmares, including this one. The official website of the race however still states Ullrich as the winner of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse\nDaniele Bennati (Lampre\u2013Fondital) won the points classification as the most consistent finisher. Astana-W\u00fcrth Cycling Team captured the team classification while Michael Albasini (Liquigas) captured the King of the Mountains and the intermediate sprints jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 1\n10 June - Baden to Baden, 154\u00a0km (96\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 2\n11 June - Bremgarten to Einsiedeln, 165\u00a0km (103\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 3\n12 June - Einsiedeln to Arlesheim, 160\u00a0km (99\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4\n13 June - Niederbipp to La Chaux-de-Fonds, 151\u00a0km (94\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5\n14 June - La Chaux-de-Fonds to Leukerbad, 210\u00a0km (130\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6\n15 June - Fiesch to La Punt, 210\u00a0km (130\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7\n16 June - St. Moritz to Ascona, 233\u00a0km (145\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 8\n17 June - Ambr\u00ec to Ambri, 155\u00a0km (96\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 9\n18 June - Kerzers to Bern, 30\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Final standings, Points classification\nThe Points Classification of the Tour de Suisse is for points awarded for most consistently high finisher of the stages (equivalent to the Tour de France's green jersey). The Sprints Classification is for intermediate sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188027-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de Suisse, Final standings, Sprint classification\nThe Sprints Classification of the Tour de Suisse is for intermediate sprints. The Points Classification is for points awarded for most consistently high finisher of the stages (equivalent to the Tour de France's green jersey).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188028-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour de la R\u00e9gion Wallonne\nThe 2006 Tour de la R\u00e9gion Wallonne was the 33rd edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 24 July to 28 July 2006. The race started in Flobecq and finished in Wanze. The race was won by Fabrizio Guidi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188029-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour du Haut Var\nThe 2006 Tour du Haut Var was the 38th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 18 February 2006. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Leonardo Bertagnolli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188030-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)\nTour of Azerbaijan 2006 was the 21st running of the Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), which took place between 22 May and 29 May 2006 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The tour had 7 stages, in which Ghader Mizbani from Iran won the first place in over all of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain\nThe 2006 Tour of Britain took place in Great Britain from 29 August to 3 September 2006. A UCI category 2.1 event, the tour consisted of six stages covering a distance of 870.5\u00a0km (540.9\u00a0mi), starting in Glasgow and finishing in The Mall, London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 1\nThe stage was dominated by an early breakaway of three riders who were never caught, finishing 2\u00bd minutes ahead of the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 2\nThe stage ended in a mass sprint. During the race, Goss won enough time bonuses in the sprints to take the overall lead from Pedersen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 3\nThe stage was dominated by a crosswind. Pedersen's teammates split the peloton and ensured his return to the lead, but could not manage to catch Filippo Pozzato, who escaped from the lead group near the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 4\nAnother stage where a group escaped early on, and the peloton was unsuccessful in catching them again. Manning was leading as the race reached the final roundabout but he was sent the wrong way and lost the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 5\nThe riders went on strike, after being led astray by race officials. Their main complaint was poor security. The riders eventually resumed the race, and the stage ended in a mass sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188031-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 6\nThere was a number of breakaways on the final stage, but all were eliminated, and the stage ended in a mass sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California\nThe 2006 Tour of California was the inaugural edition of a professional road cycling stage race that made its debut on February 19, 2006. Sponsored by the biotechnology company Amgen, the eight-day, 700 mile (1,126\u00a0km) race started in San Francisco, winding its way down the California coast to finish in Redondo Beach. With eight of the twenty European UCI ProTour teams in attendance, the inaugural Tour of California proved to be one of the largest cycling races in the United States since the demise of the Coors Classic in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California\nAmong the professional cyclists in attendance were George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), Floyd Landis (Phonak), Chris Horner and Freddy Rodriguez (Davitamon\u2013Lotto), Bobby Julich and Dave Zabriskie (Team CSC), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), and Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, San Francisco individual time trial\nBay Area resident Levi Leipheimer took the early lead in the Tour and secured the leader's golden jersey by winning the prologue time trial. His time of 4:53.43 put him ahead of second-place finisher Bobby Julich, who finished five seconds behind the leader . Americans swept the first five spots with George Hincapie finishing third, followed by Floyd Landis and David Zabriskie. The 1.9 mile (3.1\u00a0km) prologue began at San Francisco's Ferry Building and climbed up Telegraph Hill to finish at the base of Coit Tower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 99], "content_span": [100, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Sausalito to Santa Rosa\nJuan Jos\u00e9 Haedo won the stage after a mass sprint, ahead of veterans Olaf Pollack and Stuart O'Grady from the UCI ProTour teams T-Mobile Team and Team CSC. This was the first win for team Toyota-United Pro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Sausalito to Santa Rosa\nGerolsteiner controlled the race, letting Jean Marc Marino (Cr\u00e9dit Agricole) and Jackson Stewart (Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada) escape, but keeping the time gap small enough to catch them before the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Sausalito to Santa Rosa\nArriving in his hometown in the leader's golden jersey, Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was greeted by tens of thousands of his fans. By finishing near the front of the main pack, he retained the jersey for the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 87], "content_span": [88, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Martinez to San Jos\u00e9\nMike Creed (TIAA-CREF) sprinted away from the field just nine miles (14\u00a0km) after the start. He was followed by Mads Kaggestad (Cr\u00e9dit Agricole) and Ben Jaques-Maynes (Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada). The three remained in front for the next 40 miles (64\u00a0km) or so, until they were caught by the peloton. Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) won the King of the Mountain for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 84], "content_span": [85, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Martinez to San Jos\u00e9\nGeorge Hincapie (Discovery Channel) won the stage and with the ten second time bonus took the lead from Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner). This put Leipheimer in second place, four seconds behind Hincapie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 84], "content_span": [85, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, San Jos\u00e9 individual time trial\nFloyd Landis won the time trial and took over the lead in the overall with a time of 35:58 for the 17-mile course, 26 seconds faster than second-place finisher David Zabriskie, whose time for the third stage was 36:24. Landis' outstanding performance allowed him to gain 55 seconds on George Hincapie and 1:16 over Levi Leipheimer, establishing overall gaps of 45 seconds and 1:10 respectively, which were never to change throughout the remainder of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 94], "content_span": [95, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Monterey to San Luis Obispo\nThe longest stage of the tour closed with a mass sprint in San Luis Obispo, with Juan Jos\u00e9 Haedo taking his second stage of the race. Floyd Landis maintained the overall lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 91], "content_span": [92, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara\nAnother sprint to the finish line, and George Hincapie won his second ToC stage; however, the overall standings remained the same, with Floyd Landis holding on to the gold Leader's jersey. Hincapie did take the Sprinter's jersey while Levi Leipheimer, true to his strength, took the King of the Mountain jersey by collecting the first place points on the biggest climb of the stage, the category 1 climb of San Marcos Pass, 15 miles (24\u00a0km) from the finish. He was caught, however, on the downhill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 96], "content_span": [97, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks\nThis short stage was won following yet another sprint to the finish; this time, by Olaf Pollack of Team T-Mobile. Pollack finished in 3:26:39 to take his first stage win in a major race in about 18 months. Floyd Landis maintains a 29-second overall lead heading into the final stage, a 10-lap, 76.5-mile circuit race in Redondo Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 94], "content_span": [95, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188032-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of California, Stages of the 2006 Tour of California, Redondo Beach circuit race\nOlaf Pollack again won the stage and the green sprinter's jersey. Floyd Landis' lead proved insurmountable, giving him the golden jersey signifying the overall win in the inaugural Amgen Tour of California by 29 seconds. The second- through seventh-place finishers (Zabriskie, Julich, Hincapie, O'Neill, Leipheimer and Evans) all were less than 1:30 off the lead. Leipheimer won the King of the Mountain (orange) jersey. Team CSC (sponsored by the Danish subsidiary of the California-based Computer Sciences Corporation) took Best Team honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 90], "content_span": [91, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188033-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Flanders\nThe 2006 Tour of Flanders was the 90th edition of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic, taking place on 2 April 2006. Last year's winner Tom Boonen was the favourite before the start and he won the second time in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188034-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Flanders for Women\nThe third running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's road cycling race in Belgium, was held on 2 April 2006. The race started in Oudenaarde and finished in Meerbeke, taking in 12 climbs and covering a total distance of 112 kilometres (70 miles). It was the third round of the 2006 UCI Women's Road World Cup. Dutch rider Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel won her second consecutive Tour of Flanders in a two-up sprint with Austrian Christiane Soeder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188034-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Flanders for Women, Race summary\n159 riders started the race in Oudenaarde at 11:30. the peloton was thinned out on the wet and slick cobbled sector of the Paddestraat, after 24\u00a0km, after which only 50 riders remained at the front of the race. On the cobbled sector of the Haaghoek, after 69\u00a0km, Mirjam Melchers, Christiane Soeder, Edwige Pitel and Kimberly Anderson broke clear. Anderson was dropped 6\u00a0km later, on the Berendries climb, and the leading trio increased their lead to over a minute on the peloton as they addressed the Valkenberg, at 32\u00a0km from the finish. Melchers accelerated on the Valkenberg and dropped the other two, with Tenbosse, the Muur van Geraardsbergen and the Bosberg still to come.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188034-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of Flanders for Women, Race summary\nMelchers crested the top of the Muur with a one-minute lead on Soeder, who left Pitel behind, but began to lose speed on the Bosberg. The Austrian set off in pursuit of Melchers and bridged across in Ninove, with two kilometres remaining. The race was decided in a two-up sprint in Meerbeke, with Melchers taking the honours before a worn-out Soeder. Dutchwoman Loes Gunnewijk broke clear from the chasing group and completed the podium at 53 seconds. Melchers would later say that she \"experienced the race like a war\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country\nThe 2006 Tour of the Basque Country was the 46th Tour of the Basque Country road cycling race and was held over six stages from 3 April to 8 April 2006. It was won by Spaniard Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel G\u00f3mez Marchante of the Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir cycling team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 1\n3 April 2006 - Irun to Irun, 130\u00a0km (81\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 2\n4 April 2006 - Irun to Segura, 155\u00a0km (96\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 3\n5 April 2006 - Segura to Ler\u00edn, 170\u00a0km (110\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 4\n6 April 2005 - Ler\u00edn to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 172\u00a0km (107\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 5\n7 April 2006 - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zalla, 178\u00a0km (111\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188035-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 6\n8 April 2006 - Zalla to Zalla, 24\u00a0km (15\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188036-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election\nElections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The entire council stood for election, and the Labour party retained control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188037-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Towson Tigers football team\nThe 2006 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Gordy Combs and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They played as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 7\u20134, 4\u20134 in A-10 play to finish in third place in the South division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188038-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe 2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 9, 2006 on the streets of Long Beach, California. The pole and race win were both captured by the two-time running Champ Car champion, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188038-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe race was billed at the time as Jimmy Vasser's final Champ Car race, ending a 15-year career that featured 10 wins and the series championship in 1996, though he would later make a come out of retirement to drive in the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race run under Champ Car sanction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188039-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Toyota Indy 300\nThe 2006 Toyota Indy 300 was the first round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on March 26, 2006 on the Homestead-Miami Speedway and covered by ABC. The race was marred by a violent crash in the final practice session. Paul Dana was killed in the crash and teammates Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice withdrew from the race to honor his memory. He was the third driver to lose his life in the IRL. Ed Carpenter who was crashed into by Dana's car was also injured, but recovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188040-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188040-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election\nAfter the election, the composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188041-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic\nThe 2006 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic was the 29th annual edition of the event. It marked the first Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It was also the first ever women's Grand Slam event to be held, as it was the first season for the women's Grand Slam. The event was held October 6-9 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The total purse for the event was $51,000 with $14,000 going to the winning team of Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter and Renee Simons. They beat Crystal Webster's rink in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis\nThe 2006 Transnistrian customs crisis started on March 3, 2006, when Ukraine imposed new customs regulations on its border with Moldova on the Transnistrian region by declaring that it will only import goods from Transnistria with documents processed by Moldovan customs offices, as part of the implementation of a joint customs protocol between Ukraine and Moldova on December 30, 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Background\nFrom February 1996 to 2001, there was an agreement between Moldovan and Transnistrian authorities, according to which Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) export and import goods were not subject to Moldovan taxes, PMR was granted the right to use the customs seal of the Republic of Moldova on its goods, and PMR agreed to establish joint customs centers with Moldova on the border with Ukraine. PMR did not honor the agreement and Moldovan officials are still not allowed to enter PMR territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nOn March 3, 2006, Ukraine implemented the decision to allow exports originating in Transnistria (to Ukraine or via Ukraine) enter Ukrainian territory only if they carry Moldovan customs stamps, and that imports bound for Transnistria (from or via Ukraine) can enter Transnistria only through Moldovan customs checkpoints, which are situated on Moldovan-controlled territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nMoldova announced it had created favorable conditions for the registration of Transnistria-based businesses:half-hour long procedure to obtain a six-month export license; granted tax breaks and duty exemptions to Transnistria-based companies that register as Moldovan. (such companies are then entitled to all trading privileges that Moldovan companies enjoy, Moldova being a member of the World Trade Organization). Moldovan authorities had held a series of joint conferences with Transnistria companies, Ukrainian authorities, and EU representatives from December through February, informing Transnistria business in detail about Moldovan registration procedures and the introduction of Moldovan customs documents on that border sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nTransnistria's Minister of Economy, Elena Chernenko, says that Transnistria loses $2\u20132.5 million daily from the Ukrainian regulations. (Transnistrian GDP is about $420 million) Transnistrian and some Russian authorities have termed the act an \"economic blockade,\" a violation of the 1997 Moscow memorandum in the part about the right of Transnistria to maintain international relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nAccording to the data of the Moldovan Ministry of Reintegration, during the two days of the partial border de-blocking by Tiraspol, various companies had managed to import nearly 1,400 tons of chicken meat into the Transnistrian region. And since the beginning of the year, Transnistria has already imported 12,600 tons of foodstuffs, including 9,700 tons of meat, 890 tons of fish, over a thousand tons of sugar, 18 tons of medicines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nOut of the major mediators of the regional conflict, the United States, the European Union and the OSCE approved of the Ukrainian move, while Russia sees it as a form of political pressure, and its Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a statement that said in part: \"The Russian Federation as the guarantor country of settlement whose interests are directly affected calls for reviewing the customs regime imposed for Transnistria and for starting immediate consultations among all the parties concerned in order to work out mutually acceptable ways to solve problems.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nFor all of 2006, Transnistria's president Igor Smirnov estimated the losses to Transnistria at $420 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, The conflict\nIn the current scheme of things, the Yankukovich's government in Kiev in February and the Russian annexation of Crimea are currently having a dispute with Eastern Ukraine. However, the result caused a dramatic reassessment of Transnistria in Kiev, where policymakers began to view it as a possible entry point for Russian provocateurs and special forces into Odessa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 3, 2006, Ukraine started implementing the Ukraine-Moldova agreement on introducing a legal trade regime on that border, citing EU requirements to Ukraine as well as the 2005 Ukraine-Moldova-EU Commission Memorandum on measures against illicit activities on that border. Ukraine's Customs Service Chairman issued the relevant orders that same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 4, Tiraspol retaliated by blocking Moldovan and Ukrainian transport at the borders of Transnistria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 10, Russian State Duma reaffirmed Russia's earlier definition of the event as a \"blockade,\" called for return to pre-March 3 status and warned that the event may lead to a \"humanitarian disaster.\" Earlier, Russia promised humanitarian assistance to Transnistria in response to this event. The Nagorno Karabakh Republic, another unrecognized state, similarly blocked by Azerbaijan, also warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 16, Valery Litskay, Transnistria's Foreign Affairs Minister, refused to participate in conflict negotiations in Odessa declaring he would only attend together with the Russian side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 17, The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, personally invited Transnistria's leader Igor Smirnov for a meeting in Kyiv. Smirnov accepted in principle, but only if Kyiv agrees to suspend the border and customs regime that were introduced on March 3. The same day, Tiraspol warned about a possible suspension of electricity supply to the bordering Odessa Oblast of Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 18, Transnistria's block on Ukrainian transports was lifted, as a sign of good faith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nOn March 22, Moldova recalled its Ambassador from Russia. It was done in response to Russian Ambassador Nikolay Ryabov's remarks placing \"primary responsibility\" on Moldova for the conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188042-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian customs crisis, Timeline\nUkrainian authorities have been accused in the Eurasia Daily Monitor of colluding in bypassing Moldovan customs by allowing road transport to enter Transnistria directly from Ukrainian territory. Official statements from Kyiv portray the passage of such transport as a welcome sign that Transnistria's authorities are lifting the blockade they had installed after March 3 on the border with Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum\nA double referendum was held in Transnistria on 17 September 2006. Voters were asked whether they approved of the possibility of renouncing independence and integration with Moldova, or alternatively independence and a possible future integration into the Russian Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Background\nPro -Moldovan organisations announced before the referendum that they would not recognise its results. Ballots for the referendum were reprinted three times, as the chairman of electoral commission, Piotr Denisenko, announced a shrinkage of electorate of 7% compared with previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Results, Independence and potential future integration into Russia\nOf the total of 394,861 registered voters, the voter turnout was 78.6%, substantially more than the 50%+1 required by law to validate the referendum. On the day of the referendum, no exit polling was allowed within 25 meters of polling stations, to prevent disruption of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nInternational organisations, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union, GUAM, and some other countries (Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Norway, Iceland) did not recognise the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nAccording to Russian News Agency RIA Novosti, more than 130 international observers monitored the referendum and reported that \"they did not register any procedural violations during the secret balloting\", and the representative of the Congress of Russian Communities from Moldova declared that the referendum was held according to international standards. However, no internationally recognised monitoring organisations had observers present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nViktor Alksnis, a deputy from the Russian party \"Rodina\" stated that referendum in Transnistria was held without any violations of legislation and democratic standards. Viktor Alksnis is known to have previously described the Transnistrian Republic as the base from which the Soviet Union's restoration would begin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nIn the opinion of the Ukrainian foreign ministry, the situation in Transnistria fails to meet the conditions of a free will expression by citizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nAccording to the OSCE, the media climate in the Transdniestrian region is restrictive, as authorities there continue a long-standing campaign to silence independent opposition voices and movements. Although the OSCE decided not to send any observers to monitor the referendum, 130 observers from CIS and Europe and from eleven election monitoring organizations who did attend the referendum had different reactions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nIn contrast, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova (HCHRM) claims to have observed a series of infringements at the referendum:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nKarel De Gucht (Chairman of the OSCE) expressed an opinion about the \"lack of basic requirements for free and fair elections, such as freedom of the media, freedom of assembly and political pluralism, in the region pre-determined the results\" and argued that the questions in the referendum are suggestively worded. In a possible manipulation of the public opinion, people are asked to choose between freedom (\"free association\") and loss of independence (\"renounce the Transnistria's independent status\"), between reality (\"support the course\") and possibility (\"consider it possible\") This formulation could have resulted in a response bias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nVictor Josu, deputy editor-in-chief of Russian-language Moldovan newspaper Moldavskiye Vedomosti, an accredited observer, described the referendum as a successful public relations action (regardless of violations and a lack of recognition) and reported favorably on a comparison between \"recognized Chi\u015finau\" and \"unrecognized Tiraspol\" in an article which emphasized the openness, transparency and glasnost of the referendum process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188043-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian independence referendum, Reactions\nSergei Bagapsh, president of Abkhazia (Abkhazia claims independence from Georgia, but has a disputed status), has said his republic \"supports the aspirations of Transniestria toward independence and its choice of unification with Russia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188044-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian presidential election\nThe 2006 presidential election in Transnistria was held on December 10 of that year. Incumbent President Igor Smirnov won despite opposition having stiffened during the final weeks of the campaign. Three candidates registered to run besides the incumbent Smirnov: Bender MP for the Renewal party Peter Tomaily, Pridnestrovie Communist Party candidate Nadezhda Bondarenko and journalist Andrey Safonov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188044-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian presidential election, Preelection period\nAndrey Safonov's candidacy was at first rejected on the basis of insufficient and allegedly fraudulent signatures, but on 30 November the Tiraspol law court accepted it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188044-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian presidential election, Preelection period\nDespite the court ruling, at the Electoral Commission meeting on 27 November Safonov's registration was not accepted with some members claiming that the court decision needed to be challenged at a higher instance. The Commission finally allowed the candidacy on 5 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188044-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian presidential election, Preelection period\nStarting with 7 December, early voting was allowed for those persons for whom it was impossible to come to the polls on 10 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188044-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Transnistrian presidential election, Contesting\nAndrey Safonov, one of the opposition candidates, suggested that election results were rigged in favour of the incumbent leader. He claimed that there was a strange difference between the exit polls results and the official results and proceeded to challenge the election results in court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series\nThe 2006 Tri Nations Series was the 10th Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand won the competition with three rounds still to play after their victory over Australia on 19 August, their 21st consecutive home win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series\nFor the first time, in 2006 each team played the others three times, instead of twice, as had been the case previously. This was the result of a new television deal between SANZAR, the consortium of the three countries' rugby federations that organises the tournament, and broadcasters in the SANZAR countries and the United Kingdom. As a result, the duration of the competition was extended and it ran from 8 July to 9 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series\nNew Zealand won all three matches against Australia, thus retaining the Bledisloe Cup. They also won two of their three matches against South Africa, thereby winning the Freedom Cup for the first time. Australia regained the Mandela Challenge Plate after winning their two home tests against South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, Australia\nAt the end of 2005, the Wallabies looked to be in decline after having just ended an all-time record Test losing streak of seven. The streak led to the sacking of coach Eddie Jones and his replacement by John Connolly. The 2006 mid-year Tests saw improvement with two wins over England and a win over Ireland. Ireland's captain Brian O'Driscoll \u2013 who played against both Australia and New Zealand in Ireland's mid-year Tests \u2013 was more impressed by the Wallabies, and tipped them as favourites over the All Blacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, New Zealand\nGoing into the competition, notwithstanding O'Driscoll's assessment, New Zealand were the clear favourites as the top-ranked team in the world, having lost just one Test in 2005 (their away fixture against South Africa in the Tri Nations) and gone undefeated through the 2006 mid-year Tests. However, All Blacks coach Graham Henry used the mid-year Tests to experiment with his squad. They had to come back in the last 20\u00a0minutes to win their first Test against Ireland, and had to survive a last-minute push by Argentina at Jos\u00e9 Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires. Despite these close victories amid much New Zealand complacency, the All Blacks possessed a strong, co-ordinated forward pack, quality playmakers, explosive backs and blistering pace out wide. Their most important asset was arguably their depth in all positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 877]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, New Zealand\nBefore the first test, the Australian television channel Seven aired an advertisement in which the All Blacks performed the Ka Mate haka with digitally inserted handbags, a reference to an incident where Tana Umaga hit a Hurricane teammate over the head with a woman's handbag, breaking her cellular phone. This advertisement was seen by some as offensive to both Maori and the All Blacks. The All Blacks performed the new Kapa o Pango haka instead of the Ka Mate in Christchurch for the first time against Australia. Some observers found gestures used in this haka to be offensive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, South Africa\nOf the three teams in the competition, the Springboks entered with the most questions. The selection policy of coach Jake White was controversial in 2005, with White choosing to primarily stay with veterans of South Africa's victorious 2004 Tri Nations squad. His choices eventually panned out, with the Boks only narrowly losing out to New Zealand in the 2005 Tri Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, South Africa\nWhite largely stayed with his veterans in the 2006 mid-year Tests, which led to even more controversy among Boks supporters. In the meantime, several key Boks players were unavailable during the mid-year Tests due to injury, among them Andr\u00e9 Pretorius and Bakkies Botha. The Boks won two Tests over Scotland, but suffered a huge blow in the second Test when 2004 World Player of the Year Schalk Burger suffered a career-threatening neck injury. Recent articles indicated that Schalk Burger had a successful operation to his neck and he may play again next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, South Africa\nThey went on to lose to France at Newlands, their first home loss since 2003. In that Test, they lost two key backs, Jean de Villiers and Bryan Habana, to rib injuries. De Villiers was initially expected to be out for the entire Tri Nations, though he returned for the final two matches, but Habana recovered in time for the series opener. As for other players, Pretorius would be out for at least the first two Boks matches, while Botha was out for the entire series. Partly due to the injuries, White named four newcomers to his Tri Nations squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188045-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tri Nations Series, The run-up, South Africa\nDuring the lead-in to the Tri Nations, White also caused considerable controversy by publicly seeking an extension to his contract through 2009, even after the loss to France. Also, he was heavily criticised for his refusal to select flanker Luke Watson, arguably the country's form player, even after the loss of Burger. The criticism became more intense after the Boks' hammering in their Tri Nations opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188046-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Triglav Trophy\nThe 2006 Triglav Trophy was held between April 12 and 16, 2006. It was an international figure skating competition held annually in Jesenice, Slovenia. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles across the levels of senior, junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers\nThe 2006 Trincomalee Massacre of NGO Workers, also known as the Muttur Massacre, took place on 4 or 5 August 2006, when 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) were shot at close range in the city of Muttur, Sri Lanka, close to Trincomalee. The victims included sixteen minority Sri Lankan Tamils and one Sri Lankan Muslim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, Incident\nThe bodies were discovered after the town of Muttur had come under the control of the government forces. There was fierce fighting between government forces and rebel LTTE forces the previous week prior to the discovery of the bodies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, Reactions, SLMM\nThe Sri Lankan government denied responsibility but the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission suspected that the Sri Lankan Army was responsible for the killings. According to the SLMM, \"\u00a0...\u00a0 [it] is convinced that there cannot be any other armed groups than the security forces who could actually have been behind the act\". The outgoing head of the Mission, the retired Swedish Colonel Ulf Henricsson, said that this was \"one of the most serious recent crimes against humanitarian aid workers worldwide\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, Reactions, Action Against Hunger\nAction Against Hunger, the non-governmental organization (NGO) for whom the victims worked, termed it a war crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, Investigation\nIn September 2006, under increasing pressure from the international community to investigate this incident, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse announced the formation of a Commission of Inquiry with a mandate to look into 15 specified alleged violations, including the Muttur massacre of ACF staff. With the dubious track record of previous Commissions of Inquiry in mind, a group of bilateral donors negotiated for the formation of a group of International Independent Eminent Persons (IIGEP) that, invited by the president, have the mandate to observe the investigations of the Commission of Inquiry. Australia nominated an Eminent Person (EP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, UTHR Report\nOn 1 April 2008, the organisation University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR), which is run by former teachers at the University of Jaffna\u2014known to be openly critical both of the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka\u2014released their \"Special Report #30\", which exclusively deals with the massacre of ACF staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188047-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers, UTHR Report\nUTHR names one member of the Sri Lankan Home Guard\u2014now the Civil Defence Force\u2014and two Police Constables based in the Muthur Police Station as perpetrators, but adds that several Sri Lanka Navy Special Forces were part of the group that entered the ACF compound and remained passive as the ACF staff were murdered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188048-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of students\nThe incident referred to as Trincomalee massacre in 2006 happened when five minority Sri Lankan Tamil high school students playing by the beach were briefly detained and then shot dead by Special Task Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188048-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of students, Reactions, Sri Lankan government\nThe government claims were contradicted by the results of the local coroner, who said that they were killed by gunshot wound in execution style. Although a court case is still pending, a Human Rights agency known as UTHR accused that a local police superintendent as the mastermind of the operation to kill the students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188048-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of students, Investigation\nThe official inquiry into this incident is still undergoing and Special Task Force personnel were remanded in connection with the murder and further remanded on 18 July 2013 by the Trincomalee Magistrate court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188048-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of students, Witnesses\nThe only witness who came forward is the target of threats to his safety. Dr. Manoharan, the father of one of the victims, has been threatened by some elements of the Sri Lankan security forces. Human Rights Watch has called on the government to provide adequate protection for the doctor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188048-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of students, Witnesses\nAccording to RSF a minority Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan who took pictures of the slain students that proved that they died of gunshot injuries not by an explosion of a grenade as claimed by local military authorities was shot dead by unknown gunmen suspected to be paramilitary men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188048-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Trincomalee massacre of students, Court Judgement\nIn 3 July the accused IPs Sarath Chandra Perera and Rohitha Vijithakumara, Sgt. M.G. Jayalath, A.P. Amal Pradeep, PCs R.K. Ratnayake, M. Chaminda Lalitha, R.M. Udhaya Mahinda Bandara, M.G.H. Sanjeewa, K.A. Tharaka Ruwansiri, J.M. Nimal Bandara, J.M. Senarath Dissanyake, S.J. Indika Thushara of the STF and SI (Retired) P.G. Ananda Bulanawewa of the Police were acquitted by Chief Magistrate M.M. Mohammed Hamza after a lengthy hearing due to the non-availability of evidence against the accused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188049-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on\nThe 2006 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on was the 23rd edition of the Tro-Bro L\u00e9on cycle race and was held on 16 April 2006. The race was won by Mark Renshaw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists\nThe Tropfest short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year. This is the List of 2006's Short Listed films and winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, A Room with Askew\nSynopsis: A room askew and a meal that may never happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Applause\nSynopsis: Struggling to find motivation, office worker Werner Brim is confronted with a most unusual situation - replacing the couch and coffee table in his office is a live audience...and they want to be entertained!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Carmichael & Shane (Winner 2006)\nSynopsis: A single father has a unique approach to raising his two-year-old twin boys- pick a favourite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Carnivore Reflux\nSynopsis: In their lifetime the average meat-eating human will consume; 10 cows, 1/2 tonne of fish, 760 chickens, 37 sheep and 42 pigs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Fishy\nSynopsis: A perfect Christmas dinner is wasted on a demanding picky, fussy snapper with impossibly high standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Glitch\nSynopsis: Tim has a problem. The house he lives in no longer obeys the laws of logic. At times like this, there's only one man that can help.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Goggles\nSynopsis: Seven-year-old Billy encounters a couple of bullies on his way to the pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Goggles\nKey Cast: Morgan Baker Emily Milledge Ellen Watson Olivia Northwood-Blyth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, How many Doctors does it take to change a Lightbulb?\nSynopsis: Rosie visits the local medical centre for a routine check-up... unfortunately it's anything but routine! Are you due for a check-up?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, How many Doctors does it take to change a Lightbulb?\nKey Cast: Rob Carlton Helen Sutermeister Marty Lynes Shane Emmett", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Last Stop\nSynopsis: Even the simple act of taking public transport seems to be fraught with peril these days. Especially if you're from somewhere else.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Last Stop\nKey Cast: Donna McRae Steve Adams Brendan Bacon Katrina Mathers Tamara Donnellan Ella Tingwell Simon King Ross Thompson Jacob Oberman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Pacific\nSynopsis: On a lonely beach, a chance encounter with a fisherman is the key to a young man letting go of his past and embracing his future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Silencer\nSynopsis: A secret rendezvous. A loaded gun. A most unexpected arrival. Nobody said it was easy offing your best mate. Beware the thoughts of ordinary evil men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Sister, The\nSynopsis: Amelia finally stands up to her sister, and discovers it's a piece of cake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Snakepit\nSynopsis: Australia, two guys, a small room, sixty-three deadly snakes ... only one man is at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Story of the Bubbleboy, The\nSynopsis: In a stab-happy world, a sad outcast wrestles with his demons. The story of bubbleboy is a film about being trapped by the past and redeemed by the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Tough Crowd\nSynopsis: A petulant little girl proves to be a tough crowd for a tireless mime artist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188050-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Tropfest finalists, Tough Crowd\nDairy Farmers Youth Award 2006 Directed by Sarah Goddard and Emily-Kate Byrne Shot on: 16mm", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188051-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nThe 2006 Troph\u00e9e des Champions was a football match held at Stade Gerland, Lyon on 30 July 2006 that saw 2005\u201306 Ligue 1 champions Lyon defeat 2005\u201306 Coupe de France champions Paris Saint-Germain 5\u20134 on penalties following a 1\u20131 draw after normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188052-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard\nThe 2006 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard was the fourth event of six in the 2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy in Paris on November 17\u201319. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2006\u201307 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188052-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard\nThe competition was named after the \u00c9ric Bompard company, which became its chief sponsor in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188053-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Troy Trojans football team\nThe 2006 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. This was the Trojans first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference only two years prior in 2004. The team finished the regular season with an 8\u20135 overall record, going 6\u20131 in conference play. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl, where they played Conference USA's Rice, routing the Owls by a score of 41\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188054-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tulane Green Wave football team\nThe 2006 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by head coach Chris Scelfo, who was fired after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188055-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team\nThe 2006 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Steve Kragthorpe, who resigned at the conclusion of the season. They played home games at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the West Division of Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188056-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tulsa, Oklahoma mayoral election\nThe 2006 Tulsa mayoral election was held on April 4, 2006 to elect the mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Partisan primary elections were held on March 7, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188056-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tulsa, Oklahoma mayoral election\nIncumbent Republican Bill LaFortune ran for re-election. He was defeated in the general election by Democratic nominee Kathy Taylor, who became the second female mayor of Tulsa after Susan Savage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188056-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tulsa, Oklahoma mayoral election\nAs of 2021, this is the last time a Democratic candidate won a citywide race in Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188057-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188058-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Cup Final\nThe 2006 Turkish Cup Final was a football match played on 3 May 2006 at the \u0130zmir Atat\u00fcrk Stadium in \u0130zmir. It was the final and deciding match of the 2005\u201306 T\u00fcrkiye Kupas\u0131 (Turkish Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188058-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Cup Final, Match details\nMan of the match: T\u00fcmer Metin (Be\u015fikta\u015f)Referee: B\u00fclent Demirlek Assistant Referees: Erhan S\u00f6nmez Alper Ulusoy \u00c7etin Sar\u0131g\u00fcl", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2006 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race, held on 27 August 2006. The 58-lap race, which was the fourteenth round of the 2006 Formula One season, and the second Turkish Grand Prix, was held at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Turkey. Felipe Massa, driving for the Ferrari team, took his first pole position, and then his first race victory. Fernando Alonso, who drove for Renault finished the race in second position and Massa's teammate Michael Schumacher occupied the final position on the podium. The race was also the first Grand Prix meeting for future quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who was assigned a Friday test driver role for the BMW Sauber team. Vettel received a $1,000 fine for speeding in the pit-lane only 6 seconds after he got out onto the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Fernando Alonso extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 12 points from Michael Schumacher. With victory, Felipe Massa retained third place in the standings, and despite closing the gap between himself and Schumacher to 34 points, it was still near impossible for him to surpass his teammate's points total. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari closed the gap to leaders Renault to just two points. McLaren remained in third position, 69 points behind the top two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nPrior to the Grand Prix weekend, Renault's Fernando Alonso led the Formula One World Drivers' Championship on 100 points. He held a ten-point lead over his main rival Michael Schumacher, despite retiring from the preceding race in Hungary. Ferrari teammates, Schumacher and Felipe Massa lay second and third in the standings on 90 and 52 points respectively, ahead of the second Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella and the McLaren of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, both on 49 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nRenault led the Constructors' Championship with 149 points, seven clear of Ferrari, while McLaren were in third position with 89 points. They were ahead of Honda F1, who sat in fourth with 52 after picking up their first and to be only victory since their return, three weeks before in Hungary. BMW Sauber completed the top five with 26 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers\nThe bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nKimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen set the fastest time in the first free practice session, despite only completing five laps; ahead of Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button, who were both just within half a second of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's time. In the bottom half of the order, Felipe Massa finished the session 17th and Fernando Alonso 23rd. Neither of the Williams left the garage during the session. Sebastian Vettel impressed many as he set the fastest time in the second free practice session, on his first Grand Prix weekend appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThe following day in qualifying, however, it was Felipe Massa who set the fastest time, taking the first pole position of his career, ahead of Schumacher by one tenth of a second. The two Renaults occupied the next row with Alonso in front of Fisichella again. Fifth spot was initially taken up by Ralf Schumacher's Toyota, before he was demoted to fifteenth for a gearbox change. This was also true for Christijan Albers, who was taken from a good sixteenth place qualifying for the Midland team, to the back of the grid. Only four hundredths of a second separated Nick Heidfeld, Button and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen qualified from sixth to eighth before all moving up a place after Ralf Schumacher's penalty. Robert Kubica and Mark Webber completed the top ten fastest times, with Christian Klien completing the top ten on the starting grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe start of the race was affected by a multi-car accident entering the first corner. Massa, Michael Schumacher, Alonso and Fisichella all battled for position entering the first corner, with Fisichella spinning, causing a chain reaction behind him. During the chain reaction, Scott Speed collided with the McLaren of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, causing one of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's rear tyres to puncture. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen pitted for a new set of tyres, but soon faced a similar problem due to damaged bodywork; because of this he went straight off the outside of turn 4 and into a barrier, on the next lap. Nick Heidfeld, Fisichella, Speed and Ralf Schumacher all needed repairs from the incident, and the Midland of Tiago Monteiro was forced to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 13, Vitantonio Liuzzi, who had climbed to seventh place, lost control entering the first turn and spun, stalling the engine. The car was left stranded on the racing line at the exit of the corner, and the Safety Car was deployed. Massa, Schumacher, Alonso, Button, Kubica and Webber all came in to make pit stops whilst the Safety Car circulated. The first four drivers stayed at the front, but Webber and Kubica dropped to near the back of the pack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso, however, was able to jump Schumacher, as his title rival was forced to 'stack' behind Massa before the mechanics could set to work on his car. The final 15 laps of the race were focused on Alonso and Michael Schumacher, who fought for second place behind Massa as part of their championship battle. Schumacher pursued Alonso for the last laps, but was unable to catch Alonso until the final corners of the final lap. Schumacher was right on the gearbox of Alonso exiting the last corner, but did not get past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThus, Massa took his first career Formula One victory, making it the second Grand Prix in a row with a first-time winner, following Button's win in Hungary three weeks earlier. It was the first time this had happened since 2003, when R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Fisichella won their first victories at the consecutive Malaysian and Brazilian Grands Prix. Drivers' Championship rivals Alonso and Schumacher completed the podium. Button, de la Rosa, Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello completed the points-scorers and the cars on the lead lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188059-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nThe podium display after the race caused controversy when winner Felipe Massa received the trophy from Mehmet Ali Talat, who was referred to as the \"President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus\". This breakaway area of the island of Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey. The government of the Republic of Cyprus filed an official complaint with the FIA, the body governing the Formula One world championship. After investigating the incident, the FIA fined the organizers of the Grand Prix $5 million on September 19, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188060-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Super Cup\nThe 2006 Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF S\u00fcper Kupa 2006) was a football match between 2005\u201306 S\u00fcper Lig champions Galatasaray, and the 2005\u201306 Turkish Cup winners Be\u015fikta\u015f. The match was played in Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the 34th edition of the Turkish Super Cup, since its establishment as Presidential Cup, and was the first time under the rebranded TFF S\u00fcper Kupa name. Also this final marked the re-establishment of the national super cup matches in Turkey, sanctioned by Turkish Football Federation. The last edition was in 1998, and there was an 8-year hiatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188060-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Super Cup, Background\nGalatasaray won their 16th S\u00fcper Lig championship with 26 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, just ahead of rivals Fenerbah\u00e7e. Galatasaray were the winning club in both of the regular season league matches against Be\u015fikta\u015f. They beat Be\u015fikta\u015f 3\u20132 at home, and 2\u20131 away. Collecting a total of 83 points, they were the Turkish champions and qualified for the Turkish Super Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188060-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish Super Cup, Background\nSecond finalists and eventual winners of the Turkish Super Cup, Be\u015fikta\u015f finished third in the S\u00fcper Lig. But they succeeded to win their 6th Turkish Cup title throughout the season and gain a berth in the Turkish Super Cup final. Through previous season's league position, they entered the tournament in the group stage. With 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, Be\u015fikta\u015f finished the group stage in 2nd place, just behind Samsunspor. In the quarter-finals, Be\u015fikta\u015f beat Kayserispor 2\u20131 on aggregate score. In the semi-finals, they beat Gaziantepspor 5\u20131 on aggregate. Be\u015fikta\u015f played the 2006 Turkish Cup Final in \u0130zmir Atat\u00fcrk Stadium against Fenerbah\u00e7e. Be\u015fikta\u015f were winners of the cup by 3\u20132 score after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 28\u201330 April 2006, at the Istanbul Park circuit. The 250cc race saw a number of riders eliminated at the first corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThis race was most notable for its thrilling ending, where Italian satellite Gresini Honda rider Marco Melandri overtook the Australian rookie Casey Stoner at the last corner, denying him his first ever win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAfter two rounds, Loris Capirossi led the championship at this point, followed by the Repsol Honda riders Nicky Hayden with 36 and rookie Dani Pedrosa with 30 points. Valentino Rossi - last year's champion - only sat in fourth with a mere 27 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nChris Vermeulen took the pole position on Saturday - his first ever - followed by Nicky Hayden in second place and Sete Gibernau in third. Rossi only managed to qualify in a lowly eleventh position, and needed a strong result to stay in the title fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs the lights went out, Vermeulen kept his lead as the pack all took off with no problems or incidents. After about half a lap, Vermeulen still led, with Hayden losing two places and dropping to fourth. Gibernau moved up one place (third to second) and John Hopkins two (fifth to third), as did Casey Stoner (seventh to fifth). Melandri meanwhile recovered a whopping eight positions, with Valentino Rossi only making up one place (eleventh to tenth).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nDuring the opening lap, Gibernau overtook Vermeulen - making good use of the speed of the Ducati - and moved past to open up a small gap. However, at Turn 12, Vermeulen retook the lead from Gibernau, using the better cornering speed of his Suzuki to his advantage, to lead the race again going into lap two. Rossi also overtook the Kawasaki of Randy de Puniet for the ninth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nBy lap two, Gibernau overtook Vermeulen on the start/finish straight, with the other Suzuki of Hopkins following suit, relegating Vermeulen to third. Behind them, Stoner made quick work of Nicky Hayden and took fourth from him. Rossi meanwhile ran wide at Turn 7, making him drop back all the way to fourteenth after he made up a few places. At Turn 12, Hayden tried to overtake Stoner but ran wide, allowing Marco Melandri to overtake him in return and Stoner to swoop past both of them to reclaim fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap three and Gibernau started to form a small gap to Hopkins, with Vermeulen still in third. Rossi overtook Makoto Tamada for thirteenth around halfway the third lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap four, Stoner shadowed Vermeulen's moves and overtook him at Turn 7 for third place. Vemeulen tried to fight back in acceleration, but by Turn 8 he was relegated to fourth, with Melandri ramping up the pressure as well after Melandri also took fifth from Hayden. Gibernau and Hopkins meanwhile opened up a significant gap to Stoner. Rossi meanwhile overtook Shinya Nakano for twelfth on the straight before Turn 9. Before Turn 12, Melandri overtook Vermeulen - who started to have tyre problems -, with Hayden following suit at Turn 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nBy lap five, the Bridgestone shod Ducati of Gibernau and Suzuki of Hopkins had a one-second lead over Stoner, Melandri, Hayden and Vermeulen, with Stoner's Michelin shod LCR Honda slowly catching up. Rossi was still twelfth. At Turn 12, Hayden overtook Melandri for fourth. Rossi also overtook de Puniet for the eleventh spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap six, Pedrosa overtook the Yamaha of Colin Edwards for eighth on the start/finish straight. Jos\u00e9 Luis Cardoso rode into the pits to retire his bike during this lap, choosing not to finish lap five. Rossi crossed the line in tenth after he overtook Toni El\u00edas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap seven and the top runners consist out of Gibernau, Hopkins, Stoner, Hayden and Melandri, with a +1.1 second gap back to Vermeulen in sixth. Pedrosa also overtook Capirossi going into Turn 1 for seventh place. Melandri dove under Hayden at Turn 9 to snatch fourth, with Hayden taking the place back at Turn 14. Rossi is still stuck in tenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nRight before lap eight began, Stoner managed to get a better exit speed at Turn 14, allowing him to overtake Hopkins at the start/finish straight. Pedrosa also took sixth from Vermeulen right after them at around the same point. Hayden meanwhile tried to overtake Hopkins going into Turn 3 for third, Hopkins fighting back and forcing Hayden to go the long way around at Turn 4. Hayden held on however, using the better acceleration and traction of his Repsol Honda to eventually pull off the move going into Turn 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nMelandri used this to also force his way past at Turn 7, with Hopkins running slightly wide on exit and Pedrosa sneaking past and grabbing fifth place. Hopkins lost three positions (third to sixth) in just four corners. Both Hayden and Pedrosa use the superior top speed of their Repsol Honda's to try and overtake Stoner and Melandri for second and fourth, but run wide exiting Turn 12, allowing Stoner and Melandri to keep their positions going into Turn 13. However, Stoner himself went a bit too wide and Hayden managed to snatch second from Stoner going into Turn 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap eight, Gibernau still led, albeit with an ever slimmer margin (+0.7 seconds). Rossi meanwhile still did not manage to move up, as he has a +2,9 second gap to his teammate Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap nine and Stoner took second at Turn 7, with Hayden taking the place back at Turn 8. Stoner himself then got overtaken by Melandri for third place at Turn 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nBy lap ten, Stoner lost yet another position, this time to the other Repsol Honda of Dani Pedrosa, who overtook him on the start/finish straight for fourth. Melandri overtook Hayden for second at Turn 9, with Pedrosa doing likewise at the straight before the entrance to Turn 12 for the third spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap eleven, Melandri overtook the struggling Gibernau going into Turn 1. Rossi moved and moved up to ninth after Hopkins fell back to eleventh, and closed the gap to Edwards. Pedrosa also swooped past on the inside at Turn 3 to take second from him, with Hayden trying the same at Turn 4 but failing. Hayden however succeeded when he took a shorter entry going into Turn 8, overtaking Gibernau for third. Going into Turn 9, Stoner then also took Gibernau's fourth place, relegating him to fifth in just a few corners. Pedrosa tries to overtake Melandri for the lead going down into Turn 12, but overshoots and loses the place to Melandri, who retakes the lead going into Turn 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twelve - just over the halfway point - and the top six is as follows: Melandri, Pedrosa, Hayden, Stoner, Gibernau and Vermeulen, with a +1 second gap back to Capirossi. Rossi meanwhile has managed to overtake Edwards on the start/finish straight for eighth place, with El\u00edas doing likewise for ninth. However, he still had a +2,9 second gap to seventh place Capirossi to make up by then. Hopkins meanwhile went into the pits to change his rear tyre, dropping him back all the way down to last place. Vermeulen overtakes Gibernau going into Turn 9, relegating him to sixth. Unlike last lap, Pedrosa manages to overtake Melandri going into Turn 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap thirteen, Rossi cut the gap to Capirossi to +1.8 seconds. Hayden overtook Melandri for second going into Turn 12, but goes just a bit too wide. As Melandri tries the cutback, he bumps into Hayden, allowing him to keep the position going into Turn 13 and 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap fourteen and it is Repsol Honda 1\u20132, followed by Melandri and Stoner. Pedrosa starts to pull a gap to his teammate Hayden and James Ellison entered the pits to change his Dunlop tyres. Rossi caught Gibernau - who in turn already was overtaken by teammate Capirossi - and overtook him for seventh place at Turn 9, with El\u00edas following suit before the start/finish straight. Alex Hofmann has also retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap fifteen, Rossi managed to overtake Capirossi for sixth position at Turn 3. No overtakes happened at the main four, which are Pedrosa, Hayden, Melandri and Stoner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nGoing into lap sixteen and both Pedrosa and Hayden start to create small gaps to each other and Melandri. Rossi overtook Vermeulen at Turn 9 and is up until fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap seventeen and both Hayden and Melandri have closed the small gaps. While Rossi is up into fifth, he still has a +6,7 gap to fourth place Stoner, making a podium finish highly unlikely for him. Melandri meanwhile made a surprise move on Hayden at Turn 7, forcing him to go a bit wide and snatching second place from him. Stoner made his move in turn at Turn 9, forcing Hayden to go wide as a result. Melandri then overtakes Pedrosa with more speed at the straight before Turn 12, taking over the lead at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nGoing into lap eighteen and Stoner makes good use of a small mistake of Pedrosa, who kept his front wheel in the air and lost some speed as a result, overtaking him for second on the start/finish straight. Stoner takes over the lead from Melandri by overtaking him at Turn 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap nineteen, no overtakes happened at the front. Hayden went wide going into Turn 12, making him lose touch with the top three (Stoner, Melandri and Pedrosa). When exiting Turn 14 however, Melandri went slower than usual - possibly because of a missed gear, allowing Pedrosa to snatch second place from him at the beginning of the start/finish straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty and Hayden is dropping back significantly, possibly due to tyre problems. Melandri overtakes Pedrosa for second place before Turn 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThe penultimate lap - lap twenty-one - has begun and Stoner is still leading, followed by Melandri and Pedrosa. Hayden is +1.4 seconds behind in fourth and Rossi +4.8 seconds back in fifth. Pedrosa tries to overtake Melandri for second again at Turn 12, but he blocks Pedrosa off and forces him to try via the outside as they go into Turn 12. He runs wide as a result when he enters Turn 13 and by Turn 14, he has lost ground to the top two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap twenty-two - the final lap -, Pedrosa crashes out of third position when his front tyre let go, going into Turn 1. This gifts Hayden third, Rossi fourth and El\u00edas fifth. Melandri was all over the back of Stoner but he did not make a mistake, making his first ever win seem ever more likely. However, as Melandri closed up on the straight before Turn 12, he made his move going into the turn. Stoner tried to hold out so he could retake the lead going into Turn 13, but Melandri outsmarted him and managed to get ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0026-0001", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nWith Stoner not able to make a move at Turn 14, Melandri crossed the line +0.200 seconds ahead of Stoner to win the race - a back-to-back victory for him. +5.2 seconds behind them is Hayden, who crossed the line in third, Rossi - who had almost caught Hayden - in fourth and El\u00edas in fifth. Pedrosa crossed the line in a lowly fourteenth place, being able to get back up on his bike after the fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nDuring the parade lap back to the pits, Melandri and Stoner congratulated each other and Rossi and Stoner shook hands on the bike. Melandri did a wheelie whilst riding back to parc ferm\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAt parc ferm\u00e9, Hayden talks to his team whilst Melandri celebrates with much joy instead. Stoner is already interviewing the press by then. Stoner and Melandri also shake hands and hug each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nBefore the podium celebrations, the three rides shake each other's hands. The riders come on, the important figures shake their hands, the trophies are being handed to each driver, the Italian nation anthem starts playing and then the riders spray the champagne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nDue to this result, Nicky Hayden takes over the world championship lead from Loris Capirossi by just one point - 52 to 51 -, with Marco Melandri in third place with 45 points. Casey Stoner moves up to fourth with 41 and Valentino Rossi drops one place with 40 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188061-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188063-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Turner Prize\nThis article is about the 2006 Turner Prize for British contemporary art.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188063-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Turner Prize\nThere were four nominees for the 2006 Turner Prize and the winner was Tomma Abts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188063-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2006\nThe Turner Prize is awarded for a show by the artist in the previous year. When nominees are told of their nomination they then prepare exhibits for the Turner Prize exhibition, often at short notice. As such, the Turner Prize exhibition may not feature the works for which the artist was initially nominated by the judges. However the Turner Prize exhibition tends to be the basis on which public and press judge the artist's worthiness for nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188063-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2006, Nominated artists' works and press coverage, Tomma Abts (winner)\nTomma Abts exhibited works were eleven abstract paintings (acrylic and oil on canvas). The works titles are all taken from a book of German Christian names and included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188063-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2006, Nominated artists' works and press coverage, Tomma Abts (winner)\n\"I can't really ever say what it will look like or how it will finish or what will make it work. It's a different idea or moment for each painting. It's not really... I try so much with the composition and colour, and get closer and closer, and then there's always a moment where there's a surprise, when I try something and ... everything is in place.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 113], "content_span": [114, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188063-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2006, Nominated artists' works and press coverage, Phil Collins\nPhil Collins' exhibited works were films and an installation consisting of a fully staffed and functioning production office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 106], "content_span": [107, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188064-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvalu A-Division\nThe 2006 Tuvalu A-Division was the sixth season of association football competition. the league was won by Lakena United for the second time. the format of the league was changed for this season, rather than a single division, the teams were split into two pools, the winners of each pool then played each other in a single leg final to determine the champion. Kivoli Tehulu was the season's top scorer and Paueli Hemanaia won the player of the year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188064-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvalu A-Division, Pool stage\nPool 1 was won by Lakena United A, whilst Pool B was won by Nukufetau A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188064-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvalu A-Division, Championship game\nLakena United beat Nukufetau to win their second national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188065-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvaluan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Tuvalu on 3 August 2006 to elect fifteen members to the Parliament. There were 5,765 eligible voters on the electoral roll. 32 candidates, including 2 women, competed for the 15 seats (the parliament had been increased from 12 to 15 elected members). All fifteen candidates elected were Independents, as there are no political parties in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188065-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvaluan general election\nThe years before the election had involved an uncertain economic situation with questions about the political stability with frequent changes of prime minister. There had also been questions about the integrity of some government ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188065-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvaluan general election\nThe election saw eight of the fifteen incumbent MPs defeated, including the entire cabinet of the incumbent Prime Minister Maatia Toafa (who did retain his seat). Eight new members were elected to the parliament. The new members of parliament are predominantly experienced civil servants, including Taukelina Finikaso (former diplomat); Iakoba Italeli (former attorney general); Lotoala Metia (former auditor general); Namoliki Sualiki (former school principal); Willy Telavi (former police commissioner); and Falesa Pitoi (dentist).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188065-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Tuvaluan general election, Aftermath\nOn 14 August 2006 Apisai Ielemia was elected as prime minister; he had been a diplomat, clerk to parliament and senior civil servant. Kamuta Latasi was appointed the Speaker of the parliament. The new government sworn in by Governor General, Reverend Filoimea Telito on 14 August comprised Apisai Ielemia as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tavau Teii (Niutao) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources; Willy Telavi (Nanumea) Home Affairs; Lotoala Metia (Nukufetau) Finance, Economic Planning and Industries; Kausea Natano (Funafuti) Public Utilities; Taukelina Finikaso (Vaitupu) Communications and Works; Italeli Taeia (Nui) Education, Sports and Health. Sir Tomu Sione (Niutao) acted as Chairman of the Caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188066-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Twenty20 Cup\nThe 2006 Twenty20 Cup was the fourth competing of the Twenty20 Cup competition for English and Welsh county clubs. The finals day took place on 12 August at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, and was won by the Leicestershire Foxes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188067-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 7 and 15, 2006 at the Savvis Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Skaters competed in four disciplines \u2013 men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing \u2013 across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188067-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2006 World Championships, the 2006 Four Continents Championships, and the 2006 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188068-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships\nThe 2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Houston, Texas in the United States. The event was played on outdoor clay courts and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It was the 38th edition of the tournament and was held from April 10 to April 17, 2006. Unseeded Mardy Fish, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188068-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles\nMichael Kohlmann / Alexander Waske defeated Julian Knowle / J\u00fcrgen Melzer 5\u20137, 6\u20134, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188069-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188069-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMichael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske won in the final 5\u20137, 6\u20134, [10\u20135], against Julian Knowle and J\u00fcrgen Melzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188070-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf)\nThe 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, held June 15\u201318 at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf)\nGeoff Ogilvy won his only major title by one stroke in one of the wildest finishes in U.S. Open history. He made clutch pars on the final two holes, including a chip-in on 17. Runners-up Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and Phil Mickelson all failed to par the 72nd hole. In the final pairing and seeking his third straight major championship, Mickelson double-bogeyed the final hole after hitting driver off the tee and failing to hit the fairway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf)\nMontgomerie double-bogeyed the same hole when his approach shot from the fairway ended up short and in the rough, then followed the difficult chip with three putts. Furyk bogeyed the 15th hole and then missed a 5-footer for par at the final hole. All players finished over par for the first time in a U.S. Open since 1978. The total purse was $6.25 million with a winner's share of $1.225 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), History of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot\nThis was the fifth U.S. Open at Winged Foot and the sixth major championship (1997 PGA Championship won by Davis Love III). Former champions include: Bobby Jones (1929), Billy Casper (1959), Hale Irwin (1974), and Fuzzy Zoeller (1984).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), History of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot\nThe 1974 edition was known as \"The Massacre at Winged Foot,\" as Irwin won with a seven-over-par 287, and just seven sub-par rounds were recorded over the four days. In the years following World War II, only Julius Boros' 9-over total in high winds in 1963 was a higher winning score. Some thought the difficult set-up in 1974 was in response to Johnny Miller's final round 63 at Oakmont a year earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), History of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot\nThe U.S. Open returned to Winged Foot fourteen years later in 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nMichael Campbell (8, 10), Ernie Els (4,8), Jim Furyk (9), Retief Goosen (8,9,10), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tiger Woods (3,4,8,9,12)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nRich Beem, Shaun Micheel, Vijay Singh (8,9), David Toms (8,9)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nK. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark (9), John Cook, Fred Couples, Bob Estes, Sergio Garc\u00eda (9,10), Peter Hedblom, Mark Hensby, Ryuji Imada, Peter Jacobsen, Davis Love III (9), Rocco Mediate, Arron Oberholser, Corey Pavin, Nick Price", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nStuart Appleby, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Ben Crane, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald (10), Fred Funk, Lucas Glover, P\u00e1draig Harrington, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe, Justin Leonard, Billy Mayfair, Sean O'Hair, Kenny Perry, Ted Purdy, Adam Scott (15), Scott Verplank", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nThomas Bj\u00f8rn, \u00c1ngel Cabrera, Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth, Kenneth Ferrie, David Howell, Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal, Henrik Stenson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nRobert Allenby, Darren Clarke, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Tom Lehman, Rod Pampling", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round\nColin Montgomerie shot 69 and was the only player under par in the opening round. Phil Mickelson, the winner of the last two majors, was just one shot behind at even-par. Former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk was also just one shot back. Tiger Woods shot a six over 76 in his first major since his father's death, his worst start ever in a major.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nSteve Stricker led at a major for the first time since 1998 after a one-under 69, and was the only player under par after 36 holes. One stroke back was Montgomerie, while Woods missed the cut at a major as a professional for the first time, ending his record-tying streak of 39 consecutive cuts made at majors. He shot 76 for the second consecutive day missing the cut by three shots. Mickelson struggled throughout the day for 73, which put him four shots back entering the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nThe best rounds of the day belonged to Arron Oberholser and David Duval who both shot 68. It was the first cut Duval had made at a major since the 2002 PGA Championship. Other notable players missing the cut included Sergio Garc\u00eda, Retief Goosen, 1997 PGA Championship winner at Winged Foot Davis Love III, and defending U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell. The cut was at 149 (+9) and better, and no amateurs advanced to the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Coe (+10), Horschel (+12), Molinari (+13), Moore (+15), Nagle (+16), Fujikawa (+18), Dougherty (+20), Baca (+21), Posey (+22).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nFollowing a one-under 69 in the third round, Mickelson shared the 54-hole lead with Kenneth Ferrie, who bogeyed the 18th for 71. Ogilvy made two straight bogeys on the back and finished with a 72 that left him one shot back. Stricker led through much of the front nine but ended up at 76, three shots behind. P\u00e1draig Harrington needed a birdie to catch Mickelson on the 18th hole, but barely made contact out of the deep rough, and moved the ball just 15 yards (14\u00a0m) into the fairway. Once out of a greenside bunker, he three-putted for a triple bogey seven and a disappointing 74.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nIn one of the most exciting final rounds in U.S. Open history, Ogilvy survived a brutal final day to win his only major title. He took the lead early and led by two strokes after 7 holes, but lost his lead with four bogeys in seven holes. But Ogilvy finished his round with four pars, highlighted by a 30-foot (9\u00a0m) chip shot from the second fringe at the 17th. His tee shot on 18 found the fairway but was in a sand-filled divot, and his approach hit the green's false front and rolled back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nHe dropped a downhill six-footer for his final stroke as all his competitors collapsed around him. Mickelson and Montgomerie needed pars on the final hole to win, or bogeys to tie with Ogilvy, but they both double-bogeyed to hand Ogilvy a dramatic win. He became the first Australian to win a major since Steve Elkington in the 1995 PGA Championship, and the first to win a U.S. Open in a quarter century, since David Graham in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nMontgomerie holed a 75-foot (23\u00a0m) putt for birdie on the 17th hole for a share of the lead and was in the middle of the 18th fairway, 172 yards (157\u00a0m) from the hole, in prime position to do no worse than a playoff. After an extended wait and much club deliberation, he finally selected a 7-iron and proceeded to miss the green short and right, into deep rough. His difficult chip left a lengthy downhill par putt, and then three-putted for double bogey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nMickelson was in the right rough on the 16th, then the approach plugged into a greenside bunker and he bogeyed. He was well left of the fairway on the 17th into a trash can, but his slicing recovery shot found the green and he two-putted for par. On the 18th tee, Mickelson needed par to win or a bogey to tie, but could not finish off what would have been his third consecutive major championship victory. Using driver, his tee shot went so far left that it clattered through the trees by a hospitality tent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0017-0002", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nStill trying for par, he went for the green with his second shot but hit a tree, and the ball advanced just 25 yards (23\u00a0m). His third faded into the greenside bunker, buried with a \"fried-egg\" lie; the fourth shot from the sand to win had no spin and rolled off the other side of the green into the rough. Mickelson's chip for bogey and a Monday playoff with Ogilvy rolled six feet past the hole. He tied Sam Snead for the most second-place finishes by a player who has never won the U.S. Open, with four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0017-0003", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nFuryk needed par to force a playoff and his tee shot was to the left in the intermediate cut; the hooking approach found a greenside bunker and he missed the five-foot putt to save par. Harrington bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes behind. Five different players held the lead at one point on Sunday with 15 different lead changes between them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes\n\"I still am in shock that I did that. I just can't believe that I did that. I am such an idiot.\" - Phil Mickelson after double bogeying the 18th hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes\n\"The biggest reason why this is so disappointing is that this is a tournament that I dreamt of winning as a kid. I spent hours practicing, countless hours practicing, dreaming of winning this tournament. I came out here months in advance to get ready and had it right there in my hand, man. It was right there and I let it go.\" - Phil Mickelson on losing the U.S. Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes\n\"I think I was the beneficiary of a little bit of charity.\" - Geoff Ogilvy after watching from the club house as Furyk, Mickelson and Montgomerie all couldn't make par on the 18th hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes\n\"I'm disappointed. I played my heart out and it didn't work.\" - Jim Furyk after runner up finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes\n\"I love this game.\" - Geoff Ogilvy after putting out on the 18th hole", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188071-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open (golf), Quotes\n\"I switched from a 6 to a 7. I thought adrenaline would kick in. I usually hit the ball 10 yards further in that circumstance. I caught it slightly heavy and it went slightly right. It was a poor shot, no question about that, and I put myself into poor position.\" - Colin Montgomerie on club selection on final hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188072-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open Cup\nThe 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through September, open to all soccer teams in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188072-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open Cup\nThe Chicago Fire won 3-1 over defending-champion Los Angeles Galaxy in the final at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. It was the Fire's fourth Open Cup title in nine years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188072-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open Cup\nThe early rounds were most notable for the surprising run of amateur side Dallas Roma F.C. of the North Texas Premier Soccer Association. Roma barely survived the first round in a penalty shootout win over PDL side Laredo Heat before upsetting Miami FC of the USL First Division 1\u20130 in the second round. Roma's biggest upset came in the third round with another shootout win, this time over CD Chivas USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188072-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open Cup\nThe latter rounds of the tournament were dominated by MLS teams and both semifinals were matchups between conference rivals. The Galaxy, who had ended Roma's Cinderella run, beat Houston Dynamo in one semifinal, while Chicago beat league leader D.C. United in the other semifinal. In the championship game played at first-year Toyota Park, the host side scored two early goals en route to their 3\u20131 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188072-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule\nNote: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188073-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Women's Open\nThe 2006 U.S. Women's Open was the 61st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188073-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Women's Open\nDelayed by fog for a day, the first round started on Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday. The champion was Annika S\u00f6renstam, the winner of an 18-hole playoff on Monday over Pat Hurst by four strokes, 70 to 74. The two had finished at even par (284) after 72 holes on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Se Ri Pak, Stacy Prammanasudh, and Michelle Wie. It was S\u00f6renstam's third victory in the championship, the first in a decade after winning consecutive titles in 1995 and 1996, and was her tenth and final major championship victory. With the win, S\u00f6renstam went over $20 million in career earnings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188073-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Women's Open\nAmerican collegians Amanda Blumenherst and Jane Park were the low amateurs and finished tied for tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188073-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 U.S. Women's Open\nThis was the final full-round playoff in the U.S. Women's Open; the format was changed to a three-hole aggregate for 2007 and first used in 2011. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports, with the Monday playoff on ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188074-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UAB Blazers football team\nThe 2006 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the sixteenth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his twelfth season, and subsequently final as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their eleventh season at the I-A level, and eighth affiliated with a conference with a record of 3\u20139 (2\u20136 C-USA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188075-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400\nThe 2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was the third race in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season which took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188075-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race recap\nGreg Biffle clocked the fastest lap in qualifying at 172.403\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188075-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race recap\nIn the third consecutive race to require a green-white-checker finish, Jimmie Johnson blew past Matt Kenseth on the last corner of the day to get his 20th career victory and second of the season. Kenseth looked like a good bet to cruise to victory before Denny Hamlin and Kenny Wallace wrecked three laps from the end, bunching the field and leading to the overtime finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188075-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race recap\nBefore the lap 268 restart, Kenseth told his crew that his engine felt weak, but he was able to protect the lead until the last corner, where Johnson, who had not led all day, overtook the 17 car on the high side to take the win by a half a car length.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188075-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race results\nFailed to qualify: Stanton Barrett (#95), Hermie Sadler (#00), Brandon Ash (#02), Mike Skinner (#37), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Randy LaJoie (#92)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500\nThe 2006 UAW-Ford 500 was a stock car race that took place on October 8, 2006. The 38th annual running of the event, it was held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, before 160,000 spectators; the 188-lap race was the 30th in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race, season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. Brian Vickers of Hendrick Motorsports won the race; Kasey Kahne finished second, and Kurt Busch came in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500\nDavid Gilliland, who had the pole position, was passed immediately by teammate Dale Jarrett. The race lead changed 63 times, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. leading for the most laps (37). Earnhardt was leading on the final lap when he and Jimmie Johnson crashed after Vickers made contact with Johnson's right rear quarter panel, causing the race to end under caution flag conditions. Vickers (Johnson's teammate) was determined the race winner by NASCAR and was later criticized since the crash lowered Johnson in the points standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500\nThe victory was the first in Vickers' career. After the race, Jeff Burton maintained his Drivers' Championship points lead, although that lead decreased significantly because he had a flat tire during the final laps of the race. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 51 points ahead of Dodge and 52 ahead of Ford with six races remaining in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Background\nTalladega Superspeedway is one of six superspeedways which host NASCAR races. The standard track is a four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.28\u00a0km) superspeedway. Its turns are banked 33 degrees, and its front stretch (the location of the finish line) is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch also has a two-degree bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Background\nBefore the race Jeff Burton led the Drivers' Championship with 5,511 points, with Denny Hamlin second and Mark Martin third. Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five and Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top ten drivers competing in the 2006 Chase for the Nextel Cup. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with 222 points; Ford was second with 175, and Dodge was a close third with 174 points. Dale Jarrett was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Background\nAfter the previous race at Talladega (the 2006 Aaron's 499), the track's condition was beginning to deteriorate. Cracks in the third and fourth turns were beginning to cause handling problems with the cars, and a temporary storage unit was built outside the track to accommodate the asphalt needed for resurfacing the track. The entire track, including the skid pad and pit road, was resurfaced, with the work completed shortly before the 2006 UAW-Ford 500 began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Practice and qualification\nTwo 60-minute practice sessions were held the Friday before Sunday's race. In the first session Jeff Gordon was the fastest, ahead of Jarrett in second and Robby Gordon in third. David Gilliland placed fourth and Dave Blaney followed in fifth, with Casey Mears, J. J. Yeley, David Stremme, Brian Vickers and Kurt Busch rounding out the top ten. Later that day, Robby Gordon paced the second session, with Bobby Labonte, Hamlin and Tony Stewart in second, third and fourth place. Blaney duplicated his first-session result in fifth, followed by Yeley, Harvick, Scott Riggs, Ryan Newman and Tony Raines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Practice and qualification\nForty-nine cars were entered in the qualifier, although due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only forty-three could race. Gilliland clinched his first career pole position with a time of 49.950 seconds and was joined on the grid's front row by Jarrett, his Robert Yates Racing teammate. Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five positions, with Travis Kvapil, Chad Chaffin, Todd Bodine, Hermie Sadler, Kirk Shelmerdine and Kevin Lepage failing to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Practice and qualification\nEarly practice speeds approached 200 miles per hour (320\u00a0km/h). NASCAR had mandated before the qualifier that the holes in the cars' restrictor plates be reduced by 1\u204464 inch (0.4\u00a0mm), later conceding that the rule may have affected some teams more than others. According to Gilliland, \"They threw a curveball at us this morning with the restrictor plate and (engine builder) Doug Yates wasn't worried at all. He put the super-tune on it and the thing ran great.\" Earnhardt called the reduction in speed unnecessary: \"The track is safe\u00a0...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Practice and qualification\nI don't feel (the late change in plate size) is a very fair situation for everybody. Once you're up around the 190s, what's two miles an hour? I don't see what the big deal is. The speed average is up because the corner speed remains better with the new asphalt. As far as running in a straight line, we're no faster than we've always run here.\" Despite the mandated change, NASCAR did not schedule an additional practice session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nLive television coverage of the race, the 30th of 36 in the 2006 season, began in the United States at 1:00\u00a0p.m.\u00a0Eastern Daylight Time on NBC. Rev. Mike Jackson gave the invocation at 2:20, followed by the 151st Army Band's rendition of the national anthem. The command for the drivers to start their engines was given by Gary Casteel of the UAW, and no driver had to move to the rear of the grid at the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nThe race began at 2:41\u00a0p.m. Jarrett passed Gilliland almost immediately to lead the first lap, but lost the lead to Jeff Gordon a lap later. Jamie McMurray passed Gordon for the lead on lap 4; by this time, Gilliland had fallen back to 30th after losing the draft. Three laps later, Gordon regained the lead from McMurray, with drafting assistance from Vickers. On lap 18, McMurray reclaimed the lead from Gordon, and they exchanged the lead again two laps later. On lap 24, McMurray reclaimed the lead, and Kenny Wallace made a pit stop with his car smoking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nOn lap 28, Biffle took the lead from McMurray and Earnhardt moved into the top five. Green-flag pit stops were made from laps 30 to 33, with Biffle maintaining his lead. On lap 35, he was passed by Stewart, who lost the lead to Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch two laps later. On the 38th lap, Earnhardt took the lead. Busch passed him on lap 41, with Earnhardt (in the outside lane) dropping back to seventh. On lap 46, Kenseth passed Kyle Busch for the lead, with Kurt Busch and Earnhardt passing Kenseth five laps later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nEarnhardt reclaimed the lead on lap 52, losing it seven laps later to Elliott Sadler. Sadler refueled on the next lap, giving the lead back to Earnhardt. Kenseth took the lead on lap 61, as Earnhardt and others made green-flag pit stops. Kenseth stopped on lap 71 with Biffle and Edwards, with Biffle taking the lead as the pit-stop cycle ended. Lap 72 saw the first caution, as Blaney's left rear tire shredded and he made a pit stop. Biffle, Edwards, and Sterling Marlin stayed out, while the others stopped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nBiffle led the field back up to speed at the restart, and was passed on lap 77 by Jeff Gordon. Three laps later, Sadler made a pit stop with a flat right rear tire. On lap 90 Kyle Busch took the lead, losing it to Gordon on the next lap. McMurray passed Gordon on lap 93, holding the lead for nine laps. Vickers took the lead on lap 102; Earnhardt's left front tire went flat the next lap, costing him a lap. Green-flag pit stops began on lap 107, with Vickers stopping on lap 108 and giving the lead to McMurray. After the pit stops, Vickers regained the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nOn lap 121, Kyle Busch took the lead, losing it to Jeff Gordon two laps later. Within a lap Gordon lost the draft and fell back to 27th, allowing Kenseth to regain the lead. On lap 127, Clint Bowyer passed Kenseth, holding the lead for two laps until a second yellow flag was displayed due to debris. Hamlin and Michael Waltrip staggered their pit stops, enabling each of them to lead a lap under the caution. Bowyer regained the lead after Waltrip stopped, and the race restarted on lap 134. Kenseth moved back into the lead on the next lap, with Bowyer falling back to tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nIn a multi-car accident on the first turn on lap 137 Edwards and Mears collided, involving Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Hamlin, Harvick, Marlin, McMurray, Kyle Petty, and Martin Truex Jr. Gordon drove straight to the garage and others made pit stops, giving the lead to Burton. The race restarted on lap 145, during which many drivers topped up with fuel. Kenseth regained the lead; Vickers passed him on lap 147, with Johnson taking the lead a lap later. That lap Reed Sorenson's engine failed, ending his race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nTruex Jr. stayed out of pit road, and led the field to the restart on lap 152 before Johnson passed him a lap later. On lap 154 Paul Menard took the lead, with drafting assistance from Earnhardt, before Johnson regained the lead a lap later. Kahne took the lead on lap 158, losing it to Earnhardt on lap 165. A five-car accident on turn two of lap 173, involving Yeley, Menard, Stewart, Stremme, and Hamlin, prompted the fifth caution; none of the leaders made pit stops during this caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Race\nThe race restarted on lap 178, with Earnhardt leading Johnson and Vickers. That lap, Burton (in fifth) had a flat left rear tire and lost a lap. The field then formed a single line, with most remaining in that formation for the rest of the race. On the final lap, Johnson and Vickers left turn two with Johnson moving out of line to pass Earnhardt. When Vickers tried to move out with Johnson to provide drafting assistance, he clipped Johnson's right rear quarter panel. Johnson then clipped Earnhardt Jr., sending both drivers sliding off the racetrack and into the infield. The yellow flag went out and the field was frozen in place, with the order of finish determined by where the drivers were when the caution began. This gave Vickers the race victory (the first of his career), although he was booed by the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Post-race comments\n\"It is mixed emotions. It is neat to be in Victory Lane, but the last thing I wanted to do was get into Jimmie and wreck either of those guys.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Post-race comments\nVickers appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate his first career win in front of the crowd, earning $228,850 for the victory. Earnhardt was quick to forgive him for the last-lap accident: \"He didn't wreck anyone on purpose. He was trying to push the 48. I don't think he thought, 'Oh, here's my chance to knock them both out.' He just got excited trying to push the 48.\" Johnson was less sanguine: \"We had a great chance to make up some points and got crashed by a teammate\u00a0... I was real patient until the white flag was up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Post-race comments\nI got a good run inside the 8 and got a lot of help from behind \u2014 too much help\u00a0... Knowing the situation we're all in, I would hope someone would be a little more patient.\" Johnson's crew chief, Chad Knaus, was annoyed: \"I just don't think [Vickers] has the talent to understand what he has underneath him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Post-race comments\nVickers, who would leave Hendrick Motorsports in 2007 for Red Bull Racing Team, said: \"I would expect them to be a little upset. Jimmie is my friend, my teammate, and he is running for a championship. But he knows just as well as I do that if I wasn't bump-drafting, he never would have had a shot to pass Junior.\" Additionally, he denied that he drove more aggressively because he was leaving. Third-place finisher Kurt Busch argued Vickers was in a \"Catch-22\" situation: \"He was trying to help his teammate. It just didn't turn out that way. Vickers was doing the best he could to help the 48. He just didn't anticipate the 8 car blocking as long as he did.\" Vickers would later receive additional security during the next race weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188076-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 UAW-Ford 500, Report, Post-race comments\nThe result kept Burton in the lead in the Drivers' Championship. After the race, Jeff Gordon (who was involved in the lap-137 accident) was less optimistic about his championship chances: \"This pretty much does it for us as far as I'm concerned for the championship. You knew exactly that something like that was going to happen.\" In the Manufacturers' Championship Chevrolet increased its point total to 231; Dodge moved into second place with 180 and Ford was a close third with 179. The race took three hours, ten minutes and twenty-three seconds to complete; because it ended under caution, no margin of victory was recorded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 45], "content_span": [46, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188077-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2006 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2006 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188077-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2006 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his thirteenth year and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6\u20135, 1\u20133 GWFC). This was the first losing season in conference play since 1970, but was the 37th consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record. The Aggies outscored their opponents 309\u2013227 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188077-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft\nNo UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team\nThe 2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 41st season of the team fielding a varsity college soccer team, and their 24th season playing in the Big West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team\nThe season was highlighted by the Gauchos winning their first NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, in which they won the final against UCLA Bruins in the final in St. Louis. It was the first season since 1989 that a team from a mid-major conference won the NCAA Championship, a feat that would not be accomplished until the University of Akron did so in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team, Background\nFollowing a debut College Cup run in 2004, the Gauchos had a relative slump in 2005, finishing with a 13\u20135\u20133 overall record, and a 7\u20131\u20132 Big West record, good enough for second in the conference. The Gauchos finished the season ranked 23rd in the nation. Despite not winning the Big West championship, UCSB earned an at-large berth into the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, there they advanced to the second round, before losing 3\u20132 to conference rival, Cal State Northridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team, Review\nPrior to the start of preseason, UCSB defender and two-time All-American, Andy Iro was named to the Hermann Trophy watch list. Iro was also the reigning Big West Defensive Player of the Year. Additionally, the squad entered the season ranked 21st in the nation, and was composed of the 22nd strongest recruiting class. The recruiting class featured future MLS all-stars including Eric Avila and Chris Pontius. In the Big West preseason coaches poll, UCSB was picked to win the conference title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team, Review\nAhead of the 2006 regular season, the Gauchos played Westmont College for the 42nd Annual Bryant and Sons Cup, a pre-season friendly that pits the two Santa Barbara universities against each other in a soccer match. Played in front of 1,000 spectators at Harder Stadium, the Gauchos emerged victorious, with a 6\u20130 victory over the Warriors. Bongomin Otti netted a hat trick in the match while Bryan Byrne netted two goals. Nick Perera added a goal in the 90th minute to cap off the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team, Review\nThe regular season began with a cross country flight to Virginia, where the Gauchos participated in the UVA Soccer Classic in Charlottesville, Virginia. Their opening game was against the seventh ranked Akron Zips, where they won in a convincing 5\u20130 victory. Otii and Avila both netted two goals for the Gauchos, along with a single goal from Tino Nu\u00f1ez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188078-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188079-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCF Golden Knights football team\nThe 2006 UCF Golden Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary, in his third season with the team. They played in Conference USA, in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188079-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCF Golden Knights football team\nAfter a surprise showing in 2005, where they went 7\u20131 in C-USA and 8\u20133 in the regular season overall, UCF suffered a bit of a letdown, going 4\u20138 in 2006 under the new 12-game regular season schedule, and 3\u20135 in-conference. Their sole non-conference win came against I-AA Villanova. Part of the problem was the transition from a pass-dominated offense led by graduated wide receiver Brandon Marshall to a run-dominated offense led by sophomore running back Kevin Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188079-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCF Golden Knights football team\n2006 was the final season that UCF would play at the aging Citrus Bowl. Already under construction was a new 45,000-seat on-campus stadium, which would open in time for the 2007 season. It would also be the final year that UCF would play under the \"Golden Knights\" nickname. They would drop \"Golden\" before the 2007 season, becoming simply the UCF Knights, and would soon unveil an updated logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188079-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UCF Golden Knights football team\nOne of the highlights of the season was a last-second, nationally televised victory at Marshall on October 4. UCF kicker Michael Torres kicked a go-ahead field goal with eight seconds left, but removed his helmet on the field of play, suffering an excessive celebration penalty. Despite the tense moment, the UCF special teams was able to hold off on the ensuing kickoff. The Golden Knights upset Marshall on the night they celebrated the release of the film We Are Marshall, with the film's star Matthew McConaughey in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188080-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships\nThe 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Zeddam, the Netherlands from Saturday January 28 to Sunday January 29, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188081-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nThe 2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Rotorua, New Zealand from 22 to 27 August 2006. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 17th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 21st edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188081-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nThis was the first UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships held in New Zealand and the second held in Oceania after the 1996 World Championships in Cairns, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188081-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nA women's under-23 race was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships for the first time in 2006 and was won by Ren Chengyuan from China. Julien Absalon of France and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesj\u00e5 of Norway each won their third consecutive elite cross-country world titles. Sam Hill became the first Australian to win the elite men's downhill world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188082-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup\nThe 2006 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup includes four disciplines: marathon, cross-country, downhill and 4-cross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188083-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI ProTour\nThe 2006 UCI ProTour was the second year of the UCI ProTour system, in which the ProTour teams are guaranteed, and obliged to, participate in the series of ProTour races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188083-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI ProTour\nThe prelude to the 2006 ProTour was dominated by a dispute between the managers of the Grand Tours and UCI, which meant that the Grand Tours were initially not to be a part of the 2006 ProTour. On April 7, 2006, an agreement to the dispute between the Grand Tours organisers and the Union Cycliste Internationale was reached , guaranteeing the future of the ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188084-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships\nThe 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place in Salzburg, Austria, between September 19 and September 24, 2006. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188084-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships\nThe Men's road race saw Italian Olympic champion Paolo Bettini triumph, while Swiss Fabian Cancellara won his first time trial world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188084-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships\nThe women's road race title was won by Marianne Vos, in her first year of racing at senior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188084-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships, Participating nations\nA total of 574 cyclists from 54 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188085-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nThe 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Bronis in last place (+ 13'38\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188085-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Selected riders\nBased on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received a number of riders they can send to the championships. The number of allowed riders is different for each continent:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188085-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Selected riders\nAll nations are allowed to select reserves too, 5 reserves for nations with 9 riders, 3 reserves for nations with 6 riders, 2 reserves for nations with 3 riders and 1 reserve for nations with 1 rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188085-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Selected riders, Nations allowed nine riders, Germany\nOn September 11, the first selection was released, but since then many things have changed. Matthias Kessler and Jens Voigt have refused their selection as they claim to be \"too tired after a long tiring season\". Andreas Kl\u00f6den has declared he only wants to ride in theTime Trial World Championships 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 106], "content_span": [107, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188085-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Selected riders, Nations allowed three riders, New Zealand\nNew Zealand chose not to send riders to the Road World Championships 2006, as their most important riders are injured and thus unavailable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 111], "content_span": [112, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188086-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial\nThe Men's time trial at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place on September 21, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. The race was part of the UCI Road World Championships. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara won the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Time Trial Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188086-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial, Selected Riders\nEach National Federation was allowed to enter 2 riders. In the end 53 riders were selected for the race, with Polish rider Piotr Mazur not starting, 52 riders effectively took part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188087-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 road race\nThe 2006 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race took place on September 23, 2006 around the Austrian city of Salzburg. The race was won by German sprinter Gerald Ciolek, who took the sprint from Romain Feillu and Alexander Khatuntsev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188088-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 time trial\nThe 2006 edition of the Men's Under-23 Time Trial World Championships took place on September 20. The Championships were hosted by the Austrian city of Salzburg, and it featured 39.54 kilometres of racing against the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188089-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nThe women's road race of the 2006 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 23 September in Salzburg, Austria. The race was 132.6\u00a0km long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188089-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nAnne Samplonius (Canada) and Natalia Boyarskaya (Russia) made an early break, attacking on the climb on the second lap, they held a small gap until two laps to go. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) attacked up the steep Gschaiderberg climb on the penultimate lap, this caused huge splits in the main field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188089-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nSeveral others riders eventually joined Cooke to form a breakaway group which included the Swiss riders Nicole Br\u00e4ndli, Priska Doppmann and Annette Beutler; German riders Judith Arndt, Theresa Senff and Trixi Worrack; Andrea Graus and Christiane Soeder of Austria, Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russia), Oenone Wood (Australia) and Amber Neben (United States) and Marianne Vos (The Netherlands). Vos, Cooke and Br\u00e4ndli attacked several times during the final lap, but the race finished with Vos taking the victory in a small bunch sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188089-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Final classification, Did not finish\n41 riders failed to finish the race. Giusepina Grassi Herrera of Mexico did not start the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 91], "content_span": [92, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188090-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe Women's time trial at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place over a distance of 26.12 kilometres (16.2 miles) in Salzburg, Austria on 20 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188091-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships\nThe 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Bordeaux, France from April 13 to April 16, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188092-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's 1 km time trial\nThe 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's 1\u00a0km Time Trial was the 2006 world championship track cycling time trial. It was held on April 14, 2006 at 20:20 in Bordeaux, France. The event was conducted over a single round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188093-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\nThe Men's Scratch was one of the 9 men's events at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Bordeaux, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188093-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\n24 cyclists from 24 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188093-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch, Final\nThe Final and only race was run at 15:45 on April 15. The competition consisted of 60 laps, making a total of 15\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188094-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\nThe Women's 500m Time Trial was one of the 6 women's events at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Bordeaux, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188094-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\n17 Cyclists from 13 countries participated in the contest. The Final was held on April 13 at 18:35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188095-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe Women's Points Race was one of the 6 women's events at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Bordeaux, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188095-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\n22 Cyclists from 22 countries participated in the race. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188095-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race, Final\nThe Final and only race was run at 18:45 on April 14. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25\u00a0km with 10 sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188096-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe Women's Scratch is one of the 6 women's events at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Bordeaux, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188096-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\n20 Cyclists from 20 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188096-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Final\nThe Final and only race was run at 14:30 on April 16. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188097-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Women's Road World Cup\nThe 2006 UCI Women's Road World Cup is the ninth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. Nine of the eleven races from the 2005 World Cup were retained and three new races were added to give a total of twelve races - the most rounds the World Cup had seen. The races that were left off the calendar were the GP of Wales and the Primavera Rosa. The Danish race the L'Heure D'Or F\u00e9minine, Sweden's Open de Su\u00e8de Vargarda and the Swiss Tour de Berne were the new rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188098-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Women's Road World Rankings\nThe 2006 UCI Women's Road Rankings is an overview of the UCI Women's Road Rankings, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2006 women's road cycling season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188098-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCI Women's Road World Rankings, UCI Teams Ranking\nThis is the ranking of the UCI women's teams from 2006.Final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team\nThe 2006 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's fourth season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 7\u20136 overall, and were fourth in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 5\u20134 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah\nBen Olson threw for 318 yards and 3 touchdowns, with no sacks. Total rushing for the Bruins was 107 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Rice\nBen Olson passed for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was also sacked 4 times. Chris Markey rushed for 208 yards, and Kahlil Bell rushed for 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington\nUCLA's started the game strong, scoring a field goal on the first drive and then recovering a Washington fumble to score a touchdown. The next two drives of the first quarter ended with field goals, and UCLA was up at the half 16-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nEric McNeal blocked a Cardinal punt and returned it for a touchdown in the first quarter. Chane Moline rushed for 3 yards and 2 touchdowns. Justin Medlock kicked a 40-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. Kenneth Lombard recovered a fumble for a touchdown with 5:13 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nPatrick Cowan passed for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns. Justin Medlock kicked 2 field goals in the third quarter. Al Verner had an 89-yard interception that he returned for a touchdown with 4:19 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nKahlil Bell rushed for 6 yards and 2 touchdowns. Patrick Cowan threw for 112 yards, no touchdowns, and was sacked twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nJustin Medlock missed a 47-yard field goal in the first quarter, and made a 29-yard field goal in the fourth. William Snead and Marcus Everett both rushed for touchdowns. Patrick Cowan threw for 217 yards, 2 touchdowns, and was sacked 3 times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nPatrick Cowan threw for 329 yards and no touchdowns. Chris Markey rushed for 136 yards and 1 touchdown. Chane Moline and Patrick Cowan also each rushed for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nPatrick Cowan threw for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns. Justin Medlock kicked 4 field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Bruins became bowl eligible after beating Arizona State. Patrick Cowan threw for 187 yards and 2 touchdowns, and was sacked 3 times. Brandon Breazell rushed for 91 yards and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Bruins beat the Trojans for the first time since 1998, ending the Trojans chance to play in the National Championship game. Patrick Cowan passed for 114 yards and ran for another 55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188099-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe Bruins lost to the Seminoles in their first appearance at the Emerald Bowl. In February 2010, Florida State vacated this win due to NCAA rule violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188100-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEC Cyclo-cross European Championships\nThe 2006 European Cyclo-cross Championships were held on 9 December 2006 in Huijbergen, Netherlands. Niels Albert managed to defend his title in the under 23 category, while Marianne Vos changed her gold medal of the 2005 edition into a bronze this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188101-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEC European Track Championships\nThe 2006 European Track Championships were the European Championships for track cycling, for junior and under 23 riders. They took place in Athens, Greece from 19 \u2013 23 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final\nThe 2006 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Barcelona of Spain and Arsenal of England at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, France, on Wednesday, 17 May 2006. It was the final match of the 2005\u201306 season of Europe's primary cup competition, the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona were appearing in their fifth final, having won the competition once in 1992, and lost the other three finals. Arsenal were appearing in the final for the first time and in doing so became the first club from London to feature in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final\nEach club needed to progress through the group stage and three knockout rounds to reach the final, playing 12 matches in total. Barcelona won their group and progressed to the final after beating Chelsea, Benfica and Milan, respectively. Arsenal won their group to move into the knockout stage, and progressed without conceding a goal against Real Madrid, Juventus and Villarreal, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final\nA crowd of 79,500 watched as Jens Lehmann was sent off early in the game. Despite this setback, Arsenal took the lead through Sol Campbell towards the end of the first half. After an hour Henrik Larsson came on for Barcelona and was involved in both of their goals. Barcelona equalised through Samuel Eto'o near the end of the second half, and a few minutes later Juliano Belletti scored to give Barcelona a 2\u20131 victory. This was Barcelona's second triumph in the competition 14 years after they won the European Cup in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final\nTeams qualified for the Champions League group stage, either directly or through three preliminary rounds, based on both their position in the preceding domestic league and the strength of that league. Both Arsenal and Barcelona entered the competition in the group stages: Arsenal by finishing second in the 2004\u201305 FA Premier League, and Barcelona by winning La Liga. The group stages were contested as eight double round robin groups of four teams, with the top two qualifying for the knockout stage. Knockout matches were decided based on home and away matches, with the away goals rule, extra time and penalty shootouts as tiebreakers if needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nUEFA awarded the right to host the final to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis after considering its merits in terms of capacity, stadium infrastructure and dossiers including city and airport agreements and promotional plans. UEFA also conducted a variety of site visits. The Stade de France previously staged the 2000 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Valencia, which Madrid won 3\u20130 and was the first time two clubs from the same country had faced each other in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nSaint-Denis was chosen to host the final in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first European Cup final in 1956, held in nearby Paris at the Parc des Princes, now home of Paris Saint-Germain. The Parc des Princes also hosted the 1975 and 1981 European Cup finals, the 1978 and 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals, and the 1998 UEFA Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nBarcelona were to show the match live from their Mini Estadi on a 70-metre (230\u00a0ft) television screen for an estimated audience of 15,276. Before the final an estimated 1.2 million people converged on to the streets of Barcelona, as the team toured the city on two open-top double-decker buses to celebrate winning La Liga. Arsenal went into the match with the record for the longest time without a conceding a goal. They had gone 919 minutes without conceding since conceding against AFC Ajax in the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nArsenal were featuring in their first European final six years to the day since their last final. They faced Galatasaray in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final; the match had finished goalless after 90 minutes and extra time. Arsenal lost the subsequent penalty shootout 4\u20131. Of the players who featured in that final, only Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp remained at the club, whilst Sylvinho, who had featured for Arsenal in the final, was now a Barcelona player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nThe 2006 final was the first time that Arsenal had reached the showpiece match; in doing so they became the first club from London to feature in the final. Barcelona were appearing in the final for the fifth time; their last appearance had been in a 4\u20130 loss to Milan in 1994. Two more losses preceded the 1994 final (1961 and 1986), and their only success in the competition came in 1992 when they beat Sampdoria. Barcelona went into the final as domestic league champions, having won La Liga a fortnight earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nThey were regarded as being the best side on the continent because they possessed players such as Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o. Barcelona player Deco dismissed the notion of Barcelona being favourites, insisting they would not be complacent: \"Milan were winning 3\u20130 last year against Liverpool and ended up losing in the end. We need to be serious, calm and fully concentrated so that we don't make any errors\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nNeither side had been beaten en route to the final, with Arsenal only conceding two goals in their 12 matches before the final, including a record ten successive matches without conceding. Barcelona, on the other hand, had scored 114 goals in all competitions before the final. The two finalists were guaranteed a financial windfall from their progress to the final. Arsenal would receive a revenue of around \u20ac37.3\u00a0million if they won and approximately \u20ac34.7\u00a0million if they lost. Barcelona would earn \u20ac31.5\u00a0million from revenue if they won, and around \u20ac28.9\u00a0million if they were to lose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nIncluded in the total for participating in the final, the UEFA Champions League winners would collect approximately \u20ac6.4\u00a0million, with the runners-up receiving approximately \u20ac3.8\u00a0million. The final marked the appearance of a new trophy following Liverpool's triumph over Milan the previous year. As Liverpool won the competition for the fifth time they were entitled to keep the trophy, creating the need for a new trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nBarcelona were expected to line up in a 4\u20132\u20133\u20131 formation, with Ronaldinho, Ludovic Giuly and Deco supporting Samuel Eto'o who would be deployed as the lone striker. They had doubts about the fitness of Lionel Messi going into the final. He had pulled a thigh muscle during the second leg of their match with Chelsea, and had not played since, though he was included in the 22-man squad for the final. Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard stated he would leave it late before deciding whether to select him. Despite being included in the squad, Messi did not feature in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nArsenal were expected to line up in a 4\u20135\u20131 formation, with Thierry Henry as the sole striker. There was much discussion about whether Jos\u00e9 Antonio Reyes would take the place of Robert Pires on the left of midfield. It had been announced before the match that this would be Pires' last match as he had agreed to join Villarreal next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Build-up\nOn the morning of the final it emerged that the assistant referee for the game Ole Hermann Borgan had posed for photographs in a Barcelona shirt for Drammens Tidende, a Norwegian newspaper. After initially sticking by the official, UEFA eventually decided to replace him with fellow Norwegian Arild Sundet. Norway's head of refereeing Rune Pedersen stated: \"It is an unwritten rule that referees should not do anything that can doubt their impartial stance\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nBarcelona fielded a 4\u20133\u20133 formation with Mark van Bommel and Edm\u00edlson lining up in midfield alongside Deco, ahead of Xavi and Andr\u00e9s Iniesta. Lionel Messi did not feature in the match day squad, despite returning from injury and featuring in the 22-man squad, while Henrik Larsson was among the substitutes in potentially his last game for the club. Arsenal fielded a 4\u20135\u20131 formation, which saw Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9 replace the injured Lauren, and Ashley Cole return at left-back to make only his third appearance in the competition that season due to injury. Thierry Henry was deployed as the lone striker, with Freddie Ljungberg playing off his shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nAs both teams' first-choice kits featured a shade of red, Arsenal wore their yellow away strip, while Barcelona wore their traditional blue and maroon striped kit. Arsenal won the coin toss and Barcelona kicked off. Barcelona almost immediately came under pressure when Thierry Henry shot straight at Barcelona goalkeeper V\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s, who conceded a corner. From the resulting corner Arsenal had another chance again courtesy of Henry, whose shot was again saved by Vald\u00e9s. The next attack in the seventh minute resulted in Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann saving from Ludovic Giuly after he shot from a narrow angle. Four minutes later Barcelona were awarded a free-kick 35 yards (32\u00a0m) from goal; Ronaldinho subsequently shot wide of the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nWith 18 minutes played, Lehmann became the first person to be sent off in a European Cup final after he brought down Samuel Eto'o outside the Arsenal box. Giuly subsequently put the ball in the back of the net, but the goal was not allowed due to the foul. Arsenal subsequently substituted Robert Pires for Manuel Almunia, their substitute goalkeeper. The free-kick was sent wide by Ronaldinho. Following Lehmann's dismissal Barcelona began to exert more pressure on Arsenal, to the point where Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9 was cautioned for a high tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nIn the 37th minute Arsenal overcame their numerical disadvantage to score when Sol Campbell headed in from a free-kick following Carles Puyol's foul on Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9, although some observers believed that Ebou\u00e9 appeared to dive. Arsenal held onto their lead for the remainder of the half, as Barcelona's best chance came courtesy of Eto'o, whose shot hit the post via a save from Almunia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nBarcelona replaced Edm\u00edlson, who had picked up an injury in the first half, with Andr\u00e9s Iniesta for the second half in an effort to equalise. The period immediately after half\u2011time saw few chances, but after six minutes of the second half Iniesta had a shot saved by Almunia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nAfter 61 minutes, with Barcelona still losing 1\u20130, Larsson joined the fray as a substitute for Van Bommel. Minutes later, Alexander Hleb received a pass from Henry but shot wide of the goal. Arsenal began to press forward and both Henry and Ljungberg saw shots saved; Henry then had another chance to score after being put through by Hleb, but he shot straight at Vald\u00e9s. Following this attack Oleguer was replaced by Juliano Belletti, and Arsenal responded by replacing Cesc F\u00e0bregas with Mathieu Flamini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nNext, Iniesta sent a pass through the inside-left channel to Larsson whose one-touch, right-footed lay-off quickly released Eto'o to equalise for Barcelona. Four minutes later, Larsson was again the provider, playing a one-two with Belletti in the inside-right channel, before the Brazilian full-back shot right-footed through Almunia's legs to score at the near post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nThe remaining minutes saw Arsenal replace Hleb with Reyes in an attempt to equalise, but Barcelona had the best chance during this period, only for Giuly to hit his shot straight at Almunia. Following this, Larsson impeded the Arsenal goalkeeper and was cautioned as a result. The match finished soon after with Barcelona winning 2\u20131. With this defeat, Arsenal became the first English club and third overall \u2013 after Hamburger SV and Fiorentina \u2013 to have been runner-up in all three major European competitions (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees: Steinar Holvik (Norway) Arild Sundet (Norway)Fourth official: Tom Henning \u00d8vreb\u00f8 (Norway)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nBarcelona captain Carles Puyol collected the trophy from UEFA president Lennart Johansson as Barcelona celebrated their second European Cup triumph. As a result of winning the UEFA Champions League, Barcelona would face Sevilla, the winners of the UEFA Cup, in the UEFA Super Cup. The subsequent match, played on 25 August 2006, was won 3\u20130 by Sevilla. Barcelona's victory meant they would also participate in the FIFA Club World Cup. Receiving a bye in the first round, they beat Club Am\u00e9rica 4\u20130 in the semi-finals to progress to the final where they faced Copa Libertadores champions Internacional, who won 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nMuch of the discussion after the match centred around referee Terje Hauge's decision to send off Lehmann. Football pundit Mark Lawrenson stated: \"The game changed when Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was sent off\". Arsenal manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger agreed: \"When Jens Lehmann got sent off, that left us with 70 minutes to play with ten against eleven, against a team that retains the ball very well\". He refused to openly criticise this decision, although he did criticise the decision to award Barcelona's first goal, as he felt that Samuel Eto'o was offside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nWenger was also adamant that his young side would bounce back from the defeat. One person who did criticise the referee was Thierry Henry, stating: \"I was kicked all over the place. I expected the referee to do his job. I don't think he did\". There was much discussion after the match over whether Henry would remain with Arsenal or move to Barcelona, whom he had been linked with a move to over the past months. Ars\u00e8ne Wenger was asked post match if Henry would leave, to which the Arsenal manager replied: \"I don't know. I don't think so\". However, on 19 May, Henry signed a new four-year contract with Arsenal, ending the speculation about a possible move to Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nThierry Henry paid tribute to Larsson's contribution to Barcelona's win after the game, saying, \"People always talk about Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Giuly and everything, but I didn't see them today, I saw Henrik Larsson. He came on, he changed the game, that is what killed the game. Sometimes you talk about Ronaldinho and Eto'o and people like that; you need to talk about the proper footballer who made the difference, and that was Henrik Larsson tonight.\" Henry also remarked, \"You have to remember that Barcelona is a team. It's not Eto'o, it's not Ronaldinho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nOn Wednesday, the man who made the difference was Henrik Larsson. You have to give him credit for that because when he came on he made some amazing runs around the box and he showed he is a team player. You saw two times he fed the ball back to people and that's what I always talk about, he is a team player. He did that against us, even though the first goal was a close offside decision.\" Larsson's addition giving Barcelona the cutting edge required to overcome Arsenal was noted by international press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nHenrik Larsson, who provided the two assists for the goals, was delighted with the triumph and had no regrets over deciding to leave Barcelona after the match: \"I want to play football. I feel I haven't played as much as I would love to because of the great players we have at Barcelona\". Fellow Barcelona player Giovanni van Bronckhorst was emotional as he won against his former club: \"It's special to win the final, and even more special to do it against your old team\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188102-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nSamuel Eto'o, scorer of Barcelona's first goal, cited Liverpool's comeback against Milan as inspiration for Barcelona's victory: \"After having seen what Liverpool did last year, we told ourselves not to throw in the towel. We followed Liverpool's example\". Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard praised the role of goalkeeper Victor Vald\u00e9s in their victory, stating that he made a number of important saves to keep them in the match: \"Valdes played a decisive role. He saved us at crucial moments\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final\nThe 2006 UEFA Cup Final was a football match that took place at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands on 10 May 2006 as the culmination of the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup. The match was contested by Middlesbrough of England and Sevilla of Spain. Both sides were making their first appearance in a European final; it was Middlesbrough's second season of European competition, while Sevilla had more previous experience in both the UEFA Cup and the European Cup. Both sides had qualified for the competition based on their domestic league positions the previous season, and entered in the first round. To reach the final, they subsequently had to progress through the group stage and knockout rounds to reach the final. Middlesbrough eliminated VfB Stuttgart, Roma, Basel and Steaua Bucure\u0219ti in the knockout stages, while Sevilla beat Lokomotiv Moscow, Lille, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Schalke 04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 910]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final\nIn front of a crowd of 36,500, Sevilla dominated the final. They took the lead in the 27th minute, when Lu\u00eds Fabiano headed in a cross from Dani Alves. Middlesbrough switched to an attacking formation in the 70th minute, but Sevilla were able to counter-attack, and doubled their advantage when Enzo Maresca scored from a rebound. Maresca scored his second six minutes later, and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Kanout\u00e9 added another for Sevilla in the final minute, to make them 4\u20130 winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Background\nThe UEFA Cup was an annual football club competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualified for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. It was the second-tier competition of European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League. In 2010, the UEFA Cup evolved into the Europa League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Background\nMiddlesbrough had made their first appearance in European football the previous season, when they were eliminated 4\u20132 by Sporting Lisbon in the last-16. Sevilla's best European season had also been their first, when they reached the quarter-finals of the 1957\u201358 European Cup, before suffering a heavy 10\u20132 aggregate loss to Real Madrid. The two sides had never previously met. Middlesbrough qualified for the tournament due to their seventh-place finish in the 2004\u201305 FA Premier League, while Sevilla had finished sixth in the 2004\u201305 La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Overview\nThe final was played at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands on 10 May 2006, and kicked off at 20:45 CEST. The match was attended by 36,500 people. Sevilla kicked off the match, and had the first attack in the second minute: Dani Alves shot wide. Two minutes later, the Sevilla defender Javi Navarro fouled Mark Viduka, conceding a free kick which F\u00e1bio Rochemback struck straight at the Sevilla goalkeeper, Andr\u00e9s Palop. Sevilla attacked twice more in the opening ten minutes, but on both occasions, the Middlesbrough defender Chris Riggott was able to put the ball behind for a corner kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Overview\nAfter 20 minutes, Sevilla attacked down their right wing; Alves had the opportunity to shoot, but passed the ball across to Javier Saviola, whose shot was blocked by Gareth Southgate. Six minutes later, Sevilla attacked through Alves again. He crossed the ball to Lu\u00eds Fabiano who headed the ball in off the post to give Sevilla a 1\u20130 lead. Three minutes later, Sevilla had another chance at goal, but Adriano shot went over the crossbar. In the 34th minute, Middlesbrough won another corner, but it was easily cleared by the Sevilla defence. In the final five minutes of the first half, Sevilla pressed hard for a second goal, consistently putting crosses in the Middlesbrough penalty area. Their closest effort came when Julien Escud\u00e9 headed wide from a Jos\u00e9 Luis Mart\u00ed free kick, but despite their pressure, it remained 1\u20130 at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 877]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Overview\nBoth sides made changes at half-time: Middlesbrough replaced James Morrison with Massimo Maccarone, while Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Kanout\u00e9 replaced Saviola for Sevilla. The Spanish side continued to dominate the attacking play in the second half, and had two attacks in the first five minutes: Lu\u00eds Fabiano could not connect with a cross from Alves, and shortly after Kanout\u00e9 curled a shot wide. In the 51st minute, Middlesbrough had a rare attack; a free-kick from Rochemback was headed on by Riggott for Mark Viduka, who fired a shot from close-range, which was saved by Palop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Overview\nTwo minutes later, Alves was booked for foul on Stewart Downing. Middlesbrough had another chance at goal in the 59th minute, when Maccarone mishit a cross, which had to stopped at the near post by Palop. An injury to the defender Queudrue saw him replaced in the 69th minute; the BBC Sport report said that \"McClaren went for broke\", by replacing him with a striker, Yakubu. Sevilla also made a change, bringing on Renato to replace Fabiano. Alves penetrated the Middlesbrough defence again in the 73rd minute, and forced a save from Middlesbrough's goalkeeper, Mark Schwarzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0005-0002", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Overview\nMiddlesbrough had two attacks in quick succession: Viduka missed the target in the 75th minute, and appealed for a penalty after a strong challenge from Navarro two minutes later; however, the referee, Herbert Fandel, was unmoved. Sevilla went on the counter-attack directly after the appeal; outnumbering Middlesbrough, who had committed too many players to their attack, the ball was played wide to Jes\u00fas Navas, who passed it to Kanout\u00e9. The Malian striker shot was blocked by Schwarzer, but the rebound fell to Enzo Maresca, who scored to make it 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188103-0005-0003", "contents": "2006 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Overview\nMaresca scored his second six minutes later, with a low shot from 20 yards, which The Guardian's Mike Adamson suggested Schwarzer should have saved. Both sides each made another substitution: Viduka was replaced by Lee Cattermole, and Antonio Puerta replaced Adriano. In the 89th minute, a shot from Navas was palmed away by Schwarzer, and Kanout\u00e9 connected with the rebound to put Sevilla 4\u20130 ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188104-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nThe 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fifth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Luxembourg hosted the championship, during 3\u201314 May. Russia defeated the Czech Republic in the final to win the competition for the first time. Players born after 1 January 1989 could participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188104-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Squads\nIs for 17 and younger normally Between late May to early June", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188104-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Teams\nBelgium\u00a0Czech Republic\u00a0Germany\u00a0Hungary\u00a0Luxembourg (host)\u00a0Russia\u00a0Serbia and Montenegro\u00a0Spain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188104-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match Officials\nA total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188105-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round\n2006 UEFA U-17 Championship elite round was the second round of qualifications for the main tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2006. England, Spain, and France automatically qualified for this round. The winners of each group joined hosts Luxembourg at the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188106-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round\n2006 UEFA U-17 Championship qualifying round was the first round of qualifications for the main tournament of 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team entered the elite round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188106-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, 3rd Place table\nThe best third-placed team was determined by the results against the top two teams of the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188106-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, 3rd Place table\nEngland/\u00a0Spain/\u00a0France bye this round,\u00a0Luxembourg as host, elite round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188107-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads\nBelow are the rosters for the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship held in Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188108-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nThe UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2006 Final Tournament was held in Poland between 18 July and 29 July 2006. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Players born after 1 January 1987 were allowed to participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188108-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualifications\nThere were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188108-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualifications\n1. 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification2. 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188108-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification to U-20 World Cup\nThe six best performing teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188109-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification\nUEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Elite Round) is the second round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2006. Spain, England, and Czech Republic automatically qualify for this round. The winners of each group join hosts Poland at the Final Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188110-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification\nUEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Qualifying Round) is the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2006. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-19 Championship 2006 (Elite Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188110-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, 3rd Place table\nThe best third-placed team was determined by the results against the top two teams of the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188111-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1987 were eligible to participate in the tournament. Players' age as of 18 July 2006 \u2013 the tournament's opening day. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188112-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship\n2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May\u20134 June 2006. The tournament was won by the Netherlands, who beat Ukraine 3\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188112-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship\nThe finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals. The draw for the finals groups took place on 8 February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188112-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, The Finals\nThe finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188112-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, The Finals, Squads\nPlayers born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188113-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification\nThe qualifying groups for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where possible, matched the 7- and 6-team World Cup 2006 qualifying groups of the senior European teams. The exceptions were where Andorra, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, and Northern Ireland were involved; none of whom entered an under-21 team. Germany, whose seniors did not need to qualify for the World Cup (as they will be hosts) were added to one of the 5-team groups created by the absence of the aforementioned nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188113-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification\nEurope's 48 national under-21 teams entering were divided into eight groups (six groups of 6 + one group of 5 + one group of 7). The eight group winners played off against the eight group runners-up on a two-legged home-and-away basis to decide the eight qualifying teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188113-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying Groups, Draw\nThe allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 79], "content_span": [80, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188113-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying Groups, Draw\nThis was the last time when this grouping schema was applied for U21 qualifying groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188114-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1\nThe teams competing in Group 1 of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition were Czech Republic, Netherlands, Romania, Finland, Macedonia and Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188115-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5\nThe teams competing in Group 5 of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition were Italy, Scotland, Slovenia, Norway, Belarus and Moldova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188116-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8\nThe teams competing in Group 8 of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition were Sweden, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Iceland and Malta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188117-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs\nThe play-off round of 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification was held on 11\u201313 and 15\u201316 November 2005. Winners of play-off round qualified to the championship played following year in May and June, where Portugal was chosen to host the fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188118-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads\nNational squads of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Players in bold have now been capped at full International level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup\nThe 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the first edition after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven tournament co-winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup (instead of three teams qualifying for the first round proper). Also, for the first time in the modern history of the competition, an outright winner was highlighted from the 11 co-winners of the Cup, with that honour going to the final-round Intertoto winner that advanced farthest in the UEFA Cup. This honour went to Newcastle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round\n* FK Zeta qualified for this season's UEFA competitions as member of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro during the 2005/06 season but was at the time of that match already a member of the Football Association of Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, First leg\n1The match was played at FK Partizan's ground in Belgrade, Serbia, because FK Zeta's ground in Golubovci doesn't meet UEFA standards2The match was played in Herzliya because Maccabi Petah Tikva's ground in Petah Tikva is undergoing renovations", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg\n2\u20132 on aggregate, Ethnikos Achna won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round\nThe eleven winning teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round\n*After consultations with UEFA, Italian qualifier Palermo was withdrawn by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on 6 June 2006. Due to the ongoing match-fixing scandal in Italy, the FIGC could not officially confirm the 2005\u201306 Serie A standings in time for Palermo to compete in the Intertoto Cup and therefore French club Auxerre replaced Palermo, according to UEFA regulations governing the Intertoto Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188119-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Overall winners\nEight of the eleven co-winners which entered the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup won their qualifying ties and progressed to the first round proper. Half of these eight survived the first round and entered the group stages, only Newcastle United secured a place in the UEFA Cup Round of 32 and were the last remaining team from the Intertoto Cup \u2013 making them the outright winner. They then went on to qualify for the last 16. Captain Scott Parker was presented with a certificate commemorating the triumph at St James Park before their tie with AZ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188120-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Super Cup\nThe 2006 UEFA Super Cup was the 31st edition of the annual UEFA Super Cup, a UEFA-sponsored football club match that pitted the winners of the UEFA Champions League against the winners of the UEFA Cup. It took place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, on 25 August 2006, and featured two Spanish clubs: Barcelona, who won the 2005\u201306 UEFA Champions League, against Sevilla, who took the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup title. Sevilla beat Barcelona by 3\u20130 and added its first UEFA Super Cup trophy to its maiden UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188120-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background\nFor the third time, two clubs from the same country played each other in the UEFA Super Cup, after the all-Italian 1990 and 1993 editions. Barcelona guaranteed a sixth presence in the UEFA Super Cup match, following their victorious campaign in the 2005\u201306 UEFA Champions League, where they defeated first-time finalists Arsenal by 2\u20131, at the Stade de France in Paris. Their first three presences\u2014as 1979, 1982 and 1989 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners\u2014resulted in an equal number of defeats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188120-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background\nHaving won their first European Cup title in 1992, Barcelona finally claimed the Super Cup trophy in their fourth attempt by beating Werder Bremen 3\u20132 on aggregate. Five years later, as 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders they defeated another German club (Borussia Dortmund) to add a second Super Cup to their cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188120-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background\nSpanish side Sevilla made their debut in the UEFA Super Cup by taking the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup title with a 4\u20130 win over Middlesbrough in the final, held at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven. This triumph was achieved in Sevilla's sixth participation in the UEFA Cup tournament, following participations in the 1982\u201383, 1983\u201384, 1990\u201391, 1995\u201396 and 2004\u201305 editions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188120-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Background\nBefore the 2006 UEFA Super Cup, the two clubs had previously met in European competition only once. It was in the third round of the 1995\u201396 UEFA Cup edition, and it resulted in a 4\u20132 aggregate win for Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188121-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Women's Cup Final\nThe 2006 UEFA Women's Cup Final was a two-legged final match played on 20 and 27 May 2006 between Turbine Potsdam and Frankfurt, both of Germany. This was the first final to be contested by teams of the same country. It was also the first ever final not to feature a Swedish team. Frankhurt won the final 7\u20132 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188122-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship\nThe UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2006 Final Tournament was held in Switzerland between 11\u201322 July 2006. Germany won the cup after defeating France 3\u20130 in the final match. Players born after 1 January 1987 were eligible to participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188122-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualifications\nThere were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament, beginning with the First Qualifying Round. The first 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. See UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2006 (First Qualifying Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188122-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualifications\nTop two teams from each group and the five best third-placed team entered in a Second Qualifying Round along with Germany, France and Spain who automatically qualified. The 28 teams were drawn into 7 groups. See UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2006 (Second Qualifying Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188122-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Qualifications\nThen, the winners of each group joint hosts Switzerland at the Final Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188123-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship\nThe 2006 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship was the 7th UEFS futsal championship held in Catalonia, with 10 teams in competition. The matches were played from 28 November to 3 December in Santa Coloma de Farners, Arb\u00facies and Sant Hilari Sacalm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188123-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship\nEuropean Union of Futsal (UEFS) organizes the European Championship biennially.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year\nThe 2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 81st year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nThe 2005 English Greyhound Derby champion Westmead Hawk became only the fourth greyhound in history to win the Derby for a second time emulating the achievement of Mick the Miller (1929 & 1930), Patricias Hope (1972 & 1973) and Rapid Ranger (2000 & 2001). Returning from winter rest the Nick Savva trained greyhound lost to Fear Me, in the final of the BGRB Scottish Derby before creating his own piece of history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nWestmead Hawk suffered a serious injury later in the year which resulted in him missing the 2006 Irish Greyhound Derby, an event that was won by Razldazl Billy trained by Dolores Ruth. Westmead Hawk was duly voted the Greyhound of the Year. Charlie Lister was Greyhound Trainer of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks\nRye House Stadium, built in 1935, closed for good on the 15 November, just two years after re-opening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions\nThe battle between the countries two top staying (longer distance) greyhounds continued; Greenacre Lin defeated Roxholme Girl in the Golden Jacket final and then Roxholme Girl gained revenge by winning the William Hill TV Trophy. Greenacre Lin won the Cesarewitch and then Roxholme Girl headed for Manchester and claimed victory in the Gold Collar. They both bypassed the Grand Prix which was won by January Tiger trained by Mark Wallis, who had five of the finalists. Greenacre Lin was retired form racing in September and was voted stayer of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nGRA track Wimbledon lost four trainers during the course of the year. Seamus Cahill and Paul Garland both moved to Walthamstow Stadium followed by Ray Peacock and John Walsh leaving for Romford and Harlow respectively. Two replacements were Jason Foster from Oxford and Paul Donovan from Reading Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nWalthamstow also appointed new trainers in Peter Rich and Kelly Mullins (son of Linda Mullins). Coincidentally earlier in the year Kelly's brother John Mullins had left Walthamstow to concentrate solely on operating an open-race kennel at Capel St. Mary. Oxford's leading trainer Nick Colton joined sister track Hall Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188124-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nAn article by the News of the World on the use of cocaine in society also suggests its use is rife in greyhound racing. The National Greyhound Racing Club responds with evidence that in over 70,000 samples taken during the year only four returned positive for cocaine (three of which were from human contamination) leaving just one case. The newspaper failed to print a retraction or apology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship\nThe 2006 UK Championship (known as the 2006 Maplin UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 2006 edition of the UK Championship, a professional snooker tournament that is one of the sport's three Triple Crown events. It was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. The competition was the third of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking events in the 2006/2007 season and the 30th edition of the tournament. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship\nPeter Ebdon won the tournament, defeating the five-time UK champion Stephen Hendry 10 frames to 6 in the final. It was Ebdon's first UK Championship win and his seventh career ranking title. He was the ninth player in history to win both the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship. In the semi-finals Ebdon beat John Higgins 9\u20137 and Hendry defeated fellow Scot Graeme Dott by the same scoreline. David Gray and Mark King both achieved the tournament's highest breaks with individual breaks of 146. The tournament followed the Grand Prix and preceded the Malta Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Background\nThe tournament was created as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship in 1977 and was open to residents in the United Kingdom and holders of British passports. Seven years later all professional players were allowed to enter and snooker's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), granted the tournament ranking status. It is considered to be snooker's second most important ranking tournament behind the World Snooker Championship and is one of three of the sport's Triple Crown events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Background\nThe 2006 tournament was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. It was the third of seven WPBSA ranking events in the 2006/2007 season, following the Grand Prix and preceding the Malta Cup. The defending UK champion was Ding Junhui, who beat Steve Davis 10\u20136 in the previous year's final. Sponsored by the electronics retailer Maplin for the first time, the 2006 tournament was the 30th time it had been held. The competition had a total prize fund of \u00a3552,500, and was broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom and Eurosport in Europe. All matches held between 4 and 16 December were the best-of-17-frames until the final on 17 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Background, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying\nThe qualifying rounds were played between players on the main tour ranked 33 and lower for one of 32 places in the final stage at Pontin's in Prestatyn, from 14 to 19 November. John Parrott, the 1991 world champion, beat David Gilbert 9\u20138 after coming from 8\u20135 behind to earn a spot in the first round. The other successful qualifiers included Barry Pinches, Michael Judge, Jamie Burnett and Robin Hull.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round one\nThe 16 first-round matches were between players ranked 17\u201332 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage from 4 to 5 December. Ryan Day came from 3\u20130 down to beat Liu Song 9\u20135 with a match-winning break of 130. 2004 runner up David Gray was helped by breaks of 131, 81 and 68 to defeat Pinches 9\u20132, while Stuart Bingham emerged a 9\u20138 winner over Rory McLeod from 7\u20135 and 8\u20137 down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round one\nMark Selby defeated Parrott 9\u20131 with breaks of 110, 104, 59 and 57 to lead 7\u20131 entering the evening session and Selby took less than half an hour in the second to give Parrott his biggest career defeat since his 18\u20133 loss to Davis in the final of the 1989 World Snooker Championship. Of the other first day matches Mark King beat Adrian Gunnell 9\u20134, and Joe Perry led Judge 7\u20131 overnight with breaks of 125, 93, 75, 66 and 60. Perry took 26 minutes the next day to claim two straight frames and win 9\u20131. Rod Lawler prevailed 9\u20137 over Anthony Hamilton in a match lasting more than 81\u20442 hours, and world number 35 Dave Harold defeated Robert Milkins 9\u20137 with a match-winning break of 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round one\nMike Dunn took five out of six final frames to defeat James Wattana 9\u20135 and claim a place in the second round. Gerard Greene received a walkover to the next round after his opponent, world number 27 Marco Fu, withdrew from the tournament to represent Hong Kong at the 2006 Asia Games in Qatar at his country's behest. Joe Swail tied 4\u20134 with Joe Delaney overnight and both players shared six frames before Swail won the last two for a 9\u20137 win. Ricky Walden led Ian McCulloch 5\u20134 before McCulloch took two consecutive frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round one\nWalden then achieved breaks of 68, 112, 45 and 70 to secure a 9\u20136 win and his second over McCulloch. In the game between Alan McManus and Marcus Campbell, McManus led 4\u20130 before coming back from Campbell's challenge to win 9\u20135. Of the other first round matches, Burnett compiled breaks of 110 and 104 in his 9\u20133 victory over Andy Hicks, while Hull produced breaks of 104 and 120 in a 9\u20135 win against Nigel Bond, and Scott MacKenzie whitewashed Michael Holt 9\u20130 after breaks of 65 and 109.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round two\nThe winners of round one went through to face members of the top 16 in the second round staged from 6 to 10 December. Peter Ebdon compiled four century breaks and three half centuries that included a match-winning 124 to beat Selby 9\u20136. Although he achieved a 146 clearance in the ninth frame of his match, Gray lost 5\u20139 to the 2003 champion Matthew Stevens, while Perry defeated Barry Hawkins 9\u20134. Bingham defeated Ali Carter 9\u20138, a match in which Carter had a frame docked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round two\nCarter was tied at 6\u20136 when he spent the mid-session interval in his dressing room discussing tactics with his coach Terry Griffiths. Carter was deemed to have returned to the table late by the referee Olivier Marteel and Bingham was awarded frame 13. Walden began his match against the 2001 tournament winner Ronnie O'Sullivan with breaks of 80 and 67 before O'Sullivan tied at 2\u20132 and both players concluded the first session 4\u20134. O'Sullivan led 7\u20134 but breaks of 102, 93, 85 and 79 put Walden into the lead before O'Sullivan forced a final frame decider, which he took with a 23rd season century break of 108 to win 9\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round two\nTied at 4\u20134 after his opening session Davis beat Burnett 9\u20135, while Hull was a surprise winner over Robertson winning five consecutive frames to claim a 9\u20134 victory. Shaun Murphy, the 2005 world champion, fell 6\u20132 behind McManus at the interval and could not recover as McManus won 9\u20133. Mark Williams, a two-time world champion, progressed to round three by beating Greene 9\u20137. Another world champion, John Higgins, emulated Gray's 146 clearance in a 9\u20134 victory over King, and Stephen Lee defeated Lawler 9\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round two\nBreaks of 107, 86, 82 and 66 enabled Stephen Maguire to overcome Swail 9\u20138 in the second session. Five-time UK champion Stephen Hendry led Harold 7\u20133 before the latter won four successive frames with two century breaks of 115 and 111 to equal the score at 7\u20137. Hendry's match-high breaks of 88 and 82 in the 14th and 15th frames earned him a 9\u20137 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round two\nGraeme Dott, the world champion, won the first six frames of his match against fellow Scot MacKenzie within one hour, compiling century breaks of 100, 107 and 112 to win 9\u20132. Ding, fatigued from having arrived in the United Kingdom on 8 December after winning three gold medals at the 2006 Qatar Asian Games, beat Day 9\u20137 in a tightly contested match. Tied at 4\u20134, both players exchanged frames with four in a row decided on the black ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round two\nDay missed a difficult shot into the middle pocket from his position and Ding made a game-winning clearance of 57 to win. Fourth seed Ken Doherty held a 7\u20131 advantage over his opponent Dunn and claimed frames nine and ten with breaks of 87 and 58 in 22 minutes to win 9\u20131 and progression to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round three\nThe third round was held from 11 to 12 December. Breaks of 128, 121 and 105 enabled Higgins to lead Lee 7\u20131 in a match delayed by 20 minutes to enable players and officials to watch Paul Hunter's widow Lyndsey receive the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award on his behalf. Higgins made another century break in the second session to beat Lee 9\u20132. Ebdon moved 6\u20132 ahead of Bingham despite missing the penultimate red ball when it appeared he would achieve a maximum break but he won 9\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round three\nO'Sullivan constructed a 5\u20133 lead over Maguire and used several mistakes from his opponent in the second session to win 9\u20133. Doherty lead Perry 5\u20131, but the latter responded in the second session to claim six of the next seven frames to win 9\u20135. Dott ended the first session of his match with Hull 7\u20131 with breaks of 90, 73 and 66. He won the first two frames of the following session to make the quarter-finals 9\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Round three\nDing led the first session of his match against Stevens 5\u20133 from breaks of 111, 100 and 92 while his opponent compiled breaks of 82, 74 and 66. He won 9\u20135 and spoke of his relief to have won because his Asian Games schedule affected his stability and confidence. Davis defeated McManus 9\u20137; the match ended 20 minutes after midnight and the final frame lasted 46 minutes. In the final third round match, breaks of 103, 117 and 73 enabled Hendry to lead Williams 6\u20132. Williams improved his form to take three of the first four frames of the second session and be 6\u20135 behind. Hendry claimed three more frames with a match-winning break of 92 to qualify for the quarter-finals 9\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-finals were played on 13 and 14 December. Ebdon won four successive frames to lead Ding 4\u20130 and was 6\u20132 ahead after the first session. Ding won the evening session's first two frames with breaks of 110 and 82 and came from 40\u20130 behind in frame 11 with a 59 clearance. Ebdon won frame 12 after a shot battle with Ding and outscored his opponent 212\u20134 in the following two frames to win the match 9\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nHiggins came from 66\u20130 behind Perry to claim frame three with a 69 clearance and took the sixth with a 47 clearance after Perry missed a shot on the black ball. Perry accumulated breaks of 100 and 128 in the second session but Higgins won the match 9\u20133 with a 106 break in the 12th frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nHendry won 9\u20131 against O'Sullivan, a match which O'Sullivan defaulted. Trailing 4\u20131 and 24\u20130 in front during frame six after potting the black ball and after missing a red to a corner pocket, O'Sullivan declared the match over. He shook hands with Hendry and referee Jan Verhaas. O'Sullivan left the Barbican Arena after wishing Hendry well in his dressing room. Tournament director Mike Ganley confirmed O'Sullivan had forfeited the match and O'Sullivan later apologised to Hendry and his fans in a statement. O'Sullivan was fined \u00a320,800 and docked 900 ranking points by the WPBSA's disciplinary committee in May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nThe last quarter-final saw Dott overcome Davis 9\u20136. He came from 3\u20132 behind to lead the first session 5\u20133 after breaks of 78, 83 and 65. Breaks of 52 and 61 enabled Dott to get within a frame of victory before Davis won two successive frames to make it 8\u20136. Dott's 116 break secured him a semi-final berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 56], "content_span": [57, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nBoth the semi-finals were held on 15 and 16 December. Both Ebdon and Higgins were level at 4\u20134 after the first session that had seven breaks over 60, including 97, 76 and 132 from Ebdon. Higgins led 5\u20134 but he missed a tricky shot on a red ball and Ebdon cleared the table to force a re-spotted black ball to again equal the score before going 6\u20135 ahead. In frame 14, Higgins missed a straightforward red ball while on a break of 49 and the frame was taken by Ebdon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nHe won a disjointed frame 15 to claim victory at 9\u20137 and enter his first UK Championship final since the 1995 tournament. Post-match, Ebdon considered the victory the most important of his career and praised the quality of the match, \"This win means so much to me because I have got so much respect for John. He's a wonderful ambassador for the game. You have to play top class when you play John.\" Higgins said that considered the game's decisive point to have been when he was leading 5\u20134 and attributed his loss to a lack of concentration, \"But take nothing away from Peter. He played very well all through the match and thoroughly deserved to win.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nThe other semi-final was between Hendry and his fellow Scot Dott. Trailing 5\u20133 after the first session Dott won four frames in a row with breaks of 96, 92 and 85 to take the lead as he accumulated 203 unanswered points. Hendry compiled a 111 clearance and a break of 50 to go level at 7\u20137. Hendry claimed frame 16 with a score of 61\u201325 and a break of 93 in the next earned him a place in the final alongside Ebdon at 9\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nIt was Hendry's record-breaking 10th appearance in the final of the UK Championship and his first since the 2005 China Open. Hendry said additional practice in the past two to three weeks improved his playing, \"I'm so close to playing at my best \u2013 it's a pleasure to be competing again. Peter is playing fantastic snooker and is very hard to beat over a long match. But I'm just delighted to be in a final and have a chance of winning a tournament \u2013 I can't believe it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nThe best-of-19 frames final happened on 17 December. In the afternoon session Hendry took 1 hour and 31 minutes to lead 3\u20131 with breaks of 51 and 59, but his lead was narrowed by one frame after Ebdon missed a shot leading 66\u20130 and Hendry did not win frame five. Ebdon moved 4\u20133 in front with a break of 83, and a then season-high clearance of 135. Hendry ended the first session at 4\u20134 after Ebdon made a double shot error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nThe evening session's first four frames were won by Ebdon through consistent potting and him playing tight safety shots, as Hendry's long-shot potting accuracy lowered and made errors on simple shots, which appeared to affect his confidence. Nonetheless, Hendry took frame 13 on the pink ball and won the next with his only century break of the match, a 116 clearance, to be two frames behind Ebdon at 8\u20136. Hendry missed a straightforward red ball in the 15th frame and Ebdon won it with a break of 43 before following it up with a break of 70 in the next frame to win the match 10\u20136 and his first UK Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nIt was his fifth career victory over Hendry in 19 meetings. Aged 36, Ebdon was the oldest UK Championship title winner since Doug Mountjoy in 1988. He also won the seventh ranking title of his career and his first since the 2004 Irish Masters. Ebdon joined Davis, Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Parrott, Hendry, Higgins, Williams and O'Sullivan as the ninth player to win both the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship. He earned \u00a377,000 prize money, and moved from tenth to fourth in the provisional world rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nPost-match, a tearful Ebdon dedicated the win to his Dubai-based family and commented, \"This just means so much. It's a tournament I have worked so hard for. I always knew it was going to be tough against Stephen. He played some good safety in the first session, then I found a bit of rhythm and then Stephen inexplicably started to miss balls.\" Hendry bemoaned his poor performance but praised Ebdon, \"I picked the one day of the week when I didn't want to play like that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Tournament summary, Final\nI had a great chance to go 4\u20131 up but from then on Peter was by far the better player and dominated the match. For some reason I couldn't pot a long ball \u2013 sometimes that just happens. Peter didn't play as well as he can either. We've both had better matches.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Main draw\nNumbers to the left of the players' names are the tournament seedings. Players in bold indicate match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Final\nScores in bold indicate winning frame scores and the winning competitor. Breaks over 50 are shown in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Qualifying\nThe qualifying took place between 14 and 19 November at Pontins in Prestatyn. Players in bold denote match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries\nA total of 72 century breaks were achieved by 27 different players during the course of the 2006 UK Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188125-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries\nA total of 27 different players made a total of 40 century breaks in the course of the qualifying rounds of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188126-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Independence Party leadership election\nThe UK Independence Party (UKIP) held a leadership election in September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188126-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Independence Party leadership election\nThe Eurosceptic party had been led since 2002 by Roger Knapman. Although he was entitled to stand for second term of office on the expiry of his four-year term, he decided not to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open\nThe 2006 Budweiser UK Open was the fourth year of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, between 9\u201311 June 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open\nPhil Taylor was the defending champion but got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld went on to win the title, winning 13\u20137 against Barrie Bates in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Format\nQualifying events were held at Greene King pubs across the UK \u2013 winners from each pub event progressed to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Format\nIn addition there were eight UK Open Regional Finals for the \"professional\" players. All events were open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee \u2013 which means that players from both the PDC and BDO were eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Greene King Qualifying Round were not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Format\nThe results of the eight qualifiers were then collated into an Order of Merit table (Winner \u00a34000; Runner-up \u00a32000; 3\u20134 \u00a31000; 5\u20138 \u00a3500; 9\u201316 \u00a3250; 17\u201332 \u00a3100; 33\u201364 \u00a350). The top 96 players plus ties in this Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Format\n1st roundPlayers who were ranked between 65 and 96 in the UK Open Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers in the first round of the UK Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Format\n2nd roundPlayers ranked 33 to 64 join the first round winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Format\n3rd roundPlayers ranked in the top 32 join the second round winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, 2005/2006 UK Open Regional Finals\n25 September 2005 (Welsh) Mark Walsh 2\u20131 Phil Taylor 23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2\u20131 Andy Smith 6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2\u20130 Colin Lloyd 8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2\u20130 Colin Lloyd 12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2\u20130 Dennis Priestly 5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2\u20131 Barrie Bates 19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2\u20131 Steve Maish 9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2\u20130 Ronnie Baxter", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 47], "content_span": [48, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188127-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UK Open, Sunday 11 June, Last 16 to Final\nRandom draws were made after each round up to the quarter final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188128-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UMass Minutemen football team\nThe 2006 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Don Brown and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen won their first conference title since 2003, and advanced all the way to the NCAA Division I Championship before falling to Appalachian State. 2006 was the last season of A-10 football, as all member programs would move over to the Colonial Athletic Association in the offseason. UMass finished the season with a record of 13\u20132 (8\u20130 A-10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188129-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UNAF U-17 Tournament\nThe 2006 UNAF U-17 Tournament was the first edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament. It was held in Algeria, where it began on March 22 and concluded on March 27. Algeria was crowned champions after a drawing of lots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188130-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UNAF U-20 Tournament\nThe 2006 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 2nd edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Egypt, from 5 to 14 June 2006. Egypt won the tournament for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack\nOn March 3, 2006, Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar intentionally hit people with a sport utility vehicle on the campus of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill to \"avenge the deaths of Muslims worldwide\" and to \"punish\" the United States government. While no one was killed in the vehicle-ramming attack, nine people were injured (none seriously).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack\nShortly after the attack, he turned himself in and was arrested. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder, and in 2008 was sentenced to 33 years in prison, on two counts of attempted murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack\nIn one letter, Taheri-azar wrote, \"I was aiming to follow in the footsteps of one of my role models, Mohamed Atta, one of the 9/11 hijackers, who obtained a doctorate degree.\" He told investigators he wanted to \"avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Attack, During the attack\nOn the afternoon of March 3, 2006, Taheri-azar drove a rented silver 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee through a common courtyard area of campus known as the Pit, a high-traffic area centered between the student bookstore, student center, dining hall, and libraries. It is a popular gathering spot, filled not only with students going to and from class, but also with participants in various student organization-related activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Attack, During the attack\nWhile not readily accessible to vehicular traffic beyond a narrow service road, the barricades that normally prevent cars from approaching the Pit were not in place on the day of the attack. His top speed was estimated by witnesses to be from 40 to 45 miles per hour (64 to 72\u00a0km/h). He struck nine pedestrians, six of whom were taken to the hospital for treatment and released. The other three declined to be treated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Attack, After the attack\nAfter the incident, Taheri-azar drove to Plant Road, a nearby city street, and called 911 to turn himself in to authorities. He calmly confessed to perpetrating the attack. He told the dispatcher his location and requested that he be arrested. He told the dispatcher that the reasons for his actions were outlined in a letter which he left on his bed in his Carrboro apartment. Taheri-azar then gave himself up upon the arrival of police at the scene. Later that afternoon, officials evacuated the apartment complex where Taheri-azar lived, then stormed the unit while media helicopters circled overhead. Along with the letter described in the 911 call, officials found his UNC diploma folded in his closet, and the Carolina blue graduation gown used just three months before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Attack, After the attack\nOn March 6, 2006, when he appeared in an Orange County courtroom, he stated that he would defend himself, and that he looked forward to the opportunity of sharing the law of Allah. He was charged with nine counts of attempted first-degree murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury before being held in Central Prison in Raleigh on a $5.5 million bond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Attack, After the attack\nOn May 3, 2006, a grand jury indicted him on nine counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. The case will go to superior court next, for either a trial or a plea. Early on, the FBI was involved in the investigation, but the exact involvement was unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Perpetrator\nAlthough Taheri-azar was born in Tehran, the capital of Iran, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen who moved to the United States at the age of two. He grew up in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, where he lived with his mother and younger and older sisters. He attended South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, where he was a socially-awkward honor student who graduated in 2001. He had a proclivity for fast and expensive cars, and the South Mecklenburg High School yearbook dubbed him the \"South's Speedster.\" He received four tickets between 2001 and 2003 for \"unnecessary honking, driving down the middle of two lanes of traffic, and failure to obey directions at a police checkpoint,\" and for \"traveling at 74\u00a0mph (119\u00a0km/h) in a 45\u00a0mph (72\u00a0km/h) zone.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Perpetrator\nHe enrolled in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001, where he majored in psychology and philosophy. At one point he dropped out, but returned the following semester. In college, he volunteered at local hospitals. He graduated from UNC in December 2005. Some of those who knew him there described him as \"a serious student, shy but friendly,\" and \"kind and gentle, rather than aggressive and violent\". A student who had been in the same history of philosophy class said he was \"impressed\" with Taheri-azar's \"knowledge of classical Western thought.\" He was serious about his grades, and served briefly as the president of the UNC psychology club. However, not all of those who knew him had the same opinion. UNC Chancellor James Moeser described him as \"totally a loner, introverted, and into himself\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Perpetrator\nFellow Muslims characterized Taheri-azar as \"cantankerous and unorthodox in his practice of Islam\" and \"anything but traditionally devout.\" During prayers on campus he \"wouldn't pray toward Mecca and refused to recite prayers in Arabic \u2013 contrary to standard Islamic practice.\" One Muslim student, Atif Mohiuddin, recalled Taheri-azar as being \"anti-Arabic\" and never using the standard Arabic greeting of Assalaamu Alaikum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Perpetrator\nUNC professor Charles Kurzman noted that Taheri-Azar had very little knowledge about Islam, not even knowing the difference between Sunnis and Shias or that al-Qaeda, where his role model Muhammad Atta came from, does not recognize him as a follower of the faith because he is Shia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Aftermath\nLocal Muslim leaders condemned the attack and the attempt by the assailant to link the Qur'an to his actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Aftermath\nWhile UNC Chancellor James Moeser described Taheri-azar's attack as one of violence in an internal email to the university community, he stopped short of calling it a full-fledged act of terror. An official \"Reclaim the Pit\" event occurred on March 20, 2006, where students gathered for a moment of silence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188131-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 UNC SUV attack, Aftermath\nOn August 26, 2008, Taheri-azar was sentenced on two counts of attempted murder to 26 years and 2 months to 33 years in prison by Orange County Superior Court. As of March 2016, he is projected to be released in April 2032.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188132-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup\nThe 2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 24th edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. This was the eighth year of the current format using the name UNCAF Interclub Cup. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Sixteen teams representing seven football associations took part, beginning with the first qualifying games on August 22, 2006. The tournament concluded with a two-legged final that was won by Puntarenas of Costa Rica making them the Central American club football champions. The top three finishers in the tournament qualify for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188132-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup, First round\n/f match forfeited1- Diriang\u00e9n used ineligible players, and CONCACAF awarded Olimpia a 3-0 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188132-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Semifinals\nPuntarenas qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2-0 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188132-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Semifinals\nOlimpia qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 4-2 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188132-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Third Place\nMarquense qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 4-1 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188132-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Final\nChampion Puntarenas of the 2006 UNCAF Club Cup, and runner up Olimpia qualify to 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188133-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF U-16 Tournament\nThe 2006 UNCAF U-16 Tournament was the 1st UNCAF U-16 Tournament, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-16 national teams. Organized by UNCAF, the tournament took place in Nicaragua between 13 and 18 February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188133-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UNCAF U-16 Tournament\nThe matches were played at Estadio Cacique Diriang\u00e9n. Six Central American teams took part of the tournament, playing each other in a round-robin format. Belize did not send a team. Costa Rica won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188134-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UNLV Rebels football team\nThe 2006 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. UNLV competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis)\nThe 2006 US Open began 28 August and finished on 10 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis)\nRoger Federer was successful in defending his 2005 title, defeating 2003 champion Andy Roddick in the final. Kim Clijsters was unable to defend her title due to injury. 19-year-old Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final. It was Henin-Hardenne's third Grand Slam final loss of 2006, having lost the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's doubles\nMartin Damm / Leander Paes defeated Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Max Mirnyi, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's doubles\nNathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva defeated Dinara Safina / Katarina Srebotnik, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed doubles\nMartina Navratilova / Bob Bryan defeated Kv\u011bta Peschke / Martin Damm, 6\u20132, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Boys' doubles\nJamie Hunt / Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Jarmere Jenkins/ Austin Krajicek 6-3, 6-3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Girls' doubles\nMihaela Buz\u0103rnescu / Ioana Raluca Olaru defeated Sharon Fichman/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Men's wheelchair doubles\nRobin Ammerlaan / Michael Jeremiasz defeated Shingo Kunieda / Tadeusz Kruszelnicki 7-6(7\u20132), 6-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188135-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Women's wheelchair doubles\nJiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer defeated Korie Homan / Maaike Smit 6-4, 6-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188136-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188136-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nIn 2006, the boys' singles event was won by Du\u0161an Lojda of the Czech Republic who beat Peter Polansky of Canada, 7\u20136(4), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188137-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nAt the 2006 US Open, the winner of the Girls' Doubles competition was the team of Buz\u0103rnescu and Olaru, both from Romania, who were seeded second in the tournament. The runners-up were Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, from Canada and Russia, respectively, who were seeded first. The other semifinalists were the teams of Kramperov\u00e1 and Va\u0148kov\u00e1, from the Czech Republic, and Klaffner and Paszek, from Austria. Neither of these teams had been seeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188138-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nThe girls' singles tournament of the 2006 US Open was won by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat Tamira Paszek in the final by 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188138-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nVictoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but she did not participate in the juniors' this year, having already been elevated to the seniors'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188139-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Leo\u0161 Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188139-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMartin Damm and Leander Paes won the title, defeating Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi in the final, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188140-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nTwo-time defending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Andy Roddick in the final, 6\u20132, 4\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20131 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2006 US Open. It was Federer's third US Open title and his ninth major title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188140-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFederer became the sixth man after Jack Crawford, Don Budge, Frank Sedgman, Lew Hoad and Rod Laver, to reach all four Grand Slam finals in one calendar year, the second man to appear in all four finals in the Open Era, and the first to do so since Laver in 1969. Earlier that year, Federer won titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon and lost to Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. Also, he reached a record-equalling 10th consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearance (streak started at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships), after Rod Laver and Ivan Lendl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188140-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis tournament marked Andre Agassi's last professional appearance. He played his last match against Benjamin Becker and retired thereafter. Future champion Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro made his first appearance in the main draw of the US Open as a qualifier, losing to fellow qualifier Alejandro Falla in the first round. This was also the first Grand Slam tournament in which future world No. 1s Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were seeded. They were seeded 20th and 17th, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188140-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players who have lost are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188141-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThe 2006 US Open Men's Qualifying Tournament ran from August 22 to 25. Sixteen players qualified for the Men's Singles Main Draw, which started on August 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188141-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players who have lost are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188142-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but neither participated in the Mixed Doubles tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188142-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nMartina Navratilova and Bob Bryan won the title, defeating Kv\u011bta Peschke and Martin Damm in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20133. It would be Navratilova's 59th and final Grand Slam title, 32 years after her first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188143-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188143-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nIn 2006, the wheelchair men's doubles event was won by Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands and Micha\u00ebl Jeremiasz of France who beat Shingo Kunieda of Japan and Tadeusz Kruszelnicki of Poland 7-6(2), 6-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188144-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nThe 2006 US Open men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament was won by the Dutch player Robin Ammerlaan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188145-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188145-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nIn 2006, the wheelchair women's doubles event was won by Jiske Griffioen and Esther Vergeer, both of the Netherlands, who beat Korie Homan and Maaike Smit, also of the Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188146-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188146-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nIn 2006, the wheelchair women's singles event was won by Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands who beat her compatriot Yana Buchina 6\u20131, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188147-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDefending champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were first seed. They were defeated in the semifinals by eighth seed Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik who, in turn, had to give way in the finals to the unseeded Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva, the new champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188147-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nMartina Navratilova made her final grand slam appearance, marking the end of a 33-year career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188147-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nBelow are the seeds and draws for the 2006 US Open in the Women's Doubles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188148-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMaria Sharapova defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20134 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2006 US Open. It was her second major title. She lost just one set during the tournament (to Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo in the semifinals). By reaching the final, Henin-Hardenne became the eighth woman, after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis, to reach all four major finals in a calendar year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188148-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nKim Clijsters was the defending champion, but did not participate due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188148-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis marked the first major since the 1999 Australian Open where Serena Williams was unseeded. Needing a wild card to participate due to her ranking of world No. 139, Williams defeated top 20 players Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Ana Ivanovic en route to the fourth round, where she was beaten by Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo in three sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188149-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2006 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188150-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by USA Track & Field and held from June 22 to 25 at the IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The four-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. As there was no Summer Olympics or World Championships in Athletics held that year, the competition did not serve as a national team selection event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188150-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nIt was the fourth time that the stadium in Indianapolis had held the combined gender national track and field event, having last done so for the 1997 edition. The USA Junior Championships were held in conjunction with the event, starting one day earlier, and were used for selection for the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Performances at that section included an American junior record of 71.62\u00a0m (234\u00a0ft 11\u00a01\u20442\u00a0in) for the men's hammer throw by Walter Henning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188150-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nBad weather including heavy storms caused a rearrangement of the programme, with many events scheduled on the first day being postponed. The weather also affected the calibre of performances at the meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188150-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThen world record holder Justin Gatlin was among the major names to feature at the competition, but his 100\u00a0m win in 9.93 seconds was later removed from the record books due to his failing a doping test in April earlier that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188150-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nBernard Lagat, newly eligible to compete after gaining citizenship in 2005, completed a 1500\u00a0m/5000\u00a0m double. This was the first time that a man had ever achieved that feat at the American national championships, with Alexander Grant's 1903 double in the mile run and two miles being the closest equivalent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188150-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nBreaux Greer had a seventh straight win in the men's javelin throw, making him the most successful javelin athlete in the history of the championships. Daniel Lincoln extended his national streak in the steeplechase to three wins, while A.G. Kruger broke James Parker's hammer throw streak of the same length. Jennifer Stuczynski brought an end to Stacy Dragila's dominance of the women's pole vault \u2013 in which Dragila had won seventh straight national titles. Kim Kreiner had a third successive victory in the women's javelin, setting a new American record in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188151-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 USA Team Handball College Nationals\nThe 2006 College Nationals was the 11th Men's and Women's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2006 from the US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team\nThe 2006 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, winning the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) and playing in the Rose Bowl. The team was coached by Pete Carroll, led on offense by quarterback John David Booty, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team\nThe previous year's team had played for the national championship, however, with many starters gone, including two Heisman Trophy-winners, there were doubts the team could repeat the success. With a highly ranked recruiting class, however, the Trojans were ranked in the top-5 in many pre-season polls. USC's 13-9 loss to rival UCLA snapped its NCAA-record streak of 63 consecutive 20-point games, and eliminated their hopes of playing in the BCS National Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team\nThe team finished the regular season with a 10\u20132 record and were invited to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to play at the 2007 Rose Bowl, where they beat the Michigan Wolverines. With a final record of 11\u20132, they finished the season ranked fourth in both the Associated Press (AP) and Coaches Polls. Following the season, a number of players won national awards, while five players left the team as they were selected in the 2007 National Football League (NFL) Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Before the season\nThe four previous Trojan teams were very successful. Since the 2002 season, the Trojans won four Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) titles, two national championships, and three players won the Heisman Trophy. The 2003 team won the Associated Press (AP) national championship, while the 2004 team won the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and AP championships. Additionally, the 2005 team, named by some of the media as one of the best offenses in the history of college football, played for the national championship where they lost to the Texas Longhorns. Eleven starters returned from that team, and the Trojans were picked by the Pac-10 media to win the conference. The team began the season ranked sixth in the AP Poll and third in the Coaches Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Coaching changes\nAfter the 2005 season, defensive coordinator, Jethro Franklin, took an assistant coaching position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Idaho coach, Nick Holt, a former assistant at USC, was hired to replace him. Holt had previously served as linebackers coach for three\u00a0years at USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Roster changes\nAlthough returning 11 starters from 2005, the team lost eleven players to the National Football League (NFL), including 2004 Heisman Trophy winner, Matt Leinart, and 2005 Heisman winner, Reggie Bush. Bush, who had one year left of eligibility, announced his plans to skip his senior season a week after the team's loss in the Rose Bowl. Bush was eventually selected as the second pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, while Leinart was the second Trojan selected in the first round. In all the team lost eight players on offense and three on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting\nThe Trojans signed 25 recruits for the new class. Included in the top ranked class were four five-star recruits on defense, three five-star recruits on offense, and another thirteen four-star recruits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season honors\nEleven Trojan players were named to pre-season national award watchlists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season honors\nIn addition to the awards, five players were named to various pre-season All-America teams. Playboy, Athlon, Lindy's, Street & Smith's, Rivals.com, and NationalChamps. Net each named Jarrett and Baker to their first teams, with Jarrett also named to Sporting News, Blue Ribbon's, Phil Steele's, and Collegefootballnews.com first teams. Both ESPN.com and Street & Smith named Jackson and Kalil to their first teams, and Jackson was additionally named to Sporting News Athlon, and Phil Steele's first teams. Rivers was named to various second teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Season, Roster\nThe Trojans went into the 2006 campaign having suffered many season-ending injuries. Redshirt senior and 2003 starting fullback Brandon Hancock tore his knee ligaments in fall camp, ending his career. Hancock was expected to start at fullback. Redshirt senior running back and 2003 starter Hershel Dennis re-tore his knee ligaments in spring practice after initially tearing them during the 2005 FedEx Orange Bowl, finishing his time at USC unless he gets a sixth year of eligibility. Dennis was expected to compete for the starting tailback job with redshirt junior Chauncey Washington and a host of talented freshmen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Season, Roster\nSophomore safety Will Harris suffered torn knee ligaments during the off-season while recovering from a 2005 knee injury and was not expected to return in 2006. Senior defensive end Rashaad Goodrum suffered a back and rib injury in 2005 and was not expected to play again for USC. Redshirt sophomore defensive end Lawrence Miles missed the season while recovering from shoulder surgery and was expected to miss the season. Redshirt senior walk-on linebacker Lou Ferrigno, Jr. suffered a season-ending knee injury in spring practice and is out of eligibility. Freshman wide receiver Jamere Holland was lost for the season with a shoulder injury. Freshman linebacker Joshua Tatum suffered a knee injury. Redshirt junior offensive lineman Matt Spanos was academically ineligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Season, Roster\nBy the Trojans' first game at Arkansas, the starting lineup had undergone some revisions from the expected one from the summer. True freshman tailback C.J. Gable beat out talented freshmen Emmanuel Moody, Allen Bradford, and Stafon Johnson along with upperclassmen Desmond Reed and Michael Coleman for the starting job after junior Chauncey Washington was not ready to go due to injuries. Redshirt junior fullback Ryan Powdrell won the starting job after Hancock's season ended before it began. Redshirt junior Drew Radovich beat out Jeff Byers for the starter's job at left guard. Sophomore linebacker Brian Cushing was installed in Kyle Moore's starting spot at defensive end. Redshirt junior cornerback Terrell Thomas became the other starter with Kevin Thomas. Redshirt senior linebacker Oscar Lua was the first starting middle linebacker. Finally, redshirt sophomore walk-on Greg Woidneck won the starting punter's job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 971]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Season, Coaching staff\nThe Trojan team was coached by sixth-year head coach, Pete Carroll and his staff, most of whom returned from 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries\nUSC began the season with many impressive streaks intact despite having lost the 2006 Rose Bowl to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nAlthough both ESPN and Arkansas asked for the game to be moved, the Trojans opened their season playing at the Arkansas Razorbacks, who were led by ninth-year head coach Houston Nutt and by running back Darren McFadden. Although USC won the game in 2005, 70\u201317, this game looked to be closer as the Trojans had to replace two Heisman Trophy winners, Leinart and Bush. However, with John David Booty taking over for Leinart and C.J. Gable becoming the first true freshman to start at running back in USC history, the Trojans outmatched the Razorbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nAlthough Razorback freshman quarterback, Mitch Mustain, ran for the first touchdown of his career and one Razorback running back ran for a touchdown, Booty threw three touchdowns, three Trojan running backs ran for a touchdown each, and Mario Danelo kicked two field goals to outscore them, 50\u201314. A crowd of 76,564, a record in Razorback Stadium, attended the game. With the win, the Trojans extended their record-setting streak of games where they scored at least 20\u00a0points to 53.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe Nebraska Cornhuskers, led by second-year head coach Bill Callahan, traveled to face the Trojans in the Coliseum, where the Trojans held a 27-home-game winning streak. Although the Cornhuskers had an early 3\u20130 lead, three unanswered touchdown passes by Booty gave the Trojans a 21\u20133 lead in the third quarter. Although quarterback Zac Taylor ran for a touchdown to cut the Trojans' lead, a rushing touchdown by Chauncey Washington sealed the win for the Trojans, 28\u201310. During the game, wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett, with two receiving touchdowns, became USC's all-time leader in touchdown receptions, with 31. With the win, the Trojans extended their streak of games where they scored at least 20\u00a0points to 54 and extended their Pac-10-record home winning streak to 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Trojans next traveled to face the Arizona Wildcats, led by third-year head coach, Mike Stoops. Both offenses struggled early in the game, and the Trojans took a 3\u20130 lead before half-time. The Trojans finally increased their lead in the third quarter when Jarrett scored the first touchdown of the game to tie the Pac-10 record for career receiving touchdowns with 32. A fourth-quarter field goal by the Wildcats brought them within a touchdown, but the Trojans answered with a Danelo field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nEmmanuel Moody ran for the last score of the game to give the Trojans a 20\u20133 win and extend their streak of games where they scored at least 20\u00a0points to 55. With the conference win, the Trojans increased their winning streak over conference foes to 24\u00a0games. The win did not come without a price, however, as the Trojans, who had already lost fullbacks, Brandon Hancock and Ryan Powdrell to season-ending injuries, lost freshman fullback, Stanley Havili, to an ankle injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nThe Trojans next traveled to face the Washington State Cougars, led by fourth-year head coach, Bill Doba, and quarterback, Alex Brink. Although Jarrett came into the game tied for the Pac-10 career record of receiving touchdowns, he would sit out the game with an ankle injury. Steve Smith took his place, however, and scored two touchdowns to lead the Trojans in the 28\u201322 win. Although the Cougars lost their only lead in the first quarter, they had a chance to score and tie the game on the final play of the game before Brink's pass was intercepted. The Trojans continued their conference winning streak and moved to 25\u00a0games and increased their streak of scoring 20\u00a0points to 56\u00a0games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Washington, led by first-year head coach, Tyrone Willingham, and quarterback, Isaiah Stanback, next visited the Trojans. Willingham was the last coach to beat the Trojans at the Coliseum in 2001 with Stanford, but the Huskies were large underdogs. Despite this, the Huskies kept the game close, as, after two early Trojan touchdowns, their only other scores came from four Danelo field goals. The Huskies scored on two Stanback touchdown passes and two field goals, but the time clock ran out during their final drive, giving the Trojans a 26\u201320 win. With the win, the Trojans continued their home winning streak, their conference winning streak, and their streak of games scoring over 20\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Arizona State Sun Devils, led by sixth-year head coach, Dirk Koetter, and quarterback, Rudy Carpenter, next visited the Trojans. Though the Sun Devils started the season with three wins, they had been blown out in both of their next two games and were a three touchdown underdog to the Trojans. The Trojans dominated the first half with three touchdowns before the Sun Devils could score. Their third touchdown, a pass to Jarrett, made him the Pac-10 leader in career touchdown receptions with 33. The Sun Devils, however, finally answered with a rushing touchdown before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Sun Devils tied the game in the third quarter with Carpenter's touchdown pass and a returned interception for a touchdown, however, Chauncey Washington ran for the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter to give the final score of 28\u201321 in favor of the Trojans. Once again scoring over 20\u00a0points, they won another home conference game to extend their streaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Trojans next visited the Oregon State Beavers, led by head coach, Mike Riley. The Beavers took an early lead, and, after the Trojans tied the game, scored three field goals to take a nine-point lead. A Danelo field goal at the end of the first half brought the Trojans within six points at half-time. The Beavers took control of the game in the second half, passing for a touchdown, returning a punt for a touchdown, and kicking another field goal to take a 33\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Trojans finally answered at the end of the third quarter to bring their deficit to 16\u00a0points. In the fourth quarter, Booty threw his second touchdown of the game, and, after a two-point conversion, brought the score to 33\u201325 in favor of the Beavers. Booty threw his third touchdown of the game with seven seconds remaining, however, their second two-point conversion attempt was batted away by the Beavers to preserve their 33\u201331 win. Though the Trojans continued their streak of games scoring over 20\u00a0points, they ended their streaks of, among others, 38\u00a0wins in the regular season, 27\u00a0wins against Pac-10 opponents, and 18\u00a0wins on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nNotre Dame visited the Coliseum with a four-game losing streak to the Trojans, however an eight-game winning streak in the season. After the epic 2005 game, the Irish thought they might break the losing streak, and would be assured of a BCS Bowl game. With a win, the Trojans knew that they would still be in the national title hunt. The game started with the Irish receiving the ball and Brady Quinn throwing a quick 38-yard pass to Rhema McKnight. The Irish drive stalled afterwards and turned the ball over after Quinn's fourth down pass flew errantly into the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Trojans took over and quarterback John David Booty led them on a 61-yard drive that ended with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Jarrett. After the next Irish drive ended with a punt and a return by the Trojans to the Irish 26, Booty completed another touchdown pass to Jarrett to put the Trojans ahead 14\u20130. On the ensuing Irish drive, Quinn and Darius Walker brought the Irish downfield, allowing Carl Gioia to kick a field goal. The first quarter ended with the Trojans winning 14\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0019-0002", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nIn the first drive of the second quarter, Booty led the Trojans to the Irish 1-yard line where he snuck the ball in for USC's third touchdown of the game. On the ensuing drive for the Irish, on a third down, Quinn scrambled for 59-yards, Notre Dame's longest run of the season, to bring the Irish to the USC 17-yard line. Four plays later, a Darius Walker fumble was recovered by the Trojans giving them the ball back. The Irish defense, however, held the Trojans for the first time forcing a punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0019-0003", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe punt was partially blocked giving the Irish the ball back on the 7-yard line. On the next play, Quinn threw a touchdown to Marcus Freeman. The next two drives by the Trojans both ended when Booty threw an interception, but the Irish couldn't capitalize on either, turning the ball over on downs two more times. The half ended with the Trojans leading 21\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe second half began with a Trojan drive of 65-yards capped with a Chauncey Washington 2-yard touchdown run. The only other score of the third quarter came on Notre Dame's second drive of 58-yards, when Quinn hit Rhema McKnight for a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down. The fourth quarter began with the Trojans driving to an eventual 32-yard field goal by Mario Danelo. After the Irish were held, Booty threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Jarrett to give the Trojans a 37\u201317 lead (Danelo missed the extra point).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nQuinn drove the Irish 78-yards and threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Samardzija to put the Irish deficit to 13 points. However, the onside kick attempt, was recovered by Brian Cushing, who ran it back to give the Trojans a 20-point lead again. Notre Dame's last drive would end on another failed fourth down attempt, giving the Trojans the 44\u201324 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nUCLA's defensive performance snapped USC's NCAA-record streak of 63 consecutive 20-point games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nIn the month leading to the Rose Bowl, starting kicker Troy Van Blarcom was dismissed by the university because of his grades, leaving all duties to Mario Danelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe Rose Bowl crowd marked USC's 11th sell out, a single season school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Legacy\nUSC is the first team to win five Pac-10 championships in a row, although the Trojans shared the 2002 championship with Washington State and the 2006 championship with California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Legacy\nUSC's popularity continued to remain high, setting a school record with 11 sold-out games over the season and a total attendance of 995,778, shy of the all-time record set in 2005 of 1,037,565\u2014attributable to the smaller stadiums at away games in the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Legacy\nAt the end of the 2006 season, with only Dwayne Jarrett departing early for the NFL and returning many of the starters from the 2006 team, major media sources projected the 2007 USC Trojans football team as the presumptive pre-season No. 1 team and national title contender for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188152-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 USC Trojans football team, Deaths\nUSC placekicker Mario Danelo was found dead at the bottom of a cliff in San Pedro, California, on the night of January 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188153-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 USG Sheetrock 400\nThe 2006 USG Sheetrock 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on July 9, 2006, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The race was the 18th of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Jeff Burton of Richard Childress Racing won the pole position with a lap speed of 181.647\u00a0mph (292.333\u00a0km/h), his second pole of 2006 along with the Daytona 500, marking the first time in his career that he won two poles in the same year. Roush Racing's Matt Kenseth led the most laps, while Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race on a green-white-checker finish, which extended the race from 267 laps to 270.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188153-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 USG Sheetrock 400, Race recap\nPole-sitter Jeff Burton led much of the early portion of the race, but Jeff Gordon then took the lead after a strong green-flag pit stop. On lap 68, the first caution flag was flown for debris on the track, shuffling the driver order and giving the lead to Kevin Harvick. With three laps to go, Gordon drove into a slowing Matt Kenseth's rear bumper, spinning him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188153-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 USG Sheetrock 400, Race recap\nOn the green-white-checker finish, Gordon led the final laps to win his 75th career Cup Series victory and second of 2006 with a 0.461 second lead over Burton, followed by Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and defending race winner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Points leader Jimmie Johnson, Reed Sorenson, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer and J. J. Yeley closed out the top ten. Meanwhile, Kenseth was involved in a second wreck and ran out of fuel, but managed to finish the race on the lead lap and finished 22nd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188153-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 USG Sheetrock 400, Race recap\nAfter the race, the points standings saw Johnson pull away from Kenseth, with the eight-point margin between them increasing to 51, with Johnson leading Kenseth 2,651 points to 2,600. Earnhardt, Jr. was third with 2,394 points, Burton had 2,327 points, and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top five with 2,303. Mark Martin (2,291), Tony Stewart (2,274), Kyle Busch (2,265), Harvick (2,253) and Gordon (2,219) completed the top ten points standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188154-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 USL W-League season, Standings\nBlue indicates division title clinchedGreen indicates playoff berth clinchedOrange indicates bye into the W-League semifinals as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Santo Tomas in the men's basketball tournament of the 69th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe Tigers defeated the Blue Eagles of the Ateneo de Manila University to win their nineteenth UAAP men's title, and their first since the 1996 season. Jervy Cruz was selected on the Mythical Five, and Jojo Duncil was named as the Most Valuable Player of the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Preseason tournaments\nAfter the expiration of head coach Nel Parado contract at the 2005 yearend, the university administration announced the hiring of former varsity and Ginebra San Miguel standout Pido Jarencio as the new head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Preseason tournaments\nThe Tigers participated in one off-season tournament: the Home and Away Invitational League (HAIL), where they were eliminated in the elimination round with a 3\u20134 record, good for fourth place, a game behind fourth seed Ateneo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule\nDue to the suspension of the De La Salle Green Archers, the league used a two-round, 12-game schedule, instead of the normal 14-game schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule\nNotes: The July 14 game was postponed due to Tropical Storm Florita, while the September 28 game was postponed due to Typhoon Milenyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round\nThe Tigers were ranked at the start of the season as at the middle, with neither being held as a favorite or as a cellar-dweller. Popular collegiate sports website UBelt.com placed UST to be fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, UP Fighting Maroons\nA seesaw game all throughout, the Tigers were on the verge of victory when Fighting Maroon Marvin Cruz converted a jump shot at the top of the key, giving the Maroons the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 96], "content_span": [97, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, UP Fighting Maroons\nRookie Jervy Cruz was the top scorer for UST with 16 points. Marvin Cruz (no relation) top scored for UP, with 25 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 96], "content_span": [97, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, FEU Tamaraws\nThe Tigers leaned on Dylan Ababou's three-point play with 8.6\u00a0seconds remaining to pull ahead of FEU for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, FEU Tamaraws\nCruz and Duncil led all scorers with 25 points each. Duncil found a wide-open Ababou to cause the three-point play; the Tigers were ahead by 14 points but the Tamaraws fought back to tie at 87-all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, UE Red Warriors\nWith a strong second quarter, the Tigers pulled away from season host UE as they dumped the Warriors at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Duncil and Cruz stepped up as they led a 32\u201310 run at the second quarter to give a comfortable cushion for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 92], "content_span": [93, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, UE Red Warriors\nDuncil scored 25 points, tying his career best. Cruz ended with a double-double of 22 points and ten rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 92], "content_span": [93, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, NU Bulldogs\nBehind a strong outside presence, the NU Bulldogs repulsed the Growling Tigers in a high-scoring game. NU's one-two punch of Jonathan Fernandez and previous season's Mythical 5 awardee Edwin Asoro finished with a combined 44 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, NU Bulldogs\nThe Bulldogs converted 13 three-point field goals, a season record. Duncil made matters worse for the Tigers as he head-butted Dave Catamora with 52.9\u00a0seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, Adamson Soaring Falcons\nBehind Adamson's run-and-gun offense, the Falcons made a big run at the second quarter to prevent the Tigers from catching up. Kenneth Bono, Leo Canuday and Roel Hugnatan stepped up for the Falcons as they scored a combined 59 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, Adamson Soaring Falcons\nAbabou top scored for the Tigers with 19 points, Cruz earned another double-double, with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Duncil served his one-game suspension while Cuan was injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, Ateneo Blue Eagles\nAteneo was assured of a first place at the end of the first round of eliminations, even though they were defeated in this game. However, the Eagles and the Tigers fought a close game, with Ateneo leading by a point at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 95], "content_span": [96, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, Ateneo Blue Eagles\nBut it all changed in the second quarter as the Eagles pounced on the Tigers defense while limiting the Tigers in offense. By halftime, the game was over with Ateneo leading 63\u201336. All of the starters of Ateneo ended in double-figures, with Intal sharing game-high honors with Duncil, who was back from a one-game suspension, with 24 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 95], "content_span": [96, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, First round, Ateneo Blue Eagles\nAteneo swept the first round of eliminations with an impressive 6\u20130 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 95], "content_span": [96, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round\nThe Tigers started the second round tied for last place, along with the UP Fighting Maroons, NU Bulldogs and defending champions FEU Tamaraws. The Eagles are at the top of the pack with a 6\u20130 record. Two games behind are the Red Warriors, followed by the Adamson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, UE Red Warriors\nJust like in the last three games, the Tigers managed to keep at pace with the Red Warriors, but as terrible second quarter let them down again. Only nine suited up for the Tigers, though, due to injuries and other ailments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 93], "content_span": [94, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, UE Red Warriors\nCruz had another double-double performance with 17 points and 15 rebounds. James Martines of UE led all scorers with 19 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 93], "content_span": [94, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, NU Bulldogs\nWith their Final Four aspirations in dire straits, the Tigers are in a must-win situation to have a fighting chance to reach the semifinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, NU Bulldogs\nThe Tigers started passively, allowing he Bulldogs to lead at halftime. But the Tigers, due to the efforts of Cruz and Cuan, caught up with the Bulldogs at the end of the third quarter. Ababou finished the business for the Tigers as they outscored NU 43\u201327 at the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, NU Bulldogs\nCruz led all scorers with 18 points, and achieved his seventh double-double of the season, raking in 13 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, FEU Tamaraws\nNow tied for fourth place, the Tigers are not out of the woods yet, especially at the logjam at the middle of table with Adamson, FEU and NU all having a chance of taking the last two semifinal berths \u2013 Ateneo and UE already clinched theirs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, FEU Tamaraws\nAnthony Espiritu stepped up his game as he compensated to Duncil's and Cortez's absence due to injuries and ailments, chipping in a career-high and tournament-best 31 points to lead the Tigers into a season sweep of the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Second round, FEU Tamaraws\nThe Tigers move up to third place with a 4\u20135 record. Jeff Chan topscored for FEU with 21 points. Cruz had another double-double, with 11 points and 11 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 90], "content_span": [91, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals\nAfter winning the classification game against Adamson, UST clinched the third seed, and the right to face the twice-to-beat UE Red Warriors in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, First game\nPossessing the twice to beat advantage, the Warriors started passively, allowing UST to take the lead early on, with UST leading by six by halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, First game\nAfter the halftime break, the game was tightly contested; however UST pulled away at the middle of the third quarter, but with UE overtaking the Tigers, at the end of the third quarter, with UE leading, 44\u201340. UST would then play their own version of catching up, with the Thomasians staying within striking distance. In a game of attacks and counterattacks, the Tigers unleashed a 5\u20130 run, leading by as much as eight points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, First game\nThe Warriors wouldn't lose easily, as they did their own 8\u20132 run, cutting the UST lead into two points. With 21.1\u00a0seconds left, June Cortez drove hardly to the basket scoring a fieldgoal, plus a personal foul. Cortez sank his bonus freethrow as the Red Warriors failed to erase a four-point lead, giving the Tigers the win, and another game at Season 69.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, Second game\nWith the season on the line, the Growling Tigers and the Red Warriors faced off anew for the right to meet the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the Finals; Ateneo did not need their twice-to-beat advantage as they edged out Adamson, 76\u201373.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, Second game\nPrior to the game, the Red Warriors announced the suspension of star player Bonifacio \"Bonbon\" Custodio due to disciplinary measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, Second game\nJust like in the first game, it was tightly contested, but unlike it, this wasn't a game of attacks and counter-attacks, as neither team led by double digits, although UST led for much of the way at the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, Second game\nIn the second half, UST began creating inroads to the UE defense, leading by as much as fourteen. UE struck hard at the endgame, and led by five points. With the game on the line, Jojo Duncil, converted a fieldgoal off a Jervy Cruz put-back, plus a foul. Duncil converted his bonus freethrow to set up a thrilling last 53.8\u00a0seconds, with UST on the lead 82\u201379.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, Second game\nOn the inbound play after the Duncil freethrow, Warriors Team Captain Robert Labagala drove unmolested into the basket, cutting the lead into one point. Trying to seal the game, the Tigers committed a turnover, and with no timeouts on both sides, the Red Warriors sprinted onto their frontcourt. With UST's transition defense sprinting along, Jorel Canizares managed to attempt a jumpshot on the right quartercourt. The shot bounced off the rim, with Canizares getting his own rebound. He missed his shot yet again, when UE captain Rob Labagala getting the rebound as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Semifinals, Second game\nThe Thomasians go into their first UAAP men's basketball Finals since 1999. The Warriors were booted out of the semifinals yet again, the third time since the Final Four era when they acquired the twice-to-beat incentive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals\nThe Finals series between UST and Ateneo favored the Blue Eagles, as they have figured in more playoff games, and had a championship experience. UST was the underdog in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals\nIt would be the first time that the Tigers and the Eagles met in a UAAP men's basketball final; the last time they have met was in the 1931 NCAA season where the Blue and White dethroned the Gold and White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game one\nWith several lead changes, the ga came on to the final two possessions. With Ateneo leading by one point, 71\u201370, J.C. Intal of Ateneo committed a backing violation. UST coach Pido Jarencio then called a timeout to design a play. After the timeout, Jervy Cruz had a hard time penetrating the Blue Eagle defense. He kicked out the ball to a tightly-guarded Allan Evangelista. With Doug Kramer covering him, Evangelista converted a fadeaway jumper, to put UST up, 72\u201371, with one second remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game one\nAteneo head coach Norman Black (a former varsity player of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia) sued for time. Devising one the plays he previously used the head coach of the professional team San Miguel Beermen, he instructed Chris Tiu to set a pick for Doug Kramer in order to free him from his defender right under the basket. Tigers coach Pido Jarencio (who used to play for Norman Black on his rookie year at Ginebra San Miguel, and was a Glowing Goldie, the Tigers previous moniker) instructed his boys to implement the man-to-man defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game one\nMacky Escalona inbounded the ball from the left side of center line. With Tiu setting a pick that separated Japs Cuan from defending Doug Kramer, Escalona passed the ball to the free Kramer and calmly converted his fieldgoal attempt, sending the Ateneo fans into pandemonium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game two\nThe second game was originally scheduled for September 28, but due to Typhoon Milenyo causing a direct hit to Metro Manila by the time of the game, the UAAP Board rescheduled the second game to September 30, at the Araneta Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game two\nAt the first quarter, the Tigers got off to a hot start, but Ateneo rallied. However, as the quarter concluded, the Tigers hanged on to a one-point lead. The Eagles would lose steam as bad plays and turnovers ruined their offensive flow, while the Tigers began hitting outside shots and grabbing offensive rebounds to negate the Eagles' zone defense. The Eagles would remain within striking distance thanks to J.C. Intal, but without support from his teammates, Intal's one-man show was not enough as Tigers Dylan Ababou and Jojo Duncil both surpassed the twenty-point barrier, leading into an easy 16-point win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nUST opened the game with a 4\u20130 lead, barely two minutes into the game, before Ateneo countered, using a 6\u20132 run, with Macky Escalona's fastbreak lay-up to tie the game at 6. Later on, with the game tied at 10, Ateneo ran off five straight points to grab a 15\u201310 lead, with 3:07 left in the first. The Tigers rallied with a 5\u20132 burst, cutting Ateneo's lead to two at the end of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nThe Blue Eagles started with a 10\u20134 run to open the second quarter, stretching the lead to eight, 27\u201319, as well as putting UST in the penalty. The Tigers misfired on their field goals, and their four points were all from the free throw line during this stretch. The Tigers regrouped, rallying to within three at 34\u201331, before Ken Barracoso hit a three with less than a minute to go in the half, giving Ateneo a 37\u201331 lead, which they maintained until halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nUST came out scorching in the third quarter, opening the second half with a 10\u20130 blitz to grab a 41\u201337 spread. Dylan Ababou started the burst with a triple from the right wing, then after Clifford Arao turned the ball over in Ateneo's next possession, Jun Cortes found Jervy Cruz under the basket for a lay-up that cut ADMU's lead to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nThe Tigers continued to pour it on, scoring five more unanswered points to grab a 41\u201337 lead, before the Eagles stopped the bleeding with a lay-up by Escalona. However, the Tigers were not done, going on another 7\u20130 run to stretch their lead to nine, 48\u201339 with 4:52 left, forcing Ateneo to call a timeout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nAteneo came out aggressive from the timeout, drawing fouls and putting UST in penalty. Cruz, Evangelista, and Duncil were all in foul trouble with 3 each, slowing down their offense, and giving Ateneo more momentum. The Eagles ran off five straight points, and after the Tigers stopped the bleeding, Escalona fired a three-point shot with 1:13 remaining, then after UST came up empty again, drove into the lane from the left wing, converting a lay-up which pushed Ateneo to within 49\u201351. As the Tigers misfired on their free throws, Ateneo took advantage of this, finishing the quarter with an 11\u20133 windup, drawing them to within one at the end of the third, 51\u201350.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nNeither team could score in the first 3:35 of the quarter until Ababou hit an awkward shot that gave UST the first points of the fourth, as well as a three-point spread. Ateno countered with its four points of its own, and Doug Kramer's basket with 4:46 left gave them back the lead for the first time since early in the third quarter. JC Intal missed two free throws, and Allan Evangelista hit a jumper to swing the lead back to UST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nAfter both teams traded baskets, however, Evangelista fouled out on UST's next possession, and Intal hit a three-pointer, giving the Eagles a 59\u201357 lead, which Escalona stretched to four later on with a jumper. Duncil then sank a jumper of his own off a crossover dribble to pull the Tigers within two, setting the stage for the crucial final minute and a half of regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nWith less than a minute and a half left in the fourth quarter and his team leading by two, JC Intal drove past Dylan Ababou, drawing Jervy Cruz' fifth and last foul, converting the basket, and setting himself up for a three-point play. After sending Cruz to the bench for good, Intal converted the free throw to give the Blue Eagles a five-point lead, 64\u201359 with about a minute remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nWith a two of UST's main players out of the game and five-point lead with just over a minute to go in regulation, Ateneo looked poised to end the match. But fate had other things in mind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nOn UST's next possession, Anthony Espiritu faked his defender into the air then drained a critical triple to draw the Tigers to within two, with just over a minute left in the fourth. Intal drove to the basket in Ateneo's next play, but he missed the shot, and the rebound was controlled by Duncil. On the Tigers' possession, Intal committed a foul, giving UST an inbounds play with clock reading 43.5\u00a0seconds. Ateneo then used out of its two timeouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nDuncil caught the pass out of the inbound, but then missed a rushed layup from the right side. However, Mark Canlas grabbed the rebound and scored on a putback to tie the game at 64, with 37.3\u00a0seconds left in regulation. The Eagles, opting not to call their final timeout, brought the ball upcourt and isolated Intal at the top of the key. Intal drove into the lane but again missed his lay-up, and the ball was tipped to Duncil. He could not control the rebound, however, and Intal was able to force him to turn the ball over. With only 21\u00a0seconds remaining, Ateneo called a timeout to set up their final offensive play of regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nIntal inbounded the ball to Escalona, who waited until about 11\u00a0seconds left before passing it to Chris Tiu, who in turn passed it to Intal on the left wing. He drove into the lane once more, but he again missed the shot, and Japs Cuan threw up a halfcourt shot that missed as time expired. Game 3 had gone into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nBoth teams started off cold in the overtime period, unable to score on their initial possessions. After Doug Kramer missed a shot on Ateneo's second possession, Japs Cuan brought the ball up and was fouled by Yuri Escueta. Since both teams were in the penalty, this sent UST's floor general to the free throw line. Cuan split his free throws, giving the Tigers a one-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nAteneo came up empty again on their next play, then Kramer fouled June Dizon on UST's possession. Dizon, though, missed both free throws, and Escalona hit another three, giving him 26 points and the Eagles their first lead of the period. Duncil answered right away with a jumper to tie the game again, then after Intal turned the ball over on Ateneo's next possession, Cuan was fouled anew, and once again split his free throws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nOn the Eagles next possession, Escalona faked his defender into the air then drove into the lane for a difficult lay-up to give the Eagles back the lead, 69\u201368. Duncil tried to answer on the Tiger's next possession, but he air-balled a three-pointer. Duncil though, chased down his own miss, and drew a foul from Chris Tiu. He then knocked in both shots to swing the lead back to his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nAfter Escalona missed a three, Ababou stole Kramer's pass and brought the ball into UST's attack zone. Duncil faked off Barracoso behind the three-point arc, then dribbled closer to sink another jumper which gave the Tigers a three-point lead, 72\u201369, with just over a minute remaining. As the yellow side of the arena grew louder, Chris Tiu sank a three-pointer of his own off an assist pass from JC Intal to tie the game again at 72, forcing UST to call a timeout with 55\u00a0seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nThe Tigers ran an isolation play for Duncil in the right wing against Escalona. Duncil drove into the lane, faked Escalona into the air, then drained yet another jumper to give UST a two-point lead. Intal answered on Ateneo's next play, driving into the lane and laying it in, tying the game anew at 74. The Eagles defended Duncil well on the next play, forcing him to give up the ball to Jun Cortes, who missed an open three. But Ateneo could not control the rebound, and Dylan Ababou grabbed it, drawing a foul in the process. Ababou missed his first free throw, but made the second, giving UST the slimmest of margins, with time down to 12.5\u00a0seconds. The Eagles called their last timeout to set up their final offensive play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nBarracoso inbounded to Intal, who called for an isolation at the top of the key against Ababou. He drove past Ababou, but missed a short bank shot. As Intal went up for his own miss, Cuan tied him up, forcing a jumpball, with the possession arrow pointing at UST. The Tigers then inbounded to Jun Cortes, who was fouled immediately. Cortes made the first free throw, giving UST a two-point lead, 76\u201374, with 3.7\u00a0seconds left. The second free throw rattled out, and the ball was tipped to Jai Reyes, who missed a desperation heave at the buzzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Game summaries, Finals, Game three\nMacky Escalona topscored for the Blue Eagles with 26 points, while Jojo Duncil led the Tigers' charge with 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nThe celebrations at the campus began at the moment of UST's victory on October 2. The main celebrations were held on October 4, started by a thanksgiving holy mass at 5\u00a0pm, celebrated by incoming Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., followed by parties, a dinner, and a 10-minute fireworks display seen over much of Sampaloc, Manila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nThe night was capped off by a concert (7\u00a0pm) with the Thomasian pop band Callalily, Thomasian alumna and bossa nova singer Sofia, Soapdish, and to chill and wrap up the night, the Atenean band Parokya ni Edgar and UP band Kamikazee. Heavy rains in the end, however, dampened the smooth flow of the programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nThe winning team will reportedly head to the Great Wall of China as a reward for their championship, as promised by the acting rector", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nAfter the championship celebrations, PLDT, whose president is Manny Pangilinan, a known Ateneo supporter, released a radio advertisement, where the ad depicts a play-by-play basketball sequence, with the commentator outlining a UST three-point play, and at the climax, the commentator retorts, \"Who cares?\" which then promotes a new PLDT product. After the promotion, the commentator comes back and says, \"Game over, who won?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nThe following year, the Tigers entered the playoff round by beating FEU in a rubber match. In the stepladder round, they lose to the Eagles who sought revenge on their defeat in the finals. They would lose key players like Cortez and Espiritu following next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath\nIn season 71, the Tigers with high expectations finished at 6\u20138 and not making to the Final Four for the first time in Pido Jarencio's tenure as coach. They also lose 6 key players from the championship team to graduation leaving Dylan Ababou as the sole member of the 2006 championship team next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Post-season tournaments\nAs semifinalists of the UAAP, the Tigers qualified for the Collegiate Champions League. With the seedings determined before their championship, they were seeded third, behind first seed Ateneo and second seed San Beda, the NCAA champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Post-season tournaments\nThe Tigers' round of 16 assignment was against the JRU Heavy Bombers, which finished tied for sixth in NCAA Season 82. The Tigers practically led for much of the game when June Dizon and Mel Gile were ejected at the second quarter. The Tigers regained their composure but the Heavy Bombers cut the lead, culminating two freethrows by Heavy Bomber Mark Cagoco with 1:56 left at the second quarter, giving JRU the lead, 65\u201363. The teams never scored again as the UAAP champions were eliminated from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188155-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Post-season tournaments\nThe Tigers are participated in the 2006\u201307 Philippine Basketball League Silver Cup as the Kettle Corn Pop Kings. Kettle Corn is a popcorn snack sold by the RFM Corporation. The members of team also includes non-Thomasians. The Pop Kings finished last in the classification round, and was eliminated by Magnolia Ice Cream Spinners (with most players coming from NCAA champions San Beda Red Lions) 133\u2013128 in triple overtime at the first round of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188156-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 UTEP Miners football team\nThe 2006 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. UTEP averaged 42,444 fans per game, ranking 50th nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188157-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Uganda Super League\nThe 2006 Ugandan Super League was the 39th season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188157-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Uganda Super League, Overview\nThe 2006 Uganda Super League was contested by 15 teams and was won by Uganda Revenue Authority SC, while Kampala United, KB Lions and Super Cubs were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188157-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Uganda Super League, Leading goalscorer\nThe top goalscorer in the 2006 season was Dan Walusimbi of Police FC with 15 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188158-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ugandan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Uganda on 23 February 2006. They were the first multi-party elections since President Yoweri Museveni took over power in 1986, and followed a referendum the previous year on scrapping the ban on party politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188158-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ugandan general election\nMuseveni ran for a second re-election as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate. His main opponent was the leader of the Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye. Besigye was arrested on 14 November 2005 on allegations of treason, concealment of treason, and rape. The treason case included his alleged links to the rebel groups, Lord's Resistance Army and People's Redemption Army, and the rape charge referred to an incident in November 1997 allegedly involving the daughter of a friend. The arrest led to demonstrations and riots in Kampala and towns around the country. Pro -Besigye protesters believed the charges were fabricated to stop Besigye from challenging Museveni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188158-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Ugandan general election\nThe result of the presidential election was a victory for Museveni, who received 59 percent of the vote; Besigye took 37 percent. In the parliamentary elections the NRM won 213 of the 319 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188158-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Ugandan general election, Campaign\nJustice Forum leader Muhammad Kibirige Mayanja and Conservative Party's Ken Lukyamuzi decided not to contest, but said they would support a joint candidate agreed to by the \"Group of Six\" opposition political parties. Independent candidate Nasser Sebaggala registered, but later decided to quit the presidential race, and asked his supporters to vote for the DP's Kizito.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188158-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Ugandan general election, Conduct\nThe elections were marred by controversy, with the government accused of intimidating opposition parties. This included the arrest and detention of Besigye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188158-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Ugandan general election, Aftermath\nOpposition supporters in Kampala staged some protests but were dispersed by riot police with tear gas. On 6 April 2006 the Supreme Court rejected Besigye's request to dismiss the poll by a vote of four to three, though a majority agreed that there had been electoral irregularities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188159-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Amateur Cup\nThe 2006 Ukrainian Amateur Cup was the eleventh annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 22 July 2006 and concluded on 8 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188159-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule\nThis year ODEK Orzhiv started from the quarterfinals. All the other teams started from the 1/8 finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188160-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Cup Final\nThe 2006 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Olympic NSC on 2 May 2006. The match was the 15th Ukrainian Cup final, and it was contested by Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188160-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kyiv\nAll 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dynamo and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia both qualified for the competition automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188161-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships took place between 23 and 25 December 2005 in Kiev. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results of the national championships were used to choose the teams to the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2006 World Championships, and the 2006 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188162-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nFollowing are the results of the Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2006 season. Participation is restricted to the regional (Oblast) champions and/or the most regarded team by the respective regional association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188162-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nThis season competition consisted of three stages. All of the stages were organized in regional principal and was played in two rounds where each team could play another at its home ground except the last one. The third stage was played in the single round to identify the finalists and the third place contenders. There were six groups in the first stage and four - in the second. The third part, which was the final consisted of two groups. The winners of groups advance to the finals and runners-up match up in the game for the third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188162-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Final\nThe game took place in Lubny, Poltava Oblast. October 1, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188162-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Final\nThis article about a Ukrainian association football competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188163-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe 2006 Ukrainian Super Cup became the third edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188163-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe match was played at the Central Stadium \"Chornomorets\", Odessa, on 16 July 2006, and contested by league winner Shakhtar Donetsk and cup winner Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo won it 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188164-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian local elections\nThe 2006 Ukrainian local elections took place on March 26, 2006. The elections saw the southern and eastern regions of the country vote for the Party of Regions, while the west and central regions were won by the Our Ukraine Bloc and Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, respectively. They were followed by the 2010 local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188164-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian local elections\nIn the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, also held on March 26, the mayors of Chernihiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, and Cherkasy were elected into the Ukrainian parliament. Hence mayoral by-elections in these 4 cities were held on November 26, 2006. In these by-elections voter turnout was low (20-30%, compared to 70-80% in the 2006 parliamentary election).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election\nThe Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on 26 March 2006. Election campaigning officially began on 7 July 2005. Between November 26 and 31 December 2005 party lists of candidates were formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election\nThe election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada, was held according to the party-list proportional election system\u2014that is, in a single nationwide electoral district with votes being allocated to the political parties or election blocs rather than to individual candidates. In the previous parliamentary elections half of parliamentary representatives (deputies) were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected in single-mandate constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election\nFollowing the Orange Revolution and the 2004 presidential elections in December 2004 Ukrainian parliament adopted significant changes (amendments) to the Constitution of Ukraine by introducing concepts of political coalition, coalition government, imperative mandate as well as transferred some power from the President to the parliament, making Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential democracy. Those amendments were to enter into force on 1 January 2006. The new constitutional amendment also abolished single member-districts and replacing them with an increased multi-member proportional representation. According to the election law and the system adopted, the political parties or election blocs need to collect at least 3% of the national vote in order to gain seats in parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine 67.13% of registered voters participated in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nOn April 10 the Central Election Commission (CVK) announced the final results of vote counting; the results can be seen at the . As a result of the election, out of 45 parties, only 5 passed the required 3% electoral threshold (see the table below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nComparing the results with early polls (but not with 2005 opinion polls), it was unexpected that President Viktor Yushchenko's party \"Our Ukraine\" received less than 14% of the national vote, coming third after the Party of Regions, and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nAs per preliminary results, the Ukrainian Communist Party was soundly trounced, getting less than 4% of the vote and 21 deputies as a result, as opposed to their 20% in the 2002 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nThe People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko did not pass the electoral threshold collecting only 2.93% of total votes recorded, 0.07% short of the required 3% electoral threshold. According to the law the threshold is calculated based on the total number of the voted ballots, including the general non-confidence votes (i.e. ballots of those who voted against all parties listed) as well as invalid votes (e.g. votes for more than one party as such option is not provided by electoral law).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nIf such votes were excluded from the total, then Vitrenko party would have received over 3% of the formal vote. Commenting the preliminary results the leader of the Opposition Bloc, Natalia Vitrenko expressed: \"Based on what grounds CVK shows the total number of actual voters as 25,250 thousands? According to CVK data, 2% of votes are invalid, and 1.8% are \"against all\", therefore these numbers should be excluded. The base for calculations should not be more than 24,500 thousand; and that is 3% out of the votes that CVK counted for out Bloc.\" Nonetheless, according to the Law on Election, Article 1.4 \"The mandates are distributed to the parties (blocs) that obtained no less than three percent of votes of voters that participated in the election\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nA set of parties which did not pass the electoral threshold, notably People's Opposition Bloc of Natalia Vitrenko and the Opposition Bloc \"Ne Tak\" have made claims of the elections being highly falsified and asked for vote recount. Recent reports in the media have indicated that Ukraine's President has also suggested that if necessary a partial recount of the 26 March ballot should be made. If significant mistakes were made in the tally of votes there is a chance for Opposition Block of Natalia Vitrenko to exceed the 3% threshold required by law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nOver 22% of voters who supported minor candidates (with less than the 3%) will not be represented by the parties elected due to the electoral method used (party list proportional representation with an election threshold).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parties and electoral blocs registered\nA record number of forty five parties registered for the election, with only five securing the minimum 3% quota required to elect representatives to the Ukrainian parliament. Seats in the Verkhovna Rada are allocated among those parties securing the 3% quota according to the largest remainder method of seat allocation, using the Hare quota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parties and electoral blocs registered\nEach party meeting the 3% quota is entitled to appoint one representative for every 1/450 (approximately 0.22%) of the total vote allocated to all parties exceeding the 3% threshold, with remaining seats being awarded to the parties with the largest remaining fractions of 1/450 of the total vote allocated to all parties meeting the 3% threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parties and electoral blocs registered\nName of the party or electoral bloc (number of candidates):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parties and electoral blocs registered\n(Parties or blocs which have obtained at least 3% of the vote are in bold)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day\nAccording to earlier polls, front-runners where Party of Regions on 34%, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc on 24%, as well as President Yushchenko's People's Union Our Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day\nTwo other political forces that where virtually assured to pass a 3% barrier where the Socialist Party of Ukraine headed by Oleksander Moroz and the bloc of the current Speaker of Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn (based on his former Agrarian Party of Ukraine renamed to the People's Party).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day\nThe Communist Party of Ukraine, which has progressively received fewer and fewer votes with each election (25% in 1998, 20% in 2002), was expected to continue their decline in voter support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day\nWhilst some parties have nominated over 400 candidates, it was always unlikely that any single Party would elect over 200 members. In order to form a Government, under Ukraine's constitution, parties will need to form a coalition with two or more voting blocks within the first month following the declaration of the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day, Razumkov Centre Poll\nEach 2 weeks Razumkov Centre held a representative national survey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 90], "content_span": [91, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day, Razumkov Centre Poll\nTable 1 shows the results for the parties likely to pass the three percent threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 90], "content_span": [91, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day, Razumkov Centre Poll\nThe latest Razumkov poll shows a consolidation of voter opinion and if the results of the poll are a true indication of voter intention the voter participation rate will be above 90% of registered voters. Voting in Ukraine is not compulsory. Votes below the 3% threshold are discarded which increases the proportional share of seats allocated to the remaining party/blocs. There is still 10.5% of voters undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 90], "content_span": [91, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology\nKyiv International Institute of Sociology presented the latest poll on 9 February based on a survey during 20\u201327 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 111], "content_span": [112, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology\nTable 2 shows the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) poll results for the parties likely to pass the three percent threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 111], "content_span": [112, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Polls before the election day, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology\nThe map to the right shows the non administrative regional division used by KIIS: The Western region (orange) comprises the eight oblasts of the west - Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Transcarpathia, and Chernivtsi oblasts; the Central region (yellow) is made up by Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv oblasts as well as the city of Kyiv; the Southern region (light blue) consists of Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol; the Eastern region (dark blue) includes Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 111], "content_span": [112, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nAccording to Arabic newsmedia Aljazeera, Party of the regions had alleged that the general elections had been marred by irregularities and poor organisation as the first exit polls were published. But while acknowledging some organisational problems, most other parties and Western observers have given the vote a largely clean bill of health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nRussian newspaper Izvestia predicts that Ukraine can expect more political instability and worsening economic situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nAccording to Russian Gazeta.ru, Tymoshenko, Yushchenko and the Socialists can form a coalition. Yulia Tymoshenko was sure she will become a new PM. Yushchenko and Georgian President Saakishvili already congratulated her with victory. ,,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nAccording to Russian RIAN, Tymoshenko promised to reconsider the Russian-Ukrainian gas deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nThe Washington Post informed that Yushchenko's party was beaten into a humiliating third place in parliamentary elections as the pro-Russian party of the man he defeated for the presidency 16 months ago appeared headed for a clear victory, according to exit polls. The Party of Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovych, who was defeated by Yushchenko in 2004 following massive street protests known as the Orange Revolution, secured a commanding 33.3 percent of the vote, according to one poll. A second exit poll gave his party 27.5 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nOn 27 March, Arabic Aljazeera reported that Yulia Tymoshenko, the former PM, had scored a triumph in parliamentary elections with her own bloc coming second and placing her in a position to form a coalition government. Viktor Yanukovich's pro-Russian Regions party won the most seats, but Tymoshenko emerged as a rejuvenated political figure, saying that \"Orange Revolution\" liberals could close ranks to keep the pro-Russian party in opposition. The outcome was a double humiliation for Viktor Yushchenko, the president, who defeated Yanukovich in a presidential poll re-run after December's 2004 street protests, and later fell out with Tymoshenko, his former Orange Revolution comrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nAccording to Forbes.com, Tymoshenko urged her estranged Orange Revolution allies to form a united front against their old pro-Russian nemesis, who was leading in early results from a weekend parliamentary election. Proposed coalition talks, which were supposed to get under way Monday, were delayed indefinitely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, World reaction\nRussian online media Lenta.ru reported that activists of Vitrenko's party erected tents and started boycotting the premises of Ukrainian Central Election Commission in protest of alleged violations. . According to Interfax-Ukraine, the tents are mostly empty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Coalition and government\nFollowing the 2004 constitutional amendments, a concept of coalition government replaced the existing concept of majority government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Coalition and government\nThe formation of coalition government was delayed and triggered post-election political \"trade offs\". On 22 June 2006 there finally was signed a coalition agreement between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, Bloc \"Our Ukraine\", and the Socialist Party of Ukraine forming the Coalition of Democratic Forces. However, political trading continued on and appointment of new government was getting suspended. Because of delay, the Socialist Party withdrew its signature from the coalition agreement and on 7 July 2006 signed new coalition agreement with the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine forming the so-called Alliance of National Unity. That led to re-appointment of Viktor Yanukovych as Prime Minister on 4 August, with the backing of 30 deputies of the \"Our Ukraine\" Bloc, after the parties agreed on the principals of state policy expressed in the Universal of National Unity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188165-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Coalition and government\nThe political scandal led to early parliamentary elections after the President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved the parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe 2006 Parliamentary crisis in Ukraine started in March 2006 as a result of inconclusive parliamentary elections, and ended on 3 August 2006 with Viktor Yanukovych (as part of the Alliance of National Unity) being chosen as a Prime Minister to replace Yuriy Yekhanurov, who resigned right after the parliamentary elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nMany speculated that Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) might form a coalition with Our Ukraine party and the Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) to prevent the Party of Regions from gaining power. Yulia Tymoshenko solicited to become Prime Minister. However, negotiations with Our Ukraine and SPU faced many difficulties as the various blocs scrapped over posts and engaged in counter-negotiations with other groupings. Apparently President Viktor Yushchenko did not want Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister. Initially SPU's Oleksandr Moroz wanted the post of Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nOn Wednesday 21 June 2006, the Ukrainian media reported that the three parties had finally reached a coalition agreement, which appeared to have ended nearly three months of political uncertainty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nTymoshenko's nomination and confirmation as new Prime Minister was expected to be straightforward. However, the nomination was preconditioned on an election of her long-term rival Petro Poroshenko from Our Ukraine as the speaker of the parliament. Tymoshenko stated that she would vote for any speaker from the coalition. Within a few days after the coalition agreement had been signed, it became clear that the coalition members mistrusted each other, since they considered it to be a deviation from parliamentary procedures in order to hold a simultaneous vote on Poroshenko as the speaker and Tymoshenko as Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe Party of Regions announced an ultimatum to the coalition, demanding that the parliamentary procedures be observed, asking membership in parliamentary committees to be allocated in proportion to seats held by each fraction, chairmanship in certain Parliamentary committees as well as Governorships in the administrative subdivisions won by the Party of Regions. The Party of Regions complained the coalition agreement deprived the Party of Regions and the communists of any representation in the executive and leadership in parliamentary committees while in the local regional councils won by the Party of Regions, the coalition parties were locked out of all committees as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nMembers from the Party of Regions blocked the parliament from Thursday, 29 June through Thursday, 6 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nFollowing a surprise nomination of Moroz as the Rada Chairman and his subsequent election late on 6 July with the support of the Party of Regions, the \"Orange coalition\" collapsed (Poroshenko had withdrawn his candidacy and had urged Moroz to do the same on 7 July). After the creation of a large coalition of majority (the so-called Alliance of National Unity), led by the former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych and composed of the Party of Regions, Socialists and Communists, Viktor Yanukovych became Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nWhilst Tymoshenko immediately announced that her political force would be in opposition to the new government, after the signing of the Universal of National Unity Our Ukraine initially wanted to join this coalition and indeed five of its members where appointed Cabinet oMinisters in the coalition, but in October 2006 Our Ukraine joined the opposition. By November 2006 there five ministers where dismissed by parliament or withdrawn by Our Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188166-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Ukrainian political crisis\nFollowing the 2007 Ukrainian political crisis new elections were called and held in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188167-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 2006 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 2006 installment of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship ran by the Ulster GAA. St. Gall's of Antrim were the defending champions, but they were knocked out of their own county championship by Cargin, who went on to win Antrim. The winners, Crossmaglen Rangers, were awarded the S\u00e9amus McFerran Cup after beating Ballinderry Shamrocks in the final and went on to represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case\nThe Ulvila homicide (Finnish: Ulvilan surma) occurred in Ulvila, Finland on December 1, 2006. The victim was fifty-one-year-old Jukka S. Lahti, a social psychologist and father of four. Initially, the police were looking for an outside perpetrator, but in September 2009, the victim's widow Anneli Auer was arrested and charged with the murder. She was twice convicted in the district court, but both times the appeals court reversed the verdict, and finally in December 2015, the acquittal became permanent, when the Supreme Court of Finland denied the prosecution's appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Murder night and initial investigation\nThe victim's wife, Anneli Auer (born 1965), called the emergency number at 2:43 AM on December 1, 2006. According to Auer, a masked assailant had attacked her husband in the family home. Lahti had been stabbed multiple times and hit in the head with a blunt object, and Auer was also wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Murder night and initial investigation\nThe police detained or arrested several people, among them an actor whom Auer had identified as the assailant, but who was later cleared. One theory by the police was that the murder had been a revenge, because Lahti had been working as an HR director in a company that had laid off many people. In the spring of 2008 the police conducted hundreds of DNA tests among the company's employees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Auer arrested\nIn August 2008, the case received a new chief investigator, and the police started to focus on the phone call that Auer had made to the emergency services. According to the police, the tape had no evidence of an outside killer. The tape had also been analyzed by the FBI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Auer arrested\nAn undercover officer befriended Auer and they dated for 7\u20138 months. The police also bugged Auer's phone and even her home for three days. According to a police representative, the undercover operation yielded neither inculpatory nor exculpatory evidence. In May 2011, the Supreme Court of Finland ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to hand over information about the operation to Auer, except for the names of officers and some other details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Auer arrested\nOn 28 September 2009, Anneli Auer was arrested. The theory was that she had killed Lahti during the phone call and staged the crime scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Auer arrested\nAuer was tried before a three-judge panel in the Satakunta District Court. In November 2010, she was found guilty. One of the judges had voted to acquit her. Auer appealed the verdict to the Vaasa Court of Appeal, which in July 2011 acquitted her of all charges. The verdict was unanimous.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nIn October 2012, the Supreme Court of Finland decided to send the case back to Satakunta District Court, because of the new evidence the prosecutors presented after Auer's appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nIn the summer of 2013 it was reported that the DNA sample that was taken from the crime scene had in fact been contaminated and the unknown male DNA belonged to a crime laboratory examiner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nIn December 2013, the Satakunta District Court again convicted Auer in a 2\u20131 ruling, and sentenced her to life imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nAuer appealed against her second conviction to Vaasa Court of Appeal. The appeal hearings began in September 2014 and ended in October. In February 2015, the Vaasa Court of Appeal overturned her conviction for the second time. The verdict was 2\u20131, with one of the judges ruling to uphold the District Court's verdict. According to the verdict, it had not been proven that Auer had staged the crime scene, and the presence of an outside perpetrator could not be ruled out based on the evidence. The court did not accept the prosecution's claim that the phone call to the emergency services contained parts that Auer had pre-recorded. The judge who voted to convict Auer was of the opinion that she was the killer and had staged the crime scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nThe prosecutors appealed to the Supreme Court and provided the court with new evidence. An analysis done on behalf of the prosecution claimed to prove that the phone call had been pre-recorded by Auer. By pre-recording the sounds of the killing before the phone call, Auer would have had more time to stage the crime scene. The analysis also concluded that Auer had yelled \"Die\" (kuole) instead of \"Don't die\" (\u00e4l\u00e4 kuole), as she claimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nThe defense team rebutted the claim with their own expert statement, which stated that the tape had no evidence of tampering, and that an outside person can be heard on it. In December 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the Court of Appeal verdict which had found Auer not guilty of the murder of her husband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nAuer had spent more than 600 days in prison for the murder, and in 2016 she was awarded a compensation of about 500,000 euros. At 800 euros per day it was the highest compensation given to a falsely imprisoned person in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188168-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Ulvila homicide case, Second set of trials\nIn 2016 over 50 police officers were charged for trying to access Auer's information in the police database. Most of them received a fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188169-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship\nThe 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 4 April and 21 April 2006. Australia won the final over New Zealand 17\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188169-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Pool/standings\nThe IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals and the team that finished at the bottom of the Division A pool was to be relegated to the Division B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188169-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Pool/standings\nMatch points were awarded on the basis of 4 points for a Win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a Loss. Bonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and to losing teams who lost be 7 points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188169-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Final standings\n* Romania was initially demoted to Division B and Fiji promoted to Division A for next World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188169-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Final standings\n# Chile, Russia, Namibia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea and USA were relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for next World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188170-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship\nThe 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship was played in the Auvergne region of France throughout June 2006. The final was played between South Africa and France at the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, which saw France win 24\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188171-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Men\nThe 2006 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was held in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 25 to 30 July 2006. Eight teams participated in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188172-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Women\nThe 2006 Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Women was the fourth edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division C. It was played in Kirchberg, Luxembourg, from 11 to 16 July 2006. Scotland women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup\nThe 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from 2 to 15 February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup\nThe final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Teams and qualification\nThe ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) qualified automatically:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, The Final\nA dramatic final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo. After Pakistan set a very low target of 110 runs to win for India, a stunning Pakistani bowling performance devastated India's top-order batsmen, taking the first six wickets for nine runs. India was eventually dismissed for 71, enabling Pakistan to become the first country ever to defend the title successfully and become back-to-back champions of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nPlayers that featured for their national team in the future were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nAustralia \u2013 Moises Henriques, Jon Holland, Jackson Bird, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade, Ben Cutting and David Warner (Tom Cooper also represented Australia but went on to play international cricket for Netherlands)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nBangladesh \u2013 Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Raqibul Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Dolar Mahmud, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Kamrul Islam, Shamsur Rahman and Mehrab Hossain, Jr. (Sirajullah Khadim who played for Bangladesh U-19 later represented Portugal)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nIndia \u2013 Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Manish Pandey", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nIreland \u2013 Gary Wilson, Andrew Poynter, Gary Kidd, Greg Thompson and James Hall (Eoin Morgan also represented Ireland but went on to play international cricket for England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nNepal - Amrit Bhattarai, Basant Regmi, Gyanendra Malla, Kanishka Chaugai, Mahesh Chhetri, Paras Khadka and Sharad Vesawkar", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nNew Zealand \u2013 Martin Guptill, Roneel Hira, Tim Southee, Todd Astle, Colin Munro and Hamish Bennett", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nPakistan \u2013 Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Nasir Jamshed and Rameez Raja", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nScotland \u2013 Richie Berrington, Moneeb Iqbal, Gordon Goudie and Calum MacLeod", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nSouth Africa \u2013 Dean Elgar, Mthokozisi Shezi, Richard Levi and Wayne Parnell (Craig Kieswetter also represented South Africa but went on to play international cricket for England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nSri Lanka \u2013 Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ashan Priyanjan, Chamara Kapugedera, Isuru Udana, Sachith Pathirana and Thisara Perera", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nWest Indies \u2013 Andre Fletcher, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Nelon Pascal, Jason Mohammed, Leon Johnson, William Perkins and Kemar Roach", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188173-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Future Players\nZimbabwe \u2013 Sean Williams, Prince Masvaure, Taurai Muzarabani, Chamu Chibhabha, Graeme Cremer, Friday Kasteni, Taurai Muzarabani and Keegan Meth (Gary Ballance who played for Zimbabwe U-19 later represented England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188174-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads\nSixteen members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) fielded teams at the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. One team, the United States, was making its tournament debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188175-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Unitech Cup\nThe Unitech Cup 2006 was 3 match bilateral One-Day cricket contest between home team Sri Lanka and India. The Unitech Cup was originally a Triangular One-Day Cricket Tournament to be held in Sri Lanka, between Sri Lanka, India and South Africa. However, South Africa pulled out due to safety issues regarding a nearby bomb blast in Colombo, not far from the stadium. The tournaments fixtures were to be held originally in the cities of Dambulla and Colombo, but were later revised to be played only in Colombo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188175-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Unitech Cup\nEach team was to play 4 matches, 2 against each opponent, with the best 2 teams qualifying for the final. Despite statistics pointing out Sri Lanka to be favourites at home, the series was tipped to be one of the most competitive tournaments in a while. This was despite many key injuries in the South African squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188175-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Unitech Cup, Safety Issues\nOn the eve of the tournament, the opening match, between Sri Lanka and South Africa, on 14 August 2006, was called off due to torrential rain. With reserve days for each scheduled match, this was not a major issue, but a bomb blast that occurred only 2 kilometres away from the stadium endangered the tournament. This was due to increased concerns from the South African players, who were ready to pull out, but were willing to continue playing if Security Evaluations deemed it safe. An official statement from the South African Cricket Board was made, stating that the team would pull out, due to the current risk being at an \"unacceptable level\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188175-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Unitech Cup, Safety Issues\nThe Sri Lankan board persuaded the Board of Cricket Control of India to consider a 5-match Bilateral series, but the BCCI accepted a 3-match series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188175-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Unitech Cup, Safety Issues\nA revised fixtures list was released after the considerable delay and the decision made by the South Africans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188176-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Indoor Football season\nThe 2006 United Indoor Football season was preceded by 2005 and succeeded by 2007. It was the second season of the UIF. The league champions were the Sioux Falls Storm, who defended their title by defeating the Lexington Horsemen in United Bowl II and acquired a perfect season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188176-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United Indoor Football season\nThe only changes in the league in 2006 were that the Tennessee Valley Raptors moved from Huntington, Alabama to Rockford, Illinois, where they became the Rock River Raptors, and Bloomington was added as an expansion team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188177-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom budget\nThe 2006 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2006: A strong and strengthening economy: Investing in Britain's future was formally delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in the House of Commons on 22 March 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections\nLocal government elections took place in England (only) on Thursday 4 May 2006. Polling stations were open between 7:00 and 22:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections\nAll London borough council seats were up for election, as well as a third of the seats on each of the metropolitan borough councils, and a third of some unitary authorities and shire districts. Several councils elected half of their seats: these were Adur, Cheltenham, Fareham, Gosport, Hastings, Nuneaton and Bedworth, and Oxford. Local elections follow a four-year cycle, and the 2006 election was the follow-on from the 2002 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections\nMayoral contests were held in the London boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham and Newham, and in Watford. Crewe and Nantwich held a referendum on the issue of whether or not to have a directly elected mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections\nThis was the first set of elections since David Cameron was elected leader of the Conservative Party. The Conservatives strengthened their position as the largest party in local government, making headway against Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Summary of results\nNote: Figures for number of councils and councillors is only in regard to those councils up for election in 2006, and does not include councils not up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nOn 7 April, a report produced by the University of Plymouth for Newsnight, based on results of council by-elections in the past three months, suggested that, compared to the 2002 local elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nThis prediction may be seen to be almost entirely inaccurate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Projected national share\nIn an analysis for the Sunday Times, psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, of the University of Plymouth, produced an estimate of the national share of the vote. According to their calculations, the parties would have the following share of the vote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Projected national share\nThey note that this is estimate not intended to predict the vote share in an actual general election, because voters often vote differently in general elections due to local issues, or to a wish to \"fire a shot across the government's bows\" without actually removing it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Projected national share\nThe BBC had a similar national share prediction, based on the results of 950 key wards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nUK Independence Party (UKIP) launched their local election campaign on 28 March 2006, where they put forward their policies for the local elections which included: the reduction of council tax by 50%; local binding referendums on major issues; and giving councils control of business rates and letting them receive the proceeds from stamp duty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nThe Liberal Democrats' campaign launch was held on 3 April 2006 and was led by Sir Menzies Campbell MP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nLabour's campaign for the local elections was launched on 5 April 2006 and was led by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair MP (Lab, Sedgefield) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Blair's expected successor, Gordon Brown MP (Lab, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) in the wake of rumours of a split between the two over when Blair should stand down as PM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nRespect launched their election manifesto on 10 April 2006 calling the local elections a referendum on New Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nThe Greens launched their campaign on 11 April 2006, having already announced that 1,300 candidates will be standing across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nThe BNP launched their election manifesto on 14 April 2006. Soon after, Margaret Hodge, the Labour Employment Minister, told the press that 8 out of 10 white voters in her east London constituency of Barking admitted being tempted to vote for the BNP, hinting that the party's share of council seats was set to increase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Campaign launches\nThe Conservatives launched their campaign on 18 April. David Cameron, Eric Pickles, Caroline Spelman and Peter Ainsworth fronted a press conference that focused on environmental issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Timeline\nConservatives offer a chance for \"ordinary people\" to appear in the local election broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, Timeline\nThe West Midlands Police confirm their presence at Birmingham polling stations on election day amid fears of widespread ballot fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs\nOne third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, England, Unitary authorities\nOne third of the council seats were up for election in 20 unitary authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188178-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils, Third of council\nIn 81 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 81], "content_span": [82, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188179-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nThe 2006 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place between November 6 and 17, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference included the 12th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (COP12) and the second Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188179-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nAt the meeting, BBC reporter Richard Black coined the phrase \"climate tourists\" to describe some delegates who attended \"to see Africa, take snaps of the wildlife, the poor, dying African children and women\". Black also noted that due to delegates' concerns over economic costs and possible losses of competitiveness, the majority of the discussions avoided any mention of reducing emissions. Black concluded that was a disconnect between the political process and the scientific imperative. Despite such criticism, certain strides were made at COP12, including in the areas of support for developing countries and clean development mechanism. The parties adopted a five-year plan of work to support climate change adaptation by developing countries, and agreed on the procedures and modalities for the Adaptation Fund. They also agreed to improve the projects for clean development mechanism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 939]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection\nA United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 2006 to succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations ran until 31 December 2006. Seven candidates were officially nominated for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection\nThe United Nations Security Council conducted a series of unofficial straw polls between 24 July and 2 October. South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon led the polls from the start, emerging as the only candidate with the support of all five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council (P5). After the final straw poll, all of the other candidates withdrew. The Security Council conducted a formal vote on 9 October and forwarded its choice to the General Assembly, which elected Ban on 13 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Selection process\nThe United Nations Charter provides for the Secretary-General to be appointed by the General Assembly upon the nomination of the Security Council. Therefore, the selection is subject to the veto of any of the five permanent members of the Security Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Selection process\nThe Charter's minimal language has since been supplemented by other procedural rules and accepted practices. There is an unofficial term limit of two full terms, disqualifying Kofi Annan from re-selection. A system of regional rotation is in place to select a new Secretary-General after the previous one has served two terms. The ability of a candidate to converse in both English and French is also considered an advantage, although this is not always enforced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Selection process\nThe Security Council conducts a series of straw polls in private to gauge the level of support for each candidate. When a candidate appears to be winning, another straw poll is taken to reveal vetoes. The candidate with no vetoes, at least 9 votes, and more votes than the other candidates is considered to be the most likely choice. The Security Council then takes a formal public vote to announce its choice, and the General Assembly votes to accept the Security Council's recommendation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Background to the 2006 race\nWhen the race to succeed Annan began in 2006, it was widely expected that the successful candidate would be Asian, as there had not been a Secretary-General from Asia since 1971. A number of Security Council members (including China, which has a veto) indicated they would only support an Asian candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Background to the 2006 race\nNoting that all Secretaries-General to date have been men, Equality Now launched a campaign for the election of a female Secretary-General, and identified a \u2018sampling\u2019 of 18 qualified women, including Vaira V\u012b\u0137e-Freiberga, Louise Arbour, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and Tarja Halonen. Equality Now also noted that there are many qualified Asian women, including Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma, Sadako Ogata from Japan, Nafis Sadik from Pakistan, Anson Chan from Hong Kong, and Leticia Shahani from the Philippines. The idea of a female Secretary-General received some support, (including from Kofi Annan and US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton), but no Asian women were nominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Nominees\nA number of other potential candidates were mentioned by commentators but did not run, including Bill Clinton (former President of the United States), Jean Chr\u00e9tien (former Prime Minister of Canada), Anwar Ibrahim (former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia), Goh Chok Tong (Senior Minister of Singapore), Fidel Ramos (former President of the Philippines), Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta (Prime Minister of East Timor), Aleksander Kwa\u015bniewski (former President of Poland), and Tony Blair (then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom). However, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair did not qualify for the post, since one of the unofficial rules of the selection process is that a citizen of a permanent member could not hold the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Selection\nThe Security Council conducted four straw polls, on 24 July, 14 September, 28 September, and 2 October, in which each of the 15 member states were asked whether they would \"encourage\" or \"discourage\" each of the official candidates (or if they had \u2018no opinion\u2019 on the candidate). Ban Ki-moon led all of the polls, and Shashi Tharoor came in second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Selection\nIn the final poll, the permanent members voted on red paper, while the rotating members voted on white paper. Ban was the only candidate not to be vetoed, while Tharoor received one red \"discourage\" vote from the United States. After the vote, Shashi Tharoor withdrew his candidacy, and China's Permanent Representative to the UN told reporters that \"it is quite clear from today's straw poll that Minister Ban Ki-moon is the candidate that the Security Council will recommend to the General Assembly\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, Selection\nZeid and Ghani withdrew from the race on 4 October. They were followed on 5 October by Surakiart and V\u012b\u0137e-Freiberga, leaving only Ban in the race. The Security Council conducted a formal vote on 9 October and forwarded its choice to the General Assembly, which then appointed Ban Ki-moon on 13 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188180-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection, 2011 Re-selection\nTraditionally, the Secretary-General is re-selected for a second term unless vetoed by a permanent member. Ban Ki-moon ran unopposed for a second term in 2011. The Security Council met for informal consultations on 16 June 2011, where Ban received no vetoes. The Security Council adopted Resolution 1987 by acclamation on 17 June 2011, recommending Ban for a second term ending 31 December 2016. The General Assembly adopted Resolution 65/282 on 21 June 2011, ratifying Ban's re-appointment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 66], "content_span": [67, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election\nThe 2006 United Nations Security Council election began on 16 October 2006 during the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election\nIn accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent Security Council seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats were allocated as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election\nWhile the first three votes were uncontroversial and even the one contested seat was settled in the first round, the race for the Latin American and Caribbean seat went on for an almost unprecedented 48 rounds of voting over the space of three weeks. In five days of ballots, the General Assembly was unable to decide between Guatemala and Venezuela, and the matter was only resolved when they both agreed to withdraw their candidacies and nominate Panama instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election\nThe final result of the election was that Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama and South Africa were elected to serve on the Security Council for the 2007\u201308 period with South Africa being elected for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Voting mechanics\nTo win a seat, a candidate member must receive the favourable vote of two-thirds of the member states present and voting. Votes are taken by secret ballot, with each of the UN's 192 then member states allocated one vote, and a formal ballot is conducted even in those cases in which \u2014 generally due to pre-meeting negotiations among the members of the corresponding bloc \u2014 there is only one candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Voting mechanics\nIf a bloc proposes more than one candidate but, after several rounds of voting, the General Assembly is unable to decide between them, the vote is opened to all the bloc's other member states. Balloting then continues in groups of three successive \"restricted\" and \"unrestricted\" rounds of voting until a winner emerges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, African seat\nSouth Africa, the only nation to contend for the African seat, was elected with 186 votes. The 2007\u201308 period is the first time that South Africa sits on the Security Council, occupying the seat then held by Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Asian seat\nThere were two contenders for the Asian seat: Indonesia received 158 votes to Nepal's 28. Indonesia replaced Japan on 1 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Western European and Others seats\nThe Western European and Others Group (WEOG), a bloc made up of 23 European nations as well as Turkey, Israel, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, had two Council vacancies to fill in this election. It fielded two candidates \u2014 Belgium and Italy \u2014 both of which were voted onto the Council, with 186 and 180 supporting votes, respectively. They replaced Denmark and Greece at the end of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat\nThe Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) nominated two candidates \u2014 Guatemala and Venezuela \u2014 for its one available seat, then held by Argentina. After 47 rounds of deadlocked voting, both candidates withdrew their bids and supported the nomination of Panama as a compromise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Guatemala\nGuatemala announced its candidacy in 2002. It had the staunch support of the United States,as well as that of Mexico, the rest of Central America, Colombia, and the remaining members of WEOG. The Central American nation has never sat on the Security Council, and is one of only six of the original signatories of the UN Charter to be in that position (along with the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Luxembourg, and Saudi Arabia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Guatemala\nIn recent years, following the conclusion of its 36-year-long Civil War and the succession of several democratically elected governments, it has been playing a more proactive role in multilateral affairs. For instance, after having been on the receiving end of UN assistance between 1994 and 2004 with the MINUGUA verification mission,it is now a provider of troops for peace-keeping missions (215 worldwide most in MONUC), with Guatemalan soldiers deployed in Haiti, DR Congo, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, and other global hot spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Venezuela\nVenezuela, under President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, announced its plans to seek a UNSC seat in 2004. It presented itself as an alternative to what it considered U.S. global hegemony and, in the words of foreign minister Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, an \"end to the unipolar world that has been so damaging\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Venezuela\nVenezuela conducted an extensive global campaign in search of support for its candidacy in the months prior to the vote, particularly in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, where it offered generous packages of oil-funded aid; it claimed to have had the backing of Mercosur and of significant portions of the Arab League, the African Union, the Caribbean Community, the Non-Aligned Movement, Russia and China. Venezuela has occupied a seat on the UNSC on four previous occasions: 1962\u201363, 1977\u201378, 1986\u201387 and 1992\u201393.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Caribbean support\nThe Caribbean bloc of countries, also known as CARICOM, accounts for 14 votes in the GRULAC. Most of these states declared their backing for Venezuela at a meeting of the Caribbean Community Heads of Government meeting held earlier in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Caribbean support\nThe still unresolved border dispute between Guatemala and CARICOM-member Belize,as well as a legal challenge brought by Guatemala before the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the Caribbean nations' trade deal with the European Union at the WTO, were reported as having soured the majority of Caribbean states against any backing of a Guatemalan candidacy. Belizean Prime Minister Said Musa brought up the UNSC contest during the heads of government meeting and urged the other heads to support anyone but Guatemala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Caribbean support\nPrior to its recognition of Belize's sovereignty in 1991, Guatemala claimed its neighbour's territory in its entirety, and ownership of some tracts of land along the countries' jungle border is still disputed. Fear that Guatemala would use its UNSC seat to unfair advantage in this dispute made Venezuela a more attractive choice for the Caribbean states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Caribbean support\nVenezuela also has a territorial dispute with CARICOM member-state Guyana but, in order to secure CARICOM's backing, Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez stated publicly that his country would not use their role on the Security Council to further their territorial claims. A further element in counteracting U.S. lobbying of the CARICOM states on behalf of Guatemala was Ch\u00e1vez's extensive petrodollar-funded programme of development aid in the Caribbean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 99], "content_span": [100, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting\nAlthough the results were generally more favourable to Guatemala (which received more votes in every round except the tied sixth ballot), the General Assembly was unable to produce a two-thirds majority for either candidate after repeated rounds of voting. When all the then 192 members vote, a two-thirds majority corresponds to 128 supporting votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 1\nOn the first day, 16 October 2006, ten rounds were held:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 1\nThe votes for Mexico and Cuba in the fifth to seventh rounds were admissible under the provision of the General Assembly's rules of procedure whereby, after three inconclusive ballots, the election may be opened to all members of the regional bloc in question, except those already holding seats on the Council and outgoing members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 2\nVoting continued the following day, 17 October 2006. After the small gifts of chocolate (Venezuela) and cotton bracelets (Guatemala) distributed among the delegates on Monday, lobbying for the second day of voting was assisted by brightly coloured bookmarks (Venezuela) and a pamphlet stating its position that was distributed to the U.N. members (Guatemala).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 2\nFollowing the second day of inconclusive balloting, the vote was postponed until the following Thursday, 19 October 2006. Given the high number of abstentions in the later rounds of Tuesday's voting, the BBC inferred that delegations may have been trying to send a signal that it is time to seek an alternative candidate; it mentioned the names of Costa Rica, Panama and Uruguay. A private informal meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Group was held on 18 October, but it failed to break the deadlock. After the meeting, Mexican ambassador Enrique Berruga publicly called on Venezuela to withdraw on grounds of \"diplomatic courtesy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 3\nVoting recommenced on 19 October. At the start of the session, Egypt proposed deferring the vote until Monday, 23 October, because of the delays being suffered by other pending business, but this suggestion was rejected by the Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 3\nFaced with continued deadlock, the General Assembly agreed to postpone further voting until Wednesday, 25 October, to enable the meeting to make progress with its delayed agenda on Friday and Monday, to allow the Latin American and Caribbean states to conduct negotiations towards resolving the stalemate, and to observe the scheduled one-day recess on Tuesday to mark the Eid ul-Fitr feast day at the end of Ramadan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 4\nThe evening before voting was scheduled to recommence, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced at a rally in El Alto that Hugo Ch\u00e1vez had spoken to him earlier that day and that, since it had been unable to secure a two-thirds majority, Venezuela would withdraw in favour of Bolivia. No confirmation was forthcoming from Caracas, however, and it remained unclear whether Morales meant that Bolivia would be replacing Venezuela immediately or after another round of failed voting. The same afternoon, a spokesman for the Venezuelan foreign ministry cited three conditions which would have to be met for it to withdraw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 4\nBolivia under Evo Morales is a close ally of Ch\u00e1vez's Venezuela (Ch\u00e1vez has spoken of an axis of good comprising the two nations, along with Cuba), and it is likely that Bolivia's candidacy would have been just as unpalatable as Venezuela's had been to those countries opposing it. As events unfolded, nothing further was heard about this putative Venezuelan withdrawal in favour of Bolivia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 4\nAfter the 41st round, General Assembly President Haya Rashed Al Khalifa of Bahrain announced a deferral of further voting until Tuesday, 31 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 5\nA further six rounds of inconclusive voting were held on 31 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 6\nVoting was scheduled to recommence in the afternoon of 1 November, but a joint communiqu\u00e9 released by the foreign ministers of Guatemala and Venezuela shortly after noon requested that the day's balloting be suspended. They then announced that after negotiations chaired by Diego Cordovez, Ecuador's representative to the UN and chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Group, the two had agreed to withdraw their candidacies and propose Panama as a consensus candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 7\nThe GRULAC states unanimously endorsed Panama at a meeting on 3 November. Panama has served four previous terms as an elected member of the Security Council \u2014 in 1958\u201359, 1972\u201373, 1976\u201377 and 1981\u201382 \u2014 and the country's endorsement by the General Assembly on Tuesday, 7 November, was considered a formality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Voting, Day 7\nFollowing the vote, Guatemala said that the three-week polarization had been \"regrettable\", and that it would again seek a UNSC seat for the 2012\u201313 rotation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 95], "content_span": [96, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Historical precedents\nIn 1979, during the Cold War, a similar contest between Cuba and Colombia ran to 155 polls over a period of three months. The stalemate was finally resolved with the withdrawal of both and the election of Mexico as a compromise candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188181-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United Nations Security Council election, Latin American and Caribbean seat, Historical precedents\nWith the 36th round of voting, the 2006 contest became the third longest non-permanent seat vote in UN history, passing the race for the 1956\u20131957 period between Yugoslavia and the Philippines. The second longest is the 52-round election between Poland and Turkey for 1960\u20131961. The Poland\u2013Turkey stand-off was resolved when the contenders agreed to serve one year each; in the 1956\u20131957 case, it appears Yugoslavia was ultimately victorious in the vote but stood down after one year to enable the election of the Philippines to complete its term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 103], "content_span": [104, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188182-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United Soccer Leagues\nThe 2006 Season was the 20th edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188182-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals and Semifinals 2-game aggregate Higher seeded team hosted first game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188182-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Awards and All-League Teams\nFirst TeamF: Romario (Miami FC) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Cam Weaver (Seattle Sounders) (Co-Leading Goalscorer)M: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Luke Kreamalmeyer (Portland Timbers); Zinho (Miami FC); Joey Gjertsen (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP)D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year); Geordie Lyall (Vancouver Whitecaps); Mauricio Segovia (Puerto Rico Islanders); Andrew Gregor (Seattle Sounders)G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)Coach: Michael Anhaeuser (Charleston Battery) (Coach of the Year)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188182-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Awards and All-League Teams\nSecond TeamF: Alen Marcina (Puerto Rico Islanders); Greg Simmonds (Virginia Beach Mariners)M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Jeff Clarke (Vancouver Whitecaps); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Gavin Glinton (Charleston Battery))D: Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact); Matt Bobo (Atlanta Silverbacks); Kenney Bertz (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps)G: Scott Vallow (Rochester Raging Rhinos)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix\nThe 2006 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2006 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana on 2 July 2006. It was the tenth race of the 2006 Formula One season and the 40th United States Grand Prix. The 73-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from pole position. Teammate Felipe Massa finished second with Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Michael Schumacher scored his third win of the season, ending championship rival Fernando Alonso's run of four consecutive wins and reducing the 2005 World Drivers' Champion's lead in the points standings to 19 over the German. Schumacher's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa made it a Ferrari one-two by finishing in second place as the Maranello-based team also reduced Renault's constructors points advantage to 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix\nThe race also marked the anniversary of the tire controversy a year earlier, when 14 cars withdrew before the race began because of safety concerns about the supply of Michelin tyres provided to them\u00a0\u2013 which had resulted in crashes during practice. This was also the last race for McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya, after he announced that he would be leaving to race in NASCAR in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix\nThis was the last race until the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix that neither McLaren was classified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Friday drivers\nThe bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as Constructors) were Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, BMW Sauber, MF1, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background\nGoing into the race, Renault driver Fernando Alonso led the Drivers' Championship with 84 points, ahead of Michael Schumacher on 59 points and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on 39 points. Giancarlo Fisichella was fourth with 37 points while Felipe Massa was fifth on 28 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault were leading with 121 points, Ferrari and McLaren were second and third with 87 and 65 points respectively, while Honda on 29 and BMW Sauber on 19 points contended for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background\nRenault and Fernando Alonso had so far won the majority of the races, including victory in the preceding Canadian Grand Prix. Championship contenders Schumacher and Fisichella had each gained victories, and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Juan Pablo Montoya had each gained second-place finishes. Massa, Jenson Button, Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard had achieved third place podium finishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race \u2013 two on Friday, and one on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted 90 minutes; the third session, on Saturday morning, lasted for an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nSaturday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 15 minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying. The second part of the qualifying session lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of the qualifying session ran for 20 minutes which determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position. Cars which failed to make the final session could refuel before the race, so ran lighter in those sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying\nMichael Schumacher and Felipe Massa earned Ferrari a front row lockout, ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella and Rubens Barrichello. Jarno Trulli's car was still being repaired when cars were sent to parc ferm\u00e9; because of that, Trulli had to start from the pit lane. Nico Rosberg was penalised for ignoring a signal during the qualification session, requiring him to get his car weighed at the FIA garage. The FIA cancelled all his qualifying times, and he started from 21st position. Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi had the engine of his car changed, and had to start from 20th position on the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race started with two big accidents at the first corner, which eliminated 7 cars. At Turn 1, Mark Webber collided with Christian Klien, who then spun around and was taken out by Franck Montagny. In Turn 2, Juan Pablo Montoya nudged his teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen into a spin. Montoya then clouted Jenson Button whose front right tyre got caught by BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld who was launched into a triple barrel roll; Montoya also clipped Scuderia Toro Rosso's Scott Speed in the incident. None of the drivers were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188183-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter that, the order stayed the same at the front, the only action being a battle at the back between David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg, and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Rosberg lost out and was the only finishing driver not to score in the race, with Liuzzi gaining Toro Rosso's first ever point. Montoya departed McLaren days after the race, announcing his move to NASCAR for the 2007 season for Chip Ganassi Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188184-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus leadership election\nA leadership election was held by the United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus on November 17, 2006. The election determined who would be nominated by the caucus for Speaker of the House as well as who would occupy other leadership positions within the House Democratic Caucus in the 110th United States Congress. The following positions were nominated or elected on November 29: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Assistant Majority Leader, Democratic Caucus Chair, and Democratic Caucus vice-Chair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 81], "section_span": [81, 81], "content_span": [82, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188185-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska\nThe Alaska congressional election of 2006 was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The term of the state's sole Representative to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2007. The winning candidate would serve a two-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009. The primary elections were held on August 22, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188186-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Mike Castle won re-election to a seventh term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188186-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, Republican primary\nCongressman Castle faced no opposition in the Republican Party primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 84], "content_span": [85, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188187-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia\nThe 2006 congressional election for the Delegate from the District of Columbia was held on November 7, 2006. The winner of the race was incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton (D).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188187-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia\nThe non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia is elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188187-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, Candidates\nIncumbent Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, sought re-election for a 9th full term to the United States House of Representatives. Norton was unopposed in this election, receiving opposition only from write-in candidates and winning re-election with 97.3% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 88], "content_span": [89, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188188-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Montana\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 7, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana has one, at large district in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census, due to its low population. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188189-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota\nThe 2006 U.S. House of Representatives election for the state of North Dakota's at-large congressional district was held November 7, 2006. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his eighth term, defeating Republican candidate Matt Mechtel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188189-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota\nOnly Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Matt Mechtel of Fargo, North Dakota. Pomeroy and Mechtel won the primary elections for their respective parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188189-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota\nPomeroy increased his margin over his opposition for the third year in a row since 2002. This was because Mechtel was not known well throughout the state, and that the Republican Party itself was beginning to slump.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188190-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188190-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota\nDemocratic incumbent Stephanie Herseth was challenged by Republican nominee Chairman of the Oglala Lakota County Republican Party Bruce Whalen. Neither candidate was opposed in the June 6, 2006 primary. George W. Bush won in this district 60% to 38% over John Kerry in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188190-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, Election results\nDespite the strong performance of Republicans in many of the state elections held that year, including Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds's 62%-36% victory over former state Representative Jack Billion, Herseth was nevertheless reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 86], "content_span": [87, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188191-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont\nThe United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, 2006 was held on November 7, 2006 for representation of Vermont's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188191-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont\nIncumbent Congressman Bernie Sanders, an independent member of Congress who caucused with the Democrats, did not seek a ninth term in the House, instead running successfully for the United States Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188191-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont\nTo replace Congressman Sanders, Democrat Peter Welch defeated Republican Martha Rainville by a surprisingly somewhat narrow margin in staunchly-liberal Vermont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188192-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming were held on November 7, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives. Wyoming has one, at large district in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census, due to its low population. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seats of the House were up for election. Those elected served in the 110th United States Congress from January 3, 2007, until January 3, 2009. The incumbent majority party, the Republicans, had won majorities in the House consecutively since 1994, and were defeated by the Democrats who won a majority in the chamber, ending 12 years of Republican control in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections\nThe Republicans had won a 232-seat majority in 2004. By the time of the 2006 election, they held 229 seats, while the Democrats held 201, plus 1 Independent who caucused with the Democrats. There were also four vacancies. Republicans held a 28-seat advantage, and Democrats needed to pick up 15 seats to take control of the House, which had had a Republican majority since January 1995. The public's perception of George W. Bush, the handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a series of political scandals involving mostly congressional Republicans took their toll on the party at the ballot box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections\nThe final result was a 31-seat pickup for the Democrats, including the pickup of the Vermont at-large seat, previously held by Independent Bernie Sanders (who ran instead for U.S. Senate), who caucused with the Democrats. Democrats defeated 22 Republican incumbents and won eight open Republican-held seats. For the first time since the party's founding, Republicans won no seats previously held by Democrats and defeated no Democratic incumbents. It was the largest seat gain for the Democrats since the 1974 elections. Among the new Democrats were the first Muslim in Congress (Keith Ellison) and the first two Buddhists (Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson). As a result of the Democratic victory, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman and the first Californian House Speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections\nAs of 2021, these remain the only House elections in U.S. history where only one party flipped any seats. 2006 remains the last year in which Republicans won a house race in Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Results\nA number of organizations and individuals made predictions about the election, some for the House as a whole and some for both that and individual races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Open seats\nIn the election, there were 32 open seats: 28 incumbents not seeking re-election and four vacancies. Of the 28 incumbents, 18 were Republicans, 9 Democrats, and 1 an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Open seats\nThe four vacancies were New Jersey's 13th congressional district, to be filled at the same time as the general election with the winner taking office in November immediately after the votes were certified; Texas's 22nd congressional district, with a separate special election on the same day; and Ohio's 18th congressional district and Florida's 16th congressional district, which did not have special elections to fill the vacancies before January 2007. New Jersey's 13th congressional district had been held by Democrat Bob Menendez, Texas's 22nd congressional district had been held by Republican Tom DeLay, Ohio's 18th congressional district had been held by Republican Robert Ney, and Florida's 16th congressional district had been held by Republican Mark Foley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Open seats\nIn addition to the open seats, two incumbents (Democrat Cynthia McKinney in Georgia's 4th congressional district and Republican Joe Schwarz in Michigan's 7th congressional district), were defeated in their party's respective primaries, adding two seats to the number of races where the incumbent was not up for re-election in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Election predictions\nThe following table rates the competitiveness of selected races from around the country according to Sabato's Crystal Ball. Races not included should be considered safe for the incumbent's party. (Incumbents not running for re-election have parentheses around their name.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 75], "content_span": [76, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Seats that changed party\nThirty Republican seats were picked up by Democrats, and one seat held by an independent was picked up by a Democrat. No Democratic seats were picked up by Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 79], "content_span": [80, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Texas\nTexas's 22nd district was held by Tom DeLay who had resigned. The Democratic Party sued to prevent the Republican Party from replacing Tom DeLay (who was determined to be the candidate in March 2006) with another candidate. The courts agreed with the Democratic Party and the Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal. On August 8, 2006, Tom DeLay officially withdrew his name as the Republican candidate. (The court decision did not allow the Republican Party from changing its candidate, however it did not prevent Tom DeLay from withdrawing altogether.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Texas\nTexas's 23rd district was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, which ordered the district re-drawn. This affected the 15th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, and 28th districts, which had a blanket primary on Election Day, followed by a runoff on December 6 in District 23, where no candidate got a majority of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188193-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections, Texas\nIncumbent lost re-election in run-off (districtwas declared unconstitutional bySupreme Court in August 2006and redrawn). Democratic gain. New member elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama\nThe Alabama congressional elections of 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The terms of all seven Representatives to the United States House of Representatives were to expire on January 3, 2007, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winning candidates will serve a two-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009. The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 6, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 1\nIn this staunchly conservative district based in the Gulf Coast region of Alabama, incumbent Republican Congressman Jo Bonner easily dispatched with his Democratic challenger, Vivian Sheffield Beckerle, receiving nearly seventy percent of the vote to win a third term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 2\nSeeking an eighth term in Congress, incumbent Republican Congressman Terry Everett trumped the Democratic nominee, Chuck James, in this very conservative district based in the suburbs of Montgomery and southeastern Alabama with almost seventy percent of the vote, securing what would be Everett's last term in Congress before retiring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 3\nThis district, stretching from north to south on the eastern edge of Alabama, is Republican-leaning, but not so much as the other Republican-controlled districts. In that spirit, incumbent Republican Congressman Mike D. Rogers, seeking a third term in Congress, was re-elected over Democratic opponent Greg Pierce and independent challenger Mark Layfield, albeit by the thinnest margin of any member of the Alabama congressional delegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 4\nIn this north Alabama district, the fifth-most conservative in the United States, incumbent Republican Congressman Robert Aderholt won a sixth term in Congress over Democratic nominee Barbara Bobo, defeating her with over seventy percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 5\nThis district, found on the northernmost edge of Alabama, had not elected a Republican to Congress since Reconstruction, despite its strong proclivity towards Republican candidates at the national level and the socially conservative views of its residents. Long-time incumbent Democratic Congressman Bud Cramer had an especially easy time seeking a ninth term in Congress with no opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 6\nThis district, considered by the Cook Partisan Voting Index to be the most conservative congressional district in the country, owes its strong allegiance to Republicans to tapping the highly conservative residents of the Birmingham suburbs. To that effect, incumbent Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus won an eighth term in Congress with no opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188194-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 7\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Artur Davis sought a third term in this very liberal district that is mainly rooted in western Alabama but reaches into some portions of Birmingham. This is the most liberal and only majority black district in Alabama, and as such, Davis won his third term with no opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006. Arizona has eight seats, as apportioned during the 2000 United States Census. Prior to the election, Republicans held six of the eight seats and Democrats held two. In the 8th district, Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe retired, leaving an open seat. Following the elections, Democrats gained two seats at the expense of the Republicans, who lost two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 1\nThe normally Republican 1st district, based in the region north of Phoenix and Tucson and one of the largest districts by land area in the country, had been represented by Republican Rick Renzi since his initial election in 2002. Renzi faced ethical problems in this election and was named by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington as one of the most corrupt candidates running for office that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 1\nAttorney and community activist Ellen Simon emerged as the Democratic nominee, and though she initially trailed Renzi by wide margins she made up much a large amount of ground and closed the gap, causing many to consider the race competitive. Simon challenged Renzi to a series of eight debates, to which Renzi responded by attacking Simon's husband for being behind on child support payments to his ex-wife. Ultimately, Renzi won re-election by an eight-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 2\nThe heavily conservative and gerrymandered District 2, which owed its strange shape to the decision to not have Hopi and Navajo Native Americans represented by the same congressman due to historic tensions between them, had been represented by Republican Trent Franks since his initial election in 2002. Franks had been re-elected comfortably in the intervening years due to the conservative nature of the Phoenix suburbs that the district pulled from. He faced Democratic challenger John Thrasher, a music teacher who based his campaign around anti-corruption and immigration reform. Franks comfortably won re-election, albeit by a smaller margin than usual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 3\nThe staunchly conservative 3rd district, based in the northern portion of Phoenix and its northern suburbs, had been represented by incumbent Republican John Shadegg since his initial election in 1994. In 2006, Shadegg faced Democratic nominee Herb Paine, a consultant, in the general election. True to the district\u2019s conservative nature, Shadegg defeated Paine by a wide margin, though it was significantly reduced from his 2004 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 4\nThe heavily liberal 4th district, based in the southern portion of Phoenix and its southern suburbs, had a high Hispanic-American population. Incumbent Democrat Ed Pastor had represented this portion of the state since a special election in 1991 to replace Mo Udall. In 2006, Pastor faced Republican Don Karg, an aerospace executive, and Ronald Harders, a Libertarian write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 5\nThe conservative-leaning 5th district included a small portion of Phoenix and many of its northeastern suburbs, such as Scottsdale and Tempe. Republican J. D. Hayworth had represented the area since his initial election in 1994 and many considered him to be vulnerable to a Democratic challenger. Harry Mitchell, a former Mayor of Tempe, State Senator, and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Arizona, emerged as the Democrats' leading challenger to Hayworth. The race was close for much of the fall, and Mitchell ultimately edged out Hayworth on election day by a four-point margin and was elected to his first term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 6\nThe heavily conservative 6th district, based in the eastern suburbs of Phoenix, had been represented by Republican Congressman Jeff Flake since his initial election in 2000. Flake built up a repertoire in Congress as being a staunch fiscal conservative and an anti-earmark advocate. Flake faced no Democratic opponent and was overwhelmingly re-elected to his fourth term in Congress over Libertarian candidate Jason Blair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 7\nThe heavily Democratic 7th district, based in southwestern Arizona and covering much of the state\u2019s border with Mexico, had a majority Hispanic-American population and had been represented by Democratic Congressman Ra\u00fal Grijalva since 2003. Grijalva faced the former Mayor of Avondale, Republican Ron Drake, and Libertarian write-in candidate Joe Cobb. Grijalva defeated both Drake and Cobb by a comfortable margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 8\nLong-serving Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe, a respected moderate and an openly gay man, declined to seek a seventh term in Congress and thus created an open seat. The marginally conservative 8th district, based in southeastern Arizona, had narrowly supported George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 and the election was considered to be competitive. Former State Representative Randy Graf, who was heavily conservative and had challenged Kolbe in the Republican primary in 2004, defeated the more moderate Steve Huffman, a state representative, in the open primary, in spite of ad buys in favor of Huffman by national Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188195-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 8\nFormer State Senator Gabby Giffords, a moderate Democrat, triumphed against several Democrats, the most notable of which was television anchor Patty Weiss, in the open primary, and thus she and Graf faced off against each other in the general election. Giffords was the tentative favorite for most of the election, as many moderates were turned off by Graf\u2019s conservative views and Kolbe did not endorse him as the Republican candidate. On election day, Giffords emerged victorious over Graf by a comfortable twelve-point margin and won her first term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188196-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on November 4, 2006, to determine who will represent the state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives. Arkansas has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. Every incumbent won re-election easily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188196-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Marion Berry defeated Republican Stubby Stumbaugh, who was the Mayor of Cabot, Arkansas. This district covers the northeast part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188196-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Vic Snyder defeated Republican Andy Mayberry. This district covers central Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188196-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 3\nIncumbent Republican John Boozman defeated Democrat Woodrow Anderson, businessman and member of the U.S. Army Reserve. This district covers the northwest corner of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188196-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 4\nIncumbent Democrat Mike Ross defeated Republican Joe Ross. This district is roughly the southwest half of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188197-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California\nThe United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2006 were elections for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide and state elections on November 7, 2006. Only one district, the 11th, changed party control when Democrat Jerry McNerney defeated Republican Richard Pombo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188197-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results\nThe following are the final results from the Secretary of State of California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 76], "content_span": [77, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 7, 2006, with all seven House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3, 2007 to January 6, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 1\nOpposed by no Republican candidate, incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette easily won a fifth term over Green Party candidate Thomas D. Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 2\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Mark Udall dispatched with Republican nominee Rich Mancuso, Libertarian nominee Norm Olsen, and Green candidate J. A. Calhoun to win a fifth term in this Boulder-based district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 3\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman John Salazar, the brother of Senator Ken Salazar, won a second term in this conservative, west Colorado district over Republican nominee and Colorado State Representative Scott Tipton and Libertarian nomine Bert Sargent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 4\nEmerging from surprisingly narrow wins in this conservative, east Colorado-based district, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave thinly edged out the Democratic nominee, Colorado State Representative Angie Paccione and Reform Party candidate Eric Eidsness, who garnered an impressive 11.28% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Joel Hefley declined to seek an eleventh term, creating an open seat in this conservative district based in Colorado Springs and its suburbs. Emerging from a particularly nasty and bitterly fought primary, Republican nominee Doug Lamborn, a Colorado State Senator, was not endorsed by the retiring Hefley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 5\nOn August 29, 2006, Hefley expressed anger that his successor was not his top aide, Jeff Crank. Commenting on the primary campaign, Hefley said, \"I spent eight years trying to get rid of the sleaze factor in Congress. [ ...] It's not something I can do to help put more sleaze factor in Congress.\" Hefley was incensed at tactics such as a mailed brochure from the Christian Coalition of Colorado associating Crank with \"public support for members and efforts of the homosexual agenda.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 5\nHefley said that he \"suspected, but couldn't prove, collusion between Lamborn's campaign, which is managed by Jon Hotaling, and the Christian Coalition of Colorado, which is run by Hotaling's brother, Mark.\" Hefley called it \"one of the sleaziest, most dishonest campaigns I've seen in a long time,\" and refused to endorse Lamborn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 5\nDespite this setback, Lamborn ultimately defeated Democratic nominee Jay Fawcett, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 6\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo, well known for his staunchly conservative, anti-illegal immigration views, faced off against Democratic nominee Bill Winter, a lawyer and former legislative aide to Senator John McCain, albeit by a smaller margin than Tancredo is used to in this solidly conservative district based in the Denver suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188198-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, District 7\nWhen incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez declined to seek a third term so that he could run for Governor, this district emerged as a top pick-up opportunity for House Democrats. Former Colorado State Senator Ed Perlmutter, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, Rick O'Donnell, Green Party nominee Dave Chandler, and Constitution Party nominee Roger McCarville by a solid margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on November 7, 2006, to elect the five members of the U.S. House, one from each of the state's congressional districts, to represent Connecticut in the 110th Congress. The elections coincided with a state gubernatorial election and a U.S. Senate election, as well as with Congressional elections in other states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut\nFour Democrats and one Republicans were elected by these elections; two of the Democratic victories resulted from the defeats of incumbent Republicans. The Representatives elected by these elections served in Congress from January 3, 2007, until January 3, 2009. As of 2020, this is the last election in which a Republican won a congressional district in Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, Overview\n\u2020 Includes 5,794 votes received on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party, which cross-endorsed the Democratic candidate in the Fifth District, Chris Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 78], "content_span": [79, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat John B. Larson faced Republican challenger Scott MacLean in the election; Larson was re-elected with 74.44 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Rob Simmons faced Democratic challenger Joe Courtney in the election in a rematch of their 2002 race; Courtney narrowly defeated Simmons by only 83 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Rosa L. DeLauro faced Republican challenger Joseph Vollano in the election; DeLauro was re-elected with 76 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Christopher Shays faced Democratic challenger Diane Farrell in the election; Shays was re-elected with 50.96 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Nancy L. Johnson faced Democratic challenger Chris Murphy in the election; Murphy defeated the incumbent with 56.46 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188199-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, District 5\nWF Murphy also ran on the line of the Connecticut Working Families Party in the election, and received 5,794 of his votes on it. His Democratic and Working Families totals have been aggregated to reach 122,980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida took place on November 7, 2006. Elections were held in Florida's 1st through 25th congressional districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nFlorida is known to be a moderate-to-conservative state, with more liberals residing in South Florida, and moderates and conservatives dominating both the northern and central regions of Florida, as well as a strong Republican base in Cuban-American portions of Miami. A former Florida Secretary of State made famous in the 2000 presidential election challenged incumbent Senator Bill Nelson, and ended up losing to Nelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nDemocrats set their sights on two districts in the Sarasota and Tampa area (the open seats of both Harris and the retiring Mike Bilirakis, respectively), and also on a South Florida district held by one of the Sunshine State's longest-serving congressmen. The primary was held on September 5, 2006. The popularity of outgoing Governor Jeb Bush aided their gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Charlie Crist and helped Republicans win downballot, including Crist's newly elected successor at the Attorney General position, former Rep. Bill McCollum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida\nThe following Representatives went unopposed in the 2006 election and thus their election is not reported below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 1\nThree-term incumbent Republican Congressman Jeff Miller had an easy time seeking re-election in this staunchly conservative district based in the Florida Panhandle. Miller, who was initially elected in a special election in 2001 to replace Joe Scarborough, took advantage of this district's large military population based around the Naval Air Station Pensacola with his membership on the House Veterans Affairs Committee and the naturally conservative tendencies of western Florida to easily defeat Democratic challenger Joe Roberts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Ander Crenshaw represented this North Florida and Jacksonville-based district since 2001.Crenshaw was re-elected with nearly 70% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Ginny Brown-Waite faced challenger John Russell. She was re-elected to a third term with nearly 60% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 6\nEncompassing North Central Florida, this conservative district is represented by nine-term incumbent Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns. Stearns, seeking a tenth term, faced off against Democratic candidate David Bruderly. Though Stearns defeated Bruderly by a wide margin, it was not the margin of victory that Stearns is used to in this gerrymandered district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 7\nIncumbent Republican Congressman John Mica, initially elected in 1992, sought his eighth term in this conservative district that stretches along the coast of Florida from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach and peeks into the Orlando Metropolitan Area. Mica defeated Democratic candidate John Chagnon in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 8\nRepublican Congressman Ric Keller, seeking a fourth term in this moderately conservative, Central Florida-based district, faced off against businessman Charlie Stuart, a moderate Democrat. Though Keller held onto his seat in the midst of a Democratic wave that was sweeping the country, he won by only a few points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 8, General election\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Ric Keller, best known for his Cheeseburger Bill, which prevented customers from suing fast food chains for health problems, decided to seek a fourth term in Congress. Charlie Stuart, a marketing consultant, an Orange County, Florida native and member of a prominent Orlando family, was nominated by the Democratic Party to face Keller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 94], "content_span": [95, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 8, General election\nStuart was touted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a top longshot candidate and received the backing of local figures such as Congressman Allen Boyd, ex-Orlando mayors Glenda Hood and Bill Frederick and present Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer, as well as national ones such as former Virginia Governor Mark Warner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 94], "content_span": [95, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 9\nAfter serving twelve terms in the United States Congress, Republican incumbent Congressman Michael Bilirakis declined to run for re-election. His son, Gus Bilirakis, a member of the Florida House of Representatives emerged as the Republican nominee and squared off against Phyllis Busansky, the Democratic nominee and a former Hillsborough County Commissioner. The district has a tilt towards electing Republicans, so Busansky's campaign was not given much of a chance at first. As the campaign progressed, however, it received national attention from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Though Bilirakis defeated Busansky by a ten-point margin, Busansky's performance was a large improvement over past years and outperformed her expected performance in the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 10\nIn this district, which is the only congressional district in the state to lie exclusively in one county, has been represented by incumbent Republican Congressman Bill Young for several decades. A former Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Young has been overwhelmingly re-elected year after year. In 2006, despite the moderate nature of his district and the acidic environment for Republicans nationwide, Congressman Young swamped Democratic nominee Samm Simpson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 11\nRather than seek a sixth term in this liberal district based in Tampa, incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Davis opted to run for Governor, creating an open seat. Hillsborough County Commissioner Kathy Castor, the daughter of renowned Florida politician Betty Castor, ran for the seat and won the Democratic nomination, defeating Florida State Senate Minority Leader Les Miller. She faced Republican candidate Eddie Adams, an architect, in the general election, which she won by a convincing margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 12\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Adam Putnam, a member of the Republican leadership in the House, sought and easily won a fourth term in Congress, defeating independent candidates Joe Viscusi and Ed Bowlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 13\nTwo-term incumbent Republican Congresswoman Katherine Harris opted to run for Senate rather than seek a third term, creating an open seat. The 13th district, based in Southwest Florida, is fairly conservative, but a competitive race emerged between the Republican nominee, car dealership owner Vern Buchanan, and the Democratic nominee, banking executive Christine Jennings. Though Buchanan appeared to be victorious on election day by a 350-vote margin, Jennings requested a recount. Though the recount did not change the outcome of the race, Jennings filed additional complaints due to the fact that 13% of Sarasota County residents did not vote in the Congressional election, an unusually high number and the fact that the touch-screen machines did not provide a paper trail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 13\nBelieving the matter to be unsettled, Jennings sued to challenge the results of the election in court, noting the \"pervasive malfunctioning of electronic voting machines.\" A Florida circuit judge rejected her lawsuit in December 2006, ruling that her allegations of lost votes in Sarasota County were \"conjecture.\" Jennings met further failure in June 2007, when a Florida state appellate court ruled that Jennings did not meet the \"extraordinary burden\" of proving the lower court judge was wrong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 13\nThough Jennings fought the results further by appealing directly to the United States House of Representatives, this action, too, caused her to walk away empty-handed. After a three-person House task force was created to evaluate the election, the task force voted along party lines to refer an investigation into Florida's 13th district House race to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 13\nIn February 2008, the committee and the House accepted the findings of the GAO that no machine error affected the outcome of the election, going a step further to pass HR 989, which affirmed the findings of the committee, accepted the results of the 2006 race and formally dismissed Jennings' challenge of the election's results. Jennings formally dropped her challenge shortly thereafter to focus on her 2008 rematch against Buchanan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 14\nAfter winning his first Congressional election in 2004 to replace Porter Goss, incumbent Republican Congressman Connie Mack IV sought a second term in 2006. Mack's district, based in the Gulf Coast region of Florida, is solidly conservative and overwhelmingly gave the Congressman a second term over Democratic candidate Robert Neeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 15\nIn this Space Coast-based district, incumbent Republican Congressman Dave Weldon sought election to a seventh term in Congress. This district, though undoubtedly conservative, gave Weldon a smaller margin of victory over Democratic nominee Robert Bowman in 2006 than in previous years, likely due to the anti-Republican sentiment nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Mark Foley was considered to be a shoo-in for re-election until the House page scandal involving Foley became public knowledge. The Congressman resigned on September 29, 2006, thus cancelling his re-election bid. The Republican Party of Florida selected Florida State Representative Joe Negron to replace Foley, though Foley's name remained on the ballot. Though Negron launched a successful campaign to urge voters to \"Punch Foley for Joe! \", indicating that voters should \"punch\" Foley's name on the ballot to vote for Negron, he was ultimately unsuccessful on election day and fell to Democratic nominee and businessman Tim Mahoney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nOne poll taken by Hamilton Beattie on September 12, 2006, had Foley leading Tim Mahoney in a matchup by 48% for Foley to 35% for Mahoney .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nAccording to the state of Florida, 42% of the voters in this district are registered Republicans, and 36% are registered Democrats. George W. Bush won this district with 52% of the vote in the 2000 presidential election, and with 54% of the vote in the 2004 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nMahoney has sharply criticized the Bush administration for overspending, general mismanagement, and its policies in Iraq. In August, General Wesley Clark endorsed the candidacy of Mahoney for Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nOn September 28, 2006, ABC News reported that Republican incumbent Mark Foley had sent email messages, from his personal AOL account, to a then-16-year-old former Congressional page, asking the page to send a photo of himself to Foley, among other things that were overtly sexual in nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nMahoney has called for a full investigation of Foley's actions. The next day Foley submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on September 29, 2006 in the wake of news reports about the communications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nRepublicans' hold on Mark Foley's seat went \"from safe to shaky overnight.\" On October 2, 2006, the Florida Republican Party Executive Board selected state representative Joe Negron as Mahoney's new opponent. However, Negron's name did not appear on the ballot so he only received votes cast for Foley, whose name remained on the ballot by law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nOn election day Mahoney narrowly defeated Negron by 1.8 percentage points. While Negron carried most of the more conservative areas of the district near Fort Myers, Mahoney carried the two largest counties in the district, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties, by a combined margin of over 10,000 votes \u2014 far more than the actual margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 16\nHe was the first Democrat to represent the district since its creation in 1973 (it was the 10th District until 1983 and the 12th District until 1993).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 17\nThis majority African-American district based in southern Broward County and eastern Miami-Dade County has a very strong Democratic tilt and has been represented by Congressman Kendrick Meek since his initial election in 2002 and was previously represented by Meek's mother, Carrie Meek, for ten years. Meek was overwhelmingly elected to a third term with no Republican or independent challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 18\nIncumbent Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a respected member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, represents a marginally conservative district that encompasses much of Miami, the southern suburbs of Miami, and the entire Florida Keys. Seeking a tenth term in Congress, Ros-Lehtinen easily defeated Democratic nominee Dave Patlak in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 21\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart decided to run for an eighth term in Congress in this district composed of the western suburbs of Miami. Conservative due to the large presence of Cuban-Americans here, this district is a Hispanic-American majority district and has regularly sent Congressman Diaz-Balart back to Washington with solid victories. 2006 proved to be no different, and Diaz-Balart defeated Frank Gonzalez, though by a thinner margin than is usually achieved in this district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 22\nThis district, which stretches from northern Broward County to northern Palm Beach County, marginally leads towards the Democratic side, but incumbent Republican Congressman Clay Shaw's pragmatic and moderate profile in Congress enabled him to continually be re-elected. This year, however, Shaw faced difficulty in his bid for a fourteenth term. Florida State Senator Ron Klein, previously the Democratic leader in the Senate, ultimately defeated Shaw in the general election by a thin three-point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 24\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Tom Feeney, initially elected in 2002 and re-elected unopposed in 2004 in this hand-crafted, gerrymandered district, hardly faced a challenge from Democratic candidate Clint Curtis. Feeney, however, was marred by allegations of corruption brought about by Curtis, a computer programmer who claimed that Feeney asked Curtis to create a software to \"steal\" votes using touch-screen voting machines. Feeney treated Curtis like a gadfly, sending out mailers featuring Curtis with a tin-foil hat and refusing to debate him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0033-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 24\nPolling, however, indicated that the race was tight, with a Zogby poll showing Feeney at a 45% level of support and Curtis attaining 43%. Ultimately, though, on election day, Feeney swamped Curtis, winning all four counties in the district. The surprisingly close race, however, indicated that Feeney could be brought down with a serious challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188200-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 25\nThis district, with a Hispanic-American majority and based in South Florida, has the tendency to support Republican candidates. Incumbent Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart has represented the district since its creation in 2003 and had not faced a close call so far in his career. In 2006, however, though Diaz-Balart defeated Democratic opponent Michael Calderin by a solid margin, it was a thinner margin than usual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, Overview\nAll information came from the Secretary of State of Georgia Website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, General\nGeorgia has 13 congressional districts, whose lines were redrawn in 2005. Each district is home to approximately 630,000 Georgia residents. At present, six seats are held by Republicans and six seats are held by Democrats. The seat for district 10 is currently vacant due to the death of Congressman Norwood. Results for write in candidates can be found .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 73], "content_span": [74, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District 4\nIn the primary of July 18, incumbent Cynthia McKinney edged Johnson, a significant figure in DeKalb County politics, 47% to 45%. Johnson subsequently defeated McKinney 59% to 41% in the August 8 runoff election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District 8\nA Republican mid-decade redistricting made this Macon-based district more compact and somewhat more Republican. Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall faced a very tough challenge by former Congressman Mac Collins, who represented an adjoining district from 1993 to 2005. Less than 60 percent of the population in Marshall\u2019s present 3rd District was retained in the new 8th District. The reconfigured 8th includes Butts County, the political base of his opponent, former Congressman Mac Collins, who once served as chairman of the county commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District 8\nOn the other hand, the 8th also includes all of Macon, where Marshall served as mayor from 1995 to 1999. The race featured heavy spending, not only by the candidates themselves, but from independent groups. During the campaign, President George W. Bush attended a rally to try to help Collins. Marshall won reelection by some 1,700 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District 8\nMarshall was reelected with 63% in 2004, but in 2002 won by only 50.5% to 49.5%. This is one of the most competitive House races in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188201-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, District 12\nDemocrat John Barrow unseated first-term Republican Max Burns by 52% to 48% in a Democratic-leaning district which Burns won over a scandal-tainted opponent in 2002. This year, Burns sought a rematch. Recent redistricting made this southern Georgia district more mixed, but the balance still favored Democrats. Burns ran a tough campaign and made the race extremely close. In the end however Burns lost by 864 votes and ruled out a recount challenge to the certified results. This failure to win the seat by the GOP sealed the unprecedented gains of the Democrats in which they did not lose a single House seat, Senate Seat or Governorship they held going into the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 77], "content_span": [78, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188202-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Hawaii were held on November 7, 2006 to determine who was to represent the state of Hawaii in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress. Hawaii has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188202-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Neil Abercrombie defeated Republican Richard Hough. This district covers the southern portion of the island, city, and county of Honolulu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188202-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Ed Case decided to retire, in order to run for the U.S. Senate. Democrat Mazie Hirono, a former Lieutenant Governor, defeated Republican Bob Hogue, a State Senator. She became the first Buddhist to be elected to the U.S. Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188203-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1\nThis district encompasses the Idaho Panhandle region and most of the Boise metropolitan area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188203-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 1\nIn the May 23 primary, conservative state Representative Bill Sali edged out a crowded field to win the Republican nomination with 26%, while Larry Grant won the Democratic nomination. Sali is a controversial figure in Idaho politics who clashed repeatedly with Republican leadership in the Idaho Legislature. Some of Sali's Republican detractors publicly said that they would back Grant in the general election. All this gave Grant a boost in the general election, but Sali remained favored given the GOP tilt of the area and the popular Otter at the top of the ticket. Grant made gains late in the campaign, but Sali held on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188203-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho, District 2\nThis district encompasses Eastern Idaho, the Magic Valley, and most of the city of Boise. Republican incumbent Michael Simpson, who has never faced much electoral difficulty, defeated Democratic nominee Jim Hansen in the general election, along with several independent candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Illinois were held November 7, 2006 to determine who would represent the State of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois\nIllinois had nineteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected would serve in the 110th Congress from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 1\nThis district, one of the most heavily Democratic in Illinois and the country, has been represented by Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush since his initial election in 1992. This district is known for having the largest percentage of African-Americans of all congressional districts nationwide; true to the nature of this district, Rush is an African-American. Facing Republican nominee Jason Tabour, Rush easily achieved an eighth term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 2\nInitially elected in a special election in 1995 to replace disgraced Congressman Mel Reynolds, Jesse Jackson Jr. has been subsequently re-elected by wide margins in this very liberal district, based in the southeastern portion of Chicago and some of the southern Chicagoan suburbs. This election proved to be no different, and Jackson stomped Republican opponent Robert Belin and Libertarian opponent Anthony Williams to win another term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 3\nIn this solidly liberal district, based in the southwestern territory of Chicago and western suburbs of Chicago, has a record of sending socially conservative Democrats to Congress\u2014incumbent Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski has proved no different. Following the retirement of his father, long-serving Congressman Bill Lipinski, Dan Lipinski was elected to Congress in 2004 and faced his first re-election campaign in 2006. Lipinski easily defeated Republican challenger Raymond Wardingley to win a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 4\nThis strangely gerrymandered district connects a northern section that is primarily composed of Puerto Ricans and a southern section that is made up of Mexican-Americans to achieve a Hispanic-American majority district. Staunchly in the Democratic column, this district has continually sent incumbent Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez back to Congress by overwhelming margins. Seeking his eighth term, Gutierrez ultimately overwhelmed Republican challenger Ann Melichar in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 5\nThis district, currently located in the North Side of Chicago and the western Chicagoan suburbs, has been represented by, among others, Stephen A. Douglas and Rod Blagojevich before current Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel assumed office in 2002. Emanuel faced no real challenge from Republican opponent Kevin White due to the district\u2019s strong tendency towards the Democratic Party and was re-elected to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nLong-serving incumbent Republican Congressman Henry Hyde declined to seek a seventeenth term in this moderate district based in the Chicago suburbs in DuPage County and Cook County, creating an open seat. State Senator Peter Roskam emerged as the Republican nominee while disabled Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth became the Democratic nominee. In a close election marked by special appearances from well-known politicians like John McCain, George W. Bush, and Dennis Hastert, Roskam ultimately edged out Duckworth by a thin margin, 51.3 to 48.7 percent, keeping district in Republican control. This would be one of the closest races in the 2006 house elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nThe party primaries for the election were held on March 21, 2006. The Republican nominee was Peter Roskam, an Illinois State Senator from the 48th district who lives in Wheaton, Illinois. Roskam ran unopposed in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nThe Democratic primary winner was Tammy Duckworth, a decorated Iraq War veteran. On March 21, 2006, Duckworth won the Democratic primary with 44 percent of the vote against 2004 Democratic nominee Christine Cegelis, who received 40 percent, and Wheaton College professor Lindy Scott, who received 16 percent. Duckworth is a resident of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Although part of Hoffman Estates is within the sixth district, Duckworth lives three miles outside of the district. She lives in a disabled-accessible house which was refitted for her access by friends. The U.S. Constitution requires only that a member, when elected, be \"an inhabitant of the state in which he shall be chosen.\" Illinois does not have a district residency requirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nDuckworth had never held office, and the 2006 race was her first campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nIn May 2006, the Teamsters labor union endorsement of Roskam was announced by John Coli, President of Joint Council 25. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 also endorsed Roskam for the congressional seat. The Veterans of Foreign Wars organization also endorsed Roskam over Duckworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nTammy Duckworth was endorsed by the Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Pioneer Press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nThe candidates debated on WTTW/Channel 11 (October 23), WBEZ radio (October 19), WBBM radio (September 24), and at the College of DuPage (October 12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nIn August 2006, the Roskam campaign used Republican Party stances for an American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) survey. The answers related to Medicare, Social Security, insurance plans and retirement. Democratic opponents characterized it as plagiarism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nOn September 10, 2006, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported: \"Roskam is trying to use immigration as an issue against his Democratic rival, Tammy Duckworth, in their race for the House seat being vacated by Republican Henry Hyde.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nControversy erupted on September 21, 2006, when the Duckworth campaign accused Roskam of using the term \"cut-and-run\" in reference to Duckworth's Iraq strategy. Roskam's campaign manager denied that they had made such a statement saying Roskam was \"misquoted\" and \"misrepresented\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nA fundraiser for Roskam and David McSweeney was held on October 12, 2006 at the Chicago Hilton. President George W. Bush and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert headlined the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nOn October 24, actor and Parkinson's disease sufferer Michael J. Fox appeared at a fundraiser for Tammy Duckworth at Arrowhead Golf Course in Wheaton, supporting Duckworth's stance on embryonic stem cell research. Roskam held a simultaneous press conference featuring a cancer survivor who was treated with his own cells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nOn October 30, Roskam attended a fundraiser with Senator John McCain. McCain had cosponsored the immigration bill that Roskam criticized as \"amnesty\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nRoskam placed television ads that accused Duckworth of wanting to raise Social Security payroll taxes. According to the Daily Herald, the AARP mailed out thousands of letters to the Sixth District denouncing the ad as misleading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nIn the week before the election, according to the Elk Grove Times, the National Republican Congressional Committee paid a Richmond, Virginia contractor to make automated phone calls (robocalls) to voters, criticising Tammy Duckworth's positions on issues, that began with \"Hi. I'm calling with information about Tammy Duckworth...\" and did not identify its source until late in the call. The Duckworth campaign said that the message\u2019s failure to identify its source made many people believe the message came from the Duckworth campaign, hurting its ability to speak to voters. The Duckworth campaign characterized the calls as harassment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nThe Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported that the NRCC spent $9,000 on robocalls to help Peter Roskam in a single week. This translates into approximately 180,000 calls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nThe NRCC released a statement in response claiming the messages were in compliance with the law and compared them to similar ones made by DNC Counsel Joe Sandler. The Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Sales Rule excludes political calls, since they are not included in the definition of telemarketing. No FCC or FTC fines have been issued for robocalls relating to the 6th district 2006 congressional campaign in Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nRoskam trailed Duckworth in fundraising. Roskam raised $3.44 million vs. Duckworth's $4.52 million, but started the fall campaign with more cash on hand, due in part to not having a primary challenger. Roskam was more dependent on contributions from PACs: 56 percent of Roskam's donations and 82 percent of Duckworth's donations came from individuals. 87 percent of Roskam's contributions and 51 percent of Duckworth's contributions came from the state of Illinois. Top zipcodes of contributors for Roskam were Wheaton, Glen Ellyn and Hinsdale. Duckworth's top zip codes were Chicago, Winnetka and New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 6\nAccording to FEC filings, both candidates received donations from various political action committees. As of June 30, 2006, Roskam received more contributions from political committees formed by sitting legislators than any other non-incumbent Congressional candidate in the nation. A Roskam campaign spokesman credited House Speaker Dennis Hastert for those contributions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 7\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Danny K. Davis opted to run for a sixth term in the House of Representatives and did not face a serious challenge in this solidly liberal district based in southern and western Chicago and the western Chicagoan suburbs. Davis swamped Republican challenger Charles Hutchinson with well over eighty percent of the vote, securing another term in this African-American majority district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nIn 2004, Democrat Melissa Bean had scored an upset to become the first Democratic representative from the district since its creation in 1935 even though President George W. Bush carried the district by a large margin. In 2006, Bean sought a second term and was opposed by investment banker David McSweeney. Though some anticipated a close race, Bean outlasted McSweeney by a comfortable margin, considering the district\u2019s moderate nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nThe 8th district election was unusual in several ways: The two main candidates in the election for the United States House of Representatives were incumbent Melissa Bean of the Democratic Party and Republican Party candidate David McSweeney, joined by third-party candidate Bill Scheurer, running as a self-proclaimed \"moderate.\" McSweeney emerged as a candidate from a crowded and often brutal six-way Republican primary, and Bean was unopposed in the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0028-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nAs the 8th congressional district, covering parts of McHenry County, Cook County and most of Lake County, is considered to lean conservative, the United States Republican Party targeted the district as a high priority for recapture in the 2006 elections. However, Bean defeated McSweeney by a nearly five percent margin during a national election which proved unfavorable to Republicans nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nThe district had long leaned Republican. As of 2002, the district had been represented by Phil Crane for 33 years. Bean's 2004 victory was considered to be a decisive upset in a district once considered to be reliably conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nMaking Bean's victory even more important for the Democratic Party was the fact that the Party lost seats in the House elsewhere in the country, meaning Bean's victory somewhat softened the Party's overall net defeat in the 2004 election, which saw the reelection of Republican President George W. Bush as well as a net Republican gain in both the House and the Senate. Given their overall dominance in the 2004 elections and a congressional district they still saw as conservative, the Republican Party marked Bean's district as one of their top priorities in the upcoming 2006 House elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nRepublican challengers included David McSweeney, Kathy Salvi, Aaron Lincoln, Robert Churchill, Ken Arnold, and James Creighton Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nThe 2006 Republican primary for the 8th congressional district was highly contested, with six candidates. David McSweeney garnered 43% of the vote, winning by 10 points over his closest opponent, Kathy Salvi. During the course of the campaign the McSweeney and Salvi campaigns used negative ads against one another. Salvi criticized McSweeney, claiming he raised taxes two years in a row, increased spending by 28%, and added 20% more employees while serving as a Trustee for Palatine Township. McSweeney responded with a television ad stating \"Kathy Salvi is lying\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nIn a Chicago Sun-Times article, movement conservative Tom Roeser wrote \"Because McSweeney is a social conservative, the skittish Illinois establishment GOP would like to run someone else.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nCongressman Mark Kirk (R) of the neighboring 10th district, supported Teresa Bartels, a moderate, during the Republican primary. Kirk believed that David McSweeney could not win the district, with a conservative being easily defeated by the incumbent Melissa Bean. However, Bartels dropped out before the primary. Kirk reluctantly supported David", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nBill Scheurer, who had run as a Democrat in 2004, entered the race as an independent after he felt that both Melissa Bean and David McSweeney were too conservative. He criticized Bean more harshly in his campaign than he did McSweeney, asserting that Bean's frequent pro-business votes in Congress are an abandonment of Democratic Party ideals. The focus of Scheurer's campaign was fiscal issues: balancing the federal budget, fixing the United States health care system, and reducing the national debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nLynn Sweet, Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, reported in April 2006 that \"the 8th District Bean-McSweeney race is one of a handful in the nation that could determine which party controls Congress.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nIn June 2006, the Cook Political Report, an independent non-partisan newsletter, rated the race for Illinois' 8th Congressional District as \"Lean Democratic\", meaning Melissa Bean had the advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nMcSweeney is a conservative Republican. He supports finishing the War on Terror and the Iraq War. McSweeney also promises to make President Bush's tax cuts permanent, to offer tax cuts to companies that invest in new jobs and workers. He is opposed to raising the federal minimum wage, currently $5.15 an hour. McSweeney vows to try and freeze the total amount of federal spending, excluding national security, homeland security, and social security. McSweeney is pro-life and opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0037-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 8\nMcSweeney also opposes embryonic stem cell research, instead favoring research on umbilical cord blood. He supports 2nd Amendment rights and opposes a ban on semi-automatic firearms. McSweeney supports carrying concealed weapon. McSweeney opposes same-sex marriage as well as civil unions for gay couples and is in favor of amending the Constitution to ban sex same marriages. McSweeney argued that a wall should be built along part of the 2,000-plus-mile U.S.-Mexican border, focusing on the urban areas. McSweeney favored means-testing as a way to reduce the cost of Medicare Part D, which is the prescription drug benefit. McSweeney said, \"I believe we need to means-test the Part D prescription drug program that was just adopted by Congress.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 9\nIncumbent Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, seeking her fifth term in Congress, did not face a serious challenge in this consistently liberal district based in the North Side of Chicago and the northern Chicagoan suburbs. True to the district\u2019s history of electing Democrats, Schakowsky slammed Republican opponent Michael Shannon with nearly seventy-five percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nInitially elected in 2000, incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Kirk built a reputation as being a moderate Republican, the kind of Republican that this liberal-leaning district in the northern suburbs of Chicago would elect. Facing off against Democratic challenger and businessman Dan Seals, Kirk experienced a serious challenge. Seals was able to remain competitive against Kirk for most of the campaign, abetted by the Democratic wave sweeping the country, but he ultimately fell to the incumbent Republican and lost by around thirteen thousand votes and seven points. The district was located in the northern suburbs of Chicago in Cook and Lake counties, along Lake Michigan. Although reliably Republican in past elections, particularly before the latest redistricting, it voted for John Kerry in 2004, which made re-election in 2006 a challenge for Republican incumbent Mark Kirk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 966]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nDemocratic hopes for winning here rose after Melissa Bean's win in the neighboring 8th District, which is more Republican. The Democratic candidate was GE Commercial Finance Director of Marketing Dan Seals. Seals raised $1,918,167 to Kirk's $3,168,367.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nDaniel \"Dan\" Seals is a native of Chicago. He lives in Wilmette, Illinois (one half-block outside of the 10th district) with his wife Mia (maiden name: Miyako Hasegawa) and their three young daughters. Seals taught high school English in Japan before earning a Master's in Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nSeals was a Presidential Management Fellow during the Clinton Administration and worked on trade issues to increase overseas markets for U.S. goods. He also spent time on Capitol Hill, serving as a fellow in the office of Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, where his primary focus was on economic development and policy. Seals earned his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He was on leave from his position as Director of Marketing at GE Commercial Finance while he campaigned full-time. He is now self-employed as a consultant. Seals ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility, pragmatic energy independence solutions, universal access to health care for the 46 million uninsured Americans, and a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. In March 2006, Seals won the Democratic Primary with 70% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nMark Kirk is a graduate of Cornell, the London School of Economics, and Georgetown University where he earned his JD. Moreover, Kirk has worked at the U.S. Department of State, the World Bank, and Baker & McKenzie. Kirk is the head of the Moderate Republican caucus. He was also Assistant Majority Whip until the Republican Party lost control of the House of Representatives in the November 2006 election. He claims to be fiscally conservative, but pro-choice and pro-environment. Kirk was endorsed in the 2006 election by all major local newspapers including The Daily Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Lake County News Sun. He was also endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Planned Parenthood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 10\nIn his most difficult race since 2000, Kirk prevailed by a 53% to 47% margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 11\nRepublican Jerry Weller, who was part of the 1994 Republican Revolution in which the GOP took control of Congress had been re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2004. In this conservative-leaning district, Weller experienced a more serious challenge from Democratic challenger John Pavich than he was used to. The 11th stretches from the southern suburbs of Chicago to Bureau County and then dips down into Bloomington and Normal. True to the district\u2019s conservative tilt, however, Weller defeated Pavich, 55% to 45%, a narrower margin than expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 11\nWeller was a staff member for state representative Tom Corcoran from 1980 to 1981, assistant to the director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture and an aide to Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block from 1981 to 1985. In 1988, Weller was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives where he served until 1994. Weller was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 following the retirement of Democrat George Sangmeister. Weller defeated New Lenox attorney Robert T. Herbolsheimer in the Republican primary, and Democrat Frank Giglio in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 11\nJohn J. Pavich was an American attorney who served on the legal defense team of former Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska president Biljana Plav\u0161i\u0107 before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Pavich's father served as lead counsel for Dr. Plav\u0161i\u0107. After the 9/11 events, Pavich joined the Central Intelligence Agency, working in counterterrorism for the National Clandestine Service from 2003 to 2005. Pavich then returned to Illinois to practice law and start a family. He and his wife and their one-year-old son currently reside in Beecher, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 12\nThis liberal-leaning district based in southern Illinois and the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis has consistently given Democratic incumbent Congressman Jerry Costello solid re-elections ever since he was initially elected in a 1988 special election. Seeing as he faced no challenge this year other than a few write-in votes, Costello was a shoo-in for re-election and received nearly one hundred percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 13\nIn this compact district based in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert sought a fifth term. Biggert has typically enjoyed wide margins of victory in this moderately conservative district, and this year proved no different. Biggert defeated Democratic challenger Joseph Shannon by a seventeen-point margin\u2014a wide margin, no doubt, but thinner than what Biggert received before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 14\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House since 1999, has represented this conservative-leaning district since his initial election in 1986. Hastert faced off against Democratic challenger John Laesch in the general election, and Hastert faced off against Democratic challenger John Laesch in the general election, true to this northern Illinois district\u2019s conservative history, defeated him by a wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 15\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Tim Johnson, who has represented this district since 2000, sought a fourth term this year. The 15th district, which includes much of eastern Illinois and stretches into southern Illinois, is one of the most conservative districts in Illinois, and as such, Johnson did not experience a particularly tough challenge from Democratic opponent David Gill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 16\nIn this conservative-leaning district based in northern Illinois, incumbent Republican Congressman Donald Manzullo has not experienced a serious challenge since his initial election in 1992, and this year proved no different. Manzullo crushed Democratic opponent Richard Auman and independent challenger John Borling with nearly sixty-five percent of the vote and won an eighth term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 17\nThis strangely shaped district constitutes much of western and central Illinois and was gerrymandered to protect incumbent Democratic Congressman Lane Evans. Evans planned on seeking a thirteenth term in Congress this year, but was forced to retire due to the increasingly debilitating effect s of Parkinson's disease. Evans\u2019s longtime Chief-of-Staff, Phil Hare, was selected as the Democratic nominee in his place and faced off against previous Congressional candidate and former television reporter Andrea Zinga in the general election, which he won handily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 18\nThis solidly conservative district based in western and central Illinois has been represented by incumbent Republican Congressman Ray LaHood since 1995 and has consistently given him comfortable margins of re-election. This year, despite the anti-Republican sentiment nationwide, LaHood was able to swamp Democratic opponent Steve Waterworth with nearly seventy percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 19\nThis district, the most conservative in Illinois, was composed mainly of southern Illinois, but also included Springfield and a small sliver in western Illinois. Incumbent Republican Congressman John Shimkus, seeking a sixth term, faced off against Democratic opponent Danny Stover. Shimkus played a prominent role in the Mark Foley scandal; he knew of embattled Congressman Foley's controversial activities as the Chairman of the House Page Board and did not take action against Foley. Despite this, Shimkus ultimately swamped Stover on election day, winning over sixty percent of the vote and another term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 19\nIn the Democratic primary, Danny Stover won over coal miner Vic Roberts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 19\nIn the Republican primary, incumbent John Shimkus only faced token opposition from a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188204-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, District 19\nDanny Stover had the endorsement of the St. Louis Dispatch and John Shimkus had the endorsement of the Chicago Tribune. A poll taken in June had it 53% to 36% in Shimkus favor. Then Mark Foley said he would resign because of a sex scandal. Shimkus being head of the page that Foley went on was in big trouble of losing his seat. A poll taken after the scandal had it 46% to 43% in Shimkus favor. But on Election Day he won by a landslide 39% to 60%. Winning all but one of the 24 counties he represented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Indiana were elections for Indiana's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006. Indiana played a key role in helping Democrats sweep Congress, when three Republican incumbents were defeated: (Chris Chocola, John Hostettler and Mike Sodrel), giving the Democrats a majority of the delegation again. Republicans held a majority of Indiana's delegation, 7\u20132, before the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 1\nThis district is located in Northwest Indiana and borders Chicago. The district has been one of the most Democratic in Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nThis district is centered on South Bend and the Indiana portion of the Michiana region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nChocola defeated Tony Zirkle, an attorney, Navy veteran, and frequent candidate, in the Republican primary on May 2, 2006, by 70% to 30%. Zirkle, who said he was \"willing to debate the idea of returning the guillotine and lynch mob for those who prey on children under the age of 12\", was unable to get Chocola to debate him on that or any other subject.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nDonnelly raised about $1.5 million to Chocola's $3.2 million. In mid-August, in a report on National Republican Congressional Committee planned spending, the Associated Press reported that \"the GOP has not reserved advertising time to aid Rep. Chris Chocola in Indiana even though Democrats plan to spend at least $700,000 to win the district. House Republicans have told Chocola that he must fend for himself, given his personal wealth and his ability to raise large amounts of money.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nA poll released in mid-June by the Donnelly campaign showed Donnelly leading 48% to 38% with 14% undecided. The campaign did not release all of the poll findings. A poll released six days later, taken by the South Bend Tribune, showed the race to be at the margin of error with Donnelly at 46% and Chocola at 41%. The telephone poll interviewed 400 likely voters who were asked whom they would vote for \"if the election were held now\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nOn August 16, the Cook Political Report changed the rating for the race from \"Lean Republican\" to \"Toss-Up\", saying \"Despite a significant fundraising advantage over Democrat Joe Donnelly, which has helped fuel a barrage of negative attack ads, incumbent GOP Rep. Chris Chocola looks more like an underdog than the frontrunner.\" Also in August 2006, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, a Web site run by the University of Virginia Center for Politics, added the race to their \"Ferocious Forty\" list of the 40 most competitive House races in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 2\nOn November 7, 2006, Chocola lost his congressional seat to Democratic candidate Joe Donnelly, whom Chocola had defeated in 2004. The final tally showed Chocola losing by a 54\u201346 margin, almost an identical reversal of his fortunes in 2004. The election had a much lower turnout than the previous campaign, and the difference appeared to come in St. Joseph County. Historically a Democratic stronghold, Chocola lost it by only a few hundred votes while cruising to victory in 2004. In 2006, however, Donnelly won the county by nearly 14,000 votes, garnering 58% of the vote in what is by far the most populous county of the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 3\nThis district is located in the northeast corner of Indiana and has a large population center in Fort Wayne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 4\nThis district is located in west-central Indiana. Located within the district is the city of West Lafayette and many suburban towns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 5\nThis district located mostly north of Indianapolis, including the largest suburbs of Indianapolis in Hamilton County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 6\nThis district takes in a large portion of eastern Indiana, including the cities of Muncie, Anderson, and Richmond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nThis election pitted five-term incumbent Democrat Julia Carson against Republican Eric Dickerson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nAutomobile dealer Eric Dickerson is a native of Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of Western Michigan University where he received his B.S. in engineering. Dickerson is a former U.S. Marine Corps officer and served with the HMA 269 Attack Squadron in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He later served in the Indiana National Guard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nJulia Carson had held this Congressional seat based in urban Indianapolis since 1997, and had always won by comfortable margins. Republicans hoped to take the seat in the 2006 elections after redistricting made the 7th slightly more Republican, though Democrats still held the advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nDickerson ran an aggressive grass-roots campaign, defeating the party-endorsed candidate, Ronald Franklin, and two other candidates in the Republican primary on May 2, 2006. He gained further support as the campaign progressed, with an October poll shocking observers of both parties when it showed Dickerson narrowly leading Carson 45% to 42%. Carson dismissed the poll, saying that she always polled more strongly than expected on election day. She was proven correct, winning her sixth term on November 7, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 7\nThis district is in the heart of Central Indiana and encompasses most of Marion County/Indianapolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 8\nPopulation centers of Evansville and Terre Haute are located within its limits along with numerous other small towns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188205-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, District 9\nThis district is located in southeast Indiana. Suburbs of Cincinnati and Louisville are located within the district. The largest city is Bloomington followed by; Columbus, New Albany, Jeffersonville, and Clarksville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa\nIn Iowa, midterm elections for the state's five congressional seats took place November 7, 2006. Each race was contested, pitting the winners of the Republican and Democratic primaries conducted June 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa\nThe Democratic party won three of the five seats up for grabs. In the 2nd district, 30-year incumbent Jim Leach, a Republican, was unseated by newcomer Dave Loebsack, a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa\nThe winners served from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 1\nRegarded as one of the more hotly contested races in the nation, Republican nominee Mike Whalen of Bettendorf, the operator of the Heart of America Restaurants and Inns (HOARI) chain, took on Democratic candidate Bruce Braley, an attorney from Waterloo. The seat had been vacated when incumbent Jim Nussle announced his run for Iowa governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 1\nIn the Democratic primary, Braley defeated Rick Dickinson, Bill Gluba and Denny Heath. Whalen got the GOP nod over Bill Dix and Brian Kennedy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 1\nFollowing an election that was peppered with negative attack ads from both sides, Braley defeated Whalen by a solid margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 1\nBraley's victory meant that, for the first time since 1976, a Democrat will be serving the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 2\nWhen the Iowa Secretary of State's office posted its list of primary candidates online in March, there was no Democratic candidate. . However, Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon, a political science professor at Cornell College, received write-in votes in the June 6 primary to become the Democratic nominee . Incumbent Jim Leach was the sole GOP candidate in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 2\nThe campaign eventually heated up, as Loebsack was hoping to ride what he viewed as voter discontent with the Bush administration. Leach supporters continued to point to his strong integrity and status as one of the most liberal Republicans in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 2\nOn election night, Loebsack stunned many political observers by defeating Leach by a thin margin. Leach's defeat made him the most senior House member to lose re-election in 2006 and the most senior member to lose re-election since 42-year incumbent Jack Brooks lost to Steve Stockman in the 1994 Republican Revolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 3\nFive-term incumbent Leonard Boswell, a Democrat from Des Moines, took on Republican challenger Jeff Lamberti of Ankeny, a two-term state senator from the 35th District and the GOP's Senate leader. Both candidates were uncontested in the June 6 primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 3\nLike in the first congressional district, the third district race was characterized by negative attack advertising and attention from national committees seeking to elect their candidate of choice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 3\nBoswell ultimately took advantage of the strong Democratic wave sweeping across the country and defeated Lamberti to win a sixth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 4\nSeven-term Republican incumbent Tom Latham of Alexander faced Democratic nominee Selden Spencer, a neurologist from Huxley. Both candidates were unopposed in the June 6 primary. Although quiet by comparison to other races in Iowa, the Iraq War was a major point of contention between the candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 4\nThough some political analysts expected the race to be a tough one, Latham defeated Spencer by a solid margin to win a seventh term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 5\nRepublican Steve King of Kiron, a two-term incumbent, faced Democratic nominee Joyce Schulte of Creston. Schulte had defeated Robert Chambers in the June 6 primary, while King was unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188206-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, District 5\nIn the November 7 election, King defeated Schulte in a small landslide to win another term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188207-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives. Kansas has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. As of 2021, this is the last time Democrats won more than one House seat in Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188207-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Jerry Moran defeated Democrat John Doll, a history professor. This district covers the western part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188207-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Jim Ryun lost re-election to Democrat Nancy Boyda, a chemist. The district covers the eastern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188207-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Dennis Moore defeated Republican Chuck Ahner, a businessman. The district covers the Metro Kansas City area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188207-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Todd Tiahrt defeated Democrat Garth McGinn. This district covers the metro Wichita area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky\nThe 2006 House elections in Kentucky occurred on November 7, 2006 to elect the members of the State of Kentucky's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Kentucky had six seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky\nThese elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 2006, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Ed Whitfield faced off against former Congressman Thomas Barlow, the Democratic nominee, winning by a solid margin, but less than he is used to in this west Kentucky-based district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 2\nIncumbent Ron Lewis (R) was sought a sixth term in this conservative, west-central Kentucky district. Lewis has had no trouble winning reelection after succeeding longtime Democrat William Natcher. His special election victory turned out to be the first sign of the Republican wave later that year. But when first elected, he had promised to serve only six full terms. He was challenged by state Representative Mike Weaver, whose background in business and War Veteran of both Korea and Vietnam made it hard to portray him as a liberal. However, Weaver had trouble raising money. Ultimately, Weaver was unable to capitalize on the Democratic wave sweeping the country, and lost to Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 3\nIncumbent Anne Northup (R) had been a target for the Democrats since her election in 1996; in 2004 and 2000, John Kerry and Al Gore both won her Louisville-centered congressional district by two percent, and Bill Clinton won the district by double-digit margins during the 1990s. While Northup had generally run close races, she won 60% of the vote in the 2004 election. Redistricting after the 2000 census added a few more suburban Republicans to the district, according to Congressional Quarterly. The Democratic candidate was John Yarmuth, the founder of local free publication LEO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 3\nIn spite of Northup's electoral success, excellent constituent services, and popularity among blue-collar voters in southern Louisville, Democrats saw this race as winnable, calling attention to Northup's 91% lockstep voting record with an unpopular President Bush. Northup led in most polls until October, when Yarmuth began to gain. By election night, the race had become highly competitive. House Majority Leader John Boehner referred to Northup as the Republicans' \"canary in the coal mine\", meaning that her fortunes would portend the outcome of House elections nationwide. This proved to be a correct assessment, as on election night, Yarmuth defeated Northup and Republicans lost control of the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 4\nFirst-term incumbent Geoff Davis (R) was being challenged by retired U.S. Air Force Major Ken Lucas (D), who held the seat from 1999 to 2005. Lucas defeated Davis 51% to 48% in 2002, and retired in 2004, adhering to a pledge of serving only three consecutive terms in the House. Lucas was among the most conservative Democrats in Congress and remains well known in the district, which includes most of Kentucky's share of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Brian Houillion (L) entered the race on June 19. In late July The Washington Post also rated the race as a toss-up. However, Davis is an aggressive campaigner who had spent much time in the district, which ultimately paid off, as Davis defeated Lucas by a surprisingly wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Hal Rogers faced off against Democratic nominee Kenneth Stepp, who was not a serious contender for the seat considering this east Kentucky district's strong conservative tendencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188208-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, District 6\nOpposed by only Libertarian candidate Paul Ard, incumbent Democratic Congressman Ben Chandler faced no serious obstacle in his bid for a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nThe first round of the Louisiana House election of 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The terms of all seven Representatives to the United States House of Representatives will expire on January 3, 2007, and will be put up for contest. The winning candidates will serve a two-year term from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2009. If necessary, a runoff round will be held on December 9, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nLouisiana uses a unique voting system to determine its representation in the U.S. Congress. Elections in Louisiana\u2014with the exception of U.S. presidential elections\u2014follow a variation of the open primary system called the jungle primary. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party. This means that the outcome of some races might not be known until over a month later than the rest of the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nThe Louisiana races, especially those in the southern portion of the state, were impacted to some extent as a result of Hurricane Katrina, as well as Hurricane Rita, both of which have caused massive damage within Louisiana. For example, most of New Orleans' majority African-American communities were displaced by Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nAll Louisiana Congressmen won re-election and avoided a run-off except Democrat William Jefferson of New Orleans, under investigation for corruption. He won a run-off against fellow Democrat Karen Carter. As of 2020, this is the last election in which Democrats won more than one congressional district in Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana\nNote: For calculating the totals of the Democratic and Republican parties with regard to the 2nd district, the jungle primary results, not the runoff results, are used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Bobby Jindal, first elected in 2004, faced no serious challenge from Democratic challengers David Gereighty, an electrical engineer, and Stacey Tallitsch, a computer engineer, or from Libertarian opponent Peter Beary. This highly conservative district is based around Lake Pontchartrain and the suburbs of New Orleans and Jindal was re-elected with nearly ninety percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nThis staunchly liberal district, based mainly within the city of New Orleans, has elected Bill Jefferson to Congress consecutively since 1990. Seeking his ninth term in Congress, Jefferson was largely unpopular due to the fact that he was under federal investigation for corruption charges at the time, and therefore, a great many candidates emerged to challenge him. On the Democratic side, State Representative Karen Carter, State Senator Derrick Shepherd, New Orleans City Councilman Troy Carter, Orleans Parish School Board attorney Regina Bartholomew, John Edwards, Scott Barron, former congressional candidate Vinny Mendoza, and D.C. Collins ran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 2\nRepublicans Joe Lavigne, an attorney; Eric Bradley; Lance von Uhde and Libertarian Rhumbline Kahn also ran, creating a very crowded race. On October 14, the Louisiana State Democratic party voted to endorse Karen Carter. In the first line of balloting, no candidate received a majority of the votes, so the top two candidates, Jefferson and Carter, advanced to a second line of balloting, which Jefferson ultimately won by a comfortable margin, despite the corruption charges against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 3\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Charlie Melan\u00e7on won his first term 2004 by defeating Billy Tauzin III, the son of the retiring Congressman by only 569 votes, leading many to conclude that he was vulnerable to a Republican challenger. State Senator Craig Romero emerged as Melan\u00e7on's chief competitor, though Democrat O.J. Breech and Libertarian James Blake also ran, but ultimately fell to Melan\u00e7on by a surprisingly comfortable margin in this solidly conservative district based in the southern suburbs of New Orleans and south-central Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 4\nThis district, based in northwestern Louisiana and greater Shreveport, is staunchly conservative and has consistently re-elected incumbent Republican Congressman Jim McCrery with solid margins since his initial election in 1988. This year proved to be no different, and Congressman McCrery walloped Democrats Artis Cash and Patti Cox and Republican Chester Kelley with over fifty-seven percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Rodney Alexander was initially elected to this conservative, northeast Louisiana district in 2002 as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party in 2004 and was re-elected for the first time as a Republican. In 2006, he was re-elected in a landslide over Democrat Gloria Hearn, Libertarian Brent Sanders, and independent John Watts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 6\nThis conservative district is based around the Baton Rouge metropolitan area and was represented by Republican Congressman Richard Baker. Baker sought his eleventh term in Congress and faced no Democratic challenger, but did square off against Libertarian candidate Richard Fontanesi, a contest that he won in an overwhelming landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188209-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, District 7\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Charles Boustany sought a second term in this conservative district based in the Cajun, southwest portion of the state. Boustany's initial election in 2004, to replace previous Congressman Chris John was relatively close and attracted national attention. In 2006, he faced Democratic nominee Mike Stagg, and the contest proved to be relatively uneventful, with Boustany winning a second term with over seventy percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188210-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine\nThe Maine congressional elections of 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The terms of both representatives to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2007, and therefore were put up for contest. The winning candidates served a two-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009. The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188210-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, District 1\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Tom Allen has been in office since 1997. He defeated Republican challenger Darlene Curley and independent Dexter Kamilewicz in the general election. Neither Allen nor Curley were challenged in their respective primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188210-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, District 2\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Michael Michaud has served in Congress since 2003. Michaud defeated Republican Laurence D'Amboise in the general election. Neither Michaud nor D'Amboise were challenged in their respective primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland\nThe Maryland congressional elections of 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The terms of all eight representatives to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2007, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winning candidates served a two-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, seeking his ninth term in Congress, faced Jim Corwin, the Democratic nominee and a family physician. Gilchrest's reputation as a moderate Republican built up his popularity and he was overwhelmingly re-elected in this conservative, Eastern Shore-based district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 2\nIn this heavily-gerrymandered and relatively liberal district, incumbent Democratic Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger faced no serious threat from Republican candidate Jimmy Mathis. Ruppersberger won a third term in this district that includes small parts of Baltimore and some of the Baltimore metropolitan area in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 3\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Ben Cardin declined to seek an eleventh term so that he could run for Senate. John Sarbanes, the son of retiring Senator Paul Sarbanes and an attorney, won a crowded Democratic primary and became the Democratic nominee. Annapolis marketing executive John White was the Republican nominee, and, true to the liberal nature of this district based in the Baltimore metropolitan area, Sarbanes beat White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 4\nIn this district, which has a majority African-American population and is based in Prince George's County and Montgomery County, is heavily liberal. Incumbent Democratic Congressman Al Wynn survived a tough primary challenge from lawyer Donna Edwards, and since the Democratic primary is tantamount to election, Wynn was the heavy favorite to win the general election, which he ultimately did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 5\nHouse Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, who has served in Congress since he was elected in a 1981 special election to fill the seat previously held by Gladys Spellman, did not face a Republican opponent in this election. Hoyer's election to his fourteenth term was never in doubt, however, seeing as this district, based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and southern Maryland, is heavily liberal. Hoyer beat out Green Party candidate Steve Warner and Constitution Party candidate Peter Kuhnert to win another term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 6\nThis district, based in the heavily conservative Maryland panhandle and the moderately conservative northern suburbs of Baltimore, has sent incumbent Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett back to Washington with solid margins of re-election, and this year proved no different. Congressman Bartlett faced United States Army veteran Andrew J. Duck in the general election, and though he ultimately beat Duck out, it was by a thinner margin than usual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 7\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings, who has represented this heavily liberal district based in Baltimore, Baltimore County and Howard County since previous Congressman Kweisi Mfume resigned in 1996. This year, the popular Cummings did not face any opponent of any kind in the general election and he coasted to a seventh term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188211-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, District 8\nDemocratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen, considered by many to be a rising star in the Democratic Party, has represented this staunchly liberal district based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area since his initial election in 2002. Van Hollen faced no serious threat to his bid for a third term from Republican Jeffrey Stein or Green Party candidate Gerard Giblin, and he crushed both of them in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts\nThe Massachusetts congressional elections of 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The terms of all ten representatives to the United States House of Representatives were to expire on January 3, 2007, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winners of the elections served in the 110th United States Congress from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 1\nIn this solidly liberal district based in western Massachusetts, incumbent Democratic Congressman John Olver ran for a ninth term in Congress. Olver faced independent candidate William Szych in the general election, whom he handily defeated to return to Congress for another term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 2\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Richard Neal has represented this liberal, south-central Massachusetts-based district since his initial election in 1988. Seeking a tenth term, Congressman Neal faced no opposition other than write-in candidates and easily won re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 3\nCongressman Jim McGovern, who built a reputation as an advocate for international human rights and as one of the most liberal members of Congress, has represented this solidly Democratic district since 1997. Facing no opposition in his bid for a sixth term, McGovern easily returned to Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 4\nLong-serving incumbent Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, first elected in 1980, was one of the first openly gay prominent politicians in American history. Congressman Frank represents a solidly liberal district that extends from the southern suburbs of Boston to the South Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 5\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Marty Meehan has represented this district that includes the northeastern suburbs of Boston since 1993, and he faced no opposition in his bid for an eighth term. Though Meehan was overwhelmingly re-elected, he did not fully serve out his term and resigned in July 2007 to become the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 6\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman John Tierney, who was first elected in 1996 by defeating Republican Congressman Peter Torkildsen, sought a sixth term in Congress. Congressman Tierney faced Republican candidate Rick Barton in the general election, whom he was able to easily defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 7\nThis heavily liberal district, based in the northern and eastern suburbs of Boston, has been represented by incumbent Democratic Congressman Ed Markey since he was first elected in a 1976 special election. Congressman Markey sought a seventeenth term and faced no opponent in the general election, allowing him to return to Congress with ease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 8\nThis strongly liberal district based in the city of Boston and some of its suburbs, has been represented by Democratic Congressman Mike Capuano since he was first elected in 1998. Congressman Capuano faced no Republican opponent in his bid for a fifth term, but was easily re-elected over Socialist Workers Party candidate Laura Garza and garment worker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 9\nCongressman Stephen Lynch has represented this staunchly liberal, south Boston district since a 2001 special election. Lynch has established a reputation as being a moderate-liberal in Congress, holding anti-abortion views that separate him from the mainstream of the Democratic Party. Congressman Lynch faced Republican candidate Jack Robinson in the general election and coasted towards a fourth term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188212-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, District 10\nThis district, the most moderate in the commonwealth, but still decidedly liberal, consists of the South Shore, Cape Cod, and the Islands, along with some southern parts of Metropolitan Boston. This district has been represented by Democratic Congressman Bill Delahunt for the past ten years. Delahunt, seeking a sixth term in Congress, ran against Republican businessman Jeff Beatty and independent candidate Peter White, whom he was able to crush in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 83], "content_span": [84, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 4, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. All fifteen incumbents ran for re-election, and all of them got re-elected except Joe Schwarz, who lost his primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Bart Stupak won re-election to an eighth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Pete Hoekstra won re-election to an eighth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 3\nIncumbent Republican Vern Ehlers won re-election to an eighth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 4\nIncumbent Republican David Lee Camp won re-election to a ninth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 5\nIncumbent Democratic Dale Kildee won re-election to a thirteenth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 6\nIncumbent Republican Fred Upton won re-election to an eleventh term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 7\nRepublican Tim Walberg defeated the incumbent in the primary, and won the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 8\nIncumbent Republican Mike Rogers won re-election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 9\nIncumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg won re-election to an eighth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 10\nIncumbent Republican Candice Miller won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 11\nIncumbent Republican Thad McCotter won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 12\nIncumbent Democrat Sander Levin won re-election to a thirteenth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 13\nIncumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick won re-election, unopposed, to a sixth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 14\nIncumbent Democrat John Conyers won re-election to an X term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188213-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, District 15\nIncumbent Democrat John Dingell won re-election to a twenty-seventh term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Minnesota were held on November 7, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota\nMinnesota had eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 110th Congress from January 3, 2007 until January 3, 2009. The election coincided with the Senate election and the gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1\nIn his bid for a seventh term in Congress, incumbent Republican Congressman Gil Gutknecht faced off against Tim Walz, a high school teacher and the DFL nominee in this swing district based in southern Minnesota. Walz upset Gutknecht by a margin of 5.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Congressman John Kline ran for a third term in this conservative district based in the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Kline was opposed in the general election by Coleen Rowley, the DFL nominee and a former FBI agent, whom he defeated by a comfortable margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 3\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Jim Ramstad ran for what would be his ninth and final term in the United States Congress from this conservative district that encompassed the northern, western, and southern suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul in Hennepin County and Anoka County. Ramstad was opposed in his bid for reelection by the DFL nominee, local radio host Wendy Wilde, and he won overwhelmingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 4\nIn this staunchly liberal district comprising St. Paul and some northern suburbs, incumbent DFL Representative Betty McCollum ran for a fourth term, opposed by Republican Obi Sium, an employee of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. McCollum was in no danger of losing her seat, and won reelection with nearly 70% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 5\nRather than seek a 15th term in Congress, incumbent DFL Congressman Martin Olav Sabo decided to retire, creating an open seat. State Representative Keith Ellison beat out Mike Erlandson, Slabo's chief of staff; Ember Reichgott Junge, a former state senator; and Paul Ostrow, a Minneapolis City Councilman in the DFL primary. In the general election, Ellison faced off against businessman Alan Fine, the Republican nominee, and Tammy Lee, the Independence Party nominee, who had served as press secretary for United States Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and communications director for Skip Humphrey's 1998 gubernatorial campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 5\nThe district, based in Minneapolis and some suburbs located in Anoka County and Ramsey County, strongly supported DFL candidates, so Ellison was highly favored in the general election. Indeed, despite a surprisingly strong performance by Lee, Ellison emerged victorious, and became the first African-American Congressman from Minnesota and the first Muslim in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Mark Kennedy declined to seek a fourth term in Congress, instead opting to run for Senate in the wake of then-Senator Mark Dayton's retirement. To replace him in this conservative-leaning district that encompassed the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, including St. Cloud, State Senator Michele Bachmann clinched the Republican nomination, while Patty Wetterling, a national advocate of children's safety and Kennedy's 2004 opponent, emerged as the DFL nominee once again. They were joined by Minnesota Independence Party candidate John Paul Binkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 6\nDuring the campaign, Wetterling attacked Bachmann for voting against increased restrictions on sex offenders, while Bachmann accused Wetterling of wanting to negotiate with terrorists, charges each denied. Despite polling that indicated that the race would be close, and although this was the most expensive House race in Minnesota, Bachmann defeated Wetterling by a large margin, with Binkowski receiving about 8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 7\nThis conservative, rural district based in western Minnesota had been represented by DFL Congressman Collin Peterson since 1991, and this year, Peterson sought a ninth term in Congress. Despite the district's tendency to vote for Republicans at the national level, Peterson had been able to hold on to his seat with ease, and this year proved no different. Opposed by pharmacist Michael J. Barrett, the Republican nominee, and a few independent politicians, Peterson overwhelmingly won reelection with close to 70% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188214-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 8\nThis liberal-leaning district, based in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota, had been represented since 1975 by DFL Congressman Jim Oberstar, the state's longest-serving Congressman. This year, he sought a 17th term and faced former United States Senator Rod Grams, who lived outside the district and had represented the 6th district in Congress twelve years earlier. Despite Grams's high stature and name recognition, he posed no serious threat to Oberstar, who was reelected in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi\nThe Mississippi U.S. House elections took place on November 7, 2006. All 4 House seats for Mississippi were up for election with all incumbents (2 Republicans and 2 Democrats) running for re-election. All incumbents succeeded in being re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 1\nIncumbent Roger Wicker (R) faced political consultant Ken Hurt (D). Wicker has represented the conservative northern Mississippi district since 1995 and has been easily re-elected since. Hurt won a plurality in the Democratic Primary on June 7, but since he did not win over 50% of the vote, he was forced into a run-off with Bill Bambach, the second highest vote winner. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 2\nCongressman Bennie Thompson (D) competed against Tchula mayor Yvonne Brown (R). The Democratic-leaning majority-black district comprises the Mississippi Delta and Jackson, the capital and largest city in Mississippi. Thompson first won in a special election in 1993 caused by then-Representative Mike Espy resigning to become Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton. The congressman had generally easy elections except in 2002 when Republican and political newcomer Clinton LeSueur won 44% of the vote. And in that race state representative Chuck Espy (nephew of Mike Espy) competed against Thompson for the Democratic nomination, though Thompson won with 65% to Espy's 35%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 2\nYvonne Brown was nominated by the Republicans without any primary opposition. She was elected mayor of the small Delta town of Tchula in 2001 and re-elected in 2005, which is notable in that she is a black Republican in a very Democratic area. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3\nIn a repeat of the 2004 race, Republican incumbent Charles \"Chip\" Pickering, Jr. had no Democratic challenger, but faced independent Jim Giles and Reform Party candidate Lamonica Magee. This Republican-leaning district starts in the lower western part of the state and goes through the Jackson suburbs and up to east central Mississippi. Pickering was first elected in 1996 after the retirement of long-time incumbent Sonny Montgomery (D). The only strong challenge he has faced so far was in 2002 when re-apportionment caused Mississippi to lose a House seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 3\nPickering was pitted against Democrat Ronnie Shows, the two-term incumbent in the old 4th District; Pickering won with over 60% of the vote. The only candidates running against him this year are independent candidate Jim Giles, an organic farmer and ex-systems engineer known for his white supremacist views, and Reform Party candidate Lamonica Magee. CQ Politics rating: Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188215-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi, District 4\nDemocrat Gene Taylor, the incumbent, faced Republican Randall McDonnell. This district, heavily devastated by Hurricane Katrina, covers the Mississippi Gulf Coast and inland areas directly north of it. While the district leans Republican, conservative Democrat Taylor has comfortably won since winning in a 1989 special election caused by the death of freshman congressman Larkin Smith (R). McDonnell is an accountant and ran against Taylor in 1998 and 2000. CQ Politics rating: Safe Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 80], "content_span": [81, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 1\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay, Jr. faced no difficulty in seeking another term in this liberal, St. Louis-based district over Republican Mark Byrne and Libertarian Robb Cunningham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 2\nThough confronted with a powerful Democratic wave, incumbent Republican Congressman Todd Akin easily won a third term over Democrat George Weber and Libertarian Tamara Millay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 3\nFreshman incumbent Congressman Russ Carnahan, a Democrat, had an easy time in winning a second term in this fairly liberal district based in the southern portion of St. Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 4\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Ike Skelton, seeking his sixteenth term in this conservative, west-central Missouri-based district, overwhelmed Republican candidate Jim Noland, Libertarian nominee Bryce Holthouse, and Progressive Party candidate Mel Ivey and was victorious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 5\nComing from a surprisingly-close election in 2004, freshman incumbent Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat, easily defeated Republican nominee Jacob Turk to win a third term in this fairly liberal district based in Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 6\nIn this conservative, northwest Missouri district, incumbent Republican Congressman Sam Graves easily dispatched with Democratic nominee Sara Jo Shettles, Libertarian candidate Erik Buck, and Progressive candidate Shirley Yurkonis to win a fourth term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 7\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Roy Blunt, the House Majority Whip, found no difficulty in winning a sixth term in his very conservative district located in southwest Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 8\nIn the most conservative district found in Missouri, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson coasted to re-election, swamping Democratic nominee Veronica Hambacker and Libertarian nominee Branden McCullough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188216-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, District 9\nThis district, based in \"Little Dixie,\" located in northeast Missouri, has a strongly conservative bent and incumbent Republican Congressman Kenny Hulshof sought and won a sixth term against several opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Nebraska in the United States House of Representatives. Nebraska has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Jeff Fortenberry defeated Democrat Maxine Moul, a former Lieutenant Governor. This district covers the eastern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Lee Terry defeated Democrat Jim Esch, an attorney. This district covers the metro Omaha area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3\nRepublican Adrian Smith, a state Legislator, defeated Democrat Scott Kleeb, a history professor. District 3 covers most of western Nebraska, comprises 69 counties and is considered to be a traditional Republican stronghold. In the 2006 midterm elections, Republican incumbent Tom Osborne did not seek re-election, instead making a failed bid for the Nebraska gubernatorial nomination. In his stead, Republican Adrian Smith, who won the Republican primary with 39% of the vote in a field of five candidates, defeated Democratic nominee Scott Kleeb, 55% to 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3\nThis ten-point margin was the closest election in the 3rd District since 1990, and the closest a Democrat had come to winning the district in 18 years. In a very strong year for Democrats, the 2006 3rd District congressional race drew last-minute attention from the national House campaign committees as well as a campaign visit from President George W. Bush on Smith's behalf two days before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3\nToward the end of the campaign, controversy surrounded a series of automated telephone calls to voters. These calls used an unauthorized recording of Kleeb's voice which allegedly distorted his views, and were often made in the middle of the night. After thorough investigation by the Nebraska Public Service Commission, the complaint file was closed with no wrongdoing found by the Kleeb vendor of robocalls, political candidates, or their committees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188217-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska, District 3\nSince the 2006 election, Adrian Smith has won re-election in the 3rd District with at least 70% of the vote each time. He was elected with 77% of the vote in 2008, 70% in 2010, and 74% in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada\nThe Nevada congressional elections of 2006 took place on November 7, 2006 when each of the state's three congressional districts elected a representative to the United States House of Representatives. Although President George W. Bush captured the state in both the 2000 and 2004 elections, he did so with a very slim margin (3.35% in 2000 and just 2.59% in 2004). Nevada was considered a battleground state due to the close victory margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 1, Candidates, Democratic Party\nIncumbent Shelley Berkley has served four terms. In Congress, she serves in the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2\nThe 2006 Nevada's 2nd congressional district election was held on November 7 to elect a representative from the Nevada's 2nd congressional district, which covers all of Nevada outside of Clark County, and some parts of Clark County. Republican Party candidate Dean Heller won the election. It was an open seat, because the incumbent, Republican Jim Gibbons, made a successful run for governor of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2\nA bitterly contested Republican primary on August 15, 2006 was won by Secretary of State Dean Heller. The Democratic nominee, Jill Derby, Regent for the University and Community College System of Nevada, had no primary opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2\nIn late August, CQPolitics.com analyzed the race: \"Although the 2nd District generally leans Republican, Derby's competitive position in the general election was already strengthened by the fact that she was unopposed in the Aug. 15 Democratic primary while the Republicans staged a bruising battle among three well-known candidates.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 75], "content_span": [76, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, Primary election, Republican\nOn the Republican side, there was a \"fiercely contested and often bruising\" three-way race (with two minor candidates raising the total to five candidates). The two major candidates other than Heller were state assemblywoman Sharron Angle was former state Representative Dawn Gibbons, wife of the outgoing incumbent. The Club for Growth poured in over $1 million backing Angle, and ran ads attacking both Heller and Gibbons as being \"liberal\" and in favor of tax increases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, Primary election, Republican\nAfter the primary, Angle refused to concede, complaining of voting irregularities that disenfranchised many voters in her popular home base of Washoe County, which includes Reno and is by far the district\u2019s most populous and vote-rich jurisdiction. Rather than calling for a recount \u2014 the typical route for candidates who challenge close election outcomes \u2014 Angle demanded to have the entire primary invalidated and held again. CQPolitics.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, Primary election, Republican\nnoted \"Some have charged Angle\u2019s decision to call for a special primary was based on economics: Had she demanded a recount, Angle would have been responsible for the cost of the procedure unless the result vindicated her request for it. That would not be the case if the courts were to order a primary do-over.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, Primary election, Republican\nExacerbating the disunity of the Nevada GOP, Nevada's Republican Party chairman, Paul Adams, announced his support for Angle's court challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, Primary election, Republican\nAt a September 1 state court hearing, District Judge Bill Maddox rejected Angle\u2019s request on grounds that the state court lacks jurisdiction in congressional elections. According to Maddox, only the U.S. House of Representatives has standing to call for a new election. At that point, Angle conceded the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, General election, Campaign\nThe bruising GOP primary, as compared to the Democratic situation, was reflected in the cash reserves reported by each candidate in their pre-primary filings with the Federal Election Commission. Derby had $444,000 on hand as of July 26, out of $748,000 raised. Heller had 260,000 left \u2014 and that was with 20 days left to go before the actual primary \u2014 out of $904,000 in total receipts, which included $108,000 in funds from his personal accounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 103], "content_span": [104, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, General election, Polls and ratings\nThe Las Vegas Sun, quoting University of Nevada-Reno political scientist Eric Herzik, noted that the intra-fighting has given the Democratic Party a change in this otherwise Republican leaning district. \"Jill Derby was already doing everything right, and then she gets this gift,\" he said. \"How do you turn a safe district into a competitive one? Fight among yourselves. Republicans here have won because they've stayed united and they continue to turn out. Now you've got partisan infighting, and Adams' leadership is aiding and abetting that - in an already bad year for Republicans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 112], "content_span": [113, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, General election, Polls and ratings\nIn early September, CQPolitics.com rated this race as Leans Republican In early October, CQPolitics.com rated it as Republican Favored", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 112], "content_span": [113, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 2, General election, Polls and ratings\nA Mason-Dixon poll has shown Heller with a slight edge, but within the margin or error, leading 45% to 42%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 112], "content_span": [113, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3, Candidates, Democratic Party\nTessa Hafen is a former press secretary for US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188218-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, District 3, Candidates, Republican Party\nIncumbent Jon C. Porter is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. He is the chairman of the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization Subcommittee, which belongs to the full House Government Reform Committee. He is a member of the moderate/liberal Republican Main Street Partnership and is a supporter of stem-cell research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 105], "content_span": [106, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire\nThe 2006 House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire took place on November 7, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives during the 110th Congress from January 3, 2007 until January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire\nNew Hampshire had historically been a stronghold of the Republican Party. Both congressional seats were held by Republicans going into the election, in addition to most state and local offices. However, New Hampshire gave its four electoral votes to John Kerry in 2004 and to Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. Democratic Governor John Lynch, who defeated incumbent Republican Governor Craig Benson in 2004, was widely popular, and defeated his Republican opponent, Jim Coburn, in the simultaneous 2006. As a result, New Hampshire is commonly classified by the media as a tossup or battleground state in many federal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire\nIn this particular election, Democrats were not initially expected to unseat either of the Republican incumbents, Jeb Bradley (NH-1) and Charlie Bass (NH-2). However, first district Democratic candidate Carol Shea-Porter and second district Democratic candidate Paul Hodes raised significant funds and ran more aggressive campaigns than Democrats had in years past. In a surprising upset, both Bass and Bradley were unseated by Hodes and Shea-Porter respectively on election day. This was the first time Democrats had held both New Hampshire House seats since 1915.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nIncumbent Jeb Bradley won reelection in 2004 with 63% of the vote. Bradley was a fiscal conservative who supported reductions in taxes and spending. In 2004, this was the only congressional district in New England that President Bush carried.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nIn a surprise upset victory in the Democratic primary, Rochester Democratic chair Carol Shea-Porter defeated the better funded and party-favored state House Democratic Leader Jim Craig, getting 54% of the vote to Craig's 34%. Shea-Porter supported a single-payer healthcare program and increased federal funding for education. Unlike her opponent, she disagreed with President Bush on foreign policy issues and the War in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nPolls conducted over the course of the campaign showed Bradley in mid-September holding a 25% lead over Shea-Porter. The trend over the next six weeks, however, showed that lead shrinking. Just prior to election day Bradley was favored over Shea-Porter by just 5%, within the 5% margin of error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nDespite those polling trends, and the shift toward Democratic candidates seen nationwide in 2006, Shea-Porter's victory over Bradley was described by many as \"surprising\" and an \"upset.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 1\nWhen the votes were counted, Shea-Porter was declared victorious with 51% of the vote to Bradley's 49%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nIncumbent Charles Bass (R) won reelection in 2004 with 58% percent of the vote, even as his district was won by John Kerry 52% to 47%. Bass was, like his colleague Bradley, a self-described political moderate and fiscal conservative. Bass also embraced environmentalism and pro-choice politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nBass easily defeated primary challenges from Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson and 9/11 critic and constitutionalist Mary Maxwell. The Democratic nominee was 2004 challenger Paul Hodes, an attorney. Hodes is a strong critic of the Bush administration, supporting issues such as universal healthcare, deficit reduction, raising the minimum wage, and an immediate withdrawal of National Guard and Reserve troops from Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nIn late September, a top Bass staffer resigned after news broke that a US Government computer from Bass's DC office had been posting anonymous concern troll messages to NH blogs. In these messages, \"IndyNH\" claimed to be a supporter of Paul Hodes who was discouraged by Bass's unbeatable lead and urged other Hodes supporters to turn their efforts to other, more winnable races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nThe Bass-Hodes matchup was considered more competitive than that of Bradley and Shea-Porter, since voters in the 2nd district had sided with the Republican Party less consistently in recent years. Additionally, Hodes raised more campaign funds than the incumbent. Therefore, the 2006 election was expected to be a great deal closer than Bass's easy win in 2004. Initially, Bass maintained early leads over Hodes in most non-partisan polls, ranging from just 7-points in one poll to 27-points in another. However, as the election drew nearer, polls indicated either a slight Hodes lead or a tossup. Just before election day, Hodes pulled in front of Bass in several polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188219-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, District 2\nOn election day at 10:30pm, Charlie Bass conceded defeat to Paul Hodes, who garnered 53% of the vote as opposed to 45% for Bass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. New Jersey has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Rob Andrews won unopposed. This district covers Camden County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Frank A. LoBiondo defeated Democrat Viola Thomas-Hughes. This district covers the southern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 3\nIncumbent Republican Jim Saxton defeated Democrat Rich Sexton. The district covers Burlington and Ocean counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Chris Smith defeated Democrat Carol Gay. This district covers 4 counties in the central part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 5\nRepublican incumbent Scott Garrett defeated Democratic nominee Paul Aronsohn. This district covers the northern border of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 6\nIncumbent Democrat Frank Pallone defeated Republican Leigh-Ann Bellew. This district covers mostly Monmouth and Middlesex counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 7\nIncumbent Republican Mike Ferguson defeated Democrat Linda Stender. This district covers 4 counties in the northern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 8\nIncumbent Democrat Bill Pascrell defeated Republican Jose Sandoval. This district covers Essex and Possaic counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 9\nIncumbent Democrat Steve Rothman defeated Republican Vincent Micco. This district covers mostly Bergen county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 10\nIncumbent Democrat Donald M. Payne won unopposed. This district covers a heavily urbanized area, which includes the city of Newark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 11\nIncumbent Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen defeated Democrat Tom Wyka. This district covers mostly Morris county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 12\nIncumbent Democrat Rush Holt defeated Republican Joseph Sinagra. This district covers 5 suburban counties in the central part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188220-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, District 13\nAlbio Sires, the Speaker of the State Assembly, defeated John Guarini, a salesman. This was also a special election to complete the last two months of the term of Incumbent Democrat Bob Menendez, who resigned to become a U.S. Senator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 80], "content_span": [81, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188221-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of New Mexico in the United States House of Representatives. New Mexico has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. As of 2020, this is the last time that Republicans won a majority of congressional districts in New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188221-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Heather Wilson defeated Democrat Patricia A. Madrid, the State Attorney General by a very slim margin. This district covers the central part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188221-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Steve Pearce defeated Democrat Albert Kissling. The district covers the southern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188221-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Tom Udall defeated Republican Ronald Dolin. The district covers the northern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York\nOn November 7, 2006, New York, along with the rest of the country held elections for the United States House of Representatives. Democrats picked up 3 House seats, the 19th, the 20th, and the 24th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York\nIn federal elections, the Empire State has consistently handed its vote to Democratic candidates. Of New York's twenty-nine congressional districts, all but ten are centered on heavily liberal and Democratic New York City and its surrounding suburbs, including Long Island and Westchester County. In addition, Democrats were also predicting easy victories in the double digits for its gubernatorial candidate, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, and Senator Hillary Clinton. In 2002, a reapportionment was conducted and was planned as what is described as \"a bipartisan incumbent protection plan\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York\nMany of the Republican-held districts were won by George W. Bush in the 2000 election while he lost statewide by a 25% margin. The primary was held on September 12, 2006. On September 11, the New York Times reported that Democrats were becoming less optimistic they could win Republican held House seats in New York this year. However, this turned out not to be the case as three districts elected Democrats over their Republican challengers, two of them incumbents. Projections regarding the senate and gubernatorial races were correct: Clinton held on to her place in the Senate with her nearest competitor trailing by more than half, and Spitzer was elected governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 3rd District\nIncumbent Peter King (R) was elected for his sixth term by a healthy margin in 2004, 63% to 37%, but King is the only Republican congressman left on Long Island, where Republicans once were the majority party. Although King has broken with his party on a few key issues, he is potentially vulnerable in a district that is increasingly moderate to liberal. Nassau County Legislator Dave Mejias announced his candidacy on May 25 and was King's strongest opponent in years. An October 26 Majority-Watch poll had King leading Mejias 51% to 44% . CQPolitics rating: Republican Favored. Results: King was re-elected to another term in the House, garnering 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 79], "content_span": [80, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 11th District\nIncumbent Major Owens (D) retired after 12 terms. In 2004 Owens was reelected with 94% of the vote in this majority African-American district in the center of Brooklyn. The Democratic primary was won by New York City Councilwoman Yvette Clarke. Little-known Republican physician Steve Finger was also running for the open seat. CQPolitics rating: Safe Democratic. Results: Yvette Clarke was a strong winner with 89% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 13th District\nThe 2006 election for New York's 13th congressional district was won by the Republican incumbent Vito Fossella. Since easily winning a special election in 1997, Fossella had long been reelected without trouble in this district which is based in Staten Island and the southwest section of Brooklyn. At the time Fossella was the only Republican in New York City's Congressional delegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 13th District\nHowever, in 2004 Fossella's share of the vote dropped dramatically against septuagenarian former judge, assemblyman and mayoral candidate Frank J. Barbaro, who achieved 41 percent of the vote. Attorney and former Brooklyn Community Board 10 Chairman, Steve Harrison, the 2006 Democratic candidate, improved on Barbaro's results receiving 43 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 19th District\nIncumbent Sue Kelly (R) had rarely faced stiff competition since her initial election in 1994, but the Democratic primary attracted six contenders in 2006, two of whom dropped out before the primary. Former Ulster County Legislator John Hall, who was once a member of the popular rock band, Orleans, won the Democratic nomination with 49% of the vote in a multi-candidate primary. An October 26 Majority-Watch poll had him leading 49% to 47% .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 19th District\nSeveral factors played into Kelly's defeat, including the extremely weak GOP showing in the senatorial and gubernatorial races, her reluctance to answer questions about the Mark Foley Page Scandal, and Hall's quirky campaign style, which included an appearance on the satirical Comedy Central program The Colbert Report. Following Hall's election, Stephen Colbert took credit for the victory and attributed it entirely to Hall's appearance on the show. Hall appeared several days later to satirically thank the host for his seat in Congress. ' Results:: Hall won with 51% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District\nIncumbent John E. Sweeney was the nominee for the Republican Party, while attorney Kirsten Gillibrand was the nominee for the Democratic Party. Gillibrand defeated Sweeney with 53% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District\nAnother candidate, Morris Guller, attempted to run in the general election on the Liberal Party line and also tried to contest Kirsten Gillibrand in the September Democratic primary, but did not file petitions for either nomination. Eric Sundwall filed petitions to run as the Libertarian candidate but was removed from the ballot when his petitions were ruled inadequate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Republican\nIncumbent John Sweeney' was running for re-election, although a newspaper reported in March 2006 that \"Speculation has mounted over the past week regarding U.S. Rep. John Sweeney's future. Rumors are flying that the Clifton Park Republican might not seek re-election this fall. Between his health, his son's guilty plea to assault charges, a serious Democratic challenger, the DOJ pulling his financial filings and the Congressional Winter Challenge uproar, Sweeney is under a lot of stress and has been for a while\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Republican\nNo Republican filed to challenge Sweeney, although there was speculation earlier in 2006 that Alexander Treadwell of Lake Placid, Essex County, a Republican political leader and an ally of Governor George E. Pataki, would do so. State Senator Elizabeth Little of Queensbury, Warren County, had also been mentioned as a possible Republican contender should Sweeney not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Republican\nOver 40% of Sweeney's funding in this election cycle was from political action committees (PACs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Democratic\nThe Democratic nominee was Kirsten Gillibrand, a native of Albany, who lives in Hudson. She had faced a primary challenge from three other Democratic candidates (computer engineer Edwin Pell, retired probation officer Douglas Walters, and activist Morris Guller), but all three dropped out of the race prior to the filing deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Democratic\nGillibrand supports middle class tax cuts and has a proposal to let middle-class parents deduct up to $10,000 a year in college tuition. She supports changes to the GI Bill. Gillibrand's has proposed, as a short-term solution for high gasoline prices, eliminating the federal tax on gas, with lost revenue from the tax being recouped by ending subsidies for oil companies. She has issued an ethics proposal which includes an \"Ethics IOU\" to the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Democratic\nIn the fundraising quarter ending June 30, 2006, her campaign raised more money than did Sweeney's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 92], "content_span": [93, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Libertarian Party\nEric Sundwall was the endorsed candidate of the Libertarian Party. He was a partner and co-founder of Old Kinderhook Integrated, a computer consulting company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Libertarian Party\nSundwall received a degree in Political Science and History from the State University of New York at Albany. He studied in Copenhagen and worked with a for-profit law school, Concord. He currently serves on the New York and national Libertarian Party committees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Libertarian Party\nAs a third party candidate, Sundwall hoped to raise awareness about ballot access rights. Sundwall called on Congress to \"declare war\" according to the U.S. Constitution when invading any nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Libertarian Party\nSundwall's petitions were challenged on August 28 by three individuals with no obvious connection to the race. Sundwall was represented pro bono on these challenges by Warren Redlich, an attorney in Albany and the Republican candidate for Congress in New York's 21st congressional district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Libertarian Party\nThe Board of Elections determination held that Sundwall was 690 signatures short of the 3500 required by New York State election law. Sundwall's campaign challenged the New York Board of Elections in Federal District Court on October 10, 2006. Sundwall et al. v. Kelleher et al., sought a Temporary Restraining Order on the distribution of the NYS ballot claiming the 'town' requirement in the Independent designating petition as unconstitutional. Sundwall's complaint was denied by Judge Thomas Kahn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 114], "content_span": [115, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Liberal Party\nMorris N. Guller, a political activist and retired stockbroker from Greene County was endorsed by the New York State Liberal Party and attempted to challenge Gillibrand, Sweeney, and Sundwall on the Liberal line in the November general election. However, state records from August 27, 2006 show that Guller did not file petitions to run as the Liberal Party candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Liberal Party\nGuller earlier attempted to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand in the September Democratic primary, but dropped out a day before the filing deadline. In 2004, Guller ran against Sweeney on the independent Centrist Party line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 110], "content_span": [111, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Other parties, Independence Party\nOn July 13, 2006, both Gillibrand and Sweeney filed petitions to be listed on the Independence Party line on the November ballot. The Sweeney campaign challenged the number of valid signatures on the Gillibrand petitions, and ultimately the state Board of Elections ruled she did not have enough valid signatures, and gave the Independence Party line to Sweeney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 115], "content_span": [116, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, General campaign\nIn mid-August, residents of the 20th Congressional District reported receiving a telephone call that some described as a \"push-poll. The call included extremely negative questions about Gillibrand. When pushed by respondents to identify who was doing the poll, the callers provided a phone number that led to Western Wats, a Utah-based research group that does data collection. A Western Wats worker told the Albany Times Union that the poll was commissioned by The Tarrance Group, a national Republican polling firm that does a lot of work for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Sweeney's campaign insisted it had nothing to do with the poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, General campaign\nSweeney had visits to his district for fundraising and support by First Lady Laura Bush, Senator John McCain, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, General campaign\nGillibrand was supported by a visit by former President Bill Clinton in late October, and a visit by Senator Hillary Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 98], "content_span": [99, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Election\nGillibrand benefited from gaffes by the Sweeney campaign, including the report of a domestic violence incident between the Congressman and his wife, as well as the statewide landslide victories of Eliot Spitzer and Hillary Clinton in New York's Gubernatorial and Senate race. Both Spitzer and Clinton won all the counties in the 20th district. Gillibrand defeated Sweeney in all the major population centers in the district, including Saratoga Springs, Troy, Rensselaer and Dutchess County. Gillibrand lost only rural and sparsely populated Delaware and Greene Counties to Sweeney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 90], "content_span": [91, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 20th District, Polls\nCritics have argued that the Siena College poll had significant flaws; if so, Sweeney would still have been ahead of Gillibrand, but not as far. An August Siena College poll showed rather similar results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 87], "content_span": [88, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 24th District\nIncumbent Sherwood Boehlert (R) announced his retirement after twenty-four years, making this a seat of considerable focus for the Democrats in the followup to the mid-terms. Boehlert is considered a moderate Republican, and the district is considered to be a swing district. George Bush won this district by 53% in the 2004 election, but by only 3,000 votes in the 2000 presidential election. The Republican nominee is moderate state Senator Ray Meier, while the Democratic nominee is Oneida County District Attorney Mike Arcuri. Both are locally popular and proven vote-getters and the race was a toss-up. CQPolitics rating: No Clear Favorite. Cook Political Report rating: Republican Toss-Up. Results: Swings to the Democrats, with Arcuri winning 54% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 25th District\nIncumbent James T. Walsh (R), ran unopposed in 2004 and while the Syracuse-based district hasn't had a Democrat represent it since 1971, John Kerry won the district in 2004 by 2.5%. Thus, Walsh had the unusual distinction of being the only Republican to win unopposed and not have George W. Bush win his district. Democrats were fielding former congressional aide Dan Maffei. An October 15\u201316 Majority Watch poll had Maffei leading Walsh 51% to 43%. Cook Political Report rating: Likely Republican. Results: Walsh kept the district, winning with 51% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 26th District\nIncumbent Thomas M. Reynolds (R), the National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman, faced a rematch with local industrialist and Marine Veteran Jack Davis. While the district leans substantially Republican, Reynolds was held to 55% of the vote in 2004 by political neophyte Davis, who had used the intervening time to build a political base. He campaigned against Reynolds' support of free trade, which he claimed had cost the district thousands of well-paying jobs. Reynolds is one of the Republican party's premiere fund-raisers, but Davis is independently wealthy, and vowed to spend up to $2 million on his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0030-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 26th District\nReynolds held a small lead in the polls until the Mark Foley scandal broke at the end of September. Reynolds had some knowledge of Foley's e-mails, and his chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, formerly Foley's chief of staff, was more directly involved. A November 3 SurveyUSA poll had Reynolds leading Davis 50% to 46% with 4% undecided.. In the space of just a week CQPolitics changed their rating from Safe Republican, to Leans Republican, and then again to Leans Democratic. Results: Reynolds won a close race with 51% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District\nFreshman incumbent Randy Kuhl (R) was elected with 50% in a three-way race in 2004. He faced a potentially strong challenge from former U.S. Navy officer Eric Massa, a long-time friend of 2004 presidential candidate General Wesley Clark. Massa had been an extremely adept fundraiser. In March, President Bush visited the district, in part as a boost to Kuhl's re-election campaign. An October 26 Majority-Watch poll had Massa leading Kuhl 53% to 42%. . Cook Political Report rating: Lean Republican. CQPolitics rating: Leans Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District\nFreshman incumbent Randy Kuhl (R) had been elected to Congress with slightly over 50% of the popular vote in a three-way race in 2004. In early 2005, former U.S. Naval officer Eric J.J. Massa, a long-time friend of 2004 presidential candidate General Wesley Clark filed to run as the Democratic candidate. Over the course of the next nine months, Massa overcame numerous challenges in his attempt to become the Democratic nominee, including candidate David Nachbar, who days after his announcement chose to step down due to an improper filing of his papers. By April 2006, Massa had secured the support of all Democratic county committees and become the presumptive Democratic candidate for the District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Notable Visits\nIn March 2006, President George W. Bush visited the district, as a chance to promote his new prescription-drug plan, Medicare Part D. It was considered more of a public-relations boost for Kuhl's re-election campaign than instructive on the issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 96], "content_span": [97, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Notable Visits\nIn September 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney also made a fundraising appearance in support of Congressman Kuhl's re-election campaign. Massa, in turn, ran a Veterans Fundraiser outside the event in support of the local veterans and VA hospitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 96], "content_span": [97, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Notable Visits\nMassa also had numerous endorsers including Congressman and DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel, President Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Clinton, and frequent visits by former Senator Max Cleland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 96], "content_span": [97, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Horse Race Metrics\nDue to the difficulty and the presumptive win by Republicans, neither the Republicans or Democrats poured money into polling in this District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 100], "content_span": [101, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Horse Race Metrics\nFrom polling results in April 2006 by Massa's pollsters, Cooper and Secrest, the race was touted was a virtual dead-heat (Kuhl over Massa 43% to 41% +/- 4%). An October 2006 had Massa leading Kuhl 53% to 42%. Cook Political Report rating: Lean Republican. CQPolitics rating: Leans Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 100], "content_span": [101, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Horse Race Metrics\nFundraising metrics showed Kuhl with a significant fundraising advantage (over $500K in his campaign account) over Massa. Over the course of the campaign, Massa consistently outraised Kuhl, sometimes to the tune of a very slim margin. As the Foley scandal took hold, Massa and the rest of the Democratic party saw an increase of funds - where Massa raised close to half of his funds in the last five weeks of the campaign - primarily from online donors - spurred on by his online outreach efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 100], "content_span": [101, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Results\nOn Election night, Congressman Kuhl had garnered 52% of the vote, Massa 48% of the vote. On Election night, Massa chose to request a recount and an accounting of absentee ballots because 6000 votes separated the two and 10K were left to be counted. After a week of waiting, the ballots were approximately even and Congressman Kuhl was re-elected. Massa conceded the election with a to Congressman Kuhl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 89], "content_span": [90, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Candidates, Randy Kuhl\nA native of the 29th District, Congressman Randy Kuhl has lived in the area all of his life. The son of a doctor and a nurse/teacher, Randy was born in Bath, picked grapes and worked inside the wineries on the shores of Keuka Lake, attended school in Hammondsport, had summer jobs in construction and on several different farms during his college years. He owned and operated a business in Bath, became Steuben County attorney, then successfully ran for the New York State Assembly in 1980, the New York State Senate in 1986, and the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 where he now serves and represents the people of the 29th District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Candidates, Randy Kuhl\nRandy Kuhl is a graduate of Hammondsport Central School, and earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Union College (1966), and in 1969 received his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. He is a communicant of St. James Episcopal Church and has been active in the Hammondsport Rotary Club and BPOE 1547 in Bath. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Five Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Branchport Rod and Gun Club, and the Executive Committee of the Steuben County Republican Committee. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Reginald Wood Scouting Memorial and an immediate past member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Candidates, Eric Massa\nEric Massa was the Democratic nominee. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to serve in the Navy for 24 years. He eventually served as aide to former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark. Near the end of his Navy career he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease he was able to survive. A , he claims he left his party over the issue of the Iraq War and campaigned in New Hampshire during the campaign of his former-boss, Wesley Clark's, failed presidential bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Candidates, Eric Massa\nDuring the campaign, Massa positioned himself as strongly opposed to the Iraq war and unrestricted \"free trade,\" favoring instead \"fair trade\". Other issues in his platform included expanding farm aid programs, as well as bringing homeland security money to the 29th District. Massa is also active in Band of Brothers/Veterans for a Secure America whose goal is to help veterans who are running for Congress as Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188222-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 29th District, Candidates, Eric Massa\nMassa continued to blog on progressive sites and planned on launching his own blog, , but never achieved this goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 104], "content_span": [105, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188223-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina\nThe United States House of Representative elections of 2006 in North Carolina were held on 7 November 2006 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188223-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina\nThe Democrats gained a seat, becoming the largest party in terms of both representatives and popular vote. All incumbents ran again, with twelve of the thirteen winning re-election. Republican incumbent Charles H. Taylor lost the 11th district, while fellow Republican Robin Hayes came close to losing in the 8th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188223-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina\nIt is not to be confused with the election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, which was held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188224-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 to elect the 18 U.S. Representatives from the state of Ohio, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188224-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 3, Primary results\nStudebaker withdrew her candidacy on August 15, 2006, following an arrest for a domestic dispute with her husband.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 90], "content_span": [91, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188224-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, District 3, Primary results\nA special primary election to fill the vacancy was held on September 15, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 90], "content_span": [91, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188225-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 7, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 110th Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188225-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 1\nSeeking a fourth term in Congress, incumbent Republican Congressman John Sullivan faced no difficulty against Democratic nominee Alan Gentges and independent Bill Wortman in this staunchly conservative district based in the Tulsa metropolitan area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188225-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 2\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Dan Boren, the son of former Governor and U.S. Senator David Boren, easily dispatched with his Republican opponent, Patrick Miller, in this district based in eastern Oklahoma, or \"Little Dixie.\" This district, strongly conservative at the national level, tends to favor Democrats at the local level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188225-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 3\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Frank Lucas sought and won an eighth term in Congress from this district, the most conservative district in Oklahoma and the eleventh-most conservative district nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188225-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 4\nIn this conservative district, based in south-central Oklahoma, incumbent Republican Congressman Tom Cole easily defeated Democratic opponent Hal Spake to win a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188225-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Ernest Istook declined to seek an eighth term in Congress, instead opting to run for Governor, creating an open seat. Mary Fallin, the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, won the Republican primary and was favored to win the general election in this largely conservative district based in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Though Fallin was victorious on election day, her margin of victory over Democratic opponent David Hunter was the thinnest margin of any member of the Oklahoma congressional delegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188226-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 7, 2006 to select Oregon's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. All five seats were up for election in 2006, as they are every two years. All five incumbents were re-elected, four of them by large margins; only the 5th district was somewhat competitive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188226-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 1, General election, Results\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman David Wu has represented this liberal-leaning district based in northwestern Oregon and part of Portland. This year, Congressman Wu, seeking his fourth term, crushed Republican candidate Derrick Kitts in the general election to win another term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 102], "content_span": [103, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188226-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 2, General election, Results\nIn this heavily conservative, eastern Oregon-based district, which is one of the largest districts in the country, incumbent Republican Congressman Greg Walden ran for a fourth term. Democratic candidate Carol Voisin, a professor at Southern Oregon University, faced uphill odds against Walden, and ultimately, she was defeated in a landslide election, along with Constitution Party candidate Jack Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 102], "content_span": [103, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188226-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 3, General election, Results\nDemocratic Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who has served in Congress since previous Congressman Ron Wyden was elected to the Senate in 1996, sought a sixth term in this staunchly liberal district based in Portland and its suburbs in Clackamas County. Blumenauer was challenged by Republican Bruce Broussard and Constitution Party candidate David Brownlow. As expected, Blumenauer was elected to another term by the largest margin of victory of any Oregon Congressman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 102], "content_span": [103, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188226-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 4, General election\nThis liberal-leaning district, based in the southern Pacific coastline of Oregon and including Eugene, Springfield, and Coos Bay, has the potential for competitive elections. However, incumbent Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio has represented the district for twenty years and has built up a repertoire among its denizens. Seeking an eleventh term, DeFazio crushed Republican opponent Jim Feldkamp to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 93], "content_span": [94, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188226-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, District 5, General election, Results\nThis district, the most moderate in Oregon, covers portions of Portland, southern suburbs of Portland, some of the northern Pacific coast, and the state's capital, Salem. Congresswoman Darlene Hooley ran for a sixth term against businessman and former State House candidate Mike Erickson. In the closest election in Oregon that year, Hooley defeated Erickson by a fairly comfortable margin to serve her final term in Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 102], "content_span": [103, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania\nThe 2006 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 6th Congressional district\nIn the Pennsylvania 6th congressional district election, incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach defeated Democratic opponent Lois Murphy by a 50.7%\u201349.3% margin to secure a third term. This was a rematch of the 2004 election, when Gerlach defeated Murphy by a similarly close margin. In the primary election, Gerlach was unopposed and Lois Murphy defeated developer Mike Leibowitz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 6th Congressional district\nThe race was one of the most competitive in the nation, with CQPolitics.comrating the race as highly competitive with \"No Clear Favorite.\" The Cook Political Report rated the race \"Republican Toss Up\" and Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball rated this as one of the top fifty most competitive House races in the nation, and was the first one he predicted a turnover in. The candidates participated in two debates in October. The first, sponsored by the AARP focused on Social Security, healthcare, Iraq, and taxes. The second debate, airing on WPVI, focused on Iraq. Murphy outspent Gerlach by a margin of $4,097,663 to $3,492,402.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 7th Congressional district\nIn the Pennsylvania 7th congressional district election, long-time incumbent Republican Curt Weldon was defeated by retired Navy 3-star admiral Joe Sestak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 7th Congressional district\nPrior to the primary election, Iraq war veteran Bryan Lentz agreed to drop his bid for the seat held by Weldon, instead running for a Pennsylvania state legislature seat, a move brokered by Governor Ed Rendell. Lentz had raised about $125,000 for his congressional campaign. Haverford Democrat Paul Scoles, who ran poorly funded race against Weldon in 2004, also backed out in early February, throwing his support behind Sestak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 7th Congressional district\nPennsylvania's 7th congressional district, covering the suburbs west of Philadelphia, was one of the districts where John Kerry outpolled Bush in the 2004 election, which nonetheless elected a Republican to the House. As such, it became the target of Democratic strategists; in 2006 the Democrats fielded a much stronger and vastly better-funded challenger. On October 13, the media reported that Weldon and his daughter were being investigated by the FBI for their involvement with two Russian energy companies and a Serbian company connected with Slobodan Milosevic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 7th Congressional district\nThe investigation focuses on the lobbying firm Solutions North America owned and run by daughter Karen Weldon and local Republican operative Charlie Sexton, which was hired for $1 million, and whether Weldon was involved in obtaining the contracts or was lobbied by his daughter's firm. Three days later, FBI agents raided the home of Weldon's daughter, Karen, as well as five other locations of Weldon associates in Pennsylvania and Florida as part of the investigation. On October 17, 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Weldon \"acknowledged yesterday that he was under investigation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 7th Congressional district\nOn October 13, 2006, CQPolitics changed their rating on the race, from \"Leans Republican\" to the highly competitive \"No Clear Favorite.\" This was the second time CQPolitics changed its rating in the match-up; in July, it reclassified the race from \"Republican Favored\" to the more competitive \"Leans Republican.\" They subsequently noted, however, that this change was made the day before the media reported that the FBI was investigating Weldon and his daughter. Shortly after the raid, CQPolitics.com changed their rating on this race for a third time, this time from \"No Clear Favorite\" to \"Leans Democratic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 7th Congressional district\nOn October 6, 2006, the non-partisan Cook Political Report re-rated the race from \"Lean Republican\" to the more competitive \"Toss Up.\" Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, in late June, rated as one of the top thirty most competitive House races in the nation. Sabato has said that \"Weldon has deep roots in this district, but his persistence on the issue of finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has struck more than several observers as unusual.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 115], "content_span": [116, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nThe 2006 Pennsylvania 10th congressional district election was held on November 7 to elect a representative from the Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Republican four-term incumbent Don Sherwood was defeated by Democrat Chris Carney, a former Defense Department consultant and Navy lieutenant commander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nCQPolitics noted that \"[a]t the outset of the 2006 midterm campaign cycle, it would have been difficult to identify a more politically 'safe' member than Pennsylvania Rep. Don Sherwood. A four-term Republican from the strongly conservative 10th District in northeastern Pennsylvania, Sherwood had run unchallenged by Democrats in 2002 and 2004.\" But, he \"enters the general election campaign in a weakened position mostly because of his extramarital relationship with a young woman, to which he publicly admitted last year. Sherwood, though, adamantly denied the woman\u2019s charges that he also physically abused her. A lawsuit brought by the woman against Sherwood was later settled.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nOn May 15, 2006, Sherwood survived a \"surprisingly strong challenge\" in the Republican primary from Kathy Scott, a political newcomer. Sherwood received 56% of the vote. CQPolitics reported that his \"mediocre showing\" could be attributed to the admitted affair. Scott did not file a report with the FEC, which indicates that she spent less than $5,000 in her campaign. His small margin of victory came despite the fact that, prior to the primary, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum endorsed Sherwood and recorded an automated telephone call on Sherwood's behalf, as did President George W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nSherwood's continuing problems resulting from the extramarital affair and Carney's nationally famous ads about it (in which actual residents of the district accuse Sherwood of having \"no family values\"), as well as polls that showed him 7 to 9 points behind, compelled Sherwood to respond with a television ad in which he directly apologized to voters for the affair, denied the allegations of physical abuse, and promised to continue what he said was his effective representation of the district if the voters were to forgive and re-elect him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nHowever, the initial 2005 news about Sherwood admitting to an affair and being accused of choking the woman as well as the well-recognized Carney ads, which were described by the Associated Press as \"hard-hitting\", stuck with Sherwood's name throughout the campaign. Fallout for Sherwood continued, including charges that he voted against an increase in the minimum wage while hiking his own congressional income, a claim which the Congressman denounced as \"bullshit\", and for voting for the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which Carney said \"sent Pennsylvanian jobs overseas.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0002", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nSherwood fought back by labeling Carney a \"liar\" for the minimum wage charges and subsequently accused Carney of being a \"liberal\" for supposedly supporting tax increases. Carney shot back, accusing Sherwood of supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, while depriving the middle-class. Carol Sherwood, the Congressman's wife, wrote a letter to registered Republicans in the 10th District in which she lambasted Carney as someone who \"gets some pleasure out of hurting our family\" and stated that \"I am certainly not condoning the mistake Don made, but I am not going to dwell on either.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0003", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nSimultaneously, President Bush made a visit to the area in October to Keystone College in La Plume Township, Pennsylvania to endorse Sherwood's run, a move which many believe might have hurt Sherwood when given Bush's declining popularity both nationwide and in the district. Bush supported Sherwood as \"the right man to represent this district\", to which the President drew uncertain applause from the audience, which included several empty tables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0004", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nCoincidentally, Bush had deemed the week that he flew to Pennsylvania to help Sherwood as \"National Character Counts Week\", which propelled Carney to blast Bush as a hypocrite, stating he could not comprehend how President Bush could both endorse moral values and campaign for the affair-laden Sherwood in the same week. Simultaneously, Sherwood's campaign took a boost from a local newspaper, Times Leader, which ran a front-page headline in late October in which it accused Carney of \"misrepresenting\" quotes that were included in a Times Leader editorial page about Sherwood's extramarital affair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0005", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nMeanwhile, Carney took pages from the Republican playbook by using the same tactics the GOP uses against Democrats to attack Sherwood, accusing the Congressman of having a \"pre-9/11 mentality\" on port security and of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants, referring to President Bush's guest worker program for illegal immigration. Despite endorsements from Vice President Cheney, President Bush, and U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, Sherwood's campaign was surprisingly beaten in the financial spending wars by the Carney campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188227-0010-0006", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, General election, 10th Congressional district\nIn the closing days of the campaign, last-minute news about new developments in a 2005 $500,000 deal with Sherwood's former mistress and accuser helped boost Carney, who had consistently played the trump card of \"honor\", \"integrity\", and \"family values\" in his campaign. Many voters also resonated with Carney's vague yet inspiring vow \"to make Pennsylvania proud\", a slogan that became very familiar to the 10th District, as well as his impressive record as a senior terrorism advisor in the Pentagon and his Navy service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 116], "content_span": [117, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188228-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island were held on November 4, 2006 to determine who will represent the state of Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives. Rhode Island has two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188228-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Patrick J. Kennedy defeated Republican Jon Scott, a member of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute. This district covers the northern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188228-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island, District 2\nIncumbent Democrat Jim Langevin defeated independent Rod Driver. The district covers the southern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [71, 81], "content_span": [82, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7, 2006 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 13 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 27. All six incumbents were re-elected and the composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 1\nCongressman Henry E. Brown, Jr. ran for a fourth term in this conservative, South Caroline coastal district and faced Democratic candidate Randy Maatta and Green Party candidate James Dunn. Though Brown was re-elected by a comfortable margin, it was a smaller margin than in previous elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 2\nCongressman Joe Wilson ran for re-election in this conservative district that starts along the South Carolina coastline and reaches into the central region of the state. Wilson faced Democratic candidate Michael Ellisor in a repeat of the 2004 election, and, though he was re-elected, his margin of victory was reduced somewhat by the Democratic wave sweeping through the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 3\nThough Congressman J. Gresham Barrett represented the most conservative district in South Carolina, he was held to just over sixty percent of the vote by Democratic candidate Lee Ballenger in 2006, in part due to the anti-Republican sentiment nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 4\nRepublican Congressman Bob Inglis, seeking his fifth term overall and his second consecutive term, faced off against Democratic candidate William Griffith, Libertarian John Cobin, and Green candidate C. Faye Walters, which he won handily. This district, based in Spartanburg and Greenville, has a tendency to elect Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 5\nLong-serving Democratic Congressman John Spratt, in a bid for his thirteenth term, faced a credible challenge from State Representative Ralph Norman. Though Spratt's margin of victory was reduced from previous levels, he was still able to edge out Norman with nearly fifty-seven percent of the vote in this conservative, northern district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188229-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, District 6\nFacing off against Republican challenger Gary McLeod for the third time in this staunchly liberal, African-American majority district, incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn overwhelmingly won election to an eighth term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 83], "content_span": [84, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee\nThe Tennessee U.S. House elections took place on November 7, 2006. All nine House seats for Tennessee were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Bill Jenkins, approaching his seventieth birthday, declined to seek a sixth term in order to spend more time with his family, creating an open seat. This staunchly conservative district, based in northeastern Tennessee, has been held by Republicans since 1881, one of the longest streaks out of any district nationwide. Republican State Representative David Davis won a narrow victory in the Republican primary and moved on to the general election, where he defeated Democratic candidate Rick Trent, a real estate businessman, and several independent candidates by a solid, but smaller margin than is normally seen in this district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Jimmy Duncan, seeking a tenth term, faced no serious competition from two-time congressional candidate John Greene. This congressional district, based largely in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area, has been continuously held by the Republican Party since 1867 and has a long history of staunch conservatism. Duncan defeated Greene in an overwhelming landslide, as expected, winning another term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 3\nThis gerrymandered district, which stretches from the Chattanooga metropolitan area in southern Tennessee to Claiborne County in northern Tennessee, is strongly conservative and has been represented by Republican Congressman Zach Wamp since his initial 1994 election. Seeking a seventh term, Wamp easily dispatched Democratic nominee Brent Benedict to win re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 4\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Lincoln Davis has represented this district since his 2002 election, claiming the seat that Van Hilleary vacated to run for Governor of Tennessee. Though this district has become more conservative in recent years, it has a long history of electing Democratic Congressmen, including Jim Cooper, Al Gore, and Albert Gore, Sr.. It stretches from the outer reaches of the Nashville metropolitan area, hugs much of the southern Tennessee border, and shoots upwards to Campbell County in northern Tennessee. Davis ultimately defeated Republican candidate Kenneth Martin in a landslide win to seize a third term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 5\nThis Democratic-leaning district, largely based in the city of Nashville, has been represented by Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper since 2002, though he had previously represented an adjacent district from 1983 to 1995. True to the district's liberal tilt, Cooper swamped Republican nominee Thomas Kovach and independent candidate Ginny Welsch to win a third term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 6\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Bart Gordon, a high-ranking member on the House Science and Technology Committee, sought a twelfth term in this increasingly conservative district based in the eastern suburbs of Nashville. In a testament to Gordon's moderate tenure, his widespread popularity, and the Democratic wave sweeping the country in 2006, Gordon was re-elected again with nearly seventy percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 7\nThis staunchly conservative district, which stretches from the western suburbs of Memphis, runs along the southern border of Tennessee, and hugs the western suburbs of Nashville, is the state's wealthiest. Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn has represented this district since her election in 2002, replacing Republican Congressman Ed Bryant, who opted to run for Senate. Blackburn was victorious in her bid for a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Bill Morrison and five independents in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 8\nThis Republican-leaning district, rooted in the northwestern portion of the state, has been represented by moderate Democratic Congressman John S. Tanner since 1989, and, though it has grown more conservative over the years, has remained loyal to Tanner. Yet again, Tanner, who was seeking his ninth term in Congress, overwhelmed Republican nominee John Farmer to emerge victorious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188230-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, District 9\nThis district, based exclusively within the city of Memphis, has the distinction of being the state's most liberal district, the only district contained within one county, and Tennessee's only African-American majority district. Incumbent Democratic Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. opted to run for Senate rather than seeking a sixth term, creating an open seat. Democratic State Senator Steve Cohen won the Democratic primary to replace Ford with a slight plurality, which is tantamount to election in this district. Cohen faced Republican nominee Mark White and Jake Ford, the younger brother of Harold Ford, Jr. Cohen defeated both opponents by a solid margin, and held the distinction of being white and representing a solidly African-American district, a rarity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 7, 2006, to determine the 32 U.S. Representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 32 congressional districts. These elections coincided with the 2006 midterm elections, which included a gubernatorial election and an election to the U.S. Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, Overview\n(*elections in the 15th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, and 28th were conducted under the Nonpartisan blanket primary format)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 1\nFreshman Congressman Louis Gohmert (R-Tyler), elected in 2004 after redistricting in East Texas, faced Roger Owen (D) of Hallsville in the general election, along with Libertarian nominee Donald Perkinson. Gohmert was one of four Republicans who succeeded in defeating incumbent Democrats with help from a controversial redistricting effort orchestrated by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 2\nIn 2004, Ted Poe (R-Humble) unseated Democrat Nick Lampson after heavy redistricting changed the political landscape, allowing him to win with 55% of the vote. His opponent in November was Democrat Gary Binderim, along with the Libertarian Justo J. Perez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 3\nIncumbent Sam Johnson (R-Plano) faced Dan Dodd, Democrat from McKinney, and Libertarian Christopher J. Claytor in the general election. This district is dominated by the Republican stronghold of Collin County, as well as Garland, another large Dallas suburb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 4\n25-year incumbent Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall), who switched from the Democratic Party shortly before the 2004 election, faced Democrat Glenn Melancon of Sherman and Libertarian Kurt G. Helm. Though it is best known as the district of the well known former Speaker Sam Rayburn, and thus a long Democratic stronghold, the southern end of the district consists of Republican-dominated Dallas suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 5\nIncumbent Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas) faced Democrat Charlie Thompson of Athens in the general election, along with Libertarian Mike Nelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 6\nJoe Barton (R-Ennis), who has represented the Sixth District since 1985, faced Democrat David T. Harris of Arlington in November, along with Libertarian Carl Nulsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 7\nIncumbent John Culberson (R-Houston) faced Democratic teacher Jim Henley of Houston and Libertarian Drew Parks in the general election in November. The seventh district is one of the most heavily Republican districts in Texas yet it is mostly urban, as it is also one of the wealthiest districts in the country and includes several affluent areas of Houston, including the Upper Kirby, Uptown, Spring Branch-Memorial, and River Oaks neighborhoods, as well as the cities of West University Place, Bellaire, and Jersey Village.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 8\nKevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), incumbent Congressman since 1996, faced Democrat James Wright of New Caney in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 9\nFreshman Democratic Congressman Al Green of Houston faced no opposition in November. That should be no surprise as the Ninth District is heavily Democratic, as it contains large numbers of African-American and Hispanic voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 74], "content_span": [75, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 10\nIncumbent freshman Michael McCaul (R-Austin) faced some minor celebrity in that of 2004 Libertarian presidential nominee Michael Badnarik. Vietnam veteran Ted Ankrum of Houston ran as the Democratic nominee. McCaul was elected with no Democratic opposition in 2004, as the Libertarian candidate captured 15% of the vote (no Libertarian candidate in the entire state garnered more than 4% when running against both major parties). The 10th district spans a large swath of southeast and central Texas from eastern Austin to Harris County west of Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 11\nCongressman Mike Conaway (R-Midland) ran unopposed in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 12\nIncumbent Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-Fort Worth) faced John R. Morris (D), also of Fort Worth, in the general election. Gardner Osborne received the Libertarian nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 13\nCongressman Mac Thornberry (R-Amarillo) faced Roger Waun, Democrat from Wichita Falls, in this panhandle race. Jim Thompson represented the Libertarian Party in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 14\nCongressman Ron Paul, the Republican from Surfside, faced Shane Sklar, Democratic nominee from Edna, to represent this coastal district, which stretches from Victoria and stretches in a northward and eastward direction to Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 15\nFour-term incumbent Congressman Rub\u00e9n Hinojosa (D-McAllen) ran against Republicans Paul Haring and Eddie Zamora in a special election caused by court mandated redistricting in South Texas and the redrawing of the district's lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 16\nDemocratic Congressman Silvestre Reyes of El Paso faced third-party opposition in the fall, in the form of Libertarian Gordon Strickland. The 16th District is heavily Democratic and comprises mainly El Paso, which is heavily Hispanic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 17\nIncumbent Chet Edwards (D-Waco) won reelection by a 51% to 48% margin in 2004 after the 2003 Texas redistricting changed his exurban Central Texas district substantially and made it more Republican, he also pulled off the victory despite the fact Bush won the district by a margin of 40%. His district includes Waco and Crawford, the location of George W. Bush's ranch, Prairie Chapel Ranch. With his district stretched to include his alma mater of Texas A&M University, he was able to pull off a narrow victory in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 17\nHe was also helped by the fact that his opponent, then-State Representative Arlene Wohlgemuth, was nominated only after a nasty, expensive primary. This year, he was challenged by Republican Van Taylor, an attorney and Iraq War veteran from a prominent family in Waco. Guillermo Acosta also ran as the Libertarian nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 18\nIncumbent Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) faced Republican Ahmad Hassan to represent this largely Democratic and urban Congressional seat in the heart of Houston. Patrick Warren was the Libertarian nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 19\nCongressman Randy Neugebauer (R-Lubbock), victorious in 2004 over fellow incumbent Congressman Charlie Stenholm (D-Abilene), faced Democrat Robert Ricketts, also of Lubbock, in November. Fred Jones was on the ballot as the Libertarian nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 20\nCharlie Gonzalez (D-San Antonio) defended his Congressional seat against minimal opposition, including Libertarian Michael Idrogo and write-in candidate Robert Sanchez. His district covers much of inner city San Antonio, which is mostly Hispanic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 21\nLamar S. Smith (R-San Antonio) was running against San Antonio Democrat John Courage in the general election, along with James Arthur Strohm, the Libertarian nominee. The district was changed somewhat in the federal court remapping mandated by the Supreme Court and attracted several new candidates for the special election tensued as a result of the boundary change after the party primaries took place. Candidates included Democratic perennial candidate Gene Kelly, along with Independent candidates Tommy Calvert, James Lyle Peterson, and Mark Rossano. Smith won a majority of votes and avoided a December runoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 22\nRetiring incumbent Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land) had been facing mounting ethical challenges and corruption charges in recent months, and won reelection by a surprisingly small 55% to 41% margin in 2004, even though George W. Bush carried the suburban Houston district with 64%. On September 28, 2005, DeLay was indicted by a grand jury in Travis County. As a result, he felt forced to step down from his post as House Majority Leader. In announcing his plans not to seek reelection, Delay noted his poor poll showing and the constant criticisms he was expecting. DeLay declared himself ineligible for the race on Tuesday, April 4 by attempting to officially change his residence to Virginia. \"Those polls showed him beating Democrat Nick Lampson in the general election but in a race that would be too close for comfort, DeLay said.\" .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 22\nDeLay's district faced a strong challenge from former Rep. Nick Lampson, a Democrat whose district he dismantled during the 2003 mid-decade redistricting. Lampson's former district contained much of the eastern area of DeLay's present district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 22\nLibertarian Bob Smither also ran for the 22nd district of Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 22\nThe Republican nomination to replace DeLay was prevented by a court ruling that mandated that DeLay could not be replaced on the ballot. As a result, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who previously sent out telephone calls encouraging Republicans to vote for DeLay in the primary, called for DeLay's name to be removed from the ballot and replaced with another GOP candidate. The court order was upheld by a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court and appeal to the Supreme Court refused by Justice Antonin Scalia. DeLay then filed to withdraw his name from the ballot to allow the GOP to rally behind another candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 22\nThe Texas GOP then decided to attempt to rally behind a write-in candidate, choosing Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs during a meeting of precinct chairs in the 22nd district on August 17. The presumed favorite before the denial of the appeal, Sugar Land mayor David Wallace, filed as a write-in candidate with the Texas Secretary of State before the meeting, vowing to run even without the support of the GOP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 23\nThe 23rd district was among five districts holding a special election on November 7, the same day as the general election. The race pitted all certified candidates against one another in each district, regardless of party. If no one got more than 50 percent of the vote, as did happen in 23, the top two vote-getters in each district would have a runoff in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 23\nThe reason for this arrangement stems from the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting plan which was ruled unconstitutional with respect to the 23rd district by the Supreme Court in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry. The Court ruled that the plan was a racial gerrymander; specifically that it lowered the Hispanic population percentage in the district to the extent that it unconstitutionally diminished the constituency's political influence. The 23rd had to be redrawn, and, in all, five districts were effected, and all primary results from those districts were vacated. The new lines effected mostly the 23rd and 28th districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 23\nThe incumbent in the 23rd was Congressman Henry Bonilla (R-San Antonio). His opponent originally was Rick Bolanos, 57, Democrat from El Paso, who was to be Bonilla's challenger before the district was redrawn and forced the new elections. As redrawn, however, Bonilla's district included the home of Democratic ex-Congressman Ciro Rodriguez, who jumped into the race, after losing his primary challenge against Henry Cuellar in the 28th district. In addition to Rodriguez and Bolanos, candidates included Democrats Augie Beltran, Adrian DeLeon, Lukin Gilliland, and Albert Uresti. Independent Craig Stephens also joined the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 24\nIncumbent Kenny Marchant (R-Coppell), ran to keep his seat in Congress against Democrat Gary Page of Irving and the Libertarian nominee Mark Frohman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 25\nIncumbent Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) originally was slated to have no major party opposition in the fall. The 25th district formerly stretched from Austin to the Mexican border, but has been redrawn for the 110th Congress to be more compact and completely in the central part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 25\nAs this district was redrawn after the party primaries took place, a special election ensued in November, meaning that instead of a plurality required for victory, a majority was required. If no candidate received a majority, the top two contenders would meet in a runoff election in December. He was opposed by Republican Grant Rostig, Libertarian Barbara Cunningham, and Independent Brian Parrett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 26\nCongressman Michael C. Burgess (R-Lewisville) was challenged by Democrat Tim Barnwell of Denton, along with Libertarian Rich Haas. The Denton County-centered district is strongly Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 27\nIncumbent Solomon P. Ortiz (D-Corpus Christi) ran for reelection against Republican William Vaden, also of Corpus Christi. They were joined on the ballot by Libertarian Robert Powell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 28\nCongressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) had no opposition from Republicans in November. However, a recent Supreme Court ruling struck down Texas' 23rd District, which is located next to this district, as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander resulting from the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting efforts coordinated by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and the Republican-controlled legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 28\nCuellar's power base in Laredo was consolidated in the resulting remap and thus will not face Congressman Bonilla, as had been speculated as a scenario. This election was a special election, as the district was drawn after the party primaries, and Cuellar was faced by fellow Democrat Frank Enriquez and Constitution Party candidate Ron Avery. The Libertarian nominee did not re-file to run in the special election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 29\nCongressman Gene Green (D-Houston) ran against Republican Eric Story, also of Houston, in the November general election. Clifford Lee Messina, a Libertarian, rounded out the ballot. This district contains several heavily Hispanic neighborhoods in inner-city Houston, as well as several blue-collar eastern suburbs of Houston, including Pasadena, Channelview and Baytown, which are home to a strong majority of the Houston area's petrochemical refineries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 30\nIncumbent Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Dallas) faced Republican Wilson Aurbach in the general election, along with Ken Ashby, the Libertarian nominee. The 30th District contains the southern and downtown portions of Dallas, as well as several of its inner southern suburbs. It is heavily Democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 31\nCongressman John Carter (R-Round Rock) defended his Central Texas Congressional seat in November against Democrat Mary Beth Harrell of Gatesville and Libertarian Matt McAdoo. The largely Republican district consists of many northern Austin suburbs as well as the gigantic Fort Hood military base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188231-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, District 32\nIncumbent Pete Sessions (R-Dallas), who defeated longtime Democratic Congressman and fellow incumbent Martin Frost in a contentious reelection in the 2004 redistricting aftermath, faced Democrat Will Pryor for the right to represent this suburban Dallas district. Joining the two was Libertarian John Hawley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188232-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah\nThe Utah congressional elections of 2006 were held on November 7, 2006, as part of the United States general elections of 2006 with all three House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188232-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Rob Bishop won re-election to a third term over Democratic nominee Steven Olsen, Constitution Party nominee Mark Hudson, and Libertarian nominee Lynn Badler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188232-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 2\nAlthough incumbent Jim Matheson (D) won re-election in 2004 by a margin of 13%, his district is in a heavily Republican state. The district includes the most Democratic areas in Utah, such as the liberal communities of Grand County, the large Greek communities of Carbon County, the Navajos of San Juan County, and heavily Democratic Salt Lake City. Matheson is a regular target of the GOP every election. State Representative LaVar Christensen (R) of Draper, a small affluent suburb of Salt Lake City, ran as the Republican nominee in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188232-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 2\nFor example, Christensen was one of two major sponsors of a bill that amended Utah's Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The amendment was rejected by two-thirds of Summit County, half of Grand County, and only passed by 4% in Salt Lake County, while the state as a whole averaged 66%, with the most supportive areas to banning such marriages being located in the first and third districts, not the second. Matheson had approval ratings in the high 70s, the highest for any elected official in Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188232-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, District 3\nCongressman Chris Cannon (R) had represented this district for ten years, but found himself in a competitive primary, just as he had in 2004. In a campaign that focused almost exclusively on the immigration issue, Businessman John Jacob repeatedly attacked Cannon for his support for a guest worker program. In May 2006, at the state GOP convention, Jacob surprised Cannon by winning 52 percent of the delegate ballots. \"Cannon\u2019s 48 percent showing was especially poor, given that the ballots were cast mainly by the party insiders who dominate such conventions.\". The Republican primary was held on June 27, 2006. While polls showed a close race, in the June Republican primary, Cannon received 32,306 votes (55.8%) and Jacob received 25,589 votes (44.2%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 73], "content_span": [74, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 7, 2006 to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia has eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Jo Ann Davis defeated Democrat Shawn M. O'Donnell and Independent Marvin F. Pixton III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Thelma Drake defeated Democrat Phillip Kellam, the Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Bobby Scott was unopposed for an 8th term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 4\nIncumbent Republican Randy Forbes defeated Independent Green Albert P. Burckard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Virgil Goode defeated Democrat Al Weed, a vineyard owner and his 2004 opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 6\nIncumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte defeated independents Barbara Jean Pryor and Andre D. Peery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 7\nIncumbent Republican Eric Cantor defeated Democrat James M. Nachmann and independent W. Brad Blanton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 8\nIncumbent Democrat Jim Moran defeated Republican Tom M. O'Donoghue and independent Jim Hurysz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 9\nLong-serving incumbent Democrat Rick Boucher defeated Republican Bill Carrico to win a 13th term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 77], "content_span": [78, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 10\nIncumbent Republican Frank Wolf, the Dean of the Virginia congressional delegation, defeated Democrat Judy Feder, a professor at Georgetown University, Libertarian Wilbur N. Wood III and independent Neeraj C. Nigam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188233-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, District 11\nIncumbent Republican Thomas M Davis defeated Democrat Andrew Hurst and Independent Green Joseph Oddo in an unexpectedly close election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington\nElections were held in Washington state in 2006 for seats in the United States House of Representatives. Of the nine congressional districts, six were won by Democrats and three by Republicans, with the Democrats taking 64% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 1\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee easily dispatched Republican challenger Larry Ishmael to win a sixth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 2\nDemocratic incumbent Congressman Rick Larsen defeated his Republican opponent, U.S. Navy veteran Doug Roulstone by a solid margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 3\nIn a slight improvement over his 2004 performance, incumbent Democratic Congressman Brian Baird easily won a fifth term over Republican challenger Michael Messmore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 4\nIn his bid for a seventh term, Republican incumbent Congressman Doc Hastings beat back a spirited challenge from Democratic nominee Richard Wright. Though Hastings eventually beat Wright by a fairly solid margin, it was not the kind of landslide that Hastings usually experienced in this strongly conservative district based in Central Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 5\nLike neighboring Congressman Hastings, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers faced a surprisingly strong challenge from Democratic nominee Peter J. Goldmark in her conservative, Eastern Washington district. Though Rodgers ultimately edged Goldmark out by a comfortable margin, the race got close enough for CQ Politics to change its rating on the race to Republican Favored from Safe Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 6\nLong-serving Democratic incumbent Norm Dicks, a high-ranking member on the Appropriations Committee did not face a credible challenge to his bid for a sixteenth term from conservative activist Doug Cloud in this liberal, Kitsap Peninsula-based district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 7\nIn his bid for a ninth term, incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott easily beat out Republican nominee Steve Beren and independent Linnea S. Noreen in this very liberal, Seattle-based district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 8\nIn 2004, then-King County Sheriff Dave Reichert won his first campaign for the United States House of Representatives by a five-point margin. 2006 proved to be just as tough of a year for Reichert. Facing former Microsoft executive Darcy Burner for the first time, Reichert faced a grueling battle for re-election. Polls taken in October showed the two candidates to be about even and the two major newspapers in the area--the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times--split their endorsements: The Post-Intelligencer endorsed Burner while the Times supported Reichert. Ultimately, though, a few weeks after election day, it became evident that Reichert had beaten out Burner and had won a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188234-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, District 9\nIncumbent Democratic Congressman Adam Smith easily beat out Republican candidate Steven Cofchin for a sixth term in this Western Washington district based in the Puget Sound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 79], "content_span": [80, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188235-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia\nThe 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia were held on November 7, 2006, to determine who will represent the state of West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. West Virginia has three seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188235-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 1\nIncumbent Democrat Alan Mollohan defeated Republican Chris Wakim, a state delegate. This district covers the northern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188235-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 2\nIncumbent Republican Shelley Moore Capito defeated Democrat Mike Callaghan, a U.S. Attorney. This district covers the central part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188235-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, District 3\nIncumbent Democrat Nick Rahall defeated Republican Kim Wolfe, the Sheriff of Cabell County. This district covers the southern part of the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 82], "content_span": [83, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin\nThe 2006 congressional elections in Wisconsin were held on November 7, 2006, to determine who would represent the state of Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 110th Congress from January 3, 2007, until January 3, 2009. The election coincided with the 2006 U.S. senatorial election and the 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin\nWisconsin has eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2006-2007 congressional delegation consisted of four Democrats and four Republicans. That changed after the 2006 congressional elections in Wisconsin when the open 8th congressional district formerly held by Republican Mark Green, was won by Democratic Representative Steve Kagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 1\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Paul Ryan has represented this swing district in southeast Wisconsin since his initial election in 1998. Though this district only barely went to President George W. Bush in 2004, defeating Congressman Ryan was not a priority for the Democratic Party, and the Democratic nominee was former Janesville City Councilman and perennial candidate Jeff Thomas, whom Ryan was able to handily beat, even in an unfavorable election year for Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 2\nIncumbent Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, has represented this deep-blue district located in Madison and vicinity since 1999. This year, Baldwin was able to win a fifth term in a rematch from 2004 against Republican candidate Dave Magnum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 3\nDemocratic Congressman Ron Kind has represented this western Wisconsin-based district since he was first elected in 1996 and sought a sixth term this year against Republican nominee Paul Nelson. Congressman Kind was successful and won another term in Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 4\nFreshman Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore ran for a second term in this district based in the city of Milwaukee. Congresswoman Moore faced Republican candidate Perfecto Rivera, whom she was easily able to dispatch with to return to Washington for another term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 5\nIncumbent Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who has represented this solidly conservative district based in the northern suburbs of Milwaukee since 1979, ran for a fifteenth term this year. Congressman Sensenbrenner faced Democratic candidate Bryan Kennedy, who was able to perform surprisingly well in this district, though he ultimately fell to Sensenbrenner in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 6\nFacing no major-party opposition, incumbent Republican Congressman Tom Petri was easily able to retain his seat for a fourteenth term in this heavily conservative district located in the cities of Oshkosh and Neenah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 7\nLong-serving Democratic Congressman Dave Obey, a high-ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee and the dean of Wisconsin\u2019s congressional delegation, ran for a twentieth term in Congress against Republican candidate Nick Reid and Green Party candidate Mike Miles. Obey has represented northwest Wisconsin for decades, and retained his seat by a large margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188236-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, District 8\nWhen incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Green declined to seek a fifth term, instead opting to run for Governor, an open seat was created. Physician Steve Kagen defeated business consultant Jamie Wall and former Brown County Executive Nancy Nusbaum in the Democratic primary, while the Speaker of the State Assembly John Gard defeated fellow State Representative Terri McCormick in the Republican primary. Gard and Kagen duked it out in this marginally conservative district, with the election becoming the most expensive congressional election in Wisconsin state history. Ultimately, Kagen was able to take advantage of the Democratic wave sweeping the country and defeated Gard to seize the seat for the Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 78], "content_span": [79, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Arizona was held November 7, 2006. The primary elections were held September 12. Incumbent Republican Jon Kyl won re-election to a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona, General election, Campaign\nThe incumbent, Republican Jon Kyl, was elected to the Senate in 1994 and was re-elected to a second term in 2000; prior to that he spent eight years in the US House of Representatives. Kyl's Democratic opponent for the general election was wealthy real-estate developer Jim Pederson, who served as the Arizona Democratic Party Chairman from 2001 to 2005. During his tenure, Pederson spent millions of dollars of his own money to help Democrats modernize and to elect Janet Napolitano as Governor of Arizona. The deadline for signing petition signatures to appear on the September 12, 2006, primary ballot was June 14, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona, General election, Campaign\nNot long after the 2004 election, Pederson's name began being mentioned as a potential Senate candidate for the 2006 race. On July 28, 2005, Pederson formally stepped down as Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party, further fueling those speculations. In early September 2005, an e-mail was sent from the Arizona Democratic Party's website, inviting people to an announcement by Pederson on September 7. In an anticlimactic move, an e-mail was sent out shortly after the first saying that the announcement would be postponed due to Hurricane Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona, General election, Campaign\nIt was requested that any money that would be donated to Pederson's campaign at the announcement be directed to relief efforts instead. Similarly, a meeting in Arizona of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was scheduled for around the same time. It was also postponed and the same request was made involving donations. On September 7, 2005, Pederson filed to run for the U.S. Senate. On September 14, 2005, Pederson formally announced his intention to run, in his hometown of Casa Grande.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona, General election, Campaign\nAlthough Kyl started the campaign with a sizable lead in most polls, the gap quickly narrowed, especially after Pederson released his array of ads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona, General election, Fundraising\nThe race was one of the most expensive in Arizona history. As of May 7, 2006, Kyl's campaign had raised over $9 million, primarily from private donations from Oil and Energy companies and large fundraising dinners. Pederson's campaign had raised over $5 million, primarily through a dinner event with former President Clinton and a $2 million donation from Pederson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188237-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Arizona, General election, Results\nPederson lost the election by 9.84% or 150,257 votes, despite Democratic Incumbent Governor Janet Napolitano easily being re-elected and winning every county statewide. While Pederson lost it was still notable, as it was the worst performance of Senator Kyl's career. Kyl did well as Republicans usually do in Maricopa County home of Phoenix. Pederson did well in Pima County home of Tucson which tends to support Democrats. Kyl was called the winner by CNN at around 8 P.M. local time, 11 P.M. EST. Pederson called Senator Kyl and conceded defeat at 9:02 P.M. local time, 12:02 A.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188238-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in California\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in California was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein won re-election to her third full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188238-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in California, Background\nFeinstein stood against Republican Dick Mountjoy, who had never held a statewide elected position, but had been a state senator for several years. Also running was Libertarian Michael Metti, Don Grundmann of the American Independent Party, Todd Chretien of the Green Party and Marsha Feinland of the Peace and Freedom Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188238-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in California, Background\nBecause California is a state that requires a large amount of money to wage a competitive statewide campaign, it is not unusual - as was the case for this race - for a popular incumbent to have no significant opponent. Several prominent Republicans, such as Bill Jones, Matt Fong, and others, declined to run, and a previous announced challenger, businessman Bill Mundell, withdrew his declaration after determining he would not be a self-funded candidate (like Michael Huffington was in the 1994 election).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188238-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in California, General election, Controversy\nOn September 22, the Los Angeles Times reported that Mountjoy's official biography, as found on his campaign website, falsely asserted that he had served aboard the battleship USS Missouri during the Korean War\u2014he'd actually served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Bremerton. A review of the ships' logs corroborated this and the website was quickly changed to reflect his service aboard the Bremerton rather than the Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188238-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in California, General election, Controversy\nI think it was just something that somebody picked up, it didn't come from me.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188238-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in California, General election, Results\nFeinstein won the election easily. Feinstein won almost every major populated area winning in, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego. Feinstein was projected the winner right when the polls closed at 11 P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman lost the August 8 Democratic primary to Ned Lamont, but then formed his own third party and was reelected to a fourth term. Lieberman and Lamont both faced Alan Schlesinger, a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut\nLamont ran for governor in 2010, losing in the primary, and again in 2018, when he won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary\nThe primary elections were held on August 8. The Democratic Party primary pitted Lieberman against Lamont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nBecause Connecticut was believed to be a Democratic stronghold, political analysts considered its Senate seat safe to remain Democratic, but Lieberman's continued support for conservative and Bush administration policies made him vulnerable to a Democratic primary challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nLieberman was criticized for a lack of commitment to the Democratic Party, opposition to affirmative action; his opposition to a Connecticut state law that would require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims, his membership in the bipartisan Gang of 14, his support of Florida Governor Jeb Bush's involvement in the Terri Schiavo case, his initial willingness to compromise on Social Security privatization, alliances with Republicans; and his attacks on other Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn March 13, 2006, Lamont announced his candidacy. He was more liberal than Lieberman, but he was not immune to criticism from within his party. The New Republic senior editor and \"liberal hawk\" Jonathan Chait, who was critical of Lieberman on a variety of issues, wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nI can't quite root for Lieberman to lose his primary. What's holding me back is that the anti-Lieberman campaign has come to stand for much more than Lieberman's sins. It's a test of strength for the new breed of left-wing activists who are flexing their muscles within the party. These are exactly the sorts of fanatics who tore the party apart in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They think in simple slogans and refuse to tolerate any ideological dissent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nEarly polling showed Lieberman with as much as a 46-point lead, but subsequent polls showed Lamont gaining until he took the lead just weeks before the primary. A controversy about a \"kiss\" Lieberman supposedly received from Bush during the 2005 State of the Union address highlighted concerns that he was too close to Bush to be a credible Democratic nominee. Lieberman released several campaign advertisements over the summer seeking to connect himself to former President Bill Clinton and to portray Lamont as standing for little more than opposition to Lieberman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nLamont struck back with an ad produced by political consultant Bill Hillsman, in which a narrator says, \"Meet Ned Lamont. He can't make a decent cup of coffee, he's a bad karaoke singer, and he has a messy desk.\" Lamont then chimes in, \"Aren't you sick of political attack ads that insult your intelligence? Senator Lieberman, let's stick to issues and pledge to support whoever wins the Democratic primary.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nFrom mid-morning August 7 to well past August 9, Lieberman's official campaign site was taken offline; officials from Lieberman's campaign claimed \"dirty politics\" and \"Rovian tactics\" by Lamont's supporters, and more specifically, a sustained Distributed Denial of Service attack that, according to the Lieberman campaign, had left the site down for several days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nTim Tagaris, Lamont's Internet communications director, denied the charge and attributed the downtime to the fact that the Lieberman campaign had chosen an inferior web host, or ISP, paying $15/month to operate its site (as opposed to the $1,500/month the Lamont campaign spent). On December 20, 2006, a joint investigation by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office and the U.S. attorney's office cleared the Lamont campaign of the hacking accusations. A spokesman for Kevin O'Connor, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said, \"The investigation has revealed no evidence the problems the website experienced were the result of criminal conduct.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nLieberman was backed by the Human Rights Campaign, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Defenders of Wildlife, and Planned Parenthood; he was endorsed by The Hartford Courant, The New Haven Register, and the Connecticut Post. Lamont was backed by the National Organization for Women, MoveOn.org, and Democracy for America; he was endorsed by The New York Times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nLamont won the primary with 51.79% of the vote to Lieberman's 48.21%. In his concession speech, Lieberman announced that he would keep his promise to run as an independent if he lost the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Campaign\nIn the Republican primary, Alan Schlesinger drew fire in July when it was revealed that he had been gambling under an alias in order to avoid detection as a card counter. Schlesinger remained in the race despite calls to withdraw, ultimately becoming the Republican nominee when no other candidates entered the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, Democratic primary, Debate\nOn July 6, 2006, Lamont and Lieberman met in a televised debate held by a Connecticut NBC-TV affiliate and carried live nationally by C-SPAN. Journalists in the studio asked questions, with several videotaped questions by voters also included. The debate largely centered on the Iraq war and the candidates' records and experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Connecticut for Lieberman party\nOn June 12, Lamont began running radio ads promising if he lost the primary to endorse Lieberman and challenging Lieberman to make a similar pledge. Lieberman refused; his campaign manager, Sean Smith said, \"Are we going to support Ned Lamont? Uh, no!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Connecticut for Lieberman party\nOn July 3 in Hartford, Lieberman announced that he would collect signatures to guarantee himself a position on the November ballot. Lieberman and Smith said that Lieberman would run as a \"petitioning Democrat\" and caucus with Senate Democrats if elected. On July 10, the Lieberman campaign officially filed paperwork allowing him to collect signatures to form a new political party, the Connecticut for Lieberman party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Connecticut for Lieberman party\nAfter Lieberman's announcement, independent polls showed him favored to win a plurality or outright majority of the vote in a three-way general election. The petition issue led to charges against the Lieberman campaign of political opportunism and lack of respect for the political process. Lieberman received strong support from many prominent conservative pundits and publications. \"[H]is most vocal support came from places like The Weekly Standard, National Review, and Commentary Magazine; Sean Hannity, Bill Kristol and right-wing radio hosts cheered for his victory.\" Thus \"Lieberman was able to run in the general election as the de facto Republican candidate\u2014every major Republican office-holder in the state endorsed him\u2014and to supplement that GOP base with strong support from independents.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Connecticut for Lieberman party\nOn August 29, Lieberman began airing an ad, \"Soothing\", featuring images of a sunset over an ocean beach, while a female narrator says \"you might enjoy a break from Ned Lamont's negative advertising. So just sit back and think about\u2014good stuff.\" The Lamont campaign stood by its ads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Connecticut for Lieberman party\nThere was some debate over what impact Lieberman's campaign would have on several tight House races in Connecticut. Some argued that Lieberman would bring out Republican supporters, who would vote for Lieberman and then cross over to support the Republican House candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Democratic reaction\nOn August 9, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer issued the following joint statement on the Connecticut Senate race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 98], "content_span": [99, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Democratic reaction\nThe Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee. Both we and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fully support Mr. Lamont's candidacy. Congratulations to Ned on his victory and on a race well run. Joe Lieberman has been an effective Democratic Senator for Connecticut and for America. But the perception was that he was too close to George Bush and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the President more than anything else. The results bode well for Democratic victories in November and our efforts to take the country in a new direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 98], "content_span": [99, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Democratic reaction\nAccording to The Hill, a Democratic aide to a high-ranking senator commented that Lieberman might be stripped of his Democratic privileges in the Senate. \"At this point Lieberman cannot expect to just keep his seniority,\" said the aide. \"He can't run against a Democrat and expect to waltz back to the caucus with the same seniority as before. It would give the view that the Senate is a country club rather than representative of a political party and political movement.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 98], "content_span": [99, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Democratic reaction\nOn August 21, a group of New Haven Democrats cited Connecticut General Statutes section 9-61 in a complaint filed with the New Haven Democratic Registrar of Voters, Sharon Ferrucci, demanding that she purge Lieberman from the Democratic voter rolls. The statute reads in part: \"Knowingly becoming a candidate for office on ticket of a new party automatically separates voter from his former party.\" Lieberman's campaign manager called it a \"dirty political trick\". Ferrucci rejected the complaint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 98], "content_span": [99, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Waterbury statement controversy\nLamont campaign manager Tom Swan criticized the strongly pro-Lieberman city of Waterbury for alleged corruption, calling it a meeting place for \"forces of evil\". Waterbury's mayor, Michael Jarjura, endorsed Lieberman after the primary. Swan later apologized for the comment, saying it was aimed at former mayor Philip Giordano, who was arrested for sexual crimes with a minor, and former Governor John G. Rowland, a Waterbury native, who was indicted for corruption. Giordano and Rowland were forced to resign from their positions due to criminal activities. Jarjura failed to accept Swan's apology, so Lamont himself apologized for the comments. On August 22 Lamont announced former Democratic state chairman George Jepsen would be chair his general election campaign. He denied this was a demotion of Swan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 919]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, \"Al-Qaeda candidate\"\nOn August 11, CNN Headline News anchor Chuck Roberts asked Hotline senior editor John Mercurio about the effects of the recent London terrorist plot on the 2006 Connecticut Senate race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 99], "content_span": [100, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, \"Al-Qaeda candidate\"\nHow does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the Al-Qaeda candidate?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 99], "content_span": [100, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, \"Al-Qaeda candidate\"\nYou know, I owe you an apology. Last week, I led into an interview with a guest analyst and really botched the setup. The guest had wanted to discuss the Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman statements suggesting that terror groups\u2014\"Al Qaeda-type\", to use Cheney's words\u2014would be buoyed by your win, but I posed it badly, stupidly ad-libbing about \"some saying Lamont is the Al-Qaeda candidate.\" No one, in fact, used that construction. Anyway, I wanted to correct the record, and I'm glad we had this chance to do it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 99], "content_span": [100, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Impact of Lamont allies\nOpinion columnist Robert Novak stated that Democratic leaders feared the visible role black activists Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson had at Lamont's primary night rally \"might drive Republican, independent and even some Democratic voters into support of Lieberman's independent candidacy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 102], "content_span": [103, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Vets for Freedom\nOn August 15, 2006, the Stamford Advocate reported that an organization called Vets For Freedom had run full-page ads in the Hartford Courant in support of Lieberman. Lamont supporters claimed that Vets for Freedom was a de facto Republican organization and pointed out the similarities between it and the Swift Vets, who had connections to Republican officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 95], "content_span": [96, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Email controversy\nIn early September, Lamont attacked Lieberman's response to the 1998 scandal involving President Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky, claiming Lieberman had created a \"media spectacle\". Lieberman responded by releasing an email Lamont sent him at the time, in which Lamont wrote he reluctantly supported Lieberman's stance critical of Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Email controversy\nI reluctantly supported the moral outrage you expressed on September 3. I was reluctant because I thought it might make matters worse; I was reluctant because nobody expressed moral outrage over how Reagan treated his kids or Gingrich lied about supporting term limits (in other words, it was selective outrage); I was reluctant because the Starr inquisition is much more threatening to our civil liberties and national interest than Clinton's misbehavior ...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Email controversy\nLamont then called for Lieberman to \"move on\" from publicly criticizing Clinton:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Email controversy\nYou have expressed your outrage about the president's conduct; now stand up and use your moral authority to put an end to this snowballing mess. We all know the facts, a lot more than any of us care to know and should know. We've made up our minds that Clinton did wrong, confessed to his sin, maybe he should be censured for lying\u2014and let's move on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Email controversy\nLieberman's speech in 1998 had occurred after the President had gone on prime time television to admit his relationship with Lewinsky. Lieberman believes his speech defused partisan tension over a \"media spectacle\" already present prior to the senator's speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Turncoat ads\nIn late September, Lamont's campaign aired a controversial television ad that depicted various actors portraying Connecticut voters calling Lieberman a turncoat. One ad suggested that voters should wear their coats inside out to protest Lieberman's campaign as an independent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 91], "content_span": [92, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Campaign, Turncoat ads\nLieberman responded with the \"Blackboard\" ad, where the words \"Democrat\" and \"Republican\" are separated by a line and Lieberman erased it, stressing his appeal was primarily to the state's largest voter bloc, unaffiliated voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 91], "content_span": [92, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Finances\nLieberman and Lamont fought a hotly contested and expensive primary battle for the Democratic nomination. Schlesinger won the Republican nomination at the Republican convention and raised and spent relatively little. Minor candidates' fundraising was almost nonexistent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Finances\nAccording to the Center for Responsive Politics, fundraising and cash on hand (as of dates specified) are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Finances\nIn the days before the Democratic primary, the Lieberman campaign invoked the \"millionaire rule\", alleging that Lamont's personal campaign contributions had exceeded federal limits. Despite having more than double Lamont's funding, Lieberman accepted contributions up to a higher $6,300 limit per individual. The normal limit was $2,300. Between the primary and the general election, Lamont added over $2 million of his own money to his campaign effort. According to published reports, as of late October, Lamont had spent over $12.7 million of personal funds on his campaign, while Lieberman had raised over $14 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Endorsements\n* = candidate for U.S. Senate in his home state", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Endorsements\n* = candidate for U.S. Senate in his home state", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188239-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, General election, Results\nLieberman won with approximately 50% of the vote, and served a six-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2013. Exit polls showed that Lieberman won the vote of 33% of Democrats, 54% of independents and 70% of Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188240-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Delaware\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Delaware was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Carper won re-election to a second term, by a landslide 40 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188241-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Florida\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188241-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Florida, General election, Campaign\nThe organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which monitors political corruption, complained to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) in October 2006 that the Bacardi beverage company had illegally used corporate resources in support of a fundraising event for Nelson in 2005. CREW had previously filed a similar complaint concerning a Bacardi fundraising event for Republican Senator Mel Martinez, an event that raised as much as $60,000 for Martinez's campaign. The amended complaint alleged that, on both occasions, Bacardi violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations by soliciting contributions from a list of the corporation\u2019s vendors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188241-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Florida, General election, Endorsements\nIn a rare move, all twenty-two of Florida's daily newspapers supported Nelson, while none supported Harris in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188241-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Florida, General election, Results\nAs expected, Nelson was easily reelected. He won with 60.3% of the vote winning by 1,064,421 votes or 22.2%, and carried 57 of Florida's 67 counties. Nelson was projected the winner right when the polls closed at 7 P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188242-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his third full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188242-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii, Democratic primary, Campaign\nCase had stated that although he has the deepest respect for Daniel Akaka, Hawaii is in a time of transition with regard to the state's representation in Congress which requires that the state phase in the next generation to provide continuity in that service. He had warned the state would lose all clout in Washington if the state's two US Senators, both of whom are over 80 years old, leave office within a short time of each other. If a Senator were to die, Hawaii election law requires that the governor appoint a replacement of the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188242-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii, Democratic primary, Campaign\nHawaii's other members of Congress, Rep. Neil Abercrombie and Sen. Daniel Inouye, pledged their support to Akaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188242-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii, Republican primary, Results\nHawaii State Representative Cynthia Thielen was selected to be the Republican nominee after Jerry Coffee, who had previously withdrawn his candidacy, won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188242-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Hawaii, General election, Results\nAkaka won in all 4 Hawaii counties, taking at least 60% of the vote in each area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188243-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Indiana\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Indiana was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Richard Lugar was re-elected to his sixth six-year term with 87.3% of the vote. He did not have a Democratic opponent and only faced opposition from a Libertarian candidate; this was the only U.S. Senate race in 2006 in which Democrats did not field a candidate. This would be the last successful race of Lugar's decades long political career. This is also the last time that Lake, Marion, Monroe, and Porter counties have voted for a Republican candidate for Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188243-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Indiana, Campaign\nLugar faced no opposition from the Democratic Party, as they felt that he was unbeatable. The Indiana Senate race was the only one in 2006 in which the incumbent did not face a challenger from the other major party. Also running was Libertarian Steve Osborn. Osborn was from La Porte, Indiana and was an amateur radio operator. Exit polls projected a landslide victory for Lugar which was borne out by the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188243-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Indiana, Results, Overall\nThe election was not close as Lugar faced only a Libertarian candidate, as no Democrat filed to run. Osborn's best performance was in Starke County where he received just 23.7% of the vote. This is one of the best statewide showings for a third party candidate in Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188243-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Indiana, Results, By county\nLugar won all 92 of Indiana's counties by varying margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Olympia Snowe won re-election to a third term. As of 2021, this is the last time Republicans won the Class 1 U.S. Senate seat in Maine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine, Campaign\nSnowe, who had been elected to both of her previous terms by approximately 2 to 1 margins, had never lost an election. Her success is accredited to her centrist Republican ideology, which resulted in high approval ratings. Meanwhile, her Democratic opponent in the 2006 election, Jean Hay Bright, had never been elected to political office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine, Campaign\nDemocrats' best hope for taking the seat was that Snowe would retire rather than run in 2006, but there was never any indication that Snowe seriously considered not running for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine, Campaign\nThe filing deadline for major party candidates was March 15, 2006. The primary was held June 13, 2006. Olympia Snowe was unopposed for the Republican nomination; Jean Hay Bright narrowly won the Democratic nod with 50.7% of the vote against Eric Mehnert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine, Campaign\nHay Bright announced her candidacy in May 2005. Hay Bright was previously an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the House in 1994 and the Senate in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine, Campaign\nThe race had been called by for the Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe 23 minutes after the polls had closed. Snowe won re-election by a greater margin than any U.S. Senator that cycle except Indiana's Richard Lugar, who faced only a Libertarian opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188244-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maine, Results\nSnowe won in all of Maine's counties, taking at least 60% of the vote in each region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Maryland was held Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Paul Sarbanes, Maryland's longest serving United States Senator, decided to retire instead of seeking a sixth term. Democratic nominee Ben Cardin, a U.S. Representative, won the open seat, defeating Republican Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, Democratic primary, Campaign\nKweisi Mfume, a former congressman and NAACP President, was the first to announce for the position, in March 2005. Ben Cardin, then a congressman since 1987, was the only other major candidate until September 2005, when Dennis F. Rasmussen, a former Baltimore County Executive, American University professor Allan Lichtman, and wealthy Potomac businessman Josh Rales entered the contest. Thirteen other candidates subsequently also entered the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, Democratic primary, Campaign\nAs of August 2006, Cardin had raised more than $4.8\u00a0million and collected endorsements from a number of Democratic politicians, the AFL-CIO, and The Washington Post; Mfume had raised over $1.2\u00a0million and collected endorsements from the Maryland State Teachers Association, Progressive Maryland, former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, the National Organization for Women, and Maryland Congressmen Elijah Cummings and Al Wynn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn August 31, 2006, Maryland Public Television (MPT) and the League of Women Voters (LWV) sponsored a debate between the two leading Democratic Primary Candidates. The LWV of Maryland and MPT arbitrarily excluded most of the FEC qualified candidates from the only televised debates in the primary election. There were 18 candidates in this race, only 2, Ben Cardin and Kweisi Mfume, were allowed to debate, despite the strenuous protests of the excluded candidates. Lichtman, Rales, and Rasmussen petitioned MPT and LWV for inclusion in the debate, but received no response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn the day of the debate, Lichtman, his wife, and a campaign aide were arrested for trespassing while protesting during the taping of the debate. They were found not guilty on all charges. The judge in the case said it should never have been brought to court and was a gross violation of the parties' constitutional rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, Republican primary, Campaign\nMichael S. Steele was expected to win the Republican primary, and the Baltimore Sun wrote the month before that he faced \"only nominal opposition\". Among a field of nine other candidates, the only Republican receiving sufficient media coverage was Daniel Vovak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Campaign\nThis was Maryland's first open Senate seat since 1986, when junior Senator Barbara Mikulski was first elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Campaign\nMichael Steele won the Republican nomination after facing little competition in the contest for the Republican ticket. With mostly unknown secondary candidates, Steele received 87% of the Republican Primary vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Campaign\nThird District Congressional Representative Ben Cardin won the Democratic Party nomination after facing tough competition in the contest for the Democratic ticket from former congressman and NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, businessman Josh Rales, former Baltimore County Executive Dennis F. Rasmussen, and several lesser known candidates. Cardin received 44% of the Democratic Primary vote to 40% for Mfume, his next closest competitor. All other candidates received percentages only in the single digits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Campaign\nKevin Zeese, the nominee for the Green, Populist and Libertarian Parties, was also on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Campaign\nThough Steele lost the general election by 10% of the vote, a much wider margin than predicted, his was and remains the best showing for a Republican in a Senate race in Maryland since Charles Mathias, Jr. was reelected in 1980 with 66% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Controversies\nBoth Steele and Cardin made controversial statements and advertising throughout the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Debates\nThe first debate of the race was held Tuesday, October 3, 2006. All three candidates were present and participated. The evening was hosted by the Baltimore Urban League, and moderated by Charles Robinson from Maryland Public Television and Doni Glover from BMORENEWS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Debates\nThe first televised debate of the campaign was broadcast on News Channel 8 on the program \"News Talk\". All three candidates participated in the debate, and were moderated by Bruce DePuyt, the host of the program. There was no audience. This debate was widely reported because of the constant bickering between the three candidates, who often interrupted and talked over one another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Debates\nAnother debate took place between Steele and Cardin on Sunday, October 29, 2006, as a part of the Meet The Press Senatorial debate series. Moderated by Tim Russert, the debate focused primarily on the Iraq War and stem-cell research, amongst other issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Debates\nThe three candidates all participated in the final debate of the campaign on Friday, November 3, 2006. The event was sponsored by the Collective Banking Group and held at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Tactics\nCardin primarily attacked Steele over his close relations with President Bush, including pictures of Bush and Steele in Cardin's TV ads. Steele focused on low taxes, less government spending, free markets and national security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188245-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Maryland, General election, Results\nDespite polls days before the election showing the race at a 3% margin, Cardin won by just over 10% with a 178,295-vote margin, although as of 2021, this is the closest a Republican has come to winning a U.S. Senate election in Maryland since Charles Mathias was reelected in 1980. Steele conceded defeat at 9:02\u00a0PM EST. On the same day, incumbent Republican governor Bob Ehrlich lost reelection to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188246-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his eighth full term. This would be Kennedy's last election to the Senate; he died three years later of brain cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2008. Senator Kennedy was the 4th longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, having served for nearly 47 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188246-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Republican primary, Campaign\nAt the Massachusetts Republican Party Convention Kenneth Chase received the official endorsement with a majority of delegates, though both candidates qualified for the September primary. Former White House Chief-of-Staff Andrew Card also received 3 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188246-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, General election, Results\nKennedy captured every county in the state, winning at least 62% in each region. Kennedy served his ninth and final term until his death on August 25, 2009 (here, the completion of John Kennedy's unexpired term is considered to be Ted Kennedy's first term).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188247-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Michigan\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188247-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Michigan, Campaign\nEconomic issues took front and center in the campaign, as Michigan's unemployment rate was one of the highest in the nation. In July 2006, unemployment in Michigan stood at approximately 7%, compared with a 4.7% rate nationwide. Pessimism about the state's economic future had left Michigan ranked 49th nationally between 2000 and 2005 in retaining young adults. Since its peak, Detroit had lost over a million people. Bouchard claimed that the incumbent had accomplished nothing, dubbing her \"Do-Nothing Debbie.\" President George W. Bush came to Michigan and raised $1 million for Bouchard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188247-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Michigan, Results\nFrom a long way out Stabenow looked like she might be vulnerable. President Bush even came to Michigan to campaign for Bouchard, raising over $1,000,000 dollars for him. However Bouchard never won a single poll. By October the Republican Party, started taking resources out of Michigan to focus on closer races, essentially ceding the race to Stabenow. Stabenow would go on to win the election easily, capturing nearly 57% of the vote. Stabenow did well throughout Michigan, but performed better in heavily populated cities like Detroit, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Kalamazoo. Bouchard did win Grand Rapids, a typical Republican area. He also won in many rural areas around the state. However Bouchard failed to put a dent in Stabenow's lead, largely due to her strong performance in heavily populated areas. Bouchard conceded to Stabenow at 9:58 P.M. EST. The following results are official.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 944]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 2006. One-term incumbent DFL U.S. Senator Mark Dayton announced in February 2005 that he would retire instead of seeking a second term. The primary elections took place on September 12, 2006. DFL nominee Amy Klobuchar won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, DFL primary, Campaign\nKlobuchar gained the early endorsement of the majority of DFL state legislators in Minnesota. A poll taken of DFL state delegates showed Klobuchar beating her then closest opponent, Patty Wetterling, 66% to 15%. As of June 30, 2005, Klobuchar had more cash on hand than any other candidate, nearly $1,100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, DFL primary, Campaign\nKlobuchar was endorsed by EMILY's List on September 29, 2005. On January 20, 2006, Wetterling dropped out of the race and endorsed Klobuchar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, DFL primary, Campaign\nFormer Senate candidate and prominent lawyer Mike Ciresi, who was widely seen as the only other serious potential DFL candidate, indicated on February 7, 2006 that he would not enter the race. That removal of her most significant potential competitor for the DFL nomination was viewed as an important boost for Klobuchar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, DFL primary, Campaign\nThe only other serious candidate for the DFL endorsement was veterinarian Ford Bell. Bell, a staunch liberal, ran on a platform of implementing single-payer healthcare and immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Klobuchar won the official DFL endorsement on June 9, 2006. Bell dropped out of the race on July 10 citing inability to compete financially and also endorsed Klobuchar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, Republican primary, Campaign\nKennedy had faced potential challenges from former U.S. Senator Rod Grams, as well as U.S. Representative Gil Gutknecht, but both men were persuaded by national GOP leaders to run for the House instead. (Grams lost to Representative Jim Oberstar, while Gutknecht lost his reelection bid to Tim Walz.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, General election, Campaign\nKennedy's routine support of President George W. Bush in House votes appeared to be a central issue for Democrats in the campaign. In June 2006, allegations were made that many references to and photos of Bush had been removed from Kennedy's official U.S. House website; in rebuttal, Republicans said that there were 72 references to Bush on the website and that the changes noted by critics had been made some time ago, as part of the normal updating process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, General election, Campaign\nBen Powers was the only ballot-qualified candidate not invited to appear on Minnesota Public Television's Almanac program, despite Powers's offer to fill the space left unfilled by Klobuchar's decision not to appear with Kennedy and Fitzgerald on the program. Green candidate Michael Cavlan appeared on the program twice during the campaign as a special guest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, General election, Polling\nAfter the release of the on September 17, 2006, showing Klobuchar ahead by 24%, Kennedy's campaign issued a statement from Joe Pally, the campaign's communications director. He claimed that the margin was exaggerated because of bias by the Star Tribune and that the poll \"is clearly more about discouraging Kennedy supporters than on reflecting the true status of one of the most closely contested Senate races in the country.\". This press release came in the wake of news that the Republican party was scaling back funding for Kennedy's election campaign to shore up campaigns in states seen as winnable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, General election, Polling\nKennedy's campaign frequently accused the Star Tribune of bias in favor of Klobuchar, whose father was an editorial columnist and sportswriter for the paper until his retirement. A subsequent poll by Rasmussen Reports showed a similar lead for Klobuchar and the St. Paul Pioneer Press also showed Klobuchar with a 15% lead in September. Klobuchar won the November 7 election by more than 20 percentage points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188248-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota, General election, Results\nThe race was, as expected, not close, with Klobuchar winning decisively. She did well in major cities, such as Minneapolis and St. Paul, while Kennedy did well only in smaller, less populated counties. The turnout was high, although not unusual for Minnesota, one of the highest voter turnout states. Official turnout came in at 70.64%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188249-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188249-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi, General election, Campaign\nLott ran for re-election without facing any opposition in his party's primary. While it had been speculated that Lott might retire after his home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, he instead chose to run for re-election. Fleming is an African American, which represents 37% of the state's population. However, no African American has ever been elected to statewide office. The last black U.S. Senator was Hiram Revels, who was appointed and took office in 1870. Fleming got little help from the DSCC, which only donated $15,000 to his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Missouri was held November 7, 2006, to decide who would serve as senator for Missouri between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2013. The incumbent was Republican Jim Talent. Talent was elected in a special election in 2002 when he narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Jean Carnahan. Carnahan had been appointed to the Senate seat following the posthumous election of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had died in a plane crash shortly before the 2000 election. Talent's Democratic opponent was Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill. Early on the morning of November 8, Talent conceded defeat to McCaskill, having faced considerable political headwinds. Talent lost the election with 47% of the vote, to 50% of the vote for McCaskill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors\nThe election was always expected to be very close, which seems fitting for a seat that has changed hands twice, both by very narrow margins, within the last six years. In 2000, the late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, a Democrat, narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator John Ashcroft 50% to 48%. Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash before election day, so his wife Jean Carnahan was appointed to the seat after the election. Two years later in a special election held for the seat, incumbent Senator Jean Carnahan lost an even closer election to former Congressman Talent, 50% to 49%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, State politics\nMissouri was seen as the nation's bellwether state throughout the 20th century. It had voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1900, except for 1956 (when the state narrowly favored Adlai Stevenson over Dwight D. Eisenhower). Missouri's bellwether status was due to the fact that it not only voted for the electoral victor, but that its returns usually mirrored national returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, State politics\nThe state itself is a geographically central state, bordered by both the edges of Southern and Midwestern regions. In statewide contests for much of the 20th century, Missouri favored the Democratic Party. In recent elections, the Republican Party (GOP) has emerged in statewide contests. The election of 2004 was an important one; as George W. Bush was re-elected he carried Missouri. But this time his margin in the state was greater than it was nationwide. Bush won the Presidency 51% to 48%, he carried Missouri 53% to 46%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, State politics\nThis trend had begun in 2000, when Bush lost the national popular vote to Al Gore 47% to 48% but still won Missouri, 50% to 47%. Bush's victory also saw Republicans triumph in several statewide contests; Senator Kit Bond was re-elected by a decisive 56% to 43% margin and Matt Blunt won the election for Governor, narrowly defeating state auditor Claire McCaskill 51% to 48%. The GOP also captured control of the state legislature for the first time in eighty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, Early campaign\nTalent, anticipating a tough re-election battle and attempting to dissuade challengers, had accumulated a large campaign fund. For most of 2005, he had no opposition. State Senator Chuck Graham had briefly entered the race early in the year, but dropped out soon after. However, on August 30, 2005, Democrat Claire McCaskill announced her intention to run for Talent's Senate seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, Early campaign\nMcCaskill started with a large financial disadvantage, but she was also an experienced candidate with high name recognition. McCaskill had run two successful campaigns for state auditor. She was also a candidate for governor in 2004, when she defeated the incumbent Democratic Governor Bob Holden in the primary election but lost with 48% of the vote in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, Early campaign\nBoth Talent and McCaskill faced unknowns in their respective primaries on August 8, 2006, and defeated them soundly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, Early campaign\nTalent started statewide advertising on August 1, 2006, forcing some observers to suggest that Talent was on the ropes and therefore needed to reassert his image (damaged recently by his \"flip-flopping\" on stem cell research, his opposition to raising the minimum wage and a general feeling of antipathy from the body politic regarding his lack of notable achievements while in the Senate) and pull ahead in a statistical dead heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, Early campaign\nMcCaskill and Talent agreed to debate each other on Meet the Press on October 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, Significance\nThe Missouri contest was seen as vitally important to control of the United States Senate; as a toss-up election between two strong candidates, the race was expected to attract a lot of interest as well as money spent on ads and turning out supporters. If Talent won, then a Democratic takeover of the U.S. Senate depended upon victories in Tennessee, where the Republican Bob Corker won, and Virginia, where Democrat Jim Webb won; the Democrats needed to win six seats to take control of the chamber with 51 seats. To do this, they would need to retain their 19 incumbent seats, win the four Republican-held seats of Montana, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania (where Democratic chances seemed above 50%, and Democrats won all 4.) and two of the following three \"toss-up\" races: Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions\nA June 19\u201322, 2006 Research 2000 poll showed Talent's favorability rating was 47%-46%, with 7% having no opinion. Soon after a St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll was released showing McCaskill with 49% favorability to Talent's 43%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions\nIt is believed that statewide ballot issues drove the November 2006 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions\nTalent was on the opposite of the majority of voters in this poll on just about every issue: 66% of Missouri voters favored raising the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour; 62% of Missouri voters favored raising taxes to replace Medicaid funding cut by the current Republican Governor, Matt Blunt; 54% opposed a law that would require all Missourians to show a photo ID before they vote; 58% favored campaign donation limitations; and 66% favored restoring Medicaid coverage to about 90,000 Missourians who lost coverage when Blunt and the Republican legislature tightened eligibility requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions\nPerhaps most importantly, 62% favored a ballot proposal that would allow all types of embryonic stem cell research allowed under federal law - a measure Talent had recently announced that he was against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions, Embryonic stem cell research\nSince joining the Senate in 2002, Talent had supported federal legislation that would ban stem cell research. This included co-sponsoring a bill (S.658) sponsored by Senator Sam Brownback which would ban all forms of human cloning, including the cloning and destruction of human embryos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 115], "content_span": [116, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions, Embryonic stem cell research\nOn February 10, 2006, Talent withdrew his support for the bill, citing the need to balance research and protection against human cloning. This move followed criticism by Talent's Democratic opponent in the 2006 election, Claire McCaskill, as well as pressure from Missouri business interests that oppose restrictions on stem cell research. Though this reversal was widely criticized as being due to politics, Talent told the Associated Press, \"The technology is changing all the time and so I'm always considering whether there is a better way to strike the balance.\". Talent suggests that moral concerns might be put to rest through a possible future scientific breakthrough - replicating embryonic stem cells without the use of cloned embryos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 115], "content_span": [116, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions, Embryonic stem cell research\nProposed Constitutional Amendment 2 would amend the state constitution and allow, in line with federal law, stem cell research and treatment. On May 1, 2006, Talent announced his opposition to the proposed ballot-initiative. Stem cell research and treatment is working up to be a divisive issue for many Republicans and is taking a particular prominence in Missouri. In the senate, he subsequently voted against expanding federal funds for embryonic stem cell research in July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 115], "content_span": [116, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Factors, November ballot propositions, Minimum wage\nProposition B would raise the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 per hour, or to the level of the federal minimum wage if that is higher, with subsequent adjustments for inflation. This is another issue where Talent was opposed to majority opinion in Missouri, which Democrats hoped would hurt him at the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 99], "content_span": [100, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Fundraising\nTalent had a huge cash-on-hand advantage over McCaskill. Because of the way FEC filing works, Talent's numbers include the money he raised during his 2002 special election campaign. Totals are through July 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Overview\nActor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, frequently appears in political advertising to support candidates with a history of supporting embryonic stem cell research. In 2004, Fox appeared in a television commercial for Republican Arlen Specter's 2004 Senate campaign. In the commercial, sponsored by Specter's re-election campaign, Fox says Specter \"gets it\" and Specter's voice is heard saying \"there is hope.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Overview\nIn late October, he appeared in a for Claire McCaskill. Her opponent, Talent, was against both taxpayer- and privately funded embryonic stem cell research, and in the commercial Fox correctly stated that Talent wanted to criminalize such research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Overview\nThe commercial made national headlines. The commercial had a statistical impact on the way people voted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 80], "content_span": [81, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Reactions\nRush Limbaugh, conservative radio talk show host, commented on the TV commercial, saying that Fox was \"really shameless\" and that he was \"either off his medication or acting.\" Limbaugh was speculating that Fox may have intentionally not taken his medication. According to the Washington Post, Limbaugh also told his listeners that Fox was \"exaggerating the effects of the disease... he's moving all around and shaking, and it's purely an act.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Reactions\nElaine Richman, a neuroscientist, stated, \"Anyone who knows the disease well would regard his movement as classic severe Parkinson's disease. Any other interpretation is misinformed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Reactions\nLimbaugh followed up on October 25, 2006, saying, \"When you wade into political life you have every right to say what you want, but you cannot in turn argue that no one has the right to take you on.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Commercial controversy, Reactions\nOn October 26, Fox said, \"The irony of it is that I was too medicated.\" He added to Katie Couric that his jumpy condition, as he spoke to her, reflected \"a dearth of medication \u2014 not by design. I just take it, and it kicks in when it kicks in.\" He further laughed, \"That's funny \u2014 the notion that you could calculate it for effect.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188250-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Missouri, Results\nWhen the polls closed in Missouri on election night the race was, as expected, too close to call. With 85% of the vote in and with still no call, McCaskill claimed victory. At the time McCaskill declared victory, she was ahead by a vote margin of 867,683 to Talent's 842,251 votes; in percentage terms, with 85% of the vote in, McCaskill led Talent, 49% to 48%. Finally, at 11:38 P.M. Central Time the Associated Press called McCaskill as the winner. St. Louis County, adjacent to St. Louis, and Jackson County, home of Kansas City, are probably what pushed McCaskill over the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Montana was held November 7, 2006. The filing deadline was March 23; the primary was held June 6. Incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns ran for re-election to a fourth term, but lost to Democrat Jon Tester by a margin of 0.87%, or 3,562 votes out of 406,505 cast. This made the election the second-closest race of the 2006 Senate election cycle, behind only the election in Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, Background\nBurns was first elected as a United States Senator from Montana in 1988, when he defeated Democratic incumbent John Melcher in a close race, 52% to 48%. Burns was re-elected 62.4% to 37.6%, over Jack Mudd in the Republican Revolution year of 1994. In 2000, Burns faced the well-financed Brian Schweitzer whom he beat 50.6% to 47.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, Background\nIn 2000, George W. Bush carried Montana 58% to 33% in the race for President, but Burns won by 3.4%. Since the direct election of Senators began in 1913, Burns is only the second Republican Montana has elected to the U.S. Senate. Also, for thirty-two straight years, 1952 to 1984, Montana elected only Democratic Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, Background\nBurns' involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal made him vulnerable. A SurveyUSA poll released in March 2006 found that 38% of Montanans approved of him, while 52% disapproved of him. Polls against leading Democratic candidates had him below his challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn May 31, 2006, Richards, citing the closeness of the race, and his own position (third) in the polls, withdrew from the race, and threw his support to Tester. Morrison started off strong in the race for the Democratic nomination for Senator, collecting $1.05 million as of the start of 2006, including $409,241 in the last three months of 2005. but Morrison\u2019s advantages in fundraising and name identification did not translate into a lead in the polls. Later, the race was called a \"deadlock,\" but Tester continued to gather momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Campaign\nThe race was expected to be close, due to Burns' narrow margin of victory in 2000, when he significantly underperformed Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush, and political scandal that he had been involved in. Republican incumbents everywhere were facing more challenging races in 2006 due to the waning popularity of the Republican-controlled Congress and the administration of President George W. Bush. In July 2006, the Rasmussen report viewed Burns as the \"second most vulnerable Senator seeking re-election this year\", after Pennsylvania\u2019s Rick Santorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Campaign\nSenator Conrad Burns of Montana faced a strong challenge from Brian Schweitzer in 2000, being re-elected by 3.4% in a state that went for Bush twice by margins of over 20%. This, combined with the increasing strength of the state Democratic party and accusations of ethical issues related to the Jack Abramoff scandal, made this a highly competitive race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Campaign\nOn July 27, Burns was forced to apologize after he confronted out of state firefighters who were preparing to leave Montana after helping contain a summer forest fire and directly questioned their competence and skill, remarks for which he was strongly criticized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Campaign\nOn August 31, in a letter faxed to the office of Montana governor Brian Schweitzer, Burns urged the governor, a Democrat, to declare a fire state of emergency and activate the Montana Army National Guard for firefighting. Schweitzer had already declared such a state of emergency on July 11 \u2014 thus, activating the Montana Army National Guard. He issued a second declaration on August 11. A Burns spokesman said the senator was \"pretty sure\" Schweitzer had already issued such a disaster declaration, but just wanted to make sure. \"The genesis of the letter was just to make sure that all the bases were covered,\" Pendleton said. \"This is not a political football. It\u2019s just a cover-the-bases letter and certainly casts no aspersions on the governor.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Results\nDue to errors with polling machines, the Montana count was delayed well into Wednesday, November 8. The race was too close to call throughout the night and many pundits predicted the need for a recount. After a very close election, on November 9, incumbent Conrad Burns conceded defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Results\nJust before 11:00 AM (MST) on November 8, Jon Tester was declared Senator-elect for Montana in USA Today. At 2:27 PM EST on November 8, CNN projected that Jon Tester would win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Results\nUnder Montana law, if the margin of defeat is more than 0.25% but less than 0.5%, the losing candidate can request a recount if they pay for it themselves. However, this election did not qualify for a recount because the margin was larger than 0.5%. Burns conceded the race on November 9, and congratulated Tester on his victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188251-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Montana, General election, Results\nThe race was the closest Senate election of 2006 in terms of absolute vote difference; the closest race by percentage difference was the Virginia Senate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188252-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Ben Nelson won reelection to a second term, beating Republican Pete Ricketts by 63.9% of the vote to 36.1%. Ricketts would later become Governor after winning the 2014 gubernatorial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188252-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska\nAs of 2021, this is the last statewide race in Nebraska to be won by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188252-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska, Republican primary, Campaign\nSince Ricketts was a millionaire, he could finance his own campaign. His opponents could not raise enough money to keep up. Kramer raised $330,000 and Stenberg raised $246,000 in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188252-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska, General election, Campaign\nThe primary election was held May 9, 2006. Pete Ricketts won the Republican nomination with 48% of the vote. Ben Nelson was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Nelson was elected in 2000 by a margin of 51% to 49% after serving as the state's governor for two terms. Nelson, considered the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, was the lone Democrat in Nebraska's Congressional delegation. This election was one of the most expensive in Nebraska history. In 2005, Ben Nelson raised $3.9 million for his re-election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188252-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska, General election, Campaign\nPete Ricketts contributed $14.35 million of his own money to his campaign; he raised an additional $485,000 in contributions. The race also attracted national attention and generated several high-level campaign appearances. President George W. Bush appeared at a rally for Ricketts on November 5, 2006, in Grand Island, while then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama appeared at a fundraiser for Nelson and other Nebraska Democrats on May 5, 2006 in Omaha. However, he won re-election by a large margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188253-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nevada\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Nevada was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican John Ensign won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188253-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nevada, General election, Campaign\nPopular Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman had said in January that he would probably run, but in late April, he decisively ruled that out. Goodman did not file by the May 12, 2006 deadline. Carter's advantages included his formidable speaking abilities and kinship with a former U.S. President. On the other hand, Ensign was also considered to be an effective speaker and as of the first quarter of 2006, held an approximately 5-1 advantage over Carter in cash-on-hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188253-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Nevada, General election, Results\nEnsign won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with his lowest percentage at 53%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was elected to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate for a six-year term which ended in January 2013. The seat was previously held by Democrat Jon Corzine, who resigned in January 2006 after being elected Governor of New Jersey. After Corzine was sworn in Governor, he appointed Menendez, then a U.S. Representative, to the vacant Senate seat. Menendez was challenged by Republican State Senator Thomas Kean, Jr. and seven other candidates. Filing for the primary closed on April 10, 2006. The primary election was held June 6, 2006. Menendez became the first Hispanic to hold a U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey, and was the first Latino elected to statewide office in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nGinty represented the conservative wing of the New Jersey Republican party. Kean is a moderate, who is the son of the former Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean. Important factors in Kean's primary victory were his father's name recognition, along with Kean's self-described persona as a clean-cut corruption fighter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nA showdown between Bergen County Republican Organization (BCRO) conservatives and a group of insurgent moderate Republican critics ignited into a shoving match between supporters, with Kean temporarily refusing to accept the BCRO's endorsement of his candidacy, and refusing to run with the BCRO slate of nominees for the offices of County Executive, Surrogate, and Freeholder. As a result, Ginty was drafted by Bergen County conservatives to fill out the conservative slate of candidates in Bergen County for the Republican primary. Kean eventually accepted the BCRO endorsement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nGinty's entrance into the primary complicated matters for Kean, who had to consider moving to the right to secure the Republican nomination, something that would likely hamper his chances of defeating Menendez in November. Kean's supporters argued there is virtually no chance for an anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey, where 66% of the voters are self-identified as pro-abortion and polls illustrate a distinct majority support gay marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nOn March 20, 2006, Kean arrived late to a fundraising event for his campaign, after featured guest Vice President Dick Cheney had left, which some accused of him doing deliberately to avoid photographs of the two, together, that could be printed in the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nOn March 27, 2006, at a news conference billed as a \"major announcement\", Kean called for state and federal tax cuts, asking Menendez and Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine to support them. In response, Matthew Miller, a spokesman for Menendez, said the U.S. senator supports \"balanced tax cuts,\" not just ones that benefit the wealthiest Americans while expanding national debt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nOn April 1, 2006, at the Middlesex County Republican Convention, Kean won the endorsement for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate (in other words, Kean was chosen as the county organization's recommended candidate for the June primary) over Ginty by a vote of 79% to 21%. However, the deadline for local Republicans to register to attend the convention had passed before Ginty announced his candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nThe New Jersey Right To Life Political Action Committee endorsed Ginty on April 27, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nOn May 2, 2006, Ginty publicly called on Kean to stop soliciting the endorsement of the Sierra Club. Ginty said Kean should not seek their endorsement because the Sierra Club is an \"environmental extremist group with a deep history of involvement in left-wing causes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, Republican primary, Campaign\nIn early May, Ginty announced that he favors oil exploration in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), something that Kean and Menendez both opposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nThe biggest factors in the New Jersey Senate race may have had little to do with the candidates involved and more to do with Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine and President George W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nIn mid-summer, Jon Corzine and the Democratic-controlled state legislature held a brief shutdown of state government, which ultimately resulted in a sales tax increase, among other things.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nIn a September 2006 poll, SurveyUSA found that Governor Jon Corzine received an approval rate of only 43%, with 48% of the state disapproving. Since Menendez had been appointed by Corzine, some pundits argued that this would be a resonating factor with a number of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nAccording to a separate September 2006 poll, SurveyUSA found that the state of New Jersey had a rather high disapproval rating for Republican President George W. Bush, with 64% disapproving and only 32% approving. This led some to argue that voters would take their discontent with Bush out on Kean in the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nIndeed, some pollsters demonstrated that concerns over the Iraq War and discontent with President Bush solidified the Democratic base in October's advertising blitz, and won over enough independents to seal off the fate of the Republican nominee. On the eve of the election, Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Poll reported that 65% likely voters said that the US invasion of Iraq was a mistake, \"including nine of ten Democrats and six of ten independents.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nObservers also pointed out that \"from the beginning, [Menendez] made much of his 2002 vote against the Iraq War Resolution, often referring to it as one of the most important votes of his career. He made it clear as well that he intended to make the race a referendum on the President.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nOthers attributed Kean's early strong showing in the polls of this blue state to uninformed voters confusing the three-year state senator with his father, the popular former governor and 9/11 Commission chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Factors\nBecause of Kean's perceived liberalism on social issues, he has been labeled by some conservatives as a Republican in Name Only (RINO) .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Campaign\nOn June 13, 2006, Kean held a fundraiser in Ocean County featuring First Lady Laura Bush. It was here that both Senator Kean and Mrs. Bush pointed out that Kean is not George W. Bush, claiming that Senator Menendez seems to confuse the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Campaign\nOn June 16, 2006 at a New Jersey Association of Counties speaking event in Atlantic City, Kean and his aides beat a hasty retreat from the ballroom engagement and \"stampeded\" into an elevator in an abortive attempt to avoid the press, only to exit on the same floor as they had entered. Kean declined to answer questions about the scathing attacks on his integrity which his opponent had delivered minutes earlier, instead opting to repeat \"a few slogans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Campaign\nIn late June, the Associated Press reported that Kean's campaign was planning a \"Swift Boat\"-style film accusing Menendez of involvement in a New Jersey mob-connected kickback scheme \"despite public records and statements disputing that claim.\" The AP article noted that \"[f]our former federal prosecutors who oversaw the case have said Menendez was never involved in any wrongdoing.\" The airing of unsubstantiated [by whom?] allegations years or even decades old is a hallmark of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign attack style, which gained notoriety during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Campaign\nIn mid-September, The Star-Ledger reported that Sen. Menendez had declined a national debate with Kean on the popular Sunday morning talk-show, Meet the Press. A Menendez spokesperson stated that the incumbent Democrat would prefer to focus on local citizens and press. Menendez did agree to take place in three locally aired debates with Kean, which will be aired between October 7\u201317. Kean withdrew from one of the scheduled debates to which he had previously committed, an October 14, 2006, debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters, insisting on a national TV debate as a condition of his participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Campaign\nBoth candidates have agreed to participate in a virtual debate sponsored by the nonpartisan Hall Institute of Public Policy - New Jersey which provides \"an unprecedented opportunity for candidates and citizens to engage in an interactive forum on the important issues confronting\" New Jersey. Beginning in July and running through Election Day in November, the institute will submit questions to the candidates and then post their responses on its website. As of October 6, 2006, responses to six questions have been posted (see External Links below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nThe Kean headquarters was vandalized during the night before the general election. Vandals chained and locked the doors to the headquarters and broke off keys within the locks, attempting to hinder the Kean campaign. The Menendez campaign denied any involvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nDuring 26 years in politics, Menendez has faced some unflattering editorials and reports in local newspapers. In 2005, op-eds in The New York Times and the Star-Ledger have complained of bossism by Menendez, claiming he runs Hudson County as a political machine. The Bergen Record has made an issue of his campaign spending, claiming the majority of his recent spending is not for traditional campaign activities such as advertising. Despite the allegations noted above, Menendez had never been charged or prosecuted for any crime related to his 26-year political career. Indeed, a June 2006 article in The New York Times, reported that the charges of ethical misconduct conflict with historical accounts and records which portray Menendez as crusading against the very corruption of which he stands accused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nOn August 27, 2006, two Republican state lawmakers filed an ethics complaint against Menendez, alleging he broke conflict-of-interest rules when he collected more than $300,000 in rent over a period of nine years from a nonprofit agency which he aided in winning millions of dollars from federal funds. Menendez questioned the timing of the complaints, based on events of 14 years ago, so close to the election: \"We have seen an orchestrated series of leaks, bogus ethics complaints and outright fabrications since the beginning of this campaign.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nThe ethics complaint stated that Menendez's actions while a Congressman violated the ethics rules of the House of Representatives. For his part, Menendez maintains that he received verbal clearance from the House Ethics Committee in 1994 before entering a lease agreement with the organization. On September 8, Menendez identified Mark Davis as the committee lawyer whom he consulted. However, Roll Call reported that Davis left the ethics committee in 1993, prompting Menendez campaign spokesman Matt Miller to offer an alternate explanation: \"It was his recollection that he talked to him about this, but it must have been someone else.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0024-0002", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nIt was 12 years ago.\" Governor Corzine, who appointed Menendez in January to serve out the remaining year of his own Senate term, said the investigation \"has the appearance of being less than objective\". Meanwhile, in response to charges of Republican complicity in spurring the investigation, Tom Kean said his campaign \"absolutely\" did not have any contact at any point with the U.S. Attorney's Office regarding the probe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nAs of September 2008, the NJ US Attorney's repeated and multiple investigations of Menendez's alleged corruption have still failed to generate a single indictment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Menendez\nOn September 28, 2006, The Star-Ledger reported that Sen. Menendez had fired his closest political adviser for seeking favors on behalf of then-Representative Menendez. A tape recorded in 1999 reveals the adviser, Donald Scarinci, asking a Hudson County psychiatrist named Oscar Sandoval to hire another physician as a favor to Menendez. He also states that he had helped Davila Colon, who worked in Menendez's congressional office from 1992\u20131997, get a job with Carl Goldberg, a developer and big fundraiser for Bob Menendez. A spokesperson for the Menendez campaign stated that \"Scarinci was using Menendez's name without his authorization or his knowledge.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Kean\nOn September 15, 2006, The Star-Ledger reported, \"the same day state Sen. Tom Kean voted twice to let Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey keep a $40 million tax exemption, he collected $13,300 in contributions for his U.S. Senate race from 17 company executives and their family members. Kean cast the votes on the final day of the fight over the 2005 state budget and on the day of those votes, records show Kean received $13,300 in campaign donations from the Horizon executives, including $4,100 from Horizon CEO and president William Marino and his wife, Paula. The news report noted, \"Aides to Kean said there was no connection between the votes and the contributions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Kean\nDemocratic-advocacy site Blue Jersey alleged that a member of the Kean campaign was posing as a disillusioned Democrat when posting comments critical of Menendez on the site. The Kean campaign denied the charges, but major newspapers (such as The New York Times and the Star-Ledger) reported that the IP address used to make the comments was identical to one used by Kean campaign spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker in official emails. The Kean campaign could not explain this discrepancy, but both Hazelbaker and Kean denied that she had been involved. The same IP address was also used to make multiple edits to Wikipedia pages linking Menendez to the accusations of corruption that were a centerpiece of Kean's campaign strategy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Kean\nThe Kean campaign also drew scrutiny over its relationship with opposition researcher Christopher Lyon. Kean staffers denied that Lyon worked for Kean directly. A The New York Times article about Lyon's role includes Hazelbaker's response to the issue:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Kean\n\"I think the selective outrage here is a little laughable,\" said Hazelbaker, a Kean spokeswoman, who added that Mr. Menendez's former law partner, who was at his side when he was sworn in as a senator, had been convicted of dealing cocaine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Kean\nAccording to The New York Times, Kean was defeated in part because he \"built a campaign around his portrayal of Mr. Menendez as a shady, self-dealing, machine-produced Hudson County boss who hangs out with criminals. When asked about his views on Social Security or the Iraq war, Mr. Kean frequently mentioned that his opponent was 'under federal criminal investigation.' \" In a poll, NJ voters tended to blame Kean rather than Menendez for negative campaigning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0031-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Controversies, Kean\nA later NY Times editorial stated, \"The Republican candidate, Thomas Kean Jr., based his campaign almost exclusively on negative ads and attack-dog accusations against his Democratic opponent, Robert Menendez. For a while, it looked like the strategy might pay off, but in the end Senator Menendez was elected by a comfortable margin. Voters in several polls criticized Mr. Kean's strategy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Issues\nAccording to one observer, the Democratic candidate framed his race as referendum on the Republican president and the US military involvement in Iraq. Menendez, while still in the House of Representatives, voted against the Iraq War Resolution of 2002. He subsequently argued that, \"even knowing that there were no weapons of mass destruction, Tom Kean Jr. has continually said he supports the war in Iraq and would have voted for it.\" Kean responded that Menendez \"has traditionally been on the fringe of his own party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0032-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Issues\nThe case [for war] was clearly made with people who had far better information than he did.\" Kean's strategy was \"to make the race on state level issues: corruption and taxes.\" But though voters thought the state was headed in the wrong direction, the Democratic governor's approval ratings among likely voters was strong headed into the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Issues\nThe Sierra Club, which had endorsed both candidates in some of their past races, endorsed Menendez for the Senate, citing his \"15-year, extremely strong record on many federal [environmental] issues -- often achieving a League of Conservation Voters voting record of 100%.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Issues\nThe New Jersey Educational Association PAC's Operating Committee (NJEA PAC) also endorsed Menendez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 74], "content_span": [75, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Polling\nSince the publication of an August 4, 2006, Rasmussen poll showing Menendez ahead, 44% to Kean's 38%, Kean appeared to surge into the lead according to subsequent Zogby, Monmouth, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, and Fairleigh Dickinson polls, outpolling Menendez by varying differences within the margin of error. However, on the heels of an advertising blitz, Menendez has reclaimed the lead in the most recent FDU, Mason-Dixon, Gallup, and Zogby polling. In light of to the race's volatility, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Congressional Quarterly, and Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted the race from \"Leans Democratic\" to \"Toss-Up\" or \"No Clear Favorite\" in their early September revisions despite the state's historically strong Democratic tilt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Polling\nNew Jerseyans had not seen a summer poll with a Republican leading in a race for United States Senator since 1972, when incumbent Clifford Case led former Congressman Paul Krebs by a 44%-22% margin. (Case won the race 63%-35%.) Here are some past summer polling numbers from the Eagleton Institute archive:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188254-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey, General election, Polling\nA September 2006 SurveyUSA poll showed Menendez's approval rating at 40% and disapproval rating at 40% with 20% undecided, resulting in a net approval of 0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188255-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2006. The primaries were held June 6, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fifth term in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188255-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico, Republican primary, Campaign\nPfeffer announced on August 23, 2005, that he would be entering the primary. A former Democrat, he supported George W. Bush in 2004 and became a Republican in 2005. In his campaign announcement, Pfeffer focused mainly on border controls with Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188255-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico, Republican primary, Campaign\nHe criticised Bingaman in comparison to his own support for reform of the Social Security system and the Iraq War as well as U.S. relations with China, saying \"With all due respect, I do not believe the present occupier of the junior seat from New Mexico is doing all that can and should be done on these fronts,\" he said of Bingaman. \"I believe I can do a better job...\" Pfeffer also commented that he would have a hard time raising an amount equivalent to Senator Bingaman, a problem faced by any of the latter's potential challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188255-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Campaign\nBingaman had a 60% approval rating in one poll. He faced no primary opposition. There had been speculation that Bingaman would give up the chance to run for another term to pursue a lobbyists' job in Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188255-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico, General election, Results\nBingaman won every county in the state with at least 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton won re-election to a second term in office, by a more than two-to-one margin. Clinton was challenged by Republican John Spencer, former Mayor of Yonkers, and longtime political activist Howie Hawkins of the Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic nomination, Campaign\nHillary Clinton announced in November 2004 that she would seek a second term in the Senate, and began fundraising and campaigning. Clinton faced opposition for the Democratic party nomination from the anti-war base of her own party, that had become increasingly frustrated with her support for the Iraq War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic nomination, Campaign\nOn October 12, 2005 New Paltz firefighter and activist Steven Greenfield, a former Green Party leader, announced he would run as a Democrat. On December 6, 2005, labor advocate Jonathan Tasini announced that he would run as well, running as an antiwar candidate, calling for immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, universal health care, expansion in Medicare benefits, the creation of Universal Voluntary Accounts for pensions, and what he termed \"New Rules For the Economy\", a more labor-centric as opposed to the corporate-centric approach to economic matters espoused by Clinton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic nomination, Campaign\nTasini was president of Economic Future Group and former president of the National Writers Union. Tasini was supported by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who had in October said of Clinton, \"I will resist her candidacy with every bit of my power and strength...I will not make the mistake of supporting another pro-war Democrat for president again.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic nomination, Campaign\nOn March 31, 2006, businessman Mark Greenstein announced his run for the seat. Greenstein, endorsed by the New Democrats, presented himself as a non-liberal Democrat who was campaigning to \"bring the far left back to reality that Big Government is the source of most ongoing problems Democrat constituents face.\" He contended that Clinton was \"too liberal\" in her support for regulations, \"too wishy-washy\" on the Iraq war and on gay rights, and had lost integrity by using the Dubai Ports issue for political purposes. Greenstein challenged Clinton to sign a pledge that she would serve out her full 6 year Senate term if re-elected. However, in May 2006, Greenfield endorsed Tasini and essentially dropped out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Democratic nomination, Campaign\nOn June 1, 2006, Clinton accepted the unanimous endorsement of the New York State Democratic Party's convention in Buffalo. Eight days later, Greenstein dropped out of the race. Tasini pressed on, submitting 40,000 signatures to the State Election Commission on July 14, far more than the 15,000 needed to force a primary. Clinton's campaign said that she would not challenge the signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nNew York Republicans originally had high hopes of mounting a serious challenge to Clinton, and derailing her expected future presidential bid. However, Clinton was politically strong in the state and no major Republican entered the race, with Governor George Pataki and early 2000 senate opponent Rudy Giuliani both declining to run. The two most prominent Republicans contemplating a challenge to Clinton were lawyer Ed Cox (the son-in-law of former President Richard M. Nixon) and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nPirro was considered the front-runner, but her campaign had immediate difficulties. During her August 10, 2005 live televised candidacy announcement in New York City, she paused for more than thirty seconds looking for a missing part of her speech, then asked, on the air, \"Do I have page 10?\" Democrats re-aired the sequence as part of a Jeopardy! theme parody. The Conservative Party of New York was also reluctant to embrace Pirro. On August 18, 2005, another Republican candidate, former Mayor of Yonkers John Spencer, gave a radio interview in which he attacked Pirro, calling her chances of winning the Conservative Party of New York State nomination \"a Chinaman's chance.\" Spencer later apologized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nOn October 14, 2005, Governor Pataki endorsed Pirro. Later that day, Cox withdrew from the race; his campaign had raised only $114,249 in contributions in the prior three months. On October 18, 2005, remarks by Pirro that appeared to suggest that Democrats were indifferent to child molesters and murderers drew sharp criticism from the Clinton campaign and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nPirro trailed Clinton badly in fund-raising and in polls; her campaign had failed to gain traction. Under pressure from state party officials, she dropped out of the race on December 21, 2005, to run for New York State Attorney General instead, leaving the Republicans without a well-known candidate. The announcement was timed to coincide with the 2005 New York City transit strike, so as to draw minimal attention to the Republicans' difficulties. Pirro did not mention her campaign woes, but instead said, \"I have concluded that my head and my heart remain in law enforcement, and that my public service should continue to be in that arena.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nDeclared Republican nominees now included Spencer and K. T. McFarland, who was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under President Ronald Reagan. Cox considered reentering the race but did not. Politically, Spencer was generally opposed to abortion, against gun control, and a supporter of tighter border security. He supported the George W. Bush administration and its policies, including the war in Iraq. Spencer came out in favor of New York's Court of Appeals denying same-sex marriage to 42 gay and lesbian couples who challenged that denial as unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nSpencer said that marriage equality for same-sex couples equated to \"special rights for gays.\" Spencer was endorsed by Republican officials such as Congressman Vito Fossella. In contrast, McFarland was pro-choice. However, McFarland ran into trouble with a March comment that appeared to allege that the Clinton campaign had been flying helicopters low over her Southampton, New York house and spying on her; she later said she had been joking, but the episode upset her. In May, McFarland's campaign manager Ed Rollins made personal life charges against Spencer, to which the latter responded, \"Shame on you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Campaign\nOn May 31, 2006, Spencer won the endorsement of the state Republican Party organization but did not achieve the threshold of 75 percent he needed to prevent McFarland from gaining an automatic position on the primary ballot. He received 63 percent and would thus have to face McFarland in the September 12 Republican primary. Spencer called on McFarland to step aside after the vote, but McFarland said she would not. In a June 2006 radio ad, Spencer attacked national Republicans for not funding his campaign. On August 22, McFarland announced that she would be suspending her campaign until further notice after her daughter was caught shoplifting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Republican nomination, Results\nOn September 12, 2006, Spencer defeated McFarland in the Republican Primary, winning 61 to 39 percent of the vote. Republican turnout was less than 6%, the lowest level in more than 30 years. Spencer would also gain the Conservative Party line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Third party nominations, Green\nHowie Hawkins was the Green Party's candidate for the United States Senate in the state of New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Third party nominations, Green\nHis signature campaign issue was the Iraq War. Specifically, Hawkins criticized Senator Clinton's endorsement of the Iraq war resolution, and continued support for an American troop presence in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Third party nominations, Green\nHawkins pledged to implement what he described as a modern-day version of the Hatfield\u2013Kennedy Amendment (a proposed Senate resolution intended to cut off funding for the Vietnam War) which would defund military operations for the U.S. Armed Forces unless and until they were redeployed out of theater, and possibly replaced by an international peacekeeping force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Third party nominations, Green\nHe called upon supporters of Tasini to vote for him in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Third party nominations, Libertarian\nJeff Russell was nominated as the official Libertarian Party candidate for United States Senate at the Libertarian Party of New York Convention on April 29, 2006, in Albany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 84], "content_span": [85, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, General election, Campaign\nClinton spent $36\u00a0million for her re-election, more than any other candidate for Senate in the 2006 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, General election, Campaign\nPolls during the campaign generally showed Clinton with a 20-point lead or better over Spencer, with none of the third-party candidates \u2014 Hawkins, Bill Van Auken of the Socialist Equality Party, and Jeff Russell of the Libertarian Party \u2014 showing strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, General election, Campaign\nOn November 7, 2006, Clinton won easily, garnering 67% of the vote to Spencer's 31%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, General election, Results\nThe election was not close, with Clinton winning 58 of New York's 62 counties. Clinton had a surprisingly strong performance in upstate New York which tends to be tossup. When Clinton's upstate margins combined with her huge numbers out of New York City, there was no coming back for the Republicans. Clinton was sworn in for what would be her last term in the senate serving from January 3, 2007 to January 21, 2009 when she assumed the office of United States Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, General election, Analysis\nClinton's victory margin over her Republican opponent (67%\u201331%) was a significant gain over her showing in the 2000 senate race against Rick Lazio (55%\u201343%). She carried all but four of New York's sixty-two counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, General election, Analysis\nIt was the second-largest margin of victory for a Senate race in New York history, and the third-largest for a statewide race in New York. Clinton's 2006 margin did not quite equal the percentage received by Eliot Spitzer in the concurrent gubernatorial race (69%%\u201329%) nor by Charles Schumer in his 2004 Senate re-election campaign (71%%\u201324%), both of which had also been against little-known Republican opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Legacy\nJeanine Pirro would go on to get the Republican nomination for New York State Attorney General, but lost in the 2006 attorney general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Legacy\nClinton was criticized by some Democrats for spending too much in a one-sided contest, while some supporters were concerned she did not leave more funds for a potential presidential bid in 2008. In the following months she transferred $10\u00a0million of her Senate funds toward her 2008 presidential campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188256-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in New York, Legacy\nFollowing her Attorney General loss, Pirro left electoral politics and became a television judge and political commentator. Spencer left politics altogether. Tasani ran for a House seat in 2010 but was not competitive. Clinton fell short in her 2008 presidential nomination bid, served as U.S. Secretary of State for four years, and then ran again in the 2016 United States presidential election but suffered a general election loss. The candidate from this 2006 senate campaign whose officeholding instanced furthest into the future turned out to be McFarland, who in 2017 became U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188257-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Kent Conrad won re-election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188257-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota, Campaign\nPopular Republican governor John Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, including Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined. Hoeven ran for the Senate in 2010 and was elected by a landslide, in that year's Republican midterm wave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188257-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota, Results\nConrad won at least 53% of the vote in every county in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Ohio was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Mike DeWine ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democratic congressman Sherrod Brown. As of 2021, this is the most recent time a Democratic Senate candidate in Ohio won a race by double digits. DeWine would later successfully run for attorney general and governor of Ohio in 2010 and 2018, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, Background\nThe incumbent Republican Senator R. Michael DeWine had approval ratings at 38%, making him the second most unpopular U.S. Senator behind Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum, who was also up for reelection in 2006. Pre -election stories in the U.S. media suggested that the national Republican Party may have given up on saving Senator DeWine's Senate seat before election day. Sherrod Brown, former Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Representative from Ohio's 13th district easily won the Democratic nomination over his opponent Merrill Keiser Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, Republican primary, Campaign\nBoth candidates campaigned as conservative alternatives to DeWine, citing DeWine's support for legal abortion and his role as one of the Republican members of the Gang of 14 who compromised with Democrats in a dispute about judicial appointments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, General election, Campaign\nThe Republican party, which was facing multiple challenges to their Senate majority, was initially determined to assist DeWine is his competitive race while the National Democratic party supported Brown in hopes of taking control of the Senate. John McClelland, a spokesman for the Ohio Republican Party said, \"It's vitally important to the Republican Party as a whole, so I think that's why you see the president coming to Ohio to support Mike DeWine.\" Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said, \"Mike DeWine Senior is in for the fight of his life, make no mistake about it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, General election, Campaign\nOn July 14, 2006, DeWine's campaign began airing TV commercials depicting a smoking World Trade Center. \"The senator was notified... by a reporter at U.S. News & World Report that the image of the burning Twin Towers could not have depicted the actual event because the smoke was blowing the wrong way.\" DeWine's campaign admitted that the video was actually a still photo of the World Trade Center with smoke digitally added. He also was criticized for using an emotionally charged image to attack his challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, General election, Campaign\nAnother of DeWine's ads suggested that opponent Sherrod Brown didn't pay his taxes for thirteen years. This claim led to the Associated Press reporting on October 19 that, \"Several Ohio television stations have stopped airing a Republican ad because state documents contradict the ad's accusation that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown didn't pay an unemployment tax bill for 13 years.\" Brown produced a commercial citing these facts. DeWine's ads were changed to state only that he had failed to pay his unemployment taxes until legal action was taken against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, General election, Campaign\nAccording to an article in the October 16, 2006, edition of The New York Times, top Republican party officials on the national level determined that DeWine would probably be defeated and were moving financial support from his race to other Republican senatorial candidates they felt were more likely to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, General election, Fundraising\nDuring the election cycle, DeWine raised $14.9 million and spent $15.5 million. Brown raised $8.9 million and spent $10.8 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188258-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Ohio, General election, Results\nBrown was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Ohio at 7:30. DeWine had the second worst performance of a Republican incumbent in 2006; only Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum had a worse performance. While DeWine was able to win rural counties in western Ohio, Brown managed to win most eastern Ohio counties, especially in heavily populated areas. DeWine's narrow 2,000 vote victory in Hamilton County which is home to Cincinnati, came nowhere close to making a dent in Brown's lead. Brown would go on to be reelected to a second term in 2012, and a third term in 2018. Also in 2018, both Brown and DeWine were on the ballot but this time for different races; DeWine would be elected Governor of Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Rick Santorum ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Bob Casey, Jr., the son of former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey Sr. Casey was elected to serve between January 3, 2007 and January 3, 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania\nSantorum trailed Casey in every public poll taken during the campaign. Casey's margin of victory (nearly 18% of those who voted) was the largest ever for a Democratic Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, the largest margin of victory for a Senate challenger in the 2006 elections, and the largest general election margin of defeat for an incumbent U.S. Senator since 1980. Casey was the first Pennsylvania Democrat to win a full term in the Senate since Joseph S. Clark Jr. in 1962.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, Republican primary\nJohn Featherman, who ran against Santorum in 2000 as a Libertarian, had been expected to challenge him in the 2006 Republican primary. However, Featherman withdrew his candidacy after a GOP petition challenge because he did not have the necessary number of signatures to get on the ballot. As a result, Santorum won the Republican nomination unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's support for Arlen Specter\nRepublican strategists took Santorum's primary result in 2006 as a bad omen, in which he ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. Republican gubernatorial nominee Lynn Swann, also unopposed, garnered 22,000 more votes statewide than Santorum in the primary, meaning thousands of Republican voters abstained from endorsing Santorum for another Senate term. This may have been partly due to Santorum's support for Arlen Specter, over Congressman Pat Toomey in the 2004 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 116], "content_span": [117, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's support for Arlen Specter\nEven though Santorum is only slightly less conservative than Toomey, he joined virtually all of the state and national Republican establishment in supporting the moderate Specter. This led many socially and fiscally conservative Republicans to consider Santorum's support of Specter to be a betrayal of their cause. However, Santorum says he supported Specter to avoid risking a Toomey loss in the general election, which would prevent President George W. Bush's judicial nominees from getting through the Senate. Santorum says Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito would not have been confirmed without the help of Specter, who was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 116], "content_span": [117, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's controversial views\nIn the Senate, Santorum was an outspoken conservative from a state with a history of electing moderates. This led many political commentators to speculate that his low approval ratings were due to some of his more controversial statements and opinions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 110], "content_span": [111, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's controversial views\nAmong these controversies were his views on the privatization of Social Security and the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. In addition, his involvement in the Terri Schiavo case was considered by many in his state to be out of place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 110], "content_span": [111, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's controversial views\nAll this left Santorum in a precarious position throughout the race. On May 31, 2006, the polling firm Rasmussen Reports declared that Santorum was the \"most vulnerable incumbent\" among the Senators running for re-election. SurveyUSA polling taken right before the election showed that Santorum was the least popular of all 100 Senators, with a 38% approval rating and a net approval rating of -19%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 110], "content_span": [111, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's residency\nWhile Santorum maintained a small residence in Penn Hills, a township near Pittsburgh, his family primarily lived in a large house in Leesburg, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia. Santorum faced charges of hypocrisy from critics who noted the similarities between his living situation and that of former Representative Doug Walgren, who Santorum defeated in 1990. Back then, Santorum had claimed that Walgren was out of touch with his district; these claims were backed up with commercials showing Walgren's home in the Virginia suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 100], "content_span": [101, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's residency\nOn NBC's Meet the Press on September 3, 2006, Santorum admitted that he only spent \"maybe a month a year, something like that\" at his Pennsylvania residence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 100], "content_span": [101, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Santorum's residency\nSantorum also drew criticism for enrolling five of his six children in an online \"cyber school\" in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County (home to Pittsburgh and most of its suburbs), despite the fact that the children lived in Virginia. The Penn Hills School District was billed $73,000 in tuition for the cyber classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 100], "content_span": [101, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Casey's momentum\nSantorum began his contrast campaign against Casey early, charging him with relentlessly seeking higher political office and failing to take definitive stands on issues. While these charges kept the race competitive, in late September and through October, Casey's campaign seemed to regain the momentum it had had throughout most of the campaign, as most polls showed Casey widening his lead after a summer slump. In a Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll, released on September 26, 2006, Casey was favored by 14 points. An October 18, 2006 poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports showed Casey with a similar double-digit lead. In the Rasmussen poll, only 46% of voters surveyed had a favorable view of Santorum, while 57% of voters viewed Casey favorably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 96], "content_span": [97, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Negative advertisements\nAt least one of Santorum's television ads called into question his campaign's use of the facts regarding Casey and people who had donated money to the Casey campaign. The ad, which aired in September, showed several men seated around a table, while talking amongst themselves and smoking cigars, inside a jail cell. While none of the figures, who were played by actors, were named personally, the narrator provided the job descriptions, previous donations to Casey, and ethical and/or legal troubles of each. The Santorum campaign later provided the names of the people portrayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Campaign, Negative advertisements\nAn editorial in Casey's hometown newspaper, The Times-Tribune, pointed out that all but one of the contributions \"[was] made to Casey campaigns when he was running for other offices, at which time none of the contributors were known to be under investigation for anything.\" In fact, two of the persons cited in the Santorum campaign ad had actually given contributions to Santorum's 2006 Senate campaign. Another of the figures portrayed had died in 2004. Political scientist Larry Sabato called the ad \"over the top\" and suspected that the fallout would hurt Santorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, Results\nAt 9:45 PM EST on Election Night, Santorum called Casey to concede defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188259-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, General election, By congressional district\nBob Casey Jr won 14 of 19 congressional districts, including the 3rd, 6th, 15th and 18th districts, which elected Republicans to the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 95], "content_span": [96, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee sought re-election to the seat he had held since 1999, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his father John Chafee. He lost to Democratic nominee Sheldon Whitehouse by a 7 point margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, Democratic primary, Campaign\nWhitehouse was endorsed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Congressmen Jim Langevin and Patrick J. Kennedy, as well as by former candidate Matt Brown. Sheeler, a former U.S. Marine, a business owner, and an adjunct professor of business, ran on a more progressive platform. Ultimately, however, Whitehouse would trounce his competition in the primary on September 12, winning his party's support by a large margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, Republican primary, Campaign\nIncumbent Lincoln Chafee was one of the most liberal members of the Republican Party in the Senate by 2006, and was challenged for the Republican nomination by Laffey who had criticized Chafee for his liberal voting record in the Senate. In early 2006, the Club for Growth, a pro-tax cut political action committee, sent a series of mailings to Rhode Island Republicans attacking Chafee's positions and voting record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, Republican primary, Campaign\nThe national GOP supported Chafee in the primary campaign, believing that he was the most likely candidate to hold the seat in the general election. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senator John McCain of Arizona and First Lady Laura Bush appeared at fundraisers for Chafee, while Senator Bill Frist's PAC donated to Chafee. The National Republican Senatorial Committee also ran ads in the state supporting Chafee. Steve Laffey, however, picked up many endorsements from Republican town committees throughout Rhode Island, the national group Club for Growth, and former candidate for the party's Presidential nomination Steve Forbes. On July 10, 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Laffey, saying that he had included a political communication in tax bills mailed to residents of Cranston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, General election, Campaign\nDemocrats believed that this was one of the most likely Senate seats to switch party control, due to the Democratic tilt of Rhode Island, as well as the fact that Chafee needed to expend part of his campaign fund to win the Republican primary election. Chafee's approval ratings also took a beating from his primary battle with Laffey and may have hurt him in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, General election, Campaign\nAnother factor that hurt Chafee was the fact that Whitehouse, the Democratic nominee, had a huge head start on him, as he was able to campaign with little opposition for at least half the year and had not had to contend with a major opponent until the general election campaign. Rhode Islanders' historically large disapproval ratings for President Bush and the Republican Party as a whole was another major hurdle for Chafee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, General election, Issues\nWhitehouse and Chafee did not have large differences on political issues. On social issues, they were almost entirely in agreement with each other. Chafee was also against the Bush tax cuts. On fiscal issues, such as social security and trade, they were however in disagreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, General election, Analysis\nWhitehouse carried Providence County, which contains approximately 60% of the state's population, with 59% to Chafee's 41%. Chafee's strongest showing was in Washington County (South County), where he took 55% of the vote against Whitehouse's 45%. Chafee also took Kent County by a small margin, while Whitehouse was victorious by extremely slim margins in Bristol and Newport Counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188260-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island, General election, Analysis\nAfter the election, when asked by a reporter if he thought his defeat would help the country by giving Democrats control of Congress, Chafee replied, \"to be honest, yes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Senator Bill Frist, the Majority Leader, retired after two terms in office. The open seat was won by Republican nominee Bob Corker, who defeated Democratic nominee Harold Ford Jr.. The race between Ford and Corker was one of the most competitive Senate races of 2006, with Corker winning the race by less than three percent of the vote. Corker was the only non-incumbent Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2006. Since 1994, the Republican Party has held both of Tennessee's U.S. Senate seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee\nThis election is also notable for being the last time Grundy County has voted for the Democratic candidate in a statewide election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Democratic primary, Campaign\nHarold Ford was a Congressman from the 9th Congressional District, based in Memphis, and he was a member of a political family, with many relatives also serving or formerly in political office. He was known nationally for his keynote address at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, and for a challenge to Nancy Pelosi for leadership of the House Democrats in 2002. He had also served as a national campaign co-chair for the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Democratic primary, Campaign\nFord filed paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate in May 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Democratic primary, Campaign\nDemocratic State Senator Rosalind Kurita, from the 22nd District centered on Clarksville, Tennessee had entered the race prior to Ford, and initially appeared to be competitive, releasing internal polls showing her as strong as Ford in the general election. But she dropped out of the race in early April 2006, as a result of financial and organizational challenges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Democratic primary, Campaign\nFord enjoyed substantial support from Democratic leaders in Washington and Nashville and held a substantial lead in fundraising.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Republican primary, Campaign\nOnly 11 percent of Tennesseans knew who Corker was when he began running for the Senate race. All three have run statewide campaigns in the past, albeit unsuccessful ones: Bryant for the 2002 Republican Senate nomination, losing to Lamar Alexander; Corker for the U.S. Senate in 1994, losing to Frist in the Republican primary; and Hilleary for Tennessee Governor in 2002, losing to Democrat Phil Bredesen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, Republican primary, Debates\nThe three Republican candidates met for a debate at the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville on June 29, 2006. All three candidates expressed skepticism regarding global warming and recent publication of scientific consensus on the issue, supported continued American involvement in Iraq, opposed income tax increases, and \"showed varying degrees of interest in replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax,\" prompting Corker to state in his closing statement \"[t]here's not any difference, that I can tell, on the issues.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nNot long after Corker's primary victory was assured, Ford, at a rally of his supporters attended by Bill Clinton, challenged Corker to seven televised debates across the state. In response, Corker said he will debate Ford but did not agree to Ford's request of seven debates. Both of Corker's primary opponents endorsed Corker immediately after they conceded the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nOn August 8, 2006, the Tennessee Democratic Party filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Corker for allegedly violating campaign financial disclosure rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nOn August 25, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that Corker had received a subpoena regarding an environmental lawsuit filed three years ago. The lawsuit centers on the actions Corker took as mayor to allegedly demolish a conservation site to build a road that leads to a Wal-Mart SuperCenter. Corker was scheduled to testify on October 18, but the case was settled on October 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nFord, a member of the Blue Dog Coalition in Congress, sought to run as a centrist, recognizing that Tennessee was a conservative state. While he was a member of a political dynasty in Memphis, this also served as a liability, as his state senator uncle was indicted on federal corruption charges the day after he announced his Senate candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nAs the campaign entered October, Ford was leading in some polls. Despite running a strong campaign, he was hampered by his family's legal issues and the fact that his base was in West Tennessee, as opposed to Corker's base in East Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nBefore a Corker press conference in Memphis on October 20, Ford approached Corker in a parking lot and confronted his opponent about Iraq in front of local news cameras, pointing out that some of Corker's fellow Republicans are changing their minds on the war and wanting to debate him about the issue. In response, Corker said, \"I came to talk about ethics, and I have a press conference. And I think it's a true sign of desperation that you would pull your bus up when I'm having a press conference.\" Ford replied that he could never find Corker. Corker then walked away to his press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Campaign\nOn November 2, Nielsen Monitor Plus indicated that the Corker campaign had purchased more television advertising than any other Senate candidate in the country through October 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Debates\n3 debates were held between Corker and Ford. They participated in a televised debate in Memphis on October 7, in Chattanooga on October 10, and in Nashville on October 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Debates\nIn the October 7, 2006 debate in Memphis, the candidates covered a wide range of issues, including immigration, Iraq, cutting health care costs, abortion, and Social Security. Commenting on Ford's political family, Corker said, \"I think it's evident there's been a Ford in this (9th District congressional district) seat for 32 years, and if you look at the number of Fords that are on the ballot\u2014especially I think the most recent one, I know it concerns a lot of people right here in Memphis.\" Ford responded, \"I don't know why Mr. Corker keeps bringing up my family. . . . It's you and I running for the Senate. It's our ideas, our plans to make the future better for everybody. Let's stick to you and I. And if you come up with a recipe to pick family, say it. Otherwise be quiet and let's run for the Senate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Debates\nThe October 10 Chattanooga debate covered many of the same issues, with Corker again attempting to make Ford's family an issue and Ford claiming that Corker would be merely a \"rubber stamp\" for the Bush administration and Republican Party in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Debates\nThe final debate took place on October 28, in Nashville and mostly covered the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Controversial advertisement\nA negative ad titled \"Who Hasn't?\" sponsored by the Republican National Committee (\"RNC\") that aired during the third and fourth weeks of October gained national attention and was condemned by both Ford and Corker. The ad ridiculed Ford through interviews of fictional citizens giving deadpan endorsements that satirized Ford's policies and reputation, such as \"terrorists need their privacy\" and \"taxes after I'm dead\". The last of these is a scantily clad white woman (Johanna Goldsmith) acting as a Playboy bunny who \"met Harold at the Playboy party\", who invites Ford to \"call me\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Controversial advertisement\nResponding to questions about the ad, a Ford spokesperson said that Ford went to a 2005 Playboy-sponsored Super Bowl party that was attended by more than 3,000 people, and Ford himself said that he likes \"football and girls\" and makes no apology for either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Controversial advertisement\nThe NAACP described the ad as \"a powerful innuendo that plays to pre-existing prejudices about African-American men and white women\", and a former Republican Senator called it \"a very serious appeal to a racist sentiment. Corker condemned the RNC ad, calling it \"tacky\" and stating that his campaign has asked to have it pulled. The RNC, however, continued to endorse the ad, said it had no plans to stop airing it, and dismissed charges of racism, saying it \"wouldn't even entertain the premise\" that the ad was racist. In an October 24 interview with Tim Russert, RNC chairman Ken Mehlman said that he thought the ad was \"fair\" and that he did not have the authority to pull it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Controversial advertisement\nThe ad was also denounced by Canada's ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson, and in the Parliament of Canada by MP Omar Alghabra. The ad became an issue in Canada because of an actor's statement in the advertisement, \"Canada can take care of North Korea. They\u2019re not busy.\" Alghabra, in the House of Commons, responded, \"Is this what Canadians should be expecting as the outcome of cozying up to Mr. Bush by the prime minister and his Conservatives?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Controversial advertisement\nOn October 25, Mehlman announced that the ad was \"down now\" during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN. In its place, Tennessee television stations ran a different RNC ad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 94], "content_span": [95, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Endorsements\nFord received endorsements from, among others, The Tennessean (Nashville's predominant daily newspaper), The Commercial Appeal (Memphis's predominant daily newspaper), the Jackson Sun (Jackson's predominant daily newspaper), the Bristol Herald Courier, Metro Pulse (Knoxville), the Professional Firefighters Association of Tennessee, and the Tennessee State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Endorsements\nCorker was endorsed by, among others, the National Rifle Association, the Knoxville News-Sentinel, the United States Chamber of Commerce, Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, Lebanon Democrat, Kingsport Times News, Nashville City Paper, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and the National Right to Life Committee, though the Tennessee Right to Life Committee has refused to endorse Corker, claiming he is a \"pro-abortion\" politician.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Endorsements\nBoth Corker and Ford were endorsed by the Chattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga's predominant daily newspaper still maintains two separate editorial pages left over from when its two daily newspapers merged): Ford by The Times editors, and Corker by Free Press editors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 79], "content_span": [80, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Fundraising\nThrough October 18, 2006, Corker had raised more money than Ford and had also spent more, according to the candidates' most recent filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Corker tapped into his personal fortune to help fund his campaign, loaning his campaign a total of $4.1 million. Corker loaned $2 million of this amount on Wednesday, November 1, less than a week before the election, triggering the \"millionaire's amendment\" of the 2002 Campaign Reform Act and allowing Ford to seek $12,600 from individual donors instead of $2,100, the normal limit, for the final days of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Fundraising\nPresident Bush attended two fund raiser dinners on behalf of the Corker campaign in Nashville and Memphis which raised $2.6 million for Corker's campaign by charging over $2,000 a plate. Former President Bill Clinton attended a rally for the Ford campaign in Nashville that raised about $1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Fundraising\nNone of the third party candidates filed reports with the FEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188261-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee, General election, Polling\nIn the general election, polls showed Corker with a statistically insignificant lead in the week before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188262-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Texas\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Texas was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison won re-election to a third full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188262-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Texas, General election, Campaign\nThe Democratic nominee had never run for public office and was expected to face an uphill battle in the general election, especially in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994 and against a historically popular Hutchison. Since neither Radnofsky nor her main opponent, Gene Kelly, had received a majority of votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff was held April 11, 2006, which Radnofsky won. Radnofsky's campaign platform is available on her website. Scott Lanier Jameson won the Libertarian Party nomination at the party's state convention on June 10, 2006, defeating Timothy Wade and Ray Salinas. Arthur W. Loux, a Roman Forest City Councilman and a member of the Minutemen, was running as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188262-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Texas, General election, Campaign\nHutchison co-sponsored legislation supporting the creation of a constitutional amendment that would limit terms for senators, but had been quoted saying that she would only leave after two terms if such a law applied to all senators. After deciding not to challenge Governor Rick Perry this year, as had been widely speculated, Hutchison was running for a third term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188262-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Texas, General election, Campaign\nShe had no opposition in the 2006 Republican primary, and had approval ratings in the 60 percent range going into the election, although they had been slipping rapidly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188263-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Utah\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Utah was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Orrin Hatch won re-election to a sixth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188263-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Utah, Major candidates\nThe filing deadline for major party candidates was March 17, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188263-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Utah, Results\nHatch won all but one county with 60% to 70% of the vote. Ashdown won only Summit County by 342 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Vermont was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent independent Senator Jim Jeffords decided to retire rather than seek reelection to a fourth term, and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont\nSanders represented Vermont's at-large House district as an independent, won the Democratic primary, and then dropped out to run as an independent. Many Democratic politicians across the country endorsed him, and no Democrat was on the ballot. The state committee of the Vermont Democratic Party voted unanimously to endorse Sanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont\nSanders won the seat with 65% of the vote. His win marked the first Republican loss for this seat in 152 years, ending the longest single-party Senate winning streak in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont, Democratic primary, Results\nSanders won the Democratic primary, but declined the nomination, leaving no Democratic nominee on the ballot. This victory ensured that no Democrat would appear on the general election ballot to split the vote with Sanders, an ally of the Democrats who had been supported by leaders in the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont, General election, Campaign\nIn mid-August 2006, the campaign heated up considerably, with Tarrant fully engaged in heavy media advertising, most of which criticized Sanders's public stances. Tarrant ran several ads accusing Sanders of representing himself differently from his voting record in the House of Representatives, citing such examples as Sanders's votes against Amber Alert and against increased penalties for child pornography. Sanders responded with an ad stating that Tarrant's claims were \"dishonest\" and \"distort my record\", and presented what he viewed as more accurate explanations of his voting record. Tarrant also claimed that Sanders's election would lead to an exodus of businesses from the state. Sanders based his campaign on a well-tested message of fixing economic inequality, and ran a positive campaign that took advantage of his high name recognition in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 939]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont, General election, Fund-raising\nThe election was the most expensive political campaign in Vermont history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont, General election, Fund-raising\nTarrant was a self-funded candidate, with 98% of all his campaign expenditures coming from personal sources. He spent $7,315,854 total. Sanders' top contributors include the plaintiffs' law firm Baron & Budd; the International Union of Operating Engineers; the Laborers' International Union of North America; and the Communication Workers of America. Sanders raised $5,554,466 total. In total, Tarrant and Sanders spent $13,771,060. Tarrant spent $85 per vote, the largest cost per vote of any race in the country during 2006, while Sanders spent $34 per vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188264-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Vermont, General election, Results\nSanders won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with 57% as his lowest county total. He has served as a U.S. Senator for Vermont since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Virginia was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Senator George Allen ran for reelection to a second term but was narrowly defeated by Democrat Jim Webb, who earned 49.6% of the vote to Allen's 49.2%. With a margin of just 0.4%, this election was the closest race of the 2006 Senate election cycle. Webb declined to run for reelection in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, Background\nAllen, who previously served as Governor of Virginia and was considered a possible candidate for president in 2008, was running for his second term. Webb, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, writer and former Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan won the Democratic nomination after being drafted by netroots activists, such as those at the blog Raising Kaine. Polls clearly favored Allen through mid-August, but on August 11, he was filmed using the ethnic slur Macaca in reference to a Webb campaign volunteer, S.R. Sidarth, who is of Indian ancestry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, Background\nHe also told Sidarth, \"Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia,\" despite the fact that Sidarth had been born and raised in Fairfax County, and was a University of Virginia student at the time. Allen denied any prejudice in the comment, but the video was quickly spread online, and the gaffe caused his lead to shrink considerably. Still, he led in most polls until late October, when several surveys showed Webb with a lead \u2014 mostly within the margin of error. The election was not decided until nearly 48 hours after the polls closed, when Allen, behind by a margin of about 0.3%, conceded on November 9, 2006. With all of the other Senate races decided, the outcome swung control of the Senate to the Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, Democratic primary, Finances\nFederal Election Commission reports show that in the first part of 2006, Miller raised more than twice as much money as Webb, who entered the race in February. (Miller contributed over $1 million to his own campaign, 60% of what he raised.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, Democratic primary, Campaign\nThe week before the primary, Miller said a Webb campaign flier characterized him in an anti-Semitic way; Webb denied that it did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Controversies\nThis election involved several controversies involving both Webb and Allen, most notably the \"macaca incident,\" which began Allen's decline in the polls and eventual loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Platform\nWebb focused on his early and outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq, which Allen supported. In a September 4, 2002, opinion piece in The Washington Post, Webb wrote: \"A long-term occupation of Iraq would beyond doubt require an adjustment of force levels elsewhere, and could eventually diminish American influence in other parts of the world.\" Webb's son, a U.S. Marine, served in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Platform\nAllen and Webb differed on other issues. Allen was opposed to abortion; Webb supported it. Allen supported George W. Bush's tax cuts while Webb said more of the benefits should have gone to middle-class Americans. Both candidates supported the death penalty, right-to-work laws, and Second Amendment rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Fundraising\nAllen retained a substantial lead in fundraising: $6.6 million on hand to Webb's $1.1 million through September 15, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nOn September 17, 2006, Allen and Webb appeared on NBC's Meet the Press for a debate. Part of the program's debate series on the midterm elections, the debate heavily discussed both the original Gulf War and the present war in Iraq. Host Tim Russert questioned Webb about his initial support for Allen's 2000 U.S. Senate run, as well as what led him to later oppose Allen. Russert also questioned Allen about a remark Webb made concerning his interactions with Allen at the start of the Iraq conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nWebb asserted that he approached Allen regarding U.S. involvement in the region and cautioned against military action. Webb also claimed that Allen responded to this by saying \"You're asking me to be disloyal to the president.\" After being questioned on this by Russert, Allen clarified by saying \"No, it's loyalty to this country, and making sure that our country is unified in, in this, in this effort to disarm Saddam Hussein. That was the point.\" Allen also addressed what he saw as a weakness in Webb, claiming his opponent wanted to withdraw from Iraq. Webb clarified his belief that the U.S. has a commitment to ensure Iraq is stable before withdrawing, but also reasserted that a permanent U.S. presence in Iraq is not an option.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nThe debate likewise covered an upcoming vote on the use of coercive interrogation methods on enemy combatants. Allen stated that he had not yet made a decision on how to vote, but stated \"Now, the key in all of this is I don't want to stop these interrogations. I'm not for torture, I'm not for waterboarding, but some of these techniques have been very helpful to us, whether they are sleep deprivation, or whether there's loud music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nAnd I need to be absolutely certain that what the interrogations \u2014 interrogators are doing now \u2014 which is completely fine as far as I'm concerned, protecting Americans \u2014 will not be harmed by the proposal.\" Webb expressed that this was an issue close to him as a former soldier, but also stated that he did not believe interrogations should be ended completely. Webb however reaffirmed his concerns that if the U.S. abandons the Geneva Convention its soldiers will suffer abroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nRussert questioned Webb on the recent allegations that his 1979 Washingtonian article fostered hostility towards female students at the Naval Academy. Webb responded as he had in prior press releases, expressing his regret for the repercussions of the article. Russert similarly asked Allen about a statement he made in 2000 in the pages of American Enterprise magazine: \"If [Virginia Military Institute] admitted women, it wouldn't be the VMI that we've known for 154 years. You just don't treat women the way you treat fellow cadets. If you did, it would be ungentlemanly, it would be improper.\" Allen responded that VMI has made great progress in a co-ed curriculum, making women cadets more of a possibility than at the time he made the statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nOn September 18, 2006, George Stephanopoulos moderated a debate between Allen and Webb, as part of his program This Week on ABC. Topics included national security, Iraq, the economy, the conduct of the campaign, and other issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Debates\nOn October 9, 2006, the League of Women Voters sponsored a debate between Allen and Webb. The format consisted of the candidates answering series of questions from the moderator, from the LWV panel, and finally from each other. Largely, the responses from the candidates did not expand on the body of knowledge already present in their television and radio commercials. The overall feel of the debate was somewhat combative, with Allen frequently going overtime on responses and a round of uncontrolled verbal jousting after Allen cited Webb's prior statements on raising taxes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, By congressional district\nWebb won 4 of 11 congressional districts, including the 10th and 11th districts, which elected Republicans to the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Analysis\nVirginia had historically been one of the more Republican Southern states. For instance it was the only Southern state not to vote for Jimmy Carter in 1976. Prior to the 2006 election, its congressional delegation was mostly conservative, with eight of eleven Representatives and both Senators belonging to the Republican Party, making its Congressional delegation the most Republican of any Southern state. Despite this, Democrats had won the gubernatorial races in 2001 and 2005. The state's political majority has been changing from conservative white to a mixture of races, especially Hispanic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Analysis\nThe state is increasingly diverse; it has the highest percentage of Asians (4.7%, according to the 2005 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census) of any Southern state. 9.9% of Virginians are foreign-born. Webb, like Governor Tim Kaine in 2005, won the four major fast-growing counties in Northern Virginia outside Washington, D.C.; Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Arlington. In 2008, President Barack Obama carried Virginia by a 6.3% margin over Republican Senator John McCain, while the Democratic nominee for Senate, Mark Warner, won the open seat, defeating Republican candidate Jim Gilmore by over 30 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Analysis\nWhen results began coming in, Allen quickly built a sizeable lead, which began to narrow as the night went on. With 90% of precincts reporting, Allen held a lead of about 30,000 votes , or about 1.5%. However, as votes began to come in from population-heavy Richmond, Webb narrowed the gap, and pulled ahead within the last 1 or 2% of precincts to report. Preliminary results showed Webb holding a lead of 8,942 votes, and many news organizations hesitated to call the election for either candidate until the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188265-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Virginia, General election, Analysis\nAt 8:41 PM EST on November 8, AP declared Webb the winner. Webb was the sixth Democrat to defeat an incumbent Republican Senator in 2006, and his victory gave Democrats control of the Senate. In all Virginia elections, if the margin of defeat is less than half of a percentage point, the Commonwealth of Virginia allows the apparent losing candidate to request a recount, paid for by the local jurisdictions. If the margin of defeat is between one and one-half of a percentage point, the losing candidate is still entitled to request a recount, but must cover its expense. Because the difference was less than 0.5%, George Allen could have requested a recount paid for by the government, but declined to make such a request. That was likely because:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Washington was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell won re-election for a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Background\nThe filing deadline was July 28, 2006, with the primary held September 19, 2006. Cantwell consistently led in polling throughout the race, although political analysts saw her as vulnerable this election cycle due to her extremely narrow win in 2000 and discontent among progressive voters. In November, the National Journal ranked Cantwell's seat as number 13 of the top 20 races to watch based on the likelihood of switching party control, and the third-highest Democratic seat likely to flip. However, in an election marked by discontent over the Republican leadership in D.C., Cantwell easily won by a 17% margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Background\nStatewide politics in Washington have been dominated by the Democratic Party for many years. The governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, state auditor, and insurance commissioner are Democrats, while only secretary of state, attorney general, and commissioner of public lands are Republican. Of the nine representatives Washington sends to the House of Representatives, six are Democrats. Democrat Patty Murray is the state's senior senator. Cantwell won her initial election to the Senate in 2000 over Slade Gorton by 2,229 votes. Due to the closeness of that race, and the close gubernatorial contest between Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi in November 2004, many Republicans believed they had a strong chance of capturing Cantwell's seat in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn March 9, 2006, Aaron Dixon announced his decision to seek the Green Party's nomination for U.S. Senate, challenging Cantwell on her continued support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and the USA PATRIOT Act. On May 13, 2006, Dixon secured the party's nomination at the Green Party of Washington state's Spring Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nInitially, Cantwell had two challengers from within the Democratic primary, both of them taking strong stances against the Iraq war that brought attention to Cantwell's votes for the Iraq Resolution and against a timeline for withdrawal: Mark Wilson and Hong Tran. Three other Democrats also entered the primary race: Mike the Mover, Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson, and Mohammad H. Said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn August 8, 2006, the incumbent Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, lost his primary race to challenger Ned Lamont by 52%-48%, and appears to be following through on his earlier commitment to run as an Independent in the general election. A great deal of attention has focused on this race, as an early barometer of both anti-incumbent and anti-war sentiment nationwide. Comparisons have been made between Lieberman's troubles and Cantwell's re-election bid, citing Cantwell's vote in favor of the Iraq Resolution that led to the war, her refusal to say she regretted the vote, and her vote against a timetable for withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nUnlike Lamont's campaign, Cantwell's anti-war opponents' campaigns have received much less funding and have not had the same support from the blogosphere that brought Lamont to prominence and improved his name recognition. Also, unlike Lieberman, Cantwell has altered her position on the war during her campaign and criticized the Bush Administration for its conduct of the war. She also hired her most vocal anti-war primary opponent, Mark Wilson, at $8,000-a-month salary, a move that was described by political commentators as \"buying out\" the opposition (which she also allegedly attempted with other anti-war challengers Hong Tran and Aaron Dixon).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nThe article does, however, note that, despite the differences in exact circumstances, the Lieberman defeat also shows that voters are in an anti-incumbent mood, which could create problems for Cantwell. This is supported by another P-I article that also notes that the primary loss of Lieberman and two House incumbents, Michigan Republican Joe Schwarz and Georgia Democrat Cynthia McKinney, on the same day indicates that there may be a nationwide anti-incumbent trend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nFollowing the primary results, Cantwell endorsed Ned Lamont and McGavick responded by endorsing Senator Lieberman. The Dixon campaign released a statement criticizing Cantwell's \"spin and vague rhetoric\" on the war, and equating her current position to a pro-war stance similar to Lieberman's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn August 14, less than a week after Lamont's win and nearly four years after the actual event, Cantwell for the first time said she would have voted against the authorization to use force in Iraq if she knew then what she knows today. However, she did so only after hearing her opponent McGavick say that he would have voted against the authorization under those conditions. Cantwell has stated that she had no regrets for her vote in favor of the authorization and has not changed that position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn July 9, anti-war challenger Mark Wilson announced he would abandon his bid, endorse Cantwell, and take a paid position offered by Cantwell's campaign, one day after progressive activist and anti-war critic Dal LaMagna had been hired to be the Cantwell campaign's co-chair. Initially, Cantwell's campaign refused to state how much they were paying Wilson, but under pressure from the media, disclosed that he was receiving $8,000 per month, only slightly less than Cantwell's campaign manager Matt Butler, who earns $8,731 per month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nThe next day, Hong Tran received a call from LaMagna saying they would like her to join their campaign, in a context that she interpreted as a job offer, which she refused. Political commentators, including those at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and one at The Washington Times, expressed their views that Cantwell was attempting to eliminate the viable options anti-war Democrats had to voice their opinion on the war in the upcoming primary by having Wilson join her campaign and then soliciting Tran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nWilson's supporters and journalists expressed surprise at his withdrawal from the race after a 16-month campaign, where he was a sharp critic of the incumbent Senator, who he referred to on his campaign website as a \"free-trading corporate elitist\" who \"bought her seat\", then \"alienated and alarmed\" her base. When asked by reporters if he still believed what he said about Cantwell during his primary bid, he stated: \"I believed in it to a point in order to capitalize on what was already existent, which was a rift within the Democratic Party over the issue of the war.\" Both Dixon and Tran have publicly doubted that Wilson's apparent change of heart was genuine, citing his paid position with the campaign and his initial refusal to disclose his salary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn September 25, Joshua Frank reported that Dixon was alleging that he had been contacted twice in July by Mark Wilson, who implied that large donations to Dixon's non-profit organization, Central House, would be made if he were to withdraw his candidacy before filing. Dixon also claimed that Wilson was not the only Cantwell staffer to contact him, but declined to disclose who the other staff was. Dixon also made this claim on a Democracy Now! broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nDavid Postman of the Seattle Times contacted the Cantwell campaign about the allegations; their spokesperson didn't say it didn't happen, but stated that no one on the campaign had authorized to speak to Dixon about his campaign. The campaign did not allow access to Wilson so he could respond as to whether the conversation took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0011-0002", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOther reporters also have had trouble contacting Wilson in recent weeks; Susan Paynter of the Seattle P-I, in an article on his shunning of the media, noted that there had been a widespread assumption after Wilson's hire that the intent was to silence him and that his disappearance only reinforced this assumption, calling it \"the political equivalent of a farm subsidy.\" Paynter also quoted Hong Tran as saying that the reaction to Wilson's initial appearances on the campaign trail after he had joined Cantwell were so negative that she was not surprised he disappeared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nWhile some of Washington's legislative districts did not give endorsements for the primary election, Cantwell received the sole endorsement of at least fourteen of the forty-nine legislative districts in the state. Hong Tran won the sole endorsement of one district, the 32nd (Cantwell's home district), and split dual endorsements with Cantwell in three others: the 40th, 25th, and 26th. Tran attended the endorsement meeting for the 32nd Legislative District in person and, according to one blogger who claims to have spoken to people who attended the meeting, made her positions clear and responded to questions. According to the blogger, Cantwell sent Mark Wilson in her stead, who was unable to defend Cantwell's votes in favor of the USA PATRIOT Act, NAFTA, CAFTA, and the Iraq War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Democratic primary, Campaign\nOn September 19, after her defeat in the Democratic primary, Hong Tran lamented to the Seattle Times of \"how undemocratic the Democratic Party really is\" saying the state Democratic party had tried to keep her from getting attention, forbidding her from putting up signs at Coordinated Campaign events and not giving her access to the state party voter rolls. Cantwell, whose campaign hired two of her early critics, had also refused to debate Tran. When asked before the primary whether she would endorse the senator if her primary bid proved unsuccessful, Tran had responded, \"certainly not.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Republican primary, Background\nIn early hypothetical matchups in 2005 compiled by conservative pollster Strategic Vision, Rossi led Cantwell. Republican leadership reportedly pleaded with Rossi to jump into the ring. Rossi declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, Republican primary, Background\nSpeculation next centered on Rick White (who had taken Cantwell's House seat in 1994), state GOP chair Chris Vance, former Seattle television reporter Susan Hutchinson, and former 8th district Congressional candidate and Republican National Committee member Diane Tebelius. None of those chose to enter the race. Republican leaders finally got behind former Safeco Insurance CEO Mike McGavick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Debates\nMcGavick and Cantwell participated in two televised debates; one in Eastern Washington, sponsored by the Spokane Rotary, and another filmed at KING-5 studios in Seattle. Cantwell and McGavick were the only candidates included in the Eastern Washington debate, but Libertarian Bruce Guthrie, who had mortgaged his home and emptied his savings to loan his campaign $1.2 million to meet the debate's invitation requirements, joined them in the Seattle debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Debates\nAfter failing to meet any of the requirements for an invitation to the Seattle debate, Aaron Dixon attempted to enter the KING-5 studios in order to participate in the debate. Accompanied by around 50 of his supporters, Dixon was prevented from entering the studios by station security and when Dixon refused to leave the building Seattle police were called and Dixon was arrested for investigation of trespassing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Debates\nAccording to the Seattle P-I, Bruce Guthrie won the Seattle debate just by being there. McGavick and Cantwell mainly stuck to their tried and true campaign messages and Guthrie was able to expose his campaign messages to a wide audience, something most third-party candidates are not able to do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Iraq War\nAccording to a CBS News poll conducted August 11\u201313, 28% of Americans feel that the Iraq War as the most important problem facing the country. A November 6 poll conducted by Strategic Vision indicated that 68% of Washingtonians approve of an \"immediate withdrawal of United States military forces from Iraq, within six months\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Iraq War\nBoth McGavick and Cantwell have said that if they knew then what they know now they would have voted against the October 2002 Iraq Resolution, but neither have been completely clear on where they stand on the current presence of US troops in Iraq. When questioned further, McGavick has said that discussing the legitimacy of the war is inappropriate until all the troops come home. Cantwell has declined to apologize for her vote in favor of the resolution and, according to her campaign site, Cantwell still favors U.S. forces remaining in Iraq until they \"achieve stability through greater international cooperation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Iraq War\nCantwell has voted in favor of beginning withdrawal of troops, albeit a non-binding amendment with no timetable for completion (the Levin-Reed Amendment to S.2766), but voted against the Kerry-Feingold Amendment, which would have set a firm deadline of July 2007 for completing a withdrawal. She also co-sponsored an amendment to prohibiting the establishment of permanent US bases in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Iraq War\nOn August 16, the Seattle Times criticized the vagueness of the major party candidates' positions on the war and demanded more clarity. The next day, Stuart Elway, director of The Elway Poll, described Cantwell's and McGavick's positions as \"almost identical,\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Iraq War\nDemocratic primary challenger Tran, the Green Party's Dixon and Libertarian Guthrie all advocated an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 86], "content_span": [87, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Minimum wage\nDespite voting against a bill that would have raised the minimum wage, extended sales tax deductions, and cut estate taxes, Cantwell supports an increase in the federal minimum wage. She explained her vote against the bill by noting that the bill would have represented a $5 per hour wage drop for over 120,000 tip workers in Washington and overridden existing state minimum wage laws and was an attempt by the Republican party to pass its estate tax cut bill, which continuously failed to pass on its own in the senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Minimum wage\nDemocratic challenger Tran and the Green Party's Dixon favored raising the national minimum wage to a \"living wage\". Libertarian Guthrie advocated eliminating the minimum wage laws altogether.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 90], "content_span": [91, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Millionaire Amendment\nOn August 11, Mike McGavick loaned his campaign $2 million. Some observers thought that the donation could trigger \"millionaire's amendment\" of the 2002 Campaign Reform Act which is intended to help candidates compete against wealthy opponents that self-finance their campaigns. The amendment allows supporters of the wealthy candidate's opponents to donate up to $12,600 in the primary and another $12,600 in the general election instead of $2,100 in the primary and general election. The McGavick campaign denied the amendment applies to Cantwell as the loan was made prior to the primary election and would only affect his Republican opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Millionaire Amendment\nOn August 29, the FEC issued a unanimous ruling on the question, saying that the millionaire's amendment was currently only triggered for McGavick's opponents in the primary; however, if either McGavick or Cantwell carry over some of their donations to their own campaign that were made in the primary into the general election, these donations would then trigger the Amendment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Platform, Millionaire Amendment\nOn October 1, Libertarian nominee Bruce Guthrie loaned his campaign nearly $1.2 million, but it is unclear if the loan triggers the amendment for McGavick and Cantwell. Both Cantwell and McGavick have a significant fund raising lead over Guthrie and the amendment might not be triggered in cases where the self-financed candidate is already out funded by their opponents. Guthrie apparently made the loan in order to get himself invited to a televised debate on a western Washington television station and he eventually repaid himself all but $6,000 of the loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 99], "content_span": [100, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, McGavick's DUI arrest\nThe McGavick campaign suffered a setback when on August 24 McGavick claimed on his campaign blog to have been cited in 1993 and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol when he blew a 0.17 in a breath analyzer test, well above the .10 legal limit in Montgomery County, Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 89], "content_span": [90, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, McGavick's DUI arrest\nHowever, on September 1, the Everett Herald newspaper uncovered the original police report and disclosed that there was several inaccuracies in McGavick's recount, namely that he actually charged with running a \"steady red light\", not \"cutting a yellow a little close\" and he was actually arrested for the DUI, not merely cited. The DUI charge was later removed from McGavick's record, in accordance with Maryland law, after completing an alcohol awareness program, paying a fine, and a year's probation. According to Jennifer Duffy of The Cook Political Report, McGavick's undermined the rationale of his campaign that he was not acting like a typical politician and his omissions caused cynical voters to think he acted like a typical politician.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 89], "content_span": [90, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188266-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Washington, General election, Results\nCantwell was projected to be the winner right when the polls closed at 11:00 P.M. EST Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won re-election to a ninth term. He was sworn in on January 4, 2007. However, he died in office on June 28, 2010, before the end of his term. This was Robert Byrd's closest re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nBefore the 2000 presidential election, West Virginia had been won by the Democratic nominee every time since 1932 (except for the Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984). In 2000, then Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas won West Virginia\u2019s five electoral college votes over then Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee by a margin of 52\u201346. Also in the 2000 election, Republican Shelley Moore Capito, the daughter of Former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr., won a surprise victory over Democrat Jim Humphreys for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District seat to the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nShe would become the first Republican in West Virginia to hold a Congressional office for more than one term since her father in 1969. Before these two major victories for national and West Virginia Republicans, it was difficult to find a Republican who could mount a formidable campaign against Democrats running for public office in West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nPresident Bush won West Virginia again in the 2004 presidential election over John F. Kerry, the Democratic junior Senator from Massachusetts by a margin of 56\u201343. Both Representative Alan Mollohan (D-1st District) and Representative Nick Rahall (D-3rd District) had more formidable challenges from Republicans when compared to 2000 and 2002. Republican Brent Benjamin defeated Democratic incumbent West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Warren McGraw, and Republican Betty Ireland defeated liberal-Democrat Ken Hechler, a former congressman and secretary of state, for West Virginia Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nSince 2000, the Republicans have gained seven net seats in both the West Virginia Senate and the West Virginia House of Delegates. However, the Democrats hold 60% of the seats in the Senate and 68% of the seats in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nAlong with continued majorities in the legislature, Democrats have also had some other victories. Even though both Bush and Capito won their respective offices in 2000, Senator Byrd sailed to an eighth term with 78% of the vote over Republican David Gallaher. Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, easily won a fourth term to the Senate in 2002 by a margin of 63\u201337 over Republican Jay Wolfe. In 2000, 2002, and 2004, both Representative Mollohan and Representative Rahall were re-elected by much stronger margins than Capito. In 2004, Republican Monty Warner failed to defeat Democratic West Virginia Secretary of State Joe Manchin for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Background\nAfter the Republicans failed to win the governor\u2019s race, West Virginia Republican Committee Chairman Kris Warner, the brother of Monty, was put under pressure to resign his post; he did so in May 2005. Wheeling attorney Rob Capehart took his place. (Dr. Doug McKinney of Bridgeport now holds the post.) Another brother of Monty, Kasey, who was appointed by President Bush in 2001, was removed as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia on August 1, 2005. No explanation has been given for his departure and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles T. Miller currently represents the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Democratic primary, Candidates\nTwo Democrats filed for the primary on May 9, 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Recruiting\nShelley Moore Capito: Both state and national Republicans chose Capito as their first choice to challenge Byrd. Early polling showed Byrd with only around a ten-point lead. Capito had even met with National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairwoman Elizabeth Dole, whose husband, Robert Dole, served alongside Byrd as majority and minority leader in the Senate, to discuss a possible run. Despite party leaders pushing for her to run, on October 3, 2005, Capito announced she would seek a fourth term for her congressional seat rather than run against Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Recruiting\nShe cited the negativity of a possible Byrd-Capito race as a reason for not running. Other reasons for Capito not running include the following: Capito's seat is widely considered safe; Capito is rising in House leadership; if Capito ran against Byrd, her seat could possibly have fallen back into the Democratic column; and Capito's large amount of contributions from former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay could be brought into question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Recruiting\nBetty Ireland: After Capito decided not to run, Republicans hoped to recruit Secretary of State Ireland, the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia. On October 27, 2005, however, Ireland announced she would not run against the eight-term senator. She said that the office of Secretary of State should not be used as a political stepping stone. Ironically, Joe Manchin held the office of Secretary of State during his campaign for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Recruiting\nGale Catlett: Conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote in a September 24, 2005, article that Gale Catlett's, the former Head Coach of the West Virginia University Men's Basketball team, name had been floated around as a possible challenger to Byrd. Catlett had in fact talked to West Virginia Republican Committee Chairman Capehart about either running against Byrd or possibly Representative Mollohan. It was also reported that if Capito had run against Byrd, Catlett would seek her seat. However, on November 11, 2005, Catlett decided not to run against Senator Byrd or Representative Mollohan. (A side note: On November 12, 2005, Ohio County Delegate Chris Wakim (R) announced his intentions to run against Representative Mollohan.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Recruiting\nCapehart: Also mentioned as a possible challenger was Chairman Capehart. Capehart told West Virginia Media Holding\u2019s State Journal on December 5, 2005, that he would not seek the seat. He said that he would remain as chairman to accomplish his main goal: To completely erase the party's $200,000 debt which was left over after the 2004 election cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Recruiting\nJohn Raese: On January 11, 2006, TheHill.com reported that NRSC Chairwoman Dole met with 1984 Republican United States Senate candidate and 1988 Republican Gubernatorial primary-candidate Raese to discuss a possible run for the nomination in May. Raese did file for the primary by the deadline of January 28, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, Republican primary, Candidates\nSix Republicans filed for the primary on May 9, 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, General election, Candidates\nThree candidates appeared on the ballot for the general election on November 7, 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, General election, Campaign\nByrd was extremely popular as he had approval ratings in the low 60% range. Raese, a millionaire, self-financed his campaign. He spent campaign ads on attacking Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, General election, Analysis\nByrd defeated Raese and Johnson 64-34-2. Representative Mollohan defeated Delegate Wakim 64\u201336. Representative Capito defeated former West Virginia Democratic Party Chairman Mike Callaghan 57\u201343. Representative Rahall defeated Cabell County Sheriff Kim Wolfe 69\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, General election, Analysis\nEven though there was a two million dollar ad campaign by Massey Energy's CEO Don Blankenship against West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate Democrats, Democrats gained a net four seats in the House and two seats in the Senate. This resulted in a 72-28 Democrat advantage in the House and a 23-11 Democrat advantage in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188267-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia, General election, Analysis\nWith the 2007 Democratic takeover of the United States Senate, Senator Byrd became the President pro tempore of the Senate (the third person in the presidential line of succession) as well as the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188268-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl won re-election to his fourth and final term in a landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188268-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, General election, Analysis\nKohl won every county in the state. Kohl's weakest performance in the state was suburban Washington County, Wisconsin, which Kohl won with just 49.6%. Kohl's strongest performance was in rural Menominee County, where he won with over 90% of the vote. Vogeler's best performance was in Dane County, where she came in third place with over 5%, a county where Lorge had his second weakest performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 75], "content_span": [76, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188269-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held November 7, 2006. The primaries were on August 22, 2006, in which both candidates were unopposed. Incumbent Republican Craig Thomas won re-election to a third term. Thomas died 5 months into his term on June 4, 2007 after battling leukemia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188269-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming, General election, Campaign\nThomas was a very popular two term incumbent, having a 68% approval rating. Despite doing very well in the polls, Thomas agreed to a debate. An October debate was sponsored by the Casper Star-Tribune and KCWY in Casper. Thomas said the nation has made progress in its energy policy, while Groutage said the nation's energy policy has failed because Congress has done more for special interests than the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188269-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming, General election, Results\nThomas won at least 56% of the vote in every county in Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections\nThe 2006 United States Senate elections were held on November 7, 2006, with all 33 Class 1 Senate seats being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2006 ran from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2013. Prior to the election, the Republican Party controlled 55 of the 100 Senate seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections\nThe Senate elections were part of the Democratic sweep during the 2006 elections, in which Democrats made numerous gains and no congressional or gubernatorial seat held by a Democrat was won by a Republican. However, Democratic incumbent Joe Lieberman in Connecticut was defeated in the primary and was later reelected as a third party candidate; he continued to caucus with the Democrats. Because of this, this is the first time since 1970 in which a member of a third party, who is not an independent, was elected to the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections\nIndependent Jim Jeffords in Vermont retired but was succeeded by another Independent, Bernie Sanders, retaining their presence in the Senate. Jeffords and Sanders both caucused with Democrats. Democrats picked up six seats, all via the defeats of incumbents, in Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Virginia; while holding open seats in Maryland and Minnesota. Republicans held their sole open seat in Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections\nFollowing the elections, no party held a majority of seats for the first time since January 1955. The Democrats were able to control the chamber because the two Independents caucused with the Democrats. They needed at least 51 seats to control the Senate because Vice President Dick Cheney would have broken any 50\u201350 tie in favor of the Republicans. This was the first time since 2000 where the Democrats effectively won control of the Senate as a result of direct elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections\nAs of 2021, this is the last time Democrats won a Senate election in Nebraska and the last time they did not win a seat in Connecticut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Results summary\nSummary of the November 7, 2006, United States Senate election results", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Holds\nDemocrats kept their two open seats in Minnesota and Maryland, and Republicans held onto their lone open seat in Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Holds\nIndependent Bernie Sanders was elected to the open seat in Vermont to replace Independent incumbent Jim Jeffords, who retired. In the Senate, Sanders caucused with the Democrats, as Jeffords had done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Holds\nIn Connecticut, incumbent Joe Lieberman lost his Democratic primary, but won re-election under an ad hoc new party, \"Connecticut for Lieberman.\" After winning reelection, Lieberman continued to caucus with the Democrats, but did not officially consider himself a member of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ratings\nThe following table rates the competitiveness of every race. Incumbents with parentheses around their names did not run for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Race summary, Elections leading to the next Congress\nIn these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2007; ordered by state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 89], "content_span": [90, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Closest races\nIn eight races the margin of victory was under 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Arizona\nIncumbent Republican Jon Kyl won re-election to a third term over Democrat Jim Pederson, real estate developer and former Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Arizona\nThe incumbent, Republican Jon Kyl, was elected to the Senate in 1994 and was re-elected to a second term in 2000; having previously spent eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kyl's Democratic opponent for the general election was wealthy real-estate developer Jim Pederson, who served as the Arizona Democratic Party Chairman from 2001 to 2005. During his tenure, Pederson spent millions of dollars of his own money to help Democrats modernize and to elect Janet Napolitano as Governor of Arizona. The deadline for signing petition signatures to appear on the September 12, 2006 primary ballot was June 14, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Arizona\nNot long after the 2004 election, Pederson's name began being mentioned as a potential Senate candidate for the 2006 race. On July 28, 2005, Pederson formally stepped down as Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party, further fueling those speculations. In early September 2005, an e-mail was sent from the Arizona Democratic Party's website, inviting people to an announcement by Pederson on September 7. In an anticlimactic move, an e-mail was sent out shortly after the first saying that the announcement would be postponed due to Hurricane Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Arizona\nIt was requested that any money that would be donated to Pederson's campaign at the announcement be directed to relief efforts instead. Similarly, a meeting in Arizona of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was scheduled for around the same time. It was also postponed and the same request was made involving donations. On September 7, 2005, Pederson filed to run for the U.S. Senate. On September 14, 2005, Pederson formally announced his intention to run, in his hometown of Casa Grande, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Arizona\nAlthough Kyl started the campaign with a sizable lead in most polls, the gap quickly narrowed, especially after Pederson released his array of ads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Arizona\nPederson lost the election by 9.84% or 150,257 votes, despite Democratic Incumbent Governor Janet Napolitano easily being re-elected and winning every county statewide. While Pederson lost it was still notable, as it was the worst performance of Senator Kyl's career. Kyl did well as Republicans usually do in Maricopa County home of Phoenix. Pederson did well in Pima County home of Tucson which tends to support Democrats. Kyl was called the winner by CNN at around 8 P.M. local time, 11 P.M. EST. Pederson called Senator Kyl and conceded defeat at 9:02 P.M. local time, 12:02 P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, California\nIncumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein won re-election to her third full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, California\nFeinstein stood against Republican Dick Mountjoy, who had never held a statewide elected position, but had been a state senator for several years. Also running was Libertarian Michael Metti, Don Grundmann of the American Independent Party, Todd Chretien of the Green Party and Marsha Feinland of the Peace and Freedom Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, California\nBecause California is a state that requires a large amount of money to wage a competitive statewide campaign, it is not unusual - as was the case for this race - for a popular incumbent to have no significant opponent. Several prominent Republicans, such as Bill Jones, Matt Fong, and others, declined to run, and a previous announced challenger, businessman Bill Mundell, withdrew his declaration after determining he would not be a self-funded candidate (like Michael Huffington was in the 1994 election).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, California\nOn September 22, the Los Angeles Times reported that Mountjoy's official biography, as found on his campaign website, falsely asserted that he had served aboard the battleship USS Missouri during the Korean War\u2014he'd actually served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Bremerton. A review of the ships' logs corroborated this and the website was quickly changed to reflect his service aboard the Bremerton rather than the Missouri. Mountjoy denied having been responsible for adding the incorrect information", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, California\nFeinstein won the election easily. Feinstein won almost every major urban area, winning in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego. Feinstein was projected the winner as the polls closed at 11 P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nIncumbent Democrat Joe Lieberman lost the August 8 Democratic primary to cable executive Ned Lamont, a former Greenwich selectman. Lieberman formed his own third party and won in the general election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nBecause Connecticut was believed to be a Democratic stronghold, Connecticut's Senate seat was considered safe to remain as a Democratic seat by political analysts, but Lieberman's continued support for conservative and Bush administration policies made him vulnerable to a Democratic primary challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nLieberman's critics objected to what they call Lieberman's lack of commitment to the Democratic party; his opposition to affirmative action; his opposition to a Connecticut state law that would require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims; his membership in the bipartisan Gang of 14; his support of Florida governor Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case; his initial willingness to compromise on Social Security privatization; his alliances with Republicans; and his attacks on other Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nOn March 13, 2006, Ned Lamont announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination. Lamont was more liberal than Lieberman, but he was not immune from criticism from within his own party. The New Republic senior editor and \"liberal hawk\" Jonathan Chait criticized Lamont's supporters by comparing them to activists who he felt \"tore the party apart\" in the 1960s and 70s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nEarly polling showed Lieberman with as much as a 46-point lead, but subsequent polls showed Lamont gaining until Lamont took the lead just weeks before the primary. A controversy about a \"kiss\" Lieberman supposedly received from President Bush during the 2005 State of the Union address highlighted concerns that the senator was too close to the unpopular president to be a credible Democratic nominee. Lieberman released several campaign advertisements over the summer of 2006, seeking to connect himself to former President Bill Clinton and to portray Lamont as standing for little more than opposition to Lieberman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nLamont struck back against some of Lieberman's more negative ads with an advertisement produced by well-known political consultant Bill Hillsman. In Lamont's ad, a foreboding narrator says, \"Meet Ned Lamont. He can't make a decent cup of coffee, he's a bad karaoke singer, and he has a messy desk.\" Lamont then chimes in, \"Aren't you sick of political attack ads that insult your intelligence? Senator Lieberman, let's stick to issues and pledge to support whoever wins the Democratic primary.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nFrom midmorning August 7 to well past August 9, Lieberman's official campaign site was taken offline; officials from Lieberman's campaign claimed \"dirty politics\" and \"Rovian tactics\" on the part of Lamont's supporters, and more specifically, a sustained Distributed Denial of Service attack that, according to the Lieberman campaign, had left the site down for several days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nTim Tagaris, Lamont's Internet communications director, denied the charge and attributed the downtime to the fact that the Lieberman campaign had chosen an inferior web host, or ISP, and was only paying $15/month to operate its site (in comparison to the $1500/month being spent by the Lamont campaign). On December 20, 2006, a joint investigation by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office and the U.S. attorney's office cleared the Lamont campaign of the hacking accusations. A spokesman for Kevin O'Connor, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, stated, \"The investigation has revealed no evidence the problems the Web site experienced were the result of criminal conduct.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nLamont won the primary with 51.79% of the vote, as opposed to Lieberman's 48.21%. However, in his concession speech, Lieberman announced that he would stand by his prior statements that he'd run as an independent if he lost the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nIn the Republican Party primary, Alan Schlesinger drew fire in July when it was revealed that he had been gambling under an alias in order to avoid detection as a card counter. Despite calls to withdraw from the race, Schlesinger remained in the race, ultimately becoming the Republican nominee when no other Republican challengers entered the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nOn June 12, Ned Lamont began running radio ads promising if he lost the primary to endorse Lieberman, challenging Lieberman to abandon consideration of an independent run by making a similar pledge. Lieberman refused to make this pledge; his campaign manager, Sean Smith said, \"Are we going to support Ned Lamont? Ah, no!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nOn July 3 in Hartford, Lieberman announced that he would collect signatures in order to guarantee himself a position on the November ballot. Both Lieberman and Smith said that Lieberman will run as a \"petitioning Democrat\" and would caucus with Senate Democrats if elected. On July 10, the Lieberman campaign officially filed paperwork allowing him to collect signatures to form a new political party, the Connecticut for Lieberman party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nUpon Lieberman's announcement, independent polls continued to show him favored to win a plurality or outright majority of the vote in a three-way general election (see below). The petition issue led to charges against the Lieberman campaign of political opportunism and lack of respect for the political process. Lieberman received strong support from many prominent conservative pundits and publications. \"[H]is most vocal support came from places like The Weekly Standard, National Review, and Commentary Magazine; Sean Hannity, Bill Kristol and right-wing radio hosts cheered for his victory.\" Thus, \"Lieberman was able to run in the general election as the de facto Republican candidate \u2014 every major Republican office-holder in the state endorsed him \u2014 and to supplement that GOP base with strong support from independents.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nOn August 9, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer issued the following joint statement on the Connecticut Senate race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nThe Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee. Both we and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fully support Mr. Lamont's candidacy. Congratulations to Ned on his victory and on a race well run. Joe Lieberman has been an effective Democratic Senator for Connecticut and for America. But the perception was that he was too close to George Bush and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the President more than anything else. The results bode well for Democratic victories in November and our efforts to take the country in a new direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nAccording to The Hill, a Democratic aide to a high-ranking senator commented that Lieberman might be stripped of his Democratic privileges in the Senate. \"At this point Lieberman cannot expect to just keep his seniority,\" said the aide. \"He can't run against a Democrat and expect to waltz back to the caucus with the same seniority as before. It would give the view that the Senate is a country club rather than representative of a political party and political movement.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Connecticut\nLieberman won with approximately 50% of the vote, and served a six-year term from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2013. Exit polls showed that Lieberman won the vote of 33% of Democrats, 54% of independents and 70% of Republicans. Lieberman won every county in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Delaware\nIncumbent Democrat Thomas R. Carper won re-election to a second term over a Republican Temple University law professor, Jan C. Ting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Florida\nIncumbent Democrat Bill Nelson won re-election to a second term over Republican congresswoman Katherine Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Florida\nThe organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which monitors political corruption, complained to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) in October 2006 that the Bacardi beverage company had illegally used corporate resources in support of a fundraising event for Nelson in 2005. CREW had previously filed a similar complaint concerning a Bacardi fundraising event for Republican Senator Mel Martinez, an event that raised as much as $60,000 for Martinez's campaign. The amended complaint alleged that, on both occasions, Bacardi violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations by soliciting contributions from a list of the corporation's vendors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Florida\nNelson was easily re-elected, winning all but 10 of Florida's 67 counties and receiving 60.3% of the vote, winning by 1,064,421 votes or 22.2%. Nelson was projected the winner as the polls closed at 7 P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Hawaii\nIncumbent Democrat Daniel Akaka won re-election to his third full term over Republican State Representative Cynthia Thielen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Hawaii\nDemocratic congressman Ed Case ran against Akaka in the Democratic Primary, having stated that although he had the deepest respect for Akaka, Hawaii was in a time of transition with regard to the state's representation in Congress which required that the state elect Senators of the next generation to provide continuity. He warned the state would lose all clout in Washington if the state's two US Senators, both of whom were over 80 years old, left office within a short time of each other. If a Senator were to die, Hawaii election law requires that the governor appoint a replacement of the same party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Hawaii\nHawaii's other Representative, Neil Abercrombie, and other Senator, Daniel Inouye, pledged their support to Akaka, who won the primary with 55% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Hawaii\nHawaii State Representative Cynthia Thielen was selected to be the Republican nominee after Jerry Coffee, who had previously withdrawn his candidacy, won the primary. Akaka won in all 4 Hawaii counties, taking at least 60% of the vote in each area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Indiana\nIncumbent Republican Richard Lugar was unopposed by any Democratic candidate and was re-elected to his sixth six-year term with 87.3% of the vote over Libertarian radio operator Steve Osborn. This would be Lugar's last race of his political career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Indiana\nLugar faced no opposition from the Democratic Party, as they felt Lugar was unbeatable. The Indiana Senate race was the only one in 2006 where the incumbent faced no challenger from the other major party. Also running was Libertarian Steve Osborn. Osborn was from La Porte, Indiana and was an amateur radio operator. Exit polls projected a landslide victory for Lugar which was borne out by the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Indiana\nThe election was not close, with Lugar winning every county. Osborn's best performance was in Switzerland County, where he received just over 22% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maine\nIncumbent Republican Olympia Snowe won re-election to a third term over Democratic activist Jean Hay Bright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maine\nSnowe, who had been elected to both of her previous terms by approximately 2-to-1 margins, had never lost an election. Snowe won by a landslide even as Democrats won across the country due to her being a centrist Republican and having a very high approval rating in Maine. Meanwhile, her Democratic opponent in the 2006 election, Jean Hay Bright, had never been elected to political office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maine\nDemocrats' best hope for taking the seat was that Snowe would retire rather than run in 2006, but there was never any indication that she seriously considered not running for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maine\nThe filing deadline for major party candidates was March 15, 2006. The primary was held June 13, 2006. Olympia Snowe was unopposed for the Republican nomination; Jean Hay Bright narrowly won the Democratic nod with 50.7% of the vote against Eric Mehnert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maine\nHay Bright announced her candidacy in May 2005. Hay Bright was previously an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the House in 1994 and the Senate in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maine\nThe race had been called by for Snowe 23 minutes after the polls had closed. Snowe won re-election by a greater margin than any U.S. Senator that cycle except Indiana's Richard Lugar, who faced only a Libertarian opponent. Snowe won in all of Maine's counties, taking at least 60% of the vote in each region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nIncumbent Democrat Paul Sarbanes, Maryland's longest serving United States senator, decided to retire instead of seeking a sixth term. Democratic nominee Ben Cardin won the open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nKweisi Mfume, a former congressman and NAACP President, was the first to announce for the position, in March 2005. Ben Cardin, then a congressman since 1987, was the only other major candidate until September 2005, when Dennis F. Rasmussen, a former Baltimore County Executive, American University professor Allan Lichtman, and wealthy Potomac businessman Josh Rales entered the contest. Thirteen other candidates subsequently also entered the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0054-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nAs of August 2006, Cardin had raised more than $4.8 million and collected endorsements from a number of Democratic politicians, the AFL-CIO, and The Washington Post; Mfume had raised over $1.2 million and collected endorsements from the Maryland State Teachers Association, Progressive Maryland, former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, the National Organization for Women, and Maryland Congressmen Elijah Cummings and Al Wynn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nMichael S. Steele, Lieutenant Governor and former Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, was expected to win the Republican primary, and the Baltimore Sun wrote the month before that he faced \"only nominal opposition\". Among a field of nine other candidates, the only Republican receiving significant media coverage was Daniel Vovak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nThis was Maryland's first open Senate seat since 1986, when Senator Barbara Mikulski was first elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nKevin Zeese, the nominee for the Green, Populist and Libertarian Parties, was also on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nThough Steele lost the general election by 10% of the vote, a much wider margin than predicted, his was and remains the best showing for a Republican in a Senate race in Maryland since Charles Mathias, Jr. was re-elected in 1980 with 66% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nBoth Steele and Cardin made controversial statements and advertising throughout the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nCardin primarily attacked Steele over his close relations with President Bush, including pictures of Bush and Steele in Cardin's TV ads. Steele focused on low taxes, less government spending, free markets and national security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Maryland\nDespite polls days before the election showing the race at a 3% margin, Cardin won by more than 10% with a 178,295-vote margin. Steele conceded defeat at 9:02P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Massachusetts\nIncumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his eighth full term, beating Republican language school owner and activist Kenneth Chase. This was Kennedy's last election to the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Massachusetts\nAt the Massachusetts Republican Party Convention Kenneth Chase received the official endorsement with a majority of delegates, though both candidates qualified for the September primary. Former White House Chief-of-Staff Andy Card also received 3 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Massachusetts\nKennedy captured every county in the state, winning at least 62% in each region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Michigan\nIncumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow won re-election to a second term, beating Republican Michael Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Michigan\nEconomic issues took front-and-center in the campaign, as Michigan's unemployment rate was one of the highest in the nation. In July 2006, unemployment in Michigan stood at approximately 7%, compared with a 4.7% rate nationwide. Pessimism about the state's economic future had left Michigan ranked 49th nationally between 2000 and 2005 in retaining young adults. Since its peak, Detroit had lost over a million people. Bouchard claimed that the incumbent had accomplished nothing, dubbing her \"Do-Nothing Debbie.\" President George W. Bush came to Michigan and raised $1 million for Bouchard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Michigan\nFrom a long way out Stabenow looked like she might be vulnerable. President Bush even came to Michigan to campaign for Bouchard, raising over $1,000,000 dollars for him. However Bouchard never won a single poll. By October the Republican Party, started taking resources out of Michigan to focus on closer races, essentially ceding the race to Stabenow. Stabenow would go on to win the election easily, capturing nearly 57% of the vote. Stabenow did well throughout Michigan, but performed better in heavily populated cities like Detroit, Oakland, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Kalamazoo. Bouchard did win Grand Rapids, a typical Republican area. He also won in many rural areas around the state. However Bouchard failed to put a dent in Stabenow's lead, largely due to her strong performance in heavily populated areas. Bouchard conceded to Stabenow at 9:58 P.M. EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nIncumbent DFL senator Mark Dayton decided in February 2005 that he would retire instead of seeking a second term. The primary elections took place on September 12, 2006. DFL nominee Amy Klobuchar won the open seat over Mark Kennedy (R), U.S. Congressman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nKlobuchar gained the early endorsement of the majority of DFL state legislators in Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nKennedy's routine support of President George W. Bush in House votes was a central issue for Democrats in the campaign. In June 2006, allegations were made that many references to and photos of Bush had been removed from Kennedy's official U.S. House website; in rebuttal, Republicans said that there were 72 references to Bush on the website and that the changes noted by critics had been made some time ago, as part of the normal updating process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0070-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Minnesota\nBen Powers was the only ballot-qualified candidate not to be invited to appear on Minnesota Public Television's Almanac program, despite Mr. Powers's offer to fill the space left unfilled by Ms. Klobuchar's decision not to appear with Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Fitzgerald on the program. Green candidate Michael Cavlan appeared on the program twice during the 2006 campaign as a special guest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Mississippi\nIncumbent Republican Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Mississippi\nLott ran for re-election without facing any opposition in his party's primary. While it had been speculated that Lott might retire after his home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, he instead chose to run for re-election. Fleming is an African American, which represents 37% of the state's population. However, no African American has ever been elected to statewide office. The last black U.S. Senator was Hiram Revels, who was appointed and took office in 1870. Fleming got little help from the DSCC, which only donated $15,000 to his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nIncumbent Republican Jim Talent was elected in a special election in 2002 when he narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Jean Carnahan. Carnahan had been appointed to the Senate seat following the posthumous election of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had died in a plane crash shortly before the 2000 election. Talent's Democratic opponent was Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill. Early on the morning of November 8, Talent conceded defeat to McCaskill, having faced considerable political headwinds. Talent lost the election with 47% of the vote, to 50% of the vote for McCaskill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0074-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nThe election was always expected to be very close, which seems fitting for a seat that has changed hands twice, both by very narrow margins, within the last six years. In 2000, the late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, a Democrat, narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator John Ashcroft 50% to 48%. Two years later in a special election held for the seat, incumbent Senator Jean Carnahan lost an even closer election to former Congressman Talent, 50% to 49%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0075-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nMissouri was seen as the nation's bellwether state throughout the 20th century: It had voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1900, except for 1956 (when the state narrowly favored Adlai Stevenson over Dwight D. Eisenhower). Missouri's bellwether status was due to the fact that it not only voted for the electoral victor, but that its returns usually mirrored national returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0076-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nThe state itself is a geographically central state, bordered by both the edges of Southern and Midwestern regions. In statewide contests for much of the 20th century, Missouri favored the Democratic Party. In recent elections, the Republican Party (GOP) has emerged in statewide contests. The election of 2004 was an important one; as George W. Bush was re-elected he carried Missouri. But this time his margin in the state was greater than it was nationwide. Bush won the Presidency 51% to 48%, he carried Missouri 53% to 46%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0076-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nThis trend had begun in 2000, when Bush lost the national popular vote to Al Gore 47% to 48% but still won Missouri, 50% to 47%. Bush's victory also saw Republicans triumph in several statewide contests; Senator Kit Bond was re-elected by a decisive 56% to 43% margin and Matt Blunt won the election for Governor, narrowly defeating state auditor Claire McCaskill 51% to 48%. The GOP also captured control of the state legislature for the first time in eighty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0077-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nTalent, anticipating a tough re-election battle and attempting to dissuade challengers, had accumulated a large campaign fund. For most of 2005, he had no opposition. State Senator Chuck Graham had briefly entered the race early in the year, but dropped out soon after. However, on August 30, 2005, Democrat Claire McCaskill announced her intention to run for Talent's Senate seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0078-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nMcCaskill started with a large financial disadvantage, but she was also an experienced candidate with high name recognition. McCaskill had run two successful campaigns for state auditor. She was also a candidate for governor in 2004, when she defeated the incumbent Democratic Governor Bob Holden in the primary election but lost with 48% of the vote in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0079-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nBoth Talent and McCaskill faced unknowns in their respective primaries on August 8, 2006, and defeated them soundly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0080-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nThe Missouri contest was seen as vitally important to control of the United States Senate; as a toss-up election between two strong candidates, the race was expected to attract a lot of interest as well as money spent on ads and turning out supporters. If Talent won, then a Democratic takeover of the U.S. Senate depended upon victories in Tennessee, where the Republican Bob Corker won, and Virginia, where Democrat Jim Webb won; the Democrats needed to win six seats to take control of the chamber with 51 seats. To do this, they would need to retain their 19 incumbent seats, win the four Republican-held seats of Montana, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania (where Democratic chances seemed above 50%, and Democrats won all 4.) and two of the following three \"toss-up\" races: Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0081-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nIt is believed that statewide ballot issues drove the November 2006 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0081-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nTalent was on the opposite of the majority of voters in this poll on just about every issue: 66% of Missouri voters favored raising the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour; 62% of Missouri voters favored raising taxes to replace Medicaid funding cut by the current Republican Governor, Matt Blunt; 54% opposed a law that would require all Missourians to show a photo ID before they vote; 58% favored campaign donation limitations; and 66% favored restoring Medicaid coverage to about 90,000 Missourians who lost coverage when Blunt and the Republican legislature tightened eligibility requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0082-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nPerhaps most importantly, 62% favored a ballot proposal that would allow all types of embryonic stem cell research allowed under federal law - a measure Talent had recently announced that he was against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0083-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Missouri\nOn election night the race was, as expected, too close to call. With 85% of the vote in and with still no call, McCaskill claimed victory. At the time McCaskill declared victory, she was ahead by a vote margin of 867,683 to Talent's 842,251 votes; in percentage terms, with 85% of the vote in, McCaskill led Talent, 49% to 48%. Finally, at 11:38 P.M. Central Time the Associated Press called McCaskill as the winner. St. Louis County, adjacent to St. Louis, and Jackson County, home of Kansas City, are probably what pushed McCaskill over the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0084-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nIncumbent Republican Conrad Burns was running for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Democrat Jon Tester, President of the Montana State Senate, by a margin of 0.87%, or 3,562 votes out of 406,505 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0085-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nBurns was first elected as a United States senator from Montana in 1988, when he defeated Democratic incumbent John Melcher in a close race, 51% to 48%. Burns was re-elected 62.4% to 37.6%, over Jack Mudd in the Republican Revolution year of 1994. In 2000, Burns faced the well-financed Brian Schweitzer whom he beat 50.6% to 47.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0086-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nIn 2000, George W. Bush carried Montana 58% to 33% in the race for President, but Burns won by 3.4%. Since the direct election of Senators began in 1913, Burns is only the second Republican Montana has elected to the U.S. Senate. Also, for thirty-two straight years, 1952 to 1984, Montana elected only Democratic Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0087-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nBurns's involvement in the Jack Abramoff scandal made him vulnerable. A SurveyUSA poll released in March 2006 found that 38% of Montanans approved of him, while 52% disapproved of him. Polls against leading Democratic candidates had him below his challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0088-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nOn May 31, 2006, Richards, citing the closeness of the race, and his own position (third) in the polls, withdrew from the race, and threw his support to Tester. Morrison started off strong in the race for the Democratic nomination for Senator, collecting $1.05 million as of the start of 2006, including $409,241 in the last three months of 2005. but Morrison's advantages in fundraising and name identification did not translate into a lead in the polls. Later, the race was called a \"deadlock,\" but Tester continued to gather momentum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0089-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nThe race was expected to be close, due to Burns's previous narrow winning margins and recent political scandal involving him personally; Republican incumbents everywhere were facing more challenging races in 2006 due to the waning popularity of Congress and the leadership of President George W. Bush. In July 2006, the Rasmussen report viewed Burns as the \"second most vulnerable Senator seeking re-election this year (Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum was still the most vulnerable).\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0090-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nSenator Conrad Burns of Montana faced a strong challenge from Brian Schweitzer in 2000, being re-elected by 3.4% in a state that went for Bush twice by margins of over 20%. This, combined with the increasing strength of the state Democratic party and accusations of ethical issues related to the Jack Abramoff scandal, made this a highly competitive race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0091-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nOn July 27, Burns was forced to apologize after he confronted out of state firefighters who were preparing to leave Montana after helping contain a summer forest fire and directly questioned their competence and skill; Burns was strongly criticized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0092-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nOn August 31, in a letter faxed to the office of Montana governor Brian Schweitzer, Burns urged the governor, a Democrat, to declare a fire state of emergency and activate the Montana Army National Guard for firefighting. Schweitzer had already declared such a state of emergency on July 11 \u2014 thus, activating the Montana Army National Guard. He issued a second declaration on August 11. A Burns spokesman said the senator was \"pretty sure\" Schweitzer had already issued such a disaster declaration, but just wanted to make sure. \"The genesis of the letter was just to make sure that all the bases were covered,\" Pendleton said. \"This is not a political football. It's just a cover-the-bases letter and certainly casts no aspersions on the governor.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0093-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nDue to errors with polling machines the Montana count was delayed well into Wednesday November 8. The race was too close to call throughout the night and many pundits predicted the need for a recount. After a very close election, on November 9, incumbent Conrad Burns conceded defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0094-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nJust before 11:00 AM (MST) on November 8, Jon Tester was declared Senator-elect for Montana in USA Today. At 2:27 PM EST on November 8, CNN projected that Jon Tester would win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0095-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nBurns conceded the race on November 9, and congratulated Tester on his victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0096-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Montana\nThe race was the closest Senate election of 2006 in terms of absolute vote difference; the closest race by percentage difference was the Virginia senate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0097-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nIncumbent Democrat Ben Nelson won re-election to a second term. As of 2021, this is the last Senate election in Nebraska won by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0098-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nRepublican Pete Ricketts, former COO of TD Ameritrade and future Governor of Nebraska financed his own campaign. His opponents could not raise enough money to keep up. Kramer raised $330,000 and Stenberg raised $246,000 in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0099-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nThe primary election was held May 9, 2006. Pete Ricketts won the Republican nomination with 48% of the vote. Ben Nelson was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Nelson was elected in 2000 by a margin of 51% to 49% after serving as the state's governor for two terms. Nelson, considered the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, is the lone Democrat in Nebraska's Congressional delegation. This election was one of the most expensive in Nebraska history. In 2005, Ben Nelson raised $3.9 million for his re-election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0099-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nebraska\nPete Ricketts contributed $14.35 million of his own money to his campaign; he raised an additional $485,000 in contributions. The race also attracted national attention and generated several high-level campaign appearances. President George W. Bush appeared at a rally for Ricketts on November 5, 2006, in Grand Island, while then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama appeared at a fundraiser for Nelson and other Nebraska Democrats on May 5, 2006 in Omaha. However, he won re-election by a wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0100-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nevada\nIncumbent Republican John Ensign won re-election to a second term over Democrat Jack Carter, Navy veteran and son of President Jimmy Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0101-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nevada\nPopular Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman had said in January that he would probably run, but in late April, he decisively ruled that out. Goodman did not file by the May 12, 2006 deadline. Carter's advantages included his formidable speaking abilities and kinship with a former U.S. President. On the other hand, Ensign was also considered to be an effective speaker and as of the first quarter of 2006, held an approximately 5-1 advantage over Carter in cash-on-hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0102-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Nevada\nEnsign won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with his lowest percentage at 53%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0103-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIncumbent Democrat Bob Menendez was re-elected. The seat was previously held by Democratic Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine. After Corzine resigned and was sworn in Governor, Corzine appointed Congressman Menendez on January 18, 2006. Menendez was challenged by Republican Thomas Kean, Jr. and seven other candidates. Filing for the primary closed on April 10, 2006. The primary election was held June 6, 2006. Menendez became the first Hispanic to hold a U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey, and was the first Latino elected to statewide office in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0104-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nMenendez won the Democratic primary, with 86% of the vote, against James D. Kelly, Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0105-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nRepublican John P. Ginty, associate director with Standard & Poor's represented the conservative wing of the New Jersey Republican party. Kean was a moderate, and the son of the former Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean. Kean won the primary by a 3-1 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0106-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nThe biggest factors in the New Jersey Senate race may have had little to do with the candidates involved and more to do with Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine and President George W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0107-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIn mid-summer, Jon Corzine and the Democratic-controlled state legislature held a brief shutdown of state government, which ultimately resulted in a sales tax increase, among other things.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0108-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIn a September 2006 poll, SurveyUSA found that Corzine received an approval rate of only 43%, with 48% of the state disapproving. Since Menendez had been appointed by Corzine, some pundits argued that this would be a resonating factor with a number of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0109-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nAccording to a separate September 2006 poll, SurveyUSA found that the state of New Jersey had a rather high disapproval rating for Republican President George W. Bush, with 64% disapproving and only 32% approving. This led some to argue that voters would take their discontent with Bush out on Kean in the November election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0110-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIndeed, some pollsters demonstrated that concerns over the Iraq War and discontent with President Bush solidified the Democratic base in October's advertising blitz, and won over enough independents to seal of fate of the Republican nominee. On the eve of the election, Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Poll reported that 65% likely voters said that the US invasion of Iraq was a mistake, \"including nine of ten Democrats and six of ten independents.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0110-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nObservers also pointed out that \"from the beginning, [Menendez] made much of his 2002 vote against the Iraq War Resolution, often referring to it as one of the most important votes of his career. He made it clear as well that he intended to make the race a referendum on the President.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0111-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nOthers attributed Kean's early strong showing in the polls of this blue state to uninformed voters confusing the three-year state senator with his father, the popular former governor and 9/11 Commission chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0112-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nBecause of Kean's perceived liberalism on social issues, he has been labeled by some conservatives as a \"Republican in Name Only\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0113-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nOn June 13, 2006, Kean held a fundraiser in Ocean County featuring First Lady Laura Bush. It was here that both Senator Kean and Mrs. Bush pointed out that Kean is not George W. Bush, claiming that Senator Menendez seems to confuse the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0114-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nOn June 16, 2006 at a New Jersey Association of Counties speaking event in Atlantic City, Kean and his aides beat a hasty retreat from the ballroom engagement and \"stampeded\" into an elevator in an abortive attempt to avoid the press, only to exit on the same floor as they had entered. Kean declined to answer questions about the scathing attacks on his integrity which his opponent had delivered minutes earlier, instead opting to repeat \"a few slogans.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0115-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIn late June, the Associated Press reported that Kean's campaign was planning a \"Swift Boat\"-style film accusing Menendez of involvement in a New Jersey mob-connected kickback scheme \"despite public records and statements disputing that claim.\" The AP article noted that \"[f]our former federal prosecutors who oversaw the case have said Menendez was never involved in any wrongdoing.\" The airing of unsubstantiated [by whom?] allegations years or even decades old is a hallmark of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign attack style, which gained notoriety during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0116-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nIn mid-September, The Star-Ledger reported that Sen. Menendez had declined a national debate with Kean on the popular Sunday morning talk-show, Meet the Press. A Menendez spokesperson stated that the incumbent Democrat would prefer to focus on local citizens and press. Menendez did agree to take place in three locally aired debates with Kean, which will be aired between October 7\u201317. Kean withdrew from one of the scheduled debates to which he had previously committed, an October 14, 2006, debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters, insisting on a national TV debate as a condition of his participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0117-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Jersey\nBoth candidates agreed to participate in a virtual debate sponsored by the nonpartisan Hall Institute of Public Policy - New Jersey which provided \"an unprecedented opportunity for candidates and citizens to engage in an interactive forum on the important issues confronting\" New Jersey. Beginning in July and running through Election Day in November, the institute submitted questions to the candidates and then posted their responses on its website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0118-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nIncumbent Democrat Jeff Bingaman won re-election to a fifth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0119-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nDavid Pfeffer, Santa Fe City Councilman announced on August 23, 2005, that he would be entering the primary. A former Democrat, he supported George W. Bush in 2004 and became a Republican in 2005. In his campaign announcement, Pfeffer focused mainly on border controls with Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0119-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nHe criticised Bingaman in comparison to his own support for reform of the Social Security system and the Iraq War as well as U.S. relations with China, saying \"With all due respect, I do not believe the present occupier of the junior seat from New Mexico is doing all that can and should be done on these fronts,\" he said of Bingaman. \"I believe I can do a better job ... \" Pfeffer also commented that he would have a hard time raising an amount equivalent to Senator Bingaman, a problem faced by any of the latter's potential challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0120-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nBingaman had a 60% approval rating in one poll. He faced no primary opposition. There had been speculation that Bingaman would give up the chance to run for another term to become a lobbyist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0121-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New Mexico\nBingaman won every county in the state with at least 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0122-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New York\nIncumbent Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton won by a more than two-to-one margin. Clinton was challenged by Republican John Spencer, a former Mayor of Yonkers, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0123-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New York\nClinton spent $36 million for her re-election, more than any other candidate for Senate in the 2006 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0124-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, New York\nOn November 7, 2006, Clinton won easily, garnering 67% of the vote to Spencer's 31%. The election was not close, with Clinton winning 58 of New York's 62 counties. Clinton had a surprisingly strong performance in upstate New York which tends to be tossup. When Clinton's upstate margins combined with her huge numbers out of New York City, there was no coming back for the Republicans. Clinton was sworn in for what would be her last term in the senate serving from January 3, 2007 to January 21, 2009 when she assumed the office of United States Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0125-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, North Dakota\nIncumbent Dem-NPL-er Kent Conrad won re-election to a fourth term, beating Republican farmer Dwight Grotberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0126-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, North Dakota\nPopular Republican governor John Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, including Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined. Hoeven ran for the Senate in 2010 and was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0127-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, North Dakota\nConrad won at least 53% of the vote in every county in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0128-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nIncumbent Republican Mike DeWine ran for re-election but lost to Democratic congressman Sherrod Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0129-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nDeWine had approval ratings at 38%, making him the second most unpopular U.S. Senator, behind Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum, who was also up for re-election in 2006. Pre -election stories in the U.S. media suggested that the national Republican Party may have given up on saving Senator DeWine's senate seat before election date. Sherrod Brown, former Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Representative from Ohio's 13th district was the Democratic candidate, and the eventual winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0130-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nPaul Hackett, Iraq War veteran announced on February 13, 2006 that he would withdraw from the race, because national party leaders had decided that Sherrod Brown had a better chance against DeWine. The Plain Dealer (2/18/06) also reported that there had been concerns that Hackett might not have had enough money after the primary to run the statewide advertising customary for a Senate campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0131-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nBoth Republican challengers, engineer William G. Pierce and David Smith, candidate for OH-02 in 2005, campaigned as conservative alternatives to DeWine, citing DeWine's support for legal abortion and his role as one of the Republican members of the Gang of 14 who compromised with Democrats in a dispute about judicial appointments. DeWine won the primary 71.82% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0132-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nBecause this race was targeted by Democrats, it made it all the more important to the GOP, who desired to retain Senate control. John McClelland, a spokesman for the Ohio Republican Party said, \"It's vitally important to the Republican Party as a whole, so I think that's why you see the president coming to Ohio to support Mike DeWine. Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said, \"Mike DeWine Senior is in for the fight of his life, make no mistake about it\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0133-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nOn July 14, 2006, DeWine's campaign began airing TV commercials depicting a smoking World Trade Center. \"The senator was notified ... by a reporter at U.S. News & World Report that the image of the burning Twin Towers could not have depicted the actual event because the smoke was blowing the wrong way.\" DeWine's campaign admitted that the video was actually a still photo of the World Trade Center with smoke digitally added. He also was criticized for using an emotionally charged image to attack his challenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0134-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nAnother of DeWine's ads suggested that opponent Sherrod Brown didn't pay his taxes for thirteen years. This claim led to the Associated Press reporting on October 19 that, \"Several Ohio television stations have stopped airing a Republican ad because state documents contradict the ad's accusation that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown didn't pay an unemployment tax bill for 13 years.\" Brown produced a commercial citing these facts. DeWine's ads were changed to state only that he had failed to pay his unemployment taxes until legal action was taken against him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0135-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nAccording to an article in the October 16, 2006, edition of The New York Times, top Republican party officials on the national level determined that DeWine would probably be defeated and were moving financial support from his race to other Republican senatorial candidates they felt were more likely to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0136-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Ohio\nBrown was called the winner right when the polls closed at 7:30. DeWine had the second worst performance of a Republican incumbent in 2006. Only Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania had a worse performance. While DeWine was able to win rural counties in western Ohio, Brown managed to win most eastern Ohio counties, especially in heavily populated areas. DeWine's narrow 2,000 vote victory in Hamilton County which is home to Cincinnati, came nowhere close to making a dent in Brown's lead. Brown would go on to be re elected in 2012 and again in 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0137-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania\nIncumbent Republican Rick Santorum ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Bob Casey, Jr. Casey was elected to serve between January 3, 2007 and January 3, 2013. Santorum trailed Casey in every public poll taken during the campaign. Casey's margin of victory (nearly 18% of those who voted) was the largest ever for a Democratic Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, and the largest margin of victory for a Senate challenger in the 2006 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0138-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania\nBob Casey, Jr., State Treasurer, former State Auditor General and son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr. won the Democratic primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0139-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania\nSantorum was unopposed in the Republican primary. Republican John Featherman, who ran against Santorum in 2000 as a Libertarian, had been expected to challenge him in the 2006 Republican primary. However, Featherman withdrew his candidacy after a GOP petition challenge because he did not have the necessary number of signatures to get on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0140-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania\nRepublican strategists took as a bad omen Santorum's primary result in 2006, in which he ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. Republican gubernatorial nominee Lynn Swann, also unopposed in the primary, garnered 22,000 more votes statewide than Santorum in the primary, meaning thousands of Republican voters abstained from endorsing Santorum for another Senate term. This may have been partly due to Santorum's support for Arlen Specter, over Congressman Pat Toomey in the 2004 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0140-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania\nEven though Santorum was perceived to be only slightly less conservative than Toomey, he joined virtually all of the state and national Republican establishment in supporting the moderate Specter. This led many socially and fiscally conservative Republicans to consider Santorum's support of Specter to be a betrayal of their cause. However, Santorum said that he supported Specter to avoid risking a Toomey loss in the general election, which would have prevented President George W. Bush's judicial nominees from getting through the Senate. Santorum said Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito would not have been confirmed without the help of Specter, who was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0141-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Pennsylvania\nAt 9:45 PM EST on Election Night, Santorum called Casey to concede defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0142-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nThe election was won by Sheldon Whitehouse, former Attorney General of Rhode Island and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island. Republican Lincoln Chafee was seeking re-election to the seat he had held since 1999, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his father John Chafee. Lincoln Chafee won election to the seat in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0143-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nWhitehouse was endorsed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Congressmen Jim Langevin and Patrick J. Kennedy, as well as by former candidate Matt Brown. Carl Sheeler, a former U.S. Marine, a business owner, and an adjunct professor of business, ran on a more progressive platform. Ultimately, however, Whitehouse would trounce his competition in the primary on September 12, winning his party's support by a large margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0144-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nIncumbent Lincoln Chafee was one of the most liberal members of the Republican Party in the Senate by 2006, and was challenged for the Republican nomination by Steve Laffey, Mayor of Cranston, who had criticized Chafee for his liberal voting record in the Senate. In early 2006, the Club for Growth, a pro-tax cut political action committee, sent a series of mailings to Rhode Island Republicans attacking Chafee's positions and voting record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0145-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nThe national GOP supported Chafee in the primary campaign, believing that he was the most likely candidate to hold the seat in the general election. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, John McCain of Arizona and Laura Bush appeared at fundraisers for Chafee, while Senator Bill Frist's PAC donated to Chafee. The National Republican Senatorial Committee also ran ads in the state supporting Chafee. Steve Laffey, however, picked up many endorsements from Republican town committees throughout Rhode Island, the national group Club for Growth, and former candidate for the party's Presidential nomination Steve Forbes. On July 10, 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Laffey, saying that he had included a political communication in tax bills mailed to residents of Cranston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 902]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0146-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nDemocrats believed that this was one of the most likely Senate seats to switch party control, due to the Democratic tilt of Rhode Island, as well as the fact that Chafee needed to expend part of his campaign fund to win the Republican primary election. Chafee's approval ratings also took a beating from his primary battle with Laffey and may have hurt him in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0146-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nAnother factor that hurt Chafee was the fact that Whitehouse, the Democratic nominee, had a huge head start on him, as he was able to campaign with little opposition for at least half the year and had not had to contend with a major opponent until the general election campaign. Rhode Islanders' historically large disapproval ratings for President Bush and the Republican Party as a whole was another major hurdle for Chafee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0147-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nWhitehouse and Chafee very rarely disagreed on political issues. Socially, they agreed almost 100% of the time. Chafee was against the Bush tax cuts, indicating his ideology was liberal-leaning. On some fiscal issues they disagreed on such as on social security and free trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0148-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nWhitehouse carried Providence County, which contains approximately 60% of the state's population, with 59% to Chafee's 41%. Chafee's strongest showing was in Washington County (\"South County\"), where he took 55% of the vote against Whitehouse's 45%. Chafee also took Kent County by a small margin, while Whitehouse was victorious by extremely slim margins in Bristol and Newport counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0149-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Rhode Island\nAfter the election, when asked by a reporter if he thought his defeat would help the country by giving Democrats control of Congress, he replied, \"to be honest, yes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0150-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nWinner Bob Corker replaced Republican Bill Frist who retired upon the end of his second term in 2007. Corker was the Republican nominee, and the Democratic nominee was Harold Ford, Jr., U.S. Representative. The race between Ford and Corker was one of the most competitive Senate races of 2006, with Corker winning the race by less than three percent of the vote. Corker was the only non-incumbent Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2006. Since 1994, the Republican Party has held both of Tennessee's Senate seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0151-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nFord is known nationally for his keynote address at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California, and for a challenge to Nancy Pelosi for leadership of the House Democrats. Rosalind Kurita, a six-term state Senator from Clarksville, Tennessee dropped out of the race in early April 2006. No official reason was given, but Ford enjoyed substantial support from Democratic leaders in Washington and Nashville and held a substantial lead in fundraising. Ford won the Democratic nomination by a wide margin in the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0152-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nOnly 11 percent of Tennesseans knew who Corker was when he began running for the Senate race. All three Republicans had run statewide campaigns in the past, albeit unsuccessful ones: former U.S. Representative Ed Bryant for the 2002 Republican Senate nomination, losing to Lamar Alexander; businessman and former Mayor of Chattanooga Bob Corker for the U.S. Senate in 1994, losing to Frist in the Republican primary; and former U.S. Representative Van Hilleary for Tennessee Governor in 2002, losing to Democrat Phil Bredesen. Corker won the nomination by obtaining 48% of the primary vote to Bryant's 34% and Hilleary's 17%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0153-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nNot long after Corker's primary victory was assured, Ford, at a rally of his supporters attended by Bill Clinton, challenged Corker to seven televised debates across the state. In response, Corker said he will debate Ford but did not agree to Ford's request of seven debates. Both of Corker's primary opponents endorsed Corker immediately after they conceded the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0154-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nBefore a Corker press conference in Memphis on October 20, Ford approached Corker in a parking lot and confronted his opponent about Iraq in front of local news cameras, pointing out that some of Corker's fellow Republicans are changing their minds on the war and wanting to debate him about the issue. In response, Corker said, \"I came to talk about ethics, and I have a press conference. And I think it's a true sign of desperation that you would pull your bus up when I'm having a press conference.\" Ford replied that he could never find Corker. Corker then walked away to his press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0155-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nOn November 2, Nielsen Monitor Plus indicated that the Corker campaign had purchased more television advertising than any other Senate candidate in the country through October 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0156-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nA particularly negative ad titled \"Who Hasn't?\" sponsored by the Republican National Committee (\"RNC\") that aired during the third and fourth weeks of October gained national attention and condemnation from both Ford and Corker. The ad portrayed a scantily clad white woman (Johanna Goldsmith) acting as a Playboy bunny who \"met Harold at the Playboy party\" and invites Ford to \"call me\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0157-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Tennessee\nResponding to questions about the ad, a Ford spokesperson said that Ford went to a 2005 Playboy-sponsored Super Bowl party that was attended by more than 3,000 people, and Ford himself said that he likes \"football and girls\" and makes no apology for either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0158-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Texas\nIncumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison won re-election to a third term over Democratic attorney Barbara Ann Radnofsky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0159-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Texas\nThe Democratic nominee who had never run for public office and was expected to face an uphill battle in the general election, especially in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994 and against a historically popular Hutchison. Since neither Radnofsky nor her main opponent, Gene Kelly, had received a majority of votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff was held April 11, 2006, which Radnofsky won. Radnofsky's campaign platform is available on her website. Scott Lanier Jameson won the Libertarian Party nomination at the party's state convention on June 10, 2006, defeating Timothy Wade and Ray Salinas. Arthur W. Loux, a Roman Forest City Councilman and a member of the Minutemen, was running as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0160-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Texas\nHutchison co-sponsored legislation supporting the creation of a constitutional amendment that would limit terms for senators, but had been quoted saying that she would only leave after two terms if such a law applied to all senators. After deciding not to challenge Governor Rick Perry this year, as had been widely speculated, Hutchison was running for a third term. She had no opposition in the Republican primary, and had approval ratings in the 60 percent range going into the General Election , although they had been slipping rapidly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0161-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Utah\nIncumbent Republican Orrin Hatch won re-election to a sixth term over Democrat Pete Ashdown, the founder and CEO of Utah's oldest Internet service provider, XMission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0162-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Utah\nHatch won all but one county with 60% to 70% of the vote. Ashdown won the remaining one county by 342 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0163-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Vermont\nIncumbent Independent Jim Jeffords decided to retire rather than seek re-election to a fourth term in office and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him over Republican businessman Richard Tarrant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0164-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Vermont\nSanders represented Vermont's at-large House district as an independent, won the Democratic primary and then dropped out to run as an independent. Many Democratic politicians across the country endorsed Sanders, and no Democrat was on the ballot. The state committee of the Vermont Democratic Party voted unanimously to endorse Sanders. Sanders won the open seat with 65% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0165-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Vermont\nFour candidates ran in the Democratic primary. Sanders won the primary, but declined the nomination, leaving no Democratic nominee on the ballot. This victory ensured that no Democrat would appear on the general election ballot to split the vote with Sanders, an ally of the Democrats, who has been supported by leaders in the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0166-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Vermont\nIn mid-August 2006, the campaign heated up considerably, with Tarrant fully engaged in heavy media advertising, most of which criticized Sanders's public stances. Tarrant ran several ads accusing Sanders of representing himself differently from his voting record in the House of Representatives, citing such examples as Sanders's votes against Amber Alert and against increased penalties for child pornography. Sanders responded with an ad stating that Tarrant's claims are \"dishonest\" and \"distort my record\" and presented what he viewed as more accurate explanations of his voting record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0167-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Vermont\nSanders won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with 57% as his lowest county total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0168-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nIncumbent Republican George Allen ran for re-election to a second term, but lost in a narrow race to Democrat Jim Webb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0169-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nAllen, who previously served as Governor of Virginia and was considered a possible candidate for president in 2008, was running for his second term. Webb, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, writer and former Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan won the Democratic nomination after being drafted by netroots activists, such as those at the blog Raising Kaine. Polls clearly favored Allen through mid-August, when he was caught on videotape on August 11 twice using an ethnic slur in reference to a Webb campaign volunteer, S.R. Sidarth, who is of Indian ancestry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0169-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nAllen denied any prejudice in the comment, but his lead shrank considerably. Still, he led in most polls until late October, when several surveys showed Webb with a lead \u2014 mostly within the margin of error. The election was not decided until nearly 48 hours after the polls closed, when Allen, behind by a margin of about 0.3%, conceded on November 9, 2006. With all of the other Senate races decided, the outcome swung control of the Senate to the Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0170-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nThe week before the primary, businessman Harris Miller said a Webb campaign flier characterized him in an anti-Semitic way; Webb denied that it did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0171-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nWebb focused on his early and outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq, which Allen supported. In a September 4, 2002, opinion piece in The Washington Post, Webb wrote: \"A long-term occupation of Iraq would beyond doubt require an adjustment of force levels elsewhere, and could eventually diminish American influence in other parts of the world.\" Webb's son, a U.S. Marine, served in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0172-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nAllen and Webb differed on other issues. Allen is anti-abortion; Webb supports abortion rights. Allen supported George W. Bush's tax cuts while Webb said more of the benefits should have gone to middle-class Americans. Both candidates supported the death penalty, right-to-work laws, and Second Amendment rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0173-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nVirginia has historically been one of the more Republican Southern states: for instance it was the only Southern state not to vote for Jimmy Carter in 1976, its congressional delegation was mostly conservative, with eight of eleven Congressmen and both Senators belonging to the Republican Party prior to the 2006 election. This made Virginia's Congressional delegation the most Republican of any Southern state. Despite this, Democrats had won the previous two gubernatorial races, in 2001 and 2005. The state's political majority has been changing from conservative white to a mixture of races, especially Hispanic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0173-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nThe state is increasingly diverse; it had the highest percentage of Asians (4.7%, according to the 2005 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census) of any Southern state. 9.9% of Virginians are foreign-born. Webb, like Governor Tim Kaine in 2005, won the four major fast-growing counties in Northern Virginia outside Washington, D.C.; Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Arlington. President Barack Obama carried Virginia by a 6.3% margin over Republican Senator John McCain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0174-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nWhen results began coming in, Allen quickly built a sizeable lead, which began to narrow as the night went on. With 90% of precincts reporting, Allen held a lead of about 30,000 votes , or about 1.5%. However, as votes began to come in from population-heavy Richmond, Webb narrowed the gap, and pulled ahead within the last 1 or 2% of precincts to report. Preliminary results showed Webb holding a lead of 8,942 votes, and many news organizations hesitated to call the election for either candidate until the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0174-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Virginia\nAt 8:41 PM EST on November 8, AP declared Webb the winner. In all Virginia elections, if the margin of defeat is less than half of a percentage point, the Commonwealth of Virginia allows the apparent losing candidate to request a recount, paid for by the local jurisdictions. If the margin of defeat is between one and one-half of a percentage point, the losing candidate is still entitled to request a recount, but must cover its expense. Because the difference was less than 0.5%, George Allen could have requested a recount paid for by the government, but declined to make such a request. That was likely because:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0175-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nIncumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell won re-election to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0176-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nThe filing deadline was July 28, 2006, with the primary held September 19, 2006. Cantwell consistently led in polling throughout the race, although political analysts saw her as vulnerable this election cycle due to her extremely narrow win in 2000 and discontent among progressive voters. In November, The National Journal ranked Cantwell's seat as number 13 of the top 20 races to watch based on the likelihood of switching party control, and the third-highest Democratic seat likely to flip. However, in an election marked by discontent over the Republican leadership in D.C., Cantwell easily won by a 17% margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0177-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nStatewide politics in Washington had been dominated by the Democratic Party for many years. The governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, state auditor, and insurance commissioner were all Democrats, while only secretary of state, attorney general, and commissioner of public lands were Republican. Of the nine representatives Washington sent to the House of Representatives, six were Democrats. Democrat Patty Murray was the state's senior senator. Cantwell won her initial election to the Senate in 2000 over Slade Gorton by 2,229 votes. Due to the closeness of that race, and the close gubernatorial contest between Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi in November 2004, many Republicans believed they had a strong chance of capturing Cantwell's seat in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0178-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOn March 9, 2006, Aaron Dixon announced his decision to seek the Green Party's nomination for U.S. Senate, challenging Cantwell on her continued support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and the USA PATRIOT Act. On May 13, 2006, Mr. Dixon secured the party's nomination at the Green Party of Washington state's Spring Convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0179-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nInitially, Cantwell had two challengers from within the Democratic primary, both of them taking strong stances against the Iraq war that brought attention to Cantwell's votes for the Iraq Resolution and against a timeline for withdrawal. Three other Democrats also entered the primary race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0180-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOn August 8, 2006, the incumbent Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, lost his primary race to challenger Ned Lamont by 52%-48%, and then ran as an Independent in the general election. A great deal of attention was focused on this race as an early barometer of both anti-incumbent and anti-war sentiment nationwide. Comparisons were made between Lieberman's troubles and Cantwell's re-election bid, citing Cantwell's vote in favor of the Iraq Resolution that led to the war, her refusal to say she regretted the vote, and her vote against a timetable for withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0181-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nUnlike Lamont's campaign, Cantwell's anti-war opponents' campaigns received much less funding and did not have the same support from the blogosphere that brought Lamont to prominence and improved his name recognition. Also, unlike Lieberman, Cantwell altered her position on the war during her campaign and criticized the Bush Administration for its conduct of the war. She also hired her most vocal anti-war primary opponent, Mark Wilson, at $8,000-a-month salary, a move that was described by political commentators as \"buying out\" the opposition (which she also allegedly attempted with other anti-war challengers Hong Tran and Aaron Dixon).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0181-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nThe article noted that, despite the differences in exact circumstances, the Lieberman defeat also showed that voters were in an anti-incumbent mood, which could've created problems for Cantwell. This was supported by another P-I article that also noted that the primary loss of Lieberman and two House incumbents, Michigan Republican Joe Schwarz and Georgia Democrat Cynthia McKinney, on the same day indicated that there may have been a nationwide anti-incumbent trend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0182-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nFollowing the primary results, Cantwell endorsed Ned Lamont and McGavick responded by endorsing Senator Lieberman. The Dixon campaign released a statement criticizing Cantwell's \"spin and vague rhetoric\" on the war, and equating her current position to a pro-war stance similar to Lieberman's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0183-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOn August 14, less than a week after Lamont's win and nearly four years after the actual event, Cantwell for the first time said she would have voted against the authorization to use force in Iraq if she knew then what she knew in 2006. However, she did so only after hearing her opponent McGavick say that he would have voted against the authorization under those conditions. Cantwell has stated that she had no regrets for her vote in favor of the authorization and did not change that position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0184-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOn July 9, anti-war challenger Mark Wilson announced he would abandon his bid, endorse Cantwell, and take a paid position offered by Cantwell's campaign, one day after progressive activist and anti-war critic Dal LaMagna had been hired to be the Cantwell campaign's co-chair. Initially, Cantwell's campaign refused to state how much they were paying Wilson, but under pressure from the media, disclosed that he was receiving $8,000 per month, only slightly less than Cantwell's campaign manager Matt Butler, who earns $8,731 per month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0184-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nThe next day, Hong Tran received a call from LaMagna saying they would like her to join their campaign, in a context that she interpreted as a job offer, which she refused. Political commentators, including those at the Seattle Post Intelligencer and one at The Washington Times, expressed their views that Cantwell was attempting to eliminate the viable options anti-war Democrats had to voice their opinion on the war in the upcoming primary by having Wilson join her campaign and then soliciting Tran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0185-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nWilson's supporters and journalists expressed surprise at his withdrawal from the race after a 16-month campaign, where he was a sharp critic of the incumbent Senator, who he referred to on his campaign website as a \"free-trading corporate elitist\" who \"bought her seat\", then \"alienated and alarmed\" her base. When asked by reporters if he still believed what he said about Cantwell during his primary bid, he stated: \"I believed in it to a point in order to capitalize on what was already existent, which was a rift within the Democratic Party over the issue of the war.\" Both Dixon and Tran publicly doubted that Wilson's apparent change of heart was genuine, citing his paid position with the campaign and his initial refusal to disclose his salary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0186-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOn September 25, Joshua Frank reported that Dixon was alleging that he had been contacted twice in July by Mark Wilson, who implied that large donations to Dixon's non-profit organization, Central House, would be made if he were to withdraw his candidacy before filing. Dixon also claimed that Wilson was not the only Cantwell staffer to contact him, but declined to disclose who the other staff was. Dixon also made this claim on a Democracy Now! broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0186-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nDavid Postman of the Seattle Times contacted the Cantwell campaign about the allegations; their spokesperson didn't say it didn't happen, but stated that no one on the campaign had been authorized to speak to Dixon about his campaign. The campaign did not allow access to Wilson so he could respond as to whether the conversation took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0186-0002", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOther reporters also had trouble contacting Wilson; Susan Paynter of the Seattle P-I, in an article on his shunning of the media, noted that there had been a widespread assumption after Wilson's hire that the intent was to silence him and that his disappearance only reinforced this assumption, calling it \"the political equivalent of a farm subsidy.\" Paynter also quoted Hong Tran as saying that the reaction to Wilson's initial appearances on the campaign trail after he had joined Cantwell were so negative that she was not surprised he disappeared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0187-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nOn September 19, after her defeat in the Democratic primary, Hong Tran lamented to the Seattle Times of \"how undemocratic the Democratic Party really is\" saying the state Democratic party had tried to keep her from getting attention, forbidding her from putting up signs at Coordinated Campaign events and not giving her access to the state party voter rolls. Cantwell, whose campaign hired two of her early critics, had also refused to debate Tran. When asked before the primary whether she would endorse the senator if her primary bid proved unsuccessful, Tran had responded, \"certainly not.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0188-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nIn early hypothetical matchups in 2005 compiled by conservative pollster Strategic Vision, Rossi led Cantwell. Republican leadership reportedly pleaded with Rossi to jump into the ring. Rossi declined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0189-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nSpeculation next centered on Rick White (who had taken Cantwell's House seat in 1994), state GOP chair Chris Vance, former Seattle television reporter Susan Hutchinson, and former 8th district Congressional candidate and Republican National Committee member Diane Tebelius. None of those chose to enter the race. Republican leaders finally got behind former Safeco Insurance CEO Mike McGavick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0190-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Washington\nCantwell was projected to be the winner right when the polls closed at 11:00 P.M. EST Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0191-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nIncumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won re-election to a ninth term. He was sworn in on January 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0192-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nBefore the 2000 presidential election, West Virginia had been won by the Democratic nominee every time since 1932 (except for the Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984). In 2000, then Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas won West Virginia's five electoral college votes over then Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee by a margin of 52-46. Also in the 2000 election, Republican Shelley Moore Capito, the daughter of Former West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr., won a surprise victory over Democrat Jim Humphreys for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District seat to the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0192-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nShe would become the first Republican in West Virginia to hold a Congressional office for more than one term since her father in 1969. Before these two major victories for national and West Virginia Republicans, it was difficult to find a Republican who could mount a formidable campaign against Democrats running for public office in West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0193-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nPresident Bush won West Virginia again in the 2004 presidential election over John F. Kerry, the Democratic junior Senator from Massachusetts by a margin of 56-43. Both Representative Alan Mollohan (D-1st District) and Representative Nick Rahall (D-3rd District) had more formidable challenges from Republicans when compared to 2000 and 2002. Republican Brent Benjamin defeated Democratic incumbent West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Warren McGraw, and Republican Betty Ireland defeated liberal-Democrat Ken Hechler, a former congressman and secretary of state, for West Virginia Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0194-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nSince 2000, the Republicans have gained seven net seats in both the West Virginia Senate and the West Virginia House of Delegates. However, the Democrats hold 60% of the seats in the Senate and 68% of the seats in the House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0195-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nAlong with continued majorities in the legislature, Democrats have also had some other victories. Even though both Bush and Capito won their respective offices in 2000, Senator Byrd sailed to an eighth term with 78% of the vote over Republican David Gallaher. Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, easily won a fourth term to the Senate in 2002 by a margin of 63-37 over Republican Jay Wolfe. In 2000, 2002, and 2004, both Representative Mollohan and Representative Rahall were re-elected by much stronger margins than Capito. In 2004, Republican Monty Warner failed to defeat Democratic West Virginia Secretary of State Joe Manchin for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0196-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nAfter the Republicans failed to win the governor's race, West Virginia Republican Committee Chairman Kris Warner, the brother of Monty, was put under pressure to resign his post; he did so in May 2005. Wheeling attorney Rob Capehart took his place. (Dr. Doug McKinney of Bridgeport now holds the post.) Another brother of Monty, Kasey, who was appointed by President Bush in 2001, was removed as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia on August 1, 2005. No explanation has been given for his departure and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles T. Miller currently represents the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0197-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nBoth state and national Republicans chose Shelley Moore Capito as their first choice to challenge Byrd. Early polling showed Byrd with only around a ten-point lead. Capito had even met with National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairwoman Elizabeth Dole, whose husband, Robert Dole, served alongside Byrd as majority and minority leader in the Senate, to discuss a possible run. Despite party leaders pushing for her to run, on October 3, 2005, Capito announced she would seek a fourth term for her congressional seat rather than run against Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0197-0001", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nShe cited the negativity of a possible Byrd-Capito race as a reason for not running. Other reasons for Capito not running include the following: Capito's seat is widely considered safe; Capito is rising in House leadership; if Capito ran against Byrd, her seat could possibly have fallen back into the Democratic column; and Capito's large amount of contributions from former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay could be brought into question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0198-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nAfter Capito decided not to run, Republicans hoped to recruit Secretary of State Betty Ireland, the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia. On October 27, 2005, however, Ireland announced she would not run against the eight-term senator. She said that the office of Secretary of State should not be used as a political stepping stone. Ironically, Joe Manchin held the office of Secretary of State during his campaign for governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0199-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nConservative columnist Robert Novak wrote in a September 24, 2005, article that Gale Catlett's, the former Head Coach of the West Virginia University Men's Basketball team, name had been floated around as a possible challenger to Byrd. Catlett had in fact talked to West Virginia Republican Committee Chairman Capehart about either running against Byrd or possibly Representative Mollohan. It was also reported that if Capito had run against Byrd, Catlett would seek her seat. However, on November 11, 2005, Catlett decided not to run against Senator Byrd or Representative Mollohan. (A side note: On November 12, 2005, Ohio County Delegate Chris Wakim (R) announced his intentions to run against Representative Mollohan.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0200-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nOn January 11, 2006, TheHill.com reported that NRSC Chairwoman Dole met with John Raese, the 1984 Republican United States Senate candidate and 1988 Republican Gubernatorial primary-candidate to discuss a possible run for the nomination in May. Raese did file for the primary by the deadline of January 28, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0201-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, West Virginia\nByrd was extremely popular as he had approval ratings in the low 60% range. Raese, a millionaire, self-financed his campaign. He spent campaign ads on attacking Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0202-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Wisconsin\nIncumbent Democrat Herb Kohl won re-election to a fourth term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0203-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Wisconsin\nRobert Lorge was the Republican candidate for the seat after being the only Republican candidate to file before the filing deadline on July 11, 2006. Despite receiving no money or support from the State or National Republican Republican party he fared better than Republican Senate candidates in New York, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and was the only major party candidate in 2006 able to deliver votes for under $1 in the Post McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0204-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Wisconsin\nKohl won a majority in every county in the state. Kohl's weakest performance in the state was suburban Washington County, Wisconsin, which Kohl won with just 49.6%. Kohl's strongest performance was in rural Menominee County, where he won with over 90% of the vote. Vogeler's best performance was in Dane County, where she came in third place with over 5%, a county where Lorge had his second weakest performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0205-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Wyoming\nIncumbent Republican Craig Thomas won re-election to a third term. Thomas died 5 months into his term on June 4, 2007 after battling leukemia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0206-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Wyoming\nThomas was a very popular two term incumbent, having a 68% approval rating. Despite doing very well in the polls, Thomas agreed to a debate. An October debate was sponsored by the Casper Star-Tribune and KCWY in Casper. Thomas said the nation has made progress in its energy policy, while Groutage said the nation's energy policy has failed because Congress has done more for special interests than the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188270-0207-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Senate elections, Wyoming\nThomas won at least 56% of the vote in every county in Wyoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188271-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia\nThe 2006 Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia took place on November 7, 2006, to elect a shadow member to the United States House of Representatives to represent the District of Columbia. Unlike non-voting delegates, the Shadow Representative is only recognized by the District of Columbia and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Ray Browne did not run for reelection and fellow Democrat Mike Panetta was elected in his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188271-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia, Primary elections\nPrimary elections were held on September 12, 2006. Forster withdrew from the race at the beginning of September but his name remained on the ballot and he still received thousands of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 96], "content_span": [97, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188271-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia, Primary elections, Other primaries\nA Republican primary was held but no candidates filed and only write-in votes were cast. Nelson Rimensnyder ran as a Republican in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 113], "content_span": [114, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188272-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia\nThe 2006 United States Senate election in the District of Columbia took place on November 7, 2006, to elect a shadow member to the United States Senate to represent the District of Columbia. The member is only recognized by the District of Columbia and is not officially sworn or seated by the United States Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188272-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia\nIncumbent Shadow Senator Florence Pendleton ran for reelection, but was unable to make it onto the ballot as she had only 1,559 valid signatures, short of the necessary 2,000. The Democratic primary was won by Michael Brown, who went on to secure an easy victory in the November general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188272-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia, Primary elections, Democratic primary, Campaign\nBrown's landslide victory was unexpected, and many attributed it to voters confusing Brown with the similarly named Michael A. Brown, who was also on the ballot. Prior to winning the primary, Brown was a little-known political consultant who spent less than $1,000 on his campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 119], "content_span": [120, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188272-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia, Primary elections, Democratic primary, Campaign\nPendleton, who was kicked off the ballot after Pannell challenged her signatures, ran a write-in campaign with little success. She also floated the idea of running as an independent in November, although ultimately that did not occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 119], "content_span": [120, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188272-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia, General election\nNo Republican filed to run, and Brown's only opposition was Joyce Robinson-Paul of the D.C. Statehood Green Party. Brown cruised to victory, winning nearly 85% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 88], "content_span": [89, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188273-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States Soccer Federation presidential election\nThe 2006 United States Soccer Federation presidential election was held in Las Vegas on March 11, 2006 to determine the next President of the United States Soccer Federation. Sunil Gulati ran unopposed. Gulati succeeds Dr. S. Robert Contiguglia, stepping down after two successful four-year terms. Gulati, who ran unopposed in the election, has served as U.S. Soccer's vice president since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment\nIn January 2006, the country's two \"second-tier\" television networks, UPN and The WB, announced they would both cease operations on September 15 and 17, and their operations would be transferred to a new joint-venture \"fifth\" network, The CW. Meanwhile, Fox Television Stations (which owned several UPN-affiliated stations in large cities that were blocked from affiliating with The CW) signed up with MyNetworkTV, a new network owned by then-parent company News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nIn January 1995, The WB Television Network and the United Paramount Network were launched, each hoping to recreate the success of the Fox network, which had launched in October 1986 and became one of America's \"major\" networks through the successes of several early series (such as The Simpsons, Married... with Children and Beverly Hills, 90210) and its 1993 deal with the National Football League (NFL) to assume the broadcast rights to the National Football Conference from CBS. Like with Fox at the time, The WB targeted a mostly teenage and young adult audience; UPN, however, aimed its programming at a broader demographic of adults between 18 and 49 years of age.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nAll three networks had been joint ventures between major Hollywood studios and large owners of previously independent stations \u2013 The WB was owned by the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, in a joint venture with the Tribune Company, and UPN was founded by Chris-Craft Industries, in a programming partnership with Paramount Pictures. In October 1993, Chris-Craft and the Paramount Stations Group reached affiliation agreements with most of the independent stations owned by the respective groups to serve as charter UPN affiliates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nThat November, Tribune cut affiliation deals with The WB for all eight independent stations it owned at the time (including stations in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago) \u2013 as well as a station in Boston that Tribune bought from the Gannett Company the following year, though only seven would join the network at launch due to the company's Atlanta station affiliating with CBS (its New Orleans station would follow suit in 1996, switching its affiliation to ABC); Chris-Craft and Paramount also each owned independent stations in large and mid-sized markets (with the former owning stations in New York City and Los Angeles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nBoth new networks launched to limited fanfare and generally poor results. Over the course of 11\u00bd seasons, despite a number of minor-hit or cult-hit series such as Star Trek: Voyager, 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, Girlfriends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kids' WB's airing of the anime Pok\u00e9mon, neither network was able to attain the stature that Fox had gained in its first decade, much less that of the longstanding \"Big Three\" television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nBy early 2006, both networks were losing money, although The WB had been profitable a few seasons earlier; in slight contrast, UPN had never turned a profit and had already lost $800\u00a0million in its first five years of operation. Reports indicated that the prospects for both networks were fading quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nA further complication was the various shifts in network and affiliate ownership at UPN. Shortly before its launch, Paramount Pictures' corporate parent Paramount Communications was purchased by Viacom, which later purchased a 50% stake in UPN in December 1996, and acquired CBS in 2000. Viacom was permitted to keep interests in both networks, in effect, resulting in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lifting its long-standing ban on television station duopolies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nChris-Craft's relations with Viacom were strained in February 2000 when the latter firm exercised a contractual right to force Chris-Craft to either buy Viacom out of UPN, or sell its stake in the network to Viacom within a 45-day grace period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0004-0002", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nChris-Craft subsequently filed a lawsuit against Viacom in the New York Supreme Court to block the CBS merger on grounds that a pact reached between Chris-Craft and Viacom in 1997 disallowed either company from owning \"any interest, financial or otherwise\" in \"any competing network\" through January 2001; however, New York Supreme Court judge Herman Cahn ruled against Chris-Craft's move for a permanent injunction motion in March 2000. Chris-Craft could not find a suitable partner and sold its interest in UPN to Viacom for $5\u00a0million that April. This had the adverse effect of making UPN one of the few networks not to have owned-and-operated stations in New York City and Los Angeles (additionally, UPN never had an O&O in the Chicago market throughout its existence).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nSimilarly, The WB had the distinction of being the only American broadcast network never to have had an O&O, as although minority owner Tribune operated its core charter stations, Time Warner held majority ownership in the network (with a maximum interest of 77.5%, during the final years of The WB's existence). Time Warner did acquire Atlanta independent station WTBS (which served as the originating feed of then-superstation TBS) through its 1996 merger with the Turner Broadcasting System; however, WATL (which Tribune would acquire in 1999) served as the WB affiliate for that market throughout the network's run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nThat August, when Chris-Craft put its television stations \u2013 most of them UPN affiliates \u2013 up for sale, it sold them to News Corporation's Fox Television Stations subsidiary instead of Viacom. At the time, Fox seemed to be a willing partner in UPN, but made no firm commitment. On September 24, 2003, Fox Television Stations renewed affiliation agreements for its nine UPN stations for three years through 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Background\nIn December 2005, Viacom split into two companies: a new company keeping the Viacom name (which took the original company's film and most of its cable television properties), and CBS Corporation (essentially the old Viacom renamed, which retained the broadcast properties, along with Showtime Networks). In this \"split\", ownership of UPN went to CBS Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, The new \"fifth\" and \"sixth\" networks\nOn January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Time Warner announced they would shut down both UPN and The WB that fall. In place of these two networks, a new \"fifth\" network that would be jointly owned by both companies, would launch, with a lineup made primarily of the most popular programs from both The WB and UPN. The network was given the name \"The CW\" (\"CW\" representing the first initials of CBS and Warner Bros.).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, The new \"fifth\" and \"sixth\" networks\nThe CW immediately announced ten-year affiliation agreements with 16 WB affiliates owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and 11 UPN owned-and-operated stations under CBS ownership, giving the new network coverage in all of the top 13 markets and a reach of 48% of the country. The remaining affiliates were to be drawn from the pool of stations affiliated with UPN and The WB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, The new \"fifth\" and \"sixth\" networks\nThe CW took on The WB's base scheduling model (two hours of prime time programming each Monday through Friday and five hours on Sundays, a two-hour daytime block on weekdays and a five-hour Saturday morning children's block), which was larger in scope compared to UPN, which aired prime time programming only on weekdays and a two-hour repeat block on weekends at the time of the CW announcement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, The new \"fifth\" and \"sixth\" networks\nIt was immediately clear that most media markets which had stations that were owned by Tribune would receive the CW affiliation, leaving Fox Television Stations, UPN's second largest affiliate group (after the UPN O&Os owned by CBS Television Stations), without any network programming during primetime hours. Rumors began to circulate that Fox would develop its own network for those affected stations and others left out in the merger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, The new \"fifth\" and \"sixth\" networks\nThe rumors proved true, and on February 22, 2006, Fox announced the launch of its own network, MyNetworkTV, a programming service meant to fill the two nightly primetime hours that would open up on its UPN-affiliated stations after the start of The CW. Fox also offered the service to other stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nFollowing the CW network announcement, the new network immediately announced ten-year affiliation agreements with the Tribune Company and CBS Television Stations. Tribune committed 16 stations \u2013 including its flagship broadcast stations WGN-TV (channel 9) in Chicago; KTLA (channel 5) in Los Angeles; and WPIX (channel 11) in New York City \u2013 that were previously affiliated with The WB, while CBS committed 11 of its UPN stations \u2013 including WPSG (channel 57) in Philadelphia; WKBD (channel 50) in Detroit; and WUPA (channel 69) in Atlanta. These stations combined to reach 48% of the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nBoth groups also owned several UPN- and WB-affiliated stations that did not join The CW in overlapping markets. As part of its agreement, Tribune agreed to divest its 22.5% ownership interest in The WB \u2013 a decision that the company made in part to avoid shouldering shutdown costs for the network \u2013 and did not acquire an interest in The CW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nThe CW would eventually reach 95% of all television households in the United States. In markets where both UPN and WB affiliates operated, only one station became a CW affiliate. CW executives were on record as preferring the \"strongest\" stations viewership-wise among The WB and UPN's existing affiliates. However, as the reorganization was structured not as a merger in the legal sense, but as a new network launching concurrent with the shutdowns of The WB and UPN, The CW was not obligated by existing affiliations with The WB and UPN. It had to negotiate affiliation agreements from scratch with individual stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nAs a result, in some markets, the new CW affiliate was a different station from either the former WB and UPN stations. In Helena, Montana, Ion Television affiliate KMTF (channel 10; now PBS member station KUHM-TV) became a CW station. In Las Vegas, Nevada, independent station KFBT (channel 33, now KVCW) chose to affiliate with The CW. In Honolulu, Hawaii, The CW did not become available in the market until early December 2006, where it was carried on a digital subchannel of local Fox affiliate KHON-TV (channel 2). The network also affiliated with some digital channels, mainly newly launched subchannels of a local Big Four affiliate, in several markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nUnder the new network, a new service called The CW Plus began serving Nielsen markets with rankings of 100 and lower, featuring a pre-supplied master schedule of programs acquired from the syndication market in addition to CW network programming. The CW Plus is structured similarly to The WB 100+ Station Group, which supplied locally branded WB-affiliated cable channels. In most cases, distribution for The CW Plus covers not only cable but broadcast television as well, including the digital subchannels discussed above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nOn March 1, 2006, five stations \u2013 four WB affiliates and one UPN affiliate \u2013 were the first outside the core CBS and Tribune stations to sign affiliation deals with The CW. By May 18, 2006, 174 stations had signed agreements to become affiliates of The CW, reaching 105 million households and covering 95.3% of the country (the latter two figures excluding the CW stations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nStation groups that signed up a large number of their stations as CW affiliates included Pappas Telecasting Companies, ACME Communications and Sinclair Broadcast Group, although many other large groups, including Hearst-Argyle Television, Clear Channel Communications and Belo Corporation had signed up selected stations. Sinclair signed deals to carry the network in early May, despite reservations with The CW's reported demands for reverse compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nWhile WGN-TV in Chicago became a charter affiliate of The CW, its former national counterpart WGN America never aired programs from The CW through a formal affiliation when it operated as WGN-TV's out-of-market superstation feed prior to December 2014 (although it did carry reruns of select CW series in marathon form in 2013), as the network has sufficient enough affiliate coverage that The CW did not need to use the national WGN feed to carry its programming; WGN America had previously carried WB programming from that network's January 1995 launch until October 1999, when Tribune Broadcasting and Time Warner mutually decided that The WB's national broadcast coverage had increased to a level that allowed the WGN national feed to discontinue carrying the network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nSeveral affiliates changed their call letters to reflect their new affiliation with The CW (e.g. KPWB-TV (Des Moines) to KCWI, WNPA-TV (Pittsburgh) to WPCW-TV, WJWB (Jacksonville) to WCWJ, WHCP (Portsmouth, Ohio, serving the Charleston, West Virginia market) to WQCW, WEWB (Albany, New York) to WCWN, KWCV (Wichita, Kansas) to KSCW, WBDC (Washington, D.C.) to WDCW, KBHK (San Francisco) to KBCW, and KHWB (Houston) to KHCW). Some stations, however, retained call signs that referred to UPN and The WB, such as WUPA in Atlanta and KWBA-TV in Tucson, Arizona, respectively. In August 2006, CBS Corporation's CW stations dropped all references to UPN from their branding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nDue to the availability of \"instant duopoly\" digital subchannels, and the overall lack of a need to settle for a secondary affiliation with shows aired in problematic timeslots, both The CW and MyNetworkTV launched with far greater national coverage than that enjoyed by UPN and The WB when they started in 1995. For several years, UPN had coverage gaps in the top 30 markets, and by 2005 had only managed to reach 86% of the population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Stations\nThis resulted in secondary affiliations with other networks (with some dual WB-UPN affiliates airing the latter network's programming immediately after The WB's primetime lineup, and vice versa) and diluted ratings when programs were shown out of their intended timeslots, or the lack of the program airing at all (a problem experienced by many Star Trek fans with Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Comparisons to 1994 realignment\nThe WB and UPN were the first major television networks to shut down since the collapse of the DuMont Television Network in 1956, although other small broadcast television networks have also ceased operations over the years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Comparisons to 1994 realignment\nGiven the merger of the two networks to create The CW (as well as the eventual launch of MyNetworkTV and the proliferation of digital subchannels), the scope of the realignment caused the largest single shakeup in American broadcast television since the Fox/New World Communications alliance of 1994, which preceded the subsequent launches of UPN and The WB the following year that drastically reduced the number of independent television stations in the U.S., some of which had been marketed and distributed as superstations as recently as the mid-1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Comparisons to 1994 realignment\nWhile The CW's debut affected more markets, unlike the Fox/New World deal of the mid-1990s, it was unlikely to cause the same degree of viewer confusion as almost no affiliates of the four major networks dropped those affiliations to become CW affiliates. Only two former Big Four affiliates switched their primary affiliation, in both cases from Fox to MyNetworkTV:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Comparisons to 1994 realignment\nThere were several other cases where Big Four affiliates picked up The CW, MyNetworkTV, or both as a secondary affiliation on their main channel or as a digital subchannel affiliation, even in markets where viable non-network affiliate stations remained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nIn media markets where there were separate affiliates of The WB and UPN, one local station was left out in the merger. Many of these stations signed with MyNetworkTV including the vast majority of the Fox stations acquired in the 2001 acquisition of BHC Communications (the former Chris-Craft stations). Additionally, MyNetworkTV signed with three Tribune stations that did not take the CW affiliation: WPHL (channel 17) in Philadelphia, WATL (channel 36) in Atlanta and KTWB (channel 20) in Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nTribune had indicated interest in Fox-developed programming blocks such as MyNetworkTV for stations that did not pick up the CW affiliation; the company announced on May 15 that the aforementioned stations would join MyNetworkTV. In contrast, CBS initially seemed more hostile to MyNetworkTV, and announced its remaining UPN affiliates \u2013 KTXA (channel 21) in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, WSBK-TV (channel 38) in Boston, WBFS-TV (channel 33) in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, and WUPL (channel 54) in New Orleans as well as WB affiliate WTCN-CA (channel 50) in West Palm Beach \u2013 would all become independent stations. Four of the five stations, excluding KTXA, eventually all joined MyNetworkTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nSome stations bypassed by The CW that did not take MyNetworkTV instead opted to become (or revert to) independent stations. For example, the two remaining former Viacom-owned UPN stations \u2013 WSBK and KTXA \u2013 reverted to their roots as independent stations (the latter was constrained to independence in any event due to Fox-owned KDFI (channel 27), affiliating with MyNetworkTV). As a consequence, in three of the top 10 media markets \u2013 Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Francisco \u2013 programs from The WB, UPN and MyNetworkTV were all available to viewers from September 5 to 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nMyNetworkTV affiliated with longtime former independent stations WZMY (channel 50) in Derry, New Hampshire (serving the Boston market) and KDFI, while in San Francisco the network affiliated with former longtime NBC affiliate KRON-TV (channel 4; WB affiliate KBWB channel 20, reverted to independent status). Other stations elected to become (or revert to) independent stations as well, particularly in situations where either more than two non-major network affiliate stations existed or another station picked up an affiliation with The CW or MyNetworkTV via a digital subchannel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nAdditionally, four former UPN affiliates became affiliates of \"Big Four\" networks themselves:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nAdditionally, while some stations joined newly established or lesser-known broadcast networks such as RTV), whose now-defunct parent company Equity Broadcasting did not commit any of its WB affiliates to The CW, other stations (mainly digital subchannels, cable channels such as those that were WB 100+ cable channels, and struggling low-power stations) which received neither The CW nor the MyNetworkTV affiliation opted instead to cease operations entirely. For example, in Dayton, Ohio, the \"UPN17\" cable channel run by CBS affiliate WHIO-TV (channel 7) closed down at the end of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network affiliation repercussions\nDespite the launch of The CW on September 18, 2006, many households around the country were not able to see the new network when it premiered because stations in several markets, primarily those that chose to carry The CW on a digital subchannel of the station's primary affiliate, were unsuccessful in trying to strike a deal with Time Warner Cable to carry their CW subchannels on basic cable lineups, despite the fact that The CW was 50% owned by the provider's then-parent company Time Warner. These markets included Cincinnati; Honolulu; Charleston, South Carolina; El Paso; Corpus Christi; Palm Springs and Lima, Ohio. In late 2006, the Honolulu, El Paso and Palm Springs affiliates were made available on TWC systems in those markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 101], "content_span": [102, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network transition repercussions\nAfter the conclusion of the May 2006 sweeps period, as both The WB and UPN started shutting down, both programming schedules and on-screen graphics were affected, and on August 14, 2006 both networks stopped inserting their logo bugs into prime time programming in order to allow CW affiliates-to-be to add lower thirds and bugs promoting the new network during this time \u2013 this practice was automatically used on WB affiliates' primetime programming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 100], "content_span": [101, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network transition repercussions\nAlso on August 14, 2006, UPN discontinued all promotional advertising for its programs during network time periods (except for audition promotions for America's Next Top Model that aired during that program), though some local stations still aired promos for the network's shows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 100], "content_span": [101, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0028-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network transition repercussions\nThe network also stopped customizing the closing credits of its shows to the network's standardized graphics scheme (perhaps in reaction to affiliate preemptions, see below), instead showing the program's studio credits full-screen with theme music intact (save for ANTM, where previews for the next episode and casting calls for future CW cycles were shown on the left side of the screen with the studio credits on the right). In contrast, at The WB, advertising for its shows continued during network time periods, with promos for The CW mixed in, and the network's standard closing credits format remained unchanged with promos in the upper two-thirds of the screen and credits in the lower third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 100], "content_span": [101, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network transition repercussions\nThe networks also filled spare timeslots with low-cost movies on some weeks (including UPN on Wednesday night and The WB during its infamous \"Friday night death slot\"), and reruns and unaired episodes of long-cancelled programs, such as the sketch comedy series Blue Collar TV on Wednesday nights, and repeat and unaired episodes of the dramedy Just Legal on Sunday nights (both on The WB).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 100], "content_span": [101, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Network transition repercussions\nPrior to the MyNetworkTV announcement, many stations (including those snubbed by The CW) had reportedly begun to search for new programming to fill empty timeslots, which had been likely to further boost the fortunes of the syndication industry. Ironically, one of those syndicated offerings, Desire, eventually became part of MyNetworkTV's fall 2006 schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 100], "content_span": [101, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nFollowing the CW announcement, the fate of many WB and UPN affiliates changed drastically. On January 27, 2006, KQEG-CA (channel 23) in La Crosse, Wisconsin dropped its UPN affiliation, becoming the first station to disaffiliate from a partner network due to the CW announcement; it retained its FamilyNet affiliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nMany affected affiliates took similar measures. Following the May 2006 sweeps period, many stations began to pre-empt UPN and WB programming for a variety of reasons. In the Green Bay/Appleton market, future MyNetworkTV affiliate WACY (channel 32), on June 5, opted to replace programs that aired during UPN's second hour of primetime (except for Veronica Mars) whenever possible with infomercials. In Cincinnati, eventual independent station WBQC-LP (channel 25) moved its UPN programming on July 4 to between 2:00 and 4:00\u00a0a.m. early Tuesday to Saturday morning, with the intention of promoting the station's \"Independence Day\" programming in its place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nAnother eventual independent station, KPNZ (channel 24) in Salt Lake City, dropped UPN programming in June 2006 with no replacement affiliate for the remaining two months (KPNZ is now an owned-and-operated station of Spanish-language network Estrella TV). In Springfield, Massachusetts, WB 100+ cable channel WBQT was at one point referred as a CW affiliate on the official website and even started advertising as such, but due to a lack of confirmation, the channel's call letters (which were fictional as WB 100+ stations were not licensed by the FCC due to being cable-only services) were removed. However, on August 29, 2006, WBQT signed a formal affiliation agreement with The CW as a member channel of The CW Plus. In 2015, WBQT was dissolved, with The CW Plus moving over-the-air to NBC affiliate WWLP's second subchannel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nBefore the merger, the cash-strapped Granite Broadcasting Corporation had reached an agreement to sell its WB affiliates in San Francisco and Detroit to AM Media, a unit of private-equity firm Acon Investments. With The CW choosing to affiliate with CBS-owned UPN stations in those markets, the Granite-AM Media deal eventually collapsed, and Granite responded by deciding to instead sell the stations to DS Audible, LLC for a lesser price. Granite later announced that it would sue CBS and Time Warner over the failed deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0033-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nOn July 18, 2006, the deal to sell to DS Audible also fell apart, and on December 11, 2006, Granite filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization after missing an interest payment on its $400\u00a0million+ debt. Granite emerged from bankruptcy in June 2007 under control of Silver Point Capital, which also took over another bankrupt broadcasting company, Communications Corporation of America (a key Fox affiliate group in smaller markets within the Southern U.S.), later that year. As of 2019, Granite has since sold both stations to separate parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nIn New Orleans, CBS filed a lawsuit against Belo, owner of market-dominant CBS affiliate WWL-TV (channel 4), in February 2006 over allegations that Belo tried to renege on the terms of buying WUPL after Tribune-owned WNOL (channel 38) was named the market's CW affiliate (but before WUPL's affiliation with MyNetworkTV was announced). The deal, already complicated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina which caused catastrophic damage to much of the Greater New Orleans area, would have created a duopoly between WWL-TV and WUPL with both stations merging into WWL's longtime studios on Rampart Street in New Orleans' French Quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0034-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Repercussions, Other affiliate repercussions\nAll matters were eventually settled, and the deal closed in February 2007. However, the Belo purchase of WUPL delayed that station's transition to high definition until mid-2010 as the secondary master controls for WUPL at the WWL-TV facility were only capable of pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition broadcasts until the recent upgrades took place (the Gannett Company purchased WUPL and WWL-TV in 2013 as part of their acquisition of Belo, and has since been spun off to Gannett's broadcasting successor, Tegna).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 97], "content_span": [98, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, UPN\nUPN quietly ceased operations on Friday, September 15, 2006, with its usual airing of WWE Friday Night SmackDown; in addition, some stations aired the network's usual, but optional, weekend repeat block. The low-key closure was not surprising given that in nine media markets, including the three largest, UPN was not available because the local affiliates were owned by Fox Television Stations and switched to its new network, MyNetworkTV, on September 5. UPN programs stopped airing on WPWR (channel 50) in Chicago and KUTP (channel 45) in Phoenix on September 1, and on the other seven Fox-owned stations (including WWOR-TV (channel 9) in New York City and KCOP (channel 13) in Los Angeles) the day before, August 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, UPN\nSeveral CW affiliates began airing Smackdown and some other CW-renewed UPN programming a few weeks early to replace UPN affiliates that had switched to MyNetworkTV. Otherwise, it was unclear whether MyNetworkTV affiliates would air UPN or WB programs at all. Additionally, Tribune-owned Fox affiliate WXMI (channel 17) in Grand Rapids, Michigan aired Smackdown on tape delay between WXSP-CA (channel 15)'s switch to MyNetworkTV and the launch of WWMT (channel 3)'s digital subchannel as the local CW affiliate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, The WB\nThe WB closed on Sunday, September 17 with a five-hour block of pilot episodes of the network's past signature series, including Felicity, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which was a two-hour episode) and Dawson's Creek. Commercial breaks shown on the network that evening featured re-airings of past image campaigns and network promotions, promo spots given to cable networks that carried these shows in off-network syndication, as well as ads for each series' TV-on-DVD box set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, The WB\nAfter its final commercial break, a montage featuring stars of several of The WB's shows over the years was broadcast just prior to the network's shutdown, ending with a silhouette of former mascot Michigan J. Frog taking a final bow. This was followed by the studio credits for the pilot of Dawson's Creek; the credits for the other three pilots that aired were shown in the network's standardized credits format. The final night of WB programming netted relatively low ratings, mustering only a share of 2, meaning just 2% of viewers were tuned into The WB on its final night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, The WB\nThe reasoning for the low ratings was due to the fact that WB affiliates in certain areas had already affiliated with MyNetworkTV at that network's launch, which rendered The WB's programming unavailable in these markets during its final two weeks of broadcasting. It also aired against the second ever game (a Cowboys\u2013Washington rivalry game at Texas Stadium) of NBC Sunday Night Football, assuring fewer viewers due to the curiosity of the NFL's prime game now being on Sunday evenings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, The WB\nThat evening, after The WB shut down, some Tribune-owned affiliates that would join The CW when it launched the following night acknowledged the pending switchover within their newscasts, with most adopting their new CW station brands immediately. WPIX in New York City aired a montage of all of the logos used throughout the station's history leading up to the introduction of its new \"CW11\" logo before the start of its 10:00\u00a0p.m. newscast, while KHCW (channel 39) in Houston aired a retrospective of the station's history during its 9:00\u00a0p.m. news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0039-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, UPN and The WB closures, The WB\nIn Dallas\u2013Fort Worth, KDAF (channel 33) had retitled its primetime newscast to CW33 News at Nine immediately following the end of WB programming, and featured a video clip of the signage being changed outside the station's studios (however, the old WB33 News at Nine bumper aired upon returning from the first commercial break that night).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 84], "content_span": [85, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nSince 2006, The CW and MyNetworkTV have struggled significantly in the Nielsen ratings, despite The CW showing initial signs of promise. The CW has usually finished fifth in the Nielsen ratings, even falling behind Spanish-language network Univision at times, though it has come close to beating out NBC (which had similar ratings challenges beginning in the 2004\u201305 television season, before moderating in the 2012\u201313 season) on several occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0040-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nHowever, The CW has had some successful series (by the standards of the network's viewership, which has rarely peaked above 4 million viewers for a single episode), such as Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Arrow. Additionally in 2008, concerns regarding the future of The CW led Tribune to begin rebranding its CW affiliates in a way that deemphasized its network affiliation, and another major CW affiliate ownership group, Pappas Telecasting Companies, cited The CW's poor performance as a factor in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Pappas has since wound down operations, while most of Tribune's CW stations (with the exceptions of WGN-TV and KTLA, the latter of which only includes network references in promos for CW shows) began reincorporating references to their CW affiliation beginning in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nThe merger of UPN and The WB to form The CW has led to instability of the airings of WWE SmackDown, which had aired on UPN for its first seven years. After September 26, 2008, WWE Friday Night SmackDown left The CW for MyNetworkTV in large part due to The CW's newfound focus on targeting 18- to 34-year-old female viewers, though WWE would later air the short-lived WWE Saturday Morning Slam on The CW Saturday mornings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0041-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nSmackDown eventually moved to cable as part of WWE's contract with NBCUniversal for its other programs, initially to Syfy in October 2010, prompted by a move back to Thursday nights in November 2014 (where it had originally aired before 2005), then to USA Network (longtime home to WWE Raw, save for a five-year period on The New TNN/Spike TV from 2000 to 2005) in January 2016, followed again by another move only six months later\u2014this time to Tuesday nights\u2014as part of the 2nd brand extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0041-0002", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nSmackDown returned to broadcast television on Fox in October 2019, accompanied by a return to Friday nights, as part of Fox's emphasis on sports and live event programming due in part of the sale of much of 21st Century Fox to The Walt Disney Company. The move of SmackDown back to broadcast television also poses a potential conflict of interest with Fox's largest affiliate group, the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which purchased rival wrestling promotion Ring of Honor in 2011 after SmackDown had moved to cable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nIn September 2008, The CW outsourced its five-hour Sunday block to Media Rights Capital (MRC) in order to concentrate on its weekday schedule. The MRC-programmed Sunday lineup performed poorly in the ratings and was replaced by reruns and movies programmed by the network that November; The CW eventually gave back its Sunday primetime slots to the network's local affiliates in September 2009, reducing its prime time programming to weeknights only (and the network's programming to six days a week overall, when its Saturday morning children's lineup and weekday daytime block is accounted).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0042-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, The CW\nThe CW's ratings struggles eventually subsided in later years: the network beat NBC for the first time in the key demographic of Adults 18\u201349 for a single calendar night on November 21, 2013. Other recent series successes (including the revival of the U.S. version of the improv comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Flash and Jane the Virgin) helped The CW increase its ratings year-over-year by the 2014\u201315 season \u2013 at which point, The CW posted its highest season average total viewership since the 2007\u201308 season with 2.15\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 77], "content_span": [78, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, MyNetworkTV\nSince its launch, MyNetworkTV has struggled to gain an audience. In 2009, it was announced that the network would convert to a syndicated programming service, and since SmackDown moved to Syfy in October 2010, MyNetworkTV has been devoid of first-run programming other than that shared with syndicators, and can be more fairly compared to Ion Television, which also carries the same type of scheduling pattern, on a broader all-day basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, MyNetworkTV\nIn many markets (mainly in smaller and lower-tier mid-sized markets), it now shares channel space with other full-time subchannel networks such as Antenna TV or MeTV and is more apt to air out of prime time on several affiliates (in Monroe, Louisiana, for instance, after their first affiliate left the airwaves completely and their second affiliate ended carriage to become a full-time religious station, it now is carried in the graveyard slot on a CW Plus subchannel of KNOE-TV, mainly to overlay dead time that would only be filled with paid programming).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0044-0001", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, MyNetworkTV\nIn September 2015, West Coast flagship KCOP-TV in Los Angeles moved MyNetworkTV programming to late night, both replacing it with lower-tier entertainment newsmagazines in primetime, and freeing Fox sister station KTTV of any in-house competition in primetime, though it returned to primetime after those programs flopped, until the summer of 2021, when it resumed airing MyNetworkTV in late night. In Chicago, WPWR-TV moved the lineup to nearly out of primetime on September 1, 2016, upon assuming the CW affiliation from WGN-TV which became an independent station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188274-0044-0002", "contents": "2006 United States broadcast television realignment, Post-realignment, MyNetworkTV\nWPWR-TV would lose its affiliation with the CW in September 2019 and the network's programs would move to WCIU-TV, but retained the same scheduling of MyNetworkTV programming. A similar move happened in Cleveland in July 2018 when MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB unexpectedly assumed the CW affiliation from WBNX-TV while keeping its MyNetworkTV affiliation in the late-night hours temporarily; it was eventually bumped to sister station WOIO's MeTV subchannel in January 2019, immediately after Gray Television assumed ownership over the former Raycom Media stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 82], "content_span": [83, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections\nThe 2006 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's second term. Democrats won control of both houses of Congress, which was the first time either party did so since the 1994 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections\nIn the Senate, Democrats won a net gain of six seats to take a narrow majority in that chamber. Democrats picked up 31 seats in the House of Representatives, and after the election Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House. In the gubernatorial elections, Democrats won a net gain of six seats. Nationwide, Republicans failed to win any congressional or gubernatorial seat that was held by a Democrat going into the election. This was also the first time since 1994 where a party did not lose a single incumbent in a gubernatorial or congressional election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections\nReasons for the Democratic Party victory included the decline of the public image of George W. Bush, the dissatisfaction of his administration's handling of both Hurricane Katrina and the War in Iraq, the beginning of the collapse of the United States housing bubble, Bush's legislative defeat regarding Social Security Privatization and immigration reform, the Republican-controlled Congress's unprecedented and unpopular involvement in the Terri Schiavo case and a series of scandals in 2006 involving Republican politicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Background\nIn March 2003, President George W. Bush ordered an invasion of Iraq, a state which the Bush administration claimed was linked to the September 11 attacks in 2001, and claimed was producing weapons of mass destruction. That May, just two months after the initial invasion, Bush announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq. In the following months, insurgents began resisting the American occupation. Additionally, religious tensions between majority Shiite and minority Sunni Muslims, tensions which had been suppressed under the grip of Saddam's regime, began to result in violence. By the end of 2003, despite the war being initially popular, the post-war occupation was losing support from the American public. A November 2003 Gallup poll showed that Bush's job approval rating had fallen to 50% from a high of 71% at the outset of the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Background\nThe next year, Bush won reelection over Democratic nominee Senator John Kerry with less than 51% of the popular vote and 286 electoral votes (only 16 votes ahead of the 270 votes needed), the smallest winning margin for an incumbent president since Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 election. It was, however, the first time since 1988 that a winner garnered a popular majority. Terrorism and the war in Iraq dominated the election, with domestic issues taking a secondary role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Background\nBush began his second term with a continuation of the occupation and a push to overhaul Social Security with his privatization plan. Both policies proved unpopular, and violence in Iraq continued to increase. Compounding the unpopularity of the war was that no weapons of mass destruction were found. August 2005 was the last time any major public opinion poll recorded majority approval of Bush's job. Negative perceptions of Bush following the slow governmental response to Hurricane Katrina further weighed on his popularity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Background\nSimultaneously, the Republican-controlled 109th Congress's popularity was declining as well. A series of notable congressional scandals also took place in Washington, D.C., including the ongoing Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal as well as the Mark Foley scandal and the Cunningham scandal, both in October 2006. Throughout 2006, sectarian violence was ongoing in Baghdad and other areas of Iraq; many claimed that the conflict was evolving into a civil war. President Bush's job approval rarely rose above 40%. Perceptions of Congress and Republicans in general remained highly negative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Background\nAdditionally, the Congress had a smaller than average list of major accomplishments (considering that the Party in charge of both the House and Senate also had control of the White House) and was not in session for a larger than average number of days, allowing Democrats and others to characterize it as a \"Do-Nothing\" congress and blame the Republican leadership for the lack of progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Summary of results\nThe Democratic Party won a majority of the state governorships and the U.S. House and Senate seats each for the first time since 1994, an election-year commonly known as the \"Republican Revolution.\" For the first time since the creation of the Republican party in 1854, no Republican captured any House, Senate, or Gubernatorial seat previously held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Summary of results\nDemocrats took a 233\u2013202 advantage in the House of Representatives, and achieved a 49\u201349 tie in the United States Senate. The Senate figure is sometimes quoted in the media as 51\u201349, which includes two members who ran as independent candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman, who promised to caucus with the Democrats. The final Senate result was decided when Democrat Jim Webb was declared the winner in Virginia against incumbent George Allen, as reported by the Associated Press. On November 9, 2006, Allen and fellow Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana both conceded defeat, ceding effective control of the Senate to the Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Summary of results\nThe election made Nancy Pelosi (D-California) the first-ever female, first-ever Italian-American, and first-ever Californian Speaker of the House and Harry Reid (D-Nevada) the first Mormon Senate Majority Leader. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) became the first Muslim ever elected to the U.S. Congress and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) became the first Buddhists in a United States governing body. Although seven states banned recognition of same-sex marriage, Arizona became the first state to reject such a ballot initiative. South Dakota rejected a ban on abortion under almost any circumstances, which was intended to overturn federal constitutional abortion-rights nationwide by setting up a strong test case that proponents hoped would lead to the overruling of Roe v. Wade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Summary of results\nSome of the Republican House and Senate seats lost by the Republicans belonged to members of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Senators Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Mike DeWine of Ohio, and Representatives Charlie Bass of New Hampshire, John Hostettler of Indiana, Gil Gutknecht of Minnesota, and J. D. Hayworth of Arizona all won previously Democratic seats in 1994 elections and were defeated in 2006. Representative Sue Kelly of New York, also first elected in 1994, was defeated as well. The Democrats also won back the Kansas 2nd and Ohio 18th, both of which they had lost in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Summary of results\nThe Democratic Party also claimed a majority of state governorships in the 2006 elections, gaining control of Republican-held governorships in New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Arkansas, Maryland and Ohio, to give the party a 28\u201322 advantage in governorships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Summary of results\nScandals, including the Mark Foley congressional page scandal, the Jack Abramoff scandal, and various allegations of marital infidelity and abuse doomed certain candidates, especially incumbents in PA-10 and NY-20, which hosted one of the most negative campaigns in the country. Virginia Senator George Allen, a potential Republican 2008 Presidential candidate, saw his chances for reelection disappear when he was caught on video using a racial slur to describe a young Indian-American who worked for his opponent's campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Federal elections\nDemocrats won control of Congress for the first time since the 1994 election, which is commonly known as the \"Republican Revolution.\" For the first time since the creation of the Republican party in 1854, no Republican captured any House, Senate, or Gubernatorial seat previously held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Federal elections, United States Senate\nThe 33 seats in the United States Senate Class 1 were up for election. The Democrats gained six Senate seats by defeating Republican Senators in the states of Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia. Including Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman, two independents who caucused with the Democrats, Democrats won a 51-to-49 majority in the Senate. Summary of the November 7, 2006, United States Senate election results", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Federal elections, United States House of Representatives\nAll 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. The Democrats won the national popular vote by a margin of eight percentage points and gained thirty-one seats from the Republicans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Federal elections, United States House of Representatives\nThe election made Nancy Pelosi (D-California) the first-ever female, first-ever Italian-American, and first-ever Californian Speaker of the House Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) became the first Muslim ever elected to the U.S. Congress and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) became the first Buddhists in a United States governing body.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, Governors\nOf the 50 United States governors, 36 were up for election. Twenty two of those contested seats were held by Republicans, and the remaining 14 were held by Democrats. Of the 36 state governorships up for election, ten were open due to retirement, term limits, or primary loss. Democrats won open Republican-held seats in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Arkansas and Colorado, in addition to defeating incumbent Bob Ehrlich in Maryland and holding their sole open seat in Iowa. As a result of the 2006 gubernatorial elections, there are now 28 Democratic governors and 22 Republican governors, a reversal of the numbers held by the respective parties prior to the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, Governors\nAdditionally, governorships were up for election in the U.S. territories of Guam, held by a Republican, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the Democratic governor was retiring. In each location, the incumbent party maintained control of the governorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures\nNearly all state legislatures were up for election. Prior to the general elections, with the exception of the nonpartisan Nebraska Legislature, 21 legislatures were controlled by Republicans, 19 by Democrats, and nine were split legislatures (where each house is controlled by a different party). As a result of the 2006 elections, 23 legislatures were carried by Democrats, 17 by Republicans, and 9 legislatures were split. In all, Republicans lost, and Democrats gained, more than 300 state legislative seats. Democrats gained control of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, the Minnesota Legislature, the Iowa General Assembly and the New Hampshire General Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures\nIn New Hampshire's case, both houses of the legislature flipped from the Republicans to the Democrats. The Republicans, meanwhile, did not gain control of any state legislature. Instead, state Republicans lost their majorities in the Wisconsin Senate, the Michigan House of Representatives, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and the Indiana House of Representatives, turning those legislatures into split bodies. Conversely, Republicans gained control of 2 state houses \u2013 the Montana House of Representatives changed from a 50\u201350 split to a 50-49-1 split, with the lone Constitution Party representative voting for Republican control of that body. Also, the election produced a 26\u201326 split in the Mississippi Senate, previously under a Democratic majority, with the tie-breaking vote coming from Republican Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 911]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures\nDemocrats gained or retained control of the state legislatures and governorships of 15 states, thus creating unified government in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia, although the governorship of Louisiana reverted to the Republicans with the October 2007 election of Bobby Jindal. Republicans now control ten state governments, these being, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures\nDemocrats won a veto-proof supermajority in both houses of the Connecticut General Assembly, with Democrats holding a commanding 131\u201356 majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures\nThe most dramatic change in party control occurred with the New Hampshire General Court, where Republicans held a 92-seat majority in the lower House and an eight-seat majority in the upper Senate prior to the election. By the end of the evening, Republicans were down 81 seats in the House and five in the Senate, giving control of the General Court to the Democrats. This coincided with the landslide reelection of Democratic Governor John Lynch, the takeover of both of New Hampshire's U.S. House seats by Democrats, and New Hampshire's unique Executive Council gaining a Democratic majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures, Third parties\nThird parties received largely mixed results in the 2006 elections. In the Maine House of Representatives, Green State Representative John Eder was narrowly defeated by Democratic rival Jon Hinck in a bitterly contested campaign over Portland's 118th District. Eder's loss deprived the U.S. Green movement's highest elected position in any state office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures, Third parties\nIn the Vermont House of Representatives, the Vermont Progressive Party successfully maintained its six seats within the chamber. The Vermont Progressive Party has in recent years become one of the most consistently successful third parties in the U.S. to be elected to higher office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures, Third parties\nIn Illinois, out of seemingly dissatisfaction of both the candidacies of Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich and Republican candidate Judy Baar Topinka resulted in 10% of the electorate voting for the Green Party candidate Rich Whitney, an accomplishment by all means considering Whitney did not campaign on television or radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures, Third parties\nIn Montana, Rick Jore made history becoming the first candidate of the right-wing Constitution Party to be elected to a state legislature, elected to the 12th District in the Montana House of Representatives. Jore initially won in 2004 by three votes, only to see the courts throw out enough ballots to give the Democrat the victory. In the 2006 elections, Jore won convincingly, garnering 56.2% of the vote. However, the Montana Constitution Party is no longer chartered under the national party, denying the United States Constitution Party the claim of holding a higher office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, State elections, State legislatures, Third parties\nNeither the Libertarian nor the Reform Parties gained any state legislative seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Local elections\nNumerous other elections for local, city, and county public offices were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Local elections\nAn unusual local election occurred in South Dakota; Marie Steichen was elected to Jerauld County Commissioner, despite the fact that she died two months before the election. Her name was never replaced on the ballot, and voters who chose her were aware of her death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Local elections\nIn Richmond, California, a city of more than 100,000 residents, the Green Party challenger, City Councilperson Gayle McLaughlin, unseated Democratic incumbent Irma Anderson and will now become the first Green Party Mayor of a city of that size.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Local elections\nTwo candidates in Nevada's branch of the Constitution Party, called the Independent American Party (Nevada), were also elected to office. Jackie Berg was elected Eureka County Clerk with 54.1% of the vote, easily topping Republican and Libertarian opposition. Also, Cel Ochoa will be the new Constable in Searchlight, Nevada by virtue of winning 54.93% of the vote to defeat her Republican rival. Another Nevada Independent Party member, Bill Wilkerson, was elected to the Elko, Nevada, School Board, in a non-partisan race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Local elections\nIn Missoula County, Montana, residents passed a measure to encourage the County Sheriff's Department to make marijuana enforcement a last priority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Local elections\nIn Dallas County, Texas, Democrats regained control in 41 out of 42 contested GOP judgeships, as well as the district attorney's office and the county judge's seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nBeginning just after George W. Bush's reelection, political analysts point to a number of factors and events that led to the eventual Republican defeat in 2006. It is generally agreed that the single most important issue during the 2006 election was the war in Iraq, and more specifically President Bush's handling of it and the overall public weariness over it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nPublic opinion polling conducted during the days just before the election and the weeks just after it showed that the war in Iraq was considered the most important election issue by the largest segment of the public. Exit polling showed that relatively large majorities of voters both fell into the category of disapproving of the war or expressing the desire to withdraw troops in some type of capacity. Both brackets broke extremely heavily for Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0034-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nThe issue of the war seemed to play a large part in the nationalization of the election, a departure from previous midterm elections, which tended to be about local, district-centric issues. The effect of this was a general nationwide advantage for Democrats, who were not seen as being as tied to the war as Republicans, led by George Bush, were.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nPresident Bush himself, seen as the leader and face of the Republican party, was a large factor in the 2006 election. Exit polls showed that a large block of the electorate had voted for Democrats or for third parties specifically because of personal opposition to or dislike for Bush. The size of the segment that said it had voted specifically to support Bush was not as large.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0035-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nOpposition to Bush was based on a number of factors, these not limited to opposition to his Social Security privatization plan, the slow response of his administration to Hurricane Katrina, his perceived inaction in the face of and association with rising gas prices, and as mentioned above, his continued commitment to the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nCongressional approval, which had been slightly negative since before the 2004 election, began a steady drop beginning in March 2005. Congress's unprecedented and unpopular involvement in the Terri Schiavo controversy is often pointed to as the catalyst for this drop. Congressional scandals, such as the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, the sentencing of Duke Cunningham to over eight years in prison, the indictment of then House majority leader Tom DeLay, the corruption of William J. Jefferson and Bob Ney, the misconduct of Cynthia McKinney, and the Mark Foley scandal all continued to pull down congressional popularity. In the months leading up to the election, congressional approval ratings flirted with all-time historical lows. Because congress was controlled by Republicans, this high disapproval affected Republicans much more negatively than it did Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 929]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nDemocrats were successful in portraying the congress as a lazy, greedy, egotistical and inefficient \"Do-Nothing Congress. \", which they contrasted with their \"New Direction for America\" campaign. Indeed, the congress had been in session much less than previous ones had (including those under Republican control), and numerous public opinion polls showed that large majorities believed that the congress had accomplished less than normal. This too, took a toll on Republicans (as the leaders of the government).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nThe listed scandals were all dwarfed by the highly publicised Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September and rapidly metastasized to include the House Republican leadership. Florida Representative Mark Foley, who ironically headed the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, was found to have been making sexually lewd and highly inappropriate contacts online with male congressional pages, and it was soon found that members of the Republican leadership knew in some capacity of Foley's advances, yet took little action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nThe scandal allowed Democrats to adopt corruption as a campaign issue, and exit polls on election day showed that corruption remained an important issue, one that Democrats held an advantage on. In addition, many (at the time and after the fact) cited the scandal as an event that sealed the fate of the Republican congress. After the election, top Republican strategist Karl Rove specifically named the Foley scandal as the cause of the Republicans' loss of congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nThe result was that on election day, many congressional seats had been touched by Republican scandals and were easier to pick up for Democrats than under normal conditions. These include but are not limited to the Montana Senate, Virginia Senate, CA-11, PA-07, PA-10, TX-22, OH-18, FL-16 and NY-20 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Reasons for Democratic win\nAlmost all of the gains made by Democrats came from large gains among independents, not Republicans. Democrats, Republicans, and independents all accounted for proportions of the electorate similar to what they did in 2004. Democrats and Republicans voted nearly as loyally for their parties in 2006 as they did in 2004, but independents exhibited a large swing towards Democrats. In 2004, independents split 49\u201346, slightly in favor of Democrats, but in 2006 they voted 57\u201339 for Democrats, a fifteen-point swing and the largest margin among independents for Democrats since the 1986 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Voting issues\nThere were scattered reports of problems at polling places across the country as new electronic voting systems were introduced in many states. The problems ranged from voter and election official confusion about how to use new voting machines to apparent political dirty tricks designed to keep certain voters from casting their votes to inclement voter suppressing turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications\nMany political analysts concluded that the results of the election were based around President George W. Bush's policies in the War in Iraq and corruption in Congress. At a press conference given to address the election results, President Bush called the cumulative results of the election a \"thumpin'\" by the Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Democratic agenda\nDemocrats promised an agenda that includes withdrawing from the war in Iraq, raising the minimum wage, implementing all of the 9/11 Commission recommendations, eliminating subsidies for oil companies, restricting lobbyists, repealing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, lowering interest rates on college loans, expanding stem-cell research, investigating political appointees for actions taken during and leading to the war in Iraq, allowing current tax cuts to expire, and negotiating Medicare prescription drug prices. They planned to legislate these issues within their first 100 legislative hours of power in January 2007. According to Brian Wright, president of Democrasource, LLC (an Ohio-based national political consulting group), \"There's no question, the administration and Iraq set the tone for this year. This new balance of power can be a true catalyst to get the country back on track.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 967]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Democratic agenda, Six-point plan\nPrior to the election in July 2006 Democrats unveiled a six-point plan they promised to enact if elected with congressional majorities. The plan was billed the \"Six for 06 agenda\" and officially called \"A New Direction For America\" and compared to the 1994 Republican \"Contract with America\". The six-points of the plan include: \"honest leadership and open government, real security, energy independence, economic prosperity and educational excellence, a healthcare system that works for everyone, and retirement security\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Donald Rumsfeld\nWith apparent reference to the impact of the Iraq war policy, in a press conference held on November 8, Bush talked about the election and announced the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Bush stated, \"I know there's a lot of speculation on what the election means for the battle we're waging in Iraq. I recognize that many Americans voted last night to register their displeasure with the lack of progress being made there.\" Prior to the election, Bush had stated that he intended to keep Rumsfeld on as Secretary of Defense until the end of his presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0045-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Donald Rumsfeld\nHowever, Bush then went on to add Rumsfeld's resignation was not due to the Democratic victories on November 8. Rumsfeld's job reportedly had been on the line for several months prior to the election, and the decision for him to stay until after the election, if he was going to be let go at all, was also reportedly made several months earlier. All this led to his resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Republican leadership\nOn the same day, then Speaker of the House, Representative Dennis Hastert of the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, said he would not seek the Minority Leader position for the 110th Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Voting trends\nIn the aftermath of the election The Weekly Standard published a number of articles highly critical of how the Republican Party had managed the United States Congress. It called the electoral defeat for the G.O.P. \"only a little short\" of \"devastating\" saying the \"party of reform ... didn't reform anything\" and warned that the Democratic Party has expanded its \"geographical sphere of Democratic power\" to formerly Republican-held states such as Montana, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, while it solidified former swing states like Illinois as Democratic strongholds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0047-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Voting trends\nIn the New England region, popular Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island was defeated, despite having approval ratings near 60% and Republicans now only control a single district, the CT-04 seat held by Chris Shays, out of 22 congressional districts. The Democrats also became the clear majority in the Mid Atlantic region as well. Two Republican incumbent Congressmen were defeated in New York state and the Democrats picked up a Republican open seat, all from Republican regions upstate, and four Republican Congressmen were defeated in Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0047-0002", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Voting trends\nDemocrats picked up seats in all Northeastern state legislatures holding elections, except Rhode Island, which remained unchanged (and Democrats clearly in the majority), winning a supermajority in both the Connecticut House and Senate, and winning both houses of the New Hampshire legislature for the first time since 1874. Democrats kept both vulnerable Senate seats in Maryland and New Jersey, winning them by wider margins than predicted, and they won the heavily contested Senate seats in Missouri and Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Voting trends\nThe Democratic expansion into Indiana, Virginia and Ohio has \"seriously diminished the chances for future Republican success\" it claimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0048-0001", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, Domestic, Voting trends\nThe paper, which has been described as the \"quasi-official organ of the Bush Administration\" also stated that more people would have to \"bendover\" to get anywhere in a political office and has called on Republicans to move to the center for the sake of the party's future viability saying \"conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory ... won ... after moving to the center\" and that \"the South is not enough space to build a national governing majority\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, International, Middle East\nI'd also like to say a word to the winners of the recent elections in the U.S.\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, International, Middle East\nThe United States has had many administrations; some who have left a positive legacy, and others that are neither remembered fondly by the American people nor by other nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, International, Middle East\nNow that you control an important branch of the U.S. Government, you will also be held to account by the people and by history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188275-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 United States elections, Ramifications, International, Middle East\nIf the U.S. Government meets the current domestic and external challenges with an approach based on truth and Justice, it can remedy some of the past afflictions and alleviate some of the global resentment and hatred of America . But if the approach remains the same, it would not be unexpected that the American people would similarly reject the new electoral winners, although the recent elections, rather than reflecting a victory, in reality point to the failure of the current administration's policies. These issues had been extensively dealt with in my letter to President Bush earlier this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188276-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States federal budget\nThe 2006 United States Federal Budget began as a proposal by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 1, 2005 \u2013 September 30, 2006. The requested budget was submitted to the 109th Congress on February 7, 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188276-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States federal budget\nThe government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. Final funding for the government was enacted as several appropriations bills enacted between August 2 and December 30, 2005. As of 2018, this is the last fiscal year to be funded without the use of an omnibus spending bill or full-year continuing resolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188276-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States federal budget, Total Spending\nThe President's budget for 2006 totals $2.7 trillion. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections\nThe 2006 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2006, in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections\nDemocrats won open Republican-held governorships in Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio; and they defeated Republican incumbent Bob Ehrlich in Maryland while retaining all of their seats, including their lone open seat in Iowa. Meanwhile, Republicans held open seats in Florida, Idaho, and Nevada, as well as Alaska, where incumbent governor Frank Murkowski was defeated in the primary. Voters in the United States territories of Guam (then-Republican) and the United States Virgin Islands (then-Democratic, but term-limited) also chose their governors and voters elected a new mayor for the District of Columbia, the District's chief executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections\nAs part of the 2006 Democratic sweep, Democrats did not lose a single incumbent or open seat to the Republicans in any congressional or gubernatorial contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Major parties\nThe results of the 2006 elections gave Republicans 22 governors to the Democrats' 28, a reversal of the numbers held by the respective parties prior to the elections. There were 22 races in states that were previously held by Republicans, and 14 in states previously held by Democrats. Republicans held the majority of governorships from 1995 until 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election ratings\nIncumbents who were term-limited or chose not to run for reelection have parentheses around their name. Those who ran for reelection but lost in the primary have an asterisk next to their name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Closest races\nRed denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries\nIn 2006, ten governorships were open due to retirement, term limits, or primary loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Democratic governors, Tom Vilsack (Iowa)\nCongressman Jim Nussle was the Republican nominee, while the Democratic Party nominated Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver, a progressive whose father was a U.S. Senator. An October 11 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed the candidates tied at 42% each. An October 19 Rasmussen Reports poll had Culver leading Nussle 47% to 44%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Democratic governors, Tom Vilsack (Iowa)\nThe Democratic nominee, Chet Culver, was elected with 54% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Frank Murkowski (Alaska)\nGovernor Frank Murkowski, suffering poor approval ratings, was not favored to win renomination. An August 8 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed that going into the primary election his approval rating was at 27%, while his disapproval rating stood at 72%. Former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin and former state Railroad Commissioner John Binkley challenged Murkowski in the Republican primary. Former governor Tony Knowles was widely considered the favorite to win the Democratic nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Frank Murkowski (Alaska)\nIn the primary held on August 22, Palin won the Republican nomination for governor with 51.1% of the vote, Binkley received 29.6%, and Murkowski received just 18.9% of the vote. Knowles won the Democratic nomination with 68.6% of the vote; state representative Eric Croft, who received 23.1% of the vote, was his nearest competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Frank Murkowski (Alaska)\nPalin campaigned on a clean government platform in a state with a history of corruption. An October 15 CRG Research poll had the candidates tied at 43%. An October 28 Rasmussen Reports poll showed Palin leading Knowles by a single percentage point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Frank Murkowski (Alaska)\nRepublican nominee Sarah Palin was elected with about 48% of the vote, a plurality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Mike Huckabee (Arkansas)\nGovernor Mike Huckabee was term-limited. The Republican Party nominated Asa Hutchinson, a former congressman, U.S. Attorney, DEA head, and Undersecretary of Homeland Security. The Democratic nominee was Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe. Beebe's campaign centered on what his campaign called his \"Believe in Arkansas Plan\", which outlined his plans for improving access to affordable healthcare, improving education, and stimulating economic development and job growth. Beebe led in most statewide polls, although his margin of victory in those polls varied wildly. Just days before the election, a Rasmussen Reports poll showed Beebe winning by just 8%, while a SurveyUSA poll showed him winning by 20%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Mike Huckabee (Arkansas)\nDemocratic nominee Mike Beebe was elected with about 55% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Bill Owens (Colorado)\nThe retirement of term-limited Governor Bill Owens revealed divisions among the state's Republicans. Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez, widely regarded as a conservative, was attacked by his primary opponent, former University of Denver President Marc Holtzman for compromising with Democrats in Congress. Beauprez became the nominee when Holtzman failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, but the negative attacks they exchanged damaged Beauprez's campaign. The Democratic nominee was former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, a pro-life Catholic and a political centrist who could not easily be portrayed as a liberal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 115], "content_span": [116, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Bill Owens (Colorado)\nRitter did, however, support Referendum I and oppose Amendment 43; conversely, the public defeated the former and passed the latter. Ritter's campaign was boosted when he was endorsed by a group of Larimer County Republicans. During the period of January through August, Ritter raised almost twice as much as Beauprez. According to an October 16 Zogby poll, Ritter led Beauprez 47% to 45%. An October 22 SurveyUSA poll showed Ritter leading Beauprez by a larger margin, 56% to 38%. Similarly, an October 22 Rasmussen Reports poll showed Ritter leading Beauprez, 51% to 39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 115], "content_span": [116, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Bill Owens (Colorado)\nDemocratic nominee Bill Ritter was elected with 57% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 115], "content_span": [116, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Jeb Bush (Florida)\nGovernor Jeb Bush was term-limited. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, a moderate, won the Republican primary with 64%, defeating the Chief Financial Officer of Florida, Tom Gallagher, who received only 34%. Congressman Jim Davis of Tampa won the Democratic primary with 47% of the vote, defeating State Senator Rod Smith of Alachua, who received 41% of the vote. In addition to Crist and Davis, Reform Party nominee Max Linn also appeared on the ballot in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Jeb Bush (Florida)\nCrist came out of the September 12 primary with momentum, but as the election drew closer, polls began to show a more competitive race. An October 23 Quinnipiac poll October 23 showed Crist's lead down to 2%. However, an October 26 Rasmussen Reports poll had Crist leading Davis 52% to 41%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Jeb Bush (Florida)\nRepublican nominee Charlie Crist was elected with 52% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Jim Risch (Idaho)\nGovernor Jim Risch was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2002; in May 2006, he succeeded to the governorship when his predecessor, Dirk Kempthorne, resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior. Before Kempthorne's appointment, Risch, a former Ada County District Attorney and state Senator, had committed to a reelection campaign for Lieutenant Governor, which meant the campaign for the governorship remained open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 111], "content_span": [112, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Jim Risch (Idaho)\nRepublican Congressman C.L. \"Butch\" Otter, a former lieutenant governor himself, was heavily favored to succeed Risch. On May 23 he easily won a four-way Republican primary, receiving 70% of the vote. In the general election, he faced newspaper publisher Jerry Brady, who was the Democratic nominee for the second consecutive gubernatorial election. Although Brady won the state's most populous county (Ada County, the location of Boise) in 2002, he was decisively defeated by Kempthorne statewide. He was expected to fare similarly against Otter; however, the race became fairly competitive, possibly due to a national trend towards the Democratic party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 111], "content_span": [112, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Jim Risch (Idaho)\nRepublican nominee Butch Otter was elected with 53% of the vote. Brady received 44%, making this gubernatorial election the closest in Idaho since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 111], "content_span": [112, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Mitt Romney (Massachusetts)\nWith his approval ratings down, Governor Mitt Romney opted not to seek a second term. Romney endorsed his lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey, in her bid to succeed him. Healey was unopposed in the Republican primary. Deval Patrick, a former U.S. Assistant Attorney General who headed the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, won the Democratic primary with 50% of the vote against Thomas Reilly and Chris Gabrieli. Third party candidates included Grace Ross of the Green-Rainbow Party and independent Christy Mihos, a former Republican and board member on the state Turnpike Authority. Over the course of the campaign, Patrick was the victim of several smears by the Healey campaign, including reports of his brother-in-law's criminal history that were leaked to the press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 121], "content_span": [122, 904]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Mitt Romney (Massachusetts)\nOn November 7, Deval Patrick was elected with 56% of the vote. He became the first African American governor ever elected in the history of the state, and just the second in the nation's history (the first was Douglas Wilder, a Democrat from Virginia, who served as Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994). Patrick was also the first Democratic governor of Massachusetts since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 121], "content_span": [122, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Kenny Guinn (Nevada)\nGovernor Kenny Guinn, a moderate Republican, was term-limited. His retirement resulted in competitive primaries in both parties. The Democratic nominee was State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, who won the primary with 54% of the vote over Henderson mayor Jim Gibson. The Republican nominee was Congressman Jim Gibbons, who won the primary with 48% of the vote, defeating state senator Bob Beers and Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt. Gibbons, who then represented Nevada's 2nd congressional district, had a strong base in northern Nevada. Titus had a strong base in the Las Vegas Valley due to her legislative and education careers. An October 17 Rasmussen Reports poll put Gibbons ahead of Titus with a 51% to 43% lead. Polls in late October conducted by Mason-Dixon and Research 2000 indicated that Gibbons was on track to win the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 114], "content_span": [115, 961]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Kenny Guinn (Nevada)\nRepublican nominee Jim Gibbons was elected with 48% of the vote, a plurality. Titus received 44% of the vote and Christopher H. Hansen, the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada, received about 3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 114], "content_span": [115, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, George Pataki (New York)\nGovernor George Pataki, a moderate Republican, opted not to seek a fourth term in office. Without an incumbent in the race, the Democratic nominee was heavily favored to win the election. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer won the Democratic primary with 81% of the vote, defeating Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi. As attorney general, Spitzer became well known for prosecuting cases relating to corporate white collar crime, securities fraud, internet fraud and environmental protection. The Republican nominee was attorney John Faso, a former New York State Assembly minority leader. Throughout the race, polls showed Spitzer defeating Faso by a large margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, George Pataki (New York)\nDemocratic nominee Eliot Spitzer was elected in a landslide, winning 58 out of the state's 62 counties and taking 65.3% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Bob Taft (Ohio)\nTerm -limited incumbent Governor Bob Taft was viewed as one of the most unpopular Governors in the history of Ohio. Polls showed his approval rating in the vicinity of 10% to 25%. Congressman Ted Strickland won the Democratic primary with 79% of the vote, defeating state representative Bryan Flannery. The Republican primary, between Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, was more competitive by far. Petro came under fire for switching positions on same-sex marriage and abortion, as well as allegedly taking business from lawyers who refused to give him campaign contributions. Blackwell and Petro also split over proposals to reduce state spending. Blackwell ultimately won the primary with 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 109], "content_span": [110, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Bob Taft (Ohio)\nBlackwell was not a close ally of disgraced Governor Taft, but Taft's unpopularity still damaged his campaign. The negativity of the Republican primary also damaged Blackwell's general election campaign. In addition, in 2006 there was a nationwide trend towards the Democratic Party. An October 6 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed that Strickland led by 52% to 40%, a decline from September. By contrast, an October 12 SurveyUSA poll had Strickland leading Blackwell 60% to 32%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 109], "content_span": [110, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Retired Republican governors, Bob Taft (Ohio)\nDemocratic nominee Ted Strickland was elected with 60% of the vote. He became the first Democratic Governor of Ohio since Dick Celeste.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 109], "content_span": [110, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Rod Blagojevich (Illinois)\nIncumbent Rod Blagojevich proven to be an incredible fundraiser, and governed a relatively strong blue state. But recent opinion polling showed that his approval rating at a rather dismal 44%. Blagojevich initially had the advantage in the general election, leading his Republican challenger, state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka by eight percentage points in polls, although not reaching the fifty percent \"safe zone\" for incumbents. In March, Topinka won the GOP primary by 38% to 32% over dairy magnate Jim Oberweis. Meanwhile, a former Chicago Alderman named Edwin Eisendrath won a surprising 30% in the Democratic primary. During the election United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was looking into the hiring practices of Governor Blagojevich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 121], "content_span": [122, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Rod Blagojevich (Illinois)\nAn October 15 Rasmussen Reports poll showed Blagojevich dropping 4 points, to end with 44% and Topinka staying at 36%. An October 22 SurveyUSA poll had Blagojevich leading Topinka 44% to 34% with 8% undecided. However, an October 31 Mason-Dixon poll showed Blagojevich leading Topinka only 44% to 40% with 9% undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 121], "content_span": [122, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Rod Blagojevich (Illinois)\nDemocratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich was re-elected. Green Party candidate Rich Whitney showed one of the best showings of a third party candidate in the 2006 election. Whitney received 361,336 votes, or 10% of the ballot share. This made the Green party an official major party in the state of Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 121], "content_span": [122, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, John Baldacci (Maine)\nIn February 2006, Baldacci was given a mere 41% approval rating by the voters of Maine in one poll. But when the GOP unexpectedly nominated conservative state Senator Chandler Woodcock over the more moderate state Senator Peter Mills and former Congressman Dave Emery, Baldacci was handed a huge boost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, John Baldacci (Maine)\nPolls consistently showed Baldacci with a small lead. An October 17 Rasmussen Reports poll had Baldacci with 44% and Woodcock at 34%. Meanwhile, a announced by WCSH on November 6, one day before the election, gave John Baldacci his smallest lead yet with only 36%, with Senator Chandler Woodcock 30% and the now leading independent Barbara Merrill 22%, more than doubling her share. Green Independent candidate Pat LaMarche polled at 11%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, John Baldacci (Maine)\nBaldacci was reelected with 38% of the vote compared to Woodcock's 30%, with 21.55% going to independent Barbara Merrill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Jennifer Granholm (Michigan)\nMichigan, like many other Midwestern states, had been unable to take advantage of reported national economic and job growth. A string of plant and factory closings by big name companies such as General Motors in Granholm's state led to growing disapproval of her among voters. Opposing her was wealthy Republican businessman Dick DeVos. Throughout the race polls showed the election to be close, but in the last days Granholm pulled ahead. According to a November 1 EPIC-MRA poll, Granholm led DeVos 52% to 43% with 5% undecided. A November 4 SurveyUSA poll had Granholm leading DeVos 51% to 45%. Ultimately, Democratic incumbent Jennifer Granholm was re-elected with 56 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 123], "content_span": [124, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Ted Kulongoski (Oregon)\nDemocratic Governor Ted Kulongoski was elected in 2002 barely defeating former State Representative Kevin Mannix. Kulongoski leads his challenger, former Portland Public School Board member Ron Saxton 51% to 44%. Oregon has not elected a Republican as governor since 1982, when Kulongoski lost to then-Governor Victor Atiyeh. Democratic incumbent Ted Kulongoski was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Jim Doyle (Wisconsin)\nIn 2002, Doyle was elected with only 45 percent of the vote because of an unusually strong challenge from the Libertarian party. Although his early 2006 approval rating was a mildly unfavorable 45 percent, he led both Republican challengers, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and Congressman Mark Green by six to nine points in polls; he has not been able to poll greater than fifty percent. Green got a big break when Walker dropped out of the race. And more recent polls show that Green has pulled even.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0039-0001", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Democratic incumbents, Jim Doyle (Wisconsin)\nWisconsin is a swing state in the strongest sense, with George W. Bush losing the state by some 5,700 votes in 2000 and around 12,400 votes in 2004, although they hadn't voted for a Republican for president since 1984, and they hadn't had a Republican senator since 1993. An October 18 Rasmussen Reports poll has Doyle leading Green 48% to 44% and an October 31 Research 2000 poll has Doyle leading Green 50% to 44%. Democratic incumbent Jim Doyle was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Arnold Schwarzenegger (California)\nArnold Schwarzenegger won the 2003 recall election and replaced Gray Davis. Despite his failed special election and budget cuts, Arnold Schwarzenegger seemed to be ahead in the polls against Phil Angelides. Schwarzenegger's aggressive push for environment-friendly legislation, his support for stem cell research, gay rights and opposition to sending the National Guard to the border has made him very popular among the voters. Republican incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 129], "content_span": [130, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Bob Ehrlich (Maryland)\nBob Ehrlich's approval rating was 48%, which suggested a close election. Martin O'Malley, Mayor of Baltimore City, who was expected to run for governor almost as soon as the 2002 election was over, was initially expected to be a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination, but he was challenged by Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan, who then unexpectedly dropped out of the race, citing a recent diagnosis of clinical depression, saving Democrats from a costly and potentially divisive primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 117], "content_span": [118, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Bob Ehrlich (Maryland)\nA November 2 SurveyUSA poll had O'Malley leading Ehrlich 48% to 47% with 2% undecided. A November 3 Mason-Dixon poll has O'Malley and Ehrlich tied at 45% with 9% undecided. Democratic nominee Martin O'Malley was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 117], "content_span": [118, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Bob Ehrlich (Maryland)\nWhen Ehrlich unexpectedly beat his Democratic challenger, Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy in 2002, and became first Republican Governor of Maryland since Spiro T. Agnew, he was regarded by many as potential presidential candidate for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 117], "content_span": [118, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Bob Ehrlich (Maryland)\nO'Malley defeated Ehrlich in the general election, 53% to 46%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 117], "content_span": [118, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)\nPawlenty's approval rating was measured at 56% on September 21, 2006. In 2002, Pawlenty won the governor's mansion with only 44% of the vote, facing a strong challenge from DFL Party candidate Roger Moe and Independence Party candidate Tim Penny, a former DFLer himself. Pawlenty has been criticized by some Minnesotans for budget cuts to programs such as MinnesotaCare to balance the budget (and controversial moves such as deferring required payments to the state's education and health care funds to later budget biennia to make the budget appear balanced when it was actually not).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 119], "content_span": [120, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0045-0001", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)\nPawlenty faces another strong DFL challenge this year in state Attorney General Mike Hatch, who fended off a liberal primary challenge from State Senator Becky Lourey. Pawlenty and Hatch were virtually neck and neck, with between 40-45% support for both candidates as recently as September, until the Mark Foley scandal hit the papers late that month, and 5-6% for Independence Party candidate Peter Hutchinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 119], "content_span": [120, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)\nAn October 23 SurveyUSA poll has Hatch leading Pawlenty 45% to 44% and Hutchinson with 7% . A November 1 Saint Cloud Times poll has Hatch at 46% and Pawlenty at 36%. Republican incumbent Tim Pawlenty was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 119], "content_span": [120, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Donald Carcieri (Rhode Island)\nRecent polls have shown Carcieri running even with his Democratic challenger, Lieutenant Governor Charles J. Fogarty, and Carcieri is a Republican governor in one of the most liberal states in the country. Carcieri's approval rating is currently 52%. Judging from recent polling, many voters may be willing to punish Carcieri for their displeasure with President George W. Bush. A November 2 Mason-Dixon poll has Carcieri leading Fogarty 50% to 42% with 8% undecided. Republican incumbent Donald Carcieri was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 125], "content_span": [126, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Rick Perry (Texas)\nChallenges from two popular independents, coupled with Perry's mediocre approval ratings, made the race interesting. Populist state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn decided to defect from the GOP and run against Perry, her bitter political foe, as an independent. Six weeks after the announcement of her candidacy, she moved to within single digits of Perry in polls. In addition to Perry and Strayhorn, former Congressman Chris Bell ran as the Democratic candidate, with country singer and Texas icon Kinky Friedman as another independent. This resulted in a peculiar four-way race (technically, a six-way race including the Libertarian candidate and a write-in candidate) in which no run-off would take place. Perry was elected to a second full term with just 39% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 113], "content_span": [114, 895]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188277-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 United States gubernatorial elections, Election summaries, Notable Republican incumbents, Felix Camacho (Guam)\nIn the U.S. territory of Guam, in the western Pacific Ocean, Republican Governor Felix P. Camacho was challenged by Democrat Robert Underwood. A former Guam Delegate-at-Large in the U.S. House of Representatives, Underwood had previously represented Guam from 1993 to 2003. The race was a rematch of the 2002 gubernatorial election in which Camacho handily defeated Underwood and won his first term in office by 10 points (see Politics of Guam). However, the race was significantly more close and competitive in 2006, with Camacho narrowly winning reelection by a 2-point margin over Underwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 115], "content_span": [116, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests\nIn 2006-2007, millions of people participated in protests over a proposed change to U.S. immigration policy. These large scale mobilizations are widely seen as a historic turn point in Latino politics, especially Latino immigrant civic participation and political influence, as noted in a range of scholarly publications in this field. The protests began in response to proposed legislation known as H.R. 4437, which would raise penalties for illegal immigration and classify illegal aliens and anyone who helped them enter or remain in the US as felons. As part of the wider immigration debate, most of the protests not only sought a rejection of this bill, but also a comprehensive reform of the country's immigration laws that included a path to citizenship for all illegal immigrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests\nThe 2006 immigration protests were a series of demonstrations that began in Chicago and continued throughout major cities nationwide for a period of eight weeks. The first major demonstration in Chicago was held on March 10, 2006, and was estimated to have about 100,000 participants. It was the initial impetus for many of the other protests which followed throughout the country. The largest single protest occurred on March 25, 2006 in downtown Los Angeles with an official estimate of more than 500,000 people marching in what organizers called \"La Gran Marcha\" (\"The Great March\") .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests\nOrganizers of La Gran Marcha, however, state that the actual revised number of participants is somewhere between 1.25 and 1.5 million estimated through later photographic analysis. The largest nationwide day of protest occurred on April 10, 2006, in 102 cities across the country, with 350,000\u2013500,000 in Dallas. The overwhelming majority of the protests were peaceful and attracted modest media attention. Additional protests took place on May Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, May Day\nThe marches reached a climax on May 1, 2006 and were nicknamed \"A Day Without Immigrants.\" Naming the protests in such way encouraged immigrants and aliens to quit their daily labor-intensive jobs for a day to draw attention to their significant contributions to U.S. daily life. Latino immigrants and aliens across the country were urged to boycott work, school and other economic activities. Those outside the Latino community were shocked to see the growing workforce of janitors, nannies, restaurant workers and many other service workers leave their jobs to join the protests. The mobilization of working-class illegal aliens was intended to challenge the belief that the United States would be able to prosper without illegal immigrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, May Day\nThe protests took place on May 1, a date meant to honor workers throughout the country. The May 1st marches reflected the immigrant protesters' identities as workers and significant contributors to U.S. society. Most immigrants of Latin American descent come to the United States seeking economic prosperity for themselves and their families, they infrequently accept low wage jobs to survive in the United States. Therefore, missing work for a day burdened their families. Yet, thousands of immigrants risked their jobs and joined the marches to demand political recognition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nMexicans were not considered \"immigrants\" until 1960, when the United States issued visas to emigrate to America. Before 1960, Mexicans could only apply for work visas as Braceros or cross the border without inspection. Mexicans didn't have a \"legal\" way to enter the United States before then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nTo understand the 2006 immigrant protests and the discourse behind illegal immigration as a leading topic in U.S. political debate, it is necessary to understand the history of illegal immigration. Since the 19th century, mass illegal immigration from Latin America to the United States has greatly impacted Latino politics. Illegal immigrants are individuals who arrive and live in the United States without legal documentation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nIn many cases, individuals arrive to the United States with legal documentation such as tourist or student visas and overstay the amount of time they are allowed to remain in the United States, thus becoming illegal immigrants. Many others cross the borders between the United States and Mexico, or the United States and Canada, without legal documentation. Today, undocumented entry to the United States is a misdemeanor. Illegal immigration did not always exist to the extent that it does today. Before 1965, the United States did not have numerical restrictions on immigration from countries in the western hemisphere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0005-0002", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nIn 1965, the United States passed the Immigration Nationality Act and repealed the 1924 National Origins Act designed to limit migration from southern and eastern European countries, thus making it possible for eastern-hemisphere countries to have equal access to visas in addition and consequently restricting migration from the western hemisphere for the first time. Furthermore, the 1965 Act provided unlimited number of visas for family reunification because it allowed naturalized U.S. citizens and permanent residents to request permission to bring their family members to the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0005-0003", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nThe 1965 Act influenced Latinos/as citizens and permanent residents to request visas that allowed their family members to immigrate to the United States. This resulted in a shift of the country's ethno racial makeup and the creation of a large Latino population in the United States. The 1965 Act's restriction on the number of visas allotted to western hemisphere countries created the phenomenon of large scale illegal western hemisphere migration, particularly from Latin American countries like Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nIn the 1980s, the United States government began to express concern about the large scale flow of illegal immigration, which led to the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. First, the Act made it illegal for employers to hire workers who could not provide proof of legal immigration to the United States. Second, it allowed for the legalization of immigrants who could prove residency in the U.S. since January 1, 1982 and agricultural workers who began working in the United States prior to May 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Illegal immigration\nOut of the 3 million migrants that applied for IRCA, 2.7 million, many of whom were Mexican, were given a path to citizenship. However, in the long term, IRCA was not successful in reducing the flow of illegal immigration to the United States. As a result, the U.S. government began to increase the funding of Border Patrol as a means to regulate the flow of undocumented immigrants to the United States. These actions proved to have little impact on illegal immigration, resulting in about eleven million illegal immigrants living in the United States, the majority being of Mexican origin. Therefore, discourse about the flow of illegal immigration has been known as a \"Mexican\" or \"Latino\" problem. The large scale flow of illegal migrants and the significant ethno-racial shift that occurred as a result of 1965 Act, have resulted in anti-immigrant backlash that targets Latino immigrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 961]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Role of Spanish-language media and religious leaders\nSpanish-language media outlets, in particular Univision, Telemundo, Azteca Am\u00e9rica and La Opini\u00f3n (Los Angeles' largest Spanish newspaper), advertised the protests on their front page. They called it a \"Mega Marcha\", a mega march, as a way to emphasize the large scale of the marches. This strategy allowed for the spread of mobilizations throughout the country. KMEX- TV in Los Angeles, an Univision owned and operated television station, called the protests \"Pisando Firme\", stepping strong, to remind protesters to march \"with pride, with dignity, with order, for your children, for your people, for your community.\" Although television and newspapers effectively mobilized protesters, it was radio stations which truly promoted the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Role of Spanish-language media and religious leaders\nVarious Spanish-language radio stations across the country, in large part aided in mobilizing people for the protests. Eddie \"Piol\u00edn\" Sotelo, a Spanish-language radio personality from Los Angeles, persuaded eleven of his counterparts from Spanish-language radio stations based in Los Angeles to also rally listeners to attend planned protests. Piolin Por La Ma\u00f1ana, is known to be one of the most popular radio shows in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Role of Spanish-language media and religious leaders\nThe Piol\u00edn's radio show, recorded near Los Angeles, is broadcast in 47 markets across the country including Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Phoenix, San Francisco and New York, many of the cities where the protests took place. In addition to mobilizing thousands of immigrant protestors, Eddie \"Piolin\" Sotelo made multiple appearances during protests, which increased his moral authority towards his Latino audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Role of Spanish-language media and religious leaders\nReligious leader Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, showed his support of immigrant protesters and urged Catholics, many of whom are Latino, to support the protests. He urged the Catholic community to spend Lent fasting and praying for an immigration reform that would counteract HR-4437 and the criminalization of immigrants. Cardinal Mahony made an official statement against HR-4437 through which he instructed Catholic priests to defy any law that required them to ask immigrants for legal documents. He stated that immigration was not about politics, rather the way in which human beings treat one another, while asserting that all Americans are of immigrant ancestry and share universal citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Role of Spanish-language media and religious leaders\nIt was not media alone that mobilized protesters, rather the media in partnership with migrant organizations and leaders. When analyzing the immigrant civic participation in the 2006 protests simply acknowledging the media's influence is not enough. It absolutely necessary to understand the \"meta-network\" of activists and leaders that used media as a call to action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 100], "content_span": [101, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Controversy and backlash over flag symbolism and protests\nThe initial protests caused much controversy after some protesters waved Mexican and Central American flags instead of American flags. Various talk-radio hosts and columnists played up the contentious nature of displaying non-U.S. flags during the protests. One particular incident referred to involved a protest at Montebello High School in California, where a Mexican flag was raised on a flagpole over a United States flag flying in the distressed (or upside-down) position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 105], "content_span": [106, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Controversy and backlash over flag symbolism and protests\nAs part of the backlash over the protests and the controversy over the flag symbolism issue, a group calling themselves \"Border Guardians\" burned a Mexican flag in front of the Mexican Consulate in Tucson, Arizona, on April 9, 2006. The following day the group proceeded to burn two Mexican flags during protest in Tucson which was estimated to have had 15,000 participants. After the police seized a student who had thrown a water bottle at the \"Border Guardians\", they followed the police officers calling for them to let the student go. As the situation escalated violence broke out and 6 were arrested with dozens being pepper-sprayed. The next day the police arrested the leader of the Border Guardians, Roy Warden, for charges including assault and starting a fire in a public park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 105], "content_span": [106, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Controversy and backlash over flag symbolism and protests\nBecause of the controversy, organizers of the protests encouraged protesters to leave their Mexican flags at home, with Cardinal Roger Mahony telling Los Angeles protesters to not fly any flag other than the United States flag because, \"...they do not help us get the legislation we need.\" As a result of this controversy later protests featured fewer Mexican flags and more protesters carrying American flags.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 105], "content_span": [106, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Controversy and backlash over flag symbolism and protests\nIn addition, California's Oceanside Unified School District banned flags and signs from its campuses after \"Mexican flag-wavers clashed with U.S. flag-wavers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 105], "content_span": [106, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Backlash\nThe Washington Post reported that, in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Herndon, a day labor center at which suspected illegal aliens gathered was closed and its mayor and two aldermen lost reelection, in part due to immigration concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Backlash\nMembership in the Minuteman Project increased due in part to backlash from the protests. On May 3, responding to the May 1 boycotts, the Minutemen embarked on a caravan across the United States in an effort to bring attention to a need for border enforcement. The caravan was expected to reach Washington, D.C. on May 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Backlash\nRegarding the Tucson-based anti-immigration movement: In 2006, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote: \"Roy Warden, 59, emerged this spring as one of the country's most controversial, volatile, and, many believe, dangerous characters of the anti-immigration movement.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Consequences of the 2006 immigration protests\nAlthough HR-4437 failed to pass through the Senate, it left a trail of consequences that affected the immigrant community. One of those consequences was intensive Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids during the final years of the Bush administration which continued throughout the Obama presidency. The increase in Immigration Customs Enforcement raids was meant to suppress further immigrant organizing. In the next couple of years, more than 300,000 undocumented immigrant were deported to their home countries, that is 100,000 more than the number of deported immigrants in 2005, a year before the protests. The increase in deportations caused fear of retaliation within the undocumented community and resulted in rapid demobilization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 93], "content_span": [94, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Consequences of the 2006 immigration protests\nAlthough HR-4437 did not become a law at the federal level, it did not prevent individual states from passing similar laws. In 2006, Pennsylvania passed the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which fined landlords who rented housing to undocumented immigrants and also fined business owners who hired them. The State of Arizona passed S.B. 1070, which led to racial profiling and required police officers to request legal documentation from anyone they suspected was undocumented. Both laws, along with similar others, were deemed unconstitutional in part because the U.S. Constitution assigns control over immigration to the federal government, not individual states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 93], "content_span": [94, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Latino political contributions and civic engagement\nSince undocumented immigrant communities were unable to vote, lobby, or influence politicians in more traditional ways, Latino leaders mobilized immigrants through non-voting activities, such as protests. Many Latinos indicated that the marches were the beginning of a new social and political movement that sought to gain civic empowerment. A report released by the Pew Hispanic Center indicated that Latinos would most likely vote in subsequent elections and The National Immigration Forum found that Latino voters were more enthusiastic to vote in 2006 due to the immigration debate, and the need to prevent legislation like HR-4437 from being approved by Congress. \"Today we march, tomorrow we vote,\" was one of the most popular slogans during the 2006 immigrant protests. Such slogan indicated the value and need for Latino/a political contribution and recognition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 99], "content_span": [100, 970]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Legislation\nH.R. 4437 (The Border Protection, Anti terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005) was passed by the United States House of Representatives on December 16, 2005 by a vote of 239 to 182. It is also known as the \"Sensenbrenner Bill\", for its sponsor in the House of Representatives, Jim Sensenbrenner. H.R. 4437 was seen by many as the catalyst for the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Legislation\nThe Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 previously gave \"amnesty\" to 2.7 million undocumented immigrants. Proponents of the measure, including then-President Reagan, said the measure, paired with stricter employer rules and a better path for legal entry, would reduce illegal immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Legislation\nThe companion bill passed by the United States Senate was S. 2611, which never passed conference committee. The House Republican leadership stated that it rejected S. 2611 wholly and would only pass legislation that addressed border security. The end of the 109th Congress marked the death of this bill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Kennedy ruling\nThe USA Supreme Court on June 16, 2008, ruled in Dada v. Mukasey, per ponente Justice Kennedy ruled (5\u20134) \"that someone who is here illegally may withdraw his voluntarily agreement to depart and continue to try to get approval to remain in the United States.\" The Court held that complying with a deportation order did not strip an immigrant of the right to appeal that deportation order. The lawsuit is about 2 seemingly contradictory provisions of immigration law. One prevents deportation by voluntary departure from the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Kennedy ruling\nThe other section allows immigrants who are here illegally but whose circumstances have changed to build their case to immigration officials, and who must remain in the US. In the case, Samson Dada, a Nigerian citizen, overstayed beyond the expiration of his tourist visa in 1998. Immigration authorities ordered him to leave the country as he agreed to leave voluntarily, but to allow his legal re-entry, unlike if he had been deported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Organizations\nThe following organizations mobilized from hundreds (FAIR) to millions of people (Great American Boycott) around immigration reform in the United States during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Organizations, Recruiting methods\nTypically anti-illegal immigration movements focus on grassroots recruiting tactics; the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps and Minuteman Project use these methods to boost membership. After the 2006 immigration reform protest, anti-immigration movement participation increased by 600%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188278-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 United States immigration reform protests, Organizations, Recruiting methods, Cooperation between anti-illegal immigration groups\nAnti -illegal immigration groups often do not pursue the same agenda in the same ways; however, they do form coalitions when their agendas match other movements. One of the major joint efforts that these groups engage in is access to mailing lists for individuals who have donated money in the past to support the movement; Federation for American Immigration Reform and Minutemen Civil Defense Corps have shared lists of mailers with one another in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 134], "content_span": [135, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188279-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 United States motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2006 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of July 21\u201323, 2006 at the Laguna Seca circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188279-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 United States motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188280-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah Blaze season\nThe 2006 Utah Blaze season was the first season for the franchise. They finished 7\u20139 record and qualified for the playoffs, although they lost 57\u201334 against Arizona to lose their first franchise playoff game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188280-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah Blaze season, Coaching\nDanny White entered his first season as the head coach of the Blaze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188281-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Utah Grand Prix was the fifth race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season at Miller Motorsports Park. It took place on July 15, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188281-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah Grand Prix, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188282-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah State Aggies football team\nThe 2006 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by second-year head coach Brent Guy and played their home games in Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188283-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah Utes football team\nThe 2006 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by 2nd year head football coach Kyle Whittingham. The Utes played their homes games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188283-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Utah Utes football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nUtah had two players taken in the 2007 NFL Draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188284-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Uzbek League\nThe 2006 Uzbek League season was the 15th edition of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188285-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 V-League\nV-League 2006 was the 50th season of Vietnam's professional football league. Eurowindow was the league's sponsor for the first time, replacing Tan Hiep Phat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188285-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 V-League\nG\u1ea1ch \u0110\u1ed3ng T\u00e2m Long An won their second title in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188285-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 V-League, Dream Team\nPh\u00f9ng V\u0103n Nhi\u00ean (Mikado Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh) Nguy\u1ec5n Huy Ho\u00e0ng (S\u00f4ng Lam Ngh\u1ec7 An) Nirut Surasiang (Pisico B\u00ecnh \u0110\u1ecbnh) Minh Trung (C\u1ea3ng S\u00e0i G\u00f2n)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188285-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 V-League, Dream Team\nNguy\u1ec5n Minh Ph\u01b0\u01a1ng (G\u1ea1ch \u0110\u1ed3ng T\u00e2m Long An) Shamo Abbey (Becamex B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng) Phan V\u0103n T\u00e0i Em (G\u1ea1ch \u0110\u1ed3ng T\u00e2m Long An)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188285-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 V-League, Dream Team\nAntonio Carlos (G\u1ea1ch \u0110\u1ed3ng T\u00e2m Long An) L\u00ea C\u00f4ng Vinh (S\u00f4ng Lam Ngh\u1ec7 An) Elenildo de Jesus (C\u1ea3ng S\u00e0i G\u00f2n)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188286-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nThe 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian based motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It began on 25 March 2006 in Adelaide and ended on 10 December 2006 at Phillip Island after 13 rounds. The 2006 Championship was the eighth V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188286-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nThe Drivers Championship was won by Rick Kelly, the Teams Championship by the Toll HSV Dealer Team and the Manufacturers Championship by Ford. As the winner of the Drivers Championship, Kelly was also awarded the 47th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188286-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Race calendar\nThe 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds. The Betta Electrical 500 and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 were endurance events which were contested over a single race with two drivers per car. The round at Winton Motor Raceway was organised as a late replacement for the cancelled V8 Supercars China Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188286-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers competed in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188286-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Points system\nDrivers were required to drop the points from their worst round up to and including Bathurst.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188286-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Results and standings, Manufacturers Championship\nFord won the Manufacturers Championship, having gained the most round victories over the course of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188287-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar season\nThe 2006 V8 Supercar season was the 47th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188287-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar season\nThere were 21 V8 Supercar meetings held during 2006; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (FVS) and a V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188287-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar season\nThis was the last season of V8 Supercars broadcast by Network Ten and Fox Sports; at the conclusion of 2006 the broadcasting rights were handed over to the Seven Network from 2007 to 2014. However, since 2015 Network Ten and Fox Sports are still permitted to revive their V8 Supercars rights with Ten shows seven events live plus highlights and Fox Sports shows every practice, qualifying and race live.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188287-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar season, Season review\nRick Kelly won the championship. It came down to the last race, where Rick Kelly narrowly beat Craig Lowndes for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188287-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercar season, Results and standings, Panasonic V8 Supercars GP 100\nThis meeting was a support event of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188288-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercars Winton round\nThe 2006 V8 Supercars Winton round was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 2\u20134 June 2006. The event was held at the Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria, and consisted of three races culminating in 378 kilometres. It was the fourth round of thirteen in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188288-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercars Winton round\nThe event was notable for Jason Richards' only race win, coming in the reverse-grid heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188288-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 V8 Supercars Winton round, Background\nJos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez and Fabian Coulthard replaced Tony Ricciardello and Alan Gurr at Britek Motorsport and Paul Morris Motorsport respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188289-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 VFL season\nThe 2006 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring 12 teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188289-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 VFL season\nIt was the 125th season of the Australian rules football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188289-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 VFL season, League affiliations\nPrior to the 2006 season, the VFL-AFL reserves affiliation which had existed for the previous three seasons between North Melbourne and Port Melbourne was terminated. In its place, North Melbourne arranged to be affiliated with both North Ballarat and Tasmania, with half of its reserves players allocated to each team. Port Melbourne continued as a stand-alone senior team in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188289-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 VFL season, League affiliations\nAs a result, the competition stayed constant at thirteen teams: ten VFL-AFL affiliations, one AFL reserves team (Geelong) and two stand-alone VFL teams (Port Melbourne and Frankston).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188289-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 VFL season, League affiliations\nPrior to the season, Springvale came to an arrangement with the City of Casey to relocate to the new Casey Fields multi-sports complex in Cranbourne East. The club changed its name to the Casey Scorpions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188290-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 VMI Keydets football team\nThe 2006 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the Keydets' 116th year of football, and their 4th season in the Big South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188290-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 VMI Keydets football team\nFollowing the firing of former coach Cal McCombs, who headed the VMI football team from 1999 to 2005, the Keydets announced they hired Jim Reid as their new head coach on December 22, 2005. After winning the first game of the season over Davidson 20\u201319, VMI went winless through the rest of the year, dropping 10 straight games, including all four in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188291-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2006 VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup was the 1st staging . The tournament was held in Long An, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188291-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nVTV B\u00ecnh \u0110i\u1ec1n Long An (Host) Vietinbank Gi\u1ea5y B\u00e3i B\u1eb1ng Th\u00f4ng tin LVPB Vital Th\u00e1i B\u00ecnh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188291-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 83], "content_span": [84, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188292-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaahteraliiga season\nThe 2006 Vaahteraliiga season was the 27th season of the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between May 36 and September 9, 2006. The Finnish champion was determined in the playoffs and at the championship game Vaahteramalja XXVII the Porvoo Butchers won the Helsinki Wolverines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots\nThe 2006 Vadodara riots also known as the 2006 Dargah riots occurred on 1 May of that year in the city of Vadodara in the state of Gujarat in India. The riots were caused by the municipal council's decision to remove the dargah (shrine) of Syed Chishti Rashiduddin, a medieval Sufi saint. The shrine was between two and three hundred years old. The incident resulted in six to eight people being killed and forty-two injured, 16 of these were from police shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots, Background\nThe dargah was first mentioned in a municipal survey carried out in 1912, when Vadodara was the princely state of Baroda and was ruled by Sayajirao Gaekwad III. The city Mayor, Sunil Solanki, had said that the council were removing illegal buildings as part of a road widening programme and that they had already removed 20 temples and three dargahs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots, Background\nOn 2 April, the Gujarat High Court looked into the incidents suo motu and decided that \"encroachments on public roads cannot be tolerated\", and that if needed, \"anti-socials\" who opposed these demolitions should be arrested before the demolition was carried out. The Supreme Court overturned the judgment on 4 April and ordered a temporary stay on demolition of illegal religious structures, due to the situation being volatile.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots, Background\nThe commissioner for police, Deepak Swaroop, had requested caution on the issue. But Solanki insisted on the programme continuing as the shrine was in the way of development. It is reported that he said \"If the police and the corporation will not do it, our boys in the Bajrang Dal will do it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots, Riots\nOn the first day it is estimated that eighteen people were injured and thirty-eight placed under arrest. The police have stated that they had at first used tear gas and batons in an attempt to control the crowd, but were left with no option other than to shoot. On the 2 May there were incidents of violence between Muslims and Hindus in several areas. On 3 May the State government requested that the federal government provide additional security personnel. A Muslim man had been burned to death in his car by a 1,500 strong crowd, and cases of arson had been reported. People were also evacuated out of the Ajabdi Mills area as a precaution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots, Riots\nFrontline wrote of the incident unlike the riots of 2002, this was only a skirmish. There were spontaneous clashes between two communities. There were casualties on both sides, of innocent people just like in 2002 but at much milder scale. The violence of 2002 was a far more widespread and has been opined to be a state-sponsored, planned and systematic targeting of Muslims.\" The Independent People's Tribunal, an NGO has stated that the police had targeted Muslims during the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188293-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Vadodara riots, Riots\nThe home minister for Gujarat, Amit Shah, stated that as a result of the incident paramilitary forces had been deployed and security increased in five of Gujarat's districts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188294-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Valencia GP2 Series round\nThe 2006 Valencia GP2 Series round were a pair of motor races held on 8 and 9 April 2006 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia as part of the GP2 Series. It was the first round of the 2006 GP2 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188295-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi\nXV Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14 to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the Geneva World Federation of International Music Competitions. Pianist Josu De Solaun Soto was given the First Grand Prize, becoming the first Spanish pianist to be awarded such distinction in the 25 years of the competition's existence. The prize included over $25,000, recital and orchestral engagements and a recording contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188296-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Valencia Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2006 Valencia Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of April 21\u201323, 2006 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188297-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 27\u201329 October 2006 at the Valencia circuit. The MotoGP riders' championship was decided at this race, as Nicky Hayden's third place ensured he completed the season with more points than his rival, and polesitter for the race, Valentino Rossi, who finished down in thirteenth after he fell during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188297-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe race was also notable for two lasts; the last race with the 990cc (60.4 cu in) engines which d\u00e9buted in 2002, and the last race for the Honda RC211V, as the engines switched to 800cc (48.8 cu in) in capacity and Honda would field the RC212V from 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188297-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 94], "content_span": [95, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe 2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 21st year of existence (or 31st if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 14th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. 2006 was Bob Lilley's second season as head coach, and they started the season with many draws while the team sorted itself out. In the last ten games after some player additions, the Whitecaps lost only two of their last ten games. In the playoffs Vancouver went on a run as the fourth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThey first had a play-in round series against Miami FC Blues and Rom\u00e1rio before upsetting regular season champion or Commissioner's Cup winner and Canadian rival Montreal Impact with two second half of overtime goals in the second leg away in La belle province. The first goal scorer was Eduardo Sebrango, a striker out of favour in Montreal in 2005 (he was the 2004 leading goal scorer on the Impact) that Vancouver signed in the off season. In the single championship game at the regular season runner-up Rochester Rhinos' new home, PAETEC Park, the Whitecaps scored via an own goal just before half time and then put the game out of reach with two more goals to win 0 \u2013 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe Whitecaps FC Women ruthlessly won the 2006 W-League Championship, the club's second, finishing with almost twice as many regular season points as the runner up in the Western Conference before 5 \u2013 0 and 3 \u2013 0 wins achieved the title. The club also had four USL Super Y League teams play in the finals held in Florida. This was the first time a club has won both the men's and women's United States D2 championships in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe league was a single table competition although the schedule was not balanced; it was home and away with additional matches against Seattle, Portland, and Minnesota. Head to head results were the first tie-breaker. Average attendance increased for the fifth year in a row and was above 5,000 for the second time since 2001. Two double-headers were played with the Whitecaps Women, the USL W-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe club also spent the year raising its local profile. The team moved its live radio broadcasts to a new start up sports radio channel in 2006 for one year. The Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium was in the local media before the season started although attempts to have the stadium ready for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup were annulled with an unusually long six month review process. The stadium was news-worthy again in June 2006 as it was recommended for inclusion in municipal development planning; note not approved for the planning process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nOnce approved for the planning process, the process including rezoning would have taken an additional two years. The stadium process started in 2003 and as of 2014 has not been built regardless of completely private financing. The Whitecaps also partnered with a player marketing service for the player development program. The club had sixteen teams in their club structure during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nCommissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0Bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0First round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nLast updated: April 26, 2010Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nThe Whitecaps opened their four-week training camp on March 27, 2006 at Simon Fraser University. The preseason schedule was announced March 14, 2006 including a double header of the men's and women's teams versus the UVic Vikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Post-season, Bracket\nQuarterfinals and Semifinals 2-game aggregate Higher seeded team hosted first game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Voyaguers Cup\nPrior to 2008, from when it has been awarded to the Canadian Championship winners, the men's title was decided on regular-season matches between Canada's USL First Division sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Whitecaps Nations Cup\nDue to the business success of neighbouring rivals' (Portland and Seattle) friendlies and the friendly with Sunderland A.F.C. in 2005 watched by 6,857, the Whitecaps marketed a four team tournament held from July 19\u201323, 2006. The tournament was organized with the Vancouver Multicultural Society's CultureFest and the local 27th Annual Nations Cup soccer tournament for local amateur soccer enthusiasts. Welsh club Cardiff City FC also played matches in Victoria, Langley, and Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Whitecaps Nations Cup\nDue to the business success of neighbouring rivals' (Portland and Seattle) friendlies and the friendly with Sunderland A.F.C. in 2005 watched by 6,857, the Whitecaps marketed a four team tournament held from July 19\u201323, 2006. The tournament was organized with the Vancouver Multicultural Society's CultureFest and the local 27th Annual Nations Cup soccer tournament for local amateur soccer enthusiasts. Welsh club Cardiff City FC also played matches in Victoria, Langley, and Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Staff\nJohn Rocha stepped down in August 2006 to focus on the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup as Vancouver site chairman while continuing to support the Whitecaps in a consulting role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\n2006 marked the most significant changes to the Whitecaps roster in the 20 years of club history with twelve new players signed at the start of the season. The American coach Bob Lilley expanded the Whitecaps' recruiting more to the US college ranks, MLS, other USL-1 teams, and overseas. He opined that the rate of the improvement in the league meant that the Whitecaps did not have time if they wanted to be competitive this year to develop local players, so the Whitecaps changed to a buyer in the player marketplace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nLocal signings such as 2006's cohort of Andrew Corrazza, Diaz Kambere, and others stopped sticking with the team going forward. As the profile of the club increased and ambitions for Division 1 grew, coaches had more pressure for immediate results and fewer local connections. This was the beginning of a trend that gradually removed locally developed long-time career players from the Whitecaps first team through release or retirement that probably culminated with the retirement of Martin Nash after the 2010 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nTwelve year Whitecap veteran defender and local Chris Franks retired after a spell with Doncaster Rovers F.C. Carlo Corazzin was also released. Previous starting goalkeeper Five year Whitecap Mike Franks who didn't get any further minutes after recovering from injury in 2005 was also released. Defender Mark Watson was released prior to the 2006 season and midfielder Nick Dasovic retired before the 2005 season to coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nOn March 28, the Whitecaps announced the trade of Daniel Antoniuk who was with Portland Timbers in 2005 to Montreal Impact for Eduardo Sebrango. Bob Lilley was familiar with Eduardo Sebrango from his time coaching the Impact and Sebrango was recovering from injuries and saw little playing time in 2005. As advertised in the signing announcement, he would score important, timely goals in big games both for and against the Whitecaps in the years to come. They also announced the signing of 2005 MLS Columbus Crew midfielder/forward David Testo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nOn April 7, 2006 the Whitecaps signed fullback John Jones and defender Anthony Noreiga. The whitecaps signed locals Diaz Kambere and Stefan Leslie to amateur contracts as well as American midfielder Tony Donatelli, and forward Canadian Sita-Taty Matondo, Another key signing was the English Premier League Newcastle United goalkeeper Tony Caig on April 13, 2006. Due to injuries in midfield and forward requiring one of the regular defenders to move to midfield, in June the Whitecaps also signed defender Ryan Saurez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nThe 2006 team was billed as much more offensive minded with greater depth at the forward and midfield positions. The line up was relatively settled with 25 players getting playing minutes and seven getting about 2000 minutes or more. James Alberts, Jeff Clarke, Joey Gjertsen, and David Morris appeared in all 28 games for the Whitecaps. Despite preseason speculation the goal scoring was again singular, this year Joey Gjertsen was fourth in the league with 12 goals. Martin Nash and Joey Gjertsen led the team in assists with both in the top ten league-wide. Gjertsen's year for the champion Whitecaps, fourth in goals (12) and second in assists (7), earned him a league most valuable player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188298-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Goalkeeper stats\n|}Updated to match played October 20, 2013Source:\u00a0As of the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188299-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football team\nThe 2006 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his fifth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006, Vanderbilt went 4\u20138 with a record of 1\u20137 in the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings\nIn March 2006, the Indian city of Varanasi witnessed a series of bombings in which at least 28 people were reportedly killed and 101 injured. Varanasi is considered holy by Hindus and is one of the oldest living city in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Blasts, Blast at the Temple\nThe blasts occurred nearly simultaneously shortly after 18:00 IST. The first blast took place at 18:20 at the crowded Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple near the Banaras Hindu University. Hundreds of pilgrims were in temple as it was a Tuesday, believed to be particularly holy by the devotees of Lord Hanuman, a deity at the temple. The bomb was placed in a container near a gate at the temple where women usually sit. It claimed 10 lives and injured 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Blasts, Blast at the station\nOne other blast followed at the Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station. It occurred in the waiting area next to the travel office. Initially another blast was reported inside the stationary Shiv Ganga Express bound for Delhi; however, this was later discounted. The Shiv Ganga Express departure was delayed by 2 hours, eventually arriving in Delhi 4 hours late but intact. Six bombs were reported defused from other areas in the city, including a restaurant frequented by foreigners, in the vicinity of the railway station. It claimed 11 lives and injured 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Timing of the blasts\nIt is estimated that the date and time of the explosions were selected for causing maximum damage. The CBSE and ISC Examinations (India's school leaving examinations) were in progress and therefore there were many students and worshippers at the temple when the bombs exploded during the Aarti ceremony. Tuesday was also a holy day of the deity at the temple. It is further conjectured that the bomb at the railway station was orchestrated to coincide with the throng of passengers waiting for Shiv Ganga express.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Investigation\nPakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit, whose member was shot dead in an encounter with police near Lucknow on Wednesday, were prima facie behind the blasts in Varanasi, a senior Uttar Pradesh government official said in Varanasi on Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Investigation\nUttar Pradesh, Chief Secretary, Mr. Sinha said bombs were made in Bihar. The material to make bombs was procured in Nepal which was then smuggled across the porous Indo-Nepal border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Official response\nIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts and appealed for calm. A state of high alert was declared in India's major cities. Police were sent to all major places of worship in New Delhi. India's Cabinet Committee on Security met in emergency session. Varanasi shut down Wednesday to protest the blasts; shops and businesses closed, and authorities closed schools and colleges. It reopened on 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Official response\nUttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, claimed that UP Police killed one of the suspected Pakistani involved who turned out to be a resident of Madhya Pradesh, but he was part of Lashkar-e Taiba Islamic group and police were on the lookout for him in context of Delhi blasts of 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Reactions, Domestic\nThe Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts and appealed for calm. A state of high alert was declared in India's major cities. Police were sent to all major places of worship in New Delhi. India's Cabinet Committee on Security met in emergency session. Varanasi shut down Wednesday to protest the blasts; shops and businesses closed, and authorities closed schools and colleges. [ 5] It reopened on 9 March. [ 6]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Reactions, Domestic\nUttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, claimed that UP Police killed one of the suspected Pakistani involved who turned out to be a resident of Madhya Pradesh, but he was part of Lashkar-e Toiba Islamic group and police were on the lookout for him in context of Delhi blasts of 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Suspects\nA little known group calling itself the Lashkar-e Kahar/Qahab has claimed responsibility for the attacks. A spokesperson for the group who identified himself as Abdullah Jabbar alias Abu Feroz called a local news agency in Srinagar on Thursday morning to claim responsibility for the blasts and threatened similar attacks in other cities unless the government stopped its \"catch and kill\" campaign in Jammu and Kashmir. A staff of the TV channel said that Feroz spoke in Urdu with a heavy Punjabi accent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188300-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Varanasi bombings, Suspects\nIt is speculated that the bombings were carried out in retaliation of the arrest of a Lashkar-e-Toiba agent in Varanasi earlier in February 2006. Some analysts see a connection between the bombings and Hindu-Muslim clashes in the city of Lucknow on 4 March 2006 that left four people dead. These clashes started because of protests against the President of the United States George W. Bush's India visit. It is also believed that these attacks were a part of a series which included an attack at the IISc, Bangalore and also at the Akshardham Temple, Gujarat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188301-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi \u2013 The Untold\nVaranasi is an upcoming Indian thriller Bollywood film, written and directed by Aryaman Keshu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188301-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi \u2013 The Untold\nRaima Sen will be seen playing lead role in the film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188301-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi \u2013 The Untold, Plot\nThe film is partially inspired from the terror attacks that shook the holy city of Varanasi in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188301-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi \u2013 The Untold, Production, Development\nThe official announcement of the film was announced in the second half of September 2016. The title of the film was said to be Varanasi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188301-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi \u2013 The Untold, Production, Casting\nThe makers of the film have decided to cast Raima Sen, along with Om Puri, Ravi Kishan and Rahul Dev in the film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188301-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Varanasi \u2013 The Untold, Production, Filming\nThe principal photography of the film will commence sometime in October 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188302-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vattenfall Cyclassics\nThe 2006 edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics cycle race took place in the German city of Hamburg on July 30, 2006. The race was the continuation of the old HEW Cyclassics, which no rider has won twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election\nThe City of Vaughan 2006 Municipal Election took place on November 13, 2006. One mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors were elected for the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. In addition, local school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board, York Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario, which for the first time elected politicians to four year terms, rather than three years as had previously been the case. (see 2006 Ontario municipal elections).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Results\nThe 2006 municipal election in Vaughan saw a number of major upsets and a number of other close races - contrary to past results in the city elections. All but one incumbent were re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Results, Mayor\nIn the Mayoral race, former Regional Councillor Linda Jackson unseated incumbent Mayor and former Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase. This was the first time since the incorporation of the City of Vaughan that an incumbent mayor had been defeated. Jackson took the place of her mother, Lorna Jackson who had held the position before she succumbed to cancer prior to Di Biase's tenure. After the final results came in, Di Biase called for a recount due to the extremely close result .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Results, Mayor\nHowever, he later called off the recount and filed an application for an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court requesting that the election be declared \u201cillegal and void\u201d for a number of reasons including faulty vote-counting machines. On November 22, Di Biase again reversed his decision, asking City Council to support a recount. The results of the recount were released Nov. 30. Jackson was once again declared mayor with 28,402 votes over Di Biase's 28,308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Results, Regional Councillors\nWith Jackson no longer serving as a Regional Councillor, only two incumbents ran for that position, Mario Ferri and Joyce Frustaglio. In a surprise result, Frustaglio took first place in the race, making her the Deputy Mayor, a post held since Di Biase became Mayor by Mario Ferri. The third position was filled by a former Local and Regional Councillor, Gino Rosati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Results, Local Councillors\nAll five Ward Councilor positions were won by the incumbents, with many difficult challenges coming from former city staff and councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Candidates, Regional Council\nBecause Joyce Frustaglio received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, she is styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the Deputy Mayor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188303-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Vaughan municipal election, Controversy\nFollowing the November 2006 election, former mayor Michael Di Biase appealed the results of the elections citing possible errors in the ballot counting machines. The results were reviewed following a decision in his favour in Ontario Superior Court, concluding that the original result, the election of Jackson as mayor, was the correct one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188304-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Veikkausliiga\nThe 2006 season of the Veikkausliiga the 17th season in the league's history, which began on April 19 and ended on October 29. The league was originally supposed to have 14 teams, but AC Allianssi was refused a license, so the league was subsequently played with only 13 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 2006 to elect a president for a six-year term to begin on 10 January 2007. The contest was primarily between incumbent President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, and Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales of the opposition party A New Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election\nAfter winning a recall referendum in 2004, President Ch\u00e1vez positioned himself for re-election in 2006 for a second full term. The opposition did not hold a primary, instead, the candidates reached a consensus into backing the governor of the largest state (Zulia), Manuel Rosales. Ch\u00e1vez benefited from a high popularity, and led most opinion polls throughout the campaign. He went to win re-election by the widest margin by percentage of the popular vote since the 1947 elections, and by the largest margin of votes cast in the history of Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Candidates\nThere were fourteen candidates in total, making the ballot the largest in Venezuelan history. According to El Universal, this was caused by division among adherents to grassroots Chavismo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Candidates, Primary election\nCivil society organization S\u00famate recommended procedures for a primary, to be held on 13 August 2006, to choose the opposition candidate for the December 2006 presidential elections. Teodoro Petkoff, a Ch\u00e1vez critic, said that S\u00famate's procedure was authoritarian, comparing it to the Carmona Decree. Nine other candidates agreed to the terms for holding a primary, confirming their desire to allow the citizens to choose the opposition candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Candidates, Primary election\nAnother candidate condemned Petkoff's remarks against S\u00famate, saying that Petkoff's statements did not help the country, and explaining that the conditions for holding a primary had been previously discussed between all of the candidates, including Petkoff. On 9 August, S\u00famate announced that the 13 August primary election would not be held, since the candidates had decided to back Manuel Rosales as the single opposition candidate. Machado said that the primary \"initiative accomplished its goal and that S\u00famate would continue working to ensure clean elections and respect for citizens' rights\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Ch\u00e1vez\nCh\u00e1vez's campaign manager Rafael Lacava said that the campaign was to be based on defending Venezuela's national sovereignty and promoting world peace. According to Uni\u00f3n Radio, Lacava added that a campaign theme was to be the \"country's freedom to no longer be a North American colony\". According to the Associated Press, Ch\u00e1vez launched his campaign \"with warnings that Washington is trying to undermine December's presidential vote and destabilize Venezuela\", saying \"I am the candidate of the revolution and without a doubt I am the candidate of the national majority\", dismissing other candidates as \"tools of the U.S. government\". El Universal reports that Ch\u00e1vez said, \"In this electoral process there are two candidates only, namely Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and George W. Bush\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Ch\u00e1vez\nCh\u00e1vez promised that if elected he would personally convoke a midterm recall referendum in the year 2010 without the need for petition signatures as was the case with the 2004 recall referendum. This consult would allow the voters of Venezuela to remove him from his post. He has said that if he won that recall referendum, he would then call for a referendum to ask the people for indefinite re-election to be put into the constitution. On 26 November Ch\u00e1vez made his final rally in Caracas; it was called \"The Red Tide takes Caracas\". Reuters estimated that hundreds of thousands participated. Ch\u00e1vez supporters packed several streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Rosales\nRosales said that the backbone of his government program was to be the social arena, saying it will be a \"sound and well defined\" program, including a \"fair allocation of oil revenues by means of two axes\u2013 minimum wage for all unemployed and direct contribution to the underprivileged\". The latter being promoted as Mi Negra which is a debit card handed out to the poor with monthly deposits from 20% of oil industry profits. Nevertheless, a poll shows 59% of the Venezuelan people rejected the Mi Negra program, preferring stable jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Rosales\nAccording to the Los Angeles Times, Rosales stated that Ch\u00e1vez was vulnerable on his \"massive foreign aid programs, government-approved takeovers of land and buildings, and the perception that crime is increasing\". Rosales said, \"We will distribute land to the peasants, but we will buy it in such a way as to respect the principle of private property, just as we will respect those of human rights and social justice\". Rosales would halt oil giveaways, \"including sales of discounted oil to Cuba, until Venezuela reduced its high poverty rate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Rosales\nThe Associated Press reports that Rosales accuses Ch\u00e1vez of \"overspending on a military buildup\" and pledged \"to use Venezuela's oil wealth to help the poor and improve education and health care\", ridiculing Ch\u00e1vez's \"claims of a possible war with the U.S.\" and saying, \"Venezuela's real war should be against rampant street crime\". Rosales held several large rallies around the country; the largest being \"Las Avalanchas\" in Caracas. Rallies were held in several states to try to get the Rosales campaign to be heard by as many people as possible. To close his election campaign, Manuel Rosales held a huge final rally in Caracas with an estimate by the Associated Press to be in the hundreds of thousands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, No debate held\nRosales demanded a public debate, saying Ch\u00e1vez should choose the TV channel where the debate would be broadcast. He also said \"I am waiting for him (Ch\u00e1vez) to have a debate with me broadcast by all the TV channels to allow Venezuelans to know what is the project and the vision of the country he has and the project and vision we have\". Ch\u00e1vez declared he would not debate Rosales because \"the candidates from the opposition do not even have the condition to debate a schoolboy or girl in sixth grade from a Bolivarian school\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Slogans and ads, Ch\u00e1vez\nCh\u00e1vez launched his campaign with a slogan of 10 Millones de votos (10 million votes), On multiple occasions the campaign used the more combative \"10 millones por el buche\" (10 million votes down their throats). On 17 August 2006, while leading the oath at the national campaign headquarters (Commando Miranda), Ch\u00e1vez acknowledged that 10 million votes would be hard to attain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Slogans and ads, Ch\u00e1vez\nFrom 9 October, Ch\u00e1vez campaign used the slogans por amor (for love) and Ch\u00e1vez, victoria de Venezuela (Ch\u00e1vez, Venezuela's victory). They also used the slogan uh, ah, Ch\u00e1vez no se va (ooh, oh, Ch\u00e1vez won't go) from the 2004 recall referendum campaign. A poll conducted by Cifras Escenarios reported that 76.7% of Venezuelans liked the love message. The English translation of the message is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Slogans and ads, Ch\u00e1vez\nAlways, I have done everything out of love. For the love of trees and rivers, I became a painter. For the love of knowledge, studies, I left my dearest village, to study. For the love of sports I became a ball player. For the love of the motherland I became a soldier. For the love of the people I became President, you made me President. I have ruled these years out of love. For love we did Barrio Adentro. For love we did Mission Robinson. For love we did Mercal. We have done everything for love. There is a lot left to do. I need more time. I NEED YOUR VOTE. YOUR VOTE FOR LOVE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign, Slogans and ads, Rosales\n\u00a1 Ni el imperio, ni el barbudo! (Neither the [U.S.] empire, nor the [Cuban] bearded one!) is a slogan used by Rosales in launching his campaign, intended to \"hit Ch\u00e1vez where the Venezuelan comandante is most vulnerable: his penchant for giving away billions of dollars to foreign countries, while nearly half of the Venezuelan people live in poverty\" referring to subsidized oil deals to both Cuba and the United States. \"We are not going to be the empire's defenders,\" Rosales said. \"The empire must respect our sovereignty, and we must respect the empire,\" and \"we cannot be looking at societies like Cuba as a model to be copied. We want modernity, transformation, development.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Opinion polls\n(++) This poll was attributed to the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. University's authorities clarified that they have not knowledge about this study. One of members of the CEPS happen to be a university faculty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Opinion polls, International markets\nInternational markets largely saw a Ch\u00e1vez victory. Rafael de la Fuente of BNP Paribas stated \"The market expects a Ch\u00e1vez victory, they don't even question it\". Ricardo Amorim of WestLB Research \"The vision I see is that of a 20-point victory... We would be surprised if he does not win\". Patrick Esteruelas of Eurasia Group saw Ch\u00e1vez winning by 60 percent. Also arguing that a high turnout would benefit Ch\u00e1vez, Goldman Sachs dismissed the close polling arguing, \"Ch\u00e1vez is the favorite to win the election due to vast control of logistical and financial state resources, and influence over key institutions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct\nFour organisations were given permission to send official election observers to monitor the elections: Carter Center, European Union, Mercosur and Organization of American States. A fifth organisation was refused permission: Cortes Generales (Spanish parliament).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct\nPolling stations opened at 6:00\u00a0a.m. but newspaper El Universal reported that in some electoral centers, voters waited in line since 3:00\u00a0a.m. According to the National Electoral Council(CNE) director Humberto Castillo, the turnout in polling stations was massive, and the conditions were \"normal\" throughout the country. Polling station were scheduled to close at 4:00\u00a0p.m. Around 5 p.m., CNE president Tibisay Lucena officially announced the end of the voting process, but gave orders to keep polling stations open if voters still remained in line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct\nRosales' campaign team denounced irregularities in the closing of some voting booths, saying that Plan Rep\u00fablica\u2014the armed forces sent to guard the electoral process\u2014would not let some electoral centers be closed even though no voters remained in line. Rosales' spokesman also alerted about the reopening of already closed centers. CNE member Vicente D\u00edaz later reaffirmed that all polling stations without voters in line must be closed, and that no booths under any circumstances could be reopened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct\nThe Carter Center concluded that the elections were \"fair, transparent and without serious irregularities\". Carter Center praised \"the civic spirit of the elections\" and hoped that \"other Latin American nations will follow Venezuela's example in the future\". However, a study conducted by Ezequiel Zamora (former vicepresident of the CNE), Freddy Malpica (former rector of the Universidad Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar), Guillermo Salas (USB professor), Jorge Tamayo (UCV professor), Ramiro Esparragoza (UCV professor), four statistics experts and three computer engineers concluded in January 2007 that the 2006 presidential elections presented \"important statistical inconsistencies, despite the fact that the opposition candidate recognized the results\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct\nThey argued that the elections results of many electoral centers showed a very regular statistical distribution of the votes in favor of Rosales in comparison with the dispersion of the votes for Ch\u00e1vez. This suggest that the regularities are the possible result of numerical ceilings embedded in the voting machines. Also there seems to be a regular statistical abstention of 25% in most electoral centers and no signs of dispersion. They have recommended further studies of the data in order to understand the deficiencies of the Venezuelan electoral system and in order to have a \"minimum of transparency\" in any future electoral process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct, Concerns over the Electoral Registry\nOpposition candidates and political parties voiced concerns over possible inaccuracies of the national electoral registry. Previous elections had shown that there might be a great number of deceased people still on the records. The CNE audited the Registry on multiple occasions; the first occurred in early 2006 by IIDH-CAPEL (Costa Rican Human Right org) that concluded there was nothing found that delegitimized the registry. A second review process started in mid-2006 where the CNE asked all the public universities of Venezuela to conduct also an external review of the electoral registry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct, Concerns over the Electoral Registry\nHowever, the review project presented by the Central University of Venezuela, Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar University and the Andr\u00e9s Bello Catholic University was rejected by the CNE. One of the proposed methods by these institutions was comparing census data with the electoral registry. They nevertheless ran their audit in parallel and the representative of the three institutions Jos\u00e9 Miguel Bernardo concluded \"In practice [these errors] do not favor the government and their distribution is uniform.\" A second mathematician involved in the audit, Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez, concluded \"One must be responsible. The electoral registry is a disaster and the CNE has done nothing to improve it, but there is nothing to indicate a political intention in the anomalies.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct, Concerns over the Electoral Registry\nThe CNE performed the third audit with the aid of seven other public universities and with the Carter Center and two senators from the Belgian parliament observing the audit. The senators were Jacinta de Roeck, independent, and Sfia Bouarfa, from the French-speaking Socialist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct, Concerns over the Electoral Registry\nIn June 2006, a privately funded preliminary study by Genaro Mosquera, a statistics professor at the Central University and member of the political party Democratic Action,claimed that in the last three years the registry grew 27% compare to a population growth of only 7.3% during those years and also a much larger growth than the regular increase of the registry of 12% every five years between 1948 and 2000. One of the flagship government Bolivarian Missions was Mission Identidad, where roughly 5 million citizens were awarded an ID card and the right to register and vote. Also, by comparing the official population numbers provided with by the Office of National Statistics with the CNE registry, there seems to be more register voters of 45 years of age and over than actual population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct, Concerns over the Electoral Registry\nAccording to NGO Ojo Electoral (Electoral Eye) preliminary results of a comparison between the Electoral Registry and demographic projections of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) suggests that inconsistencies in the voter data base cannot modify the results of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Conduct, Other concerns\nThe opposition claimed there was unfair pressure by the government against governmental workers who might not want to support the president. They released a video that showed energy minister and head of PDVSA, Rafael Ram\u00edrez, telling state oil workers to back President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez or to leave their jobs. He also said PDVSA is red \"from top to bottom\"(PDVSA es roja, rojita de arriba abajo). He also said that PDVSA's \"workers are with this revolution, and those who aren't should go somewhere else. Go to Miami.\" Opposition media outlets have been repeating the 14-minute video over and over again. President Ch\u00e1vez said he supported the PDVSA director and recommended him to make the same speech to oil workers 100 times a day. The CNE opened an investigation into Rafael Ram\u00edrez following the protests from the opposition and Ram\u00edrez was eventually fined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 922]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Results\nThe 29 January 2007 report from the CNE showed the following results:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Results, Electoral audits\nEven though a fair number of international observers were present, the CNE instituted an open and public series of audits of the vote results. Each one of the 11,118 automated polling places was equipped with multiple high-tech touch-screen DRE voting machines, one to a \"mesa electoral,\" or \"voting table.\" In total, 32,331 voting machines were in use country-wide. After the vote is cast, each machine prints out a paper ballot, or VVPAT, which is inspected by the voter and deposited in a ballot box belonging to the machine's table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Results, Electoral audits\nThe voting machines perform in a stand-alone fashion, disconnected from any network until the polls close. Voting session closure at each of the voting stations in a given polling center is determined either by the lack of further voters after the lines have emptied, or by the hour, at the discretion of the president of the voting table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Results, Tally scrutinization\nAfter the polls close at any voting table, the following steps are carried out:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Results, Random paper ballot audit\nOnce the tally scrutinization is complete the staff proceeds to perform a random paper ballot audit of 54.31% of the machines. Each voting center can have anywhere from one to twelve voting machines, occasionally up to fifteen. The staff randomly selects the tables/machines by drawing a number out of a paper hat. The size of the draw is dependent on the number of tables/machines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Reactions\nShortly after the first set of partial results was broadcast on the night of the election, Ch\u00e1vez appeared on the Balc\u00f3n del Pueblo (People's Balcony) in the presidential palace to celebrate his victory and address his followers. Ch\u00e1vez announced that a new era has started in Bolivarian development, focused in the expansion of the Bolivarian Revolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188305-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Venezuelan presidential election, Reactions\nThat same night, Manuel Rosales made a brief speech to the nation, recognizing that he had been defeated. But he insisted that the two exit poll studies his supporters had made, and the results of the audits, showed a narrower difference between him and Ch\u00e1vez than was reported by Lucena. Rosales said in his speech that he and his supporters \"will be in streets to prove that the results by the National Electoral Council are not correct, that the gap is narrower that what presented.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections\nThe Vermont Election in 2006 consisted of elections for federal, state, and local elections. All state offices were for two years; all terms expired in 2006. Elections included the gubernatorial, all state offices, including all state senators and representatives, the federal Congress and the U.S. Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections\nA primary election in August determined which candidates parties would choose to run in the general election in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections, Auditor of Accounts\nIn 2006, a close general election for Auditor of Accounts prompted a recount which overturned the original count. This was one of two state results overturned anywhere in the nation from 1980 through 2006. It was the seventh recount in Vermont's history and the only one that overturned an original count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections, Auditor of Accounts, Election and recount\nUnofficial election night results had Democrat Thomas M. \"Tom\" Salmon losing to Republican incumbent Randolph D. \"Randy\" Brock by over 800 votes. But when the certified results were announced a few days later, Brock was leading by only 137 votes (with over 250,000 votes cast). Given the closeness of the election, Salmon, in accordance with Title 17, section 2602(b) of the state statutes, then petitioned the Washington County Superior Court for a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections, Auditor of Accounts, Election and recount\nAs recounted results began coming in from the state's 14 Counties, Brock's lead soon disappeared, and Salmon took the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections, Auditor of Accounts, Election and recount\nOn December 21, 2006 Superior Court Judge Mary Miles Teachout declared Salmon the winner by a margin of 102 votes over Brock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections, Auditor of Accounts, Election and recount\nThis was the first statewide recount in Vermont in 26 years. According to the state archivist, it is also the first time in the state's history that a certified election was overturned on the basis of a recount. Also, according to Brock, this may have been the closest statewide election in the state's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188306-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont elections, Auditor of Accounts, Results\nThe unofficial recount results as of December 19, 2006, as reported by the Vermont Secretary of State's office (these results do not include small changes due to the counting of 62 provisional and vote by phone ballots, and due to the court's resolution of a small number of disputed ballots, that were included in the final results):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188307-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vermont gubernatorial election\nThe 2006 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Douglas won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Scudder Parker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election\nThe 2006 Victoria Park state by-election was a by-election held on 11 March 2006 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Victoria Park in the inner southeastern suburbs of Perth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Background\nThe by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor member Dr Geoff Gallop on 16 January 2006. Gallop had represented the area since a by-election on 7 June 1986, and had served as a minister, shadow minister, Opposition Leader (1996\u20132001) and, finally, as Premier of Western Australia since 2001. Gallop announced his resignation as Premier and from State Parliament effective immediately in order to aid his recovery from depression, and that \"in the interests of my health and my family, I've decided to rethink my career.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Background\nThe Speaker of the Legislative Assembly advised Parliament on 7 March 2006 that he had received a letter from Gallop on 25 January announcing his resignation as the member for Victoria Park, and announced that under section 67(2) of the Electoral Act 1907, he had on 2 February 2006 directed the Acting Electoral Commissioner to proceed with an election in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Background\nThe battle for Labor party preselection was hard fought, with 31-year-old DPP lawyer Ben Wyatt defeating former national president of the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union, Helen Creed, at a vote on 1 February 2006 of the 14-member Administrative Committee. The by-election, called for 11 March 2006, attracted a total of eleven candidates, one of the largest in Western Australian electoral history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Background\nThe seat of Victoria Park, which elects a single member to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly using a preferential method, was established in 1929 by the Government of Western Australia under the Redistribution of Seats Act (No 1 of 1929), which was given assent by the Governor on 15 April 1929. The seat is considered a safe Labor Party seat, and has been held by the party between 1930 and 1945, and since the 1953 state election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Candidates\nThe by-election attracted eleven candidates, significantly more than the previous Victoria Park election, which attracted only five candidates. Both major parties fielded a candidate, with the Greens, One Nation, Daylight Saving Party, Family First, the Christian Democrats and the unregistered Socialist Alliance also represented, as well as three independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Candidates\nOne Nation candidate Sue Bateman made national headlines when it emerged that she was running for the seat of Victoria Park. The former One Nation president was accused of being a prolific online racist, using the forum Stormfront. She was also dismissive of Gallop's battle with depression, saying that average Joe did not have the luxury of becoming depressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Results\nAs largely predicted, Ben Wyatt retained the seat for the Labor party, with a swing against him of 4.86%. Wyatt claimed victory within two hours and became one of three Aboriginal parliamentarians in Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188308-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Victoria Park state by-election, Results\nVoter turnout was low, given that Victoria Park is a safe Labor seat, with only 64% of voters casting their vote: the lowest for a by-election in the state since 1936.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election\nThe 2006 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 25 November 2006, was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system. The election was conducted by the independent Victorian Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election\nThe Labor Party government of Premier Steve Bracks, first elected in 1999, won a third consecutive term with 55 of the 88 lower house seats, down seven from the 62 Labor won in 2002. The Liberal Party opposition of Ted Baillieu won 23 seats, and the National Party led by Peter Ryan won nine seats. One independent member was re-elected, while one lost his seat. Labor lost Bayswater, Evelyn, Ferntree Gully, Hastings, Kilsyth, Morwell and Narracan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election\nIn the Legislative Council, Labor won 19 of the 40 seats, the Liberals 15, the Greens three, the Nationals two and the Democratic Labour Party one. This was the first time the DLP had won a seat in the Victorian Parliament since 1955.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election\nSteve Bracks became only the second Labor Premier of Victoria to win three elections, and the first to win a third election with a large majority. Despite speculation that he would become the longest-serving Labor Premier in Victoria, he resigned in July 2007 and was replaced by his treasurer John Brumby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly\nVictorian state election, 25 November 2006Legislative Assembly << 2002\u20132010 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Council\nVictorian state election, 25 November 2006Legislative Council << 2002\u20132010 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Key dates\nTerms are now fixed at four years. Key dates for the election were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Key dates\nThe polls were open from 8\u00a0am to 6\u00a0pm, and results began to posted at about 7pm. By the close of counting at about 11\u00a0pm, the result in most Legislative Assembly seats was clear. Counting in the new Legislative Council regions, which have enrolments of over 300,000 voters, was in its early stages and the results were not clear at the close of counting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nThe Parliament of Victoria consists of the lower house Legislative Assembly, the upper house Legislative Council and the Queen of Australia. Eighty-eight members of the Legislative Assembly are elected to four-year terms from single-member electorates. After this election the new Legislative Council consisted of 40 members\u2014the five members for each of the eight new regions were elected via proportional representation for four year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nFor decades, lower house districts covering metropolitan Melbourne have always been won by either ALP or Liberal candidates. At the 2002 election, however, the Victorian Greens emerged ahead of the Liberals to challenge Labor for inner-city seats such as Melbourne, Richmond, Brunswick and Northcote. The ALP was strongest, and arguably unchallenged, in most seats north and west of the Yarra River\u2014Melbourne's traditional cultural divide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nIn fact, the Liberals had not held a metropolitan seat in the western suburbs since 1996, when they lost the seat of Essendon. At the 1996 election, the Liberals also lost Ivanhoe (their remaining seat north of the Yarra\u2014Eltham\u2014was lost in 2002). After the 2002 election landslide, the ALP held every Melbourne seat except for a thin band of strong Liberal seats in the eastern suburbs. To win government, the Liberals needed to win back their traditional heartland seats in eastern and south-east Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nFor the Liberals and Nationals to win government with a majority of lower house seats, they needed a uniform swing of nearly 8 per cent to gain 20 seats, which would result in them almost doubling their numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nThe ALP's success in 1999 and 2002 was partly due to its success in regional Victoria. To hold onto power, the ALP sought to retain seats outside Melbourne, and to hold its eastern suburban gains in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nThe Liberals aimed to win back urban fringe seats in eastern Melbourne, such as Gembrook, Hastings and Evelyn, and retain their marginal seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nThe Nationals had suffered heavily in recent years from the abolition of country seats they easily won, the rise of independents in Mildura and Gippsland East and direct competition from the Liberals. They aimed to hold on to their seven rural seats and also get members elected to the new upper house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background\nUnder the new structure of the Legislative Council, the number of members dropped from 44 to 40 after this election. This introduced considerable competition within all parties for preselection for Legislative Council seats. The switch from provinces electing one member at a time to regions electing five members also meant that the major parties were more likely to lose seats to smaller parties such as the Greens. The balance in the 2002-2006 Legislative Council was ALP 24, Liberals 14, Nationals 4 and 2 independents (both of whom were former ALP members).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nWith a huge majority in the lower house, the Bracks Labor government was expected to be re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nThe Nationals leader Peter Ryan had terminated the Coalition agreement in mid-2000 after losing Benalla, when it became apparent that the minority Bracks Government would serve out its term. This allowed the Nationals to maintain a distinct profile from the Liberals over the succeeding years, demonstrated during the 2002 Labor landslide when the Nationals won back Benalla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nTensions emerged between the conservative parties over issues such as the Liberal policy of halving tolls on the EastLink freeway. Peter Ryan stated that his party did not back the policy, because it would mean public money was spent on motorists in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, at the expense of services for country Victorians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nThe Nationals also took offence at then Liberal leader Robert Doyle's repeated statement that the Liberals only needed 20 seats to win government, a figure which implied the support of the Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nDuring March 2006, Phil Honeywood, the Deputy Opposition Leader, then Victor Perton both announced they would not contest the next election. This contributed to ongoing speculation about Robert Doyle's leadership, during which Ted Baillieu emerged as a possible challenger. Tensions between the Liberal factions were temporarily resolved with the appointment of Louise Asher as deputy opposition leader, with Doyle retaining the leadership unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nRobert Doyle's media director Rob Clancy's resignation became public on 26 April 2006, two weeks after his chief of staff Ron Wilson left for a job in the private sector. The Liberal Party state president Helen Kroger is another Doyle supporter who moved on. This string of resignations raised questions about the strength of Doyle's team in the lead up to the election. In response, Doyle denied that people were leaving because they did not think the party could win the election and that the resignations did not reflect well on the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nStrong rumours of an imminent \"forced resignation\" and Doyle \"losing the support of the party\" were aired on the front page of Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper on 4 May 2006. Doyle did indeed resign as both Opposition Leader and MP for Malvern that day, although he stated that the \"decision was his own\" and that \"his best was not enough to lead the party to victory in a state election just six months away\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nOn 5 May 2006, it became clear that Ted Baillieu would become Opposition and Liberal Party Leader after former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett and Shadow Minister for Transport Terry Mulder both withdrew from the leadership race. Baillieu was subsequently elected unopposed on 8 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nWith declining voter support over the last two Victorian state elections the Nationals almost lost Third Party status in the 2002 State Election. They entered the 2006 election with 11 seats (7 in the Legislative Assembly and 4 in the Legislative Council), the minimum required to for official party status. Several of their Assembly seats were marginal, particularly Shepparton (4.27 percent) and Benalla (1.97 percent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nSeveral commentators predicted that the Nationals would face destruction at this election. The changes to the Legislative Council created large country regions which would negate the personal appeal of several candidates. Upper house member Bill Baxter became the candidate for the lower house electorate of Benambra in an attempt to remain in Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nIn the absence of a Liberal/National coalition, preference deals between Labor and the Liberals looked set to crush Nationals representation in the Assembly as well. Leader Peter Ryan gave what one commentator called \"the speech of the campaign thus far\" on 16 November, when he lambasted the major parties for their (perceived) action against the Nationals. The party went on to win an additional two seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nThe Greens' Greg Barber, former City of Yarra mayor, won the fourth seat in the upper house region of Northern Metropolitan, where the Greens were considered most likely to win their first seat in the Victorian Parliament. Sue Pennicuik, previously co-covener of the state party, also won the fourth upper house seat Southern Metropolitan region. Colleen Hartland won an upper house seat as well, the fifth seat in the Western Metropolitan Region. Bill Pemberton was preselected as the lead upper house candidate in the Eastern Metropolitan Region but was not elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nIn the lower house, Dr Richard Di Natale needed a 2.4 percent swing in the seat of Melbourne to unseat Labor's cabinet minister Bronwyn Pike, but wasn't successful in taking the seat from her, although he came quite close. Gurm Sekhon also wasn't successful in winning a seat, he needed a 3.1 percent swing in the seat of Richmond to unseat Labor's Richard Wynne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nThe two current independent lower house MPs, Russell Savage (Mildura) and Craig Ingram (Gippsland East) had comfortable margins and were therefore considered highly likely to be re-elected. However, Russell Savage lost his seat to the Nationals, with the planned Nowingi toxic waste dump in the electorate cited as one of the main factors contributing to his defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Background, State of the parties\nThe fate of the two independent upper house MPs was less clear. Maverick Labor-turned-independent MLC Dianne Hadden attempted to shift to the lower house and run in Ballarat East against the incumbent Labor MP Geoff Howard, but no polling was carried out as to the potential result. Liberal-turned-independent Andrew Olexander attempted to retain his seat in the Legislative Council, having attempted to build a profile for himself after being expelled from the Liberal Party over disputes stemming from a drink driving conviction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188309-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Victorian state election, Polling\nPolling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian is performed via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes usually consist of over 1000 electors, with the declared margin of error at \u00b13 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188310-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Victory Shield\nThe Victory Shield 2006 was the 61st edition of the Victory Shield, an annual football tournament competed for by the Under 16 level teams of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It was held from 13 October to 8 December 2006 and was won by England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188310-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Victory Shield, Results\nThe game was scheduled to take place at Bootham Crescent in York, but due a waterlogged pitch it game was played at Glanford Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188311-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Cavaliers football team\nThe 2006 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188311-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Preseason\nComing off an up and down season, the 2006 Virginia Cavaliers looked to continue their success while initiating a new starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1\n2006 Virginia Question 1, the Marshall-Newman Amendment (also referred to as the Virginia Marriage Amendment) is an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that defines marriage as solely between one man and one woman and bans recognition of any legal status \"approximat[ing] the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage\". The amendment was ratified by 57% of the voters on November 7, 2006. It became part of the state Constitution as Section 15-A of Article 1. In 2014, the amendment was ruled unconstitutional in Bostic v. Schaefer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Text\nOnly a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. This Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage. Nor shall this Commonwealth or its political subdivisions create or recognize another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Enactment, Legislative process\nThe Virginia Constitution requires amendments to be passed in two different sessions separated by a general election. The amendment, named after Delegate Bob Marshall and Senator Stephen Newman, was approved by the Virginia General Assembly in the 2005 and 2006 sessions, which were separated by the November 2005 general election. It was thus put on the November 2006 election ballot for approval by voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Criticism\nThe far-reaching nature of the Marshall-Newman Amendment intended to reinforce its Marriage Affirmation Act has attracted criticism. Writing in The Washington Post, Jonathan Rauch argued that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Criticism\nVirginia appears to abridge gay individuals' right to enter into private contracts with each other. On its face, the law could interfere with wills, medical directives, powers of attorney, child custody and property arrangements, even perhaps joint bank accounts. If a gay Californian was hit by a bus in Arlington, her medical power of attorney might be worthless there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Criticism\nVirginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell issued a 2006 opinion stating that the amendment does not change the legal status of documents such as contracts, wills, or advance health care directives between unmarried people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Ruling of unconstitutionality\nOn February 13, 2014, U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional, and ordered Virginia not to enforce it against same-sex couples. In her opinion, Judge Allen granted a stay pending appeal. Judge Wright Allen confused the Declaration of Independence for the US Constitution when stating on the first page of her opinion: \"Our Constitution declares that 'all men' are created equal. Surely this means all of us.\" After considerable comment on this was made by several judicial observers, including South Texas College of Law professor Josh Blackman, Judge Wright Allen issued a second draft stating: \"Our Declaration of Independence recognizes that 'all men' are created equal.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Ruling of unconstitutionality\nOn February 13, 2014, a U.S. District Court in Norfolk ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional in the case Bostic v. Schaefer, though the Judge stayed her ruling pending appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Ruling of unconstitutionality\nOn July 28, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2\u20131 opinion upholding the lower court's decision, although this was also appealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Ruling of unconstitutionality\nOn October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States denied a writ of certiorari and thus let the Fourth Circuit Court's decision stand, which legalized same-sex marriage in Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Ruling of unconstitutionality\nSince the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, all such bans throughout the United States are unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188312-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Question 1, Repeal attempts\nAlthough the amendment is unconstitutional and unenforceable since 2014, it remains part of the Virginia Constitution. Legislators, including State Senator Adam Ebbin (D) and Delegate Mark Sickles (D), have introduced bills in 2015 and 2016 aiming to repeal the amendment. Ebbin prefiled another bill to repeal the amendment on November 18, 2019, which the Senate voted to continue in 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188313-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\nThe 2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. The team tallied a 10\u20133 record, going 10\u20132 during the regular season before losing 31\u201324 in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188313-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Preseason\nVirginia Tech began the season ranked #16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and #17 in the Associated Press Poll after going 11\u20132 (7\u20131 ACC) in 2005 and winning the Coastal division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188313-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Personnel, Roster\nStarters are in bold and players who left the team are struck out Players who sat out during 2006 (\"redshirted\") are indicated with a \"red shirt\" icon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188313-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Discipline issues\nThe first half of Virginia Tech's season was characterized by a lack of discipline for the Hokies, both on and off the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188313-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Discipline issues\nTech's discipline troubles came to a head when the Hokies were blown out in consecutive weeks by Georgia Tech and Boston College. Beamer responded by cracking down on trash-talking, personal fouls, and other negative behaviors. The team responded and committed no personal fouls and only two defensive penalties total in the three games following the BC loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188313-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Defense\nVirginia Tech finished the regular season leading the nation in total defense, scoring defense, and pass defense. This was the second year in a row that defensive coordinator Bud Foster's unit had led the nation in total defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures\nThe 2006 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 7, 2006, the same day as the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were three constitutional referendums to amend the Virginia State Constitution. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1\nThe most controversial amendment on the ballot was the Marshall-Newman Amendment (named after the amendment's co-sponsors), which was also known as the \"Virginia Marriage Amendment\". This amendment defines civil marriage as solely between one man and one woman and bans state recognition of any other legal relationship status, such as a domestic partnership or a civil union. Voters were asked the following question:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1\n\"Shall Article I (the Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to state: \"That only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. This Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage. Nor shall this Commonwealth or its political subdivisions create or recognize another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.? \"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1\nAlthough the amendment was approved by 57.1% of the voters, it was later struck down for being unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen on February 13, 2014 in the case Bostic v. Schaefer. Her ruling was appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld her decision on July 28, 2014. The Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari on October 6, 2014, which legalized same-sex marriage in Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures, Question 2\nThe amendment asked voters to delete an obsolete provision that prohibited the incorporation of churches which was ruled unconstitutional by the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in the case Falwell v. Miller in 2002. The amendment passed after being narrowly rejected in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures, Question 3\nThe Local Tax Exemption Amendment gives local communities that ability to allow partial exemptions from property taxes under certain circumstances. Voters were asked the following question:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188314-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Virginia ballot measures, Question 3\n\"Shall Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to authorize legislation to permit localities to provide a partial exemption from real property taxes for real estate with new structures and improvements in conservation, redevelopment, or rehabilitation areas?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup\nThe 2006 Viva World Cup was the first Viva World Cup, an association football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA, which took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, The Inaugural Tournament\nIn April 2005, the NF-Board announced that Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus had been chosen to host the inaugural VIVA World Cup, having successfully hosted a tournament to celebrate 50 years of the KTFF, the KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup, featuring fellow NF-Board member S\u00e1pmi and FIFA-unaffiliated Kosovo. The NF-Board hoped that sixteen teams would take part, drawn from across its membership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 68], "content_span": [69, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, Controversy\nIn the Spring of 2005, a new government was elected in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, keen to foster relations with other nations. The NF-Board claimed that the government of Ferdi Sabit Soyer insisted on restricting which nations could and could not take part in order to head off potential political arguments. For their part, the KTFF claimed that the NF-Board made unreasonable financial demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, Controversy\nThe upshot of this was that the NF-Board decided to grant the hosting rights for the tournament to Occitania. In response, the KTFF announced that they would hold their own tournament, the ELF Cup, scheduled for the same time as the VIVA World Cup. Some NF-Board members have accepted invitations to take part in the ELF Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, Occitania 2006\nOccitania announced that the tournament would still be held from 19\u201325 November 2006, with games played in and around Hy\u00e8res les Palmiers, near Toulon. The number of entrants was downsized to eight, in anticipation of the ELF Cup - which agreed to pay expenses - drawing NF-Board members away from the VIVA World Cup. However, a lack of suitable competitors meant that the tournament was to include six teams: Monaco, the Roma, the S\u00e1pmi, Southern Cameroons, West Papua, and the hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, Occitania 2006\nHowever, the failure of West Papua and Southern Cameroon to attend the NF-Board General Assembly in September 2006, and logistical problems facing the Roma, threw new doubt on the tournament, which looked as though it may go ahead with just three teams. Fortunately, Southern Cameroons were able to agree to send a team, and four teams - twelve fewer than initially hoped for - were set to contest the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, Occitania 2006\nThere were yet more problems for the organisers when Southern Cameroons were unable to take part because of visa problems, resulting in walkovers in all their games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Tournament Background, Occitania 2006\nBy the end of the week, S\u00e1pmi had triumphed, scoring 42 goals in their three games, and lifting the first VIVA World Cup trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Squads\nFor a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2006 VIVA World Cup squads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188315-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup, Results\nThe four teams played a round-robin group stage, with the top two playing off for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188316-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Viva World Cup squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2006 VIVA World Cup tournament in Occitania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188317-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vi\u00f1a del Mar International Song Festival\nThe 2006 Vi\u00f1a del Mar International Song Festival, or simply 2006 Vi\u00f1a del Mar Festival, was held on 22 to February 27, 2006 in the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile. Transmitted and organized by Canal 13, was led by Ricardo de la Fuente y presented by Sergio Lagos and Myriam Hern\u00e1ndez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188318-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash\nThe 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash near Vladikavkaz killed 12 Russian military men, mostly high-ranking officers, among them Lieutenant-General Pavel Yaroslavtsev, deputy chief for army logistics, Lieutenant-General Viktor Guliaev, deputy chief of army medical units, and Major-General Vladimir Sorokin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188318-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash\nThe Ossetian rebel group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188319-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vodacom Challenge\nThe Vodacom Challenge 2006 was played between 15 July and 22 July 2006. The teams involved were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188320-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vodacom Cup\nThe 2006 Vodacom Cup was the 9th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188320-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nThere were 14 teams participating in the 2006 Vodacom Cup competition. All these teams played in a group stage, where teams would play all the teams once over the course of the season, either at home or away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188320-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nTeams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188320-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nThe top two teams in the group stage qualified for the final, where the team that finished first in the group stage had home advantage against the teams that finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188320-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vodacom Cup, Teams, Team Listing\nThe following teams took part in the 2006 Vodacom Cup competitions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya\nThe 2006 Volta a Catalunya was the 86th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycling race took place from 15 May to 21 May 2006, in Catalonia. The race began in Salou with an individual time trial and ended in Barcelona. The race was won by David Ca\u00f1ada of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Teams\nTwenty-five teams of up to eight riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 1\n15 May 2006 - Salou, 12.6\u00a0km (7.8\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 3\n17 May 2006 - Salou to Sant Carles de la R\u00e0pita, 160.6\u00a0km (99.8\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 4\n18 May 2006 - Perafort to Vallnord, 225\u00a0km (140\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 5\n19 May 2006 - Ll\u00edvia to Manlleu, 161.5\u00a0km (100.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 6\n20 May 2006 - Manlleu to Lloret de Mar, 166.4\u00a0km (103.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188321-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 7\n21 May 2006: Lloret de Mar to Barcelona, 121.6\u00a0km (75.6\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188322-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana\nThe 2006 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 64th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 21 February to 25 February 2006. The race started in Calpe and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Antonio Colom of the Caisse d'Epargne\u2013Illes Balears team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188323-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Voyageurs Cup\nThe 2006 Voyageurs Cup was the fifth edition of the Voyageurs Cup tournament started by the Canadian supporters group The Voyageurs. The 2006 Edition of the tournament featured Montreal Impact, Toronto Lynx and Vancouver Whitecaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188323-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Voyageurs Cup\nThe 2006 Voyageurs Cup was won by Montreal Impact won by a single point in the table over the second place Toronto Lynx, clinching the competition in the final all-Canadian match of the 2006 USL season in a scoreless draw against the Linx on September 8, 2006. All three sides recorded a single win in the competition, however only Montreal was able to go undefeated against the other Canadian sides recording a win and three draws totaling six points in the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188323-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Voyageurs Cup, Format\nEach team played two matches (home and away) against each other team. All of these matches were drawn from the USL First Division 2006 regular season. The 2006 USL First Division was not a balanced home and away competition where each team played the others an equal number of times; only the final two matches played between each city's team is counted as a Voyageurs Cup 2006 match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188323-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Voyageurs Cup, Format\nIn each match, 3 points were awarded for wins (even had it come in extra time), 1 point was awarded for a draw, and 0 points were awarded for losses (even had it come in extra time). The four teams were ranked according to the total number of points obtained in all matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188323-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Voyageurs Cup, Format\nThe team ranked highest after all matches have been played was to be crowned the champion, and would be awarded the Voyageurs Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188324-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nThe 2006 women's road cycling season was the seventh season for the Vrienden van het Platteland (UCI code: VVP) cycling team, which began as Ondernemers van Nature in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188324-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nOne of the main new recruits for the team was former junior rider Ellen van Dijk. In March Ellen van Dijk became University World Champion at the 2006 World University Cycling Championship in the women's road race. and finished second in the women's time trial. The other main victories for the team were Fl\u00e8che Hesbignonne by Chantal Beltman and stage 2 of the Tour F\u00e9minin en Limousin by Ellen van Dijk. At the national championships Sharon van Essen finished second in the road race and Iris Slappendel won the bronze medal in the women's time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188324-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nAt the end of the year the team ended 12th in the UCI Team's Ranking with Chantal Beltman as the best individual at the 30th place in the UCI Individual Women's Road Ranking. Van Dijk was also active on the track and won the bronze medal at the 2006 Dutch National Track Championships in the women's individual pursuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188324-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vrienden van het Platteland season, UCI World Ranking\nThe team finished 12th in the UCI ranking for teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188325-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile\nThe 29th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile was held from May 4 to May 14, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188326-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda\nThe 2006 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda was held on 12 February to 16 February 2006, the 52nd running of this road bicycle race. It started in Antequera and finished in Seville, and was won by Carlos Garc\u00eda Quesada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188326-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda, Teams\nFourteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188327-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Asturias\nThe 2006 Vuelta a Asturias was the 50th edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 16 June to 20 June 2006. The race started and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by \u00d3scar Sevilla of the T-Mobile Team team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188328-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Burgos\nThe 2006 Vuelta a Burgos was the 28th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 6 August to 10 August 2006. The race started in Briviesca and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Iban Mayo of the Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188329-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n\nThe 2006 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n was the 21st edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n cycle race and was held on 20 March to 24 March 2006. The race started in Valladolid and finished in Segovia. The race was won by Alexander Vinokourov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188329-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Teams\nFifteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188330-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Colombia\nThe 56th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from August 5 to August 20, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188331-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a was held from 26 August to 17 September 2006, and was the 61st edition of the race. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,192\u00a0km (1,983\u00a0mi), and was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the Astana cycling team. The points classification was won by Thor Hushovd of Cr\u00e9dit Agricole, and the mountains classification by Egoi Mart\u00ednez of Discovery Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188331-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Teams and riders\nIn addition to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Relax-GAM have received a wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188331-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Final standings, Points classification\nIn 2006, the leader of the points classification is awarded a blue with yellow-fish-covered jersey, which is sponsored by Spain's fishing and marine industry known as FROM (or El Fondo de Regulaci\u00f3n y Organizaci\u00f3n del Mercado de Productos de la Pesca y Cultivos Marinos).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188331-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Final standings, Mountains classification\nIn 2006, the leader of the climbers classification (or King of the Mountains) wears the orange jersey sponsored by Ford. In recent years, the KoM wore a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188331-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Final standings, Combination classification\nIn 2006, the leader of the combinations classification wears the white jersey. In 2005, the rider with the lowest cumulative rank of all classifications wore a gold-green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188332-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nStage results and recaps of the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a from Stage 1 to Stage 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188332-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 5\nStage 5, 30-08-2006: Plasencia - Estaci\u00f3n de Esqu\u00ed La Covatilla (B\u00e9jar), 178 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188332-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 7\nStage 7, 01-09-2006: Le\u00f3n - Alto de El Morredero (Ponferrada), 148 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188332-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 9\nStage 9, 03-09-2006: A Fonsagrada - Alto de La Cobertoria, 206 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188332-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 10\nStage 10, 05-09-2006: Avil\u00e9s - Museo de Altamira (Santillana del Mar), 190 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188332-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stages, Stage 11\nStage 11, 06-09-2006: Torrelavega (Vel\u00f3dromo Oscar Freire) - Burgos, 165 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188333-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nStage results and recaps of the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a from Stage 12 to Stage 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188333-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 12\nStage 12, 07-09-2006: Aranda de Duero - Guadalajara, 162 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188333-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 15\nStage 15, 10-09-2006: Motilla del Palancar - Factor\u00eda Ford (Almussafes), 175 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188333-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 16\nStage 16, 12-09-2006: Almer\u00eda - Observatorio Astron\u00f3mico de Calar Alto, 145 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188333-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18\nStage 18, 14-09-2006: Granada - Sierra de la Pandera, 153 km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188333-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20\nStage 20, 16-09-2006: Rivas Futura - Rivas Vaciamadrid, 28 km. (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188334-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Murcia\nThe 2006 Vuelta a Murcia was the 22nd edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 1 March to 5 March 2006. The race started and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Santos Gonz\u00e1lez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188335-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Vuelta a Venezuela\nThe 43rd edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from August 28 to September 10, 2006. The stage race started in Guasdualito, and ended in Matur\u00edn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188336-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WABA Cup\nThe 2006 WABA Cup was the 1st WABA Cup. Winner of the first edition of the \u0160ibenik Jolly who won Gospi\u0107 Croatia Osiguranje.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188337-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WABA Super League\nThe West Asian Basketball Super League 2006 (WASL) was the 1st staging of the WASL League, the basketball club league of West Asia Basketball Association. The top four teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188338-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2006 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9\u201311 in the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada. Top-seeded #21 Nevada, the host, won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season\nThe 2006 WAFL season was the 122nd season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League. Owing to low crowds making the city's traditional big-match venue, Subiaco Oval, uneconomic due to high overheads, the WAFL followed the AFL since 1991 by scheduling finals (except the Grand Final) at the home ground of the club higher on the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season\nIt saw the three top clubs of 2005 \u2013 Subiaco, South Fremantle and Claremont \u2013 intensify their dominance of the competition, being five games and a large percentage ahead of the remaining six clubs and losing only four games to any of the other six clubs. The only major disappointment on-field was East Perth, who for their centenary season invested considerably in recruiting but won only one extra match vis-\u00e0-vis 2005 despite widespread expectation the Royals would be the main threat to the power clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 WAFL season\nThe Royals had numerous injury problems with their recruits and coach Warren Mahoney resigned after the club lost its first seven games for its longest losing streak since 1929. West Perth after a poor pre-season comfortably took the final place in the four, and Peel Thunder, who suffered from predictions of extreme doom despite having won the past two colts premierships, doubled their 2005 win tally with some excellent football in July and August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0001-0002", "contents": "2006 WAFL season\nSwan Districts, finalists in 2004 and 2005, began well but a horror run with injuries after May whereby they lost sole ruckman Taylan Ames, Shane Beros, Craig Callaghan and Daniel Wulf meant that after inflicting the first defeat upon Subiaco the Swans could win only one of their final eleven matches, losing many of the others in spectacular fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season\nA record dry year helped produce a marked increase in scoring compared with the past decade, with the average score of 99.41 points per team per game as much as thirteen points higher than the previous season and the highest in the WAFL or Westar Rules since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 WAFL season\nIncluded in this was a record half-time margin and the highest score in the WAFL since 1987 by South Fremantle against their struggling derby rivals, who took their second wooden spoon in three years as a dwindling support base and severe financial deficits meant the Sharks could not compete for the best players with the stronger clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9\nEast Perth\u2019s strong forward give them an easy first win for 2006 under new coach Peos. Troy Wilson scores nine goals to justify his state selection, but Andrew Merrington and Ben McKinley play equally well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 20\nDebutant Callum Wilson\u2019s five goals leads South Fremantle to a brilliant win after having trailed by fifteen points early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 22\nEight goals from in-form Mark LeCras \u2013 an Eagle emergency in Brisbane when the Falcons lost to Peel \u2013 fails to add confidence because of the prospect of a permanent AFL call-up weakening the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Finals, First semi-final\nThis was the first final ever played at Claremont Oval, and underlined the superiority of the top three with the Falcons\u2019 heaviest defeat since 1997, despite Claremont losing Paul Medhurst to the AFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final\nSouth Fremantle hang on when a Claremont kick on the siren does not make the distance but have problems with the availability of key players Andrew Siegert, Ashton Hams, Travis Gaspar and Daniel Gilmore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final\nSubiaco completely dominate against a Bulldog side with Gaspar, Siegert and Gilmore under fitness clouds, kicking 15.7 (97) to 5.2 (32) after half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188339-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 WAFL season, Notes\nTheir sole lower score in this period was 2.4 (16) at Lathlain Park in Round 15 of 1967, when Old Easts did not score between the first and last ten minutes of the match. Had Malseed been able to kick the goal, he would have produced Perth's first draw since the opening round of 1986, the first draw between the two clubs since 1923, and East Fremantle's first home-and-away draw since the third round of 1974. The latter two streaks remain unbroken as of 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188340-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 47th conference playoff in league history and 52nd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2006 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2006 at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188340-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188340-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188340-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188341-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WDF Europe Cup\nThe 2006 WDF Europe Cup was the 15th edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts tournament, organised by the World Darts Federation. It was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27\u201330 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188342-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nThe 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 22\u201326, 2006 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was the eighth WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006. It was the final time the event would be hosted at La Costa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188342-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nGeoff Ogilvy, the 12th seed, won his first World Golf Championships event by defeating Davis Love III 3 and 2 in the 36 hole final. He set a record by playing a total of 129 holes during the tournament, the most by anyone in the eight-year history of the event, which included four consecutive overtime matches at the start of the week. The total prize fund for the championship was $7.5 million, of which Ogilvy's share was $1.3 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188342-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nTiger Woods set the record for largest victory margin with a 9 and 8 win over Stephen Ames in the first round. Some interpreted Woods' performance as payback for Ames' comments earlier in the week in which he told the Associated Press, \"anything can happen, especially where he's hitting it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188342-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Brackets\nThe Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. Number 6 Sergio Garc\u00eda and number 28 Thomas Bj\u00f8rn did not play opening spots for number 65 Graeme McDowell and number 67 Stephen Ames (number 66 Craig Parry did not enter).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188343-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-American Express Championship\nThe 2006 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 28 September \u2013 1 October 2006 at The Grove Golf Course in Hertfordshire, England. It was the seventh WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188343-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-American Express Championship\nWorld number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament with a record aggregate score of 261, to capture his fifth WGC-American Express Championship and his twelfth World Golf Championships title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188344-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nThe 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 24\u201327, 2006 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eighth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188344-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nWorld number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and claim his 11th World Golf Championships title, which was his fifth Invitational title. He won in a playoff over Stewart Cink, who also shot a 10-under-par 270.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188345-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-World Cup\nThe 2006 World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup took place 7\u201310 December at the Sandy Lane Resort and Country Club in Barbados. It was the 52nd World Cup and the seventh and last as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $4,000,000 with $1,400,000 going to the winning pair. The German team of Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem won. They defeated the Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren at the first playoff hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188345-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-World Cup, Qualification and format\nThe leading 18 available players from different countries in the Official World Golf Ranking on 11 September 2006 qualified automatically. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 11 September 11. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100, then the next highest ranked player would be their partner. World qualifiers were held in October 2006. Six countries earned their spot in this way, four from the Asian qualifier and two from the South American qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188345-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-World Cup, Qualification and format\nThe tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days are fourball play and the second and final days are foursomes play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188345-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WGC-World Cup, Scores\n*Germany won with a par on the first playoff hole. Source", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188346-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA All-Star Game\nThe 2006 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 12, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, home of the New York Liberty. The game was the 7th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the third time New York has hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting the 1999 and 2003 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188346-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches\nThe coach for the Western Conference was Sacramento Monarchs coach John Whisenant. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188346-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA All-Star Game, Other events, Three-Point Shootout\nThe inaugural Three-Point Shootout was held before the All-Star Game. Contestants shot 25 balls from 5 locations around the three-point line, with each shot counting for one point except for one \"money ball\" on each rack counting for two points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals\nThe 2006 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2006 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Detroit Shock, second-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, defeated the Sacramento Monarchs, second-seeded champions of the Western Conference, three games to two in a best-of-five series. This was Detroit's second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals\nThe Shock made their second appearance in the Finals in four years. The Monarchs appeared in the Finals for the second straight time after having won the title in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals\nGoing into the series, the Shock had won one championship, as had the Monarchs. The Houston Comets hold the record with four championships won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals\nThe Shock's 23\u201311 record gave them home court advantage over Sacramento (21\u201313), but a scheduling conflict meant that the fifth and deciding game had to be moved to Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Road to the finals, Regular season series\nThe Shock and the Monarchs split the regular season series:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nKara Lawson led a balanced attack with 22 points as the Monarchs posted an impressive 95-71 victory over the Detroit Shock in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. Sacramento, which set a WNBA Finals record for points, field goals (35) and 3-pointers (ten), took the early edge in the best-of-five series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nCheryl Ford scored 25 points and Katie Smith added 21 for Detroit, which is seeking its second title in four years. The Shock certainly will not get there committing a Finals-record 24 turnovers as they did in Game 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nSacramento officially took charge of the contest with an 8\u20130 run during the third quarter that turned a 13-point lead into a 61-40 bulge with 6:09 to play. Nicole Powell ignited the surge with a 3-pointer and Griffith made a pair of baskets before Ticha Penicheiro capped the run with a free throw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Shock got within 76\u201362 midway through the fourth quarter, but Lawson came off the bench to hit three 3-pointers as the Monarchs extended their cushion to 91\u201371 with 2:57 remaining. Lawson finished 6-of-8 from the arc, setting a Finals record for made 3-pointers. Powell connected on 4-of-7 attempts as Sacramento finished 10-of-19 from long range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nDeanna Nolan scored 21 points and Smith added 16 \u2013 all in the second half \u2013 as the Shock rebounded from a slow start to even the best-of-three series with a 73\u201363 victory in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nSwin Cash collected 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Detroit, which gave Sacramento (5\u20131) its first loss of the postseason and avoided falling into an 0\u20132 hole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nTrailing by nine at the half and 54\u201348 entering the final period, the Shock were on the verge of being one game away from a Finals' loss. However, after scoring the last three points of the third quarter, Detroit ran off the first eight points of the frame. A jumper by Nolan capped the spurt and gave the Shock the lead for good, 56\u201354, with 7:43 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nAfter Detroit maintained the edge over the next five minutes, Katie Smith made it 67\u201358 on a 3-pointer with 2:57 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nYolanda Griffith scored 15 points, and Nicole Powell added 14, as the Monarchs took control of the WNBA Finals with an 89\u201369 rout of the Detroit Shock in Game 3. Capturing its 11th consecutive home playoff victory, Sacramento improved its home record in the postseason to 12\u20132 (.857), the best mark in league history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nOn the way to claiming their first title last season, the Monarchs stole home-court advantage from the Connecticut Sun and then captured both home games to complete the series in four games. So far, that has been the same blueprint Sacramento has used to take control of this series. After setting a Finals record for points in a 95\u201371 victory in the opener in Detroit on Wednesday, the Monarchs dismantled the Shock to move within a win here of a second consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nDespite failing to capitalize on a six-point lead entering the fourth quarter of Game 2 in a 73\u201363 loss, Sacramento came out fired up, using a 9\u20130 run at the start of the second quarter to pull ahead, 29\u201318, with 7:46 to play. Rookie Scholanda Dorrell sank a pair of three-pointers during the burst. Griffith, the MVP of last season's Finals, scored her team's final eight points before the half to maintain an 11-point edge at the break, 44\u201333.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nKatie Smith and Cheryl Ford carried the load to help the Detroit Shock extend the WNBA Finals to a decisive fifth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nSmith scored 22 points and Ford added 13 with 10 rebounds as the Shock avoided elimination by posting a 72\u201352 triumph over the defending champion Sacramento Monarchs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nRebounding from Sunday's 89\u201369 loss in Game 3, Detroit ended Sacramento's 11-game home playoff winning streak and will host the final game of the series on Saturday. Each of the previous league champions clinched the title on its home floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nKatie Smith scored 17 points, including two clutch jumpers in the final two minutes, as the Detroit Shock claimed their second title with a stirring 80\u201375 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe Shock, who also won the title in 2003, won the last two games of the best-of-five series and dethroned the Monarchs, who were trying to become the league's third repeat champion. Instead, Detroit joined Houston (1997\u20132000) and Los Angeles (2001\u201302) as multiple championship winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nDeanna Nolan scored 24 points and was named Finals MVP. Nolan scored 10 points in the pivotal third quarter, when the Shock held the Monarchs to nine points and took the lead for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nA 3-pointer by Nolan gave Detroit a 68\u201355 lead before Sacramento made a final charge, closing to 75\u201369 on a 3-pointer by Kristin Haynie with 2:05 remaining. Smith answered with a 3-pointer 19 seconds later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nA three-point play by Haynie and 3-pointer by foul-plagued Nicole Powell pulled the Monarchs within 78\u201375 with 33 seconds to play. Sacramento elected not to foul but Smith foiled the strategy by draining a 15-footer with 14 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188347-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nSmith grabbed a last-gasp shot and hurled the ball skyward in celebration. She is the all-time leading scorer in women's professional basketball history and a former WNBA scoring champion, but she never had been on a championship team \u2013 until now.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188348-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Playoffs\nThe 2006 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2006 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock defeating the Western Conference champion Sacramento Monarchs 3-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188348-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188348-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188348-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA Playoffs, Bracket\nThis was the outlook for the 2006 WNBA Playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188349-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA draft\nOn November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188349-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA draft\nOn April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188349-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA draft\nThe first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188350-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBA season\nThe 2006 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's tenth season. The league added one team the Chicago Sky. The Sky was the first expansion team since 2000 when the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and the Seattle Storm came to the WNBA. On April 5 the WNBA held their draft. Seimone Augustus, guard out of Louisiana State University was the number one overall pick. She was selected by the Minnesota Lynx. Cappie Pondexter, guard out of Rutgers University went number two. She was selected by the Phoenix Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188350-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 WNBA season\nThe season started on May 20 with a game between Sacramento Monarchs and Phoenix Mercury. The game was televised by ABC. The Monarchs won the game 105\u201378. On July 12, The All Star Game was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The East All Stars defeated the Western All Stars 98\u201382. Katie Douglas of the Connecticut Sun was named MVP in the game with her 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists. The 2006 WNBA season concluded on August 13. Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks won the league MVP. Mike Thibault of the Connecticut Sun was named Coach of The Year. Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx was named Rookie of the Year. The season ended with the Detroit Shock winning their second WNBA Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188351-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WNBL Finals\nThe 2006 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2005\u201306 season. The Dandenong Rangers were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the Grand Final by the Canberra Capitals, 68\u201355.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188352-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship\nThe WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2006 was the seventeenth edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship and took place between 4 and 12 November 2006 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines. The event was to be held for the first time in the Philippines, on a two-year deal, including the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The championships were hosted by the World Pool Billiard Association (WPA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188352-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship\nRonato Alcano won the championship with a 17\u201311 win in the final against Ralf Souquet of Germany. Defending champion Wu Chia-ching was defeated in the quarter-final by Alcano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188352-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Tournament format\nThe event featured 128 players, with an alternate break. The event featured a preliminary round robin format to half the field to 64; where the event changed to a knockout format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188352-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Preliminary round\nThe Preliminary round was played over three days between 4 and 7 November. There were 32 groups of 4, with the first two in each group progressing. Nine top 32 players were knocked out in this section", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188352-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Final round\nThe qualifying 64 players would play a knockout structure over six days. The first two rounds were competed as \"race to 10\", the next three rounds as \"race to 11\", and the final, as a \"race to 17\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188353-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WPSL season\nThe 2006 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 10th season of the WPSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188354-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tier I Series\nThe WTA Tier I Events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organized by the WTA called the WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188354-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tier I Series\nThe table below shows the 2006 WTA Tier I Series schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour\nThe 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 2, 2006, and concluded on November 12, 2006 after 61 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour\nJustine Henin-Hardenne came out as the winner in a historic three-way battle for the No. 1 ranking at the season-ending WTA Tour Championships, beating out Sharapova and Mauresmo. The Belgian successfully defended her French Open title for her fifth Grand Slam title, and became the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1993 to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams and the WTA Tour Championships. Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, to add to her Wimbledon trophy from 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo won her maiden Grand Slam at the Australian Open after a controversial retirement from Henin-Hardenne in the final. However, she later backed it up by winning a rematch with Henin-Hardenne in the Wimbledon final. She was the number one player in the world from March until the final event of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour\nMartina Hingis also made a successful return to the Tour, beginning her comeback at the Gold Coast event in January. She finished the season at No. 6 in the world and won the Tier I title at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nShortly before the beginning of the season former No. 1 Martina Hingis announced that she would return full-time to the tour for the start of the 2006 season, having already made an unsuccessful comeback attempt at an event in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open after years of questions about her nerves and mental strength. However, her victory was marred by Henin-Hardenne's controversial retirement in the final due to stomach cramps. Defending champion Serena Williams lost in the third round to Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, with some commenting on the \"extra weight\" that she was carrying. The loss was the beginning of a season of injury struggles for the American, which saw her at one point drop out of the top 100. In the doubles tournament, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie produced a historic win for Chinese tennis by becoming the first players to win a Grand Slam of any kind for the nation. Martina Hingis won her first mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nFollowing the Australian Open Kim Clijsters ascended to the No. 1 position after Lindsay Davenport lost her finalist points. She held it until March when she lost her Indian Wells champion points, allowing Mauresmo to return to the position. The Frenchwoman held it until the final event of the season. Mauresmo had continued her strong start to the season with titles in Paris and Antwerp. Elena Dementieva won her biggest career title to that point in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova won the Middle Eastern events in Dubai and Doha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nMaria Sharapova picked up her first title of the season in Indian Wells, beating Dementieva in the final. Svetlana Kuznetsova then won in Miami, her first Tier I title and second biggest overall, after a difficult 2005 season where she failed to back up her breakthrough in 2004 and dropped out the top 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nThe clay court season saw Hingis win in Rome for the biggest title of her comeback, but overall the period was dominated by Nadia Petrova, who went on an impressive 15-match winning streak, leading to titles in Amelia Island, Charleston and Berlin, beating Henin-Hardenne in the final of the latter. Her streak led to her being considered the favourite for the French Open title, but she suffered an injury and thus bowed out in the first round. Henin-Hardenne eventually defended her title and won her fifth Grand Slam by beating Kuznetsova in the final. Czech teenager Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 made headlines by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal with victories over Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and Venus Williams. The doubles event was won by Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, while Katarina Srebotnik took home the mixed doubles trophy with Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nThe third Grand Slam of the year at Wimbledon saw all top four seeds reach the semifinals for only the fifth time in 25 years. Mauresmo and Henin advanced to the final, a rematch of their Australian Open final earlier in the season, with Mauresmo triumphant once more, becoming the first Frenchwoman in 81 years to win Wimbledon. Defending champion Venus Williams fell to Jelena Jankovi\u0107, making this year the first since 1999 neither Williams sister featured in the Wimbledon women's singles final. Williams did however make the mixed doubles final, losing to Vera Zvonareva who won her second Grand Slam in mixed doubles, partnering Bob Bryan. Yan Zi and Zheng Jie also won their second Grand Slam titles in the women's doubles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nSerena Williams, Mary Pierce, Lindsay Davenport and Nadia Petrova all returned from injuries during the summer hardcourt season. Clijsters won her fourth Stanford title, before losing to Sharapova in the final of San Diego\u2014the Russian's first ever victory over Clijsters. Dementieva won the title in Los Angeles, beating Jankovi\u0107 in the final. Jankovi\u0107's compatriot Ana Ivanovic went one further the next week in Montr\u00e9al, and by winning the event over Hingis she became the U.S. Open Series champion for that year. Sharapova eventually picked up the grand prize, taking the U.S. Open title over Henin-Hardenne in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nJankovi\u0107 backed up her strong result in Los Angeles with her first Grand Slam semifinal. In the doubles tournament Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva won the title in only their fourth tournament as a team. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova won the mixed doubles title and then announced her retirement from professional tennis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nSharapova continued her strong results following her U.S. Open title in the fall season, winning events in Zurich and Linz. Nadia Petrova won her fifth title of the season in Stuttgart, but lost to the Russian teenager Anna Chakvetadze in the Moscow final. Kuznetsova also enjoyed a successful fall, winning titles in Bali and Beijing, beating Mauresmo in the final of the latter. Kim Clijsters returned at the end of the season, having missed her title defence at the U.S. Open, and won the smaller event in Hasselt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Summary\nThe season climaxed at the WTA Tour Championships with Mauresmo, Sharapova, Henin-Hardenne, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Clijsters, Dementieva and Hingis all qualifying for the event. The tournament saw a three-way battle for the No. 1 position between Mauresmo, Sharapova and Henin-Hardenne, which was eventually decided when Henin-Hardenne beat Sharapova in the semifinal. The Belgian went on to defeat Mauresmo in the final. In the doubles event French Open champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur triumphed, consolidating their position as the year-end No. 1 in women's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 22], "content_span": [23, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188355-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour, Rankings\nBelow are the 2006 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188356-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships\nThe 2006 WTA Tour Championships, also known as the Sony Ericsson Championships, was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain. It was the 36th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 31st edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2006 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between 7 November and 12 November 2006. Fourth-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne won the singles event and earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 525 ranking points. With her victory Henin-Hardenne secured her year-end No.1 ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188356-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188357-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Doubles\nThe defending champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur retained their title by defeating Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs in a rematch of the previous year's final 3\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188358-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nThe 2006 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles was the singles event of the 2006 WTA Tour Championships, a season-ending tennis tournament held in November that featured the eight players who had collected the most ranking points during that year's WTA Tour season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188358-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin-Hardenne won the tournament, defeating the defending champion Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo 6\u20134, 6\u20133 in the final. Henin-Hardenne also secured the WTA year-end No. 1 ranking after her semifinal victory over Maria Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188358-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188358-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Yellow Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188359-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 WWE brand extension draft\nThe 2006 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) brand extension draft, also known as the 2006 ECW draft, was the fourth WWE draft that took place at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, on May 29. The draft aired on WWE's flagship program Raw. The draft featured ECW representative Paul Heyman receiving two total draft picks from the existing SmackDown! and Raw rosters for the newly created ECW brand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188359-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 WWE brand extension draft, Background\nAfter World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. bought all the assets of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 2003, the company began releasing DVDs promoting the original ECW. Soon afterwards, the company promoteon shows for ECW alumni entitled, One Night Stand in 2005 and in 2006. On May 25, 2006, WWE announced the launch of a new brand, ECW, a revival of original promotion. The new brand would later debut its television show on the Sci Fi Channel on June 13, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188359-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 WWE brand extension draft, Aftermath\nFifteen days after the draft ECW would hold its premiere episode on June 13, 2006. Although not drafted, Tazz later defected from SmackDown! to ECW, Big Show from Raw to ECW, and Randy Orton from SmackDown! to Raw. In August 2006, after a few appearances, Kurt Angle requested and was granted his release from his WWE contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188359-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 WWE brand extension draft, Aftermath\nOn February 2, 2010, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that ECW would air its final episode on February 16, 2010. The ECW brand was disbanded after the final show, with every ECW wrestler becoming a free agent, eligible to join either the Raw or SmackDown brands. The original brand extension would end in August 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188360-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wagner Seahawks football team\nThe 2006 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 26th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 4\u20137 overall and 0\u20137 in NEC play to place eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188361-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wakayama gubernatorial election\nWakayama Prefecture held a gubernatorial election on December 17, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nThe 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, in his fifth season at the school, and played its home games at Groves Stadium (now known as BB&T Field). The Deacons finished the regular season with a 10\u20132 record, giving them the first 10-win season in their history, and won the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nWith a win in the conference championship game, Wake Forest's first conference championship in 36 years, they represented the ACC in the Orange Bowl. The team ended the season with an 11\u20133 record and a number 17 ranking in the nation. The team and its star linebacker Jon Abbate would become the subject of a 2011 feature film, The 5th Quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Pre-season\nAfter finishing 4\u20137 in 2005 and in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Division of the ACC, the Deacons were picked in the pre-season to finish last in the division by the ACC media, among others, making the Deacons' run at the ACC title largely unexpected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Pre-season, Coaching change\nAfter Deacons' wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman left to take an assistant coaching position at Virginia Tech, Tim Billings was hired as his replacement. Billings was touted as having 23-years of experience at the college football level, including a six-year stint as head coach of Southeast Missouri State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 73], "content_span": [74, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Pre-season, Roster changes\nAlthough the Deacons returned an ACC high 18 starters from the 2005 team, they lost four key starters to graduation. On defense, the only starter to leave was nose tackle, Goryal Scales. On offense, three starters graduated, including wide receiver Chris Davis, quarterback Cory Randolph, and running back and ACC Player of the Year award-winner Chris Barclay. Finally, Ray Guy Award-winning punter Ryan Plackemeier also graduated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Pre-season, Recruiting\nDuring recruiting, the Deacons signed 15 new players for the team, including a number of three-star recruits and Josh Adams, a top-10 ranked running back. The team added eight players on offense, six on defense and a kicker, however before the season began, tight end recruit, Dennis Godfrey, decided not to enroll to the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Pre-season, Award candidates\nFive Demon Deacon players were named to pre-season national award watchlists:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Pre-season, Award candidates\nAlong with the award candidates, six players were named as pre-season All-Americans on three lists. Andrews and Vallos on the first team and Abbate and Gattis on the second team were named so by the Sporting News, Abbate and Vallos were named on the first team by the Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook, and finally, Vallos on the third team and Abbate, Gattis, Matt Robinson, and Swank as honorable mentions by Street & Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nIn the first game of the season, the Deacons took on the Syracuse Orange. For the first half, every time the Deacons scored, like quarterback Ben Mauk's 14-yard pass to Willie Idlette, the Orange answered. The half ended with the teams tied 10\u201310. In the second half, despite throwing an interception early in the quarter, Mauk led the Deacons to an eventual field goal to give them a 13\u201310 lead in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nHowever, before the field goal, Mauk suffered an injury to his right arm when two Syracuse players fell on the arm as he was attempting to recover a fumble. He was replaced by Riley Skinner who only threw one pass. In the fourth quarter, on the final scoring drive, the Deacons took nearly eight minutes off the clock with their running game, and scored on a 19-yard run by De'Angelo Bryant. The Deacons won the game 20\u201310, but had to make a decision on their quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Duke\nWith Riley Skinner given the go-ahead to take over as the starting quarterback, the Deacons had to take on visiting Duke, a team who had only won one game in 2005. Duke, however, took an early lead with a 27-yard field goal and a 47-yard touchdown pass to take a 10\u20130 lead at halftime. Finally answering, Skinner threw the first touchdown pass of his career, a 5-yard pass to John Tereshinski, to bring them within three. The Blue Devils kicked another field goal, this one of 39-yards to take a 13\u20137 lead into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Duke\nLate in the fourth, the Deacons took their first lead of the game on a 2-yard touchdown run by Micah Andrews. With a minute remaining, the Blue Devils started a drive that brought them to the Deacons 11-yard line. With six seconds remaining, they attempted a game-winning field goal, however, Chip Vaughn was able to block the attempt to give the Deacons a 14\u201313 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Connecticut\nOn their first road game of the season, the Deacons went to face the Connecticut Huskies. They took an early lead on an interception of D.J. Hernandez by Jeremy Thompson, who returned the ball 86-yards for the touchdown. Hernandez was able to bring the Huskies back and tied the game later in the quarter on a 6-yard pass, but Micah Andrews' 6-yard run for a touchdown gave the Deacons a lead they would never relinquish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Connecticut\nIn the second quarter, Lou Allen's 15-yard touchdown brought the Huskies within one after a missed extra point, to have the half end with the Deacons ahead 14\u201313. With no score in the third quarter, the Deacons padded their lead in the fourth with a 43-yard field goal by Sam Swank and another 6-yard touchdown run, this time by Richard Belton, to give the final score of the game as 24\u201313. With the win, the Deacons were 3\u20130 for the first time in 19 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Ole Miss\nThe Deacons visited Ole Miss for their fourth game, and once again relied on their running and kicking games to win a game. Despite not having Micah Andrews, De'Angelo Bryant took over for him and gave the Deacons an early lead on a 9-yard touchdown. With a 38-yard field goal by Swank, and the Rebels' only answer of a 26-yard field goal, the Deacons took a 10\u20133 lead into the half. In the third quarter the Deacons added two more rushing touchdowns and another field goal to pad their lead. With no score in the fourth, the Deacons won the game 27\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Liberty\nThe Deacons next took on the Division I FCS Liberty Flames. This time winning without only relying on their running game. Skinner threw for 218 yards including a 59-yard touchdown that gave the Deacons a 27\u20137 lead at halftime. Although the Flames were able to score twice, the Deacons easily outscored and outplayed them, winning 34\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nThe No. 12 ranked Clemson Tigers next came to visit the Deacons. Although the Tigers took an early lead with a field goal, a pair of touchdown passes, one by Skinner and the other on a trick play Nate Morton to Skinner, gave the Deacons a 14\u20133 lead at the half. In the third quarter, a 22-yard field goal by Swank gave the Deacons a 17\u20133 lead that wouldn't hold. On the first play of the fourth quarter a fumble on the Deacons' 35-yard line was returned by Gaines Adams for a touchdown. Three minutes later the Tigers tied the game on a 20-yard pass and then took a lead with a 72-yard touchdown run. With a final field goal, the Tigers ended the game, winning 27\u201317 and breaking the Deacons' winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ NC State\nThe Deacons next visited the NC State Wolfpack. Taking an early lead with a touchdown run and a 51-yard field goal, the Wolfpack came back and scored two touchdowns to give them a 14\u201310 lead. However, after Swank kicked a 53-yard field goal, the Deacon defense forced a safety with a minute left in the half. Skinner was able to capitalize with a 57-yard touchdown pass to Nate Morton to take a 22\u201314 lead into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ NC State\nIn the fourth quarter, with the Wolfpack down five after a field goal, Swank kicked another 53-yard field goal to give the Deacons an eight-point advantage. With a touchdown with five minutes remaining, the Wolfpack brought the score within two points, however failed on the two-point conversion attempt. After holding the Deacons, the Wolfpack moved to the 40-yard line before a pass intercepted by Josh Gattis ended the game. The Deacons won the game 25\u201323 and were 6\u20131 for the first time since 1979. After the game the team was ranked", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ North Carolina\nThe Deacons next visited the North Carolina Tar Heels. After a blocked punt was returned for a touchdown by the Deacons, the Tar Heels were able to tie the game with a 1-yard touchdown pass. In the second quarter, after another touchdown by the Deacons, the Tar Heels once again answered and the teams were tied 14\u201314 at the half. In the third quarter the Tar Heels took their first lead with a 35-yard field goal. The Deacons wouldn't answer until early in the fourth quarter on a Swank field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ North Carolina\nThey took their final lead on a Skinner pass of 39-yards. Down by a touchdown, the Tar Heels drove to scoring range, however, an errant pass on the final play of the game was intercepted by Jon Abbate to seal the win for the Deacons, 24\u201317. With the win the team was 7\u20131 for only the third time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nThe No. 16 ranked Boston College Eagles next faced the Deacons. The Deacons took the lead midway through the first quarter on a 9-yard reverse by Willie Idlette. After a drive that ended on the first play of the second quarter gave the Eagles a 1-yard touchdown run, the Deacons answered later in the quarter with a 46-yard touchdown pass by Skinner. On the Eagles' next drive, quarterback Matt Ryan threw an interception in the endzone that ended their scoring chance. The half ended with the Deacons winning 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nOn the Deacons first play of the second half, after holding the Eagles on a fourth down attempt, Kevin Marion ran for an 81-yard touchdown. Ryan answered later on a 2-yard scramble to put the Eagles down 21\u201314 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth, the Eagles, after missing a 40-yard field goal, forced an interception from Skinner. On their drive, however, after an 11-yard run, L.V. Whitworth fumbled the ball to end the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0015-0002", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nOn their last chance in the game, after converting a fourth down, Ryan threw a second interception in the endzone to Patrick Ghee, to seal the win for the Deacons, 21\u201314. The Deacons beat a ranked team for the first time in nine chances, were 8\u20131 for the first time since 1944, and tied a school record for wins in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Florida State\nThe Deacons next went to Tallahassee to face the Florida State Seminoles, a team the Deacons hadn't beaten in Tallahassee since 1959 and who they had lost to 14 straight games. The Deacons dominated the game, however, and had a 20\u20130 lead at halftime. With both Seminole quarterbacks throwing two interceptions each, one of which was returned for a 48-yard touchdown, the Deacons held the Seminoles scoreless for the first time at home since Bobby Bowden started as their coach. With a final score of 30\u20130, the Deacons won a school record ninth game in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 77], "content_span": [78, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nThe No. 19 Virginia Tech Hokies next visited the Deacons. The Hokies took an early lead on a 49-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. After losing ACC-leading rusher Branden Ore in the first quarter, the Hokies didn't score again until after the half. The Deacons, however, couldn't take advantage, and only scored a field goal to trail 7\u20133 at halftime. Early in the third quarter, the Hokies scored again on a long pass of 53-yards. The Deacons answered with another field goal, but the Hokies kept an 11-point lead after their own field goal. After a fumble was returned by the Hokies for 35-yards, the Deacons never answered again. The Hokies padded their lead with a fourth-quarter field goal, to give them the win, 27\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 75], "content_span": [76, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Maryland\nThe Deacons visited the Maryland Terrapins for their final game of the regular season and with a chance to win the ACC Atlantic Division. The Terrapins took a touchdown lead midway through the first quarter, however a Kevin Harris 2-yard touchdown run answered for the Deacons. The Deacons then scored two touchdowns, including a 49-yard pass from Skinner to Willie Idlette to take the lead. The Terrapins scored late in the half to bring the halftime score to 21\u201314 in favor of the Deacons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, @ Maryland\nIn the third quarter both teams traded field goals, but another Harris touchdown run gave the Deacons another two touchdown lead. In the fourth, both teams scored short touchdowns, but the early lead was enough for the Deacons who won 38\u201324. With the win, the Deacons won the Atlantic Division of the ACC and advanced to the ACC Championship game against the Coastal Division champion Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia Tech\u2013ACC Championship Game\nThe Deacons next went to Jacksonville to face the No. 22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the second annual ACC Championship game. Both teams' defenses dominated the game, as each held the opposing offenses to under 300 yards for the game. The Deacons defense intercepted two Reggie Ball passes to help their effort. In the first half, both teams kicked field goals to go to halftime tied at 3. Early in the fourth quarter the Yellow Jackets took another lead with a second field goal to take a 6\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 100], "content_span": [101, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, vs. Georgia Tech\u2013ACC Championship Game\nHowever, the Deacons came back and kicked two more field goals, the second with three minutes remaining in the game, to win the game 9\u20136. The winning score was the lowest for a conference champion ever. With the win, the Deacons won their second ACC Championship and won the ACC's spot in the BCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 100], "content_span": [101, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Game summaries, vs. Louisville\u2013Orange Bowl\nIn the Deacons' first BCS bowl game they went to the Orange Bowl to play the No. 6 Louisville Cardinals, winners of the Big East. The Deacons took an early lead with a field goal, however the Cardinals answered with their own field goal and a touchdown in the first quarter to take a 10\u20133 lead to halftime. In the third quarter, Skinner tied the game on a 30-yard touchdown pass and took a three-point lead in the fourth after a 36-yard field goal. The lead didn't last too long, as the Cardinals scored a quick touchdown and another one later in the quarter. With the scores the Cardinals took a 24\u201313 win. Even with the loss, the Deacons finished their best season in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 88], "content_span": [89, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Postseason, Awards, Conference\nUpon winning the conference many Deacons players and coach Jim Grobe received conference honors. Grobe was unanimously named the ACC Coach of the Year by the media. Along with Grobe's honor, Riley Skinner was singled out by the media and was named the ACC Rookie of the Year. Along with the individual awards, nine players, five on the first team, one on the second, and three honorable mention, a Wake Forest record, were named to the All-ACC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Postseason, Awards, National\nTwo players and once again Jim Grobe were honored as finalists for national awards. Zac Selmon was named as a Wuerffel Trophy finalist, Sam Swank was named as a semifinalist for both the Lou Groza Award and the Ray Guy Award, and Grobe was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year. Although none won, Grobe was named coach of the year by five other organizations, including the AP award and the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Postseason, Awards, National\nAlong with the award winners, six players were named by four sources to their All-America teams. Sam Swank was named to the first teams of Rivals.com, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated. Also named by Sports Illustrated were Steve Vallos also on the first team and Jon Abbate and Josh Gattis as honorable mentions. Vallos was also named by the Sporting News to their team. Finally, Jeff Griffin on the second team and Riley Skinner on the third team, were named by the Sporting News to their Freshman All-American team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188362-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Postseason, Roster changes\nTen former starters left due to graduation or being drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft. Mauk, who had to undergo extensive reconstructive surgery on his injured throwing arm, graduated and then left to pursue a master's degree. He took advantage of an NCAA rule (later repealed and still later restored) allowing graduate students with remaining athletic eligibility to transfer and gain immediate eligibility at their new school, and finished his college career as the starting quarterback at the University of Cincinnati. Nine other players went on to the NFL, including Josh Gattis who was selected in the fifth round of the draft by Jacksonville and Steve Vallos who was selected in the seventh round by Seattle. After the season, former recruit Dennis Godfrey enrolled with the new class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188363-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election\nThe 2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188363-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election Labour had 44 seats, the Conservatives 10, independents 6 and the Liberal Democrats 3 seats. 75 candidates stood in the election for the 21 seats that were being contested, with Labour very unlikely to lose control of the council, which was the only council in West Yorkshire they still had a majority on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188363-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain 4 seats, 3 from Labour and 1 from an independent. Labour were defeated in Horbury and South Ossett, Pontefract South and Wrenthorpe and Outwood West wards, with the losses blamed by the Labour leader on national issues. The other Conservative gain came in Wakefield South where they defeated independent councillor Norman Hazell by 17 votes. Hazell was a former Conservative member who had left the party in 2001 to sit as an independent councillor. However the other independent member managed to hold his seat in Featherstone despite a strong challenge from Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188364-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales Rally GB\nThe 2006 Wales Rally GB was the final round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between December 1\u20133, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188365-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina\nThe 2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2006 in Argentina by the Wales national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188365-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina\nWales was managed by new coach Gareth Jenkins, nominated a month before to replace Mike Ruddock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188365-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina, Results, First test\nThe first test was played in Puerto Madryn, where there is a community of Welsh descent which was originally part of the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the second half of the 19th century. Argentina after an equilibrate match. There were debuts for Wales: I. Evans, Hibbard, James Hook, and Alun-Wyn Jones", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188365-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina, Results, First test\nArgentina: 15.Juan Martin Hernandez, 14.Jose Nunez Piossek, 13.Gonzalo Tiesi, 12.Rafael Carballo, 11.Lucas Borges, 10.Federico Todeschini, 9.Agustin Pichot (capt. ), 8.Gonzalo Longo, 7.Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6.Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 5.Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 4.Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.Martin Scelzo, 2.Mario Ledesma, 1.Rodrigo Roncero, \u2013 replacements: 17.Marcos Ayerza, 21.Francisco Leonelli \u2013 No entry\u00a0: 16.Pablo Gambarini, 18.Santiago Sanz, 19.Martin Schusterman, 20.Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 22.Federico Serra MirasWales: 15.Lee Byrne, 14.Mark Jones, 13.Jamie Robinson, 12.Matthew Watkins, 11.Shane Williams, 10.Nicky Robinson, 9.Mike Phillips, 8.Alix Popham, 7.Gavin Thomas, 6.Alun-Wyn Jones, 5.Ian Evans, 4.Ian Gough, 3.Adam R. Jones, 2.Matthew Rees, 1.Duncan Jones (capt. ), \u2013 replacements: 16.Richard Hibbard, 18.John Yapp, 19.Gareth Delve, 21.James Hook, 22.Chris Czekaj \u2013 No entry: 17.Rhys M. Thomas, 20.Andy Williams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 1013]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188365-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina, Results, Second test\nThe second test was played in Buenos Aires and Argentina won more easily", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188365-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina, Results, Second test\nArgentina: 15.Juan Martin Hernandez, 14.Lucas Borges, 13.Gonzalo Tiesi, 12.Felipe Contepomi, 11.Francisco Leonelli, 10.Federico Todeschini, 9.Agustin Pichot (capt. ), 8.Gonzalo Longo, 7.Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 6.Martin Durand, 5.Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 4.Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3.Martin Scelzo, 2.Mario Ledesma, 1.Rodrigo Roncero, \u2013 replacements: 16.Pablo Gambarini, 17.Marcos Ayerza, 18.Manuel Carizza, 19.Martin Schusterman, 20.Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 21.Jose Nunez Piossek, 22.Federico Serra Miras Wales: 15.Lee Byrne, 14.Mark Jones, 13.Jamie Robinson, 12.James Hook, 11.Shane Williams, 10.Nicky Robinson, 9.Mike Phillips, 8.Alix Popham, 7.Gavin Thomas, 6.Alun-Wyn Jones, 5.Ian Evans, 4.Ian Gough, 3.Adam R. Jones, 2.Huw Bennett, 1.Duncan Jones (capt. ), \u2013 replacements: 16.Richard Hibbard, 17.Rhys M. Thomas, 19.Gareth Delve, 20.Andy Williams, 22.Matthew Watkins \u2013 No entry: 18.John Yapp, 21.Nathan Brew", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 986]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188366-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188366-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council with 34 councillors, but they lost 2 seats to Labour who moved to 19 seats. The Liberal Democrats remained on 6 seats and there remained one independent councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188367-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Walsh Cup\nThe 2006 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster and Ulster. 9 teams competed: 6 Leinster counties, 2 Ulster counties and one third-level college. Lower-level teams competed in the 2006 Kehoe Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188368-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election\nThe Waltham Forest Council elections, were held on 4 May 2006 in Waltham Forest, England. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188368-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election\nWaltham Forest local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188368-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Eligibility\nAll locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 May 2006 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 64], "content_span": [65, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188368-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Eligibility\nIt is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 64], "content_span": [65, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188368-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election, Results by ward\nThe ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2002 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188369-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Wandsworth Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188369-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election\nThe Conservatives were always expected to hold control and the low rates of council tax in Wandsworth were used as an example by the Conservatives in neighbouring councils such as Hammersmith and Fulham. During the campaign one Labour candidate, Nick Bowes, had said that the party was being well beaten and described the campaign as being \"miserable, exhausting and lonely\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election\nThe 2006 Washington State House elections took place on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 49 of Washington's legislative districts voted for their representatives. Washington State Senate elections were also held on November 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 3\nIn 2004, Alex Wood was challenged by David Stevens and won with 61.61% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 4\nIn 2004, Larry Crouse was challenged by Jim Peck (D) and won with 61.55% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 4\nIn 2004, Lynn Schindler was challenged by Ed Foote (D) and won with 65.85% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 5\nIn 2004, Jay Rodne was challenged by Jeff Griffin (D) and Keith Kemp (L) and won with 52.36% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 5\nIn 2004, Glenn Anderson was challenged by Barbara de Michele (D) and Beau Gunderson (L) and won with 54.07% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 6\nIn 2004, John Serben ran against Don Barlow (D) for an open seat (vacated when Brad Benson ran for State Senate) and won with 51.90% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 6\nIn 2004, John Ahern was challenged by Douglas Dobbins (D) and won with 60.56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 7\nIn 2004, Bob Sump was challenged by Jack Miller (D) and Dave Wordinger (L) and won with 64.12% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 7\nIn 2004, Joel Kretz ran against Yvette Joseph (D) for an open seat (vacated when Cathy McMorris ran for Congress) and won with 65.15% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 8\nIn 2004, Shirley Hankins was challenged by Rick Dillender (D) and won with 73.28% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 8\nIn 2004, Larry Haler was challenged by Jerad Koepp (D) and won with 69.82% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 9\nCurrent incumbent Don Cox (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 13\nCurrent incumbent Jan\u00e9a Holmquist (R) is running for State Senator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 14\nCurrent Incumbent James Clements (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 24\nJames Buck was challenged by Van de Wege in 2002, and won with 51%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 26\nCurrent Seat 2 Representative Derek Kilmer (D) is running for the State Senate seat left open by the retirement of Bob Oke, which leaves the race for this seat an open race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 28\nCurrent incumbent Gigi Talcott (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 43\nEd Murray is stepping down from his House seat to run for the State Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188370-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington House of Representatives election, Election results, District 48\nSeat 2 became an open seat on March 14, 2006 when Rodney Tom announced his candidacy for the Senate, switching parties from Republican to Democrat in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team\nThe 2006 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach Tyrone Willingham, the team compiled a 5\u20137 record and was ninth in the Pacific-10 Conference. Home\u00a0games were played on campus at Husky Stadium in\u00a0Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Background\nTwo years earlier in 2004, the Huskies had a dismal 1\u201310 season, with their lone victory over San Jose State. With three games remaining, second-year head coach Keith Gilbertson announced his resignation, effective at the end of the season. Willingham was hired in December after being dismissed from Notre\u00a0Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Background\nWhile Washington saw an overall improvement on the team in 2005, they still struggled to win games, and finished with a 2\u20139 record. Highlights of the season were victories over Idaho and Pac-10 foe Arizona, and holding USC to 390 yards, their lowest offensive total of the\u00a0year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Pre-season\nRedshirt freshman tailback J.R. Hasty was expected to have a big impact on the offense, but was declared academically ineligible. Senior Isaiah Stanback and sophomore Johnny Durocher competed for the starting quarterback position. Junior College transfers were Anthony Atkins (DE), Jason Wells (S), and Jordan Murchison (CB). All were expected to fill holes in the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Pre-season\nWashington did not appear in any pre-season rankings and was predicted to finish last in the Pac-10 media poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Season, USC\nIn the fourth quarter, with 2 seconds left on the game clock, the Huskies moved the ball 15 yards shy of the end zone, stopping the clock by getting a first down. Before Isaiah Stanback could hike the ball, the clock ran out and they were unable to get off a final play. It was a controversial moment that many blamed on miscommunication from the officials regarding when the clock would start again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Season, Oregon State\nLinebacker Scott White intercepted two passes in the first half, setting up two touchdowns and giving Washington a 17\u201310 lead by halftime. However, the Huskies struggled in the second half both offensively and defensively. Oregon State quarterback Matt Moore connected with wide receiver Sammie Stroughter to give OSU a 27\u201317 lead. Late in the fourth quarter, Washington quarterback Isaiah Stanback suffered a Lisfranc fracture in his right foot; the injury requires surgery and Stanback will miss the remainder of the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, Season, California\nBack-up quarterback Carl Bonnell made his first start of the season filling in for the injured Isaiah Stanback. In his first start he threw two touchdown passes including a 40 yard hail mary pass to Marlon Wood to send the game into over time. However, Bonnell also threw five interceptions in regulation, and one in over time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188371-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft\nTwo Huskies were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (255 selections).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188372-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 920\nInitiative 920 (I-920) was a highly controversial campaign to repeal the estate tax in the U.S. state of Washington. Washington state law directs that revenues collected from the estate tax be placed into the Education Legacy Trust account, which funds financial aid for higher education. The initiative failed, with 33.54 percent voting for and 66.46 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188372-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 920, Supporters\nThe campaign to get I-920 on the ballot was primarily bankrolled by Martin Selig, a Seattle skyscraper developer, and Dennis Falk, a wealthy former Seattle police officer. Falk's involvement has been particularly controversial. Falk leads the John Birch Society. In 1978, Falk co-chaired Save Our Moral Ethics, an unsuccessful campaign to repeal a law barring housing and employment discrimination against gays and lesbians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188372-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 920, Supporters\nSupporters of I-920 claim the estate tax is an unfair burden on small business. They claim that if small businesses leave Washington, support for local schools will be eroded. They also contend that the 2005 legislature's decision to renew the estate tax contradicted I-402, which was passed in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188372-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 920, Opponents\nCriticism of I-920 has focused on two main points. First, critics argue that the estate tax is the most efficient way to raise revenue for education and that repealing the tax will compromise educational infrastructure, especially for the poor. Second, critics point out that the tax is graduated and therefore only impacts those most able to pay. They argue that the proponents of I-920 have used the rhetoric of small business interests to create tax breaks for the extremely wealthy. Family farms, for example, are completely exempt from the estate tax. Last year, the Washington Estate Tax affected only 250 of the wealthiest estates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933\nBallot Initiative 933 was a ballot initiative in the U.S. state of Washington in 2006. It concerned land use planning, and was voted down by 59% in the 2006 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933\nThe controversial initiative pitted the interests of real estate developers against environmental protection and preservation of natural resources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933\nThe initiative is also known as I-933, titled \"Property Rights\" by the Secretary of State, \"The Property Fairness Initiative\" by its supporters, and the \"Developers Initiative\" by its opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Content of the proposal\nI-933 called for government agencies in the State of Washington to evaluate the effects directly on private real and personal property when implementing regulations or ordinances. It called for these government agencies to follow certain policies: either pay compensation when \"damaging\" property, to consider \"less restrictive means,\" or to waive the implementation of the regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Cost\nAccording to a study conducted by the University of Washington the initiative would have cost taxpayers an estimated $7.8 Billion during the first five years after enactment. The same study also found that \"Virtually every county would likely be faced with claims, yet none have a tax revenue source in place for paying them.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 36], "content_span": [37, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Other effects\nI-933 would have impacted critical areas that are protected to prevent flooding and protect fish, wildlife and groundwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Other effects\nThough it was described as establishing a \"pay or waive\" system, I-933 did not have the power to permit waivers in most relevant cases. This would have resulted in a \"stymied decision\" and uncertainty for both landowners and local governments, with the result of slowing down development permits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Other effects\nI-933 would likely have led to a greater role for federal government in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Other effects\nThe initiative would have had implications not only for real estate, but on intellectual property rights, water rights, motor vehicles, securities and intangible commercial assets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, People and organizations involved, Supporters\nSupporters of I-933 argued that the proposal would have protected private property owners from \"excessive land-use regulations or proposed regulations that damage the use and value of private property.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, People and organizations involved, Supporters\nA significant portion of the financial support for the campaign came from Americans for Limited Government, a libertarian-oriented group based in Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, People and organizations involved, Opponents\nOpponents of the initiative questioned why taxpayers should have \"to pay some land owners to follow laws already on the books or waive those protections for the community\". I-933 required taxpayers to pay legal fees for all claims, including retroactive claims. Opponents of the proposal also pointed out that the Washington Farm Bureau represents primarily large corporations and has an established record of supporting Republican candidates with PAC money. The Association of Washington Cities argued the Initiative would have cost taxpayers 4.5 billion dollars a year in claims against municipalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, People and organizations involved, Opponents\nEnvironmentalists claimed \"Initiative 933 would dismantle ... (environmental) protections, making it extremely difficult to enforce the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.\" Moreover, I-933 allocated no funding for the payments it required, raising fears that taxes would have been increased and/or that funding to key infrastructural programs would have been cut. Lobbyists in favor of the bill dismissed these accusations as scare tactics. On October 10, 2006, all six of Washington's living former governors joined current Gov. Christine Gregoire to oppose Initiative 933. \"I-933 is an extremely vague and loophole-ridden initiative that exposes our taxpayers to great expense,\" said former Gov. Gary Locke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Precedents\nI-933 was similar to Initiative 164, a 1995 bill passed by the Washington legislature and subsequently repealed by ballot initiative (referendum 48.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188373-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 933, Precedents\nIt was also similar to Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004), as well as numerous 2006 initiatives promoted in other states (nearly all of which were defeated.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188374-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 937\nBallot Initiative 937 (official name Initiative measure no. 937, known as I-937) is a clean energy initiative passed in the US state of Washington, appearing on the ballot in the November 2006 elections. It passed with 52 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188374-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 937, Content of the proposal\nThe initiative requires large utilities to obtain 15% of their electricity from new renewable resources such as solar and wind (but excluding hydro) by 2020 with incremental steps of 3% by 2012 and 9% by 2016. It also requires that utilities undertake all cost-effective energy conservation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188374-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 937, Precedents\nSimilar legislation has been enacted in at least 20 other states including the following. (The table is sorted by date and then by descending percentage. I-937 is included in bold.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188374-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Initiative 937, Opponents\nOpponents included many small co-op electrical providers (even though the initiative affects only utilities with greater than 25,000 customers) as well as the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188375-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Mystics season\nThe 2006 WNBA season was the ninth for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics reached the playoffs, but they were later swept in the opening round to the Connecticut Sun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season\nThe Washington Nationals' 2006 season was the franchise's second season in Washington, D.C. and 38th season overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season\nThe Nationals finished last in the NL East for the third consecutive year (counting their final season in Montreal), 26 games behind the New York Mets with a 71-91 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Offseason\nOn November 4, 2005, the Nationals traded Vinny Castilla to the San Diego Padres for Brian Lawrence. On December 8, 2005, they traded Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, and minor-leaguer Armando Galarraga to the Texas Rangers for Alfonso Soriano. On December 24, 2005, they signed Mike Stanton \u2013 who they had traded to the Boston Red Sox late the previous season \u2013 as a free agent. On February 11, 2006, the Nationals sold Jamey Carroll to the Colorado Rockies for $300,000, and on March 31, 2006, they sold Jim Crowell to the Philadelphia Phillies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Advertising and marketing\nThe Nationals' marketing slogan for the season was \"Make It Your Pastime.\" The slogan was a reference to the common saying that baseball is \"the national pastime\" in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Spring training\nThe Nationals held their 2006 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Groundbreaking for Nationals Park\nOn May 4, 2006, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the Nationals' new ballpark, Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C. Principal Owner Mark D. Lerner, Managing Principal Owner Theodore N. Lerner, Principal Owner Robert K. Tanenbaum, and Principal Owner Edward L. Cohen wielded the shovels at the ceremony; public address announcer Charlie Brotman emceed the event, and former Mayor of the District of Columbia Anthony A. Williams, former Nationals Manager Frank Robinson, representatives from Major League Baseball, the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission, the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, and Clark-Hunt-Smoot Construction, and former Washington Senators and Homestead Grays players also attended. Less than two years later, the Nationals moved to Nationals Park for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Beltway Series\nDuring spring training in 2006, the Nationals and Orioles played each other in Washington on March 31 and in Baltimore on April 1. The first match-up of the regular-season Beltway Series rivalry took place on May 19, 2006, at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium; the Orioles won. This marked first time in 35 years that the Orioles played a regular-season game in Washington; previously, they had played the original Washington Senators of the American League annually from 1954 to 1960 and the expansion Washington Senators \u2013 which replaced the original Senators \u2013 each year from 1961 to 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Beltway Series\nThe two teams split the 2006 season series 3-3 with each team winning two games at home and one on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Draft\nThe 2006 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 6 and 7. With their first pick \u2013 the 15th pick overall \u2013 the Nationals selected outfielder Chris Marrero. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Cole Kimball (12th round, 361st overall), pitcher Sam Dyson (19th round, 571st overall), outfielder Khris Davis (29th round, 871st overall), first baseman Tyler Moore (33rd round, 991st overall), and pitcher Brad Peacock (41st round, 1,231st overall). The Nationals had drafted Moore in 2005, but he had not signed, and he did not sign again this year. Dyson and Davis also did not sign with the Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Attendance\nThe Nationals drew 2,153,056 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2006, placing them 11th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188376-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season\nThe 2006 season was the Washington Redskins' 75th in the National Football League, and the third under head coach Joe Gibbs since his return to the team in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season\nThe team had posted a 10\u20136 record and a postseason berth the previous season (up from 6\u201310 in 2004). In 2006, however, the Redskins posted only five wins and finished last in the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season\nThe 2006 Redskins set an NFL record for fewest takeaways in a (non-strike) NFL season, with only twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nAfter the end of the 2005 season, the Redskins were reported to be $20 million over the salary cap. However, due to the NFL and NFL Players' Union agreement the salary cap was raised to $102 million and LaVar Arrington paying $4.4 million of his salary back, Washington managed to get under the cap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nThe Redskins released 3-time Pro Bowl linebacker LaVar Arrington and starting safeties Ryan Clark and Matt Bowen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nThe Redskins signed the following free agents: wide receiver Antwaan Randle El, defensive end Andre Carter, strong safety Adam Archuleta, and tight end Christian Fauria. They also traded draft picks for wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, quarterback Todd Collins and running back T. J. Duckett", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nIn the 2006 NFL Draft, the Redskins did not have a first round pick due to a 2005 trade used to acquire quarterback Jason Campbell. However, they traded up in the second round to draft linebacker Rocky McIntosh out of the University of Miami, who was slated to be the replacement for Arrington. The Redskins then used their next pick on Minnesota DT Anthony Montgomery. The rest of their picks included Northern Colorado Safety Reed Doughty, Georgia DT Kedric Golston, Arizona Guard Kili Lefotu, and Tennessee LB Kevin Simon (who was later cut).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nThe Redskins finished the 2006 preseason with a record of 0\u20134, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals 19\u20133, the New York Jets 27\u201314, the New England Patriots 41\u20130 and the Baltimore Ravens 17\u201310. Starting running back Clinton Portis was injured in the first game of the preseason. The Redskins scored the fewest points of any team in the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Offseason\nThe Redskins severed long-standing ties with radio station WJFK-FM for broadcasting rights to Redskins games. The new flagship station is Triple X ESPN Radio, which consists of three simulcast frequencies that cover the greater Washington, D.C. area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nThe Redskins started the regular season against the Minnesota Vikings at home on September 11, in the first game of an ESPN Monday Night Football doubleheader on opening weekend. The Redskins defense allowed Minnesota quarterback Brad Johnson and the Vikings' offense to convert often on third down, and the Vikings won the game 19\u201316 after a failed field goal attempt by John Hall late in the fourth quarter quieted any chance of a Redskins comeback. With the loss, the Redskins were 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Redskins traveled to Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas to take on one of their NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys in a Sunday night match-up. The Redskins trailed early, as Dallas kicker Mike Vanderjagt completed a 26-yard field goal and Drew Bledsoe completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton in the first quarter. In the second quarter, kicker John Hall would get Washington a 39-yard field goal, but Dallas responded with RB Marion Barber's 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Cowboys\nRB Rock Cartwright would return a kickoff 100 yards for a TD, but that would be the last time in the entire game that Redskins would score a single point. Even though there wouldn't be a single point scored in the third quarter, the Cowboys sealed the win with a 40-yard TD pass to WR Terry Glenn and a 50-yard field goal by Vanderjagt. With the loss, the Redskins dropped to 0\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 3: at Houston Texans\nThe Washington Redskins defeated the Houston Texans by the score of 31\u201315. Washington quarterback Mark Brunell set a new NFL record for consecutive completed passes in one game by completing his first 22 pass attempts against the Texans' defense. Brunell finished 24 of 27 passes for 269 yards and one touchdown. Newly signed Redskins receiver Antwaan Randle El scored his first touchdown of the season. Clinton Portis rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Ladell Betts finished with 124 rushing yards and one touchdown. With their first win of the season, the Redskins moved to 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Redskins welcomed Byron Leftwich and the rest of the Jacksonville Jaguars to FedExField. Mark Brunell passed for 329 yards, three touchdown passes (all to WR Santana Moss), and one interception. The Redskins came up with 153 total rushing yards, as Clinton Portis led the team with 112 rushing yards and one touchdown. The defense forced one interception from Leftwich, logged four sacks, and allowed only 33 rushing yards. John Hall was 3 for 3 on field goals and extra points. The game ended in overtime when Brunell threw a 68-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Moss. With the win, the Redskins moved to 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: at New York Giants\nMark Brunell and the Redskins marched into Giants Stadium with a victory in mind. It ended up being misery within three hours, as they lost to a team who, at the time, had a poorly rated defense. Clinton Portis rushed for 76 yards. Santana Moss caught 3 receptions for only 39 yards, while Chris Cooley beat out Santana Moss with 4 receptions for 41 yards. Total offense for the Redskins was 164 yards, while the New York Giants put up 411 yards. The Redskins defense ended up with no sacks, interceptions, or turnovers. John Hall was 1/2 on field goals with no PATs. With another loss, the Redskins dropped to 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Giants, the Redskins returned home for a Week 6 fight with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Washington trailed early as Tennessee kicker Rob Bironas kicked a 32-yard field goal. RB Clinton Portis got a 10-yard TD run to help the Redskins regain the lead. In the second quarter, the Skins increased their lead with QB Mark Brunell completing a 24-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nHowever, the Titans regained the lead with Bironas nailing a 26-yard field goal and QB Vince Young completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. In the third quarter, the Redskins continued to dig themselves a huge hole, as RB Travis Henry got a 2-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Titans got a safety on a blocked punt that rolled out the back of the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0014-0002", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nIn the fourth quarter, Washington tried valiantly to fight back, as Portis got a 4-yard TD run, but in the end, Bironas got a 30-yard field goal for Tennessee and a late interception by Free Safety Lamont Thompson killed any chance of a comeback. With the loss, the Redskins fell to 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 7: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Redskins started the game looking to prevent Peyton Manning from overwhelming their defense, and hoping to drive the ball in a more effective manner. What was a close game at the half however quickly degenerated into a blood bath in the 3rd quarter as Peyton Manning connected on 3 touchdown passes to seal the deal. Overall, the offense again looked confused, and surprisingly it was the defense of the Redskins that ended up giving up big running plays on a regular basis. With the loss, the Redskins dropped to 2\u20135 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their Bye Week, the Redskins avenged their Week 2 loss by defeating the Dallas Cowboys after a wild final minute of the fourth quarter which ended with a game-winning 47-yard field goal by kicker Nick Novak. With less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, Novak missed from 49 yards. With nine seconds left Dallas kicker Mike Vanderjagt's field goal was blocked by newly signed Redskins cornerback Troy Vincent, and recovered by Redskins free safety Sean Taylor, who ran the ball down to the Dallas 45-yard line as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nDuring the runback by Taylor, Dallas offensive lineman Kyle Kosier grabbed his facemask and pulled it, adding an additional fifteen yards to the play and, since the penalty was defensive in nature, extended regulation by one additional play as a period cannot end on a defensive penalty according to NFL rules. Novak then came back out to hit the game winner and give the Redskons their third win of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn their first game against the Eagles, the Redskins lost in convincing fashion, 27\u20133. Although they dominated the time of possession in the first half and had several long drives, they came away with only three points. On the other hand, the Eagles had several big plays which resulted in scores, including a second half interception for a touchdown. With the loss the Redskins fell to 3\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles\nOn the Monday after this game, it was announced that quarterback Mark Brunell was being benched in favor of second-year quarterback Jason Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 11: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nNew starting quarterback Jason Campbell played his first game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Only field goal points took the first half, with both teams tied at halftime 3\u20133. In the second half Jason Campbell threw a three-yard touchdown pass to TE Chris Cooley, then Bruce Gradkowski threw a three-yard touchdown pass intended for Galloway but instead bounced off him into Becht's hands, making the game tied in the third quarter 10\u201310. Though the Redskins performed fairly well in the fourth quarter, Jason Campbell throwing another touchdown pass to Yoder, the Buccaneers had already pulled ahead by ten points. The final score was 20\u201317, Bucs, dropping the Redskins to 3\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn his first game at home as the starter for the Redskins, Jason Campbell, again, had an encouraging game completing 11 of 23 passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns. A rather dull first half for both teams saw the scoreboard read 6\u20133 in favor of Carolina. In the second half Jason Campbell threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle El and the Redskins took the lead at 10\u20136. In the fourth quarter Steve Smith scored on an 8-yard pass from Jake Delhomme to give Carolina a 13\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers\nLater in the fourth quarter Jason Campbell threw to Chris Cooley for a 66-yard touchdown giving the Redskins the lead for good. Carolina threatened near the end of the game, but a Jake Delhomme pass was intercepted in the endzone by Redskins Safety Sean Taylor. With the 17\u201313 victory, the Redskins record stood at 4\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their impressive victory over the Panthers, the Redskins stayed at home a Week 13 fight with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, the Redskins started strong with RB Ladell Betts getting an 8-yard TD run, while QB Jason Campbell completed a 42-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. In the second quarter, the Falcons started catching up with kicker Morten Andersen's 34-yard field goal and QB Michael Vick's 16-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler. In the third quarter, Washington lost its lead with Vick's 22-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins fell when RB Jerious Norwood ran 69 yards for a touchdown. With the loss, Washington fell to 4\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off a disappointing home loss over the Falcons, the Redskins stayed at home for an NFC East rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Washington struck first with kicker Shaun Suisham nailing a 31-yard field goal. However, the Eagles struck back with QB Jeff Garcia getting a 10-yard TD pass to TE L.J. Smith. In the second quarter, things got worse for the Redskins as strong safety Michael Lewis returned an interception 84 yards for a touchdown, while Garcia hooked up with WR Donte' Stallworth on a 3-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nAfterwards, Suisham would kick a 45-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Washington started to come back with Suisham kicking a 32-yard field goal, while QB Jason Campbell completed a 34-yard TD pass to WR Antwaan Randle El. However, in the fourth quarter, the only thing left of the Redskins' comeback was Suisham's 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Eagles' offense squashed any hope of a Washington comeback. With the loss, the Redskins fell to 4\u20139 clinching last place in the NFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15: at New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Eagles, the Redskins flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 15 intraconference fight with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Washington started off strong as kicker Shaun Suisham nailed a 37-yard field goal, while QB Jason Campbell completed a 31-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. In the second quarter, the Saints started to fight back as RB Deuce McAllister got a 1-yard TD run. Suisham increased Washington's lead with a 37-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, New Orleans crept closer with kicker John Carney's 41-yard field goal. After Suisham's 22-yard field goal, the defense wrapped up the victory. With the win, the Redskins improved to 5\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at St. Louis Rams\nat the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri Coming off a surprising road victory over the Saints, the Redskins flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 16 fight with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the 'Skins struck first with RB T. J. Duckett's 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Rams took the lead with QB Marc Bulger completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce and a 27-yard TD pass to TE Dominique Byrd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at St. Louis Rams\nWashington responded with RB Ladell Betts getting a 6-yard TD run and QB Jason Campbell completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley. In the third quarter, the Redskins' lead increased with Betts' 7-yard TD run. However, St. Louis started rally with Bulger completing a 64-yard TD pass to RB Steven Jackson and a 10-yard TD pass to RB Stephen Davis. In the fourth quarter, the Rams took the lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins nailing a 21-yard field goal. The Washington forced overtime with kicker Shaun Shisham's 52-yard field goal. However, the 'Skins fell in overtime as Stephen Jackson delivered the game-winning 21-yard TD run for the Rams. With the loss, the Redskins fell to 5\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New York Giants\nHoping to end their lackluster season on a high note, the Redskins went home for an NFC East rematch with the New York Giants on Saturday night. In the first quarter, the G-Men drew first blood with kicker Jay Feely's 34-yard field goal. The 'Skins would respond with a trick play, as QB Jason Campbell handed the ball off to WR Antwaan Randle El who completed a 48-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. However, in the second quarter, New York began to fight hard with RB Tiki Barber getting a 15-yard TD run and a 55-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188377-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New York Giants\nAfterwards, Feely would wrap up the half with a 31-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Giants increased its lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Tim Carter. The Redskins responded with Campbell's 7-yard TD pass to RB Ladell Betts. In the fourth quarter, the 'Skins crept closer with RB T. J. Duckett's 1-yard TD run. However, New York responded with Barber's 50-yard TD run. Even though Washington responded with Campbell completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Mike Sellers, the 'Skins fell short of a comeback. With the loss, the Redskins ended their season at 5\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188378-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington Resolution 4223\nHouse Joint Resolutuion 4223 was a constitutional amendment in Washington which passed the house and was approved by the voters of the state in the 2006 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188379-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Cougars football team\nThe 2006 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle. The Cougars were 6\u20136 overall and 4\u20135 in the Pacific-10 Conference, tied for fifth. Ranked 25th in the AP Poll at the end of October, WSU lost its final three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188379-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Cougars football team\nWSU's popular mascot, \"Butch T. Cougar\" was named the 2006 CapitalOne Mascot of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188379-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Cougars football team, Pre-season\nWashington State did not appear in any national pre-season rankings and was predicted to finish in eighth place in the Pacific-10 Conference media poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election\nThe 2006 Elections in Washington include races for the US Senate, US House and Washington State Legislature. This page tracks incumbents and challengers for the Washington State Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Overview\nAfter the 2004 elections, Democrats held 26 of 49 seats in the state Senate, a 1 vote majority. In November, 2006, 24 seats were up for election. Of those, 12 are held by Republicans and 12 were held by Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results\nChris Marr has been the Chair of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, a regent at Washington State University, State transportation commissioner, chair of both Deaconess and Valley hospitals, and has been a business owner for 20 years in Spokane. This is the first time since before World War II that this district has been represented by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results\nThis year's contest could have been a rematch of a 2004 House race. Lois McMahan was previously a representative in the State House of Representatives, until she was unseated by Derek Kilmer that year. Kilmer won by 555 votes (with 49.67% of the vote).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 38\nJean Berkey was elected in 2002 into House Seat #2, and took the Senator position when Aaron Reardon took the position of Snohomish County Executive. Aaron was challenged by Glenn Coggeshell in 2002, and received 65.34% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 42\nDale Brandland was challenged by Georgia Gardner (D), Peter Tassoni (G) and Donald Crawford (L) in 2002, and received 49.25% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 43\nEd Murray has served the 43rd district since 1995 in the Washington State House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 43\nPat Thibaudeau was challenged by Linde Knighton (G) in 2002, and received 79.04% of the vote. She announced her retirement from the Senate in May 2006, after Murray had declared his intention to challenge her for the Democratic nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 44\nDavid Schmidt was challenged by Phil Doerflein (D) in 2002 and received 53.09% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 45\nIncumbent Sen. Bill Finkbeiner has decided to step down, citing personal reasons. Rep. Toby Nixon has declared for the seat, leaving his House seat open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 47\nStephen Johnson was challenged by Deborah Jacobson in 2002, and received 55.52% of the vote. Johnson has decided to run for Washington State Supreme Court in 2006, making this an open seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 47\nSteve Reichert was previously running for the Republican nomination, but withdrew due to an .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188380-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Senate election, Results, District 47\nEd Crawford recently retired as chief of the city of Kent Police Department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188381-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Supreme Court election\nThe Washington Supreme Court justices are elected at large by the voters of the state of Washington. The general election was held in November 2006 and the primary was held in September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188381-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Supreme Court election, 2006 races, Primaries\nHaving received a majority of the vote in the primary, Gerry Alexander wins the election under state law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188381-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State Supreme Court election, 2006 races, Primaries\nHaving received a majority of the vote in the primary, Tom Chambers wins the election under state law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188382-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State local elections\nThe following local races were on the ballot in Washington State during the 2006 election. The filing period for candidates for public office was July 24 through July 28, 2006. Washington State's primary election was held on September 19, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188382-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State local elections, County & Local Elections, Skagit County\nThere may be a November 2006 special ballot by the Skagit County Commissioners to adopt a fluoridation ordinance that would allow and require the Skagit Public Utility District #1 to adjust the natural level of fluoride in its water supply so that a greater number of Skagit County residents can receive the proven benefits of fluoride, and thereby oral disease may be reduced. For more information read: or", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188382-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington State local elections, County & Local Elections, Spokane County\nSpokane County Assessor(As of the evening of November 9, Baker led by less than 200 votes)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188383-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election\nThe 2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election also known as 2006 District of Columbia mayoral election determined the successor to two-term mayor Anthony A. Williams, who did not run for re-election. The Democratic primary was held on September 12, 2006, and the general election was held on November 7, 2006. The winner of both was Adrian Fenty, the representative for Ward 4 on the Washington, D.C. City Council. He took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the sixth directly elected mayor since the establishment of home rule in the District, and \u2014 at 35 \u2014 the youngest elected mayor of a major American city in U.S. history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188383-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election, Candidates, General Election\nIn addition to the candidates above, the following candidates lost in the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188383-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election, Candidates, Republican Party primary\nDavid W. Kranich ran in the Republican Party primary election. Albert Ceccone gathered signatures to run on the ballot as well, but after a challenge by Kranich, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics declared many of the signatures invalid. Consequently, Ceccone did not have enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, and only Kranich's name appeared as running for mayor on the Republican primary ballot. Kranich received 65% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188383-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election, Candidates, Statehood Green Party primary\nChris Otten ran unopposed for the Statehood Green party's primary election. Otten received 50% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188384-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Waterford Crystal Cup\nThe 2006 Waterford Crystal Cup was the inaugural staging of the Waterford Crystal Cup. The draw for the fixtures took place on 20 December 2005. The cup began on 15 January 2006 and ended on 5 February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188384-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Waterford Crystal Cup\nOn 5 February 2006, Limerick won the cup following a 1-19 to 3-10 defeat of Waterford Institute of Technology in the final. This was their first Waterford Crystal Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188384-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Waterford Crystal Cup, Participating teams\nThe newly launched Waterford Crystal Cup featured five county teams and five third level college teams. The Munster Council run the competition on a similar system to the McGrath Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188385-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2006 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 106th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188385-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 22 October 2006, Mount Sion won the championship after a 2-13 to 0-12 defeat of Ballygunner in the final. This was their 35th championship title overall and their first title since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188386-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Waterloo municipal election\nThe 2006 Waterloo municipal election took place on November 13, 2006, to elect a mayor, councillors, regional councillors, and school trustees in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188387-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Watford Borough Council election\nElections to Watford Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. At the same time in the election for Watford's directly elected mayor the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188388-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Watsons Water Champions Challenge\nThe 2006 Watsons Water Champions Challenge is a women's exhibition (no points for the world ranking can be earned) tennis tournament organized at the beginning of each season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188389-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Webby Awards\nThe 10th annual 2006 Webby Awards were held on June 12, 2006, at the Cipriani Hotel in New York City and were hosted by the comedian Jon Stewart. Judging was provided by the 500-person International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and winners were selected from among 5,500 entries from around 40 countries worldwide. This award ceremony saw the creation of a new award category, \"Best Viral Video\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker)\nThe 2006 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February and 5 March at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker)\nRonnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Ian McCulloch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker)\nStephen Lee won his fourth ranking title by defeating World Champion Shaun Murphy 9\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary\nDefending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Shaun Murphy seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Prize fund\nWinner: \u00a335,000Runner Up: \u00a317,500Semi Finalist: \u00a38,750Quarter Finalist: \u00a36,500Last 16: \u00a34,275Last 32: \u00a32,750Last 48: \u00a31,725Last 64: \u00a31,325", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188390-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Welsh Open (snooker), Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 24 January and 26 January 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188391-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election\nThe 2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188391-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council to 16 seats after gaining 2 seats from Labour. The Conservative gains came in Haldens and Howlands wards, but they did lose one seat to the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats won Handside and came within 6 votes of taking Peartree from Labour after 4 recounts. Overall turnout in the election was 38.11%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188392-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\nThe West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner \u2014 for 45 assembly constituency (AC)s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs on May 3,and 49 ACs on May 8, 2006. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and, thanks to the electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the end of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188392-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\nTotal number of ACs in the state is 294. Elections were held for all 294 constituencies. Total electors numbering 48,165,156 voted in 53,293 polling stations. The electoral turnout was 81.97% of possible voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188392-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\nThe Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front won the election. The previous government, formed by the Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front has been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188392-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Results, Party wise result\nTotal Number of constituencies \u00a0: 294 Results declared \u00a0: 294 Total contestants \u00a0: 1654", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188393-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Bengal train explosion\nThe 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on 20 November 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340\u00a0mi) from Kolkata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188394-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series\nThe 2006 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 26 through 28, 2006 at San Francisco's home stadium, Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field in San Francisco, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188395-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2006 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 3\u20136, 2006. All rounds were held in Spokane, Washington at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188395-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their third straight (eighth overall) WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Adam Morrison of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188396-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton\nThe 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 23, 2006, at JAGFlo Speedway, a temporary track laid out at City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais took the pole but the race was won by Justin Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188397-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Lancashire District Council election\nThe 2006 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188397-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council with a 4-seat majority over the Labour party. Most seats only had Conservative and Labour party candidates, with no Liberal Democrats standing in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188397-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives focused their campaign on crime and the environment, while targeting the Labour held wards of Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott. However Labour targeted the Conservative wards of Derby, Newburgh and Parbold, while criticising the Conservatives for holding a failed vote on transferring council housing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188397-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives increase their control of the council, which they had held since 2002. They gained 3 seats from Labour in Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott wards, with the Labour leader on the council, Alan Bullen, saying that it had \"not been a good night\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188397-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result\nOverall turnout in the election was 32.2%, which was up on 2003 but down from 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188398-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Lindsey District Council election\nElections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The Liberal Democrat party took overall control of the council two weeks later after a by-election victory in Lea ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188399-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election\nThe 2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188399-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2004 the Conservatives controlled the council with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 13 seats, Independents had six and the Labour Party had one seat. However, in April 2005 Conservative councillor Peter Green resigned from the party to sit as an independent, meaning that going into the 2006 election the Conservatives had 28 seats and there were 7 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188399-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\nFor the 16 seats contested in 2006, the Conservatives had 16 candidates, Labour 13, Liberal Democrats 11, Green Party 7 and there were 3 Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188399-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives increased their majority on the council after gaining six seats to take 14 of the 16 seats contested. This took the Conservatives to 34 councillors and came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who lost four seats, and the independents who lost two seats. The Liberal Democrats were therefore reduced to nine councillors and the independents to five, while Labour remained with a single councillor. Of the 10 councillors who sought re-election, nine were successful, with only Liberal Democrat Julian Cooper losing in Woodstock and Bladon ward by 34 votes to Conservative candidate Jill Dunsmore. Overall turnout at the election was 40.25%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188399-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election, By-elections between 2006 and 2007\nA by-election was held in Witney Central on 25 January 2007 after the disappearance of Conservative councillor Andrew Creery. The seat was held for Conservatives by Colin Adams with a majority of 210 votes over Liberal Democrat Brenda Churchill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 83], "content_span": [84, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team\nThe 2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with an 11\u20132 record. The Mountaineers had a regular season Big East record of 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nSteve Slaton's sophomore season started the same way he ended last year\u2014with a big performance. Slaton ran for 203 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead No. 5 West Virginia past Marshall 42\u201310. Slaton, the nation's top freshman in 2005 with 19 rushing TDs, had his second straight 200-yard game. Slaton tore up Marshall (0\u20131) in just the second meeting between the state's two Division I-A schools since 1923. Slaton's 33 carries were one shy of a career-high and Slaton surpassed 100 yards early in the second quarter and had 140 by halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nHe had a 14-yard TD run around right end midway through the first quarter and scored untouched from 16 yards out after making a hard cut to the right late in the half for a 28\u20137 lead. Slaton also had a 10-yard TD run negated by a holding penalty in the second quarter. West Virginia (1\u20130), which is 6\u20130 all-time against Marshall, scored on four of its first five possessions and totaled 312 rushing yards. Pat White completed 10-of-14 passes for 168 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0001-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nHe found Brandon Myles with first-half TD tosses of 8 and 18 yards as West Virginia built a 21\u20130 lead. It was the first career multiple TD game for Myles, a senior. Marshall, limited to just seven first downs in the first half, went to its passing game late in the second quarter for its only touchdown. Freshman tight end Cody Slate caught passes of 26 and 14 yards to give Marshall its best field position at the WVU 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0001-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nMatt Morris then made up for a dropped pass in the end zone earlier in the game by grabbing a 21-yard TD toss from Bernard Morris. The pass initially was ruled incomplete but Marshall challenged and the play was overturned for a touchdown. West Virginia fullback Owen Schmitt scored on a 3-yard run midway through the third quarter to cap a 66-yard drive that was set up by an interception by freshman Quinton Andrews. WVU backup quarterback Jarrett Brown closed the scoring on a 7-yard TD run with 1:13 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nSteve Slaton ran for 105 yards and two first-quarter scores and called it a day as No. 6 West Virginia went to its bench often in a 52\u20133 win over Division I-AA Eastern Washington. Pat White directed a second-quarter touchdown drive before the QB parade began. Jarrett Brown threw for a TD and ran for another, while Nate Sowers and Markell Harrison also ran for scores. By the time West Virginia (2\u20130) built a 21\u20133 lead early in the second quarter, Slaton and White were done for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nSlaton followed up a 31-carry, 203-yard effort against Marshall with just eight carries Saturday, the fewest since he had 11 against Virginia Tech as a freshman.. West Virginia beat the Eagles by outgaining them 591\u2013185, including 394 on the ground. Slaton needed just two carries for his first score and he went untouched on TD runs of 49 and 17 yards. He went to the bench afterward and didn't return, removing his uniform after halftime. White soon followed. On West Virginia's third series, he drove the Mountaineers 65 yards with Owen Schmitt covering the final 7 for a score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0002-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nJarrett Brown threw a 5-yard TD pass to Brandon Myles just before halftime and scored on a 7-yard run to start the second half for a 35\u20133 lead. Sowers and Harrison added TD runs of 8 and 1 yards, respectively, in the fourth quarter. The crowd of 59,504 was the largest ever to see Eastern Washington play, topping a 2002 game at Arizona State by more than 20,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 81], "content_span": [82, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nSteve Slaton rushed for 167 of his 195 yards in the first half, and the Mountaineers forced two turnovers in a 28\u20130 first-quarter blitz on their way to a 45\u201324 victory over Maryland. He scored twice in the opening quarter of his first game against Maryland, the school that offered him a scholarship, then withdrew it because they felt they had enough running backs. He had 149 yards against the Terrapins in the first quarter, when West Virginia scored on all four possessions. Slaton had early TD runs of 38 and 37 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nPat White threw for a TD and ran for another while Darius Reynaud scored twice, including a 96-yard kickoff return, for the Mountaineers (3\u20130), who extended their winning streak to 10 games, second in the nation to TCU's 12 in a row. With scouts from 15 NFL teams in attendance, West Virginia took a 38\u201310 halftime lead in beating Maryland (2\u20131) for the third straight year, the first time that has happened since 1996\u201398. The teams have met every year since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0003-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nMaryland, which had wins over Division I-AA William & Mary and unheralded Middle Tennessee State, watched as the Mountaineers compiled more than 300 yards rushing for the third straight game. West Virginia's young defense, pressed to force more turnovers, also delivered, finishing with five takeaways. Maryland's Sam Hollenbach was intercepted twice and the Terrapins fumbled the ball away three times, twice by Josh Wilson on kickoffs. After Slaton's early TD runs, a fumble recovery on a kickoff set up Reynaud's 5-yard scoring catch from White and Jay Henry's interception led to another first-quarter score for West Virginia. Lance Ball's 11-yard TD run early in the third quarter pulled Maryland within 38\u201317, but the Terrapins got no closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nPatrick White and Steve Slaton tore up their third opponent of the season in a row. White threw for a personal-best 216 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and the No. 4 Mountaineers overcame Slaton's least-productive game of the season and pulled away late in a 27\u201310 victory over ECU. White was 17-of-24 passing with touchdown passes of 3 yards to Owen Schmitt and 60 yards to Darius Reynaud. The Mountaineers (4\u20130) shook off some sloppy play\u2014including White's three interceptions\u2014to win their 11th straight game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe Pirates held Slaton, who entered as the nation's third-leading rusher, to 80 yards\u2014less than half of his 168-yard average\u2014and afterward he said he was bothered by cramps blamed on the hot, humid weather. West Virginia led just 17\u201310 early in the fourth quarter when White flipped a pass to Reynaud, who zigzagged 60 yards back across the field and through the Pirates' defense for the clinching touchdown. Reynaud finished with five catches for 110 yards and became the first West Virginia player with more than 100 yards receiving since November 2004, when Chris Henry had 118 against Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0004-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe Mountaineers had just 153 yards rushing though\u2013197 fewer than its nation-leading average of 350; a year ago, East Carolina held West Virginia to just 127 yards rushing. James Pinkney was 20-of-40 for 247 yards with a touchdown for the Pirates (1\u20133), and Aundrae Allison had four catches for 54 yards and a touchdown. But East Carolina couldn't get its ground game going, either\u2014Brandon Fractious led the Pirates with 13 yards rushing, and the Pirates finished with 41 yards on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0004-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nWest Virginia dominated the first half, holding three-touchdown underdog East Carolina to 2 yards rushing and gaining 221 yards to the Pirates' 87, but led just 14\u20137 at halftime largely because of two interceptions thrown by White in the end zone. White capped West Virginia's opening drive with a 5-yard touchdown run, then flipped his scoring pass to Schmitt early in the second quarter to snap a 7-all tie. Pinkney found his favorite target\u2014Allison\u2014behind the West Virginia defense for a 47-yard touchdown pass midway through the first, tying it 7\u20137. The Pirates closed to seven points early in the fourth on Robert Lee's 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nWest Virginia committed 11 penalties and allowed a moribund Mississippi State offense to threaten several times in West Virginia's 42\u201314 win. Steve Slaton bailed out the Mountaineers (5\u20130) with 185 yards and a touchdown and Pat White rushed for two scores as West Virginia pulled away late to extend the nation's second-longest winning streak to 12 games. But the defense needed two late interceptions deep in Mountaineers territory to secure the win as West Virginia kept three drives by Mississippi State (1\u20135) alive with penalties. In all, the Mountaineers were flagged for 132 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nHowever, the trio of White, Slaton and fullback Owen Schmitt got to work. White and Schmitt scored two touchdowns apiece and Slaton constantly stung what had been considered a stout Bulldogs rush defense with nine runs of 10 yards or more. The Mountaineers gained 406 total yards, including 314 on the ground. White added 76 rushing yards that included a game-clinching 46-yard run midway through the fourth quarter. But Mississippi State finished with an advantage of 7:30 in time of possession, keeping that high-powered rushing game on the bench.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0005-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nSchmitt capped the first with a 5-yard TD dive at 8:11, giving West Virginia a touchdown on its first drive in seven consecutive games. White capped the Mountaineers' second drive with another 5-yard run to make it 14\u20130 with 14:12 remaining in the second quarter. Mississippi State had no answer for West Virginia's blitz early in the game. But crucial penalties such as roughing the punter and roughing the passer kept the Bulldogs alive and quarterback Omarr Conner got them moving late in the first half with a pair of long passes to Tony Burks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0005-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nA 45-yarder to Burks pushed Mississippi State deep into West Virginia territory. A 40-yarder to Burks got the Bulldogs to the 2. But he fumbled into the end zone where Lance Long picked it up for the score at 1:01 to cut West Virginia's halftime lead to 14\u20137. The Mountaineers opened the second half with a commitment to Slaton, who carried the ball five times and capped a 10-play scoring drive with a 10-yard touchdown that made it 21\u20137 with 10:22 left in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0005-0004", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nConner was injured late in the third quarter and replaced by Michael Henig, the team's original starter before he broke his collarbone in the season opener. Henig directed two crisp drives but was picked off in the end zone by Eric Wicks and at the 10 by Bobby Hathaway. After the second interception, White scored his second touchdown on a slithering run that put the Mountaineers up 28\u20137 with 8:02 left. The Bulldogs did manage a late score on a 1-yard dive by Anthony Dixon with 5:31 remaining in the game, but the Mountaineers answered with a long drive and Schmitt's second touchdown from 5 yards out to make it 35\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nPat White, the West Virginia quarterback, ran for a career-high 247 yards and four touchdowns as the fifth-ranked Mountaineers defeated Syracuse 41\u201317. Steve Slaton, who's been the main focus of West Virginia's Heisman hype, was no slouch either. He ran for 163 yards and a touchdown as the Mountaineers (6\u20130, 1\u20130 Big East) extended their winning streak to 13 games, matching the school record set in 1952\u20131953. But White was the star against Syracuse. On 15 carries, he broke his own Big East and school records for rushing by a quarterback and nearly doubled his output for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nHe had 220 yards last year against Pitt. It was the fourth best effort by any back in school history. White scored three times early in the second half to break the game open. Syracuse (3\u20134, 0\u20132) trailed 17\u201314 at halftime but managed only a field goal after that in losing its ninth straight Big East game. West Virginia, the nation's second-best rushing offense, compiled a season-high 457 yards on the ground, the most since a 478-yard effort against ECU in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0006-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nWhite, who entered the game with 270 rushing yards for the season, had a 69-yard TD run on West Virginia's opening series of the game. His TD runs of 40, 32 and 12 yards on WVU's first three series of the second half put the Mountaineers ahead 38\u201314 late in the third quarter. White (105 yards) and Slaton (101) became the first backs to surpass 100 yards against the Orange in the first half since Miami's Frank Gore and Clinton Portis in 2001. White and Slaton also surpassed 100 yards in the same game last year against Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0006-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nPerry Patterson's 47-yard TD pass to Mike Williams over three defenders on the game's opening drive marked the first time West Virginia trailed in a game since Oct. 15, 2005, against Louisville. Slaton ran 52 yards around right end to put the Mountaineers ahead 17\u20137 midway through the second quarter. Patterson, who finished 9-of-21 for 146 yards, then found Williams behind the defense again for a 30-yard gain to the West Virginia 16, setting up Patterson's 3-yard TD run on third down late in the first half. The Mountaineers' fifth-straight win over Syracuse is their longest in the 54-game series dating to 1945.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nPat White and the West Virginia Mountaineers ran past UConn to push their winning streak to 14 games. White ran for 102 yards and a touchdown and threw a scoring pass and Steve Slaton rushed for 128 yards rushing to help No. 4 West Virginia beat Connecticut 37\u201311 in the Mountaineers' final tuneup before their showdown with sixth-ranked Louisville. White led West Virginia (7\u20130, 2\u20130 Big East) on two one-play drives, running 45 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, and throwing a 52-yard scoring pass to Rayshawn Bolden in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nWhite, who had 15 carries, was 9-of-14 for 156 yards, with one interception. Steve Slaton scored on a 56-yard run with 5:26 left. Pat McAfee added three field goals, including a career-long 48-yarder, as West Virginia tied Ohio State for the longest winning streak in the nation. UConn (3\u20134, 0\u20132), which started six freshmen, including three on the offensive line, trailed 6\u20133 midway through the second quarter. But a holding penalty and a 30-yard punt into a stiff wind gave West Virginia the ball on the UConn 45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0007-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nOn the next play, White kept the ball on an option and sprinted up the middle of the field for a touchdown. White had a 30-yard scamper on the Mountaineers' next drive, which went 74 yards in 11 plays. Owen Schmitt ran the ball in from a yard out with 20 seconds left in the half to give the Mountaineers a 20\u20133 lead. Connecticut's Matt Bonislawski completed eight of 20 passes for 58 yards and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0007-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nHe was replaced late in the third quarter by sophomore D.J. Hernandez, who scored the Huskies' touchdown on a 5-yard run with 7:22 left in the game. Terry Caulley ran for the two-point conversion. Caulley, who came into the game averaging 98 yards per game on the ground, ran for 35 yards on 13 carries. Tony Ciaravino, the third kicker the Huskies have used this season, hit a 29-yard field goal to tie it 3\u20133. That score capped a 15-play, 60-yard drive that used up 5:46.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe #5 ranked Cardinals beat West Virginia 44\u201334 and jumped into the National Title hunt. In perhaps the biggest win in school history, Louisville (8\u20130, 3\u20130) snapped West Virginia's (7\u20131, 2\u20131) 14-game win streak and moved into a first-place tie with idle Rutgers in Big East Conference play. It was also the first time Louisville won against a top 3 team in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nBrohm threw for 354 yards and a touchdown, and the Cardinals took advantage of key mistakes by West Virginia to earn the signature win they've so desperately sought under coach Bobby Petrino and stake their claim as a serious contender for the Bowl Championship Series title game. West Virginia quarterback Pat White ran for 125 yards and four touchdowns and added 222 yards through the air. But he couldn't overcome three WVU turnovers and a relentless Louisville offense that racked up 468 total yards and kept the Mountaineers on their heels all night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0008-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe Cardinals avenged 2005's triple-overtime loss to West Virginia (7\u20131, 2\u20131) by returning a fumble and a punt for touchdowns during a pivotal three-minute stretch in the third quarter. Then, they delivered on their offseason motto to \"finish\", born during last year's loss to the Mountaineers, a game Louisville led by 17 in the fourth quarter. Heisman Trophy hopeful Steve Slaton ran for 156 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia, but fumbled on consecutive snaps in the third quarter\u2014bothered by a broken left wrist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0008-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nTrent Guy added a 40-yard punt return pushing Louisville's advantage to 30\u201316 with 9:23 left in the third. Though White led the Mountaineers on a pair of touchdown drives to get them back in it, the Cardinals responded each time with a score of their own. Brohm connected with Mario Urrutia on a 7-yard TD pass and Anthony Allen added a 5-yard touchdown run to keep the Cardinals safely in front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0008-0004", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nSet back by their own mistakes, the Mountaineers simply couldn't keep pace as their school-record 14-game winning streak ended while a packed Papa John's Stadium crowd\u2014clad mostly in black T-shirts that read \"Beat WVU\" \u2013 stormed the field. Urrutia finished with six catches for 113 yards and Harry Douglas caught six passes for 116 yards as Louisville seemingly did whatever it wanted on offense. The Cardinals punted just three times and scored on all but four of their possessions as they extended their home winning streak to 16 straight and beat West Virginia for the first time since 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nPat White ran for two touchdowns and threw another and Steve Slaton added two scoring runs as No. 10 West Virginia bounced back from its first loss with a 42\u201324 victory over Cincinnati. West Virginia (8\u20131, 3\u20131 Big East) overcame a sluggish start and scored five of its six TDs on drives of five plays or less. Slaton, who fumbled twice after injuring his elbow and wrist in the loss at Louisville, held onto the ball against the Bearcats. He ran for 148 yards on just 12 carries and had TD runs of 65 and 2 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nWest Virginia, the nation's second leading rushing offense, compiled 313 yards against Cincinnati, one of the best run defenses which had surrendered five TDs entering the game. Cincinnati (5\u20135, 2\u20133) lost to a ranked opponent on the road for the fourth time this season. Coach Mark Dantonio had compared West Virginia's offense to top-ranked Ohio State's. The Buckeyes beat the Bearcats 37\u20137 earlier this season. Cincinnati's Dustin Grutza completed 13 of 24 passes for 143 yards and was intercepted twice. Backup Nick Davila threw a pair of fourth-quarter TDs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0009-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nGrutza took the Bearcats 75 yards early in the third quarter, hitting Derrick Stewart with a 45-yard TD pass to pull the Bearcats within 21\u201310. Slaton answered with a 63-yard run on the first play of the next series to the Cincinnati 2, and White finished off the drive with a keeper on the next snap, his 11th rushing TD in the last four games. White went 51 yards on a bootleg on the first play of West Virginia's next drive but fumbled at the Cincinnati 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0009-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nRayshawn Bolden picked up the loose ball and stretched over the goal line for a TD. Quinton Andrews then returned an interception 20 yards to the Cincinnati 10, and Slaton scored from 3 yards out for a 42\u201310 lead late in the third. White, who rushed for 93 yards on 10 carries, scored from 3 yards out on the first series of the second quarter and lofted a pass that Brandon Myles caught in the left corner of the end zone four minutes later for a 34-yard TD. Slaton slipped through a crack on the right side and went 65 yards up the sideline for a score on the second play of West Virginia's next series. The 21 first-half points were the most allowed by Cincinnati all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nWest Virginia's Pat White and Steve Slaton crossed up Pitt by teaming as a passing combination in a high-scoring first half, then put away the Panthers for the second season in a row with a string of long runs in a comeback second half to lead No. 8 West Virginia's 45\u201327. The Mountaineers (9\u20131, 4\u20131 Big East) beat their biggest rival for the fourth time in five seasons, though not quite as easily as in last year's 45\u201313 romp in Morgantown in which White and Slaton combined for 399 of West Virginia's 451 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nPittsburgh (6\u20135, 2\u20134) led 27\u201324 at the half before being overwhelmed by West Virginia's playmaking speed in a scoreless second half in which the Mountaineers had 371 of their 438 yards rushing. West Virginia finished with a 641\u2013295 edge in total yardage, outgaining Pitt 373\u201330 in the second half. White, the sophomore option quarterback whose quickness again was too much for Pitt to handle, threw for 204 yards and hit Slaton on the running back's first two touchdown receptions this season. White ran for touchdowns of 64 and 19 yards on the Mountaineers' first two possessions of the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0010-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nHe finished with 220 yards rushing against Pitt for the second season in a row as West Virginia's two stars again turned the rivalry very one-sided. Slaton, the nation's No. 2 rusher, was held to 7 yards on six carries in the first half, but still became the first player in school history to have more than 100 yards rushing (215) and receiving (130) in a game. He had scoring catches of 11 and 67 yards, as well as another 43-yard catch as a slot receiver, and touchdown runs of 15 and 55 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0010-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nPitt quarterback Tyler Palko tried to keep the Panthers in the game with two touchdown passes, but was sacked eight times and got nothing going in the second half. The 99th edition of the game now known as the Backyard Brawl kicked off one of college football's most awaited weekends. West Virginia's offense was everything it expected to be in the first half, except for its reliance on throwing rather than running.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0010-0004", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nThe major surprise was that Pitt, held to 10 points by Rutgers in its last home game, not only kept up but led 27\u201324 at halftime as Palko threw touchdown passes of 23 yards to Nate Byham and 15 yards to Oderick Turner. The play that Pitt fans will most remember is Darrelle Revis' adventuresome 73-yard punt return down the Panthers sideline that put Pitt up 24\u201317 with 2:18 remaining in the half. Revis took off after a thunderous block by wide receiver Derek Kinder so leveled West Virginia's Ridwan Malik that Malik took out one of his own teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0010-0005", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nThe only problem was Revis' return left West Virginia with plenty enough time to score, with White hitting Slaton for 67 yards on their second pass play touchdown of the half. After West Virginia was held to 67 yards rushing in the first half, White got outside on the second play from scrimmage of the second half for a 64-yard scoring run that give the Mountaineers a 31\u201327 lead. On West Virginia's next possession, White needed only four plays to drive them 97 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nThe Bulls' defense scored on a fumble return and held the nation's second-best rushing and scoring offense to less than half of its averages in a 24\u201319 win over the No. 7 Mountaineers. Zip Goshboots ran for a touchdown and passed for another as USF (8\u20134, 4\u20133 Big East) handed West Virginia (9\u20132, 4\u20132) its first home loss in nine games\u2014a loss that could end the Mountaineers' chances for a Bowl Championship Series bid. South Florida coach Jim Leavitt described it as a milestone in the school's 11-year football history, surpassing a win over Louisville last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nWest Virginia fell into second place in the conference. Steve Slaton, the nation's No. 2 rusher, had his worst game as a starter. He saw his streak of six straight 100-yard games snapped, finishing with a season-low 43 yards, 115 below his average. The Mountaineers didn't score their first touchdown until midway through the third quarter and were limited to 132 yards rushing. Pat White threw two touchdown passes to Brandon Myles but the Mountaineers squandered several other scoring chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0011-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nThey had scored touchdowns on 77 percent of their drives inside the 20 entering the game, yet failed to reach the end zone four times from the red zone against South Florida, including their first three drives. Slaton fumbled the ball away at the South Florida 1 on the first drive of the second half. West Virginia got the ball back at the South Florida 28 after a punt and White found a leaping Myles with a 15-yard TD pass in the left corner of the end zone. But White's conversion pass fell incomplete to make it 14\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0011-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nGrothe, the redshirt freshman, finished 21-of-29 for 270 yards and helped keep the Mountaineers' offense off the field. He took the Bulls 70 yards on the next series, finding Ean Randolph with a 21-yard TD pass late in the third. He later converted a pair of third-down passes to keep alive a 14-play drive that resulted in an 18-yard field goal by Delbert Alvarado midway through the fourth and a 24\u201312 lead. Pat White found Myles with a 44-yard scoring pass with 5:16 left to cut the deficit to 24\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0011-0004", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nSouth Florida failed to get a first down on its next drive and West Virginia got the ball back at its 15. But a pass went off Myles' hands and Trae Williams intercepted the tipped ball for South Florida with 1:54 left. White finished 14-of-22 for 178 yards and ran for just 17 yards on 15 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nNo . 15 West Virginia knocked down Mike Teel's 2-point conversion pass in the end zone to preserve the Mountaineers' 41\u201339 triple-overtime win over No. 13 Rutgers, denying the Scarlet Knights their first BCS berth and handing Louisville the Big East's automatic bid as conference champion. Jarrett Brown ran for one touchdown and threw the go-ahead score in triple overtime to help West Virginia (10\u20132, 5\u20132 Big East) cap its second straight 10-win season. Brown started for Pat White, who missed the game because of a sore ankle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nBrown, a sophomore, finished 14-of-29 for 244 yards in his first extensive play. The ending was a peculiar finish to an improbable regular season for Rutgers (10\u20132, 5\u20132). A loser for so long, the Scarlet Knights started 9\u20130 before being upset at Cincinnati, then rebounded by beating Syracuse to set the stage for what would have been a historic win against WVU. But while Rutgers produced its best season since going 11\u20130 in 1976, it wasn't enough to get the BCS berth the Scarlet Knights were hoping for. The Scarlet Knights dropped to 0\u201315 in Morgantown, dating to 1920.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0012-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nStarting with the third overtime, teams are required to go for 2-point conversions following touchdowns. Brown hit Brandon Myles across the middle from 22 yards out for the go-ahead score against No. 13 Rutgers (10\u20132, 5\u20132), then found Dorrell Jalloh with a 2-point pass for a 41\u201333 lead. Rutgers' Ray Rice then scored from 2 yards out. On the 2-point try, Teel scrambled to his right and threw toward Rice but Vaughn Rivers broke up the pass and several thousand fans in the sellout crowd ran onto the field in celebration. Rice carried 25 times for 129 yards, including 90 yards after halftime. Teel completed 19-of-26 passes for 278 yards and made West Virginia's secondary look susceptible for the second straight game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl \u2013 Georgia Tech\nTriple coverage even wasn't enough to stop Calvin Johnson. Johnson leapt between two West Virginia defenders and in front of a third for a 32-yard reception in the third quarter of the Gator Bowl, one of his nine catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns in Georgia Tech's 38\u201335 loss. The All-American junior made the Mountaineers' secondary look helpless all day in what was his collegiate finale. Johnson was considering forgoing his senior year for the NFL, and the 6-foot-5 wideout ended up making the transition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl \u2013 Georgia Tech\nJohnson's yardage total put him fifth in the Gator Bowl record book\u2014and in pretty good company. He finished behind Andre Rison, Javon Walker and Fred Biletnikoff and in front of Marvin Harrison. Johnson won the Biletnikoff Award this year as the nation's top receiver and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year. Before the bowl game, he had 1,016 yards receiving and 13 touchdowns, fourth-best in the country. West Virginia started the game with a 52-yard run by Owen Schmitt, who ended the drive with a 1-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0013-0002", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl \u2013 Georgia Tech\nA TD pass from Taylor Bennett to Johnson and a run by Tashard Choice put the Yellowjackets up 14\u20137 at the end of the first. With Steve Slaton injured, Owen Schmitt had to fill in for the whole game. Johnson caught another TD pass at the start of the second to make it 21\u20137 GT. After a WVU FG and a James Johnson TD catch from Bennett, the Mountaineers were down 28\u201310. But Schmitt ended the second quarter with an 11-yard run to make it 28\u201317 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0013-0003", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl \u2013 Georgia Tech\nChoice started the third quarter with a five-yard TD run to make it 35\u201317. Then the Mountaineers, led by Pat White, came back from the 18-point deficit to win the game. A 57-yard pass on a \"sleeper\" play from White to Tito Gonzales and a 14-yard pass to Brandon Myles in the third quarter made the score 35\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188400-0013-0004", "contents": "2006 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gator Bowl \u2013 Georgia Tech\nThe \"sleeper\" play was named so because after an offsides call on the defense was called after the ball had been snapped, the offensive line stayed still after the ball was snapped, while White rolled out and fired to Gonzales who was wide-open. White ended up getting a 15-yard touchdown run at the end of the third, which determined the win 38\u201335 in the Mountaineers' biggest bowl comeback win in school history. WVU finished the season 11\u20132 (6\u20132) and ranked 10th in both polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado\nThe 2006 Westchester County tornado was the strongest and largest tornado in Westchester County, New York since the 1904 Chappaqua tornado. It touched down there on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 and traveled 13 miles (21\u00a0km) into southwestern Connecticut during a 33-minute span through two states. The tornado touched down at 3:30\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (19:30\u00a0UTC) on the shore of the Hudson River before becoming a waterspout and traveling 3\u00a0mi (5\u00a0km) across the river. Coming ashore, the tornado entered Westchester County and struck the town of Sleepy Hollow at F1 intensity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado\nAfter passing through the town, it intensified into an F2 tornado and grew to almost a quarter of a mile (400\u00a0m) in diameter. The tornado continued through the county, damaging numerous structures, until it crossed into Connecticut at 4:01\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (20:01\u00a0UTC). Not long after entering the state, it dissipated in the town of Greenwich at 4:03\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (20:03\u00a0UTC). When the tornado entered Westchester County, it was the eighth known tornado to either touch down or enter the county since 1950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado\nTwo barns and a warehouse were destroyed, and a large stained-glass window was shattered. Numerous homes and businesses were damaged and thousands of trees were uprooted. There were no fatalities and only six minor injuries were associated with the storm. The cost of damages was estimated at $12.1\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis\nOn July 12 a supercell thunderstorm developed over eastern New Jersey in association with a surface low-pressure area in southwestern Ontario. Daytime heating in the Tri-State Region led to moderate instability, a key factor in the development of showers and thunderstorms. With conditions favorable for the development of a tornado, the Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch at 12:40\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (16:40\u00a0UTC). A strong thunderstorm developed around 2:00\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (18:00\u00a0UTC) which produced a funnel cloud near Carlstadt at around 2:45\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (18:45\u00a0UTC), although no damage was associated with the funnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis\nThat same storm intensified and developed into a supercell as it crossed into New York. About 15\u00a0minutes later, a tornado warning was issued for southern Rockland and Westchester counties, which would remain in effect until 4:15\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (21:15\u00a0UTC). At around 3:30\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (19:30\u00a0UTC), an F1 tornado touched down near Grand View-on-Hudson along the Hudson River in Rockland County. The 100\u00a0yard (91\u00a0m) wide tornado touched down on a dock before becoming a waterspout as it took a 3\u00a0mi (4.8\u00a0km) path across the river. The tornado passed near the Tappan Zee Bridge before crossing into Westchester County. Upon entering Westchester, it was the eighth tornado ever recorded in the county.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis\nThe tornado hit the town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, around 3:37\u00a0p.m.\u00a0EDT (19:37\u00a0UTC); two minutes later, a 58\u00a0mph (93\u00a0km/h) wind gust was reported along the periphery of the tornado. As the tornado neared New York State Route 9A, it intensified to F2 status, generating winds up to 157\u00a0mph (253\u00a0km/h), and struck the California Closet Warehouse. At the time, the tornado was estimated to be 300\u00a0yd (274\u00a0m) wide and was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Westchester County. Shortly after, it weakened back to F1 intensity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Meteorological synopsis\nMinor damage was reported through the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla as the tornado neared the New York\u2013Connecticut border. The track length through Westchester County was measured at around 8\u00a0mi (13\u00a0km). After crossing the state border into Fairfield County, Connecticut, it weakened further before lifting at 4:03\u00a0p.m\u00a0 EDT (20:03 UTC) in Greenwich after traveling 2\u00a0mi (3.2\u00a0km) in Connecticut. Another brief touchdown may have occurred shortly after near the Merritt Parkway. Overall, the tornado tracked across a total of 13\u00a0mi (21\u00a0km) through two states over a period over 33 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact\nThe tornado took a path through Rockland, Westchester and Fairfield counties, downing or uprooting thousands of trees and damaging several structures, including significant structural damage to the California Closets warehouse. Six minor injuries were also reported. In all, the tornado inflicted $12.1\u00a0million in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact\nMinor damage was reported in Rockland County. One dock and one boat were damaged by the tornado. After crossing the Hudson River, the tornado entered Westchester County, where the worst of the damage took place. It struck the town of Sleepy Hollow, damaging roofs and tearing the siding off numerous homes and businesses. A 10-foot (3\u00a0m) tall stained-glass window in the St. Teresa of Avila Church was shattered. Afterwards, the town of Pocantico Hills was struck as the tornado intensified to F2 intensity. Several trees were uprooted and two barns were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact\nThe California Closet Warehouse suffered severe structural damage; two concrete walls were destroyed. An interior staircase, which employees used as a shelter, collapsed causing four injuries. Concrete blocks from the building were blown about, some of which struck cars in a nearby parking lot. A nearby Comfort Inn had part of its roof torn off. After a tornado warning was issued, a school near the warehouse was evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact\nAs the tornado crossed New York State Route 9A, it picked up a state trooper car and flipped it several times before it fell to the ground; the officer inside suffered only minor injuries. Moving towards the east-northeast, the tornado struck the towns of Mount Pleasant and Hawthorne, damaging numerous trees and causing minor structural damage. Damage along the Saw Mill River Parkway prompted officials to shut down a section of the highway near Mount Pleasant. Trees fell on streets and railroad tracks, halting Metro-North Railroad service and creating major traffic delays. After passing by the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla, the tornado crossed into Connecticut, where it knocked down numerous power lines, cutting power to about 10,000 residences in the county. In all, six people sustained minor injuries and damages amounted to $10.1\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Impact\nThe weakening tornado ended its duration in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the town of Greenwich. Thousands of trees were either uprooted or snapped along the tornado's 2\u00a0mi (3.2\u00a0km) path through the state. Minor damage was inflicted upon several structures. The tornado left 1,700 residences in Greenwich without power and blocked six roads. Most of the damage was concentrated to the northwestern corner of the town. Damages in the state totaled to $2\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Aftermath\nIn the wake of the tornado, the mayor of Sleepy Hollow declared a state of emergency for the entire village. Two hundred emergency personnel responded to the storm. ConEdison crews were sent out to repair downed power lines and clear roads. By the next night, power was restored to all but 600 of the previous 10,000 residences without power in Westchester County. Westchester County opened its Emergency Operations Center after the storm to respond to the event. Two days after the storm, many of the roads had been cleared and power was fully restored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188401-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Westchester County tornado, Aftermath\nA recreational path in Tarrytown, New York, was not expected to be open for another two weeks due to numerous fallen trees. Metro-North Railroad suspended trains on the northern part of the Harlem Line until 5:00\u00a0p.m. EDT (21:00 UTC) for the removal of debris on the tracks. Southbound passengers took buses while the tracks were shut down. All trains were back on schedule by 7:00\u00a0p.m. EDT (23:00 UTC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188402-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters\nThe 2006 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 105th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 14 through August 21, 2006, and the women from July 17 through July 23, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188402-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters\nThe men's singles were led by World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon and 2006 U.S. Open champion, and 6-times Masters Series finalist in 2006, Roger Federer, French Open winner Rafael Nadal, and ATP No. 3 . Other players competing included Nikolay Davydenko, David Nalbandian, Andy Murray and home favourites Andy Roddick and James Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188402-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Men's Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188402-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Women's Doubles\nMaria Elena Camerin / Gisela Dulko defeated Marta Domachowska / Sania Mirza 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188403-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan 3\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188404-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2006 Cincinnati Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188404-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Andy Murray, in what would be Federer's only defeat prior to a tournament final that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188405-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nLaura Granville and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Granville did not compete this year, Spears partnered with Carly Gullickson and lost in first round to Chan Chin-wei and Tetiana Luzhanska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188405-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nMaria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko won the title, defeating Marta Domachowska and Sania Mirza 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20132 in the final. It was the 3rd and final title for Camerin and the 6th title for Dulko, in their respective careers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188406-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nPatty Schnyder was the defending champion, but lost in semifinals to Katarina Srebotnik", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188406-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nVera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Srebotnik 6\u20132, 6\u20134 in the final. It was the 2nd title of the year and the 5th on her career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188407-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western Carolina Catamounts football team\nThe 2006 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Catamounts were led by fifth year head coach Kent Briggs and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 2\u20139, 0\u20137 in SoCon play to finish in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188408-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team\nThe 2006 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season and were led by head coach David Elson. It was the school\u2019s last season as a member of Gateway Football Conference before their transition to the FBS. The Hilltoppers' schedule was rigorous, with seven ranked opponents, including Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188408-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team\nThis team\u2019s roster included future NFL players Curtis Hamilton, Dan Cline, and Greg Ryan. Hamilton was named to the Hanson All American team. The All-Conference team included Hamilton, Marion Rumph, Dusty Bear, Blake Boyd, Andre Lewis, and Chris Sullivan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188409-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nThe 2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University (WMU) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They finished the season with an 8\u20135 overall record and a 6\u20132 record in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Broncos' 6\u20132 record gave them a second place in the MAC West Division. The team was invited to play in the 2007 International Bowl in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lost to the Cincinnati Bearcats 27\u201324. The bowl game was WMU's first bowl game since the 1988 California Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188409-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Western Michigan Broncos football team\nThe team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season\nThe 2006 Wests Tigers season was the seventh in the Wests Tigers joint-venture club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership. They're based in based in the Inner West and Western Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Pre-season\nThe Tigers played a trial game in Gunnedah against a local country side which they won easily. This was the only trial the team played before leaving for England to contest the 2006 World Club Challenge. This game pitted the 2005 NRL Premiers against Bradford who won the Super League title in 2005. The Tigers side were without many of the players from their grand final victory with notable absentees being Benji Marshall and Pat Richards. An early try to fill-in 5/8 Daniel Fitzhenry gave some hope but the Bulls dominated to eventually win 30-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Pre-season\nTrial Resultsv Combined Group 4 W 64-4 at Gunnedah (A)v Bradford Bulls (Eng) L 10-30 at Huddersfield (A)v Manly L 18-42 at Brookvale (A)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nA series of close losses and a long list of injuries stymied the Tigers bid to defend their NRL premiership. In three games (Manly, Penrith, Newcastle) the Tigers led with less than 5 minutes to go only to concede late tries. In all three losses the game sealing tries came from kicks often involving freakish bounces or rebounds. Another two losses were from golden point (extra time) against Canberra, both in controversial circumstances. In the second game at Campbelltown the Daily Telegraph published a photograph showing Canberra players several metres offside which should have warranted a penalty. The referee Steven Clark later said he was reluctant to see a penalty decide the game. In the first game Tigers forward Todd Payten was penalised for a ball stripping offence with there being some debate whether a second player was involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nThe major injury loss was the star playmaker Benji Marshall. A cheekbone injury in round one was followed by another major shoulder injury against the Cowboys. These injuries meant Marshall played very little football. Captain and fullback Brett Hodgson missed the latter part of the season and Paul Whatuira also suffered long term injuries. One highlight was the successful debut of several players including Chris Lawrence and Ben Jeffery who starred in an upset win over eventual premiers Brisbane in Brisbane. The Tigers eventually missed the play offs but would have made the finals had they won the close losses referred to above.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 1, v DragonsThe St George Illawarra Dragons was the first assignment for the Tigers, and despite trailing 10-8 at halftime, the Tigers fought back with two tries to Paul Whatuira (who also scored the first try of the season proper) and s try to rookie Michael Crockett. All of the Dragons' tries had come from Mark Gasnier. The Wests Tigers won the match 24-15 after a late surge led by Marshall. It was later revealed Marshall had suffered a facial injury during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 5, v Cowboys (2005 Grand Final Replay)The Tigers headed to Townsville four weeks later, and despite a 2-0 lead early, the Tigers trailed 22-2 at halftime. Not helping their cause was the sin binning of centre Paul Whatuira in the 35th minute for a professional foul on Cowboys' Justin Smith. After enduring a try-less first half, the Tigers' tries came from Benji Marshall (who was booked for a high shot on Smith) and Isaac de Gois, playing one of only five games for the Tigers. The Tigers lost 32-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 6, v SharksThe Tigers played their first home game at Campbelltown Stadium and thrashed the Cronulla Sharks who were missing skipper Brett Kimmorley who had injured his ankle in the previous week's 28-24 home loss to the Sydney Roosters. Brett Hodgson, playing in one of his finest games, broke the point-scoring record previously held by Joel Caine. The Tigers won the match 42-16, bringing them back on level terms for the season (3-3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 14, v Sea EaglesWests Tigers headed into this Friday night blockbuster at Brookvale Oval having won their last two games including a 44-4 thrashing of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 12 and a morale-boosting win over the Cowboys in round 13. They led 12-10 with moments to go until a Matt Orford banana kick was fielded by full-back Brett Stewart who juggled the ball and scored the match-winning try. This broke the hearts of the Wests Tigers, who were headed for victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 16, v PanthersWith moments to go in the round 16 game at CUA Stadium, Benji Marshall painfully dislocated his shoulder whilst attempting a tackle on forward Frank Pritchard. The tackle ruled him out for the rest of the season and put the Tigers' premiership defence on tatters. The Tigers lost the game 24-20 after a Luke Lewis try sealed the game for the Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 21, v BroncosHeading into this game as huge underdogs, the Wests Tigers arrived at Suncorp Stadium and were without skipper Hodgson, five-eighth Marshall, centre Whatuira (who reinjured his hamstring during training), and forwards Gibbs and Fulton. But they were never headed. Rookies Ben Jeffery and Chris Lawrence made their debuts and marked them with memorable tries. Centre Dean Collis scored two tries as the Tigers won 20-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season\nRound 26, v RabbitohsTwo traditional sides out of finals contention had something to play for at this Leichhardt Oval clash. Among those who played their last games in the Tigers colours included Anthony Laffranchi and Scott Prince (both Gold Coast Titans), John Skandalis and Shane Elford (both Huddersfield Giants). The Tigers were merciless, leading 30-0 at halftime and getting the job done in the second half, resulting in a 52-18 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n15 - Dragons (Tries: Gasnier 3; Goals: Naiqama; Fields Goals: Barrett)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Fitzhenry, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n28 - Storm (Tries: Slater 2, Inglis, Hoffman, Cronk; Goals: C Smith 4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall, de Gois; Goals: Hodgson 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Whatuira, Collis, McDonnell; Goals: Prince 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n18 - Sea Eagles (Tries: Menzies, Monaghan, Bell, Stephenson; Goals: Orford)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n18 - Knights (Tries: Seage, Simpson, Carney; Goals: Johns 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 2; Goals: Marshall 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n44 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Prince 3, Farah, Collis, Heighington, Tuiaki, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n12 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Crockett, Laffranchi; Goals: Marshall 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n20 - Wests Tigers (Tries: McDonnell 2, Heighington, Galea; Goals: Hodgson 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n32 - Bulldogs (Tries: Patten, Tonga, Hickey, Ryan, El Masri; Goals: El Masri 6)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n22 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Elford, Collis, Fitzhenry, Galea; Goals: Hodgson 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n18 - Wests Tigers (Tries: McDonnell, Collis, Hodgson; Goals: Hodgson 3) in golden point extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n34 - Eels (Tries: Hayne 2, N Hindmarsh, J Smith, O'Dwyer, McKinnon; Goals: Riddell 4, Hayne)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n20 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Collis 2, Jeffery, Lawrence; Goals: Prince 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n19 - Raiders (Tries: Graham, Mogg, Tongue; Goals: Schifcofske 3; Field Goals: Carney) in golden point extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n16 - Wests Tigers (Tries: Lawrence, Farah, Heighington; Goals: Prince 2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Regular season, Results\n18 - Rabbitohs (Tries: Gordon, Geddes, Peachey; Goals: Paea, Williams, Merritt)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Players, Ladder\n1 The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches. 2 The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188410-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Wests Tigers season, Team Season statistics\nOverall: Played 24 Won 10 Lost 14 Competition Points 24 (11th) Points For 490 Against 565Home: Played 12 Won 7 Lost 5(Leichhardt Oval - Won 3 Lost 0)(Campbelltown Stadium - Won 1 Lost 2)(Telstra Stadium (Won 3 Lost 2)(Jade Stadium NZ Won 0 Lost 1)Away: Played 12 Won 3 Lost 9Golden Point: Played 2 Lost 2Highest Position: 5th (Rd 1) Lowest Position: 14th (Rd 21)Biggest Win: 44-4 v South Sydney (A) Rd 12 (highest score 52 v South Sydney (H) Rd 26)Worst Defeat: 4-46 v Melbourne (A) Rd 22 (most points conceded 47 v Bulldogs (A) Rd 2)Home Crowd Average: 18 883 (LO 18 824)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188411-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election\nElections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188413-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wheelchair Tennis Masters\nThe 2006 Wheelchair Tennis Masters was held in the Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands between November 14 and November 19, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188414-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Whitehaven R.L.F.C. season\nWhitehaven once again competed in the National League One in the 2006 Season after falling to defeat at the hands of the Castleford Tigers in the 2005 grand final for a second successive season. They were led by new coash Dave Rotheram who replaced the outgoing Steve McCormack, who took up the head coaching role at newly relegated Widnes Vikings. Throughout much of the season, the club were plagued by injury problems which hindered their attempts to reach a third successive final and finally achieve promotion with at one point 15 first team players being unavailable for selection. Nevertheless, they did mount a late challenge led by new scrum half John Duffy aided by the likes of Steve Trindall and Gary Broadbent before ultimately falling short.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188415-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Widnes Vikings season\nThe 2006 Widnes Vikings season was their first in the 2006 Rugby League National Leagues since their relegation from the Super League the previous season. The Widnes Vikings aimed for immediate promotion back to the top tier eventually finishing second in the league and making it to the Grand Final. They ultimately fell short of this goal being defeated by the Hull Kingston Rovers by 29 points to 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188416-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188416-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188417-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wigan Warriors season\nThis article is about the 2006 season of the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188418-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships\nThe 2006 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 25th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188419-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season\nThe 2006 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's fifth season as a member of the af2. Following the resignation of head coach Les Moss after the 2005 season, the team hired area native Rich Ingold as the team's fifth coach in as many years. Ingold took the Pioneers to the playoffs for the third straight year; they lost in the first round to division rival Manchester Wolves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188420-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 William & Mary Tribe football team\nThe 2006 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of South Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 27th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 3\u20138 and a mark of 1\u20137 in A-10 play, placing last out of six teams in the South Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships\nThe 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 120th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships\nRoger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Jankovi\u0107. Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title. It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeats of 2006, having lost the 2006 Australian Open final to Mauresmo earlier in the year; on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, American performance and Serbian breakthrough\nFor the first time since 1911, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the 1976 Australian Open, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final. Shenay Perry was the only American player to reach the fourth round; she was defeated 6\u20132, 6\u20130 by Elena Dementieva after losing the last ten games of the match. Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, American performance and Serbian breakthrough\nVenus Williams' third round defeat by Jelena Jankovi\u0107 of Serbia (on its first Grand Slam appearance as a newly established independent nation from the former Serbia and Montenegro) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999. These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Jankovi\u0107, Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario An\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Li Na's run to the quarter-finals\nChina's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 in the fourth round, before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters. Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 80], "content_span": [81, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Notable stories, Streaker incident\nMidway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards. The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show Try Before You Die.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution\nBelow are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize distribution\nThe total prize money for 2006 championships was \u00a310,378,710. The winner of the men's title earned \u00a3655,000 while the women's singles champion earned \u00a3625,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 84], "content_span": [85, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonji\u0107, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles\nYan Zi / Zheng Jie defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Su\u00e1rez, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles\nAndy Ram / Vera Zvonareva defeated Venus Williams / Bob Bryan, 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nKellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kli\u017ean / Andrej Martin, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nAlisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Kristina Antoniychuk / Alexandra Dulgheru, 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nTodd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton / David Wheaton, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 7\u20135, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Ladies' Invitation Doubles\nRosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotn\u00e1 defeated Tracy Austin / Nathalie Tauziat, 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles\nKevin Curren / Johan Kriek defeated Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee, 7\u20135, 6\u20137(8\u201310), 7\u20136(11\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Other events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nShingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida defeated Micha\u00ebl Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry, 7\u20135, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Wild card entries\nThe following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's singles\nThe following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's singles\nThe following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Men's doubles\nThe following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188421-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifier entries, Women's doubles\nThe following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188422-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nJesse Levine and Michael Shabaz were the defending champions, but both players were no longer eligible to compete in the juniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188422-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nKellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kli\u017ean and Andrej Martin in the final, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 6\u20132 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188423-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nJ\u00e9r\u00e9my Chardy was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete in the juniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188423-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThiemo de Bakker defeated Marcin Gawron in the final, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20134) to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188423-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Boys' Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188424-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka and \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188424-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nAlisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Kristina Antoniychuk and Alexandra Dulgheru in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20132 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188425-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska was the defending champion but did not compete in the Juniors this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188425-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki defeated Magdal\u00e9na Ryb\u00e1rikov\u00e1 in the final, 3\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20133 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188425-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Girls' Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188426-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nStephen Huss and Wesley Moodie were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188426-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob and Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 in the final, 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20132, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships By winning the 2006 Doubles title, their first title at Wimbledon, the Bryan brothers completed the Career Grand Slam, having previously won the 2003 French Open, the 2005 US Open, and the Australian Open earlier that year. Additionally, it was their record 7th consecutive grand slam final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188426-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThe quarterfinal match between Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor and Simon Aspelin & Todd Perry became, at that time, the longest match ever played at Wimbledon, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes, with Knowles & Nestor winning the match 5\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20133, 23\u201321. This record was eventually broken at the 2010 Championships, in the first round men's singles match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. It still remains as of 2018 the longest doubles match played at Wimbledon or at any Grand Slam tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188426-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188427-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188428-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nThree-time defending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final, 6\u20130, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20137(2\u20137), 6\u20133 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. It was his fourth Wimbledon title and his eighth major title overall. It would be the first of three consecutive years that Federer and Nadal would contest the Wimbledon final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188428-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\n1992 champion and former world No. 1 Andre Agassi made his last Wimbledon appearance, losing to Nadal in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188428-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188429-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188430-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce were the defending champions but Pierce did not compete. Bhupathi partnered with Yan Zi but lost in the second round to Bob Bryan and Venus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188430-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nAndy Ram and Vera Zvonareva defeated Bryan and Williams in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20132 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188430-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188431-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nShingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida defeated the defending champions Micha\u00ebl Jeremiasz and Jayant Mistry in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20132 to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188432-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but did not play together. Black partnered with Rennae Stubbs and Huber partnered with Martina Navratilova but both pairs lost to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188432-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nYan and Zheng defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Su\u00e1rez in the final, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20132 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. With their loss in the final, Ruano Pascual and Su\u00e1rez missed the chance of completing the career Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188432-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188433-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188434-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first Wimbledon title and her second and last Grand Slam title, having won the Australian Open earlier in the year. Mauresmo also became the first French woman to win Wimbledon since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925. With her loss, Henin-Hardenne missed the chance of completing a career Grand Slam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188434-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nVenus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188434-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nWith Serena Williams not competing due to a knee injury, it marked the first Wimbledon women's final since 1999 not to feature either of the Williams sisters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188434-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was also the last time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season until Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber met in the 2016 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188434-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nLi Na became the first Chinese player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal. This also marked the Grand Slam debut of future World No. 2 and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska, who reached the fourth round as a wildcard before losing to Kim Clijsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188434-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188435-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wimbledon Championships \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nPlayers and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188436-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winchester City Council election\nThe 2006 Winchester Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188436-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats had 26 seats, the Conservatives 22, independents 5 and Labour 4. 19 seats were being contested with 4 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent councillors standing down at the election, while the council leader Sheila Campbell and 2 other cabinet members were defending seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188436-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winchester City Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included anti-social behaviour, council tax, rural transportation and planning policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188436-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winchester City Council election, Election result\nThe count was disrupted delaying the last result after some of the ballot papers were set on fire meaning water had to be poured into the ballot box. The results saw the Conservatives take control of the council for the first time since the early 1990s. They gained 7 seats included 5 from the Liberal Democrats and 1 each from Labour and the independents. Conservatives defeated both the Liberal Democrat council leader Sheila Campbell and the Labour leader Patrick Davies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188436-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winchester City Council election, Election result\nThe widespread press coverage earlier in the year about the local Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten having had sex with male prostitutes was seen as having damaged the Liberal Democrats and benefited the Conservatives. In the July after the election Oaten announced that he would be standing down from parliament at the next general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188436-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winchester City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election George Beckett became the new Conservative leader of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188437-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Windsor municipal election\nA municipal election in Windsor, Ontario took place on Monday, November 13, 2006. The following positions were elected:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188437-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Windsor municipal election, Election results\nThe following is a list of candidates and their results. Incumbents are noted with an (X). Elected officials are in bold", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188437-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Windsor municipal election, Election results, Conseil Scolaire de District des Ecoles Catholique Sud-Ouest Trustees\nCity of Windsor, Ward 1 and Town of LaSalle (combined)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 120], "content_span": [121, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188437-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Windsor municipal election, Election results, Conseil Scolaire de District des Ecoles Catholique Sud-Ouest Trustees\nCity of Windsor, Ward 5 and Town of Tecumseh (combined)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 120], "content_span": [121, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188438-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season\nThe 2006 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished with a 9\u20139 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2003. Due to the suspension of the Ottawa Renegades just prior to the 2006 season, the Blue Bombers switched to the East Division. The team attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the East Semi-Final versus the Toronto Argonauts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188438-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs, East Semi-Final\nDate and time: Sunday, November 5, 12:00 PM Central Standard TimeVenue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188439-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winnipeg municipal election\nThe 2006 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 2006 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188439-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winnipeg municipal election\nSam Katz was re-elected Mayor of Winnipeg over left-leaning challenger Marianne Cerilli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188439-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winnipeg municipal election, Post-election changes\nJohn Orlikow resigned his seat on the Winnipeg School Board to run for a vacant seat on the Winnipeg City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics\nThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Torino 2006, was a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26\u00a0February 2006 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. This marked the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy had also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome. Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics\nThe official motto of Torino 2006 was \"Passion lives here\". The Games' logo depicted a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana building, drawn in white and blue ice crystals, signifying the snow and the sky. The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community. The 2006 Olympic mascots were Neve (\"snow\" in Italian), a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Host city selection\nTurin was chosen as the host of the Olympics at the 109th IOC Session in Seoul, South Korea on 19 June 1999. This was after the IOC had adopted new election procedures during the 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in light of the controversies surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Host city selection\nSince IOC members were forbidden from visiting the candidate cities (in the interests of reducing bribery), the 109th IOC Session elected a special body, the Selection College, to choose finalist cities from the pool of candidate cities after each had made their final presentations to the full IOC Session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Host city selection\nThe full IOC Session then voted on the cities chosen as finalist cities by the Selection College. Although six cities launched candidacies and made presentations to the full IOC Session, the Selection College chose only two cities to go forward to be voted upon by the full IOC Session: Sion and Turin. The candidacies of Helsinki, Finland; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia; Zakopane, Poland; and Klagenfurt, Austria were dropped by the Selection College after all six candidate cities made their candidate presentations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Host city selection\nThe selection of Turin over Sion came as a surprise, since Sion was the overwhelming favorite in part because the IOC is based in Switzerland. Turin's selection came two years after Rome's unsuccessful 2004 Summer Olympics bid. Those games were ultimately awarded to Athens, Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Host city selection\nThe information below comes from 25 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine web page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Cost and cost overrun\nThe Oxford Olympics Study established the outturn cost of the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics at US $4.4 billion in 2015-dollars and cost overrun at 80% in real terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Cost and cost overrun\nThis includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) operational costs incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0007-0002", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Cost and cost overrun\nIndirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost and cost overrun for Torino 2006 compares with costs of US$2.5 billion and a cost overrun of 13% for Vancouver 2010, and costs of US$51 billion and a cost overrun of 289% for Sochi 2014, the latter being the most costly Olympics to date. Average cost for Winter Games since 1960 is US$3.1 billion, average cost overrun is 142%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Sports\nThe 2006 Winter Olympics featured 84 medal events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. Events that made their Olympic debut in Turin included mass start biathlon, team sprint cross-country skiing, snowboard cross and team pursuit speed skating. Most of the cross-country skiing events at these Games involved different distances from those at the previous Winter Games in 2002. The classical men's 50\u00a0km and women's 30\u00a0km distances, which were held at Salt Lake 2002, were not included in these Games, as these events were alternated with freestyle events of the same distances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Sports\nThe following list shows the sports and disciplines that were contested at the 2006 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Sports\nNumbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Medal table\nThe top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Medal table\nTo sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 1 (Opening Ceremony)\nStefania Belmondo, a 10-time Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing, lit the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony on 10 February. Before that, the ceremony celebrated the best of Italy and Sport including a segment honoring the Alps. The FilmMaster Group K-events (from March 2012: Filmmaster Events) created and produced the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the XX Winter Olympic Games in Turin in 2006. Executive Producer Marco Balich, Content Supervisor Alfredo Accatino, Art Direction Lida Castelli. Monica Maimone of Studio Festi directed the section From Renaissance To Baroque, part of the Opening Ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 2\nThe first gold medal of the 2006 Games was awarded in the 20 kilometre biathlon, won by German Michael Greis on the first day of competition. Ice hockey began with the women's competition; Sweden defeated Russia 3\u20131 in the first match while Canada's team opened with the second most lopsided win in Olympic history by beating the host Italians 16\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 3\nOn 12 February, Latvia won its first winter Olympic medal when M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Rubenis took the bronze in the men's luge. Armin Z\u00f6ggeler's win in that event gave Italy its first gold medal of the Games and gave Z\u00f6ggeler medals at four consecutive Olympics, including two golds in a row. In Alpine skiing, the men's downhill was won by Antoine Deneriaz of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 4\nChinese figure skating pair Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, trailing a dominant Russian pair, attempted a throw quadruple salchow jump\u2014an element which had never been successfully completed in competition. Zhang Dan fell, injuring her knee, but the pair finished their program to a standing ovation and took the silver medal. Russia finished the third day of competition with two gold medals, as did the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 5\nThe fourth day saw Evgeni Plushenko of Russia set a world record score in the men's figure skating short program; his 90.66 points was more 10 points better than the nearest opponent's score. The men's combined alpine skiing was riddled with disqualifications, including front-runners Bode Miller and Benjamin Raich. American Ted Ligety won the event in what was considered an upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 6\nCanada had another strong day on 15 February, setting new Olympic records in both men's and women's pursuit team speed skating events as well as opening the men's ice hockey competition with a win against Italy. Italy finished the day with the men's pursuit team Olympic record, however, after the Netherlands bettered Canada's time only to have Italy improve upon theirs. China won its first gold of 2006 with Wang Meng's victory in the women's individual 500-metre short track speed skating. A pair of Austrian brothers Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger won the men's doubles luge while Michaela Dorfmeister gave the nation another championship in the women's downhill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 7\nKristina \u0160migun won her second gold medal of the Games with a victory in the women's 10\u00a0kilometre classical cross-country skiing on 16 February, remaining the only Estonian to medal. In men's curling action, Great Britain edged Germany 7\u20136, Switzerland kept New Zealand winless by winning 9\u20137, Canada beat Norway 7\u20136, and the United States defeated Sweden, 10\u20136. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia won the gold in the men's singles artistic skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 8\nOn 17 February, Tanja Frieden of Switzerland took the gold in women's snowboard cross after Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States fell on the second-to-last jump while performing an unnecessary method grab. Jacobellis settled for silver (she would have won gold if she hadn't performed the grab), while Canada's Dominique Maltais took bronze after recovering from a crash. Duff Gibson of Canada took gold in the skeleton just ahead of fellow Canadian Jeff Pain, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history. In the women's ice hockey semifinals, the United States lost a shootout to Sweden, marking the first time in international competition that the United States had lost to anyone other than Canada. Canada's win maintained its record of never having lost to anyone other than the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 9\nKjetil Andr\u00e9 Aamodt won gold for Norway in the men's Super G on 18 February, beating Hermann Maier of Austria. Germans Kati Wilhelm and Martina Glagow finished first and second in the 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit. The host Italians defeated Canada in men's curling, while Switzerland did the same in men's ice hockey to put the Canadians on the wrong end of two major upsets on the same day. The United States men's ice hockey team suffered its first loss of the tournament as Slovakia and Russia continue their dominance of the pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 10\nLascelles Brown became the first Jamaican-born competitor to win a medal at the Winter Olympics on 19 February, competing on the Canadian 2-man bobsleigh team which finished second in an extremely tight competition. The German pair was only .21\u00a0seconds ahead of the Canadians, themselves only .14 ahead of the Swiss team. Finland continued to be unbeaten in men's ice hockey, handing Canada its second loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 10\nThe day also saw the most hyped event of these games, at least in Europe, as the Men's 10\u00a0km Cross Country Relay was scheduled. The battle stemmed from the Lillehammer games 12 years ago in which Italy out-dueled Norway in that very same event. To that extent, many Norwegians wanted to win this event in order to embarrass the Italians on their home turf, but it was not to be as Italy crushed the field winning over Germany by over 15\u00a0seconds to take their 5th straight gold in this event. Norway failed to medal for the first time since 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 11\nThe final day of curling pool play was 20 February; Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada advanced to the women's semifinals while Finland, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain qualified in the men's competition. Austria took their first team gold medal in ski jumping, while Canada took their second in women's ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 12\nSlovakia and Finland both won their final men's ice hockey games on 21 February to win their respective pools with 5\u20130\u20130 records. Enrico Fabris gave the host nation another gold medal in speed skating by winning the men's 1500\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 13\nOn 22 February, the twelfth day of competition, Anja P\u00e4rson won her first gold medal in the women's slalom; it was her fifth overall Olympic medal and third of the 2006 Games. Chandra Crawford took a quicker route to the top of the podium, winning the 1.1 kilometre cross-country sprint gold in her Olympic debut. In the men's ice hockey quarterfinals, the previously undefeated Slovaks lost to the Czech Republic while Russia, Finland, and Sweden eliminated Canada, the United States, and Switzerland, respectively. Philipp Schoch successfully defended his snowboarding giant slalom gold against his brother Simon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 14\nSweden took the women's championship in the curling finals held on 23 February. Shizuka Arakawa gave Japan its first gold medal of the Games and first figure skating gold medal, winning the ladies' figure skating competition in part by being able to finish without falling, as Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya both tumbled. Russia wrested the gold medal in women's team biathlon from Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 15\n24 February was the day of the men's curling finals, in which Canada won its first gold medal and the United States won its first medal in the sport as Canada defeated Finland and the United States beat Great Britain for the second time. The figure skating gala was also held, with top placers in all of the events performing exhibitions. Sweden and Finland won their men's ice hockey semifinal games, defeating the Czech Republic and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 16\nThe Austrians swept the men's alpine slalom medals on 25 February, led by Benjamin Raich. Germany took gold medals in the men's 15\u00a0kilometer biathlon and the men's individual bobsleigh. Apolo Anton Ohno won his second short track speed skating gold medal. South Korea's Jin Sun-Yu wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000\u00a0m. Compatriot Ahn Hyun-Soo wins his third gold medal of the Games, medaling in every men's short track event and bringing his total number of medals in Turin to four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Highlights, Day 17 (Closing ceremony)\nThe final day of competition and the closing ceremony, were held on 26 February. The Swedish men's ice hockey team handed Finland their first loss in the final to take the gold medal. In the closing ceremony, Manuela Di Centa, a seven-time Olympic medalist from Italy and then-member of the International Olympic Committee, was scheduled to present the medals for the men's 50-kilometre cross-country skiing event. This resulted in her presenting the gold medal to her own brother when Giorgio Di Centa won the event to take his second gold medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Venues, Olympic areas\nOlympic events were mainly held in Turin, but other events (namely skiing, snowboarding, and the track sports) were held in mountainous outlying villages for obvious reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Venues, Olympic areas, Turin\nMany venues were located in the Olympic District in central Turin, including:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees\nA record 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. This was an increase of two from the 78 represented at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that NOC contributed. It was the first appearance for Albania, Ethiopia and Madagascar. It was the only appearance at the Winter Olympics for Serbia and Montenegro, coming between their change of name in 2003 and Montenegro's vote for independence in May. Participating committees:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Organization\nOut of 40,000 applicants, 20,000 volunteers were selected to help the athletes, spectators, and journalists, and to prepare the competition sites. They were selected by the recruiting program Noi2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Organization, Construction\nSixty-five sporting facilities, various infrastructures, sport villages for athletes and media, and transportation infrastructures were constructed for a total of 1.7\u00a0billion euros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Organization, Construction\nIn the city, the main developments were the Palafuksas, a glass building designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, the new Modern Art Gallery and the great project of the \"Spina\", that will provide urban regeneration over an area of 2 million square meters through the construction of an underground urban railway and the re-utilization of abandoned industrial areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Broadcasting\nAbout 40% of the television coverage of the Olympics was in high definition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Broadcasting\nThe 2006 Winter Olympic Games were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies\nThe Games had issues with costs covering and international attendance. Due to a lack of funding by the Italian Government, TOROC risked dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies, Metro\nThe metro was finally opened to the public on 4 February 2006, after a 45-day delay. It operated on a shorter stretch (XVIII Dicembre (Porta Susa) to Fermi \u2013 11 stations) than originally forecast; it finally reached the main railway station (Porta Nuova) and the rest of the city centre more than one year after the Games, in October 2007. For the duration of the Games, a single ticket (5 euros) covered use of both the metro and other means of public transportation for a whole day. However, during the Games, metro service stopped at 6:00\u00a0pm, making it impractical for spectators of evening events. Furthermore, the metro did not reach any of the Olympic venues. On the other hand, the bus service was heavily improved for the Games, although still inadequate at night hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies, Doping\nDuring the games, Italian police raided the Austrian athletes' quarters in search of evidence of blood doping. The raid was conducted due to suspicions over the presence of biathlon coach Walter Mayer, who had been banned from all Olympic events up to and including the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 due to previous doping convictions. Around the time of the raid Mayer and two Austrian biathletes, Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann, tried to escape and fled back to Austria. Later, the Austrian ski federation president said that the two athletes told him they \"may have used illegal methods\". Six skiers and four biathletes were also taken for drug screens by the IOC. Those substance screens later returned negative results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies, Doping\nOn 25 April 2007, six Austrian athletes (Roland Diethard, Johannes Eder, Wolfgang Perner, J\u00fcrgen Pinter, Wolfgang Rottmann and Martin Tauber) were banned for life from the Olympics for their involvement in the doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Olympics, the first time the IOC punished athletes without a positive or missed doping test. The Austrians were found guilty of possessing doping substances and taking part in a conspiracy, based on materials seized by Italian police during the raid on the living quarters. The Austrians also had their competition results from Turin annulled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies, Doping\nThe IOC has retested nearly 500 doping samples that were collected at the 2006 Turin Games. In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that a retested sample from cross-country skier Kristina \u0160migun had tested positive. On 24 October 2016, the World Anti- Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that \u0160migun, who won two gold medals at the Turin Games, faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before the end of October. If \u0160migun were to be stripped of her gold medals, Kate\u0159ina Neumannov\u00e1 of Czech Republic could be elevated to gold in the 7.5 + 7.5 km double pursuit event. Marit Bj\u00f8rgen of Norway could acquire a seventh gold medal in the 10 km classical event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies, Ratings and attendance\nA number of events reported low spectator attendance despite having acceptable ticket sales. Preliminary competition and locally less popular sports failed to attract capacity crowd as expected. Organizers explained this was because blocks of seats were reserved or purchased by sponsors and partners who later did not show up at the events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Controversies, Ratings and attendance\nSeveral news organizations reported that many Americans were not as interested in the Olympics as in years past. It has been suggested that reasons for this lack of interest include the tape delayed coverage, which showed events in prime-time as much as 18 hours later in the Western United States. Primetime viewing figures in Canada were also disappointing, especially after the early exit of the Canadian men's hockey team, though overall viewing figures were up from 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Olympic Legacy\nThe Olympics represented an opportunity to revamp the city's look and change its traditional image as an industrial city by showing the world its hidden side of vibrant cultural life and stunning architectures. Thanks to the olympic exposure and state of the art venues, Turin has become one of Italy's primary tourist destinations and has been established as an important sport center in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Olympic Legacy\nSince 2006, TOP (Torino Olympic Park) has been the agency in charge of managing the Olympic facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Security measures\nAs with every Olympics since the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics and increasingly since the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, there was heavy security due to fears of terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188440-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics, Security measures\nThe organizers further increased security measures in connection with the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and insisted that the Olympic Games were going to be safe, which they were; the Olympics concluded without a major breach of security occurring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony\nThe Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (UTC+1) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program\nThe games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge calling them \"magnificent\" This again departed from former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch's tradition of declaring each games \"best ever\" and continued Rogge's tradition of assigning each games their own identity in his comments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Medal ceremony\nDuring the closing ceremony, in the Olympic Stadium, medals were presented for Cross country skiing at the cross-country skiing men's 50\u00a0km free event, one of the last events held at the Games. In a new practice for Winter Olympics closing ceremonies, the medals for this long race were awarded during the ceremony similar to the way the medals for the men's marathon are awarded during the closing ceremonies of Summer Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Medal ceremony\nGiorgio Di Centa of Italy, the host nation, won the race and was presented with the gold medal. Eugeni Dementiev of Russia was awarded silver, with Austria's Mikhail Botvinov claiming the bronze. The medal presenter was former Olympian and current IOC member Manuela Di Centa, sister of the gold medalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Carnevale\nThe main theme, to coincide with Italy's popular masked festival, was Carnevale. The show, directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, who is known internationally for his theatre performances based on the circus world, included six of the original costumes from the film I\u00a0clowns by Federico Fellini, on lease from the Italian national film museum. Life-sized Piedmontese tarot cards marching in drill formation signifying all the Luck, Fortune and Life of the Athletes performed to honor every individuals personal story in coming to Torino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Carnevale\nThe formal moments of the ceremony alternated with artistic moments inspired by the creativity of Viareggio Carnival artists, of travelling shows and of the typical Italian \"feste in piazza\". The original music was composed, arranged and orchestrated by Italian producer Michele Centonze in collaboration with Stefano Nanni, Giuseppe Gambino and Serenella Occhipinti (a.k.a. Sara 6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Carnevale\nFiat 500s and Vespas drove through the center of the stadium to symbolize the crowded streets of the center of the Italian cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Wind machine\nA wind machine was shown with flying acrobats performing an aerial ballet. This was a vertical wind tunnel that blew the acrobats up into mid-air. The machine was custom-built by and Aerodium Latvia for use in the closing ceremony. It is very similar to machines used for indoor skydiving facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Parade of the athletes\nThe athletes entered the arena without strict order, following a tradition started 50 years earlier at the 1956 Summer Games. They had reportedly been given light-up red clown noses to wear, but few athletes were seen wearing the noses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Intruders\nDuring the final speech by Valentino Castellani, chairman of the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, a Spanish man ran onto the stage and attempted to speak into the microphone. He managed to shout \"Passion lives in Torino\", as well as rip off one of the two microphones on the podium, before security officials quickly wrestled him away. Castellani continued his speech with only a minor pause. The intruder's T-shirt was printed with the logo of GoldenPalace.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Intruders\nA young Polish female streaker named Justine tried to perform a similar stunt, holding an Italian flag bearing the handwritten inscription \"Mi consenta\", and having a drawing by a Roman artist, Ettore Wallemberg III, on her skin, but security officials stopped her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Vancouver 2010\nIn accordance with the Olympic Charter which governs the Closing Ceremony, IOC President Jacques Rogge called on the youth of the world to assemble in Vancouver, in four years, for the next Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Vancouver 2010\nCanadian opera star Ben Heppner, himself born in British Columbia, the host province of the next Winter Olympics, sang O Canada to begin the Canadian segment of the ceremonies and mark the beginning of the countdown to the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010. Heppner sang a version of O Canada which is presented in a combination of Canada's two official languages, English and French, which are also the official languages of the IOC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Vancouver 2010\nThen came the \"Oslo Ceremony\" (so called because the original Olympic flag, which was used for transfer of the Winter Games, was first used at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo), which is the transfer of the Olympic Flag from the mayor of Turin, Sergio Chiamparino, to Jacques Rogge, and then to the mayor of Vancouver, Sam Sullivan. The flag was kept in the Vancouver City Hall during the next four years. With music playing, Chiamparino ran up the steps to the stage, waved the flag the symbolic eight times, handed it to Rogge, who then handed it to Sullivan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Vancouver 2010\nBecause Sullivan is a quadriplegic who uses a wheelchair and has limited use of his arms and hands, the flag was placed in a specially-designed flag holder on his chair. Sullivan then spun his chair back and forth eight times to make the flag wave in the air. The assembled crowd roared in approval and rose to their feet in response. This culminated this part of the program. The Olympic flag was next raised again at the next Summer Olympic games in Beijing; opening ceremony there took place on 8 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Vancouver 2010\nThe show included a Vancouver-based specially-cast dance corps together with the latest concepts in boarding, skating and skiing. The Montreal-based members of the cast are multi-talented acrobatic performers drawn from Quebec's acclaimed \u00c9cole nationale de cirque (National Circus School), and Les sept doigts de la main, energetically supported by the renowned Cirque du Soleil. In addition, Canadian singer Avril Lavigne performed her song, \"Who Knows.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Vancouver 2010\nIn Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, himself from Calgary, the host city of the 1988 Winter Olympics, said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun its journey to Vancouver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Exit of the Olympic Flag\nAfter the Olympic flag was lowered, Piccoli Cantori di Torino sung Va, pensiero while the flag was exiting the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, The siege of Turin\nAfter Va, pensiero was sung, there was a segment featuring the siege of Turin to commemorate the 300th anniversary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Musical finale\nAndrea Bocelli performed his song \"Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai)\" before the flame was extinguished; on stage with Andrea appeared 500 Italian brides in white carrying lighted lilies and formed \"the Dove of Peace\" formation choreographed by Doug Jack and symbolically \"flew\" across the stage as the flame took its final breath. An international collection of pop singers closed out the ceremonies as a fireworks display ensued, which was unusual because mostly artists that originate from the host country usually performs. After Canadian Avril Lavigne who had sung during the Vancouver segment, Italian Elisa, who had already sung at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics, performed the song \"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)\", and Puerto Rican Ricky Martin performed \"I Don't Care\" and \"The Cup of Life\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Notable attendees\nAside from celebrities participating in the ceremonies and members of the International Olympic Committee, the following notable people were in attendance:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast\nIn the United States, NBC broadcast the ceremony on tape delay, starting at 7:00\u00a0pm EST and PST/6:00\u00a0pm CST and MST, and it was one of the broadcasters that did not edit out the intruders interrupting the speeches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast\nIn Canada, CBC and CBC Newsworld broadcasts the ceremony live, starting at 1:00\u00a0pm EST, with several replays on both networks throughout the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast\nIn the UK, the BBC broadcasts the ceremony live, starting at 7:00\u00a0pm GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast\nIn Australia, the Seven Network broadcasts the ceremony live, starting at 5.30\u00a0am AEST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188441-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Television broadcast\nIn Italy, RAI broadcasts the ceremony live at the same time it start started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188442-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics medal table\nThe 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Turin, Italy, from February 10 to February 26, 2006. A total of 2,508 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+3 from 2002 Olympics) participated in 84 events (+6 from 2002) from 15 different sports and disciplines (unchanged from 2002).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188442-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics medal table\nAthletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 18 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Germany won the highest number of gold medals (11) and led in overall medals (29) for the third consecutive Games. Latvia and Slovakia won the first medals in their Winter Olympic history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188442-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics medal table\nSpeed skater Cindy Klassen of Canada won five medals (one gold, two silver and two bronze) and was the most medalled athlete at the Games. Biathlete Michael Greis of Germany and short track speed skaters Ahn Hyun Soo and Jin Sun-Yu, both of South Korea, tied for the most gold medals, with three each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188442-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics medal table, Changes in medal standings\nOne athlete was stripped of an Olympic medal during these Games. Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva won a silver medal in the 15\u00a0km race, but tested positive for carphedon and lost her medal. Germany's Martina Glagow was given the silver medal and fellow Russian Albina Akhatova (who was caught doping in 2009 and missed the 2010 Olympics) won the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188442-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics medal table, Changes in medal standings, IOC retesting\nThe IOC has retested nearly 500 doping samples that were collected at the 2006 Turin Games. In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that a retested sample from cross-country skier Kristina \u0160migun had tested positive. On 24 October 2016, the World Anti- Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that \u0160migun, who won two gold medals at the Turin Games, faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before the end of October. If \u0160migun were to be stripped of her gold medals, Kate\u0159ina Neumannov\u00e1 of Czech Republic could be elevated to gold in the 7.5 + 7.5 km double pursuit event. Marit Bj\u00f8rgen of Norway could acquire a seventh gold medal in the 10 km classical event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188442-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics medal table, Medal table\nThe medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony\nThe Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Torino 2006) was held on 10 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (UTC+1) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony\nThe ceremony was attended by 35,000 spectators with the presence of numerous international and Italian guests on the stage and heads of state and government on the stands. The event was broadcast live to an estimated two-billion audience worldwide by 32 television cameras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony\nThe ceremony saluted the region's culture and history, was highlighted by Italian celebrities and showcased Italian designs. There were the customary parade of athletes and raising of the host nation's flag and the Olympic flag. Apart from the choreography, the fireworks, and the pageantry, the ceremony was a reminder of peace as a goal of these Games. It climaxed with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program\nThe theme of the program was \"Passion Lives Here,\" and the 4000m2 stage was shaped like an anatomic heart with a mosh pit in the centre where the athletes congregated for the second half of the ceremonies. The athletes were thus put in the centre of action and in front of the stage, emphasizing that the heart of each athlete was the focus of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program\nThere were sentiments of self-conceit amongst TOROC for not including a tribute section during the Opening Ceremonies honoring the Past Host Cities of the previous installments of the Olympic Winter Games that was the very first part of the XIX Olympic Winter Games that had been held in Salt Lake City, USA on 8 February 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program\nThe ceremony was conducted in French and English, the two official languages of the International Olympic Committee, and Italian, the language of the host country. The program was executed by 6,100 volunteers and 240 professionals after 15,000 man days of work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Rhythm of Passion\nThe Opening Ceremonies began with a traditional countdown by the spectators. Italian gymnast Yuri Chechi as a shaman striking an anvil with a hammer opened the first scene of the program representing the industrial past of the Piedmont region. Each strike spewed up a fountain of flames and were responded to with flames over three metres high, lit from 52 nozzles lined up around the piazza. A group of inline skaters in red unitards soon entered and executed their choreograph and formations. With the fire, costume and flood light, the stage was soon turned into a sea of red. In the mosh pit, performers executed synchronised swimming moves to the pulsing rhythm. It was said that the choreographer was inspired by synchronised swimming when he saw the event for the first time in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Rhythm of Passion\nThe skaters then gyrated to the pulsing rhythm forming a familiar heart shape pumping to the beat. The formation was soon shattered when a lone skater symbolising a spark of passion shot through the beating heart. Six helmet-donning skaters then entered with two-foot flames flared from the back of their helmets and crisscrossed the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Greetings from the Alps\nFollowing the exit of the flaming skaters, the sounding of seven alphorns to the notes of the Occitan Hymn signaled the beginning of the next segment that paid tribute to the Alps and the seven Alpine countries: Italy, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. Artificial snow and life-size pine tree shapes set the mood for this segment as the stage was transformed from red to white.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Greetings from the Alps\nIt had been 14 years since the Winter Olympic Games were last held in the Alps, in 1992 in Albertville, France. The 13 million people living in the mountainous region were represented by dancers waltzing in their national costumes. Life-size cow effigies were pulled in and paraded around the stage representing the significance of the dairy farming industry in the Alpine region. Three waltzing couples in cow suits soon entered the scene, while cow bells were heard ringing from the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Greetings from the Alps\nAfter the stage was cleared, 50 performers in white unitards entered with very large white balloons on their heads symbolising the arrival of the snowflakes. A change of music signalled the exit of the snowflakes and in the mosh pit performers formed a snowflake which was lit up by flashlights as the segment came to a close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Italy\nThis section paid tribute to the Italian flag, whose entrance was led by 26 Olympic medalists in white suits and gowns marching in two files. Following the athletes was model, singer and future French first lady Carla Bruni carrying a folded Italian flag. Bruni wore a sparkling gown by Giorgio Armani, inspired by crystal and ice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Italy\nThe stage was flooded in the Italian colours red, white, and green by the coloured spotlights at the top of the stadium as the entrance of the President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge and the President of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Italy\nSustained drumbeats set a mood as three Carabinieri officers entered and retrieved the flag from Bruni and brought it to the flag pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Italy\nThe flag was raised to the solo rendition of the Italian national anthem after a short pastoral orchestra introduction (as opposed to the usual marching introduction). \"Il Canto degli Italiani\" was performed by nine-year-old Eleonora Benetti wearing the Italian tricolour. Her verse ended as the choir joined in for the much more rapid refrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Torino Olympic City\n467 performers, each wearing one of the 5 Olympic colours, created a 20 meter tall ski jumper formation, after the playing of the Italian national anthem. The choreography showed an animated ski jumper gliding down the take-off slope, flying through the night air and eventually landing safely in perfect form on the ground. Puffs of air could be seen as the jumper prepared his jump. Performers carrying a blue banner then entered to show the skier gliding down the slope. In flight the figure was lit up by headlamp flashlights in a formation of a ski jumper in peak flight. The ski jumper eventually made a graceful landing on the ground as performers released confetti (to represent a snowplow stop) and cheered as the segment came to a close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Olympic Spirit\nThe Sparks of Passion reentered the stadium in this segment where the largest and tallest Olympic Rings for the Opening Ceremonies would be created. Acrobats could be seen maneuvering on three ring shaped frames floating up and down along four lattice columns on the opposite end of the stadium to the stage and the mosh pit. Dancers in red unitards below gyrated to pulsing beats as the theme of passion returned for this segment of the program. While the acrobats descended to the ground, two additional ring shaped frames were raised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Olympic Spirit\nThe five circular frames were flipped vertically revealing the five Olympic Rings shimmering in light. The rings were then illuminated in the Olympic colours and the structure was lit up in fireworks. The black ring in the centre of the symbol was substituted with white since it is impossible to produce black light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Heroes of Our Time - Parade of Nations\nThe national teams then entered underneath the five-ring structure in the traditional Parade of Nations. As with all Olympic games, the first team to emerge was Greece, since it was the birthplace of the games, and the host nation Italy entered last. The rest of the nations entered following the alphabetical order according to the spelling of the country in Italian, the language of the host country, as is tradition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Heroes of Our Time - Parade of Nations\nThe names of the nations were announced first in Italian, then in English and followed by French.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Heroes of Our Time - Parade of Nations\nNorth Korea and South Korea marched together under the Unification Flag for the first time in the Winter Olympic Games; this would not happen again (either Summer or Winter) until the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Altogether, 80 National Olympic Committees participated in the Games, an increase from 77 in the previous Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Heroes of Our Time - Parade of Nations\nThe Moschino designed the clothes of the women bearing the placards with team names in Italian for the athletes' parade. The dresses were shaped as snowy mountain tops, complete with pine trees and small houses lit up by embedded lights. Miss Italia, Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, was carrying the placard for team Italy who wore a special dress designed to pay tribute to Turin. When assembled on stage the ladies represented the Italian Alps' beauty, strength, and poise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Heroes of Our Time - Parade of Nations\nThe march of the Olympic teams was accompanied by a selection of 1970s and 1980s American and European disco music, including \"Video Killed the Radio Star\" by The Buggles, \"YMCA\" by the Village People, \"I Will Survive\" by Gloria Gaynor, \"Daddy Cool\" by Boney M and songs by the Doobie Brothers and Eurythmics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Heroes of Our Time - Parade of Nations\nThe following table lists the countries and territories in the order of their entrance. It is worth noting that not all the athletes participated in the opening ceremonies, as some may have chosen to prepare themselves for races and competitions that were scheduled the very next morning. Other commitments may have prevented some athletes from participating in the parade. For example, most men's hockey teams would not arrive in Turin until the following week since most of the players are involved with the NHL. On the other hand, the parade included officials, judges, coaches and other team staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, From Renaissance to Baroque\nAfter a short homage to Dante and The Divine Comedy, there were Renaissance and Baroque displays, with an homage to Arcimboldo. A scene was based on the Birth of Venus painting. The role of Venus was played by Czech supermodel Eva Herzigov\u00e1, emerging from a shell like in the Birth of Venus by Botticelli. A dance played a major part in the ceremony, as well as displays of flag waving and baroque bands. Sportscaster Bob Costas called it a celebration of the emergence from the dark days of the Middle Ages, embracing the intellectual pursuits of art, literature and music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 75], "content_span": [76, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, From Futurism to Future\nThe segment started with a modern ballet performance which led from a replica of Umberto Boccioni's sculpture \"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space\" to a celebration of Futurism. Roberto Bolle performed as lead in the dance part. He represented the futuristic hero, dancing with other mechanical dancers to show modernity, technology, and speed. The second part was performed by kung-fu athletes representing futuristic soldiers, while in the final section a group of bodybuilders pushed 6 motorbikes in the center of the stadium, thus emphasizing the role played by speed and technology in Futurism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Pit Stop\nItalian driver Luca Badoer drove the 2005 Ferrari F2005 car bearing only the Olympic Rings, Torino 2006 name and Italian tricolore to the centre of the stadium, performing 'donuts' and revving the V10 engine for a few minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nAfter the Parade of Nations had concluded and the athletes were gathered in the center of the stadium, two short speeches in Italian, French and English were delivered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nThe first speech came from Valentino Castellani, the chief organizer of the Torino 2006 Olympic Games. He declared the industrial city \"the world capital of sports\" during the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nValentino Castellani was followed by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, who told the Olympic athletes, \"Your achievements will inspire and motivate future generations,\" before adding, \"Please compete cleanly, without using doping.\" Rogge also hoped for peace during his short speech. \"Our world today is in need of peace and brotherhood, the values of the Olympic Games,\" he said. \"May these Games be held in peace in the true spirit of the Olympic Truce.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nRogge then introduced Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who declared the games officially open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nFollowing the trend set from the selection of eight personalities representing the five continents and the three pillars of Olympism at the Salt Lake City Olympics Opening Ceremony, the flag was brought this time into the stadium by eight women:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nTheir walk with the flag was accompanied by Giuseppe Verdi's \"Triumphant March,\" from Aida. The Olympic flag was then handed over to eight members of the Alpini, an Italian infantry unit, who raised the flag while the Olympic Hymn was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Words and Symbols\nItalian skier Giorgio Rocca recited the Olympic Oath on behalf of all the athletes from the podium followed by Fabio Bianchetti from the International Skating Union reading the oath on behalf of all judges. There had been a major judging controversy in the figure skating event at the previous Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Peace\nTwenty-eight acrobats climbed on a net set up on the main stage and executed their choreographed manoeuvres, spinning and flipping to the music. At the end of the routine they all came together and formed the shape of a dove, the symbol of peace, to a roaring cheer from the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Peace\nYoko Ono, dressed in white like many of the people in the ceremony (the spectators were provided with, and most wore, a white poncho, symbolizing the snow which makes the Winter Olympics possible), then entered and read a free verse poem from a prepared script calling for peace in the world. She called for \"taking action\" to spread peace. Ono's poem served as an introduction to a rendition of her late husband John Lennon's Imagine by Peter Gabriel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Light the Passion\nThe Olympic Torch entered the stadium in the hand of Alberto Tomba, who then passed the flame to the hands of the 1994 men's Italian cross-country skiing relay team (Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Maurilio De Zolt, and Silvio Fauner). The flame was then passed to Piero Gros, then Deborah Compagnoni before the Olympic Flame was lit by former Italian cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo. Belmondo paused to show the torch to the cheering crowd one last time before placing it on the arched lighting apparatus. The flame initiated a series of fireworks before lighting the top of the 57-meter high Olympic Flame, the highest in the history of the Olympic Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Light the Passion\nThe cauldron lighting was also the first in recent memory to be lit indirectly, that is, the flame did not directly touch or travel to (such as the arrow lighting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona) the cauldron itself. The precise timing of the pyrotechnics was obviously computer timed from the precise moment the flame touched the center frame in the center of the stadium. Because of the elaborate fireworks, it is highly unlikely the flame travelled to all the charges directly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0036-0001", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Light the Passion\nHowever, it is possible that the cauldron was lit from a backup flame inside, or that an electronic signal from Belmondo's apparatus to the cauldron served as the \"flame\" (much like the 1976 Summer Olympics where a satellite signal carried the \"flame\" from Greece to Canada, though not at the opening ceremony).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Program, Fortissimo\nAfter the largest curtain yet to be built revealed him on the stage, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, wearing a black cape embroidered with silver Olympic rings, ended the ceremony by singing Giacomo Puccini's well-known aria Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot, which ends with the victorious line \"At dawn, I shall win!\" Pavarotti's performance caused NBC Olympic commentator Brian Williams to proclaim \"And the master brings the house down.\" Indeed, the tenor's performance received the longest and loudest ovation of the opening ceremony from the international crowd. This would prove to be Pavarotti's final public performance of his signature song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Security measures\nSecurity was present at the Opening Ceremony as has become the norm for the Olympics. Organizers stepped up the security measures in connection with the contemporary Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and they insisted that the Olympic Games would be safe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Dignitaries and other officials in attendance\nAside from celebrities participating in the ceremonies, President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge and members of the IOC, many dignitaries and officials associated with the Olympic movement were in attendance (included 13 world leaders and 2 first ladies). They included\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188443-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Dignitaries and other officials in attendance\nItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was absent. However he attended the Closing Ceremony on 26 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay\nThe 2006 Winter Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 2006 Winter Olympics hosted in Turin, Italy. The route covered around 11,300 kilometres (7,000\u00a0mi) and involved 10,001. Stefania Belmondo lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Torch\nThe torch was a modern interpretation of the traditional wooden torch, in which it is the metal that seems to catch fire and burn. The flame envelops the body of the torch rather than exiting from a hole on the top, like earlier torches. A dynamic, innovative shape was created to develop this concept, which recalls the tip of a ski but also the building that is a symbol of Turin, the Mole Antonelliana. It is criticized for being too heavy at 1.97\u00a0kg (4.3\u00a0lb).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nDecember 8, 2005 (day 1): RomeDecember 10 (day 3): Rieti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nDecember 12 (day 5): SienaDecember 13 (day 6): LivornoDecember 14 (day 7): FlorenceDecember 15 (day 8): LuccaDecember 16 (day 9): Pisa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nDecember 17 (day 10): La SpeziaDecember 18 (day 11): Genoa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nDecember 21 (day 14): RagusaDecember 22 (day 15): AgrigentoDecember 23 (day 16): PalermoDecember 26 (day 17): Catania", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nDecember 27 (day 18): Reggio CalabriaDecember 28 (day 19): CatanzaroDecember 29 (day 20): Cosenza", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nJanuary 3 (day 25): TarantoJanuary 4 (day 26): LecceJanuary 5 (day 27): BariJanuary 6 (day 28): Foggia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nJanuary 12 (day 35): RiminiJanuary 13 (day 36): BolognaJanuary 14 (day 37): Parma", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nJanuary 18 (day 41): TriesteJanuary 19 (day 42): UdineJanuary 20 (day 43): Tarvisio", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nJanuary 23 (day 46): TrentoJanuary 24 (day 47): BolzanoJanuary 25 (day 48): Urtij\u00ebi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nFebruary 2 (day 56): CuneoFebruary 3 (day 57): PineroloFebruary 4 (day 58): SestriereFebruary 5 (day 59): Bardonecchia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188444-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Olympics torch relay, Route in Italy\nFebruary 8 (day 62): Venaria RealeFebruary 9 (day 63): TurinFebruary 10 (day 64): Stadio Olimpico", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics\nThe 2006 Winter Paralympic Games (Italian: Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new Paralympics logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Medal count\nThe top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Italy) is highlighted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Sports\nThe Games featured 58 medal events in five disciplines of four sports. As with other Paralympic Games, medals are awarded for each classification within each event. The sport of wheelchair curling made its Paralympic debut at these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Venues\nThe sport venues were also used during the Winter Olympics, although not all Olympic venues were in use for the Paralympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Venues\nAlpine skiing events were held at Sestriere. Cross-country skiing andbiathlon events were held at Cesana San Sicario. All skiing athletes were accommodated in the Alpine Paralympic Village in Sestriere.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Venues\nIce sledge hockey was held in Turin, and wheelchair curling was held in Pinerolo. These athletes were accommodated in the City Paralympic Village in Turin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Participants\nThirty-nine National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. This was an increase of three from the 36 represented at the 2002 Winter Paralympics. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Participants\nNote that, although Greece was scheduled to compete, no Greek athlete took part in any event; the International Paralympic Committee does not list Greece as having entered any athlete in the Games, and considers that there were thirty-eight NPCs at the Games, rather than thirty-nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Participants\nA total of 486 athletes participated in the Games, 385 male and 101 female. This is an increase from the 430 athletes participated in 2002. Despite overall increase of delegates and athletes, the following nations who participated in the 2002 Winter Paralympics did not send athletes to Turin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Participants\nMexico is the only country who had sent an athlete to these Games but not the Winter Olympic Games in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Other information\nThese are the second Paralympic Games to be held in Italy, which hosted the first Summer Paralympics in Rome in 1960.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Other information\nThese are the first Paralympic Games to feature a live webcast of events, hosted by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Other information\nThe Games mascot is Aster, a star-shaped snowflake similar in design to the Olympic mascots Neve and Gliz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188445-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics, Other information\nUnable to fund the hosting themselves, the Olympic organizing committee TOROC sold the rights off to a company for an estimated US$40 million", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188446-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics medal table\nThe 2006 Winter Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2006 Winter Paralympics, held in Turin, Italy, from March 10 to March 19, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188446-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics medal table, Medal table\nThe ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a \"nation\" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188446-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Winter Paralympics medal table, Medal table\nTo sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188447-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188447-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\nResults compared directly with the last local election in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188447-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes\n\u2022 italics denote the sitting councillor \u2022 bold denotes the winning candidate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nThe 2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Bret Bielema, the Badgers completed the season with a 12\u20131 record, including a 7\u20131 mark in the Big Ten Conference, good for a second-place tie with Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team\nThe season was one of the most successful in Badgers football history. The 11 regular-season wins and 12 overall wins were both single season records for the Badgers, and the season ended with a second straight victory in the Capital One Bowl, over Arkansas, 17-14. The Badgers, who were not ranked in the preseason and were expected to finish in the middle of the Big Ten, surprised many with their success and ended the season ranked #7 in the AP Poll and #5 in the Coaches' Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Preseason\nThe Badgers were picked to finish in the middle of the Big Ten conference and were not ranked in the preseason for a number of reasons. Early defections to the National Football League by second-team All-Americans Brandon Williams and Brian Calhoun left the Badger offense with only three returning starters. Additionally, with the departure of Barry Alvarez \u2013 who had just completed his final season with 10 wins and a Capital One Bowl victory \u2013 the head coaching job was taken over by Bret Bielema, then the youngest head coach in Division I-A football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Preseason\nBright spots for the Badgers included returning All-American offensive tackle Joe Thomas, who was coming off an ACL injury. John Stocco resumed the starting position at quarterback for his senior season, and P. J. Hill, Jr. won the starting tailback job. The defense was to be led by senior linebacker Mark Zalewski and senior strong safety Joe Stellmacher. The special teams unit was considered strong, with All-American candidate Ken DeBauche punting the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Preseason\nSome sportswriters felt that the non-conference schedule was fairly weak. Early in the season, the team's non-conference schedule was placed on the \"waiting list\" of ESPN.com's Bottom 10 rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nIn his debut, P. J. Hill, Jr. had 130 rushing yards and a touchdown to lead the Badgers to a victory over the hometeam Falcons. The Badgers broke a 7\u20137 tie in the second quarter when Alonso Rojas blocked a punt and Jonathan Casillas returned it for a touchdown. John Stocco finished 9-of-15 for 124\u00a0yards and a touchdown, with an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Western Illinois\nP. J. Hill, Jr. ran for over 100\u00a0yards for the second game in a row, and the Badgers overcame a rocky first quarter to beat the Leathernecks. After a fumble on the kickoff lead to a WIU field goal, the Badgers reeled off 34 straight points \u2013 17 in the second quarter \u2013 to effectively put the game away. John Stocco was 15\u201325 for 227\u00a0yards and another touchdown, and Hill collected three touchdowns on the ground for the Badgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nP. J. Hill, Jr. ran for 184\u00a0yards and a touchdown and the defense shut out the Aztecs in the last game before the start of conference play. The Badgers allowed just 153\u00a0yards, but the offense was out of sync for the third straight week as Stocco completed just 12 of his 23 passes for 85\u00a0yards. Paul Hubbard registered a six-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter to close out the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nWisconsin performed admirably in the first half, scoring 10 points, but special teams miscues led to 10 Wolverine points by the break. P. J. Hill, Jr. was held to 54\u00a0yards against the stout Michigan run defense, and Mario Manningham had 113\u00a0yards and two touchdowns through the air as Michigan raced out to 17 straight points in the second half to beat the Badgers, 27\u201313. The Badgers intercepted Chad Henne three times, but it was not enough to overcome the Wolverines' powerful offense. Wisconsin, which had beaten Michigan in 2005, had a five-game winning streak snapped. Michigan moved to 4\u20130 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nThe Badgers bounced back from their first loss of the season, racing out to a 52\u20130 lead over the hometeam Hoosiers en route to a dominating 52\u201317 victory. John Stocco threw for 304\u00a0yards and had three touchdown strikes by halftime, and P. J. Hill, Jr. had 129\u00a0yards and another three touchdowns for the Badgers. The Hoosiers were held to just 147\u00a0yards through three quarters. Paul Hubbard caught seven passes for 122\u00a0yards and a touchdown for the Badgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nFor the second straight week, the Badger defense stepped up big, holding NU tailback Tyrell Sutton to just 18\u00a0yards on the ground. Wisconsin avenged last year's loss to the Wildcats with a punishing ground game, highlighted by P. J. Hill, Jr.'s rumbling 60-yard touchdown in the first quarter. In his best effort to date, Hill piled up 250 of the Badgers' 316\u00a0yards on the ground as the Badgers prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nThe Badgers hosted Minnesota in the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. The Badgers, who had moved into the AP rankings for the first time this season, prevailed 48\u201312 behind John Stocco's four touchdown passes, two to Travis Beckum, who also had 118 receiving yards. Stocco finished 12-of-19 for 193\u00a0yards. Jack Ikegwuonu opened the scoring by returning Amir Pinnix's first-quarter fumble 50\u00a0yards for a touchdown. P. J. Hill, Jr. racked up 164\u00a0yards and two more scores as the Badgers defended the Axe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nThe Badgers moved into the Coaches Poll for the first time, ranked #22 going into their showdown against Purdue. The Badger defense figured to get a good test against the Boilermakers offense, which led the Big Ten at over 470\u00a0yards a game entering the contest. Purdue managed only 299\u00a0yards and a field goal as the Badgers limited Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter to just 187\u00a0yards on 20-of-40 passing and an interception. P. J. Hill, Jr. ran for another two touchdowns and 160\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nThe visiting Illini gave the #18 Badgers a scare, as Illinois quarterback Juice Williams engineered three scoring drives in the second quarter to give the Illini a 24\u201310 lead at halftime. P. J. Hill, Jr. suffered a pinched nerve and left the game in the first quarter. Backup Lance Smith scored the Badgers' only touchdown of the first half. John Stocco threw for two touchdowns and Taylor Mehlhaff kicked two field goals in the second half, and the defense held Illinois scoreless throughout the second half to prevail victorious, 30\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThe Badger defense stepped up in a huge way against Penn State, yielding only a field goal and 244\u00a0yards. Consistent pressure frustrated Nittany Lions quarterback Anthony Morelli, and the offense controlled the clock with 148\u00a0yards from P. J. Hill, Jr.. The Badgers won 13\u20133 to move to 9\u20131 on the season and their sixth straight victory. John Stocco suffered a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThis game drew the ire of Penn State head coach Joe Paterno as the first half came to a close. Under the clock rules introduced at the beginning of the season, the clock began running immediately as the ball was kicked, rather than when it was fielded by the receiving team. Following a Stocco touchdown that gave the Badgers a 10\u20133 lead with 23\u00a0seconds to go, Coach Bielema deliberately ordered his kickoff unit to run offsides before Taylor Mehlhaff kicked off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nBecause the Badgers were offsides (and thus further downfield), the Penn State special teams were unable to field the ball well, and thus would have had awful field position; they instead elected to rekick. Wisconsin repeated the tactic, essentially running out the clock on the first half. Bielema's strategy was decried by many as unsportsmanlike; others praised him for bringing light to a loophole in the new clock system. After the regular season, the clock rules were reverted to their pre-2006 form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nAfter moving up to #16 in the coaches poll, Wisconsin ended a two-game losing streak to the Hawkeyes with a 24\u201321 victory in Iowa City. With John Stocco sitting out due to injury, backup Tyler Donovan played an efficient game, going 17-of-24 for 228\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Hawkeyes quarterback Drew Tate threw for Iowa's three touchdowns, but was frustrated all game, completing fewer than a third of his attempts. With the win, the Badgers completed conference play with a 7\u20131 mark, wrapping up a second place tie in the Big Ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Buffalo\nOn Senior Day, the #10 Badgers started sluggishly, but scored two touchdowns just before halftime and added two more in the second half to win decisively over Buffalo, 35\u20133. Tyler Donovan once again performed proficiently, throwing for over 300\u00a0yards and two touchdowns with an interception on 16-of-26, and the defense forced four turnovers and held Buffalo to just 159\u00a0yards. P. J. Hill, Jr. scored a touchdown and picked up 86\u00a0yards on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Buffalo\nWith the win, the Badgers finished 11\u20131, the best regular season in school history. There was a minor controversy concerning the Bowl Championship Series, whose rules state that only two teams from one conference may receive bids to BCS bowl games. Ohio State and Michigan were ranked ahead of the Badgers in the final BCS standings, granting those two schools BCS invitations and relegating the Badgers to a lesser bowl. Nevertheless, Wisconsin again accepted an invitation to the Capital One Bowl, where it would defend its championship against Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Capital One Bowl \u2013 Arkansas\nThe Badgers returned to Orlando to face the #13 Razorbacks, led by Heisman Trophy runner-up Darren McFadden. McFadden burst for 45\u00a0yards on his first carry but was brought down from behind by Jack Ikegwuonu at the 9-yard line, a pivotal play that led to a missed field goal by Arkansas. The Badgers led 17\u20137 at halftime behind John Stocco's two touchdown passes, and eventually survived a nailbiting second half in which the Razorbacks continually had great field position but failed to capitalize. Despite being held to -5 rushing yards while giving up 232, including 150 from Arkansas' Felix Jones, the Badgers won 17\u201314. John Stocco, playing in his final collegiate game, was named the game's MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188448-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Capital One Bowl \u2013 Arkansas\nThe Badgers finished the season on a nine-game winning streak to reach #5 in the final coaches poll and #7 in the final AP poll. The 12 wins were a new single season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188449-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Referendum 1\nWisconsin Referendum 1 of 2006 was a referendum on an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would invalidate same-sex marriages or any substantially similar legal status. The referendum was approved by 59% of voters during the general elections in November 2006. All counties in the state voted for the amendment except Dane County (home of the state capital, Madison), which opposed it. The constitutional amendment created by Referendum 1 has been effectively nullified since June 26, 2015, when the United States Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188449-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Referendum 1, Amendment\nThe text of the adopted amendment, which became Article XIII, Section 13 of the state constitution, reads:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188449-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Referendum 1, Amendment\nOnly a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188449-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Referendum 1, Amendment\nAs required by the constitution, the amendment was approved by both houses of the legislature, in two consecutive sessions. The legislative history of the amendment is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188449-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin Referendum 1, Legal challenge\nIn April 2009 the Wisconsin Supreme Court was asked in McConkey v. Van Hollen to rule on whether the 2006 Referendum 1 was constitutional. William McConkey, a political science instructor, claimed that the measure violated the state's constitution because it proposed more than one question in a single ballot proposal, which is impermissible under Wisconsin law. On June 30, 2010, the Court ruled that the amendment is constitutional. However, on June 6, 2014 the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin overturned all bans on same-sex marriage in the state. On October 6, 2014, same sex marriage was legalized in Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188450-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election\nThe 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Doyle ran for re-election to a second term in office. Doyle was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and he faced U.S. Representative Mark Green, who was unopposed in the Republican primary, in the general election. The campaign between Doyle and Green was competitive and hotly contested, but Doyle, whose approval ratings hovered around 50%, had the upper hand. In the end, Doyle defeated Green by a fairly comfortable margin, improving on his 2002 victory in the process. As of 2021, this is the most recent Wisconsin gubernatorial election won by a Democrat with an outright majority of the vote, and the only such election since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188451-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International\nThe 2006 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Grand Hyatt Bali in Bali, Indonesia, from 11 through 17 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188451-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188451-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International, Champions, Singles\nIt was the 2nd title of the season for Kuznetsova and the 7th title in her singles career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188451-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International, Champions, Doubles\nIt was the 36th title for Davenport and the 13th title for Morariu in their respective doubles careers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188452-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International \u2013 Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but none competed this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188452-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International \u2013 Doubles\nLindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu won the title by defeating Natalie Grandin and Trudi Musgrave 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188452-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top three seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188453-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals by Svetlana Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188453-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International \u2013 Singles\nKuznetsova went on to win the title, defeating Marion Bartoli 7\u20135, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188453-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wismilak International \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188454-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Woking Borough Council election\nThe 2006 Woking Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188454-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Woking Borough Council election, Campaign\n6 sitting councillors stood down at the election including the former Conservative leader of the council Jim Armitage and the independent Mike Copham who had resigned from the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188454-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Woking Borough Council election, Campaign\nHousing and development was a contentious issue during the campaign, with the council being required to build 240 houses a year for the next 20 years under the South East Plan. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fought the election on a platform of opposing overdevelopment and protecting the green belt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188454-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Woking Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe campaign saw allegations of electoral fraud in Woking, which were investigated by the police. These included claims of multiple voter registrations at 6 addresses in Maybury and Sheerwater, intimidation and that blank postal votes had been given community leaders. The investigation saw one man arrested on suspicion of impersonating another voter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188454-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Woking Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with 18 seats as compared to 15 for the Conservatives. The Conservatives failed to take any seats from the Liberal Democrats, who gained 3 seats in Horsell West, Knaphill and Mount Hermon East wards and almost won a majority on the council for the first time since 1998 after losing by just 2 votes in Byfleet after 4 recounts. Despite this the Conservatives took more votes across the council than the Liberal Democrats and made a gain from Labour in Maybury and Sheerwater. Labour was reduced to only 3 seats on the council after losing in Maybury and Sheerwater, which was the only ward where they won more than 200 votes. Overall turnout in the election was 42.17%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188455-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wokingham District Council election\nThe 2006 Wokingham District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188455-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wokingham District Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw the United Kingdom Independence Party put forward a candidate in all of the 18 wards which were being contested. This was the first time they had done this and meant they put forward more candidates than Labour who contested 16 of the wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188455-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wokingham District Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Coling Lawley, received death threats, which led the police launch an investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188455-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wokingham District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats. The gains came in Coronation, Loddon and Hillside wards with one of the defeated Liberal Democrats being their leader Coling Lawley who lost by 472 votes in Coronation ward. Overall turnout in the election was 39.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election\nElections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2006 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nOf the main political parties, both the Conservative Party and Labour Party fielded a full slate of 20 candidates each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe Liberal Democrats fielded 19 candidates, failing to have a candidate in place in Wednesfield North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nOne independent candidate stood in each of the following 2 wards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe Green Party had a candidate in each of the following 2 wards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe British National Party fielded only 1 candidate, in Wednesfield North ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188456-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Wolverhampton City Council election, Number of candidates\nThe Liberal Party stood in only one ward, Heath Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188457-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Asia Cup\nThe 2006 Women's Asia Cup was the third Asian Cricket Council Women's Asia Cup. The three teams which took part in the women's One Day International tournament were India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was held between 13 and 21 December 2006 in India. All the matches of the tournament were played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The tournament was won by India, defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188458-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Australian Hockey League\nThe 2006 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 14th edition women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held between 7 April \u2013 14 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188458-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Australian Hockey League\nWA Diamonds won the tournament for the third time after defeating QLD Scorchers 4\u20132 in the final. Canberra Strikers finished in third place after defeating NSW Arrows 2\u20131 in the third and fourth place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188458-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nThe 2006 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188458-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nTeams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188458-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition Format\nThe first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures based on aggregate scores to determine point allocation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188458-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Australian Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 227 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.37 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188459-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Bandy World Championship\nThe Bandy World Championship for women 2006, the second bandy world championship tournament for women, was held in Roseville, Minnesota in the United States on February 13\u201318, 2006. Host of the event is the American Bandy Association. In the final-game Sweden defeated Russia, 3-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188460-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Baseball World Cup\nThe 2006 IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup was held from July 31 to August 6 in Taipei, Taiwan and won by the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188461-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's British Open\nThe 2006 Women's British Open was held 3\u20136 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 30th edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188461-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's British Open\nSherri Steinhauer, 43, won her second major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr. It was Steinhauer's third win at the Women's British Open, but the first since it was designated a major in 2001. The earlier wins were consecutive, in 1998 and 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188461-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's British Open\nThis was the final Women's British Open sponsored by Weetabix, which began its 20-year relationship with the event in 1987. It was replaced by Ricoh in 2007 at St. Andrews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188461-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's British Open, Course layout\nPrevious length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188461-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Mozo (+3), Yang (+6), Simon (+8), Schaeffer (+11), MacRae (+18).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188462-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's British Open Squash Championship\nThe 2006 Women's Dunlop British Open Squash Championships was held at the University of Nottingham in Nottingham from 12\u201318 September 2006. The event was won for the second consecutive year by Nicol David who defeated Rachael Grinham in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship\nThe 2006 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 10th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 27 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving the first Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nTeams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nThe championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nWin: 20 points. Tie: 15 points. Loss : Bonus points. No Result: 4 points. Abandoned: 4 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship, Competition format\nUp to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship, Teams\nThe 2006 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of four groups of four teams, on equal standing, with the winners proceeding to a play-off round for promotion to the County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188463-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's County Championship, Teams\nTeams in the County Championship played each other twice, whilst teams in the Challenge Cup played each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188464-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 5th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from September 4 to 10, 2006. This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Competitions took place in 13 weight classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188464-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships\nRussia topped the medals table, as they had done in the four previous editions of these championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188465-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the Area Teleferica in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy from June 6 to June 11. This was the 1st ever edition of this annual competition, and was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188465-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\n78 fighters representing 17 federations competed in 13 weight divisions. Turkey was the most successful country with 2 gold, 4 silver and four bronze medals. Italian star Simona Galassi retired from amateur boxing after winning gold in these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188466-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship\nThe 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the eleventh edition of the now tri-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ\u00e9enne de Natation. The event took place in the Banjica Sports Center in Belgrade, Serbia from September 2 to September 9, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188466-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship\nThere were two qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from April 7 to April 9, 2006 in Nancy, France (with France, Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands competing) and in Madrid, Spain (Czech Republic, Greece, Spain and Ukraine).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188467-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers\nThe 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifier was split into two tournaments to determine the last four competing teams for the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship, held from September 2 to September 9, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia. Already qualified for the event are hosts Serbia, Hungary, Italy and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188467-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers\nGroup A (France, Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands) played a round robin in Nancy, France, while Group B (Czech Republic, Greece, Spain and Ukraine) competed in Madrid, Spain. Both events were held from April 7 to April 9, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188468-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament (C\u00f3rdoba)\nThe 2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament was a women's field hockey tournament, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina, from January 24 to 28, 2006, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188468-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament (C\u00f3rdoba), Competition format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Australia, England, the Netherlands, and the hosts, Argentina, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 73], "content_span": [74, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188468-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament (C\u00f3rdoba), Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188468-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament (C\u00f3rdoba), Awards\nThe following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188468-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament (C\u00f3rdoba), Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 17 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188469-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy\nThe 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 14th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 8\u201316 July 2006 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188469-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy\nGermany won the tournament for the first time after defeating China 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188469-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams\nThe participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188469-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires\nBelow are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188469-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 59 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.28 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188470-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup\nThe 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 September to 8 October 2006 in Madrid, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188470-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup\nThe Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Australia 3\u20131 in the final. Defending champions Argentina won the third place match by defeating Spain 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188470-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, Qualification\nEach of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth. The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings. Alongside the five teams qualifying through the Qualifier, twelve teams competed in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188470-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, Umpires\nBelow are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188470-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 116 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.76 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188471-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Hockey World Cup squads\nThis article lists the confirmed squads for the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup tournament held in Madrid, Spain, between September 27 and October 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188472-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Holland Handball Tournament\nThe 2006 Women's Holland Handball Tournament was held in Rotterdam at the Topsportcentrum Rotterdam. The tournament started on 2 November 2006 and the final match was played on 5 November. Brazil already secured their win in the tournament with still one more match to be played. They also won their last match versus the hosts and won all of their five matches scoring a total of 163 goals and conceding only 123.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup\nThe 2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 25 April\u20136 May, in Rome, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup\nEngland won the tournament for the second time after defeating South Korea 2\u20131 in the final. Japan finished in third place, defeating the United States 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup\nThe tournament served as a qualifier for the 2006 FIH World Cup in Madrid, with the top five teams qualifying automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Qualification\nExcept for Africa, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Umpires\nBelow are the 14 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188473-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 151 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188474-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship\nThe 2006 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 12 teams) held in France from 22 August to 30 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188475-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament\nThe 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 40 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2006 Women's NCAA Tournament. It was the ninth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament and the first to be played with a 40-team field, expanded from 32 the year prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188476-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fifth edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by twelve countries from June 27 to July 8, 2006 in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 World Grand Prix in Ningbo, PR China. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188477-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from June 27 to July 8, 2006 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThe 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August and ended on 17 September 2006. The 2006 tournament was the third World Cup approved by the IRB, the previous two being held 2002 in Spain and in the Netherlands, in 1998. The Black Ferns of New Zealand won the 2006 World Cup, defeating England in the final, as they had in 2002. It was New Zealand's third successive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThe semi-finals were also direct repeats of the 2002 tournament \u2013 in fact five of the top six places in the final rankings were unchanged. Elsewhere the USA advanced from 7th in 2002 to 5th, and Ireland climbed from 14th to 8th while Australia (5th to 7th), Spain (8th to 9th), and Samoa (9th to 10th) slipped down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup\nThe period prior to the competition had not been without controversy. The decision to award the hosting of the competition to Canada ahead of a strong bid from England surprised many.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup\nIn addition \u2013 apart from in Asia \u2013 there were no qualifying tournaments for the 2006 World Cup. Instead teams were invited to take part by the IRB with selection based on performances at the World Cup in 2002 and in international matches between 2002 and 2005. This resulted in accusations of a lack of clarity in regard to some selection decisions. In particular the awarding of the final place in the tournament to Samoa instead of Wales (following a poor performance by Wales in the 2005 Six Nations) was the cause of some controversy and comment prior to the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Tickets and sponsorship\nTickets had been available since July 2006 and they could be purchased online at Ticketmaster or by phone. There were individual and student tickets (for each of six match days), tickets for youth teams and clubs, corporate packages and a special \"World Cup Pack\" of $125 allowing access to all matches including the finals. The partners of this tournament were Toyota \"Never Quit\" Awards Program, Molson, Tait Radio Communications, Glentel, Budget, University of Alberta, Edmonton Airports and Clubfit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Tickets and sponsorship\nThe event was covered by English language network Global TV, daily newspaper Edmonton Journal and radio stations CFRN 1260, CFBR 100.3 and CFMG 104.9.All matches were filmed and for the first time were available via streamed media. The final was also broadcast live on TV in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, and a one-hour TV highlights programme was produced by IMG for wider distribution, while these recordings are held as part of the IRB's World Cup archive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Match officials\nOn July 6, 2006 the IRB Referee Selection Committee announced the appointment of match officials, with twelve women officials selected for the tournament consisting of eight referees and four touch judges. This panel was assisted by experienced international referees George Ayoub, Lyndon Bray, Malcolm Changleng and Simon McDowell, who were appointed in April. Other three touch judges from Canada Rugby Union were included in the final list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Format\nThe competition was contested over 18 days between 12 teams, allocated to four pools of three and structured into two parts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Format, Pool stage\nThe first three match days saw a cross-pool league system in operation, with Pool A playing Pool D and Pool B playing Pool C, with points going towards one single division table for all four pools. Classification within each pool was based on the following scoring system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Format, Pool stage\nBonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and losing by 7 points or less. No extra time were played. Teams were ranked 1\u201312 on the basis of the most match points. If two teams were equal on match points for any position, then the following criteria would be used in this order until one of the teams could be determined as the higher ranked:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Format, Knockout stage\nAfter three match days, with each team having played three pool matches, positional semifinals were played with the top four-positioned sides vying to make the Women's Rugby World Cup final and all other sides playing matches in the final two rounds to decide tournament rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188478-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, Format, Knockout stage\nIf no winner could be determined within the time allowed, two teams should have played an extra time of 10 minutes each way with an interval of 5 and then eventually a kicking competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads\nThis article lists the official squads for the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Ireland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Ireland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, England\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, New Zealand\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Canada\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Canada\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Australia\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, United States\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Scotland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Scotland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, South Africa\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, France\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Spain\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Kazakhstan\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188479-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads, Samoa\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188480-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Six Nations Championship\nThe 2006 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2006 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fifth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Grand Slam. This was the last Six Nations in which Spain took part - Italy were to replace them in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188481-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Softball World Championship\nThe 2006 ISF Women's World Championship was held from August 27 to September 5, 2006 in Beijing, China. For the sixth consecutive time, the team from the United States won the title, with a 3-0 victory over Japan. The first four teams qualified for the 2008 Olympics. Since China came in fourth, a game for place 5 took place with the winner also qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188481-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Softball World Championship, Pool Play, Group A\nItaly qualified in fourth with superior runs against New Zealand and Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188482-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Volleyball Thailand League\nThe 2006 Women's Volleyball Thailand League was the inaugural season of the Women's Thailand League, the top Thai professional league for volleyball clubs. A total of 8 teams competed in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188482-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Volleyball Thailand League\nThe title was won by Nakhon Ratchasima, for a record first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188483-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by India from November 18 to November 23, 2006 in New Delhi. It was the 4th championship, which started in 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188483-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe World Championship was contested in thirteen weight disciplines by 180 amateur women boxers from 32 countries, and was conducted in the Talkatora Indoor Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188483-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships\nIndia won four gold, one silver and three bronze medals, while Russia, last year's champion, finished second with three gold and three bronze medals, followed by North Korea with a tally of 2-0-1. Canadians, the runners-up in 2005 edition, were fourth with one gold and two bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188484-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship\nThe 2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 22 to 26 November 2006. Nicol David won her second World Open title, beating Natalie Grinham in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188484-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw & results\nNote: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188485-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships\nThe 2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2006 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and took place from September 24 to September 30, 2006. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and Squash Canada. The England team won his sixth World Team Championships beating the Egyptian team in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188485-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships, Participating teams\nA total of 16 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188485-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships, Finals, Draw\nNote: The third match of the final was not played as the result was clarified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188486-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Youth World Handball Championship\nThe 2006 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the first edition of the tournament and took place in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada from 11 to 20 August 2006. Denmark won the final against Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188486-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Women's Youth World Handball Championship, Awards\nSandra Toft, Stine Bonde, Mia Boesen, L\u00e6rke W. M\u00f8ller, Mie Augustesen, Susan Sorensen, Stine Nyegaard, Rasmussen, Amalie Sorensen, Louise Luksborg, Ditte E. Kels\u00e5, Kristiansen, Line R. J\u00f8rgensen, Anne Ostergaard, AallingOfficials: A - Heine EriksenB - Flemming DamC - Tove JensenD - Jens Bo J\u00f8rgensen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188487-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Worcester City Council election\nThe 2006 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Worcester District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188487-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Worcester City Council election, Background\n45 candidates competed in the election for the 12 seats which were being contested. Before the election the Conservatives had a one-seat majority with 18 of the 35 councillors, as compared to 10 Labour, 4 independents and 3 Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188487-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Worcester City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives defend what was regarded as their most marginal council in the country, however Labour did make one gain from an independent. The Conservatives were seen as having benefited from the troubles of the national Labour government which helped them stay in control of the council. Voter turnout was higher than expectations with Claines ward seeing a 49% turnout and Battenhall 43.1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188487-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Worcester City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the leader of the council, Stephen Inman, stood down and was succeeded by fellow Conservative councillor Simon Geraghty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188488-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor Olympic Oval in Calgary (Canada) on 18 and 19 March 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188488-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships\nThe Canadian Cindy Klassen and the American Shani Davis became world champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188488-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188488-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men championships, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188488-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188489-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships\n39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark from October 13 to October 21, 2006, in NRGi Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188489-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe International Gymnastics Federation, which celebrated the 125th anniversary of its foundation in 2006, introduced the new Code of Points to the World Championships for the first time. The new open-ended code consists of separate scores for the difficulty and execution of a routine, removing the standard \"perfect 10\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188489-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nVanessa Ferrari won the first ever gold medal for the Italian women's program in the individual all-around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic\nThe 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Scottsdale, Arizona; Anaheim, California; and San Diego, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic\nThe first two rounds had a round-robin format, which led to two teams being eliminated on run difference tiebreakers: in the first round, Canada was eliminated despite its 2\u20131 record, due to a blowout loss to Mexico as well as failing to run up the score on South Africa; and in the second round, eventual champion Japan advanced despite its 1\u20132 record, due to a blowout win over Mexico and losing more narrowly to South Korea than did the United States. The higher-seeded teams generally advanced to the second round, including Puerto Rico and Venezuela, as well as the teams mentioned elsewhere in this summary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic\nAlthough South Korea defeated Japan twice in the earlier rounds, they were matched against each other again in the semifinals as the two teams emerging from the same second round pool, and Japan won that game to advance to the final against Cuba (which had defeated the Dominican Republic in the other semifinal). Japan defeated Cuba 10\u20136 to be crowned the first champion of the World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic\nDaisuke Matsuzaka, a NPB veteran who was little-known outside Japan at the time, was crowned the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. The following year, he made his debut in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Format\nThe first World Baseball Classic featured 16 teams in a round-robin. Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round, where the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed against each other in another round-robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Format\nTeams were ranked by winning percentage in the second round, without regard to the results of the first round, with the top two teams from each pool entered a four-team single-elimination bracket, with the pool winners and runners-up from each pool facing each other in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals then met to determine the World Baseball Classic Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Format\nIn the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Format\nIn the first two rounds, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Rosters\nEach participating national federation initially submitted a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were later submitted. If a player on the submitted roster was unable to play, usually due to injury, he could be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Pools composition\nThe teams selected for the inaugural World Baseball Classic were chosen because they were judged to be the \"best baseball-playing nations in the world and provide global representation for the event.\" There was no official qualifying competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool B\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/9 \u2212 The index of (RA*9)/IPD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, First round, Pool D\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/9 \u2212 The index of (RA*9)/IPD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Final standings\nOrganizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Final standings\nIn the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Statistics leaders, Pitching\n* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game** Mart\u00ed is tied with 10 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 12.2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules\nThere were several rule changes from normal major league play. Pitchers were held to a pitch count of 65 pitches in the first round, 80 pitches in the second round, and 95 in the championship round. (Netherlands pitcher Shairon Martis used exactly 65 pitches to throw the only no-hitter of the tournament, a 10\u20130 win over Panama that was stopped by the mercy rule [see below].) If a pitcher reached his maximum pitch count in the middle of an at-bat, he could continue to pitch to that batter, but was required to be replaced once that at-bat ended. A 30\u2013pitch outing needed to be followed by one day off, and a 50\u2013pitch outing by four days off. No one would be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules\nA mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds. In addition, ties could be called after fourteen innings of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Additional rules\nThe designated hitter rule was in place for all games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies\nSouth Korea completed the first two rounds undefeated (6-0) but was still forced to play Japan, a team it had already beaten twice, in the semifinal round. South Korea lost the match and subsequently was placed 3rd, despite the fact that South Korea's final standings were 6-1, with the most wins. Other international sporting competitions, such as the FIFA World Cup, are formatted so as to make it impossible for teams to play each other three times. They can only face twice at most \u2013 in round robin group play and then again for the championship or 3rd-place match. In addition, the regional grouping of teams was called into question, for the groups were perceived to be unevenly distributed, and the four-team pool system and subsequent three-way tiebreakers were widely seen as awkward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies\nTournament organizers were unable to reach an agreement with the MLB umpires' union and so the Classic was overseen by umpires from the minor leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies\nWhen South Korea beat Japan, they planted South Korean national flags into a pitcher's mound at Angels Stadium at Anaheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies\nThe Chinese Taipei team was originally listed as \"Taiwan\" and bearing the ROC national flag, but following pressure from the People's Republic of China the listing was later changed to Chinese Taipei with the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies\nThe World Anti- Doping Agency criticized IBAF's drug testing program and threatened to withdraw sanction of the event. South Korean pitcher Myung-hwan Park tested positive for a banned substance during the event, and he was subsequently kicked out of the WBC.. Venezuelan pitcher Freddy Garc\u00eda tested positive for marijuana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Controversies\nNumerous MLB players pulled out of the competition for various reasons, such as Barry Bonds, Vladimir Guerrero, and Manny Ram\u00edrez, among others. Cuba in particular barred players such as Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, his half-brother Liv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez, and Jos\u00e9 Contreras from its team as Cubans who had previously defected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Success of tournament\nMany members of the United States press were skeptical of the Classic since its inception. The event proved to be quite popular, however, providing many memorable moments including a first round game between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Attendance was higher than expected at several sites, including the 18,000-seat Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, which was sold out for every Puerto Rico game in the first two rounds. In addition, there were 4,000 media credentials issued \u2014 more than the World Series \u2014 which bodes well for the stated goal of internationalizing the sport. Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci reported that \"more merchandise was sold in the first round than organizers projected for the entire 17-day event.\" He also reported that, at one point, jerseys for the Venezuelan team were selling at the rate of one every six seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Success of tournament\nThe U.S. television ratings on ESPN were stronger than initially expected, drawing in more than one million television sets for some games, more than almost any other ESPN program in the month of March. This occurred despite less than stellar airing times for the games. Most were not aired live but taped, and sometimes with innings cut, as the WBC was organized well after ESPN had committed to much of its programming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, Success of tournament\nOutside the U.S. the tournament was very successful. In Latin America, a first-round game between the United States and Mexico, was the third-most-watched game in the history of ESPN Dos, one of the three Spanish-language channels of ESPN in Latin America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188490-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic, The allocation of earnings\nThe total earnings of the World Baseball Classic is divided into net profit (53%) and prize money (47%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188491-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 1\nPool 1 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California, United States from March 12 to 16, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188491-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 1\nLike the first round, Pool 1 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188492-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 2\nPool 2 of the Second Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 12 to 15, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188492-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool 2\nLike the first round, Pool 2 was a round-robin tournament. The final two teams advanced to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188493-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool A\nPool A of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan from March 3 to 5, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188493-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool A\nPool A was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188494-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool B\nPool B of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Chase Field, Phoenix and Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188494-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool B\nPool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188494-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool B, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/9 \u2212 The index of (RA*9)/IPD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188495-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool C\nPool C of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 7 to 10, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188495-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool C\nPool C was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188496-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D\nPool D of the First Round of the 2006 World Baseball Classic was held at Cracker Jack Stadium, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States from March 7 to 10, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188496-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D\nPool D was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188496-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic Pool D, Standings\nNOTE: Tiebreaker notes: HTH \u2212 Head-to-head. RA \u2212 Runs against. IPD \u2212 Innings the team pitched. RA/9 \u2212 The index of (RA*9)/IPD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship\nThe 2006 World Baseball Classic championship was the inaugural final of the World Baseball Classic played on March 20, 2006 at Petco Park in San Diego, United States. The best-of-one final was the match to determine the first world champion in baseball. Although this was the first iteration of the World Baseball Classic, both Cuba and Japan were favorites to win the championship, as they were the only countries to have appeared in the top four at every iteration in the Summer Olympics up to this final. Japan won by 4 runs to claim the first championship of the World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship\nBoth countries had to go through two rounds of group stages and the semi-finals in knockout format to reach the final. Cuba lost only two games, once to Puerto Rico in the first round and once to the Dominican Republic in the second round. However, Japan lost three times, twice to South Korea in each round and the United States in the second round. This sparked a format controversy since South Korea would have a better overall and head-to-head record than Japan by the end of the tournament. As such, Cuba was the favorite to win the final as the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship\nThe match began progressing when Japan's starting pitcher\u2013Daisuke Matsuzaka\u2013gave up four hits, five strikeouts and one run by the end of the 4th inning through a gyroball pitching style. Offensively, Japan was able to record 6 runs with the help of Ichiro Suzuki's batting style of contact hitting. Once the Japanese bullpen took the mound in the 6th inning, Cuba aggressively responded for the rest of the baseball game through power hitting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship\nBy the end of the eighth, the disparity would come down to one run in favor of Japan from Frederich Cepeda's home run, who would record three runs batted in by the end of the game. In the ninth, Japan would counter by pushing their offensive limit over Cuba's, which would result in a final score of ten to six. The aftermath of the final most notably included notice from Major League Baseball, from Cuba's increase in defection to Matsuzaka's impact for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Background, Format\nThe 2006 World Baseball Classic was the first World Baseball Classic, organized jointly by the International Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball. The competition took place from March 3, 2006 to March 20, 2006, which marks a duration of 18 days. A unique approach to hosting in comparison to global governing bodies of sports such as FIFA, FIBA, and ICC, is that multiple countries can host at each stage in the competition. For this year, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the United States were granted hosting rights, although at different levels. There was no qualification required, and all teams were invited based on merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Background, Format\nThe structure of the tournament required two rounds of round-robin groups and a knockout stage beginning in the semi-finals. The round-robin groups would have the top two teams from each pool to advance to the next round. Outside of determining the home and away team, the next round would not be dependent of the previous one. A total of 39 matches were played in front of over 737,000 people combined. No adjustments were made from the original baseball rules, although teams have to face each other less in comparison to regional competitions like the World Series in North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Background, Rosters\nJapan would announce their roster, consisting of twenty-eight competitors from the Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan and two competitors from Major League Baseball in North America. The two representatives from MLB would consist of pitcher Akinori Otsuka from the Texas Rangers and outfielder Ichiro Suzuki from the Seattle Mariners. As for Cuba, all thirty Cubans in their roster came from the Cuban National Series, the professional league only played in Cuba. This is primarily due to the Cuban government having restricted rules for outside work not related to Cuba. If violated, the Cuban government would ban the individuals who broke the rules of working outside the country. Due to these reasons, only 2 MLB representatives were competing in the final, even though tens of MLB players were in different rosters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round one\nJapan was drawn into Group A of the first round, and was granted the right to host for this stage. The group featured the strongest teams in East Asia: China, Chinese Taipei, and South Korea. Japan was able to defeat China and Chinese Taipei with ease, outscoring 32 to 5 runs combined. However, Japan would suffer their first loss of the tournament to South Korea, with a slow slump from a 2\u20130 lead to lose the match 3 runs to 2. As a result, South Korea and Japan advanced to the second round as first and second place finishers in Group A respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round one\nCuba was drawn into Group C of the first round, with fellow Caribbean rival Puerto Rico as host. The group consisted of Panama from Central America along with the Netherlands from Europe\u2013both widely regarded as the best in their respective regions\u2013and the aforementioned Caribbean nations. Cuba had a slightly tougher time in their group, with a 2 run win against Panama and a 9 run rout in favor of Puerto Rico. However, the group did no resort to tiebreakers. As such, Puerto Rico and Cuba advanced to the second round as first and second place finishers in Group C respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round one\nOther countries who advanced from the first round were the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round two\nJapan and South Korea met with the top two finishers of Group B: Mexico and the United States (the host of this pool). Although Japan comfortably defeated Mexico by five runs, the Japanese would struggle against the United States and South Korea at this stage. The match against the United States sparked a controversy regarding a sacrifice fly appeal. The game was highly competitive with consistent back-and-forth leads up to the eighth where the controversy occurred. When Tsuyoshi Nishioka was on third base, he ran to the home plate once the sacrifice fly was hit from Akinori Iwamura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round two\nInitially, Japan scored another run to make the score four to three. However, the call was overturned because Nishioka ran earlier than allowed. This led to the United States defeating Japan from Alex Rodriguez's run batted in at the bottom of the ninth. In addition, Japan would lose to South Korea\u2013who would sweep the group\u2013by one run again. Japan, Mexico, and the United States would finish at 1\u20132 in Pool 1. However, Japan would be declared as the second place finishers due to their amount of runs scored by their opponents and innings pitched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Round two\nGroup 2 was much less complex, although a tiebreaker was still used. Cuba and Puerto Rico met with the first and second place finishers of Group D: the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. The Cubans would edge host Puerto Rico by 1 run and comfortably defeat Venezuela by 5 runs. However, Cuba would lose to the Dominican Republic by four runs, which would cost them in the tiebreaker. Due to the Dominican Republic losing to Puerto Rico, who would lose to Venezuela, these results would lead to a head-to-head tiebreaker. Since the Dominican Republic and Cuba both finished with two wins and one loss while the other countries did not, they would both advance to the semi-finals. However, since Cuba lost to the Dominican Republic, the Cubans would finish in second place as well in Pool 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals\nThe United States was granted the right to host the 2006 World Baseball Classic semifinals and finals, although the Americans did not advance to this level. The stadium that would hold the semifinals and finals is Petco Park in San Diego, home to the San Diego Padres. As a rule in the World Baseball Classic, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If both teams hold a similar winning percentage, a coin flip would occur to determine the home and away team. By this rule, this favored South Korea the most as they had an undefeated record up to this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals\nThe first semifinal was played on March 18, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. PT that featured the 2nd-seed Dominican Republic and 3rd-seed Cuba. The match was met with frequent hitting from both teams that relied on a power hitting playstyle. Both countries scored a combined total of 20 hits. However, in terms of runs the match was scored in specific innings from both sides, due to the pitching battle and clutch defenses. The Dominican Republic would score one run in the sixth inning, and Cuba would respond with three runs in the seventh inning immediately. This would become the final score, and Cuba would advance to the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals\nThe second semifinal was played on March 18, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. PT that consisted of undefeated 1st-seed South Korea and 4th-seed Japan. The match would be instrumental in their sports rivalry, as the winner of this match would reach the final and outplace the loser. Japan would avenge South Korea by overwhelming Korean batting in seven scoreless innings led by pitcher Koji Uehara. However, Japan would offensively struggle up to the 7th inning until Kosuke Fukudome rapidly paced the offense to score five runs in the seventh through his home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Road to the championship, Semifinals\nJapan would end up scoring another run in the eighth, and securing a win against South Korea six runs to none. Once the game concluded, a format contoversy would be brought up to light as South Korea would finish with the better overall and head-to-head record by the end of the tournament. The impact of this controversy was changing the format in the next edition, as double-elimination would replace round-robin in the first and second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Wind-up\nNews organizations had mixed predictions on who would win the final. On one hand, Japan had more experience in professional baseball, particularly from Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball whereas Cuba would consider themselves amateurs. On the other, Japan came into the knockouts as a fourth-seed and Cuba has more experience in international baseball, winning 25 of the 39 Baseball World Cups (the former premier global competition in baseball). In addition, first baseman Albert Pujols argued that most of the Cubans could compete in the MLB if they were rightfully given the opportunity to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Wind-up\nOn top of this, both were the only countries to make top four at all editions in the Summer Olympics, although Cuba would have three gold medals and one silver medal whereas Japan would have two bronze medals and one silver medal up to this point. However, Japan holds a 4\u20133 record to the final, while Cuba has a 5\u20132 record. Therefore, by the rules of the World Baseball Classic, Inc., WBCI would declare Cuba as the favorites to win the match due to their overall record in the tournament up to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary\nThe final was played on March 20, 2006 at Petco Park in San Diego. This was the third game played at the park in the tournament, after the semi-finals where Japan beat South Korea and Cuba beat the Dominican Republic. The championship was played in front of nearly 43,000 people and began at 3:40 p.m. Pacific Time. Petco Park is widely known for being a pitcher's park, due to the high number of strikeouts and intentional walks likely coming from the marine layer and wind speed. On this day, the temperature recorded as 58\u00a0\u00b0F (14\u00a0\u00b0C) with 10 mph in a windy setting. Umpires consisted of Americans Tom Hallion (HP), Bob Davidson (1B), Ed Hickox (2B), Chris Guiccione (RF), Australian Neil Poulton (LF), and Puetro Rican Carlos Rey (3B).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary\nJapan changed their starting pitcher to Daisuke Matsuzaka\u2013one of the pioneers of the Gyroball and owns a diverse arsenal\u2013from Koji Uehara, who earned the win against South Korea. The park effects of Petco Park would prove to be favorable for Matsuzaka and would in turn make Cuba have a hard time batting due to their power batting style. Within the first four innings, Matsuzaka recorded five strikeouts to give the opportunity for the Japanese offense to largen their lead. In the fifth, Ichiro Suzuki hit a double to add two more runs, finishing the first half of the game with a six to one lead. Matsuzaka would exit the game right after this moment, and Cuba would respond aggressively offensively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary\n\"After they changed Matsuzaka, the team came out more aggressive. We said on the bench that if a reliever comes in, we have to come out attacking to cut the lead in the middle of the game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary\nA single-base hit made by Yuli Gurriel initiated Cuba's comeback, although Gurriel made the first base through an error by the Japanese defense. Soon after in the sixth inning, Ariel Borrero made first base through an earned hit and Osmani Urrutia would bat in both Gurriel and Borreo to make Japan's lead cut from five to three runs. The seventh inning served as a quiet pitching battle between both teams. However, in the bottom of the eighth inning, Frederich Cepeda would make a home run with a batter on base to cut the disparity to one run in favor of Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary\nJapan would plan a hitting sequence in order to outplay Cuba offensively, as Japan specialized on contact hitting. The Japanese's performance of their fundamentals would show the most from Ichiro Suzuki, who would hit to the very right field and bat in Munenori Kawasaki to make the game seven to five runs. Japan would get on-base frequently throughout the inning, to the extent that the top of the ninth inning would end in ten to five runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188497-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic championship, Championship, Summary\nThe offense would overwhelm the Cuban offense, as they were only able to score one more run in the bottom, finalizing Japan as the champion with ten to six runs as the score. Matsuzaka would be declared as the most valuable player of the tournament for setting the tone in the beginning of the game, particularly from intimidating the Cuban offense for four innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters\nThe following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 2006 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 3 and the final took place on March 20, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters\nThe teams listed on the country's roster is the team the player was with while the tournament took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool A, Chinese Taipei\nCoaches: Hung I-chung (\u6d2a\u4e00\u4e2d), Yeh Chih-shien (\u8449\u5fd7\u4ed9), Lu Ming-tsu (\u5442\u660e\u8cdc), Wu Fu-lien (\u5433\u5fa9\u9023), Hsieh Chang-heng (\u8b1d\u9577\u4ea8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool A, Japan\nCoaches: 84 \u2013 Kazuhiro Takeda (\u6b66\u7530\u4e00\u6d69), 85 \u2013 Hatsuhiko Tsuji (\u8fbb\u767a\u5f66), 86 \u2013 Yoshitaka Katori (\u9e7f\u53d6\u7fa9\u9686), 87 \u2013 Yasunori Oshima (\u5927\u5cf6\u5eb7\u5fb3), 88 \u2013 Sumio Hirota (\u5f18\u7530\u6f84\u7537)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool A, South Korea\nManager: Kim In-sik (\uae40\uc778\uc2dd)Coaches: 70 \u2014 Kim Jae-bak (hitting coach), 90 \u2014 Sun Dong-yol (pitching coach), 80 \u2014 Cho Bum-hyun (battery coach), 75 \u2014 Ryu Joong-il (defensive coach), 76 \u2014 Ryu Ji-hyun (base coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool B, Canada\nManager: Ernie Whitt (First base coach with the Toronto Blue Jays)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool B, Canada\nCoaches: Denis Boucher (Pitching Coach), Tim Leiper (Coach), Rob Ducey (Coach), Larry Walker (Coach), Tommy Craig (Trainer)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188498-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Baseball Classic rosters, Pool D, Venezuela\nCoaches: Dave Concepci\u00f3n, Oscar Escobar, Roberto Espinoza, Omar Malav\u00e9, Luis Salazar", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188499-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering (Italian: Campionato del Mondo di Scialpinismo 2006) was the third World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held in the Italian Province of Cuneo from February 27 to March 4, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188499-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe participating athletes were from 33 nations. Because the relay event for the \"Senior\" athletes had to be canceled to bad snow conditions, there was consequently no combined ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188500-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Club Challenge\nThe 2006 World Club Challenge was a Rugby league match held on Friday, 3 February 2006, at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield, UK. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Wests Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188500-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Bradford Bulls\nBradford Bulls qualified for the Challenge after being crowned the 2005 Super League champions, defeating their local rivals Leeds Rhinos 15 - 6 at Old Trafford. This Grand Final win avenged a defeat to the same team in the title decider the year before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188500-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Club Challenge, Qualification, Wests Tigers\nWests Tigers clinched the 2005 National Rugby League title in a 30 - 16 defeat of North Queensland Cowboys to earn a place in the World Club Challenge. The Tigers had reached the Grand Final for the first time since their formation five years earlier following a merger of Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188500-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Club Challenge, Teams\nThe Tigers were without six of their 2005 NRL grand final-winning team: star stand-off half back Benji Marshall had undergone shoulder surgery in the off season; winger Pat Richards and forward Mark O'Neill had signed to play with other clubs, and Dene Halatau, Todd Payten and Shane Elford were also absent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188500-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Club Challenge, Man of the Match\nStuart Fielden of the Bradford Bulls was awarded man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188501-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships\nThe 2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships is the 1st edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand on September 18, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188501-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships\nIn the individual competition of the World Cup on September 14\u201317, Korea won seven gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals overall, followed by Spain with two golds, two silvers and three bronzes and In the one-day team competition of the World Cup Championships on September 18, Korea won both male and female team titles. In the female division, Turkey stood at second place, with China finishing third. In the male division, Iran came second and France third. The best 8 male and female teams of the individual competition were allowed to compete in the team event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool\nThe 2006 World Cup of Pool (also known as the 2006 PartyPoker.com World Cup of Pool for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional nine-ball pool competition, the first World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, from 22 to 27 August 2006. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament, for a total prize fund of $250,000 with $60,000 being awarded to the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast on Sky TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool\nThe event was won by the Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante who defeated the American duo of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris 13\u20135 in the final. The event saw multiple world pool champions in the field, as well as snooker world champions in Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The unseeded Vietnamese team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and L\u01b0\u01a1ng Ch\u00ed D\u0169ng reached the semi-finals, where they won $8,000 each, three-times the country's national average wage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Format\nThe 2006 World Cup of Pool was a pairs nine-ball tournament played at Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. The tournament was played between 22 and 27 August 2006 as scotch doubles, with players taking shots alternatively. Matches were played as a race-to-nine racks until the final, which was played as a race-to-thirteen. The tournament was a single-elimination bracket, consisting of 32 teams. The event was played with the alternating breaks system, as to the traditional winner breaks as seen in other nine-ball events. The tournament was the inaugural World Cup of Pool event, sponsored by Partypoker, and created by Matchroom Sport. The event was filmed and broadcast by Matchroom Sport across 31 single hour programs on Sky TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Format, Prize fund\nA total of $250,000 was made available for the prize pool, with $60,000 being awarded to the winning team. Money earned by the team was shared between their players. A breakdown of prize money is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Format, Teams\nThe field consisted of 32 teams, with England having two teams. The participating teams are shown below, numbers in brackets denote seeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first\u2013second round)\nThe first round was played between 22 and 24 August. The Filipino team of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante won their match over Malta 9\u20130. Steve Davis partnered Daryl Peach for the first time in the event, but still defeated the Korean team 9\u20136. Davis commented post-match, \"It was hard to get ahead \u2013 every time we took the lead they got back into it but we stuck at it and came good in the end.\" The second England team, however, lost on a deciding rack to Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first\u2013second round)\nRaj Hundal and Ronnie O'Sullivan trailed 0\u20134 after just 20 minutes, but tied the match at 7\u20137. O'Sullivan scratched on the break in rack 15, but Rafael Guzm\u00e1n of Spain missed a shot on the 9-ball to allow the English team to lead 8\u20137. The Spanish side however took the next two frames to win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first\u2013second round)\nIn travelling to the event, Luc Salvas lost his cue stick, so he and Canadian partner Tyler Edey shared a cue, but still won 9\u20135 over Thailand. Sweden and Hong Kong featured a deciding rack. Hong Kong trailed 1\u20134, 6\u20132 and 8\u20135, but tied the match at 8\u20138. With just the final two balls remaining, Lee Chenman made a difficult 8-ball to allow the Hong Kong team to win 9\u20138. Chenman later commented that the odds of 2/1 against the team winning prior to the match pushed them to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first\u2013second round)\nIn their match against the host Wales team, the Germany team of Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann took an early 6\u20130 lead, and won 9\u20132. The Japanese team received a walkover against Indonesia, as the later failed to secure visas to compete at the event. The unseeded Vietnamese team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and L\u01b0\u01a1ng Ch\u00ed D\u0169ng won 9\u20138 over Croatia in a match full of errors. The Dutch team of Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg defeated the Scottish pair 9\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Early rounds (first\u2013second round)\nThe second round was played 24 and 25 August. The remaining United Kingdom team, the England B side were eliminated by the USA team of Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris. The teams were tied at 3\u20133 but the USA team won six straight racks to win 9\u20133. Fifth seed Taiwan were tied at 4\u20134 with Japan, before winning the next five racks to win 9\u20134. Hong Kong completed their second 9\u20138 win, this time over 11th seed Russia. The Canadian side trailed 4\u20137, but won the next four racks to lead 8\u20137 over the Czech team. However, the Czechs won the final two racks to reach the quarter-finals. The Filipino team defeated Malaysia 9\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe quarter-finals were played on 26 August. The Vietnam team of Nguyen Thanh Nam and L\u01b0\u01a1ng Ch\u00ed D\u0169ng won their third match in the tournament 9\u20138, this time over the Italian team. The Italians led the match 8\u20137, but a combination and table-length shot on the 2-ball by Nguyen allowed the Vietnam team to win the match. The German team of Ortmann and Engert defeated the Taiwanese team 9\u20134. The Philippine team (and top seeds) defeated the Czech Republic 9\u20136. The Filipino team won the first three frames, but won just one of the next seven to trail 4\u20136. However, they then won the next five frames to win the match. Bustamante called the match \"scary\", and said that they had \"played badly\". With pre-tournament odds of 150/1, the Hong Kong team were defeated 3\u20139 against the American team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe semi-finals were played 27 August. The first semi-final was held between the Philippines and Germany. The Filipino team led 5\u20134, and won rack 10 with a fluke, escaping from a snooker and took the next to lead 7\u20134. The German team won the next three racks to tie the match 7\u20137. The Philippines won the next rack, before Ortmann missed banking the 2-ball in rack 16 and the Filipino team cleared the table to win 9\u20137. The second semi-final was held between the Vietnam and USA teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe unseeded Vietnam team had already beaten three seeded teams to get to the semi-finals, and won the opening rack. They then came from behind to tie the match at 3\u20133, before the USA team won three racks in a row. The USA team also had a three rack advantage at 8\u20135 to go to the hill. Nguyen made a difficult shot on the 9-ball in rack 14, and also won rack 15 to trail 7\u20138. Breaking to go hill-hill, Nguyen missed a shot with the cue behind his back on the 5-ball allowing the USA team to take the rack and win 9\u20137. Even in losing, the pair won $8,000 each, three-times the national average wage in Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nThe final was contested on the evening of the same day as a race-to-13 racks, between Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante of the Philippines and Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris of the USA. The final was attended by a crowd of 900 people, the majority of which were Expatriates supporting the Philippines. With the scores tied at 4\u20134, the Philippine team won 7 consecutive racks, to take a 11\u20134 lead, and eventually win the final 13\u20135. Morris said of the match: \"That was pretty disappointing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Summary, Later rounds (quarter-finals\u2013final)\nAfter 4\u20134 it didn't go our way although the match was closer than the score suggested but when it went to 7\u20134 we were both pretty deflated and felt it slipping away. We never really got a clear shot off the break and it was a tough hill to climb but they played great \u2013 the way they were supposed to so congratulations to them.\" Bustamante commented that the event win was due to his partner's play saying, \"Efren played lots of unbelievable shots; some of them I've never seen in my life! That's why we won.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 68], "content_span": [69, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188502-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Pool, Tournament bracket\nBelow is the results from the event. Teams in bold denote match winners. Numbers to the left of teams represents the team's seedings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188503-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Cup of Softball\nThe second World Cup of Softball was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA between July 16 and July 20, 2010. USA won their third World Cup by defeating Australia 3-1 in the Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188504-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Darts Trophy\nThe 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy was the fifth edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188504-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Darts Trophy\nPlayers from the Professional Darts Corporation competed for the first time, with five PDC players invited to the event. Gary Robson, the 2005 winner, and Jelle Klaasen, the BDO World Champion, were eliminated in the first round by Simon Whitlock and Tony Eccles, respectively. The final, featuring Phil Taylor, the PDC World Champion and in his first BDO major final for fourteen years, and Martin Adams, in his second straight World Darts Trophy final, was won by Taylor, 7\u20132 in sets. The women's event was replaced with a junior's event, with this being the only year a junior's event took place. Ron Meulenkamp won the junior's event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188504-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Darts Trophy, Qualifiers, Professional Darts Corporation\nFive places were awarded to players from the PDC. Four places were awarded to the top four players in the PDC Order of Merit. A fifth place was awarded to Raymond van Barneveld, winner of the International Darts League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188504-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Darts Trophy, Television coverage\nThe tournament was broadcast by SBS6 in the Netherlands, but was not shown in the UK. An internet feed from SBS was available. However, this may be restricted to the Netherlands only due to contractual restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188505-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Fencing Championships\nThe 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188506-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Field Archery Championships\nThe 2006 World Field Archery Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188507-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It was held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Canada from March 19 to 26, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188507-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nThe competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2006 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188507-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nBased on the results of the 2005 World Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188507-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nNone of the gold medalists from the 2006 Olympics competed at the 2006 World Championships. St\u00e9phane Lambiel, the only defending World champion, won his event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188507-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nDue to the large number of participants, the ladies and men's qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. This was the last World Championships to have a qualifying round. Following the 2006 Worlds, the ISU Congress voted to remove it. Following these Worlds, all skaters would compete in the short program, with the top twenty-four then advancing to the free skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188508-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Grand Prix (darts)\nThe 2006 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the ninth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland, between 23\u201329 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188508-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Grand Prix (darts)\nThe top 24 players in the PDC world rankings were joined by four players from a field of 348 at the All Ireland Qualifiers and four players from a field of 127 at the PDPA Qualifiers. Phil Taylor won the event \u2013 his seventh Grand Prix title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188508-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Grand Prix (darts), How They Qualified, Automatic Qualifiers\nThe top 24 players in the PDC rankings secured their place at the 2006 World Grand Prix automatically. Colin Lloyd as world number one at the time of the cut-off date of 11 September took his place as top seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188508-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Grand Prix (darts), How They Qualified, All Ireland Qualifiers\nThe Fairways Hotel in Dundalk played host to the All-Ireland qualifying event on 17 September. Out of a field of 348 players from Ireland, four qualified to play in the World Grand Prix. The top three ranked players - John MaGowan, Tom Kirby and Mick McGowan all failed to reach the final stages. Three of the qualifiers will be making their Grand Prix debuts, with only Paul Watton having previously appeared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188508-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Grand Prix (darts), How They Qualified, PDPA Qualifiers\nThe Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event was held at the Newport Centre on 22 September. Out of a field of 127 players, four players qualified to complete the line up for the Grand Prix. Raymond van Barneveld, Steve Beaton, Alan Green and Andy Callaby were the successful players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188508-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize fund\nFollowing the announcement in October 2006 of the extension of Skybet's sponsorship contract, the prize fund was increased to \u00a3130,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188509-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Indoor Bowls Championship\nThe 2006 Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in 2006. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188510-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Interuniversity Games\nThe 2006 World Interuniversity Games were the eighth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Dublin, Ireland, from October 9 to October 13, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188510-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Interuniversity Games, Hosting\nDublin, Ireland, was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was the University College Dublin (UCD). Dublin City University (DCU) acted as a co-host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188510-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Interuniversity Games, Competitions\nTeams participated in 6 different competitions (4 sports), this included the new addition of Volleyball Men & Women competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188511-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship\nThe 2006 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at Tijuca T\u00eanis Clube, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge\nThe World Junior A Challenge 2006 was an international Junior \"A\" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2006 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Summary\nThe final was between Canada East and Canada West. The West came out on fire early with two quick goals from Jordie Johnston of the La Ronge Ice Wolves, and took a 4-0 lead before the halfway point of the game. The East came back, led by two third period goals by David Kostuch of the Markham Waxers, but in the end they came up short. The West won the first ever WJAC with a 4-3 victory. The Gold Medal game was the only game of the tournament to be nationally televised. It was pre-taped and played on November 18, 2006 by TSN, a week after the game was actually played. All games, except the final, were webcast by Hockey Canada. The Final, due to a contractual agreement with TSN, was not allowed to be webcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Summary\nThe Bronze Medal Game was played between Slovakia and Russia. After 3 periods, the game was tied 1-1. After an Overtime and Shootout, the Russians came out on top 2-1. They outshot the Slovaks 49-16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Summary, Canadian Controversy\nFollowing the Championship game, Hockey Canada officials told members of their own two national teams that if they wanted to keep their game-worn jerseys, they would have to flip their own bill. For a price of $225 CAD, players were allowed to take home their own \"Home\" jersey. For an additional $40 they could even keep their shin socks. Another interesting aspect of this situation was that players were told by Hockey Canada officials that the entire team either had to buy their jerseys or no one on the team could. In contrast, at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships last year players were allowed to keep their white home jerseys for free, but their red away jerseys were kept by Hockey Canada to auction off at a fundraiser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Championship Round\nNote: Qualifier games on November 9, Semi-final games on November 11, Final game on November 12, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus\nPlayers: Vitali Bialinski, Anton Mitskevich, Mikhail Karpeichyk, Vitali Marchanka, Ivan Nachaunoi, Siarhei Sheleh, Aliaksandr Yeronau, Nikolai Goncharov, Viachaslau Raitsou, Aleh Haroshka, Philip Maistrenka, Aliaksandr Famin, Pavel Razvadouski, Igor Revenko, Kiryl Brykun, Andrei Kolasau, Dzmitry Verameichyk, Valeri Bojarskih, Artsiom Dziamkou, Yauheni Salamonau, Andrei Zaleuski, Ihar Varashylau, Uladzimir Mikhailau", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Belarus\nStaff: Sergei Opimakh, Pavel Perapekhin, Aliksandr Haurylionak, Valery Ivanis, Andrei Kanstantsinovich", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East\nPlayers: Scott Greenham, Cameron Talbot, Ryan Burkholder, Alain Goulet, Scott Levigne, Brock Matheson, Brendan Smith, Jeff Terminesi, Mike Ward, Will Acton, Spencer Anderson, Jean-Phillipe Beaulieu, Glenn Belmore, Louie Caporusso, Scott Freeman, Mike Gailbraith, Kyle Goodchild, Jordan Knox, David Kostuch, Michael Lecomte, Keif Orsini, Paul Zanette", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada East\nStaff: Brent Ladds, Paul Currie, Jerome Dupont, Marty Abrams, Troy Ryan, Dave Campbell, Bill O'Connor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West\nPlayers: Keanan Boomer, Guillaume Perusse, Deron Cousens, Ryan de Vries, Maury Edwards, Jason Gray, Kyle Haines, Damon Kipp, Evan Oberg, Cody Danberg, Justin Fontaine, Justin Gvora, Tyson Hobbins, Jordie Johnston, Joel Malchuk, Tyler McNeely, Chad Nehring, Kyle Ostrow, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Kyle Reed, Kyle Turris, Ben Winnett", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Canada West\nStaff: Kim Davis, Darcy Rota, Boris Rybalka, Bruno Campese, Ken Pearson, Dwight McMillan, Ron Holloway, Don Pindus", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany\nPlayers: Markus Keller, Bjorn Linda, Andreas Tanzer, Nikolaus Senger, Andre Mangold, Sinan Akdag, Sebastian Eickmann, Florian Muller, Andreas Gawlik, Gregor Stein, Denis Reul, Jens Heyer, Nicolas Ackermann, Robin Thomson, Markus Ruderer, Michael Rimbeck, Martin Buchwieser, Michael Christ, Martin Leismuller, Patrick Geiger, Dennis Fischbuch, Andre Huebscher, Alexander Oblinger, Daniel M\u00f6hle, Daniel Oppolzer, Thomas Dreischer, Steven Rupprich, Gerit Fauser, Marc Wittforth, David Wolf, Martin Hinterstocker, Phillip Michl", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Germany\nStaff: Michael Pfuhl, James Andrew Setters, Thomas Schadler, Alfred Stockbauer, Yasser El-Laymony, Dennis Sattler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia\nPlayers: Dmitri Voloshin, Sergey Gayduchenko, Yakov Seleznev, Maxim Isaev, Andrey Kolesnikov, Maksim Goncharov, Vladimir Repin, Nikolay Lukyanchikov, Andrey Konev, Albert Polinin, Mikhail Churlyaev, Denis Trakhanov, Alexander Vasiliev, Vladimir Bakika, Vitaly Karamnov, Dmitry Tsyganov, Kim Dovlatyan, Denis Fakhrutdinov, Egor Averin, Sergey Korostin, Maksim Mayorov, Nikita Klyukin, Egor Dubrovskiy, Ilya Fedin, Evgeny Dadonov, Ruben Begunts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Russia\nStaff: Andrey Fedorov, Radj Dovlatyan, Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, Vladimir Koluzganov, Igor Semenov, Yuri Leonov, Nikolay Kulikov, Viktor Tsyplakov, Sergey Vinnikov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Slovakia\nPlayers: Jaroslav Janus, Matus Andreanin, Marek Daloga, Branislav Horvath, Jan Brejcak, Martin Baca, Marek Pekar, Matus Vizvary, Antonin Hruska, Michal Kozak, Dalimir Jancovic, Marek Mertel, Tomas Vyletelka, Martin Stepan, Milan Kytnar, Matej Misura, Adam Bezak, Ondrej Rusnak, Juraj Paulen, Martin Filo, Lubos Dobry, Vladimir Mikula,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188512-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior A Challenge, Rosters, Slovakia\nStaff: Jan Filic, Tibor Danis, Dusan Halahija, Josef Hrtus, Juraj Nemcek, Pavol Klobusicky", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188513-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2006 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the 11th edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Solkan, Slovenia from 7 to 9 July 2006 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188514-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics\nThe 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188514-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics\nThe Championships were dominated by the host nation China, and Kenya. The United States showed a near complete domination in the relay events. Estonia won four gold medals; their first medals ever at the World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188514-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1350 athletes from 176 countries participated in the event. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188515-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe men's 10,000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188515-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188516-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres walk\nThe men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188516-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188517-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188517-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 80 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188518-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles\nThe men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18, 19 and 20 August. 99.0\u00a0cm (3'3) (junior implement) hurdles were used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188518-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188519-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188519-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188520-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThe men's 200 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188520-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188521-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [77, 77], "content_span": [78, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188521-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 77], "section_span": [79, 92], "content_span": [93, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188522-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188522-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188523-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188523-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 84 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188524-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres\nThe men's 400 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188524-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 40 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188525-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles\nThe men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16, 17 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188525-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 86], "content_span": [87, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188526-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe men's 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188526-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188527-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres\nThe men's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188527-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188528-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon\nThe men's decathlon event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 17 August. Junior implements were used, i.e. 99.0\u00a0cm (3'3) hurdles, 6\u00a0kg shot and 1.75\u00a0kg discus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188528-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's decathlon, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188529-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw\nThe men's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August. A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188529-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's discus throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188530-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw\nThe men's hammer throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 18 August. A 6\u00a0kg (junior implement) hammer was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188530-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188531-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump\nThe men's high jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188531-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's high jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188532-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw\nThe men's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188532-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188533-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump\nThe men's long jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188533-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's long jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188534-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault\nThe men's pole vault event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188534-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's pole vault, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188535-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put\nThe men's shot put event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 19 August. A 6kg (junior implement) shot was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188535-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's shot put, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188536-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188536-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Men's triple jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188537-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres walk\nThe women's 10,000 metres walk event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188537-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres walk, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188538-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres\nThe women's 100 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188538-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188539-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles\nThe women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188539-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188540-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe women's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188540-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188541-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nThe women's 200 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188541-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 50 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188542-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres\nThe women's 3000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188542-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188543-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 79], "section_span": [79, 79], "content_span": [80, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188543-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 79], "section_span": [81, 94], "content_span": [95, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188544-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188544-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 88 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [77, 90], "content_span": [91, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188545-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [75, 75], "content_span": [76, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188545-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 75], "section_span": [77, 90], "content_span": [91, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188546-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres\nThe women's 400 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188546-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188547-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nThe women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [73, 73], "content_span": [74, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188547-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 73], "section_span": [75, 88], "content_span": [89, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188548-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188548-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188549-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188549-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188550-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188550-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's discus throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 82], "content_span": [83, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188551-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw\nThe women's hammer throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188551-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 82], "content_span": [83, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188552-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188552-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188553-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump\nThe women's high jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188553-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's high jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188554-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw\nThe women's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 19 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188554-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188555-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe women's long jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 19 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188555-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's long jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188556-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault\nThe women's pole vault event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16 and 18 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188556-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's pole vault, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188557-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe women's shot put event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188557-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's shot put, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188558-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe women's triple jump event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188558-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics \u2013 Women's triple jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188559-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2006 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 11 to 19 in Jeonju, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188560-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from March 6 to 12. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188560-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe event was open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who on July 1, 2005 had reached the age of 13 but had not yet turned 19 (or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188560-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe term \"Junior\" refers to the age level rather than the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing had competed nationally and internationally at the senior level, but were still age-eligible for Junior Worlds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188560-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. Scores did not carry over from qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188561-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships\nThe 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Team Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5\u20130 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188561-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188561-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188562-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters\nBelow are the rosters for teams competing in the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188563-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Junior Table Tennis Championships\nThe 2006 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 10 to 17 December 2006. It was organised by the Egyptian Table Tennis Federation under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The fourth edition of the tournaments consisted of mixed doubles competitions and singles, doubles and team competitions for both boys and girls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188564-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Karate Championships\nThe 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship\nCanada won its second gold medal at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 14 to 22 July. The Canadians defeated the United States in the final 15\u201310 in front of 7,735 fans. It marked only the second loss by the Americans since the championship was founded in 1967. The first was Canada's historic 17\u201316 overtime win in the 1978 final. Canadian Geoff Snider was the tournament MVP for his outstanding face-off performance, winning 19 of 28 draws in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship\nAustralia beat Iroquois 21\u20138 to earn the bronze medal. 21 nations played 72 games over the eight-day tournament, with Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Spain making their debuts. The games were played in TD Waterhouse Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship\nThe World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) every four years. The 2006 WLC was the last to be sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation, the former governing body for men. In August 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations, to form the FIL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play\nFor the round-robin phase of the tournament, nations were separated into blue, red, orange and yellow divisions according to strength. Each of the twenty-one nations was eligible to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Blue Division\nThe Blue Division featured the six strongest lacrosse nations: Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Japan, and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Red Division\nRed Division featured the next five strongest lacrosse nations: Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Orange Division\nThe five countries competing in Orange Division were: the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Pool play, Yellow Division\nThe Yellow Division featured Bermuda, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, and Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Finals\nWith the nations ranked amongst their division, they played off for their final standings. The winner from each lower group played a lower-ranked nation from Blue division for their shot at the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Awards, All World Team\nThe International Lacrosse Federation named an All World Team at the conclusion of the championship, along with four other individual awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188565-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Lacrosse Championship, Awards, Best Positional Players\nBrodie Merrill - Defence Jay Jalbert - Midfield Jeff Zywicki - Attack", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188566-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge\nThe 2006 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the 3rd edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts)\nThe 2006 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13-15, 2006. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts)\nSeventeen-year-old, Michael van Gerwen, became the youngest winner in the 32-year history of the event when he defeated England captain, Martin Adams in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule\nQualifying event for the 2007 Lakeside World Professional Championship was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule\nPlayers from 30 countries played on a multi-board system to qualify for the stage matches to be played on Saturday and Sunday. There were some major upsets in the qualifying round as only 4 seeded players managed to progress to the last 16. Five seeded players even failed to reach the final qualifying round (last 32) of the tournament. World Champion, Jelle Klaasen was amongst the big-named players who went out early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule\nBobby George lost in the first qualifying round to Jim Widmeyer (USA). Former World Champion, Andy Fordham managed to progress through one qualifying round before losing to Benny Grace (Ire).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule\nKimberley Lewis \u00a0Wales (Ave 63.06) beat Thea Kaaijk \u00a0Netherlands (Ave 67.26) 4-2 (legs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188567-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters (darts), Tournament Schedule\nMaarten Pape \u00a0Netherlands (Ave 75.84) beat Jan Dekker \u00a0Netherlands (Ave 71.64) 4-1 (legs)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188568-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nThe second World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Linz, Austria, from March 15-20, 2006. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188568-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships\nA full range of indoor track and field events were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188569-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Matchplay\nThe 2006 Stan James World Matchplay was the 13th staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 23\u201329 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188569-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Matchplay\nPhil Taylor won the title for the eighth time, by defeating James Wade 18\u201311 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188569-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Matchplay, Prize money\nThe prize fund increased by \u00a330,000 on the previous year, with the winner now receiving \u00a330,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship\nThe 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1\u20139, 2006 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Hugh Millikin Third: Ricky Tasker Second: Mike Woloschuk Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Ian Palangio", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Jean-Michel M\u00e9nard Third: Fran\u00e7ois Roberge Second: \u00c9ric Sylvain Lead: Maxime Elmaleh Alternate: Jean Gagnon", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Carsten Svensgaard Lead: Joel Ostrowski Alternate: Kenneth J\u00f8rgensen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nFourth: Kalle Kiiskinen Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi*** Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Sebastian Stock Third: Daniel Herberg Second: Markus Messenzehl Lead: Patrick Hoffman Alternate: Bernhard Mayr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Douglas Dryburgh Third: Peter Wilson Second: Robin Gray Lead: John Kenny Alternate: Peter J.D. Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Third: Makoto Tsuruga Second: Tsuyoshi Ryutaki Lead: Kazuhiko Ikawa Alternate: Yuji Hirama", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nerg\u00e5rd Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Christoffer Svae", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : David Murdoch Third: Ewan MacDonald Second: Warwick Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter Smith", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Nils Carls\u00e9n Third: Niklas Edin Second: Marcus Hasselborg Lead: Emanuel Allberg Alternate: Daniel Tenn", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Ralph St\u00f6ckli Third: Claudio Pescia Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Simon Str\u00fcbin Alternate: Marco Battilana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joseph Polo Lead: John Shuster Alternate: Scott Baird", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams\n* ** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury; Kiiskinen skipped in his place. Markku returned April 3; threw second rocks in the early draw and third stones in the remainder of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188570-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Men's Curling Championship, Round robin standings\nScoring for the tournament was done by . They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188571-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Modern Pentathlon Championships\nThe 2006 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from November 18 to November 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch\nThe World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, Selection process\nEvery two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, non-government organizations (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field. An independent panel of international experts then select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the sites, the urgency of the threat, and the viability of both advocacy and conservation solutions. For the succeeding two-year period until a new Watch List is published, these 100 sites can avail grants and funds from the WMF, as well as from other foundations, private donors, and corporations by capitalizing on the publicity and attention gained from the inclusion on the Watch List.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, 2006 Watch List\nThe 2006 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on June 21, 2005 by WMF President Bonnie Burnham. It marked the first time that an entire country was placed on the Watch List. Iraq, long considered as the \"cradle of human civilization\" and within whose borders lie an estimated 10,000 archaeological sites, has been left vulnerable to widespread looting, vandalism, and other acts of violence in the wake of the 2003 military invasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, 2006 Watch List\nThe World Monuments Watch provides a valuable barometer of the state of heritage preservation worldwide\u2026 The biennial Watch list tells us not only which sites are in peril, but also what kinds of threats\u2014natural disaster, war, pollution, neglect, or other issues\u2014are endangering the world's heritage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, 2006 Watch List\nOn October 6, 2005, nearly four months after the publication of the 2006 Watch List and more than a month after the significant devastation brought about by Hurricane Katrina on America's Gulf Coast, the WMF, together with partners American Express Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation, decided to place the Gulf Coast and New Orleans as the 101st endangered site on the 2006 Watch List.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, Statistics by country/territory\nThe following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2006 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, Notes\nA. Numbers list only meant as a guide on this article. No official reference numbers have been designated for the sites on the Watch List. B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official . C. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188572-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 World Monuments Watch, Notes\nD. On October 6, 2005, the WMF has added the historic and cultural assets of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans to the 2006 Watch List as its 101st site, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina significantly damaging and destroying numerous historic structures across the region. E. Tally includes the Gulf Coast and New Orleans site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188573-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Mountain Running Trophy\nThe 2006 World Mountain Running Championships was the 22nd edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188574-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Music Awards\nThe 2006 (18th annual) World Music Awards were held in London, England and hosted by Lindsay Lohan on 15 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188574-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Music Awards\nPerformances included a \"Thriller\" recreation by Chris Brown and a children's chorus rendition of \"We Are the World\" with Michael Jackson. The latter would end up being Jackson's final live performance (in fact, it was more a participation). Other performers included Andrea Bocelli, Beyonc\u00e9, Bob Sinclar, Dima Bilan, Elissa, Enya, Faithless, Katie Melua, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Tokio Hotel, and Suleman Mirza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188574-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Music Awards\nPresenters included Pamela Anderson, Natalie Imbruglia, Donatella Versace, Sugababes, Nicole Richie, Denise Richards and Brian McFadden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188574-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Music Awards\nThe World Music Awards ceremony was televised in 160 countries including the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, China, Africa and the Middle East. In the United Kingdom it was broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 November 2006. In the U.S., ABC is the traditional home of the World Music Awards, but in recent years they have moved to MyNetworkTV, which rebroadcast the 2006 show on 1 July 2009, due to that show's tributes to the recently deceased Michael Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188574-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Music Awards, Diamond Award\nThe Diamond Award honors those recording-artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. Past recipients include Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart and Bon Jovi. This year's recipient was Michael Jackson (awarded by Beyonc\u00e9). His most popular album, \"Thriller\" has sold more than 104 million copies worldwide since its release in 1982 - making it the best-selling album of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188575-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Orienteering Championships\nThe 2006 World Orienteering Championships, the 23rd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aarhus, Denmark, 1 \u20135 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188575-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Orienteering Championships\nThe championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames\nThe 1st World Outgames took place in Montr\u00e9al, Quebec, Canada from July 26, 2006 to August 5, 2006. The international conference was held from July 26 to the 29. The sporting events were held from July 29 to August 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, History\nThe event evolved out of a dispute concerning spending for the 2006 Gay Games (formally called Gay Games VII), which Montr\u00e9al had been awarded. However, the Gay Games sanctioners (Federation of Gay Games) and Montr\u00e9al 2006 quarrelled over the budget and scale of the Games and the amount of control each party would exercise; subsequently, the FGG parted company with Montr\u00e9al, awarding the games to Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, History\nIt was the second major multi-sport sporting event that Montr\u00e9al had hosted since the Montr\u00e9al Olympics in 1976. It used facilities from the Olympics and those from the 2005 World Aquatic Championships, the previous major multi-sport event in Montr\u00e9al. The Outgames Montr\u00e9al 2006 were larger than the 2006 Gay Games in number of events and amount spent but not in the number of participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, History\nThe event was held concurrently with Divers/Cit\u00e9, the city's primary LGBT pride festival. The increased number of LGBT tourists in town for the Outgames had been expected to be a financial boon for Divers/Cit\u00e9, but ironically that festival's attendance and revenues actually declined from previous years. According to Divers/Cit\u00e9 director Suzanne Girard, \"even if there were more people than usual, there were 10,000 more things to do.\" Later in the year, as a result of the financial impacts of the Outgames, Divers/Cit\u00e9 dropped its pride programming and repositioned itself as an arts and music festival, leading to the creation of the new Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al to take over as the city's pride festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, History\nA Quebec government audit revealed a CAD 5.3 million deficit for the 2006 Outgames on a CAD 15 million total budget on November 13, 2006. On December 7, 2006, Outgames Montr\u00e9al 2006 filed for bankruptcy protection. Of the deficit, CAD 3.1 million was in loans from the governments of Montr\u00e9al and Quebec, while the other CAD 2.2 million was due to private companies and individuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights\nThe Outgames Montr\u00e9al 2006 included an International Conference on LGBT Human Rights immediately prior to the games themselves, from July 26 to July 29. With attendance of some 2,000 participants, it was the largest conference on LGBT rights ever held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights\nThe four-day conference consisted of five plenary sessions on the United States and Canada, Africa and the Arab World, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe, in addition to the opening and closing sessions. Keynote speakers included G\u00e9rald Tremblay, Gene Robinson, Mark Tewksbury, Irshad Manji, Mariela Castro, Georgina Beyer, Waheed Alli, Martin Cauchon, Li Yinhe and Martina Navratilova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights\nLouise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, delivered an especially well-received speech at the opening dinner, which gave particular encouragement to the conference's goal of recognition at the United Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights\nThere were also more than a hundred workshops on more specific themes, as well as programmes of workshops on sport, business, and international affairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, International Conference on LGBT Human Rights\nThe conference concluded with the issuance of the Declaration of Montr\u00e9al on LGBT Human Rights, a declaration that will be submitted to the United Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies\nOpening Ceremonies for the 1st Outgames Montr\u00e9al 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies\nAfter the parade of nations, the Declaration of Montr\u00e9al was read by Mark Tewksbury and Martina Navratilova. G\u00e9rald Tremblay, Mayor of Montr\u00e9al, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies\nAfter the athletes' and officials' oath were taken by Charles Boyer and Diane Bandy respectively, Mayor Tremblay officially declared the Outgames open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, Opening Ceremonies\nUsing the theme of \"the circle\", the concept of the show integrated music, song, dance, choruses, mass choreography and performances by the Cirque du Soleil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, Venues\nOver 50 venues in Montr\u00e9al 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 Montr\u00e9al Olympic Park and the Jean Drapeau Park. The Outgames used most of the venues built for the Montr\u00e9al Summer Olympics of 1976. Other venues included the Golf Metropolitain Anjou for golfing, the Parc du Domaine Vert \u00e0 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188576-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World Outgames, Venues\nThe main social and entertainment location for non-sporting events during the Outgames Montr\u00e9al 2006 was located at the west side of Viger Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship\nThe 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 Gr\u00f6nholm, in a Ford Focus RS WRC, took the win ahead of France's S\u00e9bastien Loeb. After the Swedish Rally ended with the same top-two, Loeb and Kronos Citro\u00ebn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship, Rule changes\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship, Rule changes\nFor 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship, Rule changes\nTwo categories were created to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship, Calendar\nThe 2006 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, North America, Asia, South America and Oceania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers, Notes\nThis is the first season without Carlos Sainz since 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188577-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rally Championship, Teams and drivers, Notes\n\u2020 Sebastien Loeb broke his arm before Rally Turkey and missed the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188578-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Rowing Championships\nThe 2006 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 20 to 27 August 2006 at Dorney Lake, Eton, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188579-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Sambo Championships\nThe 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", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188580-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2006 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 4 to 11 at the T\u00e5rnby Curling Club in Copenhagen, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188580-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Senior Curling Championships\nGroup 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series\nIt 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\u2013Cincinnati), 1968 (Detroit\u2013St. Louis) and 1967 (Boston\u2013St. Louis).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series\nCardinals 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series\nThe Cardinals finished the regular season 83\u201378. This is the second-worst record ever for a league champion (the 1973 New York Mets finished 82\u201379) and the worst record ever for a World Series champion. Previously the 1987 Minnesota Twins finished 85\u201377 and defeated that year's Cardinals team in the 1987 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nNeither team was given much chance to advance far into October by many baseball pundits. Both teams stumbled through the second halves of their seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0004-0002", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nThe Cardinals held a seven-game advantage in the National League Central over the Cincinnati Reds and an 8+1\u20442-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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nThus, 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\u20131. The Cardinals also won their series 3\u20131, 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 Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez 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\u00a07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nThe Tigers had home-field advantage in the Series, due to the AL's 3\u20132 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\u20130 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, A pair of battered ballclubs\nRiding 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\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play\nSt. 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\u00a02. 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 77], "content_span": [78, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play\nWhen 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 77], "content_span": [78, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play\nJim 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\u201339 and 1941\u201343), Yogi Berra (1964 Yankees, 1973 Mets), Alvin Dark (1962 Giants, 1974 A's), Sparky Anderson (1970, 1972, 1975\u201376 Reds, 1984 Tigers), Dick Williams (1967 Red Sox, 1972\u201373 A's, 1984 Padres), and Tony La Russa (1988\u201390 A's, 2004, 2006 Cardinals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 77], "content_span": [78, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play\nAdditionally, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 77], "content_span": [78, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Background, Two veteran managers return to postseason play\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 77], "content_span": [78, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Summary\n\u2020: Game\u00a04 was postponed due to rain on October 25, forcing Game\u00a05 to be subsequently pushed back a day as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nTwo rookies faced off in Game\u00a01 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 Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez walked. Carlos Guill\u00e9n singled Monroe in, giving the Tigers a 1\u20130 lead. However, in the top of the second, Scott Rolen hit a long home run to left field, tying the score at 1\u20131. Rolen was 0-for-15 in his career in the World Series before hitting the home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nMeanwhile, Anthony Reyes was the story. The pitcher who had the fewest regular season wins of a Game\u00a01 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 1\nWith 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\u20132 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\u00a05 of the 1987 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2\nWith a starting temperature of 44\u00a0\u00b0F (7\u00a0\u00b0C), controversy surrounded the start of Game\u00a02 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2\nUnfazed, 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 Guill\u00e9n, who was a home run away from the cycle, and Sean Casey each drove in runs to give the Tigers a 3\u20130 lead going into the ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2\nTodd 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0018-0002", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 2\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nAfter the Cardinals were shut out by Detroit pitcher Kenny Rogers for eight innings in Game\u00a02, St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter answered with eight innings of his own in a 5\u20130 Cardinals victory in Game\u00a03. 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nSt. 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nReliever 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 3\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nGame\u00a04 was pushed back a day because of rain, the first time a rainout had occurred in the World Series since Game\u00a01 in 1996. The fans from the game were to attend Game\u00a05. (Thus, fans who had tickets for Game\u00a05 went to Game\u00a04 instead.) The Cardinals won, taking a 3\u20131 series lead. The starters were Jeff Suppan for the Cardinals and Jeremy Bonderman for the Tigers. The Tigers took a 3\u20130 lead into the top of the third, after Sean Casey had two RBIs, including a home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nThe other RBI came from Detroit's Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez, who singled in Carlos Guill\u00e9n. 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\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0023-0002", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nThe 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 Pl\u00e1cido 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0023-0003", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 4\nThe Tigers tied the game in the top of the eighth on a Brandon Inge double that scored Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez. 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nOn 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\u2013Mets 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nJustin 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 Guill\u00e9n to get the third out on what was almost an infield hit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nCardinals 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 Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez. 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0027-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nWith Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez 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\u20131. 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0027-0002", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nThe 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.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0027-0003", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nThe 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\u20132. Verlander kept Weaver from scoring by retiring Chris Duncan, but the damage was already done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nChris 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 Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez 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\u20132. Fernando Rodney, who gave up the single to Rolen and was charged with the run, managed to retire Ronnie Belliard to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nJeff 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 Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, led off the inning. He proceeded to work a full count but then grounded out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nThe second batter, Sean Casey, worked a full count and then doubled to bring the tying run to the plate. The third batter, Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez, got ahead in the count 2\u20130 but grounded back to Wainwright on the next pitch, putting the Cardinals one out away. The fourth batter, Pl\u00e1cido Polanco (who was hitless during the entire series), fell behind 1\u20132, but then worked a walk to put the tying run on. The fifth batter, Brandon Inge, fell behind 0\u20132, again putting the Cardinals one strike from a World Series championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0029-0002", "contents": "2006 World Series, Matchups, Game 5\nHe 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.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Composite line score\n2006 World Series (4\u20131): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Broadcasting\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Broadcasting\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Broadcasting\nJohn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Broadcasting\nFox aired commercials supporting and opposing the Missouri Constitutional Amendment during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Ratings\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Ratings\nHowever, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Aftermath\nNeither 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\u201386 record in 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series, Aftermath\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188581-0038-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series, Aftermath\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188582-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series by Renault\nThe 2006 World Series by Renault was the second season of Renault Sport's series of events, with three different championships racing under one banner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker\nAll 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker\nThe first prize in the main event was $12\u00a0million (US$), 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker\nThe 2006 World Series featured a much-anticipated HORSE tournament with a $50,000 buy-in, the highest ever for a single WSOP event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker\nHumberto 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nAlong 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\u2019s chips into the pot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table\n*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2006 Main Event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other high finishes\nNB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 5\nWhen 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\u201311,000 in chips had already been blinded off from the empty stack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 20\nMany 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\u2011minute 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.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 25\nDuring 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188583-0012-0001", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker, Controversy, Event 25\nDaniel 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 1: $500 No Limit Hold 'em--Casino Employees\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 94], "content_span": [95, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 2: $1,500 No Limit Hold 'em\nThis event was a $1,500 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em tournament. It was the first public tournament of the 2006 WSOP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 3: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold 'em\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 4: $1,500 Limit Hold 'em\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 5: $2,500 No Limit Hold 'em short-handed\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 91], "content_span": [92, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 6: $2,000 No Limit Hold 'em\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 7: $3,000 Limit Hold 'em\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 8: $2,000 Omaha Hi-low Split\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 8: $2,000 Omaha Hi-low Split\nThis was the first of four top-three finishes for Madsen at this year's WSOP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 79], "content_span": [80, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 12: $5,000 Omaha Hi-low Split\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 15: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em\n2005 winner, actress Jennifer Tilly did not reach the money this year. Mimi Rogers reached 33rd place, winning $5,132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 85], "content_span": [86, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 20: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.\nThis 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 21: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded\nThis was a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table instead of the normal nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 21: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded\nThis was William Chen's second first-place finish and fifth in-the-money finish in this year's WSOP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 22: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em\nJeff Madsen became the youngest bracelet winner, defeating the record set the previous year by Eric Froehlich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded\nThis is a three-day event, with a maximum of six players per table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 30: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shorthanded\nJeff 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 34: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em with rebuys\nPhil Hellmuth Jr tied legends Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the most WSOP tournament wins with his 10th bracelet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 35: $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Low Split\nJeff 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 39: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event\nThis is the \"Main Event\". It started on July 28 and the final table took place on August 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 98], "content_span": [99, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188584-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 World Series of Poker results, Results, Event 39: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event\nJamie 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 98], "content_span": [99, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188585-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188585-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men\n* 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188585-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women\n* 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship\nShaun 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship\nThe 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 \u00a3200,000 cheque. The tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship, Main draw\nShown 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).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship, Preliminary qualifying\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying\nThe qualifying rounds 1\u20133 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries\nThere were 46 century breaks in the televised stage of the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188586-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries\nThere were 52 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188587-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snowshoe Championships\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188587-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Snowshoe Championships, Results\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Race\nThe 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\u00a0km (350\u00a0mi) long. Most of the race consisted of untimed transit stages, while the eight timed sections totaled up to about 44\u00a0km (27\u00a0mi) long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Race\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Race\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Results\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Results\nSix 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188588-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Solar Rally in Taiwan, Teams\nTen 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188589-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships is a long track speed skating event that was held on January 21\u201322, 2006, in the Thialf, in Heerenveen, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188589-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188590-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Team Table Tennis Championships\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188591-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188591-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188591-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188591-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Full rankings for 2006\nCertain 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:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188591-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Top ranked horses\nThe 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 \u2014 Sprint, Mile, Intermediate, Long and Extended \u2014 identified by the acronym \"SMILE\". These are framed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following drivers and teams contested the 2006 World Touring Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Drivers changes\nEntering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2005", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar\nEach 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\nChampionship points were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis for the first eight positions in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship\n\u2020 \u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 92], "content_span": [93, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Manufacturers' Championship\nChampionship points were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 98], "content_span": [99, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Independents' Trophy\nPoints were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 100], "content_span": [101, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188592-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Yokohama Teams' Trophy\nPoints were awarded on a 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 93], "content_span": [94, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188593-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World U-17 Hockey Challenge\nThe 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\u20132 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada Pacific 5\u20134 in a shootout to capture the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188593-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World U-17 Hockey Challenge\nGames were held in Balgonie, Fort Qu'Appelle, Indian Head, Milestone, Moose Jaw, Regina, Southey, and Weyburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188594-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Boxing Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Archery\nThe 6th World University Archery Championship took place in Vinicne, Slovakia from 14 to 17 June 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Badminton\nThe 9th World University Badminton Championship took place in Wuhan, China from 10 to 15 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Baseball\nThe 3rd World University Baseball Championship took place in La Habana, Cuba from 6 to 16 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Beach Volleyball\nThe 3rd World University Beach Volleyball Championship took place in Protaras, Cyprus from 14 to 18 June 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Boxing\nThe 2nd World University Boxing Championship took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 2 to 9 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Bridge\nThe 3rd World University Bridge Championship took place in Tianjin City, China from 21 to 26 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Chess\nThe 9th World University Chess Championship took place in Lagos, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Cross Country\nThe 15th World University Cross Country Championship took place in Algiers, Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Cycling\nThe 4th World University Cycling Championship took place in Antwerp and Herentals, Belgium from 22 to 26 March 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Equestrian\nThe 7th World University Equestrian Championship took place in La Rochelle, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Canoe Slalom\nThe 5th World University Wild Water Canoeing Championship took place in Krakow, Poland from 7 to 10 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Floorball\nThe 2nd World University Floorball Championship took place in Bern, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Futsal\nThe 10th World University Futsal Championship took place in Pozna\u0144, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Golf\nThe 11th World University Golf Championship took place in Torino, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Handball\nThe 18th World University Handball Championship took place in Gda\u0144sk, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Karate\nThe 5th World University Karate Championship took place in New York City, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Match Racing\nThe 3rd World University Match Racing Championship took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Orienteering\nThe 15th World University Orienteering Championship took place in Ko\u0161ice, Slovakia from 14 to 20 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Rowing\nThe 9th World University Rowing Championship took place in Trakai, Lithuania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Rugby Sevens\nThe 2nd World University Rugby Sevens Championship took place in Rome, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Softball\nThe 2nd World University Softball Championship took place in Tainan City, Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Squash\nThe 5th World University Squash Championship took place in Szeged, Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Taekwondo\nThe 9th World University Taekwondo Championship took place in Valencia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Triathlon\nThe 9th World University Triathlon Championship took place in Lausanne, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Woodball\nThe 1st World University Woodball Championship took place in Taipei City, Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188595-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Championships, Wrestling\nThe 7th World University Wrestling Championship took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188596-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188596-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship, Participation\nEach 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188596-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship, Road cycling, Time Trial\nThe men\u2019s and women\u2019s time trials were held at March 23, consisted of 4 laps of 6.8\u00a0km for men (27.2) and 2 laps (13.6\u00a0km) for women. The men\u2019 s race included 27 cyclists and the women\u2019 s race 23. Both men\u2019s and women\u2019s time trials were dominated by Dutch cyclists with Loes Gunnewijk winning women\u2019s gold and Malaya van Ruitenbeek taking home the men\u2019s gold medal. Women\u2019s silver was won by Ellen van Dijk and bronze went to Germans Verena Jooss. Tobias Erler won the silver medal in the men\u2019s event and the host country was represented with Michiel van Aelbroeck winning bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188596-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship, Road cycling, Road race\nThe 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\u00a0km) for men and 13 laps (88.4\u00a0km) for women. The men\u2019s race started at 2pm and included 71 cyclists. The women\u2019s road race competed in a field of 33 athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188596-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship, Road cycling, Road race\nAfter 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\u2019s 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188596-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship, Cyclo cross\nThe men\u2019s 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 Ren\u00e9 Birkenfelt and raced past the German and never gave up that spot for the rest of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188597-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship \u2013 Women's road race\nThe 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\u00a0km long circuit (88.4\u00a0km). In the race participated 33 athletes from 12 countries representing 3 continents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188597-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship \u2013 Women's road race\nTwo 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188598-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe 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\u00a0km long circuit (13.4\u00a0km). In the race participated 23 athletes from 13 countries representing 3 continents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188598-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Cycling Championship \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188599-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World University Squash Championship\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188600-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. Jos\u00e9 Joaqu\u00edn Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event took place from September 30 to October 7, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188600-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188601-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's +105 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188601-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's +105 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188602-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 105 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188602-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 105 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188603-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 56 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188603-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 56 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188604-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 62 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188604-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 62 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188605-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 69 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188605-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 69 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188606-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 77 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188606-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 77 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188607-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 85 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188607-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 85 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188608-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 94 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188608-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Men's 94 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188609-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's +75 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188609-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's +75 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188610-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188610-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 48 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188611-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 53 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188611-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 53 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188612-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 58 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188612-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 58 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188613-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188613-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 63 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188614-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 69 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188614-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 69 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188615-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 75 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188615-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Weightlifting Championships \u2013 Women's 75 kg, Records\nPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship\nThe 2006 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held March 18\u201326 at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship\nSweden, 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\u20139. Norberg won the game by making a draw in the 10th end. It was the second of three world championships for Norberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons Alternate: Michelle Allen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Wang Bingyu Third: Yue Qingshuang Second: Liu Yin Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Sun Yue", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Madeleine Dupont Third: Camilla Jensen Second: Denise Dupont Lead: Angelina Jensen** Alternate: Charlotte Hedeg\u00e5rd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Andrea Sch\u00f6pp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie Rotter Alternate: Tina Tchatschke", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Rosa Pompanin Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Arianna Lorenzi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Yukako Tsuchiya Third: Junko Sonobe Second: Tomoko Sonobe Lead: Chiemi Kameyama Alternate: Mitsuki Satoh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon Third: Ellen van der Cammen Second: Margrietha Voskuilen Lead: Erika Doornbos Alternate: Idske de Jong", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Dordi Nordby Third: Marianne Haslum Second: Camilla Holth Lead: Charlotte Hovring Alternate: Kristin Skaslien", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Wood Third: Lorna Vevers Second: Kim Brewster Lead: Lindsay Wood Alternate: Kerry Barr", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Lindahl Lead: Anna Sv\u00e4rd Alternate: Ulrika Bergman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Silvana Tirinzoni Third: Sandra Attinger Second: Anna Neuenschwander Lead: Esther Neuenschwander Alternate: Carmen Sch\u00e4fer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\nSkip : Debbie McCormick Third: Allison Pottinger Second: Nicole Joraanstad Lead: Natalie Nicholson Alternate: Caitlin Maroldo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188616-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams\n** 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188617-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Snooker Championship\nThe 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\u20133 in the final to win her second world title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188617-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary\nReanne 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188617-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary\nEvans received \u00a3800 in prize money as champion, and Bonney received \u00a3400 as runner-up. The losing semi-finalists received \u00a3200 each, and losing quarter-finalists \u00a3100 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188617-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary\nOther 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\u2013193 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188618-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships\nThe 2006 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China. The event took place from September 25 to October 1, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188619-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188620-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188621-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188622-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188623-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188624-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188625-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188626-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 120 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188627-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 55 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188628-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 60 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188629-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 66 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188630-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 74 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188631-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 84 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188632-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Men's freestyle 96 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188633-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 48 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188634-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 51 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188635-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 55 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188636-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 59 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188637-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 63 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188638-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 67 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188639-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World Wrestling Championships \u2013 Women's freestyle 72 kg\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Format\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Events\nThere were a total of 11 different events used in the competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Final\nMariusz 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:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Final\nPfister 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:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Final\nDespite 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Final\nAs 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188640-0007-0002", "contents": "2006 World's Strongest Man, Final\nHowever, 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:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188641-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Worthing Borough Council election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188641-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Worthing Borough Council election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188642-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming Cowboys football team\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections\nA general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. All of the state's executive officers\u2014the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction\u2014were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Governor\nIncumbent 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%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State\nIncumbent 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.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 936]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State\nMaxfield 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Secretary of State\nHowever, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Auditor\nIncumbent 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%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Auditor\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 966]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Auditor\nMeyer defeated Eikenberry in a landslide, winning 68% of the vote to Eikenberry's 32%, losing every county in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Treasurer\nIncumbent 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.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 920]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Treasurer\nMeyer 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].\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Treasurer\nIt 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction\nTwo 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction\nIn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 935]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188643-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction\nUltimately, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188644-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188645-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyre Forest District Council election\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188645-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign\nBefore 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188645-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign\n14 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188645-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign\nLocal 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188645-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result\nThere 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188645-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result\nAs 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%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188646-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 XXXXI FIBA International Christmas Tournament\nThe 2006 XXXXI FIBA International Christmas Tournament \"Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Mart\u00edn\" 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188647-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yale Bulldogs football team\nThe 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\u20131 record, 8\u20132 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188648-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yanjin earthquake\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188648-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Yanjin earthquake, Damage\nEight people were killed as a result of houses (usually wooden) collapsing and fourteen were killed from other reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188649-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemen prison escape\nTwenty-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\u2019a 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\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election\nPresidential 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign\nSaleh 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign\nHowever, 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Campaign\nAhmad 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Conduct\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Conduct\nOn 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Conduct\nElection 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Results\nElection officials said that about five million people voted out of around 9.2 million eligible voters. The opposition disputed early results showing Saleh with 82% of the vote, saying that the count gave Saleh 60% and Bin Shamlan 40%; it also claimed there had been electoral violations. The European Union Election Observation Mission called the election \"an open and genuine contest\", but with \"important shortcomings\". It said that at some polling stations there was intimidation, violation of voter secrecy, campaigning by the GPC, and underage voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Results\nSubsequent results, with most (17,000 out of 27,000) of the ballot boxes counted, continued to give Saleh an overwhelming majority, with 3.4 million votes against 880,000 for Bin Shamlan. The opposition, continuing to allege fraud, threatened a massive protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188651-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Yemeni presidential election, Results\nFinal results on 23 September showed Saleh with 77.2% of the vote and Bin Shamlan with 21.8%. Bin Shamlan subsequently accepted the results as a \"reality\", although he said that they did not reflect the people's will. Saleh was sworn in for his new term on 27 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188652-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter Crash\nOn 21 June 2006, when approaching Jumla Airport, Nepal, a Yeti Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into the ground after the crew decided to abort the landing and perform a go-around for an unknown reason. Eyewitnesses said that the plane appeared to have stalled while making a tight turn on the threshold of runway 27 and ploughed into the ground in a ball of fire on the eastern edge of the runway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188652-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter Crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft involved in the crash was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Yeti Airlines. Its maiden flight was in 1980 with Lesotho Airways. The aircraft was purchased by Yeti Airlines one year prior to the accident from another Nepalese carrier, Skyline Airways. It was the third incident of this aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines and was one of four Twin Otters in the airline's fleet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188652-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter Crash, Crew and Passengers\nThere were six passengers on board the aircraft as well as three crew members. All occupants on board died in the crash. The cockpit crew members were identified as Capt Krishna Malla, co-pilot Dipak Pokhrel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188653-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Ykk\u00f6nen\nLeague tables for teams participating in Ykk\u00f6nen, the second tier of the Finnish football league system, in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188653-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Ykk\u00f6nen, League table, League Movements\nTwo teams were directly promoted to the Veikkausliiga (and only two teams were relegated to the Kakkonen) because Allianssi Vantaa withdrew from the Veikkausliiga and they were not replaced by another club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake\nThe 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake (also known as the Bantul earthquake) occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging). Several factors led to a disproportionate amount of damage and number of casualties for the size of the shock, with more than 5,700 dead, tens of thousands injured, and financial losses of Rp 29.1 trillion ($3.1 billion). With limited effects to public infrastructure and lifelines, housing and private businesses bore the majority of damage (the 9th-century Prambanan Hindu temple compound was also affected), and the United States' National Geophysical Data Center classified the total damage from the event as extreme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake\nAlthough Indonesia experiences very large, great, and giant thrust earthquakes offshore at the Sunda Trench, this was a large strike-slip event that occurred on the southern coast of Java near the city of Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi lies nearby, and during its many previous historical eruptions, large volume lahars and volcanic debris flowed down its slopes where settlements were later built. This unconsolidated material from the stratovolcano amplified the intensity of the shaking and created the conditions for soil liquefaction to occur. Inadequate construction techniques and poor quality materials contributed to major failures with unreinforced masonry buildings (then the most prevalent type of home construction), though other styles fared better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Tectonic setting\nThe islands of Indonesia constitute an island arc that is one of the world's most seismically active regions, with high velocity plate movement at the Sunda Trench (up to 60\u00a0mm (2.4\u00a0in) per year), and considerable threats from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunami throughout. Java, one of the five largest in the Indonesian archipelago, lies on the Sunda Shelf to the north of the Sunda Trench, which is a convergent plate boundary where the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted under the Eurasian Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Tectonic setting\nThe subduction zone offshore Java is characterized by a northward dipping Benioff zone, frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity that influence the regional geography, and direct or indirect stress transfer that has affected the various onshore faults. Sedimentation is closely related to tectonics, and while the volume of offshore sediment at the trench decreases with distance from the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta at the Bay of Bengal, the onshore accrual of sediments near the Special Region of Yogyakarta has been shaped by tectonic events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake\nAccording to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the shock occurred 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) south-southeast of Yogyakarta at a depth of 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi), but other institutions provided source parameters (location and depth) that were not in agreement. No information was present on the extent of the faulting or the direction of propagation and there was no link to the eruption of Mount Merapi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0003-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake\nThe USGS suggested that the focal mechanism was most likely associated with left-lateral slip on a NE trending strike-slip fault, as that is the orientation of the Opak Fault, but this has not been validated. No surface breaks were documented, but the location of the greatest damage that was caused does align with the Opak Fault as a possible source.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake\nA group of Japanese and Indonesian scientists visited the area in March 2007 and confirmed the lack of surface ruptures, and pointed out that any visible expression of the fault would likely have been rapidly destroyed due to the tropical climate, and have acknowledged the widely varying locations (and the preference for the Opak Fault) that were reported by the various seismological institutions. Their investigation resulted in a different scenario, with an unknown or newly formed NE trending fault as the origin of the shock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake\nEvidence for one of the proposed faults was found in the form of alignment of portions of the Oyo River near the USGS' epicenter, which is parallel (N\u00b065E) to the Nglipar fault in the Gunungkidul region. If the shock occurred in this area it could indicate the reactivation of a major fault system. The second proposed fault further to the east is nearly parallel to the Ngalang and Kembang faults that lie to the north of the Oyo River.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, InSAR analysis\nWhile the densely populated area that saw significant destruction is adjacent to the Opak River Fault, both the USGS and Harvard University placed the epicenter to the east of that fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, InSAR analysis\nFew seismometers were operating in the region, but a group of temporary units that were set up following the mainshock recorded a number of aftershocks that were east of the Opak River Fault and were aligned along a 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) zone striking N\u00b050E. Due to the ambiguous nature of the available information on the source of the Yogyakarta earthquake, a separate group of Japanese and Indonesian scientists applied one of the first uses of interferometric synthetic aperture radar to determine the source fault. Several data sets (one captured in April 2006 and another post-earthquake batch from June) were collected from an instrument on board the Advanced Land Observation Satellite and were compared to each other to show potential ground deformation patterns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, InSAR analysis\nA lack of any dislocation found on the images along the Opak River fault made evident the lack of movement along that fault, and though the aftershocks were occurring at a depth of 8\u201315\u00a0km (5.0\u20139.3\u00a0mi), the deformation was distinct at the surface. The observed ground deformation that was detailed by the differential satellite images and Global Positioning System measurements was roughly 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi) east of (and parallel to) the Opak River Fault, along a zone that passed through the USGS' epicenter, and delineated a NE trending vertical fault (a dip of 89\u00b0). The displacements were not more than 10\u00a0cm (3.9\u00a0in) and indicated left-lateral strike-slip motion as well as a component of reverse slip, and to the west of the Opak River Fault (and closer to the areas of damage) strong ground motion triggered subsidence of volcanic deposits from Mount Merapi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 917]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, Strong motion\nIn 2006, Mount Merapi had not been active for more than four years, but on May 11 a pyroclastic flow triggered the evacuation of more than 20,000 people from the northern sector of Yogyakarta. While authorities expected a larger eruption to follow, the earthquake occurred instead. The volcano's previous eruptions deposited loosely bound sedimentary material in the valley during lahar flows and this material was found to have played a significant role in the effects of the shock. For example, German and Indonesian scientists set up instruments at several locations situated on different soil types to measure aftershocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, Strong motion\nOf nine events that were analyzed, it was found that the station at Imogiri (a heavily affected village that was built on 150\u2013200 meters (490\u2013660\u00a0ft) of sediment) showed signs of local amplification when compared to a location that was built on bedrock, and that the deposits amplified the impact of the shallow crustal rupture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, Liquefaction\nA separate post-event study looked at the relationship with the layer of sediment and the occurrence of soil liquefaction during earthquakes near Bantul. Researchers stated that the Yogyakarta region is seismically active, with four known events in the 19th century and three in the 20th century, with peak ground acceleration values of 0.038\u20130.531g. The type and properties of sediment control the occurrence and distribution of liquefaction, and other environmental conditions (like the water table) also play a part, as well as the peak ground acceleration of the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Earthquake, Liquefaction\nThe Bantul-Klaten plain consists of alluvium (sand, silt, clay, and gravel) and volcanic deposits from Merapi (sand, agglomerates, tuff, and ash), as well as limestone and sandstone. Borehole and magnetic data surveys show that the alluvium and lahar deposits at the Bantul graben are 20\u2013200 meters (66\u2013656\u00a0ft) thick and at places over 200 meters, and the water table is .6\u20135 meters (2\u00a0ft 0\u00a0in\u201316\u00a0ft 5\u00a0in) below ground level. Most liquefaction events took place near the 2.5\u00a0km (1.6\u00a0mi) wide Opak Fault zone. Sand boils, lateral spreading, settling, and slides led to some tilting and collapse of buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Damage\nAltogether, eleven densely populated districts comprising 8.3 million people were affected, but the regencies of Bantul, Sleman, Gunung Kidul, Kulon Progo, Klaten, and the city of Yogyakarta were especially hard hit. More than 5,700 people were killed in the early morning shock, with tens of thousands injured, and hundreds of thousands made homeless. Total financial losses from the event are estimated to be Rp 29.1 Trillion ($3.1B), with 90% of the damage affecting the private sector (homes and private businesses) and only 10% affecting the public sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Damage\nThe damage to housing accounted for about half of the total losses and a comparison was made to the damage to homes in Aceh following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Damage in central Java was more pronounced because of the substandard construction practices and the high population density, but on the other end of the scale, damage to infrastructure was very limited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Damage, Housing\nWith 154,000 houses destroyed and 260,000 units experiencing damage, the event was one of the most costly natural disasters in the previous ten years. With 7% of housing units lost, more houses were damaged than during the 2004 Sumatra\u2013Andaman and the 2005 Nias\u2013Simuele events combined. With 66,000 homes destroyed, the Klaten District saw the heaviest damage, followed by Bantul, with 47,000 destroyed. In the most heavily damaged areas, 70\u201390% of units destroyed, contributing to a total of 4.1 million cubic meters of debris. Of the three home construction styles used in the area, the most common type fared badly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Damage, Housing\nLow quality materials and improper construction styles led to unreinforced masonry buildings being responsible for the large loss of life and the high number of injuries. The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute stated that there was a \"lack of wall integrity in the transverse direction for out-of-plane forces\" and \"no mechanical connection between the top of the wall and the roof or floor, and inadequate out-of-plane strength due to a lack of reinforcement\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Damage, Prambanan\nThe Prambanan Temple Compounds (also known as the Roro Jonggrang Temple) was constructed near the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java in 856, and was abandoned shortly thereafter. The site, which has experienced about 16 earthquakes since the 9th-century (including the 2006 event), consists of three yards of varying sizes with different stone block temples, and was rediscovered by a Dutch explorer in 1733. The smallest yard (110 m2) houses the main temple, and a slightly larger yard (220 m2) houses the Perwara temple. The main Prambanan Temple Complex is housed in the largest yard (390 m2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0011-0001", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Damage, Prambanan\nMany stones were dislodged and some parts broke off during the earthquake, and civil engineers were brought in to investigate the characteristics of the soil under the temple using ground penetrating radar, bore samples, and standard penetration tests. The goal was to visually examine the soil layers, to determine soil bearing capacity and depth of groundwater, as well as the depth of bedrock. Recommendations were then made regarding the renovations and repair process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, International aid\nMany countries and organizations offered foreign aid to the devastated region, but the actual amounts delivered/received often varied from these figures, as in the case of other disasters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Reconstruction\nApplying lessons learned from the Aceh recovery from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the government of Indonesia promoted a community-driven approach in reconstruction from the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake. The government leveraged social capital to hasten the reconstruction process. In housing recovery for instance, both the government and NGOs introduced capacity building initiatives (e.g. socialization and on-the-spot training for the construction of earthquake-resistant housing such as penyuluhan and pelatihan teknis) and advocated for use of local materials (e.g., Merantasi). The Kecamatan Development Project (KDP) and the Urban Poverty Project (UPP) are examples NGOs supporting community-driven processes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Reconstruction\nThe government was slow to implement assistance in reconstructing private houses, leading many homeowners to repair or rebuild their homes either by themselves or with community help. Reconstruction in some areas was aided by relief agencies, like the Red Cross Red Crescent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188654-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, Reconstruction\nVillagers rebuilt their homes with extremely limited resources, using simple affordable materials. They turned to traditional materials, such as bamboo, because of the damage inflicted by collapsing brick walls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188655-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Yukon general election\nThe 2006 Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006. Because of changes in the Yukon Act, the Yukon Party government's mandate resulting from this election is for as long as five years instead of four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188655-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Yukon general election, Results by riding\nnames in bold indicate cabinet ministers, names in italics are party leaders", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188655-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Yukon general election, Opinion polls\nTrendlines polls from October 2005 to June 2006 are based on a 100-day rolling average. Trendlines polls from July 2006 to October 2006 only include the respective monthly figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188655-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Yukon general election, Opinion polls\nTrendlines has conducted a poll in every riding every month for several months. According to the September/October polls, the Yukon Party could form a minority government with 7 of the 18 seats; or the Liberal Party and NDP could form a majority coalition with 11 out of the 18 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188656-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakarpattia Oblast local election\nZakarpattia Oblast local election, 2006 is a local election in Zakarpattia Oblast that took place on March 26, 2006. 90 seats were split among seven political parties and blocks, which received at least 3% popular vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188656-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakarpattia Oblast local election, Results\nMikhail Kichkovsky (Our Ukraine) was elected Chairman in April 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter\nThe 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter refers to a series of poaching massacres of African elephants in the vicinity of Zakouma National Park in southeastern Chad. These killings were documented in aerial surveys conducted from May through August 2006 and total at least 100 animals. This region has a four decade history of illegal killing of this species; in fact, the Chad population was over 300,000 animals as recently as 1970 and has been reduced to approximately 10,000 as of 2006. The African elephant nominally has Chadian governmental protection, but the implementation practices of the government (backed with certain EU help) have been insufficient to stem the slaughter by poachers. The African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) species occurs in several countries of Eastern and Central Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter\nThe most recent aerial surveys were conducted from August 3\u201311, 2006, overseen by J. Michael Fay, a Wildlife Conservation Society conservationist and National Geographic explorer-in-residence. They found five separate massacre sites. Zakouma is considered \"one of the last bastions of wildlife in all of central Africa\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter\nCommissioned by the government of Chad and Project CRUSSE (Conservation and Rational Utilization of Sudan-Sahelian Ecosystems), Fay conducted surveys In 2005 and 2006 of elephants within Zakouma, and found populations to decline from 3885 to 3020 animals, significantly offsetting the precipitous increase of the previous six months, although the counting error could not be fully assessed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, Reporting details\nFay reported that he saw five men at a base camp, who ran when his airplane approached. At another time he saw one man on horseback with an automatic weapon, who fired on his airplane. \"Zakouma elephants are getting massacred right before our eyes. \", Fay relayed to reporters. \"We hadn't been in the air more than two hours when we saw our first carcass. It was fresh, maybe just a few weeks old, not far from the park headquarters, and the animal's face had been chopped off, the tusks removed.\" Fay and National Geographic photographer Michael Nichols documented what they found in .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, History of Zakouma National Park\nZakouma National Park is located between Sarh and Am Timan, in the southeastern part of Chad. Created in 1963, it was Chad's first national park, and has an area of almost 3000 square kilometres. It is entirely surrounded by the Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve. Zakouma was neglected during the period of civil conflict, but a restoration programme, supported by the European Union, began in 1989 and is continuing in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, History of Zakouma National Park\nElephants within the park have protection from the Chadian government, but the elephants who migrate outside Zakouma to forage in the rainy season, are not subject to the same patrol protection as within the park. According to Stephen Sautner of the Wildlife Conservation Society: \"All hunting of elephants in Chad is illegal, and the sale of ivory has been banned since 1989, though black-market trade is increasing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, Logistics of ivory trade\nKilling elephants for ivory has been a major cause of the decline of the African elephant population since at least the 1970s. Most of the ivory harvested is imported into China and Thailand. For example, between 1996 and 2002 forty-five tonnes of ivory in transit to China were seized by authorities. China agreed to reduce imports of ivory; however a Chinese official Chen Jianwei has indicated that many Chinese people are confused about the legality of ivory imports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, Relation to regional conflict\nZakouma is about 260 kilometres west of the conflict area of Darfur, and is in the path of recent warfare in Chad, thus overall security is low and the national border is \"porous in this isolated region.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188657-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, Conservation action\nIn response to this devastating event, The WILD Foundation partnered with The Wildlife Conservation Society and others to deter and detain poachers using aircraft surveillance. The aircraft will focus on park borders, where elephants are not protected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Zambia on 28 September 2006 to elect a President, members of the National Assembly and local government councillors. The result was a victory for the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, which won 75 of the 150 National Assembly seats and whose candidate, Levy Mwanawasa, won the presidential vote. Voter turnout was just over 70%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign, Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata was strongly critical of Chinese investment in the country and suggested that he would recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan). One opinion poll in September gave Sata a considerable lead over Mwanawasa, 52% to 27%, with Hakainde Hichilema in third place at 20%, but Mwanawasa questioned these results. Another poll earlier in the month gave Mwanawasa the lead with 33% to Sata's 24%, although this marked a drop from the 45% reported for Mwanawasa by a previous poll in August, and an increase for Sata, who had been at 15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Campaign\nFormer president Kenneth Kaunda backed Hichilema and expressed disapproval for Sata. Former president Frederick Chiluba urged people to vote for Sata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Campaign\nThe possibility was raised that Sata could be disqualified from the election for allegedly giving a false declaration of assets in August; he had claimed that a former minister in Mwanawasa's government owed him $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Results\nThe winner of the presidential elections was determined in one round according to the first-past-the-post system. Initial results from the election gave Sata the lead, but further results put Mwanawasa in first place and pushed Sata into third place. Interim results released after votes from 120 of 150 constituencies were counted put Mwanawasa on just over 42% of the vote; Hakainda Hichilema had 28%; and Michael Sata had slipped to 27%. When opposition supporters heard that Sata had slipped from first to third place, riots erupted in Lusaka. According to interim results Mwanawasa still held an easy lead in constituencies counted up to 16:00 on 1 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Results\nLate in the afternoon of 2 October, the Zambian Electoral Commission announced that Mwanawasa had officially won the election with 43% of the vote; Sata took second place with 29% and Hichilema took third place with 25%. He was sworn in for another term on 3 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Results\nThe total electorate was 3,941,229 and 2,789,114 votes were cast of which 48,936 were spoilt. Voter turnout was 70.77%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188658-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 Zambian general election, Results, National Assembly\nThe elections in Lupososhi (19,230 registered voters) and Kabompo East (16,148) were postponed due to the death of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188659-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zurich Open\n2006 Zurich Open was a Tier I women's tennis event on the 2006 WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188659-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 Zurich Open, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black / Rennae Stubbs defeated Liezel Huber / Katarina Srebotnik, 7\u20135, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188660-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zurich Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2006 Zurich Open took place between 16 October and 23 October on the indoor hard courts of the Hallenstadion in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs won the title, defeating Liezel Huber and Katarina Srebotnik in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188661-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zurich Open \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles Tournament at the 2006 Zurich Open took place between 16 October and 23 October on the indoor hard courts of the Hallenstadion in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. Maria Sharapova won the title, defeating Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188662-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Zushi mayoral election\nThe city of Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan held a mayoral election on December 10, 2006. The election was won by the Democratic Party of Japan candidate, Ry\u016bichi Hirai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188663-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 Z\u00fcri-Metzgete\nThe 2006 edition of the Z\u00fcri-Metzgete cycling classic took place on October 1 in a circuit in and around the Swiss city of Z\u00fcrich. It was part of the 2006 UCI ProTour, and won by Samuel S\u00e1nchez. It turned out to be the last running of the Z\u00fcri-Metzgete race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing\nThe 2006 al-Askari Shrine bombing occurred on 22 February 2006 at approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, and targeted the al-Askari Shrine in the city of Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, has not been claimed by any group; the then President of the United States, George W. Bush, suggested from \"evidence\" that the bombing was an al-Qaeda plot. Although the mosque was severely damaged from the blast, there were no casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing\nThe attack was followed by retaliatory violence, with over a hundred dead bodies being found the next day and well over 1,000 deaths in the days following the bombing; some counts place the death toll at over 1,000 on the first day alone. Already-prevalent communal violence between Iraqi Sunnis and Shia armed groups eventually escalated into a full-scale civil war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, The attack and response\nOn February 22, 2006, at 6:44\u00a0a.m. (0344 UTC), explosions occurred at al-Askari Mosque, effectively destroying its golden dome and severely damaging the mosque. Several men wearing military uniforms, had earlier entered the mosque, tied up the guards there and set explosives, resulting in the blast. Two bombs were set off by five to seven men dressed as personnel of the Iraqi special forces who entered the shrine during the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, The attack and response\nNo injuries were reported following the bombing. However, the northern wall of the shrine was damaged by the bombs, causing the dome to collapse and destroying three-quarters of the structure along with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, The attack and response\nFollowing the blast, American and Iraqi forces surrounded the shrine and began searching houses in the area. Five police officers responsible for protecting the mosque were taken into custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, The attack and response\nThe dome had been repaired by April 2009 and the shrine reopened to visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Responsibility and accusations\nNo group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Responsibility and accusations, Al-Qaeda in Iraq\nAlthough Al-Qaeda in Iraq denied any involvement in statements released, in June 2006, it was reported that Iraqi commandos and troops had captured and seriously wounded Yousri Fakher Mohammed Ali, a Tunisian also known as Abu Qudama al-Tunesi, after he and 15 other foreign fighters stormed an Iraqi checkpoint 25\u00a0miles north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Responsibility and accusations, Al-Qaeda in Iraq\nAbu Qudama confessed to taking part in the attack on al-Askari mosque in Samarra and gave a detailed account of how the attack took place. Al-Rubaie said Iraqi security forces had yet to capture the mastermind of the mosque attack, Haitham al-Badri, an Iraqi and leader of one of Al Qaeda in Iraq's cells, who was later killed in an airstrike on August 2, 2007. Al-Rubaie said al-Badri, Abu Qudama, four Saudi nationals and two other Iraqis stormed the mosque Feb. 21, rounded up the shrine's guards, members of Iraq's Facility Protection Service, and bound their hands. The group then spent the rest of the night rigging the mosque with bombs. At dawn the next day, they detonated the explosives, bringing down the dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Responsibility and accusations, Al-Qaeda in Iraq\nIn an August 2006 press conference U.S. President George W. Bush stated \"it's pretty clear \u2013 at least the evidence indicates \u2013 that the bombing of the shrine was an Al Qaida plot, all intending to create sectarian violence.\" In May 2007, also 'Iraqi officials' blamed Al Qaeda of the attack. Before his death, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi listed among his goals the incitement of a civil war between Iraq's Shiites and Sunnis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Responsibility and accusations, Al-Qaeda in Iraq\nIn September 2006, Iraqi officials announced the capture of Hamid Juma Faris Jouri al-Saeedi in connection with the bombing, allegedly done on his orders by Haitham al-Badri. Al-Badri was killed in August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Post-bombing violence against Sunnis\nAs a result of the bombing, there was widespread violence throughout Iraq. According to the Sunni Clerical Association of Muslim Scholars, 168 mosques were attacked in the two days following the bombing, while ten imams were murdered and fifteen others kidnapped. The Shi'ite controlled Interior Ministry said it could only confirm figures for Baghdad, where it had reports of 19 mosques attacked, one cleric killed and one abducted. The normal daily patrols of US coalition forces and Iraqi security forces were temporarily suspended in Baghdad during the few days following the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, Iraq\nPrime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has urged Iraqis to stay unified and peaceful, saying the attack was an effort to incite violence. He has also called for three days of national mourning. However, talks between him and a prominent Sunni Muslim group are put on hold as the Sunni Iraqi Accord Front quits discussions on forming a new government due to the recent violence. At the same time, a government organization called the Sunni Endowments that maintains Sunni mosques and shrines condemned the attack. On Feb 25, al-Jaafari blamed terrorists for the crisis: \"The Iraqi people have one enemy; it is terrorism and only terrorism. ... There are no Sunnis against Shiites or Shiites against Sunnis.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, Iraq\nDespite the Sunni boycott, President Jalal Talabani pressed ahead with a meeting that he had called to avert a descent toward a civil war. After discussions with Shiites, Kurds and leaders of a smaller Sunni group, he warned about the danger of all-out war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, Iraq\nThe government is extending a curfew it imposed in parts of the country on Friday to calm tensions sparked by an attack on a Shia shrine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, Iraq\nIraqi defence minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi warned about the danger of a long civil war. Also, he said that Iraq would not hesitate to dispatch tanks to the streets to end violence and impose security. The minister also denied any involvement by what he called Interior Ministry commandos in the attack that targeted Harith Sulayman al-Dari, leader of the Association of Muslim Scholars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, Iraq\nSunni and Shiite clerics in Iraq have agreed to prohibit killings and to ban attacks on each other's mosques in an effort to ease sectarian violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, International\nU.S. President George W. Bush warned about the threat of civil war and expressed support for the Iraqi government. On February 25, Bush called seven Iraqi political leaders in an extraordinary round of telephone diplomacy aimed at getting talks restarted about forming a permanent government. On February 28, Bush decried the latest surge in sectarian violence and said that for Iraqis \"the choice is chaos or unity.\" In congressional testimony, National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said a civil war in Iraq could lead to a broader conflict in the Middle East, pitting the region's Sunni and Shiite powers against one another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, International\nUK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw called the bombing a \"criminal and sacrilegious act\", urging Iraqis to show restraint and avoid retaliation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Political reactions, International\nZalmay Khalilzad, Washington's ambassador to Iraq, and the top US commander in the country, Gen. George Casey, issued a joint statement saying the US would contribute to the shrine's reconstruction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iraq\nGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani sent instructions to his followers forbidding attacks on Sunni mosques, especially the major ones in Baghdad, and calling for seven days of mourning. He hinted that religious militias could be given a bigger security role if the government was incapable of protecting holy shrines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0020-0001", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iraq\nOn February 25 Sistani called for Iraq's powerful tribes to be deployed to protect the country's holy places after three attacks on Shia shrines in four days: \"Ayatollah Sistani, who received a tribal delegation from Kufa, asked that the Iraqi tribes reclaim their role of protecting the shrines,\" said an official in Sistani's office in the Shia clerical center of Najaf. ... After the crimes against the places of worship, including the blowing up of the mausoleum in Samarra and the attacks against the tombs of Salman the Persian and Imam Ali bin Mussa al-Rida, the tribes must take a stand and claim a role in the protection of these sites.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iraq\nShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr condemned the attack and called for calm. Having called to stop mutual attacks, Sadr ordered members of his militia to protect Sunni mosques in majority Shia areas in southern Iraq. Sadr called for Iraqi unity and warned against \"a plan by the occupation to spark a sectarian war\". He called on Sunni groups such as the Association of Muslim Scholars to form a joint panel and ordered his militia to defend Shiite holy sites across Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iraq\nOn February 25 Sunni and Shiite clerics agreed to prohibit killing members of the two sects and banning attacks on each other's mosques in an effort to ease tension between Iraq's Muslim communities following sectarian violence after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine. The agreement was made during a meeting between representatives of Sadr and Shiite cleric Jawad al-Khalisi and members of the influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars at the Abu Hanifa Mosque, a Sunni place of worship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iraq\nAccording to Juan Cole, three Iraqi clerics all employed their influence and authority among the Shiite rank and file to make the Samarra bombing work for them politically. Sistani expanded his militia and stayed at the forefront of the movement by encouraging peaceful rallies. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim used the explosion in Samarra to bolster his own authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0023-0001", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iraq\nHe remonstrated with the American ambassador, saying it was not reasonable to expect the religious Shiites, who won the largest bloc of seats in parliament, to give up their claim on the ministry of interior, and that, indeed, Khalilzad had helped provoke the troubles with his assertions to that effect earlier. Muqtada al-Sadr used the incident to push for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, something he has wanted since the fall of Saddam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, Iran\nGrand Ayatollah and Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, urged Shi'ites not to take revenge on Sunni Muslims for the attack on the Samarra shrine and deflected blame to the United States and Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Religious reactions, India\nSyed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati a leading Shia cleric from Lucknow, India held al-Qaeda responsible for destruction of the Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Analysts' views\n\"I think this is probably the most dangerous event that has occurred since the fall of Saddam Hussein,\" former CIA Middle East specialist Reuel Marc Gerecht told CNN. \"It risks our entire enterprise in Iraq.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Analysts' views\n\"We may be on the verge of taking communal violence to the next level,\" warned Juan Cole, professor of Middle-Eastern history at the University of Michigan, who called Wednesday \"an apocalyptic day in Iraq\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Analysts' views\n\"It's very clear that the Shiites are interpreting this chain of events as evidence that the Americans are weak and can't protect Shiite interests,\" said Cole. \"And now Americans are having to come back to the Shiites and ask them to be magnanimous and give away a lot of what they've won in elections.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Analysts' views\n\"It was always going to be a very hard sell, but now it's an impossible argument; Shiites aren't going to give away any power at all at this point,\" he said, adding that \"it's possible that there could be a hung parliament, the government would collapse, and you'd have to go to new elections. And that would be a disaster in the present circumstances.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Analysts' views\nWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. considered the bombing as an indication of a general failure of the US policy in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188664-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, Analysts' views, WikiLeaks data\nThe October 2010 Iraq War documents leak shed new light on the events of February\u2013March 2006. In particular, the logs reveal that U.S. soldiers immediately reported an \"explosion of retaliatory killings, kidnappings, tortures, mosque attacks, and open street fighting,\" even as U.S. commanders including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were downplaying media reports of a surge in killings. The previous \"official\" death toll for post-bombing sectarian fighting, of 3\u2013400, was based on information from the Shiite-led government and the Sadr-run Health Ministry, which was directly involved in atrocities according to the logs. According to The Washington Post reporter Ellen Knickmeyer, her contemporary report of 1,300+ casualties, dismissed at the time as an outlier, was in fact an undercount; the actual deaths, she says, exceeded 3,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188665-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes\nOn 23 December 2006 and 3 January 2007, Tunisian security forces engaged in clashes with members of a group with connections to the Islamist terror group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in the towns of Soliman and Hammam-Lif south of the capital Tunis, killing more than a dozen people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188665-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes, Clashes\nOn 23 December, two Islamists were killed and two arrested in a shootout with police in the town of Hammam-Lif south of Tunis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188665-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes, Clashes\nOn 3 January, at least two members of Tunisian security forces and twelve Islamists were killed, and fifteen arrested in a clash in a forested area near Soliman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188665-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes, Clashes\nAmong those killed was the leader of the group, Lassaad Sassi, a former Tunisian policeman who had spent time in Afghanistan and headed a terror network based in Milan, Italy. Sassi's group had reportedly established training camps in the mountains in Djebel Ressas and Boukornine south of the Tunisian capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188665-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes, Clashes\nAccording to French daily Le Parisien at least 60 people were killed in the clashes. It was later revealed that the Islamists had been in possession of blueprints of foreign embassies as possible targets. The attacks were the most serious by Islamists in Tunisia since the Ghriba synagogue bombing in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia\nAnti - NATO protests (including one riot) took place in the Ukrainian port city of Feodosia from late May to early June 2006, partially disrupting a joint Ukrainian-U.S. military exercise, which was canceled 20 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Background\nThe military Ukraine-NATO Partnership for Peace military exercise Sea Breeze 2006 exercise (in Crimea) was scheduled to take place in Ukraine starting 17 July 2006. Its aim was to \"simulate the defence of a peninsula caught between a totalitarian state and a democratic one.\" \"Sea Breeze\" manoeuvres had been held annually since 1997. Another British-Ukrainian war-game called \"Tight Knot\" was scheduled to start on 14 June 2006 (near Mykolaiv).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Background, Legal concerns\nOn 4 June 2006, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on preparations of the two war-games. The approval for the exercises by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) was still pending early June 2006 because after the parliamentary election of March 2006 it resumed its work on 7 June 2006. In February 2006 the Verkhovna Rada elected before the 2006 election rejected a presidential bill on allowing foreign troops to take part in the maneuvers planned for 2006. The Verkhovna Rada was due to vote on the same bill on 7 June 2006, but decided to adjourn until 14 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Background, Legal concerns\nOn 6 June 2006 the Crimean legislature declared Crimea a \"NATO-free territory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Events\nOn 27 May 2006 the United States (U.S.) cargo ship Advantage anchored in Feodosia, bringing what Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko described as U.S. \"technical aid.\" Unarmed seamen offloaded construction materials to build barracks for Ukrainian sailors at a training range near the town of Stary Krym, not far from Feodosia. Two days later, Feodosia residents, mobilized by local chapters of the Party of Regions, the Nataliya Vitrenko Bloc, and the Russian Community of Crimea, began to picket the port, displaying anti-NATO slogans written in Russian and blocking U.S. cargo from getting to its destination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Events\nTogether with Advantage 200 U.S. Marine Corps reservists arrived to Feodosia. Their mission was to take part in the Sea Breeze 2006 military exercise from 17 July. When the Marine reservists tried to reach the training facility that they were assigned to renovate protesters surrounded their bus, rocking it and trying to smash the windows, eventually forcing the vehicle to head to a military sanatorium, where the reservists remain. Protesters reportedly harassed Marine reservists if they stepped outside their military base. The marines were advised against going into nearby towns for fear of provoking noisy confrontations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Events\nOn 4 June 2006 U.S. marines began leaving Crimea. American and Ukrainian officials stated because their contract was ending. Associated Press reported that no repair work was done at the base they were assigned to renovate. On June 8 Ukraine and United Kingdom postponed Tight Knot. On 20 July 2006 the United States cancelled Sea Breeze, \"due to the situation in the Middle East\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Events\nReportedly the group of protesters rarely consisted of more than a few hundred demonstrators. They accused NATO and the United States of seeking a foothold in Ukraine. The Ukrainian defense ministry stated 2 June 2006 that the planned exercises were not connected with NATO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, Diplomatic reaction\nOn 5 June 2006, Serhiy Yevtushenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, was stopped at the Moscow airport and sent back to Ukraine. The following day, Russian Duma vice-speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky and member Konstantin Zatulin were banned from entering Ukraine (were declared persona non grata) based on the Ukrainian law concerning foreigners\u2019 status, \"foreigners are prohibited to enter the country if they violated Ukrainian legislation during their previous stay.\" In the case of Zatulin, Ukrainian government accused him of trying to invoke ethnic violence and work against territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state. For example, Zhirinovskiy stated: \u201cUkraine does not exist. Russian governors must sit in Kyiv and Minsk. True Russian borders are the borders of September 1917.\u201d The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the ban as unfriendly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 916]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, NATO-involved military events in Ukraine since 2006\nThe 2006 Crimean anti-NATO protests did not impact foreign military units to participate in multinational military exercises in Ukraine. Various military exercises (including ones with NATO troops) were held in Crimea since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188666-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia, NATO-involved military events in Ukraine since 2006\nAccording to a poll by Razumkov Center in March 2011 some 51% of the Crimean residents considered NATO a threat, while across Ukraine this rate was 20.6% on average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy\nIn 2006, during the fourth day of the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval, umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. The Pakistani players refused to take the field after the tea break in protest of the decision. After waiting two more minutes the umpires removed the bails and declared England winners by forfeiture. This was the first such end to a Test match in more than 1,000 Tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy\nThe International Cricket Council (ICC), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) later affirmed that the decision to award the match to England was in accordance with the Laws of Cricket. After the game, an email was leaked showing that Hair had offered his resignation from the ICC Elite Umpire Panel in return for a non-negotiable one-off payment of US$500,000. Hair said that the ICC had been in negotiations with him prior to the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy\nThe ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle later acquitted Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq of a ball-tampering charge, but banned him for four one day internationals for bringing the game into disrepute. After the hearing the ICC announced that Hair would not be umpiring at the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy because of security concerns. Hair was later banned from officiating in international matches by the ICC: they stated that although Hair had been banned from Tests, there is \"no issue\" with the result of the Oval Test match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy\nIn the aftermath of the Oval incident, Hair was voted Umpire of the Season in a poll carried out by The Wisden Cricketer, with more than a third of the votes. A leaked ICC report showed that immediately before the Oval incident, Hair was ranked the second-best umpire in the world overall behind Simon Taufel and number one in terms of decision-making statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy\nIn 2007 Hair announced he was suing the ICC and PCB on grounds of racial discrimination, alleging that he was made a scapegoat when he was barred from officiating Test matches after the Oval Test, as no action was taken against his fellow umpire Billy Doctrove. He later dropped the discrimination case. The ICC restored Hair to the Elite Umpiring Panel in 2008 but he resigned five months later, having officiated in only two further Tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Incident\nOn 20 August 2006, during the fourth day of the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval, umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove ruled that the Pakistani team had been involved in ball tampering. They awarded five penalty runs to England and offered them a replacement ball. The Pakistani players refused to take the field after the tea break in protest at the decision. The umpires left the field, directed the Pakistani players to resume play and returned once more 15 minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0004-0001", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Incident\nAfter waiting two more minutes the umpires removed the bails and declared England winners by forfeiture. This was the first such end to a Test match in more than 1,000 Test matches. The Pakistani team did take to the field 25 minutes later \u2013 55 minutes after the umpires first took to the field for a resumption of play \u2013 but Hair and Doctrove pointed out that the game had already ended with a Pakistani forfeiture the moment the bails were removed, even though both teams were willing to continue the match. The Test was abandoned, with the match awarded to England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Reaction\nThe International Cricket Council (ICC), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) later affirmed that the decision to award the match to England was in accordance with the laws of cricket. However, it caused much debate in the cricketing world, with former cricketer Michael Atherton criticising Hair for not continuing the game. Nasser Hussain sided with Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, saying that he would have done exactly what Inzamam did, while Steve Waugh backed the umpires' decision, saying \"No-one is bigger than the game. The laws are there for a reason.\" Michael Holding described the umpires' initial penalty for ball tampering as \"insensitive\" and said that every law has room for flexibility. Imran Khan called Hair an \"umpiring fundamentalist\", and commented that \"Such characters court controversy\", while Wasim Akram called for Hair to be sacked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 937]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Reaction\nIt was revealed in an ICC news conference on 25 August that after the game, Hair had offered his resignation from the ICC Elite Umpire Panel. In an e-mail entitled \"The Way Forward\" addressed to Doug Cowie, the ICC's umpire manager, and with apparent reference to an earlier conversation between the two which had not been made public by the ICC, Hair stated he would resign from his position in return for a non-negotiable one-off payment of US$500,000 directly into Hair's bank account. This was to be kept confidential by both sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0006-0001", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Reaction\nHair was in contract with the ICC until March 2008, and the payment was said to compensate for the loss of future earnings and retainer payments. He subsequently revoked this offer. Hair had stated that the suggested sum was to be compensation for the four or more years he would have umpired for had the controversy not happened, which he claimed would be \"the best years he had to offer international umpiring\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0006-0002", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Reaction\nHair had previously suggested, however, in an April 2006 interview that he might give up umpiring at the end of the World Cup saying \"I'm not so sure that after another 12 months I'll have the passion to keep enjoying it.\" In the press conference, the ICC's chairman Malcolm Speed did not offer any assurances about Hair's future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Reaction\nOn 27 August, Hair responded to the release of the e-mails by stating that the ICC had been in negotiations with him prior to him sending them. He was quoted as saying: \"During an extended conversation with Mr. Cowie, I was invited to make a written offer. The figure in the e-mail correspondence was in line with those canvassed with the ICC.\" The ICC however denied they had invited a claim. In a press conference on 28 September 2006 Hair reiterated that he never considered retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, ICC hearing\nOn 28 September, the ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle chaired the hearing into Inzamam's case and acquitted him of the ball-tampering charge stating, \"Having regard to the seriousness of the allegation of ball-tampering [it is an allegation of cheating], I am not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that there is sufficiently cogent evidence that the fielding team had taken action likely to interfere with the condition of the ball\" in his official report, but banned him for four One Day Internationals for bringing the game into disrepute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0008-0001", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, ICC hearing\nEach of the ICC-appointed match officials (Hair, Doctrove, Cowie, Trevor Jesty, Mike Procter, and Peter Hartley) were of the opinion that markings on the ball indicated tampering. However Geoffrey Boycott, testifying before the panel, stated \"That's a good ball, not just a playable ball.\" Another witness, TV analyst Simon Hughes, testified that Hair was \"guessing\", and the ball was in \"pretty good condition\", when he examined it. At a press conference after the hearing, PCB's chairman Shahryar Khan revealed that his board had not ruled out calling for charges of bringing the game into disrepute against Hair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0008-0002", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, ICC hearing\nFollowing the hearing, the ICC announced that Hair would not be umpiring at the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy because of security concerns. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated that they were bothered by the controversy surrounding Hair rather than any security issues, but Malcolm Speed wrote that these had been raised by independent advisors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nOn 4 November 2006, Hair was banned from officiating in international matches by the ICC following a two-day meeting held by the ICC. The announcement was made by ICC President Percy Sonn in Mumbai, India, in a press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nBoth Malcolm Speed, CEO of the ICC, and Sonn, stated that although Hair has been banned from tests, there is \"no issue\" with the result of the Oval Test match, which Pakistan forfeited. The decision was met with praise from the Pakistani board, who had previously called for Hair to be sacked. It was widely rumoured on 3 November 2006, that Hair was going to be banned, after a \"reliable source\" leaked information to an Indian television network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0010-0001", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nThe unnamed source said that 10 test playing nations voted on whether Hair should be allowed to continue, with the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Bangladesh all voting for Hair to be removed, while England, Australia and New Zealand supported him. The voting at the decision to ban Hair was seen by some to reflect the perception of Hair in different countries. Most Asian commentators welcomed the move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0010-0002", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nJaved Miandad said that such a move by ICC sets an example that meant \"all other umpires will be under pressure to take the right decisions\"and Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar also supported the decision. The former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga welcomed the decision to ban Hair, commenting that \"Hair had a prejudice against Asian teams. I am happy that he is finally out. The decision will do good to future cricket.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nThe majority of criticism against the decision to ban Hair from matches involving test nations has come from his home country of Australia. Ricky Ponting said he was surprised by the ICC's move to ban Hair and Cricket Australia demanded the ICC explain the reasons for Hair being stood down. Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said \"Umpires need to have confidence in the system \u2013 that they are supported by best-practice administration and processes.\" The Australian media has also been critical of the decision. News Corp's Robert Craddock said, \"Having seen how brutally Hair was abandoned after his tough call, only a brave or foolish umpire would be courageous enough to throw himself into the lion's den.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nAt the time, Hair had not ruled out taking legal action after the decision. Billy Doctrove, the other umpire during the Oval Test, is unaffected by the ICC's ban on Hair, though he was overlooked for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Ban\nIn the aftermath of the Oval incident Hair was voted Umpire of the Season in a poll carried out by The Wisden Cricketer, with more than a third of the votes. A leaked ICC report showed that immediately before the Oval incident, Hair was ranked the second-best umpire in the world overall after umpire Simon Taufel and number one in terms of decision-making statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\nIn February 2007 Hair announced he was suing the ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board on grounds of racial discrimination. Hair alleged that he was made a scapegoat when he was barred from officiating Test matches after the forfeited Oval Test, as no action was taken against his fellow umpire Billy Doctrove.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\n\"I can confirm I have instructed my lawyers, Finers Stephens Innocent, 179 Portland Street, London, to issue an application to the London Central Employment Tribunal alleging racial discrimination from the International Cricket Council and the Pakistan Cricket Board. Therefore it is inappropriate for me to make further comment as this matter is yet to be determined by the tribunal.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\n\"I haven't spoken to anybody about this. I hope you understand that I haven't released any information about this. Somebody else obviously has. I've got no idea who but I value confidentially, unfortunately I've discovered other people don't.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\nIn response to this move by Hair, PCB chairman Dr. Naseem Ashraf said \"Mr Hair was removed from the ICC panel of umpires because of his bad umpiring and his poor judgement.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\nIn a statement in reply to the notification of Hair against PCB, Ashraf further went on to say", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\n\"It is crass for him to say a black West Indian was let off [whereas] he was a white man and therefore he was charged. Mr Hair was the senior umpire and he literally took over that Oval cricket match. I was present there. \"There was only one man that evening that did not want cricket to be played. [ It was] a black spot on the history of cricket thanks to Mr Hair.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188667-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 ball-tampering controversy, Racial discrimination allegations\nHowever, on 9 October 2007 Hair dropped his discrimination case. The ICC said Hair would undergo a development programme over the next six months seemingly with the goal to place him back into top level matches. During this six-month period he would continue to officiate in second tier ICC associate matches. The ICC restored Hair to the Elite Umpiring Panel on 12 March 2008. However, on 22 August 2008 Hair handed in his resignation to the ICC to take up a coaching role, after he had only officiated in two Tests, in May and June 2008 between England and New Zealand. He had been an international umpire for 16 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188668-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans\nAn All-American team is an honorary sports team that is generally composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position\u2014who in turn are given the honorific \"All-America\" and typically referred to as \"All-American athletes\", or simply \"All-Americans\". The term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188668-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans\nBoth the McDonald's All-American team selection and the Jordan Brand All-American team selection have associated high school basketball all-star games held in conjunction with them, in which the players are divided into two teams to compete in an exhibition game. The Jordan Brand held its first contest in 2002. McDonald's All-Americans have competed in such contests since 1977, and a girls' game was added in 2002. Both the Parade and USA Today lists included underclassmen, but fifth-year seniors were ineligible for the Parade team. Those lists also both designated ordinal teams as first team, second team, etc., while the McDonald's and Jordan Brand teams were selected without distinction among selectees. In basketball, some All-American teams are composed by position, while others were not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188668-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans\nIn 2006, 47 boys' high-school basketball players were selected to major honorary All-American teams. For the 2006 selections, McDonald's selected 24 players to its All-American team; the Jordan Brand included 21 players, and the USA Today All-USA prep basketball team had 15. The list also includes the 40 Parade All-Americans, the largest of the four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188668-0002-0001", "contents": "2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans\nThe 2006 class of McDonald's All-Americans is regarded as the best class of the decade, with approximately 22 of the 24 expected to make it to the National Basketball Association by the time they have exhausted their collegiate eligibility, which in most cases is four years of competition in five years of enrollment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188668-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans\nSherron Collins, Kevin Durant, Wayne Ellington, Spencer Hawes, Tywon Lawson, Greg Oden, Brandan Wright and Thaddeus Young were named to all four lists. Among this group, Durant, Hawes, Lawson and Oden were selected to the first team of both organizations that enumerated their selections. Collins was the only one of these to go undrafted. Oden and Derrick Rose were both NBA Draft overall number-one selections, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Gerald Henderson, Jr. was the highest selection in the 2009 NBA Draft (12th overall). Damion James and Stanley Robinson were the only selections from this group in the 2010 NBA Draft. Kyle Singler and Vernon Macklin were the final draftees from this group in the 2011 NBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188668-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans, All-American teams\nThe table below details the selections for four major 2006 boys' high-school basketball All-American teams. For those teams where teams were enumerated as first, second, etc. team, the number corresponding to this designation appears in the table. For teams where no such enumeration exists, a check mark is used. The following columns are included in the table:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco\nThe civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco of 2006 began on Wednesday, May 3, when police prevented a group of 60 flower vendors from selling at the Texcoco local market in the State of M\u00e9xico, about 30\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi) from Mexico City. State police used violence and arrest against resisters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco\nThe flower vendors appealed to the residents of San Salvador Atenco, a small neighboring community about 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) northeast of Mexico City, famous for creating their resistance organization against the development of an airport on their land in 2002 ( an organization called the \"FPDT\", and known to be allied with the Zapatista Army of National Liberation).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco\nThe Atenco residents blocked the highway to Texcoco near their town. In response, hundreds of state police were summoned to remove the blockade, but were unsuccessful after five attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco\nThe confrontations were very violent, causing Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto, then Governor of the State of Mexico, to ask president Vicente Fox the support of federal forces. The resulting chaos lead to the death of two protesters, and dozens of people (mostly women) were sexually assaulted by the police forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco, National Human Rights Commission report\nOn 16 October 2006, National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) President Jos\u00e9 Luis Soberanes Fern\u00e1ndez published the results of its five-month investigation of the case. The CNDH called the incident a \"tragedy\", called particular attention to the excessive use of force and firearms by state and federal authorities, and specifically found that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco, National Human Rights Commission report\nIn connection with these findings, the CNDH submitted recommendations to the federal Secretary of Public Security, Eduardo Medina Mora; the governor of the state of M\u00e9xico, Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto; and the commissioner of the National Migration Institute, Hip\u00f3lito Trevi\u00f1o. These included, inter alia, improved training for the security forces, due compensation for the next-of-kin of the two fatalities and for all those whose human rights were violated, and a review of the expulsion procedures applicable to foreign visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco, National Human Rights Commission report\nThe report concluded that the violence could have been prevented through dialogue, but that \"preference was given to the use of public force\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188669-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco, National Human Rights Commission report, Police brutality\nThe National Human Rights Commission has charged that police used excessive force, smashing windows and furniture, and hauling people from their beds. The commission is investigating reports that police molested and raped female detainees and injured children, elderly and the disabled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 99], "content_span": [100, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188670-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in India\nIn the 2006 dengue outbreak in India, cases of dengue fever were reported first from New Delhi in early September and by the end of September other states also started to report deaths. At least 3613 confirmed cases of dengue fever were reported and over 50 people died in the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188670-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in India, Outbreak\nBy 9 October 2006 more than fifty deaths were reported to dengue fever and more than 3613 patients were treated for this disease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188670-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in India, Statistical data\nThe Government of India's Health Department released the statistical data related to dengue fever in a press statement on 8 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188670-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in India, Statistical data\nNationwide data on the dengue outbreak, released by the Ministry of Health", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188670-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in India, Statistical data\nOn 13 October 2006, six persons died due to dengue fever in Delhi. It was the highest number of deaths reported from Delhi in a day due to this disease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188671-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan\nThe 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan was at the time the worst on record. There were 1931 lab-confirmed cases, and 41 confirmed deaths, according to the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Other sources report a death toll of 52.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188671-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan\nSince 2006, studies indicate that dengue fever is on the rise in Pakistan. It is noted throughout the year, peaking at post-monsoon season. Many factors have been cited, including a surge in the principal mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti. and Aedes albopictus However, in 2006, an additional factor may have been the lack of patient management standards, since dengue was a relatively new public health challenge for the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia\nThe 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia refers to the deaths, unlawful arrests, expulsions and overall mistreatment of several thousand ethnic Georgians by the Russian government during the 2006 Georgian\u2013Russian espionage controversy. The official Russian position was that Georgians in question violated the Russian immigration law and that their expulsion and treatment in custody was just standard law enforcement. The Georgian government countered that Russia's concerted actions against ethnic Georgians, including properly documented individuals, was an act of political retribution for the arrest of Russian spies and was tantamount to \"mild form of ethnic cleansing\". Georgian claims were supported by the Human Rights Watch, which documented \"the Russian government's arbitrary and illegal detention and expulsion of Georgians, including many who legally lived and worked in Russia...\" Georgia subsequently sued the Russian Government in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 1037]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia\nIn 2014, the European Court ruled in Georgia's favor, concluding that Russia's actions in 2006 violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The ruling gave the Russian government a period of 12 months so that it could negotiate with Georgia the precise terms of compensation for damages incurred by the Georgian citizens and their families; in 2015 Georgia officially requested in excess of 70 million Euros in damages for the victims. In 2019, the European Court awarded Georgia with 10 million Euro damages compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, Deaths and allegations of mistreatment\nThe spree of arrests and deportations of ethnic Georgians in Russia was marred by allegations of grave human rights violations. Two Georgians died in Moscow while in custody. Tenghiz Togonidze, a 48-year-old migrant worker died of acute asthma in a Moscow airport as he was awaiting deportation. According to the Georgian Embassy in Moscow, Togonidze was denied medical attention for five days of detention despite his requests to see a doctor. The Russian authorities say everything possible was done for Togonidze. Manana Jabelia, a Georgian national living in Russia since the war in Abkhazia, died of a heart attack in Moscow while in custody following her detention for allegedly not having any identity or immigration papers. At the time, her passport was pending renewal at the Georgian consulate in Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 81], "content_span": [82, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, International reaction\nOn 1 October 2007, the Human Rights Watch released a report on Georgian immigrants in Russia, which documented \"the Russian government's arbitrary and illegal detention and expulsion of Georgians, including many who legally lived and worked in Russia,\" and that following the growing political tensions between Russia and Georgia, \"Russian authorities began a widespread crackdown on ethnic Georgians, Georgian nationals, and Georgian-owned or Georgian-themed businesses and organizations... Senior government officials disparaged Georgians openly on government-owned TV, and much of Russia's government-friendly TV and other media followed suit... Police and other authorities denied basic rights to many of the detained\" and underscored that \"the Russian government's campaign against Georgians occurred in the context of pervasive racism and xenophobia in Russia.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 933]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, International reaction\nIn its January 2007 report, Freedom House concluded that the Russian authorities \"tolerated and encouraged the mistreatment of immigrants from Georgia and other Caucasus countries.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, Legal proceedings\nGeorgia sued Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), demanding that Moscow reimbursed pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages. On 3 July 2009, the ECHR declared that it found Georgia's complaints against Russia over deportations admissible for hearing and would deliver its judgment \"at a later date\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, Legal proceedings\nIn 2014, the European Court finally ruled that Russia's action's in 2006 were in violation of the European Court of Human Rights and gave Moscow 12 months to negotiate with Georgia the precise terms of compensation for damages incurred by the Georgian citizens; in 2015 Georgia officially requested in excess of 70 million Euros for the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188672-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, Legal proceedings\nIn January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that as result of the 2014 verdict, and upon Georgia's 2015 application for damage compensation, Russia has to pay 10 million Euros to Georgia. As of December 2020, Russia has not yet issued compensations to the deportees. On 4 December 2020, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe called on the Russian authorities to \"either directly pay the just satisfaction and the interest accrued to the Government of Georgia, or to commit to using the Council of Europe as an intermediary for that payment.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\nThe State Assembly elections in India of 2006 took place between April 3, 2006 and May 8, 2006. The Indian states that went into poll are Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections\nCounting of votes for all the states was completed on May 11, 2006 and results were declared on May 20, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections, Assam\nElections in Assam for 65 ACs occurred on April 3, 2006 and another 61 ACs on April 10, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections, Kerala\nElections in Kerala for 65 ACs occurred on April 22, 2006, 61 ACs on April 29, 2006, and 15 ACs on May 3, 2006. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led Left Democratic Front beat the incumbent Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front by a margin of 56 seats (out of a total of 140 seats). V.S. Achuthanandan, of CPI (M) was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Kerala, on May 18, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections, Tamil Nadu\nElections in Tamil Nadu for 234 ACs occurred in a single phase on May 8, 2006. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led front won the elections, beating the incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led government. The DMK leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as chief minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections, West Bengal\nElections in West Bengal for 45 ACs occurred on April 17, 2006, 66 ACs on April 22, 2006, 77 ACs on April 27, 2006, 57 ACs on May 3, 2006, 49 ACs on May 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188673-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 elections in India, Legislative Assembly elections, Puducherry\nElections in Puducherry for 3 ACs occurred on May 3, 2006 and 27 ACs on May 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188674-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 electoral calendar\nThis electoral calendar 2006 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2006 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections. By-elections are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188674-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 electoral calendar\nSee elections in 2006 for an overview of the 2006 results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nThe 2006 end of year tests, also known as the 2006 Autumn Internationals, refers to several international rugby union matches that took place during November 2006 principally between touring teams from the southern hemisphere \u2013 Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and South Africa \u2013 and one or more teams from the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Canada and Romania also played Six Nations teams during this period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals\nIreland's games were the last Tests to be played at Lansdowne Road before it was closed for redevelopment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 1\nTouch judges:Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 1\nTouch judges:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Matt Goddard (Australia)Television match official:Christophe Berdos (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 2\nTouch judges:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Television match official:Peter Allan (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 2\nTouch judges:Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)Television match official:David Changleng (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188675-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 end-of-year rugby union internationals, Week 2\nTouch judges:Donal Courtney (Ireland)Rob Debney (England)Television match official:George Clancy (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nOn the night of August\u00a029\u201330, two ethnic Russians were killed and several others badly injured by Chechens in a restaurant in the town of Kondopoga in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nA group of Russian men were eating at the Azeri-owned restaurant, when allegedly, they noticed that the expensive, premium brand vodka bottle the waiter was pouring their drinks from was actually filled with a cheap, low quality spirit. An argument and brief scuffle ensued. The ethnic Russians then left the bar. The barman then called a 'rescue team' of 15 Chechens. This team of hired 'protectors' actually arrived an hour after the Russians involved in the initial fracas had exited, but on arrival, randomly attacked ethnic Russian diners in the restaurant, who hadn't been involved in the original vodka dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nArmed with baseball bats and knives, they set on the clientele shouting 'allahu akbar! ', and in a brutal melee, 2 Russians were killed, 8 seriously injured and 15 mutilated, the injuries ranging from cuts to gouged out eyes. Despite the fact that 3 police vehicles were in the direct vicinity of the restaurant, the police did not intervene. This has led to allegations that the police were being paid off by the Chechen gang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nThe Finnish television documentarist Arvo Tuominen explained the violence in the following way:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nA couple of Russian fellows who had just been released from jail came to celebrate there (in the Chayka restaurant). They got fed up with the slow service of the Azeri bartender and did him in. The bartender called to the scene the Chechens from whom he had bought security. They then beat to death two bystanders. The police did not intervene in the events at all, since the Chechens had bought security from the police. Thus a spontaneous uprising of the people was the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nAfter the funeral of the Russian victims, tensions spilled over into an all out riot as the mob attempted to obtain vigilante revenge. Many of the Chechens and the families left the town, some stating a desire to live in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nSergey Katanandov, the head of Karelia Republic, told \"Izvestia\" on September 6 about a gang of Chechens who drove around the town in a Mercedes without number plates 'terrorising locals'. He also related an incident where a Chechen gang beat a local policeman. An ensuing lawsuit by the policeman was dropped, Katanandov hinting that he had been 'paid off' by the gang - others believe fear of reprisals may have been his motivation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0005-0001", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nIt said to be an open secret in Russia that many businesses often operate under the protection of kryshas (\"roofs\") - that provide protection via the FSB and other state bodies. In Kondopoga, many believe such 'immunity from prosecution' was visibly flaunted by the Chechen gang and the businesses under their protection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nSome reports link this state of affairs to clashes on the night of September\u00a01\u20132, 2006 between groups of ethnic Russian youths and the OMON (a SWAT-type and riot-control unit) troops. The Chayka restaurant was destroyed during this unrest. A number of Chechen-owned businesses were also targeted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nOn September\u00a02, two days after the beginning of rioting, there was a mass meeting held at the town hall. A number of Russian nationalists came from Moscow, including leaders of Movement Against Illegal Immigration, and organized a rally calling on the government to forcibly resettle all people from the Caucasus, especially ethnic Chechens, from the town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nThe nationalists pointed to the reign of fear spread by Chechen gangsters and the many violent acts committed against ethnic Russians, exacerbated by corrupt officials 'in the pockets' of the Chechens, as their motivation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188676-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga\nOn April\u00a01, 2010, the Chechens and Dagestanis who participated in the original restaurant attack were convicted of various crimes. Islam Magomadov was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment, five more people were convicted of assault and aggravated assault and received sentences ranging from 3 years 10 month up to 10 years of imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188677-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Afghanistan\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188677-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Afghanistan\nSee also: Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006, and Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001\u2013present).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188677-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Afghanistan, November\nIn November 2006, the U.N. Security Council warned that Afghanistan may become a failed state due to increased Taliban violence, growing illegal drug production, and fragile state institutions. In 2006, Afghanistan was rated 10th on the failed states index, up from 11th in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, the number of suicide attacks, direct fire attacks, and improvised explosive devices all increased. Intelligence documents declassified in 2006 suggested that Al Qaeda, Taliban, Haqqani Network and Hezb-i-Islami sanctuaries had by then increased fourfold in Afghanistan. The campaign in Afghanistan successfully unseated the Taliban from power, but has been significantly less successful at achieving the primary policy goal of ensuring that Al-Qaeda can no longer operate in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188678-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Africa, Conflict and civil war, Darfur conflict\nPresident of Sudan Omar al-Bashir refuses the deployment of 20,000 Blue Helmets in a United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706 adopted on September 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 55], "content_span": [56, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188678-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Africa, Notes\nThis text is being translated from the original French-language article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188679-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Albania\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Republic of Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188680-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Algeria\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer\nThe 2006 season was the 94th year of competitive soccer in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer, National team, Men, Senior\nThe home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer, Major League Soccer, Tables\nPurple indicates Supporters' Shield clinched Yellow indicates Regular Season Runners-up clinched Green indicates playoff berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer, USL Division 1, Table\nCommissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0Bye to semifinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0First round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer, USL Division 1, Table, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals and Semifinals 2-game aggregate Higher seeded team hosted first game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer, USL Second Division, Table\nPurple indicates regular season champion Green indicates playoff berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188681-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in American soccer, USL Second Division, Table\n1New Hampshire was penalized 1 point for use of an ineligible player in a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188682-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in American television\nThe following is a list of events affecting American television during 2006. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188682-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in American television, Programs, Shows changing networks\nThe following shows will air new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188684-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Armenia\nThe following lists events that happened in 2006 in Armenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188685-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Australia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188686-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Australian literature\nThis article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188687-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Australian television, Programming changes, Changes to network affiliation\nThis is a list of programs which made their premiere on an Australian television network that had previously premiered on another Australian television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188687-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Australian television, Programming changes, Subscription premieres\nThis is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188688-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Bangladesh\n2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 6th year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188688-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Bangladesh\nThe year 2006 was the 35th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was the last year of the rule of BNP led by Khaleda Zia and also the first year of the regime of the fourth caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188688-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Bangladesh, Economy\nNote: For the year 2006 average official exchange rate for BDT was 68.93 per US$.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188688-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Bangladesh, Events, Awards and Recognitions, International Recognition\nYunus was the first Bangladeshi to ever get a Nobel Prize. After receiving the news of the important award, Yunus announced that he would use part of his share of the $1.4\u00a0million (equivalent to $1.78\u00a0million in 2019) award money to create a company to make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor; while the rest would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 78], "content_span": [79, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188689-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Belgian television\nThis is a list of Belgian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188690-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Belgium\nThis article lists some of the events that took place in Belgium in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188691-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Benin\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Benin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188692-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe following lists events that happened during the year 2006 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188693-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Botswana\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Botswana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2006 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 105th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Ponte Preta, Fortaleza, S\u00e3o Caetano and Santa Cruz, were relegated to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nAtl\u00e9tico Mineiro declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams, which are Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro, Sport, N\u00e1utico and Am\u00e9rica-RN, were promoted to the following year's first level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B, Relegation\nThe four worst placed teams, which are Paysandu, Guarani, S\u00e3o Raimundo and Vila Nova, were relegated to the following year's third level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Promotion\nThe four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Crici\u00fama, Vit\u00f3ria, Ipatinga and Gr\u00eamio Barueri, were promoted to the following year's second level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil\nThe Copa do Brasil final was played between Flamengo and Vasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil\nFlamengo declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Brazil women's national football team\nThe following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188695-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian football, Women's football, Brazil women's national football team\nThe Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188696-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Brazilian television\nThis is a list of Brazilian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188697-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music\nThis is a summary of 2006 in music in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts\nThis is a summary of 2006 in music in the United Kingdom including the official single and album charts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nIn January, X Factor winner Shayne Ward held on to the top spot in the single chart with his debut \"That's My Goal\" for three weeks. Ward later went on to top the charts with his debut album in April, on the back of his reality TV show success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nMeanwhile, The Strokes and HARD-Fi both got their first number one albums in January, the Strokes previously having two number twos. Arctic Monkeys were the big story, with their second single \"When the Sun Goes Down\" repeating the feat of their debut and reaching number one. A week later their debut album, \"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not\", sold over 360,000 copies in its first week. It stayed at number one for four weeks. Arctic Monkeys were also big winners at the NME Awards, taking home three awards. They picked up Best Single for \"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor\", Best New Band and Best Group. Other winners included Kanye West, singer Ricky Wilson and the Kaiser Chiefs who despite being nominated for six awards only came away with one for Best Album.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe 2006 BRIT Awards were dominated by 'new' acts, with the Kaiser Chiefs winning 3 awards, including 'Best Group', and James Blunt coming away with two. Other big winners were Coldplay, who had the best album and single, and Green Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe pop band All Saints announced that they would be reforming, five years after they had split in 2001. Another return came from Leo Sayer, who hit number one 29 years after his previous chart topper, with a remix of the single \"Thunder in My Heart\". Smash Hits magazine, however, left the music business after 28 years of covering pop music. Later in the year, Top of the Pops also ended, after 42 years on British television. It had been losing ratings for the past five years, having been usurped by music television. The traditional live Saturday morning children's programmes ended too, after 38 years on BBC & ITV. Again, they had been losing ratings for the past 4 years, for the same reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe other number ones in the start of the year went to Madonna, with her 12th chart-topper \"Sorry\", and to US rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in February, who climbed to number one. The song was a re-working of his debut single \"Nasty Girl\" (which features guest appearances from Jagged Edge, P. Diddy, Nelly, and Avery Storm). He died in 1997, but this is the first time he has scored a #1 and just under a year after \"rival\" rapper 2Pac had also achieved his first #1 with \"Ghetto Gospel\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nChico Slimani, who had finished fifth in the X Factor, went straight to number one with \"It's Chico Time\", holding on to the top spot for two weeks in March. Orson climbed to the top of the singles chart successfully knocked Chico off the top spot with their song \"No Tomorrow\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nWith a new chart rule stating that singles on downloads alone may enter the chart a week before their full release, Ne-Yo was the first act who managed to climb from #18 to #1, one week after it was released on downloads alone, with his debut single So Sick. Embrace entered to #2 that week with their new single \"Nature's Law\", making it their biggest single to date. However, it only failed to reach #1 due to a large count of legal downloads which didn't register in the official charts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe following week, their fifth studio album This New Day became their third album to reach #1 in the UK Albums Chart. Other acts that benefited from the change in rules included The Black Eyed Peas, Pink, Liz McClarnon, Girls Aloud, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Blunt, Joey Negro, Sean Paul and Nelly. The following week, Gnarls Barkley became the first act to top the singles chart on downloads alone, with Crazy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0007-0002", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThis was the start of huge success for the duo, who went on to top the singles charts for 9 weeks, as well as the album chart for a week and also the UK Official Download Chart for an outstanding 11 weeks making it the longest stay on the UK Official Download Chart history. However, the single version of Crazy was deliberately deleted on 28 May in order to stop the single's welcome being overstayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0007-0003", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\n\"Crazy\" was the first single to top the UK singles chart for nine weeks consecutively since 1994 when Wet Wet Wet's \"Love Is All Around\" was number one for fifteen weeks (the last song to spend exactly nine weeks on top was \"Two Tribes\" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984). But, Crazy's nine-week run at number one came to an end when singer/songwriter Sandi Thom finally knocked it off number one with her debut single I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair). 2006 also saw Morrissey return to the top of the album chart for the first time in 12 years with \"Ringleader of the Tormentors\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThom occupied the number one spot for a solitary week before being replaced by Nelly Furtado, who climbed to number one with Maneater and maintained her position the following 3 weeks. On 18 June 2006 there were five England Football World Cup songs in the top 13 in the Official UK Singles Chart. This included the official single by Embrace, a parody of the Dad's Army theme by the Tonedef Allstars and the former number 1 single Three Lions, which topped the chart in both 1996 and 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe festival season was marked by the absence of Glastonbury, which was taking a 'fallow year'. Headliners at the major festivals included: The Who and Red Hot Chili Peppers at T in the Park; Coldplay and the Foo Fighters at the Isle of Wight Festival; Metallica and Guns N' Roses at Download Festival; Radiohead and Kasabian at V Festival; The Prodigy and Goldfrapp at Creamfields; Daft Punk and Groove Armada at Global Gathering 2006; The Who and The Strokes at the Wireless Festival; and Pearl Jam and Muse at the Carling Weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0009-0001", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThis would turn out to be the penultimate year, that the much disputed sponsorship deal by the brewery would take place, and would go on to be the start of the brewery's decline in the UK live music scene, as it suddenly lost its sponsorship deals for gig venues to LiveNation and O2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nFollowing Nelly Furtado's 3 weeks on top for the first time, both Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean's Hips Don't Lie and Lily Allen's Smile enjoyed a first time at the top of the UK singles chart summit with Shakira's smash hit and Lily Allen's debut single. Another debut single to be released was German dance group Cascada's Everytime We Touch which went on to peak at #2, as Hips Don't Lie held them of the top spot. It ended 2006 as being the UK's fifteenth best selling single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nPop band McFly scored their fifth UK number one single Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please but the following week dropped to number 6 in the top 40. The week after Shakira climbed back on top with \"Hips Don't Lie\", the first time since 2004's single Call on Me by Eric Prydz to return to the top. July also saw first time number one albums for the Lostprophets and Razorlight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nIn August, it was an American female double on top of both charts, with Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics topping the album chart, and the following week former Destiny's Child star Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles scored her second (fourth, including her career with the group) number one single with Deja Vu along with her boyfriend Jay-Z.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nSeptember kicked off with another American act at #1 in both charts, this time former 'N Sync star Justin Timberlake with his comeback single Sexyback and with his second album FutureSex/LoveSounds. He had previously has three number two records and this is his first #1 single as a solo artist and as part of 'N Sync.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe following week the Scissor Sisters managed to score their first UK #1 with I Don't Feel Like Dancin' and is third highest seller (so far) of this year. They also scored their second #1 in the album chart with Ta-Dah, therefore topping both the album and singles chart at the same time (the last act to manage that was Gnarls Barkley with Crazy and St. Elsewhere).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nIn October, Girls Aloud became the first British act (sixth act overall) to enter the UK Top 10 on downloads alone when Something Kinda Ooooh charted at #5 on 22 October. The following week it climbed to #3, but they were beaten to number one by McFly with their sixth number one Star Girl. We also saw #1 albums from The Killers, Robbie Williams, Girls Aloud and Jamiroquai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nNovember saw Dutch DJ and producer Fedde Le Grand manage to get his first UK #1 with Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, while Westlife were still breaking records with their 14 number one The Rose. Westlife didn't last long at the top and later got replaced by rapstar Akon with Smack That which featured the rap music legend Eminem; this was Akon's second and Eminem's seventh number one single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nIn November and early December, the charts were dominated by boy bands. Ten years since their last number one single, Take That managed to reclaim their position on top of the singles chart with Patience. Meanwhile, Westlife's number one streak continued with their sixth #1 album The Love Album beating compilation albums from Oasis, The Beatles and U2. This was then knocked off the top by Take That's album Beautiful World. These remained on top of the charts for two more weeks. During this time there were hit singles from Emma Bunton's Official Children in Need song Downtown, Chris Cornell's You Know My Name which was used in Casino Royale, Cliff Richard's 21st Century Christmas and Wind It Up from No Doubt front woman Gwen Stefani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Summary, Chronological Review\nThe X Factor was won by Leona Lewis, beating former child actor Raymond Quinn in the final. She became the first female winner of the show. Her debut single \"A Moment Like This\" was chosen for whomever won the competition and was released on download the day after the final, selling 50,000 copies in its first half-hour, more than most songs this year achieved in a whole week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Record sales\nSingle sales bounced back in 2006 as legal downloads added nearly thirty million sales to the total for the year. Despite this, the 17,694 copies sold during its week at number one gave Orson's \"No Tomorrow\" the distinction of being the lowest sales ever of a chart topper. However 2006 also saw one song achieve sales of over half a million in its first week, Leona Lewis's song \"A Moment Like This\" sold 571,992 copies. Although not the biggest first week sales of any of the UK television talent show winners it was still a remarkable figure when total sales of individual records were generally in decline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Record sales\nAs of year end, Gnarls Barkley's single \"Crazy\", had sold over 800,000 (plus an additional 40,000+ before it became chart eligible) to become the best selling single of 2006, while Leona Lewis had the second biggest seller of the year and enjoyed a second week at number one as 2006 became 2007.The rest of the top five best sellers saw Shakira at three with over 500,000 copies sold in what was a very long chart run, Scissor Sisters were fourth and Sandi Thom was fifth in the overall sales list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Music awards, BRIT Awards\nThe 2006 BRIT Awards took place on 15 February 2006, at Earl's Court in London", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Music awards, Mercury Music Prize\nThe 2006 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Music awards, Popjustice \u00a320 Music Prize\nThe 2006 Popjustice \u00a320 Music Prize was awarded to Girls Aloud for their song Biology from the album Chemistry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188698-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 in British music charts, Music awards, Record of the Year\nThe Record of the Year was awarded to \"Patience\" by Take That.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188699-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in British radio\nThis is a list of events in British radio during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188700-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in British television\nThe following is a list of British television related events from the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188703-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Burundi\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Burundi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships\nThe year 2006 is the 5th year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2006 Cage Rage Championships held 8 events, Cage Rage 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 15\nCage Rage 15 was an event held on February 4, 2006 at The Wembley Conference Centre in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 16\nCage Rage 16 was an event held on April 22, 2006 at The Wembley Conference Centre in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders\nCage Rage Contenders was an event held on May 28, 2006 at Caesar's Nightclub in Streatham, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 17\nCage Rage 17 was an event held on July 1, 2006 at The Wembley Conference Centre in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders 2\nCage Rage Contenders 2 was an event held on August 20, 2006 at Caesar's Nightclub in Streatham, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 18\nCage Rage 18 was an event held on September 30, 2006 at The Wembley Conference Centre in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage Contenders 3\nCage Rage Contenders 3 was an event held on November 12, 2006 at Hammersmith Palais in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188704-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Rage Championships, Cage Rage 19\nCage Rage 19 was an event held on December 9, 2006 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors\nThe year 2006 is the fifth year in the history of Cage Warriors, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2006 Cage Rage Championships held 8 events beginning with, CWFC: Quest 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Quest 5\nCWFC: Quest 5 was an event held on February 19, 2006 in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Enter the Wolfslair\nCWFC: Enter the Wolfslair was an event held on March 5, 2006 in Liverpool, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Strike Force 5\nCWFC: Strike Force 5 was an event held on March 25, 2006 in Coventry, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Quest 6\nCWFC: Quest 6 was an event held on April 8, 2006 in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Strike Force 6\nCWFC: Strike Force 6 was an event held on May 27, 2006 in Coventry, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Showdown\nCWFC: Showdown was an event held on September 16, 2006 in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Showdown 2\nCWFC: Showdown 2 was an event held on November 19, 2006 in Sheffield, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188705-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cage Warriors, CWFC: Enter The Rough House\nCWFC: Enter The Rough House was an event held on December 9, 2006 in Nottingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188706-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cambodia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Cambodia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188707-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cameroon\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Cameroon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188709-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Canadian television\nThis is a list of Canadian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188710-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Cape Verde\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Cape Verde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188711-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Chile\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188713-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Croatian television\nThis is a list of Croatian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188715-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Danish television\nThis is a list of Danish television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep\nThe year 2006 is the sixth year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2006 Deep held 13 events beginning with, Deep: 23 Impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: 23 Impact\nDeep: 23 Impact was an event held on February 5, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: 24 Impact\nDeep: 24 Impact was an event held on April 11, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Nagoya: MB3z Impact, Di Entrare\nDeep: clubDeep Nagoya: MB3z Impact, Di Entrare was an event held on May 21, 2006 at Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: CMA Festival\nDeep: CMA Festival was an event held on May 24, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Hiroshima: Monster Challenger\nDeep: clubDeep Hiroshima: Monster Challenger was an event held on May 27, 2006 at the Saekiku Sports Center Subarena in Hiroshima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 4\nDeep: clubDeep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 4 was an event held on June 18, 2006 at Toyama Event Plaza in Toyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Tokyo\nDeep: clubDeep Tokyo was an event held on July 8, 2006 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 34], "content_span": [35, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: 25 Impact\nDeep: 25 Impact was an event held on August 4, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Hakuba: Monster Challenge 2\nDeep: clubDeep Hakuba: Monster Challenge 2 was an event held on August 12, 2006 at Hakuba47 Mountain Sports Park in Hakuba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: 26 Impact\nDeep: 26 Impact was an event held on October 10, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 5\nDeep: clubDeep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 5 was an event held on November 19, 2006 at Toyama Event Plaza in Toyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 57], "content_span": [58, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: clubDeep Tokyo: Future King Tournament 2006\nDeep: clubDeep Tokyo: Future King Tournament 2006 was an event held on December 9, 2006 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 63], "content_span": [64, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188716-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in Deep, Deep: 27 Impact\nDeep: 27 Impact was an event held on December 20, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188717-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Denmark\nThe following lists events hat happened during 2006 in Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188718-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Dutch television\nThis is a list of Dutch television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188719-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ecuadorian football\nThe 2006 season was the 84th season of competitive football in Ecuador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188719-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ecuadorian football, National team, Senior team\nThe Ecuadorian national team played in eleven international matches: four during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and seven friendlies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188719-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ecuadorian football, National team, Senior team, FIFA World Cup\nEcuador was drawn into Group A along with Costa Rica, hosts Germany, and Poland. After shutout wins against Poland and Costa Rica, Ecuador secured a spot in the Round of 16. Their last match of group play was a loss to the host team, making them the group runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188719-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ecuadorian football, National team, Senior team, FIFA World Cup\nEcuador was matched-up against Group B winner, England. Despite a close game, a free-kick goal by English captain David Beckham proved to be the difference in the game and were eliminated. To date, this is the furthest progression in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188720-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in English-language radio\nThe year 2006 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188722-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Estonia\nThis article lists events that occurred during 2006 in Estonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188723-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Estonian television\nThis is a list of Estonian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188724-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ethiopia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Ethiopia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188725-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Europe\nThis is a list of 2006 events that occurred in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 69]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188726-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Fighting Network Rings\nThe year 2006 is the 12th year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2006 Fighting Network Rings held 3 events beginning with, Rings: Road to Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188726-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Fighting Network Rings, Rings: Road to Japan\nRings: Road to Japan was an event held on March 26, 2006 in Holland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188726-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Fighting Network Rings, Rings Lithuania: Lekeciai 500\nRings Lithuania: Lekeciai 500 was an event held on August 13, 2006 in Lekeciai, Marijampole County, Lithuania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188726-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Fighting Network Rings, Rings: Holland\nRings: Holland was an event held on November 19, 2006 in Enschede, Holland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188727-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Fiji\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Republic of Fiji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188729-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in France\nThis article lists events from the year 2006 in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 70]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188730-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in French television\nThis is a list of French television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188732-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in German television\nThis is a list of German television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188733-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Germany\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by JPG-GR (talk | contribs) at 00:07, 13 April 2020 (rm unknown parameter (per Category:Pages using year box with unknown parameters)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188734-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ghana\n2006 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188734-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ghana, National holidays\nHolidays in italics are \"special days\", while those in regular type are \"regular holidays\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188734-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ghana, National holidays\nIn addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also \"special days.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188736-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Iceland\nThe following lists events that happened in 2006 in Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188737-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in India\nEvents in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 63]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188737-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in India, Observance\nFollowing days of religious or cultural significance were observed in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188738-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Indonesia, Sport\nThis Southeast Asian history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188739-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Iran\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188740-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Iraq\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188741-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ireland, Sport, Rugby union\nIreland claim the triple crown for the second time in 3 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188742-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish music\nThis is a summary of the year 2006 in the Irish music industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188742-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish music, Albums & EPs\nA total of 180 Irish albums were released in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188742-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish music, Festivals, Heineken Green Energy\nThe 11th Heineken Green Energy Festival at Dublin Castle was headlined by Snow Patrol who played on April 29. Richard Hawley also played that day. The 2006 event also saw Ian Brown and Republic of Loose on April 30 whilst Kaiser Chiefs and Graham Coxon finished off the festival on May 1. With many other acts playing around the city during the weekend as part of the \"gig trail/fringe\" (i.e. the other music venues around the city), Dublin once again became an international music centre for the duration of the festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188742-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish music, Festivals, Bud Rising\nBud Rising Spring, Bud Rising Summer and Bud Rising Winter took place in 2006 and as ever both were spread across a vast variety of venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188742-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish music, Music awards, 2006 Meteor Awards\nThe 2006 Meteor Awards were held on February 2, 2006. Below are the winners:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188742-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish music, Music awards, Choice Music Prize\nThe Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year 2005 was awarded at Vicar Street to Julie Feeney for her album 13 Songs on February 28, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188743-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Irish television\nThe following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188744-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Israel, Events\nOn January 4 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a severe hemorrhagic stroke and falls into a coma. As a result, power is transferred to his deputy, Vice Minister Ehud Olmert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188744-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Israel, Events\n2006 Lebanon War \u2013 photo of Israeli soldiers of the Nahal Brigade leaving Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188744-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Israel, Events, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe most prominent events related to the Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict that occurred during 2006 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188744-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Israel, Events, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2006 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188744-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Israel, Events, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 2006 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188745-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Italian television\nThis is a list of Italian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188747-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Ivory Coast\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Ivory Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188750-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Jungle Fight\nThe year 2006 is the fourth year in the history of Jungle Fight, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Brazil. In 2006 Jungle Fight held 2 events beginning with, Jungle Fight 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188750-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Jungle Fight, Jungle Fight 6\nJungle Fight 6 was an event held on April 29, 2006 at The Tropical Hotel in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188750-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Jungle Fight, Jungle Fight Europe\nJungle Fight Europe was an event held on December 17, 2006 at Dvorana Tivoli in Ljubljana, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188751-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Kenya\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage\nThe year 2006 is the eighth year in the history of King of the Cage, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2006 King of the Cage held 20 events, KOTC \u2013 Outlaws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Outlaws\nKOTC: Outlaws was an event held on January 21, 2006 in Globe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Gunfather\nKOTC: Gunfather was an event held on February 10, 2006 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Redemption on the River\nKOTC: Redemption on the River was an event held on February 17, 2006 at MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Battle at Ute Mountain\nKOTC: Battle at Ute Mountain was an event held on March 4, 2006 at Ute Mountain Casino in Towaoc, Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Drop Zone\nKOTC: Drop Zone was an event held on March 18, 2006 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: The Return\nKOTC: The Return was an event held on March 19, 2006 at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: The Return 2\nKOTC: The Return 2 was an event held on March 25, 2006 in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Heavy Hitters\nKOTC: Heavy Hitters was an event held on April 2, 2006 at Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in Coarsegold, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Unfinished Business\nKOTC: Unfinished Business was an event held on April 28, 2006 in Sydney, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Predator\nKOTC: Predator was an event held on May 13, 2006 the Apache Gold Casino in Globe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Mangler\nKOTC: Mangler was an event held on June 9, 2006 at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Australia\nKOTC: Australia was an event held on July 8, 2006 in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Shoot Out\nKOTC: Shoot Out was an event held on July 22, 2006 at Tulalip Resort Casino in Seattle, Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Civil War\nKOTC: Civil War was an event held on July 29, 2006 at Ute Mountain Casino in Towaoc, Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Rapid Fire\nKOTC: Rapid Fire was an event held on August 4, 2006 at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Meltdown\nKOTC: Meltdown was an event held on October 7, 2006 at Murat Theater in Indianapolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: BOOYAA\nKOTC: BOOYAA was an event held on October 13, 2006 at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: All Stars\nKOTC: All Stars was an event held on October 28, 2006 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Cyclone\nKOTC: Cyclone was an event held on November 11, 2006 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188752-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in King of the Cage, KOTC: Destroyer\nKOTC: Destroyer was an event held on December 1, 2006 at Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188753-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki\nThe year 2006 is the third year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2006 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 2 events beginning with, KSW V: Konfrontacja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188753-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW V: Konfrontacja\nKSW V: Konfrontacja was a mixed martial arts event held on June 3, 2006 at the Hotel Marriott in Warsaw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188753-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW VI: Konfrontacja\nKSW VI: Konfrontacja was a mixed martial arts event held on October 14, 2006 at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland . Alistair Overeem was a special guest at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188755-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in LGBT rights\nThis is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188756-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Laos\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188757-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Latin music\nThis is a list of notable events in Latin music (i.e. Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking music from Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188757-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-selling albums\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-selling Latin albums in the United States in 2006, according to Billboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188757-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-performing songs\nThe following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 2006, according to Billboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188758-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Liberia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Liberia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188759-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Libya\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Libya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188760-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Luxembourg\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global\nThe year 2006 is the tenth year in the history of M-1 Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. In 2006 M-1 Global held 6 events beginning with, M-1 MFC: Mix Fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Mix Fight\nM-1 MFC: Mix Fight was an event held on February 18, 2006, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Russia vs. Europe\nM-1 MFC: Russia vs. Europe was an event held on April 8, 2006, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Mix-Fight\nM-1 MFC: Mix-Fight was an event held on June 15, 2006, in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global, M-1 MFC: Mix-Fight\nM-1 MFC: Mix-Fight was an event held on October 7, 2006, in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global, M-1: Mix-Fight Tournament\nM-1: Mix-Fight Tournament was an event held on October 12, 2006, in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188761-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in M-1 Global, M-1: International Fight Night 6\nM-1: International Fight Night 6 was an event held on November 18, 2006, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188763-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Malaysia\nThis article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 2006, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188764-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Maximum Fighting Championship\nThe year 2006 is the 5th year in the history of the Maximum Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Canada. In 2006 Maximum Fighting Championship held 3 events beginning with, MFC 9: No Excuses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188764-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC 9: No Excuses\nMFC 9: No Excuses was an event held on March 10, 2006 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188764-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC 10: Unfinished Business\nMFC 10: Unfinished Business was an event held on September 8, 2006 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188764-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC: Unplugged 2\nMFC: Unplugged 2 was an event held on November 10, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Edmonton in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188765-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Mexico\nThis is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 72]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188766-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Monaco\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188767-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in NASCAR\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by BHGbot (talk | contribs) at 23:13, 19 June 2020 (WP:BHGbot 6 (List 5): fixed sort key; WP:GENFIXES). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188767-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in NASCAR\nIn 2006 in NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) sanctioned three national touring series, eight regional touring series, and the Dodge Weekly Series for local competition. NASCAR champions in 2006 were Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Todd Bodine, Eric Holmes, Mike Olsen, Mike Stefanik, Junior Miller, Tim Schendel, Gary Lewis, J. R. Norris, Rip Michels, and Philip Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188769-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Nauru\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Republic of Nauru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188771-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in New Zealand\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188771-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government\nThe 48th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was a coalition betweenLabour and the Progressives, withUnited Future and New Zealand First supporting supply votes. The leaders of the two support parties are ministers outside Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188772-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in New Zealand television\nThis is a list of New Zealand television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188773-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Nigeria\nThis article is about the particular significance of the year 2006 to Nigeria and its people. See also Timeline of Nigerian history", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188777-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Norwegian football\nThe 2006 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188778-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Norwegian music\nThe following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2006 in Norwegian music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188779-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Norwegian television\nThis is a list of Norwegian television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188781-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pakistani television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Pakistani television in 2006. Events listed include television show debuts, and finales; channel launches, and closures; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about changes of ownership of channels or stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase\nThe year 2006 is the 14th year in the history of Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2006 Pancrase held 14 events beginning with Pancrase: Blow 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 1\nPancrase: Blow 1 was an event held on January 26, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations\nPancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations was an event held on February 19, 2006 at Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 66], "content_span": [67, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 2\nPancrase: Blow 2 was an event held on March 19, 2006 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals\nPancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals was an event held on April 2, 2006 at Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 64], "content_span": [65, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 3\nPancrase: Blow 3 was an event held on April 9, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 4\nPancrase: Blow 4 was an event held on May 2, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 5\nPancrase: Blow 5 was an event held on June 6, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals\nPancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals was an event held on July 28, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 6\nPancrase: Blow 6 was an event held on August 27, 2006 at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 7\nPancrase: Blow 7 was an event held on September 16, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 8\nPancrase: Blow 8 was an event held on October 1, 2006 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 9\nPancrase: Blow 9 was an event held on October 25, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 10\nPancrase: Blow 10 was an event held on December 2, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188782-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pancrase, Pancrase: Blow 11\nPancrase: Blow 11 was an event held on December 10, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188783-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Philippine television\nThe following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2006. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188784-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Poland\nThis is a list of events during the year 2006 in Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 71]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188785-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Polish television\nThis is a list of Polish television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188786-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Portugal, Sports\nFootball (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra, Ta\u00e7a de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188787-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Portuguese television\nThis is a list of Portuguese television related events from 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC\nThe year 2006 was the 10th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2006 had 10 events beginning with, Pride 31 - Unbreakable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Debut Pride FC fighters\nThe following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride 31: Unbreakable\nPride 31: Unbreakable was an event held on February 26, 2006 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 10\nPride FC: Bushido 10 was an event held on April 2, 2006 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute\nPride FC: Total Elimination Absolute was an event held on May 5, 2006 at Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute\nThis event featured the first round of Pride's 2006 Open-Weight tournament. Seven tournament matches were held along with one alternate match. The seven winning participants advanced to the second round, Pride Critical Countdown Absolute. The winner of the alternate bout will take the place of any fighter who is unable to participate in subsequent matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute\nPride Heavyweight Champion and 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Fedor Emelianenko was originally set to enter the tournament with a first round bye, but a hand injury prevented him from participating. Wanderlei Silva, then current Pride middleweight champion, received his bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute, 2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket\n1Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 97], "content_span": [98, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 11\nPride FC: Bushido 11 was an event held on June 4, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Critical Countdown Absolute\nPride FC: Critical Countdown Absolute was an event held on July 1, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Critical Countdown Absolute, 2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket\n1Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 98], "content_span": [99, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 12\nPride FC: Bushido 12 was an event held on August 27, 2006 at Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Final Conflict Absolute\nPride FC: Final Conflict Absolute was an event held on September 10, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Final Conflict Absolute\nThis event comprised the semifinal and final rounds of the Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament. The tournament began on May 5, 2006 at the Total Elimination Absolute event and then continued on July 1, 2006 at Critical Countdown Absolute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Final Conflict Absolute\nOn August 5, 2006, Mirko Cro Cop announced his withdrawal from the tournament following a dispute over pay with Pride. On August 7, 2006 it was reported that the matter had been resolved and Cro Cop would once again take his place in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Final Conflict Absolute, 2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket\n1Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 94], "content_span": [95, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 13\nPride FC: Bushido 13 was an event held on November 5, 2006 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 13\nThis event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 13\nIn a lightweight championship bout, Takanori Gomi faced Marcus Aur\u00e9lio, who had defeated Gomi in a non-title fight at Pride Bushido 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 13\nOriginally Gilbert Melendez was set to face Shinya Aoki but an injury during training forced Melendez to withdraw from the fight. Clay French replaced Melendez in the fight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188788-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in Pride FC, Pride FC: Bushido 13, 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix bracket\n1 Paulo Filho dropped from the Grand Prix due to injuries sustained during his bout with Kazuo Misaki, who replaced him in the final round against Denis Kang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 76], "content_span": [77, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, National team\nRussia played two friendly matches under the caretaker coach Aleksandr Borodyuk. On 1 March, they lost 0\u20131 to Brazil in Moscow, and on 27 May drew 0\u20130 with Spain in Albacete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, National team\nOn 10 April Guus Hiddink announced that he will become manager of Russia team after 2006 FIFA World Cup. The contract was signed on 14 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, National team, U-21 team\nThe under-21 team played in the qualification for the 2007 European Championship. Russia finished first in the group with Hungary and Finland, winning both matches, and qualified for the play-off against Portugal. In the first play-off match in Moscow, Russia took a 4\u20131 lead, but Portugal overcome the deficit in the return leg, winning 3\u20130 and qualifying for the final tournament on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, National team, U-19 team\nThe under-19 team finished third in group 1 of the elite round of 2006 European Championship. Russia's opponents were Austria, Hungary, and Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, National team, U-17 team\nThe under-17 team won the 2006 European Championship in Luxembourg. After finishing second in a group with Spain, Hungary, and Luxembourg, Russia overcame Germany in the semifinal (1\u20130) and Czech Republic in the final on 14 May (2\u20132, 5\u20133 on penalties). This was the first time Russia won the U-17 European Championship. In order to qualify for the final tournament, Russia finished ahead of Italy, England, and Bulgaria in group 7 of the elite round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Leagues, Premier League\nCSKA Moscow won the 2006 title, Torpedo Moscow were relegated for the first time since 1938.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Leagues, First Division\nOn 14 February two First Division clubs, Alania Vladikavkaz and Lokomotiv Chita, were denied professional licences by Professional Football League and excluded from professional football. On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, the runners-up in the Second Division. The Russian Football Union did not endorse the exclusion and on 28 February decided to keep Alania and Lokomotiv in the First Division, giving them another chance to fulfill the league requirements. Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Leagues, First Division\nHowever, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league. This decision was announced by the Professional Football League on 21 March, five days before the start of the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Leagues, First Division\nYevgeny Alkhimov became the top scorer for the second time in a row, this time for Ural with 25 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Leagues, Second Division\nThe following clubs have earned promotion by winning tournaments in their respective Second Division zones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Russian Super Cup\nCSKA Moscow, winners of both the league and the cup in 2005, met the league runners-up Spartak Moscow in a Super Cup match on 11 March. CSKA won the match 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Russian Cup\nThe cup final between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow was won 3-0 by CSKA. J\u00f4 scored twice and Vagner Love once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, UEFA club competitions, UEFA Cup 2005/06\nLokomotiv Moscow and FC Zenit Saint Petersburg continued their participation in the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup. Lokomotiv were knocked out in the round of 32 by Sevilla, and Zenit recorded two victories over Rosenborg and a win and a draw against Marseille to reach the quarterfinals, where they lost on aggregate to Sevilla, too. Zenit's run in the UEFA cup became the best in club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, UEFA club competitions, Intertoto Cup 2006\nFC Moskva participated in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006. After defeating Belarusian team MTZ-RIPO Minsk 3\u20130 on aggregate in the Second Round, Moskva were paired Hertha Berlin. First leg in Berlin finished 0-0, and Hertha won the second leg 2\u20130 to progress to the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, UEFA club competitions, UEFA Champions League 2006/07\nCSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow qualified for the group stage of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League. CSKA defeated MFK Ru\u017eomberok 5\u20130 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. Spartak's qualification was harder, as they passed FC Sheriff Tiraspol on away goals after two draws in the second qualifying round, and FC Slovan Liberec 2\u20131 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, UEFA club competitions, UEFA Champions League 2006/07\nArsenal F.C., Futebol Clube do Porto, and Hamburger SV will be CSKA's opponents in the group stage, while Spartak will contend against Sporting Clube de Portugal, F.C. Internazionale Milano, and FC Bayern Munich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, UEFA club competitions, UEFA Cup 2006/07\nLokomotiv Moscow and Rubin Kazan qualified for the first round of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup. Rubin participated in the second qualifying round, defeating BATE Borisov 5\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, UEFA club competitions, UEFA Cup 2006/07\nIn the first round, Lokomotiv and Rubin played S.V. Zulte-Waregem and Parma F.C., respectively. Both Russian clubs were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Women's football, Domestic competitions\nRossiyanka Moscow Oblast won the league, with Spartak Moscow finishing second and Nadezhda Noginsk third. The Cup also went to Rossiyanka, while Spartak were runners-up again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Women's football, National team\nRussia women's national football team participated in the qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. They finished second behind Germany, failing to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Women's football, U-20 World Championship\nIn August\u2013September Russia hosted the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The Russia national team finished second in group A which also included Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand, and lost 4\u20130 to China in the quarterfinal. The tournament was won by Korea DPR national team who defeated China 5\u20130 in the final at the Lokomotiv Stadium on 3 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188790-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 in Russian football, Women's football, U-19 national team\nRussia qualified for the final tournament of the 2006 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship by winning the group including Portugal, Finland, and Israel in April. In the finals, Russia finished second in group B (with France, Switzerland and the Netherlands) and lost to hosts Germany 4\u20130 in the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188791-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Rwanda\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Rwanda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188792-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Saudi Arabia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188794-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Scottish television\nThis is a list of events in Scottish television from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto\nThe year 2006 is the 18th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2006 Shooto held 26 events beginning with, Shooto: The Victory of the Truth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: The Victory of the Truth\nShooto: The Victory of the Truth was an event held on February 17, 2006 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 48], "content_span": [49, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: Plus05\nG-Shooto: Plus05 was an event held on February 24, 2006 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig Central 9\nShooto: Gig Central 9 was an event held on February 26, 2006 at Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: 3/3 in Kitazawa Town Hall\nShooto: 3/3 in Kitazawa Town Hall was an event held on March 3, 2006 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 49], "content_span": [50, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: G-Shooto 04\nG-Shooto: G-Shooto 04 was an event held on March 11, 2006 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: 3/24 in Korakuen Hall\nShooto: 3/24 in Korakuen Hall was an event held on March 24, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: G-Shooto 05\nG-Shooto: G-Shooto 05 was an event held on May 6, 2006 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: The Devilock\nShooto: The Devilock was an event held on May 12, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Grapplingman 5\nShooto: Grapplingman 5 was an event held on May 14, 2006 in Hiroshima, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto 2006: 5/28 in Kitazawa Town Hall\nShooto 2006: 5/28 in Kitazawa Town Hall was an event held on May 28, 2006 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 55], "content_span": [56, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig West 5\nShooto: Gig West 5 was an event held on June 3, 2006 at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: G-Shooto 06\nG-Shooto: G-Shooto 06 was an event held on June 11, 2006 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto 2006: 7/21 in Korakuen Hall\nShooto 2006: 7/21 in Korakuen Hall was an event held on July 21, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 50], "content_span": [51, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooting Star\nShooto: Shooting Star was an event held on July 30, 2006 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: Wrestle Expo 2006\nG-Shooto: Wrestle Expo 2006 was an event held on August 19, 2006 at Tokyo Waterfront Center in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto 2006: 9/8 in Korakuen Hall\nShooto 2006: 9/8 in Korakuen Hall was an event held on September 8, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 49], "content_span": [50, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig Central 10\nShooto: Gig Central 10 was an event held on September 17, 2006 at Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto 2006: 10/1 in Kitazawa Town Hall\nShooto 2006: 10/1 in Kitazawa Town Hall was an event held on October 1, 2006 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Champion Carnival\nShooto: Champion Carnival was an event held on October 14, 2006 at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: Special 02\nG-Shooto: Special 02 was an event held on October 20, 2006 at Tokyo Kinema Club in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig West 6\nShooto: Gig West 6 was an event held on November 4, 2006 at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: 11/10 in Korakuen Hall\nShooto: 11/10 in Korakuen Hall was an event held on November 10, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, G-Shooto: G-Shooto Special03\nG-Shooto: G-Shooto Special03 was an event held on November 19, 2006 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 44], "content_span": [45, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Gig Central 11\nShooto: Gig Central 11 was an event held on November 26, 2006 at Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 38], "content_span": [39, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: 11/30 in Kitazawa Town Hall\nShooto: 11/30 in Kitazawa Town Hall was an event held on November 30, 2006 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 51], "content_span": [52, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188795-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 in Shooto, Shooto: Rookie Tournament Final\nShooto: Rookie Tournament Final was an event held on December 2, 2006 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188796-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Sierra Leone\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Sierra Leone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188797-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Singapore\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia\nThe timeline of events in the War in Somalia during 2006 is set out below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nOn December 20, 2006, first major hostilities broke out on many sides around Baidoa. Heavy shooting broke out between Somali government troops and Islamists 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) southeast of Baidoa where the Islamists claimed to have taken the government's military base in Daynuunay. The conflict thereafter moved north to the Islamist stronghold in Moode Moode (also spelled \"Mode Mode\"). Heavy weapons, including artillery, rockets and mortars were involved. Initial claims of fighting in this area were at least ten dead ICU militiamen and forty TFG troops wounded. Later claims of ICU casualties by the TFG were 71 Islamic soldiers dead and 221 injured, including two dead foreign fighters. The TFG claimed its own casualties were 3 dead and 7 wounded while the ICU claimed to have killed 7 government troops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nFighting was reported on many fronts around the capital in Iidale village (55\u00a0km south of Baidoa), Buulo Jadid (23\u00a0km north of Baidoa, also spelled Bullo Jadid), and Manaas (30\u00a0km southwest of Baidoa). One TFG death and numerous injured civilians were reported in Iidale. A later report raised the casualties to three soldiers killed and two injured. Thirteen trucks filled with Ethiopian reinforcements were reported en route to the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nAn AFP report mentioned the TFG claimed the attack on Iidale was led by Abu Taha al-Sudan, who is \"wanted by Washington for carrying out attacks against its embassies in east Africa in 1998 and against an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya in 2002.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nThis report raised the death toll from the artillery duel in Iidale to 12, and added that the government captured 30 \"armed vehicles\" (presumably technicals). It also contradicted the fall of Daynuunay to the ICU: \"'The fighting is so fierce, but government forces are still controlling Daynuunay,' said Issak Adan Mursaley, a resident in Daynuunay.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nMeanwhile, an EU peace-brokering commission led by Louis Michel landed at Baidoa and then Mogadishu to meet respectively with the TFG and ICU representatives. Discussions yielded the agreement to meet in Khartoum, Sudan at an unspecified future date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nIn Dadaab Kenya, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Wendy Chamberlin, said camps there accounted for 34,000 refugees fleeing the fighting and floods in Somalia, but that number is expected to grow to 80,000 if fighting continues. The World Food Programme (WFP) is attempting to provide relief, but floods and mud have hampered ground transportation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nSheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, speaking for the ICU, claimed fighting was going its way in Iidale and Buulo Jadid, saying they captured two technicals, killed nine soldiers, and had taken prisoners in the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nOn December 21, 2006, Puntland President Adde Muse claimed ICU casualties were heavy in the fighting around Baidoa, sustaining 75 dead and 125 wounded, along with the loss of 30 vehicles burned or captured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nAlso reported that same day, fighting in Idale and Daynuunay was said to have started the prior morning and continued through the next day. No stint in the fighting seemed to be coming, as both sides continued to gather reinforcements. Casualty figures were unavailable, but the numbers were expected to be in the hundreds easily. The report went on to refute ICU claim of victory, and stated the government again possession of Iidale and killed foreign fighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nThe government reportedly captured dozens of Islamist students who took up arms, sufficient in quantity to fill three lorries. Islamist militias were said to have taken away the bodies of 70 dead, with another 45 severely wounded being at area hospitals. Conflicting reports from the ICU claim they killed 203 Ethiopian troops and wounded another 200, with the loss of only 20 men and 53 wounded. IRIN confirmed through medical sources at least 50 were killed on both sides and at least 150 to 200 wounded. Civilians were fleeing the area to avoid the heavy fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nOn December 23, 2006, dozens of dead Ethiopian soldiers were displayed by Islamists to journalists in the recently captured town of Iidale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nThe Arab League called for a halt in the fighting, and offered to co-host peace talks between the combatants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nOn December 24, 2006, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi appeared on television to declare its defense forces had been forced to enter a war against the Islamists. Ethiopian warplanes reportedly began bombing ICU targets, including Dinsoor and Burhakaba in the Bay region as part of the counter-offensive in the Battle of Baidoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nFive Ethiopian tanks were said to have been destroyed in the fighting according to Islamists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nOn December 24, 2006, in Kismayo, 1,000 men were said to be leaving for the Battle of Baidoa, presumably to fight on behalf of the ICU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nOn December 26, 2006, a general retreat from positions held by the ICU was ordered from the front in Baidoa. Burhakaba and Dinsoor were vacated after days of fierce fighting against Ethiopian-backed TFG forces. Ethiopian forces arrived in the towns during the retreat, according to some sources.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nEthiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi solidified his position of temporary intervention, saying he would not send Ethiopian military units into the Somali capital, Mogadishu, but encircle the city instead so as to contain the ICU. A government spokesman appeared to offhandedly conflict with this statement however, by saying of the ICU retreat: \u2018This is the first stage of victory\u2026 When this is all over, we will enter Mogadishu peacefully.\u2019 Ethiopian bombings continued, with three people killed in Leego, east of Burhakaba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Baidoa\nA great deal of speculation, along with claims and refutations, dealt with the number of Ethiopian forces involved in the war. According to an estimate by Rome-based Globe Research, Ethiopian forces around Baidoa were estimated to number about a division of 12,000 soldiers. Baidoa airport hosted a squadron of helicopters, and was being expanded by Ethiopian engineers to accommodate fighter aircraft. New radar was being installed. A second division of light infantry was being positioned against Beledweyne. A third prong was set to advance on Kismayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, November, 2006\nOn November 28, 2006, before the outbreak of general hostilities, ICU and Ethiopian troops had exchanged mortar fire in the divided province of Galkayo, Mudug region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nOn December 22, 2006, Ethiopian troops were said to be amassing in Galkayo for what might turn into a second front of the war near Puntland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nOn December 23, 2006, 500 Ethiopian troops and 8 tanks were reported to be heading towards Bandiradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nOn December 24, 2006, Ethiopia admitted its troops are fighting the Islamists. Ethiopian warplanes bombed ICU targets in Jawil and Kala-Bayrka 30\u00a0km south of Beledweyne in the Hiran region (300\u00a0km or 190\u00a0mi north of Mogadishu) and also struck Bandiradley, in Mudug (700\u00a0km or 430\u00a0mi north of Mogadishu). According to one witness: \"We see planes striking us and heavy fighting on the ground intensifying.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nTwelve men, identified as Ethiopian prisoners of war, were reported taken in Beledweyne. Eight Ethiopian aircraft were reported to have struck Beledweyne and its residential areas, causing protests in the streets. Ethiopian tanks cut the main Kala-Bayrka road, isolating the town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nAbdulahi Mire Areys, commander of forces for the semi-autonomous government of Puntland in Bandiradley say they were attacked by the ICU, including mortar fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nICU commander Mohamud Mohamed Jimale (\"Aga-Weyne\", \"Big Feet\") said Ethiopians had attacked Bandiradley and the Saddeh-Higlo region of Mudug.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nEthiopian forces, accompanied by the militia of warlord Abdi Qeybdid and the forces of Puntland occupied the ICU barracks of Bandiradley. (Abdi Qeybdid was the last warlord ousted from Mogadishu in July, 2006.) ICU spokesman Sheik Mohamood Jimale Agoweyne, stated Ethiopian aircraft were basing out of Galkayo airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nOn December 25, 2006, ICU officer Sheik Abdiqani Qorane Mohammed claimed Islamist forces killed an unspecified number of Ethiopian troops and downed an Ethiopian helicopter gunship at Bandiradley, while spokesman Sheik Asbdrahman Jiunikow admitted the ICU had retreated from Beledweyne, leaving it to advancing Ethiopian forces after a day of battle. Fighting was also said to be near Jawil in Hiran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nFighting had advanced in the north, between Bandiradley in Mudug and Galinsor just inside the border of Adado district, Galgadud. Late in the day, Ethiopian troops had advanced from Galinsor and taken Adado, Galgadud, after the ICU abandoned the town following fierce fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nIn Hiran, Ethiopian forces were reported to have taken both Beledweyne and Buuloburde, with unconfirmed reports that \"hundreds of Ethiopian tanks\" were moving along the road towards Jowhar. This presents a threat of a major flanking of ICU positions in Tiyoglow and Burhakaba by striking towards the Shabeellaha Dhexe area. The Ethiopian forces were accompanied by Somali warlord Mohamed Omar Habeb 'Mohamed Dhere,' who wished to reestablish his control over Jowhar. The returning ex-Governor of Hiran, Yusuf Dagabed, proclaimed that the town of Beledweyne was liberated and it was again legal to chew khat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nThe loss of Adado meant that it became the third to fall to the advancing Ethiopian forces, after Bandiradley and Beledweyne. This has left the ICU vulnerable, with Jowhar their furthermost stronghold (90 kilometres (56\u00a0mi) north-east of Mogadishu) after losing vast amounts of territory as quickly as they had gained several months ago. Unconfirmed reports now say that this is due to a change in strategy by the ICU so as to employ guerilla warfare against the more technologically advanced Ethiopian military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0030-0001", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nThe leader of the Council of Islamic Courts executive body appeared to confirm this: \"The war is entering a new phase\u2026 we will fight Ethiopia for a long, long time and we expect the war to go everyplace.\" Other Islamic leaders did explicitly threaten guerilla war within Ethiopia, by placing Addis Ababa as a target for suicide bombings. In response to this, the Ethiopian-backed TFG announced an amnesty to any ICU fighter who renounced violence by giving up arms. \"The government will not take revenge,\" a government spokesman was reported to have said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Second Front in Mudug and Hiran, December, 2006\nOn December 26, 2006, it became known that ICU forces completely left Mudug, Galgadud, Hiran, Bay and Bakool provinces, clinging to Shabeellaha Dhexe province. Ethiopian forces were predicted to take this in the coming days. This amounted to a ninety per cent loss of territory of what the ICU once had before the Ethiopian intervention. The Islamic courts claimed that they would adopt the Taliban-style guerilla warfare that has been used in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Military Actions in Ethiopia\nOn December 23, 2006, the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) claimed to have attacked an Ethiopian column near Baraajisale heading to Somalia, destroying 4 of 20 vehicles, inflicting casualties and driving the convoy back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Military Actions in Ethiopia\nOn January 15, 2007, ONLF rebels attacked Ethiopian soldiers in Qabri-Dahar, Garbo, and Fiiq. Five Ethiopian soldiers and one ONLF rebel have been reported killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 55], "content_span": [56, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Attacks on Mogadishu and Bali-Dogle Airports\nOn December 25, 2006, Ethiopian jets bombed Mogadishu's main airport held by the ICU since June 2006. Witnesses reported MiG fighter jets fired missiles into the airport twice. One person was killed and a number injured. Further north, Beledweyne was also bombed, according to witnesses. The fighting between the Ethiopian-backed TFG and the ICU became stretched to over 400\u00a0km (250\u00a0mi) of land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Attacks on Mogadishu and Bali-Dogle Airports\nBali-Dogle airport in southern Somalia was also reported struck. This airport lies 115\u00a0km northwest of Mogadishu in the district of Wanlaweyne about halfway between the capital and the front lines at Burhakaba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Attacks on Mogadishu and Bali-Dogle Airports\nThe TFG declared the borders of Somalia were closed. The Ethiopian attacks on the airports were due to claims the airports had recently been used for \"unauthorized flights.\" This presumably relates to prior flights allegedly carrying Islamist volunteers wishing to fight for the ICU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 71], "content_span": [72, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\nOn December 26, 2006 the Council of Islamic Courts fighters retreated from the main frontline after a week of artillery and mortar duels and attacks by Somali transitional government and Ethiopian soldiers, witnesses say. Ethiopian forces took control of Burhakaba early on Tuesday without any fighting, Jama Nur, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Mogadishu, reported. Transitional government and Ethiopian forces have moved 40\u00a0km towards the capital since taking control of Baladweyne town on Monday, he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\nIslamist spokesman Abdi Kafi said in response to the impending Ethiopian attack on the capital that \"It will be their destruction and doomsday\" and that \"It is a matter of time before we start striking at them from all directions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\n\"A joint Somali government and Ethiopian force has broken the back of the international terrorist forces\u2026 These forces are in full retreat,\" Meles Zenawi told reporters in Addis Ababa, adding that up to 1,000 Islamist fighters had been killed. \"A few are Somali but the majority are foreigners,\" he said of the dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\nMeles said that the Ethiopian army was half-way on its mission in Somalia. Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia, Abdulkarin Farah took time to list some of the 17 cities Ethiopian and Somali government forces had overrun:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\nLastly, he said that the Ethiopian and TFG forces were advancing on the airport at Bali-Dogle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\nEthiopian troops were accused by Islamic leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed of massacring 50 civilians in the central town of Cadado", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 26, 2006\nEthiopian forces advancing south towards Jowhar were reported facing off ICU troops in Fidow in Hiran and Bur Weyn (the latter is half-way between Buulo Burde and Jalalaqsi). Later Jalalaqsi was reported taken. There, Mohamed Dhere urged for peace as he advanced towards Jowhar. Dhusamareeb was also described as abandoned by the ICU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 27, 2006\nOn December 27, 2006, The New York Times reported analysts in Nairobi, Kenya claimed US surveillance aircraft were funnelling information to Ethiopian forces. Maj. Kelley Thibodeau said she was \"not at liberty to discuss\" the matter. There was also a claim Eritrean forces were arming the ICU with anti-aircraft missiles to defend Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 27, 2006\nICU forces, on the run since suffering defeats against advancing Ethiopian and TFG forces, rallied at Jimbale, 140 kilometres (87\u00a0mi) north of Mogadishu. This began a brief battle for the strategic ICU stronghold of Jowhar. (See Battle of Jowhar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 27, 2006\nAfter losing this town, the ICU also abandoned Balad, just north of Mogadishu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Retreat of the ICU, December 27, 2006\nOn the advance from Burhakaba, government forces were met with stiff resistance in Leego, on the approaches to Lower Shabelle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 64], "content_span": [65, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu\nBy the time the capital fell to the TFG and Ethiopian forces, military vehicles contributed by Ethiopia to the conflict included approximately 200 Ethiopian tanks and nearly 500 military vehicles in total, attack helicopters and MiG fighter jets. This represented a significant commitment of its total armored forces given the country has an estimated 170 T-55, 50 T-62, and 50 T-72 tanks in its army. It was unclear how many of Ethiopia's estimated 25 MiG-21, 12 MiG-23 or 12 Sukhoi-27 aircraft were committed to the conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nSomalia's envoy to Ethiopia has confirmed that Ethiopian-backed Somali government troops will lay siege to Mogadishu until it surrenders. \"We are not going to fight for Mogadishu to avoid civilian casualties\u2026 Our troops will surround Mogadishu until they surrender,\" he told reporters in Addis Ababa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nICU troops abandoned their barracks in the town of Balcad, the last town before the outskirts of Mogadishu. Ethiopian and Somali government forces, accompanied by patrolling Ethiopian jets, approached within 30\u00a0km of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nThe hope was to take the city with minimal violence. TFG spokesman Abdirahman Dinari said, \"Islamic courts militias are already on the run and we hope that Mogadishu will fall to our hands without firing a shot.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nClan leaders in Mogadishu considered whether to back the government troops advancing on the capital. This would preempt a possible lengthy and bloody fight for the capital and deal a devastating blow to the Islamic Courts. Islamic fighters were seen changing out of their uniforms and into civilian clothing while women were spotted on the streets selling the narcotic khat which was banned by the Islamists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nAreas in the north of Mogadishu were reported to be taken over by clan militias who rapidly switched allegiances and reversed the policies of the ICU, allowing khat to be sold openly, and for cinemas to reopen. Some ICU fighters are said to have fled towards the port city of Kismayo, their last remaining stronghold, 480\u00a0km (300\u00a0mi) to the south. Remaining ICU troops were reported shaving their beardsor in hiding and there was speculation in the capital that Kismayo would fall soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nIslamists turned over their weapons to local clan leaders and militias in the capital. Islamists in the Karan neighborhood of Mogadishu handed over their weapons to Abukar Bolow, a subordinate of a former Mogadishu warlord who welcomed TFG forces, while in the neighborhoods of Boondheere and Siinay, ICU fighters handed over their weapons to local clan militias, who placed posters of Abdullahi Yusuf and Ali Ghedi on their battlewagons. Furthermore, the Hawiye, Somalia's largest clan, began discussing a peaceful resolution with the interim government. According to several eyewitnesses on the scene, the stability created by the Islamic militias has also begun to collapse with people returning to their homes and bandits once again roaming the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\nThe top leaders of the ICU, including Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Abdirahman Janaqow, resigned in anticipation of the siege in order to prevent more bloodshed. Their official press release called upon ICU fighters to secure the areas in which they were stationed and expressed their regret that foreign powers had invaded the country and that Somalia would return to chaos, losing the \"significant acts\" that they claim to have brought to Somalis. They issued the following decisions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 27, 2006\n# It is the national duty to protect the sovereignty and the integrity of Somalia and its people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 28, 2006\nTFG spokesman Abdirahman Dinari cautiously expressed, \"We are taking control of the city and I will confirm when we have established complete control\u2026 Our forces already effectively control Mogadishu because we have taken over the two control points on the main roads outside the city\u2026 Within two to three hours we will capture the whole city.\" He also added the government was in control of 95% of the country, but a state of emergency would be imposed to bring law and order back to the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0057-0001", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 28, 2006\nAn ebullient Member of Parliament, Mohamed Jama Fuurah called Reuters from the port of Mogadishu saying, \"The government has taken over Mogadishu. We are now in charge.\" Pro-government militias were said to control of key locations, including the former presidential palace. Ali Ghedi, the Prime Minister of the transitional government, stated that Somali government troops had entered Mogadishu without resistance, as well as the town of Afgoye on its outskirts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0057-0002", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 28, 2006\nMohamed Jama Furuh, a member of parliament and former warlord, took control of Mogadishu's seaport on the government's behalf, an area he had controlled before the rise of the ICU as a warlord. The President, Abdullahi Yusuf, asserted that TFG troops were not a threat to the city-dwellers, though there were some reports of gunfire in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 28, 2006\nMeles Zenawi declared Ethiopia's mission in Somalia 75% completed with the occupation of Mogadishu by the government, with the only uncompleted task being the capturing of foreign fighters and defeat of remaining \"extremists.\" As the army martialled at Afgoye, outside of Mogadishu, over 500 vehicles could be seen assembled, including over 200 Ethiopian tanks. Only 35 of the vehicles belonged to the TFG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 29, 2006\nMohamed Qanyare, another Mogadishu warlord, returned to the city and made a plea for the federal government to not disarm the militias. Qanyare was former TFG Security Minister before losing his position as a result of the Second Battle of Mogadishu. Gedi's decree for disarmament also applied to non-government troops in the autonomous state of Puntland, where it was seen as questionably enforceable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 30, 2006\nAnti - Ethiopian sentiment is on the rise with hundreds protesting against their presence in the capital. Another development is the appearance of masked men which has never happened before and may signal the beginnings of an Iraq-style insurgency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 31, 2006\nIn Mogadishu, a missile aimed at Ethiopian troops slammed into a residential area reportedly killing one woman and injuring a man and their daughter. Also, an explosion occurred around 9pm local time at the Hotel Ramadan in Yaaqshiid district, former headquarters of the ICU. Two people were injured. It was speculated that the target might have been Ethiopian troops who had taken over control of the hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 31, 2006\nAssistant Trade Minister for the TFG, Abdifitah Ibrahim Rashid, accused men loyal to Defense Minister Col. Barre Hiiraale of killing ten civilians and kidnapping ten others near Dinsor, Bay region. The incident came after a man was caught driving a pickup truck loaded with ammunition and explosives. The truck had belonged to the Juba Valley Alliance before it was seized in fighting at Bu'aale by the ICU earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Fall of Mogadishu, December 31, 2006\nIn an effort to head off additional bloodshed, Yusuf Ahmed Hagar \"Dabageed,\" returning governor of Hiran, called for an end of three days of reprisals conducted by men loyal to him and the TFG. He urged an end to the hunting for former members of the Islamist militias offered assurances that those who were now mingled with the rest of the population would not be hurt or killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 63], "content_span": [64, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0064-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 27, 2006\nThe ICU abandoned its positions in the Jubba River valley at Salagle and Sakow, north of Bu'aale. The ICU had been in possession of Salagle for two weeks, taking the town on December 13, 2006. Sakow had fallen to the ICU in October after they defeated the Juba Valley Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0065-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 27, 2006\nICU forces in Kismayo were reported retreating towards Mogadishu, and TFG forces were advancing towards Bu'aale from Dinsoor, while the rest of the Jubbada Hoose and Jubbada Dhexe areas were calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0066-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 28, 2006\nIslamist forces continued to withdraw to the south toward Kismayo, and Ahmed Ali Harare, ICU military commander of Southern Somalia, avowed the ICU would not leave Kismayo without a fight. Though the ICU leadership had formally resigned, they did not surrender to government forces. Hassan Dahir Aweys, accompanied by 45 technicals equipped with anti-aircraft guns, arrived in the strategic town of Jilib, 105\u00a0km (65\u00a0mi) north of Kismayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0066-0001", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 28, 2006\nA confidential UN situational report stated that Islamists were going door-to-door to recruit fighters as young as 12 in Kismayo, citing families who claim relatives had been taken to Jilib to fight. Only the most hardcore fighters, numbering about 3,000, are still opposing the government according to some former ICU militiamen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0067-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 29, 2006\nTFG forces under Defense Minister (and former head of the Juba Valley Alliance) Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale entered Bu'aale, approximately 150\u00a0km north of Kismayo. Ethiopian jets continued to patrol over Jilib, and a column of 15 tanks was reported heading towards Bu'aale and Jilib. The Islamic militia reportedly mined the road to Jilib.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0068-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 29, 2006\nAs Islamist leader Sheikh Aweys vowed to fight on, and called for others to create an insurgency against the government, a heavily armed column of government and Ethiopian troops advanced from Mogadishu through Lower Shabelle towards Kismayo. They reached Bulo Marer (Kurtun Warrey district) and were heading to Baravo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0069-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Control of the Juba Valley, December 31, 2006\nElders of various clans in Kismayo, afraid of the potential devastation to their city, asked Islamic fighters to leave. The Islamists reportedly refused the request. As a result, gunbattles have been reported between Islamists and local clan militias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 72], "content_span": [73, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0070-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Jilib\nOn Saturday, December 30, 2006, joint Ethiopian/TFG troops had reached the town of Jilib, the last major town on the road to Kismayo. Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed urged the ICU soldiers to fight on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0071-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Jilib\nOn Sunday December 31, 2006, fighting began in the thick mango forests near Helashid, 18\u00a0km (11\u00a0mi) to the northwest of Jilib. Ethiopian MiG fighters, tanks, artillery and mortars struck Islamic positions in the assault. Residents reported the road to Jilib was littered with remote-controlled landmines by the ICU and three bridges leading to the town have been destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0072-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Jilib\nTFG and Ethiopian forces also attacked Bulobaley, raining down fire from mortars and rockets. In Jilib, Islamists used bulldozers to prepare trenches and defensive positions. They had about 3,000 fighters and 60 technicals mounted with anti aircraft and anti tank guns. Up to 4,700 people fled the area ahead of the fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0073-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Jilib\nAt approximately 5:00pm, a heavy gun battle erupted on the outskirts of Jilib town between Islamic fighters and the Ethiopian-backed interim government troops. Tanks and armored vehicles were reported committed by Ethiopian forces. The sound of heavy artillery fires could be heard in Jamame town near Jilib, local residents said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188798-0074-0000", "contents": "2006 in Somalia, Timeline, Battle of Jilib\nDuring the night, artillery strikes continued, eventually forcing the ICU frontlines to falter. A mutiny within the ICU caused their forces to disintegrate, and abandon both Jilib and Kismayo. They were reported to be fleeing towards the Kenyan border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188799-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in South Africa\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188799-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in South Africa, Incumbents, Cabinet\nThe Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188799-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in South Africa, Births\n22 September - Lihle Mabutho 5 October- Divan De Lang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188800-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in South African television\nThis is a list of South African television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188802-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in South Korean football\nThis article shows the 2006 season of South Korean football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188802-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in South Korean football, FIFA World Cup\nJo Bonfr\u00e8re led South Korea to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but he failed to satisfy Koreans' expectation, and was replaced by Dick Advocaat. Just before the World Cup, however, Advocaat contracted with a Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg beforehand in secret, and was criticized when the truth came out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188802-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in South Korean football, FIFA World Cup\nSouth Korea achieved their first-ever victory on foreign soil by beating Togo 2\u20131, and drew 1\u20131 with eventual finalists France, but they were eliminated in the group stage after losing 2\u20130 to Switzerland in the last group match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188804-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Spanish television\nThis is a list of Spanish television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188805-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Strikeforce\nThe year 2006 is the 1st year in the history of Strikeforce, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2006 Strikeforce held 4 events beginning with, Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188805-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie\nStrikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie was an event held on March 10, 2006 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188805-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Revenge\nStrikeforce: Revenge was an event held on June 9, 2006 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188805-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello\nStrikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello was an event held on October 7, 2006 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188805-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Triple Threat\nStrikeforce: Triple Threat was an event held on December 8, 2006 at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188806-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Sudan\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Sudan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188808-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swedish football\nThe 2006 season in Swedish football, starting January 2006 and ending December 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188809-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swedish television\nThis is a list of Swedish television related events from 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188810-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swiss music\n2006 has thus far been an important year for Swiss music, with the first few months of the year seeing a very steady pattern at the top end of the Swiss singles and album charts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188810-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swiss music, Chart summary\nThe first Swiss Top 100 Singles Chart number one of 2006 was Madonna's \"Hung Up\", the first single releases from her Confessions on a Dance Floor album (which itself had been number one in November 2005, and started the year at number two). \"Hung Up\" had been number since November 20, 2005 already and started the year with its seventh week at number one. The first album chart number one was Robbie Williams' Intensive Care, again a continuation from the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188810-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swiss music, Chart summary\nJanuary 8 would bring the first new number one of 2006, in \"Big City Life\" by Mattafix. \"Big City Life\" had already been on the chart since October, ending 2005 at number two in the chart. Mattafix and Robbie Williams would see out January topping their respective charts. Meanwhile, the confirmed Swiss Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entrant Six4one announced during January that their song for the contest will be \"If We All Give A Little\", although no extra information about the song was given at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188810-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swiss music, Chart summary\nFebruary 5 seen the first new album chart number one of the year, with James Blunt's Back To Bedlam album climbing back to the top, having been there for four weeks the previous year. Having been on the chart since June 19, Back To Bedlam has become one of the 200 most successful albums of all-time in Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188810-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swiss music, Chart summary\nOn February 12 Mattafix would finally fall off the top of the singles chart, with Eros Ramazzotti and Anastacia's duet \"I Belong To You (Il Ritmo Della Passione)\" taking over, having entered at No. 2 a week earlier. The duet is the third Swiss singles number one for both Ramazzotti and Anastacia. As of the chart week ending February 26, Ramazzotti and Anastacia still lie at number one in the singles chart, and James Blunt lies number one in the album chart (with his second album release, the live compilation Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions, at number two).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188810-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in Swiss music, Chart summary\nDespite the consistency at the top of the chart thus far in 2006, the Swiss singles chart has seen a lot of popular acts pass through it. Normally in the first two months of the year the chart would be mostly quiet, but the top ten has been fairly active, with acts including US5, 50 Cent, Ch!pz and Mary J. Blige entering toward the higher end of the chart this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188811-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Democratic Republic of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188812-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Taiwan\nEvents from the year 2006 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 95 according to the official Republic of China calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188813-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Thailand\nThe year 2006 was the 225th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 61st year of the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and is reckoned as the year 2549 in the Buddhist Era. Major events include the celebration of King Bhumibol's Diamond Jubilee, and the intensification of the 2005\u201306 Thai political crisis, which culminated in a coup d'\u00e9tat on 19 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188814-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Tonga\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Kingdom of Tonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188815-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Turkey\nThe following lists events that happened in 2006 in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188816-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in UFC\nThe year 2006 is the 14th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2006 the UFC held 18 events beginning with, UFC Fight Night 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188816-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in UFC, Debut UFC fighters\nThe following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 31], "content_span": [32, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188817-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Universal Reality Combat Championship\nThe year 2006 is the 5th year in the history of the Universal Reality Combat Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Philippines. In 2006 the URCC held 2 events beginning with, URCC 8: Undisputed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188817-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in Universal Reality Combat Championship, URCC 8: Undisputed\nURCC 8: Undisputed was an event held on May 20, 2006 at The Arena in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188817-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in Universal Reality Combat Championship, URCC 9: Unstoppable\nURCC 9: Unstoppable was an event held on December 2, 2006 at The Arena in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188818-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Uzbekistan\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Uzbekistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC\nThe year 2006 is the 6th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2006 WEC held 7 events beginning with, WEC 18: Unfinished Business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 18: Unfinished Business\nWEC 18: Unfinished Business was an event held on January 13, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 40], "content_span": [41, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 19: Undisputed\nWEC 19: Undisputed was an event held on March 17, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 31], "content_span": [32, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem\nWEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem was an event held on May 5, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 36], "content_span": [37, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 21: Tapout\nWEC 21: Tapout was an event held on June 15, 2006 at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 27], "content_span": [28, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 22: The Hitmen\nWEC 22: The Hitmen was an event held on July 8, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 31], "content_span": [32, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 23: Hot August Fights\nWEC 23: Hot August Fights was an event held on August 17, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 38], "content_span": [39, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188819-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in WEC, WEC 24: Full Force\nWEC 24: Full Force was an event held on October 12, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [13, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188820-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Wales\nThis article is about the particular significance of the year 2006 to Wales and its people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188821-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Yemen\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Yemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188822-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in Zimbabwe\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188823-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in anime, Events\nIn this year, 306 anime television programs were produced, and home video sales of anime DVDs and Laserdiscs in Japan were worth 95 billion yen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188823-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in anime, Accolades\nAt the Mainichi Film Awards, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time won the Animation Film Award and Tekkon Kinkreet won the \u014cfuji Nobur\u014d Award. The inaugural Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year was awarded to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; other nominees were Arashi no Yoru Ni, Tales from Earthsea, Brave Story and Detective Conan: The Private Eye's Requiem. Paprika was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 24], "content_span": [25, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188823-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in anime, Releases, Films\nA list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188823-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in anime, Releases, Television series\nA list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188823-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in anime, Releases, Original net animations\nA list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188823-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in anime, Releases, Original video animations\nA list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188824-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in archaeology\nThe year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188825-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in architecture\nThe year 2006 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188827-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in association football\nThe following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2006 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188829-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in baseball\nThe following are the baseball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188829-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in baseball, Champions, Major League Baseball\nClick on any series score to link to that series' page. Higher seed had home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series. The American League champion had home field advantage during the World Series as a result of the AL victory in the 2006 All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188830-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in basketball\nThe following are the basketball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188830-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in basketball\nTournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188832-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in chess, Titles awarded, Grandmasters\nIn 2006 FIDE awarded the title of Grandmaster to the following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188832-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in chess, Titles awarded, Woman Grandmaster\nIn 2006 FIDE awarded the title Woman Grandmaster to the following players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188833-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in comics\nNotable events of 2006 in comics. See also List of years in comics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188834-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in country music\nThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188834-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in country music, Top hits of the year\nThe following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs or Canada Country charts in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188834-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in country music, Top new album releases\nThe following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188835-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in cricket\nThe following is a list of important cricket related events which occurred in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports\nThis article lists the top four teams or players in each of the various eSports world championships of the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nOscar \"Archi\" Torgersen Patrik \"cArn\" S\u00e4ttermon Harley \"dsn\" Orwall Patrik \"f0rest\" Lindberg Kristoffer \"Tentpole\" Nordlund", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nOla \"elemeNt\" Moum Lasse \"Xione\" Stokke Preben \"prb\" Gammels\u00e6ter Geir-Stian \"juven9le\" Svendsen Sondre \"REAL\" Svanevik", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\n\u0141ukasz \"LUq\" Wnek Mariusz \"Loord\" Cybulski Wiktor \"TaZ\" Wojtas Filip \"Neo\" Kubski Jakub \"kuben\" Gurczy\u0144ski", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nGuillaume \"Geno\" Ntep Marc \"bisou\" Naoum Steeve \"Ozstrik3r\" Flavigni Fergus \"ferg\" Stephenson David \"Xp3\" Garrido", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nDavid \"CHEF-KOCH\" Nagel Peter \"Chucky\" Schlosser Navid \"Kapio\" Javadi Jan \"mooN\" Stolle Roman \"roman\" Ausserdorfer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nJosh \"Dominator\" Sievers Mikey \"Method\" So Griffin \"shaGuar\" Benger Ron \"Rambo\" Kim Salvatore \"Volcano\" Garozzo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nOscar \"Archi\" Torgersen Patrik \"cArn\" S\u00e4ttermon Harley \"dsn\" Orwall Patrik \"f0rest\" Lindberg Kristoffer \"Tentpole\" Nordlund", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nChad \"Daffsta\" White Garett \"grt\" Bambrough Jonny \"Ph33R\" Schwan Hoang \"s0nNy\" Tran Mark \"mastern00k\" Torrez", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\n\u0141ukasz \"LUq\" Wnek Mariusz \"Loord\" Cybulski Wiktor \"TaZ\" Wojtas Filip \"Neo\" Kubski Jakub \"kuben\" Gurczy\u0144ski", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nDennis \"walle\" Wallenberg Robert \"RobbaN\" Dahlstrom Oskar \"ins\" Holm Marcus \"zet\" Sundstrom Abdisamad \"SpawN\" Mohamed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nJuuso \"contE\" Sajakoski Tomi \"lurppis\" Kovanen Niko \"naSu\" Kovanen Max \"ruuit\" Aspe Toni \"toNppa\" Luhtapuro", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nAlexander \"ave\" Holdt Brian \"hpx\" Christensen Muhamed \"mJe\" Eid Christian \"Paddy\" Juhl Danny \"zonic\" S\u00f8rensen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nCarlos Henrique \"KIKOOOO\" Segal Renato \"nak\" Nakano Raphael \"cogu\" Camargo Lincoln \"fnx\" Lau Bruno \"bruno\" Ono", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nOscar \"Archi\" Torgersen Patrik \"cArn\" S\u00e4ttermon Harley \"dsn\" Orwall Patrik \"f0rest\" Lindberg Kristoffer \"Tentpole\" Nordlund", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nDavid \"CHEF-KOCH\" Nagel Manuel \"TiXo\" Makohl Navid \"Kapio\" Javadi Jan \"mooN\" Stolle Tim \"silver\" Hochgrebe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nDave \"moto\" Geffon Mikey \"Method\" So Griffin \"shaGuar\" Benger Ron \"Rambo\" Kim Salvatore \"Volcano\" Garozzo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nDennis \"walle\" Wallenberg Robert \"RobbaN\" Dahlstrom Oskar \"ins\" Holm Marcus \"zet\" Sundstrom Abdisamad \"SpawN\" Mohamed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nChao \"Aqi\" Zhang Hao \"bigun\" Huo Ke Fei \"Jungle\" Yang Run Bo \"sakula\" Wu Zhen Wei \"alex\" Bian", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nJuuso \"contE\" Sajakoski Tomi \"lurppis\" Kovanen Niko \"naSu\" Kovanen Max \"ruuit\" Aspe Toni \"toNppa\" Luhtapuro", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nCarlos Henrique \"KIKOOOO\" Segal Renato \"nak\" Nakano Rafael \"pava\" Pavanelli Lincoln \"fnx\" Lau Bruno \"bruno\" Ono", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nJiang \"Mikk\" Pu Minwoo Xing Ju \"tK\" Ma Ke Fei \"Jungle\" Yang Run Bo \"sakula\" Wu Zhen Wei \"alex\" Bian", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nMatt \"warden\" Dickens Tyler \"Storm\" Wood Danny \"fRoD\" Mountainer Corey \"tr1p\" Dodd Justin \"sunman\" Summy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nYoungHwan \"ryu\" Ryu SunHo \"termi\" Pyun JinHee \"hee\" Park GeunChul \"solo\" Kang SungJae \"BaiL\" Lee", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Counter-Strike\nJonas \"bsl\" Vikan Geir-Stian \"juve9le\" Svendsen Lars \"Naikon\" Olaisen Preben \"OOPS\" Josdal Sondre \"REAL\" Svanevik", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nJung-Ki \"Susiria\" Oh JaeWook \"Lucifer\" Noh Jang \"Moon\" Jae Ho Kim \"Storm\" JaeWoong", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nManuel \"Grubby\" Schenkhuizen Yoan \"ToD\" Merlo Dae Hui \"FoV\" Cho Olav \"Creolophus\" Undheim Sebastian \"FuRy\" Pesic Ivica \"Zeus[19] \" Markovic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nAndrey \"Deadman\" Sobolev Zdravko \"Insomnia\" Georgiev Mykhaylo \"HoT\" Novopashyn Tae min \"Zacard\" Hwang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nSung \"ReMinD\" Sik Kim Xiaofeng \"Sky\" Li Lee \"Check\" Hyung Joo Hao \"suhO\" Su Lee Sung \"SoJu\" Duk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nJung-Ki \"Susiria\" Oh JaeWook \"Lucifer\" Noh Jang \"Moon\" Jae Ho Jin Sung \"BerA\" Lee", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nAndrey \"Deadman\" Sobolev Zdravko \"Insomnia\" Georgiev Jung Hee \"Sweet\" Chun Tae min \"Zacard\" Hwang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nManuel \"Grubby\" Schenkhuizen Yoan \"ToD\" Merlo Dae Hui \"FoV\" Cho Olav \"Creolophus\" Undheim Ivica \"Zeus[19] \" Markovic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nMinh \u201cSpell\u201d Nguyen Dennis \"HasuObs\" Schneider Kim \"SaSe\" Hammar Michael \"Giacomo\" Hladik", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nXiaofeng \"Sky\" Li Su \"suhO\" Hao Weiliang \"Fly100%\" Lu Hongliang \"xTiGer\" Liu Zhengkun \"Guangmo\" Guo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nManuel \"Grubby\" Schenkhuizen Yoan \"ToD\" Merlo Zdravko \"Insomnia\" Georgiev Dimitar \"DIDI8\" Aleksandrov Olav \"Creolophus\" Undheim", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nLee \"Check\" Hyung Joo Rainbow Seo Woo \"ReiGn\" Kang Jung Hee \"Sweet\" Chun Park \"Lyn\" Jun", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nDae Hui \"FoV\" Cho JaeWook \"Lucifer\" Noh Jang \"Moon\" Jae Ho Jung Hee \"Sweet\" Chun Tae min \"Zacard\" Hwang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nXiaofeng \"Sky\" Li Hao \"suhO\" Su Liwei \"XiaOt\" Sun QcH[ATi]Gstar Zhengkun \"Guangmo\" Guo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188836-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 in esports, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne \u2013 Team Events\nManuel \"Grubby\" Schenkhuizen Yoan \"ToD\" Merlo Zdravko \"Insomnia\" Georgiev Kim \"SaSe\" Hammar Mykhaylo \"HoT\" Novopashyn", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in film\nThe following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in film, Evaluation of the year\nLegendary film critic Philip French of The Guardian described 2006 as \"an outstanding year for British cinema\". He went on to emphasize, \"Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, Stephen Frears's The Queen, Paul Greengrass's United 93 and Nicholas Hytner's The History Boys. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0001-0001", "contents": "2006 in film, Evaluation of the year\nIn addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller Children of Men.\" He also stated, \"In the (United) States, M. Night Shyamalan of The Sixth Sense fame fell flat on his over-confident face with Lady in the Water, but Martin Scorsese's The Departed was his best for years, and he was with Jack Nicholson at last. Apart from that, the best American films were political (Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck, The New World) or very personal (Little Miss Sunshine, Little Children, The Squid and the Whale).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0001-0002", "contents": "2006 in film, Evaluation of the year\nSadly, Oliver Stone's 9/11 picture World Trade Center was neither. Asian cinema produced a string of elegant thrillers and horror flicks. The best Eastern European movie was The Death of Mr Lazarescu, a devastating look at the Romania Ceausescu left behind him. Most of the best Western European films came from France, with Michael Haneke's Hidden (Cache), proving the most widely discussed art-house puzzle picture since Last Year at Marienbad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0001-0003", "contents": "2006 in film, Evaluation of the year\nThe award of 18 certificates by the BBFC to Shortbus and Destricted has brought close the abolition of censorship, but not of classification, and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain was a real step forward for the representation of gay men in mainstream cinema, though Gore Vidal claims that there's a gay subtext to every western. However, the year's most extraordinary event, or conjunction, was the almost simultaneous release of Tommy Lee Jones's directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Who would have predicted in the Sixties, when they were roommates at Harvard and used by Erich Segal as joint models for Oliver Barrett IV in Love Story, that both Jones and Gore would end up as movie stars - if, in Gore's case, accidentally and temporarily?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in film, Highest-grossing films\nThe top 10 films released in 2006 by worldwide gross are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in film, Highest-grossing films\nPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the third film in cinema history to gross over $1 billion and is the 35th highest-grossing film of all time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188837-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in film, Films released in 2006\nThe list of films released in 2006, arranged by country, are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188838-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in games\nThis page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2006. For video games, see 2006 in video gaming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf\nThis article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Men's professional golf\nFor a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2006 PGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Men's professional golf\nFor a complete list of European Tour results see 2006 European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Women's professional golf\nLadies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Women's professional golf\nFor a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see 2006 Ladies European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Women's professional golf\nFor a complete list of LPGA Tour results see 2006 LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 39], "content_span": [40, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Senior men's professional golf\nFor a complete list of Champions Tour results see 2006 Champions Tour. For a complete list of European Seniors Tour results see 2006 European Seniors Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 44], "content_span": [45, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Table of results\nThis table summarises all the results referred to above in date order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 30], "content_span": [31, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Table of results\nThe following biennial events will next be played in 2007: Presidents Cup; Seve Trophy; Solheim Cup; Walker Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 30], "content_span": [31, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188839-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in golf, Miscellaneous\nThe first golf drive in space was made on 22 November 2006 funded by Canadian golf company Element 21 as part of the Expedition 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188840-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in hammer throw\nThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the final of the men's competition was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. The women had their final four days earlier, on Tuesday August 8, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188841-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in heavy metal music\nThis is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188842-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in hip hop music\nThis article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188843-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in home video\n2006 in home video is considered something of a watershed for home media technology, with VHS being phased out as Blu-ray fought to replace the presently dominant DVD format. 2006 marks the end of the VHS era with the release of A History of Violence, the last VHS release for a major Hollywood film. Major retailers are switching to DVD-only sales while tapes are being sent to discount stores. This time marks the beginning of a major format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD which would be quickly won by Blu-ray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188843-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in home video, Movie releases\nThe following movies were released on video on the following dates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188843-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in home video, TV show releases\nThe following television shows were released on video on the following dates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188844-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in ice hockey\nThe following is a chronicle of events during the year 2006 in ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188845-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in jazz\nThis is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188846-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in literature\nThis article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188847-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in machinima\nThe following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2006. These include several new machinima productions, season finales, and the 2006 Machinima Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188848-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in men's road cycling\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by JJMC89 bot III (talk | contribs) at 20:57, 9 April 2020 (Moving Category:Years in men's road cycling to Category:Men's road cycling by year per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188848-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in men's road cycling, World Championships\nThe World Road Championships were held in Salzburg, Austria, from 21 to 28 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188849-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in modern pentathlon\nThis article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188850-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in motorsport\nThe following is an overview of the events of 2006 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188850-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in motorsport, Annual events\nThe calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188851-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in music\nThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188851-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in music, Bands reformed\nTake That (4 out of 5 original members reunited after the group disbanded in 1996)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188851-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in music, Top hits on record in the world, Australia\nAustralian ARIA Hit Singles \u2013 Singles which have ranked within Top 20", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 57], "content_span": [58, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology\nPaleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Arthropods, Insects\nNew bulldog ant genus, Y. orbiculata, Y. bartletti, Y. rebekkae", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Lepidosauromorphs, Newly named basal lepidosauromorphs\nTwo species was descript: Rautiania alexandri (type) and R. minchi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 76], "content_span": [77, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named dinosaurs\nDescribed by the authors as a possible crocodylomorph or theropod.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 61], "content_span": [62, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nA stem Spheniscidae. The type species is Wa. manneringi. Originally the second species, Wa. tuatahi, was assigned to this genus as well; Mayr et al. (2018) transferred this species to the separate genus Muriwaimanu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds\nAn early Passeriformes Incertae Sedis, type species is Wi. weissi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Oxyaenidae. Genus includes new species A. palustris. Subsequently, Sol\u00e9, Gheerbrant & Godinot (2013) considered the genus Anthracoxyaena to be a junior synonym of the genus Arfia, though the authors maintained A. palustris as a distinct species within the latter genus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Hyopsodontidae. Genus includes new species A. confuciusi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species A. mckennai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA possible member of the family Archaeolambdidae. Genus includes new species C. wangzhaoi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Isectolophidae. Genus includes new species C. laoshanensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA possible member of the family Paromomyidae. Genus includes new species D. ambiguus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species H. qiensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Erinaceidae. Genus includes new species L. erinaceanus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of Arctostylopida belonging to the family Arctostylopidae. Genus includes new species M. roboreus and M. rosella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Eomoropidae. Genus includes new species P. taishanensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of Tillodontia. Genus includes new species P. orientalis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Hyaenodontidae belonging to the subfamily Proviverrinae. Genus includes new species P. youngi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA possible member of the family Amphilemuridae. Genus includes new species Q. schieboutae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Leptictidae. Genus includes new species S. simplus and S? stenotalus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of Anagalida belonging to the family Pseudictopidae. Genus includes new species S. changleensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA possible member of the family Nyctitheriidae. Genus includes new species T. asiatica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Viverravidae. Genus includes new species V. vegetatus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Coryphodontidae. Genus includes new species W. xianwui.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of Suiformes of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species W. primiveris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Astigalidae. Genus includes new species Y. weifangensis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188852-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 in paleontology, Synapsids, Mammals\nA member of the family Miacidae. Genus includes new species Z. zetesios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188853-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in piracy, Events\nThe International Maritime Organization states that there were 20 pirate attacks in January 2006, although none were successful. The first quarter of 2006 saw 61 pirate attacks up from 56 the year before. One person was killed by pirates in the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry\nNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry, Works published in English\nListed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry, Works published in English, New Zealand, Poets in Best New Zealand Poems\nPoems from these 25 poets were selected by John Newton for Best New Zealand Poems 2015, published online this year:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 88], "content_span": [89, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry, Works published in English, United Kingdom, Poets included in New Writing 14\nThis book of British writing (Granta, ISBN\u00a0978-1-86207-850-5), edited by Lavinia Greenlaw and Helon Habila, contains short stories, essays and excerpts of novels in addition to poems by these poets:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 92], "content_span": [93, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry, Works published in English, United States, Poets included in The Best American Poetry 2006\nPoets included in The Best American Poetry 2006, edited by David Lehman, co-edited this year by Billy Collins:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 106], "content_span": [107, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry, Works published in other languages\nListed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188854-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in poetry, Deaths\nBirth years link to the corresponding \"[year] in poetry\" article:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 22], "content_span": [23, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188855-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in politics\nThese are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188856-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in professional wrestling\n2006 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188856-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in professional wrestling, Title changes, WWE\nRaw and SmackDown each had a world championship, a secondary championship, and a tag team championship for male wrestlers. ECW only had a world championship. SmackDown also had a title for their cruiserweight wrestlers. There was only one women's championship and it was exclusive to Raw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188857-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in race walking\nThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20\u00a0km and 50\u00a0km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188858-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in rail transport\nThis article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league\nThis article contains information on rugby league played in 2006. The season commenced with the World Club Challenge in England in February and concluded with the Tri-Nations Final in Australia in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, January, World Club Challenge\nBradford Bulls won the one-off match against Wests Tigers 30\u201310 at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, February, National Rugby League trial matches, Week 2\nSouth Sydney Rabbitohs and the St George Illawarra Dragons played their annual Charity Shield match. The Rabbitohs narrowly took the shield with a score of 14\u201312, while most of the Dragons' top grade players were being rested on the bench in preparation for weeks to come.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 75], "content_span": [76, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, May\n12 - Dubbo, Australia: In the annual City vs Country Origin match, Country NSW defeated City NSW 12\u201310 at Apex Oval before a crowd of 11,423.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 25], "content_span": [26, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, Regular season matches, Super League XI\nThe Super League kicked off the weekend after the World Club Challenge with Hull F.C. defeating the newly promoted Castleford Tigers 42\u201318. This season saw the entry of Catalans Dragons, who are the first French team to compete since the demise of Paris Saint-Germain at the end of Super League II. The regular season would finish with St. Helens taking out the minor premiership and the Castleford Tigers being relegated to division one. The Super League Grand Final saw St. Helens claim a twelve championship with victory over Hull F.C. at Old Trafford in front of 73,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 61], "content_span": [62, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, Regular season matches, National Rugby League \u2013 Season 2006\nThe 99th season of first grade rugby league in Australia was controversial before competition even began. The New Zealand Warriors were fined and penalised four competition points for salary cap breaches in 2004 and 2005. They were fined, and started the season on \u22124 points. The season began on Friday, 10 March, when defending premiers Wests Tigers and early favourites St George Illawarra Dragons played at Telstra Stadium. Melbourne Storm won the Minor Premiership, however, lost to the Brisbane Broncos in the Grand Final in front of over 79,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 81], "content_span": [82, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, Regular season matches, Powergen Challenge Cup 2006\nThe Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup is the most prestigious knock-out competition in the world of Rugby League and the 2006 competition saw over a hundred clubs competing from countries including England, France, Russia, Scotland and Wales. The final would see St. Helens take victory 41\u201312 over the Huddersfield Giants at Twickenham Stadium in front of 65,187.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 73], "content_span": [74, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, Regular season matches, UK National Leagues\nThe National Leagues kicked off on 7 April. There are three divisions, and the top team in National One has the opportunity to enter SuperLeague, subject to minimum standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 65], "content_span": [66, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188859-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 in rugby league, Regular season matches, AMNRL \u2013 Season 2006\nThe American National Rugby League kicked off on Wednesday 17 June with the Glen Mills Bulls defeating the Philadelphia Fight 48\u201326. This season saw the entry of three new competition teams the Jacksonville Axemen, New Haven Warriors and the Boston Braves. At the conclusion of the AMNRL regular season the Glen Mills Bulls won the Minor Premiership, however, lost to the Connecticut Wildcats in the Grand Final Championship match in front of over 2,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 65], "content_span": [66, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188860-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in science\nThe year 2006 in science and technology involved some significant events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188861-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in spaceflight\nThis article outlines notable events occurring in 2006 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2006 saw Brazil, Iran, and Sweden all get a national into space for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports\n2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 73]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nThe following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2006 in chronological order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nThe event featured Frank Shamrock in his first fight since March 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nPrior to this Overeem fought exclusively in Europe and Japan since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nThe event featured Bas Rutten's only fight after retiring in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nMirko Filipovi\u0107 becomes the Pride 2006 openweight Grand Prix champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nThe show was aired on Spike TV and received 5.7 million viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188862-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 in sports, Mixed martial arts\nKazuo Misaki becomes the Pride 2006 welterweight Grand Prix champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188863-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in sumo\nThe following are the events in professional sumo during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 75]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188864-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in tennis\nThis page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2006. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188864-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in tennis\nRoger Federer triumphed in four top tennis contests in 2006: Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the US Open, and the Tennis Masters Cup. Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo won at Wimbledon and the Australian Open; while Justine Henin-Hardenne won the French Open and the WTA Tour Championships. Other champions that year included Rafael Nadal in the French Open, and Maria Sharapova in the US Open. In international team competitions, the Russian men's team beat Argentina to win the Davis Cup, and the Italian women's team beat Belgium to win the Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188865-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Central African Republic\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Central African Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188866-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188866-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Events, July 2006\nNikanor plc's stock listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market. Initial public offering raises $400 million; capitalization reaches $1.5 billion. Beny Steinmetz owned 36%, Dan Gertler owned 15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188868-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Gambia\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the Gambia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188869-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Netherlands\nThis article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188870-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Palestinian territories\nMeet me in the year 2006 in the Palestinian territories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188871-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Philippines\n2006 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188871-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Philippines, National holidays\nThe celebration of the holidays may be moved due to President Arroyo's \"holiday economics\" policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188871-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Philippines, National holidays\nHolidays in italics are \"special days\", while those in regular type are \"regular holidays\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188871-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in the Philippines, National holidays\nIn addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also \"special days\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188872-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the United Arab Emirates\nThe following lists events that happened during 2006 in the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188875-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the decathlon\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by JJMC89 bot III (talk | contribs) at 21:10, 9 April 2020 (Moving Category:Years in the decathlon to Category:Decathlon by year per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188875-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in the decathlon\nThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 for the men's decathlon. The main event during this season was the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. The competition started on 10 August and ended on 11 August. The main stadium for this 19th championship was the Stadium Ullevi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188876-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the environment\nThis is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2006. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics\nThe following events in the sport of athletics took place in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics, Championships, World Athletics Tour\nThe World Athletics Tour is a tournament where athletes accumulate points from placing in designated meets throughout the season. The top-ranking athletes in each event are then allowed entry in the IAAF World Athletics Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics, Championships, World Athletics Tour\nIn 2006 the World Athletics Tour consisted of six IAAF Golden League meets (Oslo, Paris, Rome, Zurich, Brussels, Berlin), six Super Grand Prix meets (Doha, Athens, Lausanne, Stockholm, London (Crystal Palace), Monaco), twelve Grand Prix meets (Melbourne, Dakar, Osaka, Bel\u00e9m, Eugene, Hengelo, Ostrava, Gateshead, Madrid, Helsinki, Rieti, Zagreb) as well as 26 Area Permit Meetings all over the world. The World Athletics Final was held in Stuttgart, having been staged in Monaco the three previous years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics, Championships, Challenges\nIn certain events that are not included in the World Athletics Final, currently race walking and combined events (formerly also cross-country running), distinct tournaments, named challenges, are being held. Similarly to the World Athletics Tour, the participating athletes accumulate points in designated meets, however in this case the final ranking is decided by the points table and not a conclusive meet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics, Championships, Challenges\nSee IAAF World Race Walking Challenge and IAAF World Combined Events Challenge for the 2006 results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics, Awards\nAt the 2006 World Athletics Gala in Monaco Asafa Powell and Sanya Richards were given the IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards for men and women respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188877-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 in the sport of athletics, Awards\nAt the same time Liu Xiang and Meseret Defar were recognized with the Performance of the Year awards for men and women, for their new world records (see above). The Rising Star Award was given to Margus Hunt for his world junior records, and the Coaches\u2019 Award was given to Woldemeskel Kostre of Ethiopia. Hicham El Guerrouj, Stefka Kostadinova and Jan \u017delezn\u00fd were presented Distinguished Career Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188878-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 in video games\n2006 saw the release of several sequels and prequels in video games, prominently including New Super Mario Bros, alongside many prominent new releases including Bully, Company of Heroes, Dead Rising, Gears of War, Just Cause, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Prey, Resistance: Fall of Man, Saints Row, Thrillville and Sonic the Hedgehog.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188878-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 in video games, Critically acclaimed titles\nMetacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand\nThe Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), Buddhist Era 2549 (2006) (Thai: \u0e23\u0e31\u0e10\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e19\u0e39\u0e0d\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e13\u0e32\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (\u0e09\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e0a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e27\u0e04\u0e23\u0e32\u0e27) \u0e1e\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e28\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a 2549; RTGS:\u00a0Ratthathammanun Haeng Ratcha-anachak Thai (Chabap Chua Khrao) Phutthasakkarat Song Phan Ha Roi Si Sip Kao) was an interim constitution of Thailand enacted to replace the 1997 Constitution which was repealed by the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) after it seized power from the government of Thaksin Shinawatra in the 2006 Thailand coup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand\nReleased on 27 September 2006 and promulgated on 1 October 2006, the Constitution allowed the junta to retain significant control over the appointed civilian government and the drafting of a permanent constitution. The CDR would be transformed into a permanent Council for National Security (CNS) and would appoint the head of the executive branch, the entire legislature, and the drafters of a permanent constitution. The Constitution made no mention of succession, instead leaving it to \"constitutional practice.\" The draft came under strong public criticism as being a step backwards from the 1997 \"People's Constitution\". The constitution did not repeal junta bans restricting freedom of speech, assembly, and political activity; these bans were subsequently revoked by an act on 27 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand\nThis interim constitution was replaced by the 2007 Constitution on 24 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Drafting process\nThe junta appointed a legal panel to draft an interim charter. The team was led by former Senate speaker Meechai Ruchuphan, and originally included jurists Borwornsak Uwanno and Wissanu Krea-ngam. Both had played key roles in drafting the 1997 Constitution and had served under the deposed government, although they had resigned several months before the coup. Both resigned from the panel after public criticism that they were members of the ancien regime. Thammasat vice-rector Prinya Thewanaruemitkul harshly criticized the two, saying that they were \"not honourable enough to look after the democratic system.\" Both refused to play any further role with the military junta. After the draft charter was promulgated, Meechai resigned as chief drafter; the junta appointed Jaran Pakdithanakul, former secretary to the Supreme Court president, as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 919]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Key features\nThe draft interim charter had 39 articles. Structurally, the draft interim charter was similar to the 1991 Constitution, the 1976 Constitution, and the 1959 Charter, in that it stipulated an extremely powerful executive branch which would appoint the entire legislature. The charter:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nThe draft interim charter met with harsh criticism. Key concerns included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nBanjerd Singkhaneti, of Thammasat University, noted of the process for drafting a permanent constitution, \"I think it will be a mess and the next constitution will be just that.\" Charoen Khumpeeraparp, of Silpakorn University, criticized the charter for protecting human rights according to commitments made under international treaties, claiming that it would not allow persecution of figures in the deposed government. Charoen claimed that no other countries let international commitments influence their local laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nHowever, the draft interim charter did call for one democratic innovation: it required that a permanent constitution would have to be ratified by public referendum. This innovation was suggested in the draft 1974 Constitution, but was rejected by the royally-appointed Constitutional Convention. Nonetheless, the referendum proposal too has been condemned, as if the draft is rejected then under section 32 of the interim charter it is returned to the junta, which will write a constitution of its own in consultation with the Council of Ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nThe interim charter was also criticized for being drafted without considering the views of the public. Meechai Ruchuphan, chief legal advisor for the junta, had earlier promised to heed opposing legal opinions. Komsan Phokong (Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University), Charoen Kampheeraphap (Silapakorn University), and Sasatra Toon (Rangsit University) had then sought and received the permission from the junta to present an alternative draft charter comprising 72 articles. \"Meechai had promised to heed opposing legal opinions but failed to honour his word,\" Komsan said. Sasatra said Meechai acted like he was trying to perpetuate the power of the junta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nOn 28 September, 6 scholars from Chiang Mai University and Midnight University protested the draft interim charter by dressing in black and tearing a mock-up of the draft in a press conference. The 6 included historian Nidhi Eawseewong, Worawit Charoenlert, Somchai Preecha-silpakul, Chatchawan Boonpan, Kriengsak Chetwattanawanich and Somkiat Tangnamo. The was later shut down in response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nThitinan Pongsudhirak of Chulalongkorn University noted that the charter was \"alarming\" and that \"The problem for the military is that they are in deep now. They haven't done what they set out to do, which was to get rid of Thaksin, hand over power to a civilian government and step aside. They have not stepped aside.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nSuriyasai Katasila, a key member of the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy, criticized the charter for not containing restrictions which would bar seats in the National Legislative Assembly from former members and affiliates of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nKhomsan Phokhong, of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, demanded greater public participation in the charter-drafting process as well as restrictions against participation by members and affiliates of the Thai Rak Thai party. Somkhid Lertphaithoon, Deputy Rector of Thammasat University, demanded that the junta directly appoint 100 members to the Constitution Drafting Assembly rather than rely on a 2000-member National Assembly. He also called the interim constitution the best of its kind although he was disappointed it did not include a mission statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nSomchai Siripreechakul, Dean of Law at Chiang Mai University, urged Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to call a general election as soon as possible and hand the task of drafting a charter to the elected parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nThe International Herald Tribune noted that the interim charter \"appears to buttress the military's role in Thai politics.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Criticism\nAmong human rights groups, the Hong Kong-based regional body the Asian Human Rights Commission has issued a series of statements condemning the interim charter as a work of \"constitutional fiction\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Permanent constitution\nIn December, the 2,000-member junta-appointed National Assembly elected 200 of its members as candidates for the Constitution Drafting Assembly. The voting was fraught with irregularities. The candidate with the highest number of votes was Okas Tepalakul from Chachoengsao province, a virtually unknown car dealership owner who was a former classmate of junta-head Sonthi Boonyaratglin. BMW Thailand executive Pharani Leenuthapong received the second highest number of votes. The controversial selection also saw Suwit Pipatwilaikul, a little-known Nong Bua Lamphu construction contractor who received the third highest number of votes. There were no representatives of farmers or workers in the final selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0015-0001", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Permanent constitution\nOf the 200 final nominees, the nominee that received the lowest number of votes received just 7 votes. Assembly-member Maj Pol Gen Krerk Kalayanimitr claimed that some votes may have been bought. Of the 200 nominees, 74 were public sector bureaucrats, 34 were academics, 38 were from the social sector, and 54 were from the private sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Permanent constitution\nThe voting itself was full of irregularities. Members were lobbied in front of toilets and many Assembly-members marked their ballots before entering the polling booths (Normally, voters are handed ballot papers only when they enter the booth). A soldier guarding the entrance to the Parliament stopped a woman carrying 400,000 baht in cash. She refused to say why she was carrying so much money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Permanent constitution\nIn December, junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin issued several guidelines for the permanent constitution being drafted by the CNS's drafting body. These included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188880-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 interim constitution of Thailand, Permanent constitution\nSonthi later denied dictating the content for the new constitution, but stated \"We can't force them to do things but responsible people will know what the constitution should look like.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka\n2006 murder of TRO workers refers to the incident of abduction of seven Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) employees who were tortured and executed by the TMVP paramilitary group. One employee Premini Thanuskodi was gang raped and murdered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Abduction\nSeven TRO workers were abducted in two separate incident in January 2006 in Jaffna. The first incident happened when five workers were traveling from Batticalo to Kilinochchi. They were subjected to checks at the Sri Lanka Army checkpoint at Welikanda. At this point they noticed a white van behind them. After traveling a short distance from the checkpoint the workers were attacked by armed men in the white van. The assaulter then tied the workers and took them to a camp in the jungle. Three of the five abducted were released later. The next day another 15 workers were abducted 100 meters in front of the Walikanda checkpoint. 10 of the 15 abducted were released and were told to prepare the funeral rights for their colleges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Reaction\nThe President of Sri Lanka has asked the security forces to speed up the investigation concerning the abduction of the TRO workers. He further asked to search the Walikanda area for the abducted. The government also denied any links to this abduction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Reaction\nTamils Rehabilitation Organisation has alleged that their staff were abducted by the Karuna Group, a paramilitary organization which is believed to be working with the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. It further added that they have not received any reports or response from any investigating authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Reaction\nThe Amnesty International has asked for the immediate release of these workers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Reaction\nThe former US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Christina Rocca, made an appeal for their release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Reaction\nThe LTTE expressed concern over the abduction of the TRO workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188881-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka, Conflicting reports\nUTHR reported that the LTTE had staged the abduction of the TRO workers but later said that they were not correct on this statement. However, TRO alleged that a government backed paramilitary was responsible for this abduction", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188882-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 national road cycling championships\nMost of the 2006 national road cycling championships took place in June, although there were a few exceptions such as the Australian and American championships which take place in January and September respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188882-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 national road cycling championships, Jerseys\nThe winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the World Championships. The jerseys tend to represent the countries' flag or use the colours from it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188882-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 national road cycling championships, 2006 National Champions\nNote: In some cases the U23 champion is the highest placed U23 rider in the elite men's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City\nThe 2006 nightlife legislation in New York City was enacted on August 23, 2006 in response to violent crime involving nightclubs in the New York City area. One of the first measures to come about was a three-point plan proposed by New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in her August 8, 2006 memorandum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Background\nIn early 2006, a young child, Nixzmary Brown, 7, was murdered. It had occurred within a short time of another murder of a young criminology student. The recollection of Brown's murder was refocused in February, after another murder was brought to the New York City public's attention: the brutal torture, rape, and strangulation murder of Imette St. Guillen, 25, a John Jay College graduate student, whose killing and associated lurid details later captured the nation's attention. St. Guillen's murder, which was related to a bar and a bouncer with a criminal record, would strongly bring the public focus on New York City's nightlife. There were protests against The Falls bar, whose owner had lied to police, and initial discussion of nightlife followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Background\nThe June 18 murder of a 16-year-old student, Chanel Petro-Nixon, and the July 25 rape and murder of another student, 19-year-old Jennifer Moore, gave cause to public concern and the publication of the article series \"Wasteland,\" which was written by the New York Post. A Post columnist, Andrea Peyser, speculated that the three murders were connected:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Background\nIt's open season on young girls. An 18-year-old was found murdered this week in Jersey, allegedly by a man who took her from Manhattan after a night of underage clubbing. In February, graduate student Imette St. Guillen was taken from a SoHo bar and killed, allegedly by the bouncer. But the case of Chanel Petro-Nixon stands out for three reasons: She went missing in broad daylight, blocks from her house \u2013 not at night, coming out of a bar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Background\nSuch articles discussed fake I.D. use, alcoholic drinking among underage teenagers, and discussion of New York City nightlife in general. Some of the Post articles mentioned accounts of gun-shooting violence involving bouncers. One such bouncer, Stephen Sakai, used a gun to kill some club patrons at Opus 22, which further brought the public's focus on nightlife and bouncers. Sakai was later convicted and sentenced to 90\u00a0years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Background\nIn November 2006, Sean Bell was shot and killed. All those incidents that were reported as occurring in bars and nightclubs would continue in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Background\nIn 2009, 17-year-old Nyasia Pryear-Yard, an honors student, was shot to death while attending a party at the Elks Plaza Club in Brooklyn. A suspected gang member, who investigators believe may belong to either the Bloods or the Crips, had brought a weapon past security. The family called for stricter safeguards for late-night parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Columbia University\nThe Columbia Spectator noted that Radio Perfecto had closed but that the nearby Village Pourhouse had stayed open. The article noted the attempts to balance students, the local crowds of people, and neighborhood residents and the attempts made to update the security of area bars. The latter bar later closed as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs\nThe New York Post focused on 16-year-olds attending nightclubs, specifically in Chelsea, in the west of Manhattan. It was noted that it was very easy for teenagers to obtain fake ID cards. Several bar owners were interviewed on the problems of verifying the legitimacy of ID cards, as fake cards were very convincing in appearance; identity theft was also discussed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs\nThe New York Times, in one article, called the nightclubs \"playground[s]\" fraught with dangers such as drunk young women leaving the clubs in the early morning hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs\nSenator Nicholas Spano had scheduled a hearing on September 7, 2006 to discuss the existing liquor laws and how these laws were being enforced. The artie mentioned both Moore and St. Guillen. Spano discussed the Chelsea nightlife areas and the liquor laws and focused on underage drinkers. By September 2006, the Nightlife Summit had been discussed on one website catering to nightlife and on the City Council's website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs\nIn the \"Wasteland\" series, one of the front-page headlines featured a photo of Jennifer Moore, juxtaposed with one showing a young teenage girl lying drunk on the sidewalk, along with a story on how commonly that occurred. One city block allegedly had 5000 young people entering a bar on that block every weekend night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs\nCouncilwoman Melinda Katz sought to change the minimum age for entry into bars from 16 to 18. Ron Bookman, who represented the New York Nightlife Association, accused Katz of grandstanding and predicted that her legislation would never get beyond the draft stage. Bookman wanted all the legislators to attend the summit hearing in September 2006. He disagreed with the report's recommendations and felt that officials would use the recommendations to target bars unfairly. A later article also discussing underage drinking again mentioned murder victim Jennifer Moore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs, Incidents\nScores West nightclub, on West 28th Street, reportedly had its liquor license suspended by the State Liquor Authority for allowing prostitution on its premises. Undercover policemen discovered women selling sex in the various club premises. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub granted a stay of the SLA order, pulling the license of the club. Pending an appeal by the SLA, the club was allowed to continue to serve alcohol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs, Incidents\nA man was stabbed repeatedly by several women during a violent confrontation near the Vesta nightclub, on 29th Street and Eighth Avenue, on March 21, 2008. Possibly 30 people were involved in the incident, which resulted in the man being sent to the hospital in critical condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Places, Chelsea nightclubs, Incidents\nLaura Garza, a 25\u2011year\u2011old, went missing on December 3, 2008. She had been last seen leaving a nightclub named Marquee at approximately 4:00\u00a0a.m., allegedly with a registered sex offender. In April 2010, the remains of Garza's body were found by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Fake ID cards\nFake ID cards had been discussed in connection with Moore and her access to clubs, even before her death. Moore's death reportedly had little effect on teenagers' behavior, and the view of teenagers saw the clubs as \"cool,\" the provocative clothing being worn by young women enhanced clubs' reputation. The Bergen Record stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Fake ID cards\nIt's not that kids have never before tried to finesse their way past the bouncers at New York's downtown clubs for a night of fun and drink. It's been done a million times and all it took was borrowed credentials \u2013 or a forged license \u2013 in the wink-and-nod nighttown of Chelsea, the West Village and Tribeca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Fake ID cards\nThe New York City Police Department, by 2007, had been focusing on fake ID. It arrested teenagers in Chelsea and padlocked Club Crobar, Pink Elephant, and Club Sol for numerous drug violations. It was backing laws proposed by the City Council that the police's powers. The police department wanted the New York City Council to give it expanded powers under the Nuisance Abatement Law, which would enable it to close businesses if violent crimes had been committed there and to close businesses that sell fake I.D. cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Fake ID cards\nIn March 2007, more legislation to enforce security and to prevent fake ID cards was being considered, and Mayor Bloomberg indicated that he would sign the bills. By October 2007, Quinn was backing a state lawmaker's proposal to revoke the alcohol licenses of establishments that served underage drinkers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Fake ID cards\nThe New York Post also reported that it was easy to steal identities from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. There was much ease in obtaining such IDs, and Long Island state Senator Charles Fuschillo Jr., an anti-ID-theft crusader, was caught unaware of this fact. A DMV spokesman said there was no plan to stop the program or to make it more secure because duplicate licenses needed to be made for legitimate motorists and it was illegal to possess multiple people's driver's licenses in any case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Fake ID cards\nDemocratic Queens Councilwoman Melinda Katz started drafting legislation on drinking. It would outlaw nightclubs from requiring patrons to purchase bottles of alcohol to guarantee seating. Eight out of the twelve clubs in and around Chelsea that were surveyed by Katz's staff imposed the \"bottle service\" requirement, including the club in which Moore had been seen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Bouncers\nBouncers were also discussed as a possible factor to underage drinking. Bouncers are doormen and can decide whether people are allowed into a bar establishment. It was a factor in St. Guillen's murder. Sakai's firearm shooting of bar patrons was also discussed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Factors, Bouncers\nOn November 14, 2007, it was reported that around the city, the bars were changing their regulations, based on City Council and Police recommendations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nQuinn followed up her initial August 8, 2006 memorandum with another one, calling for more safety and mentioning an upcoming Summit Meeting. The measures taken in the latter memorandum included the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nSpano scheduled a hearing for September 7, 2006 to discuss the existing liquor laws and how they were being enforced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nLater, a \"Nightlife Summit\" was held in St. Guillen's alma mater, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Attendees included Quinn, who had organized the summit; Commissioner Kelly; John Feinblatt, Mayor Bloomberg's criminal-justice coordinator; David Rabin, president of the New York Nightlife Association and co-owner of Lotus; Nightlife Association founder, Andrew Raseij; and various club owners. They made the following points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nHowever, Kelly was against the idea of using off-duty police because he had said again that it both was illegal and would breed corruption between the police and bar owners. Another opponent to the recommendation, Mayor Bloomberg's criminal-justice coordinator, John Feinblatt, said that \"it violates the law.\" Rabin indicated that it did not have to be specifically a NYPD security detail but that security was urgently required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nClub owners also wanted Bloomberg to create an \"Office of Nightclub Affairs\" to operate as a liaison between the industry and government. It was mentioned that approximately 65\u00a0million people visit New York City bars and clubs each year, which created $10 billion profits for the city annually. Both parties in the discussions agreed that more action was needed to curb underage drinking, including the elimination of fake IDs and the raising the age limit for bars and clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nThere was also a discussion about creating a campaign to remind clubgoers to remain quiet when they left bars and to call the police if there is a safety issue. Some bar owners also complained that the smoking ban made it more difficult to keep the streets quiet at night. Quinn said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nI know that we can make nightlife safer in the city of New York. We are not interested in putting the nightlife industry out of business in the city. In fact, when I met with Imette St. Guillen's mother, she made a point of the fact that that is not what she wants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nThe council eventually introduced four pieces of legislation to help combat these problems, including Imette's Law, which required stronger background checks for bouncers. Among the legislative actions taken were the requirement of ID scanners, security cameras, and independent monitors to oversee problem establishments. It also enacted the following plan:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions\nMeanwhile, the murder of Moore put more focus on New York City's nightlife. Issues brought to the forefront of public thinking in that case were the underage drinking and fake identification cards that are obtained by teenagers illegally to obtain access to bars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, Immete's Law\nOn March 14, 2007, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino signed Imette's Law, named after St. Guillen, to make it mandatory for nightclub and bar owners to conduct criminal background checks on bouncers and to set up security video cameras outside the establishment. The law was proposed by Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty and was passed unanimously. Imette's Law was also enacted in New York State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 88], "content_span": [89, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, New guideline book\nA new guideline booklet, NYPD and Nightlife Association Announce \"Best Practices, was unveiled on October 18, 2007. The voluntary rulebook included a 58-point security plan, drafted in part by the New York Nightlife Association, and was further recommended by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Speaker Quinn. Security measures included cameras outside nightclub bathrooms, a trained security guard for every 75 patrons, and weapons searches for everyone, including celebrities, entering the clubs. The new regulation resulted in stricter penalties for serving underage persons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 94], "content_span": [95, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, NYPD Club Enforcement Initiative\nThe Club Enforcement Initiative was created by the NYPD in response to what it referred to as \"a series of high-profile and violent crimes against people who visited city nightclubs this year.\" The July 27 rape and murder of Jennifer Moore was mentioned. One article discussed the dangers of police work and undercover investigations. Bloomberg had met with Kelly and community leaders to discuss how undercover police had shot Sean Bell and two of his friends as they had celebrated his last night as a bachelor outside of the Kalua Cabaret strip club in Queens. Bell, who was unarmed, was set to marry later that day his high-school sweetheart and the mother of his two young daughters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 108], "content_span": [109, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, NYPD Club Enforcement Initiative\nThe Club Enforcement Initiative was later mentioned in an article discussing the impact and the changes in nightlife as well as the death of Bell. The article mentioned St. Guillen and Moore as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 108], "content_span": [109, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, NYPD Club Enforcement Initiative\nChelsea residents were reportedly grateful for the increased police presence of the many local bars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 108], "content_span": [109, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, NYPD Club Enforcement Initiative\nThe Club Enforcement Unit also tried to close another club, Stereo, after a patron was shot. Four other clubs were said to have been breaking the new rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 108], "content_span": [109, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, Legislation and legal actions, ID scanners\nIn August 2006, the New York City Council started initiatives to correct the problems highlighted by the deaths of Moore and St. Guillen. There was also discussions about electronic ID scanners. Quinn reportedly threatened to revoke the licenses of bars and clubs without scanners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 87], "content_span": [88, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188883-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 nightlife legislation in New York City, NYPD Safety Manual update\nIn September 2011, the NYPD Nightlife Association updated its Safety Manual Handbook. There is now a section on counterterrorism, after planned terrorist attacks on certain bars and clubs worldwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary\nThe 2006 protests in Hungary were a series of anti-government protests triggered by the release of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny's private speech in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, and had done nothing worth mentioning in the previous four years of governing. Most of the events took place in Budapest and other major cities between 17 September and 23 October. It was the first sustained protest in Hungary since 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Audio recording\nOn September 17, 2006, an audio recording surfaced from a closed-door MSZP meeting which was held on May 26, 2006, in which Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny made a speech, notable for its obscene language, including the following excerpt (censored version):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Audio recording\nThere is not much choice. There is not, because we screwed up. Not a little, a lot. No European country has done something as boneheaded as we have. Evidently, we lied throughout the last year-and-a-half, two years. It was totally clear that what we are saying is not true. You cannot quote any significant government measure we can be proud of, other than at the end we managed to bring the government back from the brink. Nothing. If we have to give account to the country about what we did for four years, then what do we say?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Audio recording\nGyurcs\u00e1ny also said things which can be interpreted as admitting having called for clandestine media or private capital support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Audio recording\nThe Prime Minister confirmed the authenticity of the recording and uploaded its transcript on his blog, but remarked that \"in a closed meeting a person speaks differently than in front of the cameras\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Audio recording, First reactions\nLate on Sunday, September 17, people gathered at the Parliament building demanding the PM should resign. By midnight, the number of demonstrators reached 2,000. A few hundred people went to the State President's residency but later returned. This spontaneous demonstration was entirely peaceful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Budapest, Civil unrest\nOn September 18, as a consequence of the audio recording and the unwillingness of the Prime Minister or his party to resign, a demonstration was held near the Hungarian Parliament. Approximately 40,000 protesters demanded the resignation of Gyurcs\u00e1ny and his party for lying throughout the term and then during the campaign to win the next election. The police deemed the demonstration legal, arguing that the rules applicable during the campaign period towards the upcoming municipal elections allow for such short-notice political meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 83], "content_span": [84, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Budapest, Riot and violence\nAfter 23:00, a smaller group of the demonstrators tried to get into the Magyar Telev\u00edzi\u00f3 public television building at Szabads\u00e1g T\u00e9r (Liberty Square) to announce their demands on air. After they were not allowed to enter, a smaller group attacked the police forces. The riot police units which were intended to secure the building and the perimeter were ordered to disperse the crowd with tear gas and a water cannon. They blocked the main entrances but were unable to stop the attackers who could get inside the building.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 88], "content_span": [89, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Budapest, Riot and violence\nSome demonstrators became indignant at the authorities' resistance and were later joined by a group of enraged football ultras. A hardcore subgroup of them started to make repeated assaults in order to penetrate the defences and break into the building. The police retaliated, using tear gas and a water cannon. The crowd became enraged and attacked the police units by throwing cobblestones and debris (injuring 141 police officers), but they didn't attack the two drivers of the water cannon mobil. They also set several parked cars ablaze (which led to part of the building catching fire too) and eventually managed to enter the building, forcing the police back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 88], "content_span": [89, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Budapest, Riot and violence\nThe demonstrators managed to voice their demands, but since the television station had already ceased its transmission due to the riot, it was not aired live. The building was abandoned about 02:30 by the police. After that, the mob entered the premises. Some of the intruders merely took pictures of themselves and the scene, while others destroyed the dining room and the main hall of the building. The historical television technology exhibition was also demolished: valuable vintage equipment was smashed and techno-historical objects like vintage props were stolen, as were some expensive plasma TV sets. Arson was also reported. All these acts were aired and/or verified by reports from state television officials, police and media coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 88], "content_span": [89, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Budapest, Riot and violence\nPolice reinforcements arrived much later, and they managed to reclaim the building before dawn. Magyar Telev\u00edzi\u00f3 resumed its transmission at 06:07. Over 150 people were injured, including 102 policemen. The property damage resulting from the fight is estimated to be over 230 million forints (about 800,000 EUR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 88], "content_span": [89, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Other cities\nIn Miskolc on Monday (September 18), about 2,000 citizens protested on St. Stephen Square, where \u00c1rp\u00e1d Mikl\u00f3s, chairman of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party's (MI\u00c9P) county committee gave a speech, jokingly saying that Gyurcs\u00e1ny might as well join MI\u00c9P as they had been calling Gyurcs\u00e1ny a liar for years, and now he himself had admitted to it, so they are on the same opinion now. People shouted anti-government remarks and sang the national anthem and the Szekler anthem, then marched to the nearby city hall. Later, at the proposal of the MI\u00c9P chairman, they went to the Hungarian Socialist Party's (MSZP) headquarters on Corvin Street, which was secured by the police. Traffic was blocked by the demonstrators in parts of the inner city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 1: Monday, September 18, 2006, Other cities\nAlso on Monday the Miskolc committee of opposition party Fidesz sent a press release to MTI (Hungarian News Agency) titled \u201cOne cannot build a city on lies\u201d (a play on MSZP slogan We're building a brand new Miskolc which refers to the extensive downtown reconstruction program started by the party). In the press release, the committee declared that the seven members of parliament from MSZP's Miskolc committee, including Mayor S\u00e1ndor K\u00e1li and deputy mayors Vilmos Fedor and Erika Sz\u0171cs must have known about Gyurcs\u00e1ny's lies, since all of them were present in Balaton\u0151sz\u00f6d and heard the Prime Minister's speech. Fidesz accused these members of parliament of becoming Gyurcs\u00e1ny's accomplices by keeping quiet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Budapest\nIn the evening a mostly peaceful demonstration took place at Kossuth Square, aside from demonstrators vandalizing a tram on the Square and a car in front of the Socialist Party's county headquarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Budapest\nLater that night in other parts of the city, including the areas near the headquarters of MSZP and the HQ of the public radio station, violence broke out again. Large numbers of riot troops were deployed along with mounted police and K-9 units, acting more systematically than before. The use of tear gas and water cannons with accompanying mounted assaults prevented another building siege. Other police units applied police batons and body force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Budapest\nAt 01:00 (Sep 20), about 3,000 protesters gathered at Blaha Lujza Square. The crowd demanded the departure of Prime Minister Gyurcs\u00e1ny. Protesters threw stones and debris at the police, set a police car ablaze and even tried to build barricades but repeated police movements forced them back. By 09:00, the streets were cleared and more than 90 troublemakers were arrested with over 50 people injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0014-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Budapest\nMost local media sources (including news television and news portals) covering the events referred to the attacking civilians as \"troublemakers\" or \"rowdies\", thus implying that these violent people were neither protesters nor peaceful civil demonstrators, but just a mob. The first rows of the masses were reported to behave aggressively, backed verbally by youngsters in the background. As opposed to the first night's siege, the crowd did not attack or hinder fire brigade and paramedics, but on one (probably unique) occasion it was observed that a mobster repeatedly kicked another civilian already lying on the ground. Live reports suggested that part of the mob also shouted claims that the violent acts were similar to those of the 1956 Revolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Budapest\nOn the late night live talk show, Este (Evening), on the previously besieged MTV, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny was faced with the consequences of his actions, and the protester's demands, when he read their petition which they managed to hand over the previous day. He replied that it was not just himself, but everybody who had lied, and he would not resign. He said he was committed to pushing through his austerity measures in any circumstances, without the possibility of even a minor change to it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Other cities\nIn Miskolc, policemen, including police captain Albert P\u00e1sztor, were already at St. Stephen Square when the demonstrations began at 17:00. People held banners saying \"Our homeland is not a 'whore country'\", (A haz\u00e1nk nem egy \"kurva orsz\u00e1g\") referring to the Gyurcs\u00e1ny talk. The demonstrators again went to the city hall, then to the MSZP office, where at the request of a university student, a speaker read the proclamation of the protest planned on September 21 against tuition fees (the introduction of which was one of the most controversial decisions of Gyurcs\u00e1ny's government). The national anthem and Sz\u00f3zat were sung both at the city hall and at the MSZP office, while demonstrators stood with their backs to the buildings. Demonstrators demanded that a declaration be read in a local TV station, but the station's manager refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Other cities\nIn Szeged at 19:00, 500\u2013600 people protested against Gyurcs\u00e1ny but, within a few minutes, there were already thousands of demonstrators marching from the city hall to D\u00f3m t\u00e9r (Cathedral Square). From there, they went to the Socialist Party's building, which was defended by the police. The demonstration was continued on Tuesday before the City Hall, where about 3,000 people demanded the government's resignation, new elections, and democracy. Police secured the City Hall and the regional offices of Hungarian Television and Hungarian Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Other cities\nThe county chairman of Jobbik, the organizer of the demonstration, stated that they wanted to achieve their goal \u2013 the resignation of Gyurcs\u00e1ny's government \u2013 through peaceful demonstrations, which would continue every evening until September 23, when they would hold a demonstration in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Other cities\nIn Eger about 1,000 citizens demonstrated, demanding that President S\u00f3lyom dissolve the National Assembly. Demonstrators also requested the city's Socialist mayor Imre Nagy to initiate Gyurcs\u00e1ny's dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Romania\nOn Tuesday, several demonstrations of solidarity took place in Romania, in cities with a strong ethnic Hungarian population. In the evening, some 70 people took part in a peaceful candlelight vigil in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Hungarian: Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely). This event was organised by the Hungarian Civic Party, took place in a park in the city centre, and featured the reading of a declaration of solidarity with the non-violent protesters in Budapest. Protesters in Odorheiu Secuiesc also expressed their belief that the results of the 2004 referendum on dual citizenship in Hungary were fraudulent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 2: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, Romania\nWhen asked about protesting in front of the Hungarian consulate in Miercurea Ciuc (Hungarian: Cs\u00edkszereda), Magyar Civic Union president Jen\u0151 Sz\u00e1sz said that this would be futile, that \"Premier Gyurcs\u00e1ny must resign in Budapest and not in Cs\u00edkszereda\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nDuring the daytime the capital city was peaceful, though ruins and debris from the previous night's clash scenes reminded the citizens that the crisis was far from being over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nDaytime announcements from different political personalities all agreed that violence must be avoided and control must be maintained at all reasonable costs. Police leaders promised immediate, zero-tolerance reaction to any turmoil. Identification of violators and troublemakers went on all day by police, via analyzing news videos, and dedicated police/detective units made more than 100 arrests during the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nRiot police were also present at all important scenes, including Parliament, state public radio station, MSZP HQ, and they kept Szabads\u00e1g Square (where the previously sieged state public television resides) tightly sealed. Nobody was allowed to enter the square except residents of its buildings, television staff and law enforcers. Police units were reinforced, equipped with new special full-size shields, steel helmets, bulletproof vests, and gas masks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nAs night fell, reports came in of large scale purchasing of baseball bats at a sports warehouse. Later, a downtown restaurant was raided by the police because delivery of \"long stick-like objects\" was witnessed, but these turned out to be merely promotional umbrellas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nAfter 01:00, protesters began to gather on the Grand Boulevard (Nagyk\u00f6r\u00fat), around Nyugati Square and Oktogon Square. About 2,000 people began to walk along Andr\u00e1ssy Avenue, demanding the departure of Gyurcs\u00e1ny. This time there were no serious attacks against policemen or vandalism, but the troops soon stormed over the protesters and pursued them on the Grand Boulevard towards Nyugati Square and neighbouring streets. Cases of police brutality against peaceful protesters and passers-by were reported by eyewitnesses on Internet forums and articles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0026-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nOverall, this night was remarkably controlled by massive police presence and their rapid response, vandalism was mostly prevented and there were no reports of stone-throwing assault or arson. During the night, 62 persons were arrested, of which 55 persons are now in custody and charged with aggressive crimes, bringing the total arrests to over 200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Budapest\nAn article on the Hungarian news portal index.hu illustrated with photos the fact that the Lonsdale youth manifesto could be observed during the unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 72], "content_span": [73, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Other cities\nEarly on Wednesday the large window of the Socialist Party's office in Miskolc was smashed with a garbage can. Downtown, several MSZP placards of the upcoming local elections were vandalized. Late afternoon demonstrations started again on St. Stephen Square; police secured both the square and the MSZP office long before the demonstrators arrived. Speakers asked demonstrators to behave themselves and keep the demonstration peaceful. A student of the University of Miskolc informed the people that the university's student council withdrew its approval of the protest against tuition fees, but students would protest anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 76], "content_span": [77, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Other cities\nIn Debrecen the city's mayor Lajos K\u00f3sa (Fidesz) was taking an active part of the demonstrations; he supported his party's plans to keep a rally in Budapest on Saturday (the rally had been cancelled since), and heavily criticized G\u00e1bor Demszky, the mayor of Budapest for his perceived inactivity. (\"It's possible G\u00e1bor Demszky doesn't feel Budapest his own and he thinks that he has nothing to do when such things happen in the capital, but Debrecen is another city, it has a local government which cares for the city.\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 76], "content_span": [77, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0029-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Other cities\nHe also asked the demonstrators not to attack the MSZP's county headquarters in the city, stating that the building is Debrecen's property and the party is only renting it. (A similar thing happened in Miskolc where a speaker jokingly mentioned that \"we have the strength to break into the building, but we won't do it; that building will still be useful for something else.\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 76], "content_span": [77, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 3: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, Other cities\nA peaceful rally was held in the main square of P\u00e9cs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 76], "content_span": [77, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 4: Thursday, September 21, 2006, Budapest\nPeaceful demonstration went on, but people showed markedly less interest. The main opposition party, Fidesz has cancelled its planned rally previously announced for September 23, due to warnings of a possible attack. The demonstrators of Kossuth Square still lacked any serious political support. Police issued arrest warrants against several football ultras and other presumed troublemakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 4: Thursday, September 21, 2006, Budapest\nA leader of a right-wing extremist demonstrator group announced in a local cable TV that he would take full responsibility for any future violence but his group planned no more attacks against the media.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 4: Thursday, September 21, 2006, Budapest\nThe day and night were quiet overall, but arson was reported when a district office of the Hungarian Socialist Party was set ablaze in \u00dajpest (a district of Budapest). It was quickly extinguished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Budapest\nThe day passed peacefully. The Kossuth Square demonstration carried on, with 10,000 demonstrators in the evening, and featured several speeches. The demonstration was very well supported with food and on-location made meals. The Parliament-outsider right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party held its peaceful, speech-oriented rally under heavy police presence. Police leaders announced that they will maintain their alert at the same level as that of the previous days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Budapest\nPrime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny made his official trip to Berlin, Germany today. He visited the X. International Bertelsmann Forum 2006 of the where he also met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. After the meeting Gyurcs\u00e1ny claimed that Merkel found his leaked speech to be brave. Later the Chancellor's office denied even mentioning the word \"brave\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Other cities\nIn Miskolc demonstrations started on St. Stephen Square as usual, with fewer demonstrators than on previous days. The speaker informed demonstrators about the latest happenings countrywide, then exhorted people to demonstrate every evening at 18:00 on the main squares of cities until the government resigns. He also said that the fundraising to help those who are penalized for taking part in the demonstrations should be held in the whole country, not only in Miskolc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0036-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Other cities\nThe speaker mentioned that police officers informed him on Thursday that he will be held responsible for any atrocities committed in the city by the demonstrators; because of this he organized a committee of five people who will protect the demonstrators from provocators, remove the demonstrators who try to stir up trouble, and will try to prevent attacks against police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Other cities\nThe demonstrators took their usual route \u2013 first to City Hall Square, to the city hall and then to the Alliance of Free Democrats party's county office, where a high school teacher gave a speech comparing Gyurcs\u00e1ny's speech to \"the opening of Pandora's box\", then marched through Sz\u00e9chenyi Street towards MSZP's office, and later to Pet\u0151fi Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0037-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Other cities\nOnly about 600 people took part in the demonstrations, which was planned to be very short this time, since the local football team, DVTK was playing against Vasas in the Di\u00f3sgy\u0151r district of the city and organizers didn't want football fans joining the demonstrators. The football match could also have been the reason for the low participation in the demonstration. Mentions were made about the demonstrations being continued on the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 5: Friday, September 22, 2006, Other cities\nAbout 500 people were protesting in Debrecen, 500 in Szeged, 400 in Sz\u00e9cs\u00e9ny, 100\u2013200 in B\u00e9k\u00e9scsaba, 100\u2013120 in Salg\u00f3tarj\u00e1n, 50 in Ny\u00edregyh\u00e1za and smaller groups in several other towns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 73], "content_span": [74, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 7: Sunday, September 24, 2006\nAccording to MTI (Official Hungarian News Agency) the peaceful demonstration on Kossuth square continued with participation of 10,000 to 12,000. Hungary's newspapers have mixed views.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 8: Monday, September 25, 2006\nMagyar Lobbi (\"Hungarian Lobby\"), an organisation of American and European professors and scientists of Hungarian origin, wrote a petition to President L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00f3lyom, demanding that he start a no-confidence provision against the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 8: Monday, September 25, 2006\nOther associations and organisations (e.g. \u00daj Magyarorsz\u00e1g\u00e9rt Egyes\u00fclet, V\u00e9degylet) in their petitions given to the Civil Office of Parliament demanded starting a conventional assembly. One of these was written by \u00daj Magyarorsz\u00e1g\u00e9rt Egyes\u00fclet and signed by Farkas Bethlen, Andr\u00e1s Hargitay, Andr\u00e1s Kelemen, Imre Makovecz, Mikl\u00f3s Melocco, J\u00f3zsef V. Moln\u00e1r, Lajos Papp, Imre Pozsgay, M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Sz\u0171r\u00f6s and L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u0151k\u00e9s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 8: Monday, September 25, 2006\nIn the country and on Kossuth Square peaceful demonstrations continued, with about 300 participants in Miskolc, 400 in Szeged, 300 in Szeksz\u00e1rd, 4000 on Kossuth Square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 8: Monday, September 25, 2006\nThe protests also received international coverage \u2013 Jon Stewart referenced the audio recordings and the protests in The Daily Show, noting that \"It must be nice to have a democracy so young and idealistic you can still be disappointed in it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Day 9: Tuesday, September 26, 2006\nIn an open letter published in the maverick newspaper Magyar Nemzet, several public-life people, including former Chairman of the National Bank of Hungary P\u00e9ter \u00c1kos Bod, former president Ferenc M\u00e1dl and ex-minister J\u00e1nos Martonyi called Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny to resign. Demonstrations continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Influences on the 2006 municipal elections\nOn October 1, 2006 municipal elections were held in Hungary. In many cities, demonstrators urged people not to vote for the MSZP candidate. In its campaign leaflets and phone calls, Fidesz constantly referred to Gyurcs\u00e1ny's lies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Influences on the 2006 municipal elections\nIn response, Gyurcs\u00e1ny insisted in a speech he held in Szeged on September 15 that the local elections would have no bearing on his party staying in power, and \"those who don't want a war between the government and the city should know whom to vote for\". (He was catcalled.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Influences on the 2006 municipal elections\nTurnout in the local elections was 53.1%, which was two points higher than in 2002 and the highest for municipal elections since the return to democracy in 1990. Opposition parties booked a clear victory in the elections for county and Budapest assemblies and in the mayoral elections in cities with county rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Influences on the 2006 municipal elections\nHowever, the polling firm Median opined that the scandal around Gyurcs\u00e1ny's lying had not affected the outcome of the elections as much as it was expected to, as support for MSZP had already hit an all-time low by early September. Moreover, in Budapest, G\u00e1bor Demszky was re-elected city mayor as SZDSZ/MSZP candidate, and the MSzP retained a plurality of district mayoralties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Influences on the 2006 municipal elections\nFor fuller detail about the results of the October 2006 local elections, see Elections in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Further demonstrations\nFollowing the elections, demonstrations demanding the government's resignation continued in Budapest (every day until October 23) and in other cities (every week until winter).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nOn the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, clashes between protesters and the police were reported. Mounted police charges, tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons were used to force back the crowd. Rubber bullets were frequently aimed head-high, causing a large number of injuries; a man lost the sight of one eye due to a rubber bullet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nEvents started at 02:00, when Chief of the Budapest Police Force P\u00e9ter Gerg\u00e9nyi decided \u2013 in opposition to previous agreements with demonstrators \u2013 to clear out Kossuth Square . The official justification was that the demonstrators \"obstructed security checking of the square\". (This was not completely true: hundreds of protesters left the square \"extemporary\" to make it easier for the police. Only a grim group of 10\u201320 demonstrators led by Ferdin\u00e1nd \"Satu\" Lanczer stayed there. They were rounded up by police.) Most of the crowd stopped at N\u00e1dor Street. Gerg\u00e9nyi declared the area an \"operational zone\" and prohibited all demonstrations on the square and in its neighborhood \"as long as necessary\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nBudapest Mayor G\u00e1bor Demszky declared he was not informed about these police actions and \"at first glance\" did not agree with them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nPolice say that no one was injured in this action, but MTI (the official Hungarian News Agency) reported \"men with bloody heads\". The peaceful demonstration ended for a while, with smaller (mainly verbal) incidents between police and protesters noted. The indignant crowd was not willing to end protesting; many of them wanted to go back when the security check was finished, but the police started to crowd them out. When this news spread, the crowd began to multiply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nNear St. Stephen's Basilica people started to muster again in the morning. Some of them made anti-government signs in English and wanted to take part in the official celebration on Kossuth Square with them, but policemen prohibited it. Finally, the crowd began to march into Corvin Street, because there they could hold a minor, preannounced (and therefore \"legal\") celebration. The crowd grew, so H\u00edr TV (News Television) reported ten thousand protesters according to \"non-official police sources.\" The crowd could not decide what to do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0055-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nMost of them shouted \"Kossuth Square\" and \"Let's go, let's go,\" and after the celebration started off. On Alkotm\u00e1ny Street they clashed with police forces, which made them retreat to the Cathedral. At about 15:00, police started to dissipate the crowd with tear gas. Protesters acquired an unarmed T-34 tank (a part of the occasional local open-air exhibition) and used it in a charge. After only a few hundred meters the tank driver decided to stop, as he feared he would run over protesters. Its driver (said to be a veteran of 1956) was arrested, no serious damage was done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0056-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nAt Astoria a peaceful celebration of Fidesz started. Despite their readiness (during the previous few days, hundreds of policemen were called in from the country to the city), police did little to defend the crush of radical anti-government protests that took place only 300\u2013500 metres away and pressed nearer and nearer by police's gas attacks in the wide Erzs\u00e9bet Boulevard. That night and the next day many political analysts and congressmen brought up the idea that this police behaviour was not by chance. Fidesz celebration, with a participation of thousands, ended at 18:00. That crowd could not be disbanded at all when police started a horse assault on De\u00e1k Square protesters. They used gun shells too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0057-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nVandalism was reported on the side of protesters and police alike. Some vandals broke shop windows while many other protesters tried to prevent them. But evidences show that appearance of police was unprecedentedly brutal and disproportionate to the protest. The police shot gas grenades and rubber bullets in at head-height and didn't sort peaceful celebrants from protesters and provocateurs. Many peaceful passers-by were injured. The fact that police suddenly reduced public transport in many places and directly and indirectly detained celebrators from getting to monuments and protesters from escaping from hot places added to the growing chaos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0057-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nThere are lot of videos showing policemen, after tackling a demonstrator, kicking him. A detachment of policemen entered a bar on the Blaha Lujza Square, dragged out several customers on the street and subdued them violently, which included breaking the fingers of a handcuffed man, and shooting one in the back with a shot of rubber pellets point-blank. Policemen in most of the restaurants and pubs drove in guests (referring to safety risks) or drove them out (referring to that they search for radical demonstrators) and they used foul language. They mistreated not only demonstrators, but bypassers, ambulancemen, foreign tourists, and reporters. Even Parliamentarian M\u00e1riusz R\u00e9v\u00e9sz was shot and beaten when he, showing his MP clearance in his hand, tried to protect their celebration from attacking police forces. They ill-treated Jesuit priest L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V\u00e9rtesaljai., as well as two other priests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0058-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nThe crowd escaped in the direction of the Danube River. In Ferenciek Square and on a bridge over the Danube they built barricades from everything they found (including building operations materials, signposts, iron police cordon elements, cars and buses). The number of injured people grew. Police broke the barricade on the bridge using a snow plow. The riots ended at dawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0059-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\n128 people were reported injured, 19 of whom were policemen. At least two men were reported blinded in one eye from the rubber bullets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0060-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Monday, October 23, 2006\nIn the country (e.g. in Szombathely), demonstrations started against \"police terror\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0061-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Fidesz announces plans for November 4 demonstrations\nOn November 1, main opposition party Fidesz announced their plans to stage several large-scale demonstrations across Hungary on the anniversary of the Soviet suppression of the 1956 Revolution. The events were intended to serve be a memorial to the victims of the Soviet invasion and a protest against police brutality during the October 23 unrest in Budapest. There was a candlelight vigil march across Budapest on the 4th of November. Eventually the demonstrations petered out by the end of the year. The new round of demonstrations expected in the Spring of 2007 did not materialize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0062-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Aftermath\nThe official report on the demonstrations and the attacks on non-violent civilians came out in February 2007. The panel of experts, appointed by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny, published a 263-page report on the riots which concluded that they were triggered in part by uncertainty about state reforms and exacerbated by the opposition party Fidesz's call for Gyurcs\u00e1ny to resign which represented an attempt to \"overthrow\" the government and \"jeopardized parliamentary democracy.\" The commission further said that the use of force by the police was justified, but officers acted too aggressively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0062-0001", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Aftermath\nThe commission recommended that (1) no amnesty be given to those serving sentences for violence during the riots, that (2) police be banned from using bullets to disperse crowds, that (3) only specially trained police be used for crowd control, and that (4) a 1989 law banning public gatherings near parliament and demonstrations lasting more than 24 hours be reinstated. A spokesman for Fidesz said the commission was biased in favor of the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188884-0063-0000", "contents": "2006 protests in Hungary, Aftermath\nOn 20 May 2007, Prime Minister Gyurcs\u00e1ny announced the resignations of Justice Minister J\u00f3zsef Petr\u00e9tei, National Police Chief L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Bene and Budapest Police Chief P\u00e9ter Gerg\u00e9nyi. Gyurcs\u00e1ny said the move is intended to restore public confidence in Hungary's police and justice systems. News stories attribute the move to recent police scandals and the cloud cast by the disproportionate use of force during the 2006 anti-government demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188885-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada\nThe table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2006. A total of 59 judgments were published. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason. This list, however, does not include reasons on motions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188885-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada\nThe Globe and Mail remarked that this year was the lowest number of judgments released in at least 25 years. It was noted that this appears to be a part of a similar trend seen in the US Supreme Court and House of Lords.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun\nThe 2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) happened on 8 November, when shells hit a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40. The shelling followed the IDF's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in completion of a week-long operation codenamed Operation \"Autumn Clouds\", which the Israeli government stated had been intended to stop the Qassam rocket attacks on Israel by Palestinian militants. The Israeli government apologized and attributed the incident to a technical malfunction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, Incident\nIsrael stated that the shelling was in response to a Qassam rocket attack from that location, possibly from a car driven into the area. According to the Israeli military, the artillery had misfired due to a malfunction of the guidance system. At least 40 people were wounded. Thirteen of the dead belonged to the same family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, United Nations investigation\nOn 15 November 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted resolution which called for a fact-finding mission, consisting of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Professor Christine Chinkin of the United Kingdom to travel to Beit Hanoun. The resolution was accepted by a wide margin, with only seven countries opposing and six abstaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, United Nations investigation\nIn reaction to the resolution, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel released a statement noting that Israel had already expressed regret regarding the incident, decrying the UN's \"ignoring of the ongoing terrorism against Israeli civilians by the Palestinian terrorist organizations\", and expecting the UN \"to show a more balanced and fairer approach toward Israel and not to automatically adopt any notion from those whose only desire is to discredit Israel.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, United Nations investigation\nOn three occasions, the mission attempted to travel to Beit Hanoun via Israel. Each of these attempts was frustrated by the refusal of the Government of Israel to cooperate with the mission. The mission finally visited Beit Hanoun from 27 to 29 May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, United Nations investigation\nIn its final report, the mission concluded that \"[I]n the absence of a well-founded explanation from the Israeli military\u00a0\u2013 who is in sole possession of the relevant facts\u00a0\u2013 the mission must conclude that there is a possibility that the shelling of Beit Hanoun constituted a war crime.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, United Nations investigation\nTutu has vigorously protested the overall response to the incident: \"The right to life has been violated not just through the killings [in Beit Hanoun], but also through the lack of an adequate investigation of the killings.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, Aftermath\nAndrew Exum has stated that the Israeli military had a \"long history of mistakes causing many civilian casualties.\" About the 2006 shelling, he said that: \"it was found it was caused by a faulty programming card in a counter-battery radar system, called Shilem, designed to track an enemy projectile's trajectory back to its point of origin and direct artillery fire back at that spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188886-0007-0001", "contents": "2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun, Aftermath\nThe inquiry also found that the artillery crew had not recalibrated their weapons overnight and did not have spotters monitoring whether their fire was accurate, so 12 to 15 artillery shells were fired before it was realised they were hitting an apartment complex. It is not clear what changes the IDF made to its targeting methods as a result.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines\nThe Philippines was under a state of emergency, announced by presidential spokesperson Ignacio Bunye on the morning of February 24, 2006, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1017. This occurred after the government claimed that it foiled an alleged coup d'\u00e9tat attempt against the rule of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo earlier that same day. State security services also claimed that it had arrested a general who was involved in the coup attempt. President Arroyo lifted the state of emergency on March 3, 2006, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines\nThe state of national emergency also led to a temporary suspension of lower-level education classes and an immediate revocation on all licenses and permits to hold demonstrations and protests. The government also suspended all public activities on the same day and even on succeeding days. Under the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, the government was allowed at the moment to detain anyone indefinitely without the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines\nPresident Arroyo assured Filipinos that the situation was under control and the state of emergency would not be abused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines\nArroyo had justified the declaration of a state of emergency with her statement of \"clear and present danger to our Republic that we have discovered and thwarted.\" Critics claimed that this was an attempt by Arroyo to seize political power due to her sagging influence and popularity, and some drew similarities to the actions of her predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos, when he declared martial law in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines\nOn March 3, 2006 (one week after the proclamation), by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1021, the President lifted the state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Previous incidents\nThe coup attempt follows the 2003 Oakwood mutiny where President Arroyo, certain members of her cabinet, and the military were charged with corruption and the Hello Garci scandal, where in 2004, Arroyo and certain election officials were charged with electoral fraud in the 2004 presidential elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Previous incidents\nThis also comes after Executive Order No. 464, where the President forbade government officials under the Executive branch to attend Filipino Congressional hearings, and the Calibrated Pre-Emptive Response, where street protests were disallowed without securing a rally permit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Previous incidents\nThis has led to a drop at the president's popularity ratings from +28% right after EDSA II to -30% by December 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Timeline of events leading up to the proclamation\nThe coup was first reported when 14 junior military officers were arrested for plotting a coup on Wednesday, February 22. Around midnight of the 24th, many military vehicles were seen entering Fort Bonifacio in Taguig. Then, at 2:00\u00a0a.m., several more vehicles were seen entering Camp Aguinaldo on EDSA. Brigadier General Danilo D. Lim of the Scout Rangers was put under the custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Timeline of events leading up to the proclamation\nFormer President Joseph Estrada was awoken by the police around 3:00\u00a0a.m. in San Juan Medical Center because he was ordered return to his resthouse in Tanay, Rizal. He did not follow the request of the police, because it has no authority from the Sandiganbayan (the court which is trying his case). He said that \"Magkakamatayan kami\" (over my dead body). His eye operation succeeded despite the political unrest within Metro Manila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Timeline of events leading up to the proclamation\nHours later, large demonstrations were held at EDSA Shrine, the site of the first People Power movement in 1986. The Presidential Malaca\u00f1ang Palace has been heavily guarded since a lacquer thinner bomb exploded outside of the building on Thursday, February 23. The coup is part of a plot codenamed \"Oplan HACKLE.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Timeline of events leading up to the proclamation\nArroyo claimed that the coup was a plan between right-wing factions in the military and leftist anarchists, a highly questionable claim since it has been pointed out that both sides have fought each other in the past, and would make unlikely allies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Timeline of events leading up to the proclamation\nBy mid-morning, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had declared a moratorium on all school activities from elementary to college level, issued through the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education. Around 11:25\u00a0a.m., Arroyo issued Proclamation No. 1017 on national television, which places the entire nation under a state of emergency in an attempt to quell the rebellion \u2014 many fear this step might eventually lead to the introduction of martial law. General Order No. 5 was issued by the President to implement Proclamation No. 1017. It orders the Armed Forces of the Philippines to \"maintain the peace and order of the country and to protect it from terrorism or chaos.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Timeline of events leading up to the proclamation\nThe Proclamation effectively cancelled all rally permits everywhere, and according to interpretations by the Arroyo administration, legalized arrest without a warrant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation\nThe EDSA Shrine protesters were dispersed by the police by noontime. Some made their way to La Salle Green Hills, while others went to the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Ninoy Aquino's monument on Ayala Avenue in Makati, the metro's central business district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation\nOn the other side of EDSA, protesters led by University of the Philippines Professor Randy David were violently dispersed by the security forces at the EDSA-Kamuning intersection. David and Argee Guevarra were arrested and was charged with inciting to sedition in Camp Karingal in Quezon City. He was later released by nighttime, with all of the charges dropped. Ronald Llamas, a leader of the center-left of the Akbayan party, was arrested as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation\nAround 3:30\u00a0p.m. demonstrators from different sectors gathered around at the Ninoy Aquino Monument in Makati to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Prominent personalities like former President Corazon Aquino and her daughter Kris Aquino, Senate President Franklin Drilon, former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Bishop Teodoro Bacani and Bishop Oscar Cruz, as well as other senators like Sen. Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. took part in this event. Protesters believed that Makati would be a safe gathering place because it is governed by Mayor Jejomar Binay who is an opposition leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0016-0001", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation\nHowever, numerous police personnel have been deployed in the area to control the situation. The traditional throwing of confetti was carried out by some building occupants and a helicopter. The rally concluded by a dispersal made by the Philippine National Police around 7:30\u00a0p.m. This is contrary to the statement of the police which said that the protesters \"voluntarily\" left the site where they held their protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Military movements\nOn the morning of February 26, 2006, the Armed Forces denied the text messages stating that there would be unusual military movements. Malaca\u00f1ang said that those statements who came from Mayor J. V. Ejercito of San Juan, Metro Manila are not true. Mayor Ejercito denied the information that came from Malaca\u00f1ang. Malaca\u00f1ang also said that there are no unauthorized troop movements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Military movements, Fort Bonifacio crisis\nAt around 6:00\u00a0p.m. on 26 February 2006, Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda was either relieved from his position as Commandant of the Philippine Marines or was requested to resign. Philippine Navy Chief Vice Admiral Mateo Mayuga and Malaca\u00f1ang said that Miranda asked to be relieved for personal reasons, while others perceived it as his termination. He was replaced by Brig. Gen. Nelson Allaga as Acting Commandant of Philippine Marines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0018-0001", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Military movements, Fort Bonifacio crisis\nColonel Ariel Querubin protested these moves by the Navy, and some marines went to the camp chapel of Fort Bonifacio to start a prayer vigil in protest that could have led to a \"withdrawal of support.\" Presidential Chief-of-Staff Mike Defensor said the decision was within the military, thus Malaca\u00f1ang had no influence on the matter. He also said that media should not cover the events happening at Fort Bonifacio; major privately owned stations defied the suggestion and covered the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Military movements, Fort Bonifacio crisis\nThe Armed Forces implemented countermeasures, such as blocking Lawton Avenue (the main road to the Fort) from possible protesters, turning off the lights in the Fort, and deploying loyalist troops. However, former President Corazon Aquino, former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr., then-Senator Ramon Magsaysay, Jr., Representatives Benigno Aquino III and Imee Marcos, and De La Salle University President Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC, went to Fort Bonifacio with other prominent opposition members, but the Civil Disturbance Team arrived at 7:05 pm to control civilians. Civil society held their prayer vigils in front of the Fort, led by the La Salle Brothers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Military movements, Fort Bonifacio crisis\nThat evening, Capt. Geronimo said that the crisis was over. The newly appointed Commandant of Philippine Marine Corps, Brig. Gen. Nelson Allaga, assumed control of all the marines, and Querubin was later discharged from the services, bidding his comrades goodbye in Marawi City. Brig. Gen. Allaga also announced their situation was over and that the whole Philippine Marine Corps will still will follow the \"chain of command\" despite earlier events. This decision came from a gentleman's agreement by officers to vote on whether or not to follow the chain of command, with a result of nine against six .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Military movements, Fort Bonifacio crisis\nAfter the crisis, most people in front of Fort Bonifacio left, and as a response Malaca\u00f1ang suspended classes on all levels the following day,. Col. Querubin was relieved from his position as commander of the 1st Marine Brigade, with Lt. Col. Luisito Marcelino as his temporary replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 116], "content_span": [117, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Arrests\nAfter the Makati rally, the Department of Justice sued former Senator Gregorio Honasan, who had previously led coups against the Aquino government in the 1980s, along with the other six leaders of the RAM (Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabans\u00e2, \"Nationalist Revolutionary Alliance\"), for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny. On 25 February, ANAK-PAWIS Party-list Representative Crisp\u00edn Beltr\u00e1n was served a warrant for arrest and taken in for questioning under state of emergency laws for his alleged role in a 1985 coup against Ferdinand Marcos. This was considered a highly unusual and controversial move since the alleged crime was from twenty years prior. Beltr\u00e1n responded, \"They say this is just an invitation but I think this is an arrest. Warrantless arrest, I think there will be more to come.\" Beltr\u00e1n underwent inquest by the police on Monday, 27 February, and was charged with \"inciting to rebellion\" and \"conspiracy to commit rebellion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 1020]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Arrests\nPolice next unsuccessfully tried to arrest Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Satur Ocampo. The former chief of the Philippine Constabulary and former national security adviser to former President Fidel V. Ramos retired General Ramon Monta\u00f1o, was also arrested by the police. He was charged with inciting sedition, while former Police General Rex Piad was also arrested, but it was later revealed that there was no evidence to support the act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Arrests, \"Batasan 5\"\nOn that same day, the PNP\u2013CIDG filed cases against 51 alleged communists, including five party-list representatives (Beltr\u00e1n, Ocampo, Teodoro Casi\u00f1o, Joel Virador and Liza Maza), to the DOJ in violation of Article 134, in relation to Article 135 of the Revised Penal Code (rebellion/insurrection). A panel of prosecutors were assigned to the group, dubbed the \"Batasan 5\", but this failed to find them guilty. Minority floor leader Rep. Francis Escudero of Sorsogon appealed to House Speaker Jos\u00e9 de Venecia to halt the arrests of congressmen during the state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 95], "content_span": [96, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0024-0001", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Arrests, \"Batasan 5\"\nDe Venecia assured protection for the members of the House, and offered his office and conference room as lodging. For 70 days, the five took refuge in the House of Representatives. On 11 May 11, the DOJ filed new charges against the Batasan 5 for plotting to instigate a rebellion on Labour Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 95], "content_span": [96, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Freedom of the press\nDuring a state of emergency, the government could control public utilities, which includes media, according to the constitution. Gonzalez assured Filipinos that the government would not use these powers unnecessarily. However, there were reports that the Arroyo government suppressed the freedom of the press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 95], "content_span": [96, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Freedom of the press\nOn February 25, 2006, the PNP\u2013CIDG raided The Daily Tribune of alleged assistance to the leftist groups and rebel military groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 95], "content_span": [96, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Freedom of the press\nThere were also reports that the military surrounded ABS-CBN compound in Mother Ignacia, Diliman, Quezon City. However, they left the premises hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 95], "content_span": [96, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Events after the proclamation, Freedom of the press\nSamahang Plaridel, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and Committee to Protect Journalists were all disappointed of Proclamation No. 1017, which, according to them, suppresses press freedom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 95], "content_span": [96, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Lifting of the proclamation\nOn 1 March, Ash Wednesday, Arroyo has stated that she will lift the \"state of emergency\" soon, perhaps by the end of the first week of March. The President gives a 24- to 72-hour time frame to the Secretary of Justice, Secretary of National Defense, and to the Chief of Philippine National Police to give reports to her before lifting the state of emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Lifting of the proclamation\nOn 3 March, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1021, the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo officially concluded state of emergency in the Philippines. The state of emergency (Proclamation No. 1017) lasted one week since February 24, 2006. According to her, the state of emergency protected major democratic institutions and even the media. This led to lowering of security alerts of the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Anti-Arroyo\nA number of observers have drawn parallels between the actions of President Arroyo and those of Ferdinand Marcos. Benito Lim, Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines, stated, \"This is suppression of all freedom. It is in violation of the constitution and the bill of rights. This is the beginning of using stronger measures to quell dissent against the government. Their justification is reminiscent of Marcos when he proclaimed martial law.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Anti-Arroyo\nOn February 24, 2006, the Philippine National Police violently dispersed protesters from EDSA. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines denounced the violence, and advised the President to be calm in handling the protests. Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Dagupan City, Pangasinan and other bishops were not happy of the proclamation from the President stating that the Philippines is under a state of emergency, however the CBCP wants the people to be vigilant of the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Anti-Arroyo\nFormer President Ramos said that he was disappointed of the declaration of state of emergency to just prevent an uprising of a small faction of the military, saying it was overkill. The former President described his cold relationship to President Arroyo as \"Waning, waning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Anti-Arroyo\nFormer President Joseph Estrada appealed to Arroyo to remove the declaration of State of Emergency as it will not benefit most of the people in the country. He also condemns \"baseless arrests\" and the alleged dictatorship rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Anti-Arroyo\nFernando Poe, Jr.'s widow Susan Roces said that last week, President Arroyo said that she is the best President of the country, \"Is this the best?\" Roces is referring to the speech of Arroyo regarding a meeting with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) saying: \"And let me also make clear: I believe I am the best person to lead this nation through this transition. I was elected to make difficult decisions, and I have made them. Not without mistakes on my part, and certainly not without significant criticism. But I have the experience of hindsight, and I aim to fulfill my term with a steady hand on the helm.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Anti-Arroyo\nThe Lasallian Brothers issued a letter about the current political crisis in the country. One of their main points is: \"We wish to reaffirm that the most peaceful and expedient way to resolve the current crisis is for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to make the supreme sacrifice and to resign voluntarily, an option fully in consonance with the Constitution, in order to pave the way for a smooth and peaceful transition of power.\" which calls for the resignation of President Arroyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Pro-Arroyo\nIn the statement of Presidential Spokesperson Sec. Ignacio Bunye, he said that \"The actions of the government have been well calibrated and there is no overkill... Had the President not acted as she did, we would now be under a rightist-communist junta.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Pro-Arroyo\nVice President Noli de Castro affirmed President Arroyo's declaration. He said, \"I respect the right of the President to declare a state of emergency in order to preserve the peace, maintain law and order, and ensure the protection of human rights and civil liberties of the people for as long as there is imminent threat to public safety.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Reactions, Pro-Arroyo\nHowever, on March 1, 2006, de Castro wants to remove the state of emergency since \"there is no more emergency\", according to him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Legalities\nThe President cited Article 7 Section 18 of the Constitution which states that: \"The President\u2026whenever necessary... may call out the armed forces to prevent or suppress... rebellion...\" and Article 12 Section 17 of the Constitution which states that: \"In times of national emergency, when the public interest so requires, the State may, during the emergency and under reasonable terms prescribed by it, temporarily take over or direct the operations of privately owned public utilities or business affected with public interest.\" Sec. Gonzalez of the Department of Justice said that the government had not yet reached that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Legalities\nLawyers question Proclamation No. 1017 stating that the whole nation is under State of Emergency and other actions of the government in the Supreme Court of the Philippines by issuing multiple petitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Court Martial\nDays after the lifting of the declaration of a state of emergency, several Scout Ranger officers, including Lamitan Hero, Army Captain Ruben Guinolbay, were ordered investigated and detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Court Martial\nEventually, 25 Scout Rangers officers were arrested but were charged only on August 2, 2006, after several months in detention. Also charged were several Marine officers allegedly involved in the Fort Bonifacio incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Court Martial\nThose charged were Brigadier General Danilo Lim, Lieutenant Colonels Nestor Flordeliza and Edmundo Malabanjot; Majors Jason Aquino, and Jose Leomar Doctolero; Captains James Sababan, Montano Almodovar, Joey Fontiveros, Ruben Guinolbay, Isagani Criste, William Upano, Dante Langkit, Allan Aurino, and Frederick Sales; and First Lieutenants Ervin Divinagracia, Jacon Cordero, Homer Estolas, Sandro Sereno and Richiemel Caballes of the Philippine Army Scout Rangers. The indicted Marine officers are Major General Renato Miranda, Medal of Valor awardees Col. Ariel Querubin, Lt. Col. Custodio Parcon; Colonels Orlando de Leon, Januario Caringal and Armando Ba\u00f1ez; Lieutenant Colonels Valentin Hizon, Romulo Gualdrapa, and Achilles Segumalian; Maj. Francisco Domingo Fernandez; and 1Lt. Belinda Ferrer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188887-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, Court Martial\nThe pretrial investigation panel formed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, conducted by the Judge Advocate General's Office and headed by Col. Al Pereras recommended the dismissal of the charge of mutiny but the retention of charges for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman for a few of the detained officers. All charges against Capt. Guinolbay were recommended dismissed. The same however, was overturned by Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon, allegedly upon the recommendation of the Staff Judge Advocate, even as Marine Lt. Cols Valentin Hizon and Romulo Gualdrapa were dropped as accused by Gen. Esperon's exercise of discretion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188888-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 storms in Vancouver\nThe 2006 storms in Vancouver were a series of storms beginning with the remnants of Typhoon Cimaron November 5 and then followed by another on November 15 that caused landslides into Vancouver's three main reservoirs. This led to the water system becoming contaminated far beyond the legal safety limit and forced the city to implement a boil water advisory for all of the city's two-million residents for more than a week\u2014the largest such advisory in Canadian history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188888-0000-0001", "contents": "2006 storms in Vancouver\nThe advisory affected the local food industry, forcing supermarkets and restaurants to stop selling produce which couldn't be safely washed, and causing the majority of the city's many coffee shops to close. Although no dangerous bacteria levels were observed, the water was still considered unclean and unsafe to drink, wash vegetables or brush teeth with, without boiling it first for at least 1 minute. Bottled water was in high demand and became scarce in many areas. The storms were caused by an Aleutian Low's steering current, which allowed low pressure areas from the central subtropics of the North Pacific Ocean to track northeast and near areas of British Columbia, sometimes bringing more than 100\u00a0mm (4\u00a0in) of rain from each low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188888-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 storms in Vancouver\nAs the low pressure systems were slowly replaced by an Arctic ridge, temperatures on November 25 dipped to \u221212\u00a0\u00b0C (10\u00a0\u00b0F) at Vancouver International Airport and the cities of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley were hit with a series of heavy snowstorms. The highest recorded one-day snowfall from the event was the 44.1\u00a0cm (17.4\u00a0in) which occurred in Abbotsford. The short burst of heavy snow produced long traffic delays and widespread school closures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188888-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 storms in Vancouver\nThree weeks later on December 14 came the Hanukkah Eve windstorm, breaking and uprooting around 10,000 trees in Stanley Park next to downtown Vancouver. At its peak, BC Hydro reported that over 250,000 customers were without power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile\nThe 2006 student protests in Chile (also known as the Penguins' Revolution or The March of the Penguins, because of the students' uniform) were a series of ongoing student voice protests carried out by high school students across Chile from late April to early June 2006. The protests peaked on May 30 when 790,000 students adhered to strikes and marches throughout the country, becoming Chile's largest student demonstration of the past three decades and the first political crisis of president Michelle Bachelet's administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile\nAmongst the students' short-term demands were free travel passes on buses and the waiving of the university admissions test (PSU) fee, while the longer term demands included: the abolition of the Organic Constitutional Act of Teaching (LOCE), the end to municipalization of subsidized education, a reform to the Full-time School Day policy (JEC) and a quality education for all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile\nOn June 1, Bachelet addressed the nation by television, announcing several new measures for education that met most of the students' demands. On June 7 the president announced a 73-member presidential advisory committee \u2013 promised by Bachelet on her speech to discuss the students' long-term demands \u2013 which included six seats reserved for high school students. Initially hesitant to join the committee, on June 9 the student assembly finally accepted the invitation and called for an immediate end to strikes and school take-overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile\nOn August 23, around 2,000 students were marching in Santiago and other cities in the country, in protest of the slow speed that the reforms were taking place. The rally eventually got violent when small groups turned away from the peaceful demonstrations and started throwing rocks at the police. The police responded with tear gas and water cannons. More than 200 of the demonstrators were arrested and over a dozen were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Background\nThe Organic Constitutional Act of Teaching or LOCE (Act N\u00ba 18,962) was enacted on March 7, 1990, and came into force on March 10, the last day of Pinochet's 16\u00bd year dictatorship. Despite being widely criticized by both students and teachers as well as the ruling coalition (Concertaci\u00f3n), it has remained largely unmodified since the restoration of democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Background\nCritics of LOCE point out that it reduces the state's participation in education to a solely regulatory and protective role, whilst the true responsibility of education has been transferred to private and public corporations (public schools being managed by local governments \u2014 Municipalidades), thus reducing the participation that students, parents, teachers and non-academic employees had previously enjoyed in their schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Background\nDuring the 1990s, one of the main objectives of the Concertaci\u00f3n administration was a so-called Educational Reform. One of the main pillars of this reform, launched during the Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle administration, was the Jornada Escolar Completa, JEC (Full-time School Day policy) \u2014 a plan to increase the hours that high school students actually spend in classrooms (in many cases not increasing the number of additional classrooms and other infrastructure required). However, many consider that the quality of education has dropped to worrying levels despite the high level of government spending on public education. Studies have showed that the JEC still has not been correctly implemented nor has it achieved the desired results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Background\nSince 2000 a new demand has emerged with respect to the transport system's school pass and the new University Selection Test, and although much progress was made in some areas, the core of the students' demands have remained unsolved as of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Initial demonstrations\nFollowing the announcement on April 24 of a new increase in fees for the PSU (up to $28,000 Chilean Pesos or around US$50) and the rumored introduction of a new restriction in the students' transport pass (Pase Escolar) that would limit reduced bus fares to only two travels per day, several public schools in Santiago organized demonstrations in the Alameda Avenue (Santiago's main street) demanding gratuity for transport passes, bus fares and university admissions tests. These demonstrations ended in some outbursts of violence \u2014 the Carabineros (the uniformed police) subsequently arrested 47 secondary students on April 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Initial demonstrations\nIn the following days, new demonstrations took place without the permission of the regional authority. Despite the Ministry of Education acceding to minor demands, the students were left unsatisfied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Initial demonstrations\nOn May Day, secondary students of Santiago took part in a massive demonstration on Parque Almagro, near downtown Santiago. Violence again erupted and 1,024 students were arrested by the police in Santiago as well as in other cities throughout the country. The violence was consequently condemned by the Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Initial demonstrations\nNothing justifies violence, violence is not the way and the government backs the actions of the police. The students have accomplished nothing", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nFollowing three weeks of protests, little progress for the students' demands had been achieved. A turning point arose when students of the prestigious school Instituto Nacional and Liceo de Aplicaci\u00f3n overran the school campuses during the night of May 19, 2006 demanding an improvement in the educational reform including: the ending of the system of schools being run by municipalities (present since 1982), the abolition of the LOCE, as well as a clear declaration by President Bachelet in her traditional May 21 speech to the National Congress. In her speech, the President only indirectly referred to the students' demands and instead focused in condemning the students' recent acts of violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nI want our citizens to be critical, self-conscious, and to express their ideas and demands. However, the criticism must be expressed in a constructive manner, laying clear proposals upon a table, and most importantly, with an unveiled face without resorting to violence. I want to be crystal clear in this, what we have witnessed in the past weeks is unacceptable. I shall not tolerate acts of vandalism or intimidation. We won democracy without resorting to concealing our faces and we shall continue [enjoying it] without doing so (this was in reference to the practice of certain individuals who anonymously partook in violence under the cover of hoods).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nThe government's reply did not satisfy the students' leaders who called for the continuation of demonstrations, even though the Instituto Nacional students desisted in its school take-over in exchange for a school strike which was supported by teachers, parents and the school administrators alike. Occupations of several Liceos (public high schools) continued \u2014 among others Liceo A-13 (formerly, Confederaci\u00f3n Suiza) and Liceo Carmela Carvajal \u2014 and two failed attempts to occupy the Liceo Jos\u00e9 Victorino Lastarria in Providencia. Although peaceful, the occupations were rejected by the government and the Education Minister Mart\u00edn Zilic, broke off negotiations stating that he would not come back to the table as long as the mobilizations continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nIn order to move forward in a discussion about quality, we need everybody's participation (...) that's a dialogue, not with occupations of schools, not with violence on the streets, not with covered faces. The president said we won democracy with uncovered faces and we are going to maintain talks with an uncovered face as a lesson to some youths in Santiago who have occupied their schools; that's not the way. The path is through dialogue, that is the way you build a better education and make a big leap to the future", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nHowever, the ministerial strategy of avoiding dialogue did not work out. Since April 24, there were fourteen schools either occupied or on strike including the Liceo N\u00ba1 de Ni\u00f1as \u2014 the school that President Bachelet herself attended as a student.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nWhat is not understandable is that while trying to talk, there's also the applying of pressure. That is not the way to create dialogue in a democracy. It is terrific that they have chosen to reveal their faces. Now what they must do is to be able to dialogue seriously, but with a will to negotiate from both sides. The government is willing to discuss many topics, but it must be done with respect and without pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0017-0001", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nThe government has already shown that it agrees to seek a solution on the PSU and the school bus pass, jointly with the ministries of Transportation, Education, and Finance, and they know this...regarding the JEC, they know that I am interested in knowing their evaluation of the JEC, if they consider that it isn't fulfilling its objective, what we want is to improve the quality of education, we are completely available to listen to everything.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nThat same night, eleven schools in Santiago downtown, \u00d1u\u00f1oa, Estaci\u00f3n Central, La Cisterna, Maip\u00fa, Providencia and Recoleta were occupied by students. The students received political support from deputies from the governing coalition, the College of Teachers and other institutions, leaving Minister Zilic in a fragile position. He finally called for a new round of negotiations with \"all representatives of schools in conflict\" which was scheduled for the following Monday May 29. Throughout the day, more schools were occupied in Arica, Iquique, Valpara\u00edso, Rancagua and Concepci\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nOn May 26, the situation escalated, as students from Maip\u00fa, San Miguel, Las Condes, Puente Alto and Pudahuel carried out peaceful marches and private schools adhered to the events. One-hundred thousand students (and up to a 100 schools) were on mass demonstrations throughout the country. Meanwhile, the ACES called for a national strike on Tuesday May 30, which was supported by the Student Federation of the University of Chile (FECH), and the Teachers National Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nPublic opinion became increasingly critical of the government and its mishandling of the crisis, forcing President Bachelet to express her will to reestablish a dialogue \"in an agenda without exclusions\" but reaffirming that this new stand was not a contradiction nor a defeat: \"What we have here is the decision to sit down to talk and listen. There will be things which we agree on and there will be others which we do not\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nThe last opportunity to avoid a nationwide strike was the meeting called by the Minister Zilic with the representatives of the schools in conflict. However, this meeting was not presided by the minister himself but rather by the deputy minister Pilar Romaguera, a situation which was rejected by the students. In addition, the site chosen for the negotiations did not have the capacity for the approximately one hundred student representatives, leading to the secondary students refusing to continue the negotiations unless all school representatives were in one room. The government maintained confidence in continuing negotiations, refusing to consider the situation as a failure and insisting that a small step had been achieved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\n[In the ministry,] disorganization reigned. It was pretty clear they were in a hurry, and we can't sit down and talk and even more resolve anything in such circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Take-overs\nAfter the breakdown of the meeting, the ACES reorganized itself into six regional branches and set up a meeting with senators of both the Concertaci\u00f3n and the Alliance for Chile, another sign of the widespread support the movement had won across the political spectrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nAccording to ACES, more than 250 schools were paralyzed on May 30, 2006 in a day that was characterized by diverse acts of violence, despite many calls to carry out peaceful demonstrations. The secondary students' call to strike was followed by university students from Universidad de Chile, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica and the Universidad de Santiago. The actual number of students on strike was calculated at between 600,000 and one million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nDuring that morning, President Bachelet, summoned her Political Team \u2014 the Ministers of Interior, Finance, Gen. Sec. of Gov. and Gen. Sec. of the Presidency \u2014 as well as Minister Zilic to a special meeting in La Moneda. Zilic was sent away to meet directly that afternoon with 23 student leaders at the National Library \u2014 a neutral place chosen because of the symbolism of being Chile's main public library.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nIn other areas of the country, a number of demonstrations took place, many being broken up by the police. The main incidents took place in Maip\u00fa, Puente Alto, La Florida (all large middle-class districts of Santiago) and in Santiago itself, around the Liceo de Applicaci\u00f3n and the University of Chile's head office. The police were widely criticized for firing tear gas at people gathered outside the National Library, waiting for the meeting's resolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nThe press showed images of policemen arresting students and bystanders inside buses and private houses, and even press members being attacked by the police's special forces. Fighting extended throughout the night, with 725 people arrested and 26 injured. The actions of the police were strongly repelled by the public. Some of the strongest reactions came from the press and the President herself:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nFor our government, a complete freedom of expression and the right to work are fundamental; that is why we have expressed our indignation at the latest events suffered both by journalists and cameramen as well as the students who have been victims of excesses, abuse, condemnable unjustified violence. We want our police to safeguard our security, but we cannot accept the events we witnessed yesterday", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nDespite having initially backed the police, the regional government and the Interior Minister, Andr\u00e9s Zald\u00edvar, later severely criticized them as did the Gen. Director of Carabineros who opened an investigation and dismissed ten officers including the Special Forces Prefect and his deputy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nIn accordance to my powers, I have ordered the dismissal of the Special Forces Prefect (...) This is a sign that I shall not tolerate, as I said when I assumed this rank, any excesses. I will also defend all procedures adhering to the law, but this is not such a case", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, First national strike\nFurther demonstrations, mostly peaceful, took place in Temuco and Valpara\u00edso, with some riots in Santiago's Plaza Italia, resulting in the arrest on May 31 of 54 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Ongoing negotiations\nOn May 31, 2006, ACES members gathered at the Instituto Nacional to analyze the Minister's proposal to exempt the PSU fees for applicants of the population's three lowest-income quintiles. After hours of debate by the hundreds of student leaders, their spokespersons declared their disagreement with the proposal and extended an ultimatum for the following Monday in which they would call for a national general strike, which would also include university students, teachers and workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Ongoing negotiations\nMinister Zilic met with the students again at the Recoleta Dom\u00ednica, an old church in Santiago. After seven hours of negotiations the students declared that they had not received new offers and that their call for a general strike would continue. Zilic declared the unwillingness of the government to negotiate under such pressure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Ongoing negotiations\nIn the evening of June 1 president Bachelet addressed the nation by radio and television to announce new non-negotiable measures on education:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Ongoing negotiations\nBachelet also referred specifically to the government's incapacity to deliver free transport fare to all students, due to prohibitively high costs (166 billion Chilean pesos annually, US$300 million), which she equated to the funding of 33,000 new social houses, the whole cost of the health system or the creation of seventeen new fully equipped hospitals. Nevertheless, she did announce a 25% rise in family benefits for 2007 that would affect 968,000 beneficiaries. The following day, the economic proposals were detailed by the Finance Minister Andr\u00e9s Velasco who announced that the total cost of the measures would reach 60 million dollars in 2006 and 138 million dollars per year from 2007 onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Ongoing negotiations\nThe students met to analyze the president's proposal at the Instituto Superior de Comercio (Insuco) on June 2. After a long meeting of more than eight hours, the ACES met with the Education minister. Close to 10 p.m., Minister Zilic announced that he had not been able to reach an agreement with the students, which was later confirmed by the student spokespersons, who further announced another meeting for the following day in the Internado Nacional Barros Arana in order to organize the national strike to take place on June 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nOn 3 June 2006, the Coordinating Assembly held a new assembly in the Internado Nacional Barros Arana. However, speculation began to arise concerning a split between the radical and moderate groups of the Assembly, which would explain the resignation of C\u00e9sar Valenzuela as spokesperson (he insisted that he had stepped down in order to look after his sick mother).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0037-0001", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nRumors began to spread that some of the traditional schools of Providencia and Santiago were holding parallel talks with Zilic and that one of the leaders of the Assembly, the communist spokesperson Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Sanhueza, had been removed because of her extremist positions. Nevertheless, the ACES later expressed that all of these rumors were unfounded and part of a government strategy to undermine the movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nMeanwhile, more than one hundred groups showed their support for the Monday 5 June strike, including a call from the Frente Patri\u00f3tico Manuel Rodr\u00edguez (FPMR) to march in protest, contrary to the wishes of the student leaders who had called for peaceful demonstrations from within the schools. The call from the FPMR provoked much annoyance in the government (motivating the Minister Ricardo Lagos Weber to declare that this act was condemnable); however, the student leaders expressed that the FPMR were within their rights to demonstrate as they wished but that they should assume full responsibility for their actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nThe strike was held on Monday with the additional support of university students, high school teachers, truckers and workers amongst other unions. There was relative calm during the morning apart from a few minor isolated incidents close to the Plaza Italia by an unauthorized march and the burning of tires in the Alameda and Del Sol Highway around 7 a.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0039-0001", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nThroughout the country, protest activity was dissimilar: while there were almost no protests in Punta Arenas, more than 140 establishments in the B\u00edo-B\u00edo Region, 58 in Iquique, 9 in Coihaique were occupied as well as the only school on Easter Island. Peaceful marches took place in Osorno, Puerto Montt and La Serena as well as Valpara\u00edso where more than 12,000 people peacefully gathered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nIn Santiago, the majority of the occupied schools underwent protests of a cultural nature, within their premises, the largest of which took place in the Instituto Nacional and the nearby University of Chile's main campus. Nevertheless, as the afternoon wore on, disorderly behavior and looting began to take place which led to the mobilization of the Carabineros, who later attacked the people gathered at the Instituto Nacional with tear-gas and water cannons, which according to Germ\u00e1n Westhoff, President of the Student Center, was a \"provocation on the part of the Carabineros\". In all, more than 240 people were detained during this day of mobilizations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nOn June 6, the student assembly wrote a letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs informing him that they saw the creation of a presidential advisory committee \u2014 announced by Bachelet in her speech of June 1 to discuss the long-term demands \u2014 as a positive step, adding that it should include students, teachers, school administrators, education experts and other social stakeholders and that half of them should be determined by the student assembly. This petition was rejected by the government because it was considered excessive, explaining that the president was free to decide who should be included. On June 7, the president announced a committee of 73 members, which included six seats reserved for high school students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nAccording to El Mercurio, on 7 June, 50 schools in Santiago and 175 across the country ended the strikes and were ready to return to classes. According to La Tercera, the number of schools ending mobilizations was close to 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188889-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 student protests in Chile, Second national strike and movement decay\nOn June 9 the student assembly agreed to participate in the committee and put an end to strikes and school take-overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188890-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nThe 2006 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2006, and concluded September 30, 2007. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188890-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2006 term membership and statistics\nThis was the second term of Chief Justice Roberts' tenure and the first full term with the same membership; Justice Alito joined the Court during the 2005 term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nThe Supreme Court of the United States handed down eight per curiam opinions during its 2006 term, which began October 2, 2006 and concluded September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States\nBecause per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Court membership\nAssociate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Purcell v. Gonzalez\n549 U.S. 1 Decided October 20, 2006. Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 92], "content_span": [93, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Burton v. Stewart\n549 U.S. 147 Decided January 9, 2007. Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 90], "content_span": [91, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Lance v. Coffman\n549 U.S. 437 Decided March 5, 2007. District Court for the District of Colorado vacated in part and remanded and affirmed in part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 89], "content_span": [90, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Roper v. Weaver\n550 U.S. 598 Argued March 21, 2007.Decided May 21, 2007. The Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 88], "content_span": [89, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Roper v. Weaver\nThe Court wrote that it was \"now aware of circumstances that persuade us that dismissal of the writ is the appropriate manner in which to dispose of this case.\" The Court had granted review to decide whether the Court of Appeals had correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) in setting aside Weaver's capital sentence that he challenged by a petition of habeas corpus. Upon review, the Court discovered that Weaver only filed the current habeas petition after the enactment of AEDPA because the District Court had erroneously dismissed Weaver's first petition. As two other petitioners were \"virtually identically situated\" to Weaver yet not governed by AEDPA's stricter standards, the Court dismissed so a different legal standard would not apply to Weaver's case simply because the District Court had committed an error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 88], "content_span": [89, 953]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Roper v. Weaver\nRoberts filed a concurrence, stating that he did not agree with all of the reasons given in the Court's per curiam opinion, but that he agreed with the disposition. Scalia filed a dissent, joined by Thomas and Alito.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 88], "content_span": [89, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Los Angeles County v. Rettele\n550 U.S. 609 Decided May 21, 2007. Ninth Circuit reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 102], "content_span": [103, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Los Angeles County v. Rettele\nThe Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures was not violated when officers execute a valid warrant and act in a reasonable manner, even though the individual in the home they searched was engaging in private, non-criminal activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 102], "content_span": [103, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Los Angeles County v. Rettele\nThe District Court had granted summary judgment in favor of the County of Los Angeles. The Ninth Circuit reversed, concluding that the deputies violated the Fourth Amendment and were not entitled to qualified immunity, because a reasonable deputy would have stopped the search upon discovering that the respondents were of a different race than the suspects and because a reasonable deputy would not have ordered respondents, who were unclothed, from their bed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 102], "content_span": [103, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Los Angeles County v. Rettele\nThe Court reversed, stating that because the Fourth Amendment allows warrants to issue based on probable cause, \"a standard well short of absolute certainty. Valid warrants will issue to search the innocent, and people like Rettele and Sadler unfortunately bear the cost. Officers executing search warrants on occasion enter a house when residents are engaged in private activity; and the resulting frustration, embarrassment, and humiliation may be real, as was true here. When officers execute a valid warrant and act in a reasonable manner to protect themselves from harm, however, the Fourth Amendment is not violated.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 102], "content_span": [103, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Los Angeles County v. Rettele\nSouter noted without separate opinion that he would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari. Stevens filed a concurrence, joined by Ginsburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 102], "content_span": [103, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Erickson v. Pardus\n551 U.S. 89 Decided June 4, 2007. Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 91], "content_span": [92, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188891-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Erickson v. Pardus\nScalia noted without separate opinion that he would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari. Thomas filed a dissent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 91], "content_span": [92, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot\nThe 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried on board airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada, disguised as soft drinks. The plot was discovered by British police during an extensive surveillance operation. As a result of the plot, unprecedented security measures were initially put in place at airports. The measures were gradually relaxed in the following weeks, but passengers are still not allowed to carry liquid containers larger than 100\u00a0ml onto commercial aircraft in the UK and most other countries, as of 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot\nOf 24 suspects who were arrested in and around London on the night of 9 August 2006, eight were initially tried for terrorism offences in connection with the plot. The first trial took place from April to September 2008. The jury failed to reach a verdict on charges of conspiracy to kill by blowing up aircraft but did find three men guilty of conspiracy to murder and acquitted one other of all charges. In September 2009, a second trial (of the now seven originally accused but with the addition of another man) found three men guilty of conspiracy to kill by blowing up aircraft and one other guilty of conspiracy to murder, while the 'additional' man was cleared of all terrorism charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot\nIn July 2010, a further three of the accused were found guilty at a third trial at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder. Thus, of the nine men tried, two were acquitted and seven found guilty of conspiracy charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Surveillance\nIn Pakistan, a British man from Birmingham named Rashid Rauf is believed to have put plotters in touch with al-Qaeda's leadership. When Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was under police surveillance, returned from Pakistan in June 2006, investigators covertly opened his baggage. Inside they found a powdered soft drink\u2014Tang\u2014and a large number of batteries, which raised suspicions; in the following weeks the police mounted the UK's largest surveillance operation, calling on an additional 220\u00a0officers from other forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Surveillance\nAssad Sarwar (from High Wycombe) was seen buying items that did not appear to fit with his daily needs. On one occasion surveillance officers watched him dispose of empty hydrogen peroxide bottles at a recycling centre. Sarwar and Ali were seen meeting in an east London park. When MI5 covertly entered a flat being used by Ali, they found what appeared to be a bomb factory. They installed a camera and microphone and on 3\u00a0August, Ali and Tanvir Husain were filmed constructing devices out of drink bottles. Surveillance officers later watched Ali spend two hours in an Internet cafe researching flight timetables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests\nOn 9 August 2006, British police arrested 24 people for questioning. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation. Two of the arrests were made in the Birmingham area and five were made in High Wycombe; firearms officers were not involved in the arrests. The key suspects were British-born Muslims, some of Pakistani descent. Three of the suspects were recent converts to Islam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests\nEight of the suspects were later charged with conspiracy to murder and commit acts of terrorism, a further three with failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism, and one youth with possession of articles related to a terrorist act. Others were released without charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests\nPolice said they had been observing the plot evolve for months, and that the \"investigation reached a critical point\" on the night of 9 August 2006 when the decision was made to take urgent action in order to disrupt possible execution of the plot. An undercover British agent had infiltrated the group, according to CNN sources. According to Franco Frattini, the European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security, \"the plotters received a very short message to 'Go now' \", while British officials denied any explicit message existed. However, it was not clear when the attacks were planned to have been launched, and the New York Times has since reported that the plans were at an earlier stage than had been initially stated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests\nBritish authorities carried out a total of 69 searches of residences, businesses, vehicles and open spaces, which netted possible bomb-making equipment and chemicals including hydrogen peroxide, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said on 21 August 2006. \"As well as the bomb-making equipment, we have found more than 400 computers, 200 mobile telephones and 8,000 items of removable storage media such as memory sticks, CDs and DVDs,\" he said. \"So far, from the computers alone, we have removed some 6 terabytes of data.\" It will take \"many months\" for investigators to analyse all of the data, he said. Police said they found a list of flights on a memory stick belonging to Mr. Ali following his arrest. The memory stick listed scheduled flights from three carriers\u00a0\u2013 American Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests, Disagreement over when to make the arrests\nNBC News reported disagreement between the United States and the United Kingdom over when to make the arrests. According to NBC News, a senior British official contended that an attack was not imminent, noting that the suspects had not yet purchased airline tickets and some did not even have passports; he had urged that the investigation continue to collect more evidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests, Disagreement over when to make the arrests\nThe same source also told NBC News that the United States had threatened to use extraordinary rendition upon suspected ringleader Rashid Rauf in Pakistan, or to pressure the Pakistan government to arrest him. A United States official acknowledged disagreement over the timing of arrests and that British officials had believed that an attack was not imminent. However, Frances Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, denied the report of a dispute: \"There was no disagreement between US and UK officials.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Arrests, Disagreement over when to make the arrests\nIn Ron Suskind's The Way of the World (2008), Dick Cheney is reported to have \"ordered\" the arrest of Rauf in Pakistan in August 2006, apparently with a view to providing \"good news\" ahead of the US 2006 mid-term elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot\nThe plotters planned to use peroxide-based liquid explosives; the Metropolitan Police said that the plot involved acetone peroxide, (TATP), which is sensitive to heat, shock, and friction, and can be initiated with fire or an electrical charge, and can also be used to produce improvised detonators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot\nDuring the trial of the conspirators, the prosecution stated that each bomber would board a plane with the \"necessary ingredients and equipment\". They would then construct the devices mid-flight and detonate them. The hydrogen peroxide would be placed in 500\u00a0ml plastic bottles of the Oasis and Lucozade soft drinks. A sugary drink powder, Tang, would be mixed with the hydrogen peroxide to colour it to resemble a normal soft drink. Hydrogen peroxide is widely available for use as hair bleach and along with the other ingredients can become explosive if mixed to a specific strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0013-0001", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot\nThe mixture would be injected into the bottles with a syringe. The bottle's cap would not have been removed and the hole would have been resealed, thereby allowing the device to resemble a normal, unopened drink bottle when screened by airport security. The use of liquid explosives with dissolved powder is similar to the composition used in the 21 July 2005 London bombings, using hydrogen peroxide and chapati flour, activated by a detonator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot\nA second substance, a type of high explosive, would be hidden within an AA battery casing; this small explosive charge would detonate the main bomb. The charge would be detonated by linking the bottle of explosives to a light bulb and a disposable camera. The charge from the camera's flash unit would trigger the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot\nOn 28 August 2006 the New York Times reported that seven martyrdom tapes made by six suspects were recovered. This number was not confirmed by the prosecution during the subsequent trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot, Flights targeted\nProsecutors at the court hearing said that the suspects had talked about including 18 suicide bombers and that they had examined Denver, Boston, and Miami as possible flight destinations to target along with the following flights, details of which they had put on USB sticks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot, Responsibility\nThere was speculation in the UK that the militant Islamic organisation al-Qaeda could be behind the plot, which, it was claimed, was scheduled to take place only weeks after the group threatened to attack British aviation. One of the suspects\u2019 martyrdom video was taken from a fatwa by Osama bin Laden. United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff stated the plot, which was \"getting close to the execution phase\", was \"suggestive of an al-Qaeda plot\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot, Responsibility\nIn their martyrdom tapes, the suspects quoted from the Quran, claimed they were seeking revenge for the foreign policy of the United States, and \u201ctheir accomplices, the U.K. and the Jews\u201d and hoped God would be \"pleased with us and accepts our deed.\" It also called upon other Muslims to join jihad, and justified the killing of innocent civilians in Western countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot, Alleged Pakistani involvement\nPress reports claimed that the bombers were funded by \"charities\" intended to help victims of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The FBI and Scotland Yard investigated links to militants and the flow of money to the conspirators. Pakistan and international press also reported that Rashid Rauf had links with the Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Kashmir militant group banned by several countries. Media reports state that he has close family ties to Maulana Masood Azhar, one of the most wanted criminals in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, The plot, Alleged Pakistani involvement\nIn Pakistan, law enforcement authorities interrogated Rashid Rauf, a Briton of Pakistani descent, over his alleged key role in the plot. Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said British police were conducting inquiries in Pakistan but were not involved in questioning Rauf. The UK Foreign Office sought Rauf's extradition from Pakistan, and it was reported that Pakistan planned to accept the request. However, in mid-December 2006, terrorism charges against Rauf were dropped by a Pakistani judge, who ruled there was a lack of evidence. Rauf's case was transferred from a terrorism court to a regular court where he faced lesser charges including forgery. The charges were later dropped, and Rauf was reported killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan in November 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Public announcement\nOn 10 August 2006, British Home Secretary John Reid, broke the news, along with Douglas Alexander, the Transport Secretary. The same day, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Paul Stephenson, said that a plot, intended to destroy as many as ten aircraft in mid-flight from the United Kingdom to the United States using explosives brought on board in the suspects' hand luggage, had been disrupted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0021-0001", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Public announcement\nNews media reported that planned targets included American Airlines, British Airways, Continental Airlines, and United Airlines flights from London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports to Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles; Miami; Orlando; Boston; Newark; New York City; San Francisco; Cleveland and Washington, D.C. Air Canada flights were also included, with destinations being Montreal and Toronto. BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said the plot involved a series of simultaneous attacks, targeting three planes each time. Reports vary regarding the number of planes involved, ranging from three to twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0021-0002", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Public announcement\nIn a press release, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, said \"multiple commercial aircraft\" were targeted. Some reports say the attacks were planned for 16 August, but police said no evidence of any specific date had been found. British officials later stated that the estimate of ten aircraft was \"speculative and exaggerated.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Public announcement\nIn the United States, the announcement was made during a joint press conference by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, the Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration Kip Hawley and the Director of the FBI, Robert Mueller. Chertoff refused to be drawn on questions about the design of the devices or whether any bombs had actually been built.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Public announcement\nOn the same day, President George W. Bush commented upon arrival in Wisconsin: \"The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Public announcement\nPrior to the arrests, the plot had been discussed at the highest levels of government; Prime Minister Tony Blair had known about it for months, and had discussed it with President George W. Bush on a number of occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Responses, Scepticism in response to the arrests\nSeveral commentators expressed scepticism over the allegations. Many mentioned the Forest Gate raid, the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes and the Iraq War, all based on intelligence that turned out to be wrong, as reasons for their doubts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Responses, Scepticism in response to the arrests\nFormer UK ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray was sceptical of the account of the plot. He said that \"None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb. None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not have passports\". He also suggested that suspected ringleader Rashid Rauf had invented the plot under torture in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Responses, Scepticism in response to the arrests\nTechnology website The Register explored the practicalities of producing TATP on board a plane from constituent liquids and concluded that, while theoretically possible, the chances of success would be extremely low. Later, following additional details revealed at the trial, The Register wrote that the plot and bombing method chosen were viable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Responses, Scepticism in response to the arrests\nLieutenant-Colonel Nigel Wylde, a former senior British Army Intelligence Officer, declared the plot to be \"fiction\", an invention of the UK security services intended to justify new security measures that threatened to permanently curtail civil liberties. He said the explosives in question could not possibly have been produced on the plane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0029-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Security reaction\nIn the immediate aftermath of the first arrests, passengers were forbidden from carrying any liquids, apart from baby milk, onto flights between the United States and the United Kingdom. Since passengers could purchase beverages after passing airport security checkpoints in some American airports, gate checkpoints were also introduced at such airports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0030-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Security reaction, United Kingdom\nFollowing the raids, the UK terror alert level was raised by the Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre from 'Severe' to 'Critical', signalling an attack was believed to be imminent. On 14 August 2006 the threat level was reduced from 'Critical' to 'Severe'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0031-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Security reaction, United Kingdom\nImmediately following the raids, no hand luggage was allowed except for essentials, such as travel documents and wallets. Limited hand baggage was reintroduced at some smaller airports on 14 August, but was not permitted at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports until 15 August. Some restrictions were relaxed in September 2006, and on 6 November 2006 restrictions were again relaxed to allow limited volumes of liquids to be carried into the cabin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0032-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Security reaction, United Kingdom\nIn March 2020 Jonathan Evans, former Director General, MI5, gave an interview saying the aircraft plot \"felt like some of the later-stage investigations into Irish terrorism that we had been doing. Because we had good intelligence coverage of what the Irish terrorist cells were doing, we could intervene at the relevant point, and we felt like we had a good insight into individual plots that were being prepared\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0033-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Security reaction, United States\nFollowing the operation, United States Homeland Security banned all liquids and gels except baby formula and prescription medicines in the name of the ticket holder in carry-on luggage on all flights. The DHS level in the United States was raised to 'Severe' (red) for all flights from the UK. The terror level for all other domestic or non-British international flights to the United States was raised to 'High' (orange).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0034-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Security reaction, United States\nFrom 13 August 2006, airline passengers in the United States could take up to 3.4\u00a0US\u00a0fl\u00a0oz (101\u00a0ml) of non-prescription medicine, glucose gel for diabetics, solid lipstick, and baby food aboard flights. The TSA also began demanding that passengers remove their shoes so they could be X-rayed before boarding. Eventually passengers were allowed to carry only 100\u00a0ml (3.5\u00a0imp\u00a0fl\u00a0oz; 3.4\u00a0US\u00a0fl\u00a0oz) of liquid in their hand luggage, TSA standards required all non-medical liquids to be kept in a quart-sized plastic bag, with only one bag per passenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0035-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects\nOverall, an estimated 400,000 passengers were affected because of the alerts. It has been estimated that the first day of delays cost the airlines over \u00a3175\u00a0million. As many as 20,000 bags are believed to have been misplaced at Heathrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0036-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Flight cancellations\nAll international inbound flights to London Heathrow Airport were cancelled on the day of the arrests except those already en route. Some flights to and from London Gatwick Airport were also suspended. Later on that evening, some flights had resumed; shorter flights were resumed around 6pm. However, passengers boarding planes were told they could only carry boarding passes and passports. All other belongings were to be checked in with the rest of their luggage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0037-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Flight cancellations\nA few hours after the beginning of the confusion, aircraft began to fly out of London Heathrow, although in reduced numbers. The situation remained chaotic with long queues of passengers waiting to check-in and get through the strengthened security procedures. Some aircraft were reportedly leaving Heathrow with only transit passengers aboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0038-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Flight cancellations\nOn Sunday 13 August 30% of flights out of Heathrow were cancelled to reduce pressure on screeners. By 15 August flight cancellations had fallen to 47 flights at Heathrow, and 8 Ryanair flights from Stansted. It was reported by BA that 10,000 items of baggage belonging to their passengers had gone missing. It was anticipated that cancellations would reduce on 16 August, with 90% of flights expected to depart as scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0039-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Controversy over the alert\nOn 12 August a public argument broke out between BAA, the operator of Heathrow and other airports, and British Airways, with Willie Walsh, BA's Chief Executive, accusing BAA of not being able to cope with the increased security and baggage checks. Ryanair also called on the British government to employ police and military reservists to speed up the full body searches which were now mandated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0040-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Controversy over the alert\nThree days later on 12 August 2006 the owner and operator of London Heathrow, BAA ordered airlines using the airport to make a 30 per cent reduction in departing passenger flights (something BA was already having to do as many passengers missed flights due to the extra time it took to clear security), to help reduce delays and cancellations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0041-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Controversy over the alert\nOn 18 August Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary delivered an ultimatum to the British government demanding the resumption of normal hand baggage dimensions and hand screening one passenger in four instead of one in two within one week, otherwise Ryanair would sue the Government for compensation under section 93 of the Transport Act 2000. The government responded that the actions were taken under the Aviation Security Act 1982, and no compensation was payable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0042-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Controversy over the alert\nSeveral pilots complained about the \"ridiculous\" luggage restrictions that were thought up by \"utter morons\". Carolyn Evans, head of flight safety at the British Airline Pilots Association, said that \"the procedures put in place are not sustainable long-term, and unless the passengers are treated more reasonably, we will not have an industry left\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0043-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Controversy over the alert\nThe British government was criticised for scare mongering as a result of its response to the alert and for using it to drive through unpopular reforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0044-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Economic effects\nThe Times commented on the day after the arrests that the economic effects were minor. It observed that the real commercial risk is that \"people may stop travelling ... because they are tired of complying with necessary security measures.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0045-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Economic effects\nBritish Airways cancelled 1,280 flights, at an estimated cost of \u00a340\u00a0million. Ryanair had to cancel 500 flights at an estimated cost of \u00a33.3\u00a0million. EasyJet had to cancel 469 flights, at a cost of about \u00a34\u00a0million. BAA said the alert cost them \u00a313\u00a0million. In November 2006, BA also claimed the increased security measures since August had cost it \u00a3100\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0046-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Economic effects\nAir passengers also switched to other means of travel, including ferries operating from Dover to Calais, and Eurostar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0047-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Effects, Economic effects\nOn 13 August 2006, Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, claimed that the chaos at airports meant that the terrorists were achieving their aims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0048-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nFollowing the August 2006 arrests, The New York Times blocked IP addresses in Britain from accessing a story titled \"Details Emerge in British Terror Case.\" This arose as a result of a requirement in British law that prejudicial information about a defendant may not be published before a trial. Using software technology designed for targeted advertising, The New York Times was able to comply with the UK's stricter laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0049-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nIn 2008, eight men (Ahmed Abdullah Ali, Assad Sarwar, Tanvir Hussain, Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan, Waheed Zaman, Umar Islam, Mohammed Gulzar) were tried in connection with the plot. The trial began in April 2008, with the exhibition of what were described as 'suicide videos' made by Ali, Hussain, Savant, Khan, Zaman, and Islam, and the allegation that the suspects had bought chemicals. Intercepted emails and phone calls were not allowed as evidence at the first trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0050-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nIn their defence, the seven men, six of whom had recorded videos denouncing Western foreign policy, said they had only planned to cause a political spectacle and not to kill anyone. Ali told the court that he intended to make a political statement by letting off a small device at Heathrow and scaring people and that the plot did not involve attacking planes. All the accused, except for Gulzar, admitted plotting to cause a public nuisance. Ali, Sarwar and Hussein also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause explosions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0051-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nOn 7 September 2008 after more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jury found Ali, Sarwar and Hussein guilty of conspiracy to murder but were unable to reach verdicts on charges of conspiracy to murder by blowing up aircraft for them and Islam. Three of the other accused were found not guilty on the latter charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0052-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nOn 7 September 2009, the second jury at Woolwich Crown Court found Ali, Sarwar and Hussain guilty of \"conspiracy to murder involving liquid bombs\" and that the targets of the conspiracy were airline passengers. The plot was said at court to have been discovered by MI5 using covert listening devices in a flat in east London. The jurors were unable to reach verdicts on the charges against Savant, Khan, Zaman or Islam. Islam was however convicted on a separate charge of conspiracy to murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0053-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nAli, described as 'the ringleader', was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison, Sarwar was sentenced to at least 36 years, while Hussain was jailed for at least 32 years. Islam, convicted of the more general 'conspiracy to murder' charge, was given a sentence of a minimum of 22 years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0054-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nAt the same 2009 Woolwich trial, Donald Stewart-Whyte, who had not been charged at the 2008 trial, pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded gun, but was cleared of all terrorism offences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188892-0055-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, Trials and sentencing\nAt the third trial in July 2010 at Woolwich Crown Court, Savant, Khan and Zaman were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the lesser charge of conspiracy to murder. They were all three sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison before being eligible for release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction\nThis article details the security measures taken in response to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, United Kingdom\nFollowing the raids, the terror alert level was raised by Britain's Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre on 10 August 2006 from 'severe' to 'critical', signalling an attack was believed to be imminent. Security at all British airports was raised to the highest level, with all property having to go into the aircraft's hold, except for essentials such as travel documents and wallets. Passengers travelling with small children were permitted to carry baby food but had to taste it in front of staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, United Kingdom\nOn 14 August 2006, the threat level was reduced from 'Critical' to 'Severe'. An announcement was made that the hand baggage rules would shortly be relaxed to permit the carrying of one small item of hand baggage, although the ban on all liquids remained. Hand baggage was reintroduced at some smaller airports on 14 August, but was not permitted at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports until 15 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, United Kingdom\nDespite having made it clear in August that the security measures were \"here to stay\", at the end of September, under pressure from the flight industry and professional musicians, the British government relaxed the size restrictions to the aviation industry standard (56\u00a0cm \u00d7 45\u00a0cm \u00d7 25\u00a0cm) and allowed musical instruments as hand luggage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, United Kingdom\nOn 6 November 2006 the restrictions were relaxed once again to allow limited volumes of liquids in the cabin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, United Kingdom\nIn November 2007, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced that from 8 January 2008, British airports would be able to allow more than one item of hand luggage on board. This was following criticism in October by the shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers, who said that because of the restrictive rules, Heathrow was \"rapidly becoming a national embarrassment\". Chief executive of British Airways Willie Walsh was also critical, saying that they are \"damaging the UK's reputation around the world from a business perspective\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, United States\nFollowing the operation, the United States Department of Homeland Security banned all liquids and gels except baby formula and prescription medications in the name of the ticket holder in carry-on luggage on all flights. The DHS level in the United States was raised to 'severe' (red) for all flights from the UK. The terror level for all other domestic or non-British international flights in the United States was raised to High (orange). According to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, President Bush was aware of the plot by 6 August and approved raising the alert on 9 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, United Kingdom\nPassengers travelling from and through all other UK airports were temporarily only permitted to carry-on those items on a restricted list, and these items had to be carried in transparent plastic bags. No liquids could be carried on board. Liquid medications, such as insulin for diabetics, were banned, \"unless verified as authentic.\" All laptops, mobile phones, digital audio players and other electronic items were also banned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 93], "content_span": [94, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, United Kingdom\nIt was suggested in The Times that the restrictions on hand baggage would be \"enforced pending a decision from the National Aviation Security Committee following which they may be made permanent.\" This was confirmed by sources close to Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for Transport, on BBC News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 93], "content_span": [94, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, United Kingdom\nOn 14 August 2006, an announcement was made that the restrictions on hand baggage for flights originating in the UK would shortly be liberalised to permit carriage of one small (45\u00a0cm \u00d7 35\u00a0cm \u00d7 16\u00a0cm) piece of hand baggage per person. Whilst electronics, books, and other dry items were again permitted on flights leaving the UK, all liquids above 100ml remained banned in hand luggage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 93], "content_span": [94, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, United Kingdom\nOn 2 November 2014, liquid restriction rules were eased. However, as of current, some airports, including Stansted Airport and Manchester Airport, have added another restriction for travel bottle kits, stating that the bottle capacity must be printed or embossed on the bottles, with measurements on handwritten and sticker labels deemed insufficient and outright inadmissible to security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 93], "content_span": [94, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, United States\nSimilar emergency restrictions were placed on airline passengers traveling within and from the United States. Initially, all liquids were forbidden, including beverages, hair gels, toothpaste, lipstick, sunscreen, and hand lotions, due to the suspicion that liquid chemicals were planned to be used in the attacks. Electronic devices (iPods, laptops, etc.) were still allowed for domestic flights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 92], "content_span": [93, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, United States, 3-1-1 for carry-ons\nAs of 26 September 2006, the Transportation Security Administration adjusted the ban on liquids, aerosols and gels. Travellers are permitted to carry liquids through security checkpoints in containers of 3.4\u00a0ounces (100\u00a0mL) or less that fit comfortably in one quart-size clear plastic zip-top bag. This procedure came to be known as \"3-1-1 for carry-ons\" (3.4\u00a0ounce containers in a 1 quart bag, 1 bag per passenger). Items purchased in the airside zone after clearing security could be brought on board without restriction. Other exemptions to this restriction include medications and breast milk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 113], "content_span": [114, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, European Union\nOn 10 October 2006 a European Union Regulation placed restrictions on carrying liquid materials in hand luggage across the EU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 93], "content_span": [94, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, European Union\nThis restriction was eased on 2 November 2014 with new RapidScan liquid explosive detectors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 93], "content_span": [94, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, Japan\nOn 1 March 2007, The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also set out new regulations concerning the carriage of liquids in carry-on luggage for international flights. Passengers travelling abroad from Japan are required to place liquids less than 100ml into a transparent resealable bag not exceeding 20\u00a0cm \u00d7 20\u00a0cm. Any liquids over 100ml are forbidden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, Singapore\nOn 8 May 2007, Singapore introduced new liquid restrictions, which is limited to 100ml for all flights (excluding Seletar Airport), where Changi Airport is the biggest airport with more frequent visitors and direct services. Liquids less than 100ml must be sealed into transparent resealable bag not exceeding 20\u00a0cm x 20\u00a0cm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 88], "content_span": [89, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Hand luggage restrictions, Other Countries\nSubsequently, similar restrictions for liquids in carry on luggage were set out in many other countries worldwide including Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China who all set out liquid restrictions on international flights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 94], "content_span": [95, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact\nOverall, an estimated 400,000 passengers were affected because of the alerts. It has been estimated that the first day of delays cost the airlines over \u00a3175 million. As many as 20,000 bags are believed to have been misplaced at Heathrow in the days following the flight cancellations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Flight cancellations\nSome inbound flights to London Heathrow Airport were cancelled on the day of the arrests, most notably the Thursday short-haul flights of British Airways. Some flights to and from London Gatwick Airport were also suspended,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Flight cancellations\nOn Sunday 13 August 30% of flights out of Heathrow were cancelled to reduce pressure on the screeners. By 15 August flight cancellations had fallen to 47 flights at Heathrow, and 8 Ryanair flights from Stansted. It was anticipated that cancellations would reduce on 16 August, with 90% of flights expected to depart as scheduled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Controversy over the alert\nOn 12 August a public argument broke out between BAA, the operator of Heathrow and other airports, and British Airways, with Willie Walsh, BA's Chief Executive, accusing BAA of not being able to cope with the increased security and baggage checks. Ryanair also called on the British government to employ police and military reservists to speed up the full body searches which were now mandated, with Chief Executive Michael O'Leary saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Controversy over the alert\nRyanair and other major UK airlines cannot keep cancelling flights and disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of British passengers and visitors solely because the BAA cannot cope with the new body search requirements. If the British government is serious about defeating terrorism and/or not allowing the terrorists to disrupt normal everyday British life, then it must provide the additional security staffing, either police or army reserve personnel, immediately to prevent London's main airports from grinding to a halt over the coming days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0023-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Controversy over the alert\nOn 18 August Ryanair's O'Leary delivered an ultimatum to the British government demanding the resumption of normal hand baggage dimensions and hand screening one passenger in four instead of one in two within one week, otherwise Ryanair would sue the Government for compensation under section 93 of the Transport Act 2000. The government responded that the actions were taken under the Aviation Security Act 1982, and no compensation was payable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0024-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Controversy over the alert\nSeveral pilots complained about the \"ridiculous\" luggage restrictions that was thought up by \"utter morons\", the Sunday Herald reported. Carolyn Evans, head of flight safety at the British Airline Pilots Association, said, \"the procedures put in place are not sustainable long term, and unless the passengers are treated more reasonably we will not have an industry left\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 86], "content_span": [87, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0025-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Economic effects\nThe Times commented the day after the arrests, that the economic effects were minor and that the FTSE 100 index showed only \"mild signs of strain\", suggesting that terror was already priced into assets, that the market impact will be contained, and that \"what is lost on the swings may be gained on the roundabouts\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0025-0001", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Economic effects\nIt observed that the real commercial risk is that \"people's behaviour is altered... change may come so subtly and subconsciously that it is hard to see, let alone measure\u2026 people may stop travelling for example, not because they are scared of being blown up, but because they are tired of complying with necessary security measures.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0026-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Economic effects\nEstimates have also been made of the cost to airlines of their disrupted business. British Airways had to cancel 1280 flights, at a cost of \u00a340 million. Ryanair had to cancel 500 flights, and are suing the UK government for the \u00a33.3 million the cancellations cost them. Easyjet had to cancel 469 flights, at a cost of about \u00a34 million. BAA says the alert cost them \u00a313 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0027-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Economic effects\nBA is considering making a claim for compensation against BAA, which operates Heathrow, for its failure to provide adequate security services and shortages of personnel during the crisis. The Civil Aviation Authority has just commenced its five-yearly review of operation of the airport, and it is likely that BAA's ability to handle the security alert will now become part of that review. The combined airline losses may have totalled \u00a3250 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188893-0028-0000", "contents": "2006 transatlantic aircraft plot security reaction, Impact, Economic effects\nAir passengers also switched to other means of travel. Sea France ferry company operating from Dover to Calais announced that it had beaten its all-time record for number of passengers carried in one week, while Eurostar found that at the peak of the alert it was receiving 10 bookings per minute for immediate travel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France\nThe 2006 youth protests in France occurred throughout France during February, March, and April 2006 as a result of opposition to a measure set to deregulate labour. Young people were the primary participants in the protests as the bill would have directly affected their future jobs in a way that they considered negative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The labour bill\nThe controversial bill, entitled \"Loi pour l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des chances\" (\"Equal Opportunity Law\"), created a new job contract, the Contrat premi\u00e8re embauche (CPE \u2013 First Employment Contract or Beginning Workers Contract).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The labour bill\nUnder this job contract, which aimed to encourage the creation of new jobs, it would have been easier, during a contract's first two years, for workers under twenty-six years old to be fired. It would have allowed employers the opportunity to terminate employment of workers under twenty-six without any reason, within their first two years of employment. Those opposed to the First Employment Contract were worried that it could compromise job security, encourage social pressure with a view to lowering wages, and impede employees in having legal recourse in cases of sexual harassment or other abuse, since this could lead to their subsequently being fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The labour bill\nProponents of the bill argued that France's tightly regulated employment market discourages French businesses from employing staff, which has led to France suffering high unemployment. High unemployment, especially for young immigrants, was seen as one of the driving forces behind the 2005 civil unrest in France and this unrest mobilized the perceived public urgency for the First Employment Contract. Youths are particularly at risk as they have been locked out of the same career opportunities as older workers, contributing to both a rise in tensions amongst the economically disenfranchised underclass, and, some claim, a brain drain of graduates leaving for better opportunities in Britain and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The labour bill\nThe French population was roughly split on the issue of whether the First Employment Contract should be implemented. The contract was first proposed after the civil unrest that occurred in France in October and November 2005. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's rating dropped to a four-month low of forty-two percent, largely because of the recent protests against the bill. He stated though that he had the backing of French President Jacques Chirac. Later on, polls in L'Express and Paris-Match displayed a swing of the population behind protesters \u2013 around 70% were against the CPE law when it was promulgated by president Chirac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The labour bill\nThe bill also included the possibility of manual labour apprenticeships for 14-year-olds, suspension of family welfare in cases of students skipping school (a measure long in the programme of the far-right National Front party), and night labour being permitted for youths as young as 15 years old (as compared to 16 years old before).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0006-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, February\nProtests against the bill originally occurred before the bill was approved by Dominique de Villepin. On 7 February, between 200,000 and 400,000 people took part in 187 demonstrations. Some universities, including Rennes, were also occupied during February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0007-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, Early March\nOver a million took part in protests on 7 March. On 9 March, around 38 universities were on strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0008-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 16 March\nProtests across France on 16 March led to widespread disruptions. Approximately one hundred bicyclists barricaded streets around the Louvre in protests unrelated to the labour contract. (The protest around the Louvre concerned the lack of sports teachers in schools.) Another hundred protesters descended on City Hall in Rennes, refusing to leave. Other, mostly peaceful, protests occurred throughout the country, in cities such as Marseille. Many universities, including the University of Toulouse, were forced to close on 16 March as some wanted them to remain open and others wanted them closed during the large protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0009-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 18 March\nMedia attention focused on the violent element of the demonstrations in Paris on 18 March, when as many as 700,000 protesters converged on the city's Place de la Nation. Once the protesters departed from the meeting, a few dozen rioters began to torch cars and vandalize store fronts as police were called in to calm the situation. To suppress the crowd, police officers began to spray tear gas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0010-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 18 March\nIn the evening, new clashes occurred on the Place de la Sorbonne, between a hundred demonstrators and the police, until 1\u00a0am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0011-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 18 March\nA protester from that night, Cyril Ferez, a trade unionist from the Sud-PTT union, trampled by riot police, was in a coma for three weeks after skirmishes in the Place de la Nation, Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0012-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 18 March\nProtesters in Marseille were also sprayed with tear gas after some of them climbed Marseille's City Hall and replaced a French flag with a flag that proclaimed \"anticapitalism.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0013-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 18 March\nThroughout the rest of the country, less violent protests occurred. In the estimated 160 protests organized around the country, police estimated that half a million students and labourers participated. Organizers estimated the number was closer to 1.5 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0014-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 18 March\nStudents (including high school students) demonstrations began to become daily, and often were the site of clashes with the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0015-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 21 March\nAfter large demonstrations and subsequent riots on 16 and 18 March, on the 21st the Dijon students' union called for a general strike, as demanded by left-wing papers such as Lib\u00e9ration. A meeting that day of various labour and student groups agreed for another 'day of action' against the law, including strikes, demonstrations and university occupations across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0016-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 23 March\nRiots erupted again after a day of relative calm in several cities in France. According to the French national ministry of education, universities had continued their strike and 21 universities out of 84 were entirely blocked by students. In total, 67 universities were either on strike or blockage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0017-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 28 March\nCPE opponents convened a fourth national 'day of action' against the law on 28 March, including strikes, demonstrations and university occupations across France. Strikes disrupted rail and air transport, public education and mail services while between 1.055 million people (according to police estimates) and 2.71 million (according to union estimates) marched against the law. Much of the discrepancy in crowd estimates is in Paris where the police estimated 92,000 demonstrators while unions estimated 700,000. Whatever the sources, this is double the number that on 16 March demonstration, and more than during the December 1995 protests against the reform of pensions laws. 600 persons were arrested by the police Police repression also took place in minor towns, such as Lons-le-Saunier (Jura) or Lannion (C\u00f4tes d'Armor).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0018-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 4 April\nIn total 3.1 million people (according to the CGT) or 1 million (according to the police) people turned out to protest the law throughout the country, while rail and air transport were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0019-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 11 April\nThe CPE was scrapped by Chirac on 10 April under the pressure of ongoing protests and blockade across France, though some protests continue against the law of which it was part (the loi pour l'\u00e9galit\u00e9 des chances [Equal Opportunity Law], or LEC). Protests were smaller in scale as the movement against the CPE split into those that wanted to fight the LEC and those that considered the victory against the CPE to be an acceptable compromise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0019-0001", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, The protests, 11 April\nBecause of this split, and because of the universities' Easter holidays, the movement lost its momentum and within a week of the law's withdrawal, the major acts of protest, such as university occupations, had essentially ceased. By 18 April the students at every one of the blocked universities had either voted to reopen immediately, or were on holiday with no blockade planned afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0020-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, University occupations\nDuring the dispute, numerous student bodies went on strike, or occupied parts of their faculties. Due to police counter-attacks at the Sorbonne, an initial occupation was repulsed \u2013 yet the national student federation UNEF claimed that the number of occupations carried on increasing \u2013 by the end of March, 68 of France's 89 universities were on strike according to UNEF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0021-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, University occupations\n\"The strikes that formed the backdrop to the protests disrupted aspects of daily life from transportation to services.\" (New York Times Database). Many places within those areas were with closed or worked a lot slower than they normally did. Some places that were affected were universities, schools, post offices, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0000", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nAccording to the Collectif Assistance Juridique (CAJ) independent group, a total of 4,500 people were arrested during the events. Among them, 1,950 were kept in garde \u00e0 vue and 635 prosecution cases opened. Less than 15% of the arrested people were therefore presented to the magistrates, due to insufficient evidence of alleged legal violations. The CAJ note that many of the people presented before the courts had no previous criminal record and were far from the profile of \"criminal rioters\". They included many leaders of the movement, in particular outside Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0001", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nA 24 March 2006 internal administrative order asked the magistrates not to be too lenient on their judgments. 42% of the persons presented before courts passed in immediate comparution, a specific (and controversial) procedure, which allow them to be judged on the spot. During the 1994 demonstrations against the CIP, a student law prepared by Balladur's government, 1000 persons only had been arrested, although the clashes had been more violent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0002", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nAlthough Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy stated on 16 March that his \"priority was to arrest casseurs\" (rioters), the independent CAJ (Judicial Assistance Group) noted that the vast majority of arrestations hadn't been of on-the-spot witnessed violence (flagrant d\u00e9lit) and that many were contested. For example, on 31 March a US citizen visiting Paris was detained by the police, while on 7 April an old man getting out of a supermarket was also detained. Furthermore, many young people from the suburbs were blocked from demonstrating in Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0003", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nAccording to the government, this was to impede turmoils in the capital, but critics such as the CAJ have spoken of a negation of presumption of innocence and of \"racial and social discrimination\", since some categories of the population \u2013 mainly youth living in housing projects, those accused of having taken part in the riots in autumn 2005 \u2013 were blocked from exercising their civil rights of demonstrating against a law that affected them as well as other categories of the population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0004", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nThese blockings in suburbs' train stations have provoked in some cases clashes with the police, for example in Savigny-sur-Orge, in Saint-Denis or in Les Ulis... \"There is no evidence which permit us to establish a parallel between the young rioters of November and the disturbing elements of this spring\", notes the CAJ report, countering the Interior Minister's claims. Furthermore, police abuse was reported on a number of cases, including Cyril Ferez, a trade union member who entered coma state for several weeks following the 18 March demonstration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0005", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nIn Caen Charlotte entered coma for a day; Victor had two ribs broken, etc. A three-year-old child was placed 24 hours in observation after having inhaled gas. On 16 March, the Parisian pr\u00e9fecture de police announced that 18 demonstrators had been injured. The IGS (internal affairs department) was charged of Cyril Ferez' case (who was in coma for several weeks) and litigation was initiated against police officers allegedly excessively brutal and violent during arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0006", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nAdditionally, cooperation between the police forces and the trade union \"service orders\" (SO, in charge of the demonstrations) was observed, including handing-over of several demonstrators to the police by the trade union's SO. Finally, the CAJ note the disproportion of sentences toward young demonstrators, while others acts of vandalism currently committed by farmers or viticulturists were more lightly punished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188894-0022-0007", "contents": "2006 youth protests in France, Detentions\nIt thus alluded to this Alsatian mayor accused of having burned 14 travel trailers but who was condemned only to six months on parole, contrasting with the sentences given to demonstrators (for example, a high school student condemned to 41 days of jail in Fleury-M\u00e9rogis because he had burnt two garbage cans before his school).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188895-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00darvalsdeild\nThe 2006 season of \u00darvalsdeild was the 95th season of league football in Iceland. FH defended their title making them the fifth club in Icelandic football history to win the championship three years running. \u00cdBV were relegated for the first time in 16 years and Grindav\u00edk suffered relegation for the first time in the club's history. An attendance record was set this season as 98,026 people saw the 90 matches, an average of 1,089.17 people per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188895-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00darvalsdeild, Results\nEach team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 25], "content_span": [26, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188895-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00darvalsdeild, Top goal scorers\nThe player who has scored the most goals at the end of each tournament receives the Icelandic Golden Boot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188895-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00darvalsdeild, Promoted teams\nThese two teams were promoted from 1. deild karla at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188895-0004-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00darvalsdeild, Promoted teams\nThese two teams will be promoted from 1. deild karla at the start of next season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188895-0005-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00darvalsdeild, Relegated teams\nThese two teams were relegated to 1. deild karla at the end of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188896-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 \u00ddokary Liga\nThe 2006 Turkmenistan Higher League (\u00ddokary Liga) season was the fourteenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. Eight teams competed in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188897-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup\nThe 2006 \u0130stanbul Cup was a tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the Istanbul Cup, and part of the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was held in \u0130stanbul from 22 through 28 May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188897-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup, Singles main-draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188897-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup, Champions, Singles\nIt was the 3rd title for Pe'er in her singles career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188897-0003-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup, Champions, Doubles\nIt was the 1st title for both Bondarenko and Yakimova in their respective doubles careers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188898-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2006 \u0130stanbul Cup took place between 22 May and 27 May on outdoor clay courts in Istanbul, Turkey. Alona Bondarenko and Anastasiya Yakimova won the title, defeating Sania Mirza and Alicia Molik in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188899-0000-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188899-0001-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Singles\nShahar Pe'er won the title by defeating Anastasia Myskina 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20133) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188899-0002-0000", "contents": "2006 \u0130stanbul Cup \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188900-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 1. FC Kaiserslautern season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188900-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Season summary\nKaiserslautern failed to challenge for an immediate return to the Bundesliga. Manager Wolfgang Wolf left the club in April; after a brief spell under caretaker Wolfgang Funkel, Kjetil Rekdal was appointed as permanent successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188900-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188900-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188901-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg season\nThe 2006\u201307 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg season was the club's 107th year of existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188902-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Bundesliga\nThe 2006\u201307 2. Bundesliga was the 33rd season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188902-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Bundesliga\nKarlsruher SC, F.C. Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga. Rot -Weiss Essen, SpVgg Unterhaching, SV Wacker Burghausen and Eintracht Braunschweig were relegated to the Regionalliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188902-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Bundesliga, League table\nFor the 2006\u201307 season FC Augsburg, TuS Koblenz, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Rot-Weiss Essen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC K\u00f6ln and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188903-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Frauen-Bundesliga\nThe 2nd Fu\u00dfball-Bundesliga (women) 2006\u201307 was the 3rd season of the 2. Fu\u00dfball-Bundesliga (women), Germany's second football league. It began on 10 September 2006 and ended on 28 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188903-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Group North, Final standings\n* Potsdam was awarded a 3-point penalty for using a player without a player's license.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188903-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Group North, Final standings\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188903-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Group South, Final standings\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188903-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Relegation Play-offs\nFor the first time a five teams were relegated after the season. The 11th and 12th-place finishers of each division were automatically relegated while the 10th-place finishers of each division determined the fifth team to be relegated in a match over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188904-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A Group\nThe 2006\u201307 A Group was the 59th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 83rd of a Bulgarian national top football division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188904-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A Group\nThe league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2005\u201306 season and three promoted from the B Group. Levski Sofia won the championship scoring a record 96 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188904-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A Group, Changes from last season\nThree teams were relegated at the end of the 2005-06 season: Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad, Naftex Burgas, and FC Pirin Blagoevgrad. The latter was disqualified for financial reasons after the first two rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188904-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A Group, Changes from last season\nThe relegated teams were replaced by Spartak Varna and Rilski Sportist, the two regional winners of B PFG. Spartak Varna make an immediate return to the top tier, while Rilski Sportist return after a three-year absence. A further place in the league was decided through a one match playoff, between Chernomorets Burgas Sofia and Maritsa Plovdiv, the two runners-up from the two B Groups. Chernomorets won the match 3-2 and promoted to the top tier for the very first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League\nThe 2006\u201307 A-League was the 30th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the second season of the A-League since its establishment the previous season. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Fox Sports had signed a A$120 million deal over 7 years for the exclusive broadcast rights of the A-League, AFC Champions League, and national team matches (excluding matches played in the World Cup finals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League\nThe television advertisement campaign used for the 2006\u201307 season was the same as the previous season, with different music. Scribe's song \"Not Many\" was replaced with Manuel Neztic's \"Kickin Down\". The second season was marketed as \"A-League: Version 2\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Clubs, Foreign players\nThe following do not fill a Visa position:1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThis competition was held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the A-League season. The opening round was 15 July 2006. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds and a bonus round, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The bonus group round matched up teams against opponents from the other group, and also offered the incentive of \"bonus points\" based on goals scored (1 point for 2 goals, 2 points for 3 goals, 3 points for 4 or more goals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Launceston, Canberra, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange and Tamworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe pre-season cup was won by Adelaide United at the final on 19 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Regular season\nThe league season took a triple round-robin format, and took place over 21 rounds between 25 August 2006 and 21 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Regular season, Finals series\nThe Asian Football Confederation announced on 21 November 2006 that Adelaide United and Sydney FC would represent Australia in the 2007 AFC Champions League. Despite an appeal by the Football Federation Australia, it was determined that the 2005\u201306 A-League premiers and champions would qualify and not those from the current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Regular season, Finals series\nThe AFC also indicated that the qualification arrangements would not be reviewed prior to 2009. The FFA have indicated that the premiers and champions of A-League 2006\u201307 will qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League \u2013 establishing a precedent of maintaining a one-year lag between qualification and participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188905-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A-League, Awards\nThe 2007 A-League Awards ceremony was held on 27 February 2007 at the Sydney Opera House.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188906-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.C. ChievoVerona season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 A.C. ChievoVerona season, they competed in Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188906-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.C. ChievoVerona season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188906-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.C. ChievoVerona season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188907-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.C. Milan season\nThe 2006\u201307 season has had its ups and downs for Milan. Having started the 2006\u201307 Serie A season with an eight-point penalty due to the Calciopoli scandal, a poor run of results during which Milan failed to win for nine-straight matches left them in a lowly 15th place on only 11 points. After two consecutive losses against Atalanta and Roma, Milan had a streak of seven-straight undefeated matches. Two wins against Catania and Udinese left Milan only six points behind fourth place and qualification for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League. Milan eventually finished fourth in Serie A, behind Lazio. After displaying poor physical condition throughout most of the fall, the team took a January retreat in Malta to regain condition and try to achieve a fourth-place finish in Serie A and further progression in the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188907-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.C. Milan season\nMilan's performances in the Champions League were a different story. Drawn in a group described as easy by some pundits, with AEK Athens, Lille and Anderlecht, Milan fell to a defeat against AEK Athens but won the group. Milan eventually won the Champions League, overcoming Celtic in the round of 16, Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, Manchester United in the semi-finals and Liverpool in the final. Kak\u00e1 was in strong form for Milan in the Champions League, scoring 10 goals in 12 matches and winning that year's Champions League Golden Boot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 football season, Associazione Sportiva Roma played its 74th Serie A league season, finishing 2nd. The club also competed in the UEFA Champions League, finishing as quarter-finalists, and the Coppa Italia, winning the trophy for the eighth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season\nThe season is mostly remembered for the collapse Roma suffered at the hands of Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, United coming back from a 2\u20131 defeat in Rome to demolish the Italians 7\u20131 at Old Trafford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nRoma finished the 2005\u201306 Serie A in fifth place, but after the sentences of the 2006 Italian football scandal that deducted all of Juventus's points and thirty each from Milan and Fiorentina, Roma finished second, behind Internazionale, thus gaining the qualification to the Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nThe summer transfer window brought some changes in the Roma tactical formation, the most important being the signing of David Pizarro, a deep-lying playmaker that coach Luciano Spalletti had managed at Udinese, and considered fundamental for Roma's passing play. Another important signing was Max Tonetto, who took the place of left-back Leandro Cufr\u00e9, who was sold to Monaco. Other players such as Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107, Matteo Ferrari, Marco Cassetti and Ricardo Faty were signed to boost the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nThe first match of the season was the Supercoppa Italiana, against Inter, played on 26 August 2006 at the San Siro. In the 34th minute Roma were leading 3\u20130 with two goals by Alberto Aquilani and one by Mancini. However, the physical condition of the giallorossi was still weak and so, the nerazzurri succeeded in reaching the draw with two goals by Patrick Vieira and one by Hern\u00e1n Crespo; in extra-time Inter scored the fourth and winning goal with a free kick by Lu\u00eds Figo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nIn the first part of the season Roma, Inter and Palermo raced to the top of the league early, but Inter started to lead the Serie A and kept first place until the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nDuring the winter transfer window, Vincenzo Montella was loaned to English club Fulham as he was lacking game time and wanted to try his luck in the Premier League. He was replaced by Francesco Tavano and Christian Wilhelmsson, both signed on loan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nRoma were drawn into Group D of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, along with Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos. They finished second, behind Valencia, with 10 points (three wins, one draw and two defeats).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nIn the first knockout round Roma were drawn against Lyon, who had already won 6 consecutive French championships and were the favourites to pass the round; however, after a 0\u20130 draw at the Stadio Olimpico (with many controversial decisions by English referee Mike Riley, who yellow carded eleven players), Roma won 2\u20130 in the Stade de Gerland with goals from Francesco Totti and Mancini, the latter of whom scored a sensational goal, performing a total of five stepovers in front of Lyon's dazed defender Anthony R\u00e9veill\u00e8re. In the quarter-finals Roma faced Manchester United. They won the first leg 2\u20131 with goals from Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107, but, in the second leg, having been undefeated in 10 games in all competitions previously and having the then-best performing defense of the tournament, they suffered an amazing 7\u20131 defeat at Old Trafford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 899]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nRoma won their eighth Coppa Italia after beating Triestina, Parma, Milan and finally Internazionale. Roma won the two final games with an aggregate result of 7\u20134; the first leg ended with a surprising 6\u20132 win while the second leg, though Inter's president Massimo Moratti claimed that they didn't care about the Coppa Italia, was played with animosity and determination by the nerazzurri, but the 2\u20131 final score gave the trophy to Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188908-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A.S. Roma season, Season review\nRoma ended the 2006\u201307 Serie A season as runners-up, securing second place with three games to go, behind Internazionale. Although the nerazzurri dominated the championship, they lost the match against 'giallorossi' 3\u20131 at San Siro, the same stadium in which Roma also beat the 2007 Champions League winner Milan 2\u20131, with two goals from Francesco Totti. Totti scored a total of 32 goals in the season, and became the Serie A topscorer with 26 goals. He also won the European Golden Shoe, the trophy awarded to the top league goalscorer in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188909-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia was an A1 Grand Prix race held on 4 February 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, Australia. This was the seventh race in the 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit. Nico H\u00fclkenberg, who won both the Sprint and Main races, set the still standing (as of March 2013) outright lap record for the original 3.93\u00a0km (2.44\u00a0mi) long circuit with a time of 1:19.1420 in his A1 Team Germany Lola A1GP Zytek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188909-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Results, Sprint Race results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 4 February 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188909-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia, Results, Feature Race results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, 4 February 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China\nThe 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on November 12, 2006 at Beijing International Streetcircuit, Beijing, China. It was the third race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first and the only meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China\nDue to various safety concerns, the circuit was shortened, and the races started behind the safety car, with the Sprint Race was run mostly behind the safety car. These incidents led to questions about the management and organization of both the event and A1GP in general, eventually leading to series' collapse in 2009. Following the incident and the track's lack of funding, the first Chinese race of the season was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit for the 2007-08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Report, Practice\nThe first day of practice was canceled because of safety concerns, specifically a very tight hairpin. A revised track layout was devised for extended Saturday practice session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Report, Qualifying\nThe field was set by morning practice times, giving The Netherlands' driver Jeroen Bleekemolen pole position for the Sprint race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Report, Races\nThe width of the track was also an issue in the Sprint race, as South Africa's Adrian Zaugg spun and stalled his car, blocking half of the track. The safety car was deployed, as a flatbed truck came to remove the stricken vehicle and blocked the entire track, halting the remaining cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Report, Races\nWith more than half the race under the safety car, Jeroen Bleekemolen won the race for The Netherlands, with Salvador Dur\u00e1n of Mexico and A1 Team Italy's Enrico Toccacelo in second and third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Report, Races\nToccacelo would eventually win the feature race, with Britain's Oliver Jarvis and Australia's Karl Reindler in second and third; the feature race was also marred with crashes and was shortened from 67 scheduled laps to 63 due to time constraints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Results, Qualification\nQualification was cancelled due to track problems. Accordingly, the grid was set from the times set in the 25 minutes of the morning practice session (Practice 3) before it was red-flagged, under article 144 of the Sporting Regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Results, Sprint Race results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, November 12, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Results, Feature Race results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, November 12, 2006. The race was initially scheduled for 67 laps, but was shortened by five laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188910-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China, Similar problems in China\nSimilar problems have occurred before in China. The 2004 DTM race around the streets of Pudong in Shanghai was hampered by crashes due to manhole covers becoming undone; the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix on the Shanghai International Circuit was interrupted when the safety car had to be deployed when a water runoff drain became open. The same problem also occurred in the Australian V8 Supercars race on the same circuit a few months before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 75], "content_span": [76, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188911-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil was scheduled to be an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on March 18, 2007, in Brazil. This was to be the ninth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188911-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Brazil\nOn 17 January 2007 the A1GP administration announced that as a result of a delay in obtaining a local terrestrial television agreement that the event would be cancelled. The race was removed from the schedule in the same manner as the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188912-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 8, 2006, at Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic. This was the second race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188912-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic, Results, Qualification\n* After qualifying, the A1 Team Great Britain car was found to be 4\u00a0mm over the maximum width, and the stewards disallowed the team's fastest qualifying time. ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188912-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 8, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188912-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic, Results, Feature Race Results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, October 8, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188913-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on 29 April 2007 at Brands Hatch, Great Britain. This was the eleventh and final race in the 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188913-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Results, Sprint Race results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 29 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188913-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain, Results, Feature Race results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, 29 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188914-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia was an A1 Grand Prix race held on December 10, 2006 at Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia. This was the fifth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188914-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, December 10, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188914-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia, Results, Feature Race Results\nThe Feature race took place on Sunday, December 10, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia is an A1 Grand Prix race, to be held on November 26, 2006, at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. This shall be the fourth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Report, Main race\nIn wet conditions, Team Germany driver Nico H\u00fclkenberg dominated the field and won by over 40 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Results, Qualification\n*After an incident in Qualifying segment 1, in which Germany's Nico H\u00fclkenberg was judged to have caused an avoidable collision with Ireland's Michael Devaney, H\u00fclkenberg was deducted his fastest time, though his had no effect on his Sprint race starting grid position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Results, Qualification\n* *After an incident in Qualifying segment 2, in which South Africa's Adrian Zaugg was judged to have blocked USA driver Philip Giebler during his fast lap, Zaugg was deducted his fastest time, resulting in him moving from 8th to 11th on the Sprint race starting grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Results, Qualification\n* **After an incident in Qualifying segment 2, in which Indonesia's Ananda Mikola was judged to have blocked Italy's Enrico Toccacelo during his fast lap, Mikola was deducted his fastest time, resulting in him moving from 18th to 19th on the Sprint race starting grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe Sprint race took place on Sunday, November 26, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188915-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia, Results, Feature Race Results\nThe Feature race took place on Sunday, November 26, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188916-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on March 25, 2007, at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez, Mexico. This was the ninth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188916-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, March 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188916-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico, Results, Feature Race Results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, March 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 1, 2006 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands. This was the first race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, October 1, 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Sprint Race Results\nNew for the 2006/07 season is the way to determine the feature race order. The grid is determined on three factors:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Sprint Race Results\nPoints are awarded for each element. If a driver started the Sprint race on pole, he would be awarded one point, if he started the race second he would get two points, right down to the 23rd on the grid who will get 23 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe same occurs for the race positions \u2013 the winner gets one point, the runner-up two and third three points, right down to the last finisher who scores 23. Similarly for the fastest laps; the fastest gets one point, the second two and so on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe points are all added together after the end of the sprint race; the driver with the lowest number of points will start the Feature race on pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Sprint Race Results\nIf two teams finish on the same number of points after the calculations, the driver who achieved a higher finish position in the Sprint race will be awarded the better starting position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188917-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands, Results, Main Race Results\nThe Main Race took place also on Sunday, October 1, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188918-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on 21 January 2007 at Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand. The sixth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the first meeting held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188918-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Results, Sprint Race Results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 21 January 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188918-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand, Results, Feature Race Results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, 21 January 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188919-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China is an A1 Grand Prix race, held on April 15, 2007 at the Shanghai International Circuit, China. This was the tenth race in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the second meeting held at the circuit and also the second race in China this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188919-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Shanghai, China, Results, Feature Race Results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, April 15, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188920-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa\nThe eighth race of the 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season was held on 25 February 2007 in Durban, South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188920-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Results\nThe Sprint Race took place on Sunday, 25 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188920-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa, Results, Feature Race results\nThe Feature Race took place on Sunday, 25 February 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season\nThe 2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season was the second season for the A1 Grand Prix series. It began on 1 October 2006, at Circuit Park Zandvoort, and the season ended at Brands Hatch on 29 April 2007. A1 Team Germany won it with 128 points, 35 points lead ahead Team New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Teams\n24 teams, each representing a different country, signed up for the second A1 Grand Prix season. All teams and drivers competed in Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola chassis. The following teams competed in the 2006-07 championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Teams\nJennifer Murray, from South Africa was the first ever woman to enter in an A1 Grand Prix weekend. She drove in the rookie session of her home race in Durban round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Races\nThe second A1 Grand Prix season is scheduled to consist of 11 races, held in 10 different countries. Each race is to be run over a three-day weekend, including a practice session on each of Friday and Saturday before a qualifying session on Saturday, and then two races on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Races\nThere are some changes in weekend program for second season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Races\nA 12th race had been scheduled to have been held in Brazil; however, on 17 January 2007 the A1GP organisation announced that as a result of a delay in obtaining a local terrestrial television agreement then the event would be cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, Beijing Incident\nThe first Chinese round of the 2006/07 A1GP took place on the streets of Beijing. However, the tight hairpin at the end of the backstraight was far too tight for the cars to negotiate safely, as there was literally, a 180 degree left turn. Cars were running wide and stopping mid corner, therefore the sessions were red flagged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, Beijing Incident\nA shorter circuit was created, creating another less tighter hairpin halfway up the straight, bypassing most of the old straight. This corner was still not perfect as drivers still ran wide despite the corner being wider, and had to avoid the pitlane entry barrier. It had to suffice, though, because otherwise the race would have to be cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, Beijing Incident\nHowever, another problem arose in qualifying, when manhole covers on the roads were coming undone due to the racing cars' high downforce and low center of gravity. Grid positions were decided based on practice times. Some advertising banners also came loose around the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, Beijing Incident\nIt was announced the races would start behind the safety car, as the first corner was also deemed unsafe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, Beijing Incident\nBoth races were uneventful, particularly the Sprint Race which took place almost entirely behind the safety car after course officials failed to remove a single spun car in a timely fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, April Fools' hoax\nOn 1 April 2006, during the penultimate round of the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season in Shanghai, a fake timetable of the 2006\u20132007 season was published. This schedule included a night time race in S\u00e1pmi, an A1GP USA race in Baghdad, a race in Middle-earth at 'The Ring', a Venice Street Race as well as a Tibetan hill climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188921-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 A1 Grand Prix season, Notable 2006-07 season happenings, April Fools' hoax\nIn addition, it outlined special regulations, such as requiring only the Cornettos be catered for the Venice race, that \"cars will arrive flatpacked for the IKEA Cup race in Narnia, so extra time will be required for their assembly\", and that for the hill climb, half the cars will start from the top, and half will start from the bottom. A race in South Los Angeles was to have drive-by penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 82], "content_span": [83, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188922-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA NLB League\nThe 6th season of Liga ABA saw them change their name to the ABA NLB League as their general sponsor changed. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ceded their sponsorship rights to the NLB group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188922-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA NLB League\nIn other changes, after Montenegro declared independence in 2006, Budu\u0107nost returned to the regional league with a wild-card given by the NLB League board. And the Final Four tournament was replaced with a playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188922-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA NLB League\n14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia participated in the NLB League in its sixth season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona, Zadar, Zagreb, Split, \u0160iroki ERONET, Bosna ASA BH TELECOM, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Hemofarm, FMP \u017deleznik, Budu\u0107nost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188922-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA NLB League\nThere were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season. The best four teams qualified for the play-off (best-of-three series).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188922-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA NLB League, Regular season\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188923-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA season\nThe 2006-2007 ABA season was the sixth season of the American Basketball Association that lasted from November 2007 and ended with the championship game in March 2008 between the Vermont Frost Heaves and the Texas Tycoons. The season ended with the Frost Heaves winning their first ABA championship, 143-95 over the Texas Tycoons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188923-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ABA season\nMany teams did not complete their schedule due to travel problems, costs, etc. and or bad weather. Instead of postponing these games, the squads were forced to forfeit, pushing a few teams, like the defending champion Rochester Razorsharks, to leave the ABA by the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188924-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ACB season\nThe 2006\u201307 ACB season was the 24th season of the Liga ACB. The regular season began on Saturday, September 30, 2006, and ended on Sunday, May 13, 2007. The regular season ended with TAU Cer\u00e1mica in first place, but Real Madrid won the ACB finals against Wintethur FC Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188925-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ACF Fiorentina season\nACF Fiorentina had a fantastic season points-wise, scoring just a couple of points less than second-positioned Roma, but due a 15-point penalty because of the club's involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, it missed out on the Champions League, and had to settle for 6th and a position in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. New signing Adrian Mutu was able to compensate for Luca Toni not having such a spectacular season as the one before, and both players netted 16 goals. Goalkeeper S\u00e9bastien Frey also had a top-class season, conceding only 31 goals all year, despite having a defensive line without renowned stoppers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188926-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AEK Athens F.C. season\nAEK Athens F.C. competed for the 48th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 83rd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Super League, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 9 August 2006 and finished at 13 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188926-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AEK Athens F.C. season, Players, Squad statistics\nNOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188926-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AEK Athens F.C. season, Manager stats\nOnly competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shootouts are not counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188927-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AEL Limassol BC season\nThe 2006-07 AEL Limassol BC season was the team's 40th season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188928-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AFC Ajax season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season AFC Ajax participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The first training took place on Saturday, 8 July 2006. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was on Wednesday, 8 August 2006, followed by a testimonial match for the retired former Ajax striker Dennis Bergkamp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188928-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AFC Ajax season, Pre-season\nThe first training for the 2006\u201307 season was held on July 8, 2006. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training camp in De Lutte, Netherlands at the De Thij Sportpark. During the pre-season, the squad from manager Henk ten Cate played friendly matches against JOS Watergraafsmeer, ABS, SV de Lutte, HHC Hardenberg, VV Bennekom, SV Spakenburg and FC Emmen before traveling to Germany to play against Borussia Dortmund. They then returned to Amsterdam to play Internazionale and Manchester United in the annual Amsterdam Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188928-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AFC Ajax season, Transfers for 2006\u201307, Summer transfer window\nFor a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2006 to 1 September 2006) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188928-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AFC Ajax season, Transfers for 2006\u201307, Winter transfer window\nFor a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2007 to 1 February 2007) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188929-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AFC Bournemouth season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Bournemouth compete in Football League One where they finished in 18th position with 52 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188930-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 AHL season was the 71st season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs won their first Calder Cup, defeating the defending champions, the Hershey Bears in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188930-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188930-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188930-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188930-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AHL season, All Star Classic\nThe 20th AHL All-Star Classic was played on January 29, 2007 at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario. Team PlanetUSA defeated Team Canada 7-6. In the skills competition held the night before, Team PlanetUSA defeated Team Canada 19-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188931-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AJ Auxerre season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 101st season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Auxerre participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188931-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AJ Auxerre season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188931-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AJ Auxerre season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188932-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship\nThis edition, originally scheduled in November 2006 in Sri Lanka was cancelled due to the political situation in the host country. The tournament for title (involving Japan, Korea and Hong Kong), originally must also valid as final pool for 2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification was transferred by International Rugby Board in Hong Kong. The rest of the tournament (\"Plate\" and \"Shield\" was played one year after in Sri Lanka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188932-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship\nIt was the last edition of the tournament, because from 2008, it was replaced by Asian Five Nations, that merge the ARFU Asian Rugby Championship and the ARFU Asian Rugby Series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188932-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship\nThe team were divided in three divisions, according to the results of 2006 ARFU Asian Rugby Series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was AS Monaco FC's 50th season in Ligue 1. They finished Ninth in Ligue 1, and were knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue by Stade Reims, at the Round of 16, and the Coupe de France by Sochaux also at the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season\nMonaco replaced coach Francesco Guidolin with L\u00e1szl\u00f3 B\u00f6l\u00f6ni at the start of the season, before firing B\u00f6l\u00f6ni in October with the club sitting 19th in the league. Laurent Banide was appointed as the replacement for B\u00f6l\u00f6ni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season, Squad\nAs of May 20, 2007Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188933-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AS Monaco FC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188934-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AZAL PFC season\nThe Olimpik Baku 2006\u201307 season was Olimpik Baku's second Azerbaijan Premier League season and their first season with Asgar Abdullayev as manager. They participated in the 2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Top League as well as the 2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, finishing the league in 6th and reaching the Last 16 stage of the cup where they were eliminated by Turan Tovuz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188934-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AZAL PFC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188934-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188934-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188934-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188934-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 AZAL PFC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188935-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aberdeen F.C. season\nAberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in season 2006\u201307. Their third place in the Scottish Premier League was their highest since the 1995\u201396 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188935-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aberdeen F.C. season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188935-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aberdeen F.C. season, Players, Goalscorers\nSource: Ordered by: Total, SPL, Cups then Name Name: Players's Name, flag next to name indicates player's nationality. SPL: No. of goals scored in the Scottish Premier League. Cups: No. of goals scored in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup. Total: Total No. of competitive goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188936-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Accrington Stanley F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Accrington Stanley competed in Football League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188936-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Accrington Stanley F.C. season, Season summary\nStanley scored 70 league goals during which they were involved in a relegation battle for most of the season, but a run of 5 wins in their last 9 games allowed them to secure safety in 20th place, their highlight of the season being a 5\u20130 thumping of then-promotion-favourites Wrexham. More success came in the cups. In Stanley's first ever game in the Football League Cup, third-tier Nottingham Forest were beaten 1\u20130. This set an away tie to Premier League team Watford, who needed a penalty shootout to eliminate the Lancashire club. The club also performed well in the Football League trophy, reaching the area quarter-finals before being eliminated by Doncaster Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188936-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Accrington Stanley F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188936-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Accrington Stanley F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Adelaide United FC's the club's second season in the A-League (third season in top flight football). The club had success winning the 2005\u201306 Adelaide United FC season Premiership and finishing third in the finals series. Adelaide began their 2006\u201307 season with a 2\u20132 draw with local club Adelaide Galaxy and a 2\u20131 win over a State Select in their pre-season fixtures. This was followed up with a highly successful pre-season cup which the Reds won, defeating Central Coast Mariners on penalties in the grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season\nAdelaide United finished second in the 2006\u201307 Premiership. Competing for the Championship, The Reds advanced to the 2006\u201307 Grand Final after winning 4\u20133 on penalties (1\u20131 AET) against the Newcastle Jets. Adelaide United played Melbourne Victory at the Telstra Dome in the Grand Final on 18 February 2007 losing 6\u20130 whilst playing most of the game with only 10 men after captain Ross Aloisi was sent off for his second bookable offence. Following a controversial post grand final interview, Ross Aloisi was sacked as captain of Adelaide United, and left the club to move to Wellington Phoenix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season\nHe was replaced as captain by Angelo Costanzo on 22 February 2007. At the same as this announcement was made, it was also announced that coach John Kosmina would be sacked. It was widely speculated that Kosmina had been told to resign by the board of Adelaide United the Thursday after the grand final. Assistant Coach Aurelio Vidmar was appointed interim coach. On 22 October 2007, former Adelaide United coach John Kosmina took up the role as the new head coach of Sydney FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nThe 2006\u201307 season also saw Brazilian international Rom\u00e1rio join the club for a four-game guest player stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide United were selected, along with Sydney FC, as the first Australian representatives to play in the 2007 AFC Champions League. They received their Asian berth as A-League premiers. Adelaide was drawn into Group G with Chinese champion Shandong Luneng Taishan, Korean champions Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Vietnamese league and Super Cup champions Gach Dong Tam Long An.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide lost to Shandong 1\u20130, defeated Long An 2\u20130, drew with Seongnam 2\u20132, then lost to the Korean team 1\u20130. The Reds broke Shandong's winning streak in a 2\u20132 draw, before finishing its campaign with a 3\u20130 win over Long An, thanks to a hat trick from Travis Dodd. This match marked the last Adelaide United appearances of Fernando Rech and Carl Veart as the 1\u20130 loss to Seongyam knocked Adelaide out of quarter finals contention. Adelaide finished 3rd in its group, ahead of Long An and behind Shandong; with group winner Seongnam making the semi-finals. Dodd scored on 4 occasions, Rech 3 times, and Olyroos players Bruce Djite and Nathan Burns one a piece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide United were linked with Brazilian football legend Rom\u00e1rio. The 1994 World Cup winner was still attempting to score 1,000 goals and be up there with Pel\u00e9 as the all-time greatest scorer. Rom\u00e1rio, 40, will play for the Reds on a four-week guest stint of which each club is allowed to sign two players. Last year, Sydney FC signed Kazuyoshi \"Kazu\" Miura for four A-League matches and the Club World Championships and this season they are set to sign Italian forward Benito Carbone. The Newcastle United Jets are also reportedly interested in a guest player, former 1990s English striker Stan Collymore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nThe Football Federation Australia has agreed to let Adelaide United sign Rom\u00e1rio. This came days after they said no to the Jets in their chase for Collymore. Rom\u00e1rio is still playing for Miami FC in the United Soccer Leagues which is America's second division. He is currently on 984 career goals and needs 16 more to reach the 1,000 mark which he said had become an obsession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nIt was reported in The Advertiser on Wednesday 27 September 2006, that the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah had inquired about Rom\u00e1rio. The Sultan could offer much bigger money than Adelaide United. The article also stated the matches that Rom\u00e1rio is most likely to play. Under the deal that United wished to sign him on, Rom\u00e1rio would play two matches for his current club Miami FC against Adelaide United and two days later against an FFSA Select Team with both of these matches at Hindmarsh Stadium. He would then play four A-League matches for United against the Mariners in Gosford, followed by three home matches against Melbourne, New Zealand and Newcastle. United are also reportedly looking at the option of signing him for the rest of the A-League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nOn Friday 29 September 2006, Adelaide United Football Club released an on their website which confirmed the signing of Rom\u00e1rio to a four match guest stint. He will play four A-League matches for United against Central Coast in Gosford, followed by three home matches against Melbourne Victory, NZ Knights and Newcastle Jets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nUnited signed Jason Spagnuolo and Greg Owens on long-term deals after they impressed during their 4-week stay in the 2005\u201306 season. Qu Shengqing originally left Adelaide to return to China but has now signed for another A-League season. Nathan Burns joins Adelaide from the AIS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide United played two major pre-season friendlies. They began with a 2\u20132 draw with Galaxy and played in front of a 1,500 strong crowd at the Marden Sports Complex against a Super League Select.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nUnited performed well in the group stage beating Melbourne Victory before draws against the Mariners and Perth. They failed to take advantage of the Bonus Round offer only beating the NZ Knights 1\u20130. This meant that they would meet Sydney FC in Wollongong, continuing a strong rivalry formed in Season One. Adelaide's Kristian Rees scored an injury time winner to send the Reds through to their first ever final. United won this match on penalties after Andre Gumprecht cancelled out Carl Veart's spectacular overhead bicycle kick. Stewart Petrie was the unlucky Mariner to miss while Carl Veart was the hero with the winning spot kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide United were looking to build upon their successful opening season in which they won the minor premiership. They choked in the finals however and their aim for season two was to achieve results in the Finals Series. They open the season with away matches in Melbourne and Auckland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nA thoroughly deserved win for Melbourne who dominated. The three Brazilians impressed particularly Alessandro who won the penalty and gave Adelaide's Richie Alagich a lot of trouble down the flanks. For Adelaide the likes of Qu Shengqing, Travis Dodd, Carl Veart did not produce their best football and Adelaide's attack was toothless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAnother lackluster performance from Adelaide as the much-improved New Zealand Knights stole all three points with an early contender for goal of the season from Ghanaian midfielder Malik Buari. Sean Devine, Jonti Richter and Darren Bazeley were all solid contributors for New Zealand while the entire Adelaide side played well below their best.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide returns to form with an emphatic 5\u20131 demolition of the Newcastle United Jets on a cold, wet Friday night at Hindmarsh Stadium. Nothing went right for the Jets as United scored three times in the first half hour with all three goals beginning with set pieces. Fernando got the ball rolling as he turned in a Jason Spagnuolo free kick. Robert Cornthwaite followed up a Ross Aloisi free kick and then Chinese striker Qu scored directly from a free kick. Jets striker Bridge pulled one back for the Jets in the second half but defender Durante scored a horrendous own goal. Bobby Petta impressed on his debut match for the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide United put in their second successive impressive performance and they were simply too good for the Glory who seemed to have no power going forward without injured stars Stan Lazaridis and Bobby Despotovski. United created chances from the first whistle with Dodd going close before Fernando opened the scoring with a shot in the 14th minute which beat goalkeeper Aleks Vrteski. The second goal came as the Glory defence sat back allowing superb winger Dodd too much time and space and he blasted the ball straight through Vrteski to make it 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nUnited added the third goal five minutes after the interval as Fernando's shot which was heading wide of the target took a wicked deflection off Jamie Coyne and fooled Vrteski. Coyne was credited with the own goal. United then created late chances through subs Bobby Petta and debutant Dez Giraldi but the score remained at 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nQueensland dominated their match against Adelaide and certainly showed why they are title contenders early in the season. Their five-man attack consisting of Ante Milicic, Reinaldo, Yuning Zhang, Simon Lynch and Dario Vidosic is certain to score goals this season and only some outstanding saves by Reds keeper Robert Bajic kept Adelaide in the game. Qu Shengqing will come under the FFA review panel's scrutiny for his headbutt on Roar captain Chad Gibson. At the end of the match a flurry of Queensland chances, most of which fell to Zhang, were not enough to secure the points for Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nA poor match from Adelaide allowed Sydney FC to move four points clear of them on the A-League ladder. Sydney FC started the match well with Alex Brosque and Benito Carbone. Travis Dodd had the first chance of the game in a one-on-one with Clint Bolton but the speedy United winger took a bad touch allowing Bolton to make a save. In the 38th minute, Carbone was allowed too much time and space and he lobbed a ball over to Zadkovich who tapped the ball past Bajic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nUnited returned from the half time interval as the better team and they only had to wait eight minutes before Nathan Burns scored his first A-League goal. Dodd made all the hard work go to waste however, when three minutes later he scored an own goal attempting to clear a ball which posed no danger. Carbone set up the third with a backheel which broke down the entire defence allowing substitute Petrovski to make the score 3\u20131. Then Carbone finally scored a goal for himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0018-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nHe broke free on the right hand side and the flag stayed down allowing him to slot the ball past Bajic. 4\u20131 to Sydney FC. Jason Spagnuolo and Carl Veart missed two easy chances to make the scoreline less embarrassing and Adelaide's defence knows it must improve with the dangerous Damian Mori coming to Adelaide next Friday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nA much improved performance from United after the 4\u20131 drubbing at home by Sydney FC. The Mariners started as the better side but United scored the opener as Jason Spagnuolo made the most of a defensive error by Damian Mori to provide the cross from which Carl Veart headed home from close range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nCentral Coast hit back a quarter of an hour later as Australian football legend and Socceroos all-time top scorer Damian Mori received a good ball, beat Ang Costanzo for pace and rounded 'keeper Robbie Bajic before celebrating his return to Hindmarsh Stadium in front of 10,000 booing Reds supporters. Adelaide after the half time break and threw absolutely everything at CCM with Matthew Kemp and Bobby Petta having almost identical chances saved by Vukovic. Greg Owens and Nathan Burns also missed crucial opportunities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0019-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nPetta provided a good corner and tall centre back Kristian Rees headed home for his first goal of the season. Noel Spencer missed the Mariners' best chance of the half and United wrapped the game up with Carl Veart setting up a free Nathan Burns who ran the length of one half and slotted the ball past Vukovic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nOne of the matches of the season as the Melbourne Victory attempted to maintain a 100% record against an Adelaide side nearing the top of their game. The match got off to a fiery start as Ross Aloisi and Grant Brebner received yellow cards in the opening minute. The Victory had the better of the chances during the match, yet it was the Reds who came away with the 3 points as a counter-attacking move saw Greg Owens run free and slot the ball past 'keeper Theoklitos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nThe main talking point however, was an altercation between Victory captain Kevin Muscat and Adelaide coach John Kosmina. The ball had gone out of play for a Melbourne throw-in and with his side 0\u20131 down, Muscat wanted to retrieve the ball quickly. The ball had gone under Kosmina's chair and as the Reds manager was picking it up, Muscat sent the Kossie sprawling to the turf. Kosmina then got up and grabbed Muscat by the throat. Kosmina was sent to the stands while Muscat received a booking. Kosmina was given a 6-week suspension, with two suspended. The Victory still sit atop the A-League ladder while United are third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAn impressive attacking performance as Adelaide go outright second on the A-League ladder. Rising stars Nathan Burns and Bruce Djite showed that they can do whatever Fernando and Qu can do. Jason Spagnuolo more assists setting up goals for Burns and Petta. However, the defensive effort wasn't as good as the Hindmarsh crowd has come to expect with poor defending giving Noah Hickey the Knights second of the season and Adam van Dommele scoring an embarrassing own goal to make matters worse. Dodd sealed the win with a late header which beat Milosevic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAnother match that bore similarities to the Round 5 match against the Roar. Newcastle dominated possession but Adelaide continued to defend well. Bajic made six saves and defenders scrambled to cover him even when he was beaten. As in round five, Adelaide had to absorb pressure, the Jets had 24 shots at goal. Unlike the Queenslanders however, Newcastle punished Adelaide for its lapses in defence. At 1\u20131, 88 minutes into the match, Carl Veart had a chance to steal the game and cement second place on the ladder with his third spot kick of the night. The Jets had conceded two penalties with the first having to be retaken. Veart blasted the would-be match sealer over the bar and a minute later the Jets scored the winner instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide born Mimi Saric opened the scoring early in the first half due to some ball watching from the Adelaide defense but Carl Veart equalised literally straight after Saric scored after Spagnuolo was being held in the box. Eight minutes later Greg Owens scored a great goal after Travis Dodd burned down the right win and cross along to Veart, who missed the ball only for Greg Owens to place a perfect shot into the goal. Greg Owens missed another chance to put his side ahead but headed wide from 3 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nOn half time Perth were awarded a penalty after a player was pushed in the Perth box. Bobby scored from the spot and the teams were equal at half time. Early in the second half Matty Kemp scored a goal from a narrow angle where he jumped and kicked the ball over the keepers head only for it to sneak under the crossbar and win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nA deserved win for Adelaide who dominated. Adelaide dominated play despite early shots from Queensland and the Roar hardly tested Bajic until the end of the second half. Travis Dodds goal came from a long pass from Greg Owens deep in the midfield to Carl Veart who shrugged off his defender and delivered a ball across the face of goal to give Travis the easiest of goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nMuscat scored from the spot early in the half after Bajic needlessly kicked Fred in the gut while retrieving the ball. Fernando scored a header from a cross from Matthew Kemp to equalize and Adelaide looked to score again. Half time came for AUFC as they were gaining momentum. The game was 50/50 after half time until the aging Adelaide midfield began to tire and in the 61st minute Allsopp scored due and in the 86th minute Fred scored after his 1v1 shot was blocked by Beltrame, but Fred scored on the rebound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nGao Leilei scored in the 16th minute after Richie Alagich started to wander and entered the 6-yard box without any pressure and slotted the ball past Beltrame's near post. Adelaide had chances and Spagnuolo hit the bar but in the 71st minute Greg Owens passed to Travis Dodd in the midfield and Travis out dribbled the defense to deliver a perfect ball back to Greg Owens whose shot hit the ball then went in off the keeper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nOne of the best ever games of Hindmarsh and Romario's departure was a great game. In the 15th minute the young Spagnuolo skinned two defenders, feinted past Eagleton to deliver a shot at goal that Covic parried away. Luckily Romario was Johnny-on-the-spot and displaced the rebound. Mark Bridge scored a goal in the 59th minute and straight after kick off, Alagich booted the ball down the Spagnuolo who passed it to Fernando, who miss hit the ball and wrong footed Covic to deliver a very lucky goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0027-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nMatt Thompson scored after skinning Rees and powering the ball into the top of the net. This was not enough to stop AUFC as soon after Owens received the ball from Romario on the edge of the box, wrong footed his marker and shot a ball that subtly curved into the top right-hand corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nThis match was Diego's debut. Travis Dodd was brought down on the edge of the box and Petta took the free kick. Petta crossed to an unmarked Diego who headed the ball into Fernando's chest and the ball went through Bolton's legs. Soon after Beltrame denied Coricas header with a diving save and Adelaide took second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nAdelaide scored in the 10th minute thanks to some wing-play from former Celtic star Bobby Petta who crossed the ball across the goal to Burns who scored an easy tap in. After half time Kwasnik missed a penalty after Kemp hand-balled in the box and straight after Burns scored his second of the night with a cheeky feint to trick the keeper. Soon after Burns made his own goal after passing to Djite who passed to Petta, who rolled the ball through the Mariners defense to give Burnsy a relatively easy goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0029-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Review\nPondeljak's goal came after a messed up clearance by Beltrame. Beltrame kicked it straight to Pondeljak who showed instinct and skill by perfectly placing it above Bells head and ending his hope for his clean sheet. Djite hit the bar from a stunning volley from distance but failed to score. This game cemented Adelaide's second-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188937-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Adelaide United FC season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188938-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Airdrie United F.C. season\nSeason 2006\u201307 was Airdrie United's fifth competitive season. They competed in the First Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188938-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Airdrie United F.C. season, Summary\nAirdrie United finished ninth in the First Division, entering the play-offs losing 5-4 to Stirling Albion on aggregate and were relegated to the Second Division. They reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, the second round of the League Cup and were eliminated in the first round of the Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188938-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Airdrie United F.C. season, Summary, Manager's\nAirdrie started the season under the stewardship of Sandy Stewart who on 13 November 2006 was sacked by the club. Stewart was replaced by Kenny Black on 17 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188939-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously \"Alabama\", \"UA\", \"Bama\" or \"The Tide\") represented the University of Alabama in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his ninth season as Alabama. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 94th season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 20\u201312, 7\u20139 in SEC play, lost in the first round of the 2007 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the 2007 National Invitation Tournament and lost in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188940-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. The Chargers were coached by Doug Ross who was in his twenty-fifth, and final, season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Lance West, John McCabe, and Steve Briere. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center, and were a member of College Hockey America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188940-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Alabama\u2013Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season\nAfter a 32-game regular season, the Chargers finished with 10 wins, 19 losses, and 3 ties. Despite finishing last in the CHA in the regular season, the team won all 3 of its games in the CHA Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. At the NCAA Tournament, the Chargers played to double overtime with #2 overall seed Notre Dame before falling, 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188941-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Alaska Aces season\nThe 2006\u201307 Alaska Aces season was the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188941-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Alaska Aces season, Key dates\nAugust 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188941-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Alaska Aces season, Award\nWillie Miller won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188942-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Albanian Cup\n2006\u201307 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb) was the fifty-fifth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 27, 2006 with the First Round and ended on May 16, 2007 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2007-08 first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. KF Tirana were the defending champions, having won their thirteen Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KS Besa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188942-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Albanian Cup\nThe first two rounds were played in one-legged format, then other rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188942-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Albanian Cup, Third round\nGames were played on September 20 & September 27, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188942-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Albanian Cup, Fourth round\nAll fourteen teams of the 2005\u201306 Superliga and First Division entered in this round, along with Second Round winners. First legs were played on October 25, 2006 and the second legs were played on November 22, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188942-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals\nIn this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188942-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Albanian Cup, Semifinals\nIn this round entered the four winners from the previous round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188943-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Algerian Championnat National\nThe 2006\u201307 Algerian Championnat National was the forty-three season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with JS Kabylie as the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188944-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Algerian Championnat National 2\nThe Algerian Championnat National 2 season 2006\u201307 is the thirteenth season of the league under its current title and fifteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 16 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188944-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Algerian Championnat National 2, League table\nA total of 18 teams contested the division, including 12 sides remaining in the division from the previous season and three relegated from the Algerian Championnat National, and another three promoted from the Inter-R\u00e9gions Ligue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188945-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Algerian Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Algerian Cup was the 43rd edition of the Algerian Cup. MC Alger won the Cup by defeating city rivals USM Alger 1-0 in the final with a goal from midfielder Fodil Hadjadj. It was MC Alger's sixth Algerian Cup and their second in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188946-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188946-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship\nOn 10 March 2007, Robert Emmetts won the championship following a 1\u201314 to 0\u20138 defeat of Killimordaly in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188947-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188947-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship\nOn 11 March 2007, Danesfort won the championship following a 2\u201316 to 2\u20138 defeat of Clooney Gaels in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188948-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 37th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. The championship began on 15 October 2006 and ended on 1 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188948-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nSalthill-Knocknacarra were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Corofin in the second round of the 2006 Galway County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188948-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nOn 1 April 2007, Crossmaglen Rangers won the championship following a 0-13 to 1-05 defeat of Dr. Crokes in the All-Ireland final replay at O'Moore Park. It was their fourth championship title overall and their first title since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188948-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship\nColm Cooper of the Dr. Crokes club was the championship's top scorer with 6-23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188948-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Team changes\nThere were no representatives from the Kilkenny County Championship for the first time ever, as the Kilkenny County Board decided to regrade and enter their championship-winning team (Erin's Own) into the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188949-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 37th club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970\u201371. The first matches of the season were played on 22 October 2006 and the championship ended on 17 March 2007. Portumna went into the 2006\u201307 championship as defending champions, having won their first All-Ireland title the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188949-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship\nThe championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Ballyhale Shamrocks and Loughrea. It was their first meeting in the final. Ballyhale won the game by 3\u201312 to 2\u20138. It was their fourth All-Ireland title ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188949-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nThe 2006\u201307 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the twenty participating counties enter their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188949-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\n20 county club champions participated in the 2008\u201309 championship. These counties were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188949-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nThe Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster championships were played as usual on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188949-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Format\nSemi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Leinster champions while the Connacht champions played the Ulster champions. The two winners contested the All-Ireland final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season\nThe 2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season was the 14th season of operation (13th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. It was the team's first season as the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks clinched their first Pacific Division title in team history with 110 points, and defeated the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Final four games to one. It was the first Stanley Cup in franchise history, as well as the first time a team in the state of California won the Stanley Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Off-season\nUnder new ownership, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim changed their team and arena's name, logo and player uniforms. The change involving their name was dropping the \"Mighty\" from their name, and completely changing their jerseys to black, gold, orange and white colours rather than the eggplant, jade, silver and white from years past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Off-season\nIn a major acquisition, the club acquired defenseman Chris Pronger in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers. Pronger had recently appeared in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final and on the basis of the deal, the media felt that the Ducks would be one of the favorites for the Cup. In the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, the Ducks chose Mark Mitera with their first-round pick, 19th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Off-season\nNot only did the Ducks change their name and logos, but their home arena of 13 years saw some changes as well. On October 3, 2006, the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was officially renamed Honda Center. The partnership was reportedly for 15 years with an option to extend the naming agreement 10 years. Other changes to the arena included new displays in the rafters behind the goals and four large \"Honda Center\" signs on each corner of the building. During the pre-season, however, the arena was officially still the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Regular season\nThe team came out of the gate to set an NHL record by earning at least one point in each of their first 16 games, a streak which ended exactly five weeks after their first game. They went 12\u20130\u20134 (28 points) before they lost their first regulation game of the year, a 3\u20130 shutout to the Calgary Flames, on November 10, 2006. The streak was broken seven years later by the 2012\u201313 Chicago Blackhawks, who went 24 games with a point. Behind goaltending by Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov, an offense headed by Teemu Selanne and a defense anchored by Scott Niedermayer and off-season acquisition Chris Pronger, the Ducks had worked their way to one of the NHL's best records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Regular season\nOn January 9, the NHL announced that Scott Niedermayer had been voted by the fans to start at defense in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. He later declined to appear, deciding to rest a stress fracture in his foot. Ed Jovanovski of the Phoenix Coyotes was added to replace him. The Ducks' Andy McDonald was later added to replace Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Playoffs\nThe Anaheim Ducks ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed, though they finished tied in points with the West-leading Nashville Predators, with 110 points. The Predators, however, had three more wins, but the Ducks nonetheless earned the second seed as winners of the Pacific Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Playoffs\nThe Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first round, four games to one. In the second round, the Ducks defeated the Vancouver Canucks by the same four games to one result. In the Conference Final, the Ducks defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to two to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in franchise history. In the Final, the Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators four games to one to claim the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Standings, Divisional Standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Awards and records, Records\nOn November 9, 2006, the Anaheim Ducks set an NHL open era record by remaining undefeated in regulation for the first 16 games of the season, with 12 wins and four overtime losses. The previous mark was set by the 1984\u201385 Edmonton Oilers, who had 12 wins and three ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, 2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nThe 2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 2007, at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, home of the Dallas Stars. The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference 12-9. The following are Anaheim Ducks representatives who participated in the all-star game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Transactions\nThe Ducks were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Draft picks\nAnaheim's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Farm teams, Portland Pirates\nThe Portland Pirates were Anaheim's affiliate in the AHL for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188950-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Anaheim Ducks season, Farm teams, Augusta Lynx\nThe Augusta Lynx were Anaheim's ECHL affiliate for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188951-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Angola Basketball Cup, Men's Tournament\nThe 2007 Men's Basketball Cup was contested by 10 teams and won by Petro Atl\u00e9tico. The final was played on May 9 and 12, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188951-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Angola Basketball Cup, Women's Tournament\nThe 2007 Women's Basketball Cup was contested by three teams and won by Primeiro de Agosto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188952-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Angola Basketball Super Cup\nThe 2007 Angola Basketball Super Cup (14th edition) was contested by Petro Atl\u00e9tico, as the 2006 league champion and Primeiro de Agosto, the 2006 cup winner. Primeiro de Agosto was the winner, making it its 6th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188952-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Angola Basketball Super Cup\nThe 2007 Women's Super Cup (12th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2006 women's league champion and Interclube, the 2006 cup runner-up. Interclube was the winner, making it its 1st title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188953-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arab Champions League\nThe 2006\u201307 Arab Champions League saw the 4th edition of Arab Champions League. 32 teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. ES S\u00e9tif of Algeria won the final against Al-Faisaly SC of Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188953-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arab Champions League, Round of 32\n32 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188953-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arab Champions League, Round of 16\n16 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188954-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2006\u201307 Argentina Primera Division was the 116th season of first division football in Argentina. Estudiantes (LP) won the Torneo Apertura and San Lorenzo won the Torneo Clausura. Belgrano and Quilmes were relegated to the Primera B Nacional and Huracan and Tigre were promoted after winning the relegation playoff against Godoy Cruz and Nueva Chicago respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188954-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Torneo Apertura, Championship playoff\nBoca Juniors and Estudiantes LP ended up tied in points at the end of the 19 weeks of regular season. Tournament rules establish that, unlike any other position on the table, if two or more teams are equal in points at the end of play, goal difference does not count and a playoff game is required. Estudiantes won that match and was crowned as champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188954-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Torneo Clausura\nBy matchday 8, seven coaches had already been fired by their respective teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188955-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 93th season in Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 's existence. The club finished 4th in the Super League. The club qualified in to the UEFA Cup of the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188955-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aris Thessaloniki F.C. season\nAris Thessaloniki was eliminated in Fourth round of Greek Football Cup by Niki Volos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188956-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by head coach Lute Olson, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188957-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. It was Stan Heath's fifth and final season as head coach of the Razorbacks. The team played its home games in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188957-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team, Roster\nRoster information retrieved from the Arkansas basketball media guide and HogStats.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188958-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Armenian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Armenian Hockey League season was the sixth season of the Armenian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Armenia. Five teams participated in the league, and Urartu Yerevan won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 109th season of competitive football played by Arsenal. It was the first season in which home matches were played at the over-60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium; the club's former ground Highbury was to be redeveloped as a residential development. Arsenal ended their Premier League campaign in fourth, level on points with third-placed Liverpool but with a marginally lower goal difference. In the League Cup, a competition which offered manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger the chance to play his younger players, Arsenal reached the final but lost to a relatively experienced Chelsea side. The defeat was followed by exits in the FA Cup to Blackburn Rovers and in the UEFA Champions League to PSV Eindhoven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season\nTwenty-eight players represented Arsenal in four competitions and there were 18 goalscorers. Arsenal's top goalscorer was Robin van Persie, who scored 13 goals in 31 appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nLast updated: 2 August 2008EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, Club, Kit information\nAll of the new Arsenal kit this season was featured with new sponsor, Fly Emirates. Replaced with previous sponsor, O2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, Club, Other information\nUpdated to match played 2 Aug 2008Source:\u00a0Arsenal and Emirates Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nArsenal entered the competition in the third round and faced West Bromwich Albion atThe Hawthorns, where striker Aliadi\u00e8re scored twice to secure a 2\u20130 victory for the visitors. They then travelled to Goodison Park in the fourth round to play Everton. Arsenal won the match 0\u20131 courtesy of a late Adebayor goal, which came from a corner. For much of the game Everton played with a man disadvantage as striker James McFadden was sent off in the 19th minute for dissent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nLiverpool were Arsenal's opponent in the fifth round. The match, scheduled on 19 December 2006 at Anfield, was postponed by referee Martin Atkinson because of heavy fog. Atkinson's decision infuriated the managers of both clubs, with Rafael Ben\u00edtez commenting: \"There were a lot of people looking forward to the game and it's really difficult to explain.\" The tie was rescheduled for 9 January 2007 and on the night Arsenal took the lead when Aliadi\u00e8re scored in the 27th minute. Robbie Fowler equalised for Liverpool six minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nLater, two goals from Baptista and goal from Alex Song put Arsenal 4\u20131 ahead at half time. In the second half, Baptista completed his hat-trick; although Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypi\u00e4 scored to close the scoreline gap for Liverpool, Baptista added his fourth goal of the match in the 84th minute. The final score was 6\u20133, Liverpool's heaviest defeat at Anfield in 76 years. In his match report for The Guardian, Taylor praised Arsenal's reserve team and summarised, \"The difference between the two teams was immense. Arsenal played with flair and purpose; Liverpool were dishevelled and short of leadership.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nTottenham Hotspur faced Arsenal in the semi-final which was played over two legs. A goal from Dimitar Berbatov gave Tottenham the lead in the 12th minute and they extended their advantage after Baptista inadvertently kicked the ball into his own goal. Baptista, however, made amends in the second half, scoring twice in the space of 13 minutes to level the score at 2\u20132. The second leg at the Emirates Stadium saw Arsenal dominate proceedings, but only took the lead in the 77th minute when Adebayor scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nMido equalised for Tottenham, which took the match into extra time because of the away goals rule. Aliadi\u00e8re's goal in the 105th minute restored Arsenal's lead and an own goal scored by Pascal Chimbonda ensured the home team progressed to the final, winning 3\u20131 after extra time and 5\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188959-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Arsenal F.C. season, League Cup\nArsenal played Chelsea in the final at the Millennium Stadium on 25 February 2007. Wenger continued his policy of naming a young team, which took the lead in the 12th minute when Walcott converted his chance. Chelsea striker Didier Drogba equalised and scored in the 84th minute to earn his side victory. A fracas occurred between the Arsenal and Chelsea players occurred during stoppage time, resulting in Tour\u00e9 and Adebayor getting shown a red card each. Wenger later apologised for his players' conduct, but was charged \u00a32,500 for accusing the linesman of lying in his account of Adebayor's actions. Both clubs were fined \u00a3100,000 each by The Football Association for their inability to control their players and Ebou\u00e9 was retrospectively charged with violent conduct for striking Wayne Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series\nThe 2006\u201307 cricket series between Australia and England for The Ashes was played in Australia from 23 November 2006 to 5 January 2007. Australia won the series and regained the Ashes that had been lost to England in the 2005 series. The five Tests of the series were played at Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. In winning, Australia completed a 5\u20130 \"whitewash\", the first time this had happened in an Ashes series since 1920\u201321. The series was also notable for the retirement of four significant Australian players, namely Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Trophy\nDuring lunch on the third day of the first Test in Brisbane, The Cricket Show on Channel 9 in Australia revealed that the winner of the Ashes would lift a larger, crystal model of the Ashes urn at the end of the series, rather than a replica of the small Ashes urn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Lead-up\nRicky Ponting found himself criticised by journalists on his captaincy and performances in the 2005 series during the run-up to the first Test. When questioned in a press conference on this subject, he said \"We didn't perform the way we would have liked and probably I didn't score the runs I would have liked to during the Ashes\u00a0... It's important for us to move on, to move forward from that; that is me as a player, me as a captain and the rest of the team as well\u00a0... We have managed to do that very well, we've actually played better cricket as a result of that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Lead-up\nAndrew Flintoff, England's captain, called the series \"the reason we play ... we are going over there to play in what could be the biggest series ever so there is an excited group of lads\u00a0... it is going to be tough. We know that 2005 was something special and whether that can be recreated I am not quite sure\u00a0... in England each Test match got bigger and bigger and we got a real feeling of what the Ashes was about.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Lead-up\nThe Sydney Morning Herald newspaper described the series as \"the most anticipated Ashes series ever\", and tickets were sold out within days of being available for all the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Lead-up\nBookmakers were heavily favouring an Australian series victory, with best odds, as at 10 November, being listed on one site as Australia 1\u20133 to win, England 11\u20132 to win, and the draw 9\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Sale of tickets\nCricket Australia made the first tickets available on 1 June, selling only to the registered members of the Australian Cricket Family, who were able to register in the months before the ticket sale. 182,000 of 635,500 available tickets were sold on the first day and a number of buyers immediately put their tickets on eBay at inflated prices. Telephones and internet systems were delayed to such an extent that CA chief executive James Sutherland wrote a letter of apology to the Australian fans, but was still criticised by Brett Judd, the organiser of 1.5\u00a0million tickets for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Judd called their approach \"farcical\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Sale of tickets\nOn 19 June, the remainder of the tickets went for sale to the general public and were sold out within two hours. Cricket Australia later cancelled 1,300 tickets, which they believed had been sold on eBay at inflated prices, as the tickets had \"breached conditions of sale\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Sale of tickets\nOn 29 December, Cricket Victoria had announced that an excess of 47,000 pre-purchased tickets for the fourth day of the Boxing Day Test were to be refunded, as a result of the Test reaching its conclusion on the third day. Despite the Test lasting only three days, bumper crowds over the duration of the Test ensured that sales had generated over A$8\u00a0million in takings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Squads\nBoth England and Australia went into the series with concerns about the fitness, form and availability of key players: Michael Vaughan, England's successful captain in the 2005 Ashes series, and Simon Jones, England's lowest-averaging bowler during the 2005 series, were unavailable due to injury. Australia selected Glenn McGrath for his first first-class match since he left the game in April for personal reasons. Other former Australian players such as Jason Gillespie were not selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Squads\nThe England squad for the tour of Australia was announced on 12 September 2006. Andrew Flintoff was selected over Andrew Strauss as the captain, in the absence of Michael Vaughan through injury. Marcus Trescothick left the squad on 14 November due to a \"recurrence of a stress-related illness\", after making 10 runs in two tour matches. Ed Joyce was called up as his replacement on 15 November. The Australian 13-man squad for the first Test was announced by Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel on 16 November 2006. Michael Clarke was called up on 18 November 2006 as cover for injury doubt Shane Watson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Squads\nOn 8 December 2006, a week before the third Test, Damien Martyn announced he was retiring from all forms of cricket. Adam Voges and Andrew Symonds were called up to the squad to replace him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Squads\nOn 16 December, Ashley Giles left the tour to be with his wife, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He was replaced by Jamie Dalrymple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Venues\nAs with other recent Ashes series in Australia, this series was played at the main cricket grounds in Australia's five largest cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nAustralia won the toss after Andrew Flintoff called heads. Ricky Ponting elected to bat on a good looking pitch. Steve Harmison bowled the opening over, with the first ball a wide that went straight to Flintoff at second slip. Harmison only lasted two overs, which went for 17 runs, before being replaced by James Anderson. Anderson proved just as expensive as Harmison, conceding 10 runs in his first over in his first Test match for seven months. Flintoff got Matthew Hayden to edge one to second slip on 21. Australia reached lunch without further loss on 1/79.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nIn the afternoon, Flintoff unexpectedly removed Justin Langer, who had looked set for a century but holed out to Kevin Pietersen at cover point. Ashley Giles, bowling in his first first-class match for 12 months, took the wicket of Damien Martyn but was innocuous, if inexpensive (unlike many of his colleagues), claiming no more wickets during the day. Ponting and Michael Hussey survived the final session of the day to close at 3/346.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0015-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nDuring the session, Ponting passed 100 runs in a near-faultless display, offering up only one potential lbw shout (given not out by umpire Billy Bowden) when he missed a sweep on a straight ball from Giles. The century took him level with Steve Waugh as Australia's leading century-maker, with 32 each. England's bowling was generally criticised, most notably Harmison, who was given only 12 overs out of the 90 overs bowled during the day. Andrew Flintoff was the only bowler to finish the day with his reputation enhanced, having been England's cheapest and most effective bowler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0015-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nThe pitch, however, was flat and not conducive to either pace or spin bowling and as England failed to use the new ball well at both the beginning and end of the day, it proved to be one of the most frustrating days in the field English cricket had endured in modern Ashes series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nAustralia continued their dominance throughout the second day. Ponting and Hussey continued their partnership, putting together 209. Flintoff finally took Hussey's wicket when he was on 86, bowled through the gate, with the off-stump out of the ground, when he had looked set for a century. Matthew Hoggard finally made a significant breakthrough in the afternoon, taking the wickets of Ponting (for 196) and Adam Gilchrist (for a duck) in the same over, both men out lbw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nGilchrist, in particular, was out to a ball bowled from around the wicket from the right-arm bowler Hoggard, a continuation of England's tactics against him in the 2005 Ashes series, which had restricted him to a top score of 49*. Ponting's 196 allowed him to surpass Graham Gooch as the seventh highest Test run scorer of all time (Gooch scored 8,900 runs). Michael Clarke crafted a solid 56 before falling to Anderson, edging a good delivery to slip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0016-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nAustralia's tail wagged, with Brett Lee scoring 43 and Stuart Clark hitting a quick-fire 39 off 23 balls before having his leg stump knocked out of the ground by Flintoff. His innings included two huge sixes off the bowling of Anderson, who ended the innings with figures of 141 runs for just one wicket. Australia were able to declare their innings with the score 9/602 after tea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nEngland had to negotiate the 17 overs remaining in the evening. After a reasonably solid start, England lost Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook in consecutive balls to Glenn McGrath. Strauss was lambasted for his dismissal, top-edging a pull on a ball too full to be suitable for the shot. Clark removed Paul Collingwood, edging an off-cutter to Gilchrist. This dismissal left England on 3/53 at the close, leaving England in a perilous position, Australia having reached a total more than 200 runs higher in any Test of the 2005 Ashes series before taking three cheap wickets before the close. Ian Bell and Pietersen were the not out batsmen, with scores of 13 and 6 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nMatters continued badly for England on day three and they ended their first innings on 157 all out just after lunch, 246 short of their follow-on target of 403. Bell was the only England batsman to offer any real resistance, spending nearly four hours at the crease before being dismissed by Clark for 50. It was a personal triumph for Bell, who had averaged just 17.10 in the 2005 series, looking particularly vulnerable against McGrath and Shane Warne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nEngland's other specialist batsman, Pietersen, was out for only 16, trapped lbw to a ball from McGrath to which he did not offer a stroke. All-rounder and captain Flintoff was out for a duck, caught behind off what replays suggested was a no-ball (not spotted by umpire Steve Bucknor) from Brett Lee. Brief resistance also came from wicketkeeper Geraint Jones and spinner Giles, who made 19 and a quickfire 24 respectively, but both were out to McGrath. In total, McGrath took six wickets for only 50 runs conceded, a powerful response to critics who had suggested that he was, at 36, too old to be a front-line bowler in an Ashes series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nPonting chose not to enforce the follow-on and put his team back in to bat, a decision which surprised the majority of spectators and media personnel. Australia's lead of 445 going into the second innings was one of the largest ever held by a team which had then decided not to enforce the follow-on. This decision was in contrast to Michael Vaughan's decision in the 4th Test of the 2005 series, where he had enforced the follow-on with Australia just 259 runs behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nAs on the opening day, England's bowling attack was again barely able to penetrate Australia's defences, and the home side were able to end the day on 1/181, the only loss being Hayden who was run out on 37 by Anderson while attempting a risky second run. Langer and Ponting ended the day unbeaten, with Langer on 88, and Ponting on 51 having scored his 9,000th Test run during the innings. The day was the third in a row which had gone badly for England and with the pitch showing wide cracks, offering encouragement to Warne in particular, an Australian victory was widely expected at the close of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nAustralia continued to build a formidable lead, eventually declaring at 1/202, a lead of 647, just after Langer had passed his century, his 23rd in Test cricket. Langer ended on 100 not out while Ponting had progressed to 60. Towards the end of Australia's second innings Ponting suffered a back strain, and did not return to the field after his side's declaration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nEngland began their second innings shakily, with Strauss out for 11 off Clark in a similar fashion to his first innings dismissal, this time hooking the ball to fine leg, the dismissal owing more to poor execution than the poor shot selection witnessed in England's first innings. Warne dismissed Cook for an industrious 43, caught by Hussey off his pads, and Bell for a duck, lbw to a slider, leaving England struggling at 3/91. Collingwood and Pietersen then rebuilt their team's innings in the second session, sharing a 153 run partnership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nCollingwood was eventually stumped for 96 off the bowling of Warne, charging down the pitch while looking to reach his third Test century, and his first against Australia, and missing his shot by nearly six inches. Flintoff soon followed after scoring 16 runs, perishing to an ill-judged pull shot off the bowling of Warne. Pietersen and Jones were the not out batsmen at the end of the day, with 92 and 12 runs respectively, with England needing a further 355 for victory. Pietersen's innings was notable because of the manner in which he had suppressed legendary leg spinner Warne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nAt one point at the end of a delivery, Warne picked up the ball and threw it to Gilchrist behind stumps albeit badly. The ball veered and headed to Pietersen, who was forced to defend himself with a reflexive hookshot. He could be seen mouthing the words, \"Fuck off!\" on conclusion of the stroke. The fourth day was a break from the norm of the Brisbane Test, which until then had gone entirely in Australia's favour. The partnership between Collingwood and Pietersen was the first of any substance in the Test for England and allowed some hope of an unlikely draw, with reports from some sources of an approaching storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nEngland's chances of lasting the day were effectively dashed after Pietersen flicked the ball to Damien Martyn at short midwicket off Brett Lee in the first over of the day, immediately after Australia's taking the new ball and without adding to his overnight score. Jones struck a few boundaries but edged onto his stumps off McGrath. Fellow NSW paceman Clark took the final wickets of Giles (caught at first slip), Hoggard (caught at first slip) and Harmison (caught pulling at fine leg), with England lasting only 20 overs for the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, First Test: 23\u201327 November, Brisbane\nEngland's fourth innings total of 370 was the highest ever achieved in a fourth innings of a Test match at the Gabba but was still nowhere near the total set by Australia. Australia won the match by 277 runs, with Ponting named man of the match for his 196 and 60 not out. The total attendance was recorded as 164,747 for the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nIn a similar fashion to 2005, England named an unchanged XI for the second Test, despite Cricinfo and others suggesting that it was \"almost certain\" that Monty Panesar would replace James Anderson. Australia also named an unchanged team after Glenn McGrath passed a late fitness test. He was earlier rated as a 50/50 chance to play due to a heel injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nAndrew Flintoff won the toss and elected to bat first. Early on, the dry flat wicket offered little for the Australian bowlers who toiled in the first hour for no wicket. Stuart Clark took the first wicket, with Andrew Strauss being caught by Damien Martyn for 14 runs. This was the third time in the series that Strauss had been caught attempting to play on the leg side. Clark then took the wicket of Alastair Cook for 27 runs, having him caught behind by Adam Gilchrist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0025-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nThe periods before and just after lunch were dominated by Shane Warne, who bowled with consistent line and length to keep both Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood restricted to about two runs per over. Bell continued his struggle against Warne, who beat Bell's bat on several occasions. Despite a slow scoring rate, the batsmen made a good fightback in the afternoon session, despite some persistent Australian bowling. Both batsmen reached their half-centuries in the last over before the tea interval, which England reached with the score at 144/2. After tea, England came out looking to increase the scoring rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0025-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nSoon, however, Bell was caught and bowled by Brett Lee as he skied an attempted pull to the leg side. Kevin Pietersen was aggressive from his first ball, going on to make his half-century off just 70 balls. The scoring rate increased somewhat in the evening session as England increased their score to 266/3 at stumps. Collingwood was not out on 98 runs, tantalisingly close to a maiden Ashes century. The day's honours were roughly even. Australia would have liked more than three wickets, but they did keep England's scoring rate low on a flat, dry wicket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nAustralia resumed play on the second day with the ball only six overs old, while England's Collingwood required two runs to make a century. Collingwood made his runs in the second over of the morning, off the second ball he faced. Pietersen made his own century later in the morning. England again scored relatively slowly, but survived the first session without losing a wicket to be 347/3 at lunch. The two batsmen continued after lunch in a session that would go on to break several previous partnership records for English batting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0026-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nCollingwood increased his score to a personal best innings of 206, becoming only the third Englishman to score a double-century in Australia, and the first in 70 years. He was out caught behind by Gilchrist from an outswinging Clark delivery on the final ball before tea. After the interval, Pietersen went on to make 158 before being run out. Collingwood, and particularly Pietersen, consistently attacked the Australian bowlers, forcing them to take up defensive fielding positions for the first time in the series. Noticeably, Warne bowled defensively outside leg stump from around the wicket to Pietersen, having exhausted all other methods of containment. Flintoff and Ashley Giles added 60 runs for the sixth wicket before the innings was declared at 551/6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nThe Australian bowling was generally ineffective during the England innings, despite keeping the run rate low. McGrath conceded his first analysis of 0/100 or worse in Test cricket, and was targeted by Pietersen in particular, who took three fours off his first over of the second day. It was speculated that while McGrath had declared himself fit for the game, he was still struggling with his sore heel. Despite his defensive bowling, Warne conceded his worst innings figures of 1/167.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nAustralia had to face nine overs before the close of play. Flintoff, who opened the bowling with Matthew Hoggard, took the wicket of Justin Langer during this short period. The Australian score at stumps was 28/1, making day two the first day of the series which clearly belonged to England. However, the question remained as to whether England's bowling attack would perform any better than Australia's on a good batting pitch in the days ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nEngland started the day strongly, their bowling attack testing the Australians as Hoggard claimed two wickets before lunch. The first came in the 13th over of the innings as Matthew Hayden edged a delivery to the gloves of Geraint Jones. The second was in the 23rd over when Bell took a comfortable slip catch off Martyn. This left Australia on 65/3. Anderson and Steve Harmison also bowled well, proving to be much more accurate and economical in their bowling than they had in the first Test at Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nAt times England's fielding was inept, however. In the morning session, Ricky Ponting survived a dropped catch by Giles and a run out chance missed by Collingwood when on 35 and 43 respectively. Ponting reached his half-century just before lunch, taking his side to 3/105 at the interval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nFollowing the lunch break, Ponting returned to build a solid partnership with Michael Hussey. The Australian batsmen remained at the crease throughout the afternoon session. Ponting reached his 33rd Test century in the 62nd over, just before tea. This score saw him become Australia's leading century-scorer in Test history and took the home side to 3/185.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nAfter tea, Australia continued to settle into their batting rhythm as Hussey reached his 50 in the 64th over. England began to lose the advantage they had established early in the day, with runs coming more easily to Australia. In the 73rd over Hussey survived a dramatic run out chance which had to be referred to the third umpire as he slid his bat back into his crease a fraction of a second before Jones broke the stumps off an Anderson throw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0032-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nIt was not until after the new ball had been taken in the 83rd over that England got a breakthrough. Hoggard was again the successful bowler, claiming Ponting for 142 and later Hussey for 91 in the 91st over. After the fall of Hussey's wicket, Michael Clarke and Gilchrist established themselves at the crease to end the day on 30 and 13 respectively. The Australian score was 312/5, 40 runs short of the follow-on target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nThe Australian batsmen started well and by mid-session had started to dominate the England bowling and increase the run rate. The Australians passed the follow-on target after drinks, and shortly after this Gilchrist and Clarke made their half-centuries. Just as Gilchrist was beginning to look dangerous and starting to score quickly, Giles had him caught attempting a six. He had made 64 runs off 79 balls, and the score was 384/6. Warne joined Clarke at the crease, and the pair negotiated through to lunch, taking the score to 417/6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nClarke and Warne put on 100 runs between them in the afternoon session, with Clarke making a century. It was late in the afternoon before England finally made some inroads, with Hoggard striking either side of the tea interval. Warne was out leg before wicket just prior to the break. Clarke was caught by Giles after tea, having made 124 runs, and with the score at 505/8. Hoggard and Anderson took a wicket each to clean up the tail within eight overs, so that Australia were all out for 513 runs off 165.3 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nHoggard bowled very well to take 7/109 on an unresponsive pitch. His figures were his third best in Test cricket and his best against Australia. Meanwhile, Clarke's third Test century had helped Australia pass the follow-on target and put the game into a position in which the draw was the most likely result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nIn their second innings, England passed 19 overs to reach the close on 59/1. Cook was the man to lose his wicket, caught by Gilchrist off the bowling of Clark for nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0037-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nAustralia started the fifth day needing early wickets to try to force a result. They were successful in this quest, as England's second innings stumbled to 73/4 after the overnight batsmen scored at approximately one run per over. Strauss was caught by Hussey off the bowling of Warne for 34, although replay analysis appeared to show that the ball did not make contact with bat or gloves, an audible nick was heard after the ball was played and missed, which led to the subsequent decision. In Warne's next over, Bell was run out on 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0037-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nCollingwood called for a run and set off, but Bell did not respond until it was too late. The ball went to Clarke's left hand, his dominant side, and he was able to get the ball to Warne who threw down the stumps with an underarm throw, ending Bell's innings. Warne struck again in his next over as Pietersen was clean bowled behind his legs as he attempted a sweep. Four overs later, England lost Flintoff, who edged Lee through to the wicket-keeper, leaving the score on 77/5. England scored only 30 runs in the session for the loss of four wickets, making the score at lunch 89/5, a lead of just 127.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0038-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nEngland continued to lose wickets after the break. Jones swung his bat at a wide delivery and edged to Hayden in the gully in the second over after lunch. Giles made an eight ball duck, edging to Hayden, this time at slip. Hoggard was able to block for a while, but was eventually bowled off the inside edge by Warne. Harmison and Anderson each held up an end for periods before tea, but both were trapped leg before wicket by McGrath, Anderson's wicket ending the innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0038-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nCollingwood was the not out batsman, scoring only 22 runs, but crucially occupying the crease for 119 balls and approximately three hours. England lost their last nine wickets for 60 runs. Tea was taken at the change of innings with the result of the game finely in the balance. Australia required 168 runs to win the game, while England could only hope to prevent this from happening in the remaining 36 overs and obtain a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0039-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nWith a target to chase, Australia started their final innings aggressively, taking 13 off the first two overs. England hit back, as Langer was caught in the gully off Hoggard in the third over. Hayden was caught by Collingwood after top-edging Flintoff. Hussey was promoted up the batting order to join Ponting, putting Australia's two in-form batsmen at the crease. The pair steadied the innings while continuing to score runs above the required rate. Again, progress stuttered in the 22nd and 23rd overs, as Ponting was caught off Giles at short extra cover for 49, and Martyn was caught off Flintoff at point for five. However, Hussey and Clarke were able to continue Australia's progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0040-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test: 1\u20135 December, Adelaide\nHussey saw his team home, scoring 61 not out and hitting the winning runs with three overs to spare. This set off jubilant celebrations among the Australian players and the crowd, who had poured into the Adelaide Oval during the afternoon, as news spread of England's second innings demise, and the chance of an Australian victory in the afternoon/evening session. Australia won the Test by six wickets, and led in the series by two matches to none. The official attendance over the five days was announced as 136,731. Members of the Nine Network commentary team noted that it was indeed a remarkable victory, perhaps one of the greatest in Test history. Simon Barnes argues that \"a match that should have been drawn was won by Warne's overwhelming nature; by the powerful outpouring of his chi or life force.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 877]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0041-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nAustralia made one change to the side that won in Adelaide as Andrew Symonds came into the team following the shock retirement of Damien Martyn. England dropped Ashley Giles and James Anderson, replacing them with Monty Panesar and Sajid Mahmood respectively. Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. Panesar justified his selection taking five wickets, the best figures by an English spinner in Perth. Steve Harmison took four wickets, relieving the pressure that had been growing on him after taking 1/288 in the first two Tests. Harmison and Panesar combined to bowl Australia out for 244.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0041-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nMichael Hussey finished 74 not out, the only player of six top-eight batsmen to convert a 20-plus score into a long stay at the crease. England lost 2/51 after an aggressive start by openers Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss. Strauss and Paul Collingwood were the overnight batsmen, the latter having been reprieved by a dropped catch from the bowling of Stuart Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0042-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nEngland lost four wickets in the first session on day two with only Kevin Pietersen of the recognised batsmen remaining at lunch. Strauss suffered another contentious decision after being adjudged caught behind off Clark when replays suggested he had missed the ball despite a nick being heard. Collingwood had already been dismissed, caught in the gully off the bowling of Glenn McGrath, and the wickets of the out of form Andrew Flintoff and Geraint Jones to Symonds soon followed. Australia bowled England out for 215 on the stroke of tea, giving the Australians a first innings lead of 29 runs despite lower order resistance from Panesar and Harmison as well as a 70 from Pietersen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0043-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nIn reply, Australia's second innings began shakily with Justin Langer bowled on the very first ball by Matthew Hoggard. Australia recovered well though through Matthew Hayden and captain Ponting, who were each on an unbeaten 57 at stumps with Australia at 119/1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0044-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nAustralia resumed at 119/1. With the Ashes series on the line and 42-degree heat, Ponting and Hayden improved on their overnight scores, but fell short of centuries, scoring 75 and 92 respectively after lunch. Michael Clarke and Hussey both recorded centuries, with Clarke's being his second in as many Tests. Hussey got out rather cheaply, being caught behind by Jones. Adam Gilchrist made a quickfire 50 off only 40 balls. After that, he hit 3 sixes and a four from one Panesar over, with the over ultimately costing 24 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0044-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nSubsequent overs cost 10 and 18, with Gilchrist recording his century in just 57 balls, the fastest century in Ashes history and the second-fastest in all Tests to date behind Viv Richards. In an interview after the day's play, Gilchrist explained that he was unaware of how close he was to the record until after he had scored his century until Ian Healy mentioned it to him during that interview, but was not disappointed to be behind a player regarded as one of the most damaging hitters to play the game. Soon after, Ponting declared the innings and sent England in to bat. Brett Lee took Strauss' wicket with an inswinging ball, which Strauss left and it thundered into the pads and was given out, this left England at 0/1. By stumps, the score had progressed to 19/1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0045-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nEngland resumed their innings under immense pressure, needing a further 538 runs to win with nine wickets in hand or needing to bat for two days to draw the game and keep the series alive. With the pitch looking good for batting and no real movement off the seam, this seemed possible with some sensible batting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0046-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nIan Bell started aggressively against the Australian pace bowlers while Cook took his time, and when Shane Warne came on he found himself being battered for a 4 and a 6 by Bell off his first over. Bell continued to bat positively and posted his 10th half-century. England managed to add 80 runs for no loss, going into lunch at 99/1. Coming into the afternoon session, Bell and Cook played positively, attacking the Australian bowlers. Cook managed to post his half-century and soon England were starting to think about a victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0046-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nHowever, Warne got Bell caught by Justin Langer for a well composed 87. That left England on 170/2 with Collingwood coming in, looking to continue the good work. There was a period where Collingwood seemed so intent on staying in, he forgot to score. England went into tea at 170/2, having scored 81 runs for 1 wicket in the session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0047-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nEngland came out to the evening session hoping to bat through losing one wicket maximum. Just a few overs in, Collingwood edged one through to the keeper, out for 5 off 36 balls. After that partnership in which 15 runs were scored for 75 balls, England had to bat more aggressively and Pietersen seemed the perfect man to do that for the team. Cook started looking much more confident against Warne and soon he was one run away from his maiden Ashes century, not made easy by Warne but eventually, Cook got the run to bring up a 257-ball 100.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0047-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nThe day had belonged firmly to England, but with just three overs left, McGrath took the wicket of Cook, edging behind to Gilchrist, and bowled nightwatchman Hoggard for a second-ball duck. McGrath proceeded to beat Flintoff with the remaining two balls, including an unsuccessful appeal for caught-behind. Flintoff and Pietersen, saw out the remaining overs, leaving England on 265/5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0048-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nEngland started the fifth and final day of the match in an aggressive fashion, which many found surprising. Flintoff, in particular, took the Australian bowlers to task, including striking Clark for three consecutive fours and striking a Lee delivery for six, just inches out of the reach of Hussey, who was fielding at deep mid-wicket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0049-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nPietersen was unusually reserved and was almost run out by some quick reaction fielding from Hussey in the first hour, but was given the benefit of the doubt by the third umpire who eventually gave it not out, much to the delight of the Barmy Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0050-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nAfter that huge scare for England, Pietersen charged down the pitch and smacked Warne through mid wicket for four, bringing up yet another half-century. Soon after that, Flintoff brought up his half-century with an inside edge and Ponting was starting to look nervous, perhaps considering England could pull off the impossible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0051-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nAustralia finally broke through when Flintoff misjudged the length of a straighter ball from Warne and was bowled. He was quickly followed by Jones; his dismal tour continued when he was run out in astounding fashion. Having failed in an attempt to sweep Warne, Jones was struck on the pad, resulting in an unsuccessful appeal for lbw from the Australians. Jones, however, was too preoccupied waiting for the umpire's verdict to notice that his back foot was out of his batting crease. This fact did not escape an alert Ponting, however, who swooped in from silly point and underarmed the ball into the stumps. Jones was out for a duck \u2013 his second of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0052-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nThe remaining English batsmen, Harmison, Mahmood and Panesar, offered the Australian bowlers no trouble, with the last man, Panesar, being dismissed by Warne two balls after the lunch break, leaving Warne with 699 career Test wickets leading into the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pietersen continued a fine tour with relatively subdued 60 not out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0053-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nAttendance for the five days was 103,440, breaking the 1970 record of 84,142.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0054-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test: 14\u201318 December, Perth\nThe victory gave Australia an unbeatable 3\u20130 lead in the best-of-five series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0055-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nWeather conditions were poor with heavily overcast skies and patchy showers. Andrew Flintoff won the toss and elected to bat. The start of the first session of play was delayed by 30\u00a0minutes due to rain, commencing at 11:00 local time (00:00 UTC). The pitch was green, damp and unpredictable with a lot of seam movement. Although England managed to survive through to lunch at 1/36, Ian Bell fell shortly after the lunch interval to a Stuart Clark lbw. Paul Collingwood and Andrew Strauss appeared to have embarked on a good partnership and brought the score to 2/101. Brett Lee then removed Collingwood with a catch by Ricky Ponting in the slips. Two balls later, Shane Warne took his 700th Test wicket by clean bowling Strauss, who had just reached 50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0056-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nEngland subsequently collapsed and finished all out for 159 with Warne taking a further four wickets. England had lost their final eight wickets for a mere 58 runs. When Australia commenced batting it appeared that Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden might run away with the match, and England's frustration was compounded by the rejection of a number of creditable lbw appeals. However, Flintoff restored considerable confidence when he had Langer and nightwatchman Lee caught behind on successive deliveries in the 10th over. Australia finished the day at 2/48.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0057-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nThe morning session was completely dominated by England, who collected the prize wickets of Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke for a combined total of 18 runs. Although Hayden had managed to survive despite several strong appeals, Australia looked in severe trouble at 5/84, with the unproven Andrew Symonds coming to the crease. England were, however, unable to capitalise on their advantage, and Hayden and Symonds wrested control of the match back in Australia's favour throughout most of the remaining two sessions. Hayden achieved his century just before tea, and Australia resumed the third session at 5/226. Symonds subsequently achieved his maiden Test century with a powerful six to long on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0058-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nAlthough Hayden fell late in the day for 153, swiftly followed by Adam Gilchrist (for one run), the match appeared close to irretrievable for England. At the close of play, Australia had recovered from 5/85 to reach 7/372 (a lead of 213) with Symonds and Warne still at the crease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0059-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nLike the morning session of the previous day, England initially gave themselves some grounds for optimism. The wicket of Symonds fell early and only Warne provided any resistance as the tail was cleaned up, with Australia all out for 419 (a lead of 260). The originally bowler-friendly pitch appeared to have flattened out considerably, and the total did not appear as imposing as it might have otherwise been. Unfortunately for England the four Australia bowlers gave no quarter, and England went from 0/41 to 3/49 as the pacemen ripped through the top order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0059-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nThe pressure did not relent, and ultimately England succumbed midway through the final session to be all out for a mere 161 runs. The victory margin was an innings and 99 runs, giving Ponting his first innings victory in an Ashes Test, in what was clearly England's poorest performance of the series thus far. Lee recorded his best bowling figures of the series with 4/87. Warne was named Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 5/39 and 2/46, and his resilient 40* with the bat. Warne's dismissal of Steve Harmison was also his 999th international wicket (combining Test and ODI figures), leaving him one shy of becoming only the second player in history to reach the 1,000 milestone (after Muttiah Muralitharan).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0060-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fourth Test: 26\u201328 December, Melbourne\nThis was the 100th test match to be played at the MCG. Attendance over the three days totalled 244,351 fans, which is the largest Test crowd for a match of less than five days duration. This included a crowd of 89,155 fans for day one of the fourth Test, a record for the Ashes and also a record for a Boxing Day match at the ground, just shy of the official all-time mark of 90,800 (set at the MCG when Australia played the West Indies during the 1960\u201361 season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0061-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nThe fifth Test at the SCG was the 300th Ashes Test. England made one change to their side from the fourth Test, with James Anderson coming in for Matthew Hoggard, who had suffered a side-strain. Australia named the same side that won in Melbourne. To recognise the careers of retiring Australia players Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, \"Thx Glenn\" and \"Thx Shane\" were painted on the ground in place of the \"mobile\" part of the 3 logos. When Justin Langer also announced his retirement during the match, a \"Thx Justin\" sign was painted on the ground also.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0062-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nAs in Melbourne, rain delayed the start in Sydney. When the toss finally came at 11:10 local time (00:10 UTC), England won and captain Andrew Flintoff elected to bat first. Play commenced at 11:40 local time (00:40 UTC). Andrew Strauss was dropped on 21 by Justin Langer, but was out eight runs later to an easy Adam Gilchrist catch off a miscued cut shot against Brett Lee. England reached lunch on 58/1, but Alastair Cook departed for 20 shortly after the restart when he edged a Stuart Clark delivery to Gilchrist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0063-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nKevin Pietersen then joined Ian Bell at the crease and the two batted for nearly all of the middle session, for a partnership of 108 including 70 from Bell. Shortly after tea, with England on 2/166, McGrath took Pietersen's wicket for 41 when he top-edged a pull for a Michael Hussey catch. After Paul Collingwood came to bat, Bell only lasted one more run before McGrath clean bowled him in his next over, leaving England at 4/167. Collingwood (25*) and Flintoff (42*) then steadied matters until bad light forced an early end to the day's affairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0064-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nPlay started 11\u00a0minutes earlier than normal (10:19 local time) to recover some of the time lost on the first day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0065-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nLess than a half-hour in, shortly after Flintoff got his half-century, McGrath took Collingwood's wicket off an edge to Gilchrist. Within 20\u00a0minutes, Lee took the wickets of Chris Read for two and Sajid Mahmood for a duck off consecutive balls, reducing England to 257/7. Flintoff and Steve Harmison stayed at the crease for 25 runs before Harmison was given out lbw to Clark. Just before the lunch break, Flintoff fell for 89 after trying to slog Clark but edging to Gilchrist. A clearly out-of-sorts Warne was able to pick up his 1,000th international wicket to end the England innings on 291, trapping Monty Panesar lbw for a duck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0066-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nThe Australian openers Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden started confidently, but Langer faltered on 26, gloving an Anderson ball to Read. Ponting and Hayden found batting easy against a defensive field setting until Hayden played a foolish stroke and top-edged a Harmison ball to Collingwood. Ponting appeared supremely confident against the bowling, but was undone by the fielding when an Anderson throw found him well short of his ground, and he departed for 45. Clarke was then caught behind off a sharply rising Harmison delivery. Symonds and Hussey then batted very defensively during the rain-interrupted remainder of the final session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0067-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nHussey fell in only the second over of the day to a Read catch off Anderson. With this England appeared to have made a contest of it with Australia at 5/190, still trailing by over 100 runs. But, as on so many previous occasions in the series, Australia retaliated in a fearsome manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0068-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nSymonds and Gilchrist added a steady 70 runs before Symonds saw his stumps tumble to a superb Panesar ball. Warne then joined Gilchrist at the crease and put England's bowling to the sword, with a 58 run partnership in only seven overs, including a four and six off the first two balls Warne faced. Gilchrist was given out caught behind, although replays indicated the decision was a bad one. Lee joined Warne at 7/317 but departed quickly, and Clark then delivered a sparkling tail-ender innings of 35. Warne's fairy-tale dream of a maiden Test century in his final match ended when he was easily stumped after swinging wildly at a Panesar ball, but he had earned the top-scorer mantle with 71, and England found themselves with a deficit of 102.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0069-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nThe English second innings began dismally with Cook edging to Gilchrist off Lee with the score only at 5. Hopes were faintly restored when Strauss and Bell appeared to be settling in, but after Clark trapped Strauss lbw and Bell edged Lee to Gilchrist, England were looking fragile at 3/64. Collingwood soon departed cheaply, and Flintoff was sent to the pavilion after an agonizingly close\u2014but fair\u2014stumping decision by the third umpire. Flintoff's dismissal would later prove to be the final wicket of Warne's illustrious Test career. Panesar was then sent in as nightwatchman, and survived to the end of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0070-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nAt the end of the day, England were facing the grave prospect of a 5\u20130 Ashes whitewash after closing a mere 12 runs ahead of Australia with only five wickets remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0071-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nWhatever tiny hope England had of taking the match to a fifth day was quashed on the third ball of the first over when Pietersen edged to Gilchrist off McGrath. Poor judgment led to a Panesar run-out for a duck, and England had lost two wickets in the day without scoring a run. Mahmood and Read followed shortly thereafter, and England were 9/123. Anderson and Harmison combined for a valiant 10th wicket stand of 24, before Anderson skied a McGrath delivery to midwicket. The second innings was over, and England had only managed to set a target of 46 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0072-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Matches, Fifth Test: 2\u20135 January, Sydney\nAustralia's brief second innings was paradoxically the time that England delivered some of the finest bowling of the series. Langer was given a guard of honour by the English team as he walked out to his final innings, but he was then clearly tested by a series of superb rising deliveries from Harmison. Regardless, the match outcome was inevitable, and it was Hayden who lofted a six, followed by a single, to conclude the innings, the match and the series 5\u20130 whitewash, the first since 1920/21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0073-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Post-series\nThe series was notable for the retirement of Australia's Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn and Glenn McGrath. Additionally, the Australian coach John Buchanan along with McGrath had announced prior to the Ashes series that his retirement would be effective after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 series (of one-day internationals), so that the Ashes was his last Test series as coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0074-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Post-series\nMajor concern was raised in England after a dramatic capitulation just 15 months after winning the coveted urn. As a result, many criticised Andrew Flintoff's captaincy and the resultant pressure placed on him following Michael Vaughan's injury and his own performances in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188960-0075-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ashes series, Media coverage\nCoverage of the 2006\u201307 Ashes series was broadcast as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188961-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Asia League Ice Hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 Asia League Ice Hockey season was the fourth season of Asia League Ice Hockey. Eight teams participated in the league, and the Nippon Paper Cranes won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Aston Villa F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was Villa's first season under the management of Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill, who was appointed as manager following the sacking of David O'Leary at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season\nVilla started life under Martin O'Neill strongly and were the last team in the Premier League to be beaten, going nine matches without defeat and taking points against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea away before a 3\u20131 loss at Liverpool. A run of 11 games without victory during the middle of the season dragged Villa down to 14th place, putting paid to their early-season hopes of Champions League qualification, but Villa rallied and only lost 3 of their last 15 games to finish comfortably in 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Other players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188962-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Aston Villa F.C. season, Transfers\nThe season saw Villa break its transfer record when they signed Ashley Young for \u00a38 million from Watford, heralding a new era and a strategy of signing young players with experience from the British game. The signing of Bulgarian international Stiliyan Petrov was another important manoeuvre from Martin O'Neill, who was given larger resource in comparison to his predecessors by new American owner Randy Lerner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188963-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Athletic Bilbao season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 106th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 76th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188964-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Hawks season\nThe 2006\u201307 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 39th in Atlanta. The Hawks had the fifth overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, and selected Shelden Williams out of Duke University. During the offseason, the team signed free agent Speedy Claxton and re-signed former Hawks center Lorenzen Wright. The Hawks got off to a strong start winning four of their first five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188964-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Hawks season\nHowever, the lack of talent on the court continued to weigh down the Hawks as they entered the New Year with a 9\u201320 record, including an 8-game losing streak. In January, they posted a winning record as they won 8 of their 15 games during the month. Joe Johnson averaged 25.0 points per game and was selected for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. However, after the All-Star break, Johnson would miss the remainder of the season due to calf injuries after 57 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188964-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Hawks season\nAt midseason, the team re-signed free agent, and former Hawks guard Anthony Johnson, who would play in his third stint with the Hawks, who finished last place in the Southeast Division with a 30\u201352 record, missing the playoffs for the eighth straight season. Josh Smith showed improvement averaging 16.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game, while second-year forward Marvin Williams provided the team with 13.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. This would be the final season the Hawks missed the playoffs until 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188965-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Thrashers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Atlanta Thrashers season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the off-season loss of their second-leading scorer, Marc Savard, to the Boston Bruins. Veteran centers Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the loss of Savard. With NHL superstars Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk and a healthy goaltender, Kari Lehtonen, the Thrashers clinched the first playoff berth in franchise history following the Toronto Maple Leafs' 7\u20132 loss to the New York Rangers on April 1. The Thrashers had a highly disappointing playoff series against the New York Rangers, as they were swept with losses of 4\u20133, 2\u20131, 7\u20130, and 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188965-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188965-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188965-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Thrashers season, Playoffs\nThe Thrashers qualified for the post-season for the first time in franchise history, while also capturing their first Southeast Division championship. Atlanta headed into the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs on April 18, being swept by the New York Rangers in four straight games in the Quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188965-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlanta Thrashers season, Transactions, Draft picks\nAtlanta's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Atlanta had the 12th overall draft pick in the 2005\u201306 NHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188966-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Season began on November 7, 2006 in College Park, Maryland, USA. It started when Maryland played Hampton in a non-conference game. The conference schedule began on December 3, 2006 in Charlottesville, Virginia where Virginia defeated NC State 67\u201362. Following the season the 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Tampa, Florida with North Carolina claiming the crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188966-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Players of the week\nThroughout the conference season, the ACC offices name a player and rookie of the week. The MVP of the ACC Tournament is the automatic winner of the final ACC player of the week of each season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188966-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors\nACC Conference awards were handed out at the conclusion of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 76], "content_span": [77, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188966-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors, All-Atlantic Coast Conference\nHonorable Mention:Ben McCauley, So., NCSU; James Mays, Jr., Clem. ; DeMarcus Nelson, Jr., Duke; James Gist, Jr., MD; Ekene Ibekwe, Sr., MD", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 107], "content_span": [108, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188967-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid season\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid opened a new chapter in its history with the appointment of Mexican coach Javier Aguirre, who had been successful managing Osasuna. With the club-record signing of superstarlet Sergio Ag\u00fcero as well as Mariano Pern\u00eda and Ra\u00fal Garc\u00eda, Atl\u00e9tico emulated at repeating Aguirre's recent feat of taking Osasuna to UEFA Champions League. The end result was 60 points, the best points haul in its five-season La Liga return, although this was not enough even for UEFA Cup qualification, which resulted in captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, the transfer causing fury among the support. It was the sole season that he and Sergio Ag\u00fcero played together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188967-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid season, Kit\nIn March 2006, Nike announced that the home kit for the forthcoming season will leave the usual stripes and feature halves instead, with the home kit consisting of halves in red and white and the away kit consisting of halves in navy blue and white. However, due to a massive negative reception from the fans, the club refused to use the red and white kit as their home choice. Finally, Nike decided to bring back the 2005\u201306 kit as their home choice, while both new kits will serve as away choices, depending on the color combinations used by the opposing team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 35], "content_span": [36, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188968-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Athletics Championships\nThe 2006\u201307 Australian Athletics Championships was the 85th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 9\u201311 March 2007 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Long-distance events took place separately: the 10,000 metres events was held at the Zatopek 10K on 14 December 2006 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne while the 5000 metres events were held at the Melbourne Track Classic on 2 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget\nThe 2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget for the financial year 2006\u20132007 was presented to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Jon Stanhope on 6 June 2006. Stanhope is also the Treasurer, with this budget being the first he has presented as Treasurer. Among the most-discussed elements of the budget were its planned closure of 39 schools in the Territory as part of its \"Towards 2020: Renewing Our Schools\" vision for education in the Territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget\nStanhope asserted in a Letter to the People of the ACT, that this is the \"first time in 17 years that any ACT Government has embarked on strategic and structural reform of this magnitude.\" He asserts that demographic shifts have led to 18,000 empty desks in ACT government schools and that it costs up to $10,000 more per year to educate children in schools with low enrolments, compared with a child at a school which is at or near capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget\nQuoting figures from the Commonwealth Grants Commission, Stanhope argues that \"it costs some 20% more, across the board, to deliver basic services like health and education in the ACT than the national average.\". The budget announcements have provoked strong criticism from the ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, Australian Education Union ACT branch, the ACT Opposition and members of the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Revenue\nChanges affecting revenue are designed to expand the revenue base, achieve parity with other jurisdictions where appropriate, and recover costs incurred in delivering services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 100], "content_span": [101, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Expenditure\nTotal expenses in 2006/07 are planned to be $2,886.7m. Major areas of government expenditure are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 104], "content_span": [105, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Expenditure\n$337 million will be spent on Capital Works Projects in 2006\u201307: $112.3 million for New Works announced in the 2006/07 budget and $224.7 million for Works-in-Progress, i.e. previously announced measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 104], "content_span": [105, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Revenue, expenditure and net operating balance, Net operating balance\nThe budget for 2006/07 includes a projected operating balance in $million per year over the next four years as:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 114], "content_span": [115, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Education\nIn 2006/07 the Government will spend $719.2 million on education:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Education\nThe Government proposes to make capital improvements in schools ($90m) and to spend more on school maintenance. New schools will be built in Belconnen and Gungahlin ($66m) and there will be a feasibility study for a combined college and CIT campus at Gungahlin. A further $20 million has been provided over fouryears for Information Technology services across the school system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Education\nThe Government also proposes to close significant numbers of schools over the next three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health\nIn 2006/07 the Government will spend $765.1 million on health:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health\nThere will be $41 million more spent on health, but the Government plans to slow the rate of growth in this budget from 10 per cent a year to around 6 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health\nAn extra $10 million will be spent to reduce elective surgery waiting lists over four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Health\nCanberra Hospital will become the major tertiary referral hospital, while Calvary Public Hospital will provide more specialised services.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public housing\nCriteria for allocation of Public housing has been made more stringent. Single people earning more than 60% of the average wage and couples earning more than 75% of the average wage will not be eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public housing\n500 dwellings will be sold and the money reinvested in other public housing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Police & emergency services\nThe ACT police force will be increased by 60 more police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Police & emergency services\nSurveillance in the territory will increase with a network of Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in public places and on ACTION buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Police & emergency services\nThe ACT Emergency Services Authority (ESA) will be re-absorbed into the ACT Department of Justice & Community Safety. A new emergency services headquarters at Fairbairn will be built at a cost of $17.3 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public service\nNew recruits will have employer superannuation contributions curbed at 9 per cent; compared with 15.4% for existing employees and 29% contributions towards the Chief Minister's superannuation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Public service\nThe ACT public service will be cut by 500 jobs. A new department will absorb several agencies including Environment ACT and sport and recreation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Increases in taxes and charges\nDespite the cuts in services and school closures, the average ACT household will pay around $400 more each year: rates will rise by 6 per cent and households will be charged a new fire and emergency services levy of $84.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Increases in taxes and charges\nHousehold water bills will increase in the order of $100 per year. There will be a new water fee of 30 cents per kilolitre. This fee will be added to water abstraction charges nearly doubling them to 55 cents per kilolitre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188969-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Capital Territory budget, Accounting changes\nThe Government has changed its accounting system so the Budget does not include fluctuating amounts like superannuation returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188970-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006\u201307 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Brisbane from 19 through 26 August 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of primary and intermediate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season\nOne of the most extensive bushfire seasons in Australia's history. Victoria experienced the longest continuously burning bushfire complex in Australia's history, with fires in the Victorian Alps and Gippsland burning over 1 million hectares of land over the course of 69 days. See Bushfires in Australia for an explanation of regional seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season\nThe 2006\u201307 season included the Victorian Alpine Fire Complex which was the longest running collection of bushfires in Victoria's history. On 1 December 2006, more than 70 fires were caused by lightning strikes in the Victorian Alps, many of which eventually merged to become the Great Divide Complex, which burned for 69 days across about a million hectares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season\nDespite the length of the season and amount of land burnt, the fires were contained to mostly unoccupied regions such as the Victorian Alps, national parks and remnant bushland. Evacuation plans were implemented in many small towns in these areas, a combination of these factors resulted in only one fatality as a result of the fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2006\nThree deaths and multimillion-dollar livestock and property losses in ten days of bushfires in Victoria. Fires occurred in the Stawell (Deep Lead) area in early January, and in the Yea, Moondarra,Grampians, Kinglake and Anakie regions in mid-late January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, September 2006\nOn 24 September 2006, bushfires began burning in various places in the Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven, Hawkesbury River and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, September 2006\nDeclarations under Section 44 of the Rural Fires Act, 1997 were issued by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service for the Newcastle, Hawkesbury/Baulkham, Redhead (Lake Macquarie), Shoalhaven and Wollondilly bushfires, enabling the \"Commissioner is to take charge of bush fire fighting operations and bush fire prevention measures and to take such measures as the Commissioner considers necessary to control or suppress any bush fire in any part of the State....\" Seven (7) houses were burned out, four at Picton, and also Thirlmere, and Oakdale. The wind was from the west and north-west and fed the fire conditions, hampering firefighting by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, October 2006\nOn 12 October 2006, bushfires burned through parts of Hobart's eastern shore, encouraged by strong winds and unusually high temperatures. No lives or homes were lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, November 2006\nIn late November Sydney was covered in smoke after raging fires in the Blue Mountains. One of the major fires was lit by a lightning strike near Burra Korain Head inside the Blue Mountains National Park on 13 November. Some people have suggested that the Blue Gum Forest in the Grose River valley was severely damaged by backburning, though this remains to be ascertained scientifically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, November 2006\nOn 28 November 2006, lightning strikes started 15 fires in the Riverina with the major fires west of Narrandera at Morundah and Tubbo Station were about 10\u00a0km2 of private property was burnt and Northeast of Narrandera at Colinroobie Ranges over 12\u00a0km2 of private property and bush land was burnt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, November 2006\nLarge bushfires burnt across the Pilbara for over a week forcing the closure of Karijini National Park. Over 150,000 hectares (370,658 acres) were burned out close to the National Park, the Auski Roadhouse and around Mulga Downs Station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nOn 1 December 2006, over 70 fires were caused by lightning strikes in the Victorian Alps, many of which eventually merged to become the Great Divide Fire Complex, which burned from December 2006 to February 2007 (69 days) across approximately 1 million hectares. Fifty-one houses were ultimately lost in the fires. One man died in a vehicle accident while assisting a property owner to prepare for fire impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nBy 7 February, more than 1,400 firefighters had been injured (including bruises, cuts, blisters, burns, dehydration, broken limbs and spider bites). More than 400 St John Ambulance volunteers, including doctors, nurses and first aid officers provided first aid. On 16 December, eleven New Zealand firefighters were injured while fighting the fire in the Howqua Valley in north-east Victoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nOn the week end of 9 and 10 December, 3,000 firefighters fought the blazes. Settlements at Gaffneys Creek, A1 Mine Settlement, Burns Bridge, Mount Beauty, Bright, Wandiligong and Tawonga were threatened with the fires. On 11 December 4,000 firefighters fought 13 blazes. The fire has destroyed Craig's Hut, an alpine hut that featured in the film The Man from Snowy River. In Gippsland on 14 December, eighteen homes were destroyed in the Heyfield\u2013Walhalla area in blazes believed to have been deliberately lit. A 48-year-old man was killed falling off the back of a trailer while fighting the Gippsland fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nIn South Australia, nearly 1,200\u00a0km2 was burnt at Bookmark, near Waikerie in South Australia's Riverland region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nIn Tasmania, fires burnt at St Marys on the east coast, Zeehan in the west and in the state's south at Bream Creek and Deep Bay. Fires destroyed at least 18 houses near Scamander where in excess of 175\u00a0km2 were burnt. A further four homes were lost at Four Mile Creek on 14 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nIn New South Wales, a fire near Tumut has burned over 130\u00a0km2 of pine plantation in the Bondo, Billapaloola and Buccleuch State Forests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nOn 3 December, up to 4,000 people were evacuated from Whiteman Park near Perth after a bushfire burnt through about 1\u00a0km2 of the park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, December 2006\nOn 12 December, a man in Western Australia was charged with lighting a fire in the Perth Hills. A home in Kalamunda was completely gutted and several were damaged by flying embers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nIn January 2007, several new bushfires were burning in the Gippsland region of Victoria. By 18 January, the fires had been burning across Victoria for 48 days and over 10,000\u00a0km2 had been burnt. Homes and other property and stock was lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nThere was a significant fire in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, near the towns of Kangarilla and Echunga, the Mount Bold Reservoir, and in parts of Kuitpo Forest. See \u00a0: Mount Bold Fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nAn arsonist lit at least thirteen fires in the eastern hills near Harrogate, but most were contained with minimal damage to property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nOn the 16th a bushfire burning out of control near the town of Benalla in Victoria's North East caused power to be cut to much of the state when ash and smoke severed major transmission powerlines connecting Victoria to the national power grid. The 40\u00a0\u00b0C temperature caused a huge demand for power which, when paired with the severing of the line, forced power company's to impose rolling blackouts across the state, including power loss to parts of Melbourne which resulted in traffic problems across the city. Full power was restored at approximately 12:30\u00a0am the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nOn 17 January, fires crossed the Murray River into New South Wales and threatened Thredbo. With the fire 12\u00a0km from the town, 700 tourists were evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nOn 21 January, a large fire began near the F3 Freeway (Freeway which connects Central Coast to Sydney), this resulted in its closure due to the intensity of the flames and smoke levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, January 2007\nOn 22 January, the fire broke containment lines and headed north thanks to wind levels and hot conditions, the fire also caused the closure of the Pacific Highway and train line. The suburb of Berowra also came under direct threat with residents urged at the time to prepare their properties. The railway station and a train that had stopped there came perilously close to being consumed by the bushfire. Later on 22 January, the fire front was slowly contained, allowing all three avenues to re-open by nightfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188971-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian bushfire season, Timeline, February 2007\nBy the morning of 7 February, the fire complex in eastern Victoria was declared contained. Lasting 69 days and having merged to burn a total of 1,154,828 hectares, the bushfires were the longest in Victoria's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season\nThe 2006\u201307 Australian cricket season is made up of three domestic competitions for the men; the first-class Pura Cup, the List A Ford Ranger One Day Cup and the Twenty20 competition KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The women compete in the Women's National Cricket League, although Tasmania does not have a first-class women's team. The season started on 11 October 2006 with a domestic Ford Ranger One Day Cup match between Queensland and Tasmania, and culminated with the World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka on 28 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season\nThe international season started with the Champions Trophy in October and November, followed by the 5-Test match Ashes series and a single Twenty20 match against England until early January. The English tour was followed by the 2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, an ODI triangular series against England and New Zealand which lasted until mid February. Later in the summer, Australia toured New Zealand, playing for the 2006\u201307 Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy, and competed in the World Cup in March and April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, Ashes\nThe 2006\u201307 cricket series between Australia and England for the Ashes was played in Australia between 23 November 2006 and 5 January 2007. The five Test matches were at Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Australia won the series 5\u20130, the first whitewash victory in 86 years, and regained the ashes that were held by England after its win in 2005. Australia also won the Twenty20 International.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, Commonwealth Bank Series\nAustralia was a clear winner in the round robin stage, with 7 wins and only 1 loss, but lost against England in the best-of-3 series final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 96], "content_span": [97, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy\n3 ODI matches between Australia and New Zealand to be held in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 94], "content_span": [95, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season, International tours and tournaments, World Cup\nThe premier One Day International tournament was held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April. Australia topped their group in the competition, defeating Scotland, the Netherlands and South Africa along the way. They remained undefeated throughout the Super 8 stage of the competition and again topped the group table. They defeated South Africa in the semi-final and went on to complete an unbeaten tournament with victory over Sri Lanka in a rain-affected final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188972-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian cricket season, Domestic competitions, Tables\nFor an explanation of the points system for the Pura Cup, please see Pura Cup#Points system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season\nThe 2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season was a below average tropical cyclone season. It began on 1 November 2006 and ended on 30 April 2007; however, Tropical Cyclone Pierre formed on 17 May, after the official end date. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, which runs from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season\nTropical cyclones in this area are monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Isobel\nAn area of increased thunderstorm activity south of Indonesia was first spotted on 29 December 2006, when the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) noted that a weak tropical low could develop in the area. Late on 31 December, the BOM began issuing advisories on the tropical low. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system early on 2 January 2007, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth upgraded it to a tropical cyclone later that morning, naming it Isobel. The JTWC followed suit and designated the system Tropical Cyclone 07S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Isobel\nIsobel was downgraded to a tropical low shortly after landfall over the Eighty Mile Beach on 3 January and advisories were stopped at 0600 UTC that morning. The remnants of Isobel merged with a deep low-pressure system near the southern coast of Western Australia, dumping 100\u00a0mm of torrential rain, in what was dubbed a \"perfect storm\". The extratropical system halted mining operations and unleashed winds of up to 120\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Isobel\nAfter the system dissipated, the BOM de-classified Isobel as a tropical cyclone as post-storm analysis showed that it did not have a well enough defined center to qualify as a tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Nelson\nOn 30 January, a tropical low was identified by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Darwin. It deepened as it moved east just north of the Northern Territory coastline and a cyclone watch was declared for eastern parts of the Northern Territory on 31 January. Cyclone warnings were issued on 1 February in the same area, while cyclone watches extended to most areas surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the developing low on 1 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Nelson\nHowever, this was cancelled on 3 February after the low showed no signs of developing. The low tracked to the southwest and approached the southern coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, before moving eastwards towards Queensland. On 5 February, the JTWC reissued their TCFA on the system, while the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane upgraded the system to tropical cyclone status, naming it Nelson, as well as issuing cyclone warnings for the Queensland coast surrounding the Gulf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0004-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Nelson\nThe cyclone intensified to a Category\u00a02 on the Australian scale late on 6 February and peaked while crossing the coast with gusts reaching 140\u00a0km/h (85\u00a0mph). Nelson was once forecast to reintensify in the Coral Sea and the east Queensland coast faced a cyclone watch for the first time this season. However, Nelson was later declared dissipated over southwestern Cape York Peninsula while a new low was detected just off Cairns on 6 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, TCWC Brisbane Tropical Low\nJust east of the remnants of Nelson, a tropical low was detected on 6 February. The low absorbed the moisture from Nelson as it moved slowly away from the coast. On 7 February, the TCWC in Brisbane issued their last tropical cyclone advisory. In that advisory they noted that low would gradually intensify over the next 24 to 48 hours, however it was not expected to develop into a tropical cyclone until it was well away from the coast of Australia. On 8 February, the low continued to move to the east southeast but was in an unfavourable environment for intensification. The TCWC in Brisbane stopped issuing ocean wind warnings on the system on 9 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Odette\nOn 2 March, the TCWC in Brisbane, Queensland started issuing tropical cyclone advisories on a tropical low east of 150\u00b0E, which had formed in a monsoon trough. With the first advice, a cyclone watch was immediately declared for the Queensland coast between Ayr and St Lawrence, and TCWC Brisbane upgraded the low to Tropical Cyclone Odette on 3 March. Cyclone advisories were discontinued later that day when Odette remained near stationary in the Coral Sea. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center on that day issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Odette\nEarly on 4 March, the JTWC cancelled the TCFA as Odette encountered high vertical wind shear in the Coral Sea. However, the system was still causing rough seas and swells along the coast of Queensland. Later that day, the BOM reported that there were no more ship observations of gales near the centre of the storm, and downgraded Odette to a tropical low noting that redevelopment was unlikely. On 6 March, the TCWC in Brisbane, Queensland noted the potential for redevelopment, and the remnants of Odette passed into the area of responsibility of RSMC Nadi early the next day. However, redevelopment did not occur, and tropical disturbance advisories were discontinued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Odette\nOdette was subsequently downgraded below tropical cyclone intensity by the warning agency in Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George\nA tropical low that had been centered over land in the Northern Territory's Top End since 27 February started showing signs of development, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Darwin initiated tropical cyclone advisories on 2 March while the low was still inland. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system later that day, and designated it Tropical Cyclone 17S the next day as it emerged into water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George\nLater on 3 March, TCWC Darwin upgraded the low to a tropical cyclone, naming it George, the first name used from the Darwin list since Fay in March 2004. George continued to strengthen, and was upgraded to a Category 2 tropical cyclone. It made landfall on 4 March in the Kimberley region of Western Australia on the western coast of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. The tropical cyclone weakened and the BOM downgraded it to a tropical low after it moved over land, but this weakening was short lived however, as it almost immediately reintensified into a Category\u00a01 tropical cyclone when it started to move off the Kimberley coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George\nThe Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth began monitoring the re-developed cyclone as it moved westward. Initially, poor organisation inhibited any strengthening, but George moved into more favourable conditions and quickly reorganised itself, becoming a severe tropical cyclone on 7 March. The severe cyclone turned abruptly to the south later that day, moving closer to the Pilbara coast, while growing significantly in size. As George continued to move southwards towards Bedout Island on 8 March, George was upgraded a Category\u00a04 cyclone with 10-min sustained winds of 105\u00a0knots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George\nPost analysis, however, lifted George's peak intensity to 110\u00a0knots just before it made landfall, and George was upgraded to a Category\u00a05 cyclone. Cyclone George made landfall just east of Port Hedland at around 10\u00a0pm WDT (1300 UTC) on that day while it was still at its peak intensity and a minimum pressure of 902 hPa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George\nThe JTWC issued its final warning on George early the next day as it was barely hanging on to Category\u00a03 tropical cyclone status. George weakened slowly while over land and it was downgraded to a Category\u00a02 late on 9 March. The next day TCWC in Perth issued its final warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone George\nCyclone George was the most powerful cyclone to hit Port Hedland since Cyclone Joan in 1975. Three people were killed and twenty-eight others were injured as a result of the severe cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob\nA tropical low formed in the Timor Sea off the Kimberley coast on 2 March and moved slowly in a westerly direction. It intensified slowly and was not expected to develop to a tropical cyclone. However, on early 7 March, convection improved slightly around the system, and the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth named it Jacob as it intensified to tropical cyclone status. A cyclone watch was immediately issued for Christmas Island, as Jacob moved to the west northwest closer to the island. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated the system Tropical Cyclone 18S on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob\nJacob was also upgraded to a Category 2 tropical cyclone by the TCWC in Perth. Jacob continued to strengthen into a Category\u00a03 severe tropical cyclone on 8 March, but weakened shortly after back to a Category\u00a02. Jacob slowed down its movement during the day and began to move eastward away from Christmas Island, therefore, cyclone warnings were cancelled. Jacob restrengthened to a Category\u00a03 on 9 March and accelerated to the southeast towards the Australian mainland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0013-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Jacob\nAfter just being hit by Severe Tropical Cyclone George the night before, TCWC Perth began issuing cyclone watches for Cyclone Jacob for the entire Pilbara coast later that day. The next day, Jacob once again weakened to a Category\u00a02 tropical cyclone. The Bureau of Meteorology forecast Jacob to intensify to a Category\u00a03 cyclone again before landfall, but this did not materialise and Jacob instead weakened further to a Category\u00a01 cyclone on 11 March. Jacob weakened into a tropical low shortly after making landfall east of Port Hedland, Western Australia on 12 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 80], "content_span": [81, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Kara\nOn 24 March, TCWC Perth started issuing tropical cyclone advisories on a developing tropical low that had moved off land into waters off the Kimberley coast. It gained sizeable organisation, and the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert early on 25 March. Several hours later, it was named Tropical Cyclone Kara, with scatterometer readings of 40\u00a0knots to the south of the system. Kara intensified quickly, and the BOM upgraded it to Category\u00a02 on the Australian scale later that day, then to a severe tropical cyclone early on 26 March. It then underwent rapid development, due to its small size and a favourable environment, and reached Category\u00a03 severe tropical cyclone strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Kara\nAt this point, the Bureau of Meteorology had high uncertainty regarding the cyclone's future track, which generally pointed Kara to move southwards towards the Western Australian coast. Therefore, cyclone watches and warnings were issued for the entire Pilbara coast, extending as far east as Broome. The cyclone reached peak intensity late on 26 March, and began to rapidly weaken the next day due to increasing wind shear. The JTWC issued its last advisory on the evening of 27 March, and TCWC Perth followed suit early on 28 March as Kara dissipated near Eighty Mile Beach in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Pierre\nEarly on 16 May, slightly more than two weeks after the official end to the Australian cyclone season, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane identified a tropical low east-southeast of Papua New Guinea. The low organised quickly in the Soloman Sea, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on it several hours later. TCWC Brisbane named the system Tropical Cyclone Pierre early the next day. The JTWC issued its first advisory on Tropical Cyclone 24P several hours later, as the cyclone moved westward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Pierre\nLater that day, Pierre encountered increased wind shear and dry air, disrupting the system and inhibiting its development. These unfavourable conditions eventually caused the system to lose its convection and degenerate into a tropical low shortly before making landfall in Papua New Guinea. After that, Ex-Tropical Cyclone Pierre entered the northern part of the Coral Sea and threatened to produce heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts across Cape York Peninsula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188973-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems\nDuring 25 March, TCWC Brisbane started monitoring a tropical low that was located about 390\u00a0km (240\u00a0mi) to the south-west of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Over the next day the system moved south-eastwards in an area of low vertical wind shear and moved into the South Pacific basin where the Fiji Meteorological Service started monitoring it as Tropical Depression 13F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup\nThe Austrian Cup 2006\u201307 was the seventy-third season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It started on July 28, 2006 with the first game of the Preliminary Round. The final was held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna on 1 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup\nThe teams representing Austria in European competitions (Austria Wien, Red Bull Salzburg, FC Pasching and SV Mattersburg) received a bye to the third round of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup\nThe competition was won by Austria Vienna after beating SV Mattersburg 2\u20131. It was the 26th Austrian Cup title for the team from Vienna and the third in a row. Austria Vienna also qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007\u201308 in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup, Preliminary round\nThe Preliminary Round involved 60 amateur clubs from all regional federations, divided into smaller groups according to the Austrian federal states. Thirty games were played between July 28 and August 15, 2006, with the winners advancing to the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup, First round\nThe first round games were played on September 12 \u2013 13, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup, Second round\nThe second round games were played on October 17 \u2013 24, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup, Third round\nThe third round games were played on November 14 \u2013 21, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188974-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Cup, Semi final\nThe games were played on 3 and 4 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 77]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188975-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Football Bundesliga\nThe 2006\u201307 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 95th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition is officially called T-Mobile Bundesliga, named after the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season started on 18 July 2006, and the 36th and last round of matches took place on 20 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188975-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Results\nTeams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188976-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Football First League\nThe 2006\u201307 Austrian First League (known as the Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 33rd Second division season. In this season, the league was expanded to 12 teams from the previous season's number of 10 teams. This meant that the previous Promotion/Relegation Play-off system no longer existed and all three Regionalliga Champions would now be automatically promoted while the bottom three finishers in the First League would now be relegated directly as well. Games for this season began on the 1 August 2006 and concluded on the 25 May 2007 with the Champions LASK Linz winning the League by a comfortable 13 points over second placed, SC Schwanenstadt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188977-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Austrian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Austrian Hockey League season was the 77th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Eight teams participated in the league, and EC Red Bull Salzburg won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188978-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azadegan League, Promotion playoffs, Second Legs\nPegah Gilan and Shirin Faraz advance to the Persian Gulf Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188978-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azadegan League, 2nd stage promotion playoffs, Second Legs June 16\nFoolad and Rah Ahan play each other for final Persian Gulf Cup spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188978-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azadegan League, 2nd stage promotion playoffs, Final Leg\nRah Ahan FC remains in the Persian Gulf Cup while Foolad FC is relegated to the Azadegan League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188979-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup\nThe Azerbaijan Cup 2006\u201307 was the 15th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan with the final taking place on 27 May 2007. Sixteen teams competed in this year's competition. Qaraba\u011f were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188979-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, Preliminary round\nThe first legs were played on the 6 September with the seconds leg taking place on 9 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188979-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, First round\nThe first legs were played on September 11 and 12 while the second legs were played on October 16 and 17, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188979-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on November 19 and 20 while the second legs were played on December 1 and 2, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188979-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on February 25 and 26 while the second legs were played on March 3, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188979-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on April 11 and 12, 2007. The second legs were played on April 21 and 22, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188980-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Top League\n2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Premier League was the fifteenth season of top-tier football in Azerbaijan. The season started with 14 teams, but ended with 13 after FK G\u00e4nc\u00e4 were excluded. FK Baku were the defending champions with the season began on 5 August 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007. At the end of the season the league was dissolved and replaced by the Azerbaijan Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188980-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Top League, Teams\nMOIK Baku and G\u00f6yazan Qazax were relegated after finishing the previous season in 13th and 14th place. They were replaced by Gilan Q\u00e4b\u00e4l\u00e4 and Simurq Zaqatala from the Azerbaijan First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188980-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Top League, Teams, Stadia and locations\n1Karabakh played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188981-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 B Group\nThe 2006\u201307 B Group was the 52nd season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 12 August 2006 and finished on 2 June 2007 with the A Group promotion play-off between the runners-up from both divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188982-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bahraini Premier League, Overview\nIt was contested by 12 teams, and Muharraq Club won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188983-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bangladeshi cricket season\nThe 2006\u201307 Bangladeshi cricket season featured a Test series between Bangladesh and India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188983-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bangladeshi cricket season, Test series\nIndia played 2 Test matches and 3 limited overs internationals, winning one Test and two internationals. The remaining Test was drawn and the third international was abandoned due to torrential rain. For information about this tour, see: Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188984-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barangay Ginebra Kings season\nThe 2006\u201307 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188984-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barangay Ginebra Kings season, Key dates\nAugust 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188985-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barnsley F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188985-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary\nDuring the early stages of the season, Ritchie was approached by Sheffield Wednesday about their vacant manager's position, following the sacking of Paul Sturrock in October 2006. However, the request was turned down by the club. Ritchie was sacked by Barnsley on 21 November 2006, with the team in the relegation zone of the League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188985-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary\nSimon Davey was then appointed caretaker manager following Ritchie's dismissal. After a successful start he was given the job on a permanent basis at the end of the year, and later led the club to a successful fight against relegation at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188985-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188985-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188986-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Barys Astana season\nThe 2006\u201307 Barys Astana season was the 8th season in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and the 3rd season in the First League of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship, in parallel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188987-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Basketball League of Serbia\nThe 2006\u201307 Basketball League of Serbia season was the 1st season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It was also 63rd national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188987-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Basketball League of Serbia, Regular season, Super League standings\nP=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season\nThe Bavarian ice hockey league season 2006-07 started on 20 October 2006 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 23 March 2007 with the third league final. It saw the EHF Passau take out the Bavarian title. The EHF, along with the runner-up Deggendorfer SC were accepted into the Oberliga for the 2007-08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season\nNo team remained undefeated all season or managed to suffer only one loss. Three clubs hold the joint record of two defeats only, those being the VER Selb, Wanderers Germaring and ESV Gebensbach. Also, three clubs remained winless all season, those being the EV Bruckberg, TSV Trostberg II and EC Pfaffenhofen II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Champions\nThe three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bayernliga, Play-Offs\nAll rounds of the play-offs were carried out in a best-of-three modus. The winner of the final was crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bayernliga, Play-Downs\nBoth rounds were played in a best-of-three modus. The losing semi-finalists are relegated to the Landesligas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga\nThe four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the top four clubs who entered the promotion round. The promotion round groups were mixed, with one club each from the four divisions. The bottom four entered a relegation round with the last club from there being relegated to the Bezirksliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga\nThe winner of each of the four promotion rounds entered the Landesliga finals. The two winners of the semi finals were promoted to the Bayernliga. Because two teams from the Bayernliga were promoted to the Oberliga and none relegated, an additional two promotion spots became available and in the end all four finalists were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Landesliga, Relegation round\nThe bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga\nThe four regional division played out a home-and-away round to determined the league winner. The four league champions are nominally promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188988-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bavarian ice hockey season, Bezirksliga, Championship round\nThe Bezirksliga championship was decided in a home-and-away round with the club with the best aggregate score taking out the series. Nominally, all four teams are already promoted to the Landesliga, however, the VfL Denklingen was not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188989-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 German football season, Bayer 04 Leverkusen competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188989-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Season summary\nLeverkusen repeated the previous season's fifth-placed finish, qualifying again for the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188989-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188989-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup\n2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup was the 16th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup, First round\n15 teams from the Second League (out of 17, excluding two teams which were reserve squads for Premier and First League teams), 10 teams from the First League (out of 14) and 3 amateur clubs started in this round. The games were played on 2 and 5 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup, First round\n4 First League clubs received a bye to the Round of 32: Zvezda-BGU Minsk (relegated from the Premier League after 2005 season), Mozyr-ZLiN (a merger of Slavia Mozyr who relegated from Premier League and ZLiN Gomel, who finished 4th in 2005 First League), Smorgon (3rd place in 2005 First League) and Minsk, a new club which took over the licence from Smena Minsk (5th in 2005 First League).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32\n14 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League and four First League clubs who received a bye to this round. The games were played on 10 and 13 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16\nThe games were played as two-legged ties. The first legs were played on 20 September 2006. The second legs were played on 4 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on April 1, 2007. The second legs were played on April 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188990-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on April 10, 2007. The second legs were played on May 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188991-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belarusian Extraliga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 15th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. 11 teams participated in the league, and HC Dinamo Minsk won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188992-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian Cup\nThe Belgian Cup 2006\u201307 was the 52nd staging of the Belgian Cup which is the main knock-out football competition in Belgium, won by Club Brugge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188992-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian Cup, Matches, Round 6\nTeams from the first division enter the competition at this stage except for the newly promoted team, Mons, who had to start in round four and immediately lost against U.R.S. du Centre. The teams from the first division that enter at this stage are seeded and can't meet each other, except for the team that ended in 17th position last season, Lierse. Apart from the 17 teams directly qualified, 15 other teams had qualified through winning in the fifth round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188993-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian First Division\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Belgian First Division began on July 28, 2006, and concluded on May 19, 2007. The championship was decided in the penultimate round on May 12, 2007, when Anderlecht moved five points clear of runners-up Genk to retain the title and win their 29th League Championship. At the other end of the table, the struggle to avoid automatic relegation went on until the final round, and it was Lierse who eventually prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188993-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian First Division\nHaving spent the entire season at the bottom of the standings and only just managing to close an eleven-point gap up to 17th, the Lier side won their last game to climb past Beveren and send the latter down to the Second Division. However, Lierse went on to lose the playoffs and was relegated anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188993-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian First Division, Clubs\nEighteen teams played in the 2006-07 first division. Twelve teams were from Flanders, four clubs from Wallonia and just two clubs from the Brussels-Capital Region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188993-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian First Division, Clubs, New teams\nLa Louvi\u00e8re had been relegated at the end of the previous season with Mons replacing them as they won the Belgian Second Division. Lierse had managed to win the promotion playoff and thus they remained in the first division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188994-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Belgian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Belgian Hockey League season was the 87th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Seven teams participated in the league, and the White Caps Turnhout won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188996-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Be\u015fikta\u015f' 49th season in the top-flight of the Turkish football league and their 104th year in existence. They finished 2nd place in the Turkish Super League behind Fenerbah\u00e7e, earning a berth in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. They won their 7th Turkish Cup by defeating Kayseri Erciyesspor 1\u20130 in extra time. They also defeated Galatasaray 1\u20130 to win the Turkish Super Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage in the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup by finishing 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188996-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188996-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188996-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. season, Turkish Cup\nAfter finishing in the top four of the previous season's S\u00fcper Lig, Be\u015fikta\u015f qualified for the group stages. Be\u015fikta\u015f was placed in Group D, along with MKE Ankarag\u00fcc\u00fc, Bucaspor, \u00c7aykur Rizespor and Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi. Be\u015fikta\u015f finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188997-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season lasted from 29 November 2006 to 18 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188997-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup\nThis article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC\u00a01\u20139), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2007 World Championships (held between WC\u00a06 and\u00a07, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188997-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar\nBelow is the World Cup calendar for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188997-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup, Retirements\nFollowing notable biathletes retired during or after the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics\nThe 2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics gives a detailed tabular account of the accumulating Biathlon World Cup scores and related rankings of the top 30 biathletes in the Total (Overall) World Cup, and the top 15 in each of the Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start Cups, as well as the top 10 nations in the Relay Cup and top 15 in the Nation Cup, for the duration of the 2006-07 World Cup season, including the 2007 Biathlon World Championships, which counted as usual in the World Cup scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics\nFor top 10 result listings and short summaries of all the season's World Cup races, please see the parent article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Total\n24 of 27 races count towards the final standings. The top 30 are listed, along with those who finished top six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Individual\n3 of 4 races count towards the final standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Sprint\n9 of 10 races count towards the final standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single races", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Pursuit\n7 of 8 races count towards the final standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who finished top six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Mass start\n4 of 5 races count towards the final total. The top 15 are listed, along with those who finished top six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 72], "content_span": [73, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Relay\nFour of the five relays counted towards the aggregate total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Nations\nOnly sprint, individual and relay events count towards the Nations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Men's Overall Results, Nations\nThe top three of five relays and the top 12 of 14 individual or sprint races count towards the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Total\n24 of 27 races count in the overall standings. The top 30 are listed, along with those with a top-six placing in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Individual\nThree of four races count towards the overall standings. The list includes the top 15 skiers and those with a top-six placing at an individual event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Sprint\n9 of 10 races count towards the overall standings. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top-six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Pursuit\n7 of 8 races count towards the individual standings. The top 15 skiers are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Mass start\n4 of 5 races count towards the final total. The top 15 are listed, along with those who placed top six in a single race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Relay\nFour of five relays counted in the overall standings. The top ten teams are listed, as well as those who achieved a top-six placing this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Nations\nOnly sprint, individual and relay events count towards the Nations Cup. Thus the numbers along the top row in this table do not correspond to the numbers on the total standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188998-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Biathlon World Cup statistics, Women's Overall Results, Nations\nThe top three of five relays and the top 12 of 14 individual or sprint races count towards the final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188999-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nThe 2006\u201307 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season began with the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. The season marked the 102nd season of Big Ten play. Ohio State won the Big Ten Conference regular season championship by two games over Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Alando Tucker was named Big Ten Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188999-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nOhio State also won the Big Ten Tournament by defeating Wisconsin. As a result of the win, Ohio State received the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Six Big Ten teams (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin) were invited to the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State advanced to the National Championship game before losing to Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188999-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season\nMichigan received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament and lost in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188999-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Conference honors\nTwo sets of conference award winners are recognized by the Big Ten \u2013 one selected by league coaches and one selected by the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00188999-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2007 NBA Draft\nThe following Big Ten players were selected in the 2007 NBA Draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 104th consecutive season played in the English football league system, their 46th in the second tier of English football, and their first season at that level under the name of the Football League Championship. Managed by Steve Bruce, Birmingham were promoted back to the Premier League after just one season in the Championship. They reached the fourth round of both the 2006\u201307 FA Cup and League Cup. The 2006\u201307 season also marked the 100th anniversary of the first match held at their St Andrew's stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season\nGary McSheffrey was top scorer with 16 goals, of which 13 were scored in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review\nBirmingham returned straight back to the Premier League by finishing second in The Championship thereby gaining automatic promotion. The team had started the season inconsistently leaving them in ninth position after the 0\u20131 defeat to Norwich City on 17 November. This led to supporters calling for the sacking of manager Steve Bruce, but the board held firm and the team pulled themselves around. The year finished with Birmingham topping the table by nine points after dropping only seven points in 15 games since the defeat against Norwich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review\nBoxing Day saw the centenary of the opening of St Andrew's. Queens Park Rangers were the team to visit on the historic day, and Birmingham marked the occasion by defeating their rivals 2\u20131. Many fans also hoped that the 'curse of the gypsies' would finally be dispelled from the stadium, and at last the team could make their mark on English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review\nThe FA Cup saw Birmingham overturn Newcastle United away from home that was undoubtedly the result of the season. Goals from Gary McSheffrey, Bruno Ngotty, Sebastian Larsson, DJ Campbell, and an own goal by former Aston Villa midfielder Nolberto Solano gave Birmingham a 5\u20131 victory at St James' Park. Blues went on to lose in the next round to Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review\nBirmingham once again returned to some inconsistent form, but a run of good results after the Easter games against Burnley and Barnsley saw them climb back to the top of the table with one game to go, and after Crystal Palace beat Derby County, promotion was secured. The only thing left to be sorted out was who would win the league, Birmingham or Sunderland? Blues had a one-point lead, but after a defeat to Preston North End and a victory for Sunderland, Blues were confined to finishing second. But promotion back to the big time was secured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, Season review\nThe end of season awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, saw Stephen Clemence win the player of the season and players' player of the season awards. Fabrice Muamba was chosen young player of the season, and Krystian Pearce was the Academy player of the season. Sebastian Larsson's goal against Sheffield Wednesday on 28 April was chosen goal of the season, and the breakthrough award, sponsored by the local radio station, went to goalkeeper Colin Doyle, whose penalty save against Wolverhampton Wanderers in April earned him the \"magic moment\" award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, FA Cup\nBirmingham reached the fourth round of the 2006\u201307 FA Cup before losing to Reading of the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189000-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Birmingham City F.C. season, League Cup\nBirmingham reached the fourth round of the 2006\u201307 League Cup before losing to Liverpool of the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189001-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189001-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nA run of only 5 wins from their first 18 games killed off Blackburn's hopes of improving on the previous season's 6th place to qualify for the Champions League, but the club's form was markedly improved in the second half of the season, NLP expert Jimmy Petruzzi had delivered an NLP training workshop to the coaches during Blackburn Rovers loss of form and coincided with the club turning their season around achieving a top-half finish for the second season running. Rovers overcame the sale of Craig Bellamy to Liverpool, with his replacement, former Porto striker Benni McCarthy, scoring 18 league goals to finish as the Premier League's second-highest scorer behind Didier Drogba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189001-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a history of European underachievement, Rovers had a relatively successful UEFA Cup campaign, beating Red Bull Salzburg in the first round and topping Group E in the next stage, before succumbing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 32. The club continued their recent habit of reaching cup semi-finals to be eliminated by the cup winners, being knocked out of the FA Cup semi-final by eventual winners Chelsea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189001-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189001-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189001-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 99th season (96th consecutive) in the Football League. It was also their fifth consecutive season in the third tier of English football. They finished third, and were promoted via the play-offs to The Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season\nAndy Morrell was the club's top scorer, with twenty goals (sixteen in the league, three in the FA Cup and one in the League Trophy).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool's league season began on 5 August 2006, with a long trip to Brentford. Olafur Ingi Skulason's 74th-minute strike \u2014 what turned out to be his only goal of the season \u2014 gave all three points to the hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nThree days later, Blackpool faced Nottingham Forest in an evening game at Bloomfield Road. A double from Forest's Jack Lester, one in either half, sealed a win for the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nAnother home game followed on 12 August, against Rotherham United. A single goal, scored by Will Hoskins in the 78th minute, gave the U's the points, and left Blackpool without a point from a possible nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool's second away game, at Bristol City on 19 August, provided them with their first win. Goals from Scott Vernon (27'), Michael Jackson (50'), Keigan Parker (77') and Danny Graham (89') gave the Tangerines a 4\u20132 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nLeague Cup duties began on 22 August, and Barnsley travelled to the Fylde Coast for what turned out to be a long affair. The score was tied 1\u20131 at the end of normal time, Scott Vernon's 70th-minute goal cancelling out Robbie Williams' earlier penalty. The match went to extra time, during which each side scored one more goal \u2014 Vernon, in the final minute, again equalising proceedings. To penalties it went, and Barnsley came out on top 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nFocus returned to the league, and on 26 August Gillingham were the visitors to Bloomfield Road. The Gills took the lead after just three minutes, through Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu. Scott Vernon again came to the Seasiders' rescue with a goal, scored ten minutes before the break, and 1\u20131 was how the scoreline remained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nInto September, and Blackpool travelled to the New Den to face Millwall on the second of the month and returned with another point in a goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nAnother away game a week later saw the Tangerines return empty-handed from Port Vale. Keith Southern's last-minute goal halving Vale's lead established by Leon Constantine and Akpo Sodje.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool welcomed Chesterfield to town on 12 September. Simon Gillett, who arrived at the club the previous month on a three-month loan from Southampton, opened the scoring after 33 minutes; however, Kevan Hurst equalised on the hour-mark, and the game finished 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nOldham were the next visitors to Bloomfield Road, on 16 September, and held Blackpool to their fourth stalemate in five games. Scott Vernon opened the scoring four minutes before half time. The score was brought level twenty minutes after the interval by former Blackpool midfielder Richie Wellens. Oldham then took the lead on 72 minutes through Chris Porter, but substitute Andy Morrell saved the home side's blushes with an equaliser in injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nFor their tenth league game, on 23 September, Blackpool returned to the road and travelled to South Yorkshire to face Doncaster Rovers. They kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nThe Seasiders travelled north to Carlisle United the following midweek. Goals from former Blackpool loanee Chris Lumsdon and Karl Hawley gave the Cumbrians victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nOn 30 September, Blackpool faced Leyton Orient at Bloomfield Road. Andy Morrell opened the scoring after 21 minutes, and that's how matters remained for the next hour. On 81 minutes, Orient were reduced to ten men when Adam Tann was sent off. Wes Hoolahan converted the resulting penalty, and Keigan Parker found the net four minutes later for Blackpool's third and final goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool travelled to the south coast on 8 October to face Brighton & Hove Albion, and recorded their second successive win, again by a 3\u20130 margin. Keith Southern scored his second goal of the season after seventeen minutes, and a double by Scott Vernon (61' and 87'), either side of Alexandre Frutos's dismissal for the home side, sealed the three points for the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nSix days later, Blackpool hosted Yeovil Town. Scott Vernon's 56th-minute opener was equalised by Marcus Stewart four minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nCrewe Alexandra were the opponents the following weekend, and Blackpool returned to Lancashire the victors after a 2\u20131 victory over Dario Gradi's men. Andy Morrell's third-minute strike was cancelled out by Nicky Maynard after 67 minutes. Shaun Barker scored the winner in injury time for Blackpool, who had Simon Gillett dismissed ten minutes earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nOn 28 October, Bradford City were the visitors to Bloomfield Road. David Fox scored the game's first goal after 38 minutes. Wes Hoolahan doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time from the penalty spot. Twenty minutes into the second half, Keigan Parker made it three without reply, and added another six minutes later. The Bantams scored what proved to be a consolation goal six minutes from time, before having Joe Brown sent off in injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nCup action intervened on 31 October, this time the League Trophy, and Blackpool travelled to Accrington Stanley. Simon Gillett opened the scoring just after the half-hour mark, only to see Ian Craney bring Stanley level a minute before the break. Shaun Barker restored the Seasiders' lead on 54 minutes, but this was again cancelled out by Andy Todd five minutes later. The hosts took the lead for the first time, through Paul Mullin, after 64 minutes, but Ben Burgess restored parity with his first goal of the season fifteen minutes from time. Burgess doubled his tally ten minutes later, and Robbie Williams tied the game at 4\u20134 in injury time. The game went to a penalty shootout, which Stanley won 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBack in the league, Blackpool travelled to Northampton Town on 4 November. Andy Morrell put the Tangerines ahead after twenty minutes. Blackpool maintained their lead until just after the hour mark, when Eoin Jess pulled the scores level. The match ended 1\u20131, Blackpool's seventh draw of the league season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool's FA Cup campaign began in Huddersfield on 11 November. Wes Hoolahan's 70th-minute penalty was enough to see the Seasiders through to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool and Huddersfield met again, this time in the league, seven days later at Bloomfield Road. Keigan Parker (20') and Keith Southern (30') put the hosts 2\u20130 up, before future 'Pool player Gary Taylor-Fletcher pulled one back for Town on the stroke of half-time. Andy Morrell put the game out of reach for Blackpool on the hour mark. Goalkeeper Paul Rachubka, who was on Huddersfield's bench for both games, joined Blackpool on loan in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nOn 24 November, Simon Grayson's men made the short trip down the coast to face Tranmere Rovers. Former Blackpool loan player Chris Greenacre put Rovers ahead inside two minutes. Steve Davies extended the lead on 67 minutes, and Blackpool's seven-game unbeaten league run was ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nThe FA Cup intervened again on 2 December, and Blackpool travelled to face MK Dons for their second-round tie. Keigan Parker put Blackpool ahead after half an hour, and Andy Morrell doubled their lead just after the break. Blackpool progressed to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nCheltenham Town were the visitors to Bloomfield Road for a league game on 5 December. Damian Spencer gave Town the lead after thirteen minutes, but Andy Morrell (29') and Wes Hoolahan (80') combined to give the Tangerines all three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nFour days later, Swansea City travelled to the seaside. Carl Dickinson's 21st-minute own goal gave the Swans the lead. Scott Vernon levelled proceedings with just seven minutes left on the referee's watch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool travelled to Scunthorpe United on 15 December, and recorded their second victory in three games. Andy Morrell put Blackpool in the lead just before the half-hour mark; Wes Hoolahan doubled the scoreline from the penalty spot on 58 minutes (fifteen minutes before he was sent off); and Keigan Parker made it three on 88 minutes. Ian Baraclough pulled one back for the Iron in injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nThe following week saw Blackpool visiting the south coast again, this time to face AFC Bournemouth. After a scoreless first half, Keigan Parker put Blackpool ahead two minutes after the restart. He scored his and the Seasiders' second five minutes later. Bournemouth were reduced to ten men on 69 minutes when Darren Anderton was dismissed. Simon Gillett, who had been on loan to Blackpool the previous month, pulled one back for the home side, but David Fox restored Blackpool's two-goal lead two minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nBlackpool began the second half of the league season with a Boxing Day home game against Carlisle. An own goal by the visitors' Peter Murphy after five minutes gave the Seasiders the lead. Keigan Parker added a second on 29 minutes. Karl Hawley scored a consolation goal for Carlisle seventeen minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\n2006 was closed out with a home game against Doncaster Rovers on 30 December. Scott Vernon (77') put the hosts ahead ten minutes after coming on as a substitute, and his goal was followed in quick succession by Shaun Barker ('81) and one more from himself ('83). Paul Heffernan pulled one back for Rovers in injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2006\nSimon Grayson was named League One Manager of the Month for December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nThe calendar was turned with a trip to Chesterfield on New Year's Day. A 2\u20130 defeat ensued, Blackpool's first loss in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nFocus turned to the FA Cup again on 6 January, with Aldershot visiting Bloomfield Road for the first time in fifteen years. Scott Vernon found the net after just four minutes. This was followed three minutes later by an Andy Morrell strike. John Grant netted for Aldershot just before the half-hour mark, and the score remained 2\u20131 at half-time. Morrell scored his second and Blackpool's third on 73 minutes, and Ben Burgess made it four with ten minutes remaining. Mark Pritchard scored a second for the visitors, but the game ended 4\u20132, and Blackpool had made it to the fourth round for the first time in seventeen years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nBack in League One, Port Vale were the Seasiders' opposition at Bloomfield Road on 13 January. All three goals in the game came in the final eighteen minutes. Andy Morrell put the Tangerines in front after 72 minutes, and David Fox followed his lead four minutes later. Akpo Sodje halved Vale's deficit from the penalty spot in injury time, but the visitors couldn't muster an equaliser and Blackpool bagged the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nBlackpool travelled to London seven days later to face Leyton Orient. Keith Southern's 85th-minute goal gave the Seasiders the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 27 January, Norwich City were Blackpool's opponents in the fourth round of the FA Cup. A full house at Bloomfield Road looked on as Darren Huckerby put the Canaries ahead in the dying seconds of the first half. Ian Evatt levelled the score seven minutes after the interval. Norwich had Chris Brown sent off eight minutes from time, but they held on for a replay at Carrow Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0037-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nFor their sixth home date in eight games, Blackpool faced Brentford on 3 February. The Bees went three goals ahead in the first half hour, and Blackpool did not reply until Scott Vernon's injury-time strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0038-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nFor their FA Cup fourth-round replay ten days later, 'Pool travelled to Norwich. Michael Jackson put the visitors ahead with just under ten minutes of the first half remaining. That goal separated the teams for the next forty minutes, until Darren Huckerby evened things up. The score remained 1\u20131 at full-time, and the match went into extra time. Five minutes into extra time, Huckerby scored his second goal of the game and the third of the tie. Shaun Barker levelled matters again just over ten minutes later, but Chris Martin hit what proved to be the winner with eight minutes remaining, putting Norwich through to face Chelsea in the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0039-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nWith just the league to focus on, Blackpool met Bristol City at Bloomfield Road on 17 February, and Wayne Andrews' strike ten minutes into the second half was enough to give the Robins the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0040-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 20 February, Blackpool travelled to Nottingham Forest. Junior Agogo put Colin Calderwood's men ahead after sixteen minutes, and that's how it remained until Wes Hoolahan, Blackpool's resident penalty-taker, equalised with an injury-time spot-kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0041-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nMillwall made a trip to the seaside on 24 February, and they returned to London with all three points thanks to Dave Brammer's strike just shy of the thirty-minute mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0042-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOldham hosted Blackpool on 27 February, with three former Seasiders players in their team (Les Pogliacomi, Richie Wellens and Paul Edwards). A single goal, scored by Andy Morrell after 67 minutes, resulted in a Blackpool victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0043-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nInto March, Blackpool travelled to Gillingham on the third of the month. Dean McDonald put the home side ahead inside the first ten minutes, only to see Ben Burgess level the score three minutes later. Andrew Crofts (34') struck to put the Gills ahead at the interval. David Fox scored the game's fourth goal just under twenty minutes into the second half, and the game ended 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0044-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nAFC Bournemouth made the long midweek trip to Lancashire on 6 March. Adrian Forbes opened his league account with a goal on 36 minutes. This was doubled ten minutes into the second half by Ben Burgess, with his second goal in as many games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0045-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nAnother south-coast club, this time Brighton & Hove Albion, were the visitors to Bloomfield Road four days later, and they returned to East Sussex with a point after a goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0046-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 17 March, Blackpool faced Yeovil Town at Huish Park. Andy Morrell put Blackpool ahead after 56 minutes, and they held on for the win despite having Shaun Barker sent off two minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0047-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nBradford City were the Seasiders' opponents on 24 March. Robbie Williams, who joined Blackpool on loan from Barnsley two days earlier, opened the scoring on six minutes. A second goal did not arrive until the 77th minute, and it was Andy Morrell who doubled Blackpool's lead. Omar Daley pulled one back for the Bantams, but they were reduced to ten men when Steven Schumacher was dismissed eight minutes later. Scott Vernon sealed the game for Blackpool with a third goal, in injury time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0048-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nRotherham United, then bottom of the table, hosted the Tangerines on 27 March, and Chris O'Grady's strike on the hour mark was enough to seal the points for the Millers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0049-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 31 March, Blackpool welcomed Crewe Alexandra to Bloomfield Road. Wes Hoolahan put the home side ahead after fourteen minutes. Robbie Williams added a second just short of an hour. Shaun Miller scored an injury-time consolation for the Railwaymen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0050-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nTranmere Rovers made the short trip up the coast from the Wirral on 7 April. Keigan Parker put the Tangerines ahead after eight minutes, a lead which lasted twenty minutes \u2014 Calvin Zola scoring; however, Wes Hoolahan restored Blackpool's lead nine minutes before half-time. Zola equalised for a second time one minute after the break, but Andy Morrell scored what proved to be the winner on 73 minutes. Rovers had John Mullin and Jason McAteer dismissed on 52 and 53 minutes, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0051-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nBlackpool met Huddersfield Town for the third time this season, at the Galpharm Stadium on 9 April. Claus Bech J\u00f8rgensen scored his first league goal of the season after 28 minutes to put Blackpool ahead. Robbie Williams doubled the lead after 58 minutes, and the game finished 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0052-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 14 April, Blackpool faced Northampton Town at Bloomfield Road. Simon Cox gave the visitors the lead at half-time with a strike on 42 minutes. Chris Brandon, who joined Blackpool on loan from Huddersfield the previous month, equalised four minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute. A Wes Hoolahan penalty on 55 minutes put the Seasiders ahead for the first time, and seven minutes later Brandon scored his second and Blackpool's third. A Sean Dyche own goal six minutes from time sealed a 4\u20131 victory for the hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0053-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nBlackpool travelled to Cheltenham seven days later. Robbie Williams scored his fourth goal in seven games to give the Seasiders the lead six minutes before half-time. John Finnigan equalised from the penalty spot on 51 minutes, but Keith Southern scored his fifth goal of the season with five minutes remaining to give Blackpool all three points. Blackpool's victory guaranteed them at least a place in the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0054-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 28 April, Blackpool hosted Scunthorpe United at Bloomfield Road. Claus Bech J\u00f8rgensen opened the scoring after seven minutes in front of a crowd of over 9,000. Keigan Parker scored a second on 26 minutes, and twelve minutes later Chris Brandon was sent off. Billy Sharp halved Scunthorpe's deficit four minutes before half-time. Shaun Barker made it 3\u20131 on 56 minutes, and ten-man Blackpool held on for the win and moved just two points behind the second automatic-promotion position. Scunthorpe, despite their defeat, were crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0055-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nSimon Grayson was named League One Manager of the Month for April, his second such accolade of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0056-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nThe final game of the regular season occurred on 5 May, with Blackpool's visiting Swansea City. Izzy Iriekpen put the Welsh club ahead on 14 minutes. The lead lasted only eleven minutes, however \u2014 Andy Morrell scoring the equaliser. Keigan Parker completed the turnaround just after the half-hour mark, and Blackpool led 2\u20131 at half-time. Two minutes into the second period, Lee Trundle put the Swans back on level terms. Iriekpen put the home side back in the lead on 55 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0056-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nAndy Morrell evened matters up again two minutes later, and then put Blackpool ahead on 61 minutes, completing his hat-trick in the process. He scored his fourth and Blackpool's fifth on 78 minutes, and Keigan Parker completed the rout with his second in the final minute. Blackpool won 6\u20133, and cemented their place in the play-offs with a third-placed finish in the table. The result also ended Swansea's play-off hopes and meant Blackpool finished as the division's top scorers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0057-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nBlackpool and Oldham Athletic met in the two-legged semi-finals of the play-offs. Blackpool won both legs \u2014 2\u20131 at Boundary Park on 13 May and 3\u20131 at Bloomfield Road six days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189002-0058-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Blackpool F.C. season, Season Review, 2007\nOn 27 May, Blackpool met Yeovil Town in the final at the new Wembley Stadium, taking 28,600 fans to their first appearance at England's national stadium in fifteen years. Blackpool won 2\u20130, a club-record tenth-consecutive victory, and were promoted to The Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189003-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bobsleigh World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2006 and ended on 25 February 2007. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189004-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season\n2006\u201307 was Bolton Wanderers Football Club's eighth season in the Premier League, and their sixth consecutive season in the top division of English football and covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Their failure to win the Premier League title made it the 68th time that they have competed at the top level of English football without winning the title, the most of any club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189004-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Premier League\nBolton overcame the previous season's disappointment of failing to qualify for Europe and finished in seventh, enough for UEFA Cup football. Bolton had spent much of the season challenging for a Champions League and had peaked as high as third, but for a club of Bolton's size and resources to be challenging at the top end of the table was something for Bolton supporters to be proud of.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189004-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Premier League\nThree games before the end of the season, manager Sam Allardyce announced his resignation as Bolton manager and was replaced by Sammy Lee for the final three games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189004-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189004-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189005-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bonaire League season\nThe 2006/07 season of the Bonearian football League started on October 27, 2006 and the final was played on August 3, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189005-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bonaire League season\nThe championship was played over 3 phases. First phase with all 7 teams, followed by a play off with the top 4 teams and then a final with the 2 top teams. Matches started at the stadium of Kralendijk but, due to renovations of the pitch, were continued at Antonio Trenidat Stadium in Rincon. With home court advantage both teams of Rincon qualified for the final for the second time in history. Vespo defeated Real Rincon 1-0 to become champion only for the second time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189005-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bonaire League season\nThe season ended officially on September 14, 2007, with a Supercup (held for the first time) between the champions Vespo and the best placed team of the regular season Real Rincon. Real Rincon took revenge of their loss in the final by defeating their rivals 4-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189005-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bonaire League season, Regular season\nTeams face each other 3 times. Top four teams qualify for the semi final play offs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189005-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bonaire League season, Play offs\nTeams face each other 2 times. Top two teams qualify for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189006-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Borussia Dortmund season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189006-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Borussia Dortmund season, Season summary\nDortmund finished the season in 9th place, their worst finish in 7 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189006-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Borussia Dortmund season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189006-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Borussia Dortmund season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189006-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Borussia Dortmund season, Borussia Dortmund II\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189007-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup\n2006\u201307 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the thirteenth season of the Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a seventh season of the unified competition. The competition started on 20 September 2006 with the First Round and concluded on 26 May 2007 with the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189007-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, First round\nThirty-two teams entered in the First Round. The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189007-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Second round\nThe 16 winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 17 and 18 October and the second legs were played on 25 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189007-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe eight winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 8 and 15 November and the second legs were played on 22 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189007-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Semifinals\nThe four winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs will be played on 11 April and the second legs were played on 25 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season\nThe 2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, the franchise's 83rd, saw the team working toward improving on a 2005\u201306 season which saw them finish with the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, Offseason\nForward Marc Savard and defenceman Zdeno Chara were major additions to the team via free agency, while goaltender Tim Thomas took over the starting job after Andrew Raycroft was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, Regular season\nPhil Kessel, the team's first-round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, immediately entered the lineup. However, he was lost from the roster in mid-December when he was diagnosed with a form of testicular cancer. Kessel's cancer proved to be operable and was removed, and he returned to the Bruins' lineup on January 9, less than a month after his diagnosis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, Regular season\nThe Bruins finished the regular season having allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189008-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Bruins season, Transactions, Draft picks\nBoston's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Bruins had the 5th overall draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189009-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Celtics season\nThe 2006\u201307 Boston Celtics season was the 61st season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished 24\u201358, the second-worst in franchise history after the 15\u201367 record in 1996\u201397. It was also the second-worst record in the league in 2006\u201307, only marginally in front of the Memphis Grizzlies. The season was overshadowed by many injuries, in particular the injury to All-Star Paul Pierce, which caused him to miss seven weeks, and the deaths of Celtic legends Red Auerbach and Dennis Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189009-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Celtics season, Summary\nJust days before the start of the season, the Celtics were dealt an emotional blow when their patriarch Red Auerbach died at the age of 89. When the season started, the days of Auerbach seemed like a distant memory as the Celtics lost six of their first seven games en route to a 5\u201313 start. In December, the Celtics improved their play as they embarked on a 5-game winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189009-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Celtics season, Summary\nHowever, after losing All-Star Paul Pierce to a stress reaction in his left foot on December 20, the Celtics crumbled, winning just 3 of their next 42 games, including a franchise record 18-game losing streak that lasted from January 5 to February 14, and plunging into last place. In between the losing streak, the Celtics lost Tony Allen for the remainder of the season, who tore both the ACL and MCL on January 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189009-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Celtics season, Summary\nAdding to the pain was the death of another Celtics legend, Dennis Johnson, who suffered a heart attack on February 22 at the age of 52 while coaching the Celtics NBDL affiliate, the Austin Toros. After Pierce had returned in early February after spending 7 weeks on the injured list, the Celtics played better and won 5 of 6 games in late February and early March. A few weeks later on St. Patrick's Day, the Celtics stunned the eventual NBA champions San Antonio Spurs 91-85 on the road, making it the first time the Celtics won against Tim Duncan, whom they missed out on during the 1997 Draft Lottery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189009-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston Celtics season, Summary\nBut nagging injuries would continue to hamper Pierce, who sat out all of April, as the Celtics finished with a horrible 24-58 record that earned them the worst record in the Eastern Conference and 2nd worst record in the league, only marginally in front of the Memphis Grizzlies. Afterwards, the Celtics turned their focus to the draft lottery, where they had good chances of landing a Top 2 pick, allowing them to select either Greg Oden or Kevin Durant. However, even the draft lottery came out all wrong for the Celtics as they were assigned the 5th overall selection, which seemed to guarantee another disappointing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189010-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team played college basketball for the Boston College Eagles in the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2005\u201306, they went 28\u20138 (11\u20135 ACC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189011-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston United F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Boston United F.C. competed in Football League Two, alongside the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189011-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston United F.C. season, End of season squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189011-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Boston United F.C. season, Left the club\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189012-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Botola\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the GNF 1 first division of Moroccan football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189013-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bradford City A.F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 104th season in Bradford City A.F.C. 's history, their 92nd in The Football League and 94th in the league system of English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. The club finished bottom of the league and was relegated to Football League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter defeat in the 2006 League One play-off semi-finals, Brentford were rocked by the resignation of popular manager Martin Allen on 30 May 2006, who stated he \"had taken the club as far as I could and felt it was right for me to leave\". Chairman Greg Dyke revealed that, despite an FA Cup run and the \u00a3500,000 sale of forward DJ Campbell during 2005\u201306 season, Allen's departure was due to the reduction of the cash-strapped club's wage budget for 2006\u201307. Chief scout John Griffin handled first team affairs until the appointment of Leroy Rosenior as manager on 14 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nDespite the off-season sales of star players Jay Tabb, Michael Turner and Sam Sodje generating upwards of \u00a31,000,000, Rosenior was forced to bring in players on free transfers. A new spine for the team was assembled from central defenders Adam Griffiths and Matthew Heywood, midfielder Thomas Pinault and forwards Jo Kuffour and Chris Moore. Goalkeeper Stuart Nelson, full backs Andy Frampton and Kevin O'Connor, midfielders \u00d3lafur Ingi Sk\u00falason, Paul Brooker, Alex Rhodes and forwards Lloyd Owusu and Calum Willock remained from the previous season's squad, though Owusu would miss much of the campaign with a groin injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nBrentford enjoyed a good start to the season, going undefeated in eight matches and rising as high as fourth in the table. A 2\u20130 league defeat to Swansea City on 12 September began a sharp downturn in fortunes, with injuries to eight senior players forcing Rosenior to turn to inexperienced youngsters John Mousinho, Clark Masters, Darius Charles, Ryan Peters, Karleigh Osborne and Karle Carder-Andrews. After injury to Calum Willock and a loss of form from Chris Moore, incoming forwards Clyde Wijnhard and Fola Onibuje failed to readdress the team's goalscoring problems. After a winless run of 16 games which dropped Brentford into the League One relegation zone, Leroy Rosenior was sacked as manager after a 4\u20130 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 18 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nYouth team manager Scott B. Fitzgerald took over as caretaker manager and was later given the job on a permanent basis until the end of the season. Off the field there was a glimmer of hope in January 2007, when supporter Matthew Benham paid out nearly \u00a33 million to take over some of the club's loans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nDespite a clear-out of the squad, an influx of new signings and an additional goal threat from emerging youngster Charlie Ide, rookie manager Fitzgerald fared little better than his predecessor, winning just four of 24 matches before his departure after Brentford's relegation was confirmed on 9 April. Head of Youth Barry Quin took caretaker charge for the final four matches of the season and despite a first win in over two months, Brentford finished the campaign bottom of League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189014-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary\nAs of September 2021, 2006\u201307 is the only season in which Brentford has finished bottom of a division of the Football League. The club finished with the worst away, overall attacking, overall defensive and home defensive records in League One, in addition to the lowest overall and lowest home goal differences. Club records set during the season included those of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189015-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Brighton & Hove Albion's 105th year in existence and first season in League One after being relegated from the Championship. Mark McGhee began the season as manager, but after losing three consecutive matches he left the club on 8 September 2006. McGhee was succeeded as manager by youth coach and former Seagulls player Dean Wilkins, who steered the side to an 18th-placed finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189015-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189015-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 124th year of football played by Bristol Rovers, and their 80th season in The Football League, and covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. After finishing sixth in Football League Two, Rovers won the playoff final for the first time in their history, and won promotion for only the fourth time since joining The Football League. The previous promotions were all automatic, and came in the 1952\u201353, 1973\u201374 and 1989\u201390 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season\nThe season began with a subdued atmosphere among fans, caused by six previous seasons of poor performances and a bitter boardroom split, resulting in four directors leaving the club. However, as the season progressed the team gradually climbed up the league and reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, and the final of the Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events\nThe pre-season period was a turbulent one, with a potential take-over of the club by Mike Turl being rejected by then-chairman Geoff Dunford. Directors Kevin Spencer and Colin Williams left the club in protest at the rejection, followed shortly after by the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club representative on the football club's board, Kim Stuckey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events\nRyan Green had signed for the club from Hereford United at the end of the previous season, and he was joined by three more new players before the start of the 2006\u201307 season. Sammy Igoe, who had been on loan at Rovers from Millwall the previous season, joined on a full-time basis, young defender Byron Anthony, who had yet to make an appearance in the Football League, joined from Cardiff City, and experienced goalkeeper Steve Phillips crossed the city to join from local rivals Bristol City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events\nA number of players left the club following the end of the 2005\u201306 season. Senior players John Anderson, who had been assistant manager to Paul Trollope during his spell as caretaker manager the previous year, Ali Gibb, Jon Bass and Christian Edwards were released, while Jamie Forrester moved to Lincoln City on a free transfer. Also leaving the club were a number of younger players who had failed to earn extensions to their contracts. These were Mark Preece, Matt Thorne, Ben Willshire and goalkeepers Ryan Clarke and Martin Horsell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events\nThe first game of the season was away to Peterborough United in League Two, and ended in a 4\u20131 defeat, resulting in the lowest league position, 23rd, that Rovers would occupy all season. As the season progressed, Rovers gradually climbed the league table, eventually clinching a playoff spot after winning their final league match 2\u20131 against Hartlepool United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events\nThe playoff campaign was high-scoring, with there being an average of 4\u2154 goals per game in the three matches played. The semi-final was against Lincoln City, and was played over two legs. The first leg at the Memorial Stadium was won 2\u20131 by Rovers, thanks to goals by Craig Disley and Richard Walker. The second leg was played at Sincil Bank and ended 5\u20133, with Stuart Campbell, Rickie Lambert, Richard Walker, Sammy Igoe and Sean Rigg scoring the goals. This gave Rovers a 7\u20134 aggregate win and a place in the final at Wembley Stadium. A record attendance for a League Two playoff final of 61,589 watched the game, and saw Rovers win the match 3\u20131 and gain promotion for only the fourth time in the club's history. Richard Walker scored two of the goals and Sammy Igoe scored the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events\nThe League Cup campaign was a brief one. Rovers were knocked out in the first round by Luton Town on penalty kicks after drawing the match 1\u20131. The FA Cup was more successful, with the team reaching the fourth round where they were beaten 1\u20130 by Derby County. The best cup run of the season was in the Football League Trophy, where they reached the final after beating rivals Bristol City 1\u20130 in the southern area final. The game was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, but resulted in a 3\u20132 defeat after extra time, the score being 2\u20132 after 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Review and events, Chronological list of events\nThis is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2006\u201307 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Match results\nBristol Rovers played a total of 62 competitive matches during the 2006\u201307 season, as well as nine pre-season friendlies, making a total of 71 games played. The team finished sixth in Football League Two, reaching the play-offs for the first time since the 1997\u201398 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Match results\nIn the cup competitions, Rovers were knocked out of the League Cup at the first round stage in a penalty shootout, having drawn 1\u20131 with Championship side Luton Town after extra time. They fared better in the FA Cup however, reaching the fourth round stage where they lost again to a Championship team; this time Derby County. The most successful cup competition for Rovers was the Football League Trophy, in which they reached the final for the first time since the 1989\u201390 competition. They were beaten by Doncaster Rovers after extra time at the Millennium Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, League progress\nThis chart shows the league position of Bristol Rovers F.C. over the course of the season. The green area represents the automatic promotion positions (positions 1 to 3), the yellow area represents the play-off positions (positions 4 to 7) and the red area represents the relegation places (positions 23 and 24). The lowest position in the league that Bristol Rovers reached during the course of the season was 23rd, after the first game, and their highest placing was 6th, after the final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Player details\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Rovers used 24 different players, and there were nine squad members who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Play-off appearances are included in the league appearances column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Player details, Goalscorers\nFourteen different players scored for the Rovers first team in 2006\u201307. The team scored 74 goals in all competitions during the course of the season. The top goalscorer was Richard Walker, who finished the season on 23 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Player details, Discipline\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season five different Rovers players were sent off, and fifteen players received at least one yellow card. In total the team received six red cards and 57 yellow cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Transfers, In\nFive players were signed during the 2006\u201307 season, with a total transfer cost of \u00a3200,000, all of which was spent on Rickie Lambert. The remainder of the transfers were free. In addition to this, five players were loaned in over the course of the season, with Stuart Nicholson having two loan spells at the club, and seven scholars from the Bristol Academy of Sport were awarded their first professional contracts at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Transfers, In\nThe players that joined Bristol Rovers during the 2006\u201307 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nSix players were loaned out during the 2006\u201307 season, and seven left the club permanently. The club received a transfer fee for one player only, Junior Agogo, but the amount received was not made public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nListed below are the players that were transferred out, loaned out or released during the season, along with the club that they joined. For players that were transferred or loaned, this is the club that they joined from Rovers. For players that were released by the club, the next team that they joined after leaving Bristol Rovers is listed, even if they did not join that club immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Team kit\nThe team kit for the 2006\u201307 season was produced by Erre\u00e0 and the main shirt sponsor was Cowlin Construction. The home shirt featured the traditional blue and white quarters, however the shade of blue was lighter than in earlier seasons, and the blue and white were reversed from the previous year. The away kit was dark blue with yellow trim, and the third choice kit was yellow with black trim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Awards\nDuring the course of the 2006\u201307 season, Bristol Rovers staff won three divisional awards. First team coach Paul Trollope won the League Two Manager of the Month award in April after the team won four of the six games played, and kept five clean sheets. The other two awards both went to Steve Phillips, who won the League Two player of the month award in November and also won the Puma Golden Gloves award for League Two after keeping 28 clean sheets during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189016-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bristol Rovers F.C. season, Awards\nAt the end of the season, Steve Phillips was voted the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club player of the season, and Sean Rigg was voted young player of the year in his debut season, who scored two goals in 26 appearances and missed a portion of the season after suffering a double fracture of the jaw during an FA Cup match in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189017-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 British Basketball League season\nThe 2006\u201307 season, the 20th since its establishment of the British Basketball League, started on 29 September 2006 when reigning champions Newcastle Eagles began with an 85\u201383 loss away to Sheffield Sharks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189017-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 British Basketball League season\nTen teams took to the field this season, including two new franchises to the BBL, London United and the Worcester Wolves, who both moved up from the English Basketball League during summer 2006. The new additions were brought in after three teams withdrew from the League before the start of the season. Brighton Bears and London Towers both took the decision to \"park\" their respective franchises and take a one-year break whilst Birmingham Bullets also decided to sit out due to a lack of suitable home venues available and have since gone into liquidation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189017-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 British Basketball League season, BBL Cup\nThis season's edition of the BBL Cup saw the two lowest seeds from the previous season's League rankings face off with the BBL's two newest additions \u2013 London United and Worcester Wolves \u2013 in the first round. As expected, the experience of Milton Keynes and Plymouth paid off and both teams advanced to the quarter-finals to join the rest of their league rivals in the last eight. In the clash of the round, eventual winners Guildford Heat saw off the Plymouth Raiders in a tie dominated by the shooting of Chad McKnight, who posted 39 points for the Heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189017-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 British Basketball League season, BBL Cup\nThe Semi-finals saw the league's four strongest teams drawn against each other, but while Guildford easily dispatched the visiting Sheffield Sharks, the Cup holders Newcastle Eagles, were defeated by the Scottish Rocks, where Rocks' Robert Yanders netted a game-high 23 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189017-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 British Basketball League season, BBL Cup\nIn only their second season since establishment, Guildford's success story continued when they scooped their first piece of silverware with an 82\u201379 victory in the Cup Final against the Rocks. Heat's star guard Brian Dux was named as MVP scoring 21 points on the way to victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189017-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 British Basketball League season, BBL Trophy\nDue to the lack of teams competing in this season's Championship, the BBL Trophy featured all 10 BBL teams plus six invited teams, four from the English Basketball League (Coventry Crusaders, London Leopards, Reading Rockets and Worthing Thunder) and two from the Scottish Basketball League (Edinburgh Kings and Troon Tornadoes). The First round saw all 16 teams divided into four regionalised groups with the top finishing team advancing to the Semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season\nThe 2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season was the 37th season of operation, 36th season of play, for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Season began with the team attempting to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005\u201306 season, in which the Sabres advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in seven games to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season\nWith the best regular-season record in the NHL, the Sabres were awarded the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in their history, and they also earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They defeated the New York Islanders and New York Rangers in the first two rounds of the playoffs. In the Eastern Conference Finals, however, the Sabres' season came to an end when they were defeated by the Ottawa Senators in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Offseason\nThe team lost several veterans to free agency, including J. P. Dumont, Jay McKee, Mike Grier, and Rory Fitzpatrick. Conversely, the team signed only one new player to the roster: defenseman Jaroslav Spacek. The team planned to rely on young players from their own organization \u2013 Jiri Novotny, Paul Gaustad and Nathan Paetsch, to name a few\u2014to fill the holes left by the departing players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Offseason\nControversy swirled around the team's logo and jersey, meanwhile, as the look was changed. The team's colors were reverted to blue and gold, which they had worn from their addition to the league as an expansion team until 1996\u201397, when the colors were changed to black and red. The new logo, though, was said to resemble to many a slug or a wig. There were strong efforts to prevent the team from wearing this new jersey, although none were successful. The team's new third jersey, meanwhile, featured the team's original logo. Despite the controversy, the NHL reported that sales of Sabres merchandise were up approximately 1170% from the 2005\u20132006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nThe Sabres were very successful early in the season, tying an NHL record by winning their first ten games, before finally suffering a shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers. They did not lose a game in regulation until exactly one month into the season, in their thirteenth game, when they lost to Toronto. The Sabres also set an NHL record by winning their first ten road games of the season, not losing outside of HSBC Arena until November 18 in Ottawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nOn January 9, it was announced that three members of the Sabres had been voted to start the All-Star Game for the Eastern Conference: forward Daniel Briere, defenseman Brian Campbell, and goaltender Ryan Miller. It was the first All-Star appearance for each. In addition, as the Sabres had the best record in the Eastern Conference as of the end of All-Star voting, head coach Lindy Ruff was assigned to coach the Eastern Conference team. Briere recorded a goal and four assists in the game, and was named Most Valuable Player of the game. Thomas Vanek was also invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nOn January 13, Jason Pominville recorded his 20th goal of the season, becoming the fourth Sabre (after Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek and Maxim Afinogenov) to record 20 goals before the All-Star break. At the time of Pominville's 20th goal, no other team in the NHL had more than two players with 20 goals. Daniel Briere became the fifth Sabre to record 20 goals as he scored a hat-trick on January 30 against the Boston Bruins. With the feat, the Sabres became the first team since the 1995\u201396 Pittsburgh Penguins to have five 20\u2013goal scorers before February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nFour Sabres would go on to reach the 30-goal plateau. For the first time in 12 years, Buffalo was not shut-out in any of their 82 regular season games. Moreover, the Sabres led the NHL in goals scored and became the first team to score at least 200 even-strength goals during the regular season since the New Jersey Devils in 2000\u201301.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nIn February, the Sabres found themselves battling injury problems. Forward Tim Connolly had been on the long-term injury list all season, and he was joined by Paul Gaustad when a tendon in his leg was sliced on February 7 against the Ottawa Senators. Jaroslav Spacek broke his left hand soon thereafter, and the Sabres lost Maxim Afinogenov, who broke his left wrist, and Jiri Novotny with a high ankle sprain. Ales Kotalik was next to go down, with a knee sprain, and forward Daniel Paille broke his finger. Against the Ottawa Senators on February 22, captain Chris Drury was injured by a blow to the head by Chris Neil, sparking a wild brawl which saw a fight between Martin Biron and Senators goaltender Ray Emery, and later between Emery and Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nThe Sabres were the last team to be involved in a trade in the 2006\u201307 season. On the day of the NHL trade deadline, though, they made four trades. Goaltender Martin Biron, who had been the longest-tenured Sabre, was sent to Philadelphia for Philadelphia's second-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Buffalo's fifth-round pick in that draft was sent to Columbus in exchange for another backup goalie, Ty Conklin. Jiri Novotny was sent along with Buffalo's 2007 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling. Finally, the Sabres sent their fourth-round pick in 2007 to Nashville for Mikko Lehtonen, a minor league defenseman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nDue to injuries, many Sabres prospects were called up from the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and made their NHL debuts during the season; Mike Card, Michael Funk, Patrick Kaleta, Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari, Michael Ryan, Andrej Sekera and Drew Stafford all played their first career NHL game during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season\nThe Sabres finished with 298 goals scored (excluding 10 shootout-winning goals), the most in the League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs\nThe Sabres earned the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference by virtue of finishing with the highest point total in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) New York Islanders\nThe Sabres faced the New York Islanders in the first round of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (6) New York Rangers\nThe Sabres faced the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs. The Rangers advanced by sweeping the Atlanta Thrashers, the number three seed, in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 97], "content_span": [98, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals: vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nThe Sabres faced their division rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Senators advanced by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round and the New Jersey Devils in the second. The Sabres lost the series, 4 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Player stats, Thomas Vanek\nThomas Vanek finished the season with the best plus/minus rating in the entire NHL with a +47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Player stats, Goaltending\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = OvertimelLosses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Roster\n9\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Roy\u00a0\u202212\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kotalik\u00a0\u202213\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Novotny\u00a0\u202215\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Zubrus\u00a0\u202219\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Connolly\u00a0\u202220\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paille\u00a0\u202221\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stafford\u00a0\u202222\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mair\u00a0\u202223\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Drury\u00a0\u202225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mancari\u00a0\u202226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vanek\u00a0\u202228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gaustad\u00a0\u202229\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pominville\u00a0\u202236\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kaleta\u00a0\u202237\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ryan\u00a0\u202241\u00a0\u2013\u00a0MacArthur\u00a0\u202248\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Briere\u00a0\u202255\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hecht\u00a0\u202261\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Afinogenov\u00a0\u202276\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Peters", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Roster\n3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Funk\u00a0\u20225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lydman\u00a0\u20226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Spacek\u00a0\u202210\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tallinder\u00a0\u202227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Numminen\u00a0\u202233\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Card\u00a0\u202238\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Paetsch\u00a0\u202244\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sekera\u00a0\u202245\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kalinin\u00a0\u202251\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Campbell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Roster\n30\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Miller\u00a0\u202234\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dennis\u00a0\u202235\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Conklin\u00a0\u202243\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Biron", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Draft picks\nBuffalo's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Sabres had the 24th overall draft pick for their success in the 2005\u201306 NHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189018-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Buffalo Sabres season, Farm teams\nThe Rochester Americans were the Buffalo Sabres' farm team during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189019-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bulgarian Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Bulgarian Cup was the 67th season of the Bulgarian Cup. Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Litex Lovech 1\u20130 after extra time in the final at the Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189019-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bulgarian Cup, First round\nIn this round entered winners from the preliminary rounds together with the teams from B Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189019-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bulgarian Cup, Second round\nThis round featured winners from the First Round and all teams from A Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189020-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bulgarian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 55th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Three teams participated in the league, and Akademik Sofia won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga\nThe 2006\u201307 Bundesliga was the 44th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Team changes from 2005\u201306\nThree teams from the 2. Bundesliga were promoted at the end of previous season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Season overview\nVfB Stuttgart began the campaign with the youngest squad of the Bundesliga and were widely seen as a competitor for an UEFA Cup berth. They began their season with a 0\u20133 home defeat against 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg and even dropped in reach of the relegation zone after another home defeat against Borussia Dortmund during the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Season overview\nDuring the rest of the season the team managed to stabilize in the upper third of the table, eventually winning the last eight games of the season while competitors Schalke 04, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich struggled. Stuttgart went on to claim their third championship in the Bundesliga and fifth German championship overall with a 2\u20131 home victory against Energie Cottbus during the last round of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Season overview\nOne week after winning the league championship, Stuttgart failed to win the Double after losing the 2007 DFB-Pokal Final against N\u00fcrnberg with a score of 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Season overview\nManager Armin Veh who claimed his first championship as a Bundesliga coach was elected German Football Manager of the Year, while striker Mario G\u00f3mez was named Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Champion squad\nGoalkeepers: Timo Hildebrand (33); Michael Langer (1). Defenders: Matthieu Delpierre (33); Ricardo Osorio (27 / 1); Serdar Tasci (26 / 2); Ludovic Magnin (22 / 1); Fernando Meira (captain) (20 / 3); Arthur Boka (19 / 1); Andreas Beck (4); Markus Babbel (2). Midfielders: Roberto Hilbert (34 / 7); P\u00e1vel Pardo (33 / 1); Thomas Hitzlsperger (30 / 7); Ant\u00f4nio da Silva (28); Sami Khedira (22 / 4); Christian Gentner (15); Daniel Bierofka (12); Alexander Farnerud (9); Silvio Mei\u00dfner (1). Forwards: Cacau (32 / 13); Marco Streller (27 / 5); Mario G\u00f3mez (25 / 14); Benjamin Lauth (11 / 1); Jon Dahl Tomasson (4); Bernd Nehrig (1). (league appearances and goals listed in parentheses)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Champion squad\nOn the roster but have not played in a league game: Dirk Heinen; Alexander Stolz; Heiko Gerber; Danijel Ljuboja .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189021-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Bundesliga, Champion squad\nTransferred out during the season: Silvio Mei\u00dfner (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern); Danijel Ljuboja (on loan to Hamburger SV); Bernd Nehrig (on loan to SpVgg Unterhaching); Jon Dahl Tomasson (on loan to Villarreal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189022-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Burnley F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Burnley's 7th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Steve Cotterill in his third full season since he replaced Stan Ternent at the beginning of the 2004\u201305 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189023-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Todd Lickliter, serving his 6th year. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189023-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe Bulldogs won the 2007 Horizon League Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship and earned an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 5 seed in the Midwest Region. They beat 12 seed Old Dominion 57\u201346 and 4 seed Maryland before falling to 1 seed and eventual national champion Florida 65\u201357 in overtime in the Sweet Sixteen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189024-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 C.D. Motagua season\nThe 2006\u201307 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. F.C. Motagua was capable to win its 11th title in the Apertura tournament, giving them the chance to qualify to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189024-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 C.D. Motagua season, Apertura\nAfter having achieved 31 points in 18 rounds, F.C. Motagua qualified to the Final round in which faced Hispano F.C., with a 6\u20131 score on aggregate in favor, they advanced to the Final against city archrival Club Deportivo Olimpia, the \"whites\" moved their home match to San Pedro Sula, believing they would benefit from the fact that this city has very few Motagua fans; despite that, Motagua displayed one of the best games of the season with a 3\u20131 final score, and so ensured their eleventh national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189024-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 C.D. Motagua season, Clausura\nWith the title in their possession, F.C. Motagua were looking to repeat for the Clausura tournament; in the Regular season, they exhibited a very irregular performance, still made it to the Semifinals where they lost to Real C.D. Espa\u00f1a on 5 May 2007 1\u20134 on aggregate; only one week later, Edy Vasquez, a permanent player in the Motagua's line-ups died following a car crash in Tegucigalpa at the age of 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189024-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 C.D. Motagua season, Clausura, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189025-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CERH European League\nThe 2006\u201307 CERH European League was the 42nd edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held in May 2007 at the PalaBassano, in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189025-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CERH European League, First round\nThe four eliminated teams with more points in the CERH ranking would be dropped to the 2006\u201307 CERS Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189025-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CERH European League, Group stage\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189025-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CERH European League, Group stage\nThe two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189025-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CERH European League, Final four\nThe Final Four was played at PalaBassano, in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189026-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CERS Cup\nThe 2005\u201306 CERS Cup was the 27th season of the CERS Cup, Europe's second club roller hockey competition organized by CERH. 19 teams from seven national associations qualified for the competition as a result of their respective national league placing in the previous season. Following a preliminary phase and four knockout rounds, Vilanova won its first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189027-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CEV Champions League\nThe Men's CEV Champions League 2006\u201307 is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189028-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CEV Women's Champions League\nThe Women's CEV Champions League 2006\u201307 is the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189029-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 CHL season was the 15th season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189029-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CHL season, Regular season, Division standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss; Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189029-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CHL season, Regular season, Division standings\ny - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189029-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 CHL season, Playoffs, Format\nThe top six teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. All series were best-of-seven. The highest seeded first round losing team advanced to the second round as a wild card team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189030-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cagliari Calcio season\nCagliari Calcio only just managed to stay up in Serie A, with key player David Suazo scoring 14 goals, to help clinching the survival. Finishing a point above Chievo in the relegation zone, Cagliari both dismissed and reappointed Marco Giampaolo over the course of the season, following a brief stint from Franco Colomba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season\nThe 2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season began with a great deal of promise following the acquisition of top forward Alex Tanguay from the Colorado Avalanche. The other major off-season news was that Darryl Sutter promoted his assistant coach, Jim Playfair, to head coach as Sutter stayed with the team as general manager only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season\nA pre-season favorite to win the National Hockey League's Northwest Division, the Flames struggled out of the gate in October before a six-game winning streak, and a franchise record ten consecutive home wins in November and December, brought the Flames back into contention in the tight Northwest Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season\nA January crash proved that the Flames were unable to live up to the pre-season hype. Hoping to rejuvenate the team, GM Sutter orchestrated a trade with the Los Angeles Kings to bring Craig Conroy back to the team. However, there was a lack of passion even after the mid-season shake-up. The Flames struggled to an eighth-place finish in the Western Conference, having to stave off a furious challenge for the final playoff spot by Colorado. The Flames entered the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a first-round match-up against the Detroit Red Wings, falling in six games to the Red Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season\nThe lackluster season and poor playoff performance led to widespread criticism of rookie head coach Jim Playfair. TSN analyst Bob McKenzie even suggested replacing Playfair after game two of the Flames playoff series against Detroit. Following the season, however, several players defended their coach. Despite this, Playfair was relieved of his duties prior to the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season\nTwo Flames were named to the roster for the 2007 All Star Game: goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff and defenceman Dion Phaneuf. It was the first appearance for both. Jarome Iginla would have been named to the team as well, but his knee injury kept him out of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season\nOn February 3, 2007, the Flames made history by having young Cree singer Akina Shirt perform \"O Canada\" in Woodlands Cree, the first time the national anthem had ever been performed in an Aboriginal language at a major league sporting event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season\nOn February 6, the Flames retired Mike Vernon's #30. Vernon, who was instrumental in the Flames trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1986 and their Cup victory in 1989 became the second Flame to have his number raised to the rafters, preceded only by Lanny McDonald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season\nThe Flames entered the stretch drive by re-acquiring fan favorite, and former Flame, Craig Conroy in a deal with the Los Angeles Kings, then by completing a significant trade with the Boston Bruins, acquiring defenceman Brad Stuart along with Wayne Primeau for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season\nOn February 24, Jarome Iginla scored his 315th career goal, moving him past Joe Nieuwendyk into second on the Flames all-time goal scoring list. Theoren Fleury was the Flames all-time leading scorer at 364 goals. Miikka Kiprusoff broke Dan Bouchard's franchise record for career shutouts as a Flame when he recorded his 21st in a 1\u20130 shootout victory against the Minnesota Wild on March 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season\nThe Flames were not shut out in any of their 82 regular-season games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs\nThe Flames qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Calgary entered the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the 8th seed in the Western Conference and started on the road against the top ranked Detroit Red Wings. The Flames were unable to defend against the Wings' ferocious attack, with goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff facing an average of 42 shots per game during the series as Calgary fell to Detroit in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs\nGame five, in Detroit, ended with a series of nasty incidents as the Flames' frustration got the better of them. Upset with Detroit's constant bumping of Miikka Kiprusoff throughout the series, and angry with what they believed was an illegal, low-bridge hit by Brett Lebda on Daymond Lankow late in the 5\u20131 loss, the Flames lashed out. First Langkow delivered a quick punch to the face of Lebda following that hit, and later backup goaltender Jamie McLennan delivered a two-handed slash to Wings forward Johan Franzen after only being in goal for eighteen seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs\nMcLennan received a match penalty for the slash, and was suspended five games by the NHL. Head coach Jim Playfair was fined $25,000, and the Flames organization $100,000. Franzen would exact a measure of revenge for the hit in game six by scoring the winning goal in double overtime that eliminated the Flames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs\nThe Flames were not shut out in any of their 6 playoff games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. \u2021Traded mid-season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Transactions\nThe Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Draft picks\nCalgary's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Flames picked 26th overall for the second consecutive draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights\nThe 2006\u201307 AHL season was the second for the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. The Knights finished a top the Western Conference standings, winning the West Division with a 49\u201325\u20135\u20131 record, earning their first playoff appearance. Omaha was upset in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs by the Iowa Stars, however, losing four games to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights\nFollowing the season, rumours swirled around the future of the team, which ranked at or near the bottom of league attendance in its first two seasons, and lost us$4 million over two years. The rumour would quickly be confirmed as the Flames announced that the team was leaving Nebraska for the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois to become the Quad City Flames for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189031-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Las Vegas Wranglers\nThe Las Vegas Wranglers finished the 2006\u201307 ECHL season as the league's top club with a 46\u201312\u20131\u20138 record. Their 106 points narrowly edged out the 105 point total of the Alaska Aces. The Wranglers swept the Phoenix RoadRunners in their first round, but were upset by the Idaho Steelheads in the second, falling four games to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189032-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campeonato Nacional da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o de Futsal\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Portuguese Futsal First Division was the 17th season of top-tier futsal in Portugal, and was won by Benfica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189032-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campeonato Nacional da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o de Futsal, Play-Out\nEach team started with half of the points conquered in the regular phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio\nThe 2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio season was the twenty-second season since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Regular season, Results\nAll teams play twice against the teams within their own group and once against the teams from the other group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, First round\nThe second place club will play the third place club from the opposite group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Second round\nThe first round winners play the first place clubs from each group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Third round\nThe losers from the first and second round play each other. The losers from this round are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Fourth round\nThe second round winners play each other. The winner advances to the finals and loser moves to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Fourth round\nThe third round winners play each other and the loser is eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Semifinal\nThe winner advances to the finals and the loser is eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Semifinal\nLibertas were qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 2006\u201307 Coppa Titano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189033-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Championship play-offs, Final\nMurata were qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189034-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season began in October, ending with the 2007 CIS championship game in March, 2007. The tournament was won by the Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189035-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Canadian network television schedule\nThe 2006\u201307 Canadian network television schedule indicates the fall prime time schedules for Canada's major English broadcast networks. For schedule changes after the fall launch, please consult each network's individual article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season Cardiff City played in the Football League Championship. It was the team's fourth year in the Championship since being promoted from League One. The season also saw a change of chairman at the club when Sam Hammam handed over control to Peter Ridsdale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, Kit\nThe kits were designed by Spanish company Joma. It was the first season they were sponsored by Communications Direct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, League\nThe opening game saw Cardiff win 2\u20131 over Barnsley on 5 August 2006 before Cardiff fans saw Michael Chopra score his first competitive goal for Cardiff in a 1\u20130 win over Coventry City. City were undefeated through August four wins and one draw against West Bromwich Albion. Their first loss came at Deepdale in a 2\u20131 defeat against Preston North End where Chopra scored his second league goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, League\nThe side's next win did not come until two games later in a 4\u20131 win over Luton Town at Ninian Park, going on to win their next four games when Norwich City ended the winning streak. After a 1\u20130 win over Burnley, Cardiff went four games without scoring, drawing two of these and losing the other two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, League\nOn 9 December 2006 Darren Purse scored their first goal since the win over Burnley against Ipswich Town which ended in a 2\u20132 draw. On 20 January 2007 Cardiff broke their poor run of form after going eleven games without a win with a 2\u20131 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. They then went undefeated until a month later on 20 February 2007 this time West Bromwich Albion ended Cardiff's run but the side were still mid-table. Even though they hit straight back with a win over Preston North End, another loss to Birmingham City then a 1\u20130 win over Norwich City was followed by a winless streak which lasted until the end of the season, finishing in 13th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup\nCardiff entered in the 3rd Round in a home game against Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur on 7 January 2007. A 0\u20130 draw at Ninian Park took the tie to a replay at White Hart Lane on 17 January which saw Cardiff lose 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup\nIn the first round of the League Cup, Cardiff were drawn against League Two side Barnet but a team made up of reserve and youth players were beaten 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189036-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cardiff City F.C. season, Season review, FAW Cup\nCardiff beat Carmarthen Town in the quarter-finals before being eliminated by The New Saints in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189037-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carlisle United F.C. season\nFor the 2006\u201307 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season\nThe 2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season began as the defending Stanley Cup champions started to defend their title. The Hurricanes did not make any substantial changes to their roster, hoping that their lineup would be enough to get them a repeat as NHL champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season\nHowever, due to many factors, including a shortened off-season due to last season's Stanley Cup run, injuries and disappointing performances from the team's young stars (including Eric Staal and Cam Ward), the team failed to qualify for the post-season becoming the first team since the 1995\u201396 New Jersey Devils to miss the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season, Playoffs\nThe fans and players had high hopes for that season because the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup the previous year. Unfortunately, the season ended in disappointment as the Hurricanes missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2003-04 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season, Roster\n2\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wesley\u00a0\u20224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Seidenberg\u00a0\u20225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kaberle\u00a0\u20226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hedican\u00a0\u20227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wallin\u00a0\u20228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gleason\u00a0\u202222\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Commodore\u00a0\u202228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hutchinson\u00a0\u202245\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tanabe\u00a0\u202248\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Babchuk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season, Roster\n11\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Williams\u00a0\u202212\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Staal\u00a0\u202213\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Whitney\u00a0\u202216\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ladd\u00a0\u202217\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brind'Amour\u00a0\u202218\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bayda\u00a0\u202219\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Letowski\u00a0\u202224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Walker\u00a0\u202226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cole\u00a0\u202227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adams\u00a0\u202259\u00a0\u2013\u00a0LaRose\u00a0\u202261\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stillman\u00a0\u202263\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vasicek\u00a0\u202277\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Carter", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189038-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Carolina Hurricanes season, Draft picks\nCarolina's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season\nCeltic started season 2006\u201307 looking to retain the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish League Cup. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, and entered the Champions League at the group stage. Such was the good form of Celtic and the lack of a clear rival in the early stages of the 2006\u201307 season, that bookmakers Paddy Power paid out on Celtic as the winners of the SPL on 6 November 2006, only 13 games into the season. By mid-November Celtic were 11 points clear of their nearest challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season\nHaving qualified automatically for the group stage of the Champions League, Celtic were drawn with Benfica, Copenhagen, and Manchester United. Although Celtic lost their 3 away games, a 100% record at home earned them qualification to the knockout stage for the first time since the group format was introduced in 1992\u201393. Their opponents in the last 16 were Milan. After both legs of the tie ended 0\u20130, Celtic's Champions League run was ended by a solitary Milan goal in extra-time by Kak\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season\nDuring the January 2007 transfer window Celtic signed Scotland internationals and former Hearts players Steven Pressley and Paul Hartley, full-back Jean-Jo\u00ebl Perrier-Doumb\u00e9 from Rennes on loan and goalkeeper Mark Brown from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season\nOn 22 April 2007 Celtic won their second consecutive league championship, and 40th overall. The title was secured by an injury-time free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura in a 2\u20131 victory against Kilmarnock. The result left Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers with four matches remaining. They finished the season 12 points above Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season\nOn 26 May 2007 Celtic won the Scottish Cup for a record 34th time after beating Dunfermline 1\u20130. The winner was scored by Jean-Jo\u00ebl Perrier-Doumb\u00e9 in the 84th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season, Player statistics, Appearances and goals\nList of squad players, including number of appearances by competition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189039-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic F.C. season, Player statistics, Appearances and goals\nNB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League\nThe 2006\u201307 Celtic League (known as the 2006\u201307 Magners League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth Celtic League season and the first with Magners as title sponsor. The season commenced on 1 September and was completed on 12 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League\nThe teams competing remained the same as the previous season with four Irish provinces; Munster, Leinster, Connacht and 2005\u201306 champions Ulster, three Scottish regions; Edinburgh, Border Reivers and Glasgow Warriors and four Welsh regions; Llanelli Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Newport Gwent Dragons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League\nThe league was won for the second time in three seasons by the Ospreys, with a final-day win over the Borders, playing their last match, as the Scottish Rugby Union had announced that the Borders would not exist in the following season. Cardiff Blues finished second, making this the only season of the tournament (as of 2021) in which no Irish team made the top two of the United Rugby Championship and predecessor tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League, Pre-season\nUlster began the season as the reigning champions whilst Munster are Heineken Cup champions of the 2005\u201306 season. Prior to the season commencing it was announced by the Irish Rugby Football Union that some of their internationals were to be rested during part of the season as the Rugby World Cup takes place at the end. This would include the first four matches of the season, to allow for recovery from the June internationals. Those who did not play much during the internationals may return sooner. Major signings during the off-season include Justin Marshall for the Ospreys and Stephen Jones for the Scarlets. The free weekend scheme, where each team that did not compete in a match on a weekend due to the odd number of teams in the league would receive 4 points, was scrapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League, Table\nUnder the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League, Leading scorers\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-IRB nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189040-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Celtic League, Broadcast rights\nTelevision rights for the league are split between three broadcasters, BBC Wales, S4C and Setanta Sports. At the start of the season it was announced that the BBC Wales and S4C had extended their contract to show Celtic League until the end of the 2009/10 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the second season of competitive football played by Central Coast Mariners. The club ended the 2006\u201307 A-League in sixth, and so did not qualify for the finals. They failed to retain their A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup title, losing to Adelaide United in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nIn the transfer window, Central Coast signed Australian international Tony Vidmar and defender Vuko Tomasevic. The short term contracts of Brad Porter and Jamie McMaster were also extended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season\nThe Mariners began the season in good form and reached the final of the 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. However, they failed to retain the title after losing in a penalty shoot-out to Adelaide United. The team were winless for the first five games of the A-League season, before a resurgent period featuring only two losses, to Adelaide Newcastle Jets in eleven games. However, the team failed to win any of its final five games and missed the finals series by five points as a result. Central Coast's top goalscorer was Adam Kwasnik, who scored nine goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Background, Transfers\nOn the back of the Mariners' highly successful first season, expectation arose as to the big-name players that could potentially join Central Coast. There were strong rumors about Stan Lazaridis, Ned Zelic and Paul Okon coming to the Mariners, but none eventuated. However, on 3 August 2006 Tony Vidmar announced he was joining the Mariners, signing a two-year deal. Vidmar was the Mariners' first marquee signing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-season\nThe Mariners competed in the QNI North Queensland Trophy against A-League club Melbourne Victory, Chinese Super League team Changchun Yatai and the Young Socceroos finishing a respectable third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-season\nThe Mariners also played two friendly matches prior to the season commencing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-Season Cup, Group stage\nThe Mariners were put in Group A, along with Adelaide United (3rd in 2005-06 A-League season), Perth Glory (5th) and Melbourne Victory (7th). They had two home games in the three-game round-robin series, with one played at Wade Park, Orange, New South Wales, against Adelaide United, and the other at their traditional home, Central Coast Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-Season Cup, Group stage\nCentral Coast started their defence of the Pre-Season Cup well, defeating Perth Glory - the team they defeated in the 2005 Pre-Season Cup final - 2\u20131 at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford in front of 5,682 spectators. Both Central Coast strikers, Stewart Petrie and Adam Kwasnik, scored early goals. They followed this up with a gritty nil-all draw at Wade Park against last year's minor premiers, Adelaide United. Coach McKinna said after the game he was, \"quite contented with the result\". For their final Group A game, they travelled to Melbourne's Olympic Park, where they downed the Melbourne Victory 3\u20131, with Adam Kwasnik, Paul O'Grady and Noel Spencer all scoring for the Mariners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-Season Cup, Group stage\nCentral Coast played their \"bonus\" fourth group-crossover round against the Queensland Roar. The \"bonus\" round awarded \"bonus points\" based on goals scored (one point for two goals, two points for three goals and three points for four or more goals). On this occasion, the Mariners and Roar drew 0\u20130, and both earned the conventional one point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-Season Cup, Finals\nFinishing on top of Group A, with Adelaide United relegated to second on goal differential, the Mariners took on the Newcastle Jets in a fiery local derby in the playoff stage. Newcastle took the lead in the 25th minute, before Stewart Petrie converted a penalty in the 53rd minute. The game progressed into extra time, and a 96th-minute header from Paul O'Grady gave the Mariners a chance to defend their Pre-Season title in what was their fourth consecutive domestic final in as many competition entries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Pre-Season Cup, Finals\nIn the grand final, they lost to Adelaide United 5-4 on penalties, after the score was tied 1-1 after extra time. Carl Veart scored early for Adelaide before the Mariners levelled in the 77th minute through attacking midfielder Andre Gumprecht. In the penalty shootout, Stewart Petrie was the only player to miss on either side, hitting the crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Player statistics\nThe Mariners used a total of 23 players during the 2006\u201307 season and there were nine different goalscorers. There were also two squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Alex Wilkinson and Adam Kwasnik both featured in all 27 competitive matches the side played in the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Player statistics\nThe team scored a total of 30 goals in all competitions. The highest scorere was Kwasnik, with nine goals, followed by Damian Mori who scored six goals. Mile Jedinak was the only player sent off in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189041-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Central Coast Mariners FC season, Player statistics\nNumbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with number struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189042-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chamois Niortais F.C. season\nIn the 2006\u201307 season Chamois Niortais played in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football, following their promotion after winning the Championnat National in the previous season. Philippe Hinschberger started the campaign as team manager, but was replaced by Bosnian Faruk Had\u017eibegi\u0107 in February 2007. Niort finished the season in 16th position with a record of 10 wins, 14 draws and 14 defeats from their 38 matches. The team reached the last 32 of the Coupe de France, but was knocked out of the Coupe de la Ligue in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189043-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy was the third Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy, a three-match ODI series between Australia and New Zealand. The series was played in New Zealand between 16 February and 20 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189043-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy\nNew Zealand beat the Australians 3\u20130 in the series. The Australians were without some of their leading players for this short tour. After the series, Australia went on a losing streak of five matches, which included the final of the Commonwealth Bank Series in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189044-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlotte Bobcats season\nThe 2006\u201307 Charlotte Bobcats season was Charlotte's 17th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their third as the Bobcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Season summary\nFollowing Alan Curbishley's resignation after 10 years in charge of the Addicks, Northern Irishman Iain Dowie was snared from South London rivals Crystal Palace who were relegated in the previous season, but, despite being given more money to spend in the transfer market than any other previous Charlton manager, the club were in the relegation zone for most of his tenure and he was sacked in November. First-team coach Les Reed stepped into the breach, but also proved unsuitable for the job and was in turn replaced by former West Ham United manager Alan Pardew. Pardew was unable to stop the rot and after seven years in the top-flight, Charlton were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Kit\nCharlton retained their kit manufacturing deal with Spanish apparel manufacturers Joma, who produced a new kit for the season. The kit sponsorship deal with Spanish real estate company Llanera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189045-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, Trialists\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Chelsea F.C. 's 93rd competitive season, 15th consecutive season in the Premier League and 101st year as a club. Managed by Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, the club won both the FA Cup and the League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season\nChelsea were in race to win a unique Quadruple until 1 May. The 2006\u201307 Premier League was decided on matchday 36, after Chelsea failed to win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. This left them seven points behind Manchester United with two games to go, confirming Manchester United as league champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season\nThe season was their fourth under the ownership of Roman Abramovich and Chelsea spent heavily in the transfer market before the season. Notable transactions include the signing of Andriy Shevchenko from Milan for \u00a330 million and Salomon Kalou from Feyenoord for an undisclosed fee. They also added Michael Ballack from Bayern Munich on free transfer and also exchanged William Gallas and \u00a35 million with Arsenal for Ashley Cole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season\nIn the Champions League, Chelsea aimed to improve upon their first knockout round exit in the previous season. They managed to reach the semi-finals for the third time in four seasons, but lost to Liverpool 4\u20131 on penalties after a 1\u20131 aggregate scoreline. Chelsea also lost the pre season Community Shield to Liverpool at the beginning of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season, First team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189046-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chelsea F.C. season, Related media\nChelsea supporter Mark Worrall chronicled the 2006\u201307 season in his critically acclaimed book One Man Went To Mow, which was first published in January 2008 and documented the manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho's last full season as manager at Stamford Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189047-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chester City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Chester City compete in Football League Two where they finished in 18th position with 53 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189048-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Blackhawks season\nThe 2006\u201307 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 81st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189048-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season\nThe Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189048-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189048-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Blackhawks season, Transactions, Draft picks\nChicago's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189049-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Bulls season\nThe 2006-07 Chicago Bulls finished with a record of 49-33 in the regular season and reached the second round of the NBA playoffs, making it, at the time, their most successful season since the retirement of Michael Jordan, but nevertheless leaving some doubt amongst fans as to whether the team could compete for an NBA championship in the near future. The Bulls had the best team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189049-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Bulls season\nIn the playoffs, the Bulls swept the defending NBA champion Miami Heat in four games in the First Round, before losing to the Detroit Pistons in six games in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189049-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Bulls season, Offseason\nWhereas previous seasons under General Manager John Paxson focused mostly on allowing the young players which comprised the core of the Bulls' roster to develop, before the '06-'07 season Paxson made an expensive free-agent signing in the form of Ben Wallace. Many fans were excited about the veteran experience and star power Wallace brought to the team, though some questioned if he was the best fit for the team, as Wallace had always been known for his defense, and many believed that the Bulls' biggest problem was a lack of inside scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189049-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Bulls season, Offseason\nOn July 20, the Bulls traded Tyson Chandler to the New Orleans Hornets for J.R. Smith. However, six days later, Smith was traded again, this time to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange for Howard Eisley and two second-round draft picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189049-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season\nThe Bulls got off to a rocky start, posting a record of 3-9 in their first 12 games. The criticism by some in the offseason about the signing of Ben Wallace seemed to gain some validity, as Wallace appeared to show his age and was not always able to put up big rebounding numbers as he had been known for with the Pistons. However, as they had in the 2004-05 season in which they started 0-9, the Bulls performed better as the season went on and finished 49-33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189049-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season\nThe record was good enough to receive the #5 seed among the 8 teams qualifying for the Eastern Conference Playoffs. The Bulls, however, lost their final game of the season to the New Jersey Nets which would have boosted them to a #2 seed and given them an easier path to the Eastern Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189050-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chinese Basketball Association season\nThe season ran from October 7, 2006 to March 28, 2007. The North-South Division system was abolished. Zhejiang Lions joined the CBA in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189050-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs\nIn the first round of the playoffs, top 4 teams may choose their opponents from the other 4 teams, they may also choose their place in the bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189050-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs\nIn the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Guangdong Southern Tigers (4-1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189050-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs\nTeams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189051-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference and were led by first year head coach Mick Cronin. The Bearcats finished the season 11\u201319, 2\u201314 in Big East play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 37th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. Led by 22-year old forward LeBron James, the Cavaliers finished the season with a 50\u201332 record, finishing second-place in the Central Division, winning their first Eastern Conference championship, and earning the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers had the fourth best team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nPrior to making their first NBA Finals appearance, in the playoffs, the Cavaliers swept the Washington Wizards in four games in the First Round, defeated the New Jersey Nets in six games in the Semifinals, and defeated the Detroit Pistons in six games in the Conference Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nHowever, in the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers would collapse, as they were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in four games. LeBron James was the team's leading scorer and finished in 2nd place in league MVP voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season\nThe Cavaliers would not make it back to the Finals until 2015, when James returned to the team after a four year tenure with the Miami Heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Draft picks\n*2nd round pick acquired from Philadelphia in Lee Nailon deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, First Round\nA rematch of the previous year's first round series was spoiled when Wizards star Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler were both forced out of the playoffs due to injuries received in the later parts of the regular season. Without Arenas and Butler, the Wizards found themselves unable to stop LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers from sweeping them out of the playoffs. It was Cleveland's first playoff sweep in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, Eastern Semifinals\nThe Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992, while the Nets have lost in the Conference Semifinals in three out of the last four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, Eastern Semifinals\nNew Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd averaged a triple double the entire playoffs, scoring 14.6 points, grabbing 10.9 rebounds and dishing out 10.9 assists per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, Eastern Semifinals\nThe Cavaliers also got revenge of sorts, by eliminating the Nets two years after the Nets eliminated them on the final day of the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, Eastern Finals\nIn a rematch of last year's thrilling second-round series, the Pistons and the Cavaliers matched up in perhaps one of the closest contested series in NBA history, with the first five games being decided by 6 points or less. The spotlight of the series fell on Cleveland's LeBron James. Despite gaining some momentum in the opening games of the series against the experienced Pistons, key last-second decisions by James led to Cleveland losses in Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, by identical scores where Cleveland led for most of the two games. They faced a 0\u20132 deficit for the second straight year but would easily remember from the year before they could win three straight games to get back into the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, Eastern Finals\nWith media circles on his back for his complacency in these games (James had a playoff career low 10 points in Game 1), LeBron came back to will the Cavs to close victories in Games 3 and 4 in Cleveland, evening the series at 2. The series shifted back to Detroit for a Game 5 that proved to be one of the most memorable postseason games in recent NBA history. In a match that went into double overtime, the Cavaliers stunned the Pistons on their home court, thanks to LeBron James' playoff career-high 48 point performance. James scored the Cavaliers' final 25 points of the game, including all 18 points in overtime making it two straight two-point wins at the Palace in Game 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Playoffs, Eastern Finals\nThis time around the heavily favored Cavaliers took advantage of their home court in 2007 and exploded in Game 6 to close out the Pistons once and for all, and to clinch the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. Rookie Daniel Gibson scored his career high 31 points including five three-pointers to lift the Cavs in the second half behind a roaring home crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, NBA Finals, Game 1\nLeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers entered the 2007 Finals as newcomers. Game 1 was the first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history, and the first for each of its players (other than reserve point guard Eric Snow). However, the San Antonio Spurs had been to the Finals in three of the past eight seasons, winning a championship each time. With solid performances by Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Gin\u00f3bili, the Spurs won the series opener in convincing fashion, limiting LeBron James to 14 points on 4\u201316 shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, NBA Finals, Game 2\nThe Spurs took a stranglehold on momentum in Game 2. The Spurs big three overwhelmed the Cavs and the Spurs led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter. They absolutely dominated game during first 3 quarters and played show-time basketball. A furious 25\u20136 rally by Cleveland in the final quarter wasn't enough as the Spurs took a 2\u20130 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, NBA Finals, Game 3\nRookie Daniel Gibson started Game 3 in place of the injured Larry Hughes but scored a series-low 2 points on 1\u201310 shooting. As a team the Cavs shot only .367 but out-rebounded the Spurs 48\u201341. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had a 2006\u201307 season high 18 rebounds. On the game's final play, LeBron James missed a potential game-tying 29 foot 3-pointer (which he contested as a foul on Bruce Bowen).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, NBA Finals, Game 3\nGame 3 was the lowest-scoring Finals game since 1955, with Tim Duncan of the Spurs having his lowest scoring game in his NBA Finals career, with 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, NBA Finals, Game 4\nSan Antonio started out strong through the first three quarters, leading by as many as 11. Cleveland would stage a rally near the end of the third quarter and the first five minutes of the fourth, scoring 14 consecutive points to take its first second-half lead of the series. However, the Spurs would stage a 12\u20133 rally of their own to retake the lead and win the series in a 4\u20130 sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Transactions, Trades\nThe Cavaliers did not make a trade during the 2006\u201307 NBA season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189052-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Transactions, Free agents\nThe Cavaliers did not sign any free agents during the 2006\u201307 NBA season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189053-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Gary Waters. In 2005\u201306, the Vikings finished 10\u201318 (6\u201310 in the Horizon League). Cleveland State's last winning season was the 2000\u20132001 season when they finished 19\u201313 overall and 9\u20135 in conference play. Their last NCAA tournament appearance was their run to the Sweet Sixteen in 1986. The highlight of the season was arguably when the Vikings went on a four-game winning streak defeating Miami (FL), John Carroll, Delaware, and Kent State. It was the 76th season of Cleveland State basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189053-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, Preseason\nThe preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish ninth. J'Nathan Bullock was named to the preseason all-Horizon League 2nd team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 64], "content_span": [65, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189054-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Club Brugge KV season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Club Brugge KV participated in the Belgian First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189054-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Club Brugge KV season, Season summary\nFollowing a 0-1 home loss to Roeselare, coach Emilio Ferrera and assistant Franky Van der Elst were fired, with sports director Marc Degryse also resigning. Ex-player \u010cedomir Janevski was appointed as the new manager, leading Club Brugge to the Belgian Cup and UEFA Cup qualification. At the end of the season, Jacky Mathijssen was appointed head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189054-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Club Brugge KV season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189054-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Club Brugge KV season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189055-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Clyde F.C. season\nIn season 2006\u201307, Clyde competed in their seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division. Joe Miller was appointed as new manager, after Graham Roberts was dismissed for gross misconduct on a tour of Canada. In a subsequent court case Roberts was awarded \u00a332,000 compensation for unfair dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189055-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Clyde F.C. season\nClyde finished fifth in the Scottish First Division, and reached their first cup final for 48 years, in the Scottish Challenge Cup. They went out of the Scottish League Cup in the first round and the Scottish Cup in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189055-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Clyde F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189055-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Clyde F.C. season, Results\nWin \u2039See Tfd\u203a\u00a0\u00a0Draw \u2039See Tfd\u203a\u00a0\u00a0Loss \u2039See Tfd\u203a\u00a0\u00a0Upcoming fixture \u2039See Tfd\u203a", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Colchester United's 65th season in their history and their first-ever season in the second tier of English football, the Championship. Alongside competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season\nFollowing Colchester's promotion from League One, bookmakers had the U's as favourites for an immediate return to the third tier, especially following manager Phil Parkinson's acrimonious resignation and subsequent appointment at Hull City. However, under the guidance of Parkinson's former assistant manager Geraint Williams, Colchester achieved a 10th-place finish in the league, defying the odds and a club record best ever league finish. Indeed, Colchester found themselves on the edges of the play-off positions for much of the season, eventually ending the campaign six points shy after a patch of poor form in February and March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season\nColchester for the first time ever entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, but were immediately eliminated by League Two Barnet. They suffered a similar fate in the League Cup when another League Two club Milton Keynes Dons knocked the U's out of the competition in extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nOn 13 June 2006, manager Phil Parkinson who had led Colchester to their first ever promotion to the second tier, resigned. It was a situation reminiscent of George Burley's resignation and move to Ipswich Town in the 1994\u201395 season. Hull City's chairman Adam Pearson had approached Parkinson illegally regarding their vacant managers position, and as with Ipswich before, was made to pay when Colchester chairman Peter Heard won \u00a3400,000 in damages for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nNew club owner Robbie Cowling's first task was to appoint Parkinson's successor, with Parkinson's former assistant Geraint Williams overseeing pre-season training. He was ultimately appointed following a lengthy recruitment process and charged with leading United into their first season in the Championship. Mick Harford was brought in as his assistant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nOn the back of a successful 2005\u201306 season for midfielder Neil Danns, scoring 15 goals, he left for Birmingham City in a deal worth up to \u00a3850,000. Incoming were former U's loanees Jamie Cureton and Johnnie Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nAfter a solid yet unsuccessful start to the season, Colchester were without a win after four games, albeit defeats by a single goal on each occasion. They earned their first Championship victory on 26 August when they beat Derby County 4\u20133 courtesy of a Cureton hat-trick. Colchester then hosted Ipswich Town in the first league derby between the two neighbouring sides for 49 years. Colchester stalwart Karl Duguid's goal was enough to hand the U's victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nParkinson returned to Layer Road with his struggling Hull side in November as Chris Iwelumo equalled a club record and scored four for himself as the U's beat the Tigers 5\u20131. Parkinson was sacked by Hull five days later after Colchester's eighth successive home victory on their way to eleven consecutive home victories in the league. By Christmas, the U's found themselves in the play-off positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nTalk at this point turned to the potential for the U's to ground-share Portman Road with Ipswich Town if they achieved the ultimate dream of promotion to the Premier League as the first turf was cut on the new stadium development at Cuckoo Farm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nIn January, the U's received a club record \u00a32.5m from Reading for their England under-20s international Greg Halford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview\nWith two games to spare, Colchester were just one point off the play-off places. Defeat at main rivals Stoke City ended their hopes but the 10th-placed finish was the best in the club's history, making them 30th of all clubs in the English football pyramid. Gates at Layer Road had risen to an average of 5,466, the highest since the 1970\u201371 season with most games sold out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189056-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts\nPlayers making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season\nThe 2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season was their 12th National Hockey League season in Denver, Colorado. It was a season of transition for the Avs, as the team began the season with a new General Manager in Francois Giguere, ending the twelve-year reign of Pierre Lacroix. The off-season also featured the departures of Alex Tanguay and Rob Blake, continuing the trend of star players leaving Denver that began the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season\nAfter a decade near the top of the Western Conference standings, the Avalanche were expected to struggle to make the playoffs in 2006\u201307. The team's expected decline also saw attendance take a hit, as Colorado's NHL record sellout streak of 487 games was ended on October 16 when 17,681 tickets were sold for a game, 326 shy of a sellout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season\nJoe Sakic was the lone representative for the Avalanche at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Sakic recorded four assists at the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season\nEntering the final week of the season on April 3, 2007, Colorado was 7 points behind the Calgary Flames for the 8th and final spot in the Western Conference standings. Needing Calgary to lose all four games that week and for them to win all four they fell short by 1 point. Calgary losing to Colorado, San Jose, Edmonton, and again to Colorado did not capture a point that week and Colorado winning three out of four was knocked out of contention when they lost to the Nashville Predators on April 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season\nThe following night, the Avalanche beat the Flames 6\u20133 giving them 95 points overall on the season and one short of Calgary who had 96. With the 95 points, the Avalanche became the team with the highest point total in a season to not make the playoffs, missing the post-season for the first time since 1994 back when they were known as the Quebec Nordiques, despite going 15\u20132\u20132 to end the regular season. This record would later be matched by the 2010\u201311 Dallas Stars, who also failed to qualify for the playoffs with 95 points. Both the Avalanche and the Stars were passed by the 2014-15 Boston Bruins, 2017-18 Florida Panthers, and the 2018-19 Montreal Canadiens, who each earned 96.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Skaters\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Colorado. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only. \u2021Traded during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Transactions\nThe Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Draft picks\nColorado's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Farm teams, Albany River Rats\nThe Avalanche signed a one-year deal to join the Carolina Hurricanes as the NHL affiliate for the River Rats for the 2006\u201307 AHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Farm teams, Albany River Rats\nDuring the season, the Avs announced that they had signed a long term deal to be the NHL affiliate of the new Cleveland expansion team beginning in 2007\u201308. Coincidentally, the new franchise is a reincarnation of the Utah Grizzlies franchise, which played in Denver as the Denver Grizzlies until 1995, when the Avs came to Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189057-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Colorado Avalanche season, Farm teams, Arizona Sundogs\nThe Sundogs began their inaugural season in the Central Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe 2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the seventh National Hockey League season in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe off-season was dominated by a contract dispute with top forward Nikolay Zherdev, who had threatened to return to Russia to play if Columbus did not meet his demands. Zherdev remained a holdout for much of the preseason. However, the two parties were able to come to an agreement approximately a week before the season began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe Blue Jackets, hoping to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, got off to a disastrous start, falling as low as 6\u201316\u20132 into December, briefly holding the worst record in the NHL. The Jackets' poor start led General Manager Doug MacLean to fire Head Coach Gerard Gallant on November 13. Gallant would be replaced a week later by veteran coach Ken Hitchcock. Coincidentally, Hitchcock's first game as Jackets head coach was against the Philadelphia Flyers, the team that fired him as head coach earlier in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season\nThe Blue Jackets once again failed to qualify for the postseason. As the Atlanta Thrashers qualified for the playoffs in the East, the Blue Jackets were, until the 2008\u201309 season, the only NHL team to have never played a post-season game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season\nThe Blue Jackets were shut out a League-high 16 times during the regular season. Along with the four shutouts Blue Jackets goaltenders recorded, 20 of the Blue Jackets' 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout. They were also the most penalized team in the League, with 453 power-play opportunities against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Playoffs\nThe Blue Jackets failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Transactions\nThe Blue Jackets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Draft picks\nColumbus' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blue Jackets picked 6th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Farm teams, Syracuse Crunch\nThe Syracuse Crunch are the Blue Jackets American Hockey League affiliate for the seventh season. Prior to the start of the 2006\u201307 season, the two clubs announced they had agreed to extend the affiliation agreement for four more years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Farm teams, Dayton Bombers\nThe Dayton Bombers of the ECHL are also entering their seventh season as an affiliate of the Blue Jackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189058-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Farm teams, Youngstown SteelHounds\nThe Jackets are also affiliated with the Youngstown SteelHounds of the Central Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189059-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Combined Counties Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Combined Counties Football League season was the 29th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189059-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Combined Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured eight new teams in a league of 22 teams after the promotion of Godalming Town to the Isthmian League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189059-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Combined Counties Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured seven new teams in a league of 21 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189059-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Combined Counties Football League, Division One\nAlso, Monotype changed their name to Salfords and Netherne changed their name to Coulsdon Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series\nThe Commonwealth Bank Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in Australia for the 2006\u201307 season. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series\nAustralia booked a place in the final after just seven matches in the tournament, and having participated in just five, with five games left to play. The other place in the final came down to the last match of the series as New Zealand and England both had won only 2 games; England won this semi-final of sorts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series\nEngland won the final series by two games to nil to lift the trophy, making it their first major one-day tournament win since 1997 and their first Australian tri-series win since 20 years previous, when they also won the Ashes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage table, Points system\nA win earns 4 points, a tie or no result = 2 points, a bonus = 1 point and a loss = 0 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage table, Points system\nIf the team batting first match and restricts its opponents to 80% of its total, it gains a bonus point. If the team batting second wins the match in 40 overs, it gains a bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage table, Points system\nA team's run rate will be calculated by reference to the runs scored in an innings divided by the number of overs faced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage table, Points system\nIn the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final will be determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 1: Australia v England, 12 January\nEngland won the toss and elected to bat. Kevin Pietersen was the only England player to get settled, scoring 82. It was debated whether this effected his dismissal getting out caught playing a big shot, slightly after a Glenn McGrath bouncer which injured Pietersen for the rest of the tour. In the end England scored a mediocre total of 242. The English team's bowling attack couldn't have got to a worse start after Gilchrist and Hayden smashed 16 off the first over. After Hayden and Gilchrist got out, Ponting and Clarke took over both going above 50. Australia cruised to an 8 wicket victory with 5 overs remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 2: Australia v New Zealand, 14 January\nAll of the Australian batsman scored reasonable scores that gave Australia a big first innings total. Shane Bond got a one-day hat trick while cleaning up the tail. New Zealand couldn't chase down Australia, Andrew Symonds named man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 99], "content_span": [100, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 3: England v New Zealand, 16 January\nMan of the match Andrew Flintoff scored 72 and hit the winning run with just one ball remaining to get their first win on tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 4: Australia v England, 19 January\nEngland were bowled out for a low score and got early wickets and slowed the run rate to even up the match. Mike Hussey had a controversial decision being not out after nicking a ball to Nixon. He went on to become the man of the match for his 46 including a slog sweep which went for six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 5: Australia v New Zealand, 21 January\nCraig McMillan saved the Kiwis from a low score after they had lost early wickets. New Zealand bowled well early with Clarke and Hussey rescuing the Aussies. This was also Nathan Astle's last match, retiring due to poor form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 99], "content_span": [100, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 7: Australia v England, 26 January\nEngland reached a new low bowled out for 110 in what was regarded as their worst performance on tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 8: Australia v New Zealand, 28 January\nHayden and Ponting both smashed hundreds to give Australia a huge first innings score. New Zealand did well chasing, falling just short with Oram also getting a century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 99], "content_span": [100, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 10: Australia v England, 2 February\nEngland finally beat Australia with Ed Joyce scoring a 100 as England almost reached 300. Plunkett bowled Gilchrist on the first ball, while Symonds had to retire hurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Group stage matches, Match 12: England v New Zealand, 6 February\nPaul Collingwood was back in form getting his first 100 since the Adelaide Test match. The captain Fleming then led from the front scoring a 100 despite controversially running out his partner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189060-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Commonwealth Bank Series, Final series, Second match: Australia vs England, 11 February\nEnglish achieved slightly above average score, but it was expected Australia should chase it down. However, rain interrupted Australia's innings several times, and the interruptions, the lost wickets, the adjusted target and slow outfield made the required run rate difficult. England ensured victory with further wickets as Australia tried to progress the score. It was a huge victory for England, who had otherwise had a terrible tour and who at the start of the series were playing poor cricket. The defeat of Australia was a significant blow to the reigning world champions, they also lost their next three matches in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189061-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2006\u201307 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17\u201314 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 6\u201310 record. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by twenty-first-year head coach Jim Calhoun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189061-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team, Roster\nListed are the student athletes who are members of the 2006\u20132007 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189062-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a 2006\u201307 is the 14th staging of the Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B and Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189062-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Copa Federaci\u00f3n de Espa\u00f1a\nThe competition began on August 2006 with the Regional stages and ended with the finals on 11 and 18 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189063-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Copa del Rey\nThe 2006\u201307 Copa del Rey was the 105th staging of the Copa del Rey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189063-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Copa del Rey\nThe competition started on 30 August 2006 and concluded on 23 June 2007 with the Final, held at the Estadio Santiago Bernab\u00e9u in Madrid, in which Sevilla FC lifted the trophy for the first time since 1948 with a 1\u20130 victory over Getafe CF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189063-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Copa del Rey, Knock-out rounds\n* Match abandoned after 57 minutes at 0\u20131 due to injury of Sevilla coach Juande Ramos; remainder of the game played on 18 March at the Coliseum, Getafe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia\nThe 2006\u201307 Coppa Italia was the 60th edition of the tournament. The final was played, like the two previous editions, between Internazionale and Roma. The first match was played in Rome on 9 May 2007, and the second leg in Milan on 17 May 2007. The score from the first leg was a 6\u20132 win for Roma, while in the second leg Inter beat Roma 2\u20131, which crowned Roma cup winners for the eighth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Formula\nThe match format was first introduced in the 2005\u201306 season. Participating in the competition were all the teams from Serie A (20 teams) and B (22 teams), 28 teams from Serie C1 and C2, and 2 teams from non professional leagues (\"Dilettanti\"), 72 teams in total. The first three rounds were all one-game matches, with the lower classified team in the previous year playing at home. Only 64 teams participated in the first round; the eight teams from Serie A that qualified for European competitions joined the competition in the fourth round \u2013 the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Formula\nOnce the third round was finished, only 8 of the original 64 teams survived and these teams were paired against the 8 teams that had not yet participated. From this point on, the rounds, including the final, were all double leg home and away with the team having the higher aggregate score advancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Pairing Teams\nNo draws were made to pair the teams. In the first round, seed 72 played seed 9, seed 71 played seed 10 and so on. In the second and all future rounds, all brackets were fixed with no reseeding in case of upset winners. To see how teams were paired in the second round, assume no upsets and the top seed would again play the bottom seed; seed 40 (or its opponent seed 41) would play seed 9 (or its opponent seed 72), 39 (or 42) would play 10 (or 71) and so on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\nb) seeds 2\u20138 to the participants playing in the Champions League/UEFA Cup competitions other than seed 1. If less than 8 teams are participating then the next highest placed Serie A team(s) complete(s) the list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\nc) seeds 9\u201317 to the 9 remaining Serie A teams to 17th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\nd) seeds 18\u201320 to the 3 Serie B teams promoted to Serie A this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\ne) seeds 21\u201323 to the 3 Serie A teams demoted to Serie B this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\nf) seeds 24\u201337 to the 14 Serie B teams finishing to 17th place but not promoted to Serie A, and seed 38 to the play-out winner in Serie B", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\ng) seeds 39\u201342 to the 4 Serie C1 teams promoted to Serie B this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\nh) seeds 43\u201346 to the 4 Serie B teams demoted to Serie C1 this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\ni) seeds 47\u201370 to 24 teams from Serie C1 and Serie C2 as selected by the league", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Seeding teams\nj) seeds 71\u201372 to 2 teams from the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (below C2) as selected by the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Knockout stage\nTop team in each pairing played first leg at home", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189064-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, Top goalscorers\n* After Extra Time** After Penalty Shootout(a) Advances on Away-Goals Rule", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189065-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coupe de France\nThe Coupe de France's results of the 2006\u20132007 season. 6577 clubs participated in the cup and the final was played on May 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189065-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coupe de France, Round of 64\n* - Extra time** - Penalty shootout*** - Bois-Guillaume won administratively (A suspended player took part to the match)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189066-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coupe de la Ligue\nThe 2006\u201307 Coupe de la Ligue began on 15 August 2006. The final was held on 31 March 2007 at the Stade de France. The eventual winners were Bordeaux who beat Lyon 1-0 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Coventry City's 87th season in The Football League and their 6th consecutive season in the Football League Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Goalscorers\n15 players scored for Coventry City during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Goalscorers\n49 goals were scored in total during the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Discipline, Yellow cards\n18 players were booked for Coventry City during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Discipline, Yellow cards\n87 bookings were received in total during the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Discipline, Yellow cards\nThe most booked player was Kevin Kyle with 12 cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Discipline, Red Cards\n1 player was sent off for Coventry City during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189067-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Coventry City F.C. season, Season statistics, Discipline, Red Cards\n1 player was sent off in total during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189068-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 130th season in the club's history, their 84th in the English Football League and first back in League One, the third tier of English football following their relegation from the Championship in the previous season. They finished 13th in League One on 60 points. They also competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy, where they were eliminated in the first round, third round and area final respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189068-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189068-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189069-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Croatian First Football League (officially known as Prva HNL O\u017eujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 29 July 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Me\u0111imurje on Matchday 29, played on 28 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189069-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First Football League, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nDuring matches 1\u201322 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189069-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First Football League, Results, Matches 23\u201333\nDuring matches 23\u201333 each team plays every other team once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189069-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First Football League, Results, Relegation play-off, Second leg\nZadar win 6\u20132 on aggregate and are promoted to 2007\u201308 Prva HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 80], "content_span": [81, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189070-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First League\n2006-07 Croatian First League was the 17th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the sixth season of the First League format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189070-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First League, League table and results, Championship play-offs\nIntermediate matches from the first phase were transferred, and with the opponent from the same group played two more games, and the other group of four matches (a total of 10 matches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189070-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First League, League table and results, Relegation play-offs\nPlay-offs to stay in the First league or to be demoted to the Second League for teams from 7 to 16 place. The clubs that played in the same groups have passed their results and played in the league of 12 matches against the other 6 clubs with which they were not in the same stage of the first stage (12 matches), giving a total of 22 matches for each club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189070-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First League, League table and results, Final\nPlayed by two first teams from Championship play-offs . The Champion becomes the first team to score 10 points. The results from the previous stages of the championship are transmitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189070-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian First League, League table and results, Final\n* home match for Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb A - matches played during First phase (Group A) B - matches played during Championship play-offs C - matches played during Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189071-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian Football Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Croatian Football Cup was the sixteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189071-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian Football Cup, Quarter-finals\nFirst legs were held on 21 and 22 November and second legs between 28 November and 6 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189072-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian Ice Hockey League season\nThe Croatian Hockey League Season for 2006-2007 was the 16th such season. It was won by KHL Medve\u0161\u010dak Zagreb. The season was divided into three parts. The last part determined the champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189073-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Croatian Second Football League\nThe 2006-07 Druga HNL season was the 16th since its establishment. The first placed team were Inter Zapre\u0161i\u0107 and the last three clubs were relegated to Tre\u0107a HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary\nPeter Taylor took the job at Crystal Palace after Hull City paid a compensation package of \u00a3300,000 to chairman Simon Jordan. For this Jordan received praise from Hull chairman Adam Pearson for his conduct in the process of appointing Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary\nMost Palace fans were very pleased with this appointment, and were looking forward to an exciting 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary\nTaylor made a whole host of summer signings, and despite a superb start which saw Palace at the top of the table after three games, a terrible run of form saw the Eagles slip down the order, falling to 20th at one stage. Despite this, Jordan was content to leave Taylor in charge of first-team affairs, and his faith was rewarded as Palace picked up their form in the post-Christmas period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter being unbeaten in eight games, the Eagles finally disappointingly lost to Dennis Wise's struggling Leeds United side. Controversy followed the game as Wise revealed an unnamed Leeds player had shared information about the Leeds teamsheet to Taylor's side before the game. Many Palace and Leeds fans believed that former Eagle Shaun Derry might have been the player who shared the information, and though Derry's agent played down these reports, it is notable that Derry rejoined Palace in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a season of ups and downs, Palace eventually finished in 12th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary\nIn June 2007 Jordan succeeded in his High Court battle against Coventry City boss Iain Dowie, with The Hon. Mr Justice Tugendhat ruling that Dowie had lied when negotiating his way out of his contract at Palace. Dowie won the right to appeal and thus the case dragged on, finally being settled out of court the following April for an unknown fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189074-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189075-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cuban National Series\nThe 46th season of the Cuban National Series saw perennial powers Industriales and Santiago de Cuba meet in the playoff final, where the Avispas won the title, 4-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189075-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cuban National Series\nPinar del R\u00edo and Santiago had the best regular season records, but the Vegueros were upset by La Habana in the first round of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189076-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe 2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 69th season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189076-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe winners of the competition qualified for the First round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189076-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Round of 32\nThe matches were played on 24 and 25 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189076-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Round of 16\nThe matches were played on 7, 8 and 9 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189076-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Quarterfinals\nThe matches were played on February 28 and March 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189076-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, Semifinals\nThe matches were played on April 18 and 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189077-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei (women's football)\nThe 2006-07 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 4th annual Romanian women's football knockout tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189078-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cyclo-cross Gazet van Antwerpen\nThe Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy Cyclo cross 2006-2007 started November 1 with de Koppenbergcross and ended February 18 with Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189079-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cyclo-cross Superprestige\nThe 2006\u20132007 Superprestige took place between 15 October 2006 and 17 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189079-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cyclo-cross Superprestige, Men results, Men rankings\nThe top 15 riders in every race score points, descending from 15 points for the winner to 1 point for number fifteen. The exceptions were Asper-Gavere and Diegem, where the points were doubled: 30 for first, 28 for second and so on to 2 points for number 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189080-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cymru Alliance\nThe 2006\u201307 Cymru Alliance was the seventeenth season of the Cymru Alliance after its establishment in 1990. The league was won by Llangefni Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup was the 65th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 16 September 2006 with the first round and concluded on 12 May 2007 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Anorthosis won their 10th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Omonia 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nIn the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division, the Cypriot Third Division and 12 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe competition consisted of seven rounds. In the first and in the second round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe third and fourth round were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nIf both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nIn the next round (quarter-finals), the teams were drawn into two groups of four. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe semi-finals were played over two legs and the same format as in the third and fourth round was applied. The final was a single match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Format\nThe cup winner secured a place in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, First round\nIn the first round participated all the teams of the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division and 12 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division. The two fourth division teams which were promoted from the 2006 STOK promotion play-offs to the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division after finishing to the second and third place (Enosis Neon Parekklisia F.C. and Thiella Dromolaxia) did not participate in the Cypriot Cup. AEK Kouklia F.C. which finished first in the 2006 STOK promotion play-offs, participated in the Cypriot Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Second round\nIn the second round participated the winners of the first round ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Third round\nIn the third round participated the winners of the second round ties and six teams of the Cypriot First Division (the teams which finished 9th, 10th, 11th in the 2005\u201306 Cypriot First Division and the three teams which promoted from the 2005\u201306 Cypriot Second Division). The first eight teams of the 2005\u201306 Cypriot First Division did not participate in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Fourth round\nIn the fourth round participated the winners of the third round ties and the eight teams of the 2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division which did not participated in the third round, that were the teams which finished in the first eight places in the 2005\u201306 Cypriot First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Group stage (quarter-finals)\nIn the group stage participated the eight winners of the fourth round ties. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189081-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Cup, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals participated the four teams which qualified from the group stage. The first legs were played on April 11 and the second legs on April 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189082-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division was the 68th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. APOEL won their 19th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189082-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last three teams were relegated to the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189082-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division, Format\nThe champions ensured their participation in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189082-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division, Format\nThe teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed team among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189082-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189082-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot First Division, Changes from previous season\nAPOP Kinyras, APEP and THOI Lakatamia were relegated from previous season and played in the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2005\u201306 Cypriot Second Division, AEP Paphos, Aris Limassol and Ayia Napa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189083-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 22nd season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Spartakos Kitiou won their 1st title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189083-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division and the last three teams were relegated to regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189083-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189083-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Fourth Division, Changes from previous season\n1AMEP Parekklisia (after their promotion) merged with ATE PEK Parekklisias to form Enosis Neon Parekklisia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189084-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Second Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Cypriot Second Division was the 52nd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. APOP Kinyras won their 2nd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189084-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Second Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to 2007\u201308 Cypriot First Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189085-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Third Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Cypriot Third Division was the 36th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Ermis Aradippou won their 3rd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189085-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Third Division, Format\nFourteen teams participated in the 2006\u201307 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2007\u201308 Cypriot Fourth Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189085-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system\nTeams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189086-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech 1. Liga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Czech 1.liga season was the 14th season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league, and HC Slovan Usti nad Labem won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189087-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech 2. Liga\nThe 2006\u201307 Czech 2. Liga was the 14th season of the 2. \u010desk\u00e1 fotbalov\u00e1 liga, the second tier of the Czech football league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189088-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Czech Cup was the fourteenth season of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. It began on 22 July 2006 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 24 May 2007. The competition offered a place in the second qualifying round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup for the winner; however since winners Sparta Prague qualified for the Champions League through the Czech First League this season, the place went to Jablonec 97 as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189088-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech Cup, Semifinals\nThe semifinals were played on 16 and 17 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189089-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech Extraliga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Czech Extraliga season was the 14th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189089-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Pre-Playoffs\nHC Energie Karlovy Vary (7) - (10) HC Ocel\u00e1\u0159i T\u0159inec 0:3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189089-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech Extraliga season, Playoffs, Pre-Playoffs\nHC Rabat Kladno (8) - (9) HC Znojem\u0161t\u00ed Orli 0:3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189089-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech Extraliga season, Relegation\nNo promotion/relegation between the Czech Extraliga and Czech 1. Liga existed this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189090-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Czech First League\nThe 2006\u201307 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fourteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier of football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189091-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DEL season\nThe 2006\u201307 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 13th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; English: German Ice Hockey League). The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006\u201307 season, the same number as the previous season. However, in place of the Kassel Huskies, who were relegated the previous season, the Straubing Tigers took part in the competition, having won the 2nd Bundesliga in 2005\u201306. The format had slightly changed from the previous season. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 52 regular-season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fourteen, the season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189091-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DEL season\nNo club was relegated from the DEL this season and the Adler Mannheim (English: Eagles Mannheim) won its 5th DEL Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189091-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DEL season, Regular season, Play-offs\nThe four rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189091-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DEL season, Regular season, Play-offs\nLike the regular season, in the play-offs games will be decided by penalty shoot-outs (P) after a five-minute overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189091-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DEL season, Regular season, Top scorers\nThe five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189092-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal\nThe 2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal was the 64th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 8 September 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007. In the final, 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3\u20132 after extra time, thereby claiming their fourth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189092-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal, Matches, Second round\n*Match abandoned on 86' after linesman was struck from the crowd; Result stood", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189093-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal Frauen\nThe Frauen DFB-Pokal 2006\u201307 was the 27th season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. The first round of the tournament was held on 2\u20133 September 2006. In the final which was held in Berlin on 26 May 2007 FFC Frankfurt defeated FCR 2001 Duisburg 5\u20132 on penalties, thus claiming their sixth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189093-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal Frauen, 1st round\n* The game was replayed due to a referee's mistake in the penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189093-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal Frauen, 2nd round\nThe best nine teams from the 2005\u201306 Bundesliga season entered the competition in this round. Defending champion Turbine Potsdam had a quick exit from the competition, losing their initial match at home against FCR 2001 Duisburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup\nThe DLF Cup 2006\u201307 is a triangular One Day International cricket tournament involving Australia, India, and West Indies. Australia defeated West Indies by 127 runs in the final to lift the trophy, winning three of their five games in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup\nAustralian bowler Brett Lee was declared Player of the Series for his outstanding contribution with the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup\nAll the games were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 12 September and 24 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Tournament Structure\nThe sides played each other in a double round robin, meaning that each side play four matches, for a total of six matches. The top 2 teams at the end of the round-robin stage played each other in a one-off final, which was played on 24 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 1st match: Australia v West Indies\nShane Watson's four wickets were a factor when West Indies went \"a position of dominance to crash to a 78-run defeat\" against an experimental Australian side, according to the BBC match report. Phil Jaques fell for a 10-ball two, bowled by Fidel Edwards, before Simon Katich put on a stand of 98 with Ricky Ponting. When both were dismissed by Ian Bradshaw, Michael Clarke entered to hit 81 off 79 balls, before the last four partnerships contributed 21 runs and sent Australia for 279 for nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 1st match: Australia v West Indies\nReplying, Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit 92 with four sixes and ten fours, and shared an opening stand of 136 with Chris Gayle. In the 24th over, West Indies required 108 to win and had nine wickets in hand; from there on, four men were caught behind by Brad Haddin, and West Indies lost nine wickets for 29 runs. From Lara at No. 4 to Edwards at No. 11, the batsmen contributed 15 runs, Bravo making eight of those. The collapse was described by Cricinfo editor Dileep Pramachandran as one \"that made a house of cards look sturdy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 1st match: Australia v West Indies\nAustralia captain Ricky Ponting was fined his entire match fee after \"showing dissent at an umpire's decision\", his second such offense in five months, after Asad Rauf called a wide in the 33rd over of West Indies' innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 2nd match: India v West Indies\nIndia won the toss, and chose to bat. Sachin Tendulkar, who played his first completed official international since March 2006, scored 141 not out, and put on stands with Rahul Dravid and Irfan Pathan to lead India to 200 for one. Pathan got out to Chris Gayle, and Jerome Taylor picked up three wickets, on a pitch where \"grubbers...accounted for three of the batsmen\". Match referee Chris Broad said that a small depression in the pitch had developed, and the organisers were forced to change their pitch rotation. India batted out their 50 overs, though, with Tendulkar hitting four sixes after he reached his hundred, and the fifth-wicket stand between him and Suresh Raina worth 58 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 2nd match: India v West Indies\nWhen West Indies batted, they scored even quicker, helped by 26 extras conceded in 20 overs. Chris Gayle struck 45 from 35 deliveries before being caught behind off Munaf Patel, and Patel and Ajit Agarkar were the only Indian bowlers to concede less than seven an over. With West Indies' at 141 for two, requiring 170 to win in the next 30 overs, rain stopped play at 8:35pm local time, and the players never returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 3rd match: Australia v India\nAustralia batted first, with Shane Watson and Phil Jaques adding 64 in the first 10 overs. Watson fell for 79, having led Australia to 157 for four, and Michael Clarke scored his 64 at a much slower strike rate of 68. With no one below Clarke passing 20, Australia were bowled out for 244, Ajit Agarkar claiming two men caught behind and Munaf Patel taking three wickets in his ten overs. All batsmen were caught, save for Brad Haddin, who was run out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 60], "content_span": [61, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 3rd match: Australia v India\nThe reply was interrupted twice by rain: India returned at 16 for nought in the fifth over, then lost five wickets in 18 balls, with Mitchell Johnson responsible for four of them in his seventh One-day International. The fifth was a run out. Then rain intervened again, and the game was called off as a no result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 60], "content_span": [61, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 4th match: Australia v West Indies\nWest Indies beat Australia by 3 wickets to book a place in the DLF Cup final. Michael Hussey led the Australian team for the first time in the absence of Ricky Ponting. Australia batted first and scored 272/6 in 50 overs. Opener Matthew Hayden scored 49 runs from 77 balls while Hussey scored a brisk 109 off just 90 balls and Brad Haddin scored 70 runs off 77 balls. Hussey and Haddin added 165 together, a world record for the sixth wicket in ODIs. Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the West Indies bowlers claiming 2 wickets for 35 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 4th match: Australia v West Indies\nWest Indies chase got off to a slow start and they were 44/2 by the end of 12th over when Brian Lara walked to the crease. Chris Gayle and Brian Lara then put on a 151 run partnership at a rate of close to 7.8 runs per over and set the stage for the chase. Gayle scored 79 while Lara scored a match-winning 87 off 80 balls. Lara fell with West Indies still needing 31 off 9.4 overs. 3 quick wickets followed Lara's dismissal leaving West Indies at 255/7 in 43.4 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 4th match: Australia v West Indies\nHowever Dwayne Bravo and Carlton Baugh played sensibly and guided West Indies to a 3 wicket win with 16 balls to spare. Australia's Stuart Clark finished with bowling figures of 7-0-87-0; his economy rate of 12.42 tied the then-record of Tapash Baisya for the worst economy rate ever in an ODI innings (with a qualification of at least five overs bowled); the record was surpassed in February 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 66], "content_span": [67, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 5th match: India v West Indies\nRahul Dravid won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision soon backfired when Dwayne Smith removed Dravid in the very first over of the game. Sehwag's bad form continued as he dismissed for 1 by Smith leaving India at 6/2. When MS Dhoni fell, India were struggling at 69/5. Dwayne Bravo picked up the first four Indian wickets to fall. Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar then put on an 87 run partnership. Harbhajan scored 37 while Sachin Tendulkar scored 65. India were eventually bowled out for 162 inside 40 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 5th match: India v West Indies\nWest Indies got off to a decent start with the openers putting on a 44 runs stand. Wickets then fell regularly and West Indies were bowled out for 146. Agarkar, Munaf Patel and Sreesanth picked two wickets each, while Harbhajan Singh picked up three wickets towards the end. Harbhajan Singh was declared the Man of the Match for his contributions with the bat as well as the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, 5th match: India v West Indies\nThe next game between India and Australia would decide the team that would go through to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, Final: Australia v West Indies\nAustralia defeated West Indies by 127 runs to lift the DLF Cup. Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bat first. Shane Watson was the first wicket to fall for Australia. He scored 18. Skipper Ricky Ponting soon followed making 6, before Damien Martyn and Andrew Symonds scored 52 each. Michael Hussey hit a 24-ball 30 to take Australia to 240 in 50 overs. Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the West Indian bowlers with figures of two for 30 from his 10 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, Final: Australia v West Indies\nWest Indies had a horrible start to their innings losing Chris Gayle to the very first ball. Runako Morton made a 31-ball duck, the slowest ever duck in One Day Internationals. West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals and were 56 for six at one stage. Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Smith scored 30's while rest of the batsmen barring Shivnarine Chanderpaul got one-digit scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189094-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 DLF Cup, Match summary, Final: Australia v West Indies\nBrett Lee was declared Man of the Match for his four wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189095-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Mavericks season\nThe 2006\u201307 Dallas Mavericks season was the team's 27th in the NBA. The Mavericks entered the season as the runner-ups of the 2006 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in six games. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 60\u201322 output from the previous season. They improved by seven wins, finishing 67\u201315, claiming the top seed in the Western Conference, and qualifying for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. In the first round, they met the eight-seeded Golden State Warriors, and lost in six games in a shocking upset. The Mavericks became the third first-seeded team in NBA history to be eliminated by an eighth-seeded team in the playoffs, following the Seattle SuperSonics in 1994, and the Miami Heat in 1999. The Mavericks had the second best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189095-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Mavericks season\nThis would be the last time a 67-win team was eliminated before the Conference Finals until 2016, when the San Antonio Spurs were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games in the Conference Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189096-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Stars season\nThe 2006\u201307 Dallas Stars season was the 40th season for the Dallas Stars, and the 40th overall of the franchise. The Stars made one major acquisition, Eric Lindros. With Marty Turco still in goal, and Mike Modano and captain Brenden Morrow leading the team, the Stars qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189096-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Stars season, Regular season\nThe Stars tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189096-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189096-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Stars season, Playoffs\nThe Dallas Stars ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's sixth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189096-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dallas Stars season, Transactions, Draft picks\nDallas' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189097-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish 1st Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Danish 1st Division season was the 12th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 29, 2006 to the final match on June 24, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189097-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish 1st Division\nThe division-champion and runner-up were promoted to the 2007\u201308 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th places were divided between 2nd Division East and West, based on location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189098-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish 2nd Divisions\nThe 2006\u201307 season in Danish 2nd Division was divided into two groups. The two winners, Lolland-Falster Alliancen and Skive IK, were promoted to the 2007\u201308 Danish 1st Division, together with the winner of a promotion game, Hvidovre IF, between the two runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189098-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish 2nd Divisions\nSecond squad teams were not eligible for promotion or allowed to play in the promotion game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189098-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish 2nd Divisions, Promotion game\nThe two runners-up played a promotion game on a home and away basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189099-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Danish Cup was the 53rd version of the Danish Cup. First round were played about August 9 and the final were played on May 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189099-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results\nThe team listed to the left, is the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189099-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, First round\nIn first round competed 50 teams from the \"series\" (Denmark's series and lower 2005), 26 teams from Danish 2nd Divisions 2005-06 and 12 teams from Danish 1st Division 2005-06 (no. 5 to 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189099-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, Second round\nIn second round competed 44 winning teams from first round, 4 teams from Danish 1st Division 2005-06 (no. 1 to 4) and 8 teams from Danish Superliga 2005-06 (no. 5 to 12).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189099-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, Third round\nIn third round compete 28 winning teams from second round and 4 teams from Danish Superliga 2005-06 (no. 1 to 4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189099-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Cup, Fixtures and results, Semi finals\nThe semi finals will be played on home and away basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189100-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Superliga\nThe 2006\u201307 Danish Superliga season was the 17th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. It was governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 19, 2006 to the final match on May 27, 2007. The ending date was discussed to be postponed to mid-June, if the Danish under-21 national team missed qualification for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007, as they did, but instead the date was moved from Pentecost Monday to Pentecost Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189100-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Superliga\nThe Danish champions qualified for UEFA Champions League 2007\u201308 qualification. The runners-up qualified for UEFA Cup 2007\u201308 qualification. The third-place finishers qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007. The 11th and 12th placed teams were relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up are promoted to the Superliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189100-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Danish Superliga, Results\nTo read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189101-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey team represented Dartmouth College. Olympic hockey player Gillian Apps was elected as the Big Green's team captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189101-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey season, International\nSarah Parsons made her fourth appearance with the United States Under-22 Select Team. Sophomore Julia Bronson earned an invite to the USA Hockey Women's National Festival. The invitation was to try out for the US National Under-22 Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189102-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Coached by Bob McKillop and led by freshman guard Stephen Curry, the Wildcats won the Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles, and reached the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team finished win an overall record of 29\u20135 (17\u20131 SoCon).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189103-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers, led by fourth year head coach Brian Gregory, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 19\u201312, 8\u20138 in A-10 play. The Flyers started the season 10-1, with wins over NCAA Tournament teams Louisville, Holy Cross, and Creighton, before stumbling during A-10 play. The Flyers advanced to the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament where they lost to regular season champion Xavier. Dayton was not selected to play in a postseason tournament, marking the 3rd consecutive season the Flyers did not play in a postseason tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189103-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2005\u201306 Dayton Flyers finished the season 14\u201317, with a record of 6\u201310 in the Atlantic 10 regular season. The Flyers season ended in the first round of the 2006 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament against Saint Joseph's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189104-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Denver Nuggets season\nThe 2006\u201307 Denver Nuggets season was the 40th season of the franchise, 31st in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season is best remembered when Carmelo Anthony made headlines on December 16 when he was involved in a brawl against the Knicks, and as a result was suspended for 15 games. The next day, the Nuggets acquired Allen Iverson from Philadelphia. Anthony and the newly acquired Iverson played their first game together on January 22, 2007 in a game against Memphis. The Nuggets finished the year at 45-37, making the postseason for the fourth straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189104-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Denver Nuggets season\nHowever, they did not make it out of the first round, losing to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in five games. Anthony and Iverson were voted to play in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game although Iverson did not play due to an injury. This was Anthony's first All-Star game appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189105-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a's 36th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. They also competed in the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189105-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Season summary\nCoach Joaqu\u00edn Caparr\u00f3s's second season in charge saw Deportivo slip into the bottom half of the table, placing 13th. This was their worst finish in La Liga since 1991\u201392, and ultimately cost Caparr\u00f3s his job. Despite fairing somewhat better in the Copa del Rey, reaching the semi-finals for the second consecutive year before losing to eventual winners Sevilla, Caparr\u00f3s was replaced by Real Sociedad coach Miguel \u00c1ngel Lotina ahead of the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189105-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Kit\nDeportivo's kit was manufactured by Joma and sponsored by Fadesa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189105-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189105-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Players, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189105-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a season, Players, Squad, Out on loan for the full season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Derby County competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nDerby County finished the season in third place in the Championship, four points behind champions Sunderland and two points behind runners-up Birmingham City. With new ownership, Derby had been able to compete in the transfer market for the first time in a number of years, with Luton Town's Steve Howard becoming the club's first \u00a31 million signing since Fran\u00e7ois Grenet six years previously and, alongside captures from Premiership clubs such as West Ham United's Stephen Bywater and Fulham's Dean Leacock, manager Billy Davies began shaping a side capable of competing at the right end of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nThis wasn't apparent from the off, however, and a return of just five points from the club's opening six fixtures did not hint at instant success for Davies, leaving influential and creative players such as Tommy Smith and I\u00f1igo Idiakez to depart the club prior to the closing of the August transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0001-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nHowever, a 1\u20130 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 September proved a catalyst as the club lost only four of its next 27 fixtures (a run which included winning all six league fixtures in November and an eight-match winning streak of six league and two FA Cup games from 30 December to 10 February).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0001-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a 2\u20132 draw at home to Hull City on 10 February, Derby were six points clear at the top of the table and had strengthened for the promotion run-in with the signing of Tyrone Mears, Jay McEveley, Gary Teale, David Jones, Craig Fagan, Stephen Pearson and Jon Macken for a combined \u00a35 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0001-0004", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nHowever, a 2\u20130 defeat away to Plymouth Argyle in the fifth round preceded a notable wobble in results and the club recorded a return of just six points from the next five games, conceding top spot to Birmingham City after a 1\u20130 defeat at St. Andrews on 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0001-0005", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nA resounding 5\u20131 win against Colchester United (by far the biggest win of a campaign which saw victory by a two-goal margin or greater on just six occasions) looked to have put the club back on track, but, after taking just 12 points from the next ten fixtures, the club slipped out of the automatic promotion places altogether and a 2\u20130 defeat at Crystal Palace in the penultimate game of the season confirmed a 3rd-placed finish and entry into the 2006\u201307 Championship playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nDerby defeated West Bromwich Albion 1\u20130 in the play-off final with a goal from Stephen Pearson to return Derby to the top flight of English football for the first time in five seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary\nStriker Steve Howard, who was also Derby's top scorer that season, was awarded the Jack Stamps Trophy as Derby's player of the season. Defender Darren Moore was named in the PFA's Championship Team of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Kit\nSpanish company Joma remained Derby's kits manufacturers, and introduced a new home kit for the season, the first time since 1998 that Derby had not used the same kit for two seasons running. The Derbyshire Building Society continued sponsoring the kits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 37], "content_span": [38, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189106-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Derby County F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189107-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Pistons season\nThe 2006\u201307 Detroit Pistons season was the 66th season of the franchise, the 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 50th in the Detroit area. The Pistons began the season hoping to improve upon their 64\u201318 output from the previous season. However, they came eleven wins shy of tying it, finishing 53\u201329. Whatsoever, these were enough wins to lead the conference at 1st in a lackluster east.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189107-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Pistons season\nAfter signing Nazr Mohammed and hometown native Chris Webber to offset the loss of Ben Wallace during the off-season, the Pistons were able to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the fifth consecutive season, becoming the first team since the 1992\u201393 Chicago Bulls to do so. In the Eastern Conference Finals, they were defeated by the eventual Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. The Pistons had the sixth best team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season\nThe 2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season was the 81st National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings entered a new era, following the retirement of longtime captain Steve Yzerman after 22 seasons in the NHL, all spent with Detroit. The Wings named Yzerman a team vice-president, Yzerman's number 19 was retired by the Wings in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season\nThe Red Wings lost another longtime player in Brendan Shanahan, who signed with the New York Rangers, although they retained the services of goaltender Dominik Hasek, who re-signed with the club as a free agent. Hasek remained one of the NHL's goaltending leaders, helping the Red Wings remain in contention for top spot in the Western Conference, battling with their division rivals, the Nashville Predators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season\nTwo Red Wings players represented the West at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas \u2013 Nicklas Lidstrom was elected as a starting defenceman, and registered an assist, where he was joined by forward Henrik Zetterberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season\nOn February 8, 2007, the Red Wings lost 1\u20130 at St. Louis. It was the first time that the Red Wings had been shut-out in a regular season game since January 7, 2004, when they lost at home 3\u20130 to the Boston Bruins. Prior to their loss to the Blues, the Red Wings had gone 175 consecutive regular season games without being shut-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs\nThe Detroit Red Wings ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Transactions\nThe Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks\nDetroit's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Red Wings had no first-round pick in this draft, having dealt the 29th overall pick to the Phoenix Coyotes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Farm teams, Grand Rapids Griffins\nThe Griffins are Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189108-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Detroit Red Wings season, Farm teams, Toledo Storm\nThe Storm are the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189109-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)\n2006\u201307 was the eighth season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of ice hockey in Sweden, below the second-level HockeyAllsvenskan and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189109-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Format\nThe 52 participating teams played the first half of the season in six groups divided geographically. The successful teams then moved into three new groups (the Allettan groups), while the remaining teams played in a continuation of their smaller existing groups. The teams with the worst records in these continuation groups were then forced to defend their places in Division 1 against challengers from Division 2 (see \"relegation tournament\" below) in a round-robin tournament called Kvalserien till Division 1. Meanwhile, the successful teams from the Allettan groups along with the group winners of the continuation groups played a playoff to determine who would have a chance to compete for promotion to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan in Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189109-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Relegation, Division 1D\nSk\u00e5 was promoted to the league, while Vallentuna was relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189110-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol\nThe 2006\u201307 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor Juvenil de F\u00fatbol season was the 21st since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189111-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Futsal\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de Futsal is the 18th season of top-tier futsal in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189112-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 6th year head coach Bruiser Flint, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189113-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski, serving for his 27th year. The team played its home games in Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189114-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Duleep Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 Duleep Trophy was the 46th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone. In addition to these five teams, a guest team (Sri Lanka A) also featured in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189114-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Duleep Trophy\nNorth Zone won the title, defeating Sri Lanka A in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189115-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dumbarton F.C. season\nSeason 2006\u201307 was the 123rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 101st time, the Scottish Cup for the 112th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 60th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 16th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189115-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nIt was hoped that the return to the Third Division would be a short one and that Gerry McCabe would be the manager to help Dumbarton win an immediate promotion. Despite a slow start, by the end of December, Dumbarton were in pole position to claim at least one of the play off places in the league. However, the end of a successful loan spell for the club's top scorer - Stephen Dobbie - coincided with a slump in form and by the end of March a gap had opened up between the top four and the chasing group. Despite a run of 5 consecutive wins in April, 5th place would be the best that could be achieved 8 points adrift of East Fife in 4th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189115-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nIn the Scottish Cup, an excellent away win over Second Division Raith Rovers was rewarded by a third round tie against Celtic. However it would be the Premier League side that would advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189115-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nIn the League Cup, Dumbarton had a decisive win over Second Division Stirling Albion, but it would be another Premier League side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle that would advance after a close fought second round tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189115-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nFinally, it would be 'business as usual' in the League Challenge Cup, with another first hurdle fall, this time to Morton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189115-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview\nLocally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their opening group ties, and failed to progress to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189116-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish First Division after coming 7th place the season prior. Dundee finished in 3rd position with 53 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 97th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. United finished in ninth place for the third season in the row and meant they had only finished in the top six once in the seven seasons since the split was introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season\nUnited finished the season in 9th place with 42 points in the 2006\u201307 SPL season. In a poor end to the post-match split, United failed to win, scoring just one goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season\nThe League Cup campaign was ended by St Johnstone \u2013 aided by ex-United player Jason Scotland \u2013 who won 3\u20130 in the third round. United also exited the Scottish Cup at the second hurdle, losing 1\u20130 at Inverness CT in the 4th round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season\nFans' favourite Craig Brewster left the manager's position in late-October, with former Hearts and Leicester City manager Craig Levein taking up the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nUnited signed Craig Conway, Noel Hunt and Steven Robb in pre-season, with Derek McInnes, Jim McIntyre and Grant Brebner departing on free transfers after being released by the club. United started pre-season with a 4\u20131 win at Raith Rovers before a week in Denmark with matches against Herf\u00f8lge BK and FC Nordsj\u00e6lland. Back in Scotland, United played Forfar at Station Park before the Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup resulted in a disappointing 1\u20130 defeat to rivals Dundee at Dens. The round of pre-season friendlies meant none were played at Tannadice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nUnited started the league campaign with a 2\u20131 loss to Falkirk at home on the opening day of the season and then drew at Rangers, despite being 2\u20130 ahead. Goals from new signings Noel Hunt and Christian Kalvenes had put United ahead but Rangers fought back to draw in Paul Le Guen's first home match as Rangers manager. David Proctor finally arrived from Inverness CT to end weeks of protracted negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nSuccessive 0\u20130 draws against Kilmarnock (where Lee Miller's only start was marred by an early sending-off) and Dunfermline were improved by an extra-time CIS Cup win over Airdrie United and a 3\u20131 win at newly promoted St Mirren, where captain Barry Robson's 100th United match was event-filled, with two goals and a sending-off. The transfer window brought no new faces but striker Lee Miller was surprisingly allowed to leave for Aberdeen on a free transfer, although it later transpired he had been disciplined days earlier for breaking club regulations. David Fern\u00e1ndez and Paul Ritchie were also freed before the deadline, with Fernandez signing for Kilmarnock and Ritchie joining Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nUnited started September with a 3\u20130 defeat at home to Hibernian but their unbeaten away run continued in Inverness with a 0\u20130 draw against Caley Thistle. United crashed out of the CIS Cup with a 3\u20130 defeat away to St Johnstone, with ex-United player Jason Scotland scoring the first goal. Further woe followed with only a draw at home to bottom-placed Motherwell. Free agent Grant Smith was recruited in late September to provide goals from midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nOctober started with a 4\u20130 defeat to Hearts at Tynecastle and a 4\u20131 home defeat to Celtic, sending United to the bottom of the table. In-between these matches, former Dundee defender Lee Wilkie signed until the end of the season. a 3\u20131 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie led Brewster to publicly admit his players were in danger of heading for the First Division and the following 5\u20131 defeat to Falkirk did little to change this viewpoint. The low point of the season represented Brewster's final attempt to turn things around, illustrated by handing debut starts to no fewer than four players. United lost all four games in October, conceding 16 goals in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nOn 29 October, Brewster and assistant Malky Thomson left by \"mutual agreement\", with widely tipped Craig Levein appointed less than 24 hours later. Levein's first match, a televised Sunday affair at home to Rangers, was watched from the stand as he completed a touchline ban from his time at Raith; it made little difference, as United came from behind to win 2\u20131 and record their first home league win of the season. The following weekend, Levein matched Brewster's record of two league wins, doing so in just two matches with a 1\u20130 win over Kilmarnock (Noel Hunt scoring).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nMark de Vries \u2013 who played under Levein at Hearts and Leicester City \u2013 made public his desire to play for United. Levein's third match in charge brought a disappointing late 2\u20131 defeat at Dunfermline but November finished with three home wins in a row with a 1\u20130 win over St Mirren. Three wins from four was enough to hand Levein a Manager of the Month award in his first month (something also achieved by Gordon Chisholm in April 2006 during his caretaker spell).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nDecember started with a battling 2\u20131 defeat at Hibs but a fourth consecutive home win followed with a 3\u20131 victory over Inverness. In-between these games, Cowdenbeath midfielder Morgaro Gomis agreed a deal to join in the transfer window for a nominal fee. On 15 December, defenders Ross Gardiner and Lee Wilkie agreed one-month loan deals with Arbroath and Ross County respectively. United won 3\u20132 at Motherwell, despite having defender Christian Kalvenes sent off in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nA narrow 1\u20130 defeat to Hearts ended Levein's impressive home form but plaudits were gained again following a 2\u20132 draw away to Celtic, although for the second time this season, United threw away a two-goal lead away to the Old Firm. 2006 ended on a high with a 3\u20131 win over 2nd-placed Aberdeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nIf 2006 ended on a high, then 2007 could not have begun any worse \u2013 a second 5\u20131 defeat to Falkirk, this time at Tannadice. New signing Morgaro Gomis made a late debut with Irishman Jon Daly becoming Levein's next signing, the big target man arriving from Hartlepool United on 5 January. The following day, Levein confirmed Grant Smith's contract would not be renewed but Sean Dillon's move from Shelbourne was eventually completed, with the Irish full back arriving on 11 January. Prior to this, a flu epidemic had seen the Scottish Cup game against St Mirren postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nThe after-effects may have been present as United slumped to a 5\u20130 defeat at Ibrox, with Daly and Dillon both making debuts. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Inverness captain Darren Dods had signed a pre-contract agreement to join in the summer, ending a lengthy pursuit for him that had been started by former manager Craig Brewster some months previously. The re-arranged cup match against St Mirren was full of excitement, with United throwing away a two-goal lead before David Robertson secured the win with an injury-time winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0010-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nUnited lost a third consecutive league match, going down 1\u20130 at Rugby Park, with David McCracken \u2013 who had earlier been told he would be leaving in the summer \u2013 absent. Shortly afterwards, Alan Archibald and David Proctor were also informed they were free to leave. January's final match resulted in a disappointing goalless draw at home to Dunfermline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nAlan Archibald left to rejoin Partick Thistle on deadline day, while Che Bunce \u2013 who had spent a few days at Tannadice on trial \u2013 opted to sign for Coventry City instead. United exited the Scottish Cup, losing 1\u20130 to Inverness. David Proctor became the second player to move with special FIFA dispensation to a third club of the season (after Javier Mascherano), moving on loan to Airdrie United. On the pitch, United finally picked up a league win in 2007, completing a fourth successive victory over St Mirren this season, courtesy of Barry Robson's strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nThe following week saw another clean sheet with a 0\u20130 draw at home to Hibs, only for a last-minute goal to give Inverness a 1\u20130 win up north. Off the pitch, there was plenty of excitement with a rumoured summer friendly against Barcelona, although the excitement failed to materialise onto the pitch as United were held 1\u20131 at home to Motherwell. The following weekend, Craig Levein's return to Tynecastle brought much cheer with a resounding 4\u20130 win, including Barry Robson's first senior hat-trick. United closed out March with a credible 1\u20131 draw at home to Celtic, although Barry Robson's second red card of the season spoiled Jon Daly's first goal for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nApril began in emphatic fashion, with a 4\u20132 win at Aberdeen which saw five goals in the opening seventeen minutes; Greg Cameron's first goals for United were enough to clinch victory. United entered the league split with an away match at Dunfermline and continued their winless streak that stretched back to 1997, losing 1\u20130. The following week, David Robertson's goal earned a 1\u20131 draw at home to Inverness, although it later transpired Jon Daly's knee injury was posterior cruciate ligament damage and would rule him out for several months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Review and events\nOn the same day, United's proposed pre-season fixture with Barcelona was confirmed, before St Mirren eased their relegation worries with a 2\u20130 weekend win at Tannadice. The penultimate match of the season saw a third straight loss for United, going down 2\u20130 at Falkirk; earlier in the week, Derek Stillie confirmed he would leave the club at the end of the season to pursue an English law career. Collin Samuel was not far behind, although due to the club deciding not to offer a new contract. The Falkirk defeat also saw another d\u00e9but for a youngster with Johnny Russell making a late substitute appearance. The season finished with a 0\u20130 home draw against Motherwell. It was the final game for Derek Stillie, David McCracken, Lee Mair and Collin Samuel, who each started the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results\nDundee United played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 2006\u201307 season, as well as five pre-season friendlies, making a total of nearly fifty games played. The team finished ninth in the Scottish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results\nIn the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage, losing 1\u20130 at Inverness CT. The club also exited early in the League Cup, losing 3\u20130 away to First Division side St Johnstone in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, United used 29 different players, with a further three named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details, Goalscorers\nTwelve players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 44 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Barry Robson, who finished the season with 12 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details, Discipline\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, five United players were sent off, and twenty players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received seven dismissals and 70 cautions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In\nNine players were signed during the 2006\u201307 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of just under \u00a3100,000, although three transfers were undisclosed or nominal fees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In\nThe players that joined Dundee United during the 2006\u201307 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In\nSean Dillon's fee was \u20ac20,000, which amounted to approximately \u00a313,500 at the time of transfer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nNo players were loaned out during the 2006\u201307 season, with twelve leaving the club permanently. The club received no transfer fees as all players were released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out\nListed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189117-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dundee United F.C. season, Playing kit\nThe strips were produced for the first time by Hummel and the jerseys were sponsored for the first time by Anglian Home Improvements (who also sponsored Motherwell in the same season). For the first time, the shorts were sponsored (by Ole International).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189118-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 was Dunfermline Athletic's seventh season in the Scottish Premier League. Dunfermline Athletic competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Although being relegated at the end of the season, Dunfermline qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup after playing in the Scottish Cup final against Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 ECHL season was the 19th season of the ECHL. The league had 25 teams for 2006\u201307. The Brabham Cup regular season champions were the Las Vegas Wranglers and the Kelly Cup playoff champions were the Idaho Steelheads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, League changes\nTwo teams returned to the ECHL after suspensions: the Texas Wildcatters and the Cincinnati Cyclones. The Wildcatters had to suspend operations for the 2005\u201306 season as a byproduct of damage to their home arena caused by Hurricane Rita. The Cyclones returned after ceasing operations following the 2003\u201304 season in trying to secure an American Hockey League franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, League changes\nThe Board of Governors revoked the Greenville Grrrowl franchise and the San Diego Gulls had returned its franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, League changes\nThe New Jersey Devils purchased the Trenton Titans and the team became the ECHL affiliate of the Devils. The Titans still maintained their affiliation with the Philadelphia Flyers for the season. After the purchase of the Titans, the New Jersey Devils renamed the franchise's operator Trenton Titans, LLC to Trenton Devils, LLC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, League changes, Realignment\nAt the 2006 pre-season meeting of the ECHL Board of Governors, the ECHL announced the alignment of the 25 teams. The Las Vegas Wranglers were moved from the West to the Pacific Division to replace the departed San Diego Gulls, the returning Texas Wildcatters replaced the Grrrowl in the South Division, and the Cincinnati Cyclones were re-added to the North Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; (z) = Clinched home-ice advantage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189119-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ECHL season, Kelly Cup playoffs, Format\nThe two unbalanced conferences had separate playoff formats. The 10-team National Conference had the top eight teams advance to the playoffs with the division winners awarded the first and second seeds. The remaining six teams were seeded by points and the four highest seeds faced the lowest remaining seeds. The four remaining teams in the second round would be reseeded by regular season points and the winners would play for a conference championship. All playoff series were best-of-seven. The 15-team American Conference had 10 teams advance to the playoffs but kept an inter-divisional playoff structure. The fourth and fifth seeded teams in each division had a play-in best-of-three series before moving on to the divisional semifinals which were a best-of-five series. The divisional and conference finals were a best-of-seven series. The two conference champions then met in a best-of-seven Kelly Cup final series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 972]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189120-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EDF Energy Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of the English Rugby Union cup competition. It was the second season under the new Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The competition began on 1 September and concluded with the final on Sunday 15 April at Twickenham, where Leicester Tigers beat the Ospreys 41-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189120-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EDF Energy Cup\nThe teams competing remained the same as the previous season with the exception of newly promoted NEC Harlequins, replacing Leeds Tykes, who were relegated to National Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189120-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EDF Energy Cup, Broadcast rights\nTelevision rights for the league are held exclusively by BBC Sport. The BBC show EDF Energy Cup games as part of Grandstand, Scrum V and on Welsh-language channel S4C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189121-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EHF Champions League\nThe EHF Champions League 2006\u201307 was the 2006-2007 edition of the EHF Champions League who is managed by EHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189121-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EHF Champions League, Top scorers\nThe top scorers from the 2006\u201307 EHF Champions League are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189122-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 EHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup was the 31st season of the tournament organised by EHF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189122-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup\nThe final was played between Oltchim R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea and By\u00e5sen Trondheim. Oltchim defeated By\u00e5sen 59\u201353 and have earned the right to play in the EHF Champions Trophy in Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189123-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EIHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 Elite Ice Hockey League season commenced on September 9, 2006 and concluded on April 8, 2007. It was the Elite League's fourth season of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189123-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EIHL season\nThere was a reduction of one in the number of foreign trained players ('imports') a club was allowed to have signed at one time, with a limit of ten per team. The number of players requiring a work permit (non-British and European Union citizens) was increased from five to nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189123-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EIHL season\nClubs also had a greater number of North American players to choose from. Previously, EIHL teams were only able to sign players who had played in the NHL, AHL and ECHL, something which essentially limited EIHL clubs to a small pool of ECHL players and inflated wage demands. These new rules allowed clubs to sign players from the CHL and the UHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189123-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EIHL season\nThe Nottingham Panthers represented the United Kingdom in the 2006\u201307 Continental Cup because the 2005\u201306 champions Belfast Giants and runner-up Newcastle Vipers declined to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189123-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EIHL season, Challenge Cup\nThe preliminary round saw Coventry, Hull, Manchester and Sheffield advance to the semifinals. Coventry were drawn to face Manchester and Hull drawn against Sheffield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189124-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 East Bengal FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189124-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Calcutta Football League\nEast Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches. Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189124-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Durand Cup\nEast Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0\u20130 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0\u20134 against JCT and 1\u20132 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189124-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, IFA Shield\nEast Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1\u20130 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1\u20131 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189124-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Federation Cup\nEast Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2\u20130 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha. In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0\u20131 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189124-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 East Bengal FC season, Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)\nBrazilian giants S\u00e3o Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0\u20133 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189125-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Counties Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 65th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189125-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189125-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Counties Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189126-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 2nd year head coach Charles E. Ramsey, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 13\u201319, 6\u201310 in MAC play. They team finished 4th in the MAC West. They were knocked out in the 2nd round of the MAC Tournament by Toledo The team captains were Carlos Medlock, Craig Cashen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189127-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires\nThe Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, also known as the Great Divide Complex, were a series of bushfires that commenced in the Victorian Alps in Australia on 1 December 2006 due to lightning strikes, and continued for 69 days. They were the longest running bushfires in the state's history. Between 1.2 and 1.3 million hectares were burnt, most of it public land. Victorian fire personnel were assisted by others from all states and territories of Australia, as well as teams from New Zealand, the United States and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189127-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, Timeline\nOn 11 December it was reported that the fires had reached Mount Stirling, and destroyed Craig's Hut, well known as the setting for the film The Man from Snowy River. The bushfire smoke spread across the state, and by 20 December visibility in Melbourne was reduced to two kilometres, causing disruption to flights at Melbourne Airport On 11 January a number of buildings and stock were lost at Tambo Crossing as the firefront crossed to the east of the Great Alpine Road and climbed Mount Elizabeth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189127-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, Tawonga Gap and Tatong fires\nTwo separate large fires were burning nearby during the same period, one at Tawonga Gap (33,500 hectares) and another at Tatong (33,000 hectares).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 77], "content_span": [78, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189128-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eccellenza\nThis is a list of division winners and playoff matches in the regionally organized Eccellenza 2006\u20132007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189128-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eccellenza, Regional playoffs, Rules\nIn the regional playoffs, each Regional Committee can decide its own rules to admit a single team to the national phase. In the 2006\u201307 season, Liguria, Trentino-Alto Adige/S\u00fcdtirol, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna and Lazio opted not to organize any regional playoff, preferring instead to admit the runner-up team directly to the national phase, whereas all other regional committees organized playoffs between teams from second to fifth place, with the exception of Piedmont, that organized a playoff between only three teams (from second to fourth place).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189128-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eccellenza, National playoffs, Rules\nThe national playoffs involved a total of 28 teams, respectively the regional playoff winners or the second-placed teams in case regional playoffs were not organized by the correspondent committee. A total of two two-legged rounds are played in order to fill the remaining seven Serie D spots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Oilers' 35th season, 28th in the NHL. After making it to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the club had a disappointing season, finishing out of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nPrior to the season the club experience the stunning loss of star defenceman Chris Pronger. After helping the Oilers to the Stanley Cup final in the 2005\u201306 season, Pronger requested a trade due to personal reasons. In early July, Pronger was sent to the Anaheim Ducks for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and various draft picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nNot only did Pronger leave, but another major acquisition from the previous season, Michael Peca, was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent. Despite the losses in personnel, the Oilers had a very strong start to the season, briefly propelling them to the top of the Northwest Division standings. The Oilers would slowly fall back of the pack however, finding themselves well out of a playoff spot by the trade deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nAt the deadline, the Oilers again stunned the NHL by trading their leading scorer, and pending Unrestricted free agent, Ryan Smyth to the New York Islanders for two prospects and a first-round draft pick. Reports later indicated that Smyth and the Oilers were only $100,000 apart in contract negotiations when the Oilers chose to make the trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nOn the same night as the Smyth trade, the Oilers retired former captain Mark Messier's number 11 sweater. The celebration of Messier also included having a street named after him in Edmonton. Oilers general manager, and Messier's former teammate, Kevin Lowe was noticeably absent from the retirement ceremony. Messier won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers during his time in Edmonton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nThe Oilers set new marks in this season for both success and failure. Edmonton recorded its 1,000th regular season win in the NHL on January 2, 2007, while late in the season, the Oilers lost 12 consecutive games, a mark that surpassed Edmonton's previous record of 11. However, the NHL does not now consider an overtime loss a true loss, thus the feat did not officially break the franchise record for losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season\nIn May 2007, Daryl Katz offered $145\u00a0million towards the purchase of the team. Sources close to the Edmonton Journal state that, as part of the deal, the team will remain in Edmonton. No negotiations took place as the owners immediately responded that the Oilers were not for sale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season\nExcluding shootout goals scored, the Oilers had the fewest goals scored of all 30 NHL teams, with just 192.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results\nLegend: \u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Playoffs\nThe Oilers were eliminated from playoff contention for the third time in their last five seasons. With the Carolina Hurricanes also failing to qualify for the post-season, it marked the first time in NHL history that the previous season's finalists both failed to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Skaters\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Edmonton. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only. \u2021Denotes player traded mid-season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189129-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Edmonton Oilers season, Transactions, Draft picks\nEdmonton's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver. The Oilers did not draft a player until the 45th pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189130-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eerste Divisie\nThe 2006/2007 season of the Eerste Divisie began on August 11, 2006 and ended in May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189130-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eerste Divisie, Promoted teams\nThe following teams were promoted to the Eredivisie at the end of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189130-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eerste Divisie, New team\nThis team was relegated out of the Eredivisie at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189130-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eerste Divisie, Playoffs\nVVV Venlo and Excelsior will play in the 2007\u201308 Eredivisie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189131-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eerste Klasse\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Gidonb (talk | contribs) at 16:50, 28 March 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189131-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eerste Klasse\n2006\u201307 Eerste Klasse was a Dutch association football season of the Eerste Klasse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189132-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Egyptian Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Egyptian Premier League started on 3 August 2006, and the season ended on 25 May 2007. Al Ahly were crowned champions for the third year in a row and for the thirty-second time in total since the league start in 1948.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189132-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Egyptian Premier League, Stadiums\nBorg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria opened recently and it will be the home of majority of the Alexandria clubs. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000. In 2007, Damanhour Stadium in the city of Damanhour will go into construction. Its capacity will be 60,000. In 2009, Mubarak International Stadium will go into construction in Six October City & its capacity will be 65,000. In 2009 the Cairo Military Academy Stadium will be rebuilt and its capacity will be 65,000. As well Ismailia has future plans for expansion or a new venue with a capacity of a minimum of 45,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189133-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Egyptian Super Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Egyptian Super Cup was the 6th edition of the Egyptian Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup. The match is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the Egypt Cup, but since Al Ahly won the double (2005\u201306 Egyptian Premier League and 2005\u201306 Egypt Cup), ENPPI qualified instead of Zamalek (second-placed in the league and cup), who was prevented from playing the match by decision of the football association. The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium. Al Ahly defended the trophy they won in the previous edition and defeated Enppi 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189134-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eintracht Frankfurt season\nThe 2006\u201307 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 107th season in the club's football history. In 2006\u201307 the club played in the Bundesliga, the first tier of German football. It was the club's 102nd season in the first tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189134-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189134-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189134-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Eintracht Frankfurt II\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189135-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ekstraklasa\nThe 2006\u201307 Ekstraklasa started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin were crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189135-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ekstraklasa\nFor the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange Polska and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189135-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ekstraklasa, Corruption\nOn 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of G\u00f3rnik \u0141\u0119czna (two class degradation and 270,000 PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000 PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189135-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ekstraklasa, Annual awards\nThese were given out by the weekly magazine Pi\u0142ka No\u017cna", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189136-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elite Women's Hockey League\nThe 2006\u201307 Elite Women's Hockey League season was the third season of the Elite Women's Hockey League, a multi-national women's ice hockey league. HC Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia won the league title for the second time in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189137-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elitserien (men's handball)\nThe 2006\u201307 Elitserien was the 73rd season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11\u201312 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and teams 13\u201314 were relegated automatically. Hammarby IF won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their second Swedish title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189138-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elitserien season\nThe 2006\u201307 Elitserien season was the 32nd season of Elitserien. It began on September 18, 2006, with the regular season ending March 2, 2007. The playoffs of the 84th Swedish Championship concluded on April 14, with Modo Hockey defeating Link\u00f6pings HC to win their second championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189138-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings\nGP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189138-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings\nx - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189138-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elitserien season, Playoffs\nAfter the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189138-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Elitserien season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1\u20131\u20131\u20132\u20131\u20131 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189139-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 England Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 English Hockey League season took place from September 2006 until April 2007. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Leicester. There were no play offs during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189139-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 England Hockey League season\nThe Men's Cup was won by Cannock and the Women's Cup was won by Bowdon Hightown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie\nThe 2006\u201307 Eredivisie season began on August 18, 2006. The season saw PSV Eindhoven quickly building a gap with the other teams. After 20 matches, the club was 11 points ahead of AZ and 12 points ahead of Ajax. The lead quickly dissipated in the 13 matches that followed. A draw of PSV at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round saw AZ and Ajax catching up. The three clubs were all on 72 points from 33 matches, with the AZ on top due to goal difference. Ajax were second, PSV were third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie\nAZ suffered a shock defeat at league minnows Excelsior Rotterdam in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0\u20132 at Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5\u20131. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Promoted team\nThis team was promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Relegated teams\nThe following teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Promoted teams\nThe following teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nFor one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nAjax have qualified for 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League. AZ, FC Twente and Heerenveen have qualified for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nFor one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nFC Groningen have qualified for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. FC Utrecht faced Vitesse (the team winning match J) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nVitesse faced FC Utrecht (the team losing match G) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions\nFC Utrecht have qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation playoffs\nAll teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal amount of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation playoffs\nAll teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal amount of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189140-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation playoffs\nAll teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal amount of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. The winners of matches G and H will play in the Eredivisie 2007/2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189141-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie (basketball)\nThe 2006\u201307 Eredivisie season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie in basketball, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. EiffelTowers Den Bosch won their 14th national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189142-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season\nThe 2006\u201307 Eredivisie season was the 47th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Six teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189143-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ergotelis F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Ergotelis' 77th season in existence, first season in the Super League following the club's promotion as champions of last year's Beta Ethniki, and second season overall in the competition. Ergotelis also participated in the Greek Cup, entering the competition in the Fourth Round. The club managed to achieve its pre-season goal to stay clear of relegation, finishing 9th overall and thus secured its participation in next year's edition of the top football competition in Greece. Furthermore, Ergotelis advanced to the Greek Cup Round of 16 (Fifth Round) for the second consecutive time before being eliminated by Greek giants PAOK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189143-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ergotelis F.C. season, Players, The following players have departed in mid-season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189144-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Essex Senior Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Essex Senior Football League season was the 36th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189144-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs\nThe league featured 13 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189145-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Esteghlal F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 6th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 13th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 62nd year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189145-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Esteghlal F.C. season, Player\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189145-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Esteghlal F.C. season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189145-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Esteghlal F.C. season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189145-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Esteghlal F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Group Stage\nEsteghlal Tehran was disqualified from Group B for failing to register their players list in time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189146-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euro Hockey Tour\nThe 2006-07 Euro Hockey Tour was the 11th season of the Euro Hockey Tour. The season consisted of four tournaments, the \u010cesk\u00e1 Poji\u0161\u0165ovna Cup, Karjala Tournament, Channel One Cup, and the LG Hockey Games. The top two teams met in the final, and the third and fourth place teams met for the third place game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189147-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EuroLeague Women\nThe EuroLeague Women is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2006\u20132007 season features 18 competing teams from 10 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 6, 2006 in Munich. The competition began on November 1, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189147-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EuroLeague Women\nNote that the competition is operated by FIBA Europe \u2014 unlike the men's Euroleague, which is run by a body known as Euroleague Basketball (company).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189147-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final\nEuroleague Women 2007 Final Four MVP \u2014 Tina Thompson, Spartak Moscow Region", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague\nThe 2006\u201307 Euroleague was the 7th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 50th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague\nThe competition began on October 24, 2006, at the Olympic Pavilion in Badalona, Spain, with Panathinaikos winning 82-79 against DKV Joventut. The final of the competition was held on May 6, 2007, in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, the home court of Panathinaikos, with Panathinaikos defeating the defending champions, CSKA Moscow, by a score of 93-91.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Regular season\nThe first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Regular season\nIf one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nThe surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nThe draw was held February 5, at 13:00 CET (1200 UTC) in Barcelona, in accordance with Euroleague rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nLevel 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nEach Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16\nAnother draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Top 16, Group G\n*Unicaja won the group over Dynamo Moscow. The teams split their regular-season matches, but Unicaja scored 5 more points head-to-head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Quarterfinals\nEach quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage. Quarterfinals were played on April 3 and 5, 2007, with third games to be played April 12 if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189148-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague, Awards, All-Euroleague Team 2006\u201307\n*A tie resulted in the voting for the best point guard of the season, between Dimitris Diamantidis and Theo Papaloukas. Consequently, the 2006\u201307 All-Euroleague First Team included six players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 55], "content_span": [56, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189149-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Regular Season Group A\nStandings and results for Group A of the Regular Season phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189150-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Regular Season Group B\nStandings and results for Group B of the Regular Season phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189151-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Regular Season Group C\nStandings and results for Group C of the Regular Season phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189152-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Top 16 Group D\nStandings and results for Group D of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189153-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Top 16 Group E\nStandings and results for Group E of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189154-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Top 16 Group F\nStandings and results for Group F of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189155-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague Top 16 Group G\nStandings and results for Group G of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals of the 2006-07 Euroleague were the third of four stages of the annual Europe-wide club basketball competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals\nEach quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage. Quarterfinals were played on April 3 and April 5, 2007, with third games played April 12 if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals\nThe winning teams advanced to the Final Four, held May 4 through May 6, 2007 at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics\nLeading scorer: 41 points - Igor Rako\u010devi\u0107 , TAU Cer\u00e1mica (1st game - 24 po., 2nd game - 17 po.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics\nLeading rebounder: 19 rebounds (DEF - 14, OFF - 5) - Luis Scola , TAU Cer\u00e1mica (1st game - 9 reb., 2nd game - 10 reb.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics\nAssists leader: 8 assists - Scoonie Penn , Olympiacos (1st game - 3 ass., 2nd game - 5 ass.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics\nLeading shot blocker: 3 blocks - Luis Scola , TAU Cer\u00e1mica (2nd game - 3 blocks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics\nLeading scorer: 47 points - Trajan Langdon , CSKA Moscow (1st game - 16 po. 2nd game - 11 po. 3rd game - 20 po.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics\nLeading rebounder: 23 rebounds (DEF - 18, OFF - 4) - Nikola Vuj\u010di\u0107 , Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st game - 9 reb. 2nd game - 9 reb. 3rd game - 4 reb.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics\nAssists leader: 21 assists - Theodoros Papaloukas , CSKA Moscow (1st game - 8 ass. 2nd game - 3 ass. 3rd game - 10 ass.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics\nLeading shot blocker: 4 blocks - Thomas van den Spiegel , CSKA Moscow (1st game - 2 blocks, 3rd game - 2 blocks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics\nLeading scorer: 35 points - Ram\u016bnas \u0160i\u0161kauskas , Panathinaikos (1st game - 16 po. 2nd game - 19 po.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics\nLeading rebounder: 13 rebounds (DEF - 7, OFF - 6) - Lazaros Papadopoulos , Dynamo Moscow (1st game - 7 reb. 2nd game - 6 reb.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics\nAssists leader: 7 assists - Dimitris Diamantidis , Panathinaikos (1st game - 6 ass. 2nd game - 1 ass.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics\nLeading shot blocker: 4 blocks - Dimitris Diamantidis , Panathinaikos (1st game - 3 blocks, 2nd game - 1 block).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 4, Statistics\nLeading scorer: 49 points - Juan Carlos Navarro , Winterthur FCB (1st game - 15 po. 2nd game - 25 po. 3rd game - 9 po.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 4, Statistics\nLeading rebounder: 20 rebounds (DEF - 15, OFF - 5) - Jordi Trias , Winterthur FCB (1st game - 5 reb. 2nd game - 6 reb. 3rd - 9 reb.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189156-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 4, Statistics\nLeading shot blocker: 4 blocks - I\u00f1aki de Miguel , Unicaja M\u00e1laga (2nd game - 1 block, 3rd game - 3 blocks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189157-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 European Badminton Circuit season\nThe 2006\u201307 European Badminton Circuit season started in September 2006 and ended in April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189157-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 European Badminton Circuit season, Results, Performance by countries\nTabulated below are the Circuit performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189158-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 European Challenge Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 European Challenge Cup was the 11th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between October 2006 and May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189159-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 European Challenge Cup pool stage\nThe 2006\u201307 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 11th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began with five matches on 20 October 2006 and ended with the final seven pool games on 20 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189159-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 European Challenge Cup pool stage\nTwenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points were earned using the standard bonus point system. The five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the Twickenham Stoop in London on 19 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189160-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Everton F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 English football season saw Everton compete in the FA Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189160-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Everton F.C. season, Season summary\nEverton finished in sixth place in the Premier League table \u2013 enough for participation in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189160-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Everton F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189160-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Everton F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season\nF.C. Copenhagen won the Danish Superliga throphy and competed in UEFA Champions League in the season 2006-07. The championship was secured on 9 May 2007 after winning 1\u20130 at Br\u00f8ndby Stadion against arch rivals Br\u00f8ndby IF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season\nOn August 23, Copenhagen qualified for the UEFA Champions League as the first Danish team since 1998 after eliminating Ajax 3\u20132 on aggregate. In the group stage, they finished last in their group despite earning seven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season\nCopenhagen lost the finals in both the Royal League and Danish Cup against Br\u00f8ndby and Odense Boldklub respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions\nFor the 2006\u201307 season, Copenhagen competed in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and Royal League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nIn the Superliga they were at the winter break placed first, with only one defeat and four draws after 18 matches. Their biggest wins was with 3\u20130 against Viborg FF and Vejle Boldklub at Parken on respectively 22 and October 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nThe only autumn defeat was against Aalborg BK on August 27, where they lost 2\u20130 at Parken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nOn 5 May 2007 they got their second defeat, again against Aalborg BK at Parken. That match ended 1\u20132. Their final loss was 19 days later against Esbjerg fB home with 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nThe championship was secured on May 9 after winning 1\u20130 at Br\u00f8ndby Stadion against arch rivals Br\u00f8ndby IF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga\nIn season's last match, on 27 May, Copenhagen played a 0\u20130 draw against already-relegated Vejle at Vejle Stadion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the Danish Cup, Copenhagen began in the third round against Thisted FC at Lerpytter Stadion. Copenhagen won 4\u20131 on penalty shootout following a 1\u20131 draw after full-time. Hjalte N\u00f8rregaard scored for FCK and Daniel Kristensen scored for Thisted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the fourth round, Copenhagen played at home against Esbjerg fB, winning 3\u20131. Former FCK player Jesper Bech scored for Esbjerg after four minutes, but Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte N\u00f8rregaard scored the three goals for FCK in front of 10,000 spectators at Parken Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the quarter-finals, FC Midtjylland awaited at SAS Arena in Herning. After 90 minutes, the scoreline was 2\u20132, after FCK-goals by Fredrik Berglund and Dan Thomassen and in the extra time Brede Hangeland made it 3\u20132 for FCK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the semi finals the opponent was 1st Division leaders Lyngby Boldklub. The first match at Lyngby Stadion ended with a 3\u20132 win for FCK, where Berglund had scored twice, and N\u00f8rregaard score 6 minutes before full-time. The second leg at Parken was a display of skills as FCK won 4\u20130; A\u00edlton Jos\u00e9 Almeida, Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte N\u00f8rregaard scored for FCK, while the goal for 2\u20130 was an own goal by Lyngby debutant Brian H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup\nIn the final Odense Boldklub was waiting, and Michael Hemmingsen's troops showed that FCK still had a hangover after the championship was secured 8 days earlier. The match ended 1\u20132, although Atiba Hutchinson made it 1\u20130 for FCK after 15 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nIn the Champions League, FCK started in the 2nd qualifying round, where they faced Finnish MyPa. First match was played at Parken Stadium, and FCK won 2\u20130 after goals by Andr\u00e9 Bergd\u00f8lmo, a penalty kick, and Michael Gravgaard. The return match were played at Saviniemi, and that match ended 2\u20132 after goals by Fredrik Berglund, Eero Peltonen (MyPa), Tobias Linderoth and Saku Puhakainen (MyPa). FCK went through to next round with 4\u20132 agg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nIn the third qualifying round, Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam was waiting, but after a strong start, FCK lost 1\u20132 at home ground Parken Stadium, after goals by Ajax's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (twice) and FCK's Brede Hangeland. In the return match at Amsterdam ArenA on August 23 FC Copenhagen turned the tie around by defeating Ajax 0\u20132, including an own goal by Thomas Vermaelen, and thereby qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 3\u20132 aggregate scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nThe draw was made on August 24 and FCK came out of the hat in Group F along with Manchester United, Benfica & Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nThe first group stage match were against Benfica at Parken Stadium. That match ended with a 0\u20130 draw. The second match were played at Celtic Park against Celtic, who won 1\u20130. The goal was scored on a penalty kick. In the third match they played, they lost 3\u20130 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. They however went on to beat Manchester United 1\u20130 in the fourth match, thanks to a Marcus Allb\u00e4ck goal. Copenhagen lost their hope on further European matches at Est\u00e1dio da Luz against Benfica where the match was closed after only 16 minutes where Benfica came in front 2\u20130, in a match that ended 3\u20131. Allb\u00e4ck scored Copenhagen's goal in the 89th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League\nTheir most successful and least important match was the last, where they beat Celtic by 3 to 1 at Parken, after goals by Atiba Hutchinson, Jesper Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r and Marcus Allb\u00e4ck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Royal League\nIn the group stage F.C. Copenhagen were in group 2 with the archrivals Br\u00f8ndby IF, Swedish Hammarby IF and Norwegian Lillestr\u00f8m S.K. in the group 2. FCK won three matches and FCK qualified for the quarter finals, where they met IF Elfsborg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Royal League\nThe match ended 1\u20132 at Bor\u00e5s Arena after goals by Hjalte N\u00f8rregaard and Michael Silberbauer. In the semi finals, FCK drew the Swedish team, Helsingborgs IF, who was without their big star Henrik Larsson. The match was played at Parken and FCK won 3\u20131. Fredrik Berglund score twice in the first 15 minutes and A\u00edlton Jos\u00e9 Almeida scored the game's last goal in the 32nd minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Royal League\nF.C. Copenhagen lost in the 2007 Royal League Final, after Martin Ericsson scored on a penalty shoot for Br\u00f8ndby at Br\u00f8ndby Stadion. This was the only goal in the quite boring final. For the first time, FCK did not win the Royal League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads\nThe following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC K\u00f8benhavn in the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189161-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads, Reserve team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 126th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the FA Cup. This season's edition was the first to be sponsored by E.ON.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup\nThe competition started on 18 August 2006 with the first of the record number of 687 teams entering in the Extra Preliminary Round and concluded on 19 May 2007 with the Final, held at the new Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup\nFor information on the matches played from the Extra Preliminary Round to the final Qualifying Round, see FA Cup 2006-07 Qualifying Rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup\nChelsea claimed this season's FA Cup with a hard-fought 1\u20130 victory over Manchester United, with Didier Drogba scoring the winning goal in the dying minutes of extra-time. Manchester United had played against top-flight opponents in each round, as they had when they won the Cup in 1948.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Calendar\nThe results below detail the results from the First Round Proper onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, First round proper\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday, 11 November 2006. The draw was made by Will Greenwood and Neil Back, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Second round proper\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday, 2 December 2006. The draw was made on 12 November by Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Second round proper\nAs mentioned below, Bury defeated Chester City 3\u20131 at the Deva Stadium but it was soon revealed that Bury had fielded an ineligible player, resulting in them being expelled from the competition and Chester City being reinstated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Third round proper\nThis round marks the entry of the top-flight teams to the competition. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 6 January 2007. The draw was made on 3 December 2006 by Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One. Replays were held in the week of 16 and 17 January, with the exception of the Luton \u2013 QPR replay, which was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Fourth round proper\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday, 27 January 2007. The draw was made on 8 January by Hope Powell and Faye White, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Fifth round proper\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday, 17 February 2007. The draw took place on Monday, 29 January 2007 and was made by Darren Campbell and Roger Black, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Sixth round proper\nMatches played on the weekend of Saturday, 10 March 2007. The draw for the round, also known as the quarter-finals, took place on Monday, 19 February 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Steve McClaren and Terry Venables, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking and televised live on BBC Two. This was the last round in which matches were held on the home grounds of one of the teams. The only non-Premier League team to reach the quarter-finals this season were Plymouth Argyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Semi-finals\nUnlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on the weekend of Saturday, 14 April 2007. There would be no replays even if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. Only if extra time did not decide the winners, a penalty shootout would decide winners. The draw for the semi-finals took place on Monday, 12 March 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Ray Clemence, and adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Final\nThe 126th FA Cup Final was played at the new Wembley Stadium and it was the first FA Cup Final to be played in London since 2000. Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties. Chelsea's victory ended Manchester United's hopes of becoming the only English club to win the double four times (having previously won it in 1994, 1996 and 1999), and in doing so, completed their own cup-double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189162-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup, Media coverage\nIn the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the six consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the nineteenth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe 2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 126th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 687 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 13 from the previous season\u2019s 674.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds\nThe large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 11) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. South Western Football League was the only level 11 league represented in the Cup, eleven clubs from the South Western Football League were the lowest-ranked clubs in competition. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round\nMatches played on Friday/Saturday/Sunday 18 to 20 August 2006. 258 clubs from Level 9, Level 10 and Level 11 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition, while other 91 clubs from levels 9-11 get a bye to the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday 2 September 2006. A total of 332 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 129 winners from the Extra preliminary round, 91 clubs from Levels 9-11, who get a bye in the extra preliminary round and 112 entering at this stage from the five divisions at Level 8 of English football. The round featured seven clubs from Level 11 (all from the South Western Football League) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nMatches on weekend of Saturday 16 September 2006. A total of 232 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 166 winners from the Preliminary round and 66 entering at this stage from the top division of the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round featured four clubs from Level 11 (all from the South Western Football League) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday 30 September 2006. A total of 160 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 Level 6 clubs, from Conference North and Conference South, entering at this stage. St Blazey from Level 11 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday 14 October 2006. A total of 80 clubs took part, all having progressed from the Second qualifying round. Haverhill Rovers from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round\nMatches played on weekend of Saturday 28 October 2006. A total of 64 clubs took part, 40 having progressed from the Third qualifying round and 24 clubs from Conference Premier, forming Level 5 of English football, entering at this stage. Haverhill Rovers from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189163-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper\nSee 2006\u201307 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189164-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier Academy League\nThe 2006\u201307 Premier Academy League Under\u201318 season was the tenth edition since the establishment of The Premier Academy League, and the 3rd under the current make-up. The first match of the season was played in August 2006, and the season ended on May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. On 12 February 2007, the FA Premier League renamed itself simply the Premier League, complete with new logo, sleeve patches and typeface. The sponsored name remains the Barclays Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League\nManchester United ended the season as Premiership champions for the ninth time in fifteen years, after Chelsea failed to win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 6 May 2007. This left them seven points behind United, with two games to go, confirming the Manchester club as champions once more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League\nThe three relegation spots were occupied by Watford and Sheffield United who each lasted one season in the league, along with Charlton Athletic who went down after seven seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league\u00a0\u2013 the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Reading (playing in the top flight for the first time ever), Sheffield United (playing top flight football for the first time in twelve years) and Watford (returning after a six-year absence). They replaced Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland, ending their top flight spells of four, two and one year respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Statistics, Historic goals, 15,000th goal\nThe Premier League expected to have the league's 15,000th goal scored at some point in the period between Christmas and New Year. The target was reached on 30 December when Moritz Volz scored for Fulham against Chelsea. Barclays, the Premiership's sponsor, donated \u00a315,000 to the Fulham Community Sports Trust in Volz' name. Additionally, a fan who correctly predicted that Volz would score the historic goal in a contest presented the player with a special award prior to Fulham's game against Watford at Craven Cottage on 1 January. The honour of scoring the 15,000th goal led to Volz being nicknamed \"15,000 Volz\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Statistics, Historic goals, Goalkeeper scores\nOn 17 March 2007, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored against Watford from an 83-yard free kick, which bounced over his England teammate Ben Foster, who was in goal for the Hornets, leading Spurs to a 3\u20131 win at White Hart Lane. This was the third goal scored by a goalkeeper in Premiership history. The other two were scored by Peter Schmeichel, for Aston Villa against Everton on 21 October 2001, and Brad Friedel, for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton Athletic on 21 February 2004. In those two cases, the teams they played for lost. Robinson became the first keeper to score for the winning team in a Premiership match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Relegation controversy\nWest Ham escaped relegation on the final day of the season with a 1\u20130 win over Manchester United, with Carlos Tevez scoring the winner. Sheffield United were relegated, along with Charlton and Watford. Tevez was subsequently found to have been ineligible to play, as he was not owned by West Ham, but by a third party. Sheffield United sued to keep their Premier League status and, when that failed, went to an FA arbitration panel seeking up to \u00a330m compensation. The arbitration panel found in favour of Sheffield. The two clubs subsequently settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards\nThis season's awards were dominated by Manchester United, who, as a team, picked up a total of eight individual awards, five of which went to Cristiano Ronaldo. They also had eight players in the Team of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year\nThe PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2007 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo. He had won the PFA Young Player of the Year award earlier on in the awards ceremony, making him the first player to win both awards in the same year since Andy Gray managed the same feat in 1977. Didier Drogba came second, while Paul Scholes was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year\nThe shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Young Player of the Year\nThe PFA Young Player of the Year award was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United. Cesc F\u00e0bregas came in second place, and Aaron Lennon was third. Wayne Rooney was going for a hat-trick of Young Player of the Year awards, having won this award for both of the two preceding seasons, but didn't even feature in the top three for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Team of the Year\nGoalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)Defence: Gary Neville, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidi\u0107 (all Manchester United)Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo (all Manchester United)Attack: Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Merit Award\nThe PFA Merit Award was awarded to Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United, for his commitment to the club, the Premiership, and as recognition of the nineteen major trophies he has won in his time in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Fans' Player of the Year\nThis award was voted for in an online poll run by the PFA on their website. With four days of voting left before the closing date of midnight on 15 April, the five players with the most votes in the poll were Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard, Dimitar Berbatov, Thierry Henry and Frank Lampard, but it was Ronaldo who managed to fend off the challenges of the other four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, FWA Footballer of the Year\nThe FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2007 was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo. The award is presented by the Football Writers' Association and voted for by its members. This year, Didier Drogba came second and Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes came third and fourth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Manager of the Season\nThe Premier League Manager of the Season award was presented to Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson before the club's final game of the season against West Ham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Player of the Season\nThe Premier League Player of the Season award was also presented before Manchester United's game with West Ham United on the last day of the season, and was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo, granting him the sextuple of PFA Players' Player, Young Player, Fans' Player of the Year, Barclays Premiership Player of the Season, Football Writers' Association Player of the Year and a place in the Team of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Merit Award\nRyan Giggs was presented with this special award at the same time as the Manager and Player of the Season Awards were given out, in recognition of his record of nine Premier League titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189165-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Golden Glove\nThe Premier League Golden Glove award was presented to Liverpool's Pepe Reina for the second successive season after keeping 19 clean sheets, ahead of Tim Howard of Everton (14) and Marcus Hahnemann of Reading (13).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189166-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier Reserve League\nThe 2006\u201307 FA Premier Reserve League season was the eighth season of the Premier Reserve League since its establishment. Reigning champions of the Northern Division Manchester United had won two consecutive Northern Premier Reserve League titles and three in total but were looking to become the first side ever to win three years in a row. Reigning champions of the Southern League Tottenham Hotspur were looking to match Derby County and Charlton Athletic by winning two Southern Reserve League titles in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189166-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier Reserve League\nBoth failed to meet their objectives, with Bolton Wanderers winning the Northern Division on the final day with a 3\u20131 home win against Newcastle United, and Reading winning the Southern Division after a 4\u20130 win away to West Ham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189166-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier Reserve League\nThe Premier Reserve League Play-off Final to determine the overall winner was contested between the two champions \u2013 Bolton and Reading \u2013 at the Madejski Stadium, with Reading winning the game 2-0 and being crowned overall reserve champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189166-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier Reserve League\nWatford, Charlton and Sheffield United's relegation from the senior league meant that, despite their performances in the reserve league, all three teams were relegated from the Premier Reserve League and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham, Derby County, and Sunderland for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189166-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Premier Reserve League, League table\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189167-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 FA Trophy was the thirty-eighth season of the FA Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189168-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FA Women's Premier League, National Division\n1 Since Arsenal had won the 2006-07 European Cup, Everton qualify as League runner-up. 2 Qualifies by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189169-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FAW Premier Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 FAW Premier Cup was the tenth season of the tournament since its founding in 1997. The New Saints were the eventual winners, beating Newport County 1\u20130 in the final to win the competition for the first time in the club's history. Losing semi-final teams each receive \u00a325,000. The losing finalists receive \u00a350,000 with the winners receiving \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189170-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Barcelona season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was an overall unsuccessful time for Futbol Club Barcelona in almost all competitions. Although the team managed to snatch the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a, and finish second in the domestic league, a lot more was expected from the team that had been European champion. It started with the team's defeat at the final of the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Final near the end of 2006, and the team did worse in 2007. This was the first of two bad seasons for the club, which led to great changes in the roster and direction. This also marks both the last season FC Barcelona wore a jersey without a sponsor and the first time a sponsor appeared in it: UNICEF (this was a non-commercial agreement).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189170-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Barcelona season, Squad information\nCarles Puyol, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldinho were selected as part of FIFPro World XI for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189170-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Barcelona season, Transfers, Out\nEU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189170-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Barcelona season, Players used from youth system, Catalonia Cup\nSource: Only competitive matches. All players from FC Barcelona B unless expressed. EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for full name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); App = Appearances; GS = Game started; SB = Used as Substitute;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189170-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Competitive results\nSource: 1Barcelona goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Barcelona.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189170-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Friendly\nSource: 1Barcelona goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is Fussball Club Basel 1893's 114th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FCB played their home matches in the St. Jakob-Park, in the Basel quarter St. Alban in the south-east of the city. After four season as Basel's chairman Werner Edelmann stood down and Mrs Gisela Oeri was voted as the club's very first chairwoman at the AGM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, Overview\nChristian Gross was head coach for the eighth successive season. Ahead of the new season Basel made a number of transfers. The most notable was the replacement of Swiss international goalkeeper Pascal Zuberb\u00fchler, who transferred to West Bromwich Albion, with the Argentinian international Franco Costanzo who came from Deportivo Alav\u00e9s. Delron Buckley was signed on loan from Borussia Dortmund. Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues was signed in from Roda JC and Franz Burgmeier was signed in from FC Aarau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, Overview\nOther players who transferred out were Matias Emilio Delgado who went to Be\u015fikta\u015f Istanbul. Djamel Mesbah and Samuele Preisig both moved onto FC Aarau and both on a free transfer. Zdravko Kuzmanovi\u0107 left the club during the winter break for Fiorentina. Mikhail Kavelashvili also left the club in the winter break and retired from his active football career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, Overview\nFCB started the season with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from France, Croatia and the Ukraine. The FC Basel had set three aims for the 2006\u201307 season, these were to win back the league and cup titles and thirdly to stay in the UEFA Cup over the winter break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League\nFollowing the last minute loss of the 2005\u201306 Super League Championship as a result of the 1\u20132 home defeat against FC Z\u00fcrich on 13 May 2006 and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, the club had to carry consequences. As well as the big fine, the first two home games of the 2006\u201307 Super League season were held completely without fans, as so called \"ghost matches\". The following three matches were held with just a part of the stadium capacity, without the fans from the \"Muttenzer Kurve\" (the eastern fan block).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League\nThere were ten teams competing in the top tier 2006\u201307 Swiss Super League. The teams played a double round-robin in the first half of the season and then another double round-robin in the second half. There were three points for a victory and one each for a draw. The champions would enter the third qualifying round of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League. The championship runners-up would enter the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The third placed team would enter the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The bottom placed team would be relegated, the second last team would play a play-off against relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League\nFollowing a very poor start to the season, five defeats in the first ten rounds, Basel were ten championship points behind the table leaders. They started a catch up race after the winter break and finished the league campaign as runners-up, just one point behind champions FC Z\u00fcrich. This was despite the fact that they defeated Z\u00fcrich in three of the four direct matches during that league season. Basel missed their championship aim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nIn the early rounds of the 2006\u201307 Swiss Cup Basel were drawn with away games against lower league teams. Basel started in the third round against local team FC Liestal. Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues played his team debut on 26 August 2006 in the Cup match against local club FC Liestal. He scored three goals for his new club, during the first 27 minutes of the game, as Basel advanced with the end score 6\u20131 to the next round. Delron Buckley (19), captain Ivan Ergi\u0107 (20) and Daniel Majstorovi\u0107 (66) scored the other goals. It was also Majstorovi\u0107 who was responsible for the final result with an own goal in the 70th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nIn the second-round opponents were second tier Lugano. Basel clearly won this tie as well 4\u20130 and goal scorers were Delron Buckley, Filipe Caicedo, Mladen Petri\u0107 and Franz Burgmeier, whereas the last three goals weren't scored until the last 15 minutes of the match. The match was noted as being very rough, referee Ren\u00e9 Rogalla showed the yellow card to five Lugano players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nHowever, in the third-round game on 12 November away against second tier FC Baulmes extra time was needed before the tie was decided. Basel played a bad first half, Bruno Berner had to clear a ball off the line, with goalkeeper Franco Costanzo already beaten. Head coach Christian Gross made three early substitutions, but despite these changes, the hosts went two goals up in the 72nd minute. Filipe Caicedo, who had been substituted in at half time, reacted quickly and scored within a minute and Mladen Petri\u0107 equalised within another few minutes. During the extra time the hosts were visibly tired and Mile Sterjovski was able to score the winning goal for the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nAfter the New Year, the quarterfinal was a home tie against FC Aarau on the 14 March 2007. The match was decided very early, Mile Sterjovski netted the first attacking move in the first minute of the game. Aarau tried everything afterwards to get level. Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo had a good day and made good saves. Aarau complained for a penalty as Demetrio Greco was brought down five minutes from the end, but referee Sascha Kever did not blow his whistle. Two minutes into the over-time nearly the decider, but Eren Derdiyok's shot hit the post. Four minutes into the over-time Costanzo made another good save and Basel were through to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nThe semifinal was an away tie against FC Wil on 26 April. Basel took the lead 5 minutes before half-time as Scott Chipperfield netted and Franz Burgmeier netted the second five minutes after the break. Kristian Nushi pulled one back for the home team after 57 minutes. But Delron Buckley put his side two goals ahead again some 10 minutes later. This was the final score and Basel advanced to the final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nThe Final took place at Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern on Whit Monday 28 May 2007 in front of 30,000 spectators. Basel won the Cup by beating Luzern 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nMost of the time it was a close game, Basel controlled the game, both teams had chances. Luzern's keeper David Zibung became the tragic hero in the sold-out Stade de Suisse in Bern, who, according to the interpretation of referee Nicole Petignat, in the 90th minute pulled Scott Chipperfield off his feet. Zibung was sent off and Besnik Zukaj was substituted in. The winning goal came from the penalty spot through Daniel Majstorovi\u0107 in the 93rd minute, Zukaj had no chance of saving it. Basel manager Christian Gross said the game afterwards: \"We really didn't have an easy task with FC Luzern, they managed to close the room very well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup\nBasel had missed the championship just four days earlier, but they achieved their aim of winning the cup on this Whit Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nFC Basel's European campaign started in the first qualifying stage of the UEFA Cup, here they beat Kazakhi side FC Tobol 3\u20131 on aggregate. In the second qualifying round they drawn against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein, narrowly progressing on the away goals rule after a 2\u20132 aggregate draw. In the first round of the competition Basel were drawn against Macedonians FK Rabotni\u010dki. Basel won 6\u20132 at St. Jakob-Park and 1\u20130 at the Skopje City Stadium. Thus they qualified for the group stages where they faced tough opposition. Together with Blackburn Rovers of England, AS Nancy of France, Feyenoord of The Netherlands and Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w of Poland, Basel were drawn into Group E. In the Group stage, the teams played a single round-robin, each with two home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nBasel's first game was at home against Feyenoord. The Dutch side were second best for much of the game and the only surprise was that it took Basel an hour before they edged ahead. A draw had looked highly unlikely for much of the match and goalkeeper Henk Timmer was the busiest man on the field. Mladen Petri\u0107, Scott Chipperfield and Mile Sterjovski all had shots at his goal in the opening 12 minutes. With more accuracy Petri\u0107 could have had a hat-trick inside 20 minutes, as he headed wide and then drove over the crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nBasel dominated the match and it was not a surprise as Eduardo struck on the hour, tapping in after Timmer could only parry Petri\u0107's shot. Stein Huysegems came off the substitutes' bench to earn Feyenoord a 1-1 draw with a goal within five minutes of coming on and with only 14 minutes remaining. The last action belonged to Timmer, who acrobatically keept out Petri\u0107's free-kick as the Dutch side held on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nTheir next group match was an away tie at Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers. Basel played reasonably well but shaky defending towards the end of the game sealed their downfall. Australian defender Lucas Neill had the first goal chance for the home team after four minutes, but goalkeeper Franco Costanzo held. Turckish midfielder Tugay Kerimo\u011flu tried an overhead kick after eight minutes, but it went far off. Zdravko Kuzmanovi\u0107 saw the yellow card just after that, but only the referee knew why. Morten Gamst Pedersen tried a wide range shot one minute later again Costanzo held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nEduardo had Basel's first chance, the Blackburn defence could clear, but it went off for a corner. There was a great chance after Eduardo crossed, but Mladen Petri\u0107 put the ball next to the goal. 32nd Minute offside, a clear wrong decision, as Eduardo started off alone towards the Blackburn goal. There were chances on both sides. Blackburn had 20 attempts, 11 of which on target. Basel had ten, but only four on target. 15 minutes from time Tugay Kerimo\u011flu scored in the top left corner with a good 25 meter Sunday shot. The disastrous referee Oleh Oriekhov gave a penalty against Basel after a clear dive and Francis Jeffers scored from the spot in the 90th minute. Benni McCarthy added a third goal in the third minute of over time as the defence over saw him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nTheir next opponents were AS Nancy in a home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 23 November. Basel went behind twice, but were able to draw level both times. Basel had two early chances, captain Ivan Ergi\u0107 in the 14th minute and another in the 21st, but the game started rather slow. It exploded into life just after the half-hour when Monsef Zerka broke down the right for the French team and cut into the area before laying off a perfectly weighted pass for Kim, who finished off nicely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nThe lead did not quite correspond to the course of the game. The Basel response was immediate, Reto Zanni supplying Scott Chipperfield as the Australian international broke from midfield to fire past Olivier Sorin from inside the area. But Nancy were back in front within two minutes. Pascal Berenguer curled in a superb free-kick after he had been upended by Papa Malick Ba. After the restart, Basel pressed for the second equaliser through a shot from K\u014dji Nakata. Parity was restored, however, on 56 minutes as Mile Sterjovski got the final touch to a free-kick from the influential Mladen Petri\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0018-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nBasel were pushing for the winning goal, as during the last minute of the game they were caught by a counterattack. Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was only able to stop the Nancy attack by fouling Issiar Dia, which resulted in his sending off and a penalty against Basel. They had already used all three substitutes, therefore striker Mladen Petri\u0107 donned the goalkeeper shirt and stood between the posts. He was able to save the penalty kick taken by Micka\u00ebl Chr\u00e9tien, thus helping his team to the 2\u20132 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nBasel's last group game was played away against Wis\u0142a Krak\u00f3w at the Wis\u0142a Stadium. FCB needed a win to qualify for the next round. The hosts had the first good chance, but Basel started better into the game. Basel's striker Mladen Petri\u0107 netted the first goal after a corner in the 8th minute. Daniel Majstorovi\u0107 header was a very good pass and Petri\u0107 easily pushed the ball over the line. Wisla, who lost the other three games in the grou\u00fcp stage, but had scored one goal in each, pressed hard and scored the equaliser within just two minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nPawe\u0142 Bro\u017cek pushed the ball between goalkeeper Louis Crayton legs in their next attack. Pawe\u0142 Bro\u017cek then had another three or four good chances before the half time whistle from Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai. In the second period Wis\u0142a central defender Cl\u00e9ber saw a yellow card for a foul in the 46th minute. Then midfielder Rados\u0142aw Sobolewski saw a yellow card in the 50th minute and five minutes later he had a good chance, but he took a hand to help and the referee had seen this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0019-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nPawe\u0142 Bro\u017cek's twin brother and striking campagnion Piotr Bro\u017cek had had a good first half, but after the break he wasn't in the game any longer and was substituted out after 67 minutes. His replacement was Jean Paulista and he had the first good scene in the second half and scored Wisla's second goal on 71 minutes. Pawe\u0142 Bro\u017cek then had another good chance in the 80th minute. Crayton rescues sensationally, but remained somewhat dazed lying on the pitch, because Brozek did not jump up properly and accidentally hit him on the head with his boot. Pawe\u0142 Bro\u017cek became man of the match just three minutes later as he took the pass from Jakub B\u0142aszczykowski and netted the team's third goal, for Wisla to win, with the end result 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe\nBasel's poor European campaign came to an end after losing 3\u20131 to Wisla, despite taking an early lead. Basel missed their aim to remain in European competition over the winter break. Despite everything, it was a disappointing European campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189171-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189172-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Bayern Munich season\nBayern Munich went into the 2006\u201307 season with head coach Felix Magath. On 1 February 2007, Magath was sacked after disappointing domestic results including a third round exit from the cup. His predecessor, Ottmar Hitzfeld, was appointed to be his successor, too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189172-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Bayern Munich season, Results, Bundesliga\nBayern hosted Borussia Dortmund in the opener of the 44th Bundesliga season on 11 August 2006. On the last day of play, on 19 May 2007, they won against Mainz 05, finishing in the fourth place, a position they held almost all through the second half of the season. The fourth-place finish qualified Bayern for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189172-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Bayern Munich season, Results, Champions League\nBayern was qualified for the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League. Their opponents in Group B were Spartak Moscow, Sporting CP and Internazionale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189172-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Bayern Munich season, Statistics, Bookings\nLast updated: 1 February 2010Source: , . Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season\nThe 2006-07 season was FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti's 58th season in Liga I. Dinamo qualified for the European Spring by beating Be\u015fikta\u015f and Bayer Leverkusen 2\u20131 in Bucharest, drawing 1\u20131 at Club Brugge and losing 3\u20131 in London to Tottenham Hotspur. In the next round they faced Benfica, but were eliminated after a 0\u20131 loss at Da Luz and a 1\u20132 loss at home. Domestically, the team crushed most of its opponents in the first 19 rounds, ending up autumn champions, 13 points ahead of second place. After two spectacular away wins against the rivals, 4\u20132 with Steaua and 4\u20131 with Rapid, Dinamo relaxed and let some points slip in other matches. Nevertheless, they secured their 18th title with four rounds to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, UEFA Cup\n1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Beitar Jerusalem's home match was moved to Sofia, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Squad\nGoalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobon\u021b (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs (1 / 0). Defenders: George Blay (31 / 0); Silviu B\u0103lace (9 / 0); Eugen Cr\u0103ciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihu\u021b (5 / 0); Cosmin Mo\u021bi (29 / 1); Nicolae Mu\u0219at (2 / 0); Cosmin Pa\u0219covici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); \u0218tefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); M\u0101ris Smirnovs (1 / 0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Squad\nMidfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc (1 / 0); Andrei M\u0103rg\u0103ritescu (31 / 1); C\u0103t\u0103lin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Ni\u021bu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stani\u0107 (1 / 0); Dennis \u0218erban (7 / 2); Iulian Tame\u0219 (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjkovi\u0107 (9 / 0); Z\u00e9 Kalanga (21 / 2). Forwards: Ionel D\u0103nciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Transfers\nNew players: Summer break \u2013 Glen Moss -New Zealand (New Zealand Knights FC), George Blay -Ghana- (RAAL La Louviere), Cosmin Pa\u015fcovici (Farul Constan\u0163a), Lucian Goian (Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra-Neam\u0163), Iulian Tame\u015f (FC Na\u0163ional), Z\u00e9 Kalanga Nsimba Paulo Baptista -Angola- (Atl\u00e9tico Petr\u00f3leos Luanda), Leo Lerinc -Serbia- (Ethnikos Achnas), Sreten Stani\u0107 -Serbia- (FCU Politehnica Timi\u0219oara), Ionel Ganea (Wolverhampton Wanderers)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Transfers\nWinter break \u2013 Bogdan Lobon\u0163 (AC Fiorentina), Deniss Romanovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Maris Smirnovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Sergiu Homei (FC Sopron), Silviu B\u0103lace (FCU Politehnica Timi\u0219oara), Vojislav Vranjkovi\u0107 -Serbia- (Pandurii T\u00e2rgu-Jiu), Fabrice Fernandes -Fran\u0163a- (Beitar Jerusalem).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Transfers\nLeft team: Summer break \u2013 Cosmin B\u0103rc\u0103uan (PAOK Thessaloniki), Szabolcs Perenyi (Farul Constan\u0163a), Daniel Florea (APOEL Nicosia), Tiberiu Curt (retired), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Dan Alexa (FCU Politehnica Timi\u0219oara), Alin Ilin (FC Na\u0163ional Bucure\u0219ti), \u015etefan Grigorie (FCU Politehnica Timi\u0219oara), Vlad Munteanu (FC Energie Cottbus), Ianis Zicu (Rapid Bucure\u0219ti), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Claudiu Dr\u0103gan (FC Na\u0163ional Bucure\u0219ti)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189173-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti season, Transfers\nWinter break \u2013 Vladimir Gaev -Belarus (Chornomorets Odesa), Florin Matache (FC Vaslui), Mircea Oltean (Unirea Urziceni), George Galamaz (Unirea Urziceni), Cosmin Pa\u015fcovici (FCM UTA Arad), Lucian Goian (Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra-Neam\u0163), Dorin Mihu\u0163 (FCM UTA Arad), Cornel Predescu (Gloria Bistri\u0163a), Iulian Tame\u015f (FC Arge\u015f Pite\u015fti), Dennis \u015eerban (free player), Dan Codreanu (Gloria Bistri\u0163a), Mihai Damaschin (Gloria Bistri\u0163a), Ionel Ganea (Rapid Bucure\u0219ti)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189174-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is the 126th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189174-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189174-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189175-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Groningen season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Dutch football season, FC Groningen competed in the Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189175-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Groningen season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189175-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Groningen season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189176-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Inter Baku season\nThe Inter Baku 2006\u201307 season was Inter Baku's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Valentin Khodukin. They finished 4th in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Semi-Final stage by Khazar Lankaran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189176-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Inter Baku season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189176-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189176-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189176-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189176-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189177-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC O\u021belul Gala\u021bi season, Players, Transfers, Out\nEU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189178-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Porto season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 96th competitive season, 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 113th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189178-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Porto season\nPorto's victory in the 2005\u201306 Primeira Liga, qualified them for the 2006 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira and the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto won their first piece of silverware of the season by winning the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira against Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. Jesualdo Ferreira would be appointed as manager shortly afterwards, after Rui Barros had been appointed caretaker manager after Dutch coach Co Adriaanse left the club in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189178-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Porto season\nThe Drag\u00f5es would progress through the Champions League group stage by finishing second in their group behind Arsenal. The Portistas would be eliminated in the following round, the first knockout round, by English side Chelsea who were led at the time by former Porto coach Jos\u00e9 Mourinho. Porto were defeated 3\u20132 on aggregate over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189178-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Porto season\nIn the last game of the league season, the Azuis e Brancos would claim a twenty-second league title after a 4\u20131 home victory over Desportivo das Aves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189178-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Porto season, Squads, First team squad\nStats as of the end of the 2006\u201307 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in the Primeira Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189179-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Schalke 04 season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189179-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189179-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189180-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 59th season in the existence of FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua Bucure\u0219ti participated in this season's edition of the Cupa Rom\u00e2niei, the Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189180-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Steaua Bucure\u0219ti season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189181-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Utrecht season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw FC Utrecht's compete in the Eredivise where they finished in 9th position with 48 points. They entered the end of season play-offs where they won the UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket after beating Vitesse Arnhem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189182-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Vaslui season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is FC Vaslui's 5th season of its existence, and its second in a row, in Liga I. With only 8 players from the previous season, FC Vaslui started the season with a new coach, and without a sponsor. A few players from the relegated FCM Bac\u0103u, were signed, with also a few foreign players. The new coach was Gheorghe Mul\u0163escu. The team started very bad, and it seemed the previous season, will repeat. However, after a 1\u20131 draw with Poli Iasi, Mul\u0163escu was sacked and the new coach was named Viorel Hizo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189182-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FC Vaslui season\nAlso, in the same time, Adrian Porumboiu revealed, that he did not leave FC Vaslui, and he was sponsoring it in secret. Hizo made one of the strongest team, in that moment, taking the team, from 17th place, to 7th place in the end of the first half of the season. But because the most important two players left the team, in the winter break Marius Croitoru and Viorel Frunz\u0103, the team did not play as same as the end of the first half of the season. In the end, FC Vaslui finished 8th in Liga I. Adrian Porumboiu wanted Hizo to be the team manager in the next season, but because of the team's poor infrastructure, he decided to leave FC Vaslui, for Ceahlaul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189183-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FFHG Division 1 season\nThe 2006-07 FFHG Division 1 season was contested by 16 teams, and saw the Diables Noirs de Tours win the championship. They were promoted to the Ligue Magnus as result. The Corsaires de Dunkerque, Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise and Jets de Viry-Ch\u00e2tillon were relegated to FFHG Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189184-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup\nThe 2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup was a professional basketball tournament in Europe. The competition is regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. Akasvayu Girona became the champion, after beating Azovmash Mariupol in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189185-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup Challenge\nThe 2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 5th edition of Europe's fourth-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The season had the participation of 16 teams. The Russian club CSK VVS-Samara won the title, after beating the Cypriot club Keravnos in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189185-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup Challenge, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on January 11. All return legs were played on January 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189185-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup Challenge, Semifinals\nThe quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on February 28 and on March 1. All return legs were played on March 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup\nThe 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in S\u00f6lden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter. The schedule included a mid-season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in \u00c5re, Sweden. The season concluded on 18 March 2007, at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nThe top two finishers from last season, Benjamin Raich of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, at the top of the standings for most of the season. With consistent podium performances in the speed races, which won him the Cup title in downhill, Didier Cuche of Switzerland finished a solid third overall. The 2005 overall champion and last year's third-place finisher, American Bode Miller, won four speed events but struggled in the technical events, keeping him from the top spots in the overall standings throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nBefore the final four individual races of the season, these four athletes still had a mathematical chance to win the overall World Cup title. The strongest newcomer was Jens Byggmark of Sweden, who won the first two races of his career on consecutive days in late January to vault temporarily into the top ranks in the slalom standings. Also in slalom, Mario Matt of Austria came back to win three races in 2007, regaining his top form from the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Matt ultimately lost the slalom title to Raich by just 5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nThe early season on the women's side was led by Marlies Schild of Austria, who won six slaloms and a super combined, clinching both of these Cups early. But the biggest story of the season's first half was the resurgence of Austria's Renate G\u00f6tschl, who was coming off a difficult 2006 season which saw her drop to 19th in the overall standings, her worst finish since 1994. She rebounded to dominate the speed events, winning four races in Super G and three in downhill, securing the trophies in both of these events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nAmerican Julia Mancuso, 2006 Olympic gold medalist, had a very strong season, scoring the first four World Cup wins of her career. Nicole Hosp of Austria had a solid season with several podium positions, but few victories. Lindsey Kildow of the US celebrated three victories before she had to drop out after the World Championships due to a knee injury. Entering the World Cup Finals, four women \u2014 Hosp, G\u00f6tschl, Mancuso, and Schild \u2014 were within a 102-point range, and each of them had a realistic chance of winning the overall World Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nAt the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, both the men's and women's overall titles came down to the technical events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nOn the men's side, the race came down to Raich and Svindal. Going into the technical events, Raich looked unbeatable but a DNF for him in GS meant that Svindal would have an opportunity to clinch the title on the final day in slalom, his weakest event. Svindal needed only to finish in the top fifteen and score points in order to win the title, and he achieved it in hair-raising fashion \u2014 by finishing 15th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189186-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary\nMarlies Schild seemed a sure bet for the women's overall title after uncharacteristically strong performances in the speed events. But she skied disastrously in the slalom, the event that she had dominated all season long, and failed to score any points. That meant she needed both a strong performance in the GS and a weak one from her lone remaining rival, Nicole Hosp. But Hosp won the race while Schild managed just sixth place, ensuring the Cup title (and the GS globe) for Hosp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. It was the 26th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began on 28 October 2006 with 800m sprint races for women in D\u00fcsseldorf which was eventually won by Marit Bj\u00f8rgen of Norway. This season, Tour de Ski was a part of the World Cup for the first time. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar\nBoth men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar\nThe Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. The inaugural Tour de Ski was supposed to start with the meet at Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto, but due to lack of snow the first two events were cancelled. The 1st Tour the Ski started in M\u00fcnchen and concluded at Val di Fiemme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Men's standings\nBelow are tables showing the number of points won in the 2006\u201307 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Men's standings\nThe first place skier got 100 points, second place got 80, 3rd - 60, 4th - 50, 5th - 45, 6th - 40, 7th - 36, 8th - 32, 9th - 29, 10th - 26, 11th - 24, 12th - 22, 13th - 20, 14th - 18, 15th - 16, 16th - 15... and from then on all the way to 30th - 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Men's standings\n11 distance events and five sprint events counted in the World Cup overall standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Women's standings\nBelow are tables showing the number of points won in the 2006\u201307 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Women's standings\nThe first place skier got 100 points, second place got 80, 3rd - 60, 4th - 50, 5th - 45, 6th - 40, 7th - 36, 8th - 32, 9th - 29, 10th - 26, 11th - 24, 12th - 22, 13th - 20, 14th - 18, 15th - 16, 16th - 15... and from then on all the way to 30th - 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Women's standings\n11 distance events and five sprint events counted in the World Cup overall standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189187-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Nations Cup\nThis is the sum of all individual points scored plus points for relay events. Relays count double (200 to the winner), while two teams may be counted for team sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189188-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup\nThe 2006/07 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the twenty eight World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 9 December 2006 and ended on 3 March 2007. This season included five disciplines: aerials, moguls, dual moguls, ski cross and halfpipe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189188-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup\nDual mogul events returned on world cup calendar as a separate title from moguls for last time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189189-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup\nThe 2006/07 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 24th World Cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. The season started on 25 November 2006 and lasted until 18 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189190-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nThe 2006/07 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 16th in a row (14th official) Continental Cup winter season and the 5th summer season in ski jumping for men. This was also the 3rd winter season for ladies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189190-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189190-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup\nThis was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189191-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nThe 2006/07 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 28th World Cup season. It begun in Kuusamo, Finland on 24 November 2006 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 25 March 2007. Adam Ma\u0142ysz, Poland won the individual World Cup. e.on Ruhrgas was this season's main sponsor, and therefore, this season's leader's jersey was red, in reference to the company, rather than the traditional yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189191-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup\nLower competitive circuits this season included the Continental Cup and Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189191-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Individual World Cup, World Championships\nThe 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place between February 22 and March 4, 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. The competitions in the World Championships did not award the jumpers World Cup-points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189192-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Snowboard World Cup\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jmg38 (talk | contribs) at 10:26, 15 April 2020 (diacritic WP:WM). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189192-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FIS Snowboard World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 FIS Snowboard World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season began on 13 October 2006, and finished on 18 March 2007. The World Cup is organized by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189193-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Baku season\nThe FK Baku 2006-07 season was Baku's ninth Azerbaijan Premier League season, it was their first, and only, season with Boyukagha Hajiyev as their manager. They finished the season in 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189193-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Baku season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189193-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189193-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Baku season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189193-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189193-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Baku season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189194-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Khazar Lankaran season\nThe Khazar Lankaran 2006\u201307 season was Khazar Lankaran's second Azerbaijan Premier League season. It was their first season under the management of Agaselim Mirjavadov. They completed a League and Cup double, winning both competitions for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189194-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189194-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189194-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189194-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189195-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Partizan season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was FK Partizan's 1st season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189195-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189196-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Partizani Tirana season\nIn the 2006\u201307 season, Partizani Tirana competed in the Kategoria Superiore for the sixth consecutive season and finished in fourth place. The club also reached the semi-finals of the Albanian Cup where it was eliminated by Teuta Durr\u00ebs on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189197-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Qaraba\u011f season\nThe Qaraba\u011f 2006-07 season was Qaraba\u011f's fourteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They finished the season in 8th place, were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the last 16 stage by Neftchi Baku and didn't progress beyond the First qualifying round of the UEFA Cup after losing to Zimbru Chi\u015fin\u0103u. Qaraba\u011f started the season under the management of Boyukagha Aghayev, but he was replaced by Rasim Kara in December 2006 following the completion of the first half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189197-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189197-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189197-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189197-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189197-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Qaraba\u011f season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189198-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189198-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189199-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Falkirk F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Falkirk compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 7th position with 50 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189200-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fencing World Cup\nThe 36th FIE Fencing World Cup began on October 2007 and concluded on September 2007 at the 2007 World Fencing Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189201-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Feyenoord season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Feyenoord's 51st consecutive season playing in the Eredivisie, the top division of Dutch football. Feyenoord finished 7th in the 2006\u201307 Eredivisie and did not qualify for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. In the 2006\u201307 KNVB Cup they lost in the 3rd round to RKC Waalwijk. But the absolute worst date in the season was 19 January 2007. On this date the UEFA decided to resign Feyenoord from the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup after the supporters misbehaved in the game in and versus Nancy. The game versus Tottenham Hotspur F.C. did not continue. On 3 may head coach Erwin Koeman handed in his resignation due to motivational problems after a troublesome season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189201-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Feyenoord season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189201-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Feyenoord season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189202-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nThe 2006\u201307 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina season was the seventh since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189203-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 First League of the Republika Srpska\nThe First League of the Republika Srpska 2006\u201307 was the 12th since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189204-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Gators men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189204-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Gators men's basketball team\nThe Gators were looking to repeat as national champions. The Gators finished the season with a 26\u20135 record entering the SEC Championship. They won all three games and received the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. They raced through the tournament and reached the final against Ohio State. They beat them 84\u201375 to become the first team since Duke in 1992 to repeat as National Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189204-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe Gators started the regular season trying to repeat as National Champions. They returned all five starters since none of them decided to go into the NBA early. They won their first few games, then they lost to Kansas in Las Vegas. On December 13, Junior Al Horford injured his ankle in practice, and missed a few games in December. Horford however, was able to play against Ohio State, on December 23. The Ohio State-Florida game was a high anticipated match-up, featuring 3 of the top big men in the country(Horford, Joakim Noah, and Greg Oden).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189204-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe Gators held Oden to 7 points and went on to win 86\u201360. The Gators entered SEC play with a 13\u20132 record. They started out dominating the SEC. With a 12\u20130 SEC record the Gators headed to Nashville, Tennessee to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. They had 17 straight wins, close to a school record, when they lost to Vanderbilt 70\u201383.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season began on October 6 with a game at the BankAtlantic Center against the Boston Bruins. It was the Panthers' 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Regular season\nThe Panthers finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities for with 337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Schedule and results\nLegend: \u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs\nThe Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Roster\n2\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mezei\u00a0\u20224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bouwmeester\u00a0\u20225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Allen\u00a0\u20226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Welch\u00a0\u20227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Montador\u00a0\u202221\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Semenov\u00a0\u202224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Salei\u00a0\u202226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Van Ryn\u00a0\u202247\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lojek", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Roster\n9\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Weiss\u00a0\u202211\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Campbell\u00a0\u202212\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jokinen\u00a0\u202213\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kolnik\u00a0\u202215\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stumpel\u00a0\u202216\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Horton\u00a0\u202218\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Peltonen\u00a0\u202223\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gelinas\u00a0\u202238\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sprukts\u00a0\u202246\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Booth\u00a0\u202250\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Larman\u00a0\u202251\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Globke\u00a0\u202254\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kreps\u00a0\u202277\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gratton\u00a0\u202285\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Olesz", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189205-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Florida Panthers season, Draft picks\nFlorida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 28th season of the Football Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference, Overview\nThis season saw the promotion of Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe to the Football League for the first time, whilst Droylsden, Farsley Celtic, Histon and Salisbury City were promoted to the Conference National for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference, Overview\nAt the end of the season Scarborough and Farnborough Town went out of business, whilst Hayes and Yeading merged to form a new club, Hayes & Yeading United and Moor Green merged with Southern League side Solihull Borough to form Solihull Moors (which took Moor Green's place in the Conference North).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference, Overview\nOxford United drew the biggest crowds, with an average of 6,332 spectators and a peak of 11,065 in their match against Woking. Exeter City came second far behind them, with an average of 3,627, just beating Oxford's average with a peak of 6,670 in their match against Southport. Other teams could not match Oxford's average even in their most popular matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference, Conference National\nA total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference, Conference North\nA total of 22 teams contested the division, including 19 sides from last season, one relegated from the Conference National and two promoted from the Northern Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189206-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football Conference, Conference South\nA total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two promoted from the Isthmian League and two promoted from the Southern Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189207-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Football League (known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th completed season of The Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189207-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League\nThe Football League was contested through three Divisions in England and Wales. The divisions were the Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship were automatically promoted to the Premiership and they were joined by the winner of the Championship play-offs. The bottom two teams in League Two were relegated to the Conference Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189207-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League, Final league tables and results\nThe tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189208-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 Football League Championship (known as the Coca-Cola Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the league under its current title and fifteenth season under its current league division format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189208-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Championship\nThe Football League is contested through three Divisions. The top divisions of these is the League Championship. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and they will be joined by the winner of the League Championship playoff. The bottom three teams in the Championship will be relegated to the second division, League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189208-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Championship\nSunderland finished top of the league with 88 points, closely followed by Birmingham City who had 86 points. Derby County were promoted through the play-offs. Southend United, Luton Town and Leeds United were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Football League Cup (known as the Carling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th staging of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for the top 92 football clubs played in English football league system. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with lager brand Carling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup\nThe competition began in August 2006 and ended with the final on 25 February 2007. The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final, as the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium could not be completed in time to host the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup\nThe winners were Chelsea, beating Arsenal in the final 2-1 after two goals by Didier Drogba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Format\nThe competition consists of five single elimination rounds (taking place only on week-nights) before a two-legged semi-final and then a final match at a neutral venue. The venue for each fixture in round one to the finals will not be neutral. It will be the home ground of one of the two clubs in each fixture, and will be decided as part of the draw for each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Format\nThere are no replays in the competition. If necessary, extra-time and penalties will decide each tie's winners on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Early rounds, First Round\nThe 72 Football League clubs compete from the first round, which is divided into North and South sections. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 2005-06 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2006; Sunderland (North), Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion (South) are the top seeds, and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League \u2014 Accrington Stanley and Hereford United \u2014 are bottom seeds in north and south sections respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Early rounds, Second Round\nIn Round 2, the 36 winners from Round 1 were joined by the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions. The draw took place on 26 August 2006 and matches were played during the week commencing 18 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Early rounds, Third Round\nRound 3 was drawn on 23 September from the 24 remaining clubs and the eight Premier League clubs in European competitions. The ties were played the week of 23 October:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Early rounds, Fourth Round\nThe Fourth Round draw was made on 25 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Later rounds, Quarter-finals\nThe quarter-final draw was made on 11 November 2006 at 12:00 GMT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189209-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Cup, Later rounds, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final draw was made on 23 December 2006 at 12:00 GMT. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, known as the 2006\u201307 Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd staging of the Football League Trophy, a knockout competition for English football clubs in Leagues One and Two. The winners were Doncaster Rovers from League One and the runners-up were Bristol Rovers from League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy\nThe competition began on 17 October 2006 and ended with the final on 1 April 2007. The final was the last to take place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. In the first round, there are four sections: Northern Section\u2013West, Northern Section\u2013East, Southern Section\u2013West and Southern Section\u2013East. In the second round this narrows to simply a Northern and a Southern section, whereupon each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy\nSwansea City were the defending champions, but lost to Peterborough United in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy\nDoncaster Rovers won the final, beating Bristol Rovers 3\u20132 after extra time, having been 2\u20130 up after just 5 minutes before Bristol Rovers scored twice in the second half to make the score 2\u20132 after 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, First round\nSixteen teams received byes to the second round. The other remaining teams start in a single-legged knockout. Should the scores be level after 90 minutes, the match entered a penalty shootout phase, with no extra-time being played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, First round, Northern Section\nByes: Blackpool, Chester City, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Darlington, Mansfield Town, Oldham Athletic, and Port Vale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, First round, Southern Section\nByes: Bournemouth, Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Leyton Orient, Millwall, Milton Keynes Dons, Peterborough United, Yeovil Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, Second round\nIn the second round, the sixteen winning teams from the first round were joined by the teams with byes. Again, there were eight one-legged matches in each section (North and South), with a penalty shootout if a draw occurred after 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, Area quarter-finals\nIn the third round, the winning teams from the second round play in eight one-legged matches, four in each section (North and South). Again, a penalty shootout followed if the match was drawn after 90 minutes. Matches were played on 28 November and 29 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, Area finals, Southern Area final\nThe Southern Area final produced the first Bristol derby played in over five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189210-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Football League Trophy, Final\nThe 2007 final was the last major Football Association or Football League final to be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. All subsequent finals were held at Wembley Stadium in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189211-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Ford Ranger One Day Cup was the 38th season of the domestic one-day cricket competition played in Australia. It involved 30 group matches and a final match. The Queensland Bulls defeated the Victorian Bushrangers in the final, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament\nThe 2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament was a series of ski jumping competitions held in the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was part of the 2006\u201307 Ski Jumping World Cup and points scored in each of the four competitions also counted towards the World Cup rankings. Before the tournament started on 28 December 2006 the World Cup leader was Simon Ammann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament\nNorwegian Anders Jacobsen won the tournament, after finishing on the podium in both hills in Austria and never finishing worse than fifth on any of the four hills. He thus became the first debutant since Toni Nieminen in 1991\u201392 to win the tournament. Gregor Schlierenzauer, who turned 17 on the day of the final event in Bischofshofen, won the first and last event, but finished over 15 points behind after 11th place in Innsbruck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review\nResults are listed for the top 15 skiers, as well as skiers among the top six in the overall World Cup before the tournament, former overall World Cup winners, former Four Hills Tournament winners, former world record holders, and former World or Olympic champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Oberstdorf, 30 December 2006\nAustrian junior world champion and newcomer Gregor Schlierenzauer, who with his 16 years of age was one of the key factors and surprises of the pre season also excelled in the first day of the Four Hills Tournament. His first jump of the day (135.5 metres) was the furthest jump in competition, with only World Cup leader Simon Ammann and Martin Koch able to finish 0.5 metres short.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Oberstdorf, 30 December 2006\nWhile Andreas K\u00fcttel set a new record for the day in the second jump when he reached a distance of 136.5 metres Schlierenzauer again showed his skills and his capability of keeping his nerves in control when he jumped 142.0 metres, just 1.5 metres short to equalise the hill record set by Sigurd Pettersen in 2003. Switzerland's Andreas K\u00fcttel claimed the second position, but trailed by 9.5 points, while Adam Ma\u0142ysz of Poland finished in third position, 6.2 points behind K\u00fcttel. The win was Schlierenzauer's third win in five World Cup meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0003-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Oberstdorf, 30 December 2006\n2005\u201306 shared winners Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda only finished in seventh and 21st position respectively, while Olympic champion Thomas Morgenstern just reached a top 10 ranking. With his win Schlierenzauer not only took the lead in the Four Hills Tournament, but he also overtook Ammann to lead the overall World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1 January 2007\nIn windy and rainy conditions, the New Year's Day ski jumping (Neujahrsskispringen) was cancelled after one jump. Noriaki Kasai, who failed to qualify for the event in Oberstdorf, finished third here after having the longest jump, but without a Telemark landing he was docked style points and finished third. Andreas K\u00fcttel won the event, and is now three points behind Schlierenzauer in the overall standings. Following Ma\u0142ysz' 12th place and Ammann's 16th place, Jacobsen advanced to third in the overall standings and second in the World Cup standings despite not having finished on the podium thus far in the Four Hills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Innsbruck, 4 January 2007\nWith neither K\u00fcttel nor Schlierenzauer able to make it past 123 metres in either leap, they lost plenty of points to winner Jacobsen, who won his second World Cup event of his career. He gained 38 points on Schlierenzauer, and went from third place to a ten-point lead, ahead of Finland's Lappi who finished fourth in the race. Schlierenzauer fell six places in the overall Four Hills standings, but remained within 20 points, or 11 metres, of Jacobsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Innsbruck, 4 January 2007\nNorway called up Olympic champion and last year's Innsbruck winner, Lars Byst\u00f8l, to represent them in the Innsbruck event. However, Byst\u00f8l failed to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189212-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Four Hills Tournament, Tournament review, Bischofshofen, 7 January 2007\nGregor Schlierenzauer took his fourth World Cup win on his seventeenth birthday, but it wasn't enough to beat Jacobsen in the overall standings; despite having won two events to Jacobsen's one, Schlierenzauer had to be content with second place overall in the Four Hills tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189213-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Frauen-Bundesliga\nThe Frauen-Bundesliga 2006\u201307 was the 17th season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 10 September 2006 and ended on 10 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189214-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season\nThe 2006\u201307 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season began with many rosters moves. 11 players were lost to other teams or retirement. 7 players were acquired to replace the players that were leaving, most notably Steve Kariya and Martin Cib\u00e1k. Another two players, Joel Gistedt and Jonas Ahnel\u00f6v, were brought up from the juniors. The team's management was confident that they were going to finish in the top as they had done many previous seasons. It didn't take a long time to see that the team would not be the bona fide top team as they had been the previous seasons. Instead it was clear that they would be fighting for a playoff spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189214-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season\nOn November 7, after a rough start of the season, head coach Stephan Lundh was relieved of his duties. On November 8, Per B\u00e4ckman was signed from VIK V\u00e4ster\u00e5s HK as the new head coach of Fr\u00f6lunda HC. On November 9, assistant coach Calle Johansson decided to resign from his duties due to Lundh's release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189214-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season, Season Stats, Goaltending\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189214-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fr\u00f6lunda HC season, Drafted Players\nFr\u00f6lunda HC players picked at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189215-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fulham F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Fulham's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189215-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fulham F.C. season, Season summary\nFulham started the season well and looked to be challenging for a mid-table place at least, but a slump towards the end of the season, with one win in 18 games, saw Fulham sucked into the relegation battle. Manager Chris Coleman paid for the club's poor form with his job in April. His replacement, Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez, did little to stop the rot, but managed to secure Fulham's Premiership status with a 1\u20130 win over a Liverpool side preparing for the Champions League final, with January signing Clint Dempsey scored the crucial goal. At the end of the season, Sanchez was rewarded for his efforts with a three-year contract, which necessitated his resignation as Northern Ireland manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189215-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fulham F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189215-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fulham F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189215-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Fulham F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189216-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GET-ligaen season\nThe 2006\u201307 GET-ligaen season began on 7 September 2006 and ended 22 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189216-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Final standings\nGP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; (C)=ChampionsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189216-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189216-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GET-ligaen season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against AverageSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189216-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GET-ligaen season, Promotion/Relegation\nGP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTW = Overtime Wins; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; (P)=PromotedSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189217-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GMHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 GMHL season was the first season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The seven teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189217-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GMHL season\nIn February 2007, the top teams of the league played down for the Russell Cup, emblematic of the grand championship of the GMHL. Since the GMHL is independent from Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, the GMHL formed an alliance with the WHA Junior Hockey League of British Columbia under the name National Junior Hockey Alliance. At the end of the league playoffs, the WHA champion was invited to a 3-game series hosted by the GMHL champion. The Bradford Rattlers won the Russell Cup 4-games-to-1 over the King Wild and the Alliance Cup 3-games-to-none over the New Westminster Whalers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189217-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GMHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189217-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GMHL season, Alliance Cup\nThe National Junior Hockey Alliance championship between the WHA Junior Hockey League champion New Westminster Whalers and the GMHL champion Bradford Rattlers was hosted by the Rattlers in Bradford, Ontario. Although a best-of-3 series, the third game was played as a friendly, although Bradford won the first two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189217-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GMHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189217-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GMHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189218-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 GNF 2\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the GNF 2 second division of Moroccan football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189219-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gabala FC season\nThe Gabala FC 2006-07 season was Gabala FC's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Ramiz Mammadov. They finished the season in 11th place, whilst they also took part in the 2006\u201307 Azerbaijan Cup, which they were knocked out of in at the Last 16 stage by Baku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189219-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gabala FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189220-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Galatasaray S.K. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Galatasaray's 103rd in existence and the 49th consecutive season in the S\u00fcper Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189221-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season\nGalatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2006\u20132007 season is the 2006\u20132007 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189221-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Squad changes for the 2006\u20132007 season\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189221-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season, Squad changes for the 2006\u20132007 season\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 91], "content_span": [92, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189222-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gamma Ethniki\nThe 2006\u201307 Gamma Ethniki was the 24th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Agios Dimitrios and Pierikos were crowned champions in South and North Group respectively, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. ASK Olympiacos won the third promotion ticket after defeating Rodos 2-1 in a single play-off match at Municipal Ground of Peristeri between the two groups' second-placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189222-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gamma Ethniki\nPaniliakos, OF Ierapetra, PAO Varda, Zakynthos, Androutsos Gravia, Nafpaktiakos Asteras and Doxa Gratini were finally relegated to Delta Ethniki or the Regional Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189222-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gamma Ethniki\nThe highlight of the season was a match in penultimate round in which Apollon Smyrni's fans made serious incidents against Paniliakos. Therefore, were deducted 3 points and then was crucial to a relegation of Apollon to Delta Ethniki after many years of competing in the top leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189223-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began their 41st season of collegiate play on November 11, 2006 at Cleveland State. This season followed their historic 2005\u201306 season where they advanced to the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. However, the 2006\u201307 team was much less successful; they finishing with an 18-15 record and were not invited to any post-season tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189223-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team, Recruiting\nThe following is a list of players signed for the 2007\u201308 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big East Conference representing Georgetown University. The Hoyas finished first place in the conference, won the conference tournament, and advanced to the semifinals in the NCAA tournament. The 2006\u201307 season marked the centennial of Hoya hoops, which was celebrated by honoring some of the team's most famous alumni at the Georgetown-Marquette game on February 10, 2007. The team was led by juniors, forward Jeff Green, center Roy Hibbert, and point guard Jonathan Wallace. The team's freshmen were DaJuan Summers, Vernon Macklin, and Jeremiah Rivers. Other regular players are Tyler Crawford, Jessie Sapp, and Patrick Ewing, Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\nOn March 3, 2007, the Hoyas won their first regular-season Big East Championship since 1989. On March 10, 2007, the Hoyas defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers (65\u201342) to win the 2007 Big East Tournament Championship, also for the first time since 1989. Jeff Green was named the Big East Player of the year and the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team\nThe Hoyas advanced to the 2007 Final Four before losing to an Ohio State team led by Greg Oden. In the NCAA tournament's first weekend, the Hoyas defeated Belmont and Boston College. The Hoyas' games in the second weekend were some of the closest and most-watched contests of the tournament. The Hoyas defeated Vanderbilt on a last-second bank shot by Jeff Green, then beat North Carolina in the Regional Final when their defense caused North Carolina to suffer an improbable collapse in which the Tar Heels missed 21 of their final 23 field goal attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nReturning three starters \u2013 forward Jeff Green, center Roy Hibbert, and point guard Jonathan Wallace \u2013 from the previous season, coming off an 2006 NCAA Tournament appearance, and boasting their highest preseason poll ranking (No. 8) since 1995, the Hoyas opened the 2006-07 season with high expectations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nGeorgetown began the season with consecutive wins over Hartford and at Vanderbilt, in the latter game handing Vanderbilt its first opening-game loss on its home court since November 14, 1990; the Commodores had been 62-4 against non-conference opponents there. Against Hartford, Green scored 17 points, Hibbert had 16, and Wallace contributed 13, and in the Vanderbuilt game, Hibbert had a double-double (18 points and 10 rebounds), while Green scored 19 points, despite playing only seven minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, and Wallace and sophomore guard Jessie Sapp contributed 13 and 11 points, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nBut the Hoyas stumbled in their third game despite a 17-point, eight-rebound performance by Hibbert, when Old Dominion rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half to beat Georgetown, snapping a 23-game Hoya winning streak at McDonough Gymnasium that dated back to February 1982. In the next game, freshman forward DaJuan Summers scored in double digits for the first time in his college career with 17 points and Sapp contributed 14 in a win at Fairfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nA game followed against Ball State, coached by former Georgetown player and assistant coach Ronny Thompson, the younger brother of John Thompson III, in the first meeting of the brothers as opposing head coaches. Their father, former Georgetown head coach John Thompson, Jr., called the meeting a \"stupid\" idea, and he attended the game wearing a neutral black ballcap with a \"T\" embroidered on its front, barely expressing emotion as Georgetown defeated Ball State 69-54 in a one-sided contest in which Jeff Green scored 14 points, DaJuan Summers scored 12, and freshman forward Vernon Macklin contributed 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nAfter the game, John Thompson III discussed a rematch scheduled for the following season, saying \"We may cancel that... This is hard. I knew it would be difficult, and it was much more difficult, to tell you the truth, than I ever thought it would be. That's my brother. I want them to have some success. I want to watch their tapes in a manner in which to help them rather than figure out to beat them.\" But the rematch between the brothers was not to be, because by the time the teams met again a year later, Billy Taylor had replaced Ronny Thompson as Ball State's head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nAfter the Old Dominion loss, Georgetown had fallen from No. 8 to No. 14 in the AP Poll, and the Hoyas fell farther to No. 18 by the time they played Oregon to close out November. Although Jonathan Wallace scored 17 points, the Ducks overcame their own poor shooting to defeat Georgetown in Oregon's first win in eight tries over a Top 25 team in a game played on the United States East Coast. Next up was a game at No. 10 Duke on December 2, Georgetown's first ranked opponent during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nThe underdog Hoyas shot 57.7 percent in the first half and led 34-27 at halftime, but the game was very different in the second half, during which Georgetown shot only 26.1 percent (6-for-23) and committed 11 turnovers. With 11:28 to go in the game, Georgetown still led 43-39, but scored only two more field goals. Meanwhile, Duke sophomore guard Greg Paulus and freshman guard Jon Scheyer scored all 13 and all nine of their points, respectively, in the second half, combining for 16 straight points at one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0006-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nHibbert had 11 points and six rebounds, Jeff Green had eight points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, Jessie Sapp had 13 points, and Georgetown led 49-47 on a Hibbert drive with 6:27 left in the game, but Duke took the lead for good at 4:55 and won 61-52. The Blue Devils lengthened their home winning streak against nonconference opponents to 46 games, the second-longest such active streak in the United States, and gave head coach Mike Krzyzewski his 760th career win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nAfter the back-to-back losses to Oregon and Duke, Georgetown's record stood at 4-3, and the Hoyas fell out of the Top 25, not to return for two months. However, the Hoyas promptly embarked on the first of two lengthy winning streaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nIt began with a win over James Madison on December 5 in which Jeff Green \u2013 who had scored in double digits only once in the previous five games \u2013 had 17 points and five assists, Jessie Sapp scored 15 points, Jonathan Wallace contributed 14 points, and Georgetown \u2013 which had gone a collective 3-for-23 (11.5 percent) from three-point range against Oregon and Duke \u2013 tied the school record for three-pointers when junior forward Patrick Ewing, Jr., a newcomer to the team, hit the Hoyas\u2032 16th three-pointer of the game with 3:56 left to play, tying the 16 scored at Davidson in November 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0007-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nAs the winning streak continued, Green scored 15 points against Oral Roberts and 12 against Towson and had 20 points and nine rebounds against Navy; Hibbert had his second double-double (23 points, 11 rebounds) of the season in the Oral Roberts game, 10 points against Winston-Salem State, 15 points and seven rebounds against Navy; and 14 points against Michigan; Jonathan Wallace scored 12 points against Oral Roberts, 14 points against Towson, and 12 against Michigan; DaJuan Summers scored 14 points against Winston-Salem State and 18 against Towson; junior guard/forward and team co-captain Tyler Crawford, who had missed several games due to a bout with strep throat that resulted in a hospital stay, had 12 points vs. Wilson-Salem State; and sophomore Marc Egerson had 11 points each against Oral Roberts and Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0007-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Non-conference schedule\nOther highlights of the streak included a 70-percent Georgetown team shooting performance from the floor during the second half of the Winston-Salem State game and the defeat of Michigan to close out December, which dealt the Wolverines their first loss in their last 14 nonconference games at Crisler Arena; Georgetown shot 23-for-44 (52.3%), becoming only the second team at the time to shoot better than 50 percent against Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 101], "content_span": [102, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nMarc Egerson left the team for \"personal reasons\" (he later transferred to Delaware) before Georgetown, with a 10-3 record and a six-game winning streak, opened its Big East season with a game against No. 17 Notre Dame on January 6 and thoroughly dominated the Fighting Irish on offense and defense. Notre Dame shot 1-for-10 and committed six turnovers during the game's first 8\u00bd minutes, and Georgetown jumped out to an 18-2 lead and then extended it to 29-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nNotre Dame closed to an 11-point deficit by halftime, but the Hoyas went on a 14-0 run early in the second half that pushed their lead to 29 points. Hibbert scored a game-high 18 points on 8-for-9 (.889) shooting. The Hoyas held Notre Dame, which averaged 88 points per game and was shooting 41 percent from three-point range entering the contest, to 4-for-22 (18 percent) in three-pointers, and the Fighting Irish finished with fewer than 50 points for the first time since joining the Big East in 1995. Georgetown won in a 66-48 upset, ending a 12-game Notre Dame winning streak and extending Georgetown's to seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown stumbled in its next game, losing to Villanova \u2013 despite DaJuan Summers\u2032 16 points, with the team\u2032 leading scorer, Hibbert, getting only two points \u2013 before facing No. 7 Pittsburgh. Jeff Green and Jessie Sapp each had 15 points against Pittsburgh \u2013 Green reaching 1,000 points for his college career \u2013 and Patrick Ewing, Jr., contributed 12 points, while Hibbert had 11 points and two rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nWith the teams shooting a combined 60 percent from the floor and Pittsburgh outrebounding Georgetown, the Hoyas led 18-17 halfway through the first half, but Pittsburgh then went on a 20-8 run to take the lead for good and won the game 74-69. The loss left Georgetown with a 1-2 conference record, but the Hoyas were destined to lose only two more games during the entire remaining season and postseason combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nAs the Big East season continued, the Hoyas began a second \u2013 and even longer \u2013 winning streak. During the early part of the string of victories, Jeff Green scored 19 points in a win against DePaul, 17 points against Cincinnati, a then-career-high 24 points at St. John's, and 14 points against Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nRoy Hibbert had a 16-point game at Rutgers 10 points at Seton Hall, 12 points against DePaul a career-high 26 points as part of another double double with 11 rebounds and two blocked shots against Cincinnati, and still another double double (22 points and 11 rebounds) against Louisville. DaJuan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0010-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nSummers scored 16 points at Rutgers, had a double double (17 points and 10 rebounds) at Seton Hall, and contributed 12 points in the victory over DePaul and 13 against Louisville, while Jonathan Wallace had a career-high 21 points at Seton Hall and 13 points at St. John's and Jessie Sapp scored 11 against Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nBy the time of the Louisville game on February 7, the Hoyas, ranked No. 22, had returned to the Top 25 for the first time in two months. Georgetown was still No. 22, riding a six-game winning streak, and celebrating the 100th anniversary of its basketball program \u2013 including a halftime ceremony in which it honored its \"all-century team,\" which included Patrick Ewing, Eric \"Sleepy\" Floyd, Michael Jackson, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, and Allen Iverson \u2013 on February 10 when the Hoyas faced No. 11 Marquette, winners of eight straight, at the Verizon Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe Golden Eagles made only three of their first 14 shots from the floor, but went on a 9-0 run to close to within one point, and Georgetown led by only 28-26 at the half. With Georgetown leading 53-52 with 7:29 left in the game, Green and Hibbert combined to score the next 17 points. With Marquette making only one field goal and four free throws the rest of the game, Georgetown closed the game out with a 23-5 run that gave the Hoyas a 76-58 upset victory. Green had a then-career-high-tying 24 points, Hibbert had another double-double (23 points plus 11 rebounds), and Wallace and Summers each contributed 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nTwo days after beating Marquette, Georgetown, by now ranked No. 14, faced another ranked opponent, No. 23 West Virginia, in a contest between the two best defenses in the Big East Conference. Georgetown's Princeton offense outdueled West Virginia's trap defense, and the Hoya defense crimped West Virginia's three-point shooting \u2013 among the best in the United States \u2013 holding the Mountaineers to 9-for-26 (38 percent) shooting from three-point range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe Hoyas shot 58 percent from the floor and outrebounded West Virginia 35-19, outscoring the Mountaineers 17-0 during one stretch in the first half to jump out to a double-digit lead they never relinquished. Shooting 79 percent from the floor in the first half, Georgetown led 37-20 at halftime and opened the second half with a 7-0 run to take a 44-20 lead. Roy Hibbert went 12-for-13 (92.3 percent) from the free-throw line and had 20 points, Jeff Green had 15 points, and Jonathan Wallace scored 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nIn the next game, Jeff Green had 19 points and DaJuan Summers had 11 in a tight victory over Villanova that required Georgetown to come from a 37-29 deficit to eke out a 58-55 win. Jessie Sapp had 16 points and made a three-point shot from half-court as the buzzer sounded to end the first half. The win gave Georgetown its first nine-game winning streak since 2003-04. The Hoyas extended their winning streak to 10 \u2013 their first 10-game streak since they opened the 2003-04 season 10-0 \u2013 with a win at Cincinnati that saw Jeff Green score 21 points and Jonathan Wallace contribute 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThree days after beating Cincinnati, No. 12 Georgetown again faced a ranked opponent, No. 10 Pittsburgh, at the Verizon Center, with a chance to climb into first place in the Big East. In a ragged game in which both sides had poor outside shooting and committed more than their share of turnovers, the score stood at 49-49 when Georgetown went on an 8-2 run that ultimately clinched a 61-53 upset win and sole possession of first place for Georgetown. Jonathan Wallace scored 17 points, Jeff Green had 14, and Roy Hibbert added 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nThe win over Pittsburgh gave Georgetown 11 straight wins, its longest winning streak since an 11-victory run in 1995, but the streak came to end at Syracuse two days later, as the Orange used a 17-0 run in the second half to upset the No. 9 Hoyas, 72-58. DaJuan Summers and Patrick Ewing, Jr., each scored 10 points, the only Hoyas to reach double digits. In the final game of the season, Georgetown bounced back, beating Connecticut to win the Big East regular-season championship for the first time since 1989. Against Connecticut, Roy Hibbert had another double-double (18 points and 12 rebounds), Jeff Green scored 14 points, and Patrick Ewing, Jr., added 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season, Conference schedule\nGeorgetown ended the regular season ranked No. 9, with a 13-3 record in the Big East Conference \u2013 their best Big East record since 1989 \u2013 and 23-6 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nWith a No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament for the first time since 1989, Georgetown had a bye in the first round. In the quarterfinals, the Hoyas faced Villanova, winners of four straight. The Hoyas outscored the Wildcats 14-0 to start the game, Villanova's first points not coming until 7:20 had elapsed in the first half. A 12-0 Georgetown run followed, creating a 26-2 lead over Villanova with 9:28 left in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nGeorgetown outshot Villanova 57 percent to 27 percent in the first half, led by 25 points three times, and had a 37-18 advantage at halftime. Villanova attempted a comeback, finishing a 14-2 run with 5:29 elapsed in the second half to close to a ten-point deficit, but then the Hoyas increased their lead to 17. Georgetown still led 56-45 with 1:43 left in the game, but the Wildcats closed to a six-point deficit with 49 seconds left and then to 59-54 with 27.9 seconds remaining. Georgetown held on to win 62-57. Roy Hibbert had 14 points in the game, Jeff Green had 12 points and nine rebounds, and Jonathan Wallace and DaJuan Summers each contributed 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nThe Hoyas advanced to play No. 20 Notre Dame, winners of six straight, in a semifinal game the following day. The Fighting Irish jumped out to a 37-21 lead with 7:37 left in the first half, but Georgetown went on a 10-2 run and reduced Notre Dame's advantage to 46-44 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nPatrick Ewing, Jr., scored six points in the first 1:48 of the second half to give Georgetown its first lead at 50-49, and Jeff Green contributed seven points during a 9-0 run that gave the Hoyas a 76-69 lead with five minutes left in the game, but Notre Dame replied with a nine unanswered points of its own to take a 78-76 lead with 2:54 left. Wallace and Hibbert then scored on consecutive jump shots to put the Hoyas back in front, 80-78, and Summers stretched the lead to 82-79 by sinking two free throws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0018-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nNotre Dame tied the game at 82-82 with 40.5 seconds left, but then Jeff Green sank the winning basket with 13 seconds remaining. Notre Dame guard Russell Carter\u2032s three-pointer missed with six seconds left, and Jonathan Wallace grabbed the rebound and heaved the ball down the court to preserve the Hoyas\u2032 84-82 win, their fourth consecutive victory over the Fighting Irish. Green had a double-double, scoring a new career high of 30 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, while Summers contributed 18 points. Ewing had his best game since transferring from Indiana, shooting 7-for-11 from the field and scoring a career-high 18 points, and Jonathan Wallace scored 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nWinners of 14 of their previous 15 games, the Hoyas reached the Big East Tournament final for the first time since 1996, facing No. 13 Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh led 2-0 at the beginning of the game, but shot 26.2 percent from the field and never led again. Georgetown had a 13-11 lead with 9:04 left in the first half and then went on a 15-2 run to take a 28-13 lead with 2:58 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament\nAt halftime, the Hoyas led 32-17, and in the second half the Panthers never got closer than 13 points as Georgetown cruised to a 65-42 victory, winning the Big East Tournament for the first time since 1989 and seventh time overall \u2013 and, as it turned out, for the last time in the original Big East Conference. Jeff Green scored a game-high 21 points and was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player, while Hibbert had a double-double (14 points and 11 rebounds).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nWinning the Big East Tournament gave Georgetown an automatic 2007 NCAA Tournament bid and its first NCAA Tournament appearances in consecutive years since 1996 and 1997. With a 26-6 record, the Hoyas were seeded second in the East Regional, their highest seed since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nMeeting 15th-seed Belmont in the first game, the Hoyas got off to s slow start, with the Bruins taking an 11-4 lead to start the game, but then Georgetown scored 11 straight points during a 20-4 run, kept Belmont from scoring a field goal for eight minutes, and took the lead for good, 13-11, with 11:23 left in the first half. Jessie Sapp, who had been shooting 28 percent from three-point range for the season and in his past six games had failed to score in double figures, shot 12-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0020-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nfor-42 (28.6 percent) from the floor, had a career-high four three-pointers and a career-high 20 points in the game. Jeff Green scored 15 points, Roy Hibbert had a double-double (10 points and 13 rebounds), and Georgetown got an easy 80-55 victory, the 17th time they had won their first-round game in their past 18 NCAA Tournament appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nIn the second round, Georgetown faced seventh-seed Boston College, a former Big East rival, in a very physical game. The Hoyas, entering the game second in the United States in field goal percentage at 51 percent, shot only 38 percent during the game, and the Eagles led 30-26 at halftime and stretched their led to 39-31 early in the second half. Then the Hoyas went on a 10-0 run to take the lead, 41-39, with 11:44 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nGeorgetown took the lead for good at 46-44 with 8:03 remaining, but the game stayed close, with the Eagles trailing by no more than four points and by as few as one. During the final minute and a half, the Hoyas drew fouls and made critical free throws to come away with a 62-55 win. Hibbert, who had a double-double (17 points and 12 rebounds), scored 15 of his points in the second half. Jeff Green also had a double-double (11 points and 12 rebounds), while Jonathan Wallace contributed 15 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nIn the East Regional semifinals \u2013 their second consecutive appearance in the \"Sweet Sixteen\" \u2013 the Hoyas faced sixth-seeded Vanderbilt, a team Georgetown had defeated early in the season. The Commodores staked themselves to a 32-24 lead at halftime, but the Hoyas battled back in the second half, with DaJuan Summers making three clutch three-pointers, and neither team ever led by more than four points during the final 17 minutes of play, a stretch in which the game saw eight lead changes and four ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0022-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nHibbert fouled out with 3:28 left to play, a major blow to the Hoyas in a tight game, but the Commodores were unable to take much advantage of his absence, and a Jonathan Wallace jump shot put the Hoyas ahead 64-61 with 1:03 left in the game. With 48.8 seconds to go, Vanderbilt's Derrick Byars sank two free throws to make it 64-63, followed by two free throws by Dan Cage with 19.6 seconds remaining to put the Commodores ahead 65-64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0022-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nBut Jeff Green spoiled Vanderbilt's upset bid when he took five steps and then banked in an off-balance shot with 2.5 seconds left to give Georgetown a 66-65 victory. A very obvious traveling call was missed. Hibbert had a double-double (12 points and 10 rebounds), while Summers scored 15 points and had seven rebounds in the game, and Green also contributed 15 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nThe win over Vanderbilt put the Hoyas in the East Regional final \u2013 their first appearance in the \"Elite Eight\" since 1996 \u2013 where they met the region's top seed, North Carolina. It was the first postseason game between the teams since the 1981-82 Tar Heels win over the 1981-82 Hoyas 25 years earlier in the 1982 NCAA Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nGeorgetown jumped out to a 22-17 lead with 13:43 left in the first half, but the Tar Heels had reduced the deficit to 22-20 when a technical foul on John Thompson III for walking out of the coaching box allowed North Carolina to tie the game at 22-22 with two free throws. The momentum then shifted in North Carolina's favor, with the Tar Heels leading by as many as 10 points and having a 50-44 advantage at halftime. In the second half, North Carolina stretched its lead to 69-58 with 12:23 left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0023-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nGeorgetown had closed to six points behind when North Carolina's Deon Thompson tipped in a two-pointer to give the Tar Heels a 73-65 lead with 9:53 left in the second half. But then the Tar Heels\u2032 offense collapsed, making only one more field goal \u2013 a two-point layup by Tyler Hansbrough with 1:41 left in the second half \u2013 during the next 15 minutes of play in the second half and overtime combined. The Hoyas meanwhile chipped away at the lead until Jonathan Wallace tied the game at 81-81 with a three-point jumper with 32 seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0023-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nIn overtime, the Hoyas scored 14 straight points to take a 95-81 lead while North Carolina's field goal drought continued until Ty Lawson scored North Carolina's only overtime points with a three-point jumper to make the score 95-84 with eight seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0023-0004", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nThe Tar Heels had missed 21 of their final 23 field goal attempts and Georgetown won 96-84, with all five Hoya starters scoring in double digits: Jeff Green had 22 points and nine rebounds, DaJuan Summers had 20 points and six rebounds, Jonathan Wallace scored 19, Jessie Sapp contributed 15, and Roy Hibbert had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nThe Hoyas, winners of 19 of their last 20 games, advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1985 to meet No. 1 Ohio State, winner of 21 straight. The game featured a much-anticipated match-up of elite college centers \u2013 Ohio State's Greg Oden and Georgetown's Roy Hibbert \u2013 and during the game Oden had 13 points and nine rebounds, while Hibbert scored 19 points and pulled down six rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0024-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nBut both centers got into early foul trouble and spent a great deal of time on the bench, with Oden playing for only three minutes in the first half and for only 20 in the game, while Hibbert played for only 24 minutes. Ohio State took better advantage of Hibbert's absences than Georgetown did of Oden's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0024-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nJonathan Wallace scored 19 points, Jessie Sapp contributed 10 points, and Jeff Green grabbed 12 rebounds, but Green \u2013 who entered the game averaging 15.8 points per game during the tournament \u2013 scored only nine points, going almost 17 minutes in the first half and 14 minutes in the second half without taking a shot. DaJuan Summers, who had scored 25 points in the previous two games, managed only three against the Buckeyes, and the Georgetown bench did not score a single point. Ohio State outrebounded the Hoyas 37-30 and scored 22 points off 14 Hoya turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0024-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nWhen Oden went to the bench with two fouls only three minutes into the game, not to return until the second half, Georgetown was leading 5-3, but the Buckeyes then went on an 11-2 run over the next six minutes to take a 14-7 lead. Thanks to Hibbert's work inside, Georgetown closed to a 15-14 deficit, but then Hibbert had to sit with two fouls, and Ohio State extended its lead to 25-17 with 3:32 left in the first half. Leading 27-23 at halftime, Ohio State trailed only once more, at 34-33 with 15:56 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0024-0004", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nThe score was tied 44-44 with 9:44 left in the game, but Hibbert had to sit with four fouls only 20 seconds later, and Oden then helped the Buckeyes jump out to a 51-44 lead with 6:37 left from which the Hoyas never recovered. Ohio State won 67-60, advancing to the national championship game for the first time since 1962 and bringing Georgetown's season to an end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nFor the season, Roy Hibbert shot 67.1 percent from the field and finished with 12.9 points per game, while Jonathan Wallace shot 50.7 percent from the field overall and 49.0 percent from three-point range, averaging 11.4 points per game. DaJuan Summers averaged 9.2 and Jessie Sapp 9.1 points per game. Jeff Green, sometimes criticized for being too unselfish with the ball and not shooting enough, nonetheless finished the season shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from three-point range, averaging a team-leading 14.2 points per game. Selected as the 2007 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Jeff Green opted to forego his senior year of college and entered the National Basketball Association draft; he was drafted by the Boston Celtics, who traded him to the Seattle SuperSonics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 901]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nAfter the season, Assistant Coach Sydney Johnson left the team to become the head coach at Princeton University. Assistant Coach Kevin Broadus also left to become the head coach at SUNY-Binghamton. Sophomore forward Octavius Spann announced in May that he would leave Georgetown and transfer to Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, NCAA Tournament\nGeorgetown finished the season ranked No. 8 in the Associated Press Poll and No.4 in the Coaches Poll, the team's highest finish in the AP Poll since 1996 and highest in the Coaches Poll since 1989. It was the best season of John Thompson III's 13-year tenure as Georgetown's head coach. In his remaining nine seasons at the helm, the Hoyas would appear in the NCAA Tournament six more times, but would win only three NCAA Tournament games, and never would advance beyond the tournament's first weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189224-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster\nAfter sitting out a season following his transfer to Georgetown from Indiana, junior forward Patrick Ewing, Jr., the son of Patrick Ewing, joined the team this season. He became only the second son of a former player to play for Georgetown, and the first to do so since Ed Hargaden, Jr. \u2013 the son of Ed Hargaden, Georgetown's first All-American and star of the 1932-33, 1933-34, and 1934-35 teams \u2013 played during the 1957-58, 1958-59, and 1959-60 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189225-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by 7th-year head coach Paul Hewitt. Georgia Tech finished with a 20\u201312 record, and made the NCAA tournament, where they were defeated by UNLV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189225-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team, Pre-season\nPaul Hewitt recruited one of the best recruiting classes in Georgia Tech history bringing in McDonald's All-Americans forward Thaddeus Young and guard Javaris Crittenton. The team returned Jeremis Smith, Anthony Morrow, Mario West, and Ra'Sean Dickey as strong and experienced veterans to add needed balance to a very age polarized squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189226-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team\nThe 2006-07 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets tennis team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the college tennis season of 2006-07. This season netted them their third straight ACC Championship, and their win in the NCAA tournament earned Georgia Tech its first-ever NCAA-recognized title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189227-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgian Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the sixty-third season overall and seventeenth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament. The competition began on 10 August 2006 and ended with the Final held on 26 May 2007. The defending champions are Ameri Tbilisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189227-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgian Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe matches were played on 18 February (first legs) and 6 March 2007 (second legs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189227-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Georgian Cup, Semifinals\nThe matches were played on 1 April (first legs) and 1 May 2007 (second legs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season\nThe DEL, 2nd Bundesliga and Oberliga are the first three levels of ice hockey in Germany. All three leagues operate nationwide. While the DEL is an independently operated league, the other two are run by the German ice hockey federation, the DEB, through the ESBG. The leagues below the Oberliga are operated by the state federations (German:Landesverb\u00e4nde) and don't run nationwide. The 2006-07 season for the three top leagues started on 7 September 2006 with the first round in the DEL and finished on 17 April 2007 with the third and last game of the DEL finals, with the Adler Mannheim winning their fifth DEL title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL\nThe DEL is the highest tier of German ice hockey. The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006-07 season, the same number as the previous season. However, in place of the Kassel Huskies, who were relegated the previous season, the Straubing Tigers took part in the competition, having won the 2nd Bundesliga in 2005-06. The modus had slightly changed from the 2005-06 season. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 52 regular season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season are qualified for the first round of the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL\nThe clubs seven to ten play a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fourteen, the season had ended. No club was relegated from the DEL this season but one new club admitted, the EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams, champion of the 2nd Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Final table\nThe final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Play-offs\nThe four rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Play-offs\nLike the regular season, in the play-offs games will be decided by penalty shoot-outs (P) after a five-minute overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL, Top scorers\nThe five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga\nThe 2nd Bundesliga is the second highest tier of ice hockey in Germany. The league played with 14 clubs in the 2006-07 season, the same number it had since 2001. Each club played each other four times during the regular season. The top eight teams in the league qualified for the play-offs to determined the 2nd Bundesliga champion who also gained promotion to the DEL this season. For the clubs placed nine and ten, the season has finished after the regular round. The bottom four clubs played out the two relegated teams from the 2nd Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Regular season\nThe final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime, one for a loss after overtime and no points for an outright loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Play-offs\nThe three rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Play-offs\nIn all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6). Should a game be undecided after regular time, there will be one overtime (OT) in sudden death format. Should there still be no winner, the game is decided through penalties (P).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, 2nd Bundesliga, Play-downs\nThe play downs consists of only one round, played in a best-of-seven format. The two loser of this round are relegated to the Oberliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga\nThe Oberliga is the third tier of ice hockey in Germany and as such the lowest nationwide level, below it are currently the LEV's (Landesverb\u00e4nde). In the 2006-07 season the league played with 14 clubs. However, the Ratinger Ice Aliens were excluded from the competition on 16 November 2006 and all results involving the club canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga\nEach club in the league played each other club four times in the 2006-07 season. The top eight teams then took part in a best-of-seven play-off round to determined the two promoted teams to the 2nd Bundesliga. Because the EHC Wolfsburg was admitted to the DEL, a third Oberliga club was also promoted, this being the SC Riessersee which had been the best placed semi final loser. For the bottom five clubs, the league season was finished after the regular round, due to the expansion of the Oberliga no team was relegated. The teams placed nine to twelve played a cup qualification round however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Oberliga, Play-offs\nThe Oberliga play-offs were operating on a best-of-seven modus in the first round and semi finals. The finals were played as best-of-three. The winning teams of the semi finals are promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga\nThe levels below the Oberliga are not administrated by the DEB but rather by the local federations, the LEV's. With the ESBG's intention to increase the number of clubs in the Oberliga from 13 to 19, seven promotion places were available for the LEV clubs. The league champions and promoted clubs from the regional leagues were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga, Regionalliga West\nThe Regionalliga West is actually not quite a league but rather a promotion round. It contains the best six teams of the Regionalliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, and the top two teams of the Regionalliga Hessen and the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Liga each. The winner of this league is nominally promoted to the Oberliga. As such, the league covers the German states of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga, Regionalliga Nordost\nThis league covers the th north and north east of Germany. Again, it is more of a promotion round, compromising nine teams. In an effort to strengthen the sport in the east of Germany, four clubs from this region were promoted to the Oberliga. The Regionalliga Nordost covers the German states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen and Th\u00fcringen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 89], "content_span": [90, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189228-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 German ice hockey league season, Leagues below the Oberliga, Bayernliga\nThe Bayernliga is the only single-state league of the three, covering just Bavaria. The reason for this is that the state holds approximately one third of all ice hockey clubs in Germany and 17 of the 41 clubs in the first three divisions in 2006-07 were from this federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the Celtic League and the European Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview\nAfter impressive preseason displays, Glasgow Warriors played its first game in the new Celtic League against Newport Gwent Dragons, losing 23\u201324 after a last minute penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview\nGlasgow then did not lose another home game until Ulster came to Hughenden in January 2007. Glasgow drew away to English side Saracens in the European Challenge Cup, en route to a quarter-final berth, but was drawn against Saracens and lost 23\u201319 at Vicarage Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview\nThe Warriors defeated both Scottish rivals, Edinburgh and Border Reivers, just a week apart, and at the start of April title hopefuls Leinster arrived at Hughenden. Glasgow won the game 26\u201320, before following it up with a good away win against Irish side Connacht. The next game saw Glasgow travel to Ravenhill to face Ulster, one of only 2 sides to beat them at Hughenden, and the team stunned the home crowd by winning the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview\nThen it was the turn of Welsh side, the Neath\u2013Swansea Ospreys (a side that would win the title at Netherdale the following week) to travel to Hughenden. The Ospreys crossed the Glasgow try line within 45 seconds, and crossed twice more to take a (26\u20139) lead just minutes from half-time, before Glasgow's Dan Parks converted his own try to take it to 26\u201316 at half time. In the second half, Parks kicked another penalty before setting up Graeme Morrison for a try, which he converted to level the scores. Parks kicked a penalty from just shy of the half-way line to take a three-point lead and the Ospreys couldn't find a way out of their own half for the remaining 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Season overview\nThe Warriors failed to make it five in a row the following week, but coach Sean Lineen was happy with his team's performance over the season nonetheless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nStuart Corsar Euan Murray Ben Prescott Kevin Tkachuk Justin Va'a", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nJohn Barclay Johnnie Beattie James Eddie Donnie Macfadyen Jon Petrie Steve Swindall Andrew Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad\nThom Evans Rory Lamont Hefin O'Hare Sean Marsden Mike Roberts Colin Shaw Francisco Leonelli", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad, Back up players\nOther players used by Glasgow Warriors over the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Glasgow used 34 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1\nGlasgow Warriors: Justin Va'a, Eric Milligan, Euan Murray, Andy Newman, Dan Turner, Steve Swindall, John Barclay, Jon Petrie, Graeme Beveridge, Dan Parks, Thom Evans, Scott Barrow, Graeme Morrison, Hefin O'Hare, Colin ShawReplacements: Stuart Corsar, James Eddie, John Beattie, Andy Wilson, Mike Roberts, Andrew Henderson, Willie Brown, Moray Low, Allan Kelly, Calum Forrester, Jamie Hunter, Ruaridh Jackson, Ben Addison, Pat MacArthur, Mike Adamson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2\nGlasgow Warriors: Stuart Corsar, Eric Milligan, Moray Low, Allan Kelly, Dan Turner, Calum Forrester, Andy Wilson, John Barclay,Graeme Beveridge, Ruaridh Jackson, Colin Shaw, Scott Barrow, Hefin O'Hare, Ben Addison, Sean MarsdenReplacements: Alan Gibbon (Cartha Queen's Park), Ryan Moffat (Cartha Queen's Park), Mike Adamson, Jamie Hunter, James Eddie,Pat MacArthur, Willie Brown, Andy Dunlop (Biggar), Andy Rennick (unattached). (all used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2\nNewcastle Falcons: 15 Anthony Elliott, 14 Cameron Johnston, 13 Tom Dillon, 12 Mark Mayerhofler, 11 Jack Harrison, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Hall Charlton (captain), 1 Jon Golding, 2 Matt Thompson, 3 Robbie Morris, 4 Sean Tomes, 5 Stuart Walker, 6 Brent Wilson, 7 Cory Harris, 8 Greg IrvinReplacements: Oliver Tomazszcek, Ross Batty, Phil Dawson, Tim Visser, Ed Williamson, Tom Jokelson, Adam Dehaty, Mark Laycock, Michael Young", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3\nGlasgow Warriors: Justin Va'a, Fergus Thomson, Euan Murray, Andy Newman, Alastair Kellock, Steve Swindall, Donnie Macfadyen,John Beattie, Sam Pinder, Dan Parks, Mike Roberts, Andrew Henderson, Graeme Morrison, Thom Evans, Francisco LeonelliReplacements: Colin Shaw, Hefin O'Hare. Kevin Tkachuk, Jon Petrie, Stuart Corsar, Dan Turner, Andy Wilson, John Barclay (all used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3\nNewcastle Falcons: 15 Matthew Burke (captain), 14 John Rudd, 13 Jamie Noon, 12 Joe Shaw, 11 Ollie Phillips, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 James Grindal, 1 Micky Ward, 2 Andy Long, 3 David Wilson, 4 Andy Perry, 5 Andy Buist, 6 Mike McCarthy, 7 Ben Woods, 8 Phil DowsonReplacements:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4\nGlasgow Warriors: Justin Va'a, Fergus Thomson, Euan Murray, Andy Newman, Alastair Kellock, Steve Swindall, Donnie Macfadyen, Jon Petrie, Sam Pinder, Dan Parks, Mike Roberts, Andrew Henderson, Graeme Morrison, Thom Evans, Francisco LeonelliReplacements: Colin Shaw, Hefin O'Hare, Jamie Hunter, Ruaridh Jackson, Scott Barrow, Kevin Tkachuk, James Eddie, Dan Turner, Andy Wilson, John Barclay, Eric Milligan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4\nNewcastle Falcons: M Burke (capt); J Shaw, J Noon, T Flood, A Elliott; J Wilkinson, H Charlton; M Ward, A Long, D Wilson, A Perry, A Buist, M McCarthy, P Dowson, C HarrisReplacements (all used): J Golding, R Morris, M Thompson, J Oakes, B Wilson, B Woods, J Grindal, T Dillon, T Visser, J Rudd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 5\nGlasgow Warriors: Stuart Corsar, Scott Lawson, Ben Prescott, James Eddie, Dan Turner, Steve Swindall, Andy Dunlop, Calum Forrester, Jamie Hunter, Colin Gregor, Mike Adamson, Scott Barrow, Graeme Morrison, Ben Addison, Sean MarsdenReplacements: Tony Nyangweso (Cartha QP), Ryan Moffat (Cartha QP), Ruaridh Jackson, Sam Pinder, Colin White, Willie Brown, Allan Kelly, Moray Low, Eric Milligan (all used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 5\nEdinburgh Rugby: D McCall, P Jorgensen, M Dey, R Kerr (Glasgow Hawks); A Monro, G Laidlaw; K Traynor, AKelly, A Dymock, D Duley, S Turnbull, A MacDonald, DCallam, S Cross. Replacements: A Warnock (Currie), P Louden (Edinburgh Academical), A Easson, C Ferguson, R Samson (Tynedale), S Lawrie, I Brown, F McKenzie, F Pringle, RWeston (Currie).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 6\nGlasgow Warriors: Rory Lamont, Ben Addison, Mike Adamson (Glasgow Hawks), Scott Barrow [capt], Mike Roberts, Ruaridh Jackson,Jamie Hunter, Kevin Tkachuk, Eric Milligan, Ben Prescott, Allan Kelly, Dan Turner, Colin White, Calum Forrester, Steve SwindallReplacements: Stuart Corsar, Moray Low, Pat MacArthur (Ayr), Willie Brown, Andy Dunlop (Biggar), Stuart McGee (Boroughmuir), Ryan Moffat (Cartha QP) Tony Nyangweso (Cartha QP) (all used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 7\nGlasgow Warriors: 15. Colin Shaw 14. Ben Addison 13. Sean Marsden 12. Scott Barrow 11. Mike Adamson 10. Ruaridh Jackson9. Calum Cusiter, 1. Stuart Corsar 2. Nico Nyemba 3. Moray Low 4. Allan Kelly 5. Richie Gray 6. Colin White 7. Steve Swindall 8. Calum ForresterReplacements: Willie Brown, Andy Dunlop, Max Evans, Colin Gregor, Stuart McGee, Ryan Moffat, Neil Robertson, Joe Stafford, Dan Turner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 8\nBorder Reivers: James Thomson (Heriot's); Nick De Luca, John Houston (Heriot's), Bryan Rennie, Dougie Flockhart; Gregor Townsend,Calum Cusiter; Bruce McNeil, Steve Scott, Geoff Cross, Dave Duley (Edinburgh Rugby), Stuart Grimes, Fergus Pringle (Edinburgh Rugby),Andy Millar, Richie VernonReplacements: Graham Hogg, Rob Chrystie, Ryan Grant, Nick Hart (Watsonians), Ed Kalman, Torrie Callander (Watsonians),John Coutts (Hawick), Callum Anderson (Melrose)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 8\nGlasgow Warriors: Sean Marsden; Max Evans, Hefin O'Hare, Scott Barrow, Colin Shaw; Colin Gregor, Sam Pinder; Stuart Corsar, Eric Milligan, Ben Prescott, Andy Newman, Dan Turner, Steve Swindall, John Barclay, Colin WhiteReplacements: Willie Brown, Andy Dunlop (Biggar), James Eddie, Allan Kelly, Ross McCallum (Glasgow Hawks), Fergus ThomsonAndrew Wilson, Graeme Beveridge, Stevie Gordon (Glasgow Hawks), Jamie Hunter, Ryan Moffat (Cartha QP), Tony Nyangweso (Cartha QP), Rory Watson (GHA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 9\nGlasgow Warriors: Justin Va'a, Fergus Thomson, Moray Low, Andy Newman, Dan Turner, Steve Swindall, Andy Wilson, Colin White,Jamie Hunter, Colin Gregor, Thom Evans, Scott Barrow, Graeme Morrison, Hefin O'Hare, Colin Shaw\tReplacements: Eric Milligan, Ben Prescott, Kevin Tkachuk, Ben Prescott, Scott Lawson, James Eddie, Calum Forrester, Ben Addison, Max Evans, Sean Marsden", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Celtic League, Table\nUnder the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Celtic League, Results\nEach team played 20 matches in the league. That meant each team would have two bye weeks during the 22-round league season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nA player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nPlayers in normal font have not been capped at senior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189229-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season\nA position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189230-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Golden State Warriors season\nThe 2006\u201307 Golden State Warriors season was the 61st National Basketball Association (NBA) season for the Golden State Warriors basketball franchise, and their 34th overall while based in Oakland, California. Following the 2005\u201306 season, in which the Warriors ranked last in their division, the team roster was greatly revamped following a blockbuster eight-player deal with the Indiana Pacers in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189230-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Golden State Warriors season\nAfter an average start to the 2006\u201307 season, Golden State made a dramatic turn-around, ending the year on a 16\u20135 run, and capturing the eighth seed in the Western Conference, marking their return to the post-season after a thirteen-year hiatus, having last made the playoffs in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189230-0000-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Golden State Warriors season\nThe Warriors met the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, and shocked many in the basketball world when they defeated the Mavericks four games to two, becoming the third eighth-seeded team in NBA history to eliminate a first-seeded team in the playoffs, following the Denver Nuggets in 1994, and the New York Knicks in 1999. However, the Warriors met the Utah Jazz in the second round, and were defeated one game to four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189230-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Golden State Warriors season\nThe Warriors would not make the playoffs again until 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189230-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Golden State Warriors season\n\u201cWe Believe\u201d became the Warriors\u2019 slogan for the last two months of the season and the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189231-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the NCAA men's Division I competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189232-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final\nThe 2006\u201307 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition event held at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia from December 14 through December 17, 2006. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189232-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final\nThe Grand Prix Final was the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which consisted of 2006 Skate America, 2006 Skate Canada International, 2006 Troph\u00e9e Eric Bompard, 2006 Cup of China, 2006 Cup of Russia, and 2006 NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189232-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Format\nThe rules varied from the other Grand Prix events. The skaters performed the short program (or original dance, for ice dancers) in reverse order of their rankings, so the top scorer in the Grand Prix series skated last. The skating order for the long program (or free dance, for ice dancers) was the reverse order of their placement in the short program or original dance, unlike ordinary competitions where start orders are determined by a random draw. Ice dancers did not perform a compulsory dance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189232-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Format\nThe prize money for the 2006 Final was $25,000 for first place in all disciplines (pairs and dance teams split the money); $18,000 for second place; 12,000 for third place; $6,000 for fourth place; $4,000 for fifth place; and $3,000 for sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189233-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Greek Basket League\nThe 2006\u201307 Greek Basket League season was the 67th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. Panathinaikos finished in first place in the regular season, and won the championship, via the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189233-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Greek Basket League, Regular season, Standings\nPts=Points, P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189234-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Greek Football Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Greek Football Cup was the 65th edition of the Greek Football Cup, competition. That season's edition was the first to be entitled \"Hellas On Line Greek Cup\". The competition started on 26 August 2006 and concluded on 5 May 2007 with the Final, held at the Panthessaliko Stadium. Larissa won the trophy with a 2\u20131 victory over Panathinaikos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189234-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Greek Football Cup, Final\nThe 63rd Greek Cup Final was played at the Panthessaliko Stadium, and it was the first Greek Cup Final to be played in Volos since 1931. Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalty kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189235-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Gretna F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, the Scottish football club Gretna F.C. finished at the top of the Scottish First Division with 19 wins and 9 draws out of 36 matches, and won promotion to the Scottish Premier League only 5 years after joining the SFL on the last day of the season beating Ross County 3\u20132 to clinch the First Division title. The team reached the quarterfinals of the Scottish Challenge Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189236-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grimsby Town F.C. season\nGrimsby Town Football Club entered the 2006\u201307 season as a member of League Two for the 3rd season on the trot. The club was managed by new appointment Graham Rodger. The club is still aiming to leave Blundell Park within the next few seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189236-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grimsby Town F.C. season, League table\nThe four teams relegated from League One in 2005\u201306 would occupy the top four this season, sending Walsall, Hartlepool and Swindon back up. Bristol Rovers won the play-offs however, returning to League One after six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189236-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grimsby Town F.C. season, League table\nTorquay United had been both the last team to finish bottom under the old election system, and the last team to finish bottom of the League and survive due to the Conference champions not having a good enough ground. However, this season they finished bottom and dropped out of the League. They were joined by Boston United, who went into administration in the 87th minute of the season's final game (but would still have been relegated even without the 10-point administration penalty).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189236-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad overview\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189236-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad overview, Most frequent starting line-up\nMost frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4\u20134\u20132. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, the Guildford Flames played their second season in the EPIHL. It was the 15th year of Ice Hockey played by the Guildford Flames. It was to be the tenth and final season under head coach Stan Marple.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season\nThe Flames made a solid start with nine wins in their first ten games to secure a cup semi-final place, but fell behind in the league after dropping points to Slough Jets and Sheffield Scimitars. Injuries to Jozef Kohut and netminder Joe Watkins then caused concern, but the final game of 2006 at the Spectrum produced a battle for top spot with Tom Annetts backstopping the team to a 3\u20131 victory over the Scimitars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season\nThe New Year started bleakly. After losing only eight points in the first four months of the season, Guildford dropped nine in January. This persuaded Marple to make changes and he brought back Nick Cross from retirement and signed Robert Sobala from Solihull Barons as cover for Kohut. But Sobala lasted only 13 games before suffering a season-ending injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season\nIn the cup semi-final the Flames gained revenge over Slough, with Marian Smerciak's overtime winner putting them into the final against Milton Keynes Lightning. There they took a 3\u20132 home advantage to Milton Keynes and, in a thriller, triumphed 4\u20133. Marple and his men duly celebrated but it turned out to be their only trophy of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season\nThree losses in February and an injury to their top scorer, Milos Melicherik, put an end to them retaining the league title and they eventually slipped to fourth. After clinching a place in the playoff final, Melicherik returned for the weekend's games in Coventry. In a memorable semi, the Flames overcame the Scimitars 5\u20134 with Rick Plant scoring the winner 18 seconds before the end of overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season\nBut their defeat by Bracknell Bees in the final was a bitter pill to swallow after they had lost only one of season's previous eight encounters against their local rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189237-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Guildford Flames season, Player statistics, Netminders\nThe asterisk represents the fact that Tom Annetts and Joe Watkins shared a shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189238-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HKFA Chairman's Cup\nHong Kong Football Association Chairman's Cup 2006-07 was the 32nd staging of the competition, held between 5 March and 21 May 2007, and won by Citizen Reserve. The reserve teams of the 9 First Division League clubs entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189238-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HKFA Chairman's Cup\nDespite the fact that the competition is for reserve teams, many teams send first team players for the matches. In fact, some of the clubs do not have any reserve team players, so many first team players, including foreign players, play in the matches as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189238-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HKFA Chairman's Cup, Bracket\nNote #: HKFC Reserve beat Wofoo Tai Po Reserve by 3\u20132 in the first round match to enter into the quarter-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189239-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HNK Hajduk Split season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 96th season in Hajduk Split\u2019s history and their sixteenth in the Prva HNL. Their 5th place finish in the 2005\u201306 season meant it was their 16th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189239-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189239-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HNK Hajduk Split season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189240-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HNK Rijeka season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 61st season in Rijeka's history. It was their 16th season in the Prva HNL and 33rd successive top tier season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189240-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HNK Rijeka season, Matches, Squad statistics\nCompetitive matches only. Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189241-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hamburger SV season, Season summary\nHamburg were rooted to the bottom of the table for the first half of the season, but the appointment of Huub Stevens revitalised the team and they rose to a final 7th-placed finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189241-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hamburger SV season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189241-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hamburger SV season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189242-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hartlepool United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Hartlepool United's 98th year in existence and their first season in League Two since 2002\u201303. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189242-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hartlepool United F.C. season, Players, Current squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189243-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006-07 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team represented Harvard University. The Crimson had 23 wins, compared to 8 losses and 2 ties. In the ECAC, the Crimson were 17-4-1. Nationally, the Crimson were ranked sixth. Harvard qualified for the NCAA tournament but lost in the opening round. Julie Chu was honoured with the Patty Kazmaier Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189243-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; GW = Game Winning Goals; PPL = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short Handed Goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189243-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season, Postseason\nIn the opening round, the Crimson were bested by the eventual national champion Wisconsin Badgers. The Crimson valiantly played in a four-overtime match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189244-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hazfi Cup\nThe Hazfi Cup 2006\u201307 is the 20th staging of Iran's football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201307 season was the 110th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 24th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Champions League, UEFA Cup, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Managers\nValdas Ivanauskas was confirmed as head coach on a permanent basis during the summer of 2006 following the Scottish Cup victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Managers\nFollowing an inconsistent start to their League campaign, head coach Valdas Ivanauskas took a sabbatical from his role on 23 October. Eduard Malofeev was appointed interim head coach until Valdas Ivanauskas later in the season although he only resumed the role for a short time before becoming director of football once again an interim head couch was required and previous director of football Anatoly Korobochka took charge of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, First team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Champions League\nHearts played their home 2006/2007 European Champions League games at Murrayfield Stadium, rather than in their home ground Tynecastle. A combination of Tynecastle falling short of UEFA requirements in terms of pitch size and hospitality facilities, and Murrayfield's greater capacity, meant that Murrayfield was the preferred choice for the Tynecastle board. Hearts won their second round qualifying tie against Bosnian champions \u0160iroki Brijeg 3\u20130 on aggregate, but were defeated 5\u20131 on aggregate by AEK Athens in the final qualifying round. The Greek side won 2\u20131 at Murrayfield due to two late goals and then won 3\u20130 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Hearts had one player (Bruno Aguiar) sent off in the first leg and two players (Julien Brellier and Neil McCann) sent off in the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, UEFA Cup\nThe loss in the final qualifying round meant that Hearts dropped into the UEFA Cup first round against Sparta Prague. In this competition they lost 2\u20130 at a muddy Murrayfield in the first leg and they were eliminated after a 0\u20130 draw in Prague in the return leg on 28 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nFollowing an indifferent start to their League campaign, head coach Valdas Ivanauskas took a sabbatical from his role on 23 October. Club owner Vladimir Romanov, who stated \"I have full confidence in Valdas and look forward to his return\", appointed the club's sporting director, Eduard Malofeev, as interim head coach. Further off-field disruption ensued four days later when Romanov warned his players that they would all be put up for sale if Hearts did not win their match against Dunfermline Athletic the next day. Captain Steven Pressley, flanked by senior players Paul Hartley and Craig Gordon, responded with a statement voicing the players' unhappiness at affairs at the club, stating in a pre-match media conference ahead of Dunfermline's visit that there was \"significant unrest\" in the dressing-room. The game was drawn 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 910]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nThe repercussions from the press conference stretched over several months and eventually led to the departure from the club of two of the so-called Riccarton Three. Pressley was dropped for a match against Falkirk on 13 November and named as an unused substitute for a 1\u20130 defeat by Rangers on 19 November. Hartley was only used as a substitute in the former game. Pressley eventually left Hearts on 9 December, with accompanying press releases stating that this was an amicable agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nHe joined rivals Celtic on 1 January 2007 and captained his new squad to a 2\u20131 victory at Tynecastle on his first return to Edinburgh. Hartley also moved to Celtic during January 2007, in a \u00a31.1\u00a0million transfer on 31 January. This only left Gordon, who was dropped for matches away to Dundee United and Rangers in December and January respectively, as the only member of the trio to remain at Hearts beyond the January transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nHearts failed to win a game under the management of Eduard Malofeev, who took control during Ivanauskas' sabbatical. Hearts lost at Celtic and Hibernian \u2013 a result which eliminated Hearts from the CIS Cup \u2013 and at home to Rangers. He remained as caretaker manager until late November 2006 when, despite media reports anticipating the appointment of Eugenijus Riabovas, Ivanauskas returned to resume his duties as club manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nA 1\u20130 loss in the Scottish Cup at Dunfermline on 3 February 2007, with Gordon on the bench, ended Hearts' chance to retain the trophy. Later that month, Ivanauskas was moved to a director of football role, with director of football Anatoly Korobochka assuming the role of interim head coach on 2 March. An improved run of form towards the end of the season witnessed Hearts challenge Aberdeen for third spot in the League and UEFA Cup qualification. The Dons scored a last minute equaliser in a head-to-head confrontation between the two teams at Tynecastle in May, and eventually finished four points clear in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189245-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Transfers\nOn the eve of the SPL season, Hearts announced the capture of Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla on a season-long loan. PAOK Salonika's Christos Karipidis and Tiago Costa, a full back from Benfica B were also signed, while in the final week of the transfer window three further Lithuanian players \u2013 Marius \u017dali\u016bkas, K\u0119stutis Iva\u0161kevi\u010dius and Andrius Veli\u010dka \u2013 joined on loan from FBK Kaunas. Hearts fans still anticipated the arrival of \"two World Cup stars\" but were left disappointed when the club announced that the final piece of business of the transfer window would be to sign the previously-loaned striker Roman Bedn\u00e1\u0159 on a permanent deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189246-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heineken Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup was the 12th edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on 21 June at Twickenham. The pool stages started on 20 October and concluded in January, going for six rounds. Following the quarter- and semi-finals, the final was played on 20 May before a near-capacity crowd at the 82,000-seat redeveloped Twickenham in London. London Wasps defeated Leicester Tigers 25\u20139, denying Tigers the domestic and European treble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189246-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heineken Cup, Draw\nThe top seeds from each of the participant nations (France, England, Scotland, Italy, Wales and Ireland) were all drawn into separate pools. These top seeds were; Benetton Treviso (pool 1), Edinburgh (pool 2), Sale Sharks (pool 3), Cardiff Blues (pool 4), Ulster (pool 5) and Biarritz (pool 6). Rules state that no two sides from the same country could be allocated the same pool. However, the seventh French club Castres could be drawn into any pool. The draw took place on 21 June. The greatest team representation is from France, which has seven teams participating in the tournament. England has the second largest representation with six teams. Ireland, Wales and Italy all have three teams, and Scotland have two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189246-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heineken Cup, Competition format\nTies between two teams are broken in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189246-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heineken Cup, Competition format\nThe quarterfinals are seeded from 1 to 8. The six pool winners receive the top six seeds, based on their point totals. The top two second-place finishers are seeded 7 and 8. The seeds of the qualifying teams are in parentheses next to their names in the tables.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189246-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heineken Cup, Pool stage\nFull results can be found at 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup pool stage. All times are local to the match location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189247-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Heineken Cup pool stage\nThe 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup pool stage was played from October 2006 through to January 2007. The top team in each group qualified for the quarter-finals automatically as seeds 1\u20136, while the two remaining spots in the quarter-finals were filled by the two runners-up with the greatest points totals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189248-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hellenic Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Hellenic Football League season was the 54th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189248-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 17 clubs which had competed in the division's previous season, along with five new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189248-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hellenic Football League, Division One East\nDivision One East featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189248-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hellenic Football League, Division One West\nDivision One West featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189249-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hereford United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u20132007 season was Hereford United's 26th season in the Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189249-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hereford United F.C. season\nThis was Hereford's first season in the Football League since 1996\u201397, after they were promoted from the Conference the previous season. All the members of the squad were signed on free transfers, in keeping with previous squads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189249-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hereford United F.C. season\nIn the early part of 2007 Hereford were hovering in mid-table, and a notable 4\u20131 away win at eventual play-off semi-finalists Lincoln City lifted them to 8th position. But a poor run of form followed, with only 8 points won from the 13 remaining matches, meant that the club dropped as low as 17th, before eventually finishing 16th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189249-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hereford United F.C. season\nTwo former players, Ben Smith and Steve Guinan, returned to the club in the January transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189250-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hertha BSC season\nHertha BSC's 2006\u201307 season began on 16 July, with their UEFA Intertoto Cup match against FC Moscow, and ended on 19 May, with their Bundesliga match against Eintracht Frankfurt. They were one of 11 winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the UEFA Cup, and in the DFB-Ligapokal they were eliminated in the first round. They made it as far as the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal, and finished tenth in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189250-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hertha BSC season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189250-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189250-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189250-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189250-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hertha BSC season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season\nSeason 2006\u201307 was a mixed season for Hibernian; their league form suffered from extended cup runs, and they eventually finished sixth. The reward for their cup form was a first trophy in 16 years, thrashing Kilmarnock 5\u20131 in the final to lift the CIS Cup. Hibs were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in a semi-final replay by Dunfermline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season\nThe season was also notable for the departure of manager Tony Mowbray, the appointment of John Collins as his replacement and a players' revolt that quickly followed the CIS Cup triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Pre-season\nThe competitive football started early in 2006\u201307 for Hibs due to their qualification for the Intertoto Cup. They were given a bye to the second round, where they comfortably beat their first opponents Dinaburg (Latvia) 8\u20130 on aggregate. Hibs were eliminated from European competition on the away goals rule by Danish team OB in the third and final Intertoto Cup round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Pre-season\nHibs only played one friendly match in the 2006 pre-season, a 3\u20132 win at Easter Road against Premier League side Charlton Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nHibs got off to a slow start in the new league season, taking eleven points from the first nine matches. The highlight of the early part of the league season was a 2\u20131 win over Rangers on 17 September, but this was then followed with two disappointing losses against Falkirk and St Mirren, both by 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nOn 7 September 2006, the management team of Tony Mowbray and Mark Venus signed new 12-month rolling contracts that were due to come into force in July 2007. A month later, however, Mowbray left the club to become manager of West Bromwich Albion. Venus took charge of the team for their next game, an Edinburgh derby, but followed Mowbray to West Bromwich in the following week. John Park and Mark Proctor took charge of two games on a caretaker basis, before John Collins was appointed as manager, with Tommy Craig as his assistant. Mark Proctor became the reserve team coach before taking the manager's job at Livingston, while John Park returned to his \"behind the scenes\" role before taking a similar post at Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nBefore Collins took over as manager, Hibs had gone through a particularly inconsistent start to the league campaign. They were capable of beating Rangers and causing problems for every team in the league, but were also capable of losing to \"lesser\" sides, including St Mirren and Falkirk. In the period immediately after Collins took over, Hibs' league form improved somewhat, meaning that they clinched a place in the \"top six\" of the SPL with three games to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, League season\nAfter that, however, Hibs didn't win another game until they beat a shadow Celtic side on the final day. During this winless run, reports emerged in the media of a dispute between Collins and many of the Hibs players. The players strongly criticised the manager for constantly chopping and changing the team and formation. Reports claimed that almost all of the first team players went to chairman Rod Petrie hoping to get Collins replaced. The period of unrest was apparently quelled when club captain Rob Jones made a statement on behalf of the squad apologising \"to the management, supporters and board of the club for any distress or embarrassment that has been caused\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish League Cup\nHibs advanced to the League Cup quarter finals under Tony Mowbray due to two straightforward wins over lower division opposition (4\u20130 v Peterhead and 6\u20130 v Gretna). Following John Collins' appointment as manager, the team defeated Hearts 1\u20130 in the quarter-final and St Johnstone 3\u20131 after extra time in the semi-final at Tynecastle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish League Cup\nOn 18 March 2007, Hibs beat Kilmarnock 5\u20131 at Hampden Park to win the League Cup for the third time in their history. This was the first major trophy that Hibs had won in 16 years; the previous trophy win being the 1991\u201392 League Cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nHibs started their Scottish Cup campaign with a difficult tie away to Aberdeen, where they drew 2\u20132. In the replay, Hibs produced one of their best performances of the season to win 4\u20131 despite conceding the first goal of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nIn the next round Hibs comfortably beat Gretna, who they had already hammered in the Scottish League Cup, by 3\u20131. Hibs were then drawn away to Queen of the South, where they won 2\u20131 thanks to a free kick by David Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish Cup\nThe semi-final with Dunfermline Athletic on 15 April was overshadowed by the player revolt which had immediately preceded it. The match was drawn 0\u20130 and the tie was replayed on 24 April. Hibs lost the replay 1\u20130 to a late Panenka penalty by Jim McIntyre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Transfers\nBefore the season started, Tony Mowbray made some significant changes to the Hibs squad. He brought in two new central defenders (Rob Jones and Shelton Martis) to replace the departing Gary Smith and Gary Caldwell. Derek Riordan had also left the club, but Merouane Zemmama was brought in to provide more creativity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Transfers\nTop goalscorer Chris Killen had a prolific season for the Hibees, but it was cut short by an Achilles injury suffered while playing Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup. With Killen out for the rest of the season, John Collins signed Thomas Sowunmi, a 28-year-old Hungarian international striker, on a six-month contract as cover. Former Hibs striker Tam McManus, released by Falkirk in the January transfer window, was offered a trial period but did not earn a full contract and later signed for Dunfermline Atthletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Transfers\nThe most high-profile transfer activity during the season involved Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown. Speculation persisted that both would be sold during the January transfer window, despite Collins' insistence otherwise. Thomson eventually departed to Rangers, for a reported fee of \u00a32M, on the transfer window's final day. Brown was eventually sold to Celtic at the end of the season for a record transfer fee between Scottish clubs of \u00a34.4 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Young players\nSome younger players in the Hibs squad developed significantly during the season, particularly Abdessalam Benjelloun. 'Benji' gained a reputation as a 'supersub', scoring important goals in the Scottish Cup ties against Aberdeen and Gretna, the CIS Cup Semi Final against St Johnstone, and two goals in the CIS Cup Final victory. Steven Fletcher also scored two goals in the CIS Cup Final and one goal in the CIS Cup Semi Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Young players\nSeveral youngsters were given their first opportunities in the Hibs first team by John Collins. These included 20-year-old goalkeeper Andrew McNeil, 19-year-old right back Kevin McCann and 18-year-old left back / midfielder Lewis Stevenson. Midfielder Sean Lynch made his debut aged 20 against Gretna and then followed that up by keeping his place in the starting line up against Celtic at Parkhead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Young players\nRoss Campbell, Dermot McCaffrey, Ross Chisholm and Damon Gray (who scored on his league debut at Pittodrie) also featured. Some of these opportunities were because Collins has had to balance a relatively small squad with a heavy workload due to the two extended cup runs, but most of the young players performed creditably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189251-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hibernian F.C. season, Player stats\nDuring the 2007\u201308 season, Hibs used 32 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189252-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Highland Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Highland Football League was won by Keith. Fort William finished bottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189253-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HockeyAllsvenskan season\nThe 2006\u201307 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the second season of the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 16 teams participated in the league, and the top four qualified for the Kvalserien, with the opportunity to be promoted to the Elitserien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189253-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 HockeyAllsvenskan season, Regular season\n*IFK Arboga IK did not participate in the relegation round due to their financial situation, and the team was relegated to Division 1 as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189254-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional\nThe 2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd edition of the Honduran top division. C.D. Motagua and Real C.D. Espa\u00f1a won the Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189254-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura\nThe Apertura tournament for the 2006\u201307 season started on 12 August 2006 with the 2\u20131 Club Deportivo Olimpia's away victory over C.D. Victoria at the Estadio Nilmo Edwards. C.D. Motagua as Apertura winners qualified to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189254-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional, Clausura\nHonduras Clausura 2006-07 is the closing season of Liga Nacional de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. It followed the 2006\u201307 Honduras Apertura season. This is tournament # 50 of Liga Nacional de Honduras. The winner qualified for the 2007 UNCAF Club Tournament. It started January 13 and ended on 19 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189254-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional, Relegation table, Promoted team\nThis team was promoted from Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso for the next season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189255-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso\nThe 2006\u201307 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso was the 40th season of the Second level in Honduran football and the fifth under the name Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Under the management of Carlos Mart\u00ednez, Deportes Savio won the tournament after defeating Arsenal F.C. in the promotion series and obtained promotion to the 2007\u201308 Honduran Liga Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189256-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong FA Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 33rd staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup. The competition started on 21 April 2007 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs. Four of them took part in the first round to determine which team advanced to the quarter finals. From quarter finals onward, the cup competition was a single-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189256-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong FA Cup\nDue to sponsorship deal with the Dongguan LANWA Group Co. Ltd, the event was officially known as 2006/07 HKFA Lanwa International FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189256-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong FA Cup\nAlthough all the matches before the final was held at the Mongkok Stadium, the final was staged at the Hong Kong Stadium on 19 May 2007. South China defeated Happy Valley 3-1 in the final, to secure their ninth title and along with the domestic treble (Hong Kong First Division League champions, Hong Kong Senior Shield champions and the cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189256-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong FA Cup\nSouth China, as the winners of Hong Kong FA Cup, represented Hong Kong in the Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 in July and played against the Premier League teams Liverpool F.C., Portsmouth F.C. and Fulham F.C..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League\nThe 2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 95th since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League\nIn this season, the First Division was composed by 10 teams. HKFC and Tai Po have been promoted from the Second Division. The two bottom teams of the First Division in last season, South China and Hong Kong 08, were reinstated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League\nSouth China won their 28th league title by defeating Lanwa Redbull in their last match of the season on 27 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League, Featured matches\n(round 12) (Hong Kong 08 0\u20138 South China)The first match of South China after the official return of head coach Casemiro Mior. Scorer table leader Tales Schutz scored 4 goals in the match, the most goals in a match during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League, Featured matches\n(round 12) (Hong Kong 08 0\u20138 South China) (refer to Highest Scoring Game)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League, Featured matches\n(round 17) (Citizen 0\u20131 Rangers; South China 1\u20131 Kitchee)The attendance was 8,426 and the matches were played in Mong Kok Stadium. It was the first time in 11 eleven years that Mong Kok Stadium is full for a First Division League match. (The full capacity of the stadium is 8,500. The unoccupied seats are due to unattended reserve tickets owners) It is also the first time since 1996 Senior Shield semi-final of Instant-Dict against South China where there is a full house in local Hong Kong football matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League, Featured matches\nOne possible reason for the high attendance is that the result of the South China-Kitchee match may decide the champion of the season. Either South China won or Kitchee won by 3\u20130 or more, the winner would be granted champion. However, the match ended 1\u20131, which means that the league champion would be decided after the last round matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League, Featured matches\n(round 4) (Happy Valley 0\u20133 Kitchee)In a match played on the National Day holiday, 5 players were sent off in the match. Three were from Happy Valley and two from Kitchee. A total of 5 red cards and 8 yellow cards were issued in the match. (Round 4) (Xiangxue Sun Hei 1\u20132 Lanwa Redbull)4 players of Xiangxue Sun Hei were sent off within the last 4 minutes of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189257-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong First Division League, Fixtures and results\nAll times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8). As of 14 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189258-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong League Cup\nThe Hong Kong League Cup 2006\u201307 is the 7th staging of the Hong Kong League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189258-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong League Cup\nThe competition started on 11 January 2007 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and was concluded on 18 March 2007 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189258-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong League Cup\nKitchee regained their second consecutive League Cup champion by winning 2-1 against Happy Valley in the final. They also won a HKD$80,000 championship prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189259-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong Second Division League\n2006\u201307 Hong Kong Second Division League was the 93rd season of Hong Kong Second Division League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189259-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong Second Division League\nThe top 2 teams in 2005\u201306 season, HKFC and Tai Po have promoted to First Division. However, the bottom 2 teams in First Division are retained by HKFA in the top division. Therefore, the number of teams competing in the Second Division in 2006\u201307 is reduced from 13 to 11 teams. The 2 teams promoted from Third Division were Shek Kip Mei and Yau Tsim Mong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189260-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nThe Hong Kong Senior Shield 2006\u201307, also known as the 2006\u201307 HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield , is the 105th staging of the Hong Kong's oldest football knockout competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189260-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nThe competition started on 10 December 2006 with 10 Hong Kong First Division clubs and concluded on 21 January 2007 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189260-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield\nSouth China captured their 20th title of the competition after beating Xiangxue Sun Hei by 2-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189261-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hoofdklasse\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Hoofdklasse was competed in six leagues, three Saturday leagues and three Sunday leagues. The champions of the three Saturday leagues faced each other after the regular season for the Dutch national Saturday amateur football title, the champions of the three Sunday leagues faced each other after the regular season for the national Sunday amateur football title. The Saturday and Sunday champions then faced each other for the national amateur football title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189262-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Houston Rockets season\nThe 2006\u201307 Houston Rockets season was the 40th season of the Houston Rockets franchise in the NBA. The team ended the regular season with a 52\u201330 record and a 3rd-place finish in the Southwest. The Rockets faced the Utah Jazz in the playoffs, losing the series in seven games. The Rockets had the third best team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189262-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Houston Rockets season\nWith the playoff loss, the Rockets made the decision to fire head coach Jeff Van Gundy on May 18, 2007. Five days later, former San Diego Rockets (now the Houston Rockets) player Rick Adelman was hired in Van Gundy's position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189262-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Houston Rockets season\nLike the previous two seasons, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming once again were selected to play in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas. However, McGrady was the only team representative as Yao did not play due to an injury. It was Yao's fifth All-Star appearance and the last of seven All-Star appearances for McGrady as later injuries began to slow him down and eventually limit his playing time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season\nHuddersfield Town's 2006\u201307 campaign saw Town fail to make any progress in Football League One, which subsequently saw Peter Jackson lose his job in March, being replaced by Andy Ritchie the following month. The irony of his appointment being that it was Ritchie's Barnsley side who stopped Jackson's Terriers from reaching the play-off final the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nFollowing the narrow play-off defeat in May 2006 to neighbours Barnsley, the 2006\u201307 season started with high hopes that this would be the year that Huddersfield Town would make the step up to the Championship. Peter Jackson showed his confidence by extending his contract until May 2009. Notwithstanding the arrival of Luke Beckett departures, including Junior Mendes, exceeded arrivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nThe team made a sound start, with an encouraging home draw with much fancied Nottingham Forest, and they peaked at 5th on 21 October 2006. Some of the results in that period flattered the performances and the wheels came off in the next game with a 3\u20130 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nDespite an offer of cash from the Board, Peter Jackson declined to take any players on loan and the team spiralled downwards. Elimination, at home, in the first round of all three cup competitions did nothing to lift the gloom and on 5 January, in the televised encounter at Yeovil Town, the team played perhaps the worst 45 minutes of football in recent seasons to go 3\u20130 down at half-time (the game finished 3\u20131).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nAround the January transfer window, Pawe\u0142 Abbott and Danny Adams left, with Jackson indicating that Martin McIntosh and Mark Hudson would not play for the Club again, while Andy Taylor joined from Blackburn Rovers on loan until 5 April 2007, and Frank Sinclair joined from Burnley for the rest of the season. Also signed on a loan deal, on 23 February, was Barnsley striker Paul Hayes who played four games before his return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nA 5\u20131 thrashing at Nottingham Forest, on 3 March, lead directly to the departure of Peter Jackson on 6 March 2007, according to a Board statement, \"due to our form and the inability to attract key players\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nAcademy Director Gerry Murphy was appointed caretaker manager, one of whose first acts was to bring Martin McIntosh and Mark Hudson back into the reckoning, and Huddersfield went unbeaten in the first five games with Murphy in charge until they lost 2\u20130 at home to Blackpool on 9 April 2007, his last game as manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nOn 4 April 2007, a press conference was scheduled to announce the appointment of Charlton Athletic's assistant manager Phil Parkinson as the new manager. However he telephoned the Club, just over an hour before the press conference was due to begin, to reveal that he was staying with Charlton Athletic. Andy Ritchie was then appointed Huddersfield Town manager on 11 April 2007 on a two-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nOn 17 April, it was announced that Huddersfield Town's sponsors, Yorkshire Building Society and kit suppliers Admiral would be replaced. The new kit supplier was Huddersfield based Mitre and the new sponsors were Gibraltar based gambling outfit CasinoRed.com, who were given a contract for 12 months with an option to extend for a further two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nAlso on 17 April, Gerry Murphy, was promoted to a new position as Director of Football Development where he would be in overall control of scouting as well as his existing duties as Academy Director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nOn 5 May, it was announced that six of Town's second-year scholars were offered professional contracts. They were Joe Skarz (who had already signed his), Luke Malcher, Simon Eastwood, James Berrett, Mitchell Bailey, and Lucas Akins, who had already been offered a new professional contract. Fellow youngster Alex Hallam was released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review\nRitchie was in charge for the final four matches of the season with the team collecting seven points out of 12. The team finished the season in 15th position with 59 points, 16 points below the play-off places but 12 points above the relegation positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nPeter Jackson signed a two-year extension to his contract, on 18 May 2006, that will see him managing Town until May 2009. Then on 27 June 2006 he made his first summer signing by snapping up 27-year-old goalkeeper Matt Glennon from St Johnstone on a free. On 29 June 2006, Junior Mendes moved to Notts County while Phil Senior went to Northwich Victoria on 30 June, both also without a fee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\n3 July 2006 saw Huddersfield sign 29-year-old Sheffield United striker Luke Beckett, for \u00a385,000, on a three-year deal. Beckett scored six goals in seven games for Huddersfield during a loan spell in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 8 August 2006, Gary Taylor-Fletcher scored the 500,000th goal in English league football, with a fierce 25-yard drive that nestled into the top-left corner, to lead the Terriers to a 3\u20130 home victory over Rotherham United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nPeter Jackson was sent to the stands, on 12 August 2006, after grabbing Bristol City's Lee Johnson around the throat in a touchline altercation 10 minutes from time in Huddersfield's 2\u20131 win over Bristol City. On 30 August 2006 The F.A. charged Jackson with improper conduct over the incident and he was fined \u00a3300.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nFrom 18 August 2006, Martin McIntosh went on a month's loan to Grimsby Town but regained his place immediately on his return. On the same date, Gary Taylor-Fletcher signed a two-year contract extension which keeps him at the club until the end of the 2008\u201309 season, following closely on David Mirfin signing an identical contract extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nJohn McAliskey was loaned to Wrexham for a month on 19 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 21 December, Terry Yorath quit his role as assistant manager, partially down to his three-month illness of pancreatitis. He was replaced by first team coach John Dungworth, who had been covering him in his absence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nPaul Rachubka was taken on loan to Peterborough United as cover for Mark Tyler and played four League 2 matches over Christmas/New Year 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nPeter Jackson was again sent to the stands in the Terriers' 3\u20132 victory over Swansea City, on 30 December 2006, for aggressively protesting a throw-in decision that lead to Swansea's second goal but the F.A. decided to take no action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nIn January 2007 Danny Adams and Martin McIntosh were informed that their contracts would not be renewed in the summer and were transfer listed along with Pawe\u0142 Abbott. Also in January, Adnan Ahmed went to Lincoln City on a one-week trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 13 January 2007, Peter Jackson announced that Joe Skarz would be the first choice left-back in preference to Danny Adams, who left the club on 23 January 2007 when his contract was cancelled 'by mutual consent'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 22 January 2007, Pawel Abbott signed for Swansea on a two and a half year deal for a transfer fee reported to be in the region of \u00a3150,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nThen, on 25 January it was announced that midfielder, Mark Hudson, would be transfer listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 31 January 2007, as the transfer window started to close, Blackburn Rovers defender Andy Taylor was signed on loan by manager Peter Jackson. On the same date Paul Rachubka went on loan to Blackpool until the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nIn early February, Frank Sinclair joined from Burnley for the rest of the season with a view to a longer deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 6 March 2007, it was announced by Huddersfield Town that Peter Jackson had left the club with his contract cancelled by mutual consent. Jackson's last game in charge was a dismal 5\u20131 defeat to Nottingham Forest on 3 March 2007. A statement from the board said: \"The Board's clearly stated minimum aim at the start of the season was to achieve a Play-Off position, but unfortunately due to our form and the inability to attract key players, this objective is now looking remote.\" Academy Director Gerry Murphy was appointed caretaker manager, while a lengthy selection process was put in train, and one of his first acts was to bring Martin McIntosh and Mark Hudson back into the reckoning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 15 March, John McCombe joined Boston United on loan, but was recalled on 23 March, without making a single appearance for Boston. Then on 21 March, Chris Brandon joined Paul Rachubka on loan at Blackpool. The following day, Paul Hayes returned to Barnsley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nOn 31 March, Hudson and McIntosh were both in the starting line up for the match against Port Vale which ended 2-2. John McAliskey scored his first goal of the season and his first for nearly 2\u00bd years. Andy Taylor was recalled by Blackburn Rovers on 5 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Events\nThe selection process for the new manager was accident prone. Kevin Blackwell pulled out to take the Luton Town manager's position on 27 March 2007, the day that he was due to be interviewed, then on 4 April 2007 a press conference was scheduled to announce the appointment of Phil Parkinson as the new manager. However he telephoned the Club, just over an hour before the press conference was due to begin, to reveal that he was staying with Charlton Athletic. It was widely reported on Bank Holiday Monday that Andy Ritchie was to be appointed Huddersfield Town manager, but it was not officially announced until 11 April 2007, and he will be on a two-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189263-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Hull City competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 13 June 2006, Peter Taylor left Hull to take up the job vacated by Dowie at Crystal Palace, a club at which he had enjoyed considerable success as a player. Phil Parkinson was confirmed as his replacement on 29 June 2006, with Hull paying Colchester (with whom Parkinson was still under contract) \u00a3400,000 compensation. Phil Brown, who had recently departed his job as manager of Derby County, joined the club as Parkinson's assistant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nDefender Leon Cort became Hull's first million-pound player when he followed Peter Taylor to Crystal Palace for a fee of \u00a31,250,000. Parkinson wasted no time in spending the majority of this money on strengthening the City squad in readiness for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nChairman Adam Pearson stated his ambition to take Hull into the top flight for the first time in their history \u2013 and he believed Phil Parkinson was the manager to do it. However, their dismal start to the 2006\u201307 season was hardly the form of a team attempting to gain promotion, and on 4 December 2006 Parkinson was sacked as manager with Hull in the relegation zone, despite having spent over \u00a32 million on players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nPhil Brown was appointed as caretaker manager and by 4 January 2007, Hull had moved out of the relegation zone and Brown was rewarded with a contract as their new manager until at least the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nHull's Championship game against Sunderland on 17 March 2007 at the Stadium of Light saw an attendance of 38,448, a record to a Hull City game since they visited Stamford Bridge on 14 May 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nHull City all but secured their place in the Championship next season with a 1\u20130 victory away at Cardiff City, on 28 April 2007. This left them 3 points clear of Leeds United, the only side with a chance of overtaking them, but with a vastly superior goal difference this was only a mathematical possibility. This crucial goal was scored by Dean Windass, who had rejoined his hometown club on loan from Bradford City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Season summary\nBy 4 May, due to a lack of any realistic chance of them remaining in the Championship, Leeds went into administration and in doing so received the 10 point penalty such a move incurs. This deduction left Leeds at the bottom of the championship on 36 points, securing Hull's place in the Championship for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189264-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hull City A.F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is Hyderabad cricket team's 73rd competitive season. The Hyderabad cricket team is senior men's domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad, India, run by the Hyderabad Cricket Association. They represent the region of Telangana in the state of Andhra Pradesh in domestic competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nRayudu and Suman returned to the Hyderabad from the Andhra while Jaisimha replaced Rajesh Yadav as the head coach of the Hyderabad ahead of the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nLaxman got picked to the India Green squad for the 2006-07 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India. But, Laxman had to pull out of the tournament owing to the hamstring injury and was replaced on the eve of the first game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nOjha got selected to the Rest of India squad for the 2006 Irani Cup, a first-class cricket competition in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nLaxman, Rayudu, Ojha, Khaleel and Arjun Yadav got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2006-07 Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Squads\nLaxman, Ojha and Arjun got selected to the South Zone squad for the 2006-07 Deodhar Trophy, a List-A cricket competition in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji Trophy\nThe Hyderabad team, led by V. V. S. Laxman, began their campaign in the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India, with a draw against the Maharashtra at Karad on 23 November 2006. After failure in the first two matches medium-pacer, Narender Pal Singh announced his retirement from the first-class cricket following his 13-year stint with the Hyderabad. Laxman missed after two games as he got selected to the India team for the tour to the South Africa. Anirudh Singh replaced Laxman as the captain for the rest of the tournament. They finished third in Group B of the Super League and failed to advance to the knockout stage with two wins, a loss and three draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji One\u2013Day Trophy\nThe Hyderabad, led by V. V. S. Laxman, began their campaign in the Subbaiah Pillai Trophy as part of the South Zone Ranji One\u2013Day Trophy, a List-A cricket tournament in India, with a win against the Goa at Hyderabad on 10 February 2007. The Hyderabad suffered an early set-back but the half-centuries from Laxman and Arjun Yadav helped the Hyderabad recover to 236 which proved to be more than enough as three-wicket haul from Kaushik Reddy and two-wicket hauls from Alfred Absolem and Pragyan Ojha ensured a 49-run win against the Goa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji One\u2013Day Trophy\nIn the second match, the tight-bowling from the Tamil Nadu bowlers helped them to restrict the Hyderabad to 188 despite the half-century from Laxman while the half-centuries from Anirudha Srikkanth and Hemang Badani ensured the Tamil Nadu an eight-wicket win. Laxman pulled himself out of the tournament after two matches citing personal reasons. Anirudh Singh replaced him as the captain for the rest of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0007-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji One\u2013Day Trophy\nThe pull-out of Laxman from the squad immediately affected the Hyderabad as they failed to chase the target of 232 set by the Andhra in their third match as Ambati Rayudu's 40 was the only score to cross 20 while Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna was the most effective bowler for the Andhra with three-wickets to his name. Earlier, the half-century from Manoj Sai provided a strong start for the Andhra though they were pulled back by the three-wicket hauls by Ojha and Absolem in the middle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0007-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Ranji One\u2013Day Trophy\nThe Kerala pulled off a tie against the Hyderabad in the fourth match despite their middle-order collapse as VA Jagadeesh carried the bat with an unbeaten 95 to reach 225 with the support from Padmaja Manikantan and Vinan Nair. Earlier, the Hyderabad reached to 225 with the half-century from Shashank Nag and the cameos from Rayudu, Arjun Yadav and Anirudh. The Hyderabad lost to the Karnataka in their final group game as the three-wicket haul from Sunil Joshi and an all-round performance from Chandrashekar Raghu ensured a six-wicket win for the Karnataka. This loss eliminated the Hyderabad from the tournament as they finished fourth in the South Zone with a win, a tie and three losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Inter State Twenty\u201320 Tournament\nThe Hyderabad team, led by Anirudh Singh, began their campaign in the Inter State Twenty\u201320 Tournament, a maiden domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament in India, with a win against the Goa at Visakhapatnam on 3 April 2007. Playing their first-ever T-20 match, brisk scoring of Tirumalasetti Suman at the start and Ibrahim Khaleel at the end helped the Hyderabad post 158 in 20 overs despite the middle-order collapse while the three-wicket hauls from Inder Shekar Reddy and Amol Shinde ensured the Hyderabad a 21-run win against the Goa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Inter State Twenty\u201320 Tournament\nIn the second match, the half-century from Khaleel helped the Hyderabad recover from their top-order collapse to 132 but the collective effort from the Kerala batsmen ensured the Kerala chase the target with five-wicket to spare. The collective bowling effort from the Tamil Nadu and an unbeaten 40-run knock from Subramaniam Badrinath helped them to defeat the Hyderabad in the third match by six wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0008-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Inter State Twenty\u201320 Tournament\nIn the fourth match, an unbeaten half-century from Ambati Rayudu along with a 40-run knock from Doddapaneni Rushi Raj helped the Hyderabad post 184 while the run-outs at the start and five-wickets shared between Pragyan Ojha and Shivaji Yadav helped them bowl out the Andhra for 88. The Hyderabad lost to the Karnataka in their last zonal match as they finished fourth in the South Zone and failed to advance to the Group stage with two wins and three losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189265-0008-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Hyderabad C.A. season, Inter State Twenty\u201320 Tournament\nThe Hyderabad batting collapsed once again in this tournament posting only 131 in 20 overs as Dwaraka Ravi Teja and Shashank Nag were the only people to score above 20 while the batting contributions from Robin Uthappa, Chandrashekar Raghu and Deepak Chougule helped the Karnataka chase the target with six wickets to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the third edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first-class cricket tournament, an international cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. Defending champions Ireland won the tournament after three wins and one drawn game, defeating Canada by an innings in the final, and stretched their streak of unbeaten matches in the Intercontinental Cup to eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup\nThe tournament lasted from 22 March 2006 to 23 May 2007. The number of participants was cut from 12 teams to eight following the 2005 edition, but the matches were lengthened from three to four days, and each team qualifying for the main stage played three games, instead of two in the 2005 and 2004 editions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup\nThe eight teams played in two groups of four, with the winners of each group proceeding to the finalwhich was played between Ireland and Canada at Grace Road in Leicester. The game was scheduled for 22 to 25 May 2007, but in the event Ireland won inside two days. All teams without Test status which qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup participated, along with the United Arab Emirates and the winner of the challenge match between Namibia and Nepal (runners-up in Africa and Asia in the 2005 edition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Tournament organisation\nEach team played the other three teams in a group once in a round-robin format; the winners of each group qualified for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Tournament organisation\nMatches lasted four days, with a minimum over rate of 16 per hour, i.e. 96 a day. If the scheduled minimum was not met by the end of the day, an extra half-hour of play was allowed. Otherwise, the normal rules of first-class cricket applied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Challenge Match: Namibia v Nepal\nNamibia were put in to bat at the Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek after the first day's play was lost to rain, and made 272 despite six wickets from Nepal's captain Binod Das. Deon Kotze and Gerrie Snyman shared the highest partnership with 97, and proceeded to bowl Nepal out for 143, with six bowlers getting at least one wicket. In Namibia's second innings, twelve sixes were hit, with Louis Burger and Snyman both getting half-centuries before Namibia declared on 239 for 6. Nepal batted out 24 overs to draw the match, but Namibia qualified nevertheless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nNamibia opened the group by playing two matches in Europe in May, the first against Scotland at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, Namibia lost both openers to opposing captain Craig Wright, and after captain Deon Kotze went for a half-hour three, they were 73 for four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nSarel Burger (69) and Gerrie Snyman (41) put on 70 for the fifth wicket, but spinner Ross Lyons got both of them out to end with figures of four for 10 in the first innings, and Paul Hoffmann also got two wickets as Namibia were bowled out for 168. Scotland ended the first day on 95 for three, with Ryan Watson 62 not out. On a rain-shortened second day, with only 48.5 of the stipulated 104 overs bowled, Watson completed his maiden first-class century, with wicket-keeper Colin Smith contributing 70 in a stand of 177.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0006-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nSmith was out shortly before the close of play, and when Neil McCallum and Watson fell early on the third day, Scotland had slipped to 279 for six. However, a partnership of 68 for the seventh wicket between Wright (40) and Dewald Nel (25) helped take Scotland to 360, giving them a first-innings lead of 192. Hoffmann then single-handedly reduced Namibia to 35 for five, finishing the match with figures of seven wickets for 32 runs, and though the lower order briefly resisted, Scotland still completed an innings victory inside three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nThe following week, Namibia became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament final after their defeat in Dublin. Despite a better effort from the bowlers, who took fifteen wickets (of which Ian van Zyl took nine) for fewer runs than they had conceded in Scotland, Namibia totalled 226 runs - 87 of them coming from No. 9 Kola Burger. The first day's play was called off due to rain, but on the second day Ireland bowled out Namibia for 95, with captain Trent Johnston taking six for 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nIan van Zyl responded in kind on the following day, taking eight for 34, but Johnston's 71 helped his side from 87 for seven to a total of 173. Namibia then fell to 22 for six, still trailing by 56 runs, but with the help of 48 from Kola Burger they set a target of 54 to win, and Burger then took three wickets as Ireland lost their first four for 25. However, after 21 from Eoin Morgan, Ireland made it to the target with the loss of just one further wicket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nThis match, held a week after the European Championship which Ireland won, saw Scotland win the toss and bat at Mannofield Park. Dave Langford-Smith took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, as Scotland were all out for 265. Langford-Smith took the first three wickets as Scotland fell to 58 for four, before Ryan Watson (74) built a stand of 66 with Neil McCallum, the highest of the game; John Blain then made 53 before being last out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nIn reply, Ireland reached 129 for two, before losing their last eight wickets for 45 runs as Dougie Brown took a five-wicket haul of his own. However, they reduced Scotland to 24 for four before the second day's close, with captain Trent Johnston taking three of the wickets; they were denied a fifth wicket when Danish umpire Niels Bagh turned down a loud appeal for an edge by McCallum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group A\nOvernight rain then seeped in under the covers, resulting in a damp pitch, and the third day's play was called off. Irish wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien reacted by having words with the Aberdeen groundsman, and a formal report was submitted on the incident. Despite no more rain falling during the hours of play, the fourth day was also called off, and the match declared a draw with Scotland gaining nine points and Ireland three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nKenya and the Netherlands opened the group stages in Nairobi. Kenya had come off losing all four ODIs in their series against Bangladesh, and had dropped five players, including wicketkeeper Kennedy Otieno who had played 71 ODIs and 29 first-class games for Morris Ouma, following Otieno's total of eight runs on the Bangladesh tour. Otieno vowed to quit international cricket as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nFor the Netherlands, Pieter Seelaar and Billy Stelling were unavailable, while Bas Zuiderent recovered from a stomach upset to open the batting and make 26 after Dutch captain Luuk van Troost won the toss at Nairobi Gymkhana and chose to bat. Three more players passed 25 on the first day; Ryan ten Doeschate spent five hours at the crease and made 158, described as \"faultless\" by CricketEurope correspondent Rod Lyall, while Daan van Bunge added 32 and captain van Troost was unbeaten on 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0011-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nFirst-class debutant Ashish Karia got the best figures on the first day, with two for 18, but Lyall claimed Peter Ongondo was the pick of the bowlers. Hitesh Modi broke his finger when attempting to catch Tim de Leede, and according to Lyall, he was \"unlikely to take any further part in the match\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nNetherlands made more runs on the second day, with van Troost and Edgar Schiferli sharing an Intercontinental Cup record ninth-wicket partnership worth 95. During the partnership, the Dutch also surpassed the previous highest Intercontinental Cup total, of 444 for 4 between Ireland and UAE. They were eventually bowled out for 474, Schiferli hitting to Collins Obuya for 69, and Kenya got a chance to bat shortly before tea. They faced 52 second-day overs, with five batsmen making it into double figures, but only captain Steve Tikolo could convert it into a score past 25, as the Dutch snared five wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nDarron Reekers got the best bowling figures, with two for 28. Reekers failed to take any wickets on the third day, however, when Kenya fought back \u2013 they scored 197 runs on that day, for the loss of four wickets (compared to 135 for 5 on the first), with Peter Ongondo lasting two and a half hours in a 123-run eighth-wicket stand with Tikolo. Netherlands then got two wickets in successive overs, and Kenya were 315 for 9, nine short of the follow on with the injured Modi still in the pavilion. He stepped out with one arm in a strap, batting one-handed to see out the day as Kenya totalled 332 for 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nModi and Tikolo put on 35 more before Modi was out to van Bunge, who thus ended with the best bowling figures for the Netherlands, with his three for 51, while Tikolo was not out on 212, his second double century in the Intercontinental Cup. It left the Netherlands with a lead of 107, and as they did not want to give Kenya the 14 points available for the win, they batted out the day for a draw. Van Bunge ended unbeaten on 70, while five Kenyan bowlers got a wicket each, and when stumps were drawn on the final day Netherlands were 202 for 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nKenya's next match was against Canada in Toronto, in what became a \"tense\" match. Canada opted to bat first on a \"green and...underprepared pitch\", and were 102 for seven after seamers Peter Ongondo, Thomas Odoyo and Nehemiah Odhiambo had shared out the opening seven wickets. Qaiser Ali fought back with a first-class best of 91 not out, however, eventually running out of batting partners as Ongondo, Steve Tikolo and debutant Hiren Varaiya, a slow left arm bowler, took the final wickets. However, Kenya lost their first four wickets for 14 runs in the poor light (which caused play to end 20 minutes early), with both openers out without having made a run. Henry Osinde and Umar Bhatti caused the damage, with two wickets each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nOn the second day, Tanmay Mishra nearly emulated Ali; he also made an unbeaten half-century from number seven, but ran out of partners six runs short of Ali's tally. After a 41-run tenth-wicket stand, Varaiya was caught by Pubudu Dassanayake to leave Kenya four short of Canada's total, which gave the hosts six points for the first innings lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nCanada closed the second day on 52 for one, with captain John Davison out caught. Early on the third day, nightwatchman Bhatti was out for 6. Opener Geoff Barnett - who had made 11 first-class appearances for Central Districts Stags in New Zealand without scoring a century - then reached 136, putting on 86 with Stewart Heaney (12) and 112 with Ashish Bagai (57). However, his dismissal - bowled by first-class debutant Odhiambo - sparked a collapse, as Canada lost their last seven wickets for 26 runs. Odhiambo claimed four more wickets to complete a five-wicket haul on debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nKenya were left needing 291 for victory, but lost two wickets before the end of the third day: recalled opener Kennedy Otieno completed a pair of ducks, and Brijal Patel was caught behind for 9. There was also a rejected stumping appeal against Tikolo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nThe final day's play \"ebbed and flowed throughout\". First, Tikolo and Tony Suji took their third-wicket stand to 75 before Tikolo was bowled by Davison for 50, and Suji was caught for 33. Hitesh Modi (41) and Collins Obuya then added 59 before Modi was caught and bowled by 42-year-old spinner Puvendran Ravishankar, who then took the wicket of Mishra. With 102 required and four wickets in hand, Bhatti returned to bowl, and had Odoyo and Odhiambo caught within three minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nObuya now had two batting partners remaining: Ongondo lasted for 40 minutes without scoring a single run, and Varaiya lasted a similar length of time. Obuya had taken his score to a first-class best 89, and Kenya to within 26 runs of victory, when he was caught at slip by Barnett, giving Bhatti his sixth wicket of the innings and tenth of the match. Barnett and Bhatti shared the Man of the Match award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nUmar Bhatti took his second successive ten-wicket haul, helping Canada to a nine-wicket win against Bermuda. In the highest-scoring match of the tournament, with 1292 runs for 31 wickets, Canada prevailed to further extend their lead in the group, putting Kenya out of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nBermuda batted first, and lost both openers for single-figure scores, but Clay Smith put on 99 with Irving Romaine before both were caught behind with the score stuck on 120. Dean Minors was also caught for a single-figure score, Bhatti's fourth wicket, but after that he could not take any further wickets, and Janeiro Tucker and Saleem Mukuddem made their way towards half-centuries, sharing a stand of 83 for the sixth wicket. John Davison eventually had Mukuddem out, and also Lionel Cann, two runs before he could reach his 50, and Henry Osinde took the final wicket to bowl Bermuda out for 334.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nIn response, Canada piled on hundreds. Davison made 165 opening the innings, leading Canada to 286 for three when he was dismissed, and sharing a stand of 230 with Ian Billcliff who went on to total 126. Ryan Steede grabbed four wickets, including Billcliff bowled, but could not stop the eighth-wicket stand between Abdool Samad (119) and Umar Bhatti (50). The two scored 149 for the eighth wicket, increasing Canada's first innings lead past 200, while Bermuda's spinner Dwayne Leverock had to bowl nearly 49 overs for two wickets, Bhatti and the No. 11 Ravishankar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nBermuda closed the third day on 68 for one, with opener Steven Outerbridge on 35 not out. He added nine before he was caught by a substitute fielder, but Romaine, his batting partner, went on to make 65 before falling to the same fate. Clay Smith kept batting for the draw, but was seventh out to Davison, while Bhatti picked up six wickets for 104 to complete his second ten-wicket haul in a month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189266-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Results, Group B\nThe match closed with two days of rain, though Bermuda had already lost their chance to qualify for the semi-finals early on the second day, after being bowled out for 133 and Kenya surpassed that score for the loss of three wickets. Thomas Odoyo took five wickets for Kenya in the first innings, and though Saleem Mukuddem responded with three on the first day and three on the second, Kenya made it to 205 all out after 66 from Steve Tikolo and 54 from Tanmay Mishra. After batting through 15 overs for no loss, Bermuda lost two wickets in an over to Hiren Varaiya and were 19 for two when bad conditions stopped play on the second day. The players could not return, and the game was called off as a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series\nThe 2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series was a four team One Day International cricket tournament hosted by India and featuring Australia, England, India and New Zealand. All of the matches are to be played in Chennai, at the IIT Chemplast Ground and the MA Chidambaram Stadium, between 21 February and 5 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\nWin = 4 pointsTie or No Result = 2 pointsBonus = 1 pointLoss = 0 points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\nIf the team batting first wins the match and restricts its opponents to 80% of its total, it gains a bonus point. If the team batting second wins the match in 40 overs, it gains a bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\nA team's run rate will be calculated by reference to the runs scored in an innings divided by the number of overs faced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\nIn the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final will be determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\n- If still equal, the team with the most wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\n- If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189267-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series, Group Stage Table, Points System\n- If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189268-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe Continental Cup 2006\u201307 was the tenth edition of the IIHF Continental Cup. The season started on September 22, 2006, and finished on January 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189268-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe tournament was won by Yunost Minsk, who led the final group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189268-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IIHF Continental Cup\nThe points system used in this tournament was: the winner in regular time won 3 points, the loser 0 points; in case of a tie, an overtime and a penalty shootout is played, the winner in penalty shootouts or overtime won 2 points and the loser won 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series\n2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series was the eighth of an annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999\u20132000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series\nNew Zealand won the 2006\u201307 series by winning the final tournament in Edinburgh. In that event, the then-defending series champions Fiji would have clinched the season crown by defeating Wales in the Cup quarterfinals. However, a Wales upset win opened the door for New Zealand to take the season crown by winning the Cup in Edinburgh, which they did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series\nSevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format; however, the most famous event, the Hong Kong Sevens, is played over three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, Calendar\nThe Australia and Scotland events are new for 2006-07. The Australia event effectively replaces Singapore, and the Scotland event effectively replaces the Paris Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, The season\nIn a normal event, 16 teams are entered; in Hong Kong, 24 teams enter. In each tournament, the teams are divided into pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. Points are awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments\u20143 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head result between the tied teams, followed by difference in points scored during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, The season\nFour trophies are awarded in each tournament, except for Hong Kong. In descending order of prestige, they are the Cup, whose winner is the overall tournament champion, Plate, Bowl and Shield. In Hong Kong, the Shield is not awarded. Each trophy is awarded at the end of a knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, The season\nIn a normal event, the top two teams in each pool advance to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers drop into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl is contested by the third-place finishers in each pool, while the Shield is contested by the last-place teams from each pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, The season\nIn Hong Kong, the six pool winners, plus the two highest-finishing second-place teams, advance to the Cup. The Plate participants are the eight highest-ranked teams remaining, while the lowest eight drop to the Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, Points schedule\nThe season championship is determined by points earned in each tournament. For most events, points are awarded on the following schedule:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189269-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series, Points schedule\nPoints are awarded on a different schedule for the Hong Kong Sevens:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe 2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of international invitational competitions in the first half of the 2006\u201307 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing over six events. Skaters earned a certain number of points per placement and the top six scoring skaters at the end of the series qualified for the 2006\u201307 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on 26 October 2006 and ended on 17 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating\nThe Grand Prix was organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters competed for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for Junior-level skaters was the 2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying\nSkaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2006 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters from the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and were guaranteed two events. Skaters who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying\nSkaters/teams who medaled at the 2005\u201306 Junior Grand Prix Final or the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were guaranteed one event. Skaters were medaled at both the Junior Grand Prix Final and the World Junior Championships were guaranteed only one event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Qualifying\nThe host country was allowed to send three skaters/teams of their choosing in each discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Points\nAfter the final event, the NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Points\nIf a pairs team competed in more than two events, the teams who scored below them in their non-scoring competition did not automatically move up in gaining points. For example, if Team A placed second below Team B, and it was Team B's non-scoring event, Team A still earned 13 points, not 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Points\nSkaters had to compete in two events to qualify for the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189270-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Prize money\nThe total prize money is $180,000 per individual event and $272,000 for the Final. All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Pairs and dance teams split the money. The breakdown is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189271-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix\nThe 2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the tenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2006\u201307 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189271-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix\nSkaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2006 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189271-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Competitions\nThe locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2006\u201307 season, the series was composed of the following events:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189271-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers\nThe following skaters qualified for the 2006\u201307 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189271-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers\nDevora Radeva was given the host wildcard spot to the Junior Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189272-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup\nThe 2007 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 20 October 2006 and ended on 11 February 2007. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189273-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of speed skating. The season began on 10 November 2006 and lasted until 4 March 2007. The World Cup was organised by the ISU, who also run world cups and championships in short track speed skating and figure skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189273-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Men's overall results, 100 m\nFinal standings after 4 of 4 races. Oikawa won despite missing the final race due to participation in the 2007 Asian Winter Games; Koskela opted out of the final race, though a place in the final would have won him the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189273-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Men's overall results, 500 m\nFinal standings after 12 of 12 races. The top 15 skaters are listed, as well as those with a top-six placing in a race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189273-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Women's overall results, 500 m\nFinal standings after 12 races. The top 15 skaters are listed, as well as those with a top-six placing in a race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189273-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Women's overall results, 1000 m\nMany skaters skipped the races in Harbin and Nagano, where nearly 40% of the available points were up for grabs. The overall World Cup winner, Chiara Simionato, was defeated by Anni Friesinger, Ireen W\u00fcst, Christine Nesbitt or Cindy Klassen in all races in which the four took part. Friesinger won four of her five races during the season, taking the most wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189273-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Women's overall results, 1500 m\nDue to winning the final race, W\u00fcst finished ahead of Friesinger, though Friesinger accumulated four wins to W\u00fcst's two during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189274-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU World Standings\nThe 2006\u201307 ISU World Standings, are the World Standings published by the International Skating Union (ISU) during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189274-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU World Standings\nThe 2006\u201307 ISU World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, are taking into account results of the 2004\u201305, 2005\u201306 and 2006\u201307 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189274-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ISU World Standings, World Standings for single & pair skating and ice dance, Season-end standings\nThe remainder of this section is a list, by discipline, published by the ISU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 106], "content_span": [107, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189275-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Icelandic Hockey League season\nThe 2006-07 Icelandic Hockey League season was the 16th season of the Icelandic Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Iceland. Three teams participated in the league, and Skautafelag Reykjavikur won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189276-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Vandals were led by first-year head coach George Pfeifer and played their home games on campus at Cowan Spectrum in Moscow, Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189276-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nThe Vandals were 3\u201326 overall in the regular season and 1\u201315 in conference play, ninth in the standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189276-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team\nRiding a twelve-game losing streak after a loss to San Jose State, Idaho drew the eighth seed Spartans again two days later in the play-in round of the conference tournament in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and won by a point. Two days later in the quarterfinal, top-seeded #10 Nevada defeated the Vandals by 32 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189277-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana\u2013Champaign in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Bruce Weber's fourth season at Illinois. The team finished with 9\u20137 conference and 21\u201310 overall records. The Illini advanced to the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament and were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189278-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth year head coach Porter Moser, played their home games at Redbird Arena and competed as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189278-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team\nThey finished the season 15\u201316, 6\u201312 in conference play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They were the number seven seed for the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. They were defeated by Indiana State University in their opening round game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189279-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. Their head coach was Kelvin Sampson, in his first season with the Hoosiers. Sampson, formerly at Oklahoma was hired on March 29, 2006 to replace the recently resigned Mike Davis. The team played its home games at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers finished the season with an overall record 21\u201311 and a conference record of 10\u20136, placing them 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana lost the only Big Ten Tournament game in which they played, an overtime loss to Illinois. As a 7-seed in the NCAA Tournament, Indiana beat 10-seed Gonzaga to advance to the second round. They would fall to 2-seed UCLA to end the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189280-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 31st season in the NBA and 40th season as a franchise. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 41-41 output from the previous season. However, they came six wins shy of tying it, finishing 35-47. The Pacers would miss the playoffs for the first time since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189280-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season, Season Summary\nDuring the Summer of 2006, the Pacers lost Peja Stojakovic, whom they had just acquired in a trade from the Sacramento Kings during the previous season, in free agency to the New Orleans Hornets. Because of this, they were granted a trade exception by the NBA, which they used to re-acquire former Pacer Al Harrington from the Atlanta Hawks. They also pulled off two separate trades with the Dallas Mavericks, giving up established veterans Anthony Johnson and Austin Croshere for unexplained reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189280-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season, Season Summary\nThese two trades were disappointing to Pacers fans, who were confused by the trades and saw them as one-sided in the favor of the Mavericks. In June 2006, once-promising talent Jonathan Bender announced that he was retiring from the NBA at the age of 25, due to his struggles with knee injuries. The Pacers had traded All-Star big man Antonio Davis to acquire Bender in 1999 when he was an 18-year-old rookie with great potential, but his constant injuries had prevented him from ever developing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189280-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season, Season Summary\nWhen the regular season finally started, the Pacers had a significantly different roster than they did at the end of the previous season. The Pacers hovered around the .500 mark for most of the season, and were a borderline playoff team. In January 2007, the Pacers pulled off another major trade, this time with the Golden State Warriors, giving up troubled swingman Stephen Jackson, Al Harrington, and other pieces for versatile big man Troy Murphy and unproven swingman Mike Dunleavy as well as some other pieces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189280-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season, Season Summary\nThis trade was perceived as the only way for the Pacers to finally part ways with Jackson, who had lost the respect of Pacers fans due to his involvement in \"The Brawl\" and in a shooting at an Indianapolis nightclub. After the trade, the Pacers fell downward in the standings, marked by an 11-game losing streak which stretched from late February to mid-March, and eventually were eliminated from qualification for the 2007 NBA Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189280-0002-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Indiana Pacers season, Season Summary\nThis would be the first time the Pacers missed the playoffs since the 1996-97 season, and the first of a streak of four seasons of missing the playoffs. Ironically, the perennial basement-dweller Warriors wound up making the playoffs for the first time since the 1993-94 season, and even advanced to the second round by upsetting the first-seeded Mavericks 4-2 in the first round. This left the dwindling community of Pacers fans with a sour taste in their mouths as they wondered how far the team might have gone if the trade in January had not occurred. Thus, coach Rick Carlisle was fired at the conclusion of the Pacers' season in April, and it was announced in May that Jim O'Brien, former head coach of the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, would replace him as the Pacers' head coach for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189281-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Inter Milan season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 98th in existence and 91th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in Serie A, in the Coppa Italia, in the Supercoppa Italiana and in the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189281-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Inter Milan season, Season overview\nThe relegation of Juventus to Serie B due to Calciopoli, and Milan and Fiorentina's penalisations, made Inter a clear favourite for the title: the side was empowered with the arrivals of Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107, Patrick Vieira, Fabio Grosso and Maicon. In early September, the club suffered a tragedy: Inter's president Giacinto Facchetti died at the age of 64, due to a cancer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189281-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Inter Milan season, Season overview\nThe 2006\u201307 season was signed by records: Inter won 17 games in row for an achievement still unbeaten. Inter also got 11 wins in away matches and obtained the title with 5 games left to play. The side ended with 97 points, 22 over Roma which came second: in 38 matches Inter collected 30 wins, 7 draws and just one defeat (the first in Serie A since April 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189281-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Inter Milan season, Players, Squad information, From youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189282-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Interliga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Interliga season was the eighth and final season of the multi-national ice hockey league. A total of 10 teams participated, five in Group A, and five in Group B. Alba Volan Szekesfehervar have won Group A and Jesenice have won Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189283-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. season\nInverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. in their 13th season in Scottish football competing in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup in season 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189284-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Steve Alford and played their home games at Carver\u2013Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes finished the season 17\u201314 overall and 9\u20137 in Big Ten play (tied for fourth place). This marked the first time since the 1976\u20131977 season that an Iowa men's basketball team with a winning record failed to make either the NCAA tournament or the NIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189285-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Greg McDermott, who was in his 1st season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and competed in the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189285-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Cyclones finished 16-14, 6-10 in Big 12 play to finish 8th the regular season conference standings. They lost to Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189285-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 17, 2006 it was announced that Wayne Morgan and his staff would be fired by the university. While lack of results played into the decision there were other contributing factors. While Morgan was a high level recruiter, on the court success did not follow as it should have. In addition, Morgan and his staff had used a company called 'D1 Scheduling' to schedule games in the past seasons. There were allegations that money was being exchanged for recruits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189285-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season\nOn March 21, 2006 it was announced that Greg McDermott, then head coach of the UNI Panthers, would be hired as head coach of the Cyclones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 62nd full season of league football for Ipswich Town. The club played in the Football League Championship for the 2006\u201307 season, whilst also competing in the FA Cup and League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was a transitional season for Ipswich Town. Joe Royle left his position as manager and was replaced by Jim Magilton on 5 June 2006, who was making the move from player to manager. Magilton continued to be registered as a player at the club although he would only feature in the first-team in an emergency situation. Following his appointment he stated that he was intending to play in reserve team games to use his experience to help the club's young players develop. Bryan Klug was appointed as first-team coach alongside Magilton. He thanked Ipswich's fans for the positive reaction to his appointment once he had been revealed as the club's new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\n\"I have had a fantastic response from the fans and I would like to thank them for that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\n\"I've had a great rapport with the supporters of this club since I first came here as a player and have been lifted again by the support I have had since taking over as manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\n\"I think in many ways the fans at the club are the most passionate in the Championship because they care so much about everything that happens here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\n\"This is a community and Ipswich Town Football Club is the focal point and the people of the town want the club to be successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\n\"I want it to be successful as well, so do my coaching staff, and I can tell you that the players will be the same. We will be giving it everything to take this club forward.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\nFollowing his appointment as manager, Magilton named Canadian international centre-back Jason de Vos as Ipswich's new club captain. Magilton also appointed new members to his coaching and back-room staff. Steve Foley was appointed as a coach on 9 June, who had been appointed to work with both the academy and first-team, club physio Dave Williams was named the head of Ipswich's newly created sports science department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\nIpswich were still financially recovering from administration, with limited funds restricting the playing budget. Magilton's first signing as manager saw Alex Bruce arrive from Birmingham City on a free transfer on 2 August 2006. Ian Westlake was sold to Leeds United on 4 August for a reported fee of \u00a3400,000, potentially rising to \u00a3500,000 with add-ons, in a deal which also saw Dan Harding move in the other direction, signing a three-year deal with Ipswich. French midfielder Sylvain Legwinski also joined on a free transfer from Fulham on 31 August, signing a two year contract with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, Pre-season\nStikers Sam Parkin and Nicky Forster also debarted for fees, joining Luton Town and Hull City respectively before the end of August. Magilton also utilized the loan market, with midfielders Simon Walton and Mark Noble joining on loan from Charlton Athletic and West Ham United respectively. Republic of Ireland striker Jon Macken also joined on loan until January from Crystal Palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, August to December\nThe season began on the 5 August, with Magilton taking charge of his first game as Ipswich Town manager at home to Crystal Palace at Portman Road. Despite taking the lead through a first-half goal from the previos seasons top scorer Nicky Forster, Ipswich suffered a 1\u20132 opening day defeat due to second-half goals from Jobi McAnuff and former Ipswich Town striker James Scowcroft. The tough start to the season continued for Magilton's Ipswich as they lost the following two games away to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, August to December\nA 0\u20130 draw with Hull City followed before Ipswich earned their first victory of the season, defeating Queens Park Rangers 3\u20131 away at Loftus Road, with goals from Simon Walton, Jason de Vos and Dean Bowditch. Following Magilton's first win as Ipswich manager, the team went on to win the following two games, with home victories over Southampton and Coventry City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, August to December\nThe first three months of the season saw Ipswich pick up six wins, three draws and six losses from their opening fifteen league games. Whilst also exiting the league cup 2\u20134 on penalties at the first round stage to Peterborough United, following a 2\u20132 draw after extra time. On 29 October, Ipswich defeated Luton Town 5\u20130 at Portman Road, with Alan Lee scoring a Hat-trick, this was the team's largest winning margin of the season. The 19 November saw the first East Anglian derby of the season take place, with Ipswich facing local rivals Norwich City at Portman Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, August to December\nDespite going behind in the 26th minute to a goal from Luke Chadwick, Sylvain Legwinski equalized for Ipswich in the 40th minute, leaveing the game at 1\u20131 going into half-time. With the game tied at 1\u20131, Ipswich academy graduate Danny Haynes came on as a substitute for Billy Clarke in the 76th minute and scored within a minute of entering onto the pitch, putting Ipswich 2\u20131 ahead. Haynes scored again in the 90th minute with a curling shot from the edge of the 18 yard box that went in off the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0010-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, August to December\nIpswich defeated Norwich City 3\u20131 in the East Anglian Derby. After the match Magilton said of Haynes: \"Danny Haynes will get hero status here and seems to enjoy local derbies. I felt it was time to put him on because the pitch was strength-sapping and Danny's pace will always cause problems against tired legs.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 68], "content_span": [69, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, January transfer window\nThe January transfer window saw multiple new signings join the club. The first deal to take place was the permanent signing of midfielder Gary Roberts from Accrington Stanley, following a successful loan spell. Defender David Wright was signed from Wigan Athletic on 11 January for an undisclosed fee, whilst George O'Callaghan was also signed from League of Ireland side Cork City following a four month spell of training with Ipswich. The club's final permanent deal of the January transfer window was the signing of Jonathan Walters from Chester City for a reported fee of \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, January to May\nIpswich's form had stuttered through to the end of December, however they started the new year with a 1\u20130 home win over Birmingham City at Portman Road, with Gavin Williams netting the winning goal in the 90th minute. Ipswich were drawn away to Chester City in the FA Cup third round on 6 January. The first tie ended in a 0\u20130 draw, resulting in a replay scheduled for the 16 January, which Ipswich won 1\u20130, with Matt Richards scoring the winning goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, January to May\nOn 20 January Ipswich defeated local rivals Colchester United 3\u20132, with goals from Alan Lee, Sylvain Legwinski and Danny Haynes. The second round of the FA Cup took place on 27 January, with Ipswich drawn at home to Swansea City. Alan Lee scored the only goal of the match, converting a penalty in the 64 minute to send Ipswich into the next round of the cup. Ipswich suffered from a poor run of form during February, with the team going on a four game losing run throughout the month, whist also exiting the FA Cup due to a 0\u20131 away loss to Watford at Vicarage Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, January to May\nThe team's form improved during the later stages of the season. On 6 March, Ipswich recorded a 5\u20132 away win over Hull City, the team's biggest away win of the season. On 7 April, Ipswich defeated Barnsley 5\u20131 at Portman Road, the third time in the season that they had scored five goals in a single game. Ipswich faced rivals Norwich City for the second East Anglian derby of the season on 22 April away at Carrow Road. The match ended in a 1\u20131 draw, with David Wright's second-half equalizer leveling the tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, January to May\nThe following match Ipswich faced Leeds United at Elland Road. The match ended in a 1\u20131 draw, a result which effectively relegated Leeds to League One. The game was stopped half a minute early because of crowd trouble, with the responsible fans removed from the ground. Referee Nigel Miller controversially brought the teams back out to end the game. Ipswich held on to draw the game and would have won the game had their goals not been ruled out for offside. Ipswich's final game of the season saw them host Cardiff City at Portman Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0013-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Season summary, January to May\nIpswich ended the season with a 3\u20131 victory following a goal from Francis Jeffers, and a brace from Jonathan Walters. Ipswich finished 14th in the Championship in the 2006\u201307 season. Irish striker Alan Lee finished the season as Ipswich's top goal-scorer with 17 goals in all competitions, 16 of which were scored in the league. French midfielder Sylvain Legwinski won both the club's Supporters' and Players' Player of the Year awards for the season, whilst Tommy Smith won the club's Academy Player of the Year award. Welshman Gavin Williams won the club's Goal of the Season award for his strike in the 1\u20130 home victory over Leeds United on 16 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, First-team squad, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189286-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ipswich Town F.C. season, Pre-season\nPreparations for the 2006\u201307 season included a pre-season tour of the Netherlands and Belgium, in which Ipswich played friendly matches against Dutch sides Willem II and Dordrecht, Zulte Waregem from Belgium and Italian side Lazio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189287-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iran 2nd Division\nThe following is the standings of the 2006\u201307 Iran 2nd Division football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189288-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iran Football's 3rd Division\nThe following are the standings of the 2006\u201307 Iran Football's 3rd Division season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189289-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iran Futsal's 1st Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Iranian Futsal 1st Division was divided into two phases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189289-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iran Futsal's 1st Division\nThe league was composed of 16 teams divided into two divisions of 8 teams each, whose teams were divided geographically. Teams play other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 14 matches, each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189290-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iranian Basketball Super League\nThe following is the final results of the Iran Super League 2006/07 basketball season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189291-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iranian Volleyball Super League\nThe following is the final results of the Iranian Volleyball Super League (The Great Prophet Cup) 2006/07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189292-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iraqi Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Iraqi Premier League kicked off on December 22, 2006 and finished on July 6, 2007. Erbil were crowned champions for the first time in their history, defeating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1\u20130 in the final, hosted at the Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil's home ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189292-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Iraqi Premier League, Group stage, Central Group 1\nNote: Diyala withdrew from the league and were relegated. Lower division side Al-Ramadi were chosen to replace them but they also withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189293-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Irish Cup was the 127th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 5 May 2007 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189293-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Cup\nLinfield were the defending champions, winning their 37th Irish Cup last season after a 2\u20131 win over archrivals Glentoran in the 2006 final. They successfully defended the cup by defeating Dungannon Swifts 3\u20132 on penalties, when the final ended 2\u20132 after extra time. This was the first, and to date only Irish Cup final ever to be decided by a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189294-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish League Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 December 2006 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189294-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish League Cup\nLinfield were the defending champions after their eighth League Cup win last season; a 3\u20130 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season Glentoran gained some revenge by defeating the Blues at the semi-final stage. The Glens went on to lift the cup for the sixth time by defeating Cliftonville 1\u20130 in the final. This was the ninth time in ten years that the cup had been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189294-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish League Cup\nThe 16 clubs taking part were divided into four groups of four clubs. The clubs in each group played each other at home and away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189295-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Irish Premier League was the fourth season of Northern Ireland's national football league in this format since its inception in 2003, and the 106th season of Irish league football overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189295-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Premier League\nThe season began on 23 September 2006, and ended on 28 April 2007. Linfield was the defending champion, and successfully defended the title by 8 points to become champions for the 47th time. Loughgall was relegated after finishing bottom of the table, while Glenavon survived after beating Bangor 4\u20132 on penalties in the promotion play-off following a 1\u20131 draw on aggregate after extra time in the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189295-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Premier League, Results\nEach team played every other team twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189295-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Premier League, Promotion/relegation play-off\nGlenavon, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Bangor, the runners-up of the 2006-07 Intermediate League First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189295-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Premier League, Promotion/relegation play-off\nGlenavon won the tie 4\u20132 on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw and retained their Premiership status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189295-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Irish Premier League, Promotion/relegation play-off\n1-1 on aggregate. Glenavon won 4\u20132 on penalties and remained in the Irish Premier League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189296-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israel State Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4\u200e, Gvia HaMedina) was the 68th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 53rd after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189296-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israel State Cup\nThe competition was won by Hapoel Tel Aviv, who have beaten Hapoel Ashkelon on penalties at the final. By winning, Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified to the second round of the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189297-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Basketball Super League\nThe 2006\u20132007 Israeli Basketball Super League season was the 53rd season of top division basketball in Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189297-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Basketball Super League, Regular season, Standings\nSource: Pts=Points, P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189298-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Israeli Hockey League season was the 16th season of Israel's hockey league. Five teams participated in the league, and the Haifa Hawks won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189299-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Noar Leumit League\nThe 2006\u201307 Israeli Noar Leumit League was the 13th season since its introduction in 1994 as the top-tier football in Israel for teenagers between the ages 18\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189299-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Noar Leumit League\nBeitar Jerusalem won the title, whilst Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Herzliya were relegated. The relegated teams were replaced by Ironi Kiryat Shmona (promoted from Artzit North Division) and Hapoel Ashkelon (promoted from Artzit South Division).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189300-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Israeli Premier League season began on 26 August 2006. It was scheduled to begin a week before, but was then postponed due to the 2006 Lebanon War. Beitar Jerusalem, under businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, became the league champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189300-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Premier League\nTwo teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189300-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Premier League, Teams and Locations\nTwelve teams took part in the 2006-07 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2005-06 season, as well as two teams which were promoted from the 2005-06 Liga Leumit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189300-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Premier League, Teams and Locations\nMaccabi Herzliya were promoted as champions of the 2005-06 Liga Leumit. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan were promoted as runners up. Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan returned to the top flight after an absence of six and twenty seven seasons respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189300-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Premier League, Teams and Locations\nHapoel Nazareth Illit and Bnei Sakhnin were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2005-06 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189301-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Women's Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Israeli Women's Cup (Hebrew: \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd\u200e, Gvia HaMedina Nashim) was the 9th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189301-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Women's Cup\nThe competition was won, for the 5th consecutive time, by Maccabi Holon who had beaten ASA Tel Aviv University 2\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189301-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Israeli Women's Cup, Results, First Round\nOut of 7 planned matches, 6 weren't played, as clubs forfeited their matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 92nd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. Also, it was the first season for newly created divisions One North and One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Premier Division\nHampton & Richmond Borough won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Bromley. Worthing, Walton & Hersham and Slough Town were relegated, while Harrow Borough, initially also relegated as the worst 19th-placed club among seventh level leagues, were reprieved as an effect of the Conference clubs Farnborough Town and Scarborough folded, Lancaster City demoted two levels down and Hayes merged with Yeading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Division One North\nAfter the end of the previous season, Division One was restructured. Most of the previous season's Division One clubs were transferred to Division One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Division One North\nDivision One North consisted of 22 clubs: eleven clubs transferred from Southern League Division One North, three clubs relegated from higher level leagues and eight clubs promoted from lower level leagues. Barking & East Ham United, another club from the Southern League, joined the division but resigned and folded before the start of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Division One North\nMaldon Town qualified for the play-offs but were ineligible for promotion due to ground grading issues, so Harlow Town received a bye to the play-off final which they won, and were promoted to the Premier Division along with AFC Hornchurch, who earned a second successive promotion. Flackwell Heath finished bottom of the table and were relegated. Ilford finished second bottom, but were reprieved to make up the number of clubs at eight tier after a few higher league clubs folded and merged and Northern Premier League was reformed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Division One South\nAfter the end of the previous season, Division One was restructured. Most of the previous season's Division One clubs were transferred to Division One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Division One South\nDivision One South consisted of 22 clubs, 16 clubs transferred from previous season Division One and six new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, Division One South\nMaidstone United won their second title in a row and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hastings United. Both clubs finished in the relegation zone were reprieved to make up the number of clubs at eight tier after a few higher league clubs folded and merged and Northern Premier League was reformed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, League Cup\nThe Isthmian League Cup 2006\u201307 was the 33rd season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 22 August and finished on 4 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, League Cup, Fixtures and results\nFixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, League Cup, Fixtures and results, First round\nFour clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189302-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Isthmian League, League Cup, Fixtures and results, Second round\nThe two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the Second Round draw with all other Isthmian League clubs, making sixty-four teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189303-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ivy League men's basketball season\nThe 2006\u201307 Ivy League men's basketball season was the Ivy League's 53rd season of basketball. The Ivy league doesn't have a tournament to determine the league champion; Instead the team with the best record is the champion. Ibrahim Jaaber, who played for the Penn Quakers, won the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189304-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 JS Kabylie season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was JS Kabylie's 42nd season in the Algerian top flight, They competed in National 1, the Algerian Cup, and Super Cup and the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189304-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 JS Kabylie season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 25 September 2006.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189304-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 JS Kabylie season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189305-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Japan Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006\u201307 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 75th edition of the event. They were held between December 27 and 29, 2006 at the Rainbow Ice Arena in Nagoya. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. This event was used to determine the teams for the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 Four Continents Championships. The level of competition is senior-level only. Juniors compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships, where the top three advance to the 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189305-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006\u201307 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 26 and 27, 2006 in Hiroshima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 85], "content_span": [86, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup is the 27th edition of the Jordan FA Cup since its establishment in 1980. It started on 5 September 2006 and ended on 14 June 2007. Shabab Al-Ordon. The winner of the competition will earn a spot in the 2008 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup\nShabab Al-Ordon won their second title after a 2\u20130 win over Al-Faisaly in the final on 14 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup, Participating teams\nA total of 22 teams participated in this season. 10 teams from the 2006\u201307 Jordan League, 12 teams from the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup, First round\nIn this round, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary . The six winners of this round advanced to the round of 16 to join the 10 direct entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 matches were played between 29 September and 1 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe Quarter-finals matches were played between 10 November and 25 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup, Semi-finals\nThe four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 26 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189306-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan FA Cup, Final\nThe final was played on 14 June 2007 at Amman International Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189307-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Jordan League\nThe 2006\u201307 Jordan League was the 55th season of Jordan Premier League, the top-flight league for Jordanian association football clubs. The championship was won by Al-Wehdat, while Al-Yarmouk and Al Ittihad Al Ramtha were relegated. A total of 10 teams participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Juventus Football Club's 109th season in existence and first season in its history in Serie B following the 2006 Italian football scandal, leaving Internazionale as the only Italian club never to have been relegated. Juventus were docked nine points this season (repealed from the original 30-point deduction). Juventus finished the Serie B season in first place and were thus promoted back up to Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season\nFollowing the enforced relegation, Juventus lost Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, and Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 to Internazionale. The remainder of the squad did however stay including Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Pavel Nedv\u011bd, David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta and Mauro Camoranesi, for the following 2006\u201307 Serie B season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season, Events\nIn July 2006, former player Didier Deschamps was announced as the new manager following the resignation of Fabio Capello, who left for Spanish club Real Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season, Events\nThe club made its Serie B debut on 9 September 2006, earning their first ever point in Serie B with a 1\u20131 draw away to Rimini. After that, Juventus won its next eight games, scoring 16 goals and conceding just one. The winning streak ended with a 1\u20131 draw at Napoli. In that game, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon's streak of not conceding a goal ended at 733 minutes. Against Albinoleffe, Buffon was shown the red card for the first time in his career and conceded a penalty, but a 10-man Juve team managed to draw the game. They were undefeated in Serie B until the team lost at Mantova on 14 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season, Events\nOn 15 December 2006, two Berretti (U-18) youth players Alessio Ferramosca, age 17, and Riccardo Neri, age 16, drowned in a pond at the club's training ground in Vinovo, apparently when trying to recover a football that had fallen into the ice-cold water. The Juventus vs Cesena (Serie B) game scheduled for that day was cancelled and postponed until January due to the tragedy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season, Events\nOn 19 May 2007, after a 5\u20131 away win at Arezzo on the 39th matchday, Juventus was mathematically promoted to Serie A. On Matchday 40, Juventus were then crowned Serie B champions following a 2\u20130 home win to Mantova On 26 May, it was confirmed that Deschamps had resigned as manager due to differences with the club hierarchy, especially director of football Alessio Secco. His assistant Giancarlo Corradini was appointed caretaker for the last two games. On 4 June, Claudio Ranieri was announced as the new manager on the club website as Corradini stepped down to take up another management job full-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189308-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Juventus F.C. season, Competitions, Serie B, Results by matchday\nNote: this table does not take point deductions, such as Juventus' 9-point one, into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189309-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KBL season\nThe 2006\u201307 Hyundai Mobis Professional Basketball season was the 11th season of the Korean Basketball League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189310-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KF Tirana season\nThe 2006-07 season was Klubi i Futbollit Tirana's 68th competitive season, 68th consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 86th year in existence as a football club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189310-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KF Tirana season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189311-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KFC Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 KFC Cup was the 33rd edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition was played between 9 January and 17 February 2007, using a round-robin format followed by play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189311-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KFC Cup\nThe six teams participating in the competition were Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. Trinidad and Tobago were undefeated in the round-robin, and eventually defeated the Windward Islands in the final to win their eighth domestic one-day title. The semi-finals and final were all held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at Kingstown's Arnos Vale Stadium. Trinidad and Tobago's Kieron Pollard led the tournament in runs, while Jamaican fast bowler Jermaine Lawson took the most wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189311-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KFC Cup, Statistics, Most runs\nThe top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189311-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KFC Cup, Statistics, Most wickets\nThe top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 41], "content_span": [42, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189312-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash\nThe 2006\u201307 was the second season of official Twenty20 domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The competition was won by the Victorian Bushrangers for the second time after they defeated the Tasmanian Tigers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189312-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Table\nTeams receive 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189313-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KK Partizan season\nIn the 2006\u201307 season, Partizan Belgrade competed in the Basketball League of Serbia, Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup, Adriatic League and Euroleague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189314-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KML season\nThe 2006\u201307 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 16th season of the Estonian basketball league and the third under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this was the 82nd season of the Estonian men's basketball league. Tallinna Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2005\u201306 KML season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189314-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KML season\nThe season started on 4 October 2006 and concluded on 29 May 2007 with T\u00dc/Rock defeating Tallinna Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 2 in the 2007 KML Finals to win their 23rd Estonian League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189314-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KML season, Regular season, League table\nUpdated to match(es) played on 29 May 2007. Source: (2006/2007)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189314-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KML season, Playoffs\nThe playoffs began on 11 April 2007 and ended on 29 May 2007. The tournament concluded with T\u00dc/Rock defeating Tallinna Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 2 in the 2007 KML Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189315-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KNVB Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 KNVB Cup was the 89th edition of the tournament. The competition started on 26 August 2006 and the final was held on 6 May 2007 at the Feyenoord Stadion in Rotterdam. The match between defending Cup winners Ajax and 3-time winners AZ finished 1\u20131 after regular time and after extra time. Ajax went on to win 8\u20137 on penalties and received the cup for the seventeenth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189315-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KNVB Cup, First round\nOnly amateur clubs from the hoofdklasse and below participated in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189315-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KNVB Cup, Second round\nThe professional clubs from the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie and the two youth teams entered the tournament this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189315-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 KNVB Cup, Final\nAjax and AZ already secured a spot in the Champions League play-offs of the national competition, with a place in the UEFA Cup being the minimal prize. Therefore, the UEFA Cup ticket the winner of this tournament would win, could now be won in the Eredivisie play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas Jayhawks for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 2006\u201307. The team was led by Bill Self in his fourth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team\nThe Jayhawks' won the regular season championship with fourteen conference wins\u2014the third straight season in which the team has claimed a share of the championship. In postseason play the team defeated its conference opponents to claim its second straight title. In the NCAA Division I tournament, the Jayhawks were defeated in the Elite Eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nAfter returning every key player from the 2006 team that shared the Big 12 regular season title with the Texas Longhorns and defeated Texas for the conference tournament title, the Jayhawks expected to repeat as Big 12 champs and contend for the national title in 2006\u201307. ESPN's Andy Katz had ranked the Jayhawks as the second best team in the nation for the preseason, while Dick Vitale had the Jayhawks ranked third. The starting lineup included Russell Robinson (guard), Mario Chalmers (guard), Brandon Rush (small forward), Julian Wright (power/small forward), and Sasha Kaun (Center). Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins were the nucleus of Bill Self's recruiting class for the 06\u201307 season and provided valuable minutes coming off the bench. Some key returnees included Darnell Jackson and Jeremy Case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nOne early-season casualty was C.J. Giles. He was suspended in early November for failure to attend practices, for poor showing in the classroom, and because of unpaid child support. He was to have been reinstated for the Winston-Salem State game, but another incident involving charges of assault and battery against his ex-girlfriend left Bill Self with no choice but to dismiss the troubled center from the team. Giles transferred to play for the Oregon State Beavers. His problems, however, persisted to a degree that he was dismissed from OSU in January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nFollowing the victory over #1 ranked and defending National Champion Florida in Las Vegas, athletic director Lew Perkins announced that he had extended Coach Bill Self's contract through 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nUntil February 3, no team from the Big 12 South division had ever beaten Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse since the conference's formation in the 1996 offseason. That streak came to an end when Texas A&M came from 11 down to beat KU 69\u201366; this also marked the first time ever that the Aggies had beaten the Jayhawks. As it turned out, that would be the last time until 2011 that anyone would beat the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse, as KU would go on to post a school and conference record 69-game homecourt winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nThere were two streaks that remained intact. Kansas extended its streak of consecutive home wins against Colorado to 24 with a 97\u201374 victory on January 27, 2007. KU also maintained the 24-game on-the-road win streak against Kansas State in Manhattan with a 71\u201362 victory in Bramlage Coliseum on February 19, 2007. KU won the final five games with KSU in Ahearn Fieldhouse and the first 19 meetings in Bramlage through 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nKansas won the 2007 regular season Big 12 championship, finishing in first place with a 14\u20132 record in conference play. In doing so, they clinched their third straight regular season title and their first outright Big 12 title since 2003, having settled for ties with Oklahoma and Texas the previous two seasons. They came from down 16 against Texas to win 90\u201386, leading by as many as 10 at one point and holding on for the four-point win. The title is the Jayhawks' 50th all-time since joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1907\u201308. It is also KU's fifth outright Big 12 championship and seventh overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nThe outright title gave Kansas the top seed for the Big 12 Tournament and a bye for the preliminary rounds of play. In the quarterfinal, KU faced ninth-seed Oklahoma and prevailed 64\u201347. In the semifinal, KU faced fourth-seed Kansas State and prevailed 67\u201361. Finally, in the title game, KU defeated Texas 88\u201384 in overtime to win the Big 12 Tournament. They pulled off an even bigger comeback than in the regular-season meeting, coming from down 22 to win. The 22-point comeback is the biggest in KU history, eclipsing the 19-point comeback in an 85\u201370 win over UCLA in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nKansas earned the top seed for the West Region of the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In subregional action at the United Center in Chicago, KU defeated Niagara 107\u201367 and Kentucky 88\u201376.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nIn the Sweet 16, KU escaped a tough defensive stance from Southern Illinois, winning 61\u201358 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The victory sent KU to the Elite Eight against the second-seeded UCLA Bruins, but they lost 68\u201355, their largest margin of defeat all season. KU has never won a game against UCLA in NCAA Tournament play, losing all five meetings. The loss also left Bill Self at 0\u20134 all-time in Elite Eight games, having lost with Tulsa, Illinois, and Kansas (twice), a problem he eliminated the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nKansas finished the season 33\u20135, winning the Big 12 regular-season and postseason championships, reaching the Elite Eight, and achieving the seventh 30-win season in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nOn April 9, 2007, sophomore forward Julian Wright announced that he would forgo his junior and senior seasons, hire an agent (therefore forfeiting his amateur status and college eligibility), and enter his name into the NBA Draft. Teammate and fellow sophomore Brandon Rush had originally chosen to follow suit, announcing on April 26, 2007 his plan of entering his name into the NBA Draft, but decided to not hire an agent (therefore allowing him to return to KU if he decided to withdraw his name from the draft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189316-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, Season Synopsis\nHowever, after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in a pickup game of basketball, Rush changed his mind and decided to return for his junior season at KU. Rush's surgery was successful; and, as it turned out the following season, the injury was a blessing in disguise for Rush and the Jayhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189317-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Bob Huggins. It was Huggins' only season at K-State, as he left the following season to coach at his alma mater, West Virginia Mountaineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189317-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe team concluded the year with a 23\u201312 (10\u20136) record, and reached the second round of the NIT Tournament in the post-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189317-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, Big 12 Tournament\nThe Wildcats went on to a 10\u20136 record in conference play, earning a number 4 seed in the 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wildcats faced the #5 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders and won 64-47. They went on to lose in the next round to the #1 seed and eventual champion, Kansas Jayhawks, 67-61.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 83], "content_span": [84, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189317-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Post-season, NIT Tournament\nThe Wildcats earned a berth in the 2007 National Invitation Tournament as the #2 seed and host team in the West Region. In the first round, Kansas State beat the #7 seed Vermont Catamounts, 59-57. In the second round, the team lost to the #3 seed DePaul Blue Demons, 70-65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189318-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Karnataka State Film Awards\nThe Karnataka State Film Awards 2006\u201307, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189318-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Karnataka State Film Awards, Jury\nA committee headed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar was appointed to evaluate the awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189319-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kategoria Superiore\nThe 2006\u201307 Kategoria Superiore was the 71st season of top-tier football in Albania and the ninth season under the name Kategoria Superiore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189319-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kategoria Superiore, Results\nThe schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189320-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kategoria e Par\u00eb\nThe 2006\u201307 Kategoria e Par\u00eb was the 60th season of a second-tier association football league in Albania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189321-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 Kazakhstan Hockey Championship was the 15th season of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. Seven teams participated in the league, and Kazzinc-Torpedo won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189322-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kent Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Kent Football League season was the 41st in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189322-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kent Football League, Clubs\nThe league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189323-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the college basketball season of 2006\u20132007. The team's head coach was Tubby Smith. This was his 10th and final year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189324-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kilmarnock F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Kilmarnock's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998\u201399. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup, and reached the League Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189324-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kilmarnock F.C. season, Summary, Season\nKilmarnock finished fifth in the Scottish Premier League with 55 points, the same standing and points tally as the previous season. They reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, but were beaten by Hibernian. Kilmarnock also reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Greenock Morton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189325-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Korisliiga season\nThe Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2006-07 season was the 67th Finnish club basketball season. It began on September 30, 2006 and ended on April 24, 2007. Espoon Honka won the Final series by 3-0 against Namika Lahti and obtained their sixth national championship. Sami Lehtoranta won the MVP Award and Jukka Matinen won the Finals MVP Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189326-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kuwaiti Division One\nThe Kuwaiti Division One was introduced for the 2006/2007 season. The bottom six clubs in the 2005/2006 were competing in the Kuwaiti Division One 2006\u201307. Both Al Naser and Al Jahra claimed the top two spots which earned them promotion to the Kuwaiti Premier League 2007-08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189327-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kuwaiti Premier League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 16:21, 9 March 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189327-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Kuwaiti Premier League, Overview\nIt was contested by 8 teams, and Al Kuwait Kaifan won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189328-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB 2 season\nThe 2006\u201307 LEB 2 season was the 7th season of the LEB 2, second league of the Liga Espa\u00f1ola de Baloncesto and third division in Spain., third division in Spain. It is also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189328-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB 2 season, Competition format\n18 teams play the regular season. This is a round robin, where each team will play twice against every rival. After the regular season, the eight first qualified teams played a playoff, were the two finalists promoted to LEB Oro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189328-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB 2 season, Competition format\nThe last qualified team was relegated to the new LEB Bronce, with the loser of the relegation playoffs, played by the 16th and the 17th qualified teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189328-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB 2 season, Competition format\nIf two or more teams have got the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season\nThe 2006\u20132007 LEB season was the 11th season of the Liga Espa\u00f1ola de Baloncesto, second tier of the Spanish basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(1) Alerta Cantabria (23-11) vs. (8) Ciudad de Huelva (18-16) Ciudad de Huelva win the series 1-3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 90], "content_span": [91, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(4) Villa de Los Barrios (20-14) vs. (5) Ricoh Manresa (19-15) Ricoh Manresa win the series 0-3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 90], "content_span": [91, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(2) Climalia Le\u00f3n (22-12) vs. (7) Palma Aqua Magica (19-15) Climalia Le\u00f3n win the series 3-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 90], "content_span": [91, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(3) Basket CAI Zaragoza (21-13) vs. (6) Drac Inca (19-15) Basket CAI Zaragoza win the series 3-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 90], "content_span": [91, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Semifinals\n(5) Ricoh Manresa (19-15) vs. (8) Ciudad de Huelva (18-16) Ricoh Manresa win the series 3-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 86], "content_span": [87, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Semifinals\n(2) Climalia Le\u00f3n (22-12) vs. (3) Basket CAI Zaragoza (21-13) The series is tied 2-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 86], "content_span": [87, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189329-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEB season, LEB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, LEB Finals\nThese two teams are already promoted to the league ACB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 86], "content_span": [87, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189330-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEN Euroleague\nThe 2006\u201307 LEN Euroleague was the 44th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 5 October 2006 to 23 June 2007, and it is contested by 40 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took place on June 22 and June 23 in Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189330-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LEN Euroleague, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 5 May, and the second legs were played on 23 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189331-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 LNAH season\nThe 2006\u201307 LNAH season was the 11th season of the Ligue Nord-Am\u00e9ricaine de Hockey (before 2004 the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League), a minor professional league in the Canadian province of Quebec. Eight teams participated in the regular season, and the Summum-Chiefs de Saint-Jean-Sur-Riechelieu won the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga\nThe 2006\u201307 La Liga season, the 76th since its establishment, started on 27 August 2006 and finished on 17 June 2007. Real Madrid won La Liga on the better head to head against Barcelona in one of its most thrilling seasons to date. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimn\u00e0stic de Tarragona were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga\nBarcelona was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However, Barcelona began playing inconsistently after January, while Madrid's form improved in that same period. On 12 May 2007, Real Madrid took the league lead for the first time all season by defeating Espanyol 4\u20133, coming back from a 3\u20131 first-half deficit. The Sunday after Madrid won their epic battle with Espanyol, Barcelona dropped points with a 1\u20131 draw to struggling Real Betis. By virtue of their superior head to head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga with both teams having four league games left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga\nOn the penultimate day of the season, Barcelona failed to overcome city rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2\u20132. In the final La Liga matches, Barcelona thrashed Gimn\u00e0stic 5\u20131, but Madrid came back from a 1\u20130 deficit to beat Mallorca 3\u20131 and clinch the title on head-to-head superiority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga, Teams\nTwenty teams competed in the league\u00a0\u2013 the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. The promoted teams were Recreativo, Gimn\u00e0stic and Levante, returning to the top flight after an absence of three, fifty-six and one years respectively. They replaced Alaves, C\u00e1diz (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and M\u00e1laga (ending their seven-year top flight spell).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga, Awards, Pichichi Trophy\nThe Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga, Awards, Zamora Trophy\nThe Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with fewest goals to games ratio. Last updated 17 June 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189332-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 La Liga, Awards, Pedro Zaballa award\nCuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189333-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Latvian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Latvian Hockey League season was the 16th season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Six teams participated in the league, and HK Riga 2000 won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189334-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Premier League\nThe Lebanese Premier League 2006\u201307 season was the 46th season in the Lebanese Premier League. Al-Ansar won the 13th and so far latest title in the Lebanese Premier League by flying to the end of the season, 4 points clear of the nearest team, Safa Sporting Club and winning 2 consecutive titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division was the 73rd season of the Second Division league which featured 14 clubs. Two of these teams were eligible for promotion to the top league of Lebanese football, the Lebanese Premier League while two of the fourteen teams had to face relegation to the Lebanese Third Division for the 2006\u201307 Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division, Overview\nThis season saw an increase in teams from last season, from 12 to 14 teams in the competition. However, two of the teams competing (Racing Jounieh FC & Al-Tadamon Nabatieh) decided to withdraw from the 2006\u201307 season. The Lebanese Football Federation reacted swiftly by relegating both teams to the Lebanese Third Division automatically leading to both relegation places being full even before the league had started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division, Overview\nAt the end of the season, it was a clear victory in Group 1 with Shabbab Al-Ghazieh finishing 1st by 12 points ahead of Al-Irshad however they didn't get promotion to the Premier League. Group 2 was more of a tight-contest with the top being separated by just 3 points. However, it was the late charge of Racing Beirut in the 2nd half of the season which sent them to the top of Group B and receiving a guaranteed promotion back to the Premier League after being relegated in the previous Premier League Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division, Overview\nAs for the Group A Champions, Shabbab Al-Ghazieh, despite winning the Group and remaining undefeated, they were not promoted to the Premier League. This was due to grounds issues. Instead, Al Irshard received the 2nd promotion place to the Premier League for the 2007\u201308 Premier League Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division, Final table, Group A\n\u00b6 : Originally deducted 12 points for not participating the Cup and then later withdrew from the competition all together just before the start of competition. They were automatically relegated by the Lebanese Football Federation once they withdrew from the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division, Final table, Group B\n\u2020:Homenmen Beirut 3 points deducted as required by FIFA because of failure to pay Armenian player Ghakik Simoyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189335-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lebanese Second Division, Final table, Group B\n\u2021: Originally deducted 12 points for not participating the Cup and then later withdrew from the competition all together just before the start of competition. They were automatically relegated by the Lebanese Football Federation once they withdrew from the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189336-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leeds United A.F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189336-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary\nThe 2006\u201307 season started badly with Leeds conceding late goals in several matches, and in September 2006 Blackwell's contract as manager of Leeds United was terminated. Leeds hired John Carver as caretaker manager but his spell was not a success. Carver was relieved of his duties and Dennis Wise was eventually installed as his replacement after a month without a permanent manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189336-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary\nDefender Matthew Kilgallon left in January to join Sheffield United, and the team never succeeded in escaping the relegation zone after a 5\u20131 thumping by Luton Town in late October, despite Wise bringing a number of experienced loan players and free transfers on short-term deals into the squad. Results did begin to improve as the season drew to an end, but relegation rivals Hull City and Queens Park Rangers went on even better runs at the same time, and this combined with Leeds's awful goal difference made survival all but impossible. With relegation virtually assured, Leeds entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (administration) on 4 May 2007, thus incurring a league imposed 10-point deduction which officially relegated the club to the third tier of English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189336-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leeds United A.F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189336-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leeds United A.F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189336-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189337-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lega Basket Serie A\nThe 2006\u201307 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189337-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lega Basket Serie A\nThe regular season ran from October 8, 2006 to May 2007, 18 teams played 34 games each. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia and TDShop.it Livorno, were relegated to the Legadue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189337-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lega Basket Serie A\nMontepaschi Siena won their second title by winning the playoff finals series against VidiVici Bologna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189337-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lega Basket Serie A, Regular Season 2006/07\nFilippo Palumbi (next 1 game, 0-1) Ergin Ataman (next 16 games, 8-8) Massimiliano Oldoini (last 10 games, 2-8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189337-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lega Basket Serie A, Regular Season 2006/07\nTeams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Benetton has been penalized 12 points for signing 19 professional players instead of maximum allowed 18. TDshop.it has been penalized 2 points for budgetary irregularities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189338-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leicester City F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189338-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary\nAnother poor season saw Leicester struggle near the foot of the Championship table. Manager Rob Kelly was sacked after a 3\u20130 defeat at Plymouth Argyle and replaced by former Norwich City boss Nigel Worthington, who steered the Foxes to safety. Worthington expressed an interest in becoming permanent manager, but instead the club appointed Milton Keynes Dons manager Martin Allen as manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189338-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leicester City F.C. season, Kit\nLeicester retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by British company JJB Sports and sponsored by Narborough-based bank Alliance & Leicester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 39], "content_span": [40, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189338-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189338-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189339-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leinster Rugby season\nThe 2006\u201307 Leinster Rugby season was Leinster's sixth competing in the Celtic League alongside which they competed in the 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup. The season ended without silverware as the team finished third in the Celtic League and were eliminated at the quarter final stage of the Heineken Cup. The 2006-07 season was the last in which home Celtic League games were played in Donnybrook (future ties have been played at the larger RDS Arena).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189339-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leinster Rugby season, Match Attendance\nLeinster average Celtic League attendance was 12,796 (boosted heavily by two games held at Lansdowne Road).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189339-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Leinster Rugby season, Match Attendance\nLeinster's tie against Ulster Rugby set a Celtic League record with a sell out attendance of 48,000 at the last ever game at Lansdowne Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189340-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Libyan Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Libyan Premier League was the 39th edition of The Libyan Premier League, the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189340-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Libyan Premier League, Competition\nThere were 14 clubs in the League for this season. During the course of the season each club plays each other home and away, for a total of 26 games. However, after Al Charara had all of its matches canceled by the LFF, all teams played 24 games. At the end of season, the lowest two placed teams were automatically relegated to the Libyan Second Division, with the winner of the LSD automatically taking its place. However, because of the troubles of Al Charara, three clubs were promoted from the Second Division for 2007/2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189341-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liechtenstein Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Liechtenstein Cup was the sixty-second season of Liechtenstein's annual cup competition. Seven clubs competed with a total of sixteen teams for one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Defending champions were FC Vaduz, who have won the cup continuously since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189342-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga ABF\nThe Liga ABF 2006\u201307 was the 50th season of women's handball top flight in Spain since its establishment running from 16 September 2006 to 20 May 2007. Fourteen teams took part in the competition, including newly promoted teams CB Perdoma and AD Sagard\u00eda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189342-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga ABF\nDefending champion CB Amadeo Tortajada won its second title with a two points advantage over runner-up BM Sagunto, which also qualified for the Champions League. CBF Elda, SD Itxako and BM Bera Bera followed in European positions like in the previous season, while AH Lleidatana and CB Perdoma were relegated as the two bottom teams. 6th-placed Cleba Le\u00f3n was invited to take part in the EHF Cup but refused for financial reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189343-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Alef\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Bnei Jadeidi (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Maxim Lod (champions of the South Division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Artzit. However as Hapoel Maxim Lod folded during the following summer, eventually second placed Hapoel Kfar Shalem was promoted instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189343-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Alef\nAt the bottom, the bottom two clubs in each division, Hapoel Reineh, Maccabi Sektzia Ma'alot-Tarshiha (from North division), A.S. Ramat Eliyahu and Hapoel Arad (from South division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Bet, whilst the two clubs which were ranked in 12th place in each division, Hapoel Kafr Sumei and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon entered a promotion/relegation play-offs, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon prevailing to stay in Liga Alef, while Hapoel Kafr Sumei were relegated after losing the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189343-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off\nThe 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Kafr Sumei, faced the Liga Bet North A and Liga Bet North B runners-up, Ahva Arraba and Ironi Tiberias. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches played at a neutral venue, Green Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189343-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, North play-off\nIroni Tiberias won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189343-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off\nThe 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, faced the Liga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Beitar Kfar Saba and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189343-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Alef, Relegation play-offs, South play-off\nHapoel Tzafririm Holon won the play-offs to retain its place in Liga Alef. Since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded during the summer break, Beitar Kfar Saba was promoted as well, as they had better winning percentage of the two Liga Bet south divisions runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 55], "content_span": [56, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189344-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Artzit\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Ramat Gan win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit alongside runners-up Ironi Rishon LeZion. Hapoel Herzliya and Maccabi Be'er Sheva were relegated to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Bet season saw Beitar Ihud Mashhad (champions of the North A division), Ironi Sayid Umm al-Fahm (champions of the North B division), Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona (champions of the South A division) and Maccabi Ironi Netivot (champions of the South B division) winning the title and promotion to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet\nThe runners-up in each division entered a promotion/relegation play-offs with the clubs ranked 12th in Liga Alef. In the north section, Ironi Tiberias (from North B division) won the play-offs and was promoted. In the south section, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon from Liga Alef won over both runners-up and remained in Liga Alef. However, since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded over the summer, South A division runner-up, Beitar Kfar Saba was also promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet\nAt the bottom, Hapoel Kisra, Hapoel Deir Hanna (from North A division), Hapoel Kiryat Ono, Hapoel Ihud Bnei Jaffa (from South A division), Maccabi Kiryat Ekron and Hapoel Bnei Lakhish (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel. In North B division, Hapoel Tel Hanan and Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel were both had their activity suspended during the season and were demoted to Liga Gimel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet, North B Division\nDuring the season, Hapoel Tel Hanan and Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel failed to show to fixtures and were punished with suspension of activity, their record was annulled and the clubs were demoted to Liga Gimel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, North play-off\nLiga Bet North A and North B runners-up, Ahva Arraba and Ironi Tiberias faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef North, Hapoel Kafr Sumei. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Green Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, North play-off\nIroni Tiberias won the play-offs and was promoted to Liga Alef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, South play-off\nLiga Bet South A and Liga Bet South B runners-up, Beitar Kfar Saba and Hapoel Masos/Segev Shalom faced the 12th placed club in Liga Alef South, Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. The teams played each other in a round-robin tournament, with all matches held at a neutral venue, Bat Yam Municipal Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189345-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Bet, Promotion play-offs, South play-off\nHapoel Tzafririm Holon won the play-offs to retain its place in Liga Alef. Since Hapoel Maxim Lod folded during the summer break, Beitar Kfar Saba was promoted as well, as they had better winning percentage of the two Liga Bet south divisions' runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189346-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Gimel\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Gimel season saw 84 clubs competing in 6 regional divisions for promotion to Liga Bet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189346-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Gimel, Jezreel Division, Promotion play-offs\nAs Maccabi Beit She'an and Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot finished level on points and matches won, the two clubs met in a playoff match to determine the league winner and promoted club to Liga Bet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189346-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Gimel, Jezreel Division, Promotion play-offs\nMaccabi Beit She'an promoted to Liga Bet. During the summer, as Hapoel Reineh folded, Hapoel Kvalim Mesilot was promoted as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189347-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189347-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I, Teams\nEighteen teams played in the 2006\u201307 season. Four teams were from Moldova, four clubs from Transylvania, one from Dobruja and nine from Wallachia four of them coming from the country's capital city Bucharest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189347-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I, Teams\nPandurii T\u00e2rgu Jiu had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studen\u0163esc which has been relegated to Liga II due to financial problems. They relegated together with FC Bac\u0103u, who finished 16th last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189347-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I, Teams\nThe other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahl\u0103ul Piatra Neam\u0163 and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of Liga II), plus Unirea Urziceni (winning the playoff for Liga I) and UTA Arad which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189347-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I, Champion squad\nGoalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobon\u021b (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs (1 / 0). Defenders: George Blay (31 / 0); Silviu B\u0103lace (9 / 0); Eugen Cr\u0103ciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihu\u021b (5 / 0); Cosmin Mo\u021bi (29 / 1); Nicolae Mu\u0219at (2 / 0); Cosmin Pa\u0219covici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); \u0218tefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); M\u0101ris Smirnovs (1 / 0).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189347-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I, Champion squad\nMidfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc (1 / 0); Andrei M\u0103rg\u0103ritescu (31 / 1); C\u0103t\u0103lin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Ni\u021bu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stani\u0107 (1 / 0); Dennis \u0218erban (7 / 2); Iulian Tame\u0219 (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjkovi\u0107 (9 / 0); Z\u00e9 Kalanga (21 / 2). Forwards: Ionel D\u0103nciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189348-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga I (women's football)\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Liga I Feminin was the 17th season of Romania's premier women's football league. Clujana won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga II was the 67th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The name of the leagues in Romania was changed started with this season. (Divizia A was renamed as Liga I, Divizia B as Liga II, Divizia C as Liga III, Divizia D as Liga IV).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II\nThe format has been changed from three series of 16 teams to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. The top two teams from each series were promoted at the end of the season to the Liga I, while the bottom four were relegated to the Liga III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nOltchim R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea refused to promote in the Liga II, due to financial reasons, instead of them Apulum Alba Iulia was spared from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nTractorul Bra\u0219ov promoted to Liga II, but sold its place to Politehnica II Timi\u0219oara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nPolitehnica II Ia\u0219i promoted to Liga II, but sold its place to Prefab Modelu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nSportul Studen\u021besc Bucure\u0219ti was relegated from Divizia A due to financial reasons, Pandurii T\u00e2rgu Jiu was spared from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nGloria II Bistri\u021ba withdrew from Liga II before the start of the season, instead of them Unirea Dej was spared from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nAltay Medgidia withdrew from Liga II before the start of the season, instead of them FCM T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te was spared from relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189349-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga II, Team changes, Note (**)\nLiberty Salonta sold its Liga I place to UTA Arad, club that initially relegated to Liga III. As a result, UTA Arad played in the 2006\u201307 Liga I and Liberty Salonta in the 2006\u201307 Liga III. The two clubs basically changed their places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189350-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga III\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga III season was the 51st season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 teams each).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189350-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga III\nThe winners of each division got promoted to the 2007\u201308 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutral venues involving the second placed teams, one with those from series 1, 2 and 3, the other with those from series 4, 5, and 6. The winners of the playoffs also got promoted to the 2007\u201308 Liga II season. The bottom three from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the county football leagues (Liga IV). From the 15th placed teams, another three were relegated. To determine these teams, separate standings were computed, using only the games played against clubs ranked 1st through 14th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189351-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga IV\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga IV was the 65th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off match played on a neutral venue. The winners of the play-off matches promoted to Divizia C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189351-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga IV, 2006\u20132007 Promotion Play-Off\nThe matches was scheduled to be played on 16 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189352-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Leumit\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Leumit season began on 25 August 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007. Ironi Kiryat Shmona won the title and were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history. Runners-up Bnei Sakhnin were also promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189352-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Leumit\nHapoel Ashkelon (who reached the State Cup final) and Hapoel Jerusalem were relegated to Liga Artzit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189353-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season\nThe 2006\u201307 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the 33rd season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Six teams participated in the league, and CG Puigcerda won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189354-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga de Honra\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga de Honra season was the 17th season of the competition and the 73rd season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189354-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga de Honra, Promoted and relegated teams\nThese teams were relegated from the Liga betandwin.com at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189354-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liga de Honra, Promoted and relegated teams\nThese teams were promoted from the Second Division at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189355-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligat Nashim\nThe 2006\u201307 Ligat Nashim was the ninth season of women's league football under the Israeli Football Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189355-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligat Nashim\nThe league was won by Maccabi Holon, its fourth consecutive title. By winning, Maccabi Holon qualified to 2007\u201308 UEFA Women's Cup. The second division was won by Ironi Bat Yam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189356-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue 1\nThe 2006\u201307 Ligue 1 season is the 69th since its establishment, and started in August 2006 and ended on May 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won their sixth consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189356-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue 1, Participating teams\nLyon were the reigning champions of France for the sixth time running. Following a defeat for their nearest challengers, Lyon won the league with six games to play, on 21 April, becoming the first team in the so-called \"Big Five\" European leagues to win six consecutive championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189356-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue 1, League standings\nPromoted from Ligue 2, who will play in the 2007\u201308 Ligue 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189356-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue 1, All-League first team\nRichert (Sochaux)Sagna (Auxerre) \u2013 Cris (Lyon) \u2013 Hilton (Lens) \u2013 Abidal (Lyon)Se. Keita (Lens) \u2013 Nasri (Marseille) \u2013 F.Malouda (Lyon)A.Keita (Lille) \u2013 Elmander (Toulouse) \u2013 Savidan (Valenciennes)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189356-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue 1, Award of the Year\nGoal of the Year\u00a0: Ilan (Saint-\u00c9tienne) for his goal against PSG", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189357-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue 2\nThe Ligue 2 season 2006/2007, organised by the LFP was won by FC Metz and saw the promotions of FC Metz, SM Caen and RC Strasbourg, whereas FC Nantes Atlantique, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC were relegated from Ligue 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189358-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue Inter-R\u00e9gions de football\nA total of 47 teams contested the division, which was divided into three league tables west, center and east, including 41 sides remaining in the division from the previous season, three relegated from the Algerian Championnat National 2, and three promoted from the Regional League I (4th Division).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189359-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ligue Magnus season\nThe 2006\u201307 Ligue Magnus season was the 86th season of the Ligue Magnus, the top level of ice hockey in France. 14 teams participated in the league, and Br\u00fbleurs de Loups de Grenoble won their fifth league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189360-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lille OSC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 62nd season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189360-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lille OSC season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189360-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lille OSC season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189361-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Lithuanian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Lithuanian Hockey League season was the 16th season of the Lithuanian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Lithuania. Four teams participated in the league, and SC Energija won the championship. SC Energija received a bye until the finals, as they played in the Latvian Hockey League. Maximum Vilnius qualified for the final round (Group A) by virtue of winning Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 115th season in Liverpool Football Club's existence and was their 45th consecutive year in the top-flight, and covers the period between 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Having finished third the previous season, Liverpool had qualified for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Players, Reserves\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, August\nLiverpool began the season in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, beating Israel's Maccabi Haifa on a 3\u20132 aggregate score, in a 2\u20131 win at Anfield. The season started well for Craig Bellamy, a new signing from Blackburn Rovers, and Mark Gonz\u00e1lez, who returned from a loan spell at Real Sociedad: both made their debuts against Haifa, and both scored. Peter Crouch helped finish the operation in Kiev (the match was not played in Haifa due to security concerns). Liverpool also won the Community Shield as goals from Crouch and John Arne Riise helped them beat Chelsea 2\u20131 at the Millennium Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, August\nLiverpool's Premier League campaign began with a 1\u20131 draw at Bramall Lane against newly promoted Sheffield United. Their first league win of the season came at home against West Ham United, a 2\u20131 win secured by goals from Crouch and Daniel Agger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, September\nLiverpool lost the Merseyside derby 3\u20130 at Goodison Park when Everton's Tim Cahill and Andrew Johnson scored once and twice respectively. In the opening match of the group stage of the Champions League the Reds drew 0\u20130 with PSV in Eindhoven. This was followed by a 1\u20130 loss away to Chelsea and two home wins against Newcastle United (2\u20130) and Tottenham Hotspur (3\u20130). The Newcastle game was especially notable for a long-range goal scored by Xabi Alonso from inside the Liverpool half. They also beat Galatasaray 3\u20132 at Anfield. Their last game of September ended in a 2\u20130 defeat away to Bolton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, October\nLiverpool's next league match was a 1\u20131 home draw with Blackburn Rovers, a game where Craig Bellamy scored his first league goal for the club against his previous team. In the Champions League Liverpool beat Bordeaux 1\u20130 in France but lost a crucial derby match against Manchester United 2\u20130 at Old Trafford just four days later. after. They then faced Bordeaux at Anfield, a match they won 3\u20130 thanks to Luis Garc\u00eda (2) and Steven Gerrard, the captain's first goal of the season. They also progressed in the League Cup after a 4\u20133 win over Reading, and beat Aston Villa 3\u20131 in the league, ending the away side's run of nine unbeaten matches from the beginning of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, November\nNovember started well with a 2\u20130 win over Reading in the Premier League and a League Cup victory (1\u20130) against Birmingham City. They beat PSV 2\u20130 in the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, December\nLiverpool started December with a 4\u20130 win against Wigan Athletic, their first away victory of the campaign. They achieved a second consecutive Premier League 4\u20130 against Fulham after a disappointing 3\u20132 defeat by Galatasaray in the Champions League. This was followed by two further wins with Charlton Athletic, beaten 3\u20130 at The Valley, and Watford, defeated 2\u20130 at Anfield. However, Liverpool lost their next match 1\u20130 away to Blackburn Rovers before ending the year with a 1\u20130 win at Tottenham Hotspur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, January\nIn the first week of January, Liverpool faced Arsenal twice, both at Anfield, once in the FA Cup and once in the League Cup. Both times, the Gunners came away with victory, 3\u20131 and 6\u20133 respectively. However, Liverpool beat both Bolton Wanderers and Watford 3\u20130 either side of the Arsenal games. They also beat Chelsea 2\u20130 at Anfield on Petr \u010cech's first match back after his horrific head injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, February\nLiverpool drew 0\u20130 in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. They knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League in the round of 16 on away goals after Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise put two past V\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s at the Camp Nou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, March\nIn between the Bar\u00e7a games, Liverpool beat Sheffield United 4\u20130, with Robbie Fowler scoring twice from the penalty spot, which proved to be his last goals for the club. However, they lost 1\u20130 to local rivals Manchester United courtesy to an injury time winner by United substitute John O'Shea. Liverpool then drew 0\u20130 with Aston Villa at Villa Park, before beating Arsenal 4\u20131 at Anfield, Peter Crouch scoring a hat trick with Daniel Agger scoring the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, April\nLiverpool comfortably put PSV out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals, winning 4\u20130 on aggregate. A 3\u20130 victory in Eindhoven was followed by a 1\u20130 win in the return leg at Anfield. In between the two matches they travelled to Reading, a game which they won 2\u20131. The next three league games yielded a 0\u20130 draw away to Manchester City and two home wins against Middlesbrough and Wigan Athletic, both games ending 2\u20130. They lost 1\u20130 to Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final after a goal by Joe Cole. Ahead of the second leg against the London side, a much-changed Liverpool team lost 2\u20131 away to Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189362-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Liverpool F.C. season, Season summary, May\nLiverpool reached their second Champions League final in three years after beating Chelsea on penalties following a 1\u20130 win at Anfield. In the final, they faced AC Milan, their 2005 adversaries; Milan exacted their revenge, winning 2\u20131 with two goals from Filippo Inzaghi. Dirk Kuyt replied for the Reds but it was not enough to stop Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189363-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Livingston F.C. season\nSeason 2006-07 saw Livingston compete in the First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189363-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Livingston F.C. season, Summary\nLivingston finished 6th in their first season back in the Scottish First Division having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189364-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Logan Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Logan Cup was a first-class cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 12 April 2007 \u2013 13 May 2007. It was won by Easterns, who remained unbeaten in their five matches to top the table with 44 points. Following the cancellation of the 2005\u201306 competition, Zimbabwe Cricket reformatted the Logan Cup, including the addition of a Kenya Select side. However, the tournament received considerable negative publicity due to very poor organization: firstly, no fixture list was published, and, later scorecards and statistics were unavailable, prompting concern that the matches could lose their first-class status since the International Cricket Council (ICC) had not been given the appropriate information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189364-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Logan Cup\nIt was suggested by Steven Price, writing for Cricinfo, that the tournament was nothing more than an exercise in \"ticking the boxes\" for Zimbabwe Cricket. Given the competition was played almost entirely out of the public eye, with no advertising and very little support, Price put forward the view that the competition was played primarily to meet the ICC's criteria for Zimbabwe's return to Test cricket; specifically, \"that they had a fully functioning domestic programme\". By contrast, Cricket Kenya, who had entered a representative side into the competition, provided the majority of information to the statisticians and general public on an almost daily basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189365-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Clippers season\nThe 2006-07 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 37th season in the NBA and their 23rd in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season\nThe 2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. This season marked the beginning of a rebuilding phase, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, the former general manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi, as their new GM, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as assistant GM (and GM of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first-round draft pick (Trevor Lewis), from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season\nBut the biggest move of the off-season for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006. He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a two-year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and goals against average (GAA) amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season\nInjuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history. On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000\u201301 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season\nOn January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's number 20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season\nThe Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season, Playoffs\nThe Kings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fourth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189366-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions\nThe Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 59th in the NBA and 61st overall. The season ended with the Lakers being eliminated in five games in a rematch against the Phoenix Suns from the 2006 playoffs in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season\nThe Lakers finished in second place in the Pacific Division, 7th seed in the playoffs. Ultimately, even though team captain Kobe Bryant was the leading NBA scorer with 31.6 PPG, the Lakers were defeated in five games by the Suns. This was the second consecutive season where the Lakers had their season ended by the Suns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Draft picks\nIn the NBA draft, the Lakers, as expected, chose young talent. In the draft, the Lakers selected Jordan Farmar, the PG for UCLA with 26th pick. Los Angeles also traded their 51st pick (Cheick Samb) to the Detroit Pistons for SF Maurice Evans. The Lakers also had a trade with the Dallas Mavericks, trading away a future second round pick for J. R. Pinnock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster, Injuries and surgeries\nBesides the signings, L.A.'s most notable move was the injury bug. Kobe Bryant, the reigning scoring champion had successful surgery on his knee and would decline playing for Team USA at the 2006 World Championship, where they finished 3rd, with bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Roster, Injuries and surgeries\nCenter Chris Mihm, who was the starting big man before having an ankle injury, also underwent successful surgery and was not expected to play at all in the upcoming season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, The beginning success\nThe Lakers started their season opener hosting the Phoenix Suns, the team who knocked them out of the playoffs. Kobe Bryant was out, allowing Maurice Evans to play in his place. Centers Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm were out on injury, forcing Bynum in their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, The beginning success\nEven with two of their starters out on injuries, it didn't seem to affect the team, as Odom led the team until Bryant recovered. The next night at Oracle Arena against the Golden State Warriors, Odom had stats, almost recording his first triple-double of the season, 22 points with nine rebounds and nine assists. Ronny Turiaf, known for his sideline celebrations, had career-highs in almost every category, including 23 points and nine rebounds for a 110-98 win. Bryant also sat this out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, Going downhill\nBy March, the Lakers were in disarray. Radmanovi\u0107 was fined $500,000 for lying to the organization about his injury, Walton, Brown and Odom were playing on injuries, and despite some 40-point games, Bryant was unable to stop the Lakers fall. Coach Jackson suffered his first seven-game losing streak of his career in result. It seemed impossible for the Lakers to make the playoffs. Bryant decided to step his game up even further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, Going downhill\nIn the March 16th game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Bryant recorded his second-highest outbreak of his career with 65 points, single-handedly winning the game after being down by 12 with four minutes in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, Going downhill\nHe continued by getting 50, 60, and another 50 in games against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets respectively. By doing so, Bryant recorded the second-longest streak of scoring 50+ points in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain. Two days after his game against New Orleans, Kobe ended his streak in a game against the Golden State Warriors in Los Angeles with 43 points. Bryant's high scoring month continued. He scored 53 in an overtime loss against the Houston Rockets two games later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, Going downhill\nBut Bryant's scoring binge, which led to the team's five-game winning streak, was followed by the aforementioned seven-game losing streak. Throughout the season, the Lakers were 14-6 in games where Bryant scored 40+ points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Transactions\nIn their most notable move, L.A. signed three-point specialist PF Vladimir Radmanovi\u0107 to a five year/$31 million contract from cross-town rivals Clippers. Addressing the need for veterans, they also signed PG Shammond Williams for a one-year, $5 million deal. To make ties with existing players, L.A. signed Brian Cook to a 3-year extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Transactions\nDevean George, who won three titles with the Lakers in the early 2000s declined FA and signed with the Mavericks, leaving Bryant the remaining player from the glory days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189367-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Los Angeles Lakers season, Transactions\nMost of the signings the Lakers did was sign and cut/trade. Pinnock, Mamadou N'diaye, Marcus Douthit and Devin Green were all cut before the season started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189368-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Rick Pitino and the team finished the season with an overall record of 24\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189369-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luge World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Luge World Cup was a multi race series over a season for luge. The season started on 18 November 2006 and ended on 18 February 2007. The World Cup is organised by the FIL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189370-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luton Town F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Luton Town competed in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189370-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luton Town F.C. season, Season summary\nA successful start to the season saw Luton fifth after thirteen games, sparking hopes that Luton could challenge for a return to the top flight. However, defender Sol Davis suffered a stroke on the team bus on the way to play Ipswich Town. The event clearly shook the Luton side, who lost 5\u20130 at Portman Road. Six straight losses after the match at Ipswich dragged Luton down to 20th, and by the end of February, Luton, by now a shadow of the side that had won promotion to the Championship only two years before, were hovering perilously close to the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189370-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luton Town F.C. season, Season summary\nNewell was sacked on 15 March 2007, and two directors, Martin King and Liam Day, resigned from the board as a result. Brian Stein lasted just one game as caretaker boss before Kevin Blackwell was announced as Luton's new manager. 11 April saw chairman Bill Tomlins resign his position following an investigation by the Football Association into irregular payments made by the Football Club's parent company, and confirm that illegal payments had been made to incoming players' agents. David Pinkney was confirmed as new chairman two days later, also acquiring a controlling interest in the club's holding company. Luton's relegation was confirmed a week later in a 1\u20130 defeat away to Derby County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189370-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luton Town F.C. season, Kit\nDiadora became Luton's new kit manufacturers after the club chose not to extend the previous deal with Xara. Electrolux became the new kit sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 35], "content_span": [36, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189370-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luton Town F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189370-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luton Town F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189371-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg Cup (ice hockey)\nThe 2006\u201307 Luxembourg Cup was the 11th playing of the Luxembourg Cup ice hockey tournament. Four teams participated in the tournament, which was won by Tornado Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189372-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division was the 93rd season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 5 August 2006 to 30 May 2007. F91 Dudelange continued their domination of the National Division by winning their third league title in a row; Dudelange also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189372-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division, Teams\nThe National Division was expanded from the 2005\u201306 season's complement of twelve teams to fourteen. Those fourteen clubs were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189372-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division, Format\nUnlike in previous seasons, when a more complicated system was used, the 2006\u201307 season involved only a round-robin among the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189372-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division, European qualification\nLuxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, for the league champions; it was also assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, for the runners-up and the Luxembourg Cup winners. However, as F91 Dudelange won both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup (as they had in 2005-06), the UEFA Cup spot for the Luxembourg Cup winners went to the losing finalists, UN K\u00e4erjeng 97.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189372-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division, Pre-season predictions\nAt the beginning of the season, F91 Dudelange were widely predicted to successfully defend their title. Dudelange strengthened their first-team squad by signing Thierry Joly and Alexandre Lecomte, whilst also holding on to most of their existing players. By comparison, Jeunesse Esch and Etzella Ettelbruck, Dudelange's closest challengers in 2005-06, have lost key players; Jeunesse captain Manuel Cardoni became player-manager of US Rumelange, whilst Etzella lost Patrick Grettnich to retirement, and both Luc Mischo and Marc Reuter to Racing FC Union Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189372-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Luxembourg National Division, Relegation play-off\nAs a result of their victory, FC Victoria Rosport remained in the National Division for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189373-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macclesfield Town F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw Macclesfield Town compete in Football League Two where they finished in 22nd position with 48 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189374-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian First Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Macedonian First League was the 15th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 6 August 2006 and the last on 27 May 2007. Rabotnichki were the defending champions, having won their second title. The 2006-07 champions were Pobeda who had won their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189374-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian First Football League, Results\nEvery team will play three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays will consist of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189375-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian Football Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Macedonian Football Cup was the 15th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. FK Makedonija Gjorche Petrov were the defending champions, having won their first title. The 2006\u201307 champions were FK Vardar who won their fifth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189375-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian Football Cup, Second round\nThe draw was held on 18 August 2006 in Skopje. The first legs were played on 20 September and second were played on 18 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189375-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian Football Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe draw was held on 20 October 2006 in Skopje. The first legs were played on 1 November and second were played on 29 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189375-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian Football Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw was held on 5 December 2006 in Skopje. The first legs were played on 11 April and the second on 2 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189376-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian Second Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Macedonian Second Football League was the fifteenth season since its establishment. It began on 5 August 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189376-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Macedonian Second Football League, Relegation playoff\nNote: After the play-off chaos, the Football Federation of Macedonia was decided that no teams were relegated from the Second League and the all 5 winners from the Third League were promoted. In addition, the FFM was decided will be played an additional play-off match between the two second placed team from the Northern group of the Third League, Lokomotiva and the second placed from the Southwestern group Korabi and the winner Lokomotiva was promoted to the Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189377-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Magyar Kupa\nThe 2006-07 Hungarian Cup (Hungarian: Magyar Kupa) had involved professional teams at all levels throughout the country. The winner of the Hungarian Cup is guaranteed no worse than one of Hungary's two spots in the UEFA Cup. In 2007, Honv\u00e9d Budapest won the competition by beating NB I champions VSC Debrecen in the final on May 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189377-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Magyar Kupa, Third round\nTeams participating in the third round came from the NB I., NB II., NB III., and county (megye) levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189377-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Magyar Kupa, Fourth round\nThe winners continued on to the fifth round. Of note was second division team Gyirm\u00f3t SE defeating reigning Hungarian Cup champion Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1r.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189377-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Magyar Kupa, Fifth round\nThe first legs were played on November 8, 2006, with the second legs onNovember 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189377-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Magyar Kupa, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on March 21, 2007, while the second legs were played on April 4. Of note is \u00dajpest FC vs. Debrecen, a rematch from the 2005\u201306 Hungarian Cup Quarter Finals, where Debrecen beat \u00dajpest 3-0, agg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189378-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Major Indoor Soccer League season, League Standings, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 76], "content_span": [77, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189379-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Premier (English: 2006\u201307 Premier League), also known as the TM Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189379-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Premier League\nThe season was held from 22 December 2006 and concluded in 21 July 2007. A total of 11 clubs compete in a single group format for the promotion to expanded 2007\u201308 Liga Super season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189379-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Premier League\nThe Liga Premier champions for 2006\u201307 was PDRM. The club were promoted to 2007\u201308 Liga Super along with runners-up UPB-MyTeam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189380-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Super League\nThe 2006\u201307 Liga Super (English: 2006\u201307 Super League) also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the fourth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189380-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Super League\nThe season was held from 16 December 2006 and concluded on 4 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189380-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Super League\nThe FAM has decided to expand the league from eight teams to 14 in total, however, only 13 clubs compete at the start of the season after MPPJ pulled from the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189380-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Super League\nThe highest scoring game was between Malacca and Perak where Perak defeat Malacca by 9\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189380-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Super League\nPerak's Keita Mandjou and DPMM's Mohd Shahrazen Said were joint-top scorer with 21 goals each. Kedah's Marlon Alex James was in third place with 20 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189380-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Malaysia Super League, League table\nThe final league table after the final matches of the season on 4 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189381-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese First Division\nThe Maltese First Division 2006\u201307 (known as BOV First Division 2006-07 due to sponsorship reasons) started on September 3 and finished on May 13. Mosta F.C. and Hamrun Spartans were the teams which were relegated from the 2005\u201306 Maltese Premier League. Qormi and Vittoriosa Stars were the promoted teams from 2005\u201306 Maltese Second Division. Hamrun Spartans finished as champions and returned to the Premier League, having just been relegated. Mqabba were also promoted as runners-up. San Gwann and Naxxar Lions were relegated to the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189381-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese First Division, Teams\nThe Maltese First Division 2006\u201307 was made up of these teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189382-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese First Division knock-out\nThe Maltese First Division knock-out 2006\u201307 (known as EuroSport First Division knock-out 2006-07 due to sponsorship reasons) was a knock-out competition for Maltese football clubs from the First Division. The winners were Tarxien and the runner-up were Mosta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189382-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese First Division knock-out\nThe competition began on 18 November 2006 and ended on 24 May 2007 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189382-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese First Division knock-out\nThe competition began with the preliminary round. Four teams played in the preliminary round. The two winners from the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals with the rest of the teams of the First Division. The four winners of the quarterfinals, which were Mosta, Senglea, St.Patrick and Tarxien advanced to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189383-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League (known as the BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 92nd season of top-level league football in Malta. Marsaxlokk won the title while St. George's and Marsa were relegated to the Maltese First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189383-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League, Teams\nThe following teams were promoted from the First Division at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189383-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League, Teams\nFrom the previous Premier League season, the following teams were relegated to the First Division:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189383-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League, Second round, Championship Pool\nThe teams placed in the first six positions in the league table qualified for the Championship Pool, and the points obtained during the first round were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second round. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second round: Marsaxlokk 23 points, Sliema Wanderers 17, Valletta 17, Msida Saint-Joseph 17, Birkirkara 15 and Hibernians 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189383-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Premier League, Second round, Relegation Pool\nThe teams which finished in the last four league positions were placed in the Relegation Pool and at the end of the round the two lowest-placed teams were relegated to the First Division. The points obtained during the first round were halved (and rounded up) before the start of second round. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the second round: Floriana 12 points, St. George's 6, Piet\u00e0 Hotspurs 5, Marsa 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189384-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Second Division\nThe Maltese Second Division 2006-07 (known as BOV Second Division 2006-07 due to sponsorship reasons) started on 23 September 2006 and ended on 6 May 2007. Lija Athletic and St.Andrews were the relegated teams. The promoted teams were Birzebbuga St.Peters, Santa Venera Lightning and Rabat Ajax. Dingli Swallows finished the league as champions. Therefore, they were promoted to 2007\u201308 Maltese First Division. They were joined with Mellieha who finished as runner-up. Gudja United and Gozo FC were relegated to 2007\u201308 Maltese Third Division. Zebbug Rangers were also relegated as they lost the relegation-playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189385-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Second and Third Division Knock-Out\nThe 2006\u201307 Second and Third Division Knock-Out (known as quick Keno Second and Third Division Knock-Out for sponsorship reasons) was a knockout tournament for Maltese football clubs playing in the Second and Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189385-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Second and Third Division Knock-Out\nThe 30 participating teams were divided into eight groups, six having four teams each and the remaining two having three. The winning team from each group progressed to a direct elimination round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189386-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Third Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Maltese Third Division (referred to as the BOV Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the league season of the Maltese Third Division which spanned from 24 September 2006 until 7 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189386-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maltese Third Division, Teams\nA total of 19 teams participated in the 2006\u201307 Third Division. Mdina Knights made their league debut after they were founded in 2006, while Qrendi rejoined the Maltese football league system after a nine-year absence following their last appearance in the 1996\u201397 Second Division season. At the end of the season, a series of promotion-relegation play-off matches are contested by the teams finishing between third and fifth place in the Third Division and the tenth-placed team in the Second Division; the winner, acquires promotion to the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Manchester City Football Club's fifth consecutive season playing in the FA Premier League, the top division of English football, and its tenth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 115th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nThe 2006\u201307 season proved tough for club which skirmished with relegation from the Premier League and ended up finishing in 14th position. The club were again eliminated from the League Cup by a League One team, this time by Chesterfield early on in the season. Ben Thatcher's elbow challenge on Pedro Mendes whilst playing Portsmouth shocked many \u2013 a challenge which prompted City to take unprecedented action and banned Thatcher for six matches by the club and a six weeks fine. Pearce called the challenge \"indefensible\" and the Football Association banned Thatcher for a further eight matches. The side also scored just ten goals at home in the league, and none after New Years Day in 2007, a record low in top-flight English football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Season review\nIn December 2006, the club issued a statement regarding a possible takeover, and on 21 June, the Manchester City board accepted an \u00a381.6\u00a0million offer for the club from Thaksin Shinawatra. One of his first moves was to schedule a press conference to announce former-England manager Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson as his new manager \u2013 Eriksson's first job since leaving international duty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Team kit\nFor this season, the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Historical league performance\nPrior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart \u2013 which commences with the last season (1991\u201392) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Friendly games\nThis season not all of the team's friendly games were played during the preparatory run-in to the official start of the new league campaign, with a couple of friendly games taking place during the course of the active season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Friendly games\nThe first of these games was perhaps just a \"belated pre-season friendly\" that was played with the season still only nine days old, while the other one against Blackpool in February was more of a mutually arranged scrimmage behind closed doors, with one of its intended purposes being to provide a \"friendly competitive\" tryout for the 28-year-old Belgian international striker, \u00c9mile Mpenza, who at the time the Manchester club was considering signing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0005-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Friendly games\nThis impromptu scrimmage served as a key part of Mpenza's brief trial with City and saw him perform well enough, with his scoring of the second goal in the 3\u20130 win, that he was subsequently signed by City two days later (his unattached free agent status permitting him to be signed outside of the January transfer window). The extemporaneous Valentine's Day friendly also gave some City players in need of match fitness, such as Didi Hamann and Stephen Jordan, a chance to get a full 90 minutes of play under their belts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitive games, Premier League, Results summary\nLast updated: 13 May 2007 (end of season). Source: Premier League results 2006\u201307", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 87], "content_span": [88, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitive games, Premier League, Points breakdown\nPoints against \"Big Four\" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Competitive games, Premier League, Biggest & smallest\nBiggest home wins: 3\u20131 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 000000000000000002\u20130 vs. West Ham United, 23 September 2006 Biggest home defeat: 0\u20133 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 20 January 2007 Biggest away wins: 1\u20133 vs. Aston Villa, 29 November 2006 & vs. Fulham, 9 April 2007 0000000000000000 0\u20132 vs. Middlesbrough, 17 March 2007 Biggest away defeat: 4\u20130 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006 Biggest home attendance: 47,244 vs. Manchester United, 5 May 2007 Smallest home attendance: 35,776 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 Biggest away attendance: 75,858 vs. Manchester United, 9 December 2006 Smallest away attendance: 16,235 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 90], "content_span": [91, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189387-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester City F.C. season, Goal scorers, FA Cup\nInformation current as of 13 May 2007 (end of season)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189388-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester Phoenix season, Roster\n2\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hecl\u00a0\u20226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Basiuk\u00a0\u202210\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vychodil\u00a0\u202222\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Radmall\u00a0\u202264\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mangos\u00a0\u2022", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189388-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester Phoenix season, Roster\n9\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hand\u00a0\u202212\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gomez\u00a0\u202215\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Molin\u00a0\u202216\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Watson\u00a0\u202216\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Clouthier\u00a0\u202218\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Battaglia\u00a0\u202218\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pa\u0159ez\u00a0\u202221\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rich\u00a0\u202229\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Walker\u00a0\u202237\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Campbell\u00a0\u202239\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Miller\u00a0\u202249\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Timmons\u00a0\u2022", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189388-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester Phoenix season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Total Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Manchester United's 15th season in the Premier League, and their 32nd consecutive season in the top division of English football. United enjoyed a much more successful season than the previous three seasons, winning the Premier League by a six-point margin over Chelsea. They also reached the final of the FA Cup and the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, losing to Chelsea and Milan respectively. However, for all their success in the major competitions, the club was unable to defend the League Cup title they had won in 2005\u201306, losing to Southend United in the Fourth Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season\nManchester United were not only dominant on a team level in 2006\u201307, but also on an individual level, with eight United players earning spots in the PFA Team of the Year, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo picking up no less than eight individual awards for his performances over the season and Sir Alex Ferguson winning the Premier League's Manager of the Season award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season also marked the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' first foray into European competition. The event was marked by a charity football match, organised in collaboration with UEFA, who were commemorating 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, against a team of the best players from Europe's top clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nUnited began their pre-season in July 2006 with the Vodacom Challenge in South Africa, their first time in the country for 13 years. The tournament involved matches against South Africa's top two teams, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, followed by a further match against the winner of a play-off between the two host sides. The Red Devils started well, beating Orlando Pirates 4\u20130 in their first game, but almost came unstuck against Kaizer Chiefs, requiring an 83rd-minute goal from Dong Fangzhuo to secure the 1\u20130 win. Kaizer Chiefs then beat Orlando Pirates in the play-off, and managed to hold a relatively sub-par United side to a 0\u20130 draw before beating them 4\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe team then took their pre-season back to Britain, beating Celtic 3\u20130 at Parkhead. This was followed by a 2\u20131 defeat to Preston North End, but the team bounced back to defeat Macclesfield Town 2\u20131 two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe start of August saw United take part in the Amsterdam Tournament, involving Ajax, Inter Milan and Porto. The Reds played two games in Amsterdam, beating both Porto and Ajax, but the tournament will be remembered mostly for the sendings-off of both Paul Scholes \u2013 for a clumsy, mistimed challenge in the match against Porto \u2013 and Wayne Rooney \u2013 who inadvertently caught Porto defender Pepe in the face with his hand as he jumped uncontested for a high ball. In accordance with FIFA disciplinary procedure, the red cards resulted in the pair missing the first three games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nBack to Britain again, and a fixture against Oxford United was next up, which United won comfortably 4\u20131. Finally, United returned home to Old Trafford on 12 August for their only home friendly of the 2006\u201307 pre-season. The visitors were Sevilla, who helped mark the official opening of Old Trafford's new North-West and North-East quadrants with a 3\u20130 win to United in front of a half-capacity crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nUnited played one more friendly during the 2006\u201307 season, the UEFA Celebration Match on 13 March. The match marked the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' first foray into European competition and 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the treaty that laid the foundations for what became known as the European Union. The Red Devils took on a European XI, coached by the 2006 World Cup-winning manager Marcelo Lippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies\nThe original squad selected by Lippi was hit by last minute injuries and withdrawals by some big names like Ronaldinho and David Beckham, forcing replacements to be drawn from Premier League teams like Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth at short notice. Henrik Larsson was named captain for the Europe XI, the day after his loan spell at Old Trafford came to an end. United started the game very brightly, finding themselves 4\u20131 up at half-time, thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wes Brown. However, no further goals came for the home side as the visitors scored two consolation goals, leaving United as 4\u20133 winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nAfter an impressive pre-season, losing only two out of the ten games played, United began the Premier League season in earnest. Coming up against a Fulham side that had caused them so many problems in the past, United ran riot, scoring four goals inside the first twenty minutes at Old Trafford and eventually triumphing 5\u20131. Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals between them against Fulham, but the partnership was broken up for the next game against Charlton by Rooney's suspension, picked up in the friendly against Porto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nNevertheless, United ran out 3\u20130 winners over the team that would end the season in 19th place, with goals coming from Darren Fletcher, Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r, who scored his first Premiership goal since April 2003. August was rounded off with a 2\u20131 win away to Watford, the winner scored by Ryan Giggs, who was celebrating his 600th start for United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nThe team carried this rich vein of form into September, narrowly beating Tottenham 1\u20130 to make it four wins out of four. United's best start to a Premiership campaign came to an end, however, with the visit of Arsenal to Old Trafford. The Red Devils survived an early scare when new goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak saved a penalty he had given away when he brought down Emmanuel Adebayor, but Adebayor made amends for Gilberto's missed spot-kick by scoring the winning goal four minutes from time, and knocking United from the Premiership top spot for the first time in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nThis minor slump in form continued against Reading the following weekend, United requiring a 73rd-minute equaliser from Cristiano Ronaldo to salvage a 1\u20131 draw. However, the Reds were not to be deterred and went on to win all four of their matches in October, starting with a 2\u20130 victory at home to Newcastle, both goals coming from Ole Solskj\u00e6r. Wins against Wigan and arch-rivals Liverpool followed, and the month culminated with a 4\u20130 drubbing of Bolton Wanderers, Wayne Rooney scoring a hat-trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nThe winning streak went on for another three matches, against Portsmouth, Blackburn and Sheffield United, taking the total to seven wins in a row before the visit of reigning champions Chelsea to the Theatre of Dreams. United got off to a flying start with two goalscoring chances coming early on, before Saha scored the opening goal in the 29th minute. The French striker picked up a defence-splitting pass from Wayne Rooney, before taking the ball onto his left foot and passing it around Ricardo Carvalho and beyond Carlo Cudicini's reach into the bottom-left corner of the net. The only other goal of the game fell to Ricardo Carvalho, securing a point for Chelsea and maintaining the Blues' three-point deficit behind United at the top of the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nFollowing the Chelsea draw, United won another three games on the bounce, including a 3\u20131 victory in the Manchester derby, extending the Reds' unbeaten run to 12 games and their lead at the top of the table to 8 points. However, a 75th-minute Nigel Reo-Coker goal for West Ham United brought about only United's second defeat of the season, and allowed Chelsea to close the gap at the top to two points. Nevertheless, the Red Devils recovered, bouncing back from that defeat and beating Aston Villa 3\u20130 away from home. The match had many highlights, not least of which were Cristiano Ronaldo's dazzling form and a 25-yard volleyed goal from Paul Scholes, which was voted as the BBC's goal of the month for December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nRonaldo's contribution did not stop with his two goals against Villa, as he scored two more braces in his next two league games against Wigan and Reading. In fact, the Portuguese youngster won five out of the six Man of the Match awards for December, and he was named the Player of the Month for December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nThe club's form was not immediately transferred into the new year as the Reds failed to beat Newcastle on New Year's Day, and then lost to Arsenal three weeks later. Fortunately, these two results were punctuated by emphatic wins over Aston Villa (3\u20131) and Watford (4\u20130). January 2007 also saw the arrival of Celtic and Sweden legend Henrik Larsson at Old Trafford. The striker was brought in to bolster United's thin strike force, of which the only fit members at the time were Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r, whose increasing age and long-term knee injury caused him to be restricted to substitute appearances at the most.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nFebruary began with a trip to White Hart Lane to take on Tottenham. The match began slowly, with United having to wait until just before half-time for their first goal, a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty. Nemanja Vidi\u0107 scored the second just after the break, before Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs rounded off United's second four-goal haul in the space of a week. Unfortunately, the match ended badly for Edwin van der Sar, as he broke his nose bravely going into a challenge with Robbie Keane. United had already used all three of their substitutions, and were forced to put John O'Shea in goal. The Irish defender committed himself well to the task, and managed to keep a clean sheet, including one desperate save in a one-on-one with Robbie Keane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nAfter a 2\u20130 victory over Charlton, an away match at Fulham followed at the end of the month. Brian McBride put the Cottagers 1\u20130 up after 17 minutes, but Ryan Giggs managed to keep the Reds in the game with an equaliser just before the half-hour mark. Going into the last five minutes, the match looked like it was going to finish as a draw, and with Chelsea not playing that weekend, United couldn't afford to allow them any ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nThen, with two minutes to go, Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball near the halfway line and burst past the challenges of Moritz Volz and Clint Dempsey, before cutting into the area and smashing the ball along the ground into the bottom right hand corner of the net. The result put United nine points clear of Chelsea with ten games left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited then travelled to Anfield to face Liverpool in their next game. Despite losing Wayne Rooney through injury and having Paul Scholes sent off for a late clash with Xabi Alonso, John O'Shea gave United a winner in injury time after Pepe Reina had fumbled Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick. Edwin van der Sar had previously saved brilliantly from Peter Crouch. Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated the winner in his own unique fashion on the touchline, and it was easy to see why after his side had somehow fashioned a crucial three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nFollowing the win at Anfield, United hosted Bolton Wanderers in their next game. United lost injured Gary Neville early on, but Park Ji-sung slid home from close-range after 14 minutes. The brilliant Cristiano Ronaldo ran through before setting up Rooney to chip in the second and then Park bundled home a third before the break. Rooney struck home again through a crashing volley. Gary Speed pulled a goal back with an 87th-minute penalty, but it was nothing more than a consolation goal for Bolton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited ended March with another 4\u20131 home win, this time against Blackburn Rovers. Nemanja Vidi\u0107 was forced off with a broken collarbone, and the visitors found themselves a goal up a minute later, when Matt Derbyshire slotted home. Paul Scholes equalised when he fired in after 61 minutes, and a side-footed goal from Michael Carrick gave United the lead. Park pounced to add a third and an Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r drive completed United's comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited opened April with a 2\u20131 loss to Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Matt Taylor gave Pompey the lead after Edwin van der Sar could only parry Benjani's shot. United pushed forward but David James denied Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs before Rio Ferdinand put Taylor's pass into his own net to put Pompey 2-0 up. John O'Shea replied with a goal from close range, but James denied United a last-gasp equaliser after saving from Alan Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited opened a six-point advantage over rivals Chelsea with a comfortable home win against Sheffield United. Michael Carrick gave United the lead after four minutes, lifting Cristiano Ronaldo's pass over the advancing Paddy Kenny. Wayne Rooney doubled United's lead with an emphatic finish after 50 minutes. Michael Tonge came closest for the Blades, hitting the bar with a curling 20-yard drive two minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited dropped two points in the title race with Chelsea with 1\u20131 draw at home with Middlesbrough. United took an early lead when Kieran Richardson slotted home after Wayne Rooney had collected Paul Scholes' pass and rounded Boro keeper Mark Schwarzer. However, in stoppage time in the first half, Boro got a deserved equaliser, as Mark Viduka's diving header beat Edwin van der Sar. United struggled to break Boro down after the break and were indebted to Van der Sar's save to thwart Viduka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited finished April with a 4\u20132 win over Everton at Goodison Park, moving five points clear in the title race. Everton took the lead on 12 minutes when Alan Stubbs' free-kick was deflected in off Michael Carrick. On 50 minutes, Manuel Fernandes smashed into the top corner to double their lead but John O'Shea halved it when he swept in after Iain Turner's error. An own goal from United old boy Phil Neville levelled the scores before Wayne Rooney put United ahead and Chris Eagles sealed the win. The result meant United moved two points further away from Chelsea, who were held by Bolton 2-2, with three games to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nManchester United moved to within touching distance of the Premiership title after Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty gave them victory at Manchester City in United's first match in May. Ronaldo scored in the 34th minute after he was fouled by Michael Ball, who had earlier stamped viciously on him. City wasted their best chance when goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar saved Darius Vassell's penalty 11 minutes from time after Wes Brown fouled Ball. The following day, Chelsea's failure to beat Arsenal handed the title to United for the first time since 2003. It was also United's 9th Premiership title, and their 16th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited played out a 0\u20130 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 9 May. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Chelsea counterpart Jos\u00e9 Mourinho both fielded weakened sides, resting their senior players for the FA Cup Final (which Chelsea eventually won 1\u20130). Chelsea looked more likely winners in what was mostly a low-key encounter. United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak was erratic, but made several saves and Kieran Lee also cleared off the line from Ben Sahar in the closing minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Premier League\nUnited finished their FA Premier League campaign with a 1\u20130 loss to West Ham United, who retained their Premier League status with a close range goal at half time from Carlos Tevez. Manchester United wasted a string of chances as West Ham fought fiercely for their top-flight status at the expense of Sheffield United, who lost to Wigan. West Ham stood firm to pull-off an amazing relegation escape and spoil Sir Alex Ferguson's title party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nManchester United opened their FA Cup campaign against Aston Villa. Henrik Larsson opened the scoring ten minutes into the second half with a fine volley, his first goal in a Manchester United shirt. Ryan Giggs almost doubled United's lead when his free-kick hit the crossbar, before Villa substitute Milan Baro\u0161 equalised, when he slid a low shot in the corner. However, Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r gave United a last-minute winner, when an error from G\u00e1bor Kir\u00e1ly allowed Solskj\u00e6r to score with a tame shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nUnited booked a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 2\u20131 victory over Portsmouth. United were denied a goal when a header from Nemanja Vidi\u0107 crossed the line before being cleared by Pedro Mendes. Portsmouth were under the cosh for most of the game but hung on until Wayne Rooney came off the bench on the hour mark. Rooney tapped in a cross from Ryan Giggs to break the 0\u20130 deadlock, before doubling United's lead with an audacious chip over the head of David James. Nwankwo Kanu grabbed a consolation in the 87th minute when a shot from Mendes deflected off the Nigerian and Tomasz Kuszczak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nIn the fifth round, United met Reading, who were managed by former Red Steve Coppell. The match was played on 17 February. Michael Carrick unleashed a shot from outside the edge of the box that rocketed past Adam Federici into the net to give United a first-half lead. Cristiano Ronaldo had three shots on goal in the opening minutes of the second half, but all of them went wide. Brynjar Gunnarsson scored against the run of play in the 67th minute to equalise for Reading, when he powered a header past Tomasz Kuszczak. Coppell's side managed to hold United to a draw and salvage a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe replay against Reading was played on 27 February. Three goals in the first six minutes gave United a 3\u20132 victory. Gabriel Heinze opened the scoring after two minutes, when his 25-yard shot squeezed under Adam Federici's body. Louis Saha rifled in an angled volley to make it 2\u20130, before Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r slotted home a third. Reading pulled one back through Dave Kitson's header before Leroy Lita's late strike ensured a thrilling finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nUnited met Middlesbrough in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The game was played on 10 March. Wayne Rooney put United ahead after 23 minutes with a low drive, but Lee Cattermole volleyed Boro level on the half-time point. George Boateng headed in Middlesbrough's second a minute after half-time, but then handled Rio Ferdinand's header in the 66th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo converted the subsequent penalty to hand United a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nThe replay against Middlesbrough was played on 19 March. The game was at a 0\u20130 stalemate until the 76th minute, when Cristiano Ronaldo once again converted from the penalty spot. The penalty was awarded when the winger was chopped down by behind from Jonathan Woodgate. The impressive Mark Schwarzer had twice thwarted Wayne Rooney when the striker had been put clean through with Boro on the back foot throughout. Boro substitute James Morrison was sent-off in injury time for a reckless lunge on Ronaldo. United won the game 1\u20130 to send them through to the last four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nUnited booked a ticket in the FA Cup Final with a 4\u20131 win over Watford. Wayne Rooney opened the scoring when he fired home an excellent 20-yard drive after just six minutes, but Watford equalised through Hameur Bouazza's overhead kick in the 26th minute. United restored their lead two minutes later when Cristiano Ronaldo bundled in Rooney's cross, and Rooney wrapped up the win with a close finish after 66 minutes. Substitute Kieran Richardson chipped in a fourth to secure United's place in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, FA Cup\nUnited lost the FA Cup Final, the first FA Cup Final to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, 1\u20130 to Chelsea. The game was goal-less after 90 minutes, and looked set to be going towards penalties until Didier Drogba poked home a late winner in the 116th minute. Receiving Mikel John Obi's pass, Drogba clipped the ball to Frank Lampard before spinning into the box. The England midfielder delivered the perfect volleyed return to Drogba who nipped ahead of Edwin van der Sar before poking home. Chelsea tried to halt a United comeback, which was virtually impossible, for which Chelsea received three yellow cards. United could not find a goal to pull back, thus meaning that Chelsea were the first FA Cup winners at the new Wembley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, League Cup\nAs one of the eight FA Premier League teams involved in European competition in the 2006\u201307 season, Manchester United entered the League Cup in the third round. United were also the defending champions of the League Cup. The draw took place on 23 September, and United were given an away tie with Football League One side Crewe Alexandra. The match was played on 25 October, and United won 2\u20131 after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0036-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, League Cup\nUnited went ahead through Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r's 26th-minute strike, but the hosts grabbed an equaliser, when Luke Varney beat Tomasz Kuszczak in the 73rd minute to send the game to extra time. Substitute Kieran Lee struck a winner two minutes before the end, when he slid home Alan Smith's through ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0037-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, League Cup\nThe draw for the Fourth Round took place on 25 October, and United were given an away tie with Football League Championship side Southend United. The match was played on 7 November. However, Southend pulled off an upset win by winning 1\u20130 and dumping the holders out of the League Cup. The struggling Championship side booked their place in the Fifth Round thanks to a 30-yard free-kick from Freddy Eastwood in the 27th minute. United tried to respond, but Cristiano Ronaldo was denied by two saves from Darryl Flahavan. David Jones' drive then crashed against the post before John O'Shea saw Flahavan tip over his cross-shot. Southend clung on for a shock win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0038-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for the group stage of the Champions League took place on 24 August 2006. As one of the eight top ranked teams in Europe, Manchester United would avoid being drawn against defending champions Barcelona. They would also avoid facing Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Milan, the other English teams (Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea (who were in Pot 2, but would still avoid facing United due to the 'country protection rule')), and others. However, they could still be drawn against FC Bayern Munich, PSV, Celtic and others. Eventually, United were drawn against Celtic, Benfica and Copenhagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0039-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nUnited opened their 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League campaign with an entertaining 3\u20132 victory over Celtic on 13 September. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink gave Celtic the lead with a low shot after 21 minutes. However, United equalised with a Louis Saha penalty, awarded when Celtic keeper Artur Boruc fouled Ryan Giggs, and United took the lead when Saha swept home both his and United's second goal. A free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura pulled Celtic level, but an awful mistake from Thomas Gravesen just seconds into the second half allowed Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r to score a third goal for United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0040-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nUnited then travelled to face Benfica at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz on 26 September. Despite being outplayed during the first half, while Nuno Gomes just off target, United \u2013 who were wearing their white change kit \u2013 took the lead through Louis Saha, who struck with a rising angled drive on the hour mark, giving United their first away win in the UEFA Champions League for almost three years. United took control after the goal, and forced Benfica keeper Quim into several fine saves in the dying stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0041-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nFor the first of their two matches with Copenhagen, United hosted the Danish champions at Old Trafford on 17 October. United won 3\u20130. Paul Scholes fire United ahead from 25 yards six minutes before the break, and John O'Shea doubled United's lead seconds after the break, when he bundled home Cristiano Ronaldo's corner. Poor goalkeeping from Jesper Christiansen allowed a tame shot from substitute Kieran Richardson to slide in eight minutes from time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0042-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe return leg against FC Copenhagen was played on 1 November. A weakened United side lost 1\u20130. Former Aston Villa striker Marcus Allb\u00e4ck poked home the winner after 73 minutes to leave United with more work needed to reach the knockout phase. And Sir Alex Ferguson's side had only themselves to blame for a lacklustre approach and a host of missed chances. John O'Shea and Wayne Rooney both wasted easy opportunities to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0043-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nA second successive 1\u20130 loss, this time to Celtic, pushed United down to second place in Group F and qualified the Scottish champions for the UEFA Champions League knockout phase. Shunsuke Nakamura scored the only goal with nine minutes to go, when he curled a sweet 30-yard strike into the top corner of the net. United striker Louis Saha was guilty of a terrible miss when he appeared to assume he was offside. Things got worse for Saha when Celtic keeper Artur Boruc saved the Frenchman's last-minute penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0044-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nUnited qualified for the UEFA Champions League knockout phase as winners of Group F with a 3\u20131 victory over Benfica. Benfica took the lead midway through the first half when N\u00e9lson drilled in a 25-yard stunner. Nemanja Vidi\u0107 drew United level with a fine header in stoppage time at the end of the first half, and Ryan Giggs put United ahead with another header, before Louis Saha finished off the scoring from 12 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0045-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League was made on 15 December 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland. Manchester United, as group winners, could have faced teams such as Barcelona and Internazionale, but were eventually paired with Lille, whom they met in the group stage of last season's UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0046-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe first leg was played on 20 February 2007. United won 1\u20130, thanks to a controversial Ryan Giggs goal in the 83rd minute. Giggs curled in a quick free kick in the 83rd minute while the Lille players were still assembling their defensive wall. Lille players, furious that an earlier header by Peter Odemwingie had been ruled out, walked off the pitch as the last 16 first leg clash boiled over. They eventually returned, and United clung on for a crucial victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0047-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nUnited propelled into the last eight of the UEFA Champions League thanks to a Henrik Larsson goal in the return game against Lille, played on 7 March. The Swedish forward was playing his final game at Old Trafford in a Manchester United shirt. In the first half, United had two good chances, but Wayne Rooney's shot was blocked and John O'Shea hit the bar. Lille grew in confidence but failed to capitalise as Jean Makoun wasted a header from six yards and Peter Odemwingie's header rattled the post. Larsson sealed victory in the 72nd minute when he headed home Cristiano Ronaldo's cross from the left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0048-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe draw for the final stages, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, was held on Friday, 9 March 2007 in Athens, Greece. United were paired with Roma. The first leg took place on 4 April, and the second leg took place on 10 April. United and Roma were put on the same side of the draw with Milan and Bayern Munich, meaning that United will play either of the teams if they beat Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0049-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nIn the first leg of the quarter-final with Roma, Paul Scholes was sent off in the 33rd minute, after fouls on Christian Wilhelmsson and Francesco Totti. Rodrigo Taddei gave Roma the lead with a deflected shot in the 44th minute. Wayne Rooney equalised coolly with his first UEFA Champions League goal since 2004, but Mirko Vu\u010dini\u0107 slid in Roma's second after 66 minutes for a slender lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0050-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nHowever, the 2\u20131 loss to Roma was made redundant with a 7\u20131 thrashing of Roma in the second leg of the quarter-final. Michael Carrick curled in United's opener and Alan Smith fired home before Wayne Rooney added their third of the night, finishing off a superb move. Cristiano Ronaldo smashed home the fourth goal into the bottom corner and slid home a Ryan Giggs cross before Carrick fired home the sixth. Roma grabbed a consolation goal through Daniele De Rossi before Patrice Evra's low shot finished the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0051-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nMeanwhile, a 2\u20132 draw at the San Siro and a 2\u20130 win at the Allianz Arena confirmed Milan's status as United's semi-final opponents. Manchester United's semi-final first leg, played on 24 April, was at home to Milan, and the game ended 3\u20132 to United. Cristiano Ronaldo gave United the lead with a fifth-minute header, but Kak\u00e1 drew Milan level with an angled drive after 21 minutes, and gave Milan the lead from close range before the break. Wayne Rooney then turned in Paul Schole's cool pass on the hour to equalise, and won the game for United in the last minute, when he lashed a glorious 20-yard finish past Dida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0052-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase\nThe return leg against Milan was played on 2 May at the San Siro. Despite winning the first leg, United lost 3\u20130. Milan were ahead on away goals in the 11th minute, when Clarence Seedorf headed down for Kak\u00e1 to drill into the corner. Seedorf capitalised on confusion in the United defence to fire in a second after half an hour. And substitute Alberto Gilardino broke away to wrap up an easy win as United were eliminated from the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 76], "content_span": [77, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0053-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nUnited's first departure of the 2006\u201307 season was French forward David Bellion, who departed for Nice for an undisclosed fee on 1 July. A fortnight later, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake signed for Plymouth Argyle for \u00a3200,000. A fortnight after the departure of Ebanks-Blake, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy left for Real Madrid. On 10 August, defender Paul McShane and goalkeeper Luke Steele both departed for West Bromwich Albion. At the end of August, Liam Miller signed for Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0054-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nUnited's only permanent arrival in the whole of the 2006\u201307 season was Michael Carrick, who signed from Tottenham Hotspur on 31 July for \u00a313\u00a0million, although Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak joined from West Bromwich Albion on an initial season-long loan, while Swedish striker Henrik Larsson came in on a 10-week loan from Helsingborg in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189389-0055-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Manchester United F.C. season, Transfers\nDuring the winter transfer window, David Jones and Tim Howard left United after both had served four years at the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189390-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mansfield Town F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 17th position with 54 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by third year head coach Matt Brady, played their home games at the McCann Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The team captains were seniors Jared Jordan and Will Whittington. They finished the season 25\u20139 overall, 14\u20134 in MAAC play to finish in first place, winning the MAAC regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the MAAC Tournament where they lost to Siena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team\nAs a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the 2007 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Oklahoma State in the first round before falling to NC State in the second round. The season was also highlighted by wins over Big Ten Conference opponent Minnesota and Old Dominion, who had defeated eighth-ranked Georgetown two games prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Preview\nMarist entered the season having finished in third place in the MAAC the previous season. The team returned first team All-MAAC selection Jordan, and third team All-MAAC selection Whittington. Jordan led the NCAA in total assists with 247, and assists per game with 8.5, while Whittington was a prolific 3-point shooter. James Smith, a versatile 7' center, also returned for Marist. With the returning talent, Marist was the unanimous choice to win the conference title. Jordan was selected as the preseason MAAC player of the year, while Whittington was tabbed as a preseason All-MAAC first team selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Schedule\nThe team had a fast start to the season, getting off to a 14\u20134 mark, and 6\u20131 in conference play. They would lose three of their next four games, but finished the season on an eight-game winning streak. This enabled Marist to qualify for just their fourth post season appearance (2 NCAA and 1 NIT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Schedule\nMarist's first highlight of the season was a win over Big Ten member Minnesota in the inaugural Old Spice Classic on November 23. Despite playing SEC foe Arkansas close in the semifinals, the Razorbacks proved too tough down the stretch. Marist concluded the Old Spice Classic by defeating Western Michigan in the third place game. Jordan was named to the All-Tournament Team and selected as the MVP of the tournament. The team continued their highlights, defeating Old Dominion at home on November 29, 84\u201371. Old Dominion had defeated No. 8 ranked Georgetown just 10 days prior to this matchup. The final score was exactly the same as the previous season, although the Monarchs won that contest. Both teams ended the night with identical 5\u20132 records as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Schedule\nOn February 24, Marist played their final MAAC game at home against their rival, the Siena Saints. Entering the contest, Marist was 13\u20134 in MAAC play, while Siena was 12\u20135. Niagara, who would play against Rider on Sunday afternoon, was also 12\u20135. There was a potential for a three-way tie for first place should Marist lose the game. The team would need a win to capture the outright MAAC regular season championship for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Schedule\nIn a nationally televised game on ESPN2, and in front of a sellout crowd of 3,200, Marist defeated Siena 98\u201388 in overtime. Both games that the two teams played during the season had been overtime wins for Marist. They ended the regular season slate 23\u20137 overall, and 14\u20134 in the MAAC, and clinched the No. 1 seed in the MAAC Tournament, while also setting the school mark for victories in a season (23).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Schedule\nAs the No. 1 seed in the MAAC Tournament in Bridgeport, Connecticut, they defeated No. 8 seed Canisius 87\u201363 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they were matched up again with Siena, for the third time in the season. This time, Siena defeated Marist 86\u201378, and Siena moved on to the championship game. Because they finished the season as the No. 1 seed, and failed to win their conference tournament, they were an automatic selection to the NIT. In the first round, they were matched up to play at Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Senior guard Will Whittington led Marist with 31 points, as Marist scored the upset, 67\u201364. It was the first postseason win in school history. Despite Whittington leading the Red Foxes with 18 points, Marist lost to NC State in the second round, 62\u201369 to end the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189391-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes men's basketball team, Awards & milestones, MAAC Conference honors\nThe following players/coaches earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference postseason recognition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 91], "content_span": [92, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189392-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by fifth year head coach Brian Giorgis, played their home games at the McCann Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 29\u20136 overall, 17\u20131 in MAAC play to finish in first place to win the MAAC regular season title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189392-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team\nIn the MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament, they defeated No. 8 seed Manhattan in the quarterfinals, No. 5 seed Siena in the semifinals, and No. 2 seed Iona in the championship game to win the tournament, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament. As a No. 13 seed, they upset No. 4 seed and eighth-ranked Ohio State 67\u201363 in the First Round, upset No. 5 seed and 17th ranked Middle Tennessee State 73\u201359 in the Second Round before falling to No. 1 seed, and 3rd ranked Tennessee, 46\u201365 in the Sweet Sixteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189392-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team, Preview\nSince Brian Giorgis took over the head coaching position at Marist four years prior, the Red Foxes compiled a record of 78\u201341 overall, and 52\u201320 in MAAC play. In those four seasons, Marist has won the MAAC regular season crown three times, and been to the NCAA Tournament twice. The team returned first team All-MAAC selection Meg Dahlman, third team All-MAAC selection, and MAAC defensive player of the year, Alisa Kresge, and MAAC All-Rookie team selection Julianne Vianni. Despite this, Iona was the preseason favorite to win it all, while Marist was picked second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189393-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by 8th-year head coach Tom Crean, played their home games at the Bradley Center as members of the Big East Conference. They lost to Michigan State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189394-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team was led by 18th-year head coach Gary Williams. Maryland finished with a 25\u20139 record, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, where they were defeated by Butler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189394-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189395-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Meistriliiga (ice hockey) season\nThe 2006-07 Meistriliiga season was the 17th season of the Meistriliiga, the top level of ice hockey in Estonia. Five teams participated in the league, and HK Stars Tallinn won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season\nThe Melbourne Victory A-League 2006\u201307 season was their most successful A-League season. They defeated Adelaide United 6\u20130 in their first Grand Final, winning the Championship, Premiership and qualifying for the AFC Champions League 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Season summary\nMelbourne began the 2006\u201307 Hyundai A-League season hoping to vastly improve on their 7th place in the inaugural season. Coach Ernie Merrick had made a number of off-season signings to bolster the squad with skill and experience including 3 Brazilians Alessandro, Claudinho, Fred along with Scottish Premier League player Grant Brebner. After a hugely successful Round 2 fixture against Sydney FC at the Telstra Dome (now the Etihad Stadium) in front of a crowd of 39,730, Melbourne Victory announced that they would move all but one match from Olympic Park to Telstra Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Season summary\nMelbourne became the first team to complete the A-League double in the history of the competition; clinching the premiership against the New Zealand Knights 4\u20130 at Olympic Park with 4 rounds of the A-League season remaining, then beating Adelaide United 6\u20130 in the Grand Final at a sold out Telstra Dome to take the championship. Melbourne also qualified for the 2008 AFC Champions League as A-League Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Matches, Pre-season friendlies\nMelbourne started their 2006-07 pre-season with a number of practise matches against Victorian Premier League clubs. These included a laboured 1\u20130 win over Richmond SC, a 2\u20132 draw against Bulleen Zebras, a 4\u20130 victory against Green Gully, a 7\u20130 victory of Kingston City FC and 3-0 victories over Altona Magic and Oakleigh Cannons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Matches, Pre-season friendlies\nVictory also won the QNI North Queensland Trophy by beating leading Chinese Super League team Changchun Yatai 6\u20131 in the final. Michael Ferrante scored twice early on and then-trialist Grant Brebner added a spectacular thirty-yard free-kick to make it 3\u20130 at half-time, while Danny Allsopp scored three times in the second half to seal the win. The competition featured fellow A-League side Central Coast Mariners (Victory won 4-2 on penalties), the Young Socceroos (Victory lost 5-6 on penalties), and Changchun Yatai (Victory won 3\u20131 in the first meeting).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Matches, Pre-season friendlies\nMelbourne kicked off their A-League Pre-Season Cup campaign with a disappointing 1\u20130 loss to Adelaide United at Launceston's Aurora Stadium in front of 6,834 spectators. The second match saw them play out a 1\u20131 draw away to Perth Glory, with Daniel Allsopp scoring Melbourne's only goal. Back at Olympic Park for the final group match, they were soundly beaten 3-1 by the Central Coast Mariners, ending the club's hopes of progressing to the next round of the competition. A \"bonus round\" match finished off the group stage, with the Melbourne defeating Newcastle Jets 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189396-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Melbourne Victory FC season, Matches, Pre-season friendlies\nIn the first match of a rather meaningless playoff section involving the lower placed teams of the group stage, Victory defeated the Queensland Roar 4-2 on penalties, having been locked at 0-0 after 120 minutes of play. The match was held at Epping Stadium in the outer north of Melbourne. The final match of the pre-season cup saw the Victory defeat Perth Glory 1\u20130 at Olympic Park in front of 2,215 loyal fans, and finish the competition in 5th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189397-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Memphis Grizzlies season\nThe 2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies season was the team's 12th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 49-33 output from the previous season. However, they came up 27 games shy, finishing 22-60, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. The Grizzlies had the worst team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189397-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Memphis Grizzlies season\nMike Fratello was fired in December after a 6-24 start. He was later replaced by Tony Barone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189397-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Memphis Grizzlies season\nTeam captain Pau Gasol missed the first half of the season after suffering a foot injury during the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189398-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season, the 86th season of Tiger basketball. The Tigers were coached by seventh-year head coach John Calipari, and they played their home games at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189399-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe 2006\u201307 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals took place in Varberg, Sweden from 3 to 7 January 2007. Allm\u00e4nna Idrottsklubben Innebandyf\u00f6rening, better known simply as AIK, won the EuroFloorball Cup after narrowly defeating Warberg IC 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189399-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals\nThe tournament was known as the 2006\u201307 Men's European Cup, but due to name implications, is now known as the 2006\u201307 Men's EuroFloorball Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189400-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team represented Mercyhurst College in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Lakers were coached by Michael Sisti and went 11-0-1 in their conference. Mercyhurst had the second-best scoring defense in Division I in 2006-2007. It would be the rookie season of Meghan Agosta. She was the first freshman ever to be in the Final 3 for the Patty Kazmaier Award. No other freshman had made it that far in voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189400-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nThe Lakers made local, regional and national headlines (features in the USA Today and New York Times). In late November, the Lakers were ranked #1 and stayed there for 11 consecutive weeks. In addition, the Lakers accumulated a 24-game unbeaten streak to finish the season (twenty two wins and two losses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189400-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season, Postseason\nMercyhurst hosted its first-ever Division I NCAA playoff game on March 9, 2007, and, for the third straight year, lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Minnesota Duluth 3-2 in overtime. Once again, the Lakers never trailed until the final horn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189401-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mestis season\nThe 2006\u201307 Mestis season was the seventh season of the Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 12 teams participated in the league, and Hokki won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189401-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mestis season, Mestis Qualification\nThe bottom four themes and the losers from the quarter finals faced each other in the relegation playouts. Each stage consisted of best-of-5 series with the loser moving to the next round. The two losers from relegation round 2 faced the best 2 teams from Suomi-sarja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189402-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mexican Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico season was split in two tournaments Apertura and Clausura. Segunda Divisi\u00f3n was the third-tier football league of Mexico. The season was played between 26 August 2006 and 26 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189402-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mexican Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season, Promotion Final\nThe Promotion Final is a series of matches played by the champions of the tournaments Apertura and Clausura, the game is played to determine the winning team of the promotion to Liga de Ascenso. The first leg was played on 24 May 2007, and the second leg was played on 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189403-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Miami Heat season\nThe 2006\u201307 Miami Heat season was the 19th season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat, for the first time in franchise history, entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals in six games. On January 3, 2007, head coach Pat Riley took a leave of absence citing hip and knee problems and was replaced by Ron Rothstein. Despite injuries to several players, including Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, the Heat repeated as Southeast division champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189403-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Miami Heat season\nWith a record of 44\u201338, it was clear that the Heat was not the same team of years past. The Heat ended the season with a four-game playoff loss in a sweep to the Chicago Bulls in the first round and the Heat became the first defending NBA champions since the Philadelphia Warriors back in 1957 to be swept in the first round. Following the season, Gary Payton retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189403-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Miami Heat season, Offseason, 2006 NBA draft\nThe Miami Heat had no selections in the 2006 NBA draft after the following trades:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Tom Izzo who was in his 12th year. The team played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan. MSU finished the season 23\u201312, 8\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for seventh place. The Spartans received their tenth consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the Second Round to North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans finished the 2005\u201306 season 22\u201312, 8\u20138 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. Michigan State received an at-large bid as a No. 6 seed to the NCAA Tournament, their ninth straight trip to the Tournament, and lost in the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Spartans lost seniors Paul Davis (17.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game), Maurice Ager (19.3 points per game) and junior Shannon Brown (17.2 points per game) to the NBA Draft following the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary\nMSU was led by junior Drew Neitzel (18.1 points and 4.3 assist per game) and freshman Raymar Morgan (11.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary, Non-conference\nMSU started the season well with wins over Brown, Youngstown State, and The Citidel in East Lansing. The Spartans then participated in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic held at Madison Square Garden where they edged out No. 19 Texas in the semifinals on a Drew Neitzel last second basket. In the championship game, the Spartans lost on a controversial no-call of a shot clock violation which allowed Maryland to maintain their lead and hold off the Spartans 62\u201359. Wins over Vermont and Oakland at Breslin Center led to a loss at Boston College in the ACC\u2013Big Ten Challenge. MSU closed the non-conference schedule strong, winning their last seven games. However, the Spartans finished the non-conference slate 1\u20132 in their only trips outside the state of Michigan in the non-conference schedule. MSU finished the non-conference schedule with a record of 13\u20132, but was not ranked in the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 85], "content_span": [86, 975]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary, Big Ten play\nFollowing back-to-back losses to open the Big Ten season the prior year, the Spartans again suffered back-to-losses to open the season, this time on the road to Iowa and Indiana. The remaining Big Ten season was a roller coaster with a four-game winning streak immediately followed by a four-game losing streak and losses to Ohio State (ranked No. 4 and No. 5). A win against No. 1 Wisconsin highlighted the Big Ten season and likely assured the Spartans a trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans finished 8\u20138 in conference, finishing in a tie for seventh place. MSU lost to Wisconsin after beating Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 83], "content_span": [84, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189404-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary, NCAA Tournament\nHelped by the win over No. 1 Wisconsin, the Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 10th consecutive year, receiving a No. 9 seed, their lowest seed since 2002. A victory over Marquette, coached by former Izzo assistant Tom Crean, in the First Round of the Tournament was followed by a loss to No. 3 North Carolina in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189405-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe 2006-07 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2006-07 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Tommy Amaker, the team finished tied for seventh in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned an eighth seed and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. The team earned an invitation to the 2007 National Invitation Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189405-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nThe team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll. The team had a 1\u20135 record against ranked opponents, with its lone victory coming against #24 Indiana 58\u201355 on February 17, 2007 at Crisler Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189405-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nLester Abram served as team captains, and Dion Harris earned team MVP honors. The team's leading scorers were Harris (469 points), Courtney Sims (401 points) and Abram (319 points). The leading rebounders were Sims (218), Brent Petway (205) and Ekpe Udoh (139).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189405-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nHarris won the Big Ten Conference free throw percentage statistical championship with an 87.3% average in conference games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189405-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nIn the 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center from March 8\u201311, Michigan was seeded eighth. In the first round, they defeated number 9 Minnesota 49\u201340 before losing to number 1 Ohio State 72\u201362 in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189405-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team\nOn March 13, 2007, Michigan defeated six seeded Utah State 68\u201358 at Crisler Arena in the first round of the 2006 National Invitation Tournament. Then Michigan lost to two seeded Florida State 87\u201366 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Middlesbrough participated in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Team kit and sponsors\nMiddlesbrough's kits were once again produced by Errea, and sponsored by 888.com for the third season running. The club retained the white band of the previous two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Search for a new manager\nOn 4 May 2006, Steve McClaren was chosen to take over as the manager of the England national team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Managers linked to take over as new Boro boss included Terry Venables, Martin O'Neill, Tony Mowbray and Alan Curbishley, with Steve Gibson expecting whoever took over to achieve a Champions League place in the near future. Venables declined the job offer citing an unwillingness to return to full-time management. Venables subsequently joined McClaren as England's assistant coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Search for a new manager\nGibson then looked within his own club and decided to name club captain Gareth Southgate as manager. Southgate signed a five-year contract and decided to finish his playing career, at the age of 35, to focus entirely on his new job. His appointment was controversial as he did not possess the coaching qualifications required to manage a Premier League football club. However, at a Premier League meeting on 22 November 2006, Southgate was granted a dispensation to continue in his role until the end of the season, during which time it was announced that he will study for the Uefa Pro A Licence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nSeveral players, including Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Doriva left the club at the end of the previous season, and Franck Queudrue was sold to Fulham for \u00a33 million. Argentinian left-back Julio Arca was signed from local rivals Sunderland for a fee of \u00a31.75m, and young Frenchman Herold Goulon was signed from Olympique Lyonnais on a three-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summer transfer window\nSouthgate signed two international defenders to strengthen up his backline following the second game of the season. England international Jonathan Woodgate joined his home-town team on loan from Real Madrid, while Chelsea's German international centreback Robert Huth signed for a fee of \u00a36 million. Charlton Athletic's Jamaican international striker Jason Euell was signed on the final day of the transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, January transfer window\nLee Dong-Gook arrived from Pohang Steelers in the January transfer window, while Ray Parlour, Ugo Ehiogu and Massimo Maccarone all left the club for free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Transfers, Summary, Out\nFor departures of players out of contract at the end of 2005\u201306 see 2005\u201306 Middlesbrough F.C. season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad, Senior squad, Appearances and goals\nAppearance and goalscoring records for all the players who were in the Middlesbrough F.C. first team squad during the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad, Senior squad, Discipline\nDisciplinary records for 2006-07 league and cup matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League\nSouthgate's managerial reign started with a 3\u20132 defeat at newly promoted Reading, but was followed up by a 2\u20131 win home victory over reigning Premier League champions Chelsea. Boro were brought crashing down to Earth straight afterwards though with a 4\u20130 home defeat to Portsmouth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League\nOverall, Middlesbrough's form in 2006\u201307 was indifferent. Promising results such as the surprising home victory over Chelsea were coupled with the team losing away from home to all three newly promoted Premiership sides. It took until mid-January for Boro to register their first away win of the season, at struggling Charlton Athletic, their first away win since April of the year before. They comprehensively beat Bolton Wanderers 5\u20131 at home in January, their biggest victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League\nMiddlesbrough ultimately finished 12th in the table with 46 points, winning twelve, drawing ten and losing sixteen matches - slightly better than last season, but their dismal form in the early and late part of the season prevented them from attaining an even higher position and at one time put them in danger of being relegated. The fact that they were 8 points away from a UEFA Cup spot and 8 points away from getting relegated neatly summed up their season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, Results\nNote: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Premier League, League progress\nThis chart shows the league position of Middlesbrough F.C. over the course of the season. The green area represents the UEFA Champions League positions (positions 1 to 4), the yellow area represents what turned out to be the UEFA Cup positions (positions 5 to 7) and the red area represents the relegation places (positions 18 to 20). The lowest position in the league that Middlesbrough reached during the course of the season was 18th, prior to the home game versus Charlton Athletic on 23 December 2006 (an early kick-off result had knocked them down from 17th), and their highest placing was 9th, after the second game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, League Cup\nBoro suffered an embarrassing home defeat in the League Cup to Football League Two side Notts County in the second round, losing 0\u20131 with a weakened team - albeit one featuring debutant Robert Huth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, League Cup, Results\nNote: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nMiddlesbrough's FA Cup run was significantly longer than their League Cup run - partly due to them being taken to a replay in every round they played. They drew 1\u20131 at Hull in the FA Cup, with the replay resulting in an exciting 4\u20133 win. A 2\u20132 draw with Bristol City followed, setting up another replay. It was a nerve-wrecking 2\u20132 draw, with Boro winning 5\u20134 on penalties, presenting them with a tie at the Riverside with former player Tony Mowbray's West Brom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nThat game also ended 2\u20132, and the replay resulted in a Middlesbrough victory via penalties, after a 1\u20131 draw in normal time. Middlesbrough were eventually knocked out by champions-elect and eventual FA Cup runners-up Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter finals. The 2\u20132 result at the Riverside set up another replay, as Middlesbrough came from behind to lead 2\u20131, before George Boateng conceded a penalty for handball. Cristiano Ronaldo struck from the spot to force a replay, won by Manchester United 1\u20130 and ending Boro's run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup\nDue to every possible match going to a replay, Middlesbrough actually played more FA Cup games than Liverpool had in the competition the previous season, when they emerged as winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, FA Cup, Results\nNote: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189406-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Off the pitch, Staff changes\nFirst team coach Steve Round left the club on 15 December 2006 following a \"difference in philosophy and ideas\" with Gareth Southgate, and was replaced by Colin Cooper. Chief European Scout Don Mackay left the team at the end of the year moving to Leicester City as part of their new management team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189407-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Midland Football Alliance\nThe 2006\u201307 Midland Football Alliance season was the 13th in the history of Midland Football Alliance, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189407-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Midland Football Alliance, Clubs\nThe league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189408-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Midland Football Combination\nThe 2006\u201307 Midland Football Combination season was the 70th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189408-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Midland Football Combination, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189409-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Millwall F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Millwall competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189409-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Millwall F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189409-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Millwall F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189409-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Millwall F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189410-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nThe 2006\u20132007 season was Milton Keynes Dons' third season in their existence as a professional association football club. This season was their first season competing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, following their relegation from League One at the conclusion of the 2005\u201306 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189410-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nAs well as competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189410-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Milton Keynes Dons F.C. season\nThe season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189411-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Milwaukee Bucks season\nThe 2006-07 Milwaukee Bucks season was the team's 39th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 40-42 output from the previous season. However, they came twelve wins shy of tying it, finishing 28-54.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189412-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season\nLed by head coach Shannon Miller, the team had 128 goals for, and 68 goals against. The Bulldogs finished the season with a record of 24 wins, 11 losses and 4 ties. Their WCHA Conference record was 19 wins, 6 losses and 3 ties. In the NCAA Championship game, the Bulldogs were defeated by WCHA rival Wisconsin Badgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189413-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the college basketball season of 2006\u20132007. The team's head coach, Dan Monson, began his eighth season with the Gophers only to resign after a 2 win, 5 loss start. Assistant coach Jim Molinari took over for the remainder of the season on an interim basis. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota and are members of the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189413-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Season\nComing off of a short NIT run at the end of the previous season, the Gophers, with no seniors on the roster, began 2006 in a slump. After losing 4 straight games, the final 3 at the inaugural Old Spice Classic in Orlando to take last place, the Gophers were beaten badly at home by Clemson on November 29. Head coach Dan Monson announced the next day that he would resign from his coaching duties, stating, \"It's time for somebody else to make the next step and that's to have more success on the court than I had.\" Assistant coach Jim Molinari was appointed as interim head coach, but the Gophers could never quite get their season started, finishing with a disappointing 9 wins and 22 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 62], "content_span": [63, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189413-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, Rankings\nThe 2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team was not ranked during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189414-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team were a women's ice hockey team from Minnesota, in the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189415-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nThe 2006-07 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the team's 18th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 33-49 output from the previous season. However, they came one win shy of tying it, finishing 32-50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189415-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Timberwolves season\nIt was Kevin Garnett's final season of his first stint with the Timberwolves as he was traded to the Boston Celtics following the season. He would eventually win a championship with the Celtics in 2008. Garnett returned to Minnesota midway in the 2014-15 season for his second stint. Also following the season, tragedy struck as Eddie Griffin died in an automobile accident on August 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season\nThis 2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Wild's seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Regular season\nExcluding seven shootout goals allowed, the Wild finished the regular season with just 184 goals allowed, the fewest in the NHL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Regular season, Season standings\nHere is how the Wild did in the standings in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Schedule and results\nHere is the Wild's 2006\u201307 schedule with game by game results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Playoffs\nThe Minnesota Wild ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's seventh seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Transactions\nThe Wild were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189416-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Minnesota Wild season, Transactions, Draft picks\nMinnesota's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Wild had the ninth overall pick in the draft. They also had the Edmonton Oilers first round pick, 17th overall, which they used to trade for Pavol Demitra from the Los Angeles Kings on draft day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189417-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Mississippi State basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. Under head coach Rick Stansbury, the team played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi, and was a member of the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189417-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season\nThe Bulldogs finished the season 15\u201315, 5\u201311 in SEC play. They did not play in a postseason tournament after having made the NCAA Tournament the previous four seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2006-07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the first year of Mike Anderson's tenure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-Season\nMissouri returned just two starters from the 2005-06 team, which finished 11th in the Big 12 and 12-16 overall. Guard Jimmy McKinney and center Kevin Young graduated, and leading scorer Thomas Gardner left school for the professional ranks. The coaching turmoil involving Quin Snyder had defined the previous season; the Tigers controversially fired the head coach in February in the middle of a losing streak. Athletic director Mike Alden chose Mike Anderson from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, hiring him on March 26, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-Season\nAnderson promised to bring \"The Fastest Forty Minutes of Basketball\" to Columbia, a style of play modeled after Nolan Richardson's \"40 Minutes of Hell.\" However, Anderson's moniker did not become popular until a few seasons had passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-Season\nAnderson inherited seven players from Snyder's tenure. Junior Marshall Brown appeared to be a rising star after averaging almost double figures in scoring as a sophomore. Point guard Jason Horton, center Kalen Grimes and swingman Glen Dandridge\u2014all of whom arrived in Columbia as a highly touted group of recruits\u2014rounded out the junior class. Sophomore Leo Lyons returned as well, along with sophomore Matt Lawrence, who played sparingly as a freshman. The only senior on the squad was Marcus Watkins, son of assistant coach Melvin Watkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-Season\nAnderson's first recruiting class featured three junior college players in point guard Stefhon Hannah, forward Vaidatos Volkus and forward Darryl Butterfield. Hannah figured to star for Missouri right away; Anderson had plucked him away from Kansas State and Bob Huggins, who also heavily recruited him. Volkus was signed by Snyder's staff and retained by Anderson, and Butterfield was an obscure recruit from Mineral Area College. Anderson also brought in two freshmen: Keon Lawrence and J.T. Tiller. Lawrence was also a Snyder signee but stayed on because the school kept Watkins on staff. Tiller had committed to Anderson at UAB and followed him to MU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Pre-Season\nWith the program in turmoil and the loss of so many productive players from the previous team, the media picked Missouri to finish eighth in the Big 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Non-Conference\nMissouri did not have much difficulty in Mike Anderson's first three games as head coach, defeating North Carolina A&T, Army and Stetson to capture the John Thompson Foundation Classic title. The Tigers, who did not play a road game until December, began 9-0, facing mostly inferior opponents. However, MU did actually defeat two eventual NCAA Tournament squads during this stretch. On November 19, the Tigers overcome a modest five-point deficit in the second half to defeat Davidson, a team that wound up with a 13-seed in March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Non-Conference\nFreshman Stephen Curry, a future First-Team All-American and NBA Draft pick in 2009, played for the Wildcats and scored 16 points. A few weeks later on November 30, Missouri routed the University of Arkansas 86-64 in a nationally televised game. The Razorbacks\u2014the program that employed Anderson for 17 seasons as an assistant and later hired him as head coach in 2011\u2014turned the ball over 24 times, giving Anderson's frenetic style of play a signature win for the first time in Columbia. Due to one of the more significant snowfalls in mid-Missouri history, only 5,428 fans attended the game. The athletic department allowed the fans to fill the lower bowl, though, to compensate for a storm that forced MU to cancel classes the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Non-Conference\nMissouri's undefeated start ended when it played its first true road game in West Lafayette, Indiana. A Carl Landry-led Purdue team broke away in the second half to win 79-62. Less than two weeks later, Missouri dropped its second game of the season, a 73-70 loss to rival Illinois in the Braggin' Rights series. The loss marked the seventh straight loss in the series for the Tigers. In a back-and-forth game, Illinois held on for the victory after junior guard Stefhon Hannah fumbled the ball on the final possession and failed to get off a potential game-tying three-pointer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Non-Conference\nThe Tigers won their final two games of non-conference play, which included an 83-75 home win over Mississippi State. Ben Hansbrough, who later transferred to Notre Dame and earned Big East Player of the Year honors in 2011, scored eight points in that game for the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nThe momentum of MU's surprising 11-2 start faded immediately, as the Tigers began Big 12 play with four straight losses. In Anderson's Big 12 debut, Iowa State overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to win on a last-second tip-in by Wesley Johnson. Keeping with the trend of undiscovered stars, Johnson is yet another Missouri opponent during the 2006-07 season that eventually reached stardom\u2014Johnson transferred to Syracuse and won Big East Player of the Year honors in 2010 and was drafted fourth in the 2010 NBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nFour days later, a heavily favored Texas Longhorns team dominated Missouri in Austin, thanks to 34 points from Kevin Durant. Then, in the midst of another ice storm, Missouri dropped a home game to Kansas State. The Tigers nearly recovered from a 16-point hole in the second half, and trailed by just five points with less than a minute to play. However, with a chance to throw down a monstrous dunk in the open court, junior forward Marshall Brown missed the jam and killed any hope of a comeback. Two days after that loss, Missouri faced the rival Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence in an ESPN \"Big Monday\" game on Martin Luther King Day. The underdog Tigers battled the 6th-ranked Jayhawks wire-to-wire, but sophomore Matt Lawrence's tying three-point attempt as time expired did not even catch the rim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nAnderson won his first Big 12 game in Boulder, Colo., as the Tigers dominated the Buffaloes in a 14-point victory. MU returned home to defeat Bob Knight's Texas Tech team to draw to 2-4 in conference play, but it lost three of its next four games to fall to 3-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nThe Tigers worked their way back into post-season contention, though, with a three-game winning streak. First, Missouri edged Baylor by seven points on Valentine's Day. Three days later, Anderson won his first game against a ranked opponent by beating 18th-ranked Oklahoma State 75-64 at Gallagher-Iba Arena, a traditionally difficult Big 12 venue. Freshman guard Keon Lawrence led the team with 18 points, and even little-used reserve Glen Dandridge made a three-pointer and scored five points in four minutes of action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nThe next week, Lawrence\u2014no relation to Matt Lawrence\u2014continued his strong play and came up with one of the season's most exciting plays in a win over the Oklahoma Sooners. Lawrence made the game-winning basket with a turnaround jumper with less than a minute to play, despite not making a field goal in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nAt 6-7, the Tigers had finally worked their way into the NCAA Tournament at-large conversation. Although experts said it was a pipe dream, Missouri appeared to have a very slim chance if it could win the remainder of its games and finish above .500 in the Big 12. Any talk of the NCAA Tournament ended after MU dropped an overtime game to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, though, a game dominated by Australian center Aleks Maric, who scored 31 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nMaric, who proved to be an extremely difficult match-up for the smaller Tigers during his career, made five free throws to seal the game in the final minute of overtime. Freshman J.T. Tiller missed a game-winning attempt at the end of regulation in that game, and the Tigers missed three shots from behind the arc with a chance to tie the game in OT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Conference play\nMissouri finished the conference season with a home win over Colorado on senior night, which honored lone senior Marcus Watkins, the son of assistant coach Melvin Watkins. The Tigers battled Texas A&M to a tie at half-time in the Big 12 finale, but the Sweet 16-bound Aggies blew the game open in the second half for a comfortable win. That left MU with a 7-9 record and a sixth-place finish in the Big 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Big 12 Tournament\nMissouri drew 11th-seeded Baylor in the first round of the 2007 Big 12 Tournament, a game televised by ESPN2. The Bears entered the game with a 14-15 record but featured a young, talented backcourt\u2014the same players who took the program to a surprising NCAA Tournament appearance just one year later. Baylor's talent was obvious on the court that night, and Scott Drew's team shocked Missouri with a 14-point win. The loss was considered embarrassing at the time for Anderson's program, which appeared to take a step back after a promising regular season. Anderson's vaunted pressing style did not fare well against Baylor, as it shot 63 percent from the field and burned Missouri's full-court pressure for 40 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189418-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team, Big 12 Tournament\nUpon elimination from the Big 12 Tournament, the Tigers clearly did not have the credentials for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid. However, with a 6th-place finish in a power conference and an 18-12 overall record, the Tigers appeared headed to at least the NIT. On March 12, 2007, though, the NIT did not select Missouri to participate, ending Anderson's first season as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189419-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Moldovan \"A\" Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Moldovan \"A\" Division season is the 16th since its establishment. A total of 14 teams are contesting the league:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189420-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Moldovan \"B\" Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Moldovan \"B\" Division (Romanian: Divizia B) was the 16th season of Moldovan football's third-tier league. There are 23 teams in the competition, in two groups, 11 in the North and 12 in the South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189421-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Moldovan National Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Na\u021bional\u0103) was the 16th season of top-tier football in Moldova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189421-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Moldovan National Division, Overview\nFC Sheriff Tiraspol won their seventh consecutive championship, with the league having expanded to include ten teams for the first time since the 1999\u20132000 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189421-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Moldovan National Division, League standings\nNB: no relegation as top level extended to 12 clubs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189422-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Montenegrin Cup was the first season of the Montenegrin knockout football tournament since Montenegro achieved independence. The competition featured 30 teams. It started on October 3, 2006 and ended on May 30, 2007. The winner of the competition was FK Rudar Pljevlja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189422-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Cup, First round\nLast Republic Cup's finalists Crvena Stijena and Kom received a bye to the Second Round. The remaining 14 matches were played on October 3 and 4, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189422-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Cup, Second round\nThe first legs were played on October 18 and the second legs were played on October 31 and November 1, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189422-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe first legs were played on November 15 and second on November 29, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189422-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Cup, Semifinals\nThe first legs were played on April 25 and second on May 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189423-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First Handball League\nThe 2006\u201307 Montenegrin First Handball League was first season of the Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball, Montenegro's premier handball league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189423-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First Handball League, Participants\nFirst season of Montenegrin Handball League was established two months after the Montenegrin independence. As the National Handball Federation of Montenegro proposed, First league in its first season has eight participants. Among them were two clubs which played in 2005/06 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (Lov\u0107en and Berane) and six teams which previously (at the season 2005/06) participated in the second level (Pljevlja, Mornar, Sutjeska, Mojkovac, Boka and Cepelin).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189423-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First Handball League, Participants\nFollowing the propositions of the new competition, league had two parts. During the first, there was 14 weeks, and after that, First League was split into two parts. Four best clubs participated in the TOP4 league for champion, and the last four played in relegation league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189423-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First Handball League, First part\nDuring the first part of the season, all members played 14 games. Four best placed teams - Lov\u0107en, Berane, Sutjeska and Mornar continued season in the TOP4 league for champion. Other teams were playing league for relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189423-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First Handball League, TOP4 / relegation league\nAt the final phase, RK Lov\u0107en Cetinje won the first champions trophy in the independent Montenegro. In the TOP4 League, Lov\u0107en won all six matches, including two hardest games against Berane. In the relegation league, RK Boka won the crucial matches against Cepelin, so the club from Cetinje was relegated to the Second league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League\nThe 2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League season was the inaugural season of the league as Montenegro's top-tier football competition. Although the league existed before, it was previously a second-tier league, underneath the Serbo-Montenegrin First League. Upon the independence of Montenegro, and the establishment of a Montenegrin Football Association, the league became disassociated with the Serbo-Montenegrin league and thus was given its present position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League\nThe league played its first games of the season on August 12, 2006 and its final matches were played on May 26, 2007. On May 26, after their final match, FK Zeta were confirmed as the league's first ever champions under the new FA, and thus qualified as the country's first ever UEFA Champions League competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League, Teams\nIn order of their 2005-06 league table position, the inaugural members are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League, Results\nThe schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League, Results, Third round\nKey numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League, Relegation play-offs\nThe 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189424-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin First League, Relegation play-offs\nDe\u010di\u0107 remained a member of First League, while Bokelj gained promotion to 2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League. Ibar remained a member of Second League, while Jedinstvo relegated to 2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189425-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Second League\nThe 2006\u201307 Montenegrin Second League (Serbian: Druga Crnogorska Liga / \u0414\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0430 \u0446\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043b\u0438\u0433\u0430) was the first season of the competition as the second top football league in Montenegro. The league played its first games of the season on August 13, 2006 and its final matches were played on May 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189425-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Second League, League format\nTwelve teams participate in this league. The top team directly qualifies for the Montenegrin First League while the second and third teams contest in a two matches playoff against the 11th and 12th team from the First League. The two bottom-placed teams are relegated to the Third League, to be replaced by the two winners of the Third League promotion play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189425-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Second League, Promotion play-offs\nPlayoff matches were played on June 2 and 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189425-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montenegrin Second League, Promotion play-offs\nDe\u010di\u0107 remained a member of First League, while Bokelj gained promotion to 2007\u201308 Montenegrin First League. Ibar remained a member of Second League, while Jedinstvo relegated to 2007\u201308 Montenegrin Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season\nThe 2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 98th season, 90th in the National Hockey League. The club finished fourth in the Northeast division and missed qualification for the playoffs by two points after losing the final game of the regular season 6\u20135 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Pre-season\nThe Canadiens were only minimally active in offseason transactions, with forwards Sergei Samsonov and Mike Johnson and defenceman Janne Niinimaa representing the only additions. Forwards Jan Bulis, Richard Zednik and Mike Ribeiro moved to other teams: Bulis via free agency to Vancouver, Zednik via a trade to Washington and Ribeiro via a trade to Dallas (for Niinimaa).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nThe club intended to build on a 2005\u201306 season in which it took the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to six games in the first round of the playoffs. Behind the leadership of goaltender Cristobal Huet and captain Saku Koivu, the Canadiens poised themselves to join the elite of the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nHowever, the team failed to keep its momentum for the whole season. Cristobal Huet's injury on February 15, 2007, forced the Canadiens to use backup goaltenders Jaroslav Halak and David Aebischer. Despite Halak's decent performance, the Canadiens could not clinch a playoff spot. They were eliminated on April 8 after a 6\u20135 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the season's last game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nOn January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sheldon Souray had been voted by the fans to start at defence in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season\nThe Canadiens finished the regular season with the NHL's best power-play percentage, at 22.75% (86 for 378), and tied the Ottawa Senators for most shorthanded goals scored, with 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Roster\n6\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Niinimaa\u00a0\u20228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Komisarek\u00a0\u202225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dandenault\u00a0\u202226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gorges\u00a0\u202232\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Streit\u00a0\u202244\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Souray\u00a0\u202251\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bouillon\u00a0\u202279\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Markov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Roster\n11\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Koivu\u00a0\u202214\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bonk\u00a0\u202215\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Samsonov\u00a0\u202220\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Johnson\u00a0\u202221\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Higgins\u00a0\u202222\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Begin\u00a0\u202227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kovalev\u00a0\u202235\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Plekanec\u00a0\u202240\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lapierre\u00a0\u202246\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kostitsyn\u00a0\u202247\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Downey\u00a0\u202257\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Murray\u00a0\u202262\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Milroy\u00a0\u202273\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ryder\u00a0\u202284\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Latendresse", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189426-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Montreal Canadiens season, Draft picks\nMontreal's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canadiens had the 16th overall draft pick, which they traded to the San Jose Sharks for the 20th and 53rd overall picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189427-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Moroccan Throne Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Moroccan Throne Cup was the 51st edition of the Moroccan cup competition, and was won by FAR de Rabat, who beat Rachad Bernoussi in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189428-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Motherwell F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Motherwell's 9th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. It was Maurice Malpas first, and only, season as manager of Motherwell having replaced Terry Butcher who had left to join Sydney FC at the end of the previous season, and himself sacked following the conclusion of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189428-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Motherwell F.C. season, Squad\nUpdated 20 December 2010Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189429-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Munster Rugby season\nThe 2006\u201307 Munster Rugby season was Munster's sixth season competing in the Celtic League, alongside which they also competed in the Heineken Cup. It was Declan Kidney's second season as head coach, in his second spell at the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189429-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Munster Rugby season, 2006\u201307 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189429-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Munster Rugby season, 2006\u201307 Celtic League\nUnder the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189430-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBA season\nThe 2006\u201307 NBA season was the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. The San Antonio Spurs were crowned the champions after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189430-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBA season, Playoffs\nTeams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. Home court advantage does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189430-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBA season, Awards, Players of the month\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189430-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBA season, Awards, Rookies of the month\nThe following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189431-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL All-Star Game\nThe 2006/07 NBL All-Star Game (Australia) was held at the Distinctive Homes Dome in Adelaide, South Australia on 25 November 2006. The game was broadcast live on Fox Sports in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189431-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL All-Star Game\nThe World All-Stars held off the Aussie All-Stars to win 136-133 with Rashad Tucker of the Melbourne Tigers contributing a near triple-double with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. He was subsequently named as the MVP of the All-Star game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189431-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL All-Star Game, Dunk Competition\nThe Dunk Competition was won by Carlos Powell of the New Zealand Breakers from Willie Farley of the Adelaide 36ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189432-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL season\nThe 2006\u201307 NBL season was the 29th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. For the first time, a team was established from outside the Australasian area, with the Singapore Slingers taking over the licence of the Hunter Pirates. A new franchise, the South Dragons, was established in Melbourne, taking the number of teams to twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189432-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL season\nThe Brisbane Bullets established a new NBL record of 21 straight wins, including 18 in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189432-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL season, Pre-Season Blitz\nThe Blitz, which is the official pre-season tournament of the Philips Championship, was held in Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales from 8\u201310 September and featured all 12 NBL teams including the Dragons and Slingers, who were on show for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189432-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL season, Regular Season\nThe 2006-07 Regular Season will take place over 21 Rounds between 20 September 2006 and 11 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189432-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL season, Ladder\nThe NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189432-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NBL season, Ladder\n13-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (4-2), New Zealand Breakers (4-2) and Adelaide 36ers (1-5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189433-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings\nThe 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189433-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, AP poll\nThe Associated Press (AP) preseason poll was released on November 6, 2006. This poll is compiled by sportswriters across the nation. In Division I men's and women's college basketball, the AP Poll is largely just a tool to compare schools throughout the season and spark debate, as it has no bearing on postseason play. Generally, all top 25 teams in the poll are invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189433-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll\nThe Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked #1; second highest is ranked #2 and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189433-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll\nOnly the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. Any team receiving votes after the top 25 are listed after the top 25 by their point totals. However, these are not real rankings: They are not considered #26, #27, etc. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775. The preseason poll was released on November 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season\nThe 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2006, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Championship Game on April 2, 2007 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The Florida Gators successfully defended their national championship with an 84\u201375 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls\nThe top 25 from the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Polls, November 6, 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference winners and tournaments\n30 conference seasons conclude with a single-elimination tournament. Traditionally, all conference schools are eligible, regardless of record. However, some conferences, most notably the Big East, do not invite the teams with the worst records. The conference tournament winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. A school that wins the conference regular season title is guaranteed an NIT bid; however, it may receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 99], "content_span": [100, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, NCAA tournament\nThe NCAA Tournament tipped off on March 13, 2007 with the opening round game in Dayton, Ohio, and concluded on April 2 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted \"at-large\" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, NCAA tournament\nThe Atlantic Coast Conference led the way with seven bids, while the Big East, Big Ten and Pac-10 each placed six teams in the field. Florida successfully defended their title, beating Ohio State 84\u201375 in the final and becoming the first team since the 1991\u201392 Duke Blue Devils to repeat as champions. Florida swingman Corey Brewer was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while guard Lee Humphrey broke the career NCAA Tournament record for three-pointers made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 89], "content_span": [90, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Post-season tournaments, National Invitation Tournament\nAfter the NCAA Tournament field was announced, the National Invitation Tournament invited 32 teams to participate, reducing the field's size from 40. Eight teams were given automatic bids for winning their conference regular seasons, and 24\u00a0other teams were also invited. The field came from 18\u00a0conferences, with the Big East and Southeastern Conference tying for the most teams invited with four. For the first time since the NIT began seeding teams, all four No. 1 seeds reached the final four. John Beilein's West Virginia Mountaineers won the title, defeating the Oliver Purnell-coached Clemson Tigers 78\u201373 in the championship game. The Mountaineers reached the championship game after Darris Nichols' dramatic 3-pointer at the buzzer stunned Mississippi State in the semifinals. Mountaineer guard Frank Young was named tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 104], "content_span": [105, 945]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189434-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Coaching changes\nA number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189435-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings\nTwo human polls made up the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll and the USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. As the 2006\u201307 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly. There were a total of 34 voters in the USA Today poll and 40 voters in the USCHO.com poll. Each first place vote in the USA Today poll is worth 15 points in the rankings while a first place vote in the USCHO.com poll is worth 20 points with every subsequent vote worth 1 fewer point in either poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189436-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October, 2006 and ended with the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 7, 2007 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Michigan State won the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship, defeating Boston College 3\u20131 in the national championship game. This was the 60th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 112th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189436-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Pre-season polls\nThe top 20 from USCHO.com/CSTV and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189436-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nThe following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189436-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189436-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders\nThe following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189436-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders\nGP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 82], "content_span": [83, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189437-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings\nTwo human polls comprise the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters, while the USA Today Coaches' Poll is a poll of college coaches. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play, while the Coaches poll conducts a final, post-NCAA tournament poll as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189438-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 15, 2006 and concluded on March 18 of the following year. This was the 34th season of Division III college ice hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games\nThe 2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games\nA record of 32 team-competitive plus five all-star postseason games were played, with the addition of the new stand-alone Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game, the International Bowl in Toronto, Ontario (the first all-USA bowl game played outside the country since the 1937 Bacardi Bowl in Cuba), the Papajohns.com Bowl, the New Mexico Bowl, and the post-season-ending all-star Texas vs. The Nation Game. To fill the 64 available bowl slots from the 119 schools in the Bowl Subdivision, a record 7 teams (11% of all participants) with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games\u2014all seven had a .500 (6-6) season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games\nAlong with the increase in bowl games, the NCAA ruled that teams could schedule twelve regular-season games (up from eleven) beginning in the 2006 season. NCAA teams in Alaska and Hawaii, and their home opponents, are allowed to schedule an extra game over and above this limit. Two teams in any conferences with a championship final could play a 13th game in that conference championship [the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big 12 Conference, Conference USA (C-USA), Mid-American Conference (MAC), and Southeastern Conference (SEC)]. The increase in bowl games and season schedule resulted in the NCAA deciding to allow teams with a 6\u20136 record to be bowl eligible if either the team or their conference has negotiated a bowl contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nNCAA regulations stipulate any team finishing 6\u20136 can only be selected to fill a conference tie-in bowl slot once all other available conference teams are chosen. For example, the Big East had six bowl-eligible teams, but only five bowl tie-ins, so 6\u20136 Pittsburgh was automatically the odd team out. The same rule also applies to at-large bowl selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nWith only a pair of at-large bowl positions available and two remaining 7\u20135 teams, the MAC's Northern Illinois's selection to the Poinsettia Bowl and the Sun Belt's Middle Tennessee's selection to the Motor City Bowl meant any remaining 6\u20136 teams had no chance of playing in a bowl game. Thus, this season marked the first time in NCAA history that every team with a winning record in the regular season played in a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Selection of the teams\nBesides Pitt, those who didn't go bowling with a .500 record were Kansas from the Big 12, Pac-10 members Arizona and Washington State, SMU from Conference USA, the MAC's Kent State, Sun Belt members Arkansas State and Louisiana\u2013Lafayette and Mountain West member Wyoming, which drew controversy on the subject of the New Mexico Bowl, listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Poinsettia Bowl\nThe post-season kicked off with the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium on December 19, 2006, the first of two scheduled bowl games in that stadium. The Mountain West's Texas Christian University Horned Frogs held the Mid-American Conference's NIU Huskies' star running back Garrett Wolfe to 28\u00a0yards en route to a 37\u20137 win. TCU quarterback Jeff Ballard rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Poinsettia Bowl\nThe Horned Frogs entered the game ranked 25th in the final regular season AP Poll, while the Huskies entered the Poinsettia Bowl after finishing in third place in the MAC's West Division. Each team earned $750,000 for their conference by participating in the game. Among those in attendance were San Diego Chargers running backs LaDainian Tomlinson (TCU alumnus) and his backup, NIU alum Michael Turner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Las Vegas Bowl\nThe first meeting between a BCS AQ conference and a BCS non-AQ conference took place in the Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl on December 21 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The Mountain West Conference champion Brigham Young University Cougars, led by game MVP tight end Jonny Harline, handily trounced the Pac 10's University of Oregon Ducks by a score of 38\u20138. Each team earned $950,000 for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, New Orleans Bowl\nOne relative newcomer to the Division I Bowl Subdivision, and one team that last won a bowl game in 1954, squared off in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, which returned to the Louisiana Superdome in the titular city on December 22 after the 2005 game was held at Cajun Field on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette due to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Conference USA's Rice University Owls, who made their first post-season appearance in 45 years, were trounced by the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Troy University Trojans 41\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, New Orleans Bowl\nThe Trojans, winning their first bowl game in school history, were playing in their second post-season game in three years, having appeared two years beforehand in the now-defunct Silicon Valley Football Classic. Each team earned $325,000 for their conference by participating in the game. Troy quarterback Omar Haugabook and cornerback Elbert Mack were named co-MVPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Papajohns.com Bowl\nThe city known as the \"Football Capital of the South\" returned to the post-season for the first time since 1990 and the defunct All-American Bowl when Birmingham, Alabama's Legion Field hosted the inaugural Papajohns.com Bowl, the first of three games that were scheduled Saturday, December 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Papajohns.com Bowl\nConference USA's East Carolina University, coached by Skip Holtz, the son of Lou Holtz, fell to the Big East's University of South Florida by the score of 24\u20137, in the Bulls' second post-season game in as many years, having been shut out 14\u20130, the last year in the Meineke Car Care Bowl by North Carolina State. Both teams earned a $300,000 paycheck for their conferences by playing this contest. Game MVP Benjamin Williams scored the game's historic first points as well as the Bulls' first points as a member of the Bowl Subdivision with a touchdown, one of two he scored, ninety seconds into the game. The game evened the BCS AQ/non-AQ tally at one game apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, New Mexico Bowl\nThe second game of this December 23 triple-header was another first annual bowl game, the New Mexico Bowl, played at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The Spartans of San Jose State University, representing the Western Athletic Conference, faced the host school, who represented the Mountain West. The Lobos were chosen over the University of Wyoming Cowboys, despite Wyoming beating them on said field, 14\u201310, on October 7, and having a better record in the MWC (5\u20133 vs. New Mexico's 4\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, New Mexico Bowl\nJohn Broussard of the Spartans scored the first points in the bowl's history just ten seconds into the second quarter on a 78-yard pass from quarterback Adam Tafralis, and five turnovers did the Lobos in as SJSU won, 20\u201312. Each team earned $750,000 for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Armed Forces Bowl\nThe last of three games on December 23 was the Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl, formerly known as the Fort Worth Bowl, played at Texas Christian University's Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. The Mountain West's University of Utah Utes trailed at the half, but beat Conference USA's Golden Hurricane of the University of Tulsa (which, like Utah, was once in the WAC), 25\u201313. Utah's versatile defensive back Eric Weddle helped lead the Utes by grabbing an interception and scoring a rushing touchdown. Each team earned $600,000 for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Hawaii Bowl\nThe Christmas Eve tradition known as the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl returned to Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 24 as the host school, the University of Hawaii Warriors, representing the WAC, returning after a one-year absence because of a losing record, defeated the Pac 10's Sun Devils from Arizona State University, 41\u201324. Warriors quarterback Colt Brennan set a new NCAA record for most touchdown passes in a single season, breaking David Klingler's standard set in 1989 at Houston with his 55th touchdown toss in the second quarter. He then added three more to bring his final total to 58.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Hawaii Bowl\nThis was Dirk Koetter's final game as the head coach of ASU, as Dennis Erickson will take over, coming in from Idaho. On top of the $398,000 for each team to divide among fellow conference members, the Pac-10 also gave Arizona State an additional $300,000 in travel expenses as \"a special case\" exemption. The Warriors' win gave the BCS non-AQ conferences a 3\u20131 lead in their rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Motor City Bowl\nThe Motor City Bowl, played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on December 26, featured the only newcomer to the Bowl Division in the 2006\u201307 campaign. The Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State University, co-champions of the Sun Belt Conference, made their bowl debut against the MAC champions, the Central Michigan University Chippewas, who won 31\u201314. Each school made $750,000 for their conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Motor City Bowl\nAs MTSU was chosen as an at-large school after the Big Ten sent two teams to the BCS, and their 7\u20135 record shut out 6-6 Pitt (as, under NCAA FBS rules, a 6\u20136 team cannot be considered until all 7\u20135 teams have been assigned bowl slots, even if they are not \"power conference\" teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Emerald Bowl\nThe Emerald Bowl was played at AT&T Park in San Francisco, home of the San Francisco Giants on December 27. The ACC's Florida State University Seminoles, who finished the regular season at 6\u20136, defeated the Pac-10's University of California Los Angeles Bruins 44\u201327, who were coming off defeating Southern California at home on December 2, eliminating them from national championship contention. Each team earned $850,000 for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Independence Bowl\nThe first of three games played on Thursday, December 28 was the PetroSun Independence Bowl played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, pitting the SEC's University of Alabama Crimson Tide against the Big 12's Oklahoma State University Cowboys. With 8.9 seconds left in the game, Oklahoma State kicker Jason Ricks kicked a 27-yard field goal to defeat the Crimson Tide, 34\u201331. Alabama had mounted a 14-point comeback in the fourth quarter, with their last touchdown coming with 8:41 left to play. The SEC and Big 12, the conferences represented in this game, each received a check for $1.2 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0014-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Independence Bowl\nThe Tide was coached on an interim basis by defensive coordinator Joe Kines (who had previously served as an interim coach at another SEC West school, the University of Arkansas, in the past) as this game was played between the firing of Mike Shula and the eventual hiring of Nick Saban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Texas Bowl\nRising from the ashes of the former Houston Bowl, the Texas Bowl was the second game played on December 28 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, an arm of the Houston Texans, took over the game in June with NCAA approval, and for their first game saw the Big 12's Kansas State University Wildcats lose to the Big East runner-up, the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights, 37\u201310. The Wildcats earned $750,000 for the Big 12 as a gift of their participation, while Rutgers earned $500,000 for the Big East. The win was the first for college football's oldest program, having played its first game in 1869 against Princeton's Tigers, winning by a score of 6\u20134. Rutgers' Ray Rice scored two touchdowns and personally outgained the KSU offense 170 yards to 162 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Music City Bowl\nThe Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone was the first of five games scheduled for December 29, the second-busiest schedule of games outside New Year's Day. In this game, played at LP Field in Nashville, the ACC's Clemson University Tigers lost to the SEC's University of Kentucky Wildcats, 28\u201320. Kentucky jumped to a big early lead; Clemson cut the margin late but not enough to win. Kentucky's Andre Woodson was the bowl game MVP. The two teams had last faced each other in the 1993 Peach Bowl; Kentucky has won 8 of the 12 meetings between the two teams. This was the first bowl win for the Wildcats since 1984. Each team earned $1.6 million for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Sun Bowl\nThe Brut Sun Bowl was the second of the five games played December 29, held in the self-named stadium in El Paso, Texas on the campus of UTEP, pitting the Big 12's University of Missouri Tigers against the Oregon State University Beavers from the Pac 10. Oregon State coach Mike Riley was told by Yvenson Bernard to go for the win. Bernard barely pushed into the end zone on the gutsy two-point conversion run, giving the 24th-ranked Beavers a 39\u201338 victory, having been down by 14 points earlier in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Sun Bowl\nAmong Missouri's big plays were a 40-yard catch by Chase Coffman that led to Temple's 7-yard scoring run on the opening drive. A 47-yard run by Temple was followed by an 18-yard touchdown pass from Chase Daniel to Coffman on the next play for a 38\u201324 lead with 12:08 left in the game. Missouri's Tony Temple missed setting a Sun Bowl record for rushing, which was 197 yards by Charles Alexander of LSU in 1977, by losing four yards on his final carry. Each team earned $1.9 million for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Liberty Bowl\nThe third game on the docket for December 29 was the AutoZone Liberty Bowl at the self-named stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, pitting the Conference USA champions, the University of Houston Cougars against the SEC's University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Both teams had considerable success passing the ball in the second quarter; as a result, the halftime score had Houston leading 28\u201327. The shootout continued into the second half, however, South Carolina held off Houston to win by a score of 44\u201336.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Liberty Bowl\nThe offensive showcase set records for most points in the first half (55), most receiving yards (201 by Houston's Vincent Marshall), and most total yards gained (1,039 \u2013 527 by Houston and 512 by South Carolina) and tied the record for touchdown passes by a single player (4 by South Carolina's Blake Mitchell). The conferences each received a check for $1.5 million for the teams' appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Insight Bowl\nThe fourth game in the quintet of contests scheduled on December 29 was the Insight Bowl, which moved from Chase Field in downtown Phoenix to Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in nearby Tempe, former home of the Fiesta Bowl. The game pitted the Texas Tech University Red Raiders from the Big 12 against the Big Ten's University of Minnesota Twin Cities' Golden Gophers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Insight Bowl\nThe Gophers took a 38\u20137 lead midway through the third quarter, only to see the Red Raiders storm back to tie the game and eventually win in overtime in the biggest comeback ever in Division I FBS bowl history, surpassing Marshall's 30-point comeback against East Carolina in the 2001 GMAC Bowl. Each conference received a check for $1.2 million for their teams' appearances. Two days after the Gophers' collapse in the game left them with a losing record on the year, head coach Glen Mason was dismissed by the school's athletic department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Champs Sports Bowl\nThe fifth and final game December 29 pitted the University of Maryland, College Park Terrapins from the ACC and the Purdue University Boilermakers from the Big Ten in the Champs Sports Bowl, the first of two bowl games in four days played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Maryland played an efficient and mistake-free game in cruising to a 24\u20137 victory. The Terrapins were able to dominate the game with a balanced offense and stingy defense that shutdown Purdue's potent passing game. Each team earned $2.25 million for their conference by participating in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Meineke Car Care Bowl\nThe first game of three scheduled for Saturday, December 30 was the Meineke Car Care Bowl, played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. In the game, the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen played against the Boston College Eagles from the ACC. Both teams received a $750,000 payment, with Navy keeping the entire amount as they play as an independent, while Boston College sent their check to their conference to be divided with all other bowl payouts. Walk-on placekicker Steve Aponavicius, who joined the team in October after the regular kicker was suspended, kicked the walk-off field goal as time expired to give Boston College their seventh straight bowl win, which leads the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, Alamo Bowl\nThe second contest on December 30 was the Alamo Bowl, played at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It pitted the defending 2005 national champions, the University of Texas Austin Longhorns, who did not make the 2006 Big 12 Championship Game, against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten. The game, without corporate sponsorship for the first time as former title sponsor MasterCard pulled out, still paid each conference $2.2 million in television revenue for their participation. The 2006 meeting set a new attendance record for the bowl and the facility, at 65,875. The bowl would get a new sponsor in 2007 as Valero Energy, a San Antonio-based company assumed sponsorship of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, MPC Computers Bowl\nThe only game to be played on New Year's Eve (December 31) was the MPC Computers Bowl on the Blue Turf of Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in the state capital of Idaho. The ACC's University of Miami Hurricanes, who were playing their final game for departing head coach Larry Coker, who was dismissed from his job after their regular season was completed, defeated the WAC's University of Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack by one point in a game that wasn't decided until the final minute. Both teams earned $250,000 for their conferences, and the BCS AQ conferences now had a 3\u20132 deficit against the BCS non-AQ conferences. Starting with the 2007 game, the title reverted to the \"Humanitarian Bowl\", with Roady's Truck Stops taking over as title sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, International Bowl\nThe first International Bowl featured the MAC's Western Michigan University Broncos and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats from the Big East Conference. The game was played on January 6, 2007, at Toronto, Ontario's Rogers Centre (formerly known as SkyDome) making it the first game played outside the United States since Notre Dame and Navy played their annual game in Dublin in 1996 and the first postseason game outside the U.S. since the Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba back in 1937.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0024-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, International Bowl\nThe game's scoring came in three separate blocks, as Cincinnati jumped out to a 24\u20130 lead by the second quarter before WMU stormed back with 24 straight points of their own to tie the game. Immediately following WMU's tying touchdown in the 4th quarter, Cincinnati came back with a 12-play, 81-yard drive ending with a 33-yard field goal that provided the winning margin with 6:11 remaining in the game. The win by Cincinnati closed out a perfect bowl season for the Big East conference which went 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0024-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, International Bowl\nEach school received a check for $750,000 (in US dollars) for their conferences to divide. New head coach Brian Kelly made his debut for the Bearcats, and five assistant coaches from Kelly's former job at Central Michigan followed him there. All five assistants had been on the CMU sidelines at the Motor City Bowl 11 days earlier, but without Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS bowls, GMAC Bowl\nThe last game before the BCS Championship was in Mobile, Alabama's Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium, where the GMAC Bowl was contested on Sunday, January 7. In the contest, played in an off-and-on rainstorm, the Ohio University Bobcats from the MAC were defeated by Conference USA's University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles by the score of 28\u20137. Each team earned $750,000 for their conference by participating in the game. The Golden Eagles' win avoided C-USA being totally shut out of the bowl win column.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games\nThere are a half-dozen games that are not related to the BCS that are still notable for extra prestige, with very high payouts and many with New Year's Day games. Prestige includes the fact that some of the games are shown on over-the-air (or terrestrial) television networks like CBS, ABC or Fox rather than ESPN or NFL Network, which are cable/satellite channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Holiday Bowl\nThe Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was the first of the six prestigious non-BCS games and the third game to be played on December 28. It was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, which also hosts the Poinsettia Bowl. In this contest, the Texas A&M University Aggies, representing the Big 12, were routed by the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears from the Pac-10, with the Bears coming out on top, 45\u201310. Each conference received $2.2 million for their team's participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Chick-fil-A Bowl\nThe Chick-fil-A Bowl (formerly the Peach Bowl), was the final contest of three games to be played on December 30, and was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hokies, representing the ACC, played against the University of Georgia Bulldogs, representing the SEC. In exchange for the right to pick the first ACC team after the BCS, the bowl paid $3.25 million to the ACC, with the SEC receiving $2.4 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 102], "content_span": [103, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0028-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Chick-fil-A Bowl\nVirginia Tech jumped out to a 21\u20133 halftime lead, scoring on two one-yard touchdowns from tailback Brandon Ore and a 53-yard pass from flanker Eddie Royal to tight end Sam Wheeler. Georgia then scored 28 unanswered points in the second half and held off a late Tech rally to win 31\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 102], "content_span": [103, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Outback Bowl\nThe first bowl game scheduled for New Year's Day (January 1) was the Outback Bowl, which was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, with the SEC's No. 17 University of Tennessee Volunteers challenging the Big Ten's unranked Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0029-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Outback Bowl\nLegendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno was set to return to the sidelines after an accident on the sidelines left him with a knee injury during their game at Wisconsin, but a steady drizzle throughout the game convinced the 80-year-old that he was not ready to return to the sidelines, instead staying in the press box and coaching the game from there. Thanks to an 88-yard return of a fumble for a touchdown by Nittany Lions' cornerback Tony Davis, JoePa won his record-extending 22nd post-season game 20\u201310. The schools each received a $3 million payment for their conferences. The win left Penn State ranked 24th in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Cotton Bowl Classic\nGame number two on January 1 was the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, played at the self-named stadium on the site of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. The Big 12's University of Nebraska at Lincoln's Cornhuskers played the Auburn University Tigers from the SEC in the annual game, with the Tigers prevailing 17\u201314. Each school's conference received $3 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 105], "content_span": [106, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Gator Bowl\nJacksonville, Florida served the site for the third bowl game of New Year's Day, the Toyota Gator Bowl, played at Alltel Stadium. In the game, the West Virginia University Mountaineers from the Big East came back from an 18-point deficit to beat the ACC's Georgia Institute of Technology's Yellow Jackets by the score of 38\u201335, with the combined total of points (73) setting an all-time Gator Bowl record. The conferences each got a $2.5 million payment for their team's participation. 2007 marked the last time Toyota was the game's title sponsor, as Konica Minolta became the new sponsor starting with the 2008 event. It also marked the first time the game aired on CBS under the new TV contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Non-BCS New Year's Day and other prestigious games, Capital One Bowl\nIn Orlando, Florida, the fourth contest on New Year's Day and the last non-BCS prestigious bowl game to be played was at the Citrus Bowl in the Capital One Bowl, and featuring two teams that, due to BCS rules, were shut out as both the Big Ten and SEC sent two teams into the BCS, including the BCS Title Game. The University of Arkansas Razorbacks lost to the University of Wisconsin Badgers by a score of 17\u201314. Each conference received $4.25 million for their team's participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 102], "content_span": [103, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Rose Bowl\nThe University of Southern California Trojans returned to the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi in the first BCS game of 2007 on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California. Historically, the Rose Bowl has pitted the Pac-10 and Big Ten regular season champions. The Pac-10 champion Trojans played in a non-traditional Rose Bowl matchup with the University of Michigan Wolverines. What made this game a not-so-traditional matchup is that Michigan entered as the runner-up of the Big Ten, as the Big Ten champions Ohio State instead participated in the BCS Championship Game due to their No. 1 national ranking. Thanks to their win, the Trojans now hold a 6\u20132 lead in their eight meetings against the Wolverines in Pasadena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Fiesta Bowl\nThanks to an unbeaten season and sitting inside the Top 12 teams in the final BCS survey, the Boise State University Broncos, champions of the Western Athletic Conference, earned their way into the BCS for a visit to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. They defeated the Big 12 champions, the University of Oklahoma Sooners, at the new University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on New Year's Day. Many sports journalists hailed the game as an \"instant classic\" for its dramatic ending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0034-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Fiesta Bowl\nOklahoma scored 25 straight points in the second half to rally from an 18-point deficit and take the lead; the teams combined to score 22 points in the final 90 seconds. The Broncos used three successful trick plays to get to overtime then win the game: a hook and lateral play on 4th-and-18 to score the tying touchdown with seven seconds left, a halfback option pass for an overtime touchdown on 4th-and-2, and a Statue of Liberty play on a two-point conversion attempt to win the game. Not only did Boise State win, but they also claimed a fourth win for the BCS non-AQ conferences in seven games against BCS AQ conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Orange Bowl\nThe third BCS game, the FedEx Orange Bowl, was played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 2, 2007. The Big East Conference champions, the University of Louisville Cardinals, beat the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, winners of the ACC, 24\u201313. Louisville entered the game as heavy favorites, but their offense sputtered early and the game was tied 10\u201310 at halftime. Wake Forest took a 13\u201310 lead in the fourth quarter but Louisville scored two unanswered touchdowns on drives of 81 and 72 yards to take an 11-point lead, after which Wake Forest was unable to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0035-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Orange Bowl\nBrian Brohm completed 24 of 34 passes and was named the game's MVP. Brohm's 311 passing yards were the third most in Orange Bowl history, behind only Tom Brady (in 2000 for Michigan against Alabama) and Matt Leinart (in 2005 for Southern California against Oklahoma). In addition, the Cardinals' win clinched the ESPN-sponsored Bowl Challenge Cup as the much-maligned Big East, who were in their second year of their new football alignment, had a 4\u20130 record with one game remaining passing the Mountain West and Western Athletic Conferences, who had 3\u20131 records and completed their games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Sugar Bowl\nThe fourth BCS game, the 73rd Allstate Sugar Bowl, the new corporate sponsor replacing Nokia, took place at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on January 3, 2007, returning from Atlanta after a one-year absence due to Hurricane Katrina. The contest featured the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent school, playing the Louisiana State University Tigers, representing the SEC. The Fighting Irish kept their $21.5 million payout, while LSU split up their $21.5 million among their SEC brethren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0036-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, Sugar Bowl\nWhile the game was competitive early, LSU dominated the second half, scoring 20 points while shutting out Notre Dame, winning by a commanding score of 41\u201314. JaMarcus Russell threw for 331 yards\u2014more yards than Notre Dame gained total\u2014in a commanding performance. Brady Quinn struggled, completing 15 of 35 passes for only 149 yards and throwing two interceptions. Notre Dame has now lost an all-time record nine consecutive bowls; their last win came in the 1994 Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas A&M. That streak ended in the 2008 Hawaii Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0037-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Bowl Championship Series, BCS National Championship Game\nThe final college football game of the marathon bowl season that had taken three weeks and had thirty-one prior contests was the Tostitos 2007 BCS National Championship Game, played on January 8 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The top two teams based on the final BCS standings on December 3 \u2013 the Big Ten conference champion Ohio State University Buckeyes, was the top-ranked team in the final survey, and the SEC champion University of Florida Gators, was ranked number two. Florida settled the issue of who was the champion of NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision football. Ohio State opened the game with a 93-yard TD return by Ted Ginn Jr., who injured his foot in the mass celebration following the play and did not return. Florida ultimately prevailed in the championship game, winning 41\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0038-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Post-BCS All-Star Games\nNote: The Las Vegas All-American Classic, which was scheduled to be played on January 15 in Las Vegas, was canceled one week prior to its playing due to a lack of sponsorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0039-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Conference standings\nThe list of conferences infra includes all conferences with at least one team having played in a bowl game, and is sorted first by winning percentage, then by total games won, and finally alphabetically, by conference name. The list also includes the teams from each conference that finished in the top 25 in the final AP Poll or the final Coaches poll for the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189439-0040-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NCAA football bowl games, Conference standings\nKEY\u2020 \u2013 Winner of the Bowl Challenge Cup. \u2260 \u2013 Ineligible for the Bowl Challenge Cup as they only had two schools instead of the minimum three teams mandated. AP \u2013 Final AP Poll for 2006 season. CP \u2013 Final Coaches Poll for 2006 season.t-tied for that position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs\nThe National Football League playoffs for the 2006 season began on January 6, 2007. The postseason tournament concluded with the Indianapolis Colts defeating the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, 29\u201317, on February 4, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Participants\nWithin each conference, the four division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Participants\nIn the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then receive a bye in the first round. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0001-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Participants\nThe two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Schedule\nUnder the new U.S. television broadcast contracts that took effect starting this season, NBC replaced ABC as the network televising the first two Wild Card playoff games. Fox then televised the rest of the NFC games. CBS broadcast the rest of the AFC playoff games and Super Bowl XLI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8\nDespite quarterback Peyton Manning's three interceptions, the Indianapolis Colts out-gained the Kansas City Chiefs in total yards, 435\u2013126, and first downs, 23\u20138. Indianapolis's defense forced three turnovers, four sacks, and prevented Kansas City from gaining a single first down until late in the third quarter. The game was never in question despite Manning's turnovers as Indy dominated Kansas City from start to finish to earn a trip to Baltimore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8\nThe Colts opened up the scoring on their first drive of the game with Adam Vinatieri's 48-yard field goal. The next time they had the ball, they drove 68 yards to the Kansas City 2-yard line, but had to settle for another Vinatieri field goal to give them a 6\u20130 lead. After another Kansas City punt, Chiefs cornerback Ty Law intercepted a pass from Manning and returned it 43 yards to the Colts 9-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8\nBut Kansas City failed to get the ball into the end zone with three rushing attempts and came up empty when Lawrence Tynes' 23-yard field goal attempt hit the left upright. After another interception thrown by Manning and another Kansas City punt, the Colts increased their lead to 9\u20130 by driving 33 yards and scoring on Vinatieri's 50-yard field goal on the last play of the first half. The Chiefs ended the half with 16 total yards and no first downs. This was the first time in the modern era (post AFL\u2013NFL merger) and the first time since 1960 that an NFL team had been held without an offensive first down in the first half of a playoff game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8\nOn the Colts' opening possession of the second half, Manning threw his third interception of the game (and his second to Law), but the Chiefs could not take advantage of the turnover and had to punt. Indianapolis then drove 89 yards in 12 plays and scored with Joseph Addai's 6-yard touchdown run, giving them a 16\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8\nKansas City got their first first down of the game on their ensuing possession, driving 60 yards in eight plays. Trent Green finished the drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Gonzalez, and then completed a pass to tight end Kris Wilson for a successful two-point conversion to cut their deficit to within one touchdown, 16\u20138. However, the Colts increased their lead to 23\u20138 on a 71-yard, 9-play drive ending with Reggie Wayne's 5-yard touchdown reception. Indianapolis's defense forced three turnovers on the Chiefs' last three drives to clinch the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8\nThis was the third postseason meeting between the Chiefs and Colts, which Indianapolis winning both times in Kansas City, the most recent being 38\u201331 in the 2003 AFC Divisional playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nDallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo, a four-year veteran who earned the starting job and made the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career during the regular season, botched the hold on a potential game-winning field goal with 1:19 left in the fourth quarter, allowing the Seattle Seahawks to escape with a victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nTaking advantage of Dallas kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica's opening kickoff, which went out-of-bounds and gave Seattle the ball at their own 40, the Seahawks marched down the field on their opening drive and scored with Josh Brown's 23-yard field goal. Dallas was forced to punt on their ensuing possession, but Cowboys defensive back Anthony Henry intercepted Seattle's next pass and returned it to the Seahawks 43-yard line, setting up Gramatica's 50-yard field goal to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nEarly in the second quarter, Seattle drove 54 yards and retook the lead with Brown's second field goal of the game. After an exchange of punts, the Cowboys took the lead. Aided by Jason Witten's 32-yard reception, Dallas drove 76 yards in ten plays and scored on Romo's 12-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton with only 11 seconds left in the half, giving the Cowboys a 10\u20136 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nIn the third quarter, Seattle drove 62 yards in 12 plays, featuring two fourth-down conversions by running back Shaun Alexander, and scored with Matt Hasselbeck's 15-yard touchdown pass to Jerramy Stevens, giving them a 13\u201310 lead. However, Dallas promptly took the lead right back after Miles Austin returned the ensuing kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nEarly in the final quarter, Dallas defensive back Roy Williams intercepted a pass from Hasselbeck at the Cowboys 43-yard line. Eight plays later, Gramatica kicked a 29-yard field goal to increase his team's lead to 20\u201313. On Seattle's ensuing drive, a pass interference penalty on Dallas's Terence Newman gave them a first down on the 1-yard line. But Seattle failed to get into the end zone with their next four plays, turning the ball over on downs at the 2-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nOn the first Dallas play after the turnover, Cowboys receiver Terry Glenn caught a short pass, but then lost a fumble. The ball was recovered by Seattle in the end zone for a touchdown, but after a Dallas challenge the referee ruled the play a safety, cutting the score to 20\u201315 and giving the ball back to the Seahawks at around the 50-yard line after the ensuing free kick and return. Four plays later, Hasselbeck's 37-yard touchdown pass to Stevens gave Seattle a 21\u201320 lead. The Seahawks attempted a two-point conversion to give themselves a three-point lead, but Hasselbeck's pass failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nDallas took the ensuing kickoff and marched down to the Seahawks' 8-yard line. On third down and 7 from there, Witten caught a pass that was initially ruled a first down on the 1-yard line, but after an instant-replay challenge, officials ruled Witten had been tackled at the 2-yard line, bringing up fourth down. With 1:19 left in the game, Gramatica lined up to attempt a 19-yard field goal, but Romo dropped the ball while setting it up for a hold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nRomo picked up the fumble and ran with it, trying for either a touchdown or a first down, but he was tackled at the 2-yard line by safety Jordan Babineaux, turning the ball over on downs and allowing Seattle to run the clock down to eight seconds before punting back to Dallas. On the last play of the game, Romo's Hail Mary pass fell incomplete in the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\n\"I know how hard everyone in that locker room worked to get themselves in position to win that game today and for it to end like that, and for me to be the cause is very tough to swallow right now\", Romo said after the game. \"I take responsibility for messing up at the end there. That's my fault. I cost the Dallas Cowboys a playoff win, and it's going to sit with me a long time. I don't know if I have ever felt this low.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nThis was the final game in the Hall of Fame coaching career of Bill Parcells, who resigned his position with the Cowboys two weeks later. Parcells would later take a front office position with the Miami Dolphins but never returned to the sidelines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Saturday, January 6, 2007, NFC: Seattle Seahawks 21, Dallas Cowboys 20\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Cowboys and Seahawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 112], "content_span": [113, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nTom Brady completed 22 out of 34 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns, while New England Patriots running backs Corey Dillon, Laurence Maroney, and Kevin Faulk combined for 145 rushing yards in a win over the New York Jets. Receiver Jabar Gaffney, who caught only 11 passes during the season, finished his first career playoff game with eight catches for 104 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nNew England took the opening kickoff and drove down the field, with Gaffney catching three passes for 34 yards on a 65 yard-drive that ended with Dillon's 11-yard touchdown run. Later in the quarter, Jets defensive back Hank Poteat recovered a fumble from Dillon on the Patriots 15-yard line, setting up Mike Nugent's 28-yard field goal to cut their deficit to 7\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nOn their first possession of the second quarter, the Jets took a 10\u20137 lead after receiver Jerricho Cotchery (who finished with 100 receiving yards and 19 rushing yards) caught a pass from Chad Pennington and took it 77 yards for a touchdown. However, New England countered with Stephen Gostkowski's 20-yard field goal on their next drive to tie the game. Then, after forcing the Jets to punt, the Patriots marched to New York's 1-yard line. On third down with 11 seconds remaining in the half and no timeouts left, Brady took the snap, faked a handoff to Dillon, and then hit tight end Daniel Graham in the back of the end zone for a touchdown to give them a 17\u201310 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nNugent kicked a field goal on the Jets' opening drive of the second half, but New England responded with another field goal from Gostkowski to retake their 7-point lead. On the Jets' ensuing possession, linebacker Rosevelt Colvin deflected a lateral from Pennington behind the line of scrimmage. Most of the players on both teams (including Colvin) thought the lateral was an incomplete forward pass and the play was over, but New England's Vince Wilfork realized the play was still ongoing and recovered the fumble. After picking up the ball, Wilfork ran 31 yards to the Jets 15-yard line before being tackled by Cotchery, setting up Gostkowski's third field goal to make the score 23\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nEarly in the fourth quarter, Nugent kicked his third field goal to cut New York's deficit back to within a touchdown, 23\u201316. However, the Patriots responded with a 13-play, 63-yard drive that took 6:23 off the clock and ended with Brady's 7-yard touchdown pass to Faulk. Then on the first play of the Jets' ensuing drive, New England defensive back Asante Samuel put the game away by intercepting Pennington's pass and returning it 36 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nThis remains the Patriots' most recent victory on Wildcard Weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 37, New York Jets 16\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Jets and Patriots, with New England winning the prior meeting 26\u201314 in the 1985 AFC Wild Card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 113], "content_span": [114, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nPhiladelphia built up a 20\u201310 fourth quarter lead and thwarted a late Giants comeback attempt, winning on a 38-yard field goal by David Akers on the last play of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nNew York took the opening kickoff and scored quickly, driving 67 yards in seven plays and scoring with Eli Manning's 17-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress only 3:12 into the game. All of the remaining drives of the first quarter ended in punts, but early in the second quarter, Eagles running back Brian Westbrook's 49-yard touchdown run tied the game at seven. Two plays after the ensuing kickoff, Philadelphia defensive back Sheldon Brown intercepted a pass from Manning and returned it to the Giants 37-yard line, setting up a 19-yard field goal by Akers to take a 10\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nOn New York's ensuing possession, a 41-yard run by halfback Tiki Barber sparked a 78-yard drive capped by Jay Feely's 20-yard field goal to tie the game with 4:45 left in the half. Philadelphia responded, with quarterback Jeff Garcia leading the Eagles down the field 80 yards in ten plays and finishing it off with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Dont\u00e9 Stallworth, giving his team a 17\u201310 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nTwo penalties by the Eagles in the second half allowed the Giants to stay close. Late in the third quarter, an illegal block-in-the-back by rookie Tank Daniels nullified Westbrook's second touchdown of the game, which came on a 65-yard punt return. The Eagles still managed to score on their drive with a 48-yard field goal by Akers, increasing their lead to 20\u201310. The second penalty, a 47-yard pass interference call against Brown, came on the Giants' next possession giving the Giants offense the ball at the Philadelphia 14. The Eagles' defense dug in and forced the Giants to settle for Feely's second field goal of the game from 24 yards out, leaving the Giants down only one touchdown early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nLater in the quarter, the Giants drove to the Eagles 23-yard line. Two false starts and a holding penalty pushed them back to the 43, but Manning overcame the situation by completing three passes to Burress; the first went for 18 yards and the second for 14 and a first down, before the third, an 11-yard strike, found Burress in the end zone for his second touchdown of the game that tied the score with 5:04 to play. Philadelphia responded by driving 46 yards in ten plays, including a first down rush by Westbrook, allowing the Eagles to take the clock all the way down to three seconds before calling on Akers to kick a 38-yard field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nIn the final game of his career, Barber rushed for a career postseason high 137 yards and caught two passes for 15 yards. Westbrook rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown and caught two passes for 12 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Wild Card playoffs, Sunday, January 7, 2007, NFC: Philadelphia Eagles 23, New York Giants 20\nThis was the third postseason meeting between the Giants and Eagles. New York won both prior meetings, with the most recent coming in the 2000 NFC Divisional playoffs and ended with a 20\u201310 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 114], "content_span": [115, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nAdam Vinatieri's five field goals boosted the Colts to victory over the Ravens in the first NFL playoff game without a touchdown since the 1979 NFC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nIndianapolis forced the Ravens to punt on their opening possession, and Terrence Wilkins gave them good field position with a 21-yard return to their 46-yard line. The Colts subsequently drove to Baltimore's 5-yard line where Vinatieri kicked a field goal to give them a 3\u20130 lead. On the second play of the Ravens' next drive, Indianapolis linebacker Gary Brackett recovered a fumble from tight end Todd Heap at the Baltimore 31-yard line, setting up another Vinatieri field goal to make the score 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nLater in the quarter, Cory Ross' 18-yard punt return gave the Ravens a first down on the Colts' 42-yard line. Six plays later, Matt Stover kicked a 40-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter to cut their deficit to 6\u20133. Two plays after the ensuing kickoff, Baltimore safety Ed Reed intercepted a pass from Peyton Manning at the Ravens' 45-yard line. Baltimore subsequently moved to the ball to the Colts' 4-yard line, but then gave it back when Steve McNair's third-down pass was intercepted by Antoine Bethea. Following the turnover, the Colts marched 63 yards in 13 plays and scored with Vinatieri's third field goal, which hit the cross bar and bounced through the uprights, to give them a 9\u20133 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nIndianapolis took the second half kickoff and drove 54 yards, featuring a 27-yard catch by tight end Dallas Clark. Vinatieri finished the drive with a 48-yard field goal to increase their lead to 12\u20133. After an exchange of punts, the Ravens cut the score to 12\u20136 by driving 62 yards and scoring on a 51-yard field goal from Stover. Then, on the third play of the Colts' ensuing possession, Reed recorded his second interception from Manning, giving his team a first down on their 39-yard line. However, just like his previous pick, the Ravens could not take advantage of the turnover. Five plays later, McNair's pass was intercepted by defensive back Nick Harper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nAfter each team punted once, the Colts put the game away with a 47-yard drive that took 7:16 off the clock and included three successful third down conversions. Vinatieri finished the drive with his fifth field goal, giving Indianapolis a 15\u20136 lead with only 23 seconds left in regulation. Colts defensive end Robert Mathis then sealed the victory by forcing and recovering a fumble from McNair on the Ravens' final play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nThe game had added significance to many Baltimore fans, due to the circumstances of the Colts' departure from Baltimore 23 years earlier. The Indianapolis Colts advanced to their second AFC Championship Game in four years. It was the third consecutive playoff defeat for the Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 15, Baltimore Ravens 6\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Colts and Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 117], "content_span": [118, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nThe Saints gained 208 rushing yards and 435 total yards, both postseason franchise records, en route to a 27\u201324 victory over the Eagles, allowing them to advance to the conference championship game for the first time in the team's 40-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nIn the first quarter, a 28-yard run from New Orleans' Deuce McAllister set up a 33-yard field goal from John Carney to open up the scoring. Later in the quarter, two big plays from the Saints, a 25-yard run by Reggie Bush and a 35-yard reception by Devery Henderson, set up Carney's second field goal 15 seconds into the second quarter, making the score 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0037-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nThree plays after the kickoff, Eagles quarterback Jeff Garcia threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Dont\u00e9 Stallworth to give his team a 7\u20136 lead. The Saints responded with a 78-yard drive, scoring on a 5-yard touchdown run by Bush to retake the lead at 13\u20137. However, the Eagles stormed right back, driving 80 yards in 11 plays. On third down and goal, running back Brian Westbrook took a handoff and jumped over top of the defensive line and fell into the end zone for a touchdown, giving them a 14\u201313 lead with 50 seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0037-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nNew Orleans returner Michael Lewis returned the kickoff 25 yards to their 35-yard line. With two seconds left, quarterback Drew Brees threw a Hail Mary pass to the end zone. Wide receiver Marques Colston initially caught the ball, but it squirted out of his arms as he fell to the ground, and was ruled an incompletion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0038-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nPhiladelphia took the second-half kickoff and scored in just three plays with a 62-yard touchdown romp from Westbrook, increasing their lead to 21\u201313. However, the Saints responded with a 5-yard touchdown run by McAllister on their next drive. Then after forcing a punt, New Orleans drove to the Eagles' 29-yard line. After two penalties (a holding call against the Saints and an illegal contact call against the Eagles), McAllister rushed for 25 yards and followed it up with an 11-yard touchdown reception, giving the Saints a 27\u201321 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0039-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nWith 11:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, Philadelphia scored on a 24-yard field goal from David Akers, cutting their deficit to three points. After an exchange of punts, the Saints drove from their 29 to the Eagles 35-yard line with 3:24 left in the game. New Orleans was in great position to take more time off the clock and increase their lead, but Bush fumbled a high pitch from Brees and Philadelphia's Darren Howard recovered the ball, giving his team a chance to drive for a tying field goal. However, the Eagles were unable to get a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0039-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nThey appeared to convert a fourth and 10 to Hank Baskett, but the loud crowd noise had muted the whistles of a false start by guard Scott Young, originally a backup to injured starter Shawn Andrews. After that, they chose to punt the ball back with 1:57 left. The Saints then clinched the victory by keeping possession of the ball for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0040-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Saturday, January 13, 2007, NFC: New Orleans Saints 27, Philadelphia Eagles 24\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Eagles and Saints. Philadelphia won the only prior meeting 36\u201320 in the 1992 NFC Wild Card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 121], "content_span": [122, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0041-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nRobbie Gould's 49-yard field goal in overtime propelled the Bears over the Seahawks and to their first NFC Championship Game since the 1988 season. This was also their first playoff win since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0042-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nChicago running back Thomas Jones capped off the opening drive of the game with a 9-yard touchdown run. Seahawks receiver Nate Burleson gave his team great field position with a 41-yard kickoff return to the 47-yard line, but the Bears forced Seattle to punt after three plays. Then, after forcing Chicago to punt, Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck tied the score with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Burleson on the first play of the second quarter. However, Bears quarterback Rex Grossman threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Bernard Berrian on the first play after the ensuing kickoff, giving his team a 14\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0043-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nLater in the quarter, Grossman lost a fumble while being sacked by lineman Julian Peterson, and Seattle's Chuck Darby recovered the ball at the Bears' 26-yard line. Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander subsequently took the ball into the end zone with four running plays, the last one a 4-yard touchdown run to tie the game. Seattle decided to squib kick the ensuing kickoff to prevent a long return, but Bears tight end Gabe Reid gave Chicago good field position with a 20-yard return to the 43-yard line. After the two-minute warning, Grossman completed a 21-yard pass to Muhsin Muhammad and followed it up with an 18-yard completion to Rashied Davis, advancing the ball to the 7-yard line. Following a timeout, Jones scored his second rushing touchdown, giving the Bears a 21\u201314 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 914]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0044-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nOn the opening drive of the third quarter, Josh Brown's 54-yard field goal cut the Seahawks deficit to 21\u201317. Then, after the Bears were forced to punt, receiver Deion Branch caught two passes for 33 yards on a 7-play, 51-yard drive that ended with Alexander's second touchdown on a 13-yard run, making the score 24\u201321. Chicago responded by advancing the ball to the Seahawks 10-yard line, but cornerback Pete Hunter ended the drive by intercepting a pass intended for Muhammad. However, Bears defensive back Ricky Manning intercepted Hasselbeck's next pass and returned it to the 32-yard line. Chicago ended up getting pushed back to the 36 and decided to punt rather than risk a 54-yard field goal attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0045-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nIn the fourth quarter, Chicago lost a scoring opportunity when Devin Hester's 63-yard punt return touchdown was nullified by an illegal block penalty on Manning. Instead, they ended up driving 48 yards and scoring with Gould's 41-yard field goal to tie the game. Seattle responded with a drive to Chicago's 46-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs when Alexander was tackled for a 1-yard loss by Lance Briggs on fourth and 1 with under two minutes left in regulation. However, Chicago was unable to get a first down and had to punt. Seattle then drove to the Bears 45-yard line, but Tank Johnson sacked Hasselbeck for a 9-yard loss with less than 30 seconds left in regulation, and the game ended up going into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0046-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nSeattle won the coin toss, but had to punt after three plays. On the punt, Chicago defender Israel Idonije broke through the offensive line and attempted to block the kick. He didn't quite make it there in time, but he forced Ryan Plackemeier to rush his punt, which ended up going just 18 yards to the Chicago 36-yard line. Two plays later, a 30-yard reception by Davis set up Gould's game-winning 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0047-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24 (OT)\nThis was the first postseason meeting between the Seahawks and Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 116], "content_span": [117, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0048-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nIn the final game of the divisional playoffs, the New England Patriots faced the San Diego Chargers, who were unbeaten at home in the regular season. The Chargers' roster included league MVP running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who broke several league records, nine Pro Bowlers, and five All-Pro players. However, four Chargers turnovers, three of which were converted into Patriots scoring drives, helped lead to a Chargers loss. San Diego lost despite outgaining the Patriots in rushing yards, 148\u201351 and total yards, 352\u2013327, while also intercepting three passes from Tom Brady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0049-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nIn the first quarter, after San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer opted to go for it on fourth and 11 instead of attempting a 47-yard field goal, quarterback Philip Rivers lost a fumble while being sacked by Mike Vrabel, setting up Stephen Gostkowski's 51-yard field goal with 40 seconds left in the quarter. In the second quarter, Chargers receiver Eric Parker's 13-yard punt return set up a 48-yard scoring drive that ended with Tomlinson's 2-yard touchdown run, giving his team a 7\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0049-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nThen, on the Patriots' next drive, linebacker Donnie Edwards intercepted a pass from Brady and returned it to the 41-yard line. But the Chargers ended up punting after Rivers was sacked on third down by defensive back Artrell Hawkins. Later in the quarter, Tomlinson rushed twice for 13 yards and took a screen pass 58 yards to the Patriots' 6-yard line, setting up a 6-yard touchdown run by Michael Turner with 2:04 left in the half. New England responded with a 72-yard scoring drive, with receiver Jabar Gaffney catching four passes for 46 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown reception with six seconds left in the half, cutting their deficit to 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0050-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nIn the second half, Brady threw his second interception of the game. But once again, the Chargers were forced to punt after Rivers was sacked on third down. Mike Scifres' 36-yard punt pinned New England back at their own 2-yard line, and San Diego subsequently forced a punt, but Parker muffed the kick and New England's David Thomas recovered the fumble at the Chargers' 31-yard line. New England's drive seemed to stall after Brady fumbled on third and 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0050-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nPatriots' tackle Matt Light recovered it and Chargers defensive back Drayton Florence drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for taunting Patriots tight end Daniel Graham. The drive continued and Gostkowski eventually kicked a 34-yard field goal to cut their deficit to 14\u201313. Then, on San Diego's next drive, linebacker Rosevelt Colvin intercepted a pass from Rivers at the New England 36-yard line. The Patriots then drove to the Chargers 41-yard line, but were halted there and had to punt. After the punt, Rivers completed two passes to tight end Antonio Gates for 31 yards and a 31-yard pass to Vincent Jackson, setting up Tomlinson's second rushing touchdown to give the Chargers an 8-point lead, 21\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0051-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nNew England responded by driving to San Diego's 41-yard line. On a fourth-down conversion attempt, Brady's pass was intercepted by Marlon McCree, but Troy Brown stripped the ball, and receiver Reche Caldwell recovered it. Schottenheimer unsuccessfully challenged the play and lost a timeout. Four plays later, Brady threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Caldwell. On the next play, running back Kevin Faulk took a direct snap and scored the two-point conversion, tying the game. Then, after forcing a punt, Brady completed a 19-yard pass to Graham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0051-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nTwo plays later, Caldwell caught a 49-yard strike down the right sideline to set up Gostkowski's third field goal to give them a 24\u201321 lead with only 1:10 left in the fourth quarter. With no timeouts left, San Diego drove to the Patriots 36-yard line on their final possession, but Nate Kaeding's 53-yard field goal attempt fell short with three seconds remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0052-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nOne month later, Schottenheimer was fired by San Diego, ending his 21-year coaching career. His 14\u20132 season with the Chargers was his best regular season record ever, and he is the only coach in NFL history to be fired after racking up 14 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0053-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nThis was the Patriots last road playoff victory until the 2018 AFC Championship Game in Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0054-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Divisional playoffs, Sunday, January 14, 2007, AFC: New England Patriots 24, San Diego Chargers 21\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Patriots and Chargers, with San Diego winning the prior meeting 51\u201310 in the 1963 AFL Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 120], "content_span": [121, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0055-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nAlthough the Saints outgained the Bears in total yards, 375\u2013335, their four turnovers (three fumbles and one interception) contributed to a Bears victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0056-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nOn the opening drive of the game, Saints receiver Devery Henderson caught a 40-yard pass at the Bears' 32-yard line. But three plays later, Bears lineman Israel Idonije sacked quarterback Drew Brees on the 36-yard line, and the Saints decided to punt rather than attempt a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0057-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nWith 5:28 remaining in the first quarter, Bears defensive back Nathan Vasher recovered a fumble from Marques Colston and returned it 14 yards to the Saints' 36-yard line. Several plays later, Robbie Gould kicked a 19-yard field goal to give the Bears a 3\u20130 lead. Then, Chicago's Danieal Manning recovered a fumble from Michael Lewis on the ensuing kickoff, setting up Gould's second field goal to increase the lead to 6\u20130. New Orleans was forced to punt on their next possession, and Devin Hester gave his team good field position with a 10-yard return to the Saints' 49-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0057-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nTwo plays later, tight end Desmond Clark's 30-yard reception moved the ball to the 19. Once again, New Orleans kept Chicago's offense out of the end zone, but Gould kicked his third field goal to give the Bears a 9\u20130 lead. Then, after forcing another punt, Chicago stormed down the field on a drive in which running back Thomas Jones carried the ball on eight consecutive plays, gaining 69 yards and finishing it off with a 2-yard touchdown run. This time, New Orleans managed to respond, with Brees completing five passes for 73 yards on their ensuing possession, the last one a 13-yard touchdown pass to Colston, to cut their deficit to 16\u20137 by halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0058-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nTwo plays after forcing a punt from Chicago on the opening drive of the second half, running back Reggie Bush caught a pass from Brees and took it 88 yards for a touchdown to cut the deficit to two points. Then after forcing another punt, New Orleans drove to the Bears' 29-yard line. But this time, they failed to score, as Brees threw three incompletions and Billy Cundiff missed a 47-yard field goal attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0059-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nAfter the ensuing kickoff, Brad Maynard's 51-yard punt gave the Saints the ball at their own 5-yard line. Two plays later, Brees committed an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone, resulting in a safety. Two possessions later, Chicago stormed 85 yards in five plays, with quarterback Rex Grossman completing four consecutive passes for 73 yards, the last one a 33-yard touchdown pass to Bernard Berrian, increasing their lead to 25\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0060-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nThe next time the Bears had the ball, they scored another touchdown with a 12-yard run by Cedric Benson on a drive that was set up after Brees lost a fumble while being sacked by Adewale Ogunleye. Then, on New Orleans' next drive, Brees was intercepted by Vasher. After the ensuing possession, Maynard's 46-yard punt pinned the Saints at their own 8-yard line, and the Saints could only reach their own 30 before turning the ball over on downs. Five plays later, Jones closed out the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown run, making the final score 39\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0061-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nIn addition, Bush became the fifth Heisman Trophy winner to play in a conference championship game the year after winning the trophy. Mike Garrett, who also went to the University of Southern California, did so with the Chiefs in 1966 (technically it was the AFL title game since the league didn't merge until 1970), Tony Dorsett did with the Cowboys in 1977, Earl Campbell did with the Houston Oilers in 1978 and Ron Dayne did with the Giants in 2000. Campbell and Bush are the only two of those to not advance to the Super Bowl in that season. (Bush has since vacated the Heisman Trophy due to ineligibility during the 2005 NCAA football season.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0062-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, NFC: Chicago Bears 39, New Orleans Saints 14\nThis was the second postseason meeting between the Saints and Bears. Chicago won the previous meeting 16\u20136 in the 1990 NFC Wild Card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 118], "content_span": [119, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0063-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nThe Colts gained 455 offensive yards, 32 first downs, and managed to overcome a 21\u20133 deficit to the Patriots to earn their first trip to the Super Bowl since the 1970 NFL season. Their 18-point comeback was the largest ever in an NFL conference championship game, and tied the record for the fourth largest NFL postseason comeback. The Colts' win came after the Patriots had eliminated the Colts from the playoffs twice in the previous three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0064-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nMidway through the first quarter, the Patriots drove 71 yards to the Colts' 4-yard line, featuring a 35-yard run by Corey Dillon. On third down, running back Laurence Maroney fumbled a handoff, but the ball rolled into the end zone where offensive lineman Logan Mankins recovered it for a touchdown. The Colts responded by driving 56 yards and scoring with Adam Vinatieri's 42-yard field goal to cut their deficit to 7\u20133. On their ensuing drive, the Patriots drove to a fourth down on the Colts' 34-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0064-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nRather than attempt a 52-yard field goal, New England decided to go for it and Tom Brady completed a 27-yard pass to Troy Brown. On the next play, Dillon scored on a 7-yard touchdown run. Then, two plays after the ensuing kickoff, cornerback Asante Samuel intercepted a pass from Peyton Manning and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown, giving New England a 21\u20133 lead. Later in the quarter, Indianapolis drove 80 yards in 15 plays, with Vinatieri finishing the drive with a 26-yard field goal, cutting the score to 21\u20136 with 11 seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0065-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nOn the opening drive of the second half, the Colts marched down the field and scored with a 1-yard run by Manning. Then, after forcing a punt, a 25-yard reception by Dallas Clark and a 19-yard run by Dominic Rhodes moved the ball to the Patriots' 32-yard line. Following a pass interference penalty on defensive back Ellis Hobbs in the end zone, Manning threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to defensive lineman Dan Klecko, who had lined up at the fullback position on the play. Then, receiver Marvin Harrison caught a 2-point conversion pass to tie the game at 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0066-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nHobbs returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards to the Colts' 21-yard line. Four plays later, Brady threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to receiver Jabar Gaffney, who made a leaping catch in the back of the end zone. Although he landed out of bounds, officials ruled that he was pushed out while in the air, and the Patriots took a 28\u201321 lead. Rhodes started out the Colts' next drive with two receptions for 23 yards and a 9-yard run. Then, Clark caught a 23-yard pass at the 9-yard line. Three plays later, Rhodes fumbled the ball at the 1-yard line, but center Jeff Saturday recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0067-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nAfter an exchange of punts, New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski made a 28-yard field goal to give them a three-point lead. The Colts responded with a 36-yard field goal by Vinatieri, set up by Clark's 52-yard reception, to tie the game at 31. Hobbs returned Vinatieri's kickoff 41 yards to the Patriots' 46-yard line. Then, Brady completed a 25-yard pass to tight end Daniel Graham. Indianapolis managed to halt the drive at their 25-yard line, but Gostkowski kicked a 43-yard field goal to give the Patriots a 34\u201331 lead with 3:49 left in the game. New England's defense subsequently forced a punt, but the Patriots ended up punting back to the Colts after running only a minute off the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0068-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nManning started off the drive with three nonconsecutive completions for 58 yards, with a roughing-the-passer penalty on the third play adding another 12, moving the ball 70 yards in a span of 19 seconds and bringing up a first down at the Patriots' 11-yard line. Three plays later, Joseph Addai's 3-yard touchdown run gave the Colts their first lead of the game with only one minute remaining. Brady responded by leading his team to the Colts' 45-yard line. But cornerback Marlin Jackson intercepted Brady's next pass with 17 seconds left, ending the game, and sending the Colts to their third Super Bowl in team history (first as the Indianapolis Colts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0069-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nThe Colts were the first #3 seed since the NFL expanded the playoffs in 1990 to host a conference championship game and the first overall since the Washington Redskins did so in 1987. It was also the first time since said season where a team hosted a championship game after playing a road game in the divisional round, and was also the first conference championship game in which neither team had the first round bye and had to play three rounds to get to the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0070-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nHobbs set a Patriots franchise record with 220 kickoff return yards, the second highest total in NFL postseason history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0071-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nThe game was featured as one of the NFL's Greatest Games as Peyton's Revenge. For the Patriots, it was their last road playoff loss until the 2013 AFC Championship Game at Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0072-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Conference Championships, Sunday, January 21, 2007, AFC: Indianapolis Colts 38, New England Patriots 34\nThis was the third postseason meeting between the Patriots and Colts. New England won the previous two meetings in consecutive years, with New England's most recent victory by a score of 20\u20133 in the 2004 AFC Divisional playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 125], "content_span": [126, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189440-0073-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NFL playoffs, Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts 29, Chicago Bears 17\nThis was the first Super Bowl meeting between the Colts and Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 77], "content_span": [78, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 NHL season was the 90th season of operation (89th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs began on April 11, 2007, and concluded on June 6, with the Anaheim Ducks defeating the Ottawa Senators to win their first Stanley Cup, becoming the first team from California to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, League business\nThe NHL announced that the regular season salary cap rise after the initial season. The 2006\u201307 salary cap was increased by $5,000,000 (US) per team to bring the salary cap up to $44,000,000 (US). While the 2006\u201307 salary floor was increased by $8,000,000 (US) per team to $28,000,000 (US). This is the only year where the NHL salary floor raised faster than the NHL salary cap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, League business\nThe Mighty Ducks of Anaheim officially shortened their name to the Anaheim Ducks prior to the season, introducing a new logo, uniforms and color scheme. This reflected a clean break from their original owners, The Walt Disney Company, who originally named the team after the movie, The Mighty Ducks upon their formation in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, League business\nNo NHL player had worn the jersey number 84 until Guillaume Latendresse of the Montreal Canadiens began doing so at the start of this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season\nThe NHL All-Star Game returned after a two-year absence when the Dallas Stars hosted the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game at the American Airlines Center on January 24, 2007. Dallas hosted the All-Star Game for the first time, and it was the first time the Stars franchise had hosted the game since 1972, when it was hosted by the-then Minnesota North Stars. The West defeated the East by a score of 12\u20139, with Danny Briere of the Buffalo Sabres being named MVP of the game. Fewer penalties were called than in 2005\u201306 (an average of 398 per team). This led to fewer goals scored overall (7,082) and more shutouts (150). However, more even-strength goals were scored (4,715) than in 2005\u201306 (4,579).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season\nThis season would have an intense battle between Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo for the Vezina Trophy and a piece of NHL history. Both goaltenders were vying to break Bernie Parent's NHL record 47 wins in a single season. On April 3, 2007, Brodeur tied the NHL record for most wins in a single season with 47, set by Parent in 1973\u201374, in a 2\u20131 shootout victory against the Ottawa Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season\nTwo days later, he broke the thirty-three-year-old record with his 48th win in a 3\u20132 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, which helped the Devils clinch their seventh Atlantic Division title and the second seed in the Eastern Conference. Luongo finished with a career-high 47 wins, one shy of Brodeur, and consequently finished runner-up in a close race for the Vezina. Luongo and Brodeur are considered, however, to have been given an advantage to Parent with the inauguration of the shootout that season by the NHL, allowing more games to be decided with wins, as opposed to ties. The Carolina Hurricanes became the first team since the 1995\u201396 New Jersey Devils to miss the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season\nThe inter-conference division play had the Northeast visit the Central, the Central visit the Atlantic, the Atlantic visit the Pacific, the Pacific visit the Southeast, the Southeast visit the Northwest, and the Northwest visits the Northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nBuffalo Sabres won the Presidents' Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nFor the purpose of conference rankings, division leaders are automatically ranked 1\u20133. These three, plus the next five teams in the conference standings, earn playoff berths at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings, Eastern Conference\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings, Western Conference\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 71], "content_span": [72, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings, Western Conference\nbold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference recordCE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific DivisionSource:Yahoo Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 71], "content_span": [72, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings, Tiebreaking procedures\nIf two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 75], "content_span": [76, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a maximum possible four games on their home ice, with the other team getting a maximum possible three. In the Stanley Cup Finals, home ice is determined based on regular season points, giving the Anaheim Ducks home ice for this year's series. Each best-of-seven series follows a 2\u20132\u20131\u20131\u20131 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket\nThis means that the higher-seeded team will have Games 1 and 2, plus 5 and 7 if necessary, played on their home ice, while the lower-seeded team will be at home for the other games. The format ensures that the team with home ice advantage will always have home ice for the \"extra\" game if there are an odd number of games in a series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Events and milestones\nSeveral former players had their jersey numbers retired during this season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Events and milestones, Debuts\nThe following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2006\u201307:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189441-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL season, Events and milestones, Last games\nThe following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2006\u201307, listed with their team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189442-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NHL transactions\nThe following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2006\u201307 NHL season. It lists, by date, the team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189443-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NK Dinamo Zagreb season\nThis article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Dinamo Zagreb. It also lists all matches that Dinamo Zagreb played in the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189443-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NK Dinamo Zagreb season, Player seasonal records\nCompetitive matches only. Updated to games played 26 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189444-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOFV-Oberliga\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the NOFV-Oberliga was the thirteenth season of the league at tier four (IV) of the German football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189444-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOFV-Oberliga\nThe NOFV-Oberliga was split into two divisions, NOFV-Oberliga Nord and NOFV-Oberliga S\u00fcd. The champions of each, SV Babelsberg 03 and FC Energie Cottbus II, were directly promoted to the 2007\u201308 Regionalliga Nord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189445-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOJHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 NOJHL season is the 29th season of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). The seven teams of the NOJHL will play 48-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189445-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOJHL season\nCome February, the top teams of each division will play down for the Copeland-McNamara Trophy, the NOJHL championship. The winner of the Copeland-McNamara Trophy will compete in the Central Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2007 Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189445-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189445-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship\nHosted by the Abitibi Eskimos in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Abitibi finished third and Soo finished fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189445-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189445-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NOJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189446-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NTFL season\nThe 2006/07 NTFL season was the 86th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189446-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NTFL season\nSouthern Districts Crocs have won there 2nd premiership title while defeating Waratah in the grand final by 9 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189447-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NWHL season, Final standings\nIn the last year of the National Women's Hockey League, several game sheets, results and totals are missing from the league records database (the only known database of NWHL records that has been shared with the Hockey Hall of Fame). Each team played 36 regular-season games from September 16, 2006 to February 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189447-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NWHL season, Final standings\nTwo games were forfeit by the Qu\u00e9bec Avalanche: the January 27-28 weekend away games against the Etobicoke Dolphins and Mississauga Aeros. Both games were counted as 1-0 victories in favour of the home teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189447-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NWHL season, Final standings\nOf the 126 scheduled games (including two forfeit games in January), final scores are missing from the following five games: Dec. 17 (Etobicoke at Montr\u00e9al), Jan. 25 (Qu\u00e9bec at Montr\u00e9al), Feb. 4 (Oakville at Montr\u00e9al), Feb. 17 (Qu\u00e9bec at Etobicoke), and Feb. 25 (Etobicoke at Montr\u00e9al).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189447-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NWHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189447-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 NWHL season, Final standings, Scoring leaders\nJayna Hefford won the scoring title with 40 goals and at least 30 assists. The NWHL 2006-07 totals are missing records from several games, specifically Dec. 17 (Etobicoke at Montr\u00e9al), Jan. 20 (Mississauga at Etobicoke), Jan. 25 (Qu\u00e9bec at Montr\u00e9al), Feb. 4 (Oakville at Montr\u00e9al), Feb. 17 (Qu\u00e9bec at Etobicoke), Feb. 25 (Mississauga at Ottawa), Feb. 25 (Etobicoke at Montr\u00e9al). The 2006-07 totals are also missing partial records from Dec. 16 (Mississauga at Brampton) and Feb. 11 (Brampton at Montr\u00e9al).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nThe 2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season was the ninth National Hockey League season in Nashville, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nThe Predators, looking to get past the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, bulked up their roster by signing star forward Jason Arnott, whose 76 points in 2005\u201306 was second on the Dallas Stars. With returning forwards Paul Kariya and Steve Sullivan, and the acquisition of Arnott and Jean-Pierre Dumont, the Predators were predicted to challenge the Detroit Red Wings for top spot in the Central Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nAlthough the Predators were leading the Central when the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played in Dallas, Texas, only one Predator player was named to the Western Conference team. Defenseman and team captain Kimmo Timonen played in his second All-Star Game. Head Coach Barry Trotz served as an assistant coach for the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nThe attendance in Nashville had been a topic of much media debate all season long, with the Predators' attendance being in the bottom third of the league despite the team leading its division for most of the season. There had been much speculation in February about a clause in the Predators lease with the city that could force the city of Nashville to buy $2 million worth of tickets for the Predators in the 2007\u201308 season if the team failed to reach a paid average attendance of 14,000. After 21 home games, the Predators were only averaging 12,766 in paid attendance. Team owner Craig Leipold had also announced that he was looking to sell up to 40% of the team to local interests; however, he found no immediate takers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nIn February, the Predators acquired forward Peter Forsberg from the Philadelphia Flyers for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent and two draft picks. The deal paid immediate dividends at the gate: the Predators announced they had sold 3,500 tickets for their games in the first day after the trade was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nThe Predators finished the season with a franchise-record 110 points, with 51 wins, and earned a fourth place seed in the Western Conference quarter-finals in the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They then lost to the San Jose Sharks in five games in the Quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season\nOn May 23, 2007, Craig Leipold was reported to have reached a tentative agreement to sell the team to Research In Motion Chairman and Co-CEO Jim Balsillie. According to Leipold, the team were likely to play the 2007\u201308 season in Nashville, but the future of the team after that had not been clear. Balsillie had been rumored to be interested in placing another team in Southern Ontario. The sale was later not approved, and the Predators stayed in their city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Regular season\nThe Predators finished the regular season having allowed the fewest shorthanded goals, with two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Playoffs\nThe Nashville Predators ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's fourth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Player stats, Playoffs\nNote: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Olus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Transactions\nThe Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Draft picks\nNashville's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Predators traded their first round pick, thus their first selection was in the 2nd round, 56th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189448-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nashville Predators season, Minor league affiliates\nThe Milwaukee Admirals are Nashville's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2006\u201307, and the New Mexico Scorpions are the Central Hockey League affiliate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One\nThe 2006\u201307 National Division One was the 20th full season of rugby union within the second tier of the English league system, currently known as the RFU Championship. This season saw the league increased from 14 to 16 teams with new teams including Leeds Tykes (relegated from the 2005-06 Guinness Premiership), as well as Moseley and Waterloo who were promoted from 2005\u201306 National Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One\nOther changes saw Exeter Chiefs move from the County Ground to Sandy Park, a modern stadium with room for further expansion, Nottingham moved from Ireland Avenue to groundshare with Notts County at the much larger Meadow Lane and finally Cornish Pirates moved from their temporary ground at Kenwyn in Truro to the larger (and more permanent) Recreation Ground owned by Camborne RFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One\nLeeds Tykes bounced back by winning the National Division One title at the first attempt and returned to the Guinness Premiership for season 2007\u201308. Earth Titans finished in second place, and Otley and Waterloo were relegated to the 2007\u201308 National Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Team\n66 - 0 Leeds Tykes at home to Waterloo on 11 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Team\n77 - 15 Leeds Tykes away to Waterloo on 4 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Team\n77 - 15 Leeds Tykes away to Waterloo on 4 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Team\nDoncaster Knights at home to Waterloo on 21 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Team\nSedgley Park away to Coventry on 26 November 2006Moseley at home to Otley on 27 January 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Team\nNewbury at home to Sedgley Park on 24 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Player\nAlberto Di Bernardo for Cornish Pirates at home to Moseley on 17 September 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Player\nNicolas Sestaret for Plymouth Albion at home to Moseley on 23 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Player\nCerith Rees for Doncaster Knights at home to Waterloo on 21 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Player\nPhil Jones for Sedgley Park away to Coventry on 26 November 2006 Oliver Thomas for Moseley at home to Otley on 27 January 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Player\nNick Defty for Newbury at home to Sedgley Park on 24 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Attendances\nLeeds Tykes at home to Earth Titans on 22 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189449-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division One, Season records, Attendances\nPertemps Bees at home to Plymouth Albion on 3 February 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North\nThe 2006\u201307 National Division Three North was the seventh season (nineteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Orrell who were relegated from the 2005\u201306 National Division Two while promoted teams included Rugby Lions who came up as champions of Midlands Division 1 as well as Morley (champions) and West Park St Helens who came up from North Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North\nThe league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North\nAt the end of the season Blaydon would pip Tynedale to the title by just one point with Tynedale actually having a better league record in terms of wins and draws but having fewer bonus points. After missing out on the league title by the finest of margins, Tynedale would fail to gain promotion to the 2007\u201308 National Division Two at the second attempt losing away to the 2006\u201307 National Division Three South runners up Westcombe Park in the promotion playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North\nIn terms of relegation Orrell would suffer their third relegation in a row, with just two draws all season, with the much more competitive Cleckheaton and Darlington going down at a later date. In Darlington's case they finished level with newly promoted West Park St Helens, with the same number of wins but with more defeats as West Park managed to draw two extra games (despite having less bonus points). Cleckheaton and Darlington would join North Division 1 for the subsequent season. In the case of Orrell the impact of relegation was much more drastic as the club folded due to its financial backers pulling out. However, an amateur version of the club would carry on playing in the South Lancs/Cheshire 2 league for 2007-08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Results, Promotion play-off\nThe league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Westcombe Park were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Tynedale, they hosted the play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\n124 - 0 Blaydon at home to Orrell on 24 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\n106 - 0 Fylde away to Orrell on 31 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\n124 - 0 Blaydon at home to Orrell on 24 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Team\nTynedale away to West Park St Helens on 2 September 2006Rugby Lions at home to Fylde on 27 January 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nNick Royle for Fylde away to Orrell on 31 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nNick Royle for Fylde away to Orrell on 31 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nAnthony Mellalieu for Blaydon at home to Orrell on 24 March 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nPhillip Belgian for Tynedale away to West Park St Helens on 2 September 2006 James Hawken for Rugby Lions at home to Fylde on 27 January 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Player\nJohn Armstrong for Fylde at home to Blaydon on 14 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Attendances\nFylde at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 23 December 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189450-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three North, Season records, Attendances\nLeicester Lions at home to Tynedale on 25 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South\nThe 2006\u201307 National Division Three South was the seventh season (20th overall) of the fourth division (south) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three South. New teams to the division only included promoted teams from lower leagues (there had been no relegation from the 2005\u201306 National Division Two) including Canterbury who came up as champions of London Division 1, while Chinnor (champions) and Clifton (playoffs) came up from South West Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South\nThe league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three North (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South\nIn what was a close title race, Southend edged out Westcombe Park to take the title by just two points (and promotion to the 2007\u201308 National Division Two), despite the London side having a much superior for and against points record. Westcombe Park would join Southend in the following seasons National Division Two by defeating 2006\u201307 National Division Three North runners up Tynedale at Goddington Dene in the promotion playoff. At the other end of the table newly promoted Chinnor went straight back down as the first team to be relegated, followed closely by Cheltenham-based side Old Patesians. Hertford were the final team to go down, being much more competitive but eventually finishing two points below 11th placed Clifton. Chinnor and Old Patesians would join South West Division 1 while Hertford would fall to London Division 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Results, Promotion play-off\nThe league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Westcombe Park were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Tynedale, they hosted the play-off match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\n85 - 7 Westcombe Park at home to Hertford on 11 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\n85 - 8 Westcombe Park away to Chinnor on 7 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\n85 - 8 Westcombe Park away to Chinnor on 7 October 200685 - 7 Westcombe Park at home to Hertford on 11 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\nWestcombe Park at home to Hertford on 11 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Team\nHertford at home to Rosslyn Park on 30 September 2006Clifton at home to Lydney on 21 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nAndy Thorpe for North Walsham at home to Rosslyn Park on 14 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nAndy Thorpe for North Walsham at home to Rosslyn Park on 14 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nJames Whittingham for Westcombe Park away to Chinnor on 7 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Player\nKieron Davies for Hertford at home to Rosslyn Park on 30 September 2006 John Barnes for Clifton at home to Lydney on 21 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189451-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Three South, Season records, Attendances\nOld Patesians at home to Hertford on 21 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two\nThe 2006\u201307 National Division Two was the seventh version (twentieth overall) of the third division of the English rugby union league system using the name National Division Two. New teams to the division included Bradford & Bingley (champions) and Nuneaton (playoffs) who were promoted from the 2005\u201306 National Division Three North, Cambridge who came up from the 2005\u201306 National Division Three South and no new teams joined from the previous season's National Division One due to the RFU's decision to expand that league from 14 to 16 teams and ending relegation for that season alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two\nAt the end of the season Esher were the clear league winners, beating second place Launceston to the title by 9 points and defeating the Cornish side home and away, with both sides being promoted to the 2007\u201308 National Division One. Relegated teams included Harrogate, Barking and newly promoted Bradford & Bingley. All three sides finished well below 11th placed Halifax with Harrogate only winning one game all season. Harrogate and Bradford & Bingley would drop to the 2007\u201308 National Division Three North while Barking would go down to the 2007\u201308 National Division Three South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Team\n107 - 5 Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Team\n70 - 15 Manchester away to Barking on 14 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Team\n107 - 5 Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Team\nHenley Hawks away to Halifax on 31 March 2007Henley Hawks away to Esher on 21 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nAlastair Bressington for Stourbridge away to Bradford & Bingley on 23 September 2006 Neil Hallett for Esher away to Blackheath on 11 November 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nChristoff Lombaard for Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nDafydd Lewis for Cambridge at home to Harrogate on 28 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nNeil Hallett for Esher away to Stourbridge on 3 February 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Player\nMitch Burton for Henley Hawks away to Halifax on 31 March 2007 Mitch Burton for Henley Hawks away to Esher on 21 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Attendances\nEsher at home to Henley Hawks on 21 April 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189452-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Division Two, Season records, Attendances\nBarking at home to Henley Hawks on 21 October 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189453-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Football League (India)\nThe 2006\u201307 National Football League was the 11th and last season of the National Football League, the top Indian professional league for association football clubs, before it is rebranded as I-League from 2007\u201308 season as part of turning the league into a professional league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189453-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Football League (India), Overview\nIt was contested by 10 teams, and Dempo won the championship under the coach Armando Colaco. It was their second title. JCT came second and Mahindra came third. Mohammedan and HAL (Hindustan Aeronotics Limited) and were relegated from the league for the next edition of National Football League 2007-08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season\nThe 2006\u201307 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, New Rules\nThere are a few changes of rules for the new season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, New Rules, 3-Point System\nFor the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, New Rules, 3-Point System, Overtime\nA tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, New Rules, 3-Point System, Penalty Shootout\nIf the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, Regular season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, Playoffs, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189454-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National League A season, Relegation (Playout)\nAfter the conclusion of the regular season, the bottom 4 teams will compete in a 4-team elimination playoff, with the losing team advancing to determine which team will face the champions of the National League B. The winner of the best-of-7 series will play in the National League A next season, while the losing team will play in the National League B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189455-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Twenty20 Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the third edition of the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup, a domestic Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan. It was held in Karachi from 21 to 26 December 2006. The tournament was reduced to a shorter format similar to the 2004\u201305 edition with 18 matches. The Sialkot Stallions successfully defended the title by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189455-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Twenty20 Cup, Format\nThe 13 teams are divided into four groups: Pool A with four teams, Pool B, C and D with three each. Each group plays a single Round-robin tournament and the top team from each group advances to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals play the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189455-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Twenty20 Cup, Format\nThe position of the teams in the points table is determined by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189455-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Twenty20 Cup, Format, Prize money\nThe prize money was increased from the previous year, with the winners receiving almost twice that of the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189455-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 National Twenty20 Cup, Results, Teams and standings\nThe top team from each group qualify for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189456-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Neftchi Baku PFK season\nThe Neftchi Baku 2006\u201307 season was Neftchi Baku's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season. This was their first, and only, season with Gurban Gurbanov as their manager. They finished 2nd in the league behind Khazar Lankaran and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the semifinal stage by MKT Araz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189456-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189456-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189456-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189456-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189456-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Neftchi Baku PFK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189457-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I\nThe 2006\u201307 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g I, also known as NB I, was the 105th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named Borsodi Liga for sponsoring reasons. The season started on 28 July 2006 and ended on 28 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189458-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II\nThe 2006\u201307 Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II was Hungary's 56th season of the Nemzeti Bajnoks\u00e1g II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189459-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Netball Superleague season\nThe 2006\u201307 Netball Superleague season saw Team Bath finish as champions for the second time. Team Bath retained the title without losing a single match all season. For a second successive season they defeated Galleria Mavericks in the grand final. This was also the first season that Sky Sports began to broadcast matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189459-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Netball Superleague season, Overview\nIn November 2006 it was announced that Sky Sports would begin to broadcast Superleague matches. Team Bath retained the title without losing a single match all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season\nThe 2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 25th in the National Hockey League (NHL) since the franchise moved to New Jersey. The team qualified again for the Stanley Cup playoffs, losing in the second round to the Ottawa Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nThe 2006\u201307 season saw the team attempting to maintain its position among the top teams in the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference. Behind the goaltending of Martin Brodeur and the offensive abilities of players such as Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta, the Devils once again made a drive into the playoffs. It was the team's last season in Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as construction of the Prudential Center in Newark was completed in time for the Devils to move in for the 2007\u201308 season. Patrik Elias became the seventh captain in team history, following the retirement of Scott Stevens the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nBrodeur, in his 13th full season of NHL play, continued his legacy as one of the winningest goaltenders in league history. On December 8, he shut out the Philadelphia Flyers to record his 462nd career victory, moving him into second place on the all-time victory list, behind Patrick Roy (551). Later in the month, on December 26, Brodeur recorded his 85th career shutout (3\u20130 over the Pittsburgh Penguins) to move into third place on the all-time shutout list, behind Terry Sawchuk (103) and George Hainsworth (94).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nOn April 2, the Devils surprisingly fired head coach Claude Julien with three games remaining in the season, despite a strong record of 47\u201324\u20138. Lou Lamoriello took over as coach afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nOn April 5, 2007, a win against the Philadelphia Flyers broke two records. One was the records for most wins in a season by a goaltender by Martin Brodeur with his 48th victory of the season. However, nine of those wins came via shootout. Making all things equivalent, Brodeur finished the season with 39 non-shootout wins to Bernie Parent's 47. The other being the New Jersey Devil franchise record of most wins by the team in a season with their 49th victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nThe Devils finished the regular season as Atlantic Division champions with 107 points, good for second place in the Eastern Conference. They also finished the regular season with a league-high 12 shutouts, all by Martin Brodeur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season\nThe Devils were the most disciplined team during the regular season, with just 271 power-play opportunities against, and allowed the fewest power-play goals in the NHL, with only 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Playoffs\nThe New Jersey Devils ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Playoffs\nOn April 28, 2007 the Devils sold out the 19,040 capacity Continental Airlines Arena for the first time in the 2006\u201307 season in the 3\u20132 double overtime win against the Ottawa Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Playoffs\nThe Devils' season came to an end on May 5, 2007, as they lost Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals to the Ottawa Senators 3\u20132, to lose the series 4\u20131. That defeat turned out to be the last game ever played at the Continental Airlines Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Media\nTelevision coverage was still on Fox Sports Network with Mike Emrick calling the play-by-play and Chico Resch serving the color commentator. Meanwhile, Steve Cangialosi handled the studio hosting duties. Radio coverage was still on WFAN 660, but this time, former television color commentator Matt Loughlin took the position as radio play-by-play announcer. Also, in this season, Sherry Ross returns to be the radio color commentator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Player statistics, Playoffs\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189460-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Devils season, Awards and records, Draft picks\nThe Devils' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189461-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Nets season\nThe 2006\u201307 New Jersey Nets season was the team's 40th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 49\u201333 output from the previous season. However, they came eight wins shy of tying it, finishing 41\u201341. In the playoffs, the Nets upset Vince Carter's former team, the Toronto Raptors in the first round but could not defeat the eventual Eastern Conference champion, the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in the next round. The Nets remain the last team with a 0.500 record to win a playoff series. The Nets had the thirteenth best team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189461-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Jersey Nets season\nThis season marked the Nets' final playoff appearance in New Jersey, and the Nets would not return to the playoffs until 2013, when they relocated to Brooklyn, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189462-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season\nThe 2006\u201307 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season was the team's 5th in the NBA. The Hornets split their games between the New Orleans Arena and the Ford Center, playing the majority of their schedule in Oklahoma City as they had in the previous season. The Hornets improved by one win, finishing 39-43, but failed to reach the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189462-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season\nAlthough the Hornets moved back to New Orleans full-time for the 2007-2008 NBA season, Oklahoma City was not without basketball for long as the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma for the 2008-09 campaign and became known as the Oklahoma City Thunder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season\nThe 2006\u201307 New York Islanders season was the 35th season in the franchise's history. They qualified for the playoffs in the last game of the regular season. They lost to the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nAfter the Islanders' upper management cleaned out the team's front office during the 2005\u201306 season, owner Charles Wang needed to find a new coach and general manager (GM). Initially, he hired Ted Nolan as coach and Neil Smith as GM, but Smith was removed after a few weeks on the job. Wang envisioned team management making decisions by committee, and Smith was uncomfortable working without the large amount of control that NHL managers usually have. Wang hired Garth Snow, who was the team's backup goalie the prior year, to take over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nPat LaFontaine, who had intended to return to the team as senior advisor to the owner, resigned the post the same day that Smith was fired. Reports indicated that LaFontaine decided the fit was not right for him after Wang ignored his advice to wait a few days before making a final decision about Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nPrior to Smith's firing, the Islanders made several free agent acquisitions, including defensemen Brendan Witt and Tom Poti and forwards Mike Sillinger and Chris Simon. Andy Hilbert, Sean Hill, Viktor Kozlov and Richard Park signed on after Smith was dismissed. Additionally, in a controversial move, the Islanders signed goaltender Rick DiPietro to a 15-year, $67.5 million contract, among the longest in professional sports history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nThe Islanders opened the season on a losing streak, but then began to play well enough to temporarily move into first place in the Atlantic Division by December. On December 16, 2006, the Islanders traded Alexei Zhitnik to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Freddy Meyer and a conditional third round draft pick. On December 20, they then traded forward Mike York to the Flyers for forward Randy Robitaille and a fifth-round pick in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nStarting at the end of December, the Islanders went on a seven-game losing streak, which ended with a victory over the Rangers. Since then, the Islanders hovered around the last playoff spot. In advance of the February NHL trade deadline, the Isles made a pair of deals with the Edmonton Oilers. On February 18, 2007, the Islanders traded defense prospect Denis Grebeshkov for defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron and a third-round pick in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nSitting in sixth place in the Eastern Conference at the trade deadline, the team sent a first-round draft pick and prospects Robert Nilsson and Ryan O'Marra to the Oilers for NHL All-Star Ryan Smyth and acquired Richard Zednik for a second-round pick. However, the team suffered a series of losses down the stretch. Journalists cited two reasons for the team's apparent demise: Chris Simon's suspension for striking Ryan Hollweg with his stick, and Rick DiPietro's multiple concussions, which forced him to miss several crucial games. Backup goaltender Mike Dunham had several poor showings with DiPietro out, which prompted the team to call on third-stringer Wade Dubielewicz, who fared better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season\nComing into the last four games of the season, the Islanders play had improved, but a playoff spot still appeared out of reach. However, the team won each game and received some help from the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, who failed to win enough games to edge the Isles out. The Isles clinched with a shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, in which Dubielewicz poke-checked Sergei Brylin to secure the victory. The team expressed pride that they qualified because many NHL preview predictions had the Isles slated to finish at or near the bottom of the standings. They lost their first round matchup with the Buffalo Sabres, however, the NHL's best team during the regular season, in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Playoffs\nThe New York Islanders earned the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189463-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Islanders season, Transactions, Draft picks\nThe Islanders' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189464-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Knicks season\nThe 2006\u201307 New York Knicks season was the 61st season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the off-season, the Knicks hired General Manager Isiah Thomas as head coach. The team finished with a 33\u201349 record, which placed them fourth in the Atlantic Division. For the third consecutive season, New York did not make the NBA Playoffs. Eddy Curry led the team with 19.5 points per game, while Jamal Crawford averaged 17.6 points per game, and Stephon Marbury provided them with 16.4 points and 5.4 assists per game. Second-year forward David Lee played a sixth man role off the bench, averaging 10.7 points and leading the team with 10.4 rebounds per game. Following the season, Steve Francis signed as a free agent with his former team, the Houston Rockets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season\nThe 2006\u201307 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 80th season of play and their 81st season overall. It saw the team attempting to build on their surprising run into the playoffs the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season\nAfter being swept by their cross-river rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Rangers looked to add playoff experience through off-season free agent signings. As such, the Rangers signed forward Matt Cullen and defenseman Aaron Ward from the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, in addition to three-time champion Brendan Shanahan from the Detroit Red Wings. However, the Rangers lost a few big names from their strong regular season run, including assistant captain Steve Rucchin, Martin Rucinsky, Tom Poti and Petr Sykora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nOn October 5, 2006, before the Rangers opened regular season play at Madison Square Garden against the Washington Capitals, J\u00e1gr was named as the 24th captain in Rangers history. In the 5\u20132 victory, Jaromir Jagr scored on the season's first shot and Brendan Shanahan scored twice to tally his 600th career NHL goal. Despite a 2\u20130 start, the Rangers struggled through the month of October and finished the calendar month in the midst of their west coast swing with a 5\u20136 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nThings began to turn in the right direction for the team in the month of November. The Rangers began the month with wins over the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks to bring their record above .500 and after an 8\u20133\u20133-month, the Rangers had a 13\u20139\u20133 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nThe Rangers rose high in December, with a five-game winning streak during the second week, but then crashed hard back to Earth. A 9\u20132 loss at Toronto on December 16 keyed a seven-game losing streak which included two heart-breaking losses in Florida (one to the Panthers in which the Rangers led 2\u20130 after two periods and lost 3\u20132 and another two nights later to the Lightning in which the Rangers led 3\u20130 after two and lost 4\u20133). The Rangers were also shut-out in their final two losses of the streak. The Rangers got back on the right track and snapped their losing skid with a 4\u20131 win against the Washington Capitals in their final game of 2006. This win would key a four-game winning streak; however, the Rangers lost eight of their next 11 games as they limped into February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nOn February 5, 2007, in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings, the Rangers acquired the agitator Sean Avery. Avery's first few games with the Rangers saw an increase in the team's intensity, but still a lack of luck in the standings. In his first game, the Rangers lost to the New Jersey Devils 3\u20132 in a shootout, then proceeded to win three straight against the likes of Tampa Bay, Washington and Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nAgainst the Philadelphia Flyers on February 17, the Rangers lost not only the game (5\u20133) but also lost Brendan Shanahan to a concussion after an open ice collision with Mike Knuble in the third period. Shanahan would miss the next 15 games. As of the trading deadline on February 27, the Rangers were 29\u201327\u20136 and a run at a playoff berth looked unlikely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nDuring the month of March, the Rangers lost a number of other players to injury, including Fedor Tyutin, Marcel Hossa and Karel Rachunek, all to medial collateral ligament (MCL) sprains. However, thanks to the stellar play of goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, the Rangers went 10\u20132\u20133 in the month of March to move into playoff position and on April 5, 2007, with a 3\u20131 win over the Montreal Canadiens, clinched a playoff berth for the second consecutive season. The Rangers concluded the regular season with a record of 13\u20133\u20134 after the trading deadline and 17\u20136\u20136 after the acquisition of Sean Avery from Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season\nOn their final night of the regular season, the Rangers lost 2\u20131 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but thanks to Tampa Bay's shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers, the Rangers locked up the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs\nThe New York Rangers ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nEntering the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, the New York Rangers had not won a playoff game since May 18, 1997, against the Philadelphia Flyers, having lost seven consecutive playoff games in that time span. They began the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals against the Atlanta Thrashers, a team making their first playoff appearance in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nIn front of a sellout crowd in Atlanta for Game 1, the Rangers struck first with a Jaromir Jagr goal 12:50 into the first period to take a 1\u20130 lead. Michal Rozsival added a power play goal four minutes later to extend the Ranger lead to 2\u20130. Atlanta's Eric Belanger tallied a power play goal in the first period's final minute to make the score 2\u20131 at first intermission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nThe Rangers held a two-goal lead two other times through the remainder of the game, but Atlanta cut the deficit back to one on both occasions, with their final tally coming from former Ranger Pascal Dupuis early in the third period. Atlanta pressured for the equalizer for the final minutes but could not beat Henrik Lundqvist for a fourth goal and the Rangers prevailed 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0013-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nNot only was the victory the Rangers first playoff win in nearly ten years, it was also the first time the Rangers won Game 1 of a playoff series since the 1994 Eastern Conference Semi-finals against the Washington Capitals. In addition, the four goals scored by New York in Game 1 matched their four-game offensive output against the New Jersey Devils from the year prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nAtlanta switched goaltenders for Game 2, giving the nod to Johan Hedberg over Kari Lehtonen. The Rangers would strike first again, this time on a fluke goal credited to Sean Avery. Avery dumped the puck into the offensive zone from the red line, causing Hedberg to leave the crease in order to play the puck behind the net. The puck caromed off the boards in a peculiar manner and ended up in the net. After the bizarre goal, the game settled into a goaltending duel between Hedberg and Lundqvist. Atlanta would tie the game five minutes into the third period on a goal by Ilya Kovalchuk. The Rangers, however, would prevail, winning on a Brendan Shanahan goal with four minutes to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nUp 2\u20130 in the series, the Rangers returned home for Game 3, and the Atlanta Thrashers returned to Kari Lehtonen in net. The switch did not work, as the Rangers struck 32 seconds into the game and would not let up from there. Jaromir Jagr tied an NHL record with three assists in the first period as Michael Nylander scored twice and Marek Malik added another to give New York a 3\u20130 lead after one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0015-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nRookie Ryan Callahan scored twice in the second period (the first two playoff goals of his career), Brendan Shanahan added a power play goal midway through the third period, and Nylander completed the hat trick seven minutes later to seal a 7\u20130 Game 3 victory. The 7\u20130 victory was the first playoff shutout in Henrik Lundqvist's career and the largest margin of victory in a playoff shutout in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nAtlanta switched back to Hedberg in Game 4 and struck first to take their first lead of the series with a Keith Tkachuk goal in the first period. The Rangers would respond just over a minute later with Michal Rozsival's second power play goal of the series to make the score 1\u20131 after one period. Atlanta would take the lead for a second time in the second period on a goal by Greg de Vries, but the Rangers would counter again, this time with a Brendan Shanahan goal to tie the game at 2\u20132 after two periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers\nEarly in the third period Matt Cullen would score the eventual game winner, driving a rolling puck from the point off the crossbar. The puck bounced straight down and at first glance never crossed the goal line. After a five-minute video review, the puck was clearly shown to have crossed the line in its entirety while on edge and the goal counted. Jaromir Jagr added an empty net goal late in the period to seal a 4\u20132 win and a series sweep. The sweep was only the third sweep of a seven-game playoff series in franchise history (the other sweeps came against the Chicago Blackhawks in 1972 and the New York Islanders in 1994).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nAfter sweeping Atlanta in the first round, the Rangers next opponent was the Eastern Conference's top seed (and the regular season Presidents' Trophy winner), the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres had been a powerful offensive team in the regular season, scoring 308 goals in the 82 games (20 more than the second place team in that department, the Ottawa Senators with 288). The Sabres had four players score over 30 goals during the season, led by Thomas Vanek with 43 in his sophomore campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThe series did not start well for the Rangers in western New York. Despite playing a scoreless first period, the key development in the first twenty minutes was a knee injury suffered by Ranger defenseman Michal Rozsival. Rozsival would see the ice for two shifts in the second period but could not stay in the game. As a result, the Rangers were forced to play the remainder of the game with five defensemen, a recipe for disaster against a team as talented offensively as the Sabres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nIndeed, the result was a disaster for New York, as the Sabres struck for three goals in four minutes, two coming from the aforementioned Vanek, and Buffalo led 3\u20130 after two. The Rangers finally beat Ryan Miller halfway through the third period to cut the deficit to 3\u20131, thanks to a Marcel Hossa tally, but it would not be enough. Three minutes later Jason Pominville was awarded a goal on the first of several controversial video reviews in the series; the controversy in this case coming from the appearance that Pominville had punched the puck into the net. Brendan Shanahan scored a power play goal late for the Rangers to make it 4\u20132, but Drew Stafford hit the empty net to seal a 5\u20132 Sabre victory in Game 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThe tide turned slightly for the Rangers in Game 2, but the result would not. The Rangers scored first this time around, on a Martin Straka power play goal midway through the first, but Brian Campbell and the Sabres responded with a goal on the man advantage 50 seconds later to even the game at one. Late in the second period, the Rangers scored again on the power play, this time with Paul Mara getting the tally, to take a 2\u20131 lead at second intermission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThings would unravel for the Rangers in the third as an errant Marek Malik pass was intercepted before exiting the defensive zone and Chris Drury converted the play into the equalizer goal 24 seconds into the period. Buffalo carried the momentum from there and Thomas Vanek netted the eventual game winner after a scramble in front at 10:11 of the third. The Sabres hung on to win 3\u20132 and take a 2\u20130 lead into the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThe series shifted to New York City and Madison Square Garden for Game 3, with the Rangers in desperate need of a victory. For the second time in three games in the series, the game remained scoreless after one period of play; however, the Rangers struck early in the second, shortly after a power play opportunity had expired. Marek Malik kept the puck in at the blue line and Jaromir Jagr fired a shot that Ryan Miller stopped and thought he had covered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nUnfortunately for the Sabres, the puck slipped behind him and Jagr followed up on the play by putting the loose puck in for his first goal of the series, giving the Rangers the 1\u20130 lead. A few minutes later, after driving hard to the net Karel Rachunek appeared to have given the Rangers a 2\u20130 lead when the puck deflected off his skate and past Miller into the open net. After a second controversial video review, the officials determined that Rachunek had kicked the puck into the net, negating the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0020-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nSaid Rangers Head Coach Tom Renney after the game, \"it has to be a distinct kicking motion. If that's distinct then we're all in trouble.\" In the third, Buffalo would even the score with a power play goal by co-captain Daniel Briere with under eight minutes to play in regulation, forcing overtime. Buffalo nearly buried the game in the first overtime session 19 minutes in while shorthanded, but Derek Roy's shot rang off the post behind Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist and out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0020-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nIn double overtime, it was Rozsival who would be the hero for New York, scoring on a drive from the point that deflected off the iron and in behind Ryan Miller, ending the game after 36:43 of extra time. The win came 36 years to the day that Pete Stemkowski scored a triple overtime winner at the Garden to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nTwo days later, the Rangers looked to even up the series on home ice, taking momentum from their double overtime Game 3 victory. Game 4 started similarly: after a scoreless first period, Jaromir Jagr scored a goal early in the first minute of the second period to give the Rangers a 1\u20130 lead. The Rangers would extend their lead to 2\u20130 midway through the third period, thanks to a power play goal from Brendan Shanahan. Buffalo would cut their deficit back to one goal just 33 seconds later on a goal by Ales Kotalik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nBuffalo attacked hard for the game's final ten minutes but Lundqvist kept the Rangers up by a goal. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 11\u20134 in the game's final frame. With 20 seconds to play in regulation, Lundqvist was caught out of the net after misplaying the puck behind his own net as Buffalo charged for the equalizer. The puck came to Daniel Briere at the side of the net, but Lundqvist came across and made a right pad save at the goal line with 17 seconds to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0021-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThe play would go to another controversial video review and while many analysts believe that the puck logically would have crossed the goal line (resulting in a goal), there was no video angle available to conclusively prove that point. The ruling was no goal and the Rangers hung on for their second straight 2\u20131 victory to even the series 2\u20132 as it went back to Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nAfter an even first period in Game 5 resulted in no scoring, the momentum swung heavily in the Sabres' favor. Buffalo outshot New York 17\u20136 in the second period, but both goaltenders were a wall in net and the game remained scoreless through two. In the third, Buffalo had the advantage in shots once more (13\u20136), but it was New York that struck first, as Martin Straka scored to put the Rangers on top 1\u20130 with 3:19 to play in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0022-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThe Rangers looked like they were about to steal Game 5, but Chris Drury scored with 7.7 seconds remaining in the game to force overtime. Coincidentally, the Rangers had been burned for a game-tying goal with exactly 7.7 seconds on the clock in the past, specifically in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals when Valeri Zelepukin beat Mike Richter to force overtime. While the Rangers had won that game in double overtime on a Stephane Matteau wrap-around, in this case, the Sabres would ride their momentum and win four minutes into overtime on a power play goal by Maxim Afinogenov, who had been a healthy scratch the game before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nDown 3\u20132 in the series, the Rangers headed back to New York for Game 6, carrying a nine-game winning streak at Madison Square Garden. For the fifth straight game in the series, the Rangers drew first blood, on a Michael Nylander backhand shot. With the score 1\u20130 Rangers in the second period, Buffalo started a heavy offensive onslaught. 1:29 into the second, Dmitri Kalinin scored on a shot that changed directions on Lundqvist after forward Nigel Dawes attempted to block the shot. Buffalo took the lead just over a minute later on a Jason Pominville goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nThe Rangers would respond quickly, thanks to a power play goal by Paul Mara to tie the score at 2, but the Sabres were not done. Jochen Hecht and Chris Drury would add goals to give Buffalo a 4\u20132 lead after two periods. During the regular season and playoffs to that point, the Sabres had a 40\u20130 record when leading by two goals after two periods, but the Rangers would challenge that early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0023-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres\nJaromir Jagr scored on the power play five minutes into the third to cut the deficit to 4\u20133, but Hecht would net his second of the game ten minutes later on a tip-in in front to extend Buffalo's lead back to two goals. With 2:51 to play, Michael Nylander would score his second of the game on the power play to cut it to one goal again, but the Rangers could not tie the game late, and Buffalo held on for a 5\u20134 victory to eliminate the Rangers in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 97], "content_span": [98, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. \u2021Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Draft picks\nNew York's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the General Motors Place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Roster\n3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rozs\u00edval\u00a0\u20228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Malik\u00a0\u202222\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pock\u00a0\u202223\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rachunek\u00a0\u202224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ozolinsh\u00a0\u202227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mara\u00a0\u202234\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Strudwick\u00a0\u202246\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Girardi\u00a0\u202251\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tyutin\u00a0\u202255\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Liffiton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Roster\n5\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cullen\u00a0\u202210\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dawes\u00a0\u202214\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Shanahan\u00a0\u202215\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Isbister\u00a0\u202216\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Avery\u00a0\u202219\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Betts\u00a0\u202225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Prucha\u00a0\u202228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Orr\u00a0\u202238\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Immonen\u00a0\u202241\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ortmeyer\u00a0\u202243\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Callahan\u00a0\u202244\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hollweg\u00a0\u202254\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dubinsky\u00a0\u202268\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jagr\u00a0\u202281\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hossa\u00a0\u202282\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Straka\u00a0\u202292\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nylander", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)\nHartford finished with a regular season record of 47\u201329\u20133\u20131 for a total of 98 points in the standings. This snapped a three-year streak in which the team had finished the regular season with at least 100 points, though it marked the fourth consecutive season in which the Wolf Pack won at least 40 games. Ryan Callahan led the team with 35 goals and 55 points on the season, earning him a spot on the AHL All-Rookie team for the season. By the time Callahan had won the honor, however, he was already seeing 3rd line playing time in the NHL for the Rangers. Goaltender Al Montoya finished fifth in the league in regular season goals against average at 2.30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Playoffs\nAs the second seed in the Atlantic Division, the Wolf Pack opened up the playoffs against the third seeded Providence Bruins. With home ice advantage secured, Hartford won Game 1, 5\u20131, but fell behind early in Game 2 and lost 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0029-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Playoffs\nWith the series even and headed to Providence, the Wolf Pack reclaimed home ice advantage in the series thanks to a 5\u20132 victory in Game 3. Providence evened the series again in Game 4 with a big 5\u20131 victory, but the Wolf Pack used a 26\u2013save Al Montoya shutout in Game 5 (a 1\u20130 victory) to take a 3\u20132 series lead back home to Hartford. Providence stayed alive in the series by winning Game 6 convincingly by a 5\u20132 score to force a seventh game. Tied 3\u20133 in the third, the Bruins scored two goals in a span of 58 seconds to take a 5\u20133 lead which Hartford could not come back from, falling 5\u20134 and losing the series 4 games to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)\nCharlotte finished the regular season 42\u201327\u20131\u20132 for 87 points, making 2006\u201307 the third best regular season finish in franchise history (behind 93 points in 2001\u201302 and 94 points in 1995\u201396). The Checkers also qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. In each of the past two years, the Checkers were eliminated in the third round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs. Mark Lee led the team in scoring with 80 points, Bruce Graham led the team in goals with 33, and goaltender Chris Holt finished the season with a 24\u201318\u20130\u20132 record with a 3.15 goals against average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Charlotte Checkers (ECHL), Playoffs\nThe fourth seeded Checkers played the fifth seeded Augusta Lynx in the American Conference's Southern Divisional Quarter-finals, a best-of-three series, sweeping it 2 games to 0. Charlotte won both games in overtime, 2\u20131 in Game 1 and 3\u20132 on the road in Game 2. Daymen Rycroft scored the game-winning goal on both occasions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189465-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New York Rangers season, Farm teams, Charlotte Checkers (ECHL), Playoffs\nThe Checkers would then play the top seeded Florida Everblades in the Divisional Semi-finals, a best-of-five series. Florida took Game 1 by the score of 3\u20132, then pounded the Checkers in Game 2 by scoring early and often, en route to a 7\u20132 win. Back home for Game 3, the Checkers could not stave off the sweep, falling 4\u20130 in their final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189466-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006\u201307 New Zealand Figure Skating Championships was held at the Paradice in Botany Downs, Auckland from 18 through 22 September 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of juvenile, pre-primary, primary, and intermediate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189467-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship was the third season of the New Zealand Football Championship and began on 14 October 2006, and finished on 16 April 2007. Auckland City FC won the title, following up their wins in 2004/2005 and 2005/2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189467-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship, Format Revert\nIn the regular season, all teams played each other three times. The playoff stage was changed slightly (reverting to the old format used during the 2004 season), with the top three teams now going through to the playoffs (as opposed to the previous season's five).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189467-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship, Finals\nIn the playoff system, the games are broken up into two rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189467-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship, Finals, Elimination Final\nThe second place team plays the third place team to make the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189467-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship, Finals, Grand Final\nThe Premiers (i.e. winners of the regular stage), receive a bye straight to the Grand Final, where they face the winners from the Elimination Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189467-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship, Finals, Grand Final\nThe champions of the 2006\u201307 New Zealand Football Championship and the league runners-up, will go on to represent New Zealand in the OFC Champions League 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189468-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Knights FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 New Zealand Knights FC season was the club's second season in the Australian A-League. The club finishing in eighth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189468-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand Knights FC season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189469-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 New Zealand V8 season\nThe 2006\u201307 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 3 November 2006 and ending 22 April 2007. The defending champion was Kayne Scott, although it would be John McIntyre who would win his first New Zealand V8 Touring Car championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189470-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle Jets FC season\nThe 2006-07 season was Newcastle Jets' second season in the Hyundai A-League. After a poor start to the season, The Jets finished strongly to place 3rd at the conclusion of the regular season. They beat Sydney FC in the minor Semi-Final but lost to Adelaide United in the Preliminary Final on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189470-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle Jets FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189470-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle Jets FC season, Matches, 2006-07 Pre-Season Cup\nThe 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup was a series in the Australian A-League football competition held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the main season. The opening round was 15 July 2006. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds and a bonus round, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The bonus group round matched up teams against opponents from the other group, and also offered the incentive of \"bonus points\" based on goals scored (1 point for 2 goals, 2 points for 3 goals, 3 points for 4 or more goals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189470-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle Jets FC season, Matches, 2006-07 Pre-Season Cup\nThe Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Launceston, Canberra, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange and Tamworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Newcastle United participated in the Premier League, finishing 13th, and also competed in the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nThe summer transfer window saw Roeder sign Obafemi Martins from Inter Milan and Damien Duff from Chelsea, though he failed to follow up the club's interest in signing Sol Campbell, claiming he wanted younger players, and unsuccessful attempts were made to lure strikers Dirk Kuyt and Ei\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0johnsen to the club. As the transfer window closed Antoine Sibierski was signed from Manchester City, and young Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi was signed on a four-month loan. Roeder controversially made a last-minute withdrawal from the sale of winger James Milner to Aston Villa, to the fury of Villa manager Martin O'Neill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nA poor opening run of only two wins in the opening thirteen league outings saw Newcastle in deep problems at the wrong end of the table, with the team suffering from the worst injury crisis in the club's history, forcing Roeder to recruit players from the youth academy, notably David Edgar and Matty Pattison. Fan protestations against the club's board came following a mid-November defeat against Sheffield United with the club staring relegation in the face.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary\nThe return of senior players saw the club fight back up the league, but a 5\u20131 FA Cup hammering at home to Championship side Birmingham City left fans and players stunned. A UEFA Cup campaign following success in the Intertoto Cup had looked like the club's form of salvation, but the team crashed out to an agonising defeat on away goals at AZ Alkmaar. Following that the team ran out of steam, and manager Glenn Roeder resigned the week before the end of the season with the team left in mid-table obscurity. Things, however, did seem to look up with new manager Sam Allardyce and wealthy new owners confirmed in the off season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Season summary, New ownership and Sam Allardyce\nBillionaire businessman Mike Ashley began his quest to purchase Newcastle in the spring of 2007, successfully acquiring Sir John Hall's majority stake in the club. Chairman Freddie Shepherd remained defiant that he was not going to sell the club, and, despite a takeover being inevitable, appointed Sam Allardyce as manager following his departure from Bolton Wanderers in April. However, following Mike Ashley claiming a further majority stake hold, Shepherd was forced to sell his stake to Ashley and end his ten-year tenure as chairman. Ashley brought in lawyer Chris Mort as chairman, Tony Jimenez as vice-chairman and Derek Llambias as managing director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Team kit\nThe team kit for the 2006\u201307 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Under-18 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189471-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Newcastle United F.C. season, Players, Trialists\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189472-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189473-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 North Texas men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Johnny Jones. In addition to setting a new school-record with 23 wins, the Mean Green won its first Sun Belt Conference title and advanced for only the second time to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Mean Green played their home games on campus at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189473-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team, Roster\n*Not eligible to compete in a game until the 2007\u201308 season due to NCAA transferring rules", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189474-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 North West Counties Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 North West Counties Football League season was the 25th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189475-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northampton Town F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is the 29th season in the fourth division of English football, and their 92nd season as a professional club played by Northampton Town F.C., a football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189476-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Counties East Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 25th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189476-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Counties East Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189476-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 14 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189476-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Counties East Football League, Division One\nAlso, Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare changed name to Worsbrough Bridge Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189477-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Northern Football League season was the 109th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189477-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189477-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189478-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Mariana Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 Northern Mariana Championship was the inaugural season of top flight football competition in Northern Marianas Islands. A competition with four confirmed participants (their names are not recorded in available sources) was planned to start in November 2005, but was ultimately cancelled. The competition was won by L&A/Kyung-Seung from Sadog Tasi with Fiesta Inter Saipan from Garapan finishing as runners up and Real Mariana in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189478-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Mariana Championship, League table\nThe league was played on a round robin basis with all teams playing each other once. The league table below is final, Onwell Manufacturing from Susupe (also known as Thai Squad) were added to the league over the Christmas period between rounds two and three. The final games were not played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189479-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Northern Premier League season was the 39th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. After this season, Division One was split into two leagues: the Northern Premier League Division One North and the Northern Premier League Division One South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189479-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Premier League, Premier Division, Play-offs\nThe Premier Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the Division compete for one place in the Conference North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189479-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Premier League, Division One, Play-offs\nThe First Division play-offs saw the second to fifth placed sides in the First Division compete for a place in the Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189479-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Premier League, Cup results\nPresident's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189479-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Premier League, Cup results\nChairman's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189479-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Northern Premier League, Cup results\nPeter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Champions of NPL First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Norwich City's second consecutive year in the Football League Championship after failing to gain promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, End of the Worthington era\nFollowing the departure of key players Robert Green and Leon McKenzie to West Ham United and Coventry City respectively, Norwich's lack of activity in the summer transfer window was somewhat surprising. Indeed, only one player - Lee Croft, from Manchester City, for a fee in the region of \u00a3600,000 - came into the club on a permanent basis. However, despite this and an opening day defeat, the club enjoyed a relatively good start to the season, with three consecutive home wins in the league and progress in the League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, End of the Worthington era\nThis form did not last - having collected just one point from a possible twelve during September, pressure was mounting on manager Nigel Worthington. Following the 3\u20131 defeat at Plymouth Argyle on 23 September, joint majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones issued a public ultimatum stating that performances must immediately improve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, End of the Worthington era\nIn their next match on 1 October, Norwich slumped to a 4\u20131 defeat against Burnley at Carrow Road - a game which was televised by Sky Sports. The club announced they had parted company with Worthington just hours after the final whistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, Grant appointed\nMartin Hunter was appointed caretaker manager going into the October international break. His side came out 3\u20130 winners in a friendly match at King's Lynn, specially arranged for former Norwich midfielder Shaun Carey who had suffered a double fracture of his leg. During the week leading up to the meeting with Queens Park Rangers on 14 October, it emerged that former City player and West Ham coach Peter Grant was to be appointed new manager of the Canaries. He watched from the stands as his new side - still under the guidance of Hunter - drew 3\u20133 with QPR, conceding a stoppage-time equaliser by Martin Rowlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, Grant appointed\nGrant's start was encouraging, winning four of his first six matches in full charge. This included beating all three sides relegated from the Premier League the previous season, as well as then league leaders, Cardiff City. However, defeat to local rivals Ipswich Town followed by a run of six defeats in nine through December and January left the club languishing in 17th, with no realistic hopes of reaching the play-offs and just four points above the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, Grant appointed\nA key point in the season came on 27 February, in a match against Luton Town at Kenilworth Road. Norwich were behind twice in the game and defeat would have left them in real relegation danger. However, equalisers from emerging striker Chris Martin and defender Jason Shackell, followed by a vital stoppage-time winning free-kick from new signing Simon Lappin lifted City to the relative safety of 16th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Season overview, Grant appointed\nNorwich's form in the latter part of the season was very inconsistent, often winning one then losing one. The main bright spot was arguably the emergence of young striker Martin, who scored in four consecutive league games through February and March, reportedly attracting interest from Manchester United. The return of top scorer Robert Earnshaw from injury could not stop a run of three defeats from the last four games, which left City ending an overall disappointing campaign in 16th place and hoping for much better in 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189480-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Norwich City F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189481-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nottingham Forest F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Nottingham Forest's 2nd consecutive season in the League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189481-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Nottingham Forest F.C. season, Squad statistics, Top scorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189482-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OB I bajnoksag season\nThe 2006\u201307 OB I bajnoks\u00e1g season was the 70th season of the OB I bajnoks\u00e1g, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Seven teams participated in the league, and Alba Volan Szekesfehervar won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 OHL season was the 27th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The OHL announced, a new rule titled \"Checking to the Head,\" effective for this season. Also announced, the recently adopted National Hockey League rule on stick curvature was not implemented until 2007\u201308. The season commenced on September 21, 2006, and twenty teams each played 68 games. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds moved from Sault Memorial Gardens (demolished in May 2006) into the new Steelback Centre, which opened October 11, 2006. The Oshawa Generals moved mid-season from the Oshawa Civic Auditorium to the General Motors Centre, on November 3, 2006. The Plymouth Whalers won the J. Ross Robertson Cup defeating the Sudbury Wolves in the championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nNote: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, CHL Canada/Russia Series\nThe 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge between the OHL and the Russian team was hosted by the Sarnia Sting on November 23, 2006, and by the Oshawa Generals on November 27, 2006. The OHL won the first game 5\u20130, and the second game 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, All-Star Classic\nThe All-Star Classic was played on January 31, 2007, at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 13\u20139 in the game attended by 5,527 spectators. The top scorers were Hunter Tremblay (Barrie Colts) and Sam Gagner (London Knights), each with five points. The Eastern Conference also prevailed 15\u201313 in the skills competition held the night before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, 2007 OHL Priority Selection\nOn May 5, 2007, the OHL conducted the 2007 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Erie Otters held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Ryan O'Reilly from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens. O'Reilly was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, 2007 OHL Priority Selection\nBelow are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2007 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, 2007 CHL Import Draft\nOn June 27, 2007, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2007 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Erie Otters held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Jaroslav Janus from Slovakia with their selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, 2007 CHL Import Draft\nBelow are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2007 CHL Import Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, 2007 NHL Entry Draft\nOn June 22-23, 2007, the National Hockey League conducted the 2007 NHL Entry Draft held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. In total, 35 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Patrick Kane of the London Knights was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the first overall pick by the Chicago Blackhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189483-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OHL season, 2007 NHL Entry Draft\nBelow are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189484-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OK Liga\nThe 2006\u201307 OK Liga was the 38th season of the top-tier league of rink hockey in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189484-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OK Liga, Competition format\nThe eight first teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs while the three last teams were relegated to Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189484-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OK Liga, Playoffs\nQuarterfinals were played with a best-of-three format, while semifinals and final were played with a best-of-five series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189484-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OK Liga, Playoffs\nSeeded teams played games 1 and 3 of the quarterfinals and the finals and games 1, 2 and 5 of the finals at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189484-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OK Liga, Copa del Rey\nThe 2007 Copa del Rey was the 64th edition of the Spanish men's roller hockey cup. It was played in Alcoy between the seven first qualified teams after the first half of the season and Enrile PAS Alcoy as host team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 OPJHL season is the 14th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The thirty-six teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions will compete in a 49-game schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season\nCome February, the top eight teams of each division competed for the Frank L. Buckland Trophy, the OJHL championship. The winner of the Buckland Cup, the Aurora Tigers, competed in the Central Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and won. Once successful against the winners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion Tigers then moved on to play in the Canadian Junior A Hockey League championship, the 2007 Royal Bank Cup where they became national champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, Final standings\nas of February 6, 2008Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, Final standings\nPlease Note: \"x-\" implies clinched playoff berth, \"zx-\" implies clinched division, \"wc-\" clinched Wild Card, \"y-\" Eliminated from Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, 2006-07 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs, Divisional Playoffs, West/North\nNote: E is East, S is South, W is West, N is North, WC is Wild Card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 96], "content_span": [97, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, 2006-07 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs, Divisional Playoffs, West/North\nPlayoff results are listed by Pointstreak on the official league website .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 96], "content_span": [97, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship\nHosted by Abitibi Eskimos in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Aurora finished first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, 2007 Royal Bank Cup Championship\nHosted by Prince George Spruce Kings in Prince George, British Columbia. Aurora finished first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189485-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 OPJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189486-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oddset Ligaen season\nThe 2006\u201307 Oddset Ligaen season was the 50th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Nine teams participated in the league, and the Herning Blue Fox won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189487-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2006\u201307. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189488-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by their third-year head coach, Thad Matta, and played their home game at the Value City Arena, in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 35\u20134, 15\u20131 in Big Ten play to win the regular season Big Ten championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, they defeated Michigan, Purdue, and Wisconsin to win the tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189488-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team\nAs a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and received a No. 1 seed in the South regional. They defeated Central Connecticut State and Matta's former team, Xavier, to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The Buckeyes then defeated Tennessee and Memphis to advance to the Final Four, their first trip to the Final Four under Matta. With a win over Georgetown, they advanced to the National Championship game against Florida. Florida led from the start, beating the Buckeyes 84\u201375 to win the title. Of note, the Gators football team also defeated the Buckeyes to win the National Championship in the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189489-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Oldham Athletic A.F.C. competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189489-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, Season summary\nOldham finished the season in sixth, qualifying for the playoffs, but were beaten 5\u20132 on aggregate by Blackpool in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189489-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189489-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189490-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympiacos F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Olympiacos's 48th consecutive season in the Super League Greece and their 10th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. Manager Trond Sollied left the club by mutual consent on December 29, 2006 due to the club's lower-than-expected performance of the team in the UEFA Champions League, and was replaced by Greek Takis Lemonis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189490-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympiacos F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189491-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympique Lyonnais season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 108th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Troph\u00e9e des Champions and UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189491-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympique Lyonnais season, Season summary\nLyon won their sixth consecutive title, becoming the first club from the top five European leagues to win six league titles in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189491-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympique Lyonnais season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189491-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympique Lyonnais season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189492-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Olympique de Marseille season\nOlympique de Marseille had a solid season, but did not manage to win the elusive trophy they had chased for 14 years, with the biggest disappointment being losing on penalty shootout against Sochaux in the Coupe de France final. The 2nd-place finish of Ligue 1 was the best for eight years, but the side were never in title contention, being 18 points adrift of Lyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189493-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Omani League\nThe 2006\u201307 Omani League was the 31st edition of the top football league in Oman. It began on 13 October 2006 and finished on 3 May 2007. Muscat Club were the defending champions, having won the previous 2005\u201306 Omani League season. On Thursday, 3 May 2007, Al-Nahda Club won 1-0 away in their final league match against Mjees SC and emerged as the champions of the 2006\u201307 Omani League with a total of 43 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189493-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Omani League, Teams\nThis season the league had 12 teams. Al-Suwaiq Club and Oman Club were relegated to the Second Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2005\u201306 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by Second Division League teams Al-Khaboura SC and Al-Salam SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189494-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Oregon Ducks experienced what many would argue as one of their most memorable and successful seasons in school history. Freshman Tajuan Porter, who was not heavily recruited, along with senior and leader Aaron Brooks helped lead the Ducks to a successful season. They began their season by completing their non-conference schedule at a perfect 12\u20130, including a come-from-behind win at Rice and an important east-coast win at then ranked #19 Georgetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189494-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team\nThe Ducks suffered their first loss of the season against USC but were able to bounce back and defeat then ranked #1 UCLA marking the second time in school history the Ducks had defeated a #1 Bruins team. Towards the end of the season Oregon suffered a streak in which they lost 6 of 8 games, the skid dropped the Ducks from #7 to #23 in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189494-0000-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team\nHowever the Ducks managed to bounce back, winning 9 games in a row, including a sweep of the Pac-10 Championship Tournament \u2013 in dominating fashion \u2013 first round wins over Miami University (Ohio), Winthrop University, and a Sweet Sixteen victory over UNLV. Their final game of the season was a 77\u201385 loss to eventual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament champions, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189494-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team\nThe team also featured Malik Hairston, who was drafted in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189495-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Orlando Magic season\nThe 2006\u201307 Orlando Magic season was the team's 18th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 36\u201346 output from the previous season. They best it by four wins, finishing 40\u201342, qualifying for the playoffs. A four-game sweep to the Detroit Pistons in the opening round eliminated the Magic from the playoffs. Following the season, Grant Hill signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns and Brian Hill was fired again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189496-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo)\n2006\u201307 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo) was the 101st water polo championship in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189496-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g I (men's water polo), First stage\nPld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season\nThe 2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season was the 15th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the team rebound from a disappointing early exit from the 2006 playoffs. The team made its first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Anaheim Ducks. After numerous personnel changes at the start of the season, the team had a poor record until December. The poor record sparked numerous trade rumours in the media. The team turned their play around to place second in the division and won three playoff series to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the first in Ottawa in 80 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season\nThis was also the year that the relatively new salary cap system changed the course of two franchises. Having to decide between one of their two star defensemen. Wade Redden was ultimately the choice over Zdeno Chara based on his impressive past couple of seasons. In the 2005\u201306 season, Redden was selected for the Canadian Olympic team, along with teammate Dany Heatley, and finished the season with a career-high 50 points and an NHL-leading +35 plus-minus rating in 65 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season\nThe Senators chose Redden and the Senators and Redden agreed on a two-year contract worth $13 million with a no-trade clause; Chara signed with the Boston Bruins. Redden's salary made him the highest paid player on the team and the media and fans expected another top-notch season. Chara would eventually become a Norris Trophy- and Stanley Cup-winner in Boston, whereas Redden would nix a couple of trade attempts from Ottawa and eventually leave via free agency to a massive contract and further decline. Many speculate that if Ottawa signed Chara, the team might have remained a top-tier team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season, Player Changes\nIn July 2006, the Senators lost four players to free agency; the aforementioned defencemen Zdeno Chara (who signed a five\u2013year deal with the Boston Bruins), Brian Pothier (who signed with the Washington Capitals), goalie Dominik Hasek (who signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings) and forward Vaclav Varada (who signed with HC Davos of the Swiss Elite League).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season, Player Changes\nFormer Carolina Hurricanes starter Martin Gerber was signed to fill the void left by Hasek, and Ottawa also signed defenceman Joe Corvo, formerly of the Los Angeles Kings. A short time later, they traded star forward Martin Havlat and centre Bryan Smolinski to the Chicago Blackhawks for Tom Preissing, Josh Hennessy, Michal Barinka and a second-round draft pick in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season, Player Changes\nThe club signed Russian centre Alexei Kaigorodov to a two-year, entry-level contract. They also signed blueliner Jamie Allison and re-signed Antoine Vermette, Chris Neil and Peter Schaefer to avoid arbitration proceedings. In addition, Ottawa re-signed Chris Kelly and Jason Spezza to two-year contracts each, as well as Christoph Schubert. Midway through the season, the Senators acquired centre Mike Comrie and left wing Oleg Saprykin from the Phoenix Coyotes. They would also acquire defenceman Lawrence Nycholat from the Washington Capitals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season\nThe goaltending duty was platooned between Ray Emery and Martin Gerber at first. Gerber struggled and Emery eventually won the starting job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Highlights\nAfter starting with a 17\u201318\u20131 record by December 21, Ottawa played better from that point on (31\u20137\u20138).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Highlights\nOn January 3, 2007, Ottawa acquired centre Mike Comrie from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for prospect Alexei Kaigorodov. Ottawa was in need of another centre due to injuries and was eager to shed Kaigorodov, who was suspended for refusing an assignment to the Senators' American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, instead opting to play in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Highlights\nDany Heatley was the representative for Ottawa at the 2007 All-Star Game for the East, managing a 94.0 MPH slapshot in the skills competition and a goal and two assists in the East's 12\u20139 loss to the West. For the YoungStars Game, sophomore defenceman Andrej Meszaros and forward Patrick Eaves participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Highlights\nOn February 22, 2007, the Senators were involved in a huge brawl with the Buffalo Sabres over an alleged late hit by the Senators' Chris Neil on Sabres' co-captain Chris Drury. Although the referees ruled it was a legal hit (and replays and analysts concurred after the game), a fight ensued after play restarted. Eight players were assessed a total of 100 penalty minutes, and five players, including Senators Ray Emery and Chris Phillips, were ejected. The Senators lost the match, 6\u20135, in a shootout, one of a record eight overtime games and four shootouts that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Highlights\nThe team finished second in the Northeast Division, behind the Presidents' Trophy-winning Buffalo Sabres, and third in the Conference in points (the team was seeded fourth due to the precedence of divisional winners). Because the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs both narrowly missed the playoffs, the Senators were the only Canadian-based team in the Eastern Conference to qualify for the playoffs. They also tied the Canadiens for most shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs\nThe Ottawa Senators ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fourth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs\nThe Senators started the playoffs against the fifth-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins, whom they defeated four games to one. The second-seeded New Jersey Devils were their next opponent, with the same four-games-to-one result, again in favor of the Senators. In the Eastern Conference Final, the Senators faced the top-seeded Buffalo Sabres. Once again, Ottawa won in five games, which gave the Senators their first-ever trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. This was also the Sens' first series win against the Sabres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs\nThe Anaheim Ducks were the Senators' opponents in the Finals and the four-games-to-one result stayed the same for the Senators, the only difference being this time it was in the opposing team's favor. The Ducks were successful in shutting down the Senators's top line to the point where it was broken up in game five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0015-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs\nAll games were close except for game five which the Senators lost 6\u20132, when two goals went in off Senators defencemen and Chris Phillips caused an own-goal, which turned out to be the game-winning and Cup-winning goal attributed to Travis Moen, and possibly the only such goal in Finals history. Daniel Alfredsson was the Senators' top forward in the series as he had been all playoffs, scoring four goals. Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza were held to one goal and two assists in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs, Key contributors\nAfter a poor start to the season, several players picked up their play and the Senators played well from December to the Stanley Cup Finals. The defence pairing of Chris Phillips and Anton Volchenkov won praise from the media for their \"shutdown effectiveness\" against opposing top lines. The 'CASH line' of Spezza, Heatley, and Alfredsson was outstanding offensively, scoring nearly half of the Senators' goals in the post-season, appearing on The Hockey News cover for their play. The line tied for the NHL and team scoring lead with 22 points in 20 playoff games. Goaltender Ray Emery played all 20 games and posted 13 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189497-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ottawa Senators season, Draft picks\nOttawa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189498-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Owen Cup\nFollowing are the results of the 2006-07 Owen Cup, the Staffordshire, England Rugby Union Cup played at Senior Level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189498-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Owen Cup, Knockout stage\nThis article about a rugby union competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189499-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PAOK FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was PAOK Football Club\u2019s 81st in existence and the club\u2019s 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the Fourth round. PAOK will not be entitled to take part in the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup. UEFA has confirmed to the Hellenic Football Federation that it is not in a position to admit PAOK to the competition as the club did not have a fixed licence by the deadline of the end of May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189499-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PAOK FC season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189499-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PAOK FC season, Statistics, Squad statistics\nAppearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189499-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PAOK FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record\nOnly competitive matches Ordered by , \u00a0 and = Number of bookings; \u00a0 = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card. 0 shown as blank", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup\nThe 2006-07 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2006-07 Talk 'N Text PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2006-07 PBA season. It started on September 28, 2006 in Guam and ended on February 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Elimination round, Fifth-seed playoff\nOn January 3, the Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated the Sta. Lucia Realtors, 92-78, at the Cuneta Astrodome. Purefoods advances to the quarterfinals, while Sta. Lucia has to go through the wildcard phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Wildcard phase, Quarterfinals berth playoff\nWith Air21 sweeping the wildcard phase, and Sta. Lucia emerging on top of the wildcard standings, an elimination game was played to determine which team will advance to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (3) Red Bull vs. (6) Sta. Lucia\nPlaying all of the available game dates, the Realtors were seen to be tired going into Game One, while the Barakos had their last game a month earlier, receiving a bye up to the quarterfinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (3) Red Bull vs. (6) Sta. Lucia\nThe Realtors were tired, head coach Alfrancis Chua said, of losing, at the post-game press conference after their victory at the Araneta Coliseum. On Game 2, Sta. Lucia failed to capitalize on their last-second possessions as the Bulls upended them in overtime. With the series tied, and perhaps the long list of games they've played catching up on them, the Realtors were blown out by Red Bull on the third game at the Y\u00f1ares Center at Antipolo, where they're beaten only once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (3) Red Bull vs. (6) Sta. Lucia\nOn the fourth game, Sta. Lucia kept up with the Barakos but were outlasted at the fourth quarter to drop out of contention; Red Bull now has four straight semifinals appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Purefoods\nDefeating the Realtors on the fifth-seed game, the Giants availed themselves of a week's rest to prepare for the Phone Pals. With the elimination round series split at 1-1, with the last game needing three overtimes to finish, the series was seen as opposites with Purefoods having a deliberate-type of offense while Talk 'N Text going for the uptempo style of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Purefoods\nOn the first game of the series, Marc Pingris of Purefoods top-score1d with 19 points to draw first blood. However, Pingris himself suffered a broken nose as the Giants were routed. At the dying moments of the game, Purefoods' Paul Artadi and Jimmy Alapag of the Phone Pals had an altercation, and both were ejected from the game; Alapag himself was suspended for Game 3 for punching Artadi in the face. On the third game however, with Pingris wearing a face mask, he was again injured in the second quarter, this time in the left ankle. He did not return, and the Giants were routed by the Phone Pals to lead 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Quarterfinals, (4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Purefoods\nThe Phone Pals dethrone the Giants as Purefoods ran out of gas in Game 4. Talk 'N Text would face first-seed Barangay Ginebra, a team they've beaten twice in two meetings at the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nGinebra was seen as one of the preseason bets to win the championship as they've revamped their lineup, taking in trades from Coca-Cola and Air21. Ginebra finished with a 13-5 record, tied for the first seed, taking a bye up to the semifinals. Talk 'N Text, on the other hand, actually beat the Kings in their elimination round meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nGinebra, despite having a month's rest, was dealt with a blow when team captain Eric Menk was injured in a bar brawl. Menk would not be able to play in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nGame 1 saw Ginebra blow out the Phone Pals as the league's scoring leader Mark Caguioa pumped in 34 points. The Phone Pals bounced back in Game 2 as Mark Cardona converted a three-point shot at the buzzer. With momentum on their side, Cardona and former De La Salle teammate Ren-Ren Ritualo combined for 47 points to pull Talk 'N Text to the lead 2-1. Ginebra then leveled the series 2-2 when Caguioa score1d 26 of his 35 points on the second half to keep distance with Talk 'N Text.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nGinebra and Talk 'N Text then engaged in a hard-fought Game 5. with the Kings leading 20 by the end of the second quarter. Talk 'N Text crept back and led for the final two minutes, until Ginebra cut the lead to one point. With Phone Pals having the possession, Asi Taulava failed to convert an undergoal stab which led to the Ginebra fastbreak with Mark Caguioa having an easy lay-up. The Kings never looked back as they sealed a 3-2 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nWith their backs against the wall, the Phone Pals made a blistering start but the Kings were able to catch up and remain within striking distance. Ginebra's Ronald Tubid was called for a flagrant foul-type 1 after harassing TNT's Felix Belano. Cardona led the charge for the Phone Pals, scoring 12 points until he was ejected after kicking Tubid on the gut, incurring his own flagrant foul-type 2; Belano returned the favor as he incurred another flagrant foul-type 1 on Tubid on the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nAt the middle of the fourth quarter, Jay Washington converted a three-point shot to put TNT ahead 83-79. The Phone Pals would miss their next five attempts with the Kings converting 11 points to allow Ginebra to win the game. Caguioa sat out the last few minutes due to cramps as Johnny Abarrientos of Ginebra overtook Ramon Fernandez in the all-time Steals list with 1,302 career steals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) Talk 'N Text\nCardona would be suspended for the third place playoff and was assessed with a P20,000 fine for his improper behavior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Red Bull\nSan Miguel and Red Bull split their elimination round games as the Beermen eked out the Bulls on the last berth for the semifinals bye; prior to that, the Barakos and the Beermen figured in their own best of seven semifinal at the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup in which the Bulls emerged victorious, via seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Red Bull\nRed Bull lead much of the first game, but the Beermen led by Dondon Hontiveros and Danny Ildefonso mounted a 19-2 run to draw first blood. Red Bull then made sure to lead from start to finish as they walloped San Miguel to force a 1-1 tie. On Game 3, San Miguel continued their alternating wins against Red Bull in the playoffs as they pull ahead 2-1; Ildefonso was ejected at the fourth quarter after receiving two technical fouls after a skirmish against Enrico Villanueva and Mick Pennisi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Red Bull\nThe pivotal fourth game was nailbiter as both teams exchanged baskets for most of the game until Pennisi, who had a 20% shooting night, converted a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the series again, at 2-2. San Miguel withheld Red Bull at the fifth game, as they outscore1d the Bulls from the second half to hold a twice-to-beat advantage going into the sixth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Red Bull\nFacing elimination, Red Bull engaged San Miguel in a shooting contest until Yeng Guiao was caught throwing an elbow to Dondon Hontiveros; San Miguel assistant coach Biboy Ravanes yelled to the referees while another assistant coach, Pido Jarencio, charged towards the Red Bull bench coming almost in contact with Guiao. When the dust settled, Guiao was assessed with two technical fouls and was ejected; Ravanes and Jarencio each received a technical. San Miguel pulled away but Red Bull chipped the lead to appear at striking distance at the fourth quarter. Celino Cruz converted clutch baskets to give Red Bull the lead 102-100; Seigle missed the potential game-tying jumper as Cruz was fouled on the rebound. Cruz converted his two freethrows to put the lead out of reach for the Beermen to force a Game 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Red Bull\nAfter the fracas, Guiao was meted with a one-game suspension which would take place the game after Game 7 and a P30,000 fine; Jarencio was meted a P50,000 fine for improper contact with the referee; his suspension is also deferred the game after Game 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Semifinals, (2) San Miguel vs. (3) Red Bull\nIn the deciding game 7, San Miguel built a comfortable lead to avoid any Red Bull incursion, the last happened on the 6-minute mark but Hontiveros doused cold water a pair of back to back three-pointers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Finals\nThe Beermen started Game 1 with an unconventional starting lineup, with Olsen Racela sitting on the bench being replaced by LA Tenorio. Chot Reyes' gamble paid off as Tenorio's defense led to several botched plays by Jayjay Helterbrand. Helterbrand's backcourt partner, Mark Caguioa didn't have support from his teammates as San Miguel's Lordy Tugade shot the lights out at the Araneta Coliseum. The Kings tried to make incursions but Dorian Pe\u00f1a and Danny Seigle had answers for the Kings' comeback bid. as the Beermen drew first blood in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Finals\nOn the second game, the Kings managed to keep the score close up to halftime. By the third quarter, SMB unleashed a run to lead by 14 by the end of the third quarter. The Kings, crept up to trail 101-99 with 24 seconds remaining. Rafi Reavis, who was previously coached by Beermen head coach Chot Reyes on the Coca-Cola Tigers, was fouled in the ensuing sideline inbound. Reavis flubbed both freethrows as the Beermen escaped to take a 2-0 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189500-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup, Finals\nGinebra then answered with three consecutive 2-digit wins against San Miguel\u2014first, a 30-point Game 3 win, then a 35-point Game 4 win, and finally 12-point Game 5 win to lead the series at 3-2. On Game 6, Ginebra leaned on the exploits of Helterbrand and Sunday Salvacion and their zone defense to escape with a 96-94 victory, sweeping the last four games. Helterbrand was named as the Finals MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals\nThe 2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals was the championship series of the 2006-07 PBA season's 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The series was a best of seven affair and was the 92nd championship disputed in the league. The teams competing are first-seed Barangay Ginebra Kings and the second-seed San Miguel Beermen, two of the four San Miguel Corporation-owned teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals\nSan Miguel won the first two games of the series, with Game 2 going down the wire; Ginebra then won the next two games with 30-point leads. On the pivotal fifth game, the Beermen faltered on the end game as the Kings lead the series for the first time. San Miguel led by a large margin on Game 6 but the Kings cut the lead and eventually came from behind to win the game, and their seventh championship, with Ginebra point guard Jayjay Helterbrand winning Finals Most Valuable Player honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Rosters\nSan Miguel's Danny Seigle is the younger brother of Ginebra's Andy Seigle. Both Ginebra and San Miguel are owned by San Miguel Corporation (SMC). Ginebra coach Jong Uichico was San Miguel's coach when they last won the championship; Uichico was transferred to Ginebra when Chot Reyes was hired by SMC as the new Beermen coach, after Reyes coached the SMC-backed national team and the Coca-Cola Tigers, another SMC-owned PBA team. Siot Tanquingcen, Ginebra's head coach, was demoted to assistant coach capacity; he was previously Uichico's assistant at San Miguel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1\nPrior to the game, the new perpetual trophy was presented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1\nThe Beermen had an unconventional starting lineup, with Olsen Racela sitting on the bench being replaced by LA Tenorio, which caused Jayjay Helterbrand's offensive game to start badly as Tenorio kept tight defense. Red Bull transferee Lordy Tugade, on his third straight Finals appearance, converted three-pointers as Mark Caguioa wasn't able to get support from his teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 1\nThe Beermen, especially Dorian Pe\u00f1a were able to convert several \"and one\" conversions. Ginebra fell behind by 20 points by halftime and were not able to catch up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 2\nOn the second game, the Kings managed to keep the scores close up to halftime. By the third quarter, SMB unleashed a run to lead by 14 by the end of the third quarter. The Kings, crept up to tie 99-all in the final two minutes. Danny Seigle converted a lay-up from an Olsen Racela pass to put the Beermen up, 101\u201399.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 2\nAfter a Ginebra timeout, Rafi Reavis was fouled on the inbounds play. Reavis, a poor freethrow shooter, missed both freethrows. Wilson split his own charities on the other end as the Beermen almost bungled a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 3\nGinebra outclassed San Miguel as the Kings notched their first win in the series with a 30-point blowout held at the Cuneta Astrodome as the Araneta Coliseum was used for a Valentine's Day concert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 3\nGinebra outscored San Miguel 43-26 in the third quarter in which the Kings pulled away for good as six Kings scored in double figures. The Kings prevented a San Miguel series sweep as they stopped a two-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4\nPrior to the game, Mark Caguioa was named as Best Player of the Conference besting San Miguel's Danny Seigle, teammate Rudy Hatfield, Alaska's Willie Miller and Sta. Lucia's Kelly Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4\nWith the game starting as a close affair, the Kings pulled away at the second quarter to finish with another blowout of the Beermen. Five technical fouls were called in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 4\nGinebra's 146 points is the most points scored by a team in a game in the current conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5\nGinebra and San Miguel broke off the three straight blowout wins as they engaged themselves in a close affair, with Ginebra mostly taking the upper hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5\nBy the fourth quarter, the Kings began to pull away, leading by as much as 11 points. San Miguel cut the lead, thanks to back-to-back three-pointers by Lordy Tugade. With Ginebra suing for time, and the Beermen trailing by five points, the Kings pounded the lane as the Beermen, already in the penalty situation, surrendered fouls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 5\nThe Kings converted most of their freethrow attempts as they wrestled the game and the series lead against San Miguel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nFacing elimination, the Beermen broke away from the tightly-contested first quarter to lead by 12 points at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nBeermen Chot Reyes benched Best Player of the Conference runner-up Danny Seigle at the start of the third quarter; Ginebra then managed to cut the lead with plays from Helterbrand and Caguioa. With Ginebra rallying and the Ginebra crowd getting louder, Seigle suited back up for the Beermen at the middle of the third quarter as they managed to keep safe distance between them and the Kings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nAt the start of the fourth quarter, Ginebra leaned on Johnny Abarrientos and NCAA MVP Sunday Salvacion to cut the lead; Reavis and Mamaril struggled from the foul line even though Beermen generally struggled from the field with Ginebra's zone defense. Ginebra led 92\u201391 but Lordy Tugade held off Ginebra's advances, with a three-pointer to lead 94\u201392. Salavacion, who scored eight points in the payoff period, converted a long two-pointer to tie the score, 94-all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nDondon Hontiveros then missed a lay-up on the other end. San Miguel then grabbed the offensive rebound, with Tugade missing the three-pointer. Helterbrand, on his way out of bounds, caught the ball and called a time-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nWith Kings coach Jong Uichico drawing the play, Reyes put defensive specialist Willy Wilson into the game for the first time. After the inbounds pass, Helterbrand drove towards to the basket. Although Helterbrand missed the lay-up attempt, Wilson was called for a shooting foul, which caused Helterbrand to shoot two freethrows, with 2.9 on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Games summary, Game 6\nHelterbrand converted both freethrows as San Miguel sued for time. On the inbounds pass, Olsen Racela passed to a tightly-guarded Tugade at the corner; Tugade missed the three-pointer; Racela rebounded the ball as time expired when his putback off the glass, which could have sent the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Broadcast notes\nThe PBA on ABC broadcast the games nationwide on primetime; The Filipino Channel will broadcast the series internationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189501-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Broadcast notes\nCommentators included Ed Picson, Quinito Henson, and Tommy Manotoc; courtside reporters included Eric Reyes and Jason Webb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189502-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA season\nThe 2006\u201307 PBA season was the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20. The league started the season with the All-Filipino Conference, now known as the PBA Philippine Cup while the PBA Fiesta Conference, an import laced tournament, ended the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189502-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA season\nPhilippine Basketball League team Welcoat Paintmasters became the tenth member of the league after acquiring the franchise from the defunct Shell Turbo Chargers. The Welcoat franchise has been renamed Welcoat Dragons", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189502-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA season, Opening ceremonies\nThe season began on October 1 with the Barangay Ginebra Kings defeating the expansion team Welcoat Dragons, 102-69 in the opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189502-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA season, 2007 All-Star Weekend\nThe 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend was held at San Fernando City, La Union and Baguio. The winners were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189502-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA season, Manila Invitational\nAs part of the warmups for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship 2007, the PBA invited four national teams taking part in the Asian Championships for the first PBA-Smart Manila Invitational Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189502-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PBA season, Eala's resignation\nLeague commissioner Noli Eala resigned on August 8, 2007 after being disbarred by the Supreme Court on charges infidelity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189503-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC CSKA Sofia season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was PFC CSKA Sofia's 56th season in A Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189503-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Club, Team kits\nThe team kits for the 2006\u201307 season are produced by Uhlsport and sponsored by Vivatel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189503-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Squad\nAs of 31 December 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189503-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC CSKA Sofia season, UEFA Club Rankings\nThis is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2005-06.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189504-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC Cherno More Varna season\nThis page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2006\u201307 season. These are A Group and Bulgarian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189505-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC Levski Sofia season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Levski Sofia's 85th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189505-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC Levski Sofia season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189505-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PFC Levski Sofia season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189506-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PSV Eindhoven season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Dutch football season, PSV competed in the Eredivisie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189506-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PSV Eindhoven season, Season summary\nPSV clinched a third successive Eredivisie title. The club had been 11 points ahead of second-placed AZ after 20 matches, but their lead disappeared in the next 13 until, following PSV's draw at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round, PSV, AZ and Ajax all stood equal on 72 points from 33 matches, with AZ leading the Eredivisie on goal difference. AZ suffered a shock defeat at Excelsior in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0\u20132 at Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5\u20131. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a superior goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189506-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PSV Eindhoven season, Season summary\nPSV enjoyed decent form in the UEFA Champions League as well. Entering directly into the group stage, the club finished second in Group C, behind Liverpool and ahead of Bordeaux and Galatasaray. PSV went on to face the previous season's runners-up Arsenal in the first knockout round. \u00c9dison M\u00e9ndez, who had been nominated for the 2006 Ballon d'Or, scored PSV's goal in a 1\u20130 win at the Philips Stadion, and an Alex goal in the Emirates Stadium gave PSV a 2\u20131 aggregate win. Liverpool then made a return to the Netherlands to face the club in the quarter-finals, and recorded a solid 3\u20130 win. A 1\u20130 win in the return leg at Anfield saw PSV eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189506-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PSV Eindhoven season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189506-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 PSV Eindhoven season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189507-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League season was the 3rd season since the inception of Pakistan Premier League and 52nd season of Pakistan domestic football. The football season was moved from the summer to the winter months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189507-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League\nPakistan Army ended the season as league champions, successfully defending the title and winning their second title in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189507-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League\nPakistan Army keeper Jaffar Khan set a new Pakistani record by remaining unbeaten for 1,260 minutes. Pakistan Army only conceding 3 goals is a new record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189507-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League\nPakistan Army represented Pakistan at the 2007 AFC President's Cup by virtue of being the national champions. The AFC President's Cup 2007 will be staged in Lahore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189507-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League\nThe relegation spots were occupied Habib Bank and Pakistan Telecommunication, who withdrew before the start of the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189507-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pakistan Premier League, Teams\nPanther Club and Pakistan Public Work Department were relegated at the end of the 2005\u201306 season and were replaced by B-Division winners and runner-up Pakistan Railways and Karachi Electric Supply Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189508-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Palau Soccer League\nThe 2006\u201307 Palau Soccer League was the fourth season of association football competition in Palau and the first to straddle two calendar years. The league was won by Team Bangladesh, their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189508-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Palau Soccer League, Teams\nFive teams will compete in the 2006\u201307 season of the Palau Soccer League. All matches will played at the PCC Track & Field Stadium in Koror, home stadium to all the teams. This is due to the lack of suitable venues for soccer matches in Palau. The teams for 2006\u201307 (listed in alphabetical order) are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189508-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Palau Soccer League, Teams\nThe location of the PCC Track & Field Stadium, where all games will take place:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189508-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Palau Soccer League, League stage, Result table\nThe league consisted of home and away games, from which the top two teams qualified for a one-legged semi final to determine who would play for the championship. The losers of the semi-finals would enter the third-place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189509-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Panathinaikos F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Panathinaikos F.C. 's 49th consecutive season in Greek Super League. The club also participated in the Greek Cup and UEFA Cup. The season started with Hans Backe as team manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189509-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Squad\nAs of 24 February 2007. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189509-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Transfers\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189509-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Panathinaikos F.C. season, Transfers\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189510-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 37th season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 36,360 spectators per match. The club was presided by Alain Cayzac. The team was coached by Guy Lacombe until 15 January 2007, when Paul Le Guen replaced him. Pauleta was the team captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189510-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189510-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189511-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Parma F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189511-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Parma F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189512-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Persepolis F.C. season\nThis is a list of Persepolis F.C. 's results at the 2006/2007 Season. The club is competing in the Iran Pro League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189512-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Persepolis F.C. season, Squad, Iran Pro League\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189512-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Persepolis F.C. season, Hazfi Cup 2006-07, Fourth Round (1/16 Final - Last 32)\nEhsan Khorsandi 12' 73', Salah Hassan 69', Mehrzad Madanchi 76'", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189513-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Persian Gulf Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 24th season of Iran's Football League and sixth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2005\u201306 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2005\u201306 Azadegan League: Mes Kerman as champions and Paykan as runner-up. The league started on 9 September 2006 and ended on 28 May 2007. Saipa won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total third Iranian title).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189513-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Persian Gulf Cup, Attendance, Average home attendance\nUpdated to games played on 28 May 2007Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesMes Kerman and Paykan played last season in Azadegan League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189514-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Perth Glory FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 was Perth Glory's second season in the Hyundai A-League and the club's 10th season since its inception in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189514-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Perth Glory FC season, Players, First team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189515-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pervaya Liga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Pervaya Liga season was the 15th season of the Pervaya Liga, the third level of ice hockey in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189516-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Peterborough United F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season Peterborough United will play in Football League Two after finishing last season in 9th place in the Football League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189516-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Peterborough United F.C. season\nBy January 2007 Keith Alexander was sacked after a run of poor form, and Darren Ferguson was appointed as player-manager for the club, but still by the end of the season the club only managed to finish in 10th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189517-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia 76ers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 68th season of the franchise, 58th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Sixers finished with a record of 35\u201347. The 2006\u201307 Sixers season also marked the end of Allen Iverson's tenure with the Sixers, after a blockbuster trade sent him to Denver in return for Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two first round draft picks in the 2007 NBA draft. It was the Sixers\u2019 first season since 1995-96 without Iverson on the roster. He would eventually return to the Sixers for the 2009-10 season. Despite the trade, and after having a record of 5\u201318 before the Iverson trade, the Sixers finished 30\u201329 for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189517-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia 76ers season, Draft picks\nPhiladelphia's selections from the 2006 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189517-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia 76ers season, Transactions\nThe 76ers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season\nThe 2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 40th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the first time in franchise history the Flyers finished with the worst record in the entire league and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nDuring the off-season the Flyers lost Michal Handzus in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks, defenseman Kim Johnsson to free agency and Eric Desjardins and team captain Keith Primeau to retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season\nOn September 12, 2006, the Flyers signed restricted free agent Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks to an offer sheet. The Canucks matched the 1-year, $1.9\u00a0million deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season\nPeter Forsberg replaced Primeau as team captain, but a chronic foot injury had him in and out of the lineup throughout the season and limited his effectiveness. Eight games into the regular season and with a record of 1\u20136\u20131, general manager Bob Clarke resigned and head coach Ken Hitchcock was fired. Assistant coach John Stevens replaced Hitchcock and assistant general manager Paul Holmgren took on Clarke's responsibilities on an interim basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season\nThe changes did little to improve the Flyers fortunes in 2006\u201307 as setting franchise records for futility became the norm. They had several multiple-game losing streaks including a franchise worst 10\u2013game losing streak and a 12\u2013game home losing streak that stretched from November 29 to February 10. Ultimately, the Flyers finished with a 22\u201348\u201312 record, the most losses in franchise history and the worst record in the league. They also set the NHL record for the biggest points drop off in the standings in a one-year span (101 points in 2005\u201306 to 56 points in 2006\u201307, a difference of 45 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season\nWith the team clearly on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1994, Holmgren set his sights on rebuilding the team and preparing for the future. Forsberg, unwilling to commit to playing next season, was traded to the Nashville Predators for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent, and 2007 1st and 3rd-round draft picks. Veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for prospect defenseman Braydon Coburn and disappointing off-season acquisition Kyle Calder was sent to the Detroit Red Wings via Chicago in exchange for defenseman Lasse Kukkonen. The Flyers also acquired goaltender Martin Biron from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2007 2nd-round pick. Given wide praise for his efforts, the Flyers gave Holmgren a two-year contract and removed the interim label from his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season\nThe Flyers finished the regular season having allowed 297 goals (excluding 6 shootout goals allowed), the most in the League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nWin (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions\nThe Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Free agency\nThe following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Internal\nThe following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Waivers\nThe Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. Players claimed on recall waivers are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Departures\nThe following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Draft picks\nPhiladelphia's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver on June 24, 2006. The Flyers original third-round pick, 85th overall, was traded to the San Jose Sharks for Niko Dimitrakos on March 9, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189518-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philadelphia Flyers season, Farm teams\nThe Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL. After an early season coaching change from Craig Berube, who joined the Flyers as an assistant, to Kjell Samuelsson, the Phantoms struggled finishing sixth in their division and missing the playoffs. Trenton finished 4th in their division and made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs before losing to the Dayton Bombers in their last season as a Flyers affiliate. Following the 2006\u201307 ECHL season the Titans were renamed the Trenton Devils by their new owners, the New Jersey Devils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189519-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philippine Basketball League season, 2006-07 Silver Cup, Silver Cup finals\nThe Port Masters leaned on the red-hot shooting of Jonathan Fernandez, who finished with 23 points as he fueled Harbour's two decisive breakaways - the last one in the final six minutes where he clustered two straight triples that finally took the fight out of the Teeth Masters, 69-51. Chico Lanete, the hero in Games 1 and 3, provided the needed firepower while Al Vergara created the plays for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189519-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Philippine Basketball League season, 2007 Unity Cup, Unity Cup finals\nAfter being held to a close game in the first three quarters, Jayson Castro and JC Intal combined to lead a fiery breakaway that saw Harbour took a 75-60 lead with 5:58 remaining. Castro and Chico Lanete, the series' finals MVP, each scored 18 points, while Ryan Ara\u00f1a and JC Intal chipped in 15 markers apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189520-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Coyotes season\nThe Phoenix Coyotes 2006\u201307 season began as a rebuilding stage for the team, as they tried to become good enough to be a factor in the increasingly competitive Western Conference. Not considered one of the \"elite\" teams in the West, the Phoenix Coyotes knew that they had to make some huge changes to reach that status. They tried to do so by acquiring defenseman Ed Jovanovski and former all-stars Jeremy Roenick and Owen Nolan. They hoped to get solid goaltending from Curtis Joseph, and with the former hockey great Wayne Gretzky as head coach, the Coyotes were looking to improve the game of their prospects with the leadership of their veteran players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189520-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Coyotes season, Regular season\nThe Coyotes struggled in shorthanded situations, allowing 92 power-play goals: the most in the League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189520-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Coyotes season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189520-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Coyotes season, Playoffs\nFor the fourth consecutive year, the Coyotes failed to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189520-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Coyotes season, Player statistics, Regular season\n\u2022Mikael Tellqvist was acquired on November 28, 2006, from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189520-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Coyotes season, Transactions, Draft picks\nPhoenix's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season\nThe 2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season started with the team trying to return to the Western Conference Finals, where they were eliminated in six games by the Dallas Mavericks in the previous season, 2005\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season\nAfter an excellent regular season in which they posted a 61\u201321 record, in a rematch of last season's First Round where they came back from a 3\u20131 deficit, they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round of the playoffs in five games, but were narrowly defeated in the Western Conference Semifinals in six games by the more experienced and heavily favored and eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs. The Suns had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season\nThe Suns' marketing slogan for the 2006\u201307 season was Eyes on the Prize. Billboards and bus wraps showed closeups of the eyes of a different Suns player, each face photographed in a strongly tinted purple color (orange on some ads), with small reflections of the NBA championship trophy reflected in the pupils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season\nThis was the last season the Suns won their division until the 2020\u201321 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 15-game winning streak\nOn December 19, the Suns made franchise history by winning their fifteenth straight game with a 115\u201398 win over the Toronto Raptors ; ironically, the Raptors are a franchise headed by Bryan Colangelo, former Suns president and son of Jerry Colangelo, longtime Suns owner and current Suns CEO (under new owner Robert Sarver). The younger Colangelo left the Suns' organization to accept the Raptors' president\u2013GM position in late February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 15-game winning streak\nSteve Nash had 15 assists to go with 10 points, while Stoudemire scored a game-high 28 points and brought in 10 rebounds (in 28 minutes of playing time). The Suns' previous record was the 14-game win streak of the 1992\u201393 team, which made the NBA Finals but lost to the Chicago Bulls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 15-game winning streak\nThe streak ended on December 22 against the Washington Wizards in overtime, by a score of 144\u2013139, with Gilbert Arenas scoring a game-high 54 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nOn January 28, 2007, the Suns made franchise history yet again by winning their seventeenth straight game with a 115\u2013100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, in a game played at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Steve Nash contributed 23 points and 15 assists. Shawn Marion had 23 points, Amar'e Stoudemire had 22 and Leandro Barbosa scored 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nThe franchise's previous record of fifteen was set earlier in the season on December 19 (as noted above). The win against the Cavs also marked the 20th victory in 21 games this season to date against Eastern Conference teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nUp to this point, the Suns' last loss was December 28 against the Dallas Mavericks. A victory at Minneapolis on Monday, January 29 against the Minnesota Timberwolves would have extended the streak to 18 games and again establish a franchise-best winning streak; however, the Suns fell to the T-Wolves by a score of 121\u2013112.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nKevin Garnett scored 44 points and had 11 rebounds for Minnesota, while Shawn Marion had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Leandro Barbosa had 17 for Phoenix in a losing cause; Raja Bell scored 26 points while Steve Nash had 20 points and 18 assists for the Suns, but he scored only three points and had just one assist in the final period as Garnett's scoring was too much for the Suns to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nUp to that time, the only other teams in NBA history with 17-game win streaks were the 1946\u201347 Washington Capitols, the 1959\u201360 Boston Celtics and the 1995\u201396 San Antonio Spurs. (The Suns' rival, the 2006\u201307 Dallas Mavericks would later go on their own 17-game winning streak).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nThe all-time best winning streak in the NBA is 33 games, set by the 1971\u201372 L.A. Lakers. Steve Nash noted in an interview with the Associated Press:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nPeople don't talk about the 33-game streak, they talk about who won the championship that year\", Nash said, noting the Lakers won the league title in '71-'72. \"I don't feel unbeatable. We've got a lot of improving to do.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, 17-game winning streak\nAs noted by Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic, the Suns franchise has had nine double-digit win streaks in its history to date, with four of them alone under coach Mike D'Antoni since 2004\u201305. The Suns are the 12th franchise in NBA history to have multiple winning streaks of at least 10 games before the month of February, but they are also the only team to have two 15-game winning streaks before the All-Star break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Steve Nash injury\nDue to inflammation of his right shoulder (first experienced February 1), Nash did not play in the second half of a February 5 road game against the Denver Nuggets, a 113\u2013108 Suns victory, at the insistence of Mike D'Antoni. Nash left the game with 9 points, 3 rebounds and a team-high 7 assists in the first half. It was also announced that he would miss the following night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers (guard\u2013forward Eric Piatkowski started in his place) . Both Nash and D'Antoni criticized the rest of the team for uninspired play during the first half, in a game that All-Star Allen Iverson and Marcus Camby did not participate in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Steve Nash injury\nPhoenix suffered their worst loss of the season on February 14. The Suns fell to the Sonics at KeyArena, by a score of 114\u201390. Marcus Banks scored a season-high 21 points in a losing cause. In addition to Nash's injury, Boris Diaw missed a second straight game due to back spasms; F Kurt Thomas has been out since January 15 with a sore right elbow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Steve Nash injury, All-Star blowout: Suns do their part\nNash eventually was forced to withdraw from the 2007 NBA All-Star Game (played February 18 in Las Vegas). In the All-Star game, the Suns were represented by Amar'e Stoudemire (29 points) and Shawn Marion (18 points) in the 153\u2013132 West squad victory over the East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 100], "content_span": [101, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Steve Nash injury, All-Star blowout: Suns do their part\nStoudemire, by now seemingly fully recovered from the knee surgery, ended up scoring the most points ever by a Phoenix Suns player in an All-Star Game (29), more than the 21 points scored by Tom Chambers in 1990 and Paul Westphal in 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 100], "content_span": [101, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Steve Nash injury, All-Star blowout: Suns do their part\nNash was replaced on the West All-Star squad by Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen; Nash was in attendance as a spectator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 100], "content_span": [101, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Steve Nash injury, All-Star blowout: Suns do their part\nDespite the setbacks, as of the end of play on the 14th, the Suns enjoyed a 10-game first-place lead in the Pacific Division over the Los Angeles Lakers, and after the Suns struggled going 1\u20133 without Nash, he returned to action against the Los Angeles Clippers in a game played at Staples Center on February 20; Nash scored 13 points and had 12 assists in a decisive 115\u201390 victory, a game made famous with Amar'e Stoudemire airballing a free throw with the Suns up by 21 points drawing laughter and groans from the crowd. Shawn Marion scored 31 points. The following night, Nash continued his comeback with a double-double in a 118\u2013108 home win against the Boston Celtics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 100], "content_span": [101, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason\nA key test for the Suns, as they began to prepare for postseason play, was a road game against their bitter conference rivals, the Dallas Mavericks, in a game played at American Airlines Center on March 14. The game was billed as a showdown of the two teams with the current best won-lost records in the NBA; one of the key factors in which team gets home-court advantage in the playoffs; and a possible preview of the Western Conference championship series. The Mavericks wore their green alternate uniform and the Suns their white home uniforms despite the game been played in Dallas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason\nThe crowd of 20,525 was a season high for Dallas. The game was marked by controversial officiating and stellar offense by both teams (by their own standards the Suns' offense had been less than stellar, in general, in the period after the All-Star break).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason\nNash made a three-point shot to send the game into overtime. The game went into a second overtime period tied at 120\u2013120. During the second OT period, Amar'e Stoudemire took over. He scored six of the nine points the Suns scored in the OT period (13 of the Suns' 18 in both OTs) and did a good job rebounding alongside Shawn Marion. Stoudemire (41 points) and Nash combined for 73 total points in the game versus 33 points for Jerry Stackhouse (his best point total as a Dallas Maverick).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason\nConversation thus began on a possible third MVP award for Nash (which would place him in the same company as NBA legends Bill Russell, Larry Bird and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and a possible competition between him and his close friend, Mavericks' star forward Dirk Nowitzki, for the honor (Nowitzki would go on to win the MVP award on May 11)).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason\nThe thriller ended 129\u2013127, with the Suns edging the Mavericks to make the season series 2\u20131 favoring Dallas (it was the Mavs' first home loss in 24 games). The win moved the Suns to within 2\u00bd games of Dallas in the chase for the best record in the NBA. (They played again on April 1 in front of a sellout crowd and national ABC Sports audience at US Airways Center, Phoenix, to end their season series match-up; the Suns won that game decisively by a score of 126\u2013104. Barbosa led all scorers with 29 points; Stoudemire had 24 points; Nash had 23 points and 11 assists.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason, Third straight Pacific Division title\nIn a home game played on March 20, the Suns defeated the Timberwolves 108\u201390 to clinch their third consecutive Pacific Division championship (and sixth overall for the franchise). Raja Bell hit six three-point shots in the winning cause, his most since January 26, and scored 22 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 106], "content_span": [107, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Regular season, Road to the postseason, Third straight Pacific Division title\nPhoenix ended its regular season on April 17 with a 103\u201399 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. The final regular-season record was 61\u201321, one win fewer than the franchise-best playoff teams of 1993 and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 106], "content_span": [107, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nOn Sunday, April 22, the Suns opened postseason play with a 95\u201387 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the first game of the playoffs (in a game played on the Suns' home court at US Airways Center). Leandro Barbosa scored 26 points (19 of those in the second half); Amar'e Stoudemire, in his first playoff game since 2005, scored 23 points; Steve Nash scored 20 points and had 10 assists; Shawn Marion had 16 points. The Suns fell behind by halftime and the third quarter, but rallied in the fourth quarter as the Lakers' stamina gave out down the stretch. Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, but only 11 of those came in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nGame 2 was played Tuesday, April 24 at US Airways Center in Phoenix. The Suns engineered a decisive 126\u201398 win over the Lakers. Leandro Barbosa (who was awarded the NBA Sixth Man Award on April 23) scored 26 points and hit four three-point shots; Amar'e Stoudemire scored 20 points; Shawn Marion had 18 points. Steve Nash had his third career postseason double-double with 16 points and 14 assists. Kobe Bryant was held to only 15 points on 5-of-13 shooting (and only scored two points in the entire second half).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0026-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nThe Suns went on a 27\u20139 scoring run to take a 55\u201334 lead with 4:50 to go in the first half, and that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game. The Suns shot 54.3 percent (50-of-92) from the field. All of the Suns players who played during the game scored at least once, including fan favorite Pat Burke and Eric Piatkowski, both of whom rarely see playing time during games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nThe Suns had their first 2\u20130 lead in an NBA playoff series since sweeping the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2005 playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nThe Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns by a score of 95\u201389 in front of their initially displeased home fans at Staples Center, getting the series a little closer by a margin of 2\u20131. The Suns scored the first 11 points unanswered, and built a 17-point lead in the first quarter, leading to boos from the Laker fans, but the Suns' offense did not hold up (Stoudemire and Raja Bell were hampered by foul trouble down the stretch).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0028-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nThe Suns lethargic play was no match for the Lakers' desperate aggressiveness, especially from big men Kwame Brown and Lamar Odom. Bryant tallied 45 points. Brown scored 18 points. Amar'e Stoudemire led the Suns with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Steve Nash scored 10 points and had 13 assists, while Leandro Barbosa had 20 points off the bench. The Suns wore their Orange uniforms, the Lakers yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nThe Phoenix Suns responded to their opponents with aggressiveness and energy of game 3, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on their home turf by a score of 113\u2013100. Point guard Steve Nash recorded a Suns post-season record 23 assists, falling one assist short of tying Magic Johnson and John Stockton for the NBA post-season record of 24. The Suns wore their Orange uniforms for the final time of the season, the Lakers wore their white.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers\nThe Suns achieve a 4\u20131 series victory at home (by a score of 119\u2013110), despite late fourth period back-to-back three-pointers by Bryant that brought the Lakers close enough to turn the tables. Nash had 17 points and 10 assists; Stoudemire had 27 points and 16 rebounds; Marion added 26 points and 10 rebounds. It was the 10th win by the Suns in the past 11 games against the Lakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs\nGame 1 was played on May 6 at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. The Spurs won 111\u2013106. Late in the 4th quarter, Steve Nash collided head to head with Tony Parker, who had possession of the ball. Nash sustained a deep cut on his nose that bled profusely for the remainder of the game. His nose was bandaged and tended to by the team trainer, but Nash was in and out of the game as the wound continued to bleed through the bandages. It was the first time this postseason that Nash did not record a double-double. Tim Duncan and Tony Parker led the Spurs with 32 and 33 points, respectively. Nash led the Suns with 31 points, while Amar'e Stoudemire scored 20 and pulled down 18 boards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs\nGame 2 was played May 8 at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. The Suns blew out the Spurs 101\u201381 to even series at one game apiece. Mike D'Antoni's decision for Kurt Thomas to guard Tim Duncan helped Amar'e Stoudemire to focus on offense, scoring 21 of his 27 points in the second half. Tim Duncan scored 29 points while Tony Parker and Bruce Bowen both had 13 points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs\nGame 3 was played on May 12 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Suns 108\u2013101 as Tim Duncan rallied 33 points and 19 boards. Manu Gin\u00f3bili ended up with a black and bruised eye when he was poked in the eye by Shawn Marion in Game 3. The Spurs led series 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nGame 4 was played on May 14 in San Antonio. The Suns trailed by as much as 11 points throughout the 3rd quarter. Finally, the Suns took a lead near the end of the 4th quarter when Steve Nash fed Stoudemire back to back inside to make the game 100\u201397. Then, Robert Horry collided with Nash and sent the smaller framed Nash flying to the scorer's table midcourt. Raja Bell tried to come to Nash's aid, and was stopped by his teammates and referees. Horry was given a flagrant foul and was ejected. Bell also was given a technical foul for trying to get at Horry after the collision. The Suns won 104\u201398, evening the series at 2-2. Nash finished the game with 24 points and 15 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nOn May 15, the NBA announced that Horry would be suspended two games for flagrantly fouling Nash and striking Bell's shoulder. Amar'e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw were suspended one game each for leaving their bench during an altercation in violation of league rules. Coach D'Antoni was not happy with Stoudemire and Diaw's suspension, as they were critically important members of the Suns' squad:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nWe have the most powerful microscopes and telescopes in the world in Arizona, (and) you could use those instruments and not find a shred of fairness or common sense in that decision\", D'Antoni said after the Suns' morning shooting session (May 16). \"That's kind of how it feels. It really benefits no one. It doesn't benefit us, obviously. It doesn't benefit the Spurs. It doesn't benefit the fans. It doesn't benefit the NBA.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0037-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nGame 5 was played May 16 at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. After leading by as many as 16 points in the second quarter and ahead 79-71 with 5:18 to play, the Suns collapsed and lost the game by a score of 88\u201385. Bruce Bowen hit a three-point shot with 36.4 seconds to go. The Suns, without Stoudemire and Diaw because of the aforementioned one-game suspension, were led by Shawn Marion, who scored 24 points and 17 rebounds, but only four of those points were scored in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0037-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nKurt Thomas, playing in place of Stoudemire, had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash finished with 19 points and 12 assists. Manu Gin\u00f3bili scored 15 of his 26 points in the final quarter to lead the Spurs to the late rally as the Spurs proved to be too much for the Suns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0038-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nGame 6 was played May 18 in San Antonio, Texas. With 2 fresh players coming back, in Boris Diaw and Amar'e Stoudemire, Phoenix was very anxious about this game. Phoenix started the game off going shot for shot with the Spurs. After trailing at halftime 53\u201351, Phoenix believed that they were going to force a Game 7 back in Phoenix, but a big 3rd quarter by San Antonio put the Spurs up by as many as 20. In the 4th quarter, the Suns almost rallied back by starting to hit big shots. But in the end, it was not enough as San Antonio eliminated the team in the NBA with the second best record (61\u201321).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189521-0039-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Phoenix Suns season, Playoffs, Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, Controversy & Tim Donaghy\nIn the aftermath of the season, one of the referees that was involved with the series, Tim Donaghy, would write in his book that he had no doubt the Suns were the best in the league that year and even admitted that the entire series was officiated poorly. In his book, Donaghy claimed that his supervisor, Tommy Nu\u00f1ez, disliked team owner Robert Sarver while also enjoying the lifestyle of San Antonio to the point where he wanted the Spurs to continue leading their playoff stretch. He would also admit that this particular series was poorly officiated from the very start until its bitter end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 109], "content_span": [110, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189522-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pirveli Liga\n2006\u201307 Pirveli Liga was the 18th season of the Georgian Pirveli Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189523-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jamie Dixon, the Panthers finished with a record of 29\u20138 and made it to the sweet sixteen of the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nThe Pittsburgh Penguins 2006\u201307 season was ripe with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League (NHL). Evgeni Malkin, the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, came to the United States from Russia prior to the season and joined the team. He promptly became the first NHL rookie since 1917 to score goals in each of his first six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nMalkin and second-year phenom Sidney Crosby were joined by 18-year-old Jordan Staal, who made the jump directly from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to the Penguins roster after being drafted second overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. The Penguins also brought back Mark Recchi via free agency, giving Recchi his third stint with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nThe season was clouded with uncertainty, however, about the Penguins' future in Pittsburgh. After Jim Balsillie had agreed to purchase the franchise for $175\u00a0million and to keep it in Pittsburgh, the situation seemed settled. Balsillie's deal fell through, however, in December. Isle of Capri Casinos was next to make a bid to keep the team in Pittsburgh, but their deal was nixed as well. On January 3, 2007, Penguins officials, including Mario Lemieux and other members of the team's ownership group, visited Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss potentials of relocating the team there. Other cities which reportedly have expressed interest in the franchise include Houston, Winnipeg, Portland and Oklahoma City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nOn March 14, 2007, in a joint announcement by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Mario Lemieux, it was made public that an agreement had been reached between the parties. A new state-of-the-art multi-purpose arena (the Consol Energy Center) will be built. This agreement will keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh for another 30 years. Following the announcement of this plan, the Lemieux ownership group announced that they no longer have plans to sell the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season\nOn January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sidney Crosby had been voted by the fans to start at forward in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. Malkin, Staal and defenseman Ryan Whitney were all invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season\nThe Penguins finished the regular season having scored 94 power-play goals, the most in the NHL. They also had the most power-play opportunities, with 463.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs\nThe Pittsburgh Penguins ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fifth seed. They lost to the Ottawa Senators in five games, in the conference quarter-finals. They would sweep the Senators in the playoffs the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Player statistics\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. \u2021Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions\nThe Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Draft picks\nPittsburgh's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver. The Penguins had the second overall draft pick, making the fourth consecutive draft the team had a pick in the top two: they had the first overall pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Marc-Andre Fleury), the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft (Evgeni Malkin) and the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft (Sidney Crosby).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Farm teams, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins\nThe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are Pittsburgh's top affiliate in the AHL for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189524-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Farm teams, Wheeling Nailers\nThe Wheeling Nailers are Pittsburgh's ECHL affiliate for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season\nThe 2007\u201308 football season was Plymouth Argyle Football Club's 38th season in the Football League Championship, the second division of English football, and their 102nd as a professional club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nAfter only eight months as manager, during which he was credited with saving Argyle from relegation, Tony Pulis returned to Stoke in mid-June. Two weeks later, former QPR manager Ian Holloway, was appointed manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nHolloway quickly added the team's only striker, Nick Chadwick, with veteran Barry Hayles from Millwall and 20-year-old Sylvan Ebanks-Blake from Man United who became the leading scorers of the season with 14 and 10 goals respectively. The addition of Dutch defender Marcel Seip, ultimately displaced Aljofree in central defence. In goal, Luke McCormick got first team action with Romain Larrieu out sick and kept his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nSeveral young players established themselves in the first team especially Gary Sawyer who became a regular on the left of defense, especially after Tony Capaldi appeared set to leave at the end of the season. Luke Summerfield and Dan Gosling also impressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nThe first third of the season saw a fairly good start, where Holloway's signings, enthusiasm and more attacking style appeared to be lifting team performances from the previous season and to 6th place after 15 games. The possibility play-off and even promotion began to be talked about. However, the lack of depth showed mid-season as the accumulation of suspensions and injuries (including Paul Wotton out for the season with a knee injury) forced Holloway to draw ever deeper into reserves, and with a slide in results and position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nHolloway moved aggressively during the January transfer window, bringing in loanees Kevin Gallen (striker, QPR), Hungarians P\u00e9ter Halmosi (midfield) and Kriszti\u00e1n Tim\u00e1r (defense), and 17-year-old Scott Sinclair (left wing, Chelsea) and permanent signing Rory Fallon (Halmosi and Tim\u00e1r became permanent signings at the end of the season). Settling the new players in took time and though performances improved, it was not sufficiently to boost Argyle far up the table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nHowever, Argyle had an excellent FA Cup run making it into the Quarter Finals before losing 0\u20131 against Watford, the farthest any non-premiership team made it. It was, however, a game that they should have won and the lack of killer instinct showed in this game and others. The team seemed to go into a funk after the Watford loss with a string of mediocre results which saw them drifting in mid-table. However, the team rallied at the end of the season with five successive wins and its best finish in 50 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nIn its third season in the Championship, Argyle had become an established team, with a solid and stable line up of players, highly regarded management, and optimism for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nMidfielder Lilian Nalis was voted player of the year and defender Gary Sawyer young player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Summary of the 2006\u201307 season\nWhile Argyle ended the season with no financial troubles, a big question remains over the ability of the team to attract the investment likely needed to lift the team to the Premiership with investments in players, stadium, and training facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Team\nThe 2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle first-team squad:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Team\n12 Green Army is not a real player, but was registered by the club as a tribute to the supporters. The idea behind assigning the number 12 was that the great support from fans gives Argyle a similar advantage to having an extra (twelfth) player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189525-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, Pre-season results\nThe pre-season saw wins over Tiverton (4\u20130), Grays Athletic (3\u20130), FC Gratkorn (5\u20131), and Yeovil (2\u20130) and losses to Real Madrid (0\u20131) and Bristol Rovers (0\u20131). A pre-season altercation between first-year Chris Zebroski and team captain, mid-fielder Paul Wotton in an Austrian bar resulted in 100 stitches to Wotton's head and the sacking of Zebroski. Wotton recovered for the first game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189526-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Polish Volleyball League\n2006\u201307 Polish Volleyball League was the 71st season of Polish Championship (7th season as professional league) organized by Professional Volleyball League SA (Polish: Profesjonalna Liga Pi\u0142ki Siatkowej S.A.) under the supervision of Polish Volleyball Federation (Polish: Polski Zwi\u0105zek Pi\u0142ki Siatkowej).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189526-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Polish Volleyball League\nJadar Radom and Delecta Bydgoszcz were promoted to Polish Volleyball League in this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189526-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Polish Volleyball League\nIn season 2006/2007 BOT Skra Be\u0142chat\u00f3w played in CEV Champions League, Wkr\u0119t-met Domex AZS Cz\u0119stochowa played in CEV Top Teams Cup, PZU AZS Olsztyn and Jastrz\u0119bski W\u0119giel played in CEV Challenge Cup,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189527-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Polska Liga Hokejowa season\nThe 2006\u201307 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 72nd season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Podhale Nowy Targ won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Port Vale's 95th season of football in the English Football League, and third successive season in League One. Martin Foyle's side again finished in mid-table, whilst exiting the FA Cup and the League Trophy at the Second Round. Vale, notoriously poor performers in the League Cup, managed to reach the Fourth Round for the first time, at which point they were beaten by top-flight Tottenham Hotspur. Strike partners Leon Constantine and Akpo Sodje put in a 42-goal partnership, with Sodje picking up the club's Player of the Year award. At the end of the season top-scorer Constantine left the club, as did senior midfielder Danny Sonner, scuppering Foyle's long-term plans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nThe pre-season saw Martin Foyle make a number of signings, including: Danny Sonner (Peterborough United); Jason Talbot (Mansfield Town); Paul Harsley (Macclesfield Town); Richard Walker (Crewe Alexandra); Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town); Colin Miles (Yeovil Town); and Akpo Sodje (Darlington). He also took Stefan Moore on loan from Queens Park Rangers, and utility player Ritchie Humphreys from Hartlepool United. Youth team player Danny Glover, son of assistant manager Dean Glover, was also given a squad number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nThe season started with Vale in fine form, winning their first four games. His four goals meant Constantine was named the division's Player of the Month for August. This run came to a halt with four defeats in the next five games, Vale scoring just three goals. In November, Ross Gardner was signed on loan from Nottingham Forest, and would join permanently in the January transfer window. Foyle also signed defender Clayton Fortune on a season long loan for a second time, this time from Leyton Orient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nHeading into December with just three wins in fifteen league games, they won their first four games, with Constantine hitting five of Vale's nine goals. In January, Foyle splashed out \u00a330,000 on Crewe Alexandra striker Luke Rodgers. He also signed former teammate Paul Musselwhite as an emergency back-up goalkeeper following an injury to Mark Goodlad, as well as Cardiff City midfielder Malvin Kamara. He also turned down an offer from Barnsley of \u00a3200,000 (plus Marc Richards) for Constantine, who claimed to be happy at Vale Park. However he did sell skilful winger Jeff Smith to Carlisle United for \u00a360,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0002-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nAlso leaving Burslem was Louis Briscoe, who was allowed to join Leek Town. Vale's form had left them once again, as they failed to pick up a win in a sequence of seven games. In February, defender Rhys Weston joined on a short-term contract, having left Norwegian club Viking FK. On 10 March, Vale travelled to the Don Valley Stadium, and Sodje managed to hit four goals past the Rotherham United defence to give Vale a 5\u20131 win. This gave Vale fans a sliver of hope of reaching the play-offs, but Vale failed to string two wins together in their final nine games, despite a 3\u20130 win over nearby Crewe Alexandra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nThey finished in twelfth place with sixty points, a clear distance from both the play-off and the relegation zones. They again had the lowest numbers of draws in the division, recording just six stalemates. Constantine was the second-highest scorer in the division after Billy Sharp of Scunthorpe United. Player of the Year Sodje also hit sixteen goals. Captain George Pilkington and midfielder Danny Whitaker missed just two games between them all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, League One\nAt the end of the season a number of players were released: Nathan Lowndes (Chester City); George Abbey (Crewe Alexandra); Rhys Weston (Walsall); Michael Husbands (Macclesfield Town); Christian Smith (Clyde); Ross Gardner (Ilkeston Town); Malvin Kamara (Huddersfield Town); Michael Walsh and Mark Soboljew. Leon Constantine also decided against signing a new contract at Vale, and instead joined Leeds United. Danny Sonner also rejected his contract offer, and moved on to Walsall, but not before making a parting shot at the club's leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances\nThe club had to make monthly repayments of around \u00a319,000 for a \u00a32.25 million loan taken out from the local council in 2005. The club's shirt sponsorship came from local company BGC Gas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nIn the FA Cup, Vale advanced past League Two side Lincoln City with a 2\u20131 victory at Sincil Bank. However they then were on the end of a 4\u20130 hiding from Hereford United at Edgar Street in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nIn the League Cup, Vale faced Preston North End, who they defeated with goals from Sodje and Constantine. The \"Valiants\" then vanquished Queens Park Rangers 3\u20132 in the Second Round. This left them facing Norwich City, the third Championship club of the season to travel to Burslem in the League Cup. Vale against upset the odds by winning the penalty shoot-out 3\u20132 following a goalless draw against a strong \"Canary\" side. Premier League Tottenham Hotspur awaited in the Fourth Round, who at White Hart Lane proved to be too much of a challenge for the Vale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nConstantine put Vale into the lead, but a Tom Huddlestone goal took the game into extra-time, before both Huddlestone and Jermain Defoe scored to give \"Spurs\" a 3\u20131 win, thus saving Martin Jol's blushes. This represented the club's greatest achievement in the competition, as Vale had never reached the Fourth Round before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189528-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions\nIn the League Trophy, Vale advanced past Scunthorpe United after winning on penalties at Glanford Park. They then had a home tie with local rivals Crewe Alexandra. The \"Railwaymen\" won the game 3\u20132 despite a brace from Constantine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189529-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portland Trail Blazers season\nThe 2006-07 Portland Trail Blazers season was the team's 37th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 21-61 output from the previous season. They managed to improve by 11 games, finishing 32-50, but they failed to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189530-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portsmouth F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Portsmouth competed in the FA Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189530-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portsmouth F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter several seasons of struggle in English football's top flight, Portsmouth enjoyed one of their best seasons in many years as they challenged for European qualification, ultimately falling short with a nonetheless creditable ninth-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189530-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portsmouth F.C. season, Kit\nThe team kit was manufactured by German sportswear manufacturer Jako and sponsored by Japanese electronics company Oki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189530-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189530-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189530-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Portsmouth F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189531-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina\nStatistics of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2006\u20132007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189531-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and FK Sarajevo won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189532-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premier Soccer League\nThe following is the final results of the 2006\u201307 Premier Soccer League football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189533-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby\nThe 2006\u201307 Guinness Premiership was the 20th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2006 and May 2007. It was announced during the 2005-06 season that the 2006-07 competition would end two weeks early due to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, as England would be defending their title. At the end of the previous season, Harlequins gained promotion to this season, while the Leeds Tykes were relegated. The Champions of this season were Leicester Tigers, beating Gloucester RFC 44-16 on 12 May in the Final at Twickenham, while the Northampton Saints were relegated. Leeds returned in 2007\u201308, under their new name of Leeds Carnegie, after being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189533-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby\nFrom the start of the season, all half-time intervals were increased from the traditional 10\u00a0minutes to 15\u00a0minutes. The move has been explained as allowing clubs to capitalise on growing capacities and maximise refreshment income.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189533-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby\nTwo of the opening games of the season were played at Twickenham, in the 2006 London Double Header.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189533-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby, Table\n* Leicester were docked one point for fielding an ineligible player", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189533-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby, Table\nIf teams are level at any stage, they are ranked by: 1. number of wins 2. league points 3. match points difference 4. match points for 5. head-to-head record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189533-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby, Individual statistics\nNote: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who did not earn international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189534-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Preston North End F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Preston North End F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189534-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Preston North End F.C. season, Season summary\nThe 2006\u201307 season started well under Simpson, seeing Preston rise to the top of the Championship in December, the highest league place the team has reached in 55 years. Despite much interest in striker David Nugent, Simpson was able to hold on to the player throughout the January transfer window. On 28 March, Nugent went on to get his full international debut for England, and even managed to score his first international goal in the 90th minute of the match against Andorra. This was the first time a Preston player received a full international cap for England since Tom Finney. It was around this time that Preston went into a decline, which in the end meant the team missing out on a playoff spot in the final few weeks of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189534-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Preston North End F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189534-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Preston North End F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189535-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primeira Liga\nThe 2006\u201307 Primeira Liga (also known as BWINLIGA for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 27 August 2006 with a match between Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal and Acad\u00e9mica and ended on 20 May 2007. The league was contested by 16 clubs, with Porto as defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189535-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primeira Liga\nPorto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League group stage, while Benfica qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. Braga, Belenenses and Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira qualified for the 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup. Beira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Li\u00e9dson was the top scorer with 15 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189535-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primeira Liga, Promotion and relegation, Teams relegated to Liga de Honra\nThe professional competitions shrunk from 18 to 16 clubs following last season's promotions and relegations' modifications. Penafiel, Rio Ave, Vit\u00f3ria de Guimar\u00e3es were relegated to the Liga de Honra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189535-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primeira Liga, Promotion and relegation, Teams relegated to Liga de Honra\nIn June 2006, Belenenses, who finished 15th in the previous season, were scheduled to be relegated. However, the Lisbon team presented a complaint to the Portuguese League for Professional Football regarding the use of a non-registered player (Mateus) by 13th-placed Gil Vicente. The penalty pretended by Belenenses would result in Gil Vicente being relegated in their place. This claim generated a series of appeals and controversial statements to the media. The decision has been taken on 23 August and made Belenenses stay in the Portuguese Liga while Gil Vicente were relegated to the Liga de Honra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 81], "content_span": [82, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189535-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primeira Liga, Promotion and relegation, Teams promoted from Liga de Honra\nBeira-Mar and Desportivo das Aves were promoted to the Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 82], "content_span": [83, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189536-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera B Nacional\nThe 2006\u201307 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 21st season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189536-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera B Nacional, Promotion playoff\nThis leg was played between the Apertura and the Clausura winner, but as Olimpo won both tournaments, was declared champion and was automatically promoted to 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n, so the match was played between the best teams placed in the overall standings under Olimpo, San Mart\u00edn (SJ) and Hurac\u00e1n. The winning team was promoted to 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3n and the losing team played the Promotion Playoff Primera Divisi\u00f3n-Primera B Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189536-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera B Nacional, Torneo Reducido\nIt was played by the teams placed 4th, 5th 6th and 7th in the Overall Standings: Atl\u00e9tico de Rafaela (4th), Tigre (5th), Chacarita Juniors (6th) and Platense (7th). The winning team played the Promotion Playoff Primera Divisi\u00f3n-Primera B Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189536-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera B Nacional, Promotion playoff Primera Divisi\u00f3n-Primera B Nacional\nThe Promotion playoff loser (Hurac\u00e1n) and the Torneo Reducido winner (Tigre) played against the 18th and the 17th placed of the Relegation Table of 2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189536-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera B Nacional, Relegation\n1: Had to play a tiebreaker to see which team played Promotion/Relegation Legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189536-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera B Nacional, Relegation\nNote: Clubs with indirect affiliation with AFA are relegated to the Torneo Argentino A, while clubs directly affiliated face relegation to Primera B Metropolitana. Clubs with direct affiliation are all from Greater Buenos Aires, with the exception of Newell's, Rosario Central, Central C\u00f3rdoba and Argentino de Rosario, all from Rosario, and Uni\u00f3n and Col\u00f3n from Santa Fe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189537-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3, Overview\nIt was contested by 8 teams, and FC R\u00e0nger's won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189538-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica)\nPrimera Divisi\u00f3n de Costa Rica (Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189538-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica)\nIn both the Apertura and Clausura, 2 groups of 6 teams are conformed, they will play twice (Home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once game with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The top 4 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189538-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n (Costa Rica), Final\nNo Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189539-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n A season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by PkbwcgsBot (talk | contribs) at 11:40, 17 November 2019 (v2.02b - Task 11 - Approved BRFA - WP:WCW project (Heading hierarchy)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189539-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n A season\nPrimera Divisi\u00f3n A (M\u00e9xican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Apertura 2006 and Clausura 2007. Puebla was the winner of the promotion to First Division after winning Dorados de Sinaloa in the promotion playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189539-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3n A season, Promotion final\nThe promotion final faced Puebla against Dorados to determine the winner of the First Division Promotion. Puebla was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189540-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pro A season\nThe 2006\u201307 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189540-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pro A season\nRoanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189540-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Pro A season, Promotion and relegation\nDue to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006\u201307 and 2007\u201308 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189541-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2006-07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 QMJHL season was the 38th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The regular season ran from September 14, 2006 to March 18, 2007. Eighteen teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Lewiston Maineiacs finished first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy. Lewiston won 16 playoff games, losing only one, en route to their first President's Cup, defeating the Val-d'Or Foreurs in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime loss; SL = Shootout loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season, Goaltending leaders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season, Canada-Russia Challenge\nThe 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge was hosted by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and the Val-d'Or Foreurs. On November 20, 2006, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 6\u20132 at the Ar\u00e9na Dave Keon. On November 21, 2006, the QMJHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 4\u20133 at the Centre Air Creebec. Since the tournament began in 2003, the QMJHL All-stars have won five games, the Russian Selects have three wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season, Playoffs\nThe top nine teams from the Telus division, and top seven teams from the Eastern division qualified for the playoffs. The ninth place team in the Telus division qualified in the Eastern division, and ranked by regular season points. All series were best-of-seven. Divisions crossed over in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189542-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 QMJHL season, Playoffs\nBrad Marchand was the leading scorer of the playoffs with 40 points (16 goals, 24 assists).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189543-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Qatar Stars League, Overview\nIt was contested by 10 teams, and Al-Sadd Sports Club won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189544-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was one of three first-class domestic cricket competitions that were held in Pakistan during the 2006\u201307 season. The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was contested by thirteen teams representing regional associations; it was preceded in the schedule by the Patron's Trophy (Grade-I), contested by nine departmental teams, and followed later in the season by the Pentangular Cup, which unlike the previous year did not involve teams from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189544-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThere was no change to the structure of the competition from the previous season, with seven teams in the Gold League and six teams in the Silver League. Each league was played in a round-robin of 4-day matches beginning on 6 January 2007, with a final played over 5 days between the top two teams to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189544-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nThe winner of the Gold League final received the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy; the winner of the Silver League final would have gained promotion to the Gold league, with the last placed team in the Gold League being relegated to the Silver League, but the Pakistan Cricket Board reorganised the regional associations and departments into a single competition for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189544-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy\nKarachi Urban lifted the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the eighteenth victory by a Karachi team, after they beat defending champions Sialkot by eight wickets in the Gold League final. Multan won the Silver League final in a replay, after the weather-affected first match ended in a draw with no result on first innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189544-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Group stage\nThe top two teams in the round-robin group stage (highlighted) advanced to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189544-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Group stage\nPosition determined by total points, most matches won, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189545-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189545-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 28 June 2006, Holloway was put on Gardening leave and eventually left for Plymouth Argyle and Gary Waddock was appointed full-time manager. On 20 September 2006, after a poor set of results had left QPR bottom of the table, Waddock was replaced by John Gregory. Waddock did, however, stay at the club as assistant manager. Gregory's appointment caused a schism among QPR fans, some of whom saw Gregory's friendship with controversial chairman Gianni Paladini as a conflict of interest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189545-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Season summary\nAfter a decent start with successive victories over Hull City and Southampton, Rangers form dipped before winning three on the bounce (including a victory at (then) league leaders Cardiff City). Unfortunately, results did not continue to improve, and relegation looked a distinct possibility for Gregory's men. However, following a fine late season run, QPR beat Cardiff 1\u20130 at Loftus Road on 21 April 2007 to secure their Championship status for another year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189545-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189545-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189546-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queensland Roar FC season\nQueensland Roar took part in the 2006\u201307 A-League competition, hoping to improve on their performance in the previous domestic season, which saw them finish in sixth position at the end of the A-League competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189546-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queensland Roar FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189546-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queensland Roar FC season, Squad, Coaches\nCoach Miron Bleiberg resigned after the Round 12 loss to Adelaide United. Frank Farina became coach on 16 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189546-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queensland Roar FC season, Pre-Season cup, Group stage\nThe 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup was a series in the Australian A-League football competition held in July and August in the lead up to the start of the main season. The opening round was 15 July 2006. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds and a bonus round, followed by a two-week finals playoff. The bonus group round matched up teams against opponents from the other group, and also offered the incentive of \"bonus points\" based on goals scored (1 point for 2 goals, 2 points for 3 goals, 3 points for 4 or more goals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189546-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Queensland Roar FC season, Pre-Season cup, Group stage\nThe Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres including the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Launceston, Canberra, Wollongong, Port Macquarie, Orange and Tamworth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189547-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 R.S.C. Anderlecht season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, the club competed in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup, Belgian Supercup and UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189547-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Appearances and goals\nAs of 10 April 2007, includes all Belgian Pro League, UEFA Champions League, Belgian Cup and Supercup matches. Excludes friendlies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189548-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 RC Celta de Vigo season\nIn the 2006\u201307 season, Celta Vigo participated in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189549-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 RC Lens season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 101st season in the existence of RC Lens and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189549-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 RC Lens season, Season summary\nLens finished fifth, one point away from Champions League qualification. Francis Gillot subsequently resigned as manager, but remained with the club as a scout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189549-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 RC Lens season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189549-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 RC Lens season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189550-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 RK Zamet season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 50th season in RK Zamet\u2019s history. It is their 6th successive season in the Dukat 1.HRL, and 30th successive top tier season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189551-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup\nThe 2007 Radivoj Kora\u0107 Cup is the 5th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. It was the first cup tournament of Serbia. The \u017du\u0107ko's Left Trophy was awarded to the winner FMP from Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nRangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2006\u201307 season. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 February 2006, two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005\u201306 season, and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nMurray predicted a fruitful reign under Le Guen, describing his capture as \"a massive moonbeam of success\" for the club and promising, \"we\u2019ve got big plans.\" He announced that the Frenchman would be given significant funds with which to strengthen the squad, with Rangers having announced an arrangement with sports retailer JJB Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nKnown for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen made an immediate splash in the transfer market signing South African Under 19 player Dean Furman from Chelsea, and youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes. While allowing Ibrox favourite Alex Rae to move to a new career as player-manager of Dundee, he has also signed Libor Sionko and Karl Svensson. Rangers had been strongly linked with a host of other players and signed midfielder Jeremy Clement from Lyon and goalkeeper Lionel Letizi from Paris St Germain as a replacement for the departing Ronald Waterreus. Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye signed a one-year contract after a short trial period with the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nRangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July 2006 at Windsor Park, Belfast. Rangers won 2\u20130 with first half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad flew out to South Africa on 9 July for a training camp where they played three matches, the first of which was a comfortable 4\u20130 win over local opposition with Charlie Adam netting a hat-trick. Rangers also defeated Jomo Cosmos 2\u20130 but, with a largely depleted starting line-up, they lost their final match 2\u20130 against Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nDefender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the pre-season tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as \"unacceptable behaviour\" on the flight to Johannesburg. Rangers returned to face English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers where they won 1\u20130 and drew 1\u20131 respectively. The SPL opening day on 30 July proved fruitful for Paul Le Guen and Rangers as they defeated Motherwell 2\u20131 at Fir Park, thanks to an early strike from Libor Sionko and the winning header from Dado Prso. In Le Guen's first competitive game at Ibrox, Rangers were held to a 2\u20132 draw by Dundee United, and were forced to come back from two-goals down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nOn 9 August, Fernando Ricksen went to Russian Premier League club Zenit St Petersburg, the new club of ex-Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, on a season-long loan. In return, a friendly has been scheduled between the teams at Ibrox on 23 August. On 11 August Rangers signed Manchester United's 19-year-old winger Lee Martin on loan for a season. Rangers also recruited the services of Austrian Vienna defender Sa\u0161a Papac while Marvin Andrews, Olivier Bernard, Robert Malcolm and Hamed Namouchi all departed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nBy mid November, Rangers found themselves in third place, a full 15 points behind leaders Celtic. Sporadic wins were mixed with regular dropped points as the team struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season. Rangers did, however, start promisingly in the UEFA Cup, going on to become the first Scottish club to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage in its three-year history. Domestic results and performances, however, continued to be inconsistent and in January 2007, Le Guen controversially stripped midfielder Barry Ferguson of the captaincy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nOn 4 January 2007 Paul Le Guen left Rangers by mutual consent. This made him the club's shortest-serving manager, and the only one to leave the club without completing a full season in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nThey entered the season under new management with Paul Le Guen having replaced Alex McLeish. The wave of expectation that was created by Le Guen's appointment was immense and he quickly went about building his own team. In the summer of 2006 he made eleven signings (of them only Sa\u0161a Papac would be playing for the club the following season). Le Guen's signings including Filip \u0160ebo, Karl Svensson, Libor Sionko and Lionel Letizi but they simply did not perform, while J\u00e9r\u00e9my Cl\u00e9ment was to be in Glasgow for only six months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nAt the start of the season it had appeared that Murray had brought one of Europe's most talented young coaches to Ibrox, but unfortunately the Frenchman could not repeat his previous successes. Inconsistent form from the start in the league saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race as early as October and they suffered the disappointment of going out of the League Cup at home to First Division side St Johnstone, losing 2\u20130. Le Guen left the club by mutual consent on 4 January 2007 and was replaced by Walter Smith, who began his second spell as manager of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nImmediately Smith began an overhaul at the club. He deemed the defence to be the main reason for Rangers poor season. The signings of defenders David Weir and Ugo Ehiogu soon followed, along with young midfielder Kevin Thomson from Hibernian. The side's form picked up and they ended the season in second place in the Scottish Premier League and recorded a brace of Old Firm wins over Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Overview\nIn the Scottish Cup Rangers were beaten 3\u20132 to Dunfermline Athletic, in caretaker manager Ian Durrant's first and only game in charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Premier League\nLast updated: 20 May 2007Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, UEFA Cup\nLast updated: 14 March 2007Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Cup\nLast updated: 7 January 2007Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, League Cup\nLast updated: 8 November 2006Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189552-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Friendlies\nLast updated: 23 May 2007Source:1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189553-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ranji Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 Ranji Trophy was the 73rd season of the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai defeated Bengal by 132 runs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Reading Football Club's first season in the Premier League, and their first season in the top flight of English football. Reading also participated in the League Cup, beating Darlington in the second round before losing 4\u20133 to Liverpool at Anfield. Reading entered the FA Cup at the third round stage, defeating Burnley 3\u20132 and then Birmingham City by the same score to meet Manchester United in the Fifth Round. After drawing the initial game 1\u20131 at Old Trafford, Reading lost 2\u20133 at home in the replay ten days later, conceding the three goals in the first six minutes of the match. They finished the season in eighth place, collecting 55 points from 38 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, August\nReading's first ever Premier League game came at home to Middlesbrough. Reading were 2\u20130 down after 20 minutes after goals from Stewart Downing and Yakubu, but ended up 3\u22122 winners through goals from Dave Kitson, Steve Sidwell and Leroy Lita. Kitson, however, was injured in a reckless tackle by Chris Riggott, and would not play again until the end of January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, August\nReading's next game was against Aston Villa. After an early lead through Kevin Doyle, Ibrahima Sonko conceded a penalty and was sent off. Juan Pablo \u00c1ngel scored the resulting penalty for Villa, and Gareth Barry scored in the 61st minute to seal a win for Villa. The Royals next played Wigan Athletic, Emile Heskey scoring the only goal in a 1\u22120 win for Wigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, September\nIn September, Reading's first game was against Manchester City, live on Sky Sports at home. \u00cdvar Ingimarsson scored the only goal, despite being knocked unconscious before scoring. The first game against a side promoted with Reading was Sheffield United. Kevin Doyle scored after 16 seconds and in the 25th minute, followed by Seol Ki-hyeon scoring a 25-yard goal. Rob Hulse pulled a goal back in the 61st minute, but it was not enough for Sheffield United, who lost 2\u22121. Reading's first cup game came against Darlington, but Reading needed penalties after an exciting 3\u22123 draw. Next up were league runners up Manchester United at the Madejski. Reading ensured it was goalless at half-time and went 1\u22120 up through a Kevin Doyle penalty after Gary Neville handballed. Cristiano Ronaldo, however, scored a 73rd-minute goal to make it 1\u22121.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, October\nIn October, Reading played West Ham at Upton Park where a second-minute goal turned out to be the winner, scored by Seol. Reading\u2013Chelsea hit the headlines as both Chelsea goalkeepers were knocked out in a match where the visitors took a fortuitous 1\u22120 win. Frank Lampard scored Chelsea's goal which took two deflections before going in. The goal was given as an \u00cdvar Ingimarsson own goal. In the same match 2), Robin van Persie and Alexander Hleb scoring. Shane Long made his first Premier League start in this match. Reading also lost 4\u22123 to Liverpool in the Carling Cup (Reading were 3\u22120 down).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, November\nIn November, Reading lost 2\u22120 to Liverpool (which was also the first ever league meeting between the two sides). The goals came from Dirk Kuyt. The Royals then won 3\u22121 against Tottenham Hotspur. Robbie Keane opened the scoring for Spurs before Nicky Shorey scored a 25-yard goal. Then Steve Sidwell scored a header on the stroke of half-time with Kevin Doyle completing the scoring to make it 3\u22121. Reading's next match was against Charlton. They won 2\u22120 with the goals coming from Seol Ki-hyeon and Doyle. They ended the month with a 1\u22120 win over Fulham with a penalty kick from Doyle, after the striker had been bought down by Ian Pearce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, December\nIn December, Reading Won 1\u22120 at Bolton, a Kevin Doyle goal won the match. Next was Reading's longest away trip this season when Reading played Newcastle United. Reading lost 3\u22122, an 84th-minute winner by Emre. Reading played Watford in the worst game of the season, Watford 0\u22120). Reading and Blackburn Rovers was the next game at the Madjeski. Reading went 1\u20130 up on half-time, but Rovers scored two goals to make it Reading 1\u22122 Rovers. Chelsea played Reading next, two months after the teams played in Reading; the match ended 2\u22122. Reading then played Manchester United: Reading were losing 1\u22120, but Sonko scored to level the game. United then scored two goals though Cristiano Ronaldo to make it 3\u22121, although Lita scored a consolation goal to make the final score United 3\u22122 Reading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, January\nIn January, Reading could not have got a better start. On New Year's Day, Reading put six past West Ham United. On 6 January, Reading were due to play Burnley in the FA Cup but it was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, but Reading beat Burnley on the Tuesday night, a 3\u22122 win. Reading went to Everton unbeaten in the new year, and the game ended 1\u22121 in a match attended by Sylvester Stallone as an Everton supporter and guest of the chairman. Reading played Sheffield United at 2\u22120 Reading came a push-up in the dug out. Warnock and Downs sent off. Reading won 3\u22121. Reading Played Birmingham in the FA Cup (again). Birmingham had just enjoyed a 5\u22121 win at Newcastle United but they lost 3\u22122 to the Royals. Reading beat Wigan by the same score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, February\nIn February, Reading beat Manchester City away and Aston Villa at home. Both ending 2\u20130. At Old Trafford, Reading drew 1\u22121 with United in the FA Cup. Boro became the first team to beat Reading in 2007. Boro won 2\u22121. Reading were 3\u20130 down in the FA Cup 5th Round Replay against United in 5 minutes 41 seconds, but fought back to lose by only 3\u22122.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Review and events, March to May\nIn March, April and May, Reading lost at Arsenal 2\u22121. Reading were 2\u22120 down, but drawing 0\u22120 at half-time, in the 87th minute when Arsenal scored an own goal courtesy of Cesc F\u00e0bregas. Reading got a point at home to Portsmouth drawing 0\u22120. Reading lost to Spurs 1\u22120. Spurs scored a consolation penalty on half-time. Liverpool won at Reading 2\u22121. Liverpool's winner was in the 85th minute by Kuyt. Reading were held to a 0\u22120 draw at Charlton. Reading won at home to Fulham. They won at Bolton, 3\u22121, after being 1\u22120 down in the 85th minute. A midweek win at home to Newcastle United, 1\u22120, Kitson scored for the Royals. Reading shockingly lost to Watford at home 2\u22120. On the final day of the season, Reading played Blackburn Rovers away and needing a win to enter the UEFA Cup, Reading drew 3\u22123.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Squad, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Squad, Reserve/Academy squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189554-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reading F.C. season, Team kit\nReading's kit for the 2006\u201307 was manufactured by Puma, and the main sponsor was Kyocera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189555-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Betis season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Betis finished 16th in the La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189555-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Betis season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189555-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Betis season, Competitions, Copa del Rey\n* Match abandoned after 57 minutes at 0\u20131 due to injury of Sevilla coach Juande Ramos; remainder of the game played on 18 March at the Coliseum, Getafe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189556-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid CF season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Real Madrid Club de F\u00fatbol's 76th season in La Liga. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189556-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid CF season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189556-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid CF season, Club, Other information\nUpdated to match played 24 Sep 2007Source:\u00a0 and Santiago Bernab\u00e9u Stadium and", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189556-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid CF season, Club, Pre-season and Friendlies\nLast updated: 26 Jul 2007Source: , and , 1Real Madrid goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Real Madrid.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189557-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid Castilla season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Spanish football season, Real Madrid Castilla competed in the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189557-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid Castilla season, Season summary\nReal Madrid Castilla were relegated to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189557-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid Castilla season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189557-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Madrid Castilla season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189558-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Valladolid season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 78th season in the existence of Real Valladolid and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Valladolid participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189559-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Zaragoza season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Spanish football season, Real Zaragoza competed in La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189559-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Zaragoza season, Season summary\nZaragoza finished 6th in La Liga, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Key to the club's good form was Argentine striker Diego Milito, who scored 23 goals in the league, making him second top scorer in La Liga and third place in the European Golden Shoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189559-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Zaragoza season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189559-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Real Zaragoza season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189560-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Red Star Belgrade season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, Red Star Belgrade participated in the 2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga, 2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189561-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Reggina Calcio season\nReggina Calcio was thought to be a prime candidate to be relegated in the 2006-07 season, since it had been deducted eleven points for its involvement in Calciopoli. At no stage had Reggina renewed its contract with more than a point or two, and therefore its 51 points in 38 games was a very high yield. The Serie A stay was extended thanks to the successful striking force of Rolando Bianchi and Nicola Amoruso, scoring an unprecedented 35 goals between them. Bianchi headed for Manchester City in the summer, and successful coach Walter Mazzarri found a new berth at Sampdoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189562-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Regionalliga\nThe 2006\u201307 Regionalliga season was the thirteenth season of the Regionalliga at tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams in the south and nineteen in the north. The champions, FC St. Pauli and SV Wehen, and the runners-up, VfL Osnabr\u00fcck and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, of every division were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189562-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Regionalliga, South, Top goal scorer\n'II' teams are amateur sides attached to higher league clubs and cannot be promoted above this level, irrespective of their final position. In the event of a 'II' side finishing in the promotion places, the next club below will instead be promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189563-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rochdale A.F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 Rochdale A.F.C. season was the club's 86th season in the Football League, and the 33rd consecutive season in the bottom division of the League. Rochdale finished the season in 9th place in League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189564-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Romanian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Romanian Hockey League season was the 77th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and SC Miercurea Ciuc won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189565-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ross County F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Ross County's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted as champions of the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 1999\u20132000 season. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189565-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ross County F.C. season, Summary\nRoss County finished tenth in the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division. They reached the second round of the League Cup, the third round of the Scottish Cup, and the final of the Challenge Cup, beating Clyde 5\u20134 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189565-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ross County F.C. season, Summary, Management\nThe club started season 2006\u201307 under the management of Scott Leitch, who had been appointed towards the end of the previous season. On 30 April 2007, following the club's confirmed relegation Leitch resigned as manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189566-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League, Rules\nThe twelve participating teams are placed into three groups of four clubs each. The teams of each group face each other home and away. The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals, along with the two best third placed teams. As opposed to the previous edition of the tournament, the knock-out stages are played as single legs. In the quarter-final draw, teams from the same group or the same country are, as far as possible, not paired together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189566-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League, Bonuses, Spectator bonuses\nAnother potential 8 million DKK are up for grabs through two separate spectator bonuses:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189566-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League, Bonuses, Spectator bonuses\nBonus no. 1 pays a maximum of 6.3 million DKK total, based on the average home attendance in the Royal League compared against the clubs' average attendance in their respective league:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189566-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League, Bonuses, Spectator bonuses\nBonus no. 2 distributes 1.7 million DKK between clubs in relation to a club's average home attendance in the Royal League. A certain average gives a certain amount of shares:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189566-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League, Bonuses, Spectator bonuses\nAfter the tournament, the money will be distributed in relation to how many shares the different clubs have.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189566-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League, Group stage\nThe group stage started the week following the last day of the Norwegian and Swedish championships (5 November), and was scheduled to end 10 December. However, some group matches were moved to February due to the participation of FC Copenhagen in UEFA Champions League, and that of Odense BK in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189567-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Royal League statistics\nThis page shows aggregate tables and attendance averages for the 2006/07 season of Royal League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189568-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby Pro D2 season\nThe 2006\u201307 Rugby Pro D2 is a French rugby union club competition. The season runs alongside the 2006-07 Top 14 competition, which is the highest club competition. At the end of the season, Auch were champions and thus automatically promoted to Top 14. They were eventually followed by Dax who beat La Rochelle in the final providing the second promotion place. Colomiers were relegated to F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 1; Limoges finished in a relegation spot, but were reprieved when Gaillac were denied a professional license for the 2007\u201308 season due to serious financial problems. The 2006\u201307 season was also noted for Toulon's signing of top players such as Tana Umaga who played for them for a period during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189569-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby Union County Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 Bill Beaumont Cup (Rugby Union County Championship) was the 107th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189569-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby Union County Championship\nDevon won their 10th title after defeating Lancashire in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189569-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby Union County Championship\nThe Championship was renamed the Bill Beaumont Cup in honour of Bill Beaumont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189570-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby-Bundesliga\nThe 2006-07 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 36th edition of this competition and the 87th edition of the German rugby union championship. The season went from 26 August 2006 to 12 May 2007, ending with the championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189570-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nIn the 2006-07 season, eight teams played a home-and-away season with a final between the top two teams at the end, which was won by the RG Heidelberg, earning the club a fourth national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189570-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nThe regular season winner SC 1880 Frankfurt lost the final to Heidelberg, which was played in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt had been newly promoted to the league. It was only the second time in the history of the German championship that no club from Hannover played in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189570-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Rugby-Bundesliga, Overview\nLast placed DSV 78/08 Ricklingen was relegated to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga while the RK Heusenstamm was promoted as the 2nd Bundesliga champions, having beaten SC Germania List in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189571-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Russian Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Russian Cup was the 15th edition of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 13 April 2006 and finished on 27 May 2007, with the final played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, where Lokomotiv Moscow beat FC Moscow 1\u20130 at extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189571-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Russian Cup, Final\nThe final took place on 27 May 2007 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189572-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Russian Superleague season\nThe 2006\u201307 Russian Superleague season was the 11th season of the Russian Superleague, the top level of ice hockey in Russia. 19 teams participated in the league, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season\nThe 2006\u201307 European football season was the 103rd season of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season ran from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007; Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Liga and the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League as a result of finishing third in the Primeira Liga in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season\nAfter manager Ronald Koeman's departure, Benfica immediately searched for a replacement. Media speculated the club would sign Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson and later Carlos Queiroz, but Benfica signed the former Porto and Sporting CP manager Fernando Santos. Santos was the first manager since Fernando Riera to manage all of Portugal's Big Three clubs. In the transfer market, Benfica brought back Rui Costa and recruited other notable players including Katsouranis and David Luiz. Fabrizio Miccoli had his loan renewed for a second year, while Geovanni, Manuel Fernandes and Ricardo Rocha left the club during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season\nBecause of their league finish, Benfica had to pass Austria Wien to enter the group stage of the season's Champions League. Domestically, Benfica's season started erratically, losing 11 points from three losses and a draw before December. In Europe, the situation was similar; Benfica never recovered a five-point deficit to Celtic by day three, ending with seven points and demotion to the UEFA Cup. From December until April, Benfica regained lost ground in the Primeira Liga, climbing to second place\u2014a point away from Porto, which was also advancing until the quarter-finals of UEFA Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season\nIn April, Benfica had the opportunity to reach the league's top place if they won the Cl\u00e1ssico with Porto; however, they only managed a 1\u20131 draw. It was the first of five winless games that caused them to drop to third place and be eliminated from Europe by Espanyol. Despite an improvement in form, Benfica wasted a chance to retake second place after another home draw against arch-rival club Sporting. Benfica ended the season in third place, with two fewer points than Porto, ensuring a place in the Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nIn the aftermath of Ronald Koeman's departure, Portuguese media began to speculate about Benfica's next manager. They initially focused on Sven-G\u00f6ran Eriksson, who had previously managed the club and was in Algarve preparing for the World Cup with England's national squad. On 17 May, Eriksson said he had not been approached to join Benfica. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Camacho's agent dismissed speculation about his return. On 19 May, SIC Not\u00edcias announced Carlos Queiroz had signed a two-year deal with Benfica. Both parties immediately denied any agreement; Queiroz said he did not intend to leave Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe following day, Benfica presented Fernando Santos as the club's new manager on a two-year contract. Santos had last managed in Portugal in 2003\u201304, when he led Sporting to a third-place finish, and previously spent three years at Porto, winning five major titles. He became the third manager\u2014the first Portuguese\u2014to manage all of the country's Big Three football clubs, after Otto Gl\u00f3ria and Fernando Riera. He would be assisted by Fernando Chalana, who remained connected with the club's management; Jorge Ros\u00e1rio as his long-term technical assistant; Bruno Moura as physiotherapist and Ricardo Santos as scout of the opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nBenfica's first signing of the season was Rui Costa nicknamed \"The Maestro\", who arrived for free and was well received by 3,000 supporters. He reportedly took a large pay cut to join Benfica. After Costa, Benfica selected Kostas Katsouranis as their top target in the search for another central midfielder. They negotiated with AEK Athens for over two weeks and agreed a transfer on 22 June. Benfica was also interested in signing Andr\u00e9s D'Alessandro, but the deal fell through. In the offence, Fabrizio Miccoli had his loan deal renewed for a further season, and Benfica signed another option, Mexican striker, Francisco Fonseca. The biggest losses for Santos were the release of Geovanni\u2014a regular starter for three-and-a-half seasons\u2014 and Manuel Fernandes, who joined Portsmouth on a loan deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThe pre-season began on 3 July with medical exams during the morning and an afternoon visit to Nyon, where Benfica were camped during their pre-season tour of Switzerland. Santos implemented a new tactical formation based on the 4\u20134\u20132 diamond. Benfica played their first game against Swiss second-tier side Stade Nyonnais, beating them by a comfortable margin. They followed this with a win against Shakhtar Donetsk in Yverdon-les-Bains, and a loss against FC Sion at the Stade Tourbillon on 15 July. Benfica returned to Portugal on 16 July; they played a presentation match against Bordeaux on 22 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, Pre-season\nThey then competed in the 2006 Guadiana Trophy alongside their arch-rivals Sporting CP and Deportivo La Coru\u00f1a, losing both matches. On 28 July, Benfica took part in the draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League; they were paired with Austria Wien. Santos dismissed accusations of favouritism with the Austrians, saying, \"It is a question of honour to be present in the Champions League, for me and for Benfica.\" Benfica's next preparation match was at AEK Athens on 1 August, where they lost for the third time in a row. The result caused concern to Santos because Benfica \"showed a lot of tactical problems, both offensively and defensively.\" Benfica played their final preparation match on 15 August, where they defeated Estrela da Amadora 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nBenfica first competitive game of the season was the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Before the match, Santos expressed the importance of reaching the group stage: \"More important than the formation used is to fulfil our purpose: take part in the group stage of the competition.\" On 8 August, Benfica visited the Ernst-Happel-Stadion to play Austria Wien. Benfica scored first with a back-heeled goal from Nuno Gomes in the 16th minute, while Austria equalized through Jocelyn Blanchard in the 36th minute. The match resulted in a draw and Benfica gained a decisive advantage for the second leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nOn 22 August, Benfica hosted Austria Wien for the second leg. The opening goal came from Rui Costa, with further Benfica goals scored by Nuno Gomes and Petit. Benfica had joined their rivals Porto and Sporting in the 2006\u201307 Champions League, marking the first time three Portuguese teams were present in the group stage. On 24 August, Benfica took part in the Champions League draw; they were drawn with Manchester United, Celtic and F.C. Copenhagen. It was second time in a row Benfica played with Manchester United in the group stage after eliminating them in 2005\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0007-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nThree days later, Benfica were due to meet Belenenses for the opening game of the Primeira Liga. However, because of the \"Mateus Affair,\" the game was uncertain to occur; Santos expressed hopes for the quick resolution of the case, adding that it was bad for Portuguese football and that the uncertainty caused his players to lose focus. Two days before the match, the Portuguese Professional Football League announced that the game was postponed until the Portuguese Football Federation decided the outcome of the affair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nBenfica's next match was scheduled for 10 September, meaning they would go nearly 20 days without competing in the opening stage of the season. After the international break in early September, their first match in the Primeira Liga was set for 9 September, one day earlier because of their European match against Copeganhen on 13 September. In an away visit to Est\u00e1dio do Bessa, where Santos had never won in his career, Benfica were defeated 3\u20130 by Boavista. Santos said the defeat was \"heavy and out of context\" and blamed the ejection of Nuno Gomes for emotionally destabilizing the team. On the following Wednesday, Benfica played Copenhagen at Parken Stadium. Neither team could break the deadlock and the game ended in goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nOn 17 September, Benfica received Nacional at home. With Sim\u00e3o making his league debut, Benfica scored the only goal of the match when Sim\u00e3o assisted Luis\u00e3o in the 29th minute. On the following Friday, Benfica played Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira on the road. Katsouranis scored the first goal for Benfica but Pa\u00e7os equalized in the 92nd minute. In Santos' analysis, Benfica controlled the match, but after \"an inexplicable ejection from L\u00e9o, the home team got back into the game.\" Four days later, Benfica received Manchester United for the second matchday of the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, August\u2013September\nA single goal from Louis Saha in the 61st minute won United the match and the lead in the group standings. It was Benfica's 12th loss in 20 matches against English teams in Europe and the fifth loss in six matches against United. Santos said Benfica played \"60 minutes of great quality,\" but was disappointed with loss and expressed a desire to improve the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nOctober began with a home-match against Desportivo das Aves. Benfica scored first through Paulo Jorge, but Aves equalized with a goal by Filipe Anuncia\u00e7\u00e3o. In the second half, Benfica scored three more goals from Sim\u00e3o, Nuno Gomes and Katsouranis to win the match. Nuno Gomes said, \"I hope this win is a turning point for us.\" After another international break, Benfica played Uni\u00e3o de Leiria at the Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa on 14 September. They continued with their good momentum and won 4\u20130, with Miccoli bagging a double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nSantos was happy with his team's display, saying, \"It was a great game and my team was focused, organized and dynamic, building a result that translated what happened on the pitch.\" On the next Tuesday, Benfica visited Celtic Park for the first of a double-header against Celtic. Benfica had the upper hand in the first half, but Celtic scored two second-half goals in a ten-minute window and finished the game with a third. The win gave Celtic with a five-point lead over Benfica with three matchdays to go. Santos blamed the loss on the team's lack of composure after conceding the first goal. He said he believed Benfica could still qualify for the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nOn 22 October, Benfica hosted Estrela da Amadora. The visitors scored first though D\u00e1rio, but Benfica equalized in the first half and scored two more goals in the second, winning the match 3\u20131. Santos was highly critical of the referee Carlos Xistra, who issued 18 yellow cards and three red cards, one of them to Miccoli, who would therefore miss the next match, a visit to Porto. Five days later, Benfica played Porto in the first Cl\u00e1ssico of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nIn a high-tension match, Benfica conceded two goals in the first half but equalized in the second half, drawing the game in the 82nd minute. However, in injury time, Bruno Moraes scored, bringing the score to 3\u20132 to Porto. Santos said the result was unfair, adding, \"After he got back into the game and managed to level it, 'that' happened in the end.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nOn 1 November, Benfica hosted Celtic; they scored two goals in the first 25 minutes and a third through Andrei Karyaka in the 90th minute, winning by the same margin they had lost in Glasgow. Santos was happy with the win, saying, \"We knew he had three 'finals' and now we have two. We are better now, with four points and closing in on Celtic.\" Four days later, Benfica hosted Beira-Mar for a Primeira Liga match. Benfica did not score until the second half, when in the 51st minute, Katsouranis headed in the match's first goal. Three minutes later, Petit scored the second and an own-goal from Beira-Mar made the score 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nAfter the third international break, Benfica returned on 18 November with a match on the road against Braga. Quim had a particularly unfortunate game, making costly mistakes in two goals, and Benfica lost the match 3\u20131. Santos acknowledged his team's disappointing performance, saying, \"We never controlled the game, despite having opportunities to even up. We had some reasonable moments but far away from our best.\" On the following Tuesday, Benfica played Copenhagen in Est\u00e1dio da Luz for the fifth match-day of the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, October\u2013November\nBenfica scored three goals in the first half, two of them spaced by two minutes and winning the match 3\u20131. After news of Celtic's win against United, Benfica would only progress to the last 16 if they won at Old Trafford, which Santos believed to be possible. On the 25th, Benfica hosted Mar\u00edtimo. Benfica scored first with an own-goal from Alex von Schwedler, but Mar\u00edtimo levelled the score before half time through Marcinho. In the second half, Katsouranis scored the second Benfica goal, establishing the final result at 2\u20131 to Benfica. Santos criticized his players for \"excessive individualism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nBenfica started December with the Derby de Lisboa against Sporting CP. The match was preponed by a day because of the European commitments of both clubs. Benfica started the game in the second minute with a goal from Ricardo Rocha; Sim\u00e3o increased it to 2\u20130 in the 35th minute, with Benfica holding onto the advantage until the end. Santos was pleased with his team's performance at Alvalade, saying, \"Benfica could have score three goals\". On 6 December, Benfica visited Old Trafford for their decisive group stage match against Manchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0014-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nThey surprised United with an opening goal from N\u00e9lson near the half-hour, but conceded an equalizer from Nemanja Vidi\u0107 just before half time. In the second half, United scored twice more and won the match. The loss, which led to Benfica's demotion to the UEFA Cup, frustrated Santos, who said, \"The goal they scored at the end of the first half led to a lot of problems for us. We're disappointed, as we believed it would be possible to progress.\" On 10 December, Benfica played Naval on at Est\u00e1dio Municipal Jos\u00e9 Bento Pessoa. The result was a goalless draw and Benfica loast two points in the title race. Sim\u00e3o recognized Benfica were now dependent on others to win the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nFive days later, Benfica was paired with Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti in the draw in Nyon. The next day, they received Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal at home. After an opening goal in the first half, Benfica added two more in the second for a 3\u20130 win. Santos complemented his team, predicting they could have added three or four more goals. On 21 December, Benfica played the match against Belenenses that was postponed from August. Benfica scored the first goal through a penalty from Sim\u00e3o; Giorgos Karagounis scored a second after converting a free-kick. In the second half, Benfica added two more goals for a 4\u20130 win. Santos said \"a 4\u20132 would more adequate for what happened on the pitch\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nIn January, the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal started for Benfica; they entered in the fourth round and played with Oliveira do Bairro from the third tier. As Rui Costa recovered from various injuries, Santos implemented a diamond formation with Costa supporting two strikers. Benfica put five goals past Oliveira do Bairro and advanced to the fifth round. Santos attributed the win to his players' attitude in the presence of an inferior opponent. Benfica's next match on 15 January was a visit to Est\u00e1dio Cidade de Coimbra. Ricardo Rocha scored the opening goal for Benfica in the second minute and L\u00e9o scored the second in the 89th minute, ending the match 0\u20130 to Benfica. Santos called the match a great spectacle played at high-speed and where the win could have fallen for either side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, December\u2013January\nAs the month progressed, Benfica made some squad adjustments, selling Francisco Fonseca back to Mexico and replacing him with Derlei on a loan from Dynamo Moscow. They then sold Ricardo Rocha to Tottenham Hotspur, and signed David Luiz, also on a loan deal, as his replacement. On 21 January, Benfica played the fifth round of the Portuguese Cup against Uni\u00e3o de Leiria. Harison scored first for Leiria, but Benfica countered with an equalizer from Nuno Gomes in the 80th minute and a winning goal from Mantorras five minutes later. Rui Costa was happy with the comeback because Benfica remained in all three fronts. Benfica's last match of January was a visit to Restelo to play Belenenses. Costa assisted Sim\u00e3o for the opening goal and before half time assisted Luis\u00e3o for the second, with Benfica winning 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nOn 2 February, Benfica played host to Boavista. They had several opportunities to beat William, but Boavista prevented them all. The match ended in a goalless draw, leaving Benfica one point away from the Est\u00e1dio da Luz. Santos accepted the draw, saying, \"I do not like to speak about luck or misfortune. The ball just would not go in. That is it.\" Eight days later, Benfica travelled to Est\u00e1dio do Varzim to play the sixth round of the Portuguese Cup against Segunda Liga-side Varzim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nThe hosts opened the score with an own goal from N\u00e9lson in the 13th minute, but Benfica equalizer with a goal from Sim\u00e3o at the half-hour mark. In the second half, Varzim pressed again and Ant\u00f3nio Mendon\u00e7a scored a match-winning 77th-minute goal. Benfica's elimination at the hands of Varzim was the third time in Santos' career he was knocked-out of the Portuguese Cup by a team from lower divisions, the other clubs being Porto and Sporting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nOn 14 February, Benfica began their 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup campaign with a home game against Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti. They struggled to convert goal chances, having hit the goalposts twice in the second half. Miccoli finally broke Dinamo's defence with a 90th-minute goal. Four days later, the Italian led Benfica to a win in Choupana against Nacional, allowing Benfica to overtake Sporting and reach second place in the Primeira Liga, four points behind Porto. On 22 February, Benfica visited the Stadionul Dinamo for the second leg with Dinamo, beating them 2\u20131 to reach to the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nBenfica played their last match of the month against Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira on 25 February. They won the match by 3\u20131 against the Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira-based side due to double from Sim\u00e3o and another from Nuno Gomes. The win opened a three-point gap over Sporting, but Santos said, \"That is not what matters. It is our three points. We have 4 points deficit from Porto and we will try to get closer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nWith Benfica committed to the league race, March was a critical month for the club's aspirations. Their first game was a visit to Aves to play Desportivo de Aves. The home team had an opportunity to lead with a penalty kick in the 36th minute, but Quim stopped Hern\u00e2ni Borges's shot. In the second half, Nuno Gomes scored the match's only goal when he answered a cross from N\u00e9lson. Santos said the result was better than the performance. On the next Thursday, Benfica played Paris St-Germain at the Parc des Princes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nBenfica scored first with header from Sim\u00e3o in the tenth minute, but PSG reacted with two goals in five minutes before half-time. The score remained unchanged, giving Benfica a one-goal disadvantage. On 12 March, Benfica met Uni\u00e3o de Leiria at home for match-day 21. Benfica won 2\u20130 with goals from Sim\u00e3o and Petit, keeping up the pressure on Porto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nThree days after Leiria, Benfica received PSG for the second leg. Benfica scored their first goal in the 12th minute and another before half-time. However, the Parisians got back into the game with a goal from Pauleta. Throughout the second half, Benfica threatened Micka\u00ebl Landreau's goalposts, finally scoring near the 90th minute when Sim\u00e3o converted a penalty resulting from a foul on L\u00e9o. Sim\u00e3o told the media, \"We knew we were stronger and had to take advantage of their mistakes. That is what he did.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, February\u2013March\nIn the quarter-finals, Benfica were due to play Spanish side Espanyol, first in Barcelona and then in Lisbon. Domestically, Benfica played Estrela da Amadora on 19 March. Because Sporting had beat Porto in the match between them, Benfica could close up their distance from the top of the table to one point if they won. At the Est\u00e1dio da Reboleira, Benfica defeated Estrela 1\u20130 with a goal from Petit in the 81st minute. The win left Benfica with 51 points, one fewer than Porto. The Cl\u00e1ssico was the next match; Santos lowered fans' expectations by saying the league race was open for all of the Big Three and that there were still eight match-days to go before the season's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nBenfica ended March with their objectives intact, so April became a crucial month. After a ten-day international break, Benfica resumed competition with the Cl\u00e1ssico at home against Porto on 1 April. The visitors scored first through Pepe in the 41st minute, but Benfica equalized in the 83rd minute with an own-goal from Lucho Gonz\u00e1lez. Santos attributed the draw to Porto goalkeeper Helton's performance, saying, \"Helton made three or four great saves. We were better in the second half and we deserved to win.\" On the following Thursday, Benfica visited the Ol\u00edmpic de Montju\u00efc to face Espanyol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0022-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nThe Spaniards pushed hard from early on and scored first through Ra\u00fal Tamudo in the 15th minute; shortly after the half-hour mark, Albert Riera made it 2\u20130 and in the second half, Walter Pandiani added a third goal. Benfica reacted; Nuno Gomes scored to make the score 3\u20131 in the 63rd minute. Two minutes later, Sim\u00e3o scored Benfica's second goal and the match ended in a 3\u20132 loss. Santos blamed the poor first half for the loss, saying, \"Like with Porto, we were lost in the first half, and let our opponent play.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0022-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nOn 9 April, Benfica played Beira-Mar at the Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Aveiro. Beira-Mar surprised Benfica and imposed on them a 2\u20132 draw in a match that Santos had labelled \"title deciding\". Santos accepted the result and commented, \"We have to think in Thursday match, because our game today was bad. Beira-Mar had a lot of merit. The title is now harder but we will not renounce it.\" On 12 April, Benfica received Espanyol for the second leg of the quarter-finals. A slow first half contrasted with a high-pressure second, in which the woodwork and Gorka Iraizoz helped Espanyol defend the goalless draw, allowing Espanyol to proceed to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nFour days later, Benfica hosted Braga, who were searching for their first win of April. Benfica enjoyed a slight superiority throughout the match but could not surpass Braga's defence. Paulo Santos ended the game unbeaten. The third consecutive draw had negative consequences for the league race; Porto increased their lead to five points and Sporting climbed to second place in exchange for Benfica after recovering five points in the past three matchdays. Santos accepted the title was no longer an objective, saying, \"We are not mathematically removed from it, but we are clearly very far from winning it\u00a0...\u00a0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nNow we have to fight for second place, because it is crucial.\" On 21 April, Benfica travelled to Funchal to play Mar\u00edtimo. Miccoli was essential in Benfica's game, scoring the first two goals in a 3\u20130 win, the first in April for Benfica. For their last match of April, Benfica received Sporting at home. Without Sim\u00e3o, who was injured, Benfica suffered an early setback when Li\u00e9dson scored for Sporting in the second minute. Benfica equalized with a goal from Miccoli 20 minutes later, ending the game 1\u20131. Santos blamed bad luck for the draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nIn May, Benfica were chasing second place; they met Naval on 5 May. As with Mar\u00edtimo, Miccoli was vital in securing the win, helping Petit score the first and then scoring the winner with two minutes to spare. Santos was satisfied, but said Benfica needed to do better, complaining of excessive individualism from his players. On 13 May, Benfica visited Est\u00e1dio do Bonfim to play Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal. They struggled to beat Set\u00fabal goalkeeper Nikola Milojevi\u0107 until Miccoli broke the deadlock in the 79th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0024-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nSantos commented on Benfica's chances in winning the Primeira Liga, saying, \"While [it] is mathematically possible, I will believe in it.\" Miccoli, who scored his fifth goal in four matches, told the media he about his future, \"I would like to stay. Love the club, love the team and the fans. Benfica is everything to me.\" A week later, on the final day of the league, Benfica received and beat Acad\u00e9mica 2\u20130, with goals from Derlei and Mantorras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0024-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Season summary, April\u2013May\nBecause both rivals had won, Benfica finished in third place with 67 points, two behind winners Porto and one behind Sporting, missing out on direct entry to the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League. Despite the trophy-less season, Santos refused to label the season negative, saying, \"Not winning titles is never good, but calling this season negative is a step I will not take.\" Benfica ended the season with tour of North America, playing Toronto FC and AEK Athens. During the tour, Santos predicted he would win the title in the next season, while Benfica President Lu\u00eds Filipe Vieira said Benfica would invest heavily to make the team more competitive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics\nThe squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Fernando Santos (manager), Jorge Ros\u00e1rio (assistant manager), Fernando Chalana, (assistant manager), Bruno Moura (physiotherapist), Ricardo Santos (scout).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics\nNote 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189573-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.L. Benfica season, Player statistics\nNote 2: Players with squad numbers marked \u2021 joined the club during the 2006\u201307 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189574-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.S. Lazio season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 107th season in Societ\u00e0 Sportiva Lazio's history and their 19th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189575-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S.S.C. Napoli season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 81st season in the existence of S.S.C. Napoli and the club's first season back in the second division of Italian football. They participated in the Serie B and Coppa Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189576-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SC Bastia season\nFrench football club SC Bastia's 2006\u201307 season. Finished 9th place in league. Top scorer of the season, including 10 goals in 9 league matches have been Pierre-Yves Andr\u00e9. Was eliminated to Coupe de France end of 64, the Coupe de la Ligue was able to be among the 2. tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189576-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SC Bastia season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189577-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SIJHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 SIJHL season is the 6th season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL). The six teams of the SIJHL will play 50-game schedules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189577-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SIJHL season\nCome February, the top teams of the league will play down for the Bill Salonen Cup, the SIJHL championship. The winner of the Bill Salonen Cup will compete in the Central Canadian Junior \"A\" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2007 Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189577-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SIJHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189577-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SIJHL season, Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship\nHosted by the Abitibi Eskimos in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Schreiber finished in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189577-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SIJHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189577-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SIJHL season, Leading goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189578-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SK Rapid Wien season\nThe 2006\u201307 SK Rapid Wien season is the 109th season in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189579-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SM-liiga season\nThe 2006-07 SM-liiga season was the 32nd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and Karpat Oulu won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 Southern Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The regular season began October 27, 2006, and ended April 18, 2007, after a 56-game regular season and a six-team playoff. The Fayetteville FireAntz won their first SPHL championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season, Preseason\nThe Richmond Renegades joined the league as an expansion franchise, succeeding the United Hockey League's Richmond RiverDogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season, Regular season, Final standings\nThe Florida Seals folded mid-season after not meeting contractual obligations to their arena. A one-round dispersal draft was held January 5, with each team choosing one team from the Seals' roster. The picks were as follows: Pee Dee - Justin Keller, Jacksonville - Lawne Snyder, Fayetteville - Rob Sich, Richmond - Matt Balser, Columbus - Chad Haacke, Knoxville - Craig Geerlinks, Huntsville - Craig Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season, President's Cup playoffs, (1) Columbus Cottonmouths vs. (6) Jacksonville Barracudas\nThe Columbus Cottonmouths and the Jacksonville Barracudas play at best of 5 round that will take the place of the first two playoff rounds. The other four teams will play a best of 3 game Quarter Final and Semi Final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 104], "content_span": [105, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season, Awards, All-Star selections\nF Rob Sich (Fayetteville) F Allan Sirois (Pee Dee) F Kevin Swider (Knoxville) D Brian Goudie (Richmond) D Jonathan Lounsbury (Huntsville) G Chad Rycroft (Columbus)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season, Awards, All-Star selections\nF Tim Green (Columbus) F James Patterson (Huntsville) F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) D Steve Howard (Columbus) D Doug Searle (Knoxville) G Matt Carmichael (Huntsville)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189580-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SPHL season, Awards, All-Star selections\nF Daryl Moore (Pee Dee) F Mike Tuomi (Knoxville) F Tim Velemirovich (Fayetteville) D Dylan Row (Fayetteville) D Phillip Youngclaus (Richmond) G Doug Groenestege (Richmond)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189581-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SV Werder Bremen season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189581-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SV Werder Bremen season, Season summary\nBremen finished in third this season, still good enough for Champions League qualification. The club also made it to the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated in a 5-1 aggregate defeat to eventual runners-up Espanyol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189581-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SV Werder Bremen season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189581-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 SV Werder Bremen season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189582-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season\nThe 2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season was the 62nd season of the franchise, its 58th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 22nd in Sacramento. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 44\u201338 output from the previous season. However, they came eleven wins shy of tying it, finishing 33\u201349. They missed the playoffs for the first time since 1998, and marked a downturn in the kings' history, as it started a long period of futility for the team. From 2007 to present, the Kings have failed to make NBA Playoffs as of the 2020\u201321 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189582-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season, Offseason\nOn July 8, the Kings signed power forward Lou Amundson. Amundson would be waived on October 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189582-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season, Offseason\nOn July 24, the Kings signed John Salmons and Justin Williams. Salmons would play for Sacramento until 2009, when he was traded to the Chicago Bulls. Williams was waived on October 26, but would sign with the team during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189582-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season, Offseason\nOn August 15, the Kings signed center Loren Woods. Woods would be waived on October 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189582-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season, Offseason\nOn October 3, the Kings signed Maurice Taylor. Taylor would play with the Kings until January 23, when he was waived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189582-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sacramento Kings season, Offseason\nOn October 26, the Kings waived Justin Williams and Lou Amundson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season\nThe 2006\u201307 NBA season was the Spurs' 40th season as a franchise, the 34th in San Antonio, and the 31st season in the NBA The Spurs had the second best team defensive rating and the fifth best offensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season\nIn the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games in the first round, then defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games in the Semifinals, and defeated the Utah Jazz in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the fourth time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season\nThere, the Spurs faced off against the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by a young LeBron James, who were making their first ever NBA Finals appearance. The Spurs swept the Cavaliers in four games, winning their fourth NBA championship, with Tony Parker named Finals MVP, making him the first European-born player to win the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season, NBA Finals, Game 1\nLeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers entered the 2007 Finals as newcomers. Game 1 was the first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history, and the first for each of its players (other than reserve point guard Eric Snow). However, the San Antonio Spurs had been to the Finals in three of the past eight seasons, winning a championship each time. With solid performances by Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Gin\u00f3bili, the Spurs won the series opener in convincing fashion, limiting LeBron James to 14 points on 4\u201316 shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season, NBA Finals, Game 2\nThe Spurs took a stranglehold on momentum in Game 2. The Spurs big three overwhelmed the Cavs and the Spurs led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter. They absolutely dominated game during first 3 quarters and played show-time basketball. A furious 25\u20136 rally by Cleveland in the final quarter wasn't enough as the Spurs took a 2\u20130 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season, NBA Finals, Game 3\nRookie Daniel Gibson started Game 3 in place of the injured Larry Hughes but scored a series-low 2 points on 1\u201310 shooting. As a team the Cavs shot only .367 but out-rebounded the Spurs 48\u201341. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had a 2006\u201307 season high 18 rebounds. On the game's final play, LeBron James missed a potential game-tying 29-foot 3-pointer (which he contested as a foul on Bruce Bowen).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season, NBA Finals, Game 3\nGame 3 was the lowest-scoring Finals game since 1955, with Tim Duncan of the Spurs having his lowest scoring game in his NBA Finals career, with 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189583-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Antonio Spurs season, NBA Finals, Game 4\nSan Antonio started out strong through the first three quarters, leading by as many as 11. Cleveland would stage a rally near the end of the third quarter and the first five minutes of the fourth, scoring 14 consecutive points to take its first second-half lead of the series. However, the Spurs would stage a 12\u20133 rally of their own to retake the lead and win the series in a 4\u20130 sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season\nThe San Jose Sharks 2006\u201307 season was the 16th season played by the franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Offseason\nDuring the 2006 offseason, the San Jose Sharks made significant changes in order to bolster their defense and team grit. The Sharks signed Mike Grier from the Buffalo Sabres and former Shark Curtis Brown from the Chicago Blackhawks, two forwards noted for their defense prowess on both sides of the ice. After signing the two veterans, General Manager Doug Wilson traded their top offensive defenceman in 2005\u201306, Tom Preissing, to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for centre Mark Bell of the Chicago Blackhawks in a three-way trade involving Martin Havlat going from Ottawa to the Blackhawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Offseason\nWilson then traded underachieving winger Nils Ekman to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In August, to round off their flurry of trades, the Sharks signed veterans Mathieu Biron and Patrick Traverse. The Sharks also signed Graham Mink and Scott Ferguson to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. On October 2, 2006, the Sharks acquired Vladimir Malakhov and a first-round conditional draft pick in exchange for Jim Fahey and Alexander Korolyuk, who was playing in Russia at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks got off to a sizzling 20\u20137\u20130 start, the best in franchise history. Shortly after, however, several key players missed time due to injuries, and the Sharks continued to struggle with consistency as their results dropped off. At the end of February, they lost four games in a row, their longest losing streak of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nWhen the trading deadline approached, Wilson used some of his carefully acquired assets to address the team's areas of need, trading draft picks and prospects for Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadiens and Bill Guerin from the St. Louis Blues. With Rivet playing quality minutes on defense and Guerin scoring goals on offense, the Sharks began winning at a torrid pace, finishing the last 16 games of the regular season with a record of 13\u20131\u20133. They concluded the regular season with a total record of 51\u201326\u20135 for 107 points, the most wins and points in franchise history. However, in a competitive Western Conference, their record was only good enough for the fifth playoff seed, and they had to open the playoffs on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks spent the majority of the season rotating their two goaltenders, Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov, every other game. The only time either one played for an extended period of time was when the other was injured or otherwise unable to play. When Toskala injured his groin, Nabokov made 14-straight starts and played arguably the best hockey of his career, significantly contributing to the Sharks' late-season spate of victories. As a result, despite Toskala's return from injury, Head Coach Ron Wilson retained Nabokov as the number one goaltender to finish the regular season and enter into the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nThe Sharks iced four rookies during the season: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Carle, Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, with each making significant contributions to the team's success. Vlasic, at just 19-years-of-age, was not expected to make the team, but put together an impressive pre-season performance and was on the Sharks' opening night roster. He went on to play 81 games, leading all NHL rookie defensemen in average ice time at over 21 minutes per game, and was arguably the Sharks' most consistent defenceman the whole season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season\nIn the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks met the Nashville Predators, and advanced to the second round after defeating them 4 games to 1 for the second-straight season. They then fell to the Detroit Red Wings in the semi-finals in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Playoffs\nThe San Jose Sharks ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's fifth seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189584-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Jose Sharks season, Transactions, Draft picks\nSan Jose's draft picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189585-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Miguel Beermen season\nThe 2006\u201307 San Miguel Beermen season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189585-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 San Miguel Beermen season, Key dates\nAugust 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189586-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Santosh Trophy\nThe 61st Santosh Trophy 2006 was held from 14 September to 25 October 2006 in Gurgaon & Faridabad, Haryana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189586-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Santosh Trophy, Cluster V - Gurgaon\n24 September 2006: Manipur 0-0 Andhra Pradesh24 September 2006: Chhattisgarh 7-0 Himachal Pradesh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189586-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Santosh Trophy, Cluster VI - Gurgaon\n23 September 2006: Karnataka 0-0 Gujarat25 September 2006: Gujarat 0-0 Nagaland27 September 2006: Karnataka 4-0 Nagaland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189586-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Santosh Trophy, Cluster VII - Faridabad\n24 September 2006: Jammu&Kashmir 0-0 Railways26 September 2006: Orissa 0-0 Jammu&Kashmir26 September 2006: Delhi 3-0 Railways", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189586-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Santosh Trophy, Pre-quarterfinal playoffs\n29 September 2006: Chhattisgarh 3-5 Karnataka [penalties]29 September 2006: Delhi 0-1 Tamil Nadu [extra time]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 49], "content_span": [50, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189586-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Santosh Trophy, Semi-finals\nPunjab made the final of the competition by virtue of a 2\u20131 win over Maharashtra to regain the trophy for the first time in 20 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season\nIn the 2006-07 season Saracens F.C. competed in the Guinness Premiership, EDF Energy Cup and European Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, Transfers\nWith former coach Mike Ford being offered a role in the England set-up, former Leinster, Munster and Australia coach Alan Gaffney was appointed coach for the 2006 campaign. Amongst the new signings was South African, Neil de Kock, a player who was to be influential in what was to be the club's best season since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, Transfers\nThis season also saw the long awaited arrival of former Great Britain Rugby League captain, Andy Farrell, initially at flanker, but later at centre, the position at which he went on to take his England debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nAs in the previous season, Saracens were narrowly defeated by Wasps in the London double-header at Twickenham at the opening of the season. This was to be followed by what turned out to be a good away draw at Bristol in the context of the excellent season that Bristol would go on to have, before a bonus point win was secured against the Newcastle Falcons. A morale-boosting run of results followed, losing only three times between October and the following March. No individual result could quite produce the reaction that the return of England's Richard Hill to top flight action, with supporters of both clubs giving Hill a huge ovation on his return to the pitch after 18 months of knee reconstruction, capping off his comeback with a try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nResults in the Premiership went Saracens' way, leaving them with the possibility of ending up anywhere from second to fifth as the final round of matches approached. After a day of games almost all of which had significant consequences in terms of positions at the top, and at the foot of the table, Saracens found themselves in the Premiership playoffs for the first time, squeezing Wasps in to a rare 5th place position, out of play-off contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, Guinness Premiership\nThe campaign was to end with a heavy defeat away at Gloucester, however, overall the season represented a significant advance on those of recent years. After the end of the season there was to be personal success for Glen Jackson, whose league topping 400 points for the season and consistent high-level performances almost every week saw him awarded the PRA Player of the Year Award by his fellow professionals. On a sadder note the mercurial Thomas Castaign\u00e8de, one of the most enduringly popular players at the club decided to bring his club rugby career to an end after providing many years of entertainment and rugby at its best both for Saracens and France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, European Challenge Cup\nSaracens progressed well in the European Challenge Cup. They qualified for the knockout stages as second seeds, with only an away 6-6 draw at Glasgow spoiling their group stage progression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, European Challenge Cup\nA further win at the quarter-final stage against Glasgow saw Saracens host Bath for the semi-final, only to lose to ultimate runners up of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, European Challenge Cup\nEuropean Challenge Cup Quarter-Final: Saracens 23 - 19 GlasgowEuropean Challenge Cup Semi-Final: Saracens 30 - 31 Bath Rugby", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189587-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saracens F.C. season, EDF Energy Cup\nSaracens' EDF Energy Cup campaign ended quickly after back-to-back defeats in the opening two games of the group stages, losing away at London Irish and then at home entertaining Cardiff Blues. Some consolation was found in a 'dead rubber' game at Vicarage Road where Wasps were defeated in a game involving many of the younger squad members of both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Crown Prince Cup was the 32nd season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the Qualifying Rounds on 30 November 2006 and concluded with the final on 27 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup\nPremier League side Al-Hilal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Ahli in the Semi-finals. Al-Ahli won their fifth Crown Prince Cup title and their first since 2002. As winners of the tournament, Al-Ahli qualified for the 2008 AFC Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Qualifying rounds\nAll of the competing teams that are not members of the Premier League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 4 available places in the Round of 16. The qualifying competition began on 30 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Round of 16\nThe Round of 16 fixtures were played on 21, 22, 23 and 25 February 2007. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 2, 3 and 4 March 2007. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Semi-finals\nThe Semi-finals first legs were played on 18 March and 1 April 2007 while the second legs were played on 5 and 7 April 2007. The first leg of the Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal match up was moved to 18 March due to Al-Ahli's participation in the semi-finals of the 2006\u201307 Arab Champions League. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189588-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Final\nThe final was held on 27 April 2007. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189589-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Saudi Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Saudi Premier League was the 31st Saudi Professional League season and the last to feature the Golden Four format. Al-Shabab were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Wahda in the first stage of the Golden Four. Al-Ittihad, who finished second with a 5-point difference from first place Al-Hilal, went on to win the league 2-1 in Riyadh. Hamad Al-Montashari's header gave Al-Ittihad their 7th league title in the 94th minute of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189590-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Challenge Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Scottish Challenge Cup was the 16th season of the competition, competed for by all 30 members of the Scottish Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189590-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Challenge Cup\nRoss County and Clyde were the finalists, the final was played at McDiarmid Park, Perth and was won on penalties by Ross County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189590-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Challenge Cup, First round, North and East region\nAlloa Athletic received a random bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189591-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Scottish Cup was the 122nd edition of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup. The competition was won by Celtic after defeating Dunfermline Athletic in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189591-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Cup\nDunfermline Athletic reached the final despite having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League. En route to the final they defeated 31 times winners of the competition Rangers, Cup holders Hearts, Partick Thistle and the 2007 League Cup winners Hibernian. This meant that Dunfermline faced the two biggest clubs from Edinburgh and the three biggest clubs from Glasgow, Scotland's largest cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189591-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Cup\nCeltic's route to the final was somewhat more straightforward, defeating lower league sides Dumbarton and Livingston in the third and fourth rounds respectively. They did, however, require two late goals in their quarter-final match with Inverness CT to win the tie 2-1. They defeated First Division side St Johnstone in the Semi-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189591-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Cup\nHighland League side Deveronvale reached the Fourth round for the first time in their history, eventually going out to First Division Partick Thistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189591-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Cup\nThis was to be the final season replays were played in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189592-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish First Division\nThe 2006\u201307 First Division season was the twelfth season of the Scottish First Division in its current format of ten teams. It began on August 5, 2006 and ended on April 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189592-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish First Division\nGretna gained promotion to the Premier League as champions, by a single point ahead of St Johnstone, with a 3-2 win at Ross County on the final day of the season, the winning goal coming from James Grady in injury time. The result relegated Gretna's opponents to the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189592-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish First Division\nAirdrie United entered a playoff with the second, third and fourth placed teams from the Second Division - Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189592-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish First Division, Attendances\nThe average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189592-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish First Division, First Division play-offs, Semi-Finals\nThe ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189592-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish First Division, First Division play-offs, Final\nThe two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2007\u201308 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup was a competition in Scottish Junior football. It was won for the third time by Linlithgow Rose after they defeated Kelty Hearts 2\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup\nUnder a new rule change, the Junior Cup winners (along with winners of the North, East and West regional leagues) qualify for the senior Scottish Cup; Linlithgow Rose therefore competed in the 2007\u201308 Scottish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup, First round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday 30 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup, Second round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday 4 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup, Third round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday, 2 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup, Fourth round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday 13 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup, Fifth round\nThese ties were scheduled to take place on Saturday 10 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189594-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Junior Cup, Semi-Finals\nThese ties were played on 13 April and 20 April, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189595-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish League Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Scottish League Cup was the 61st staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189595-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish League Cup\nThe competition began on 9 August 2006, and was won by Hibernian, who defeated Kilmarnock 5\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189595-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish League Cup, Schedule\nSemi-finalsTuesday, 30 January \u2013 Wednesday, 31 January 2007 \u2013 SF1 at Fir Park, SF2 at Tynecastle", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189596-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League season was the ninth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 29 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189596-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League\nThe league champions, Celtic and runners-up, Rangers, qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the return of Walter Smith as manager following a brief and disastrous reign by Frenchman Paul Le Guen. The team finishing third, Aberdeen qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did the Scottish Cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic. However, being the bottom-placed team in the SPL, Dunfermline were also relegated to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189596-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League, Results, Matches 1\u201322\nDuring matches 1\u201322 each team played every other team twice (home and away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189596-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League, Results, Matches 23\u201333\nDuring matches 23\u201333 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189596-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League, Results, Matches 34\u201338\nDuring matches 34\u201338 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189596-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Premier League, Attendances\nOverall 3.7\u00a0million spectators attended an average per match of just over 8,090. The average and highest attendances for SPL clubs during the 2006/07 season are shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189597-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Second Division season is the twelfth season of the Scottish Second Division in its current format of ten teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189597-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division\nGreenock Morton were promoted to the First Division as League champions. Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City enter the promotion/relegation play offs for a place in the First Division along with Airdrie United who finished second bottom of the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189597-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division\nForfar Athletic were relegated to the Third Division while Stranraer enter the promotion/relegation play offs with the second, third and fourth placed teams of the Third Division - Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189597-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division, Attendances\nThe average attendances for Second Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189597-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division, Second Division play-offs, Semi-Finals\nThe ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189597-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division, Second Division play-offs, Final\nThe two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008\u201309 Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189598-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Third Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 12th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2006 and ended on 28 April 2007. Berwick Rangers finished top and were promoted alongside Queen's Park as play-off winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189598-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Third Division\nEast Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for the fifth consecutive season. Despite finishing bottom again, East Stirlingshire won their battle to retain full member status of the Scottish Football League, though were warned that they would lose their status if they finished bottom in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189598-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Third Division, Teams for 2006\u201307\nCowdenbeath as champions of the 2005\u201306 season were directly promoted to the 2006\u201307 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Dumbarton who finished bottom of the 2005\u201306 Scottish Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189598-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Third Division, Teams for 2006\u201307\nA second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2005\u201306 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2005\u201306 Scottish Third Division, Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath respectively. The play off was won by Alloa Athletic who defeated Berwick Rangers in the final. Alloa Athletic therefore retained their Second Division status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189598-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Scottish Third Division, Results\nTeams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189599-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Seattle SuperSonics season\nThe 2006\u201307 Seattle SuperSonics season was 40th season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team finished in 14th place in the Western Conference with a 31\u201351 record and couldn't reach the playoffs for a second consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189599-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Seattle SuperSonics season\nRay Allen was selected to play in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, but couldn't participate due to season-ending surgeries on both ankles. Following the season, he was traded to the Boston Celtics and Rashard Lewis was dealt to the Orlando Magic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189600-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segona Divisi\u00f3\nThe 2006-07 Segona Divisi\u00f3 was the eighth season of the Segona Divisi\u00f3, the second tier of football in Andorra. The season began on 23 September 2006 and finished on 20 May 2007. Casa Estrella Del Benfica won the division and were promoted to the 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3. UE Engordany won a promotion/relegation playoff against FC Encamp and were also promoted to the 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189600-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segona Divisi\u00f3, League format\nThe league consisted of eight teams playing each other twice. After fourteen games the top four clubs retained their record and entered a play off. The play off consisted on each side playing each other twice. The top team became champions and won promotion to the 2007\u201308 Primera Divisi\u00f3. The next highest placed team entered a playoff against the seventh placed team in the 2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3. B teams were ineligible for promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189600-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Teams\nThe following eight clubs comprised the Segona Divisi\u00f3 in 2006-07:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189600-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segona Divisi\u00f3, League table\nEach team played each other twice with the top four qualifying for the playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189600-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Playoff\nCasa Estrella del Benfica were crowned champions and promoted to the following season's Primera Divisi\u00f3. The next highest placed team entered a playoff against the seventh placed team in the 2006\u201307 Primera Divisi\u00f3. B teams were ineligible for promotion. This meant that third placed UE Engordany took part in the playoff instead of second placed Santa Coloma B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189600-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segona Divisi\u00f3, Promotion/relegation playoff\nUE Engordany won and were promoted to the next season's Primera Divisi\u00f3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189601-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n season (known this season as the Liga BBVA for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 27 August 2006, and the season ended on 17 June 2007. Alav\u00e9s, C\u00e1diz and M\u00e1laga were the teams which were relegated from La Liga the previous season. Las Palmas, Salamanca, Ponferradina and Vecindario were the teams which were promoted from Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189601-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, Teams\nThe 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n was made up of the following teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189602-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B\nThe Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B 2006\u201307 season was the 30th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 27 August 2006, and the season ended on 24 June 2007 with the promotion play-off finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189603-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segunda Divis\u00e3o\nThe 2006\u201307 Segunda Divis\u00e3o season was the 73rd season of the competition and the 57th season of recognised third-tier football in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189603-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segunda Divis\u00e3o, Overview\nThe league was contested by 56 teams in 4 divisions with SC Freamunde, Uni\u00e3o Funchal, CD F\u00e1tima and Real winning the respective divisional competitions and progressing to the championship playoffs. The overall championship was won by SC Freamunde and the runners-up CD F\u00e1tima were also promoted to the Liga de Honra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189603-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Segunda Divis\u00e3o, Championship playoffs, Final\nThe final was played on 26 May 2007 in Anadia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189604-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Senior Women's One Day League\nThe 2006\u201307 Senior Women's One Day League was the inaugural edition of the women's List A cricket competition in India. It took place between November 2006 and January 2007, with 24 teams divided into five regional groups. Railways won the tournament, beating Maharashtra in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189604-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe 24 teams competing in the tournament were divided into five zonal groups: Central, East, North, South and West. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each group progressed to the knockout stages. Matches were played using a 50 over format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189604-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nThe groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189604-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nWin: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss : \u20131 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points. Bonus Points: 1 point available per match. Consolation Points: 1 point available per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189604-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format\nIf points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then number of Bonus Points, then Net Run Rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Serbian Cup season was the first staging of Serbia's football knockout competition. It was the first tournament that Serbia ever held as an independent football association. Montenegro also held its first independent cup tournament in the 2006\u201307 season. The predecessor competition was the Serbia and Montenegro Cup until that state dissolved. Heavy favorites Red Star defeated Vojvodina to win the tournament and become Serbia's first cup winner and later clinched the Meridian SuperLiga title to claim its tenth domestic double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\nThe Final was held at Partizan's Stadium on May 15, 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia. The final pitted Serbian powerhouse Red Star against the up-and-coming side FK Vojvodina. Vojvodina jumped out to the brighter start, with great attacking play from midfielder Milan Davidov running the show and wing-back Nikola Petkovi\u0107 causing problems down the left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\nStriker Ranko Despotovi\u0107 came close in the 10th minute after a darting run by Petkovi\u0107 luckily for Red Star their veteran defender Du\u0161an Basta foiled a flowing move with a last-gasp tackle with keeper Ivan Ran\u0111elovi\u0107 beaten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\nRed Star responded with a Nenad Milija\u0161 free kick that almost crept in and Milan Purovi\u0107`s close-range header before Koroman broke the deadlock on the hour with a crisp shot from the edge of the penalty box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\nVojvodina were on the back foot in the second half and failed to muster a single shot on target as Davidov faded and talented Montenegrin playmaker Igor Burzanovi\u0107 ran their defence ragged at the other end. Du\u0161an \u0110oki\u0107 sealed the win with a delightful 85th-minute lob after a defence-splitting pass from Burzanovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\n\"We couldn't break them down in the first half but our lads responded well after the halftime chat in the dressing room and we dedicate this victory to our fans,\" said Red Star's delighted coach Bo\u0161ko Djurovski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\nKoroman also praised the home section of the 25,000 crowd and said Red Star would now aim for success in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189605-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Cup, Final\n\"Our fans were like an extra man on the pitch again and we want to treat them to some Champions League football next season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189606-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian First League\nThe 2006\u201307 Serbian First League (referred to as the Prva Liga Telekom Srbija for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the league under its current title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189607-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Hockey League season\nThe Serbian Hockey League Season for 2006-2007 consisted of 16 games. It lasted from October 20 to January 6. In the end HK Partizan won. It was the first time that HK Beostar participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189607-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Hockey League season, Playoffs\nThere were two rounds in the playoffs- semifinals and finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189607-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian Hockey League season, Playoffs, Third Place\nGame 1: Crvena Zvzeda wins 5:4 in overtimeGame 2: Novi Sad wins 4:2Game 3: Novi Sad wins 3:1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189608-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian League Belgrade\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jolicnikola (talk | contribs) at 10:07, 3 April 2020 (\u2192\u200eLeague table). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189608-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian League Belgrade\nThe 2006\u201307 Serbian League Belgrade was the third season of the league under its current title. It began in August 2006 and ended in June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189609-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian League East\nThe 2006\u201307 Serbian League East season was the fourth season of the league under its current title. It began in August 2006 and ended in June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189610-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian League West\nSrpska Liga West is a section of the Srpska Liga, Serbia's third-tier football league. Teams from the western part of Serbia are in this section of the league. The other sections are Srpska Liga East, Srpska Liga Vojvodina, and Srpska Liga Belgrade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189611-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga\nThe 2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga season started on 5 August 2006. The winners were Red Star Belgrade with their 25th title. FK Zemun and FK Vo\u017edovac were relegated to the 2nd league of Serbia. The SuperLiga will change format from next season with the league no longer being divided into title and relegation groups midway through the campaign. Instead the 12 teams will play each other three times in a conventional league format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189611-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga, Winning squad\nChampions: RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Du\u0161an Bajevi\u0107, Bo\u0161ko \u0110urovski)players (league matches/league goals): Du\u0161an \u0110oki\u0107 (28/14) Nenad Milija\u0161 (25/5) Du\u0161an An\u0111elkovi\u0107 (24/1) Ibrahima Gueye (24/0) Segundo Castillo (23/8) signed from El Nacional on 31 August 2006 - the last day of summer 2006 transfer window Dejan Milovanovi\u0107 (23/3) Ivan Ran\u0111elovi\u0107 (23/0) -goalkeeper- Milan Purovi\u0107 (22/6) Aleksandar Panti\u0107 (21/0) Aleksandar Tri\u0161ovi\u0107 (21/0) Blagoy Georgiev (20/2) Marko Perovi\u0107 (18/0) Nikola Trajkovi\u0107 (17/0) Du\u0161an Basta (16/0) \u0110or\u0111e Tutori\u0107 (15/0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189611-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga, Winning squad\nMilan Bi\u0161evac (14/2) Igor Burzanovi\u0107 (13/3) Milanko Ra\u0161kovi\u0107 (13/3) Ognjen Koroman (12/2) arrived on loan in early February 2007 during 2006/07 winter transfer window A\u00edlton (11/3) signed on 31 August 2006 - the last day of summer 2006 transfer window Ely Tadeu (10/0) Milo\u0161 Bajalica (9/0) Neboj\u0161a Joksimovi\u0107 (9/0) Zoran Banovi\u0107 (7/0) -goalkeeper- Vladimir \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 (5/0) Nikola \u017digi\u0107 (3/2) sold to Racing de Santander on 29 August 2006 during 2006 summer transfer window Nenad Kova\u010devi\u0107 (3/0) sold to RC Lens in August 2006 during 2006 summer transfer window Radovan Krivokapi\u0107 (3/0) Bojan Miladinovi\u0107 (3/0) Sa\u0161a Radivojevi\u0107 (3/0) Bo\u0161ko Jankovi\u0107 (2/0) sold to Real Mallorca in August 2006 during 2006 summer transfer window Nenad Sre\u0107kovi\u0107 (2/0) Milo\u0161 Relji\u0107 (1/1) Goran Adamovi\u0107 (1/0) Marko Nikoli\u0107 (1/0) Slavko Perovi\u0107 (1/0)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189611-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegation playoff\nThird placed team from Serbian First League meets the 3rd from the bottom placed team from Serbian SuperLiga in a home-and-away tie. The aggregate winner gets a spot in 2007\u201308 SuperLiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189611-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga, Promoted teams\nThe following teams were promoted to the Meridian SuperLiga at the end of the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189611-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serbian SuperLiga, Relegated teams\nThe following teams were relegated to the Serbian First League at the end of the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A\nThe 2006\u201307 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th season of top-tier Italian football, the 75th in a round-robin tournament. It was scheduled to begin on 26 and 27 August, but was postponed to 2 September,2006 due to the Calciopoli, which led to the absence of Juventus. On 22 April 2007, Internazionale became Serie A champions after defeating Siena, as Roma's loss to Atalanta left Inter with a 16-point advantage with five matches to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, 2006 Italian football scandal\nFollowing the Serie A scandal of 2006, Juventus was relegated to Serie B and deducted 9 points. Fiorentina, Milan and Lazio, were deducted 15, 8 and 3 points respectively but were not relegated. Consequently, Lecce, Messina and Treviso, originally slated for relegation to Serie B, were to remain in Serie. However, Fiorentina and Lazio successfully appealed and escaped relegation, thus relegating Lecce and Treviso and keeping 20 teams in Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, 2006 Italian football scandal\nAs part of another inquiry, Reggina were handed a 15-point penalty but were allowed to remain in Serie A. This penalty was reduced to 11 points on appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 54], "content_span": [55, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, League halting of February 2007\nOn 2 February 2007, police officer Filippo Raciti was killed outside the Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania, in football-related violence during the Sicilian derby between rivals Catania and Palermo. The match, originally scheduled for 4 February at 3pm, was exceptionally advanced on Friday at 6pm under request of Catania because of the simultaneity with the St. Agatha local celebrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 56], "content_span": [57, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, League halting of February 2007\nThe dramatic Sicilian derby events, which followed the murder of Ermanno Licursi, an amateur club manager, beaten to death during a riot in a Terza Categoria league match, led Commissioner Luca Pancalli to call a stop to all football matches in Italy, including Serie A fixtures. Pancalli noted how the league fixtures would not start again until a solution to the violence issue in Italian football is found. The week after, a special law by the government enforced the measures to be taken against violence in football stadia and forbade the presence of supporters inside stadia which didn't agree with mandatory security dispositions, thus enabling Italian football to go on with half of the matches played without audience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 56], "content_span": [57, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, League halting of February 2007\nFollowing the events, Catania was prohibited to play its home matches at Stadio Angelo Massimino for the remaining part of the season, and the club was also forced to play its home matches in neutral grounds without spectators (a porte chiuse, behind closed doors). Several other Italian stadia were closed too because of security reasons, and reopened only once they would have passed several safety requirements. All stadiums were successfully reopened for April, with Stadio Massimino's exception. Catania's home matches were successively allowed to be attended by spectators, yet on neutral ground, as from 13 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 56], "content_span": [57, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, Dominant Inter\nWith their victory over Siena on 22 April 2007, Internazionale captured the 2006\u201307 Serie A title (the 15th Scudetto in their club history) by moving 16 points clear of second-place Roma with five matches to play. Inter's dominant effort marked the defence of the title they were awarded in the wake of the Calciopoli scandal, and their first Scudetto claimed on the field since 28 May 1989. Clinching with five matches remaining, Inter tied the Serie A record for earliest title claim (along with Torino in the 1947\u201348 Serie A). The team also broke the record for most consecutive wins with a 17 match winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Events, Relegation battle\nWith Messina and Ascoli already relegated, there was only one relegation slot left to be decided in the last matchday, with Parma (39 points), Chievo (39), Catania (38), Siena (37) and Reggina (37) involved in the battle. The key match in the relegation battle was widely expected to be Catania\u2013Chievo, to be played in Bologna because of the forced closure of Stadio Angelo Massimino by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) following the February 2007 infamous riots in the Sicilian derby. The match ended in a 2\u20130 win for Catania; due to the contemporary wins of Parma, Siena and Reggina, Chievo were therefore relegated to Serie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Attendances\nSerie A attendances have dropped marginally. Higher attendances in the last couple of weeks increased the final season average for Serie A to 19,720. These are the average Serie A team attendances for the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Attendances\nCatania hosted Ascoli, Fiorentina, Inter, Lazio, Reggina, Roma, Siena and Torino at neutral venues without fans, and Milan and Chievo in Bologna, but with fans welcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Attendances\nMilan outnumbered every other team for the highest number of season ticket holders with 37,000, with Inter not far behind with 35,000 season ticket holders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189612-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A, Attendances\nThe lowest attendance for the season was recorded in the Ascoli vs Cagliari match, in the final day of the league, that attracted a mere 2,800 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189613-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie A (ice hockey) season\nThe 2006\u201307 Serie A season was the 73rd season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Nine teams participated in the league, and SG Cortina won the championship by defeating the HCJ Vipers Milano in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B\nThe 2006\u201307 Serie B season is the 75th season since its establishment in 1929. It started on 9 September 2006 and ended on 10 June 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B\nThe 2006\u201307 season marked the first Serie B appearance for two clubs, Frosinone and then 27-time Italian champions Juventus, whose involvement in the league was a direct result of the Calciopoli rulings and not competition in the previous Serie A season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B\nA.C. Arezzo began the season with a six-point deficit and Juventus a nine-point deficit, due to their involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal. In addition, U.S. Triestina Calcio were docked one point because of financial irregularities, and Pescara Calcio were penalized one point for late tax payments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B, Events, Promotions\nDespite the large deficit at the start of the league, Juventus coasted through the season with ease and became the first team mathematically promoted to the Serie A for the 2007\u201308 season with a 5\u20131 away win at Arezzo on 19 May 2007, with three games remaining in the schedule. One week later, they clinched the title of Serie B champions for 2006\u201307 with a 2\u20130 home win against Mantova. Juventus were awarded the first-ever Ali della Vittoria (Wings of Victory) Cup, designed this year for the winner of the Serie B championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B, Events, Promotions\nOn the last day of the season Napoli played Genoa. Napoli only needed a draw for automatic promotion, while Genoa needed a win to guarantee promotion. The match ended 0\u20130 and Napoli were promoted. However, Piacenza only managed a 1\u20131 draw with Triestina, leaving it ten points behind Genoa. A gap of ten or more points between the third and fourth-placed teams meant that no playoffs would be held, and Genoa became the third team promoted to Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B, Events, Promotions\nBoth Napoli and Genoa were promoted from Serie C1 to Serie B, and from Serie B to Serie A in successive seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B, Events, Relegations\nOn 12 May 2007 Pescara became the first team mathematically relegated to Serie C1 for the 2007\u201308 season with a 3\u20131 loss at Piacenza on Day 38 of the schedule. One week later, Crotone was also mathematically relegated with a 2\u20130 loss at Trieste. On the last match day, Arezzo became the third team relegated despite winning 3\u20131 at Treviso, as both Spezia and Hellas Verona won their games. Tied 2\u20132 with Juventus, Spezia was only seconds away from relegation, but a dramatic goal on the 91st minute by Nicola Padoin condemned Arezzo and qualified Spezia for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B, Events, Relegations\nThe fourth team to be relegated was decided in a two-legged playoff between Verona and Spezia. The first leg ended in a 2\u20131 win for Spezia, and a 0\u20130 tie in the return match condemned Verona to play Serie C1 in the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189614-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie B, Teams\nThese are the 22 teams which took part in the Serie B 2006\u201307:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189615-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C1\nThe 2006\u201307 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff to determine the second team in each division to be promoted to Serie B. At the same time, teams placed 14th to 17th entered a playout for the right to remain in Serie C1 the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189615-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C1\nAs usual, Serie C1 was composed by two divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C1/A was mainly composed by Northern Italy teams, whereas Division C1/B included mostly Central and Southern Italy teams. No teams from the major islands of Sardinia or Sicily took part in the 2006\u201307 Serie C1, as the only two eligible to participate in it, Gela and Sassari Torres, were both omitted due to financial troubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189615-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C1\nTeams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to Serie C2. In all, four teams were promoted to Serie B, and six teams were relegated to Serie C2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189616-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C2\nThe 2006\u201307 Serie C2 was the football (soccer) league season of Italian Serie C2 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007 and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over, teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff to determine the second team in each division to be promoted to Serie C1. At the same time, teams placed 14th to 17th entered a playout for the right to remain in Serie C2 the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189616-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C2\nAs usual, Serie C2 was composed by three divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C2/A was mainly composed by Northern Italy and Sardinian teams, whereas division C2/B included North-Central and Central Italy teams, with the exception of two teams from Campania (Paganese and Giugliano), and division C2/C was represented by teams hailing from Central-Southern Italy and Sicily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189616-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C2\nTeams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie C1; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to Serie D. In all, six teams were promoted to Serie C1, and nine teams were relegated to Serie D.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189616-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie C2\nTeams relegating to Serie D also lost the right to maintain their professional status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189617-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie D\nThe 2006\u201307 Serie D was the fifty-ninth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189617-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie D\nThe regular season started September 17, 2006 and continued through to May 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189617-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie D, Promotion playoffs, Rules\nPromotion playoffs involved a total of 36 teams, four for each Serie D group (teams from 2nd to 5th place). The first round is a one-legged match between respectively the second and fifth placed, and the third and fourth placed for each group, and are played at best placed club home field. The two winners for each of these matches are elected to play against each other in the second round, again with home advantage to the club best classified in the regular season. The nine winners are then split in three groups composed by three teams (triangolari).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189617-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie D, Promotion playoffs, Rules\nThe three group winners and the best runner-up play in the semifinal round. The semifinals are both two-legged, and the respective winners are admitted to play in a one-legged final hosted in a neutral ground. The tournament winner and runner-up are placed at the top of the special list of teams eligible for a repechage, i.e. the admission to Serie C2 in case league vacancies need to be filled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189617-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie D, Relegations\nFour relegations per division, 17th & 18th placed teams and playoff losers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189617-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Serie D, Relegations, Direct relegations, Tie-Breakers\nPordenone & Piovese relegated to Eccellenza, Rivignano and Reno Centese admitted to relegation playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189618-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sevilla FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Sevilla F\u00fatbol Club's sixth consecutive season in La Liga. The team manager in the previous season, Juande Ramos, continued with the team. That season, the team won its second consecutive UEFA Cup in a very special final match against another Spanish team (Espanyol) and was the leader of La Liga for first time since the 1945\u201346 season, when the team won its only league championship. Sevilla also won its fourth Copa del Rey against Getafe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189618-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sevilla FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189618-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sevilla FC season, Squad, Youth system\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189618-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sevilla FC season, Match results, Primera Divisi\u00f3n\nLa Liga Winner (also qualified for 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League Group Stage)\u00a0 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League Group Stage\u00a0 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round\u00a0 2007\u201308 UEFA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round\u00a0 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Final\u00a0 Relegation to Liga BBVA", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189618-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sevilla FC season, Match results, Copa del Rey, Final\nAssistant referees: Pedro Medina Hern\u00e1ndez Victoriano D\u00edaz CasadoFourth official: C\u00e9sar Mu\u00f1iz Fern\u00e1ndez", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189619-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield Shield season\nThe Pura Cup 2006\u201307 season was the 105th season of the Australian domestic First-class cricket competition played in Australia, known as the Pura Cup. The Tasmanian Tigers defeated the New South Wales Blues in the final at Bellerive Oval, winning the trophy for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189619-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield Shield season, Final\nThe Final was played between Tasmania and New South Wales from March 19 to 23, 2007. By virtue of finishing on top of the table at the end of the season, Tasmania won the right to host the final at Bellerive Oval. Highlighted by individual efforts from Ben Hilfenhaus, Damien Wright and man-of-the-match Luke Butterworth, Tasmania won convincingly by 421 runs to claim their maiden first-class championship, after finishing runner-up three times. They had only been competing full-time since the 1982/83 season; before that, when they joined the competition, they only played one game against every state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted from the Football League Championship the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Kit\nThe kit was manufactured by French company Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by American bank Capital One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 41], "content_span": [42, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Season summary\nSeveral good results, including a home draw against Liverpool on the first day of the season and wins over Arsenal and Newcastle United saw Sheffield United keep ahead of the relegation zone for much of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Season summary\nHowever, West Ham United's late run of good form, combined with a broken leg suffered by top scorer Rob Hulse against Chelsea that left the Blades lacking firepower up front, saw Sheffield United sucked into the relegation battle and they were relegated on the final day of the season on goal difference after losing at home to Wigan Athletic; a draw would have been good enough to keep United up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0002-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Season summary\nWigan Athletic's win kept them up at United's expense and in a twist of fate, David Unsworth, who had started the season at Sheffield United and had been let go in January 2007 on a free transfer, scored the goal that sent down former club Sheffield United, whilst simultaneously saving Wigan Athletic from relegation, 3 minutes after arriving on the pitch as substitute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189620-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield United F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189621-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189621-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Season summary\nIn the 2006-07 season, manager Paul Sturrock was sacked after Sheffield Wednesday's slow start. He was replaced by former Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws. They finished ninth in the Championship that season, just four points short of the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189621-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189621-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season\nThe 2006\u201307 NBL season was the 1st season for the Singapore Slingers in the NBL. The Singapore Slingers were the first Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season\nThe Slingers play their home games at the 10,000 seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season, Regular season\nThe regular season of the National Basketball League consisted of 33 games, with each team playing each other 3 times. Slinger\u2019s will play 16 home games and 17 away games. The Slingers opening match is against the Adelaide 36ers at Singapore's home which is the Singapore Indoor Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season, Regular season, Ladder\nThis is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season, Regular season, Ladder\nThe NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189622-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Singapore Slingers season, Postseason\nThe elimination finals were played over 4 days. The first two teams automatically went ahead to the semi finals. The winner of Game 1 went on to play the 4th placed team, while the winner of Game 2 went on to play the 3rd placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189623-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Skeleton World Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Skeleton World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on 27 November 2006 and ended on 25 February 2007. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in bobsleigh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189624-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak 1. Liga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovak 1.Liga season was the 14th season of the Slovak 1. Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Slovakia. 16 teams participated in the league, and MHK Kezmarok won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189625-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovak Cup was the 38th season of Slovakia's annual knock-out cup competition and the fourteenth since the independence of Slovakia. It began on 1 August 2006 with Round 1 and ended on 8 May 2007 with the Final. The winners of the competition earned a place in the First qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. MFK Ru\u017eomberok were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189625-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Cup, Second round\nThe two games were played on 5 September 2006, the twelve games on 12 and 13 September 2006 and the two games were played on 10 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189625-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Cup, Third round\nThe seven games were played on 24 and 25 October 2006 and the match Artmedia Bratislava \u2013 Rimavsk\u00e1 Sobota was played on 7 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189625-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe match Artmedia Bratislava \u2013 M\u0160K \u017dilina was played on 3 April 2007 and the three games were played on 4 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189625-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 17 April 2007. The second legs were played on 25 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189626-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Extraliga season\nThe Slovak Extraliga 2006\u201307 was the fourteenth regular season of the Slovak Extraliga, the top level of professional ice hockey in Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189626-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Extraliga season, Regular season, Final standings\nKey - GP: Games played, W: Wins, OTW: Over time wins, OTL: Over time losses, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against, PTS: Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189626-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Extraliga season, Scoring Leaders\nKey - GP: Games played, G: Goals, A: Assists, PTS: Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189627-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak First League\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Slovak Second League (also known as 1. liga) was the fourteenth season of the league since its establishment. It began on 15 July 2006 and ended on 30 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189628-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Superliga\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgo\u0148 Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 14 July 2006 and ended on 30 May 2007. MFK Ru\u017eomberok were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189628-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Superliga, Teams\nA total of 12 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2005\u201306 season and three promoted from the 2. Liga, due to the league's expansion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189628-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovak Superliga, Teams\nRelegation for SK Matador P\u00fachov to the 2006\u201307 1. Liga was confirmed on 27 May 2006. The one relegated team were replaced by MFK Ko\u0161ice, \u0160K Slovan Bratislava and FC Senec.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189629-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian Football Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovenian Football Cup was the 16th season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition. 20 lower league teams played in the first two rounds and the Slovenian PrvaLiga teams joined in the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189630-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian Hockey League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovenian Hockey League was the 16th season in Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189630-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian Hockey League season\nAt the end of the regular season the playoffs, also known as the Slovenian Ice Hockey League, was held. Slavija had the best result in the regular season, but they could not convert this in the finals, where they lost to Olimpija.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189631-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian PrvaLiga\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 29 July 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007. Each team played a total of 36 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189631-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Results\nEvery team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189632-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian Second League\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovenian Second League season started on 13 August 2006 and ended on 27 May 2007. Each team played a total of 27 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189633-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Slovenian Third League\nThe 2006\u201307 Slovenian Third League was the 15th season of the Slovenian Third League, the third highest level in the Slovenian football system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189634-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Solomon Islands National Club Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 Solomon Islands National Club Championship was the 4th season of the National Club Championship in the Solomon Islands. KOSSA won the league for the first time. All matches were played at the hillside ground called Lawson Tama Stadium, with an approximate capacity of 20,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season\nThe 2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It began on November 1, 2006 and ended on April 30, 2007. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the southern Pacific Ocean east of 160\u00b0E. Additionally, the regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, and the \"tropical cyclone year\" runs from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season\nTropical cyclones between 160\u00b0E and 120\u00b0W and north of 25\u00b0S are monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service in Nadi. Those that move south of 25\u00b0S are monitored by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Wellington, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal outlooks\nDuring September 2006, the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) reported that the development of a weak to moderate El Ni\u00f1o episode was likely which could push into the early months of 2007. As a result, the FMS predicted that the El Ni\u00f1o would have a significant effect on tropical cyclone frequency and distribution within the South Pacific basin and beyond during the upcoming season. They also predicted that the season could see an above average number of tropical cyclones occur, with a greater tendency for them to form near and east of the International Date Line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal outlooks\nIt was also predicted that a tropical cyclone may form during the early part of the season or during the pre season. The FMS also predicted that the island nations of Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Samoa and the Cook Islands, had a greater than normal chance of being affected by a tropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal outlooks\nThe FMS along with other Pacific Meteorological services including New Zealand's MetService and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology contributed to the Island Climate Update tropical cyclone outlook that was released during October 2006. The outlook took into account the developing weak to moderate El Ni\u00f1o conditions that had been observed across the Pacific. The outlook called for an above average number of tropical cyclones to develop during the 2006\u201307 season, with ten tropical cyclones occurring on average between 135\u00b0E and 120\u00b0W during El Ni\u00f1o years. It was also noted that at least half of the tropical cyclones reach hurricane force and become Category 3 Severe Tropical Cyclones. The Island Climate Outlook predicted that the first tropical cyclone of the season could occur, before the end of November or about a month earlier than usual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 973]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nThe 2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season got off to an early start with a tropical disturbance developing into Cyclone Xavier, late on October 21. Xavier rapidly intensified and became a category three Severe Tropical Cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale during the next day. As a Severe Tropical Cyclone, Xavier passed over Tikopia and then continued to intensify and reached its peak wind speeds early on October 24. Xavier then rapidly weakened during the next day which led to the final advisories being issued on October 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nWhilst Xavier was active, Tropical Depression 02F formed on October 24 to the northeast of American Samoa. As the depression moved towards the west, it remained weak as it was badly affected by Cyclone Xavier's outflow, the final advisory was released on October 29. Early on November 1, Tropical Disturbance 03F formed to the northeast of Fiji. It was then upgraded to a Tropical Depression later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0004-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nThe depression then meandered around the International Date Line for a couple days without any significant development, with the final advisory being issued by RSMC Nadi early on November 3. Cyclone Yani formed as a weak tropical disturbance on November 16, it was upgraded into Tropical Depression 04F early the next day. Over the next few days the depression moved towards the west gradually developing until a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued late on November 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0004-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Seasonal summary\nEarly the next day it was upgraded to Cyclone Yali by RSMC Nadi and designated as 02P by the JTWC, after being classified Yani started to intensify quite quickly becoming a Category three severe tropical cyclone early on November 23. Yali then reached its peak windspeeds later that day before starting to rapidly weaken early on November 24, as it entered an area of higher wind shear and was downgraded to a Tropical Depression later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Xavier\nDuring October 20, the JTWC and the FMS started to monitor a tropical depression, that had developed within the South Pacific Convergence Zone to the north of Temotu Province in the Solomon Islands. Over the next day conditions surrounding the system rapidly became favourable for further development, with convection starting to wrap into a well defined low level circulation centre. As a result, the depression rapidly developed further and was named Xavier by the FMS during October 22, after it had become a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Xavier\nAfter the system was named the JTWC initiated advisories on the system and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 01P, while it was located over the Santa Cruz Islands. Throughout October 22, Xavier's rapid intensification continued with it developing an eye feature and becoming a category 3 severe tropical cyclone. During that day the system performed a small cyclonic loop over Temotu Province and passed near or over the Santa Cruz Island of Tikopia. After passing near or over Tikopia the system started to move south-eastwards during that day, as a trough of low pressure created a break in the ridge of high pressure that was steering Xavier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Xavier\nThe FMS subsequently estimated during October 24, that the system had peaked as a Category 4 Severe Tropical Cyclone with 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 175\u00a0km/h (110\u00a0mph), while it was located about 220\u00a0km (135\u00a0mi) to the east of Vanua Lava in northern Vanuatu. The JTWC also estimated during October 24, that the system had peaked with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 215\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph), which made it equivalent to a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Xavier\nOver the next day the system maintained its peak intensity as it moved south-eastwards, before it turned westwards during the next day towards Vanuatu and rapidly weakened after it moved into an area of cooler sea-surface temperatures and strong vertical wind-shear. As a result, during October 26, The FMS and JTWC both reported that the system had weakened into a tropical depression, before the systems remnants were last noted by the FMS during October 28. On the Santa-Cruz Islands of Utupua and Vanikolo some minor tree damage was reported, while extensive damage to food crops occurred at Tikopia. However, Radio New Zealand reported that overall damage at Tikopia was considered to be light given the circumstances. Strong and gusty winds, rough seas and moderate to heavy swells were reported within the eastern Vanuatuan islands, however, no significant damage was reported within the islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 981]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 02F\nDuring October 24, the FMS reported that the second tropical depression of the season had developed, within a trough of low pressure about 555\u00a0km (345\u00a0mi) to the northwest of American Samoa. Deep convection had persisted around the center however it was poorly organised with multiple low level circulation centers being reported with environmental shear around the system minimal. During the next day as it moved towards the west and crossed the International Date Line the depression lost all its deep convection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 02F\nThe low level circulation center had become difficult to locate as the depression was being influenced unfavorably by the outflow from Cyclone Xavier. As a result of the outflow the depression became separated from the southeasterly surge which had been helping to develop the system whilst the westerlies to the north of the system remained weak. The final advisory was then issued on October 29 by RSMC Nadi as the depression had completely dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 03F\nEarly on November 1, RSMC Nadi reported that Tropical Disturbance 03F, had developed to the northeast of Fiji, with multiple circulation centers. Later that day as the convection was now displaced to the north of the low level circulation center and the disturbance had become better organized it was designated as a tropical depression. The system then meandered around in the same general area for a couple days without any development until the final advisory was issued by RSMC Nadi early on November 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yani\nLate on November 16 a weak tropical disturbance formed to the north-west of Tuvalu embedded within the South Pacific Convergence Zone. The disturbance did not have any organised convection near the low level circulation centre and was located in an area of low vertical wind shear. Early the next day whilst the organisation of the system had not improved much, there had been enough of an increase in convection in the northern and southern quadrants for RSMC Nadi to designate the disturbance as Tropical Depression 04F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yani\nOver the next couple of days the depression gradually moved towards the south-west before the low level circulation center was relocated to the north of Vanuatu early on November 19. The depression continued to gradually develop, with a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert being issued late on November 21 as convection had erupted about the low level circulation centre with bands of convection wrapping around the low level circulation significantly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yani\nThe depression was then upgraded to a category one tropical cyclone on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity scale early on November 22, with the name Yani being assigned. The JTWC also upgraded Yani to a tropical cyclone whilst the cyclone was located approximately 425\u00a0km, (265\u00a0miles), to the southeast of Honiara, in the Solomon Islands. Yani then intensified fairly rapidly, being upgraded to a category two cyclone later that day while an eye was noted to be beginning to form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yani\nYani was then upgraded to a category three severe tropical cyclone early the next day as an eye became established. Later that day, Yani then reached its peak pressure of 960\u00a0hPa and its peak windspeeds of 140\u00a0km/h (85\u00a0mph) (10-min) and 130\u00a0km/h (80\u00a0mph) (1-min). Yani maintained its peak intensity until early on November 24, when the storm began to weaken under the force of strengthening shear that tore away its low level circulation centre and was downgraded to a Tropical Depression by RSMC Nadi later that day. The JTWC then issued their final advisory early the next day whilst RSMC Nadi kept issuing advisories until late on November 26 as the depression moved into TCWC Brisbane's area of responsibility. The JTWC later reported that it had dissipated that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 05F\nAn area of disturbed weather developed east-northeast of the Solomon Islands on November 28. RSMC Nadi began monitoring it as a tropical disturbance early on November 29 as it moved westward in a favorable environment for development. The disturbance later that day was classified as a tropical depression. On November 30, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated advisories on the storm, internally numbered Tropical Cyclone 04P. Under heavy wind shear, the storm never developed further and the JTWC stopped advisories on December 1, shortly after RSMC Nadi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 06F\nOn January 9 RSMC Nadi identified a tropical depression well east of the International Date Line, located in a sheared environment, with convection having persisted for 24 hours. It never developed further and late on January 15 RSMC Nadi noted that 06F had become extratropical. RSMC Nadi last noted it two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Zita\nOn January 16 a RSMC Nadi marine bulletin identified a tropical disturbance east of the International Date Line. The low level circulation center was unidentifiable but was estimated to be at the southwestern edge of the major convection. On January 18, RSMC Nadi identified the disturbance as a tropical depression while the system was still poorly organized. On January 20, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center noted the system and treated it as a tropical disturbance. On January 22, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Zita\nThe system was assigned the name Zita by RSMC Nadi and commented in their tropical disturbance summary that the cyclone had undergone explosive development. It then quickly began extratropical transition as it moved south-southeast, with the JTWC declaring it extratropical on January 24. It entered the warning area of TCWC Wellington later that day as it passed south of 25\u00b0S, and completed extratropical transition early on January 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Arthur\nForming as tropical depression on January\u00a025, Arthur rapidly intensified into a strong Category 2 cyclone on the Australian intensity scale according to the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in Nadi, Fiji. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center assessed the storm to have peaked as a minimal Category 1 cyclone. Shortly after peaking in intensity, the cyclone began to deteriorate due to unfavorable conditions. Quickly moving towards the east-southeast, the Arthur began to undergo an extratropical transition. After turning towards the southeast, the center of circulation was almost fully exposed due to strong wind shear. However, Arthur briefly re-strengthened late on January\u00a026 before becoming extratropical the next day. Tropical Cyclone Arthur affected several small islands during its existence. French Polynesia observed the most noteworthy effects from the storm, where several landslides damaged a few homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 995]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 09F\nRSMC Nadi noted a tropical disturbance in the general area of 10\u00b0S east of the International Date Line on January 30. On February 2, RSMC Nadi upgraded it to a tropical depression, and the next day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. On February 4, the JTWC upgraded the disturbance to a tropical cyclone, giving it the designation 11P. However, it quickly became extratropical, and the final warning was issued just 24 hours later. RSMC Nadi also stopped tracking the low on February 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Depression 12F\nAn area of disturbed weather formed northwest of Fiji on March 19 and moved southeast over the next three days with little change in organisation. On March 21, the system began to increase in organization, and RSMC Nadi designated the system Tropical Depression 12F late that day, noting that the potential for development into a tropical cyclone was low to moderate due to increasing wind shear to the south. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the now-quasi-stationary system the next day. RSMC Nadi upgraded the potential for development to high and began issuing advisories later in the day, but the depression soon became disorganised due to increasing shear. The RSMC issued its last advisory early on March 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Becky\nAn area of disturbed weather formed northwest of Vanuatu on March 24. The Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Brisbane began monitoring it as a tropical low early on March 25, before it moved eastward into the area of responsibility of RSMC Nadi later that day. RSMC Nadi designated the system Tropical Depression 13F and noted that it had a moderate potential for development into a tropical cyclone. Tropical disturbance advisories were initiated on March 26 as the system improved in organisation. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated it Tropical Cyclone 21P later that day. RSMC Nadi followed suit and upgraded the system to a tropical cyclone and named it Becky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Becky\nBecky initially strengthened quickly while moving south-southeastward, nearly reaching hurricane-equivalent intensity on March 27. RSMC Nadi initially issued a storm warning for Vanuatu, but the environment began to deteriorate, inhibiting any further strengthening. The cyclone began weakening late that day as it passed to the west of Vanuatu, and RSMC Nadi issued its final tropical disturbance advisory on Becky early on March 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Cliff\nTropical Depression 14F, located around 15\u00b0S just west of the date line, was first warned on by RSMC Nadi on April 1 as a sheared system located in a highly sheared environment. Despite this, the system managed to organise and intensify as it moved southeast, and was named Tropical Cyclone Cliff on April 4 near the International Date Line. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated it a tropical cyclone, the 23rd in the Southern Hemisphere for the season, later that day, as deep convective banding began to develop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189636-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Cliff\nContinuing to move generally southeast, Cliff peaked in intensity on April 5 before starting to weaken as it crossed into the area of responsibility of TCWC Wellington. Late that night, Cliff started to show signs of extratropical transition, causing Dvorak satellite intensity estimates to fall. The JTWC issued its final advisory the next day, followed later that day by TCWC Wellington as it completed transition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189637-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Western Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 South Western Football League season was the 56th and last in the history of South Western League. The league consisted of 19 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189637-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South Western Football League, League table\nThe division featured 19 teams, 17 from last season and 2 new teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe 2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season featured the second-most intense tropical cyclones for a season in the tropical cyclone basin, only behind the 2018\u201319 season. The basin contains the waters of the Indian Ocean south of the equator and west of 90\u00b0E. M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France's meteorological office in R\u00e9union (MFR), the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for the South-West Indian Ocean, tracked 15\u00a0tropical disturbances, of which eleven attained gale-force winds. The season began in October 2006 with a short-lived tropical disturbance, followed by Anita in November, which was the first named storm of the season. Cyclone Bondo was the first of six intense tropical cyclones, which took a rare track through the southern Seychelles before making landfall on northwest Madagascar, killing 11\u00a0people. Severe Tropical Storm Clovis lasted from December 2006 to January 2007; it struck eastern Madagascar, killing four people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 994]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season\nIn January 2007, Cyclone Dora became one of the two strongest storms of the season, with maximum sustained winds of 195\u00a0kilometres per hour (120\u00a0miles per hour); Dora only lightly affected the Mauritian island of Rodrigues. The season was most active in February, beginning with Severe Tropical Storm Enok, which formed off eastern Madagascar and later struck the island of St. Brandon. The next storm, Cyclone Favio, tied Dora as the season's strongest storm. Favio took an unusual path south of Madagascar before entering the Mozambique Channel and striking southern Mozambique, killing 10\u00a0people and causing widespread flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season\nCyclone Gamede stalled northwest of the Mascarene Islands for a few days in late February, resulting in historic rainfall totals on the French island of R\u00e9union. Over a nine-day period, Gamede dropped 5512\u00a0mm (217\u00a0in) of rainfall at Commerson Crater, making it one of the wettest tropical cyclones on record. February concluded with Cyclone Humba, which remained over the eastern portion of the basin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe season's deadliest storm was Cyclone Indlala, which struck northeastern Madagascar on March\u00a015. The cyclone killed 150\u00a0people and caused over US$240\u00a0million in damage, after resulting in widespread flooding. Less than three weeks after Indlala, Cyclone Jaya struck northeastern Madagascar at a similar location, disrupting ongoing relief efforts and causing one death. The season concluded on April\u00a012, when a subtropical cyclone in the Mozambique Channel transitioned into an extratropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal forecast and summary\nOn October 13, 2006, the Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) issued their seasonal outlook for the South-west Indian Ocean, anticipating a normal season with about 10\u00a0named storms. They forecast El Ni\u00f1o conditions for the southern hemisphere, meaning that normal to slightly above normal activity was likely. They also forecast a weak quasi-biennial oscillation, which would promote cyclone formation in the basin. Other seasonal indicators that were conducive for storm formation included above normal water temperatures, sustained convective activity, and above normal humidity. The seasonal forecast anticipated that most storms would form west of Diego Garcia, with at least one forming in the Mozambique Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal forecast and summary\nM\u00e9t\u00e9o-France's meteorological office in R\u00e9union (MFR) \u2013 the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for the South-West Indian Ocean \u2013 tracked all tropical cyclones from the east coast of Africa to 90\u00b0 E, and south of the equator. Regional warning centers in Mauritius and Madagascar formally named the individual storms. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), which is a joint United States Navy\u00a0\u2013 United States Air Force task force that issues tropical cyclone warnings for the region, also issued advisories for storms during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal forecast and summary\nDuring the season, the MFR monitored 15\u00a0tropical disturbances, including a subtropical cyclone southwest of Madagascar that ended the season in April. There were ten systems that attained the intensity of a moderate tropical storm, which has 10\u2013minute sustained winds of at least 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph); this is near the long-term average, but much more active than the previous season. There were 58\u00a0days in which a tropical storm was active, or five more than the average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal forecast and summary\nSeven of these storms attained tropical cyclone status, which has 10\u2013minute winds of 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph); the 30\u00a0days with a tropical cyclone present was 10\u00a0days more than average. Of these cyclones, six strengthened further to an intense tropical cyclone, which has 10\u00a0minute winds of 165\u00a0km/h (105\u00a0mph). This was the most on record at the time, until it was surpassed by the 2018\u201319 season. The rest of the southern hemisphere was less active than the Indian Ocean during the 2006\u201307 cyclone year. The El Ni\u00f1o present at the beginning of the season subsided by January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal forecast and summary\nMost of the storms in the season occurred in the western portion of the basin. From December 2006 to April 2007, a series of floods and storms affected Madagascar, including Bondo, Clovis, Favio, Gamede, Indlala, and Jaya; this made it the most active season in the country since the 1999\u20132000 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The series of storms and floods left 10,000\u00a0families homeless, directly affecting 9% of the country's population. These floods left 336,470\u00a0people in emergency need of food, after the storms destroyed 76,105\u00a0ha (188,060 acres) worth of crops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Seasonal forecast and summary\nThe World Food Programme provided meals, distributed through non-governmental organizations and local officials. This covered the needs for these families until farmers were able to rebuild and regrow their food supply, using seeds provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Malagasy Red Cross provided more than 10,000\u00a0residents across the country with insecticide-treated mosquito nets. The series of floods diminished the country's stock of supplies from United Nations agencies, spurring a declaration of a national emergency, and a nearly US$19.5\u00a0million appeal for international assistance. Countries around the world donated money or supplies to help the relief effort. UNICEF distributed 100\u00a0freezers and refrigerators to health facilities that bore the consequences of the active season. The agency also provided the resources to rebuild or repair 95\u00a0schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 958]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Anita\nA low-pressure area developed on November\u00a026 to the north of Madagascar. Located within an area of moderate wind shear, the system consolidated its associated convection while moving southwestward. The JTWC classified the system as Tropical Cyclone 03S on November\u00a029. That day, the disturbance turned to the south, paralleling the east coast of Mozambique while moving around a ridge. On November\u00a030, the MFR upgraded the system to Moderate Tropical Storm Anita, estimating peak 10\u2013minute winds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph). On the same day, the JTWC estimated peak 1\u2013minute winds of 85\u00a0km/h (55\u00a0mph). Anita soon encountered higher wind shear, causing the convection to diminish over the center, and for Anita to weaken back to a tropical depression. The MFR stopped tracking Anita on December\u00a03.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Anita\nWhile moving close to Mozambique, Anita dropped heavy rainfall in southeast Tanzania, reaching 152\u00a0mm (6.0\u00a0in) over 24\u00a0hours. Heavy rainfall also occurred in the Comoros, eastern Mozambique, and northwest Madagascar, causing flash flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Bondo\nA tropical disturbance developed on December\u00a015 in the central Indian Ocean west of Diego Garcia. It strengthened into Moderate Tropical Storm Bondo on December\u00a018. Thereafter, the storm rapidly intensified while moving westward, taking advantage of favorable atmospheric conditions. Within 18\u00a0hours of being named, Bondo intensified into tropical cyclone status, or the equivalent of a minimal hurricane. On December\u00a020, the MFR estimated peak 10\u2013minute sustained winds of 205\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph), although the JTWC estimated stronger 1\u2013minute winds of 250\u00a0km/h (155\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Bondo\nWhile near peak intensity, Bondo passed just south of Agal\u00e9ga island, before weakening slightly and moving through the Farquhar Group of islands belonging to the Seychelles, becoming the strongest cyclone to affect that island group in decades. Bondo turned southwestward and weakened, followed by re-intensification as it neared the northern tip of Madagascar. Bondo paralleled the coast briefly before it made landfall near Mahajanga on December\u00a025. The storm continued southward, and was last tracked by the MFR on December\u00a028.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Bondo\nDue to its small size, Bondo's winds did not exceed 100\u00a0km/h (62\u00a0mph) on Agal\u00e9ga, despite passing close by near peak intensity. In the Seychelles, Bondo severely damaged buildings and vegetation on Providence Atoll. High waves caused flooding elsewhere in the archipelago. In Madagascar, Bondo killed 11\u00a0people when it struck the island's west coast. The storm's high winds, reaching 155\u00a0km/h (96\u00a0mph) in Mahajanga, damaged buildings and left around 20,000\u00a0people homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Clovis\nToward the end of December, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) was active across the southern Indian Ocean. An area of thunderstorms persisted west of Diego Garcia on December\u00a024, which wrapped around a developing circulation. On the next day, the MFR designated the system as Tropical Disturbance 4. The system drifted to the southwest, encountering an area of high wind shear on December\u00a027, causing the circulation to become exposed and weaken. A new, larger circulation developed within the system, prompting the MFR to issue new warnings on Tropical Disturbance 5 on December\u00a029, located southeast of Agal\u00e9ga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Clovis\nThe MFR upgraded the system to Moderate Tropical Storm Clovis on December\u00a031 while the storm was near Tromelin Island. Clovis continued to the south-southwest, steered by a ridge to its southeast. On January\u00a02, the MFR estimated peak 10\u2013minute winds of 115\u00a0km/h (70\u00a0mph). The JTWC estimated slightly higher 1\u2013minute winds of 120\u00a0km/h (75\u00a0mph), the equivalent of a minimal hurricane. Satellite imagery at this time showed a small eye in the center of the convection. While near peak intensity, Clovis made landfall in eastern Madagascar near Nosy Varika on January\u00a03. The storm rapidly weakened over land while executing a small loop, dissipating on January\u00a04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Clovis\nHigh waves affected the north coast of Mauritius. Clovis killed four people in Madagascar, and left 13,465\u00a0people homeless. In the country, the storm Clovis dropped heavy rainfall, reaching 213.9\u00a0mm (8.42\u00a0in) in Mananjary. The rains caused flooding, which damaged houses, power grids, and crops. At least 1,500\u00a0ha (3,700 acres) of rice farms in Mananjary were damaged, representing about 30% of the harvest. Other damaged crops include cassava, banana, vanilla, and fruit trees. The floods left roads impassable in Nosy Varika, which limited communications along with power and phone outages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 85], "content_span": [86, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Dora\nOn January\u00a026, an area of convection persisted west of Diego Garcia. That day, the MFR designated it as a tropical disturbance. Located in an area of low wind shear, the system slowly organized while moving southwestward, developing more convection and outflow over time. On January\u00a028, the JTWC designated the system as Tropical Cyclone 10S. On the next day, the MFR upgraded the system to Moderate Tropical Storm Dora. The storm quickly intensified, and the JTWC upgraded Dora to the equivalent of a minimal hurricane on January\u00a030. On February\u00a01, the MFR upgraded Dora to tropical cyclone status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Dora\nBy that time, the cyclone was moving slowly south-southeastward between two ridges. Dora turned back to the southwest on February\u00a02, and briefly weakened before re-intensifying, possibly the result of an eyewall replacement cycle. On February\u00a03, the MFR upgraded Dora to an intense tropical cyclone, estimating peak 10\u2013minute winds of 195\u00a0km/h (120\u00a0mph). The JTWC meanwhile estimated peak 1\u2013minute winds of 215\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph). While at its peak intensity, Dora resembled an annular cyclone, with a large eye and a symmetrical cloud pattern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0013-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Dora\nCyclone Dora maintained peak intensity for about 12\u00a0hours before weakening due to cooler, drier air from the southeast. On February\u00a05, Dora weakened below tropical cyclone status, as its forward movement also slowed. On February\u00a06, Dora passed about 165\u00a0km (105\u00a0mi) east of Rodrigues. The thunderstorms around the thunderstorms dwindled due to higher wind shear, until the circulation was entirely exposed on February\u00a09. On that day, the MFR reclassified Dora as an extratropical cyclone. The agency tracked the storm for four more days as the storm curved to the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Dora\nThe Mauritius Meteorological Service first issued cyclone warnings for Rodrigues on January\u00a031, and continued issuing warnings for the island until February\u00a07 when the storm passed the area. Dora dropped 92\u00a0mm (3.6\u00a0in) of rainfall on the island, and gusts reached 83\u00a0km/h (52\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Enok\nA tropical disturbance formed off the east coast of Madagascar on February\u00a06. That day, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, indicating rapid development of the small weather system. The nascent system moved northeastward, an unusual track caused by a trough extending northwestward from the remnants of Cyclone Dora, as well as ridge to the north. With good outflow and low wind shear, the small system intensified quickly on February\u00a09. That day, the MFR upgraded the system to Severe Tropical Storm Enok, and the JTWC classified the storm as Tropical Cyclone 13S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0015-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Enok\nEarly on February\u00a010, the MFR estimated peak winds of 115\u00a0km/h (70\u00a0mph), although it is possible the storm was stronger, based on the appearance of an eye-like feature in the convection. That day, Enok passed just north of St. Brandon, which reported a calm lasting a few minutes. The storm moved quickly to the southeast and weakened due to higher wind shear and dry air. Late on February\u00a010, Enok passed just northeast of Rodrigues. On the next day, the storm weakened to into a tropical depression and turned back to the west. The MFR discontinued advisories on February\u00a013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Enok\nOn St. Brandon, Enok produced wind gusts of 160\u00a0km/h (99\u00a0mph), strong enough to damage iron sheets and a window pane. Rainfall on the island reached 118\u00a0mm (4.6\u00a0in). Later, Enok produced wind gusts of 142\u00a0km/h (88\u00a0mph) on Rodrigues; the storm dropped 147\u00a0mm (5.8\u00a0in) of rainfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 83], "content_span": [84, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Favio\nCyclone Favio developed as a tropical disturbance on February\u00a011 to the southwest of Diego Garcia. It moved southwestward due to a ridge to its southeast, gradually organizing amid favorable conditions. The JTWC first classified the system as Tropical Cyclone 14S on February\u00a014. A day later, the MFR upgraded the system to Moderate Tropical Storm Favio, and later that day, the storm passed about 120\u00a0km (75\u00a0mi) northwest of Rodrigues. The ridge to its south built westward, causing Favio to turn westward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Favio\nOn February\u00a019, the MFR upgraded the storm to tropical cyclone status while Favio was passing south of Madagascar. The cyclone intensified further as it turned to the northwest in the Mozambique Channel. Late on February\u00a020, the MFR estimated that Favio attained peak winds of 195\u00a0km/h (120\u00a0mph), making it an intense tropical cyclone. Meanwhile, the JTWC estimated peak 1\u2013minute winds of 220\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph). Favio weakened slightly before making landfall in southeastern Mozambique on February\u00a022 near Vilankulo. This made Favio the first cyclone on record to strike Mozambique after moving south of Madagascar. The cyclone rapidly weakened over land, and the MFR discontinued advisories on February\u00a023 when the storm was near the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Favio\nOn Rodrigues, the cyclone produced 114\u00a0km/h (71\u00a0mph) wind gusts, as well as heavy rainfall reaching 217.6\u00a0mm (8.57\u00a0in). The storm brushed the southern coast of Madagascar, producing heavy rainfall that blocked roads. In Mozambique, Favio killed 10\u00a0people and caused additional deadly flooding that had affected the country since January. Damage from Favio and the flooding were estimated at US$71\u00a0million. The storm damaged about 130,000\u00a0homes, which displaced over 33,000\u00a0people, and also damaged 130\u00a0schools, widespread areas of crops, and power grids. Favio dropped heavy rainfall across southern Africa, causing flooding in eastern Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 87], "content_span": [88, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Gamede\nA tropical disturbance developed within the ITCZ on February\u00a019 southeast of Diego Garcia. Steered by a ridge to the south, the system moved westward and gradually organized amid favorable conditions. On February\u00a021, the MFR upgraded the system to Moderate Tropical Storm Gamede, and the JTWC initiated advisories on Tropical Cyclone 15S. Gamede gradually intensified, reaching tropical cyclone intensity on February\u00a023. The track shifted to the west-southwest, and the outer rainbands began affecting the Mascarene Islands on February\u00a024.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Gamede\nA day later, the storm stalled to the north of R\u00e9union, trapped between ridges to the east-northeast and to the south. During this time, Gamede attained peak 10\u2013minute winds of 165\u00a0km/h (105\u00a0mph), according to the MFR. The JTWC estimated peak 1\u2013minute winds of 195\u00a0km/h (120\u00a0mph). The cyclone passed west of R\u00e9union on February\u00a027, after beginning a steady motion to the south-southwest. By that time, Gamede had weakened due to upwelling cooler waters, and later weakened further due to stronger wind shear. On March\u00a02, the MFR reclassified Gamede as an extratropical cyclone, and the agency tracked the storm for four more days as the circulation again stalled before drifting westward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Gamede\nCyclone Gamede passed near St. Brandon, where its 160\u00a0km/h (99\u00a0mph) wind gusts damaged a few windows. The cyclone left two ships missing near St. Brandon, with a combined crew of 16\u00a0people. When the storm stalled for a few days, it resulted in a prolonged period of heavy rainfall and high tides for the Mascarene Islands. On Mauritius, wind gusts reached 158\u00a0km/h (98\u00a0mph); the storm killed two people on the island and left 60% of islanders without power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Gamede\nEffects were worse on neighboring R\u00e9union, with two fatalities, and monetary damage estimated at over \u20ac165\u00a0million (US$120\u00a0million). Gamede produced wind gusts of 205\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph) alongside historic rainfall totals on R\u00e9union. At Commerson Crater, Gamede broke numerous worldwide records for tropical cyclone rainfall, including for three days, when 3,930\u00a0mm (155\u00a0in) was recorded, and for every duration through nine days, when 5,512\u00a0mm (217.0\u00a0in) was recorded. The heavy rains produced flooding that wrecked crops and damaged infrastructure. The storm washed out a bridge over the Rivi\u00e8re Saint-\u00c9tienne, connecting Saint-Louis and Saint-Pierre. Later, Gamede brushed the east coast of Madagascar with winds and rainfall, In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, high waves closed beaches, roads, and the port of Port of Durban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 88], "content_span": [89, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Humba\nThe BoM began monitoring a tropical low on February\u00a019 to the northwest of the Cocos Islands. With low wind shear and good outflow, the low's deep convection pulsed around a broad, but well-defined circulation. The MFR began monitoring the system on February\u00a020 while it was still in the Australian basin. A large ridge over western Australia steered the low to the west-southwest, bringing it into the south-west Indian Ocean on February\u00a021. On that day, the MFR classified the system as Tropical Depression\u00a011, and the JTWC classified it as Tropical Cyclone 16S.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Humba\nOn February\u00a023 upgraded it to Moderate Tropical Storm Humba, after the system organized further. The track gradually shifted to the south around the western periphery of the ridge. Humbo attained tropical cyclone status on February\u00a024, and reached peak winds the next day of 140\u00a0km/h (85\u00a0mph), according to the MFR; the JTWC estimated slightly higher peak winds of 150\u00a0km/h (95\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Humba\nAfter peak intensity, the cyclone encountered an upper-level trough that increased wind shear in the region. This caused Humbo to weaken quickly as its convection dislocated from the circulation. Late on February\u00a025, it fell below tropical cyclone status while entering cooler waters. On February\u00a026, the MFR declared Humbo an extratropical cyclone. The storm continued generally southward for two more days until it stalled for a day, blocked by a ridge to its south. The former Cyclone Humbo turned to the southeast and was tracked by the MFR until March\u00a04, as it moved across the southern Indian Ocean, back into the Australian region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Indlala\nThe intertropical convergence zone spawned an area of convection southwest of the Chagos on March\u00a09. A day later, the MFR designated the system as Tropical Disturbance 12, which moved generally westward. On March\u00a011, the MFR upgraded the system to Tropical Depression 12, and to Moderate Tropical Storm Indlala a day later. the JTWC designated the storm as Tropical Cyclone 19S. Indlala gradually intensified, reaching tropical cyclone status on March\u00a013, and becoming an intense tropical cyclone a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Indlala\nThe MFR estimated peak 10\u2013minute winds of 175\u00a0km/h (110\u00a0mph), and a minimum pressure of 935\u00a0mbar (27.6\u00a0inHg). The JTWC's intensity estimate was higher, with peak 1\u2013minute winds of 220\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph). Early on March\u00a015, the cyclone made landfall in northeastern Madagascar on the Masoala Peninsula near Antalaha, still at its peak intensity according to the MFR. Indlala rapidly weakened over land and turned southward, eventually re-emerging into the Indian Ocean on March\u00a018; it was last noted by the MFR on March\u00a019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Indlala\nCyclone Indlala produced strong winds in northeastern Madagascar, with a 245\u00a0km/h (152\u00a0mph) gust recorded at Antalaha. The cyclone also dropped heavy rainfall in the eastern portion of the country, reaching 585.4\u00a0mm (23.05\u00a0in) over 48\u00a0hours in Antsohihy in northern Madagascar. These rains flooded a 131,700\u00a0km2 (50,800\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) area of northern Madagascar, causing the worst floods in Sofia Region since 1949. Indlala killed 150\u00a0people across Madagascar and injured another 126. Damage in the country was estimated at over US$240\u00a0million, with around 54,000\u00a0houses damaged or destroyed, leaving 188,331\u00a0people homeless. The storm also damaged 228\u00a0schools and 71\u00a0hospitals. Throughout Madagascar, the cyclone wrecked about 90,000\u00a0ha (220,000 acres) worth of crops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 89], "content_span": [90, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jaya\nAn area of convection persisted southeast of the Chagos on March\u00a026. It consolidated into Tropical Disturbance 14 on March\u00a029 as it moved westward, steered by a ridge to the south. A day later, the system intensified into Moderate Tropical Storm Jaya, taking advantage of favorable conditions including low wind shear. Also on March\u00a030, the JTWC classified the storm as Tropical Cyclone 22S, and later that day Jaya began to rapidly intensify; over 24\u00a0hours, its pressure dropped by 50\u00a0hPa (1.4765\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0025-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jaya\nJaya attained tropical cyclone status early on March\u00a031, and at 18:00\u00a0UTC that day it attained peak winds of 185\u00a0km/h (115\u00a0mph), according to the MFR; this made it the sixth intense tropical cyclone of the season. The JTWC estimated even higher maximum sustained winds on April\u00a01, estimating 1\u2013minute winds of 205\u00a0km/h (125\u00a0mph). On the same day, Jaya passed about 165\u00a0km north of St. Brandon, which recorded a 72\u00a0km/h (45\u00a0mph) wind gust and 11.7\u00a0mm (0.46\u00a0in) of precipitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jaya\nAfter Jaya reached peak intensity, its inner convection weakened due to dry air, and it fell below intense tropical cyclone status. On April\u00a02, a small eye re-developed in the center of the storm, signaling a temporary period of re-intensification. Jaya again weakened as it approached eastern Madagascar, and it moved ashore about 25\u00a0km (15\u00a0mi) south of Sambava, with winds of around 135\u00a0km/h (85\u00a0mph). It struck Madagascar less than three weeks after Indlala's deadly landfall, at an landfall location north of Indlala, which complicated relief efforts for the earlier storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0026-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jaya\nJaya dropped heavy rainfall in the eastern portion of the country, with a peak 24\u00a0hour rainfall total of 216.1\u00a0mm (8.51\u00a0in) at Toamasina. This resulted in significant flooding in the Sofia and Diana regions of the country. Wind gusts reached 125\u00a0km/h (78\u00a0mph) at Sambava and Antalaha. Jaya killed one person in the country, and injured two others, with 8,015\u00a0people left homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Jaya\nJaya rapidly deteriorated as it continued westward across the island, emerging into the Mozambique Channel as a tropical disturbance on April\u00a04. Conditions were unfavorable for re-strengthening, such as strong wind shear. The circulation of Jaya passed south of the Comoros and moved southwestward along the Mozambique coastline. It turned to the southeast away from the coast on April\u00a06 and later moved back to the northwest. On April\u00a08, the MFR stopped tracking the system. The circulation soon after was absorbed by a developing subtropical cyclone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 86], "content_span": [87, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Subtropical Depression 15\nA non-tropical low originated in the southern Mozambique Channel on April\u00a09, located off the east coast of Mozambique. The low absorbed the circulation of former Cyclone Jaya, intensifying gradually while moving to the southeast and later south. The MFR classified the system as a tropical depression on April\u00a010, and that day the system passed west of Europa Island. The agency reclassified the system as a subtropical depression with gale-force winds on April\u00a011, estimating peak winds of 95\u00a0km/h (60\u00a0mph). It was a small cyclone, with gale-force winds extending only 95\u00a0km (65\u00a0mi) from the center. The storm accelerated to the southeast, and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on April\u00a012, which the MFR tracked for another day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 82], "content_span": [83, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms\nThe first tropical system in the season originated from an area of convection that developed northwest of Diego Garcia on October\u00a018. The system had defined outflow and a tight circulation, spurring the JTWC to issue a TCFA. On October\u00a019, the MFR classified it as Tropical Disturbance 1. Environmental conditions were only marginally favorable, and the disturbance drifted to the southwest without much organization. After passing southeast of the Seychelles, the disturbance passed north of Madagascar. The MFR last issued advisories on the system on October\u00a023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms\nIn early January, an area of convection formed in the Mozambique Channel. The MFR classified it as Tropical Disturbance 6 on January\u00a08, but the system failed to intensify further. The MFR discontinued advisories that day, as the disturbance would soon move over southwestern Madagascar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms\nThe MFR designated Tropical Disturbance 13 for a weather system on March\u00a013, located southwest of the Chagos. The disturbance drifted to the south, failing to intensify beyond winds of 45\u00a0km/h (30\u00a0mph). After the disturbance turned back to the northwest, the MFR discontinued advisories on March\u00a017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names\nA tropical disturbance is named when it reaches moderate tropical storm strength. If a tropical disturbance reaches moderate tropical storm status west of 55\u00b0E, then the Sub-regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Madagascar assigns the appropriate name to the storm. If a tropical disturbance reaches moderate tropical storm status between 55\u00b0E and 90\u00b0E, then the Sub-regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Mauritius assigns the appropriate name to the storm. A new annual list is used every year so no names are retired. These were the names used this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189638-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects\nThis table lists all the storms that developed in the Southern Hemisphere during the 2006\u20132007 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. It includes their intensity, duration, name, landfalls, deaths, and damages. All data is taken from M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 62], "content_span": [63, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189639-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southampton F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189639-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southampton F.C. season\nSouthampton improved in their second consecutive season in the Championship, although their overall form was inconsistent and they were soon out of the race for automatic promotion. Their inconsistency threatened to put them out of the play-off picture too, but eventually Southampton scraped to sixth position in the final table. Southampton were drawn against manager George Burley's old club Derby County, who managed to defeat Southampton 4\u20133 in a penalty shootout after a 4\u20134 aggregate draw over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189639-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southampton F.C. season, Kit\nThe season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints; a new kit was introduced for the season. The kit was sponsored by English airline FlyBe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 36], "content_span": [37, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189640-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season\nThe 2006\u201307 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2006, followed by the start of the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2007 and concluded in March, followed by the 2007 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Southend United F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Season summary\nSouthend United started the season reasonably well, beating Stoke City 1\u20130 on the opening day and defeating Sunderland 3\u20131 at Roots Hall several games later. After that, Southend did not win a league game for 18 games until 9 December when they beat Southampton 2\u20131. Southend followed this with a convincing 3\u20131 win over promotion-chasing West Bromwich Albion; on New Year's Day, in defeating Cardiff City 1\u20130 thanks to Lee Bradbury's 30-yard volley, Southend picked up their first away victory of the season and stretched their unbeaten run to five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Season summary\nA 3\u20131 victory away to Birmingham City on 31 January saw the Shrimpers lift themselves from the bottom of the Championship, moving above Leeds United on goal difference. Southend finally pulled themselves out of the relegation zone on 13 March when Richie Foran came off the bench to score his first Southend United goal in the sixth minute of injury time, giving the Shrimpers a 1\u20130 victory over Burnley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Season summary\nRegrettably, the form did not last and, after a humiliating 3\u20130 home defeat to local rivals Colchester United, the Shrimpers were relegated back to League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Season summary\nSouthend pulled one of the shocks of the season when they defeated eventual champions and reigning cup holders Manchester United (whose starting lineup featured the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney) 1\u20130 at Roots Hall in the League Cup, Freddy Eastwood netting after 27 minutes to send the Shrimpers through to the quarter-finals, against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. Southend defended bravely against Spurs, taking the London club to extra time before Jermain Defoe scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of extra time left, although replays later proved he was offside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Season summary\nTop scorer Freddy Eastwood was to Wolverhampton Wanderers for \u00a31.5 million in the close season, in a move that struck a huge blow to Southend's hopes of an automatic return to the second tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189641-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southend United F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 104th in the history of the Southern League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales. This season was the first to feature the new Division One sections after reform of the Isthmian League structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Premier Division\nBath City won the league and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Maidenhead United, who returned to the Conference after relegation in 2006. Only Northwood were relegated this season, and the other clubs finished in the relegation zone were reprieved due to Farnborough Town and Scarborough folding, and Hayes merging with Yeading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One Midlands\nAfter the end of the previous season, the regional divisions were restructured due to the reorganisation of the Isthmian League. Most of the previous season's Eastern Division clubs were transferred to the Isthmian League. Southern League Eastern and Western divisions were replaced by Division One Midlands and Division One South & West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One Midlands\nBrackley Town won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Bromsgrove Rovers. Both clubs that finished in the relegation zone were reprieved, due to clubs folding or resigning from other leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One Midlands, League formation\nDivision One Midlands consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from previous season Southern League divisions and six new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One South & West\nAfter the end of the previous season, the regional divisions were restructured due to the reorganisation of the Isthmian League. Most of the previous season's Eastern Division clubs were transferred to the Isthmian League. Southern League Eastern and Western divisions were replaced by Division One Midlands and Division One South & West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One South & West\nBashley won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Swindon Supermarine. Hanwell Town and Beaconsfield SYCOB were relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League, while Lymington & New Milton resigned from the league before the next season started.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One South & West, League formation\nDivision One South & West consisted of 22 clubs, including nine clubs from previous season Southern League divisions and 13 new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, Division One South & West, League formation\nAt the end of the season Brook House changed name to AFC Hayes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, League Cup, First round\nClubs playing in the Southern League Premier Division were exempt from the first round. All teams in the two divisions One entered the competition at this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, League Cup, Second round\nCirencester Town and Northwood entered at this stage along with all the clubs who won their first round ties. All other Premier Division clubs were exempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189642-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Football League, League Cup, Third Round\nAll clubs who had been previously exempt entered at this stage of the competition along with the 12 teams who won their second round fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189643-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season\nThe 2006\u201307 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season comprises three different basins. Their respective seasons are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189644-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team\nIn the 2006\u201307 season, the Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team played in the Missouri Valley Conference and took part in the Missouri Valley Tournament (reaching the West Regional Semifinal) and the NCAA Tournament. The team won 29 of its matches and lost 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189645-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League season is the 10th in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189645-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189645-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division\nAlso, Kingsbury Town merged with London Tigers and formed Kingsbury London Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189645-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189645-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division One\nAlso, Bedford United & Valerio changed name to Bedford Valerio United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189645-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 18 clubs, all competed in the division last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189646-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season\nThe 2006\u201307 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season was the 9th consecutive season of the club in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n after its last relegation from La Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189646-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Overview\nReal Sporting finished the season in the thirteenth position, the worst position of the club ever since the 1961\u201362 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189646-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189646-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sporting de Gij\u00f3n season, Squad, From the youth squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189647-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sri Lankan cricket season\nThe 2006\u201307 Sri Lankan cricket season featured two Test series with Sri Lanka playing against South Africa and Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189647-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sri Lankan cricket season, Test series\nSri Lanka won both of the two Tests against South Africa:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189647-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sri Lankan cricket season, Test series\nSri Lanka convincingly won all three Tests against Bangladesh by innings margins:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189647-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sri Lankan cricket season, Test series\nIndia was due to play a series of 3 limited overs internationals in Sri Lanka but these were abandoned because of continuous heavy rain, although play did begin in the first scheduled fixture. The only game that India could complete was a 50-over match versus the Sri Lanka A team. India won this by 3 wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189648-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St Mirren F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Scottish football season, St. Mirren competed in the Scottish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189648-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St Mirren F.C. season, Season summary\nBack in the Scottish Premier League, St Mirren avoided relegation by four points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189648-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St Mirren F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189648-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St Mirren F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189649-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Brian Nash, who was in his second year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The Terrier's home games were played at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189649-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team\nNash's team finished at 9\u201322 overall and 7\u201311 in conference play for an 8th-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189650-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Norm Roberts in his third year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189651-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006\u201307 St. Lawrence Saints women's hockey team represented St. Lawrence University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Saints were coached by Paul Flanagan and play their home games at Appleton Arena. The Saints were a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and were unable to win the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season\nThe 2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season, its 40th in the league, saw the team attempting to improve on the 2005\u201306 season, in which it had finished with the worst record in the National Hockey League (21\u201346\u201315, 57 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season\nOne major offseason transaction saw the Blues sign Doug Weight back to the roster via free agency, after he had left the team at the trade deadline of the 2005\u201306 season and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season\nOne notable event of the season was the jersey retirement of Brett Hull's number 16 on December 5, 2006. In the ceremony, the Blues announced that a section of nearby Clark Avenue would be renamed Brett Hull Way. In front of a sellout crowd, the Blues then went on to lose a disappointing game 5\u20131 to the division rival Detroit Red Wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season\nThe team started the season very poorly, winning only seven of its first 30 games. A dramatic turn-around was made in mid-December, however, and over a 20-game span, the Blues went 13\u20133\u20134. By the end of January, St. Louis had pulled its record to near .500 and had climbed into third place in the Central Division standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, Final standings\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season, Playoffs\nThe Blues missed the playoffs for the second straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season, Transactions\nThe Blues have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189652-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 St. Louis Blues season, Draft picks\nSt. Louis' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Blues possessed the first overall pick in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189653-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stade Rennais F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is the 105th season in the existence of Stade Rennais F.C. and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Rennes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189654-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Standard Li\u00e8ge season\nStandard Li\u00e8ge did not manage to win a trophy in the 2006\u201307 season, falling short to Club Brugge in the domestic cup final, and finishing some way behind champions Anderlecht in the domestic league. The main disappointment was failing to qualify for either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Cup group stages, which saw Johan Boskamp being sacked already on 30 August. He was then replaced by legendary goalkeeper Michel Preud'homme for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189655-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represents Stanford University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal are led by third year head coach Trent Johnson, and play their home games at Maples Pavilion as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189655-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team, Previous Season\nThe Cardinal finished the 2005\u201306 season 16\u201314, 11\u20137 in Pac-10 play to finish tied for fourth place, losing the tie-breaker against Arizona (0-2 versus Arizona). They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament to the fourth seed Arizona 73-68. Stanford accepted an invitation to the 2006 NIT winning in the opening round game against Virginia, but would lose to Missouri State in the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Stoke City's 100th in the Football League, the 40th in the second tier and third in the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season\nWith the return of Peter Coates and Tony Pulis the objective was to now gain a long-awaited return to the top flight of English football. Pulis was not a popular choice of manager amongst Stoke supporters and that feeling failed to be improved after a poor start to the season. But Coates provided Pulis with funds to spend on Danny Higginbotham, Ricardo Fuller and several high-profile loan arrivals including Lee Hendrie, Liam Lawrence, Rory Delap, Salif Diao, Andy Griffin and Patrik Berger. Stoke marked a turn around in the direction of the club with a 4\u20130 win away at Leeds United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season\nFrom then on Stoke produced a number of impressive performances as the side began to climb up the table. Stoke went into the final month of the season looking to claim a play-off spot but despite beating the likes of Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion frustrating draws against Cardiff City and Hull City meant that Stoke needed to win their final match away at Queens Park Rangers to have a chance of finishing 6th. It was not to be as a 1\u20131 was the result and City missed out on the play-offs by two points but it was a very positive season for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nWith Peter Coates and Tony Pulis back at the Britannia Stadium the main objective was to challenge for a place in the Premier League. The first act Pulis was since returning as manager was to bring in French forward Vincent P\u00e9ricard from the club he just left Plymouth Argyle. Despite Pulis expecting big things from him, P\u00e9ricard failed to impress and is considered one of the worst players to play for the club by supporters. A more successful signing was that of Southampton defender Danny Higginbotham for \u00a3225,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nStoke lost their first match of the season away at newly promoted Southend United but won their first home match 2\u20130 against a Derby County side tipped to be promoted. But after a woefully boring draw at home to Plymouth, Pulis was booed by the Stoke supporters. On transfer deadline Stoke completed the signing of Jamaican striker Ricardo Fuller for a fee of \u00a3500,000 and he would go on to have an eventful six-year career with the club. Pulis again took stick from supporters after seeing their side throw away a two-goal lead at Barnsley. However, despite the poor start to the season Coates remained in full support of Pulis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nTo address the problem Stoke signed Aston Villa winger Lee Hendrie, Liverpool midfielder Salif Diao and Sunderland midfielder Rory Delap whilst Andy Griffin extended his loan deal. And in their first match away at crisis club Leeds United Stoke produced a fine display winning 4\u20130 which signalled a change in the direction of the club. Stoke won their next match against top of the table Sunderland but suffered a blow as Rory Delap broke his leg in two places. Stoke then beat Norwich City 5\u20130 and signed Sunderland winger Liam Lawrence. This combined with a five match winning run pushed Stoke up the table and after a 1\u20130 win against Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Steve Simonsen made history by keeping seven successive clean sheets. But Stoke were brought back down to Earth with a bump, losing 3\u20130 away at Colchester United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 884]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nIn the January transfer window, Stoke signed Lee Martin, Dominic Matteo, Gabriel Zakuani and Jonathan Fortune whilst captain Michael Duberry left for Reading leaving Higginbotham to take over as club captain. Stoke then went through a tough run of form winning just two from ten until the end of March before beating Leicester City to get their promotion push back on track. Stoke then beat West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace before frustrating draws against Cardiff City and Hull City prevented Stoke closing the gap on 6th place Southampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League\nStoke won their penultimate match of the season 3\u20131 against Colchester United to set up a decisive encounter away at Queens Park Rangers. However Stoke produced a disappointing performance and could only draw 1\u20131 meaning that they missed out on a play-off place by two points. Despite failing to reach the play-offs the feeling was greatly improved around the club for quite a while and there were high hopes Stoke could go one better in 2007\u201308 and finally gain promotion back to the top tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup\nStoke kept up their poor showing in the first round of the League Cup this time in a truly woeful defeat against League Two Darlington. Stoke, at home, took the lead through Vincent P\u00e9ricard after half an hour before Darlington were reduced to ten men. With a man advantage against poor opposition the expectation was to see out a routine win but Darlington scored twice without replay leaving Stoke and manager Pulis embarrassed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189656-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup\nTwo late goals saw Stoke see off League One Millwall in the third round to set up an away match against Fulham but Stoke were easily beaten 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 112th full season in Sunderland A.F.C. 's history and their 106th in the league system of English football. After recording a record low total of 15 points in the 2005\u201306 season, Sunderland finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Background\nSunderland began the 2005\u201306 season with Mick McCarthy as manager, having been promoted as champions the previous season. Before the start of the season, McCarthy recruited Daryl Murphy, Nyron Nosworthy, Jonathan Stead, Kelvin Davis, Tommy Miller, Martin Woods, Alan Stubbs, Joe Murphy and Andy Gray. Their first match back in the Premier League came against Charlton Athletic where they were beaten 3\u20131. Sunderland's first victory of the season came in the Tees-Wear derby, when goals from Tommy Miller and Julio Arca saw them to a 2\u20130 victory. After this win, they had to wait until January to record their next victory when they beat West Bromwich Albion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Background\nOn 6 March 2006, McCarthy was sacked, and former player Kevin Ball was brought in for the final ten games of the season. In a match against Fulham heavy snow forced the game to be abandoned while Sunderland were 1\u20130 down. The rearranged fixture was won by Sunderland, as they narrowly avoided being the only Premier League club to not win a home game. They finished the season with 15 points, which was a record low until Derby County broke it with 11 points in the 2007\u201308 season. This also broke their own record low number of points, beating the 19 points they achieved in 2002\u201303.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nMuch of the summer had involved rumours of a takeover deal between former player Niall Quinn and a consortium consisting mainly of Irish businessmen. Talks were confirmed between Quinn and the club on 28 April, and a takeover fee of \u00a310,000,000 was later agreed. Just days before the takeover was complete, Quinn himself was appointed manager, with the start of the Championship looming. Quinn and the Drumaville Consortium completed the \u00a310,000,000 takeover for 72.59% of the club's shares on 27 July. The pre-season transfer activity started with five signings for Sunderland and three players being transferred to other clubs. They recruited experienced players Kenny Cunningham, Darren Ward and Robbie Elliott for free transfers. Trevor Carson and Peter Hartley were promoted through the club's youth system. Sunderland allowed Kelvin Davis to join Southampton for \u00a31,250,000, and former fan favourite Julio Arca left to join rivals Middlesbrough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 1004]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, Pre-season\nAs Kevin Ball returned into his coaching role at the club, Kevin Richardson took charge of pre-season affairs. Their first pre-season match was against non-league Forest Green Rovers, which Sunderland won 3\u20130 with goals from Liam Lawrence, Daryl Murphy and Dean Whitehead. This was followed up by a 2\u20130 win against Rotherham United; Daryl Murphy and Jonathan Stead were the scorers. Murphy continued his pre-season scoring streak with a goal against Irish outfit Shelbourne; Rory Delap scored the other goal in a 2\u20130 victory. Sunderland finished their pre-season schedule with a 3\u20130 win over Carlisle United. Jonathan Stead, Liam Lawrence and Grant Leadbitter were the scorers, giving Sunderland an unbeaten pre-season record scoring ten goals, and not conceding any goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, August\nSunderland's season started against Coventry City on 6 August 2006. They had taken the lead with a goal from Daryl Murphy, but ended up losing the match 2\u20131. On 8 August, Sunderland signed Clive Clarke from West Ham United for \u00a3400,000. Captain George McCartney went the opposite way for \u00a31,000,000 after eight seasons at Sunderland. Sunderland's next game was against Birmingham City on 9 August; they lost the game 1\u20130. They further bolstered their squad with the signing of Barcelona B player Arnau Riera for a free transfer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, August\nSunderland continued their poor start to the season with a defeat against Plymouth Argyle on 12 August. They initially led the match after a Daryl Murphy goal, but finished up 3\u20132 losers; Stephen Elliott was the other scorer for Sunderland. They recorded their fourth defeat in as many games against Southend United on 19 August, being beaten 3\u20131. Jonathan Stead grabbed a consolation goal late on, but Sunderland went to the bottom of the league. On 22 August Sunderland began their League Cup campaign against Bury who were bottom of the Football League; they were beaten 2\u20130. Arnau Riera was sent off after making his first start for the club. Quinn secured the signings of William Mocquet from Le Havre for an undisclosed fee, and Tobias Hys\u00e9n from Djurg\u00e5rden for \u00a31,700,000. He also allowed Kevin Kyle to join Coventry City for \u00a3600,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 891]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, August\nWith prospective manager Roy Keane watching in the crowd, Sunderland and Quinn achieved their first victories of the season. They beat West Bromwich Albion 2\u20130 on 28 August with goals from Dean Whitehead and Neill Collins. Keane was appointed Sunderland manager on the same day, signing a three-year contract, with Tony Loughlan as assistant manager. On the transfer window deadline day, Keane secured the signings of Dwight Yorke from Sydney, Ross Wallace and Stanislav Varga from Celtic for a combined fee of \u00a31,100,000. He also brought in Liam Miller from Manchester United, Graham Kavanagh and David Connolly who both joined from Wigan Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, September\nWith a strengthened squad, Keane achieved his first win as a manager over Derby County on 9 September, when Chris Brown and debutant Ross Wallace scored. Sunderland continued their successful start under the new manager with a 3\u20130 win over Leeds United on 13 September. The goals came from new recruits Graham Kavanagh and Liam Miller while Stephen Elliott grabbed the other goal. Their next opponents were Leicester City on 16 September. This game was Keane's first at home, and Tobias Hys\u00e9n scored a goal to make sure they remained unbeaten under him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, September\nSunderland experienced their first defeat under the new manager against Ipswich Town on 23 September. They originally took the lead through a Jason de Vos own goal, but were eventually beaten 3\u20131. They returned to winning ways the next match on 30 September, as a Grant Leadbitter strike lead them to a 1\u20130 win against Sheffield Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, October\nDuring the break for international games, Sunderland allowed Rory Delap and Jonathan Stead to join Stoke City and Derby County respectively on loan deals. They played their next match against Preston North End on 14 October, where they were beaten 4\u20131; Stanislav Varga scored the only Sunderland goal. They then met Stoke City on 17 October where they were beaten 2\u20131 despite having taken the lead through a Dwight Yorke goal. Delap, who was making his debut after recently joining Stoke on loan from Sunderland, suffered a broken leg after a tackle from Robbie Elliott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189657-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Review, October\nSunderland themselves dipped into the loan market, signing left back Lewin Nyatanga from Derby County until January. They played Barnsley on 21 October, and goals from Dean Whitehead and Chris Brown earned them a 2\u20130 win. Sunderland achieved back-to-back wins when they beat Hull City 1\u20130 on 28 October. Ross Wallace scored a last minute goal but was sent off after removing his shirt in celebration. Sunderland played Cardiff City next on 31 October, and were beaten 2\u20131. Manager Keane said \"We were very, very poor. We lost it everywhere\u00a0\u2013 the goal we gave away, our passing, our tackling, our movement; everything really was poor.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour was the seventh season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000. It marked the last year of a seasonal calendar. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour\nIn 2005\u201306 there had been 21 tournaments. Of those, two tournaments were last held in 2005, but there were eight tournaments added for the 2006\u201307 schedule bringing the total up to 27. The tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 24 of the 27 tournaments being held in the country. One event each was held in Swaziland, Zambia and Namibia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour\nThe new tournaments were the Stanbic Zambia Open, which returned after a hiatus in 2005, two South African Airways Pro-Am Invitational tournaments, the Sun Coast Classic, the Eskom Power Cup, the Coca-Cola Charity Championship, the first sanctioned year of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, and the Joburg Open which was co-sanctioned by the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour\nThe Order of Merit was won for the third straight time by Charl Schwartzel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows schedule of events for the 2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the \"Summer Swing\" and \"Winter Swing\". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with three events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nWith the switch to a calendar-based schedule in 2007, the last five events of the 2006\u201307 season were also considered part of the 2007 schedule, and counted towards the final standings of both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nPrize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189658-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sunshine Tour, Order of Merit\nErnie Els was the highest money winner (with R1,734,659.33) but did not qualify for the Order of Merit, having only played in three events. \u00c1lvaro Quir\u00f3s was second in the money list (with R1,497,033.00) thanks to his victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship, but as a non-tour member and having not entered sufficient events, he was also ineligible for the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189659-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Super League Greece\nThe 2006\u201307 Super League Greece was the 71st season of the highest football league of Greece and the inaugural under the name Super League. The season began on 19 August 2006 and ended on 13 May 2007. Olympiacos clinched the title on 22 April with their victory over Kerkyra, for their third straight title and 10th in the last 11 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189659-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Super League Greece\nFor the next season, Ionikos, Kerkyra and Egaleo have been relegated to B' Ethniki given that they have finished in the lowest three spots of the table. Asteras Tripolis, Levadiakos and Veria was promoted from B' Ethniki for 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189660-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Superliga Femenina\nThe 2006\u201307 Superliga season will be the 19th since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189661-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sussex County Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Sussex County Football League season was the 82nd in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189661-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sussex County Football League, Division One\nDivision One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189661-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sussex County Football League, Division One\nAlso, Rye & Iden United changed name to Rye United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189661-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sussex County Football League, Division Two\nDivision Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189661-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sussex County Football League, Division Three\nDivision Three featured ten clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189662-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swansea City A.F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Swansea City Football Club competed in Football League One where they finished in 7th position with 72 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189663-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swedish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2006\u201307 Swedish Figure Skating Championships were held in Bor\u00e5s from December 6 through 10, 2006. Because they were held in December, they were officially designated by the Swedish federation as the 2006 Swedish Championships, but the champions are the 2007 Swedish Champions. Senior-level (Olympic-level), junior-level, and two age-group levels of novice (Riksm\u00e4sterskap (RM) and UngdomsSM (USM)) level skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. This event was used to help choose the Swedish teams for the 2007 World Championships, the 2007 European Championships, and the 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189663-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swedish Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men\nGuest skater Michael Chrolenko of Norway placed 3rd with a score of 127.72. Because he was a guest skater, his result is not listed on the tables below. Justus Strid, who placed fourth on the day, is the bronze medalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189664-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swindon Town F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Swindon Town's first season in the League Two since the 1980s. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town will also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189665-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swiss Challenge League\nThe 2006\u201307 Swiss Challenge League was the 4th edition of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of football in Switzerland. Neuch\u00e2tel Xamax were promoted to the Swiss Super League, while Baulmes and YF Juventus were relegated to the Swiss 1. Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189666-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swiss Super League\nThe 2006\u201307 Swiss Super League was the 110th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 19 July 2006 and has ended on 24 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189666-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swiss Super League, Results\nTeams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189666-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swiss Super League, Relegation play-offs\nFC Aarau as 9th-placed team of the Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189666-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Swiss Super League, Relegation play-offs\nAarau won 5\u20132 on aggregate and retain their place in the Swiss Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is Sydney FC's second season of soccer in Australia. Sydney FC contested in the 2006\u201307 A-League, and after winning the inaugural A-League Championship in 2005\u201306, competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League as one of Australia's two representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Preseason\nAfter winning the A-League Championship in his first season with the club, head coach Pierre Littbarski signalled his intentions to remain with Sydney FC for the following season in April, whilst the club indicated that an \"in-principle agreement\" with Littbarski had been finalised. In May 2006 however, it was revealed that Littbarski would not accept an estimated A$250,000 pay cut to his original contract and thus decided to leave Sydney FC. Two months later, Sydney announced that they had agreed to terms with Motherwell F.C. manager and former England international Terry Butcher, who would sign a two-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Preseason\nDuring the off-season, Sydney released Andrew Packer from the final year of his contract for him to return to his home state to play for Queensland Roar, whilst signing Alex Brosque (Queensland \u2013 3 years) and Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand \u2013 2 years). 19-year-old Ruben Zadkovich, who was signed as short-term cover for Ufuk Talay late in the 2005\u201306 season, also upgraded to a two-year full-time contract with Sydney. Matthew Bingley was released from the squad due to salary cap restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Preseason Challenge Cup, Group stage\nThe group stage of the A-League pre-season cup saw Sydney drawn with Queensland Roar FC, Newcastle United Jets and the New Zealand Knights, whilst in the \"bonus round\" they would face Perth Glory. Sydney decided to host their two \"home\" matches during the group stage in Canberra (vs Newcastle) and Wollongong (vs Perth), as well as a match in Campbelltown in the final rounds of the competition. Sydney's first match for 2006\u201307 was against Queensland, and featured the debut of former Queensland player Alex Brosque, as well as Nikolai Topor-Stanley, a short-term signing to cover injury to defender Jacob Timpano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Preseason Challenge Cup, Group stage\nBrosque scored the winning goal for Sydney against his old club with three minutes remaining. Sydney went to the top of the group with a 2\u20131 win over Newcastle, Topor-Stanley scoring just three minutes into his debut starting appearance, and the Jets' only goal coming from Sydney player Terry McFlynn. A scoreless draw away to New Zealand sealed Sydney's place in the semi-finals, with the \"bonus round\" against Perth Glory still to play. Sydney won the match 3\u20130, picking up two bonus points and easily finishing on top of Group B with 12 points to each other teams' three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 70], "content_span": [71, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Preseason Challenge Cup, Knockout stages\nSydney were drawn against Adelaide United, 2nd-placed finishers in group A, in their semi-final, which was held in Wollongong. Adelaide scored first through Travis Dodd, but a goal from David Carney two minutes before half-time levelled the scores. A red card to Alvin Ceccoli for \"foul and abusive language\" towards referee Mark Shield after the end of the first half left the hosts with ten men for the remainder, and although Sydney managed to create several chances, Adelaide ultimately came out on top with a goal to Kristian Rees in the final minute of the match. The result left Sydney to play-off with Newcastle for third place in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Preseason Challenge Cup, Knockout stages\nThe 3rd-place playoff was contested in Campbelltown in south-western Sydney. Injuries and representative duties for several of Sydney's regular players handed Terry Butcher the opportunity to give game time to backup goalkeeper Justin Pasfield, as well as trial uncontracted players such as Nikolas Tsattalios, Jason Naidovski and Steven Bozinovski. Goals to Sasho Petrovski and Mark Rudan saw Sydney win the match 2\u20130 and take third place in the Pre-Season Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 74], "content_span": [75, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nSydney FC's 2006\u201307 A-League season campaign began with a rematch against their 2005\u201306 Grand Final opponents, the Central Coast Mariners. Over 19,000 people turned out to see an Iain Fyfe goal seal the contest for Sydney, while goalkeeper kept a clean sheet with two especially excellent saves keeping Sydney in the match. Sydney's following match was the first played at Melbourne's Telstra Dome \u2013 a decision made because Melbourne's regular home ground of Olympic Park was unavailable, but allowed an A-League record attendance of almost 40,000 to see the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nAfter just 13\u00a0minutes, Sydney were behind 2\u20130 to Melbourne, with captain Mark Rudan having been sent off for retaliation. Coach Terry Butcher praised the \"spirit\" of the Sydney team as they outscored Melbourne for the remainder of the match, but Sydney could not level the scores as Melbourne took the match 3\u20132. Two days before the Melbourne match it was confirmed that Sydney FC's marquee player Dwight Yorke would be leaving the club for English Championship team Sunderland for a reported \u00a3200,000 transfer fee. Whilst Yorke still had one season remaining on his original contract with Sydney, the club were not committed to extending his contract and could not compete with the salary rise offered by Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nWith two draws and a win in their following three matches leaving them sitting in third position after five rounds, Sydney welcomed the arrival of Italian Benito Carbone for a four-match \"guest stint\". The 35-year-old had an instant impact, setting up goals for Ruben Zadkovich and Sasho Petrovski before scoring one of his own as Sydney ran away 4\u20131 winners over rivals Adelaide at Hindmarsh Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nThe performance had Carbone touted as a possible marquee replacement for Dwight Yorke, but a management re-shuffle, which saw chairman Walter Bugno replaced by Edmund Capon and CEO Tim Parker by George Perry, forced Sydney to focus on financial stability in their second season and eventually led to the loss of Carbone. Carbone's final appearance for Sydney, in an away match against the Central Coast, was the first in a string of four consecutive matches in which Sydney scored an early goal but failed to win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0007-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nThe run coincided with a large injury list for Sydney, travelling to Newcastle with a squad of just 13 players despite the return of Matthew Bingley on a short-term contract. The return of David Carney, however, saw a 4\u20130 win over the New Zealand Knights, which sparked a streak of six matches in which Sydney conceded just one goal. This gave Sydney a run of eight matches undefeated heading into the Christmas break, where they sat second on the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nSydney began the 2007 year well, with a 2\u20130 away win over the Newcastle Jets on New Year's Day. The result ensured that Sydney retained second position and their one-point margin over Adelaide United on the table despite the deduction of three points due to salary cap breaches. In the following match, against New Zealand, Sydney's run of 542\u00a0minutes without conceding a goal came to an end, as did their nine-match unbeaten streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season\nA 1\u20130 loss to Adelaide in the penultimate round dropped Sydney to third position, and following Newcastle's 4\u20130 win over Melbourne in the first match of the final round, left Sydney needing to secure at least a point against Queensland Roar in order to finish in the top four. They did so, earning a 1\u20131 draw and thus scraping into the finals on goal difference ahead of Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season, Salary cap breaches\nIt was revealed in late 2004, shortly after the launch of the A-League, that the competition's salary cap rules included unrestricted concessions for \"service agreements\" \u2013 off-field earnings from sponsors to players in return for additional services. Then-chairman Walter Bugno confirmed that Sydney would be including service agreements in players' contracts, but denied that Sydney had contravened any rules regarding salaries whilst speculation mounted that Sydney had already exceeded the salary cap and the FFA announced a zero tolerance policy for breaches in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season, Salary cap breaches\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, the FFA announced that Sydney had been found guilty of salary cap breaches regarding the 2005\u201306 season. Although the FFA would not divulge the nature of the breach, Sydney CEO Tim Parker attributed it to Sydney's unexpectedly heavy schedule which saw them play in the 2005 Oceania Club Championship, 2005 FIFA Club World Championship and the A-League finals series \u2013 preventing players from completing the additional services for which they were paid. Sydney were fined $89,000 and penalised one competition point, but the fine was reduced to $44,000 and the point penalty suspended due to the Sydney FC administration's co-operation with FFA investigations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season, Salary cap breaches\nOne month after the initial penalty, in September 2006, it was announced that the FFA would again be investigating alleged discrepancies regarding the contract of a Sydney FC player. The investigation concluded that Sydney had committed multiple breaches of the player contracting regulations: \"an undisclosed payment made to a player, pre-payments from the club to players and payments made by the club to agents of the players\", all of which should have been, but were not included in Sydney's declaration of player payments for 2005\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Regular season, Salary cap breaches\nFFA Management assessed that the severity of the breaches warranted a $259,000 fine for Sydney as well as a penalty of three competition points, but this was again reduced in consideration of Sydney's co-operation with the investigation. Sydney's final penalty was a $129,000 fine along with the deduction of three competition points (including the activation of the one point suspended penalty from the earlier breach), with a suspended automatic one point penalty should Sydney be found to be in breach of contracting regulations in 2006\u201307 or 2007\u201308. Sydney \"reluctantly accepted\" the decision and elected not to appeal the penalty, which left them still in second position with three premiership rounds remaining, but their gap back to Adelaide United was reduced to a single point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Postseason\nFollowing the completion of the A-League season, Terry Butcher resigned as Sydney FC coach. He was replaced by Branko Culina, who was appointed as interim coach for the club's AFC Champions League campaign on 13 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Postseason, Friendly matches\nAs part of Sydney's ACL campaign, a number of friendly matches were arranged against local clubs, and a match against the Malaysian national team. These matches were generally a part of preparations for upcoming ACL matches (as Australian clubs are not playing as regularly as other Asian domestic leagues) and also to build connections with the NSW football community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Postseason, Asian Champions League\nAs 2005\u201306 Champions, Sydney qualified for the 2007 AFC Champions League as one of the two teams representing Australia along with 2005\u201306 League Premiers, Adelaide United. The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December 2006. Sydney were placed into Group E along with J.League 2006 Champions Urawa Reds, Chinese Super League 2006 Runners-up Shanghai Shenhua and Liga Indonesia 2005\u201306 Champions Persik Kediri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Review, Postseason, Asian Champions League\nGroup matches were played from March to May 2007, each team playing each other at home and away. Sydney made an impressive start, defeating Shanghai away and holding Urawa to a draw at Aussie Stadium. A shock loss to Persik in Indonesia was followed up by a 3\u20130 win in Sydney two weeks later, but disappointing scoreless draws in the final two matches against Shanghai and Urawa meant Sydney finished second in their group and Urawa progressed to the next stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Team kit\nSydney retained playing strip from the previous season, supplied by Reebok, and shirt sponsorship with Healthe continued. The home and away strips were modified for the club's Asian Champions League campaign in early 2007, adding a gold trim for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189667-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Sydney FC season, Competitions, A-League, Finals series\nHaving finished fourth overall, Sydney are played third-placed Newcastle United Jets in a two-legged sudden-death match for the chance to progress to the preliminary final. Despite winning the first leg 2\u20131, Sydney lost the return game 2\u20130, losing 3\u20132 on aggregate and being eliminated from the finals series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University. The head coach was Jim Boeheim, serving for his 31st year. The team played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The team finished with a 24\u201311 (10\u20136) record, while making it to the quarterfinal round of the NIT tournament. The team was led by its three seniors, Demetris Nichols, Darryl Watkins and Terrence Roberts. Also seeing time in the starting lineup was senior Matt Gorman, junior Josh Wright, sophomores Eric Devendorf and Andy Rautins and freshman Paul Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team\nDue to NCAA sanctions for use of ineligible players, 22 wins from this season have been vacated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nSyracuse began its 2006\u201307 season looking for leadership after the graduation of four-year starter Gerry McNamara. Even without McNamara, the Orange had experience across the front line including seniors Demetris Nichols, Darryl Watkins and Terrence Roberts, while junior Josh Wright and sophomore Eric Devendorf rounded out the lineup. Other key players off the bench included sharp-shooting Andy Rautins, highly touted freshman Paul Harris, Mike Jones, Arinze Onuaku and senior Matt Gorman, the only holdover from the 2003 National Championship team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nBefore the season even started, the Orange was hit with the injury bug, as Onuaku had season ending knee surgery. The Orange started ranked No. 17 in the AP Top 25 Poll, and won their first seven games, although they struggled through the early part of their schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nInjuries struck once again, as Watkins broke his nose against UTEP, and Roberts hurt his knee versus Drexel. Meanwhile, Devendorf missed time because of the death of a friend from his hometown in Michigan. This played into their early season struggles, as Syracuse lost three games to Oklahoma State, Wichita State and Drexel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nDevendorf was replaced in the lineup by Rautins, and while Harris showed flashes of his talent on defense and rebounding, he struggled with his shot and saw his playing time decrease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nSyracuse started its Big East schedule with a loss to Pittsburgh, but wins at Marquette and versus Villanova and a narrow escape against Cincinnati. The win against the Bearcats would prove to be the calm before the storm, as Syracuse then lost to St. Johns, blew a 14-point lead at Louisville, and gave up 103 points in a loss to Notre Dame in the Carrier Dome. Seemingly a lock for the NCAA Tournament at the beginning of the season, the Orange was now a bubble-team. After winning against DePaul and then losing at Connecticut, Nichols scored a career-high 37 points in a two-point win against St. Johns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nWith the team's record at 16\u20138 overall and 5\u20135 in the Big East conference, Boeheim made several adjustments in the Syracuse lineup. He sent the struggling Wright to the bench and moved Devendorf to the starting point guard position and Rautins to shooting guard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nThe move paid dividends, as Rautins went on a shooting tear and helped the Orange to win five of their remaining six regular season games. One of those wins was against No. 10 Georgetown at the Carrier Dome, which many assumed stamped Syracuse's ticket to the NCAA Tournament. At season's end, Syracuse posted a 21\u20138 record and 10\u20136 in Big East play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nIn the Big East Tournament, Syracuse seemed to put the cherry on the top of their NCAA bid, beating Connecticut soundly in the first round before getting knocked out by Notre Dame in the second round. However, on Selection Sunday, Syracuse fans were stunned when the Orange was not selected to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nIt was the first time that a team with 10 wins in the Big East Conference was not invited to the NCAA tournament. Selection Committee Chairman Gary Walters said some of the factors in not inviting Syracuse included playing an uneven in-conference schedule, and having a weak non-conference schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nSyracuse headed to the National Invitation Tournament for the first time since the 2001\u201302 season. It defeated South Alabama and San Diego State before losing to Clemson in the quarterfinals of the NIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189668-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Season recap\nAt season's end, Nichols was selected as a First Team All Big East performer, while Devendorf received All Big East Honorable Mention. Harris was named to the Big East All Rookie team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189669-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S\u00fcper Lig\nThe 2006\u201307 S\u00fcper Lig was the 49th edition of the top-flight professional football league in Turkey. The season began on 4 August 2006 with a match between Ankaraspor and Galatasaray, resulting in a 1\u20131 draw. Fenerbah\u00e7e became champions after drawing Trabzonspor 2\u20132, while Be\u015fikta\u015f lost 3\u20130 to Bursaspor and Galatasaray drew 1\u20131 with Sivasspor. Kayseri Erciyesspor gained qualification to the UEFA Cup because of Be\u015fikta\u015f' qualification to the UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189669-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S\u00fcper Lig\nSince Turkey dropped from 11th to 15th place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2005\u201306 season, the cup winner (or the third-placed team if the domestic cup winner already qualified for UEFA Champions League) will not directly be entered into the first round of the UEFA Cup, but would begin in the second qualification round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189669-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S\u00fcper Lig, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams promoted from the TFF First League in 2005-06 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189669-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 S\u00fcper Lig, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams relegated to the TFF First League in 2005-06 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189670-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TBHSL season\nThe 2006\u201307 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League season was the 15th season of the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League, the top level of ice hockey in Turkey. Eight teams participated in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189671-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF First League\nThe 2006\u201307 T\u00fcrk Telekom League A is the sixth edition of the T\u00fcrk Telekom League A. Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi OFTA\u015e became champions in Round 33 after a 2\u20130 win over Kocaelispor. Istanbul B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor also promoted to Turkcell Super League after a 2-0 win over \u0130stanbulspor in Round 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189671-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF First League, Promotion Play-Offs\nPromotion Play-Offs were organized in 19 May\u0131s Stadium in Ankara between May 27 and May 30", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189671-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF First League, Promotion Play-Offs\nAltay-Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa: 3-3 (Normal time was 2-2. Kas\u0131mpa\u015fa won by penalty shoot as 5-4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189671-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF First League, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams promoted from the Iddaa League B in 2005-2006 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189671-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF First League, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams relegated from the Turkcell Super League in 2005-2006 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189671-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF First League, Teams promoted/relegated\nThe teams relegated to the Iddaa League B in 2005-2006 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189672-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Second League\nIddaa League B 2006\u201307 is the 2006-2007 season of Iddaa League B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189673-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Third League\nThe 2006\u201307 TFF Third League is the 2006\u201307 season of Turkish Third League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189673-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Third League, Standings, Group 2\nNote: In this group, 1 team is relegated to Amateur leagues due to D\u00c7. Divri\u011fispor had accident while going to G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fhanespor away match and some players were injured in Round 21, so that their matched were awarded 3-0 for their rivals and D\u00c7. Divri\u011fispor remained to Fourth Level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189673-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Third League, Standings, Group 4\nFirst two teams of each group directly promoted to Iddaa League B. 3rd and 4th teams of each group played Promotion Play-Off matches. Last two teams of each group, except D\u00c7. Divri\u011fispor, relegated to Amateur leagues. L\u00fcleburgazspor, Bing\u00f6l Belediyespor, Tav\u015fanl\u0131 Linyitspor, Kocaeli K\u00f6rfez Belediyespor, Torbal\u0131 Belediyespor, Konya \u015eekerspor, Bafra Belediyespor (Bafraspor's new name since 1999) and Malatya Belediyespor promoted to Third League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189673-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Third League, Standings, Group 4\nG\u00f6lc\u00fckspor - Mersin B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor: 1-1 (Penalty: 4-2, Total: 5-3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189673-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Third League, Standings, Group 4\nDe\u011firmenderespor and Alibeyk\u00f6yspor also promoted to Third Level or Iddaa League B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189673-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 TFF Third League, Standings, Group 4\nNote: Referee of G\u00f6lc\u00fckspor - Mersin B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor match declared winner as G\u00f6lc\u00fckspor without shooting 4th penaltykick of G\u00f6lc\u00fckspor, penalty score was 3-2 on May 8. TFF declared continuing penalty kicks from remained place on May 10 due to Mersin B\u015eB's objection. However Mersin B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor didn't field on May 10, so that G\u00f6lc\u00fckspor is declared win-ner of the match by TFF. However, after Mersin B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir Belediyespor's objection, TFF insisted its decision on May 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189674-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections\nBy-elections to two state assembly constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu, India, in two separate phases. Election for Madurai Central was held on 11 October 2006 and for Madurai West was held on 26 June 2007. The election results were not expected to change the prospects of the party in power, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and its Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189674-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections\nBoth phases of this by-election resulted in a big victory for DMK and Indian National Congress, who were part of the Democratic Progressive Alliance. Even though in 2006 assembly elections, AIADMK and its allies got more votes than DPA, when all the constituencies in Madurai are taken into account, the victory in both Madurai constituencies shows the increase in support by the people of Madurai for the DMK government and its policies since 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189674-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections, Results by alliance\nThese results reflect alliances that were present after the second by-election in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 73], "content_span": [74, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189674-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections, First by-election\nThis election was necessitated due to the death of P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan of the DMK, who was a Minister in the current DMK government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 71], "content_span": [72, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189674-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections, Second by-election\nThe election was necessitated by the death of AIADMK MLA, S.V. Shanmugam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nThe 2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning hoped to rebound from their disappointing first round exit in 2005\u201306. After head coach John Tortorella ripped his goaltenders during the 2006 playoffs, the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season\nTwo Lightning players represented the Eastern Conference at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas: Martin St. Louis scored a goal in the game, while Vincent Lecavalier recorded an assist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Playoffs\nThe Tampa Bay Lightning ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Awards and records, Milestones\nVincent Lecavalier reached 50 goals in a single season and becomes the highest, single-season goal scorer in Lightning history, surpassing Brian Bradley's previous record of 42 goals in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Transactions\nThe Lightning were involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Draft picks\nTampa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Farm teams, Springfield Falcons\nThe Falcons are the Lightning's top affiliate in the American Hockey League for the third year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189675-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Farm teams, Johnstown Chiefs\nThe Chiefs are Tampa Bay's ECHL affiliate for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nThe 2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal was the 67th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal began on 3 September 2006. The final was played on 27 May 2007 at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal\nPorto were the previous holders, having defeated Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal 1\u20130 in the previous season's final. Porto was not able to regain their title as they were defeated by Atl\u00e9tico CP in the fourth round. Sporting CP defeated Belenenses 1\u20130 in the final to win their 14th Ta\u00e7a de Portugal. By winning the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Sporting CP qualified for the 2007 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, First round\nFor the first round draw, teams were drawn against each other in accordance to their geographical location. The draw was split up into four sections: teams from the north, the center, the south and the Azores region. The draw for the first round took place on 8 August. All first round cup ties were played on 3 September. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, 1\u00ba de Dezembro, Canedo, Cartaxo, Lajense, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Penamacorense and Uni\u00e3o da Serra progressed to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, First round\nVasco da Gama AC were scheduled to play Casa Pia, but forfeited their match due to the club folding at the beginning of the 2006\u201307 season. The first round of the cup saw teams from the Terceira Divis\u00e3o (IV) start the competition alongside some teams who registered to participate in the cup from the Portuguese District Leagues (V).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Second round\nThe draw for the second round took place on 11 September. All second round ties were played on 24 September. Due to the odd number of teams at this stage of the competition, Avanca, Bougadense, Imortal, Louletano, Maria da Fonte, Mar\u00edtimo Graciosa, Oliveira do Bairro, Pa\u00e7os de Brand\u00e3o, Paredes and Tourizense progressed to the next round. The second round saw teams from the Portuguese Second Division (III) enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Third round\nThe draw for the third round took place on 30 October. The majority of the third round ties were played on 11 November. Due to the odd number of teams in the competition, Casa Pia progressed to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition. The third round saw teams from the Liga de Honra (II) enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Fourth round\nThe draw for the fourth round took place on 28 November. Sporting CP's cup tie against Uni\u00e3o da Madeira was played on 21 December, whilst Benfica's tie against Oliveira do Bairro was played on 6 January. The remainder of the ties were played on 7 January. Due to the odd number of teams in the competition, Rio Ave progressed to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition. The fourth round saw teams from the Primeira Liga (I) enter the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Fifth round\nThe draw for the fourth round took place on 9 January. All of the cup ties were played on 21 January. Due to the odd number of participants in the competition, Bragan\u00e7a progressed to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Sixth round\nTies were played on 10 February. Due to the odd number of participants involved in the 2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Braga qualified for the quarter finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Quarter-finals\nThree of the cup ties were played on 28 February, whilst Braga's game against Varzim was played on 25 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189676-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, Semi-finals\nTies were played on 18\u201319 April. All four semi-finalists were from the Primeira Liga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189677-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Temple Owls men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first year head coach Fran Dunphy and played their home games at the Liacouras Center. The Owls are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 12\u201318 and 6\u201310 in A-10 play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189678-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee. The head coach was Pat Summitt. The team played its home games in the Thompson-Boling Arena and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. The Lady Vols won their seventh national championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189679-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Terceira Divis\u00e3o\nThe 2006\u201307 Terceira Divis\u00e3o season was the 57th season of the competition and the 17th season of recognised fourth-tier football in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189679-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Terceira Divis\u00e3o, Overview\nThe league was contested by 104 teams in 7 divisions of 10 to 16 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189680-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2006\u201307 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n was the fourth tier of the football pyramid in Spain. Play started in August 2006 and ended in May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189681-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Billy Gillispie, who afterward left the Aggies to coach at the University of Kentucky. The Aggies finished 27\u20137 (13\u20133 in the Big 12), achieved the highest national ranking in school history to that point, and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. This season was Acie Law IV's senior season, after which he would become the highest draft pick in A&M history at number 11 to the Atlanta Hawks. The Aggies also won the inaugural Shelby Metcalf Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189682-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented The University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball competition as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The 2006\u201307 team posted a 25\u201310 record, finished in third place in the Big 12, and reached the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Forward Kevin Durant received unanimous recognition as the National Player of the Year in 2007 as a true freshman; Durant was the first freshman ever to win any of the national player of the year awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189683-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bob Knight, his 6th year with the team. The Red Raiders played their home games in the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season\nThe 2006\u201307 Top 14 competition was the 108th French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) and the 2nd using the name Top 14. Biarritz were out to defend their crown, after their defeat of Toulouse in the 2005-06 Top 14 final. New teams to the league included Albi and Montauban who were promoted from 2004\u201305 Pro D2, replacing relegated sides Toulon and Pau. During the season attendance records in the league were once again broken with 79,741 attending the Round 19 clash between Stade Fran\u00e7ais and Toulouse at the Stade de France, and over 2 million supporters attended games across the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season\nIn the league Stade Fran\u00e7ais jumped out to an early lead, winning their first nine matches. Although they faded somewhat as the season went on, they held on to top the regular-season ladder. Toulouse and Clermont each entered the final week with a chance to top the ladder, but Stade Fran\u00e7ais' win over Agen (without a bonus point) made it impossible for Clermont to overtake them, while Toulouse failed to secure the bonus point in their win over Bourgoin that would have made it possible for them to pip the Parisians for the top seed. The last playoff berth came down to the last round between Biarritz and Perpignan, with Biarritz securing fourth place in style with a bonus-point win over Castres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season\nThe final Heineken Cup berth came down to the last round as well, with Bourgoin holding off the challenge of Top 14 newcomers Montauban. The relegation battle came down to the last week. Narbone had been assured of the drop after Round 25, while any of six other clubs were in mathematical danger of the drop going into the final week. In the end, Agen, who were next-to-last entering the final week, were consigned to the drop by league leaders Stade Fran\u00e7ais. Both clubs would be relegated to the 2007\u201308 Pro D2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season\nThe play-offs saw Stade Fran\u00e7ais and Clermont win their respective semi-finals to qualify for the final. In the end it was Stade Fran\u00e7ais who lifted the Bouclier de Brennus as Top 14 champions for the 13th time in the club's history, beating Clermont 23-18 at the Stade de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season, Table\nBlue background Fifth to sixth also qualify for the 2007\u201308 Heineken Cup. {ink background Bottom two places are relegated to the 2007\u201308 Rugby Pro D2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season, Table\nThe seventh-place team would have received a Heineken Cup place if a French club had advanced farther in that season's Heineken Cup than any club from England or Italy. However, the quarterfinal losses of Biarritz and Stade Fran\u00e7ais, the last two remaining French sides in the 2006-07 Heineken Cup, to English sides Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers, meant that the \"extra\" Heineken Cup place would go to England. (The remaining two semifinalists were another English side, eventual winners London Wasps, and Welsh side Llanelli Scarlets.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189684-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top 14 season, Table\nThe 2007-08 Heineken Cup was in doubt earlier this season. French clubs announced plans to boycott the competition, and the English PRL clubs joined them, demanding a financial stake in the competition from the RFU. However, recent negotiations have ensured that top teams from both countries will now play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League\nThe 2006\u201307 Top League was the fourth season of Japan's domestic rugby union competition, the Top League. The league was expanded to from 12 to 14 teams for the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League\nThe top four teams in the league played in the Microsoft Cup which was officially integrated into the league from this season as the \"Top League Play-off Tournament Microsoft Cup\". The title was won by Toshiba Brave Lupus which also won the All-Japan Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Teams\nCoca-Cola West Red Sparks and IBM Big Blue were promoted to the league, bringing the number of teams from 12 to 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Regular season, Final standings\n\u2022 The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. \u2022 The top 4 teams also qualified for entry into the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. \u2022 Teams 11 and 12 went through to the promotion and relegation play-offs against regional challengers. \u2022 Teams 13 and 14 were automatically relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Regular season, Final standings\nFour points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2). If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:\u00a0\u2022 Difference between points for and against\u00a0\u2022 Total number of points for\u00a0\u2022 Number of matches won\u00a0\u2022 Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams\u00a0\u2022 Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Title play-offs\nThe top four teams in the league were Toshiba, Suntory, Yamaha, and Toyota. They played in the Microsoft Cup (2007) knock-out tournament to fight it out for the Top league title, which was officially integrated into the league from this season as the \"Top League Play-off Tournament Microsoft Cup\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Title play-offs\nThe cup was won by Toshiba Brave Lupus which also won the All-Japan Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Top League Challenge Series\nKyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars won promotion to the 2007\u201308 Top League via the 2007 Top League Challenge Series, while Honda Heat and Kintetsu Liners progressed to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Promotion and relegation play-offs\nTwo promotion/relegation matches (Irekaesen) were played with the winners qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Top League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Promotion and relegation play-offs\nThe 11th placed team from the Top League played against the 1st placed team from Challenge 2. The 12th placed team from the Top League played against the 3rd placed team from Challenge 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189685-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Top League, Promotion and relegation play-offs\nSo IBM (despite only obtaining a draw against Kinetsu), and Ricoh remained in the Top League for 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189686-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torino F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Italian football season, Torino competed in Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189686-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torino F.C. season, Season summary\nDespite leading Torino to promotion to Serie A the previous season, manager Gianni De Biasi was sacked 3 days before the start of the season. Alberto Zaccheroni came to Torino after two years of unemployment to take the helm. Six consecutive defeats led to Zaccheroni being sacked and De Biasi being reinstated as manager. Torino ultimately finished in 16th, avoiding relegation and an immediate return to Serie B by one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189686-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torino F.C. season, Kit\nTorino's kit was manufactured by Asics and sponsored by insurance company Reale Mutua Assicurazioni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189686-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torino F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189686-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torino F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A\nThe 2006\u201307 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the twelfth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 24 teams competed; the champion was promoted to Primera B Nacional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Championship Final\nThe Final was played between the Apertura winners, Desamparados and clausura winners, Guillermo Brown. But as Desamparados had to play the Relegation Playoff, so Independiente Rivadavia, as best team in the overall standings took their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Match Fixing Scandal\nThis season was marred by two match-fixing scandal, which altered the normal course of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Match Fixing Scandal\nThe first involved Central Norte and 9 de Julio (R), they had to play in the round 14 of Torneo Clausura 2007. Central Norte was already relegated to the Torneo Argentino B because of the victory of Talleres (P) and gives intentionally a penalty to 9 de Julio (R) in the last moments of the match, allowing them to qualify for the Final Stage and avoiding in the same way the qualification of Juventud Antoniana, the city rival of Central Norte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Match Fixing Scandal\nThe match finished 0-1 because of the penalty, but after this, in the TV it was found that both Managers were talking in the middle of the match. The Consejo Federal decided to give the match as a defeat for both teams 0-1, replaced Juventud Antoniana for 9 de Julio (R) in the Final Stage, suspended both Managers and the Referee and deducted 6 points to both teams (Central Norte and 9 de Julio (R)) for the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Match Fixing Scandal\n3 days after, in a match between Desamparados and San Mart\u00edn (M) something similar happened. For Desamparados, Champion of Torneo Apertura, a defeat meant, due to their very bad performance in the Torneo Clausura, that they had to play the Relegation Playoff, losing the possibility of playing to get promoted to Primera B Nacional, and Independiente Rivadavia would take their place (cty rival of San Mart\u00edn (M)).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Match Fixing Scandal\nSan Martin (M), meanwhile, with a draw avoided the Relegation Playoff, so the draw benefited both teams: Desamparados would avoid the Relegation Playoff and would play the Final to get promoted, and San Mart\u00edn would avoid also the Relegation Playoff and would prevent their city rival, Independiente Rivadavia to play the Final to get Promoted. The most disadvantaged was Juventud Unida Universitario because they had to play the Relegation Playoff. The match ended 0-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189687-0004-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torneo Argentino A, Match Fixing Scandal\nDays after Juventud Unida Universitario filed a complaint and a video showing that a player from San Mart\u00edn (M) was admitting that Desamparados offered them an incentive of $30.000. The Consejo Federal decided to give the match as a defeat for both teams 0-1 and deducted 9 points to both teams so San Mart\u00edn (M) was relegated to the Torneo Argentino B and Desamparados had to play the Relegation Playoff (this benefited Gimnasia y Esgrima (Mza) and Juventud Unida Universitario, who were displaced of the last places of the table. Thus Independiente Rivadavia played the Final to get promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season\nThe 2006\u201307 NHL season saw the Toronto Maple Leafs attempting to recover from a 2005\u201306 season in which it finished two points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Offseason\nMichael Peca was a major addition to the team for 2006\u201307, signed from the defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. However, Peca suffered a broken leg in December after scoring just 4 goals in 35 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Offseason\nGoaltender Andrew Raycroft was acquired in a trade from the Boston Bruins to take over the starting job vacancy created by Ed Belfour's departure to the Florida Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nOn January 4, 2007, the Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 10\u20132 away. Alexander Steen scored a hat-trick in the victory. It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a regular season game since January 14, 2006, when the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Los Angeles Kings 10\u20131 at home. It was also the first time that the Maple Leafs had scored ten goals in a regular season game since November 12, 1998, when they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 10\u20133 away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nAlthough they finished in third place in the Northeast Division, the Maple Leafs ultimately failed to qualify for the playoffs after the New York Islanders clinched the eighth and final playoff spot after a 3\u20132 victory in a shootout to the New Jersey Devils, finishing just one point out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season\nThe Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars for fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season with three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Playoffs\nOn April 8, 2007, the New York Islanders defeated the New Jersey Devils in a shootout 3-2, thus clinching an eighth and final playoff spot and eliminating the Leafs from playoff contention. Following the Islanders win, it meant that the Leafs missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Player statistics, Regular season\n* Mikael Tellqvist was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes on November 29. Stats reflect games played with the Maple Leafs only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189688-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Draft picks\nToronto's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Leafs had the 13th overall draft pick in the 2005\u201306 NHL season. The Maple Leaf's 2006 draft has been referred to in retrospectives as one of the most successful drafts for any team in league history, as all but one of the team's picks (Tyler Ruegsegger) would go on to become NHL regulars at some point in their careers. Leo Komarov, the 180th pick, would be named an NHL All-Star in 2016.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season\nThe Toronto Raptors 2006\u201307 season was the twelfth National Basketball Association (NBA) season for the Toronto Raptors basketball franchise. Following a poor 2005\u201306 season, General Manager Bryan Colangelo greatly revamped the team roster during the pre-season but continued to build the team around All-Star Chris Bosh. Despite a sluggish start, the 2006\u201307 season transformed into a watershed year for Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season\nThe Raptors captured their first division title, finished third in the Eastern Conference, made the playoffs for the first time in five years, equalled their best ever regular season record which surpassed by the 2014\u201315 team won 49 games and later was broken by the 2017\u201318 team won 59 games, and secured home court advantage for the first time in franchise history. However, the Raptors met the New Jersey Nets in the first round of the playoffs and were defeated four games to two. At the end of the regular season, head coach Sam Mitchell and Colangelo were named NBA Coach of the Year and NBA Executive of the Year respectively. The Raptors also changed their colour scheme which is still in use as of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Pre-season, Pre-season trades\nBefore the season, Toronto won the NBA Draft Lottery and were awarded the 1st overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft. To prepare for their draft choice, the Raptors traded Rafael Ara\u00fajo for Kris Humphries and Robert Whaley, and traded Matt Bonner, Eric Williams and a second round pick for Rasho Nesterovi\u010d and cash considerations. The 1st overall pick was used to select Italian Andrea Bargnani, making him the first European drafted number one overall. Maurizio Gherardini was hired as the club's vice-president and assistant general manager, making him the first European elevated to an NBA executive job. Promising small forward Charlie Villanueva was traded for point guard T. J. Ford and cash considerations, while Chris Bosh was rewarded with a three-year extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season\nGeneral Manager Bryan Colangelo continued to surround Bosh with complementary players, and signed two-time Euroleague Most Valuable Player Anthony Parker. Spanish international Jorge Garbajosa and former slam dunk champion Fred Jones were also signed from free agency. The Raptors concluded pre-season transactions by re-signing veteran Darrick Martin. With this new lineup, Toronto looked to maintain a team who could both pass and shoot the ball, but was also stronger defensively than the 2005\u201306 roster. As a showcase of their new roster, on 15 October 2006, the 119 points by Toronto marked the third highest total in a pre-season game in franchise history. The Raptors finished the pre-season with a 7\u20131 win-loss record, which was the best record in the league and a franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season, Push for playoffs\nThe first half of the season produced mixed results as Toronto struggled towards the .500 mark after a dismal 2\u20138 start. Bosh's consistent performances however ensured he was named an All-Star starter in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game on 25 January 2007. He received the most votes after LeBron James among all Eastern Conference forwards. A day later, the Raptors hit the .500 mark for the first time since the 2003\u201304 season after defeating the Boston Celtics at the Air Canada Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season, Push for playoffs\nOn 2 February, the Raptors went 24\u201323, the first time since 2001\u201302 that they had been over .500 this late in a season. As a result, the Raptors won three NBA Eastern Conference awards for the month of January: Player of the Month (Bosh), Rookie of the Month (Bargnani) and Coach of the Month (Sam Mitchell). On 4 February, the Raptors' 122\u2013110 home win against the Los Angeles Clippers represented a season-high in points for the Raptors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0003-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season, Push for playoffs\nWithin the same week, Bosh's career-high 41 points in a win against the Orlando Magic prompted an unheard of event at the Air Canada Centre\u2014chants of \"MVP\" by the home fans. This chant was repeated in a win against Vince Carter's New Jersey Nets ten days later\u2014to the disbelief of Carter\u2014a game which also saw the team break franchise records for the most home wins and highest home winning percentage entering the All-Star break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season, Push for playoffs\nAfter the break, Colangelo traded Jones for Juan Dixon, a versatile guard. Luke Jackson was also signed to provide depth to Toronto's bench. Following a win against the Charlotte Bobcats on 1 April 2007, Toronto clinched a playoff berth for the first time in five years. They then claimed their first division title when they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers five days later, winning the Atlantic Division crown. Another franchise record was set when Toronto won the next game against the Bulls, this time for most home wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Regular season, Push for playoffs\nThe Raptors were eventually seeded third in the Eastern Conference, marking one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history in terms of league standing and defensive ranking. Throughout the season, they were lauded for playing solid defense and good sharing and moving of the ball. Jos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n, Bargnani, Dixon and Morris Peterson turned in reliable performances from the bench while Ford and Bosh ran the offence with consistent numbers. And in Parker and Garbajosa, the Raptors had two very versatile players who could both defend and attack. Furthermore, in contrast to previous seasons, the Raptors were able to win games despite injuries to key players such as Bosh, Bargnani, Parker, Ford and Garbajosa. Colangelo, Gherardini and Mitchell were also largely credited for transforming Toronto's fortunes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nAs third seed, the Raptors played sixth seed New Jersey Nets in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs. The series drew much media attention as Vince Carter, a former Raptor who left Toronto under acrimonious circumstances two seasons ago, was now back at the ACC as a Net. In the opening game, while Carter was constantly booed by the home crowd and was not an offensive threat, Toronto's inexperience was evident as they too struggled offensively and were down 65\u201378 going into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nA late rally by Toronto in the fourth quarter was not enough as they eventually lost 91\u201396. The Raptors won game 2 89\u201383 at the ACC to tie the series 1\u20131, as Bosh recorded 25 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. The Nets won games 3 and 4 to lead 3\u20131, but Toronto forced a game 6 when they narrowly won 98\u201396 in game 5. In that game, the Raptors set two post-season franchise records: most points going into halftime and biggest lead for a half. The attendance for the game was also a franchise record for a playoff game. In game 6, however, New Jersey won 98\u201397, sealing the series 4\u20132 and sending Toronto out of the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189689-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toronto Raptors season, Playoffs\nIn recognition of being the chief architects of Toronto's turnaround season, on 24 April 2007, Mitchell was named 2006\u201307 NBA Coach of the Year, the first Raptors coach to receive this honour; Colangelo was later named 2006\u201307 Executive of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189690-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Torquay United F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Torquay United F.C. 's 73rd and final season in the Football League before being relegated to the Conference National. It covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189691-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Al\nThe 2006\u201307 Toto Cup Al was the third edition under the current Toto Cup format. The final was played at Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, on April 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189691-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Al\nThe winners were Maccabi Herzliya, beating Hapoel Kfar Saba in the final 2\u20131 thanks to a goal in the game extra time by Omer Buchsenbaum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189691-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Al, Group stage\nThe matches were played from August 5, 2006 to February 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189692-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Artzit\nThe 2006\u201307 Toto Cup Artzit was the 8th time the cup was being contested. The final was played at Haberfeld Stadium on 13 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189692-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Artzit\nThe winners, for the second year in a row, were Hapoel Ramat Gan, beating Sektzia Nes Tziona 1\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189693-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Leumit\nThe 2006\u201307 Toto Cup Leumit was the 18th time the cup was being contested. The final was played at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium on 13 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189693-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toto Cup Leumit\nThe winners were Ironi Kiryat Shmona, beating Bnei Sakhnin on penalties in the final after a 1\u20131 after 120 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 15th season in the Premier League and 29th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary\nExpectations were high at the beginning of the season, after only a bout of food poisoning amongst the squad prevented Spurs from pipping arch-rivals Arsenal to fourth place in the Premiership and UEFA Champions League qualification at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary\nHowever, the season was marred by injuries, particularly in defense, with Ledley King, Paul Stalteri, Beno\u00eet Assou-Ekotto, Lee Young-pyo, Anthony Gardner, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque and Teemu Tainio all suffering long-term injuries, while Didier Zokora, Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Aaron Lennon all suffered short-term injuries during the season, causing Martin Jol to rarely have a settled first XI to pick for extended periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary\nTottenham's Premiership form in the first half of the season was erratic, although there was a famous home win over reigning champions Chelsea in November amongst the mire of mediocre results. Away form was poor during the first half of the season, but a vast improvement in the second half saw just two away losses from January to the end of the season, including one (narrow) defeat in their final six away games, against Chelsea, just 36 hours after playing a UEFA Cup tie in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary\nThe improvement in Spurs' away form, good home performances and an excellent end to the season lifted Spurs into fifth position in the final table and UEFA Cup qualification for the second year running. Tottenham played attractive and effective football as Martin Jol made his mark on the squad, reaching the FA Cup quarter-final before losing 1\u20132 to Chelsea, having drawn 3\u20133 away, and the League Cup semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Arsenal after drawing 2\u20132 at home and losing 3\u20131 away in extra time. In the UEFA Cup Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals, where they faced holders and eventual winners Sevilla in the quarter-finals, but were eliminated from the competition 4\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary\nOn 17 March 2007, Paul Robinson became only the third goalkeeper in Premiership history to score a goal, following his 80-yard lob in the 3\u20131 victory over Watford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary\nThe highly effective Dimitar Berbatov\u2013Robbie Keane strike partnership was rewarded when they were named joint Player of the Month for April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 80], "content_span": [81, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Goal scorers\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189694-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets\nThe list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Reitimwinkl (talk | contribs) at 15:51, 9 March 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski\nThe 2006\u201307 Tour de Ski was the first Tour to take place, from 31 December 2006 until 7 January 2007. It was won by German Tobias Angerer for men, while Finn Virpi Kuitunen won the first ladies' Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski\nThe first edition of the tour was held in Germany and Italy, with six races spread out over eight days, including two separate days of rest. The prize money for the event amounted to 750,000 Swiss francs, shared out on both men and ladies. Men's and ladies' events were held together on the same days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Origin\nCross-country skiing had been through a period of renewal from the early 1980s, when the free technique was first introduced to the World Championships which led to a rush of new events, including pursuit skiing, sprint skiing and eventually long mass start races, to complement the traditional time trial or individual start style of skiing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Origin\nThe Tour de Ski was modelled on the Tour de France of cycling and the idea has been reported to come from a meeting between former Olympic gold medallist Vegard Ulvang and J\u00fcrg Capol, the International Ski Federation's (FIS) chief executive officer for cross-country competitions, in Ulvang's sauna in Maridalen, Norway. Their idea was to create a stage competition consisting of different events which they expected would lead to several days of continuous excitement before the most complete skiers would become Tour de Ski champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Ranking\nThe overall results are based on the aggregate time for all events, as well as bonus seconds awarded on sprint and mass start stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Ranking\nThe two sprint races carry bonus seconds for the finish, which are subtracted from the overall time, as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Ranking\nIn mass start competitions, intermediate points carry bonus seconds; 15 to the winner, 10 to number two, and 5 to number three. The same number of seconds are awarded at the finish. In the 30\u00a0km race there are two intermediate points, in the 15\u00a0km race one intermediate point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Favourites\nDagbladet's Brynjar Skj\u00e6rli listed Finland's Virpi Kuitunen as the main favourite in the ladies' event, with Marit Bj\u00f8rgen the main challenger. Justyna Kowalczyk, Petra Majdi\u010d, Kate\u0159ina Neumannov\u00e1, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Claudia K\u00fcnzel-Nystad, Aino Kaisa Saarinen, Vibeke Skofterud and Kristina \u0160migun were listed as \"outsiders\" or dark horses. In the men's event, Tobias Angerer was the favourite, with Yevgeny Dementiev, Tor Arne Hetland, Petter Northug, Eldar R\u00f8nning, Anders S\u00f6dergren, Jens Arne Svartedal and Axel Teichmann all listed as challengers. Frode Estil was named as an outsider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Stage 1: Sprint Munich, 31 December\nThis was held at Munich Olympic Stadium in front of 6,500 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Stage 1: Sprint Munich, 31 December\nNorthug fell in the first curve of the final, taking Pettersen and Fredriksson with him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Stage 2: Pursuit Oberstdorf, 2 January\nNeither Christoph Eigenmann nor Roddy Darragon, number one and three in the overall standings before the race, finished, and were thus eliminated from the overall competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Stage 5: Mass Start Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 6 January\nThe sprint jersey was awarded after this stage; Virpi Kuitunen of Finland earned 45 bonus points and won the ladies' black jersey, while Tor Arne Hetland from Norway successfully defended the men's jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 75], "content_span": [76, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Stage 6: Final Climb Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 7 January\nAthletes started in order of the aggregate standings, and the first athlete to reach the finish won. After the first 15 athletes, the remainder were released in a \"wave start\" five minutes behind Kuitunen, the leader, but their total time behind Kuitunen was added to the final time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189695-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tour de Ski, Stage 6: Final Climb Cavalese, Val di Fiemme, 7 January\nA wave start was also employed in the men's event, but the first 30 started according to the time differences in the overall Tour standings. The remainder started six minutes behind Angerer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189696-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toyota Racing Series\nThe 2006\u201307 Toyota Racing Series was the third Toyota Racing Series season. It began on 4 November 2006 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand and ended on 22 April 2007, also at Pukekohe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189696-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toyota Racing Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006\u201307 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189696-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Toyota Racing Series, Teams and drivers, International Drivers\nNine drivers in all: USA's Michael Johnson, Italy's Edoardo Piscopo, Bahrain's Hamad Al Fardan, Britain's Ben Clucas and five Australian drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189697-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Trabzonspor season\nIn the 2006\u201307 season, Trabzonspor finished in fourth place in the S\u00fcper Lig. The top scorer of the team was Umut Bulut, who scored twenty goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189697-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Trabzonspor season\nThis article shows statistics of the club's players and matches during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189697-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Trabzonspor season, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189698-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Tranmere Rovers competed in Football League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189698-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189698-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189699-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1\nThe 2006\u201307 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 81st season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw \u00c9toile du Sahel win the championship. At the other end of the table, Etoile Olympique de la Goulette et Kram and ES Hammam-Sousse were relegated to Ligue Professionnelle 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189700-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Basketball League\nThe 2006-07 Turkish Basketball League was the 41st season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. The season started on October 7, 2006. Fenerbah\u00e7e \u00dclker won their second national championship this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189700-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Basketball League, Regular season standings\nTofa\u015f and Tekelspor relegated to Turkish Second Basketball League. Antalya B\u015eB and Kepez Belediye will play in Turkish Basketball League in 2007-08 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189700-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2006-07 Play-offs\nThe 2007 Turkish Basketball League Play-offs is the final phase of the 2006-07 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189700-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2006-07 Play-offs\nQuarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season matchups starts with a 1-0 lead to the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189700-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Basketball League, Turkish Basketball League 2006-07 Play-offs\nFinal series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Turkish Basketball League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189701-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Cup\nThe 2006-07 Turkey Cup was the 45th edition of the annual tournament that determined the association football S\u00fcper Lig Turkish Cup (Turkish: T\u00fcrkiye Kupas\u0131) champion under the auspices of the Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: T\u00fcrkiye Futbol Federasyonu; TFF). This tournament was conducted under the UEFA Cup system having replaced at the 44th edition a standard knockout competition scheme. The results of the tournament also determined which clubs would be promoted or relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189701-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Turkish Cup, Group stage\nGroup stage was played in 4 groups with five teams in each, in a one-leg league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189702-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.C. Sampdoria season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Italian football season, Sampdoria competed in Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189702-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.C. Sampdoria season, Season summary\nSampdoria finished 9th, which was sufficient to qualify for the Intertoto Cup. Manager Walter Novellino left at the end of the season to join Torino, and was replaced by Reggina coach Walter Mazzarri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189702-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.C. Sampdoria season, Kit\nSampdoria's kit was manufactured by Kappa and sponsored by Genovese energy company Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 34], "content_span": [35, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189702-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.C. Sampdoria season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189702-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.C. Sampdoria season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season\nU.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo played the season 2006\u201307 in the Serie A league. It has been the third season in a row for Palermo in the top division of Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nPalermo initially ended the 2005\u201306 season in eighth place, and thus was expected to play the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006. Meanwhile, Francesco Guidolin was re-hired at Giuseppe Papadopulo's place. However, due to the Serie A scandal of 2006, the FIGC had stated they would not enter Palermo into the Intertoto Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nAfter the verdicts penalized numerous clubs, Palermo's overall position for that season was elevated to 5th, meaning they had qualified for the 2006\u20132007 UEFA Cup. In the transfer window, Palermo spent millions adding players to their squad, including Aimo Diana, Mark Bresciano, F\u00e1bio Simpl\u00edcio and Amauri, but sold World Cup winner Fabio Grosso to Internazionale. Several football experts and pundits tipped Palermo to do well in the season ahead, including Alessandro Del Piero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nThey started well by knocking out English side West Ham United in the UEFA Cup. However, this time around the group stage proved to be more difficult than the previous year, and Palermo finished last in a group that contained Celta de Vigo, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbah\u00e7e SK and Newcastle United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nFor the first time in its history Palermo sat on top of the Serie A table in September 2006 after beating Catania 5\u20133 at home in the Sicilian derby. Another notable victory, was a 2\u20130 away win to AC Milan at San Siro stadium. A serious knee injury for Amauri caused Palermo to replace the powerful striker, and Uruguayan Edinson Cavani and Polish Rados\u0142aw Matusiak were signed in the Winter transfer market, together with midfielders Maurizio Ciaramitaro and Guillermo Giacomazzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nOn 2 February 2007 Palermo was involved in a controversial away Sicilian derby match which was suspended for 30 minutes during the second half after some tear gas explosions from outside the stadium, used by the police to minimize hooliganism outside the Massimino Stadium, drifted onto the playing area. After the match, violence went on and policeman Filippo Raciti was killed by a small explosive launched by a Catania hooligan. This led Commissioner Luca Pancalli to suspend indefinitely football leagues and national team matches in the whole country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nFollowing these events Palermo, which was clearly third-placed at the time, was not able to achieve a single victory, and dropped to sixth position in the Serie A. Maurizio Zamparini, the chairman, became more and more critical of Guidolin, who was finally sacked on 23 April following a 3\u20134 home defeat to third-last placed Parma which extended the run of poor results to 11 games without a single win. Assistant coach Renzo Gobbo and youth team coach Rosario Pergolizzi were subsequently appointed as caretaker coaches at Guidolin's place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189703-0005-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 U.S. Citt\u00e0 di Palermo season, Review and events\nOn their debut match, Pergolizzi and Gobbo led Palermo to a 2\u20131 away win at Livorno, finally ending the negative run. The victory was however followed by two further defeats, including an upset 3\u20132 away loss against last-placed team Ascoli, already relegated to Serie B, which left the rosanero in seventh place, the last UEFA Cup spot, only three points above Atalanta. The events led Zamparini to reappoint Guidolin as head coach for the remaining two matches. Guidolin's return brought two victories, to Siena and Udinese, clinched fifth place in the final table, qualification to the UEFA Cup 2007-08 for the third consecutive time and broke its previous record of 53 points of two years before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189704-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UAE Football League, Overview\nIt was contested by 12 teams, and Al Wasl FC won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189705-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by 10th year head coach Pat Douglass and played at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Big West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189705-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe 2005\u201306 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 16\u201313 and 10\u20134 in Big West play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189706-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCF Golden Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 UCF Golden Knights men's basketball team was an NCAA Division I college basketball team that represented the University of Central Florida and competed in Conference USA. They played their home games at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida, and were led by head coach Kirk Speraw who was in his 14th season with the team. In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 14\u201315, 7\u20137 in C-USA play. Due to the Knights turn around from the previous year, Speraw was the named the 2007 Conference USA Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189706-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCF Golden Knights men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 season marked the last year that the Knights played in the original UCF Arena, now known as The Venue at UCF. Starting the next season, the team moved into the new UCF Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189707-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Africa Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 UCI Africa Tour was the third season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 6 October 2006 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 16 September 2007 with the Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189707-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Africa Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo of Burkina Faso was the defending champion of the 2005\u201306 UCI Africa Tour. Hassen Ben Nasser of Tunisia was crowned as the 2006\u201307 UCI Africa Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189707-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Africa Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189708-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI America Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 UCI America Tour was the third season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 1 October 2006 with the Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes and ended on 15 September 2007 with the Tour de Leelanau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189708-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI America Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Jos\u00e9 Serpa of Colombia was the defending champion of the 2005\u201306 UCI America Tour. Svein Tuft of Canada was crowned as the 2006\u201307 UCI America Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189708-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI America Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189708-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI America Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189709-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour was the third season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 22 October 2006 with the Japan Cup and ended on 17 September 2007 with the Tour de Hokkaido.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189709-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Asia Tour cycling jersey. Ghader Mizbani from Iran was the defending champion of the 2005\u201306 UCI Asia Tour. Hossein Askari of Iran was crowned as the 2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189709-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189709-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189710-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup\nThe 2006\u20132007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup events and season-long competition takes place between 1 October 2006 and 21 January 2007 and is sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189711-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour was the third season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 15 October 2006 with the Chrono des Nations and ended on 18 October 2007 with the Giro del Piemonte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189711-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Niko Eeckhout of Belgium was the defending champion of the 2005\u201306 UCI Europe Tour. Alessandro Bertolini of Italy was crowned as the 2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189711-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189711-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour\nThe UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 78]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189711-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings\nThere is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189712-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Oceania Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 UCI Oceania Tour was the third season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 8 October 2006 with the Herald Sun Tour and ended on 5 May 2007 with the Oceania Cycling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189712-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Oceania Tour\nThe points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Gordon McCauley of New Zealand was the defending champion of the 2005\u201306 UCI Oceania Tour. Robert McLachlan of Australia was crowned as the 2006\u201307 UCI Oceania Tour champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189712-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Oceania Tour\nThroughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189713-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics\nThe 2006\u20132007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season began on 17 November 2006 and completed on 25 February 2007. The World Cup is organised by the UCI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189714-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins finished first in the Pacific-10 Conference standings. The team reached the Final Four in the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for the second year in a row, losing to the Florida Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League\nThe 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007. Beforehand, the match was billed as a repeat of the 2005 final, the only difference being that the 2007 final was to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Milan won the match 2\u20131 to claim their seventh European Cup, with both goals coming from Filippo Inzaghi. Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League\nBarcelona were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Liverpool in the first knockout round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualification\nA total of 73 teams from 49 UEFA member associations participated in the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own domestic league) as well as lowest-ranked Andorra and San Marino are not participating. Also wasn't admitted Montenegro, which didn't become UEFA member until January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualification\nEach association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient, which takes into account the performance of its clubs in European competitions from 2000\u201301 to 2004\u201305; associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams. Italy's representatives were decided based on the revised table following the match-fixing scandal which saw Juventus relegated to Serie B after winning the league the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualification, Association ranking\nFor the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001\u201302 to 2005\u201306.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualification, Distribution\nSince the title holders (Barcelona) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe first legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 and 19 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe first legs were played on 25 and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 and 2 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe first legs were played on 8 and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 and 23 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\n* Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. The match was played at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe draw for this round was held on 24 August 2006 in Monaco. The first matches were played on 12 September 2006, and the stage concluded on 6 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nThe top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 4.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Group stage\nLevski Sofia and Copenhagen made their debut appearance in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage\nAll knockout rounds are two-legged, except for the final. In the event of aggregate scores being equal after normal time in the second leg, the winning team will be that which scored more goals on their away leg: if the scores in the two matches were identical, extra time is played. The away goals rule also applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. If there are no goals scored in extra time, the tie is decided on a penalty shoot out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Safety issues\nOn 8 February 2007, the Italian Government announced that San Siro Stadium in Milan was unsafe for spectators in light of riots that took place during and following an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. As a result, the venues of the first leg of the Inter-Valencia tie scheduled for 21 February and the second leg of the Celtic-Milan tie scheduled for 7 March were thrown into doubt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0015-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Safety issues\nVarious proposals and offers of the use of stadia outside Italy were made, but it was finally agreed that the Inter-Valencia tie would be played at the San Siro with a reduced capacity of 36,000. After further work at the San Siro, Italian authorities and UEFA announced that the second leg of Celtic-Milan would go ahead at the stadium, at its full capacity of 85,700. 4,500 seats were reserved for Celtic supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16\nThe draw for the first knockout round of the competition took place on 15 December 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland. The team first out of the hat in each tie plays the first leg of their tie at home, and the second leg away. This team is denoted as \"Team #1\" below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 20 and 21 February 2007, with the second legs on 6 and 7 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the final stages, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, was held on Friday, 9 March 2007 in Athens, Greece. The draw was conducted by ad interim UEFA CEO Gianni Infantino, assisted by Friedrich Stickler, chairman of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. Theodoros Zagorakis, the captain of Greece in Euro 2004, was appointed ambassador for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, with the second legs on 1 and 2 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nThe Final took place on 23 May 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Unlike the other knockout rounds, the final was played over just one match, with extra time in case of a draw after 90\u00a0minutes. If the teams were still level following extra time, a penalty shootout would have determined the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nMilan scored first through Filippo Inzaghi just before half time. Inzaghi scored again in the 82nd minute, before Dirk Kuyt scored a late consolation goal a minute before full-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189715-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Final\nMilan went on to represent Europe at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189716-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League group stage\nThe 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 12 September and 6 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189716-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups\nTimes are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189717-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League began on 20 February 2007 and culminated with the final match at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on 23 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189717-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League knockout stage\nTimes are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189717-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Format\nThe draw for the first knockout round took place on 15 December 2006 and involved each of the top two teams from each group in the group stage. The winners of each group were paired up with the runners-up from another group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189717-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League knockout stage, Format\nEach knockout round tie consisted of two-legged matches, home and away, in which the team with the higher aggregate score progressed to the next round, with the exception of the final, which was played over just one match at a neutral venue. In the event that the two teams' aggregate scores were tied, the team that scored more goals in their away leg progressed to the next round, with extra time and a penalty shoot-out being used if the tie was still level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds\nThe qualifying rounds for the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League began on 11 July 2006. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThe draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 and 19 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThe draw for this round was performed on 23 June 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 72], "content_span": [73, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nSteaua Bucure\u0219ti Dynamo Kyiv Levski Sofia Fenerbah\u00e7e Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Belgrade", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nMlad\u00e1 Boleslav Red Bull Salzburg Ru\u017eomberok Gorica MyPa Cork City \u0160iroki Brijeg", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nFH Liep\u0101jas Metalurgs Sheriff Tiraspol Sioni Bolnisi Ekranas B36 T\u00f3rshavn Rabotni\u010dki", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 25 and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 and 2 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Matches\n1\u20131 on aggregate. Spartak Moscow won on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 81], "content_span": [82, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round\nThe draw for this round was performed on 28 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nCSKA Moscow AEK Athens Dynamo Kyiv Levski Sofia Shakhtar Donetsk Galatasaray Hamburg Slovan Liberec", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nFenerbah\u00e7e Austria Wien Osasuna Chievo Spartak Moscow Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Belgrade Hearts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Seeding\nMaccabi Haifa Standard Li\u00e8ge Copenhagen Legia Warsaw Rabotni\u010dki Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav Red Bull Salzburg Ru\u017eomberok", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Summary\nThe first legs were played on 8 and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 and 23 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Summary\nThe teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189718-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round, Matches\n1\u20131 on aggregate. Hamburg won on the away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 80], "content_span": [81, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3\u20131 on penalties after the match finished 2\u20132 after extra time. Sevilla became the first side to win the competition two years in a row since Real Madrid achieved this feat in 1985 and 1986.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup\nWalter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goalscorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Association team allocation\nA total of 155 teams from 52 UEFA associations participated in the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000\u201301 to 2004\u201305.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Association team allocation\nBelow is the qualification scheme for the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Association team allocation, Distribution\nThe title holder would have been given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through domestic performance; however, this additional entry was not necessary as Sevilla, winners of the 2005\u201306 UEFA Cup, qualified for the UEFA Cup through domestic performance. This means that the following changes to the default allocation system were made to compensate for the vacant title holder spot in the group stage:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Association team allocation, Distribution\n16 losers from 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Association team allocation, Teams\nThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Early issues, Italian match-fixing scandal\nThe 2006 Serie A scandal resulted in major changes to the clubs that originally qualified in Italy. Originally, Roma took the cup winners' place as losing finalists in the 2006 Coppa Italia, as the winners, Internazionale finished in the top four in the league and qualified for the Champions League. The other two UEFA Cup places initially went to Lazio and Chievo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Early issues, Italian match-fixing scandal\nLazio, however, as well as the remaining three Champions League qualifiers (Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina), were formally indicted on 22 June on charges relating to the scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Early issues, Italian match-fixing scandal\nOn 14 July, all four of the indicated clubs were penalised by an Italian court and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Results of the FIGC appeal were announced on 25 July. The impact on the UEFA Cup was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Early issues, Greek Football Federation\nFIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) from all international competitions on 3 July 2006 because of \"political interference in sport\" after the Greek government passed a law, giving it control of the sports authorities in Greece. After the law was amended to address FIFA's objections, FIFA reinstated the HFF on 12 July. The Greek government in response, decided to withdraw all of its funding to the Hellenic Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 57], "content_span": [58, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round\nThese matches were held on 13 July and 27 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\nThese matches were held on 8 and 10 August (first leg) and 24 August (second leg) 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\n1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Hapoel Tel Aviv's home match was moved to Tilburg, Netherlands, Beitar Jerusalem's to Sofia, Bulgaria and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv's to Senec, Slovakia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\n2These clubs qualified for this season's UEFA competitions as members of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro during the 2005\u201306 season but are currently members of the Football Association of Serbia which is the official successor of the previous football association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round\n3Derry City are a team from Northern Ireland who play in the Republic of Ireland's football league. The flag of the Republic of Ireland is used for the purposes of official records as Derry City are a team representing the Football Association of Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, First round\nThe matches were held on 14 September (first leg) and 28 September 2006 (second leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, First round\n4Due to the armed conflict in Israel, UEFA had ruled that European tournament matches could not be played in Israel until further notice. Maccabi Haifa's home leg on 14 September was moved to Nijmegen, Netherlands. On 15 September, UEFA lifted the ban, allowing future matches to be played in the Tel Aviv area. Hapoel Tel Aviv were able to play their home leg in Tel Aviv on 28 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, First round\n5UEFA ordered Trabzonspor's home leg on 14 September to be played behind closed doors after objects were thrown at visiting fans and the fourth official, and a smoke bomb ignited in the stands, during their second qualifying round home leg against Cypriots APOEL. Trabzonspor appealed, and UEFA rejected the appeal on 13 September. Trabzonspor's penalty includes a second closed-doors game, a penalty which has been deferred for two years and will be removed if no further incidents occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Group stage\nThe top three teams (highlighted in green) of each group qualified for the next round. Based on paragraph 4.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Knockout stage, Round of 32\nThe first legs were held on 14 February and 15 February 2007, while the second legs were held on 22 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Knockout stage, Round of 32\n1 On 7 February, the Italian Government ruled that Parma and Livorno's home fields did not meet requirements following riots held after an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. Livorno played its home leg behind closed doors on 14 February. Parma played its home leg behind closed doors on 22 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Knockout stage, Round of 32\n2 On 19 January, UEFA declared that Feyenoord had been removed after a member of their crowd threw a glass of beer at Morten Gamst Pedersen in their home group stage match against Blackburn Rovers. UEFA announced on 25 January that Tottenham Hotspur had received a bye. This was confirmed after the final appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Knockout stage, Round of 16\nThe first legs were held on 8 March 2007, while the second legs were held on 14 and 15 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals\nThe draw for the final stages, included quarter-finals and semi-finals, was held on 16 March 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. The quarter-final matches were played on 5 April and 12 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189719-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matches were played on 26 April and 3 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189720-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup first round\nThe matches were held on 14 September (first leg) and 28 September 2006 (second leg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189720-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup first round\n4Due to the armed conflict in Israel, UEFA had ruled that European tournament matches could not be played in Israel until further notice. Maccabi Haifa's home leg on 14 September was moved to Nijmegen, Netherlands. On 15 September, UEFA lifted the ban, allowing future matches to be played in the Tel Aviv area. Hapoel Tel Aviv were able to play their home leg in Tel Aviv on 28 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189720-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup first round\n5UEFA ordered Trabzonspor's home leg on 14 September to be played behind closed doors after objects were thrown at visiting fans and the fourth official, and a smoke bomb ignited in the stands, during their second qualifying round home leg against Cypriots APOEL. Trabzonspor appealed, and UEFA rejected the appeal on 13 September. Trabzonspor's penalty includes a second closed-doors game, a penalty which has been deferred for two years and will be removed if no further incidents occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189721-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup group stage\nThis article charts results of the group stage of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189721-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nBased on paragraph 6.06 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup began on 14 February 2007, culminating with the final at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 16 May 2007. The knockout stage included the top three teams from each group in the previous stage and the third-placed teams from the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage\nEach knockout round tie consisted of two-legged matches, home and away, in which the team with the higher aggregate score progressed to the next round, with the exception of the final, which was played over just one match at a neutral venue. In the event that the two teams' aggregate scores were tied, the team that scored more goals in their away leg would progress to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage, Round of 32\nOn 7 February, the Italian government ruled Parma and Livorno's home fields did not meet safety requirements following riots that occurred after a Serie A match in Sicily. Both sides played their home legs behind closed doors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage, Round of 32\nOn 19 January, UEFA declared that Feyenoord had been removed after crowd misbehaviour in their final group stage match against Nancy; UEFA announced on 25 January that their scheduled opponents, Tottenham Hotspur, had received a bye. Feyenoord unsuccessfully appealed the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage, Round of 32, Second leg\nAZ won on away goals. The aggregate score was 5\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage, Round of 16\nThe first legs were played on 8 March 2007, while the second legs were played on 14 and 15 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189722-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup knockout stage, Round of 16, Second leg\nAZ won on away goals. The aggregate score was 4\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Round and draw dates\nMatches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Teams\nBelow are the 100 teams involved in the qualifying rounds, grouped by their starting rounds. The 32 winners of the second qualifying round qualified for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nBr\u00f8ndby Lyn Start Brann Randers IFK G\u00f6teborg \u00c5tvidabergs Gefle Haka Ventspils HJK Helsinki Skonto Kaunas S\u016bduva", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nValur \u00cdA Derry City Drogheda United Flora Tallinn Levadia Tallinn Glentoran Portadown Rhyl Llanelli Jeunesse Esch Etzella Ettelbruck G\u00f8ta Sk\u00e1la", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nBasel Artmedia Petr\u017ealka Young Boys Zag\u0142\u0119bie Lubin Videoton \u00dajpest Spartak Trnava Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u Nistru Otaci Ameri Tbilisi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nWIT Georgia Vaduz BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk Mika Banants Qaraba\u011f Karvan Tobol Kairat", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nRapid Bucure\u0219ti Litex Lovech Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti CSKA Sofia Roeselare NK Varteks Lokomotiv Sofia APOEL Dom\u017eale HNK Rijeka Sarajevo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding\nOmonia Koper Ora\u0161je Vardar Makedonija GP KF Tirana Dinamo Tirana Hibernians Sliema Wanderers R\u00e0nger's Murata", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nNewcastle United Club Brugge Br\u00f8ndby Twente Gretna Molde Odense Start Brann Randers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\n\u00c5tvidabergs Ventspils Skonto Kaunas S\u016bduva Drogheda United Derry City Flora Tallinn Levadia Tallinn Llanelli", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nBasel Marseille Hertha BSC Slavia Praha Wisla Krak\u00f3w Grasshoppers Artmedia Petr\u017ealka Rubin Kazan Metalurg Zaporizhia Chernomorets Odessa Sion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nYoung Boys Mattersburg Ried Wis\u0142a P\u0142ock Videoton Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u Ameri Tbilisi Vaduz BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk Karvan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nAuxerre Partizan Rapid Bucure\u0219ti Hapoel Tel Aviv Litex Lovech Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti CSKA Sofia Trabzonspor Roeselare Kayserispor Lokomotiv Sofia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189723-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding\nBeitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda OFK Beograd Hajduk Kula APOEL Domzale Maribor Sarajevo Omonia Ethnikos Achna KF Tirana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189724-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Futsal Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 21st edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 6th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189724-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Futsal Cup, Final four\nThe following teams have qualified for the Final Four round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189725-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Women's Cup\nThe UEFA Women's Cup 2006\u201307 was the sixth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League). 43 teams from 42 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 8 and 18 August 2006. The tournament ended with Arsenal L.F.C. of England emerging out as the winners in the final after a 1\u20130 aggregate win over Ume\u00e5 IK of Sweden; this was the first time a British club had claimed the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189725-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Women's Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on October 11 and 12 2006, with the second legs on October 18 and 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189725-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Women's Cup, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on November 4, 2006, with the second legs on November 11 and 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189725-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UEFA Women's Cup, Final\nThe first leg was played on April 21, 2007 and the second leg was played on April 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 United Hockey League season was the 16th season of the United Hockey League (Colonial Hockey League before 1997), a North American minor professional league. Ten teams participated in the regular season and the Rockford IceHogs won the league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season, Offseason\nThe Motor City Mechanics announced it would suspend operations for the 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season, Offseason\nThe Richmond Riverdogs relocated to Chicago to become the Chicago Hounds after missing opportunities to renew their lease at Richmond Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season, Offseason\nThe Missouri River Otters folded due to poor attendance, issues with Family Arena and steep workman\u2019s comp bill", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season, Offseason\nThe Roanoke Valley Vipers folded due to poor attendance, complaints of ticket sales, criticism of owners and marketing and declining local interest in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season, Offseason\nThe Adirondack Frostbite suspended operations after failing to reach an agreement with the Glens Falls Civic Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189726-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UHL season, Offseason\nThe Danbury Trashers folded after their owner was arrested on 72 charges, pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 87 months in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 ULEB Cup was the fifth season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup. The second-tier level EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. It featured 24 basketball clubs, from 15 countries. Real Madrid defeated Lietuvos rytas in the final, by a score of 87\u201375, to lift the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Format\nThis season's ULEB Cup featured a total of 24 teams, divided into four groups of six. The round-robin group stage was followed by knock-out stages. The regular season began in October 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Format, Regular season\nThe 24 teams played a round-robin tournament competition (home and away). Four teams from each group advanced to the knock-out stage (quarter-finals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Format, Top 16\nThe winners from eighth-finals advanced to the quarterfinals. The matches were played at two games (home and away). The match winner was determined by point differential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Format, Quarterfinals\nThe winners from quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The matches were played at two games (home and away). The match winner was determined by point differential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Format, Semifinals\nThe winners from semifinals advanced to the finals. The matches were played at two games (home and away). The match winner was determined by point differential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Rosters (Top 2)\n1. Real Madrid: Felipe Reyes, Charles Smith, Axel Hervelle, Louis Bullock, \u00c1lex Mumbr\u00fa, Raul Lopez, Blagota Sekulic, Kerem Tun\u00e7eri, Marko Tomas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189727-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 ULEB Cup, Rosters (Top 2)\n2. Lietuvos rytas: Matt Nielsen, Joao Paulo Batista, Ivan Koljevic, Marijonas Petravi\u010dius, Art\u016bras Jomantas, Eurelijus \u017dukauskas, Tomas Delininkaitis, Andrius \u0160le\u017eas, Roberts \u0160telmahers, J\u0101nis Bl\u016bms, Kareem Lamar Rush, Mindaugas Lukauskis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189728-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played in the America East Conference (AEC) and was led by head coach Randy Monroe, in his third year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189729-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UMass Minutemen basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by second year head coach Travis Ford, played their home games at William D. Mullins Memorial Center and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 24-9, 13-3 in A-10 play to finish for a first place tie with Xavier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189730-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The team was coached by Lon Kruger, returning for his third year with the Runnin' Rebels. They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Runnin' Rebels finished the season 30\u20137, 12\u20134 in MWC play. They won the 2007 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 7 seed in the Midwest Region. The Runnin' Rebels defeated 10 seed Georgia Tech in the opening round and 2 seed Wisconsin to reach the Sweet Sixteen before losing to 3 seed Oregon in the regional semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189732-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 USHL season is the 28th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2006, and concluded on April 14, 2007, with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2006\u201307 season added the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets as an expansion team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189732-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USHL season\nThe 2007 Clark Cup playoffs featured all twelve teams playing in division-based seven-game series in the opening round, followed by a quarterfinal round-robin where the winners of the opening round play each other team once. The semifinal match-ups were made by pitting the top teams in the two round-robin series against the second-place team from the opposite division in a single-elimination game with the two victors meeting in a single-game championship match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189732-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USHL season, Regular season\nFinal standingsNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189732-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USHL season, Clark Cup Playoffs, Quarterfinals, East Division\nIndiana advances as the top seed from the east with Waterloo as the second seed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189732-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USHL season, Clark Cup Playoffs, Quarterfinals, West Division\nDes Moines advances as the top seed from the west with Sioux Falls as the second seed", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189733-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USM Alger season\nIn the 2006\u201307 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 27th time, as well as the CAF Champions League and the Algerian Cup. It is their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.. USM Alger, who has been discreet in the league this season but still finishing at a qualifying place in an international competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189733-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics\nAppearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189733-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers\nIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189733-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 USM Alger season, Squad list\nPlayers and squad numbers last updated on 31 July 2006.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189734-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Udinese Calcio season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Italian football season, Udinese Calcio competed in Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189734-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Udinese Calcio season, Season summary\nManager Giovanni Galeone was sacked on 16 January after disagreements with the club. He was replaced by Alberto Malesani, who led the club to an unimpressive 10th place in the final table. His contract was not extended at the end of the season, and Pasquale Marino was signed from Catania as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189734-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Udinese Calcio season, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189734-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Udinese Calcio season, First-team squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189735-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Uganda Super League\nThe 2006\u201307 Ugandan Super League was the 40th season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189735-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Uganda Super League, Overview\nThe 2006\u201307 Uganda Super League was contested by 17 teams and was won by Uganda Revenue Authority SC, while Kanoni Mukono United FC, Mbale Heroes, City Lads and Masindi Town Council were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189735-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Uganda Super League, Leading goalscorer\nThe top goalscorer in the 2006\u201307 season was Hamis Kitagenda of Uganda Revenue Authority SC with 20 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup was the 16th annual edition of Ukraine's football knockout competition, the Ukrainian Cup. The winner of this competition was Dynamo Kyiv.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Distribution\nNote: Winner of the 2005 Amateur Cup of Ukraine FC Pivdenstal Yenakieve was replaced by FC Khimmash Korosten", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Team allocation, Round and draw dates\nAll draws held at FFU headquarters (Building of Football) in Kiev unless stated otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Competition Schedule, First Round (1/32)\nThe First Round took place on August 11, 2006. However, the match between Dniester Ovidiopol and Metalurh Donetsk took place on August 12. All clubs have participated besides Dynamo, Shakhtar, Chornomorets, Dnipro and Metalurh Z. that received a bye in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 63], "content_span": [64, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Competition Schedule, Second round (1/16)\nThe First Round took place on September 20, 2006. However, the match between Titan Armyansk and Vorskla Poltava took place on September 19; and between Khimik Krasnoperekopsk \u2013 Metalurh Donetsk was played on October 4, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Competition Schedule, Third Round (1/8)\nThe second round matches took place on October 25, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Competition Schedule, Quarter-finals\nThe matches took place from December 1, 2006 to December 10, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189736-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Cup, Competition Schedule, Semi-finals\nThe Semifinals took place on April 18, 2007 and May 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League\nThe 2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League is the sixteenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06. Four teams were promoted from the 2005\u201306 Ukrainian Second League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Promoted teams\nThese four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Relegated teams\nTwo teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2005\u201306 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Teams\nIn 2006\u201307 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Teams withdrawn during and after season, Spartak Sumy\nOn November 28, 2006 PFL Bureau has excluded FC Spartak Sumy from competitions for the second no show. Due to the fact that team has physically played less than 50% of calendar games (17 games), all its season record was stripped. Upon withdrawal it had 1-0-18 record and 4-49 goals difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Teams withdrawn during and after season, Borysfen Boryspil\nOn March 16, 2007 FC Borysfen Boryspil was excluded from competitions for systematic violation of statute and regulations of FFU and PFL, failure to comply with their organs of administration and implementation football justice as well as failure to fulfill terms of contracts with players and financial obligations to FFU and PFL. In the rest of games were nominated technical losses to the team and its opponents - technical victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Teams withdrawn during and after season, Podillia Khmelnytskyi\nIn the second half of the season Podillia Khmelnytskyi moved from Khmelnytskyi to Krasyliv. At the same time for the amateur championship registered a new club from Khmelnytskyi, FC Podillia-Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi. So, since spring 2007 there were two clubs Podillia, one at professional level playing in Krasyliv and other - amateur playing in Khmelnytskyi. One of the reasons was the prior merger of Podillia with FC Krasyliv back in 2004. At the end of 2006\u201307 season Podillia Krasyliv changed back to FC Krasyliv and was scheduled to play in the 2007-08 Ukrainian Second League, but withdrew just before the start of season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Teams withdrawn during and after season, Podillia Khmelnytskyi\nInstead of Krasyliv to the Ukrainian Second League applied the newly revived FC Podillia-Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi. In such manner there was created a club's continium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189737-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian First League, Teams withdrawn during and after season, Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk\nFC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League, while another team form local university FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk obtain promotion to the Ukrainian First League. The city municipality on whose balance ended up both clubs decided to keep one and dissolve another one. So, in the 2007-08 Ukrainian Second League season there were no clubs playing from Ivano-Frankivsk, while a new team FSC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was created in place of Fakel to participate in the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189738-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Hockey Championship\nThe 2006\u201307 Ukrainian Hockey League season was the 15th season of the Ukrainian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Ukraine. Six teams participated in the league, and HK ATEK Kyiv won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189739-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Second League\nThe 2006\u201307 Ukrainian Second League was the 16th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups \u2013 A and B. This was a consolidation of the Second League from three groups in the previous season to two, due to the number of team withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189739-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ukrainian Second League, Team changes, Newly admitted\nThe following team was promoted from the 2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189740-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Umaglesi Liga\nThe 2006\u201307 Umaglesi Liga was the eighteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 26 July 2006 and ended on 20 May 2007. Sioni Bolnisi were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189741-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United Counties League\nThe 2006\u201307 United Counties League season was the 100th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189741-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United Counties League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189741-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United Counties League, Division One\nDivision One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule\nThe following is the 2006\u201307 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers prime time hours from September 2006 through August 2007. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 2005\u201306 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule\nThe schedules include the four most popular networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox) and two new networks introduced as part of the broadcast TV realignment: The CW and MyNetworkTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule\nEach of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule\nPBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, Tuesday\nNOTE: Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race aired at 8PM ET on ABC during the NBA Finals in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, Wednesday\nNOTES: Fox premiered The Rich Li$t on November 1, 2006 at 9PM ET. Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, Wednesday\nABC premiered The Great American Dream Vote at 8PM ET on March 28, 2007 (after airing the pilot the previous night). The show was cancelled on March 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, Thursday\nNOTES: In May 2006, when ABC announced their fall lineup for the 2006-2007 TV season, Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly was scheduled to air at 8PM and 8:30PM ET. However, due to both shows not getting \"buzz\" before their fall premieres, ABC moved Ugly Betty from its planned Friday night 8PM slot to the Thursday night 8PM ET slot. Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly aired later on in the season on different nights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, Thursday\nFast Cars and Superstars debuted June 7 on ABC as a lead-in to coverage of the 2007 NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, Friday\nNOTE: In May 2006, when ABC announced their fall lineup for the 2006-2007 TV season, Big Day and Notes from the Underbelly was scheduled to air at 8PM and 8:30PM ET for Thursday nights and Ugly Betty at 8PM ET Friday nights time slot. However, before their fall premieres, ABC moved Ugly Betty from its planned Friday night 8PM slot to the Thursday night 8PM ET slot. The Friday night 8PM time slot was filled with the previous night's episode of Grey's Anatomy until December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189742-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC\nNote: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189743-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule (daytime)\nThe 2006\u201307 daytime network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States in operation during that television season covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2006 to August 2007. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2005\u201306 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189743-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule (daytime)\nAffiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS \u2013 which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids \u2013 is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Fox does not offer daytime network programming nor network news on weekdays; as such, schedules are only included for Saturdays and Sundays. Also not included are MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189743-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule (daytime), Schedule, Monday-Friday\nNBC note: Passions aired its final episode on NBC on September 7, 2007; it moved to The 101 beginning with the September 17 episode. The following Monday, the network returned the 2\u00a0pm timeslot to its affiliates. In exchange, NBC took back the 10:00 am timeslot from its affiliates, as Today expanded to four hours that same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189744-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule (late night)\nThese are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, from September, 2006 to August, 2007. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189744-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 United States network television schedule (late night), Schedule\nNote: On NBC, Poker After Dark premiered on January 1, 2007, the network took back the 2:00 a.m. timeslot from its affiliates. Some NBC affiliates did not air Poker After Dark in the 2:00 a.m. timeslot, opting to air syndicated programming, encore of late local news or paid programming instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189745-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Uruguayan Primera Divisi\u00f3n, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and Danubio won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189746-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Utah Jazz season\nThe 2006-07 Utah Jazz season was the team's 33rd in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 41-41 output from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189746-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Utah Jazz season\nThey managed to improve by 10 games, finishing 51-31, and qualifying for the playoffs. The Jazz met the Houston Rockets in the first round, and defeated them in seven games. Then, they met the Golden State Warriors, who just came off a stunning upset in the First Round, in which they defeated the first-seeded Dallas Mavericks in six games in the Semifinals, but the Jazz swiftly dispatched the Warriors in five games, moving on to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1998, when they last made the NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189746-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Utah Jazz season\nHowever, their playoff run ended with a defeat to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in five games. The Spurs would go on to win their fourth NBA Championship after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in that year's NBA Finals. Their Western Finals trip made this the most successful recent Jazz season as of 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189747-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 V-League (South Korea)\nThe 2006\u201307 V-League season was the 3rd season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 23 December 2006 and finished on 31 March 2007. Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers were the defending champions in the men's league and Cheonan Heungkuk Pink Spiders the defending female champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189748-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VCU Rams men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams played in the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season, Overview\nValencia made significant changes for the season, with coach Quique S\u00e1nchez Flores and technical director Amedeo Carboni overhauling the squad. Players who did not fit in the current playing system, such as Marco Di Vaio, Bernardo Corradi, Pablo Aimar, Rufete, and Mista, were some of those who were sold, while F\u00e1bio Aur\u00e9lio signed for Liverpool (reuniting with former Valencia manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez) after refusing an extension to his contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season, Overview\nTo strengthen the squad, Valencia signed Joaquin, Asier del Horno, Fernando Morientes and Francesco Tavano, as well as recalling David Silva and Jaime Gavil\u00e1n from loan spells, and promoting several youngsters from the Valencia B squad. The club's transfer activity was not wholly successful, however: the club failed in an attempt to sign Benfica winger Sim\u00e3o, while veteran defender Roberto Ayala expressed his desire to sign for rivals Villarreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season, Overview\nValencia started the season strongly, winning their first three Champions League matches, against Olympiacos, Roma and Shakhtar Donetsk. The team qualified to pass on to the next round in a 2\u20132 draw against Shaktar on Matchday Four. On 15 December, Valencia were drawn to play against Italian champions Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League, with the first leg scheduled to take place on 21 February. In La Liga, Valencia started the season with victories against Real Betis, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Getafe and Gimn\u00e0stic de Tarragona, along with a creditable draw with reigning Liga champions Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season, Overview\nAs of 1 October, Valencia were second, behind Barcelona on goal difference. However, they went through a slump in November which caused them to slip up in the league. The first of six winless matches started with a 1\u20130 defeat to Racing de Santander. This poor run was attributed to injuries to key players like captain David Albelda, midfielder Rub\u00e9n Baraja, wingers Jaime Gavil\u00e1n and Vicente, defenders Carlos Marchena and Asier del Horno and forward Francesco Tavano. Despite all these worries, the team is made a strong comeback, winning their last three matches before the winter break (against Deportivo de La Coru\u00f1a, Real Zaragoza and Mallorca).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189749-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Valencia CF season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season\nThe 2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th NHL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nThe season began on the heels of a blockbuster trade involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acquisition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks were too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nIn addition to the departures of high-profile players such as Bertuzzi, Jovanovski and Carter, general manager Dave Nonis had fired Marc Crawford as head coach after the 2005\u201306 season, and replaced him with Alain Vigneault. The team also added players such as Jan Bulis, Taylor Pyatt, Marc Chouinard and Willie Mitchell, players who many thought are not as highly skilled as the ones who had recently departed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nDespite the arrival of Luongo, many hockey analysts and fans predicted before the season began that the team would either miss the playoffs, or at best battle for the last playoff spots as 7th or 8th seed in the Western Conference. However, a few did foresee that the addition of a high-calibre goaltender in Luongo would propel the Canucks into the top three of the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nUnder such skepticism, the team played mediocre hockey from October to the Christmas break, and received criticism due to the team's lack of scoring during this period. However, after the Christmas break, the team had settled down on Vigneault's coaching system, and played stellar hockey from that point on, exceeding the expectations of fans, analysts and critics alike. On April 7, 2007, the Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks by a score of 4\u20133 in overtime to clinch the Northwest Division title; their second in the past three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nNot only did the team win a division title, this season was known for many milestones, such as Taylor Pyatt setting career high in points, and Alain Vigneault setting a new franchise record for wins as a head coach. Also, second-year player Kevin Bieksa had emerged as a top-four defenceman on the team throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nOn January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Aside from Luongo's selection into the All-Star Game, the first half of the season was also noted for the \"Vote for Rory\" internet campaign. The campaign was aimed at getting defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick voted into the 2007 All-Star Game, while mocking the NHL system of internet voting which encouraged people to vote as many times as they liked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nFor the first time in franchise history, the Canucks ended the regular season with the league's best penalty killing record, with an 86.9% efficiency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nWith the division title and third seed in the conference, the Canucks faced off against the Dallas Stars in the Western Quarter-finals. The Canucks first game back in the playoffs was a long one. On April 11, 2007, the Canucks set a franchise record with a quadruple OT win in Game 1. The game was the longest in Canucks history and the sixth longest in league history. Also in this game the Canucks set a record for shots against, allowing 76. The Canucks won this seven-game series despite the fact that every Dallas victory was a shutout for goalie Marty Turco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nThe goal scoring woes continued in the second round against Brian Burke's Anaheim Ducks and the Canucks could not score more than two goals in a game. Although Trevor Linden experienced a resurgence and tied for the team lead for scoring in the playoffs, the Sedin twins could not escape the Ducks' tight checking. The third period of Game 4 was a pivotal point as the Canucks could not protect a 2\u20130 third-period at home and lost in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Season overview\nIn the deciding Game 5 in Anaheim, call-up rookie Jannik Hansen attempted to move the puck from the Canucks' zone, but was caught by a thunderous hit by Rob Niedermayer. The puck then went to his brother Scott, right at the blue line, who fired a wrist shot on net. Roberto Luongo, engaged with a referee over whether the puck had cleared the zone, failed to track the puck, which ended up the back of the net and ended the Canucks' season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Regular season\nThe Canucks finished the regular season with the League's best penalty-kill percentage, at 86.93%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Regular season\nNote: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Playoffs\nThe Vancouver Canucks ended the 2006\u201307 regular season as the Western Conference's third seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Skaters\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Skaters\n*Denotes player traded by Vancouver midway through the season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Player statistics, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Transactions, Trades, Draft picks\nVancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Farm teams, Manitoba Moose\nAHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000\u201301 AHL season. In the 2006\u201307 AHL season, Manitoba finished in 1st place in the North Division, it was the franchises first regular season divisional championship in history. In addition, Mike Keane won the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for Sportsmanship, Perseverance and overall dedication to hockey. In the playoffs, the Manitoba Moose defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins, 4 games to 3, in the first round. However, Manitoba would eventually be eliminated by the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4 games to 2, in the second round of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189750-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vancouver Canucks season, Farm teams, Victoria Salmon Kings\nECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. This is the first year that the franchise has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks in its three-year existence. In the 2006\u201307 ECHL season, the Salmon Kings established their first winning record by going on a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season. The Salmon Kings finished 7th overall in the National Conference and made their first playoff appearance against the Alaska Aces in the National Quarter-final. The Salmon Kings would win Game 1 by a score of 3\u20132, however, the Aces would win 4 of the next 5 games to win the series 4\u20132, eliminating Salmon Kings from the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball men's basketball team finished with a 22\u201312 record (SEC East: 10\u20136, 2nd) and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores were ranked No. 19 in the final ESPN/USA Today (Coaches) poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team\nThe team was led by head coach Kevin Stallings and played its home games at Memorial Gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Preseason outlook\nEntering the season, Vanderbilt was picked by the media attending the SEC's media days in October to finish 4th in a strong SEC East, behind the defending national champion Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee. They returned three starters: swingmen Shan Foster and Derrick Byars and point guard Alex Gordon. Foster was their leading scorer last season and was the third-leading returning scorer in the SEC. Vanderbilt lost two starters: Julian Terrell, their top rebounder (7.2 rpg), and rising-junior DeMarre Carroll, their second-leading scorer (12.1 ppg). Terrell graduated, while Carroll unexpectedly decided to transfer to Missouri shortly after the 2005\u201306 season ended, a decision influenced by the fact that Mizzou's new head coach Mike Anderson is his uncle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Preseason outlook\nJunior Shan Foster was named by the league's coaches to the preseason all-SEC first team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Regular season\nThe Commodores got off to a rocky 1\u20133 start that included an embarrassing home loss to Furman (15\u201316 final record, 8\u201310 Southern Conference). After that, Vanderbilt won 17 of their next 22 games, culminating in an 83\u201370 home win over then-No. 1 Florida (33\u20135, SEC East: 14\u20132, 1st). They entered the NCAA Tournament winning only 2 of their last 5 games, including two losses to Arkansas (21\u201314, SEC West: 7\u20139, 3rd), but one of the wins was a come-from-behind 67\u201365 home win over Kentucky (22\u201312, SEC East: 9\u20137, 4th), their fourth straight win over the Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Regular season\nVanderbilt finished the regular season tied for 2nd with Tennessee (24\u201311, SEC East: 10\u20136) in the SEC East, four games behind eventual national champion Florida (35\u20135, SEC East: 14\u20132, 1st).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, NCAA tournament\nThe Commodores were the No. 6 seed in the East Regional and lost 66\u201365 to No. 2 seeded Georgetown (30\u20136, Big East: 13\u20133, 1st) at East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Commodores defeated No. 11 seeded George Washington (23\u20139, A-10: 11\u20135, 3rd) in the first round, 77\u201344, and No. 3 seeded Washington State (26\u20137, Pac-10: 13\u20135, 2nd), 78\u201374, in two overtimes, at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, before losing to Georgetown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Awards\nFollowing the end of the regular season, head coach Kevin Stallings was named SEC Coach of the Year by his fellow SEC coaches, while senior Derrick Byars was named SEC Player of the Year by the league coaches (the AP chose Chris Lofton of Tennessee). Stallings has now led the Commodores to 20 wins in three of the last four seasons. Byars led the Commodores in scoring with 17.0 points per game and was a unanimous selection to the All-SEC first team. Junior Shan Foster, who averaged 15.6 points per game, was named to the All-SEC second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189751-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team, Awards\nIncluding NCAA Tournament games, Vanderbilt finished the season 7\u20133 against teams ranked in the Top 25. Only North Carolina and UCLA had more wins against ranked opponents", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 59], "content_span": [60, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189752-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n season\nThe 2006\u201307 season of the Venezuelan Primera Divisi\u00f3n, the top category of Venezuelan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Caracas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189753-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season\nThe 2006-07 Vermont Catamounts season was their second in Hockey East. Led by new head coach Tim Bothwell, the Catamounts had 3 victories, compared to 27 defeats and 2 ties. Their conference record was 1 victory, 19 defeats and 1 tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189754-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfB Stuttgart season\nThe 2006\u201307 VfB Stuttgart season was 42nd season in the Bundesliga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189754-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189754-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189754-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, Reserve team\nVfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion. They finished 3rd in the Regionalliga S\u00fcd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189754-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfB Stuttgart season, Players, Reserve team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189755-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfL Bochum season\nThe 2006\u201307 VfL Bochum season was the 69th season in club history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189756-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfL Wolfsburg season\nVfL Wolfsburg only just saved the contract to stay in Bundesliga, for the second year running. In sharp contrast to the miserable league season, Wolfsburg reached the semi finals of the DFB-Pokal, where they went out in a narrow defeat to eventual league champions Stuttgart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189756-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfL Wolfsburg season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189756-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 VfL Wolfsburg season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nThe 2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' 3rd season in the ECHL. Before the start of the 2006-07 season, Salmon Kings' Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager, Dan Belisle signed an affiliation agreement with the Vancouver Canucks and its AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose on July 18, 2006. Through the affiliation agreement, the Canucks assigned goaltender Julien Ellis; forwards Marc Andre-Bernier, F.P. Guenette and defenseman Patrick Coulombe, while the Moose assigned defensemen Matt Kelly and forward Shaun Heshka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nAlong with this move, Dan Belisle also signed Wes Goldie, Milan Gajic, Kiel McLeod and Mike Stutzel to ECHL contracts to play for the Salmon Kings. Through these moves the Salmon Kings hoped to become a powerhouse in its third season. However, under their new head coach Tony MacAuley, the team struggled through the first half of the season, which caused Belisle to fire MacAuley, after three months behind the bench. Dan Belisle would then hire assistant coach Mark Morrison to become the fourth head coach in Salmon Kings' history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0000-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nBelisle's other mid-season move included a big trade with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, and traded Adam Taylor, and David Wrigley, for Jordan Krestanovich and his brother, Derek Krestanovich. Through these mid-season moves, the Salmon Kings started to respond going on a late season run and finished their remaining regular season games on a nine-game winning streak. With the nine-game winning streak, the Salmon Kings completed their season with a 36-32-1-3 record and finished 7th overall in the National Conference to play against the Alaska Aces in their first playoff appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0000-0003", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Season summary\nThe Salmon Kings would eventually win Game 1 by a score of 3-2, but the Aces managed to win their next 4 out of 5 games to win the series 4-2. One of the season highlights for the Salmon Kings, was forward Wes Goldie who led the team and the National Conference with 41 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Schedule and results, Regular season\nLegend:\u00a0\u00a0Win (2 points)\u00a0\u00a0Loss (0 points)\u00a0\u00a0Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Skaters\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Player stats, Goaltenders\n\u2020Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Victoria. Stats reflect time with the Salmon Kings only. \u2021Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Salmon Kings only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189757-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Victoria Salmon Kings season, Professional affiliations, Vancouver Canucks\nThe Salmon Kings' NHL affiliate based in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189758-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vijay Hazare Trophy\nThe 2006\u201307 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the fifth season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India. It was contested between 27 domestic cricket teams of India, starting in February and finishing in March 2007. In the final, Mumbai beat Rajasthan by 72 runs to win their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189759-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. Villanova was led by head coach Jay Wright. The Wildcats participated in the Big East Conference and played their home games at The Pavilion with some select home games at the Wachovia Center. They finished the season 22\u201311, 9\u20137 in Big East play. They received an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 9 seed, where they lost to Kentucky in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189760-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Dave Leitao, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189760-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team\nThe Cavaliers began the season with the opening of the John Paul Jones Arena and an upset of then-#10 Arizona. Despite returning all five starters from the previous campaign, the Cavaliers were picked to finish 8th place in the conference. They went on to win a share of the ACC regular season championship with North Carolina and the second seed in the ACC Tournament. Coach Dave Leitao was chosen as the ACC Coach of the Year following the conclusion of the regular season. Virginia received the fourth seed in the NCAA Tournament's South Regional, where they beat Albany for their first NCAA tournament victory since 1995, but lost in the second round to fifth-seeded Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189761-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing the regular season as the third place team in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189761-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team\nDuring the 2006\u20132007 regular season, Virginia Tech beat Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium and also swept North Carolina defeating the top-ranked team both in Blacksburg, VA and their home court in Chapel Hill, NC, although losing 3 times in a row to NC State including a loss ending their ACC tournament run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189762-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha\nThe 2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha season is the sixteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189762-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha\nThe season started on July 21, 2006 with the game in Kyiv, Dynamo - Chornomorets 4:1. The last day of the competition was June 17, 2007. The winner of the championship was declared Dynamo Kyiv acquiring their 12th title defeating the reigning champion Shakhtar Donetsk that was holding the title for the last couple of years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189762-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha\nIllichivets was forced into relegation for the first time since entering the League 10 years ago. Stal was relegated as well. It was the second time for that club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189762-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha\nThe game Karpaty-Metalist finished with a technical loss awarded to the Lviv's club for no appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189763-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha Reserves\nThe 2006\u201307 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season are competitions between the reserves of Ukrainian Premier League Clubs and the Under 19s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189763-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vyshcha Liha Reserves\nThe events in the senior leagues during the 2004\u201305 season saw Volyn Lutsk Reserves and Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Reserves be relegated with Zorya Luhansk Reserves and Karpaty Lviv Reserves entering the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189764-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Vysshaya Liga season\nThe 2006\u201307 Vysshaya Liga season was the 15th season of the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of ice hockey in Russia. 29 teams participated in the league. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod was promoted to the Russian Superleague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189765-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WABA NBL\nWABA NBL for season 2006\u201307 was the sixth season of WABA League. The study included twelve teams from five countries, a champion for the first time in team history became CSKA Sofia. In this season participating clubs from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and from Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189765-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WABA NBL, Regular season\nThe League of the season was played with 12 teams and play a dual circuit system, each with each one game at home and away. The four best teams at the end of the regular season were placed in the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189765-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WABA NBL, Final four\nFinal Four to be played 17 and 18 March 2007 in the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 WHL season was the 41st season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty-one teams completed a 72-game season. The Everett Silvertips won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, after having the best record in the WHL during the regular season. The Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup, defeating the Vancouver Giants in seven games. The Giants captured the 2007 Memorial Cup as tournament hosts, defeating the Tigers in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, Scoring leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, Scoring leaders, Goaltending leaders\nNote: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses\u00a0; GA = Goals against; SO = Total shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2007 WHL Playoffs, Memorial Cup\nThe Vancouver Giants hosted the 2007 Memorial Cup tournament, which also featured the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers. The Plymouth Whalers represented the Ontario Hockey League, and the Lewiston Maineiacs represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2007 WHL Playoffs, Memorial Cup\nThe Tigers earned a spot in the Championship game with a 2\u20131 round robin record, falling 3\u20131 to the Maineiacs before defeating the Whalers 4\u20131, and the Giants 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2007 WHL Playoffs, Memorial Cup\nThe Giants also finished 2\u20131, defeating Plymouth 4\u20133 in Overtime and Lewiston 2\u20131. Their loss to Medicine Hat dropped them into a semi-final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2007 WHL Playoffs, Memorial Cup\nThe Giants prevailed in the semi-final to meet the Tigers in the Cup Final, and defeated Medicine Hat 3\u20131 to take the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge\nOn November 29, the WHL defeated the Russian Selects 5\u20133 before a crowd of 4,404 at Chilliwack, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge\nOn November 30, the WHL defeated the Russian Selects 8\u20131 before a crowd of 4,136 at Kamloops, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge\nAll time, the WHL has an 8\u20130 lead in the series which began in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189766-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WHL season, 2007 Bantam draft\nThe 2007 WHL Bantam Draft was the 18th Bantam Draft. It was hosted by the Stampede Park Round-Up Centre on Thursday May 3, 2007, via the internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189767-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WNBL season\nThe 2006\u201307 WNBL season was the 27th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 8 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2006 and March 2007, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189767-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WNBL season\nBroadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189767-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WNBL season\nMolten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189768-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WRU Challenge Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 WRU Challenge Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Konica Minolta Cup, was the 37th WRU Challenge Cup, the annual national rugby union cup competition of Wales. Llandovery won the title for the very first time after beating Cardiff Rugby 20 - 18 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189769-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WRU Division One East\nThe 2006\u201307 WRU Division One East or 2006\u201307 Asda Division One East for sponsorship reasons was the twelfth season of the WRU Division One and the first season of the WRU Division One East. The season began on Saturday 2 September 2006 and ended on Saturday 5 April 2007. Twelve teams played each other on a home and away basis. This was also the last season where teams earned three points for a win and one point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189770-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WRU Division One West\nThe 2006\u201307 WRU Division One West or 2006\u201307 Asda Division One West for sponsorship reasons was the sixteenth WRU Division One West and the first season of the WRU Division One West. The season began on Saturday 2 September 2006 and ended on Saturday 28 April 2007. Twelve teams played each other on a home and away basis. This was also the last season where teams earned three points for a win and one point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189771-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WRU Division Two East\nThe 2006\u201307 WRU Division Two East or 2006\u201307 Asda Division Two East for sponsorship reasons was the twelfth season of the WRU Division Two and the first season of the WRU Division Two East. The season began on Saturday 2 September 2006 and ended on Saturday 5 May 2007. Twelve teams played each other on a home and away basis. This was also the last season where teams earned three points for a win and one point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189772-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WRU Division Two West\nThe 2006\u201307 WRU Division Two West or 2006\u201307 Asda Division Two West for sponsorship reasons was the sixteenth WRU Division Two West. The season began on Saturday 2 September and ended on Saturday 5 May. Twelve teams played each other on a home and away basis. This was also the last season where teams earned three points for a win and one point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189773-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WWHL season\nThe 2006\u201307 WWHL season was the third season of the Western Women's Hockey League. The Calgary Oval X-Treme enjoyed an undefeated season and claimed the WWHL Champions cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189773-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 WWHL season, Final standings\nNote: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season\nThe 2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they used their blue, black and bronze color scheme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season, Regular season, Season standings\nNote: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season, Regular season, Season standings\nP \u2013 Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y \u2013 Clinched Division; X \u2013 Clinched Playoff spot", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season, Playoffs\nFor the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season, Roster\n2\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pothier\u00a0\u20224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Erskine\u00a0\u202223\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jurcina\u00a0\u202226\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Morrisonn\u00a0\u202227\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Clymer\u00a0\u202244\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Eminger\u00a0\u202247\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Muir\u00a0\u202252\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Green", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season, Roster\n8\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ovechkin\u00a0\u202210\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bradley\u00a0\u202213\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Novotny\u00a0\u202214\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fehr\u00a0\u202215\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gordon\u00a0\u202216\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sutherby\u00a0\u202217\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Clark\u00a0\u202218\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pettinger\u00a0\u202221\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Laich\u00a0\u202224\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Beech\u00a0\u202225\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Steckel\u00a0\u202228\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Semin\u00a0\u202238\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Klepis\u00a0\u202243\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fleischmann\u00a0\u202287\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brashear", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189774-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Capitals season, Draft picks\nWashington's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189775-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Huskies men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Lorenzo Romar, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189775-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Huskies men's basketball team\nThe Huskies were 18\u201312 overall in the regular season and 8\u201310 in conference play, seventh in the standings. Washington had only one road win in league play (over last place Arizona State), and ended the regular season with home wins over USC and second-ranked UCLA, the regular season champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189775-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Huskies men's basketball team\nAt the conference tournament in Los Angeles, Washington defeated tenth seed Arizona State in the first round, but lost to rival Washington State by ten points in a quarterfinal; it was the fifth straight loss to the Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189776-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2006\u20132007 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Tony Bennett. The team played its home games in Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season\nThe 2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season was their 46th season in the National Basketball Association. The Wizards made the playoffs for the third straight season. The Wizards were then eliminated for the second straight time by the Cavaliers in just the first round. The Wizards had the third worst team defensive rating in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Draft picks\nWashington's selections from the 2006 NBA draft in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nThe Wizards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006\u201307 season. Transactions listed are from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nJuly 19, 2006- Signed Darius Songaila as a free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nAugust 5, 2006- Signed DeShawn Stevenson as a free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nSeptember 13, 2006- Signed Roger Mason as a free agent. Signed Kevinn Pinkney as a free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nSeptember 14, 2006- Signed James Lang as a free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nFebruary 28, 2007- Signed Mike Hall to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season. Waived James Lang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189777-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Washington Wizards season, Transactions\nJune 28, 2007- Drafted Nick Young in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft. Drafted Dominic McGuire in the 2nd round (47th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189778-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Watford F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Watford competed in the FA Premier League, after being promoted from the Football League Championship last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189778-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Watford F.C. season, Season summary\nWatford were involved in the setting of several Premier League records during the season: when Tottenham Hotspur keeper Paul Robinson accidentally scored for Spurs from a long free-kick that bounced over Ben Foster's head, he became only the third keeper to score in the Premier League (the other two being Peter Schmeichel and Brad Friedel); and when Alec Chamberlain (born in 1964) came on a substitute in a Premier League match, he became the oldest player to appear in the Premier League. Watford were relegated after only one season in the top-flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189778-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Watford F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189778-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Watford F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189779-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welcoat Dragons season\nThe 2006\u201307 Welcoat Dragons season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189779-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welcoat Dragons season, Newest member\nWelcoat bought the Pilipinas Shell franchise early in the year. The team is co-owned by Raymund Yu and Terry Que and the ballclub in their first season will be known as Welcoat Dragons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189779-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welcoat Dragons season, Key dates\nAugust 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189780-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welsh Alliance League\nThe 2006\u201307 Welsh Alliance League is the 23rd season of the Welsh Alliance League, which is in the third level of the Welsh football pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189780-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welsh Alliance League\nThe league consists of fifteen teams and concluded with Denbigh Town as champions and promoted to the Cymru Alliance. Bottom team Caerwys were relegated to the Clwyd League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189780-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welsh Alliance League, Teams\nPrestatyn Town were champions in the previous season. They were replaced by Halkyn United and Holywell Town who were relegated from the Cymru Alliance and Gwynedd League champions Pwllheli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189781-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welsh League Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Welsh League Cup season was won by Caersws FC, beating Rhyl FC in the final. It was the third victory for Caersws FC in the competition, and the fourth appearance by Rhyl FC in the final. The final took place at Park Avenue, in Aberystwyth, Wales. The match was refereed by Brian Lawlor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189782-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welsh Premier Division\nThe 2006\u201307 Welsh Premier Division or 2006\u201307 Principality Premiership for sponsorship reasons was the sixteenth Welsh Premier Division. The season began on Saturday 2 September 2006 and ended on Saturday 5 May 2007. Fourteen teams played each other on a home and away basis. This was also the last season where teams earned three points for a win and one point for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189783-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Welsh Premier League\nThe 2006\u201307 Welsh Premier League was the 15th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment as the League of Wales in 1992. It began on 18 August 2006 and ended on 21 April 2007. The league was won for the third consecutive season by The New Saints, their fourth title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189784-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wessex Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Wessex Football League was the 21st season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were Gosport Borough, who were promoted to the Southern League. The three divisions were renamed Premier Division, Division One and Division Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189784-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wessex Football League\nThere was some promotion between the three Wessex League divisions, but no relegation, and Division Two was disbanded at the end of the season, leaving the league with two divisions. Clubs with a specified level of facilities were promoted to Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189784-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wessex Football League\nFor sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189784-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wessex Football League, League tables, Premier Division\nThe new Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, reduced from 22 the previous season, after Winchester City, Thatcham Town and Andover were promoted to the Southern League, Portland United were demoted to the Dorset Premier League, and B.A.T. Sports and A.F.C. Newbury were demoted to the third tier after they suffered problems with their grounds. Four new clubs were promoted from the second tier:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189784-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wessex Football League, League tables, Division One\nThe new Division One consisted of 19 clubs, reduced from 22 the previous season, after Brading Town, Downton, Horndean and Ringwood Town were promoted to the top tier, Bishops Waltham Town and Whitchurch United were relegated to the third tier, and three new clubs joined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189784-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wessex Football League, League tables, Division Two\nThe new Division Two consisted of 18 clubs, increased from 17 the previous season, after Laverstock & Ford and Verwood Town were promoted, and Micheldever and Netley Central Sports left the league. Five new clubs joined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 season, West Bromwich Albion competed in the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Season summary\nWest Brom began the season slowly and manager Bryan Robson departed as manager in October by mutual consent. Under his successor, Tony Mowbray, West Brom were a permanent fixture in the top six from late December onwards and led the division briefly in February, but a run of four defeats in five games at home saw them fall out of contention for automatic promotion. They secured their play-off place with a 7\u20130 home win against Barnsley on the final day of the league season, finishing fourth in the process. This was one place above Wolverhampton Wanderers, by virtue of a superior goal difference, but eight points behind Derby County. West Brom scored 81 league goals during the campaign, the highest tally of any team in the Football League in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Season summary\nIn the play-off semi-finals, Albion faced local rivals and fifth-placed team Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning the first leg 3\u20132 and the second 1\u20130 to progress 4\u20132 on aggregate. The second leg was the fifth meeting between the two sides during 2006\u201307, setting a new record for the most times that the Black Country derby has been contested in a single campaign, while West Brom's four wins against their rivals was also a season record for matches between the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Season summary\nIn the play-off final game, West Brom were defeated by Derby, with Stephen Pearson scoring the only goal of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Kit\nEnglish company Umbro became West Brom's kit manufacturers for the season. T-Mobile remained the kit sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 45], "content_span": [46, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Players, First-team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189785-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season, Players, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League. They finished the season in 15th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary\nWest Ham started the 2006\u201307 campaign brightly, but slipped down the table due to off-field distractions. They were knocked out from UEFA Cup by the Italian Serie A side Palermo (4\u20130 on aggregate) and saw themselves dragged into the relegation zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary\nEventually an Icelandic consortium led by Eggert Magn\u00fasson bought the club on 26 November 2006. Following a poor run of form that left the club in 17th position, despite the signing of big name players Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez, the new owners sacked Alan Pardew, replacing him with former West Ham player Alan Curbishley who had recently ended a 15-year spell in charge of Charlton Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary\nWest Ham won Curbishley's first game 1\u20130 at home against Manchester United, but went on to draw at fellow relegation strugglers Fulham, were crushed 6\u20130 at newly promoted Reading and were knocked out of the FA Cup by the bottom Premiership team, Watford. An end-to-end thriller at home to Tottenham Hotspur ended with West Ham losing 4\u20133 having been 3\u20132 in front with minutes to play, but the bright performance signified a change in form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary\nAt the same time the signings of Mascherano and Tevez were being investigated by the Premier League, who were concerned that details regarding the transfers had been omitted from official records and whether the influence of MSI, led by Kia Joorabchian, breached Premier League rules regarding third party ownership of players. The media touted the idea that Tevez's contract could be terminated, possibly resulting in a deduction of points for playing an ineligible player. On 27 April 2007, West Ham pleaded guilty and were handed a record \u00a35.5 million fine by the Premier League, but avoided a points deduction. Liverpool's signing of Mascherano was investigated and he was cleared to play after a two-week delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary\nFollowing the verdict, Wigan Athletic's chairman Dave Whelan threatened legal action, supported by other relegation-threatened sides including Fulham and Sheffield United, saying \"This is a very serious offence West Ham committed... They broke the law, told blatant lies and should have got a 10-point penalty. If we can sue West Ham or the Premier League, I am sure that will happen.\" Wigan's manager Paul Jewell suggested League officials had intimated they wished to see them relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Season summary\nIn a period that came to be known by the club's fans as \"The Great Escape\", West Ham avoided relegation by winning seven of their last nine games, including a 1\u20130 win over Arsenal, and on the last day of the season, defeating the Premiership champions Manchester United 1\u20130 to finish outside the relegation zone in 15th. Sheffield United, who were relegated, later sued West Ham for up to \u00a330m, and an FA arbitration panel found in their favour. The two clubs settled out of court for an undisclosed sum in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189786-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Ham United F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189787-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Midlands (Regional) League\nThe 2006\u201307 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 107th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire. It has three divisions, the highest of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 6 of the National League System, or the tenth level of the overall English football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189787-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Midlands (Regional) League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189788-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University from Morgantown, West Virginia in the 2006-07 season. After impressive finishes in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight the last two years, the Mountaineers seemed poised to improve on those last two seasons, opening with a 10-1 nonconference schedule. Only to post a 9-7 in Big East conference play, placing 7th. After a loss in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, the Mountaineers would accept an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where they would win the championship. Following the season, coach John Beilein would depart to become the next head coach at Michigan. Beilein would be replaced by current WVU coach Bob Huggins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189788-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, Postseason Results\nBig East conference TournamentFirst Round Vs. Providence - W, 92-79 @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NYQuarterfinals Vs. Louisville - L, 71-82 2OT @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NYNational Invitation TournamentFirst Round Vs. Delaware State - W, 74-50 @ WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WVSecond Round Vs. Massachusetts - W, 90-77 @ WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WVQuarterfinals Vs. NC State - W, 71-66 @ WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WVSemifinals Vs. Mississippi State - W, 63-62 @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NYChampionship Vs. Clemson - W, 78-73 @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189789-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Western Football League\nThe 2006\u201307 Western Football League season (known as the 2006\u201307 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189789-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Western Football League\nThe league champions for the first time in their history were Corsham Town, although it was runners-up Bridgwater Town who took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were newcomers Truro City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189789-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Western Football League, Premier Division\nThe Premier Division featured three new clubs in a league of 22, increased from 21 the previous season after Exmouth Town resigned and Backwell United were relegated to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189789-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Western Football League, First Division\nThe First Division remained at 22 clubs after Chard Town, Dawlish Town and Street were promoted to the Premier Division, and Saltash United left to join the South Western League. Four clubs joined:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189790-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team plays in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and was led by head coach Mark Turgeon in his seventh and final year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189791-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wichita Thunder season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Ilamb94 (talk | contribs) at 02:53, 19 November 2019 (Updated table formatting). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189791-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wichita Thunder season\nThe 2006\u201307 Wichita Thunder season was the 15th season of the CHL franchise in Wichita, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189791-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wichita Thunder season, Playoffs\nThe Wichita Thunder qualified for the playoffs for the fourth straight season. They lost the opening round best-of-seven series against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 2 - 4. Ryan Lauzon and Travis Clayton both lead the Thunder with six points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189792-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wigan Athletic F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 Wigan Athletic F.C. season was the club's 29th season in the Football League and their second season in the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189792-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Season summary\nThe club struggled to repeat the successes of its previous season and fell victim to \"second season syndrome\". They were knocked out of both domestic cups at the first round of entry, and finished 17th in the league after securing Premier League survival on the last day of the season in an away win against Sheffield United, who were relegated instead on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189792-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Season summary\nA day after the end of the season, manager Paul Jewell resigned after six years in charge of the club. His assistant manager Chris Hutchings was appointed as his replacement. Summer signing Emile Heskey (signed for a record fee of \u00a35.5 million) finished the season as the club's top goalscorer with a total of nine goals, and left-back Leighton Baines won the Supporters' Player of the Year award, and the Players' Player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189792-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189792-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wigan Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189793-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented The College of William & Mary during the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. This was head coach Tony Shaver's fourth season at William & Mary. The Tribe competed in the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at Kaplan Arena. They finished the season 15\u201315, 8\u201310 in CAA play and lost in the preliminary round of the 2007 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to Georgia State. They did not participate in any post-season tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189794-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 2006\u201307 college basketball season. This was head coach Gregg Marshall's ninth and final season at Winthrop. The Eagles competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Winthrop Coliseum. They finished the season 29\u20135, 14\u20130 in Big South play to finish as conference regular season champions. They won the 2007 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. The Eagles defeated Notre Dame in the first round \u2013 the Big South\u2019s first win in NCAA Tournament play \u2013 before falling to No. 3 seed Oregon in the Round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189794-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team\nWinthrop finished the season ranked No. 22 in both major college basketball polls. After the season, Marshall left to take over as head coach at Wichita State. Assistant Randy Peele would be elevated to head coach for the 2007\u201308 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189795-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison in the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bo Ryan, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers finished the season 30\u20136, 13\u20133 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They lost in the Big Ten Tournament championship to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region. In the First Round, they defeated Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi before being upset by No. 7-seeded UNLV in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189795-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nAlando Tucker was a senior and won Big Ten Player of the Year in voting by both the coaches and the media. He averaged 19.9 point per game. He was a 1st team consensus All-American, and was a Wooden Award finalist but the award went to a freshman from Texas, Kevin Durant. Kammron Taylor was also a senior. Brian Butch, Greg Stiemsma, and Michael Flowers were juniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189795-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nThe season was a promising one as Wisconsin beat then-ranked #2 Pittsburgh in December, and then-ranked #5 Ohio State in January. Wisconsin earned its first ever #1 AP ranking in school history on February 20, 2007. However, the Badgers lost that same evening at Michigan State. An important rematch with Ohio State loomed a few days later on Sunday, February 25, 2007 in Columbus. The Buckeyes, boasting an elite freshman class lead by Mike Conley and Greg Oden, edged the Badgers, 49-48. In that game, junior center Brian Butch severely injured his elbow and missed the rest of Wisconsin's season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189795-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Season Notes\nLosing Butch was a large blow to Wisconsin, who despite making it to the Big Ten championship game, still limped into March Madness as a 2-seed. The team struggled to close out 15-seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the first round before getting ousted by 7-seed UNLV in the second round. Meanwhile, Ohio State advanced to the NCAA Tournament finale before falling to Florida, which repeated as champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189795-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Previous season\nThe Badgers finished the 2005\u201306 season 19\u201312, 9\u20137 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for fourth place. They lost to Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. The Badgers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed in the Minneapolis region. They lost in the First Round to No. 8-seeded Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189796-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season\nThe Badgers were led by Mark Johnson, who was in his fifth season with the Badgers. The club had a 31\u20131\u20134 overall record, and a 23\u20131\u20134 conference record. The Badgers won their second straight WCHA regular season title and NCAA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189796-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nNumeours accolades were bestowed upon the Badgers players. Bauer was named one of the 2006\u201307 all-league forwards. Senior Meghan Mikkelson was one of the all-WCHA defenseman while Wisconsin sophomore Jessie Vetter was voted the all-league goalie. Sara Bauer was named the WCHA Player of the Year for the second straight season. She captured the conference scoring race with 51 points in 28 WCHA games. She scored 16 goals and added 35 assists. Bauer was third in the NCAA scoring race during the regular season with 62 points in 34 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189796-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nShe was second in the country with 40 assists, tied for 13th with 22 goals, ranked fifth in the nation with 1.82 points per game and third with 1.18 assists per game. Meghan Mikkelson was selected as the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year. This marked the fourth consecutive year that the award was won by a player from Wisconsin. Mikkelson succeeded teammate Bobbi-Jo Slusar, a two-time winner, as the top defender. Jessie Vetter and Christine Dufour combined for 15 shutouts. Vetter was voted the top goalie and had a 1.24 goals-against average and a save percentage of .932.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189796-0001-0002", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season, Regular season\nWisconsin's Meghan Duggan was named the 2006\u201307 WCHA Rookie of the Year. She was ranked first among league rookies in scoring with 34 points and also led the freshman class with 17 goals. She was the fourth leading scorer in the WCHA overall. Duggan tallied five WCHA weekly honors overall, the most ever by a UW player in a single season. Mark Johnson was awarded WCHA Coach of the Year for the second straight year. Johnson is the son of the late Badgers' men's coach (and Stanley Cup champion) Bob Johnson, and has a career record of 142\u201328\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189796-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season, Postseason\nThe game-winning goal was scored by Junior Jinelle Zaugg. She received a pass from Sara Bauer that went over Harvard goalie Brittany Martin's shoulder to end the game after 127 minutes and :09 seconds of play. The Badgers' seven-period game ranks as the second longest game in NCAA history, the longest played in 1996 when New Hampshire defeated Providence 3\u20132 in five overtimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 108th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season summary\nThe season was the first under new manager Mick McCarthy who replaced Glenn Hoddle after the latter resigned suddenly in July 2006. McCarthy's appointment coincided with a new approach by the club after their parachute payments stemming from their Premier League relegation two years earlier ceased. After numerous senior players departed under these new financial conditions, a fresh ethos of recruiting younger players from lower league sides emerged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Season summary\nThe team finished fifth, qualifying for the play-offs. Their promotion hopes were ended by local rivals West Bromwich Albion - whom they met a record five times during the campaign - who beat them in both legs of the play-off semi finals to win 4\u20132 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Results, Football League Championship\nA total of 24 teams competed in the Championship during the 2006\u201307 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2006, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Players, Statistics\nKey:\u00a0\u00a0\u2021 On loan from another club \u00a0\u00a0* First appearance(s) for the club", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Players, Statistics\nCorrect as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189797-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season, Kit\nThe season saw new home and away kits, both manufactured by Le Coq Sportif. The away kit was an all-white design. Chaucer Consulting sponsored the club for a third season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 48], "content_span": [49, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189798-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Women's EHF Cup\nThe 2006\u201307 Women's EHF Cup was the 26th edition of the European Handball Federation's secondary competition for women's handball clubs, running from 14 September 2006 to 20 May 2007. Zvezda Zvenigorod defeated Ikast EH in the final to become the first Russian team to win the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189799-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Women's National Cricket League season\nThe 2006\u201307 Women's National Cricket League season was the 11th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 11 November 2006 and finished on 28 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189799-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Women's National Cricket League season\nThe New South Wales Breakers won the tournament after finishing second on the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189800-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Bowls Tour\nThe 2006\u201307 World Bowls Tour is a multi competition tournament over a season in bowls. The season started on 29 October 2006 and lasted until 9 February 2007. The World Bowls Tour is organised by the Professional Bowls Association, the World Bowls Ltd and the World Indoor Bowls Council. It is made up of four ranking event tournaments, The tournaments are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189800-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Bowls Tour, Players\nThe top 16 players automatically entered into the four main tournaments. The rest of the players are made up of qualifiers. The top 16 for the 2006\u201307 season were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189801-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Series of Poker Circuit\nThe 2006\u201307 World Series of Poker Circuit is the 3rd annual World Series of Poker Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189802-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 2006\u201307 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings is the 2006\u201307 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 August 2007. It includes horses aged three or older which raced or were trained during 2006\u201307 in countries where the flat racing year runs from August 1 to July 31 (and also South America, where it runs from July 1 to June 30). These countries are generally in the Southern Hemisphere, although some areas covered, such as Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, are actually north of the equator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189802-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe 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.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189802-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings\nThe highest rating in the 2006\u201307 season was 129, which was given to the performance of Invasor in the Dubai World Cup. In total, 65 horses were included in the list, eighteen more than in the 2005\u201306 Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189802-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Full rankings for 2006\u201307\nCertain horses may have also recorded a lesser rating over a distance different from that listed above. The IFHA usually publishes this information when the lower rating represents the overall top performance in a particular category. There were no such additional ratings for this season, although the following two were included in a supplementary article, the Top Ranked Performers by Age, Distance and Surface:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189802-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Top ranked horses\nThe tables below show the top ranked horses overall, the top fillies and mares, and the top three-year-olds in the 2006\u201307 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. Top ranked horses rated less than 115 are included where known. The IFHA recognizes five distance categories \u2014 Sprint, Mile, Intermediate, Long and Extended \u2014 identified by the acronym \"SMILE\". These are framed as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189803-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season\nDuring the 2006\u201307 English football season, Wycombe Wanderers competed in Football League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189803-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Season summary\nWycombe finished solidly in midtable, but their greatest success during the season came in the League Cup. Shock wins against the likes of Fulham and Charlton saw Wycombe reach the semi-finals, where they were drawn against Chelsea. A home draw at Adams Park gave Wycombe fans optimism, but Wycombe were easily beaten 4\u20130 at Stamford Bridge in the return leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189803-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189803-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Wycombe Wanderers F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189804-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team\nThe 2006\u201307 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University in the 2007\u201308 college basketball season. They were led by head coach Sean Miller in his third season at Xavier. The Musketeers were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the Cintas Center. Xavier finished the season with a record of 25\u20139, 13\u20133 in A-10 play to share the regular season championship. The Musketeers lost in the semifinals of the A-10 Tournament to Rhode Island. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South region. The Musketeers defeated BYU to advance to the second round before losing to No. 1 seed Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189805-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Xiangxue Sun Hei season\nThe 2006\u201307 season is the 11th season of Sun Hei SC in Hong Kong First Division League. The team was coached by Malaysian coach Koo Luam Khen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189806-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 York City F.C. season\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 85th season of competitive association football and third season in the Football Conference played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. They finished in fourth place in the 24-team 2006\u201307 Conference National, qualifying for the play-offs, in which they were eliminated in the semi-final by Morecambe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189806-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 York City F.C. season\nYork entered the 2006\u201307 FA Cup in the fourth qualifying round, beating Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics) away before losing at home to Bristol City in the first round. They were knocked out in the first round of the 2006\u201307 FA Trophy, being beaten by their eventual play-off opponents Morecambe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189806-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 York City F.C. season\n28 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 12 different goalscorers. Striker Craig Farrell played in all 51 first-team matches over the season. Clayton Donaldson finished as leading goalscorer with 26 goals, of which 24 came in league competition, one came in the FA Cup one came in the FA Trophy. The winner of the Clubman of the Year award was Neal Bishop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189806-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 York City F.C. season, Background and pre-season\nNew home and away kits were brought in for the first time in two years. The home kit included red shirts with a white collar, bar a section under the neck which was red, and white trims on the sleeves, white shorts and red socks. The away kit comprised yellow shirts with a green collar, bar a section under the neck which was yellow, and white trims on the sleeves, blue shorts and blue socks. CLP Industries continued as shirt sponsors for the second successive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189806-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 York City F.C. season, Match details\nDates and attendances are sourced by Batters. League positions are sourced by Statto. The remaining information is referenced individually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189807-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ystalyfera RFC season\nThe start of season 2006-07 in Division Four South West was in contrast with the somewhat traditional \u2013 \u201cgood start \u2013 poor Christmas/New year \u2013 with a good end to the season\u201d. Up to the end of November six league games had been lost with a single victory at home to Trebanos. The only other win was a Swansea Valley 1st Round home game versus Alltwen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189807-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ystalyfera RFC season\nIn December to February team confidence did rally and five wins, two draws and only two defeats saw the side lift itself up, finishing the season with three wins in the last four games and a respectable 7th place out of 12. Welsh Cup progress was a dismal 1st Round defeat at home to district side Trefil and the West Wales Shield Merit Table finish 21st out of 31. The Swansea Valley Cup effort was a final versus Vardre up at Cwmtwrch, which we lost 13-8. Ystalyfera were completely outplayed by their much classier opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189807-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 Ystalyfera RFC season\nCaptain this season was the reliable Alun Guerrier, and top points scorer was Andrew Spratt with an accumulative 142 points. Top try scorer was the young Mathew Scott with 12. Jonathan Evans won both the Players Player and Supporters Player of the year awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189808-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 curling season\nThe 2006-07 curling season began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189809-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 film awards season\nThe 2006\u201307 film awards season began in November 2006 and ended in February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football\n2006\u201307 season of Argentine football was the 116th season of competitive football in Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football, Torneo Apertura (\"Opening\" Tournament), \"Championship\" playoff\nBoca Juniors and Estudiantes de La Plata ended up tied in points at the end of the 19 weeks of regular season. Tournament rules establish that, unlike any other position on the table, if two or more teams are equal in points at the end of play, goal difference does not count and a playoff game is required. Estudiantes won that match and was crowned as champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football, Torneo Clausura (\"Closing\" Tournament)\nBy matchday 8th, seven coaches were already fired by their respective teams", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football, Torneo Clausura (\"Closing\" Tournament), Relegation, \"Promoci\u00f3n\" playoff\nTeams and schedules will be decided based on average after the end of the Closing tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football, Torneo Clausura (\"Closing\" Tournament), Relegation, \"Promoci\u00f3n\" playoff\nTigre wins 3-1 and is promoted to Argentine First Division. While Nueva Chicago is relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football, Torneo Clausura (\"Closing\" Tournament), Relegation, \"Promoci\u00f3n\" playoff\nHurac\u00e1n wins 5-2 and is promoted to Argentine First Division. While Godoy Cruz is relegated to the Argentine Nacional B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 102], "content_span": [103, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189810-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Argentine football, National team\nThis section covers Argentina's matches from the end of the 2006 FIFA World Cup until the end of the 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer\nThe following article is a summary of the 2006\u201307 football season in Australia, which was the 2nd season following the formation of the A-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, A-League\nThe 2006\u201307 A-League season began on 25 August 2006 and ended on 18 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe 2006 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup began on 15 July 2006 and ended on 19 August 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, Asian Champions League\nThe 2006 AFC Champions League began on 7 March 2007 and ended on 14 November 2007. Adelaide United and Sydney FC represented Australia in the competition, 2005\u201306 A-League Premiers and Champions, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's senior, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-23, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, National teams, Men's under-20, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's senior, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the women's senior national team in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189811-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Australian soccer, National teams, Women's under-17, Friendlies\nThe following is a list of friendlies played by the women's under-17 national team in 2006\u201307.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189812-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Belgian football\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by BHGbot (talk | contribs) at 23:22, 19 June 2020 (WP:BHGbot 6 (List 5): eponymous category first, per MOS:CATORDER; WP:GENFIXES). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189812-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Belgian football\nThe 2006\u201307 season is the 104th competitive season in Belgian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189812-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Belgian football, Overview\nFollowing promotion from the Belgian Second Division, Mons have returned to the Belgian First Division immediately after dropping to the second division during the 2004\u20132005 season. La Louvi\u00e8re has dropped from the first division after finishing last, they were also refused a licence which caused them to drop two levels and so they now play in the Belgian Third Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189812-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Belgian football, National team\nAfter failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, Belgium will attempt to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189813-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Cape Verdean football\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by BHGbot (talk | contribs) at 23:23, 19 June 2020 (WP:BHGbot 6 (List 5): eponymous category first, per MOS:CATORDER; WP:GENFIXES). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189813-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Cape Verdean football\nIn the 2006\u201307 season of competitive football (soccer) in Cape Verde It was the first season that the national cup competition took place, its first winner was Acad\u00e9mica da Praia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189813-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Cape Verdean Football Championships\nAcad\u00e9mica do Mindelo and Acad\u00e9mico do Aeroporto were first in each group along with two Praia based teams Sporting and Acad\u00e9mica, second of each group. Acad\u00e9mica Mindelo had the most points numbering 13, second was Acad\u00e9mico do Aeroporto with 11, two Praia based teams Sporting and Acad\u00e9mica had ten each which was third. Acad\u00e9mica Mindelo scored the most with 16 goals followed by Sporting Praia with 11 and Acad\u00e9mico do Aeroporto with 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189813-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Cape Verdean Football Championships\nIn the semis, Sporting Praia advanced with 6 goals scored each they defeated Acad\u00e9mico do Aeroporto with three goals and Acad\u00e9mica do Mindelo who defeated Acad\u00e9mica Praia with a 1-0 result each leg, both of the clubs are Acad\u00e9mica de Coimbra affiliates. In the finals, the first match ended in a scoreless draw, the final leg ended in a goal draw, Sporting Praia scored a goal at the last minute of stoppage time, being an away goal, Sporting Praia won their sixth championship match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189813-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Cape Verdean Cup\nThe second ever Cape Verdean Cup took place (their last was in 1982). It became one of the most recent nations to hold their own Acad\u00e9mica Praia won their first cup title after defeating Acad\u00e9mica do Sal 3\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189813-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Cape Verdean football, Final standings, Island or regional competitions, Regional Super Cups\nThe 2006 champion winner played with a 2006 cup winner (when a club won both, a second place club competed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189814-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Croatian football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2006\u201307 football (soccer) season in Croatia, which was the 16th season of competitive football in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189816-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Danish football\nThe 2006\u201307 season in Danish football, began in July 2006 and ended in June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189816-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Danish football, Overview\nFrom the 2006\u201307 season, B 1909, B 1913 and Dalum IF merged into FC FYN. All three clubs played in the 2005\u201306 season in 2nd Division West. FC FYN will also play in the 2nd Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189816-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Danish football, Overview\nFrom this season, the Cup will take a make-over. The current eight rounds will be shorted to seven. The teams from 1st Division placed 1 to 4 in 2005\u201306 and the teams from Superligaen placed 5\u201312 in 2005\u201306 will start in the 2nd round. The teams from Superligaen placed 1\u20134 in 2005\u201306 will start in the 3rd round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189816-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Danish football, Overview\nParken Stadium will be expanded in the autumn 2006 from 42,100 seats to 42,765. The Coca-Cola stand will be demolished, and a new one will come up. The current Coca-Cola stand is from the 1950s and is the only memory from the old Idr\u00e6tsparken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 127th season of competitive association football in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, National team\nEngland began their qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 in September, beating Andorra 5\u20130. Steve McClaren began his reign as head coach against Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, FA Premier League\nAfter 3 seasons of missing out, Manchester United fought off the challenge of Chelsea and regained the Premier League title for the 9th time in 15 years. Despite finishing second, the Blues claimed a League Cup and FA Cup double, and Didier Drogba was the top flight's leading goalscorer with 20 in the league. The final two Champions League places went to Liverpool (who nearly won the competition for the 2nd time in 3 seasons only to lose out to A.C. Milan, the same opponents from the final 2 years previous) and Arsenal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, FA Premier League\nTottenham and Everton qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Bolton, despite the departure of long-serving manager Sam Allardyce shortly before the end of the season. Blackburn qualified for the Intertoto Cup thanks to the 18 goals of striker Benni McCarthy as well as the impressive efforts of manager Mark Hughes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, FA Premier League\nNewly promoted Reading, tipped by many critics for relegation, defied the odds by finishing 8th on their first ever season in the top flight. Portsmouth put last season's managerial debacle behind them to finish 9th, finishing just 2 points short of European qualification. Aston Villa's campaign, their first under former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill, marked an improvement on the previous campaign which saw them go undefeated in their first nine and last nine matches, although a staggering 17 draws prevented a top-half finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, FA Premier League\nWatford finished bottom, managing only 5 wins all season as they made a swift return to the Championship. The loss of Alan Curbishley and 3 managerial changes in Iain Dowie, Les Reed and then Alan Pardew ended Charlton's 7-year stay in the top flight. Ironically, Curbishley took charge at West Ham, another London club who looked certain for the drop after a poor season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, FA Premier League\nHowever, a run of seven wins from their final nine matches was enough to secure their Premiership status, with a goal from Carlos Tevez giving the Hammers victory over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford, while sending Sheffield United down and beginning speculation from the Yorkshire club over whether Tevez was eligible to play. The matter was eventually settled out of court, with West Ham fined \u00a35.5 million by the Premier League and ordered to pay the Blades compensation over five years. Wigan Athletic, in their second year in the top flight, narrowly avoided relegation on goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nAfter losing their first four games, Sunderland looked ominous for a second relegation. The surprise appointment of Roy Keane by rookie chairman Niall Quinn paid off and they surged up the table, losing just one of their final 20 games to clinch promotion as champions. Keane's former Manchester United colleague, Steve Bruce also took Birmingham City back into the Premier League, ensuring that they only remained in the Championship for one season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nDerby County spent half the season in the top 2, but fell away in the final weeks to slip into the play-off places. Nonetheless, they won promotion by beating West Bromwich Albion 1\u20130 in the final at the recently opened new Wembley Stadium. This denied the Baggies an immediate return to the Premier League, which would have meant all 3 relegated clubs from the previous season were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nPreston were perhaps the biggest chokers as they lost 5 of their final 7 games to slump out of the play-off places they had occupied through the bulk of the season, missing out on a third successive play-off finish. Cardiff City had been the early pace-setters, leading the table up until the midway point before their form tailed off badly in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nAfter a play-off final appearance the previous year, Leeds finished bottom amidst yet more financial worries and acrimony, falling into the relegation zone in early October and, despite a late improvement, never leaving it. Their placing at the foot of the table was due to a 10-point deduction they suffered after going into voluntary administration after their relegation was all but confirmed on the penultimate weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nThe club came close to being expelled from the Football League during the summer after being unable to agree a deal with their creditors, but they were allowed to remain for the following season, albeit with a 15-point deduction. Regardless, it meant they would spend next season competing outside of the top two divisions for the first time in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nLuton, who would have finished bottom but for Leeds's deduction, were relegated after being forced to sell many of their top players due to mounting financial problems. They had spent the first half of the season safely in mid-table, but a disastrous run of form after the turn of the year saw them relegated back to League One after just two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Championship\nSouthend lasted only a single season in the Championship after their two successive promotions; their season was essentially the opposite of Luton's, winning just three games until the turn of the year before an improvement in form gave them some hope. Colchester fared best of the newly promoted clubs, comfortably finishing in 10th, largely on the back of their strong home form at the division's smallest stadium, Layer Road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League One\nWith club physiotherapist Nigel Adkins promoted to the manager's role, Scunthorpe United topped the league as champions, having been in the bottom two divisions since the early 1960s. Prolific striker Billy Sharp was the also the division's leading marksman with 30 goals. Gary Johnson helped Bristol City achieve automatic-promotion after nearly a decade of near-misses and 2 play-off defeats, ending their eight-year exile from the Championship. Blackpool won the play-offs, ending nearly three decades in the bottom two divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League One\nBrentford, who lost their manager Martin Allen just before the start of the season, finished bottom, having a dismal run of 21 games without a win. Rotherham won their first few games, wiping out their ten-point deduction early in the season; they ended up finishing thirteen points adrift however, and were relegated. Having started the decade in the Premier League, Bradford City fell into the bottom division for the first time in twenty-five years, with Chesterfield occupying the final relegation spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Two\nThe four teams relegated from League One in 2005\u201306 would occupy the top four this season, sending Walsall, Hartlepool United and Swindon Town back up. Bristol Rovers won the play-offs however, returning to League One after six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, League tables, Football League Two\nTorquay United had been both the last team to finish bottom under the old election system, and the last team to finish bottom of the League and survive due to the Conference champions not having a good enough ground. However, this season they finished bottom and dropped out of the League. They were joined by Boston United, who had voluntary arrangements in the 87th minute of the season's final game, but would still have been relegated even without the 10-point administration penalty. In a first since the introduction of automatic promotion and relegation between the Football League and Conference, Boston were relegated two divisions due to failing to pay footballing creditors, along with financial irregularities committed during their promotion season in 2001\u201302.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, Transfer deals\nThe summer transfer window saw many high-profile moves. These included Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack joining Chelsea, and Ruud van Nistelrooy leaving Manchester United to join Real Madrid. West Ham United secured the surprise double signing of Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez from Corinthians, and Dietmar Hamann's transfer to Bolton Wanderers became the shortest in English footballing history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, Transfer deals\nThe January transfer window was quieter than the summer, with Ashley Young's \u00a39.65m move to Aston Villa and Matthew Upson's \u00a36m move to West Ham United the window's most expensive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189817-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in English football, Transfer deals\nIn total, Premiership clubs spent the highest amount on transfers in the summer since the transfer window system was introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189818-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Georgian football\n2006\u201307 in Georgian football is the 18th edition of Umaglesi Liga", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football\nThe 2006\u201307 season in Hong Kong football, starting July 2006 and ending June 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football, Overview\nThe number of teams in the First Division will increase from eight to ten as the HKFA has decided to keep the two bottom teams last season, South China and Hong Kong 08, in the First Division, while HKFC and Wofoo Tai Po are promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football, Overview\nWofoo Tai Po, who earned promotion to the First Division by finishing second in the Second Division, will play their first ever season in the top division of Hong Kong football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong team\nFor all-time list, see Hong Kong national football team results", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong team\nHong Kong have gone through their Asian Cup 2007 qualifying campaign, where they ended 3rd in group F.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-23\nHong Kong captured the championship of 29th Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189819-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Hong Kong football, Representative team, Hong Kong U-13\n2007 AFC (U13) Festival of Football held in Beijing, China", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189820-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Israeli football\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Israel, and the 80th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189821-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Italian football\nThe 2006\u20132007 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189821-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Italian football, Overview\nThe look of Italian football in the first divisions took on major changes as a result of the Calciopoli scandal. It saw 29 time Serie A champions Juventus relegated from the top division to the second division Serie B for the first time in the club's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189821-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Italian football, Overview\nFiorentina and Lazio began the season in Serie A with deductions of 15 points and 3 points respectively. Milan were given an 8-point deduction, but played in the Champions League after defeating Red Star Belgrade in the third qualifying round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189821-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Italian football, Overview\nCatania made their first appearance in Serie A since 1984 after being promoted from Serie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189821-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Italian football, Overview\nVal di Sangro play their first season of professional football in Italy, after being promoted from Serie D to Serie C2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189821-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Italian football, National teams, Italy national football team\nItaly won the 2006 FIFA World Cup in a penalty shootout against France on 9 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189822-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Portuguese football, Transfer deals, Major summer transfers\nThe summer transfer window runs from the end of the previous season until 31 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189822-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Portuguese football, National team\nThe Selec\u00e7\u00e3o played its first game against Denmark in September, losing to the Northern European side. After that friendly, the national team started its qualification for UEFA Euro 2008 with a draw against Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189823-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Scottish football\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189823-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Scottish football, Major transfer deals, 2006\nCeltic made preparations for the Champions League with the high-profile signings of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV Eindhoven, Jiri Jarosik from Chelsea and Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid while Stilyan Petrov left to join former boss Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa. Celtic also signed former Rangers striker Kenny Miller on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189823-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Scottish football, Major transfer deals, 2006\nRangers, under new manager Paul Le Guen, brought in several players including J\u00e9r\u00e9my Cl\u00e9ment from Paris Saint Germain and Filip Sebo from Austria Vienna while Peter L\u00f8venkrands departed for Schalke 04. Hearts paid \u00a3200,000 for PAOK Salonika defender Hristos Karipidis and sold Rudi Sk\u00e1cel to Southampton after a dispute between the player and the club. Hibs brought in English League Two defenders Rob Jones and Shelton Martis but lost last season's top scorer Derek Riordan who joined Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189823-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Scottish football, Major transfer deals, 2007\nCeltic further strengthened their squad with the signings of Paul Hartley from Hearts and Mark Brown from Inverness, while Steven Pressley was also signed after being released by Hearts. Shaun Maloney joined Aston Villa after contract negotiations broke down. New Rangers manager Walter Smith brought in defenders David Weir, Andy Webster and Ugo Ehiogu and spent \u00a32m on Hibs' highly rated midfielder Kevin Thomson. Hearts looked to boost their European qualification hopes with the signing of a further four players on loan from FBK Kaunas as well as Laryea Kingston from Terek Grozny. New Dunfermline boss Stephen Kenny brought in loan signings James O'Brien from Celtic, Adam Hammill from Liverpool and Stephen Glass from Hibs with the club bottom of the SPL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189824-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Swedish bandy\nThe 2006\u201307 season in Swedish bandy, starting August 2006 and ending July 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189824-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Swedish bandy, National team results, Russian Government Cup 2006\nIn the Russian Government Cup 2006, played in Irkutsk and Shelekhov, Sweden won the silver medals. The Russian club team Baykal-Energiya Irkutsk replaced Finland, as the Finns chose not to come to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 76], "content_span": [77, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189824-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Swedish bandy, National team results, Bandy World Championship for men 2007\nIn the Bandy World Championship 2007, Sweden played in Group A. Sweden played the following matches and won the silver medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 86], "content_span": [87, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189824-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Swedish bandy, National team results, Bandy World Championship for women 2007\nIn the Bandy World Championship for women 2007, Sweden played the following matches and won the gold medals, becoming world champions for the third time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 88], "content_span": [89, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189825-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Turkish football\nThe 2006\u201307 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189825-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Turkish football, National team\nTurkey began their qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 on 6 September, beating Malta 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189826-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Venezuelan football\nThe following article presents a summary of the 2006-07 football season in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189826-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Venezuelan football, \"Championship\" playoff\nCaracas F.C. and U.A. Maracaibo ended with one championship each at the end of the Apertura and Clausura. Tournament rules establish that a playoff game is required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189826-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Venezuelan football, Venezuela national team\nThis section will cover Venezuela's games from August 16, 2006 until the end of the Copa Am\u00e9rica 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189827-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Welsh football, FAW Premier Cup\nLosing semi-final teams each received \u00a325,000. The losing finalists received \u00a350,000 with the winners receiving \u00a3100,000. The New Saints won the FAW Premier Cup beating Newport County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189827-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Welsh football, Welsh Cup\nThe final was played on 6 May 2007 between Afan Lido and Carmarthen Town. Carmarthen Town won 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189827-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Welsh football, Welsh League Cup\nCaersws won the Welsh League cup by beating Rhyl in the final. The score at full-time was 1-1 but Caersws won 3\u20131 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189827-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Welsh football, Welsh Premier League\nLlanelli won their first league title. Cwmbran Town were relegated to the Welsh Football League Division One", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189828-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Welsh rugby union, WRU Division One East\nBeddau RFC won the Division One East League, but were denied promotion to the Premier League as their grounds were deemed to not meet WRU criteria. This ruling was upheld in an EGM by 67% of members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189828-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 in Welsh rugby union, Division One West\nBonymaen RFC won the Division One West League, but were denied promotion to the Premier League as their grounds were deemed to not meet WRU criteria. This ruling was upheld in an EGM by 67% of members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189829-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 snooker season\nThe 2006\u201307 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 13\u00a0August 2006 and 14\u00a0May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189829-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 snooker season, New professional players\nNote: New means in these case, that these players were not on the 2005/2006 professional Main Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189829-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 snooker season, Calendar\nThe following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189829-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 snooker season, Official rankings\nThe top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189830-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 synchronized skating season\nThe 2006\u201307 synchronized skating season began on July 1, 2006, and ended on June 30, 2007. During this season, which was concurrent with the season for the other four disciplines (men's single, ladies' single, pair skating and ice dancing), elite synchronized skating teams competed on the International Skating Union (ISU) Championship level at the 2007 World Championships and Junior World Challenge Cup. They also competed at various other international as well as national synchronized skating competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189831-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)\nThe 2006\u20132007 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna was the 49th season of the \u00darvalsdeild kvenna, the top-tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on October 21, 2006 and ended on April 14, 2007. Haukar won its first title by defeating Keflav\u00edk 3\u20131 in the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189831-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u201307 \u00darvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Competition format\nThe participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice \"home\" and twice \"away\" for a total of 20 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis\nThe 2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis was a crisis in Brazil's civil aviation system characterized by massive flight delays and cancellations, air traffic controller strikes and safety concerns about Brazil's airport and air traffic infrastructure. It ostensibly started after the crash of Gol Flight 1907 in September 2006, and extended to January 2008. While the government has announced a series of measures aimed at mitigating its effects, no clear solution has been found. In Brazil the crisis has been dubbed \"Apag\u00e3o A\u00e9reo\" (\"Aerial Blackout\"), an allusion to an energy crisis which Brazil experienced between 2001 and 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Brazil's air traffic control system\nBrazil's air traffic control system is run by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). While some approach controls and control towers may have civilian controllers, the vast majority are military non-commissioned officers supervised by commissioned officers (with the totality of ARTCCs being staffed by the military, under the Department of Airspace Control (DECEA, Portuguese: Departamento de Controle de Espa\u00e7o A\u00e9reo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Brazil's air traffic control system\nThe air traffic control centers are known as Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Centers (CINDACTA, Portuguese: Centro Integrado de Defesa A\u00e9rea e Controle de Tr\u00e1fego A\u00e9reo). Four CINDACTAs are in operation, located in four different cities and each responsible for different regions of Brazil's airspace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Brazil's air traffic control system\nThe use of military air traffic controllers for civilian traffic is not unusual, but has been deprecated in most developed countries. In the US, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operates a wholly parallel system with that of the US Air Force and NORAD. This is also the case of Eurocontrol and each of its member nations' air defense systems. Brazil's use of an integrated command poses some unique challenges to the government. As members of the military, controllers are not allowed to form unions (such as the case of NATCA in the US) or to strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Brazil's air traffic control system\nWhile the air traffic control system saw significant improvement with the implementation of the Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM) in the northern portion of the country, there were many warning signs that the system as a whole was heading towards an untenable situation. In 2003, the Brazilian Air Force warned of the need for upgraded equipment and additional funding. For three years, budget requests submitted by DECEA, the Air Force department in charge of air traffic control, were denied. The Tribunal de Contas da Uni\u00e3o (TCU), Brazil's supreme audit institution, issued a report after the crisis which echoed the FAB's concerns, stating that a lack of planning and underfunding of the air traffic control system by the federal government was to blame for the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Gol Flight 1907\nOn September 29, 2006, a Gol Transportes A\u00e9reos Boeing 737-800 collided with an ExcelAire Embraer Legacy 600 over the state of Mato Grosso, leading to the loss of 154 lives in what was, at the time, the deadliest air disaster in Brazilian history. It is still the fifth highest death toll of any accident involving a Boeing 737 behind Lion Air Flight 610, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, Air India Express Flight 812 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Gol Flight 1907\nThe Legacy aircraft's transponder was found to have been off from 54 minutes before the time of the crash until 3 minutes after, when the crew turned it on again. Footage of the radar screens at the time of the incident reveals that the primary radar lost contact with the Legacy 28 minutes after Legacy's transponder was off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Gol Flight 1907\nFollowing this accident, many technology and personnel issues were made public, pointing to the poor situation of Brazilian aviation's infrastructure and transforming the crash into a catalyst for the crisis. Facing the possibility of being blamed for an accident which\u2014in their opinion\u2014could have been avoided by appropriate corrective measures, the air traffic controllers decided to take protest action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Air traffic control chaos\nFollowing the Gol incident, the situation deteriorated rapidly, with controllers commencing a work-to-rule protest which culminated in massive flight delays and protests from passengers and airlines alike. The apex of the crisis occurred in December 2006. Due to a combination of equipment failures, understaffed ATC and the holiday travel season, travel at many Brazilian airports stopped altogether for some days. With the airlines unable to clear the backlog of passengers due to the canceled flights, and under pressure to solve the crisis from the general public, the government pressed into service several Brazilian Air Force jets, including one of the president's own planes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Air traffic control chaos\nInternational organizations joined the protest by complaining of the work conditions experienced by the Brazilian air traffic controllers, citing long hours and low pay. At the same time, two different congressional inquiries were established to look into the matter. The executive branch's own inter-ministerial work-group concluded that the issue could be partly solved by both demilitarizing the air traffic control system and reinvesting the user fees and taxes levied on aviation back into the national air traffic control system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Air traffic control chaos\nOn March 30, 2007, nearly 100 controllers walked out to protest their working conditions. The walkout occurred soon after President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva left the country for a summit with US president George W. Bush. Lula was reported to have said he felt as if he had been \"backstabbed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Air traffic control chaos\nOn July 21, 2007, a short-circuit at a communications relay shut down CINDACTA-4 for over three hours (from 23:15 to 02:30). While this incident was relatively short-lived, its consequences were emblematic of the crisis as a whole: 45% of the following day's flights suffered delays or cancellations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, TAM Airlines Flight 3054\nOn July 17, 2007, a fully loaded TAM Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft ran off a runway at Congonhas-S\u00e3o Paulo International Airport, and crashed into a nearby warehouse, resulting in nearly 200 fatalities. The Brazilian press was quick to add this to a growing list of civil aviation woes, and pressed the government for changes. On September 31, 2009, more than two years after the accident, CENIPA announced the result of official investigations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, TAM Airlines Flight 3054\nThe report said that one of the thrust levers, which control the airliner's engines, was in a power-on position when it should have been in idle, but it was not proved if there was mechanical or human failure as the cause of the accident. In addition to the positions of the thrust levers, the report listed several factors that may have contributed to the accident, as a high volume of rain on the day, with the formation of puddles on the runway, and the absence of grooving. The report does not blame the length of the runway as a factor in the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Administration reaction\nThe administration's reaction began with an internal conflict between the military and civilian leadership on whether to negotiate with the air traffic controllers. Given their military position, they were not entitled to negotiate or press grievances outside their chain of command. The civilian government pressed for a pragmatic approach, while the military, with a view to guarding discipline, took a more hardline view. While the civilian government initially negotiated with the controllers, in June 2007, Lula's government sacked 14 military controllers and arrested 2 others for mutiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Administration reaction\nWith the public, the administration has been heavily criticized for sometimes insensitive comments. On June 9, 2007, asked by reporters what passengers should do while waiting for the delayed flights, the Minister of Tourism, Marta Suplicy, replied \"relaxa e goza\" (\"relax and enjoy it\"), a popular sexual expression relating to a supposedly advisable behavior for victims of rape, which can also mean \"not to care\". Marta apologized officially on the same day, expressing regret over an \"unfortunate\" comment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Administration reaction\nThree weeks later, Finance Minister Guido Mantega tried to minimize the crisis, saying that the crisis was the price of prosperity. He said that he believed the crisis was due to the \"increase in the flow of traffic due to the country's prosperity.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Administration reaction\nIn July 2007, after the TAM Flight 3054 crash, a Rede Globo story reported that the airplane's right thrust reverser was inoperative at the time of the crash. A camera set up by Globo caught a top presidential adviser, Marco Aur\u00e9lio Garcia, inside the Pal\u00e1cio do Planalto, apparently celebrating with an aide immediately after watching the newscast, ostensibly due to the blame placed on the federal administration's policies for the crash. The gestures, which were colloquially understood as being obscene, were widely condemned in the media. Relatives of those who died in the crash asked for their resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189832-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Brazilian aviation crisis, Administration reaction\nTen months after the beginning of the crisis, in July 2007, President Lula made a statement on national TV, in which he acknowledged the existence of a crisis, and while he did not offer specific measures to improve the air traffic control system, he did commit the administration to solving some of the criticisms levied on Congonhas Airport. During the following week, the President fired the Minister of Defense, Waldir Pires. The new minister appointed to replace him was former Supreme Federal Tribunal president Nelson Jobim. President Lula vowed to improve Brazil's ATC system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation\nFollowing the 2006 Dutch general election, held on November 22, a process of cabinet formation started, involving negotiations about which coalition partners to form a common programme of policy and to divide the posts in cabinet. On February 22, 2007 it resulted in the formation of the Fourth Balkenende cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Conventions of formation\nThe Netherlands has a large number of political parties across the political spectrum in the parliament, with no single party holding a majority. During the formation process, a coalition is formed, usually consisting of three parties. Dutch coalition negotiations are conventionally conducted in two stages:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Election results\nThe Dutch House of Representatives has 150 seats. In the 2006 elections the coalition partners of the cabinet in power before the fall of that cabinet earlier that year lost a total of 12 seats. Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) lost three out of 44, the right-wing liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) lost six out of 28 and the centre-left liberal D66 lost three of six. Nevertheless, the CDA remained the largest party in the parliament with 41 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0002-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Election results\nThe main opposition party, the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) lost nine of its 42 seats; getting 33 seats in the new parliament. The largest winner in seats was the Socialist Party (SP), which won 16 seats, increasing from nine to 25 seats. Two previously unrepresented parties were also successful; the far right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) of former VVD MP Geert Wilders, winning nine seats, and the animal-rights Party for the Animals, winning two seats. The social, and orthodox Protestant, ChristianUnion (CU) doubled its seats from three to six. GreenLeft (GL) dropped from eight to seven seats, while the orthodox Reformed Political Reformed Party (SGP) remained stable with two seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Caretaker cabinet\nThe cabinet fell because D66 stepped out. The resulting Balkenende III cabinet no longer had a majority in parliament. Like any minority cabinet it had to negotiate with parties that were not member of the governing coalition for a majority of its bills, including the budgets. As is conventional, just before the elections the cabinet officially became a caretaker cabinet, with limited powers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Caretaker cabinet\nOn November 30, 2006 the new parliament was sworn in, including several members of the current demissionair cabinet (Balkenende, Verdonk, van der Hoeven, Wijn, van Geel, Kamp, Remkes among others). Because of the election results, this House of Representatives had a majority of parties that opposed the course of the third Balkenende cabinet on important issues. One important election issue was an amnesty for a specific group of asylum seekers. This group originally of 26,000 and later 38,000 people had been in an administrative process since 2001, many of their children were raised exclusively in the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Caretaker cabinet\nThe Minister for Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk was currently looking into each of these dossiers to assess their future: either an expulsion or permanent residence. On December 1 the new House of Representatives adopted a motion in favour of amnestying this group. Balkenende reacted with annoyance as he stated that this ad hoc left wing coalition (including PvdA and SP) was no good basis for negotiations for a stable government. On December 5, the cabinet announced that it refused to execute this motion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0004-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Caretaker cabinet\nIt had three reasons for this: first, it claimed that a parliament which deals with a caretaker cabinet cannot demand that cabinet to implement new policy; second, it argued that a general amnesty would only attract more asylum seekers and it also raised several questions on which specific groups of asylum seekers should be amnestied and what the legal consequences would be for other groups not included in the amnesty. Minister Verdonk did announce that the expulsion would be suspended until the next parliamentary debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0004-0003", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Caretaker cabinet\nA majority in the House of Representatives now proposed stopping the expulsion of asylum seekers until the formation talks were finished and allowing the formation talks to solve this issue; again the minister refused to execute this. On December 13, the House of Representatives decided to respond to this unwillingness with a motion of no confidence specifically aimed at Minister Verdonk. The leader of the VVD, Mark Rutte announced that if Minister Verdonk were forced to leave the cabinet all VVD ministers would leave, leaving only seven CDA ministers in the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0004-0004", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Background, Caretaker cabinet\nOn December 14, the cabinet held a meeting on how to respond to this motion: it found the solution in a small reshuffle of portfolios between Verdonk and Ernst Hirsch Ballin, the Minister of Justice, who became responsible for migration, while Verdonk became responsible for youth criminality. Hirsch Ballin could then partially execute the motion of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands|House of Representatives for a temporary stop in expulsion, and the VVD would be allowed to voice its opposition to this decision, breaking the principle that cabinets speak with one voice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nWith the current results there are arguably four options for a stable majority coalition: left-wing, centre-left, centre-right or right-wing. All of these options would present historically unique coalitions. Also, since 1977, when the three major Christian parties united in the CDA, all cabinets have consisted of only two or three parties. This time, no two-party coalitions are possible and few of the three party options are plausible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nA centre-left coalition would consist of CDA, at least one of the left-wing parties PvdA or SP and at least one third party. The first option that is being considered is of the three major parties; CDA-PvdA-SP. Since 1958, only two cabinets have been larger than this. Variations may include swapping the SP for either the ChristianUnion or the GreenLeft; or the PvdA for both of these smaller parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nHowever, there are some problems with this formation: PvdA-leader Wouter Bos and CDA-leader Jan Peter Balkenende were unable to form a two party coalition in 2003, because of personal problems, which are unlikely to have diminished. Over the past half-century CDA-PvdA coalitions have proven to be unstable. Furthermore, both the PvdA and the SP had pointed out during their campaign that the differences between CDA and PvdA have never been so great.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0006-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nAnother issue is that in the CDA-PvdA-SP coalition, the largest party (CDA - 41 seats), which has profiled itself as a winner of the election, would be a minority compared to the two left wing parties (together 58 seats). Finally, although the SP has dropped its most extreme plans, it still has large programmatic differences mainly with the CDA but also with the PvdA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nA left-wing coalition would consist of PvdA and SP supported by the ChristianUnion, the GreenLeft, D66 and the Party for the Animals. This seems unlikely because D66 has already announced that it will not enter in any coalition and the ChristianUnion has already excluded a cabinet without the CDA. The Party for the Animals has, however, announced that it considers a minority cabinet PvdA-SP-GL as a serious option that may count on its support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nA right-wing coalition would consist of the CDA and VVD, supported by either Party for Freedom and the ChristianUnion or the ChristianUnion, D66 and the SGP. However, the ChristianUnion has announced that it will not cooperate with prominent VVD-member Rita Verdonk because of her strict immigration policies. In addition, no party is likely to want to enter into a cabinet with the PVV on account of its positions on Islam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nA centre-right coalition would consist of the CDA, PvdA and the VVD, which would also constitute a large cabinet. This may prove to be the final option, but due to immense differences both on left-right and conservative-progressive dimensions any such cabinet is likely to be a caretaker cabinet only, which will not propose any significant policies. A similar coalition currently forms the Flemish Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nThe adjacent table shows the possible majority coalitions; that is, coalitions with at least 76 seats. The table shows only options with as few parties as needed to reach those 76 seats. All majority coalitions require at least two of the four major parties, but neither of the six combinations of two of these parties have a majority of their own. These are shown in bold, with the (insufficient) number of seats between brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nOther optionsOther coalitions could be formed by adding more parties to one of these combinations. This might be done to either make too narrow a majority larger, to give a party that could otherwise be overwhelmed a like-minded partner, or to introduce a neutral referee in an otherwise tense combination. Such larger-than-needed coalitions have been constructed seven times since World War II, mostly in the first decade after the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Possible coalitions\nAt the other extreme there is the option of a minority cabinet, with less than 76 seats. Such a cabinet has to arrange ad hoc majorities for each proposal. Minority cabinets have so far only been caretaker cabinets that were in power between the fall of a majority cabinet and the formation of a new one after subsequent (early) elections. There is however no legal reason why this type of cabinet cannot be formed after the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds\nOn 24 and 25 November the chairs of parliamentary parties of the House of Representatives gave advice to the Queen on who should be appointed informateur and who should be involved in the first information talks. Sometimes the information and formation is fairly straightforward. However, after the November 2006 elections an elongated and complicated information and formation period is foreseen by most commentators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds\nAn extra complicating factor is that, provincial elections will be held in March 2007, only four months after the general election. These are also indirect elections for the Senate and any coalition will be stronger if it has a majority in both chambers. However, with many voters afloat, the result for those elections might be significantly different from these general elections. This is even more the case since disagreement with any formed coalition cabinet may directly reflect upon the results in that upcoming election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds\nSome politicians have already expressed their views on what the options should be if it is impossible to forge a CDA-PvdA-SP cabinet. Prominent VVD-members Gerrit Zalm and Atzo Nicola\u00ef proposed a parliamentary minority cabinet; while Party for the Animals leader Marianne Thieme indicated that she preferred a minority PvdA-SP-GL cabinet which may be supported by several environmentalist, liberal and social parties. This would be a novum in Dutch politics. Nicola\u00ef stated that a minority cabinet would be the most democratic option because for each proposed law a proposal-specific majority has to be gathered for it to pass the chamber vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nThe CDA offered to provide the informateur which should explore as many possible coalitions as possible. The PvdA proposed that someone unconnected to a political party should provide the informateur, and that the first negotiations should be focussed on the SP besides the CDA who won the elections. The PvdA has stated it doesn't want to form a coalition without the SP. GreenLeft also advised that SP should be involved and recommended Doekle Terpstra, former chair of the Christian trade union CNV as informateur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nThe SP advised the Queen to appoint D66 Minister of State Hans van Mierlo as informateur and examine the possibilities for a SP, PvdA and CDA coalition. The VVD, D66 and ChristianUnion gave the advice to appoint a CDA informateur. The SGP proposed a coalition between the CDA, PvdA and ChristianUnion, explicitly suggesting CDA member Rein Jan Hoekstra as the informateur who was involved as informateur in the 2003 Dutch cabinet formation. In the late afternoon of 25 November 2006, Queen Beatrix appointed Rein Jan Hoekstra as informateur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nHoekstra had his first discussion with the larger parties on November 28. He held talks with the smaller parties the next day. Rouvoet, of the ChristianUnion, made clear that a cabinet of CDA-PvdA-SP looks like the most obvious coalition. Subsequently, Hoekstra continued his talks with a CDA-PvdA-SP coalition in mind .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nAfter introductory talks on December 6 between Marijnissen (SP) and Balkenende (CDA), it was acknowledged that the formation of an CDA-SP-PvdA cabinet would be difficult as their viewpoints are far apart. Both of them also shared the opinion that the balance in this coalition may, with the largest, centre oriented, party (CDA) being smaller than the combined two leftwing parties (SP-PvdA), complicate the formation of such a cabinet On December 8 the informateur announced a brief postponement in the negotiations as a result of an apparent stalemate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0018-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nThe PvdA insisted on the SP as a coalition partner but SP and CDA agreed that the two parties had little in common especially on issues such as distribution of income, military peacekeeping missions one of them Task Force Uruzgan and European integration. At the same time it is expected that CDA would prefer participation of CU over SP. But if the PvdA would enter a government with SP in the opposition, it might lose even more seats to that party in the next elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nOn December 11 Hoekstra started a new information round without SP participation after consulting with Balkenende, Bos and Marijnissen. The parties involved agreed that the differences between CDA and SP were too large. Marijnissen did not express regrets as he expects to be involved again in a later stage in the formation a possible PvdA, SP, GreenLeft coalition. Hoekstra will now consult with all the parliamentary group representatives in order to identify a suitable SP replacement, which according to analysts will be ChristianUnion or GreenLeft or both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nOn December 12 Wouter Bos expressed his doubts whether further discussions would be fruitful as in his view CDA was not prepared to change course. In his words he did not intent to \"fall in the same trap\" as in the 2003 Dutch cabinet formation. He suggested that negotiations from now on should be of more substance and with additional informateurs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0020-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Exploratory information rounds\nFemke Halsema (GL) on December 13 also walked away from a possible coalition with GL and PvdA. She had three reasons for doing so: the differences between CDA and GL on economic, environmental and cultural issues; the fact that all three parties lost seats in the elections; and the fact that the GreenLeft as smallest party of the three would be unlikely to get any substantial concessions from the CDA and the PvdA. By 17 December it had become clear that at this stage in the formation the combination CDA-PvdA-CU is the most likely. Hoekstra finished his mission on the exploratory information round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round\nIn the second information round the wishes, similarities and potential problems in forming a cabinet CDA-PvdA-CU are explored by a new informateur. While the PvdA voiced a preference for several informateurs operating in parallel in this next round, the CDA preferred a single person. Both the PvdA and the CU accepted the esteemed CDA member, and former chair of the Social Economic Council Herman Wijffels as the single informateur. Importantly, Wijffels is a known advocate for the phased abolition of the existing practice of tax deduction on housing mortgages, a potential wedge between CDA (against) and PvdA/CU (support).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0021-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round\nTwo other potential stumbling blocks in this phase of the proceedings continued to make headlines: existing abortion laws and the future of social welfare for the elderly. The CU, who from their Christian morals feel obliged to defend the unborn, would not go as far as to seek reversal of abortion laws but would find opportunities within existing legislation to curb it. The current law dating back to 1981 only allows abortion when a pregnant woman decides she is at serious health risk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0021-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round\nIn everyday practice however the decision is left entirely to the woman regardless of the precise argumentation and forcing legislation to use the exact wording of the law is where the CU might achieve its aims, although the PvdA sees this as a problem. One of the main election themes of the PvdA concerned the future financing of social welfare for the elderly given a projected 23% of people over 65 years of age in 2040 (2006:14%). The PvdA advocated some taxation for affluent elderly, something the CDA is against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round\nThere are some personal similarities that may facilitate successful negotiation, for example, the three party leaders have in common that they all graduated from Free University of Amsterdam giving the coalition talks a certain reformed edge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round\nIn a special parliamentary session on December 19 devoted to the coalition talks, PvdA, D66 and GreenLeft voiced their displeasure with the SP for walking away from the talks in an earlier phase", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nOn December 21, the negotiators for the three parties, Jan Peter Balkenende (CDA), Wouter Bos (PvdA) and Andr\u00e9 Rouvoet (ChristenUnie) agreed with informateur Wijffels to start the actual coalition talks on January 3, 2007. These started in a secret location, which was quickly revealed by De Telegraaf as the manor house Lauswolt in Beetsterzwaag, Friesland. All negotiators had brought along a second: Maxime Verhagen (CDA), Jacques Tichelaar (PvdA) and Arie Slob (CU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0024-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nOn Friday, January 5, Balkenende, Bos and Rouvoet announced that they would continue the talks to be held on different (secret) locations in the country, with the intention to have a new cabinet before the Provincial elections on March 7, 2007. On January 11 it was rumoured that Bos was in for the position of Minister of Finance and that of Deputy Prime Minister as the successor of Gerrit Zalm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0024-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nThis would be remarkable because Bos in the election campaign more than once expressed his ambition to remain in parliament as parliamentary leader rather than to serve in a cabinet led by Balkenende. A few days later on January 17 Bos denied the rumour. On that same day the three prospective cabinet partners continued their talks at a military facility in Hilversum (again not a secret location as anticipated) and not in The Hague. Due to the lack of any substantial news in this part of the formation, the conference table Wijffels selected for the talks made the headlines. Apparently he is fond of it and it travels with him whatever the location.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nThe formation talks already started to leave their mark on the ongoing parliamentary deliberations: On January 18 the CU voted down a motion seeking to the curb of advertisements for alcohol with the understanding that this issue was already part of the formation negotiations. In week 10 after the general elections, talks continued in The Hague again with little news to report. On January 24 a plan leaked to reduce the number of cabinet ministers. and a week later a plan for the reduction of the number of civil servants by 10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0025-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nEven more leaks and speculations followed on January 29 when it was reported that a (record breaking) 40 page agreement was in the making to be presented on February 2. According to the accountants and statisticians at the Centraal Planbureau on January 31 new policies in this agreement would be paid for by anticipating higher economic growth than the officially projected one much to the dismay of the outgoing VVD finance minister Zalm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0025-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nAlso on January 31 the ministerial ambitions of Wouter Bos became an issue for the third time in the formation process and on this occasion his party and a parliamentary majority formally requested him to accept the vice-prime ministership. On the same day a PvdA minority group led by renegade Diederik Samson urged him to keep his election promise. In Samson's view only the other left-wing parties would benefit from a submissive PvdA fraction with Bos a member of the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Second information round, Negotiations\nNearly a month after this round of talks started, Wijffels on February 2 was able to announce its conclusion with a provisional agreement which was presented to the parliamentary fractions on February 5. Again some details leaked: the continuation of the tax deduction on housing mortgages much desired by CDA, the housing rent freezing and a form of taxation on early retirement as a defence against the costs of population ageing as desired by PvdA although effective after 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 93], "content_span": [94, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Preliminary coalition agreement\nThe three parliamentary fractions of CDA, PvdA and CU met on February 5 to discuss behind closed doors the preliminary agreement. Large parts of it had already been leaked to the media by then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Preliminary coalition agreement\nIt led NRC Handelsblad to conclude (on that same day) that the new cabinet was not very reform-minded: a status quo on the housing market (no changes in tax deduction home owners or rent-control), partial reversal of policies of the previous government (general amnesty for asylum seekers and reintegration of people with disability benefits into the work force) or election promises not secured or watered down (subsidized instead of free child day-care, no deregulations in job security).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0029-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Preliminary coalition agreement\nOn February 6 the negotiators met for a final meeting in order to address some of the issues raised by their respective parliamentary fractions. The PvdA especially turned down the initial AOW agreement which led to some last minute compromising (only taxation over 18,000 euro not 15,000 euro).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0030-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Information rounds, Preliminary coalition agreement\nIn the meanwhile two political players Joop Wijn and Aart Jan de Geus both current CDA cabinet ministers announced their farewell to national politics, officially for various non-political reasons but unofficially (according to RTL Nieuws) because they were unable to secure a post in the new cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0031-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Coalition agreement\nThe coalition agreement titled \"Living together, working together\" was presented on February 7 in a press conference. It is structured into six commitments of the new cabinet to an active role in world politics, to an innovative economy, to sustainable development, to social cohesion, to safety and a servile public sector. The most notable policies include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0032-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Coalition agreement, Reactions\nThe major opposition parties expressed their disappointment in various aspects of the agreement (some even before its actual announcement). Jan Marijnissen (SP) deplored the cancellation of a parliamentary inquiry into The Netherlands participation in the Iraq War. Femke Halsema (GL) noted that the projected taxation on environmental pollution of 1 billion euro should be 15 times as much. Both Mark Rutte (VVD) and Geert Wilders (PVV) criticised the general amnesty, Rutte fearing an influx of new asylum seekers and Wilders claiming that \"the country is on the verge of collapsing\". Rutte also claimed the new cabinet slogan was more like \"in-stasis together, spending money together\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0033-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Coalition agreement, Reactions\nBoth NOS News and RTL Nieuws on February 7 hailed the return of the polder model (which became marginalized with the rise of Fortuynism) as a government tool for the new cabinet as they pledged their intent to involve all sorts of organizations (employers' associations, labour unions) in their future policy making.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0034-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Coalition agreement, Reactions\nA parliamentary session devoted to the agreement was held on February 8 instigated by the new coalition partners but deemed not relevant by the new opposition who'd rather have had a session with the new cabinet later this month. Marijnissen mocked the proceedings by quizzing Wijffels about his conference table. On the same day the Centraal Planbureau criticised the new AOW plans as unrealistic, claiming it would involve too much paperwork.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0035-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation round\nOn February 9 Jan Peter Balkenende was appointed as the formateur by the Queen. In Dutch politics his main responsibility in this capacity is filling in the vacancies in the new cabinet, the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. Two appointments were already revealed on the day the coalition agreement was announced: Wouter Bos (despite many reassurances he would never serve under Balkenende in a cabinet) as finance minister and Andr\u00e9 Rouvoet at the newly created post of youth and family minister. Both men will also act as deputy prime ministers. The new cabinet was appointed by the queen on February 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189833-0036-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation round\nThe parties announced the division of the government posts among the three parties on February 12:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak\nEast Africa had a regional outbreak of Rift Valley fever in late 2006 that affected Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. During outbreak, 1062 people were infected with Rift Valley fever and 394 people died between December 2006 and December 2007. Rift Valley fever (RVF) is caused by a phlebovirus in the Bunyavirales order which is transmitted by mosquito bite and contact with infected animal blood; it mainly infects livestock that come into infectious contact with a viral reservoir but human beings can also be infected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak\nThe outbreak began after a heavy El Ni\u00f1o rain season across East Africa left greater than usual breeding ground for Aedes aegypti mosquitos, with particularly heavy rainfall over eastern Kenya, central Tanzania, and southern Somalia. While most people infected with the virus experience a relatively mild, flu-like illness without hospitalization, around 8% will develop a severe illness that can include eye disease, encephalitis, hemorrhagic fever and death. During this outbreak, of the 1,062 hospitalized, laboratory-confirmed RVF cases (via anti-RVF ImG) assays, 37% died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, Epidemic, Kenya\nUnusually heavy rains in Kenya's eastern and coastal regions caused widespread flooding in October 2006 and provided extensive breeding grounds for mosquitos capable of transmitting Rift Valley fever. On 30 November 2006 a man identified as the RVF index case began to show symptoms in Kenya's Garissa County, and he checked into a hospital the next day. By mid-December, the Ministry of Health had received reports of deaths from an illness featuring fever and generalized bleeding. Mild cases had likely gone undetected for weeks before the region's mosquito populations climbed after one of the area's heaviest recorded rain seasons. 11 deaths from RVF were reported in Garissa by December 20. Cases of began to cluster in Garissa and Baringo counties areas that had been having high livestock mortality and morbidity rates, which attracted the Kenya Ministry of Health's attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 951]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, Epidemic, Kenya\nThe WHO alerted the Global Outbreak and Response Network (GOARN) on December 22 and, in response to a January 2 request for help, sent an 11-member team from GOARNS partners to assist the Ministry of Health in addition regional, provincial governments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, Epidemic, Kenya\nThe outbreak peaked on December 27, when Garissa's authorities issued a ban on slaughtering livestock. Other county's began to follow suit with their own bans on the slaughtering of animals, wary of transmission from slaughtered animals. The Baringo district experienced a total of 169 cases of RVF. A ban on the slaughtering of animals was imposed by the Kenyan Ministry of Health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, Epidemic, Somalia\nHeavy rainstorms over southern Somalia in December brought about and influx of mosquitos that quickly spread the disease among domestic herds. By late December, 3 cases had been confirmed in Lower Juba and dozens of other cases were suspected across Somalia's southern regions. On 20 February 2007, 51 deaths were reported in Somalia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, Epidemic, Tanzania\nCases of RVF were first reported in livestock on 18 January 2007, with the first human case being confirmed in the Arusha region in mid-February. By mid-March, new clusters of the disease were detected in the Dodoma and Morogoro regions. By 3 May 2007, 264 cases and 109 deaths had been confirmed by authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, International response and research\nIn Kenya the CDC Atlanta-Special Pathogens Branch began training staff for the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing, sending them a PCR testing machine and reagents for detecting RVF in samples. The United Nations Emergency Coordination group send funding and equipment to Tanzania, while the WHO sent teams to train Tanzania's clinicians in patient care and diagnostic testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, International response and research\nVirologists collected over 296,000 mosquitos and tested over 72,000 for Rift Valley Fever via reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, with positive results from mosquitos in the Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, and Masonia species. The virus was also observed for the first time to be infecting Ae. pembaensis, Cx. univitattus, and Cx. bitaeniorhynchus mosquitos. Most human cases were the result of viraemic exposure to animal tissue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189834-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak, Aftermath\nThe last case of RVF was confirmed in the Rift Valley Province and died in the Baringo District on 9 March 2007. At least 394 hospital confirmed cases of RVF were ultimately fatal. The outbreak highlighted the necessity of monitoring livestock for RVF before disease can become widespread enough in herds to significantly spread to humans. Even though animals in Baringo County had shown signs of disease since December 2006, the first human case was not reported until 25 January 2007. The CDC in partnership with the University of Edinburgh began establishing surveillance teams to monitor emerging pneumonias, diarrheal disease, and febrile illnesses West Kenya's domestic animal herds, with the goal of such increased surveillance being to detect future outbreaks in animals before they reach humans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 59], "content_span": [60, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189835-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Israeli Final Four\nThe 2006\u20132007 Israeli Final Four, the second Israeli Final Four was held at Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel on 29 and 31 May 2007 to determine the winner of the 2006\u20132007 Israeli League. The contestants were Maccabi Tel Aviv, the 2005\u20132006 Israeli League champion, Hapoel Jerusalem, the 2005\u20132006 Israeli League runner-up and the 2006\u20132007 Israeli State Cup winner, Bnei Hasharon, the 2006\u20132007 Israeli State Cup runner-up and Hapoel Galil Elyon. Maccabi Tel Aviv won their 47th Israeli League crown, beating Hapoel Jerusalem 80-78 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189835-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Israeli Final Four, Venue\nThe Yad Eliyahu Arena is an indoor sports arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. Opened in 1963 with its seating capacity varying from 5,000 to 11,700, it had hosted the 1971\u20131972 FIBA European Champions Cup final, the 1993\u20131994 FIBA European Championship Final Four, the 2003\u20132004 Euroleague Final Four and the 2005-2006 Israeli Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods\nThe 2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods were a series of floods that mostly affected Malaysia from 18 December 2006 to 13 January 2007. The floods were caused by above average rainfall, which was attributed to Typhoon Utor (2006) which had hit the Philippines and Vietnam a few days earlier. By the third week of January 2007, Johor had been affected by a larger flood. Singapore and certain parts of Indonesia were flooded due to the same typhoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods\nThroughout the week starting 18 December 2006, a series of floods hit Johor, Malacca, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan. During this period, these southern Malaysian states, along with Singapore, experienced abnormally high rainfall which resulted in massive floods. The rainfall recorded in the city of Johor Bahru on 19 December amounted to 289mm compared to the average annual rainfall of the city which is 2400mm. In Singapore, the 24-hour rainfall recorded on 20 December was 366\u00a0mm, the third highest recorded rainfall in 75 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods\nThe flooding began when torrential downpours since Sunday caused rivers and dams to overflow. Weather officials described the flooding as the worst in the area in a century. At least six people died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods\nLater that week, beginning 22 December, North Sumatra experienced abnormally high rainfall which also caused flooding", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Causes\nTyphoon Utor was blamed for heavy rains of up to 350\u00a0mm within 24 hours in southern Peninsular Malaysia, specifically Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Pahang, causing massive floods within the southern region on 18 December 2006, which were considered as the worst in the history of the southern region of Malaysia. However, there were also reports a few days earlier that adverse weather was not to be blamed on the typhoon. The worst-affected areas were Segamat and Kota Tinggi, where both towns were totally inaccessible via land transport routes after all main roads leading to those towns were flooded. As of 4 January 2007, the floods had claimed 15 lives. Heavy rains were expected in Penang, Perak, Kelantan and other states in the northern region during this period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Indonesia\nThe floods affected areas such as Aceh and North Sumatra, leaving many homeless. The floods lasted for a week starting on December 22. An estimated 400,000 people were displaced at the peak of the flooding with at least 118 people dead and 155 people missing as of 29 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Johor\nSeveral districts in Johor including Batu Pahat, Johor Bahru, Kluang, Kota Tinggi, Mersing, Muar, Pontian and Segamat were been flooded. Between 60,000 and 70,000 people had been evacuated in the state while food shortage at relief centres had been reported. Flooded roads disrupted the delivery of aid to flood centres. Most of the flood victims had been living without clean water or electricity for days. According to health authorities, reports of water-borne diseases were on the rise. In some areas, looting was reported after floodwaters receded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Johor\nThe second bout of flooding, which was larger than the first one, had almost paralysed Johor after all 8 districts were submerged by the flood. The areas worst affected by the second flood were Batu Pahat and Kluang. Both waves of the flood disaster were considered as the costliest flood in Malaysian history, with the total cost of damage caused by the floods standing at RM 1.5 billion. In the early morning of 12 January 2007, floodwaters were slowly rising at Jalan Jaffar in Kota Tinggi, while the residents were all shifting their goods in preparation for the second flood. In the morning of 13 January 2007 around 4:00\u00a0a.m., the Sungai Semberong bridge at Batu 5, Jalan Kluang-Mersing (Federal route 50) collapsed after being washed by strong currents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Malacca\nIn Malacca, 3,193 people from 691 families from Melaka Tengah, Alor Gajah and Jasin left their homes due to rising waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Malacca\nA total of 35 relief centres were opened, with the floods regarded the worst for the three districts in 15 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Pahang\nIn Pahang, more than 2,000 people were evacuated in several areas in Rompin, especially in Bandar Tun Abdul Razak. After more than 10 hours of continuous rain, people in Kampung Rekoh in Bandar Tun Abdul Razak were evacuated to nearby community halls. Other affected areas were Kampung Kurnia, Yayasan Estate and Yayasan Estate II. More than 6,000 residents, including settlers in nine Felda Selancar schemes, were also stranded because of two badly damaged bridges in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan\nIn Negeri Sembilan, the various government departments in charge of flood relief in the state were fully prepared and on standby, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Areas affected, Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan\nFlooded areas include Gemas and Gemencheh and a total of 80 people have been evacuated so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, Prime Minister's response\nMalaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi expressed his sadness over the disaster. When the flooding started, he just finish a 3-day visit to Venezuela and had just left for a vacation. He was back in Malaysia by 23 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, Disaster Relief\nSeveral government agencies and NGOs provided assistance and aid to the victims during and after the floods. The Malaysian Red Crescent Society distributed hygiene kits to victims. The organisation also deployed several boats to the affected areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, Disaster Relief\nMERCY Malaysia deployed 78 volunteers and also appealed for public donations to assist the victims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, Disaster Relief\nThe Tzu Chi Foundation mobilised over 4,200 volunteers from both Malaysia and Singapore and have helped over 46,000 flood victims in 4 states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, International response\nAid was given to Malaysia by various international non-governmental organisations and countries such as United Sikhs, Red Crescent, United States of America, and Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, International response\nThe Singapore Red Cross Society sent volunteers to assist in the state of Johor. The society also sent aid worth RM22,600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, International response\nThe United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided $50,000 through the U.S. Embassy to the Malaysian Red Crescent to support emergency relief efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189836-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 Southeast Asian floods, Reactions, International response\nThe IFRC allocate CHF 50,000 (US$41,425) from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 25 December 2006 to support the Malaysian Red Crescent's initial relief efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority\nThe 2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority were economic sanctions imposed and other measures taken by Israel, the United States and other countries against the Palestinian National Authority (PA), including the suspension of international aid following the decisive victory for Hamas at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) election on 25 January 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority\nOn 18 February 2006, following the swearing in of the new PLC, Israel imposed sanctions on the PA, including the suspension of transfers to the PA of customs revenues Israel collected on the PA's behalf. The US sanctions prohibited all Hamas-related financial transactions. The Middle East Quartet called for a review of all assistance to any new government that was formed against its commitment to the principles of nonviolence, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of agreements previously entered into by the PA. After Hamas rejected the conditions, the international community suspended international aid to Palestinians, significantly damaging the Palestinian economy. On 17 June, a temporary international mechanism was created to channel aid to Palestinians bypassing the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority or aid funds were paid directly to the accounts of President Mahmoud Abbas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 960]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority\nAfter the formation by Abbas of an emergency government in June 2007, international aid to the Ramallah-based PA resumed, but the Hamas-led government in Gaza remained under boycott. The US and Israel lifted sanctions against the Abbas government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, After the 2006 elections\nThe Palestinian Authority legislative elections were held on 25 January 2006 and resulted in a decisive victory for Hamas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 97], "content_span": [98, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, After the 2006 elections\nOn 30 January 2006, the Middle East Quartet \u2014 comprising the United States, Russia, United Nations, and European Union \u2013 issued a statement, saying that \"It is the view of the Quartet that all members of a future Palestinian government must be committed to nonviolence, recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations, including the Roadmap,\" and concluded that it was inevitable that future assistance to any new government would be reviewed by donors against that government's commitment to those principles, which Hamas rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 97], "content_span": [98, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, After the 2006 elections\nAlthough the Quartet formally did not call for sanctions and did not explicitly prohibit the provision of aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA), but rather called for aid to be 'reviewed' against the three principles, a combination of political pressure and US threats of sanctions against banks handling aid monies served to halt transfers to the PA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 97], "content_span": [98, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, After the 2006 elections\nOn 1 February 2006, Israel announced that it will suspend transfers of customs revenues to the PA, and noted that future transfers will be put on hold while the issue was being reviewed. On 18 February, after the new PLC was sworn in, Israel imposed sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, including suspension of some $50 million in monthly PA customs revenues, and travel restrictions on Hamas members were imposed. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that \"It is clear that in light of the Hamas majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council and the instructions to form a new government that were given to the head of Hamas, the PA is - in practice - becoming a terrorist authority\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 97], "content_span": [98, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, After the 2006 elections\nUS Administration officials and some members of Congress warned Hamas leaders that the United States will no longer provide assistance to a Hamas-led PA government unless Hamas changes its charter to recognize Israel's right to exist and renounces the use of violence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 97], "content_span": [98, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, After the 2006 elections\nIsraeli officials and Western diplomats said that US and Israel were discussing ways to destabilize the Palestinian government so that newly elected Hamas officials will fail and elections will be called again. The intention was to starve the PA of money and international connections. The approach was being discussed at the highest levels of the US State Department and the Israeli government. Israeli military officials discussed cutting Gaza off completely from the West Bank and making the Israeli-Gaza border an international one. Hamas Members of Parliament would be denied to travel freely between Gaza and West Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 97], "content_span": [98, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Under the Hamas-led Government\nAfter the Hamas-led First Haniyeh Government was sworn in on 29 March 2006, both the US and EU cut aid to the Palestinian Authority. Canada also suspended its aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 103], "content_span": [104, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Under the Hamas-led Government\nOn 12 April 2006, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) formally determined that Hamas had property interest in transactions of the PA. Consequently, all unauthorized transactions with the PA were prohibited. The general prohibition on transactions, however, also caused difficulty in carrying out financial transaction with non-PA related individuals and entities, as financial institutions around the world took protective measures regarding the OFAC determination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 103], "content_span": [104, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Under the Hamas-led Government\nThe US ceased providing both indirect and direct foreign aid to the PA with the exception of some emergency humanitarian assistance. The US said it would withhold $411 million in aid over the next few years and asked for the return of $30 million it had already donated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 103], "content_span": [104, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0010-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Under the Hamas-led Government\nThe CRS Report for Congress wrote on 27 June 2007: \"With the suspension of all USAID-managed economic aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the general prohibition on financial transactions by U.S. persons with the PA, the United States has tried to assuage fears that its policies are causing Palestinian suffering.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 103], "content_span": [104, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Impact\nAlthough, despite the suspension of aid to the PA, aid to the Palestinian territories reportedly increased during 2006, poverty climbed sharply during the same period. According to Oxfam, this was because international aid did not compensate for the substantial loss of income created by the withholding of at least $475m of Palestinian tax and customs revenues by Israel. This accounted for around 50% of the PA's monthly income in 2005. Also, the aid came late, it did not generate income, and was less effective. Moreover, the boycott had helped trigger factional violence between Palestinians. Oxfam observed in 2006 dropping incomes, increased poverty, institutional collapse and economic decline. Media reports suggested that the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was worsening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 79], "content_span": [80, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Impact\nIn February 2006, Quartet envoy James Wolfensohn warned that the Palestinian Authority was on the verge of economic collapse within two weeks time, because of the cessation of tax funds to the PA from Israel. In a letter to the US government, Wolfensohn warned that the economic situation could lead to violence. In his report of May 2006, Wolfensohn questioned the decision of Western powers to cut all but humanitarian aid to the Palestinians' Hamas-led government. He recalled that $1.3 billion a year was spent on assistance to the Palestinians and asked: \"Will we now simply abandon these goals?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 79], "content_span": [80, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Impact\nFrom April\u2013June 2006, the EU delivered $143 million in emergency assistance. The US provided $300 million in humanitarian and other aid to the Palestinians, intended to bypass the Hamas-led Government, $42 million of which \"for promoting democratic alternatives to Hamas\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 79], "content_span": [80, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Temporary international mechanism\nThe World Bank warned a collapse of the Palestinian infrastructure would be hard to reverse. On 9 May 2006, the Quartet issued a new statement, in which it reiterated its grave concern that the PA government had so far failed to commit itself to the formulated principles. It noted that it had \"inevitably impacted direct assistance to that government\" and was deeply concerned about the consequences for the Palestinian people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 106], "content_span": [107, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Temporary international mechanism\nThe Quartet announced an international mechanism to ensure direct delivery of assistance to the Palestinians. In conjunction with the World Bank, the Quartet attempted to find a way to provide some relief to the Palestinians without working with the Hamas-led government. The US softened its hardline position to prevent the PA from collapsing and agreed to a mechanism for indirect funding under pressure of EU and Russia. On 17 June 2006, the Quartet announced the establishment of a temporary international mechanism (TIM), to channel funding directly to Palestinians, while bypassing the Hamas-led PA government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 106], "content_span": [107, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Changes after Hamas takeover of Gaza\nFollowing Hamas' takeover of Gaza in June 2007, Israel and the United States announced plans to blockade the Gaza Strip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 109], "content_span": [110, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Changes after Hamas takeover of Gaza\nAt the same time, they lifted some of the sanctions on the West Bank, in order to support the Fatah government. On 16 June 2007, United States Consul-General Jacob Walles said that the US was planning to lift the ban on direct aid to the emergency government installed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Some Israeli officials said US$300 to $400 million in Palestinian tax revenues may be transferred to the PA, short of the $700 million Abbas was seeking. The Quartet voiced support for Abbas and concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, though they did not announce any change in the ban on direct aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 109], "content_span": [110, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Changes after Hamas takeover of Gaza\nFew days later, the US ended its 15-month economic and political boycott of the Ramallah-based PA, but the Hamas-led government in Gaza remained under sanction and blockade. The European Union similarly announced plans to resume direct aid to the Palestinians. On 25 June 2007, Israel agreed to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues it had seized to Palestinian President Abbas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 109], "content_span": [110, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189837-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, Changes after Hamas takeover of Gaza\nWikiLeaks disclosed a cable from the US embassy in Tel Aviv dated 3 November 2008 that revealed that Israel intended to maintain the economy of the Gaza Strip \"on the brink of collapse\" without \"pushing it over the edge\", and that Israel intended to keep the Gazan economy functioning at the lowest level possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis.\" In October 2010, papers were released which revealed a system to maintain the minimum level. It contained upper and lower warning lines, identifying surpluses and shortages of listed products in Gaza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [73, 109], "content_span": [110, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis\nThe 2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of term of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. BNP government increased the age of chief justice retirement in an unconstitutional way to bias the appointment of the head of the caretaker government. CTG manages the government during the interim 90-day period and parliamentary elections. Political conflict began with the alleged appointment of a Chief Advisor, a role which devolved to the President, Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed. The interim period was marked from the beginning by violent protests initiated by the Awami League named Logi Boitha Andolan (Boat-hook and Oar Movement), with 40 people killed and hundreds injured in the first month. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party had its own complaints about the process and the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis\nAfter extensive negotiations as the CTG tried to bring all the political parties to the table and had agreement for a scheduled election, on 3 January 2007, the Awami League said that it and the smaller parties of its Grand Alliance would boycott the general election to be held on 22 January 2007. They complained about the lack of an accurate voters list. More widespread violence and political rioting followed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis\nThe \"bitter rivalry\" between the Awami League and BNP has affected the nation for the last two decades, although their political positions are not so far apart. The parties are led by women who represent assassinated leaders: Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, since 1981 has been head of the Awami League. Khaleda Zia, the head of the BNP, is the widow of the late president Ziaur Rahman, who as president founded the party in the late 1970s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis\nOn 11 January 2007 the military intervened to support the caretaker government of President Iajuddin, who had already declared a state of emergency. He accepted the resignations of most of his advisors. He also resigned as Chief Advisor, being replaced on 12 January by Fakhruddin Ahmed, who had worked for the World Bank. The government suppressed political activity to try to restore stability. In the spring, it started to work on corruption cases, charging 160 persons, including both party leaders, other politicians, civil servants and businessmen for actions going back to the late 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis\nThe nation has had an extreme reputation for corruption under both the major political parties. In addition, some observers speculated that the caretaker government was trying to force both party leaders into exile to stabilise the country and reduce the political polarisation. The CTG also charged Sheikh Hasina for alleged murder for the deaths of four persons during protests in the fall of 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0003-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis\nThe High Court held that Khaleda Zia could not be charged under emergency law for events that happened prior to the emergency but on appeal, in September 2007 the Bangladesh Supreme Court ruled that the Zia trial should proceed. Near the end of 2008, the caretaker government moved to restore democratic government and held elections in December. The Awami League and Grand Alliance won by a two-thirds majority, and formed a government in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Background\nAccording to Bangladesh's unique system, at the time of national parliamentary elections, which must be held within ninety days of dissolving a parliament, a caretaker government is entrusted to oversee the process and manage in the interim. First established in an informal way, the CTG provisions were incorporated by amendment in 1996 into the constitution. It stipulates that the Chief Advisor position (with the status of Prime Minister) is filled by the appointment of the last retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0004-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Background\nHe appoints a maximum of ten advisors (with the status of ministers) to assist in managing the government. The caretaker government runs all the state's affairs during the 90-day interim, including conducting the nationwide parliamentary elections. During this interim period, the Defense Ministry's charge is transferred to the country's President of Bangladesh, who assumes the role of Commander-in-Chief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Protests\nAt the end of BNP's 2001\u20132006 term, the Awami League questioned the neutrality of K. M. Hasan, the immediate past Chief Justice, who was in line to become Chief Advisor of the caretaker government. With uncertainty about who would be appointed as CA, Awami supporters led protests and violence beginning on 28 October, popularly known as the logi boitha movement, which resulted in 40 deaths and hundreds of injuries in the first month. On that day, Awami League activists severely beat and killed three activists of Jamat e Islami in Paltan in front of the TV camera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nAt the backdrop against the situation, the former Chief Justice K. M. Hasan declined to take the job of Chief Advisor (CA), citing health reasons. However, according to the provision, the constitutional obligations must be performed without fear and favour. Hindering this sacred responsibility is deemed to be serious violation of the constitution, which is to be punished in highest order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nAccording to a BDNews24 report based on later Wikileaks, Justice Hasan had started recruiting advisors before he was sworn in. President Iajuddin Ahmed directed his Presidential Advisor to organise meetings with the four major political parties representing parliament, but the parties were unable to agree on an appointment for Chief Advisor, although five men were considered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nJustice Mainur Reza Chowdhury was discussed as a nominee, but he died before appointment. Two retired justices of the Supreme Court: Justice M. A. Aziz and Justice Hamidul Haq, were also considered. Aziz was Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) at that time. The Awami League complained about him in that position, so did not accept him for CA. Justice Haq was disqualified as he had been appointed Chairman of the Judicial Training Institute by the immediate past BNP government. Having held a for-profit office is a disqualification for the CA. In addition, BNP opposed his nomination as CA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nJustice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury was considered. He had retired before Mainur Reza Chowdhury. The BNP opposed him, as the Parliamentary Adviser of Khaleda Zia was against him. In August 2012, The Daily Star reported that Khaleda Zia has said she regretted having opposed Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury's appointment at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nGiven the parties' failure to agree on a candidate, according to the constitution the position devolved to the President, Iajuddin Ahmed, serving since 2002. He took it on in addition to his regular responsibilities, which under the caretaker government included the Defense Ministry. Iajuddin Ahmed formed a government, appointing ten advisors to a council to act as ministers. He appointed his press spokesman, the journalist Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, as his chief Presidential Advisor, with the status of Minister of State. Chowdhury had the responsibility to negotiate with the political parties to bring them to participation in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nThe Awami League agreed to take part in the elections, but demanded that Iajuddin Ahmed make mass changes to the administration to free it from what they called the BNP's politicisation. They also demanded that a new and accurate voter list be compiled. The BNP also had its own issues against the opposition. Hussain Muhammad Ershad, head of the Jatiya Party allied with BNP, asked the CTG not to extend date of submission of nominations for candidates, as requested by Awami League, as his candidates had filed on time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0011-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nAt Sheikh Hasina's demand, a presidential advisor negotiated with the Election Commission to gain a two-day extension for filing of nominations On 23 December 2006, all political parties joined the planned elections of 22 January 2007. The last day of nomination filing was extended to 26 December 2006 to accommodate all political parties, as requested by Sheikh Hasnna to Mukhles Chowdhury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nOn 3 January 2007, the last day possible, the Awami League declared that they and their allies would boycott the election. The withdrawal added to the political uncertainty and more violent protests resulted, in which hundreds had already been injured. These actions had devastating, disruptive effects on the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\n\"The two women [Hasina and Zia] are bitter rivals and barely speak to each other. Their mutual loathing is reflected among their respective sets of supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nBangladesh is one of the most politically polarised countries in the world, even though the actual policy differences between the two largest parties do not amount to anything significant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Caretaker government is formed\nBut the ceaseless bickering and violent confrontations have meant that the Bangladeshi economy \u2013 already fragile \u2013 is coming under further pressure.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nMilitary representatives met with President Ahmed on 11 January, urging him to declare a state of emergency, and to resign and appoint an Interim Chief Advisor. According to a United States diplomatic cable later released under Wikileaks, the Army Chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, and his group persuaded the President to declare a state of emergency on 11 January 2007. At the time, the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence & Counterterrorism, Brigadier General A T M Amin, met with the US Ambassador, Patricia Butenis, to explain the military's concerns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0016-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nGiven the Awami League's withdrawal from the elections, they believed that supporting a one-sided election might threaten the armed forces continued participation in UN peacekeeping missions \u2013 UNPKO, which they valued. In addition, they were worried about threatened terrorist violence from Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which had set off 300 bombs in August 2005. They wanted a neutral government established until \"fair, free and credible elections\" could be held in which all parties participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nIn the near term, Justice Fazlul Haque, the senior CTG advisor, was to be appointed Interim Chief Advisor, and Fakhruddin Ahmed, a prominent banker, would quickly be appointed Chief Advisor to replace Iajuddin Ahmed. All of them were the violation of the constitution and when chief advisor or prime minister resigns the whole advisory council or cabinet is deemed to be resigned what Advisor Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury categorically pointed out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nMukhles Chowdhury also deleted some sentences, which were derogated remarks against the country to justify the military intervention, written by Lt. Gen. Moeen in the president's speech broadcast on 11 January 2011. Moeen's main pillar of 11 January 2007 military coup was then Military Secretary to the President (MSP) Major General Aminul Karim. Due to this, Advisor Mukhles Chowdhury attempted to replace him by then General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 24 Division Major General Md Abdul Mubeen, who was later appointed as army chief by successive government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0017-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nUnfortunately, DG of Special Security Force (SSF) Major General Syed Fatemi Ahmed Rumi supported Aminul Karim and misled former prime minister Khaleda Zia on this. Initially. Mrs Zia was convinced by Advisor Chowdhury, but later she took side of Rumi. But what she did not realise that once loyal this army officer had already betrayed with her. Although Rumi was posted long five years of Khaleda Zia's tenure with her, she was under surveillance by him as well. During those days, he intercepted her personal life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0017-0003", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nIronically, an army group including him, tried to publish a Nikahnama (marriage document) of his once boss in Prothom Alo, a bangla daily. Fatemi Rumi accompanied General Moeen to his maiden visit to India, he was posted by Moeen to Rangpur division of army where Moeen visite three times and worked to establish a University in Rangpur. Moreover, Rumi pressured businessmen to contribute donation for the Kings Party \"Jago Bangladesh\" a political party created by Moeen, which dies a natural death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0017-0004", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nLikewise, when Mukhles Chowdhury informed top politicians that by 12 January 2011 there would be a martial law in Bangladesh, Brigadier Chowdhury Fazlul Bari misled Khaleda Zia with the help of Aminul Karim to implement Moeen's plan to capture Presidency. In addition, Amin (popularly known as Bihari Amin as he was a settler from India's Bihar Province) informed the US diplomats that the Director General for National Security Intelligence, Maj. Gen. Md. Rezzaqul Haider Chowdhury (Haider), was relieved from duty and being investigated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0017-0005", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\n(Later that year, he was charged in the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong, an incident of smuggling to a militant organisation based in India.) The President's remaining CTG advisor, M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, was also relieved of his duties. The cable noted that both men were believed to be paths of influence from Khaleda Zia and the BNP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention\nAssuring the diplomats of the military's support for the civilian government, Amin said their immediate goals for the caretaker government were to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Cessation of election monitoring operations\nThe BBC reported on 11 January 2007 that, given the withdrawal of the Awami League, and announced resignations, the United Nations and the European Union immediately suspended their election monitoring operations, as conditions for a credible vote did not exist. The EU said,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Cessation of election monitoring operations\n\"The European Commission has decided to suspend its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Bangladesh covering the parliamentary elections on 22nd January. The European Commission has recalled the long-term observers already on the ground, and will not deploy the other phases of its observation mission, which was due to be led by MEP Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Cessation of election monitoring operations\n\"The political crisis in Bangladesh has severely jeopardised the legitimacy of the electoral process. The announced cancellation of numerous international observation missions is regrettable. The United Nations has had to suspend all technical support to the electoral process, including by closing its International Coordination Office for Election Observers in Dhaka.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 106], "content_span": [107, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, State of emergency\nOn the same day as the UN and EU withdrawal, Chief Advisor Iajuddin Ahmed announced a state of emergency in Bangladesh. He established a late night to early morning (11 p.m. to 5\u00a0am) curfew. The Economist reported this action as a form of coup d'\u00e9tat. Within hours President Ahmed announced his resignation as chief advisor and postponed the scheduled election. Prior to his resignation, he accepted the resignations of nine of the ten advisors of the caretaker government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, State of emergency\nPresident Ahmed appointed Justice Fazlul Haque, the senior-ranking CTG advisor, as the interim Chief Advisor. The columnist Zafar Sobhan of the Daily Star newspaper wrote, \"It is fairly apparent that it was done under pressure from the army because of the threat that the country could lose its peacekeeping role\" with the United Nations, which was both prestigious and lucrative in terms of payment to the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, State of emergency\nOn 12 January 2007, with military backing, the former Bangladesh Bank governor Fakhruddin Ahmed, who had worked for the World Bank, was sworn in as the new Chief Advisor. He appointed five advisors on 13 January to form the new interim government. When he was officially named as the head of the caretaker government, he lifted the curfew. The state of emergency was continued, suspending some basic rights provided by the constitution, such as the freedom of movement, assembly, and speech to limit protests and disruptive political activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Corruption and murder charges\nIn 2007, the caretaker government pursued graft and corruption charges against both major party leaders and some of their senior staff, trying to clean up the country, which was notorious for corruption. It filed charges against 160 politicians, civil servants, and businessmen, including Tareque and Arafat Rahman, two sons of the former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, who were both active in the BNP. Later in the year, the government filed charges of corruption against both her and Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League. This anti-corruption effort was greeted with approval by the people, who were tired of government officials \"siphoning off the country's wealth.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 92], "content_span": [93, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0026-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Corruption and murder charges\nIn April, the media reported that the caretaker government was trying to force both major party leaders out of the country, which was needed to reform the political system. Supporters of Khaleda Zia were negotiating for her to go to Saudi Arabia, but that country declined. The CTG banned Sheikh Hasina from returning from a trip and had prohibited political activity. By 26 April 2007, the government had changed its position, and allowed Hasina to return and both leaders to resume political activities. Hasina was being charged with murder for the deaths of four opposition supporters in late 2006, allegedly due to attacks by her party members, prior to the state of emergency being imposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 92], "content_span": [93, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0027-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Corruption and murder charges\nOn 12 July 2007, Sheikh Hasina, party leader of the Awami League, was arrested for graft, based on charges filed by a businessman against her for actions in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 92], "content_span": [93, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189838-0028-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Bangladeshi political crisis, Military intervention, Restoration of parliamentary democracy\nAfter holding power for more than a year, the CTG decided to hold local elections in some locations on 4 August 2008. The main parties criticised this as unconstitutional. General elections were held on 29 December 2008, when the Awami League and its Grand Alliance won two-thirds of the seats in parliament. The BNP and its four-party alliance, including Jamaat-e-Islami, comprise the major opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 101], "content_span": [102, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties\nThe 2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties was the handover of the title of president and presidential duties from longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro to his brother Ra\u00fal Castro, the next-in-line-of-succession person in Cuba, following Fidel's operation and recovery from an undisclosed digestive illness believed to be diverticulitis. Although Ra\u00fal Castro exercised the duties of president, Fidel Castro retained the title of President of Cuba, formally the President of the Council of State of Cuba, during this period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties\nFidel had been in power since 1959 and held the title of President of Cuba since 1976. At the time of his operation in July 2006, he was 79 years old and the last governing communist leader from the Cold War era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties\nFidel felt proud to have not only thwarted the Bay of Pigs Invasion, failed CIA attempts to kill him, and acts of Cuban exile violence, but also outlived the Cold War and the USSR, and exhorting the Cuban people brave the crippling effects of the US embargo against Cuba (largely to whip up patriotic fury against the US) and the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0001-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties\nWhile the radical left (especially Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales) praised Castro as a tireless defender of the poor and oppressed in Latin America and Africa while standing up to US hegemony in the Americas, Fidel Castro's sworn enemies, namely the US and Cuban-Americans, saw him as a ruthless tyrant who broke his promise to restore democracy to Cuba by imposing a repressive communist government on the island that muzzled all opposition and wrecked the Cuban economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties\nOn February 19, 2008 Fidel announced that he would not stand for re-election as President at the next meeting of the National Assembly of People's Power. Ra\u00fal was elected President by the National Assembly on February 24, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, July 2006 announcement\nThe transfer of duties was announced in a proclamation read on state television at 8:15\u00a0p.m. by Castro's secretary, Carlos Valenciaga. The proclamation appeared on the Granma website that night and was printed in Cuba's national newspaper Granma, the next day. In his statement of delegation, Castro stated: \"the operation has obliged me to take several weeks of rest, at a remove from my responsibilities and duties\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0003-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, July 2006 announcement\nThe proclamation transferred to his brother the functions as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Comandante of the Armed Forces, President of the Council of State, and of the Government of the Republic of Cuba. It transferred other functions to Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Balaguer Cabrera, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Machado Ventura, Esteban Lazo Hern\u00e1ndez, and Carlos Lage D\u00e1vila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, July 2006 announcement\nCastro also announced in his statement that he had spoken to the Guayasam\u00edn Foundation, whose responsibilities included organizing his oncoming 80th birthday celebrations on August 13, 2006. He requested that the group postpone the anniversary until December 2, 2006, the 50th anniversary of the Granma Landing. The letter ended with the Cuban leader's customary pronouncements: \"Imperialism will never be able to crush Cuba. The Battle of Ideas will continue advancing. \u00a1 Viva la Patria! \u00a1 Viva la Revoluci\u00f3n! \u00a1 Viva el Socialismo! \u00a1 Hasta la Victoria Siempre! (Long live the Motherland! Long live the revolution! Long live socialism! Ever onward to victory! )\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, July 2006 announcement\nThe transfer of power was in line with Article 94 of the Cuban Constitution, which states: \"In cases of the absence, illness or death of the president of the Council of State, the first vice president assumes the president's duties\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Caribbean\nAlong with well wishes from many leaders from around the world, the prime minister of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas wished the \"political legend\" Castro a swift recovery on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Douglas was unwavering in his support, saying, \"At this challenging time for the people of Cuba, we of Caricom want them to know that we wish for President Fidel Castro a successful recovery, and soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Caribbean\nHe has proven to be a great friend of the Caribbean and of all poor and developing countries struggling for a better life for their peoples.\" He also warned against trying to create instability during the transition, adding: \"We in CARICOM sincerely hope that as President Castro...recovers, and acting President Ra\u00fal Castro takes on the very demanding responsibilities as Head of State, that there would be no adventurism on the part of any and from whatever quarter, to create problems for the Cuban people...\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Caribbean\nThereafter Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony also issued a series of well wishes for his Cuban counterpart. Dr. Anthony said he was just as surprised as the Cuban people and the rest of the world by the sudden news of President Castro's illness. But, he added, he was \"also confident that he is receiving the best medical care in the world, because the quality of health care in Cuba is exceedingly good and I'm sure he is being given the very best medical care.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Caribbean\nIn his press release the Saint Lucian Prime Minister also said, \"The Cabinet of Ministers, and indeed the people of Saint Lucia, have much admiration for the Cuban President and his personal interest in making humanitarian and social assistance available to Saint Lucia and the rest of the Caribbean, especially in the fields of health and education.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 84], "content_span": [85, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nOn July 31, just hours prior to the announcement of Castro's condition, U.S. President George W. Bush told WAQI-AM, a Spanish-language radio station in Miami, \"If Fidel Castro were to move on because of natural causes, we've got a plan in place to help the people of Cuba understand there's a better way than the system in which they've been living under. No one knows when Fidel Castro will move on. In my judgment, that's the work of the Almighty.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0008-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nOn August 2, Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah) said President Bush told him the administration was surprised by the announcement of Castro's illness, \"The president's comment was that everybody was caught by surprise, and we'll have to wait and see what U.S. action is necessary. I think all of us can say we had no idea this was coming.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nSenators met in Washington, D.C. to discuss \"A Democratic Cuba After Castro\", as many senators argued that the United States should have a plan in case the United States would need to offer any help to Cuba during a transfer of duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nCuban-American Senator Mel Martinez stated that he and many other Cuban-Americans regard Ra\u00fal Castro as a temporary figure and not someone capable of leading Cuba into the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nThere were celebrations among the large Cuban-American population of Miami, Florida, Jersey City, New Jersey, and several other smaller Cuban communities in the US opposed to Castro's regime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nOn August 3, 2006, the White House released the following statement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nThe United States is actively monitoring the situation in Cuba following the announcement of a transfer of power. At this time of uncertainty in Cuba, one thing is clear: The United States is absolutely committed to supporting the Cuban people\u2019s aspirations for democracy and freedom. We have repeatedly said that the Cuban people deserve to live in freedom. I encourage all democratic nations to unite in support of the right of the Cuban people to define a democratic future for their country. I urge the Cuban people to work for democratic change on the island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0013-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, United States\nWe will support you in your effort to build a transitional government in Cuba committed to democracy, and we will take note of those, in the current Cuban regime, who obstruct your desire for a free Cuba. In the event of a transition in the Cuban government, we stand ready to provide humanitarian assistance as needed to help the Cuban people. It has long been the hope of the United States to have a free, independent, and democratic Cuba as a close friend and neighbor. In achieving this, the Cuban people can count on the full and unconditional support of the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Latin America\nPresident of Venezuela Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and President of Bolivia Evo Morales both made statements of support for Castro's recovery. Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president and a long-time friend of Castro, said \"Cubans alone should decide on a possible presidential successor. The succession process is a decision the Cuban people will have to take\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Latin America\nNumerous Latin American publications, including Peru's La Rep\u00fablica, and Bolivia's La Raz\u00f3n, ran front-page articles about the event, featuring pictures of a frail-looking Castro, head in hand. Others, such as Mexico City's La Cr\u00f3nica de Hoy and El Sol de M\u00e9xico, focused on the bond between Castro and his brother Ra\u00fal, the former showing a picture of the two walking together, the latter a picture of an elderly Fidel with arm held aloft by Ra\u00fal. A headline in Peru's La Rep\u00fablica declared Castro's cessation of duties to be \"the end of an era\", while Venezuela's El Universal said the event was \"unprecedented in 47 years of power.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189839-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties, Reaction in the Americas, Latin America\nOn August 5, 2006, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that Cuban authorities had informed Brazilian president Lula da Silva that Castro's health was much worse than what the Cuban government had previously admitted in public, contending that he was suffering from intestinal cancer and will be unable to resume control of the Cuban state. The Brazilian government quickly denied that the report was accurate. Folha's editors responded to the government's denials by saying their sources were Castro's top aides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189840-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup First Division\nThe European Nations Cup (ENC) First Division is the sixth edition of the so-called Six Nations B, since its launch in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189840-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup First Division\nThe ENC is played over two years during which all teams meet each other home and away. The games are usually played in February and March during the Six Nations Championship, and in May to avoid very cold conditions in Eastern Europe. However the winner of this does not get promoted to the Six Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189841-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup Second Division\nThe 2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup (ENC) Second Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) will be contested over two years during which all teams meet each other home and away. The winner of Division 2A, Germany, will be promoted to Division 1 and fifth place, Netherlands, relegated to Division 2B. The winner, Poland, and loser of Division 2B shall be promoted to Division 2A and relegated to Division 3A, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189841-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup Second Division\nIn 2006 Ukraine was relegated from the First Division to Division 2A and Latvia promoted from Division 3A to 2B. The other teams joined from Round 3 of the qualification for the World Cup 2007. Spain, the winner of Round 3 of WC qual., was thereby promoted to the First Division in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189842-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup Third Division\nThe 2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup (ENC) Third Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) will be contested over two years during which all teams meet each other home and away. The Third Division consists of four levels, which effectively constitute the 5th through 8th levels of European international rugby. The winner of each division shall be promoted to the next highest division, and the loser relegated to the next division lower.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189842-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup Third Division\nThe previous champion of Division 3A, Latvia was promoted to the Second Division and replaced with Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia), which came last in Round 3 of the qualification for the World Cup 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189842-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 European Nations Cup Third Division, Division 3C\nBosnia was relegated to division 3D, while Israel will undertook a relegation/promotion playoff with Cyprus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks\nThe Juba talks were a series of negotiations between the government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group over the terms of a ceasefire and possible peace agreement. The talks, held in Juba, the capital of autonomous Southern Sudan, began in July 2006 and were mediated by Riek Machar, the Vice President of Southern Sudan. The talks, which had resulted in a ceasefire by September 2006, were described as the best chance ever for a negotiated settlement to the 20-year-old war. However, LRA leader Joseph Kony refused to sign the peace agreement in April 2008. Two months later, the LRA carried out an attack on a Southern Sudanese town, prompting the Government of Southern Sudan to officially withdraw from their mediation role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Preparations\nA delegation from the LRA arrived in Juba, Sudan on 8 June 2006 to prepare for talks with the Ugandan government, to be mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan and by the Community of Sant'Egidio. These talks were agreed to after Kony released a video in May in which he denied committing atrocities and seemed to call for an end to hostilities, in response to an announcement by Museveni that he would guarantee the safety of Kony if peace was agreed to by July. Museveni had pledged to grant Kony total amnesty if he gave up \"terrorism\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Preparations\nUganda's security minister Amama Mbabazi urged the International Criminal Court to drop the indictments issued in 2005 against leaders of the LRA, but LRA legal adviser Krispus Ayena Odongo rejected the offer, saying that accepting amnesty \"presupposes surrender\" and would mean the LRA was no longer available for discussions. Several organizations, including the ICC and the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute insisted that LRA leaders must be arrested in accordance with the Rome Statute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Preparations\nJoseph Kony gave his first interview to the press after 20 years of carrying out the conflict in late June 2006. He denied that the LRA had carried out any atrocities and blamed President Museveni for oppressing the Acholi. Regardless, in late June 2006, the Government of Southern Sudan formally invited Uganda to attend peace talks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Initial negotiations\nOn 14 July 2006 talks began in Juba between delegations from the LRA and Uganda, with the Vice-president of Southern Sudan Riek Machar as the chief mediator. The leader of the Ugandan delegation, Internal Affairs Minister Ruhakana Rugunda stated that his priority was to obtain a quick ceasefire. The LRA delegation, led by Martin Ojul, said that LRA's acceptance of the peace talks should not be interpreted that LRA can no longer fight, but stressed that a negotiated settlement is the best way to end the conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Initial negotiations\nThe initial delegation was criticized as largely consisting of expatriate Acholi, rather than members of the fighting force. However, after many delays Vincent Otti arrived for meetings on the 29th, followed the next day by Kony's 14-year-old son Salim Saleh Kony (sharing a name with the brother of President Museveni, Salim Saleh). Kony himself met with local religious and political leaders from northern Uganda and southern Sudan on the following day. On 2 August, Kony held his first-ever press conference in which he demanded a ceasefire before LRA-government negotiations resumed on the 7th and denied ever abducting children. Some media sources noted that, of the approximately 80 LRA fighters surrounding the press venue, several appeared to be in their early teens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Initial negotiations\nThe broader context of the talks remained confused. The government of Southern Sudan views the talks as a means of ridding itself of a foreign army that is complicating their delicate relationship with the Khartoum government. The request by the Ugandan Government for ICC to suspend war crimes indictments against leaders of the LRA, condemned by international human rights groups but largely supported by leaders and civilians within northern Uganda, led some political analysts to see Ugandan Government's request as a ploy to gain local support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0005-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Initial negotiations\nThe comment of a George Olara, an IDP living in a camp in Pader, was fairly typical: \"He [Kony] should not be taken to The Hague. Let him come back and live with the community because this is how reconciliation will be achieved. ... Peace will come if the talks succeed, but there is the potential that they may also fail like they have done before\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire\nOn 4 August 2006, Vincent Otti declared a unilateral ceasefire and asked the Ugandan government to reciprocate. Ugandan Internal Affairs Minister Ruhakana Rugunda stated that they were waiting to see the effect on the ground. ICC indictee Raska Lukwiya was killed in battle on 12 August 2006; the LRA asked for three days of mourning though a spokesman said that talks would continue. Ugandan President Museveni set a 12 September 2006 deadline to finalize a peace deal. The government and LRA signed a truce on 26 August 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0006-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire\nUnder the terms of the agreement, LRA forces were required to leave Uganda and gather in two assembly areas, where the Ugandan government promised they would not attack and the government of Southern Sudan guaranteed their safety. Once this is accomplished, talks on a comprehensive peace agreement would begin. Although a final agreement was not reached by the 12 August deadline, LRA rebels began gathering in the assembly areas and the government delegation stated that they would not hold to the deadline. Machar stated that several hundred rebels, including Otti, had gathered either at Ri-Kwangba in West Equatoria or Owiny Ki-Bul in East Equatoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire\nThe government also began a process of creating \"satellite camps\" to decongest the main IDP camps. In Pader, 28 satellite sites were occupied out of 48 identified as of late September 2006, while the numbers in Kitgum were 21 of 36. IDPs farther south in Teso and Lango were being encouraged to return home directly. However, talks continued to be delayed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0007-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire\nOn 23 September, the LRA delegation threatened to walk out of the negotiations, claiming that the UPDF had attacked their forces at Owiny Ki-Bul and demanding that composition of the government delegation be changed and that the ICC warrants be voided before any agreement. Uganda denied the accusation of attacks. Both delegations met with mediator Riek Machar on 25 September 2006, but not with each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nThe negotiations were paused in early October while a Cessation of Hostilities monitoring team was sent to Owiny Ki-Bul. The team found that no attack had taken place, but that the LRA had simply moved away from the designated site. The team recommended that the LRA rebels regroup at Owiny Ki-Bul, while stating that the LRA had not honored the agreement and was using hostile propaganda, that the UPDF was located close to the assembly points and that the mediators had failed to provide armed guards for the assembled rebels. On 11 October 2006, the LRA proposed that Uganda adopt a federalist structure, prompting criticism from the government spokesperson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nOn 20 October 2006, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni traveled to Juba to meet the LRA negotiators face-to-face for the first time in an attempt to revive the talks, described as \"stalled\" by BBC News and \"faltering\" by The Monitor newspaper. A Uganda government source reported that the president spoke angrily and rebuked the LRA team several times, before later referring to the LRA as \"unserious\" in a subsequent address to South Sudan government officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0009-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nA pall had been thrown over the talks by the murder of several dozen civilians, including the shooting of women and children in the head, near Juba during the two previous days. The attacks were carried out by an as-yet unnamed group, but some suspected that the LRA was responsible for the mayhem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nAfter a week-long impasse, the LRA and government signed a second truce on 1 November 2006 that mandated the monitoring team until 1 December. The previous agreement had technically expired in September. As part of the agreement, the army was to withdraw from Owiny Ki-Bul, past a 30-km (18-mi) buffer zone. The LRA was given a week to regroup at Owiny Ki-Bul, and four weeks to gather at Ri-Kwangba. Both Kony and Otti refused to enter the camps, citing fear of arrest on the ICC warrants. The agreement further stated that food would not be provided to LRA units outside the assembly points except in \"exceptional circumstances\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nIn one of the most significant moments for the LRA during the talks, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland met with Kony and Otti in the hopes of pushing the talks forward on 12 November 2006. Egeland had previously stated that he would meet with Kony only if the LRA released abducted children and wounded members, but Kony denied that anyone in the LRA was either wounded or held against their will.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nThe LRA declared that it was withdrawing from the talks on November 30, stating that UPDF had killed three of its fighters. The deadline for the LRA fighters to finish gathering at the assembly points was 1 December. Uganda denied the charge. Also, outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Joaquim Chissano, former president of Mozambique, to be the UN envoy to the conflict. The truce was further extended for two more months on 18 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Ceasefire, Attacks\nOn 12 January 2007 Ojul stated that recent comments made by al-Bashir and Kiir clearly signified that the LRA was not welcome any longer in Sudan, and that further talks should occur in Kenya instead. On 14 March 2007 the LRA stated it would once again return to the Juba talks. After South Africa, Kenya and Mozambique agreed to join the peace talks (a demand the LRA had made before it would return to Juba), the next round of talks was held from 13 April to 14 April 2007. In this round, the ceasefire was extended until 30 June 2007, and Ri Kwangba was the agreed upon assembly point. The next round of talks was set for 25 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nFollowing this suspension in the peace talks, the Juba Initiative Project enabled the resumption of the talks in May 2007, thanks to the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for LRA-affected areas Joaquim Chissano. The talks were again mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan, but with the support of the United Nations and logistic facilitation from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), under the leadership of her local head Eliane Duthoit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nOn 29 June 2007, the sides agreed to the principles of how justice and reconciliation will be handled, the third of the five-point agenda. The LRA and government agreed that both formal justice procedures and the traditional Mato Oput ceremony of reconciliation would play a role. Government delegation spokesperson Barigye Ba-Hoku stated that they would attempt to convince the ICC that this would address their concerns about impunity and that arrests under ICC auspices would not be necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0015-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nIn November 2007, an LRA delegation led by Martin Ojul journeyed to Kampala to restate their commitment to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Ojul later led the delegation on a tour of northern Uganda to meet victims of the insurgency and ask their forgiveness. However, reports surfaced that LRA deputy commander Otti had been executed on or around 8 October 2007 over an internal power struggle with Kony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nOn 20 December 2007 the government set an ultimatum for the peace talks to conclude by 31 January 2008, threatening that a new military offensive otherwise. The death of Vincent Otti, confirmed in mid-January 2008, was reported to threaten the success of the talks. Talks resumed on 30 January 2008, and the ceasefire was extended until 29 February 2008. The European Union and the United States joined the negotiations, increasing the number of observers to eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0017-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nA breakthrough in negotiations was reached on 3 February 2008 regarding accountability and reconciliation. A deal was signed on 19 February 2008 which decided that the war crimes would be tried in a special section of the High Court of Uganda, thus bypassing the International Criminal Court and also removing one of the last obstacles to a final peace deal. On 22 February 2008, the rebels walked out of the talks again after being denied senior government posts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0017-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nHowever, shortly thereafter they signed another breakthrough agreement according to which they \"would be considered for government and army posts\", but not automatically appointed. A permanent ceasefire to come into effect 24 hours after the signing a comprehensive peace treaty (expected by 29 February 2008) was agreed upon on 23 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0018-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nMore problems appeared on 28 February 2008: The rebels demand a retraction of the ICC indictments, but the Ugandan government only wants to ask the UN to do that after the rebels have demobilised. An accord on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration was signed late on 29 February 2008, leaving the signing of the peace treaty itself as the last missing action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0019-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nThe truce was extended until 28 March 2008, and the final peace talks will continue on 12 March 2008. The ICC prosecutor-general Luis Moreno-Ocampo on 5 March 2008 rejected demands by the rebels for a meeting, stating that \"arrest warrants issued by the court... remain in effect and have to be executed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0019-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nit was reported that rebel leader Kony would nonetheless come out of the bush to sign the peace agreement on 28 March 2008, with the implicit agreement that he will not be apprehended and transferred to the ICC while out in the open; such an action was also thought to likely see a remobilisation of his rebel army. Furthermore, it was suggested that Uganda should lobby at the United Nations Security Council to suspend the ICC indictments for a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0020-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nOn 12 March 2008, as final talks were set to continue, the ICC inquired as to the precise definition of the powers of the proposed intra-Ugandan war crimes court section, in a move seen as softening the indictments on the LRA rebels. The final signing of the peace deal was delayed on 26 March 2008 from 28 March 2008 to 3 April 2008; while the ceasefire was not formally extended with this deadline, both parties were expected to continue adhering to it. The signing was then further delayed to 5 April 2008. It was later announced that Kony would sign the deal in the bush two days before that. However, this was postponed to 10 April 2008; reportedly, Kony was suffering from diarrhoea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0021-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Resumption\nThe ICC inquired as to the precise nature of the special courts in Uganda. Kony delayed the signing of the final treaty further on 10 April 2008, reportedly asking for more information about what kind of punishments he could face. He later clarified that he wanted to know further details about how mato-oput, the Acholi traditional justice, would be used, and how exactly the special division of the High Court would work; he then suspended the peace talks and appointed a new negotiating team, claiming to \"have been misled\". Specifically, Kony fired chief LRA negotiator David Nyakorach Matsanga and replaced him with James Obita. Kony subsequently failed to show up at Nabanga to sign the treaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0022-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Collapse\nThe government subsequently stated that they would return to Juba and Kampala, as the LRA had broken the agreement, and that the ceasefire agreement would not be extended. The next steps of both sides are unclear. Diplomats unsuccessfully tried to restart the talks on 26 April 2008. On 26 May 2008 the government set up a special war crimes court with the mandate to try the LRA in an attempt to convince the ICC to withdraw its indictments against LRA leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0023-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Collapse\nSince April 2008, the LRA had begun rearming and abducting recruits, with the BBC stating that 1000 new abductees had been added to the 600 old LRA fighters by June. Lord's Resistance Army negotiator James Obita stated that on 4 June 2008, the Southern Sudan army attacked an LRA encampment killing two, though this is unconfirmed. On 5 June 2008, the LRA attacked the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA) camp at Nabanga, killing 21, seven soldiers and 14 civilians, before killing a local chief in the nearby village of Yamba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0023-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Collapse\nThe LRA fighters burnt the SPLA camp before returning to Ri-Kwangba. This occurred as Kony reappointed Matsanga as chief negotiator. Matsanga claimed on 6 June to have contacted UN Envoy Joaquim Chissano to revive the talks; Chissano subsequently arrived in Kampala for talks with President Museveni on 7 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0023-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Collapse\nHowever, the Government of Southern Sudan announced on 8 June that they would no longer mediate, with Information Minister Gabriel Changson Cheng noting that there were multiple reasons for the decision, including the recent attack and the apparent lack of interest in the peace process on the part of the Ugandan government. The governments of the nations in which the LRA is active met earlier in the week and all suggested military action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0024-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Collapse\nIn December 2008 the United Nations Security Council agreed with a Joaquim Chissano's recommendation that the peace efforts should continue will continuing to support the ICC arrest warrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189843-0025-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Juba talks, Collapse\nHarvard University produced a case study on the peace process entitled \"Giving Peace a Chance\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests\nThe 2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests were a series of political protests and sit-ins in Lebanon that began on 1 December 2006, led by groups that opposed the US and Saudi-backed government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and ended on 21 May 2008 with the signing of the Doha Agreement. The opposition was made up of Hezbollah, Amal, and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM); a number of smaller parties were also involved, including the Marada party, the Lebanese Communist Party and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0000-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests\nA majority of the members of the government were part of the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance, a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon. The two groups were also divided along religious lines, with most Sunnis and Druze supporting the government, and most Shi'a supporting the opposition. The Christian community was split between the two factions, with Michel Aoun, the leader of the FPM, claiming to have more than 70% support among the Christians, based on the results of the 2005 parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests\nThe opposition, which had nearly 45% of the parliamentary seats, was seeking to create a national unity government, in which it demanded one more than one third of the Cabinet seats. This would give them veto power, as well as the ability to collapse the government. The government refused the demands. The opposition was also seeking to hold early parliamentary elections, hoping to remove the current majority held by the March 14 Alliance. Conversely, the March 14 Alliance majority was seeking to hold early presidential elections to replace pro-Syrian President \u00c9mile Lahoud. In the Lebanese political system, parliament elects the president. However, according to article 49 of the constitution, the President of Lebanon must receive two-thirds of the votes in the first session or an absolute majority of votes in subsequent sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests\nOn 8 April 2007, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the opposition, declared the situation deadlocked, but expressed an unwillingness to escalate the protests into a civil war. He suggested the status quo would continue until the regularly scheduled elections in 2009. Nevertheless, a new wave of sectarian violence started in Lebanon in May 2008. Responding to the government's crackdown on Hezbollah's secured network the militants belonging to the organization and its allies blocked Beirut airport as well as main city streets, paralyzing life in the capital. On 8 May 2008, gun battles erupted between Hezbollah supporters and pro-government loyalists, while the leader of the organization called the government's decision \"a declaration of war\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests\nFollowing one week of clashes in May 2008, leaders of both the opposition and majority signed the Doha Agreement on 21 May, defusing the 18-month crisis. The agreement called for the election of General Michel Sulaiman as president and the formation of a national unity government under Fouad Siniora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0004-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Background\nFollowing the Cedar Revolution and subsequent elections in July 2005, anti-Syrian and pro-American politicians held the majority of the twenty four seats in Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's cabinet, as well as the majority of the democratically elected parliament. Pro -Syrian and the Aoun Movement politicians held a minority of the seats in both the Cabinet of Ministers and the Parliament. Even though they held a majority, the pro-US group were not able to secure a two-thirds majority. Unlike other democracies, Lebanon cannot be ruled by a simple majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0005-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Background\nThe anti-Syrian politicians were primarily members of the March 14 Alliance led by Saad Hariri, son of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, and PSP leader Walid Jumblatt, amongst others. The opposition politicians were primarily members of anti-Syrian and Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, pro-Syrian Hassan Nasrallah's Hezbollah, and Nabih Berri's Amal Movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0006-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Background\nAs political division in Lebanon persisted, Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri and thirteen other Lebanese leaders from various religious groups and political affiliations convened a \"National Dialogue\" conference on 2 March 2006, with the aim of addressing issues ranging from the status of President \u00c9mile Lahoud to the assassinations of prominent Lebanese figures, and the disputed border region of Shebaa farms, being held by Israel. Also on the agenda, the establishment of diplomatic relations with Syria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0007-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Background\nOn July 12, 2006, a Hezbollah raid across the Israeli border resulted in the capture of two soldiers and the deaths of three others, setting off the 2006 Lebanon War between Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israeli army that lasted 34 days. The conflict resulted in the deaths of over 1,100 Lebanese, the majority of whom were civilians, and the destruction of a significant amount of national civilian infrastructure, including Rafiq Hariri International Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0008-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Background\nHowever, due to the failure of Israeli forces to eliminate Hezbollah's leadership, halt Katyusha rockets and mortar attacks on northern Israel, did not rescue its two captured soldiers, Hezbollah declared victory. By resisting destruction at the hands of a far more powerful opponent, Hezbollah's support in Lebanon increased significantly amongst sectors of the population. The ruling government, by contrast, was seen by some as impotent in comparison, for its failure to effectively combat the Israeli forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0009-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Background\nSyria and its allies declared the ruling government illegitimate, prevented the parliament from meeting and would not allow presidential elections to replace Emile Lahoud, who left office in November 2007. The Syrian Muhabarat acted through the Fatah al-Islam in the Palestinian refugee camps of northern Lebanon to disrupt the Sunni community and the Lebanese army. This may have been related to Bashar al-Asad's objections to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (Asad reportedly told Ban Ki-moon in April 2007 that \"Instability would intensify if the Special tribunal were established).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0010-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Arab League meetings\nAmr Moussa, the Arab League secretary-general, called on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to intervene to help Lebanon's deepening political crisis. Having been to the country with Moussa later on, the Arab League presidential envoy, Osman Ismail, said a road map had been set up to deal with the situation in Lebanon. However, according to many analysts, it was described as being rigged with mines that could explode anytime. And ultimately, Fouad Siniora stated that Lebanon was witnessing a very difficult moment in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0011-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Arab League meetings\nWe have reached a deadlock and cannot seem to agree on any of the outstanding issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0012-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Economic impact\nThe ongoing protests were estimated to cost the Lebanese economy approximately $70 million a day, or $560 million thus far, according to Lebanon's Economy Minister, Jihad Azour. Stores and restaurants in Beirut were forced to keep their doors closed, and the pedestrian streets were deserted. With the holiday season coming up, including Christmas for the large Christian community, and Eid ul-Adha on December 27 for the Muslim community, businesses fear losing even more income due to the political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0012-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Economic impact\nTourism, one of the largest sectors of the economy, which had still not fully recovered from the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict, was also adversely impacted from the mounting tensions after the November 21, 2006 assassination of Cabinet Minister Pierre Gemayel. With Lebanon being a popular holiday destination, businesses also fear that the drop in tourism will further impact their business, with Paul Achkar, head of the Lebanese hotel association, stating that hotel occupancy is currently 25% of normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0013-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Economic impact\nIn March 2007, Standard Chartered Bank published a report that expressed concern about the ability of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government to push for fiscal and economic reforms amid the acute political division in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0014-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Position of foreign governments, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan\nOn November 27, 2006, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the world might witness three civil wars in 2007 \u2013 one in Iraq, one in the Palestinian territories, and one in Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0015-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Position of foreign governments, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan\nAs the protest began, leaders in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan publicly supported Siniora. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told French television that the opposition was being unreasonable. \"There is also the risk of outside interference in these demonstrations. That can lead to very serious confrontations and even lead to the destruction of Lebanon,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189844-0016-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Lebanese protests, Position of foreign governments, Israel\nOn December 5, 2006 the Israeli government considered redeploying troops in Lebanon, without regard for the UNIFIL forces already in the country, if the Hezbollah-led protest succeeds in toppling the current Lebanese government. An Israeli government staff and a journalist from the Jerusalem Post warned that the goal of both Hezbollah and its sponsor, Iran, if achieved, could lead to negative results beyond Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189845-0000-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Southeastern United States drought\nThe 2006\u201308 Southeastern United States drought was a crippling drought that struck the southeast of the U.S. Several reasons, including an unusually strong Bermuda high pressure and La Ni\u00f1a in the eastern Pacific Ocean (which causes dry conditions across the southern U.S.) were responsible for the drought. 2007 was particularly dry across the region, with rivers and lakes dropping to record-low levels and in some areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189845-0001-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Southeastern United States drought, Formation\nThe drought was set in motion by the weather phenomenon La Ni\u00f1a which developed during 2005. La Ni\u00f1a caused dry weather across much of the Southeast, this was evident due to the fact that winter 2005\u201306 was dry for much of the region. On top of that, the Bermuda High, also known as the Azores High, a hot and dry air mass over the Atlantic, formed unusually far west, and blocked storms from entering the region, a pattern that wouldn't break until 2008. The dryness continued into 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189845-0001-0001", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Southeastern United States drought, Formation\nHowever, it was mild in comparison in 2007 and did not cause too many effects. Following that, 2007 was very dry across the Southeastern U.S. receiving record-low rainfall during the year. Mississippi and Georgia each had their driest spring on record, where spring typically is very wet across the region. The following summer was scorching hot and dry across the region with record-breaking wildfires across the region. In fact, August 2007 would end up being the warmest August and second-hottest month of any month across the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189845-0001-0002", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Southeastern United States drought, Formation\nwith Knoxville, Tennessee having a daily maximum temperature above 100\u00a0\u00b0F (38\u00a0\u00b0C) on 16 days that month, and an all-time record.. High temperatures were still in the 90s \u00b0F (32+ \u00b0C) as far late as the end of October. The drought peaked in October, with over 70% of the Southeast in D4 or the worst category of drought, known as exceptional. 2007 would be the second-driest year as a whole over the region. North Carolina had its driest calendar year ever; several towns nearly ran out of water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189845-0002-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Southeastern United States drought, Formation\nThe Bermuda High retreated out into the Atlantic and heavy winter rains during 2007\u201308 helped alleviate drought, a wet 2008 improved drought across most of the region; however, parts of Western North Carolina remained in drought until 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189845-0003-0000", "contents": "2006\u20132008 Southeastern United States drought, Aftermath\nIt is estimated that the drought caused an economic loss over the region at $1.3 billion and water shortages caused the first importing of water in 100 years, and crops failed across the region, causing catastrophic impacts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189846-0000-0000", "contents": "2007\n2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd\u00a0millennium, the 7th year of the 21st\u00a0century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 4], "section_span": [4, 4], "content_span": [5, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189846-0001-0000", "contents": "2007\n2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year, International Polar Year, and the International Year of Languages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 4], "section_span": [4, 4], "content_span": [5, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189847-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 (album)\n2007 is a dark minimal techno album by Matthew Dear under his pseudonym of False. It is Dear's first mix album.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189847-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 (album), Development\nMatthew Dear began developing the 2007 album due to unreleased material beginning to build up on his hard drives. Disliking having unused tracks, Dear talked with his label Minus about using the material to create an album that was to be different from his previous works. The album was developed as a dark and rhythmless mix, which was \"a big turn on to complete the album\" for Dear. Dear describes the process of creating 2007 as like creating two separate albums: first focusing on creating individual tracks and then working on bringing them together as a seamless work. Dear titled the album 2007 due to it being completed in said year, to give it a stamp of timeliness, and to avoid applying a forced narrative to the music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189847-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 (album), Release\nA vinyl single was released of \"Fed on Youth\", with a B-side of \"Face the Rain\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 21], "content_span": [22, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189847-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 (album), Reception\nResident Advisor\u2014an online magazine with a focus on electronic music\u2014named 2007 as the 10th best album of 2007. In their review of the album, RA described 2007 as \"mystifying\" and praised it for \"dodging every effort to be understood.\" XLR8R called the album a \"pinnacle of minimal-techno artistry\", and Dusted Magazine praised its \"perfect balance between austerity and propulsion.\" However, Hot Press criticised 2007 for not capturing the zeitgeist of the actual year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 23], "content_span": [24, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189848-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1. deild karla\nThe 2007 season of 1. deild karla was the 53rd season of second-tier football in Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas\nThe 2007 1000 Guineas Stakes was a horse race held at Newmarket Racecourse on Sunday 6 May 2007. It was the 194th running of the 1000 Guineas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas\nThe winner was Michael Ryan's Finsceal Beo, a chestnut filly trained by Jim Bolger at Coolcullen in County Carlow and ridden by Kevin Manning. Finsceal Beo's victory was the first in the race for her owner, trainer and jockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas, The contenders\nThe race attracted an unusually large field of twenty-one runners, seventeen trained in the United Kingdom, three in Ireland and one in Sweden. The favourite was the Jim Bolger-trained Finsceal Beo who had been named European Champion Two-year old Filly in 2006 when she had won the Rockfel Stakes in England and the Prix Marcel Boussac in France. The other Irish runners were Arch Swing the winner of the C. L. Weld Park Stakes and the Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, the Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Miss Beatrix, and the Aidan O'Brien-trained Theann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas, The contenders\nThe best of the British-trained runners appeared to be the Cheveley Park Stakes winner Indian Ink and Simply Perfect, the winner of the May Hill Stakes and the Fillies' Mile and Scarlet Runner (Princess Margaret Stakes, Nell Gwyn Stakes). Finsceal Beo headed the betting at odds of 5/4 ahead of Indian Ink (17/2), Simply Perfect (9/1) and Arch Swing (10/1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas, The race\nShortly after the start, the fillies split into two groups across the wide Newmarket straight, with the larger group racing up the stands side (the left of the course from the jockeys' viewpoint), with the smaller group running down the centre of the course. The 150/1 outsider Fantasy Parkes headed the stands side group from Scarlet Runner, Finsceal Beo and Treat, whilst the 250/1 shot Princess Valerina led the centre group from Arch Swing. The two groups merged after half a mile, by which point Scarlet Runner had taken the overall lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas, The race\nA quarter of a mile from the finish, Scarlet Runner began to struggle and was overtaken by Finsceal Beo and Arch Swing, with Simply Perfect and Indian Ink making progress. In the closing stages, Finsceal Beo went clear and stayed on well to win by two and a half lengths from Arch Swing, with Simply Perfect one and a quarter lengths back in third. Treat finished fourth ahead of Indian Ink, who had failed to obtain a clear run a furlong from the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189849-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 Guineas, The race\nFinsceal Beo's winning time was an \"outstanding\" 1:34.94. Her owner, Michael Ryan said \"That was fantastic. We have a super filly and a super trainer. We'll drink every pub dry of Guinness between here and Stansted Airport tonight!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189850-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Monza\nThe 2007 1000 km of Monza was the opening round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season. It took place on 15 April 2007, at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189850-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Monza, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189851-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe 2007 1000km of N\u00fcrburgring was the third round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season. It took place on 1 July 2007, at the N\u00fcrburgring, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189851-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of N\u00fcrburgring, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189851-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of N\u00fcrburgring, Official results\n\u2020 - #59 Team Modena was disqualified for failing post-race inspection. The car has a fuel tank larger than regulations allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189852-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Silverstone\nThe 2007 1000\u00a0km of Silverstone was the fifth round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom, on 16 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189852-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Silverstone, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189853-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Spa\nThe 2007 1000km of Spa was the fourth round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 19 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189853-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Spa, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189853-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Spa, Official results\n\u2020 - Shinji Nakano was excluded from the results of the race for avoidable contact with another car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189854-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Valencia\nThe 2007 1000\u00a0km of Valencia was the second round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season. It took place on 6 May 2007, at Circuit de Valencia, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189854-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 1000 km of Valencia, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189855-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 12 Hours of Sebring\nThe 2007 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring was the 55th running of this event and the opening round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on March 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189855-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 12 Hours of Sebring, Official results\nClass winners are in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla\nThe 2. deild karla is the third tier of men's football in the Icelandic football league system, and the 2007 season was the 42nd edition of the tournament. Haukar won the league, completing the whole season without losing a match, and were subsequently promoted to the 1. deild karla for the 2008 campaign. The second- and third-placed teams, UMF Selfoss and KS/Leiftur, also won promotion. UMF Sindri H\u00f6fn finished bottom of the league, having lost all of their away matches, and were relegated to the 3. deild karla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla, Clubs\nTen clubs competed in the 2. deild in 2007. This was the last time the league was played in this format, as it was expanded to 12 teams the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla, Results grid\nEach team played the other nine teams both home and away, resulting in a total of 90 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla, Awards, Player of the year\nThe 2. deild player of the year for 2007, selected by the KS\u00cd, was Selfoss striker S\u00e6var \u00de\u00f3r G\u00edslason. He returned to the club in January 2007, having left 10 years previously to join \u00cdR. G\u00edslason was the league's top scorer with 20 goals in 18 matches, including a hat-trick against Magni on the final day of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla, Awards, Young player of the year\n\u00c1sgeir \u00de\u00f3r Ing\u00f3lfsson, left-midfielder for Haukar, was awarded the young player of the year award for 2007. Aged just 16 at the start of the season, he scored 10 goals from midfield in his debut campaign in senior football. His performances earned him a call up to the national under-19 side in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla, Awards, Manager of the year\nRagnar Hauksson, player-manager of KS/Leiftur, was named 2. deild coach of the year for 2007. His team had been predicted to finish seventh in the league before the start of the season, but they exceeded expectations and sealed promotion to the 1. deild with a final-day win against V\u00f6lsungur. His 10 goals for the club during the 2007 season also led to him being selected in the team of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189856-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 2. deild karla, Awards, Team of the year\nThe KS\u00cd also selected a team of the year, which included the best 11 players and 5 substitutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189857-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 2. divisjon\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Jolicnikola (talk | contribs) at 23:35, 2 April 2020 (\u2192\u200eLeague tables). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189857-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 2. divisjon\nThe 2007 2. divisjon was the third highest football league for men in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189857-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 2. divisjon\n26 games were played in 4 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Nybergsund, H\u00f8dd, Sandnes Ulf and Alta were promoted to the First Division. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the 3. divisjon each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the 2. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona\nThe 2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 27\u201328, 2007 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The overall winner of the race was the Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates-owned #01 car, a Lexus-powered Riley MkXI, driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, Salvador Dur\u00e1n, and Scott Pruett. The GT class was won by the #22 Alegra Motorsports/Fiorano Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car driven by driver/owner Carlos de Quesada, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Dumoulin, Scooter Gabel, and Porsche factory driver Marc Basseng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Prelude\nGAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing driver Alex Gurney took the pole, his fourth in Rolex Series competition, with a lap of 1:43.475 at an average speed of 123.856\u00a0mph (199.327\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Race\nAt the green flag, which fell just past 1:30\u00a0p.m. Eastern time, Gurney jumped into the lead and the field made its way around the first lap cleanly. But after only seven laps of the 24-hour race, Gurney crashed into the back of a slower GT car which had lost its hood and unexpectedly slowed dramatically. The team would make repairs, but Gurney's GAINSCO Auto Insurance-sponsored Pontiac-powered Riley, which was co-driven by Jon Fogarty and Jimmy Vasser, would never again be in contention for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Race\nOn January 28, an early morning wreck of the #82 Porsche GT3 Cup, driven by Chris Pallis, damaged part of the outer retaining wall, causing the race stewards to display the red flag for only the third time in the history of the 24 Hours of Daytona, temporarily suspending the race while repairs took place. An exciting battle took place between three different teams with a diverse group of drivers. The DP class fight was between eventual winner Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Pruett, SunTrust Racing's Max Angelelli and SAMAX Motorsport's Patrick Carpentier. Polesitter Alex Gurney's hopes for victory were dashed when his GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley was damaged in a first-hour accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, 1,000,000th lap\nAt 11:11\u00a0a.m. on the morning of January 28, British-born female Champ Car driver Katherine Legge made history by completing the one millionth lap of the Rolex Daytona 24 hour race, since its inception. Legge, driving the #84 Robinson Racing Pontiac-powered Riley DP car, passed the finish line with less than 2 and a half hours left in the race, completing the 30,419th lap of the 2007 running of the race. Legge was lying in the 31st position at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, 1,000,000th lap\n3 women competed at this years race. Valerie Limoges of Canada, Katherine Legge of Great Britain & Milka Duno of Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189858-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Daytona, Race, 1,000,000th lap\nJuan Pablo Montoya became the first racer in history to have won a Formula One race, the Indianapolis 500, a Champ Car title, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. Mario Andretti also won a Formula One race, a Champ Car title and an endurance sports car race at Daytona, but Andretti's victory came in the 1972 event alongside co-driver Jacky Ickx in a six-hour event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans\nThe 75th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 75e 24 Heures du Mans) was an 24 hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring cars, which took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, near Le Mans, France, from 16 to 17 June 2007. It was the 75th edition of the event, as organised by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. Unlike other events, it was not a part of any endurance motor racing championship. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 3 June. The event was attended by 250,952 spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans\nThe LMP1 class saw the first competition between the new diesel engined Peugeot 908 HDi FAP prototype and the diesel Audi R10 TDI, the 2006 Le Mans winner; the Audi once again achieved an overall victory. There was heavy attrition in the LMP2 class, in which only two competitors finished the race. In the GT1 class, Aston Martin achieved its first win over the Corvette since returning to the event in 2005. The GT2 class was a battle between Ferrari and Porsche, won by Porsche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background\nThe dates for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans were confirmed by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) in September 2006. It was the 75th edition of the race and occurred at the 13.629\u00a0km (8.469\u00a0mi) Circuit de la Sarthe road racing track close to Le Mans, France, from 16 to 17 June 2007. The automotive journalist Charles Faroux proposed the race to Georges Durand, the president of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), and the industrialist Emile Coquile for a test of vehicle reliability and fuel-efficiency, which was first held in 1923. The event is considered one of the world's most prestigious motor races and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Track changes\nBetween the 2006 and 2007 races, the Circuit de la Sarthe was upgraded, most obviously by the reprofiling of the Tertre Rouge corner. The new corner was moved inward, to create a long flowing curve instead of the single point apex it had been previously, shortening the lap distance by 21 meters to a revised 13.629\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Track changes\nNine new garages were built at the end of the pit lane, replacing the four temporary garages that had been built a few years earlier. The additional garages allowed the ACO to increase the number of entries it could grant from 50 to 55. The paddock behind the garages was also re-organized with more facilities added for spectators, including more shops, new landscaping, and the Audi Tower monument.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Track changes\nThe public roads from the Indianapolis corner to the Porsche Curves were re-surfaced. Run-off areas at the Dunlop Chicane, Tertre Rouge, Indianapolis, and Ford Chicanes were also partially asphalted in order to avoid gravel being brought back onto the circuit by cars which had gone off course. This also increased safety by allowing the cars to slow themselves more efficiently using their brakes and tyres on tarmac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulation changes\nRule changes were announced by the ACO for all Le Mans-based series such as the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans Series, and Japan Le Mans Challenge effective in 2007 for all four classes in October 2006 following close coordination with engineers, fuel companies and manufacturers. Diesel engined LMP1 cars had their fuel tank capacity decreased from 90\u00a0l (20\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 24\u00a0US\u00a0gal) to 81\u00a0l (18\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 21\u00a0US\u00a0gal) and with petrol engines retained their 90\u00a0l (20\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 24\u00a0US\u00a0gal) tanks. LMP2, GT1, and GT2 class vehicles had to be fitted with 5 per cent smaller air restrictors than they had run in 2006, in order to decrease power. Each of the GT1 and GT2 classes were allowed to run ethanol and other alternative fuels if approved by the ACO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulation changes\nThe ACO also imposed Le Mans specific rule changes. All entries had to run Shell fuel in either diesel or petrol form. The temperature inside closed-cockpit cars was not to exceed 32\u00a0\u00b0C (90\u00a0\u00b0F) in cars with air conditioning or 10\u00a0\u00b0C (50\u00a0\u00b0F) above the ambient air temperature in cars without. The ACO would monitor cockpit temperature, and stop any car in which those limits were exceeded. Noise level regulation was revised: the noise emitted from the car had to be less than 113\u00a0dB with measurement taken at 15\u00a0m (49\u00a0ft) from the edge of the track. Newer but not older LMP900 and LMP675 class prototypes were allowed to be entered for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulation changes\nIt was also decided to begin the event at 3:00\u00a0pm local time, one hour earlier than the normal 4:00\u00a0pm, to provide French spectators more time to vote in the 17 June French legislative election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries\nThe ACO's Selection Committee received 76 race entry applications by the 24 January deadline. It reviewed every application and granted 55 invitations to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with entries divided between the LMP1, LMP2, LMGT1 and LMGT2 categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic invitations\nAutomatic entries were earned by teams which won their category in the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams which won Le Mans-based series and events such as the 2006 Petit Le Mans, the 2006 Le Mans Series and the 2006 American Le Mans Series were also invited. Some second-place finishers were also granted automatic entries in certain series as well as the third-place LMGT1 finisher of the 2006 Petit Le Mans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic invitations\nAdditionally, entries were also granted to the winners and runners-up of the LMGT1 and LMGT2 categories of the 2006 FIA GT Championship under an agreement with the ACO president Claude Plassart, and St\u00e9phane Ratel, the president of the FIA GT Championship organising body, the Stephane Ratel Organisation. As entries were pre-selected to teams, they were restricted to a maximum of two cars and were not allowed to change their vehicles from the previous year to the next. Entries were permitted to change category provided that they did not change the make of car and the ACO granted official permission for the switch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic invitations\nOn 19 January 2007, the ACO announced that 24 of the 28 teams had accepted their automatic entries before the deadline. Penske Racing turned down both of its invitations, and Ray Mallock Ltd. rejected its second entry due to a lack of funding. Vitaphone Racing Team rejected its invitation because its Maserati MC12 did not comply with the ACO's GT1 rules, although the team later attempted to gain entry in another class through application.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Official entry list\nThe ACO published the official entry list on 27 February 2007, which included the full 55 entries and 8 reserves, the largest field since the 1989 edition. Although drivers were not listed, Tom Kristensen's injury in the opening round of the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season made his participation in the race questionable. As the driver with the most wins at Le Mans, he was intended to be part of Audi's factory team. Fellow Audi DTM driver Mattias Ekstr\u00f6m was nominated as his possible replacement by Audi. However, on 11 June 2007 Kristensen was cleared by doctors to race, leaving Ekstr\u00f6m's services unneeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Official entry list, Reserve entries\nA total of eight reserve entries were listed by the ACO in its initial published list. Reserves were added to the entry list when a competitor already on the list withdrew. The ACO determined the order in which reserve entries were considered for addition to the entry list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Official entry list, Reserve entries\nTwo cars officially withdrew from the entry list in April, with their places taken by the following reserve entries. Rollcentre Racing withdrew its LMP2 Radical-Judd entry due to the car being purchased by Embassy Racing on 3 April. The PSI Experience Chevrolet Corvette C6.R was promoted to the race entry as a result. Eight days later, Petersen/White Lightning withdrew its GT2 Ferrari entry had as a consequence of financial strain to the team, leaving it to concentrate solely on the American Le Mans Series. The GPC Sport Ferrari F430 took its place on the entry list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Official entry list, Reserve entries\nJMB Racing also withdrew its entry from the reserve list due to its drivers reaching an agreement with AF Corse to run in its entry instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nThe official test session for Le Mans was held on 3 June, and was the only practice session that was not part of qualifying timing. A total of eight hours of track time was allowed for teams to find their set-ups and for rookie drivers to get in their required ten laps to learn the circuit. Peugeot set the day's pace with a 3 minutes, 26.707 seconds from S\u00e9bastien Bourdais in the No. 8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP with 22 minutes of testing to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nHe was one-and-a-half seconds faster than the No. 1 Audi R10 TDI of Frank Biela who was the highest-placed Audi driver in second. Biela was followed by Allan McNish in the sister No. 2 Audi in third who was ahead of Jean-Christophe Boullion's fourth-placed No. 16 Pescarolo 01 car. Jacques Villeneuve put the No. 7 Peugeot in fifth to be the fastest rookie driver over the course of the two sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nMichael Vergers' No. 32 Barazi Epsilon car and his teammate Adri\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez in the No. 33 entry set identical lap times of 3 minutes, 39.016 seconds to lead the LMP2 category. The third-fastest class time was set by Warren Hughes' No. 40 Quifel ASM Team Racing for Portugal Lola car that had a misfire. In GT1, the No. 63 Corvette driven by Jan Magnussen recorded the fastest time of 3 minutes, 49.207 seconds, followed by the No. 007 Aston Martin of Tom\u00e1\u0161 Enge and the second factory No. 64 Corvette.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nPorsche and its new 997s set the first three fastest-laps in the GT2 class. IMSA Performance Matmut's Patrick Long led with a 4 minutes, 1.598 seconds lap, while Autorlando's Allan Simonsen and Johannes van Overbeek of the Flying Lizard team followed behind in second and third positions. The Risi Competizione entry was the fastest Ferrari in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nAlthough there were various small incidents, three major accidents led to a red flag for the session. The No. 13 Courage Comp\u00e9tition entry, driven by Guillaume Moreau, went off at the Porsche Curves during the second hour. The car could not return to the test session due a bent chassis caused by the heavy impact. The second red flag involved the No. 24 No\u00ebl del Bello entry going off the track at the same location in the hands of Vitaly Petrov, becoming briefly airborne after contact with the concrete wall. In the final incident, almost in the last hour of the session, the No. 10 Arena Motorsports Zytek also went off at the Porsche Curves, and briefly caught fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Test session\nThe damage to the Arena Zytek led to the car being withdrawn during scrutineering a week and a half later, just before the actual race. The team decided that it was not able to repair the damage in time for the car to pass scrutineering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying\nQualifying was held on 13\u201314 June, with two two-hour sessions each night; one run at dusk, the other in darkness. New drivers were again required to run a set number of laps to learn the circuit and be allowed to race: three in daylight and three at night. The best overall time from all four sessions determined the starting grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Wednesday\nThe first qualifying session began under the threat of rain, so most of the teams tried to set a good lap time before the conditions deteriorated. The Audis and Peugeots swapped the overall pole position several times, and at the end of the session the No. 1 Audi was fastest overall with a time of 3.28.301. The No. 33 Barazi-Epsilon Zytek led LMP2, after an earlier misfiring problem had been repaired. Oreca's Saleens were the fastest two GT1 cars, while Ferrari and Porsche were close to one another in GT2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Wednesday\nThe session was red flagged about halfway through because of an accident in which the No. 53 JLOC Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago, driven by Marco Apicella, hit the wall at the first Mulsanne chicane. The No. 25 Ray Mallock Ltd. Lola and No. 81 LNT Panoz were the only cars not to set a lap time before the session briefly returned to green as rain began. The ACO extended the session by fifteen minutes to compensate for the earlier red flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Wednesday\nThe second session started several minutes late due to the damp conditions from the earlier rain. A red flag briefly came out for the No. 5 Swiss Spirit Lola a few minutes after the session began due to the car being stopped at the side of the track. Although the track was drying, it was not until the last half hour that teams were able to improve on their first session times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Wednesday\nThe No. 2 Audi and No. 8 Peugeot swapped the pole position multiple times before the session ended with the No. 8 Peugeot claiming the top position on the final lap of the session with a time of 3:26.344. In GT1 the No. 008 Larbre Aston Martin took the class lead on the final lap with a 3:50.761. The LMP2 and GT2 classes saw very little improvement; the class leading teams remained the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Wednesday\nIt was later announced by the ACO that JLOC Isao Noritake would be allowed to use another Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago R-GT chassis, borrowed from the French DAMS team, but Marco Apicella was not allowed to drive in the race due to the head injuries he sustained in his accident during qualifying, leaving the team with two drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Thursday\nThe first session on Thursday began in heavy rain. Although some cars attempted to carry out wet weather testing, the conditions forced all the teams back to their garages. Once the rain began to slacken off cars returned to the track, but the rain continued throughout the entire session. No one was able to improve on their qualifying times from the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Thursday\nThe rain continued throughout the second session, so most teams concentrated on their wet weather setups in preparation for a wet race. About halfway through the session the No. 7 Peugeot in the hands of Marc Gen\u00e9 missed the turn at Arnage and hit a tire barrier. The car was unable to return to the pits and was taken behind the wall by the marshals. This was soon followed by the No. 73 Luc Alphand Corvette missing the same turn as well, but it continued on without significant damage. The No. 70 PSI Corvette had a minor accident in the last five minutes of the session, bringing out the only red flag of the day and ending all of qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Thursday\nAudi led the wet sessions with a 4:01.257 time for the No. 1 car, followed by the No. 3 Audi and No. 8 Peugeot within a second. No. 33 Barazi-Epsilon again led the times for the second day in LMP2, while the No. 54 Oreca Saleen continued to show strong pace with the fastest time in GT1. The No. 93 Autorlando Sport Porsche was the fastest GT2 class entry in the rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Qualifying times\nClass leaders and the fastest lap time on each day are in bold. No cars set a faster time on the second day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Warm-up\nThe drivers took to the track at 09:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) for a 45-minute warm-up session, which was used to check car functionality and components on a circuit dampened by rainfall the night before. The No. 8 Peugeot of Bourdais lapped fastest at 4 minutes, 00.830 seconds, ahead of Allan McNish's No. 2 Audi in second and the other Audi of Marco Werner in third. Emmanuel Collard was the highest-placed Pescarolo entry in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Warm-up\nThe fastest LMP2 time was a 4 minutes, 17.127 seconds from the Barazi Epsilon car driven by Vergers, who was four seconds quicker than RML's No. 25 Lola car used by Thomas Erdos. Oliver Gavin aboard the No. 64 Corvette topped the LMGT1 time sheets from the No. 007 Aston Martin of Enge as Patrick Long's No. 76 IMSA Porsche was fastest in LMGT2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start\nThe race began at 3:00\u00a0pm local time (GMT+2), with the track still damp following a wet morning warm-up. It was spectated by 250,952 people. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais's Peugeot 908 HDi FAP led the field into the Dunlop Chicane, which he overshot, handing the lead to the No. 2 Audi R10 TDI. The three Audis took over the lead during the opening hour, before pit stops began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start\nThe rebuilt Lamborghini of JLOC Isao Noritake was the first retirement of the race when the gearbox failed on the Mulsanne during its second lap of the race. Shortly after the first hour of the race had been completed, heavy rain resulted in the safety car being brought out again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start\nSoon after the field was released, the safety car was once again required after an accident in which Mike Rockenfeller spun his No. 3 Audi R10 TDI on the exit from Tertre Rouge, hitting the safety barriers on the Mulsannes Straight backwards. While crews fixed the barrier, Rockenfeller attempted to repair his Audi, but he was finally forced to retire. This caution period also saw an early retirement for the No. 64 Corvette when a part of its drivetrain broke while following the safety car. Gavin attempted to return to the pits using battery power but was stopped by the marshals, forcing him to abandon the car. The race eventually continued after nearly an hour under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night\nAs dusk began to fall on the drying track, the No. 8 Peugeot suffered from rear wheel hub failures which required two lengthy visits to the garage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night\nThis allowed the No. 1 Audi to take over second place. Jacques Villeneuve's No. 7 Peugeot also lost time, which dropped it to two laps behind the No. 2 Audi. The No. 1 Audi had its own brief moment when the No. 63 Corvette clipped the Audi's rear end. The Corvette was forced to take evasive action through the Dunlop Chicane's gravel trap, and the Audi required replacement rear bodywork on its next pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night\nA third safety car period was caused by the Creation Autosportif entry, which ran into the tire barriers at the Porsche Curves and needed to be extracted. The Creation returned to the pits but eventually retired. The Kruse Motorsport entry also suffered problems when it briefly stopped at the pit entrance during the caution period, blocking other cars attempting to make their own pit stops. The Kruse entry eventually succeeded in getting to its garage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night\nAs the night continued and the race neared its halfway point, many cars suffered mechanical failures, putting them out of the race. They included a large number of the LMP2 class cars such as Team ASM and Ray Mallock Ltd., both of which had led the class at one point. In GT1, the two factory Aston Martins led the lone remaining factory Corvette by one lap, while the No. 97 Risi Competizione Ferrari had a two-lap lead in the GT2 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning\nIn the early hours, fluids were spilled on the track by the leader in GT2, the Risi Competizione Ferrari. This caused numerous competitors to spin, and required the Ferrari to undergo major front-end repairs, resulting in the car falling several laps behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning\nThe biggest problem of the morning though occurred shortly before the completion of the 17th hour, when the race-leading No. 2 Audi of Rinaldo Capello lost the left rear wheel at high speed at the Indianapolis corner. Unable to control the car he went straight on into a tire barrier. Although Capello attempted to get the car back to the pits, it was too badly damaged to be drivable. Television footage had recorded the No. 2 Audi being dropped off its airjacks before the left rear wheel was attached on the prior pit stop, but Audi claimed that this was likely not the cause of the wheel coming off at speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning\nWith two Audis out, this left the lone No. 1 Audi to take over the race lead, with the two Peugeots four and six laps behind respectively. Just before to the No. 2 Audi's accident, the GT1-leading Aston Martin had also come off the track, damaging its front splitter. The necessary repairs led to the car spending eight minutes in the garage, dropping it to fourth in class. The lone factory Corvette gained a place to take over second in class. Scuderia Ecosse's Ferrari briefly took over the GT2 lead after Risi's problems, but it too broke down on the track, handing the lead to the IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche. Binnie Motorsport's entry had a sizable lead in its class, having not suffered the many problems its LMP2 competitors had.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nAfter having held off for most of the race, the rain began to fall once more during the final three hours. This caused numerous incidents, including the No. 93 Autorlando Porsche missing a Mulsanne chicane and plowing through a temporary tire barrier. The No. 7 Peugeot made an unscheduled garage stop and retired one lap after re-entering the race, claiming oil pressure problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nThe rain eventually became heavier, making the conditions treacherous and bringing the safety car back out. This put a temporary stop to the battle between Aston Martin and Corvette for first and second place in the GT1 class. The second place Corvette had been quicker in the wet conditions, but it was not allowed to further close on the Aston Martin during the safety period. After problems for both of the Barazi-Epsilon LMP2s, Binnie Motorsports brought its class leading LMP2 car to the garage to ensure that the car was prepared for the weather and could hold on to the lead until the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nAfter over an hour behind the safety car, the field was released to race one last time with only twelve minutes remaining. With no close contests between the competitors, the field continued to run at less than racing pace, in preparation for the finish. The No. 8 Peugeot of S\u00e9bastien Bourdais briefly went into the pits, before returning to the track. To ensure that the Peugeot finished the race, and did not break down before crossing the finishing line behind the winner, Bourdais stopped at the Ford Chicanes on the final lap. Once the No. 1 Audi had gone past to take the checkered flag, Bourdais restarted the Peugeot and finished as well. The No. 16 Pescarolo finished the race in third, the highest placed petrol car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish\nThe No. 009 Aston Martin took the GT1 class win by a single lap over the Corvette, earning Aston Martin its first victory since its overall win in 1959. The No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche was the GT2 winner, with a six lap margin of victory. Only two cars finished in the LMP2 class. The No. 31 Binnie Motorsports Lola took the victory in spite of finishing 18th overall. Of the 54 starters, only 29 cars finished the race. The GT1 class cars proved themselves to be the most reliable, losing only two competitors over the 24 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189859-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Official results\nClass winners are marked in bold. Cars finishing the race but not completing 75 per cent of the winner's distance are listed as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189860-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring\nThe 2007 ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring was the 35th running of the 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring. It took place on June 10, 2007. Manthey Racing's #1 Porsche claimed honours in the SP7 class and was the overall victor, completing 112 laps over the 24 hours. Zakspeed Racing and their #3 Dodge Viper claimed second overall and finished as top runner in the SP8 GT3 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189861-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 3. divisjon\nThe 2007 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189861-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 3. divisjon\nBetween 18 and 26 games (depending on group size) were played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Twelve teams were promoted to the 2. divisjon through playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400\nThe 2007 3M Performance 400 was the 23rd race in the 2007 NASCAR season was scheduled to be held on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. However, a day-long rain postponed the race until August 20, but another rainstorm postponed the race until the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Practice and qualifying\nKasey Kahne, with a speed of 187.544\u00a0mph, was fastest in practice. He was followed by Jimmie Johnson, David Stremme, Kyle Busch, and Matt Kenseth who rounded out the top five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Practice and qualifying\nAn early blow came in the first practice when Jeff Burton lost an engine minutes into the warmups. As a result, the No. 31 Chevrolet started in the back of the field regardless of where he qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Practice and qualifying\nIn qualifying itself, newly formed Gillett Evernham Motorsports looked to turn its season around with an all GEM front row. However, those efforts were thwarted by that of Greg Biffle, who held the pole until Jeff Gordon, the final driver to qualify, took his 62nd career Bud Pole award. Of note, Michael Waltrip Racing placed two of its cars in the top 15 although Dale Jarrett failed to make the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Practice and qualifying\nDid not qualify: No. 36 \u2013 Jeremy Mayfield, No. 44 \u2013 Dale Jarrett, No. 78 \u2013 Scott Wimmer, No. 37 \u2013 Kevin Lepage, No. 84 \u2013 A. J. Allmendinger", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Race\nThe two-day postponement because of weather was the first since the 1997 DieHard 500 at Talladega. In that case, the race was run on the day before Mothers' Day, which was May 10. However, this race would be started on August 21 at 10:00\u00a0a.m. With no rain scheduled until the afternoon, the race ran its full distance although NASCAR waved a competition caution for the drivers to adjust their cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Race\nKurt Busch, driving a Dodge Charger, held off the Chevrolet Monte Carlos of Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, under a green-white-checkered finish, to take his second win in three races. As with his earlier victory at Pocono, Busch led the most laps, 96 out of 203.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Race\nGordon and Denny Hamlin, the top two drivers in the Cup standings, clinched places in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Busch remained in 12th place, but extended his lead over 13th place Dale Earnhardt Jr. to 163 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Race\nAlso, Bill Davis Racing took back 35th place in the owners' standings for its No. 22 team on the strength of a sixth-place finish from Dave Blaney. This meant that BDR was guaranteed a starting spot for the next race, the Sharpie 500. Wood Brothers/JTG Racing (#21) fell back to 36th. It was the third change for 35th, between these teams, since late July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Race\nFor the first time in the brief history of Toyota in the Cup Series, two of its drivers finished in the top 10 in the same race: Blaney and Brian Vickers (8th).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189862-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 3M Performance 400, Race\nThe race telecast, scheduled for ESPN, was relocated to ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189863-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 4 Nations Cup\nThe 2007 4 Nations Cup was held in Leksand, Sweden from November 7 to November 11, 2007. All games were played at the Ejendals Arena. The teams involved were Canada, the United States, Sweden, and Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189863-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 4 Nations Cup\nCanada defeated the USA 2-0 in the gold medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 70]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189864-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 A Lyga\nThe Lithuanian A Lyga 2007 was the 18th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 7 April 2007 and ended on 10 November 2007. 10 teams participated with FBK Kaunas winning the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 11], "section_span": [11, 11], "content_span": [12, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189865-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Grand Final\nThe 2007 A-League Grand Final took place at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia, on 18 February 2007. The match was contested by premiers Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United, who had to play over half the game with ten men after their captain Ross Aloisi was sent off after 34 minutes. After the game, Adelaide coach John Kosmina heavily criticized the refereeing of the match and this, coupled with other issues, saw him forced to resign by the Adelaide board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189865-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Grand Final\nMelbourne prevailed 6\u20130 in the joint largest win in A-League history, and the greatest ever deficit in any Australian soccer Grand Final, including the old NSL. The match also set the largest sporting attendance at Docklands Stadium of 55,436 people. Archie Thompson scored five goals, only the sixth A-League hat-trick, and the most goals by an individual in any A-League match. This performance earned him the Joe Marston Medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189866-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007. The competition featured a group stage, with three regular rounds, followed by a two-week finals playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189866-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nIn previous years, the Pre-Season Cup was used to enhance the A-League's profiles by playing pre-season games in regional centres. In 2007 venues included Sunshine Coast, Launceston, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Orange and Geelong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189866-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe group stage had a bonus point system. One point was awarded for 2 goals in a match, two points for 3 and three points for 4 or more goals in a match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189866-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nIf two or more teams were level on points accumulated, the following criteria would be applied, in order, until one of the teams was determined as the higher ranked:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189866-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup\nThe finals series was held over two weekends \u2013 3 to 5 August, and 10 to 12 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Dawnseeker2000 (talk | contribs) at 04:13, 29 November 2020 (Script-assisted fixes: per CS1 and MOS:ITALICS). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict\nThe 2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United conflict occurred on 4 April 2007 at the Stadio Olimpico during the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League quarter-final match between Roma and Manchester United. In the conflict, missiles were thrown over a perspex barrier separating the two sets of supporters, which prompted the Italian riot police to enter and attempt to subdue the hostile crowd. The incident has been controversial, as the police and team supporters on both sides view the causes of and reactions to the melee differently.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nBefore the match began, riot police positioned themselves only on the Manchester United side of the perspex barrier between the fans. After Roma scored their first goal, their fans were allegedly throwing missiles over the barrier into the Manchester United fans. After this, reports claim that a section of Manchester United fans pushed around the Stadio Olimpico ground stewards; as a result of this the riot police moved in to gain control of the United crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nThe following police action has resulted in Manchester United accusing the Italian police of \"hand[ing] out indiscriminate beatings to United supporters\" and encouraged witnesses to contact them. Many Manchester United supporters and the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association have also claimed the police response was disproportionate and indiscriminate, and that they had targeted the Manchester United supporters. Eleven Manchester United supporters and two Roma supporters were taken to hospital following the violence. UEFA have launched an investigation and Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker has said that answers were needed into whether or not Italian police had been brutal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nAmnesty International has also backed calls for an inquiry. Achille Serra, head of Rome Police, said the police action was a 'justified response', and said there would be no inquiry unless there were evidence of any alleged police brutality. Italian Football Federation President Giancarlo Abete has also defended the policemen on duty at the ground. Psychologist Clifford Stott attended the match and was critical of the Italian police, adding \"One way of looking at it is that the Italian fans use violence against English fans to provoke the police to have a go at them.\" Footage filmed by United supporters was used as evidence of unfair treatment, including a recording of one female fan being attacked without provocation. This film later resulted in an apology to the fan involved from Roma players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nBefore the match, Manchester United issued warnings to its supporters that they could be attacked, highlighting areas that should be avoided in the city, where hardcore Roma fans, known as ultras, may congregate. This warning was viewed as derogative by some in Rome, including Rome's mayor, Walter Veltroni, who said it was \"dangerous because it risks creating a negative climate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nFive people (three English and two Italians) were also injured as they made their way to the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nThe Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said that the police inside the ground were excessive in their use of batons on some of the United fans, but has called for people not to judge the entire Italian police force by the actions of those involved in this incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nThe Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA) has demanded an apology from the Italian police, has said those fans injured should be compensated, and that they were prepared to take legal action to obtain this. Action was initiated in the Italian courts but when this was timed out a civil case was opened. That action is still live and still awaiting a decision. The fans of both Manchester United and Milan were praised by the Manchester police following their Champions League semi-final match on 24 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Rome\nOn 25 April 2007, UEFA released a statement regarding the sentence for both teams. Roma were fined CHF75,000 (\u20ac47,700/\u00a331,100) while Manchester United were fined CHF35,500 (\u20ac21,300/\u00a314,500). Both teams have three days from the date of receipt of the written grounds for the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Manchester\nIn the return leg, which was played at Manchester United's Old Trafford; police beat Roma fans with batons and brought out police horses and dogs after Roma and United fans had thrown bottles at each other outside of the ground before the game. There were 14 English fans arrested along with seven Italians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Incidents in Manchester\nBritish Sports Minister Richard Caborn was quoted as saying \"It's unfortunate that there have been some scuffles outside Old Trafford. This was always going to be a highly-charged game following the incident last week. Greater Manchester Police have used proportionate force in a potentially difficult situation and have handled it well.\" Reports from police spokespersons said that they were \"required to deal with a number of small and isolated incidents\" and that the trouble was \"contained within five minutes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Post-conflict events\nIn the season following the conflicts, Roma were once again set to play Manchester United. Roma club captain Francesco Totti sought to defuse any potential tensions by making a personal video apology to a female United fan, Carly Lyes, who was caught up in the clash between police and United fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Post-conflict events\nWe would like to apologise for the treatment you received in Rome last season and we hope it has not damaged the opinion you and your fellow supporters have of our city. We would also like to invite you to the Olympic Stadium for the game later this year and treat you as our special guest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Post-conflict events\nTotti's message was well received by Lyes, but the fan pointed out that it was the police, Roma officials, and UEFA who should be apologising for the events of that night, not the playing staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Related incidents\nIn the previous round of the competition, Manchester United fans were involved in an incident at the Stade F\u00e9lix-Bollaert in Lens in February, during a round of 16 match between Lille OSC and Manchester United. As the stadium began to fill, too many United fans were directed to the away stand which couldn't facilitate them, causing the spectators at the front of the stand to be pressed against the parameter fencing. Amidst fears of a Hillsborough-like incident, fans attempted to climb over the metal fencing surrounding the away section. Riot police saw the attempts as a pitch invasion and fired tear gas into the crowd, which prompted criticism of their handling of the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189867-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 A.S. Roma\u2013Manchester United F.C. conflict, Related incidents\nIn 2006, three Middlesbrough fans were stabbed and 10 others injured during fights with Roma fans in a UEFA Cup quarter-final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 65], "content_span": [66, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189868-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 A3 Champions Cup\nThe fifth edition of the A3 Champions Cup took place between June 7 and June 13, 2007 at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189869-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AAMI Classic \u2013 Draw\nAndy Roddick was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 6\u20133, against Roger Federer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189870-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ABA All-Star Game\nThe 2007 American Basketball Association All-Star Game was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the 10,595 seat Halifax Metro Centre from January 27 to 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189870-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ABA All-Star Game\nThe first event, held on the 27th included a game between St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University, the three point contest (Won by Aaron Cook of the Vermont Frost Heaves), the slam dunk contest (Won by Donald Beachem of the Texas Tycoons), the awards ceremony, and a small performance by Hedley and Classified to be MC'd by Farley Flex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189870-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ABA All-Star Game\nThe second event on the 28th, included a game between Saint Mary's University and Memorial University, and the All-Star game; East versus West. The West defeated the East 138-123.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189871-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225\nThe 2007 ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt 225 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at The Milwaukee Mile. It was held over the weekend of 1 -June 3, 2007, as the sixth round of the seventeen-race calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189872-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nThe 2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 19 February through 25 February 2007. Mikhail Youzhny won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189872-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament\nThe singles field was headlined by ATP No. 3, Australian Open quarterfinalist and 2006 Paris Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, other Australian Open quarterfinalist and Auckland runner-up Tommy Robredo, and Doha winner and Zagreb finalist Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107. Other seeded players were Sydney quarterfinalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Adelaide champion Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Lleyton Hewitt and Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189872-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Doubles\nMartin Damm / Leander Paes defeated Andrei Pavel / Alexander Waske 6\u20133, 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189873-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Andrei Pavel and Alexander Waske.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189873-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Doubles\nMartin Damm and Leander Paes won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20137(5\u20137), [10\u20137], against Andrei Pavel and Alexander Waske.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189874-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Singles\nRadek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Philipp Kohlschreiber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189874-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament \u2013 Singles\nMikhail Youzhny won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20134, against Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(1) TAU Cer\u00e1mica (26-8) vs. (8) Unicaja M\u00e1laga (17-17) TAU Cer\u00e1mica win the series 3-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(4) Winterthur FCB (23-11) vs. (5) Akasvayu Girona (21-13) Winterthur FCB win the series 3-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 75], "content_span": [76, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(2) Real Madrid (25-9) vs. (7) Pamesa Valencia (19-15) Real Madrid win the series 3-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Quarter Finals\n(3) DKV Joventut (23-11) vs. (6) Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas (21-13) DKV Joventut win the series 3-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 75], "content_span": [76, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Semifinals\n(1) TAU Cer\u00e1mica (26-8) vs. (4) Winterthur FCB (23-11) Winterthur FCB win the series 3-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 71], "content_span": [72, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, Semifinals\n(2) Real Madrid (25-9) vs. (3) DKV Joventut (23-11) Real Madrid win the series 3-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189875-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ACB Playoffs, Playoff seedings, results, and schedules, ACB Finals\n(2) Real Madrid (25-9) vs. (4) Winterthur FCB (23-11) Real Madrid win the series 3-1 and the championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 71], "content_span": [72, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game\nThe 2007 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game featured the Boston College Eagles and the Virginia Tech Hokies in a regular-season college football game that determined the conference's champion for the 2007 season. Virginia Tech defeated Boston College 30\u201316 to win the ACC football championship. The game, held at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, was a rematch of a regular-season game that took place on October 25, in Blacksburg, Virginia. In that game, Boston College, courtesy of a late-game comeback by quarterback Matt Ryan, won 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game\nFollowing the loss, Virginia Tech won five straight games to win the Coastal Division of the ACC, while Boston College stumbled, losing two games before defeating the Clemson Tigers to win the Atlantic Division and representation in the Championship Game. Most pre-game media coverage of the event cast the game as an opportunity for Virginia Tech to avenge its earlier loss. In addition, the winner of the game would be awarded an automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series 2008 Orange Bowl game in Miami, Florida on January 3, 2008. Despite Boston College's earlier win over Virginia Tech, spread bettors favored Virginia Tech by five points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game\nIn the opening quarter of the game, the Eagles took a 7\u20130 lead on a 51-yard fumble return for a touchdown. The Eagles' offense dominated the first half of the game statistically, but failed to add to its early lead until the second quarter, when a field goal made it 10\u20130. Virginia Tech answered with a touchdown of their own, but Boston College responded with a seven-play, 74-yard touchdown drive of its own. Then came perhaps the most pivotal play of the game. During the extra point kick following the Boston College touchdown, Virginia Tech's Duane Brown blocked the kick, which was caught by the Hokies' cornerback Brandon Flowers, who returned it 75\u00a0yards for a defensive two-point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game\nThe play changed the momentum of the game. Virginia Tech added a tying touchdown before halftime, and after a scoreless third quarter, two Matt Ryan interceptions resulted in 14\u00a0points for Virginia Tech and a 30\u201316 Virginia Tech win. With the victory, the Hokies earned their second Atlantic Coast Conference football championship in four years and their first Orange Bowl bid since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Background\nThe ACC Championship Game matches the winner of the Coastal and Atlantic Divisions of the Atlantic Coast Conference. A conference championship game was added in 2005, as a result of the league's expansion the previous year, adding former Big East members Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College. With the addition of Boston College, the ACC consisted of 12\u00a0teams, allowing it to hold a conference championship game under NCAA rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Background\nFlorida State defeated Virginia Tech, 27\u201322 in the first ACC Championship game. The following year, the game, held in Jacksonville, Florida, pitted Wake Forest against Georgia Tech, with Wake Forest winning 9\u20136. Before the 2007 season began, most sports writers and pollsters predicted Florida State would win the Atlantic Division while Virginia Tech would win the Coastal Division, setting up a rematch of the 2005 ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Background\nIn October, Florida State lost back-to-back ACC conference games to Wake Forest and Miami, eliminating them from contention for their division title. Boston College, which had finished second in the preseason Atlantic Division poll, was ranked No. 2 in the country after Florida State's loss to Miami. Virginia Tech, which suffered a 48\u20137 defeat at the hands of then-No. 2 LSU, nevertheless remained at the top of the Coastal Division standings as the Eagles passed the Seminoles for the Atlantic Division lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Background\nOn October 25, Boston College traveled to Blacksburg, Virginia, home of Virginia Tech, for a Thursday night game broadcast on ESPN. In heavy rain, Virginia Tech's defense dominated for most of the game. As time ran down, however, Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan orchestrated two\u00a0late-game touchdown drives, scoring 14\u00a0points in the final 2\u00a0minutes to win 14\u201310. The victory seemingly sealed Boston College's route to a national championship game, while the loss potentially jeopardized Virginia Tech's chances of being selected to play in the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Background\nOver the next two weeks, however, Boston College was upset by Florida State and Maryland. The Eagles rallied to win their final two games\u2014against Miami and Clemson\u2014to clinch the division title. Virginia Tech, meanwhile, was undefeated through the remainder of its schedule, including a division-clinching win over its archrival, Virginia. This meant the ACC Championship Game in Jacksonville would be a rematch between these two division champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nIn the weeks leading up to the game, there was much media discussion of the future site of the game due to Jacksonville's expiring contract to host the ACC Championship. The media also discussed whether Virginia Tech would be out for revenge against Boston College after its last-second defeat in Blacksburg on October 25. Despite its previous loss, spread bettors favored Virginia Tech to win the game, with most favoring the Hokies by 4.5\u20135\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nThe game was the 15th contest between Boston College and Virginia Tech and was their second of the 2007 season. The first meeting, which took place in 1993 in the Big East conference, resulted in a 48\u201334 Boston College win. Between 1993 and 2003, Boston College and Virginia Tech played annually as part of their conference schedules. The teams did not meet in 2004 following Virginia Tech's move to the Atlantic Coast Conference. When Boston College followed in 2005, the schools resumed meeting during the regular season, playing in 2005, 2006, and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Off-field issues\nFollowing the 2006 ACC Championship Game, the Gator Bowl Association, which administered the ACC Championship Game during its first two years of existence, was awarded a one-year extension to its two-year contract to host the game. The 2006 game suffered from poor attendance, resulting in over $1\u00a0million in losses for the Gator Bowl Association. In the off-season, the Gator Bowl Association declared that if sales did not improve for the 2007 ACC Championship game, the game's Jacksonville future would be in jeopardy. Attendance for the 2006 game was low due to high travel costs stemming from Jacksonville's distance from the participating schools, and the 2007 participants\u2014Boston College and Virginia Tech\u2014faced the same problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Off-field issues\nWith Jacksonville's future as host in doubt, representatives from Charlotte, North Carolina, Tampa, Florida, and Jacksonville visited the ACC offices to lobby to host the 2008 game. Orlando, Florida, which had been an early contender to host the 2008 game, was eliminated from consideration before the meetings took place. As kickoff drew closer, the Gator Bowl Association expressed displeasure with the poor ticket sales, saying nearly 20,000\u00a0tickets remained unsold as of the week of the game, and that if it was not a sellout the game would likely not remain in Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups\nMedia attention was also directed at the teams' offensive capabilities. Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in the week leading up to the game. In the first half of the 2007 season, Ryan had been prominently mentioned in candidate lists for the Heisman Trophy, college football's highest individual award. Although Ryan's late-game comeback in their previous game against Virginia Tech had made him a front-runner, the team's two subsequent losses to unranked teams dropped him from contention for the Heisman. Excellent performances in a division-clinching win at Clemson and against Miami seemed to return Ryan to Heisman-candidate form, however, and heading into the ACC Championship Game, Ryan appeared to be the biggest offensive threat for Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups\nVirginia Tech's offense was led by an unusual two-quarterback system, as junior Sean Glennon shared time with freshman Tyrod Taylor. While Glennon proved to be a better pocket passer, Taylor's quickness enabled him to scramble out of trouble and gain positive yardage even when no open receivers were available for passes. Until the final game of the season, either Taylor or Glennon was hampered by injury and limited the two-quarterback system's effectiveness. Although the two-quarterback system proved effective against Virginia, there were still questions about how well such an unusual setup would work in the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups\nOn the ground, Taylor's offensive scrambling, while effective, was not Virginia Tech's primary rushing weapon. Running back Brandon Ore, Virginia Tech's starter at the position, would need to have a good game, analysts predicted, if the Hokies wanted to win the game. Ore, who suffered several injuries during the 2006 season, failed to produce meaningful offensive yardage until late in the season, disappointing many fans who hoped he would repeat his excellent 2006\u00a0performance on the field. With a 146-yard performance against Virginia in the final game of the regular season, Ore seemed to have regained his 2006\u00a0form and promised success in the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Offensive matchups\nThe Boston College ground offense was led by running back Andre Callender, who had perhaps his biggest game of the year during the division-clinching match against Clemson two weeks earlier. In that game, Callender finished with 92\u00a0receiving\u00a0yards and 75\u00a0rushing\u00a0yards. Due to the success of Matt Ryan's passing attack, however, Callender was used mostly as a backfield receiver and was the team's leading receiver statistically during the 2007\u00a0season. In the regular season, Callender amassed 905\u00a0yards rushing, 613\u00a0yards receiving, and 13\u00a0total touchdowns. Callender's normal backup, running back A.J. Brooks, was suspended for the ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups\nVirginia Tech's defense was considered stronger than that of Boston College. For the ACC Championship Game, Virginia Tech returned senior linebacker Vince Hall to the starting lineup. Hall had sat out four straight games, including the previous Boston College match, after suffering a broken forearm and wrist. ESPN named Hall and Xavier Adibi, Tech's other senior linebacker, the \"best linebacker duo in the country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups\nOn Virginia Tech's defensive secondary, Brandon Flowers, one of Tech's starting cornerbacks, was a second-team All-ACC defensive selection and had five\u00a0interceptions in the season. Assisting Flowers would be Victor \"Macho\" Harris, who had also netted five\u00a0interceptions during the regular season. During the 2007\u00a0season, Sports Illustrated called the two \"maybe the finest cornerback duo in America.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups\nAt the end of the regular season, Boston College was ranked 26th nationally in total defense, and 2nd nationally in run defense. Its pass defense, however, was ranked 106th in the country, and since Boston College was without senior cornerback DeJuan Tribble, who was recovering from a sprained knee ligament, it was expected that the Eagles' linebackers would have to play a very good game to stop Virginia Tech's passing offense. Jo-Lonn Dunbar, who had been named to the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (awarded to the top defensive player in the country) was expected to fill the gaps and stop both rushing and passing elements of Virginia Tech's offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups\nIn addition, safety Jamie Silva would have to play a strong game to support the Boston College cornerback replacing the injured Tribble. Silva, an All-ACC defensive selection, led the team with five interceptions and was very good in moving up to stop the run as well. On the defensive line, defensive end Nick Larkin was a quarterfinalist for the Lott Trophy, an award given to the defensive player with the most \"defensive impact\" nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary\nThe 2007 ACC Championship Game kicked off at 13:10\u00a0EST in Jacksonville, Florida. At kickoff, the weather was partly cloudy, with winds from the northeast at 18 miles per hour (29\u00a0km/h). The air temperature was 69\u00a0\u00b0F (21\u00a0\u00b0C). The official attendance estimate was 53,212, but by most accounts the actual attendance was far lower. Virginia Tech fans made up most of the crowd, and fewer than 5,000\u00a0Boston College fans were present at the game. The game was broadcast on ABC and netted a television rating of 4.1, placing it behind the SEC Championship Game and the Big 12 Championship Game, which earned ratings of 5.9 and 6.6, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary\nThe Marching Virginians, Virginia Tech's marching band, and the \"Screaming Eagles\", the Boston College Marching Band, played the national anthem before the game. The pre-game coin toss involved two members of the Wounded Warrior Project, a program that assists the physical rehabilitation of wounded American combat veterans returning to the United States from fighting overseas. One soldier from Virginia and another from Massachusetts were chosen to throw the ceremonial coin that would determine the game's starting possession. Supervising the coin toss was referee Jack Childress, who had also officiated the inaugural ACC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nVirginia Tech won the opening coin toss and deferred its option to the second half. Boston College received the opening kickoff, which was downed in the end zone for a touchback. Starting at their own 20-yard line, the Eagles advanced down the field as quarterback Matt Ryan completed several passes and running back Andre Callender contributed several long runs. A pass interference call against Virginia Tech, coupled with a 10-yard run by Callender, put Boston College at the Virginia Tech 26-yard line. After three consecutive incomplete passes, Eagles kicker Steve Aponavicius attempted a 36-yard field goal. During the field goal, Virginia Tech special teams player Duane Brown broke through the Eagles' line and blocked the kick, giving Virginia Tech possession of the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nVirginia Tech's offense, led by quarterback Sean Glennon, began their first possession at their own 37-yard line. However, a sack, a tackle for loss, and an incomplete pass denied the Hokies' offense positive yardage and they were forced to punt. Tech punter Brent Bowden managed a 54-yard kick, which forced the Eagles to start at their own 14-yard line, but three big plays of 16, 19, and 19\u00a0yards drove the Eagles deep into Virginia Tech territory. As before, however, Virginia Tech's defense stiffened and Boston College was forced into a fourth down. Instead of attempting a long field goal, the Eagles instead attempted to convert the fourth down but were foiled by an incomplete pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nOn the Hokies' second offensive possession, quarterback Tyrod Taylor took the field in place of Sean Glennon. Two successful passes and two short runs resulted in two first downs and Virginia Tech advanced the ball across the 50-yard line and into Boston College territory. As Taylor attempted to scramble for yet another short run, however, he was tackled behind the line of scrimmage and fumbled the ball. The loose ball was scooped up by Boston College defender Jamie Silva, who returned it 51\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The touchdown and subsequent extra point were the first points of the game and gave Boston College a 7\u20130 lead with 4\u00a0minutes remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter\nAfter the kickoff, Virginia Tech's offense again failed to advance the ball. After a three-and-out, the Hokies again punted. The ball traveled 44\u00a0yards, forcing the Eagles to start at their own 21-yard line. As the quarter came to a close, the Eagles drove the ball deep into Virginia Tech territory. At the end of the first quarter, Boston College led 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nAt the beginning of the second quarter, the Hokies' defense began to stiffen. Aided by a 10-yard holding penalty against the Eagles, Matt Ryan was forced to complete a 14-yard pass on 4th-and-9 to earn a first down and keep the drive alive. Three incomplete passes followed, however, and the Eagles again settled for a field goal attempt. This time, the 37-yard kick sailed through the uprights, giving Boston College a 10\u20130 lead with 11:20 remaining in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nVirginia Tech's first offensive drive of the second quarter began on an auspicious note as quarterback Sean Glennon completed a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Josh Morgan. Following the play, a Boston College player committed a personal foul, which added 15\u00a0yards to the end of the pass. Another long pass by Glennon, coupled with yet another Boston College penalty, put Virginia Tech deep into the red zone, and the Hokies scored on a 5-yard touchdown pass to Morgan. With 8:15 remaining in the first half, Virginia Tech narrowed Boston College's lead to just three\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nOn the ensuing possession, Boston College needed only seven plays and just under three minutes to travel 74\u00a0yards. The drive culminated in a 14-yard quarterback scramble for a touchdown. Duane Brown, who had blocked the first Boston College field goal attempt, again charged through the Boston College offensive line and blocked the extra point attempt. This time, the ball bounced into the hands of Virginia Tech's Brandon Flowers, who returned it 75\u00a0yards for a defensive two-point conversion. The play kept Boston College's lead within a single touchdown and extra point. With 5:27 remaining in the half, the score was now 16\u20139 in favor of Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nTech quarterback Sean Glennon's first pass of the new possession, long throw downfield, was intercepted by Boston College defender Jamie Silva. The length of the pass meant Boston College did not have good field position following the turnover. After earning a quick first down, the Eagles were stopped and forced to punt. With 2:13 remaining before halftime, the Hokies had one more offensive opportunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nBeginning at their own 20-yard line, the Virginia Tech offense marched down the field. Running back Branden Ore ran 11\u00a0yards for a first down, and two long passes from Sean Glennon to wide receiver Eddie Royal put the Hokies into scoring position. After failing to gain first downs with short runs, Virginia Tech was forced to use its timeouts to stop the clock and the first half from ending before they had a chance to score. On a 3rd-and-7 from the Boston College 13-yard line, Glennon finally connected with wide receiver Josh Hyman, who crossed into the end zone for a touchdown. The extra point tied the game, 16\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter\nWith no time left to mount an answering drive, Boston College received the kickoff and let time run out. Heading into halftime, the two teams were tied, 16\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nBecause they deferred their selection to the second half during the opening coin toss, Virginia Tech received the ball to begin the half. The Hokies continued to rotate between quarterbacks Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor during the possession, and picked up two first downs, one through the air and the other on the ground. After Glennon was sacked at the 50-yard line, however, the drive sputtered and the Hokies were forced to punt the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nBoston College, in their first possession of the second half, fared even worse than Virginia Tech did. Two incomplete passes and a 5-yard delay of game penalty forced Boston College into a three-and-out possession that resulted in a punt. On its second possession, Virginia Tech had a three-and-out drive, thanks in part to an 11-yard sack of Sean Glennon by Boston College's Kevin Atkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nAfter receiving the punt, Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan connected on a 31-yard pass to wide receiver Brandon Robinson. As before, however, the offense stalled. On 4th-and-1 from the Virginia Tech 30-yard line, Ryan attempted a pass that fell incomplete, turning the ball over on downs. As a result of pressure applied by the Boston College defense, the Hokies continued to have difficulty moving the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe Hokies were forced to punt again, and Brent Bowden's 50-yard punt stuck the Eagles deep in their own territory. The drive began with a five-yard penalty against Boston College and culminated two plays later in a six-yard loss on a sack of Matt Ryan by Hokie defender Barry Booker. Boston College punted, but the kick by Johnny Ayers traveled just 34\u00a0yards before sailing out of bounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter\nVirginia Tech had good starting field position at their own 44-yard line. One quick first down later, the clock ran out on the third\u00a0quarter. As neither team had scored in the quarter, the score remained tied at 16\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nDespite starting almost at midfield, the offensive drive that began at the end of the third quarter failed to reach field goal range, and the Hokies were forced to punt. Boston College's offense fared no better, however, and punted after a three-and-out possession. The ball was downed at the Virginia Tech 16-yard line, and the Hokies began their first full offensive possession of the fourth\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nAfter an incomplete pass from quarterback Tyrod Taylor, the Hokies got their first big offensive break of the second half. On a designed play, Taylor scrambled for 31\u00a0yards, the largest play in the game for the Hokies. Two successful runs by running back Branden Ore followed, earning the Hokies 23\u00a0more yards and pushing the offense deep into Boston College territory. A false-start penalty set the Hokie offense back, but on the next play, quarterback Sean Glennon connected with wide receiver Eddie Royal on a 24-yard strike for a touchdown. The touchdown and extra point were the first points of the second half and gave Virginia Tech a 23\u201316 lead with 6:30 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nBoston College began its second possession of the fourth quarter knowing it had to score a touchdown to tie the game. Quarterback Matt Ryan had his best success of the day, connecting on seven\u00a0of ten\u00a0passes during the drive and picking up 58\u00a0yards. All the Eagles' yardage on the drive came through the air, and with 2:25 remaining, the Eagles found themselves at the Virginia Tech 14-yard line. Facing a fourth down and needing four\u00a0yards for a first down, Matt Ryan fell back to attempt a pass. The throw was intercepted by Virginia Tech's Vince Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nStarting at its own 10-yard line, Virginia Tech ran three straight running plays in an effort to run the clock down and prevent Boston College from having enough time to conduct another offensive drive. After the third run was stopped for no gain, however, the Hokies were forced to punt the ball. Boston College now had 28\u00a0seconds to score a touchdown and either tie the game with an extra point or win it with a two-point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Boston College drive began on its own 35-yard line. With little time remaining, Boston College would have to complete one or more Hail Mary passes. Although the odds of completing one such pass, let alone several, were very low, many Virginia Tech fans remained worried, as Boston College had previously beaten the Hokies in similar circumstances earlier in the season. Matt Ryan's first two passes fell incomplete, and his third was intercepted by Virginia Tech's Xavier Adibi and returned 40\u00a0yards for a Virginia Tech touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe score came with 11\u00a0seconds remaining and gave Virginia Tech its final lead, 30\u201316. With no chance to win, Boston College elected to let the clock run out after receiving the kickoff. Virginia Tech won the 2007 ACC Championship, 30\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics\nVirginia Tech quarterback Sean Glennon was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Glennon finished the game having completed 18 of his 27\u00a0passes, earning 174\u00a0passing yards, three\u00a0touchdowns (18 points), and one\u00a0interception. Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan had finished 33 of 52 for 305\u00a0yards and two\u00a0interceptions, no passing touchdowns, and one rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics\nEach team finished with two\u00a0turnovers\u2014Virginia Tech fumbled the ball once and threw one\u00a0interception, while Boston College's offense threw two. Each team earned seven\u00a0points off of turnovers, and Virginia Tech blocked two\u00a0kicks. The two blocked kicks effectively netted five\u00a0points for Virginia Tech, as the blocked field goal prevented Boston College from scoring three\u00a0points, and the other blocked kick was returned 75\u00a0yards for a rare defensive two-point conversion. The two blocked kicks by Virginia Tech were the first and second blocked kicks in ACC Championship Game history, and Boston College's fumble return for a touchdown was the first fumble recovery and defensive touchdown in ACC Championship Game history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nTwo-thirds of Virginia Tech's 300\u00a0total offensive yardage came via passes from quarterbacks Sean Glennon (174\u00a0yards) and Tyrod Taylor (28\u00a0yards). Glennon's three passing touchdowns tied an ACC Championship Game record set by former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick in 2005. Glennon also set the ACC Championship Game record for pass completion percentage (66.7%) by completing 18 of his 27\u00a0passes. Taylor, meanwhile, set ACC Championship Game records for longest run and longest quarterback run with a 31-yard scramble in the second quarter that helped set up the tying touchdown for Virginia Tech. Taylor finished the game with 36\u00a0rushing yards, the third-most of any player in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nOn the ground, Taylor's performance was supplemented by Tech running back Branden Ore, who led all rushers with 55\u00a0yards on 19\u00a0rushes. Fourteen\u00a0of Ore's 55\u00a0yards came on a single play halfway through the fourth quarter when the Boston College's defensive line gave way, admitting Tech's runner into the defensive secondary. The run helped set up Virginia Tech's go-ahead touchdown later in the fourth quarter. Capping Tech's ground game were complementary performances by Kenny Lewis and Sean Glennon, each of whom earned fewer than 10\u00a0yards, but picked up first downs on two plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nLeading all Tech receivers was Josh Morgan, who caught eight passes for 55\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Eddie Royal also had an excellent game for the Hokies, catching two\u00a0long passes of 18\u00a0yards and 11\u00a0yards on subsequent plays in the second quarter. Royal's 2\u00a0catches drove the Hokies deep into Boston College territory, setting up a 13-yard touchdown pass to Josh Hyman that tied the game at halftime. Royal's biggest play, however, came halfway through the fourth quarter when he caught the go-ahead touchdown pass from Sean Glennon. The 24-yard reception was Royal's longest catch of the day, and the touchdown gave the Hokies a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nThough its offense performed well, it was Virginia Tech's special teams and defense that earned it the win. Duane Brown's twin blocked kicks were the first blocks recorded in ACC Championship Game history and were the 116th and 117th blocked kicks recorded at Virginia Tech under head coach Frank Beamer. In addition to the blocks, Tech special teams excelled on punts and kickoffs. Tech punter Brent Bowden finished the day with seven punts for a total of 324\u00a0yards. A 54-yard kick in the first quarter was the fourth-longest punt in ACC Championship Game history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Virginia Tech statistical recap\nOn defense, linebacker Vince Hall, in his second game after recovering from a broken forearm, led all defensive players with 11\u00a0tackles. Hall also recorded an interception in the late stages of the fourth quarter that allowed Virginia Tech to run down the clock and force Boston College into a hasty offense. Tied for third overall was Tech's Xavier Adibi, who recorded nine tackles (one for loss) and caught the game-ending interception. Adibi returned the interception 40\u00a0yards for a defensive touchdown that sealed the victory for the Hokies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Boston College statistical recap\nThough Boston College lost the game on the scoreboard, it won almost every statistical category. Quarterback Matt Ryan outperformed both Hokie quarterbacks combined in passing yardage, throwing for 305\u00a0yards. Ryan was extremely accurate through the air in the fourth quarter, throwing eight straight complete passes, an ACC Championship Game record. Ryan also was surprisingly successful on the ground, rushing for Boston College's touchdown of the game\u2014a 14-yard sprint in the second quarter that put Boston College ahead 16\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Boston College statistical recap\nIn the first half, the Eagles offense recorded 20\u00a0first downs. In the second half, it managed just four first downs, three of which came in one drive in the fourth quarter. As a result of second-half pressure from Virginia Tech, Ryan was forced into two late-game interceptions, including one that was returned for a Virginia Tech defensive touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Boston College statistical recap\nRyan finished the game with 35\u00a0rushing yards, just one short of Hokie quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who had been highly promoted as a runner heading into the game. Ryan finished fourth among all rushers, and Eagle running back Andre Callender, the sole running back on the Eagles' roster, finished second, rushing for 51\u00a0yards in the game. Callender game-long 11-yard run helped set up the Eagles for a field goal attempt early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Boston College statistical recap\nCallender's true success, however, was in the passing game, where he accrued 92\u00a0yards, putting him first among all receivers in the game. Callender's 13\u00a0catches were an ACC Championship Game record and were the fourth-highest total for a receiver in any game in ACC history. Wide receiver Kevin Challenger finished the game with 4\u00a0catches for 45\u00a0yards, while the Eagles' Rich Gunnell finished the game with 54\u00a0yards. Surprisingly for the number of receiving yards recorded by the Eagles in the game, no Boston College receiver caught a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Boston College statistical recap\nBoston College punter Johnny Ayres kicked four\u00a0punts a total of 159\u00a0yards, including one long kick that traveled 55\u00a0yards and set the mark for the third-longest punt in ACC Championship Game history. Kicker Steve Aponavicius successfully kicked a 37-yard field goal early in the second quarter. but after his second\u00a0kick was blocked, Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski seemed reluctant to try long field goals and instead sent in the offense to attempt to convert the fourth down. Out of four tries, only one fourth down was converted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Final statistics, Boston College statistical recap\nOn defense, Boston College had more success than predicted by pre-game coverage. Jamie Silva's fumble return for a touchdown was the first defensive score in ACC Championship Game history. Silva finished the game with five tackles (one for loss), one\u00a0interception, the forced fumble, and the defensive touchdown. DeLeon Gause, meanwhile, was the Eagles' leading tackler, recording 10\u00a0stops including one tackle for loss. Altogether, the Eagles recorded four\u00a0sacks and nine\u00a0tackles for loss, holding the Hokie offense in check for most of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects\nVirginia Tech's victory in the ACC Championship Game had far-reaching sporting consequences for the 2007\u20132008 college football bowl season and in the future site of the ACC Championship Game. The 2007\u00a0game injected approximately $10\u00a0million into the Jacksonville economy. Thousands of hotel rooms were filled by fans traveling to the game, and the impact they created was larger than that of the previous year's game, which featured teams that had shorter distances to travel and whose fans had generated less demand for overnight accommodation. Despite the fact that fans spent more in 2007 than at any previous ACC Championship Game, poor ticket sales at the box office necessitated a move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, 2008 ACC Championship Game\nAfter poor attendance in the ACC Championship Game at Jacksonville for the second straight year, ACC officials and representatives of the conference's member schools elected not to extend the Gator Bowl Association's contract to host the game. On December 12, the ACC announced that Tampa, Florida would host the game in 2008 and 2009 and Charlotte, North Carolina would host the game in 2010 and 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, 2008 ACC Championship Game\nThe cities were chosen based on bids presented to the ACC and its member schools. Each city requested and was granted a two-year contract, locking the ACC into the locations well in advance of the actual games. Tampa was chosen as the site of the 2008\u00a0game because Charlotte was scheduled to hold the annual convention of the Association for Career and Technical Education at the same time as the game, and adequate hotel space would not be ready in time for the two events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, Bowl effects\nWith its win, Virginia Tech clinched an automatic bid to the 2008 Orange Bowl. This caused ripple effects in the bowl destinations for virtually every bowl-eligible ACC team. In the 2007 season, the ACC had guaranteed tie-ins with eight bowl games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, Bowl effects\nThe ACC's representatives to these bowls were picked in a hierarchical system that allowed the Chick-fil-A Bowl to have the first selection after the Orange Bowl's automatic pick of the winner of the ACC Championship Game. Following the Chick-fil-A Bowl were the Gator Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl, Music City Bowl, Meineke Car Care Bowl, Emerald Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, in that order. The ACC's agreement with the bowls dictated that the bowls would select the highest-ranking ACC team left after the bowls with higher selections made their pick. Bowls would be allowed to skip the highest remaining team only if the next team was within one conference win of the highest remaining team. Therefore, a bowl could select a 5\u20133 team over a 6\u20132 team, but could not select a 4\u20134 team over a 6\u20132 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, Bowl effects\nWith Virginia Tech earning an automatic bid to the Orange Bowl, the Chick-fil-A Bowl had the first pick of the remaining ACC teams. Boston College, by virtue of its loss in the ACC Championship Game, was the highest remaining team, but Chick-fil-A Bowl representatives instead chose to invite Clemson, which had finished behind Boston College in the Atlantic Division standings. In making their decision, Chick-fil-A Bowl representatives cited Boston College's poor attendance at the ACC Championship Game in Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, Bowl effects\nThe Gator Bowl, which is also held in Jacksonville, was reluctant to choose a team that had participated in the ACC Championship Game out of fear that the team's fans would be unwilling to return to Jacksonville so quickly. The Gator Bowl Association requested and received a waiver from the league's strict bowl selection rules and selected Virginia over Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189876-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Championship Game, Post-game effects, Bowl effects\nThe Champs Sports Bowl was thus forced to select Boston College. Boston College players and fans, owing to the decreased status of the Champs Sports Bowl when compared with the Orange, Chick-fil-A, and Gator Bowls, were disappointed with the selection and match against Michigan State. Had Boston College won the ACC Championship Game, it would have earned the automatic bid to the Orange Bowl, and Virginia Tech would have been selected by the Chick-fil-A Bowl, which had earlier expressed an interest in inviting the Hokies to the game for a second straight year. Clemson would have been bumped down to the Gator Bowl, and Virginia would have been forced into the Champs Sports Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189877-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 8\u201311 in Tampa, Florida, at the St. Pete Times Forum, the first time the tournament was held in Florida. The quarterfinal games were televised nationwide on ESPN2. Semifinals and the championship game were televised on ESPN. The tournament was also televised by Raycom Sports in ACC markets. For the first time ever, Raycom broadcast the tournament in high definition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189877-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe top four regular season teams (North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Boston College) received first-round byes and played their first games in the quarterfinals. Both North Carolina and Virginia finished the regular season tied for first place with an 11\u20135 record, but North Carolina received the #1 seed by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189877-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nAll four opening-round games were won by the lower seeds. This tournament was the lowest Duke had been seeded (seventh) in the ACC Tournament since 1995, when they were the ninth seed. Their on-court struggles were compounded by the suspension of freshman Gerald Henderson. By defeating Duke, NC State ended Duke's 8-year domination of the ACC Tournament. Prior to this loss, Duke was 23\u20131 in ACC Tournament play over the previous 8 years, losing only the 2004 finals to Maryland. The 2007 final round was identical to the final round of the Women's ACC Tournament, with North Carolina beating NC State for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189877-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 tournament marked the first time a 10th seed won a game in an ACC tournament, much less three in a row (although 12th seed Wake Forest won two games in the 2006 Tournament). It was the second time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997), and the first time a team seeded as low as 10 reached the championship game. Previously the lowest seed to reach the title game was #8 seed NC State in 1997, when the conference had nine members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189877-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament\nBy winning the ACC championship, North Carolina received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina's Brandan Wright won the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189878-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup\nThe 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup was played from 27 October until 2 November 2007 in Kuwait.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189878-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup\nThe ten competing teams were: Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UAE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189878-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, Group stage, Group A\nGroup A saw eventual finalists Oman and Afghanistan finish in the top two and qualify for the semi-final stage. Malaysia failed to win a match, despite featuring Somerset player Arul Suppiah in their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189878-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, Group stage, Group B\nGroup B was a closer group than Group A. The UAE topped the group after winning all four of their games, and hosts Kuwait joined them in the semi-finals after finishing ahead of Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189879-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ADAC GT Masters\nThe 2007 ADAC GT Masters season was the inaugural season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 7 June at N\u00fcrburgring and finished on 14 October, at Hockenheim after six double-header meetings. Christopher Haase with help of Gianni Morbidelli and Jos Menten became the first series champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189880-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ADAC Procar Series\nThe 2007 ADAC Procar Series season was the thirteenth season of the ADAC Procar Series, the German championship for Super 2000 cars. The season consisted of eight separate race weekends with two races each (except for the first round at N\u00fcrburgring which was one double-distance race), spread over five different tracks. The championship was won by touring car veteran Franz Engstler for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189881-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AF2 season\nThe 2007 AF2 season was the eighth season of the AF2. It was preceded by 2006 and succeeded by 2008. The regular season began on Friday, March 30 and ended on July 28. The league champions were the Tulsa Talons, who defeated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in ArenaCup VIII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189881-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AF2 season, ArenaCup VIII\nArenaCup VIII was the 2007 edition of the AF2's championship game, in which the National Conference Champions Tulsa Talons defeated the American Conference Champions Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in Bossier City, Louisiana by a score of 73\u201366.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup\nThe 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7\u201329 July 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam; which was also the first time ever in the history more than two countries joined host of a major continental competition until the UEFA Euro 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup\nFor the first time in the nation's history, Iraq won the continental title after it defeated Saudi Arabia 1\u20130 in the final. As the winner, Iraq represented the AFC in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup\nBefore 2007 and every four years, Asia often held its continental tournament from 1956 until China in 2004. With the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship also held in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC changed their tradition. From 2007, AFC decided to hold its continental tournament a year earlier, and every four years henceforth from that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup\nAn estimated worldwide television audience of 650 million people tuned in to watch the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup\nAustralia participated for the first time since moving to the AFC from the OFC. Australia happened to also be the tournament's first nation aside from the co-hosts to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Host selection\nThe then-AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam proposed and presented a move to have four host nations for the 2007 Asian Cup. However, he later regretted this decision and called it his \"mistake\", citing the financial and logistic difficulties in organising an event across four countries. He said that \"It is proving very difficult for [the executive committee as they] have to have four organising committees, four media centres and there are also financial considerations.\" He also revealed that \"[he would] definitely [not do] it [again]\", if he had the choice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Host selection\nIn June 2005, the AFC warned Thailand that it needed to improve its facilities before 2007, otherwise it would be dropped, possibly being replaced with Singapore. On 12 August of the same year, the AFC confirmed that Thailand would be a co-host of the 2007 Asian Cup. However, in October 2006, Thailand was again warned to improve its facilities in 90 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Qualification\nThe qualification ran from 22 February 2006 to 15 November 2006. For the first time, the defending champions (in this tournament, Japan) did not get automatic qualification. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam automatically qualified as co-hosts. Twenty-four teams were split into six groups of four to compete for the 12 remaining spots in the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Seeds\nFor the first time, the seeds are based on the October 2006 FIFA World Rankings instead of the basis of the performance from the previous AFC Asian Cup competition. This was to ensure that the same number of strong teams do not meet in the early stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Seeds\nThe four seeded teams were announced on 19 December 2006. The seeds comprised Pot 4 in the draw. Pot 1 consists of the teams from all co-hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Seeds\nChina PR (84)\u00a0Iraq (83)\u00a0United Arab Emirates (87)\u00a0Bahrain (97)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Seeds\nThe draw was held on 19 December 2006 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Match ball\nThe Official Match Ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was launched by Nike on 15 May 2007, making it the first time ever that a ball had been launched specifically for any football competition in Asia. The Nike Mercurial Veloci AC features four blue stripes with gold trim with each host city's name inscribed, as well as the AFC Asian Cup logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Officials\n16 referees and 24 assistant referees were officially cleared following a fitness test on 2 July in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One referee and two assistant referees were also named from the CAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Officials\n\u2020 Replaced Shamsul Maidin after the referee pulled out with injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Official song\nThe AFC selected \"I Believe\", a 2004 single by Thai singer Tata Young as the tournament's official song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nThe Asian Cup saw many upsets in the early stages of the tournament, with Australia and South Korea performed poorly in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nIn Group A, Oman held favourites Australia to a surprising draw. Oman took the lead and would have won save for an injury time goal from Tim Cahill. Next, hosts and lowest-ranked team in the competition, Vietnam, shocked Gulf Champions UAE with a 2\u20130 victory. In the same group, Qatar held Japan to a shock 1\u20131 draw. The result caused Japan coach Ivica Osim to fly into a rage in which he branded his players as 'amateurs' and reduced his interpreter to tears. In Group D, Indonesia continued the undefeated streak of the hosts by defeating Bahrain 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nMalaysia ended up as the only host country to drop their match, losing to China 5\u20131. Thailand recorded just its 2nd win in the Asian Cup finals (their other was in 1972 against Cambodia), and its first ever win in regulation, when they beat Oman 2\u20130 on 12 July. Meanwhile, Australia was upset by a 3\u20131 defeat against Iraq the following day, leaving them floundering in the tournament despite high expectations at the third place. However, Australia's 4\u20130 demolition of Thailand at the last match day saw them into the quarterfinals, as Oman was unable to overcome Iraq in a goalless draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nVietnam continued to stun all predictions when drew 2006 ASIAD champion Qatar 1\u20131 while Japan finally thrashed the UAE 3\u20131. Though, Vietnam was crushed 1\u20134 by Asian champion Japan last match, but the UAE's 2\u20131 comeback win over Qatar witnessed Vietnam's first time ever to qualify into the next round, and became the only host to progress through despite being in the group of three champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nOn the other hand, while Malaysia continued its poor form with 0\u20135 and 0\u20132 loss to Uzbekistan and Iran, thus went out of tournament with no point, China's shocking elimination occurred when they got a hammered 0\u20133 defeat on the hand of the Uzbeks, despite having drawn 2\u20132 with Iran and was expected to qualify from group stage with an easy win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nBahrain shocked the whole tournament by defeating South Korea 2\u20131 in Group D, leaving the Koreans in the verge of elimination when Indonesia was beaten 1\u20132 by Saudi Arabia. However, South Korea finally progressed with a 1\u20130 win over host Indonesia and with Saudi Arabia destroyed Bahrain 4\u20130, it was enough to seal them in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nIn the quarterfinals, Iraq defeated Vietnam 2\u20130, while South Korea needed a penalty shootout to eliminate Iran 4\u20132. Japan also needed a penalty shootout to defeat Australia 4\u20133 (this was the first time Australian 'keeper Mark Schwarzer had ever come out on the losing end of a penalty shoot-out), and Saudi Arabia won over Uzbekistan 2\u20131. Iraq upset South Korea in the semi-finals by winning 4\u20133 on penalties, resulting in thousands of Iraqis celebrating in the streets of Baghdad. Over 50 Iraqis were killed by terrorist bombs targeting these crowds. In the other semi-finals, Saudi Arabia topped defending champions Japan 3\u20132 to make an all-Arab affair for the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Tournament summary\nIraq went on to defeat Saudi Arabia 1\u20130 taking the Asian Cup title. Iraqi forward and captain Younis Mahmoud was given the title of Most Valuable Player. South Korea took third place narrowly beating Japan in penalties 6\u20135. It was the third consecutive match in the tournament that South Korea played 0\u20130 before a penalty shootout. Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea, as the top three national teams in the tournament, all received automatic berths to the 2011 Asian Cup along with the next hosts Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nWith four goals, Younis Mahmoud, Naohiro Takahara and Yasser Al-Qahtani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189882-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup, Statistics, Awards\nThe Toshiba All-Star XI was voted for by fans on the official Asian Cup website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final\nThe 2007 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match that took place on 29 July 2007 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, to determine the 2007 AFC Asian Cup champion. Iraq defeated Saudi Arabia 1\u20130 with a Younis Mahmoudheader from Hawar Mulla Mohammed's corner in the 73rd minute sealing the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final\nThis was Iraq's first appearance in the final of an Asian Cup, while Saudi Arabia had appeared in five of the previous six Asian Cup finals, winning three of them (1984, 1988 and 1996). This final was only the second all-Arab final in the tournament's history, after 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final\nIraq had reached the final against expectations, with the team being forced to train outside of their war-torn country and suffering from transport problems and a lack of facilities. After eliminating South Korea in the semi-finals, Iraq almost pulled out of the final when two bomb attacks targeted celebrating fans and killed at least 50 people, but they decided to play on after a grieving mother said she would not bury her deceased son unless the team won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final\nThe result saw thousands of Iraqis spilling onto the streets to celebrate the victory, and the win helped to unite the people of the nation. Iraq's achievement is seen as one of international football's greatest giant-killings and one of the sport's greatest fairytale victories. The win saw Iraq qualify for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. The tournament's closing ceremony was held immediately prior to kickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Background\nThe final was played between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Iraq, coached by Brazilian Jorvan Vieira, qualified for the final after topping their group where they earned an emphatic 3\u20131 win against tournament favourites Australia. A 2\u20130 quarter-final win over co-hosts Vietnam followed before they defeated South Korea in a penalty shootout in the semi-final. Saudi Arabia, also led by a Brazilian coach (H\u00e9lio dos Anjos), topped Group D before 2\u20131 and 3\u20132 wins over Uzbekistan and Japan respectively in the quarter-final and semi-final stages saw them into the final. For Iraq, victory would bring its first ever Asian Cup title, whereas Saudi Arabia were playing for their fourth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Background\nAfter their semi-final victory, two bomb attacks deliberately targeted celebrating Iraqi fans in Baghdad and killed at least 50 people. The Iraq team held a meeting to discuss whether they should pull out of the final to avoid more potential bloodshed, but they decided to play on after a grieving mother appeared on television and said she would not bury her deceased son unless the team returned home as champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Background\nBefore the game, the record between the two sides was 12 wins for Iraq, 7 wins for Saudi Arabia and 9 draws. Iraq's most recent victories had come in the form of 5\u20131 and 2\u20130 victories at the 2005 West Asian Games and a 2\u20131 win at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, meanwhile Saudi Arabia defeated Iraq 1\u20130 in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup and had also won the most recent match between the teams with a controversial 1\u20130 win in the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup earlier in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Background, Returning players\nAmong the players in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads, the following played in the 2004 meeting which Iraq won 2\u20131:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Match ball\nThe match ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, announced on 15 May 2007, was Nike's Mercurial Veloci. The ball features four blue streaks with gold coloured trim with each host city's name inscribed, as well as the logo of the AFC Asian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Match officials\nMark Shield, from Australia, was named as the referee of the final, together with Turkmen Begench Allaberdiyev and Maldivian Mohamed Saeed as the assistant referees, and Kuwaiti Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli as fourth official. Earlier in the 2007 Asian Cup, Shield took charge of the South Korea\u2013Saudi Arabia and Indonesia\u2013South Korea matches in the group stage. He had previously taken charge of the second leg of the 2006 AFC Champions League Final as well as matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 2004 AFC Asian Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Match, Summary\nBoth teams named unchanged starting line-ups from their semi-finals. Iraq dominated the first half of the match, and had chances to score through Qusay Munir and Younis Mahmoud before Karrar Jassim's shot was saved after a mazing run through the Saudi defence. Saudi Arabia's first significant chance was a long-range shot from Taisir Al-Jassim in the second half which was saved by Noor Sabri. The Saudis survived a scare when Younis Mahmoud and Nashat Akram both had close-range efforts saved in quick succession by Yasser Al Mosailem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Match, Summary\nSaudi Arabia struggled to deal with Nashat Akram's creativity in midfield as he made a number of chances for Iraq. The deadlock was broken on 73 minutes when Hawar Mulla Mohammed's corner sailed over Al Mosailem and was met with a header from Younis Mahmoud. After taking the lead, Iraq continued to attack and almost doubled their advantage when Mahmoud was played through on goal by Akram, but the striker's effort was saved by Al Mosailem. Iraq were left holding their breath in injury time when Saudi Arabia striker Malek Maaz's header bounced just over the crossbar, but the final whistle blew soon after to signify that the Lions of Mesopotamia had won the Asian Cup for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Match, Summary\nAfter the match, Nashat Akram was named the Most Valuable Player of the match, with Younis Mahmoud receiving the award for Most Valuable Player of the tournament and sharing the top scorer award with Yasser Al-Qahtani and Naohiro Takahara. The Iraqi team, a mixture of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish players, received international acclaim as they helped unite the people of a fractured, war-torn nation in celebration. Iraq's manager Jorvan Vieira said he was proud of how the players won the cup in spite of their limited preparation but also announced that he was stepping down as Iraq manager after the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)Fourth official:Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Reaction and impact\nThe Iraqi team, a mixture of Sunnis, Shias and Kurds, received worldwide acclaim for becoming continental champions from a background of bloodshed and violence and helping to unite a fractured nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Reaction and impact\nFootball commentator Simon Hill described it as \"unbelievable\" and one of football's greatest fairytale victories, noting that the team had been without a coach until two months before the tournament and had experienced troubles with travel and training. Waleed Tabra, media officer for the national team, said that he couldn't find the words to describe the joy brought on by the win, describing it as the \"biggest win the nation has ever had\" and noting that the victory allowed people who were living in hardship to celebrate \"far away from politics\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189883-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Final, Reaction and impact\nIraq midfielder Nashat Akram, who expressed after the game that there is \"only one Iraqi people\" and that the win was for them, described the poor conditions and preparations that the Iraqi team faced before the tournament, revealing that he had already booked tickets home in anticipation that Iraq would be eliminated in the group stage. British football journalist James Montague has since described it as the best achievement in international football history due to the difficult conditions experienced by the players and the significance of the victory for the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189884-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A\nGroup A of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 7 July and its last matches were played on 16 July. All six group matches were played at venues in Bangkok, Thailand. The group consisted Thailand (the host of the tournament) as well as Iraq, Australia and Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189884-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A, Thailand vs Iraq\nAssistant referees:Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)Awni Hassouned (Jordan)Fourth official:Jasim Karim (Bahrain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189884-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A, Australia vs Oman\nAssistant referees:Ntagungira Celestin (Rwanda)Menkouande Evarist (Cameroon)Fourth official:Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189884-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A, Oman vs Thailand\nAssistant referees:Yew Mun Tang (Singapore)Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)Fourth official:Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189884-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A, Iraq vs Australia\nAssistant referees:Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)Fourth official:Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189884-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A, Thailand vs Australia\nAssistant referees:Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)Fourth official:Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189885-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B\nGroup B of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 8 July and its last matches were played on 16 July. Five group matches were played at M\u1ef9 \u0110\u00ecnh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam. The group consisted Vietnam (the host of the tournament) as well as Japan, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189886-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C\nGroup C of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 10 July and its last matches were played on 18 July. All six group matches were played at venues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The group consisted Malaysia (the host of the tournament) as well as Iran, Uzbekistan and China PR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189886-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C, Malaysia vs China PR\nAssistant referees:Hamdi Al-Kadri (Syria)Kadom Arab Mohammad (Iraq)Fourth official:Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189886-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C, Iran vs Uzbekistan\nAssistant referees:Yaser Ahmad Marad (Kuwait)Mohammed Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)Fourth official:Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189886-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C, China PR vs Iran\nAssistant referees:Mohammed Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)Fourth official:Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189886-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C, Malaysia vs Iran\nAssistant referees:Hamdi Al-Kadri (Syria)Mohammed Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)Fourth official:Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189886-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C, Uzbekistan vs China PR\nAssistant referees:Yaser Ahmad Marad (Kuwait)Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)Fourth official:Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D\nGroup D of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 10 July and its last matches were played on 18 July. All six group matches were played at venues in Jakarta, Indonesia. The group consisted Indonesia (the host of the tournament) as well as Bahrain, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D, Indonesia vs Bahrain\nMan of the Match\u00a0: Firman Utina (Indonesia) Assistant referees:Toru Sagara (Japan)Liu Tiejun (China)Fourth official:Sun Baojie (China)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D, South Korea vs Saudi Arabia\nMan of the Match\u00a0: Yasser Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia) Assistant referees:Benjamin Silva (India)Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)Fourth official:Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D, Saudi Arabia vs Indonesia\nMan of the Match\u00a0: Saad Al-Harthi (Saudi Arabia) Assistant referees:Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)Muhammad Islam (Bangladesh)Fourth official:Mark Shield (Australia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D, Bahrain vs South Korea\nMan of the Match\u00a0: Ismail Abdul-Latif (Bahrain) Assistant referees:Liu Tiejun (China)Poon Ming Fai (Hong Kong)Fourth official:Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D, Indonesia vs South Korea\nMan of the Match\u00a0: Kim Jung-Woo (South Korea) Assistant referees:Liu Tiejun (China)Poon Ming Fai (Hong Kong)Fourth official:Sun Baojie (China)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189887-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D, Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain\nMan of the Match\u00a0: Taisir Al-Jassim (Saudi Arabia) Assistant referees:Toru Sagara (Japan)Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)Fourth official:Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189888-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup started on 21 July and ended on 29 July 2007. The top two placed teams from each preliminary group advanced to this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189888-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Japan vs Australia\nAssociation referees:Abdullah Salim Al-Amouri (Oman)Kadom Mohammad (Iraq)Fourth official:Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189888-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan\nAssociation referees:Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)Fourth official:Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 77], "content_span": [78, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189888-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Iraq vs South Korea\nAssociation referees:Saleh Hassan Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)Poon Ming Fai (Hong Kong)Fourth official:Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189888-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage, Third place play-off\nAssistant referees:Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)Fourth official:Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189888-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage, Final\nAssistant referees:Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)Fourth official:Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification\nThe 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification\nFor the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Teams that did not enter\n16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Team excluded\nThus, out of 46 national teams, 29 entered the qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Preliminary round\nIn December 2005, Bangladesh and Pakistan played off in a home and away series (with Bangladesh hosting the first leg), to determine which team would progress to the final qualifying round. This was originally scheduled in November but the earthquake in Pakistan forced it to be postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Preliminary round\nAfter a goalless first leg in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22 December 2005, Bangladesh won the second leg thanks to the goal from Firaj Mahmud Hossain at the 84-minute in People's Sports Complex, Karachi, Pakistan four days later. Bangladesh qualified with the 1\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Seedings\nThe seeding was based on the 2004 competition, including results during qualifying. The teams in their respective pots also are listed with respect to their performance. Note that Jordan and Uzbekistan were placed higher than South Korea and Iraq. For the tie-breaker here served the fact that Jordan and Uzbekistan were eliminated on penalty shootout, while the other two teams were clearly defeated. Uzbekistan precedes Jordan as it won its group, while Jordan placed second. The same principle is applied to the rest of the teams on the list. The Australian team which had just joined the Asian Football Confederation on 1 January 2006 and had not participated in previous tournaments was given the lowest rank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Tie-breaking criteria\nIf two or more teams in a group are equal on points on completion of the group matches, their places shall be determined as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Qualifying round, Group A\nNote: Japan is ranked higher than Saudi Arabia by the two head-to-head game results (Japan 3\u20132 Saudi Arabia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Qualifying round, Group D\nNote: Bahrain is ranked higher than Kuwait by the two head-to-head game results (Bahrain 2 \u2013 1 Kuwait).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Qualifying round, Group D\n1 On 1 August 2006, it was announced that the AFC had accepted a withdrawal request from the Federation Libanaise de Football due to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. The results of the Lebanon-Kuwait game on 22 February 2006 have been declared null and void and do not count towards the group rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Qualifying round, Group E\nNote: Iraq is ranked higher than China PR by the two head-to-head game results (Iraq 3 \u2013 2 China PR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189889-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Qualifying round, Group E\n1 All Iraq's home matches played in Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189890-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup squads\nThis article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup tournament jointly held in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam between 7 July and 29 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189890-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Asian Cup squads\nBefore announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 16 June 2007. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189891-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2007 AFC Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (AFC) was the second beach soccer championship for Asia, held in August 2007, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates won the championship, with Japan finishing second and Iran winning the third place-play off, to claim third. The three teams moved on to play in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League\nThe 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 5th edition under the current AFC Champions League title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League\nJapanese side Urawa Red Diamonds became champions for the first time, beating Sepahan of Iran and becoming the fourth Japanese club to win the Asian championship, and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League, Participating clubs\nAlong with the defending champion, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, 28 other clubs from fourteen countries qualified based on performance in domestic league and cup competitions. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors entered the competition at the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League, Participating clubs\nThe draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into seven groups. In February, the AFC disqualified Esteghlal Tehran from Group B for failing to register their players in time. This reduced the number of competing teams to 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League, Format\nA total of 28 clubs were divided into 7 groups of four, based on region i.e. East Asian and Southeast Asian clubs were drawn in groups E to G, while the rest were grouped in groups A to D. Each club played double round-robin (home and away) against fellow three group members, a total of 6 matches each. Clubs received 3pts for a win, 1pt for a tie, 0pts for a loss. The clubs were ranked according to points and tie breakers were in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League, Format\nThe seven group winners along with the defending champion advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League, Format\nAll eight clubs were randomly matched; however, the only restriction was that the clubs from the same country could not face each other in the quarter-finals. The games were conducted in 2 legs, home and away, and the aggregate score decided the match winner. If the aggregate score couldn't produce a winner, \"away goals rule\" was used. If still tied, clubs played extra time, where \"away goals rule\" still applied. If still tied, the game went to penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189892-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League, Group stage\nGroup matches were scheduled to be played over match days on 7 March 21 March 11 April 25 April 9 and 23 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189893-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League Final\nThe 2007 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged association football tie to determine the 2007 champions of Asian club football. Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2007 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan and the second leg took place on 14 November 2007 at 19:20 local time (UTC+9) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189893-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League Final\nThis was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Iranian club, and the first in an Asian top club football competition since PAS Tehran in the 1992\u201393 Asian Club Championship. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189893-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Champions League Final, Format\nThe rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout taking place if the teams were still level after that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup\nThe 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup, Qualification\nThe 13 'developing' nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2006 winners, Al-Faisaly of Jordan qualify automatically, but proceed to the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup, Qualification\nVietnam and Thailand lose ration for Australia in AFC Champions League. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champions League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup, Qualification\nBangladesh were excluded, after they were relegated to AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup, Qualification\nAl-Faisaly (2006 AFC Cup winners & 2005\u201306 Jordan League runners-up)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup, Qualification\nThe draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189894-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Cup, Group stage, Best runners-up\nTwo best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and one from groups D, E and F, qualify for the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189895-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Futsal Championship\nThe 2007 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Osaka and Amagasaki, Japan from 13 May to 19 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189895-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Futsal Championship, Draw\nThe draw for the 2007 AFC Futsal Championship was held on 11 April 2007 in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189896-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC Futsal Championship qualification\nThe 2007 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was held in March 2007 to determine 4 spots to the final tournament in Japan. The top 11 teams of the 2006 AFC Futsal Championship, and the host nation for the 2007 competition, receive automatic byes to Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189897-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC President's Cup\nThe 2007 AFC President's Cup was the third edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as \"emerging nations\" by the Asian Football Confederation. The eight teams that competed were split up into two groups and play each other team in their group once. The winner of each group then played the runner up in the other group in the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-final matches played in the final match to determine the winner. There was no third place match. Games were played in Lahore, Pakistan, between 20 and 30 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189898-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship\nThe 2007 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the second instance of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship. It was held from March 8 to 17 in Malaysia. The top three teams qualified for 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189899-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship\nThe Asian Football Confederations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007 was the 4th instance of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was held from October 5 to 16, 2007 at Chongqing in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189900-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification\nThis article include details of 2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship\nThe 2007 AFF Championship was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand and took place from 12 January to 4 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship\nIt was renamed from the Tiger Cup, due to the cup's main sponsor, Tiger Beer, not continuing their title sponsorship. This was the last event held at Singapore's National Stadium before its redevelopment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship\nSingapore set an AFF Cup record of a 15-match unbeaten run under coach Radojko Avramovi\u0107, stretching back to the 2004 AFF Championship, and 17-match unbeaten run since the 4\u20130 defeat at home to neighbours Malaysia in the same competition on 18 December 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship, Hosts\nThe 2007 AFF Cup was co-hosted by three-time champions, Thailand, and defending champions and eventual winners Singapore. The two hosts are the only two teams that have won the championship since its inception in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship, Qualification\nThe qualifying round for the lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia was held in Bacolod, Philippines from 12\u201320 November 2006. It was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the finals. This was the first time since 1998 where a qualification tournament was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship, Final tournament, Knockout stage\nNote: Although the knockout stages were two-legged, away goals rule was not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship, Final tournament, Knockout stage, Final\nAfter a group stage with two pools of four the two host nations met in a two-game final. In the first leg of the final, a controversial penalty was awarded to Singapore at the 83rd minute of the match, and the Thailand team walked off the pitch as a protest to the referee's decision. The Thailand team returned to the pitch at the 98th minute, and Singapore later won 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189901-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship, Final tournament, Knockout stage, Final\nIn the second leg of the final, Singapore had a goal controversially chalked off for being offside, but finally drew 1-1 to fellow co-host Thailand, with Khairul Amri scoring the decisive goal in the closing stages of the match, thus giving Singapore their 2nd title in succession, winning with an aggregate score of 3-2, and successfully defending the title. While Thailand can point to the controversial penalty for their defeat in the first leg, they failed to defeat Singapore in the Bangkok second-leg. It could have been worse for Thailand had the match officials seen Thai midfielder Datsakorn Thonglao head-butt Singapore's Khairul Amri to vent his anger after the equaliser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 62], "content_span": [63, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189902-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship qualification\nThis 2007 AFF Championship qualification was held in Bacolod, Philippines between 12 and 20 November 2006 for the lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams play in a round-robin tournament format and the winner and runner-up of the group qualify for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189902-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship qualification, Qualified Teams\nTeams who finished Top 2 on the group will qualify to the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189903-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Championship squads\nBelow are the squads for the 2007 AFF Championship co-hosted by Thailand and Singapore which took place between 12 January and 4 February 2007. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (12 January 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189904-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Futsal Championship\nThe 2007 AFF Futsal Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament. It took place from 26 March to 31 March 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189905-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship\nThe 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship was played for the third time in 2007. It was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 19 August to 2 September 2007. Nine nations took part, all from the ASEAN region. No guest nations were invited. The nine teams were drawn into 2 groups. One group of 5 nations and the second group of 4 nations. The winners and runners up would progress to the semi-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189906-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF U-20 Youth Championship\nThe AFF U-20 Youth Championship 2007 was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 31 July to 13 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189907-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFF Women's Championship\nThe 2007 AFF Women's Championship was hosted by Myanmar and was held from 6\u201315 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189908-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Army Award\nThe Australian Football League celebrates the best act of selflessness or one percenter of the season through the annual AFL Army Award competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final\nThe 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2007 AFL season. The match, attended by 97,302 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 119 points, the greatest winning margin in VFL/AFL grand final history. The victory marked Geelong's seventh premiership win, and ended its 44-year premiership drought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Background\nGeelong entered the season after finishing 10th in 2006. Geelong was the best performing side of the home and away season, finishing 12 points clear of second-placed Port Adelaide, with an 18\u20134 record and a percentage of 152.76, winning the McClelland Trophy. After opening the season with a 2\u20133 record, Geelong had lost only one game of its last 19 games: by five points against Port Adelaide at Skilled Stadium in Round 21 when Domenic Cassisi goaled with three seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Background\nThe grand final was Geelong's first appearance in a premiership decider since 1995 AFL Grand Final, where they lost to Carlton. Geelong defeated the Kangaroos in their qualifying final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by 106 points, earning them a second week bye, before they met Collingwood in a preliminary final showdown at the MCG. Geelong won a tight contest with the Magpies by 5 points in front of a crowd of 98,002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Background\nPort Adelaide had finished 12th the previous season, but rose 10 places to finish second on the ladder in 2007, with a 15\u20137 record and a percentage of 113.54. Port Adelaide had hosted reigning premiers West Coast Eagles at AAMI Stadium in their qualifying final, winning by three points after trailing all night. Having also earned a second week bye, they proceeded to the third week and hosted the Kangaroos in a preliminary final at AAMI Stadium, winning by 87 points. The 2007 AFL Grand Final was Port Adelaide's first since winning the 2004 Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Background\nIt was the first grand final fought between two teams that missed the finals the previous year since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Match summary\nThe grand final was a one-sided affair from start to finish. Geelong outscored Port Adelaide 5.7 (37) to 2.2 (14) in the opening quarter, with only inaccurate goalkicking preventing a greater advantage. They then kicked five goals in the first 12 minutes of the second quarter to extend the margin to 52 points, all but ending any chances Port Adelaide had. Seven goals to one in the third quarter extended the lead to 90 points, and another seven goals to one in the final quarter saw the lead balloon to a game-high 128 points, before eventually finishing at 119 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Match summary\nGeelong excelled in its defence\u2014which had been the best in the competition all season\u2014keeping the Power to their lowest score of the year. The backlines, led by Matthew Scarlett at full-back, repeatedly turned defence into attack, rushing the ball forward to support the forward line, as evidenced by Scarlett's tally of 29 disposals (tied with Corey Enright for Geelong's most disposals), rare for a team, especially a team who had won by a 100-point-plus margin. Half-forwards Paul Chapman and Steve Johnson kicked four goals each and set up numerous others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Match summary\nJohnson was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for his best-on-ground performance in the grand final after the Cats\u2019 triumph. Chapman's day included a high mark over Port Adelaide captain Warren Tredrea during the third quarter. Key forwards Cameron Mooney (five goals) and Nathan Ablett (three) also performed strongly. Power player Domenic Cassisi performed reasonably well against Geelong star Gary Ablett, Jr.; however, Geelong were still able to dominate the midfield, with Joel Corey, James Kelly, and Cameron Ling all making solid contributions, while Brad Ottens and Steven King both performing strongly in the ruck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Match summary\nThe match ended with Geelong winning by the score of 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44), recording the greatest winning margin in AFL grand final history, 119 points. This broke the previous record of 96 points set by Hawthorn against Melbourne in the 1988 VFL Grand Final; it was also, at the time, Port Adelaide's heaviest defeat in an AFL match (this record was surpassed twice in two consecutive weeks in 2011, culminating in a 165-point loss to Hawthorn). Geelong\u2019s 417 disposals was a new grand final record, while Port Adelaide became the only finals side in history to have more handballs than kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath\nThe Cats\u2019 win ended a 44-year premiership drought for the club. Their last flag had come in 1963, and since then the club had lost five grand finals. It was the first premiership won by a team from Victoria since Essendon\u2019s 2000 victory. It was the start of a period of sustained dominance by Geelong, which saw it win three premierships from four grand finals over a five-year period from 2007\u20132011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath\nAs of the conclusion of the 2021 season, this remains the last grand final appearance for Port Adelaide. The success of the 2007 season proved an aberration, as the club's rise from 12th to 2nd on the ladder in 2007 was followed by a drop to 13th in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Aftermath\nBecause the 44-year drought had been broken, celebrations in the homes, pubs, nightclubs, and streets of Geelong continued throughout the night and into the next day. The day after the grand final, around 30,000 fans turned out to welcome the team back to their home ground at Kardinia Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189909-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Grand Final, Norm Smith Medal\nSteve Johnson was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for being voted as the best-performing player of the match. He recorded 23 disposals, 9 marks, and 4 goals. Also polling were Paul Chapman (21 disposals, 7 marks, and 4 goals), and Matthew Scarlett (29 disposals and 8 marks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189910-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Mark of the Year\nThe Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. In 2007, this is officially known as the Toyota AFL Mark of the Year. Sports Tonight (late edition) shows both the Goal of the Year and Mark of the Year Nominations for the previous round on Wednesday nights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189911-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Rising Star\nThe NAB Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. This was the first time the winner was presented with the Ron Evans medal, with it being awarded annually since. The 2007 winner was Joel Selwood of the Geelong Football Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189911-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility\nEvery round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a standout young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189912-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Under 18 Championships\nThe 2007 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 12th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over three rounds across two divisions. Western Australia and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT) were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Larke Medal (for the best player in Division 1) was awarded to Western Australia's Cale Morton, and the Hunter Harrison Medal (for the best player in Division 2) was won by NSW/ACT midfielder Craig Bird.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189912-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Under 18 Championships, Under 18 All-Australian team\nThe 2007 Under 18 All-Australian team was named on 11 July 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189913-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL Women's National Championships\nThe 2007 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The tournament began on 11 June and ended on 16 July 2006. The 2006 tournament was the 16th Championship, the previous one being held in Sydney in 2006. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2006 Championship, defeating Western Australia in the final. It was Victoria's 15th successive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189914-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL draft\nThe 2007 Australian Football League draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the national draft, which was held on 24 November 2007, the pre-season draft and the rookie draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189914-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL draft, Player movements, Trades\n2007 was the first year that clubs were allowed to trade picks without the trade involving a player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189914-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL draft, Player movements, Retirements and delistings\nThe 2007 AFL season is notable for the unusually large number of players who retired, particularly senior and \"champion\" players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 60], "content_span": [61, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189914-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL draft, Draft firsts\nThis draft has been the first ever draft where elevated NSW scholarship players (Taylor Walker, Craig Bird, Ryan Davis, James Wilsen, Khan Haretuku) were drafted to their respective clubs by the draft under the rule, clubs must give up their last selection in either rookie or senior draft in order to draft that elevated scholarship player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 28], "content_span": [29, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series\nThe Australian Football League's 2007 Finals Series determined the top eight final positions of the 2007 AFL season. It began on the weekend of 7 September 2007 and ended with the 111th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2007. The Geelong Football Club were crowned the 2007 AFL Premiers, beating the Port Adelaide Football Club by 119 points to win their first premiership since 1963.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series\nThe eight teams qualified for the finals series by finishing in the top eight positions of the premiership ladder at the completion of the home and away series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, Ladder\nGeelong was easily the minor premier in 2007 and undisputed favourite coming into the Finals Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, The finals system\nThe system is a final eight system. This system is different to the McIntyre Final Eight System, which was previously used by the AFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, The finals system\nThe top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the \"double chance\" when they play in week-one qualifying finals; this means that if a top-four team loses in the first week, it still has a chance to redeem itself by getting a chance to play in a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight are forced to play what are called elimination finals, in which only the winners survive and move on to week two to play the losers of the qualifying finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, The finals system\nIn the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week, while the losers of those qualifying finals must play the winners of the elimination finals for a chance to play the qualifying finals winners. Home-ground advantage goes to the team with the higher seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, The finals system\nIn the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week, with the latter receiving home-ground advantage. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, where the new premier will be crowned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, Week Two, Second semi final (West Coast vs Collingwood)\nScores were tied at the end of regulation time, with both teams having scored 10.12 (72). Two five-minute periods of extra time were played to decide a winner. This was only the second time that extra time had been implemented since the provision to do so was introduced in the early 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 79], "content_span": [80, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189915-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 AFL finals series, Week Two, Second semi final (West Coast vs Collingwood)\nIn two coincidences, it was the drawn qualifying final between these two teams in 1990 which most directly led to the introduction of the extra time provision in the first place, and; it was the pairing of the weekend's other game, Hawthorn and the North Melbourne, who contested the only previous game to require extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 79], "content_span": [80, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189916-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL season\nThe 2007 Australian Football League season was the 111th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 18th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The regular season commenced on 30 March 2007 and concluded with the 2007 AFL Grand Final on 29 September 2007 with Geelong defeating Port Adelaide by 119 points, the highest ever winning margin in an AFL Grand Final, to claim the 2007 AFL premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189916-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AFL season, Win/Loss table\nBold\u00a0\u2013 Home gameX\u00a0\u2013 ByeOpponent for round listed above margin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189917-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships\nThe 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189917-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships\nThe competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189918-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the event known that year as the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 1 through October 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189918-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships\nThe men's draw included ATP No. 8, US Open semifinalist, Auckland and B\u00e5stad champion David Ferrer, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Halle winner Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, and Wimbledon semifinalist, Estoril runner-up and Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet. Also lined up were Las Vegas champion Lleyton Hewitt, Marseille and Halle semifinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivo Karlovi\u0107 and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189918-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships\nThe women's field was led by WTA No. 8, Wimbledon, Memphis and Seoul champion Venus Williams, recent Stanford and New Haven doubles titlist Sania Mirza, and Seoul runner-up, Kolkata winner Maria Kirilenko. Also present were French Open and Wimbledon doubles finalist Ai Sugiyama, Guangzhou titlist Virginie Razzano, Akiko Morigami, Aiko Nakamura and Flavia Pennetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189918-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles\nJordan Kerr / Robert Lindstedt defeated Frank Dancevic / Stephen Huss, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189918-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles\nSun Tiantian / Yan Zi defeated Chia-jung Chuang / Vania King, 1\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189919-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nAshley Fisher and Tripp Phillips were the defending champions, but Phillips chose not to participate, and only Fisher competed that year. Fisher partnered with Jim Thomas, but lost in the semifinals to Jordan Kerr and Robert Lindstedt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189919-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJordan Kerr and Robert Lindstedt won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Frank Dancevic and Stephen Huss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189920-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nRoger Federer was the defending champion, but chose not to participate in the 2007 event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189920-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nFirst-seeded David Ferrer beat Richard Gasquet in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189921-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nVania King and Jelena Kostani\u0107 were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Kostanic partnered with Jill Craybas, but lost in the first round to Camille Pin and Mar\u00eda Emilia Salerni. King partnered with Chia-jung Chuang, but Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi defeated them 1\u20136, 6\u20132, 10\u20136, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189922-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nMarion Bartoli was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189922-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nFifth-seeded Virginie Razzano won in the final 4\u20136, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 6\u20134, against first-seeded Venus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189923-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIHL season\nThe 2007 AIHL season was the eighth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 14 April 2007 until 26 August 2007, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 1 and 2 September 2007. The Adelaide Avalanche won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Bears won the Goodall Cup for the second time by defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189923-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AIHL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on 14 April 2007 and ran through to 26 August 2007 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189923-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 2 September 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189923-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 2 September 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189923-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs\nThe 2007 playoffs was scheduled for 1 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 2 September 2007. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the Penrith Ice Palace in Penrith, New South Wales. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by The Bears (2nd title) who defeated the Newcastle North Stars 3\u20132 in overtime after the two teams finished regulation time locked at 2\u20132. Bear's goaltender, Pekka Kankaanranta, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189924-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AIK Fotboll season\nAIK had a disappointing season, where the team did not win a single match in the wake of the sale of Brazilian star W\u00edlton Figueiredo, dropping out of the title chase, missing European qualification in the process. Argentine recruits Iv\u00e1n Obolo and Lucas Valdemar\u00edn impressed upon their arrivals, forming an impressive unit with Figueiredo, which was curtailed when Al-Rayyan bought Figueiredo in September. The defense was arguably AIK's greatest asset, conceding just 28 goals, led by keeper Daniel \u00d6rlund and new talisman Nils-Eric Johansson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189925-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AMA National Speedway Championship\nThe 2007 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, which were held at Costa Mesa (June 2), Auburn (June 11) and Auburn (August 31). Billy Hamill took the title, his third in total, winning two of the rounds in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189925-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format\nOver the course of 20 heats, each rider raced against every other rider once. The field was then split into sections of four riders, with the top four entering the 'A' Final. Points were then awarded depending on where a rider finished in each final. The points in the 'A' Final were awarded thus, 21, 18, 16 and 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189926-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AMA Superbike Championship\nThe 2007 AMA Superbike Championship is the 32nd season of the AMA Superbike Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189927-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup\nThe 2007 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup was the 9th edition of the AMF Futsal World Cup. It was held in several cities in the province of Mendoza (Argentina), from August 31 to September 9. It was organized by the Confederaci\u00f3n Argentina de F\u00fatbol de Sal\u00f3n (CAFS) and the Asociaci\u00f3n Mundial de Futsal (AMF) with the participation of 16 national teams. Paraguay was once again proclaimed as AMF Futsal World Champions when they defeated the host team, Argentina, in the final by a score of 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189927-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup\nThe matches were played in Las Heras, Luj\u00e1n de Cuyo, Maip\u00fa, Jun\u00edn, Godoy Cruz and San Rafael.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189928-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AMNRL season\nThe 2007 American National Rugby League season was the tenth annual American National Rugby League season of semi-professional rugby league football in North America. The season began on June 2, 2007 with a match between the Northern Raiders and the New York Knights, played at Pier 40 Stadium located on the Hudson River.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189928-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AMNRL season\nThe 2007 competition sees ten teams participating throughout nine round of the regular season, followed by the top six teams qualifying for the AMNRL playoff series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189928-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AMNRL season\nThe championship was won by the Connecticut Wildcats, who defeated the Aston DSC Bulls 20-18 at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, North Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189928-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AMNRL season, Regular Season Results, Championship Match\nThe 2007 Championship Grand Final match was played for the first time at a set location, being Hodges Stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189929-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ANAPROF Apertura\nThe ANAPROF Apertura 2007 season (officially \"Torneo Apertura 2007\") started on February 24, 2007. On May 27, 2007 the Apertura 2007 finalized with Tauro F.C. crowned seven time ANAPROF champion after beating San Francisco F.C. 2-0. Therefore, Tauro F.C. will participate in the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189930-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ANAPROF Clausura\nThe ANAPROF Clausura 2007 season (officially \"Torneo Clausura 2007\") started on August 3, 2007. On December 2, 2007 the Clausura 2007 finalized with San Francisco F.C. crowned four-time ANAPROF champion after beating Arabe Unido on penalties. Therefore both San Francisco F.C. and Arabe Unido will participate in the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards\nThe 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 18 September 2007 at the Auckland Town Hall, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Brooke Fraser for her song \"Albertine\", and singer Jordan Luck was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame as its inaugural member. This was also the first year that the finalists and winners were selected by online votes by APRA members instead of an anonymous panel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award\nThe Silver Scroll Award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award, Long list\nIn July 2007 a top-20 long list was announced. The list was selected by a panel of judges, with APRA members voting on it to select the five finalists and winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award, Long list\nBrooke Fraser \"Albertine\" (Brooke Fraser)Greg Johnson and Ted Brown \"Anyone Can Say Goodbye\" (Greg Johnson)Sean Donnelly \"Beautiful Haze\" (SJD)Sean Cunningham, Ben Campbell and Beth Campbell \"Crawl\" (Atlas)Ruban Nielson \"Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll Award, Long list\n(The Mint Chicks)Brooke Fraser \"Deciphering Me\" (Brooke Fraser)Neil Finn \"Don't Stop Now\" (Crowded House)Boh Runga \"For a While\" (Stellar)Miriam Clancy \"Girl About Town\" (Miriam Clancy)Hollie Smith and Jeremy Toy \"I Will Do\" (Hollie Smith)Sean Donnelly \"I Will Not Let You Down\" (Don McGlashan)Dann Hume and Jon Hume \"Light Surrounding You\" (Evermore)Jason Kerrison, Bobby Kennedy, Matt Treacy and Clinton Harris \"Maybe\" (Opshop)Redford Grenell, Devin Abrams, Nick Robinson, Sam Trevethick and Paora Apera \"One\" (Shapeshifter)Jeremy Toy, Julien Dyne, Lewis McCallum and Tyra Hammond \"Rise Up (part 2)\" (Opensouls)Liam Finn \"Second Chance\" (Liam Finn)Julia Deans, Andrew Bain and Simon Braxton \"The Way To Breathe\" (Fur Patrol)Victoria Girling-Butcher \"This Soldier\" (Lucid 3)Buzz Moller \"We're So Lost\" (Voom)Shayne Carter \"What's A Few Tears To the Ocean\" (Dimmer)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 930]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame\nSinger and songwriter Jordan Luck was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame by Mike Chunn. Luck was the inaugural member of the newly formed Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards\nFour other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in classical composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189931-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards\nOutside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented two genre awards in 2007. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the inaugural APRA Children\u2019s Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented at StarFest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189932-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ARAG World Team Cup\nThe 2007 ARAG World Team Cup was a tennis tournament play on outdoor clay courts. It was the 29th edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 250 series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, from 20 May through 26 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189932-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ARAG World Team Cup\nCroatia were the defending champions but they didn't participate in this edition. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the final, by two rubbers to one for their third title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189933-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ARCA Re/Max Series\nThe 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series was the 55th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 10, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway with the Daytona ARCA 200 and ended on October 14, 2007 at Toledo Speedway with the Hantz Group 200. Frank Kimmel, driving for Clement Racing, won the season championship, his eighth title in a row and ninth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189933-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ARCA Re/Max Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship\n(key) Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0\u2013 Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189934-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ARFU Asian Rugby Series\nThe 2007 ARFU Asian Rugby Series was the fourth edition of a tournament created by Asian Rugby Football Union for national teams. In 2008, it was replaced by the Asian Five Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189935-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASA Midwest Tour season\nThe 2007 ASA Kwik-Trip Midwest Tour presented by Echo Outdoor Power Equipment was the first season of the American Speed Association's Midwest Tour. The championship was held over 11 races, beginning April 28 in Elko, Minnesota, and ending October 7 in West Salem, Wisconsin. Nathan Haseleu was the champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189936-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASB Classic\nThe 2007 ASB Classic was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 1 \u2013 6 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189936-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ASB Classic, Finals, Doubles\nJanette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 / Paola Su\u00e1rez defeated Hsieh Su-wei / Shikha Uberoi, 6\u20130, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189937-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASB Classic \u2013 Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions, but neither chose to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189937-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ASB Classic \u2013 Doubles\nJanette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 and Paola Su\u00e1rez won the title, defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Shikha Uberoi 6\u20130, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189938-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASB Classic \u2013 Singles\nMarion Bartoli was the defending champion, but lost in the second round against \u00c9milie Loit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189938-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ASB Classic \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 won the title, beating Vera Zvonareva 7\u20136(11\u20139), 5\u20137, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189939-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASFA Soccer League\nThe 2007 season of the ASFA Soccer League was the twenty seventh season of association football competition in American Samoa. Konica FC won the championship, their second recorded title, with the winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189939-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ASFA Soccer League, League Setup\nThe league was initially based on two groups of seven teams who played each other on a round robin basis, the top two qualifying for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189940-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASP World Tour\nThe ASP World Tour is a professional competitive surfing league. It is run by the Association of Surfing Professionals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189941-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ASTRA Awards\nThe 5th Annual ASTRA Awards were presented on Monday 23 April 2007 at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189941-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ASTRA Awards\nFour new awards was added to the Marketing and Promotions category this year:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189941-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ASTRA Awards\nPerformers at the awards included Australian acts, Evermore, Sneaky Sound System, and Juke Kartel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250\nThe 2007 AT&T 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race that took place on June 23, 2007. Held at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, the race was the 17th of 35 in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season. Aric Almirola of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) was the listed winner of the race, Richard Childress Racing's Scott Wimmer finished second, and Braun Racing's Jason Leffler finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250\nThe race became controversial because of a driver change made by the No. 20 JGR team. Almirola qualified the car on pole position, though Gibbs intended to have NASCAR Nextel Cup Series regular Denny Hamlin run the race. The Cup Series was racing that weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, and Hamlin's helicopter could not find a landing spot at the track in time for the start of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250\nAlmirola was thus forced to start the race and ran the first 59 laps before he was pulled out of the car under caution; Hamlin finished the race and came from behind to win after losing a lap to the leaders during the driver change. NASCAR rules say the driver who starts the race gets credit for the result, making Almirola the official race winner. The driver change frustrated Almirola, who proceeded to leave the track before the race ended, and it was further criticized by ESPN writer Terry Blount, who called the substitution \"a Busch-league move.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250\nThe win for which Almirola was given credit was the first of his Busch Series career. Carl Edwards, who led nearly half of the race for Roush Fenway Racing (RFR), recovered from a flat tire to finish eighth, maintaining a significant lead in the Drivers' Championship. Edwards's No. 60 RFR team also maintained their Owners' Championship lead, and Chevrolet continued to lead the Manufacturers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Background\nThe Busch Series first came to the Milwaukee Mile in the 1984 and 1985 seasons before taking a seven-year absence from visiting the track. It returned to the schedule in 1993 and had been on the series calendar every year since then leading up to the 2007 edition of the race. The track itself was originally built as a horse racing track, and it later held its first automobile race in 1903, making it the oldest motor racing track in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Background\nEntering the race, the last two Busch Series races at Milwaukee had been won by Johnny Sauter and Paul Menard, both from Wisconsin. Four Wisconsin-born drivers entered the race hoping to continue the trend: Scott Wimmer, Todd Kluever, Kelly Bires, and Frank Kreyer. Wimmer, who entered the race with three consecutive top-five finishes and five straight top-tens, stated, \"It's really exciting anytime I go back to Wisconsin for racing, especially The Milwaukee Mile. I've been going there since I can remember and watching a lot of great drivers racing out there.\" He also expressed excitement at the prospect of winning the upcoming race, saying, \"It would really be neat to win a race there. I think that any Wisconsin driver, no matter what series, wants to win there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Background\nCarl Edwards led the Drivers' Championship entering the race with 2,534 points. Dave Blaney followed in second with 1,833, while Kevin Harvick was third with 1,798. David Reutimann, Regan Smith, David Ragan, Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Bobby Hamilton Jr., and Jason Leffler rounded out the top ten. Jack Roush, owner of Edwards' No. 60 car, led the Owners' Championship, also with 2,534 points. Richard Childress's No. 29 team, shared by Wimmer and Jeff Burton, followed in second with 2,323, while Joe Gibbs's No. 20, Childress's No. 21, and DeLana Harvick's No. 33 teams completed the top-five. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with 115 points; Ford, Dodge, and Toyota followed with 109, 69, and 59 respectively. Menard, the defending race winner, did not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Practice and qualifying\nTwo practice sessions were held the morning and afternoon before the evening race. With a time of 29.981 seconds, Wimmer was the quickest in the opening session ahead of Aric Almirola, Stephen Leicht, Reutimann, and Shane Huffman. Positions six through ten were occupied by Hamilton, Erik Darnell, Travis Kvapil, Todd Bodine, and Kelly Bires. In the second practice session, Wimmer was once again quickest with a lap time of 29.821 seconds, followed by Almirola, Johnny Benson Jr., Brad Coleman, Jason Keller, Leffler, Darnell, Huffman, Scott Lagasse Jr., and Leicht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 46], "content_span": [47, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Practice and qualifying\nForty-four cars entered qualifying; due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, only forty-three could race. Almirola qualified his No. 20 car on pole position with a time of 29.608 seconds. Almirola was set to step aside for the race, however, as Nextel Cup Series regular Denny Hamlin was scheduled to travel from Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California to compete in the Saturday night event in Milwaukee. Almirola, who also qualified Hamlin's car on the pole the year before, commented, \"Man, two poles in a row at Milwaukee and I don't get to race. Something's got to be set for that. I'll sit on the pit box and watch. I've got a lot to learn about racing these Busch cars and Denny is really, really good, so I'll just sit there and listen and learn all I can from Denny.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 46], "content_span": [47, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Practice and qualifying\nAlmirola was joined on the front row by Leffler, while Wimmer, Coleman, and Huffman rounded out the top-five qualifiers. Bodine, Benson, Reutimann, Edwards, and Lagasse made up positions six through ten. Danny Efland was the only driver who failed to qualify as he did not set a qualifying time. Edwards replaced Kvapil in the No. 60 car after practice, qualifying in ninth. Like Hamlin, Edwards was also traveling from Sonoma and nearly missed qualifying, later remarking, \"One minute later, we wouldn't have made it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 46], "content_span": [47, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Race\nThe 250-lap race began at 8:00\u00a0p.m. EDT, and was televised live in the United States on ESPN2. Hamlin's helicopter could not find a place to land in the infield; the helicopter pad was blocked by parked cars, forcing Hamlin to land elsewhere and arrive late via ground transportation. Hamlin was thus unable to start the race in Almirola's car, forcing Almirola to start the race himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Race\nRagan, the third Nextel Cup regular traveling to the track from Sonoma along with Hamlin and Edwards, replaced Darnell in Roush's No. 6 car; Ragan was forced to move to the rear of the field because of the driver swap and an engine change, as was Chase Miller who went to a backup car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Race\nAlmirola maintained his lead from pole position for the first 43 laps before being passed by Edwards. The caution had been displayed on lap 30 due to oil on the track in turn four, and shortly after the lap 43 restart, Edwards took over the lead of the race. On lap 57, Ron Hornaday Jr. was involved in an accident, prompting another caution period. It was under this caution period that the Gibbs team elected to make the driver change, and Hamlin took over driving the car for the remainder of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Race\nHamlin lost a lap and fell to 34th place, remaining a lap down until lap 149 when he received the free pass, allowing him to return to the lead lap. Edwards, meanwhile, continued to lead the race for a total of 123 laps, before Mike Wallace assumed the race lead. Six laps later, on lap 173, Hamlin completed his comeback drive to retake the lead for the No. 20 team. Edwards, meanwhile, suffered misfortune in the form of a flat right rear tire around the same period in the race, forcing him to pit with 77 laps remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Race\nOn lap 223, Kreyer was involved in an accident, causing the caution to be displayed again. Wimmer assumed the lead after pit stops, holding it until the caution came out again for Kevin Hamlin's accident. On the restart, Wimmer battled for the lead with Leffler, while Hamlin made it three-wide to retake the lead with 13 laps to go. Marc Mitchell, Richard Johns, and Brent Sherman crashed on lap 244, requiring another caution to be displayed. The race restarted with four laps remaining, with Hamlin retaining the lead to the finish. Since NASCAR rules credit the finishing position to the starting driver, Almirola was awarded the win. Wimmer, Leffler, and Coleman followed in second through fourth, while Keller, Bodine, Reutimann, Edwards, Benson, and Huffman completed the top-ten. Hamlin's margin of victory over Wimmer was .502 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nHamlin after the race, explaining his hesitancy to get in the car", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nHamlin appeared in Victory Lane to represent Almirola's first career win in front of a crowd of 41,900 attendants, earning $66,823 for the victory; both the win and the prize money were credited to Almirola, while team president J.\u00a0D.\u00a0Gibbs confirmed that Almirola would receive the winner's check. Hamlin credited Almirola for putting the team in a good position prior to the race, saying Almirola \"did all the hard work.\" Runner-up Wimmer was taken aback that Gibbs elected to make the driver change: \"I was surprised they did it, because Aric was running a good race.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nHe also believed fewer caution periods may have given him a better chance to win the race, saying, \"I just drove as hard as I could, and unfortunately we weren't as good on the short runs. We'd get going after 20 laps, and I didn't need those cautions. Maybe we'll get a win one day. Maybe we won't. I don't know.\" Gibbs explained that Almirola was frustrated after being taken out of the car: \"He's upset. I left a message for him [Saturday] night. I know he's upset. I would be too if I'm in his shoes.\" He also expressed relief that Hamlin was able to win the race, arguing, \"Thank goodness he won. It would have looked bad if he didn't.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nWhen explaining why the team made the decision to put Hamlin in the car, Gibbs said, \"I told those guys as a group, if you think Denny can get in the car and win the race, let's go. Let's do that. If you don't think he can do that, let Aric run it out. Our guys kind of thought about it as a group and said, 'OK, we think Denny can run well and we're fast enough to win the race.' That was a huge discouragement of course to Aric.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nOther reasons included sponsorship obligations with Rockwell Automation, which sponsored the No. 20 car. Coleman, a Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, believed, \"That might have had something to do with it.\" Almirola also expressed his belief that Rockwell, who are headquartered in Wisconsin, wanted Hamlin to drive during the race. \"I totally understand the Gibbs side of the situation. You need that Cup superstar to sell sponsorship. It's not easy to sell sponsorship for somebody who hasn't proven themselves yet, and I understand that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nAt the time, in the heat of the moment, I was deep in the battle of the race. I didn't totally agree and understand the situation. But looking back on it now, I understand it. Rockwell's invested a lot in Denny Hamlin and Joe Gibbs Racing, so they deserved everything they got there at Milwaukee. They deserved to have their racecar in the spotlight and I was happy that I got the pole for them and that Denny won the race.\" He also said he did not consider himself to have won his first career race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0015-0003", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\n\"I feel like I was a part of it, but by no way, shape or form do I feel like that was my first victory. I feel like my first victory is still to come and I'll actually be in the car when it crosses the start-finish line for that one.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nThe driver change also attracted criticism from ESPN journalist Terry Blount, who called it \"a Busch-league move,\" writing, \"As if we don't have enough Cup dominance in the Busch Series, now they're replacing Busch drivers after a race starts.\" He continued, \"Almirola was furious. Good for him. He should be furious. If a driver isn't angry about getting pulled from the car in the middle of a race, then he needs to take up another profession.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nEdwards, who led the most laps and recovered to finish eighth after dominating the early stages of the race, insisted the night was \"still fun,\" saying, \"It was pretty frustrating. But you know what's cool? We raced hard and we had a lot of fun racing here at Milwaukee. Congratulations to Denny Hamlin. I can't believe they did a driver switch and he still won the race; that's pretty awesome\u00a0... we just kind of had a bad luck night.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nThe result kept Edwards in the lead in the Drivers' Championship with a new total of 2,686 points. Reutimann and Ragan improved their positions to second and third (albeit 776 and 846 points behind) respectively, while Blaney and Kevin Harvick fell to fourth and fifth. Leffler, Ambrose, Hamilton, Smith, and Leicht rounded out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189942-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 AT&T 250, Report, Post-race comments\nRoush's No. 60 team also maintained the lead in a much closer Owners' Championship with 2,686 points; Wimmer's strong second-place finish left Childress's No. 29 team only 188 points behind Roush, while Gibbs's No. 20, Childress's No. 21, and DeLana Harvick's No. 33 remained third, fourth, and fifth. Chevrolet maintained their lead in the Manufacturers' Championship with 124 points; Ford, Dodge, and Toyota followed with 113, 72, and 65 respective points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 41], "content_span": [42, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189943-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires\nThe 2007 ATP Buenos Aires was a professional men's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was part of the International Series on the 2007 ATP Tour and was held from 19 February through 26 February 2007. Unseeded Juan M\u00f3naco won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189943-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires\nThis was the fourth tournament of the season (alongside Adelaide, Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Delray Beach and Las Vegas) that implemented a 24-player Round Robin tournament for the singles competition, as part of the round-robin trials proposed during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189943-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires, Finals, Doubles\nMart\u00edn Garc\u00eda / Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto defeated Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s / Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189944-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Leo\u0161 Friedl were the defending champions, but \u010cerm\u00e1k did not participate this year. Friedl partnered Michael Kohlmann, losing in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189944-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Doubles\nMart\u00edn Garc\u00eda and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto won the title, defeating Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s and Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo 6\u20134, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189945-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles\nCarlos Moy\u00e1 was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the Round Robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189945-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles\nJuan M\u00f3naco won the title, defeating Alessio di Mauro 6\u20131, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189945-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles, Draw, Round robin\nDue to Gaudio's withdrawal from the tournament, di Mauro advanced to Quarterfinals based on head-to-head results against Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189945-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles, Draw, Round robin\nDue to Lapentti's withdrawal from the tournament, Devilder advanced to Quarterfinals based on head-to-head results against Ferrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189945-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nPrior to the Round Robin and after the completion of the Qualifying draws, the 16 players with the lowest tier in the tournament (4 qualifiers, 3 wild cards, 1 lucky loser, 2 special exempts and 6 based on ATP Rankings) competed in the Elimination Round in order to get one of the 8 last spots into the Round Robin competition. Winners in this round entered as Main Entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189945-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Buenos Aires \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nRR-LL: Berlocq, Van\u011bk and Dlouh\u00fd entered the Round Robin competition as Lucky Losers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189946-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Challenger Series\nThe ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2007 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 174 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189947-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Masters Series\nThe ATP Masters Series is part of the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP called the ATP Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189947-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Masters Series\nThe table below shows the 2007 ATP Masters Series schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189947-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Masters Series\nThe tournaments in the ATP Masters Series were mandatory for the top players, but there is no ranking for Masters events only. Masters events count for more ranking points than International Series events, but fewer than Grand Slam events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour\nThe 2007 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2007 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, Round-robin trial\nIn August 2006 the ATP announced that it would conduct a trial of the round-robin tournament format during the 2007 season. ATP Executive Chairman Etienne De Villiers claimed their research showed a preference for this tournament setup among fans, tournaments and media. In a round-robin tournament each player competes once against every other player in his group. The only men's tournament using this format was the season-ending event but all regular tournaments, including the Grand Slams, used the traditional elimination or knock-out system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, Round-robin trial\nThe round-robin format would be tested at 13 events during the 2007 ATP Tour but the Masters Series events and the Grand Slam tournaments were excluded from the experiment. The Adelaide International was scheduled as the pilot. Initial reactions from players were mixed, with Rafael Nadal in favor of the scheme and Roger Federer opposed. In early March 2007 at the Las Vegas Channel Open there was controversy when the ATP decided that James Blake had qualified for the quarterfinals only to revert that decision hours later. Player reactions became increasingly negative, claiming the format was confusing and could enable match-fixing. On 21 March 2007 the ATP announced that it had abandoned the experiment and had decided that the remaining scheduled round-robin tournaments would revert to the single-elimination form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 32], "content_span": [33, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, ATP rankings\n+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prizemoney level in that category. $/\u20ac25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/\u20ac50,000. Moniesshown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, ATP rankings\n(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, ATP rankings\nIn addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series andInternational Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, ATP rankings\n(*): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 27], "content_span": [28, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189948-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ATP Tour, Retirements\nFollowing is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2007 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189949-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Aaron's 499\nThe 2007 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Season, and was run on April 29, 2007, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. This race was the second of the four restrictor plate races on the NASCAR schedule .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189949-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Aaron's 499\nJeff Gordon won this race to pass Dale Earnhardt on the all-time NASCAR list at 77 wins. After he crossed the checkered flag, some spectators threw bottles, cans, and even toilet paper at the #24 car he drove for Hendrick Motorsports. As a result of this incident, in spite of warnings before the race by NASCAR and organizers, a total of 14 people were arrested, and Talladega management revoked their ticket-buying privileges. However, a loophole was later discovered through which these banned fans could buy tickets from third-party ticket brokers, such as StubHub. The race's other top finishers included Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, David Gilliland, and Jamie McMurray in that order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189949-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Aaron's 499\nThe race ended with an aborted green-white-checkered finish. Several cars were involved, including Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, McMurray, and Gilliland. Harvick and McMurray were later fined $25,000 and placed on probation for their actions during this accident. The finish had been triggered by an engine failure in the #00 car driven by David Reutimann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189949-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Aaron's 499, Qualifying\nIn qualifying, both Jeff Gordon and David Gilliland would tie for having the same time. The pole was given to Jeff Gordon, who had more owners points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189950-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Aberdeen City Council election\nThe 2007 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council, at the same time as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 43 single-member wards, which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189950-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Aberdeen City Council election\nThe results saw the council remain under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189951-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Aberdeenshire Council election\nElections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 19 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 68 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189951-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Aberdeenshire Council election\nThe council remained under no overall control and a coalition was formed between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189952-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abia State gubernatorial election\nThe Abia State gubernatorial election of 2007 was the third gubernatorial election of Abia State. The Progressive Peoples Alliance nominee Theodore Orji was declared winner after defeating Onyema Ugochukwu of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189953-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nThe 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the men's tournament (7th for the women) of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco, Mexico, from February 26 through March 3, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189953-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nThe men's draw was led by former World No. 1, Cincinnati Masters and Costa do Sau\u00edpe runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero, Kitzb\u00fchel titlist and Auckland semifinalist Agust\u00edn Calleri, and Buenos Aires semifinalist Nicol\u00e1s Almagro. Other seeded players were defending finalist and Costa do Sau\u00edpe semifinalist Juan Ignacio Chela, Stuttgart doubles winner Gast\u00f3n Gaudio, Nicol\u00e1s Mass\u00fa, Jos\u00e9 Acasuso and Carlos Moy\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189953-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel\nIn the women's field were present Tokyo and Quebec City champion Marion Bartoli, Gold Coast semifinalist and Bogot\u00e1 runner-up Tathiana Garbin, and ITF Bordeaux winner Martina M\u00fcller. Other seeds were Bangkok and Quebec City semifinalist S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond, 2005 Acapulco champion and Bogot\u00e1 semifinalist Flavia Pennetta, Gisela Dulko, Sybille Bammer and Nicole Pratt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189953-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Men's Doubles\nPotito Starace / Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello defeated Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd / Pavel V\u00edzner, 6\u20130, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189953-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Finals, Women's Doubles\nLourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino / Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated \u00c9milie Loit / Nicole Pratt, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189954-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Leo\u0161 Friedl were the defending champions, but \u010cerm\u00e1k chose not to participate, and only Friedl competed that year. Friedl partnered with Michael Kohlmann, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jordan Kerr and David \u0160koch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189954-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Doubles\nPotito Starace and Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20132, against Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Pavel V\u00edzner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189955-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Singles\nLuis Horna was the defending champion, but retired due to a right leg injury, in the first round against Gast\u00f3n Gaudio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189955-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Men's Singles\nJuan Ignacio Chela won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20132), against Carlos Moy\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189956-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but neither chose to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189957-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Singles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189957-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel \u2013 Women's Singles\n\u00c9milie Loit won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20130), 6\u20134 against Flavia Pennetta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident\nThe 2007 Georgia plane downing incident refers to the possible downing, by Georgia's anti-aircraft system, of a military plane that violated Georgia's air space on August 21, 2007. It is still not confirmed by Georgia whether the plane was downed. Abkhazia's break-away government stated that a plane crashed, and rejected the claim that it was shot down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nOn the official website of the Georgia's Foreign Ministry a statement was published that on August 21 a fighter jet flying from Russia twice violated Georgian airspace in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region. It further reported that Georgian anti-aircraft systems tracked the incursions and that an official note of protest demanding an explanation had been sent to Russia's Foreign Ministry. According to Georgia the planes were flying at a speed of between 450 and 490 km/h (about 280 to 300\u00a0mph). While at first it seemed that a second similar incident happened on August 22, it later appeared to be the same incident as that of August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nA senior Georgian government official stated on 24 August that Georgian forces had fired at the allegedly Russian aircraft. He could not confirm whether the plane was shot down, but added that a nearby section of forest, in Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge (Upper Abkhazia), was on fire, and Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said residents reported hearing \"an explosion\" after Georgian forces fired on the plane. Investigators have been dispatched to examine whether the plane was downed. Georgian officials said that the possible downing was not reported earlier because they were still checking information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nOn August 26, the Georgian Foreign Ministry\u2019s website published a statement saying that from August 20\u201322, the \"continuous violation of Georgian airspace was observed by the radars of the Defense Ministry and eyewitnesses\" in Upper Abkhazia. Utiashvili explained that \"these planes entered from, and returned to, Russia, therefore we think they were Russian planes. This is why we want Russia to take part in the investigation.\" Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mandzhgaladze stated earlier that Georgia was close to participating in a NATO program that would integrate Georgia's radar system into that of NATO. This would give the alliance more information about Georgia's airspace and would help determine the truth if similar incidents would occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident, Reactions and views, Russia\nThe Russian Ministry of Defence denied the accusation and General Yuri Baluyevsky dismissed Georgia's claim of Russian planes violating its airspace as \"hallucinations\" because \"warplanes do not fly at such speed. Even helicopters fly at only slightly lower speeds.\" Russia also suggested that Georgian leaders fabricated the incidents to derail planned consultations about South Ossetia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident, Reactions and views, Russia\nOn August 26, the Russian Ministry of Defence strongly denied that Russian jets violated Georgian territory, referring to Georgia's accusation that Russian jets violated Georgia's air space continuously during August 20\u201322. Aleksandr Drobyshevsky said that \"All our jets were at the airdromes at the time when the ostensible intrusion into Georgian airspace took place,\u201c as saying. He added that Air Force jets \"didn't make any flights in the area.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189958-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazia plane downing incident, Reactions and views, Abkhazia\nThe de facto foreign minister of Abkhazia, Sergei Shamba, confirmed on August 26 that an unidentified plane went down over its territory this week and said that he believed it to be a Georgian plane or perhaps even a US spy plane. He further added the plane \"has in the past repeatedly violated our airspace. It went down by itself, no one downed it.\" He said the plane came from the Black Sea and went down in the mountains of Upper Abkhazia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189959-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian local elections\nOn 11 February 2007, Abkhazia held local elections for the 4th convocations of its local assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189959-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian local elections, City of Sukhumi\nThe 26 seats of the Sukhumi Municipal assembly were contested by 66 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189959-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian local elections, City of Sukhumi, Reruns in constituencies no. 3, 19 and 26\nElections in constituencies no. 3, 19 and 26 were judged invalid, in the latter two cases because turnout had not surpassed 25%. Reruns were scheduled for 1 April, with the nomination period running from 20 February to 12 March and the registration period from 13 to 22 March. A total of eleven candidates were nominated in the three constituencies. All eleven were successfully registered, but Aslan Muratia later withdrew from the election in constituency no. 3 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189959-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian local elections, City of Sukhumi, Reruns in constituencies no. 3, 19 and 26\nIn constituency no. 3, the student Daur Dgebia defeated Said Alania and Kiazo Agumava, in constituency no. 19 Rolan Alan, Head of the computer centre of the Sukhumi branch of the Novocherkassk Industrial College of Humanities defeated Mikhail Gabelia and Elza Khagba and in constituency no. 26, Roland Gamgia, Chief Specialist with the Municipal Financial Authority defeated Valerian Aslandzia, Timur Kishmaria and Jansukh Chamagua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189959-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian local elections, Districts\nIn Sukhumi District, 13 candidates competed in 12 single-seat constituencies, in Gagra 53 candidates in 25 constituencies, in Gudauta 35 candidates in 29 constituencies, in Gulripsh 18 candidates in 15 constituencies and in Ochamchira 39 or 43 candidates in 32 constituencies. In Tquarchal 5 candidates stood unopposed while 12 constituencies had more than one candidates. In Gali, all 25 candidates stood unopposed. All elections were judged valid by the Election Commissions except for the election in Ochamchira's Shesheleti constituency where a typo had occurred on the ballot papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189960-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Abkhazia on 4 March 2007, with a second round in seventeen constituencies on 18 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189960-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe 35 members of the People's Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system. A total of 189 polling stations were used for the elections, with 129,650 registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189960-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Campaign\nA total of 136 candidates were nominated, including 26 MPs. The Community Party was the only party to formally nominate candidates, with all other candidates nominated by initiative groups. The Central Election Commission approved the registration of 130 candidates, of which 22 withdrew before election day. They included 92 Abkhazians, 10 Armenians, 5 Georgians, 4 Russians and one Ukrainian. President Sergei Bagapsh stressed the necessity of having a multi-ethnic parliament, where all the minorities were represented. He also stated that the prevailing issue of the election campaign was achieving international recognition for the de facto independent state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189960-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThree parties supported Bagapsh; the United Abkhazia, Aitaira and Amtsakhara, whilst the Forum of Abkhaz People\u2019s Unity supported Vice President Raul Khadjimba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189960-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Results\nOf the 35 elected members, 28 supported President Bagapsh, seven the opposition. 26 were ethnic Abkhaz, three Russian, three Armenian, two Georgian and one Turkish. Voter turnout was 47.25% in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189960-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Abkhazian parliamentary election, Reactions\nNeither Georgia nor the EU recognised the elections citing a lack of participation by Georgian refugees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189961-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Abu Dhabi Series\nThe Abu Dhabi Series, also known as the Warid Cricket Series, was a cricket tournament, contested between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, from 18 to 22 May 2007. It was hosted on neutral soil, all 3 ODIs being played at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It will be the first matches played by either side since the conclusion of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan went on to win the series 2-1, only losing the final match of the series. All 3 matches were Day/Night matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189961-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Abu Dhabi Series, Squad lists, Squad changes, Pakistan\nFollowing the retirement of Inzamam-ul-Haq after Pakistan's shock World Cup Group Stage exit, Pakistan named Shoaib Malik as ul-Haq's successor as captain. Younis Khan and Shoaib Akhtar were both dropped - Akhtar for his fitness, whilst Khan is playing English county cricket with Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Salman Butt was recalled to the team after 9 months out of the side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189961-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Abu Dhabi Series, Squad lists, Squad changes, Sri Lanka\nOnly nine of the fifteen players in the Sri Lankan squad who were present for their 2007 World Cup campaign are in the squad for the Abu Dhabi Series - Russel Arnold retired following the World Cup, whilst Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Chaminda Vaas were all rested in order to be given the opportunity to play for their respective English county cricket teams. Young bowler Nuwan Kulasekara was dropped from the side, as well as former captain Marvan Atapattu, with Sri Lanka Cricket explaining they wanted to give experience to younger players, such as Malinda Warnapura who had earlier impressed for Sri Lanka A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189961-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Abu Dhabi Series, Squad lists, Squad changes, Coaches\nBoth teams had experienced recent changes in coaches: Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer died in the West Indies following the team's exit from the World Cup - the investigation into his death, amidst claims of murder, is still ongoing. No full-time coach had been named before the series, although there has been speculation as to current Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore taking over once he steps down at the end of India's tour of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka's coach Tom Moody announced his intention to leave Sri Lanka and return to Australia to coach the Western Warriors following the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189963-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Acropolis International Basketball Tournament\nThe Acropolis International Tournament 2007 was a basketball tournament held in OAKA Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, from August 20 until August 22, 2007. This was the 21st edition of the Acropolis International Basketball Tournament. The four participating teams were Greece, Lithuania, Slovenia and Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189964-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Acropolis Rally\nResults of Acropolis Rally (54th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece), 8th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on May 31 - June 3:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189965-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Acura Classic\nThe 2007 Acura Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States which was part of Tier I of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from July 30 through August 5, 2007. First-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles title and earned $181,980 first-prize money as well as 430 ranking points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189965-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Acura Classic, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Victoria Azarenka / Anna Chakvetadze 7\u20135, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189966-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Acura Classic \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but chose to participate with different partners. Stubbs teamed up with Kveta Peschke and was eliminated in the second round. Black paired up with Liezel Huber and together they won the title after defeating Victoria Azarenka and Anna Chakvetadze 7\u20135, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189966-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Acura Classic \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189967-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Acura Classic \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova successfully defended her title, by defeating Patty Schnyder in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189967-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Acura Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189968-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Adamawa State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Adamawa State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Adamawa State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Murtala Nyako won the election, defeating Joel Madaki of the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189968-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Adamawa State gubernatorial election, Results\nMurtala Nyako from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Joel Madaki from the Labour Party. Registered voters was 1,315,950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival\nThe 3rd Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, South Australia, from 22 February to 4 March 2007. Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director. Rolf de Heer received the 2007 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival\nThe festival opened with Lucky Miles, directed by Michael James Rowland, and closed with Dr. Plonk, directed by Rolf de Heer. Both films had received funding from the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival\nIn all, the festival presented twelve new Australian movies in which it had invested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival\nThe inaugural Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the Chinese film Still Life, directed and written by Jia Zhang-ke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival, Competition, Jury\nThe following people were selected for the In Competition Jury:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival, Competition, In Competition\nThe following films were selected for the In Competition section:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival, Awards\nThe Don Dunstan Award was won by Rolf de Heer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189969-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Film Festival, Festival poster and controversy\nThe festival's poster depicted a film festival \"Eyeball guy\" concept. Developed originally by Marketing Manager and Graphic Designer . A small controversy arose when a similar poster design was employed for the 28th Durban International Film Festival (20 June to 1 July 2007). After discussions, the coincidence was eventually put down to \"synchronicity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189970-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Sevens\nThe 2007 Adelaide Sevens, promoted as the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide 2007, was a rugby sevens tournament that was part of the IRB Sevens World Series in the 2006\u201307 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held over the weekend of 7 and 8 April at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189970-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Sevens\nIt was the first such tournament in Adelaide, and replaced the Singapore Sevens. The competition was won by Fiji who defeated Samoa 21\u20137 in the Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189970-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Sevens\nThe tournament was the fourth completed edition of the Australian Sevens, with the event returning after a three-year absence following the 2003 Brisbane Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189970-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Sevens, Format\nThe teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189970-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Sevens, Pool stage\nPlay on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189970-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Adelaide Sevens, Finals\nPlay on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189971-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships\nThe 5th Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Szombathely, Hungary, November 18\u201325, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189972-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa Cup\nThe 2007 Africa Cup was the eighth edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involved twelve teams that were divided into two zones (North and South). Each zone was then divided into two pools of three. Each pool winner then qualified for a semi-final; the semi-final winners then played each other in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189972-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa Cup, Pool stage\nBonus point system: 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 for a loss, 1 point for scoring four tries in a game, 1 point for losing by seven or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash\nThe 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash occurred when a twin engine Antonov An-26, belonging to the Congolese air carrier Africa One, crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 4, 2007. The flight left N'djili at 10:43 local time bound for Tshikapa, a distance of 650\u00a0km to the east.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Background\nThe flight was variously reported as operated by El Sam Airlines or Malila Airlift, with the aircraft leased from Africa One. Both carriers are on the list of air carriers banned in the EU, as are all but one of the Congolese airlines. The aircraft was an Antonov An-26, registered 9Q-COS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Background\nThe flight was a commercial cargo flight carrying at least 28, including a flight crew of five. The flight manifest stated that there were 16 passengers aboard, but more boarded the flight shortly before takeoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Crash\nThe Russian foreign ministry reports that the aircraft lost a propeller, then a wing struck an obstacle, shearing the wing off prior to crashing. Striking a market before coming to rest at a residence at 77 Mayulu Av in the Kingasani district of the Kimbanseke commune, at least 30 people on the ground were killed. The reports of survivors are conflicting: initial reports had all aboard killed, including the Russian pilot, copilot and flight engineer, yet later Reuters reported that an on-board mechanic survived, while Associated Press claims a flight attendant also survived, bringing the total number of survivors to two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Crash, Mechanic's account\nThe on-board mechanic, M. D\u00e9d\u00e9 Ngamba, was possibly the sole surviving passenger. His description (in French) was,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Crash, Mechanic's account\nNous avons d\u00e9coll\u00e9 apr\u00e8s trois minutes de taxi. Aussit\u00f4t, j\u2019ai constat\u00e9 que l\u2019avion s\u2019est mis \u00e0 tanguer. L\u2019effort du pilote de faire monter l\u2019avion est demeur\u00e9 vain. C\u2019est alors que l\u2019h\u00f4tesse m\u2019a dit de mettre la ceinture de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. En ce moment, l\u2019avion a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 voler plus bas et il a percut\u00e9 un palmier et perdu une aile. Ensuite, il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 percuter des maisons. Tous les colis des marchandises qui \u00e9taient \u00e0 bord ont fait mouvement vers l\u2019avant de l\u2019avion. J\u2019ai aper\u00e7u \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de moi un trou par lequel je suis sorti sans savoir comment, et je suis tomb\u00e9 sur une flaque d\u2019eau sablonneuse. J\u2019ai pu alors contempler les flammes de l\u2019avion qui consumait. Il ne s\u2019agissait pas d\u2019un poids exag\u00e9r\u00e9. C\u2019est une simple d\u00e9faillance m\u00e9canique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Crash, Mechanic's account\nWe had taken off after taxiing for three minutes. At once, I noted that the plane started to pitch. The effort of the pilot to right the plane remained vain. At this point in time the stewardess told me to put on my seat belt. At that time, the plane started to fly low and it struck a palm tree and lost a wing. Then it started to strike houses. All the parcels of goods which were on board shifted toward the front of the plane. I noticed beside me a hole by which I left without knowing how, and I fell into a mud puddle. I then could contemplate the flames which consumed the plane. It was not about excess weight. It's a simple mechanical failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Aftermath\nThe crash was similar to the 1996 Air Africa crash, which also involved an Antonov An-32 overshooting the runway (albeit at Kinshasa's other airport N'Dolo) with massive casualties on the ground. The DRC has an aviation safety track record that has been dubbed \"an embarrassment\" by the IATA, and the Transport Minister R\u00e9my Henri Kuseyo Gatanga was fired by the President for culpable negligence in failing to enforce adequate standards and procedures for aviation safety management. One source indicates that the lifting of the Transport Minister's ban on Antonov flights over DRC territory was not by his order but rather that of the Minister of State to the Head of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Aftermath\nA formal Parliamentary commission of inquiry was convened 19 October 2007, with Jean-Lucien Bussa as president and Lessendjina as vice-president. The prosecutor's office of N'Djili is seized of the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Aftermath\nNotwithstanding the ban, another Antonov (this one an An-12 registered as ER-AXI) was reported by Radio Okapi to have had a minor motor fire at Bangoka International Airport at Kisangani early in the afternoon of 1 November 2007. No injuries and minor damage were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189973-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Aftermath\nThree months after the crash, Moscow offered US$200,000 in economic aid to the injured parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189974-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African Judo Championships\nThe 2007 African Judo Championships was organised by the African Judo Union in Algiers, Algeria from 12 July 2007 to 14 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189975-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African Junior Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 9\u201312 August. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189976-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African Modern Pentathlon Championship\nThe 2007 African Modern Pentathlon Championship took place in Cairo, Egypt from 22 February to 25 February. It served as an Olympic qualification event. The gold medallists earned qualification to the Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189977-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier\nThe 2007 African Olympic Qualifier was the first edition of the African field hockey qualification tournament for the Summer Olympics for men and women. It was held from 14 to 22 July 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. The winners of each tournament qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189977-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier\n2007 All-Africa Games were supposed to be the African qualifier for 2008 Olympics, but as the host country Algeria lacks suitable venues, field hockey was not part of the games, forcing the African Hockey Federation to hold a separate tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189978-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African Rally Championship\nThe 2007 African Rally Championship season (ARC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Zimbabwean driver Conrad Rautenbach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189979-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African U-17 Championship\nThe 2007 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Togo. For the first time, the top four teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (because of his expansion from 16 teams to 24) instead of three, as it has been on previous tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189980-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African U-17 Championship qualification, Preliminary round\nThe first leg matches were played on either the 14th, 15th, 16th or 17 July 2006. The second leg matches were played on 29 July 2006. The winners advanced to the First Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189980-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 African U-17 Championship qualification, First round\nThe first leg matches were played on either the 16th or 17 September 2006. The second leg matches were played on 14 October 2006. The winners advanced to the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189980-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 African U-17 Championship qualification, Second round\nThe first leg matches were played on either the 24th, 25th or 26 November 2006. The second leg matches were played on 9th or 10 December 2006. The winners advanced to the Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189981-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African Youth Championship\nThe African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189981-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 African Youth Championship, Qualification, Preliminary Round\nCape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 65], "content_span": [66, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189981-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 African Youth Championship, Qualification, First Round\nBenin and DR Congo withdrew. As a result, Tunisia and Burkina Faso advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods\nThe 2007 floods of Africa was reported by the UN to be one of the worst floodings in recorded history. The flooding started with rains on September 14, 2007 local time. Over 14 countries had been affected in the continent of Africa, 250 people were reported to have been killed by the flooding and 1.5 million were affected. The UN had issued warnings of water borne diseases and locust infestations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods, Info from African sources, Ghana\n400,000 were homeless with at least 20 people dead and crops and livestock had been washed away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods, Info from African sources, Ghana\nSome villages and communities have now been totally wiped off the map of Ghana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods, Info from African sources, Ethiopia\n17 people were reported dead. In the Afar Region, the Awash River flooded caused a dam to collapse. Around 4,500 people were stranded, surrounded by water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods, Info from African sources, Uganda\n150,000 people were displaced and 21 reported dead. 170 schools were under water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods, Info from African sources, Rwanda\n18 people were reported dead and 500 residences were washed away by floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189982-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 African floods, Info from African sources, Mali\n5 bridges had collapsed and 250 residences were washed away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 52], "content_span": [53, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189983-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa\u2013EU Summit\nThe Africa-EU Summit, which was held on 8 December \u2013 9 December 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal, was the second summit between heads of state and government from EU and Africa (the first having been held in Cairo in 2000). It was hosted by Portugal, the holder of the EU's rotating presidency. During the summit, the \"Joint EU-Africa Strategy\", the \"Action Plan\" and the \"Lisbon Declaration\" were adopted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189983-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa\u2013EU Summit\nThere was controversy about the attendance of Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, as he is subject to an EU travel ban. The European Commission president, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, defended inviting Mugabe to attend, saying that \"If international leaders decided not to go to those conferences involving countries which do not have reasonable human rights records, I'm afraid we would not be attending many conferences at all.\" Because of Mugabe's attendance, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the UK stayed away, and United Kingdom was represented by Baroness Amos. Prime Minister Mirek Topol\u00e1nek of the Czech Republic also stayed away for the same reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189983-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa\u2013EU Summit, Issues and results of the summit\nThe summit agreed on eight strategic partnerships and an action plan and agreed to meet again in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189983-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa\u2013EU Summit, Issues and results of the summit\nThe existing preferential trade agreements between the EU and the ACP countries would not be compatible with WTO rules, except for a waiver which terminated at the end of 2007, and it had been hoped to replace these arrangements by WTO-compatible Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), but these were rejected by the African delegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189983-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Africa\u2013EU Summit, Issues and results of the summit\nDifferences on human rights centered on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe, as well as the Darfur conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189984-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Afro-Asia Cup\nThe second Afro-Asia Cup was played from 6 June until 10 June 2007, hosted by India. The three ODI and one Twenty20 matches were broadcast live on ESPN, after Nimbus had pulled out from the deal with Asian Cricket Council. The Twenty20 match did not have official status as a Twenty20 international or a regular Twenty20 match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189984-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Afro-Asia Cup\nAsia XI claimed the first title in the competition's history, following a tied series in 2005, with a 3\u20130 whitewash of the African XI. Asian XI captain Mahela Jayawardene was named player of the tournament for his 217 runs, including a half century and a century, in the three ODIs. This cup Held the Record for highest overall runs scored in a 3-match series with 1892 runs being scored until it is broken by India vs England in January 2017 with an overall total of 2090 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189985-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations\nThe 2007 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, officially called AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup was played between the winners of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Japan and the winners of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt. The competition returned after 10 years, the previous edition was held in 1997. It was held into one leg in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189986-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Air Canada Cup\nThe 2007 Air Canada Cup was the fifth edition of the women's ice hockey tournament. It was held from January 3-7, 2007 in Ravensburg, Germany. The Canadian U22 national team won the tournament by defeating Germany in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189987-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Air Force Falcons football team\nThe 2007 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2007 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first year head coach Troy Calhoun, they played their home games at Falcon Stadium as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 9\u20134, 6\u20132 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189988-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Cup\nThe 2007 Air New Zealand Cup was a provincial rugby union competition involving 14 teams from New Zealand. Matches started on Thursday 26 July 2007, and the Final, in which Auckland defeated Wellington, was held on Saturday 20 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189988-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Cup\nThis season was the second of the expanded competition, which succeeded the First Division of the National Provincial Championship. There were some major changes to the competition from that of the 2006 season. The original Rounds One (initial pool play) and Two (Top Six and Repechage phases) were scrapped. Instead, there was a 10-week round robin in which every team will miss out on playing 3 teams in the competition. This was followed by the quarterfinals, semifinal and the final as in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189988-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Cup, Standings\nThe top eight teams in pool play advanced to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189988-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Cup, Standings\nTable notes:\u00a0\u00a0 Clinched home quarterfinal berth\u00a0\u00a0 Clinched away quarterfinal berth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189989-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards\nThe 2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards were held on Wednesday 1 August 2007 at SkyCity Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. It was to be the final stand-alone NZ Screen Awards, as in 2008 the awards merged with the Qantas Television Awards and became the Qantas Film and Television Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189989-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards\nUnlike previous years, the 2007 awards did not include a section for feature films, as the New Zealand Screen Director's Guild felt there had not been enough feature films released to \"warrant a robust competition\". Films produced in the 2007 eligibility period would be eligible for entry in the 2008 awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189989-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Air New Zealand Screen Awards, Nominees and Winners\nThere were 24 television categories (an decrease of six on 2006), two digital feature categories, four short film categories and no feature film categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189990-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Akron Zips football team\nThe 2007 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Akron competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Zips were led by J. D. Brookhart in his fourth year as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189991-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Akwa Ibom State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Godswill Akpabio won the election, defeating James Iniama of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189991-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Akwa Ibom State gubernatorial election, Results\nGodswill Akpabio from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating James Iniama from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,408,197.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189992-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Al Amarah bombings\nThe 2007 Al Amarah bombings occurred on December 13, 2007 when three simultaneous car bombs detonated in Al Amarah, Iraq, capital of Maysan province. The attack left 46 people dead and 149 others wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189992-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Al Amarah bombings\nThe explosions hit Dijlah Street, a commercial thoroughfare, destroying shops and restaurants. According to witnesses the second car bomb, which was the most powerful of the three, blew up in front of Jalal Restaurant. As people were rushing to help the injured at the restaurant the third explosion occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189993-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Al Hillah bombings\nThe 2007 Al Hillah bombings killed 200 people, mostly Shia Muslims on a pilgrimage, on 6 March 2007 in Al Hillah, Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189993-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Al Hillah bombings\nTwo suicide bombers wearing explosive vests joined the huge crowds surging into the city for a traditional religious festival. The attack was just one of a few on a particularly bloody day for Iraq as almost 200 people were killed throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\nThe 2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tide was led by its new head coach Nick Saban, a former head coach of rival LSU. Despite a strong 6\u20132 start, they finished out the season by losing four of their final five games. The team closed the regular season at 6\u20136 (4\u20134, SEC) and lost for a sixth-straight time to rival Auburn. The Tide defeated Colorado in the 2007 Independence Bowl 30\u201324 to finish the season at a 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season\nDuring the 2006 campaign, the Crimson Tide completed a 6\u20136 regular season record. Following their loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl, head coach Mike Shula was subsequently fired on November 27 after four years with the program. At that time athletic director Mal Moore announced defensive coordinator Joe Kines would serve as interim head coach for the Independence Bowl. The Tide went on to lose their final game against Oklahoma State (34\u201331) in the Independence Bowl to finish with a 6\u20137 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Returning starters\nAlabama had 18 returning starters from the previous season, including nine on offense, five on defense, and four on special teams. The most notable departures from the previous year were Kenneth Darby and Le'Ron McClain on offense and Dominic Lee, Jeremy Clark, Juwan Simpson, Terrence Jones, Jeffrey Dukes and Ramzee Robinson on defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Returning starters\nThe Crimson Tide offense returned all three quarterbacks at the top of the depth chart, including starter John Parker Wilson. The entire starting offensive line returned, anchored by freshman All-American Andre Smith, along with reinforcements by the top four tight ends from the 2006 depth chart. Alabama's receiving unit was led by its wide receivers D. J. Hall, who broke nearly every Alabama-receiving record in school history in 2006. The Alabama defense returned five starters in 2007, based on the 3\u20133\u20135 scheme that was run in 2006. The Tide in 2007 had a new starting nose tackle, outside linebacker, strongside linebacker, cornerback, and a starting safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Recruiting class\nAlabama's recruiting class was highlighted by three players from the \"ESPN 150\": No. 72\u00a0Kerry Murphy (DT); No. 80\u00a0William Vlachos (OG); and No. 118\u00a0Luther Davis (DE). Alabama signed the No. 10 recruiting class according to Rivals and the No. 22 according to Scout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule\nThe Sagarin computer ratings calculated Alabama's strength of schedule to be the 31st most difficult out of the 245 Division I teams. The Cosgrove Computer Rankings calculated it as the 55th most difficult out of the 119 Division I FBS teams in its rankings. Alabama's 2007 schedule was officially released on July 24, 2006. It featured six pre-season AP Top 25 teams, eight of which made bowl games in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule\nIn accordance with conference rules, Alabama faced all five Western Division opponents: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss. They also faced three Eastern Division opponents: official SEC rival Tennessee, Georgia, and Vanderbilt. Alabama did not play SEC opponents Florida, Kentucky and South Carolina. Alabama also played four non-conference games. The non-conference schedule included games against Western Carolina of the Southern Conference, Florida State of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Houston of Conference USA and Louisiana\u2013Monroe of the Sun Belt Conference. For the 2007 Independence Bowl, Alabama played Colorado of the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Coaching staff\nOn January 3, 2007, Alabama announced that Nick Saban was hired from the Miami Dolphins to serve as the program's 27th head coach. In the weeks that followed, Saban worked to fill his staff. The first hires came on January 9 with Kirby Smart hired from the Dolphins to serve as defensive coordinator; Kevin Steele from Florida State to serve as head defensive coach; and Lance Thompson from Central Florida to serve as linebackers coach. On January 11, Joe Pendry of the Houston Texans was hired to serve as an assistant head and linebackers coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Coaching staff\nOn January 12 Saban hired two more assistants. Ron Middleton was hired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to serve as both the tight ends and special teams coach and Bo Davis from the Dolphins was hired as defensive line coach. On January 13 Major Applewhite was hired from Rice to serve as both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. On January 16 Burton Burns was hired from Clemson to serve as both associate head and running backs coach. On February 19 Curt Cignetti was hired from NC State to serve as both receivers coach and recruiting coordinator to fill the final position on Saban's inaugural coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina\nThe Nick Saban era commenced before a sold-out, home crowd of 92,138 by defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts 52\u20136 for both Nick Saban's first regular season game and victory as Alabama's head coach. Redshirt freshman running back Terry Grant scored the first touchdown of the season, on the first offensive play of the game, with a 47-yard touchdown run. Grant then scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run to give Alabama a 14\u20130 lead at the end of the first quarter. After a successful, 34-yard Jonathon Parsons field goal by the Catamounts, Grant scored his third touchdown of the evening on a 21-yard run. Leigh Tiffin then hit a 21-yard field goal to give Alabama a 24\u20133 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina\nBama continued the scoring in the third quarter with another pair of touchdowns. The first came on a one-yard Glen Coffee run and the second on a one-yard touchdown pass from Greg McElroy to Nick Walker. After a second Parsons field goal for Western Carolina, Alabama scored touchdowns on a one-yard Jimmy Johns run and a 25-yard Roy Upchurch run to make the final score 52\u20136. For his 134-yard, three touchdown performance, Terry Grant was named the SEC Freshman of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nFor the 19th consecutive time, stretching back to the 1984 season, Alabama defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores to open conference play. In this contest, the Crimson Tide were victorious before a sold-out crowd of 39,773 at Vanderbilt Stadium 24\u201310 for Nick Saban's first conference victory as Alabama's head coach. After Javier Arenas returned the first punt of the game 69-yards to the one-yard line, for the second week in a row Terry Grant scored a touchdown on Alabama's first offensive play with his one-yard run. Leigh Tiffin hit a 20-yard field goal later in the quarter as did the Commodores' Bryant Hahnfeldt from 33 yards to make the score 10\u20133 at the end of the first. A pair of Tiffin field goals from 40 and 29 yards extended Bama's lead to 16\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nAfter being held scoreless in the third quarter, Grant scored his second touchdown of the afternoon on a two-yard run early in the fourth quarter. With a successful two-point conversion pass from John Parker Wilson to Nick Walker, Alabama extended their lead to 24\u20133. Vanderbilt did score a late touchdown on a 15-yard Adams Mackenzi pass to George Smith to make the finals score 24\u201310. For his 173-yard, two touchdown performance, and for the second consecutive week, Terry Grant was named the SEC Freshman of the Week. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Commodores to 58\u201319\u20134 (61\u201318\u20134 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nIn what was considered their first true test of the season, Alabama built an early 21-point lead but had to mount a come-from-behind drive in the final two\u00a0minutes of the game in order to capture a 41\u201338 victory against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Bama took a 21\u20130 lead into the second quarter after a pair of D. J. Hall touchdown receptions of nine and 35 yards from John Parker Wilson and a 14-yard Glen Coffee run. The Razorbacks closed the gap to 21\u201310 at the half after Casey Dick threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Crosby Tuck and Alex Tejada converted a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nAlabama extended their lead to 31\u201310 in the third quarter after a 24-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal and a two-yard Wilson touchdown pass to Nick Walker. From this point, Arkansas scored four touchdowns to take a 38\u201331 lead late into the fourth quarter. Dick hit Andrew Davie for a two-yard touchdown reception late in the third. In the fourth Darren McFadden scored on runs of one and five yards on consecutive drives, and Peyton Hillis had a seven-yard touchdown reception to give the Razorbacks a 38\u201331 lead with 8:08 remaining in the game. Tiffin converted a 42-yard field goal and with 4:20 remaining in the game and then with only 0:08 remaining Wilson hit Matt Caddell for a four-yard, game-winning touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nWith his 172 yards receiving, D. J. Hall set a new Crimson Tide record for career receiving yardage previously held by Ozzie Newsome with 2,070 yards. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Razorbacks to 8\u20138 (11\u20137 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nA week after upsetting Arkansas and entering both the AP and Coaches' Polls, Alabama was defeated in overtime by the Georgia Bulldogs 26\u201323. The Crimson Tide found themselves trailing 7\u20130 early in the first quarter after a 10-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Thomas Brown. Brandon Coutu and Leigh Tiffin each added a field goal in the second quarter for their respective teams to give the Bulldogs a lead 10\u20133 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nIn the third quarter, Alabama's John Parker Wilson scrambled for a one-yard touchdown run, but the Bulldogs immediately answered on their next drive with a six-yard rushing touchdown from Knowshon Moreno. Coutu connected on a 47-yard field goal, as the Bulldogs extended their lead in the fourth quarter to 20\u201310. Alabama responded with 22-yard Tiffin field goal and a second rushing touchdown from Wilson, to force overtime. On their first possession of overtime, Alabama failed to move the football and Leigh Tiffin connected on a 42-yard field goal. As for Georgia, Stafford connected on a 25-yard pass to Mikey Henderson, on their first offensive play in overtime, and the Bulldogs left Tuscaloosa 26\u201323 overtime winners. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Bulldogs to 35\u201325\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nIn what was Alabama's first regular season game played at a neutral site since the Kickoff Classic in 1986, Alabama was defeated in the inaugural River City Showdown at Jacksonville, Florida by the Florida State Seminoles 21\u201314. After a scoreless first half, the Seminoles got on the board first in the third quarter. Florida State scored on their first play of the second half when Xavier Lee connected with De'Cody Fagg for a seven-yard touchdown reception. The Seminoles extended their lead to 14\u20130 early in the fourth quarter on a five-yard Antone Smith touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nAlabama scored their first points of the evening late in the fourth quarter when John Parker Wilson threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to D. J. Hall to cut the Florida State lead to 14\u20137. On the Seminoles' next offensive possession when Lee threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Fagg and extended their lead to 21\u20137. The Crimson Tide then cut the lead after Wilson hit Keith Brown for a 17-yard touchdown reception. However, Alabama was unable to recover the onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and lost by the final score of 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe 85,412 fans at the game set the attendance record for Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, exceeding numbers of Super Bowl XXXIX or any of the annual Florida\u2013Georgia rivalry games. It was the first time the teams had met since 1974, and it was the first meeting since Birmingham, Alabama native Bobby Bowden took over as head coach of the Seminoles. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Seminoles to 2\u20131\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Houston\nComing on the heels of two consecutive losses, the Crimson Tide defeated the Houston Cougars on homecoming in Tuscaloosa 30\u201324. After the first quarter, Alabama led Houston 23\u20130 after scoring a trio of touchdowns and a safety. John Parker Wilson scored the first touchdown of the afternoon on a one-yard run to cap the opening, 13 play, 80-yard drive. On the ensuing Cougar drive, Wallace Gilberry sacked Houston quarterback Blake Joseph for a safety and a 9\u20130 Alabama lead. The Crimson Tide then closed the first quarter with a pair of Wilson touchdown passes to take a 23\u20130 lead into the second quarter. The first came on a 23-yard pass to Nikita Stover and the second on a 23-yard pass to Mike McCoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Houston\nHolding Alabama scoreless in the second quarter, before halftime Houston managed to score their first touchdown on a 68-yard Joseph pass to Donnie Avery to make the halftime score 23\u20137. A 34-yard Houston field goal in the third quarter made the score 23\u201310 before Alabama scored its final touchdown on a four-yard Glen Coffee run to make it 30\u201310. The game appeared over going into the fourth quarter, but Houston attempted a comeback by scoring two touchdowns to come within six points of the Tide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Houston\nHouston scored a pair of touchdowns in the fourth on a two-yard Case Keenum run and a 30-yard Keenum pass to Anthony Alridge to cut the score to 30\u201324. On the last play of the game, Houston almost scored another touchdown to win the game, but an interception in the endzone by Simeon Castille sealed the victory for Bama. For his eleven tackle, two sack performance, Wallace Gilberry was named SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Cougars to 9\u20130 (10\u20130 without NCAA vacations).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nIn an unexpected offensive showcase, the Alabama managed to defeat the Ole Miss Rebels 27\u201324 in Oxford. Leigh Tiffin opened the scoring with a 27-yard field goal to give the Crimson Tide a 3\u20130 lead. The Rebels responded with an eight-yard Dexter McCluster touchdown reception from Seth Adams to take a 7\u20133 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter Alabama scored a pair of touchdowns with the first coming on a two-yard Glen Coffee run and the second on a one-yard John Parker Wilson run. Ole Miss added a 22-yard Joshua Shene field goal and Alabama was up 17\u201310 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nOle Miss took a 24\u201317 lead into the fourth quarter following a pair of touchdowns in the third. Adams scored on a three-yard run then connected with Mike Hicks for a 17-yard touchdown reception in the period. The Crimson Tide then mounted a fourth quarter comeback. Terry Grant scored on a three-yard run and Tiffin kicked the game-winning field goal from 24 yards with 5:14 remaining in the game. Ole Miss attempted to score on their last drive to either force the game into overtime with a field goal or win with a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nWith a fourth-and-22 on Alabama's 45-yard line, Adams completed a pass to Shay Hodge at the 3-yard line. However, the call was reviewed and then reversed after Nick Saban called a timeout to give the officials more time to look at the replay. John Parker Wilson was 26 for 40 and threw an interception and no touchdowns. The defense was able to force three interceptions on the day. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Rebels to 41\u20139\u20132 (45\u20138\u20132 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nIn their annual rivalry game, Alabama met the Tennessee Volunteers and was victorious 41\u201317 in Nick Saban's first \"The Third Saturday in October\" as head coach of Alabama. Saban elected to kick an onside kick on the opening kickoff that Alabama recovered. On the ensuing drive, Leigh Tiffin connected on a 39-yard field goal to give the Crimson Tide an early 3\u20130 lead. Bama extended their lead to 10\u20130 when John Parker Wilson connected with Terry Grant on a three-yard touchdown pass. The Volunteers scored their first points of the afternoon on the following drive on a two-yard Arian Foster run to make the score 10\u20137 entering the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nTennessee took a 14\u201310 lead early in the second quarter after Erik Ainge threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Luke Stocker. At that point Alabama took over. D. J. Hall had two second-quarter touchdown receptions on John Parker Wilson passes of 16 and two yards . Daniel Lincoln then connected on a 45-yard field goal as time expired and Alabama led 24\u201317 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nTiffin added three more field goals to bring his total to four on the day in the second half, and Terry Grant had an eight-yard touchdown run in the fourth to give Alabama the 41\u201317 victory. D. J. Hall and John Parker Wilson had career days for Alabama. Hall had 13 receptions for 185 yards and two touchdowns. Wilson was 32-of-46 for 363 yards and three touchdowns. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 44\u201338\u20137 (45\u201337\u20138 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nIn the game dubbed \"Saban Bowl I\", in which Nick Saban's new Alabama team faced a LSU Tigers team that featured several players Saban himself had recruited during his tenure in Baton Rouge, the Tide found itself in an SEC shootout, but lost 41\u201334. Alabama struck first with a 36-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal. However, the Tigers then scored 17 unanswered points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nAfter Colt David connected on a 43-yard field goal to tie the game at 3\u20133, Matt Flynn connected with Early Doucet for a ten-yard touchdown reception and Jacob Hester scored from one-yard out to give LSU a 17\u20133 lead early in the second quarter. Alabama responded with 17 points in the second quarter, and the Crimson Tide led 20\u201317 at halftime. The first score came on a 67-yard John Parker Wilson touchdown pass to D. J. Hall, the second on a 21-yard Tiffin field goal and the third on a 29-yard Wilson touchdown pass to Keith Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe third quarter saw no scoring until the last two minutes. With 1:19 left, Keith Brown caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to make the score 27\u201317. The Tigers quickly responded on their next drive when Flynn threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd to bring the Tigers back to within three points of Bama. Then, with 11:21 left in the game, Colt David kicked a 49-yard field goal to tie it up 27\u201327. The Crimson Tide took a 34\u201327 lead when Javier Arenas returned a punt for a 61-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU\nWith 2:49 left, LSU was able to tie the game again when Flynn threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Doucet. It appeared the game might go into overtime until Wilson fumbled the ball and LSU recovered on the Alabama four-yard line. Two plays later, Hester ran it in for the game-winning touchdown to make the score 41\u201334. The Tigers had 475 total yards compared to Alabama's 254. Alabama was able to stay in the game thanks to three interceptions the defense was able to force and 130 yards in penalties that LSU accumulated. John Parker Wilson was 14 for 40 with 234 yards, 3 touchdowns, sacked 7 times, and an interception. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 43\u201323\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nComing a week after a tough loss to LSU, the Mississippi State Bulldogs defeated Alabama for the second consecutive season, this time by a score of 17\u201312. Alabama took a 9\u20130 lead halfway through the second quarter on Leigh Tiffin field goals of 39, 51 and 29 yards. With just over 4:00 remaining in the half, Adam Carlson connected on a 35-yard field goal to cut the score to 9\u20133. The Bulldogs then took the lead as time expired in the first half after Anthony Johnson intercepted a John Parker Wilson pass and returned it 100-yards for a 10\u20139 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nIn the third quarter, Mississippi State extended their lead to 17\u20139 after scoring the only offensive touchdown of the game. The score came on a three-yard run by Anthony Dixon. Alabama scored their final points in the fourth on a 50-yard Tiffin field goal, his fourth of the afternoon. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Bulldogs to 71\u201318\u20133 (70\u201319\u20133 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nComing off their second consecutive loss, Alabama suffered their worst loss of the season when the Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks defeated the Crimson Tide 21\u201314 in Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium. Alabama took an early 7\u20130 lead after a 17-yard Keith Brown touchdown reception from John Parker Wilson. The Warhawks tied the game at 7\u20137 on the first play of the second quarter when Calvin Dawson ran it in from one-yard out. Both teams then traded touchdowns to tie the game at 14\u201314 at the half. Alabama scored on a 12-yard Terry Grant run and Louisiana\u2013Monroe scored on a 13-yard Frank Goodin run. The Warhawks scored what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown in the third quarter when Kinsmon Lancaster tossed an eleven-yard score to Marty Humphrey to win the game for Louisiana\u2013Monroe 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nComing off their third consecutive loss, Alabama lost in the Iron Bowl for the sixth consecutive time against the arch-rival Auburn Tigers 17\u201310 on \"The Plains\". Auburn took a 10\u20130 lead in the first quarter with Ben Tate scoring on a three-yard touchdown run and Wes Byrum connecting on a 37-yard field goal. Alabama then cut the lead to 10\u20137 at the half after a two-yard John Parker Wilson touchdown run early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Brandon Cox extended the Tigers' lead to 17\u20137 on his one-yard touchdown run with only 3:58 remaining in the game. Alabama was able to cut the lead to 17\u201310 after a 49-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal with 2:11 remaining in the game. However, the Crimson Tide were unable to recover the onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and Auburn was able to run out the clock to preserve the 17\u201310 victory. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 38\u201333\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nAfter a four-game slide to end a once promising season, Alabama defeated the Colorado Buffaloes in the 2007 Independence Bowl 30\u201324 to finish the season with an overall record of 7\u20136. Alabama scored on their opening drive on a 41-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal to lead 3\u20130. Colorado's first offensive play of the game resulted in an interception by Rolando McClain. Once again, Alabama relied on another field goal from Tiffin to push their lead to 6\u20130. Later in the quarter, John Parker Wilson threw touchdown strikes of 15-yards to Keith Brown and 34-yards to Matt Caddell to extend the Crimson Tide lead to 20\u20130 after one quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nEarly in the second quarter, Wilson connected with Nikita Stover on a 31-yard touchdown pass and the Crimson Tide lead 27\u20130. The Buffaloes controlled the majority of the second quarter after Wilson threw an interception to Ryan Walters with just under six minutes remaining in the half. Colorado cut the Alabama lead to 27\u201314 at the half on a pair of Cody Hawkins touchdown passes. The first was a four-yard pass to Tyson DeVree and the second a 25-yard pass to Dusty Sprague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe only score in the third quarter would come from Kevin Eberhart on a 39-yard Colorado field goal. Tiffin kicked a field goal as the Crimson Tide lead 30\u201317 with just over four minutes remaining in the game. Colorado responded on the following drive with a 14-yard Hawkins touchdown pass to DeVree to cut the Alabama lead to 30\u201324 with 3:51 remaining in the game. Alabama was able to run the clock down, and after receiving the 49-yard P.J. Fitzgerald punt, only 0:01 remained in the game. On the final play of the game, Colorado attempted several lateral passes but would fall short of midfield. The 30\u201324 victory sent Alabama to a 7\u20136 overall record as they avoided a second consecutive losing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season\nIn the week following the Independence Bowl victory, several changes were made to the Alabama coaching staff. Alabama lost their tight ends and special teams coach, Ron Middleton, on January 4, 2008, when he was hired as assistant head coach for Duke and their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Major Applewhite, on January 16, 2008, when he was hired as running backs coach for Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season\nDuring the following weeks, Saban named former Michigan State head coach Bobby Williams as his team's new as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator, and Jim McElwain from Fresno State as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. As part of the A-Day celebrations on April 12, 2008, the 2007 team captains Antoine Caldwell, Rashad Johnson and Darren Mustin were honored at the Walk of Fame ceremony at the base of Denny Chimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Final statistics\nAfter their victory over Colorado in the Independence Bowl, Alabama's final team statistics were released. On the defensive side of the ball, of the 119 FBS schools Alabama ranked 28th in rushing defense (124.15 yards per game), 27th in scoring defense (22.00 points per game), 31st in total defense (345.46 yards per game) and 48th in passing defense (221.31 yards per game). Individually, Rashad Johnson led the team with 94 total tackles, 57 solo tackles and 37 assisted tackles. Wallace Gilberry was 23rd nationally, third in conference and first on the team with 10 quarterback sacks. Gilberry was also third nationally, first in conference and first on the team with 22 tackles for loss. Rashad Johnson led the team with six of Alabama's nineteen total interceptions of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Final statistics\nOn offense, of the 119 FBS teams, Alabama ranked 59th in passing offense (224.54 yards per game), 60th in rushing offense (149.23 yards per game), 64th in scoring offense (27.08 points per game) and 75th in total offense (373.77 yards per game). In conference, they ranked sixth in passing offense, seventh in total offense and scoring offense and eighth in rushing offense. Individually, Terry Grant led the team offensively with 891 total yards rushing for an average of 81 rushing yards per game and 8 rushing touchdowns. John Parker Wilson led the team in passing offense and completed 255 of 462 passes for 2,846 passing yards and 18 touchdowns. D. J. Hall led the team with 67 receptions for 1,005 yards and six touchdown receptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, Awards\nFollowing the SEC Championship Game, the conference named its award winners. Four players were named to the Coaches' All-SEC First Team, including Andre Smith, Wallace Gilberry, Simeon Castille and Rashad Johnson. D. J. Hall and Antoine Caldwell were named to the Coaches' All-SEC Second Team. Terry Grant, Rolando McClain and Kareem Jackson were named to the 2007 Freshman All-SEC Team. McClain was also named to the 2007 Freshman All-America team by the Football Writers Association of America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NCAA sanctions\nIn October 2007, the athletic department discovered a potential NCAA-violation present throughout the athletics program. The violations stemmed from athletes from several sports, including football, receiving improper benefits as a result of a failure in the distribution system of textbooks to student athletes from the university. As a result of this discovery, Antoine Caldwell, Marlon Davis, Glen Coffee, Marquis Johnson and Chris Rogers were suspended from the team prior to the Tennessee game on October 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NCAA sanctions\nAfter a prolonged investigation, in June 2009 the NCAA ruled all athletes that received improper benefits related to the textbook distribution system were deemed ineligible. As such, as part of the penalties imposed on the football program, all victories which those included in the inquiry participated, were officially vacated from the all-time record. The penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected contests or award a victory to the opponent. As such, all five victories from the 2007 season prior to the suspension of the ineligible players on October 20 (Western Carolina, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Houston and Ole Miss) were vacated making the official record for the season two wins and six losses (2\u20136).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nAfter not having any players selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, in the 2009 NFL Draft, Alabama had four players that competed as part of the 2007 team selected. The first round selection was Andre Smith (6th Cincinnati Bengals); and the third round picks were Coffee (74th San Francisco 49ers), Caldwell (77th Houston Texans) and Rashad Johnson (95th Arizona Cardinals). John Parker Wilson with the Atlanta Falcons, Bobby Greenwood with the Kansas City Chiefs, Marlon Davis with the Cleveland Browns, Nick Walker with the Minnesota Vikings and Travis McCall with the Buffalo Bills each signed as undrafted free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nIn the 2010 NFL Draft, Alabama had six players selected that competed as part of the 2007 team. The first round selections were McClain (8th Oakland Raiders) and Jackson (20th Houston Texans); the second round pick was Arenas (50th Kansas City Chiefs); the third round pick was Mike Johnson (98th Atlanta Falcons); and the seventh round picks were Marquis Johnson (211th St. Louis Rams) and Deaderick (247th New England Patriots). Both Peek and Washington, with the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys respectively, signed as undrafted free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189994-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nFollowing the 2010 season, Alabama had two players selected that competed as part of the 2007 team in the 2011 NFL Draft. James Carpenter was selected in the first round (25th Seattle Seahawks) and Greg McElroy was selected in the seventh round (208th New York Jets).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl\nThe 2007 Valero Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2007 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and nationally televised by ESPN. The game was one of the 2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 15th Alamo Bowl and the first Alamo Bowl sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl\nThe game featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas A&M Aggies, who were both unranked in the national polls. The two teams had met once in the Alamo Bowl in 1999, when Penn State shutout Texas A&M 24\u20130. The Aggies were coached by interim head coach Gary Darnell, who had taken over after Dennis Franchione resigned, and the Nittany Lions were coached by Hall of Famer Joe Paterno, who marked the 2007 Alamo Bowl as the 500th game of his head coaching career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nThis was the Aggies' 30th bowl appearance, and their third in the Alamo Bowl. In their first Alamo Bowl game in 1995, the 19th-ranked Aggies defeated the 14th-ranked Michigan Wolverines 22\u201320. In their second appearance in 1999, 13th-ranked Penn State defeated the 18th-ranked Aggies 24\u20130. Both the 1995 and 1999 games are two of the five in Alamo Bowl history that attracted sellout crowds, with the 1999 game having the second largest crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nOne day after Texas A&M head coach Dennis Franchione resigned after the Aggies' last regular season matchup against the Texas Longhorns on November 23, 2007, A&M athletic director Bill Byrne announced defensive coordinator Gary Darnell would coach the Aggies' bowl game as the interim head coach. Two days later, Byrne hired Houston Texans offensive coordinator and former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nTexas A&M officially accepted the invitation to play in the Alamo Bowl on December 2, 2007 against the Penn State Nittany Lions, who accepted their invitation two days earlier on November 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nThis was the Nittany Lions' 40th bowl appearance, and their second in the Alamo Bowl. The 2007 Nittany Lions, who finished 8\u20134 in their regular season, are led by 42nd-year head coach Joe Paterno, a 2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductee. With a 22\u201310\u20131 bowl game record, Paterno is the all-time winningest leader in bowl victories and appearances. He also holds the record for the most undefeated FBS seasons than any other coach in college football history. The 2007 Alamo Bowl marked Paterno's 34th bowl game appearance and 500th game as Penn State head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nPrior to the game, among 119 Division I-A teams, the Aggies' rushing offense ranked 13th, and their overall offense ranked 54th. Their total defense ranked 83rd, with a rushing defense ranked 57th and a passing defense ranked 104th. On the other hand, the Nittany Lions have an overall offense ranked 56th, with a 44th-ranked scoring offense. Their overall defense ranked 9th in the nation, with a 6th-ranked rushing defense and an 8th-ranked scoring defense. The defense also ranks 2nd in sacks forced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nDuring the week of the game, Las Vegas casinos predicted Penn State to win by 5.5 points. A Sunday News sports writer of the Lancaster Newspapers predicted Penn State to win 23\u201313. College Football News predicted a 34\u201320 victory for Penn State, while WhatIfSports.com simulated the game 1,001 times and predicted Penn State to win 29\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nOn December 27, 2007, two nights before the game, a Texas A&M yell leader made a controversial joke about Joe Paterno at a joint pep rally on the River Walk. The yell leader screamed \"Joe Paterno's on his death bed! And someone needs to find him a casket!\" on a microphone to an audience consisting of both Penn State and Texas A&M fans. Penn State fans became stunned at his remark and subsequently booed him. A&M officials apologized to Penn State officials and sent the yell leader home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Leading into the game\nPaterno responded by saying: \"I think everybody has to take things with a grain of salt. ... Some young guy went up there, trying to be funny. Maybe he's accurate, I don't know.\" Paterno also expressed his indifference toward the comments, adding \"Sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary\nThough the game attracted the largest audience in both stadium and bowl history, it only averaged a 2.7 television rating, the lowest for the bowl since the first game in 1993 and a 55 percent drop from the 2006 Alamo Bowl's record-breaking rating of 6.0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary\nThe last regular season matchup between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants \u2014 which was broadcast around the same time as the 2007 Alamo Bowl \u2014 explains this anomaly, as the NFL game was broadcast on two television networks and attracted a total of 34.5 million viewers, the most for a regular season NFL game in more than 12 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nPenn State won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Aggies dominated the first\u00a0quarter. After a quick three and out in their first possession, they scored a touchdown on their second possession. Penn State converted on fourth-and-short to keep their drive temporarily alive, but they were forced to attempt a field goal, which went wide right. Penn State muffed a kick-return to give the Aggies possession inside the Penn State 20-yard line. A&M lined up in an unbalanced look and scored another touchdown on a run up the middle. Both touchdowns were scored by Mike Goodson, equaling his total for the rest of the 2007 season. A&M gained 96\u00a0yards of total offense in the first\u00a0quarter compared to 89 for Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Nittany Lions roared back in the second\u00a0quarter. Their second quarter resurgence was not new as the Lions outscored their opponents 131-21 in the second quarter alone. With just over eleven minutes left in the half, Penn State faced fourth-and-three at the Texas A&M 30-yard line. Anthony Morelli threw a pass to Deon Butler for a touchdown. The play was reviewed for more than six\u00a0minutes and allowed to stand as called on the field. An Aggie fumble led to a second\u00a0Penn State touchdown which tied the score at 14\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nOn that score, Daryll Clark dove towards the end zone and lost possession of the ball, but the on-field official ruled that he still had the ball when he crossed the plane of the goal line. The play was not reviewed. Penn State drove inside the A&M 10-yard line but settled for a Kevin Kelly field goal with 19\u00a0seconds remaining in the half. The half-time score was 17\u201314 Penn State. The Nittany Lions outgained the Aggies 155\u00a0yards to 32 in the second\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nIn the third\u00a0quarter, A&M made a field goal and Penn State answered with a touchdown, extending their lead to 24\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nIn the fourth\u00a0quarter, with Penn State still leading 24\u201317, the Aggies were facing fourth-and-inches close to the Penn State one-yard line. Instead of giving the ball to Jorvorskie Lane, who is typically very effective in short-yardage situations, the Aggie coaching staff elected to run an option play to the right side. The Penn State defense was ready for it and quarterback Stephen McGee went down for a loss. Lane was visibly upset that he was not used on the play; he walked away from his teammates and was seen on the sidelines with tears running down his face.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189995-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Alamo Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nPenn State took over on downs but the Aggies forced a punt. A&M got the ball back near their 40-yard line with less than three minutes to play in the game. The drive led the Aggies to punt on fourth-and-twenty with 2:09 remaining. The ball went into the end zone for a touchback so Penn State took over on their 20-yard line. Penn State ran out the clock to preserve the win at 24\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189996-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian Supercup\nAlbanian Supercup 2007 was the 14th edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the Albanian Cup 2007 winners Besa Kavaj\u00eb and the 2006\u201307 Albanian Superliga champions KF Tirana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189997-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian local elections\nLocal elections were held in Albania on 18 February 2007. They came after threats to boycott the elections by opposition parties because of concerns over fraudulent voting rolls; because of this, the elections were rescheduled from 20 January 2007 to the new date on very short notice, a move which was criticised by observers. The elections were seen as crucial to the future of Albanian integration with the European Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189997-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian local elections\nThe leftist opposition, led by Edi Rama's Socialist Party of Albania, won in the majority of the 384 municipalities, including the major cities of Tirana, Durr\u00ebs, Fier, Elbasan, Kor\u00e7\u00eb, Berat, Gjirokast\u00ebr and Vlor\u00eb; the only major city won by the rightist government was Shkod\u00ebr. But nationwide the mayor-candidates of PD+allies got 47,86% vs. 43,74% for PS+allies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189997-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian local elections\nDespite improvements, observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the European Union criticised that \"shortcomings in the preparation and conduct of these elections reflect the need for improved cross-party co-operation to fulfill Albania's international commitments\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in Albania on 20 and 27 June, 8, 11, 14, and 20 July, the sixth such elections since the collapse of the communist regime in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election\nThe President of Albania is elected through a secret vote and without debate by the Parliament of Albania by a majority of three-fifths majority of all its members. The Constitution of Albania sets a limit to a maximum of two terms in office. When this majority is not reached in the first round of voting, a second round takes place within seven days. If such a majority is still not reached, a third round must take place within a further period of seven days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election\nIf even in the first three rounds no candidate has attained the necessary majority, a further two rounds must be held within seven days, with the majority needed to win being reduced to an absolute majority (50% + 1 vote) vote of the total members of the Parliament. If after five rounds of voting no candidate has attained the necessary majority outlined for each round of voting in the Parliament, the Parliament will be dissolved and a general election must occur within 60 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Early elections\nIn 2002, Alfred Moisiu was elected as a consensual president and was accepted by both the majority and the opposition parties. The parties would not agree to reelect Moisiu despite his agreement to stand as a compromise candidate. Neither Bamir Topi of the right nor Fatos Nano or Edi Rama of the left had the necessary supermajority in parliament, and therefore it was considered to be very likely that early elections would have to be held after five failed attempts to elect the president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Early elections\nThe prime minister at the time and former President Sali Berisha had advocated for a president elected by direct popular suffrage, but due to lack of time such changes could not take place before the 2007 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Early elections\nOn 12 July 2007, Rama officially called for early elections. A majority of Albanians were against early elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote\nIn the first two attempts for the first round of voting (on 20 June and 27 June), no candidate was presented. On 5 July 2007, the government and the opposition presented their proposed candidate lists, but did not accept either list; they agreed to meet on 6 July 2007 to start another attempt on finding a consensus candidate, which failed. (The opposition had proposed Albania's military representative to NATO, Brig. Gen. Arjan Zaimi, as a compromise candidate, but the government rejected him.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote\nThey then set the third attempt of the first round of voting (the first one to actually see any candidate stand for the post) for 8 July. Topi was the official nominee of the ruling coalition, while Nano did not stand as the opposition's candidate (his own party does not support him as a candidate), but de facto as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote, First round\nThe first round of voting on 8 July gave the following results (the opposition boycotted the vote due to the lack of a consensus candidate).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote, Second round\nThe second round on 11 July was again boycotted by the opposition and had the following results:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote, Third round\nWhile the opposition continued its boycott on 14 July in the third round, a new candidate entered the field: Neritan Ceka, the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance Party. Since he and Topi got the most votes, they proceeded to the fourth round. For the first time, more than the 84 members of parliament necessary for a valid election were present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote, Fourth round\nIn the fourth and potentially penultimate round on 20 July, 90 parliamentarians were present, including ten from the opposition. The results this time were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189998-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Albanian presidential election, Vote, Fourth round\nThese surprising results stifled the impending early elections; Topi's election was only possible because five opposition members voted for him instead of Ceka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189999-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Albert Park state by-election\nThe 2007 Albert Park state by-election was a by-election held on 15 September 2007 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park, immediately to the south of Melbourne's central business district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00189999-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Albert Park state by-election\nThe by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor member and Deputy Premier John Thwaites. Former state secretary of the Australian Services Union Martin Foley held the seat for Labor at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Mayors (reeves), councillors (aldermen), and trustees were elected to office in 15 of the 16 cities, all 111 towns, all 99 villages, all 4 specialized municipalities, all 64 municipal districts, 3 of the 7 improvement districts, and the advisory councils of the 3 special areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections\nThe City of Lloydminster is on the Saskatchewan schedule (every three years), and held elections on October 25, 2006 and October 28, 2009, while 4 improvement districts (Nos. 12, 13, 24, and 25) have no councils and are led solely by the Minister of Municipal Affairs. Since the 2004 municipal elections, the Town of Lac La Biche and Lakeland County amalgamated to form Lac La Biche County, the villages of Irricana and Onoway became towns, the Town of Brooks became a city, and the Village of Sangudo was dissolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections\nThe 2007 municipal elections featured a plebiscite on the possible amalgamation of the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Airdrie\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Airdrie elected six aldermen (at large), and participated in electing two of the Rocky View School Division's seven trustees (West Airdrie being Ward 7, & East Airdrie being part of Ward 3). All six incumbent aldermen were re-elected, the incumbent mayor had no challengers, and the Calgary Catholic School District's Ward 3/5 incumbent trustee had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Brooks\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Brooks elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing some of the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6's six trustees, and one of the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3's eight trustees. The incumbent mayor Don Weisbeck, did not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Calgary\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Calgary elected one mayor, 12 of their 14 aldermen (one from each of 14 wards), five of the seven Calgary School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and three of the seven Calgary Catholic School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards). Two incumbent councillors were unchallenged, two incumbent public school trustees were unchallenged, and four separate school trustee candidates (three being incumbents) were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Camrose\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Camrose elected eight councillors (at large), two of the Battle River Regional Division No. 31's eight trustees (as Ward Camrose), and one of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (as Ward Camrose). The incumbent mayor had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Cold Lake\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Cold Lake elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), three of the Northern Lights School Division No. 69's eight trustees (as Ward 2), and three of the Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 150's seven trustees (as Ward Cold Lake). The incumbent mayor Allan Buck, did not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Edmonton\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Edmonton elected one mayor, 12 councillors (two from each of six wards), eight of the nine Edmonton Public Schools trustees (one from each of nine wards), and four of the seven Edmonton Catholic School District trustees (one from each of six wards, plus the runner-up). One incumbent public school trustee had no challengers, and three separate school trustee candidates (one being an incumbent) were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Fort Saskatchewan\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Fort Saskatchewan elected six councillors (at large), two of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees (as Ward Fort Saskatchewan), and one of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (as Ward Fort Saskatchewan). The incumbent mayor had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Grande Prairie\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Grande Prairie elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Grande Prairie School District No. 2357 trustees (at large), and five of the Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 28's seven trustees (as Ward 1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Leduc\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Leduc elected one mayor, six aldermen (all at large), two of the Black Gold Regional Schools' seven trustees (as Ward Leduc), and two of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees (one from each of Wards Leduc 1 & Leduc 2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Lethbridge\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Lethbridge elected eight aldermen (at large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees (at large), and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (as Ward 2). The incumbent mayor had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Medicine Hat\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Medicine Hat elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Medicine Hat School District No. 76 trustees (at large), and four of the Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20's five trustees (as Ward Medicine Hat).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Red Deer\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Red Deer elected one mayor, eight councillors (all at large), the seven Red Deer School District No. 104 trustees (at large), and five of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39's seven trustees (as Ward Red Deer).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Spruce Grove\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Spruce Grove elected one mayor, six aldermen (all at large), and two of the Parkland School Division No. 70's seven trustees (as Ward 5). The incumbent mayor Ken Scott, did not run, and the three incumbent Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2 Ward 2 trustees were not challenged (Spruce Grove being part of Ward 2, total nine trustees).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, St. Albert\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of St. Albert elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large). The incumbent mayor Paul Chalifoux did not run, and the Greater St. Albert Catholic (Public) Schools' four Ward St. Albert trustees (total seven trustees) and the St. Albert Protestant Separate School Division No. 6's five trustees (at large) were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Wetaskiwin\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Wetaskiwin elected six aldermen (at large) and three of the Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11's eight trustees (as Ward City), and participated in electing two of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees (as Ward Wetaskiwin). The incumbent mayor had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Cities, Wetaskiwin, By-election\nAfter it was announced that Alderman Dave Anderson would be leaving council, a by-election was held on September 15, 2008, to fill the empty seat, only 16.4% of eligible voters turned-out for the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns\nThe following are the available election results for Alberta towns with a population over 8,500, plus the notable town of Slave Lake. Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Beaumont\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Beaumont elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), and one of the Black Gold Regional Schools' seven trustees, and participated in electing one of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Canmore\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Canmore elected six councillors (at large), and participated in electing three of the Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12's seven trustees, and one of the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3's eight trustees. The incumbent mayor had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Chestermere\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Chestermere elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing one of the Rocky View School Division No. 41's seven trustees, and one of the Calgary Catholic School District's seven trustees. The incumbent mayor Dave Mikkelsen, did not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Cochrane\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Cochrane elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), and one of the Rocky View School Division's seven trustees. The Calgary Catholic School District's Ward 1/2 incumbent trustee had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, High River\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of High River elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), and one of the Foothills School Division No. 38's five trustees, and participated in electing one of the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3's eight trustees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Hinton\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Hinton elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing one of the Grande Yellowhead Regional Division No. 35's six trustees, and one of the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's eight trustees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Lacombe\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Lacombe elected six councillors (at large), and participated in electing two of the Wolf Creek School Division No. 72's six trustees, and one of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees. The incumbent mayor had no challengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Okotoks\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Okotoks elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), and one of the Foothills School Division No. 38's five trustees, and participated in electing one of the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3's eight trustees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Slave Lake\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Slave Lake elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing two of the High Prairie School Division No. 48's eight trustees (as Ward 4). The voters were also asked a series of plebiscite questions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Stony Plain\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Stony Plain elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), and one of the Parkland School Division No. 70's seven trustees. The incumbent mayor Donna Cowan, did not run, and the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's two Ward 1 trustees were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Strathmore\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Strathmore elected one mayor, six councillors (all at large), and two of the Golden Hills School Division No. 75's seven trustees, and participated in electing one of the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3's eight trustees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Sylvan Lake\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Sylvan Lake elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing one of the Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73's nine trustees. The incumbent mayor Bryan Lambertson, did not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Whitecourt\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Whitecourt elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing two of the Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10's nine trustees, and two of the Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42's six trustees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Towns, Whitecourt, By-election\nAfter it was announced that Councillors Bob Walker and Nieta World would be leaving council, a by-election was held on May 4, 2009, to fill the empty seats, only 11.5% of eligible voters turned-out for the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities\nThe following are the available election results for Alberta specialized municipalities with a population over 20,000, these include the urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park. Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Strathcona County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Strathcona elected one mayor, six of their eight councillors (one from each of eight wards, one more than previous), five of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees (3 from Ward Sherwood Park, and 1 from each of Wards Strathcona North & Strathcona South), and four of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (supporters in Sherwood Park). Two of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Wood Buffalo\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo elected one mayor, nine of their ten councillors (from four wards), the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), and four of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, five trustees each). One incumbent Councillor had no challengers, and the five trustee candidates for the Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 (in Fort McMurray) were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Specialized municipalities, Wood Buffalo, By-election\nA by-election was held on June 9, 2008 to fill an empty seat on council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts\nThe following are the available election results for Alberta municipal districts (counties) with a population over 10,000. Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, M.D. of Bonnyville\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 elected one reeve, six councillors (one from each of six wards), and three of the Northern Lights School Division No. 69's nine trustees (as Ward 1), and participated in electing three of the Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 150's seven trustees (supporters near Bonnyville). The incumbent reeve Ken Foley, did not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Clearwater County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Clearwater elected five of their seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions) and two of the Wild Rose School Division No. 66's six trustees (one from each of Wards 3 & 4). Two of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged, and council appointed Division 7 Councillor Patrick Alexander the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, M.D. of Foothills\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 elected seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions) and three of the Foothills School Division No. 38's five trustees (one from each of Wards 1, 2, & 3), and participated in electing two of the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3's eight trustees (supporters near High River & Okotoks). Council appointed Division 2 Councillor Roy McLean the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, County of Grande Prairie\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 elected four of their nine councillors (one from each of nine divisions) and five of the Peace Wapiti School Division No. 76's nine trustees (one from each of Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7), and participated in electing six of the Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 28's seven trustees (supporters near Beaverlodge, Grande Prairie, & Sexsmith). Five of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged, and council appointed Division 1 Councillor Everett McDonald the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Lacombe County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Lacombe County elected two of their seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions) and three of the Wolf Creek School Division No. 72's six trustees (from Wards 4 & 5), and participated in electing a Wolf Creek trustee from Ward 1, and one of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees (supporters near Lacombe). All seven incumbent councillors re-ran, five were unchallenged, and one lost in a tie breaker draw; council appointed Division 7 Councillor Terry Engen the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Leduc County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Leduc County elected five of their seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions) and three of the Black Gold Regional Schools' seven trustees (one from each of Wards County West, Central, & East), and participated in electing three of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees (supporters near Beaumont & Leduc) and one of the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's nine trustees (supporters near Devon). Two of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged, and council appointed Division 2 Councillor Marvin Molzan the Mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, County of Lethbridge\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Lethbridge County elected two of their seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions) and five of the Palliser Regional Division No. 26's six trustees (one from each of five divisions), and participated in electing seven of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (supporters near Coaldale, Lethbridge, & Picture Butte). Five of the council candidates were unchallenged (three being incumbents,) and council appointed Division 1 Councillor Lorne Hickey the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Mountain View County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Mountain View County elected seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions) and four of the Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73's nine trustees (one from each of Wards 6, 7, 8, & 9). Council appointed Division 7 Councillor Al Kemmere the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Parkland County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Parkland County elected one mayor, six councillors (one from each of six divisions), and four of the Parkland School Division No. 70's six trustees (one from each of Wards 1, 2, 4, & 6), and participated in electing five of the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's nine trustees (supporters near Spruce Grove & Stony Plain).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Red Deer County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Red Deer County elected one mayor (a new position, as a reeve was appointed previously), five of their six councillors (one from each of six divisions, one less than previous), and five of the Chinook's Edge School Division's nine trustees (one from each of Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5). Division 6 had only one council candidate; italicized names in the table indicates individuals who were in council before this election (as the divisions were redistributed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, M.D. of Rocky View\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Rocky View County elected six of their nine councillors (one from each of nine divisions) and six of the Rocky View School Division's seven trustees (one from each of Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6), and participated in electing three of the Calgary Catholic School District's seven trustees (supporters near Airdrie, Chestermere, & Cochrane). Three of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged, and council appointed Division 7 Councillor Lois Habberfield the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Sturgeon County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Sturgeon County elected one mayor, four of their six councillors (one from each of six divisions), and the seven Sturgeon School Division No. 24 trustees (one from each of seven wards). Two of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Sturgeon County, By-election\nAfter it was announced that Councillor Mark Oberg would be leaving council, a by-election was held on April 27, 2009, to fill the empty seat, only 23.2% of eligible voters turned-out for the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, County of Wetaskiwin\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 elected two of their seven councillors (one from each of seven divisions), and four of the Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11's eight trustees (one from each of Wards 1, 2, 3, & 4), and participated in electing two of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees (supporters near Wetaskiwin). Five of the incumbent councillors were unchallenged, and council appointed Division 3 Councillor Garry Dearing the County Reeve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Municipal districts, Yellowhead County\nIn the 2007 elections, the citizens of Yellowhead County elected one mayor, four of their eight councillors (one from each of eight divisions), and four of the Grande Yellowhead Regional Division No. 35's six trustees, and participated in electing one of the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's eight trustees (supporters near Hinton) and one of the Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42's six trustees (supporters near Edson). Four of the council candidates (three being incumbents) were unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190000-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Alberta municipal elections, Amalgamation plebiscite\nIn early 2006, the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley initiated discussions on a possible amalgamation of the two municipalities. The discussions culminated in a plebiscite held concurrently with their municipal elections, where the question asked of voters was \"Do you support an amalgamation of the Town of Black Diamond and the Town of Turner Valley to form one municipality?\" The results of the plebiscite were 66% of Turner Valley voters were in favour of amalgamation, while 71% of Black Diamond voters were against amalgamation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting\nOn 23 April 2007, captain Ray Bowyer was flying a routine passenger flight for the civilian airline company, Aurigny Air Services, when he and his passengers gained progressively clearer views of two UFOs during a 12- to 15-minute period. Bowyer had 18 years of flying experience, and the 45-minute flight was one that he had completed every working day for more than 8 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting\nTheir 80-mile (130\u00a0km) journey of 45 minutes took them from Southampton on the southern coast of England, southwestwards to Alderney, being 10 miles (16 kilometres) from France, and the northernmost of the Channel Islands. Their particular flight path had them converging on two enormous, seemingly stationary and identical airborne craft, which emanated brilliant yellow light. A pilot of a plane near Sark, some 25\u00a0mi (40\u00a0km) to the south, confirmed the presence, general position and altitude of the first object from the opposite direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting\nRadar traces also seemed to register the presence of two objects, which Ray Bowyer believed to be correlated with the position and time of the sighting. A study by David Clarke, however, could not establish a definite link, as the radar reflections of cargo or passenger ferries may have affected at least some of the readings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting\nBowyer disagreed with Clarke's team on the supposed link between the radar traces and ferries, and proposed that two solid airborne craft, which were not and could not have been manufactured on Earth, were working in unison that day, as suggested by the evidence that their sortie was coordinated in both time and space. Captain Patterson, the second pilot witness, posited some type of \"atmospheric phenomenon\" as explanation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Prior observations\nOn 28 January 1994, pilot Jean-Charles Duboc and his crew observed a large lens-shaped craft over Taverny near Paris during an Airbus 320 flight from Nice to London. The reddish brown craft was observed at a distance of about 50\u00a0km for a duration of one minute when it assumed a stationary position at an altitude of 35,000 feet. At Taverny Air Base its presence was confirmed by a 50-second radar track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Prior observations\nIn retrospect, retired captain Duboc considered it to have been of a size comparable to that of the Alderney UFOs (perhaps 500 m across), and noted that it was positioned above the latter base, which served as the headquarters of the French Strategic Air Forces Command. At Alderney, the 23 April observation was preceded ten weeks earlier by a sighting of an initial two, and a subsequent 20 to 25 unexplained lights, which appeared in formation over the northern extremity of the island's coastline. These were noticed at 6:15 AM on 14 February by builder Paul Gaudion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544\nThe passengers of flight GR544 departed in a BN2a Mk3 Trislander aircraft registered as G-XTOR at about 2:00 PM in fine weather with good visibility for miles around, though a haze layer was present at 2,000 feet, and a continuous cloud layer at 10,000 feet. They rose to an altitude of 4,000\u00a0ft (1,200\u00a0m) and were cruising on autopilot about 10\u00a0mi (16\u00a0km) south of the Isle of Wight, when captain Bowyer was doing paper work and looking out for other aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544\nAt this point he noticed, exactly in the direction of Guernsey, i.e. southwest and twelve o'clock ahead, what appeared to be a brilliant yellow lamp or light. He considered that it might be an aeroplane, or alternatively, reflections from the ground, as Guernsey was immediately behind it. The reflection of the sun off a greenhouse was a possibility but, surprisingly, for a minute and then a couple of minutes, the apparition continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Definite shape\nHe concluded that it was not a reflection but an emission of light. With his binoculars, he could make out a definite shape. The object was long and thin from his viewpoint, and was pointed at each end. The horizontal to vertical dimensions of its body were in a ratio of about 15:1. It was brilliant yellow, with a dark grey band enveloping it one third from the right, like a band around a cigar. With his 10\u00d7 magnification binoculars, he could make out that it bore no relation to a normal aeroplane. He took his glasses off to exclude the possibility of a reflection from behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Definite shape\nHis reaction was to make contact with Jersey ATC to confirm or exclude the possibility of traffic heading his way. Paul Kelly at Jersey ATC denied the presence of traffic in the said position, but could pick up a faint primary return radar signal, i.e. a signal without the additional transponder return. His instruments were however set to detect only moving objects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Definite shape\nA passenger behind the captain confirmed what he was seeing, and pointed out a second similar craft, immediately behind the first: \"Upon nearing the object, a second identical shape appeared beyond the first. Both objects were of a flattened disk shape, with a dark area to [their] right. They were brilliant yellow, with light emanating from within, and I estimated them to be up to possibly a mile across.\" Jersey ATC was now able to get confirmation from the pilot of Blue Island Air, who, from 25 miles (40\u00a0km) to the south, also had visual contact with one object.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Closest proximity\nWhile observing the objects, Bowyer had proceeded well beyond his descent point. At this closest approach the two objects changed their positions and appeared to line up, one directly above the other. A transitory feature of the nearest object now became apparent. At the boundary between its radiant yellow area and the dark grey vertical band, Bowyer believed to perceive a pulsating interface where sparkling blues, greens and other hues were strobing up and down about once a second. Out of concern for the safety of his passengers, he started the descent to the runway and a haze layer obscured their final view of the objects. At no point during the flight however, had there been any interference with the aircraft's systems, instruments or radio communications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Closest proximity\nCaptain Bowyer relates: \"This [was] a big object in the sky, a very, very big object. I did not want to be too close to it and it was at that time that we had to descend to land. We descended through the 2,000-foot (610\u00a0m) haze layer and lost sight of it.\" ... On Guernsey he related: \"There was no hiding it, they were just there. I wasn't too happy. I was quite glad to get on the ground ... and have a cup of tea.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Closest proximity\nIf it was designed by an engineer, that man had to be shaken by the hand because it was a fantastic piece of equipment, if that is what it was. I can't really say much further than to say what I've said all along, that this thing is not from around here. \u2013 Ray Bowyer", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Postflight reporting and reflection\nCaptain Bowyer produced drawings of the two objects for his CAA Air Safety Report on the day of the sighting, and another in October 2007. Passengers Kate and John Russell, who sat three rows behind captain Bowyer, agreed to submit a report and also went public with their sightings. While on Alderney, captain Bowyer was able to study radar traces of the objects, and learned that he first observed the nearest object from some 55 miles away, rather than the 10 miles (16\u00a0km) or less that he initially assumed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Postflight reporting and reflection\nThis knowledge enabled him to construct an estimate of their size (up to a mile long) while on his return flight to Southampton, during which the two objects were nowhere to be seen. Captain Patterson, despite fairly poor visibility, observed one object for about one minute. He described it as yellow/beige in colour, and believed that it pertained to some kind of atmospheric phenomenon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Ground-based observations\nBBC Radio Guernsey reported that two visitors to Sark enquired at their hotel as to what two bright yellow objects in the sky might be. The objects were observed during an afternoon walk on the 23rd, in the direction of Alderney. It is not known whether the radar station near Cap de la Hague, not far from the nuclear reprocessing site, observed any traces. Jersey Airport Radar Control, however, saved a radar recording of the incident, which was submitted to the CAA. They were recorded on Jersey Airport's primary, low-level radar system, but not on the secondary radar used for air traffic control, which was screening out stationary objects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, Flight 544, Ground-based observations\nThe decluttered radar traces show two objects with slow movements during a period of 55 minutes. They were moving away from each other at about 6 knots, the first object northwards and towards the Casquets lighthouse, and the second southwards along the coast of Guernsey. They also appeared and disappeared simultaneously on radar, causing captain Bowyer to discount the possibility of them being cargo ferries. Bowyer also pointed out that the track of the northernmost object disappeared from radar after transiting the position of the lighthouse, a region so dangerous to shipping that it would be avoided by any cargo vessel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, National Press Club UFO meeting, Sighting confirmation\nCaptain Ray Bowyer addressed the US National Press Club on 12 November 2007, and highlighted some details of the sighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190001-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Alderney UFO sighting, National Press Club UFO meeting, Appeal for transparency\nDuring the address he also highlighted a supposed secrecy and suppression of pilots' UFO sighting reports in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190002-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Algarve Cup\nThe 2007 Algarve Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 7 and 12 March 2007 with the previous year's runners-up, the United States, winning the event for a record fifth time, breaking Norway's previous record of four championships, by defeating Denmark, 2-0, in the final game. Sweden ended up third defeating France, 3-1, in the bronze medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190002-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Algarve Cup, Format\nThe twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. All of the teams from Groups A and B returned from 2006, but Italy and Iceland were invited back for the third time to play in Group C replacing Mexico and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190002-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Algarve Cup, Format\nGroups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190002-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Algarve Cup, Format\nThe teams in Group C were playing for places 7-12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190002-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Algarve Cup, Format\nPoints awarded in the group stage follow the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher placed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190003-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian Cup Final\nThe 2007 Algerian Cup Final was the 43rd final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 28, 2007, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 17:00. MC Alger beat USM Alger 1\u20130 to win their sixth Algerian Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190003-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian Cup Final\nAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs MC Alger and USM Alger will contest the final, in what will be the 78th edition of the Algiers Derby. The competition winners are awarded a berth in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190004-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian Super Cup\nThe 2007 Algerian Super Cup is the 6th edition of Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Championnat National and 2006\u201307 Algerian Cup competitions. The match was scheduled to be played on 1 November 2007 at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers between 2006-07 Championnat National winners ES S\u00e9tif and 2006\u201307 Algerian Cup winners MC Alger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election\nMember State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007. 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12,000 candidates competed for the 389 seats in the National People's Assembly. While most Algerians voted on May 17, immigrants from Algeria to other countries (especially France) and Algerians living in the Sahara (i.e. Southern Algeria) and other nomads and semi-nomads voted on May 16 due to the distance from Algiers, the country's capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election\nAt 35% of the 18.7 million voters, the turnout was the lowest in Algerian history. Several political organisations, notably the Socialist Forces Front, the ex-communist Democratic and Social Movement, leading members of the former Islamic Salvation Front (Abbassi Madani and Ali Belhadj), the main faction of the split Islamist Islah Party, and the newly formed organisation Rachad, had called on their supporters to boycott these elections. These political groups claimed that the elections were consistently rigged by the government, and that participation merely lent a fundamentally corrupt process undeserved legitimacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election\nThe only notable remaining armed group in Algeria, the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, issued a video calling participation in the elections \"a great sin\", adding its voice to the boycott calls. Tight security measures were implemented to protect the elections; however, two bombs exploded in Constantine the day before the election, killing a police officer and wounding five others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election\nSaid Bouchair, the head of the national commission of legislative election control, initially reported that ballot boxes in some areas were being stuffed with FLN ballots, that observers were being prevented from attending, and that some areas refused to open ballot boxes before voting began to allow observers to see whether they were empty or not. He then retracted his statement and apologised. About 15% of ballots were spoiled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election\nThe Constitutional Council confirmed the results of the election, with slight changes to the voter turn-out rate and number of seats won by some parties, on May 21. It rejected appeals regarding the election on May 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190005-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Algerian legislative election, Results\nWomen won 31 seats, which was an increase of eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190006-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All England Super Series\nThe 2007 All England Open Super Series (officially known as the Yonex All England Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at National Indoor Stadium in Birmingham, England, from 6 to 11 March 2007 and had a total purse of $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190006-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All England Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 All England Open Super Series was the third tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the All England Open championships, which had been held since 1899.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190006-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All England Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190006-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All England Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190006-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All England Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour\nThe 2007 All Golds Tour was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team, the Kiwis, of Great Britain and France. Conducted as part of the celebrations of a century of rugby league in New Zealand, it was a re-creation of the original New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain in 1907. The Kiwis played four test matches, winning one against France, but losing the series against Great Britain 3\u20130, failing to win the Baskerville Shield. A special game was played between the \"All Golds\" and the \"Northern Union\" which featured many players coming out of international retirement for the game. The tour also involved a reception with the Queen at Buckingham Palace for the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, History\nIn 1905 New Zealand's rugby union team toured Great Britain and witnessed the growing popularity of the professional Northern Union rugby code. With this popularity in mind, and sensing a financial opportunity, Albert Henry Baskerville recruited a group of players for a professional tour, and wrote to the Northern Rugby Football Union asking if they were willing to host a New Zealand touring party. This team toured Australia and then Great Britain in 1907, and was known colloquially as the All Golds, or Professional All Blacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Squad, Australian representative\nTo celebrate the inclusion of Australia's Dally Messenger in the original All Golds tour, New Zealand Warriors captain and Queensland front rower Steve Price was invited to join the New Zealand team for the match against the Northern Union. The Australian test prop said it was \"mind-blowing\" to be invited on the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Squad, Australian representative\nAndrew Johns had initially been invited, but due to a career-ending neck injury, he was unable to play with the squad. Australian captain Darren Lockyer was then set to take Johns' place until he too was ruled out after suffering a season-ending knee injury. Trent Barrett was also linked with the stand-off role in the side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 53], "content_span": [54, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Squad, All Blacks and former Kiwi Test players\nThe NZRL expressed interest in including recently retired New Zealand rugby league stars Nigel Vagana, Ruben Wiki, and Stacey Jones in test matches. All three came out of international retirement to play in the match against the Northern Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Squad, All Blacks and former Kiwi Test players\nSeveral current and former All Blacks (New Zealand rugby union players) were also considered for the match against the Northern Union. Players who grew up playing rugby league such as Carlos Spencer, Piri Weepu and Ma'a Nonu were approached by the NZRL however none were available due to rugby union commitments. Jonah Lomu was also considered but was effectively ruled out due to media and personal appearance commitments at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 67], "content_span": [68, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Squad, Coach\nBrisbane Broncos' Australian coach Wayne Bennett accepted the invitation from the New Zealand Rugby League to join the All Golds for their commemorative match against the Northern Union in England in October. The former Queensland and Australia coach stated \"This is a great honour and it's unique in the game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, New Zealand vs Australia\nThere was a pre-tour test between Australia and New Zealand in Wellington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, All Golds v Northern Union\nThis was an exhibition match played under 1907 scoring rules with tries worth 3 points and goals / field goals worth 2 points each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, All Golds v Northern Union\nSteve Price was the Australian guest player emulating Dally Messenger's role with the original All Golds. 19 year old Bradford forward Sam Burgess was awarded the Man of the Match and his performance saw his inclusion in the Great Britain squad for the upcoming Baskerville Shield series against the Kiwis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, All Golds v Northern Union\nStacey Jones in his last international match kicked 5 goals from 5 attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Fixtures\nThe New Zealand side played a total of five matches while on their European tour and one test in New Zealand before leaving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Baskerville Shield, Venues\nThe three Baskerville Shield tests took place at the following venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190007-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 All Golds Tour, Aftermath\nGreat Britain's scrum half back, Rob Burrow was awarded the George Smith Medal as player of the series which he finished as top points scorer with 26 from two tries and nine goals. Coach Gary Kemble was fired after the tour losses, with Roy Asotasi and David Kidwell leading a public campaign to replace him. Kemble was replaced by Stephen Kearney as head coach and Wayne Bennett assistant coach, a combination which took the Kiwis to win the 2008 World Cup. The All Golds played another match, against the New Zealand M\u0101ori in New Plymouth, in 2008 as part of the lead up to the Rugby League World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190008-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All Thailand Golf Tour\nThe 2007 All Thailand Golf Tour is the ninth season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190009-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Africa Games\nThe 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nigeria has hosted the event twice, but with different host cities. 4793 athletes took part to these games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190009-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Africa Games, Competitions\nThree disciplines, Baseball, Softball and Field Hockey were dropped by the hosts, since these sports are hardly played in Algeria and consequently lack suitable facilities. The hockey competition would have doubled as qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, thus African Hockey Federation organised a separate olympic qualifying tournament in Nairobi, Kenya, held simultaneously with the All-Africa Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190009-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Africa Games, Competitions\nWater Polo was not competed due to lack of teams. It was supposed to be an Olympic qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190010-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Australian team\nThe 2007 All-Australian team represents the best performing Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2007 season. The selection panel provided the 40 leading players of the year in their playing positions at the conclusion of the home and away season before announcing the final 22 at a later date during the All-Australian Presentation Dinner. Of the 40 leading players for that year, the leading 16 midfielders/ruckmen were all respectively nominated, as were the leading twelve defenders and forwards. Six of each were then to be chosen in the final team, with the four interchange positions occupied by players remaining from the group of 40. The team is honorary and does not play any games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190010-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Australian team\nNine Geelong players made it into the 2007 squad and all were picked for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190010-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Australian team, Selection panel\nThe selection panel for the 2007 All-Australian team consisted of non-voting chairman Wayne Jackson, Rod Austin, Kevin Bartlett, Andrew Demetriou, Gerard Healy, Neil Kerley, Chris Mainwaring and Robert Walls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190010-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Australian team, Team, Final team\nNote: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190011-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Big 12 Conference football team\nThe 2007 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2007 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Coaches\" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Media\" team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190011-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key\nBold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190012-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Big Ten Conference football team\nThe 2007 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2007 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Coaches\" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the \"Media\" team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190012-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key\nBold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190013-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 27 May 2007 and ended on 25 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190014-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, the most important elite level inter-county competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women only team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Cork by 14 points in the final, played at Clonmel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190014-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, Arrangements\nAntrim, winners of the minor B championship, defeated Clare in the quarter-finals. Cork's defensive heroes against Tipperary in the semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds were Maria Walsh, Leah Weste and \u00c1ine Moynihan. Cork were foiled by the excellent goalkeeping of Kristine Kenneally but progressed by 1\u201310 to 1\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190014-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, B Division\nThe Minor B final was won by Antrim who defeated Down by nine points in the final at P\u00e1irc Esler (Newry), reversing the previous year's result. In the semi-finals Down defeated Roscommon (10\u201325 to 0\u20133) and Antrim defeated Waterford (5\u201327 to 0\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190014-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, The Final\nKilkenny's Marie Dargan and Michelle Quilty scored 3\u20137 between them in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190015-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 76th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190015-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nRoscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Laois in the All-Ireland quarter-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190015-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship\nOn 16 September 2007, Galway won the championship following a 1-10 to 1-9 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in 21 championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190016-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 77th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 21 April 2007 and ended on 2 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190016-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nOn 2 September 2007, Tipperary won the championship following a 3-14 to 2-11 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in-a-row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190016-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship\nCork's Ryan Clifford was the championship's top scorer with 5-30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship\u2014known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons\u2014was the high point of the 2007 season in the sport of camogie. The championship was won by Wexford who defeated Cork by a two-point margin in the final thanks to two first-half goals by \u2018player of the match\u2019 Una Leacy. The final attracted a record attendance of 33,154.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure\nSix teams competed in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who competed overall in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships. They included Dublin, returning to senior ranks, managed by Tipperary born David Kennedy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group Games\nCork, Galway, Tipperary and Wexford secured the semi-final spots. Wexford took revenge for their National Camogie League final defeat with an impressive 4-12 to 0-14 victory over Cork in the opening round at Ballincollig and six goals from Sarah Ryan gave Dublin a winning return to senior level with a 6-7 to 1-7 victory over Kilkenny in Portmarnock. Galway beat Kilkenny 1-12 to 1-4 in the second round. Cork beat Tipperary by 0-11 to 1-8 before Tipperary brought Wexford's unbeaten run to an end by 1-17 to 0-11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals\nIn the semi-finals at Nowlan Park Kilkenny, Wexford defeated Galway 2-18 to 0-14 to secure a place in the final for the first time since 1994. Kate Kelly scored 1-11, her goal coming midway through the opening half after a pass from earlier goalscorer Michelle Hearne. Cork defeated Tipperary 2-11 to 0-9 in what was the fourth championship meeting of the sides that year, with goals from Angela Walsh and Una O'Donoghue giving them a place in the final for the seventh time in eight years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, The final\nThe final was a tale of three goals. Wexford got the better start when Deirdre Codd won possession in the halfback line, cleared a long ball up-field which was won on the left wing by Ursula Jacob who passed to Michelle Hearne challenging two Cork defenders. The ball broke inside to Una Leacy, who shot past Cork goalkeeper Aoife Murray to the Hill 16-end net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, The final\nUna Leacy\u2019s second goal came after 15 minutes. Deirdre Codd won possession at wing-back, her long delivery found Michelle Hearne, who broke the sliotar down and through to the in-rushing Una Leacy. She gathered, and while her first effort was blocked by defender Amanda O'Regan, she kept her composure and hand-passed to the net from the right edge of the square. Wexford's led by five points at half time, 2-2 to 0-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, The final\nCork's goal came in the 37th minute. Sile Burns sent in a high ball, and Emer Dillon flicked away the hurl of Wexford cornerback Avis Nolan, before gaining the loose ball and cutting the gap to 2-3 to 1-4 with a goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final stages\nCork cut the margin to a point, Wexford extended it to four, and it came back to two before Mags D\u2019Arcy saved the championship when she saved well from an Orla Cotter shot as Cork sought an equalising goal. Una Leacy almost completed a third goal three minutes into added-time. But her low shot rebounded back off the post, when maybe a point would have been sufficient. Briege Corkery\u2019s long range point four minutes into injury-time was the last score of the match, bringin Wexford\u2019s final margin of success back to two points, 2-7 to 1-8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 58], "content_span": [59, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Selection Team\nWexford\u2019s winning team was selected by Stellah Sinnott (Buffers Alley) , Alan Aherne (St Martin's), Noel Ryan (Bunclody) and Eddie Flynn (Rathnure)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190017-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Mothers and daughters\nWexford\u2019s victory set a record three of sets of mothers and daughters to have won All Ireland medals, (previously no mother and daughter had won All-Ireland senior medals in 76 years of competition) Margaret O'Leary (1968, 1969 and 1975) was the mother of Mary and Una Leacy, Kit Kehoe (1965, 1966 and 1975) was the mother of \u00c1ine Codd and Peggie Doyle (1969) was the mother of Kate Kelly respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190018-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 76th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190018-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final\nWexford led 2-2 to 0-3 at half-time and kept that lead throughout, giving them their first title for thirty-two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190019-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2007 to determine the winners of the 2006\u201307 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 37th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny and Loughrea of Galway, with Ballyhale Shamrocks winning by 3-12 to 2-8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190019-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Ballyhale Shamrocks and Loughrea. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Ballyhale Shamrocks were hoping to win a record-breaking fifth All-Ireland title while Loughrea were appearing in their first decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190019-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nLoughrea made a brilliant start to the game and they led by double-scores after ten minutes thanks to good work from Ken Colleran (0-2), John O'Loughlin and Johnny Maher. Ballyhale Shamrocks were quick to race into gear with five points on the trot with Michael Fennelly, T. J. Reid and Patrick Reid and Henry Shefflin all on target. These scores gave Ballyhale a 0-7 to 0-4 advantage by the 19th-minute and a great run from T. J. Reid from 45 metres out resulted in the game's first goal as he had no hesitation in crashing the ball to the back of the Loughrea net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190019-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nThe Kilkenny and Leinster champions held a 1-9 to 0-7 lead at the interval and quickly built on this on the restart as full-forward Patrick Reid rifled the ball to the net. Henry Shefflin ensured that the gap was quickly extended to ten points. However, scores were suddenly at a premium and Loughrea were also keen on making a comeback. In the closing quarter, Loughrea owned possession but struggled to get scores on the board but they did manage two fine goals with Vinnie and Johnny Maher both crashing to the net. Ballyhale were also goal-hungry and T. J. Reid found the net in the 64th minute to seal a memorable 3-12 to 2-8 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190019-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final\nBallyhale's All-Ireland victory was their first since 1990. The win gave them their fifth All-Ireland title over all and put them as outright leaders on the all-time roll of honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nThe 2007 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was a Gaelic football competition in Ireland, and was the most significant and prestigious competition in the sport held that year. It began on 13 May 2007, with the final game took place for Sunday, 16 September. Kerry were the defending champions, as well as the most successful team in the competition. Donegal entered the Championship as the unbeaten National League champions, as well as having been runners-up to Tyrone in the 2007 Dr. McKenna Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nThe draw for the provincial championships took place on 4 November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nKerry retained their championship, the first team to do so since Cork won back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. The final was the first occasion when two teams from Munster, Kerry and Cork, competed, although not the first with two teams from the same Province. That distinction belongs to the 2003 Championship where two counties from Ulster competed. The final score was Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship\nCork's James Masters was the top scorer, with 3 goals and 30 points (3-30: a total of 39 points). He also held the record for the highest individual tally in a match, getting 2-07 (13) in the game against Tipperary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, Munster Senior Football Championship\nPlayers names followed by a number indicates their scoring tally. f=free kick, '45'=45m kick, sline=sideline ball, p=goal scored from penalty. SO=Sent Off", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers\nThe first round of the qualifying rounds / 'back door system' includes all the counties that did not qualify for their respective provincial final with the exceptions of Antrim, Carlow, Clare, London, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford and Wicklow. These eight teams played in the Tommy Murphy Cup because these particular teams all played in Division 4 of the 2008 National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 78], "content_span": [79, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1\nAn open draw for the first round took place on 24 June, after all but one of the participants were known. This made sure that some teams did not have the advantage of knowing who they are going to be playing against longer than others. The matches were scheduled to be played on the weekend of 7 July and 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1\nThe eight winning teams from the first round went into another open draw for the second round leaving four teams who then went on to play the four losing teams from the respective provincial finals in the third and final round of qualifiers. The four winning teams from the third round were drawn against one of the four provincial winners in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1\nThe first round fixture that was most hotly anticipated is the all-Ulster clash of Derry and Armagh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2\nThe draw for the second qualifying round took place on 8 July, after the first round results had all been settled. The most anticipated pairing was that of Mayo and Derry. Derry won that game, having already upset Armagh the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 3\nThe draw for the third round took place on 14 July, and it included the runners up of the provincial championships, each of whom was drawn to play one of the four successful teams from the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland series\nThis stage of the competition is a pure knockout, with teams competing facing off in a single match. As many replays as it takes determines who proceeds in the competition, as there is no definitive tie-breaker in Gaelic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190020-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland series\nThe draw for the quarter finals took place on Sunday 29 July, and it involved the four winning teams from Round Three of the qualifier series being drawn against the four provincial winners; Tyrone, Sligo, Kerry and Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190021-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 120th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190021-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final\nIt was only the second time in the GAA's history that two teams from the same province had contested an All-Ireland Football Final. Kerry won by 10 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190022-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 22 May 2007 and ended on 2 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190022-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship\nKilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2-19 to 1-15 defeat of Limerick. This put them on level terms with Cork on 30 titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190022-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams\nA total of twelve teams contested the championship, including eleven teams from the 2006 championship and new entrant. Westmeath were relegated in 2006 and contested the 2007 Christy Ring Cup, while Antrim, winners of the 2006 Christy Ring Cup, gained automatic promotion back to hurling's top tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match held at Croke Park, Dublin on 2 September 2007. The match was the 120th All-Ireland hurling final and was contested by Kilkenny and Limerick, with Kilkenny winning 2\u201319 to 1\u201315. It was the first meeting of these two sides in the All-Ireland final since 1974 when Kilkenny were the winners. Kilkenny were aiming to capture a second All-Ireland title in succession while Limerick were hoping to capture a first title since 1973. The prize for the winning team was the Liam MacCarthy Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final\nPrior to the event, Kilkenny goalkeeper James McGarry's wife Vanessa died in a road accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Previous championship encounters\nThis particular fixture has been infrequent in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship due to the provincial structure of the championship from 1888 to 1996. Kilkenny have played Limerick a total of eight times in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. As of 2007 the scores were level with both Kilkenny and Limerick recording four victories over each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 84], "content_span": [85, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Limerick\nAt the start of the year Limerick were given little chance of success by most of the pundits and commentators. The last time the team won a game in the provincial championship was 2001 and few gave them any chance against Tipperray, their opponents in the Munster semi-final. 26,000 people witnessed that game with Tipp looking the likely winners. A goal from substitute Pat Tobin brought Limerick level to 1\u201319 late on to send the game to a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Limerick\nEarly in the second half of the replay it looked as if Tipperary were going to run out the easy winners when they led by ten points. Limerick fought back to level the game by the final whistle. A period of extra time was played, however, after 160-minutes of hurling the sides couldn't be separated. Result: Tipperary 2\u201312 \u2013 Limerick 1\u201324. Eight days later both sides met for the third time. Remarkably, after the seventy minutes had been played both sides were still level and another period of extra time had to be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Limerick\nAfter a three-game saga watched by over 80,000 people Limerick claimed their first victory in the provincial championship in six years when they won by 0\u201322 to 2\u201313. The reward for this victory was a Munster final meeting with Waterford. It was their first appearance in the provincial decider since 2001 and the first Limerick-Waterford Munster final since 1934. The game saw Waterford's Dan Shanahan run riot and capture three goals as Limerick were well beaten by 3\u201317 to 1\u201314. In spite of this Limerick still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final where they were drawn to play their near-neighbours Clare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0003-0003", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Paths to the final, Limerick\nLimerick were the favourites going into the game in spite of having lost quarter-finals in 2001, 2005 and 2006. The favourites tag was well justified and they won more comfortably than the 1\u201323 to 1\u201316 score line suggests. This win set up a rematch with Waterford in the All-Ireland semi-final. Having lost the Munster final to them, Waterford were the red-hot favourites going into the game. In spite of their underdog status Limerick produced an incredible display of goalpoaching to defeat Waterford by 5\u201311 to 2\u201315 in a thrilling All-Ireland semi-final. It was heart-breaking for Waterford who had to suffer a fourth defeat at the penultimate stage of the championship inside nine years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nAt 3:30\u00a0pm match referee Diarmuid Kirwan threw in the sliothar and the 2007 championship decider was on. Kilkenny justified their favouritism in the opening exchanges as they dictated the play to a Limerick side that may have had All-Ireland nerves. Kilkenny were the first team to open their scoring account courtesy of two points from a Henry Shefflin free and an Eoin Larkin effort from play. Limerick were struggling at this stage, however, Kilkenny awarded no respite to the Munster men. After eight minutes of play Kilkenny were awarded a line ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nJames \u2018Cha\u2019 Fitzpatrick dispatched the sliothar in as far as goal-poacher supreme Eddie Brennan. He made no mistake in rounding corner-back S\u00e9amus Hickey and sending a low shot across goalkeeper Brian Murray and into the Limerick net. Less than a minute later another long delivery from Fitzpatrick found Shefflin at the edge of the square. After fielding the sliothar the Kilkenny captain made used his strength to brush past full-back Stephen Lucey and flick the sliothar into the net for a second goal. Eoin Larkin added to the Munster men\u2019s misery as he pointed once again. 10 mins: 2\u20133 \u2013 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nLimerick found their way after this opening bombardment with Andrew O'Shaughnessy firing over a free to open their scoring account. The \u2018treaty\u2019 men didn\u2019t register their first score from play until the fifteen-minute mark when D\u00f3nal O'Grady split the posts to reduce the deficit to seven. Se\u00e1n O'Connor sent over a third unanswered point for Limerick shortly afterwards. Eddie Brennan was giving S\u00e9amus Hickey a torrid time in the full back line and he rifled over another point for \u2018the Cats\u2019 in the sixteenth minute. 16 mins: 2\u20134 \u2013 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nOllie Moran was now leading the attack for Limerick and he made no mistake in sending over two quick points from play to reduce Kilkenny\u2019s lead to five points. Up at the other end of the field Henry Shefflin was having an off day as he struck some uncharacteristic wides into the canal end of the stadium. Eoin Larkin, however, was given plenty time and space to send over his third point of the game after twenty minutes. Limerick\u2019s scores were at a premium as high balls into Brian Begley proved fruitless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nThe loss of Noel Hickey to a hamstring injury in the twenty-third minute resulted in manager Brian Cody make some positional switches and spring John Tennyson from the substitute\u2019s bench. Almost immediately Kilkenny regained the upper hand with Eddie Brennan breaking through for what would have been his second goal. The brilliance of S\u00e9amus Hickey, however, diverted Brennan\u2019s attention and all he got was a point. Henry Shefflin nonchalantly struck over another point from all of 65 metres out while Richie Power entered the game in place of Willie O'Dwyer. 25 mins: 2\u20137 \u2013 0\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nDonie Ryan helped Limerick to get back on track when he set up Mike FitzGerald who clawed back another score for his side. His effort was cancelled out almost immediately as Eoin Larkin, who was giving a fantastic display, made an excellent catch and scored his fourth point from four attempts. A harsh foul by Tommy Walsh presented Andrew O\u2019Shaughnessy with a simple point from a free which he converted with ease. Ollie Moran continued to get the Limerick attack back on track as he fired over his third point of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, First half\nThe Kilkenny men, however, kept their cool and restored their seven-point lead with another Eddie Brennan point after Henry Shefflin made the score. Up at the other end of the field Limerick were awarded another free after a Brian Hogan misdemeanor, however, the shot went wide. Tommy Walsh made a great run from the half-back line to register the final score of the opening half for Kilkenny. There was concern for \u2018the Cats\u2019 when Henry Shefflin pulled up with a suspected cruciate injury late in the half. At the half-time break Kilkenny were in complete control of the game. 35 mins: 2\u201310 \u2013 0\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half\nShefflin\u2019s injury resulted in him retiring to the stands for the second-half. Andrew O\u2019Shaughnessy opened the second-half scoring after he converted a free after a harsh \u2018Cha\u2019 Fitzpatrick foul. Three minutes into the half Niall Moran pointed to reduce the deficit to just the two goals as Limerick battled hard. Substitute Richie Power steadied the Leinster men when he sent over a brace of frees, however, \u2018Cha\u2019 Fitzpatrick was not so lucky when his two efforts flew wide of the upright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half\nPower increased Kilkenny\u2019s lead to nine points when he landed his third unanswered point in-a-row as Kilkenny were really motoring. Limerick, however, went on the attack again and were thrown a lifeline when Ollie Moran sent a great shot past P. J. Ryan to the roof of the Kilkenny net for Limerick\u2019s first goal of the day. 47 mins: 2\u201313 \u2013 1\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half\nLimerick were now within six points, however, Kilkenny maintained their trademarked coolness. \u2018The Cats\u2019 received a great boost soon after when Tommy Walsh made a great run from his corner-back position to score his second point of the day. Andrew O\u2019Shaughnessy popped over a point; however, the game was quickly going beyond them. \u2018Cha\u2019 Fitzpatrick responded in kind for Kilkenny before Aidan Fogarty provided another to reestablish an eight-point lead. 55 mins: 2\u201316 \u2013 1\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half\nDonal O\u2019Grady slotted over Limerick\u2019s twelfth point of the match before his side were awarded a free from close range. Andrew O\u2019Shaughnessy went for broke and tried for a goal, however, J.J. Delaney was the hero on the goal line who sent the sliothar out for 65-metre free. O\u2019Shaughnessy also stepped up to take that free, however, he sent it wide. With thirteen minutes left in the game the deficit was reduced to six points as Limerick pointed from a free. Soon afterwards O\u2019Shaughnessy went for broke again, however, his kicked effort was blocked by Jackie Tyrrell for another 65-metre free. O\u2019Shaughnessy made no mistake this time as the sliothar sailed over the crossbar to eat into Kilkenny\u2019s lead once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190023-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match Summary, Second half\nKilkenny fought back again with Eddie Brennan increasing his tally of the day to 1\u20134 when he sent the sliothar over the bar in the sixty-fourth minute. O\u2019Shaughnessy secured a late consolation point for Limerick, however, Eddie Brennan came back to secure his fifth point of the day and the last score of the game. The final score saw Kilkenny take their thirtieth All-Ireland title with a 2\u201319 to 1\u201315 victory over Limerick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 78], "content_span": [79, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190024-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Mayo. Cork completed a three in a row of All-Ireland titles. Valerie Mulcahy scored 2\u20131 as Cork won 2\u201311 to 2\u20136. Mulcahy scored her first goal from the penalty spot just before half time. The decision to award the penalty was described as \"questionable\" and was only confirmed after the referee, Eugene O'Hare, consulted with his umpires. The penalty gave Cork a 1\u20136 to 0\u20133 half time lead. Cork were leading by 12 points when Cora Staunton and Fiona McHale scored two goals in the final minute, making the final score look more respectable for Mayo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190024-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final\nIn addition to playing ladies Gaelic football, several members of the Mayo squad including Yvonne Byrne, Aoife Herbert and Cora Staunton, also played women's association football for the Mayo Ladies League XI that won the 2006 FAI Women's Cup and then represented the Republic of Ireland in the 2007\u201308 UEFA Women's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190024-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nTeam:1 Elaine Harte2 Ciara Walsh3 Angela Walsh4 Rena Buckley5 Linda Barrett6 Br\u00edd Stack7 Briege Corkery8 Juliet Murphy (c)9 Norita Kelly10 Geraldine O'Flynn11 Laura McMahon12 Nollaig Cleary13 Valerie Mulcahy14 Amanda Murphy15 Deirdre O'Reilly", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190024-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nSubstitutes:Rhona Buckley for Kelly (ht)Mair\u00e9ad Kelly for McMahon (48)S. O'Reilly for Ciara Walsh (56)Amy O'Shea for Cleary (56)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190024-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nTeam:1 Yvonne Byrne2 Sharon McGing3 Helena Lohan4 N O'Shea5 Marcella Heffernan6 Martha Carter 7 Caroline McGing8 Claire O'Hara9 Ciara McDermott10 Fiona McHale11 Cora Staunton12 Claire Egan13 Aoife Herbert14 Chris Heffernan (c)15 Diane O'Hora", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190024-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams\nSubstitutes:L Cafferkey for Herbert (28)M Kelly for O\u2019Shea (ht)J Moran for McDermott (50)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 66], "content_span": [67, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190025-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 44th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190025-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship\nMayo entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Laois in the All-Ireland semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190025-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship\nOn 5 May 2007, Cork won the championship following a 2-10 to 0-15 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final. This was their 10th All-Ireland title overall and their first in 13 championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190026-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190026-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nKilkenny were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Offaly in the Leinster semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190026-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nOn 8 September 2007, Galway won the championship following a 5-11 to 0-12 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 9th All-Ireland title in the under-21 grade and their second in three championship seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190026-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship\nDublin's Alan McCrabbe was the championship's top scorer with 2-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190027-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Croke Park, Dublin on 8 September 2007 to determine the winners of the 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 44th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Galway of Connacht and Dublin of Leinster, with Galway winning by 5-11 to 0-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190027-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nThe All-Ireland final between Galway and Dublin was their second meeting in a decider. Galway were hoping to claim their 9th championship. Dublin were hoping to win their first All-Ireland title. The game was played as part of a double-header with the All-Ireland decider in camogie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190027-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nGalway made a blistering start to the game and led by 3-4 to 0-2 after just 13 minutes thanks to goals from Conor Kavanagh (2) and Se\u00e1n Glynn. Such was Galway's early dominance that Dublin's only point in the opening quarter came after four minutes from the game's top scorer Alan McCrabbe from a placed ball. The midfield partnership of McCrabbe and John McCaffrey kept alive any hope for Dublin, while Peadar Carton was also on target in a bright ten-minute spell during which they managed to hold Galway scoreless. The westerners came back strongly and a goal from Kerrill Wade before the interval ensured a 4-6 to 0-8 interval lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190027-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nDublin came out strongly for the second half with two McCrabbe points, but once again Galway found their groove and the Craobh Chiar\u00e1in clubman was the only Dublin player to hit the target in the second half. Joe Canning was playing a great supporting role at this stage for Galway but also chipped in with a 43rd-minute point, ensuring a double scores advantage at 4-8 to 0-10. An excellent Keith Kilkenny point, following a clean catch, and a Wade effort ensured that the gap was extended to 12 points. Dublin did stage a rally in the closing stages, mainly thanks to the free-taking abilities of McCrabbe. Galway substitute Noel Kelly sealed victory with a 60th-minute goal, before adding a late point to ensure a comprehensive victory for Galway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190027-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nGalway's All-Ireland victory was their second in three years. The victory put them in third position on the all-time roll of honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190027-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final\nIt was later reported that supporters attending the game experienced difficulties purchasing tickets \u2014 and entering the ground \u2014 for the decider. One thousand supporters, who had not purchased tickets, were granted free admission to the stadium when extra gates were opened to relieve congestion at the main turnstiles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190028-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team\nThe 2007 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 2007 college football season. The USC Trojans won the conference, posting a 7\u20132 conference record. USC then beat the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Rose Bowl 49 to 17. Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon was unanimously voted Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis was voted Pat Tillman Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190029-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Pro Team\nThe 2007 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers Association and Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 2007. Both first and second teams are listed for the Associated Press.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190029-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Pro Team\nThese are the current teams that historically appear in Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the NFL. Although the NFL has no official awards according to the NFL spokesman Greg Aiello the NFL Record and Fact Book has historically listed All-Pro teams from major news sources such as the Associated Press, Sporting News, Pro Football Writers Association, as well as teams from organizations that no longer release All-Pro teams such as Newspaper Enterprise Association and United Press International.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190029-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-Pro Team\nThe AP teams are selected by a national panel of 50 NFL writers. The Pro Football Writers Association team is from a poll of its more than 300 members and the editors and writers for Pro Football Weekly. The Sporting News's All-Pro team was determined through voting by professional NFL personnel directors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190030-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 All-SEC football team\nThe 2007 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2007 college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190030-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 All-SEC football team\nThe LSU Tigers won the conference, beating the Tennessee Volunteers 21 to 14 in the SEC Championship Game. The Tigers then won a national championship, defeating the Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes 38 to 24 in the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190030-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 All-SEC football team\nFlorida quarterback Tim Tebow, AP selection, won Heisman Trophy, the first sophomore to do so. He also won the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, a unanimous selection by both the AP and the coaches and repeat winner of the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back, was the coaches Offensive Player of the Year. LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, a unanimous selection by both the AP and the coaches, was the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year. He also won the Lombardi Award and Nagurski Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190030-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 All-SEC football team, Key\nBold: Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and APAP: Associated PressCoaches: Selected by the SEC coaches*Unanimous selection of AP#Unanimous selection of Coaches\u2020Unanimous selection of both AP and Coaches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 31], "content_span": [32, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190031-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Allan Cup\nThe 2007 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 2006-07 Senior \"AAA\" season. The event was hosted by the Stony Plain Eagles in Stony Plain, Alberta. The 2007 tournament marked the 99th year that the Allan Cup has been awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190032-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Allerdale Borough Council election\nElections to Allerdale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190032-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Allerdale Borough Council election, Results\n9 Conservative, 4 Labour, 1 Independent and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190033-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad\nThe 2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was the 2007 edition of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad tennis tournament. The tournament was held on July 9\u201315. Paul-Henri Mathieu won his second title of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190033-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Finals, Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k / Pavel V\u00edzner defeated Marc Gicquel / Florent Serra, 7\u20135, 5\u20137, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190034-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Doubles\nJi\u0159\u00ed Nov\u00e1k and Andrei Pavel were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190034-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Pavel V\u00edzner won in the final 7\u20135, 5\u20137, [10\u20137], against Marc Gicquel and Florent Serra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190035-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad \u2013 Singles\nPaul-Henri Mathieu defeated Andreas Seppi 6\u20137(1\u20137), 6\u20134, 7\u20135 to win the 2007 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190036-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Allsvenskan\nAllsvenskan 2007, part of the 2007 Swedish football season, was the 83rd Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 6 April 2007 and the last match was played 28 October 2007. IFK G\u00f6teborg won the league ahead of runners-up Kalmar FF, while IF Brommapojkarna were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190037-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alnwick District Council election\nElections to Alnwick District Council were held for the final time on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The council was abolished in 2009 when Northumberland County Council became a unitary authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190038-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Downhill\nThe 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Downhill season involved 10 events at sites in North America and Europe between November 2006 and March 2007. Swiss's Didier Cuche won the individual title, while his Austrian team took the team title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190038-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Downhill, Final point standings\nIn the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190038-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Downhill, Men's Downhill Team Results\nOverall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190039-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Slalom\nThe Men's Slalom World Cup 2006/2007 involved 10 events at sites in North America and Europe between November 2006 and March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190039-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Slalom, Final point standings\nIn the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190039-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Slalom, Men's Slalom Team Results\nOverall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190040-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Super G, Final point standings\nIn Men's Super G World Cup 2006/07 all results count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190040-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Super G, Final point standings\nNote:In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190040-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup \u2013 Men's Super G, Men's Super G Team Results\nOverall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190041-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Altitude Everest expedition\nThe 2007 Altitude Everest expedition, led by the American climber Conrad Anker, arrived at Base Camp below the north face of Everest in May 2007 and retraced the last journey of British climber George Mallory who was lost during the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190041-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Altitude Everest expedition\nOn 8 June 1924, Mallory, along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine, set out for the summit of Everest but disappeared from view short of the summit. The mystery of whether they could have been the first climbers to reach the world's highest point has never been resolved. Anker and his colleagues investigated what happened to them, testing out the durability of their clothing and equipment to establish whether Mallory and Irvine could have reached the summit in the conditions they faced in 1924.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190041-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Altitude Everest expedition, The expedition team\nConrad Anker discovered George Mallory\u2019s body lying on the mountain in 1999, 75 years after he had disappeared into the clouds near the summit. Accompanying Anker to retrace Mallory\u2019s steps was British climber Leo Houlding. Anker and Houlding were joined by Kevin Thaw, Ken Sauls and Jimmy Chin, and a back-up team that included technical and medical support. Overseeing the expedition was Russell Brice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190041-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Altitude Everest expedition, The expedition team\nAnker and Houlding successfully free-climbed the Second Step, having first removed the Chinese ladder (which was later replaced). Houlding rated the climb at 5.9, just within Mallory's estimated capabilities. However, Anker fell off the Step on his first attempt, raising the question if a 5.12-grade climber has trouble with it, how well can a 5.9 climber be expected to do. Eight years earlier Anker had climbed the Second Step as part of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition but had used one point of aid by stepping on a rung of the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190041-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Altitude Everest expedition, The expedition team\nAt that time he had rated the climb at 5.10 and probably beyond Mallory; after the June 2007 climb he changed his view and said that \"Mallory and Irvine could have climbed it\". The climbing community still remains split on the subject of whether Mallory was capable of having climbed the Second Step.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190042-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Alum Rock earthquake\nThe 2007 Alum Rock earthquake occurred on October 30 at 8:04 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time in Alum Rock Park in San Jose, in the U.S. state of California. It measured 5.6 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). The event was then the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale, but was later surpassed by the 2014 South Napa earthquake. Ground shaking from the Alum Rock quake reached San Francisco and Oakland and other points further north. Sixty thousand felt reports existed far beyond Santa Rosa, as far north as Eugene, Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190042-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Alum Rock earthquake, Earthquake\nThe shock originated on the Calaveras Fault and ruptured an area of the fault for a length of about 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) beginning at the hypocenter and extending southeast. There was no evidence of any surface rupture along the fault caused by the earthquake. David Oppenheimer, a seismologist at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), said that although the quake was felt as a strong jolt over a wide region, it was more significant because it caused stress changes in the Calaveras Fault and the nearby Hayward Fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190042-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Alum Rock earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nIntensity VI (Strong) effects included broken windows and items that were knocked off store shelves, but the event caused no serious damage or injuries. Some parts of the Bay Area felt the rupture for up to 15 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190042-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Alum Rock earthquake, Earthquake, Early warning\nElarmS, an earthquake early warning system, accurately predicted the quake seconds before it struck, correctly estimating the earthquake's magnitude to within 0.5 magnitude units using only three to four seconds' worth of data. Scientists with the California Integrated Seismic Network hope to refine the system to provide a 10-second warning in a similar quake to residents of Oakland and San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190043-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Amber Valley Borough Council election\nElections to Amber Valley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190044-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 America East Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24-26 at Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium in Farmingdale, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, third-seeded Albany defeated first-seeded Binghamton, 1-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Albany received the America East's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament, the program's first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190044-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190045-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 America East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 2\u20134 at Agganis Arena. The final was held March 10 at Patrick Gym. The Albany Great Danes won the tournament to advance to their second consecutive berth in the NCAA tournament. Albany was given the 13th seed in the South Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Virginia 84\u201357. Vermont gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round to Kansas State 59\u201357.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup\nThe 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and Match Race in the sport of sailing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup\nAs per the Deed of Gift of the America's Cup the yacht club that holds the Cup is the one that chooses the location for the next challenge to take place. Alinghi, the syndicate representing the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Gen\u00e8ve, the winners of the thirty-first edition, are based in Switzerland which is a landlocked country, so Alinghi put the hosting rights out to a competitive bid process. During a preliminary selection the bids of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Porto Cervo and Elba were eliminated. The four finalists were Cascais (near Lisbon), Marseille, Naples (ITA) and Valencia. On November 27, 2003 it was announced that the venue would be Valencia, Spain. A new building, Veles e Vents designed by David Chipperfield, was built in the harbour of Valencia to house the central base for all the America's Cup teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup\nBy winning the 32nd America's Cup, Alinghi changed what seemed to have become a tradition: that the winner of race three goes on to win the match. Emirates Team New Zealand, despite winning the third heat, was not able to capture the Cup. The score of the 32nd America's Cup has also differentiated the match from previous editions. The past three America's Cups \u2013 1995, 2000 and 2003 \u2013 were all sweeps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup\nEleven challengers from nine countries submitted formal entries prior to the closing deadline of April 29, 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, Challenger selection - Louis Vuitton Cup 2007\nIn preparation for the 2007 America's Cup, there were a series of regattas leading up to the Cup races, called \"Acts\" which culminated in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. The winner, Emirates Team New Zealand, became the Challenger and raced against the Defender, Alinghi, for the America's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, Challenger selection - Louis Vuitton Cup 2007\nIn 2004, there were three acts, Act 1 held September 2004 in Marseille, France; Act 2 held October 2004 in Valencia, Spain; and Act 3 held October 2004, also in Valencia. These events featured fleet and match racing between America's Cup class yachts representing the syndicates that were vying for selection as challenger for the America's Cup in 2007. Points were awarded for each Act, and the team with the highest score at the end of the year is declared the ACC (America's Cup Class) Champion for that year. In 2004, Emirates Team New Zealand narrowly won over second place American challenger BMW Oracle Racing and third place Swiss defender Team Alinghi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, Challenger selection - Louis Vuitton Cup 2007\nThe schedule of Acts in 2005 included Acts 4 and 5 in Valencia (June 16-June 26), Acts 6 and 7 in Malm\u00f6, Sweden (August 25-September 4) and Acts 8 and 9 in Trapani, Italy (September 29-October 9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 65], "content_span": [66, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, 2007 America's Cup program and results\nAll races were run on a windward-leeward course consisting of four legs with legs 1 and 4 being 3.3 nautical miles (6.1\u00a0km) in length, and legs 2 and 3 being 3.0 nautical miles (5.6\u00a0km) for a total of 12.6 nautical miles (23.3\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, 2007 America's Cup program and results\nIn the results table below, the team entering the starting area from the side (i.e. entering from the right-hand side on starboard tack) has a slight advantage. The team was decided for the first race by the toss of a coin. side advantage then alternates race by race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, Crew, Alinghi\nPeter Evans sailed the training boat for Alinghi. Other team members included Peter Holmberg, Mike Drummond, Matt Mitchell, Brian Sharp, Mark Newbrook, Jordi Calafat, Nicholas Texier and Craig Satherwaite. Grant Simmer was the managing director and Jochen Sch\u00fcmann the sports director.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190046-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 America's Cup, Crew, Emirates Team New Zealand\nBen Ainslie and Kelvin Harrap sailed the training boat for Team New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190047-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 American Indoor Football Association season\nThe 2007 American Indoor Football Association season was the league's third overall season. The league champions were the Lakeland Thunderbolts, who defeated the Reading Express in AIFA Championship Bowl I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series\nThe 2007 American Le Mans Series season was the 37th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with the ninth labeled as the American Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 17, 2007, and ended October 20, 2007 after 12 races. It was the league's longest season since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Schedule\nFollowing the ten race schedule of 2006, a twelve race schedule was announced for 2007. While the Portland International Raceway was not part of the new schedule, three new temporary street circuits were added. The streets of St. Petersburg and the Long Beach circuit were added after the 12 Hours of Sebring, while the new Belle Isle circuit was added before Petit Le Mans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Ethanol\nAnnounced on February 8, 2007, the American Le Mans Series signed an agreement with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) to run E10 ethanol-enriched fuel in all gasoline-powered entries. The fuel was 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline. EPIC also sponsored Rahal Letterman Racing's Porsche entry as part of the deal. This was similar to Rahal Letterman's deal in the Indy Racing League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Teams championship\nFor most races, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Teams championship\nFor the four-hour Road America 500 and Monterey Sports Car Championships are scored in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Teams championship\nAnd for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Teams championship\nCars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nFor most races, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nFor the four hour Road America 500 and Monterey Sports Car Championships are scored in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nAnd for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190048-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 American Le Mans Series, Drivers championship\nCars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points, with the exception of the Long Beach round where drivers need only 30 minutes minimum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series\nThe 2007 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 2007 American League playoffs, began on October 12 and ended on October 21. It was a best-of-seven series, with the East Division champion Boston Red Sox facing the Central Division champion Cleveland Indians. The Red Sox came back from a 3\u20131 deficit to defeat the Indians 4\u20133, outscoring them 30\u20135 over the final three games of the Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series\nThe Red Sox had swept the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in three games in the AL Division Series, while the Indians had defeated the New York Yankees three games to one. The series marks the fourth postseason meeting of the two teams, following the 1995 and 1998 AL Division Series, both of which were won by the Indians, and the 1999 ALDS, won by the Red Sox (in a similar fashion to this series). It was the eighth ALCS appearance for Boston, and the fourth for Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series\nThe Red Sox would go on to sweep the Colorado Rockies in the World Series, winning their seventh World Series championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nIn Game 1, the Cleveland Indians took the lead when Travis Hafner hit a home run to deep right field in the first inning against Josh Beckett, who retired the next ten batters in a row, finishing by striking out seven while allowing only two runs in six innings pitched. The Red Sox tied the game in the bottom of the inning off of CC Sabathia on three straight one-out singles by Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz, and Manny Ramirez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nIn the third, the Red Sox loaded the bases with one out on a double, walk, and hit by pitch before Ramirez walked to force in a run, then Mike Lowell's ground-rule double scored two more. After Bobby Kielty was intentionally walked, Jason Varitek's groundout put Boston up 5\u20131. In the fifth, the Red Sox again loaded the bases on a single and two walks when Kielty's single scored two with Lowell being tagged out at third. Jensen Lewis relieved Sabathia and allowed an RBI double to Varitek. Sabathia was charged with eight runs on seven hits in 4+1\u20443 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nCasey Blake doubled to lead off the top of the sixth and scored on Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera's single one out later. Dustin Pedroia and Youkilis hit back-to-back singles to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Aaron Fultz relieved Lewis and walked two to load the bases and force in a run. Tom Mastny relieved Fultz and allowed a sacrifice fly to Lowell to put the Red Sox up 10\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0003-0003", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Indians scored their last run in the top of the eighth off of Javier L\u00f3pez when Blake hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a fly out, and scored on Cabrera's sacrifice fly. They loaded the bases with two outs off of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 in the ninth, but Grady Sizemore struck out on a full count to end the game as the Red Sox went up 1\u20130 in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nSaturday, October 13, 2007 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nGame 2 was billed as a matchup of aces in 19-game winner Fausto Carmona and veteran postseason ace Curt Schilling. However, both starters were out by the fifth as both offenses took charge in what evolved into an 11-inning, run-scoring saga that clocked in at 5 hours and 14 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nAfter the Indians took the lead in the first on a Victor Martinez RBI double after a leadoff double by Grady Sizemore, the Red Sox loaded the bases in the third on two singles and a walk before a Manny Ram\u00edrez walk tied the game, then Mike Lowell's two-run single put them up 3\u20131. In the top of the fourth, Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run blast into the camera well in center field off Schilling, giving the Indians a 4\u20133 lead. Sizemore's home run next inning made it 5\u20133 Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nIn the bottom of the inning, Manny Ramirez hit an opposite-field two-run home run to tie the game followed by a go-ahead Mike Lowell home run over the Green Monster, both off Indians reliever Rafael P\u00e9rez. In the top of the sixth, Peralta drew a leadoff walk off of reliever Manny Delcarmen, moved to third on a single and scored on Franklin Gutierrez's groundout to tie the game 6\u20136. Each team's bullpen put up scoreless frames after the sixth inning, leading to extra innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0005-0003", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe 11th inning proved to be a historic one as Cleveland took advantage by scoring seven runs off a shaky Sox bullpen, a postseason record for runs in an extra inning by one team. One of the highlights was the go-ahead RBI base hit by former Red Sox right fielder Trot Nixon off Boston's lefty specialist Javier L\u00f3pez after a one-out and single off of Eric Gagne. What made the base hit significant was that Nixon has historically struggled against left-handed pitching, but manager Eric Wedge left Nixon in to hit against L\u00f3pez, and the move paid off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0005-0004", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nA wild pitch allowed another run to score. After retiring V\u00edctor Mart\u00ednez, L\u00f3pez gave up a single to Ryan Garko and was lifted for Jon Lester, the only pitcher left in the Boston bullpen. Lester did not fare much better; Peralta greeted him with a run-scoring double, which was followed one out later by Franklin Guti\u00e9rrez's three-run homer, capping the scoring as the Indians took Game 2 by a score of 13\u20136, tying the series heading to Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nMonday, October 15, 2007 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nComing off a lopsided 13\u20136 loss in 11 innings, Boston sent Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound to face off with Jake Westbrook for Game 3 at Jacobs Field. Kenny Lofton's two-run home run gave the Indians a 2\u20130 lead in the second inning. Dice-K would be knocked out after allowing RBI singles to Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera and Travis Hafner to make it 4\u20130 in the fifth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nJason Varitek's two-run home run in the seventh inning off Westbrook cut the lead to 4\u20132, but the Sox could get no closer as Cleveland's closer Joe Borowski, who led the AL in saves during the regular season, shut the door on the Sox, giving the Indians a 2\u20131 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nTuesday, October 16, 2007 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nAfter being confounded for four innings by Tim Wakefield's knuckleball, the Indians scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth in Game 4. Casey Blake led off the inning with a homer off Wakefield, Franklin Guti\u00e9rrez singled, Kelly Shoppach was hit by a pitch, and Grady Sizemore reached on a fielder's choice. After Kevin Youkilis bobbled and dropped a foul ball, Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera reached on an infield single as Guti\u00e9rrez scored. Travis Hafner struck out, and then V\u00edctor Mart\u00ednez hit an RBI single to left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nAt that point, Boston skipper Terry Francona yanked Wakefield for reliever Manny Delcarmen, who gave up an opposite-field home run to Jhonny Peralta on a 2\u20131 pitch. Kenny Lofton followed with a single, then stole second\u2014his 34th career postseason stolen base, passing Rickey Henderson for first place on the all-time list\u2014and scored on Blake's second base hit of the inning. Guti\u00e9rrez struck out to end the inning, but the Indians had already scored seven runs\u2014the second time in this series in which the Indians plated seven in one inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nThis also marks the third consecutive game in this ALCS wherein Boston's starter lasted only 4+2\u20443 innings. The Red Sox answered immediately when Youkilis and David Ortiz hit back-to-back homers, chasing Indians starter Paul Byrd in favor of rookie reliever Jensen Lewis. Manny Ram\u00edrez followed with another homer\u2014the Red Sox' third consecutive home run, something that had never before been accomplished in LCS history\u2014in the top of the sixth inning. However, that would be all the offense the Red Sox could muster as the Indians took a three games to one lead in the series behind Lewis and fellow reliever Rafael Betancourt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThursday, October 18, 2007 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nDanielle Peck was invited by the Cleveland Indians to sing the National Anthem prior to Game 5 of the American League Championship Series between the Red Sox and Indians. Beckett was the starting pitcher in that game, and some Red Sox fans theorized that her invitation was an attempt by the Indians organization to distract Beckett, since the pair had dated the previous summer. The Indians denied this claim. Cleveland also played the All American Rejects hit song \"It Ends Tonight\" before the game, predicting that the Indians would win and eliminate the Red Sox that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nFacing elimination in Game 5, the Sox struck first with a home run from Kevin Youkilis in the top of the first inning off of CC Sabathia. The Indians answered right away, putting runners on first and third with nobody out but could only muster one run on Travis Hafner grounding into a double play. The Red Sox regained the lead in the third on a Manny Ram\u00edrez RBI single, scoring David Ortiz from first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nOn the play, Ram\u00edrez stopped at first base believing the ball hit beyond the yellow line on the outfield wall, but after discussion among the six umpires, the home run was disallowed and Ram\u00edrez was left at first with a single. Meanwhile, Josh Beckett pitched eight dominant innings for the Red Sox, and collected 11 strikeouts, tying a career post-season high. Dustin Pedroia doubled to lead off the seventh and scored on Kevin Youkilis's triple. Rafael Betancourt relieved Sabathia and allowed a sacrifice fly to Ortiz to put Boston up 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0011-0003", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nNext inning, Boston loaded the bases off of Rafael Perez on a walk, error, and single. Tom Mastny relieved Perez and threw a passed ball to Pedroia that let one run score. Mastny then walked Pedroia and Youkilis to reload the bases and force in another run. Ortiz's sacrifice fly then scored Boston's final run. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless ninth despite allowing a double and walk as the Red Sox's 7\u20131 win ensured a return trip to Boston for Game 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nSaturday, October 20, 2007 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nAfter Curt Schilling retired the Indians in the top of the first, the Red Sox loaded the bases on infield hits by Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis plus a full-count walk to David Ortiz. Fausto Carmona struck out Manny Ram\u00edrez and got Mike Lowell to pop out, but J. D. Drew then hit a grand slam to center field to give Boston a 4\u20130 lead. V\u00edctor Mart\u00ednez got the Tribe on the board with a lead-off home run to cut the Sox lead to three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nThe Sox had a chance to pile on more runs in the bottom of the inning but a key double play ended the threat. The Indians threatened in the top of the third after two hits to lead off the inning but Schilling got the next three batters to work out of it. The Sox put the game away with a six-run explosion in the bottom of the inning. After two leadoff walks, Drew drove in his fifth run of the game with a single in the third inning that ended Carmona's pitching that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6\nJacoby Ellsbury followed with another single off of Rafael Perez, driving in Boston's sixth run. Julio Lugo then drove a double down the third-base line to make it 8\u20131. After a walk, Youkilis added two more with a single compounded with a throwing error to make it 10\u20131. Ryan Garko started the top of the seventh with a triple and scored on a Jhonny Peralta sacrifice fly, but that would be all the offense Cleveland could muster against Schilling on the night. The Red Sox scored two more runs in the eighth off of Joe Borowski when Youkilis walked with one out, moved to third on Ortiz's double and scored on Ramirez's sacrifice fly before Lowell's RBI single scored their final run, tying the series at three games apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nSunday, October 21, 2007 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThe pitching matchup for Game 7 was a rematch of Game 3, featuring Jake Westbrook for Cleveland and Japanese rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka for Boston. The Red Sox returned Cleveland's favor from Game 5 by playing \"It Ends Tonight\" before the game, poking fun at the Indians' untimely prediction. In the first three innings, Matsuzaka looked like the more dominant starting pitcher of the night retiring the first eight batters he faced before giving up a base hit to number-nine hitter Casey Blake; he then struck out Grady Sizemore to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nMeanwhile, during those same first three innings, Westbrook gave up seven hits, one walk (intentionally), and three runs (on Manny Ramirez's RBI single in the first after two leadoff singles, Julio Lugo's double play in the second after a leadoff single and double, and Mike Lowell's sacrifice fly in the third with two on).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nWestbrook settled down and pitched three shutout innings, striking out four, and their offense began to take advantage of Matsuzaka putting up single runs in the top of the fourth (on Ryan Garko's RBI double after a Travis Hafner double) and fifth (on Grady Sizemore's sacrifice fly). Boston's top two relief pitchers took over after Matsuzaka's exit following the fifth inning; Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon were able to hold Indians hitters scoreless over the final four frames, giving up just four hits combined, all singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nIn the seventh inning with one out and Kenny Lofton at second base, Franklin Guti\u00e9rrez singled over the third base bag, into foul territory, with the ball ricocheting back into left field off the infamous angular foul territory fence of Fenway Park. Shortstop Julio Lugo and outfielder Manny Ramirez went after the ball. As he was about to turn toward home plate, third base coach Joel Skinner held Lofton at third. The Indians' at-bat ended when Casey Blake hit into a 5\u20134\u20133 double play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nRookies Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia were the center of the offense in the seventh with Ellsbury reaching second on a Blake error then Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run home run off of Rafael Betancourt into the Green Monster seats, giving the Red Sox some insurance runs, before they put up a six-spot in the bottom of the eighth. Lowell doubled with one out and scored on J.D. Drew's single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nAfter a ground-rule double, intentional walk, and strikeout, a three-RBI double by Pedroia knocked Betancourt out of the game, then a two-run Kevin Youkilis home run off of Jensen Lewis made it 11\u20132 Red Sox, which cemented their victory and led to their second American League championship and World Series appearance in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7\nThis marked the third time Boston came back from a three games to one deficit in a League Championship Series. They had previously done so in 1986 and in the historic 2004 series from which they came back from a 3\u20130 deficit. It was a painful defeat for Cleveland, as they had blown such a big lead in games to cost them a shot at going to their first World Series in 10 years. The Indians would not return to the playoffs for the next six years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190049-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Championship Series, Aftermath\nAfter a disappointing 2011 season, a year where the Red Sox missed the playoffs despite being considered heavy favorites to win the World Series, Terry Francona and the Red Sox decided the part ways. On October 6, 2012, Francona became the 46th manager of the Cleveland Indians, where he would experience much success. Francona led them to their first pennant since 1997. On their way to the 2016 pennant, the Indians beat the Red Sox in the American League Division Series, via a three game sweep. Coco Crisp, a member of the 2007 Red Sox, also joined Francona in Cleveland, while David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia were the only members of the 2007 Red Sox's still on the team. Game 3 of the 2016 American League Division Series was Ortiz's last game of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series\nThe 2007 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2007 American League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 3 and ended on Monday, October 8. The 2007 AL Division Series consisted of three AL division champions and one wild card team, participating in two best-of-five series. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series\nAlthough the Red Sox and Indians ended the regular season with the same record, the Red Sox received home-field advantage by virtue of winning the season series against Cleveland, five games to two. The Red Sox also got to choose whether their series started on October 3 or October 4, the first time a team was given this choice. Although the team seeded first normally faces the wild card team, the Red Sox are in the same division as the wild card Yankees, so played the Angels instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series\nThe Red Sox and Angels met for the third time in the postseason, following the 1986 AL Championship Series and the 2004 ALDS, with Boston winning all three and extending their postseason victory streak over the Angels to nine consecutive games (the Angels hadn't beaten the Red Sox in the playoffs since Game 4 of the 1986 ALCS). The Indians and Yankees met in the postseason for the third time with the Indians winning, following their triumph in the 1997 ALDS and the Yankees' win in the 1998 ALCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series\nThe Red Sox and Indians met in the AL Championship Series, with the Red Sox becoming the American League champion and going on to beat the National League champion Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 1\nIn Game 1, Boston starter Josh Beckett threw a complete game shutout, surrendering just four hits, walking none, and striking out eight batters. After giving up a leadoff single to Chone Figgins, Beckett proceeded to retire 19 straight Angels batters with just the second Angels hit coming off the bat of Vladimir Guerrero in the top of the seventh inning (Guerrero was stranded at first base after Beckett got the next two batters out).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 1\nBeckett was backed by a solo home run from Kevin Youkilis in the bottom of the first inning, then a two-run home run from David Ortiz in the third inning, scoring Youkilis who had doubled to left field in the previous at bat. Manny Ramirez walked following Ortiz's home run, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Mike Lowell's single for the Red Sox's final run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 1\nLos Angeles starter John Lackey gave up nine hits and four runs over six innings, settling down after the third inning, giving up a hit and a walk before exiting after the sixth inning. Ervin Santana relieved Lackey in the seventh inning and threw two perfect innings, but the Angels dropped the opener, 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 2\nNeither starting pitcher in Game 2 made it into the sixth inning of the contest. Game 2 became a battle of the bullpens beginning with the Red Sox in the fifth inning with starter Daisuke Matsuzaka lasting just 4+2\u20443 innings giving up three runs on seven hits. Meanwhile, Angels starter Kelvim Escobar gave up three runs on just four hits and five walks. The Red Sox struck first when they loaded the bases on two walks and a single before J. D. Drew's two-run single put them up 2\u22120.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 2\nThe Angels responded in the second when Casey Kotchman drew a leadoff walk and moved to third on Kendrys Morales's single. After Howie Kendrick struck out, Jeff Mathis's groundout scored Kotchman before back-to-back RBI doubles by Chone Figgins and Orlando Cabrera gave the Angels their first and only lead of the series. The Red Sox tied the game in the fifth on Mike Lowell's sacrifice fly that scored J. D. Drew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 2\nScot Shields came on in relief of Escobar and pitched two hitless, scoreless innings, walking three batters, one intentionally. Boston's four relievers\u2014L\u00f3pez, Delcarmen, Okajima, and Papelbon\u2014threw 4+1\u20443 hitless, scoreless innings striking out four and only walking two batters (both by Papelbon). In the bottom of the ninth, Julio Lugo hit a leadoff single off of Justin Speier, who got Dustin Pedroia to ground out before being relieved by Francisco Rodr\u00edguez. After Kevin Youkilis struck out, the Angels intentionally walked Ortiz giving him four walks on the night\u2014tying a post-season record before the Red Sox won on a three-run walk-off home run from Manny Ramirez, taking a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 3\nIn Game 3, Curt Schilling pitched seven shutout innings, allowing six hits and one walk while striking out four. David Ortiz and Manny Ram\u00edrez both homered off Jered Weaver in the fourth inning to put the Sox up 2\u20130. Boston broke the game open with seven runs in the eighth. Scot Shields walked Julio Lugo to lead it off before being relieved by Justin Speier, who allowed an RBI double to Dustin Pedroia (who advanced to third on the throw to home) and sacrifice fly to Kevin Youkilis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Game 3\nSpeier then allowed a single to Ortiz and walked Ramirez before Mike Lowell's RBI double made it 5\u22120 Boston. Darren Oliver relieved Speier and allowed a run-scoring fielder's choice to J. D. Drew and RBI double to Jason Varitek before Coco Crisp capped the scoring with a two-run single. The Angels scored their only run in the ninth off of \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 when Maicer Izturis hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Chone Figgins's sacrifice fly. This was the Red Sox' ninth consecutive postseason game victory over the Angels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Boston vs. Los Angeles, Composite box\n2007 ALDS (3\u20130): Boston Red Sox over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 1\nJohnny Damon led off the game with a home run off Cleveland starter CC Sabathia, but in the bottom of the inning Chien-Ming Wang allowed a two-out walk to Travis Hafner and single to Victor Martinez before Ryan Garko's RBI single tied the game. After Jhonny Peralta walked to load the bases, Kenny Lofton's two-RBI single put the Indians up 3\u22121 with Peralta out at third to end the inning. Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera's leadoff home run in the third put the Indians up 4\u22121, but the Yankees got that run back in the fourth on Robinson Can\u00f3's home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 1\nNext inning, Shelly Duncan hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a walk, and scored on Bobby Abreu's RBI double to cut the Indians' lead to 4\u22123, but the Yankees would not score again while Cleveland blew the game open in the bottom half. Cabrera drew a leadoff walk before Martinez's home run one out later made it 6\u22123 Indians. After Garko grounded out, Peralta doubled to right and scored on Lofton's single to knock Wang out of the game. Ross Ohlendorf walked Franklin Gutierrez before Casey Blake's two-run double made it 9\u22123 Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 1\nWang was tagged for eight earned runs in 4+2\u20443 innings. The Indians added to their lead with Hafner's home run and Lofton's RBI double with two on off of Ohlendorf in the sixth and Garko's home run in the eighth off of Phil Hughes. Sabathia earned the win despite walking six in five innings, and departed after throwing 114 pitches. Lofton tallied three hits and four RBI for Cleveland. The win marked Cleveland's first over the Yankees since 2006, snapping an eight-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 2 (\"The Bug Game\")\nGame 2 featured an old-fashioned pitchers' duel between Fausto Carmona and postseason veteran Andy Pettitte. Carmona looked to be the hard-luck loser after surrendering Melky Cabrera's third-inning home run until the eighth, when Joba Chamberlain walked Grady Sizemore, who went to second on a wild pitch, then to third on a sacrifice bunt before scoring the tying run on another wild pitch. The game went into extras, where Travis Hafner drove home the winning run on an 11th-inning bases-loaded single off of Luiz Vizcaino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 2 (\"The Bug Game\")\nLate in the game, a swarm of tiny insects circled the mound in the late innings. Play was stopped for a short time to accommodate the players, including Chamberlain, who threw only 12 of his 25 pitches for strikes in suffering a blown save without surrendering a hit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 3\nThe Yankees would take Game 3 for their only win of the series despite an early exit from starter Roger Clemens, who left after 2+1\u20443 innings with a strained hamstring. Rookie Phil Hughes relieved him and threw 3+2\u20443 scoreless innings for the win, striking out four. The Indians struck first when Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera singled with one out in the first, moved to second on a walk and scored on Ryan Garko's single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 3\nTrot Nixon's home run next inning made it 2\u22120 Indians, who got another run in the third when Travis Hafner walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Jhonny Peralta's double. The Yankees got on the board in the bottom of the third when Hideki Matsui hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a groundout, then to third on a fielder's choice and scored on Johnny Damon's single. In the fifth, Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook allowed a one-out single to Matsui and subsequent double to Robinson Can\u00f3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 3\nMelky Cabrera's RBI single cut the Indians lead to one before Damon's three-run home run put the Yankees up 5\u22123. Next inning, the Yankees loaded the bases on two singles and a walk off of reliever Aaron Fultz when Cano's single scored one run, but right fielder Nixon's misplay allowed two unearned runs to score to make it 8\u22123 Yankees. The Indians scored one more run in the eighth off of Joba Chamberlain when Peralta walked with two outs, moved to second on Kenny Lofton's single, and scored on Nixon's double, but Mariano Rivera retired them in order in the ninth to give the Yankees an 8\u22124 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 4\nChien-Ming Wang was called upon to start Game 4 on three days' rest for the Yankees. Grady Sizemore hit a leadoff home run off Wang, who then allowed a one-out single to Travis Hafner, who moved to second on a groundout and scored on Jhonny Peralta's single. Next inning, the Indians loaded the bases off of Wang with no outs on two singles and a hit-by-pitch. Mike Mussina came on in relief and allowed one run to score on Sizemore's double play and another on Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera's single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 4\nWang was charged with four runs in one inning while Mussina threw 4+2\u20443 solid innings, but in the fourth, allowed Cleveland to load the bases on a double and two walks before V\u00edctor Mart\u00ednez's two-run single proved to be the difference in the Indians 6\u20134 win. Though four Yankee relievers held Cleveland scoreless for the rest of the game, Cleveland starter Paul Byrd labored but earned the win with five innings of two-run ball. The only runs came on Yankees Captain Derek Jeter's bases loaded single in the second and Robinson Can\u00f3's home run in the sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190050-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. New York, Game 4\nAlex Rodriguez's home run in the seventh off of Rafael Perez cut the Indians lead to 6\u22123, but Joe Borowski earned the save in the ninth despite allowing a home run to Bobby Abreu. The loss marked the third time in five years (2003, 2004, and 2007) the Yankees were eliminated from a postseason series at home. This was the final postseason game ever played at the old Yankee Stadium and the last game that Joe Torre would manage for the Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190051-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 American Society of Cinematographers Awards\nThe 22nd American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on January 26, 2008, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190051-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Winners and nominees, Television\nOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries, Pilot, or Movies of the Week", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 82], "content_span": [83, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190052-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Amirli bombing\nThe 2007 Amirli bombing was a suicide car bomb attack that occurred on July 7, 2007, in a market in the town of Amirli, Iraq, whose residents are mainly Shia Turkmens. The bombing killed 156 people with 255 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190053-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Amstel Gold Race\nThe 2007 Amstel Gold Race cycling race took place on Sunday April 22. It was the 42nd edition of the annual road race in the Dutch province of Limburg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190053-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Amstel Gold Race\nStefan Schumacher attacked just before final climb, and others couldn't catch him. Gerolsteiner got 1-2 after Davide Rebellin won the sprint for 2nd place. Rebellin took the lead of the season-long 2007 UCI ProTour series following his second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190054-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Amsterdam Admirals season\nThe 2007 Amsterdam Admirals season was the 13th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his seventh year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA and Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29, ending the Admirals' 13-year existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190055-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Amsterdam Tournament\nThe LG Amsterdam Tournament 2007 was a pre-season football tournament contested by Ajax, Arsenal, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Lazio on 2 August and 4 August 2007 at the Amsterdam ArenA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190055-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Amsterdam Tournament, Table\nNB: An extra point is awarded for each goal scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190056-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Am\u00edlcar Cabral Cup\nThe 2007 Am\u00edlcar Cabral Cup was held in Bissau, Guinea Bissau at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional 24 de Setembro and Est\u00e1dio Lino Correia from 30 November until 10 December 2007. The winner was Mali, which beat Cape Verde 2-1 to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190056-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Am\u00edlcar Cabral Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals\nAfter the draw in 90', they immediately went into penalty shootout. No extra time was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190056-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Am\u00edlcar Cabral Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nMatch was abandoned at 0\u20130 in 30' due to power failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190057-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Anaheim Classic\nThe 2007 Anaheim Classic was played between November 22 and November 25, 2007 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The champion of the tournament was Southern California, who defeated Southern Illinois in the Championship Game. The Most Valuable Player was O. J. Mayo of Southern California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190058-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Anambra State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba won the election, defeating Virginia Etiaba of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190058-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 14 candidates contested in the election. Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Virginia Etiaba from the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Registered voters was 1,844,819.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190059-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum\nA referendum on the reform of the Andalusian Statute of Autonomy was held in Andalusia on Sunday, 18 February 2007. Voters were asked whether they ratified a statutory amendment which effectively approved a new Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia. The draft Statute had been submitted to the consideration of the Spanish Cortes Generales at the end of the previous year, where it had been approved in both the Congress of Deputies on 2 November 2006 (with a 306\u20130 result) and in the Spanish Senate on 20 December (with a 242\u20130 result).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190059-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum\nThe question asked was \"Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia Bill?\" (Spanish: \u00bfAprueba el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonom\u00eda para Andaluc\u00eda?). The referendum resulted in 90.2% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of just 35.9%, and resulted in the approval of a new Statute of Autonomy replacing the 1981 Statute, which received royal assent on 19 March and was published in the Official State Gazette on 20 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190059-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum, Results, Overall\nDo you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia Bill?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190060-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Andorran local elections\nThe 2007 Andorran local elections were held on 2 December. Voters elected the council members of the seven parishes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190060-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Andorran local elections, Electoral system\nVoters elect the members of the municipal councils (consells de com\u00fa in Catalan). The electoral law allows the municipal councils to choose their numbers of seats, which must be an even number between 10 and 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190060-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Andorran local elections, Electoral system\nAll city council members were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the whole parish, using closed lists. Half of the seats were allocated to the party with the most votes. The other half of the seats were allocated using the Hare quota (including the winning party). With this system the winning party obtained an absolute majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190060-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Andorran local elections, Electoral system\nThe c\u00f2nsol major (mayor) and the c\u00f2nsol menor (deputy mayor) were elected indirectly by the municipal councilors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190060-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Andorran local elections, Results, Overall\nThe Social Democratic Party contested this election under the nickname \"The Alternative\". They hold their 2 parishes. The liberals hold 4 councils and lost Ordino council to Ordino Communal Action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190061-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Angola Cup\nThe 2007 Ta\u00e7a de Angola was the 26th edition of the Ta\u00e7a de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following the Girabola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190061-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Angola Cup, Final\nSquad: Adolfo, Calala, Coimbra, Dinho, Edmilson, Gerson, Gil Martins, Gui, Ito, Jadson, Kivota, Lily, Marco, Mendes, Sting, Tigan\u00e1, Vado, Vemba, Vunda, Willy, Zezinho Head Coach: Rui Teixeira", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190062-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Angus Council election\nElections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing\nThe 2007 Ankara bombing was a suicide attack that occurred in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, on 22 May 2007. Six people were reported killed, including one of Pakistani origin, and 121 people were wounded. A seventh person died from his injuries on 7 June and another on 17 June raising the death toll to eight. A ninth person died on 4 July from his injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing, The attack\nThe explosion occurred outside a shopping centre in the Ulus quarter of Ankara. The police reports suggested a \"suicide bombing\". A type A4 bomb has been reported as being the cause of the explosion and the \"Terror and Organised Crime Unit\" (Turkish: Ter\u00f6r ve Organize Su\u00e7lar) has taken over the investigation. The explosion shattered windows of the shopping centre and of nearby buildings creating havoc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing, The attack\nThe Ankara bombing came as more than 35 world leaders, including the U.S. President, were in Istanbul for a NATO summit that began on Monday, which left tensions high as numerous other incidents have occurred in the run-up to the meeting. It also heightened political tensions between the secular and non-secular parties of Turkey, as both fight for public support and leadership of the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing, The attack\nThe timing of the bombing raised assassination suspicions since General Ya\u015far B\u00fcy\u00fckan\u0131t (Chief of the General Staff), General \u0130lker Ba\u015fbu\u011f (Commander of the Army), General I\u015f\u0131k Ko\u015faner (Commander of the Gendarmerie), General Faruk C\u00f6mert (Commander of the Air Force), and Admiral Yener Karahano\u011flu (Commander of the Navy) were to attend the IDEF Defense Fair same day held at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum (Turkish: Anadolu Medeniyetleri M\u00fczesi) crossing the blast zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing, The attack\nThe suicide bomber was later identified as G\u00fcven Akku\u015f. Circumstances regarding the explosion of Akku\u015f's explosives remains unclear. The police has three competing theories:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing, The attack\nCollaborator \"Ay\u015fe\" is known to have visited a hospital briefly after the bombing and is currently at large.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190063-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ankara bombing, The attack\nThe attack was claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK). Turkish government claims TAK is part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but PKK denies this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190064-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Anzac Test\nThe 2007 ANZAC test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 20 April 2007. It was the 8th Anzac test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997 and the third to be played in Brisbane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nThe 2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nThe football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA, as a member of the Southern Conference. Appalachian is the only university in North Carolina, public or private, to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship in football. The Mountaineers won the 2005 Division I-AA Football Championship and repeated as FCS national champions in 2006 and 2007. They also captured a third consecutive Southern Conference Southern Conference title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\nThe team is one of only five from its division to ever defeat a team ranked in the Associated Press Poll (the others being Cincinnati in 1983, James Madison in 2010, Eastern Washington in 2013, and North Dakota State in 2016), in a game against Michigan that was hailed as one of the biggest upsets in the history of American sports. Additionally, two players from the 2007 team were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: wide receiver Dexter Jackson (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and safety Corey Lynch (Cincinnati Bengals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nAppalachian State opened the season on September 1 at Michigan Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It pitted the homestanding Michigan Wolverines against the two-time defending champions of the Division I FCS, the Appalachian State Mountaineers. In what was hailed as one of the biggest upsets in the history of American sports, the Mountaineers shocked the fifth-ranked Wolverines 34\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nIt is believed to be only the second win ever by a team in Division I FCS (still frequently known by its former name of Division I-AA) over a ranked team in Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) since the NCAA split its Division I into two football subdivisions in 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nFollowing the game, the Associated Press made FCS schools eligible to receive vote in the AP Poll that ranks college football teams; the poll was previously limited to FBS teams. On September 9, Appalachian State received 19 points and was 33rd in overall voting in the AP Poll. In the final AP Poll of the 2007 season issued in January 2008, Appalachian State earned five points, good enough for a tie at 34th place and making Appalachian State the first non-FBS program to receive votes in a season-ending AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Lenoir\u2013Rhyne\nThe Mountaineers returned home after the Michigan win for their first contest at Kidd Brewer Stadium against Division II Lenoir\u2013Rhyne on September 8. In front of a record crowd of 28,802, senior quarterback Trey Elder started the game, filling in for an injured Armanti Edwards, and threw for 210 yards and rushed for 90 more. The Mountaineers scored touchdowns on their first five possessions en route to racking up 403 yards of offense. The Bears were limited to 195 total yards. Freshman linebacker D. J. Smith lead the defense with 12 tackles. With the win, the Mountaineers extended their Division I leading win streak to 16 games and their home winning streak to 28 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Northern Arizona\nA crowd of 27,104 packed Kidd Brewer Stadium to see the Mountaineers put up 429 yards of offense in a win over Northern Arizona. The win was the 17th straight overall and 29th straight home victory. Trey Elder, starting in place of an injured Armanti Edwards, accounted for 298 yards. Running back Kevin Richardson set a career-high with seven receptions for 122 yards and two touchdowns. Lumberjack quarterback Lance Kriesien paced the Northern Arizona offense with 171 passing and 129 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Wofford\nA crowd of 11,042, the fourth largest in Gibbs Stadium history, saw the Terriers end the Mountaineers Division I leading winning streak at 17 games, 42\u201331. The Terriers outgained the Mountaineers 431 to 320 in total yardage with running back Kevious Johnson accounting for 104 rushing yards. Armanti Edwards, starting in his first game since the Michigan win, re-injured his shoulder at the start of the second half. Trey Elder replaced Edwards and threw for 105 and rushed for 33 yards. Senior wide receiver Hans Batichon had a career-high six receptions for 93 yards. The only other bright spot for the Mountaineers was CoCo Hillary's 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Elon\nThe Mountaineers moved to 15\u20130 when running back Kevin Richardson rushes for 100 or more yards, with a 49\u201332 win over Elon. The crowd of 13,100 was the largest in Rhodes Stadium history. Appalachian outgained Elon 526 to 371 yards with 356 yards coming from a potent ground attack. The Mountaineer defense also played an impressive game, sacking Elon freshman quarterback Scott Riddle five times. Corey Lynch blocked a Phoenix punt in second quarter and had an interception late in the game to help seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Gardner\u2013Webb\nA record homecoming crowd of 27,428 witnessed the Mountaineers rout the Bulldogs of Gardner\u2013Webb 45\u20137. Kevin Richardson's four second-quarter touchdowns put the game away early. On the day, the Mountaineers outgained the Bulldogs 466\u2013211 in total yardage to extend their home-winning streak to 30 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nAppalachian State suffered its second loss of the year in a defeat to the Eagles of Georgia Southern, 38\u201335. The loss also ended the 30 game home winning streak compiled by the Mountaineers since a playoff defeat to Maine in 2002. The Eagles were led by future Walter Payton Award winner Jayson Foster. Foster lined up as quarterback, running back, and wide receiver and finished with 14 passing, 175 rushing and 41 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern\nArmanti Edwards made only his third start of the season, and first since September 22, and became the first quarterback in Appalachian history to rush for over 200 yards. Trailing 38\u201320 with less than eight minutes left to play, a Mountaineer rally came up short as Edwards fell one yard shy of converting on fourth down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Furman\nRebounding from the loss against Georgia Southern, the Mountaineers held on to defeat the Furman Paladins 34\u201327 in Greenville, South Carolina. The Mountaineers jumped out to a 24\u20137 lead at halftime only to see the Paladins roar back with 20 points in the second half. Appalachian rolled up 511 yards of offense with Armanti Edwards finishing with 337 total yards and Kevin Richardson adding 124 yards on 21 carries. Richardson become just the second player in ASU history with 4,000 career rushing yards. The game was sealed on a late Corey Lynch interception on the goal line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 73], "content_span": [74, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nArmanti Edwards rushed for a school record of 291 yards, leading the Mountaineers to a 45\u201324 victory over The Citadel Bulldogs in Johnson Hagood Stadium. The victory moved the Mountaineers into a virtual tie for first place with Wofford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina\nThe Mountaineers had their highest offensive output in 71 years in a 79\u201335 rout over the Catamounts of Western Carolina. The crowd of 27,977 was the largest to ever witness the Battle for the Old Mountain Jug. The victory gave the Mountaineers a 53\u201318\u20131 series lead over their archrivals from Cullowhee and a 24\u20136 advantage since the introduction of the Old Mountain Jug. Appalachian's 743 yards of offense was the second highest in school history after the 788 gained in a 115\u20130 win against Piedmont in 1936. Kevin Richardson rushed for a career-high 215 yards and Armanti Edwards added 295 through the air. The Mountaineers also had a season high four interceptions and were never forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 83], "content_span": [84, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Chattanooga\nKevin Richard became the Appalachian's all-time leading rusher, breaking John Settle's record, in a 37\u201317 victory over the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mountaineers also claimed a share of the Southern Conference title, their third straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, James Madison\nA forced fumble with 22 seconds left in the game gave the Mountaineers a 28\u201327 win over James Madison. The Dukes controlled the game in practically every statistical category, most notably the time of possession, which was over 40 minutes. James Madison's quarterback, Rodney Landers, led the dukes with 253 yards of total offense. Armanti Edwards accounted for 258 total yards of offense for the Mountaineers. The Mountaineers were down 27\u201322 with less than two minutes remaining in the game and facing fourth down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, James Madison\nEdwards found the end zone after completing a pass to Devon Moore to put the Mountaineers ahead 28\u201327. On the ensuing possession, the Dukes drove 62 yards down the field to put themselves within easy field goal range. James Madison head coach Mickey Matthews made the decision to run one more play which resulted in a fumble. Defensive end Gary Tharrington knocked the ball from the grasp of the Dukes' running back, Jamal Sullivan, and it was recovered by linebacker Pierre Banks to give the Mountaineers an improbable win in front of 14,040 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nArmanti Edwards accounted for 347 yards of offense and three touchdowns in leading the Mountaineers to a 38\u201335 victory over the Eastern Washington Eagles. Safety Corey Lynch led the defense with an interception, fumble recovery and a blocked field goal in limiting Eastern Washington's passing attack by more than 120 yards off their season average. The victory tied the Mountaineers with the Eagles of Georgia Southern as the only two programs to have 10 consecutive postseason wins in contiguous years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 85], "content_span": [86, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Richmond\nA record FCS postseason crowd of 24,140 packed Kidd Brewer Stadium to see the Mountaineers defeat the Richmond Spiders 55\u201335 on December 7, 2007. Armanti Edwards racked up 313 yards on the ground, setting a Division I record for rushing by a quarterback in the win. He accounted for seven touchdowns (four rushing and three passing) and 495 of the Mountaineers 617 total yards. Appalachian jumped out to an early 35\u201314 lead only to see the Spiders tie up the game in the third quarter. The Mountaineers responded with 20 straight points capped with an interception by senior safety Corey Lynch. With the win, Appalachian became just the fifth program in FCS history to advance to three-consecutive national title games, joining Eastern Kentucky (1979\u201382), Georgia Southern (1988\u201390 and 1998\u20132000), Marshall (1991\u201393) and Youngstown State (1991\u201394).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nEntering their third consecutive national championship game, the Mountaineers were looking to become the first team to win three in a row at the FCS (I-AA) level since the playoffs began in 1978. The Blue Hens of Delaware stood in the way of history. Senior running back Kevin Richardson led the way for the Mountaineers with 111 yards rushing and 27 receiving, finishing his career as Appalachian's all-time leading rusher with 4,797 yards. Accounting for three passing touchdowns, Armanti Edwards threw for 198 yards and rushed for another 98.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190065-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Delaware\nThe Blue Hens offensive attack was paced by future National Football League first round draft pick Joe Flacco at quarterback, who threw for 334 yards and one touchdown. Trey Elder, in his last game in black and gold, finished the scoring for the Mountaineers with a 53-yard scamper to make the score 49\u201314. Armanti Edwards finished the season with 1,948 yards passing and 1,587 yards rushing. He was 52 passing yards short of becoming only the second player in NCAA history to pass for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 twice. The record attendance of 23,010 on hand at Finley Stadium was the largest neutral site crowd for the NCAA Division I Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game\nThe 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game was a regular season college football game between the Appalachian State Mountaineers and Michigan Wolverines. It was held at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on September 1, 2007, and was the first game of the season for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game\nThe Wolverines entered the game ranked No. 5 in both major Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) polls and media outlets considered them to be preseason favorites to win the Big Ten conference championship as well as possible contenders for the national championship, while the Mountaineers were ranked No. 1 in The Sports Network's Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) poll and were preseason favorites to win their third consecutive FCS national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game\nGames between FBS and FCS teams typically result in lopsided victories for the FBS team, and the Appalachian State\u2013Michigan game was not expected to be an exception. So confident were Las Vegas sportsbooks in Michigan's chances that no betting line was issued for the game. The game was also the first to be broadcast on the then-new Big Ten Network. It began with a strong first half for Appalachian State, who held a 28\u201317 lead at the end of the half. Michigan regained the lead at 32\u201331 in the fourth quarter, but Appalachian State took the lead for a second time on a short field goal with 26\u00a0seconds left. The Mountaineers blocked a game-winning field goal attempt from Michigan at the end of regulation to secure a 34\u201332 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game\nImmediately hailed as one of the greatest upsets in college football history, the game served as the lead story of SportsCenter and was the cover story for the following week's edition of Sports Illustrated. Appalachian State became the first FCS team to defeat a ranked FBS team, and as a result of the game Michigan dropped out of the top 25 of the AP Poll entirely, marking the first time a team had fallen from the top five to out of the poll entirely as the result of a single game. In the aftermath of the game, the Associated Press amended its polling policy to make FCS teams eligible for the AP Poll, which had previously been limited to FBS teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game\nThe Appalachian State Mountaineers finished the 2007 season with a 13\u20132 record and won a third consecutive FCS title. They also became the first FCS team to receive votes in the final AP Poll, tying South Florida for the 34th overall ranking. Michigan finished their season 9\u20134, winning the Capital One Bowl, and ranked No. 18 in the final AP Poll. A rematch in 2014 at Michigan Stadium was won decisively by the Wolverines, 52\u201314. The 2014 rematch was the Mountaineers' first game as an FBS school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Background, Divisions and subdivisions\nThe National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is split into three divisions: Division I, Division II, and Division III. According to the NCAA, Division I consists of \"the largest programs that provide the most athletically related financial aid for student-athletes\". Division I football is split into two subdivisions: the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). USA Today notes that the FBS is considered the tier at which major Division I universities play, while the FCS is a tier in which smaller programs compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Background, Divisions and subdivisions\nFBS member teams are allowed to have up to 85 scholarship players, while FCS member teams are allowed to award 63 scholarships. However, FCS teams can divide their 63 scholarships by giving some players 'partial scholarships'. FBS teams vie to play in bowl games, while FCS teams aim to qualify for a postseason tournament. The two subdivisions were created in 1978, and no other Division I sports are split in such a manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Background, Divisions and subdivisions\nThe difference between the two subdivisions is great enough that John V. Lombardi, a former chancellor at UMass, which played FCS football before moving to FBS in 2012, and a former president at FBS-level Florida and Louisiana State, said that \"even a crummy team in [FBS] football has higher visibility than a great team in [FCS].\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Background, Divisions and subdivisions\nFBS teams are allowed to schedule FCS teams, and one win against an FCS team can be counted towards their bowl-eligible status provided the FCS team meets certain scholarship requirements. FCS teams are often paid upwards of USD $500,000 for participating in games against FBS teams. This arrangement generally results in lopsided losses for FCS teams, but the money FCS schools earn from games against FBS teams helps fund their athletic departments, as well as offering broader exposure for their athletic programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Background, Scheduling\nAppalachian State had routinely scheduled FBS teams, playing against schools such as Auburn in 1999, Kansas and LSU in 2005, and NC State in 2006. They also had games against Wake Forest in every season from 1979 to 1996, as well as in 1998, 2000, and 2001. Appalachian State had won six of these games, all of them against Wake Forest. The Mountaineers had not beaten an FBS team since 2000. Michigan, a historic college football power with a large fan base, had never played an FCS team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 73], "content_span": [74, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Background, Scheduling\nAccording to Appalachian State athletic director Charlie Cobb, both schools had gaps in their schedule as late as February 2007; the friendship between Mountaineers coach Jerry Moore and Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr played a key role in completing the deal. While attempting to determine the amount of money Appalachian State would be paid for playing Michigan, negotiations between the two schools reached a halt. Moore went to school officials and urged them to accept any offer Michigan gave them; he recalled telling them that \"It's an opportunity game. It'll be a one-shot, once-in-a-lifetime deal to go up there and play. It's an unbelievable environment.\" Appalachian State ultimately settled on a $400,000 payment in return for playing against Michigan to open the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 73], "content_span": [74, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game\nMichigan was expected to handily defeat Appalachian State, who entered the game as considerable underdogs. Las Vegas sports books did not offer a betting line because they believed that it would be a mismatch. The day before the game, an Associated Press article said that the Mountaineers were \"almost certain to lose badly\" and \"aren't expected to be anything more than sacrificial lambs.\" Another article predicted that Michigan would easily win, but that Michigan's inexperienced secondary could possibly be tested by quarterback Armanti Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game\nThis weakness is what the Mountaineers hoped to capitalize on: they spent most of the week leading up to the game studying game film, and felt that the Michigan defense had a tendency to leave the middle of the field defenseless. On the other hand, the Mountaineers lacked the depth of the Wolverines, having 22 fewer scholarship players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game, Appalachian State Mountaineers\nAppalachian State were ranked as the No. 1 team in the preseason FCS poll from The Sports Network, receiving 67 out of 70 first-place votes. The team had won the previous two FCS national championships and were favorites to win a third consecutive title according to media outlets. They had also won their last 14 games, the longest in either Division I subdivision at the time. They had an overall record of 6\u201334\u20131 against major FBS teams. The Mountaineers ran a no-huddle, spread option system, which they implemented in 2005, their first championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 91], "content_span": [92, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game, Appalachian State Mountaineers\nTwo of the major offensive weapons for the team were Edwards, who had scored 15 passing touchdowns and 15 rushing touchdowns in 2006, and running back Kevin Richardson, who had scored an FCS-record 30 rushing touchdowns in 2006. The defensive unit for the Mountaineers was helmed by Corey Lynch, a safety; the Mountaineer defense ranked 11th in rush defense and 35th in pass defense during the 2006 season, but the team lost five of its six best tacklers from that season, as well as defensive lineman Marques Murrell, who led the FCS in sacks during the 2006 season. Despite losses at the defensive line, the secondary, the team's defensive strong point, remained virtually intact from the previous season. The Mountaineers' kicker was senior Julian Rauch, who made 10 out of 14 field goal attempts during the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 91], "content_span": [92, 915]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game, Michigan Wolverines\nMichigan entered the game as the No. 5-ranked team in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Media outlets projected the team as favorites to win the Big Ten conference, and as contenders for a national championship. Michigan featured a strong senior class of offensive tackle Jake Long, tailback Mike Hart, and quarterback Chad Henne, each of whom had decided to stay in school rather than declare eligibility for the NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game, Michigan Wolverines\nThe players attributed their decision to several factors, such as Michigan having lost their last three games to rival Ohio State and the Wolverines' streak of three consecutive bowl losses. The three also desired to finish their college careers on a high note. Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com stated that \"[the trio], along with receivers Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington, gives Michigan what could potentially be one of the most explosive offenses in college football\". Prior to the season, the team named Hart and Long as captains, along with linebacker Shawn Crable, a fifth-year senior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game, Michigan Wolverines\nMichigan aimed to open the game in a three-receiver formation, which has the potential to spread the opposing defense out; Michigan coach Lloyd Carr noted that \"when you have some of the skill that we have at the wide receiver positions and can spread a defense out, that's [a] positive.\" At the same time, Michigan was anticipated to run only a limited selection of plays from this set, to limit the ability of their upcoming opponents to develop an effective game plan against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0009-0003", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Pre-game, Michigan Wolverines\nMichigan's defense, which led the FBS in run defense in 2006, lost seven starters from the previous season, including four All-Americans (cornerback Leon Hall and defensive linemen Alan Branch, David Harris, and LaMarr Woodley), each of whom were drafted in the first two rounds of the 2007 NFL Draft. Wolverines linebacker Chris Graham, a senior, expected the defense to be defined by speed, noting that each position on the defense was \"loaded in speed\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Broadcast and game notes\nThe game was the first ever to be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. At the time the network had approximately 17 million subscribers, most of which came from a deal with DirecTV. According to Mark Silverman, the president of the Big Ten Network, only a \"small percentage\" of Wolverine fans were able to watch it. Silverman attributed this to the fact that Comcast and Charter, two of the major cable television providers in the state of Michigan, did not carry the Big Ten Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Broadcast and game notes\nThom Brennaman provided play-by-play commentary, Charles Davis performed as the color analyst, and Charissa Thompson reported from the sidelines. The game marked Thompson's debut as a sideline analyst on any network, while Brennaman and Davis were more experienced, having covered high-profile college football games such as the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and the 2007 BCS National Championship Game for Fox Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Broadcast and game notes\nThe weather during the game was clear and sunny, with temperatures in the mid-70s \u00b0F (low-20s \u00b0C) and wind heading north at 10\u201315\u00a0miles (16\u201324\u00a0kilometers) per hour. The referee, the head of the officiating team, was John O'Neill. Overall attendance was recorded as 109,218. The game kicked off at 12:07\u00a0p.m. and ended at 3:40\u00a0p.m., having lasted a total of three hours and thirty-seven minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 89], "content_span": [90, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, First quarter\nMichigan received the ball first, with Mike Massey returning the Julian Rauch kick to the Michigan 33-yard line. Michigan gained a first down after converting a third and one with a three-yard run by Mike Hart. Chad Henne then completed an 18-yard pass to Massey, followed by a 33-yard rush from Hart, pushing Michigan to the four-yard line of Appalachian State. Hart then ran the ball in for a touchdown, and the ensuing extra point made the score 7\u20130. Appalachian State's CoCo Hillary took the kickoff to the 26-yard line of the Mountaineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, First quarter\nAfter the Mountaineers opened with a run for no gain and a six-yard completion, Armanti Edwards completed a 68-yard touchdown pass to Dexter Jackson. The extra point was converted, tying the score at 7\u20137. The following two drives resulted in three-and-outs for both teams, but after a Mountaineer punt went out of bounds at the Michigan 48-yard line, the Wolverines mounted a ten-play, 52-yard drive culminating in a ten-yard touchdown pass from Henne to Greg Matthews. The extra point gave Michigan a 14\u20137 lead. Appalachian State started their drive with 3:09 left in the quarter at their own 35-yard line, completing nine plays and driving to the Michigan 36\u00a0yard-line before the end of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Second quarter\nFollowing the start of the second quarter, Appalachian State ran another six plays, ending the drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass by Edwards to Hans Batichon. The extra point again evened the score, this time at 14\u201314. Michigan was forced into a three-and-out and had to punt the ball, with Appalachian State starting their next drive at the Michigan 37. On the fifth play of the next drive, the Mountaineers scored a touchdown on a 20-yard pass from Edwards to Jackson. The Mountaineers converted the extra point attempt, giving them the lead at 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Second quarter\nMichigan began their next drive at their 20-yard line, and drove down to the Appalachian State 40-yard line in four plays. Their next play, a Brandon Minor run for five yards, was followed by a Minor run for no yards and an incomplete pass. The Wolverines opted to go for it on fourth down but failed to convert, turning the ball over to Appalachian State. The following Mountaineer drive featured nine running plays in a row, the last a six-yard run by Edwards for a touchdown. The extra point was successful, increasing the Mountaineer lead and making the score 28\u201314. Michigan returned the next kickoff to their 32-yard line, with 2:15 left on the clock. The Wolverines drove to the Appalachian five-yard line, ultimately settling for a field goal with 23\u00a0seconds left, cutting Appalachian State's lead to eleven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Third quarter\nAppalachian State returned the opening kickoff of the second half to their own 36-yard line, but Michigan defender Morgan Trent intercepted an Edwards throw on the second play of the drive. Michigan took possession at the Appalachian State 40-yard line, driving to the 25-yard line before kicking a field goal to decrease the Mountaineer lead to eight points. Appalachian State began play after the kickoff at their own 24-yard line, driving 64\u00a0yards in 11 plays and scoring a 31-yard field goal to make the score 31\u201320 Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Third quarter\nAfter the ensuing kickoff, Michigan ran four plays before Minor fumbled the ball on the fifth. The fumble was recovered by Appalachian State defender Pierre Banks at the Michigan 28-yard line. However, Appalachian State failed to get a first down on the ensuing drive, and Rauch missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. Michigan went three-and-out on their next drive and had to punt, but a fumble by Edwards on the following Appalachian State drive was recovered by Michigan defender John Thompson, giving them control of the ball at the Appalachian State 31-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Third quarter\nMichigan drove 31\u00a0yards over six plays, scoring a touchdown on a four-yard run by Hart. The Wolverines went for a two-point conversion, but failed to convert, making the score 31\u201326 in favor of Appalachian State. Appalachian State received the kickoff at their own 26-yard line with 19\u00a0seconds left in the third quarter, and the quarter ended following a six-yard completion by Edwards to Batichon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nAppalachian State continued their drive but were forced to punt after being stopped on 3rd down. Michigan began their drive at the Appalachian State 34-yard line, but a Henne pass was intercepted by Mountaineer defender Leonard Love on the fourth play of the drive. Love returned the ball 26-yards, and Appalachian State began the drive at their own 41-yard line, but were forced to punt after going three-and-out. Michigan got the ball at their own 24-yard line and mounted a nine-play, 43-yard drive to the Appalachian State 33-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the final play, a fourth and five, Henne's pass fell incomplete, turning the ball over to Appalachian State, who were again quickly forced to punt. After returning the punt to their own 46-yard line, Hart ran the ball 54\u00a0yards for a touchdown, giving Michigan the lead 32\u201331 with 4:36 left. Michigan chose to go for two, but the conversion attempt failed. Edwards was picked off on the first play of the ensuing drive, giving Michigan control of the ball at the Appalachian State 43-yard line. Michigan ran five plays before attempting a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe attempt was blocked, however, giving Appalachian State control of the ball with 1:37 left. With no timeouts left, the Mountaineers drove 69\u00a0yards down the field in just over a minute in game time, setting up a Rauch field goal from 24\u00a0yards out with 26\u00a0seconds left. The attempt was good, giving Appalachian State a 34\u201332 lead. Michigan regained control of the ball on the ensuing kickoff, and a 46-yard pass from Henne to Mario Manningham gave the Wolverines a 37-yard field goal attempt with six seconds left on the clock. The attempt was blocked by Corey Lynch, securing a 34\u201332 win by the Mountaineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary\nAppalachian State recorded 227\u00a0yards through the air, while Michigan finished with 233\u00a0yards. Michigan finished with significantly more rushing yards, recording 246 rushing yards as opposed to the 160 rushing yards gained by Appalachian State. In total, the Wolverines recorded 479 total yards of offense, while Appalachian State recorded 387 total yards. The Wolverines recorded 23 first downs, four more than the Mountaineers, while Appalachian State turned the ball over three times, one more than Michigan. Both teams recorded seven penalties, but Michigan recorded more penalty yards. Appalachian State held the edge in time of possession, holding the ball for 31\u00a0minutes and 12\u00a0seconds; Michigan held the ball for 28\u00a0minutes and 48\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary\nAppalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards completed 17 of 23 passes for 227\u00a0yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions while averaging 9.9\u00a0yards per throw. Kevin Richardson led the team in rushing yards, running the ball 24 times for 88\u00a0yards, and Edwards was second on the team with 17 rushes for 62\u00a0yards and one touchdown. Edwards accounted for all four Mountaineer touchdowns. Dexter Jackson led the team in receiving, catching three passes for 98\u00a0yards and two touchdowns; he also had one carry for 19\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary\nMichigan quarterback Chad Henne completed 19 of 37 passes for 233\u00a0yards, with an average of 6.3\u00a0yards per throw; he threw one touchdown and one interception. Mike Hart, who missed almost two quarters due to a thigh injury, led Michigan in rushing, recording 188\u00a0yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries. Greg Matthews led the Wolverines in receiving, accounting for 68\u00a0yards and one touchdown on seven catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Statistical summary\nPierre Banks led the Mountaineers in tackles, recording 12 tackles overall. Banks also recorded the only sack for the Mountaineers and recovered a fumble. Corey Lynch finished second with 11 tackles, as well as blocking a kick. Leonard Love recorded the only interception for the Mountaineers. For Michigan, Shawn Crable led the team with 10 tackles. Crable also forced a fumble and recorded 1.5 sacks. Chris Graham finished with 9 tackles, the second-most on the Wolverines. Brandent Englemon and Morgan Trent each intercepted a pass, while Tim Jamison, Terrance Taylor, and Will Johnson received full or partial credit for sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State\nAppalachian State was unanimously selected as the No. 1 team in the FCS football poll in the week after their victory against Michigan. Although several voters in the AP Poll stated they would like to vote for Appalachian State, the Mountaineers were ineligible to receive votes because the poll was only limited to FBS teams; in response, the AP amended their policy the following week to allow FCS teams to receive votes in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State\nThe Mountaineers received 19 points in the week 3 edition of the AP Poll and 5 points in the week 4 edition of the AP Poll. The team also extended their winning streak to 17 games before losing to Wofford in week 5. Appalachian State lost to rival Georgia Southern in week 7, dropping them to 5\u20132 and 2\u20132 in the Southern Conference (SoCon), which placed them in a poor position to repeat for a third consecutive time as conference champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State\nHowever, the Mountaineers won all of their remaining regular season games to finish 9\u20132, and their 5\u20132 Southern Conference record was good enough to earn a share of the SoCon conference title with Wofford, but Wofford claimed the conference's automatic bid. As an at-large bid, the team scored a close win over James Madison (28\u201327) and then defeated Eastern Washington (38\u201335) in the first two rounds of the FCS playoffs. Appalachian State easily defeated Richmond (55\u201335) in the semifinals and Delaware (49\u201321) in the championship game, winning their third consecutive FCS National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0020-0003", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Appalachian State\nThey became the first team to win three consecutive FCS titles, and the first Division I football team to win three consecutive titles since Army, who had won three straight titles from 1944 to 1946. At the end of the season, the Mountaineers became the first FCS team to receive votes in the final AP Poll. They received five votes, which placed Appalachian State at a tie for 34th overall with South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 79], "content_span": [80, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Michigan\nThe loss to Appalachian State was Michigan's first against an FCS team. It also effectively ended Michigan's chances of winning a national championship. The Wolverines dropped out of the top 25 entirely on the AP Poll the following week, the first time a team had missed the top 25 in the AP Poll the week after they were in the top 10. Jerry Palm called this game \"about the worst loss a Top 5 team has had.\" In their next game, Michigan lost to Oregon 39\u20137, the largest margin of defeat for Michigan since 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Michigan\nFollowing the loss to Oregon, Michigan won their next eight games, leading the team to rank as high as No. 13 in the AP Poll. After Michigan lost their final two games, ending the regular season with an 8\u20134 record, they dropped off the poll entirely. After Michigan's season-ending loss to Ohio State, Carr announced he would retire as the team's coach after their bowl game. The Wolverines received an invitation to the Capital One Bowl, where they defeated Florida 41\u201335 to finish their season 9\u20134. Following their win in the Capital One Bowl, Michigan finished at No. 18 in the final AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nThom Brennaman immediately hailed the game as one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports; in their postgame interview, Charissa Thompson told coach Jerry Moore that it was \"one of the greatest upsets in college football history.\" Many media outlets described it as one of, if not the greatest, upsets in the history of college football. The win marked the first time an FCS team had beaten a ranked FBS program. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports wrote that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\n\"This game was supposed to be the prime example of what had gone wrong in money hungry college football. The powers that be had expanded the season a couple years back, adding an extra game so big schools could bring in cream-puff opponents while collecting millions in revenue. Michigan had never played a I-AA opponent in its history. Now we know why, the Wolverines were ducking them. Instead of an easy tune-up for Michigan, Appalachian State leaves with its most profound victory ever and a check for $400,000 that was supposed to be their pay for getting punished.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nSports Illustrated writer Stewart Mandel wrote that he felt \"utterly unqualified\" to put the game into perspective, and said \"there's no logical reason whatsoever this should have happened. But it did. And it wasn't the slightest bit fluky.\" He also expressed disappointment that he would not be able to vote for the Mountaineers in his AP Poll ballot, explaining that \"it may well turn out that Michigan was grossly overrated, but all I know is this: There will not be 25 other teams that accomplish more this opening weekend than Appalachian State did Saturday. There won't even be five.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nPat Forde of ESPN.com called it \"the most astonishing college football result I can remember,\" saying that \"we'll still be talking about it a few decades from now. Especially in the locker rooms of every huge underdog, where they'll say, 'If Appalachian State can beat Michigan, why can't we shock the world, too?.'\" He felt the upset was particularly impressive because upsets of such a magnitude do not happen often in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0024-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nThe New York Times writer Viv Bernstein called the game \"one of the biggest upsets in college football history\" and called it \"a stunning upset by any measure.\" The game was the lead story on SportsCenter and was the cover story for the following week's edition of Sports Illustrated; Appalachian State wide receiver Dexter Jackson was featured on the cover, which has the headline \"Alltime Upset: Appalachian State Stuns No. 5 Michigan.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nIn 2012, Jerry Hinnen of CBS Sports described it as \"the biggest upset of the past five years of college football\", and described it as having \"set the table\" for an \"epically chaotic\" 2007 season as well as \"four years' worth of headline-making upsets to follow.\" Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports said in 2012 that \"we may never see its likes again.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nHe said that the game \"reminded us why the college game is the best,\" but felt that such a result would become more unlikely in the future, as many conferences are moving to increase to nine conference games, reducing the need to play FCS teams. In 2019, Sports Illustrated ranked the game as the greatest upset in college football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Media reaction\nSince Appalachian State's victory, four other FCS teams have defeated ranked FBS teams. In 2010, James Madison defeated 13th-ranked Virginia Tech 21\u201316. In 2013, Eastern Washington beat 25th-ranked Oregon State, 49\u201346. The year also saw North Dakota State record a 24\u201321 victory over Kansas State, the defending Big 12 champions. On September 17, 2016, North Dakota State defeated #13 Iowa 23\u201321 in a game played in Iowa City, Iowa. On September 4, 2021, Montana defeated #20 Washington 13-7 at Husky Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 76], "content_span": [77, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nJust minutes after the game ended, Appalachian State students began celebrating on the two main streets in Boone, North Carolina: King Street and Rivers Street. The group eventually advanced to Kidd Brewer Stadium, Appalachian State's home field, and tore down one of the goalposts. The students proceeded to carry the goalpost over a mile before depositing it in the front yard of the school's chancellor, Kenneth E. Peacock. He was fine with this, saying \"as good as today was for Appalachian State, they can take it up there and put it down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nI can't wait to get there and see it.\" Several students jumped nude into the duck pond behind ASU's dining hall, a campus tradition for celebrating big football victories. When the team returned to their stadium in buses at 11:00\u00a0p.m., they were greeted by a crowd of thousands of students and fans. It took the team 20\u00a0minutes to get from their buses to the locker room due to the crowd. The celebration in Boone was not limited to Appalachian State's campus; the Boone Mall was \"flooded\" with cars, and a sports apparel shop carrying ASU gear, Sports Fanatic, reported that sales were seven times higher than normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nIn Ann Arbor, Michigan, the reaction was far different. The Ann Arbor News reported that the Michigan fans who attended the game were \"shell-shocked.\" Appalachian State's win also proved popular among fans of Michigan's rivals. The Associated Press reported that, following the end of Ohio State's 38\u20136 home victory against Youngstown State, Ohio Stadium aired the final minutes of the Appalachian State-Michigan game on the stadium's big screen; although most of the fans had already left, the outcome \"elicited a large roar\" from the remaining attendees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nSimilarly, The Daily Collegian reported that as Penn State was closing a 59\u20130 home victory over Florida International, the update \"Twenty seconds to play fourth quarter, Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32\" was announced over the stadium's loudspeakers. The student section and several Penn State players quickly crowded inside of Beaver Stadium to watch the closing seconds on in-stadium televisions; when the final, potentially game-winning Michigan kick was blocked by Appalachian State, they \"converged into a mosh pit\" in celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nThe Detroit Free Press reported that the loudest cheers during Michigan State's home victory against UAB came when the scoreboard displayed the final score of the Appalachian State vs. Michigan game; to conclude his postgame press conference, Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi stated: \"And Michigan lost, too.\" The Ohio State locker room erupted into a \"roar\" after the players learned of Michigan's loss. Conversely, Michigan State running back Javon Ringer expressed disappointment at the game's result, saying \"I kinda really wanted [Michigan] to be undefeated for us.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nOhio State coach Jim Tressel gave a similar reaction, saying that \"I'm never glad when a conference opponent loses outside of your game with them... You're always rooting for your brethren in the Big Ten.\" ESPN.com reported that in the hours after the game, \"at least one street vendor was doing brisk business selling freshly minted Mountaineers T-shirts near the Ohio State campus\", while stores near the campus were \"swamped with requests for gear bearing the Mountaineers' gold and black colors and logo\", primarily from Ohio State fans who were rejoicing over their rival's defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0029-0002", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Reaction in Boone and on other campuses\nAppalachian State's campus bookstore received a large number of phone calls from people wanting to buy gear, many of them from Ohio, but were unable to sell them in large quantities due to a state law prohibiting university bookstores from selling items to people who are not students, faculty, or alumni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Rematch\nIn 2011, Appalachian State and Michigan agreed to play a rematch, scheduled for 2014 to be the season-opener for both teams. Appalachian State was paid $850,000 to play this game. Michigan's athletic director, Dave Brandon, felt a rematch would be an excellent way to gain attention for Michigan football and said \"The networks were fighting over who gets to televise that game.\" Jerry Moore said that \"To have the University of Michigan invite us back is the ultimate compliment for us as a program and a university.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190066-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, Aftermath, Rematch\nWe're grateful for the opportunity to have a new generation of players experience a gameday at the Big House and to test themselves against college football's all-time winningest program.\" Appalachian State played their first year of football in the FBS in 2014 and joined the Sun Belt Conference as full members. The rematch was much different this time around, with Michigan beating Appalachian State 52\u201314; Appalachian State never held a lead in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190067-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 Arab Athletics Championships was the fifteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Amman, Jordan from 18\u201321 May. The competition was held earlier than its usual scheduling due to the 2007 Pan Arab Games being held in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190068-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Futsal Championship\nThe 2007 Arab Futsal Championship is the 3rd Championship and it took place in Tripoli, Libya from January 10 to January 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit\nThe 2007 Arab League Summit, also called the 2007 Riyadh Summit, refers to a convention of leaders from 21 members of the Arab League who gathered in Riyadh for the 19th Arab summit in March 2007. The summit convened on the 28 March 2007 and was preceded by a set of preparatory meetings starting on 24 March 2007. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana also attended the summit. The main goal of the conference was to re-launch the Arab Peace Initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Setting\nThe original venue of the 19th Arab summit was to be Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, but, in mid-January 2007, Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the Arab League, announced that the summit would convene in Riyadh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Setting\nThis, according to scholars, seemed an \u201cindication that Saudi Arabia was keen to promote the cause of Arab unity.\u201d Ambassador Mohamed Qattan, Saudi permanent representative to the Arab League, said, \u201cThe ongoing developments in the Arab region and the critical situation that the Arab peoples are passing through has prompted the Saudi monarch to call for the convocation of the summit in Riyadh rather than Sharm El-Sheikh.\u201d Egyptian leaders did not publicly questioning the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Setting\nThe venue, date and agenda of the annual Arab summit have always been an issue of contention, speculation and controversy. When Arab leaders met in Cairo in October 2000 to adopt a resolution proposing the annual convocation of the Arab summit, they decided that the chairmanship of the summit would be rotated among the 22 member states of the League, and that the summit should convene at the headquarters of the Arab League unless the chair wished to host it. In March 2001, Jordan chaired and hosted the Arab summit. This, however, was the first and last time in which the convocation of the Arab summit was a smooth operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Setting\nA major issue that marred the 2007 Arab League summit was the absence of Libya. According to Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham, Libya boycotted the summit in protest of the lack of \u201cseriousness\u201d of Arab countries. \"All the Arabs now consider Iran to be the main enemy and have forgotten Israel,\" said Shalgham. While Arabs \"keep pressing the Palestinians to respond to the conditions of the (Middle East) Quartet, no one presses Israel.\" In January 2007, Moussa traveled to Libya to discuss the matter with Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Setting\nMoussa aimed to secure Libya's participation in the Riyadh summit but ultimately failed. Libya's absence has also been attributed to a public quarrel that al-Gaddafi had with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia in 2003 over the United States military presence in the region. Gaddafi would later go on to once again publicly reject the Arab Peace Initiative, stating: \"The Arab initiative is nothing more than an Arab scheme, these massacres (in Gaza) were caused because of it. It has encouraged the enemy to do it. We should be ashamed of such proposals.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe 19th annual Arab League summit reaffirmed the Arab Peace Initiative first adopted in 2002 (also known as the Beirut Declaration). Arab leaders at the summit urged Israel to accept this initiative. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said that the plan would have a strong chance of winning international support and of reviving Israeli\u2013Arab peace talks if adopted unanimously by all Arab leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nThe plan, moreover, set up a mechanism to promote the peace plan that would pave the way for Arab countries with no ties to Israel, including Saudi Arabia, to open channels of communications with the Jewish state\u2014a longtime goal for various presidential administrations in the United States. The peace initiative, as Middle Eastern scholars explain, was considered a \"great leap from historical resolutions of 1964 and 1967, which had vowed to destroy Israel.\" Under the plan, Arab nations would recognize Israel if Israel withdrew from land it occupied in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nMoreover, the plan allows for the creation of a Palestinian state\u2014with its capital in East Jerusalem\u2014and the return of Palestinian refugees based on United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194. The final draft of the plan, moreover, avoided mentioning the phrase \"right of return\", which has been a point of contention in all previous peace talks; instead it called for a \"just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nIn 2002, Israel immediately rejected the plan. In 2007, however, Israel initially acted more receptively to the reaffirmed Arab League initiative. Nevertheless, the foreign policy spokesman for Israel's right-wing Likud party, Zalman Shoval, explained \"Israel could never accept the parts of the plan that call for the return of refugees who had lived in the territory of pre-1967 Israel.\" Furthermore, Shoval added, \"If 300,000\u2013400,000, or maybe a million, Palestinians would invade the country, that would be the end of the state of Israel as a Jewish state.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict\nAccording to the scholar, Roger Hardy, the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative was revived \"because it is a starting point on the Palestinian issue that most parties can accept\u2014although with reservations.\" Moreover, some have speculated that the re-initialization of the peace plan was a move to counter Iran's growing influence in the region. It was widely viewed by scholars around the world that it would be in Israel's best interest to act respectfully to Saudi Arabia's supremacy in Middle East affairs, especially if Arab states begin to line up behind an anti-Iranian position. Through positive actions, Israel could eventually become accepted into the Arab world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative\nDifferences of principle between Israel and Arab League members over some of the elements in the proposed arrangement made it difficult to translate the initiative into an actual agreement. Moreover, the absence of an authoritative Palestinian interlocutor was another impediment to achieving peace through the Arab Peace Initiative. The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, supported the initiative, but Hamas leaders refrained from endorsing even the conditional readiness to recognize Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative\nAs part of an effort to bridge that gap and lay the foundation for a unified Palestinian delegation, pre-Summit preparations included diplomatic steps to establish a Palestinian national unity government. That government was sworn in on March 17, 2007 on the basis of the agreement reached in Mecca under the aegis of the so-called \"Arab Quartet\"\u2014Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative\nThe national unity government's policy guidelines include detailed political positions, including an obligation to create a Palestinian state in the territories captured by Israel in 1967 and the recognition of Arab Summit conference resolutions over the years. To that list was added Palestinian recognition of Israel, which Hamas refused to embrace. In addition, Hamas continually demands a \"right of return\" for all Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is now Israel during the 1948 Arab\u2013Israeli War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative\nHamas leader Khaled Meshaal was quoted by Saudi media as urging Arab leaders ahead of the summit not to make concessions on the demand for the Palestinian refugees to return home. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel, but Palestinian officials have agreed not to go against the peace plan. Moreover, on the eve of the Riyadh summit, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas to agree to meet on a regular basis, but Israel maintained its economic embargo on the Palestinian government and its military pressure in the territory of the Palestinian Authority. These measures were viewed as a means to either weaken Hamas or, alternatively, to encourage a change in its position vis-\u00e0-vis Israel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative\nThe power struggle in Palestine will, consequently, make it impossible to implement any security understandings reached in the past or future between Israel and Abbas. The official statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesman said, \"Israel is sincerely interested in pursuing a dialogue with those Arab states that desire peace with Israel, this in order to promote a process of normalization and cooperation. Israel hopes that the Riyadh Summit will contribute to this effort.\" Furthermore, the Israeli spokesman explained, \"Israel also believes that moderate Arab states can fill a positive role by encouraging regional cooperation, and supporting the Israeli\u2013Palestinian track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Obstacles to the Arab Peace Initiative\nA dialogue between these states and Israel can contribute to this end.\" Many Israelis were disenchanted, however, especially when remembering the results of previous Arab League summits and the current Hamas-dominated Palestinian leadership. The hope, however, is that the political partnership with Fatah will move Hamas closer to the center of Palestinian politics. Moreover, the revival of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative is clearly a product of inter-Arab politics that reflects hope for a peaceful conclusion to the Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 81], "content_span": [82, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Resolution to Tensions in Iraq\nLeaders of the Arab League present at the Riyadh Summit in 2007 hoped to achieve security and stability in Iraq. The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari revealed that draft laws in support of Iraq would arise at the Riyadh summit. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed optimism for the possibilities of such laws. Leaders at the summit stated that \"Iraq's stability and overcoming of its present crisis required a balanced political and security solution addressing the causes of the crisis and weeding out the roots of terrorism and sectarian sedition.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, The negotiations, Resolution to Tensions in Iraq\nMoreover, the leaders stressed, \"The Arab perception of a political and security solution for the challenges faced by Iraq is based on respect for Iraq\u2019s unity, sovereignty, independence and Arab-Islamic identity.\" Furthermore, Arab leaders at the Riyadh summit stressed that the establishment of security and stability is the sole responsibility of the Iraqi national unity government, constitutional institutions, and political leaders. Also, the summit strongly condemned the acts of terror against the Iraqi people and their institutions. Moreover, leaders showed their support for the Iraqi government's efforts to reorganize its security institutions on nationalistic and professional basis, calling for effective Arab participation in these efforts. Furthermore, leaders urged member states to write off debts owed by Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 904]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Other areas of negotiation\nThe member-states at the Riyadh conference asserted that Arab states should fully tackle issues of Arab national security. Furthermore, sources and forms of political, security, economic, cultural, and social threats from both inside and outside the Arab world would be taken into consideration. Moreover, the conference:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nThrough the Riyadh Summit, Arab leaders \u201cre-launched their blueprint for peace in the Middle East.\u201d As the Riyadh Declaration shows, leaders of the Arab world hoped to \u201creexamine their state of affairs.\u201d Islam, moreover, was used as a uniting factor to achieve peace:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\n\u201cWe are inspired by our religious and Arab values that renounce all forms of immoderation, extremism and racism; and stressing the aims of boosting the Arab identity, deepening its cultural bases, and continuing its open humanistic message, while facing the challenges and risks threatening to re-schematize the state of affairs in the region, dissolve the common Arab identity, and undermine the connections that bind us.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nThroughout its history, Professor of Middle East Studies, Roger Owen explains, \u201cthe Arab League has acted as though the Arab states should conduct their relations in terms more of notions of brotherhood than of protocol.\u201d Moreover, the leaders at Riyadh explain, \u201cWe are all, leaders, officials and citizens; parents and children; partners in drawing our own destiny and preserving our identity, culture, values and interests. Dangerous challenges can only increase the resolve and faith of great nations. The Arab nation is capable, with God\u2019s help, to achieve the security, dignity, and prosperity it deserves when it unifies its ranks and strengthens its joint actions.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nTo date, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has \u201cnot agreed to fully-fledged negotiations over the three main final status issues \u2013 borders, the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees \u2013 as proposed by Mr. Abbas. Israeli officials said any commitment now could raise expectations and lead to further violence if talks broke down.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nMoreover, Saudi Arabia still has not created diplomatic ties with Israel because of Israel's continued negative treatment of Palestinians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nThe situation in Iraq is still grim; stability still has not been achieved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nIn many ways, it is too soon to tell whether the Riyadh Summit of 2007 has had long-lasting positive effects on tensions in the Middle East. Its resolutions, however, were a positive step in the right direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190069-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab League summit, Aftermath\nUpon completion of the summit meeting, leaders of the Arab League decided to reconvene for the 20th Arab League summit in Syria in March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190070-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in the Syrian capital of Damascus from 27\u201329 June. A total of thirty-nine events were contested, of which 20 by male and 19 by female athletes, matching the programme of the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics bar the exclusion of a girls' steeplechase event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190070-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships\nFour athletes achieved individual doubles at the tournament. On the boys' side, Saudi athlete Hamada Al-Bishi achieved a novel 100 metres/400 metre hurdles double, Sudan's Awad El Karim Makki took both 200 metres and 400 metres titles, and Ismail Al Saffar of Kuwait took both gold medals in the horizontal jumps. The sole girl to win two individual titles was Souheir Bouali of Algeria, who won both short sprints. She went on to become a senior champion at the 2013 Arab Athletics Championships six years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190070-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships\nMorocco, which had dominated the inaugural edition in 2004, was absent from the competition. Egypt topped the medal table with eight golds among its haul of 21 medals. Sudan achieved the second highest tally of gold medals with six. The host nation Syria won the most overall medals with 22 and ranked joint-third on gold medals with five \u2013 a number also reached by both Algeria and Tunisia. Fourteen nations reached the medal table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190070-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships\nUnlike some of the athletes of the previous edition, no medallists in Damascus reached the podium at the following World Youth Championships. Sudan's sprint champion Makki and boys' discus throw winner Hamid Mansour went on to win medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships, however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190071-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Youth Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Arab Youth Volleyball Championship was held in Latakia, Syria from 16 August to 24 August, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190071-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arab Youth Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nQatar (Defending Champion)\u00a0Syria (Host)\u00a0Bahrain\u00a0Iraq\u00a0Yemen\u00a0United Arab Emirates", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election\nThe 2007 Aragonese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election\nThe Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had ruled Aragon since the 1999 election, saw an increase of three seats and obtained its best result since the 1983 election in terms of votes received. The People's Party (PP) also managed to slightly increase its vote share and gained one seat. On the other hand, the Aragonese Union (CHA) lost ground for the first time, losing 5 of its 9 seats and falling behind the Aragonese Party (PAR), which regained third place and increased its vote share for the first time since the 1987 election. United Left (IU) held its single seat and increased its vote share for the first time since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election\nThe PSOE and PAR renewed their coalition administration for a third consecutive time, resulting in Marcelino Iglesias being re-elected as regional President for a third term in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Aragonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 67 members of the Cortes of Aragon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied being applied in each constituency. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 942]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date\nAfter legal amendments in 2007, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Cortes of Aragon to expire after an early dissolution. The election Decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Aragon, with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 25 May 2007. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 1 May 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 24 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Government had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Aragon and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190072-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Aragonese regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190073-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Archery World Cup\nThe 2007 Archery World Cup was the second edition of the Archery World Cup, organised by the World Archery Federation. The first leg was held in Ulsan, South Korea, the second leg in Varese, Italy, the third at Antalya Centennial Archery Field in Antalya, Turkey and the final leg was held in Dover, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190073-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Archery World Cup\nThe best individual and mixed performers in each discipline over the three legs then joined host representatives in qualifying for the World Cup Finals, which were contested on in Dubai, UAE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190073-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring\nThe compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50m on a 6-zone target face, using cumulative scoring for all individual, team and mixed competitions. The top four individual performers (with no more than two from each country) proceeded to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190073-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring\nThe recurve legs consisted of a FITA qualification round, followed by a 72m Olympic set system . The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country), plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190073-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Archery World Cup, Competition rules and scoring\nCompetitors' top three scores go towards qualification. The scores awarded in the legs were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190074-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arena Football League season\nThe 2007 Arena Football League season was the 21st season of the Arena Football League. The regular season began play on March 1, 2007 and concluded on June 25. The league broke its regular-season total attendance record of 1,887,054.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190074-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arena Football League season\nFollowing a year-long hiatus last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans VooDoo franchise resumed play this season to return the league to a 19-team format. New Orleans also hosted ArenaBowl XXI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190074-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arena Football League season\nThe league champions were the San Jose SaberCats, who defeated the Columbus Destroyers in ArenaBowl XXI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190074-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Arena Football League season, Statistics, Running backs\n*McPherson is a Quarterback, he was on the rushing yards list at arenafootball.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190074-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Arena Football League season, Statistics, Special teams, Kicking\n*Set AFL record for tackles by a Kicker with 15.5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election\nArgentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, 28 October 2007, and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year. For the national elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts. Voter turnout was 76.2%. Buenos Aires Province Senator and First Lady Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won the election by 45.28% of votes against Elisa Carri\u00f3 of Civic Coalition ARI, making her the second female president of Argentina and the first female president to be directly elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election\nCristina Kirchner broke the 40 percent barrier and won in the first round. Elisa Carri\u00f3 won in the city of Buenos Aires and came second with more than 20 percent of the votes. Third was Roberto Lavagna, who won in C\u00f3rdoba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Background\nElections for a successor to President N\u00e9stor Kirchner were held in October. Kirchner had declined to run for a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Background\nIn addition to the President, each district elected a number of members of the Lower House (the Chamber of Deputies) roughly proportional to their population, and eight districts elected members to the Argentine Senate, where each district is entitled to three senators (two for the majority, one for the largest minority party). In most provinces, the national elections were conducted in parallel with local ones, whereby a number of municipalities elect legislative officials (concejales) and in some cases also a mayor (or the equivalent executive post). Each provincial election follows local regulations and some, such as Tucum\u00e1n, hold municipal elections on other dates in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Background\nAccording to the rules for elections in Argentina, to win the presidential election without needing a \"ballotage\" round, a candidate needs either more than 45% of the valid votes, or more than 40% of the valid votes with a margin of 10 points from the runner-up. Following months of speculation, and despite high approval ratings, President Kirchner confirmed his decision to forfeit the 2007 race, and the ruling Front for Victory (FpV), a center-left Peronist Party, nominated the First Lady and Senator Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, on July 19. Acknowledging the support of a growing number of UCR figures (\"K Radicals\") to the populist policies advanced by Kirchnerism, the FpV nominated Mendoza Province Governor Julio Cobos as her running mate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Background\nThe ideologically diverse field also included former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna (who broke with Kirchner in late 2005, obtained the endorsement of the UCR, and ran slightly to the right of the FpV), Elisa Carri\u00f3 (a center-left Congresswoman close to the Catholic Church), and numerous conservatives and socialists; in all, fourteen candidates registered for the election. The UCR, for the first time since it first ran in a presidential campaign in 1892, joined a coalition (Lavagna's UNA) rather than nominate its own candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Background\nThe President, who had maintained high approval ratings throughout his term on the heels of a strong recovery in the Argentine economy, was beset by controversies during 2007, including Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno's firing of Graciela Bevacqua (the INDEC statistician overseeing inflation data), allegations of Planning Minister Julio de Vido's involvement in a Skanska bribery case, and the \"suitcase scandal.\" These controversies, however, did not ultimately overshadow positive consumer sentiment and a generally high presidential job approval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Background\nThe Front for Victory's candidate, Senator and First Lady Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner, maintained a comfortable lead in polling during the campaign. Her opponents focused on forcing her into a ballotage. However, with 13 challengers splitting the vote, Fern\u00e1ndez won a decisive first-round victory with 45.3% of the valid votes, more than 22 points ahead of runner-up Carri\u00f3. She won in every province or district except San Luis (won by Alberto Rodr\u00edguez Sa\u00e1), C\u00f3rdoba (won by Lavagna), and the City of Buenos Aires (won by Carri\u00f3). Carri\u00f3, who obtained 23%, made history as the first runner-up to another woman in a national election in the Americas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Presidential candidates\nA total of 14 candidates were on the presidential ballot, although only 3 or 4 garnered statistically significant amounts of support in polls. The candidates were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Results, Governors\nThe elections for governors took place in ten provinces in September, which were won in six provinces by Kirchner's Front for Victory. Hermes Binner was elected governor of Santa Fe, defeating Peronist Rafael Bielsa, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pres. N\u00e9stor Kirchner. Binner thus became the first Socialist governor in Argentina's history and the first non-Justicialist elected governor of that province. Center-left Fabiana R\u00edos (ARI) became the first woman elected governor in Argentina, winning an upset in Tierra del Fuego Province, while the moderately conservative Mauricio Macri was elected Mayor of Buenos Aires (an office similar to governor) in June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190075-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Argentine general election, Results, Governors\nCorrientes Province and Santiago del Estero Province did not have elections for governors in 2007, as they had already taken place in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190076-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Argyll and Bute Council election\nElections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season\nThe 2007 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 88th in the National Football League, their 20th in Arizona and their first under head coach Ken Whisenhunt. They improved upon their 5\u201311 record in 2006 after finishing last place in the NFC West, by finishing 8\u20138, but the failure of the Cardinals to qualify for the Super Bowl marked the 23rd consecutive year in which the Super Bowl did not include the team in whose region the game was being played, Only in Super Bowl XIV and Super Bowl XIX has this ever occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season\nTwo losses to the San Francisco 49ers, who won only five games that season, came back to haunt them in the end, as they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the ninth straight season. Nonetheless, Pro Football Reference argues that the 2007 Cardinals had the easiest schedule of any non-playoff team since the 1965 Eagles: they never opposed any team with a better record than 10\u20136 in any of their sixteen games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Offseason, Head coach\nHead coach Ken Whisenhunt will be entering his first year of his term with the Cardinals. He was previously the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Whisenhunt signed a contract with the Cardinals on January 14, 2007 after the Cardinals released former head coach Dennis Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Schedule\nIn the 2007 regular season, the Cardinals\u2019 non-divisional, conference opponents were primarily from the NFC South, although they also played the Washington Redskins from the NFC East, and the Detroit Lions from the NFC North. Their non-conference opponents were from the AFC North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nThe Cardinals began their 2007 campaign on the road against their NFC West foe, the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as 49ers RB Frank Gore got a 6-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Cardinals took the lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 35-yard field goal, while RB Edgerrin James got a 7-yard TD run. San Francisco would tie the game with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers regained the lead with Nedney kicking a 30-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals retook the lead with QB Matt Leinart completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. However, late in the game, the Cards' defense failed to hold off San Francisco's ensuing drive, which ended with WR Arnaz Battle getting a 1-yard TD run. With just over :20 seconds left in the game, Arizona had one final chance to save the game. Leinart's pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald was intercepted by 49ers CB Shawntae Spencer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nWith the heartbreaking loss, the Cardinals began their season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ1 \u2013 SF \u2013 11:24 \u2013 Frank Gore 6-yard TD run (Joe Nedney kick) (SF 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ2 \u2013 ARI \u2013 12:55 \u2013 Neil Rackers 35-yard FG (SF 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ2 \u2013 ARI \u2013 9:15 \u2013 Edgerrin James 7-yard TD run (Rackers kick) (ARI 10\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ2 \u2013 SF \u2013 3:40 \u2013 Joe Nedney 33-yard FG (10\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ3 \u2013 SF \u2013 11:20 \u2013 Joe Nedney 30-yard FG (SF 13\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ4 \u2013 ARI \u2013 6:46 \u2013 5-yard TD pass from Matt Leinart to Anquan Boldin (Rackers kick) (ARI 17\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 1\nQ4 \u2013 SF \u2013 0:26 \u2013 Arnaz Battle 1-yard TD run (Nedney kick) (SF 20\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nHoping to rebound from their tough divisional road loss to the 49ers, the Cardinals played their Week 2 homeopener against another NFC West foe, the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Cards took to the skies first with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Arizona continued to pound away with QB Matt Leinart completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope, along RB Edgerrin James getting a 17-yard TD run. The Seahawks would get their only score of the half with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 24-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals' lead was gone with Seattle RB Shaun Alexander getting a 16-yard TD run and kicker Josh Brown getting a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cards trailed as Brown got another 28-yard field goal. Arizona responded with Rackers kicking a 52-yard field goal. Late in the game, the Cards defense managed to recover a Seahawk fumble. It would eventually turn into Rackers' 4th career game-winning field goal as made it from 42 yards out as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ1 \u2013 ARZ \u2013 1:27 \u2013 Neil Rackers 28-yard FG (ARZ 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ2 \u2013 ARZ \u2013 14:07 \u2013 Leonard Pope 30-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Neil Rackers kick) (ARZ 10\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ2 \u2013 ARZ \u2013 5:43 \u2013 Edgerrin James 17-yard run (Neil Rackers kick) (ARZ 17\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ2 \u2013 SEA \u2013 1:16 \u2013 Nate Burleson 24-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Josh Brown kick) (ARZ 17\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ3 \u2013 SEA \u2013 8:42 \u2013 Shaun Alexander 16-yard run (Josh Brown kick) (ARZ 17\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ3 \u2013 SEA \u2013 3:34 \u2013 Josh Brown 28-yard FG (17\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ4 \u2013 SEA \u2013 9:52 \u2013 Josh Brown 28-yard FG (SEA 20\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ4 \u2013 ARZ \u2013 4:44 \u2013 Neil Rackers 52-yard FG (20\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 2\nQ4 \u2013 ARZ \u2013 0:01 \u2013 Neil Rackers 42-yard FG (ARZ 23\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 3\nComing off their divisional home win over the Seahawks, the Cardinals flew to M&T Bank Stadium for an intraconference \"bird\" battle with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, the Ravens flew first with kicker Matt Stover getting a 21-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their lead with Stover's 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 3\nArizona would manage to get on the board with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 48-yard field goal, yet Baltimore managed to put more and more distance from the Cards with QB Steve McNair completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason, along with WR/PR Yamon Figurs returning a punt 75 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 3\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals managed to get a 40-yard field goal from Rackers, yet the Ravens continued its domination with Stover getting a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, with QB Matt Leinart being ineffective, back-up QB Kurt Warner came in and ignited the Cards' offense with a 5-yard TD pass and a 32-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. Afterwards, Arizona tied the game with Rackers getting a 41-yard field goal. The Ravens got a last-second win with Stover nailing a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 4\nTrying to rebound from their road loss to the Ravens, the Cardinals went home for another interconference fight, as they would face the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes for the only score of the quarter. However, in the third quarter, the Cards started to fight back. As starting QB Matt Leinart struggled, back-up QB Kurt Warner came in and completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 4\nIn the fourth quarter, Leinart was put back in and the Cardinals didn't miss a beat as rookie WR Steve Breaston returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown, along with RB Edgerrin James getting a 2-yard TD pass. However, Pittsburgh retaliated as Roethlisberger and Holmes hooked up with each other again on a 7-yard TD pass. Afterwards, Arizona held off an attempt to tie the game and won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 5\nComing off their impressive home win over the Steelers, the Cardinals flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 5 divisional duel with the winless St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early with Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 46-yard field goal. The Cards would tie the game with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cardinals trailed again with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 5\nArizona would tie the game with RB Edgerrin James fumbling at the 1-yard line and OG Reggie Wells recovering the fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. However, on the Cards next possession, QB Matt Leinart was sacked by MLB Will Witherspoon, causing his left collarbone to get broken, getting him out for the rest of the game. Back-up QB Kurt Warner (former Rams QB) came in for the rest of the game. Afterwards, St. Louis would respond with Wilkins kicking a 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, Arizona would end the half with Warner getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 5\nIn the third quarter, the Rams retook the lead with Frerotte completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. Afterwards, the Cards would tie the game with Rackers getting a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cards increased its lead with CB Roderick Hood returning an interception 68 yards for a touchdown. St. Louis tried to pass the Cardinals for the lead as Wilkins got a 31-yard field goal. Arizona increased its lead with Warner's 7-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. The Rams would get close with Frerotte's 29-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael, followed up with a successful two-point conversion pass from Frerotte to Holt. The Cards would emerge victorious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 6\nComing off their divisional road win over the Rams, the Cardinals went home for a Week 6 intraconference game against the Carolina Panthers and QB Vinny Testaverde, whom Arizona tried to sign for to back up Warner, yet failed. Backing up Warner for the remainder of the year would be QB Tim Rattay, whom the Cards recently signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 6\nIn the first quarter, the Cardinals trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay kicked a 33-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Arizona continued to trail as Kasay gave Carolina a 43-yard field goal. The Cards would take the lead with RB Edgerrin James getting a 23-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the Panthers jumped back in front again with Kasay getting a 24-yard field goal. Arizona would retake the lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cards lost control as Carolina took control with Testaverde completing a 65-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith, Kasay nailing a 45-yard field goal, and RB DeAngelo Williams getting a 13-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 6\nWith the loss, not only did the Cardinals fall to 3\u20133, but starting QB Kurt Warner (2/2 for 21 yards) left the game in the first quarter with a strained left elbow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Panthers, the Cardinals flew to FedExField for a Week 7 duel with former division rival Washington Redskins. QB Kurt Warner got the start, despite having a torn left elbow ligament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7\nIn the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Redskins RB Clinton Portis got a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, things got worse for the Cards as Warner's second interception was returned by LB London Fletcher 27 yards for a touchdown. Arizona would finally respond as Warner threw a 2-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin (with a failed PAT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7\nIn the third quarter, the Cards continued to struggle as Portis gave Washington a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Arizona managed to draw close with Warner and Boldin hooking up with each other again on a 10-yard TD pass, along with back-up QB Tim Rattay completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope (with a failed 2-point conversion). The Cards would recover their onside kick and even get into position to get a game-winning 55-yard field goal from kicker Neil Rackers. The kick went wide left, securing their second-straight loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 7\nWith the loss, the Cardinals entered their bye week at 3\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 9\nComing off their bye week, the Cardinals flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, the Cards flew first with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 47-yard field goal. However, the Buccaneers took the lead with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 37-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway. In the second quarter, Arizona continued to struggle as Tampa Bay kicker Matt Bryant nailed a 32-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 9\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals continued to trail as Buccaneers RB Earnest Graham got a 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Arizona began to fight back as RB Edgerrin James got a 3-yard TD run. Late in the game, during the Cards last offensive drive, QB Kurt Warner would get intercepted by Safety Jermaine Phillips. Even though replays clearly showed that he didn't stay in bounds, Arizona was out of timeouts and therefore were unable to challenge the play. It would be remembered as the most controversial call in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 10\nTrying to snap a three-game losing skid, the Cardinals went home for a Week 10 duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Lions RB Kevin Jones got a 4-yard TD run. The Cards would reply with kicker Neil Rackers nailing a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cardinals took the lead with QB Kurt Warner completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, while back-up QB Tim Rattay completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 10\nIn the third quarter, Arizona continued its scorching as Warner completed a 16-yard TD pass to Pope. Detroit would respond with Kitna completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. In the fourth quarter, the Cards pulled away with Warner and Fitzgerald hooking up with each other again on a 20-yard TD pass. The Lions' last score would be another 7-yard TD pass from Kitna to Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 11\nComing off their home win over the Lions, the Cardinals flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, the Cards trailed early as Bengals QB Carson Palmer completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Arizona responded via CB Antrel Rolle returning an interception 55 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Bengals responded with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 41-yard field goal. The Cardinals would take the lead with QB Kurt Warner completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. Cincinnati tried to reply as Graham kicked a 38-yard field goal. Arizona answered with Warner completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 11\nIn the third quarter, the Cards increased their lead with RB Edgerrin James getting a 3-yard TD run. The Bengals tried to come back as Palmer completed a 37-yard to WR Chris Henry, while RB DeDe Dorsey returning a blocked punt 19 yards for a touchdown. Arizona held to win as Rolle returned his second interception 54 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 11\nAntrel Rolle, who was intercepted three times with two of these returned for touchdowns, became the 18th player in NFL history to suffer three interceptions in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12\nComing off an impressive road win over the Bengals, the Cardinals went home for a Week 12 NFC West rematch with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, the Cards took flight early as QB Kurt Warner completed a 28-yard touchdown reception to WR Larry Fitzgerald. The 49ers responded with QB Trent Dilfer completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis. In the second quarter, San Francisco took the lead via kicker Joe Nedney hitting a 19-yard field goal and running back Frank Gore getting an 11-yard TD run. Afterwards, Arizona regained the lead with RB Marcel Shipp getting a 1-yard TD run & Warner hooking up with Fitzgerald again on a 48-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12\nHowever, in the third quarter, the 49ers retook the lead with Dilfer completing a 57-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals regained the lead with QB Tim Rattay completing a 2-yard TD pass to rookie TE Ben Patrick. Afterwards, San Francisco got the lead again with Gore getting a 35-yard TD run. Then, the Cards tied the game with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 19-yard field goal. In overtime, Arizona had a chance to win the game with a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12\nThe kick was good, but a delay of game penalty wiped it away. On the second try, Rackers missed it wide left. In the end, the 49ers got the win with Warner fumbling the ball after getting hit in his endzone and LB Tully Banta-Cain fall on it for the touchdown and the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 12\nWith the loss, the Cardinals fell to 5\u20136, despite Warner throwing a career-best 484 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 13\nHoping to rebound from their tough divisional home loss to the 49ers, the Cardinals stayed at home for a Week 13 interconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Arizona jumped out to an early lead as CB Roderick Hood returned an interception 71 yards for a touchdown, along with QB Kurt Warner's 5-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope. The Browns would get on the board with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Cleveland drew close as QB Derek Anderson completed a 6-yard TD pass to RB Jamal Lewis for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 13\nIn the third quarter, the Cards responded with Warner completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson. However, the Browns drew closer as Anderson completed a 67-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards (with WR/KR/PR Joshua Cribbs completing a 2-point conversion pass to TE Kellen Winslow). In the fourth quarter, Arizona added on to its lead with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 33-yard field goal, while Dawson gave Cleveland a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Cards increased its lead with Rackers nailing a 19-yard field goal. However, the Browns had one final shot towards the end zone. Anderson's pass to Winslow ended up being caught out of bounds. Replays seemed to indicate Winslow was forced out, which would have been good for a touchdown had it been called on the field. But force-outs are not reviewable, so the touchdown did not count and the Cardinals survived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 928]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 14\nComing off their home win over the Browns, the Cardinals flew to Qwest Field for a Week 14 NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, Arizona trailed early as Seahawks kicker Josh Brown managed to get a 23-yard field goal, along with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. In the second quarter, the Cards continued to trail as Hasselbeck completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram and a 17-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. The Cardinals would get on the board as QB Kurt Warner completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson, yet Seattle increased their lead prior to halftime with Brown kicking a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 14\nIn the third quarter, the Cards tried to rally as Warner completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks pulled away as Hasselbeck completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Marcus Pollard, RB Josh Scobey tackling Cardinals punter Mitch Berger in the end zone for a safety, and CB Marcus Trufant returning an interception 84 yards for a touchdown (with a failed PAT). Arizona tried to come back as Warner completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. However, Seattle's defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 14\nDuring this game, Kurt Warner threw a career-worst five interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 15\nHoping to recover from their divisional road loss to the Seahawks, the Cardinals flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, the Cardinals took flight as QB Kurt Warner completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Troy Bienemann. The Saints responded with QB Drew Brees completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. In the second quarter, Arizona trailed as RB Aaron Stecker got a 1-yard TD run. The Cardinals would tie the game Warner completing an 18-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. However, New Orleans took the lead with Brees completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR David Patten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 15\nIn the third quarter, the Saints increased their lead as RB Aaron Stecker managed to get a 6-yard TD run. The Cards would sneak closer as Warner completed a 3-yard TD pass to rookie TE Ben Patrick. However, New Orleans answered with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Arizona tried to mount a comeback as kicker Neil Rackers nailed a 26-yard field goal. However, the Saints defense was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 15\nThe Cardinals were officially eliminated from playoff contention the next day, after the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears, meaning again that the home team hosting the Super Bowl would not be participating therein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190077-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Cardinals season, Game summaries, Week 17\nWith the win, the Cardinals improved to 8\u20138. The 29-point victory allowed the Cardinals to finish the season with a positive point differential (404 scored, 399 allowed) for the first time since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190078-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season\nThe Arizona Diamondbacks' 2007 season started with the Diamondbacks attempting to win the NL West Division. The Arizona Diamondbacks' biggest move in the offseason was when, on January 9, 2007, they got their 2001 World Series co-MVP back, pitcher Randy Johnson after making a blockbuster deal with the New York Yankees, sending to New York relief pitcher Luis Vizca\u00edno and three other prospects. However, Johnson suffered from injuries and underwent season-ending surgery in early August. Despite Johnson's absence and the fact they had fewer runs scored (712) than runs allowed (732), the Diamondbacks had the best record in the National League (90-72), notching their first National League West title since 2002 and their first winning record since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190078-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; AVG=Batting average; SB=Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190078-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; SV=Saves; IP=Innings pitched; R=Runs allowed; ER=Earned runs allowed; BB=Walks allowed; K=Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190079-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Rattlers season\nThe 2007 Arizona Rattlers season was the 16th season for the franchise. They looked to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 8\u20138 record. They finished 4\u201312 record and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190079-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Rattlers season, Coaching\nGene Nudo entered his second season as the head coach of the Rattlers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190080-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team\nThe 2007 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190081-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Sting season\nThe Arizona Sting are a lacrosse team based in Phoenix, Arizona playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 7th in franchise history and 4th as the Sting (formerly the Columbus Landsharks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190081-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Sting season\nIn 2007, the Sting finished 3rd in the west, but defeated both Calgary and San Jose in the playoffs to make it to the Championship game for the second time in three years. The East division champion Rochester Knighthawks won home field advantage but due to scheduling problems in Rochester, the Sting hosted the championship game. The Knighthawks defeated the Sting 13-11 to win their first NLL Championship in ten years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190081-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Sting season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190081-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Sting season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190081-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Sting season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190082-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Wildcats football team\nThe 2007 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190083-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team\nThe 2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2007 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his twenty-second season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 50\u201314\u20131. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 15\u20135\u20131 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190083-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arizona Wildcats softball team\nThe Wildcats were invited to the 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eighth (and, to date, their most recent) NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190084-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season\nThe 2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season was the 10th season of the highest classification of high school boys soccer in Arkansas since being sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. It was the first soccer season under the new classification system, in which 7A replaced AAAAA as the highest classification in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190084-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season, Conference Alignment\nThe sixteen largest schools were divided into two conferences, 7A West and 7A Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 69], "content_span": [70, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190084-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas High School 7A Boys Soccer Season, State Playoffs\nThe six highest placed teams from the regular season from each of the West and Central conferences qualified to the state tournament held in Conway. The conference champions along with the second seed from each conference received a first round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 63], "content_span": [64, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190085-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team\nThe 2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Razorbacks played six home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and two home games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190085-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team\nRunning back Darren McFadden entered his name into the 2008 NFL Draft after the 2007 season. He left Arkansas holding most of the school's rushing records, to include rushing yards in a single game (321), a season (1,830), and a career (4,590). The single game total is also an SEC record. McFadden became only the second player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons, along with former Hog Ben Cowins. McFadden also became the second player in SEC history with three straight 1,000 yard seasons, alongside Herschel Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190085-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Pre-season, Ranking\nThe 2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team was selected in the top 25 in several pre-season polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190085-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Season, Cotton Bowl Classic\nOn December 2, 2007, the Arkansas Razorbacks accepted the invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl Classic against the Missouri Tigers. Arkansas lost to Missouri, 38\u20137, and their all-time record in the Cotton Bowl Classic fell to 3\u20137\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190085-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nAlabama built an early 21-point lead but had to mount a come-from-behind drive in the final two\u00a0minutes of the game in order to capture a 41\u201338 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190086-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arkansas State Indians football team\nThe 2007 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Indians offense scored 291 points while the defense allowed 331 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190087-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arlington mayoral election\nThe 2007 Arlington mayoral election was held on May 12, 2007 to elect the mayor of Arlington, Texas. The election was officially nonpartisan. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Robert Cluck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190087-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arlington mayoral election\nIf no candidate had obtained a majority of the vote, a runoff would have been held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl\nThe 2007 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the California Golden Bears and the Air Force Falcons played on December 31, 2007, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The game, which the Golden Bears won with a score of 42\u201336, was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32\u00a0games in the 2007\u20132008 bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl\nThe Golden Bears began the 2007 season as a favorite to contend for the Pac-10 Conference championship, but after an injury to quarterback Nate Longshore, the team earned a win\u2013loss record of 6\u20136 for the regular season. The Falcons earned their first bowl bid since 2001 with a 9\u20133 mark, tied for second in the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary\nThe Golden Bears came out for the game without last names on the backs of their uniforms, a change from their look throughout the season. Prior to the game, Golden Bears players kick returner DeSean Jackson, wide receiver Robert Jordan, and free safety Thomas DeCoud were suspended for the first quarter of the game for violating team rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nThe Golden Bears struggled early against the Falcons. The Bears had trouble in the early going of the game adjusting to the Falcons triple option offense and unpredictable line formations. Golden Bears quarterback Nate Longshore started in the first quarter, but was hampered by the absence of DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan. Longshore completed 5 of 8 passes for 36 yards in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nAs Cal coach Jeff Tedford had planned, backup quarterback Kevin Riley took over for Longshore in the second quarter. Riley completed two touchdown passes to DeSean Jackson and Lavelle Hawkins to make it 21\u201314 Falcons at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nAir Force quarterback Sean Carney suffered a gruesome lower body injury in the third quarter on a running play and did not return. Backup Shea Smith, who had not played all year, replaced Carney. The Falcons were limited to a pair of field goals, while Robert Jordan caught a pass for a touchdown and Justin Forsett ran in for one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nForsett rushed for another in the fourth quarter, as did Riley. Air Force was limited to field goals until they capitalized on a botched kickoff return to score a touchdown with just over two minutes left, but failed to recover an onside kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190088-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Armed Forces Bowl, Aftermath\nCarney finished with one touchdown pass and 108 yards rushing. Alongside Carney, Falcons running back Jim Ollis also eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark with 101, while Forsett had 140. Riley completed 269 passing yards and was the game MVP. Cal ended the 2007 season with its first win in four games, while handing Air Force their first loss in four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 33], "content_span": [34, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190089-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian Cup\nThe 2007 Armenian Cup was the 16th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2007, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 4 were reserve teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190089-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian Cup, Results, First round\nPyunik and Mika received byes to the quarter finals, as they were champions and cup holders respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190089-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian Cup, Results, First round\nThe first legs were played on 21 and 22 March 2007. The second legs were played on 31 March and 1 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190089-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian Cup, Results, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 5 and 6 April 2007. The second legs were played on 10 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190089-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian Cup, Results, Semi-finals\nThe first legs were played on 18 April 2007. The second legs were played on 1 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190090-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian First League\nThe 2007 Armenian First League season started on 25 April 2007. The last matches were played on 6 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190091-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian Premier League\nThe 2007 Armenian Premier League season is the sixteenth since its establishment, and started on 14 April 2007. The last matches were played on 10 November 2007. FC Pyunik were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190092-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 1,364 candidates ran for the 131 seats, 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining 90 being filled by a proportional party-list system. The electoral threshold was five per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190092-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian parliamentary election, Results\nThe BBC reported a turnout of over 60%. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe judged the elections to have \"demonstrated improvement\" over previous parliamentary elections, but said \"the stated intention by the Armenian authorities to conduct an election in line with OSCE commitments and international standards was not fully realized.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190092-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Armenian parliamentary election, Results\nCritics and opposition politicians had announced their fears that the polls would not be democratic, despite officials' reassurances that the changes to the voting laws would ensure a more democratic election than the greatly criticised 2003 one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190093-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Army Black Knights football team\nThe 2007 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights, led by first-year head coach Stan Brock, played their home games at the Michie Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190094-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arthur Ashe Kids Day\nThe 2007 Arthur Ashe Kids Day was a series of exhibition matches and special events the day before the first day of the official main draws of 2007 U.S. Open. Note that results and trivia are from CBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190094-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Arthur Ashe Kids Day, Results\nWhile some players are not professional tennis players, matches are still played. Lets are played, and it is not a match; the person (even with one more point) who has the most points in 7 minutes wins the exhibition", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190095-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships\nThe 2007 Artois Championships, also known as the Queen's Club Championships, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 104th edition of the event and was held on outdoor grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 11 June until 17 June 2007. Second-seeded Andy Roddick won the singles title, his fourth win at the event after 2003, 2004 and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190095-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles\nMark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190096-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190096-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190097-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships \u2013 Singles\nLleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190097-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships \u2013 Singles\nAndy Roddick won the title, defeating Nicolas Mahut 4\u20136, 7\u20136(9\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20132) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190097-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Artois Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190098-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Arun District Council election\nThe 2007 Arun District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190099-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ashfield District Council election\nThe 2007 Ashfield District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190099-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ashfield District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour lose their majority on the council, after a net loss of 8 seats saw them reduced to 9 councillors. Among the defeated Labour councillors were 2 members of the cabinet, Jessie Parker in Sutton-in-Ashfield North and Stephen Mays in Underwood. There were 12 independent councillors elected, but it was the Liberal Democrats who made big progress, gaining 8 seats to move level with Labour on 9 seats. One of the Liberal Democrat winners, Helen Smith, became one of the youngest councillors in the country at the age of 19 after gaining a seat in Woodhouse ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190100-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ashford Borough Council election\nElections to Ashford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held on to overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190101-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asia Series\nThe third annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2007 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami Corporation. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Chunichi Dragons defeated the SK Wyverns in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Infielder Hirokazu Ibata was named the MVP of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190101-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asia Series, Matchups, November 9\nAttendance: 2,547\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Time: 2:28Game ended in seventh inning due to mercy rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 38], "content_span": [39, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190101-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asia Series, Matchups, November 10\nAttendance: 7,290\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Time: 2:31Game ended in seventh inning due to mercy rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190102-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship\nThe 2007 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season (APRC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Australian driver Cody Crocker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190103-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were the sixth edition of the Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from July 4 to July 9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190104-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe 24th edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from June 4 to June 10, 2007 in wrestling palace of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 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Amman, Jordan on July 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190112-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThe men's 200 metres event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190112-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats\nWind: Heat 1: +2.2\u00a0m/s, Heat 2: +1.8\u00a0m/s, Heat 3: +1.2\u00a0m/s", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 69], "content_span": [70, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190113-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Athletics Championships \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": 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Amman, Jordan on July 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190142-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190143-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's hammer throw\nThe women's hammer throw event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190144-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Athletics Championships \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on July 25\u201326.", "metadata": 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"contents": "2007 Asian Baseball Championship\nThe 24th Asian Baseball Championship was contested in Taichung, Taiwan in November and December 2007. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The winner of the tournament will gain automatic entry into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The second and third place teams will advance to the final 2008 Olympic qualifier, also scheduled to be played in Taiwan in the spring of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190151-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Baseball Championship, B Level\nThe B level teams are Hong Kong (IBAF Asian Cup Champion 2006), Thailand, Philippines and Pakistan. However, the winner will advance to join the three A level teams in a round robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190151-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Baseball Championship, A Level\nThe winner from the B Level of the tournament will join the three traditional powers of Asia in a round robin competition. All games will be played at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190151-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Baseball Championship, Controversy\nIn the match between Japan and South Korea on December 2, a dispute arose over the lineup table of the South Korea team. In the tournament, teams were obliged to submit a starting players table 1 hour before a game begin. Managers have made a consensus to change players if unexpected injuries were happen, which are commonly accepted in the international baseball games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190151-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Baseball Championship, Controversy\nDespite these arrangements, the South Korea manager Kim Kyung-Moon drastically changed his starting players immediately before the game, including a starting pitcher and this substitution clearly advantaged the South Korea team. Japanese manager Senichi Hoshino requested an explanation but his appeal to an umpire was turned down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190151-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Baseball Championship, Controversy\nAfter the game was over, which resulted a Japanese win, Hoshino made comments critical of South Korean acts as ungentlemanly conduct. Japanese team officially submitted a protest note to the South Korea team and the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). John C. Ostermeyer, secretary general of IBAF, acknowledged this appeal and announced that IBAF express regret at the South Korea team and plan to change regulations at a meeting held in January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190152-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship (7th tournament) was a beach volleyball event, that was held from April 13 to 15, 2007 in Samila Beach, Songkhla, Thailand. 46 teams including 22 women's squads from 15 AVC members participated in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190153-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships was the 12th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships and took place from September 13\u201316, 2007 in Hwacheon, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190154-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering (Japanese: \u5c71\u5cb3\u30b9\u30ad\u30fc\u7af6\u6280\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u9078\u624b\u6a29\u5927\u4f1a) was the first edition of an Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190154-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe event was organized by the Japan Mountaineering Association (JMA), and was officially sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190154-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe championship was held at the Tsugaike K\u014dgen Ski Resort in the Japanese Nagano Prefecture from 31 March to 1 April 2007, and was the third ski mountaineering race event in the region. It had the official partnerships of Otari village authorities, Tsugaike K\u014dgen Ski Resort, Nagano mountaineering federation and other groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190154-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe participants, predominantly male racers, came from Japan, China, South Korea as well as from New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190154-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results\nEvent was held on April 1, 2007. Offered were separate individual races for male and female racers. The race course for male competitors was set at a height of 1,500\u00a0meters to 2,000\u00a0meters with a distance of 12\u00a0kilometers and with a total vertical difference over the course of 1,295\u00a0meters for male ski mountaineers, and the course for the female participants covered a distance of 8.2\u00a0kilometres with a vertical distance of 985\u00a0metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190154-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results\nThe New Zealanders Grant Guise and Jane Harper won each race but did not appear in the Asian Championship's ranking, because they were not Asian country nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190155-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Cross Country Championships\nThe 9th Asian Cross Country Championships took place on March 10, 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Team rankings were decided by a combination of each nation's top three athletes finishing positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190156-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Cycling Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 3 to 10 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190157-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Fencing Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Nantong, China from 22 August to 27 August, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190158-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Indoor Games\nThe 2nd Asian Indoor Games were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007. Most events of the games took place at the Macao East Asian Games Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190158-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Indoor Games\nThe Emblem of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games gives an overall impression of the sun shining above the covered gymnasium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190158-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Indoor Games, Participating nations\nThere are 44 Asian countries confirmed to participate in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190158-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Indoor Games, Sports\nA total of 17 sports were scheduled to be competed in this edition of the Indoor Asiad. The following is a list of the sports and the number of the designated events in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190159-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Judo Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Judo Championships were held in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 16 May to 17 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190160-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15\u201322 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190160-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships, Venue\nThis tournament was held at Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190161-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships\nThe 13th Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships 2007 were held in Hoengseong, Korea, from 25 \u2010 30 July 2007. It was organised by Korea Table Tennis Association under the authority of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190162-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Karate Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Karate Championships are the 8th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Nilai Indoor Stadium, Seremban, Malaysia from August 24 to August 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190163-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 8th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Manama, bahrain. Paykan of Iran won the tournament after beating Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190163-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190163-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nIran (1st) Kazakhstan (2nd) China Saudi Arabia Myanmar United Arab Emirates", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190164-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 14th Asian Championship, which took place from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190164-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190165-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Shooting Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Shooting Championships were held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between December 3 and December 13, 2007. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190166-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Table Tennis Championships\nThe 18th Asian Table Tennis Championships 2007 were held in Yanzhou, China from 17 to 23 September 2007. It was organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190167-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Tour\nThe 2007 Asian Tour was the 13th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$27 million and Liang Wenchong became the first golfer from mainland China to top the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190167-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Tour, Tournament results\nThe table below shows the 2007 schedule. It includes one special event which does not count towards the money list (the HSBC Champions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190167-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Tour, Tournament results\nThe number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190167-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Tour, Leading money winners\nThere is a complete list on the official site .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190168-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at the Taishan College Gymnasium in Tai'an Shandong in PR China between April 17 and April 28 2007. It was the 38th men's and 19th women's championship. The event was organised by the Asian Weightlifting Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190168-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships\nTraining before the event was done in the Weightlifting Training Hall of the Tai\u2019an Comprehensive Gymnasium, with 20 training platforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190168-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Weightlifting Championships, Medal table\nRanking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games\nThe 6th Asian Winter Games (Chinese: \u7b2c\u516d\u5c4a\u4e9a\u6d32\u51ac\u5b63\u8fd0\u52a8\u4f1a; pinyin: D\u00ec li\u00f9 ji\u00e8 y\u00e0zh\u014du d\u014dngj\u00ec y\u00f9nd\u00f2nghu\u00ec) were held in Changchun, Jilin, China from January 28 to February 4, 2007. The Winter Games are a celebration of Winter sports in Asia. This was the second time that China hosted the Asian Winter Games; the first was in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games, Preparation\nPreparation for the games began four years before the event. In the months leading up to the games the preparation was led by the Acting Governor of Jilin, Han Changbin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games, Mascot\nThe 2007 Winter Asiad mascot was Lulu, a deer seen around Changchun commonly. It is a species of the sika deer, a native of East Asia. In the Chinese culture, this deer is considered to be a symbol of good luck and fortune. It is said to be featuring a mild temper, a sporty spirit and quick response. Lulu was expected to represent the welcoming smile of the Changchunans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games, Emblem\nCombining the movements of a ski jumper and a short-track speed skater, the emblem of the 2007 Asian Winter Games consisted of two Chinese calligraphy strokes. The blue C-shaped stroke called to mind the first letter of Changchun and represented the city's characteristic as the \"city of ice and snow\" and \"city of science and technology\". The bottom green stroke symbolized peace (\"friendship first, competition second\") and represented the city's characteristic as the \"city of everlasting spring\" and \"city of the forest\". The emblem presented an image of \"change with each passing day\" and \"the hawk takes to the vast sky.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games, Sports\nA total of 47 medal events in ten sports and disciplines were in contention in the Sixth Winter Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games, Participating nations\nThe sixth edition marked the first time that all members of the Olympic Council of Asia sent delegations to the Winter Asiad. The following are the 25 National Olympic Committees which competed, with the number of competitors they fielded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190169-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Winter Games, Participating nations\nSeven figure skaters from Kuwait, Malaysia, Macau and a speed skater from Turkmenistan were not allowed to compete as their respective nations were not members of the International Skating Union. However, competitors were later allowed to compete, but their results were not allowed to count towards the official rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190170-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 8th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in V\u0129nh Y\u00ean, V\u0129nh Ph\u00fac Province, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190171-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship (9th tournament) took place in Almaty from 1 July\u20137 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190172-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Women's Softball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Women's Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured eleven nations which was held from 19\u201323 August 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190173-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 14th Asian Championship, which took place from September 5 to September 13, 2007 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190173-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190174-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship (2nd tournament) took place in Taipei from 23 July\u201328 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2008 Women's Youth World Handball Championship in Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190175-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Wrestling Championships\nThe 2007 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event took place from May 8 to May 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190176-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship was held in Stadium Badminton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19 to 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190176-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nThe teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190176-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship, Pools composition\nIran (1st)\u00a0South Korea (2nd)\u00a0Chinese Taipei\u00a0China\u00a0Thailand\u00a0Sri Lanka", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190177-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship was held in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand from 7 to 14 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave\nThe 2007 Asian heat wave affected the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, as well as Russia, Japan and the People's Republic of China. The heat wave ran during the months of May and June, which continued to September in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, India\nHeat-related deaths were reported from the capital New Delhi, northern Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. After three days of intense heat with temperatures hovering about 40\u00a0\u00b0C\u00a0(104\u00a0\u00b0F), New Delhi was relieved as the temperature slid down to 37.2\u00a0\u00b0C\u00a0(99.0\u00a0\u00b0F). Meanwhile, the temperature soared to more than 46\u00a0\u00b0C (115\u00a0\u00b0F) at several places in northern Madhya Pradesh, with Datia turning out to be the hottest at 48\u00a0\u00b0C (118\u00a0\u00b0F).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, India\nMore than 120 peacocks died in Tughlaqabad Fort and Surajkund due to the heat; additionally, reports of severe water shortages were common. A total of 400 peacocks died in Madhya Pradesh, about 200 of those in Haryana and Punjab alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, India\nThe cotton crop in Punjab was severely affected by the heat wave. Meanwhile, the persisting heat wave in various parts of Chandigarh rendered milk cattle dry. When the day temperature hovered around +48\u00a0\u00b0C\u00a0(118\u00a0\u00b0F), milk supply to various milk plants of cooperative unions went down by 40,000 litres (11,000 US gallons) per day. In addition, milk collection by private-sector plants was reduced by 160,000 litres (42,000 US gallons) during the same period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, Bangladesh\nComing at the end of May, a heat wave left at least 25 people dead. According to hospital sources most victims of the heat were rice farmers working in terraces exposed to the blazing sun for long periods. Nearly 200 people, including several children, were admitted to hospitals with symptoms of heat stroke. According to the meteorological office in Dhaka many northern towns showed day temperatures reaching over +40\u00a0\u00b0C\u00a0(104\u00a0\u00b0F), which is not normal in the Bangladeshi summer. Additionally, there was a high level of humidity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, Nepal\nA heat wave affected the livelihood of a large number of poverty-stricken families who depend on day outdoor labour done outdoors, such as constructing roads, driving rickshaws, selling vegetables, making quilts and farming. According to the government's Department of Meteorology the temperature in Nepalganj got up as high as +44\u00a0\u00b0C (111\u00a0\u00b0F). It is estimated that at least 11 people died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, Pakistan\nThe heat wave over Pakistan was claimed to have brought the death toll there up to 192. The meteorological department registered a record maximum temperature of +52\u00a0\u00b0C (126\u00a0\u00b0F) in Sibi. Four people died as the temperature in Lahore touched +48\u00a0\u00b0C (118\u00a0\u00b0F) on 9 June, which was a record for the previous 78 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, Russia\nThe heat waves hit Russia at the end of May. The temperature in Moscow reached +32.9\u00a0\u00b0C (91.2\u00a0\u00b0F) on 27 May. The Russian capital had not seen such a sustained heat wave for 128 years. On 28 May an absolute temperature record for May was set, breaking the record of +31.8\u00a0\u00b0C (89.2\u00a0\u00b0F) that had been registered back in 1891. The heat also affected agriculture, wiping out about 5,000\u00a0km2 of spring sown fields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, Russia\nAnimals at Moscow Zoo found it hard to keep cool. Staff had to prevent walruses from bathing in their pool because the water was too warm for them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, China\nBeijing opened up its warren of old air raid shelters to help people escape from the heat. The heat also set off explosives at a chemical plant in Shanxi. The explosions injured hundreds of people nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190178-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Asian heat wave, Japan\nMost of Japanese cities are highest level of an average temperature, since May to September. According to Meteorological Agency of Japan confirm report, the highest temperature recorded on Celsius 40.9 degrees hitting in Kumagaya, Saitama and Tajimi, Gifu, Celsius 40.3 degrees hitting in Koshigaya, Saitama, on 16 August. And above Celsius 29 degrees of average temperature points are Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Takamatsu, Shikoku. In September, major Japanese cities are recorded to high temperature of Celsius 32 to 37 degrees levels, with highest level of an average temperature in September, since 1868. According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan confirm report, resulting to 923 people death of hyperthermia by heat wave in around Japan, and worst heat stroke disaster of Japanese and North Esat Asia's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190179-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Assen Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Assen Superbike World Championship round was the fifth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of April 27\u201329, 2007, at the 4.555\u00a0km TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season\nThe 2007 season for the Astana cycling team was its first, though the team's sponsors in the Kazakhstani government had entered the sport the year before backing the dissolved Liberty Seguros team. That same team was known as \"Astana\" for part of the season, including the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, but as the UCI license previously held by Manolo Saiz transferred to new ownership, headquartered in a new nation, it is considered a new team from 2007 onward. The team's manager for the 2007 season was former Tour de Suisse organizer Marc Biver, who had never before managed a cycling team at any level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season\nThe team's season began with the Tour of Qatar in late January and ended in November with Aaron Kemps' victory in the Noosa International Criterium. Astana participated in the 2007 UCI ProTour, but after withdrawing from the 2007 Tour de France due to doping perpetrated by Alexander Vinokourov, they participated in just one further ProTour event. Astana's 2007 season was largely marked by doping, as Vinokourov, Andrey Kashechkin, Matthias Kessler, and Eddy Mazzoleni all either tested positive for doping or were otherwise implicated in scandals and fired from the team. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Redondo was also fired during the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season\nThe repeated doping scandals caused the team's sponsors to eventually remove Biver as manager, replacing him in the offseason with Johan Bruyneel, whose Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team dissolved after the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season\nThe team's biggest win in 2007 that was not tainted by a doping scandal was Andreas Kl\u00f6den's overall victory in Tirreno\u2013Adriatico. The team also claimed stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, and won a stage and the overall title in the Tour de Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, 2007 team roster, Riders' 2006 teams\nAstana in this table refers to the prior Astana team, which began the 2006 season known as Liberty Seguros\u2013W\u00fcrth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 56], "content_span": [57, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Genesis of the new team\nAstana has its roots in the former ONCE cycling team. ONCE, the Spanish national organization for deaf people, departed sponsorship in 2003 and was immediately replaced with Liberty Seguros, the Spanish subsidiary of a Boston-based insurance company. Liberty Seguros departed sponsorship in 2006, and sponsors in Kazakhstan stepped forward to back the team. It was briefly known as Astana-W\u00fcrth until W\u00fcrth, a German supplier of machine parts, also dropped sponsorship. For the last part of the 2006 season, the team competed under the name \"Astana\", including in the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, which was won by Astana rider Alexander Vinokourov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Genesis of the new team\nFormer Liberty Seguros team manager Manolo Saiz had contracts with Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, as well as ownership of the UCI ProTour license the Kazakhstani sponsors wished to obtain. The sponsors originally signed with Saiz as well, but after Saiz's implication in the Operaci\u00f3n Puerto doping case and the non-start of what was then known as the Astana-W\u00fcrth team in the 2006 Tour de France, the Kazakhs nullified their contract with Saiz. On December 16, 2006, Saiz was informed that any team of hi would not be granted ProTour status for 2007 due to his involvement in the Operaci\u00f3n Puerto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Genesis of the new team\nThough the UCI originally declined to grant the license to the Kazakhs on the grounds of uncertainty in their financial security, they were eventually given the final place in the 2007 UCI ProTour, though ProTour events were not obligated to invite them or Unibet.com as they were the other 18 ProTeams. Former Tour de Suisse organizer Marc Biver was named the general manager of the new team, largely because his agency IMG Switzerland was representing Vinokourov at the time. Biver had never managed a professional cycling team before. Many of the riders from 2006's Astana team joined the new team, though only Vinokourov and Kashechkin had been under contract beyond 2006 with the former Liberty Seguros team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, One-day races, Spring classics\nBefore the races known as \"classics\" and the UCI ProTour began, Astana picked up a victory in the Trofeo Soller, part of the Vuelta a Mallorca quasi-stage race, as Antonio Colom won a sprint finish over countrymen breakaway companions Luis Le\u00f3n S\u00e1nchez and Alberto Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, One-day races, Spring classics\nAstana was invited to every one-day race in the spring portion of the ProTour. The team was moderately successful, despite not winning any race - they finished in the top ten at the Tour of Flanders (Dmitriy Muravyev in 8th), the Amstel Gold Race (Matthias Kessler in 4th), La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne (Kessler in 4th again, though his positive doping test at a control taken before the event casts doubt on the legitimacy of this result), and Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge (Kessler in 8th).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, One-day races, Spring classics\nThe team also participated in Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne\u2013Brussels\u2013Kuurne, and E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, but not finish higher than 11th in any of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, One-day races, Fall races\nAfter Alexander Vinokourov's positive doping test at the Tour de France, the team did not enter many races, and were not invited to any of the fall one-day races in the ProTour. They obtained three wins at post-Tour criteriums, namely Andreas Kl\u00f6den in City Nacht Rhede and Aaron Kemps in the Herald Sun Classic (run as the prologue to the Herald Sun Tour) and the Noosa International Criterium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nAstana's first event of the season was the Tour of Qatar. This event was dominated by Tom Boonen and team Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic; Astana's best stage placing was Ren\u00e9 Haselbacher's 4th in Stage 6, and Michael Sch\u00e4r in 15th was the best-placed on the team in the final overall classification. The team then sent a squad to the Volta ao Algarve in February, with Haselbacher finishing on the podium, in second overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nAt Tirreno\u2013Adriatico in March, Andreas Kl\u00f6den won the race overall without winning an individual stage, largely because of his high placing and margin over previous race leader Stefan Schumacher in the high mountain stage 6. In April, Kl\u00f6den claimed his second overall victory of the season at the Circuit de la Sarthe, winning a stage in this one, the time trial portion of the split Stage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nIn May, the team found success at the Tour de Romandie. First, Paolo Savoldelli won the prologue individual time trial. Both he and Andrey Kashechkin subsequently finished on the podium, second and third respectively, after showing well in the final time trial, also finishing second and third respectively in that stage. Gr\u00e9gory Rast next won the Tour de Luxembourg in June thanks to time bonuses won by sprinting to victory in the final stage. In the Tour de Suisse two weeks later, Kl\u00f6den earned a third place and a second place in the Tour's last two stages to earn a few UCI ProTour points. He finished the event tenth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nThe team was greatly successful at the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, winning four stages, the points classification, having two different riders wear the yellow jerseym and finishing on the event's final podium. They took the top two positions in the Stage 3 individual time trial, with Vinokourov and Kashechkin. The win put Vinokourov in the race lead. Kashechkin took the race lead the next day after climbing Mont Ventoux five minutes faster than Vinokourov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nAntonio Colom and Vinokourov formed a winning breakaway in the next stage, with Colom winning the sprint to the finish line, and Kashechkin retaining the race lead. Stage 6, the Dauphin\u00e9's queen stage, was another Astana victory in a breakaway, this time a solo effort from Maxim Iglinskiy. Kashechkin lost the overall lead in the race to eventual champion Christophe Moreau on this stage. The final individual time trial provided the cap to an extremely successful event for Astana, with Vinokourov winning to give them a fourth stage win, and Kashechkin holding on for third in the overall classification. His repeated high placings earned Vinokourov victory in the points classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nAfter Vinokourov's positive doping test in the Tour de France, the team was disinvited from most of the remaining ProTour events on the schedule, specifically the Deutschland Tour, the Eneco Tour, and the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, participating only in the Tour de Pologne (they did not achieve a notable result in this race). One of the few events the team entered in the fall was the Herald Sun Tour, where they won four stages, two each by Aaron Kemps and Steve Morabito.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Stage races\nThe team sent squads to Paris\u2013Nice, Three Days of De Panne, and the Vuelta al Pa\u00eds Vasco, but did not obtain a notable result in any of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nAstana was one of 22 teams to participate in the Giro d'Italia. Paolo Savoldelli was an outside favorite in the event, though he never actually threatened the overall lead, instead helping Eddy Mazzoleni in some late mountain stages. The team started fairly well, finishing 13 seconds behind Liquigas in the Stage 1 team time trial for second place, though they had only the minimum of five riders finishing together. Savoldelli and Mazzoleni were among the riders that were thus 13 seconds off the pace after Stage 1. Assan Bazayev got two high stage placings in the next week, firstly fourth in a sprint finish to Stage 2 and then third in Stage 8 from a breakaway. Sergei Yakovlev was also in this breakaway, and held third place in the overall classification for two days as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia\nAfter consecutive fifth-place showings in Stages 14 and 15, Mazzoleni rose to second overall, just under two minutes behind race leader and eventual Giro champion Danilo Di Luca. He stayed there until the short but very mountainous Stage 17, where he slipped to fifth overall after losing over two minutes. A very successful Stage 20 individual time trial saw Astana take first and second, with Savoldelli and Mazzoleni, respectively. Mazzoleni returned to a podium position after the stage, in third overall, and finished in that position as the race concluded the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Tour de France\nAstana was one of 21 teams invited to the Tour de France. Vinokourov and Kl\u00f6den were the squad's co-captains, with Kashechkin their main lieutenant and prepared to be a protected rider should either or both of them falter. Vinokourov and Kl\u00f6den showed well in the prologue time trial, with Kl\u00f6den second and thus the wearer of the green jersey in Stage 1, with Vinokourov seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Tour de France\nKl\u00f6den stayed out of trouble in Stages 1 through 6, which all featured sprint finishes, but Vinokourov first fell from the top ten due to time bonuses obtained by sprinters and then when he lost over a minute in Stage 5, crashing before the final climb. The high mountain Stages 7 and 8 saw Kl\u00f6den fall as well, first as a breakaway in Stage 7 was afforded enough time to shake up the top ten and then as Vinokourov and Kl\u00f6den were both over four minutes off the winning pace of Michael Rasmussen in Stage 8. This stage, however, saw the rise of Kashechkin to fifth overall. In the next stage, after the first rest day, Kl\u00f6den rebounded with a 9th place finish to return to the top ten, at seventh overall. Vinokourov was, at this point, 21st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Tour de France\nThe next four stages all ended in group sprints. Stage 13 was an individual time trial. Vinokourov was originally the winner of this stage, by a margin of over a minute against second-place finisher Cadel Evans. It was thought at the time, and said by Vinokourov, to be his return to competitiveness in the overall classification, as it indeed lifted him to ninth at the time. Kl\u00f6den and Kashechkin were originally third and fourth on the stage, putting all of them in the top ten overall and giving Astana the lead in the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Tour de France\nIn Stage 14, Vinokourov lost nearly 30 minutes and plummeted from 9th to 30th in the overall classification, while Kl\u00f6den, Kashechkin, and Antonio Colom all finished in the top ten, keeping Kl\u00f6den and Kashechkin in the top ten overall. Stage 15 the next day was one of the Tour's marquee stages, with five high mountain climbs. Vinokourov originally won this stage after escaping from a 25-man breakaway and soloing to the finish line. After this stage, Kl\u00f6den was fifth overall and Kashechkin eighth, and the team was in the lead of the teams classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Grand Tours, Tour de France\nIt would prove to be the last stage of the Tour for Astana, as news surfaced on the second rest day, after Stage 15, that Vinokourov had tested positive for blood doping. The team was subsequently \"invited to withdraw,\" and did, leaving en masse before Stage 16. On April 30, 2008, Vinokourov was formally stripped of his two stage wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Doping scandals\nAstana's 2007 season was largely marked by doping scandals. At a doping control before La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne, Matthias Kessler's sample had abnormally high testosterone. When this was confirmed by his B-sample, on July 13, the team fired him. Shortly thereafter, Eddy Mazzoleni quit the team pending a hearing probing his involvement in the Oil for Drugs case, while leaving open the possibility of returning with another team. Later that same day, though, he retired altogether from the sport, and was subsequently banned for two years in April 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Doping scandals\nVinokourov's positive blood doping test at the Tour de France was the team's most noticeable doping scandal of the season, such that it was referred to as a \"disgrace.\" After his B-sample also tested positive, the team fired him, on July 30. After Vinokourov's positive at the Tour, the team went into a self-imposed suspension and did not participate in any races for some six weeks. During this time, Andrey Kashechkin tested positive for blood doping at an unannounced control in Turkey on August 1. On August 20, after his B-sample also tested positive, Kashechkin was dismissed from the team. The team planned to return at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, but was disinvited from that event because of their repeated problems with doping. The team also fired Jos\u00e9 Antonio Redondo, shortly after their hiatus ended, though this was not due to doping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Doping scandals\nThe repeated doping scandals prompted the UCI to summon Biver to explain his team's behavior, with a potential global suspension hanging over them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190180-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Astana season, Offseason changes\nAfter the season, Biver was dismissed as the team's general manager. He was replaced by Johan Bruyneel of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, which, though coming off an extremely successful Tour de France, failed to find a sponsor for 2008 and folded. Bruyneel was the main target of the Kazakh Cycling Federation to lead the team starting in the 2008 season. At the same time as the Bruyneel hire, the KCF also announced that the team would follow the anti-doping system of Dr. Rasmus Damsgaard, the same system used by Team CSC in 2007. This was after Biver had refused to conduct an internal doping probe before the Tour de France. Eight riders from the Discovery Channel team also joined Astana for 2008, including Tour de France champion Alberto Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190181-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards\nThe 2007 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards (simplified Chinese: Astro\u534e\u4e3d\u53f0\u7535\u89c6\u5267\u5927\u59562007; traditional Chinese: Astro\u83ef\u9e97\u81fa\u96fb\u8996\u5287\u5927\u734e2007), presented by Astro in Malaysia, was an awards ceremony that recognised the best Hong Kong television programmes that had aired on Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi in 2007. The ceremony was televised live on Astro's Cantonese channel, Astro Wah Lai Toi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190181-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards\nThe ceremony took place on 26 January 2008 at the Sunway Pyramid in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Winners were 100% based on results through popular voting, which commenced on 17 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election\nThe 2007 Asturian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Principality. Voting for the General Junta was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nEach constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the General Junta were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the General Junta on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Principality had the prerogative to dissolve the General Junta and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the General Junta was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190182-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Asturian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season\nThe 2007 Atlanta Braves season was the 42nd season in Atlanta and the 137th overall. They attempted to recapture the NL East title, which they had relinquished for the first time since the 1994 season to the Montreal Expos. They opened their season with a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe team had a great April to open the season, finishing the month with a 16\u20139 record. They also won both series against the rival Mets that month. Three of the four victories in those series were comeback wins. They were 2 games ahead of the Mets for first-place at the end of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe Braves started off the month red-hot by winning 8 of their first 11 games, which included five straight wins from May 8\u201312. It was their first five-game winning streak since July 2006. The team finished out the month by winning just 6 of their final 17 games, however, which included a sweep at home at the hands of the Phillies (whom they had swept at the beginning of the season). The Braves ended with a .500 record for the month, at 14\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nInterleague play during mid-June saw the Braves struggle, finishing with an NL-worst 4\u201311 record. The team lost 7 out of 8 games, including a stretch in which they scored just a single run in a five-game span. On June 24, the Braves fell to .500 for the first time during the season. The month ended on a positive note, however, as the Braves took five straight games from the Washington Nationals and the Florida Marlins. During those five games, the Braves scored 41 runs. The Braves finished the month four games behind the Mets in the divisional standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nOn July 5, Chipper Jones surpassed Dale Murphy for the Atlanta club record of 372 home runs by belting 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves went into the All-Star break with a record of 47\u201342, 2 games behind the New York Mets. After the break, the Braves swept the Pirates in three games, then were immediately swept by the last-place Cincinnati Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nOn July 18, Julio Franco was signed as a free agent. On July 21, Willie Harris went 6-for-6 with 6 RBIs to become the seventh player in franchise history to go 6-for-6 in a 14\u20136 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nOn July 31, the Braves acquired 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay from the Texas Rangers for C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus, LHP Matt Harrison, RHP Neftal\u00ed Feliz, and LHP Beau Jones. Saltalamacchia, Andrus, and Harrison were rated as the top three prospects in the organization at the start of the season by Baseball America. Later in the day, they acquired RHP Octavio Dotel from the Kansas City Royals for RHP Kyle Davies. In the final deal before the deadline, Atlanta traded LHPs Wilfredo Ledezma and Will Startup to the San Diego Padres for LHP Royce Ring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nThe Braves went through a disappointing August going 13\u201315. They suffered a terrible loss on August 2 losing to the Houston Astros 12\u201311 in 14 innings in which \u00c9dgar Renter\u00eda left with an ankle sprain which kept him out for a month. Yunel Escobar took his spot and fared similarly to Renter\u00eda and on August 5, he hit a walk-off single against the Colorado Rockies in 10 innings. On August 16, Jeff Francoeur, wore a jersey with his name misspelled on it. The \"e\" and \"u\" in his name switched, went 0-for-4 with the Braves in a game against the Giants. At the end of the month, they were 5\u00bd games back of the Mets for first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season, Season summary, September\nAfter dropping the first two games of September to the rival New York Mets, the Braves won 14 of their next 20 games to pull within only three games of the wild card. The Braves could not keep up this blistering pace however, dropping four of their last five games, eliminating themselves from playoff contention. The Braves did use the late season roster expansion to bring up young OF prospect Brandon Jones, a possible replacement for outfielder Andruw Jones, whose contract expired in 2007, and won't be renewed because his batting statistics tumbled in 2007. The Braves final game of the season took place on September 30, and the Braves lost to the Houston Astros, 3\u20130. This was also the final Braves game broadcast nationally by TBS, ending more than 30 years of nationally televised Atlanta Braves baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Postseason, October\nOn October 11, John Schuerholz gave up the GM job after 17 years to become team president, signing a four-year contract. The new GM Frank Wren, signed a four-year contract after eight years as Assistant GM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Player Stats, Batting\nNote: PA=Plate Appearances; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; SB=Stolen Bases; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On-Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190183-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Braves season, Player Stats, Pitching\nNote: G=Games; GS=Games Started; W=Wins; L=Losses; IP=Innings Pitched; H/9=Hits per 9 IP; BB/9=Walks per 9 IP; SO/9=Strikeouts per 9 IP; ERA=Earned Run Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season\nThe 2007 Atlanta Falcons season was the 42nd season for the franchise in the National Football League (NFL). They finished the 2007 season with a record of 4\u201312 and failed to improve upon their 7\u20139 record in 2006 after finishing third place in the NFC South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season\nThe season was marred with the Falcons' starting quarterback Michael Vick getting indicted on federal and state charges over his involvement in an illegal dog fighting ring. New head coach Bobby Petrino was initially hired to help develop Vick into a more complete quarterback and improve the Falcons' languid offense (ranked 25th in scoring) from the previous season, but with Vick's absence and longtime dependable backup quarterback Matt Schaub traded to the Houston Texans before Vick's indictment, Petrino was instead forced to rely on journeyman quarterbacks Joey Harrington, Byron Leftwich and Chris Redman for the offense. Petrino's game plan didn't fit, both on the field and in the locker room, with veteran players Alge Crumpler and DeAngelo Hall voicing their displeasure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season\nPetrino later resigned just 13 games into the season to coach the Arkansas Razorbacks. Petrino resigned the day after Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison and also a day after Petrino coached the Falcons in a 34\u201314 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Offseason, Head coach change\nHead coach Bobby Petrino spent less than a year with the Atlanta Falcons. He was hired on January 7, 2007 after the Falcons fired Jim Mora, Jr., who was fired on New Year's Day. On December 11, 2007, Petrino announced his resignation just 13 games into his first year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Minnesota Vikings\nHoping to put a troublesome off-season behind them, the Falcons began their 2007 campaign on the road against the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Atlanta immediately trailed as Vikings DT Kevin Williams returned an interception 54 yards for a touchdown, which was the only score of the half. In the third quarter, Minnesota increased its lead with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Falcons got their only score of the game, with kicker Matt Prater's 45-yard field goal. From there, the Vikings put the game away with QB Tarvaris Jackson completing a 60-yard TD pass to RB Adrian Peterson, along with CB Antoine Winfield returning an interception 14\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Minnesota Vikings\nQB Joey Harrington, in his Falcons debut, completed 23 out of 32 passes for 199 yards with no touchdowns and 2 interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 89], "content_span": [90, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nTrying to rebound from their road loss to the Vikings, the Falcons went to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 2 interconference fight with the Jacksonville Jaguars. After a scoreless first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Jaguars kicker John Carney got a 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Falcons had their only score of the game as RB Warrick Dunn got a 4-yard TD run. After a scoreless third quarter, Jacksonville sealed the win with QB David Garrard's 14-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams and Carney's 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTrying to avoid their first 0\u20133 start since 1999, the Falcons played their Week 3 home opener against their divisional rival, the Carolina Panthers. After a scoreless first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay got a 45-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Falcons took the lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 69-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. However, Carolina retook the lead with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 13-yard TD pass to RB DeShaun Foster. Atlanta tied the game prior to halftime with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons regained the lead with Harrington completing a 13-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler, yet the Panthers regained the lead with Delhomme completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King, along with Foster's 10-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Carolina ended its scoring with Kasay kicking a 49-yard field goal. Atlanta tried to mount a comeback, yet the only score was Andersen's 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Houston Texans\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Falcons stayed at home for an interconference duel with the Houston Texans, featuring a former teammate in QB Matt Schaub. In the first quarter, Atlanta delivered the first punch with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 28-yard field goal. However, the Texans took the lead with Schaub completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Andr\u00e9 Davis. The Falcons regained the lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins. In the second quarter, Harrington and Jenkins hooked up with each other again on a 7-yard TD pass. Also, Andersen contributed to Atlanta's cause by kicking a 22-yard field goal. Houston ended the half with kicker Kris Brown getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Texans drew close with Brown kicking a 37-yard field goal. The Falcons responded with Andersen getting a 36-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Houston tried to retaliate with Brown kicking a 19-yard field goal. Again, Atlanta answered with Andersen nailing a 46-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Falcons held on to give head coach Bobby Petrino his first NFL victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Houston Texans\nWith the win, the Falcons snapped a six-game losing skid and improved to 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Tennessee Titans\nComing off their home win over the Texans, the Falcons flew to LP Field for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Atlanta got off to a fast start as CB DeAngelo Hall returned a LenDale White fumble 56 yards for a touchdown. The Titans tied the game with RB Chris Brown getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Falcons regained the lead with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 32-yard field goal. Tennessee ended the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Atlanta got their lead back with Andersen kicking a 28-yard field goal. However, the Titans took the lead with Bironas nailing a 40-yard field goal, along with DB Vincent Fuller intercepting QB Joey Harrington and returning it 76 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, with Harrington being ineffective (16/31 for 87 yards and 1 interception), back-up QB Byron Leftwich came to try to lead the Falcons to victory. Near the end of the game, Atlanta came close (at Tennessee's 1-yard line). On four-straight plays, they were held out of the end zone, with Albert Haynesworth making a leaping tackle of Warrick Dunn in the backfield after hurdling an offensive lineman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Tennessee Titans\nWith the loss, not only did the Falcons fall to 1\u20134, but it also marked their fifth straight loss to the Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 88], "content_span": [89, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs New York Giants\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Titans, the Falcons came home for Monday Night Football has they hosted the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight early as kicker Morten Andersen got a 47-yard field goal. However, the Giants responded with QB Eli Manning completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer. The Falcons answered with RB Jerious Norwood getting a 67-yard TD run. Afterwards, New York replied with RB Reuben Droughns getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs New York Giants\nIn the second quarter, Atlanta's struggles continued as Manning completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress to increase the Giants' lead. After a scoreless third quarter, New York sealed the win with kicker Lawrence Tynes nailing a 32-yard field goal, while RB Derrick Ward got a 9-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Falcons flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 7 divisional duel with the New Orleans Saints. Due to QB Joey Harrington's ineffectiveness from last week's loss to the Giants, QB Byron Leftwich was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 37-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. The Falcons responded with former Saints kicker Morten Andersen's 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta began to play well as Andersen got a 33-yard field goal, while Leftwich completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans retook the lead with RB Pierre Thomas getting a 24-yard TD run. On the Falcons' next possession, Leftwich's left leg got injured during a sack by Saints DE Will Smith. Harrington took over for the rest of the game. In the fourth quarter, Andersen gave Atlanta a 21-yard field goal. The Saints sealed the win with Brees hooking up with RB Reggie Bush on a 4-yard TD pass, along with Bush's 2-point conversion run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints\nWith their third-straight loss, the Falcons entered their bye week at 1\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nTrying to snap a three-game skid, the Falcons went home and played a Week 9 intraconference duel with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as 49ers RB Maurice Hicks got a 9-yard TD run. The Falcons responded with RB Warrick Dunn getting a 9-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Atlanta increased its lead with RB Ovie Mughelli getting a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco crept close as kicker Joe Nedney got a 49-yard and a 32-yard field goal. Fortunately, in the fourth quarter, the Falcons answered with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 33-yard field goal. The 49ers responded with Nedney kicking a 22-yard field goal, yet Atlanta got the win with Andersen nailing a 27-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nThe struggling Falcons rushing attack had its best performance (to date) with 155 total rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their home win over the 49ers, the Falcons flew to Bank of America Stadium for an NFC South rematch with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Atlanta took flight as RB Warrick Dunn got a 30-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Panthers took the lead as CB Ken Lucas returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, while kicker John Kasay managed to get a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons tied the game with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 36-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta took the lead with Andersen kicking a 47-yard field goal. Carolina tied the game with Kasay nailing a 31-yard field goal. Fortunately, the Falcons got the win with QB Joey Harrington completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their divisional road win over the Panthers, the Falcons went home a Week 11 divisional duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Despite QB Joey Harrington giving Atlanta two-straight wins, QB Byron Leftwich was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 94], "content_span": [95, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the first quarter, the Falcons trailed early as Buccaneers QB Jeff Garcia completed a 44-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Atlanta continued to trail as Tampa Bay CB Ronde Barber returned a fumble 41 yards for a touchdown. In the third quarter, the Buccaneers continued their beatdown with kicker Matt Bryant nailing a 23-yard field goal, while Garcia completed a 21-yard TD pass to TE Alex Smith. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay sealed the win with RB Earnest Graham getting a 26-yard TD run. The Falcons avoided the shutout as Harrington came onto the field and completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Adam Jennings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 94], "content_span": [95, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to rebound from their divisional loss to the Buccaneers, the Falcons stayed at home and played a Week 12 Thanksgiving interconference duel with the defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Atlanta led early as they ended a 19-play, 63-yard drive with kicker Morten Andersen's 34-yard field goal. Later, the Falcons increased their lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 48-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. In the second quarter, the Colts got on the board with QB Peyton Manning completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne. Atlanta responded with Andersen kicking a 30-yard field goal, but Indianapolis started to gain steam as Manning found TE Dallas Clark on an 8-yard TD pass and TE Ben Utecht on a 5-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, Colts' RB Joseph Addai got a 4-yard TD run, while kicker Adam Vinatieri nailed a 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nDespite the loss, RB Warrick Dunn (17 carries for 70 yards) became the 22nd player in NFL history to get 10,000 career rushing yards. He became the third RB under 5 feet, 9\u00a0inches to reach 10,000 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at St. Louis Rams\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Falcons flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 13 intraconference duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Rams QB Gus Frerotte completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael, along with a 31-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, St. Louis increased its lead with Frerotte completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons got on the board as kicker Morten Andersen kicked a 41-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta tried to come back as QB Chris Redman completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White, along with a 5-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins. However, the Rams sealed the win with RB Steven Jackson scoring on a 50-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14 vs. New Orleans Saints\nTrying to snap a three-game slide, the Falcons went home for a Week 14 Monday Night NFC South rematch with the New Orleans Saints. Making his first start at QB since 2002 was Chris Redman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14 vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 25-yard TD pass to WR David Patten. The Falcons answered with Redman completing a 33-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. In the second quarter, New Orleans began to pull away as kicker Olindo Mare made a 23-yard field goal, while Brees completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14 vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, the Saints pulled away as Brees and Colston hooked up with each other again on a 2-yard TD pass, while safety Roman Harper returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta got one last touchdown and Redman completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins. New Orleans sealed the win with Mare's 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14 vs. New Orleans Saints\nFollowing the game, it was announced that head coach Bobby Petrino had resigned from the Falcons. Afterwards, on Wednesday, December 12, it was announced that defensive backs coach Emmitt Thomas would be Atlanta's interim head coach for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 91], "content_span": [92, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTrying to snap a four-game skid, the Falcons flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 15 NFC South rematch with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Buccaneers CB Ronde Barber returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown. The Falcons responded with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 33-yard field goal for their only score of the game. However, Tampa Bay immediately responded with WR Micheal Spurlock returning a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown (the Buccaneers' first kickoff return for a touchdown in franchise history). In the second quarter, the Falcons' year-long struggles continued as kicker Matt Bryant made a 33-yard field goal, RB Earnest Graham getting a 1-yard TD run, and Bryant kicking a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 93], "content_span": [94, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, Atlanta's turmoil continued with Bryant nailing a 34-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay sealed the win with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Becht.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 93], "content_span": [94, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190184-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlanta Falcons season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Falcons salvaged one final win from the wreckage of their 2007 season in a 44-41 win over the playoff-bound Seahawks. The game lead tied or changed eight times in the first 47 minutes of game time until with his team now up 34-27 Chris Crocker picked off Seneca Wallace; from there Chris Redman completed his fourth touchdown of the game (it was Roddy White\u2019s only score of the game). Despite two more Seahawks scores Morten Andersen\u2019s 32-yard kick with 3:26 to go iced a 44-41 Falcons win. This was the final kick of Andersen\u2019s 26-year career dating back to 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 90], "content_span": [91, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190185-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 23\u201326 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Top-seeded Charlotte defeated Fordham in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190185-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 27-game regular-season schedule, were seeded one through six. The top two seeds, Charlotte and Fordham, received byes into the second round of play in the double elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 67], "content_span": [68, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190185-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team\nThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Charlotte shortstop Shayne Moody, one of five 49ers selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 68], "content_span": [69, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190186-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 7 to March 10, 2007, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. George Washington University won the tournament. Maureece Rice, a guard on George Washington, was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. The top four teams in the conference received first-round byes, while La Salle University and St. Bonaventure University were left out of the tournament because they did not finish in the top twelve of the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190186-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nAll games played at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ* - Overtime", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190187-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Championship\nThe 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season was the thirty-third Champ Car Atlantic season, its sixth season as the prime feeder series for the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 8, 2007 and ended on August 12 after 12 races. The Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Raphael Matos driving for Sierra Sierra Enterprises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190187-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Championship, Drivers and teams\nThe following teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season. All teams used the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth 2.3\u00a0liter inline-4 engine and Cooper tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190187-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Championship, Grands Prix\nThe Denver Grand Prix has been cancelled by Champ Car as of February 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190187-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Championship, Full Series results, Drivers\nThe most points a single driver can earn in a single race is 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190188-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL from May 23 through May 27. North Carolina won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the first year the conference used the round robin tournament setup. The best record of each group at the end of the round robin would face each other in a one-game match for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190188-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding Procedure\nThe top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 69], "content_span": [70, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190189-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 AHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 3 and March 17, 2007. Opening round games were played at home team campus sites, while the semifinals and championship games were played at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. By winning the tournament, Air Force received Atlantic Hockey's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190189-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nBoth Air Force and Rochester joined Atlantic Hockey for the 2006-07 season; however, due to their reclassification from Division III to Division I status, RIT was ineligible for the 2007 conference tournament. Because of this the tournament was returned to the same format it had been in 2004 and 2005, comprising all nine teams. This would be changed the following year when RIT would compete as a full D-I program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190189-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured three rounds of play and a play-in game. All games in the tournament are single-elimination. The play-in game consists of the eighth and ninth seeds competing to decide the final qualifier. In the quarterfinals, the first seed plays the winner of the play-in game while the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds play to determine who advances to the semifinals. of the four remaining teams, the highest and lowest remaining ranked teams play each other with the other two teams facing one another to determine the championship participants. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190189-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nRIT was ineligible to play in the tournament and all teams were reseeded accordingly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190189-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190190-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 23 through 26. Jacksonville won its third tournament championship to earn the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190190-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top six teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. Kennesaw State and North Florida were ineligible for the tournament due to NCAA rules after reclassifying to Division I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190190-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament, Results\n* - Indicates game required 10 innings.\u2020 - Indicates game required 11 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190190-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Tournament Most Valuable Player\nPete Clifford was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Clifford was an outfielder for Jacksonville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 102], "content_span": [103, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190191-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the 29th edition of the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun)'s Men's Basketball Tournament. It took place from March 1\u20133, 2007 at the Memorial Center on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Belmont University Bruins won the tournament, defeating the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers 94\u201367 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190191-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20-game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190191-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament, Awards and honors, Tournament MVP\nJustin Hare of Belmont was awarded MVP honors in the 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was a slightly above-average season, featuring many weak and short-lived storms. Despite the high activity of weak storms during 2007, it was the first season to feature more than one Category 5 landfalling hurricane, a feat that would not be matched until ten years later. It produced 17\u00a0tropical cyclones, 15\u00a0tropical storms, six\u00a0hurricanes, and two\u00a0major hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season\nIt officially started on June\u00a01 and ended on November\u00a030, dates which conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean, although as shown by Subtropical Storm Andrea and Tropical Storm Olga in early May and early December, respectively, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year. The first system, Subtropical Storm Andrea, developed on May\u00a09, while the last storm, Tropical Storm Olga, dissipated on December\u00a013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season\nThe most intense hurricane, Dean, is tied for the eighth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded as well as the fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane at landfall. The season was one of only seven on record for the Atlantic with more than one Category\u00a05 hurricane. It was the second on record in which an Atlantic hurricane, Felix, and an eastern Pacific hurricane, Henriette, made landfall on the same day. September had a then record-tying eight storms, until it was surpassed in 2020. However, the strengths and durations of most of the storms were low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season\nPre -season forecasts by Colorado State University called for 14\u00a0named storms and 7\u00a0hurricanes, of which three were expected to attain major hurricane status. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) later issued its initial forecast, which predicted 13 to 17\u00a0named storms, 7 to 10\u00a0hurricanes and three to five\u00a0major hurricanes. After several revisions in the projected number of storms, NOAA and CSU lowered their forecasts by the middle of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season\nSeveral storms made landfall or directly affected land. Hurricanes Dean and Felix made landfall at Category\u00a05 intensity, causing severe damage in parts of Mexico and Central America, respectively. Both storm names, as well as Noel, the name of a hurricane that affected the Caribbean, were retired from the naming list of Atlantic hurricanes. The United States was affected by five cyclones, although the storms were generally weak; three tropical depressions and only two tropical storms, Barry and Gabrielle, and one hurricane, Humberto, made landfall in the country. Elsewhere, three storms directly affected Canada, although none severely. The combined storms killed at least 478\u00a0people and caused about $3.42\u00a0billion (2007\u00a0USD, $4.27\u00a0billion 2021\u00a0USD) in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts\nNoted hurricane experts Philip J. Klotzbach, William M. Gray, and their associates at Colorado State University issue forecasts of hurricane activity each year, separately from NOAA. Klotzbach's team, formerly led by Gray, determined the average number of storms per season between 1950 and 2000 to be 9.6\u00a0tropical storms, 5.9\u00a0hurricanes, and 2.3\u00a0major hurricanes (storms exceeding Category\u00a03 on the Saffir\u2013Simpson scale). A normal season, as defined by NOAA, has 9 to 12\u00a0named storms, of which five to seven reach hurricane strength, and one to three become major hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nOn December\u00a08, 2006, Klotzbach's team issued its first extended-range forecast for the 2007 season, predicting above-average activity (14\u00a0named storms, seven\u00a0hurricanes, three of Category\u00a03 or higher). It listed a 64\u00a0percent chance of at least one major hurricane striking the U.S. mainland. This included a 40\u00a0percent chance of at least one major hurricane strike on the East Coast, including the Florida peninsula, and a 40\u00a0percent chance of at least one such strike on the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward. The potential for major hurricane activity in the Caribbean was forecast to be above average, and the team predicted that El Ni\u00f1o, associated with reduced hurricane activity in the Atlantic, would dissipate by the active portion of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nOn April\u00a03 a new forecast was issued, calling for a very active hurricane season of 17\u00a0named storms, nine\u00a0hurricanes and five\u00a0intense hurricanes. The increase in the forecast was attributed to the rapid dissipation of El Ni\u00f1o conditions. The team also forecast a neutral or weak-to-moderate La Ni\u00f1a and noted that sea surface temperatures were much higher than average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts\nThe estimated potential for at least one major hurricane to affect the U.S. was increased to 74\u00a0percent; the East Coast potential increased to 50\u00a0percent, and from the Florida Panhandle westward to Brownsville, Texas, the probability rose to 49\u00a0percent. However, the team's report noted that while they predicted an active season, it was not suggesting that 2007 would be \"as active as the 2004 and 2005 seasons\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Midseason outlooks\nOn June\u00a019 the UK Met Office (UKMO) issued a forecast of 10\u00a0tropical storms in the July to November period with a 70\u00a0percent chance that the number would be in the range of 7 to 13. On August\u00a03, 2007, Klotzbach's team lowered its season estimate to 15\u00a0named storms, of which eight were to become hurricanes and four to become major hurricanes. Team members noted that conditions had become slightly less favorable for storms than earlier in the year. Sea surface temperature anomalies were cooler, and several Saharan Air Layer events had suppressed development of tropical cyclones. El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions were also noted to have been slightly cooler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Midseason outlooks\nOn August\u00a09, 2007, NOAA revised its season estimate slightly downwards to 13 to 16\u00a0named storms, of which seven to nine were to be hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes. However, the agency reaffirmed its prediction of an above-average season, citing warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in parts of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean and the likelihood of La Ni\u00f1a conditions during the peak of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nOnly two major hurricanes\u2014storms of Category\u00a03 intensity or higher\u2014formed during the season, the least since the 1997 season, although tied with the 2006 and 2002 seasons. Named storms were active for 33.50\u00a0days during the season, the lowest number of active days since the 1994 season. There were only 11.25\u00a0days with active hurricanes, the lowest value since the 2002 season. Despite this, the number of days with major hurricanes was above the long-term average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nFour named storms made landfall on the U.S. during the year, but damage from those storms totaled to only about $82\u00a0million (2007 USD); this was the least damage the U.S. saw from any Atlantic hurricane season since the 1990 season. The season was one of only six Atlantic hurricane seasons to produce two Category\u00a05 equivalent hurricanes, the others being the 1932, 1933, 1961, 2005, 2017, and 2019 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe two Category 5 hurricanes, Dean and Felix, both reached Category\u00a05 strength on two separate occasions, and both made landfall at Category\u00a05 intensity, making the 2007 season the first to feature two hurricanes doing each, both of which would not be repeated until 2017. When Hurricane Felix was upgraded to a Category\u00a05 storm on September 2, it became the eighth to form in this basin since 2000. This gave the decade more hurricanes of such strength than any other on record. Hurricane Humberto was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas since Hurricane Claudette in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nOverall, the season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 74, which is below the long-term average of 93, and the lowest since 2002. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 34\u00a0knots (39\u00a0mph, 63\u00a0km/h) or tropical storm strength. Although officially, subtropical cyclones, such as Andrea or the initial portions of Gabrielle, Jerry, and Olga, are excluded from the total, the figure above includes periods when storms were in a subtropical phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Subtropical Storm Andrea\nThe first storm of the season, Subtropical Storm Andrea, originated from a large extratropical cyclone that formed off the mid-Atlantic coast on May 6. It deepened steadily along a cold front that pushed through Florida. When the system lost most of its baroclinic support, development ceased until its low moved into warmer waters near the Bahamas. However, interaction between the low and a strong high-pressure system to the north generated hurricane-force winds in the system. Decreasing vertical wind shear allowed the storm to generate deeper convection much closer to the center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Subtropical Storm Andrea\nBy May 9 the previously extratropical cyclone had transformed into Subtropical Storm Andrea while located about 140\u00a0miles (225\u00a0km) southeast of Savannah, Georgia. Andrea began its subtropical phase as it was weakening, and continued this deterioration as it moved southward into an environment with higher wind shear. By May 11, Andrea had lost all significant convection and degenerated into a remnant low. Though it produced intermittent bursts of convection, Andrea's chance of regeneration was extinguished when an advancing cold front pushed it northward and eventually absorbed the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Subtropical Storm Andrea\nAndrea was short-lived, dissipating on May\u00a011. It was the first pre-season storm to develop since Tropical Storm Ana in April 2003 and the first Atlantic named storm in May since Tropical Storm Arlene in 1981. Six people drowned along the Southeast U.S. Coast. However, because Andrea never made landfall, most of the resulting damage was associated with large waves, higher than normal tides, associated coastal flooding, and beach erosion caused by the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barry\nOn June\u00a01, Tropical Storm Barry developed on the first day of the hurricane season. It originated from a trough of low pressure in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico that previously formed in the northwestern Caribbean. It accelerated to the northeast before reaching a peak intensity of 997\u00a0mbar and making landfall on Florida. Barry dissipated on June 2. In Florida, the rainfall resulted in slick roads, which caused two traffic-related deaths, and a woman was killed after being injured by rough surf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Chantal\nAfter two months of inactivity, an area of low pressure formed near the Bahamas on July\u00a028 and gradually began to organize while moving north-northeast. On July\u00a030 it was classified as Tropical Depression Three and was named Tropical Storm Chantal shortly thereafter while south of Nova Scotia. The storm weakened on August\u00a01 and made landfall on Newfoundland; it later tracked into the North Atlantic as an extratropical storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Chantal\nChantal moved over the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland where flooding was observed, where about 4 inches (100\u00a0mm) of rain caused the postponement of the annual Royal St. John's Regatta. Insured damage across the area totaled $5.8\u00a0million (2007\u00a0CAD; $5.5\u00a0million 2007\u00a0USD, $6.86\u00a0million 2021\u00a0USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dean\nOn August\u00a011, a tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa, and, encountering favorable conditions, quickly spawned Tropical Depression Four, roughly 520\u00a0miles (835\u00a0km) west-southwest of Cape Verde. The depression moved briskly westward, south of a deep layered ridge, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dean on August\u00a014. The storm continued to strengthen overnight as it gained organization, and became the first hurricane of the season on August\u00a016. On August 17 the eye of the hurricane passed into the Caribbean between the islands of Martinique and Saint Lucia as a Category\u00a02 hurricane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dean\nIn the warm waters of the Caribbean, Dean rapidly strengthened into a Category\u00a05 hurricane with 165\u00a0mph (266\u00a0km/h) sustained winds. This made it the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma\u2014and it was tied for the seventh most intense Atlantic storm of all time. An eyewall replacement cycle weakened Dean, which then passed just south of Jamaica as a Category\u00a04 hurricane. Dean regained Category\u00a05 status late on August 20 and at that strength it made landfall on the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula of Mexico near Costa Maya on August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dean\nDean was the first storm to make landfall as a Category\u00a05 hurricane in the Atlantic basin since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. A dropsonde in the eye of the storm estimated a central pressure of 905\u00a0mbar, tying Dean with Hurricane Mitch for the seventh most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Dean was the third most intense landfalling Atlantic storm in history (after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Gilbert of 1988). Dean weakened over land, but re-intensified slightly in the Gulf of Mexico. It made its final landfall near Tecolutla, Veracruz on August\u00a022, dissipating the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dean\nIn Hispaniola, Dean killed 15\u00a0people and destroyed hundreds of homes. Dean also left $616\u00a0million (2007\u00a0USD, $769\u00a0million 2021\u00a0USD) in damage on Martinique and $154\u00a0million (2007\u00a0USD, $192\u00a0million 2021\u00a0USD) on Guadeloupe. In Mexico, Hurricane Dean made landfall on the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula on August\u00a021 as a Category\u00a05 hurricane. Throughout its track, Dean killed 44\u00a0people and caused several billion dollars in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erin\nTropical Storm Erin formed on August\u00a016 in the Gulf of Mexico from a persistent area of convection. Based on reconnaissance data received from an NOAA plane investigating the depression, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Erin on August 15. It weakened to a tropical depression as it made landfall near Lamar, Texas, on August 16, and the NHC issued its last advisory on the system shortly thereafter as it moved inland. Early on August\u00a019 after entering Oklahoma, the remnants of Erin suddenly re-intensified to maximum sustained winds of 60\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h) a short distance west of Oklahoma City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erin\nThe storm flooded more than 40\u00a0homes and businesses. Along its path into the central states, Erin killed 16\u00a0people\u20149 directly\u2014and left about $25\u00a0million (2007\u00a0USD, $31.2\u00a0million 2021\u00a0USD) in total damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Felix\nAn area of disturbed weather east of the Windward Islands was designated Tropical Depression Six on August\u00a031. Early on September\u00a01, it was named Tropical Storm Felix, and it was upgraded to a hurricane later that day. Tracking generally westward, it rapidly intensified to Category\u00a05, and after fluctuating in strength, made landfall on Nicaragua with 160\u00a0mph (260\u00a0km/h) winds. At least 133\u00a0deaths and more than $50\u00a0million (2007\u00a0USD) in damage have been attributed to Felix. With Felix, the 2007\u00a0Atlantic hurricane season became the first known to include two hurricanes making landfall at Category\u00a05; hurricanes Irma and Maria made landfall at Category 5 intensity during the 2017 Atlantic season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Felix\nFelix took a similar path as Hurricane Dean though a bit further south, although its effects were not severe; damage on Tobago was estimated at $250,000 (2007\u00a0TTD; $40,000\u00a02007\u00a0USD, $49,925 2021\u00a0USD). Felix made landfall just south of the border between Nicaragua and Honduras, in a region historically known as the Mosquito Coast, as a Category\u00a05 hurricane with 160\u00a0mph (260\u00a0km/h) winds on September\u00a04. Residents of the region were reported to have been given little warning of the oncoming hurricane, which left many fisherman stranded at sea. In all, Felix killed at least 130\u00a0people, and damage in Nicaragua totaled C$869.3\u00a0million (2007\u00a0NIO; $46.7\u00a0million 2007\u00a0USD, $58.3\u00a0million 2021\u00a0USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gabrielle\nA cold front that moved off the southeastern coast of the United States on September 1 developed a weak low over the waters near Georgia. The low drifted eastward and weakened over the next few days until it joined with convection from an upper-level trough that had been moving over the western Atlantic. On September 8, the center of circulation became sufficiently organized to be declared Subtropical Storm Gabrielle, about 360 nautical miles (670\u00a0km) southeast of Cape Hatteras. For the next twelve hours, the system's strongest winds and thunderstorms remained separated from the center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gabrielle\nOn September 8 new convection eventually united with the center, leading the transition of Gabrielle into a tropical storm. Gabrielle gradually strengthened as it traveled northwest towards North Carolina and Virginia. The storm reached its peak intensity of 60\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h) just before it arrived in Cape Lookout, though strong wind shear kept most of the convection and surface winds offshore. Gabrielle weakened over land, and moved back into the Atlantic on September 10. The circulation deteriorated further, and the storm dissipated southwest of Nova Scotia the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gabrielle\nIn advance of the storm, tropical cyclone watches and warnings were issued for coastal areas, while rescue teams and the U.S. Coast Guard were put on standby. The storm dropped heavy rainfall near its immediate landfall location but little precipitation elsewhere. Along the coast, high waves, rip currents, and storm surge were reported. Slight localized flooding was reported. Gusty winds also occurred, though no wind damage was reported. Overall damage was minor, and there were no fatalities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ingrid\nA large tropical wave exited Africa on September 6 and initially failed to develop due to strong easterly shear. On September\u00a09, a broad low-pressure area developed about midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles. The wind shear slowly weakened, and early on September\u00a012 Tropical Depression Eight developed about 1125\u00a0miles (1815\u00a0km) east of the Lesser Antilles. The system moved west-northwestward due to a ridge to its north, and with continued wind shear, it remained a tropical depression for 24\u00a0hours before convection increased further. Early on September\u00a013 it intensified into Tropical Storm Ingrid, reaching peak winds of 45\u00a0mph (75\u00a0km/h). Operationally, it was not upgraded to a tropical storm until that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ingrid\nIngrid remained a tropical storm until September\u00a015, when it weakened to a tropical depression due to high shear from a strong tropical upper tropospheric trough. Gradual weakening continued as it passed northeast of the Leeward Islands. Ingrid briefly reorganized on September\u00a016, before weakening further and degenerating into an open wave early on September 17. The remnants turned northwestward within the low-level steering flow, and dissipated on September\u00a018 without redevelopment. There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Ingrid because the storm never threatened land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Humberto\nOn September\u00a012, an area of thunderstorm activity in the Gulf of Mexico organized into Tropical Depression Nine, about 60\u00a0mi (97\u00a0km) southeast of Matagorda, Texas. Within three hours of forming, it was named Tropical Storm Humberto, and it turned to the north-northeast before rapidly intensifying. In the early morning hours of September 13, a Hurricane Hunter aircraft found that Humberto had strengthened into a hurricane while located about 15\u00a0miles (20\u00a0km) off the coast of Texas. Humberto quickly weakened and entered Southwest Louisiana as a tropical storm during the afternoon of September 13, dissipating the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Humberto\nHumberto caused some structural damage on High Island and widespread tree and power line damage in the Beaumont\u2013Port Arthur area. Power outages caused four oil refineries to halt production in Beaumont. One person was reported dead as a result of the storm, a Bridge City man killed when his carport crashed on him outside his house. Damage was estimated at $50\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Ten\nA subtropical depression formed on September 21 in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico from the interaction of a tropical wave, the tail end of a cold front, and an upper-level low. Initially containing a poorly defined circulation and intermittent thunderstorm activity, the system transitioned into a tropical depression after convection increased over the center. Tracking northwestward, the depression moved ashore near Fort Walton Beach early on September 22, and shortly thereafter it dissipated over southeastern Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Ten\nIt was the first tropical cyclone to threaten the New Orleans area after the destructive 2005 hurricane season and Hurricane Katrina. Overall impact from the cyclone was minor and largely limited to light rainfall. However, the precursor system spawned a damaging tornado in Eustis, Florida, where 20\u00a0houses were destroyed and 30\u00a0more were damaged. Damage was estimated at $6.2\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Jerry\nThe origins of Jerry were from a non-tropical low-pressure area over the central Atlantic on September 21. The system meandered for two days, gradually developing deeper convection and gaining organization. On September\u00a023, the National Hurricane Center declared it a subtropical depression, as a warm core had developed but the system was still involved with an upper-level low, and its strongest winds were well removed from the center. Early on September 23, both satellite estimates and QuikScat data determined that the depression had strengthened into Subtropical Storm Jerry, despite the lack of a well-defined inner core.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Jerry\nThe storm slowly acquired tropical characteristics including a better-defined warm core, and Jerry became fully tropical that evening as a weak and sheared tropical storm with 40\u00a0mph (65\u00a0km/h) winds over a small radius. It accelerated northeastward over cooler waters with sea surface temperatures below 75\u00a0\u00b0F (24\u00a0\u00b0C). On September\u00a024, it weakened to a tropical depression ahead of a powerful cold front with little deep convection remaining in the system. That evening, a QuikScat pass determined that Jerry opened up into a trough, which was being absorbed into the larger frontal system. It completely dissipated by early on September 25. Jerry never approached land during its lifespan, and no damage or casualties were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Karen\nA very large tropical wave accompanied by a large envelope of low pressure emerged from the coast of Africa on September 21. As it moved westward, deep convection gradually increased over the disturbance as its broad low-level circulation became better-defined. By September 24, as the system traveled northwestward it organized enough to become a tropical depression. Six hours later the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Karen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Karen\nKaren's organization and intensity remained steady for the next day. Early on September 26, however, the storm strengthened significantly. In post-operational analysis the cyclone was determined to have reached hurricane-strength for about twelve hours. However, strengthening was short-lived because a sharp upper-level trough to the west of Karen increased the amount of vertical wind shear over the hurricane. By September 28 these unfavorable conditions had weakened Karen to a marginal tropical storm and left its large low-level circulation exposed. Meanwhile, the storm began heading northward and experiencing intermittent bursts of deep convection. However, the relentless wind shear exposed the system's circulation until it dissipated in the mid-Atlantic on September 29. Karen's remnants lingered near the Leeward Islands for the next few days, although the system never directly affected land. As a result, no reported damages or casualties were associated with Karen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 1038]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lorenzo\nA tropical wave moved off the western coast of Africa on September 11, traversed the Caribbean and crossed the Yucat\u00e1n on September 21. The disturbance developed a small surface low on September 24 while moving erratically over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Strong upper-level winds initially prevented the system from developing convection; however, the shear relaxed on the following day and convection increased. On the evening of September 25, a hurricane hunter aircraft found evidence that the low qualified as a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lorenzo\nUnder weak steering currents, the depression drifted south and southwest, executing a small cyclonic loop into the Bay of Campeche. Upper-level winds gave way to an anticyclone above the depression, and the system became Tropical Storm Lorenzo on September 27 about 130 nautical miles (240\u00a0km) east of Tuxpan. Rapid intensification brought Lorenzo to hurricane status early that evening, less than twelve hours after becoming a tropical storm. Lorenzo reached its peak intensity on September 28, then weakened slightly before making landfall near Tecolutla, Mexico as a minimal hurricane. The small circulation weakened rapidly after landfall, and the system dissipated the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lorenzo\nSix deaths in Mexico were attributed to Lorenzo, mostly due to flash floods and mudslides. The states of Puebla and Veracruz reported damage from rain and high winds. Two hundred people were forced to evacuate in Hidalgo when the San Lorenzo River overflowed its banks. Lorenzo made landfall in virtually the same location that Hurricane Dean had struck a month earlier. Damage was estimated at $1\u00a0billion (2007\u00a0MXN; $92\u00a0million 2007\u00a0USD, $115\u00a0million 2021\u00a0USD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Melissa\nOn September 26, a tropical wave exited Africa and quickly developed a low-pressure area. Following a convective increase and better-defined outflow, it developed into Tropical Depression Fourteen about 115\u00a0miles (185\u00a0km) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands early on September\u00a028. Because the depression was isolated from the subtropical ridge, the depression drifted west-northwestward. Westerly wind shear prevented significant development, but following an increase in convection, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Melissa early on September 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Melissa\nSimilar to previous storms Ingrid and Karen, high wind shear in the deep tropics hindered Melissa's development, and its peak winds were only 40\u00a0mph (65\u00a0km/h); operationally, satellite imagery suggested the storm reached 45\u00a0mph (72\u00a0km/h). By September\u00a030, the shear and cooler waters weakened Melissa to a tropical depression with a poorly defined surface center. The system lost its deep convection and by that afternoon, Melissa degenerated into a remnant low. It continued west-northwestward, producing intermittent convection, until being absorbed by a front northeast of the Lesser Antilles on October 5. There were no reports of damage or casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Fifteen\nAn area of disturbed weather extended from the northwestern Caribbean to the western Atlantic Ocean on October\u00a04, possibly related to the remnants of Hurricane Karen. The system slowly organized, developing a surface low pressure on October\u00a08 to the northeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Convection associated with the storm steadily increased as the low moved towards the northeast. By October\u00a011, the low organized into Tropical Depression Fifteen about 740\u00a0mi (1,190\u00a0km) east-southeast of Bermuda, after the convection had persisted for about 12\u00a0hours. An upper-level low to the west caused strong southwesterly wind shear, which inhibited development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Fifteen\nOn October\u00a012, a building ridge caused the depression to slow at the same time as the convection began decreasing. The storm's center became exposed as the deep convection became limited to a few small cells north of the center. By that afternoon, the depression degenerated into a remnant low. The remnant low persisted for the next several days while picking up speed and taking a gradual turn towards the northeast. The low transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on October 14 and intensified, moving through the Azores with gale-force winds. It reached winds of 50\u00a0mph (85\u00a0km/h) before being absorbed by a larger extratropical storm on October\u00a018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Noel\nDuring the evening of October\u00a027, a low-pressure system that had been slowly developing over the eastern Caribbean organized into Tropical Depression Sixteen. On the next day, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Noel, and made landfall on Haiti on October\u00a029. Noel meandered across the western Caribbean for the next three days, intensifying into a hurricane on November\u00a01. Tracking northward, Noel began its transition into an extratropical cyclone on November\u00a02, becoming fully extratropical on November\u00a04 while over Labrador. As a powerful extratropical cyclone, Noel crossed back into the Atlantic and began a track towards western Greenland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Noel\nThroughout the Caribbean, Hurricane Noel caused severe damage. Torrential rainfall and mudslides caused by the storm killed at least 87\u00a0people in the Dominican Republic and at least 73 in Haiti. Noel generated winds of 130\u00a0mph (210\u00a0km/h) in the Wreckhouse region of Newfoundland and Labrador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olga\nIn the second week of December, after the official end of the hurricane season, a low developed east of the northernmost Lesser Antilles. It slowly acquired tropical characteristics, and late on December 10, the National Hurricane Center declared it Subtropical Storm Olga while just north of Puerto Rico. It is the first post-season storm since Tropical Storm Zeta in the 2005 season. Olga was only one of a few out of season tropical cyclones to make landfall. The storm made landfall on December 11 on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic. Later that evening, Olga transitioned into a tropical storm just after making landfall. Olga tracked over Hispaniola and emerged in the Caribbean. Strong wind shear and dry air caused Olga to weaken into a remnant low early on December 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olga\nThe storm impacted many areas affected by Tropical Storm Noel a month earlier. In Puerto Rico, moderate rainfall caused one death. According to the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Report on Olga, at least 22 occurred due to the release of floodgates at a dam in Santiago Province. Two deaths were also reported in Haiti, and one fatality was confirmed in Puerto Rico. Almost 12,000 homes were damaged, of which 370 were completely destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names\nThe names to the right were used for storms that formed in the Atlantic basin in 2007. This is the same list used in the 2001 season except for Andrea, Ingrid, and Melissa, which replaced Allison, Iris, and Michelle, respectively and were first used in 2007. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray. The names not retired were used in the 2013 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement\nOn May\u00a013, 2008, at the 30th\u00a0Session of the World Meteorological Organization's Regional Association\u00a0IV Hurricane Committee, the WMO retired the names Dean, Felix, and Noel from its rotating name lists, and they will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. They were replaced with Dorian, Fernand, and Nestor for the 2013 season. Nestor was not used in 2013, but was later used during the 2019 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190192-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects\nThis is a table of the storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It mentions all of the season's storms and their names, landfall(s), peak intensities, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of such being a traffic accident or landslide), but are still related to that storm. The damage and death totals in this list include impacts when the storm was a precursor wave or post-tropical low, and all of the damage figures are in 2007 USD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville returned for his ninth season at Auburn, the third longest tenure among SEC head coaches in 2007. He was joined by returning offensive coordinator Al Borges and returning defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. Auburn played its eight-game home schedule at Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium, the ninth largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA in 2007, seating 87,451. Conference foe Vanderbilt returned to the schedule while non-conference opponents South Florida and Tennessee Tech played the Tigers for the first time. The Tigers finished the season ranked #14 in the Coaches Poll and #15 in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-season\nSenior quarterback Brandon Cox returned for his third and final season as a starter, finally healthy after being hampered the entire 2006 season with injuries. Cox was joined in the backfield by a stable of talented backs including Brad Lester, Ben Tate and freshman Mario Fannin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-season\nAuburn returned one of the best defensive lines in the SEC, if not the country, anchored by senior nose tackle Josh Thompson (43 tackles), senior defensive end and sack-leader Quentin Groves, and sophomore(RS) sensation Sen'Derrick Marks, who moved to end from defensive tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-season\nPrior to the season, a new $2.9 million, 30-foot-high (9.1\u00a0m), 74-foot-wide (23\u00a0m) high-definition(HD) Daktronics LED video display was installed in the south end-zone of Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium. Auburn was the first SEC school to install an HD video display and the second in the NCAA (after Texas' Godzillatron).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-season, Rankings\nAuburn was ranked #14 in the initial USA Today Coaches Poll, a component of the Bowl Championship Series, released on August 3, 2007. Auburn's initial position in the AP poll was #18. Other preseason rankings for Auburn include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-season, Rankings\n# 11 \u2013 CBS SportsLine# 12 \u2013 Rivals.com# 12 \u2013 CollegeTOP25.com# 14 \u2013 College Football News# 16 \u2013 Sports Illustrated# 16 \u2013 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Pre-season, Rankings\n# 16 \u2013 Sporting News# 16 \u2013 NationalChamps.net# 17 \u2013 Congrove# 21 \u2013 Athlon Sports# 23 \u2013 Lindy's Sports", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Schedule\nThe 2007 Tigers schedule was ranked the 5th hardest in the country by Sports Illustrated and 6th hardest by ESPN. The road schedule with all four opponents finishing in the Top 25 in 2006 including the defending BCS champion Florida Gators, was ranked as the 2nd toughest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Schedule\nPost-season, Auburn's schedule difficulty was ranked #23 by the NCAA and #35 by Jeff Sagarin. Seven teams from Auburn's regular season schedule qualified for post-season bowls, with four winning their respective bowl including Sugar Bowl winner Georgia and BCS National Champion LSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nBrandon Cox threw a three-yard touchdown pass to tight end Gabe McKenzie with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter, then Antonio Coleman returned a recovered fumble 34 yards 50 seconds later for another touchdown and Auburn defeated Kansas State in the season opener for both teams. The Tigers trailed 13\u20139 heading into the fourth quarter, as Auburn's running game was held to only 62 yards. Cox completed 17 passes in 30 attempts for 229 yards and the decisive touchdown pass. Freshman place-kicker Wes Byrum kicked field goals of 20, 39 and 31 yards in his college debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nAuburn had won the only two previous meetings with Kansas State in 1978 and 1979, and continued that tradition with a tough win in the home opener against the Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, USF\nThis was Auburn's first game against the Big East's USF Bulls, and it was a memorable night for the Bulls. Quarterback Matt Grothe threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to receiver Jesse Hester in overtime to lead USF to a 26\u201323 upset win over Auburn. The Tigers committed five turnovers-three lost fumbles and two passes thrown for interceptions-as the Bulls won their first-ever game against a team from the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, USF\nUSF led 14\u20133 after the first quarter, but Auburn scored two touchdowns in the second quarter on a four-yard run by freshman tailback Mario Fannin and a three-yard pass reception by Gabe McKenzie to take a 17\u201314 halftime lead. South Florida place kicker Delbert Alvarado, who had missed four field goal attempts in the second half, kicked an 18-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the game and force overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nIn a game that would see the Tigers turn the ball over five times, and their starting quarterback benched in favor of a true freshman, Auburn fell to the Bulldogs despite outgaining them by 110 yards. Mississippi State last won at Auburn in 1999 as Auburn leads the series at home 25\u20135 and 56\u201322\u20132 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nThe Aggies lost to the Tigers in the teams' only previous meeting in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nAuburn made its first trip to The Swamp since 2002. Auburn's defeat of Florida was the Gators' only loss in their 2006 BCS Championship season, and the Tigers pulled an upset again in 2007 over then #3 ranked Gators. With the win, Auburn increased their lead in the overall series (42\u201338\u20132) and Tommy Tuberville coached Auburn teams now hold a 3\u20130 record versus Florida when the Gators are ranked in the Top 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nWes Byrum's game-winning field goal as time expired was named the ESPN Game-Changing Performance of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Tigers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions of the game and led 28\u20130 at halftime while coasting to an easy 35\u20137 victory over the visiting Commodores. Sophomore running back Ben Tate led the Tigers with 96 rushing yards, while Brad Lester, seeing his first game action since the 2006 Iron Bowl victory over Alabama, scored two touchdowns and rushed for 77 yards. Quarterback Brandon Cox completed 14 of 17 passing attempts for 165 yards for the Tigers, who improved to 2\u20131 in conference play and 4\u20132 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Commodores rotated back onto Auburn's schedule for the first meeting since 2003. After the victory, Auburn's all-time record against Vanderbilt is now 20\u201319\u20131. While the win marked the Tigers first lead in the series in 113 years, Auburn has not lost to the Commodores since 1955 when they met in the Gator Bowl. Auburn wore all-white uniforms at home for this game and removed the traditional AU logo from their helmets to honor the 50th anniversary of the 1957 National Championship team. The win marked Tommy Tuberville's 100th career win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nFor the second time in three weeks, freshman kicker Wes Byrum kicked the winning field goal in the final minute of play as the 22nd-ranked Tigers defeated the Razorbacks 9\u20137. Byrum's three field goals accounted for all nine of Auburn's points as the Tigers won their fourth consecutive game and avenged a 27\u201310 loss to the Razorbacks in 2006 at Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium. The Tigers' defense limited Arkansas running back Darren McFadden to 43 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nAuburn scored the first six points of the game, as Wes Byrum kicked 22- and 38-yard field goals in the first and fourth quarter, but the Razorbacks went ahead with 1:36 remaining in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Casey Dick to Lucas Miller and a successful point after touchdown by Alex Tejada. Auburn returned the ensuing kickoff to their own 47 yard line. The go-ahead drive was highlighted by a 30-yard pass from senior quarterback Brandon Cox to wide receiver Robert Dunn. Byrum, who had missed field goal attempts in the third and fourth quarter, kicked the winning field goal with 21 seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, LSU\nIn a game that went back and forth between both teams, LSU quarterback Matt Flynn completed a touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd at the last second to give LSU a 30\u201324 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, LSU\nAuburn has scored only five wins in eighteen attempts at tough Tiger Stadium, the last coming in Tuberville's first year at Auburn (1999). The stakes were high, as this game was a key matchup for a berth in the SEC Championship Game. The loss brings the series to 19\u201321\u20131 in favor of LSU. LSU went on to win the BCS National Championship game finishing #1 in the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nOle Miss has only beaten the Tigers in Auburn twice, in 1999 and in 2003; Auburn leads the series 24\u20138 after the 17\u20133 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee Tech\nThe Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles traveled to Auburn to meet the home-standing Tigers for the first time. Tech was greeted by Auburn's own golden eagle, Nova \u2013 War Eagle VII, who circled the field prior to the game in one of college football's most exciting traditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nAU traveled to Georgia for the 111th meeting of the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. The Tigers suffered a 20+ loss for the second straight year but Auburn still leads the series in Athens 18\u201310 and has won 10 of the last 13 matchups in Sanford Stadium. The second consecutive loss by the Tigers continued a trend in the series where each team would win two years in a row followed by two consecutive losses \u2013 this behavior dates back to 1999\u20132001 when Auburn won three straight. Georgia finished the season ranked #2 in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nAuburn won the game 17\u201310, bringing the current winning streak to 6 (the longest in school history). Though this in-state rivalry known as the Iron Bowl is considered one of the most bitter and intense in all of sports with 72 matchups over the years, this was only the ninth meeting at Auburn's Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium and the first meeting at JHS on Thanksgiving weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Post-season\nAuburn's 8-win regular season qualified a post-season bowl and the Tigers were selected by the Chick-fil-A Bowl to face the ACC's Clemson Tigers, with both teams' defenses being ranked in the top 10. Auburn changed their offense for this game, moving to new offensive coordinator Tony Franklin's spread offense in eight practices. Auburn won the game in overtime with a 7-yard touchdown run by quarterback Kodi Burns. The 23\u201320 victory in 2007 was the first Peach Bowl to require overtime and Auburn now has a 3\u20131 record in the bowl. This bowl appearance marked Auburn's eighth consecutive appearance; the second longest streak in school history behind the 9-year stretch from 1982\u20131990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Post-season, Coaching changes\nFollowing the close of the regular season, head coach Tommy Tuberville was offered a two-year contract extension that was verbally accepted on December 4, 2007. One week later, offensive coordinator Al Borges announced his resignation following a meeting late the previous week with Tuberville. On December 12, Auburn announced Tony Franklin, the offensive coordinator for the Troy Trojans, as Borges' replacement. With only 8 days of practice prior to the bowl, the new spread offense proved quite effective as Auburn posted 423 yards of offense (233 passing / 190 rushing), besting their season average in all offensive categories despite playing against the #6 defense in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190193-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Auburn Tigers football team, Post-season, Coaching changes\nDays following the Chick-fil-A Bowl, defensive coordinator Will Muschamp interviewed for and accepted the vacant defensive coordinator position with the Texas Longhorns. On January 17, 2008, Auburn named Pittsburgh's Paul Rhoads as the new defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190194-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Auckland City mayoral election\nThe 2007 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 2007, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including nineteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190194-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Auckland City mayoral election, Background\nThe election saw one-term Mayor Dick Hubbard defeated by his predecessor John Banks. Hubbard was the third consecutive mayor voted out after only one term and Banks became the first former mayor of Auckland to reclaim the position since Dove-Myer Robinson in 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190194-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Auckland City mayoral election, Background\nThis was to be the last election for municipal offices to the Auckland City Council. By 2010 it had merged to become part of the new Auckland Council. Banks stood for the newly created office of Mayor of Auckland but lost to former Mayor of Manukau City Len Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190194-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Auckland City mayoral election, Ward results\nCandidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190195-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Auckland Open (darts)\n2007 Auckland Open was a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190196-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Austin Wranglers season\nThe 2007 Austin Wranglers season was the 4th season for the franchise. The team finished eighth in the conference and did not make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190196-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Austin Wranglers season, Coaching\nBrian Partlow started his first season as head coach of the Wranglers, replacing Skip Foster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190197-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australia Day Honours\nThe Australia Day Honours 2007 are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2007 by the Governor General of Australia, Michael Jeffrey", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190197-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australia Day Honours\nThe Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190197-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australia Day Honours, Order of Australia, Officer (AO), General Division\nthrough researching and publishing in the subject area of Australian Federation; andto the community through sporting, cultural and welfare organisations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190198-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australia national soccer team season\nThis page summarises the Australia national soccer team fixtures and results in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190198-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australia national soccer team season, Summary\nThe Socceroos played a number of friendly fixtures throughout the year with mixed results; three wins and three losses. More importantly, 2007 was the year Australia first participated in the AFC Asian Cup. After their performance in the 2006 World Cup, Australia entered the tournament as one of the favourites. However, in the opening game against Oman it was only a late equaliser that rescued Australia a point before losing to eventual champions Iraq. It took three late goals to finally see off joint hosts Thailand and go through to the quarter finals where they would lose to Japan in a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190199-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars (Type 997). It was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd and promoted as the 2007 Carrera Cup Australia, and is recognised by CAMS as the fifth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190199-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Calendar\nThe championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190199-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Points system\nChampionship points were awarded on a 60-54-48-42-36-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-6-3-3-3-3-3 basis for the first twenty places in each race with one point awarded for places 21st through to last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190199-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, Results\nRace 1 of Round 5 at Oran Park was called early (after 10 of the scheduled 16 laps) due to TV commitments and as a result only half points were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190200-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Club Championships\nThe 2007 Australian Club Championships (ACC) brought together the best men's and women's basketball teams from the Waratah League, South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL), Central Australian Basketball League (CABL) and Big V competitions for their shot at national glory, with the event held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190200-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Club Championships\nBy the tournament's conclusion, the Cairns Marlins were crowned as the best male basketball club in Australia and the Townsville Flames were crowned women's champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190200-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Club Championships, Tournament overview\nThe Cairns Marlins defeated the Dandenong Rangers 110\u201398 in the men's Grand Final. Nothing could split the sides in the first half but the Rangers, who finished runners-up for the second year in a row, could not contain the offensive strength of the Marlins, who had five players score 16 points or more. Cairns Taipans National Basketball League stars Aaron Grabau and Gary Boodnikoff netted 24 points and 23 points respectively to lead the Marlins with Grabau going on to be named Grand Final MVP. Future Australian Boomer Nathan Jawai also chipped in with a 21-point, 13-rebound double-double and proved to be the difference in the decisive third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190200-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Club Championships, Tournament overview\nIn the women's final, the Townsville Flames defeated the Hume City Broncos, 92\u201349. Australian Opal Rohanee Cox was outstanding for Townsville, netting a game-high 30 points while Townsville Fire Women's National Basketball League guard Celeste Heilbronn added 21 points and 9 rebounds in support. The Broncos were missing Opal Sharin Milner and Under 21 World Championship silver medalist Elyse Penaluna through injury and couldn't match the offensive power of the Flames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190200-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Club Championships, Participants\nTo qualify for the event, teams had to be crowned Champion of their respective Leagues. There were also a number of wildcard entries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190201-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Drivers' Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing title for drivers of Formula 3 racing cars, with the winner awarded the 2007 CAMS Gold Star. The title, which was the 51st Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded to the winner of the 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship. The championship, which began on 4 February 2007 (at Eastern Creek Raceway) and finished on 4 November at Oran Park, consisted of 16 races at 8 rounds across 4 different states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190201-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Drivers' Championship\nThe 2007 championship was notable for being one of the most competitive Australian Drivers Championships in years, with seven different drivers from three countries scoring race wins and ten drivers achieving at least one top three race placing. Four drivers, Tim Macrow, Leanne Tander, Charlie Hollings and James Winslow, had a mathematical chance of winning the championship heading into the final round. Whilst Winslow did not compete at that round due to a clash with his Formula V6 Asia commitments, the remaining trio fought out the title with Macrow coming from four points behind to win the championship in the final race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190201-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points System\nPoints were awarded on 20\u201315\u201312\u201310\u20138\u20136\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 basis to the top ten finishers in the Championship Class in each race. An additional point was awarded to the driver setting the Championship Class pole position in the qualifying session for each race and a further point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest Championship Class race lap in each race. The point for fastest race lap was only awarded if the driver was a classified finisher in that race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190201-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points System\nPoints for the National Class and the Trophy Class were awarded on the same basis as for the Championship Class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190202-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Film Institute Awards\nThe 49th Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia on the Nine Network. Geoffrey Rush hosted the show, for the second time. He previously presided over the 48th Australian Film Institute Awards the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190202-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Film Institute Awards\nThe nominees were announced on 24 October 2007. Deborra-Lee Furness, Sibylla Budd, Marny Kennedy, and AFI President James Hewison made the announcements. Romulus, My Father got the highest nominations with a total of sixteen with The Home Song Stories with the second highest number of fourteen. Clubland came third with eleven nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190202-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Film Institute Awards\nThe award winners were announced at two ceremonies; one on the 5 December (\"industry\" categories) and the other on 6 December (top categories), 2007. Films that won multiple Australian Film Institute Awards include: The Home Song Stories (7) and Romulus, My Father (4). The Home Song Stories performed exceptionally well, taking out a total 7 of its 14 nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190202-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Film Institute Awards\nThe wins included, Best Direction (Tony Ayres), Best Actress in a Lead Role (Joan Chen), Best Screenplay (Tony Ayres), Achievement in Cinematogoraphy (Nigel Bluck), Achievement in Editing (Denise Haratzis), Best Original Score (Antony Partos), Best Achievement in Production Design (Melinda Doring) and the award for Achievement in Costume Design for Cappi Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190203-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 38th national series for Formula Fords to be contested in Australia and the 15th series to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190203-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Calendar\nThe championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190203-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Points system\nChampionship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race, with a bonus point awarded to the driver achieving pole position for the first race at each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190203-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Championship results\nNote: A 5-point penalty was imposed on Nick Percat at Round 4 due to a breach of the Sporting Regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190204-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian GT Championship\nThe 2007 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to closed production based sports cars as approved for FIA GT3 competition and to similar cars as approved by CAMS. The championship began on 3 February 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 9 December at Sandown Raceway after eight rounds held across five states. It was the eleventh Australian GT Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190204-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian GT Championship\nThe championship was won by Danish driver Allan Simonsen who drove a Ferrari 360 GT owned by Ted Huglin in the first four rounds and a Ferrari F430, newly imported by Mark Coffey Racing, in the last four rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190204-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian GT Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following drivers competed in the 2007 Australian GT Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190204-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian GT Championship, Calendar\nAllan Simonsen and Tim Leahey were awarded the 2007 Australian Tourist Trophy for their victory in the Sandown GT Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190204-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian GT Championship, Points system\nFor Rounds 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top 25 positions in each of the three races. Round 3 featured only two races and points were allocated on a 57-48-42-37.5-34.5-31.5-28.5-27-25.5-24-22.5-21-19.5-18-16.5-15-13.5-12-10.5-9-7.5-6-4.5-3-1.5 basis. Round 8 was a 500 kilometre endurance round and points were allocated on a 114-96-84-75-69-63-57-54-51-48-45-42-39-36-33-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis. Three bonus points were allocated for pole position at each of the eight rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190204-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian GT Championship, Points system\nThe total for each driver was adjusted by deducting the worst round point score of those rounds which were contested. This resulted in drivers scoring zero nett points if they only contested only one round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Australian Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 March 2007 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first\u00a0race of the 2007 Formula One season. The 58\u00a0lap race was won by Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for the Ferrari team after starting from pole position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a McLaren car, with teammate Lewis Hamilton third on his Grand Prix debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen started the race alongside Alonso, but in the start Alonso was passed by BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld and Hamilton, who started third and fourth. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen controlled the race from the front of the field, with Alonso regaining second place after overtaking Hamilton during the second round of pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe morning session of Friday practice, run in wet weather, saw McLaren's Fernando Alonso take the fastest lap of the session, over a second faster than the next fastest time set by Ferrari's Felipe Massa. The rain dried up for the afternoon session which saw the two Ferraris of Massa and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen first and second respectively with the fastest non-Ferrari driver, Lewis Hamilton, just under a tenth of a second behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. The rest of the top six were from different teams with fourth place going to Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault. Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber was fifth and Alexander Wurz's Williams completed the top six. \"This was a positive start to the weekend\" Massa commented, \"but of course what counts is tomorrow\u2019s qualifying and most of all, Sunday\u2019s race.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe morning session of Saturday brought with it sunny skies, but also a light drizzle at the start of the session. This forced teams who went out early to use their wet tires, but what little water was on the track dried up quickly enough to have no effect on any racer on dry tires. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was the consistent pace-setter and topped the chart with a 1:26.064. Fisichella pushed his Renault to second with a time of 1:26.454. Rookie Lewis Hamilton came third over his teammate, the double and defending World Champion Fernando Alonso who came in at seventh. The slowest team of 2006, Super Aguri, got into the top ten with fourth and tenth for Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato, respectively. Felipe Massa and Nick Heidfeld completed the top six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen followed up his pace-setting morning practice performance by topping the times in Part One of the Qualifying session. Mark Webber set the early benchmark with a 1:27.799, but Lewis Hamilton knocked one and one tenths off that, with a lap of 1:26.674 \u2013 his personal fastest lap of the meeting, before R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took control. Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard found themselves knocked out of qualifying, along with the Toro Rossos and the Spykers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nFernando Alonso took command of Part Two with a lap of 1:25.326 to put him at the top of the leaderboard, with teammate Hamilton closely behind in third. BMW's Nick Heidfeld split the McLarens with second. However, Felipe Massa was knocked out of qualifying after an error in turns nine and ten brought his Ferrari to a halt, meaning he started the race from 16th on the grid, which would later become 22nd on the grid due to an engine change. Super Aguri's Takuma Sato made it through to part three. But, along with Massa: Anthony Davidson; both the Williams cars of Rosberg and Wurz; Renault's rookie Heikki Kovalainen and Honda's Jenson Button all went out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAlonso again set the benchmark in Part Three with a time of 1:27.050. But he was soon knocked off top spot by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who went a second quicker with a lap of 1:26.072. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen kept pole position, with Alonso second, but Nick Heidfeld was third after Lewis Hamilton had an untidy middle sector which saw him end up in fourth. Robert Kubica was fifth, with Giancarlo Fisichella sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nRed Bull's Mark Webber was seventh with the Toyotas of Ralf Schumacher and Trulli eighth and ninth. Super Aguri's Sato rounded out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRace day saw a crowd of 105,000 people attend the opening round of the 2007 season, and the first race of the \"post-Schumacher\" era. The only changes before the race were that Felipe Massa started last after an engine-change, and Christijan Albers opted to start from the pitlane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt the start, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen got clear off the line. Alonso was passed by Heidfeld on the left and was stuck behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to his front. Hamilton was also briefly stuck behind the leading three before taking the outside line coming into the first corner to take third place; Alonso dropped to fourth position. McLaren team principal Ron Dennis would later accuse BMW of \"showboating\". Anthony Davidson stalled on the grid and after getting underway hit Adrian Sutil, but managed to keep going. By lap three, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was starting to pull away from Heidfeld and by lap five the Finn had a two and a half second lead on the German. Meanwhile, debutant Lewis Hamilton was still holding onto third place from teammate Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nChristijan Albers in the Spyker became the first driver to retire in the new season, missing his braking point at the Sports Center corner and hitting the tire barrier. The first to make a pit stop was second place Heidfeld on lap fifteen; four laps later Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen pitted and came out in fourth behind Hamilton, now leading on his Grand Prix debut; Alonso and Robert Kubica. Alonso was the first of the two McLarens to pit, suggesting that Hamilton was on a heavier fuel load than his Spanish teammate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe Briton's McLaren pitted a lap later and rejoined behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who had now reclaimed his lead, but ahead of Heidfeld, who had now dropped to fifth position, and Alonso, despite being held up by the lone Spyker of Adrian Sutil, who received a drive through penalty for the infringement. Honda's Jenson Button also received a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Toro Rosso's Scott Speed became the race's second retirement after two of his tires deflated and he crashed at the Clark chicane on lap 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nSix laps later at the same chicane saw Nico Rosberg overtake Ralf Schumacher for seventh place and soon pulled away from the Toyota. On the same lap, Kubica became the third retirement of the race after problems with his gearbox, which was the part of the car the Polish driver had been most worried about during the pre-season. At the front, meanwhile, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was increasing his lead over Hamilton, his lead now over 18 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHeikki Kovalainen was having, in comparison with Hamilton, a disappointing first race: spinning at the Jones chicane on his 40th lap, which led to him losing a place to Felipe Massa, and running wide on several occasions during the early part of the race. Renault team chief Flavio Briatore described the Finn's debut as \"rubbish\". Teammate Giancarlo Fisichella was having an uneventful race, as he was not involved in any racing incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBack at the front, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made his final scheduled pit stop of the race and rejoined in third, behind the two McLarens of Hamilton, now leading the race for the second time, and Alonso. Unlike the first set of stops, it was Hamilton who would be the first of the two McLarens to pit, allowing Alonso to lead the race for the first time. Alonso pitted a lap later and this time rejoined ahead of his rookie teammate, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took his lead back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 48, David Coulthard's attempt to pass Alexander Wurz ended with Coulthard's car vaulting over the Williams, narrowly missing the Austrian driver's head. Both drivers escaped unharmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDespite a small water leak towards the end, it was R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen who won the race, 7.2 seconds from Alonso and over eighteen seconds from Hamilton, who became the first driver to finish on the podium on their debut since Jacques Villeneuve at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix; it was also the first time a driver had won on their first race for Ferrari since Nigel Mansell in 1989 and also the first race in World Championship history where all three podium finishers were making their debut for their team, disregarding 1950 where all drivers made their World Championship debuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190205-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nPost race there was some criticism of Bridgestone because the rules mandated that the softer tire compound should be \"visibly distinguishable\" while the car is on track. The tiny white dot on the outer side of the tires proved inadequate. For the next race at Sepang they would go on to paint the \"second from outside\" groove with white paint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190206-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Lacrosse League season\nResults and statistics for the Australian Lacrosse League season of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open\nThe 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open\nThe total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000. Over 500 players competed in 2007. The main draw for singles and doubles was released on Friday 12 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open\nIn Mixed Doubles, the scoring system was changed. Should both teams in a match become one set apiece, a match tie break will take part in the final set where the first team to score ten points wins the match. If the score for the match tie break becomes 9\u20139, a difference by two is required to win the game (e.g. 11\u20139, 12\u201310, etc. ).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, New technology used in line-calling\nThis was the first time that the tournament used the Hawk-Eye system in an official line-calling capacity, as an auxiliary to the human line judges. Players were given the opportunity to challenge a human line call if they believed it to be incorrect, by having Hawk-Eye confirm or overrule the original call. The system was installed on only one court being used for the tournament, in the Rod Laver Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, New technology used in line-calling\nAt the beginning of a set, the players were each given the opportunity to incorrectly challenge a maximum of two line calls during the set. A player who still had some incorrect challenges remaining was allowed to make an unlimited number of correct challenges, but when a player had no incorrect challenges remaining, his or her opportunity to challenge line calls was lost. Players received an extra incorrect challenge during a tiebreak. The players regained both challenges at the beginning of each set and also after every 12 games in the final deciding set. Unused challenges did not carry over when this happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, New technology used in line-calling\nAn additional aspect to the new system was that a video replay screen was installed inside the arena for the first time, to display the results of the challenges. The screen also allowed the spectators (and players themselves) to view instant replays that could previously only be seen by the television audience and those viewing the match on screens outside the stadium. This implementation caused noticeable drama in a match between No. 2 Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and Olga Poutchkova in which Mauresmo challenged the in call on Poutchkova's shot and the replay showed the ball out graphically but still called the ball in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, Factional fighting on Day 1\nOn 15 January 2007, around one hundred and fifty Australian youths of Serbian, Croatian and Greek origins were ejected from the Open after brawling with one another in Garden Square at Melbourne Park. The brawl reportedly developed after fans taunted each other with nationalist slogans. According to The Age newspaper, twenty police tried to quell the disturbance, which allegedly developed after an informal understanding between some Serb and Croat fans\u00a0\u2014 that the two groups would not attend on the same day\u00a0\u2014 was broken. The two opposing groups were ejected out separate exits and escorted away from the venue in opposite directions by police. No arrests were made, and no charges were laid against any of the participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, Factional fighting on Day 1\nThe Greek supporters protested that they had not been involved in the taunts exchanged between the Serb and Croat contingents, though The Age reported that some Greek supporters had sided with some Serbs and chanted, \"Greece, Serbia! Greece, Serbia!\" and \"We must support our Orthodox brothers\". Serb fans claimed that the violence had been provoked by Croat use of the Croatian national flag, which in their eyes carried connotations of Second World War fascism, while Croats claimed that the violence was provoked by Serbs shouting anti-Croat, pro-Serb chants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, Factional fighting on Day 1\nA Croatian supporter suffered minor injuries in the ethnic brawl after being hit with a Serbian flagpole. People wearing Croatian or Serbian national colours were subsequently refused entry and the next day featured heightened security. Police in Victoria said that this sort of behaviour was never seen in the tournament before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, Weather conditions\nHeat in excess of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Day 2 caused the Extreme Heat Policy to be implemented. Most daytime matches were delayed, and matches continued on outside courts till 3.30am the following morning. Janko Tipsarevi\u0107 chose to forfeit his match against David Nalbandian because of the heat. On Rod Laver Arena with the roof open, top-seeded Maria Sharapova nearly succumbed to the heat, losing a 5\u20130 lead in the final set, but managed to defeat Camille Pin 6\u20133. 4\u20136, 9\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, Weather conditions\nDuring the night sessions on Day 3, the Australian Open was affected by rain delaying play. Three men's matches were postponed in progress. The matches on Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Arena were delayed for only 15 minutes while the retractable roofs closed. Marat Safin wisely requested that play be suspended while noticeably out of the match against Dudi Sela with Sela up two sets to one, six games to five, and 30-30. After the delay, Safin returned to win the fourth set and then the final set 6\u20130 to advance. This was reminiscent of the match in the 2006 Australian Open in which Marcos Baghdatis advanced after appearing rejuvenated against David Nalbandian. The match on Rod Laver featuring women's number two Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo and Olga Poutchkova was barely underway when the rains came.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Notable stories, Weather conditions\nRain on day six caused play to only proceed on the covered courts of Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Arena, for the duration of the day. Thus, only high seeds Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, Kim Clijsters, James Blake, and Martina Hingis were able to play their matches, as well as Australians Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt. Players scheduled for play on the outer courts had to wait until Day 7, and faced the possibility of playing on consecutive days for the winners. Initially only 10 matches were scheduled for play in Laver and Vodafone, but the match between Andy Murray and Juan Ignacio Chela was moved indoors, to leave only five delayed matches in men's and women's singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Max Mirnyi, 7\u20135, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles\nDaniel Nestor / Elena Likhovtseva defeated Max Mirnyi / Victoria Azarenka, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles\nGraeme Dyce / Harri Heli\u00f6vaara defeated Stephen Donald / Rupesh Roy, 6\u20132, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles\nEvgeniya Rodina / Arina Rodionova defeated Julia Cohen / Urszula Radwa\u0144ska, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Wheelchair, Men's Wheelchair Doubles\nRobin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers/ Ronald Vink, 6\u20132, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Wheelchair, Women's Wheelchair Doubles\nJiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier/ Korie Homan, 6\u20130, 3\u20136, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190207-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open, Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190208-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nGraeme Dyce and Harri Heli\u00f6vaara won the title by defeating Stephen Donald and Rupesh Roy6\u20132, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190209-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nBrydan Klein won this event. He defeated Jonathan Eysseric 6\u20132, 4\u20136, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190210-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nEvgeniya Rodina and Arina Rodionova won the title by defeating Julia Cohen and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190211-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Madison Brengle in the final, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 7\u20136(7\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190212-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDefending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez in the final 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20134, 6\u20134, to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2007 Australian Open. It was his third Australian Open title and his tenth Grand Slam title overall. Federer became the first man since Bj\u00f6rn Borg in 1980 to win a major tournament without dropping a set, and became the first to do so in a major played on hardcourts. Also, Federer reached a record-equalling 7th consecutive Grand Slam final appearance (streak started at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships), after Jack Crawford during the 1930s, and became the first man to reach 11 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals (streak started at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190212-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFuture US Open champion, three time major finalist and world No. 3 Marin \u010cili\u0107 made his first major tournament appearance in the main draw, losing in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190213-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThe qualifying draw for the Men's singles at the 2007 Australian Open was played from 15 January to 28 January, 2007. It resulted in 16 players qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190214-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor won the mixed doubles title at the 2007 Australian Open tennis tournament, defeating Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190214-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nMartina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but Hingis did not participate in the mixed doubles tournament. Bhupathi partnered Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, but lost in the first round to Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190215-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nShingo Kunieda defeated Michael Jeremiasz 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20133 to win the Men's Wheelchair Singles competition of the 2007 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190216-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jungCara Black and Liezel Huber won the title, defeating Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung in the final 6\u20134, 6\u201374, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSerena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20132, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2007 Australian Open. It was her third Australian Open singles title and her eighth major singles title overall. She became the first unseeded player to win the title since Christine O'Neil in 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but was lost to Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 in the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis tournament was the final Australian Open singles appearance for three-time winner Martina Hingis, who lost in the quarterfinals to Kim Clijsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 1: 15 January\nThe First day of play at Melbourne Park saw defending champion Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo advance in straight sets to the second round, along with a string of Russian top-10 players (Kuznetsova, Petrova, Dementieva, among others). US Open semifinalist and Auckland champion Jelena Jankovi\u0107 also sailed through in straight sets, but rising teen Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 had to survive a tough three set challenge from Jill Craybas to advance. 2005 and 2003 champion Serena Williams showed glimpses of the form that saw her rise to World No.1 when she swept past 27th seed Mara Santangelo 6\u20132 6\u20131 despite a relatively poor service percentage of 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 2: 16 January\nThe second day was ravaged by heat in excess of 40 deg Celsius (104 deg Fahrenheit) causing the Extreme Heat Policy to be implemented. Many matches were delayed due and play continued merely on the two roofed courts. Maria Sharapova was playing in Rod Laver Arena, but before the Extreme Heat Policy came in use. As a result, the roof could not yet be closed and the match had to be played in full heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 2: 16 January\nShe was particularly distressed during the match squandering a 1\u20130 lead in sets and a 5\u20130 lead in the decisive set, but eventually defeated Camille Pin 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 9\u20137, who was two points away from victory serving for the match at 7\u20136. Fourth seed Kim Clijsters, on the other hand, advanced soundly in twelve straight games 6\u20130 6\u20130, defeating Hobart finalist Vasilisa Bardina. Three time winner and six time finalist Martina Hingis also swept through with little difficulty, losing only two games to 2005 semifinalist Nathalie Dechy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 2: 16 January\nAna Ivanovic lost as many games to Vania King to advance to the second Round. The only seeds to fall were Eleni Daniilidou of Greece who fell 4\u20136 0\u20136 to Aiko Nakamura, and Flavia Pennetta, who lost to 2006 Hasselt finalist Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in straight sets. Former World No. 8, Australian wildcard Alicia Molik also advanced. 12 first round matches, including those of Patty Schnyder and Dinara Safina were postponed until Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 3: 17 January\nThe third day's rain delays did not affect the woman's draw. Minor upsets of seeded players No. 14 Francesca Schiavone, No. 18 Marion Bartoli, and No. 23 Ai Sugiyama were at the hands of Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, Victoria Azarenka, and Anastasiya Yakimova respectively. No. 2 Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo advanced soundly 6\u20132, 6\u20132 against Olga Puchkova, as did No. 5 Nadia Petrova against Gisela Dulko 6\u20131, 6\u20132. Fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced 6\u20132, 6\u20131. Former World Number One, Serena Williams, advanced 7\u20136(4), 6\u20132 for the right to play Petrova in round three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 3: 17 January\nAt the end of Wednesday there were three American women remaining in the draw: Williams, Ashley Harkleroad and Laura Granville. Other seeded women to win were: No. 7 Elena Dementieva, No. 10 Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, No. 11 Jelena Jankovi\u0107, No. 16 Shahar Pe'er, No. 20 Tatiana Golovin, No. 21 Katarina Srebotnik, and No. 26 Maria Kirilenko. Unseeded Maria Elena Camerin of Italy and Czech Eva Birnerov\u00e1 also advanced to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 4: 18 January\nLighter rains than the previous day were experienced resulting in minimal delays. Women\u2019s Number One, Maria Sharapova advanced soundly over fellow Russian Anastasia Rodionova, 6\u20130, 6\u20133. Number 4 seed, Belgian Kim Clijsters also advanced in straight sets over Akiko Morigami, 6\u20133. 6\u20130. No. 6 Martina Hingis, No. 8 Patty Schnyder, No. 9 Dinara Safina, No. 19 Li Na, No. 22 Vera Zvonareva, No. 29 Alona Bondarenko, and No.30 Tathiana Garbin all passed their second round tests in straight sets as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 4: 18 January\nOther seeded women #12 Anna Chakvetadze, #13 Ana Ivanovic, and #15 Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 required three sets to advances to the third round. Crowd favourite, Aussie Alicia Molik, clawed her way into the third round against Kaia Kanepi after being down one set, 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132. The only seeded Australian woman in the draw, Samantha Stosur, on the other hand, fell to Croat Jelena Kostani\u0107 To\u0161i\u0107, 6\u20134, 2\u20136, 6\u20132. Young American Ashley Harkleroad upset number 17 Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld of Germany, 6\u20132, 6\u20132. Her compatriot Laura Granville was beaten by 12th seeded Anna Chakvetadze. Unseeded Japanese player Aiko Nakamura also advanced, defeating Indian Sania Mirza, 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 5: 19 January\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo advanced in straight sets, 6\u20133, 6\u20131 over Czech Eva Birnerov\u00e1 to advance to the fourth round. She would move on to face Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 who won after only one set when opponent Anastasiya Yakimova had to retire. Former World Number One Serena Williams survived a miserable first set to defeat number 5 fiery Russian Nadia Petrova 1\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20133. Also advancing to be Serena\u2019s opponent was Serbian upstart Jelena Jankovi\u0107 who won her match against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka soundly 6\u20133, 6\u20134. Number 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced in straight sets over fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 5: 19 January\nHer opponent in the fourth round would be #16 Israeli Shahar Pe'er who survived a scare against #20 Tatiana Golovin being down a set to win 3\u20136, 7\u20135, 7\u20135 in one of the best matches on Day 5. Also advancing were number 7 Elena Dementieva and number 10 Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 who won their matches in straight sets against unseeded Maria Elena Camerin and number 21 Katarina Srebotnik, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 6: 20 January\nNumber one Maria Sharapova continued easily moving through the draw after surviving her Day 2 scare due to heat. She defeated 30 seed Tathiana Garbin 6\u20133, 6\u20131. Her opponent in the fourth round would be fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva, who surprisingly defeated number 13 Ana Ivanovic soundly 6\u20131, 6\u20132. Australian fan favourite Alicia Molik won her first set 6\u20133 against Swiss Patty Schnyder on Rod Laver Arena, but could not continue her pace, as Schnyder won 3\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20130. Number 4 Kim Clijsters defeated Alona Bondarenko 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in a quick match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 6: 20 January\nNumber 6 Martina Hingis continued the great play of her comeback, winning 6\u20132, 6\u20131 against Aiko Nakamura. Clijsters, Hingis, and Schnyder will all benefit from playing on the roofed courts during the rain experienced on Day 6, as their opponents on Day 8 will have to play on Day 7 as well. The matches delayed by rain were: #9 Dinara Safina v #16 Li Na, #12 Anna Chakvetadze v Jelena Kostani\u0107 To\u0161i\u0107, and #15 Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 v Ashley Harkleroad. The winners of those matches would play Hingis, Schnyder, and Clijsters, respectively. The roofed centre courts are always seen as an unfair advantage to the top players or the home country players, as they are able to complete matches on days affected by rain or heat, whereas their opponents are delayed and face playing on back-to-back days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 7: 21 January\nDay 7 saw five seeded players defeated by their opponents. Unseeded Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 advanced to the quarterfinals courtesy of a 6\u20134, 6\u20133 surprising upset of defending champion and number two seed Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo. Her opponent in the next round will be tenth-seed Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 who posted a 6\u20133, 6\u20133 upset of seventh-seed Elena Dementieva. Rising star Israeli Shahar Pe'er caused another upset by winning a 6\u20134, 6\u20132 over third-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to become the first Israeli woman to make a major quarter-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 7: 21 January\nHer opponent in the quarterfinals will be Serena Williams, who is enjoying her current role as a loose cannon, defeating eleventh-seed Jelena Jankovi\u0107 in a 6\u20133, 6\u20132 win. The last remaining Asian representative, nineteenth-seed Li Na, won in a 6\u20132, 6\u20132 decision over ninth-seed Dinara Safina to advance to the fourth round. Twelfth-seed Anna Chakvetadze won against Croat Jelena Kostani\u0107 To\u0161i\u0107 6\u20134, 6\u20134. The young Ashley Harkleroad nearly caused another upset but failed to, with fifteenth-seed Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 winning the match 6\u20137, 7\u20135, 6\u20133. The Li, Chakvetadze, and Hantuchov\u00e1 matches were delayed from day 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 8: 22 January\nThe other four fourth round matches all took the court on the eighth day, with three of the top eight seeds in play advancing. Top seed Maria Sharapova was pushed to two close sets by fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva but eventually prevailed 7\u20135, 6\u20134. Fourth-seeded Belgian Kim Clijsters beat Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, who was playing for the second day in a row 6\u20131 7\u20135 to advance to the quarterfinals, where she was drawn to face Martina Hingis, who needed three sets to battle past the number one ranked Chinese player Li Na after being a set down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 8: 22 January\nShe won 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20130. The final match of the day was the only women's match to be played on Melbourne Arena, with the others all being on Rod Laver Arena. There the twelfth-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze pulled off a surprisingly easy 6\u20134, 6\u20131 victory over former semi-finalist Patty Schnyder of Switzerland to advance to her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal, and would next meet Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 9: 23 January\nThe bottom half quarter-final line-up was scheduled to play today, with only two women's singles matches taking the court. The first pitted seven-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams against Shahar Pe'er of Israel. The unseeded Williams lost the first set 6\u20133 but grew in confidence in the second set to take it 6\u20132 and push it to a deciding set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 9: 23 January\nPe'er looked on-form for victory when she went up 6\u20135 in the final set, and just a few points from her first major semi-final, but it was Williams who then showed her fighting spirit by winning the next three games to wrap up the 3\u20136, 6\u20132, 8\u20136 victory and become one of the ten lowest-ranked women in the Open Era to compete in a Grand Slam semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 9: 23 January\nThe other quarter-final followed after with Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 beating compatriot Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 6\u20131, 6\u20134 to make her second major semi-final after the 2006 French Open. Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 completely overpowered her fellow Czech in the first set, needing just thirty minutes to take it and compiling a 14\u20134 winner to unforced error ratio. Although \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 gave more of a battle in the second set, Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 was still too good for her and managed to close out the one hour eleven-minute match with ease. In the semi-finals she will face Serena Williams, the first meeting between the pair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 10: 24 January\nTop-seeded Maria Sharapova opened up play as the remaining four players in the top half of the draw took to the court. She was drawn to face another Russian Anna Chakvetadze. Sharapova showed her fighting spirit early on in the first set, coming back from 4\u20132 and 5\u20133 deficits to bring things to a first set tie-break, where she again fell behind at 5\u20133, before winning the last four points to take the first set 7\u20136(5). In the second set, Sharapova took several break point opportunities in the second set, before letting Chakvetadze back into the match but eventually she made it through to the semi-finals with a 7\u20136(5), 7\u20135 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 10: 24 January\nTaking to the court after was Belgian Kim Clijsters and Swiss Martina Hingis in the last quarter-final to be contested, and one of the most anticipated match-ups thus far in the tournament. Last year, Clijsters beat Hingis at exactly the same stage before losing to Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo. The fourth-seed squandered the first set, making 23 unforced errors, but began to find her game in the second set. She raced to a 5\u20132 lead in the second set, but let it slip before eventually winning 6\u20134 to push it to a deciding set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 10: 24 January\nHingis raced off to an early 2\u20130 lead in the last set, but all energy had been drained from her and she lost six of the last seven games of the match to hand Clijsters the victory, despite having forty-two unforced errors less than the Belgian. The semi-finals will feature Maria Sharapova against Kim Clijsters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 11: 25 January\nBoth semi-finals were on the schedule on Day 11, with Serena Williams against Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 first to take the court. Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 broke early on for a 2\u20130 lead, but she squandered that advantage. At 5\u20134, the Czech had a chance to serve out the first set and take the advantage, but Williams fought back to take it to a tie-break and take the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 11: 25 January\nIn the second set, Williams continued to dominate moving ahead 5\u20131 and just points from wrapping up the victory, but it was Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 who showed her fighting spirit saving four match points at 5\u20133 to Williams and then saving another in the last game of the match before Williams finally wrapped up the 7\u20136(5), 6\u20134 victory by converting her sixth match point and reach her first Grand Slam final since her Australian Open win two years previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 11: 25 January\nImmediately after, it was decided that she would face Maria Sharapova in the final, after the Russian ended the Australian Open career of Kim Clijsters, who is set to retire at the end of the season with a 6\u20134, 6\u20132 victory. The two broke each other constantly in the first set, with Clijsters eventually having the advantage at 4\u20133, before Sharapova reeled off six consecutive games to go up a set and 3\u20130. She held onto her serve for the rest of the match and broke once more in the last game to take the match and move into her third Grand Slam final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 13: 27 January\nThe women's final was scheduled to be played on the Saturday, with two of the biggest stars on the WTA Tour in Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams set to face each other. The fans who expected a tough battle were eventually disappointed though, as Williams dominated the top-seeded Russian from start to finish. Her game was completely on form throughout the match, with Sharapova only managing to hold service once in the first set as Williams hit winner after winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190217-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Daily review, Day 13: 27 January\nThe second set was no different, although Sharapova managed to hold twice in the last set but Williams was too good and prevailed 6\u20131, 6\u20132 to win her eighth Grand Slam title and her third Australian Open title. At the trophy presentation, Williams dedicated her win to Yetunde Price, her elder half-sister who was shot in September 2003. Williams became the third-lowest-ranked major titlist since 1975, after Evonne Goolagong and Chris O'Neil who won here in 1977 and 1978 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190218-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's singles at the 2007 Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190219-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Performance Car Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship, organised by GT Performance Racing Pty Ltd. It was the third championship to be contested under the Australian Performance Car Championship name, with similar titles having been contested in both 2003 and 2004 as the Australian GT Performance Car Championship. The 2007 championship was won by Gary Young, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII RS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190219-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Performance Car Championship, Calendar\nThe championship was contested over a six round series. Each round was held over three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190219-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Performance Car Championship, Calendar\nNote: The proposed opening round at Wakefield Park was conducted as a non-championship event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190219-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Performance Car Championship, Calendar\nNote: The Hidden Valley and Symmons Plains rounds carried double championship points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190219-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Performance Car Championship, Results, Privateers Cup\nPrivateers Cup cars were restricted to grooved Pirelli tyres, whereas Outright Class cars could use slick tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. The championship, which was administered by the Production Car Association of Australia, was promoted as the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship. It was the 14th Australian Production Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship\nThe championship was won Garry Holt driving a BMW 335i. It was the second national title in as many years for Holt who had previously won the 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship. Holt finished 50 points clear of his team-mate Barry Morcom, also driving a BMW 335i. Morcom won a season long battle with Holden Commodore driver Steve Briffa for the runner-up position in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship, Class Structure\nAdditional entries, competing without a Production Car Association License Agreement, contested two Trophy classes, \u201cSP Trophy\u201d, (for cars in SuperProduction) and \u201cTrophy\u201d (for cars in Classes A, B or C). Drivers of SP Trophy and Trophy class cars were not eligible to score championship points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system\nChampionship points for both outright and classes were awarded on a 30-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first 14 finishers in each race. One point was awarded to all other finishers. Bonus points were also awarded at Round 1 according to the outright finishing order of competitors that were registered for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system\nThe fastest qualifying driver in each Class of the qualifying session was awarded 3 points towards their class points score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system\nTo be eligible to score points at any rounds of the championship the driver was required to be a current financial member of the Production Car Association of Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190220-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system\nDrivers registered as Trophy competitors were not eligible to score championship points, but competed for two separate Trophy class awards. Points towards the two season class awards were allocated on a 5-4-6-2-1- basis for the first five positions in each class at each race, with one point given to each of the other finishers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190221-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Saloon Car Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Saloon Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to Group 3K Saloon Cars. It was the seventh national series for Saloon Cars and the second to be contested as the Australian Saloon Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190221-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Saloon Car Championship, Schedule\nThe 2007 Australian Saloon Car Championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190221-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Saloon Car Championship, Points system\nChampionship points were awarded on a 40-35-31-27-23-20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis for the first 19 positions in each race, with one point awarded for positions 20 through 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship\nThe 2007 Australian Superkart Championship was the 19th running of the national championships for Superkarts. It began on 6 May 2007 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 15 July at Eastern Creek Raceway after eight races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship\nIt was contested for three engine-based classes, 250 cc International (twin-cylinder engines), 250 cc National (single-cylinder engines) and 125 cc. National championships were awarded to 250 cc International and 125, while 250 National were awarded a national title, but not an Australian Championship as there were insufficient competitors to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following drivers competed in the 2007 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nSydney based racer Sam Zavaglia stepped back from the brink of a kart destroying crash to win the fourth and final race of the weekend, claiming the opening round of the Australian Superkart Championship held at the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships at Phillip Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nZavaglia (Stockman Superkarts Stockman-Honda) started the day well with a pair of second places in the two opening races behind team mate and defending champion Warren McIlveen (Mac's Marine Stockman-Honda). Race Three saw disaster strike when Zavaglia slid off the track at the Southern Loop while leading, plunging off a half metre drop in the infield as he struggled to rejoin the circuit, wrecking his nosecone on his way to salvaging sixth place. The final bonus points race saw Zavaglia climb rapidly into second place where he fought for the place with New Zealander Anton Stevens (International Entertainment PVP-PVP) which became a battle for the lead when McIlveen slowed with tyre failure. Zavaglia cleared away from Stevens for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nThe tyre failure cost McIlveen the round win who had overcome ignition and clutch problems to claim the three preliminary race wins. Limping home for a 34th placed finish in the final gave the Tamworth-based racer points enough to secure third place for the round, but McIlveen did have the satisfaction of taking home the Phillip Island lap record (1:32.6516), an eight-year-old record held previously by Stockman Superkarts Team Manager, Brian Stockman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nDiscovery of the meeting was the Marron Excavations / RMR Superkarts Anderson-FPE/RCS of Gary Pegoraro. Only a month after the Melbourne Superkarter stepped into the 250cc International ranks Pegoraro sits second in the Australian Championship after scoring a second and two thirds in the preliminary races. The former 250cc National racer faded to fourth in the final behind the improving pace of Stevens and Carlo Chermaz (Buildersmile Constructions PVP-PVP) but he now sits just four points behind Zavaglia heading into the next round at Eastern Creek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nChermaz third-place finish in the final capped off a round above his expectations after a curtailed preparation from a construction site accident forcing the Queenslander to race recovering from a broken elbow and hand. Just four points behind McIlveen and twelve behind Zavaglia there is a four driver showdown beckoning at Eastern Creek in July for the championship decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nIn the 250cc National division, reigning champion Jason McIntyre (Marron Excavations / RMR Superkarts Anderson-KTM) had a perfect weekend, turning pole position into four races wins including a top ten finish in Race Three. McIntyre was however pushed as he has never been pushed in the last two seasons as John Roberts (Stockman Superkarts Stockman-Kawasaki) diced with McIntyre in three of the four races and heads to Eastern Creek closer in the points race than any of McIntyre rivals have managed. Another class newcomer, David Williams (Project Precast Anderson-Yamaha) snapped at the heels of McIntyre and Roberts throughout the weekend to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nA tyre failure in race one saw defending 125cc reigning champion Russell Jamieson (Coach Design Stockman-Honda) finish the weekend in third place as his team mate and father Chryss Jamieson (Coach Design Stockman-Honda) took out the round. The distinctive laydown designed Stockman chassis taking two race victories each with Russell eclipsing Steve Crossland's six-year-old lap record in a dominant Race Four performance. Three thirds and a second in the bonus points Race Four has put Kristian Stebbing (Suburban Accounting Stockman-Honda) between the Jamieson family in the points, while veteran racer Colin Moore (Impact Flags & Banners Stockman-Honda) sits just one point behind Russell Jamieson after a consistent run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nDriver Quotes:Sam Zavaglia (Stockman Superkarts Stockman-Honda) 250cc International First, \"I don't know where it come from, but I got a top end misfire under load. It was well down on horsepower. When Anton passed me I used his tow to drag me along behind him. I've been here before and lost with three laps to go, you don't know where it's going to end, but I'm glad it finished that way. I've had some luck. It's been a good weekend and I couldn't have hoped for better. We had problems but we still got there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nGary Pegoraro (Marron Excavations Anderson-FPE/RCS) 250cc International Second, \"I've had a pretty reasonable weekend consider we've only had the kart for a month. I can't complain. We've had a couple of issues but when you're trying to catch some of the best karters in the world you have to do your homework. We've got a little bit more to do. But our RMR Anderson is going really well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nWarren McIlveen (Mac's Marine Stockman-Honda) 250cc International Third, \"I had a tyre blowout coming in to the second last lap and managed to scramble home for a point in the final. The kart went mostly fine but we had ignition problems in the fourth and the third race and a clutch slipping problem. Roll on Eastern Creek and hopefully I can win all four races there and maybe win the championship.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nJason McIntyre (Marron Excavations Anderson-KTM) 250cc National First, \"The kart was brilliant. The Whizzer engine was brilliant all day. We had some competition for a change where we were pushed all the way but we were able to pull away. To come away from Round 1 with four wins, it's looking good for Eastern Creek.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 1\nChryss Jamieson (Coach Design Stockman-Honda) 125cc First, \"The weekend started ordinary but it finished good. We had a very very good day. We were lucky the engine failure happened on Friday but the important days, Saturday and Sunday was really good. Those two young fellas had the wood on me in that last race and congratulations to Russell for breaking the lap record.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nWarren McIlveen was too quick for the competition at Eastern Creek Raceway, taking two wins and a second to secure his sixth Australian Superkart Championship, a tenth consecutive title for the Stockman Superkarts team. Jason McIntyre successfully defended his 250 National division title, while Kristian Stebbing broke through for his first title, winning the 125cc Australian Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nMcIlveen (Mac's Marine Stockman-Honda) was behind in the points heading into the final round, some eight points behind Stockman Superkarts team mate Sam Zavaglia, and four behind RMR Superkarts racer Gary Pegoraro, but pole position and a dominant Race 1 win put his title firmly back on track. Winning the second race with Zavaglia well down the order with an electrical gremlin meant the pressure was off for the final as all he would need as a finish inside the top eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nWhat gave the pursuing three drivers hope was continuing cylinder detonation issues with the kart that might bring McIlveen undone. The kart and driver were strong enough to control the race from the front early on in the final race. Zavaglia slipped through to take the final race victory, bringing home a 1\u20132 finish in the championship for the Stockman Superkarts team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nProceedings had been complicated by an incident during the third race when a wheel rubbing clash between Zavaglia and the International Entertainment PVP of Anton Stevens sent Stevens into a tumbling accident. While there were initial fears for Stevens health, his injuries were relatively minor and it is expected that the New Zealander will be released from hospital on Monday. Stevens had been very quick and had recovered to be fighting in the top three after a bolt head break in Race 1 had caused a chain reaction that sprayed engine water over the Kiwi in Race 1. An excellent second place behind McIlveen in Race 2 demonstrated what he had been capable of.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nThe ensuing delay while the paramedics attended Stevens and a brief investigation by the authorities the program was substantially delayed leading to the race being declared at two laps, effectively a non-result with no points awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nThis left Zavaglia, Carlo Chermaz and Pegoraro separated by just four points heading into the final. However, third and fourth was the best Chermaz and Pegoraro could manage. For Chermaz though second for the round and third for the championship was an excellent result after being forced to race the previous round with a broken elbow and injured arm. Chermaz's tiny team from Queensland performed above expectations against the big multicar teams from Stockman's and RMR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nFor Pegoraro, fourth in the championship is perhaps disappointing but it was his first season in 250 International for several years as the RMR Marron Excavations Anderson-Rotax team built up this year to challenge Stockman Superkarts. It took until the second race for Pegoraro to get up to the pace but was just off the pace of top three karts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nDarren Hossack had a consistent run through the weekend, running just on the tail of the pace of Chermaz, Pegoraro and Stevens, picking up points to finish fifth in the championship for the Safe Evolutions team, proving the local ingenuity of the teams self-developed Safe Billet Cases engines. Stephen Castles in the NEC Automotive Stockman improved over the weekend to finish sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nIn 250 Nationals class, defending Jason McIntyre's title became easier after a reed valve failed on John Roberts' Stockman-Kawasaki. A second DNF in Race 2 wrapped the title up but McIntyre won the third race to make sure, leaving him undefeated for the season. Consistency brought his RMR team mate Rick Setterfield into second position for the championship while a final race finish allowed Roberts to hang on to third in the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\n125cc championship went right down to the wire with just two points separating the Coach Design Stockman-Honda of Chryss Jamieson and the Suburban Accounting Stockman-Honda of Kristian Stebbing. Stebbing had won the two early races to get into position to threaten Jamieson but in the end was gifted the championship when Jamieson retired on the second lap of the final race. Stebbing backed off at that point and the IGA Romeo's Foodland Stockman-Honda of Anthony Lappas won the race, but second was enough for Stebbing to secure the title. A pair of accidents would drop defending champion and lap record holder Russell Jamieson (Coach Design Stockman-Honda) out of contention leaving veteran Colin Moore (Impact Flags and Banners Stockman-Honda) to take third in the championship after a consistent run through the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\nDriver Quotes:1st 250 International Warren McIlveen (Mac's Marine Stockman MR2 Honda): \"I'm wrapped, it's just awesome. I got out in front in that last race. I saw Sam behind me, so I let him go, my tyres were pretty well shot anyway. I just kept it on the track to finish the race and win another title. We had some detonation problems, and a few other dramas, the team has been great. This is the tenth year in a row for Stockman Superkarts.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\n2nd 250 International Sam Zavaglia (Stockman Superkarts Stockman MR2 Honda): \"I was chasing Warren down, his tyres were skating. We already had it planned that I wasn't going to pass him but he couldn't handle me being behind him! We work as a team at Stockman Superkarts. I've had a rough, rough weekend so I'm happy I got that finish, but Warren has been the driver of the series by far.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\n3rd 250 International Carlo Chermaz (Buildersmile Construction PVP): \"I think that's about as fast as I could have gone around here. After the first round where I was physically not very well this is the best outcome I could have gotten. Unfortunately in that last race I should have been a bit braver going into turn two on that opening lap, I got swamped under brakes by a few of the guys and I got held up for a few laps and had to pick them off. I couldn't ask for a better weekend.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\n1st 250 National Jason McIntyre (Marron Excavation Anderson Maverick KTM): \"The weekend started not so good, the kart balance wasn't exactly there Over the weekend we got back onto the pace. Eight wins from eight starts for the series, I'm extremely happy with that. In the final in the colder conditions the kart was a lot better and my times were just two tenths over my current lap record. Another title to make three in a row I'm very happy with.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Season review, Round 2\n1st 125 Gearbox Kristian Stebbing (Suburban Accounting Stockman Honda): \"I'm wrapped. My first Australian title. I worked very hard for it. We spent a lot of time between meetings improving the kart and it all paid off today. It all came down to the last race, I was two points behind Chryss Jamieson, unfortunately for him he seized around turn two. When I saw that I eased off and just tried to get it home.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Results and standings, Race calendar\nThe 2007 Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190222-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Superkart Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship\nPoints were awarded 20\u201317\u201315\u201313\u201311\u201310\u20139\u20138\u20137\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25\u201322\u201320\u201318\u201316\u201315-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Race three at Eastern Creek had no points allocated after a red flag declared the race after just two laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 83], "content_span": [84, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival\nThe 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival was the fourth edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. It was held from 17\u201321 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Participant nations\nOf the 23 countries invited, 20 of them participated in the games. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony was performed all by primary school and high school students from NSW government schools. Singers and instrumentalists were chosen from outstanding performers from Schools Spectacular 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Events\nIn 2007, the AYOF had 14 sports (20 disciplines). These were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Athletics\nThere were 40 events contested at an 18 and under age limit:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Figure skating\nFigure skaters competed in men's and ladies single skating events held on 19 and 20 January 2007 in the Sydney Ice Arena in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Rowing\nThe rowing events were contested at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith; the site of the rowing for the 2000 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Rowing\nUnlike most AYOF events, the rowing offered each Australian state the chance to compete separately against countries including the Great Britain, New Zealand and China. Although the Great Britain and New Zealand teams had recent success at the Junior Rowing World Championships and Under 23 Rowing World Championships, the Australian states still performed competitively. The New South Wales rowing team won the premier event, the Men's Eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190223-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Rowing\nGreat Britain led the way with a total of 6 Gold Medals. The Australian state crews performed admirably with New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia sharing 14 medals between them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak\nAn outbreak of equine influenza (EI) in Australia was confirmed by the Department of Primary Industries (New South Wales) on 24 August 2007 in Sydney. Also known as \"horse flu\" and \"A1 influenza\", the rapid outbreak was of the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8. While the virus is highly contagious, it rarely kills adult horses but the performance of thoroughbred racing horses can be affected for several weeks. It can be fatal to young foals and debilitated horses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak\nBecause of strict quarantine procedures to reduce the risk of exotic pests and diseases entering Australia, this was the first outbreak of equine influenza in Australia. Horses in Australia had not been exposed to the virus and, not being vaccinated, were fully susceptible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak\nA combination of control measures was successful in combating the outbreak. The last new infected property was identified on 22 December 2007. The zones which had been instituted to permit and restrict movements according to risk were progressively lifted from areas of New South Wales and Queensland. Following the provisional declaration of EI-free status for New South Wales and Queensland, ongoing surveillance and tracking measures are required until the international community recognises that the disease has been eradicated from Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nFour Japanese racing stallions had arrived at Eastern Creek Quarantine Station earlier in August 2007, soon after an outbreak of EI in Japan. By Tuesday 21 August, several horses at Eastern Creek showed symptoms of a viral infection and subsequently tested positive for equine influenza. On the same day, several recreational horses at Centennial Parklands Equestrian Centre also displayed symptoms of infection. There was no direct contact between horses at Eastern Creek and horses at Centennial Park and investigations are underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nThe first case of EI in Australia was confirmed in a stallion at Eastern Creek on 24 August. The positive test resulted in the lockdown of approximately 60 horses at the Eastern Creek and Spotswood quarantine stations (in Sydney and Melbourne respectively). 16 horses at Eastern Creek and at Centennial Parklands tested positive for EI virus while another six exhibited symptoms. By the next day, there were over 80 suspected cases. All horses were isolated and a 72-hour national standstill on the movement of horses was declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nBy 26 August 161 of the 165 horses at Centennial Parklands and other horses at Parkes, Moonbi, Berry, Wilberforce, Cattai and Wyong were confirmed as being infected. Most of the infected horses at Centennial Park were found to have been together at a One Day Event at Maitland the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nOn 26 August 2007 about 300 horses were released from the Narrabri Showground where campdraft competitions were held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nBy 27 August, more than 400 horses on 50 properties in New South Wales had been quarantined after showing symptoms. A horse trials event at the Morgan Park Equestrian Centre near Warwick in Queensland was locked down after 20 infections were confirmed. Horses at Gatton tested positive on 27 August. Also on 27 August, New South Wales police confirmed that six police horses had tested positive and the police stables were placed under quarantine for two months. Police horses were suspected of being infected after some police riders attended the Maitland gymkhana. Infections were confirmed and quarantine zones established at Mount Hunter, Moree, Aberdeen and Anambah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nOn 29 August, a racecourse at Hamilton in Victoria went into lockdown when a horse began to exhibit signs of influenza however, the flu tests were negative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nAdditional quarantine zones were declared at Lake Macquarie, Terry Hie Hie, East Maitland, Warwick, Timbumburi, Eagleton (near Raymond Terrace) and some areas of Kenthurst following further positive flu tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nOn 30 August, a thoroughbred racehorse at Randwick Racecourse returned a preliminary positive test for EI, although did not have any symptoms of infection. Track work was cancelled and the stables were locked down. Tests confirmed that eight race horses in the stable had EI and the racecourse was quarantined for two months. This brought the number of confirmed infections to 488 on 41 properties, plus another 1,646 suspected infections on 100 properties. The first infection in Brisbane was confirmed, increasing the number of quarantine zones in Queensland to five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nIn early November, it was announced that a new outbreak of EI occurred about 4 kilometres (2.5\u00a0mi) south of Walcha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nBy early December, the number of new cases had declined and it appeared that the outbreak had been effectively contained. On 22 December a substantial part of the New South Control one was promoted to a provisionally free status.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Outbreak\nBy mid February 2008 it was increasingly clear that the outbreak had been successfully controlled and, on 28 February, the NSW Government declared victory against EI, lifting most of the remaining movement restrictions on horses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Cause\nThere had been no direct contact between the horses at Eastern Creek and Centennial Parklands. Veterinary surgeons suggested the virus must have been transmitted between the two locations by human error. The NSW Government blamed the Eastern Creek quarantine station and demanded the Federal Government hold an inquiry into the \"biosecurity breach\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Cause\nFederal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran denied any quarantine breach and said the Maitland event \"seems to be where the spread of the infection occurred\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nA 10\u00a0km (6\u00a0mi) quarantine zone was declared around Eastern Creek Quarantine Station and the Centennial Parklands Equestrian Centre, where the first infections were identified, on 24 August. Quarantine zones were then placed around each new infection site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nAgriculture Minister Peter McGauran ordered a 72-hour nationwide ban on all horse and harness racing on 25 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nA national standstill was decided by the National Committee for Exotic Animal Disease to begin at 1pm on Saturday 25 August. Each state and territory was responsible for enacting the legal instrument within their borders. All horse movements were halted within New South Wales on 25 August, initially for 72 hours. The Control Order was made under the Exotic Diseases of Animals Act 1991 making it illegal to move horses. The Australian Capital Territory, contained wholly within New South Wales, was also declared a quarantine zone with no horse movements permitted across the border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nThe whole of Victoria was declared a Control Area on 25 August; shortly after, movement bans within Victoria were lifted, but bans on the import of horses and equine gear into Victoria remained until 15 January 2008. Western Australia imposed a 72-hour standstill. Queensland Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries Tim Mulherin declared the entire state an Equine Standstill Zone from 25 August. The Northern Territory government placed a 72-hour ban on horse movements from 27 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nSydney's Randwick Racecourse was locked down on 27 August after two horses presented with flu symptoms. Federal Primary Industries Minister Senator Ian Macdonald extended the 72-hour ban on horse movement by 7 days. The New South Wales government subsequently made the ban on horse movements and race meetings indefinite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nFederal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd called for an independent inquiry into the Australian quarantine system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nThe NSW Department of Primary Industries warned horse owners against buying EI vaccine online as the importation of vaccines is illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nThe Agricultural Societies Council banned horses from agricultural shows at Grenfell, Narromine, Barmedman, Lake Cargelligo, Finley, Manildra, Minto and Woodstock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nThe Werribee Open Range Zoo cancelled its rhinoceros tour as a precaution, banned human contact with its zebras and took its horses and donkeys off public display.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Response and precautions\nOn 2 September, the Australian Prime Minister at the time, John Howard, ordered a public inquiry into the outbreak of EI in Australia. He appointed retired former High Court judge Ian Callinan to conduct the inquiry. The Prime Minister stated that Justice Callinan would have sweeping powers to investigate \"every aspect\" of the crisis. 250 people were questioned in the inquiry, which centred on the Eastern Creek quarantine station in Sydney's western suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, International reaction\nNew Zealand biosecurity authorities announced that all imports of horses from Australia would be halted indefinitely, and all horses that had arrived since 1 August are being identified. The New Zealand TAB altered meeting times on Sunday 26 August to provide some racing for the Australian betting market and have temporarily suspended early betting on the Australian Spring racing carnival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, International reaction\nJapanese horses were reported as being unlikely to travel to Australia for the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. The trainer of defending Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues and second placegetter Pop Rock confirmed that both horses would not be returning to Australia in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, International reaction\nThe Philippines banned imports of Australian racehorses as a precautionary measure, but praised Australia for \"acting responsibly and banning the movement of horses\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nJames Gilkerson, President of the Australian Equine Veterinarians Association, said the horse racing and breeding industries could come to a standstill if horse flu took hold. John Messara, President of Australian Thoroughbred Breeders, said the industry would lose hundreds of millions of dollars in lost gambling revenue and stallion servicing fees. Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said \"when you take into account breeders, trainers, jockeys and race meetings the outbreak will affect the economy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nPeter McGauran called for the Melbourne Cup to be postponed. Racing Victoria Limited admitted the outbreak would affect the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival but vowed to defy the call to postpone the Melbourne Cup. Several betting agencies temporarily suspended betting on the Melbourne Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nNew South Wales police said the ban on horse movements could affect crowd control at the APEC Australia 2007 summit where mounted police were planned to be used. Mounted police patrols for APEC were cancelled on 28 August after all NSW police horses were quarantined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nBy noon on 27 August, police had stopped over 100 people transporting horses in violation of the ban, and plans to bring police horses from Victoria for APEC had been scrapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nThe Parkes Show was cancelled after several horses in the area were diagnosed with EI and the showground was quarantined. For the second time in its 125-year history, the Birdsville Races were called off as Queensland Racing Minister Andrew Fraser cancelled all horse racing in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nThe Australian Racing Board agreed to move the breeding season forward by six days to ease anticipated congestion of servicing bookings once the movement ban was lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nThe Randwick Trainers' Association ceased negotiations with the Catholic Church and the NSW Government over plans to hold a World Youth Day Papal mass at Randwick Racecourse in July 2008. Trainer John O'Shea said holding the mass at Randwick was now \"out of the question\" as the disruption and damage to the racecourse would multiply the damage of the EI outbreak. However, the mass went ahead, with all horses being removed from the track starting 13 June 2008 in preparation for construction work needed for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nThe outbreak forced the cancellation of a 3-day qualifying event for the 2008 Summer Olympics scheduled to be held in Sydney on 13 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nCattle mustering in Queensland, which is often carried out on horseback, was halted due to the ban on horse movements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nThe Sydney spring racing carnival was cancelled following the outbreak at Randwick racecourse. NSW horses will be prevented from travelling to Melbourne for the Melbourne Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nThe Equine Influenza has also had an ongoing effect on the Largest National Equine Endurance Event The Shahzada which was to be held at St Albans NSW from 27\u201331 August. All horses at the event were locked down for over a week, with many competitors travelling from interstate. It has been a disaster, with many not being able to bring their highly trained animals home. Many of these horses have had to be left on properties within New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nOn 23 January 2008 The Keeper of the Australian Stud Book, Michael Ford, reported that \"To date, 23,305 mares have recorded coverings by 679 stallions, a decrease of 13% on last year\u2019s 26,800 coverings.\" However, Mr Ford expected the gap to be narrowed to 10% after late lodgements and paddock services were received later in the season. \"A depleted foal crop will have an effect on racing in two years, lasting for several years\" explained Mr Ford. \"It also impacts on future foal crops in six years' time when horses from that crop go to stud.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Effect\nNew South Wales was declared free of equine influenza by the state Primary Industries Minister, Ian Macdonald on 29 February 2008. Queensland, the only other state affected by the outbreak, has no infected properties and is expected to be declared EI free within a few weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190224-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak, Callinan Report\nFormer judge Ian Callinan was commissioned to undertake an investigation into the EI outbreak. His findings were released on 12 June 2008 in a scathing report, in which Australia's quarantine system was described as \"inefficient, underfunded and lacking diligence\". The new Agriculture Minister Tony Burke promised that all 38 of the report's recommendations would be implemented, and that a \"massive change\" in the culture of the quarantine service should occur. The federal government also appointed Professor Peter Shergold to oversee the implementation of the report's recommendations over 2009\u20132010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election\nThe 2007 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 November 2007. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The election featured a 39-day campaign, with 13.6\u00a0million Australians enrolled to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election\nThe centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition, led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, defeated the incumbent centre-right Coalition government, led by Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister, John Howard, and Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, by a landslide. The election marked the end of the 11 year Howard Liberal-National Coalition government that had been in power since the 1996 election. This election also marked the start of the six-year Rudd-Gillard Labor government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election\nFuture Prime Minister Scott Morrison and future opposition leader Bill Shorten entered parliament at this election. As of 2021, this remains the last time the Labor Party has won a majority at the federal level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, House of Representatives results\nAt 8.00\u00a0pm, the first personality to call the election was former Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke on Sky News. At 10.29\u00a0pm AEST, approximately two hours after the last polls in Western Australia closed, Liberal deputy leader Peter Costello conceded that the Coalition had lost government. At 10.36\u00a0pm, John Howard delivered a speech at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel in Sydney to concede defeat. At 11.05\u00a0pm, Kevin Rudd delivered his victory speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, House of Representatives results\nLabor won 83 of the 150 seats in the incoming House of Representatives. This represented a 23-seat swing to Labor. The Liberals won 55 while the Nationals won 10, with two seats retained by Independents. Labor finished with a 52.70 per cent two-party-preferred vote, a 5.44-point swing from 2004. On preferences, 79.7 per cent of Green votes flowed to Labor, 60.3 per cent of Family First votes flowed to the Coalition, with 62.5 per cent of Democrat votes flowing to Labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, House of Representatives results\nConsidering two-party estimates going back to the 1949 election, the swing to Labor in 2007 was the fourth-largest two-party-preferred swing, behind John Curtin and Labor in 1943 on 7.9 per cent, Malcolm Fraser and the Coalition in 1975 on 7.4 per cent, and Gough Whitlam and Labor in 1969 on 7.1 per cent. The swing was the largest since 1983, when full preference counting was introduced to create an exact two-party figure, and the largest swing to occur in the absence of a recession, political or military crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, House of Representatives results\nWestern Australia went against the national trend, with the Liberals suffering only a 2.14-point swing against them \u2013 lower than all except Tasmania and the ACT \u2013 but yet gaining one net seat. The weaker Labor performance was attributed to the strong economy and voters' unwillingness to do anything which might risk their present prosperity \u2013 a sentiment played to by Liberal campaigning strategies \u2013 and also the behaviour of union officials Kevin Reynolds and Joe McDonald who had made headlines during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Senate results\nLabor and the Coalition won 18 seats each in the half-Senate election. The Greens won three seats, with Independent Nick Xenophon being elected on primary votes alone. This took the 76-member Senate total to 37 Coalition, 32 Labor, 5 Green, 1 Family First, and 1 Independent. With a majority being 39 senators, when the new Senate met after 1 July 2008, the balance of power was shared between Xenophon, Family First's Steve Fielding and the five Greens. Xenophon, although reported as left-of-centre, indicated plans to work closely with the renegade National, Senator Barnaby Joyce. If sufficient Coalition senators voted for government legislation, support from the crossbench was not required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Senate results\nXenophon's election was at the expense of a Liberal candidate, without his presence the Coalition would have held enough Senate seats to block legislation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Senate results\nCompared to the previous Senate, the Greens gained one (losing Kerry Nettle in NSW but gaining Sarah Hanson-Young in SA and Scott Ludlam in WA), a new Independent was elected (Xenophon), and Labor gained four seats. The Coalition lost two, and the Democrats lost all four of their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Senate results\nThe informal rate of 2.55 per cent ties with the 1993 election as the lowest informal rate in the Senate since federation. The introduction of the group voting ticket at the 1984 election saw the number of informal votes drop dramatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Defeat of the Prime Minister\nPrime Minister John Howard lost his own seat of Bennelong, in the Sydney area, to Labor candidate and former journalist Maxine McKew, becoming the second sitting prime minister, and the third party leader, since Federation to be defeated in his own electorate. Prime Minister Stanley Bruce and National Party leader Charles Blunt lost their seats in 1929 and 1990 respectively. Howard had held the seat since 1974, and it had been in Liberal hands ever since its creation in 1949.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Defeat of the Prime Minister\nHowever, successive redistributions, along with demographic change, had made the once safe Liberal seat much friendlier to Labor; much of the area was represented by Labor at the state level. Howard's two-party majority was four percent, putting it right on the edge of seats that Labor would likely take in the event it won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Defeat of the Prime Minister\nLate on election night, when conceding Labor had won government, Howard also acknowledged the likelihood he had lost Bennelong to McKew, though he and McKew agreed the margin was \"very tight\". He had been ahead by thin margins for most of the night, never leading by more than 0.2 percentage points. Howard had been 206 votes ahead of McKew on the first count, and finished 2.8 percentage points behind McKew on the estimated two-party vote. McKew declined to claim victory at first, saying that the seat was on \"a knife edge,\" while the Australian Broadcasting Corporation listed Bennelong as a Labor gain on election night, and ABC election analyst Antony Green said there was \"no doubt\" McKew had won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Defeat of the Prime Minister\nOn 29 November, Rudd named McKew as a parliamentary secretary (assistant minister) to be appointed on 3 December, and on 1 December, McKew claimed victory. Although counting was incomplete at the time, with several postal and absentee ballots outstanding, it was expected that Howard would not win enough of the votes to retain his seat. McKew finished with a primary vote of 45.33 per cent, and a two-party-preferred vote of 51.40 per cent, a 5.53-point swing from 2004. Howard lost on the 14th count due to a large flow of Green preferences to McKew. This swing was within the redistributed boundaries after the 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Defeat of the Prime Minister\nThree other Howard ministers were defeated \u2013 Mal Brough, Gary Nairn and Jim Lloyd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Post-election\nThe Labor caucus met on Thursday 29 November 2007 to confirm the First Rudd Ministry, which was sworn in on 3 December. In a departure from Labor tradition, the ministry was selected by Kevin Rudd as the prime minister, rather than by Caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Post-election\nGiven John Howard's personal defeat, the Liberal Party began the process of choosing a new leader. The morning after the election, Peter Costello, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, and long regarded as Howard's natural successor, stated that he would not run for Liberal leadership. The day before the ballot, former Health Minister Tony Abbott withdrew from the leadership after initially indicating he would stand. The leadership ballot was held on Thursday 29 November. The previous Defence Minister Brendan Nelson and former Environmental Minister Malcolm Turnbull both stood for the leadership. Former Education Minister Julie Bishop contested the deputy leadership position, as did Andrew Robb and Christopher Pyne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Post-election\nBrendan Nelson was elected leader by 45 votes to 42, and Julie Bishop was elected deputy leader. A Newspoll survey taken after the Liberal leadership change revealed a preferred-prime-minister rating of Rudd 61 per cent to Nelson 14 per cent, with Turnbull twice as popular as Nelson. Newspoll's subsequent polling saw new Newspoll records set, at 70 per cent for the best rating for preferred prime minister, to 9 per cent for the worst rating for preferred prime minister, with the next poll results revealing another record of 73 to 7 per cent. A new two party preferred record was also set, at 63 to 37 per cent Labor's way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Post-election\nPost-election, ALP secretary Tim Gartrell commented on pre-election campaign billboard ads featuring a picture of John Howard stating \"Working families in Australia have never been better off\", which looked like Liberal Party advertisements, were actually paid for by the Labor Party. Liberal leader Brendan Nelson declared that the Liberal Party had listened and learned from the Australian public and declared WorkChoices \"dead\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Post-election\nIn 2008, former ministers Peter McGauran, Alexander Downer, and Mark Vaile resigned from parliament, sparking Gippsland, Mayo, and Lyne by-elections. The Lyne by-election resulted in independent Rob Oakeshott being elected, reducing the total number of Coalition seats to 64. Bradfield and Higgins by-elections were held in December 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Post-election\nIn September 2008, Malcolm Turnbull replaced Brendan Nelson in a leadership spill, and Barnaby Joyce replaced CLP Senator and Nationals deputy leader Nigel Scullion as leader of the Nationals in the Senate, and moved the party to the crossbenches. Joyce stated that his party would no longer necessarily vote with their Liberal counterparts in the upper house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Seats changing hands\nThe following table indicates seats that changed hands from one party to another at this election. It compares the election results with the previous margins, taking into account the redistribution in New South Wales and Queensland. As a result, it includes the newly created electorate of Flynn, and the existing Parramatta, which was retained by Labor despite becoming a notional Liberal seat due to boundary changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Results, Seats changing hands\nThe table does not include Gwydir, which was abolished in the redistribution; Macquarie, which was reclassified from safe Liberal to marginal Labor and was subsequently won by Labor; or Calare, the seat of Independent MP Peter Andren, which was reclassified as a National seat by the redistribution and was won by the National Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Key dates\nUnder the provisions of the Constitution, the current House of Representatives may continue for a maximum of three years from the first meeting of the House after the previous federal election. The first meeting of the 41st Parliament after the 2004 election was on 16 November 2004, hence the parliament would have expired on 15 November 2007 had it not been dissolved earlier. There must be a minimum of 33 days and a maximum of 68 days between the dissolution of the House of Representatives and the day of the election. Prime Minister Howard opted for a 39-day campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Key dates\nThe prime minister of the day chooses the election date and requests the governor-general to dissolve the House and issue the writs for the election. On 14 October, John Howard gained the agreement of the governor-general, Major-General Michael Jeffery, to dissolve the House of Representatives and hold a general election for the House and half the Senate on 24 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Key dates\nDuring the last term of parliament before the 2007 election, the deadline for new voter enrolment was brought forward from 7 working days after the issue of the writ to the same day. When the election was announced, the writ was not issued the next day, but on the following Wednesday. This kept the roll open for three days, during which 77,000 enrolment additions were processed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1\nOn 14 October, Howard announced a 24 November election. The Coalition had been trailing Labor in the polls since 2006, and most pundits predicted that Howard would not be re-elected. ABC Online election analyst Antony Green noted the Coalition's numbers were similar to what Labor had polled before losing power in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1\nHis theme concentrated on leadership, stating that the nation \"does not need new leadership, it does not need old leadership. It needs the right leadership\" He said his government would strive to achieve full employment, which he argued was less likely under Kevin Rudd. In response, Rudd also concentrated on leadership, outlining his case for \"new leadership\". He argued that the government had 'lost touch' with the electorate, and that the Labor Party was best suited to deal with challenges that lie ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1\nA Galaxy poll showed a Labor 53-47 per cent Coalition two-party-preferred result, with a 2 per cent gap on primaries, and ACNielsen polling reported a 2 per cent swing to the Coalition, reducing Labor's lead to 54\u201346. Rudd dropped 5 per cent as preferred prime minister. A Newspoll sampling 1,700 voters taken over the weekend prior to the leaders' debate reported a swing to Labor, increasing their two-party-preferred lead to 58 per cent, a rise of 2 points. Labor's primary vote increased 3 points to 51 per cent, and the Liberals decreased by 2 points to 34 per cent. Rudd extended his lead by 2 points to 50 per cent, with Howard down by 2 points to 37 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1\nOn the first full day of the campaign, Howard and Costello announced a 'major restructuring of the income tax system' with tax cuts worth $35\u00a0billion over three years and a tax cut \"goal\" for the next five years. A few days later, Rudd released his policy which supported the reform measures, however offered education and health tax rebates instead of immediate cuts to the top rate as proposed by the Liberal Party, with a slower progression for the top rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1\nThe Liberals slogan, \"go for growth\" was launched after announcing the largest tax cut in Australian history. Media and political commentators questioned the suitability of the slogan in the context of rising inflation and interest rates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1\nDuring the latter part of the week union influence over the ALP was questioned after the launch of the Liberal party's first campaign ads. Labor responded with commercials attacking the Liberals' campaign as 'smears', which was disputed by John Howard. One of the Liberal Party election commercials was corrected after it incorrectly said Wayne Swan and Craig Emerson had previously been union officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1, Leaders' debate\nA debate between the Leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister, under the moderation of the National Press Club, was shown live on ABC TV, the Nine Network, and Sky News Australia at 7.30\u00a0pm on 21 October. Rudd had called for a minimum of three debates between himself and Howard, while Howard, who had been rated poorly by studio audiences at past leadership debates, pressed for a single debate. A total of 2.4\u00a0million Australians watched the event, with Nine averaging 1.42\u00a0million, the ABC averaging 907,000, and Sky News averaging 62,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1, Leaders' debate\nThe last election debate in 2004 was watched by 1.77\u00a0million on Nine and the ABC, while in 2001, average audiences on Nine, Seven and the ABC totalled 2.44\u00a0million. David Speers, Sky News's political editor, moderated the debate which was held in the Great Hall of Parliament House. The debate audience was 400, with the Coalition and Labor each selecting 200.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1, Leaders' debate\nKevin Rudd argued that the Liberal Party was being influenced by the H. R. Nicholls Society to make further reforms to industrial relations, citing Nick Minchin's speech at the Society's 2008 conference where he told the audience that the Coalition \"knew its reform to WorkChoices were not popular but the process of change must continue\", and that \"there is still a long way to go... awards, the IR commission, all the rest of it...\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1, Leaders' debate\nIn response to the Liberal Party message that 70 per cent of Labor's front bench was made up of former union officials, Rudd said 70 per cent of Liberal Party ministers were either lawyers or former Liberal Party staffers. On the same day, Peter Costello admitted when questioned that the 70 per cent figure was in reference to union members rather than union officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1, Leaders' debate\nRudd said that Howard had \"no plan for the future\" on tackling climate change. Howard said that a Coalition government would establish a climate change fund after 2011, which would be financed by carbon offsets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 1, Leaders' debate\nThe Nine Network, which broadcast the debate as an extended edition of 60 Minutes, used 'the Worm' in its broadcast despite prior objections from the Liberal Party and action from the National Press Club to cease its video feed. As a result, the Nine Network's feed was cut part way into the broadcast, which Nine then replaced with Sky News's coverage. The Nine television network's live audience, via the Worm's average, scored the debate 65 to 29 in Rudd's favour, with 6 per cent remaining undecided. Both sides, however, claimed victory. Nine had a separate group of 80 it said were 'swinging' voters (chosen by McNair Research) in its studio to control 'the Worm'. Steps were taken to ensure equal numbers so as not to taint the Worm. At one point, Peter Costello was asked to cease interjecting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 76], "content_span": [77, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 2\nFigures released on the Tuesday, showed a stronger than expected underlying rate of inflation of 3 per cent. Treasurer Peter Costello argued against an increase in interest rates, saying the Reserve Bank should concentrate on the headline consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate which rose of 1.9 per cent for the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 2\nControversy arose over the Coalition's climate change policy, with The Financial Review citing \"government sources\" who claimed Turnbull told Cabinet six weeks ago it should sign the Kyoto Protocol. Neither Howard nor Turnbull denied the story. The story said that \"internal critics\" are claiming Turnbull is \"selfishly positioning himself for a Coalition defeat\" and a \"possible post-poll leadership battle with Treasurer Peter Costello\". The story led to claims of major splits in Cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 2\nLabor also suffered from mixed messages. Kevin Rudd was compelled to clarify Labor policy on climate change after an interview in which Peter Garrett suggested Labor would sign up to the post-Kyoto agreement at 2012 even if carbon-emitting developing countries did not. Rudd's comments, which he described as having \"always been [Labor's] position\", saw Labor's policy move closer to Liberal policy, insofar as Labor would ratify the agreement only after persuading all major carbon emitters, developing and developed, to ratify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 2\nRudd also committed Labor to a target of a 20 per cent reduction in emissions by 2020, a 5-point increase on the Liberal target, assisted by the use of renewable energy, but without the use of coal pollution mitigation, arguing that it would ultimately be a benefit, not a detriment to the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 3\nJohn Howard said the Coalition would not match Labor's promise of 20 per cent renewable energy target. Howard claimed Labor's policy \"imposes too many additional costs to industry\". Peter Garrett replied that lack of government action has cost jobs. ABC Radio reported that Howard had rejected a 2005 recommendation for higher renewable energy targets by his Environment Minister, but Howard declined to confirm or deny the claim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 3\nThe Coalition announced a promise to open 50 new emergency medical centres on Australia if re-elected. Adding to the campaign trend of both major parties criticising their opponent for plagiarism and \"me-tooism\", Labor responded that the government had copied its policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 3\nPeter Garrett was criticised by the Coalition when radio announcer Steve Price revealed Garrett had said to TV presenter Richard Wilkins that, \"once we get in we'll just change it all\" in reference to copying Coalition policies. Garrett said the comment was made during a \"short, jocular and casual\" conversation and Wilkins supported Garrett's response, saying that it was a \"light-hearted throwaway line\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 3\nTim Costello, director of World Vision Australia and Peter Costello's brother, criticised Australia's ranking of 19th out of 22 OECD countries for provision of overseas aid, and for government unwillingness to increase its policy of 0.35 per cent of national GDP to match Labor's commitment of 0.5 per cent. Howard said his party planned to lift the rate to 3.5 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 3\nCommentators pronounced Peter Costello and Wayne Swan's debate on 30 October as ending in a draw. Costello focused mainly on the government's past record, advocating the need for Australia to build into the future, while Swan said Labor were interested in \"investing in people\". Howard said he believed Costello \"creamed\" his opponent, while Rudd said Swan did a \"fantastic job\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 3\nLiberal Tony Abbott and Labor's Nicola Roxon debated health at the National Press Club on ABC television. Abbott's character and ministerial capacity were questioned by Roxon for his comments about terminally ill asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton and for arriving 35 minutes late to debate. At the end of the debate, Roxon suggested to Abbott that he \"could have arrived on time\" if he had \"really wanted to\", to which Abbott replied \"bullshit\". Former Liberal campaign strategist Sue Cato said \"you just don't run late for things like that\". Abbott apologised to Banton but not to Roxon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 4\nOn 10 November, the Australian Democrats held their campaign launch in Melbourne under the banner of Bring Back Balance, a reference to their central campaign theme of preventing the government from regaining absolute control of the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 4\nThe Reserve Bank of Australia adjusted interest rates upwards by another 0.25 per cent, the sixth rise since the last election, to a 10-year high of 6.75 per cent, and the first time the Bank had been changed rates during an election campaign. The Coalition said that only the current government had the proper experienced team to manage the economy in future, less prosperous years. Costello argued that the inflationary reasons for the rate rise were \"outside the control of a Government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 4\nIn response, Labor accused the Coalition of having \"hauled up the white flag in the fight against inflation\", saying that they had backflipped from their past statements that they could keep interest rates low. Howard stated that he was sorry for the negative consequences for and burden on Australian borrowers, but subsequently denied that this constituted an apology for the rate rise itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 4\nOn 7 November, Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey and Labor's Julia Gillard debated industrial relations including WorkChoices at the National Press Club in Canberra. Hockey argued that Labor's policy to drop Workchoices was Australia's biggest threat to inflation. On 8 November, Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition spokesman Peter Garrett debated environment issues at the National Press Club in Canberra. Garrett criticised the government's record on climate change to which Turnbull responded that Garrett's current claims betray his previous career as a political activist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 5\nBoth major parties had their official campaign launches in Brisbane, Queensland; the Liberal Party on Monday 12 November and Labor on Wednesday 14 November. At their launch, the Coalition pledged a rebate for education costs, including private school fees, of all Australian children, totalling $9.4\u00a0billion. Under the plan, primary school students would have been eligible for $400, while secondary-school students would have been eligible for $800. Tax cuts worth $1.6\u00a0billion over four years were proposed to encourage people to save for first homes, and extra funding of $652\u00a0million for child care and $158\u00a0million to support carers was promised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 5\nThe Labor Party promised to spend only a quarter of the $9.4\u00a0billion promised by the Coalition, saying it would have a smaller impact on inflation. It accused the Howard Government of being \"irresponsible\". In addition to previous education funding announcements, Rudd promised Labor would provide an additional 65,000 apprenticeships, migrate all schools to new high speed broadband, and provide all year 9\u201312 students with access to their own computer. A doubling of the number of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships available at a tertiary level was announced, and the party re-iterating its view on climate change and WorkChoices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 5\nThe Labor Party released footage on Thursday 15 November to Lateline, showing Tony Abbott addressing a room of people, stating \"I accept that certain protections, in inverted commas, are not what they were\" in reference to WorkChoices legislation. Referring to award structures, Abbott said in the same footage: \"I accept that that has largely gone. I accept that.\" When questioned, Abbott said he stood by the comments that WorkChoices means \"certain protections\" are not what they used to be, but denied conceding workers had lost protections. He said the video released by Labor was a \"cut-and-paste job\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 5\nA report by the National Audit Office found that the Coalition had been interfering in the $328\u00a0million regional grants program, with a bias toward their marginal seats, where projects under the Regional Partnerships Program were apparently approved without proper assessment, or none at all, and that there was an increase in approvals prior to the 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 6\nNewspoll stated Labor's two-party-preferred level was down one point to 54 per cent. Former Liberal Party campaign director Lynton Crosby said that the Coalition was \"closing in on Labor\" in the final week and could \"still win a tight election\" on a campaign of defending marginal seats, declaring a win still possible on 48.5 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 6\nOn 20 November, John Howard defended the government's advertising spending in the months prior to the campaign, paid for with public money. The advertising, which covered topics including the controversial \"Workchoices\", cost $360\u00a0million over approximately 18 months. An article in the 20 November issue of the Herald Sun suggested spending could have been up to $500\u00a0million, though this took a broader view of what was included in that sum. Howard was criticised for not revealing documents written by his department about further changes to industrial relations laws in addition to WorkChoices legislation. In response, the government said the proposals had been cancelled, and that WorkChoices would not be expanded upon. The Seven Network failed in attempt to access the documents under Freedom of Information.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 876]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 6\nNationals Senator Barnaby Joyce said that the possibility of his crossing the floor to support Labor's amendments to WorkChoices remained open, and that he would judge all legislation on its merits, for which he was criticised by Nationals leader Mark Vaile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 6\nOn 21 November, three days before the election, fake pamphlets were distributed in the electorate of Lindsay, which purported to be from an Islamic group. The group was non-existent and the pamphlets thanked the Labor Party for supporting the Bali bombers and encouraged people to vote Labor. Those involved included a member of the Liberals' state executive, Jeff Egan; Gary Clark, husband of retiring MP Jackie Kelly; and Greg Chijoff, the husband of Lindsay candidate Karen Chijoff. Kelly said the incident was a \"Chaser-style prank.\" John Howard condemned the statement. Egan and Greg Chijoff were immediately expelled from the Liberal Party a day before John Howard's address to the Australian Press Club; although, Egan denied any wrongdoing. Court cases are progressing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Election campaign, Week 6\nCiting a clause of the Constitution that states parliamentarians are not permitted to hold an \"office of profit under the crown\", government frontbencher Andrew Robb said that up to 13 Labor candidates standing in the election may be ineligible for nomination. According to Robb, a \"search of public records\" indicated that the 13 candidates may have still been employed by government agencies, boards or offices, and that the Liberal Party may consider legal challenges to their election. According to Labor Senator Penny Wong, all Labor's candidates were eligible to stand, and that the Liberals had obtained the information from outdated websites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Television coverage\nElection night was covered extensively by three of the Australian free-to-air networks, from the National Tally Room: ABC Television, the Nine Network and the Seven Network. Network Ten and SBS Television included brief updates and news bulletins through the night, but not to the other networks' extent. Sky News offered extensive coverage on Pay TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nRoy Morgan polling in June 2007 reported WorkChoices was a reason for Labor party support, and a fear of union dominance and support for Coalition economic management policy as the biggest reasons behind the Coalition vote. Several big business organisations, including the Australian Industry Group, declined a request from the Prime Minister to run advertisements to counter the union-funded campaign. The share of voters concerned about industrial relations grew from 31 per cent to 53 per cent in the two years to June 2006, with around three-fifths of voters backing Labor's ability to handle the issue over the Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nA Newspoll released in June 2006 reported health and Medicare were the most important issue for voters; 83 per cent of respondents rated it \"very important\". Other key issues included education (79 per cent), the economy (67 per cent), the environment (60 per cent) and national security (60 per cent). Taxation and interest rates, key issues in previous campaigns, were rated very important by 54 per cent and 51 per cent respectively. Immigration, a key issue in 2001, scored 43 per cent. The poll showed that voters considered Labor marginally better-placed to handle health and education, and gave the government strong backing on the economy and national security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nKevin Rudd promised Labor would introduce a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 60 per cent by 2050, ratify the Kyoto protocol and introduce a mandatory renewable energy target (MRET) of 20 per cent by 2020. The Howard government reiterated their position of not ratifying the Kyoto protocol, setting \"voluntary aspirational emission reduction targets\" and introducing a carbon emissions trading scheme by 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nOn 7 June in a speech promoting the government's handling of the economy, Treasurer Peter Costello recalled the learner driver slogan of the 2004 election: \"This [the economy] is like a highly engineered racing car and I tell you what, I wouldn't be putting an L-plate driver in the cockpit at the moment\". August 2007 saw, for the first time during an election campaign, a 0.25-point interest-rate rise to 6.5 per cent by the Reserve Bank, the sixth rise since the last election in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0060-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nLabor used the news to argue that the Coalition could not be trusted to keep interest rates low, while Costello argued that interest rates would be higher under Labor. In November 2007 interest rates were raised for the sixth time since the 2004 election, to a 10-year high of 6.75 per cent. In response to Labor criticism of the government on the rate rises, Howard stated in August 2007 \"[Rudd] can scour every transcript, and I will make them available, of every interview that I gave during that election campaign and he will find no such commitment. During October 2007 Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews's decision to cut Australia's refugee intake and expressing public concern about Sudanese migrants was branded as racist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nThe Queensland Labor Premier, Anna Bligh, described Andrews' criticism of Sudanese as \"disturbing\". She said: \"It has been a long time since I have heard such a pure form of racism out of the mouth of any Australian politician.\" Labor politician Tony Burke branded Andrews' decision as \"incompetent\". However, Andrew's actions were applauded by the former One Nation politician, Pauline Hanson. Andrews was accused of helping to fuel assaults of Sudanese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nDuring the controversy one criticism was that Andrews justified his decision based on \"concerns raised by the community\", however no official report or inquest has been tendered, leading to the conclusion that any 'concerns' were both unofficial, undocumented and most probably belonging to a racially intolerant minority. The Howard government had before used the race card in an election year to distract the voters from its other failures. This was most significant in the 2001 election with the infamous Tampa affair, in which the government was badly trailing in the polls before vilifying middle-eastern \"boat people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0061-0002", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nThe strategy worked for the government by exploiting the underlying racist elements of Australian society. Andrews defended the system of having refugee quotas against the opinion expressed that intakes of refugees should be variated on the basis of global needs .\" In October 2007, Howard \"admitted breaking a promise to keep interest rates at record lows\". During the 2004 campaign, Howard was also cited as giving the same promise, personally, on radio. Inflation figures released on 24 October indicated underlying inflation was higher than expected, which resulted in seven of eight financial companies believing there will be an interest rate rise when the reserve bank met in the middle of November, the first during an election campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Pre-election issues\nRudd advocated four-year fixed terms for federal parliaments if elected. Howard supported four-year terms but opposed fixed election dates. Any change would require approval by referendum. In mid-October, Howard said that if re-elected, the government would hold a referendum on the inclusion a statement of reconciliation in the preamble of the constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nRoy Morgan, Newspoll, ACNeilsen and Galaxy timegraph polling showed Labor leading the Coalition in opinion polling from mid-2006 onward. On several key questions, Labor increased its lead after Rudd assumed the Labor leadership from Kim Beazley, at which point Rudd also assumed the lead as preferred prime minister. While Labor was ahead in opinion polling, Howard had led Beazley on this question by a wide margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nAccording to Australian political analyst Adam Carr, WorkChoices was one of five key reasons for \"...a change of heart by the decisive sectors of the electorate\". The new industrial relations program, Carr said, angered the \"Howard battlers\" \u2013 the traditional Labor voters who had supported Howard for most of the last 11 years \u2013 because they saw it as a direct attack on their livelihood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nACNielsen polling in March 2007 had Rudd's personal approval rating at 67 per cent, which made him the most popular opposition leader in the poll's 35-year history, with Newspoll (News Limited) 2PP polling the highest in its history at 61%. The largest 2PP election result for the ALP in its history was at the 1943 election on an estimate of 58.2 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nA weighted collaboration of all polling since Rudd assumed the ALP leadership shows an average Labor 2PP figure of 57 per cent compared with the Coalition's 43 per cent, and Rudd's consistent outpolling of Howard as preferred prime minister, something not achieved under previous leaders Mark Latham, Kim Beazley or Simon Crean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nBy the time the writs were issued, the Coalition was well behind Labor in opinion polling, which election analyst Antony Green believed to show Labor winning government \"in a canter\". According to Green, this was a nearly exact reversal of the run-up to the 1996 election. The Coalition was running ahead of Labor in two-party opinion polling for much of 1995 and 1996, however the mantle of preferred prime minister regularly switched between Howard and Paul Keating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nPossums Pollytics, an anonymous weblog, stated that due to the uneven nature of the swings, where safe Liberal seats were swinging up to 14.6 per cent with safe Labor seats swinging around only 4.1 points, the Labor party stood to potentially end up with a maximum of 106 of the 150 lower house seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nPolling consistently showed that the economy and national security were the Coalition's strong areas. In August 2007 an Ipsos poll showed 39 per cent of voters thought Labor was a better economic manager, compared to 36 per cent for the Coalition, with 25 per cent undecided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nThe morning of the election announcement, a special Sun-Herald Taverner survey of 979 people across New South Wales and Victoria had been released, indicating a Labor 2PP of 59 per cent, with the 18- to 29-year-old category voting at 72 per cent. The fortnightly Newspoll was released the day after the election was called, showing the 2PP remaining steady at Labor 56\u201344 Liberal. Howard increased his Preferred PM rating up one per cent to 39 per cent, while Rudd increased his rating up one per cent to 48 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0070-0001", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nOn the day after the election was called, Centrebet had odds of 1.47 on Labor, with 2.70 on the Coalition. Halfway through the campaign, with no overall change in the polls, saw Centrebet odds for Labor shorten to 1.29, with the Liberals on 3.60. Centrebet odds two days out from the election were at 1.22 for Labor, with 4.35 for the Coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nNewspoll a week out from the election of 3,600 voters in 18 of the Coalition's most marginal seats revealed an ALP 54\u201346 Coalition 2PP, a swing to Labor of 6\u20139 per cent. A uniform swing would see 18\u201325 seats fall to Labor, The Australian said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nFormer Labor number-cruncher Graham Richardson, who news.com.au (News Limited) claims to have correctly picked the winner of every election for the past three decades, tipped Kevin Rudd and Labor to win with a 6\u20137 per cent two-party-preferred, 20-seat swing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nPeter Day, a journalist (ex-The Australian), stated two days before the election that, if the Coalition were re-elected, it would be \"the biggest polling embarrassment in any developed country since Truman beat Dewey in 1948\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nThe election-eve Newspoll and Galaxy poll reported the ALP on a 2PP of 52 per cent, Roy Morgan on 53.5 per cent, with ACNielsen on 57 per cent. Seven News reported that TAB had updated their odds for the election, with Labor having safe odds of $1.20 and the Coalition an outside chance on $4.60.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190225-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian federal election, Polling\nSky News-Channel 7-Auspoll exit polls on election day of 2,787 voters in the 31 most marginal seats suggested a 53 per cent two-party preferred figure to Labor, 53 per cent to Labor in Bennelong, and 58 per cent to Labor in Eden-Monaro. Key issue questions swung Labor's way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds\nThis is a comprehensive list of crowd figures for Australian football codes in 2007. It includes several different competitions and matches from the following football codes: Australian rules football, rugby league, football (soccer) and rugby union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Included Competitions, National Competitions\nSeveral football codes have national (domestic) competitions in Australia, the following are taken into consideration:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Included Competitions, National Competitions\nTwo of these leagues, specifically the NRL and A-League, have one team in New Zealand. Attendance figures for the New Zealand teams are taken into account in the figures on this page.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Included Competitions, Other competitions\nOther competitions, such as international and representative competitions, included are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Included Competitions, Other competitions\nNote: For these competitions, only figures for games that take place in Australia are taken into account", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Included Competitions, Non-Competition Games\nSome non-competition matches (such as friendly and exhibition matches) are also included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Code\nIn order to directly compare sports, the total attendances for each major code are listed here. The colour-coding of the different codes is used throughout the article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Competition\nSome codes have multiple competitions, several competitions are compared here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Team\nAttendances that specific teams pull for their home games are listed here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190226-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian football code crowds, Attendances by Match\nAttendances for single matches are listed here. Note that not all matches are necessarily included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It was held over the weekend of 12\u201314 October 2007 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Philip Island, Victoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThis race was most notable for Casey Stoner's first victory in front of his home crowd, two weeks after the Australian became Ducati's first ever world champion at the previous round in Japan. The team also won the constructors championship, the first time a European manufacturer has done this since 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nDani Pedrosa took pole position on Saturday, followed by Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner. Nicky Hayden took the first spot on the second row in fourth, Loris Capirossi was fifth and Randy de Puniet in sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAll riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights went out, Stoner immediately went into the lead on the opening lap going into the Doohan corner. Hayden also managed to pass both Rossi and Pedrosa for second, with Pedrosa and Rossi losing two places (first to third, second to fourth). Capirossi did not make up any positions and was still in fifth place. Stoner and Hayden open up a small gap to Pedrosa and Rossi during the lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs lap two begins, Marco Melandri makes a move on the Pramac Ducati of Alex Barros for sixth, overtaking him on the start/finish straight. Rossi then makes a move on Pedrosa for third spot, overtaking him at the Honda Corner as he does not want the two at the front to ride away. However, coming out of the fast, unnamed Turn 12 corner, Rossi went slightly wide and onto the grass, undoing all his hard work and dropping him back to fourth behind Pedrosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap three and Rossi now needs to make up the lost ground to Pedrosa again. Stoner and Hayden are opening up a gap at the front, with Pedrosa still in third. Capirossi meanwhile is slowly closing in on the two, with Hayden shadowing Stoner all throughout the lap, as does Rossi. Melandri overtakes Capirossi for fifth place at the fast, unnamed Turn 8 right hander. Rossi's rear tyre smokes as he tries to get a better exit out of Turn 12, with Stoner almost going onto the grass as he uses the full kerb for maximum acceleration coming out of Turn 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap four, Hayden is still trying to get past Stoner but he refuses him the opportunity in the first two corners. Rossi meanwhile finally manages to overtake Pedrosa at the Southern Loop by going through on the inside with a tighter line. Pedrosa tries to get back at him by lining up a pass at the Honda Corner, but fails to brake in time, runs in too deep and loses fourth to Melandri instead. Rossi then tries to close in on the top two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap five and Pedrosa retakes fourth by overtaking Melandri on the start/finish straight, going into Doohan Corner. Melandri takes the position back by outbraking Pedrosa at the Honda corner and at the front, Stoner is slowly opening up a gap to Hayden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap six, Pedrosa overtakes Melandri once more for fourth down at the start/finish straight, with Melandri trying replicate his overtaking manoeuver at the Honda Corner. This time however, he fails as he goes too wide, allowing Pedrosa to keep the place. Rossi also set a fastest lap so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs lap seven gets underway, Hayden's gap to Stoner is increasing, with Rossi slowly reeling in Hayden in return. No overtakes happen at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap eight and Stoner has a big moment exiting the Southern Loop, but he does not lose any time because of it. Still no overtakes at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap nine, Nicky Hayden suddenly started to lose ground to Stoner halfway around the lap. Exiting Turn 12, Rossi had almost wholly caught him entering the start/finish straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap ten and Rossi overtakes an ever fading Hayden into the Doohan Corner, moving him up to second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap eleven, Rossi starts to pull away from Hayden. Pedrosa meanwhile was closing in on Hayden, cutting \u22120.813 seconds off of the gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twelve and Pedrosa has now caught Hayden. Just before Lukey Heights, his bike suddenly slows \u2013 a result of motor problems. He sticks out his leg to warn others but almost hits Pedrosa in the process. Furiously, he hits the front of his bike, then rides off into te gravel to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs lap thirteen begins, Hayden is still angry as he walks off of the gravel trap. Hayden's retirement moves Pedrosa up to third, Melandri to fourth, Capirossi to fifth and Barros to sixth place. Stoner has created a gap that's over 4 seconds to Rossi as well. Further back, Capirossi's Bridgestone-shod Ducati had caught Melandri at a rapid pace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap fourteen, Melandri's Bridgestone-shod Gresini Honda of started to close the gap slightly to Pedrosa's Michelin-shod Repsol Honda, with Capirossi doing likewise to Melandri. Stoner extended his lead to around +4.7 seconds over Rossi at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap fifteen and Melandri is now all over the back of Pedrosa. Melandri wanted to overtake him going up the hill at Lukey Heights, but made a mistake and ran wide, almost gifting Capirossi fourth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap sixteen, Capirossi was harassing Melandri for the fourth spot. Chaz Davies meanwhile had reached the pits after retiring a few laps earlier. Rossi now started to lose ground to Pedrosa as well, the Spaniard catching up to the Italian's rear wheel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nGoing into lap seventeen, Capirossi made his move at the start/finish straight. Using the superior top speed of his Ducati, he goes side by side and outbreaks Melandri going into Doohan Corner for third place. Pedrosa meanwhile went side by side on the outside with Rossi into said corner and overtook him at the next one \u2013 the Southern Loop \u2013 to take second from him. He then had a major wobble with his front wheel before going into the Stoner Corner, but lost no ground to anyone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap eighteen and Stoner's lead over Pedrosa is +6.716 seconds. Rossi refuses to let him run away with second and hangs on and Capirossi is slowly catching up with the two. Pedrosa then went wide at the Honda Corner, almost allowing Rossi to pass him. Rossi then harasses Pedrosa for the remainder of the lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nAs lap nineteen begins, Capirossi once again uses his Ducati's superior top speed to blast past the Yamaha of Rossi and moves up into third position before the Doohan Corner. He then surprises Pedrosa by moving up his inside at the Southern Loop to take two positions in two corners \u2013 making full use of his superior Bridgestone tyres \u2013 and make it a Ducati 1\u20132, much to the delight of the Ducati pit box. Pedrosa \u2013 now suffering badly with the tyres \u2013 is also overtaken by Rossi at the Honda Corner to take the bottom step of the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty and there's only seven laps to go. Stoner is still comfortably ahead with a +7.420 lead over Capirossi. Rossi meanwhile almost gets overtaken by Pedrosa at the start/finish straight, but he denies Pedrosa going into the Doohan Corner. Further back, Melandri \u2013 who has been suffering with his tyres since his mistake \u2013 has been caught by the Pramac Ducati of Barros, and gets passed by him at Turn 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn lap twenty-one, no overtakes happened at the front, though Rossi was still trying to find a way past Capirossi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty-two and the midfield runners Chris Vermeulen and Anthony West battle for ninth position. West passes Vermeulen going into the Doohan Corner. Behind them are also Colin Edwards and Carlos Checa, fighting for tenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty-three and Capirossi now starts to open up a gap to Rossi. No overtakes happened at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nLap twentyfive \u2013 the penultimate lap \u2013 and Stoner has lost some margin, shrinking his gap to +6.869 seconds to Capirossi, who himself has now pulled a +1.783 second gap back to Rossi down in third position. Rossi himself has also pulled a significant gap of +1.679 seconds back to Pedrosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThe final lap \u2013 lap twentysix \u2013 has begun and the top four is as follows: Stoner, Capirossi, Rossi and Pedrosa. Further back, Kawasaki rider Randy de Puniet and Suzuki rider John Hopkins had passed Melandri for sixth and seventh place. Vermeulen also passed Melandri for eighth not much later. Stoner had no problems on this lap and crossed it to win his ninth race of the season. Capirossi and Rossi crossed the line in second and third, Pedrosa in fourth and Barros fifth \u2013 his third highest position of the season. De Puniet and Hopkins finished sixth and seventh and Vermeulen and Edwards eighth and ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nOn the parade lap back to parc-ferm\u00e9, Stoner valiantly waves the Australian flag, with Capirossi doing likewise with a small Italian flag. The jubilant Australian and Stoner fans enjoy the scene on the tribunes, clapping and waving Australian and 27 (Stoner's number) flags of their own. Hopkins congratulates him via a handshake whilst still being on his bike, with Vermeulen congratulating him also.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nRossi arrives to parc ferm\u00e9 and hugs one of his crewmembers. Stoner also arrives and talks to his delighted crewmembers, as does a visibly tired Capirossi. The Ducati teammates hug each other as well. The three then talk to the press before the podium ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report\nThe riders walk up to the podium, with Rossi the first to emerge, followed by Capirossi and Stoner. They take their places on their respective podium slots and the important figures hand out the trophies to the third, second and first place riders. The Australian national anthem plays for Stoner and the trio sprays the champagne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190227-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190228-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Austrian Figure Skating Championships (German: \u00d6sterreichischen Staatsmeisterschaften im Eiskunstlauf 2007) took place between 14 and 16 December 2006 in Vienna. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The results were used to choose the Austrian teams to the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190229-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open (tennis)\nThe 2007 Austrian Open (tennis) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 37th edition of the Austrian Open, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kitzb\u00fchel Sportpark Tennis Stadium in Kitzb\u00fchel, Austria, from 23 July through 30 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190229-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open (tennis)\nFifth-seeded Juan M\u00f3naco won his third career title, all of which came in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190229-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles\nLuis Horna / Potito Starace defeated Tomas Behrend / Christopher Kas 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190230-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe 2007 Austrian Open was the thirty-sixth edition of the Austrian Open and it took place from July 23\u201330, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190230-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open \u2013 Doubles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber and Stefan Koubek were the defending champions, but none competed this year, as both players were focusing on the singles tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190230-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open \u2013 Doubles\nLuis Horna and Potito Starace won the title by defeating Tomas Behrend and Christopher Kas 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20135) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190231-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Austrian Open \u2013 Singles\nThe 2007 Austrian Open was the thirty-sixth edition of the Austrian Open and it took place from July 23\u201330, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400\nThe 2007 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa was the thirteenth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was scheduled to be run on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, but was postponed due to rain as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry and was run on Monday, June 4. The race marked the halfway point to the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, the sixth race to use the Car of Tomorrow template, and the final race to be telecast on Fox for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400, Summary\nThe race is named for Autism Speaks, a charity that provides advocacy and services for people who have autism, as well as their families. Autism had become a cause in the NASCAR garage; the nieces of Cup drivers Elliott Sadler and Jamie McMurray and the son of NASCAR on Fox director Artie Kempner have the disorder. For each race ticket which was sold before June 1, race sponsor Visa donated $5 to Autism Speaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400, Summary, Qualifying\nRyan Newman won the pole for the second week in a row, with an average speed of 152.925 miles per hour. Michael Waltrip qualified for his first points-paying race since the Daytona 500, 12 races earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400, Summary, Race\nMartin Truex, Jr. won the race, his first in Nextel Cup Series competition. For Truex, the victory was especially sweet, as he hails from Mayetta, New Jersey, a community in the Jersey Shore area about 100 miles northeast of Dover. The driver of the Chevrolet Impala for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. led 216 of the 400 laps. The rest of the Top 5, in order: Newman, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400, Summary, Race\nKurt Busch was twice wrecked or shoved by longtime rival Tony Stewart and on pit road, he pulled alongside Tony Stewart forcing a crew member to have to jump to avoid being hit, and gestured from his window. Busch was instantly black-flagged with the white cross, was fined $100,000 and put on probation for the rest of the year. Busch ended up 42nd in the race results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400, Summary, Race\nIn the points standings, Jeff Gordon led Jimmie Johnson by 152 points at the checkered flag. On the other hand, of the \"Race to the Chase,\" eight drivers (11th through 18th) were separated by just 127 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190232-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Autism Speaks 400, Summary, Race\nDuring the race, it was announced that Bill France, Jr., who was NASCAR's chairman from 1972 to 2003 and its president from 1972 to 2000, had died from cancer at the age of 74 at 1:00 PM EST. The American flag at Dover was immediately lowered to half-staff and the death was announced over the public address system and on the telecast at lap 261 (right before the accident and confrontation between Busch and Stewart), where Mike Joy's somber tone cast a pall as he called Truex's first-ever Cup win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500\nThe 2007 Auto Club 500 was the second race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was held on February 25, 2007 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500\nThis was the first Cup race to use unleaded gasoline. All cars ran on Sunoco 260 GTX, a 98-octane (R+M/2) unleaded racing fuel, which had been tested at lower tier series in late 2006 and approved for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500\nIn the final accident of the race, David Reutimann was spun out accidentally by Greg Biffle and went into the wall in the corner. The strike to the wall was among the hardest hits NASCAR had ever recorded. The in-car camera showed him dazed by the impact and struggling to get out, unable to respond to his crew initially. Although he suffered a bruised foot, he was otherwise uninjured, and competed in the Busch Series race in Mexico City the next weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500\nThe race was won by Matt Kenseth, driving the No. 17 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. Kenseth also led the most laps in this race while Jeff Gordon won the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 Michael Waltrip (#55), Ward Burton (#4), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), A.J. Allmendinger (#84), Brandon Whitt (#72), Mike Bliss (#49), Kenny Wallace (#78), Kevin Lepage (#34), Scott Wimmer (#33-WD), Regan Smith (#39-WD), Derrike Cope (#74-WD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500, Results\nTime of Race: 3 hours, 36 minutes, 41 seconds. Average Speed: 138.451 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.679 seconds. Lead Changes: 28 among 12 drivers. Cautions: Nine for 37 laps. Cars finished on the lead lap: 17Attendance: 87,000Red Flags: 1 for 15 minutes, 18 seconds", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500, Results, Key\n* Led one lap** Led most laps\u2020 Rookie of the Year Candidate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190233-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Auto Club 500, Results, Withdrew\nScott Wimmer in the #33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, Regan Smith in the #39 Chevrolet for Ginn Racing, and Derrike Cope in the #74 McGlynn Racing Dodge all withdrew from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190234-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Aylesbury Vale District Council election\nElections to Aylesbury Vale District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190235-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ays\u00e9n Fjord earthquakes\nThe 2007 Ays\u00e9n Fjord earthquakes occurred in Ais\u00e9n Fjord, Chile from January 22 \u2013 April 22. The biggest occurred at 1:53\u00a0p.m. (local time) on April 21 and reached a felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. On the moment magnitude scale, the earthquake reached a gradation of 6.2. Ten people disappeared, according to ONEMI (Chile's National emergency office), but three bodies were found on April 22 by the Chilean Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190235-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ays\u00e9n Fjord earthquakes, Earthquakes\nStarting January 22, Ays\u00e9n Fjord suffered a series of minor earthquakes. The greatest before April 21 reached VI (Strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale and occurred at 3:44\u00a0p.m. on April 14. Local fishermen reported seeing steam rising from the fjord. The earthquake expanded to several zones of the country. At 6:22\u00a0a.m. (local time) on April 22, an intense earthquake was felt in Santiago, reaching II (Weak) on the Mercalli intensity scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190235-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ays\u00e9n Fjord earthquakes, Earthquakes, Intensity\nAccording to ONEMI, the following cities and town in Ays\u00e9n del General Carlos Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez del Campo Region were affected. The Roman numerals show the intensity on the Mercalli intensity scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190235-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ays\u00e9n Fjord earthquakes, Earthquakes, Ground effects\nOn the mountains around the fjord, the earthquake caused landslides that in turn created waves as high as six meters, which severely damaged some salmon aquaculture installations. The potable water systems of the cities of Puerto Chacabuco and Puerto Ais\u00e9n were broken, forcing firefighters and the army to supply water. The electricity network of Puerto Chacabuco was also cut off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190235-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ays\u00e9n Fjord earthquakes, Aftermath\nDespite protests against the government organized by Aysen's mayor, Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, visited the affected zone. She was met with black flags, and, during the protest, Aysen's mayor \u00d3scar Catal\u00e1n was arrested. Catal\u00e1n had been heavily critical that the region had not received the necessary help to prevent damage and casualties, as the swarm had been active since January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190236-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 B.League\nThe 2007 B.League season was the inaugural season of B.League, and the first ever professional tournament in the history of Bangladesh. The season started on 2 March and concluded on 1 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190236-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 B.League, Teams\n12 teams were added to the league, however Sylhet DSA withdrew from the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 20], "content_span": [21, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190237-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy\nThe 2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 33rd edition of the event known that year as the BA-CA-TennisTrophy, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 7 October through 14 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190237-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy\nThe singles featured ATP No. 3, US Open runner-up, Miami and Canada Masters, Adelaide and Estoril winner Novak Djokovic, Australian Open and Rome Masters finalist, Beijing winner Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, and Doha, 's-Hertogenbosch titlist Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107. Also lined up were Wimbledon semifinalist, Mumbai winner Richard Gasquet, Costa do Sau\u00edpe titlist Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, Carlos Moy\u00e1, Juan Ignacio Chela and Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190237-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski defeated Tomas Behrend / Christopher Kas 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190238-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy \u2013 Doubles\nPetr P\u00e1la and Pavel V\u00edzner were the defending champions, but Vizner chose not to participate, and only Pala competed that year. Pala partnered with David \u0160koch, but lost in the first round to Juan Ignacio Chela and Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190238-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy \u2013 Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against Tomas Behrend and Christopher Kas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190239-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy \u2013 Singles\nIvan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andreas Seppi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190239-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20130, against Stanislas Wawrinka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190240-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BAFL season\nThe 2007 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXI, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190240-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BAFL season, Schedule, Regular season, Formula\nBased on the British American Football League, setup for the 2007 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190240-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BAFL season, Final regular season standings\nW = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190240-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BAFL season, Final regular season standings\nClinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green, for BAFL 2 divisions the colours have been changed to indicate Northern and Southern sides of the Playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190240-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BAFL season, Playoffs\nBritBowl XXI will then be played on September 23, 2007 at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190241-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BBL Champions Cup\nThe 2007 BBL Champions Cup was the second edition of the super cup game in German basketball, and was played on October 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season\nThe 2007 BC Lions season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 54th season overall. They finished first in the West Division for the fourth consecutive season with a 14\u20133\u20131 record, establishing new franchise records for wins and points in a season and most consecutive first-place finishes. They were defeated in the Western Final 26\u201317 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, ending their hopes of repeating their Grey Cup Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 1: at Toronto Argonauts\nJoe Smith took the lustre off a record-setting performance by Bashir Levingston. Smith's two third-quarter touchdowns rallied the Grey Cup-champion BC Lions to a 24\u201322 win Thursday over the Argonauts in the first game of the CFL season. The loss tarnished Levingston's CFL-record 129-yard return of a missed field goal late in the first half that thrilled the Rogers Centre gathering of 29,157 and put Toronto ahead 15\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Edmonton Eskimos\nBC Quarterback Dave Dickenson continued his slow start to the CFL season, Friday but his only touchdown pass secured a 29\u20139, BC Lions home opener win over the Edmonton Eskimos. The 100-yard touchdown drive ended with a 36-yard completion to slotback Jason Clermont midway through the third quarter for a 23\u20136 lead. While kicker Paul McCallum completed the Lions attack with five field goals and a convert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 66], "content_span": [67, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 3: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nThe BC Lions capitalized on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' mistakes to win the battle of the two unbeaten West teams 42\u201312 Friday. Riders penalties, fumbles and interceptions were abundant and as a result, the home team was no threat to win the game for most of the evening. The Riders briefly brought the subdued crowd of 26,981 back into the game in the second with a Matt Dominguez touchdown, but they couldn't recover and allowed two touchdowns in the last minute of the game. Joe Smith found the end zone twice for the Lions (3\u20130\u20130), while Jason Clermont had seven receptions for 68 yards. In the second quarter however, the Lions would lose quarterbacks Dave Dickenson and Buck Pierce to injuries leaving third-stringer Jarious Jackson to finish the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 73], "content_span": [74, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats\nThe BC Lions were rescued again by their depth at quarterback Thursday as they staggered to a 22\u201318 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Lions were down to their last quarterback as Buck Pierce, who started with a hand injury in place of Dave Dickenson, left the game with sore ribs after throwing his second interception and was replaced by Jarious Jackson. In addition, Lions running back Joe Smith was taken off the field on a stretcher after fumbling late in the fourth quarter. He briefly had no feeling in his legs but later recovered in the locker room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats\nHowever, Jackson remained healthy and found wideout Paris Jackson for a 64-yard gain that set up Paul McCallum's 14-yard insurance field goal for a 22\u201312 cushion. He also had Paris Jackson open in the end zone on a play that drew a pass interference call. The 31-yard penalty led to the third-string quarterback's touchdown plunge. The victory left the Lions as the CFL's only unbeaten team at 4\u20130 while Hamilton dropped to 0\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 5: at Calgary Stampeders\nThe BC Lions remained the only unbeaten team in the CFL with a 32\u201327 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday. BC quarterback Jarious Jackson, who replaced Buck Pierce to start the second half, threw touchdown passes to Geroy Simon and Cory Rodgers while Joe Smith ran in a 38-yard score. Paul McCallum kicked two field goals. Calgary counterpart Henry Burris linked up with Rob Cote and Jeremaine Copeland for touchdowns. Sandro DeAngelis made two field goals, but he was wide on another attempt and had a kick blocked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 5: at Calgary Stampeders\nJackson was 3-for-7 in passing for two touchdowns and he was intercepted once in relief of Pierce, who was 7-for-14 and was intercepted once in the first half. Burris completed half of 44 pass attempts for 423 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted four times. Down 25\u201311 heading into the fourth quarter, the Stampeders chased the Lions with Burris's 36-yard touchdown pass to Copeland at 8:56, DeAngelis's convert and his earlier 26-yard field goal to pull within four points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 5: at Calgary Stampeders\nBut a Burris interception stalled Calgary's momentum as LaVar Glover picked him off and returned the ball 30 yards, which set up Jackson's 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodgers at 11:48 and put the Lions up 32\u201321. Burris replied on a two-yard run with 1:19 remaining, after finding receiver Brett Ralph within five yards of the end zone, to keep Calgary's hopes of a win alive. The attempted two-point convert was unsuccessful and the Lions hung on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders\nThe Saskatchewan Roughriders took advantage of a third-string quarterback, and running back Wes Cates had a big game with over 100 yards rushing as they defeated the BC Lions 21\u20139 Thursday night to hand the defending Grey Cup champions their first loss of the CFL season. A crowd of 31,858 saw the Riders improve their record to 4\u20132 and move to within two points of the first-place Lions in the CFL West. BC dropped to 5\u20131. The Lions were forced to start third-string quarterback Jarious Jackson because of injuries to Dave Dickenson and Buck Pierce. Jackson, who came off the bench three times this season to preserve Lions wins, showed some flashes but struggled in his first CFL start. He completed 16 of 38 passes for 183 yards, threw one touchdown pass but was intercepted three times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers\nA crowd of 31,525 saw the Winnipeg Blue Bombers erase an eight-point deficit when wide receiver Terrence Edwards scored on a six-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kevin Glenn at 3:57 of the fourth quarter. That came one play after Edwards hauled in a 52-yard pass. Winnipeg's two-point convert failed but BC's Ian Smart fumbled the kickoff that would set up Rob Pikula's winning field goal. Pikula, a punter, was pressed into placekicking after Troy Westwood pulled a hamstring early in the game. He also hit from 41 and 31 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 71], "content_span": [72, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers\nA last-ditch Lions drive ended when quarterback Buck Pierce threw an incompletion on a third-and-five with about 40 seconds left. Paul McCallum was successful early kicking two field goals from 12 and 45 yards, but missed on a critical 43-yarder with just five minutes remaining in the game that would have secured a BC win. With the loss BC is now tied with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for first place in the CFL West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 71], "content_span": [72, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Calgary Stampeders\nThe Calgary Stampeders jumped out to an early 7\u20130 lead after Henry Burris capped off a five-play, 59-yard drive by plunging into the end zone from one yard out. On the drive, Joffrey Reynolds carried the ball three times for 30 yards, while Nik Lewis caught one ball and scrambled for a 28-yard gain. The BC Lions responded right away to tie the score as Buck Pierce engineered an 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive. He capped off the drive by completing an eight-yard touchdown pass to receiver Jason Clermont. With just six seconds to go in the first quarter, the Stamps regained the lead when Sandro DeAngelis kicked a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Calgary Stampeders\nJust three plays after Ryan Phillips picked off an errant pass by Burris to record his league-leading sixth interception, Pierce tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Clermont to put the Lions up 14\u201310. The Stamps then completed an impressive eight-play, 80-yard scoring drive capped off by Jeremaine Copeland's fourth touchdown of the season. Late in the first half, Joe Smith rambled 18 yards across the goal line to cap off a five-play, 67-yard scoring drive to put the Lions up 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Calgary Stampeders\nThe see-saw battle continued in the third quarter as Calgary regained a three-point lead when Burris scored his second one-yard touchdown of the game. Once again, the Lions responded as Pierce tossed a 30-yard pass to Tony Simmons in the Calgary end zone before Paul McCallum kicked a 28-yard field goal. With 40 seconds left in the game, Lewis hauled in a seven-yard touchdown pass from Burris to tie the game at 31\u201331 and send it into overtime. The teams would continue scoring in overtime, but would eventually end the game with a tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Montreal Alouettes\nJoe Smith's power and Ian Smart's speed delivered a knockout blow for the BC Lions in their 46\u201314 CFL romp over the Montreal Alouettes. Smith, the bruising running back, smashed and crashed for 161 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns as the Lions halted a three-game winless skid in convincing style. Smith and his speedy backfield partner Smart, sliced and slashed for a pair touchdowns and had 63 yards on 10 carries as the Lions climbed back into first place in the CFL West. The pair's effectiveness showed on Smart's first touchdown in the fourth quarter. With the Lions knocking on Montreal's door, everyone in the roaring crowd of 32,115 expected Smith to get the ball. Instead, quarterback Jarious Jackson faked the ball to Smith, then tossed it to Smart who blazed nine yards for the touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 876]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Montreal Alouettes\nThe Lions shredded the Montreal defence\u00a0\u2014 ranked second in the league against both the pass and run\u00a0\u2014 for 420 yards. BC rushed for a combined 275 yards, with Jackson, making just his second CFL start, adding 46 yards on three carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Montreal Alouettes\nWhile the running backs rumbled the Lions defence roared as defensive back Ryan Phillips stepped in front of an Anthony Calvillo pass in the third quarter and returned his CFL-leading seventh interception 92 yards for a touchdown. Besides throwing the interception, Calvillo was sacked five times, forced to hurry several throws and at times was left looking dazed and confused. He was shaken up but left the field on his own steam after a sack by Jamall Johnson in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Montreal Alouettes\nThe win improved the Lions record to 6\u20132\u20131 and moves them one point ahead of Saskatchewan in the CFL West. While Montreal's loss continued their on-going frustration when playing at BC Place Stadium which they haven't won in since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: at Montreal Alouettes\nMarcus Brady won his first start as an Alouette and Jarrett Payton scored three touchdowns as Montreal downed the BC Lions 32\u201314 on Sunday afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: at Montreal Alouettes\nThe 6\u20134 Alouettes avenged a 46\u201314 loss in Vancouver last week to the 6\u20133\u20131 Lions, and beat BC for only the second time in 10 meetings since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: at Montreal Alouettes\nBrady looked at home running the Montreal attack in place of Anthony Calvillo, who is out indefinitely with a torn rotator cuff, He won the battle of the back-ups over Jarious Jackson, who started a second game for BC in place of injured Dave Dickenson and Buck Pierce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: at Montreal Alouettes\nPayton, who rushed for more than 100 yards, scored on runs of one, two and three yards, while Damon Duval had three field goals for Montreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: at Montreal Alouettes\nCory Rodgers caught a touchdown pass and Paul McCallum had two field goals and a single for the Lions, who played their 900th CFL game since 1954.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nWorkhorse running back Joe Smith plunged for two touchdowns as the BC Lions regained first place in the CFL West with a 40\u20137 victory over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday. Smith, who had 99 rushing yards and is within six of 1,000 for the season, now has 12 rushing touchdowns. His clinching major made it 27\u20137 and it was set up by Ryan Phillips's league-leading eighth interception as the Lions turned a multitude of Toronto turnovers into points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nDefensive end Brent Johnson recovered a fumble by Toronto quarterback Michael Bishop after he was sacked for the second time by Cameron Wake and rambled 25 yards to the end zone. BC took a 27\u20137 lead early in the fourth quarter after Mark Washington punched the ball away from Argo receiver Andre Talbot who leaped for a Bishop pass near midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nBC quarterback Jarious Jackson made his fourth consecutive start in place of veteran Dave Dickenson (concussion) and Buck Pierce (shoulder) and managed the game better than his Toronto counterpart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nHe faced the league's top-rated pass defence but it was Bishop who was picked off three times. Korey Banks's interception led to one of Paul McCallum's five field goals, the longest from 46 yards. McCallum added three converts while Toronto kicker Noel Prefontaine conceded two safeties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nThe win moved the 7\u20133\u20131 Lions one point ahead of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who lost 44\u201322 to the Calgary Stampeders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 68], "content_span": [69, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nThe BC Lions pawed their way to an unlikely 37\u201334 victory on Saturday night, dampening and darkening the party mood among 28,800 fans at the sold out Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, when Geroy Simon caught the game-winning 33-yard touch down catch with 34 seconds remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nThe Lions offence couldn't get anything going in the first half, outside of the line creating holes and Joe Smith churning up yardage. BC quarterback, Jarious Jackson was only 3-of-14 for 28 yards passing in the first half, while the Saskatchewan Roughriders marched three times for an early 22\u20137 lead in the first 16 minutes of the game. The Riders even had 200-plus more yards in offence than the Lions at the end of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nTensions between the two teams erupted before the end of the first half when Riders tackle Scott Schultz had rolled on to Jarious Jackson that caused BC guard Sherko Haji-Rasouli to throw in punches and eventually popped Schultz's helmet off. Meanwhile, Rob Murphy was standing over Saskatchewan rush end John Chick, while his left hand was on Chick's chin strap and his right arm was cocked and ready.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nIn the end, the referee ended up giving penalties to Rob Murphy and Scott Schultz for unnecessary roughness and decided to eject BC receiver Cory Rodgers out of the game during the melee, who had earlier caught two of Jackson's three completed first half passes, one of them resulting in a touchdown. Riders' GM Eric Tillman eventually followed Lions' President Bobby Ackles into the hallway yelling \"That's not in the rulebook! That's not in the rulebook!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nIn the second half, Jackson became more effective completing his first six passes and eventually Joe Smith ran in for a 3-yard touchdown to cut Saskatchewan's lead to 24\u201322. Then with momentum on their side, the Lions decided on a 3rd and 1, to keep their drive alive on their own 15-yard line. Instead, Saskatchewan's defence was able to sack Jackson before he crossed the first down marker causing a turnover on downs. With good field position Kerry Joseph was able to complete Saskatchewan's drive when he ran in the end zone making it a 31\u201322, Roughriders lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nBut in the fourth quarter, Jackson would complete a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jason Clermont to cut the Riders lead to 31\u201329. The Riders only score in the fourth quarter came when kicker Luca Congi kicked a 25-yard field goal to make it a 34\u201329 Riders lead. However, late in the game, with the Roughriders leading 34\u201330, Jackson was able to find Geroy Simon in the end zone for a 33-yard touchdown on a third down play to give the Lions the lead and the win with just 34 seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nThe Lions (8\u20133\u20131) defence then took over picking off a Kerry Joseph pass on the 'Riders' last-gasp drive to hang on and extend the club's lead atop the West Division by three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 74], "content_span": [75, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Calgary Stampeders\nJarious Jackson threw three touchdown passes and the Lions defence stopped the Calgary Stampeders from scoring a touchdown in a 42\u20139 CFL rout Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Calgary Stampeders\nThe Lions scored on their first two possessions and led 14\u20131 with 6:30 gone. Then the earth caved in for Calgary as Akili Smith, the former NFL first-round pick who was making his first CFL start in place of Henry Burris, limped off with about five minutes left in the second quarter with a slight groin pull after being sacked by Korey Banks. Knowing they had the Stampeders on the ropes the Lion defence made things miserable for inexperienced backup Barrick Nealy, who spent much of the game running for his life and took some brutal hits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Calgary Stampeders\nJackson, who moved up the depth chart after injuries to Dave Dickenson and Buck Pierce, improved his record to 4\u20132 as a starter. He methodically picked the Stampeder defence apart with pin-point passes, then showed his mobility with several key runs. His performance is an indication that Jarious Jackson is starting to become more comfortable at the starting position. Furthermore, Lions receiver Geroy Simon indicated that the team has become confident with Jackson as their starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 69], "content_span": [70, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Regular season, Week 19 vs Calgary Stampeders\nThis was the final game of the BC Lions' regular season. After the game the Lions finished the season with a record of 14\u20133\u20131. The final score of this game was 25\u201324 for the Lions. The Calgary Stampeders tried to win the game at the last moment with no time left on the clock by attempting a field goal. The field goal was attempted but, it failed because the ball bounced off of the pole, which gave The Lions another big win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 67], "content_span": [68, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190242-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 BC Lions season, Playoffs, West final\nThis was the third meeting in four years between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the BC Lions in the Western Final. In each meeting, the team that had lost the season series between the two teams, won the Western Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190243-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania\nThe 2007 BCR Open Romania was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the event known that year as the BCR Open Romania, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania, from 10 September through 16 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190243-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania\nThe singles field was headlined by ATP No. 26, B\u00e5stad runner-up and Valencia titlist Nicol\u00e1s Almagro, Rome Masters and B\u00e5stad semifinalist Filippo Volandri, and Valencia and Kitzb\u00fchel finalist Potito Starace. Other top seeded players were Las Vegas runner-up J\u00fcrgen Melzer, French Open quarterfinalist, B\u00e5stad semifinalist Igor Andreev, Gilles Simon, Fabrice Santoro and Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190243-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania, Finals, Doubles\nOliver Marach / Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k defeated Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda / Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 7\u20136(10\u20138)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190244-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Oliver Marach and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190244-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Doubles\nOliver Marach and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20132), 7\u20136(10\u20138), against Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190245-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Singles\nJ\u00fcrgen Melzer was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Andreas Seppi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190245-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BCR Open Romania \u2013 Singles\nSixth-seeded Gilles Simon won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, against Victor H\u0103nescu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game\nThe 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game was an American football game played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 8, 2007, and featured the top-ranked Big Ten champions Ohio State Buckeyes against the 2nd-ranked SEC champions Florida Gators. The Gators would defeat the Buckeyes by a final score of 41-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game\nThe Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing the regular season undefeated and ranked #1 in the BCS. It was the first time the Buckeyes and Gators had ever met on the football field. The 12\u20131 Florida Gators earned a spot after defeating Arkansas in the SEC Championship Game in early December, and jumping from #4 to #2 in the final BCS Rankings, passing #3 Michigan and previous #2 USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game\nThe game was the first BCS National Championship Game to be televised on the Fox TV network, as well as the first time the BCS had held a standalone national championship game (previously, one of the 4 BCS bowls had served as the national championship game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nThe Ohio State Buckeyes were the No. 1 ranked team for the entire 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, anchored by Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Troy Smith. The Buckeyes were 12\u20130 with several wins over ranked opponents: the defending national champions, then No. 2 Texas Longhorns, then No. 24 Penn State Nittany Lions, then No. 13 Iowa Hawkeyes, and their then undefeated Big Ten Conference rival, then No. 2 Michigan. The win over Michigan to finish the regular season essentially guaranteed the Buckeyes a spot in the National Championship game. Who they would play remained a highly debated question. Despite the loss to Ohio State, Michigan remained No. 2 in the polls, followed by No. 3 Southern California (USC), No. 4 Florida, and No. 5 Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nThe next week, with both No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan's regular season complete, No. 3 USC defeated then No. 5 Notre Dame. Fourth-ranked Florida defeated unranked in-state rival Florida State. With the victory over Notre Dame, USC passed Michigan in the polls, taking over the BCS No. 2 spot. Michigan fell to No. 3 with Florida remaining No. 4 and Notre Dame falling to No. 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nThe last week of the regular season was dynamic for the national championship race. Third-ranked Michigan remained idle. Fourth-ranked Florida faced No. 9 Arkansas in the SEC Championship, while No. 2 USC faced unranked, in-city rival UCLA. Both Florida and Michigan cheered as USC fell to UCLA 13\u20139. Florida defeated Arkansas 38-28 to claim the 2006 SEC Championship Title. USC's loss knocked them out of contention, leaving No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Florida as the most likely teams to earn the No. 2 ranking and face Ohio State for the BCS National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup\nThe final BCS poll passed Florida over Michigan to take the No. 2 spot while Michigan remained unchanged at No. 3, with .0101 points separating the two teams. This small difference was a result of the human polls (the Coaches Poll and Harris Interactive Poll) ranking Florida above Michigan while the computer polls had the two teams tied for second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Controversy over No. 2: Rematch or new opponent?\nThere were many theories how Florida jumped Michigan in the final poll. Some sportswriters theorized that it was not a matter of which was the better team, claiming Florida had an advantage in the polls because they had played the last two weeks while Michigan had not, or that voters were swayed due to Florida coach Urban Meyer's \"campaign\" to get Florida into the BCS National Championship Game. The fact that the difference in the final BCS Poll was due to human voters, not computer rankings, gives some credence to these theories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 103], "content_span": [104, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Controversy over No. 2: Rematch or new opponent?\nOther theories suggest that since Michigan did not win their conference title, they did not deserve to play for the BCS National Championship, or that a rematch between Michigan and Ohio State was not favored by the poll voters. The controversy was largely resolved when USC defeated Michigan 32\u201318 in the 2007 Rose Bowl, and Florida beat top-ranked Ohio State 41\u201314 in the BCS Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 103], "content_span": [104, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, First half\nThe Buckeyes got off to a fast start when receiver Ted Ginn Jr. returned the opening kickoff 93\u00a0yards for a touchdown, giving Ohio State a 7\u20130 lead only 16\u00a0seconds into the game. During the celebration following the return, Ginn was injured and would miss the remainder of the game. The Gators quickly rebounded, however, leading a quick 46-yard drive for a score, capped off by a 14-yard touchdown pass from Chris Leak to Dallas Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, First half\nAfter stuffing the Ohio State offense to a quick punt, Florida drove 36\u00a0yards for a touchdown on a 4-yard run by Percy Harvin. On their next possession, the Gators once again drove in for a score, going 71\u00a0yards on 10 plays and getting it in the end zone on a 2-yard run by DeShawn Wynn on the first play of the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, First half\nOhio State came back for a score of their own with an 18-yard touchdown run by Antonio Pittman to bring the score to 21\u201314. After a Florida field goal, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel took a gamble by going for a fourth-and-one from the Buckeyes' own 29-yard line. The Gator defensive line stopped Chris Wells in his tracks and the ball was turned over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, First half\nChris Hetland, Florida's much-maligned kicker who was only 4-of-13 for the year, hit his second field goal of the night, making the score 27\u201314, and with just over two minutes left to play in the half, it appeared that would be the score heading to the break. As Ohio State started from their own 20, quarterback Troy Smith dropped back to pass and was hit by Florida lineman Jarvis Moss, jarring the ball loose. Florida recovered on the Buckeye 5-yard line and punched it in with a one-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tim Tebow to Andre Caldwell. The half ended and the teams went off the field with Florida leading 34\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Second half\nThe second half saw a much more defensive game, with no scoring in the third quarter. The Gator offense used up the clock, while the defense continued to stifle Ohio State's purportedly explosive attack. The lone score of the half came with just over 10\u00a0minutes left in the game, when Tim Tebow ran in a one-yard touchdown score, bringing the tally to 41\u201314, which was the final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190246-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS National Championship Game, Game summary, Second half\nChris Leak was named the offensive player of the game, and Derrick Harvey earned the defensive honors. The Gators held the Buckeye offense to only 82 total yards for the game, and Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith completed only four passes for 35\u00a0yards and an interception. The Gators also dominated in time of possession, limiting the Ohio State offense to just over 19\u00a0minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings\nIn American college football, the 2007 BCS computer rankings are a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula that determines who plays in the BCS National Championship Game as well as several other bowl games. Each computer system was developed using different methods which attempts to rank the teams' performance. For 2007, the highest and lowest rankings for a team are dropped and the remaining four rankings are summed. A team ranked #1 by a computer system is given 25 points, #2 is given 24 points and so forth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings\nThe summed values are then divided by 100 (the maximum value a team can earn if they received four first place votes that were summed). The values are then ranked by percentage. This percentage ranking is then averaged with the Coaches Poll and Harris Poll average rankings, each receiving equal weight, and the results become the BCS Rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, BCS computer rankings average\nFor 2007, the rankings released beginning with the eighth week of the season on October 13. The rankings are updated each week until the end of the season. Data taken from . There are missing values in the table because the BCS Rankings only list the top 25 of the BCS Rankings, providing data on how those teams achieved their top 25 ranking. The computers ranking may include teams that do not make the top 25 BCS Rankings once averaged with the AP and Coaches Polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Anderson & Hester\nJeff Anderson and Chris Hester are the owners of this computer system that has been a part of the BCS since its inception. The Anderson & Hester Rankings claim to be distinct in four ways:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Anderson & Hester\nThe BCS once allowed computer rankings to consider margin of victory, but that was removed following the 2004 season. Therefore, all six computer systems currently do not include margin of victory. However, this computer system has never included it in its formula. In addition, only human polls (specifically the AP Poll and Coaches Poll in this reference) \"prejudge\" teams by releasing pre-season polls with the expected rankings of teams before they have played any games. The last two claims are subjective opinions by the authors of this computer system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Billingsley\nRichard Billingsley owns this computer system. He describes himself as not a mathematician or computer-geek; simply a devout college football fan since the age of 7. The main components in the formula are: Won-Loss Records, Opponent Strength (based on the opponent\u2019s record, rating, and rank), with a strong emphasis on the most recent performance. Very minor consideration is also given to the site of the game, and defensive scoring performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Billingsley\nBillingsley did use margin of victory, but removed it after the 2001 season. It had accounted for 5% of the total ranking for his system and was part of it for 32 years. Also, this computer system releases rankings each week, using a complex formula to incorporate the previous season's rank (but not ranking score) into the early parts of the current season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Colley Matrix\nWes Colley has a Ph.D from Princeton University in Astrophysical Sciences. He attended Virginia and is therefore a Virginia fan. His brother, Will Colley played for Georgia. Colley claims 5 advantages using his system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Colley Matrix\nWhile all computer systems are not biased towards the \"Name recognition\" of a school, Colley's system doesn't include any information that doesn't involve the current season. No pre-season poll and no carry-over from the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Massey\nKenneth Massey is the owner of this complex computer system. He was a Ph.D candidate of Mathematics at Virginia Tech. Only the score, venue, and date of each game are used to calculate the Massey ratings. However, Massey calculates an offensive and defensive ratings which combine to produce a power ranking as well. The overall team rating is a merit based quantity, and is the result of applying a Bayesian win-loss correction to the power rating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Sagarin\nJeff Sagarin owns this computer system that is published in USA Today. He holds an MBA from Indiana. This system uses the Elo Chess system where winning and losing are the sole factors. He also publishes a \"Predictor\" system that uses margin of victory. However, the BCS only uses the Elo Chess system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190247-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 BCS computer rankings, Wolfe\nPeter Wolfe uses a Bradley-Terry model for his computer system. It uses wins and losses but also uses game location as a factor. In addition, he ranks all teams that can be connected by schedule played (over 700 involving Division I FBS, Division I FCS, II, III and NAIA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190248-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO Classic Canadian Open (December)\nThe 2007 BDO Classic Canadian Open of December was held November 28 to December 2 at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second BDO Classic of the year, the first being held in January as part of the previous curling season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190249-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO Classic Canadian Open of Curling (January)\nThe 2006-07 BDO Classic Canadian Open of Curling was held January 24\u201328, 2007 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship\nThe 2007 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 30th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), and the 22nd to be held at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey. It ran from 6\u201314 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship\nAhead of the tournament, the BDO announced a new stage set and player walk-on area. The markers \u2013 the two officials who manually calculated player scores \u2013 were replaced by on-stage plasma television screens. Thus, the only official on stage was the referee/caller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship\nThe defending champion, Jelle Klaasen, lost in straight sets in the first round to fellow Dutchman Co Stomp\u00e9. The day after the final, Klaasen defected to the rival Professional Darts Corporation along with two other Dutch players, Michael van Gerwen and Vincent van der Voort (both of whom had also lost in the first round). They followed the lead of Raymond van Barneveld, who had switched soon after losing to Klaasen in the previous year's BDO final and then won the PDC's World Championship at his first attempt, a few days before the BDO's tournament began. (This was the first time that a finalist from one World Championship had played in the other World Championship the following year, in direct contravention of the 1997 Tomlin Order.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship\nMartin Adams, the number 1 seed, won his first world title, despite being subjected to a remarkable comeback by opponent Phill Nixon in the final. Adams had led 6\u20130 in the best-of-13-sets match, but Nixon levelled at 6\u20136 before Adams finally won the deciding set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship\nIn the women's tournament, Trina Gulliver maintained her unbeaten record as she won her seventh successive final. However, she needed a sudden-death leg to defeat Francis Hoenselaar. This was the fourth time in succession, and fifth overall, that Hoenselaar had lost in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Pre-Tournament Odds\nThe odds before the tournament began (supplied by official on-site bookmakers, Coral)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money\nThe prize money was \u00a3224,000 for the men's event and \u00a311,000 for the women's event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money\nThere was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of \u00a352,000, along with a High Checkout prize of \u00a32,000 per event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Television coverage\nThe tournament was covered by the BBC in the UK and SBS 6 in the Netherlands. Eurosport also broadcast the event on a pan-European basis, but the contract excluded them from showing the tournament to UK viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Television coverage\nThe viewing figures for the final in the UK were 3.3 million (0.32 million down on 2006). The Dutch audience for the final was 1,201,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay One Saturday 6 JanuaryJelle Klaasen's defence of his world championship ended in the first round with a defeat by fellow Dutchman, Co Stomp\u00e9. Klaasen, who had a difficult year since his victory over Raymond van Barneveld in last year's final was ranked lower than his opponent and lost in straight sets. It was the sixth time that a champion failed to win his opening match on the defence of the title. Stomp\u00e9's victory was his first at Lakeside since 2002 \u2013 having lost in the first round at the last five attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDavy Richardson finally managed to win a match at Lakeside, some fourteen years after his first attempt. He had lost in the first round in 1993 (to Steve Beaton), 1999 (to Co Stomp\u00e9), 2001 (to Jez Porter), 2002 (to Wayne Mardle) and 2005 (to Martin Adams) but his bad run ended with a victory over number nine seed Vincent van der Voort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nNo problems for top seed Martin Adams and other seeded players Mervyn King, Ted Hankey and Mike Veitch who all earned places in the second round with straight sets victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Two Sunday 7 JanuaryThe second day produced a series of shocks as the bookmaker's pre-tournament favourite for the title, Michael van Gerwen lost to Gary Robson. The 17-year-old World Masters champion was 9/4 favourite for the title, but found himself trailing through most of the match. Gerwen shown some signs of the form that took him number three in the world, but his night could be summed up by his start to match. He took the first leg against the darts, then hit three single ones to start the next leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe inconsistently plagued him throughout the match as did his sponsors logo on his shirt which he had to keep pushing back into place. Robson, winner of the 2005 World Darts Trophy missed darts in the final set to clinch the match but finally hit a double four in the eighth leg to seal the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nEarlier in the day the shocks started with Gary Anderson and Darryl Fitton making early exits. Albertino Essers, a Dutchman who had suffered from dartitis in recent years, ended second seed Anderson's hopes with a 3\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nFitton, who made his trademark entrance dancing to Madness hit One Step Beyond..., took the first set against qualifier Phill Nixon but then lost nine consecutive legs to go down 3\u20131. Nixon, making his debut in the tournament at the age of 50, hit checkouts of 121 and 110 as he refused to allow the seventh seed any way back into the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nTony Eccles, seeded four but a 50/1 outsider for the title beat promising Welshman Mark Webster in straight sets. Webster failed to show the form that took him to a Europe Cup singles title and like van Gerwen earlier in the evening, his Lakeside debut ended in defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Three Monday 8 JanuaryDay three's play was overshadowed by the withdrawal from the tournament by 2004 champion Andy Fordham. Fordham, who had had health problems for some time, suffered breathing difficulties as a result of a chest infection and was taken to hospital from the venue. His scheduled opponent, Australia's Simon Whitlock, thus received a walkover into the second round. It was the first time a player had withdrawn from a match since the 1979 World Championship, when Alan Evans pulled out of the third-place play-off, also due to ill health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nWhen play started, the three seeded players in action all progressed to the last 16, but John Walton and Paul Hanvidge had struggles on their hands, both going through 3\u20132. Walton, the 2001 champion, was taken to a tie-break in the final set by Brian S\u00f8rensen, before finally winning 5 legs to 3. Meanwhile, an emotional Hanvidge defeated his good friend, Martin Phillips, and then dedicated the victory to his mother, who had died on Christmas Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Four Tuesday 9 JanuaryThe second round of the tournament got underway with the first four matches from the top half of the draw. This half had seen few shocks in terms of the seedings, with only the number 9 seed, Vincent van der Voort, losing in the first round. The trend continued in the second round as Martin Adams (seeded 1), Tony Eccles (4), Mervyn King (5) and Ted Hankey (8) all made it to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nOut of the four, Hankey had the most difficulty in progressing: he was 2\u20130 and 3\u20132 down against Davy Richardson, before a maximum 170 checkout at the start of the final set finally swung the match in his favour. Richardson had been battling the pain of broken ribs in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nKing's opponent, Mike Veitch, complained that he had been put off by King shouting whilst he retrieved his darts from the board. Nonetheless, King secured a quarter-final meeting with Eccles, while Hankey set up a clash with Adams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Five Wednesday 10 JanuaryUnseeded Gary Robson came from 3\u20131 behind to defeat 2001 champion John Walton and reach the quarter-finals. This guaranteed a first-time finalist from the bottom half of the draw. His opponent would be Dutchman Niels de Ruiter, who also needed a deciding set to beat number 6 seed Simon Whitlock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nPhill Nixon, a first-time qualifier at the age of 50, followed up his victory over number 7 seed Darryl Fitton with a 4\u20131 win against number 10 seed Martin Atkins. This set up a quarter-final with number 15 seed Paul Hanvidge, who beat Albertino Essers 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Six Thursday 11 JanuaryDay six saw the first two quarter-finals settled, as top seed Martin Adams saw off 2000 champion Ted Hankey 5\u20133 while Mervyn King beat Tony Eccles 5\u20134. King hit ten 180s in his match while coming from 3\u20130 behind, before revealing in his post-match interview that he had nearly walked out of the tournament in response to speculation about a possible switch to the PDC. He said, \"I nearly packed my darts away and went home. You nearly didn't have a quarter-final. It was that close.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nMeanwhile, Adams took the first two sets, before Hankey levelled at 2\u20132 and 3\u20133. \"The Count\" then narrowly missed a 138 checkout which would have given him the seventh set, and Adams responded by taking that set and breaking the throw in the eighth. He then missed seven darts for victory, before finally sealing it with a double five. By coincidence, Adams had beaten Hankey by the same scoreline at the same stage two years previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Seven Friday 12 JanuaryThe semi-final line-up was completed with the conclusion of the quarter finals. Both games went to the final set with Niels de Ruiter maintaining the Dutch interest in the event, defeating Gary Robson. Robson took the first two sets, then de Ruiter hit two 13, one 14 and one 15 dart leg in his comeback to level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe deciding leg of the fifth set was amongst the highest standard leg in the history of the Lakeside event. Robson opened with 140, then de Ruiter hit his 5th 180 of the match. Robson's 140 was followed with another 180 leaving a nine-dart opportunity. Robson's ton left 121 and when de Ruiter missed the nine-darter and left himself on 36 for a ten-dart finish, Robson checked out the 121 to go 3\u20132 up in sets. He took the next set as well but de Ruiter battled back again to level. Robson hit a bullseye and a double 16 to save the match twice in the final set but de Ruiter's sixth dart for the match (at double 18) secured the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nPhill Nixon, the 150\u20131 outsider at the start of the tournament, progressed to the semi-final with a narrow 5\u20134 win over Scotland's Paul Hanvidge. Nixon looked to be coasting to the last four when he led 4\u20131 but then missed six darts for the match and allowed Hanvidge the chance to get back into it. Nixon hit a 105 finish in the fourth leg of the final set to finally close out the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe Women's final followed and despite dropping her first set at Lakeside since the quarter-finals in 2003, Trina Gulliver went on to clinch her seventh successive title and maintain her unbeaten run in the event. Francis Hoenselaar pushed her all the way, and the match went to a sudden-death fifth leg in the final set. Gulliver won the throw for the bull to start the final leg and a 100, 140, 140 start left her in a commanding position to seal the match. She clinched the title with a double 18, her fourth dart for the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Eight Saturday 13 JanuaryBoth semi-finals were played in their traditional Saturday afternoon timeslot and the first match was between number one seed Martin Adams and number five seed Mervyn King. Adams looked to be coasting towards the final when he took a 5\u20132 set lead, but then King began to fightback with one 12-darter and three 13-darters. When King took six consecutive legs to level the match it looked like Adams had blown his chance to reach the final, just as he'd blown a lead in the final of the World Masters in October. This time he held his nerve by taking all three legs in the deciding set to reach his second world final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe second semi-final saw Dutchman Niels de Ruiter against the surprise package of the tournament Phill Nixon. Nixon won the first three sets before de Ruiter took the fourth. But Nixon continued his great run and went 5\u20131 up. De Ruiter then produced a fightback to take the 7th, 8th and 9th sets to trail 4\u20135. Nixon regained his composure in the 10th set and hit his 14th and 15th 180s during the set to close out the match and reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDay Nine Sunday 14 JanuaryIt was a memorable final with two 50-year-old players battling it out for their first world title. Adams was the strong favourite, having been the number one seed. Nixon was the 150\u20131 outsider at the start of the event but had beaten a seeded player in each round on the way to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nAdams looked like he was going to walk away with an easy victory when he went into the break having taken the first six sets and needing just one to win. Adams then threw for the match at 2\u20131 in the seventh set. Nixon had other ideas and started to claw his way back into it. Adams missed four darts that could have won him the match and started to look more worried until eventually Nixon drew level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nNixon threw first in the deciding set and began with a 180, but Adams took the leg out in 12 darts after Nixon narrowly missed a 122 checkout. Adams then held his own throw to once again go within a leg of the title. Nixon once again narrowly missed a chance to hold his throw, this time with double-18 for a 110 checkout, and Adams finished 54 on double 20 to win his first World Championship at the fourteenth time of asking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nOn 2 October, the BDO announced that the 2007 Championships would contain 16 seeded players for the first time since 1981. Two days later they announced that the top 26 players from the Invitational table would also qualify automatically. Defending champion Jelle Klaasen had slipped to 19 in the rankings at the time the seedings were announced, and has therefore missed out on being seeded. He was drawn against Co Stomp\u00e9 in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nThe qualifying event was held at Bridlington on Thursday 12 October, the day before the Winmau World Masters event. From a field of 239 players playing the best of 3 sets, four players emerged as qualifiers for the 2007 World Finals. Former champion, Tony David was defeated by Kierion Carter of Wales in the first qualifying round. Despite a run of four victories Bobby George (WDF Ranking 165) fell two rounds short of qualification for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nThe final place at Lakeside was reserved for the winner of the World Masters \u2013 but as Michael van Gerwen had already booked a place it was taken by Gary Fenn, who had won a standy-by play-off a few days earlier. Ironically, if Fenn was to progress to the second round he could come up against Phill Nixon \u2013 the man who had already \"knocked him out\" of the qualifying event for the World Championship on 12 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190250-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nThe draw for the event was made at Leisure World, Bridlington on 13 October 2006 at 10am by the owners of the Lakeside \u2013 Bob Potter and Barbara Leitch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190251-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BFL season\nThe 2007 season of the Belgian Football League (BFL) is the regular season played in the Belgium. The West Flanders Tribes won Belgian Bowl XX against the Brussels Black Angels by a score of 35-13. This was their second consecutive win of the Belgian Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190251-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BFL season, Regular season, Regular season standings\nW = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190252-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW Open\nThe 2007 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 92nd edition of the event and was played on outdoor clay courts in Munich, Germany between 30 April and 6 May 2007. The tournament was won by Philipp Kohlschreiber in men's singles and Philipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny in men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190252-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW Open, Finals, Doubles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber / Mikhail Youzhny defeated Jan H\u00e1jek / Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd, 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190253-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW Open \u2013 Doubles\nAndrei Pavel and Alexander Waske were the defending champions. Pavel did not participate this year. Waske partnered with Julian Knowle, losing in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190253-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW Open \u2013 Doubles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Youzhny won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20134, against Jan H\u00e1jek and Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190254-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW Open \u2013 Singles\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber defeated Mikhail Youzhny 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 to win the 2007 BMW Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190255-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW PGA Championship\nThe 2007 BMW PGA Championship was the 53rd edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 24\u201327 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190255-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW PGA Championship\nAnders Hansen defeated Justin Rose in a playoff to capture his second BMW PGA Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190255-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, Playoff\nThe playoff began on the par five 18th; Hansen holed a 25-foot (7.6m) putt for birdie which could not be replicated by Rose as his effort slid past the hole to leave the Dane celebrating his second victory in The European Tour's flagship event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190256-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters\nThe 2007 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 27 October to 4 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190256-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters\nThe singles draw featured World No. 1, Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open champion, and Madrid Masters finalist Roger Federer, ATP No. 2 and French Open winner Rafael Nadal, and US Open runner-up and Vienna titlist Novak Djokovic. Other top seeds were US Open semifinalist, Moscow winner, and defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, US Open semifinalist and Tokyo titlist David Ferrer, James Blake, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez and Tommy Robredo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190256-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters, Notable stories, Nalbandian's achievements\nDavid Nalbandian won his second career Masters Series tournament, two weeks after his victory in Madrid, defeating again ATP No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal on his way to the title. Theories behind Nalbandian's resurgence abound, his new coach and diet, his overcoming of abdominal, back and leg injuries and of the death of a family member all being described as possibly being behind his upturn in fortune. Nalbandian became the first player to win the Madrid\u2013Paris double since Marat Safin in 2004, the first player to defeat both Federer and Nadal twice each while they held the top two spots, and the first player to defeat both in a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190256-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonji\u0107 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190257-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190257-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134) against Nenad Zimonji\u0107 and Daniel Nestor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190258-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Singles\nDavid Nalbandian defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20130, to win the Singles title at the 2007 Paris Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190258-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BNP Paribas Masters \u2013 Singles\nNikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190259-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BP102\n2007 BP102 is a high inclination centaur and damocloid from the outer regions of the Solar System, approximately 34 kilometers in diameter. It was first observed by astronomers at the Mauna Kea Observatories on 24 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190259-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BP102\nWith a Tisserand's parameter of 1.99, may be considered a member of the damocloids, a dynamical group of minor planets which have comet-like orbits without showing a cometary coma or tail. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 17.7\u201330.2\u00a0AU once every 117 years and 6 months (42,907 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 65\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190259-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BP102\nAs of July 2017, it is one of 7 known objects with inclination (i) > 60\u00b0 and perihelion (q) > 15 AU, along with the first discovered 2008 KV42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190260-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix\nThe 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the inaugural season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix under the new tournament structure introduced by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was held from February 28 and will end on December 12, 2007. 12 events were planned, but India Open Grand Prix Gold was cancelled following the bomb blast in the city. The organizers decided to postpone the tournament to indefinite date. However, the President of Badminton Association of India said the tournament is likely to take place from January 7 to January 13, 2008. But BWF later confirmed the event was cancelled. Had the tournament been held, it would be have been held in Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad from 4\u20139 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190260-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, Results, Performance by countries\nTabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190261-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF Super Series\nThe 2007 BWF Super Series is the inaugural season of the BWF Super Series. It was held from January 16 with Malaysia Open and end on December 2, 2007. It is expected to end on December 23, 2007 with Super Series Finals, however this mega prizes event was postponed due to an uncertain circumstance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190261-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF Super Series, Schedule\nVenue and date for the Super Series Final still uncertain after Qatar failed to get enough sponsorship to support the event. It supposed to be held on January 2, to January 6, 2008, however once again it was delayed by Badminton World Federation to an uncertain date. The tournament was eventually canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190261-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF Super Series, Results, Performances by countries\nTabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190261-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF Super Series, Super Series Rankings, Leader progress\nTabulated below are the leader progress in Super Series ranking towards the Super Series Final in December:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190262-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships\nThe 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190262-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships, Host city selection\nAarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing. China also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190262-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships, Participating nations\nA total of 55 countries qualified to participating in this tournament. Below is the list of countries with the parentheses indicates the number of players eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190262-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships, Participating nations\nNotable is, Thailand is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the World University Games, the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190263-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThis article list the results of men's doubles category in the 2007 BWF World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190264-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis article list the results of men's singles category in the 2007 BWF World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190264-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190265-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nThis article list the results of mixed doubles category in the 2007 BWF World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190265-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190266-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nThis article list the results of women's doubles category in the 2007 BWF World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190266-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190267-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis article list the results of women's singles category in the 2007 BWF World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190267-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190268-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Junior Championships\nThe 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190268-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Junior Championships\nThe team competition was held from 25 to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190268-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF World Junior Championships, Team competition\nA total of 25 countries competed at the team competition in 2007 BWF World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190269-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF season\nThe 2007 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2007 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of Badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events have various purposes according to their level and territory in which they are held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the Sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the Sport throughout the World.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190269-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF season\nThe world badminton tournament structure has four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events: Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, Suhadinata Cup, World Championships, Bimantara Cup, and World Senior Championships), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Masters Finals), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold), and Level 4 (BWF Continental Tournament: International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others \u2013 Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, Future Series and Bimantara Cup are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190269-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF season\nThe 2007 BWF Season calendar comprised the World Championships tournaments, the Sudirman Cup, the BWF Super Series, the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and Future Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190269-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BWF season, Schedule\nThis is the complete schedule of events on the 2007 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team\nThe 2007 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. BYU clinched its second consecutive Mountain West Conference (MWC) championship title outright after defeating Utah on November 24. It was BYU's second consecutive, undefeated season in the MWC, its fourth MWC championship since the league began in 1999, and its 23rd conference title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team\nAt the beginning of the season the Cougars had won an MWC record 16 straight league games dating back to 2005 and were on a ten-game overall winning streak, the longest winning streak in the country at the time. The Cougars began the season with the second longest winning streak in the country at 11 wins until their loss to UCLA in the second regular season game. The Cougars ended this season ranked 14th in the nation, highest of all schools from non-AQ conferences. This finish was the highest back-to-back rankings in the AP Poll since the Cougars won the national championship in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team\nThe Cougars improved their bowl record for the second year in a row. They defeated UCLA 17-16 in 2007 and blew out the Oregon Ducks 38\u20138 in 2006 in the Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team\nThe Cougars played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium, named after its legendary coach, LaVell Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nSpring Practice started March 19 and ended April 14 at the annual Blue/White Spring game. The key question was who will fill the empty quarterback position left behind by John Beck: Max Hall, a redshirt sophomore, or Cade Cooper, a junior college transfer from Snow College. On the third snap during the April 14 scrimmage, Cooper suffered a season-ending injury (Lisfranc fracture). Hall was named the starting quarterback the following Monday, and Brendan Gaskins as the back-up. Jacob Bower transferred out in late January. Cooper then decided to transfer in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nAmong the 7 returning starters on offense and the 5 returning starters on defense are: Sete Aulai (center), Travis Bright and Ray Feinga (offensive guards), Dallas Reynolds (offensive tackle), Manase Tonga (fullback), Matt Allen and Michael Reed (wide receivers), Jan Jorgensen (defensive end), Bryan Kehl and David Nixon (linebackers), Ben Criddle (cornerback), and Quinn Gooch (free safety). Dustin Gabriel had a foot injury during Fall camp to end his 2007 season, and make him unable to start as KAT. Russell Tialavea, nose tackle, went out in Fall camp with a torn ACL and MCL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Pre-season\nFall camp started August 4. In the preseason, several players suffered foot and leg injuries (Gabriel, Tafuna, Cooper), like Lisfranc fractures, that may be related to the Nike shoes the players were wearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, MountainWest Sports Network\nFans, coaches, players, and officials of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) eagerly hoped for progress on national distribution of the MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn. ), particularly on satellite. DirecTV continued to negotiate with Comcast for distribution in the MWC \"footprint\", but Dish Network discontinued negotiations until the FCC resolved a legal question regarding the Big Ten Network (BTN) that could potentially affect the mtn. While satellite distribution seems closer, national distribution appears unlikely for the 2007 season. Currently Dallas-Fort Worth is the only remaining MWC market that has no provider for the mtn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, During the season\nThe Cougars were ranked #25 in Sporting News pre-season ranking. They started the season unranked in the Coaches Poll (with 47 votes) and unranked in the AP Poll (with 14 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, During the season, Injuries\nGarret Reden suffered a season-ending injury. Starting free safety, Quinn Gooch ended his season when he tore his ACL in the second half of the TCU game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, During the season, Postseason awards and citations\nFreshman Harvey Unga was named to the Rivals Freshman All-America Second Team. Unga, has 1,211 rushing yards and 629 receiving yards for the season, is the Cougars' all-time leading freshman running back and the first BYU freshman to pass the 1,000-yard mark in a single season. He has rushed for over 100 yards in seven games this season, the most for a freshman at BYU. He is five yards short of the MWC all-time leading freshman running back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, During the season, Postseason awards and citations\nSenior wide receiver Matt Allen was named one of 11 finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, During the season, All-Mountain West Conference Football Teams\nHarvey Unga was named as the MWC Freshman of the Year, BYU's third recipient of that award following Luke Staley in 1999 and Austin Collie in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, During the season, All-Mountain West Conference Football Teams\nFirst Team Offense: Max Hall, Dennis Pitta, Ray Feinga, Dallas Reynolds, Harvey Unga* and Austin Collie*. First Team Defense: Jan Jorgensen and Bryan Kehl. Second Team Offense: Austin Collie and Harvey Unga. Second Team Defense: Kelly Poppinga. Honorable Mention: Austin Collie (KR) and Quinn Gooch", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThis was the 21st game between Arizona and BYU. BYU was favored to win in this defensive contest. BYU quarterback Max Hall took his first snap in Division I football after a 4-year hiatus of not playing a real game since high school, and the Wildcats began their first year using a version of BYU's spread offense. BYU's experienced defense held the Wildcats scoreless until the last minute of the game. Bronco took blame for calling a blitz that allowed an Arizona touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe offensive line was solid allowing Hall to show his competence with 66% completion, 288 passing yards and some decent scrambles. Unga impressed with 196 all-purpose yards. But special teams revealed room for improvement. Starting BYU fullback Manase Tonga was suspended only for this game due to an arrest related to a traffic stop. BYU Backup inside linebacker Terrance Hooks was also suspended for this game. At half time, BYU retired the number 14 at halftime in honor of Gifford Nielsen and Ty Detmer. Hodgkiss will continue to use the number until the end of the season. Redshirt Freshman, Harvey Unga was named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week with 67 yards rushing, 127 yards receiving, and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThis was the 8th game between UCLA and BYU with UCLA favored to win by 8 points or so. This game was widely considered to be the Cougars' toughest regular season game. Emotions were high as Ben Olson, who originally committed to BYU, transferred to UCLA after his mission and was the starting quarterback for the Bruins. The Bruins jumped out to a commanding lead at the end of the first half scoring their first touchdown on a 56-yard interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Cougars drew within 3 points in the third quarter, and were poised to pull ahead reaching the \"blue zone\" with less than 6 minutes in the game. However a forced fumble, as Hall intended to pass, stopped the Cougars final, successful drive. Max Hall outplayed Olson; he impressed completing 30 of 52 passes for 391 yards compared to Olson's 126 yards. Despite the score, the Cougars outplayed the Bruins, even in the first half; the Cougars got 431 total yards to the Bruins' 236, but 11 penalties and 3 turnovers cost the Cougars the game. This game ended the Cougars 11-game winning streak and their best chance at a run for a BCS bowl game this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThis was the 7th game between Tulsa and BYU. The Cougars defeated the Golden Hurricane 49-24 in Provo last season, but were handed a loss in this game. Coach Mendenhall took responsibility for the loss; he stated that he did not prepare the team for the superior offensive prowess Tulsa possessed. Tulsa's offense was led by its senior quarterback, Paul Smith, who drew BYU's secondary out of their zones and then threw over the top for large gains several times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nBYU's defense adjusted well in the second half, nevertheless, the team was also plagued with 14 penalties for 138 yards, 4 turnovers including a pick six for 49 yards early in the third quarter, and some poor kicking (including 2 missed PATs and a 29-yard field goal attempt). Statistically BYU gained more yards than Tulsa in this shootout at 694 yards versus 595 yards of total offense. Collie impressed with 8 kick returns for 237 yards, and Hall passed for 537 yards, but not enough for the offense to seize the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nThis was the 28th game between Air Force and BYU for BYU's Homecoming game. Air Force hired new head coach Troy Calhoun this year after Fisher DeBerry retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThis win was the 57th game between New Mexico and BYU. BYU beat the Lobos 42-17 on Senior Day last year. This game featured the MWC's leading passer, UNM's Porterie, and was expected to test BYU's secondary particularly after the Cougar's shootout with Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThe game was tied at the end of the third quarter with a 71-yard touchdown reception by the Lobo's running back, Ferguson, and a 2-point conversion after BYU jumped out to lead with a pick six by Kehl in the first 2 minutes of the game and took advantage of five turnovers and a blocked PAT by Criddle. Overall, the Cougars showed balance and performed well in all aspects of the game on both sides of the ball. Bryan Kehl was named the MWC Defensive Player of the Week with 10 tackles including a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and an interception for a 36-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nThis was the 14th game between UNLV and BYU. BYU won the last meeting, 52-7, in 2006 and was favored to win this game by 10 points. The game was at Sam Boyd Stadium, and will be Family Weekend for UNLV. It was estimated that 15,000 BYU fans attended the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Eastern Washington\nThis was the first matchup between Eastern Washington and BYU. Corby Hodgkiss took a 39-yard touchdown interception on Eastern Washington's first drive. Bryan Kehl and Quinn Gooch also came away with an interception each. Due to weather and an early defensive touchdown, BYU went away from the pass fairly early. The final quarter was one of the shortest in recent memory as the refs were very liberal with the clock. This was mostly due to the fact the score was 42-7 and there was a blizzard. The last 10 minutes in the game it was hard to see the field yet the cougar faithful cheered loudly until the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThis was the 65th game between Colorado State and BYU. BYU beat the Rams 24-3 on the road in 2006. BYU extended its conference record to 4-0 (including a conference win-streak of 12-0), its home-win-streak to 10-0, and became bowl eligible. The Rams reached the redzone 3 times in the first half, but only came away with one field goal. Hall completed 22 of 30 passes for 355 yards and three touchdowns, and his first game with no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nUnga rushed 11 times for 51 yards making him BYU's all-time leading freshman running back with a season total of 735 yards. Unga also grabbed three receptions for 110 yards including a 53-yard catch and scramble. Collie caught 8 balls for 111 yards including a 45-yard touchdown reception. Pitta added a 45-yard reception in the final quarter. Gooch took his second interception of the season, and Jorgensen added 2.5 sacks to lead the team with 6.5 sacks. Gaskins came in for Hall in the last minutes of the game to throw his first pass in a Division I FBS game which resulted in an interception and a 31-yard return for a CSU touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThis was the 9th game between TCU and BYU. BYU went on the road to win 31-17 in this meeting last year, sparking their 8-0 run through the MWC. Kelly Poppinga was named the MWC Defensive Player of the Week with a career-high 17 tackles including a tackle for a loss and an interception in this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nThis was the 72nd game between Wyoming and BYU. BYU dominated the Cowboys from the opening kickoff last season, 55-7. This year BYU controlled the game from the beginning taking a 21-3 lead at half time. Sophomore Max Hall was named MWC Offensive Player of the Week with 331 passing yards, over 70% completion and three touchdowns. Hall broke the MWC's all-time sophomore passing leader by reaching 3,121 passing yards. In BYU quarterback-factory history, Hall ranks third behind Ty Detmer and Robbie Bosco for passing yards in their first 10 games as a starter. Hall went out in the third quarter after suffering a shoulder separation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThis rivalry game, unofficially dubbed \"The Holy War,\" is typically the most anticipated conference game for each of these two teams. In 2006, the rivalry was ranked in the Wall Street Journal as the 4th best college football rivalry game in the country. (See also Utah\u2013BYU rivalry.) This was the 83rd game between Utah and BYU with the series going 49-30-4 for Utah since 1922. Utah dominated the series 34-2-4 through 1964. Since that time BYU has led the series 28-15. Utah's 4-game-winning-streak against BYU ended last year with a game-winning, last-second play. In 2007, BYU achieved its first back-to-back wins over Utah since 2000\u20132001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThe game was largely a defensive struggle until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. The Utes took the lead 10-9 when Darrell Mack scored the first touchdown of the game with just 1:34 left. On the ensuing possession, however, BYU converted on fourth and eighteen from their own 12 with a 49-yard pass from Max Hall to Austin Collie. Harvey Unga made the game-winning touchdown run with 38 seconds remaining, and Austin Collie caught a pass in the back of the end zone for a two-point conversion, putting the Cougars up 17-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Utah\nUnga became BYU's first freshman running back to gain 1,000 rushing yards in a season. This was also Collie's 6th game for over 97 yards receiving. BYU racked up 424 offensive yards to Utah's 244. Unga was named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week, and freshman kicker, Mitch Payne, was named MWC Special Teams Player of the Week making 3 of 4 field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nThis game was originally scheduled to be played on October 27, but was rescheduled due to wildfires in southern California. This was the 32nd game between San Diego State and BYU. The Aztecs fell 47-17 in Provo last October. This game marked the Cougars' MWC record 16th straight conference victory. Freshman running-back Harvey Unga scored a career-high four touchdowns with 161 rushing yards and 29 receiving yards. Sophomore quarterback Max Hall completed 19 of 26 throws for 227 yards and three touchdowns. BYU was slow to put the game away, but had a 14-point lead by the end of the third quarter. Harvey Unga and Jan Jorgensen were named MWC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl\nEathyn Manumaleuna blocked a last second field goal by UCLA and BYU hung on to beat the Bruins 17-16. BYU quarterback Max Hall went 21-35 for 231 yards and two touchdowns. Manase Tonga led the rushing with 3 carries for 21 yards. The MVP of the game, Austin Collie had 6 catches for 107 yards and 1 touchdown. For UCLA, quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson went 11-27 for 154 yards and 1 touchdown and interception. The rushing game was led by Chris Markey who ran 27 times for 117 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl\nThis was the first time the Cougars gave up 100 yards rushing to a single player. Bethel-Thompson's favorite target was Brandon Breazell who caught 4 passes for 44 yards and 1 touchdown. The Bruins struck first with a 22-yard Kai Forbath field goal. A 29-yard field goal by BYU kicker Mitch Payne made it 3-3 after the 1st quarter. In the 2nd, Hall hooked up with Austin Collie for 14 yards and a touchdown to make it 10-3. Forbath then hit a 52-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190270-0026-0002", "contents": "2007 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl\nWith 1:03 left in the 1st half, Hall found Michael Reed for 13 yards and a touchdown. As time expired, Bethel-Thompson hit Breazell to make it 17-13 in favor of BYU at the end of the 2nd quarter. There was no scoring in the 3rd. In the 4th, Forbath made it 17-16 with a 50-yard field goal. BYU punted to UCLA with around 2 minutes left to set up a final drive for the Bruins. Bethel-Thompson, a fourth-string walk-on quarterback, along with Chris Markey drove to the BYU 49. On 3rd and 8 Bethel-Thompson hit Logan Paulsen to get to the BYU 13. That set up a chip-shot 28-yard field goal for Forbath, who already hit 2 50+ yarders. The kick was too low and Manumaleuna blocked it and sealed the game for the Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190271-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Babergh District Council election\nThe 2007 Babergh District Council election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members to the council. The Conservative Party replaced the Liberal Democrats as the largest party but the council stayed under no overall control. The Labour Party lost all of its six seats. The number of Independents remained the same", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl\nThe 2007 Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia football game (also known simply as 13\u20139), or the 2007 Backyard Brawl as the rivalry is named, was a college football game held in Morgantown, West Virginia that marked the 100th Backyard Brawl. Unranked and 4\u20137 Pitt, a 28\u00bd point underdog, pulled the upset over archrival WVU who, coming into the game, was ranked second in the BCS and AP Poll and first in the Coaches' Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl\nBy upsetting West Virginia in the Mountaineers' regular season and home finale, the Panthers knocked WVU out of what had been assured to be their first appearance in a BCS National Championship Game and a shot at their first ever National Championship. The game was one of the most important Backyard Brawls in the series history, one of the biggest upsets in both Pittsburgh and West Virginia history, one of the biggest upsets of the season, and was voted as the \"Game of the Year\" by ESPNU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Game summary\nThe Mountaineers could never get their high-powered offense going against the Panthers and were hurt by fumbles, missed field goals, and an injury to star quarterback Pat White, who missed most of the game after dislocating his thumb in the second quarter. Trailing by one possession late in the fourth quarter, West Virginia twice had the ball in Pitt territory. White had just returned but both times failed to convert on fourth down plays. The final Pitt possession saw the underdogs run the ball out of the back of the end zone for an intentional safety as time expired. West Virginia's kicker Pat McAfee missed two field goals in the game and Pitt's kicker Conor Lee missed one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nThe outcome of the game was met with stunned silence from Mountaineer fans while a large number of Pittsburgh fans in attendance were cheering in similar shock. At Pitt's campus in Pittsburgh, large numbers of students began forming in different locations of the Oakland neighborhood. In addition to the crowds a sofa chair was burned in front of the university's Cathedral of Learning, mocking the WVU tradition of burning couches after big wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nWhen interviewed in 2017 for an SB Nation 10-year retrospective on the 2007 college football season as a whole, Owen Schmitt, fullback for the 2007 WVU team, apparently still had problems coming to grips with the result, telling the reporter, \"And then you get to the f***ing last game of the season and blow it against the s***tiest f***ing team in the f***ing world.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nSeveral football recruits that were visiting West Virginia for the game ended up cheering with the Panthers on their sideline by the end of the game. Several of them later decided to play for Pitt over West Virginia. The game was briefly seen as a turning point in Coach Dave Wannstedt's early tenure at Pitt, during which he had struggled and seemingly stagnated. However, Wannstedt was later fired following the 2010 regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nThe trickle-down effect of West Virginia being knocked out of the BCS Championship has been speculated to have had a major impact on the bowl placement of many teams and the filling of various head-coaching positions. Most prominently affected was LSU, who slid into WVU's slot and ended up winning the BCS Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nThe game turned out to have a profound impact on the future of Michigan, which was in the midst of a search to replace retiring coach Lloyd Carr. Two weeks after the loss, Michigan hired Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez as Carr's successor. Had West Virginia beaten Pitt, Rodriguez likely would not have left West Virginia and passed up the chance to play for a BCS National Championship, and Michigan would have had to look elsewhere for its coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nThe game was named as the \"Game of the Year\" by ESPNU and other publications. It was also the first time the Panthers defeated a 2nd-ranked opponent since their 24\u201320 win over Georgia in the 1982 Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nWest Virginia's season ended on a positive note, however, as it was elected to play in the Fiesta Bowl against the Oklahoma Sooners. The Mountaineers avenged their devastating loss to Pitt with a convincing 48\u201328 win over the 3rd-ranked Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nThe teams met again the next season in Pittsburgh, as was usual as the rivalry was an annual one at the time, and the Mountaineers came into Pittsburgh hungry for revenge. However, Pittsburgh won 19-15, and the teams ended with identical 9-4 records. In 2009, the teams met in Morgantown for the first time since the upset. This time, West Virginia won 19-16. They met 2 more times in 2010 and 2011, and the Mountaineers won each of them. With the Panthers' departure to the ACC in 2012, and the Mountaineers departure to the Big 12 that same year, the series was in doubt, and they haven't met since 2011. In 2015, the two schools agreed to play a 4-game series from 2022\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190272-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Backyard Brawl, Aftermath\nAlong with #1 Missouri's loss in the Big 12 Championship Game to Oklahoma, West Virginia's loss to Pitt represented the second straight week that both the #1 and #2 teams lost. It was the first time it had happened in consecutive weekends. As a result, Ohio State, who was idle the last 2 weeks, and LSU, who won the SEC Championship Game over Tennessee, were selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game, with the Tigers winning 38-24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190273-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Badminton Asia Championships\nThe 2007 Badminton Asia Championships is the 27th tournament of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from April 10 to April 15, 2007 with the total prize money of US$125,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing\nThe 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing occurred on November 6, 2007, when a bomb exploded in the centre of Baghlan, Afghanistan, while a delegation of parliamentarians was visiting, killing at least 75 people including several lawmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, The event\nA ceremony was being held to re-open a sugar factory as part of a plan to improve and build the economy in the northeastern Baghlan province. Large groups of people, including children and elderly people were lined up to assist in the inauguration of the facility. It is widely believed that the blast was caused by a bomb full of ball-bearings. It is unlikely that a suicide attacker could cause such a massive carnage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, Fatalities\nAt least 75 people were killed or wounded severely in the massive bombing; the Associated Press reports that 64 were killed while a hospital in Baghlan mentioned that 90 bodies were sent to the hospital with 50 others wounded. An Afghan television station reported that at least 100 were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, Fatalities\nSix members of the Afghan parliament were killed in the blast, including key opposition figures. The lawmakers killed in the bombing were former Commerce Minister Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, the prominent private sector representative Hajji Muhammad Arif Zarif, as well as Abdul Mateen, Al Hajj Sahib Abdul-Rahman, Nazuk Mir Sarfaraz and Sebghatullah Zaki. All six were members of the ten-member Economics Committee of the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, Fatalities\nIt was reported that police officers, children and members of the Department of Agriculture were also killed. Other MPs were said to have been injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, Responsibility\nThere was no claim of responsibility for the blast but there were about 120 suicide attacks in Afghanistan in 2007, most of them blamed on the Taliban movement. A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry blamed the attack on \"the enemy of Afghanistan, the enemy of the people of Afghanistan\" referring to the militant group. Following the bombing, a Taliban official dismissed any responsibility of the group for the incident. The attacks have worsened since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, Responsibility\nOne person was arrested and questioned the following day. According to the BBC, several claims told that it was not a suicide attack and that it was possible a roadside bomb or a rocket attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190274-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, Responsibility\nOn the same day as the Baghlan bombings, Taliban rockets were fired at an Afghan base near Kandahar during a visit by Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, injuring several soldiers. That incident was likely unrelated to the Baghlan bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190275-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bagram Airfield bombing\nThe 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing was a suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, while Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the United States, was visiting. The attack occurred inside one of the security gates surrounding the heavily guarded base 60\u00a0km north of Kabul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190275-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bagram Airfield bombing\nIn 2007, Bagram was the main US airbase in Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190275-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bagram Airfield bombing, Events\nOn February 27, at about 10 am local time, a suicide bomber attacked the outer gate of the base, killing 23 people and injuring at least 20 others. Among the dead were U.S. soldier PFC Daniel Zizumbo; a U.S. contractor; SSG Yoon Jang-ho, a South Korean soldier; and 20 Afghan workers at the base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190275-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bagram Airfield bombing, Events\nUS Vice President Dick Cheney was on the base at the time of the attack, having arrived in Afghanistan the previous day to meet with US Allies. US officials reported that the Vice President was never in danger and he was about 1 mile away from the explosion. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, told the Associated Press that the Taliban had advance knowledge of Cheney's visit and Cheney was the intended target\u2014claims that were met with skepticism by US officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190275-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Bagram Airfield bombing, Events\nOne US spokesman called them \"far-fetched\" and observed that \"the vice president wasn't even supposed to be here overnight, so this would have been a surprise to everybody.\" Another US spokesman, Lt. Col. David Accetta, reported that the attacker did not attempt to pass any of the U.S. security checkpoints, but instead detonated himself amongst a group of Afghans. Accetta was quoted as saying \"To characterize this as a direct attempt on the life of the vice president is absurd.\" The bomber was at the first check point when he detonated and the Associated Press was set up already with cameras filming the area on the main road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007. The result was an opposition victory, with the Free National Movement, led by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, claiming 23 of the 41 seats. Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to his rival. Ingraham was sworn into the office of Prime Minister on 4 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Background\nThe Bahamas is dominated by two parties: the left of center Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), and the right of center Free National Movement (FNM). The Free National Movement party came to power in the 1992 election, under the leadership of Hubert Ingraham. After winning the 1997 election and having now served 10 years as prime minister, Ingraham announced that he would step down from the FNM before the start of the 2002 election. Tommy Turnquest then took over the party leadership of the FNM, and many voters, including FNM supporters, felt that Turnquest was much \"weaker\" than the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party, Perry Christie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Background\nThe 2002 election saw a PLP victory with Perry Christie becoming prime minister. After their victory, the PLP focussed and worked on improving and attracting foreign investments for the islands as well as further growing the all important tourism sector within the Bahamas. Many were confident that a PLP victory in 2007 was possible as the GDP had grown 4% since they took control of the government in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Background\nDuring the FNM party's November 2005 convention, Hubert Ingraham was elected leader of the party after he had expressed that he would like to return to the party ahead of the 2007 election. Back under the strong leadership of Ingraham, the FNM party became energised when scandal emerged within the PLP. American celebrity Anna-Nicole Smith was photographed in an embrace with Immigration Minister, Shane Gibson of the PLP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Background\nBefore photos emerged of the two together, many Bahamians were alarmed when Smith filed for legal residency in the Bahamas in August 2006 and was granted residency just a month later, even though the process sometimes takes years. Allegations also emerged that Gibson had received money and gifts from Smith as well. Shane Gibson finally resigned in February 2007 after the photos of him and Smith were published in a local newspaper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Background\nReuters in March 2007 reported: \"Opposition leaders charged that the government's handling of Smith's case shows its incompetence, and two political commentators said the race had tightened. ' The Anna Nicole debacle and all the publicity regarding that ... has energized the base of the (Free National Movement) and hurt the PLP. They are losing ground and something needs to happen to swing the momentum back,\u2019 said an attorney close to the opposition. [ ...] D'Andre Wright, 18, a first-time voter, said the Smith story was simply a distraction. ' That is fine and dandy but we need to focus on what the FNM can do better than the government,\u2019 she said\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Opinion polls\nMany Bahamian voters wanted a more transparent government from the 2007 election, because the economy in 2007 was \"anaemic\", they viewed the previous administration as unproductive, and there was a rising crime rate. Ingraham was voted over Christie because people wanted change. Although they wanted a lot out of this election, it was not promising as people felt that politics were dominated by an \"exclusive clique\" due to the candidates Christie and Ingraham being good friends and business partners. The rumours of election fraud also did not appeal to voters and lowered their opinions on both the election as a whole and the candidates, as they did not respond well to the scandals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Opinion polls\nMany people believed that the PLP did have a clear plan, and that they did a poor job with public relations. Some thought that House of Assembly did not listen to their constituents, and that the PLP did not focus enough on the common man. They were indecisive and \"reluctant to act on critical issues\". Many people did not like that their land policy favoured white foreigners. However, others believed the PLP was attempting to establish a \"true and sustained democracy\", a characteristic that the party had prided itself on since the beginning. Although mainly faults of the PLP have been listed and many people were not surprised nor disappointed by their loss, many also thought the election was a complete toss up with no clear predicted winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Opinion polls\nIn general, Bahamian voters favoured Ingraham over Christie. Females did not favour him as much as males, however, as he won the female vote by a smaller margin than the male.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Aftermath\nThe controversial victory of Hubert Ingraham, member of the Free National Movement, incited strong reactions, particularly from the Progressive Liberal Party. The PLP announced it questioned the validity of (and may request a recount of) the electoral votes in districts where the results were closer. Despite a delayed report on the results of the election and the scepticism coming from the PLP, Perry Christie called Hubert Ingraham to concede two and a half hours after the results were reported. However, after the concession of the PLP, rumours of the FNM's victory being overturned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Aftermath\nPrime Minister Ingraham countered claims of miscounts by accusing the PLP of corruption mentioning that there had not been this level of corruption in any recent general election. In response to the 49.86% of votes being cast for the FNM, Perry Christie, leader of the PLP said \"Ingraham must now live with the reality that he is the first ever prime minister of a government elected with a minority of the popular vote.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Aftermath\nOn 7 May, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham appointed the following Cabinet Ministers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Aftermath\nControversy surrounded the appointment of Brent Symonette as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, as Perry Christie critiqued him for being a white and wealthy Bahamian. Ingraham responded to this critique by saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190276-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahamian general election, Aftermath\n\"If we are to become all that we might be we must aspire to transcend historic prejudices and break loose from the stereotypical bounds of the politics of race and class division that belongs to a bygone era. That is behind us and we must leave it so that we can achieve full unity in our land with a government dedicated to serving all Bahamians, black and white, middle class, rich and poor; young and old able and disabled\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190277-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain GP2 Series round\nThe 2007 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on April 14 and 15, 2007 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race and was the third round of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held on 15 April at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix\nIn practice 1 and 2, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen topped the charts. Lewis Hamilton also placed well. Vitantonio Liuzzi got a surprise 8th-place result in 1st practice. Felipe Massa won the Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton, who made history to become the first driver ever to finish on the podium in all his first three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe Friday morning practice session saw both Ferraris top the time sheets with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen the fastest with a time of 1:33.162 with his teammate, Felipe Massa, just over half a second slower than the Finn in second. The Italian team's nearest competition was the two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso who were third and fourth respectively, Hamilton just under a second slower than R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fastest again in the afternoon session, clocking a time of 1:33.527, just under four tenths slower than his fastest time during the morning session. Unlike the morning session, however, Ferrari did not have both their cars occupying the top two as Massa's fastest time was fourth fastest, with Hamilton and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica separating the two Ferraris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nIt was six thousandths of a second that prevented R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen from being fastest in all three practice sessions, but his run was ended by Lewis Hamilton with the lead BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld in third; Kubica fourth; Anthony Davidson's Super Aguri in fifth and Massa completing the top six, four tenths down on Hamilton's time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nQualifying was played out in temperatures of over 34\u00a0\u00b0C and despite a small shower of rain just after the morning practice session was over, the track itself was dry. Williams' Alexander Wurz was the first out onto the circuit with former Williams drivers David Coulthard and Jenson Button following him. Like the first practice session on Friday, the two Ferraris set the early pace, both recording laps under 1:33.000, the only two cars to do so during Part One of Qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe first six to be eliminated from qualifying were Takuma Sato, who was seventeen thousandths of a second slower than sixteenth place Jenson Button; both Toro Rossos of Liuzzi and Speed; both Spykers of Albers and Sutil and David Coulthard joined Albers at the back of grid after his Red Bull suffered a gearbox problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe two Toyotas of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli left the pits first for Part Two of qualifying. Like in the first session, Ferrari were setting the pace, this time however it was Massa who was leading the way, with both their drivers setting times under 1:32:000, only to be split to Hamilton's McLaren. Button, who only just made the cut for the second round of qualifying, was slowest in the session, over two seconds slower than Massa's time. Joining the Brit was fellow Honda driver Rubens Barrichello; Ralf Schumacher; Davidson; Heikki Kovalainen and Wurz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nHamilton and the two BMW Saubers were first out in the final Part of qualifying, with Massa setting the early pace. The final part of the session saw Massa improve his time, lapping with a time of 1:32.652. Hamilton came second, just under three tenths slower than Massa, putting him on the front row in his third Formula One race. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Fernando Alonso made up row two, both BMW Saubers of Heidfeld and Kubica were fifth and sixth respectively; Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber made up row four and Jarno Trulli and Nico Rosberg completed the top ten ninth and tenth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt the start, the two leaders maintained their positions with Alonso passing R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen into the second corner to take third. Further back, Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button and Scott Speed were involved in a collision in turn four, with Button and Speed out on the spot, while Sutil managed to get back to the pits. The Safety Car was brought out to clear up the wreckage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nVitantonio Liuzzi had a drive-through penalty on lap nine for overtaking under a safety car. On the same lap, Rosberg had an off-track excursion, losing a place to Coulthard in the process. The front two stayed in the same positions after the first round of stops, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen got back past Alonso to take third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso began to lose ground, and was passed by Heidfeld. He stayed behind the BMW for the remainder of the race. The Renaults also began to struggle, with Coulthard managing to overtake Fisichella. However, both Red Bulls retired in quick succession, promoting Trulli and Fisichella to the points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMassa won the Grand Prix, 2.3 seconds in front of rookie Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190278-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter the race, Alonso, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Hamilton were equal on points. The last time the top three were level on points was in 1950 after the Indianapolis 500. By finishing second, Hamilton became the first driver in Formula One history to finish on the podium in each of his first three World Championship Grands Prix; the previous record was two consecutive podium finishes, achieved by Peter Arundell in the 1964 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190279-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup\nThe 2007 Bahraini Crown Prince Cup was the 7th edition of the cup tournament in men's football (soccer). This edition featured the top four sides from the Bahraini Premier League 2006-07 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190280-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baja California state election\nLocal elections were held in the Mexican State of Baja California on Sunday, August 5, 2007. According to the preliminary results program, Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Osuna Mill\u00e1n of the Alliance for Baja California (APBC) was elected governor by a 7% margin over candidate Jorge Hank Rohn of the Alliance for a Better Life (APVM). Results for APBC in municipalities and congressional seats were better than expected including victory for mayor of Tijuana which Jorge Hank Rohn's occupied previous to the electoral campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190280-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baja California state election\nThe ruling party (National Action Party) had attempted to move the date to June as part of an electoral reform, but the Supreme Court determined that such reforms were \"a serious violation to the legislative process\" since the reforms were approved with \"no previous discussion and analysis\". Also, the local council members belonging to the PAN voted against granting permission to Jorge Hank from leaving his post as municipal president and accepting a nomination as candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party the same day the State Electoral Institute rejected the PAN's petition to form an electoral alliance. The Party of the Democratic Revolution did not reach an agreement to form an alliance with the Labor Party and Convergence", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190280-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baja California state election\nVoters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190280-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baja California state election, Gubernatorial election\nTen political parties will participate in the 2007 Baja California State election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190280-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baja California state election, Congressional election\nAll electoral districts will choose their deputy in the 2007 Baja California State election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190280-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baja California state election, Post-election controversies\nAfter the election the PRI-led Alliance for a Better Life appealed to the state court to invalidate the election. The organization followed its request with protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot\nThe 2007 Baku terrorist plot was a foiled terrorist plot aimed at several targets in Baku, Azerbaijan. The resulting security measures prompted the closure of the American and British embassies. Some institutions such as Norwegian Statoil and American McDermott oil companies limited their activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot\nOn October 29, 2007 Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies reported that they had detained a group of Salafis armed with grenade launchers who were preparing an attack near the United States and British embassies. According to the National Security Ministry spokesman it was discovered that the group had four Kalashnikov assault rifles, one Kalashnikov grenade launcher, 20 grenades, ammunition and automatic weapon parts. The group was also reported to have planned to attack a number of state buildings and representatives of private companies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Background\nOn October 25, 2007, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense reported that one of the army officers had deserted his regiment, taking four Kalashnikov assault rifles and a machine gun from a military base. The Ministry of National Security has claimed that the officer was a follower of Salafism and the stolen arms were going to be used in terror attacks. 1st Lt . Kamran Asadov was alleged to have taken four machine guns, a mortar and 20 grenades from his military unit and hidden them in the city for a militant attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Background\nAccording to report of Azerbaijani Ministry of Public Relations Department on 6 November, Abu Jafar, Arab by nationality, affiliated with Al-Qaeda and Al-Jihad, and others came to Azerbaijan and established an armed group from the persons who formerly participated in the illegal military units in different conflict zones. During the joint measures of the law-enforcement bodies on 26 September in Qusar rayon, one of the group's members, resident of Qusar rayon, Telman Abdullayev (b. 1975) put up armed resistance, wounding two policemen with a fire-arm and managed to escape from the place of incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Background\nIn addition, other members of the group, Vidadi Kerimov, Adil Jaraykhanov, Vitali Agamammadov, Asaf Nazarov and Danial Abuyev, were detained. It was discovered that the group was plotting to help Abu Jafar to escape Azerbaijan. The apartment in Sumgayit, where Abu Jafar was hidden, was taken under control. On October 10, during an operation in the apartment Abdul Malik and Elchin Alimirzayev a.k.a. Haji were arrested but Abu Jafar fired at officers and managed to escape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Operation\nAs a result of special operations, conducted on 2\u20133 November, Abu Jafar and other members of the group, Mirza Babayev, Gadir Hajiyev, Vugar Aliyev, Emin Cami, Logman Muradov, Habil Masmaliyev and Parviz Karimov, were detained. Due to the witty measures of the National Security Ministry's \"Gartal\" (\"Eagle\") special team, Abu Jafar was detained without damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Operation\n1 AKMS submachine gun, 3 pistols, 1 rifle, 12 hand grenades, 11 special lighters, 1.075 grams of explosives, 4-meter long Bickford's fuse, 91 detonators, 4 pistol magazines, 4 submachine gun magazines, 25 bullets, about 600 cartridges, 3 special lanterns, 2 compasses, 1 signal firework unit, 1 electricity conducting device, maps and other supplies were discovered. Proceedings were instituted under articles 279.2, 315.2 and 228.2.1 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Sentencing\nOn June 18, 2009 the Serious Crime Court sentenced Kamran Asadov, Bahtiar Orujov, Farid Jabbarov, Kamran Babayev and Samir Mehraliyev to a 15-year imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190281-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Baku terrorist plot, Sentencing\nThe court adopted a resolution and sent a notification to the Defense Ministry to annul a lieutenant rank from Asadov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash\nThe 2007 Balad aircraft crash was an airplane incident involving an Antonov An-26 airliner, which crashed on 9 January 2007 while attempting to land at the Joint Base Balad in Balad, Iraq, which was at that time operated by the United States Air Force. The crash killed 34 people aboard and left one passenger critically injured. Officials claim the crash was caused by poor weather conditions, but other sources claim that this is a cover-up and the plane was actually shot down by a missile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft was an Antonov An-26B-100, registration number ER-26068. It made its first flight in 1981, and was powered by two Ivchenko AI-24VT engines. An-26s are a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft derived from the Antonov An-24, with particular attention made to potential military use. It has a modified rear fuselage with a large cargo ramp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Background\nThe aircraft, which took off from Adana, Turkey,at about 0400 UTC,was owned by the Moldovan company AerianTur-M, and on the day of the accident had been chartered to a Turkish construction company, Kulak, who had been contracted to build a new hangar at the air base. The aircraft hired by BSA Aviation Ltd (charterer) was carrying both cargo and passengers; a total of 1,289\u00a0kg (2,842\u00a0lb) of cargo was on board, compared with the 5,000\u00a0kg (11,000\u00a0lb) capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Background\nTurkish authorities told CNN T\u00fcrk television that of the passengers, there were 29 Turkish workers, three Moldovans, a Russian, a Ukrainian, and an American on board, even though this totals one more than the number of people known to be on board. Later, the Russian consul general in Antalya said the Russian and the Ukrainian also had Moldovan citizenship. Most of those on board were construction workers who worked at the base. Brig. Gen. Robin Rand, commander of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, said \"These brave civilian-contract employees were in Iraq helping us accomplish our mission, and their loss is a tragedy,\" adding \"Our condolences go out to the families in their time of loss.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Crash\nThe plane crashed at 0700 UTC, about 2.5\u00a0km (1.6\u00a0mi) away from Balad Air Base, the main hub of US military logistics in Iraq, while attempting to land. An anonymous ministry official told the Associated Press that the pilot had already aborted one landing attempt due to poor weather conditions. Although the aircraft was said to have crashed due to fog, one eyewitness, a relative of one of the deceased, said that he watched a missile strike the right hand side of the fuselage while standing just 300\u2013400 meters (1000\u20131300\u00a0ft) from where the aircraft went down. The man also said that multiple other eyewitnesses also saw the aircraft get shot down. \u0130smail Kulak, a partner in the ownership of the Kulak Construction Company, was among the dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Emergency response\nBecause the aircraft crashed in a military base, the emergency response was supplied by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. Ground ambulance response was by the 206th Area Support Medical Company, which is a US Army National Guard from Missouri. Eight ambulances responded with support from the base QRF. The QRF was the 1-134th LRS(D) from Nebraska. Helicopters from the Air Force's 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron transported the dead from the scene. Of the 35 passengers and crew members on board the flight, two individuals were pulled alive from the wreckage. One died after being transported by an Army ground ambulance to the Air Force Theater Hospital. The other survivor, a Turk named Abd\u00fclkadir Aky\u00fcz, was carried by an Army ground ambulance to the Air Force Theater Hospital, where he received life-saving emergency surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Reaction from the Islamic Army in Iraq\nThe day after the accident, the insurgent group Islamic Army in Iraq, using a web site known by authorities to be used by the group, claimed that they shot the plane down. The statement said that their members had \"opened fire on a plane trying to land at an American base near Balad from different directions, using medium-range weapons... With the help of God, they were able to shoot it down.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Investigation\nAfter the wreckage was photographed in situ, the army hauled it away on flatbed trucks to the base, where it is presently secured. As well as the ongoing question of fog, Ahmed al-Mussawi, spokesman for the Iraqi transport ministry, said one day after the crash that \"It must have been technical failure or a lack of aviation experience (on the part of the crew),\". The crash is under investigation by the Iraqi government, American government and Moldovan government, but the Turkish government has been denied permission to join the investigative team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Investigation\nThe Air Force and the Army say they are willing to help with the investigation. Ali Ariduru, deputy head of the Turkish aviation authority, said initial information indicated there was no technical malfunction on the plane. Eyewitness from the shift in one of the base towers did not see or hear missile or gunfire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190282-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Balad aircraft crash, Investigation\nThere is confusion as to the whereabouts of the aircraft's Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder (FDR and CVR, commonly referred to as \"black boxes\"). The Turkish Foreign Ministry stated they have been shipped to Antonov's Kiev headquarters, but Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m claims they are still in Iraq, with the rest of the debris. All that is confirmed is that they have been recovered, which occurred on 30 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190283-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Balashikha shooting\nThe 2007 Balashikha shooting was a mass murder that occurred on 23 April, 2007, in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia, where four people were shot and killed by Alexandr Lyovin, who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190283-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Balashikha shooting, Perpetrator\nAlexander Lyovin (\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041b\u0451\u0432\u0438\u043d) was a 31-year-old career criminal, described as a \"bandit\", and was a resident of Balashikha. Lyovin had repeatedly been in trouble with law enforcement in the past, and at the time of the shooting had recently been released from prison. Lyovin was a recidivist, and shortly after his release was hired as a contract killer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190283-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Balashikha shooting, Shooting\nAt 12:00 a.m., on April 23, 2007, Lyovin went to the apartment building at 8 Krupskoy Street in Balashikha, where his contract ordered him to shoot 49-year-old Nina Kuznetsova (\u041d\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0443\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0446\u043e\u0432\u0430) who lived in apartment 15. Armed with a handmade pistol featuring an improvised suppressor that had been provided to him, Alexander went to Kuznetsova's apartment at and rang the doorbell. Kuznetsova saw the weapon as she answered the door and tried to escape, but Lyovin shot her in the head and killed her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190283-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Balashikha shooting, Shooting\nAs he attempted to flee, Lyovin suddenly encountered 30-year-old Valida Halilova (\u0412\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0434\u0430 \u0425\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430) who saw his weapon, and fatally shot her as she ran away. Lyovin then ran downstairs and saw 43-year-old Sergey Glashko (\u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0413\u043b\u0430\u0448\u043a\u043e) and shot him dead while still attempting to escape. Near the exit, Lyovin saw 70-year-old Lidiya Vasilyeva (\u041b\u0438\u0434\u0438\u044f \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0430) and shot her dead too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190283-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Balashikha shooting, Arrest and conviction\nAfter that Lyovin escaped from 8 Krupskoy Street, footage of the shooting was found to have been captured on a video camera. Panic spread across the small city of Balashikha, and local police directed all available resources towards investigating the shooting. Lyovin was arrested on May 4, 2007, and on June 5, 2008, was sentenced to life in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190284-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic Island Council elections\nThe 2007 Balearic Island Council elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Island Councils of Mallorca and Menorca and the 1st Island Councils of Formentera and Ibiza. All 72 seats in the four Island Councils were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190284-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic Island Council elections\nThis was the first time that a separate election was held to elect the members of the Island Councils after the ones held in 1979. From 1983 to 2003, their composition was determined by the Parliament of the Balearic Islands election results in each constituency. In addition, after these elections the Island Council of Ibiza and Formentera was separated into two Island Councils, one per each island, with the City Council of Formentera taking the functions of the Island Council. Therefore, the election results in Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca are compared to the 2003 Balearic regional election in these constituencies, and the results in Formentera are compared to the 2003 Formentera City Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190284-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic Island Council elections, Opinion polls\nThe tables below list voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190284-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic Island Council elections, Island Council control\nThe following table lists party control in the Island Councils. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election\nThe 2007 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election\nOn 1 March 2007, the reform of the Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands came into effect. Among other changes, it gave more autonomy to every Island Council, with the creation of the Island Council of Formentera\u2014formerly the Island Council of Ibiza and Formentera covered both islands\u2014, composed by the municipal councillors elected in the Formentera municipal election. This meant that to elect the island councillors a separate election was held for the first time. Since then, the regional election in every district was used to determine the councillors. The number of seats was the same as before\u201433 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca and 13 for Ibiza. The voters had therefore an extra blue ballot to vote for each Island Council, different from the salmon ballot existing for the regional election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of the Balearic Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Balearic Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Balearic Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 59 members of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 33 for Mallorca, 13 for Menorca, 12 for Ibiza and 1 for Formentera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Overview, Election date\nAfter legal amendments in 2007, fixed-term mandates were abolished, instead allowing the term of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands to expire after an early dissolution. The election Decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 25 May 2007. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 1 May 2007, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 24 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Government had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of the Balearic Islands and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a sixty-day period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Parties and candidates\nBelow is a list of the main parties and coalitions which contested the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190285-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Balearic regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 30 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190286-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ball State Cardinals football team\nThe 2007 Ball State Cardinals football team competed in football on behalf of the Ball State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They won the majority of their games, led by their quarterback Nate Davis who threw 20+ touchdown passes connecting to receivers Dante Love and Darius Hill for more than 10 touchdown passes combined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190286-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ball State Cardinals football team, Schedule, Season\nThe Cardinals finished the regular season 7\u20135, reaching their first bowl game since 1996. The team has tallied victories against Eastern Michigan, Navy, Buffalo, Western Michigan, WKU and Toledo, while being defeated by Miami (Ohio), Nebraska, Central Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. The offense is led by sophomore quarterback Nate Davis (57.6% comp., 1928 yds., 18 TD, 3 INT), junior tight end Darius Hill (35 rec., 517 rec. yds., 6 TD), junior wide receiver Dante Love (44 rec., 643 rec. yds., 7 TD), and freshman running back Frank Edmonds (347 rushing yds., 5 TD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190286-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ball State Cardinals football team, Schedule, Season\nThe most impressive win of the season came at home against Buffalo, where the Cards, anchored by three Nate Davis passing TDs and two Frank Edmonds rushing TDs, won 49\u201314. The worst defeat of the season, in what was being billed by many as a showcase for who would represent the Western Division in the MAC Championship game, was at the hands of the Central Michigan Chippewas, who routed the Cardinals 58\u201338. The Chippewas passing/running sensation, sophomore quarterback Dan LeFevour put in his finest aerial performance of the season to date, completing 30 of 38 passes (5 TD/1 INT) while also adding 146 yards rushing yards on 16 carries (1 TD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190286-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ball State Cardinals football team, Players\nHB MiQuale Lewis only played 4 games following an ACL injury, but ran for 447 rushing yards, 4.9 yards/per carry, and 2 touchdowns. He also put up 111.8 rushing yards a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190287-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ballon d'Or\nThe 2007 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Kak\u00e1. This was the first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation were eligible for nomination; this change also led to an increase in the voting pool to include journalists from outside UEFA countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190287-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ballon d'Or\nKak\u00e1 was the fourth Brazilian national to win the award after Ronaldo (1997, 2002), Rivaldo (1999), and Ronaldinho (2005). He was the sixth Milan player to win the trophy after Gianni Rivera (1969), Ruud Gullit (1987), Marco van Basten (1988, 1989, 1992), George Weah (1995), and Andriy Shevchenko (2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190287-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ballon d'Or\nHe was the last person to win the Ballon D'or outside of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo until it was won in 2018 by Luka Modri\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190288-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltic League\nThe 2007 season of Baltic League (known as the TrioBet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Baltic League. The competition was won by Liep\u0101jas Metalurgs of Latvia, who beat fellow Latvians FK Ventspils 8\u20132 on aggregate in the final, which was spread over two legs on 8 November 2007 and 11 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190289-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltic League Final\nThe 2007 Baltic League Final (officially known as the 2007 Triobet Baltic League Final) was the final of the first ever Baltic League. It was played on November 8 and November 11, 2007 between Latvian teams FK Ventspils and Liep\u0101jas Metalurgs. Liep\u0101jas Metalurgs won the two matches 8\u20132 (3\u20131 and 5\u20131) on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season\nThe Baltimore Orioles' 2007 season involved the Orioles finishing with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses and fourth place in the AL East. On June 18, 2007 manager Sam Perlozzo was fired and replaced with bullpen coach Dave Trembley as interim manager. Trembley was named full-time manager on August 22, 2007. On this same day, the Orioles suffered a 30 to 3 loss to the Texas Rangers, the most lopsided loss in franchise history. Perlozzo's record was 29 wins and 40 losses and Trembley's was 40 wins and 53 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Rangers 30, Orioles 3\nOn August 22 of the season, the Orioles were slated to play against the Texas Rangers in a doubleheader, as the two teams had their game on August 20 postponed due to rain. Both teams were well out of contention by this point, with the Rangers at 54-70 and the Orioles at 58-65, and it was the first game for manager Dave Trembley in a full-time capacity, as he had served as an interim manager since June 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Rangers 30, Orioles 3\nEvery batter for the Rangers recorded at least two hits, with eight of the nine batters reaching home plate to score twice (with the exception of Michael Young, who left in the seventh inning after scoring once); incidentally, every Oriole pitcher (four used) allowed at least six runs to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Rangers 30, Orioles 3\nWes Littleton, who came in when the score was 14-3 in the seventh inning, received the save for his three innings of work; the offensive explosion of sixteen runs after he came in helped set a new record for the largest margin of victory in a game with a save, and the previous record was coincidentally a win by the Rangers over the Orioles (26-7, April 19, 1996).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Rangers 30, Orioles 3\nThe victory set a record for most runs scored by an American League team in one game while being the most runs scored by a team since the Chicago Colts in 1897 (who scored 36 against the Louisville Colonels on June 29); it was the ninth time a team had scored 30 runs in a game. The 29 hits were the most by a team in a game since August 28, 1992, when Milwaukee hit 33 against Toronto. Less than an hour after the game, the two teams played the second game of the doubleheader, which the Rangers won 9-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190290-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Inning pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season\nThe 2007 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 12th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 9th and final under head coach Brian Billick. They entered the season hoping to improve on their 13\u20133 record from 2006, but failed to improve on that record and finished the season with at 5\u201311. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2005 with a loss to the undefeated Patriots in Week 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason\nDuring the offseason the Ravens cut Jamal Lewis, with the intent of re-signing him at a lower salary. However, he then signed with the Cleveland Browns. The Ravens also choose not to place the franchise tag on Adalius Thomas, who then signed with the New England Patriots. Fullback Ovie Mughelli was also lost in free agency, signing with the Atlanta Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Offseason\nThe Ravens then traded a 3rd and 7th round draft pick in the 2007 draft and a 3rd round pick in 2008 for Willis McGahee. In the 1st round of the draft, the Ravens selected Auburn offensive tackle Ben Grubbs. In the 5th round, the Baltimore Ravens drafted Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Ravens began their 2007 campaign on the road against their AFC North foe, the Cincinnati Bengals, in the first game of a Monday Night Football doubleheader. In the first quarter, Baltimore lost two fumbles early on, with the Bengals turning the second fumble into QB Carson Palmer\u2019s 39-yard TD pass to WR Chad Johnson. Later, another Raven fumble allowed Cincinnati to cash in as Bengals kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Baltimore finally managed to get on the board as RB Musa Smith got a 6-yard TD run. Later, Cincinnati increased its advantage with Graham kicking a 40-yard field goal. The Ravens ended the half with kicker Matt Stover getting a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore's turnover problems continued as QB Steve McNair fumbled the ball as he got sacked, allowing Bengals LB Landon Johnson to return the fumble 34 yards for a touchdown for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens finally took the lead with Stover kicking a 23-yard field goal and Safety Ed Reed returning a punt 63 yards for a touchdown. However, later in the period, a McNair pass was intercepted by DE Robert Geathers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals quickly cashed in as Palmer completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh, followed by a 2-point conversion run by RB Rudi Johnson. With McNair having groin problems, QB Kyle Boller took over. He threw a pass in the red zone to tight end Todd Heap that was overturned for an offensive pass interference penalty \u2013 a call that drew anger from Ravens fans as replays showed that if anything, Heap had been interfered against. Near the end of the game, he almost helped the Ravens score, but a Michael Myers interception ended any hope of Baltimore's comeback. In the end, the Ravens ended up with six turnovers on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the loss, Baltimore began its season at 0\u20131 while the Bengals started out 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Jets\nHoping to rebound from their turnover-plagued loss to the Bengals, the Ravens flew home for their Week 2 home-opener against the New York Jets. With Steve McNair still recovering from a groin injury, QB Kyle Boller was given the start for this Back-Up Bowl (due to the fact Kellen Clemens was filling in for an injured Chad Pennington). In the first quarter, Baltimore took to the skies early with Boller completing a 2-yard TD pass to RB Willis McGahee for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Jets responded with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 50-yard field goal. The Ravens responded with kicker Matt Stover getting a 28-yard field goal and Boller completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Todd Heap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Jets\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with Stover kicking a 43-yard field goal. However, the Jets began to show some fight within them as Nugent kicked a 21-yard field goal, while Clemens completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Chris Baker. The Ravens\u2019 defense held its ground and LB Ray Lewis managed to get the game-winning interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Jets\nWith the win, not only did Baltimore improve to 1\u20131, but it made the Ravens 4\u20130 against the Jets while under Head Coach Brian Billick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nAfter their win over the Jets, the Ravens stayed at home for a Week 3 interconference fight with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Baltimore took flight first with kicker Matt Stover getting a 21-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased its lead with Stover getting a 28-yard field goal. The Cardinals responded with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 48-yard field goal. Afterwards, Baltimore began to unload with QB Steve McNair completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason, while rookie WR Yamon Figurs returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Arizona managed to get a 40-yard field goal from Rackers, while the Ravens had Stover kick a 43-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals started to work their way back into the game with QB Kurt Warner completing a 5-yard and a 32-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin, along with Rackers getting a 41-yard field goal to tie the game. Stover helped Baltimore close out the game with a win as he nailed the game-winning 46-yard field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off their last-second home win over the Cardinals, the Ravens flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for an AFC North duel with the Cleveland Browns. The matchup was notable with former Ravens RB Jamal Lewis now playing for Cleveland. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as the Browns took their opening drive and ended it with QB Derek Anderson (another former Raven) completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Joe Jurevicius. Also, immediately after QB Steve McNair got intercepted, Cleveland cashed in with Anderson completing a 78-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the second quarter, Baltimore managed to get on the board with kicker Matt Stover getting a 21-yard field goal. However, the Browns continued their offensive surge with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 41-yard field goal, along with Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. Even though instant replay showed that the ball was just shy of breaking the plane of the goal line, the Ravens\u2019 coaching staff was unable to challenge the play in time. They ended the half with Stover kicking a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland continued its surge with Dawson kicking a 20-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore tried to come back, but the only thing from their comeback was McNair's 4-yard TD pass to TE Quinn Sypniewski. With the surprising loss, the Ravens fell to 2\u20132, despite outgaining the Browns 418\u2013303 in total offense. On the positive note, RB Willis McGahee got his first 100-yard game as a Raven, as he ran 14 times for 104 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 5: at San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Browns, the Ravens flew to Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park for an interconference duel with the San Francisco 49ers. Baltimore even went up against the QB that helped them win Super Bowl XXXV, Trent Dilfer, because QB Alex Smith was out with a separated shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 5: at San Francisco 49ers\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Ravens got the first punch with kicker Matt Stover getting a 26-yard and a 32-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Stover gave Baltimore a 49-yard field goal. However, the 49ers threatened with Dilfer completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle. The 49ers\u2019 kicker Joe Nedney missed the potential game-winning field goal from 52 yards out, and the Ravens held on for the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. St. Louis Rams\nComing off of their road win over the 49ers, the Ravens went home for a Week 6 interconference duel with the winless St. Louis Rams. With QB Steve McNair out with injuries, back-up Kyle Boller was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the first quarter, Baltimore took flight early with kicker Matt Stover getting a 43-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Raven continued to take advantage of an injury-plagued Rams team with Stover kicking a 42-yard field goal, along with RB Willis McGahee getting a 6-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with Stover nailing a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, St. Louis got its only score of the game as kicker Jeff Wilkins got a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens sealed their easy win with Stover kicking a 31-yard and a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. St. Louis Rams\nDuring the win, the Ravens defense forced six turnovers, which included a franchise-best 5 interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Buffalo Bills\nComing off their easy home win over the Rams, the Ravens flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 7 duel with the Buffalo Bills. This game was notable for RB Willis McGahee, as he returned to Buffalo to play against his former team, who made their first-ever visit to Buffalo in their twelfth NFL season. With McNair still out with injuries, QB Kyle Boller was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Bills kicker Rian Lindell got a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Ravens continued to struggle as Lindell increased Buffalo's lead with 26-yard and a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Baltimore got back into the game as McGahee ran 43 yards for a touchdown. However, the Bills responded with Lindell getting a 41-yard field goal, along with RB Marshawn Lynch getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens got within striking range as Boller completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason. Buffalo held on to get the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Buffalo Bills\nWith the loss, Baltimore entered its bye week at 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their bye week, the Ravens flew to Heinz Field for a Monday Night divisional duel with the throwback-clad Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Baltimore fell behind early as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 17-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller and a 15-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes. In the second quarter, the Ravens continued to struggle as Roethlisberger completed a 30-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington, a 35-yard TD pass to Holmes, and 7-yard TD pass to Washington. Afterwards, Baltimore got its only score of the game as RB Willis McGahee got a 33-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Steelers\u2019 defense continued to shut down any hope of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThe Ravens offense committed four turnovers and 11 penalties, and was held to a franchise-worst 104 total yards. QB Steve McNair had a dismal night, as he completed 13 out of 22 passes for only 63 yards and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Ravens went home for an AFC North rematch with the Cincinnati Bengals. After a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore struggled as Cincinnati kicker Shayne Graham got a 34-yard and a 19-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Ravens continued to fall behind as Graham gave the Bengals a 22-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Graham helped Cincinnati pull away as he nailed two 35-yarders, a 21-yarder, and a 33-yard field goal. Baltimore's only score of the game came with RB Willis McGahee getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nDuring this season, Baltimore has committed a total of 12 turnovers in their series against the Bengals (6 from this game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nTrying to snap a three-game skid, the Ravens stayed at home for an AFC North rematch with the Cleveland Browns. This game was RB Jamal Lewis' return to Baltimore as a Cleveland Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Browns kicker Phil Dawson managed to get a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Ravens continued to struggle as Lewis got a 1-yard TD run. Baltimore managed to get on the board with LB Ray Lewis returning an interception 35 yards for a touchdown. Cleveland got one last score prior to halftime, as Dawson kicked a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens took the lead with RB Willis McGahee getting a 2-yard TD run. However, the Browns responded as QB Derek Anderson (another former Raven) got a 1-yard TD run, while Safety Brodney Pool returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore began to come back as kicker Matt Stover made 34-yard and 41-yard field goals, while QB Kyle Boller completed a 27-yard TD pass to WR Devard Darling (his first career touchdown reception). Afterwards, Stover helped the Ravens retake the lead with a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nCleveland got into field goal range. Initially, Dawson's 51-yard attempt was ruled no good. However, it turned out that the ball bounced off the upright, then bounced off the support bar, and then went back into play. In the end, the Browns were awarded the field goal. In overtime, Cleveland sealed the win as Dawson made the game-winning 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith their fourth-straight loss, not only did Baltimore fall to 4\u20136, but it marked the first time since 2001 that they were swept by Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 12: at San Diego Chargers\nTrying to snap a four-game skid, the Ravens flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the San Diego Chargers. After a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore trailed as Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding managed to get a 27-yard field goal. The Ravens took the lead with RB Willis McGahee getting a 1-yard TD run. San Diego retook the lead with QB Philip Rivers completing a 35-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates (with a failed PAT), Kaeding kicking a 46-yard field goal, Rivers completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers, and Kaeding kicking a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 12: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore's struggles continued as Rivers and Gates hooked up with each other again on a 25-yard TD pass. The Ravens\u2019 QB Kyle Boller completed a 13-yard TD pass to rookie FB Le'Ron McClain. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers sealed the win with Kaeding nailing a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 12: at San Diego Chargers\nWith the loss, not only did Baltimore fall to 4\u20137, but it marked the first time in franchise history that the Ravens had lost five straight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New England Patriots\nTrying to snap a five-game losing skid, the Ravens went home for a Week 13 Monday Night intra conference duel with the New England Patriots, who were undefeated at 11\u20130. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski made a 21-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens took the lead with QB Kyle Boller completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason. In the second quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with kicker Matt Stover getting a 29-yard field goal. Later, New England tied the game prior to halftime as FB Heath Evans got a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens regained the lead with RB Willis McGahee getting a 17-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Patriots tied the game with QB Tom Brady completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore took the lead again as Boller completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Wilcox. Afterwards, New England drew closer with Gostkowski making a 38-yard field goal. The Ravens had a chance to win and stuffed Tom Brady on a quarterback sneak on 4th and 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New England Patriots\nHowever, Brian Billick called a timeout right before the play, giving the Patriots another chance. Brady then successfully did the QB Sneak to get the 1st down. The Patriots retook the lead with Brady completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Jabar Gaffney. Boller's hail-mary pass was completed to WR Mark Clayton at New England's 2-yard line; he was tackled as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New England Patriots\nWith the loss, the Ravens fell to 4\u20138, thus eliminating themselves from playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nTrying to snap a six-game losing skid, the Ravens stayed at home for a Week 14 Sunday Night duel with the Indianapolis Colts in the rematch of last year's AFC Divisional game. In the first quarter, Baltimore trailed early as Colts QB Peyton Manning completed a 34-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, while RB Joseph Addai got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, Indianapolis\u2019 Manning completed a 19-yard TD pass to Addai, while CB Michael Coe blocked a punt, causing it to go out of bounds through the Ravens\u2019 endzone for a safety. In the second quarter, the Colts\u2019 Addai ran for an 11-yard TD run. Baltimore responded with rookie WR Yamon Figurs returning the ensuing kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, Indianapolis struck again with Manning completing a 57-yard TD pass to WR Anthony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, the Colts\u2019 Manning completed a 40-yard TD pass to Gonzalez for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens\u2019 QB Kyle Boller completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Devard Darling, while rookie QB Troy Smith got a 6-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWith their seventh-straight loss, Baltimore fell to 4\u20139 and to last place in the AFC North with the Bengals\u2019 win over the Rams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Miami Dolphins\nTrying to snap a seven-game slide, the Ravens flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 15 intraconference duel with winless Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Baltimore took flight early as kicker Matt Stover managed to get a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as Stover kicked a 39-yard field goal. The Dolphins got on the board with kicker Jay Feely getting a 23-yard field goal. Baltimore ended the half as QB Kyle Boller completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, Miami began to rally as RB Samkon Gado got a 7-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins took the lead as Feely kicked a 22-yard and a 29-yard field goal. The Ravens tied the game with Stover nailing an 18-yard field goal. However, in overtime, the Dolphins sealed their first and only win of the year as QB Cleo Lemon completed a 64-yard TD pass to WR Greg Camarillo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Miami Dolphins\nWith their eighth-straight loss, the Ravens fell to 4\u201310. The win for the Dolphins turned out to be their only victory of the season as they improved to 1\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to snap an eight-game skid, the Ravens flew to Qwest Field for a Week 16 interconference duel with the Seattle Seahawks. Although the team was in its twelfth season, this was the Ravens\u2019 first-ever regular season contest in Seattle. After a scoreless first quarter, Baltimore's seasonal struggles continued as in the second quarter, Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson, along with LB Leroy Hill returning a fumble 20 yards for a touchdown and Hasselbeck completing a 14-yard TD pass to RB Shaun Alexander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Seattle increased its lead with kicker Josh Brown nailing a 42-yard and a 39-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens got their only score of the game as rookie QB Troy Smith completing a 79-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason (with a failed two-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 74], "content_span": [75, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nHoping to end a horrendous season on a high note, the Ravens went home for a Week 17 AFC North rematch with the season's AFC North champion Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Baltimore took flight as RB Musa Smith got a 2-yard TD run, along with kicker Matt Stover getting a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Ravens increased their lead as RB Cory Ross got a 32-yard TD run. The Steelers responded with RB Najeh Davenport getting a 1-yard TD run. Baltimore ended the half with Stover nailing a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Ravens continued to lead as rookie QB Troy Smith completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Devard Darling for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh began to come back as QB Charlie Batch completed a 59-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes and a 7-yard TD pass to WR Cedric Wilson. Afterwards, Baltimore's defense held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190291-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore Ravens season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the win, not only did the Ravens end their season at 5\u201311, but they also snapped their franchise-worst nine-game losing streak. The win also gained the Ravens their 100th regular-season win in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election\nThe 2007 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007. Because Baltimore's electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic, Sheila Dixon's victory in the Democratic primary on September 11 all but assured her of victory in the general election, and she defeated Republican candidate Elbert Henderson in the general election by an overwhelming majority. Dixon, who as president of the Baltimore City Council became mayor in January 2007 when Martin O'Malley resigned to become Governor of Maryland, was the first woman to be elected to the office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates\nMartin O'Malley, the winner of the previous mayoral election, was elected governor of Maryland in 2006. Therefore, city council president Sheila Dixon became mayor for the final year of what had been O'Malley's term, and subsequently ran for reelection to a full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates\nOther candidates for the Democratic nomination included city councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.; Andrey Bundley, a former school administrator who was O'Malley's only major opponent for the Democratic nomination in 2003; Frank M. Conaway, Sr., the only person, other than Dixon, in the race to have won a citywide election, who withdrew before the primary, Maryland state delegate Jill P. Carter; and perennial Baltimore-area candidate and social activist A. Robert Kaufman. Elbert Henderson was the sole candidate for the Republican nomination; he was the Republican nominee in the previous election, losing by a wide margin to O'Malley. Kweisi Mfume, former Congressman and president of the NAACP, was at one point rumored to be considering a run, but ultimately chose not to join the race. The Green Party did not nominate a mayoral candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 906]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates\nDixon had the advantage of incumbency, but Mitchell, who was seen as the mayor's most prominent opponent, hoped to overcome that advantage with a grassroots campaign. The beginning of Dixon's term and campaign was dogged by an ethics investigation, although the city's Board of Ethics ultimately found no reason to prosecute her. An upsurge of violent crime in Baltimore during the first half of 2007 affected early campaigning. Dixon launched a number of anti-crime initiatives, focusing on illegal guns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates\nMitchell's initial campaign moves focused on crime; Carter, criticizing Dixon's administration for what she called overzealous policing, promised a total revamp of the police department, stating that \"if we had leadership in this city, we would have already changed police commissioners.\" The Baltimore police commissioner later resigned his post on July 19, in an act that some observers felt would affect the course of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, July 2007\nWith less than two months remaining before the Democratic primary, Carter officially announced her candidacy, and poll of likely Democratic voters commissioned by the Baltimore Sun showed Mayor Dixon holding a comfortable lead over her nearest challenger. The poll, released on July 16, 2007, had Dixon leading Councilman Mitchell with 47 percent of the likely primary voters to Mitchell's 15 percent. The rest of the field was in single digits, below the poll's margin of error, with 28 percent undecided. Although candidates would not be required to release fundraising numbers until August, Dixon was reported to have sizeable lead in this area as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, August 2007\nWith little more than a month left until the primary election, Dixon further distanced herself from her primary opponents. On August 3, 2007, Mitchell's father resigned as treasurer of his son's mayoral campaign after it was discovered that he spent more than $40,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. Despite this incident, Mitchell said that his campaign remained focused on the problems facing Baltimore City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, August 2007\nMeanwhile, Carter focused her campaign on the impending 50% BGE rate hike calling for re-regulation, reforming public education, and effective policing, and restoring integrity to City Hall while continuing her attack on Dixon by charging her with not showing at local political forums and for sending city employees in her stead. At a press conference outside City Hall, Carter and a campaign worker dressed in a yellow chicken suit handed out copies of a letter she sent to the State Ethics commission complaining about the practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, August 2007, Televised debate\nOn Monday night, August 27, 2007, all eight democratic candidates for Mayor appeared in a debate televised by Maryland Public Television and WBAL-TV. During his introduction, candidate Conaway announced that he was withdrawing from the race and throwing \"his money and support\" behind candidate Mitchell. The debate lasted fifty-five minutes with each candidate giving an opening and closing statement and answering questions posed by reporters in between. The debate was sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the Greater Baltimore Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, August 2007, Fundraising\nBaltimore's WJZ-TV reported that the Dixon campaign said that as of August 30, it had more than $480,000 left to spend in the final two weeks before the September 11th Democratic primary. Carter's campaign reported having just over $8,000 on hand, and Bundley's campaign reported having $15,000 left as of the mid August 2007 campaign reporting date. Mitchell had just over $115,000 in cash on hand as of August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, September 2007\nJust over a week before election day, a September 2 Baltimore Sun poll had Dixon maintaining her strong lead. According to the Sun, \"Dixon leads City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. by 46 percent to 19 percent \u2013 a 27 percentage-point spread \u2013 according to the poll conducted by OpinionWorks, an independent Annapolis-based firm.\" According to a number of experts, the race never really became competitive. Lenneal J. Henderson, a professor at the University of Baltimore's School of Public Affairs, said, \"I think it is over. It would take a huge misstep on the part of Sheila Dixon for her not to win this one.\" Bundley (4%) and Carter (2%) showed no improvement over the previously released July poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Primary election: Dixon victory\nOn the night of the primary, less than three hours after the polls closed, Mitchell conceded defeat and Dixon claimed victory in the primary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Primary election: Dixon victory, Primary election results\nThese are the final, official results for the Democratic primary, as reported on the city of Baltimore's election board Web site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, General election campaign\nBecause of the city's overwhelmingly Democratic tilt, campaigning largely ceased after the primary, with Dixon and other citywide candidates maintaining \"bare-bones\" campaign staffs. On a low-turnout general election day, Dixon defeated her Republican challenger with more than 86 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, General election campaign, General election results\nThese are the official results for the general election, as reported on the city of Baltimore's election board Web site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 84], "content_span": [85, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Other city elections\nAll other Baltimore city officers were also up for election simultaneously with the mayor, including the fourteen members of the Baltimore City Council (elected from single-member districts) and the City Council President and City Comptroller (both elected citywide). Incumbent comptroller Joan Pratt ran unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election, and none of the twelve council members seeking re-election faced serious competition in either election; one ran unopposed in the primary and seven ran unopposed in the general election. All fourteen council members returned in the general election were Democrats, as has been the case in every election since 1939.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Other city elections\nThe race for the Democratic nomination for City Council President was perhaps the closest of the election cycle. The two major candidates were incumbent Stephanie Rawlings Blake, a former council member who had been appointed to fill the position with Dixon became mayor, and Michael Sarbanes, a community activist and the son of former United States Senator Paul Sarbanes and brother of U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes. A July poll had the two virtually tied, with 27 percent of respondents favoring Sarbanes and 26 percent favoring Rawlings Blake, with Councilman Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. a distant third at 8 percent. Rawlings Blake subsequently overtook Sarbanes, however, and won the primary election with 49 percent of the vote to Sarbanes' 38 percent. In the general election, the incumbent handily defeated her only opponent, Green candidate Maria Allwine, garnering 82 percent of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 949]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190292-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Baltimore mayoral election, Mayoral endorsements\nA number of city groups offered endorsements of the various candidates over the course of the campaign:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190293-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bandy World Championship\nThe 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia, 27 January \u2013 4 February 2007. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B). Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006. The local time in Kemerovo is UTC+7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190293-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bandy World Championship, Division B\nAll Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival\nThe 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival was held from July 19 to July 29, 2007, at SF Group's SF World Cinema at CentralWorld. The fifth consecutive year for the festival, organizers planned a program of about 100 films, with an emphasis on Asian cinema.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Scheduling, budgetary difficulties\nOriginally scheduled for January 26 to February 5, the festival was postponed because of a lack of available venues, since Bangkok cinemas at the time had planned to be fully booked with screenings of the part one of The Legend of King Naresuan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Scheduling, budgetary difficulties\nIn addition, the film festival organization was hit with a massive budget cut, from 180 million baht to 60 million baht, which resulted in festival organizers, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, having to break their contract with Los Angeles-based Film Festival Management, which had programmed the festival since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Scheduling, budgetary difficulties\nIn previous years, the festival's focus had been on big-budget Hollywood films and lavish, red-carpet appearances by celebrities, flown to Bangkok at the festival's expense. With the budget cut and the focus on Asian films, the 2007 festival was expected to be a departure from past years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Controversy\nThe festival initially announced that the French-produced animated feature Persepolis would open the festival. The film is an adaptation of a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi (who co-directed the film), telling the story of her childhood growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. However, the Embassy of Iran asked the festival organizers to consider showing another film from Iran, so Persepolis was dropped from the program. The festival director, Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, was quoted as saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Controversy\nI was invited by the Iranian embassy to discuss the matter and we both came to mutual agreement that it would be beneficial to both countries if the film was not shown. It's a good film, but there are other considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Controversy\nWe had a request from the Iranian Embassy that the film festival remove the film, and we did. Now we move on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Controversy\nHowever, Chattan also said that the decision to cancel the film was his alone and that \"there was no outside pressure\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Controversy\nThe Hungarian film, Children of Glory, depicting the \"Blood in the Water\" Olympic water polo match and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, was chosen as the replacement opening film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Program highlights\nThe festival's lineup featured a retrospective of films by Spanish director Luis Bu\u00f1uel and a tribute to Indian actress Hema Malini. Malini was among the celebrities taking part in the festival's opening night festivities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Program highlights\nThe main competition categories for the Golden Kinaree were for international films and ASEAN films from Southeast Asia, as well as an international short-film competition. Non -competition sections were for Thai Panorama (Thai films released in 2006 and 2007) Asian films, ASEAN films, documentaries and the wide-ranging Windows on the World.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Program highlights\nThe closing film was Muay Thai Chaiya, a Thai boxing drama film directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190294-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Competition\nCompetition trophies were given out in an awards banquet presided over by Princess Ubol Ratana in the World Ballroom in the Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy\nThe 2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy began after an editorial cartoon was published in the 431st edition of Alpin (Bengali: \u0986\u09b2\u09aa\u09bf\u09a8), a featured supplement of the Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo, on 17 September 2007. The cartoon featured a conversation between an elderly man and a boy culminating in the boy making a joke using the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy\nBangladeshi Muslim organisations, who objected to the cartoon, responded by holding public protests which led to violence and street clashes, even though such demonstrations have been banned by the interim caretaker government. Arifur Rahman, the author of the cartoon, was arrested and detained while the publishers have publicly apologised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy, Controversy\nOn 17 September 2007, a cartoon titled Naam (Name) was published in the 431st edition of Alpin. The cartoon, by 20-year-old cartoonist Arifur Rahman, featured a conversation between an elderly man and a boy and the controversy is regarding the text rather than the pictures as had been the case in previous such incidents. When the boy was asked what his name was, he omitted the prefix Muhammad, used by some Muslims to show respect to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The elder informed him that he should use the prefix in front of all names. In the final strip, the man asked the boy what was in his lap to which he replied \"Muhammad cat\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy, Controversy\nThe country's mainly Muslim population regarded the publication of the cartoon in their holy month of Ramadhan as a deliberate attempt to ridicule Muhammad, who is highly revered by Muslims, and ignite unrest in the country. Demonstrations were held the following day in major cities, even though such protests were made unlawful by the interim caretaker government earlier in 2007. Formal representations were made by Muslim leaders to the government during meetings held on 18 September with calls for revoking the license of the newspaper, Prothom Alo. The government banned the sale of the 431st issue and instructed the authorities to seize all printed copies while urging the public to exercise self-restraint, and arrested Arifur Rahman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy, Controversy\nIn a statement released by Prothom Alo, the editor of Alpin, Matiur Rahman, apologised, expressing regret for publishing the cartoon. He stated that the \"unedited, unapproved and unacceptable\" cartoon is being withdrawn and would be \"taking actions against the persons responsible\". However, religious clerics of the country continued their outcry and demanded the arrest of Matiur Rahman and Prothom Alo's publisher, Mahfuz Anam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy, Rahman's trial\nIn 2007, after publishing the cartoon was huge demonstration in Bangladesh and was multiple trial against cartoonist Arifur Rahman. Rahman was jailed under Bangladesh's emergency laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy, Rahman's trial, Dhaka court\nRahman was charged with \"hurting religious sentiments\" under Penal Code Section 295A and given a thirty-day detention order; this was later extended for an additional three months. Amnesty International designated Rahman a prisoner of conscience and called for his \"immediate and unconditional release\". Reporters Without Borders also issued a statement on his behalf calling for his release, saying, \"The government should not yield to pressure from extremist leaders who are trying to politicise the case. Rahman should not be made a scapegoat. He must be freed.\" The cartoonist was arrested for six months and two days, arrested 18 September 2007, and released by court order on 20 March 2008, after the police officer who filed a case against him repeatedly failed to appear in court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190295-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy, Rahman's trial, Jessore court\nOn 12 November 2009, a Jessore court was handed down two months of rigorous imprisonment to cartoonist Arifur Rahman, also have to pay Tk 500 in fine or another seven days in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190296-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of America 500\nThe 2007 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 13, 2007 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the 31st race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, and the fifth race of the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was the only Saturday night race in the Chase schedule for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190296-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of America 500, Qualifying\nWith a lap of 28.512 sec at a speed of 189.394\u00a0mph, Ryan Newman won his fifth pole of the 2007 season. Chase points leader Jeff Gordon started 4th right behind Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson, who started 2nd on the outside pole. Defending winner Kasey Kahne started fifth, and Coke 600 winner Casey Mears started 9th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190296-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of America 500, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: No. 44-Dale Jarrett, No. 78-Joe Nemechek, No. 83-Brian Vickers, No. 06 -Sam Hornish Jr., No. 08 -Carl Long, No. 27-Kirk Shelmerdine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190296-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of America 500, Race\nLike the previous Chase races at Dover, Kansas, and most recently at Talladega, a great portion of the 12 Chase drivers would have trouble. Many analysts expected defending champion Jimmie Johnson to walk away with another Charlotte victory, as he had won three consecutive 600's, including two sweeps in 2004 and 2005. He continued with his domination, leading 95 of 337 laps before an unexpected spin on lap 231 took him out of contention. His teammate, points leader Jeff Gordon picked up the lead, trading it with teammate Kyle Busch and Clint Bowyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190296-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Bank of America 500, Race\nAfter an oil spill by Jeff Green, Gordon and Busch began experiencing fuel pickup problems. Fearing a wreck, owner Rick Hendrick told Kyle to race Gordon clean. Although he attempted a \"bump and run\" on Gordon, it gave Ryan Newman the opportunity to shoot back into the lead. Newman had victory in his sights until he surprisingly spun out with 3 to go, giving the lead back to Gordon, who had not finished a Lowe's race since 2004. However, Gordon would hold off Bowyer and Busch for his first Lowe's win since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190296-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of America 500, Results\nTop Ten Results: (Note: Chase drivers are in bold italics.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190297-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic\nThe 2007 Bank of the West Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the Bank of the West Classic, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from July 23 through July 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190297-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic, Finals, Doubles\nSania Mirza / Shahar Pe'er defeated Victoria Azarenka / Anna Chakvetadze, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190298-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld and Shahar Pe'er were the defending champions, but Gr\u00f6nefeld chose not to participate. Pe'er instead played with Sania Mirza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190298-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Doubles\nMirza and Pe'er went on to win the title, defeating Victoria Azarenka and Anna Chakvetadze in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20135).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190299-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Singles\nKim Clijsters was the defending champion, but did not participate due to her retirement in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190299-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating Sania Mirza in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190299-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bank of the West Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190300-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open\nThe 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in Portoro\u017e, Slovenia, from September 17 through September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190300-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190300-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190300-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Champions, Doubles\nLucie Hradeck\u00e1 / Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 def. Andreja Klepa\u010d / Elena Likhovtseva, 5\u20137, 6\u20134, 10\u20137", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190301-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open took place between October 29 and November 4 on outdoor hard courts in Portoro\u017e, Slovenia. Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Andreja Klepa\u010d and Elena Likhovtseva in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190302-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles Tournament at the 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open took place between September 17 and September 23 on outdoor hard courts in Portoro\u017e, Slovenia. Tatiana Golovin won the title, defeating Katarina Srebotnik in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190303-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barbarians end of season tour\nThe 2007 Barbarians rugby union tour was a series of matches played in May 2007 in by Barbarians F.C.. They played for the first time against Spain and Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190304-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona City Council election\nThe 2007 Barcelona City Council election, also the 2007 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190304-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system\nThe City Council of Barcelona (Catalan: Ajuntament de Barcelona, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Barcelona) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Barcelona, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190304-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system\nVoting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Barcelona and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190304-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system\nThe mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190304-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190304-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona City Council election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 21 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190305-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA\nThe 2007 Barcelona KIA was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the Barcelona Ladies Open as part of the WTA Tour and was part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in Barcelona, Spain, from 11 June through 17 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190305-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190305-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190305-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA, Champions, Doubles\nNuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja def. Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino / Flavia Pennetta, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 2\u20136, [12\u201310]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190306-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Barcelona KIA took place between 11 June and 17 June on outdoor clay courts in Barcelona, Spain. Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja won the title, defeating Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino and Flavia Pennetta in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190307-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles Tournament at the 2007 Barcelona KIA took place between 11 June and 17 June on outdoor clay courts in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Meghann Shaughnessy won the title, defeating Edina Gallovits in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190307-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Barcelona KIA \u2013 Singles, Qualifying, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players in bold have qualified. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190308-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190308-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nPrior to the election, a number of Barnsley Independent Group councillors had removed themselves from the grouping and sat as Independent. Those Independents had earlier lost a seat in a Penistone by-election to the Conservatives, and suffered a defection to Labour in St. Helens. The Conservatives had also suffered a defection to the BIG in Penistone West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190308-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour retain a majority of 3 with 33 councillors, after losing 2 seats to the Barnsley Independent Group. The Barnsley Independent Group moved to 20 seats after ousting 2 long time Labour councillors Alan Schofield and Alex Vodden. The Conservatives remained on 5 seats, the Liberal Democrats 2 and 3 councillors were non-aligned. The British National Party failed to win any seats, but did come second in the wards of Central, Dearne North and Darton West. Overall turnout increased slightly to 33%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190308-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\n+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190309-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election\nElections to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nElections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2007 proceeded according to revised rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, resulting in the induction of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nThe Veterans Committee held an election with two ballots: the biennial election for players retired over 20 years, and the quadrennial election for non-players (managers, umpires and executives), the first since 2003. The Committee did not elect anyone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting\nInduction ceremonies in Cooperstown were held July 29 with Commissioner Bud Selig presiding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe BBWAA was again authorized to elect players active in 1987 or later, but not after 2001; the ballot announced on November 27, 2006, included candidates from the 2006 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 2001. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nVoters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate who received votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Results of the 2007 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 9. The ballot consisted of 32 players; a record 545 ballots were cast, with 409 votes required for election. A total of 3584 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.58 per ballot. Those candidates who received less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nCandidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (\u2020). There were 15 candidates returning from the 2006 ballot. The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nSteve Garvey was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe newly-eligible candidates included 26 All-Stars, eight of whom were selected at least five times, and ten of whom were not even included on the ballot. For only the second time (equalling 1982), three players with 400 home runs were among the new candidates; the five newly eligible players with 300 home runs were a new high (exceeding the 1980 total), and the twelve new candidates with 200 home runs shattered the previous high mark of eight, set in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nWith the exception of the first balloting in 1936, it was the second time that two players with 3000 hits debuted on the ballot (Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr.), and also the second time that two players with 1500 RBI made their initial appearances (Ripken and Harold Baines). Again excepting 1936, the numbers of newly eligible candidates with 2000 hits (7), 2500 hits (3), 1000 RBI (9), 1200 RBI (5), 3000 total bases (11), 3500 total bases (5) or 4000 total bases (3) all tied or broke previous records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nThe field included three MVP Award Winners (Ken Caminiti, Jose Canseco, and Cal Ripken, Jr., who won the award twice), one Cy Young Award winner (Bret Saberhagen, twice awarded), and four Rookie of the Year Award winners (Cal Ripken, Jr., Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and Gregg Olson, who was not even on the ballot). As expected, Gwynn and Ripken were elected on the first ballot; the other first-time candidates were generally seeking simply enough votes to remain on the ballot for the 2008 election, when a much less crowded field was expected. However, of the first-timers who were not elected, only two\u2014McGwire and Baines\u2014received enough votes to make the 2008 ballot, and had Baines received two fewer votes, he also would have become ineligible for BBWAA consideration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election\nPlayers eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Derek Bell, Willie Blair, Brian Bohanon, Ricky Bones, Jeff Brantley, Norm Charlton, Chad Curtis, Rob Ducey, Mark Gardner, Bernard Gilkey, Craig Grebeck, Darryl Hamilton, Pete Harnisch, Charlie Hayes, Doug Henry, Gil Heredia, Glenallen Hill, Ken Hill, John Jaha, Stan Javier, Randy Knorr, Mark Leiter, Mark Lewis, Dave Magadan, Dave Martinez, Ram\u00f3n Mart\u00ednez, Chuck McElroy, Alan Mills, Omar Olivares, Joe Oliver, Gregg Olson, Scott Radinsky, Pat Rapp, Pete Schourek, Scott Servais, Jeff Shaw, Bill Spiers, Ed Sprague, Kevin Tapani, Eddie Taubensee, Turner Ward, John Wehner, and Rick Wilkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nPerformance-enhancing substances, which had made headlines in the sport for the past several years, became a factor in voting for the first time. Two MVP winners who later admitted to steroid use \u2013 Jos\u00e9 Canseco and Ken Caminiti \u2013 were both among the first-time candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nMore prominently, McGwire was appearing on the ballot for the first time; considered a highly likely first-ballot selection following his record-setting home run feats in the late 1990s, his candidacy was heavily debated more recently as observers of the sport considered both his admitted use of legal dietary supplements (particularly androstenedione, which he stopped using in 1998 and was banned in 2004), as well as suspicions in some quarters that he had also used steroids (which he ultimately admitted in 2010 to having used for much of his career, including 1998). The voters took these matters into consideration, individually determining how recent offensive totals should be regarded by the Hall, as the first players from the sport's offensive explosion in the late 1990s now began to appear on the ballot in significant numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 911]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nIn November 2006, the Associated Press received responses from 125 baseball writers they had asked about their voting plans; about 3/4 of those who had decided were against electing McGwire, at least for the time being.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nNew York Daily News sportswriter Bill Madden, who has also been part of the Veterans Committee selection process since 2003, said he will not vote for any player he even suspects of using steroids, citing the ballot guidelines which include a player's integrity as being among the five criteria voters should consider: \"I'm not voting for any of those guys \u2013 Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro, any of them. I draw the line at eyeball evidence and what I personally believe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nI had three Hall of Famers come up to me at Cooperstown ... and they all said the same thing, 'We're looking to you guys to uphold the integrity of this place.'\" He added, \"If the Hall of Fame doesn't want me or any other writers to take a stand, then take that clause out of the ballot. I plan to invoke that clause.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nUSA Today writer Bob Nightengale stated that even proof of steroid use would not cause him to withhold his vote, noting, \"So many other guys were taking them, including pitchers. So it's almost like a level playing field ... everybody was allowed to cheat, you still choose the best of that particular era.\" He nonetheless indicated that he would likely withhold his vote from McGwire for at least a year or two, saying, \"The biggest trouble I have with McGwire, he hit so many home runs in such a short period of time. It's not like he was a consistent Hall of Famer his whole career.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nIn contrast, Tony La Russa \u2013 McGwire's manager for all but one and a half years of his 16-season career \u2013 has said, \"Without question, I believe he belongs there on the first ballot. You're talking about a long and distinguished career.\" (McGwire was indeed an All-Star in all but two seasons from 1987 through 2000, and had already finished seventh or higher in the MVP voting three times before his 1998 record season.) La Russa also reiterated his belief that McGwire had never used steroids, saying, \"I know people are struggling with how to put it in perspective. I don't know where it goes. I don't know how people weigh. I don't know how the public feels. To me, the issue is the player that I saw for years and years. I believe in him. And that's where I leave it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nMLB.com sportswriter Barry Bloom, noting that the supplements McGwire has admitted using were permitted in baseball at the time, stated that he would vote for McGwire and any other qualified candidate against whom there is no empirical evidence of steroid use, saying, \"They knew he was doing [androstenedione] and they didn't do anything at the time. Regardless of what happened since, I can't assume McGwire did anything.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nSt. Louis sportswriter Rob Rains said he will not vote for McGwire until he apologizes, saying, \"I want to hear that he's sorry for what he did. I still might not vote for him. But it would help.\".\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nWriter and statistician John Thorn has cast a skeptical eye on writers who claim to be upholding a standard of integrity, observing that cheating for an advantage has always been a part of baseball, even among Hall of Famers such as Gaylord Perry and 19th-century star King Kelly: \"This whole thing about McGwire simply permits sportswriters to imagine themselves to be Woodward and Bernstein, people who see themselves as guardians of a sacred portal, the last best hope for truth and justice - and it's all hogwash and baloney.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nESPN sportswriter Jayson Stark, who stated that he would vote for McGwire, noting the earlier election of Perry, said, \"I think I'm stuck with evaluating what the sport allowed to happen on the field. Either the '90s happened or they didn't. Since they happened, and the hundreds of players using whatever they used leveled the playing field to some extent, I feel more comfortable voting for players like McGwire than I do trying to pick and choose who did what, and when, and why.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nChicago Tribune writer Ron Rapoport stated, \"I'll vote for him. You can't rewrite the history of the game after the fact.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nHall of Famer Mike Schmidt offered his opinion in a commentary, saying of McGwire, \"The public wanted to see his giant biceps and long bombs, and could care less [sic] what he was putting in his milk. Now you want to vilify him because he doesn't want to own up, or admit, or even refute an involvement with steroids? Whoa! I'd ask the voters to look past the basic question -- did he or didn't he? -- and consider the era and what fueled it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nWashington Post columnist Thomas Boswell, noted for his extensive writings on baseball, suggested that waiting a few years is the ideal solution, saying, \"Should we 'pardon' McGwire for accusations of steroid use that he has never actually admitted and for which no evidence exists?\" (In keeping with Post rules regarding writers voting on awards, Boswell previously gave up his BBWAA voting rights.) Observing that candidates initially have 15 years in which to be elected, Boswell added, \"McGwire's name will still be on the Hall of Fame ballot. But our perspective on him and the period in which he played may - for reasons we may not yet know - be far clearer than it is now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nSome writers were sharply critical of McGwire for his remarks in Congressional hearings in March 2005, in which he stated: \"I will not participate in naming names and implicating my friends and teammates. Asking me, or any other player, to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve this problem. If a player answers, 'No,' he simply will not be believed. If he answers, 'Yes,' he risks public scorn and endless government investigations.\" Many voters expressed concerns that his remarks constituted an implied confession. But Boswell defended McGwire's appearance, saying, \"He didn't make a non-confession confession. He simply said he refused to join a witch hunt. ... That's still a permissible position in America, right?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nSandy Alderson, general manager of the Oakland Athletics when McGwire starred for the team, and from 1998 to 2005 the executive vice president for baseball operations for Major League Baseball, has said he believes McGwire should be elected, adding that voters have a duty to bar steroid users; but he noted that \"it's not clear all the writers have to come up with the gold standard they're going to apply for all years.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nLa Russa said, \"I can understand votes that are trying to send a message,\" but expressed his concern that \"I'm afraid that message is personal to a guy I think deserves the induction.\" All-Star second baseman Jeff Kent stated, \"I don't know where you draw the line,\" but added, \"I applaud the Hall of Fame voters for stressing over this, because it's worth it. Because it matters. And it should matter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nThe day before the results were announced, Paul Ladewski of the Chicago-area Daily Southtown (now known as the SouthtownStar) revealed that he had submitted a blank ballot (thus guaranteeing Gwynn and Ripken would not earn unanimous election), saying that he could not currently support any candidates who played primarily between 1993 and 2004, a period he termed the \"Steroids Era.\" He also added,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nBesides, what makes Gwynn and Ripken so special that they deserve to be unanimous selections? Walter Johnson, Cy Young and Honus Wagner didn't receive such Hall passes. Neither did Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. In fact, nobody has in the history of the game. Based on the standards set by the Hall of Fame voters decades ago, is there a neutral observer out there who can honestly say Gwynn and Ripken should be afforded an unprecedented honor?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nAfter the results of the writers' balloting were announced, Stark was sharply critical of most of the writers who chose not to vote for Ripken or Gwynn, though he mildly defended Ladewski's decision. On Ripken, he noted:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nIt sounds like a great thing to say that Cal Ripken attracted the third-highest vote percentage (98.53) of all time. But it's actually unfathomable \u2014 and indefensible \u2014 that it wasn't higher. There were two blank ballots submitted in this election, as steroid protest votes. But what's the excuse of those other six voters \u2014 none of whom had identified or explained themselves as of Tuesday afternoon?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nAs someone who has said it makes more sense to vote for no players of that generation than it does to pick and choose based on guesses and suspicions, I at least have an understanding of why a voter would turn in a blank ballot. But there is no other responsible reason \u2014 none \u2014 to withhold a vote for Ripken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nThe following day, Bill Shannon of Sports Press Service stated that he had not voted for Ripken or Gwynn, solely because he felt there were ten other worthy candidates who needed his vote more: \"I thought they were such obvious candidates they didn't need my vote. I wasn't thinking in terms of a 100 percent.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nAnd the same goes for Tony Gwynn, who should have been an easier choice than Ripken. Aside from the blank-ballot duo, 11 voters failed to vote for Gwynn \u2014 owner of the second-highest career [batting average] (.338) of any player whose career began in the last 75 years. (Only Ted Williams, at .344, is higher.) For even 11 writers not to have cast a vote for Gwynn is an embarrassment to the BBWAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nAs a group, the voters have an obligation to uphold the Hall of Fame standards that were established decades ago. To say the least, I'm disappointed that some of my peers have caved in at a time when the bar needs to be raised, not lowered. Don't we need to ask more and tougher questions about performance-enhancers? Why the rush to judgment? At the very least, veteran players in the Steroids Era were aware of what went on around them, which made them accomplices to the worst scandal in baseball history. Lest we forget, that's the kind of thing that got Buck Weaver suspended for life without so much as a hearing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nRegarding those who refused to vote for McGwire, St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Bernie Miklasz stood by his vote for him, and criticized those he termed self-appointed \"morality police\": \"I saw what happened in 1998, I saw that it was good for the game, I saw the baseball establishment all approved of it, even though we all looked at McGwire and had some doubts about the source of his strength. I just don't believe a relatively short time later he should have to wear the scarlet letter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nAnd Rick Hummel, who had earlier been announced as the year's recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, said in defense of his vote for McGwire, \"I don't have any evidence, and you are innocent until proven guilty. Are his stats worthy of the Hall? I think they are.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nBut some figures noted that McGwire's vote totals will likely increase with time, resulting in his eventual election. Pitcher Todd Jones wrote in his column in The Sporting News that failure to elect him would make the Hall look bad, rather than McGwire. Describing the voting writers as an angry mob, he agreed with McGwire's opinion that he would have drawn scorn and ridicule regardless of any testimony he had offered before Congress, and said, \"Now that mob thinks it is teaching him a lesson.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nAnd Hall of Famer Juan Marichal stated that McGwire belongs in the Hall on the basis of his home run total, and indicated that he will eventually be selected by the Veterans Committee if not by the writers, saying, \"Big Mac will be chosen for the Hall of Fame.\" However, the observers who said that McGwire's vote totals would increase with time have so far not been correct.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0032-0002", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Steroid debate\nMcGwire's vote total has yet to increase beyond the 128 votes he received in this election; following his 2010 admission of steroid use, which came after the announcement of the 2010 election results, his support dropped from 128 that year to 115 in 2011. McGwire's vote totals have continued to fall since then; he only received 63 votes in the most recent election in 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nRules enacted in August 2001 provided that the Veterans Committee would be expanded from its previous 15 members, elected to limited terms, to include the full living membership of the Hall, including recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award and J. G. Taylor Spink Award. Elections for players retired over 20 years would be held every other year, with elections of non-players (managers, umpires and executives) held every fourth year on a \"composite ballot\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nNo candidates were elected from either ballot in 2003, nor from the players' ballot in 2005, leading to criticism from the press and public that the voters were being too restrictive in evaluating candidates. The Committee voted in 2007 on players who were active no later than 1985. Candidates were eligible for the composite ballot if they had been retired from the sport for five years, or if they were at least 65 years of age and had been retired for at least six months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nThe Committee voted on players again in preparation for the 2009 inductions, but that election was conducted under significantly different rules enacted in July 2007. The most important changes were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nFor a more complete discussion of the changes, see the Veterans Committee article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections\nThe Committee was scheduled to vote on non-players in 2011, but the July 2007 rules also dramatically affected the voting process for non-players. A 16-member panel of Hall of Famers, executives, and veteran media members voted on managers and umpires again prior to the 2008 inductions. A separate 12-member panel, drawn from the same sources as the managers/umpires panel but with a greater concentration of executives, simultaneously voted on executives. Both panels voted in the future for inductions in even-numbered years before further changes announced in 2010 that took effect with the 2011 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nIn December 2005, a Historical Overview Committee of ten sportswriters appointed by the BBWAA's Board of Directors met at the Hall of Fame's library to develop a list of 200 former players who merited consideration for election but played no later than 1985, and a second list of 60 former managers, umpires and executives. They were provided with statistical information by the Elias Sports Bureau, official statistician for Major League Baseball since the 1920s, which also identified the 1,400 players with 10 or more years of play who were eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nThe Historical Overview Committee comprised Dave Van Dyck (Chicago Tribune), Bob Elliott (Toronto Sun), Steve Hirdt (Elias Sports Bureau), Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), Moss Klein (Newark Star-Ledger), Bill Madden (New York Daily News), Ken Nigro (former Baltimore Sun writer), Jack O'Connell (BBWAA officer and writer for The Hartford Courant), Nick Peters (The Sacramento Bee), and Mark Whicker (Orange County Register). Their lists of 200 players and 60 other contributors were announced April 3, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nPlayers. (\u2020 marks those newly eligible since 2005 (twelve). They last played in the majors during 1984 or 1985.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nBabe Adams - Joe Adcock - Dick Allen - Felipe Alou\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Sal Bando - Dick Bartell - Ginger Beaumont - Mark Belanger - Wally Berger - Bobby Bonds - \u2020Larry Bowa - Ken Boyer - Harry Brecheen - Tommy Bridges - Pete Browning - Charlie Buffinton - Lew Burdette - George H. Burns - George J. Burns\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Dolph Camilli - Bert Campaneris - Bob Caruthers - George Case - Norm Cash - Phil Cavarretta - Spud Chandler - Ben Chapman - Rocky Colavito - Mort Cooper - Walker Cooper - Wilbur Cooper - Doc Cramer - Del Crandall - Gavvy Cravath - Lave Cross - Mike Cuellar\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Bill Dahlen - Alvin Dark - Jake Daubert - Tommy Davis - Willie Davis - Paul Derringer - Dom DiMaggio - Patsy Donovan - Larry Doyle - Jimmy Dykes\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Bob Elliott - Del Ennis - Carl Erskine\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Elroy Face - Wes Ferrell - Freddie Fitzsimmons - Curt Flood - Bill Freehan - Jim Fregosi - Carl Furillo\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Mike Garcia - Junior Gilliam - Jack Glasscock - Joe Gordon - Dick Groat - Heinie Groh\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Stan Hack - Mel Harder - Jeff Heath - Tommy Henrich - Babe Herman - John Hiller - Gil Hodges - Ken Holtzman - \u2020Burt Hooton - Willie Horton - Elston Howard - Frank Howard - Dummy Hoy\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Larry Jackson - Jackie Jensen - Sam Jethroe - Bob L. Johnson - Joe Judge\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Jim Kaat - Ken Keltner - Don Kessinger - Johnny Kling - Ted Kluszewski - \u2020Jerry Koosman - Ray Kremer - Harvey Kuenn\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Sam Leever - Mickey Lolich - Sherm Lollar - Eddie Lopat - Dolf Luque - \u2020Greg Luzinski - Sparky Lyle\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Sherry Magee - Sal Maglie - Jim Maloney - Firpo Marberry - Marty Marion - Roger Maris - Mike G. Marshall - Pepper Martin - Lee May - Carl Mays - Tim McCarver - Frank McCormick - Lindy McDaniel - Gil McDougald - Sam McDowell - \u2020Tug McGraw - Stuffy McInnis - Denny McLain - Roy McMillan - Dave McNally - Andy Messersmith - Bob Meusel - Irish Meusel - Clyde Milan - Bing Miller - Stu Miller - Minnie Mi\u00f1oso - Terry Moore - Tony Mullane - Thurman Munson - Bobby Murcer - Johnny Murphy - Buddy Myer\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Art Nehf - Don Newcombe\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Lefty O'Doul - Tony Oliva - \u2020Al Oliver - Claude Osteen - \u2020Amos Otis\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Andy Pafko - Milt Pappas - Camilo Pascual - Ron Perranoski - Jim Perry - Johnny Pesky - Rico Petrocelli - Deacon Phillippe - Billy Pierce - Vada Pinson - Johnny Podres - Boog Powell\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Jack Quinn\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Vic Raschi - Ed Reulbach - Allie Reynolds - \u2020Mickey Rivers - \u2020Steve Rogers - Eddie Rommel - Charlie Root - Al Rosen - Schoolboy Rowe - Jimmy Ryan\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Johnny Sain - Slim Sallee - Ron Santo - Wally Schang - George Scott - Rip Sewell - Bob Shawkey - Urban Shocker - Roy Sievers - Curt Simmons - \u2020Ken Singleton - Reggie Smith - \u2020Rusty Staub - Vern Stephens - Riggs Stephenson - Mel Stottlemyre - Harry Stovey\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Jesse Tannehill - Fred Tenney - Bobby Thomson - Luis Tiant - Mike Tiernan - Joe Torre - Cecil Travis - Hal Trosky - Virgil Trucks\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Johnny Vander Meer - George Van Haltren - Bobby Veach - Mickey Vernon\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Dixie Walker - Bucky Walters - Lon Warneke - \u2020Bob Watson - Will White - Cy Williams - Ken R. Williams - Maury Wills - Smoky Joe Wood - Wilbur Wood - Jimmy Wynn\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Rudy York", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 3064]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nAmong the newly eligible players who were not included were Rick Monday, Bucky Dent, Jeff Burroughs, Lou Piniella, Richie Hebner, Mike Torrez, Paul Splittorff and Oscar Gamble. As in previous years, the 200 players were almost evenly divided between players retired less than 50 years (98 players retired from 1957 to 1985) and those retired over 50 years (102 players retired 1956 or earlier).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nThe list of 200 was almost identical to the list prepared for the 2005 election; apart from the twelve players who were newly eligible, only three players from the 1910s were added: left fielder Sherry Magee, center fielder Clyde Milan, and pitcher Slim Sallee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nPerhaps due to the reliance on official statistics \u2013 often incomplete in the sport's early years \u2013 provided by the Elias Sports Bureau, the committee included very few players from the sport's first half-century, which remains poorly represented in the Hall; only 14 players were included who made their debut before 1893 (one fewer than in 2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0042-0002", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nAlthough the Hall's current membership includes fewer than a dozen non-pitchers of the 1870s and 1880s, compared to nearly 50 from the 1930s and 1940s, the committee included over 40 more players from the period between 1920 and 1945, but only 7 who played primarily in the 25 years before 1893: first baseman/outfielder Harry Stovey, shortstop Jack Glasscock, outfielder Pete Browning, and pitchers Charlie Buffinton, Bob Caruthers, Tony Mullane and Will White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0042-0003", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nFor the third time, Will White was included even though his brother Deacon (who is to be inducted in 2013) is widely accepted as having been a far greater player. In addition to Deacon White, stars of the 19th century who were omitted included Paul Hines, Deacon McGuire, Cupid Childs, Bobby Lowe, George Gore, Hardy Richardson, Ezra Sutton, Arlie Latham, Fred Pfeffer and Joe Start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nBy primary fielding position the nominees were starting pitchers (67), relief pitchers (10), catchers (10), first basemen (21), second basemen (5), third basemen (11), shortstops (18), left fielders (17), center fielders (22) and right fielders (19).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nOf the 15 players who were dropped from the 2005 list, nearly all were infielders (11) or pitchers (3), with Hank Sauer being the only outfielder; as had been true in earlier years, the list of preliminary candidates seemed to have been developed based on raw offensive totals, with less regard for defensive ability or considerations of era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nContributors. The committee also named 60 managers, umpires and executives. (\u2020 marks those newly eligible since 2005. Managers are denoted by (M), umpires by (U) and executives by (E).)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nGene Autry (E) - Buzzie Bavasi (E) - Samuel Breadon (E) - Charles Bronfman (E) - August Busch, Jr. (E) - George W. Bush (E) - Roger Craig (M) - Harry Dalton (E) - Bing Devine (E) - Bill Dinneen (U) - Charles Dressen (M) - Barney Dreyfuss (E) - Chub Feeney (E) - John Fetzer (E) - Charles O. Finley (E) - Calvin Griffith (E) - Charlie Grimm (M) - Doug Harvey (U) - Garry Herrmann (E) - Whitey Herzog (M) - John Heydler (E) - Ralph Houk (M) - Bob Howsam (E) - Fred Hutchinson (M) - \u2020Davey Johnson (M) - Ewing Kauffman (E) - Bowie Kuhn (E) - Frank Lane (E) - Billy Martin (M) - Gene Mauch (M) - John McSherry (U) - \u2020Jack McKeon (M) - Marvin Miller (E) - Danny Murtaugh (M) - Hank O'Day (U) - Walter O'Malley (E) - Steve O'Neill (M) - Paul Owens (E) - Steve Palermo (U) - Gabe Paul (E) - Babe Pinelli (U) - Bob Quinn (E) - Alfred Reach (E) - Beans Reardon (U) - Paul Richards (M) - Cy Rigler (U) - Bill Rigney (M) - Jake Ruppert (E) - Ben Shibe (E) - Charles Somers (E) - Billy Southworth (M) - Bill Summers (U) - Chuck Tanner (M) - Birdie Tebbetts (M) - Chris von der Ahe (E) - Lee Weyer (U) - Bill White (E) - Dick Williams (M) - Phil Wrigley (E) - \u2020Don Zimmer (M)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 1248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\n53 of the 60 nominees were holdovers from the 2003 list; along with the three newly eligible candidates, the four additions were Bing Devine, John McSherry, Jake Ruppert, and Charlie Grimm (who had been included on the players' list in both 2003 and 2005). The candidates include 31 individuals who were primarily executives, 19 who were managers, and 10 who were umpires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nDavey Johnson, like Grimm, was dropped from the players' ballot after being included there in 2003 and 2005; evidently the review committee members regarded Johnson (age 63) as having been retired since 2000 even though he had managed the U.S. team in the 2005 Baseball World Cup, and served as a bench coach in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Preliminary phase\nSome people eligible for the first time but not nominated were umpires Larry Barnett, Jim Evans, Rich Garcia, Dave Phillips and Harry Wendelstedt, and managers Jim Fregosi, Tom Kelly and Johnny Oates (Fregosi was included on the players' list).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 85], "content_span": [86, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Phase two\nThe Historical Overview Committee nominations were forwarded to a 60-member BBWAA screening committee comprising two writers from each major league city. In summer 2006 they elected 25 players and 15 contributors who would appear on the final ballots. (Everyone voted for 25 and 15 candidates from the two preliminary ballots.) Meanwhile, a committee of six Hall of Fame members independently selected five of the 200 nominated players who would appear on the final ballot, so the final ballots would comprise 25 to 30 players and 15 contributors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Phase two\nEvidently the writers passed over two of the Hall of Fame members' five selections, for there were 27 on the final players ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Final ballots\nThe final ballots were announced on September 28, 2006. 23 of the 25 players on the 2005 ballot returned, with Lefty O'Doul, Cecil Travis, Mickey Vernon and one newly eligible player added as well, replacing Elston Howard and Smoky Joe Wood. Those selected played primarily from the 1950s onward, with only six of the candidates having retired before 1960, and only three \u2013 pitchers Carl Mays and Wes Ferrell, and left fielder/pitcher O'Doul \u2013 having retired before 1947. The BBWAA screening committee failed to include any candidates from the era before 1910. This likely reflected a tendency among the voting writers to vote only for those players they had seen themselves, and to withhold votes from earlier players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Final ballots\nAll 61 living members of the Hall were eligible to cast ballots in the final election, along with the 8 living recipients of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award (including Jack Lang, who died on January 25 after voting had begun), the 14 living recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award, and the sole additional member of the pre-2001 Veterans Committee whose term had not yet expired (John McHale). Balloting was conducted by mail in January 2007, with voters permitted to vote for up to 10 candidates from each ballot; all candidates who received at least 75% of the vote would be elected. Results of the voting by the Veterans Committee were announced on February 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Final ballots\nThere were 84 eligible voters. 82 cast ballots in the players election, with 62 votes required for election; 81 cast ballots in the composite election, with 61 votes required for election. In all, 489 individual votes were cast on the players ballot, for an average of 5.96 votes per ballot, while 338 individual votes were cast on the composite ballot, an average of 4.17 votes per ballot. For the third consecutive Veterans Committee election, no one was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0053-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Final ballots\nOf the 23 players who were also on the 2005 ballot, 14 received fewer votes in 2007, with only Jim Kaat (9), Don Newcombe (9), Maury Wills (7) and Ron Santo (5) increasing their totals by at least five votes. The 27 candidates on the players' ballot, with one player newly eligible since 2005 indicated with a \u2020 and candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections indicated in italics, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Final ballots\nThere were 15 candidates on the composite ballot, all of whom had been previously eligible. Again reflecting an emphasis on recent figures, all 15 were active in the sport in 1976 or later. The candidates, with the ten executives designated (E), the four managers designated (M) and the sole umpire designated (U), and those who have since been selected in subsequent elections indicated in italics, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Reaction\nFollowing the third consecutive election in which there were no selections, and with only minimal gains by individual candidates over that period, Hall of Fame chairwoman Jane Forbes Clark suggested that the Hall's board of directors might make changes in the process before the next scheduled election in 2009, saying, \"We are disappointed that no one has been elected in the three voting cycles. We will be evaluating this process and its trends at our next meeting, which is March 13, and discussing whether there should be any changes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Reaction\nShe added, \"The board may decide that the trends are not what we thought they were going to be. Perhaps this hasn't worked as well as some of the board members thought it would and maybe it needs a little bit of change.\" The board took no action at its March meeting, opting to continue discussions before its next meeting during induction weekend in July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Reaction\nHall of Fame member and vice chairman Joe Morgan tried to deflect criticism, saying, \"We're being blamed because something hasn't happened. If you're asking me, 'Do we lower our standards to get more people in?' my answer would be no.\" Noting that he voted for the maximum 10 players, he added, \"I feel there are some guys out there that belong in the Hall of Fame,\" but also said, \"The writers voted on these people for 15 years and they weren't elected. Why are we being criticized because we haven't elected someone?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Reaction\nJoe Torre, who received less than half the required number of votes (but was later elected in his first year of eligibility as a manager), expressed disappointment that no one was selected and said, \"I'm not exactly sure what process they use. Don't forget, you've got the old guard and the young guard. People with different interests.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Reaction\nAnd Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt noted his support for Jim Kaat and observed that other members also had \"their guys,\" admitting, \"Maybe that is the problem when you are trying to evaluate 'bubble' players on entrance. The same thing happens every year. The current members want to preserve the prestige as much as possible, and are unwilling to open the doors.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Veterans Committee elections, Reaction\nTwo months after the results were announced, Commissioner Bud Selig expressed puzzlement that figures such as Ron Santo had not been elected, and indicated that after three unsuccessful elections he now favored a revision in the voting method. Coincidentally or not, the aforementioned rules changes for the Veterans Committee election process were announced almost exactly three months after Selig's remarks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nRick Hummel received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. (The award was voted at the December 2006 meeting of the BBWAA, dated 2006, and conferred in the summer 2007 ceremonies.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nThe Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. It recognizes a sportswriter \"for meritorious contributions to baseball writing\". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, merely featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum, but writers and broadcasters commonly call them \"Hall of Fame writers\" or words to that effect. Living recipients were members of the Veterans Committee for elections in odd years 2003 to 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nThree final candidates, selected by a BBWAA committee, were named on July 11, 2006 in Pittsburgh in conjunction with All-Star Game activities: Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nick Peters of The Sacramento Bee, and Morris Siegel, a writer for four Washington, D.C. newspapers. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to cast ballots in voting conducted by mail in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award\nOn December 6 at baseball's winter meetings, Rick Hummel was announced as the recipient , having received 233 votes out of the 411 ballots cast, with Siegel receiving 112 votes and Peters receiving 66 .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 62], "content_span": [63, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nDenny Matthews received the Ford C. Frick Award honoring a baseball broadcaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nThe Frick Award has been presented at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1978. It recognizes a broadcaster for \"major contributions to baseball\". The recipients are not members of the Hall of the Fame, merely featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum, but writers and broadcasters commonly call them \"Hall of Fame broadcaster\" or words to that effect. Living honorees were members of the Veterans Committee for elections in odd years 2003 to 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nTo be eligible, an active or retired broadcaster must have a minimum of 10 years of continuous major league broadcast service with a ball club, a network, or a combination of the two; 195 candidates were eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nOn December 5, 2006, the ten finalists were announced. In accordance with guidelines established in 2003, seven were chosen by a research committee at the museum: Tom Cheek, Dizzy Dean, Tony Kubek, France Laux, Denny Matthews, Graham McNamee and Dave Niehaus. Three additional candidates \u2013 Ken Harrelson, Bill King, and Joe Nuxhall \u2013 were selected through results of voting by fans conducted throughout November at the Hall's official website; more than 75,000 votes were cast .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190310-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award\nOn February 22, Denny Matthews was announced as the 2007 recipient ; a broadcaster of Kansas City Royals games since the franchise was established in 1969, he was selected in a January vote by a committee composed of the 14 living recipients, along with six additional broadcasting historians or columnists: Bob Costas (NBC), Barry Horn (The Dallas Morning News), Stan Isaacs (formerly of New York Newsday), Ted Patterson (historian), Curt Smith (historian) and Larry Stewart (Los Angeles Times). The committee members voted by mail, and based the selection on the following criteria: longevity; continuity with a club; honors, including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games; and popularity with fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup\nThe 2007 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 37th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the second time, in Taiwan (which played as Chinese Taipei), from November 6 to 18. The United States defeated Cuba in the final, winning its third title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup\nThere were 18 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Games were played in three cities: Taichung City (at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Taichung Baseball Field); Taipei City; and Sinjhuang City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup\nAt one time, Venezuela\u2019s participation was in question due to possible sanctions to be considered by the International Baseball Federation in the wake of their refusal to grant visas to a youth team from Taichung to participate in the Youth World Baseball championships in August, 2007, but they were allowed to participate. China was originally scheduled to participate in Pool B, but dropped out and was replaced by the Thai national team, who placed fifth behind China at the 2006 Asian Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup\nThe next two competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup, Group A, Schedule\nWith the exception of the opening game of the tournament, all group A games are played at Taichung Baseball Field, Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Douliu Baseball Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup, Group B, Schedule\nAll group B games are played either at Tienmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City or at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190311-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Baseball World Cup, Awards\nThe IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident\nThe 2007 Basilan beheading incident was an armed incident in July 2007 between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels and the Philippine Army which led to the execution of 14 or 23 members of the Philippine Marines, amongst them 11 beheaded in the province of Basilan in the southern Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Background\nOn June 10, 2007, Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) was kidnapped in Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay province. His captors were believed to be renegade MILF members or Abu Sayyaf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Background\nHis captors have released photographs of Bossi as alive and well, but failed to communicate with the Philippine government negotiators about any demands. Early operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines were concentrated on Zamboanga Sibugay, in the belief that the captors had not left the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Operations in Basilan\nOn July 10, 2007, according to MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, violence broke out at Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, a known Moro region, when Marines entered the town. Lieutenant Col. Ariel Caculitan, spokesman for the Philippine Marines, said the death toll of the Marines was 23 (some document say the location of the encounter was at Al-Barka a new municipality established by Islamic soldiers at Tipo-Tipo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Operations in Basilan\nDuring the firefight, which lasted a day, at least 20 armed militants were killed, and seven others were wounded. MILF soldiers which later scoured the area after the firefight found 11 headless corpses of Marines. Aside from the beheaded remains, MILF forces recovered \"27 firearms were recovered from the scene. These are: six M60 machine guns; eight M203 grenade launchers, 10 M-16 Armalite rifles, a 60-mm mortar, and several night vision goggles\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Operations in Basilan\nBrigadier General Ramiro Alivio, chief of 1st Marine Brigade, said that aside from the MILF, the guerrillas consisted of Abu Sayyaf, and other rebel groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Operations in Basilan\nHowever, the Philippine Army said the Abu Sayyaf were not present in the region where Bossi was captured. The official government death toll was 14, although Philippine newspapers says 23 soldiers were dead on the Marines' side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Operations in Basilan\nThe Moro Islamic Liberation Front stated \"the Marines entered the MILF territory in the town of Tipo-Tipo in complete disregard of the ceasefire agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and the Philippine government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190312-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Basilan beheading incident, Reaction\nMatthew Lussenhop, United States press attach\u00e9 in Manila, remarked that \"It's a tragic incident. The United States embassy condoles with the families of killed, and wounded soldiers although it's still not clear to us what really happened\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190313-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Basildon District Council election\nThe 2007 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190313-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Basildon District Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw the British National Party stand in 11 of the 14 wards being contested, an increase from 6 in 2006 and more than the Liberal Democrats who only stood in 9 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190313-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Basildon District Council election, Campaign\nThere was controversy during the election over comments by the Conservative candidate in Vange, Luke Mackenzie, in an election leaflet where he called for voters who did not want asylum seekers to get council houses to vote Conservative. Other parties called on the Conservatives to disown Mackenzie, who was standing against the only ethnic minority councillor in Basildon, saying he was \"peddling scare stories\" and that the comments were \"inflammatory\". However Mackenzie denied increasing racial tension, saying voters felt immigration was \"entirely out of control\" and that a shortage of housing was caused by people from outside of Basildon, and was defended by the leaders of the Conservative group in Basildon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190313-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Basildon District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservative hold control of the council after gaining one seat from Labour. The Conservatives took Laindon Park, but narrowly failed to take the targeted wards of Pitsea North West and Vange from Labour, by 19 and 68 votes respectively. The Conservative share of the vote was down on the 2006 election at 43%, while Labour won 22%. Overall turnout in the election was 30%, a decline from the 33.5% recorded in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190313-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Basildon District Council election, Election result\nAll comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2003 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190314-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190314-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Background\nThe Conservative party had run the council since the 2006 election and won an overall majority for the first time in 11 years after gaining a seat in a by-election in Buckskin from Labour in December 2006. In March 2007 the Conservatives also held a seat in a by-election in Rooksdown. This meant that the Conservative held 31 seats going into the election, compared to 15 Liberal Democrat, 11 Labour and 3 Independent councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190314-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Background\n5 councillors stood down at the election, 3 Conservatives and 2 Liberal Democrats, Jonathan Curry, Terence Faulkner, Paul Findlow, Alex Green and John Wall. 20 seats were up for election, with the leader of the Conservatives on the council, Mark Ruffell, being unopposed in Upton Grey and the Candovers. Candidates stood from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, as well as 2 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190314-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives stay in control with 31 seats, with no changes taking place in the political balance on the council. The Liberal Democrats remained on 15 seats, Labour on 11 and independents on 3 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190315-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Basque foral elections\nThe 2007 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Juntas Generales of \u00c1lava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three Juntas Generales were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190315-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Basque foral elections, Foral deputation control\nThe following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190316-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bassetlaw District Council election\nThe 2007 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190317-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bath and North East Somerset Council election\nElections were held on 3 May 2007 to elect 65 local councillors for Bath and North East Somerset Council. The results are show below. Following the elections, a Conservative minority administration was formed. Cllr Francine Haeberling became leader of the council. This replaced the previous Liberal Democrat and Conservative coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190317-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bath and North East Somerset Council election, Ward results\nThe ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2003 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190318-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Batna bombing\nThe 2007 Batna bombing took place on 6 September 2007 in Batna, a town in Batna Province, eastern Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190318-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Batna bombing\nThe bombing, which took place shortly before the visit of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, resulted in approximately 15-20 deaths and 107 injuries as the bomber detonated his device among a crowd waiting to see the President, who was at the end of a three-day tour of eastern Algeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190318-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Batna bombing, The bombing\nThe suicide bomber was among the crowd awaiting outside the Al-Atik mosque the arrival of President Bouteflika when his device, a \"plastic bag containing the explosive\" and his \"agitated\" manner was noticed 45 minutes prior to the Presidents arrival. This forced the bomber, a \"man aged 30 to 35\" to detonate his device prematurely as police approached him. However it is unknown whether the bomber himself escaped the blast, however interior minister Noureddine Yazid was quoted by the Algerian news agency APS as stating that the bomber had escaped through a security cordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190318-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Batna bombing, Aftermath and reactions\nOn 8 September, the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front was reported to have condemned the attacks, joining President Bouteflika in calling the perpetrators \"criminals\". While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the Algerian president cited Islamic militants as the perpetrators. APS also quoted the President as stating that \"Terrorist acts have absolutely nothing in common with the noble values of Islam\", he also visited the surviving wounded at nearby hospitals. On 9 September 2007 Al Qaeda's north Africa wing stated that it was responsible for the attack, as well as a previous bombing 48 hours earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190318-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Batna bombing, Aftermath and reactions\nOn a website, Al Qaeda stated \"We reiterate that the majority of those killed in this operation were from the police and security forces ... and that our brother did not target innocent people as reported by the media,\" of both attacks, the group said they were carried out \"in defense of Islam and the Islamic nation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190318-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Batna bombing, Aftermath and reactions\nThe governments of both Algeria and the United States warned citizens to avoid overland travel between Algerian cities, and for foreign tourists to remain in secure hotels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election\nThe Batu Talam by-election was held on 28 January 2007. The seat of Batu Talam in the state assembly of Pahang, Malaysia, fell vacant after the death of the incumbent, Tengku Paris Tengku Razlan of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party of the ruling Barisan Nasional. Nominations were held on 16 January, with two candidates filing to contest \u2014 Abdul Aziz Mat Kiram of UMNO, and independent candidate Ng Chee Pang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Background\nThe incumbent, Tengku Paris, died in December 2006. He had won the seat in the 2004 general election, defeating PAS candidate Mohamed Nilam Abdul Manap with 5,414 to 2,653 votes. As of nomination day for the by-election, the constituency had 10,511 registered voters, with an ethnic composition of 73% Malay, 14% Chinese, and 13% Indian or Orang Asli. There were a total of 14 registered postal voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Background\nBatu Talam thus became the one of two constituency in Malaysia to have had more than one by-election after Kerdau (previously named as Sanggang) also in Pahang. The first was held after the 1993 death of Mazlan Idris, who was murdered by the \"bomoh\" (witch doctor) Mona Fandey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Background\nPAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) of the opposition Barisan Alternatif (Alternative Front) declined to field a candidate for the by-election, citing irregularities in the electoral roll and other alleged \"dirty tactics\" meant to favour the government. The Democratic Action Party (DAP) also stated that it was not interested in participating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Nominations\nDespite initial appearances of a government walkover on nomination day, Ng Chee Pang filed to contest the seat as an independent candidate. His candidacy was the subject of much interest, as although the DAP had claimed it did not intend to participate, Ng was the son of DAP Pahang treasurer Ng Kwi Ling. Ng Kwi Ling and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng both denied allegations that Ng was a secret DAP candidate, insisting that the DAP would not campaign for him. However, state DAP leader Lee Tuck Chee said that although the DAP would not campaign for Ng, the party would open an operations base in Cheroh, a town with a high concentration of Chinese voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Nominations\nNajib Tun Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister, suggested that Ng was \"supported by the opposition. They claim they are boycotting the by-election but they have instructed support for the independent candidate\". Pahang Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth Chief Liow Tiong Lai told the press that the move was a ploy to attract support from a broad spectrum of opposition voters, as although PAS supporters would not vote for a DAP candidate and vice versa, both sides would have no issues with voting for an independent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Nominations\nNg stated that his motivation for contesting the election was \"to follow in the footsteps of my father\" and \"fulfil his ambition of winning an election\" \u2014 Ng Kwi Ling had contested in six general elections since 1982, losing in all of them. Ng, a 22-year-old businessman, also said that he intended to help petty traders like himself if he won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190319-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Batu Talam by-election, Results\nPolling took place on 28 January as scheduled. The result was an increased margin of victory for the Barisan Nasional candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190320-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bauchi State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Bauchi State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Bauchi State. Held on April 14, 2011, the All Nigeria Peoples Party nominee Isa Yuguda won the election, defeating Mohammed Nadada Umar of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190320-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bauchi State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 9 candidates contested in the election. Isa Yuguda from the All Nigeria Peoples Party won the election, defeating Mohammed Nadada Umar from the People's Democratic Party. Registered voters was 2,211,463.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190321-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships\nThe 2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships was the 28th edition of that tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was classified as a Tier II event on the 2007 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Racquet Park at the Amelia Island Plantation, in Amelia Island, Florida, U.S. from April 2 through April 8, 2007. Tatiana Golovin won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190321-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Finals, Doubles\nMara Santangelo / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190322-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Doubles\nShinobu Asagoe and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions. Asagoe had retired in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190322-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Doubles\nSrebotnik partnered with Mara Santangelo, successfully defending her title. They beat the Spanish couple Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6\u20133, 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190323-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Singles\nNadia Petrova was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Tatiana Golovin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190323-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on September 2 at TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Netherlands. The race was won by Justin Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Background\nOn January 16, 2007 the Champ Car World Series announced a multi-year agreement that briefly saw the return of Champ Cars to Europe for the first time since 2003 with inaugural races in the Netherlands and Belgium. These events added to the Champ Car calendar took place August 26 at the Zolder circuit in Belgium and September 2 at the TT Circuit in Assen, Netherlands. This marked the first time that Champ Car has raced in either of the two European nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Background, Title sponsor\nOn July 12, 2007, at a press conference held in Lieshout, Netherlands, Bart Rietbergen of the Dutch Champ Car Grand Prix, Jos Vaessen, Chairman of TT Circuit Assen, and Peer Swinkels, chairman of the Bavaria Beer company, announced that Bavaria Brewery, the second largest brewer in the Netherlands, would be the title sponsor of the 2007 Grand Prix event. Officials also announced the signing of three associate sponsors of the event; those being Audi, Gant, and Hertz. Promotional events leading up to the Grand Prix included driver appearances and track performances of a Champ Car at the Bavaria City Racing held in Rotterdam and at the Rizla Racing Days weekend at the TT Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Background, Title sponsor\nThe official name of the event was the \"Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix Powered by Audi, Gant & Hertz.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais won his third consecutive pole position and came closer to clinching his fourth consecutive Champ Car title. Justin Wilson was fastest in the wet on Friday to secure the front row spot beside him. Dan Clarke was reinstated from his suspension by Champ Car race director Tony Cotman, meaning the usual 17 drivers would start the race on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nStarting on the front row beside pole sitter S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, Justin Wilson drove into the lead in the first corner. Bourdais then began to lose multiple positions when a software bug in his car's ECU engaged the pit speed limiter when he pressed the power to pass button. He was able to save losing further positions when a spin by Paul Tracy brought out a full course yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nWilson settled into the lead followed by PKV teammates Neel Jani and Tristan Gommendy, Graham Rahal and then Bourdais. Almost unnoticed, Bruno Junqueira pitted under green on lap 8. When a caution came out for debris on lap 14 and the rest of the field pitted for the first time Junqueira took the lead, which he held until he pitted on lap 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nBy this point in the race it was determined that other cars were suffering the same power to pass glitch as Bourdais and Champ Car sent out an edict that all drivers must refrain from using \"the button\" for the remainder of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nA second debris caution brought the field save Junquiera into the pits on lap 31 and once again Junquiera came out of the caution in the lead. After providing Dale Coyne Racing with its best ever finish with a second place the previous week at Zolder, it began to look as if Bruno would follow up with Coyne's first victory as he extended his lead over Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nJunquiera pitted for the final time on lap 49. With a clean pit stop he should have cycled back to the lead when Wilson came in for his final stop on lap 51. However, when the stops were finished he found himself in third behind Wilson and Jan Heylen. It was later determined that on his final stop, his pit lane limiter did not properly activate, causing him to spend eight extra seconds on pit lane. This glitch likely cost him the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nAs it was, Justin Wilson led the final 20 laps in front of Heylen and Junquiera to take the win. It was Justin's first race win since the 2006 Edmonton Grand Prix. Heylen's second place was his best ever Champ Car result and tied the best ever result for Conquest Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nBourdais' race never really got going after the trouble at the start. He was forced to battle back through the entire field after stalling his car during his second pit stop and dropping back to 16th place. His seventh-place finish wasn't good enough to seal his fourth consecutive Champ Car championship, extending the fading hopes of his competitors for at least one more race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190324-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, Attendance\nAttendance for the 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix was 74,900 over the race weekend, with 61,200 fans attending the main race day Sunday event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190325-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavarian Cup\nThe 2007 Bavarian Cup was the tenth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which was started in 1998. It ended with the SV Seligenporten winning the competition. Together with the finalist, W\u00fcrzburger FV, both clubs were qualified for the DFB Cup 2007-08.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190325-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavarian Cup\nThe competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga S\u00fcd (III).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190325-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavarian Cup, Rules & History\nThe seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first and second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region are qualified for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190325-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavarian Cup, Participating clubs\nThe following eight clubs qualified for the 2007 Bavarian Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190325-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bavarian Cup, DFB Cup 2007-08\nThe two clubs, SV Seligenporten and W\u00fcrzburger FV, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2007-08 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190326-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bay Classic Series\nThe 2007 Bay Classic Series was a series of criterium road cycling races held from 3 to 7 January 2007 around the west of Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190326-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bay Classic Series\nThe men's stages were approximately one-hour criteriums (45 minutes plus 10 laps) with three sprints at 15-minute intervals. The women's stages were approximately 45-minute criteriums (30 minutes plus 10 laps) with two sprints at 15-minute intervals. Points were awarded to the first 10 riders at the finish (12, 10, 8 to 1). Points were awarded in the intermediate sprints to the first three places (3, 2 & 1 points) towards a separate sprint classification. A team classification was calculated from the points of the highest ranked three riders in each team of five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190327-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election was the 3rd gubernatorial election of Bayelsa State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Timipre Sylva won the election, defeating Ebitimi Amgbare of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190327-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, Results\nTimipre Sylva from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ebitimi Amgbare from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 955,279.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190328-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bayern\u2013Rundfahrt\nThe 2007 Bayern\u2013Rundfahrt was the 28th edition of the Bayern\u2013Rundfahrt cycle race and was held on 30 May to 3 June 2007. The race started in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and finished in F\u00fcrth. The race was won by Stefan Schumacher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190329-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Baylor Bears football team\nThe 2007 Baylor Bears football team (variously \"Baylor\", \"BU\", or the \"Bears\") represented Baylor University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. The team was led by head coach Guy Morriss, who was fired on November 18, 2007, the day after the season ended. Art Briles was hired as Morriss' replacement on November 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190330-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships\nThe 2007 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships was a beach volleyball event, that is held from July 24 to 28, 2007 in Gstaad, Switzerland. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Switzerland hosted the event for the first time. 48 teams per gender entered the competition making 96 total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190330-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships, Men's event, Round Robin, 3rd place ranked teams\nThe eight best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 91], "content_span": [92, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190330-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships, Women's event, Round Robin, 3rd place ranked teams\nThe eight best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 93], "content_span": [94, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190331-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Beijing Guoan F.C. season\nThe 2007 Beijing Guoan F.C. season was their 4th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in the 2004 season, and 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190331-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, First team\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190332-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian First League\n2007 Belarusian First League was the seventeenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190332-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2006 season\nTwo top teams of last season (Minsk and Smorgon) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2006 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190332-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2006 season\nTwo teams that finished at the bottom of 2006 season table (Lida and Bereza) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2006 Second League (Dinamo-Belcard Grodno and Savit Mogilev).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190332-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2006 season\nMikashevichi changed their name to Granit Mikashevichi and Mozyr-ZLiN to FC Mozyr prior to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190333-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian Premier League\nThe 2007 Belarusian Premier League was the 17th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 14 and ended on November 10, 2007. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190333-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian Premier League, Team changes from 2006 season\nLokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk were the two teams relegated after the 2006 season, having finished in 13th and 14th place respectively. They were replaced by 2005 First League champions Minsk and runners-up Smorgon. Lokomotiv Vitebsk changed their name to Vitebsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190333-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian Premier League, Overview\nBATE Borisov won their 4th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Gomel and 2007\u201308 Cup winners MTZ-RIPO Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion to 16 teams starting with next season, only one team (Minsk, who finished in the last place) relegated to the First League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190334-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian municipal elections\n2007 25th convocation local councils of Republic of Belarus elections were held on 14 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190334-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian municipal elections, General information\nElections were organized by 1581 territorial committees \u2014 6 regional and Minsk urban, 118 districtal, 13 urban in regional cities, 14 urban in districtal cities, 66 town and 1363 rural committees. Members of 45 political parties participated in committees. 30 October 2006 was a due date for commissions formation. In a single day of 14 January 2007 25th convocation rural, as well as district, urban and regional Concils of deputies election were hold under plurality voting. 22639 deputies were elected. According to oficial data voters participation was 79% all over the Republic and 60% in Minsk-city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190334-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belarusian municipal elections, Participation of parties and candidates nomination\ncandidates nomination started from 5 November till 4 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 87], "content_span": [88, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190335-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belfast-Murray River provincial by-election\nA provincial by-election was held in Prince Edward Island on October 15, 2007 to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly riding of Belfast-Murray River. It was called by Premier Robert Ghiz on September 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190335-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belfast-Murray River provincial by-election\nThe by-election was caused by the decision of PC MLA and former Premier Pat Binns to resign after he was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Ireland by Stephen Harper, following his election loss in the 2007 provincial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190335-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belfast-Murray River provincial by-election\nThe Liberal candidate was Charlie McGeoghegan, who had come within 400 votes of defeating Binns in the provincial election. The PC candidate was chosen on September 21, 2007, while both the NDP and the Greens had announced their candidates, as well; a former Liberal ran as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190335-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Belfast-Murray River provincial by-election\nMcGeoghegan won the byelection, defeating Progressive Conservative Darlene Compton by over 400 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on August 26 at Circuit Zolder in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. The race was won by S\u00e9bastien Bourdais and was his sixth victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Background\nThe race was part of a short tour through Europe, with the race at TT Circuit Assen in The Netherlands one week later. It was the series' first and last ever race in Belgium. On January 16, 2007, the Champ Car World Series announced a multi-year agreement that would see the return of Champ Cars to Europe for the first time since 2003 with inaugural races in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was the first time that Champ Car has raced in either of the two European nations. \"We are excited to bring the American equivalent of Formula 1 racing to Europe,\" said event promoter Bart Rietbergen. \"Champ Car provides close racing that is easy for European fans to understand, and they will be very impressed with the access that they will have in the Champ Car paddock.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Background\nConquest Racing driver Jan Heylen found himself in a home race on the circuit that lies just 30\u00a0km (19\u00a0mi) from Geel, the place where he was born. Next to Heylen, Robert Doornbos also had many fans as the track lies close to his native country, the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Qualifying results\nTeam Minardi USA driver Dan Clarke was suspended by Champ Car race director Tony Cotman for reckless driving and avoidable contact at the start of Friday's first free practice session and thus did not participate for the remainder of the weekend. Clarke had been placed on probation after an incident with Justin Wilson at the San Jose Grand Prix. Caught up in the incident were Wilson and Belgian driver Jan Heylen. Severe damage to Heylen's car prevented him from taking part in Friday's qualifying session. Mario Dom\u00ednguez replaced Clarke starting on Saturday, stepping into his fourth team for the year. Clarke's suspension would be reevaluated before the next week's Grand Prix of the Netherlands. Clarke's Team Minardi teammate Robert Doornbos was also unable to take part in Friday's session after blowing an engine at the end of the practice session immediately prior to qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 944]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais was quickest on Saturday to win his fourth pole position of the season. It was also the fourth time Bourdais and Friday's fastest driver, Will Power, shared the front row. Doornbos recovered from his engine troubles on Friday to finish second fastest in the session, but started on the second row. Next to him was Dale Coyne Racing's Bruno Junqueira, who gave the long-struggling team its highest grid position since the 1999 Grand Prix of Long Beach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nWhat began as another S\u00e9bastien Bourdais walkover took an interesting turn in the last thirty laps. Bourdais led away from the starting grid and held the lead until his second pit stop lap 40. On that lap, Bourdais lost the lead to a pack of alternate strategy cars who had pitted for the second time during a caution period on lap 27. Included in this pack were his teammate Graham Rahal who took the lead until he ducked into the pits on lap 47, relinquishing the lead to Bourdais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nThings got \"really interesting\" on lap 50 when a caution came out. Most drivers pitted a final pitstop but four drivers stayed out: Bruno Junqueira, Simon Pagenaud, local driver Jan Heylen, and Tristan Gommendy. Of the four drivers, Junqueira's gambit was the most dangerous to Bourdais, as he had stopped on lap 49. The other drivers only real hope for success was a lot of full course caution laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nWhen the green flag came out again, the order was Pagenaud, Heylen, Gommendy, Junqueira, and Bourdais. After two hard fought laps, Junqueira gave up fourth place to Bourdais. Five laps later Gommendy gave up third spot shortly before pitting and then retiring with an oil leak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nHeylen gave up his gambit on lap 59 and while Pagenaud gamely hung on to the lead until lap 63, he never had any reasonable chance to make the end of the race. With that stop, Bourdais re-inherited the lead, while behind him Junqueira gamely clung to second place while saving fuel at the same time. Rahal did not have fuel concerns but was not able to find his way around the veteran driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Race\nThat was the way the race ended, with Bourdais in front by more than 13 seconds. Junqueira's 2nd place was a historic achievement for the Dale Coyne Racing team, its best ever finish. Rahal settled for the fourth podium finish of his rookie season. Bourdais leads the season championship by 53 points over Robert Doornbos. Not an insurmountable lead, but one that leaves his challengers little hope of preventing the capture of his fourth straight Champ Car title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190336-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix, Attendance\nAttendance for the weekend at Zolder was 40,000 spectators, with 25,000 attending on race day, which was in line with the organizers expectations. Additionally that was the number of fans they needed to attend to break even financially.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190337-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Cup Final\nThe 2007 Belgian Cup Final, took place on 26 May 2007 between Club Brugge and Standard Li\u00e8ge. It was the 52nd Belgian Cup final and was won by Club Brugge due to a goal by Manasseh Ishiaku.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190338-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Belgian Figure Skating Championships (Dutch: Belgisch Kampioenschap 2007; French: Championnat de Belgique 2007) took place between 24 and 25 November 2006 in Hasselt. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190338-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Figure Skating Championships\nOne skater from United Kingdom competed as guest skater and her results were discounted from the final results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190338-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ladies\nJenna McCorkell of United Kingdom finished 2nd with a total of 112.73 points, but is not included with the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix) was the fourteenth race of the 2007 Formula One season, returning to the Formula One calendar after a year's absence. It was held on 16 September at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix\nGoing into the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship by three points from teammate Fernando Alonso and Scuderia Ferrari led the Constructors' Championship by 57 points from BMW Sauber after the exclusion of McLaren from the Constructors' Championship following the Ferrari/McLaren spy saga. Otherwise McLaren would have been leading the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix\nThe race also marked the 100th race start for Australian Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nFerrari tried the new for the first time traffic light system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe usual drivers were eliminated in the first qualifying session\u2014Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto went out in the Spykers along with Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguris, Rubens Barrichello in the Honda and Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe second qualifying session was unusual as six drivers in six different cars were eliminated\u2014Alexander Wurz of Williams, Vitantonio Liuzzi of Toro Rosso, Jenson Button of Honda, David Coulthard of Red Bull Racing. Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault and Ralf Schumacher of Toyota. Fisichella was later relegated right to the back of the grid after changing his engine after qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThis left seven different teams in the top 10. Heikki Kovalainen qualified tenth for Renault, just behind Jarno Trulli in the Toyota. Ahead of them were Mark Webber's Red Bull and Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber. Nico Rosberg did very well in the Williams to qualify on row 3 alongside Robert Kubica in the second BMW Sauber. However, the Pole was given a ten place grid drop for an engine change. Once again, McLaren and Ferrari occupied the top four places. Fernando Alonso pipped McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton to 3rd place, but Ferrari dominated, with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen beating Felipe Massa to get his 14th career pole and lock out the front row for the Italian team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nDue to FIA rules about the order in which penalties are applied, Kubica's penalty was applied first. This left him 15th and behind Fisichella. Then the Italian's penalty was applied, so Kubica ended up 14th. This meant Coulthard, Button and Liuzzi all gained two places as both drivers had been ahead of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe order from the start remained fairly unchanged with the Ferraris of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Felipe Massa led away from Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, although there was a lot of pushing between the McLarens as Hamilton attempted to pass around the outside of turn one, but Alonso pushed him wide onto the tarmac on the outside of the corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nGiancarlo Fisichella's Renault suffered a suspension failure on lap 2, making him the first retirement of the race. He had been running last. Also on lap 2, Alexander Wurz spun in the Williams, slipping to the back of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nSebastian Vettel soon suffered a handling problem, probably caused by a collision, which eliminated his Toro Rosso from the race on lap 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMassa briefly took the lead on lap 16, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen reclaimed it a lap later after his pitstop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDavid Coulthard suffered a hydraulic failure in his Red Bull on lap 30. He was quickly followed with a fuel pressure problem for Wurz, who was still last, on lap 35, and the Honda of Jenson Button, which dropped out on lap 37 with another hydraulic failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMassa once again led for just one lap during R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's second stop, but he retook it the following lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finally came home to win from Massa, clinching the World Constructors Championship for Ferrari. Alonso, Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber, Nico Rosberg's Williams, Mark Webber in the Red Bull and Heikki Kovalainen's Renault rounded up the top eight. The only changes from the starting top eight were Heidfeld and Rosberg swapping places and Kovalainen passing Jarno Trulli's Toyota to take eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190339-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race was overshadowed by the death of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae in a helicopter crash during Saturday's qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190340-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian Super Cup\nThe 2007 Belgian Super Cup was a football match played on 28 July 2007, between league winners R.S.C. Anderlecht and cup winners Club Brugge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election\nFederal elections were held in Belgium on 10 June 2007. Voters went to the polls in order to elect new members for the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election\nEligible voters were Belgian citizens 18 years and older. There was a legal electoral threshold of 5% for political parties to meet to receive representation, but in several election districts the real electoral threshold is higher than the legal, due to the small number of seats to be elected in the particular district. The 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected from 11 electoral districts. The 40 Senate members were elected from the Dutch (25) and Francophone (15) electoral colleges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election\nOf the Flemish parties, the alliance of Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V) and the New-Flemish Alliance (N-VA) received an increased share of the vote from the previous election, held in 2003. The CD&V/N-VA list was headed by Yves Leterme, and became the largest political formation in Belgium, thus leading the coalition talks for a new government. Vlaams Belang received more votes than in the previous election, but lost one seat. Groen! was able to return to parliament and newcomers Lijst Dedecker surprised most by immediately grabbing six seats, including one in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election\nPrime minister Guy Verhofstadt's \"purple coalition,\" consisting of his Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) alliance list and Socialist Party \u2013 Different (sp.a/spirit), was punished in the election, with the sp.a/spirit alliance losing somewhat more than Verhofstadt's Open Vld alliance. The day after the election, Verhofstadt handed in the resignation of his government to King Albert II. SP.A leader Johan Vande Lanotte resigned from his leadership position as well that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election\nThe Francophone situation did not mirror its Flemish counterpart. While Verhofstadt's Open Vld struggled, its Francophone sister party Mouvement R\u00e9formateur managed to defeat the long-dominant Parti Socialiste (PS), although the PS remained strong in Hainaut and Li\u00e8ge. The Humanist Democratic Centre brought in a positive result as well, but the biggest gains were for the environmentalist party Ecolo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election\nThe overall outcome of the elections was that the liberal fraction (MR, Open Vld) became the largest group in parliament with, followed by the Christian Democrats (CD&V, cdH) and N-VA with 40 seats. The electoral alliance between the Flemish CD&V and N-VA parties became the biggest single parliamentary grouping (25 seats for CD&V and 5 for N-VA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Background\nThe previous general election in 2003 had resulted in a coalition between the socialist parties sp.a/spirit (Flemish) and the Parti Socialiste (Francophone), and the centrist liberal-democratic parties VLD/Vivant (Flemish) and MR (Francophone), with Guy Verhofstadt of the VLD to retaining his position of Prime Minister of Belgium until 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties\nOnly parties who fielded candidates for the Belgian Senate are listed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking)\nThese Flemish parties field candidates in the regions of Flanders and the partially bilingual electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), CD&V/N-VA\nThe Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V) is a Christian Democratic party that has formed an alliance with the Flemish nationalist party New-Flemish Alliance (N-VA). Most polls in the run-up to the election suggested that the alliance would win the election and become the largest political force in Flanders. It is led by Yves Leterme, current prime minister of the Flemish Region and Community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), CD&V/N-VA\nHaving become the largest political party in the Belgian Chamber after the 2007 election, the alliance will become the fulcrum of the coalition talks for a new government. Commentators suggest that coalition talks will be difficult, as most Francophone parties see the alliance as being overly Flemish-dominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), VB\nIt was the first time that the Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang, VB) had taken part in federal elections under its new name. Ostracized by all other political parties because of its views on foreigners and immigration, the VB is unlikely to take part in a new government. The VB's lists also included members of the right-liberal Flemish Liberal Independent Tolerant and Transparent party (VLOTT) of Hugo Coveliers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), sp.a-spirit\nThe Socialistische Partij Anders is a social-democratic party and has formed a cartel list with the Flemish regionalist and left liberal party Spirit. Like their coalition partner VLD, they lost heavily in the election, which prompted sp.a party leader Johan Vande Lanotte to step down. Vande Lanotte made it also clear that the alliance will not take part in a federal government whose sole concern is state reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), Open VLD\nOpen Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) is the alliance list of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) of prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, and the small liberal political parties Vivant (left-liberal) and Liberal Appeal (Liberaal App\u00e8l) (right-liberal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), Open VLD\nThe VLD has seen some infighting in the last years, resulting in two prominent members leaving the party, Hugo Coveliers (VLOTT) and Jean-Marie Dedecker (Lijst Dedecker). After the 2006 municipal elections, the party had tried to revamp itself with the newly named Open Vld cartel, under direction of noted political strategist No\u00ebl Slangen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), Groen!\nGroen! is an ecological party, and the successor of Agalev. It hoped to make a return to the federal legislature after being wiped out in the 2003 general election. They managed to return to the Belgian parliament with four House seats and one senate seat, but their result of 6.3% was below expectations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), LDD\nList Dedecker (Lijst Dedecker) is a liberal offshoot of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats, founded by Belgian Senator Jean-Marie Dedecker and Boudewijn Bouckaert, chairman of the Nova Civitas think tank. The party surprised some who doubted it would clear the 5% electoral threshold by receiving 6.3% of the Flemish vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), PVDA+\nThe Workers Party of Belgium (Partij van de Arbeid van Belgi\u00eb) is a radical left wing party, of Maoist origin. Its lists also contain independent candidates. The PVDA almost doubled their votes, from 0.5% to 0.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Flemish parties (Dutch speaking), CAP\nThe Committee for Another Policy (Comit\u00e9 voor een Andere Politiek) is a bilingual left wing political movement, consisting of trade union militants, and political militants of communist, Trotskyist and socialist origin. It was formed in 2006 as a reaction to the more centrist course of the SP.a. Former SP.a-representative Jef Sleeckx is one of the co-founders. These elections were the first the movement participated in. They got 0.4% of the votes in Flanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking)\nThese Francophone parties fielded candidates in the Walloon Region and in the electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), PS\nThe Parti Socialiste (PS) is a social-democratic party that took part in the Verhofstadt I Government and the Verhofstadt II Government. It is unlikely that the PS will deliver Belgium's next prime minister, the last Francophone prime minister was Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1978-79. Largest competitor of the PS is the Mouvement R\u00e9formateur (MR), which just recently broke with the PS in Charleroi, after PS aldermen were charged with corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), MR\nThe Mouvement R\u00e9formateur is a liberal party. It is a fusion of the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL), the French-linguistic party Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) and a breakaway fraction of the Christian democratic Citizens' Movement for Change (MCC). It had taken part in the federal government of Guy Verhofstadt, which included MR leader Didier Reynders as finance minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), MR\nThe MR clearly won the elections in the French-speaking Walloon region, and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region, ousting the previously dominant Parti Socialiste. The MR campaigned on three major fronts: the need for an alternative to the PS, entangled in various scandals of corruption and accused of poor governance leading to unemployment and anachronistic political systems; the need for a new fiscal reform; lowering taxes and government grip on the economy; and finally friendliness and cooperation with its Flemish counterpart, Open VLD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), cdH\nThe Centre D\u00e9mocrate Humaniste is a Christian democratic party. They made a small advance (0.4%) in these elections and finished with 15.8% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), Ecolo\nEcolo is a Green party. It made the largest gains of the 2007 election among Francophone parties and went from 7.5% to 12.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), FN\nThe Front National is a Franco-nationalist political movement known for its tough stances on immigration. They gained 5.6% of the vote, the same as in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Parties, Francophone parties (French speaking), CAP\nThe Committee for Another Policy (Comit\u00e9 pour une Autre Politique) was a bilingual left wing political movement, consisting of trade union militants, and political militants of communist, Trotskyist and socialist origin. It was formed in 2006 as a reaction to the more centrist course of the PS and the SP.a. Former FGTB-chairman Georges Debunne was one of the co-founders. These elections were the first the movement participated in. The party got 0.2% of the votes in Hainaut and Li\u00e8ge, the two provinces where its candidates stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Issues, Good governance\nCD&V used the theme of good governance as a breaking point against sp.a and VLD. The party claimed that unlike in the Flemish Government, where CD&V leader Leterme heads a tripartite government, with CD&V, VLD and sp.a, the federal government lacked good governance. sp.a and VLD tried to counter this charge with similar examples in the Flemish Government of practices which CD&V accused them of.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Issues, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde and constitutionality\nWith the federal elections looming, the problem of the electoral district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (B-H-V) re-emerged. Because the federal government failed to comply with a ruling of the Court of Arbitration which declared the provincial electoral districts compared to the two remaining arrondisemental ones in the former province of Brabant unconstitutional. According to the ruling of the Court of Arbitration the current situation would make federal elections impossible after 24 June 2007, so the new government will have to solve the situation. Several mayors in the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde area have threatened and actually have refused to compile the lists of electors. The governor took over their task.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Issues, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde and constitutionality\nProfessor and constitutional expert Paul Van Orshoven from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven declared that the elections would be unconstitutional. According to Van Orshoven there were two problems:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Issues, Corruption in the Walloon Region\nDuring the campaign new irregularities and corruption in PS-lead Charleroi emerged. The MR started using this as an example of why things in Wallonia under PS management were bad. The campaign became hostile and personal attacks between various MR, cdH and PS leaders dominated the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Issues, Armenian genocide\nIn the run-up to the election, Johan Vande Lanotte, leader of the Socialist Party \u2013 Different, refused to acknowledge the Turkish genocide on its Armenian minority in the midst of a controversy about the strong allegiance to Turkey expressed in Turkish at a meeting by a Turkish-Belgian CD&V Senate candidate, Erg\u00fcn Top, but also in the aftermath of a similar problem aroused during the campaign for the Dutch general election a few months earlier. The position of Yves Leterme (CD&V) on this issue was unclear at first, but he later confided to the Flemish parliament that he does acknowledge the Armenian genocide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Issues, Armenian genocide\nIn 1998, the Belgian Senate had already passed a resolution acknowledging the Armenian genocide, including the support of SP (later sp.a) and CVP (later CD&V) senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Opinion polls\nThe polls conducted by the Stemmenkampioen site of Het Laatste Nieuws and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel , yield the following overall result for Flanders, compared to the 2003 Senate elections. De Standaard and the VRT conducted a similar poll in November 2006, in March 2007 (the first poll in which Lijst Dedecker, a Flemish party founded in January 2007, was measured) and in May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Results, Chamber of Representatives\nThe newly constituted Chamber met for the first time on Thursday 28 June 2007, when the Representatives took the oath of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Results, Senate\n21 Community Senators and 10 Coopted Senators were also be appointed. The definite distribution is not known. On Thursday 28 June 2007, the directly-elected Senators took the oath of office. One week later, on 5 July 2007, the Community Senators took the oath, and two weeks later, on 12 July 2007, the Coopted Senators took the oath. On that day, the Senate was fully constituted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Government formation\nDue to differences in view with regards to constitutional reform between the Flemish and Francophone parties, the negotiations to form a new government proceeded with much difficulty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Government formation\nOn 13 June 2007, King Albert II appointed MR leader Didier Reynders informateur, (someone who assesses the possibilities for government coalitions). Prior to his appointment, in his position as party leader, Reynders had indicated his preference for a coalition of Christian Democratic parties CD&V (Flanders) and cdH (Wallonia) and liberal parties MR (Wallonia) and Open VLD (Flanders). Reynders presented his final report to the King on 4 July 2007. Following the report, King Albert II appointed former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene as mediator to prepare the ground for the formateur and to look into the possibility of a state reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Government formation\nThe King then appointed Yves Leterme of the CD&V as formateur (giving him the task of forming a coalition). Negotiations were temporarily halted on 17 August to give the King the possibility to mediate. Upon the further failure of the negotiations, on 23 August Leterme resigned as formateur. As no acceptable mediator could be found, on 27 August, the King took the unusual step to consult 13 Ministers of State to find way out of the political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190341-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Belgian federal election, Government formation\nAt the end of August, the King appointed Herman Van Rompuy (also CD&V and President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives since July) as explorateur (scout). Following Rompuy's report, Leterme was again appointed formateur on 15 September. After two months of further negotiations, Leterme was still unable to form a coalition and resigned as formateur for a second time on 1 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190342-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belize Premier Football League\nThe 2007 season of the Belize Premier Football League, otherwise known as the RFG Insurance Cup, began on February 25, 2007 and concluded on June 10, 2007. FC Belize of Belize City won a twelve team league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190343-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Belmont Stakes\nThe 2007 Belmont Stakes was the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes. The race was held on June 9, 2007. Rags to Riches won the race by a head over Curlin before a crowd of 46,870, becoming the first filly to win the Belmont since 1905 and to win a Triple Crown race since the 1988 Kentucky Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190343-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Belmont Stakes, Belmont Stakes feature key prep races list\nThis list contains the current 2007 standings that leads to the Belmont Stakes race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190344-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Beninese parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Benin on 31 March 2007, having been delayed from an earlier date of 25 March due to organisational difficulties. Twenty-six political parties and 2,158 candidates contested the elections for the 83 seats in the National Assembly; there were 24 constituencies and 17,487 polling stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190344-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Beninese parliamentary election\nThe elections saw the Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin emerge as the largest party, winning 35 of the 83 seats. Turnout was estimated at 58.69%. The new National Assembly was sworn in on 23 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190345-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Benue State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Benue State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Benue State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Gabriel Suswam won the election, defeating Daniel Saror of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190345-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Benue State gubernatorial election, Results\nGabriel Suswam from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Daniel Saror from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 2,150,515.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190346-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Berlin Marathon\nThe 2007 Berlin Marathon was the 34th edition of the Berlin Marathon. The marathon took place in Berlin, Germany, on 30 September 2007 and was the fourth World Marathon Majors race of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190346-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Berlin Marathon\nThe men's race was won by Haile Gebrselassie in 2:04:26 hours and the women's race was won by Gete Wami in a time of 2:23:17 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190347-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Berlin Thunder season\nThe 2007 Berlin Thunder season was the ninth and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach John Allen in his first year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Bermuda on 18 December 2007 to elect all 36 members of the House of Assembly. The incumbent Progressive Labour Party (PLP) led by Ewart Brown was returned for a third term, with 22 of the 36 seats of the House of Assembly, with the opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) winning the remaining 14 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Background\nBermuda gained internal self government with the introduction of a constitution in 1968 and for the first 30 years afterwards the United Bermuda Party was in power. Their domination was broken by defeat in the 1998 election leading to the Progressive Labour Party winning government for the first time. The PLP government was returned at the 2003 election, winning 22 seats compared to 14 seats for the United Bermuda Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Background\nBermuda remains a British overseas territory; independence was rejected in a referendum in 1995. However, in 2004 the then Premier of Bermuda, called for a debate on independence to take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Background\nEwart Brown became Premier in October 2006, defeating the incumbent, William Alexander Scott, in a contest for the leadership of PLP, while in March 2007 Michael Dunkley became leader of the opposition United Bermuda Party, ousting Wayne Furbert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Campaign\nOn 2 November 2007, Premier Brown announced that the election would be held on 18 December. Both main parties put up 36 candidates and there were two independent candidates. Altogether 42,337 people were registered to vote with each constituency having about 1,100 voters. An opinion poll in the summer had put the UBP on 40%, the PLP on 34% and 26% undecided. Analysts saw 7 of the 36 seats as likely to be close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Campaign\nThe incumbent PLP campaigned on the basis of their record where they said they had increased tourism and attracted development to Bermuda. They pledged that they would introduce free day care, bus and ferry transportation if they were re-elected. With Bermuda having a population that was 60% of African descent, the PLP said that votes for the UBP were a vote for white people. They used the example of two black people who had left the UBP earlier in the year after saying that the white elite was still in control of the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Campaign\nThe election was seen as being partly contested on the performance of Premier Brown. The UBP described him as a polarizing figure and accused him of being involved in corruption. A police dossier had alleged there was corruption in the public housing corporation, but prosecutors said they could not find any evidence of illegality. The PLP, however, described their leader as \"the man who gets things done\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Campaign\nThe UBP criticised the PLP for having failed to create enough affordable housing and for their plans for enforcing racial equality in the workplace. A former UBP premier said that the PLP's plan to fine companies if they did not promote black people to senior posts could drive away many expatriates and companies from Bermuda. The UBP said that, if they were elected, they would give Bermudian status to everyone who had lived in Bermuda for more than 20 years, which the PLP said would be a mistake which could lead to 8,000 more Bermudians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Campaign\nAlso at issue in the election was both parties' policies over independence for Bermuda. Premier Brown was in favour of independence but his party said that this was just a long-term goal and that they would not use the election as the basis for a push for independence. The UBP said that they would hold a referendum if they won the election and said that Bermuda should not become independent unless there was clear support in a referendum. An opinion poll in 2007 had shown that around two-thirds of Bermudians were opposed to independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Campaign\nThe campaign lasted six weeks, the longest ever in Bermuda, and was seen as being very bitter. Polls showed the election was tight with analysts saying that they expected the result to be close. During the campaign there was an incident when someone attempted to mail a bullet to Premier Brown, but it was intercepted by a postal worker, which led both parties to try to calm the campaign down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190348-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bermudian general election, Results\nThe results of the election saw no change from the 2003 election with the Progressive Labour Party still winning 22 seats and the United Bermuda Party 14 seats. The leader of the United Bermuda Party, Michael Dunkley, failed to win election in Smith's North losing by 444 votes to 536. He had given up his safe seat of Devonshire East to try to overturn the United Bermuda Party's deficit by winning a marginal seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak\nThe 2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak was an occurrence of avian influenza in England caused by the H5N1 subtype of Influenza virus A that began on 30 January 2007. The infection affected poultry at one of Bernard Matthews' farms in Holton in Suffolk. It was the third instance of H5N1-subtype detected in the United Kingdom and a range of precautions were instituted to prevent spread of the disease including a large cull of turkeys, the imposition of segregation zones, and a disinfection programme for the plant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak\nThe cause of the outbreak was not determined. However, it was considered significant that Bernard Matthews regularly transports turkeys and turkey products between the UK and its plant in Hungary, and that the H5N1 strains previously found in Hungary, and those found at Suffolk, were effectively genetically identical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Background, H5N1\nH5N1 is a subtype of the Influenza A virus, the viruses responsible for influenza in humans and many other animal species. A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for \"highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1\", is the causative agent of H5N1 flu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Background, H5N1\nHPAI A(H5N1) is considered an avian disease, although there is some evidence of limited human-to-human transmission of the virus. A risk factor for contracting the virus is handling of infected poultry, but transmission of the virus from infected birds to humans is inefficient. Poultry farming practices have changed due to H5N1. The cost of poultry farming has increased, while the cost to consumers has gone down, due to fears from H5N1 driving demand below supply.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Background, Recent outbreaks in the UK and rest of EU\nThe outbreak was the third instance of H5N1 detected in the United Kingdom. The first outbreak occurred in October 2005 among exotic birds imported from Taiwan and South America at a privately owned quarantine facility in Essex, England. The second instance involved a dead whooper swan found to have the virus in Cellardyke, Scotland in April 2006. A corresponding incidence on a farm in south-eastern Hungary was confirmed by the European Commission on 25 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 90], "content_span": [91, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, The outbreak\nInitial signs of the outbreak occurred on Tuesday, 30 January when 55 turkey poults died and 16 had to be killed because they were sick. At least 185 more died the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, The outbreak\nIt was not until 1 February that the deaths were reported to Defra. The farm was sealed off while tests were carried out, on samples taken from the dead birds, at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge, Surrey. Another 1,500 birds died on 2 February. Then on 3 February 2007 the H5N1 causation was confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, The outbreak\nA 3\u00a0km protection zone, 10\u00a0km surveillance zone and a restricted zone encompassing 2000\u00a0km2 were set up. Another 159,000 turkeys were slaughtered with the cull being completed on the evening of 5 February. Also on 5 February there was criticism that nearby farmers had not been advised as to the action to be taken. Around 320 workers at the plant were given anti-viral drugs. Although a vet from the site was admitted into hospital, suffering from a 'mild respiratory illness' during the evening of 6 February, it was found not to be bird flu. The plant was thoroughly disinfected, with cleaning complete on 12 February, and permission being given for production to resume.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, The outbreak\nIt emerged in a highly critical report from Defra that there was a series of biosecurity failings at the Holton plant, some of which were drawn to the company's attention in the past. These included \"gulls were taking turkey waste to roosts on top of the turkey-house 500\u00a0m away\" and \"holes in the turkey houses could have allowed in birds or rodents\". Defra minister Jeff Rooker stated in a House of Lords debate on 22 February that the outbreak was \"exclusively a Bernard Matthews Holton problem\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nThe Government, on 8 February, admitted that the outbreak may have been caused by semi-processed turkey meat imported directly from Hungary, where the disease is prevalent, despite earlier in the week the Environment Secretary, David Miliband assuring the House of Commons that there was \"no Hungarian connection\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nBernard Matthews had been importing 38\u00a0tons of partly processed turkey meat on a weekly basis from their Saga Foods company, in S\u00e1rv\u00e1r, Hungary, to a processing plant next to the farm. Though Saga Foods lies 165 miles (266\u00a0km) from where the recent Hungarian H5N1 outbreak had occurred, a company director admitted it was \"possible\" that some of the meat could have come from the exclusion zone. In response to this revelation, Whitehall expressed concern over biosecurity and whether any meat may have been distributed for human consumption in Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nOn 9 February 2007 the Hungarian authorities started an investigation to try to establish whether there was a connection between the Suffolk and Hungarian outbreaks. On 11 February the investigation revealed that turkey products were still being transported, in both directions, between the plant and Hungary with EU regulations being cited as the reason why a transport ban could not be imposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nThe Hungary link was dismissed by the European Commission on 12 February. Even so, the H5N1 bird flu strains found in Hungary and Britain were shown to be 99.96% genetically identical and, according to an analysis of the viruses by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge, Surrey, were almost certainly linked. A leak from the Government's COBRA emergency committee indicated that the authorities were not aware of the Hungarian connection until an investigator found a Gallfoods delivery wrapper in a Bernard Matthews bin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nThis raised the possibility that the outbreak was due to a \"third party abattoir, Gallfoods in Hungary, just outside the restricted zone\". This abattoir might have been a middle man for contaminated poultry farming tools, feed, or product from within the restricted zone, such as a Bernard Matthews owned subsidiary in Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nIn response to the incident and allegations of a cover-up, Bernard Matthews himself stated on 14 February \"I'm sorry \u2013 but this has not been of our making. There's been absolutely no cover-up at our end. I've been upset about allegations that we may have withheld information. That is completely untrue.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Hungarian connection\nBernard Matthews was given permission to resume its shipments of poultry between the UK and Hungary from 17 February even though Defra indicated that Hungarian turkey products remained the \"most plausible\" cause of the outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Consequences\nBy 8 February there was a lengthening list of countries that had banned the importation of poultry products from Britain including South Africa, Russia, Japan, and many others but a spokesman for the European Commission condemned the bans as \"totally disproportionate\" and the British Poultry Council pointed out that exports were less than 9% of the level of domestic sales. Supermarket sales of Bernard Matthews branded turkeys halved after the onset of the outbreak as shoppers sought out alternatives. One of the biggest ongoing surveys of consumer confidence revealed that, by 13 February 2007, Bernard Matthews was the least respected and trusted brand in Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Consequences\nFollowing the outbreak the company confirmed, on 19 February 2007, that 130 workers would be laid off for a period of twenty days due to a drop in product sales. The Transport and General Workers' Union then called for the government to provide compensation to the workers affected. The Transport and General Workers' Union paid out hardship monies from union funds to union members, on top of any state benefits to which the laid-off workers were entitled and a one-off \u00a3100 payment from Bernard Matthews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190349-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak, Consequences\nA row broke out on 1 March 2007 when it emerged that the Government were paying compensation to the company for the 159,000 culled turkeys while laid-off workers were receiving nothing. At \u00a33.75 each for hens and \u00a33.53 for toms, the payout was then estimated at between \u00a3537,000 and \u00a3570,000. In the event, though, the actual compensation bill came out at \u00a3589,356.89. The crisis cost Bernard Matthews at least \u00a320\u00a0m in lost sales and costs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nThe 2007 Bersih rally was a rally held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 10 November 2007. The aim of this walk was to campaign for electoral reform. It was precipitated by allegations of corruption and discrepancies in the Malaysian election system that heavily favour the ruling political party, Barisan Nasional, which has been in power since Malaysia achieved its independence in 1957.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nMuch of the publicity for the rally was distributed through online media and blogs. Initially, the organisers planned to have a gathering point at Dataran Merdeka square. However, it was later revealed that this was a red herring to distract the police. The locations of the four gathering points were only released the day before the protests by word of mouth, mobile phones and emails.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nConsequently, the rally began with gatherings of people at four locations: Sogo department store, Masjid India, Masjid Negara and Pasar Seni. These four groups of people combined into a single group on their march towards the palace gates to hand over a memorandum to the King demanding electoral reform. Early estimates put the number of attendees between 10,000 and 40,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nPlans called for 100,000 people to join in the rally, and there are claims that this number was indeed achieved, as the many early estimates failed to include those who simultaneously gathered at different locations and those that were barred by police from continuing the walk. The title of the rally is derived from the name of the organizers, BERSIH (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections). The word \"bersih\" means clean in Malay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nBefore the Bersih rally, there was a Reformasi Movement in September 1998 caused by the sacking of previous Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim. It has massively formed a noteworthy change in the political scene in Malaysia. Supporters from all over went down to the lanes to show and bolster the call for Reformasi, which was driven by Anwar Ibrahim. Gigantic and exceptional demonstrations occurred in Kuala Lumpur and other major cities. A fascinating angle to note, in the meantime, the administration of Malaysia is endlessly grasping the universe of Information Technology. The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) denoted a fresh start for Malaysia, as it looks to be a world leader in Information Technology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nNext is The Political Tsunami Changes Malaysian Politics. This is a political wave. Much the same as the normal tidal wave that never gives any sign it happens. In any case, when the topographical plate unexpectedly shifted form and vertically uproot the overlying water, it can create an awesome tsunami. During this time, the political torrent cleared away 50% of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition's energy. Nobody expected such outcomes, included BN and the resistance as there was no obvious sign before the decisions. Without a doubt, BN has been mentally arranged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nIt anticipated that would lose dominant part of Indian votes and part of Chinese votes. In any case, it was sure to win the national surveys by acquiring the majority of Malay votes and backings from Sabah and Sarawak. In view of this certainty, it held an early race. Therefore, the individuals who have been required to lose lost severely while the individuals who were not anticipated that would lose, lost a great deal. BN did not only lose Indian and Chinese vote but rather Malay votes in urban regions, and additionally in Northern Malaysia and the East Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally\nThis is not quite the same as the influential current in 1990 and 1999. Resistance parties framed a coalition to battle with BN coalition in 1990. In the long run, Malay voters stressed that progressions may cause them lose the decision control. In this way, they surrendered Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and upheld United Malays National Organization. In spite of most Chinese voted in favor of the resistance, yet the restriction fizzled without the help from others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Reformasi demands\nThese demands were incorporated into the Memorandum for submission to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Reformasi shakes Mahathir's authoritarian regime was political onlookers' fundamental concern. From a historical point of view voters' decision could realize a two-party system and end BN's overwhelming one-party dominion. This was the expectation of majority rule government followers. This awesome coalition planned to take over one third of the seats in parliament, end the matchless quality of the BN and constrain Mahathir to venture down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Preparations, Organisers' preparations\nInitially, organisers decided on two locations for rally participants to gather before marching on to the Istana Negara: Masjid Negara and Dataran Merdeka, two of the most significant landmarks in Kuala Lumpur. However, the day before the rallies were due, the organisers decided to change the locations to Sogo department store, Masjid India, Masjid Negara and Pasar Seni, in an attempt to divert riot police's attention. Furthermore, a decoy of 500 people were sent to Dataran Merdeka to 'attempt' to get into the square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Preparations, Government preparations\nIn the days leading up to the rally, the government warned Malaysians not to take part in the rally as an official permit had not been granted. Citizens were warned that anyone who turned up and participate in the rally would be immediately arrested, because the rally is deemed as illegal since the current Malaysian law bans public gatherings of more than five persons without a permit. However, in July last year, a police permit has released for Umno Youth to hold a protest to demand that the US and Israel end the violence in the Middle East, while US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Kuala Lumpur for a meeting with Asean leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Preparations, Government preparations\nLocal television channels, controlled by the ruling party, continually showed video footage of violent protests from other countries, complemented by the tagline \"Demonstration always ends in violence.\" The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Badawi, was quoted saying \"Saya pantang dicabar\" (translation: I will not be challenged). He urged Malaysians to use elections to give their feedback. He had vowed to crack down on the rally and gave his permission to the police to break up the rally and possibly arrest its participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 56], "content_span": [57, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Police's response\nHours before the rally was due to occur, thousands of police were stationed around Merdeka Square, and traffic coming into Kuala Lumpur had to pass through numerous security checkpoints, some saying checkpoints began at Pagoh, Johor and Kemaman, Terrengganu. This created widespread traffic congestion throughout the entire Klang Valley area. Although it was claimed by the government that the actual rally was the cause of the jam, other sources contradicted this, stating that the numerous barricades and roadblocks set up by police officers were the direct source of the congestion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Police's response\nAuthorities also made changes to the train schedule in an attempt to make it more difficult for people to reach the rally area. Trains on the Kelana Jaya LRT line coming into the city from Kelana Jaya, which normally stop at Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek, instead bypassed those stations, going from KL Sentral directly to Dang Wangi Station. Passengers were not given any warning of this and many did not realise they would not be able to stop at these stations until the train was already on its way to Dang Wangi or Sentral.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Police's response\nDuring the rally, the police responded by firing chemical laced water cannons and tear gas at rally participants at the Masjid Jamek and Bandaraya LRT meeting points. 245 people were arrested according to the local daily newspapers The Star, owned by MCA, one of the coalition parties of the current ruling government. Independent sources, however, quoted only 34 people were arrested and released the night later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Police's response\nPurportedly, the organisers of BERSIH had ordered participants to be cooperative and the assembly was to remain peaceful at all times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Media's response\nForeign media such as Al-Jazeera covered the event with detailed videos and ground and satellite images. BBC and CNN featured the news in their online papers as well. Bangkok Post published this event on its internet edition and fine print.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Media's response\nThe event received almost no coverage in the local media. The most widely circulated English daily, The Star only reported a traffic congestion. Other print dailies did not report the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Prime Minister\nPrime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi remarked that the Malaysian Royalty should not be dragged into Malaysian politics. He further alleged that the rally constituted an attempt by the Opposition to drag the Yang di-Pertuan Agong into the issue. Constitutionally, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the Head of the State while the Prime Minister is the Head of Government. Earlier, BERSIH had informed the public that the rally is a non-partisan activity, agreed by all organisers with NGOs (non-governmental organisations) forming the principal backbone of the movement, followed by some opposition parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Prime Minister\nBERSIH had earlier insisted the rally was non-partisan; however, no parties from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition participated. In fact, there was a cry for a clampdown on the rally by delegates and hard-liners in the 2007 UMNO Annual General Meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 66], "content_span": [67, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Information Minister\nLater, Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin criticised Al-Jazeera, denying reports that the police used excessive force in the demonstration. Zainuddin said that the police had to disperse the gathering with water cannons and tear gas since the rally was illegal. There are online allegations that certain journalists and civilians were beaten by authorities. Mainstream media confirmed arrests of people who had joined the rally. Most Malaysian media outlets generally gave the number of protesters present as approximately 4,000, although independent and international media reported a turnout ten times higher. Zainuddin Maidin was severely criticised in various socio-political blogs for his poor command of English shown during an interview with the Qatar-based news group Al-Jazeera regarding the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 72], "content_span": [73, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Information Minister\nLater the people marched towards Istana Negara to hand over the memorandum after many attempts (from the police) to disperse the mob failed. Some had travelled from other states to claim their rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 72], "content_span": [73, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department\nNazri Aziz, from the ruling party UMNO gave a negative response. He claimed there is democracy in Malaysia, therefore there is no necessity for a rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 95], "content_span": [96, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department\nNazri further predicted that the opposition parties \"are going to lose, and they are going to lose badly in the next elections\". He also insisted that Malaysia was a democracy, thus invalidating comparisons with Myanmar because the Buddhist monks in Myanmar were protesting for the restoration of democracy in a country where the people were oppressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 95], "content_span": [96, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department\nHowever, Nazri did not admit that protest is allowed in democracies. BERSIH demands, with support from citizens for the restoration of genuine democracy. Unclean elections due to unfair electoral processes is equivalent to false or absent democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 95], "content_span": [96, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Government responses, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department\nMoreover, both Myanmar and Malaysia crack down on rallies and protests not permitted by the government. Human Rights associations across the world regard freedom to assemble and rally as fundamental rights of a citizen in democratic nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 95], "content_span": [96, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Royals' response\nAccording to Malaysiakini, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abdidin in a rare press statement said neither he nor Istana Negara had directly or indirectly supported the massive rally held over the weekend in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, Royals' response\nAccording to Bernama, the King, in a statement issued via a palace official, expressed regret over the claim that he and the palace had supported Saturday\u2019s illegal gathering.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Responses, International response\nOn 29 November 2007, the AFP carried a comment by an anonymous official from the United States State Department stating that \"We believe citizens of any country should be allowed to peacefully assemble and express their views.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\nIt was reported that the rally participants played a 'cat and mouse' game with the riot police, as many of the groups were repeatedly stopped by the police and disallowed from continuing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\nThe group from Masjid Jamek were sprayed with water cannons and tear gas canisters, but still managed to continue their march by joining the group congregating in front of the Sogo departmental store.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\nThe group from Pasar Seni, led by Tian Chua attempted to pass through police barricades that blocked them from approaching the palace. This group also tried to negotiate with the police. As the negotiations were going on, this group found an alley that was not guarded by riot police, hence being able to bypass the police to get to the palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\n500 people from the Pasar Seni group joined part of the Sogo group to continue their march. Meanwhile, 10,000 people from Masjid Negara had begun marching to Istana Negara. They split into two groups to increase the chance of reaching Istana Negara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\nA combined group of 40,000 people, stretching half a kilometre long along the highway were stopped by police 300 meters from the palace grounds. They were eventually joined by the group from Masjid Jamek and Sogo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\nPolice allowed a delegation of 7 people, including PAS's President Abdul Hadi Awang and Nasharuddin Mat Isa, DAP\u2019s Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng and Keadilan's Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to enter the palace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Rally proceedings\nAfter the memorandum was handed over to a palace secretary, most of the rally participants were seen walking back to Masjid Negara. About 20 people had been arrested earlier in the day and were held at Pudu police station. When they finally arrived at Masjid Negara, they were told to go home. Some of the rally participants went to the Pudu police station to support those who were detained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nFor 2008, voters never again settled on choice based on race and shading. Resistance votes in urban zones, blended bodies electorate that cast by Chinese, Indians and Malays helped the opposition to pick up triumph. The reasons are, first is changes in the social environment. Regarding social condition BN has been confronting the antagonistic social atmosphere before the elections. Financially, the surge of costs has shaped an awesome weight to the citizens, particularly the individuals who live in urban communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nSeconds is changes in civic thought. The political structure of BN coalition was as yet in view of race in which each gathering worried without anyone else racial belief system to gain support from their racial gatherings. At that point, pioneers of each gatherings collaborated and circulated control in the best administration. This structure has been kept up for half of a century and assumed its chronicled part, and also effectively settled some racial issues. In any case, there were a few shortcomings for the structure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nAs each gathering was battling for the interests of their races, it was absence of regular standards and objectives and prompted logical inconsistencies in strategies and goals. Segment parties at first made due on such conveyance of energy yet as time advances, bigotry has been bit by bit obsolete and the general national intrigue has gone past racial interests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nThere are confinements for racial gatherings and it is difficult to keep up the need of national solidarity. Under these twofold weights, the topic of the BN's statement that still worried on peace, dependability and flourishing has been conflicting with the prerequisites of the general population. Like the riptide underneath the ocean, BN coalition, who has ruled the nation for half of a century couldn't control the change of the general population's idea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nGenerally, the restriction was bolstered by the general population as it accentuated on issues like bringing down oil costs, enhancing lawfulness, lessening the hole between the rich and poor people and battling against debasement which were in accordance with the social environment and steady with the general population's desires. The belief system of the restriction has deserted racial and religious issues however yelled for change and underlined on social equity, vote based system and equity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nDemocratic Action Party's (DAP) wish to convey changes to the nation, Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) support of Divide and Rule and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia's (PAS) thought of having a welfare nation picked up them reverberation from the general population. The restriction cooperated and angled votes in favor of each other to reinforce their energy. Furthermore, PKR has exited from the shadow of Anwar while Anwar demonstrated his charm that effectively transformed the gathering into an ordinary political gathering and another constrain. Malaysia would have another face after the political tidal wave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, The political tsunami changes in Malaysian politics\nThe energy of BN coalition has declined and it needs to depend on Sabah, Sarawak and Southern Malaysia to keep up its decision control. There will be real authority changes in UMNO, MCA, MIC and Gerakan. What's more, the belief systems of BN coalition's segment parties must be balanced. Relinquishing racial segment would be an exit plan. With respect to the resistance, they won't not have the capacity to deal with to sudden triumph in the decisions, particularly for DAP and Keadilan who won control of states and extended their impacts in the Parliament ought to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 70], "content_span": [71, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nThe ascent of the Reformasi development in the late 1990s was a noteworthy point of reference in the democratization procedure in Malaysia. Amid the period before the Reformasi development, exceptional monetary development rendered a feeling of authenticity to the tyrant run; in any case, the budgetary emergency in 1997 opened the way to the introduction of the Reformasi development. Nair (2007) portrayed the Reformasi development as a reaction from the general population to the tyrant govern of the decision administration. They requested government straightforwardness, responsibility and trustworthiness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nIn spite of the fact that the development secured an extensive variety of issues and causes, it was fixated on the manhandle of energy by the administration. The Reformasi development prompted political changes in Malaysia, especially with respect to the dispositions of government officials. This study concentrates on political changes regarding casual political changes, for example, changes in political talks, and changes in the political procedures of the decision administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0037-0002", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nFormal political changes, for example, the democratization of organized political framework, are yet to have critical effect on social developments, in spite of the fact that measures are presently being taken, for example, the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA), beginning on 16 September 2011, and the foundation of an extraordinary board of trustees on appointive change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nThe Reformasi development began after an uncommon droop in monetary development. All of the country's organizations crumpled, including those claimed by the child of the fourth Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Amid the emergency, Mahathir trained Anwar Ibrahim, the Deputy Prime Minister who held the post as the Finance Minister, to salvage the organizations possessed by Mahathir's friends. Anwar declined to take after Mahathir's directions with respect to the utilization of open assets and firmly proposed that it was essential for the administration to get subsidizing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to manage its economy. Mahathir was against this arrangement and guaranteed that accepting assets from the IMF would additionally reinforce the intercession of worldwide associations and undermine Malaysia's power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 876]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nThe Reformasi development was an essential driving force for the democratization procedure in Malaysia. Before the development, the restriction parties were feeble, divided and withered due to wide contrasts in the philosophies of the two greatest resistance parties, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS or Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party) and Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP or Democratic Action Party). While PAS required an Islamic state, DAP was a liberal-mainstream party battling for a Malaysian Malaysia; this made it troublesome for the two parties to coordinate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nThe development inevitably changed into its own political gathering and partnership, prompting the foundation of both the Parti Keadilan Nasional (PKN or National Justice Party) and the Barisan Alternatif (BA or Alternative Front). Together with PAS and DAP, they concurred on a liberal motivation to restrict the Barisan Nasional (BN or National Front) in the 1999 general decision. Their pronouncement focused on multi-racial and human rights issues, the destruction of destitution and the battle against government defilement and mishandle of energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nIn the decisions, they effectively diminished the quantity of seats held by the decision party, yet at the same time couldn't overwhelm its two-thirds larger part. The coalition effectively won 45 situates in the parliamentary race, which was somewhat higher than the past decision, while the administration won 148 seats, exhibiting a lessening from the past race. BA likewise won 40.21% of the aggregate vote (Ufen, 2009).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Impact of Reformasi\nThe Reformasi development is itself a piece of the democratization procedure, going about as an impetus for its dynamic advancement. The development turned into an essential factor in deciding the voting result of the following two general races. To comprehend the democratization procedure in Malaysia, accordingly, it is pivotal to comprehend the route in which the ensuing two general decisions influenced the political structure and in this manner gave the political chance to social developments to create.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\n\"A Chinese tsunami\" was the means by which the result of the distinctly challenged Thirteenth General Elections (GE13) came to be portrayed by Najib Razak and other Barisan Nasional (BN) pioneers on the night of 5 May 2013 (Tan, 2013). The symbolism was a solid articulation of frustration by BN pioneers of how the absence of Chinese help had prompted lost seats by the decision coalition. In the quick consequence of GE13, a few spectators fight that the outcomes have exacerbated the ethnic partition in the nation. In displaying the GE13 comes about as a Chinese tidal wave there has been a reaction from specific groups inside UMNO against the non-Malays (Muzaffar, 2013). Explanations and editorials leaving the genius UMNO media depicted the Chinese votes in favor of the resistance as a selling out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\nSome guaranteed that the Chinese, not being content with control of the economy are resolved to seizing political power. They cautioned of Malay striking back and proposed that those not content with BN move somewhere else. Such calls were first made by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi because of mass revives sorted out by PR to challenge the decision comes about under the flag of \"Dark 505\". Still others required a blacklist of Chinese organizations that had upheld the resistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\nInside UMNO there is a commotion for harder and that's only the tip of the iceberg tyrant reaction to commentators of the legislature and the restriction. To be sure, captures were made not long after GE13 against those arranging energizes and challenge social occasions. Rafizi Ramli, the PKR procedure executive who had conveyed to open consideration the National Feedlot Center (NFC) outrage was charged under the Keeping Money and Financial Institutions Act for uncovering data identified with the NFC. Government commentators considered this to be an endeavor to threaten those trying to uncover wrongdoings in government. In the interim, duplicates of three resistance daily papers were seized for abusing the Printing Presses and Publications Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\nA few months after the fact, another week by week The Heat was suspended, evidently for its front-page story on the lavish way of life of the Prime Minister and his significant other (The Malaysian Insider, 2013a). The UMNO initiative, understanding that it was Malay help particularly those in the rustic zones that hosted encouraged the get-together to survive GE13 quickly moved to give more consideration and monetary prizes to this voting demographic. On 14 September 2013, Najib Razak reported the development of the Bumiputera Monetary Empowerment Council. The committee would present new measures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0044-0001", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\nFurthermore, procedures to monetarily engage the Bumiputera (New Straits Times, 2013a). Focuses towards the board's destinations would be set for all boss official officers of government-connected organizations (GLCs). To upgrade Bumiputera value possession in the corporate segment, the Skim Amanah Saham Bumiputera 2 would be propelled by Permodalan Nasional Bhd with 10 billion units. Shahrir Abdul Samad, an UMNO veteran pioneer and MP for Johor Bahru, took a more extensive view in his evaluation of why non-Malays voted in favor of the resistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0044-0002", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\nHe recognized that the rule of balance upheld by the DAP was a factor that drew numerous non-Malay votes in favor of PR. Not exclusively are non-Malays looking for break even with circumstances and get to, Shahrir trusted that non-Malays are focused on protecting Malaysia as a mainstream state. On the off chance that BN would like to recover bolster in GE14, Shahrir held that there must be better administration under UMNO and BN (The Malaysian Insider, 2013b; Free Malaysia Today, 2013a).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190350-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Bersih rally, Chinese tsunami impacts\nAt long last, the youthful Chinese are today more worried about more extensive issues that go past mutual interests. Break even with circumstances in instruction, work and business are issues that are as yet essential to them. Be that as it may, the youthful Chinese set these inside the bigger national structure of between ethnic collaboration, equity and human rights, and defending of nature (Lee, 2011). Thus numerous youthful Chinese experts are attracted to NGOs and common society developments. Also, in the event that they take part in legislative issues they join multi-ethnic parties. Moreover, a few supporters of PR battle that the three gatherings of DAP, PKR and PAS offer a superior similarity of political equality and that each heads a Pakatan-drove government in Pulau Pinang, Selangor and Kelantan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190351-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bhutan A-Division\nThe 2007 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the thirteenth recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan. The league was won by Transport United, their fourth title in a row and only the second time a team had achieved such a feat since Druk Pol won their fourth title in a row in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190351-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bhutan A-Division, League table\nTeams played each other on a home and away basis, with the bottom two teams qualifying for a relegation playoff against the top two teams from the B-Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190351-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bhutan A-Division, League table, Notable results\nThe league table for the season is incomplete and only a handful of results are known. However, there are a number of results which are notable due to their high scores, both involving very heavy defeats for the Royal Institute of Health and Sciences team:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190351-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bhutan A-Division, League table, Notable results\nIn the game between Transport United and RIHS FC, Passang Tshering scored seventeen goals. Sources indicate that the most goals scored by a single player in a game is 16, scored by Panagiotis Pontikos of Olympos Xylofagou against SEK Ayios Athanasios in May 2007 and by Stephane Stanis for RC Strasbourg in the 1940s. It would appear therefore, that Pontikos, having equalled a record that had stood for over 60 years, saw it broken only a few days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190351-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bhutan A-Division, Relegation playoffs\nThe top two teams from the B-Division and the bottom two from the A-Division competed in a round robin group to determine the remaining two spots for the 2008 A-Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190352-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Biante Touring Car Masters\nThe 2007 Biante Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series for automobiles that were visual period replicas of models that competed in Australian Touring Car racing prior to 31 December 1973. Eligible cars were required to comply with Group 3D Sports Sedan regulations and with the additional provisions of the 2007 Touring Car Masters Technical Regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190352-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Biante Touring Car Masters\nThe series, which was the inaugural Touring Car Masters, was won by Steve Mason driving a Chevrolet Camaro. Class B was won by Mick Wilson driving a Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190352-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Biante Touring Car Masters, Schedule\nThe series was contested over eight rounds with each round comprising three races:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190353-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Championship Game\nThe 2007 Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 1, 2007 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and pit the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Missouri Tigers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, winner of the South division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190353-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Championship Game\nPer Big 12 policy, the Big 12 North Champion was declared the home team this year because the game is scheduled to take place in a home state of a Big 12 South team. Designated \"home\" teams previously were 8\u20133 in Big 12 Championship Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190353-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Championship Game, Regular season\nThe Big 12 South representative in the game was the Oklahoma Sooners. This was the 114th year of season play for the Sooners who led by head coach Bob Stoops, a two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year award winner. The team was led on offense by quarterback Sam Bradford, and played their homes games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. The team finished their regular season 10-2 (6-2, Big 12), with their losses against Colorado and Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190353-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Championship Game, Regular season\nThe Big 12 North representative in the championship game was the Missouri Tigers. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned in his seventh season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Quarterback Chase Daniel in his junior year led the Tigers to their first Big 12 Championship Game. The Tigers ended the regular season with a record of 11-1 (7-1, Big 12), with their only loss coming to Oklahoma", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190353-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary\nMissouri entered the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game ranked #1 and looking for a spot in the BCS National Championship Game. Mizzou took the lead early with a 28-yard Jeff Wolfert field goal. However, on the first play of the 2nd quarter, Oklahoma's Chris Brown rushed for a 3-yard touchdown. Missouri was able to kick another field goal, this time from 18 yards out, to make it a 7-6 Sooner lead. Oklahoma struck back two drives later on a 2-yard touchdown by Chris Brown, his second of the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190353-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary\nMissouri drive down the field on the next drive, scoring on a 4-yard Chase Daniel run and a two-point conversion, tying the game at 14 heading into halftime. The 3rd quarter was all Oklahoma. Consistently putting pressure on Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel, the Sooner defense began to control the game. Allen Patrick scored from 4 yards out and Sam Bradford threw a 5-yard touchdown to Jermaine Gresham to give Oklahoma a 28-14 lead going into the final quarter. Early in the 4th, Wolfert hit his 3rd field goal of the night to bring the score to 28-17. Bradford and Oklahoma scored on the next drive, a 4-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jon Finley giving Oklahoma the 35-17 lead. Sooner kicker Garrett Hartley hit a 26-yard field goal to give Oklahoma a 38-17 lead and finishing off the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190354-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 23 through May 27. Texas A&M won the tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the second year the conference used the round robin tournament setup. The winners of each group at the end of the round robin faced each other in a one-game match for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190355-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 11 through May 12, 2007. Oklahoma won their third conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190355-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament\nBaylor, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas A&M, Nebraska and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament. Baylor and Texas A&M would go on to play in the 2007 Women's College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190356-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2007 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City from 6 March until 10 March 2007. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on FSN. The championship game, held on March 10, 2007, featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the Iowa State Cyclones. The Sooners won 67\u201360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190357-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2007 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 7 to 11, 2007. The 7-match tournament was held at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio, TX with a combined attendance of 8,243. The 8-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Texas Longhorns defeated the Texas A&M Aggies in the championship match to win their 2nd conference tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2007 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City from March 8 until March 11, 2007. The tournament ended in an 88\u201384 overtime victory by the #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks over the #3 seed Texas Longhorns, and was the first Big 12 tournament ever to end in an overtime game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season/Tournament seeding\nIn the first preseason poll, Kansas was picked first and received 11 first-place votes. Texas A&M was picked second and received one first-place vote. The rest of the voting was as follows: Oklahoma State was picked third, Texas fourth, Kansas State fifth, Texas Tech sixth, Baylor seventh, Missouri eighth, Oklahoma ninth, Iowa State tenth, Nebraska eleventh, and Colorado twelfth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season/Tournament seeding\nAs preseason polls predicted, Kansas did win the regular-season title, clinching it outright with a 90\u201386 win over Texas on March 3. Thus, the seedings for the tournament were earned as follows, with tiebreaker procedures followed in breaking a four-way tie for seventh place between Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska (see for more information on seeding in the tournament).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Regular season/Tournament seeding\n\u2020 \u2013 Denotes Tournament Champion. * \u2013 Denotes Regular Season Champion", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Championship Game\nIn a flip-flopping game, Texas charged out of the box to gain an early lead of 32\u201310. Kansas, however, went on a 24\u20137 run to cut the Texas lead to 39\u201334 at the half. The lead then switched to Kansas early in the second half, but a rally by Texas pulled them ahead 73\u201371 in the final minutes. However, one missed free throw by Texas' Craig Winder allowed a Kansas three-pointer by Mario Chalmers to tie the game with 15 seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Championship Game\nIn overtime, Kansas was up five with 15.3 seconds left, but a Texas three-pointer by A. J. Abrams cut the lead to two. It took two free throws by Kansas' Darnell Jackson with just over five seconds left to seal the win, 88\u201384. Durant actually had a chance to score for the win in the second half, but missed the jump shot. He, however, led the game with 37 points. Kansas' Sherron Collins followed with 20. The game is the biggest comeback in Kansas basketball history, eclipsing a 19-point comeback over UCLA in December 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Tournament summary\nThis was the first Big 12 Basketball Tournament to end with an overtime game. With the win, Kansas moved to 5\u20131 in the championship game, while Texas fell to 0\u20134. The 22-point comeback by the Jayhawks in the championship was the biggest in the tournament's history. The second-biggest occurred in the same tournament, when Texas came back from 18 down to defeat the Baylor Bears. This tournament was home to the lowest score in tournament history (39 by Nebraska against Oklahoma State), as well as the highest combined score (180 points in the Missouri-Baylor first round game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Tournament summary\nThe Tournament MVP was Kevin Durant, a freshman from the University of Texas, who was a member of the 2007 Big 12 All-Tournament Team with Brandon Rush (Kansas), A. J. Abrams (Texas), Curtis Jerrells (Baylor), and Julian Wright (Kansas). Durant also scored 92 points to surpass the previous Big 12 tournament record of 79 set by Marcus Fizer in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190358-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament, Tournament summary\nThis edition of the tournament was the first to be played in Oklahoma City; previous tournaments had been played in Kansas City, Missouri or Dallas, Texas. The tournament final was televised by ESPN with play-by-play and commentary by Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190359-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, NY. This was the twenty third annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights won their third tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190359-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2007. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190359-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award\nTodd Frazier was the winner of the 2007 Jack Kaiser Award. Frazier was a junior shortstop for Rutgers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 63], "content_span": [64, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190360-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big East Men's Basketball Championship was played from March 7 to March 10, 2007. The tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was sponsored by A\u00e9ropostale. The Georgetown Hoyas won the tournament for the first time since 1989 and the seventh time overall, and were awarded an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Jeff Green of Georgetown was given the Dave Gavitt Trophy, awarded to the tournament's most outstanding player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190360-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nOnly the teams with the 12 best records during the regular season qualified for the tournament. The thirteenth through sixteenth finishers (Seton Hall, South Florida, Rutgers, and Cincinnati) did not take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190360-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Championship Game\nOn March 10, Georgetown defeated Pittsburgh, 65\u201342. The Panthers shot just 26.2 percent from the field in the loss. After Pittsburgh cut the lead to 13\u201311 with 9:04 remaining, Georgetown went on a huge run and led 28\u201313 with 2:58 left. The game was not close again. Jeff Green led all scorers with 21 points, while Roy Hibbert had 18. Hibbert also added eleven rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190360-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Championship Game\nGeorgetown and Pittsburgh had previously split their two regular season meetings, each winning at home. It was the Hoyas first conference tournament title since 1989 when Alonzo Mourning and Charles Smith led the way. Pittsburgh was in the championship game for the sixth time in seven years, but set a record for fewest points in a Big East final. Sam Young led the team with a meager 10 points. Pittsburgh's Aaron Gray had a season-low 3 points, going 1-of-13 from the floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190361-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big League World Series\nThe 2007 Big League World Series took place from July 28 - August 4 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Easley, South Carolina defeated San Juan, Puerto Rico in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190362-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was a tournament that decided the Big Sky Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190363-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 22\u201326, 2007 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eight time, and earned an invitation to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190363-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Format\nAll eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190363-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nTommy Baldridge was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Baldridge was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190364-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big South Conference from February 27 to March 3, 2007. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeds serving as host. The Winthrop Eagles won the tournament, their third straight of what would be four consecutive titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190364-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible teams can qualify for the tournament. The seeds are judged by conference winning percentage. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190364-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nFirst round held at campus sites of higher seedsSemifinals and final held at Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, SC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190365-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Ray Fisher Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty sixth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their eighth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190365-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe 2007 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Minnesota earned the second seed over Penn State by tiebreaker. As in the previous five years, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190365-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Tournament\n* - Indicates game required 10 innings. \u2020 - Indicates game required 11 innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190365-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player\nCory Luebke was named Most Outstanding Player. Luebke was a pitcher for Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190366-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Conference football season\nThe 2007 season was the Big Ten Conference's 112th overall. For the second straight year, Ohio State won the conference title and advanced to the national championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190367-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2007 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It was the tenth annual Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The championship was won by Ohio State who defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Ohio State received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The win marked Ohio State's second tournament championship (the prior championship has been vacated) in their fourth appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190367-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll Big Ten schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190368-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Softball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Buckeye Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 10 through May 12, 2007. As the tournament winner, Ohio State earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190368-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big Ten Softball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe 2007 tournament was an eight team single-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190369-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7\u201310 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190369-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nLong Beach State defeated Cal Poly in the championship game, 94\u201383, to obtain the fourth Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190369-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 49ers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament as the #12 seed in the San Antonio region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190369-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nAll eight teams in the conference participated. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top four seeds received byes, with the top two seeds receiving a second bye into the semifinal round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400\nThe 2007 BigPond 400 is the second round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 23rd to 25 March at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, north of Perth, Western Australia. The round was significant in that John Bowe became the driver with the most round starts in the championship after passing Peter Brock. It was also significant in that it was Paul Radisich's first round after a major crash at Bathurst in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Qualifying, Part 1\nQualifying started with 30 cars hitting the track instead of the usual 31 after a major accident between Jason Bright and Jason Richards after Bright had an engine failure going through turn 4. He (Bright) pulled towards the short cut to go off the track across the path of Jason Richards. The damage to the Fujitsu Racing car was very extensive, so severe that Bright had to withdraw from the entire round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Qualifying, Part 1\nPaul Dumbrell was one of ten drivers which did not make the top twenty due to a linkage breaking off the throttle pedal. Jamie Whincup also had a spin into the gravel trap at turn 6 which prompted the session to be red flagged. Whincup was able to recover to make the next part of qualifying. Other drivers who went off the circuit included Max Wilson and James Courtney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Qualifying, Part 2\nSession 2 saw Garth Tander set the fastest lap of the session and then sat out for most of the remaining session. The other drivers which were fast in this session were Rick Kelly, Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly. Max Wilson also had another off in this session when he ran wide at turn 7 and through the sand trap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Qualifying, Part 3\nThe final session saw the top ten drivers fight for pole. The session was relatively quiet, however Jamie Whincup went off the track in turn 1 by locking the rear tyres and Will Davison ran off the track at turn four. The final results from qualifying was Garth Tander took pole, from Rick Kelly in second and Craig Lowndes in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday 25 March 2007. It started with a relatively smooth start for the first lap, how this did not last long with Cameron McConville tagging John Bowe in turn 4, causing Bowe to go off the track. Over the next couple of laps, Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes had a major battle over 3rd place, with both drivers changing positions a number of times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 1\nGarth Tander continued to lead the race, until he took his compulsory pit stop on lap 22, allowing his team mate Rick Kelly to take first place. However Rick pitted on the next lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 1\nAfter all of the compulsory pit stops were done, Tander came out in first, with Rick Kelly in second and Skaife in third. Todd Kelly and Craig Lowndes continued to battle over fourth position, until on lap 38 when Todd Kelly ran off the track at the first corner and bogged the car in the sand trap. This caused the first safety car of the race. Todd Kelly communicated to the team after the incident that \"the brakes had let go, and there was brake fluid throughout the cabin.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 1\nWith three laps to go, Max Wilson collided with John Bowe causing Bowe to get beached at corner 7. This didn\u2019t cause a safety car due to the closeness of the end of the race, but rather a localised yellow flag. The race was won by Toll HSV Dealer Team\u2019s Garth Tander with his team mate Rick Kelly second, and HRT\u2019s Mark Skaife in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 2\nRace 2 was held on Sunday 26 March 2007. Off the start line, Craig Lowndes was able to get past 3rd place Mark Skaife and raced behind Garth Tander and Rick Kelly. However, on lap 9 Skaife was able to retake 3rd by overtaking Lowndes at turn 6. Lowndes struggled with tyres for the next few laps and pitted as soon as the pit stop window opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 2\nOn lap 21, Cameron McConville was turned around by Steven Richards at the first corner after leaving the pitlane. Team Vodafones\u2019s Jamie Whincup was given a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane after not turning on his pit speed limiter. Brad Jones also had a minor off at turn 7 during the second half of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 2\nOn lap 44, Steve Owen ran off the track at turn 4 after contact with Steven Richards and then crashed into the tyre barriers at turn 7 on the same lap after stating on the radio that he had no brakes. This prompted the first safety car of the race. James Courtney also had engine troubles and retired from the race on the same lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 2\nFollowing the restart, Tander went on to win the race, with Rick Kelly in second and Skaife in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 3\nRace 3 was held on Sunday 26 March 2007. The race saw a close fight between both Toll HSV Dealer Team cars and Mark Skaife. The race saw James Courtney have a large crash after steering failure going through the turn 3 complex of the track. This caused his retirement on the 28th lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, Race 3\nOverall Garth Tander won the race from his team mate Rick Kelly with Mark Skaife in third. This gave Tander not only the round win, but also the clean sweep of taking pole position as well as all three race wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190370-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 BigPond 400, In-Car Camera Coverage\nThe six cars carrying cameras at this round were those of Rick Kelly, Mark Skaife, Russell Ingall, Jamie Whincup, Max Wilson and Paul Dumbrell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood\nThe 2007 Bihar flood, which started in August 2007, was described by the United Nations as the worst flood in the \"living memory\" of Bihar. It is believed to be the worst flood in Bihar in the last 30 years. By 3 August, the estimated death toll was 41 people, and 48 schoolgirls were marooned in a school in the Darbhanga district. By 8 August, the flooding had affected an estimated 10 million people in Bihar. Army helicopters delivered food packets to Bihar residents and 180 relief camps were established.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood\nBy 10 August, aid workers in Bihar reported that there was a dramatic increase of people with diarrhoea and by 11 August, flood deaths were still occurring. Total deaths recorded in 2007 Bihar floods was 1,287, which was second highest death toll in state after 1,399 deaths in 1987 Bihar floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Incident\nThe states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were the most affected due to their high population density. Nearly two million people, spread over eleven districts in Bihar, grimly endured the floods. Many major rivers, including the Ganges, Punpun, Bagmati, Gandak and Kosi, were flowing above danger mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Incident\nFlooding had submerged more than 40 percent of Bihar. Rainfall in July was five times higher than the monthly average over a 30-year period. The area around the town of Darbhanga was one of the worst affected areas in the state. Roads leading to the remainder of the state were impassible by the flood. Many people had to seek shelter on higher ground and many people were marooned. Some people lamented that help from the state authorities was not forthcoming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Affected areas\nThe flood affected 19 districts of the state. Some of the worst affected districts are Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Saharsa, East Champaran, Supaul, Darbhanga, Patna, Bhagalpur, West Champaran, Katihar, Madhubani, Samastipur, Sheohar, Nalanda, Khagaria, Gopalganj, Madhepura, Araria and Begusarai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Impact\nMore than 4822 villages and 10,000,000 hectares of farm land were affected. About 29,000 houses were destroyed and 44,000 houses were damaged by the floods. Thousands of people were shifted to places of safety, including relief camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Response\nThe United Nations described the flood, the worst to occur in the living memory of Bihar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance recommended by CRF\nThe general recommendations suggest that a flood victim would be entitled to, a compensation of Rs. One lakh to the next of kin for every deceased person subject to certification by a competent authority. Compensation packages for fully damaged pucca house- Rs 25,000/-, Fully damaged kachcha house \u2013 Rs. 10,000/-, Severely damaged pucca house Rs 5,000/-, Severely damaged Kachcha house \u2013 Rs 2,500/-, Partially damaged pucca and kachcha house \u2013 Rs 1,500/-, Hut- Rs 2,000/- Compensation of Rs 35,000/- to any person injuring his eyes / limbs with damage between 40 and 75 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance recommended by CRF\nBeyond that the compensation would be Rs 50,000/- compensation for grievous injury with hospitalization up to one week \u2013 Rs. 2,500/- . For hospitalization of more than a week, the compensation would be Rs. 7,500/- lost clothing and utensils Rs 1,000/- per family. Immediate sustenance \u2013 Rs. 20/- per adult per day and Rs. 15/ per child per day for 15 days. This can be extended to 30 days in case of extreme situation. Rs 2/- per day per infant for additional nutrition as per ICDS norms for a maximum period of 30 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance recommended by CRF\nDe-silting of agricultural land with minimum sand casting depth of 3\u00a0inches \u2013 Rs. 6,000/- per hectare for small and marginal farmers. Renovation of Fish Farm \u2013 Rs 6,000/- land lost due to changing course of rivers Rs. 15,000/- per hectare subject to establishing the ownership. An agricultural input subsidy of Rs. 2,000/- for small and marginal farmers in rain fed areas and Rs. 4,000/- per hectare in assured irrigation areas. Rs. 6,000/- agriculture input subsidy for perennial crop. These benefits are also available to other farmers with a ceiling of one hectare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0006-0003", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance recommended by CRF\nSubsidy for cattle lost as under (a) Milch Cattle like buffalo, cow and camel \u2013 Rs 10,000/-, (b) Draught Animal like Camel, horse or bullock \u2013 Rs 10,000/-, (c) Calf/ Donkey and Pony \u2013 Rs. 5,000/- and (d) Sheep / Goats Rs. 1,000/- , Birds \u2013 Rs 30/ per bird. Fishermen losing their traditional craft, Partly \u2013 Rs 2,500/- +net; Fully Rs 7,500/- +Net. Besides, there are various other provisions that a flood victim is entitled. Similar assistance is available for other artisans like weavers etc. subject to certification from the competent authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance implemented\nGrain (38,86,896 Qtls) distributed to affected families was around 50 lakhs. For emergency expenses (Rs 20/- per adult and Rs 15/- per child) that a person is entitled for, GoB had, till August 2008, paid Rs. 84.05 Crores against a demand of Rs. 1105 Crores made to the Center. This was just about 8 per cent of the requirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance implemented\nAs far as CRF is concerned, there are no unlimited funds available with it. In the past five years Bihar has received only Rs.123.66 Crores in 2000\u201301, Rs. 129.84 in 2001\u201302, Rs. 136.33 Crores in 2002\u201303, Rs. 143.15 Crores in 2003\u201304 and Rs. 150.30 Crores in 2004\u201305. GoB is supposed to add 25 per cent more to this sum to claim the Central assistance. One can well imagine the gap that exists between the available small funds to the tune of Rs. 150 Crores against a demand of Rs. 8,000 Crores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190371-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Bihar flood, Relief work, Assistance implemented\nSome money may be available through the channels of National Calamity Contingencies Fund (NCCF) but that too is drop in the ocean. The rest will have to be borne by the state Government or by the affected family itself. GoB asserts that it has spent all the money that it had with it (Rs. 850 Crores) to meet the flood disaster this year and it has further spent a sum of Rs. 250 Crores from other sources and has no money left to do any relief any more unless some help pours in from outside. The Chief Minister has requested the Center to allocate funds for that but such requests have a history of getting ignored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 53], "content_span": [54, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190372-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bikfaya bombings\nThe 2007 Bikfaya bombings were two blasts on buses near Bikfaya, Lebanon which killed three people and injured 21 others. The bombings heightened tensions in the country following the Cedar Revolution, and on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the assassination of Rafic Hariri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190372-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bikfaya bombings, The bombings\nOn Tuesday, February 13, 2007, a bomb exploded on a bus transporting 26 people from Bteghrine to the Lebanese mountain village of Ain Alaq. A second bus following behind stopped, and then a bomb on that bus exploded. Killed were Michel Attar (born 1989), Laurice Gemayel, and Mahmoud Hammoud, an Egyptian laborer. A further 21 other people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190372-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bikfaya bombings, The bombings\nThe two bombings occurred on the eve of a Cedar Revolution rally planned to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri. The bombing occurred less than a mile from the Christian village of Bikfaya, the hometown of the former president, Amin Gemayel, whose son Pierre Gemayel, a cabinet minister and member of the anti-Syrian, March 14 Alliance, was assassinated by gunmen in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190372-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Bikfaya bombings, The bombings\nAmin Gemayel, also a member of the March 14 Alliance, had just returned from the United States where he met with president George W. Bush in the White House on February 8, 2007. In addition to scaring the Lebanese from attending the Cedar Revolution the following day, many analysts also saw the bombings in Gemayel's stronghold of Metn as a Syrian warning to Gemayel who was a possible candidate for the Lebanese presidency. The bombings did not deter hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese, Christians, Muslims, and Druze, to gather in Martyr's Square in Beirut on February 14 to honor Hariri and show support for the anti-Syrian, pro-western government of Fouad Saniora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190372-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bikfaya bombings, Arrests and criminal charges\nOn March 14, 2007, Lebanese Internal Security, better known as the S\u00fbret\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale du Liban, arrested four Syrians who confessed to the bombings in Ain Alaq. The Lebanese Interior Minister, Hassan Al Sabaa, believed that the four Syrians were members of a radical Palestinian group, Fatah al-Islam, which allegedly has close ties to the Syrian intelligence agency. However, it was still not clear who actually ordered the attack. Syria denied the Lebanese allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190372-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bikfaya bombings, Arrests and criminal charges\nOn June 21, 2007, Lebanese State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza filed charges against 16 Fatah al-Islam suspects accused of carrying out the bombings. Nine of the 16 suspects accused were in custody when the charges were filed; other, including Fatah al-Islam head Shaker al-Abssi were still being sought. The defendants include 10 Syrians, two Lebanese, three Palestinians (including one woman) and one Saudi national.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190373-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Birmingham City Council election\nElections to Birmingham City Council in England were held in May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it had been since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190373-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Birmingham City Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190374-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Birmingham\u2013Southern Panthers football team\nThe 2007 Birmingham\u2013Southern Panthers football team represented Birmingham\u2013Southern College during the 2007 NCAA Division III football season. This was the first season for the Panthers played after a 68-year hiatus. They managed just one win over a varsity opponent, Sewanee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190375-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Birthday Honours\nThe Birthday Honours 2007 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 17 June 2007, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190375-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Birthday Honours\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged first by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190376-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 4 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190376-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190377-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place in Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany from 2 to 7 October 2007. It had a total purse of $70,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190377-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix, Tournament\nThe 2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix was the eighth tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Bitburger Open championships which has been held since 1988. This tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190377-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Saarlandhalle in Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190377-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190377-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$70,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190378-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes\nThe 2007 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 83rd running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place in Baltimore, Maryland on May 18, 2007, and was televised in the United States on the Bravo TV network owned by NBC. Ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, Panty Raid, won the race by one and one half lengths over runner-up Winning Point. Approximate post time on the evening before the Preakness Stakes was 5:50 p.m. Eastern Time and the race was run for a purse of $250,000. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:50.07. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 25,167. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was a record crowd for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190379-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election\nElections to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were held in 2007 on 3 May - the same day as other local elections in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190380-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Blackpool Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of the unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190381-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash\nThe 2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash occurred on April 21, 2007, when the Number 6 US Navy Blue Angels jet crashed during the final minutes of an air show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina. The sole fatality was the pilot, Lieutenant Commander Kevin \"Kojak\" Davis. The body of the pilot and the flight recorder were recovered and moved to the local coroner's office. Eight nearby residents were injured and millions of dollars worth of private property damage were caused by flying debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190381-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash\nA report was released on January 15, 2008, ending the investigation by the Navy into the crash. The report states that when Lieutenant Commander Davis pulled back into a 6.8-g pull, he lost control of the aircraft due to G-force-induced Loss Of Consciousness (G-LOC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190381-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash, Accident\nAll six McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets of the Blue Angels were making their final turns into the landing pattern when Lt. Cmdr . Davis, piloting Blue Angel #6, became disoriented by the G-forces of the turn. His airplane flew behind the audience and low over a tree-line, three miles away from air show center. The aircraft slid for two hundred to three hundred yards after it hit the ground. This was followed by a plume of black smoke, which Blue Angel #1 immediately began to circle while the others landed. Several rescue helicopters and local emergency vehicles went to the crash site in response to 9-1-1 calls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190381-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash, Aftermath\nThe Blue Angels returned to their home base at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, to discuss continuing their season. Sunday's air show went on as planned but, in a special tribute, the GEICO Skytypers flew the missing man formation in honor of the fallen Blue Angel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190381-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash, Aftermath\nSoon after LCDR Davis\u2019 crash, the Blue Angels began performing a five-jet demonstration. The squadron called back former Blue Angel, LCDR Craig Olson, to fill the opposing solo position. LCDR Olson had previously served with the squadron from 2003 to 2005, during which time he flew both solo positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire\nOn the morning of December 31, 2007, ten fireworks stores burned in Barangay Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines, causing a series of explosions within the area. The fire lasted for almost an hour and caused several traffic jams in Fortunato F. Halili Avenue and the North Luzon Expressway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Related incidents\nBocaue is well known in the Philippines for its fireworks production and is nicknamed the \"Fireworks Capital of the Philippines\". However, because of this, the town is also susceptible to large fires every New Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Related incidents\nOn December 29, 1988, the town was rocked by earth-shaking blasts from exploding makeshift factories that produce firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. Another incident in 2004 even killed 8 and affected 1000 homes. The cause of this incident is fireworks testing when a man tested a firework called higad, (\"caterpillar\" in English) the sparks reached a display of firecrackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Related incidents\nThe explosions on 2007, 2004 and 1988 were among the many powerful blasts plaguing the pyrotechnics industry in the Philippines. These, notwithstanding the use of children in the manufacture and sale of these devices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Government restrictions\nThe Philippine government has put several restrictions regarding fireworks use and several fireworks are actually banned from use. However, these restrictions are usually ignored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Government restrictions\nThe sore point of these restrictions is the Republic Act 7183 which regulates the sale, manufacture, sale, distribution and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. The only allowed firecrackers and pyrotechnics are enlisted in the law including the maximum amount of gunpowder that can be used in an individual firecracker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Location\nThe fire occurred in Barangay Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan. At the site there are stores selling fireworks in which they are beside one another. Beside them is an electric substation of Meralco, few meters away is the Bocaue Exit of North Luzon Expressway and there is a gas station nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Causes\nThe Bureau of Fire Protection believes that somebody lit a cigarette and accidentally threw it into a stack of fireworks at the back of a store. The Philippine National Police believes that it is caused by a chemical reaction. The fireworks testing theory has also been a probable cause but has been since put down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Causes\nAs of 2 January 2008, the cigarette theory is accepted as the cause of the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nEven before the fire, several people noticed the problems regarding the setting of the fireworks stores. They noticed that there are no gaps between the stores and some even warned the vendors the dangers in the event of a fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nCoincidentally, a day before the fire, 30 December, the same area suffered a power blackout when a fuse of a power post exploded that morning. This left several stores and houses without power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nOn 31 December 2007, the firemen on duty on the area was transferred, leaving everything susceptible to a major fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nThe incident occurred a day before the New Year. Every year, this portion of the town becomes a market of fireworks and people from all over flock at this place. The trading is at its height when the fire occurred and many people are present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nAt 10:00 AM, the fire began when a Judas Belt, was ignited when a cigarette was thrown away according to the authorities. It exploded and its sparks reaches a stack of fireworks from another store. Store owners attempted to put out the fire but an explosion rippled the stores entirely. In a few minutes, in what appeared to be a small firework explosion turned into a large, uncontrollable fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nDuring the fire, motorists plying the North Luzon Expressway saw the smoke from the fire and even slowed down to see it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nThe people ran for safety to a nearby vacant lot, just behind a terminal of passenger vans servicing the route of Bocaue, Bulacan to SM City Pampanga in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, causing a stampede. The explosion reached the street and broke some of the windows of nearby houses and establishments. Establishments across the road managed to quickly cover their glass windows and doors, thus preventing them from being shattered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Events\nIn a matter of minutes the firemen arrived at the scene and before 11:00 AM the fire was put out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Casualties\nThe fire injured 7 people including two crewmen of GMA Network and there are four people missing, but they were soon recovered. All of the stores have burned and the remaining fireworks are disposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nSeveral people are dismayed by what happened. They believe that lack of strict enforcement of local laws made the incident possible. They also believe that somebody should be liable for what happened since the fires and series of explosions shattered the glass windows around the area, causing injuries. Atty. Carlo Santiago, one of the witnesses, will file a case against the store owners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nThe fire department was criticized, due to an absence of firemen at the time of the fire. Although swift, the firemen still arrived too late with nothing left on the stores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nAfter the incident, the other store owners who closed their stores reopened. After several hours, the situation was back to normal. The prices of the fireworks also dropped significantly as the New Year approached although it is not attributed to the incident. The store owners also tried retrieve their properties and the authorities found out several flaws on the side of the store owners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nOn 2 January 2008, the Bureau of Fire Protection is considering a revoke of permits to Bocaue store owners and the investigators have drawn up a list of possible \"suspects\" but refused to name them while the investigation is pending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nAccording to investigators, the store owner where the fire started will not be sued since everything happened accidentally. Also, the investigation of the accident is stalled due to absence of witnesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nSenator Aquilino Pimentel also proposed a total ban of fireworks. His proposal received heavy backfire especially from the local government of the province of Bulacan and from the legal fireworks factories and vendors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, Aftermath\nThe same area suffered the similar incident again on the 13 November 2009, less than two years after the 2007 incident. The incident was recorded by residents near the area and several videos have been uploaded to YouTube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190382-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Bocaue fire, In popular culture\nThe fire is featured on an episode of Discovery Channel program Destroyed in Seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team\nThe 2007 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos, led by second year head coach Chris Petersen, play their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the \"smurf-turf\", and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. The Broncos finished the season 10\u20133, 7\u20131 in WAC play and failed to win the WAC for the first time since 2001. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl, where they were defeated by East Carolina, 41\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe Broncos won the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championship with an undefeated 12-0 regular-season record (8-0 in the WAC), their second unbeaten regular season in the past three years. This was also Boise State's fifth consecutive season with at least a share of the WAC title, and the fourth in that period in which they went unbeaten in conference play. They became only the second team from outside the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to play in a BCS bowl game when they faced Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, defeating the Sooners in a dramatic thriller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThe Broncos completed an unbeaten season with a 43-42 overtime win over the Sooners. The Broncos led most of the game, but lost the lead late in the fourth quarter when quarterback Jared Zabransky threw an interception that was returned for an Oklahoma touchdown. They tied the game on a 50-yard hook and ladder play that ended in a touchdown with 7 seconds left. In the overtime, Sooners star running back Adrian Peterson scored a touchdown on the first play of Oklahoma's possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nZabransky led the Broncos on a touchdown drive, capped off by a trick play in which backup receiver Vinny Peretta connected with tight end Derek Schouman on a fourth-down pass. They then gambled for the win on a two-point conversion, and tried another trick play. The Broncos ran a play very similar to the Statue of Liberty play, with Zabransky looking toward three receivers before handing the ball off behind his back to star running back Ian Johnson, who ran into the end zone untouched for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nThanks to Florida's 41-14 thrashing of previously unbeaten Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game, the Broncos ended the season as the only undefeated team in NCAA Division I football, as no team in Division I-AA (officially known as the \"Football Championship Subdivision\") finished undefeated. (Three teams in lower divisions finished unbeaten: Grand Valley State in Division II, Mount Union in Division III, and Sioux Falls in NAIA.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nNational recognition immediately followed the Fiesta Bowl. Boise State was the talk of the sports world for weeks after the game. Many thought that the Fiesta Bowl was the best game ever through online polls. Boise finished the season sixth in the USA Today coaches poll and fifth in the AP poll, with a single first-place vote in the latter. Quarterback Jared Zabransky was later named to the cover of the NCAA Football 08 video game. Four Bronco players were drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, the most ever in Boise State history. Eight more were later signed through free agency. The Broncos were also nominated and won the 2007 ESPY awards in the categories of Best Game (Fiesta Bowl) and Best Play (Statue of Liberty).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Previous season\nIn February and March 2008, the Statue of Liberty play was voted by the fans on ESPN as the #2 greatest highlight of all time during a bracket style tournament to determine the greatest highlight ever. BSU's trick play lost in the final round to Mike Eurzione's goal against the USSR in the 1980 \"Miracle on Ice\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season\nBoise State was picked to finish second in the WAC by the media and by the coaches during the WAC media days. Hawaii was picked first in both polls. The Broncos were ranked #23 in the first Coaches poll and #24 in the AP poll. The Broncos enter the season with the nation's longest winning streak (13).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season, Pre-season awards\nRyan Clady- Outland Trophy Watch List, Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List, Playboy All American Team, NationalChamps.net 2nd Team All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season, Pre-season awards\nIan Johnson- Heisman Trophy Candidate, Maxwell Award Watch List, Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award Watch List, Doak Walker Award Candidate, Athlon, Street & Smith's and NationalChamps.net 3rd Team All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Pre-season, Pre-season awards\nMarty Tadman- Chuck Bednarick Award Watch List, Walter Camp Award Watch List, Sports Illustrated First Team All-American, NationalChamps.net Honorable Mention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, During the season\nThe 2007 season started Thursday, August 30, 2007. Boise State played 5 games on either ESPN or ESPN2. The Southern Miss game was played on a Thursday, the Nevada and New Mexico State games were played on Sundays and the Fresno State and Hawaii games were played on Fridays. The Washington game was also televised nationally via FOX Sports NET. Any game not televised nationally was broadcast locally in Boise on KTVB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, During the season\nThe Broncos also debuted new uniforms in the 2007 season, the most notable feature being the removal of last names on backs. The last names were put back on the uniforms for the final game of the regular season against Hawaii and remained for the Hawaii Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Weber State\n56-7. Boise State opened its season hosting the Weber State Wildcats of Division I Football Championship Subdivision's (formerly known as I-AA) Big Sky Conference. The Broncos scored on their first seven possessions to run the score to 49-0 at halftime. Ian Johnson rushed for 129 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 54-yard run, and quarterback Taylor Tharp went 14-19 for 184 yards and 1 touchdown in his first collegiate start. Boise State gained a total of 571 yards to Weber State's 145. The victory pushed Boise States nations best winning streak to 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Washington\n24-10. Washington snapped the Broncos 14 game win streak. The Broncos were held to their lowest point total since losing 27-7 to Fresno State in 2005. Ian Johnson was held to 81 yards on 20 carries and Taylor Tharp went 29/47 for 281 and 3 interceptions and lost a fumble when he fell down while attempting a hand off in the loss. Washington started the game fast, jumping to a 14-0 lead. Boise State returned a kickoff for a touchdown after Washington's first score, but it was called back. Boise State never recovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Wyoming\n24-14. Boise State ran their home winning streak to 8 and 53 of the last 55 with the 24-14 win over Wyoming. Ian Johnson had another subpar game rushing 24 times for 83 yards. Taylor Tharp went 15 of 30 for 182 and two touchdowns, one being a 52 yarder to Sophomore Jeremy Childs. The Bronco defense held the Cowboys to just 35 yards on 24 rushing attempts and collected three sacks of quarterback Karsten Sween. Kick returner Rashaun Scott was awarded the WAC special teams player of the week with two kickoffs returned for an average of 36.5 yards, one being for 52 yards in the fourth quarter. Boise State is still undefeated (11-0) against teams from the Mountain West Conference since its formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Southern Miss\n38-16. Ian Johnson had his best game of the season thus far as he rushed for 111 yards and 3 touchdowns on 22 carries and added 80 yards on 3 receptions to earn the WAC offensive player of the week award. Taylor Tharp surpassed 300 yards passing for the first time as a starter by posting 307 yards on 19 of 27 for 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. The Broncos offense surpassed 500 yards with 506 total yards. The Broncos won their 39th consecutive regular season home game in front of a crowd of 30,159 that wore blue and orange in alternating sections in what has become known as the \"Blue and Orange out.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, New Mexico State\n58-0. Boise State held the Aggies to 89 total yards of offense on -19 rushing yards and 108 passing yards. The Broncos gained over 600 yards of offense for the first time since November 20, 2004 by gaining 604 yards. Taylor Tharp went 19 of 26 for 251 and 4 Touchdowns. Jeremy Childs had the best game of his career with 6 catches for 102 yards and 3 touchdowns. The Broncos had 3 interceptions of Aggie quarterbacks (Scandrick, Wilson, Tadman). Boise State blocked 2 Aggie punts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Nevada\n69-67. After 1,266 combined total yards and an NCAA FBS record 136 points, Boise State was able to come away with the thrilling 69-67 win in four overtimes. Ian Johnson had 251 all purpose yards and three touchdowns, one of which was a career long 72-yard run. Taylor Tharp went 26-35 for 320, four touchdowns and one interception. Kicker Kyle Brotzman scored nineteen points on seven extra points and four field goals (40, 31, 27, 29), one coming with just three seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Nevada\nJeremy Childs had a career day making 12 catches for 140 yards and one touchdown. The game was sealed when Tim Brady sacked Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick on a two-point conversion attempt that would have tied and extended the game. Boise State now has won eight straight games over the Wolfpack and stay undefeated at home all time in WAC play. Ian Johnson was named the WAC offensive player of the week and Kyle Brotzman was named the WAC special teams player of the week. (The 136 points total record was matched later in the season when Navy beat North Texas 74-62)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Louisiana Tech\n45-31. The Broncos and Bulldogs battled back and forth for 3 quarters, being tied four times at 7, 14, 17, and 24. Then the game was changed on an Orlando Scandrick forced fumble that led to an 83-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Tharp to Jeremy Childs. Tharp and Childs hooked up again from 27 yards out to seal the game late in the fourth. The total yards were almost identical (BSU 465, LATECH 463), but the Bulldogs were doomed by 4 turnovers. Tharp finished 21 of 35 for 328, 2 INTS and a career-high 5 touchdowns. Childs went over 100 yards for the third straight game making 7 receptions for 143 and the two fourth-quarter touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Fresno State\n34-21. Backup Running Backs Jeremy Avery and D.J. Harper filled the shoes of injured starter Ian Johnson by leading the Bronco rush attack that ran for 282 yards. Avery gained 124 yards on 18 carries and 3 touchdowns while Harper rushed for 153 yards on 19 carries and 1 touchdown. Taylor Tharp went 18 for 29 for 158 yards, 9 of his completions going to Jeremy Childs for 82 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Fresno State\nKyle Brotzman went 2 for 2 on field goals (43, 47, a career long) to win his second WAC special teams player of the week award this season and the Broncos blocked their sixth kick of the season by blocking a Bulldog field goal in the 2nd quarter. The Broncos beat the Bulldogs for the sixth time in the last seven years to win the Milk Can, the traveling trophy between the two schools that started in 2005. The game resulted in Boise State jumping back into the two major polls being #22 in the USA Today and tied with Wake Forrest at #21 in the AP as well as being #22 in the BCS rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, San Jose State\n42-7. Taylor Tharp hit nine different receivers as he went 28 of 35 for 259, 3 touchdowns and 1 pick to lead the Broncos to their 42nd straight regular season home win. The Bronco defense held the Spartan offense to 150 total yards marking the 3rd time this season the Bronco defense has held opponents to 150 yards or less (Weber State, New Mexico State). Freshman receiver Austin Pettis had a breakout game making 7 receptions for 54 yards and 2 Touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, San Jose State\nThe Bronco offense gained a total of 434 yards, but special teams was able to shorten the field by having returns of 51, 38, and 48 yards. The Bronco special teams, late in the game, was also able to block their 7th kick of the season by blocking a Spartan field goal. The Broncos moved up to #20 in the BCS rankings and #19 in both the USA Today and AP polls as a result of the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Utah State\n52-0. Taylor Tharp went 26 of 29 for 283 and 2 touchdowns to lead the Broncos to their 8th straight win and their 7th straight against the Aggies. Ian Johnson broke 100 yards for the first time in 5 weeks by gaining 110 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. Dallas Dobbs won WAC defensive player of the week with 4 tackles, one for a loss of 3 yards and 1 interception returned 29 yards to set up a 4th quarter Bronco touchdown. The Broncos blocked two more kicks, bringing their total to 9, 3 shy of the school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Utah State\nOne of the blocked kicks was a punt that was picked up and returned for a touchdown by Ia Falo. The other being a field goal blocked by Orlando Scandrick. The Broncos jumped to #15 in the USA Today coaches poll, #17 in the AP poll, and #18 in the BCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Idaho\n58-14. The Broncos defeated their in-state rivals for the ninth straight year, retained the Govornors Trophy, and remained undefeated in WAC play to set up an unofficial WAC championship game with Hawaii. Taylor Tharp once again had a great game going 22 of 31 for 282 and 4 touchdowns. Freshman Austin Pettis had a career game making 8 receptions for 139 yards and 3 touchdowns. Backup Quarterback Bush Hamden added 2 touchdown passes, giving the Broncos 6 TD's through the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Idaho\nWith the win, the Broncos capped off their 7th straight season of going undefeated in WAC play at home in all 7 years they have been in the WAC. The Broncos remained at #17 in the AP poll, dropped 2 spots in the Coaches poll to #17, and dropped 1 spot to #19 in the BCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Hawaii\n39-27. Boise State was unable to secure the WAC championship for the first time since 2001. Hawaii's Colt Brennan went 40 of 53 for 495, 5 TD's and 2 INT's to lead the Warriors past the Broncos for the first time since Boise State joined the WAC. The loss also ended the Broncos Conference winning streak at 17. Taylor Tharp went 22 of 36 for 231, 1 TD and 1 INT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Hawaii\nKyle Brotzman won the WAC special teams player of the week for the third time this season going 2-3 on FG's, 3 made extra points, and a punting average of 55.5 on his 4 punts, including a 71 yarder and 3 downed inside the 20-yard line. The Broncos blocked 2 Warrior extra points, bringing their total for the season to 11 blocked kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Hawaii Bowl - East Carolina\nBen Hartman's 34-yard field goal as time expired clinched the upset victory for the Pirates over the #24 ranked Broncos. Other than an 89-yard Austin Smith kickoff return for a touchdown, the Broncos really couldn't get much going in the first half. ECU's Chris Johnson set an NCAA bowl record with 408 all purpose yards as he helped ECU build a 38-14 lead mid way through the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190383-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Boise State Broncos football team, Game results, Hawaii Bowl - East Carolina\nThe Broncos came back to make the game 38-31 late in the 4th and were driving to try to tie the game when a Titus Young fumble appeared to seal the Broncos fate. Two plays later as ECU was trying to run out the clock, Chris Johnson fumbled which led to a Marty Tadman 47-yard touchdown return to tie the game with 1:25 to play. ECU then drove the field to lead to Hartman's game-winning field goal. The Broncos are now 5-3 all time in Bowl games, but are 1-3 in their last 4 bowl games and have had 5 straight bowl games decided on the last play of the game or decided within the last few seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 81], "content_span": [82, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190384-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bolsover District Council election\nThe 2007 Bolsover District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190384-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bolsover District Council election, Election result\nLabour remained in control of the council but lost 4 seats to hold 27 of the 37 councillors. Respect won their first seat on the council after Ray Holmes took Shirebrook North West by 31 votes, defeating the Labour whip on the council, Stephen Fritchley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190384-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bolsover District Council election, Election result\nIndependents also made gains, with 7 independent councillors elected in Blackwell, Clowne North, Clowne South, Elmton-with-Creswell, Shirebrook South West and Tibshelf wards, up from 4 before the election. Meanwhile, the Whitwell Residents Association held both seats in Whitwell, with their second candidate 39 votes ahead of an independent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190385-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190385-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election\n20 seats were contested with the Labour Party winning 10 seats, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190385-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents\nIn September 2007, two separate accidents due to similar landing gear failures occurred within four days of each other on Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft operated by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). A third incident, again with a SAS aircraft, occurred in October 2007, leading to the withdrawal of the type from the airline's fleet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209\nScandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 with the registration LN-RDK, took off from Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, on September 9, 2007. It was on a domestic flight to Aalborg Airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209\nPrior to landing, the right main landing gear failed to lock and the crew circled for an hour while trying to fix the problem then preparing for an emergency landing. After the aircraft touched down, the right landing gear collapsed, the right wing hit the ground, and a fire broke out. The fire went out before the aircraft came to rest and all passengers and crew were evacuated. Five people suffered minor injuries, some from parts of the propeller entering the cabin and others from the evacuation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, Investigation\nWhen the handle for lowering the landing gear was activated, the indicator showed two green and one red light. The red light indicated that the right main gear was not locked in position. The landing was aborted. Attempts at lowering the gear manually were also unsuccessful. An investigation into the cause of the failure to deploy revealed that the right main gear hydraulic actuator eyebolt had broken away from the actuator. A further analysis of the actuator showed corrosion of the threads on both the inside threads of the piston rod and the outside threads of the rod end, leading to reduced mechanical strength of the actuator and eventual failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 102], "content_span": [103, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, Investigation\nOn September 19, 2007, the prosecutor of Stockholm commenced a preliminary investigation regarding suspicion of creating danger to another person.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 102], "content_span": [103, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, Maintenance procedures\nScandinavian Airlines System (SAS) was accused of cutting corners in the maintenance of its Q400 aircraft. As the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration began an investigation of the accident, it brought renewed focus on SAS maintenance procedures. (Only two weeks previously, Swedish authorities had levelled a scathing critique at the airline after an aircraft of the same model nearly crashed because its engine accelerated unexpectedly during landing.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 111], "content_span": [112, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, Maintenance procedures\nThe final outcome of the investigation was that the cause was not a lack of maintenance but over-cleaning of the landing gear, with pressure washers being used that washed out the corrosion preventative coatings between the eyebolt and the actuator rod end. The airline reportedly made 2,300 flights in which safety equipment was not up to standard, although the airline denied this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 111], "content_span": [112, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, Maintenance procedures\nAIB Denmark (Havarikommissionen) noted that the use of different alloys in the bolt and surrounding construction was most probably a contributing factor:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 111], "content_span": [112, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209, Maintenance procedures\n\"It is evident that the corrosion had attacked the piston rod threads that were in direct engagement withthe rod end threads whereas the corrosion attacked in the key way area and in the non-engaged threadswas less severe. This suggested that galvanic action between the nobler martensitic stainless steel andthe less noble 4340 steel material had enhanced corrosion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 111], "content_span": [112, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2748\nA second Bombardier Q400, operating as Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2748, took off from Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, on September 12, 2007. It was headed to Palanga, Lithuania, but was diverted to Vilnius International Airport when landing gear problems were discovered before landing. Again, the right landing gear collapsed immediately after the aircraft touched down. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely. The local officials at Vilnius International Airport noted that this was the most serious incident in recent years. This accident was also caused by corroded threads in the piston rod and rod end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867\nOn October 27, 2007, a Q400 registered LN-RDI was operating SAS Flight 2867 from Bergen, Norway to Copenhagen, Denmark with 40 passengers and 4 crew members when problems with the main landing gear were discovered. After waiting about two hours in the air to burn fuel and troubleshoot, the pilots attempted a prepared emergency landing. The pilots were forced to land the aircraft with the right main landing gear up. The right engine was shut down prior to the landing, because in the previous landings the propeller had hit the ground and shards of it ripped into the fuselage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867\nThis was not on the emergency checklist, rather it was the pilots making a safety-based decision. The aircraft stopped on the runway at 16:53 local time with the right wing touching the surface. It did not catch fire and the passengers and the crew were evacuated quickly. There were no serious injuries. The aircraft in question was one of six that had been cleared to fly just a month before, following the grounding of the entire Scandinavian Airlines Q400 fleet due to similar landing gear issues. The entire fleet was grounded again following the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867\nThe preliminary Danish investigation determined this latest Q400 incident was unrelated to the airline's earlier corrosion problems; in this particular case being caused by a misplaced o-ring found blocking the orifice in a hydraulic restrictor valve. Accordingly, the European Aviation Safety Agency announced that \"...the Scandinavian airworthiness authorities will reissue the Certificates of Airworthiness relevant to this aircraft type in the coming days\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867\nThe Solenoid Sequence Valve (SSV) down port and up port filter elements may not withstand normalLanding Gear hydraulic operational pressure fluctuations and may collapse. At a given time prior to theaccident, the SSV down port filter element collapsed and the O-ring located adjacent to the filter elementmigrated into the hydraulic line. ... the rogue O-ring was transferred from the SSV side of the hydraulic line to the Actuator side of the hydraulicline while trapped inside a Union [when the actuator was replaced and union bolts were interchaged]...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867\nIt was the opinion of the mechanic that if an O-ring was hidden inside one of the Unions, it would havebeen observed. ... However, it was not observed that the O-ring was trapped inside the Union. The AIB can not exclude that a thorough inspection of the Unions according to a defined inspectionprocedure might have led to a finding of the rogue O-ring. But any inspection done by humans is related tohuman factors and not a guarantee of any findings. It was proven that the O-ring could be trapped inside the Unions, and it was difficult to observe that fact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 2867\nFurthermore there was no reason for the mechanic to anticipate that a foreign object was present in theUnions because [the mechanic] was not mentally prepared to find anything. Furthermore, the mechanic was told to do the reconfiguration and was not involved in the trouble shootingon the MLG. Probably, the conception of the work was that it was routine work and for that reason, aforeign object present in any of the Unions was not anticipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 87], "content_span": [88, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nAfter the second incident in Vilnius, SAS grounded its entire Q400 fleet consisting of 27 aircraft, and a few hours later the manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace recommended that all Q400 aircraft with more than 10,000 flights stay grounded until further notice, affecting about 60 of the 160 Q400 aircraft then in service worldwide. As a result, several hundred flights were cancelled around the world. Horizon Air grounded nineteen of its aircraft and Austrian Airlines grounded eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nOn September 13, 2007, Transport Canada issued an Airworthiness Directive applicable to Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft instructing all Q400 aircraft operators to conduct a general visual inspection of the left and right main landing gear systems and main landing gear retract actuator jam nuts. This effectively grounded all Q400 aircraft until the inspection had been carried out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nOn September 14, 2007, Bombardier issued an All-Operators Message (AOM) recommending new procedures concerning the landing gear inspection for all aircraft with more than 8,000 flights. Bombardier acknowledged the likelihood of corrosion developing inside the retract actuator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nPrevious maintenance procedures mandated checking this component after 15,000 landings. The new maintenance schedule affected about 85 of the 165 Q400 aircraft worldwide. Some operators found that spare parts for this unexpected actuator replacement program were not available, grounding their aircraft indefinitely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nInvestigators detected corrosion inside actuators on 25 of 27 aircraft they checked. Accordingly, SAS decided to continue the grounding of its Q400 fleet until all the affected parts were replaced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nOn October 28, 2007, SAS announced that it would retire its entire fleet of Q400 aircraft after a third accident involving the landing gear occurred the day prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nOn March 10, 2008, a multi-party agreement was announced, attempting to finalize the roles of maintenance and manufacture in causing the SAS accidents; as settlement the airline and its partners ordered a replacement set of short-haul aircraft from Bombardier, and in turn received a US$164 million discount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190386-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents, Aftermath\nIt has been speculated that a November 2007 shakeup of Bombardier management was spurred by the Q400 landing gear issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 56], "content_span": [57, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190387-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bombardier Learjet 550\nThe 2007 Bombardier Learjet 550 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Texas Motor Speedway. It was held over 7 -June 9, 2007, as the seventh round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was also the second of the four night races of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190388-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival\nThe event list of the 2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190388-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bonnaroo Music Festival, June 15th\nIDK where to add this but you are missing Ornette Coleman", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190389-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Borno State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Borno State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Borno State. Held on April 14, 2011, the All Nigeria Peoples Party nominee Ali Modu Sheriff won the election, defeating Kashim Ibrahim-Imam of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190389-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Borno State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 11 candidates contested in the election. Ali Modu Sheriff from the All Nigeria Peoples Party won the election, defeating Kashim Ibrahim-Imam from the People's Democratic Party. Registered voters was 2,159,515.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190390-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Borough Council election\nElections for Boston Borough Council, which covers the Borough of Boston, were held on 3 May 2007. The Boston Bypass Independents won the election in a landslide victory with 25 seats, the first party ever to take overall control of the council since the borough was formed in 1973. It was a single-issue party campaigning on getting a bypass for Boston. All the Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors lost their seats, with only five Conservatives and two Independents also elected. The turnout was 36.9%. The overall results, were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190391-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston City Council election\nBoston City Council elections were held on November 6, 2007. Eight seats (four district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 were unopposed. Two seats (districts 7 and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190391-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston City Council election, At-large\nCouncillors Michael F. Flaherty, Stephen J. Murphy, and Sam Yoon were re-elected, while incumbent Felix D. Arroyo was beaten for the final seat by John R. Connolly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190391-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston City Council election, District 6\nCouncillor John M. Tobin Jr. ran unopposed and was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190391-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston City Council election, District 9\nThe seat formerly held by Jerry P. McDermott was won by Mark Ciommo. McDermott had announced in May 2007 that he would not seek re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190392-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston College Eagles football team\nThe 2007 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Boston College's third season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Eagles were led by Jeff Jagodzinski in his first season as Boston College head coach. Boston College has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference's (ACC) Atlantic Division since joining the league in 2005, after leaving the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games in 2007 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190393-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Marathon\nThe 2007 Boston Marathon was the 111th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in a time of 2:14:13 hours and the women's race was won by Russia's Lidiya Grigoryeva in 2:29:18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic\nOn the morning of January 31, 2007, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards depicting the Mooninites, characters from the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), leading to a massive panic. Placed throughout Boston, Massachusetts, and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and Somerville, these devices were part of a nationwide guerrilla marketing advertising campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, a film based on Aqua Teen Hunger Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic\nThe massive panic led to controversy and criticism from U.S. media sources, including The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, CNN, and The Boston Herald. Some ridiculed the city's response to the devices\u00a0\u2013 including the arrests of the two men hired to place the placards around the area\u00a0\u2013 as disproportionate and indicative of a generation gap between city officials and the younger residents of Boston, at whom the ads were targeted. Several sources noted that the hundreds of officers in the Boston police department or city emergency planning office on scene were unable to identify the figure depicted for several hours until a young staffer at Mayor Thomas Menino's office saw the media coverage and recognized the figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic\nAfter the devices were removed, the Boston Police Department stated in its defense that the ad devices shared \"some characteristics with improvised explosive devices\", which they said included an \"identifiable power source, a circuit board with exposed wiring, and electrical tape\". Investigators were not mollified by the discovery that the devices were not explosive in nature, stating they still intended to determine \"if this event was a hoax or something else entirely\". Although city prosecutors eventually concluded there was no ill intent involved in the placing of the ads, the city continues to refer to the event as a \"bomb hoax\" (implying intent) rather than a \"bomb scare\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic\nReflecting years later, various academics and media sources have characterized the phenomenon as a form of social panic. Gregory Bergman wrote in his 2008 book BizzWords that the devices were basically a self-made form of the children's toy Lite-Brite. Computer security expert Bruce Schneier wrote in his 2009 book Schneier on Security that Boston officials were \"ridiculed\" for their overreaction to the incident. In his 2009 book Secret Agents, historian and communication professor Jeremy Packer discussed a cultural phenomenon called the \"panic discourse\" and described the incident as a \"spectacular instance of this panic\". In a 2012 article The Boston Phoenix called the incident the \"Great Mooninite Panic of 2007\". A 2013 publication by WGBH News wrote that the majority of Boston youth thought that the arrests of two men who placed devices, Peter \"Zebbler\" Berdovsky and Sean Stevens, were not justified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 944]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Planning\nIn November 2006, Boston area artist Zebbler (Peter Berdovsky) met a man named John (nicknamed VJ Aiwaz on LaserBoy.org) in New York City. John worked for a marketing organization named Interference, Inc., and asked Berdovsky if he would be interested in working on a promotional project. Berdovsky agreed and enlisted Sean Stevens. Interference shipped Berdovsky 40 electronic signs. Adrienne Yee of Interference emailed him a list of suggested locations and a list of things not to do. According to police, the suggested locations for the devices included \"train stations, overpasses, hip/trendy areas and high traffic/high visibility areas\". The signs were to be put up discreetly overnight. They were to be paid $300 each for their assistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Planning\nBerdovsky, Stevens, and Dana Seaver put up 20 magnetic lights in mid January. They dubbed the activity \"Boston Mission 1\". While Stevens and Berdovsky put up the lights, Seaver recorded the activity on video and sent a copy to Interference. On the night of January 29, 2007, in what was called \"Boston Mission 2\", 18 more magnetic lights were placed. This included one under Interstate 93 at Sullivan Square in Charlestown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Planning, Devices\nThe devices closely resembled the Night Writer promoted by the Graffiti Research Lab in early 2006. They were promotional electronic placards for the forthcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. Each device, measuring about 1 by 1.5\u00a0feet, consisted of a printed circuit board (PCB) with black soldermask, light-emitting diodes, and other soldered electronic components, including numerous resistors, a few capacitors, and at least one integrated circuit package. At the bottom was a pack of four Publix brand D-cell batteries, with magnets attached to the back so the devices could be easily mounted on any ferromagnetic surface. The batteries were originally covered in black tape to blend in with the black PCB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Planning, Devices\nThe LED lights were arranged to represent the Mooninite characters Ignignokt and Err, displaying the middle finger. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said the device \"had a very sinister appearance. It had a battery behind it, and wires\". Others compared the displays to the Lite-Brite electric toy in appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nOn January 31, 2007, at 8:05\u00a0a.m., a passenger spotted one of the devices on a stanchion that supports an elevated section of Interstate 93 (I-93), above Sullivan Station and told a policeman with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) of its presence. At 9\u00a0a.m., the Boston Police Department bomb squad received a phone call from the MBTA requesting assistance in identifying the device. Authorities responded with what the Boston Globe described as \"[an] army of emergency vehicles\" at the scene, including police cruisers, fire trucks, ambulances, and the Boston Police Department bomb squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nAlso present were live TV crews, a large crowd of onlookers, and helicopters circling overhead. Peter Berdovsky, who had placed the device, went to the scene and video recorded the situation. He recognized the device under police investigation, but made no attempt to inform them. He returned to his apartment and contacted Interference, the company who had hired him to place the lights. Interference told him that they would handle informing the police and that he should personally say nothing about the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nDuring the preliminary investigation at the site, police found that the device shared \"some characteristics with improvised explosive devices\". These characteristics include an identifiable power source, circuit board with exposed wiring, and electrical tape. After the initial assessment, Boston police shut down the northbound side of I-93 and parts of the public transportation system. Just after 10\u00a0a.m., the bomb squad used a small explosive filled with water to destroy the device as a precaution. MBTA Transit police Lieutenant Salvatore Venturelli told the media at the scene, \"This is a perfect example of our passengers taking part in homeland security.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nHe refused to describe the object in detail because of the ongoing investigation, responding only that \"It's not consistent with equipment that would be there normally.\" Investigators were trying to determine \"if it was a hoax or something else entirely\", according to Venturelli. Northbound I-93 reopened to traffic at about 10:05\u00a0a.m. By 10:21\u00a0a.m. the police timeline reported it as \"some sort of hoax device\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nAt 12:54\u00a0p.m., Boston police received a call identifying another device located at the intersection of Stuart and Charles Street. At 1:11\u00a0p.m. the Massachusetts State Police requested assistance from the bomb squad with devices found under the Longfellow and Boston University bridges. Both bridges were closed as a precaution, and the Coast Guard closed the river to boat traffic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nAt 1:26\u00a0p.m., friends of Peter Berdovsky received an email from him, which alleged that five hours into the scare, an Interference Inc. executive requested Berdovsky \"keep everything on the dl\". Travis Vautour, a friend of Berdovsky, stated: \"We received an email in the early afternoon from Peter that asked the community that he's a part of to keep any information we had on the down low and that was instructed to him by whoever his boss was.\" Two hours later, Interference notified their client, Cartoon Network. Between 2 and 3\u00a0p.m., a police analyst identified the image on the devices as an Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon character, and police concluded the incident was a publicity stunt. Turner Broadcasting System issued a statement concerning the event at around 4:30\u00a0p.m. Portions of the Turner statement read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nWe regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger. The packages in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim's animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nSome devices had been up for two weeks in the cities listed before the Boston incident occurred, although no installation permits were ever secured. The marketing company responsible for the campaign, Interference, Inc., made no comment on the situation and its website was down until February 3, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare\nBerdovsky and Stevens, the individuals hired by Interference to install the signs, were arrested by Boston police during the evening of January 31, and charged with violating Chapter 266: Section 102A1\u20442 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, which states that it is illegal to display a \"hoax device\" with the motive to cause citizens to feel threatened, unsafe, and concerned. Both were held at the State Police South Boston barracks overnight and were released on US$2,500 bail from the Charlestown Division of Boston Municipal Court the following morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nThe Boston Globe stated that the \"marketing gambit exposes a wide generation gap\", quoting one 29-year-old blogger as writing \"Repeat after me, authorities. L-E-D. Not I-E-D. Get it?\" The Globe's Brainiac blog quickly credited bloggers such as Todd Vanderlin and Brian Stuart for being among the first to report on the ad's origin. The Brainiac blog earned praise from other media outlets for its timely coverage of events, even as the paper continued to report on simply \"suspicious objects\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nLos Angeles Times editorials derided the reaction of Boston's officials, remarking, \"Emergency personnel and anti-terrorism squads shut down more than a dozen highways, transit stations and other locations across the city Wednesday after receiving reports about multiple suspicious devices. The slender, placemat-sized items had dozens of colored lights, exposed wires, and circuitry, and were powered by a row of D batteries wrapped in black tape. In other words, they looked like an upscale version of Hasbro's Lite-Brite, a toy for artistic grade schoolers.\" Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert and writer on contemporary security issues, summed up the incident as a \"non-terrorist embarrassment in Boston\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nThe Boston Herald stated that part of the reaction in the response could be blamed on two packages that did not blink. According to Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, phony pipe bombs were also discovered that day, one inside Tufts-New England Medical Center at 1\u00a0p.m. A security guard described \"an agitated white male\" fleeing saying, \"God is warning you that today is going to be a sad day.\" The Herald went on to characterize the placement of the devices as a \"coordinated hoax\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nDavis also mentioned other incidents of the day that may have influenced the reaction, including a Washington, D.C. metro stop being shut down due to a suspected package, and fumes emanating from a package at a post office in New York City, resulting in four people being treated there. \"It was almost like we had a kind of perfect storm of circumstances falling into place\", Davis said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nThe advertising magazine Brandweek said that the incident, which it labeled a fiasco, would cause marketers to \"steer clear of guerrilla tactics until the controversy around the Aqua Teen Hunger Force stunt-turned-bomb-scare in Boston dies down\". It further said the incident \"will no doubt be followed by a reassessment of the potential price of what used to be known as a low-cost method to generate buzz\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nAccording to Fox News, fans of Aqua Teen Hunger Force mocked Boston officials during the press conference of Berdovsky and Stevens, calling the arrests an overreaction, while holding signs supporting the actions of the two. These signs had slogans such as \"Free Peter\" and \"1-31-07 Never Forget\", satirizing Mayor Tom Menino's mentions of 9/11. Newspapers quoted local residents, including \"We all thought it was pretty funny\", \"The majority of us recognize the difference between a bomb and a Lite-Brite\", and that the police response was \"silly and insane ... we're the laughingstock\". Something Positive, a webcomic written and drawn by Waltham resident R. K. Milholland, also weighed in on the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nKarl Carter of Atlanta-based Guerrilla Tactics Media said only fans of Aqua Teen Hunger Force would recognize the characters or think it was funny. He said, \"This is probably better set up for nightclubs and other sorts of scenarios where the people that are receiving the message, one, would know what it's about, but also two, wouldn't be frightened. You know, if you put these in certain environments, like public spaces in this post-9/11 sensitivity, then of course you're going to wind up in trouble.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nMake magazine editor Phillip Torrone said the advertisers should have used better judgment, but called it a \"neat electronic project\". Boing Boing reported that the media and the State of Massachusetts insisted on using the words \"bomb hoax\", despite firm contentions by Turner Broadcasting Systems that the devices were not intended to resemble bombs and the company had no intent to arouse suspicion or panic in approving the advertising campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nThe next day, John O'Brien of WAQY said, \"and they [the devices] were also placed in Boston over two weeks ago. I don't think the terrorism officials in Boston are very observant ... Good thing September 11 didn't happen here. We wouldn't have found it until September 20.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nOn February 27, 2007, just a month after the incident, the Boston police bomb squad detonated another suspected bomb, which turned out to be a city-owned traffic counter. Months later, stickers reading, \"Don't Panic! This is NOT A BOMB. Do not be afraid. Do not call the police. Stop letting the terrorists win\", began to appear on Boston parking meters, ATMs, and other objects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Reactions\nOn March 18, 2007, at the annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in South Boston, Massachusetts politicians joked about it. Tom Menino said it was a good way to obtain a local aid package for the city, referring to the $1 million in \"good faith money for homeland security\" that Cartoon Network paid the city of Boston to avoid a lawsuit. Congressman Stephen Lynch joked that the Mooninites were part of a sleeper cell including SpongeBob SquarePants and Scrappy-Doo. State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill held up a picture of a Mooninite with Mitt Romney's face on it, saying \"We had to blur out his real feelings about Massachusetts.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nOn February 5, 2007, state and local agencies came to an agreement with both Turner Broadcasting and Interference, Inc., to pay for costs incurred in the incident. As part of the settlement, which resolves any potential civil or criminal claims against the companies, Turner and Interference agreed to pay $2 million: $1 million to go to the Boston Police Department and $1 million to the Department of Homeland Security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nThis was in addition to the companies' apologies, which local authorities deemed too little as announced by Dan Conley, district attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in a speech on NECN, saying the people who are responsible for this \"reckless stunt\" are liable for the havoc it caused to both the city and the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nOn February 9, 2007, the week after the panic, Cartoon Network's general manager and executive vice president, Jim Samples, resigned \"in recognition of the gravity of the situation that occurred under my watch\", and with the \"hope that my decision allows us to put this chapter behind us and get back to our mission of delivering unrivaled original animated entertainment for consumers of all ages\". Stuart Snyder was named his successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nIn total, ten cities were involved in the marketing campaign, which began two to three weeks before the incident. The NYPD contacted Interference, Inc., to request a list of 41 locations where the devices were installed. Officers were able to locate and remove only two devices, both located near 33rd Street and West Side Highway at the High Line overpass. The NYPD did not receive any complaints about the devices, according to police spokesman Paul Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nAt 9:30\u00a0p.m. on the evening of January 31, the Chicago Police Department received a list of installation locations from Interference, Inc. Police recovered and disposed of 20 of the 35 devices. Police Superintendent Philip Cline admonished those responsible for the campaign, stating, \"one of the devices could have easily been mistaken for a bomb and set off enough panic to alarm the entire city\". Cline went on to say that, on February 1, he asked Turner Broadcasting to reimburse the city for funds spent on locating and disposing of the devices. Two men were briefly held in connection to the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nFewer than twenty devices were found in Seattle and neither the Seattle Police Department nor the King County Sheriff's Office received 9-1-1 calls regarding them. The King County Sheriff's spokesman John Urquhart stated, \"To us, they're so obviously not suspicious ... We don't consider them dangerous. In this day and age, whenever anything remotely suspicious shows up, people get concerned\u2014and that's good. However, people don't need to be concerned about this. These are cartoon characters giving the finger.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nInterference, Inc., hired two people to distribute twenty devices throughout Philadelphia on January 11. One of these was Ryan, a 24-year-old from Fishtown, who claimed that he was promised $300 for installing the devices, only 18 of which were actually functional. Following the scare in Boston, the Philadelphia Police Department recovered three of the 18 devices. Joe Grace, spokesman for Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street, said, \"We think it was a stupid, regrettable, irresponsible stunt by Turner. We do not take kindly to it.\" A cease-and-desist letter was sent to Turner, threatening fines for violating zoning codes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nNo devices were retrieved in Los Angeles and Lieutenant Paul Vernon of the Los Angeles Police Department stated that \"no one perceived them as a threat\". The many Los Angeles signs were up without incident for more than two weeks prior to the Boston scare. Police Sergeant Brian Schmautz stated that officers in Portland had not been dispatched to remove the devices, and did not plan to unless they were found on municipal property. He added, \"At this point, we wouldn't even begin an investigation, because there's no reason to believe a crime has occurred.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nA device was placed in inside 11th Ave. Liquor on Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland, where it remains. San Francisco Police Sergeant Neville Gittens said that Interference, Inc. was removing them, except for one found by art gallery owner Jamie Alexander, who reportedly \"thought it was cool\" and had it taken down after it ceased to function.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nBerdovsky and Stevens were arrested on the day of the incident and charged with placing a hoax device to incite panic, a felony charge that carries a five-year maximum sentence, and one count of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Both pleaded not guilty to the two charges and were later released on a $2,500 cash bond. At their arraignment, Assistant Attorney General John Grossman claimed that the two were trying to \"get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nMichael Rich, the lawyer representing both men, disputed Grossman's claim, asserting that even a VCR could be found to fit the description of a bomb-like device. Judge Leary said that it would be necessary for the prosecution to demonstrate an intent on the part of the suspects to cause a panic. The judge continued, \"It appears the suspects had no such intent ... but the question should be discussed in a later hearing.\" After making bail, Berdovsky and Stevens appeared for a live press conference. As Rich had advised them not to discuss the case, they spent the entire conference discussing and inviting press questions about hair styles of the 1970s, and ignoring any questions relating to the bomb scare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nOn March 1, 2007, Senator Edward Kennedy, D-MA, introduced S.735, \"The Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007\". Its amendments include these:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nthe federal criminal code to: (1) extend the prohibition against conveying false information and hoaxes to any federal crime of terrorism; (2) increase maximum prison terms for hoaxes involving a member of the Armed Forces during war; (3) allow a civil remedy for damages resulting from hoaxes perpetrated by an individual who later fails to provide accurate information to investigating authorities about the actual nature of the incident; and (4) extend the prohibition against mailing threatening communications to include corporations or governmental entities (as well as individuals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nOn May 11, 2007, prosecutors decided not to pursue criminal charges against Berdovsky and Stevens, in exchange for community service and a public apology. Attorney General Martha Coakley cited the difficulty in proving intent to incite panic on the part of the two men and called the deal \"an appropriate and fair resolution\". Berdovsky and Stevens completed 80 and 60 hours of community service at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Boston, respectively. The incident prompted opportunists to acquire the promotional devices from other cities and auction them on eBay, with prices ranging from $500 to more than $5,000. Other eBay users created merchandise commemorating the event, including T-shirts, stickers, and custom LED signs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Subsequent scare, Aftermath\nAn Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode from season five titled \"Boston\" was produced as the series creators' response to the bomb scare, but Adult Swim canceled it to avoid further controversy. It was leaked online in January 2015. Ignignokt appears in the Season 5 DVD sleeve, dressed up as Osama Bin Laden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nGregory Bergman wrote in his 2008 book BizzWords that the devices were \"essentially homemade Lite-Brites\". Bergman concluded: \"That this occurred in Boston, home to Harvard, MIT, and other famous schools of learning, is embarrassing.\" Computer security expert Bruce Schneier wrote in his 2009 book Schneier on Security that Boston officials were \"ridiculed\" for their overreaction to the incident. Schneier wrote, \"Almost no one looked beyond the finger pointing and jeering to discuss exactly why the Boston authorities overreacted so badly. They overreacted because the signs were weird.\" Schneier characterized this as a form of \"Cover Your Ass\" security.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nIn his 2009 book Secret Agents, historian and communication professor Jeremy Packer discussed a phenomenon in culture called the \"panic discourse\" and described the incident as a \"spectacular instance of this panic\". Packer stated the discovery of the lightboards prompted \"a city government and media panic\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nThe Boston Phoenix published a 2012 retrospective and interviewed Zebbler for his thoughts on its place in history. The Boston Phoenix called the incident the \"Great Mooninite Panic of 2007\". The publication concluded that the city of Boston was impacted due to its government being \"oblivious\" to the Mooninite character from popular culture. Zebbler thought that history would not be likely to repeat itself with a similar event, and surmised that marketing agencies would instead be more apt to first contact law enforcement to get permission for such an event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nSix years after the incident, WGBH News published an article reflecting on law enforcement reaction. WGBH was critical of the government's response, observing: \"What was the fallout from the scare? Both local and national media outlets derided Boston Law enforcement for failing to recognize a PR stunt gone wrong. Many young Bostonians felt the arrest of Zebbler and Stevens was an overreaction.\" The article quoted a student who pointed out the vast proportion of individuals were successfully able to determine the difference between a Lite-Brite children's toy and a bomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nWGBH requested a reflective comment in 2013 from Zebbler, and he stated he thought the government's overreaction was a greater symptom of the American culture during that time period. Zebbler said he would take part in a subsequent guerilla marketing event if there was a benevolent motivation behind it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nThe City of Boston hired Zebbler for its 2014 New Year's celebrations to create a light show, paying him $50,000 for his services. Zebbler said it was an honor to be selected and help bring unity to the city. Zebbler's light show production was the centerpiece of the 2014 Boston First Night event held in Copley Square. When interviewed by the Boston Herald about the choice of Zebbler for the 2014 First Night, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said, \"We're a forgiving city.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190394-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Mooninite panic, Historical legacy\nAttorney General Martha Coakley also said that paying Zebbler for the light production in 2014 was a good choice. She defended the actions of law enforcement from 2007: \"This was several years ago now. Those two young men had been hired by a company to do some guerrilla advertising. At the time, particularly in its proximity to 9/11, I think the City and Boston Police were very concerned. I think we responded appropriately at the time, but I think we also saw the company immediately make compensation to the City of Boston and to the Boston Police for the efforts involved.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season\nThe 2007 Boston Red Sox season was the 107th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Managed by Terry Francona, the Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses. In the postseason, the Red Sox first swept the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS. In the ALCS, the Red Sox defeated the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in seven games, despite falling behind 3\u20131 in the series. Advancing to the World Series, the Red Sox swept the National League champion Colorado Rockies, to capture their second championship in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Off-season\nOn November 14, 2006, Major League Baseball announced that the Red Sox had competed for the rights to negotiate a contract with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. Boston won with a bid of US$51.1\u00a0million and had 30 days to complete a deal. On December 13, 2006, the day before the deadline, Matsuzaka signed a six-year contract worth $52\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Off-season\nIt was initially announced that closer Jonathan Papelbon would become a starter in 2007, partially to protect his arm from the injury that sidelined him. Pitchers Hideki Okajima, J. C. Romero and Joel Pi\u00f1eiro were signed as free agents. Brendan Donnelly was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels in a trade for pitcher Phil Seibel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Off-season\nHowever, there was no clear candidate for the closer role. Papelbon wanted to re-fill that spot, and team officials believed he had rehabilitated himself so well in the offseason that his health of this shoulder was no longer a concern, and allowed him to return to the bullpen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Off-season\nThe Red Sox lost free agent \u00c1lex Gonz\u00e1lez to the Cincinnati Reds (leading the Red Sox to sign Julio Lugo) and Mark Loretta to the Houston Astros (allowing Dustin Pedroia to become the team's starting second baseman). Trot Nixon, also a free agent, signed with the Cleveland Indians, creating the need for a right fielder. The Red Sox pursued J. D. Drew, who had recently opted out of the remainder of his contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers to become a free agent. However, the Red Sox medical staff had concerns about Drew's previously injured shoulder. On January 25, 2007, the Red Sox and Drew agreed to a five-year deal worth $70\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Off-season\nOutfielder Gabe Kapler, age 31, announced his retirement to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a coach. The Red Sox named him manager of their single-A affiliate, the Greenville Drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Off-season\nAt the end of spring training of 2007, the Red Sox traded minor league veteran catcher Alberto Castillo for Baltimore Orioles outfielder .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Honoring a Boston legend\nBright green jerseys, with \"Red Sox\" in white letters outlined in red across the front, were worn on April 20 to honor former Boston Celtics coach, general manager, and president Red Auerbach, who had died during the previous off-season. The jerseys also had players' names on the back, believed to be a first for Red Sox home uniforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, Division Series\nThe Red Sox not only won the AL East Division for the first time in 12 years, but clinched the best record in the American League\u2014and all of baseball. While their 96\u201366 record was the same as that of the Cleveland Indians, the Red Sox held the season series tiebreaker for American League home-field advantage, having bested the Tribe 5 games to 2. Thus, the wild card New York Yankees were sent to Cleveland while the Sox would host the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, Division Series\nJosh Beckett started the series with a complete-game shutout in Game 1, resuming his dominance of the postseason after a three-season absence. Although Kevin Youkilis hit a solo home run in the first inning that would prove to be all the offense Beckett needed, David Ortiz provided additional support with a two-run homer in the third to cap off a 4\u20130 Game 1 victory. Game 2 was much closer, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Kelvim Escobar each surrendering three runs by the time the fifth inning was done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, Division Series\nIn the bottom of the ninth, after a Julio Lugo single and David Ortiz's playoff record-tying fourth walk of the night (this time, intentional), Manny Ram\u00edrez ended the game with a towering home run that left Fenway Park over the Green Monster. With a 6\u20133 Game 2 win, the Red Sox would go to Angel Stadium of Anaheim with a 2\u20130 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, Division Series\nIn Game 3, Curt Schilling brought back the dominant pitching, scattering six hits and striking out four in seven innings of shutout work. He had plenty of run support as well, with Ortiz and Ram\u00edrez hitting back-to-back solo home runs in the fourth, and a progression of hits that scored seven more in the eighth inning. \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 gave up the only run, giving up a ground-rule double to Maicer Izturis in the bottom of the ninth, then advancing Izturis to third on a wild pitch before giving up a sacrifice fly to Howie Kendrick that scored Izturis. After that, a strikeout and a flyout ended the game with a 9\u20131 Red Sox victory to clinch a series sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, Division Series\nThe Red Sox sweep was one of three Division Series sweeps in the 2007 post-season. Only one series would go more than three\u2014the Indians beat the Yankees in four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, League Championship Series\nIn Game 1, Travis Hafner got the first run on Josh Beckett with a solo home run in the first inning. Manny Ram\u00edrez answered back, driving in Kevin Youkilis with a single in the bottom of the first. After that, Beckett settled in, while Indians starter C.C. Sabathia fell apart. In the bottom of the third, he gave up a ground-rule double to Julio Lugo, and then after a bunt groundout for Dustin Pedroia, he walked Kevin Youkilis, hit David Ortiz, and walked Manny Ram\u00edrez to give up the lead. Then he gave up a double to Mike Lowell that scored Youkilis and Ortiz. After Bobby Kielty was walked, Jason Varitek hit a groundout that could not be turned into a double-play, scoring Ram\u00edrez. The Sox tacked five more on, and win Game 1, 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, League Championship Series\nGame 2 was a slugfest, with Curt Schilling and Fausto Carmona both failing to make it out of the fifth inning, and a 6\u20136 tie after six innings. The game drew into extra frames, but the Red Sox bullpen got hammered in the top of the eleventh, with \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9, Javier L\u00f3pez and Jon Lester giving up seven runs. The Red Sox failed to answer back, and lost Game 2, 13\u20136. The series was even headed to Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, League Championship Series\nIn Game 3, Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up 4 runs, and Jason Varitek provided the only Red Sox offense with a two-run homer in the seventh, as the Indians took the Jacobs Field opener, 4\u20132, for a 2\u20131 series lead. Game 4 did not start much better for the Red Sox, with a seven-run fifth inning that saw Manny Delcarmen allow four runs (two charged to starter Tim Wakefield). In the top of the sixth, the Sox showed some life with back-to-back-to-back solo home runs by Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz and Manny Ram\u00edrez. That would be all of the Sox offense, as they fell, 7\u20133, to end up in a 3\u20131 ALCS hole once again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, League Championship Series\nOnce more, the Red Sox faced ALCS elimination. But one person who was not panicking was Manny Ram\u00edrez. In his typical \"Manny Being Manny\" attitude, Ramirez told reporters that if the Red Sox were eliminated, it wouldn't be \"the end of the world.\" His comments seemed laissez faire at the time, as many members of the Boston media chose to interpret them as meaning that Manny would not put forth his best effort in the games to come and would thus disrupt his team's ability to compete. Fate proved them wrong though. With Josh Beckett on the mound again for Game 5, the Red Sox dominated, with Kevin Youkilis driving in three and David Ortiz driving in two to power a 7\u20131 Red Sox victory to force the ALCS back to Fenway Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, League Championship Series\nThe Red Sox were hardly finished. In Game 6, Curt Schilling redeemed himself, giving up two runs in seven innings, while J. D. Drew hammered a grand slam in the first inning, and the Sox tacked on six more in the third, leading to a 12\u20132 victory. \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 finished the game by pitching a perfect 9th inning. Game 7 gave Daisuke Matsuzaka his chance at redemption, and he did not disappoint, giving up 2 runs in five innings, while Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched two scoreless innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, League Championship Series\nThe Sox hammered out a run in each of the first three innings, then exploded with a Dustin Pedroia two-run homer in the seventh, and six more runs\u2014including another two-run homer by Kevin Youkilis\u2014in the eighth. With an 11\u20132 Game 7 victory, the Red Sox came back once again from elimination, bringing them to their second World Series in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nAt first, the World Series seemed like a tough task. After going the distance with the Indians, the Red Sox had to face the red-hot Colorado Rockies, who had just finished a 21-of-22 run that included forcing and winning a Wild Card one-game playoff with the San Diego Padres, then sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS. The Red Sox were counting on their historically-dominant postseason pitching and the possibility that eight days off would leave the Rox rusty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nGame 1 proved, once more, to be a domination. Josh Beckett gave up just one run in seven innings of work while striking out nine, while Rockies starter Jeff Francis gave up a home run on his second pitch to Dustin Pedroia in the bottom of the first, and a total of six runs in four innings. It got worse from there, as the Red Sox hammered reliever Franklin Morales for seven runs in the fifth inning. The Red Sox took Game 1, 13\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nIn Game 2, Curt Schilling gave up one run in 51\u20443 innings, and Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon finished the game flawlessly. This time, the dominance was necessary, as the Red Sox scored two times, with Jason Varitek driving in Mike Lowell in the fourth, then Lowell driving in David Ortiz in the fifth for their only offense of the game. With a 2\u20131 Game 2 win, the Red Sox went to Coors Field in Denver with the advantage, hoping the rarefied air would not affect them too much.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nGame 3 began with another dominating offensive performance. Boston struck first, with six runs in the third inning that knocked out Rox starter Josh Fogg. Mike Lowell and pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka each had two RBIs, and Manny Ram\u00edrez was called out at home on a controversial, but ultimately correct, tagout call. The Rockies tried to come back, bringing in five runs, including a Matt Holliday home run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nBut the Sox put it away, with rookies Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury combining to drive in three in the eighth inning, and Mike Lowell scoring the final Sox run in the ninth to seal a 10\u20135 win that put the Red Sox one game away from their second World Series Championship in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nGame 4 gave Jon Lester his shot at redemption, as a back injury to Tim Wakefield gave Lester the start. He was scoreless in 5+2\u20443 innings, with Mike Lowell scoring two runs and Jacoby Ellsbury scoring one in support. In the eighth inning, Bobby Kielty hit a pinch-hit home run to put an end to the Sox's scoring. Hideki Okajima almost gave the game up, allowing two runs in the eighth before Jonathan Papelbon came in to save the game in 1+2\u20443 innings. The Red Sox celebrated a 4\u20133 win and a four-game World Series sweep at Coors Field. Mike Lowell, with his .400 average and six runs scored, was named the MVP of the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Post-season, 2007 World Series\nTwo days later, on October 30, the Red Sox were the guests of honor in a Rolling Rally through Boston, after which the team began to lay their plans for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox rookies\nDuring the course of the 2007 season, the Red Sox were helped out and sometimes carried by rookies. Five rookies stick out in particular. Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Hideki Okajima all had their moments and left their mark of this season in Red Sox history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox rookies\nDustin Pedroia began the season as the Red Sox starting second baseman. Pedroia, 24, struggled in April only batting .182, with 10 hits in 55 at-bats. Although he struggled in the first month, Pedroia heated up batting an outstanding .415 in the month of May. Pedroia was honored as American League Rookie of the Month for the month of May. Pedroia continued this hot hitting for the remainder of the season. Pedroia also excelled his play in the postseason by 2 HR and driving in 10 runs in 14 games to help the Red Sox win the World Series. Pedroia ended batting .317 which ranked 10th among all American League players. Pedroia also finished with 8 home runs and 50 runs batted in. Pedroia won the American League Rookie of the Year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox rookies\nPedroia was not the only rookie position player to make an impact this season. Jacoby Ellsbury, 24, made his MLB debut on June 30. Instantly Ellsbury succeeded. In only 33 games and 116 at-bats, Ellsbury hit .353, had 3 home runs, and had 41 hits. Jacoby also showed off his versatility by stealing 9 bases without getting caught. Ellsbury also had a terrific postseason. Ellsbury replaced center fielder Coco Crisp in Game 6 of the ALCS against the Indians. He did not heat up until Game 3 of the World Series, where he had 4 hits and 2 doubles. Ellsbury batted an amazing .438 in the 4-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox rookies\nThe Boston Red Sox also had one incredible rookie pitcher named Clay Buchholz. Buchholz, 23, made his MLB debut on August 17. In his first start against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Fenway Park, Buchholz pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 earned runs, while striking out 5 batters. However, it was not until his second Major League start before Clay Buchholz became a household name throughout Red Sox Nation. On September 1 against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park, Buchholz pitched a no-hitter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox rookies\nHe struck out 9 Orioles including Oriole right fielder Nick Markakis on a curveball to complete this outstanding feat. Buchholz became the second rookie in Major League history to pitch a no-hitter. Buchholz pitched in 4 games with the Red Sox. He was 3\u20131 with a 1.59 ERA and 22 strikeouts. Despite his success in the regular season, Buchholz was left off the Red Sox postseason roster due to what Red Sox management determined was a fatigued arm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Season milestones\nThe season got off to a wonderful start. On April 22, 2007, in a game against the New York Yankees, the Red Sox hit four consecutive home runs for the first time in franchise history (and the fifth time in major league history), when Manny Ram\u00edrez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek all hit home runs off Yankees pitcher Chase Wright. Drew also hit the second of four consecutive home runs the last time this happened, when the Los Angeles Dodgers did it against the San Diego Padres on September 18, 2006. That series was also the first series since the 1990 season that the Red Sox swept the Yankees in a three-game series at Fenway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Season milestones\nSix members of the Red Sox were chosen to play in the season's all-star game. David Ortiz was elected to start at first base by the fans, third baseman Mike Lowell and outfielder Manny Ram\u00edrez were chosen by their fellow players as reserves. Pitchers Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon made the initial team, and reliever Hideki Okajima was voted in by the fans as the winner of the 32nd-man internet vote. It was the first time the Red Sox had more than two pitchers make the all-star team. Josh Beckett was credited with the win for the American League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Season milestones\nOn September 1, 2007, against the Baltimore Orioles, rookie pitcher Clay Buchholz threw a no hitter in his second major league start. He was the first rookie in Red Sox history to throw a no hitter, as well as the 17th pitcher in Red Sox history to throw one. He got nine strikeouts and gave up three walks and hit one batter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Season milestones\nJulio Lugo and Coco Crisp became the first pair of Red Sox players to have at least 25 stolen bases since Tris Speaker and Hal Janvrin in 1914.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Season milestones\nLeading the league with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, and an AL-record 1,079 errorless chances at first, Kevin Youkilis won the 2007 AL Gold Glove award for first basemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190395-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Boston Red Sox season, Farm system\nThe Class A-Advanced affiliate changed from the Wilmington Blue Rocks to the Lancaster JetHawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190396-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bournemouth Borough Council election\nElections to Bournemouth Borough Council on the south coast of England were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190396-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bournemouth Borough Council election, Background\nThe council apologised after an election pack sent to candidates included offensive language.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190397-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team\nThe 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 89th season of play for the Falcons. Bowling Green finished the season 8\u20135 overall and has finished 4\u20132 in the MAC East. They participated in the GMAC Bowl, losing to Tulsa 63\u20137. They capped the regular season by beating arch rival Toledo for the first time in 3 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190397-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Pre-season\nBowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC East Division by the MAC News Media Association. Three Falcons, Senior Kory Lichtensteiger and Juniors Erique Dozier and Corey Partridge, garnered preseason honors by being named to All-MAC preseason teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190397-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Roster\nThe 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team consists of 95 total players. The class breakdown of these players is 12 seniors, 21 juniors, 30 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshman, and 18 true freshman. Returning starters from the 2006 team are six offensive starters and eight defensive starters. Overall, 53 lettermen are returning from the 2006 team (25\u00a0on offense, 28\u00a0on defense and 0 on special teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190397-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team, Post season\nAs the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Kory Lichtensteiger was named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's best center. He was one of 6\u00a0athletes recognized. Bowling Green also had eight players make the All-Conference Teams (the fourth most of any school in the MAC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190398-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Austria from 11 to 16 April 2007. The top two teams were qualified for the 2007 Youth World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship, held in Austria from 11\u201316 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Austria\nThe following is the Austria roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Belgium\nThe following is the Belgium roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Estonia\nThe following is the Estonia roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, France\nThe following is the France roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Germany\nThe following is the Germany roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Italy\nThe following is the Italy roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 63], "content_span": [64, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Latvia\nThe following is the Latvia roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Netherlands\nThe following is the Nederlands roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 69], "content_span": [70, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Poland\nThe following is the Poland roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Russia\nThe following is the Russia roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Serbia\nThe following is the Serbia roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190399-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship Squads, Turkey\nThe following is the Turkey roster in the 2007 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 64], "content_span": [65, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190400-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brabantse Pijl\nThe 2007 Brabantse Pijl was the 47th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 1 April 2007. The race started in Zaventem and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by \u00d3scar Freire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190401-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bradford Bulls season\nThis article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2007 season. This is the 12th season of the Super League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190401-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bradford Bulls season, Table\nSource: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190401-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bradford Bulls season, Table\n^\u00a0a:\u00a0Bradford deducted two points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules^\u00a0b:\u00a0Wigan deducted four points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190402-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Braintree District Council election\nThe 2007 Braintree District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190403-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round was the tenth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 3\u20135 August 2007, at Brands Hatch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190404-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brasil Open\nThe 2007 Brasil Open was an ATP Tour tennis tournament held in Costa do Sau\u00edpe resort, Mata de S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, Brazil from 12 February until 19 February 2007. Guillermo Ca\u00f1as won his first title since October 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190404-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brasil Open, Champions, Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd / Pavel V\u00edzner defeated Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s / Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190405-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brasil Open \u2013 Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Pavel V\u00edzner were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s and Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190406-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles\nNicol\u00e1s Mass\u00fa was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190406-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brasil Open \u2013 Singles\nGuillermo Ca\u00f1as won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20132, against Juan Carlos Ferrero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Pr\u00eamio do Brasil 2007) was a Formula One motor race held at the Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil on 21 October 2007. The 71-lap race was the seventeenth and final round of the 2007 Formula One season. The race was won by Ferrari driver Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who consequently won the 2007 World Drivers' Championship. His teammate Felipe Massa finished the race second, whilst McLaren driver Fernando Alonso completed the podium by finishing in third position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix\nLewis Hamilton, who had held a four-point advantage over Fernando Alonso, and a seven-point lead over R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, prior to the race was slowed by a gearbox problem early in the race. He recovered to finish seventh, losing the championship to R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen by a single point; teammate Alonso also ended up finishing just a single point behind. This was also the last race for Ralf Schumacher before he moved on to Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix\nThis was the first time since the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix that Rubens Barrichello failed to finish his home Grand Prix. It was also the first double retirement for both Honda since the 2006 French Grand Prix and Renault since the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, and Heikki Kovalainen's first retirement in his Formula One career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix\nThis event also marked the last race for cars with traction control. Traction control had previously been used in Formula 1 for the past seven seasons, and was officially made legal and reintroduced by the FIA at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix. An effort to ban traction control finally led to the FIA banning the use of it for the 2008 season, with a standardized ECU being introduced, which removed these kinds of electronic driver aid systems, and prevented teams from using this kind of technology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Repair of the circuit\nFor the event, the largest-scale repairs in the last 35 years were carried out at the Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace, to fundamentally solve problems with the track surface. The existing asphalt was entirely replaced. At the same time, the pit lane entrance was enhanced to improve safety. To facilitate the work, the circuit was closed and no events were held in the five months immediately preceding the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Driver change\nAlexander Wurz retired from Formula One at the end of the Chinese GP. He was replaced at Williams-Toyota by the Japanese driver Kazuki Nakajima, son of former F1 driver Satoru. As a result, three Japanese drivers were entered into a Grand Prix for the first time since the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Standings\nPrior to the race, championship leader Lewis Hamilton (107 points) was 4 points ahead of second placed driver, Fernando Alonso (103 points). Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen (100 points) was 7 points behind the leader. This was the first three-way title fight in the final race of the F1 season since the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, which saw Alain Prost become champion, ahead of Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nIn the Friday practice session, the Ferrari drivers topped the timesheet with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen leading the first practice in the wet session. In the second practice session, Lewis Hamilton led McLaren to a 1\u20132 finish, with the track improving over time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nStewards fined McLaren, Honda and Super Aguri \u20ac15,000 each for tyre rule infringement. Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Takuma Sato used two sets of wet tyres, more than the one set permitted during the first practice. In addition, each driver had to surrender one set of wet tyres to avoid gaining any advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe first session of qualifying saw the two Spykers of Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto plus the two Super Aguris of Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson eliminated, along with Kazuki Nakajima, who was making his debut in the Williams, replacing the retiring Alexander Wurz. Heikki Kovalainen also went out in the Renault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn session two, the two Hondas of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button and the two Toro Rossos of Sebastian Vettel and Vitantonio Liuzzi went out along with Giancarlo Fisichella in his last race for Renault and Ralf Schumacher in the last race of his career in the Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nNico Rosberg made the top ten for Williams, and qualified on row 5 alongside Red Bull's David Coulthard. They lined up just behind Jarno Trulli in the Toyota and Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber. Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld was sixth, and Mark Webber took 5th in the second Red Bull. McLaren took 2nd and 4th, with championship leader Lewis Hamilton ahead of Fernando Alonso. Their fellow championship contender Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen qualified third, while his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa took the ninth pole position of his career at his home Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOnly 21 cars were aligned on the grid, because of problems on the Spyker of Adrian Sutil, who started the race from the pit lane. At the start, the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen were faster, with the Finn passing Lewis Hamilton on the outside. At the third corner, Fernando Alonso passed Hamilton on the inside and then, on the Reta Oposta, defended himself from the attack of the Briton by taking the inside line. Hamilton locked up his brakes and went off the track while trying to regain the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHe rejoined the race in 8th place, just behind Jarno Trulli's Toyota. Also in the first lap, Liuzzi lost his front wing and was forced to enter the pits for repairs. In the first corner on the second lap, Fisichella went off the track, and was hit on the back from Sakon Yamamoto while re-entering on the track. Rubens Barrichello jumped the start and was given a drive-through penalty for this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton was trying to make up for the positions he lost: on lap 2 he passed Trulli and went into 7th, and 4 laps later he passed Nick Heidfeld to take the 6th place. Just minutes later, he suffered a gearbox problem: on the Reta Oposta, he failed to find gears and slowed down, to be passed by most cars on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter going slowly for about 30\u00a0seconds, Hamilton managed to reset the computer of his car, and get it going again: he was in 18th place by then, and with the Ferraris pulling away he needed at the very least 7th place but more likely 5th place to clinch the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt the front no position was changed: by lap 15, the Ferraris were almost 12\u00a0seconds ahead of Alonso, third. By that lap, Hamilton climbed to 11th, having passed Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, Anthony Davidson, Takuma Sato and Kazuki Nakajima, and having taken advantage from the retirement of Mark Webber, who was running in fifth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter 20 laps, the front runners began stopping for the first time: the first was Robert Kubica, who went for 3 stops; on the same lap Massa entered the pits. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen pitted on lap 22, carrying a bit more fuel than his teammate, to try to overtake him after the second stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso, Trulli, Vettel and Hamilton pitted on lap 22, with the Spaniard keeping hards, while Hamilton switched his strategy to a 3-stopper (a rather risky strategy on the track which features the longest pit lane of the whole season): he carried less fuel than Alonso and switched to soft tyres. Heidfeld was the last to stop, pitting on lap 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAfter the first round of pit stops, Massa was leading with 3.3\u00a0seconds on R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, followed by Alonso, 17\u00a0seconds behind. Hamilton was 13th, again behind Barrichello, 50\u00a0seconds behind Massa. On lap 32, Nakajima entered the pits for his first stop, but he ran wide while entering his stand, injuring two mechanics in the process. They suffered no serious injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 34 Kubica, who was light on fuel, passed Alonso to take the third position, only to stop 5 laps later; he rejoined in seventh place. Hamilton made his second stop on lap 37, switching to hards again; on the same lap Heikki Kovalainen, who finished his first 16 consecutive races in Formula One, ended his race spinning on turn 3 and crashing into the barriers. This also meant that Kovalainen lost the opportunity to become the first driver to finish all of his races in his first season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 43, the second round of pit stops began: the first to enter was David Coulthard from 8th, followed by Trulli (then 6th) a lap later. Meanwhile, Massa made an error and ran wide at the Descida do Lago, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen closing on him. The Brazilian pitted on lap 50, followed by Alonso on lap 52 and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on lap 53. The Finn set record lap times in the process, which meant he rejoined the race into the lead, 2\u00a0seconds ahead of Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt that point, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was in position to become world champion; third was Kubica (who still had to stop a third time), fourth Alonso, then came Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg, Trulli, Hamilton (more than a minute behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen), Coulthard and Nakajima. Hamilton pitted on lap 57, rejoining in 9th. On lap 59 Kubica pitted dropping to 6th; in the same lap Hamilton passed Coulthard to take the 8th position, setting the then fastest lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nIn the final laps, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa led with a comfortable margin over Alonso, and Hamilton was lapped. On lap 61 Rosberg tried to pass Heidfeld on the first corner: both ran wide. Rosberg passed Heidfeld, with Kubica passing both to take the 4th. On lap 70, Rosberg tried a similar move, overtaking Kubica. Hamilton gained 7th place when Trulli made a pit stop, but this was not enough, as he needed at least a 5th place to gain the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt the chequered flag, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was first, winning the race and the World Championship by one point, taking his first victory in Brazil, having been a runner-up on three consecutive occasions. He performed the seemingly impossible task of overturning Hamilton's 17 point advantage over him in two races. Massa was second in the other Ferrari, the fourth double (1\u20132 finish) of the year for the Italian team. Third, and last on the podium, was Alonso. The other drivers in the points were Rosberg on 4th, Kubica on 5th, Heidfeld on 6th, Hamilton on 7th and Trulli on 8th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race gained an average of nine million viewers in the United Kingdom on ITV1, which was the highest for Formula One in seven years. Viewer numbers peaked at 10.4 million in the last 15\u00a0minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nAfter the race, the result had been thrown into doubt following an inquiry into the cars of BMW Sauber and Williams. Race stewards investigated alleged irregularities with the cars' fuel. The stewards decided not to penalize the teams based on a lack of conclusive evidence, but the McLaren team appealed against this ruling. The appeal was finally rejected by the FIA on 16 November 2007. Had the FIA accepted the appeal, although it would be unprecedented, the title could have been handed to Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton stated that he wouldn't have favored winning the championship by this means.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Notes, New railway station\nOn 17 October, Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) began to operate the new station of the Line C, Aut\u00f3dromo, near the circuit. The Line C had been extended to improve the access between the center of S\u00e3o Paulo and southern region of the Greater S\u00e3o Paulo including the circuit. As a result, 7,100 spectators used this new station on Sunday, 21 October alone, and 18,000 or more spectators in total from Friday to Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190407-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, Notes, Television\nIn Spain, television broadcasters Telecinco and TV3 had a total average audience of 9.0 million viewers, with a market share of 77.8% in Asturias and 69.2% in Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190408-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Breckland District Council election\nThe 2007 Breckland District Council election was part of the UK's 2007 local elections. All 54 seats were up for election. The Conservatives retained control of the council, increasing their already sizeable majority by six seats despite only a modest rise in vote share.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190408-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Breckland District Council election\nThis was the first election in which UKIP stood candidates in Breckland. The Liberal Party meanwhile failed to stand any candidates at this election, and has not done so since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup\nThe 2007 Breeders' Cup World Championships took place on October 26 and 27 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, the first time the event had been held in New Jersey. The 2007 event included several milestones, with three new races added, a second day added to the program and the introduction of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Challenge series\nThe Breeders' Cup Challenge series was introduced in 2007 as a way to automatically qualify for the Breeders' Cup under a \"win and you're in\" format. In addition to the automatic entry, the goal was to build brand recognition for the Breeders' Cup and horse racing in general throughout the year, in combination with broadcast partner ESPN. \"This is a long race,\" said ESPN programmer Len DeLuca. \"This is a very long race, in terms of making the sport of kings interesting and accessible to the casual fan. But it's the next step in the evolution of horse racing coverage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Challenge series\nThe 2007 series consisted of 24 races held at 6 different racetracks in the United States and Canada. Fourteen of the series winners later raced in the Breeders' Cup, with four of them winning: War Pass in the Juvenile, Ginger Punch in the Distaff, English Channel in the Turf and Curlin in the Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nThe Breeders' Cup was held at Monmouth Park for the first time in 2007. To accommodate the event, more than $25 million was invested in improving the facilities. The event was expected to generate $57.6 million for the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup, Lead-up\nThe European-contingent was led by Dylan Thomas, who was the top ranked horse in the world after winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. \"He's as good a horse as we've ever had,\" said trainer Aidan O'Brien. \"We think he\u2019s a superstar.\" O'Brien also shipped George Washington over to race in the Classic. George Washington had been retired after finishing sixth in the 2006 Classic but proved sub-fertile and returned to racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup, Friday: New Races\nIn January, The Breeders' Cup announced the creation of three new $1 million races to be held on Friday, the day before the traditional big day. By rule, the three new races could not be graded until several renewals were completed to evaluate their quality, meaning that these were the first Breeders' Cup Races that were not run under Grade 1 status. (In 1984, an exception was made for the original Breeders' Cup Races to immediately grant them grade 1 status.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190409-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup, Saturday: Day 2\nThe Classic was marred by a fatal injury suffered by George Washington, the 2006 European 3-year-old champion who had returned to training when his stud career was scuttled by fertility problems. He suffered a dislocated fracture of his right front ankle and was euthanized on the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Colonies Chris (talk | contribs) at 18:02, 11 September 2020 (minor fixes, replaced: ,\" \u2192 \", (2), \u2019s \u2192 's, Cornelio Velasquez \u2192 Cornelio Vel\u00e1squez, , Jr. \u2192 Jr., typo(s) fixed: 4-1 \u2192 4\u20131). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic (in full, the Breeders' Cup Classic Powered by Dodge, due to sponsorship) was the 24th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2007 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on October 27, 2007 at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic\nIn a closely contested year in which the Triple Crown series was split among three different horses, Curlin emerged as the best horse of his generation with a decisive win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic\nThe Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m) with a purse of $5,000,000. It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nCarl Nafzger, the trainer of favorite Street Sense, knew the race would be difficult for bettors to figure out. \"This is one of the best fields that could be put together\", he said. \"They\u2019ve got everything you want \u2013 early speed, tactical speed, closers, and soundness. They\u2019ve been beat and they\u2019ve beat each other. There is class scattered all the way through the field. I've never really ran against this size field with this type of quality all the way through. They\u2019ve all proved it with different styles. It's a great Classic.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nThe older horse division had been weakened by the injury and subsequent retirement of Invasor, the defending Classic winner and Horse of the Year. Of the remaining older horses, the most highly regarded was Lawyer Ron, who had set a track record that summer at Saratoga when winning the Whitney and followed up with a win in the Woodward and a second to Curlin in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He was made the morning-line favorite at odds of 5-2 but drifted at racetime to nearly 4\u20131. Lawyer Ron raced best when he came from off the pace, but was sometimes rank at the start of races. He was not helped by drawing the inside post position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nIn the highly talented three-year-old division, Street Sense was the slight favorite based on his wins in the Kentucky Derby and Travers Stakes. However, he had lost to Curlin in the Preakness and to Hard Spun in the Kentucky Cup Classic, his last race before the Breeders' Cup. Curlin had won the Preakness and Jockey Club Gold Cup, but had been beaten by Street Sense and Hard Spun in the Derby, and by Any Given Saturday and Hard Spun in the Haskell. Hard Spun's sole Grade I win had come in the King's Bishop Stakes, a sprint race, and his front-running style made his stamina a question mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders\nThe sole European entry in the Classic was George Washington, who had been retired after finishing sixth in the 2006 Classic but proved sub-fertile and returned to racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nThe late-October weather in New Jersey was poor: it rained on and off for several days, stopping just in time for the Classic. The track was sloppy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nAs expected, Hard Spun went to the early lead and set a brisk pace, followed by Lawyer Ron and Diamond Stripes. Any Given Saturday moved into third as they moved around the far turn then stalled. Curlin also started his move on the turn, moving alongside Hard Spun as they entered the stretch. Curlin struck the lead with a furlong to go and won by over four lengths. His time of 2:00.59 tied the old track record of 2:00\u200b2\u20445 set in 1962 by Carry Back, and was especially impressive given the track conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\n\"Everything went perfectly, starting with all the speed up front\", said Curlin's jockey Robby Albarado. \"It unfolded just the way we wanted, but it also takes a hell of a horse to get this done. Curlin was there for us every step of the way.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nIt was the first Breeders' Cup victory for both Albarado and Steve Asmussen, Curlin's trainer, whose main concern was the sloppy track. \"He trained on an off-track half a dozen times at the most. It's been a very dry year everywhere we've been\", said Asmussen. \"But he came here in great condition. And he showed up. He ran when it mattered most. He came home like he was supposed to. He's a big-day horse.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description\nThe race was marred by the breakdown of George Washington in the stretch. On-track veterinarians found open fractures to both sesamoid bones in his off-fore and determined he could not be saved. Jockey Michael Kinane said, \"He was brave. He didn't go down. He stayed up on it. He saved me.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190410-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, Results\nSource: EquibaseTimes: \u200b1\u20444 \u2013 0:23.11; \u200b1\u20442 \u2013 0:45.85; \u200b3\u20444 \u2013 1:10.67; mile \u2013 1:35.86; final \u2013 2:00.59. Fractional Splits: (:23.11) (:22.74) (:24.82) (:25.19) (:24.73)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190411-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bremen state election\nThe 2007 Bremen state election was held on 13 May 2007 to elect the members of the B\u00fcrgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) retained its majority with losses. However, the SPD chose to form a new government with The Greens. Jens B\u00f6hrnsen was re-elected as Mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190411-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bremen state election\nThis was the first election contested by The Left after the merger of the PDS and WASG. The new party achieved 8.4% of the vote, up from 1.7% for PDS in 2003, marking its first major success in a western state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190411-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bremen state election, Parties\nThe table below lists parties represented in the previous B\u00fcrgerschaft of Bremen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190412-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brentwood Borough Council election\nElections to Brentwood Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190412-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brentwood Borough Council election, Election result\nThe swing was 4.4% from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190413-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brickyard 400\nThe 2007 Allstate 400 at The Brickyard, the 14th running of the event, was the twentieth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and the first of the season that was televised by NASCAR on ESPN. It was held on July 29, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190413-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brickyard 400, Pre-race\nTwo Nextel Cup Series teams announced changes in their ownership just before this race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190413-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brickyard 400, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 Joe Nemechek (#08), A.J. Allmendinger (#84), Kevin Lepage (#37), Dale Jarrett (#44), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), Kenny Wallace (#78), Regan Smith (#14-WD),\u00a0? (#13-WD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190413-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brickyard 400, Post-race\nFor the second time since 2004, a winning driver uttered an obscenity in a live post-race interview when Stewart said \"This one's for every one of those fans in the stands who pull for me every week and take all the bullshit from everybody else\" to then ESPN pit reporter Dave Burns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190413-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Brickyard 400, Post-race\nAt first, it was perceived to be in response to critics who have gone after his blunt and abrasive personality, but it has since been reported that Stewart was the subject of statements made by Pardon the Interruption co-hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on the show that aired the day after Stewart's win at the USG Sheetrock 400. After Stewart joked about celebrating the victory by drinking a case of Schlitz beer, the co-hosts concluded that the driver was a bad role model for children. Whether the comments were a form of revenge against the network is open for interpretation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190413-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Brickyard 400, Post-race\nOn the Tuesday after the race, Stewart was fined US$25,000 by NASCAR, and lost 25 points in the driver's championship due to the infraction. His team, Joe Gibbs Racing, also was penalized 25 points in the owners' championship. However, his classification of fifth in the championship standings remained the same despite the penalty. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who said the word \"shit\" after winning the 2004 EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway had been given the same penalty that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190414-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election\nElections to Brighton and Hove City Council on the south coast of England were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election and all 54 councillors were elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190414-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election\nThe Conservative Party won 26 out of 54 seats on the council, replacing the Labour Party as the largest party and formed a minority administration. This result was to some extent in line with the general pattern of results throughout England that day, with Conservatives gaining seats at the expense of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Green Party increased its number of seats from 6 to 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190414-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election\nFollowing the election, the composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190415-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election\nThe 2007 BMC election was held on 16th February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190415-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, Election result\nShiv Sena - BJP alliance won the BMC election thrice in a row 1997, 2002 and 2007. Shiv Sena, Bhartiya Janta Party and Indian National Congress are the major political parties in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season\nThe 2007 Brisbane Broncos season was the twentieth in the club's history and they competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Darren Lockyer, the Broncos made the finals by just scraping into the top 8, but were knocked out in the first week by eventual premiers, Melbourne Storm. Two and a half years later the Storm would be found to have been cheating the salary cap over the previous four seasons and their 2007 premiership was stripped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Pre-season\nThe Broncos' pre-season involved two matches in England and two more trial matches upon their return to Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Pre-season, World Club Challenge\nAs reigning NRL premiers, on 23 February 2007 The Brisbane Broncos played against English Super League champions St Helens R.F.C. in the 2007 World Club Challenge. St Helens took the match 18\u201314 in the last minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Telstra Premiership\nThe World Club Challenge loss was followed by a poor start to the 2007 NRL season by the Broncos, who lost their captain and five-eighth Darren Lockyer to an ankle injury after the first match against the North Queensland Cowboys. Lockyer returned to the field in Round 3 against the Penrith Panthers, but Brisbane had lost their first three games in a row for the first time since 1999. They racked up their first win against the Sydney Roosters in the traditional Good Friday match played by the two clubs. Another loss followed by a win in the Andrew Johns farewell against Newcastle in Round 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Telstra Premiership\nWhen, in the Round 7 replay of last year's grand-final, Brisbane were unable to defeat Melbourne, they had managed to win just 2 of their first seven games, compared to their strong starts in 2006 and 2005. Having not yet played an NRL game in 2007, Tame Tupou, the Broncos' top try-scorer for the previous season, left the club in round 7 for England. In round 11 Brisbane were at the bottom of the ladder before racking up their biggest ever win, defeating an under-strength Newcastle Knights 71\u20136. It was also the Knights' biggest ever loss and the most points the Broncos had ever scored in a game. This was followed up with a loss to an understrength St George Illawarra Dragons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Telstra Premiership\nAs a result of the team's form, coach Wayne Bennett gave the players time off during the Broncos' bye. This strategy appeared to be successful, with the team winning five successive games. However, in their Round 18 win against the Cowboys, Lockyer tore his anterior cruciate ligament, ruling him out for the rest of the season. Lockyer's injury, combined with injuries to big-name players Karmichael Hunt, Justin Hodges, Brent Tate and Shaun Berrigan, played a role in Brisbane winning just two of their last eight games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Telstra Premiership\nIn the last round of the 2007 regular season, the Broncos suffered an embarrassing 68\u201322 loss to Parramatta, equalling their worst ever defeat and most points conceded in a match. However, the club still finished eighth after the regular season, thus making the finals for the sixteenth straight year. Brisbane's efforts did not improve the following Sunday when they played their 500th game ever and their last of the season, being defeated soundly by eventual premiers the Melbourne Storm 40\u20130. Only one year after winning the premiership, 2007 saw the second time ever that the Broncos lost more games than they won in a season of football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190416-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Broncos season, Telstra Premiership\nAt the end of the season the Brisbane Broncos hed a gala ball at which coach Wayne Bennett was made a life member of the club. His refusal to make an acceptance speech at the club's presentation ball showed the strain in his relationship with the Broncos. On 9 October 2007, the club announced the termination of the contracts of squad members Ian Lacey and John Te Reo, after they were involved in the assault of a man after the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190417-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Central state by-election\nA state by-election was held in Queensland on 13 October 2007 to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district of Brisbane Central, formerly held by Labor member and former Premier Peter Beattie, who resigned on 14 September 2007. The Liberal-National coalition failed to stand a candidate in the by-election. A total of six candidates stood in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190417-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Central state by-election\nGrace Grace held the seat for Labor with slightly over 50% of the vote, negating the need for the count to go to preferences. In the absence of a Liberal-National coalition candidate, the party with the largest gains were The Greens, who scored a swing in their favour of 14.83%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season\nThe Brisbane Lions' 2007 season was its 11th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season, Gallery\nJared Brennan and Ernie Dingo during a Brisbane Lions training session on April 11", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season, Gallery\nJared Brennan and Ernie Dingo during a Brisbane Lions training session on April 11", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season, Gallery\nJared Brennan and Ernie Dingo during a Brisbane Lions training session on April 11", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season, Gallery\nJonathan Brown during a Brisbane Lions training session on May 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season, Gallery\nJonathan Brown during a Brisbane Lions training session on May 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190418-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Brisbane Lions season, Gallery\nLuke Power during a Brisbane Lions training session on May 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190419-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bristol City Council election\nThe 2007 Bristol City Council election took place on 3 May 2007, on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats lost two seats to Labour, but remained the largest party on the Council. No party gained overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190420-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brit Awards\nThe 2007 Brit Awards was the 27th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 14 February 2007 at the Earls Court in London. The show, when broadcast, attracted 5.43 million viewers. The ceremony was hosted by Russell Brand, with Fearne Cotton interviewing winners backstage, and the voiceover by Tom Baker. The show was supposedly being broadcast live for the first time since 1989, on ITV1; however, it was revealed to have been on a 30-second tape delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190420-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Brit Awards\nThe sound occasionally dropped out, apparently in an attempt to censor strong language (\"fuck\" was always censored), although swearing by Liam Gallagher, Simon Pegg, Mark Owen and host Brand was nonetheless audible on the broadcast. The pre-show was called The BRITs Red Carpet, and was hosted by Lauren Laverne, Matt Willis, Alesha Dixon and Russell Howard. The show that followed was called The BRITs Encore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190420-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brit Awards, Moments, Russell Brand\nSome controversy was caused by the host of the 2007 Awards ceremony, comedian Russell Brand, who made several quips relating to news stories of the time including singer Robbie Williams' entering rehab for addiction to prescription drugs, the Queen's 'naughty bits' and a fatal friendly fire incident involving a British soldier killed by American armed forces in Iraq. ITV1 received over 300 complaint calls from viewers. He would again instigate controversy the following year at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour\nThe 2007 Britcar 24 Hour or 2007 24 Hours of Silverstone was an automobile endurance race, organised by Britcar, held from 8 to 9 September 2007 at Silverstone Circuit. It was the 3rd edition of the Britcar 24 Hour event. The race was won by Duller Motorsport, running a BMW Z4, driven by Dieter Quester, Dirk Werner, Tim Mullen and Jamie Campbell-Walter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour\nThe race is also well known for having been featured on Top Gear, Season 10, Episode 9, in which Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May along with The Stig (Ben Collins) participated in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Qualifying\nThe grid for the race was decided by times set in day qualifying. Night qualifying was held as a practice event ahead of the actual race's night segment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Qualifying, Day qualifying\nStuart Hall set the fastest time of the session in the Rollcentre Mosler MT900R GT3, a 1:54.027 on the car's 14th flying lap. In GTC, the #32 Duller BMW had set the fastest lap, Intersport's #46 car had qualified on pole in Class 1 with TJH Motorsport on Class 2 pole, Team Thrush set the pace in Class 3 as Saxon Motorsport put their BMW 330d 6 places ahead of the next Class 4 car, in 47th overall. Simply Racing's Porsche 964 hadn't set a time as the engine had failed and the KTF Chrysler hadn't met noise levels with certain restrictions in place so it could not take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Qualifying, Night qualifying\nThis session required every driver in each car to do at least 3 laps. In the second session, a Mosler was yet again at the top of the times, this being the #10 Chad Motorsport car of Michael Vergers and Michael and Sean McInerney. In GTC and Class, BMWs were again on top, with Duller Motorsport and Intersport dominating their classes. This was followed by TJH Motorsport yet again beating ELR to the fastest time in Class 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Qualifying, Night qualifying\nThe Boston Bowl MG ZR 190 of Cole, Wahlgren and Walker had finished the session over a session quicker than Team Thrush's Honda Integra. Team Top Gear, completely new to endurance racing, had put their car in 1st in Class 4, with Ben Collins, otherwise known as The Stig, setting a 2:18.296. Woes would strike the newcomers though, as during May's stint, the turbo and clutch had gone, among other things, putting their start of the race in serious doubt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nWhile having lunch, a few hours before the race start, Clarkson, May and Hammond discussed who would go out in the car at the start, with their vote being inconclusive, they asked for the assistance of the spectators, who almost unanimously voted for The Stig to start the race. As more than 50 cars made their way onto the grid, the #78 BMW, among other cars, was still in the garage. 20 minutes to go, the car's engine was working.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe field had begun to set off on the formation lap, with some cars absent; #5 J&S Porsche due to a valve, the #16 TVR Sagaris of Michael Caine had failed to start and would subsequently start from the pits. The Top Gear BMW was fuelled, with Collins getting in the car as Clarkson hurried them out of the garage, the BMW cruising at pit-lane speed to join 5 other cars starting from the pits; the #79 VW, #63 Honda, #45 BMW, #5 Porsche and the #16 TVR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe race had begun, Vergers took the inside line ahead of Hall into Copse, followed by Werner in the #1 BMW. Team Top Gear's BMW had made it to the end of the pit lane just as the KTF Group Chrysler Viper GTS-R (60th on the grid) crossed the line, meaning they had started the race. Quickly, Vergers fell behind both the Rollcentre Mosler and the Duller BMW by lap 3, with the #1 car taking the lead on the next lap from Hall's Mosler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe first retirement of the race had also occurred on this lap, the #5 J&S Porsche had blown its new engine already. The #59 Phatgixer BMW had stopped on track at Brooklands, only completing 20 laps. The Rollcentre team quickly hit further trouble as Alan Bonner in #52 Windrush BMW collided with Hall at Brooklands as he was trying to lap the backmarker, this and a spin at Becketts, put him down to third place as the #10 Chad Mosler chased after the 2006 race-winning BMW, although 20 seconds adrift.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nRobert Huff, who was driving the KTF Group Viper, had managed to move the ex-Le Mans class winner from 60th to 8th overall in one hour. From 59th, counting the pit-lane start, the Team Top Gear BMW, driven by Stig, was up to an astonishing 45th place and only second in class. As the first hour had been completed, Werner was nearly 40 seconds clear of Hall, as Vergers had fallen behind the latter by over a lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe #10 Chad Mosler pits with Vergers swapping with Michael McInerney. At this stage, Werner had extended the gap from the #2 Mosler to 50 seconds, as Duller's second car, the #32 BMW M3 E46 GTR had taken third place. Soon after, Hall headed into the pits for the Rollcentre team's first of many stops, making it a Duller Motorsport 1-2 for the time being. 20 minutes later, Werner pulls into the pits, for Dieter Quester to get in the car, which allows Fabrizio Gollin to unlap himself and subsequently take the lead of the race 90 minutes in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe #15 Chad Motorsport car of Greensall now leads after Gollin pits, not long after taking the lead the Porsche heads into the pit lane for its first stop, as David Leslie takes the lead in the #26 GTS BMW which is yet to pit. A problem with the fuel injection system forced Stig to pit the #78 BMW. Meanwhile, the #27 Marcos of Cor Euser's Marcos Racing International team, had been called into the pits for an oil leak, then hit further troubles due to noise too loud for limits currently in place, not receiving the clearance from scrutineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nA jammed wheel nut forced the pitting of the #15 Chad Porsche, losing valuable time and dropping it far outside of the top twenty. The #58 Moore Racing BMW had a wheel come off, resulting in the three-wheeled M3 E36 driven by Gardiner crawling back to the pits. Leslie pits just before 2 hours are up to hand over to Joe Macari with the Duller Motorsport BMW Z4 M Coup\u00e9 retaking the lead however only 20 seconds clear of Stuart hall at the 2-hour mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nBy this point, Kevin Clarke's #46 Intersport BMW had retired after only completing 13 laps, leaving the Donaldson duo drive-less for the rest of the weekend. Quester was leading Hall by 10 seconds but the Mosler had quickly closed down the gap to just 2 seconds until a backmarker spun going into the Vale chicane, allowing Hall to get ahead of Quester who was lapping another car. At this time, the #78 BMW is able to rejoin the race, but with James May at the wheel as Stig had exited the car having only completed half of his planned stint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe #27 Marcos had finally rejoined the race after passing a noise test as the #15 Chad Porsche gets back on track but down in 44th. 30 minutes into hour 3, the #3 Mosler is finally brought in for its first driver change, 20 seconds clear of Quester, with Andy Neate taking over driving duties, with the ex-BTCC driver rejoining in fourth place as George Haynes brings the #8 Mosler in for Del Delaronde for his first stint. Neate had begun to lap quicker than the next three cars in front of him, which had not pitted yet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe KTF Group Viper had rejoined the race after Huff brought it in over an hour ago, Ken Finneran at the wheel this time but the car was not out for long as another oil leak made the car pit-bound. Meanwhile, the #40 RJN Nissan was handed a black and orange flag for missing a fuel cap, which cost them a lot of time in the pits trying to find another.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nBy hour 4 of the race, the bright sky has faded and drivers are told to turn on their lights. After mechanical problems hindering its performance, on its 30th lap, the #16 Trackpower TVR has a massive collision with the barrier going out of Copse and into Maggotts, bringing out the Safety Car, this helping Andy Neate close the gap to the second place GTS Motorsport BMW which in turn is only 20 behind the leading Duller BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nBoth the #1 BMW and #10 Mosler are handed a stop-go penalty for passing under yellow flags, Jamie Campbell-Walter, now in the car, manages to retain his lead after serving the penalty. Eventually, Neate manages to taken second from the #26 BMW, shortly after though, Neate pits to hand over to Martin Short. The #4 Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR GT3 gets called into the pits for a noise problem, as Jeremy Clarkson starts his first stint. The safety car comes out for a second time due to oil down at Stowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nAfter around 25 minutes, the safety car pulls into the pits, the #26 GTS BMW immediately heads into the pits for a refuel. The #1 and #32 Duller BMWs lead the #2 Rollcentre Mosler with the #26 GTS BMW still in the top four as the #39 Paragon Porsche and #24 Topcat Marcos are laps down on it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nSlowly making its way up the order, the #10 Mosler has moved into 12th place. The Apex Jaguar has rejoined the field, only just inside the top 30 positions as the #15 Porsche up into 32nd after the wheel nut issues. Trouble strikes the Topcats crew as the Marcos' rear lights stop working, forcing it to make a pit stop, massively impacting its chances for the GTC class win. The #32 Duller car pits with left rear damage, losing over 10 laps in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nMichael Vergers pits the Chad Motorsport Mosler due to a suspected engine-turned oil issue, repairs cost them dearly, pushing them down to 16th. Campbell-Walter pits the BMW Z4 to allow Johannes Stuck to start his first stint in the car. The EDM Motorsport BMW had pitted due to a problem with the driver's seat, despite this, the car had gotten back into the top ten before another issue forcing Christian Vann to pit, dropping him outside the top twenty. Further troubles for the #55 Torquespeed team after they had been running outside the top twenty for the entire race so far until a broken front strut bar had to be replaced, pushing Rob Barff further down the order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nIn the pitch-black night, the Safety Car is once again deployed due to debris down somewhere on the circuit, using this to their advantage, the Rollcentre Mosler pits, 4 laps down on the leading Duller Motorsport BMW, the team also changing brake pads while they can afford to, only losing a lap. Meanwhile, The Chad Motorsport Porsche has put itself back into the top twenty, 19th overall. Stuart Hall pits the Mosler with an alternator problem, costing them a lot of time. The #26 GTS car, 2nd at the time, Rob Wilson replaces Joe Macari in the BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Chad Motorsport team's bad luck would again impact their race, as Michael Vergers collided with Richard Hammond and caused major damage to the car. Hammond had allowed several cars to overtake and lap him going out of Chapel, then moved back towards the racing line not realising the Mosler was there and made heavy contact. Sparks flew as Hammond parked the wrecked BMW on the right-hand side of the back straight as the Mosler continued on a couple-hundred feet, the front of the car badly damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Top Gear BMW also sustained severe damage to the left-hand side; a broken wishbone, brake disc, a damaged engine and considerable bodywork damage. This boosted Chad Motorsport's other car, the #15 Porsche up the order, now 18th overall. Meanwhile, Rollcentre had successfully changed the alternator, the Mosler rejoining the race in 11th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe KTF Group Chrysler Viper GTS-R had just gotten back on track before a prop shaft failure confirmed the car's retirement after a dismal weekend. The GP Motorsport has retired from the race after a hard hit into the barriers and subsequent roll at Copse with Ed Lovett at the wheel. Meanwhile, the #47 Duke Video has also retired from brake issues, after contact with Fiona Leggate. The Rollcentre Mosler has quickly moved through the field and into 5th position, only four laps behind the Duller Motorsport BMW M3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Chad Mosler has once again rejoined the race, far outside of the top thirty. Martin Rich in the #8 Eclipse Mosler has started to close the gap between himself and Stuck, still over 10 laps ahead. Unfortunately, the Mosler woes would hit the Eclipse team, driveshaft problems hindering their charge as the Paragon Porsche and Duller M3 moving into the top three as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nChad Motorsport has called in the Mosler as the engine is experiencing problems from the incident with the Top Gear BMW which has recently rejoined after repairs made to the car were deemed safe to run. Michael Mallock pits the #57 Nissan, accidentally turning on the central locking system, but was able to press the release button. The #10 Mosler rejoins the race after some repairs were made. Later on, the Mosler being involved in a collision with the #41 Lotus. Jamie Campbell-Walter pitted with a healthy lead, giving Johannes Stuck his second stint in the BMW Z4. Duller Motorsport leads 1\u20132 with the #32 car still over 10 laps behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe battle for 10th is heated, the #62 ELR Honda and the #28 Morgan. Not long after, Tom Shrimpton pits to make a scheduled driver change and a brake pad change, the car nor driver not putting a foot wrong. The #65 Class 2 TJH Honda up into the top 10, nearing a top 5 overall position, only 1 lap behind the CWS Racing BMW, eventually overtaking the #45 car as it makes a pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nAfter its troubles, the #15 Chad Porsche has moved up to 10th, behind the older 964 car run by Simply Racing. After the team's slight delay in its most recent pit stop, the #57 Nissan slotted into 14th position, with the Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR GT3 18th in its first-ever race meeting. Meanwhile, the Chesterton Commercial Holdings Marcos' gearbox problems have come back to bite them, with the team making a new gearbox out of the two broken ones whilst the ISL Marcos has been missing third gear for a large portion of the race but is still running. Low-visibility is becoming a concerning factor as the Safety Car is on stand-by. With the BMW repaired to an operational condition, Team Top Gear made the decision to put The Stig in the car, in an attempt to make up for horribly lost time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nJust as half-distance is reached, fog starts to roll in. The TJH Honda Civic Type R pits, dropping outside of the top ten as Adam Sharpe brings in the Eclipse Mosler with a problematic left-rear driveshaft once again, only taking 12 minutes to replace. Further drama would occur in the pitlane as a Saxon Motorsport mechanic is injured as the car is dropped off the jack, fortunately, the injury is not severe. The fog and mist continue to get worse, visibility becoming very limited. The race is then suspended, with the remaining cars lining up on the pit straight in parc ferme conditions until it is safe to continue. The suspension would remain until 7 am, nearing the end of Hour 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe race is back underway as trouble for the Topcats team after running so consistently in the top 10 for so long; a broken differential forces the Marcos Mantis into the pit lane for nearly an hour. James May, now in the #78 BMW, accidentally overran his pit box, partially blocking the Saxon Motorsport's BMW from exiting the garage. The #57 RJN Motorsport car's engine starts to overheat due to a broken fan, originally thinking they had fixed the problem, the car went back out but was soon back in the pits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nA miscommunication caused the #26 GTS car to pit four times causing it to lose positions. Moore Racing's race went from good to catastrophic as both cars had issues; the #34 BMW suffering from a broken driveshaft as not long after the #63 Honda loses its right-front wheel coming out of Abbey. The Paragon Motorsport Porsche takes second place away from the #32 Duller car as Fabrizio Gollin hops into the BMW M3 GTR, rejoining less than a lap behind the Porsche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Safety Car is sent out on track as the recovery of the Jemco Racing Marcos Mantis is ongoing at Bridge, after an off for the #36 car. During this, both Paragon and Rollcentre decide to pit their cars, but the Mosler was held as the field made its way past behind the Safety Car, after the Porsche had left the pits, but a quick stint from the Mosler and a scheduled brake change for the #39 car meant that Rollcentre came out on top and in third position overall. An engine mount halts the progress of the Team Scandal Lotus as the already-battered Chad Motorsport Mosler has a problem with a broken wishbone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Chesterton Marcos, with its \"new\" gearbox, turns out to only have fifth gear now, with Oliver Bryant saying the car is still capable of times of 2:05. The Jemco Marcos is back out on track after rear damper put Leigh Smart off and into the gravel at Bridge, the car running just out of the top 40. The leading Duller Motorsport BMW Z4 is beginning to gradually lap its sister M3, 17 laps at the moment as the Rollcentre Mosler is on a charge to at least catch the latter. A notable team and bunch of cars throughout the race were the County EMC Porsche 968s which have had a clear race, both running relatively close to each other, rounding out the top 20 cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe #24 Topcats Marcos has left the pit lane but suddenly ground to a halt at Brooklands, bringing out the Safety Car again. The #10 Chad Mosler in a small bit of trouble as a spin going out of Vale costs it some time. Nick Leventis' EDM BMW makes contact with the Mardi Gras Honda, damaging the exhaust, sending the GTC Class car down the order while repairs are made. Meanwhile, the #28 Morgan has run trouble-free for the entirety of the race. Duller Motorsport's BMW M3 hits trouble as the smoke billows from it in front of Steve Warburton on the pit straight, this allows Rollcentre and Paragon to grab second and third, leaving the M3 far behind while attention is given to the #32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Stig, now in the #78 car, was trying to gain more positions, though this would be obstructed as the front splitter had come off, as well as a fuel leak. Stig stayed in the car so he could continue after the leak was fixed. Torquespeed is the next BMW to have a problem, as smoke pours from the car with Warburton at the wheel. Fortunately, the team manage to amend the problem and sends the car back out without a problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nAt the RJN Motorsport team, the #40 car has lost third and fifth gear, resulting in a second gearbox change. Despite an aerodynamic disadvantage, Stig's handling of the car was phenomenal. He later pitted to hand over to Richard Hammond, who was in his final stint. The #32 Duller car returns to the pits on a flatbed truck, an assumed gearbox failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0023-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nWhile this is happening, the #15 Chad Porsche, after its wheel nut issues, has climbed back through the field, now less than a minute off of the GTS BMW, which will soon become the battle for 4th place as the Duller car is out for the time being. Fortunately, Duller has worked wonders in replacing a right driveshaft, the M3 rejoining in fourth place although five laps down on the #39 Porsche. The #63 Moore Honda's engine finally gives way to damage with Miles Hulford at the wheel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nBMW woes continue to occur as GTS Motorsport BMW's draftshaft fails dropping it to ninth. A puncture occurs on the #32 Duller BMW just as or after Marcel F\u00e4ssler, the #45 CWS Racing doing well to avoid him and carry on as F\u00e4ssler drags his BMW back to the pits. Dirk Werner hops into the leading BMW for the penultimate stint, 23 laps ahead of the Rollcentre Mosler. Apex Motorsport's Jaguar rejoins the race after a brief stop in the pits. While sitting 15th overall and second in Class 4, the #77 Marcos Racing International BMW 120d pulls off and onto the grass on the Hangar Straight, not requiring a Safety Car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe #15 Porsche moves up into the top five as Martin Rich pits the Eclipse Mosler, George Haynes taking over. Trouble for the Rollcentre Racing team as the car loses every gear but fifth. The #77 Marcos Racing BMW returns to the pits, an empty diesel tank resulting in its stoppage on the Hangar Straight. Jeremy Clarkson got into the Top Gear BMW 330d for his final stint. The #2 Mosler pits with 8 laps on the Paragon car, the engine cover coming off and the last scheduled brake pad change of the race and quickly leaves the pitlane, assisted, still 3 laps ahead of the #39 Porsche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nIt is not long until Haynes passes re-passes the Chad Porsche as the car makes its final pit stop. Just as the Chad car pits, the Safety Car comes out because of debris at Brooklands, meaning the Porsche cannot leave the pits until the rest of the field passes the pit exit, also held is the #20 911virgin.com Porsche.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nOnce racing gets back underway, the #32 BMW is back in the pits for a quick splash of fuel and immediately heads back out, then comes in the #1 BMW, with Werner handing the car over to Jamie Campbell-Walter for the remaining time of the race. The leading Class 4 car, the #79 TH Motorsport Volkswagen Golf pits for a refuel, Mark Sumpter stepping into the #39 Paragon Porsche, Marcel F\u00e4ssler pushing the BMW to its limit, trying to catch him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0026-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nWith only 75 minutes left, the leading Class 3 Honda Integra Type-R of Team Thrush hits electrical problems and only leading the #67 Pete Daniels Motorsport Honda by 6 laps. The #45 BMW is hit with a stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane, not affecting its position. In trying to quickly get out of the pit lane, F\u00e4ssler picked up a penalty for speeding in the pit lane, making it even more problematic to catch up to and pass Sumpter. The Eclipse Mosler MT900R pits for a final splash of fuel to make it home ahead of the #15 car of Nigel Greensall in the battle for third GT3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe #67 Honda takes the Class 3 lead from Team Thrush as they frantically try to fix the car to make the finish. Greensall, in an effort to catch the Mosler, sets the fastest lap but in doing so picks up two separate punctures. The drops him out of any contention for third in GT3 and into the clutches of the charging #26 GTS BMW. The Chad Motorsport team struggle to remove a wheel during the pit stop, causing them to drop behind GTS Motorsport, 911virgin.com Porsche and TJH Motorsport Honda, falling to 9th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nAfter a tedious repair job, which lost them the Class 3 lead, Team Thrush are finally able to send their functional Honda Integra Type-R, rejoining in Class 3. With half an hour to go, Campbell-Walter brings in the BMW, 29 laps clear of the next car, the win already in their hands. Chad Motorsport still struggle with their #15 car as the 964 Porsche takes 9th place. The Saxon Motorsport team hit trouble during their battle with Team Top Gear, relieving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0027-0002", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nFinally, the Chad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup leaves the pit lane just as the Apex Motorsport Jaguar does after a pit stop longer than usual. Jamie Campbell-Walter takes a relatively easy second consecutive win for the Duller Motorsport team. The Rollcentre Mosler takes 2nd place, having maintained its 3 lap advantage on the Paragon Porsche which ends up in a very good 3rd place overall, and the GTC class win, in a 2002 Carrera Cup car. All three Moslers, as well as the Chad Porsche, cross the line in unison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0027-0003", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nAfter a hard second half of the race, the #32 Duller Motorsport BMW M3 GTR takes fourth ahead of the Eclipse Mosler. GTS Motorsport, after some highs and lows, end the race in 6th position and third in GTC ahead of the 911virgin.com crew in their 996 GT3 Cup car. TJH Motorsport take the Class 2 win in 8th overall after a relatively calm race with Simply Racing's Porsche 964 taking a well-earned Class 1 victory in such a vintage car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0027-0004", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nThe Chad Motorsport team just manage to claim 10th ahead of Colin White's CWS Racing BMW M3 E46, which is second in Class 1. TH Motorsport's race was free of any trouble, a quiet race for the little Volkswagen Golf Diesel. After being practically gifted the Class 3 by Team Thrush's troubles, Pete Daniels Motorsport take the Class 3 win, with both cars crossing the line next to each other. Meanwhile, in third in Class 4, the remarkable Team Top Gear BMW 330d of Jeremy Clarkson practically begging the car to make the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190421-0027-0005", "contents": "2007 Britcar 24 Hour, Race, Report\nHe eventually crossed the line 39th overall, 3rd in class, a notable achievement for such an inexperienced group of drivers, bar The Stig (Ben Collins) who had raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans prior, having huge accident damage, among other setbacks, to come home with a class podium in the Top Gear trio's first ever 24-hour race. Clarkson shouting \"Yes! You brilliant little car! God, this is just brilliant. That's absolutely epic!\" after crossing the line. Out of the 60 starters, 46 were classified at the end of the race, the last car being 286 laps behind the winner, being the #72 OJP Sport Racing Honda Civic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190422-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Academy Television Awards\nThe 2007 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 20 May at the London Palladium Theatre in London. They were broadcast live on BBC One in the UK. The nominations were announced on 11 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190422-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British Academy Television Awards, Controversy\nWhen presenting Ricky Gervais with the award for best comedy performance Joan Rivers referred to her cousin as a \"Jew with a harelip\". Gareth Davies, the Chief Executive of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) wrote to BAFTA to express his \"serious disappointment\" at the incident and said that \"many people found the old-fashioned term \"harelip\" highly offensive and that \"making the condition the subject of a cheap joke was simply hurtful\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190422-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 British Academy Television Awards, Controversy\nRivers later said that she was extremely sorry for any offence caused and this had certainly not been her intention. Amanda Berry, BAFTA Chief Executive, stated that the Academy would \"never set out to offend nor make fun of anyone\". CLAPA said they were pleased to receive the apologies but is also aware that too many people are still ill-informed about what cleft lip and palate is and what it is not. They added that this ignorance can often feed into prejudice and the media and those in the public eye have a key role in helping the association to de-stigmatise the condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190423-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Academy Television Craft Awards\nThe British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2007 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 22 April 2007 at The Dorchester, Mayfair, the ceremony was hosted by Jon Snow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190424-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 27 to 29 July at Manchester Regional Arena in Manchester. It was first time that the event was organised by UK Athletics and it incorporated the AAA Championships (the principal national competition organised separately by the Amateur Athletic Association of England until 2006). The national championships served as a selection meeting for Great Britain at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190425-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2007 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 24-28 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, British Columbia. The winning team of Kelley Law represented British Columbia at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Lethbridge, Alberta, finishing with a 5-6 record in round robin play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190426-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Formula 3 International Series\nThe 2007 British Formula 3 International Series was the 57th British Formula 3 International Series season. It commenced on 9 April 2007 and ended on 30 September after twenty two races, with Estonian driver Marko Asmer crowned champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190427-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British GT Championship\nThe 2007 British GT season consisted of a fourteen-round series of sports car racing in the British GT Championship. Each race meeting consisted of two one-hour endurance races, except for those at Snetterton and Silverstone, which were both single two-hour races. All of the races took place in England in 2007. Two classes raced: the more powerful GT3 and the less powerful GTC class. This was the last time the GTC class raced, before the inception of the FIA GT4 class takes over in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190427-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British GT Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championships, GT3\n\u2020 \u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 81], "content_span": [82, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix\nThe 2007 British Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was the ninth race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held on 8 July 2007 at the Silverstone Circuit. The race was won by Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen after overtaking pole position driver Lewis Hamilton during the first round of pit stops. Second place was taken by Fernando Alonso and Hamilton was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix\nFollowing British driver Lewis Hamilton's win at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, circuit director Richard Phillips reported that ticket sales had \"gone through the roof\". Phillips added, \"we haven't seen this level of interest since Mansell-mania in the late 80s and early 90s\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn the run up to the race Ferrari presented a legal case against English engineer Nigel Stepney and a McLaren employee, after a search warrant revealed evidence of theft of technical information from the Italian team. McLaren indicated that they would fully cooperate with the investigation, and after a thorough internal investigation the team concluded that \"no Ferrari intellectual property has been passed to any other members of the team or incorporated into its cars.\" The FIA are launching their own investigation into the matter, but stress that their investigation will only involve matters of the Formula One rules and regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn another element of the pre-race activities, the Red Bull cars of David Coulthard and Mark Webber sported a livery of fan-submitted images as part of a one-off event for the charity Wings for Life. More than 30,000 fans pledged money and uploaded images to the team's website, and each fan has selected a spot on either car to have their image placed. The goal was to raise \u20ac1 million. This would be repeated again at the 2012 British Grand Prix, but the number would be reduced to 25,000 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nPreparations for the race began on 19 June, when the teams began testing at Silverstone. During the first day's testing Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time, focusing on his race setup for the Grand Prix. In contrast the two top constructors, McLaren and Ferrari, set about testing new parts and developments on their cars. This testing was undertaken by their respective test drivers, Pedro de la Rosa and Luca Badoer. Spyker brought a new chassis to the test and raced it for the first time, with Adri\u00e1n Vall\u00e9s and Giedo van der Garde taking the car around the track for 64 laps. Nick Heidfeld ended his test session early after complaining of back problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nIn day two of testing it was Jarno Trulli's turn to take the Toyota car around Silverstone, and managed to set the fastest time before the session was slowed down by showers. While Ferrari continued to test new parts to their car, this time with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen taking to the seat, McLaren stuck with Pedro de la Rosa and worked on the race set up and aerodynamics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Background\nDay three saw Toyota drop down from taking the fastest times to take the fifth fastest time on a moderately damp track. Felipe Massa was the fastest man on the track after 87 laps of the British circuit testing various aerodynamic and mechanical adjustments to the car. Although delayed through an oil system problem Alonso finished off aerodynamics work and continued to set up the car for the coming British Grand Prix, finishing with a time slower than second placed Williams driver Nico Rosberg. The leading GP2 driver Timo Glock took to the circuit with BMW Sauber up against ex-rival Nelson Piquet Jr. who was driving with Renault. Piquet Jr. made the fourth fastest time, more than a second faster than Glock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe first Friday practice was dominated as per many of the previous Grand Prix of the season, with Ferrari and McLaren taking the top 4 times. Lewis Hamilton took the top time at his home Grand Prix, and the two Ferraris split Alonso from his team mate. Both McLaren drivers spun their cars at different parts of the test, and they were not the only to do so. Other such drivers included Robert Kubica, David Coulthard, Adrian Sutil, Trulli and Massa; who all spun their vehicles on the greasy, but dry track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nIn the end Rosberg managed to set a faster time than the two competitive BMWs, and Trulli - who boasted a fastest time at Silverstone during testing in the last month - only just managed to set a faster time than Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguri. Davidson outpaced his British counterpart Jenson Button in the works Honda by half a second. Button, who suffered a minor back injury in a shunt in the United States Grand Prix, decided not to partake in the second Friday practice session in order to avoid aggravating the injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nToyota returned to previous testing form in the second session, putting their drivers in with the McLaren drivers, both of them outpacing Alonso. Schumacher even managed to run exactly the same time as Hamilton. Ferrari meanwhile got the two fastest times of the session, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen a full half a second faster than his Brazilian team-mate. Williams were close up behind Alonso, as BMW were running lower in the field than usual. Although Kubica was not complaining, Nick Heidfeld said that \"[the car] was difficult to drive, so we have to figure out why.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nChristian Klien got a drive during the practice to replace Button in the car and help set it up. Both of the works Hondas were beaten by both of the Super Aguri cars and Davidson improved on his time and position to tenth. Drivers from many different teams were running off the Copse corner, with eight drivers running off eleven times. The only incident of the afternoon was at the Copse, where Adrian Sutil ran his car onto the tarmac, then spun into the tyre barrier. He was unharmed and the damage to the car was insignificant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nOn the Saturday practice before the qualifying, the top drivers broke the 1 minute 20 barrier, with Massa, Alonso and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen all setting fastest laps in the high 1 minute 19s. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took the fastest time, faster than rival Alonso who had set a very similar time to Massa. Hamilton's final time on low fuel was disrupted by Alexander Wurz sending his Williams off the track, resulting in a yellow flag. Toyota and Williams were the closest to the top of the pack - as BMW continued their bad run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nNick Heidfeld improved from his bad run from the day before to take a joint eighth fastest time, but team-mate Kubica found himself only able to achieve a sixteenth fastest time. Davidson out paced his team-mate for the third time of the weekend, and he achieved a tenth fastest time - something he has never converted to a qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe first qualifying session was disrupted near the end by Anthony Davidson, who spun his Super Aguri while attempting to warm the tyres, bringing out the yellow flags. This also meant that he could not complete a good hot lap and left him near the back of the grid. This also forced Sato and Button to slow down on their hot laps, and the three drivers could not improve on their previous times in the closing stages of the session. The six drivers eliminated in the first round were Albers, Sato, Sutil, Davidson, Button and Rosberg (for the first time this season, but due to an engine issue). The fastest time of the session was taking by Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe second session was quite uneventful, with Alonso taking the fastest time again. Near the end of the session the six fastest drivers decided not to set any more times. This was a gamble for the two BMW drivers, as by the end of the session Heidfeld had been pushed down to tenth position. The six drivers who were eliminated from the final session were Liuzzi, Speed, Barrichello, Wurz, Coulthard and Webber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe two McLaren drivers were the first two drivers out on the track for the initial fuel burning phase, and initially, Alonso was the fastest on the track. After the first set of pit stops it looked like Alonso was going to take the pole. On the last set of laps, Alonso was on a faster time than he was before, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was on a faster. Both of them completed their laps and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen came out on top, despite an error coming out of the final corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nHamilton who had been sitting in fourth did not look like he was very competitive during qualifying. In the last few seconds of the session he set the fastest lap and put himself on pole position, and he was the only one to break into the 1 minute 19 second margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFelipe Massa stalled on the grid, leading to a second formation lap and causing the Brazilian to start from the pit lane, joining Takuma Sato, who also started from the pits. Hamilton led from the start with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen closely following and Alonso a few seconds behind them. Hamilton led the race until lap sixteen, when he made his stop and rejoined in fifth; his car briefly lurched forward with the fuel hose attached when Hamilton reacted to the 'lollipop' board being turned over. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen stopped three laps later and came out of the pit in front of Hamilton to take the race lead. Another three laps later Alonso took a good pit stop and came out in front of both of the previous race leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAs Alonso was short-fuelled in the first set of pit stops in order to jump into the race lead, it meant that he had to stop quite early compared to his rival. McLaren's plan was to use the superior pace of a lighter car to build up a large gap between him and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen before the second set of pit stops, but the traffic played into R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's hands and when Alonso had to pit R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen resumed the race lead. He was able to make his final stop and rejoined without losing first position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nBehind the leaders, Massa was forcing his way through the pack to make up as many places as possible from the back, and finished in fifth behind a defensive Robert Kubica. Nick Heidfeld took sixth, while Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella brought the two Renaults home in seventh and eighth. Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button were taking advantage of being quite far back by investing in a one stop strategy and they finished ninth and tenth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nNico Rosberg had a good race taking back quite a few places from the start - with points a possibility, but after a bad first pit stop he had to fight back to gain twelfth. His team-mate, Wurz, finished one place behind him in thirteenth after having tried to overtake Scott Speed and putting the American out of the race with broken suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDavid Coulthard took a good eleventh position; his team-mate, Webber, retired due to a full hydraulics failure. Adrian Sutil retired after a large engine failure going towards the Stowe corner. Toyota suffered the worst problems as both of their cars went out of the race, Ralf Schumacher retiring with a wheel fixation problem, and his team mate, Trulli retiring with handling problems. Anthony Davidson, after a good weekend of practice and an unlucky qualifying session, had to retire his Super Aguri car when he felt vibrations from the underside of the car. Liuzzi retired his car with gearbox failure but was ultimately still classified in 16th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen continued from the second stint of pit stops to take the win a couple of seconds ahead of Alonso. It was R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's second straight win after being victorious at the French Grand Prix the week before. Alonso, finishing second, told the Spanish press that he was adamant that he would catch up with Hamilton in the drivers championship saying that, \"With normal races, sooner or later I will close the gap. I must always be one step higher than him on the podium.\" The British driver finished third to lose two points in the championship to the chasing Alonso, but also achieving his ninth podium out of nine race starts, equalling Jim Clark's record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190428-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 British Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFollowing the race Ferrari chief Luca di Montezemolo complained that although R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had now won more races than any other driver in 2007, he was not leading the championship. Di Montezemolo said: \"This is unsporting, it\u2019s wrong: F1 shouldn\u2019t be a sport for calculators, it should be for winners.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190429-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Indoor Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 British Indoor Athletics Championships was the 1st edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by UK Athletics. It replaced the AAA Indoor Championships run by the Amateur Athletic Association of England, which had been the de facto national indoor championship since 1935. It was held from 10\u201311 February at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England. A total of 24 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190430-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British National Track Championships\nThe 2007 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 2\u20136 October 2007 at the Manchester Velodrome. They are organised and sanctioned by British Cycling, and were open to British cyclists.>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190431-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Rowing Championships\nThe 2007 British Rowing Championships were the 36th edition of the National Championships, held from 20\u201322 July 2007 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190432-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Speedway Championship\nThe 2007 British Speedway Championship was the 47th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 4 June at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by Chris Harris, who beat David Howe, Scott Nicholls and Edward Kennett in the final heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190433-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Superbike Championship\nThe Bennetts 2007 British Superbike Championship season started on 7 April and ended on 14 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship\nThe 2007 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 50th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi with 10 race wins and 17 podiums. Going into the final race, Fabrizio Giovanardi was one point behind Jason Plato but a second place for Giovanardi and a fourth place for Plato resulted in Giovanardi taking the championship by 3 points. The Teams' championship was won by SEAT Sport UK, the Manufacturers' championship was won by Vauxhall, the Independents' Trophy was won by Colin Turkington and the Independent Teams' championship was won by Team RAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nAfter two unhappy seasons with the Astra Sport Hatch, the Triple 8-run works Vauxhall team switched two an all-new chassis based on the Vectra built to the now-prevalent Super 2000 rules, retaining Italian veteran Fabrizio Giovanardi and young Englishman Tom Chilton as they sought to reassert their supremacy from the first half of the decade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nReigning Manufacturers champions SEAT were again their only works opposition. Jason Plato remained on board as team leader and GT racer Darren Turner, who had shared the second Leon with James Thompson during 2006, stepped into the second seat full-time. With their Manufacturers title fight going down to the final rounds at Thruxton, both Vauxhall and SEAT added third cars to their line-ups for the closing meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nDouble champion Alain Menu, who had been racing for Vauxhall's sister marque Chevrolet in the World Touring Car Championship, returned to the British series for the first time since 2000 to drive the Vectra, while Dutchman Tom Coronel, fresh from claiming the WTCC Independents title at the wheel of a Leon, bolstered the SEAT charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nAfter winning the Teams, Drivers and Independents titles for two straight years with their Integra, Team Dynamics (again under the Team Halfords banner) switched to another self-developed Honda chassis, this time built to Super 2000 specifications and based on the Civic. Reigning double champion Matt Neal stayed with his family team, with Gordon Shedden partnering him for a second year. The Dynamics cars were no longer eligible for Independents points due to their dominance of that championship in the previous two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nAlso changing machinery were West Surrey Racing (once again entered as Team RAC), who traded their venerable MGs for a pair of Super 2000-spec BMW 320si's acquired from BMW's works WTCC squads. Long-time collaborator Colin Turkington again headed the line-up, joined by reigning Renault Clio Cup champion Tom Onslow-Cole. Also running a 320si was former Production class race winner and reigning SEAT Cupra Cup champion Mat Jackson, making his debut in the top class of the BTCC with his family Jacksons M.Sport team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nTeam Eurotech continued to run their ex-Dynamics Integra for team boss Mike Jordan for a second season, while Motorbase Performance abandoned their Integra and expanded to two ex-works Super 2000 SEAT Toledos, having run one in the closing rounds of 2006. Gareth Howell, who had raced a third Dynamics Integra in the latter stages of both 2005 and 2006, joined the team alongside former Clio Cup and British GT race-winner Matt Allison. Howell ran out of budget mid-season and was replaced first by Tom Ferrier, who had driven the car in 2006, and for the final round by ex-Vauxhall works driver Paul O'Neill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nWTCC Independent squad GR Asia also ran a Toledo for their expansion into the British championship, missing two rounds when their WTCC commitments left them unable to attend. The car was piloted by Adam Jones who had an impressive debut season in the BTCC aboard Xero Competition's Lexus the previous year. The team then added a Leon to their stable for the final three meetings. Former works Vauxhall driver Gavin Smith was behind the wheel for the first two, being replaced in the final round by the returning Rob Collard, who had abandoned his planned switch to the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain earlier in the season after a handful of races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nQuest Racing returned to the championship for a full campaign having joined the field in the second half of 2006, again fielding Irish youngster Eoin Murray in an ex-WTCC Alfa Romeo 156. The 156 was also the vehicle of choice for the brand-new A-Tech squad, with veteranDavid Pinkney joining the team from Motorbase alongside Richard Marsh, who had appeared in a Peugeot 307 for Team Griffin Racing the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nOther returning independents included Kartworld Racing, who expanded a second ex-WSR MG ZS, with Fiona Leggate joining the team to partner team boss Jason Hughes after two years in a bio-ethanol powered Vauxhall Astra Coupe with Tech-Speed Motorsport, and BTC Racing, who took in a full season with their Lexus IS200s after debuting in the final two rounds of 2006. Chris Stockton remained from the previous year, and was joined by Nick Leason, who initially planned to run an Astra Coupe for Daniels Motorsport as he had done in the latter stages of 2006. Leason left the team after the first three meetings with the team cutting down to one car for Stockton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nTech-Speed swapped the Astra Coupe for a newer Sport Hatch driven by former Turkish touring car champion Erkut Kizilirmak, who had trialed the car through two appearances for the works Vauxhall squad the previous year, while the list of returnees was completed by Geoff Steel Racing, who again ran Martyn Bell in their older-spec BMW 320i. A 320i was also purchased by former Dutch Supercar Challenge racer Jim Pocklington to race with his own J Team Motorsport squad in the first half of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nJohn George returned to the series for the first time since 2004 in an ex-Dynamics Integra run by former Production class entrant TH Motorsport, with club saloon driver Simon Blanckley also plumping for an Integra in his debut season in the category, running for his own Sibsport team with support from touring car preparation expert Graham Hathaway. Another Integra was entered for the final two rounds by Robertshaw Racing for Alan Taylor, with both team and driver stepping up from the Clio Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2007, Teams and drivers\nThe most ambitious of the year's new entries came from the tiny Team AFM Racing outfit, who fielded a self-built BMW 120d, the championship's first ever diesel-powered car, for team boss and long-time production BMW racer Rick Kerry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Entry list\nThe official entry list was published on 13 March 2007 following Media Day at Rockingham", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190434-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 British Touring Car Championship, Race results\nAll races were held in the United Kingdom. The 2007 season again had ten race weekends with three BTCC rounds at each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election\nGeneral elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 20 August 2007. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) over the incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election\nThe VIP took 7 of the 9 district seats (of the remaining district seats, only 1 was taking by the NDP; the other was taken by Alvin Christopher, an independent candidate endorsed by the VIP). The VIP also took 3 out of the 4 territorial at-large seats. The only two NDP candidates to retain their seats were former Chief Minister Orlando Smith and seventh district representative Kedrick Pickering. VIP at-large candidate Zo\u00eb McMillan-Walcott had initially asked for a recount of her vote against Orlando Smith for the fourth at-large seat (the initial count indicated her to have received only 18 fewer votes), but she subsequently withdrew the request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election\nThe victory gave the VIP an unprecedented 10 elected seats out of the 13 available in the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, despite receiving only a mere 5.6% greater share of the votes than the NDP (45.2% to 39.6%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election\nVoter turnout was relatively high, with approximately 62.3% of registered voters casting votes; although this was some way lower than the 72.2% voter turnout for the 2003 election. The lowest turnout was in the fifth district, where only 49.3% of voters cast votes; the highest was the eighth district, where 76.2% turnout was recorded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election\nThe Supervisor of elections reported that the elections passed off \"without incident\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results\nBecause of the NDP's high dependence upon At-large seats, a relatively small shift in voter sentiment turned a defeat into a massacre. After winning all four At-large seats in the previous election, in 2007 the NDP could barely cling onto one with Orlando Smith eclipsing Zo\u00eb Walcott-McMillan by just 18 votes out of a total of ballots cast. Dr Smith's election was the only thing that went right for the NDP on election day, with seemingly every other close race falling into the laps of the VIP, in each case snatching close victories in the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results\nA variety of circumstances combined to convert the VIP's 45.2% of the electoral votes into 84.6% (11 out of 13) of the available seats once Alvin Christopher (who won as an independent) formally decided to rejoin his former party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nThe results of the voting for the district seats was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nWinning candidates are highlighted in blue. Previously incumbent candidates are marked in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,277Total number of votes cast: 825 (64.6% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,143 Total number of votes cast: 638 (55.9% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,235 Total number of votes cast: 847 (68.6% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,226Total number of votes cast: 798 (65.1% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,403Total number of votes cast: 908 (64.7% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,363Total number of votes cast: 873 (64.0% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,025Total number of votes cast: 665 (64.9% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,125Total number of votes cast: 864 (76.8% turnout)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nTotal number of registered voters: 1,378Total number of votes cast: 1,011 (73.4% turnout)The ninth electoral district was the only district to undergo a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\n(IND) = Independent candidate(IPM) = Independent People's Movement(NDP) = National Democratic Party candidate(VIP) = Virgin Islands Party candidate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nThe closest races were in the fourth district (where only 27 votes separated the candidates), the fifth district (23 votes separated the leading candidates, and 87 votes went to independent candidates) and the ninth where a mere 9 votes separated the candidates (46 votes having gone to the independent candidate) and a recount was conducted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, District seats\nAlvin Christopher received the highest percentage of votes for a territorial candidate (75.9%), whilst Andrew Fahie received the highest number of total votes. Hubert O'Neal had the unhappy distinction of having the highest number of votes (467 votes, higher than 5 successful candidates) and the highest percentage of the vote (46.9%) for a losing territorial candidate. Elvis \"Jughead\" Harrigan had the lowest number of votes (309) and percentage of vote (44.7%) for any successful territorial candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 69], "content_span": [70, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, Territorial At-Large Seats\nThe top four vote receiving candidates are elected to the at-large seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Results, Territorial At-Large Seats\n(IND) = Independent candidate(IPM) = Independent People's Movement(NDP) = National Democratic Party candidate(VIP) = Virgin Islands Party candidate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Aftermath\nOn 22 August 2007, the Governor, Mr David Pearey officially appointed Ralph O'Neal as the first Premier (as the position of Chief Minister will be called) under section 52(1) the new constitution. He became only the second person in BVI political history (after Lavity Stoutt) to serve two non-consecutive terms of office as Chief Minister/Premier, and only the third (Lavity Stoutt and Willard Wheatley) to win more than one general election as party leader (both since matched by Orlando Smith). Both were considered remarkable achievements for a politician who was written off by some as a \"spent force\" after he lost the previous election at the age of 69.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Aftermath\nDespite questions over how long Ralph O'Neal expects to serve as Premier, starting his term at the age of 73, he served the full term. Rumours abounded prior to the election that a backroom deal may have been struck with Dancia Penn that she would take over the premiership when he stepped down, mid-term; a move that may presumably cause some internal consternation in the party. Those rumours were further fuelled when Dancia Penn was appointed as Deputy Premier shortly after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190435-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 British Virgin Islands general election, Aftermath\nOn 23 August 2007 the first cabinet was sworn in under Ralph O'Neal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190436-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 22\u201324 June 2007 at Donington Park in Castle Donington, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190436-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal\nThe 2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, sometimes referred to in the press as simply the phone-in scandal relates to a series of controversies regarding the use of premium-rate telephone numbers (or PRS) by several British television and radio broadcasters. The first revelations began in February 2007, regarding the Channel 4 television programme Richard & Judy. However, over the following weeks, more allegations emerged regarding misconduct by major British broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The programmes affected included phone-in competitions and public votes conducted over a period of several years, dating back to 2001. As a result, adjudicators Ofcom and ICSTIS (now known as Phone-paid Services Authority) conducted several investigations, resulting in millions of pounds worth of fines and a reform in the use of PRS by broadcasters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 927]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, Pre-2007\nThere had been some investigations into the use of PRS in television programmes in the years leading up to 2007. In 2005, Ofcom found two broadcasters to be in breach of their licencing conditions for failure to maintain recordings of quiz programmes, following complaints about their handling of competitions. In October 2006, ICSTIS received 2635 complaints regarding the seventh series of Channel 4's reality television show Big Brother, after a contestant that had been voted off the show by paying viewers was then allowed back onto the programme, resulting in fines of almost \u00a350,000 for the phone service providers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, Pre-2007\nBetween late 2006 and early 2007, Ofcom recorded breaches against broadcasters regarding the fairness of television quiz shows and competitions, including TWC, Channel 4, ITV and Channel 5. In January 2007, Gamecast UK was issued a fine of \u00a3100,000 for its broadcast of pre-recorded competitions inviting viewers to call a premium rate number when they had no chance of winning, in addition to other serious code breaches regarding the broadcast of pornographic material and other unauthorised broadcasts. Gamecast's licence was ultimately revoked in April 2007 after failing to pay the fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007\nOn 18 February 2007, the Mail on Sunday reported that it had received leaked emails regarding the television programme Richard & Judy, which was broadcast nightly. In each programme, a competition named You Say We Pay ran, in which viewers were invited to call a premium-rate phone number for the chance of being randomly selected to play a game with the presenters. On 14 February 2007 at 5:09pm, nine minutes into the programme, Eckoh (the telephone service provider) emailed Cactus TV (the production company) a list of 24 potential winners, from which one winner would be chosen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007\nHowever, ten minutes later, a second message was broadcast inviting viewers to continue to call in, even though nobody calling after Eckoh's email was sent had any chance of being entered. The report also clarified that it had no evidence that the show's presenters, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, had any knowledge of the issues. On 22 February, following Channel 4's admittance that several series of the programme could have been affected and a claim from a contestant that the problems existed in 2002, ICSTIS announced their intention to conduct an inquiry into the programme. On 28 February, Eckoh pulled out of its contract with Cactus TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007\nFollowing the allegations regarding Richard & Judy, ICSTIS began to investigate the BBC's cookery show Saturday Kitchen - also produced by Cactus TV - after it was alleged that nine editions of the programme had invited viewers to call a PRS - also provided by Eckoh - even though the broadcasts were pre-recorded and viewers' calls had no chance of being put through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, February 2007\nOn 28 February, it was also reported that ITV had admitted to overcharging viewers via its \"red button\" voting service during the third series of The X Factor - resulting in \u00a3200,000 in extra charges to viewers - and had reported their findings to ICSTIS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nOn 1 March, ICSTIS chairman Sir Alistair Graham invited senior executives of the UK's leading broadcasters to a meeting to discuss the emerging allegations, stating: \"My concern is that these problems are resulting in a loss of viewer trust in participation TV and in the premium-rate payment mechanism.\" On 6 March, ITV suspended all premium-rate telephone services, though certain services resumed on 13 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nThough the BBC and Channel 5 initially stated that they had no plans to suspend PRS, Channel 5 did so on 8 March, reporting that on five separate occasions, after their programme Brainteaser had failed to find a winning contestant to their competitions, broadcast fictitious names as \"winners\", including one incident where a member of the production team posed as a \"winner\". Channel 4 suspended PRS following revelations of a \"glitch\" preventing callers from being entered into a competition on the racing programme The Morning Line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nThe first radio stations were named in the controversy on 12 March, after Virgin Radio admitted to inviting viewers to call a pre-recorded programme, and LBC being investigated for allegedly not revealing the price of phone calls to listeners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nOn 13 March, Eckoh announced that they were referring the scandal to the police, following allegations that it mishandled votes relating to the sixth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nThe BBC revealed that two of its children's programmes were affected: Blue Peter had faked a competition winner after a technical fault prevented callers from getting through; and pre-recorded repeats of Smile had invited viewers to call in when they had no chance of getting through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nOther ITV programmes that were named as being investigated included Soapstar Superstar, Dancing On Ice, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Gameshow Marathon and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, March 2007\nIn March 2007, ITV appointed Deloitte to conduct a \"comprehensive review\" into the broadcaster's use of PRS in its programming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, April 2007\nOn 23 April, BBC's Panorama broadcast a show which investigated the use of PRS in multiple programmes, including GMTV and its competitions, which were provided by Opera Telecom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, September 2007\nIt was revealed by The Observer that a crisis meeting had taken place on 26 September by the heads of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Mark Thompson, Michael Grade, Andy Duncan and Jane Lighting were all in attendance, to discuss their attempt to \"restore public trust in broadcasting\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, October 2007\nThe results of the Deloitte review were published in a report on 18 October. Described as \"the most comprehensive review carried out into the use of PRS by any UK broadcaster\", the report identified \"serious or concerning issues in a limited number of ITV programmes\". The report stated, regarding the various issues:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Background, October 2007\nITV has taken specialist legal advice in respect of each of the specific issues set out in this document and is advised that the evidence does not support any allegation of criminal behaviour. ITV has identified and will take appropriate action in relation to each aspect of the findings of the review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation\nOfcom revealed that they had 23 open investigations against broadcasters, while ICSTIS had a further 15. On 22 March, Ofcom announced its intention to investigate the use of PRS on television, with an inquiry led by Richard Ayre. In a statement, Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation\n\"Widespread concern about the use of premium rate telephone lines by broadcasters and editorial standards in those programmes has raised serious questions about trust between broadcasters and viewers. Ofcom has been monitoring the issue closely and has launched a number of individual investigations since the start of the year. However it is clear from the number of cases underway that a broader set of issues need to be examined as a matter of priority. This inquiry will seek to establish the root cause of the compliance issues which have emerged over recent weeks, and inform key decisions about protecting consumers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation\nThough it was reported in October 2007 that the Serious Fraud Office would be investigating the scandal, they later announced that the cases did not \"meet the SFO criterion for acceptance for investigation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation\nBetween June 2007 and October 2009, Ofcom published the findings of their investigations into breaches of its Broadcasting Code with relation to the use of PRS. This resulted in over \u00a311 million of fines and statutory sanctions placed on networks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation\nIn September 2007, ICSTIS found service provider Opera Telecom to be in breach of its code, in relation to its provision of competitions for GMTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made\nOver the course of several years, broadcasters, service providers and programme producers breached Ofcom's Broadcasting Code in various different ways. Some were foreseeable errors, and others were deliberate interventions made to alter results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Fake competition winners\nOne of the most prolific methods used by programmes during this period was the use of fake winners of competitions. Between 25 July 2005 and 17 March 2007, ten different programmes announced fictitious names and winners of their contests. This included eight BBC programmes, Channel 5's BrainTeaser, and GCap's Secret Sound, which was broadcast on 30 different radio stations. Some of the entries to the competition were fabricated by the production team and, in a few instances, members of the production staff appeared on the programme posing as winners. On one occasion, during the broadcast of Blue Peter, a child visiting the studio was asked by a researcher to pretend to be a competition winner, which they did. This resulted in an additional recorded breach against the BBC for failing to protect the welfare of children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 113], "content_span": [114, 943]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes\nThe 2004 and 2005 British Comedy Awards both featured two pre-recorded half-hour segments inviting viewers to vote for the recipient of the People's Choice Award. On both occasions, in real-time, the award had already presented, and viewers were still being asked to vote. During the 2005 awards, a decision was taken to override the public vote for the People's Choice Award. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was named the winner, whereas the show with the highest number of votes was actually The Catherine Tate Show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 136], "content_span": [137, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes\nThe reason for the switch has never been identified, though two theories were investigated by Ofcom. The first theory was that Robbie Williams, who presented the award, would appear on the programme only if he could present it to Ant and Dec; the second theory was that employees of ITV instructed the switch (Takeaway was an ITV show, whereas Catherine Tate was broadcast on BBC One). Ofcom expressed its \"[disappointment] at the lack of cooperation it received\" from members of the production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 136], "content_span": [137, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes\nSimilar breaches were also recorded against the programme Soapstar Superstar. On 5 January 2007, senior producers finalised the vote two minutes before the lines had closed, while presenter Zoe Ball was still inviting viewers to vote. After the vote closed, the last (11th) placed contestant in the vote was eliminated. However, instead of the 9th and 10th placed contestants being put forward to the overnight vote to evict, the actual results were disregarded, and the 7th and 8th placed contestants were put forward for the vote instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 136], "content_span": [137, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes\nAnother aspect of voting for the show involved the public voting for which song they would like the contestants to sing. On at least eight occasions, the production team overrode the vote and decided for themselves which songs the contestants would sing. ITV acknowledged that junior members of staff who objected to these actions were \"firmly sat upon\" by senior producers. Ofcom opined that the programme makers \"showed their total contempt for ITV1\u2019s audience\" in manipulating the votes in this way, and described their behaviour as \"absolutely reprehensible\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 136], "content_span": [137, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Early finalising and overriding of public votes\nOfcom also recorded a breach against ITV relating to the programme I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! after it emerged that, on 30 November 2006, voting had closed three and a half minutes early, meaning that over 20,000 votes cast during this period were not counted. On this occasion, however, no statutory sanction was imposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 136], "content_span": [137, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Unfair selection of competition finalists\nOfcom described in their reports a number of unfair methods used to select competition winners in certain programmes, overriding the requirements for \"random\" selection. These included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 130], "content_span": [131, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Inclusion of competitions in pre-recorded programmes\nOn a number of occasions, Ofcom sanctioned broadcasters for broadcasting competitions and other services \"as live\", whereas the programmes were actually pre-recorded, and anyone who called to use the services offered had no chance of doing so. These included five editions of Tony Blackburn, eight editions of Dermot O'Leary and 31 different broadcasts on ITV2's timeshift service, ITV2+1, broadcast an hour later. Though a breach was recorded against ITV regarding a similar incident during a repeat of People's Court, no saction was issued on this occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 141], "content_span": [142, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Inclusion of competitions in pre-recorded programmes\nThe BBC were sanctioned for repeating a falsified competition from Blue Peter (see above) on CBBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 141], "content_span": [142, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Non-inclusion of SMS entrants\nIn the case of Gameshow Marathon, ITV were sanctioned for their \"lack of clarity\" as to whether people entering competitions via SMS had been included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 118], "content_span": [119, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, Methods used and errors made, Flawed logic competitions\nIn two of ITV2's competitions - The Mint and Glitterball - incorrect answers had been announced as correct. In The Mint, the answer to a wordsearch-style game was announced as \"TUNA\", despite the grid not containing the letter U. In a Glitterball word-making game, the answer \"HATCH\" had been derived from the word \"ENCHANTED\", despite rules stating that letters could only be used once, and there was only one letter H available. Though breaches were recorded by Ofcom, no sanctions were issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 114], "content_span": [115, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Investigation, List of breaches recorded by Ofcom\nBelow is a table containing a list of breaches and, where relevant, sanctions imposed by Ofcom, including the name of the broadcaster and the programme it related to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 93], "content_span": [94, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Presenters\nRichard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, presenters of the first identified problematic programme, apologised to their viewers on their programme, while denying any knowledge of wrongdoing on their programme. Finnigan stated: \"Richard and I knew nothing about this until late on Friday afternoon - we were very shocked and also angry on your behalf. We're very sorry.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Presenters\nAfter the Deloitte report was published in October 2007, Ant and Dec, who presented two of the affected programmes, expressed \"disappointment\" at the findings of the investigations, making it clear that they had \"no idea\" that compliance failures were occurring. This was seconded by director of ITV Michael Grade, describing the pair's credits as executive producers as \"kind of a vanity credit\". Ant and Dec confirmed in a statement that any profits from the next series of Saturday Night Takeaway would be donated to charity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Presenters\nLater, in May 2008, they stated that they would be returning their wrongfully awarded British Comedy Award from 2005. Catherine Tate, whose comedy sketch show was the rightful winner, explained on an episode of The Graham Norton Show that she had finally received her award, and joked about confronting Declan Donnolly in a supermarket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Ofcom\nAs a result of the scandal, and the subsequent investigations and sanctions that followed, Ofcom announced their intention to raise the maximum fine that they could impose on ITV and its regional networks, stating that the current guidelines did not \"provide sufficient incentives for the licensees to maintain broadcasting standards for the protection of members of the public from the inclusion of offensive and harmful material\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 60], "content_span": [61, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190437-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal, Aftermath, Further incidents\nIn December 2020, Ofcom found ITV to be in breach of the Broadcasting Code and their licensing conditions regarding competitions. ITV made Ofcom aware that, following mandatory third-party verification of its competitions, 40,000 postal entries into six competitions between 2016 and 2019 had failed to be included. Postal entries are free-to-enter (excluding delivery costs). Ofcom opined that: \"ITV failed to properly implement and execute procedures that are fundamental to ensuring compliance with rules regarding the operation of its broadcast competitions and the relevant licence conditions.\" On this occasion, no sanction was imposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190438-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brno Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Brno Superbike World Championship round was the ninth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of July 20\u201322, 2007, at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike\n2007 Broadway Stagehands Strike was a strike action by stagehands represented by Theatrical Protective Union Number One (Local One) of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) against the Shubert, Jujamcyn, and Nederlander theaters (represented by League of American Theatres and Producers). The strike (the first in the union's 121-year history) commenced on November 10, 2007, at 10:00\u00a0A.M. in New York City. It was the second strike on Broadway in five years (the other was the 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike\nOn November 28, 2007, at 10:30\u00a0pm, the two sides announced a settlement to end the strike, with shows beginning the evening of November 29. This was the longest strike to hit Broadway since a 25-day musicians' strike in 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Background\nIATSE Local One engages in collective bargaining with the League of American Theatres and Producers (the League), an association of Broadway theater owners and producers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Background\nIATSE Local One was formed in 1886, and represents about 7,000 stagehands and other theater workers in the New York City area. Roughly 450 to 700 of its members work for Broadway theaters, building, installing and operating scenery and sound and lighting equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Background\nThe League includes nearly every one of the 93 theaters on Broadway. The Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation owns five theaters, The Shubert Organization 17 theaters, and the Nederlander Organization nine theaters. The remaining members of the League (Disney Theatrical, Live Nation and six nonprofits) each own a single theater. Generally, Jujamcyn and the Shubert Organization are the only owners represented by the League in negotiations. The Nederlander Organization has a separate contract, but a clause in the contract guarantees that its terms and conditions reflect the contract reached with the League. The remaining members engage in individual contract negotiations with IATSE Local One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events\nThe collective bargaining agreement between Local One and the League expired in the summer of 2007. Members of Local One agreed to work without a contract and promised other unions in the entertainment industry that they would not strike until an agreement was reached. In late summer, Local One and the League, representing the Shubert and Jujamcyn theaters with the Nederlander Organization observing, entered into negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Contract issues\nContract negotiations generally focused on work rules. Broadway shows offer a standard eight performances per week (\"performance calls\"), each of which lasts three to four hours. Additionally, there are \"load-ins\" (periods during which a show moves into a theater), rehearsals, \"maintenance calls\" (during which scenery, lighting and sound equipment are serviced, repaired and maintained), and opportunities for overtime. The League has accused the union of using its contract to secure featherbedding, a practice made illegal by the federal Taft-Hartley Act. Among the work rule changes sought by the League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Contract issues\nMany labor relations experts said that the negotiations were not about work rules or economics, but the relative power of the two sides. Producers, who pay the theater owners, are also part of the League, and for the first time they took a vocal and active role in pushing for contract changes in order to break the union's control over theater management. Subsequently the League established a $20 million \"defense fund\" to help theaters weather a strike. In response, the union established a $4 million fund to help its members during a possible job action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike\nContract negotiations stalled between the two parties and the league threatened Local One with a lockout if it would not comply with their demands. On October 21, Local One held a special meeting and its membership voted to authorize the executive board of the union to take any action deemed necessary, including but not limited to a strike, in order to reach an agreement between the two parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike\nIn late October 2007, talks between Local One and the League again ended in a stalemate. On October 16, the League imposed a portion of its final offer (primarily, the proposals regarding new work rules) on the union. For two weeks Local One worked under these rules before talks with the League resumed. The following day, the Nederlander Organization announced it would not join the Jujamcyn or Schubert owners in imposing the final offer on the union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike\nOn November 8, talks with the League resumed, this time including Thomas C. Short, international president of IATSE, for part of the negotiation session. After seeing progress being made, President Short left the talks early to assist members affected by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. After his departure, the negotiations once more ground to a halt. On the evening of November 9, Local One President James Claffey, Jr. was directed by International President Short to begin a strike on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 10:00\u00a0AM Eastern time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike\nNegotiations resumed between both sides on November 17, 2007 but broke off the following day. All performances of the affected Broadway shows were canceled through November 25. Negotiations between the League and Local One resumed on November 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Negotiations and strike\nNegotiations continued November 26 and November 27. The first bargaining session began November 25, and lasted 20 hours. It recessed at dawn on November 26, and resumed later that evening. A 13-hour bargaining session lasted through the night into the early morning hours of November 27. The two sides agreed on work rules regarding \"load-in\"\u2014the period when productions are moved into theaters. Talks concerning work rules governing rehearsals and other kinds of work progressed only slowly and incrementally. Economic issues, such as wages, had yet to be seriously discussed. Although producers canceled all shows through Wednesday, November 28, observers noted that the talks had only taken a break and had not appeared to actually break off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Strike's end\nBoth sides applauded the agreement. The union and League agreed to flexibility in the ability to dismiss stagehands during load-in, so long as there was a daily minimum of 17 stagehands on duty at all times. The parties also agreed to extend the continuity call to two hours before or after a performance. However, employees who work the post-performance continuity call earn double pay for the first hour of the two-hour continuity call. Union members also won raises significantly higher than the 3.5 percent increase the League had publicly offered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Events, Strike's end\nThe strike was a costly one. At least one estimate placed losses by theater owners and producers at $34.8 million through Sunday, November 25. The New York City comptroller's office said the city had lost another $40 million in revenue through November 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Unions Honoring the Strike\nBelow is a list of unions and IATSE Locals honoring Local One's strike:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike\nThe first show to be affected by the strike was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical at the St. James Theatre. Stagehands reported to work at their normal time, and after one hour of working left the building and formed picket lines outside. However, because the controlling contract fell outside the union dispute, pickets in front of the theater ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike\nThe strike halted business for all other affected shows. However, unaffected Broadway shows, various Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, and other live entertainment such as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Wintuk, all experienced a boom in sales and attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike\nThe impact of the strike was severe. The New York City Comptroller estimated that the city had lost $2 million a day in tax revenue because of the strike. Many businesses in and around Times Square also suffered significant financial losses. The charity group Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS saw a dramatic drop in donations due to the strike, because it normally relies on donations from theater patrons after performances. BC/EFA launched an internet donation campaign called \"Team Raiser\" to offset losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike\nBelow is a list of shows affected and unaffected by the strike. All Off- and Off-Off-Broadway shows were unaffected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike, Affected shows that resolved their dispute\nDr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical was originally part of the strike, and shut down on November 10 like the other affected shows. The producers of this show were not members of the League, and because of the show's special schedule they had negotiated a separate contract with Local One that was not in dispute. On November 19, the union authorized its members return to work on the show. However, the owners of the St. James Theater, Jujamcyn Theatres, locked out both producers and stagehands, keeping the show closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190439-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Broadway stagehand strike, Effects of the strike, Affected shows that resolved their dispute\nThe producers then sought an injunction in the Manhattan Supreme Court to force the owners to reopen the theater, and on November 21 the judge granted the injunction, allowing the show to re-open on Friday, November 23 at 11:00\u00a0AM. Jujamcyn Theatres had planned to appeal the ruling, but dropped the case, allowing Grinch to play its entire run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado\nThe 2007 Brooklyn tornado was the strongest tornado on record to strike in New York City. It formed in the early morning hours of August 8, 2007, skipping along an approximately 9 miles (14\u00a0km)-long path, from Staten Island across The Narrows to Brooklyn. The worst damage was in and around Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, in Brooklyn. The U.S. National Weather Service estimated its strength there as an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado\nNo serious injuries or fatalities were reported as a result of the tornado, but several people were treated at area hospitals for flying glass injuries. At least 40 buildings and 100 cars were damaged. New York State Senator Martin Golden\u2019s office estimated damage in the tens of millions of U.S. dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado\nThe storm system produced severe street flooding, and disrupted all modes of transportation throughout the city. Service was delayed or suspended on all 24 New York City Subway services during the morning rush hour, and nine services were still not running by the evening rush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline\nThe typical summer storm system that spawned the tornado gathered strength over Pennsylvania, caused heavy rain over New Jersey and continued its eastward movement, reaching New York City at sunrise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline\nAccording to the National Weather Service, the first tornado first touched down in Staten Island at approximately 6:22 am EDT (1022 UTC) in the vicinity of St. Austins Place in the Livingston - Randall Manor area, before moving east, with additional damage occurring in the Tompkinsville area, probably from a subsequent tornado that formed from a new area of circulation just north of the first tornado. Most of the damage on Staten Island was to trees, and was rated EF1 intensity with estimated winds of 86\u2013100 miles per hour (138\u2013161\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline\nThe circulation intensified, and headed east across The Narrows tidal strait, just north of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the tornado re-developed and touched down again in Brooklyn, at Bay Ridge at 6:32 am EDT. It continued on an east-northeast path across 68th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, damaging the roofs of 11 homes. The storm continued to move east-northeast into Leif Ericson Park Square, where severe damage to trees occurred, and where winds blew out a 15-foot-tall (4.6\u00a0m) stained glass window valued at $300,000 at the nearby Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church. It then crossed the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The tornado touched down farther northeast with scattered tree damage along Sixth Avenue. Based on the assessed damage this stage of the tornado was classified EF2 with wind speeds of 111 to 135\u00a0mph (161 to 215\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline\nThe tornado returned to the ground with another pocket of significant damage on 58th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Roofs were ripped off of 5 homes, with tree damage indicating strong EF1 damage. The tornado then headed east and touched down again in Kensington and the Flatbush neighborhood of Prospect Park South at approximately 6:40 am EDT. Approximately 30 trees were uprooted along Ocean Parkway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Timeline\nThe National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn at 6:28 am. Tornado warnings were also briefly issued for eastern Brooklyn and Southern Queens and Nassau County on Long Island, but no tornadoes were reported in those areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage\nNew York media coverage of the event focused on the novelty of the event and its disruption of subway service (this was the third time in 2007 when heavy rain had caused disruptions in subway service).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids\nThe New York Post and New York Daily News tabloids both ran the front-page headline \u201cTwister!\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids\nThe main article in the Daily News was headlined \u201cBrooklyn becomes Tornado Alley!\u201d with a subheading of \u201cFirst twister to rip through boro since 1889; S.I. driver dies\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids\nThe main article inside the Post read: \u201cBrooklyn Cyclone\u201d (playing on the pun of the famous Coney Island Cyclone in Brooklyn and the baseball team of the same name). The teaser on the front page depicted Dorothy Gale from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz proclaiming \u201cThis ain't Kansas\u201d. An inside side bar in the Post had eyewitness accounts headlined \u201cWet & Wild\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Tabloids\nThe Long Island based Newsday front-page headline was \"What\u2019s Up With the Weather? \u2013 LI Drenched Again \u2013 Tornado in City \u2013 Subways Swamped.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Broadsheets\nThe New York Times front page main headline was \u201cSubways to Rooftops, a Storm Brings Havoc to New York\u201d The three front-page stories were headlined \u201cTransportation Paralysis\u201d, \"D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu Down Under\", \"Yes a Tornado in Brooklyn.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Broadsheets\nThe New York Times quoted an eyewitness, who said, \"It was a funnel shape... It looked kind of black and blue...it was way up high and came right down on the roof of (a department store)...Pieces of the roof were all over the place. It was a big bang.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Broadsheets\nThe New York Sun read: \u201cIt\u2019s Frustrating, It\u2019s Insanity\u201d with a subhead \u201cAnger Erupts At Subway; Tornado Hits\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Global warming\nThe press coverage also examined the link between the storm and global warming, given the tornado's historic nature, and the other recent subway service interruptions caused by torrential rain on July 18 and the previous winter. Official statements alluded to this as well. \"We may be dealing with meteorological conditions that are unprecedented,\" said Metropolitan Transportation Authority Executive Director Elliot G. Sander in the immediate aftermath, and New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said the day after, \"This is supposed to be a rainfall event that is a once-in-a-decade occurrence -- we've had three in the past seven months.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, Media coverage, Global warming\nClimate scientist James E. Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University in New York City cautioned against linking any single event with global warming, but did say that the probability of severe weather events is related. \"You cannot blame a single specific event, such as this week's storm, on climate change. However, it is fair to ask whether the human changes have altered the likelihood of such events. There the answer seems to be 'yes. ' \", he was quoted as saying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190440-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Brooklyn tornado, See also, Other tornadoes\nThere were five previous tornadoes in New York City on record, but none as strong as this one. The New York City borough of Staten Island has had the most tornadoes on record of any of the five boroughs, with a total of three, all since 1990. Meteorologists believed this storm produced the first tornado in Brooklyn since 1889, before reliable records were kept. The five previous twisters on record are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190441-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brown Bears football team\nThe 2007 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Brown finished third in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190441-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brown Bears football team\nIn their 10th season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 5\u20135 record and outscored opponents 312 to 291. Eric Brewer, Dereck Knight and A.J. Tracey were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190441-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brown Bears football team\nThe Bears' 4\u20133 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 205 to 177.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190441-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brown Bears football team\nBrown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190442-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Brownlow Medal\nThe 2007 Brownlow Medal was the 80th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Jimmy Bartel of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-nine votes during the 2007 AFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190442-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters\nJimmy Bartel won by seven votes despite missing the final two games after having an appendectomy. Geelong polled the most votes of all teams with 108 total votes, although Port Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane also had 16 players receive votes. Chris Judd was the early leader, setting the record for polling votes in the most consecutive games with votes in the first eight games, before not receiving another vote for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190442-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters\n* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190442-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure\nThe three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190442-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure, Controversy\nThe lack of votes for key forwards and backmen compared to midfielders was widely criticised, with some claiming that it is now only a midfielders medal. The only non-midfielder in the top ten votegetters was Coleman Medalist, Jonathan Brown and pre-count second favourite and key defender, Chad Cornes who only polled 12 votes to finish outside the top 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 50], "content_span": [51, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190442-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure, Ineligible players\nAs the medal is awarded to the fairest and best player in the league, those who have been suspended during the season by the AFL Tribunal (or, who avoided suspension only because of a discount for a good record or an early guilty plea) are ineligible to win the award; however, they may still continue to poll votes. This caused some confusion, as with the points system in use, a player can be ineligible if they were found guilty, but due to points discounts from a previous good record or guilty plea, they were not actually suspended during the year. In the weeks before the count it was discovered that Brett Kirk was ineligible due to a guilty plea in round 8, but remained active in the betting markets for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190443-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election\nThe Broxbourne Council election, 2007 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, a local government authority in Hertfordshire, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190443-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nAn election was held in all 13 wards on 3 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190443-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe Conservative Party gained 1 seat from the British National Party in the Rosedale Ward - this seat was previously lost to the British National Party in the 2003 Local Government Election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190443-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe new make up of the council following this election was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190443-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary\nThe next Local Government Election will be held on 1 May 2008 when seats will be contested in 12 of the 13 wards. (No election in Rosedale Ward)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190444-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bucknell Bison football team\nThe 2007 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Bucknell tied for last in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190444-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bucknell Bison football team\nIn their fifth year under head coach Tim Landis, the Bison compiled a 3\u20138 record. Jonathan Grainger and Ryan Slater were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190444-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bucknell Bison football team\nThe Bison were outscored 346 to 231. Bucknell's 1\u20135 conference record tied with Georgetown for sixth the seven-team Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190444-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bucknell Bison football team\nBucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson\u2013Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190445-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Budweiser Shootout\nThe 2007 Budweiser Shootout, was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on February 10, 2007, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 70 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0\u00a0km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the exhibition race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190445-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Budweiser Shootout, Background\nDaytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida that is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) long. The track also features two other layouts that utilize portions of the primary high speed tri-oval, such as a 3.56-mile (5.73\u00a0km) sports car course and a 2.95-mile (4.75\u00a0km) motorcycle course. The track's 180-acre (73\u00a0ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12\u00a0ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190445-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Budweiser Shootout, Summary\nThis non-points race, which involves the previous season's pole winners and past Shootout winners, was held on Saturday, February 10, at Daytona International Speedway officially kicking off Speedweeks. Two-time series champion Tony Stewart took the checkered flag, but as he did so, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. made contact with the back bumper of Elliott Sadler, causing a five-car wreck less than 1000 feet from the start/finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190445-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Budweiser Shootout, Summary\nOne of the biggest headlines for the Shootout was that it would be the first Nextel Cup race to feature Toyota, and in the draw for starting spots, Dale Jarrett, a Toyota driver, drew the pole position. However, he slid to the back within four laps of the start, and stayed there for most of the race. Brian Vickers, the other Toyota driver in the event, started fourth, and though he went back-and-forth through the field, finished eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km\nThe 2007 200\u00a0km of Buenos Aires was the fourth edition of this race on the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Aut\u00f3dromo Juan y \u00d3scar G\u00e1lvez in Buenos Aires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nThe driver pairing formed by Juan Manuel Silva and Ezequiel Bosio (Honda Petrobras) won the fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km, which took place this Sunday in front of seventy-thousand spectators which filled the autodrome's grandstands and thoroughly enjoyed this motor racing festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nBuenos Aires, October 7, 2007.- The driver pairing formed by Juan Manuel Silva and Ezequiel Bosio (Honda Petrobras) won the fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km, which took place this Sunday in front of seventy-thousand spectators which filled the autodrome's grandstands and thoroughly enjoyed this motor racing festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nSilva/Bosio put the perfect strategy to good use for a special event like this long-distance one, with included driver changes, and went on to claim victory followed by Carlos Bueno/Anthony Reid (Honda Lubrax) and Mat\u00edas Rossi/Walter Hern\u00e1ndez (Chevrolet Elaion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nIn a race which included several key moments, the fight for the lead took place on the track and also in the pits. With great overtaking manoeuvres and the driver changes which led to the eventual outcome. Also, this special event, which includes additional championship points, meant that Mat\u00edas Rossi was able to extend his standings lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nRight from the start, emotions ran high with slow start of Guillermo Ortelli, who was demoted to 5th by the two Ford Focus' of the works YPF-Ford team. Even so, everyone took care at the start, bearing in mind the length of the event. This led to there not being much overtaking during the first laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nAs the race progressed, the drivers who were doing the first stint (most of them being the cars' usual drivers in the series) began to push. This was the case of Gabriel Ponce de Le\u00f3n, who overtook team-mate Mart\u00edn Basso, while Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet Elaion) got past Emiliano Spataro (Renault TC2000 Team).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nIn the middle of the struggle, the Chevrolet drivers (Rossi and Ledesma) began duelling while reigning champion Rossi was trying to find a way past Basso, until the former's car went wide at a corner and at that moment Ledesma made his move and got alongside his team-mate. That's how they continued until reaching the Esses, with their cars practically making contact. Ledesma came out ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nLater, battling concentrated between Spataro and Ledesma on one hand, and Rossi and Basso on the other. That was until the safety car was deployed so that the car of Fabricio Benedetti could be removed to a safer place. The action began again on lap 25, only 4 prior to the beginning of the permitted driver changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nRace leader Silva was the first to stop at the pits, and he was immediately followed by Rossi, Spataro and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez. Meanwhile, Cac\u00e1 Bueno came in on lap 31, and Ponce de Le\u00f3n one lap later. After the driver changes, Jos\u00e9 Ciantini (who had taken over from Ponce de Le\u00f3n) led the field, closely followed by Scotland's Anthony Reid, who had taken over from Bueno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nBehind Ponce/Ciantini and Bueno/Reid came Brazil's Hoover Orsi (YPF-Ford), local driver Walter hern\u00e1ndez (Chevrolet Elaion) and Brazilians Felipe Maluhy (Renault TC2000 Team) and Ricardo Mauricio (TTA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nBut more action was to come, and it was referred to the lead. Reid made contact with Ciantini while braking for the Hairpin and lost ground in the process. This allowed Bosio to grab 2nd place, allowing him to go in pursuit of Bocha Ciantini. Soon after, when the engine of the leading Focus called it a day, Bosio inherited the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nBosio managed to keep Reid at bay, and motored on to his first TC2000 win. This result meant the first time in which the winners of the event also claimed pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nAll the splendour of the series' most important event fell into the hands of the Silva/Bosio pairing and the Honda Petrobras team. Rossi reaped the benefits in what refers to his standings lead, as his co-driver Hern\u00e1ndez climbed to 3rd place by the finish. This, together with the retirement of Ledesma, and Basso's meager reward in what refers to championship points, mean he is now further ahead of his championship pursuers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190446-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Buenos Aires 200km, Report\nThe fourth edition of the Buenos Aires 200\u00a0km saw yet another different driver pairing in the winner's circle, plus the exciting sound of a Formula One car lapping the Buenos Aires circuit, added to a tremendous motor racing show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190447-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bandits season\nThe Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 16th season, and was almost a repeat of their 2006 season. After winning the East with an 11-5 record in 2006, the Bandits finished 2nd with a 10-6 record in 2007. Once again they dispatched Minnesota in the division semi-finals, and once again met Rochester in the division finals. This time however, Rochester would take the division on their way to the Championship, beating the Bandits 14-13 in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190447-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bandits season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190447-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bandits season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190447-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bandits season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season\nThe 2007 Buffalo Bills season was the 38th season for the team in the National Football League and their 48th season overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season\nThe Bills finished their 2007 season with a record of 7\u20139 and tied their 7\u20139 record in 2006, but failed to qualify for the playoffs, and continues a playoff appearance drought since the 1999\u20132000 season. The 8-year playoff drought became the longest such stretch in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season\nThe opening game of the season was notable in that tight end Kevin Everett was injured on a kickoff. Everett sustained a fracture and dislocation of his cervical spine that his doctors characterized as \"life-threatening\" the day after the injury, and stated it was likely to leave him with permanent neurological impairment. However, on September 11, 2007, Everett showed significant movement in his arms and legs, which led doctors to speculate that he might eventually be able to walk again. Indeed, Everett walked in public for the first time at Ralph Wilson Stadium before the home finale against the New York Giants on December 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Coaching staff\nHead coach Dick Jauron entered second year with the Bills, joined by Offensive Coordinator Steve Fairchild and Defensive Coordinator Perry Fewell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, NFL Draft\nThe Bills did experience varying degrees of success with their first three draft picks in the 2007 Draft. Running back Marshawn Lynch made the AFC's Pro Bowl squad in 2008; his career in Buffalo, however, was often marred by off-field issues. Paul Posluzny was a solid defender for the Bills for four seasons. Quarterback Trent Edwards became the Bills' starting quarterback in Week 3 of 2007, when starter J. P. Losman was injured by the New England Patriots' Vince Wilfork. When healthy, Edwards was the Buffalo's starting quarterback, until he was waived early in the 2010 season after a dismal start, in favor of Bills backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe Bills began their 2007 campaign at home against the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, the Bills struck first with WR/PR Roscoe Parrish returning a punt 74 yards for a touchdown. Then, near the end of the period, the Broncos got on the board with kicker Jason Elam getting a 21-yard field goal. Denver went on to get the only score of the second quarter, as Elam kicked a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nOn the opening kickoff for the second half, a scary injury occurred to Bills TE Kevin Everett, as he suffered a cervical spine injury. He was carted off the field, and was rushed to Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital for an emergency surgery. It was due to the fastest application of cold ever applied to an injured spine that gave Everett a chance to walk again despite the initial grim prognosis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Buffalo struck again as rookie RB Marshawn Lynch got a 23-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Broncos pulled within two as QB Jay Cutler completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall (followed by a failed 2-Point Conversion). Near the end of the fourth quarter, Cutler drove his team into field goal range and with no timeouts left, Denver's special teams came on and Elam kicked the game-winning 42-yard field goal with no time left on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the shocking loss, the Bills began the season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nHoping to rebound from a last-second home loss to the Broncos, the Bills (with TE Kevin Everett on the mind) went to Heinz Field for their Week 2 match-up against the throwback-clad Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first half, the Bills struggled on offense while their defense only allowed three Jeff Reed field goal (a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter, along with a 28-yard and a 39-yard field goal). In the third quarter, Buffalo got their only score of the game as kicker Rian Lindell nailed a 24-yard field goal. For the rest of the game, the Steelers dominated, with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Matt Spaeth later in the period, along with RB Willie Parker getting an 11-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 3: at New England Patriots\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Bills flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 3 divisional fight with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, QB J. P. Losman was immediately injured on the first offensive play of the game. He finished the series, but ended up on the bench for the rest of the game. After New England took the lead with kicker Stephen Gostkowski's 24-yard field goal, rookie QB Trent Edwards played the rest of the game for Buffalo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 3: at New England Patriots\nThe Bills got their only score of the game as RB Marshawn Lynch got an 8-yard TD run, and a Rian Lindell extra point put the Bills ahead surprisingly 7\u20133. However, in the second quarter, the Patriots were able to open up their running game when Bills rookie standout Paul Posluszny was lost due to a broken arm. This left passing lanes open, and for the rest of the game, the Patriots dominated. QB Tom Brady's 8-yard TD pass to TE Benjamin Watson and a 3-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss made it 17\u20137 at the half. In the third quarter, New England continued its conquest with Brady's 4-yard TD pass to WR Jabar Gaffney and RB Sammy Morris' 4-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots ended the day with Brady and Moss hooking up with each other again on a 45-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets\nThere were many factors that made the Bills underdogs before Week 4- an 0\u20133 start coming off of a demoralizing loss to the New England Patriots, a starting quarterback in Trent Edwards who was starting his very first NFL game, numerous defensive injuries of starters, and an opponent in the New York Jets that had just gotten its first win over the Miami Dolphins. Things started off well for the Bills as Edwards led the offense down into Jets territory, but a Robert Royal fumble caused by Jonathan Vilma ended a promising drive. The Jets could not get any sort of momentum from the turnover, and were forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets\nIn the second quarter, things heated up as the Bills once again managed to gain several first downs, only to see the Jets force another turnover as a deep ball by Edwards meant for Lee Evans was intercepted by Andre Dyson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets\nThree events late in the first half led to a flurry of big plays- Bills safety Donte Whitner tackled Jets RB Leon Washington inbounds to keep the clock running, quarterback Chad Pennington faked a spike and completed a pass to put the Jets in field goal range with a couple of seconds left, and Jets kicker Mike Nugent clanged the ball off the right upright, leaving the game scoreless at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets\nThe second half saw the Bills take the lead on a 10-yard run by Marshawn Lynch, his second of the year. It was all set up by Edwards going 4 for 4 on the drive. The Jets tied it at 7 on an inspired drive by Pennington, who found Laveranues Coles in the end zone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets\nThe fourth quarter saw the Bills take advantage of the Jets when reserve defensive back Jabari Greer intercepted Pennington. The Bills cashed in as Edwards found reserve tight end Michael Gaines on a bootleg 4th down play at the Jets 1-yard line, and once again the Bills got more points when kicker Rian Lindell kicked a 46-yard field goal to make it 17\u20137. The Jets came right back with points of their own as Leon Washington rambled in to cut the lead to 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 4 vs. Jets\nAfter a Buffalo punt with less than 2 minutes remaining, the Jets failed to score as a forced pass by Pennington with 6 seconds left ended up in the acrobatic arms of Terrence McGee, preserving the 17\u201314 victory. The Bills took over second place in the AFC East at 1\u20133 because of the win, while the Jets fell to 1\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their divisional home win over the Jets, the Bills stayed at home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played their first home Monday Night football game in 13 years against the undefeated Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Buffalo got off to a fast start with DB George Wilson returning an interception 25-yard for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Cowboys tied the game with QB Tony Romo completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. Afterwards, Buffalo increased its lead with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 24-yard field goal, along with DE Chris Kelsay intercepting a Romo pass in the endzone for a touchdown. Dallas ended the half with kicker Nick Folk getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Dallas drew closer with Folk kicking a 29-yard field goal. The Bills immediately responded with CB Terrence McGee returning a kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown. The Bills led 24\u201313 until 3:46 left in the fourth quarter, when the Cowboys got within 8 points with Folk getting a 37-yard field goal. From there, things began to look grim for Buffalo as a Trent Edwards interception eventually turned into Romo's 4-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. The two-point conversion was no good, but Dallas got a successful onside kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith only 3 seconds left, Folk came out for a 53-yard field goal. The first try was good, yet it was negated with Head Coach Dick Jauron calling time out (repeating a move done by both the Denver Broncos in week 2 and the Oakland Raiders in week 3). However, the technique that worked for Denver and Oakland for this year failed as Folk got the game-winning 53-yard field goal as time ran out, despite the Bills defense getting 6 turnovers from Romo (5 interceptions and 1 fumble).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 5: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith the heart-breaking loss, the Bills entered their bye week at 1\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their bye week, the Bills stayed at home for a fierce Week 7 intraconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. This match-up was notable for RB Willis McGahee heading back to Buffalo to play against his former team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the first quarter, the Bills got the first blood with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Buffalo increased its lead with Lindell nailing a 26-yard and a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Ravens began to climb back into the game with McGahee getting a 46-yard TD run. The Bills responded with Lindell getting a 41-yard field goal, along with McGahee's successor, RB Marshawn Lynch, getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore drew closer as QB Kyle Boller completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason. Buffalo managed to hold on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 8: at New York Jets\nComing off their impressive home win over the Ravens, the Bills flew to The Meadowlands for an AFC East rematch with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Buffalo busted out early with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 30-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, New York tied the game with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 8: at New York Jets\nDuring a scoreless third quarter, the Bills' starting QB (rookie Trent Edwards-14/21 for 130 yards and 1 interception) had to leave the game with a sprained right wrist, forcing a fully healed J. P. Losman into the game. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo took control with Lindell nailing a 40-yard field goal, along with Losman's 85-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 8: at New York Jets\nWith the win, not only did Buffalo improve to 3\u20134, but they also swept the Jets for the first time since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off a season-sweeping road win over the Jets, the Bills went home for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. with rookie QB Trent Edwards out for a sore right wrist, J. P. Losman got the chance to reclaim his starting job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the first quarter, Buffalo drew first blood with Losman completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans that was initially ruled incomplete. The Bengals responded with QB Carson Palmer completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. In the second quarter, the Bills went back into the lead with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 23-yard field goal. However, Cincinnati immediately responded with WR/KR Glenn Holt returning the kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Buffalo ended the half with Lindell kicking a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, the Bills went back to work with Lindell getting a 21-yard field goal. However, the Bengals answered with Palmer completing a 1-yard TD pass to FB Jeremi Johnson. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo began its final assault with Lindell nailing a 38-yard field goal. Afterwards, rookie RB Marshawn Lynch was a key player as he threw an 8-yard TD pass to TE Robert Royal on a trick play, along with getting his best run of the year with a 56-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, not only did the Bills improve to 4\u20134, but they have won three-straight games for the first time since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 9: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nLosman ended the day completing 24 out of 34 passes for 295 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Meanwhile, Lynch finally managed to get not only his first 100-yard game, but also his first 150-yard game. He ended the day with 29 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown, along with his touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins\nComing off an impressive home win over the Bengals, the Bills flew to Dolphin Stadium for an AFC East duel with the winless Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Dolphins kicker Jay Feely managed to get a 38-yard field goal for the only score of the half. In the third quarter, the Bills began their comeback as DE Chris Kelsay sacked Miami QB Cleo Lemon in the endzone for a safety. However, the Dolphins respond with Lemon getting a 5-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo took control as rookie RB Marshawn Lynch got a 3-yard TD run, along with getting a 2-point conversion run to tie the game. Later in the game, kicker Rian Lindell sealed Miami's fate as he nailed the game-winning 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins\nWith their fourth-straight win, the Bills improved to 5\u20134, while Miami remains winless at 0\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 10: at Miami Dolphins\nThis win gave Buffalo their first four-game winning streak for the first time since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 11: vs. New England Patriots\nComing off their close victory over the winless Dolphins, the Bills went home to play the 9\u20130 New England Patriots, coming off their bye week. The game had just started when Randall Gay picked off J. P. Losman, which led to the Patriots first touchdown, a 6-yard run up the middle by Laurence Maroney. After a Brian Moorman punt, the Patriots scored again, this time on a 43-yard pass from Tom Brady to Randy Moss, with Moss' touchdown breaking the record for most touchdowns by a Patriots receiver in a single season. However, the Bills answered with a 47-yard touchdown pass of their own from Losman to Roscoe Parrish, to cut the lead to 14\u20137, which was the score at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 11: vs. New England Patriots\nHowever, on the first play of the 2nd quarter, Brady hit Moss again for a touchdown from 16 yards out to give them a two score lead again. Seven minutes later, Brady threw his third touchdown of the game, again to Moss. Moss and Brady hooked up for one final touchdown in the first half when Brady hit Moss with only ten seconds left in the first half, giving the Patriots a 35\u20137 lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 11: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the second half, the Patriots added to their lead when, on a 4th down from the 6, Brady hit Benjamin Watson to put the Patriots over 40 points for the fourth time in 2007. The Bills could only muster up a 52-yard field goal by Rian Lindell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 11: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the 4th quarter, with Maroney out of the game, Kyle Eckel scored a 1-yard touchdown to cap off their final touchdown drive of the night. A minute after the score, Ellis Hobbs recovered a Buffalo fumble and scored from 35-yards out to finish the scoring at 56\u201310, a season-high for the Patriots, and the most points scored by a road team since 1976, when the Atlanta Falcons put up 62 on the New Orleans Saints. Matt Cassel relieved Brady and finished off the rout for the Patriots. At game's end, New England went over 400 points scored on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 12: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nHoping to rebound from their humiliating home loss to the Patriots, the Bills flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. For QB J. P. Losman, he was playing to keep his starting job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 12: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Jaguars RB Fred Taylor got a 50-yard TD run, along with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 46-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Jacksonville increased its lead with Scobee kicking a 33-yard field goal. The Bills managed to get on the board with Losman's 10-yard TD pass to RB Anthony Thomas. The Jaguars ended the half with Scobee getting a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 12: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Jacksonville increased its lead with Scobee kicking a 23-yard field goal. Buffalo managed to respond with WR Roscoe Parrish getting a 24-yard TD run on a reverse. However, in the fourth quarter, the Jaguars took control for the rest of the game as Scobee nailed a 20-yard field goal, QB David Garrard completing a 59-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams, and RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 17-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 13: at Washington Redskins\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Bills flew to FedExField for a Week 13 interconference duel with an emotionally charged Washington Redskins. Before the kickoff, the stadium held a memorial service for Sean Taylor, as well as all players across the NFL wearing a #21 sticker on the back of their helmets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 13: at Washington Redskins\nDue to the recent poor play of QB J. P. Losman, rookie QB Trent Edwards once again got the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 13: at Washington Redskins\nIn the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham managed to get a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Bills continued to trail as Suisham kicked a 28-yard field goal. Afterwards, Buffalo got on the board as LB Angelo Crowell sacked Washington QB Jason Campbell in his own endzone for a safety. The Redskins ended the half with Suisham getting a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 13: at Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Bills started to reply as kicker Rian Lindell got a 38-yard field goal, yet Washington replied with RB Clinton Portis getting a 3-yard TD run. Buffalo closed out the period with Lindell kicking a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo drew closer as Lindell kicked a 24-yarder, followed by a 33-yard field goal. On the Bills final drive, Lindell managed to set up for a 51-yard field goal. The first try was good, but Redskins Head Coach Joe Gibbs called time out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0041-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 13: at Washington Redskins\nAfter the first time out, Gibbs tried to call a second time out, which led to them getting called for unsportsmanlike conduct and the Bills moved 15 yards closer to the end zone, which reduced Lindell's field goal to 36 yards. In the end, Lindell managed to nail the game-winning 36-yard field goal, squeaking a last second win in the dying seconds of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 13: at Washington Redskins\nWith the win, Buffalo snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 6\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins\nComing off their road win over the Redskins, the Bills went home, donned their throwbacks again, and played a Week 14 AFC East rematch with the still-winless Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Buffalo drew first blood with rookie QB Trent Edwards completing a 13-yard TD pass and a 28-yard TD pass to TE Robert Royal. Afterwards, the Bills continued their early pounding as Safety George Wilson returned a fumble 20 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Dolphins got on the board with RB Samkon Gado getting a 12-yard TD run, yet Buffalo answered with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 51-yard field goal, setting a new Buffalo Bills record for 18 consecutive field goals (beating Steve Christie's old record of 17; Lindell later missed wide left from 46 yards away). In the second quarter, the Bills continued their domination with Edwards completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, Miami tried to rally as Gado got a 20-yard TD run, while kicker Jay Feely nailed a 41-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Buffalo put the game away as Edwards hooked up with Evans again on a 70-yard TD pass to secure a season sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 15: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off their dominating win over the Dolphins, the Bills flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Cleveland Browns in a race for the wild card. The game was played under horrible weather conditions with heavy lake effect snow falling throughout the game making it difficult for either team to move the ball offensively. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Browns kicker Phil Dawson managed to get a 35-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 15: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the second quarter, the Bills continued to trail as LS Ryan Neill's snap to Punter Brian Moorman went over Moorman's head, causing him to kick the ball through his endzone for a Cleveland safety. Later, the Browns increased their lead with Dawson just managing to nail a 49-yard field goal. Near the end of the game, Buffalo managed to get deep into Cleveland territory. However, the Browns' defense proved to be too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 15: at Cleveland Browns\nWith their first shutout loss since 2003, not only did the Bills fall to 7\u20137, but it also knocked them out of the playoff race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 16: vs. New York Giants\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Browns, the Bills went home for their last home game of the season as they hosted a Week 16 interconference duel against the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Buffalo got off to a fast start as rookie QB Trent Edwards completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Michael Gaines and a 4-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans. In the second quarter, the Giants took the lead with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 6-yard and a 43-yard TD run, along with kicker Lawrence Tynes getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 16: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the Bills regained the lead with rookie RB Marshawn Lynch getting a 3-yard TD run for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, New York pulled away as LB Kawika Mitchell returning an interception 30 yards for a touchdown, RB Ahmad Bradshaw getting an 88-yard TD run, and CB Corey Webster returning an interception 34 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 17: at Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to end their season on a high note, the Bills flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 17 interconference duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Buffalo trailed early as Eagles QB Donovan McNabb completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Brent Celek for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Buffalo got on the board with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 29-yard field goal. Philadelphia ended the half with kicker David Akers getting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 17: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Bills replied with Lindell kicking a 23-yard field goal. However, the Eagles increased their lead with WR Kevin Curtis recovering a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. Buffalo answered with Lindell nailing a 22-yard field goal, but Philadelphia held on for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190448-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bills season, Season summaries, Week 17: at Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, Buffalo ended its season at 7\u20139, tying its record from last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190449-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bulls football team\nThe 2007 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190449-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Buffalo Bulls football team, NFL selections\nFor the first time in the history of the UB Football team, 3 players from the 2007 football team signed for NFL teams. Trevor Scott and Jamey Richard were drafted by the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts respectively, while punter Ben Woods signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190450-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bukit Gantang bus crash\nThe 2007 Bukit Gantang bus crash was the worst road accident in Malaysian history before the 2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash and 2013 Genting Highlands bus crash which claimed 27 and 37 lives respectively. Twenty passengers of the Super Express bus were killed in the accident which took place near Bukit Berapit, Bukit Gantang, Changkat Jering, Perak. It occurred on 13 August 2007 at 4.40 am, when the bus driver, Rohizan Abu Bakar, lost control of the bus as it was going down an incline and it crashed into a ditch at the 229th kilometre of the North\u2013South Expressway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190450-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bukit Gantang bus crash\nBakar, 38, died, along with 19 passengers. Police disclosed that the driver had two arrest warrants and 13 summonses against him, and his driving record was a factor being investigated in trying to determine the cause of the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190451-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulgarian Cup Final\nThe 2007 Bulgarian Cup Final was the final match of the 2006\u201307 edition of the Bulgarian Cup competition. It was the 67th consecutive Bulgarian Cup final match. The defending cup holders CSKA Sofia were eliminated at the quarter-final stage by Beroe Stara Zagora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190451-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulgarian Cup Final\nThe match was held on 24 May 2007 at the Stadion Beroe in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Despite the good performance by Litex, they lost the match in the extra time when the referee award a penalty for Levski which was scored by C\u00e9dric Bardon. The win gave Levski their 25th Bulgarian Cup success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190452-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships were the National Championships of the 2006\u201307 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190452-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships\nThe results were used to choose the teams to the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190453-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulgarian Supercup\nThe 2007 Bulgarian Supercup was the fifth Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the \"A\" professional football group champion, Levski Sofia, and the runner-up of Bulgarian Cup, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 26 July 2007 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. Levski beat Litex 2\u20131 after extra time to win their second Bulgarian Supercup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season\nThe 2007 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 73rd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 6th (out of 16) and reaching the semi-finals before being knocked out by the Parramatta Eels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe Bulldogs' 2007 NRL Premiership campaign began against the Newcastle Knights. While the Knights won 25\u201324 in a dramatic season opener at EnergyAustralia Stadium, the game will long be remembered for the sending off of Sonny Bill Williams for a swinging left arm which left Andrew Johns lying face down on the turf unconscious in the fourth minute. The Bulldogs capitalised on this, at one point leading 24\u20138 before a comeback by the Knights saw them lose by just one point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe Bulldogs then suffered a gigantic loss to Penrith a week later, before recording their first win of the season against new club the Gold Coast Titans in front of a home crowd of 14,675. Round four saw them clash with newly crowned heavyweights South Sydney, who had yet to lose a game. The Bulldogs rose to the occasion, disposing of the highly fancied Rabbitohs 34\u201310 in front of a record Telstra Stadium crowd of 34,315. This was deemed a South Sydney home game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nRound five saw the Bulldogs host a tense match against the Manly Sea Eagles, ultimately going down by just two points in what was a very physical game at Telstra Stadium. A large crowd of 20,269 attended the match, which saw Hazem El Masri take the field in his 250th First Grade Premiership Match. The 'Dogs then travelled to Parramatta in Round six, and produced a remarkable comeback from 16\u20136 down just before halftime to snare victory 21\u201318 over the Eels in front of over 18,000 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nRound seven's clash was set to be a bumper one at Telstra Stadium, but a disappointing crowd and performance from the Bulldogs saw them fall to the Wests Tigers 34\u201318. The next week, the Bulldogs returned to form with a comfortable 30\u201316 win against the Newcastle Knights at Telstra Stadium. Hazem El Masri scored a try and 5 conversions to take his career tally to 1910 points, only the 6th player in history to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nRound nine was the first Monday Night game for the Bulldogs in 2007, playing against the in-form Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park. With Origin selections the next day, both teams were eager to impress. It was a disappointing game for the 'Dogs, going down 38\u201314. Round ten, and the Bulldogs returned to Telstra Stadium, taking on the Sharks minus their Origin stars. A late comeback from the Bulldogs in the second half was not enough, losing 30\u201320 in front of only 12,384 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThere were many Origin stars backing up from both teams for the round eleven clash with the North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium. Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Bowen were brilliant as they carved up the 'Dogs defence, and although the Bulldogs rallied for a late comeback, it would again not be enough as the Cowboys ran away to a 26\u201316 win, leaving the Bulldogs with their 3rd straight loss and sitting 14th on the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nRound twelve was a crucial match for the Bulldogs, travelling across the Tasman to face the New Zealand Warriors at Mount Smart Stadium. Under pressure, the Bulldogs broke their three-game losing streak with a 40\u201320 win over a 12-man Warriors outfit, only their 5th win of the season. Round thirteen was a bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nReturning from the bye, the Bulldogs took on the Brisbane Broncos at Telstra Stadium. A sloppy affair, the Bulldogs went down 19\u201312, and dropped down to 13th on the ladder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nAgain under pressure, the Bulldogs had another tough assignment in the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval. It was a stunning win for the Bulldogs, defeating the Sea Eagles 27\u20138. The next week, the Bulldogs returned once again to Monday Night Football for their round sixteen clash with the struggling Sydney Roosters. Without their Origin stars, it was a dominant display from Sonny Bill Williams that led the 'Dogs to a 38\u20136 dismantling of the Roosters in front of a big crowd of 20,722.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nNow sitting on 10th spot, the Bulldogs had a chance to jump into the Top 8 against the Cronulla Sharks at Toyota Park. Down 12\u20130 at halftime, a good comeback saw the Bulldogs prevail 14\u201312 for their 3rd straight win. The next week, however, saw the Bulldogs suffer a loss against bottom-placed Penrith Panthers at Telstra Stadium, in front of just 12,465 fans. In control of the match for the first half, the Bulldogs conceded 26 points in the second half, losing 30\u201320. They were lucky to be sitting on 8th spot after round eighteen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nFor round nineteen, the 'Dogs travelled to Carrara Stadium to face the Titans. It was a great performance from the Bulldogs as they streaked to a 36\u201312 thrashing against the Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nRound twenty and the Bulldogs took on the St George Illawarra Dragons at WIN Stadium. In front of 19,051 fans, the Bulldogs scored late in the game to score an upset, winning 28\u201324. This was the 'Dogs 10th win of the season, with their position in the Top 8 secured for another week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nAnother Friday Night blockbuster was played in front of 27,201 fans where the Bulldogs hosted the Parramatta Eels at Telstra Stadium. Parramatta dominated the first half, leading 18\u201310 at the break, but during the second half the 'Dogs rallied for yet another comeback, scoring 2 tries to make the scoreline 28\u201322 with 10 minutes to go. As another try-scoring opportunity passed, Sonny Bill Williams looked to have scored off another one-on-one strip, but was ruled to have knocked it forward. In the end, the Bulldogs lost 34\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nWith a chance to cement their spot in the Top 8, the Bulldogs played against the Canberra Raiders at Telstra Stadium. Another superb performance from Sonny Bill Williams, including a first career hat-trick, saw the Bulldogs effectively end the Raiders' finals hopes with a crushing 52\u20134 win, their biggest win over the Raiders in history. Hazem El Masri kicked only 6 goals from 10, but during the game scored a try to take his career tally to 2000 points. He ended the day on 2010 points, only 166 points from Andrew Johns' record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe Bulldogs began their final three games (all to be played on Friday nights through Rounds 23, 24 and 25) with a one-point victory against the Brisbane Broncos by 25\u201324. The game 'see-sawed' considerably before a Brent Sherwin field goal managed to put the Bulldogs in front by one with 5 minutes remaining. The victory saw them temporarily third, but other results meant they kept their position in the top four and secured a likely finals berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190454-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Bulldogs RLFC season, Season summary\nThe Bulldogs now have 2 matches left, first against the Melbourne Storm at Telstra Stadium, and then will conclude their regular season against the North Queensland Cowboys at Dairy Farmers Stadium on 31 August. With these two matches remaining, the Bulldogs are currently positioned in the top four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190455-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Burgenland local elections\nLocal and mayoral elections were held in the Austrian state of Burgenland on 7 October 2007. The date was decided on by Franz Steindl (\u00d6VP), who is responsible for elections as the deputy governor of Burgenland. The elections were held in only 170 of the 171 municipalities of Burgenland because Steinberg-D\u00f6rfl had held early elections in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190455-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Burgenland local elections\nApart from the SP\u00d6, the \u00d6VP, the Greens and the FP\u00d6, the former leader of the Freedom Party in Burgenland, Wolfgang Rauter, will stand with a split from the FP\u00d6, the Free Citizens' List (German: Plattform Freie B\u00fcrgerlisten, FBL), instead. The FP\u00d6's goal for the election initially were 70 local councillors or more (this goal was later raised to \"90 or more\"), while the SP\u00d6 wants to improve on its \"record achievement\" of 94 mayors in the 2002 elections. The BZ\u00d6 did not contest this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190455-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Burgenland local elections\nRun-off mayoral elections were held in eight municipalities on 21 October 2007; seven candidates were from \u00d6VP and SP\u00d6, respectively, two from local lists. The SP\u00d6 lost both of their mayoral positions in the run-off elections, losing one to the \u00d6VP (who held their other five) and one to a local list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190455-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Burgenland local elections\nThe election was declared invalid in Wiesen, as one of the candidates of an independent list (Unabh\u00e4ngige Liste Wiesen, ULW; \"Independent List Wiesen\") did not have passive suffrage since he did have his residence in the municipality; ULW got 12.8% of the vote and 3 seats in the municipal council in the election. The election was questioned by the SP\u00d6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190456-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Burkinab\u00e9 parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 6 May 2007. The result was a victory for the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), which won 73 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190457-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Burnley Borough Council election\nElections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and no party won overall control of the council. The winner of the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward had to be drawn by lot after the Labour and BNP candidates received an identical number of votes. Sam Holgate, the incumbent in the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse ward joined the Lib Dems in September 2006, being previously elected as an Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190458-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, and the council remained in No Overall Control, with the Conservative Party overtaking the Labour Party as the largest group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190459-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was an NCAA Division 1 College Basketball Conference tournament that was held at the Richmond Coliseum on March 2\u20135, 2007, to decide the Colonial Athletic Association conference champion. The winner advances to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament, a 64-team tournament to decide a national champion of college basketball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190460-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2007 CAF Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CAF) was the second beach soccer championship for Africa, held in July 2007, in Durban, South Africa. Nigeria won the championship, with Senegal finishing second. The two moved on to play in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League\nThe 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. \u00c9toile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al Ahly SC of Egypt 3\u20131 in a two-legged final. \u00c9toile du Sahel participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the representative from CAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\nThe 1st legs were played on 26\u201328 January 2007. The 2nd legs were played on 9\u201311 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\n1 JS Saint-Pierroise withdrew due to high travel costs; they were banned from AFC competitions for three years and fined $3500. 2 Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel due to civil unrest and a violent general strike in Guinea. 3 Super ESCOM withdrew. 4 AS Douanes were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player. 5 The tie was played over one leg because AGSM did not have an international-standard ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round\n1st legs were played on 2\u20134 March 2007. 2nd legs were played on 16\u201318 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round\n1 The match was abandoned at 82' with Maranatha leading 2-0, after APR FC walked off protesting a penalty award against them; APR FC were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second round\n1st legs were played on 6\u20138 April 2007. 2nd legs were played on 20\u201322 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-Finals\nThe first legs were played on 21\u201323 September and the second legs on 5\u20137 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190461-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League, Top goalscorers\nThe top scorers from the 2007 CAF Champions League are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final\nThe 2007 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2007 CAF Champions League, the 43rd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 11th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final\nThe final was played between \u00c9toile du Sahel from Tunisia and Al-Ahly from Egypt. After a goal-less first leg, EsS Sahel won the second leg 3\u20131 in Cairo to win their first African title . As a result, ES Sahel qualified to enter the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup as the CAF representative, as well as participate in the 2008 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams\nIn the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Background\nBoth teams had met in the same round in 2005 when the Egyptian team won (3-0) in Cairo. Al-Ahly were the defending champions, and also the most successful club in the African Champions Cup/CAF Champions League with Zamalek, reaching a total of six finals, winning five (1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006) and losing one (1983). \u00c9toile du Sahel reached the final twice but they lost against Enyimba in 2004 and against Al Ahly in 2005. Both teams qualified as winners of their groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Background\nBoth teams qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals \u00c9toile du Sahel defeated the Sudanese side Al Hilal 3\u20132 on aggregate, losing the first leg in Omdurman (1-2), with the second leg ending in a win (3-1). Al Ahly faced Al Iittihad from Libya and draw the first leg (0-0) away from home. In need of a win in the second leg, Al Ahly were victorious 1\u20130 and reached the final to face \u00c9toile du Sahel again after 2 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade Olympique de Sousse\nStade olympique de Sousse is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is used by the football team \u00c9toile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 28,000 people. It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: \u00c9toile sportive du Sahel (ESS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade Olympique de Sousse\nFor many decades, Sousse footballers knew only the clay surfaces and knew the turf surfaces only when the stadium was inaugurated with an initial capacity of 10,000 places. It passes over the years to 15,000 seats and is then expanded again on the occasion of the 1994 African Cup of Nations with 6,000 additional seats to reach a capacity of 21,000 seats; A luminous panel is installed at the same time. The last expansion was carried out in 1999 to bring the capacity of the stadium to 28,000 seats for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, a reorganization of the gallery of honor was carried out, from a capacity of 70 to 217 places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade Olympique de Sousse\nIt hosted 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2004 African Cup of Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium\nCairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium\nLocated in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium\nThe Stadium is located about 10\u00a0km west of Cairo International Airport and about 10\u00a0km (30 min) from downtown Cairo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium\nIn 2005, in preparation for the 2006 African Cup of Nations it underwent a major renovation, and was brought up to 21st century world standard along with all its multi-game Olympic facilities which did not enable the same two teams to play the 2005 final on this stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190462-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League Final, Format\nThe final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190463-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League group stage\nThe group stage of the 2007 CAF Champions League was played from 22 July to 2 September 2007. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190463-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190464-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2007 CAF Champions League was played from 21 September to 9 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190464-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Semi-Finals\nThe first legs were played on 21\u201323 September and the second legs on 5\u20137 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup\nThe 2007 CAF Confederation Cup was the fourth edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. Its schedule began with the preliminary round (home-and-away ties) in late January and mid-February with the second round in March and the third round in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\n1st legs played 26\u201328 January 2007 and 2nd legs played 9\u201311 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round\n1 The tie was played over one leg by mutual consent due to civil unrest in Guinea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, First round\n1st legs played 2\u20134 March 2007 and 2nd legs played 16\u201318 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, First round\n1 Tema Youth were disqualified for not showing up to the first leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second round\n1st legs played 6\u20138 April 2007 and 2nd legs played 20\u201322 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second round\n1 Benfica de Luanda were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round\nThe 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage. 1st legs played 4\u20136 May 2007 and 2nd legs played 18\u201320 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage\nThe Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190465-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup, Top goalscorers\nThe top scorers from the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190466-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup group stage\nThe group stage of the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 21 July to 7 October 2007. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190466-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format\nIn the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced directly to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190467-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Super Cup\nThe 2007 CAF Super Cup was the 15th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the African Cup of Champions Clubs and the CAF Confederation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190467-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CAF Super Cup\nThe match took place on 18 February 2007, on neutral stadium at Addis Ababa Stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, celebrating the CAF's 50th anniversary, between Al Ahly, the 2006 CAF Champions League winner, and ES Sahel, the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup winner. Al-Ahly won the match by penalty shout-out 5\u20134, to retain the title, as the second team to win the tournament for three times after Zamalek SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190468-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CAR Development Trophy\nThe 2007 CAR Development Trophy is the fourth edition of second level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involves sixteen teams that are divided into two zones (North and South). Each zone is then divided into two pools of four. Each pool winner then qualifies for the final, so there is a winner for both north and south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games\nThe 36th CARIFTA Games was held in the National Stadium on the island of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, on April 7\u20139, 2007. Detailedreports on the results were given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)\nResult lists can be found on the CACAC website, on the C.F.P.I. Timing website, on the IslandStats website, and on the World Junior Athletics Historywebsite. An unofficial count yields the number of about 454athletes (254 junior (under-20) and 200 youth (under-17)) from about 26countries:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)\nAnguilla (7), Antigua and Barbuda (4), Aruba (4), Bahamas (59), Barbados (31),Belize (2), Bermuda (18), British Virgin Islands (7), Cayman Islands (18),Dominica (7), French Guiana (1), Grenada (13), Guadeloupe (18), Guyana (2),Haiti (12), Jamaica (70), Martinique (34), Montserrat (2), NetherlandsAntilles (11), Saint Kitts and Nevis (33), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent andthe Grenadines (3), Suriname (3), Trinidad and Tobago (46), Turks and CaicosIslands (35), U.S. Virgin Islands (9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nIn the boys' U-20 category, Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake already set thenew 100m record to 10.18s (1.5\u00a0m/s) in the heat, before improving it again to10.11s in the final. Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados alsoimproved (his own) 110 metres hurdles games record twice: first, he achieved13.65s (-1.0\u00a0m/s) in the heat, before setting the final mark to 13.42s in thefinal. Jamaal Wilson from the Bahamas defended his highjump title jumping the new record height of 2.20m. Raymond Brown won the shot put establishing the new games record of 18.27m. And the Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team set the new games recordto 3:07.10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nIn the girls' U-20 category, the 100 metres hurdles record was improved to 13.51s (1.3\u00a0m/s) by Shermaine Williams from Jamaica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nIn the boys' U-17 category, Dexter Lee of Jamaica set two new gamesrecords, both in 100 metres (10.34s), and in 200 metres(21.09s). His compatriot Kemoy Campbell also set two newgames records in 1500 metres (4:00.04), and 3000 metres(8:46.49). And as in the U-20 category, the records fell inhigh jump and shot put: Raymond Higgs from the Bahamas jumped 2.13m, whereas Quincy Wilson from Trinidad and Tobago reached16.27m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nIn the girls' U-17 category, Deandra Dottin from Barbados threw 42.90m, a width that has not been reached before at the games with the new javelin introduced in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nMoreover, a total of 14 national (senior) records were set by the junior and youth athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nThe most prominent is the new Barbadian record by Shakera Reece in the women's 100m in 11.34s (1.3\u00a0m/s). The new Anguillian record in high jump wasset by youngster Shinelle Proctor to 1.60m. Amanda Edwards set the new record for Antigua and Barbuda for women in javelin throw to 41.11m. There were two new women's national records for the British Virgin Islands: Chantel Malone reached 12.29m intriple jump, and the 4x100 metres relay team finished in 46.69s. The 37.44 metres by Alexandra Terry were a new Caymanian record for women in discus throw. Sandisha Antoine set the women's record for Saint Lucia in triple jump to 12.11m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Records\nFinally, there were a total of 7 new national records for the host nation Turks and Caicos Islands: in the men'ssector, Robert Jennings needed 10:17.94 for 3000 metres, and the 4x100metres relay finished in 42.04s. The new women's records were set byKadisha Wickham (59.36s for 400 metres), Shanricka Williams (10:59.56 for 3000 metres), Israel Ramsey (4.80m in long jump), Marquita Carter (26.33m in discus throw), andthe 4x100 metres relay team in 50.02s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award\nThe Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Yohan Blake of Jamaica. He won 2 gold medals (100m, and 4 \u00d7 100 m relay)in the junior (U-20) category, setting the new 100m games record to 10.11s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary\nMedal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls Under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth) and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the CACAC website, on the C.F.P.I. Timing website, on the IslandStats website, and on the World Junior Athletics Historywebsite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Doping\n* Jamie Payne from Trinidad and Tobago was tested positivefor stanozolol and an elevated testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio. Therefore, a 2 years ineligibility (22 May 2007 \u2013 21 May 2009), and adisqualification of all results from 17 March 2007 were imposed. As a consequence, the Trinidad and Tobago junior 4 \u00d7 100 m relay team (40.22s) lost the silver medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Medal table (unofficial)\nThe official medal count was published. The mismatch between the unofficial count below and the published oneis explained by the subsequent disqualification of the Trinidad and Tobago 4 x100 metres junior relay team because of doping violations of one team member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190469-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 CARIFTA Games, Medal table (unofficial)\nFor the first time, the host country of the games did not win a medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190470-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2007. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at campus sites, while the semifinals, third place, and championship games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Notre Dame won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190470-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190471-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CD Universidad San Mart\u00edn season\nThe 2007 season was the 4th season of competitive football by Universidad San Mart\u00edn de Porres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190472-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CECAFA Cup\nThe 2007 CECAFA Cup is the 31st edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190472-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CECAFA Cup\nAll matches are to be played from 8 December 2007 - 22 December 2007 at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190473-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CECAFA U-17 Championship\nThe 2007 CECAFA U-17 Championship was the first CECAFA U-17 Championship, a football tournament contested by the CAF men's national under-17 teams. All games were played at Bujumbura in Burundi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190473-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CECAFA U-17 Championship\nThe final took place on 27 August, between Burundi and Uganda. Burundi won the match 2\u20130 to claim their first CECAFA U-17 Championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190474-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CEMAC Cup\nThe 2007 CEMAC Cup was the fourth edition of the CEMAC Cup, the football championship of Central African nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190474-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CEMAC Cup\nThe tournament was held in from 4 March to 16 March in Ndjamena, Chad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190475-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CERH Women's European League\nThe 2007 CERH Women's European League was the inaugural edition of CERH's competition for women's rink hockey teams. It took place in Sant Hip\u00f2lit de Voltreg\u00e0 between May 24 \u2013 27, 2007 and it was contested by fourteen teams from six countries. Gij\u00f3n HC defeated CE Arenys de Munt in the final to win the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190476-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL Draft\nThe 2007 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, May 2, 2007. 47 players were chosen from among 911 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Of the 47 draft selections, 31 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season\nThe 2007 Canadian Football League season was the 54th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 50th season of the league, and many special events were held to commemorate the event. Regular-season play began on June 28, 2007 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario and concluded on Saturday, November 3, 2007. The playoffs began on Sunday, November 11, 2007, and ended with the championship game, the 95th Grey Cup, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, on November 25, 2007, with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Schedule\nOn February 14, 2007, the CFL announced the game schedule for the 2007 season, introducing a 19-week schedule that included 18 regular-season games and one bye week for each team. Bye weeks were taken consecutively by each division beginning with the East in Week 8, creating two weeks of divisional rivalry games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Schedule\nThe year's regular-season schedule kicked off on Canada Day weekend and included the CFL's annual traditional rivalries\u00a0\u2014 highlighted by the Labour Day and Thanksgiving Classics. The Canadian Football Hall of Fame game returned to Ivor Wynne Stadium on induction weekend and featured the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on September 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Schedule\nThe regular-season concluded with a triple-header on Saturday, November 3, as teams finalized post-season positioning before the Division Semi-Finals began eight days later on Sunday, November 11. The CFL's Division Championships qualified the season's two Grey Cup competing teams one week later on November 18. The 2007 season officially concluded with the 95th Grey Cup on Sunday, November 25, returning to Toronto for the first time since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Television\nOn February 28, 2007, the CFL announced details of the 2007 broadcast schedule which included all 77 games broadcast across the country by partners TSN, CBC or RDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Television\nThe year's regular season schedule saw 50 games aired on TSN, which were also carried live on TSN Broadband, 22 games on CBC and a minimum of 16 Montreal Alouettes' games on RDS. Coverage of the entire post-season, including the 95th Grey Cup in Toronto, Ontario, returned to CBC and RDS in the fall. The 2007 season would be the CBC's final season as a CFL broadcaster for the foreseeable future, as the CFL and TSN begin an exclusive 5-year deal with the 2008 CFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Television\nTSN's 50-game CFL broadcast schedule became available for the first time ever on multiple TSN distribution platforms. All 50 games aired live on TSN and TSN Broadband, with a minimum of 35 broadcasts produced and televised in High Definition on TSN HD. The majority of HD telecasts aired Friday nights during the 11th season of Wendy's Friday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Television\nTSN's broadcast schedule got underway on June 28 with a season opening double-header featuring BC at Toronto followed by Winnipeg at Edmonton. Additional highlights included two Grey Cup rematches featuring Montreal vs. BC (Aug. 31 and Sept. 9), the traditional Labour Day Classic Weekend with Winnipeg at Saskatchewan (Sept. 2) and the Hall of Fame Game featuring Winnipeg at Hamilton (Sept. 15).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Television\nThe first of 22 CFL on CBC regular-season games aired on Saturday, June 30 when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats played the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium. CBC's regular-season line-up featured the first-ever CFL on CBC triple-header as well as the traditional double-headers, the Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day Classics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, League Attendance\nThe CFL's average attendance for 2007 was 29,167, which is the highest average since the 1983 CFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 52], "content_span": [53, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, CFL in Ottawa\nThe Ottawa franchise did not play in the 2007 season. The CFL indicated that there was not enough time for a potential new owner to get the franchise up and running until 2009 at the earliest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Salary Management System\n2007 was the first year the new salary cap and salary management system was enforced. The cap was set at $4.05 million and it demonstrated its successful implementation as six clubs were under the salary expenditure cap while two teams exceeded and were penalized. The Saskatchewan Roughriders were fined, as were the Montreal Alouettes, who also lost a first round draft pick at the 2008 CFL Canadian Draft. selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 59], "content_span": [60, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, New Commissioner\nOn March 12, 2007, Mark Cohon was named the CFL's 12th commissioner. The son of McDonald's of Canada founder George Cohon succeeded Tom Wright. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cohon moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was two years old. Cohon is a graduate of Chicago's Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science with a major in communication studies and was a business consultant to environmental and youth organizations in Toronto before becoming president and chief executive officer of AudienceView Ticketing, a company which sells ticketing systems and services to sports, arts and entertainment events. In 2006, he was appointed new chair of the Ontario Science Centre. He was appointed to the board of trustees in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 51], "content_span": [52, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Rule Changes, The \"Ricky Williams Rule\"\nOutgoing CFL commissioner Tom Wright, stated that a rule will be introduced before the start of next season that would prevent a player under suspension in the National Football League from signing with a CFL club. Some columnists dubbed this \"The Ricky Williams Rule\" because the running back joined the Toronto Argonauts after the NFL suspended him for the 2006 season for failing its substance abuse program for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 74], "content_span": [75, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Rule Changes, Illegal Movement\nThis rule will penalize offensive linemen 5 yards for abrupt snap down into 2 or 3 point stance. This rule is aimed at eliminating a tactic by offensive linemen, solely designed to draw the defence offside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 65], "content_span": [66, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Rule Changes, Kick from Scrimmage\nOn a kick from scrimmage going out of bounds in flight between the 20-yard lines, the receiving team will have the option of taking possession at the point the ball went out of bounds in flight, or having a 10-yard penalty applied against the kicking team at the point of the last scrimmage, with the down repeated. This forces the kicking team on punts and field goal attempts to land the ball in the field of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 68], "content_span": [69, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Rule Changes, Blocking on Kick Returns\nPlayers on the return team will once again be allowed to block oncoming tacklers from the sides. This was the rule until 2006, when the CFL outlawed blocks on the back of the side, leading to the temporary demise of the kick return touchdown. In 2006, there were only three touchdowns from kick returns, compared to eighteen in 2005. In addition to fewer touchdowns being scored, shorter kick returns lead to offences having to cover a larger portion of the field to score a touchdown, leading to more field goals and fewer touchdowns. With the long kick returns coming back in 2007, it was expected that games would be higher scoring and more exciting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 73], "content_span": [74, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Records and Milestones\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers slotback, Milt Stegall passed Mike Pringle and George Reed for the most career touchdowns with 137 on July 27. By the end of the season he had 144 career touchdowns and, with 14,695 career receiving yards, was trying to pass Allen Pitts all-time league record of 14,891 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Records and Milestones\nToronto Argonauts slotback, Derrell Mitchell surpassed Paul Masotti as the franchise's all-time leading receiver on July 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Records and Milestones\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers running back, Charles Roberts passed Leo Lewis to become the franchise's all-time leading rusher on September 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, CFL News in 2007, Records and Milestones\nBC running back, Joe Smith broke former Lion great Cory Philpot's franchise single season rushing record on October 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 57], "content_span": [58, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, Regular season\nNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190477-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 CFL season, Grey Cup Playoffs\nThe Saskatchewan Roughriders are the 2007 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23\u201319 at Toronto's Rogers Centre. It was the first Grey Cup for the Roughriders since they won it in 1989, ending an 18-year drought. The Roughriders' James Johnson (DB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Andy Fantuz (SB) was named as the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 34], "content_span": [35, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190478-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CFU Club Championship\nThe 2007 CFU Club Championship was the annual international football club competition held in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) region. Nineteen teams were to compete in the tournament, from November 4 to November 16 in six venues in Trinidad and Tobago. The first round consisted of five groups played in a round-robin format. The first round group winners along with the three best second-place teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The Caribbean Tournament Champion qualified to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190478-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CFU Club Championship\nThe champion, runner-up and the third place team qualify for the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. A playoff between the two losing semifinal teams will decide the 3rd place team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190478-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CFU Club Championship\nSt.Kitts & Nevis Newtown United and Positive Vibes of the US Virgin Islands withdrew from the competition on November 2 and the fixtures were rearranged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190478-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CFU Club Championship, Participation, Teams that withdrew\nTwo teams were due to take part, but withdrew before the beginning of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190478-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CFU Club Championship, Participation, Did not enter\nThe following federations were entitled to enter teams in the competition but declined to, often because of the cost of competing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190478-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CFU Club Championship, First round, Group A\nGroup A took place in the Port of Spain, Trinidad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190479-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 9 and March 11, 2007 at the 95KGGO Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. By winning the tournament, Alabama-Huntsville received College Hockey America's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190479-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the fourth and fifth ranked seeds, Wayne State and Alabama-Huntsville, played for entry into the semifinals, to which the top three seeds received byes. The winners of the two semifinal games then played for the championship on March 11, 2007, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190479-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190480-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CIAA Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 CIAA Basketball Tournament took place between February 26 and March 3, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190480-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CIAA Basketball Tournament\nElizabeth City State won the men's championship securing a spot in the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship, and North Carolina Central won the women's championship to advance to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190481-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Men's Basketball Championship\nThe 2007 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 16\u201318, 2007. It was held for the last time at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Carleton Ravens won their fifth straight national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190482-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship\nThe 2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship was held from 8 to 11 November 2008 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. The UBC Thunderbirds defeated the Laval Rouge et Or 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190482-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, All-Canadians\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190482-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, All-Canadians\nFirst team (school and home town listed also)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190482-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, All-Canadians\nSecond team (school and home town listed also)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190482-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Men's Soccer Championship, All-Canadians\nBialy, the CIS player of the year in 2006, and Marquez are both selected for the second straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190483-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 1, 2007 to March 3, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta, to determine a national champion for the 2006\u201307 CIS women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at the Jack Simpson Gymnasium and was hosted by the University of Calgary. This was the fourth time that the University of Calgary had hosted the tournament, including the previous year's championship in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190483-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship\nThe Canada West champion Alberta Pandas defeated the defending champion Laval Rouge et Or in the gold medal match to win the championship. The Pandas claimed their seventh national championship in program history which tied the Winnipeg Wesmen for the most in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190484-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS football season\nThe 2007 CIS football season began on August 31, 2007, and concluded with the 43rd Vanier Cup national championship on November 23 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, with the Manitoba Bisons winning their third championship. Twenty-seven universities across Canada competed in CIS football this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190484-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS football season, Schedule\n2007 marked the first year that the Vanier Cup and Grey Cup were played on the same weekend where they both took place in Toronto's Rogers Centre as part of the 95th Grey Cup celebrations. Dating back to 1973, previous Vanier Cups had always been played the week following the Grey Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190484-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS football season, Results, Regular season standings\nNote: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190484-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS football season, Results, Top 10\nRanks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190484-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CIS football season, Results, Championships\nThe Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2007, according to the rotating schedule, the winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship travel to the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nThe 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 42nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region. The tournament also served as a qualifying event for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nPachuca won the Champions' Cup, defeating Guadalajara 7\u20136 on penalties following a 2\u20132 aggregate draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup\nIn addition, as runners-up, Guadalajara was invited to CONMEBOL's 2007 Copa Sudamericana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, North American zone\nPachuca \u2013 2006 Clausura champion Guadalajara \u2013 2006 Apertura champion Houston Dynamo \u2013 2006 MLS Cup champion D.C. United \u2013 2006 MLS Supporters' Shield winner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, Central America zone\nPuntarenas \u2013 UNCAF champion Olimpia \u2013 UNCAF runner-up Marquense \u2013 UNCAF third place", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Semifinals\nNote: The first leg match scheduled for 14 March 2007 was postponed due to a weather-induced power outage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190485-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Final, Second leg\n2\u20132 on aggregate. Pachuca won 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 7\u20136 on penalties, advanced to 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup\nThe 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to 24, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup\nThis competition was the third overall edition of the tournament without guests (for the first time since 1993) from other confederations. As the winner, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Qualified teams\nA total of 12 teams qualified for the tournament. Three berths were allocated to North America, five to Central America, and four to the Caribbean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Squads\nThe 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Competition format\nThe twelve teams that qualified were divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage along with the best two of the third-place teams, filling out the knockout field of eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Competition format\nIf teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190486-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Awards, All-Tournament team\nThe All-Tournament Team was selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group and features the \"Best XI\" along with seven Honorable Mentions. The player selections were made from the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190487-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final\nThe 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match that took place on 24 June 2007 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, United States, to determine the winner of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The United States beat longtime rivals Mexico 2\u20131 to win the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190488-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads\nCONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) announced on 30 May 2007 the final rosters for all twelve teams that will compete in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The roster for each team consists of 23 players, as stipulated in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament Rules and Regulations. A listed player may only be substituted in the event of a serious injury up until 24 hours before the team's first match at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190488-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads\nBelow the squad lists of the teams participating in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190490-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament\nThe 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament was played in Honduras and Jamaica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190490-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament, Qualification\nUnited States, Canada received automatic qualification to the finals. Honduras and Jamaica qualified as hosts. Nonetheless, Jamaica participated the CFU Youth Cup, which served as the qualification of the 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament for the Caribbean Zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190491-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament qualification, Caribbean\nThe Caribbean section was also known as the CFU Youth Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190491-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament qualification, Caribbean, Qualification\nThe finalists \u00a0Mexico, \u00a0Haiti and the winner of the third place match \u00a0Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament; \u00a0Jamaica qualified as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190492-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for CONCACAF and CONMEBOL a beach soccer championship for nations of the Americas, held in August 2007, in Acapulco, Mexico, to determine the best countries' national teams in the region and hence which nations would progress to the World Cup later that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190492-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship\nThe United States won the championship, beating Uruguay in the final, whilst Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively. These nations moved on to play in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190492-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship\nThe two groups were originally staged as two separate championships for each of the confederations; the winners of those groups were deemed to of won their respective confederation titles. Concluding the event were a set of friendly matches between the respective winners, runners-up etc. of each championship, to unofficially rank the teams collectively from 1st through 6th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190492-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship\nHowever, since 2010, CONCACAF who organised the event has retrospectively amended history to now refer to the event as one single joint championship between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF nations. Following the group stage, the concluding friendly matches are now deemed to have been the final stage of the tournament, officially determining final placements and podium finishes of the combined nations of both confederations in one set of final standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190492-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage\nCONCACAF and CONMEBOL were split up into two separate groups, before playing each other in the play off stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190493-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 COSAFA Cup\nThe 2007 COSAFA Cup was the 11th edition of the tournament. It was won by South Africa who beat Zambia 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190493-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 COSAFA Cup, Format\nIn the first round, 12 teams were divided into 3 groups of 4 teams each. Each group played a knockout tournament. The winners of each group joined Zambia (holders) into the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships\nThe 2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Brazil from 5\u00a0November to 18\u00a0November\u00a02007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships\nFootball 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Participating teams and officials, The draw\nDuring the draw, the teams were divided into pots because of rankings. Here, the following groups:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Venues\nThe venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Format\nThe first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 16 teams divided among four groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage for the position one to eight. the two lower ranked teams plays for the positions nine to 16. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Format\nIn the knockout stage there were three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final). The winners plays for the higher positions, the losers for the lower positions. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 60 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 10 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Format\nClassificationAthletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Format\nTeams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190494-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships, Group stage\nThe first round, or group stage, have seen the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. In any every match a maximum of 10 goals scored were counted. This is indicated with an asterisk (*).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190495-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CR Vasco da Gama season\nThe 2007 season was Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama's 109th year in existence, the club's 92st season in existence of football, and the club's 39th season playing in the Brasileir\u00e3o S\u00e9rie A, the top flight of Brazilian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190495-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CR Vasco da Gama season, Players, Transfers, In\nWhere a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of December 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190495-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CR Vasco da Gama season, Players, Transfers, In\nWhere a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of December 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190495-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CR Vasco da Gama season, Players, Transfers, Out\nWhere a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of December 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190496-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n\nThe 2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n was the 2007 edition of the Spanish official show jumping horse show, at Las Mestas Sports Complex in Gij\u00f3n. It was held as CSIO 5*.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190496-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n\nThis edition of the CSIO Gij\u00f3n was held between August 25 and September 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190496-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Nations Cup\nThe 2007 FEI Nations Cup of Spain was the fifth competition of the 2007 Samsung Super League and was held on Saturday, August 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190496-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Nations Cup\nThe competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The best six teams of the eleven which participated were allowed to start in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190496-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Nations Cup\nGrey penalties points do not count for the team result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190496-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix\nThe Gij\u00f3n Grand Prix, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2007 CSIO Gij\u00f3n, was the major show jumping competition at this event. It was held on 2 September 2007. The competition was a show jumping competition over two rounds, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190497-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team\nThe 2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190497-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team\nCal Poly competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC). The Mustangs were led by seventh-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The team finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7\u20134, 2\u20132 GWFC). In this very high scoring season, the Mustangs outscored their opponents 432\u2013278, scoring an average of almost 40 points a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190497-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL\nNo Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190498-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Calder Cup playoffs\nThe 2007 Calder Cup Playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 18, 2007. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 7, 2007 with the Hamilton Bulldogs defeating the Hershey Bears four games to one to win the first Calder Cup in team history. This was a rematch of the 1997 Calder Cup Final, where Hershey defeated Hamilton in five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190498-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Calder Cup playoffs\nCarey Price won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP, and became only the third teenage goaltender to lead his team to a Calder Cup championship in AHL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190498-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds\nAfter the 2006\u201307 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. However, it was possible for the fifth-placed team in the West Division to take the spot of the fourth-placed team in the North Division if they earned more points, since the North Division had one fewer team. This did not occur as the Grand Rapids Griffins, the fourth-placed team in the North Division finished with 85 points while the Peoria Rivermen, the fifth-placed team in the West Division, finished with 84 points. The Hershey Bears were the Eastern Conference regular season champions as well as the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners with the best overall regular season record. The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights were the Western Conference regular season champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190498-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket\nIn each round the higher seed receives home ice advantage, meaning they can play a maximum of four home games if the series reaches seven games. There is no set series format for each series due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190499-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007 with the exception of the Warley ward which was postponed until 14 June 2007 due to the sudden death of one of the candidates. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control with a minority Conservative administration. The total turnout of the election was 38.01% (51,586 voters of an electorate of 135,729). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190499-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nBrighouse Councillor Nick Yates, who had left the Conservative Party in 2006 to become an Independent, joined the Liberal Democrats in the summer of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190499-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe table below summarises the results of the 2007 local government election. Each party is ordered by number of votes registered. 17 of the 51 seats were up for re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190499-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190499-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results\nPercentage change calculated compared to the last time these candidates stood for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 67], "content_span": [68, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190499-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results, Warley ward\nThe election for this ward seat was postponed by the sudden death of the Conservative candidate Richard Maycock. He was replaced by John Foran, who had stood in the Elland ward above. The new election date was held on 14 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190500-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Roughnecks season\nThe Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 6th in franchise history. The Roughnecks finished 2nd in the western division with a 9-7 record but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Arizona Sting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190500-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Roughnecks season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190500-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Roughnecks season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190500-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Roughnecks season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season\nThe 2007 Calgary Stampeders season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 69th overall. After promising 2nd-place finishes in the West Division in 2005 (11\u20137) and 2006 (10\u20138) they finished 3rd in the West Division in 2007, with a disappointing 7\u201310\u20131 record, their first losing record in three seasons. They were defeated in the Western Semi-Final 26\u201324 by the eventual Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders. The season was the last in which the team recorded more than two consecutive losses in the regular season in 10 years, recording three consecutive losses to close out the 2017 Calgary Stampeders season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Offseason, CFL Draft\nThe 2007 CFL Draft took place on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 where the Stampeders made eight selections including three in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats\nThe Stampeders' opened the season with a strong performance, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37\u20139. Quarterback Henry Burris opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Nik Lewis within the first five minutes of the first quarter. In the second quarter Tiger-Cat cornerback Dwight Anderson committed a costly illegal block on a punt return; the penalty resulted in the Tiger-Cat offence being sent back to their own goal line. Tiger-Cat quarterback Jason Maas's pass on the ensuing play was nearly intercepted by Cornelius Anthony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats\nOn the following play his pass was caught by Brock Ralph (older brother of Stampeder Brett Ralph) in their end zone, but the ball was knocked from Ralph's hands by Crance Clemons, and halfback Jermaine Chatman picked up the fumble for another Stampeder touchdown. Maas was pulled in the fourth quarter in favour of rookie Timmy Chang, but he was unable to produce more points: the Stampeders defence limited the Tiger-Cats offence to Nick Setta's three field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats\nThe game was delayed twice in the second quarter by a rabbit, one of many that roam the University of Calgary campus, that made its way onto the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 2: at Saskatchewan Roughriders\nThe Stampeders were unable to carry forward any of the momentum from their defeat of the Tiger-Cats the week earlier, as the Roughriders went on to defeat them handily. Henry Burris threw a pass to Joffrey Reynolds for the Stampeders' only touchdown, in the first quarter. The Stampeders led the game 8\u20137 at the end of the first quarter, but the Roughriders defence smothered the Stampeders offence for the rest of the game. Burris was limited to 12 completions in 25 pass attempts for 124 yards before being replaced by Akili Smith. Smith's efforts were even more futile, completing only 6 passes for 64 yards and throwing an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 3: at Toronto Argonauts\nThe Stampeders' offensive and defensive woes continued this week, being heavily defeated by the Argonauts. The defence surrendered five touchdowns, five converts and two field goals in the first three quarters, while the offence failed to record a point until punter Burke Dales scored a single at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Henry Burris threw a touchdown to Jeremaine Copeland later in the quarter, but was generally ineffective. Running back Joffrey Reynolds was limited to a paltry 39 yards rushing on 10 carries. Akili Smith replaced Burris in the first half and was again limited to six completed passes while throwing three interceptions, consequently being pulled in favour of Burris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nAfter two miserable losses in Regina and Toronto in the previous two weeks the Stampeders returned home to the confines of McMahon Stadium. Argonaut quarterback Michael Bishop, who had a stellar game the week before, sat out this game due to having broken his wrist. Mike McMahon started in his place. Unlike Bishop, McMahon was unable to generate any points for the Argonauts. He began the game auspiciously throwing incompletions in his first five passing attempts, and could not recover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Toronto Argonauts\nVeteran Damon Allen replaced him at the start of the second half with the score standing at 13\u20133 for the Stampeders. The Stampeders padded their lead in the fourth quarter with two Sandro DeAngelis field goals and touchdowns to Marc Boerigter and Trey Young. The latter was thrown by receiver Brett Ralph on a fake field goal play. The Argonauts failed to register any more points until the final play of the game, in which Allen threw a touchdown pass to rookie Obed C\u00e9toute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. BC Lions\nBC came into this game with a perfect 4\u20130 record. Starting quarterback Dave Dickenson was out of the lineup with a concussion, and back-up Buck Pierce played with sore ribs, but the Stampeders were unable to stop the potent Lions offence while unable to generate their own. The Stamps finished the first quarter with a measly 21 yards of offence. They regained composure in the second quarter, scoring 11 points to tie the game before the end of the half. Sandro DeAngelis missed a 46-yard field goal attempt with 10 seconds remaining in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. BC Lions\nUnfortunately for the Stampeders they allowed the Lions to retake control of the game in the third quarter with two touchdowns. Henry Burris threw several key interceptions, among them one to Korey Banks in the Lions' end zone in the third quarter on a play which would have tied the game and another to LaVar Glover in the fourth quarter, giving the Lions excellent field position to score the winning touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. BC Lions\nWith the loss the Stampeders fell to last place in the West Division, one point behind the Eskimos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 6: at Edmonton Eskimos\nThe Stampeders and Eskimos offences started off this game quite poorly, managing to produce only a field goal and a single, respectively, in the first quarter. The Stampeders scored the first touchdown in the second quarter on a pass from Henry Burris to Brett Ralph. Eskimo kicker Sean Fleming kicked a field goal, a single on the ensuing kickoff, and another field goal in the span of 3:33 to keep the game close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 6: at Edmonton Eskimos\nBurris threw another touchdown late in the quarter to Jeremaine Copeland after penalties to the Eskimos (A.J. Gass and Kenny Onatolu were ejected) gave them excellent field position, but the Eskimos responded with a touchdown of their own, a pass from Ricky Ray to Tyler Ebell, before the end of the half. The Eskimos took the lead in the third quarter on a touchdown pass to Kamau Peterson, but Sandro DeAngelis regained the Stampeders' lead with a field goal and a single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 6: at Edmonton Eskimos\nJoffrey Reynolds ran into the end zone for another touchdown to solidify the slim lead, but another touchdown pass to Peterson and field goal by Fleming gave the Eskimos a 32\u201331 lead with only 1:38 left in the game. The Eskimos had been in excellent position to score a touchdown after a roughing the kicker penalty put them only 13 yards from the Stampeders end zone with a 1st down, but they were unable to score the major and resorted to Fleming's field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0009-0003", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Regular season, Week 6: at Edmonton Eskimos\nThe inability to score a touchdown in that key moment may have cost the Eskimos the game, as it left the Stampeders in the position to take the lead and win the game with only a safety or field goal. After a final drive to the Eskimos end zone in the last minute of the game the Stampeders offence set up DeAngelis for a 34-yard field goal attempt with no time left. DeAngelis's attempt was good, and the Stampeders won the game 34\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Postseason, Western Semi-Final\nThe Saskatchewan Roughriders rode the foot of Luca Congi and the arm and legs of Kerry Joseph to a 26\u201324 victory over the Calgary Stampeders at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field. Congi matched a season high and tied a league playoff record with six field goals, while Joseph passed for 395 yards and added another 108 on the ground in the first playoff game in Regina in 19 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Statistics, Passing\nNote: Att = Attempts; Comp = Completions;\u00a0% = Completions/Attempts; Avg = Yards/Completion; Long = Longest Completion (in yards); Int = Interceptions; TD = Touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Statistics, Receiving\nNote: Rec = Receptions; Avg = Yards/Reception; Long = Longest Reception (yards); TD = Touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Statistics, Rushing\nNote: Avg = Yards/Carry; Long = Longest Carry (yards); TD = Touchdowns", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Statistics, Kicking\nNote: Att = Attempted field goals; Good = Good field goals; Avg = Yards/kick; Long = Longest kick (yards); KO = Kickoffs; Sing = Singles", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190501-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary Stampeders season, Statistics, Defence\nNote: DTkl = Defensive Tackles; STTkl = Special Teams Tackles; TotTkl = Total Tackles; Int = Interceptions; IntTD = Touchdowns on interceptions; FumR = Fumble Recoveries; Forced = Forced fumbles; FumTD = Touchdowns on fumbles; KD = Knock Downs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election\nThe 2007 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. The citizens of Calgary elected one mayor, 12 of their 14 aldermen (one from each of 14 wards) to the city council, five of the seven Calgary School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and three of the seven Calgary Catholic School District trustees (each representing 2 of 14 wards). All but one of the incumbent councillors ran again in this election (Barry Erskine, of Ward 11), and two incumbents were returned by acclamation. Five of the incumbent public school trustees ran again, two were acclaimed, and four separate school incumbent trustees ran, three were acclaimed, while Ward 13/14 had only one new candidate. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election\nThe percent of eligible voters who voted was 33% \u2014 putting turnout at a higher level than the previous election in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election, Key Issues\nSome of the prominent issues receiving public attention include the following (listed in alphabetical order):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election, Key Issues, Crime\nRecent high-profile violent crimes in Calgary had generated public concern for safety in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election, Key Issues, Environment\nCalgary has the highest per capita ecological footprint amongst Canada's larger cities. The City has concentrated past efforts on increasing community water conservation and reducing its corporate GHG emissions. Community goals to reduce the community's ecological footprint were identified through the Imagine Calgary process. These were intended to form the basis for comprehensive community-based initiatives to reduce the per capita ecological footprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election, Key Issues, Housing\nThere was an ongoing shortage of housing in the city. That, combined with what was among the highest rates of growth in housing costs in Canada, had made housing a significant issue for the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election, Key Issues, Infrastructure\nA week before the election, the provincial government agreed to provide $3.3 billion for infrastructure in Calgary over the next 10 years. It would be up to city council to allocate those funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190502-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Calgary municipal election, Key Issues, Voter participation\nVoter turnout in the previous Calgary municipal election was 19.8%, while in the 2001 municipal elections it was 38%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 64], "content_span": [65, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nThe 2007 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nCalifornia began the 2007 season ranked 12th in both the AP/USA Today Polls. In a nationally televised game on September 1, the Golden Bears defeated Tennessee 45\u201331. The Bears rose in the polls following subsequent victories against Colorado State, Louisiana Tech, and Arizona. California's defeat of then No. 11 Oregon in Eugene 31\u201324, combined with a series of losses from Oklahoma, Florida, and West Virginia, allowed the Bears to break into the top five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nCalifornia had a bye the following week, but as a result of Stanford's surprise upset of then No. 2 USC on October 6, the Bears were ranked No. 2 in the country in the AP, Coaches, and Harris polls behind No. 1 LSU. This was the highest the team had been ranked since 1951.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nWith the Kentucky upset of LSU on October 13, the Bears had a shot at being the number one team in the nation along with Ohio State, but an upset loss to unranked Oregon State that same night dashed any hopes of a top ranking. The loss marked the beginning of a reversal in the second half of the season which saw the Bears winning only one game out of the next six and dropping out of the Top 25 entirely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nThe Bears lost to Washington for the first time in five years and to Stanford on the 25th anniversary of The Play, which resulted in the Cardinal regaining The Stanford Axe for the first time in six years under first year head coach Jim Harbaugh. California accepted an invitation to the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force on December 31, where post a 42\u201336 victory to end the season 7\u20136, finished in 7th place in the Pac-10, and was unranked for the first time since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nBefore the season even ended, Tedford declared there would be open competition for all positions on the team in 2008 and reevaluate every aspect of California's football program. Tedford made several coaching changes, most notably relinquishing offensive coordinator duties and hiring Frank Cignetti to play call and take over quarterback coaching duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team\nAt the end of the season, all of California's offensive stars at their skill position DeSean Jackson, Lavelle Hawkins, Robert Jordan, Justin Forsett and Craig Stevens graduated or declared for the NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Pre-Season\nAt the end of the 2006 season, offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar resigned to accept the coaching position of offensive coordinator at Minnesota. Mike Dunbar's first and only season at Cal was a success as Cal led the Pac-10 and ranked 11th in the nation in scoring with 32.8 points per game. He will be replaced by Cal assistant head coach and offensive line coach Jim Michalczik. Jim Michalczik joined the Cal staff upon Tedford's arrival in 2002 and was integral in the development of one of the most potent offenses in the nation. Cal is one of just five teams to rank in the top 25 in scoring in each of the last five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Pre-Season\nCal RB Marshawn Lynch decided to forgo his senior season and enter the 2007 NFL Draft at the end of the 2006 season. He was selected as the 12th overall pick by the Buffalo Bills. Cal DT Brandon Mebane (Seattle Seahawks, third round, No. 22), CB Daymeion Hughes (Indianapolis Colts, third round, No. 32), and ILB Desmond Bishop (Green Bay Packers, sixth round, No. 18) were also drafted. This marks the first time since 1996 that California has had three players taken in the first three rounds of the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Pre-Season\nIn the pre-season, returning veteran running back Justin Forsett was named one of the top-10 impact seniors for 2007. DeSean Jackson was a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate. Expectations for the 2007 were high as Coach Tedford declared the team to be \"strongest and fastest\" team he had coached at California despite losing several high defensive players to the NFL and graduation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Schedule\nThe schedule was ranked as the #6 toughest home schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe Vols traveled to Berkeley for the return trip in a home-and-home series with the California Golden Bears. The game was viewed by a national audience on ABC and was the only top 25 match up in the opening week. After Cal's loss to Tennessee the previous year, some observers and college football personalities such as LSU coach Les Miles had questioned the strength of the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nDuring the game, a plane with the banner \"SEC rules, Pac-10 drools\" flew overhead; however, during the fourth quarter, as Tennessee fans were somberly exiting Memorial Stadium in defeat, Cal fans bid them adieu with a loud and continuous chant of \"Pac-10 football! Pac-10 football! Pac-10 football!\" in response to Tennessee's \"SEC! SEC!\" chants after the previous year's victory. Cal's victory on a national stage in the only Pac-10/SEC match up helped further legitimize the strength of the Pac-10 and made Cal a contender for the national title at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nJeff Tedford commented on the \"revenge factor\" before the game:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nIt's not really revenge, I think, if anything, it's redemption. But it's more about us, it's not so much about Tennessee. We didn't play very well last year when we went there and probably got caught a little too much focusing on them and the environment and that type of thing. So at practice this year, we're really just focusing on ourselves if we go out and play to our potential then we'll have a chance to be successful. Last year we didn't come close to our potential so we had no chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nOf course it's a big game like it was last year, two ranked teams, so there's a lot of people watching it to see what's going on. It wasn't that we lost the game last year, I think it was the way we lost the game last year that was the devastating part of it, that hung with us so long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nCalifornia had stressed \"redemption\" in this game, and ultimately came out the victors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nTennessee gave up the opening points when quarterback Erik Ainge was hit while trying to release a pass and it flew backwards. California's Worrell Williams recovered the fumble and returned it 45\u00a0yards for the score. Cal WR DeSean Jackson also scored at touchdown on a 77-yard punt return. Cal QB Nate Longshore was 19-of-28 for 240\u00a0yards, 2 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing touchdown. Cal running back Justin Forsett rushed for 156\u00a0yards, a touchdown, and caught a screen pass that turned into a 49-yard gain. Cal out rushed Tennessee 230 to 111 and would never trail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nQB Erik Ainge played game despite suffering a broken pinky in practice. He was 32-of-47 for 270\u00a0yards and 3 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 69], "content_span": [70, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nCalifornia came in as 14-point favorites and came out struggling against Colorado State. Colorado State came out with a 7\u20130 lead early, as Cal's defense failed to stop the run. California answered with a huge play by DeSean Jackson, scoring on a 78-yard run play, and then scored on a Justin Forsett goal-line touchdown. The Rams scored another touchdown, as the Golden Bears added a field goal, to go into halftime with a 17\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThe second half started off with only a field goal by Cal scored in the third quarter. The Bears came alive in the 4th quarter and scored two touchdowns to all but seal the victory. With 5\u00a0minutes to go and holding a lead over the Rams, California replaced their defensive starters with backups. The backup secondary allowed two touchdowns within a minute, with Cal leading 34\u201328 with 3:00 left in regulation. California ran out the clock with their last possession, and left Sonny Lubick Field with the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nLongshore completed 19 of 29 passes for 146\u00a0yards. Forsett ran for 59\u00a0yards on 13 carries before leaving in the third quarter with a back stinger. Back up running back James Montgomery got his first collegiate carry and touchdown. Montgomery had a 12-yard run in the final minutes of the fourth quarter to allow Cal to run the clock. Freshman tailback Jahvid Best had a 34-yard touchdown run that provided the final margin needed for victory. Cal allowed 301\u00a0yards passing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nThe game started off quickly with a Lavelle Hawkins kickoff return that went ninety yards and spotted California an early lead. Hawkins lead Cal's receiving core with 87\u00a0yards returning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nJustin Forsett rushed for a total of 152\u00a0yards on twenty-three carries and three touchdowns, one of which was a score in the second quarter that gave Cal a 14\u20130 lead. The Bulldogs' Zac Champion threw a two-yard pass to Joe Anderson to get Louisiana Tech on the board, but kicker Danny Horwedel missed the PAT. The Bears would score twice again in the second quarter, giving Cal a 28\u20136 halftime advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nCal quarterback Nate Longshore threw for 230\u00a0yards, two touchdowns and an interception, while the Bulldogs' Zac Champion threw for 149\u00a0yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. One of Champion's touchdowns came in the third, a five-yard strike to Patrick Jackson, but Horwedel would again miss the PAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nTrue freshman Jahvid Best would later on score a touchdown off of a Longshore pass, giving Cal the 35\u201312 lead. DeSean Jackson only had five catches for twenty-eight yards, due to a dislocated thumb he suffered during the game against Tennessee. Forsett would score once more in the fourth quarter, making the final score 42\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nJustin Forsett rushed for 117\u00a0yards and two touchdowns as Cal settled another year-old score with a 45\u201327 victory over Arizona Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThree weeks after the Bears avenged last year's season-opening loss to Tennessee, they flattened the Wildcats by taking a 25-point lead in the first 13\u00a0minutes. However, the Bears were sloppy after their fast start, committing 14 penalties for 121\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nCal defensive end Tyson Alualu scored on a fumble recovery during the first-quarter blitz, and the Bears defense fared well against Arizona's spread attack despite missing three injured starters \u2013 linebacker Zack Follett and defensive linemen Matt Malele and Rulon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nDeSean Jackson had another quiet game for Cal with three catches for 39\u00a0yards, but he still helped. Arizona pooched a 19-yard punt away from Jackson after its opening drive, and Cal quickly drove for its first score when Forsett broke four tackles on a 9-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nHawkins then caught an 18-yard TD pass to cap a 77-yard drive that lasted 34\u00a0seconds, and Best rushed for a score on Cal's next drive as the Bears broke Arizona tackles on seemingly every play. Safety Thomas DeCoud blitzed Tuitama and forced the fumble Alualu recovered in the end zone with 2:12 left in the first quarter, putting the Bears up 28\u20133. Arizona steadily climbed back in the second half, with Tuitama scoring on a 1-yard run and Thomas catching a 4-yard TD pass early in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nForsett, remembering last year's loss, lobbied to get back in the game after Arizona scored a touchdown to cut the lead down to eleven. He finished with a flourish: nine carries for 53\u00a0yards and a score on Cal's final two possessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nJahvid Best and James Montgomery also made scoring runs for the Golden Bears, whose 2006 loss in Tucson denied them an outright Pac-10 championship and a probable trip to Cal's first Rose Bowl in nearly a half-century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nWillie Tuitama set school records for pass attempts and completions, going 42-of-61 for 309\u00a0yards, but Arizona couldn't escape its huge early hole despite a strong second half. Mike Thomas had a career-high 12 catches, second-most in school history, for 105\u00a0yards and a score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThough Arizona's final drive ended on downs with 3:46 left, the Wildcats seemed encouraged by their effort \u2013 after the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe win marked Cal's 10th straight win at Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe California Golden Bears traveled to Eugene, Oregon to face the Ducks in Autzen Stadium. Both teams were undefeated leading into the game of two Pac-10 heavyweights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nIn what was a close game that came down to the final minute and the game included nine lead changes. Nate Longshore threw for 285\u00a0yards and 2 touchdowns, while his counterpart Dennis Dixon threw for 306\u00a0yards and one touchdown, rushed for another touchdown, but threw two interceptions. DeSean Jackson had 161\u00a0yards on 11 reception and caught 2 touchdown passes. Justin Forsett ran for 101\u00a0yards on 23 carries with two touchdown runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nOregon had 97\u00a0yards more offense than Cal, but the games outcome ultimately was decided on turnovers. Oregon committed four turnovers, all in the 4th quarter, while Cal had none. They needed all four, because the biggest turnover for the Bears came from Marcus Ezeff's hit on Oregon's Cameron Colvin, forcing him to fumble it into the endzone for a California touchback in the game's final seconds to preserve victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nAfter beating Oregon, the Bears were ranked 3rd in the country, their highest rank since 1952. After Stanford beat #2 USC 24\u201323 during California's bye week, the Bears were ranked 2nd in the country, their highest rank since 1951, when they were ranked #1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nCal was ranked #2 in the nation going into the homecoming game match up with Oregon State. Cal has not been ranked #1 since 1951 under Pappy Waldorf. With a large crowd of just under 64,000, the Bears were favored to win this Pac-10 match up despite the Beavers having won their last four games at Memorial Stadium. The game marked the 22nd consecutive game with over 50,000 fans in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nTen minutes before the start of the game, backup quarterback Kevin Riley was informed he would start for the injured Nate Longshore whose ankle was injured during the final minutes of the game against Oregon. Riley threw for 294\u00a0yards and two touchdowns with interception and ran for another touchdown. Justin Forsett rushed for 150\u00a0yards and one touchdown on 28 carries against the nation's then top-ranked rush defense. Lavelle Hawkins led Cal's receivers with 192\u00a0yards from 9 receptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nOn a day where the number-one-ranked LSU Tigers were upset by the 17th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, the California Golden Bears had an opportunity to move to the number one spot. In the first quarter, it was announced to the crowd that LSU had lost, causing a large chant of \"We're No. 1! We're No. 1!\" from the crowd, especially the alumni who were closer to Cal's offense on the field. On the next play, Cal's offense had a false start that led to a stalled offensive drive. During the game, there were several instances where advertising or cheers would continue on into Cal's offensive drives. According to Oregon State players after the game, Cal's presumed number ranking they were informed of during halftime motivated them in the second half. The defeat ended a 10-game home winning streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nCal, however, proved it was not immune to the upset bug in a college football season that seemed to feature a new number one and number two team each week, and California fell to the feisty Beavers 31\u201328. A favorable turnover ratio for California in the first 5 games ended with Cal losing three turnovers to Oregon State's one. Cal doubled its season's fumble total with fumbles by Justin Forsett in the first quarter and a critical special teams fumble by Javhid Best in the fourth quarter that led to a field goal providing the final margin of victory. Cal's defense could not stop Oregon State running back Yvenson Bernard during the second half when he ran for 82\u00a0yards including a crucial 4th and goal score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe game featured three 4th and Goal with one yard to go plays. Oregon State converted both its opportunities in this situation while Cal late in the third quarter was stopped. Cal was 1st and 2\u00a0yards to goal to go on that drive late in third quarter but running back Justin Forsett was stopped short of the end zone on 4 consecutive plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe game is best known for its dramatic and (for Cal fans) heartbreaking ending. Cal began the fourth quarter down 20\u201314, but it took only two plays and a 7-yard run by Justin Forsett for the Bears to take back the lead 21\u201320. Oregon State responded with a touchdown, a two-point conversion, and a field goal following Best's fumble that stretched the Oregon State lead to 31\u201320. Cal gained no yards on its next possession and punted and Oregon State ran the clock and punted on its next possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nWith 3:15 left on the game clock, Cal scored a touchdown on a 55-second drive that ended with a 64-yard touchdown reception by Lavelle Hawkins. After an on-side kick where Oregon State recovered the ball, Oregon State ran the clock and punted, giving Cal back the ball on the 6-yard line with 1:27 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nWith no timeouts, Riley impressively drove his team up to Oregon State's 12-yard line. Early in the drive, Riley barely avoided getting sacked in the end zone for a safety and then completed an 18-yard pass to Hawkins. Riley also converted a 19-yard pass on 4th and 17 to Hawkins to keep the drive alive. In the game's final play, with a 3rd down and 14\u00a0seconds left, Riley chose to scramble towards the end zone instead of spiking the ball to set up a field goal to take the game into overtime. He was unsuccessful, tackled after a 2-yard gain. The clock ran out before Cal's field goal unit could set up on the field, giving Oregon State the victory. Sports commentators observed that his poor decision to scramble was typical of an inexperienced quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nAfter the game Riley told reporters: \"I knew there were 14\u00a0seconds left on the clock, and the initial read wasn't there. I saw some green field, and I thought I could get around that guy. I was just using playing-ball instincts. I was in the middle of the play. I just couldn't make one.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nRiley's last-minute play was widely replayed on ESPN throughout the 2007\u20132008 college football season as an example of one of the many upsets in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nWith both teams suffering surprising upsets at home in their previous games, both Cal and UCLA came into their Rose Bowl matchup looking to restore their reputations and Pac-10 title hopes. Despite out of conference losses to Notre Dame and Utah, UCLA remained undefeated in the conference at 4\u20130 and controlled their Pac-10 destiny. Cal had suffered only the loss from last week and were returning Nate Longshore back to the lineup. The game was played at the Rose Bowl with 83,494 in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe game was very close and included several lead changes. DeSean Jackson had 136\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on 9 receptions. Justin Forsett was held to 76\u00a0yards on 25 carries. Cal tight end Craig Stevens also caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Cal entered the fourth quarter with a 21\u201320 lead, but Cal could not put UCLA away. Cal was stopped on its first two fourth quarter sequences that included 7 of the 8 plays as running plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nAfter UCLA scored a field goal to take a 23\u201321 lead and with only around two minutes left on the clock, the Bears went the air. Just outside field goal range, Longshore attempted a third down with 1:33 left on the clock which was intercepted by UCLA corner back Alterraun Verner who ran for a 76-yard touchdown putting the score at 30\u201321 Bruins. On his next drive, Longshore attempted a 4th and 10 he was again intercepted by Keyes. UCLA converted a first down and ran the clock for the victory. Over the next five plays UCLA made a net of 9\u00a0yards and a first down to hold onto the ball and win the game 30\u201321. Longshore finished 232\u00a0yards, 3 touchdowns, and three interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nCalifornia's defense allowed UCLA to rush for 183\u00a0yards (Kahlil Bell rushed for 142\u00a0yards) while recording one sack. The team recovered 2 UCLA fumbles, but could not create any points off those turnovers (and one turnover would lead to a Longshore interception). Cal's loss effectively ended their chances of a national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThis Pac-10 match up was an opportunity for Cal to end its two-game slide. For Arizona State, the game was its first opportunity to play a top 25 opponent and to solidify their position as a national title game contender. California started strong. Defensive end Rulon returned to the lineup after being injured in the Louisiana Tech game. On the game's first play, Rulon sacked Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter. On Arizona State's next possession, Rulon forced a fumble that was Cameron Jordan for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nCalifornia jumped out to a 20\u20137 lead in the middle of the second quarter with the help of two field goals by Jordan Kay and a DeSean Jackson touchdown pass. But after that, it was all Arizona State. Cal's defense allowed 144\u00a0yards rushing and a 4th and short touchdown run in the 3rd quarter that gave Arizona State a lead it would not surrender. Nate Longshore threw for 261\u00a0yards and a touchdown, but threw 2 interceptions in the second half. Longshore limped at times, appearing to be nursing the ankle injury he suffered at Oregon Cal's offense was shut out in the second half and Arizona State won 31\u201320, causing California to fall out of the top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nCalifornia returned home to Strawberry Canyon hoping to end a 3-game losing streak. The Bears were expected to easily defeat Washington State, a team that had one of the Pac-10's worst records, but the game was very tight. Longshore's second half of game problems continued as he fumbled the ball in the third and threw an interception in the fourth quarter. Longshore finished with 213\u00a0yards passing. Cal's defense allowed Washington State to pass for 306\u00a0yards and one touchdown. Justin Forsett ran for 132\u00a0yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0049-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nAt the beginning of the 4th quarter, Forsett fumbled on a second in goal, but later in the quarter he redeemed himself with a 44-yard touchdown run. Washington State drove down the field in the game final minutes and scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion, but California recovered the onside kick and escaped with a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn the pre-season, this game was named as one of candidates for the 10 most important games of 2007, with head coach Pete Carroll's Trojans national title hopes hinging on proving themselves against a veteran in-conference rival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nBy November 2007, the game was about pride with both teams national title hopes dashed by USC's losses to Stanford and Oregon, and Cal's 3 in a row loss to Oregon State, UCLA, and Arizona State. Played in the Memorial Stadium in Berkeley under intense rain, the Golden Bears donned throwback uniforms honoring 1975 All-American Cal quarterback Joe Roth. Designed by Nike, the helmet was gold with 2 blue lines bordering a center white line. The Cal logo on the side of the helmet was replaced by a white C inside a blue oval. The jerseys were blue with yellow numbering but does not feature the player's name. 2 blue lines bordered a white center line down the side of the yellow pants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nWith 7\u00a0minutes and 18\u00a0seconds remaining in the first quarter, Cal drew first blood with a 17-yard run into the end zone from running back Justin Forsett. 1\u00a0minute and 58\u00a0seconds and 5 plays later, USC answered with a 5-yard touchdown pass by Stanley Havili thrown by John David Booty. Booty finished the game 129 and one touchdown pass. He fumbled the ball once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn the 2nd quarter with 8\u00a0minutes and 51\u00a0seconds left, Cal's Jordan Kay kicked a 23-yard field goal. USC answered 9 plays later with a 36-yard run into the end zone by running back Chauncey Washington. The score at the end of the half was USC 14, Cal 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nUSC returned in the 2nd half with 28\u00a0yard field goal by David Buehler with 9\u00a0minutes and 57\u00a0seconds left in the quarter. With 57\u00a0seconds left in the 3rd quarter, Cal quarterback Nate Longshore completed a 20-yard pass to Lavelle Hawkins for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn the 4th quarter with 7\u00a0minutes and 38\u00a0seconds left, USC broke the tie of 17 all with a 3-yard touchdown run by Stafon Johnson. Cal attempted to mount a drive to tie the game in the remaining minutes but failed when USC's Terrell Thomas intercepted a pass from Nate Longshore intended for Cal wide receiver Robert Jordan with 2\u00a0minutes and 37\u00a0seconds left. Longshore also lost a fumble earlier in the 4th quarter. USC ran out the clock to preserve the 24-17 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, USC\nBecause of the game rainy conditions, the running game was extensively used by both teams. USC's Washington ran for 220\u00a0yards on 29 carries and a touchdown. Cal's Forsett ran for 164\u00a0yards and a touchdown. He also caught 2 passes for 45\u00a0yards. Washington and Booty both lost the ball on fumbles primarily because of the game's wet conditions. DeSean Jackson had 64\u00a0yards on 5 receptions and Hawkins had 53\u00a0yards on 3 receptions and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nCalifornia was favored to win on the road in Washington against one of the Pac-10's bottom teams in terms of records. Washington was also without starting quarterback Jake Locker who sat the game with an injury, but the game went poorly for California. Defensive Captain Free Safety Thomas DeCoud made a mistake in the coin toss that gave Washington the ball to start at both halves. Washington jumped out to a 14\u20130 lead over the Bears. Cal would respond with 3 touchdowns in the first half. Jordan Kay missed the PAT on the first touchdown. Save for a solitary field goal, Cal would be held scoreless in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe game's outcome was determined on the ground, which was dominated by Washington. Led by running back Louis Rankin, who himself rushed for 224\u00a0yards, the Huskies ran for 334\u00a0yards and 3 touchdowns and produced 37 points of offense despite backup quarterback Carl Bonnell only throwing for 108\u00a0yards. Cal's Justin Forsett ran for 141\u00a0yards. Longshore finished the game with 236 passing yards and 3 touchdowns to 1 interception. Washington broke a five-game losing streak to Cal, beating the Bears at home 37 to 23. After the game, Coach Tedford yelled at his players in the locker room and claimed responsibility for the loss when taking to reporters by claiming the team \"was not coached well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nCal trailed Stanford for the entirety of the 110th Big Game, losing 20\u201313 and relinquishing The Axe after holding onto it for five straight years, marking Tedford's first loss to the Cardinal, something Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh's two predecessors had failed to do. Stanford confused Cal on defense by alternating quarterbacks T.C. Ostrander and Tavita Pritchard in offensive series. Longshore was 22/47 with 252\u00a0yards, 1 touchdown, and two interceptions, throwing one at the 7\u00a0yard line with 2:10 remaining. Justin Forsett ran for 96\u00a0yards on 19 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0059-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nRobert Jordan caught 4 receptions for 99\u00a0yards including a 46-yard touchdown reception. Despite injuries that had depleted the Cardinal's backfield to the point where one player was converted to a running back, Stanford rushed for 120\u00a0yards. California's offense was limited to one touchdown and a field goal, Cal's worst offensive performance of the season. Longshore continued to struggle in the second half, leading the offense to only one field goal after half time. Cal committed 10 penalties for 118\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, 2007 Armed Forces Bowl\nThe Bears' 6\u20136 record was just enough to qualify the Bears for the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl. The Bears struggled early against the Falcons, who ran up 21 unanswered points under the leadership of quarterback Shaun Carney. Nate Longshore started, but was ineffective, hampered by the absence of DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan, who with Thomas DeCoud sat out the first quarter for violating unspecified team rules. The two receivers made an impact when they took the field alongside Kevin Riley, who replaced Longshore at quarterback in the second quarter. Riley completed touchdown passes to DeSean Jackson and Lavelle Hawkins to make it 21\u201314 Falcons at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, 2007 Armed Forces Bowl\nCarney was injured in the third quarter and did not return to the game. He finished with one touchdown pass and 108\u00a0yards rushing. Backup Shea Smith, who had not played all year, replaced Carney. The Falcons were limited to a pair of field goals, while Robert Jordan caught a touchdown pass from Riley and Justin Forsett ran in for another score. Forsett rushed for another touchdown in the fourth quarter, as did Riley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Game summaries, 2007 Armed Forces Bowl\nAir Force was limited to field goals until they capitalized on a botched kickoff return to score a touchdown with over two minutes left, but failed to recover an onside kick. Alongside Carney, Falcons running back Jim Ollis also eclipsed the 100\u00a0yard rushing mark with 101, while Forsett had 140. Riley completed 269 passing yards and was the game MVP. Cal ended the 2007 season with its first win in four games, while handing Air Force their first loss in four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 82], "content_span": [83, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Aftermath\nCal's season was considered by many fans, players, and Coach Tedford to be a major disappointment. Cal was ranked as high as number #2 after a 5-0 start and Cal lost 6 of its last 7 regular season games, just making the Armed Forces Bowl. Many fans blamed the play of quarterback Nate Longshore for Cal's decline. Longshore's injury at Oregon appeared to physically affect his play for several games, though some sports commentators during broadcasts late in the season speculated that the ankle injury had mentally effected Longshore. Riley's performance in the Oregon State and Armed Forces Bowl have left an open debate about who will be Cal's quarterback next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Aftermath\nOn the day preceding the Armed Forces Bowl, Tedford declared there would be open competition for all positions on the team in 2008. In early January, Tedford reorganized his coaching staff, most notably hiring Frank Cignetti as his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Tedford said he would give some of the play calling responsibility to Cignetti so he could spend more time with on special teams and defensive players. Tedford also hired Al Simmons as defensive backs coach. Tedford said he would reevaluate every aspect of Cal's football program and would make changes after Cal's disappointing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Aftermath\nCenter Alex Mack, the Pac-10's top offensive lineman elected to return for his senior year, which would also allow him to complete his degree. One week later, wide receive DeSean Jackson announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the NFL draft. Lavelle Hawkins, Robert Jordan, Justin Forsett and Craig Stevens also graduated or declared for the NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190503-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 California Golden Bears football team, Players, Depth chart\nThese were the primary starters and backups through the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires\nThe 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69\u00a0km2) of land. Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934\u00a0km2, or 1,520\u00a0mi2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.\u2013Mexico border. At the peak of the wildfire activity in October 2007, the raging wildfires were visible from space.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires\nThe wildfires killed a total of 17 people, with nine of them dying directly from the fires; 203 others were injured, including at least 124 firefighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires\nCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven California counties where fires were burning. President George W. Bush concurred, and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts. Over 6,000 firefighters worked to fight the blazes; they were aided by units of the United States Armed Forces, United States National Guard, almost 3,000 prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes, and 60 firefighters from the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Tecate. The fires forced approximately 1,000,000 people to evacuate from their homes, becoming the largest evacuation in California's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires\nMajor contributing factors to the extreme fire conditions were drought in Southern California, hot weather, and the unusually strong Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching 112\u00a0mph (180\u00a0km/h). California's \"fire season,\" which traditionally runs from June to October, has become a year-round threat, due to a mixture of perennial drought and the increasing number of homes built in canyons and on hillsides, surrounded by brush and forest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires\nThe fires had numerous sources. Several were triggered by power lines damaged by the high winds. One fire started when a semi-truck overturned. Another was suspected as having been deliberately caused; the suspect was shot and killed in flight by state authorities. A 10-year-old boy admitted that he accidentally started the Buckweed Fire by playing with matches. Causes of the remaining fires remain under investigation. The last active fire of the October 2007 fires, the Harris Fire, was fully extinguished on November 16, 2007, about 27 days after the series of wildfires had begun to ignite. The October 2007 wildfires collectively caused over $2 billion in property damages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires\nDuring the season, the National Interagency Fire Center reported that two firefighters were killed. One died in a helicopter crash, and the second was killed in a bulldozer rollover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Fires\nBelow is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0\u00a0km2) during the 2007 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Wind and weather\nThe October 2007 fires occurred following an extremely dry previous winter: in Los Angeles, with only 3.21 inches or 81.5 millimetres of rainfall between July 2006 and June 2007, it was the driest \u201crain year\u201d on record by 1.14 inches (29.0\u00a0mm). The record drought was exacerbated by the seasonal Santa Ana winds, blowing at an abnormally high strength. This combination of wind, heat, and dryness turned the chaparral into fire fuel. Officials believed that some of the fires generated their own winds, similar to the Oakland firestorm of 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Wind and weather\nThe effects of the smoke were felt as far away as Brentwood in the East Bay, near Stockton, where it impacted local weather. High-speed Santa Ana winds also rendered the use of dropping water from fire fighting aircraft inefficient: until such winds abate, most payloads of water are just dispersed by the wind over an area so large that the water evaporates before it can reach a large fire on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Wind and weather\nSanta Ana winds blowing up to 60\u00a0mph (97\u00a0km/h) combined with temperatures into the 90s to create in the worst possible fire conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Wind and weather\nAt one point, swirling winds threatened to bring fire into densely populated urban areas. At the height of the Santa Ana winds on October 22, sustained wind speeds reached 90\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h), with wind gusts up to 112\u00a0mph (180\u00a0km/h) reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Impact\nOn October 21, the Harris Fire damaged and disabled the Southwest Power Link, a 500,000-volt power line from Arizona to San Diego. Power outages were reported in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and other counties on October 22 to 333,500 Southern California Edison customers, most being restored within 24 hours. The power outage also affected the areas of Ojai, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Rialto, Fontana, San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Mira Loma, Hesperia, Corona, Bloomington, Irvine, Calimesa and Rubidoux. This outage also caused 230 people to be without power in Malibu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Impact\nThe California Independent System Operator Corp declared an energy transmission emergency in southern California on October 23, due to wildfires affecting the lines. 500,000-, 230,000- and 138,000-volt lines were disabled in San Diego, and some lines in other areas were also disabled. 24,992 people lost power, due to the lack of power from the power grid. During the crisis, Mexico provided power to help augment the electrical needs of the San Diego area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Impact\nAuthorities have stated that the evacuations, which displaced more than 900,000 people, have been the largest evacuation number in the history of California. By mid-morning on October 22, 2007, thousands of evacuees were taking shelter in Qualcomm Stadium and other locations throughout San Diego. On the afternoon of October 22, 2007, the Marines evacuated some planes from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to other military bases in California and Arizona. The Navy moved all non-essential personnel from Naval Base San Diego barracks onto nearby vessels to accommodate refugees. The San Diego Wild Animal Park moved some animals to the on-site animal hospital for their protection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Impact\nThe Horno Fire had charred 6,000 acres (24\u00a0km2) in Camp Pendleton by 4:00 A.M PDT, on October 24, 2007. It caused the closure of Interstate 5 and it also caused Amtrak to stop Surfliner service between Oceanside and San Clemente. Traffic was being diverted to Interstate 15, which had itself been closed earlier. Illegal migrant workers were endangered by the crisis, sometimes staying at work in the fields within mandatory evacuation zones. Many had lived in the canyons nearby and distrusted officials. When fleeing the fires, some were arrested, while others were turned away from shelters due to lack of adequate identification. Some Mexican firefighters expressed concern about their countrymen, while others felt the migrant workers were aware of the risks they were taking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Impact\nOnly a few cases of looting were documented. Six people were arrested for stealing supplies from Qualcomm stadium, another was arrested for theft after being found in possession of stolen goods in the Jamul fire area, and two were arrested near the Tecate border crossing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Impact, Air quality and effects on health\nThe concentration of particulate matter 10 micrometers and smaller (designated PM10) reached unhealthy levels as a result of the fires. PM10 particles are small enough to enter deep into the lungs, and possibly the bloodstream. San Diego city attorney Michael Aguirre, citing concerns over weather conditions and air quality, urged the city to consider a voluntary evacuation of the entire city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nGovernment agencies and volunteers worked together to mitigate the effects of the fires. According to the state of California's Consolidated Response web page, \"There are 17 active fires in Southern California. The priority for fighting fires as of 19:30 on October 21 were the Buckweed, Witch, Harris, Canyon, Ranch, Santiago, and Sedgewick Fires.\" March Air Reserve Base is the primary staging area for relief supplies as coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nWith many businesses and schools closed, some people used their time off to help others. Officials estimated that 10,000 people were gathered at Qualcomm Stadium, the largest shelter point in San Diego. Besides food, blankets and water, volunteers provided toys for children, massages, and a live rock and roll band performance. CERT teams, in various cities, received their first activation since the program's inception in this region. Trained volunteers provided assistance ranging from coordinating relief, to acting as a fire department auxiliary. Religious groups such as Victim Relief Ministries, Giving Children Hope, Hope Force International, Apostolic World Relief, and the Salvation Army responded by opening places of worship, donating supplies, and feeding workers and evacuees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nThe Department of Defense contributed twelve engines for firefighting efforts. The National Guard called more than 2,400 troops, with 17,000 available if needed; of which 100 California National Guard medical personnel provided medical assistance. Six crews from the Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 based at Naval Air Station North Island were assigned to battle the Witch Creek fire. They flew MH-60 Seahawk helicopters equipped with a 420-gallon water bucket and they were the only local Navy teams trained to fight fires from the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nMarine Corps Air Station Miramar contributed several aircraft as well as fire fighting trucks to operations based in Ramona. One of the larger airtankers, the Martin Mars, sent through a private contract from its home in Port Alberni, British Columbia on October 25, landing on Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, California. It has a 7,000 gallon capacity. Two other airtankers and their crews from Quebec worked on the fires, part of an annual three-month contract with the state of California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven California counties where fires burned. President George W. Bush concurred and visited the region on Thursday, October 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nRep. Duncan Hunter criticized state fire officials for delaying the use of Marine helicopters until CalFire spotters were in position to coordinate their efforts. However, California Fire Marshal Kate Dargan said that the Marines and officials at CalFire were following procedures worked out with the military after serious problems with air coordination during the 2003 California wildfires. Other state officials also praised the federal response. Aaron McLear, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger, said the governor \"is getting everything he needs from the federal government\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nNBC Nightly News reported that with the evacuations reaching about 950,000\u00a0people, this was the largest peacetime movement of Americans since the Civil War era, although similar evacuation figures were cited for Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190504-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 California wildfires, Response\nOn November 6, 2007, the state of California reported that the fires were under control. On November 9, the last vole of wildfires were finally contained. According to the state's consolidated report on the fires, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger \"called on the Blue Ribbon Task Force to assess the next steps to take at federal, state and local levels of government to prevent and fight future fires. Additionally, the Governor asked the task force to review the Governor\u2019s Blue Ribbon Fire Commission\u2019s recommendations, generated after the 2003 fires, to evaluate if the recommendations are still the best and most effective ways in preventing and fighting fires.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election\nCalifornia's 37th congressional district special election, 2007 was held on August 21, 2007 to replace the seat of Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, who died of cancer on April 22, 2007. California State Assemblymember Laura Richardson received the plurality of votes in an open primary election on June 26. Since no candidate won a majority of votes in that contest, the special election was held on August 21, in which Richardson was the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Historically Democratic district\nThe district has been historically Democratic. In the 2004 Presidential election, John Kerry received 74% of the vote and George W. Bush received 25% of the vote. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +27. The district's high African American and Mexican American populations also make the district lean Democrat because those groups have tended to vote with the Democrats. It came as little surprise when Republican John M. Kanaley received 5,309 votes or 25.24% of the total. After the June 26 election, various articles that appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the Long Beach Press-Telegram all but declared Richardson the eventual winner (see references below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Democratic Party Involvement, Democratic Party endorses Oropeza, May 19, 2007\nA spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee told TheHill.com that the committee had no plans to get involved in the election. Despite making claims to originally stay out of the Congressional race, the Democratic Party endorsed Oropeza on May 19, 2007. Oropeza took 119 of the 168 ballots cast by party delegates, or 71 percent, reaching the 60 percent threshold needed to win the party's endorsement .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 141], "content_span": [142, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Democratic Party Involvement, Involvement from out of district officials\nRichardson accused Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata of having \"dumped 130 people here\" from outside the district to throw the democratic party vote to Oropeza . In the race, Perata supported fellow State Senator Oropeza. Richardson was endorsed by several California State Assembly members that included Speaker Fabian Nunez, Majority Leader Karen Bass, Assembly member Mervyn Dymally, and former Speaker Willie Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 136], "content_span": [137, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Race, The Black vote\nMcDonald won only two votes from party delegates at the Democratic party endorsement. The vast majority of black delegates in attendance voted for Richardson, while Oropeza won all but a few of the Latino, white and Filipino delegates. Blacks make up roughly 25% of registered voters. Many black leaders saw this election as a test of their political clout. As Millender-McDonald was Black, Black leaders wanted to hang onto the congressional seat that had been held by an African-American, even as the seat's Latino population has grown rapidly. Black Congresswoman Maxine Waters also endorsed Richardson, as did many black state representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 84], "content_span": [85, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Race, The McDonald factor\nOriginally, the membership of the Congressional Black Caucus was divided between those who supported Richardson and those who supported Valerie McDonald, daughter of the late Millender-McDonald. McDonald was backed by US Congresswoman Diane Watson and some local churches and other political leaders. McDonald is the executive director of the African American Women Health and Education Foundation in Carson, a nonprofit founded by her mother. Some black leaders feared that the two black candidates would split the vote and lead to an Oropeza victory. Polls that were conducted began to justify that fear. Seeing this fact, many Black leaders began to rally around and throw their support to Richardson over McDonald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 89], "content_span": [90, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Race, The Latino vote\nWhile the growing Latino vote represented 40% of the district's population, the Latino vote was about 21%. Most major Latino leaders and organizations, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, also supported Orepeza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 85], "content_span": [86, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Labor versus Indian gaming\nThe race can also be seen as a contest between two of California's interest groups: Labor and Indian gaming. The two groups clashed over five tribal compacts that would doubled the number of slot machines at Indian casinos. Labor groups fought the compacts because they believed the compacts did not adequately protect workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Labor versus Indian gaming\nRichardson had strong financial support from organized labor that included the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, which provided volunteers to walk precincts and make phone calls in the final days of the race. The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor spent $275,000 on Richardson's campaign and put more than 1,000 union members on the street, made 45,000 phone calls and distributed 166,000 pieces of mail. Oropeza voted for the compacts. The tribes showed their gratitude by spending $457,000 of independently on television ads in Oropeza's support. Morongo Band of Mission Indians spent $440,000 alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 90], "content_span": [91, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Results\nOf the 25 candidates who originally filed, 17 appeared on the ballot; running were eleven Democrats, four Republicans, one Green, and one Libertarian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Low turnout\nVoter turnout was very low during this special election. Many voters were unaware that a special election was occurring. The absentee ballot drives were a part of both sides campaign strategies because of the expected low turnout. Over 10,000 absentee ballots were processed by the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder despite there being 265,000 registered voters. 11% of the district's 265,000 registered voters cast ballots in the primary, and only 8% cast ballots on August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 75], "content_span": [76, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Analysis\nWhile race was a factor in the results of the election, some Blacks voters and leaders supported Orepeza and some Latino voters and leaders backed Richardson. Richardson's victory in the primary did depend on Black voters but final results showed that Richardson won over many Latino voters and leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190505-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 California's 37th congressional district special election, Analysis\nCurrent population estimate in California project a large increase in the Latino population in California over the next 40 years while the population of Blacks, Asian Americans, and Whites as a percentage of total population is expected to decline The dynamics of race relations in the special election could be foretelling of some political races in the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 72], "content_span": [73, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190506-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cambodian League, Overview\nIt was contested by 8 teams, and Naga Corp FC won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190507-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cambodian communal elections\nCommunal elections were held in Cambodia on 1 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190508-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian Premier League\nIn the 2007 Cameroonian Premier League season, 18 teams competed. Cotonsport Garoua won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 22 July 2007, with voting in some districts re-run on 30 September. Local elections were held on the same day, with seats on 363 town councils at stake. The result was a victory for the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC), which won 153 of the 180 seats in the National Assembly, whilst the main opposition party, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), won 16 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Campaign\nA total of 1,274 candidates stood for the 180 seats in the National Assembly, with 41 parties participating in the elections. In the local elections, 24,820 candidates contested the 6,514 available positions. The RDPC was the only party to have candidates in all districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign, there were claims that the RDPC was given disproportionate airtime on television and radio; Jean-Jacques Ekindi, the President of the opposition Progressive Movement (MP), complained that the MP received only six seconds of airtime on television per day, giving it a total of one minute and 24 seconds for the whole campaign. According to Ekindi, this represented discrimination against small parties and was illegal. On 18 July 2007, the MP formalized an alliance with the Cameroonian Democratic Union (UDC); as part of this agreement, the parties decided not to run candidates in the same constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nOn 17 July, John Fru Ndi, the leader of the opposition SDF, which suffered from divisions in the years preceding the election, claimed that the preparations for the elections were plagued with irregularities, including poor distribution of voter registration cards (with some people receiving multiple cards and others receiving no cards) and the redrawing of electoral districts even though census results had not been published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nFru Ndi said that the election would not be transparent and blamed President Paul Biya for this; he said the ruling RDPC wanted a two-thirds parliamentary majority so that the constitution could be changed in order to allow Biya to run for president again in 2011. The SDF participated in the election, with 103 candidates from the party seeking seats; according to Fru Ndi, a boycott would be useless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nVoter turnout in the election was reportedly low, with one estimate placing turnout in Douala at about 20%, although the Minister of Territorial Administration, Marafa Hamidou Yaya, said late on the day of the election that turnout was \"very honorable\" across the country. He also said that the election had gone smoothly and without major incidents. Others, however, said that there were irregularities, including widespread cases of people being allowed to vote with only voter registration cards and not identity cards as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe opposition denounced the election as fraudulent, with Fru Ndi labelling it a \"sham\"; it alleged that ballot papers were withheld from some people, that the indelible ink could be washed off, and that one town in the north did not receive ballot papers. There were also opposition allegations that some people were enabled to vote for the RDPC in place of other voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nIn addition to the SDF, the UDC also alleged fraud, and the SDF and the UDC announced that they would appeal in every district where they were defeated. Another opposition party, the Alliance of Democratic Forces (AFP), said that it would not appeal because it considered the legal system so corrupt that it would be useless to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Conduct\nPresident Biya, voting in Yaound\u00e9, said that he expected \"a comfortable majority, which will enable me to build and modernise the country.\" He said that campaigning occurred \"in a calm, serene and peaceful atmosphere\", and expressed his hope that this atmosphere would remain and that people would accept the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results\nFollowing the announcement of the results, 103 appeals were filed with the Supreme Court by a number of parties; most requested the annulment of results in certain districts, although some sought only a neutral recount. The UNDP filed the most appeals, with 33, while the SDF filed 30, the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC) filed six, and the RDPC filed four. Fru Ndi said on 2 August that the entire elections should be annulled due to fraud, claiming that if the election had been \"free and transparent\", the SDF would have won a majority in both the parliamentary and municipal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results\nOn 10 August, final results were announced by the Supreme Court. The RDPC won 140 seats, the SDF won 14 seats, the UNDP and the UDC won four seats each, and the Progressive Movement won one seat. The Supreme Court annulled the election in five districts, leaving 17 seats vacant until new elections are held there. Of the 163 deputies elected, there were 23 women, 14% of the total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results, Partial re-run\nOn 29 August it was announced that the elections in the five electoral districts where the results were cancelled\u2014Wouri-East, Mayo-Tsanaga-North, Nyong and Kell\u00e9, Mungo South, and Haut-Nkam\u2014would be held on 30 September. Campaigning for the partial election began on 15 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results, Partial re-run\nProvisional results showed the RDPC winning 13 of the 17 vacant seats, with the SDF winning two and the UNDP winning two. The RDPC won majorities in three of the five districts at stake, Haut-Nkam, Moungo-South, and Nyong-and-Kell\u00e9, taking all three of the available seats in each of those districts. In Wouri-East, the SDF won a plurality, with the RDPC close behind, and the two parties each took two of the four available seats there. In Mayo-Tsanaga-North, the RPDC won a plurality, with the UNDP close behind, and the two parties each took two of the four available seats there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results, Partial re-run\nThe SDF disputed these results, with Fru Ndi claiming that it had actually won six seats: he said that it had won a majority (over 52%) in Wouri-East, giving it all four of those seats, and that it had also won one additional seat in Haut-Nkam and another additional seat in Mayo-Tsanaga-North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results, Partial re-run\nOn 10 October the Supreme Court ruled that six appeals regarding the partial election were inadmissible, and rejected two other appeals. It confirmed the final results of the partial election on 15 October, giving the RDPC 13 seats (and a new total of 153), the SDF and UNDP won two seats each, giving them 16 and six seats respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results, Local elections\nIn the local elections for the 363 town councils, provisional results from the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization showed the RDPC winning control of 310 councils, the SDF winning 21, the UNDP 13, the UDC eight, the MDR five, the UPC three, and the National Alliance for Democracy and the People (ANDP) one. The RDPC was said to have won all of the councils in Yaound\u00e9 and five of the six councils in Douala; the SDF was credited with winning the remaining council in Douala, the 4th district. 216 requests for annulment regarding the local elections were filed with the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Results, Local elections\nAlong with the five districts where the parliamentary election was cancelled, the municipal elections in Lobo were also re-run on 30 September, and in early September the Supreme Court cancelled the municipal results in a further nine electoral districts (Bana, Bafang, Bafoussam III, Kekem, Pet\u00e9, Matom, Messondo, Mokolo, and Douala V), with new elections there also planned for the same date. In Lobo, the RDPC won the 30 September vote overwhelmingly, with nearly 90%, according to provisional results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 14 August Biya expressed a desire for opposition parties to participate in the government. Two days later Fru Ndi said that the SDF would only join the government if it would follow certain policies: decentralization and federalism, greater priority to the social sector, the establishment of an independent electoral commission, the reduction of taxes to encourage investment, and the improvement of living standards. The SDF did not join the government in the cabinet reshuffle on September 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190509-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cameroonian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe newly elected National Assembly held its first session on 21 August. Although 17 seats were still vacant, only a two-thirds majority was necessary for the National Assembly to meet. On the same day, a joint statement of the American, British, and Dutch embassies criticized the election due to irregularities and urged the creation of an independent electoral commission. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril was re-elected as President of the National Assembly on August 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190510-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, from July 9 through July 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190510-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles\nJordan Kerr / Jim Thomas defeated Nathan Healey / Igor Kunitsyn 6\u20133, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190511-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nRobert Kendrick and J\u00fcrgen Melzer were the defending champions but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190511-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nJordan Kerr and Jim Thomas won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20135, against Nathan Healey and Igor Kunitsyn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190512-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nMark Philippoussis was the defending champion, but did not participate. Fabrice Santoro defeated Nicolas Mahut in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190512-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nThe event saw first seed Mardy Fish being knocked out of the first round by qualifier Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, continuing the tradition of the first seeds never winning the Newport event. Fish had once knocked out the first seed when he was a qualifier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190513-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby\nThe 2007 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of the U.R.B.A. (Buenos Aires) that beat in the final the selection of Uni\u00f3n de Rugby de Tucum\u00e0nThe 24 teams participating were divided in two levels\u00a0: \"Campeonato\" (8 teams), \"Ascenso\", (16 teams, divided in four pools)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190513-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, \"Campeonato\"\nTeam participating divided in due pools of 4. The first two of each pool admitted to semifinals, the last to play-out for relegation (\"Finale descenso\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190513-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, \"Torneo Ascenso\"\n16 teams, divided in 4 pools. Le winner of each pool to the semifinals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190514-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A\nThe 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A was the 51st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A. It began on May 12, 2007, and ended on December 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190514-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Format\nThe format was identical to the 2006 edition. 20 teams competed, each team playing the other 19 twice in a double round-robin format (one home game, one away). At the season finale, S\u00e3o Paulo were the champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190514-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Calendar\nSeveral teams had their attentions divided between other tournaments over the same duration:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190514-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, Doping case\nOn 8 July, Botafogo's player Dod\u00f4 was caught on a doping exam. On 24 July, it was confirmed that he was banned for 120 days. In a new case, on 2 August, the player was acquitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190515-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B\nThe Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B 2007, namely the second division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 teams. The tournament started in May, and reached its end on November 24. The 20 teams played home and away matches among each other and, by the end of the year, the four best-ranked (Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vit\u00f3ria) were promoted to the first division and the four worst-ranked (Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo, Ituano) were relegated to the third division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C\nIn 2007, the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 64 clubs, with the promotion of Bragantino, Bahia (lost Fonte Nova against Vila Nova), Vila Nova-GO, and ABC-RN, to the Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie B to be contested in 2008. No teams were relegated, since the fourth division in the Brazilian league was introduced only in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, First stage\nThe 64 teams play in 16 groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Second Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Second stage\nThe 32 teams qualified from the First Stage play in eight groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Third Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Third stage\nThe 16 teams qualified from the Second Stage play in four groups of four. Within each group, the four teams play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling six matchdays. The two best ranked teams in each group qualify to the Final Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Competition format, Final stage\nThe eight teams qualified from the Third Stage are put together in a single group. They play a double round robin, i.e. they play each other in home and away matches, totalling fourteen matchdays. The four best ranked teams are automatically promoted to the S\u00e9rie B in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Stages of the competition, Final stage\nNote: On This Phase, The EC Bahia Lost the Fonte Nova in last game at home (25 November 2007) (2008\u20132014).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Stages of the competition, Final stage\nOn 85 or 88 minutes, 13 people fell and 7 people died, because the collapse of the bleachers (see more in Portuguese.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190516-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C, Stages of the competition, Final stage\nThe biggest rival of Bahia promoted to first division in same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190517-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Carioca\nThe 2007 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 19 and ended on May 4, 2007. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federa\u00e7\u00e3o de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Twelve teams contested this edition. Flamengo won the title for the 29th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190518-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Catarinense\nThe 82nd season of the Campeonato Catarinense began on January 17, 2007, and ended on May 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190518-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Catarinense, Format\nThe winner of the third stage is crowned the champion. The champions and the runner up qualify to Copa do Brasil 2008 and the champions qualify to Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie C 2007. The two teams with the worst positions are release to Divis\u00e3o Especial 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190518-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Catarinense, Second stage\n\u2020 Pr\u00f3spera received a 12 points deduction penalty for fielding an ineligible player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190518-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Catarinense, Third stage\n* In Crici\u00fama, because the Crici\u00fama have better Punctuation in the two stages (Stage 1 points + Stage 2 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190518-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Catarinense, Final standings\n\u2020 Pr\u00f3spera received a 12 points deduction penalty for fielding an ineligible player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A\nThe 2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol de la Serie A (known as 2007 Copa P\u00edlsener Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th season of Ecuador's Serie A, the country's top football league. The season began on February 10. LDU Quito won their 9th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe format for this season remains the same as the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe First Stage and Second Stage are identical. The ten teams competed in a double round-robin tournament, one game at home and one away. The top three teams in each stage qualified to the Liguilla Final with bonus points (3, 2, and 1 point[s], respectively). The winner of each group also qualified to the 2007 and 2008 Copa Sudamericana, respectively. At the end of the second stage, the team with the fewest points in the First and Second Stage aggregate table was relegated to the Serie B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Format\nThe Liguilla Final was a double round-robin tournament between the six qualified teams of the First and Second Stage. The winner of the Liguilla Final was crowned the Serie A champion. The champion and runner-up also qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores into the Second Stage, while the third-place finisher qualified to the First Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Teams\nThe number of teams remained the same for this season. Aucas was relegated after the Second Stage of the 2006 season. They were replaced by Imbabura, the 2006 Serie B E2 winner, who was making their first appearance in the Serie A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, First stage\nThe first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Second stage\nThe second stage was played between July 15, 2007 and October 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190519-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de F\u00fatbol Serie A, Liguilla Final\nThe Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190520-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Ga\u00facho\nThe 87th season of the Campeonato Ga\u00facho kicked off on January 20, 2007 and ended on May 6, 2007. The competition began with 18 clubs divided into two groups. Even before the end of first stage, Gl\u00f3ria, Ga\u00facho, Guarani de Ven\u00e2ncio Aires and S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 de Cachoeira do Sul were already relegated. The two biggest clubs of Rio Grande do Sul would not meet at the final, as Internacional were eliminated in the first stage. Holders Gr\u00eamio won the title once more after beating Juventude. That was the 35th title in the history of the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190521-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Mineiro\nThe 2007 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do M\u00f3dulo I was the 93rd season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 21 and ended on May 6. Atl\u00e9tico won the title for the 39th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190522-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato Paulista\nThe 2007 Campeonato Paulista|Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divis\u00e3o - S\u00e9rie A1 was the 106th edition of S\u00e3o Paulo's top professional football league. The competition began on 17 January and ended on 22 April, with the finals, and was held at the Morumbi in S\u00e3o Paulo. Santos successfully defended its 16th titile to add to its cache the 2007 Cam 17th title and 2nd consecutive after a 2\u20132 aggregate score in the finals against S\u00e3o Caetano. As Santos had the best campaign in the first phase, they were crowned champions. This season marked the return of the Campeonato do Interior (Interior Championship), where the clubs from the countryside of the state of S\u00e3o Paulo that did not qualify to the knockout phase would contest among themselves to determine the champion club from the countryside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190523-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Campeonato da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o do Futebol\nStatistics of Campeonato da 1\u00aa Divis\u00e3o do Futebol in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190524-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Watkins Glen International. It was held over the weekend of July 6\u20138, 2007, as the tenth round of the seventeen-race calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190524-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, Race Summary\nHelio Castroneves started on pole, but after leading the first 19 laps, he crashed out under heavy pressure from Scott Dixon. Dixon, who led 23 laps, held off Sam Hornish Jr. to win the race. However a post-race brawl occurred. Tony Kanaan was angry with Sam Hornish Jr. for a previous wreck and said he wanted to talk with Hornish after the race. On pit road Kanaan and Hornish walked up to have a civil talk about their incident when Sam Hornish Sr. tried to defend his son by wrestling Tony Kanaan. A brawl broke out and Sam Hornish Sr. had to be physically restrained by IndyCar officials and security. Michael Andretti tried to get into the brawl but Marco Andretti held his father back while driver Dan Wheldon helped Kanaan out of the brawl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190524-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, Race Summary\n\"I got a run on Tony into Turn 6, but he didn't give me room and ran me up on the curbs,\" Hornish explained. \"I had nowhere to go. Then he runs into me coming into the pits and starts calling me every name under the sun. He likes to talk about what a great teammate he is when someone on his team wins, but he can't handle it when he doesn't. It's an unfortunate deal. For a guy that likes to claim he's such a great sport, he's always doing stuff like that. If he wants to get out and talk to me about it afterwards, he can do that. But you don't do it in the car. Someone could have gotten hurt in the pits.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190524-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, Race Summary\n\"He hits me and almost takes me out of the race, and he gets mad,\" Kanaan said in his post-race interview. \"He drives like a champion all the time, but mistakes happen and people should let us talk about it and not get in the middle. I think he made a mistake today, and I don't know if he was going to apologize because I couldn't hear what he was saying -- we both had our helmets on. I don't think he drove like a champion today, and he didn't act like one. And his dad was even worse. That's why dads should be in the grandstands, not in the pits.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190524-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, Race Summary\nFor punching Kanaan and interfering with the intended civil discussion, Sam Hornish Sr., was fined $25,000 and banned from the garages for one race. Kanaan and Hornish Jr. were both fined $25,000 and put on indefinite probation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190524-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix, Full Course Caution Periods\nThere were three full course caution periods during the race, with a total of seven laps run under full course yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190525-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Cup of Curling\nThe 2007 Strauss Canada Cup of Curling was held March 13-18, 2007 at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. The Randy Ferbey rink won their third title and Jennifer Jones won her first title on the women's side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games\nThe 2007 Canada Winter Games were held in Whitehorse, Yukon, from Friday 23 February 2007 to Saturday 10 March 2007. These were the first Canada Games held North of 60 (in the northern territories). The games were held concurrent with the Inuit Games and Dene Games. The Games were televised by CBC, SRC, TSN, RDS, and APTN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torch Relay\nPrior to each Canada Games, a Torch Relay is conducted to herald the beginning of the competition and knit the country in common purpose. As the Olympic Torch is lit from the sun in great Olympia, the Canada Games Torch is lit from the Eternal Flame, burning upon Parliament Hill in the nation's capital. A truly staggering 100,000\u00a0km relay spanning the entire Canadian North was undertaken as a lead up to the start of the 2007 Canada Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torch Relay\nAfter being lit in Ottawa, the Canada Games Torch was flown to CFB Alert, Nunavut, located on the north coast of Ellesmere Island - the \"most northern permanently inhabited settlement in the world\" where it was joined by the three , each representing one of the Host Territories: Nunavut, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories. The Canada Games Torch lit the three Pan Northern Torches which were then taken by three northern athletes who began the Torch Relay trek for their respective Territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torch Relay\nTogether, the Canada Winter Games pan northern torches visited over 83 communities, partook in 13 Torch Challenges spotlighting unique places in the North, and travelled by all forms of northern transportation. Through the torch relay the spirit of the 2007 Whitehorse Canada Winter Games spread to every corner of Canada's North and engaged all its people. On 22 February 2007, the three 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torches reunited in Whitehorse, Yukon and on 23 February relit the Canada Games Torch, following which, all four torches lit the Canada Games Cauldron, signalling the ceremonial start of the 2007 Canada Winter Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 79], "content_span": [80, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The Roly McLenahan Torch\nThe Canada Games Torch was renamed the Roly McLenahan Torch in 1985, in honour of the late Roly McLenahan, who was an original member of the Canada Games Council and demonstrated a lifelong commitment to youth and their participation in sport. Roly McLenahan, himself, achieved notable records in both amateur and professional sport. He became the first Director of Sport in New Brunswick in 1961, and remained in that position for 23 years. He was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 for his athletic prowess as a hockey player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The Roly McLenahan Torch\nHe was instrumental in New Brunswick's support for and participation in the Games. The Roly McLenahan Torch is used to commence each Canada Games Torch Relay and must be used to ignite the official Games Flame during the Opening Ceremonies. There are two Roly McLenahan Torches: the original torch and a newer version. Both are metal, the former has a stitched leather handle (worn and somewhat loose) and the later has a wrapped leather handle (similar to that used on a bat or racquet). Both share a similar flared top with a receptacle for a solid fuel source.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The Three 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torches\nThe three were commissioned by Touch the North, Inc. for donation to the 2007 Whitehorse Canada Winter Games Society. Each torch is unique, with a carved handle fashioned from caribou antler by artist Shane Wilson. Caribou antler was chosen because of its unique handle-like shaft, as well as the fact that caribou are universally present in all three of Canada's Territories. The palm and tine portion of the antlers, which normally point upward in their natural state, were reversed to point downward and host the signature carvings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The Three 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torches\nEach carving contains three elements: an animal significant to the respective Territory, the Canada Games Maple Leaf logo with an addition of three veins to represent the three territories who have joined together to host the Games, and an element containing 13 parts to signify the Provinces and Territories that make up Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, The Three 2007 Canada Winter Games Pan Northern Torches\nThe Yukon Torch features a raven overlooking 13 mountain tops of the northern boreal forest; the Northwest Territories Torch sports a polar bear clambering onto secure footing from an ice pan breaking up into 13 pieces; the Nunavut Torch displays the narwhal with tusk passing through the Canada Games Maple Leaf logo, swimming amongst 13 ocean waves. The torch tops are fashioned from stainless steel and copper and hold a solid fuel source - a 'cupcake' of wax and woodchips that has a burn time of about 1/2 hour. Following the 2007 Canada Winter Games, the three Pan Northern Torches were presented to their respective Territories for permanent display.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 81], "content_span": [82, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, Opening Ceremonies\nThe opening ceremonies were held on Friday 23 February 2007, at ATCO Place, a temporary tent structure built adjacent to the Yukon River for the Games. The ceremonies were aired on CBC and the First Nations Channel, broadcast in English, French, and Inuktituk. The national anthem was sung twice, first in T'chone and then in the usual mixed-language English and French (starting in English, then changing language verse by verse). The premiers of Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially opened the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, Closing Ceremonies\nThe closing ceremonies were conducted 10 March 2007 at ATCO Place with 3500 in attendance to watch entertainment and hear closing speeches. Jennifer Knight, a skier from the Yukon, handed a torch to Hilary Hansen, an athlete from Prince Edward Island, host province of the 2009 Canada Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190526-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada Winter Games, Records\nNo province or territory was denied a medal in the final standings, an unprecedented occurrence for the Canada Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment\nIn 2007, significant ownership changes occurred in Canada's broadcast television industry, involving nearly every network and television system. In addition to the shuffling of network affiliations and mergers involving various networks, several new television stations and rebroadcast transmitters also signed on the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia\nIn 2006, following the death of longtime chairman Allan Waters, CHUM Limited decided to cease operations and sell its broadcasting assets to a willing bidder. Bell Globemedia (later CTVglobemedia, now Bell Media) announced a $1.7 billion takeover offer for CHUM on July 12 of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia\nBell Globemedia initially intended to retain CHUM's Citytv television system and its five large-market stations, as well as the company's numerous specialty channels; Bell would also sell off the smaller-market A-Channel stations along with several specialty channels. Rogers Communications originally placed a bid to purchase the A-Channel stations; CKX-TV (channel 5) in Brandon, Manitoba; Alberta educational station Access; and specialty channels SexTV and Canadian Learning Television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia\nHowever, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) denied CTV's acquisition of the Citytv stations, as all five stations \u2013 CITY-TV (channel 57) in Toronto, CKVU-TV (channel 10) in Vancouver, CKEM-TV (channel 51) in Edmonton, CKAL-TV (channel 5) in Calgary and CHMI-TV (channel 13) in Portage la Prairie-Winnipeg \u2013 were based in markets where CTV already maintained owned-and-operated stations (O&O), and therefore CTV's retention of Citytv would have violated a provision in the Commission's media ownership limits, which bar broadcasters from owning two English-language television stations in major metropolitan areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia\nCTV was, however, allowed to retain control of the A-Channel stations (a few of the A-Channel stations were based in cities adjacent to the major five metropolitan areas such as Victoria, British Columbia; London and Barrie, Ontario; CRTC rules permit English-language commercial twinsticks in major markets provided that the stations have differing cities of license) and all of CHUM's specialty channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia\nSoon afterwards, Rogers Communications placed a new bid to purchase the Citytv system as a complement to its own Omni Television, a system of multicultural stations that incorporate programming in various languages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, CTVglobemedia\nAfter Bell Globemedia's bid to purchase Citytv stations, and sell off the A-Channel stations, CKX-TV, and several other digital specialty channels denied by the CRTC, the outcome resulted in CTV putting the Citytv stations in a trust held by corporate lawyer John McKellar in the interim while it searched for a buyer. Rogers Communications, which had originally bid on the A-Channel stations prior to the CRTC decision, placed a new bid for the Citytv stations a few days later, which was approved by the CRTC on September 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 92], "content_span": [93, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, CTVglobemedia\nCHUM Limited officially ceased operations on June 22, 2007. With the exception of the Citytv stations and its French language music specialty channels MusiquePlus and Musimax, all of the CHUM Limited properties \u2013 including the A-Channel stations, CKX-TV, (an independent television station in Brandon, Manitoba), its cable specialty services (such as MuchMusic, Star!, Space, Bravo! and CP24) and radio stations \u2013 became part of the restructured CTVglobemedia on that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 92], "content_span": [93, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, CTVglobemedia\nA-Channel's original 2007\u201308 schedule was announced in early June, before the takeover received CRTC approval. By September, CTV had radically altered the system's schedule to give A-Channel broadcast rights to several series that CTV had not been able to find time slots for on its own fall schedule, including Two and a Half Men, Scrubs, 30 Rock and the Canadian-produced series Jeff Ltd. The A-Channel system along with the Atlantic Satellite Network were later rebranded as A on August 11, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 92], "content_span": [93, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, CTVglobemedia\nCTVglobemedia announced on November 16, 2007, that it and the channel's co-owner Comcast would sell their remaining interest in specialty channel OLN to Rogers Communications. Nearly five months later on March 8, 2008, the company announced that it would sell Canadian Learning Television to Corus Entertainment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 92], "content_span": [93, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, Rogers Communications\nRogers Communications had wanted to gain a multicultural station in Vancouver for a long time, but was either denied by the CRTC and competitor station CHNM-TV (channel 66; branded as \"Channel M\"), or was outbid while vying for local stations up on the market by other broadcasters. In 2005, opportunity arose when Rogers was given permission to purchase religious broadcaster Trinity Television, owner of Fraser Valley television station CHNU-TV (channel 66) and the license for Winnipeg station CIIT-TV (channel 35).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, Rogers Communications\nIn 2007, both Multivan Broadcasting (owner of CHNM) and Rogers submitted bids for television stations in Edmonton and Calgary during a call by the CRTC for broadcasters to submit new broadcast licence applications. The licences were awarded to Rogers, which launched CJCO-TV (channel 38) and CJEO-TV (channel 56) as religious stations in the respective markets on September 15, 2008. Shortly afterward, Multivan entered a tentative deal to sell CHNM to Rogers, citing the loss of the Calgary and Edmonton licenses as leaving the company no longer able to compete as a standalone station. On November 6, 2007, Rogers also announced the intention to sell its CHNU-TV and CIIT-TV to S-VOX. Rogers' acquisition of CHNM and its sale of CHNU and CIIT to S-VOX were both approved by the CRTC on March 31, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 904]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, Rogers Communications\nOn September 1, 2008, CHNM was relaunched as an Omni Television station (branded as \"OMNI British Columbia\"), while S-VOX relaunched CIIT and CHNU respectively as \"Joytv 11\" and \"Joytv 10\" (in reference to the cable channel allocations of both stations in their respective markets).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Sale of CHUM Limited to Bell Globemedia, Rogers Communications\nIn addition, Rogers applied to purchase the Citytv stations for an estimated $375 million. Media analysts suggested that with a more powerful media conglomerate such as Rogers behind them, the Citytv stations would effectively expand to become Canada's fourth full-fledged commercial television network, in effect if not immediately in name. The Citytv transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28, 2007, with Rogers officially becoming the system's new owner on October 31. Rogers acquired the remaining interest in OLN from CTVglobemedia and Comcast on August 31, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, CanWest Global, CH becomes E!\nOn September 7, 2007, Canwest Global rebranded its CH television system as E!, following an agreement it struck with Comcast \u2013 then the parent company of the E! cable channel in the United States (now owned by Comcast division NBCUniversal) \u2013 which saw the two broadcasters share certain programming. Simultaneously, the system's six owned-and-operated stations restored the use of call signs as branding (a decision was made at least in part to avoid confusion with the entertainment news program E! News, while also intended to ensure that local newscasts on the O&Os were not perceived as celebrity-oriented). Red Deer, Alberta O&O CHCA-TV (channel 6) was also granted permission to increase its transmitter power to reach its signal into Edmonton and Calgary, a request that the CRTC had previously denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, CanWest Global, Acquisition of Alliance Atlantis\nCanwest, in conjunction with Goldman Sachs, also applied to the CRTC to purchase the assets of Alliance Atlantis, a broadcasting and film production and distribution company which operated 13 specialty cable channels and held partial ownership of seven other specialty channels. The transaction was approved by the CRTC in early January 2008. Canwest sold off the production division, but retained ownership of the cable channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Other changes, Crossroads Television System expansion\nThe Crossroads Television System (later renamed Yes TV in September 2014), a religious broadcaster which also incorporates family-oriented secular programming and originated on Hamilton, Ontario station CITS-TV (channel 36), also expanded in 2007, with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission granting CTS licences to launch two new stations: CKCS-TV (channel 32) in Calgary and CKES-TV (channel 45) in Edmonton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Other changes, SUN TV expansion\nIn 2007, Quebecor Media \u2013 owners of Toronto independent station CKXT-TV (channel 52, branded as \"SUN TV\") \u2013 had applied for licences to operate rebroadcast transmitters in London and Ottawa, to bring the station on par with fellow Toronto-area competitors CITY-TV (the flagship of the Citytv system), CITS-TV, CFMT-TV (channel 47) and CJMT-TV (channel 40; both the flagships of Omni Television and branded respectively as \"OMNI.1\" and \"OMNI.2\"), as those stations already operated translators in those cities. The reason for this request was that it would put the station on a level playing field in regards to simultaneous substitution. This request was approved by the CRTC; the new UHF rebroadcasters signed on the air in the fall of 2008, on analog channel 26 and digital channel 19 in London, and on analog channel 54 and digital channel 20 in Ottawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nCanwest, amidst financial woes, announced a strategic review of the E! stations in February 2009, citing questions over the viability of owning a second broadcast television service alongside its existing Global Television Network. The company ultimately decided to disband the E! television system in August 2009 citing that \"a second conventional TV network [was] no longer key to the long-term success\" of Canwest; E! 's five owned-and-operated stations experienced different outcomes: E!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nO&Os CJNT-TV (channel 62) in Montreal and CHCH-TV (channel 11) in Hamilton were sold to Channel Zero, while CHEK-TV (channel 6) in Victoria, British Columbia \u2013 mere hours before its planned 12:00\u00a0a.m. Pacific Time shutdown on September 5 \u2013 was sold to a consortium of station employees and local investors for CA$2; all three became independent stations upon the closure of the E! system. CHBC-TV (channel 2) in Kelowna, British Columbia, meanwhile, was retained by Canwest and converted into a Global O&O. CHCA-TV, however, shut down after it was unable to find a buyer. Shaw Communications eventually took control of Canwest's television arm in late October 2010 after Canwest sought protection from the company's creditors in late 2009, with its television properties becoming part of the new Shaw Media division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nOn November 1, 2010, one year after the disbandment of the E! television system, CTVglobemedia struck a brand and program licensing agreement with Comcast to return the brand to Canada, relaunching its existing entertainment-focused specialty channel Star! as E!. BCE Inc. would eventually regain full control of CTV's broadcasting arm in April 2011, with CTVglobemedia being rebranded as Bell Media. Bell subsequently rebranded the A stations and Access as CTV Two five months later on August 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nOn July 14, 2009, following Canwest's announcement of the E! system's shutdown, the Jim Pattison Group signed an agreement with Rogers Communications to affiliate the company's three E!-affiliated stations \u2013 CFJC-TV (channel 4) in Kamloops, British Columbia, CKPG-TV (channel 2) in Prince George, British Columbia, and CHAT-TV (channel 6) in Medicine Hat, Alberta \u2013 with Citytv that September, expanding that system's reach into Western Canada (as part of a long-term affiliation renewal agreement signed with Rogers in May 2012, the Pattison stations began carrying 90% of the primetime programming and the majority of morning and daytime programs from the programming grid of Vancouver O&O CKVU-DT in September of that year, which included simulcasts of the Vancouver edition of Citytv's morning show franchise Breakfast Television; although the Pattison stations continued to produce midday and evening local newscasts, unlike CKVU, which dropped all of its other newscasts outside of Breakfast Television in 2006, shortly before the CHUM sale).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 1103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nRogers Media decided to broaden Citytv's national coverage, and transform it from a system into a television network, through the purchases of two other broadcasters; on January 17, 2012, Rogers purchased provincial educational cable channel Saskatchewan Communications Network from Bluepoint Investment Group (which following the private equity firm's purchase of the channel the previous year, had already begun incorporating entertainment programming during the late-afternoon and nighttime hours following the CRTC's approval of an amendment to SCN's licence), relaunching it as City Saskatchewan in September of that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nSubsequently, in March, Rogers purchased CJNT-DT in Montreal from Channel Zero; as part of the agreement, CJNT began carrying Citytv's prime time programming in the interim, while a licence amendment it filed to convert the multicultural station into a full-time English-language outlet underwent review with the CRTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nThe CJNT sale and conversion was unanimously approved by the CRTC in December 2012, as a result of Rogers agreeing to produce 15\u00bd hours a week of local programming for CJNT (including a morning news program) and offering to contribute funding and programming to a new independent multicultural station in Montreal, which launched in August 2013 as CFHD-DT (channel 47). Coinciding with the changes, Citytv rebranded as simply City (originally verbally referred to as \"City Television\") on December 31, 2012, with an updated visual branding that removed the \"tv\" from the newly rechristened network's longtime logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nOn April 18, 2011, Quebecor Media launched a new 24-hour news channel, Sun News Network; although Quebecor intended to have Sun News replace CKXT-TV, the company instead replaced the channel's entertainment programming with a simulcast of Sun News Network \u2013 which was licensed as a Category C specialty service intended only for distribution by cable and satellite providers \u2013 on that date. Quebecor would later voluntarily shut down CKXT on November 1, 2011, amid questioning by the CRTC on the company's usage of the station to simulcast Sun News Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nSun News eventually ceased operations on February 13, 2015, citing persistently low viewership and the failure to obtain CRTC approval to require mandatory carriage of the channel on domestic pay television providers, and after failed attempts to sell the network to ZoomerMedia (owned by veteran Canadian television executive Moses Znaimer) and Leonard Asper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nCTVglobemedia was then reacquired by Bell Canada in 2011 reorganized as Bell Media. In 2012, however, Bell Media expanded by acquiring Astral Media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190527-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment, Current statuses\nOn November 26, 2013, Rogers became the sole television and digital media rightsholder of the National Hockey League Canadian broadcasts that took effect at the start of the 2014\u201315 season; the deal was valued at $5.2 billion, twice as much as what NBC paid for its own long-term contract with the league in 2011. All Rogers hockey coverage now airs on City, Omni, a group of Sportsnet channels and CBC Television (which signed a four-year deal) through various games including the revamped Hockey Night in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190528-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canada rugby union tour of New Zealand\nThe 2007 Canada rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2007 in New Zealand by the Canada national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190529-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships took place from January 15 to 21 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The event is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. Skaters competed at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The top finishers are named to Canadian teams, which competes at the 2007 World Championships, the 2007 Four Continents Championships, and the 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190529-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships\nIn addition to the normal competition programs, singles skaters at the senior level who placed lower than 12th in the 2006 Championships will compete in a qualifying round. A total of 24 skaters will compete in the short program, and the top 18 will move on to compete in the free skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190530-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Floorball Championships\nThe 2007 Canadian Floorball Championships were the first national championships in Canadian floorball. It was held in June 2007 in Montreal, Quebec. The province of Quebec captured the men's national championship, while the province of Ontario captured the national championship on the women's side. The 2007 Canadian Floorball Championships were also the first tournament sanctioned by Floorball Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190530-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Floorball Championships, Men's championship results, Qualification round\nThe two teams at the bottom of the table after the preliminary round play each other in a qualification match to decide who plays in the championship match against the team at the top of the table. The losing team wins the bronze medal and captures 3rd place. The winning team is guaranteed at least 2nd place and a silver medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 86], "content_span": [87, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190530-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Floorball Championships, Men's championship results, Championship match\nThe team at the top of the table at the end of the preliminary round receives an automatic bye into the championship match. They will play against the winner of the qualification round for the Canadian National Floorball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190530-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Floorball Championships, Women's championship results\nSince there are only two women's teams in the 2007 Canadian Floorball Championships, the teams play 2 games against each other, and the winner of the tournament is found using aggregate scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2007 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 2007 Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton, starting from pole position, in his first season in the top formula. It was Hamilton's first of an eventual record breaking 99 victories in Formula One. Nick Heidfeld finished second and Alexander Wurz was third, making it the first Grand Prix of the 2007 season that drivers from teams other than Ferrari and McLaren achieved podium positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix\nThe safety car was deployed an unprecedented four times during the course of the race. One of these periods was due to Robert Kubica's crash, which resulted in him suffering a sprained ankle and concussion. During the race Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella were disqualified for exiting the pit lane when the red light was on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nA test session was held on May 17 and 18 at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with the track configured to replicate the characteristics of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the final two days after it had been in the style of the Monaco for the first two. Despite the fact that the McLaren team had dominated on the Monaco set up of the circuit, Ferrari were better on the Canadian set up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nKimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had the fastest time on the first day, with a time of 1:28.833. Rain after lunch caused the test to be halted, when the test resumed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was forced to finish early when his car experienced electronic problems. Scott Speed achieved the second fastest time, two tenths of a second behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, with Seven tenths separating the first eight drivers. The Red Bull team focused on testing their suspension. Rubens Barrichello and Christian Klien shared testing for the Honda team over the day, however Klien's engine failed on his first lap. James Rossiter in the Super Aguri completed the most laps with 115.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was also the fastest on the second day with a time of 1:28.624, with Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella ending the day with the second fastest time. Fisichella also completed 111 laps, the second most of the day, behind James Rossiter's 131. Pedro de la Rosa was third fastest despite completing fewer laps than other drivers due to his engine failing early in the day. The testing session was stopped twice, when Adrian Sutil's and Jenson Button's engines failed. Red Bull continued to perform high and low downforce work and BMW performed low and medium downforce work. Fisichella was optimistic about the race after these tests saying \"he had more grip, the brakes were good and the front suspension gave him a better turn-in\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nDuring the two weeks leading up to the Grand Prix, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Felipe Massa released statements to the press saying they believed that everything would be different in Canada because of the very different conditions\u2014as shown at Paul Ricard. Fernando Alonso believed McLaren had momentum from their win in Monaco, and Martin Whitmarsh said that they were realistic about dominating the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nPractice started on the Friday with Alonso leading at the end of both the two practice sessions. In both sessions, he outpaced his teammate and the closest Ferrari driven by Felipe Massa. BMW Sauber were pleased with 5th place in the first session and 7th in the second from Nick Heidfeld despite his report that the car was \"very difficult to drive\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nBut Robert Kubica's car suffered a fuel leak resulting in him being unable to post a timed lap in the morning session, Kubica also told the press after the fuel leak, \"the car has been quite difficult to drive.\" Both Red Bull drivers finished in the top ten of the morning practice. Honda were slower than its customer team Super Aguri in the first practice, but Barrichello was faster than Takuma Sato in the second practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nToyota's suspension problems meant that their second practice was cut short, but not before Ralf Schumacher narrowly missed a groundhog that ran across the track. After experiencing problems with Jarno Trulli's suspension, Toyota stopped both drivers for 45 minutes as a precautionary measure. By the time they got the cars back on the track, they only managed a few extra laps until the problem recurred. Heikki Kovalainen ended his practice day by going into the wall at turn 7, damaging the suspension. His teammate, Fisichella, performed better, staying in the top 8 in both sessions. At the end of the afternoon practice, Mark Webber slowed down unexpectedly before turn 8 causing Scott Speed to drive into the back of the Red Bull. Webber had overtaken Speed just before this incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe Saturday morning practice session was 17\u00a0minutes shorter than the scheduled 60\u00a0minutes, due to Kovalainen's Renault having a suspected engine failure. The failure caused oil to be split on the track, this failure persisted during the race weekend. This resulted in a red flag period, from 10:33\u00a0am until 10:50\u00a0am local time. Hamilton led the practice with the fastest lap; with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Alonso and Massa posting the second, third and fourth fastest laps respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nSato finished the session with the fifth fastest lap in the Super Aguri car, outpacing the Honda works team for the second time during the race weekend. Toyota continued a disappointing race weekend, with the 14th and 16th fastest laps. Their suspension problems from the day before had not been resolved, and the two drivers were given instructions to avoid the kerbs at turn 8 to minimise further damage to the suspension. Red Bull came back with both of the two repaired cars entering the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn qualifying Hamilton took his first pole position as part of a McLaren one-two. Heidfeld improved on his practice performance to take third position, in front of the Ferraris of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Massa. Massa shared the third row with Mark Webber, who did not seem to be suffering the same braking problem that almost put teammate David Coulthard out in the first session of qualifying, he had only one attempt at a lap in the second session as a result. Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli completed the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nConsistent with previous form, the Hondas of Barrichello and Button failed to make it into the top ten; they qualified 13th and 15th respectively. Takuma Sato, once again out-qualified the two Honda cars, just missing out on the top ten, in front of Vitantonio Liuzzi. He made it through to the second session of qualifying by 94 hundredths of a second, where he qualified in 14th. Scott Speed was the slowest car in the second session of qualifying putting him in 16th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAnthony Davidson missed out on the second session of qualifying, putting his Super Aguri in 17th position, 3 places behind his teammate Sato. Ralf Schumacher and his team were disappointed with qualifying in 18th. Heikki Kovalainen crashed into the wall at turn 5, damaging his rear suspension and losing his rear wing, resulting in the session being stopped temporarily. Once the debris had been cleared, Kovalainen in his repaired car managed one impressive lap that put him in 13th, after which six drivers outqualified him. Kovalainen then had to make an engine change due to an engine failure and was demoted to the back of the grid. Wurz, Sutil and Albers qualified in 19th, 20th and 21st respectively after being pushed up a place by Kovalainen's engine change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nLewis Hamilton led from the start, preventing Fernando Alonso from overtaking at turn one. Alonso ran wide allowing Nick Heidfeld to overtake him and move into second place. Alonso damaged his car in the process and subsequently ran off the track at turn one a further three times during the race. Jenson Button had a gearbox problem at the start of the race and was unable to select first gear causing him stall on the grid. Christijan Albers started from pit lane. The first accident of the race involved Scott Speed who clipped the rear wing of Wurz' Williams and went into the hairpin with a broken suspension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso ran across the grass at turn one again on lap 15, which resulted in him falling further behind Hamilton. Three laps later he made a similar mistake at the same turn, resulting in him sliding across the grass for the third time in the race. This caused him to drop back to fourth as it allowed Massa to go round the inside of Alonso into third. Massa moved into second when Heidfeld pitted on lap 20. Hamilton pitted on lap 22, rejoining the race in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 22 Adrian Sutil crashed at turn four and the safety car had to be deployed; Hamilton had pitted just before the incident. Thus the pit lane was closed but Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg were forced to pit in order to avoid running out of fuel, and were given ten-second stop-and-go penalties. When the pit lane was re-opened and the rest of the field pitted, Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella left the pit lane while the red light was still on. Both were later disqualified from the race on lap 51.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race was restarted on lap 26, and on the approach to the hairpin later in the lap Robert Kubica hit the back of Jarno Trulli's Toyota. The impact forced Kubica onto the grass at the edge of the track, where a bump launched his car into and along the concrete wall just before the hairpin. After losing three wheels, the nose and suffering major damage to the sidepods in the initial impact, the BMW flipped back across the track and came to rest against the barrier in the run-off area on the other side of the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlthough initial reports said that he had broken his leg, Kubica only suffered a sprained ankle and concussion. The safety car was deployed again after this crash. The safety car was also deployed on lap 50, due to debris from a crash involving Christijan Albers on the previous lap, and on lap 55 due to Vitantonio Liuzzi crashing into the wall of champions once again. On Lap 58, Jarno Trulli was trying to pass Wurz but later his front track rod clipped away causing him to crash. Cement was placed at the hairpin around Kubica's accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen ran wide after he misjudged the braking on the dust. The Super Aguri of Takuma Sato went past him as a result and moved into 10th place. On lap 37, Trulli and Nico Rosberg were battling for position going into turn 1. Both span off the track in almost synchronised fashion without touching each other. This occurrence amused reporters due to it resembling a form of dance. Both drivers were able to keep going. Also on this lap Anthony Davidson made an unscheduled pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0014-0003", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHe claimed after the race that a beaver had damaged his front wing although Canadian reports said it more likely to have been a groundhog. One lap later David Coulthard was forced to retire due to a gearbox problem. Ralf Schumacher also stopped on this lap and this allowed Massa, Fisichella and Sato to move ahead of both of them. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had his second pit stop on lap 52 at the same time as Alonso. The latter was able to pass him just after they had exited the pits side-by-side. This moved him into 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nIncluding the two disqualifications, ten drivers failed to finish the race, six of them because of accidents including Kubica. Four of them gearbox failures. Several cars were damaged during the race: Wurz's rear wing was damaged in the incident that took out Speed, while Davidson hit a groundhog on the racetrack. This meant that the safety car had to be deployed on four occasions. At the final restart on lap sixty, all of the remaining twelve cars were on the same lap creating some close racing and a lot of overtaking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHamilton sustained his consistent pace throughout all of the incidents and pulled clear of Heidfeld in the closing stages, taking his first race win relatively comfortably. Barrichello dropped ten places on his final pit stop. Hamilton's championship lead was strengthened when Sato overtook the reigning world champion to move into sixth place around the outside of the final chicane, having switched to the harder tyres on his final stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAustria's Alexander Wurz drove through the field in his Williams from 19th at the start to finish third by taking one pitstop, completing 40 laps on super soft tires. By finishing third, Wurz recorded his third career podium in the race that marked ten years since his debut race in F1. Nick Heidfeld finished in second place after trailing Hamilton for the majority of the race. The safety car deployments also allowed Heikki Kovalainen to move up to fourth after starting at the back of the grid. The race was the first time in the 2007 season where a driver from a team other than Ferrari or McLaren made the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nSato overtook the McLaren-Mercedes of world champion Fernando Alonso on lap 67, just after overtaking Ralf Schumacher and having overtaken Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen earlier in the race. He finished sixth after having a race that had seen him move from the middle of the grid; to the back of the pack and to a high of fifth before a pit-stop error caused him to move back to eleventh; were moved up 5 places in the last 15 laps. Sato was voted \"Driver of the Day\" on the ITV website over Hamilton's first win. This was the last time that Super Aguri scored Formula One points, and its biggest single points haul. The team's only other point came at the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nReaction to the race was mainly focused on Hamilton and the fact that it was his first Grand Prix victory, making him the first black driver to ever win a Formula One race. It was also thought impressive that it had taken only six races for him to win and, in the process, take the lead in the drivers' championship at the age of 22. Niki Lauda said he was \"stunned\" by the victory and Damon Hill believed \"People should not underestimate what he had achieved in a short space of time\". Speculation began about the possibility of him winning the drivers championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nAlonso and the Ferrari team were disappointed with the outcome of the race. Alonso was now eight points behind Hamilton in the drivers championship, as a result of finishing 7th. Ferrari lost ground in both the constructors and driver championship, after gaining a total of just four points from the race. Alonso believed Hamilton to have been \"very lucky\" to have won the race and did not congratulate his teammate after the race. Hamilton's performance was felt to have been faultless and all the more impressive due to four separate deployments of the Safety Car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190531-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nAs a result of his crash Kubica was unable to race at the next Grand Prix in the United States. The decision to not allow him to race was made by the sport's governing body the FIA, as they believed it was a too much of a risk for him to race in case of another crash so soon after this one. This was despite the fact Kubica had said in a statement that he was \"ready to race\". He was replaced by Sebastian Vettel for the next race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190532-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships\nThe 2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held February 3-11 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena and the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190532-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nThe Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held January 3-7 at the Brockville Country Club in Brockville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190532-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nHollie Nicol of the KW Granite Club defeated Brit O'Neill from the Glendale club in Hamilton 8-6 in the women's final. Nicol had beaten the Rachel Homan rink from the City View club in Ottawa 9-4 in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190532-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario\nIn the men's final, Ryan Myler out of Brampton defeated Christian Tolusso of Manotick 5-4. Myler had beaten Scott McDonald of London in the semifinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190533-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League season\nFor 2007, the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League played a \"Showcase Season,\" or an exhibition schedule, to create interest and test the markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190534-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2007 Forbes Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held November 11-18, 2006 at the Westmount Golf and Country Club in Kitchener, Ontario. New Brunswick would win the event, only the province's second Mixed title. They were skipped by Terry Odishaw who defeated Quebec in the final. Quebec was skipped by the only female skip in the tournament, \u00c8ve B\u00e9lisle who also finished the round robin in first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup\nThe 2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup was hosted in Halifax, NS. This competition is officially called the Hyundai Challenge Cup, for sponsorship reasons. It was won by the Calgary Callies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, British Columbia:Columbus Clan FC\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, Nova Scotia: Halifax City Coldwell Banker\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 94], "content_span": [95, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Teams/Rosters, Newfoundland and Labrador:St. Lawrence Laurentians\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 103], "content_span": [104, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Ontario\nWoodbridge Italia defeated Erin Mills Eagles 2\u20131 on 16 September 2007 to claim the Ontario Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190535-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Qualification, Nova Scotia\nThe top 4 teams from the Nova Scotia Soccer League (excluding the teams from PEI and NB) competed in the Final 4 to determine the representative for the Canadian National Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190536-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Senior Curling Championships\nThe 2007 Canadian Senior Curling Championships were held March 18-25 at the Colis\u00e9e de Trois-Rivi\u00e8res in Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Quebec. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2008 World Senior Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season\nThe 2007 Canadian Soccer League season was the tenth since its establishment. The first match of the season was played on May 11, 2007, and ended on October 28, 2007. The season concluded with Toronto Croatia claiming their third championship by defeating rivals Serbian White Eagles 4-1 on aggregate making Croatia one of the most successful clubs in the history of the CSL & Canadian soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season\nToronto Croatia also celebrated its 50-year anniversary in Canadian soccer by winning the CSL title after losing just one game in the 5-month long campaign, including an unbeaten streak in their international triumph of the Croatian World Club Championship. During the regular season the Serbian White Eagles secured their second consecutive International Division title, while St. Catharines Wolves won their first National Division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season\nThe league decreased in membership to 10 teams since the 2004 season, but reached an affiliation with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division where the Impact formed the Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak to serve as a farm team. The league experienced another major increase in match attendances with some clubs averaging over 1,000 fan support per game, with the Serbian White Eagles and Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak averaging the most. The season was also notable with the introduction of the inaugural Locust CSL All Star Game played on July 28, 2007 at Windsor Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season, Changes from 2006 season\nThe league decreased to 10 teams after the folding of the Caribbean Selects, and the hiatus of the Brampton Stallions. Oakville Blue Devils moved to Scarborough, Toronto in order to become the Canadian Lions, and were transferred to the International Conference. The CSL maintained its presence in Quebec with the owners of Laval Dynamites securing a deal with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division to form the Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak which served as a farm team for the Impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season, Format change for Rogers Cup finals\nDue to Toronto Croatia and the Serbian White Eagles playing for the Championship Cup, the CSL decided to change the format to a two-leg game rather than the standard knockout. The first game was played on Friday, October 27, and was played in front of only Croatia fans, with the team serving as the home side. The next day, October 28, the White Eagles was the home side, and their fans were the only ones permitted at the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season, Individual awards\nThe annual CSL awards ceremony was held on November 4, 2007 at the La Contessa Banquet Hall in North York, Toronto. For the second straight season the International Division teams accumulated the majority of the awards. Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak went home with the most awards with 3 wins. Former Montreal Impact player Nicolas Lesage received both the Golden Boot and MVP, and the club was given the Fair Play award. The league champions Toronto Croatia produced both the Defender and Rookie of the Years. Domagoj Sain became the first player in CSL history to win the Defender of the Year three times. Former 2.HNL veteran Tihomir Maletic was chosen as the Rookie of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190537-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Soccer League season, Individual awards\nClaudio Perri, former Atlanta University alumni was named the Goalkeeper of the Year after helping St. Catharines Wolves post the best defensive record throughout the season. James McGilivary was recognized with the honor of Coach of the Year after leading St. Catharines to their first trophy the National Division title in five years. The President of the Year award was renamed the Harry Paul Gauss award in honor of Harry Gauss, and its inaugural recipient was Bruno Ierullo. Joe Fletcher, who later went on to officiate matches at the international level and Major League Soccer was recognized with the Referee of the Year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190538-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Tour\nThe 2007 Canadian Tour season ran from April to September and consisted of 14 golf tournaments. It was the 38th season of the Canadian Professional Golf Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190538-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian Tour\nThe season started with two events in the United States (in April), followed by four events in Mexico (in April and May), and finishing with eight events in Canada (in June through September). American Byron Smith won the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190539-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian electoral calendar\nThis is a list of elections in Canada in 2007. Included are provincial, municipal and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget\nThe Canadian federal budget for the 2007\u20132008 fiscal year was presented to the House of Commons of Canada by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Flaherty presented the 2007 budget on March 19, 2007. No income tax or GST cuts were announced but there were tax credits (of up to $310 per child) for some families with children under 18. The federal budget included $14 billion in new spending and $5.7 billion in tax cuts. This was the second budget of the 39th Canadian Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget\nSince the government held a minority, the budget needed support of at least one opposition party. On March 29, 2007, Bill C-52, the enabling legislation to implement the budget, received First Reading in the House of Commons with the support of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois. The New Democratic Party and Liberal Party voted against it. The budget passed 174 to 109 in the House of Commons in first reading. It would later pass the second and third readings in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget\nMany politicians believe that the changes to equalization disregard the Atlantic Accord. There was speculation that some Atlantic government members would vote against the Budget, but only Bill Casey did, and was subsequently removed from Caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget\nOn June 22, 2007, the Senate passed the budget with a vote of 45\u201321, with only liberal senators from Atlantic Canada and Saskatchewan voting against it. Conservative senator Anne Cools voted against it too, which in turn led to her removal from the Conservative caucus. The bill was given royal assent by the Governor-General, Micha\u00eblle Jean, about two hours after the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Areas of direction\nThese expenditures and cuts have led to some belief that this is pre-election budget, aimed at enticing voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nThe Liberals and the New Democrats announced shortly following the presentation of the budget that they would not support in its current form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nNova Scotian politicians have criticized the new equalization plan, as it cuts back payments on the assumption that various offshore programs will result in increased revenues. Nova Scotia premier Rodney MacDonald has stated that this situation is caused by the few Nova Scotian seats in the Federal Cabinet. This is expected to be a cut of approximately 5 million dollars. Premier MacDonald later urged all his province's MPs to vote against the budget after a letter Flaherty that was published in a Nova Scotia newspaper. 9 of the 11 MPs voted against it in the third reading. After the 2007 passed, the government started to work on a comprise with Nova Scotia to settle the dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nNewfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams criticized the budget as being a \"betrayal\" and a violation of the terms of the 2005 Atlantic Accord. Bill Casey, Conservative Member of Parliament for Cumberland\u2014Colchester\u2014Musquodoboit Valley, voted against the budget, because of the unfair equalization formula for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, and the effective cancellation of the Atlantic Accord. He has since been removed from the Conservative caucus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nQuebec Premier Jean Charest had applauded the budget, as his province would receive over $2 billion in additional equalization payment. Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leader Andre Boisclair spoke in opposition to the budget, saying that the new money for Quebec was part of an effort to buy votes for the federalist Liberal Party of Quebec before the March 26, 2007 provincial election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nSaskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert argued that his province will receive no new money and alleged that the Conservatives were favouring Ontario and Quebec at the expense of other provinces, which MP Maurice Vellacott has disputed. Other premiers including New Brunswick's Shawn Graham, British Columbia's Gordon Campbell had some reservations. However, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said that the budget represented \"real progress\" for his province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nThe Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, also criticized the budget for its alleged lack of funding for cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, Reception\nMany Ontario-based and Western-Canadian columnists have supported Flaherty's budget, citing figures that indicate that the per capital income in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia has improved significantly, at the expense of Ontario, and that allowing the Maritime provinces to keep both equalization payments and resource revenues would hurt Ontario even more. .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, October 2007 economic statement\nOn October 30, 2007, the Conservatives tabled an economic statement (similar to a mini-budget) and announced various tax cuts and exemptions. Overall, the government proposed a total of $60 billion in tax cuts over five years, including $14 billion in corporate tax cuts by 2012 (or a drop of 33%), a 1% drop of the GST to 5%, an increase of the basic personal tax exemption to $10,100 per year by 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, October 2007 economic statement\nThe stated goal of the corporate tax cuts was to set Canadian corporate tax rates as the lowest in the G7, although this would require the provinces do matching tax cuts. The lowest personal tax rate will be reduced from 15.5% to 15%, effective January 1, 2007 back to the same level as when the Conservatives were elected in 2006. Economists said that with the large surpluses the federal government accumulated as well as high tax levels, there was another room for significant tax cuts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, October 2007 economic statement\nThe opposition parties criticized the mini-budget as the NDP leader Jack Layton mentioned that the budget did little for impoverished Canadians, and that big corporations such as oil companies and major banks will receive hefty tax breaks. The Liberals were critical of the GST cut as being not an efficient tax-relief but did praise the corporate tax cuts. The mini-budget, a confidence motion did pass 127\u201376 but without support of any opposition party as the Liberals abstained from voting as they did with the Fall 2007 Throne Speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190540-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Canadian federal budget, October 2007 economic statement\nDuring the Throne Speech in October 2007, Harper also addressed issues surrounding the economy because of difficulties in the manufacturing and forest sectors due to the loss of numerous jobs at several companies including the three major automakers in the United States and several small to large forest companies over the past few years. On January 10, 2008, the government announced a $1 billion relief fund for single-industry communities that were hit hard by recent closures particularly in the forest and manufacturing industries but also the fishing sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190541-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian Island Cabildo elections\nThe 2007 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 153 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190541-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian Island Cabildo elections, Island Cabildo control\nThe following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election\nThe 2007 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 30 percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached six percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 7 for Fuerteventura, 15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Parliament of the Canary Islands expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe Parliament of the Canary Islands could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190542-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Canarian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190543-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canberra Raiders season\nThe 2007 Canberra Raiders season was the 26th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 14th (out of 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190543-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canberra Raiders season, Pre-season\nThe Raiders' first trial match was against a highly understrength Brisbane Broncos team, with the top side in England playing their World Club Challenge match as premiers. However, the Raiders lost this game, resulting in widespread criticism and the team's entrenchment as wooden spoon favourites. Despite bouncing back against Wests Tigers in their second match, the Raiders were unable to put paid to these predictions, largely due to the side's lack of experience at both first grade and representative level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190543-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canberra Raiders season, Regular season\nThe Raiders' first NRL match of the season started inauspiciously, with a 32\u20136 loss to the Manly Sea Eagles. Their first win was in the third round, a convincing 48\u201318 win over the Newcastle Knights. The team registered consecutive wins for the only time in Round 11 against the Dragons, and entered the top 8 for the first time in Round 13. However, this win was followed by four straight losses, and the Raiders were unable to find any consistency before the season finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190543-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canberra Raiders season, Regular season\nThis season was notable for the Raiders' struggles away from home \u2013 just two of their nine wins occurred away from Canberra Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival\nThe 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival\nThe festival opened with My Blueberry Nights, directed by Wong Kar-wai and closed with Days of Darkness (L'\u00c2ge des t\u00e9n\u00e8bres) by Denys Arcand. Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival\nThe official poster of the 60th Cannes festival featured Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Juliette Binoche, Jane Campion, Souleymane Ciss\u00e9, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, G\u00e9rard Depardieu, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and Wong Kar-wai, all photographed by Alex Majoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition\nThe following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2007 Official Selection:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Un Certain Regard\nThe following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2007 Un Certain Regard:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Cin\u00e9fondation and short films\nThe following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cin\u00e9fondation and short films competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Camera d'Or\nThe following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2007 Camera d'Or:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard\nThe following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition\nThe following films were selected to be screened out of competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Special screenings\nThe following films were screened specially for the 60th Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cin\u00e9fondation\nThe following short films were selected for the competition of Cin\u00e9fondation:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition\nThe following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cannes Classics\nCannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week\nThe following films were screened for the 46th International Critics' Week (46e Semaine de la Critique):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight\nThe following films were screened for the 2007 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des R\u00e9alizateurs):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\nTous Les Cinemas du Monde (World Cinema) began in 2005 to showcase films from a variety of different countries. From 19 May to 25 May 2007, films were screened from India, Lebanon, Poland, Kenya, Guinea, Angola, Slovenia, and Colombia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Tous Les Cinemas du Monde, India\nThe first two days of this program were devoted entirely to the cinema of India and included films in a number of different languages. The Hindi film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, which screened on 19 May (with Bollywood superstar, Sanjay Dutt, as a Mumbai underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi), was particularly well received. In addition, a Mani Ratnam film, Guru, (starring Abhishek Bachchan, Madhavan and Aishwarya Rai and loosely based on the life of Dhirubhai Ambani; Bachchan also made a cameo appearance in Lage Raho Munna Bhai) was also a \"critical success\". Other films included the Hindi film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal starring John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, Dharm, the Malayalam film Saira, Missed Call, the Tamil film Veyil, and the Bengali film Dosar. Another Tamil language Indian film, Mozhi was shown in the non-prize category at a later date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 59], "content_span": [60, 934]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Tous Les Cinemas du Monde, Lebanon\nDebuting at the Director's Fortnight was Nadine Labaki's Caramel, a charming dramedy about five women who gather at a beauty salon and deal with their everyday problems with men, social expectation, sexuality, and tradition vs. modernizing times. Labaki not only directed and co-wrote the film but plays the lead as well. The rest of the cast is composed mostly of unprofessional actors, all of whom deliver very convincing performances and add a lot of color and depth to the film.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Tous Les Cinemas du Monde, Lebanon\nReminiscent of a Pedro Almod\u00f3var picture, Caramel is unique not just for its technical and creative sophistication but also for not tackling any of the religious, political, or war-related issues that have continued to plague its setting, Lebanon, til now. The film proved to be a sleeper at the festival and was distributed in well over 40 countries, becoming an international hit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190544-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards\nThe following films and people received the 2007 Official selection awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190545-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup\nThe 2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of four races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 20th edition. The series consisted of Pan American continental championships which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190545-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Final standings\nThe winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside the top 20 in the C2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the final world cup race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190545-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, 2007 Pan American Championships\nThe 2007 Pan American Championships were held in Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Brazil on March 16\u201318. Czech Republic was the most successful country taking home 2 golds and 1 bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190545-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1\nPrague, Czech Republic hosted the first regular world cup race of the season from June 29 to July 1. Czech paddlers took full advantage of the home water by winning 3 golds, a silver and a bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190545-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2\nThe penultimate race took place in Tacen, Slovenia on July 7\u20138. Slovakia won the medal table with 2 golds and a silver while the home Slovenian paddlers captured 1 gold and 1 silver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190545-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3\nThe series concluded with the race in Augsburg, Germany on July 13\u201315. Germany topped the medal table with 3 golds and 2 silvers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190546-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canoe Sprint European Championships\nThe 2007 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Pontevedra, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election\nThe 2007 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Cantabrian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Autonomous Community. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 39 members of the Parliament of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied regionally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Cantabria. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Parliament of Cantabria expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Autonomous Community had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Cantabria and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year has elapsed since a previous dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190547-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cantabrian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 20 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Cantabria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190548-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Canterbury City Council election\nThe 2007 Canterbury City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190549-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Cup\nThe 2007 Cape Verdean Cup (Ta\u00e7a Nacional de Cabo Verde de 2007) season was the 2nd competition of the regional football cup in Cape Verde. The season started on 25 August and finished with the cup final on 1 September. The cup competition was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation (Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Caboverdiana de Futebol, FCF). All the matches are played at Est\u00e1dio da V\u00e1rzea. Acad\u00e9mica da Praia won their only cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190549-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Cup, Group stage\nThe top of each group qualified into the final, they were Acad\u00e9mica do Sal of Group A and Acad\u00e9mica da Praia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190550-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships\nThe 2007 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 28th of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. Its started on 12 May and finished on 21 July, earlier than the last season. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting would win their 6th title and second straight after defeating Acad\u00e9mica do Mindelo under the away goals rule, the only time it happened, the scorer was D\u00e1rio who scored their only goal at the finals during stoppage time. They would have entry to the 2008 CAF Champions League. No second place team would also participate in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190550-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nSporting Clube da Praia was the defending team of the title. A total of 12 clubs participated in the competition, one from each island league and one who won the last season's title. As Sporting Praia won the 2006 national title, Acad\u00e9mica da Praia, runner-up of the island division would compete in the championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190550-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe season at the time would have the second club to win two back-to-back titles after CS Mindelense in 1976 and 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190550-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nScorpion Vermelho was the first participant of the north of Santiago that came from the municipality of Santa Cruz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190550-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview\nThe biggest win was Acad\u00e9mico do Aeroporto who won 8-0 against Sporting from Porto Novo, the most goals was Acad\u00e9mica do Mindelo. In the knockout stage, three of the four clubs would be with the name Acad\u00e9mic-, The Battle of Acad\u00e9mica would feature two homonymous clubs from Praia and Mindelo and the latter would win two goals (one per match).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190550-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Final Stages, Finals\nSporting Praia won all two legs under away goals rule and claimed the national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190551-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Capital One Bowl\nThe 2007 Capital One Bowl was held on January 1, 2007, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game featured the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, who finished the season tied for second in the Big Ten Conference, and the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas, who finished the season first in the Southeastern Conference's West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190551-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Capital One Bowl, Overview\nThe Badgers used 206 yards and two touchdown passes from John Stocco to win 17\u201314 over Arkansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event\nThe Carancas impact event refers to the fall of the Carancas chondritic meteorite on September 15, 2007, near the village of Carancas in Peru, close to the Bolivian border and Lake Titicaca. The impact created a small crater in the clay soil and scorched earth around its location. A local official, Marco Limache, said that \"boiling water started coming out of the crater, and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby\", as \"fetid, noxious\" gases spewed from the crater. Surface impact occurred above 3,800 metres (12,500\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event\nAfter the impact, villagers who had approached the impact site grew sick from a then-unexplained illness, with a wide array of symptoms. Two days later, Peruvian scientists confirmed that there had indeed been a meteorite strike, quieting widespread speculation that it may have been a geophysical rather than a celestial event. At that point, no further information on the cause of the mystery illness was known. The ground water in the local area is known to contain arsenic compounds, and the illness is now believed to have been caused by arsenic poisoning incurred when residents of the area inhaled the vapor of the boiling arsenic-contaminated water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nAt 11:40:14 local time (16:40:14 GMT) on 15 September 2007, a chondritic meteorite crashed near the village of Carancas in the Puno Region, Peru, near the Bolivian border and Lake Titicaca (see map box on right). The impact created a crater larger than 4.5\u00a0m (15\u00a0ft) deep, 13\u00a0m (43\u00a0ft) wide, with visibly scorched earth around the impact site. A local official, Marco Limache, said that \"boiling water started coming out of the crater, and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby\", as \"fetid, noxious\" gases spewed from the crater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nThe crater size was given as 13.80 by 13.30 metres (45.3 by 43.6\u00a0ft), with its greatest dimensions in an east\u2013west direction. The fireball had been observed by the locals as strongly luminous with a smoky tail, and seen from just 1,000 metres (3,300\u00a0ft) above the ground. The object moved in a direction toward N030E. The small seismic shock of the impact shattered the windows of the local health center 1-kilometer (0.62\u00a0mi) away. A smoke column was formed at the site that lasted several minutes, and gas was seen bubbling up in the water in the crater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nOne villager was as close as 100 metres (330\u00a0ft) from the impact site. He fell from his bicycle but was not injured. A small building 120 metres (390\u00a0ft) from the impact site did not suffer much either besides roof damage from flying debris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nSoon after the impact, more than 600 villagers visited the site and some began to fall ill from unexplained causes, including symptoms of dermal injuries, nausea, headaches, diarrhea and vomiting. On 20 September, Peruvian scientists confirmed that there had been a meteorite strike, but no further information on the cause of the illnesses was known. Impact crater specialists have called the impact unusual, and have stated that the meteorite was at least 3\u00a0m (10\u00a0ft) in diameter before breaking up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nThe ground water in the area is known to contain arsenic compounds, and the illness was believed to have been caused by arsenic poisoning incurred when residents of the area inhaled the vapor of the boiling arsenic-contaminated water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nHowever, further investigations have led to the conclusion that the arsenic content in the groundwater did not differ from that of the local drinking supply, and that the illness reported was likely caused by the vaporization of troilite, a sulfur-bearing compound present within the meteorite in large amounts, which would have melted at relatively low temperatures and high pressures created by such an impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nAccording to cosmochemist Larry Grossman of the University of Chicago, the aerial lights and explosions reported were consistent with extraterrestrial material.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, The impact event\nThe loud noise and explosive impact originally led Peruvians to think that Chile had launched an attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Nature of the object\nA report from three geologists at Peru's Geophysics Institute was released on Thursday 20 September. Astrophysicist Jose Ishitsuka confirmed that there had been a meteorite strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Nature of the object\nOn 20 September, the X-Ray Laboratory at the Faculty of Geological Sciences, Mayor de San Andres University, La Paz, Bolivia, published a report of their analysis of a small sample of material recovered from the impact site. They detected iron, nickel, cobalt, and traces of iridium \u2014 elements characteristic of the elemental composition of meteorites. The quantitative proportions of silicon, aluminium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus are incompatible with rocks that are normally found at the surface of the Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Nature of the object\nINGEMMET (Instituto Geol\u00f3gico Minero y Metal\u00fargico) of Peru released internally on September 21 a report on the Carancas meteorite fall. The release of the document to the public was delayed for one week. The researchers found that the fragments from the crater zone had a chondritic texture and the following mineral composition: pyroxene (1) 40%, olivine 20%, feldspar 10%, pyroxene (2) 10%; kamacite 15%, troilite 5%, and traces of chromite and native copper. Kamacite occurs naturally only in meteorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Nature of the object\nThe official classification of the Carancas meteorite, accepted by the Meteoritical Society, was done by a team of scientists working at the University of Arizona. The meteorite is an ordinary chondrite, an H chondrite breccia, containing clasts of petrologic types 4 to 5. The formal classification is H4-5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Nature of the object\nThe meteoroid had experienced a considerable amount of shock before its ultimate encounter with Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Nature of the object\nFurther data were expected from NASA, along with British and Japanese researchers, who intended on looking into the matter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints\nAfterwards, local townspeople went to see what happened, and 100 to 200 people who got near to the meteorite crater soon reported feeling sick. First responding police officers arriving to investigate the scene also fell ill. After the initial event of September 15, the number of people falling ill increased, requiring physicians to establish auxiliary medical tents for the Carancas health center. Patients were treated for dermal injuries, nausea, headaches, diarrhea and vomiting. The death of nearby livestock was also reported. Locals made the decision to stop drinking from nearby water sources for fear of contamination and authorities considered declaring a state of emergency. Four days after the meteorite impact and the unexplained illness, most villagers reported having recovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints\nReported details about the event, such as water boiling in the muddy crater for ten minutes from the heat of the impact, presented a problem for experts. Because the impact site is at a high altitude of more than 3,800\u00a0m (12,467\u00a0ft), the meteoroid may not have been slowed down as much as it ordinarily would have been by passage through the Earth's denser lower atmosphere, and kinetic energy at impact may have been unusually high for a terrestrial impact of an object of this size and mass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints\nMost larger meteorites are cold in their bulk mass when they land on Earth, since their heated outer layers ablate from the objects before impacting. It was later confirmed that the meteorite contained a large amount of iron and possessed magnetic properties common to similar metallic objects, which contributed to its capacity to retain heat during atmospheric entry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints, Government response\nIn contrast with other international media reports, Peruvian health officials downplayed the incident. Jorge L\u00f3pez Tejada, the Regional Health Director for Puno, Peru, denied any serious medical situation existed. However, a health brigade arrived with personnel and medication to the site on 18 September, reporting that the odors rising from the crater were causing medical issues. Earlier, Tejada had stated that the officers were dizzy, nauseous and some were vomiting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints, Government response\nOn 19 September, Andina, Peru's official government news agency, reported that the sick villagers appeared to be recovering. \"They are recovering, there aren't any critical cases. A total of 200 people with different symptoms have been seen,\" stated L\u00f3pez Tejada. Government officials also specifically asked people to avoid the \"glowing object that fell from the sky.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints, Government response\nThe mayor, Maximiliano Trujillo, assumed a psychosomatic reason behind the reports but decided to ask a local shaman to prepare a cleaning ritual in order to calm the population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints, Suspected cause\nScientists initially ruled out radiation as the cause of the illness. Renan Ramirez of the Peruvian Nuclear Energy Institute stated that the medical conditions could have been caused by sulfur, arsenic or other toxins that may have melted in the extreme heat produced by the meteorite strike. Some unnamed Peruvian sources stated soon after the event occurred that it was indeed a meteorite. Later on 18 September, a Peruvian vulcanologist stated that the impact was caused by a chondrite meteorite arrival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints, Suspected cause\nSome reports indicated initial suspicions that the illnesses may have been psychosomatic in nature. Don Yeomans, head of the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said, \"Statistically, it's far more likely to have come from below than from above. The noxious fumes that have supposedly sickened curious locals who went to examine the crater would seem to indicate hydrothermal activity, such as a local gas explosion, because meteorites don't give off odors.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190552-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Carancas impact event, Illness complaints, Suspected cause\nBy 21 September, it was believed that the illness was caused by arsenic poisoning. Luisa Macedo of Peru's Mining, Metallurgy, and Geology Institute said gases were created when the meteorite's hot surface reacted with an underground water supply tainted with arsenic. Natural arsenic deposits in ground water are not uncommon in southern Peru. Jos\u00e9 Ishitsuka of the Peruvian Geophysics Institute said, \"If the meteorite arrives incandescent and at a high temperature because of ram pressure, hitting water can create a column of steam.\" Meteorites, however, often impact the earth at low temperatures, making this an unusual event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup\nThe 2007 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth edition of the biennial Caribbean Cup, the finals of which were contested in Trinidad and Tobago between 12 January and 23 January 2007. The four semifinalists (Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, and hosts Trinidad and Tobago) qualified for the 2007 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In all, 24 of the eligible countries participated (5 did not enter and 1 withdrew).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup\nHaiti eventually won the tournament despite having to qualify for the finals through a play-off of third-place teams from the second round and finishing second in its final-round group. Haiti beat eight-time champion and host Trinidad and Tobago in the final, although Trinidad and Tobago was missing overseas players that had helped them qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Guadeloupe were the surprise of the tournament, as former French international Jocelyn Angloma came out of retirement to help the team advance to the semifinals, qualifying for its first Gold Cup in the process. Cuba continued its development in the region by finishing in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, First qualifying round\nTrinidad and Tobago receive bye to final round. Aruba, \u00a0French Guiana, \u00a0Montserrat, \u00a0Puerto Rico and \u00a0Sint Maarten did not enter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, First qualifying round, Summary\nThe first round produced some notable upsets. Guyana surprised many by dominating Group A, and Surinam qualified for the second round as well. Group host Netherlands Antilles finished last by capturing a lone draw. Group B did not go to form, either; though Barbados fulfilled widely held expectations by winning, host Antigua & Barbuda produced a minor shock by also making it out of the group at the expense of St. Kitts & Nevis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, First qualifying round, Summary\nSt. Kitts had a late penalty kick to be taken by Atiba Harris that if made would have eliminated Antigua & Barbuda in the group's final game, but the Antiguan goalkeeper saved the penalty. Group C went to form, save only that the British Virgin Islands withdrew before group play started. Bermuda expectedly dominated the group. The shocker of the round, though occurred in Group D, where host Jamaica, widely considered the best national footballing side in the Caribbean, did not advance to the second round. Jamaica lost their second game to St. Vincent & Grenadines 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, First qualifying round, Summary\nPlaying in the final game on the group's last day knowing they had to defeat Haiti by 3 goals to qualify, Jamaica could only muster a 2\u20130 victory, meaning that St. Vincent & Grenadines pulled the upset and advanced to the second round based on goals scored. Despite their loss to Jamaica, Haiti won the group based on goal differential. Host Cuba won Group E, with the Bahamas advancing as well by defeating a surprisingly competitive Turks & Caicos team. In Group F, the French departments of Martinique and host Guadeloupe carried on easily, with the host winning the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, First qualifying round, Group C\nPlayed in United States Virgin Islands at Lionel Roberts Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, First qualifying round, Group C\n1 \u00a0British Virgin Islands withdrew due to not being able to send a team; their matches were all awarded 3\u20130 to their opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 51], "content_span": [52, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, Second qualifying round\nThe top two teams from each first-stage group qualified for the second stage of the competition. Those teams were split into three groups of four teams, called Groups G, H and I. The top two teams in each of these three groups qualified for the finals with \u00a0Trinidad and Tobago, making seven teams. The best third-place team from Groups G, H, and I qualified as the eighth team in the final competition. This was to have been determined by a single round-robin playoff between the three teams, to be called Group J; however, when Dominican Republic withdrew, the remaining two teams played a two-game series for the right to move on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, Second qualifying round, Summary\nAll three groups went largely to form. It was a wonderful round for host teams, with all three advancing and two winning their group. Host Barbados advanced easily out of Group G, only a tie with Bermuda marring their group performance. They were accompanied by St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Guyana proved perfect as hosts of Group H, and Guadeloupe also did well enough to advance. Finally, Cuba and host Martinique smashed the other two teams in Group I to move forward, with Cuba winning the group based on goal differential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, Second qualifying round, Summary\nThe third-place teams (Bermuda, Dominican Republic, and Haiti) were to have been drawn together in Group J. However, Dominican Republic withdrew, leaving Bermuda and Haiti to contest a two-game set. After achieving a 2\u20130 win in the first match, Haiti were overwhelming favourites in the second match. With Haiti leading by two goals in stoppage time of the second half, a thrilling goal by \u00c9liph\u00e8ne Cadet (to add to his goal in the first match) gave Haiti a 3\u20130 victory, a 5\u20130 aggregate win, and with it the final spot in the final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, Second qualifying round, Group J\nWith the withdrawal of \u00a0Dominican Republic, \u00a0Haiti and \u00a0Bermuda played each other twice. Haiti, as the winner of the series, advanced to the finals. The matches were played at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, Final tournament, First round\nTrinidad and Tobago qualified as host. Barbados and \u00a0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified from Group G. \u00a0Guyana and \u00a0Guadeloupe qualified from Group H. \u00a0Cuba and \u00a0Martinique qualified from Group I. \u00a0Haiti qualified from the Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190553-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Cup, Final tournament, First round\nThe groups were named after two former Trinidad and Tobago players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series\nThe forty-ninth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played held from February 2 through February 7 of 2008, featuring the champion teams from Dominican Republic (Aguilas Cibae\u00f1as), Mexico (Naranjeros de Hermosillo), Puerto Rico (Gigantes de Carolina) and Venezuela (Tigres de Aragua). The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Roberto Clemente Stadium in Carolina, Puerto Rico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nDominican Republic clinched the Series with a 5-1 record and was managed by F\u00e9lix Ferm\u00edn, who became the first manager in series history to win three titles. In their only defeat, the Dominicans were shut out, by Puerto Rico, 1\u20130, on three hits. Series MVP Tony Batista led the team with three home runs and eight RBIs. Also helping out were Miguel Tejada (.304, one HR, five RBI) and Anderson Hern\u00e1ndez (.310, six runs, two doubles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nThe offense led the tournament with 37 runs, while the pitching staff provided a strong support by limiting opponents to eight runs (two unearned) in 62 \u2153 innings pitched for a .087 ERA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nJos\u00e9 Acevedo (1-0, six strikeouts, 0.00 ERA, 8.0 IP), Fabio Castro (1-0, four SO, 0.00, 5.0 IP), Juli\u00e1n Tav\u00e1rez (1-0, six SO, 1.69, 5 \u2153 IP), H\u00e9ctor Almonte (1-0, .214, five SO, 3 \u2154 IP), Julio De Paula (1-0, 0.00, three SO, 4 \u2153), Jos\u00e9 Capell\u00e1n (.217 ERA, five SO, 6 \u2153 IP), Jos\u00e9 Vargas (one save, .267, two SO), and Jos\u00e9 Lima (0-1, 10 SO, 1.32 ERA, 13 \u2153 IP) headed the staff. Also on the roster were Alberto Castillo, Bernie Castro, Nelson Cruz, Pablo Ozuna and Luis Polonia. Overall, the Dominican Republic won the Series for the 16th time, one more than Puerto Rico. This was the fifth time that the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as (Cibao Eagles) represented the Dominicans and took the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nThe Puerto Rican team, managed by Lino Rivera, finished second with a 4-2 mark. The offense was clearly guided by Armando R\u00edos, who led the Series hitters in batting average (.545), hits (12), stolen bases (2), SLG (.682), OBS (.667) and OPS (1.349). Other contributions came from Juan Gonz\u00e1lez (.385, three runs, two RBI), Javier Valent\u00edn (.368) and Alex Cora (.364, two doubles, two runs, four RBI). Other than starters Giancarlo Alvarado (1-0, 0.73, 10 SO, 12 \u2153 IP) and Brian Edwards (1-0, 4.50, 6.0 IP), the pitching rotation proved ineffective.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nRelievers Pedro Feliciano (2-0, 0.00, 5.0 IP, four SO), Bubbie Buzachero (1.80, one save, five SO, five IP) and Fernando Cabrera (0.00 ERA, 0.00 OBA, two SO, three IP) provided some support. Other players in the roster included Hiram Bocachica, Rub\u00e9n Gotay, Luis Matos, Jos\u00e9 Santiago, and the brothers Jos\u00e9 and Yadier Molina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nVenezuela was guided by Buddy Bailey and finished 2-4 in third place. The two victories came at the expense of Mexico and Puerto Rico. The offense was guided by Oscar Salazar, who led the series batters with nine RBI, while hitting .346 (9-for-26) with two home runs and a .654 SLG. Two other hitters carried much of the offensive weight: Jos\u00e9 Castillo (.321, six doubles, four runs, three RBI) and Ronny Cede\u00f1o (.440, 11 hits, .481 OBP). Despite a 2.18 collective ERA, the pitching staff was victim of a lousy defense that committed 11 errors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nStarters Josmir Romero (1-0, 0.00), Tim McClaskey (1-0, 3.60, five SO, five IP) and Horacio Estrada (0-0, 2.25, 12 IP) each turned in fine efforts, while Yohan Pino (0.00, 10 SO, 7 \u2153 IP) and Kevin Tolar (0.00, five SO, 3 \u2153 IP) did the job out of the bullpen. The Venezuelan team also featured players such as Cory Bailey, Alex Delgado, Ram\u00f3n Hern\u00e1ndez, Luis Rodr\u00edguez, Randall Simon and Steve Torrealba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190554-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribbean Series, Summary\nPiloted by Lorenzo Bundy, Mexico was outscored by their opponents 45-13 and finished in last place with a 1-5 record, getting its only victory against Venezuela. A one-man offensive performance was led by Luis Alfonso Garc\u00eda, who finished second in the batting race with a .458 average (11-for-24) and hit four doubles with four RBI; Juan Ca\u00f1izalez batted .333 (6-for-18), Alfredo Am\u00e9zaga hit the team's only home run, and Pablo Ortega was the only pitcher to lose two games in the Series that year. The team also included veterans such as Vinny Castilla, Elmer Dessens, Erubiel Durazo, Karim Garc\u00eda, Ger\u00f3nimo Gil and Derrick White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190555-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribou Hills Fire\nCoordinates: The Caribou Hills Fire was a 2007 wildfire that burned near Ninilchik, Alaska, and expanded extremely rapidly, making it at one point the top firefighting priority in the United States. It soon moved toward the town and at its peak threatened approximately 300 structures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190555-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribou Hills Fire, Background\nThe fire began June 19, 2007, when sparks created by a hand-held grinder being used to sharpen a shovel ignited dry grass. The couple who accidentally started the fire attempted to beat it out with a shovel and the shirts off their backs, but the dry conditions in the area at the time caused the fire to spread rapidly, and they had to be rescued by helicopter as they were soon surrounded by flames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190555-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Caribou Hills Fire, Background\nIn addition to the dry grass in the area, the Kenai Peninsula was still recovering from an infestation of spruce bark beetles that had killed thousands of acres of trees during the late 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in an enormous \"tinder box\" in the largely unpopulated area of Caribou Hills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190555-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribou Hills Fire, Firefighting efforts\nThis fire came at a time when two other wildfires were already blazing in South-central Alaska, stretching the state's firefighting capabilities. Firefighters called for evacuations of residents in outlying areas, specifically the Ninilchik 40 subdivision and the Caribou Hills cabins. On June 21, 2007 smoke from this fire began rolling into Anchorage and other populated areas, including Homer, Kenai, and Soldotna, leading to air quality and health advisories, and the establishment of a \"no fly zone\" in the fire's area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190555-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribou Hills Fire, Firefighting efforts\nBy June 24, 2007 approximately 75 structures had been destroyed by the fire, including 34 cabins, one primary residence and 40 outbuildings such as sheds and outhouses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency began funding of the fire suppression effort on June 23, 2007. While every possible effort, including aerial deployment of fire suppression chemicals, was made near populated areas, a more low-impact approach, mostly creating firebreaks with bulldozers, was used on the parts of the fire that entered the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190555-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Caribou Hills Fire, Aftermath\nThe fire was declared under control in early July, 2007. It destroyed a total of 55,438 acres (22,435\u00a0ha) of wilderness, and about 197 structures, including 88 cabins and other homes and 109 outbuildings. The exact number of buildings destroyed may never be known as the Caribou Hills area is a popular destination for snowmachine enthusiasts in the winter, and many small overnight cabins had been built over the years without permits or other documentation. On June 5, 2019 a lightning strike cause a new fire in the footprint of the 2007 fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election\nThe 2007 Carlisle City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservative party formed the administration on the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats, but Labour were the largest party with 24 seats, compared to 19 Conservatives, 7 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. A further seat was vacant in Morton, after the Liberal Democrat councillor Ralph Aldersey stood down from the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election, Background\n18 seats were being contested with Labour needing to make at least 2 gains to take control of the council. Candidates at the election included an independent Maureen Toole in Belah ward, after her husband Alan Toole, the sitting councillor for the ward, was deselected by the Conservatives. Both the Conservative and Labour parties contested all 18 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had candidates in 6 wards. The British National Party contested seats in Carlisle for the first time, with 6 candidates, and there was also 1 candidate from the English Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election, Campaign\nLabour campaigned on a pledge to tackle anti-social behaviour, such as dog fouling and littering, and targeted Morton from the Liberal Democrats and Belah from the Conservatives, where they were hoping the Conservative vote would be split due to the independent candidate. Meanwhile, the Conservatives defended their record in control of the council and targeted the Labour held seats of Belle Vue and Yewdale. The Liberal Democrats defended their seats, while hoping to gain Dalston from the Conservatives and Upperby from Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election, Campaign\nDuring the campaign the national Conservative leader David Cameron visited Carlisle to support his party in the election, while the Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman came to support Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election, Election result\nOnly 1 seat changed hands at the election, with Labour gaining Morton from the Liberal Democrats to remain the largest party on the council with 25 seats. Labour also narrowly beat off Conservative challenges in Belle Vue by 31 votes and in Yewdale by only 10 votes. This meant the Conservatives stayed on 19 councillors, the Liberal Democrats dropped to 7, and there continued to be 1 independent. Among those elected was Labour's Abdul Harid in Currock ward, who became the first Asian councillor on Carlisle council, defeating the British National Party who came second in the ward. Overall turnout at the election was 35.45%, up from 34.6% at the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190556-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlisle City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Conservative Mike Mitchelson remained as leader of the council after the Liberal Democrats continued to support him, in return for which Liberal Democrat Peter Farmer joined the council executive. The election for mayor was won by Conservative Liz Mallinson by 26 votes to 25 for Labour's Mary Styth, after one Labour councillor missed the meeting, while Mike Mitchelson was re-elected by 26 votes to 24. All 7 Liberal Democrats backed the Conservative candidates, while the only independent councillor Bill Graham, voted for the Labour candidate for mayor Mary Styth, as she had served on the council for the longest period, and abstained on the vote for council leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190557-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlton Football Club season\nMatch results and information for the Carlton Football Club in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190557-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Carlton Football Club season\nThis Australian rules football competition-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders\nThe Carnation murders was a mass murder that occurred on December 24, 2007, near Carnation, Washington, a small rural town 25 miles (40\u00a0km) east of Seattle. The murders took place in the home of Wayne Scott Anderson and Judy Anderson. Six people, comprising three generations of the Anderson family, were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nAccording to testimony, Joseph Thomas McEnroe and Michele Kristen Anderson armed themselves and drove their pickup to the home of her parents, Wayne and Judy Anderson, on the afternoon of December 24, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nOnce inside, McEnroe distracted Judy Anderson, who was wrapping Christmas gifts, while Michele attempted to shoot her father. Michele's gun jammed, so McEnroe killed Wayne and then Judy Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nThe two then dragged the bodies outside and carefully cleaned the home and waited for Michele Anderson's older brother, Scott, his wife, Erica, both 32, and their two young children to arrive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nOnce the family arrived, Michele Anderson shot her brother several times, killing him. McEnroe and Anderson shot Erica Anderson. Wounded, she managed to get to the home's cordless phone and dialed 9-1-1. The connection only lasted a few seconds and dispatchers heard what sounded to them like people arguing at a party. McEnroe was able to grab the phone from her, tore the batteries out of the receiver, and smashed it on the floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nMcEnroe delivered the fatal shot to Erica, and he then shot and killed the children, 5-year-old Olivia and 3-year-old Nathan, at request of Anderson because they didn't want witnesses and said the children would be scarred for life having seen their parents killed. Police were dispatched to the scene in response to the 9-1-1 call, but the gate to the property was locked and the officers decided not to investigate further. The gate was only locked because Michele Anderson had run out to lock it after she realized Erica's 9-1-1 call went through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nThe bodies were discovered two days later, on December 26, when Judy\u2019s best friend and co-worker Linda Thiele went to the home to see why she was absent from work. She looked in the window and saw bodies on the floor, so she called 9-1-1. She initially thought she was looking at the bodies of Wayne and Judy, but they turned out to be Scott's and Erica's bodies. While King County detectives were at the property in response to Thiele's 9-1-1 call, McEnroe and Michele Anderson drove up and were brought in for questioning. Eventually, both of them admitted to the murders and were arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Crime\nProsecutors told jurors the motive for the killings was money. Anderson alleges her brother owed her and she believed that she had been slighted and mistreated by her parents and brother.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Arrests\nArrested and indicted as the perpetrators of the killings were Michele Kristen Anderson (who was unemployed) and her boyfriend, Joseph Thomas McEnroe (a Target employee), both aged 29. They were each charged with six counts of first-degree murder. Michele is the younger sister of Scott and the youngest child of Wayne and Judy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Arrests\nThe suspects waived their right to appear in court. Police say they confessed to the killings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190558-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Carnation murders, Trial and sentencing\nMcEnroe confessed to the murders in January 2014 in an effort to avoid execution. On December 19, 2014, a 16-member jury was selected to hear the case against McEnroe. On March 25, 2015, the jury found Joseph McEnroe guilty of aggravated first-degree murder on all six counts. On May 13, 2015, Joseph McEnroe was sentenced to life in prison, and avoided the death penalty, mainly due to a statewide moratorium on the death penalty by then-governor Jay Inslee. On March 4, 2016, Michele Anderson was found guilty of six counts of aggravated first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2016. McEnroe is currently imprisoned in the Washington State Penitentiary and Anderson is currently imprisoned in the Washington Corrections Center for Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190559-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Challenge Cup\nThe 2007 Carolina Challenge Cup was a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Charleston Battery. The Houston Dynamo won the 2007 tournament and went on to win the MLS Cup, marking the fourth consecutive season that the champion went on to win one of the two year-end MLS trophies, the MLS Supporters' Shield or MLS Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season\nThe 2007 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Football League and the team's 11th season at Bank of America Stadium. They failed to improve upon their 8\u20138 record in 2006, finishing at 7\u20139 and missing the playoffs for the second straight season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 1: at St. Louis Rams\nThe Panthers began their 2007 campaign on the road against the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Drew Carter. Afterwards, the Rams would tie the game with QB Marc Bulger completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, St. Louis would lead at halftime on a 42-yard field goal by kicker Jeff Wilkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 1: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Rams increased their lead with Wilkins kicking a 28-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Panthers retook the lead with Delhomme completing a 68-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. In the fourth quarter, Carolina took control for the rest of the game with kicker John Kasay nailing a 34-yard field goal, Delhomme & Carter hooking up with each other again on a 9-yard TD pass, and Kasay wrapping up the game with a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 1: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, the Panthers began their year at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 80], "content_span": [81, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Houston Texans\nComing off their road win over the Rams, the Panthers would play their Week 2 homeopener against the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first with QB Jake Delhomme hooking up with WR Steve Smith on a 7-yard TD pass and a 12-yard TD pass. The Texans would respond with QB Matt Schaub completing a 31-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the second quarter, Houston continued its pounding with Schaub and Johnson hooking up with each other again on a 9-yard TD pass, along with kicker Kris Brown's 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers continued to struggle as Texans RB Ahman Green got a 13-yard TD run, while Carolina FB Nick Goings fumbled during a kickoff return. The ball would roll into the endzone, where Houston WR Kevin Walter would land on it for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Texans would put the game well out of reach with Brown's 33-yard field goal. The Panthers tried to get a comeback with Delhomme and Smith hooking up with each other on an amazing 74-yard TD pass, but the deficit was too much to overcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nTrying to rebound from their home loss to the Texans, the Panther flew to the Georgia Dome for an NFC South duel with the Atlanta Falcons. After a scoreless first quarter, Carolina scored first in the second quarter with kicker John Kasay hitting a 45-yard field goal. The Falcons took the lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 69-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. The Panthers followed up with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 13-yard TD pass to RB DeShaun Foster. Atlanta would end the half with kicker Morten Andersen hitting a 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons took the lead as Harrington completed a 13-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler. Carolina retook the lead with Delhomme completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King, followed by a 10-yard TD run from Foster. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers scored again, with Kasay kicking a 49-yard field goal. The Falcons' Andersen nailed a 25-yard field goal to end the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe game was noteworthy because of DeAngelo Hall's third quarter meltdown, wherein he was assessed 67 yards of penalties in a single drive. The penalties included a 37-yard pass interference penalty for tackling WR Steve Smith before the ball arrived, a 15-yard personal foul on the following play for blocking Smith at the line, and a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during a verbal exchange with Smith following a third-down sack by John Abraham. The unsportsmanlike conduct penalty gave Carolina a first down, allowing their eventual TD to King rather than the likely 45-yard field goal attempt had the penalty not been called. Following the series, Hall was seen arguing with coaches on the sidelines, leading to a $100,000 fine by the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off a divisional road win over the Falcons, the Panthers went home, donned their alternate uniforms, and prepared for another NFC South fight, as Carolina dueled with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the division lead on the line. With QB Jake Delhomme unable to start with an elbow injury on his throwing arm, QB David Carr was given the start. In the first quarter, the Panthers struggled as Buccaneers QB Jeff Garcia got a 3-yard TD run, while RB Earnest Graham got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Carolina continued to struggle as kicker Matt Bryant got a 25-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Tampa Bay sealed the win with Bryant nailing a 38-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Panthers would get their only score of the game with Carr completing a 24-yard TD pass to RB DeAngelo Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith their 4th straight home loss, Carolina fell to 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nTrying to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Buccaneers, the Panthers flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Week 5 divisional duel with the winless New Orleans Saints. With QB Jake Delhomme out and done for the year with a right elbow injury, QB David Carr was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the first quarter, Carolina took the early lead with kicker John Kasay getting a 23-yard field goal. The Saints responded with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Panthers went back into the lead with Kasay nailing a 35-yard field goal. New Orleans would respond with Mare kicking a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, Carolina trailed as Saints FB Mike Karney got a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers tied the game with Carr completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. Afterwards, Carolina sealed the win in the final seconds with Kasay nailing a 52-yard field goal as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their divisional road win over the Saints, the Panthers flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 6 throwdown with the Arizona Cardinals With David Carr recovering from injuries, recently signed QB Vinny Testaverde got the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the first quarter, Carolina pounced first with kicker John Kasay getting a 33-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Panthers increased its lead with Kasay kicking a 43-yard field goal. The Cardinals would get on the board with RB Edgerrin James getting a 23-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Carolina responded with Kasay getting a 24-yard field goal, yet Arizona answered with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Testaverde completed a 65-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith, increasing his consecutive seasons with a touchdown pass record to 21-straight. Afterwards, the Panthers sealed the win with Kasay nailing a 45-yard field goal, while RB DeAngelo Williams got a 13-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, not only did Carolina improve to 4\u20132 heading into the bye week, but Testaverde became the oldest starting quarterback to win a game (43 years and 335 days), along with the third oldest quarterback to start a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nGame summaryComing off their road win over the Cardinals, the Panthers went home for a Week 8 interconference duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Carolina struck first by turning their opening drive (which lasted 11 minutes and 1 second) into a 3-yard TD run by RB DeShaun Foster. The Colts would respond with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 20-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Indianapolis took the lead with RB Joseph Addai getting a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis increased its lead with QB Peyton Manning completing a 4-yard TD pass to Addai, along with a 59-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne. In the fourth quarter, the Colts sealed their win with Addai getting a 12-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 85], "content_span": [86, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Colts, the Panthers flew to LP Field for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Titans QB Vince Young got a 3-yard TD run, while kicker Rob Bironas got a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Panthers continued to struggle as Bironas nailed a 53-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Tennessee pulled away with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. Carolina would avoid a shutout as QB David Carr completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Drew Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Tennessee Titans\nCarr would relive his Texans days as he got sacked 7 times during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Panthers came home for an NFC South rematch with the Atlanta Falcons. Veteran QB Vinny Testaverde would get the start. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Falcons RB Warrick Dunn getting a 30-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Panthers took the lead with CB Ken Lucas returning a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, while kicker John Kasay managed to get a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Atlanta tied the game with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 36-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Falcons regained the lead with Andersen kicking a 47-yard field goal. Carolina would reply with Kasay nailing a 31-yard field goal. Unfortunately, Atlanta sealed the win with QB Joey Harrington completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nWith the loss, not only did the Panthers fall to 4\u20135, but they even lost six-straight home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers\nTrying to snap a three-game losing skid, the Panthers flew to Lambeau Field for Week 11 duel with the Green Bay Packers. This game set a record as QB Vinny Testaverde and Packers QB Brett Favre had the oldest combined age of two starting quarterbacks at 82 years and 44 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Packers CB Tramon Williams returned a pooch punt 94 yards for a touchdowns. The Panthers would get on the board as kicker John Kasay managed to get a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Green Bay increased its lead with Favre completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings and a 26-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Green Bay continued its domination as Favre and Lee hooked up with each other again on a 12-yard TD pass. Carolina would respond with Testaverde completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Christian Fauria. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers tried to come back as Testaverde completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Drew Carter. However, the Packers sealed the win with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New Orleans Saints\nTrying to snap a four-game losing skid, the Panthers went home for a Week 12 NFC South rematch with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Carolina got the early lead as kicker John Kasay managed to get a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead as QB Drew Brees completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore, along with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 46-yard field goal. The Panthers would end the half as Kasay nailed a 29-yard field goal. In the third quarter, New Orleans pulled away with Brees completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Billy Miller, getting an 8-yard TD run, and completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. New Orleans Saints\nWith their fifth straight loss, not only did Carolina fall to 4\u20137, but they had also lost seven straight home games (they have yet to win a home game this year). Also, the Panthers offense only managed to get 4 touchdowns in the last five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nTrying to snap a five-game losing skid, the Panthers stayed at home for a Week 13 intraconference duel with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Carolina pounced first with kicker John Kasay nailing a 19-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Panthers increased their lead with QB Vinny Testaverde completing a 5-yard TD pass to rookie TE Dante Rosario, while CB Richard Marshall returned an interception 67 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers managed to get on the board as QB Trent Dilfer completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle and a 1-yard TD pass to TE Delanie Walker. Afterwards, Carolina went back to work as RB DeShaun Foster got a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers pulled away as Testaverde completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win, not only did Carolina improve to 5\u20137, but it even managed to give the Panthers their first home win of the year. It took 54 weeks overall for the Panthers to win a home game; they continued the home losing streak that lasted throughout the rest of the 2006 season and extended it to 7 games, but they ended the streak by winning 31-14 against San Francisco at the BOA in Week 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their home win over the 49ers, the Panthers flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 14 interconference duel with their 1995 expansion rival, the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Jaguars QB David Garrard completed a 22-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Panthers would get on the board as kicker John Kasay managed to get a 49-yard field goal. Afterwards, Jacksonville responded with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 21-yard field goal. Carolina would end the half as Kasay kicked a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Panthers began to fall behind as Garrard completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Matt Jones, along with Scobee kicking a 20-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars sealed the win with LB Clint Ingram returning an interception 39 yards for a touchdown, RB Fred Taylor getting an 80-yard TD run, and Scobee nailing a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Jaguars, the Panthers went home for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Seattle Seahawks. The game remained scoreless for the first three quarters of play until kicker John Kasay finally delivered the game's first punch in the fourth quarter with a 53-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Seahawks would respond with kicker Josh Brown getting a 23-yard field goal. After that, Carolina clawed deep with Kasay nailing a 37-yard field goal and RB DeAngelo Williams getting a 35-yard touchdown run. Later, Seattle's only response would be QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith the win, the Panthers kept their slim playoffs alive by improving to 6\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their win over the Seahawks, the Panthers stayed at home for a Week 16 Saturday night duel with the playoff-bound Dallas Cowboys in an attempt to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the first quarter, Carolina trailed early as Cowboys QB Tony Romo completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Dallas increased its lead with RB Marion Barber getting a 5-yard TD run. The Panthers got on the board with Matt Moore completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. The Cowboys ended the half with kicker Nick Folk getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Carolina began rallying with John Kasay getting a 37-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dallas responded with Folk kicking a 23-yard field goal. The Panthers tried to come back as Kasay nailed a 25-yard field goal, but the Cowboys' defense held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith the loss, they fell to 6-9 and were eliminated from playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nCarolina concluded the regular season at home against the Buccaneers. With a playoff spot now gone and nothing to lose, the Panthers took the field with Matt Moore at the helm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTampa Bay struck first as second-string QB Luke McCown, in place of starter Jeff Garcia, drove the Buccaneers down the field for the game's first score, a touchdown pass to TE Jerramy Stevens. The Panthers responded by driving to the Tampa Bay 4-yard line. A field goal kick by John Kasay was good, but a holding penalty by LB Derrick Brooks gave the Panthers a first down. They capitalized on this opportunity with a 2-yard touchdown pass from Moore to TE Christian Fauria, tying the game at 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the second quarter, a Matt Moore interception by Phillip Buchanon led to a Matt Bryant field goal. The Panthers responded once again with a 20-yard touchdown pass to TE Dante Rosario, giving Carolina a 14\u201310 lead with 6:40 left in the half. Late in the second quarter, Josh Bidwell punted to Carolina, but a fumble by Ryne Robinson on the return was recovered by the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay tacked on another Bryant field goal with 2:34 left in the half, but Carolina responded with a field goal of their own with 16 seconds remaining until the break, giving them a 17\u201313 lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nMidway through the third quarter, Carolina punted and pinned the Buccaneers on their own 2-yard line. McCown then led the Buccaneers on a 10-play, 98-yard touchdown drive, the longest such scoring drive in franchise history, resulting in a 23-yard touchdown pass to RB Michael Bennett and a 20\u201317 lead. Carolina kept themselves in the game, however, quickly following up a 46-yard reception to Drew Carter with a 1-yard touchdown run by RB DeAngelo Williams, making the score 24\u201320 in favor of the Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190560-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nGoing into the fourth quarter, the Bucs added another field goal from Bryant with 14:02 left in the game and the score 24\u201323. The Panthers capped their scoring with a 32-yard touchdown run from Williams, his second of the day, making it 31\u201323. Trailing late in the fourth quarter, McCown drove the Buccaneers to the Carolina 36-yard line, but was intercepted by DB Richard Marshall. As a sign of respect for his last official game, the Panthers let veteran QB Vinny Testaverde kneel down the ball on the game's last play. The Panthers finished the season with a record of 7\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190561-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina RailHawks FC season\nThe Carolina RailHawks launched their inaugural season on April 21, 2007 in front of a crowd of 6,327 at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina when they drew 1-1 with the Minnesota Thunder in their first official regular season match. Midfielder Kupono Low scored the first goal in franchise history when he blasted 24-yard left-footed shot past Thunder keeper Joe Warren in the 8th minute of the inaugural match. On May 8, 2007, the RailHawks earned their first franchise victory 2-0 against Chivas USA in an exhibition match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190561-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina RailHawks FC season\nOn August 14, 2007, with a 3-0 victory over the Charleston Battery, the Carolina RailHawks secured their first piece of silverware, the 2007 Southern Derby Cup, with one match remaining in the contest. The RailHawks finished their first USL-1 season in 8th place in the league table, securing the league's final playoff spot on the last day of the regular season with a 2-0 victory away over fellow expansion franchise the California Victory. The RailHawks were eliminated from the playoff quarterfinals by the eventual league champion Seattle Sounders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190561-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina RailHawks FC season, 2007 squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190561-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina RailHawks FC season, 2007 squad\nTransfers: OUT - Sola Abolaji to Vancouver Whitecaps (7/27/2007); IN - Joel John Bailey from Vancouver Whitecaps (7/27/2007)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190561-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Carolina RailHawks FC season, 2007 Staff\nCoach - Scott SchweitzerAssistant Coach - Damon NahasAssistant Coach - Mark Girard Oldest coach in the usaGoalkeeping Coach - David NoyesEquipment Manager - Steven EconomidesTrainer - Elise Caceres", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings\nThe 2007 Casablanca bombings refer to a series of suicide bombings in March and April 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, March bombing, March 11\nThere was a suicide bombing on March 11, 2007, in Casablanca, Morocco. The suicide bombers came from the shanty towns of Sidi Moumen, a poor suburb of Casablanca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, March bombing, March 11\nThe bombing occurred at 22 hours local time inside an internet cafe. Two men were trying to log into an extremist Islamist website before the owner asked them not to. The two men refused and shortly after, the owner closed the door and threatened to call the police. The bombers asked the owner to open the door and to let them go but he refused. One of the two individuals, 23-year-old Abdelfattah Raydi who was carrying an explosive load hidden under his clothing detonated the bomb, which killed him and injured his companion and three others including the owner. The companion, identified later as 18-year-old Youssef Khoudri escaped with an eye injury and left for a nearby hospital, where he was later captured by the authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, March bombing, March 11\nThe Director of General Affairs of the Grand Casablanca, Mokhtar Bekkali Kacemi declared to the media that the bombers \"were probably getting ready to commit a criminal act...they wanted to receive instructions via Internet to execute their attacks elsewhere.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, March bombing, March 11\nAccording to Assabah newspaper the real target had been Casablanca's police and paramilitary headquarters as well as some tourist sites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, April bombings, April 10\nFollowing the March bombing, a major security operation against suspected Islamist militants resulted in three suspected suicide bombers blowing themselves up and a fourth being shot dead by police as he tried to detonate his device. One police officer died in one of the explosions. Officials said one of the three suspected militants who blew himself up during a police raid in Morocco is the brother of an internet cafe bomber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, April bombings, April 14\nAn additional two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Casablanca on April 14. One woman passer-by was injured in the blasts, which happened near the US consulate and its cultural centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190562-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Casablanca bombings, Sentencing\nIn October 2008, Morocco sentenced 45 people to 2 to 30 years in prison for their roles in a plot to attack targets in Casablanca, a plot related to the 2007 bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190563-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game\nThe 2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game on TSN was held on December 8th and 9th at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario. It was the first TSN Skins Game put on since it was put on hiatus in 2004. The total purse for the event was CAD$100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190563-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game\nFour teams were invited to participate. They played one semi-final each on December 8th, and the winners played in the final on December 9th. All three games were shown on TSN and TSN-HD. Kevin Martin's team was the big winner, taking home $61,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190563-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game, Draw to the button\nTeam Martin won the draw to the button contest to determine seeding. This awarded them an extra $1000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election\nThe 2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castile and Le\u00f3n. All 83 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Cortes of Castile and Le\u00f3n were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castile and Le\u00f3n, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Leonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and Le\u00f3n and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nAll members of the Cortes of Castile and Le\u00f3n were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of \u00c1vila, Burgos, Le\u00f3n, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of three seats, being allocated one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Cortes of Castile and Le\u00f3n expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Cortes were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Junta had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Castile and Le\u00f3n and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected procurators merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190564-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 42 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Castile and Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election\nThe 2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla\u2013La Mancha. All 47 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Cortes of Castilla\u2013La Mancha were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla\u2013La Mancha, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Manchegan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta of Communities. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla\u2013La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 47 members of the Cortes of Castilla\u2013La Mancha were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 10 for Albacete, 11 for Ciudad Real, 8 for Cuenca, 7 for Guadalajara and 11 for Toledo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Cortes of Castilla\u2013La Mancha expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Cortes were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Cortes on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Junta of Communities had the prerogative to dissolve the Cortes of Castilla\u2013La Mancha and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Election date\nAny snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190565-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 24 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Castilla\u2013La Mancha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190566-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Castle Point Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190566-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Castle Point Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives remained in control of the council with 26 councillors, but lost 3 seats to the Canvey Island Independent Party. The Conservatives held all 8 seats in Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley, but won only 1 of the 6 seats on Canvey Island. On Canvey Island the Canvey Island Independent Party took the other 5 seats to have 15 councillors, gaining 3 from the Conservatives, as well as defeating the only Labour councillor on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190566-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Castle Point Borough Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008\nTwo by-elections were held in St Marys ward on 20 December 2007 after the resignation of Conservative councillors Alan and Kate Meager. One seat was held for the Conservatives by Alf Partridge with 509 votes, while the other seat was gained for Labour by Brian Wilson with 480 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190567-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Castleford Tigers season\nIn 2007 the Castleford Tigers competed in National League One and the 2007 Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190568-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Grand Prix of Catalunya was the seventh round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 8\u201310 June 2007 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Catalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190568-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190569-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Catalans Dragons season\nThis article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2007 season. This is their 2nd season in the Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190569-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Catalans Dragons season, Table\nSource: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190569-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Catalans Dragons season, Table\n^\u00a0a:\u00a0Bradford deducted two points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules^\u00a0b:\u00a0Wigan deducted four points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190570-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Catalunya GP2 Series round\n2007 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 12 May and 13 May 2007 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. It was the second race of the 2007 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season\nThe 2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season was the 60th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atl\u00e9tico Nacional won both the Apertura and Finalizaci\u00f3n tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Campeonato Apertura\n2007-I - Copa Mustang or Torneo Apertura 2007 is the 65th installment of the Mustang Cup. It began on February 4 with the opening match between Independiente Santa Fe and Atl\u00e9tico Junior in Fusagasug\u00e1 at the Estadio Fernando Mazuera. The Estadio Nemesio Camacho \"El Camp\u00edn\" was not used because was going through some repairs and modifications. 18 teams competed against one another and played each weekend until May 12. At that point, the top 8 teams in the league stage advanced to the group stage, each group with 4 teams. From that point on the teams played on a home and away basis, for a total of a six matches each. The winner of both groups at the end advanced to the home-and-away final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Campeonato Apertura, Quadrangular Semifinals\nThe second phase of the Torneo Apertura 2007 consists in a quadrangular semifinal. This will be disputed by the best eight teams, later distributed in two groups of four teams, divided by odds and evens. The winners of each group will face each other in the Finals to define a champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Campeonato Finalizaci\u00f3n\n2007-II - Copa Mustang or Torneo Finalizaci\u00f3n 2007 was the 63rd installment of the Mustang Cup. It began on July 15, 2007 and ended on December 19, 2007.18 teams compete against one another and played each weekend until November 12. At that point, the top 8 teams in the league stage advanced to the group stage, each group with 4 teams. From that point on the teams play on a home and away basis, for a total of a six matches each. The winner of both groups at the end advance to the home-and-away final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Campeonato Finalizaci\u00f3n, Quadrangular Semifinals\nThe second phase of the 2007 Final Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Campeonato Finalizaci\u00f3n, Quadrangular Semifinals, Group A\nR=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190571-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera A season, Campeonato Finalizaci\u00f3n, Quadrangular Semifinals, Group B\nR=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190572-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera B season\nFollowing are the results of the 2007 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, for the second division football league in Colombia. This was the 18th season since its founding, and was officially called the 2007 Copa Premier for sponsorship reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190572-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Categor\u00eda Primera B season, Promotion/relegation Playoff\nAs the second worst team in the relegation table, Deportivo Pereira had to play a two-legged tie against Academia F.C., the 2007 Categor\u00eda Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, Am\u00e9rica will play the second leg at home. The winner will be determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. The winner will be promoted/remain in the Primera A for the 2008 season, while the loser will be relegated/remain in the Primera B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190573-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cebu City local elections\nLocal elections were held in Cebu City on May 14, 2007 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and eight councilors at-large for each district. There are two legislative districts in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190574-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but withdrew due to a viral illness for Stosur, before their quarterfinal against Jarmila Gajdo\u0161ov\u00e1 and Akiko Morigami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190574-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Doubles\nNicole Pratt and Bryanne Stewart won in the final 7\u20135, 4\u20136, 10\u20135, against Jarmila Gajdo\u0161ov\u00e1 and Akiko Morigami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190575-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Singles\nSofia Arvidsson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Meilen Tu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190575-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cellular South Cup \u2013 Singles\nVenus Williams won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20131, against Shahar Pe'er.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190576-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Celtic Crusaders season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of the Celtic Crusaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190577-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American Championships in Athletics\nThe 18th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica, between June 8-9, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190577-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American Championships in Athletics\nA total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190577-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American Championships in Athletics, Medal table\nAn unofficial medal count is in agreement with a medal table published by CACAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 61], "content_span": [62, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190578-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca \"Magico Gonzalez\" in San Salvador, El Salvador, between May 25\u201327, 2007. Organized by the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA), it was the 20th edition of the Junior (U-20) and the 15th edition of the Youth (U-18) competition. A total of 76 events were contested, 42 by boys and 34 by girls. Overall winner on points was \u00a0Costa Rica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190578-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Team trophies\nThe placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (boys and girls categories) was published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190578-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics, Participation\nA total number of 320 athletes were reported to participate in the event. Belize did not send athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190579-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics\nThe 12th Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics were hosted in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 7\u20138, 2011, one week before the inaugural North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championships took place at the same site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190579-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics, Participation\nIn total there were 104 athletes from 15 federations. Athletes from Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Honduras, and U.S. Virgin Islands did not earn a medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 87], "content_span": [88, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190579-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics, Medal table (unofficial)\nResults for the mixed 4 \u00d7 100 m relay for the age group 12\u201313 years are not available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 98], "content_span": [99, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190580-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central League Climax Series\nThe 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage 2 was a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The CLCS began with the first game of Stage 1 on October 13 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak\nIn mid-2007, an outbreak of classical swine fever or hog cholera had affected the Central Luzon region of the Philippines, particularly in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, as confirmed by the Department of Agriculture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak, Statistics\nBulacan, which lies immediately north of Metro Manila, is the center of hog raising in the Philippines. Backyard and commercial farms, about 300 in number, with 80% of those commercial, are estimated to have more than a million sows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak, Outbreak\nThe outbreak was originally confined on early July to backyard farms in three towns, but expanded to 43 barangays in 12 municipalities (of 21 municipalities and three cities) in Bulacan. Commercial farms, which are 80% of the farms, were unaffected, according to provincial veterinarian Felipe Bartolome. Bartolome also dismissed the cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the province, and the hog cholera only affected about 3,000\u20135,000 sows. The DA assured the public that pork prices would remain stable and that the supply of pork in Metro Manila would not be affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak, Outbreak\nAs a result of the outbreak, the DA issued a memorandum to prevent the spread of hog cholera virus in Central Luzon, containing quarantine policies to prevent further spread of the virus and information dissemination on proper hog hygiene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak, Outbreak\nAt the end of July, DA's Bureau of Animal Industry via a report of its officer-in-charge Davinio Catbagan to DA secretary Arthur Yap said, \"hog cholera, swine flu, and the pseudo-rabies virus that hit some farms have now been placed under control through measures the Department of Agriculture immediately put in place.\" The DA released 5,000 doses of hog cholera vaccine in the province to curtail the outbreak. In its estimate, the DA said only 4,000 sows, 2,000 each in Bulacan and Pampanga, were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak, Outbreak\nFurthermore, the National Meat Inspection Service strictly monitored the movement of hogs and newly slaughtered meat. The final count for Bulacan was pegged at 2,823 affected hogs, representing a minimal 0.29% of the total hog population of over one million in Bulacan, in 43 barangays in 11 towns and one city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190581-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Luzon hog cholera outbreak, Response\nAs a result of the outbreak, police checkpoints were placed along the roads entering Metro Manila. A routine inspection seized 400 kilograms (880\u00a0lb) of \"hot meat\" in Santa Maria, Bulacan, while Quezon City officials confiscated five tons of meat from Balintawak public market during a surprise inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190582-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\nThe 2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Central Michigan competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Chippewas were led by first-year head coach Butch Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190582-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\nCentral Michigan finished the regular season with a 7\u20135 record and a 6\u20131 record in conference play, placing first in the West Division. They qualified for the MAC Championship Game, where they defeated the Miami RedHawks 35\u201310. Central Michigan competed in the Motor City Bowl for the second straight year, losing to the Purdue Boilermakers 48\u201351.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190583-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Central and Western District Council election\nThe 2007 Central and Western District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 15 elected members to the 19-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen\nThe 2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Season, and was run on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Watkins Glen Raceway in New York. This road course race was one of only two races scheduled in NASCAR's premier series not on oval-shaped tracks, and was the ninth race that featured NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, a safety-driven automobile that is being used in the 2008 season full-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Qualifying\nThe scheduled qualifying was cancelled due to rain, and the field was set by NASCAR's rulebook, meaning points leader Jeff Gordon was on the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Qualifying\nFailed to make race as qualifying was cancelled due to rain: Marcos Ambrose (#77)*, A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Ward Burton (#4), Klaus Graf (#49), Boris Said (#60)*, Brian Simo (#37).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Qualifying\n* - It was announced on August 11 that Said would replace Bill Elliott in the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing #21 Ford for the race. By rule, that car started in the 43rd position. Said was upset that he wasn't able to qualify in his car, so Elliott offered him his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Qualifying\n*- Also Marcos Ambrose was given RGM's #77 car for the weekend as a peace offering because Robby Gordon intentionally turned Marcos Ambrose away from a NBS win at Montreal the previous week. Robby was fined $50,000 and suspended from the NSCS Pocono race as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Race\nTony Stewart won the race, his third in the last four Cup events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Race\nThe final 18 laps were extraordinary. It began with a multi-car incident in Turn 1 with, among others, Kevin Harvick, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Jeff Burton. Harvick and Montoya then left their cars and traded insults and shoves. Even though it was clear that Montoya did not cause the accident Kevin Harvick said \"I'd rather kick his (expletive)\" when interviewed. Harvick was put on temporary probation for the rest of the year because his part in the feud violated a warning NASCAR gave him after Kevin caused a pile-up at Montreal the previous week and ended up winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Race\nDue to an extensive amount of cleanup needed, the race was held under a red flag for nearly 30 minutes. During that time, a spectator attempted to get Matt Kenseth's autograph. Kenseth declined and the fan was later arrested. Police have identified the fan as Brett Hilbert of Kenmore, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Race\nWith two laps to go, Jeff Gordon, who had led 51 of the first 88 laps, spun out, also in Turn 1. Stewart inherited the lead. On the last lap, Carl Edwards, who was battling Stewart for the win, overdrove the car into turn 10, the 2nd to final turn on the course, through the gravel trap, and wound up finishing eighth, Stewart coasted to the win, his fourth at the track; that tied Gordon for the most in series history. Denny Hamlin finished second, making it a 1-2 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Race\nThe switch of Boris Said for Bill Elliott worked, as Said finished 14th, which was high enough for the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing's famous #21 to vault past Bill Davis Racing #22 for 35th in the season-long owners' standings and guarantee Elliott a place in the following week's 3M Performance 400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190584-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen, Race\nIn the points, Gordon led second-place Denny Hamlin by 343 points. Kurt Busch remained 12th with a 90-point cushion for the last Chase position. Ryan Newman was now 13th, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was 14th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 38], "content_span": [39, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190585-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cerezo Osaka season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:00, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190586-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ceuta Assembly election\nThe 2007 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 4th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190586-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ceuta Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe Assembly of Ceuta was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Ceuta. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Ceuta and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190586-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ceuta Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe 25 members of the Assembly of Ceuta were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190586-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ceuta Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190586-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ceuta Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Ceuta. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190587-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chadron State Eagles football team\nThe 2007 Chadron State Eagles football team represented Chadron State College in the 2007 NCAA Division II football season. Led by head coach Bill O'Boyle and record-setting running Back and Harlon Hill Trophy winner Danny Woodhead, the Eagles finished a perfect 11\u20130 regular season. In the first round of the NCAA playoffs Chadron State beat Abilene Christian in triple overtime by a score of 76\u201373. It was the highest scoring game in NCAA football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190588-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell\nThe 2007 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was part of the Tier III tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held at the PEPS de l'Universit\u00e9 Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from October 29 through November 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190588-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell, Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190588-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell, Champions, Doubles\nChristina Fusano / Raquel Kops-Jones def. St\u00e9phanie Dubois / Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1, 6\u20132, 7\u20136(8\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190589-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell \u2013 Doubles\nCarly Gullickson and Laura Granville were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190589-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell \u2013 Doubles\nChristina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones won the title, defeating St\u00e9phanie Dubois and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 6\u20132, 7\u20136(8\u20136) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190590-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell \u2013 Singles\nMarion Bartoli was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190590-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Bell \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport won the title, defeating Julia Vakulenko 6\u20134, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup\nThe 2007 Carnegie Challenge Cup began in February 2007. The Challenge Cup is the most prestigious knock-out competition in the world of rugby league, featuring teams from across Europe including England, Scotland, Wales, France and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup\nIn 2007 the preliminary round was dropped, reducing the number of amateur clubs involved. Teams from the National League were given byes to round three, and teams from the Super League entered in round four. Teams from outside the UK were introduced at various stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup\nSt. Helens successfully defended their title after beating Catalans Dragons (who were the first French club ever to take part in the competition's final) 30 \u2013 8 in the final at the new Wembley Stadium on 26 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, Round 1\nTeams came from the National Conference League, Rugby League Conference, Student Rugby League, Pennine League, North West Counties, Yorkshire League, CARLA, Hull & District League and the Armed Forces. This round consisted entirely of amateur teams. Fife Lions, the only Scottish club in the tournament, were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, Round 2\nRussian team Kazan Arrows entered the competition. Castleford Lock Lane defeated Bradford Dudley Hill after extra time in the closest game of this round, which against consisted of amateur teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, Round 3\nTeams from National League Two, National League One entered at this stage, as did three teams from France and Lokomotiv Moscow from Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, Round 3\nLokomotiv's defeat ended the competition for Russian teams. The Castleford derby was a highlight of the draw, though the professional Castleford Tigers defeated their amateur neighbours. 2005 semi-finalists Toulouse failed to win at York, though Pia's victory against Blackpool ensured that one team from the French Rugby League Championship progressed. All remaining amateur teams were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, Round 4\nThis round saw the teams from the Super League enter. The only all-Super League match saw Warrington defeat Hull KR. Celtic Crusaders' defeat saw the final Welsh team leave the tournament. Once again, however, all games went to form, with no sides from lower leagues defeating a team from a higher league. Pia's defeat saw the French rugby league championship's exit from the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, Round 5\nNo new teams enter at this stage with all matches scheduled to be played over 12 and 13 May. The remaining teams for the 5th round are made up with eleven teams from Super League, three from National League One and two from National League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190591-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup, UK Broadcasting rights\nThe tournament was screened in the United Kingdom by the BBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2007 Carnegie Challenge Cup Final was played by the holders St. Helens and Catalans Dragons at the new Wembley Stadium on 25 August 2007. The Dragons were the first French club ever to take part in the competition's final. After a competitive game, St Helens won the competition with a 30 - 8 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Return to Wembley\nWembley Stadium is the traditional home of most major sports finals in England, including Rugby League's Challenge Cup Final. The original Wembley Stadium has a hosted the Challenge Cup Final almost every year since the 1929 Challenge Cup Final where Wigan Warriors beat Dewsbury Rams 13 \u2013 2. The only exception to Wembley hosting the final was during the second world war where a variety of stadiums were used to host the final and during 1932 where Central Park in Wigan hosted the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Return to Wembley\nHowever in 2000, the Challenge Cup Final moved out of Wembley in preparation for the start of the building of the new stadium in 2003. During this time Murrayfield, Twickenham, and the Millennium Stadium were used to host the final. In 2007 the final returned to Wembley along with most major English sporting finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Helens\nSt Helens began their Challenge Cup campaign with a fourth round 78\u201314 thrashing of National League One side Batley Bulldogs before going on to thrash another National League One side Rochdale Hornets 70 points to 10 in the fifth round. The quarter finals saw a comfortable victory over Super League side Warrington Wolves before another comfortable victory over title rivals Bradford Bulls put them in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 55], "content_span": [56, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Catalans Dragons\nCatalans Dragons began their Challenge Cup campaign with a thrashing of 2007 National League Two side Featherstone Rovers 70 points to 12. A fifth round victory over Whitehaven saw the Dragons progress to the quarter finals where a narrow away win over Hull F.C., 26 points to 23, put them in the semi-finals. A comfortable win against Wigan Warriors of 37 points to 24 placed the Dragons in their first ever Challenge Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Match details\nThe man-of-the-match award was shared by Leon Pryce and Paul Wellens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Match details\nTeams:St Helens: Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Matt Gidley, Willie Talau, Francis Meli; Leon Pryce, Sean Long, Nick Fozzard, Keiron Cunningham, Jason Cayless, Lee Gilmour, Mike Bennett, Jon WilkinSubs: James Roby, James Graham, Paul Clough, Maurie Fa'asavalu Coach: Daniel Anderson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190592-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Cup Final, Match details\nCatalans: Clint Greenshields, Justin Murphy, John Wilson, S\u00e9bastien Raguin, Younes Khattabi, Adam Mogg, Stacey Jones (c), J\u00e9r\u00f4me Guisset, Luke Quigley, Alex Chan, Jason Croker, Cyrille Gossard, Gr\u00e9gory MounisSubs: R\u00e9mi Casty, David Ferriol, Vincent Duport, Kane Bentley Coach: Mick Potter", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190593-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour\nThe 2007 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190593-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour\nThe Challenge Tour Rankings was won by France's Mike Lorenzo-Vera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190593-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe table below shows the 2007 Challenge Tour schedule. The season started in November 2006 and comprised 32 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190593-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe numbers in brackets after winners' names indicate the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190593-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour, Rankings\nThe top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190594-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour graduates\nThis is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2007. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2007 earned their European Tour card for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190594-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour graduates\n* European Tour rookie in 2008T = Tied \u00a0 The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190594-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Challenge Tour graduates\nThe players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Fran\u00e7ois Delamontagne and Jan-Are Larsen improved their status in this way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season\nThe 2007 Champ Car World Series season was the fourth and final season of the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 8, 2007 and ended on November 11 after 14 races. Unbeknownst at the time, this would end up being the final contested season of Champ Car, as the following February, the series unified with the Indy Racing League (IRL), marking the end of the Champ Car World Series for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season\nFor 2007 Champ Car underwent some major changes. The opening race of the season was switched from the Grand Prix of Long Beach to Las Vegas for the first running of the Vegas Grand Prix. The Long Beach Grand Prix was the second race of the season, followed by the Grand Prix of Houston. Also, the entire schedule was held on road and street courses, and the events were timed races instead of races for a set number of laps. The full 2007 schedule was announced on Wednesday, September 27, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season\nChamp Car officials confirmed that Panoz would be the sole chassis supplier for Champ Car for the three years beginning in 2007. The Panoz DP01 was built by sister company \u00c9lan Motorsport Technologies and was powered by a turbo-charged Cosworth engine. The new formula was reported to significantly lower the costs of competing in the series, which was in turn expected to increase car counts for the 2007 Champ Car season. However, 2007 entries did not exceeded those of 2006. Ford announced it would no longer badge the Cosworth engines as Ford sold Cosworth to Kevin Kalkhoven. Mazda was confirmed as the new pace car and courtesy vehicle supplier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season\nESPN announced a new, multiyear agreement that marked the return of the Champ Car World Series to the network in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season\nOn January 16, 2007, Champ Car announced their return to Europe, for the first time since 2003, with races scheduled for August 26, 2007 at the historic Zolder circuit in Belgium, and September 2, 2007 at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season\nOn January 23, 2007, Champ Car unveiled its new logo for the Champ Car World Series and the Atlantic Series. According to its , it is a sleeker design with the new Panoz DP01 chassis on the right with an emphasis on a chicane-style layout, representing the street track racing that dominates Champ Car. There were no oval tracks on the calendar, with Milwaukee removed after the 2006 race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season, Drivers and teams\nThe following teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. All teams used a Cosworth 2.65-litre turbocharged V8 engine, a Panoz DP01 chassis, and Bridgestone tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season, Drivers and teams\nZsolt Baumgartner & Mario Dom\u00ednguez were test drivers for Minardi Team USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season, Season summary, Schedule\nThe 2007 Champ Car season ended up having 14 races, down from the proposed 17 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season, Rule changes\nThe new rules of the 2007 season included the implementation of standing starts at venues where they can be safely implemented. Additionally, all events were timed events instead of running a set number of laps. As the time limit approaches, the drivers will be notified that they are beginning the last lap. The leader will NOT be shown the white flag, which will now be employed in a similar manner to its use by the FIA. Teams will also be allowed unlimited access to their tires during all qualifying sessions. The requirement for each team to use at least one set of the alternate Bridgestone Potenzas during the race would remain in place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190595-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Champ Car season, Rule changes\nFrom this season onwards drivers no longer receive a bonus point for leading a lap of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190596-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Champion Hurdle\nThe 2007 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 13 March 2007. It was the 77th running of the Champion Hurdle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190596-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Champion Hurdle\nThe winner was Bill Hennessy's Sublimity, a seven-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by John Carr and ridden by Philip Carberry. The victory was the first in the race, for owner, trainer and jockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190596-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Champion Hurdle\nSublimity won at odds of 16/1 by three lengths from the previous season's winner Brave Inca. The field also included Hardy Eustace, the winner of the race in 2004 and 2005. Eight of the ten runners completed the course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190597-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Champions Tour\nThe 2007 Champions Tour was the 28th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 29 official money events with purses totalling $54,100,000, including five majors. Jay Haas won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190597-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Champions Tour, Tournament results\nThe following table shows all the official money events for the 2007 season. \"Date\" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190598-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Champions Youth Cup\nThe 2007 Champions Youth Cup was the first and only staging of the Champions Youth Cup, a proposed annual football tournament. It was supported by the G-14 group and was intended to be a Club World Championship for the Under-19 teams of some of the world's largest clubs. It took place in Malaysia from 5 August to 19 August 2007. It featured sixteen teams: eleven European teams, two teams from South America, a host invitee team from Europe, a host invitee team from Asia and the U-19 national team of the tournament hosts, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190598-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Champions Youth Cup\nEach match lasted only 70 minutes, and, in the event of a draw in the knockout stage, there was no extra time. A second edition of the tournament, was planned for August 2008. However it was canceled in June, two months before the start, because of a dispute between the Football Association of Malaysia and the Gifted Group, the tournament organizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190599-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Championship Gaming Series draft\nThe Region 1 2007 CGS Draft was held on June 12, 2007 at The Playboy Mansion in Bel Air, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190599-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Championship Gaming Series draft\nThis was the first ever draft for professional gaming, with Vanessa \"Vanessa\" Arteaga, being the first ever draft pick in the Championship Gaming Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190599-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Championship Gaming Series draft\nThe draft had 6 rounds with each team picking one gamer or a Counter Strike: Source team, the draft was in \"snake\" order meaning the team that had the first pick in the previous round will get the last pick in the next round, and vice versa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190599-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Championship Gaming Series draft, Lottery\nThe lottery was held during the Combine on June 11, 2007. The draft order is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190600-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Champs Sports Bowl\nThe 2007 Champs Sports Bowl was the 18th edition of the college football bowl game. It was part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, and was played on December 28, 2007, at the Citrus Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game pitted the Boston College Eagles of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190600-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Champs Sports Bowl, Background\nBoston College won their first eight games of the season while rising from unranked to #2 in the polls before a match-up with Florida State. A 27\u201317 loss dropped them to #8 and a loss to Maryland the following week dropped them to #17, though they won their last two games (against #20 Clemson and Miami) to win the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In the ACC Championship Game, they faced off against #5 Virginia Tech, who beat them 30\u201316. This was the eighth bowl game of the decade for the Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190600-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Champs Sports Bowl, Background\nIn Mark Dantonio's first season with Michigan State, he led them to their first winning season since 2003. They won their first four games of the season, but went 1\u20135 to begin conference play, before wins over Purdue and #22 Penn State righted the ship, though they finished tied for 5th with Purdue and Indiana in the Big Ten Conference. This was the fourth bowl game of the decade for the Spartans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190600-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Champs Sports Bowl, Game summary\nJamie Silva had 10 tackles, 7 solo while also having 2 interceptions and 4 punt returns for 37 yards en route to being named MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190600-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Champs Sports Bowl, Aftermath\nThe Eagles went to two more bowl game in the decade while Michigan State began a streak of 9 straight bowl appearances under Mark Dantonio (the longest streak in school history).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190601-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Charlevoix provincial by-election\nA provincial by-election was held in Quebec on 24 September 2007 to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly riding of Charlevoix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190601-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Charlevoix provincial by-election\nThe by-election was caused by the decision of PQ MNA Rosaire Bertrand to stand down to offer the new Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leader Pauline Marois a way to become an MNA. The Liberal Party of Quebec stated that it would not stand a candidate against Marois so that all three party leaders would be represented in the National Assembly, but the Action d\u00e9mocratique du Qu\u00e9bec did run a candidate. The ADQ accused the Liberals and the PQ of a lack of democratic principles, claiming that it was not necessary for a third-party leader to be represented in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190602-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Charlotte mayoral election\nThe biennial Charlotte mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007. Mayor Pat McCrory, a Republican, was re-elected to a seventh term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190602-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Charlotte mayoral election, Primary Election Results, Democratic\nBeverly Earle was unopposed and did not face a primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190603-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Charsadda mosque bombing\nOn 21 December 2007, at least 50 people were killed and 100 others injured by a suicide bombing in Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The bomber detonated his explosives in a mosque in the residential compound of Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, where prayers for Eid al-Adha were being conducted. Sherpao was among the 1,000 people in the mosque at the time, but was not injured. The bomb contained around seven kilograms of explosive as well as nails and ball bearings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190603-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Charsadda mosque bombing\nCharsadda suffered major insurgent attacks in April 2007, February 2008, May 2011, January 2016 and February 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup\nThe 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup was the ten-race playoffs which concluded the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It began with the Sylvania 300 on September 16, 2007 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and ended with the Ford 400 on November 18 of the same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with Jimmie Johnson winning the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup\nThe entry requirements for the Chase changed this year. Previously, the top ten drivers in the points standings and anyone else within 400 points of the leader after the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 would qualify for the Chase. This year, the top twelve drivers in the points standings after the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 automatically qualified for the Chase with each drivers' point total reset to 5,000 points, with a ten-point bonus for each race won during the first 26 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup\nIn addition, as NASCAR makes the full-time transition to the Car of Tomorrow, half of the races used the new template, and the other half used the older template, which was officially retired from Cup competition following the Ford 400. The title \"Chase for the Nextel Cup\" was also retired, as the season ending playoff will be renamed the \"Chase for the Sprint Cup\" in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Final standings\nKey: S-Starts; P-Poles; W-Wins; T5-Top 5 finishes; T10-Top 10 finishes; DNF-Did not finish; Pts-Points. NOTES:1. The original seedings saw Edwards placed fourth ahead of Kurt Busch based on most second-place finishes, while Denny Hamlin was seeded sixth based on the same criteria, followed by Truex, Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton and Harvick, with further tiebreakers based on third-place finishes, etc. 2 . Kurt Busch by most wins finished in seventh place ahead of Jeff Burton. 3. Those in boldface were invited to the 2007 Nextel Cup Banquet November 30 in New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Final standings, Standings Plus/Minus Through The Chase\nChg = Change in position. n/c = No change in position. Std = Standing After Race", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 86], "content_span": [87, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Final standings, Standings at end of the \"regular season\"\nAt the conclusion of the \"regular season\" (the 2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400), these were the point standings before the Chase adjustments were made. Also indicated are how far up or down in the standings a driver went when the Chase points were awarded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Races\nDrivers in italics did not qualify for the 2007 Chase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Races\nKEY: S \u2014 Standard. CoT \u2014 Car of Tomorrow. \u2260 \u2014 Did not qualify for 2006 Chase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Races, Race results, Race 7 - 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500\nNOTE: Drivers in Italics are mathematically eliminated from winning the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Races, Race results, Race 8 - 2007 Dickies 500\nNOTES: 1. Drivers in Italics are mathematically eliminated from winning the championship. 2 . Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart were mathematically eliminated when Jimmie Johnson started the 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Races, Race results, Race 9 - 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500\nNOTE: Drivers in italics are mathematically eliminated from winning the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Races, Race results, Race 10 - 2007 Ford 400\n* - Kurt Busch finished one place ahead of Jeff Burton based on most wins (Two wins vs. one).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190604-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, Television\nABC carried the entire Chase for the Nextel Cup in 2007, marking the first time that the entire Chase was carried on network television. (In previous years, it had been on a combination of NBC and TNT.) The commentators for ABC were Jerry Punch and Rusty Wallace, who are joined by newcomer Andy Petree, a former team owner and Dale Earnhardt's crew chief in 1993 and 1994. The hosts were Brent Musburger (race) and Suzy Kolber (studio).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190605-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chatham Cup\nThe 2007 Chatham Cup was the 80th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190605-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chatham Cup\nUp to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. In all, 123 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition. Some record five rounds prior to the quarter-finals; others note a preliminary round followed by four full rounds. The former numbering system is used in this article.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190605-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chatham Cup, The 2007 final\nThe Jack Batty Memorial Cup, presented to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final, was awarded to Luiz del Monte of Central United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190606-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chattanooga Mocs football team\nThe 2007 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mocs were led by fifth-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 2\u20139 overall and 2\u20135 in SoCon play to place seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190607-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chechen constitutional referendum\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 77.97.123.17 (talk) at 17:11, 7 July 2021. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190607-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chechen constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in the Russian republic of Chechnya on 2 December 2007, together with the Russian parliamentary elections. Among the changes proposed were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190607-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chechen constitutional referendum\nThe referendum succeeded with 85% of the vote in favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190608-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Checker Auto Parts 500\nThe 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil, the next to last race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season and the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup ran on Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix suburb of Avondale, Arizona. This race was the final race of sixteen to feature NASCAR's template known as the Car of Tomorrow, which will be utilized full-time beginning with the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190608-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Checker Auto Parts 500, Qualifying\nWith a lap of 27.114 seconds at a speed of 132.773\u00a0mph, Carl Edwards won his first pole of the season and third of his career. Fellow Chase driver Martin Truex Jr. will start alongside him, missing P1 by only .003 sec. Spring race winner Jeff Gordon starts third, hometown hero J.J. Yeley starts fourth, points leader Jimmie Johnson starts sixth, and defending winner Kevin Harvick starts 34th. Out of the open-wheel imports, IndyCar Series champion Sam Hornish Jr. made his first Cup race on speed, starting 26th, Patrick Carpentier, who is taking over for Scott Riggs, qualified 24th, and Jacques Villeneuve made his second Cup race, starting 27th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190608-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Checker Auto Parts 500, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: Michael Waltrip (#55), A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Ward Burton (#4), John Andretti (#49), Dale Jarrett (#44), David Reutimann (#00)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190608-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Checker Auto Parts 500, Qualifying\nNOTE: This is the first time in 2007 where all three Michael Waltrip Racing cars have missed a race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190608-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Checker Auto Parts 500, Results\nTop Ten Results: (NOTE: Chase drivers are in bold italics.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190609-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Chelmsford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190610-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup\nThe 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Friday March 16, 2007. It was the 79th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Kauto Star. The winner was ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190610-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup\nEarlier in the season Kauto Star had won the first two legs of the Betfair Million, the Betfair Chase and the King George VI Chase. The Gold Cup was the final leg, and his victory earned a bonus prize of \u00a31,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190610-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result\n* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; PU = pulled-up; UR = unseated rider.\u2020 Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190611-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chennai Open\nThe 2007 Chennai Open was an ATP Tour tennis tournament held in Chennai, India from 1 January until 8 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190611-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chennai Open, Finals, Doubles\nXavier Malisse / Dick Norman defeated Rafael Nadal / Bartolom\u00e9 Salv\u00e1-Vidal 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190612-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chennai Open \u2013 Doubles\nMichal Merti\u0148\u00e1k and Petr P\u00e1la were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190612-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chennai Open \u2013 Doubles\nXavier Malisse and Dick Norman won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Rafael Nadal and Bartolom\u00e9 Salv\u00e1-Vidal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190613-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chennai Open \u2013 Singles\nThe 2007 Chennai Open Singles contest was an ATP Tour tennis tournament event held in Chennai, India from 1 January until 8 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190613-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chennai Open \u2013 Singles\nXavier Malisse defeated Stefan Koubek 6\u20131, 6\u20133 to win the 2007 Chennai Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190614-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cherwell District Council election\nThe 2007 Cherwell District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190614-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cherwell District Council election\nIn all 16 seats were contested with one Independent candidate, David Chapman, standing in Ambrosden and Chesterton ward after resigning from the Conservative party in protest at plans to build 1,585 houses near Bicester. The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council going from 39 to 42 seats. They gained three seats from Labour in Banbury Ruscote, Kidlington South and Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton wards. Consequently, Labour only managed to hold on to one of their seats in Bicester West. The Conservatives also gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in The Astons and Heyfords, but lost Bicester South back to them by one vote. The results meant that Labour and the Liberal Democrats only had 4 seats each in opposition on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nThe 2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the twenty-sixth and final \"regular season\" race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The race was run on Saturday night, September 8, 2007 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside Virginia's state capital. The race was the eleventh to use NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow template, and also the first race to be telecast on ABC since the 2000 Brickyard 400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nFollowing the race, the top twelve drivers in the point standings entered the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, and all drivers had their points reset to 5,000 points, with a ten-point bonus for each race they have won in the prior 26 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, In the Chase\nThrough September 2, these drivers have clinched a spot in the \"post-season:\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, In the Chase\nThe following drivers clinched a spot in the chase by taking the green flag for this race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, In the Chase\nThe remaining spots were decided as well. Kurt Busch needed to finish 36th or better without leading a lap or 39th or better when leading a lap while Kevin Harvick needed to finish 32nd or better without leading a lap or 34th or better while leading a lap (worth five bonus points) to lock himself in. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. needed help for a case of bad luck from either Kurt Busch or Harvick in order to make the Chase. Hypothetically, had the Chase started with this race, Johnson would have had a ten-point lead over Jeff Gordon, with Bowyer in last place, as he has not been to Victory Lane in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Qualifying\nGoing out early, Jimmie Johnson earned his 10th career pole award. Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon will join him on the outside pole, with soon to be ex-teammate Kyle Busch in third. Of note, defending winner Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch, both drivers \"on the bubble\" to make the chase, started alongside each other in row 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: #55-Michael Waltrip #36-Jeremy Mayfield #4-Ward Burton #37-Kevin Lepage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Race\nJimmie Johnson took the race and the top seeding in the Chase by winning his season-high sixth race of the season, leading 104 laps. Tony Stewart finished second while David Ragan completed the \"podium\" with a then career best third. Jeff Gordon finished fourth and Johnny Sauter had his career best finish of fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Race\nThe final Chase spots went to Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick while in a symbolic moment in his season, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was knocked out of the chase when John Andretti blew an engine on lap 344, and then the race with six laps to go when his engine blew up, resulting in his sixth DNF of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190615-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Points changes\nJeff Gordon left the track with a 312-point lead on second-place Tony Stewart. However, points were reset after the race, with each qualifying driver receiving a base score of 5000 points. Additional points were awarded on the basis of 10 per driver win. As a result, Gordon (four wins) dropped to second behind Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season\nThe 2007 Chicago Bears season was the franchise's 88th season in the National Football League. The season officially began on September 9, 2007 against the San Diego Chargers, and concluded on December 30 against the New Orleans Saints. The Bears entered the 2007 season as the National Football Conference Champions and had hopes of returning to the Super Bowl, but instead finished the season with a disappointing 7\u20139 record, and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nOne of the biggest stories in the Bears' off-season was Tank Johnson's jail sentence. In December 2006, Johnson came under increased scrutiny after police entered his house in Gurnee, Illinois, and found several guns and weapon paraphernalia. The situation was further complicated when Johnson's friend, William Posey, was murdered the following evening while defending Johnson at a nightclub. On March 15, 2007, a judge in Skokie, Illinois sentenced Johnson to 120 days in jail and fined him $2,500 dollars. He was released from jail on May 13, 2007, due to good behavior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nJohnson also faced an additional eight-game suspension from the NFL. The league ultimately suspended Johnson for half of the regular season on June 4. Despite vowing to amend his ways, Johnson was pulled over for speeding in Arizona, and was later given a blood test after an officer suspected he was driving under the influence. The incident prompted the Bears to waive Johnson on June 25. Johnson was replaced by Darwin Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nAdditionally, controversy ensued between the Bears' management and Lance Briggs. Only weeks after losing Super Bowl XLI, the Bears placed a franchise tag worth nearly 7.2\u00a0million dollars on the Pro Bowl-caliber linebacker, keeping him with the team for another year. Briggs became unhappy with the action and voiced his anger on The Mike North Morning Show. He even went as far to claim he no longer wanted to be a member of the Bears, a statement he later reiterated nationally on FoxSports.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nDespite Briggs' remarks, the Bears stated that they planned to keep him with the organization for the 2007 season. The Washington Redskins offered to exchange first-round draft picks with the Bears in exchange for Briggs. Angelo deferred the offer on April 3, but later stated they were interested in negotiating another deal the following day. Briggs came to terms with the Bears on July 25, and accepted the 7.2\u00a0million dollar contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nThe team traded running back Thomas Jones to the New York Jets and their second-round (63rd overall) pick for the Jets' second-round (37th overall) pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. In addition to the loss of Jones, Todd Johnson, Cameron Worrell, and Justin Gage left the Bears for other teams later. In order to fill the void, the Bears acquired strong safety Adam Archuleta from the Washington Redskins in exchange for their sixth-round draft pick. They also signed former Redskins' kicker Nick Novak to back up Robbie Gould. Defensive tackle Anthony Adams also was signed to further bolster the Bears' defensive line, following the departures of Alfonso Boone and Ian Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nThe Bears re-signed Ruben Brown, the team's last remaining free agent from the previous season, to a one-year extension for an undisclosed amount of money. Amidst these significant changes, Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, stated, \"I know on the outside it looks like we want to dismantle the team. It has nothing to do with that. We want to keep this the best possible football team that we can. And that's what we're trying to do. \", while addressing the media in March. By the end of May, the Bears had lost ten members of their 2006 roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes\nThe team re-signed Nathan Vasher and Charles Tillman to multi-year contracts. The team traded one of their draft picks to the Buffalo Bills for Darwin Walker, who will replace Tank Johnson. The Bears traded safety Chris Harris to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for an undisclosed draft pick in 2008. Dante Wesley was also traded to the New England Patriots in exchange for a seventh-round pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nThe Bears' coaching staff also saw significant changes during the off season. The team did not re-sign defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, whose contract expired at the end of the 2006 season. He was replaced by linebackers coach Bob Babich, who had followed head coach Lovie Smith from the St. Louis Rams. Eventually, five assistant coaches, including quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson, would leave the Bears for other teams. The team worked out a contract extension with Lovie Smith, which extended his contract for four years to 2011. Smith will make a total of $22\u00a0million during the course of the deal. Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, also signed a six-year deal on the same day. The Bears billed Pep Hamilton of the San Francisco 49ers as their new quarterback coach, and Charles London of Duke University as the team's offensive quality control coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 918]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft\nGoing into the 2007 NFL Draft, the Bears did not reveal which prospects they were interested in, but stated that they entered the draft looking for the \"best athlete available\". As the loser of the previous Super Bowl, the Bears entered the 2007 NFL Draft ostensibly with the thirty-first selection in each of the seven rounds of the draft. However, as a result of trading activity, both before and during the draft, the Bears ended up with nine picks instead of seven, and only five of those nine were in the 31st position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft, Trade activity\nThe Bears improved their placement in the second round by trading Thomas Jones and their second round pick for the New York Jets' second round pick, which was the fifth pick of the second round. Thus, the Bears then possessed the 31st and 37th overall picks of the draft. However, the Bears then traded this second round pick to San Diego in exchange for the Chargers' 2007 draft picks in the second round (62 overall), third round (93), and fifth round (167), as well as the Chargers' third round pick in the 2008 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft, Trade activity\nThe Bears also traded away their sixth round pick (186th overall) to the Washington Redskins for Adam Archuleta. Additionally, the Bears acquired the 11th pick of the 7th round (221) by trading Lennie Friedman to the Cleveland Browns. (This pick had earlier been acquired by Cleveland from the San Francisco 49ers.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft, Actual selections\nThe team used their 31st overall selection to draft Greg Olsen to solidify their tight end position. They later traded their second round, 37th overall selection to the San Diego Chargers, in exchange for the team's second (62), third (93), fifth (167) and next year's third selection. Next, Dan Bazuin was selected to further bolster the Bears' defensive line, while Chicago native Garrett Wolfe was selected in the third round following Thomas Jones' departure. The team spent their other third-round pick to acquire linebacker Michael Okwo. The bears drafted Offensive guard Josh Beekman in the fourth round, and then selected two defensive backs, Kevin Payne and Corey Graham in the fourth round. Lastly, the team drafted offensive tackle Aaron Brant and cornerback Trumaine McBride in the seventh round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft, Undrafted signees\nFollowing the Draft, the Bears signed several undrafted free agents. Most notably, the team acquired Chris Leak, who had previously led the Florida Gators to a BCS National Championship title, and Dave Ball, who broke Jerry Rice's Division I-AA record with 58 career touchdowns. The team acquired six other rookie free agents to reinforce other positions. An additional six undrafted rookies were recruited following the team's rookie mini-camp to fill various needs in their team's depth chart. The Bears became the first team in the League to sign all of their draft picks when they came to terms with Dan Bazuin on July 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp\nThough the team started conditioning for the upcoming season as early as February, the Bears had scheduled several training camps between the 2007 NFL Draft, and the first game of the 2007 preseason. The first mini-camp for first year players was held less than a week after the Draft so that coaches could further evaluate the talent of rookie players. Next, the team had a mandatory mini-camp, which started on May 18, 2007. During the Bears' first mini-camp, Tommie Harris, Dusty Dvoracek, and Mike Brown returned to practice after missing portions of the 2006 season. Additionally, the team converted Devin Hester to wide receiver in hopes of using his play-making ability on offense as well as special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp\nThe Bears held training camp from July 27 to August 18 at Olivet Nazarene University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nThe team won their first preseason game against the Houston Texans by a score of 20\u201319. The game was highlighted by a staunch performance from their three quarterbacks. Rex Grossman completed eight of ten passes for fifty yards, while his back-up, Brian Griese, went six for seven with seventy-two yards and one touchdown and interception. However, third-string quarterback Kyle Orton played an integral part in their victory. Orton, who played nearly two-quarters, completed sixteen of twenty-five passes for 151 yards and a single touchdown. At one point, he had completed twelve consecutive passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nRunning back Josh Allen and Orton got the Bears to the Texans' twenty-nine-yard line, where Robbie Gould kicked the game's winning field goal. While the team's defense and offense performed productively, their special teams unit drew skepticism after allowing the Texans to produce several large kick returns. Dave Toub, the Bears' special team coach, blamed the problems on a lack of experience and poor tackling, which have since been properly addressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nThe following week, the Bears faced the Indianapolis Colts for Super Bowl XLI rematch. Although the game took place during prime-time, they would treat the game as if it were any other preseason game. Regardless, the Bears won by a score of 27\u201324, but not without controversy. Grossman, making his homecoming to Indiana, struggled throughout the night. He fumbled the ball three times (though only turning it over once), and threw an interception. Despite completing the night by completing nine of eleven passes for fifty-nine yards and one rushing touchdown, Grossman's struggles became the focus of the night. Griese, however, threw ten completions on thirteen attempts with one touchdown. The Bears defense was able to record three interceptions, while the special teams unit was able to force a fumble on a return. Return specialists Devin Hester and Danieal Manning also performed productively as kick returners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 979]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nThe Bears trumped their third opponent, the San Francisco 49ers, by a score of 31\u201328. Grossman opened the game with a forty-yard pass to Bernard Berrian. He went on to throw two touchdowns, but also threw an interception to Walt Harris, who returned the pick for a touchdown. Benson continued to struggle, and only averaged less than a yard on each carry. Nevertheless, the team's first string defense held the 49ers offense to only six points, and caused two turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nThe Bears' special team's unit, who lost Hester to an injury in the first quarter, was plagued with fumbles, missed-snaps, inaccurate field goals. The 49ers, who had fallen behind by thirty-one points before the second half, mounted a fifteen-point rally in the fourth quarter. Their second-string quarterback, Trent Dilfer completed nine of twelve passes for two touchdowns, en route to earning a perfect quarterback rating (158.3) for the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nThe team lost their preseason finale to the Cleveland Browns, 19\u20139. Grossman, and most of the team's starters saw limited action during the night. Instead, the team turned to Orton and Chris Leak to lead their offense. The Browns initially struggled, but used their special teams unit to score twelve points in the first half. Their second string rookie quarterback, Brady Quinn allowed the Browns to score their first offensive points of the night. The Bears quarterback, Kyle Orton, lead the game in passing, but failed to engineer a touchdown drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Schedule and standings, Preseason\nThe Bears turned to their fourth-string quarterback, Chris Leak, to finish the game. While Leak threw the Bears' lone passing touchdown of the night, much of the night's praise went to David Ball and Mike Hass, who both made difficult catches. The Bears finished the preseason with a 3\u20131 record. However, the team's top three draft picks, Greg Olsen, Dan Bazuin, and Michael Okwo sustained injuries. While Banzuin and Okwo were lost for the season, the team was optimistic that Olsen may play in the season's opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nThe Bears traveled to San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium to start the 2007 season. They initially succeeded at containing LaDainian Tomlinson, the league's reigning MVP, but received little support from Rex Grossman and Cedric Benson. The Chargers drove into Bears' territory on their second drive, but came up empty after Alex Brown blocked a thirty-three-yard field goal. Mike Brown thwarted another Chargers' drive by intercepting Philip Rivers, which was eventually followed by a twenty-seven-yard field goal. However, Grossman drove the team into field goal position, only to throw an interception (the result of a miscue between him and Bernard Berrian) deep within Chargers' territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nHowever, the Bears blew their shutout in the third quarter. After a punt return mishap, the Chargers capitalized on great field position and drove into Bears' territory. Tomlinson threw a touchdown pass to Antonio Gates to cap off the drive. On the Bears' following drive, Adrian Peterson fumbled a carry, which eventually allowed Tomlinson to score a rushing touchdown. The Bears failed to cover Antonio Gates, who collected 107 yards for the afternoon. In addition to the loss, the Bears were forced to cope with the season-ending injuries to Mike Brown and Dusty Dvoracek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 14:13 \u2013 Robbie Gould 27-yard FG (CHI 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 SD \u2013 0:45 \u2013 17-yard TD pass from LaDainian Tomlinson to Antonio Gates (Nate Kaeding kick) (SD 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 SD \u2013 9:09 \u2013 LaDainian Tomlinson 7-yard TD run (Kaeding kick) (SD 14\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Game summary\nAfter their season-opening loss to the Chargers, the Bears rebounded by winning their home opener against the Kansas City Chiefs. Bernard Berrian fumbled on the team's opening drive, but a staunch defensive effort held the Chiefs at bay, and eventually allowed the Bears to engineer a successful drive. John St. Clair, a reserve offensive tackle, scored the Bears' first offensive touchdown of the season from a one-yard pass from Rex Grossman. The team forced the Chiefs to punt on their next drive, which was returned for a touchdown by Devin Hester. The Chiefs scored their first points of the game after Damon Huard threw a sixteen-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Game summary\nDuring halftime, the Bears received the Pro Team Community Award for their charity efforts. The Bears' defense held the Chiefs to only three more points, after forcing pivotal turnovers in two red zone situations and also a blocked field goal attempt. Pro Bowlers Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and Tommie Harris each recorded sacks, and forced Larry Johnson and Huard to leave the game with injuries. Cedric Benson recorded his first one hundred-yard rushing game. With 20\u201310 win, the Bears advanced to 1\u20131 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 10:29 \u2013 2-yard TD pass from Rex Grossman to John St. Clair (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 9:33 \u2013 Devin Hester 73-yard punt return TD (Gould kick) (CHI 14\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 2:30 \u2013 Robbie Gould 47-yard FG (CHI 17\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 KC \u2013 1:24 \u2013 16-yard TD pass from Damon Huard to Dwayne Bowe (Dave Rayner kick) (CHI 17\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 8:36 \u2013 Robbie Gould 38-yard FG (CHI 20\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 KC \u2013 3:12 \u2013 Dave Rayner 45-yard FG (CHI 20\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Game summary\nThe Bears returned home to play a Sunday night match with the Dallas Cowboys. The game was close early as the Bears' Robbie Gould and the Cowboys' Nick Folk each hit field goals to make it a 3\u20133 tie at halftime. The Cowboys took the opening drive of the third quarter and ended it with a Tony Romo to Jason Witten touchdown pass. The Bears responded on the ensuing drive with a Cedric Benson goal line plunge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Game summary\nThe Cowboys struck again before the end of the third quarter, Romo connecting on his second touchdown pass, this time to running back Marion Barber. Folk converted a 44-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, and on the next play from scrimmage, Bears quarterback Rex Grossman threw an interception to Cowboys cornerback Anthony Henry, who ran it back for the score. With the lead in hand, the Cowboys proceeded to kill the clock, which they did effectively with Barber, who capped the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run. Barber ended the night with over 100 yards rushing, and Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens caught eight passes for 145 yards. The Cowboys improved to 3\u20130, while the Bears dropped to 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 3:09 \u2013 Robbie Gould 20-yard FG (CHI 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DAL \u2013 8:49 \u2013 Nick Folk 30-yard FG (3\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 DAL \u2013 10:14 \u2013 3-yard TD pass from Tony Romo to Jason Witten (Folk kick) (DAL 10\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 7:14 \u2013 Cedric Benson 1-yard TD run (Gould kick) (10\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 DAL \u2013 1:18 \u2013 10-yard TD pass from Tony Romo to Marion Barber (Folk kick) (DAL 17\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DAL \u2013 12:10 \u2013 Nick Folk 44-yard FG (DAL 20\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DAL \u2013 11:49 \u2013 Anthony Henry 28-yard interception return TD (Folk kick) (DAL 27\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DAL \u2013 3:10 \u2013 Marion Barber 1-yard TD run (Folk kick) (DAL 34\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Game summary\nFollowing the aftermath of the team's loss to Dallas, the Bears turned to Brian Griese replace Rex Grossman. The change came in an attempt to protect the ball, and reduce turnovers. Nonetheless, the turnovers continued to haunt the team en route to a 37\u201327 loss against the Detroit Lions. The Lions took a first-quarter lead by blocking a Robbie Gould field-goal attempt, and then using the field position to score a field goal. The Bears' offense struggled to move the ball in the first quarter, and but began to pick up momentum in the second quarter. Griese threw a fifteen-yard touchdown to Muhsin Muhammad, but also threw two interceptions in two red zone visits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 102], "content_span": [103, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Game summary\nJon Kitna and the Lions' top-tier passing offense exploited the Bears' injury-depleted secondary. He threw two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, to keep the Bears four points behind the Lions. Griese threw an interception to Keith Smith, who returned it for a touchdown. However, Devin Hester responded by returning the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. The Lions established their running game later, and allowed Kevin Jones to score a rushing touchdown, sending the Lions up by ten again. Griese led the Bears downfield on the subsequent drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 102], "content_span": [103, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Game summary\nAfter several unusual penalties and mishaps, the Griese threw a touchdown to Desmond Clark. Now trailing by three points, Gould attempted by an onside kick, but it was recovered and returned by Casey FitzSimmons, sealing the Bears' loss. The 34 points allowed in the fourth quarter by the Bears are the most in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 102], "content_span": [103, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Game summary\nGriese completed thirty-four of fifty-two passes for 286 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions in his first start as a Bear. The team's running game mustered a combined total of sixty-nine yards, ousted by the Lions' ninety-five yards. Both defenses unleashed equal punishment on their opposing quarterbacks, combining for a total of twelve quarterback sacks. The Lions' victory snapped their four-game losing streak against the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 102], "content_span": [103, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 DET \u2013 10:05 \u2013 Jason Hanson 49-yard FG (DET 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:16 \u2013 15-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Muhsin Muhammad (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 5:08 \u2013 Robbie Gould 49-yard FG (CHI 10\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 0:49 \u2013 Robbie Gould 41-yard FG (CHI 13\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 14:56 \u2013 4-yard TD pass from Jon Kitna to Shaun McDonald (Hanson kick) (CHI 13\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 13:14 \u2013 Keith Smith 64-yard interception return TD (Hanson kick) (DET 17\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 12:57 \u2013 Devin Hester 97-yard kickoff return TD (Gould kick) (CHI 20\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 10:06 \u2013 15-yard TD pass from Jon Kitna to Troy Walters (Hanson kick) (DET 24\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 3:34 \u2013 Kevin Jones 5-yard TD run (kick failed) (DET 30\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 0:52 \u2013 1-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Desmond Clark (Gould kick) (DET 30\u201327)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 4: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 0:45 \u2013 Casey FitzSimmons 41-yard kickoff return TD (Hanson kick) (DET 37\u201327)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Game summary\nThe Bears played the Green Bay Packers, their longtime rivals, during week five. The game was a must-win situation for the Bears, who needed a win to preserve any chance of winning the division. The Packers entered the game with a 4\u20130 record, but suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of a staunch Bears defense. The Packers took a quick lead as DeShawn Wynn rushed for over sixty yards and scored a touchdown on the team's opening drive. Cedric Benson responded by scoring a rushing touchdown, but the Packers broke the tie when Brett Favre threw a touchdown pass to Greg Jennings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Game summary\nThe Packers' offense drove into Bears territory several times during the second quarter, but Charles Tillman forced two fumbles. The two turnovers allowed the Bears to hold the Packers at bay, and keep hold their deficit to ten points. However, Brian Urlacher provided the game's biggest turnover, when he intercepted Favre at the Packers' fifteen-yard line. The turnover allowed Brian Griese to throw a touchdown to Greg Olsen. Later, Charles Woodson fumbled while returning a punt, which allowed Robbie Gould to kick a game-tying field goal. The Bears defense prevented the Packers from scoring again. With two minutes left on the game clock, the Bears offense seemingly moved the ball in hopes of setting up a Gould field goal. However, Griese threw a play-action touchdown pass to Desmond Clark, and gave the Bears a seven-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 945]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Game summary\nFavre tried to lead the Packers down field again, but threw an interception to rookie Brandon McGowan in the end zone. The pick sealed a Bears victory, allowing the team to progress to 2\u20133. Al Michaels named Tillman as the 'Horse Trailer Player of the Game' for forcing two pivotal fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 GB \u2013 11:01 \u2013 DeShawn Wynn 2-yard TD run (Mason Crosby kick) (GB 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 7:52 \u2013 Cedric Benson 10-yard TD run (Robbie Gould kick) (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 GB \u2013 4:55 \u2013 41-yard TD pass from Brett Favre to Greg Jennings (Crosby kick) (GB 14\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 GB \u2013 0:01 \u2013 Mason Crosby 37-yard FG (GB 17\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 12:03 \u2013 Robbie Gould 44-yard FG (GB 17\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 GB \u2013 9:02 \u2013 Mason Crosby 37-yard FG (GB 20\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 4:19 \u2013 19-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Greg Olsen (Gould kick) (GB 20\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 14:13 \u2013 Robbie Gould 36-yard FG (20\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 2:05 \u2013 34-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Desmond Clark (Gould kick) (CHI 27\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary\nMason Crosby kicks a field goal, held by Jon Ryan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 109], "content_span": [110, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Game summary\nFollowing their victory against the Packers, the Bears returned home to play the Minnesota Vikings. The Bears' return specialist Devin Hester allowed the Bears to take a lead by returning a punt 89 yards for a touchdown. However, Tarvaris Jackson tied the game by throwing a 60-yard touchdown pass to Troy Williamson. Brian Griese threw a 39-yard touchdown to Bernard Berrian that helped the Bears regain the lead, but Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson helped the Vikings gain control of the game by scoring rushing touchdowns of 67, 73, and 35 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0066-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Game summary\nWith roughly two and a half minutes left on the clock, Griese threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Muhsin Muhammad and later an 81-yard touchdown pass to Hester. The two touchdowns tied the game, but Ryan Longwell kicked a 55-yard field goal in the game's final seconds. With the loss, the Bears dropped to 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 107], "content_span": [108, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CHI \u2013 1:56 \u2013 Devin Hester 89-yard punt return TD (Robbie Gould kick) (CHI 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 MIN \u2013 0:00 \u2013 60-yard TD pass from Tarvaris Jackson to Troy Williamson (Ryan Longwell kick) (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 11:45 \u2013 39-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Bernard Berrian (Gould kick) (CHI 14\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 MIN \u2013 2:19 \u2013 Adrian Peterson 67-yard TD run (Longwell kick) (14\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 MIN \u2013 2:31 \u2013 Adrian Peterson 73-yard TD run (Longwell kick) (MIN 21\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIN \u2013 11:31 \u2013 Ryan Longwell 48-yard FG (MIN 24\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 8:37 \u2013 Robbie Gould 32-yard FG (MIN 24\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIN \u2013 4:10 \u2013 Adrian Peterson 35-yard TD run (Longwell kick) (MIN 31\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 2:36 \u2013 33-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Muhsin Muhammad (Gould kick) (MIN 31\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 1:38 \u2013 81-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Devin Hester (Gould kick) (31\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIN \u2013 0:00 \u2013 Ryan Longwell 55-yard FG (MIN 34\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 110], "content_span": [111, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Game summary\nThe Eagles fell to the Chicago Bears in the closing seconds of the game. The first three-quarters were essentially a battle of field goals. David Akers successfully converted all three of his first-half field goal attempts, the longest from 37 yards out. Robbie Gould was one for two, and the score was 9\u20133 Philadelphia at halftime. The Bears took the ball to the Eagles' one-yard line on their first drive of the third quarter, but settled for a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0078-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Game summary\nGould connected for two more field goals early in the fourth quarter to tie the game, then put the Bears ahead 12\u20139. On their ensuing possession, Donovan McNabb guided the Eagles down the field and fired a touchdown pass to tight end Matt Schobel, putting Philadelphia back on top 16\u201312 with less than five minutes to play. The Eagles forced a three and out, but their offense could not kill the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0078-0002", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Game summary\nChicago got the ball back with less than two minutes left and Brian Griese, with his headset broken, commanded his own drive, marching his team down the field, completing the winning touchdown pass to Muhsin Muhammad with nine seconds remaining. The Eagles fell short on their final opportunity, as the Bears improved to 3\u20134 with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 PHI \u2013 1:01 \u2013 David Akers 24-yard FG (PHI 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 PHI \u2013 4:08 \u2013 David Akers 33-yard FG (PHI 6\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 1:46 \u2013 Robbie Gould 31-yard FG (PHI 6\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 PHI \u2013 0:22 \u2013 David Akers 37-yard FG (PHI 9\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 8:04 \u2013 Robbie Gould 22-yard FG (PHI 9\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 14:52 \u2013 Robbie Gould 41-yard FG (9\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 9:21 \u2013 Robbie Gould 45-yard FG (CHI 12\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 PHI \u2013 4:57 \u2013 13-yard TD pass from Donovan McNabb to Matt Schobel (Akers kick) (PHI 16\u201312)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 0:09 \u2013 15-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Muhsin Muhammad (Gould kick) (CHI 19\u201316)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 111], "content_span": [112, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Game summary\nComing off a last-second road win over the Eagles, the Bears went home for Week 8, donned their alternate uniforms, and played an NFC North rematch with the Detroit Lions. After a scoreless first quarter, Chicago trailed as Lions kicker Jason Hanson got a 26-yard field goal, while RB Kevin Jones got a 4-yard TD run. Afterwards, Hanson increased Detroit's lead with a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Bears got on the board with QB Brian Griese completing a 20-yard TD pass to rookie TE Greg Olsen for the only score of the period. The Lions sealed Chicago's doom as Hanson nailed a 20-yard field goal, while Detroit's defense held its ground and got the season-sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Game summary\nWith the loss, the Bears entered their bye week at 3\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 14:56 \u2013 Jason Hanson 26-yard FG (DET 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 1:53 \u2013 Kevin Jones 4-yard TD run (Hanson kick) (DET 10\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 DET \u2013 0:05 \u2013 Jason Hanson 52-yard FG (DET 13\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CHI \u2013 5:26 \u2013 20-yard TD pass from Brian Griese to Greg Olsen (Robbie Gould kick) (DET 13\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Detroit Lions, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 DET \u2013 14:42 \u2013 Jason Hanson 20-yard FG (DET 16\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 106], "content_span": [107, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Game summary\nComing off their bye week, the Bears flew to McAfee Coliseum for a Week 10 interconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Chicago trailed early as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 37-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Bears tied the game as kicker Robbie Gould kicked a 32-yard field goal for the only score of the period. However, during the period, starting QB Brian Griese (10/14 for 97 yards) had to leave the game as his left shoulder was injured during a sack. It would mark the return of QB Rex Grossman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Game summary\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Oakland regained the lead in the fourth quarter with Janikowski nailing a 52-yard field goal. Chicago took the lead for good as Grossman completed a 59-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian, along with RB Cedric Benson getting a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Game summary\nWith the win, not only did the Bears improve to 4\u20135, but it also marked their first road win against the Raiders since 1987 when playing in Los Angeles and first at Oakland since 1981. The Bears did beat them at Soldier Field in 2003, 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 105], "content_span": [106, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 OAK \u2013 9:18 \u2013 Sebastian Janikowski 37-yard FG (OAK 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CHI \u2013 6:51 \u2013 Robbie Gould 32-yard FG (3\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0101-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 OAK \u2013 4:04 \u2013 Sebastian Janikowski 52-yard FG (OAK 6\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0102-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 3:11 \u2013 59-yard TD pass from Rex Grossman to Bernard Berrian (Gould kick) (CHI 10\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0103-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 10: at Oakland Raiders, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CHI \u2013 1:35 \u2013 Cedric Benson 3-yard TD run (Gould kick) (CHI 17\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 108], "content_span": [109, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0104-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nComing off their road win over the Raiders, the Bears flew to Qwest Field for a Week 11 duel with the Seattle Seahawks, in a rematch of last year's NFC divisional game (which took place in Chicago). QB Rex Grossman made his first start since Week 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0105-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the first quarter, Chicago took the early lead with RB Cedric Benson getting a 43-yard TD run, while kicker Robbie Gould made a 31-yard field goal. The Seahawks replied with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR D.J. Hackett. In the second quarter, Seattle took the lead with RB Maurice Morris getting a 19-yard TD run. The Bears regained the lead as RB Adrian Peterson got a 5-yard TD run. The Seahawks tied the game prior to halftime as kicker Josh Brown made a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0106-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Seattle retook the lead as Hasselbeck completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Chicago tried to come back as Gould kicked a 47-yard field goal. However, the Seahawks pulled away with Brown kicking a 23-yard and a 46-yard field goal. The Bears' final response was Gould nailing a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0107-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nFor Rex Grossman's first starting appearance in eight weeks, he went 24/37 for 266 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0108-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks\nFor Bernard Berrian, in his last three games against the Seahawks, he had a combined 315 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0109-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Seahawks, the Bears went home for a Week 12 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Chicago got the early lead as kicker Robbie Gould made a 24-yard field goal. The Broncos tied the game as kicker Jason Elam made a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Denver took the lead as RB Andre Hall got a 16-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Bears responded with Gould kicking a 44-yard field goal. The Broncos ended the half with Elam kicking a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0110-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Bears tied the game with WR/KR/PR Devin Hester returning a punt 75 yards for a touchdown. Denver responded with FB Cecil Sapp getting a 5-yard TD run, but afterwards, Hester went right back to work for Chicago as he returned the following kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Broncos replied with QB Jay Cutler completing a 68-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. In the fourth quarter, Denver increased its lead with Cutler completing a 14-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. Afterwards, the Bears tied the game with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 4-yard TD run, along with QB Rex Grossman completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. In overtime, Chicago came out on top as Gould made the game-winning 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0111-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos\nDevin Hester became the fifth player since 1970 to return a kickoff and a punt for a touchdown in the same game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 91], "content_span": [92, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0112-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. New York Giants\nComing off their overtime win over the Broncos, the Bears stayed at home for a Week 13 intraconference duel with the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Chicago struck first with QB Rex Grossman completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Desmond Clark for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Giants got on the board with RB Derrick Ward. Afterwards, the Bears ended the half with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 35-yard and a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0113-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, Chicago increased its lead with Gould nailing a 41-yard field goal for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, New York took the lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer, along with RB Reuben Droughns. The Bears did have one final attempt, but it ended with a thud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 92], "content_span": [93, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0114-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 14: at Washington Redskins\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Giants (along with keeping any hope of a playoff spot alive), the Bears flew to FedExField for a Thursday Night intraconference throwdown with the Washington Redskins. After a scoreless first quarter, Chicago trailed as Redskins QB Todd Collins completed a 21-yard TD pass to TE Todd Yoder for the only score of the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 95], "content_span": [96, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0115-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 14: at Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Bears continued to trail as Washington continued its night with FB Mike Sellers getting a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, Chicago would get on the board with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 30-yard field goal, while QB Brian Griese completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins replied with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Bears responded with Gould kicking a 22-yard field goal. Later, Washington struck big as Collins completed a 16-yard TD pass to RB Ladell Betts. Chicago would draw closer as Gould nailed a 21-yard field goal. However, a failed onside kick sealed their doom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 95], "content_span": [96, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0116-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 14: at Washington Redskins\nStarting QB Rex Grossman (2 of 6 for 14 yards) left the game in the first quarter with a left knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 95], "content_span": [96, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0117-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Bears flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 15 Monday night NFC North rematch with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Chicago struck first as kicker Robbie Gould got a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Vikings tied the game with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 42-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Bears would take the halftime lead as Gould kicked a 47-yard field goal and FB Jason McKie managed to get a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0118-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Minnesota started to creep closer as RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run (with a failed PAT) for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings took the lead with Peterson getting an 8-yard TD run. Chicago tried to rally, but Minnesota's defense was too much.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0119-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings\nWith their third-straight loss, not only did the Bears fall to 5\u20139, but they were knocked out of playoff contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0120-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings\nOn a positive note, LB Brian Urlacher had a good day with 4 tackles, 2 sacks, and an interception. It was also the first time since 2004 that Urlacher had a sack and an interception in the same game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 93], "content_span": [94, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0121-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nThe Bears went into Week 16 knowing that any chance of a playoff berth was over, but they still had the chance to end the season on a high with their rivals the Green Bay Packers traveling to Soldier Field. The game was a must-win for the Packers if they wanted to have any chance of getting the No. 1 seed and gain home-field advantage in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0122-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nOn a 16-degree afternoon in Chicago, reserve RB Adrian Peterson ran for 102 yards from 30 attempts including and 8-yard run for a TD (only the second 100-yard game of his career and his first since 2005) while Garrett Wolfe also gained 67 all-purpose yards from the RB position. However, it was the Chicago special teams that really excelled in this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0123-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nAfter Green Bay previously going 12 years (929 punts) without a blocked punt, the Bears blocked Jon Ryan twice on a slippery afternoon. In the second quarter, Darrell McClover got his hand onto a Ryan punt but more damaging was Charles Tillman's charge down midway through the third quarter which allowed Corey Graham to pick up the football and run in 7 yards for a TD to put the Bears up 28\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0124-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nKyle Orton, Lovie Smith's third-choice QB, went 8-for-14 for 101 yards including a 3-yard touchdown pass to Desmond Clark in the third quarter. It was also a good day for LB Brian Urlacher who ran home an 85-yard interception early in the fourth quarter, the first of his career. Alex Brown, starting for the injured Mark Anderson, also got an interception which set up Clark's touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190616-0125-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Bears season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the end, it was a fairly comfortable win for the Bears, who ran out 35\u20137 victors which meant that they completed the double over their arch rivals having previously beating them at Lambeau Field in Week 5 27\u201320. Also, these 35 points were their most against Green Bay since a 61\u20137 win on December 7, 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 94], "content_span": [95, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season\nThe 2007 Chicago Cubs season was the 136th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 132nd in the National League and the 92nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, trying to rebound after a season in which they finished last in their division for the first time since 2000, finished first in the National League Central with a record of 85\u201377. They were swept three games to none by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2007 National League Division Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason\nIn an attempt to rebuild the team, the Cubs were very aggressive in the free-agent market, signing a number of players with the goal of overtaking the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in a competitive NL Central to win the World Series for the first time since 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason\nThe first change was the signing of a new manager. On October 17, 2006, Lou Piniella signed a three-year deal with an option for a fourth season to manage the Cubs \u2014 the 50th manager in team history after Dusty Baker was not offered an extension of his contract following the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason\nOn November 14, 2006, the Cubs improved their depth by signing Mark DeRosa to a three-year, $13 million contract. DeRosa had played several positions for the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves earlier in his career. Two days later on November 16, Neal Cotts was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for David Aardsma and Carlos V\u00e1squez (minors).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason\nThe Cubs made the largest acquisition in their team's history on November 20, 2006, as Alfonso Soriano agreed to an eight-year contract worth $136 million, an average of $17 million per year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason\nOn December 7, Josh Hamilton was drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2006 rule 5 draft. Several hours later, Hamilton was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Offseason\nThe Cubs added two starting pitchers to the rotation, starting with the signing of Ted Lilly on December 15, 2006, to a four-year, $40 million deal. This was followed on December 19, 2006, with the signing of Jason Marquis to a three-year contract worth $21 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Cubs got off to a poor start after the first two months of the season, posting a 22\u201329 record going into a home series against the Atlanta Braves during the first weekend after Memorial Day. Derrek Lee led a players only meeting on May 30 attempting to turn around the team's poor performance. On the Friday start at Wrigley, Carlos Zambrano took the mound and the Cubs fell behind 7\u20131, including allowing five runs (four earned) in the fifth inning. Included in the inning was a passed ball and throwing error by catcher Michael Barrett. An altercation ensued between the pitcher and catcher in the dugout, in full view of the television camera crews. Zambrano was pulled from the game after the scuffle in which he gave up thirteen hits and had zero strikeouts, and Barrett was replaced by backup Koyie Hill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn Saturday, the weekend series continued to be interesting, albeit outside of the boxscore. The Braves took an early 3\u20130 lead in the fourth inning against starting pitcher Rich Hill, but the Cubs clawed back with single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, tying the game 3\u20133. The Braves regained the lead in the eighth against reliever Will Ohman, but in the bottom of the frame, rookie \u00c1ngel Pag\u00e1n led off by lining a ball into the right-field corner, and stopped at second with a double.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nTwo pitches later, Pag\u00e1n attempted to advance to third on a wild pitch, but was thrown out on a close play. Both Piniella and third-base coach Mike Quade argued the call with umpire Mark Wegner, and Piniella began kicking dirt, throwing and kicking his cap until being thrown out of the game. Allegedly, Piniella kicked umpire Wegner, and was reported to the MLB offices by crew chief Bruce Froemming. Play was delayed for seven minutes while the grounds crew cleaned up debris in the outfield. The Cubs lost the game 5\u20133, worsening their record to a season-low nine games below .500 at 22\u201331. Piniella was suspended for four games for the incident, and later recognized that Wegner made the right call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nTwo weeks later, Barrett was recorded having a heated discussion with starter Rich Hill. Questions quickly surfaced to the level of friction between the two players due to the recent incident with Zambrano, but both players indicated that there was no issue, rather frustration due to the opposing pitcher Jarrod Washburn hitting a hanging slider that put the Mariners up 3\u20132. The Cubs ultimately lost the game 5\u20133 in extra innings on another contentious play where Barrett dropped the ball on a throw to the plate. After the altercations with Zambrano and Hill, Barrett lost his role as the everyday catcher for the team. Just one week later, Barrett was traded to the San Diego Padres for catcher Rob Bowen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Cubs improved their play during the month of June, upping their record to 38\u201339 after a stretch of 16\u20138 after the Piniella ejection. They finished June with a key series at home against the first-place Milwaukee Brewers starting on June 29. Rich Hill once again took the mound, but gave up five runs in the first inning and lasted just three innings. The Cubs relievers kept the game close, but they still trailed 5\u20133 going into the bottom of the ninth against Francisco Cordero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nGoing into the game, Cordero led the league with 27 saves, and had blown only two. After retiring the first player in the inning, Cordero gave up back-to-back singles, and with runners at first and third allowing the potential winning run to come to the plate in the player of Derrek Lee. Lee hit a deep fly ball, but the wind knocked it down and was caught for a sacrifice fly. That made it two outs bringing third baseman Aramis Ram\u00edrez to the plate. Ramirez hit the first pitch into the left-center bleachers, winning the game 6\u20135. The victory pulled the Cubs back to .500, and trimmed the Brewers lead down to 6\u00bd games. The Cubs ended the first half of the season 4.5 games out of first place, behind the Milwaukee Brewers, with a record of 44 wins and 43 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Chicago Cubs got off to a good start in the second half by sweeping the Houston Astros at home and taking three of four from the San Francisco Giants. In those series Ted Lilly won his third and fourth starts in a row, helping pitch the Cubs to 9\u20133 and 9\u20138 victories. On July 22, the Cubs passed the two-million attendance mark at Wrigley Field averaging over 40,000 fans per game at home through the first 49 games of the season and on pace to set a new home attendance record for the club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Cubs spent a majority of July in hopes of claiming first place. After finishing the month with seventeen wins and nine losses, the team was merely half a game behind the Brewers by July 31. The Cubs won their final game in July and first game in August. The latter win, coupled with an earlier Brewers' loss, allowed the two teams to be tied for first place in the NL Central. However, the Cubs began to struggle in their next outings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nThey failed to win three consecutive series, and later temporarily lost Alfonso Soriano, \u00c1ngel Pag\u00e1n, and Will Ohman to injuries. Despite the slump, the Cubs only managed to remain half a game behind the Brewers, who managed to lose thirteen of eighteen games. They closed out the final weeks of the season by having a successful home stand, where they won five of six games and took a three and a half game lead over the Brewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nAt their final home game, the Cubs' organization reported that they had set a franchise attendance record of 3,252,462 fans over the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nDuring the month of June, the Cubs ended up winning seventeen games, making that their best month of the season: taking two of three from Milwaukee, two of three from the Seattle, sweeping the White Sox as well as the Rockies, and then taking another two of three games from Milwaukee. The Cubs won another seventeen games during that month; taking three of four from the Nationals, sweeping the Giants, two of three from the Cardinals, and two of three from the Phillies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nDuring this three-month-long hot streak, the Cubs managed to sign Carlos Zambrano to a five-year, ninety million dollar contract. Also, the Cubs left fielder, Alfonso Soriano, was named the June National League player of the Month; followed by the Cubs ace, Carlos Zambrano, being named the National League Pitcher of the month. The team struggled throughout August, but managed to surpass the Milwaukee Brewers and win the division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Season summary\nGoing into the last week of the season, the Cubs won ten of twelve games and had a three-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers. However, the Cubs dropped three in a row to the Florida Marlins, a team that the Cubs did not win a single game against during the whole season. Meanwhile, the Brewers lost two out of three, hurting their chance at taking over the top of the division. On September 28, thanks to a Cubs 6\u20130 win over the Cincinnati Reds and a Brewers 6\u20133 loss to the San Diego Padres, the Cubs clinched the NL Central division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, Post-Season\nThe Cubs played the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Division Series. After falling 3\u20131 to Arizona on October 3 and an 8\u20134 loss on October 4, the Cubs returned on October 6 to Wrigley Field to lose the third game of the series by score of 5\u20131. The loss eliminated the Cubs from postseason play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 53], "content_span": [54, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190617-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season, First-year player draft\nThe Cubs selected high school third baseman Josh Vitters with the third overall pick of the 2007 MLB Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 65], "content_span": [66, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190618-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Marathon\nThe 2007 Chicago Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 7. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Patrick Ivuti in a time of 2:11:11 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Berhane Adere in 2:33:49.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190618-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Marathon, Death of Chad Schieber\nA participant in the 2007 Chicago Marathon, Chad Schieber of Michigan, died suddenly while attempting to finish the race. His death was brought on by complications involving his previous diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190619-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Rush season\nThe 2007 Chicago Rush season was the seventh season for the franchise. They looked to win the ArenaBowl again after winning it in 2006 with a 7\u20139 record. They won the American Conference Central division with a 12\u20134 record and qualified for the playoffs as the #2 playoff seed in the American Conference, losing in the conference championship to the San Jose SaberCats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190619-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Rush season, Coaching\nMike Hohensee started his seventh season as head coach of the Rush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190620-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Shamrox season\nThe Chicago Shamrox were a professional lacrosse team based in Chicago, Illinois, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the Shamrox inaugural season. The franchise was awarded to the city of Chicago by the NLL on February 16, 2006, and the name \"Shamrox\" was chosen in May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190620-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Shamrox season\nTheir first season started off with two consecutive wins, but after splitting the next two games, the Shamrox lost nine of the next ten games (including seven in a row) to finish with a 6-10 record. The Toronto Rock and Philadelphia Wings also had 6-10 records, but the Rock won the tiebreakers and made the playoffs while the Shamrox and Wings were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190620-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Shamrox season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190620-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Shamrox season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190620-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Shamrox season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190621-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago Sky season\nThe 2007 Chicago Sky season was the 2nd season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season\nThe Chicago White Sox' 2007 season started off with the White Sox trying to re-claim the AL Central title, an achievement they last achieved in 2005, when they went on to win the 2005 World Series. They failed to win consecutive AL Central championships when the Minnesota Twins won it in 2006. They finished the season 72-90, 4th place in the AL Central. Notable events include Mark Buehrle pitching a no-hitter on April 18, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season\nOn August 12, 2007, closer Bobby Jenks retired his 41st consecutive hitter, Yuniesky Betancourt, to tie the Major League record for most consecutive hitter retired in a row. He is tied with Jim Barr, who set it with the San Francisco Giants over two games on August 23, 1972, and August 29, 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season\nOn September 16, 2007 Jim Thome hit his 500th career home run with a two-run shot in the bottom of the 9th inning to beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9-7. Thome is the first player in club history to hit his 500th career home run while in a White Sox uniform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season\nWith their 72-90 record, the White Sox finished with their first losing season since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, 2007 off-season\nThe 2006\u20132007 offseason stirred up controversy among Sox fans. First, on November 16, lefty reliever Neal Cotts was sent to the Chicago Cubs for reliever David Aardsma and prospect Carlos V\u00e1squez. This was the first deal between the crosstown rivals since the Cubs traded pitcher Jon Garland for White Sox reliever Matt Karchner in the middle of the 1998 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, 2007 off-season\nA deal that involved trading Garland to the Houston Astros for outfielder Willy Taveras and pitchers Taylor Buchholz and Jason Hirsh was reported to have been agreed upon, but general manager Ken Williams backed out of the trade at the last minute, due to health concerns for Buchholz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, 2007 off-season\nWilliams traded first baseman Ross Gload to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Andrew Sisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, 2007 off-season\nOn December 6, starting pitcher Freddy Garc\u00eda was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitching prospects Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonz\u00e1lez, who was initially traded to the Phillies by the White Sox in the Jim Thome deal a year prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, 2007 off-season\nEven more controversial was the December 23 deal that sent highly touted starter Brandon McCarthy, along with outfield prospect David Paisano, to the Texas Rangers for pitching prospects John Danks, Nick Masset, and Jacob Rasner. To some, it seemed as if Williams was sacrificing the present for the future in these deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, 2007 off-season\nThe Sox also signed free agent catcher Toby Hall, signed free agent outfielder/first baseman Darin Erstad, and signed Javier V\u00e1zquez to a 3-year, $33 million contract extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190622-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election\nThe Chicago mayoral election of 2007 saw incumbent mayor Richard M. Daley win a landslide victory, garnering a 51-point margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election\nDaley was opposed by Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy A. Brown and William \"Dock\" Walls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Candidates, Nominations invalid\nThe following candidates had their nominations deemed invalid by the Chicago Board of Elections, and thus were denied inclusion on the ballot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nDespite speculation that they might challenge Daley, congressmen Luis Gutierrez and Jesse Jackson Jr. both opted not run. Both had explored potential runs, but declared that they had opted to remain in Washington, D.C. after the Democratic Party captured control of the United States House of Representatives in the November 2006 congressional elections. Gutierrez had been exploring a 2007 bid for mayor at least as early as December 2005, when he publicly confirmed his interest in possibly running. Some analysts speculated that the true reason that both men opted against running was that they had both concluded that they lacked viable prospects of unseating Daley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nIn the previous election Daley faced opponents who lacked significant campaign experience. With Brown's entry into the 2007 election, Daley was faced with an opponent with significant electoral experience. In her 2004 reelection as clerk, Brown had received just under 800,000 votes in the city of Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nWhile both Brown and Walls were African Americans, neither were able to coalesce strong support from black voters. They also failed to enthuse much support from other groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nWhile the election was nonpartisan, all three candidates were members of the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nBrown ran an issue-focused campaign, releasing policy papers on housing, ethics, transportation, public safety, and economic development. Some argued that, in her campaign, Brown was too light on Daley, failing to hammer him with criticism. Brown's campaign failed to garner endorsements. Walls criticized Daley's hiring practices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nDaley massively eclipsed his opponents in fundraising. Daley had nearly $6 million in funds, while Brown had less than $200,000 and Walls had less than $10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nDaley's fundraising advantage allowed him to run a three-week long barrage of television advertisements in advance of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nDaley made use of Democratic organizations in the city's wards to run his field operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nAs was the case in all of his reelection campaigns, Daley did not attend any debates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Campaign\nChicago Housing Authority head Terry Peterson resigned his position to serve as Daley's campaign manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Results\nDaley won a plurality in each of Chicago's fifty wards, and obtained an absolute majority in forty-nine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Results\nDaley even beat Brown by a broad margin in her home ward, the city's 8th ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Results\nVoter turnout increased slightly from the previous election, but was still the second-lowest turnout in a Chicago mayoral election. Only one-third of the city's 1.4 million registered voters participated in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Aftermath\nDaley delivered a brief election night victory speech at the Chicago Hilton & Towers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Aftermath\nBy winning the election Daley had secured a sixth term as mayor (his fifth full four-year term, since he had first become mayor in a special election to a partial term following the death of Harold Washington). By winning his sixth mayoral election, Daley tied the record set by his father for the most Chicago mayoral election victories. During his subsequent term, Daley surpassed his father as the longest-tenured mayor in Chicago history. This term was ultimately Daley's last, as he opted to forgo seeking reelection in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Aftermath\nIn her concession speech Brown congratulated Daley but urged residents of Chicago, \"to hold this mayor accountable\". She also declared that voters had, \"not seen the last of Dorothy Brown\". Brown would explain her loss by declaring that she believed that voters had failed to, \"understand the magnitude of the crime and corruption,\" which had occurred under Daley's tenure. Brown was subsequently reelected as Clerk in 2008, 2012, and 2016. She ran unsuccessfully for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 2010. She ran for mayor again in the 2019 election, but failed to qualify for inclusion on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190623-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Chicago mayoral election, Aftermath\nWalls ran for mayor again in 2011, 2015 and 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190624-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chichester District Council election\nElections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control with an increased majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190624-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chichester District Council election, Election result\nThe +/- in seats is calculated after any by-election results since the last full council election. The +/- in vote\u00a0% is calculated from the\u00a0% at the last full council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190624-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chichester District Council election, By-Election results\nSee Chichester local elections for by-election results since this Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl\nThe 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl was college football bowl game between the Clemson Tigers and the Auburn Tigers played in Atlanta, Georgia on December 31, 2007. With sponsorship from Chick-fil-A, it was the 40th edition of the game known throughout most of its history as the Peach Bowl. Clemson University represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Auburn University represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the competition. The game was the final competition of the 2007 football season for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl\nIn exchange for the right to pick the first ACC team after the Bowl Championship Series selections, bowl representatives paid $3.25\u00a0million to the ACC, while the SEC, whose fifth team was selected, received $2.4\u00a0million. The combined $5.65\u00a0million payout is the seventh-largest among all college football bowl games, and the fourth-largest non-BCS bowl game payout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nBeginning with the 2006 game, the Chick-fil-A Bowl had purchased the right to select the highest-ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team after representatives from the Bowl Championship Series made their selection. According to the official selection rules still used today, the team chosen to represent the ACC must be within one conference victory of the remaining, highest-ranked conference team or be ranked more than five spaces ahead of the ACC team with the best Conference record available in the final BCS Standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nIn choosing the SEC opponent, the Chick-fil-A Bowl selection committee had the right to select the first SEC school after the Bowl Championship Series, Cotton Bowl Classic, Capital One Bowl, and Outback Bowl made their selections. Just as in the ACC, the selection committee could not select an SEC team with two fewer losses than the highest available team. The bowl earned the right to select these teams via its multimillion-dollar payout system, which guarantees a certain amount of money to the participating conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nPrior to 2006, the Chick-fil-A Bowl (then known as the Peach Bowl) matched the No. 5 team in the SEC versus the No. 3 team in the ACC. After the bowl increased its payout to $2.8\u00a0million per squad, it then was given the second pick from the ACC, with the Gator Bowl dropping to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Selection process\nLeeman Bennett, the former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, served as chairman of the selection committee, which had the task of picking the best teams from those made available by the selection criteria set by the two conferences. The committee would have approximately one\u00a0month to select the two teams that would attract the most people to the game and generate the largest possible television audience. Supervising the selection committee was the Chick-fil-A Bowl Executive Committee, which consisted of representatives from various Atlanta businesses and the Chick-fil-A corporation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOn December 2, 2007, Chick-fil-A Bowl representatives selected Clemson to represent the ACC in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl. A few hours later, Auburn was selected as the second half of the matchup. Two days after the selections were announced, the game was declared sold out, the 11th consecutive sellout in the combined history of the Peach and Chick-fil-A Bowls. Clemson was allocated 17,500 tickets for distribution and Auburn was allocated 15,700Casinos and betting organizations favor Clemson by 2\u00bd-3 points when setting their point spread.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups\nBoth defenses rank in the top ten, nationally, in both total defense and scoring defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Defensive matchups\nHeading into the game, Auburn was ranked sixth in scoring defense, allowing an average of just 16.7 points per game, and eighth in total defense, giving up only 298.33 yards per game. Clemson was ranked sixth in total defense, giving up only 297.08 yards per game, and tenth in scoring defense, allowing an average of just 18.3 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Television coverage\nESPN broadcast the game for the 12th straight year. Following the game, ESPN broadcast a New Year's Eve special, New Year No Limits, which featured action sports athletes in record setting attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, Television coverage\nThe preview show, \"The 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl Preview Show, presented by Russell Athletic\" aired on ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN Classic, and was produced by Seals Communications Corporation in Atlanta. It was hosted by Lee Corso and Erin Andrews, along with reporters David Hamilton and Nikky Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190625-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl, AT&T \"Kick for a Million\" contest\nDuring halftime, Christopher Stewart of Corryton, TN was the winner of a national drawing for the AT&T \"Kick for a Million\" contest. Christopher elected to attempt a 30-yard field goal for a prize of $100,000. Christopher would miss the kick to the right by inches, but still came away with a cash prize of $5,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190626-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chilean telethon\nThe 2007 Chilean telethon was the 21st version of the charity campaign held in Chile since 1978. In this edition, which was conducted between November 30 and December 1, 2007, the slogan was \"You are in every step\" and the poster boy chosen to represent the children helped in the Telethon Foundation was Mat\u00edas Calder\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190626-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chilean telethon\nThe opening night was marked by a tribute to the 50 years of Chilean television since 1957.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190626-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chilean telethon\nThe event, broadcast for over twenty seven consecutive hours, was conducted primarily at the Teatro Teleton while the closure of the campaign took place in the National Stadium of Chile, where the last count was announced. The proposed target for this year was $\u00a011,804,425,008 (equivalent to U.S. $ 23,357,523)), which was achieved at 00:56 on Sunday 2 December. The event ended with a final tally of $13,255,231,970, slightly higher than U.S. $26 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190626-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chilean telethon\nThe final statement, that included the auxiliary boxes unaccounted for during the telecast, was released by the directors of the Telethon and the Bank of Chile on December 12, 2007, a total of CL$16.929.371.138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190627-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Baseball League season\nThe 2007 China Baseball League season saw the Tianjin Lions defeat the Guangdong Leopards in 3 games to 1 to win the Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190628-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China League One\nThe 2007 China League One was the 4th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190628-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China League One, Teams\nA total of 13 teams contested in the league, including 10 sides from the 2006 season, one relegated from the 2006 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2006 China League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190629-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Masters Super Series\nThe 2007 China Masters Super Series was a badminton tournament which took place at Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium in Chengdu, China, from 10 to 15 July 2007 and had a total purse of $250,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190629-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Masters Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 China Masters Super Series was the seventh tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the China Masters championships, which had been held since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190629-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 China Masters Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium in Chengdu, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190629-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 China Masters Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190629-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 China Masters Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$250,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190630-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (snooker)\nThe 2007 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 25\u00a0March and 1\u00a0April 2007 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2006\u201307 season, preceding the 2007 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190630-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (snooker)\nThe defending champion was Mark Williams, but he lost in the first round 1\u20135 against Jamie Cope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190630-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (snooker)\nGraeme Dott won the tournament by defeating Cope 9\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190630-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (snooker), Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 January and 26 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190631-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (tennis)\nThe 2007 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the China Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Beijing Tennis Center in Beijing, China, with the men playing from September 10 through September 16, 2007, and the women from September 17 through September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190631-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (tennis)\nThe men's singles featured ATP No. 4, Australian Open quarterfinalist, French Open and US Open semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko, Australian Open and Rome Masters runner-up Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, and Auckland finalist and Sopot titlist Tommy Robredo. Also competing were Doha and 's-Hertogenbosch winner Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Zagreb titlist and Beijing defending champion Marcos Baghdatis, Hyung-taik Lee, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Igor Kunitsyn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190631-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (tennis)\nThe announced women's field was led by WTA No. 2, US Open runner-up, New Haven winner and Beijing defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, Charleston and Rome Tier I, Auckland and Birmingham titlist Jelena Jankovi\u0107, and Antwerp champion Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo. Other seeded players were Moscow Tier I and Istanbul winner Elena Dementieva, Tokyo titlist Martina Hingis, \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Eleni Daniilidou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190631-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (tennis)\nWTA no.1 Justine Henin was initially announced to play the 2007 China Open, headlining the women's draw as top seed in what would have been her debut appearance in Beijing. However, fearing that the city's heavy air would aggravate her asthma, she ended up withdrawing prior to the start of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190631-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles\nRik de Voest / Ashley Fisher defeated Chris Haggard / Yen-hsun Lu, 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20130, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190631-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles\nChia-jung Chuang / Su-wei Hsieh defeated Xinyun Han / Xu Yifan, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190632-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open Super Series\nThe 2007 China Open Super Series is the eleventh tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Guangzhou, China from November 20 to November 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190633-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Mario An\u010di\u0107 were the defending champions, but An\u010di\u0107 chose not to participate, and only Bhupathi competed that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190633-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nRik de Voest and Ashley Fisher won in the final 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20130, [10\u20136], against Chris Haggard and Yen-hsun Lu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190634-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nMarcos Baghdatis was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190634-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFernando Gonz\u00e1lez won in the final 6\u20131, 3\u20136, 6\u20131, against Tommy Robredo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190635-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nVirginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Su\u00e1rez were the defending champions, but Suarez retired from the sport on September 1, 2007, and only Ruano Pascual competed that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190635-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nChia-jung Chuang and Su-wei Hsieh won in the final 7\u20136(3), 6\u20133, against Xinyun Han and Xu Yifan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190636-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSvetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a left abdominal strain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190636-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nSixth-seeded \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay won in the final 6\u20137(7\u20139), 7\u20135, 6\u20132, against Jelena Jankovi\u0107, saving a match point in the second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190636-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nFormer World No. 1 Martina Hingis played her final professional singles match in the second round, where she lost to home favorite Peng Shuai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190636-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 China Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was the sixteenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held on 7 October 2007 at Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. The race was won by Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen with Fernando Alonso finishing second and Felipe Massa finishing third. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton retired from the race after going off at a wet pit entrance on worn tyres left him stuck in the gravel. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's win marked the 200th Grand Prix victory for Scuderia Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background\nGoing into the race, Lewis Hamilton of McLaren led the Drivers' Championship by 12 points from his team-mate Fernando Alonso, after Alonso crashed in Fuji Speedway. Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was the other driver who mathematically had a chance of winning the championship, trailing Hamilton by 17 points. To clinch the championship, Hamilton needed to finish within one point of his team-mate Alonso and within 6 points of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Whatever the result, Hamilton would still be leading the championship after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe weather conditions at the track were affected by Typhoon Krosa which hit the east coast of China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nSebastian Vettel was facing a drop of ten places on the grid for his collision with Mark Webber in the previous race (the Japanese Grand Prix), but this punishment was reduced to a reprimand. However, the Toro Rosso driver was then dropped five places on the grid for impeding Heikki Kovalainen during qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe Spykers of Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto were both eliminated in the first qualifying session, along with Takuma Sato in the Super Aguri, Alexander Wurz in his final race for Williams, Giancarlo Fisichella in the Renault and Rubens Barrichello in the Honda. However, Vettel's penalty caused him to be relegated behind Barrichello. In the second session, Nico Rosberg in the second Williams, Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguri, Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault, Jarno Trulli in the Toyota and the two Toro Rossos of Vettel and Vitantonio Liuzzi were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe final session saw Jenson Button come 10th in a rare top ten qualification. The two BMW Saubers were 8th and 9th, with Nick Heidfeld ahead of Robert Kubica. The Red Bulls of David Coulthard and Mark Webber did very well, qualifying 5th and 7th respectively. They were separated by Ralf Schumacher's Toyota. As usual in the 2007 season, the Ferraris and McLarens occupied the top 4 spots in qualifying, with the Italian team's Felipe Massa pipping McLaren's Fernando Alonso, to third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAlthough Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen of Ferrari had been the fastest driver in all three practice sessions and in the first two sessions of qualifying, Lewis Hamilton managed to beat this time in his McLaren during the third qualifying session and therefore earnt the pole position, the 6th of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFrom the morning of the race onwards, conditions at the circuit were wet; this forced all drivers to use intermediate tyres. After the start of the race, the top four remained the same as on the grid with Lewis Hamilton leading in the McLaren from Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in the Ferrari, his teammate Felipe Massa and the other McLaren of Fernando Alonso. Vitantonio Liuzzi was the biggest winner from the start in his Toro Rosso, passing Jenson Button's Honda, Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber and the Red Bull of Mark Webber on lap 1. He also passed Kubica's teammate Nick Heidfeld before too long to run sixth. Ralf Schumacher had his Toyota knocked from behind at the first corner, and slipped to the back of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAnthony Davidson, who had qualified strongly, was the first retirement on lap 11, after his Super Aguri suffered a brake failure. He had already dropped down to twentieth position. Adrian Sutil was the next to drop out in the Spyker, also from twentieth, after he spun in the wet conditions on lap 25. Schumacher, recovering from his earlier incident, had made it up to twelfth on lap 22, before he spun twice and eventually retired on lap 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAs the track dried Hamilton began to suffer from tyre wear. With his pit stop imminent, McLaren elected to keep Hamilton out and stick to the original strategy. This turned out to be a detrimental choice, because by lap 31, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen had passed Hamilton when the latter ran wide, allowing R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to take the lead. Hamilton had to come into the pits. This should not have been a problem, however, as he would still have had enough points to secure the World Championship, had he remained in that position. However, as he entered the pit lane with his tyres worn down to the canvas, he failed to negotiate the sharp left-hander into the pits, beaching his car in the gravel. Despite marshal's efforts to get him back into the race, he suffered the first retirement of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAn effective strategy from the BMW Sauber team benefited Robert Kubica, who was propelled into the lead after the Hamilton incident. It was short-lived, however, because after one lap, a hydraulics failure deprived him and the BMW Sauber team of a potential first victory each. This left R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen leading from Alonso, who had overtaken Massa in the pitstops, and Jenson Button.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen eventually came home to win comfortably from Alonso, who after having pulled out a considerable lead from Massa was later pulled back until the Brazilian finished less than three seconds behind him. This result ensured the World Drivers' Championship would be decided in the one remaining round - the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso managed to overtake Button in the closing stages to claim fourth place after he had started seventeenth. His one stop strategy gave him the best result of his career thus far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nButton came home fifth, the best result of the season for both him and the Honda team. Liuzzi brought the other Toro Rosso home in sixth place, the team's best result of its career. Nick Heidfeld was seventh in the BMW Sauber, and David Coulthard held on for the final points position in the Red Bull despite late pressure from Heikki Kovalainen's Renault", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190637-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlexander Wurz finished twelfth in the Williams, and announced his immediate retirement from Formula One the day after the race. Williams announced that he would be replaced by Kazuki Nakajima for the last race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs\nThe Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and saw Uni-President Lions crowned as the champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an allstar team from China to determine an Asian champion in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Rules\nAll participating teams are allowed to register 28 players on their roster, contrary to 25 in the regular season. The winner of first round is allowed to change its roster before advancing to Taiwan Series. There will be no tie games, meaning the game would continue if a winner could not be decided. All other aspects that are not described above would be the same as the rules in regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, First round\nIn the first round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Macoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to the Taiwan Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 63], "content_span": [64, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, First round, Game 1, October 12\nWP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Chang Hsien-chih (\u5f35\u8ce2\u667a) (0-1)HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (1); Macoto - Teng Shi-yang (\u9127\u8494\u967d) (1), Huang Shi-hao (\u9ec3\u4ed5\u8c6a) (1)MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (8.0IP, 6H, 8K, 2BB, 2ER)Attendance: 2,287", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, First round, Game 2, October 13\nWP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Chu-chien (\u8a31\u7af9\u898b) (0-1)HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito (2)MVP of the Game: Tilson Brito (3B) (5-2, 1HR, 2R, 4RBI)Attendance: 4,293", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, First round, Game 3, October 14\nWP: Pan Wei-lun (\u6f58\u5a01\u502b) (1-0) LP: Andy Van Hekken (0-1)HRs: Macoto - Hsieh Chia-hsien (\u8b1d\u4f73\u8ce2) (1); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (\u9ad8\u570b\u6176) (1), Chen Lien-hung (\u9673\u9023\u5b8f) (1), Kuo Dai-chi (\u90ed\u5cb1\u7426) (1)MVP of the Game: Kao Kuo-ching (\u9ad8\u570b\u6176) (1B) (4-3, 1HR, 2R, 5RBI)Attendance: 4,081", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series\nIn the 2007 Taiwan Series, the Uni-President Lions defeated the La New Bears in 4 games to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 1, October 20\nWP: Nelson Figueroa (1-0) LP: Huang Chun-chung (\u9ec3\u4fca\u4e2d) (0-1)HRs: Uni-President - Kuo Dai-chi (\u90ed\u5cb1\u7426) (1); La New - Kit Pellow (1)MVP of the Game: Yang Sung-hsien (\u694a\u677e\u5f26) (CF) (4-3, 1R, 3RBI)Attendance: 11,334", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 2, October 21\nWP: Pete Munro (1-0) LP: Hsu Yu-wei (\u5f90\u4f59\u5049) (0-1) SV: Tseng Yi-cheng (\u66fe\u7fca\u8aa0) (1)HRs: Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung (\u6f58\u6b66\u96c4) (1) (2), Kuo Dai-chi (\u90ed\u5cb1\u7426) (2); La New - Chen Chin-Feng (\u9673\u91d1\u92d2) (1)MVP of the Game: Pan Wu-hsiung (\u6f58\u6b66\u96c4) (CF) (5-4, 2HR, 2R, 5RBI)Attendance: 8,864", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 3, October 23\nWP: Andrew Lorraine (1-0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (\u6f58\u5a01\u502b) (0-1) SV: Mac Suzuki (1)HRs: La New - Chiang Chih-Tsung (\u8523\u667a\u8070) (1); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (\u5289\u8299\u8c6a) (1)MVP of the Game: Chiang Chih-Tsung (2B) (5-3, 2H, 1R, 3RBI)Attendance: 5,263", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 4, October 24\nWP: Nelson Figueroa (2-0) LP: Hsu Wen-hsiung (\u8a31\u6587\u96c4) (0-1)HRs: La New - Kit Pellow (2); Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching (\u9ad8\u570b\u6176) (1)MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (7.0 IP, 9H, 9K, 1BB, 1ER)Attendance: 7,063", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 5, October 25\nWP: Mac Suzuki (1-0) LP: Tseng Yi-cheng(\u66fe\u7fca\u8aa0) (0-1)HRs: La New - Huang Lung-Yi (\u9ec3\u9f8d\u7fa9) (1), Tsai Chien-Wei (\u8521\u5efa\u5049) (1), Lin Chih-Sheng (\u6797\u667a\u52dd) (1), Chen Chin-Feng (\u9673\u91d1\u92d2) (2); Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (\u5289\u8299\u8c6a) (2), Yang Po-chaio (\u694a\u535a\u8d85) (1)MVP of the Game: Mac Suzuki (RP) (5.1 IP, 7H, 6K, 2BB, 2ER)Attendance: 10,056", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 6, October 27\nWP: Hau Yu-wei (\u5f90\u4f59\u5049) (1-1) LP: Pan Wei-lun (\u6f58\u5a01\u502b) (0-2) SV: Hsu Wen-hsiung (\u8a31\u6587\u96c4) (1)HRs: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao (\u5289\u8299\u8c6a) (3), Tilson Brito (1) (2); La New - Chen Chin-feng (\u9673\u91d1\u92d2) (3) (4)MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng (\u9673\u91d1\u92d2) (DH) (4-2, 2HR, 5RBI, 2R)Attendance: 18,656", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190638-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs, Taiwan Series, Game 7, October 28\nWP: Nelson Figueroa (3-0) LP: Andrew Lorraine (1-1)HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng (\u6797\u667a\u52dd) (2)MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa (SP) (9.0 IP, 5H, 1HR, 8K, 1BB, 2ER)Attendance: 20,000", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 85], "content_span": [86, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190639-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season\nThe 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 17 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion La New Bears played host to the Uni-President Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President Lions defeating the La New Bears in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190639-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season, Competition\nSix teams, the La New Bears, Uni-President Lions, Sinon Bulls, Chinatrust Whales, Brother Elephants and Macoto Cobras will contest the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is divided into two halves, with each team playing fifty games in each half. The winners for each half-season plus the non-winner with the best overall record will qualify for the playoffs. In the event that the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best overall records will advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 61], "content_span": [62, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190639-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season, Standings, Overall standings\nThe team among the non-half-season-winners with the best overall record will gain the wild card spot and the third seed in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190640-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Super League\nThe 2007 Chinese Super League (CSL 2007) season or the Kingway brewery Chinese Super League as it was known for sponsorship reasons was the fourth edition since its establishment, the 14th season of professional football as well as being the 46th top-tier league season in China. Starting on March 3, 2007 and ending on November 14, 2007 it saw Changchun Yatai clinch the league title for the first time in the last game of the season, while Xiamen Lanshi was relegated with two games to spare. Coincidentally, both of these teams were promoted in the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190640-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Super League\nThe champions as well as the runner-up of the league would qualify for the AFC Champions League 2008 as was the same from the previous season. The Chinese FA Cup was canceled due to the intended expansion of the league to 16 teams, however Shanghai United F.C. and Shanghai Shenhua merged, which saw the Chinese Football Association decide to leave the league with 15 teams for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190640-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Super League, Pre-season change\nAs Zhu Jun, the owner of Shanghai United F.C. bought a majority share of their crosstown rival. The 7th placed team of the previous season, Shanghai United was merged into two times CSL runner-up Shanghai Shenhua. The new team play under the name Shanghai Shenhua United but use the stadium of the former Shanghai United \u2013 Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in Pudong, Shanghai as their home ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190641-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold (officially known as the Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Taipei County, Taiwan from 18 to 23 September 2007. It had a total purse of $170,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190641-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament\nThe 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold was the sixth tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Chinese Taipei Open championships, which had been held since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190641-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Xinzhuang Gymnasium in Taipei County, Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190641-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix Gold event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190641-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$170,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test\nOn 11 January 2007, China conducted an anti-satellite missile test. A China weather satellite\u2014the FY-1C polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of 865 kilometres (537\u00a0mi), with a mass of 750 kilograms (1,650\u00a0lb)\u2014was destroyed by a kinetic kill vehicle traveling with a speed of 8\u00a0km/s (18,000\u00a0mph) in the opposite direction (see Head-on engagement). It was launched with a multistage solid-fuel missile from Xichang Satellite Launch Center or nearby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test\nAviation Week & Space Technology magazine first reported the test on 17 January 2007. The report was confirmed on 18 January 2007 by a United States National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson. At first the Chinese government did not publicly confirm whether or not the test had occurred; but on 23 January 2007, the Chinese Foreign Ministry officially confirmed that a test had been conducted. China claims it formally notified the U.S., Japan and other countries about the test in advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test\nIt was the first known successful satellite intercept test since 1985, when the United States conducted an anti-satellite missile test using an ASM-135 ASAT to destroy the P78-1 satellite. The ASM-135 ASAT was released by a F-15 Eagle at altitude of 38,100 ft (11.6 km) while the F-15 was flying at Mach.934 and Solwind P78-1 satellite flying at an altitude of 345 miles (555 km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test\nThe New York Times, The Washington Times and Jane's Intelligence Review reported that this came on the back of at least two previous direct ascent tests that intentionally did not result in an intercept, on 7 July 2005 and 6 February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test\nA classified U.S. State Department cable revealed by WikiLeaks indicates that the same system was tested against a ballistic target in January 2010 in what the Chinese government publicly described as a test of \"ground-based midcourse missile interception technology\". That description also closely matches the Chinese government's description of another test in January 2013, which has led some analysts to conclude that it was yet another test of the same ASAT system, again against a ballistic target and not a satellite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Background\nIn January 2001, a U.S. congressionally mandated space commission headed by Donald Rumsfeld recommended that \"the U.S. government should vigorously pursue the capabilities called for in the National Space Policy to ensure that the president will have the option to deploy weapons in space to deter threats to, and, if necessary, defend against attacks on U.S. interests.\" Moreover, the subsequent U.S. withdrawal from the Anti- Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 allowed the United States to pursue missile defenses, including those that were space-based.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Background\nIn response to the actions by the U.S. towards space weaponization, the Chinese started a space defense program that included anti-satellite defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Weaponry\nThe Chinese anti-satellite system has been named by the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Michael Maples, in a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing as the SC-19. The SC-19 has been described as being based on a modified DF-21 ballistic missile with a Kinetic Kill Vehicle mounted. The ASAT kill vehicle relies on an imaging infrared seeker and also has been described as a modified HQ-19 with a KT-1 rocket booster. The program is said to have been at least partially funded by China's 863 Program (specifically, the 863-409 focus area).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Weaponry\nThe closing velocity of the intercept was approximately 8\u00a0kilometers per second (17,900\u00a0mph), comparable to the American National Missile Defense system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Aftermath, Political reactions\nSeveral nations responded negatively to the test and highlighted the serious consequences of engaging in the militarisation of space. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao stated, \"There's no need to feel threatened about this\" and argued that \"China will not participate in any kind of arms race in outer space.\" China had publicly been advocating to ban space weapons, which had been rejected by the United States under George W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Aftermath, Political reactions\nThe United States had not tested an anti-satellite weapon since 1985. In February 2008 the US launched its own strike to destroy a non-functioning US satellite, which demonstrated the capability to strike in space, though at a much lower altitude than the Chinese test. The US claimed that the strike was not a military test but a necessary mission to remove the threat posed by the decaying orbit of a faulty spy satellite with a full tank of hydrazine fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Aftermath, Space debris tracking\nAnti -satellite missile tests, especially ones involving kinetic kill vehicles as in this case, contribute to the formation of orbital space debris which can remain in orbit for many years and could interfere with future space activity (Kessler syndrome). The 2007 Chinese ASAT test was the second largest creation of space debris in history after Project West Ford, with more than 2,000 pieces of trackable size (golf ball size and larger) officially catalogued in the immediate aftermath, and an estimated 150,000 debris particles. As of October\u00a02016, a total of 3,438 pieces of debris had been detected, with 571 decayed and 2,867 still in orbit nine years after the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Aftermath, Space debris tracking\nMore than half of the tracked debris orbits the Earth with a mean altitude above 850 kilometres (530\u00a0mi), so they would likely remain in orbit for decades or centuries. Based on 2009 and 2013 calculations of solar flux, the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office estimated that around 30% of the larger-than-10-centimeter (3.9\u00a0in) debris would still be in orbit in 2035.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Aftermath, Space debris tracking\nIn April 2011, debris from the Chinese test passed 6 kilometres (3.7\u00a0mi) away from the International Space Station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Aftermath, Space debris tracking\nAs of April 2019, 3000 of the 10,000 pieces of space debris routinely tracked by the US Military as a threat to the International Space Station were known to have originated from the 2007 satellite shoot down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Response, Unofficial or indirectly related responses\nDesmond Ball of the Australian National University while commenting on China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test of January 2007 said: \u201cChina's ASAT test of 11 January involved a fairly primitive system, limited to high-inclination LEO satellites. It is the sort of capability available to any country with a store of MRBMs/IRBMs or satellite launch vehicles, and a long-range radar system, such as Japan, India, Iran and even North Korea. However, its LEO coverage does include some extremely valuable satellites, including imaging and ELINT satellites, and the test is likely to generate reactions in several countries.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 94], "content_span": [95, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190642-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test, Response, Related treaties\nThe Outer Space Treaty banned weapons of mass destruction in orbit and outer space but does not ban conventional weaponry in orbit. It is ratified by 98 countries, including China, and signed by 27 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls\nIn 2007 a series of product recalls and import bans were imposed by the product safety institutions of the United States, Canada, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand against products manufactured in and exported from the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC) because of numerous alleged consumer safety issues. The many product recalls within the year led Consumer Reports and other observers to dub 2007 \"The Year of the Recall.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls\nEvents in the confidence crisis included recalls on consumer goods such as pet food, toys, toothpaste and lipstick, and a ban on certain types of seafood. Also included were reports on the poor crash safety of Chinese automobiles, which were slated to enter the American and European markets in 2008. This created adverse consequences for the confidence in the safety and quality of mainland Chinese manufactured goods in the global economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Pet food\nOn March 15, 2007, a Canadian pet food manufacturer notified the US Food and Drug Administration that animals had died after eating its products. The next day, popular brands of pet food were withdrawn across the US while the FDA began its search for the cause. The prime suspect was contamination indicated by the presence of melamine, an industrial chemical found in plastics and resins. The FDA examined 210 samples of pet food and ingredients in six field laboratories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Pet food\nOf those, 130 tested positive for melamine either in the food itself or in wheat gluten used to thicken the gravy accompanying it. Researchers at Cornell University found crystals of melamine and cyanuric acid in urine and kidney tissue taken from dead cats, New Scientist reported. ' How melamine might have got into the pet food remains controversial,' the journal added. ' The FDA says it originated in wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate imported from mainland China that was added to the pet food by US manufacturers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Pet food\nAmerican journalists have since reported that factory owners in China have admitted to routinely adding melamine to such products to boost their nitrogen content, and so make it appear that they contain more protein than they actually do. China explicitly banned this practice on April 26, 2007, though officials dispute any suggestion that melamine from their country could have been responsible for killing America's pets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Pet food, Wilbur-Ellis\nIn April 2007, animal feed provider Wilbur-Ellis Company issued a recall of rice protein it supplies to pet food companies because it may contain melamine. The rice protein was imported from Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd. in China, a company spokesman said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Toys, RC2 Corp\nIn June 2007, toy firm RC2 Corp recalled several of its Thomas & Friends wooden train sets because of the level of lead in the paint its Chinese contractor had used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Toys, RC2 Corp\nIn December 2007, the company recalled all of its The First Years 3-in-1 Flush and Sounds Potty Seats because a Chinese contractor had used orange paint that contained excessive levels of lead on the decorative plaques inserted into the back of the potty seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Toys, Mattel\nIn August 2007, millions of Chinese exported toys made by Mattel were recalled due to overdoses of lead paint. Such products include dolls, action figures, diecast cars, and Fisher Price products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Toys, Bindeez\nIn November 2007, the Australian-distributed toy known there as Bindeez was voluntarily recalled. This was due to shipped toys which contained the toxic chemical 1,4-butanediol that sickened children when it metabolized into the anaesthetic GHB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Toys, Marvel Toys\nOn November 9, 2007, around 175,000 Curious George plush dolls were recalled by Marvel Toys of New York City, New York. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the dolls contained an excessive amount of lead in their surface paint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Toys, Dolgencorp\nOn November 8, 2007 about 51,000 Children's Fashion Sunglasses imported from China were recalled due to dangerous levels of lead. The sunglasses were distributed by Dolgencorp Inc. of Goodlettsville, Tennessee and sold in Dollar General stores nationwide from March 2005 through October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Personal care products, Gilchrist & Soames\nOn August 13, 2007 hotel amenity provider Gilchrist & Soames recalled Chinese-manufactured toothpaste sold under its namesake brand, because the toothpaste was contaminated with poisonous diethylene glycol. Gilchrist & Soames cooperated with the FDA in the recall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Personal care products, EU RAPEX toothpaste recall\nThe EU's RAPEX rapid alert system had alerted member states' governments to pull two brands of Chinese-made toothpaste, Spearmint and Trileaf Spearmint, from European shelves after they were found to contain diethylene glycol, a constituent of antifreeze. Some Chinese manufacturers had been using it as a less-expensive substitute for glycerol, a safe ingredient commonly used to thicken toothpaste. EU consumer affairs commissioner Meglena Kuneva had said: \"The RAPEX alert system has demonstrated its value in this case and has paved the way for a rapid EU-wide safety response prompted by the vigilance of the Spanish authorities\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Personal care products, EU RAPEX toothpaste recall\nTests on toothpaste found in Italy and Portugal had confirmed the results of Spain's tests, which had triggered the alert. The 'authorities in Panama, the Dominican Republic and Australia have found diethylene glycol, known to have been a source of a number of mass poisonings, usually from adulterated medicines, in toothpaste products', the paper added.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nOn 10 July 2007, China executed the former head of its state food and drug administration, Zheng Xiaoyu, for dereliction of duty and taking 6.5m yuan (about US $850,000) in bribes from manufacturers of substandard medicines that had been blamed for several deaths. Zheng, who headed the agency between 1998 and 2005, had become the symbol of the quality control crisis in China's trade arising from the export of tainted goods, for some of which the authorities in Beijing had blamed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nThe sentence reflected Beijing's resolve to wipe out corruption and to ensure consumer safety, China Daily reported on 11 July, quoting the state Xinhua News Agency. \"Zheng Xiaoyu's grave irresponsibility in pharmaceutical safety inspection and failure to conscientiously carry out his duties seriously damaged the interests of the state and people,\" Xinhua had cited the high court as saying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nA court in early July 2007 had handed down a suspended death sentence to one of Zheng's subordinates on the same charges, the paper added. And a third official at the agency was imprisoned after being convicted of taking bribes and illegally possessing a firearm. \"The nest of corruption in the food and drug administration has done incalculable harm to the state and people,\" China Daily quoted the Procuratorial Daily as saying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nChina was the world's largest exporter of consumer products, and tainted goods represented a small fraction of the country's exports worth more than one trillion US dollars each year. However, officials worried that protectionist forces in the US could use the spate of quality problems to restrict trade. As Zheng was being executed, representatives of the country's leading food and drug regulatory bodies were holding a joint news conference to emphasize their determination to crack down on fake and counterfeit food and medicine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nAfter weeks of denying serious problems or accusing foreign forces of exaggerating the issue, officials have begun to strike a less defensive tone. One senior official acknowledged that the food and drug safety network still allowed too many unsafe goods to slip through and said that at the moment the trend \"is not promising \u2026 As a developing country, China's current food and drug safety situation is not very satisfactory because supervision of food and drug safety started late. Its foundation is weak so the supervision of food and drug safety is not easy,\" said Yan Jiangying, deputy policy director of the agency Zheng had headed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nChinese authorities also ordered copies of Time Magazine sold there to remove a story about tainted Chinese products. Apparently, other stories about faulty exports have been censored. Officials have argued that they have been \"smeared\" by media agencies and were planning to take retaliatory sanctions against Western nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190643-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese export recalls, Ultimate sanction\nOn August 11, 2007, Zhang Shuhong, co-owner of the Lee Der Toy Company, which supplied Mattel, was found dead at one of his factories. Chinese press reported that he had committed suicide by hanging. He left his factory littered with goods made for Mattel and its Fisher-Price division. Mattel at the time was the world's biggest toy company, and several weeks earlier had recalled toys based on Big Bird and Elmo from Sesame Street and Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer, due to lead paint it blamed on Lee Der. Before hanging himself, he paid off all his 5,000 staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190644-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 4\u20136 May 2007 at the Shanghai International Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190644-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal\nThe 2007 Chinese slave scandal (simplified Chinese: \u5c71\u897f\u9ed1\u7816\u7a91\u6848; traditional Chinese: \u5c71\u897f\u9ed1\u78da\u7aaf\u6848; pinyin: Sh\u0101nx\u012b H\u0113i Zhu\u0101n Y\u00e1o \u00e0n; lit. ' Shanxi Black Brick Kiln incident') was a series of forced labour cases in Shanxi, China. Thousands of Chinese people including many children had been forced to work as slaves in illegal brickyards, and were tortured by the owners of the brickyards. As of June 2007, approximately 550 people have been rescued from such situations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Background\nShanxi is located in the Loess Plateau in northern China which is known for its rich clay deposits which are easier and cheaper to mine than coal. Through corrupt relationships with officials, slave \"bosses\" opened illegal brickyards. Due to a scarcity of labor in Shanxi, some factories outsourced production to middlemen who recruited workers from other provinces, making huge profits for the bosses. For example, in one notorious case, it was reported that Wang Bingbing, the son of Wang Dongyi, a secretary of a local CCP branch, was the owner of a brickyard located in Hongdong County, Linfen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Background\nThe owner outsourced the brickyard to Heng Tinghan, who was from Henan. The brickyard produces 10,000 bricks per day. The market price for 10,000 bricks is about 2,000 to 3,000 yuan; the owner, however, paid only 360 yuan to Heng per 10,000 bricks produced. Wang Bingbing and Heng Tinghan, along with three other employees, including Heng's son, were later charged with a variety of crimes including murder, illegal detention, and forced labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Background\nThe existence of illegal brickyards was first reported to authorities in 1998. On 1 May, Chen Jianjiao, a representative of the Shanxi People's Congress, received a telephone call from a laborer who had escaped from an illegal brickyard. The escaped man also wrote to the chairman of the Shanxi People's Congress. As a result, slave rescue operations were carried out by provincial government authorities without notifying local officials. Over 150 slaves, three of them child laborers, were freed from these illegal brickyards. Chen Jianjiao himself was responsible for helping to free hundreds of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Background\nThere have been continuing reports of cruelty committed at these illegal brickyards since 2004. On 7 May 2007, Henan TV Metro Channel reported the case of five minors around sixteen years old who had disappeared from the environs of Zhengzhou Railway Station. Having heard of earlier instances of child laborers being kidnapped for brickyards in Shanxi, their parents suspected their children might be found there. Two months later these five were among fifty minors from Henan who were found at an illegal brickyard. Human traffickers had sold them to brickyards for 500 Yuan each. Later in 2011, it was found that the practice had not abated, as disabled men in Zhengzhou were still being kidnapped and forced to labor in the brickyards. The scandal was only uncovered following an undercover investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Background\nOn 10 May, reporters from Henan Television, accompanied by two parents, visited the sites of some illegal brickyards in Shanxi undercover. Reporters later visited many illegal brickyards in Yuncheng and Jincheng. The conditions they found were clearly those of slavery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Background\nConcealed camera revealed that the local police refused to take action to rescue the slaves. Later the reporters were allowed into the illegal brickyards with the company of the local police. Concealed camera showed the police keeping them from rescuing children who were not from Henan which showed obvious local government protection for the illegal brickyards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Working conditions\nThe brickyard owners had purchased laborers from human traffickers to use as slaves. Many of the slaves were sold for CNY300 to CNY400 including delivery. The slaves included children as young as eight years old and teenagers. Moreover, brickyard owners hired guards and wolfdogs to watch their slaves. These slaves were forced to work over sixteen hours every day and any mistakes were punished by brutal torture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Working conditions\nOne teenager who was rescued from an illegal brickyard said that, during his slavery, he had been taken to another brickyard by his boss to watch another slave being fed to a meat grinder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Investigation\nAs the scandal received immediate media attention, it also caught the eyes of the country's major leaders, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. Governor Yu Youjun of Shanxi province offered an unprecedented self-criticism, took responsibility, and tendered his resignation on 30 August. He was replaced by Meng Xuenong, an official who had been sacked as Beijing mayor after the SARS outbreak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190645-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Chinese slave scandal, Investigation\nIn June and July 2007, 570 people in Shanxi and Henan were freed by the Chinese government. Of those rescued, sixty-nine of them were children. In response, the Chinese government assembled a force of 35,000 police to check northern Chinese brickyards for slaves, sent dozens of brickyard supervisors to prison, punished ninety-five low level officials in Shanxi province for dereliction of duty, and sacked twenty-four. One brickyard foreman, Heng Tinghan, was sentenced to life in prison, and an employee of his, Zhao Tanbing, earned the death penalty for killing a mentally handicapped slave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides\nThe 2007 Chittagong mudslides (Bengali: \u09e8\u09e6\u09e6\u09ed \u099a\u099f\u09cd\u099f\u0997\u09cd\u09b0\u09be\u09ae \u09ad\u09c2\u09ae\u09bf\u09a7\u09b8) occurred in the port city of Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh. On 11 June 2007, heavy monsoon rainfall caused mudslides that engulfed slums around the hilly areas of the city. Experts had previously warned the increasing likelihood of landslides due to the Bangladesh government's failure in curbing the illegal hill cutting taking place in Chittagong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Extent of the disaster\nOne third of Chittagong, a city of five\u00a0million residents, came under water due to heavy rainfall and tidal water. The flash floods in the hills caused mud slides and rubble to bury shanties at the foot of the hills near Chittagong Cantonment. Many residents took refuge in local mosques after losing their homes in the disaster. The death toll was reported to be at least 128, including at least 59 children, with more than 150 injured. This is expected to rise further as the rescue efforts got underway and additional reports were received. The government asked the local authorities to evacuate 8,000 people from Lebubagan, the worst hit area. The country-wide death toll from the floods and landslides neared 130 on 12 June, according to Reuters. Most of the deaths were a result of the landslides or from buildings collapsing in the rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Extent of the disaster\nCommunication infrastructure was badly affected with telephone links with the rest of the country and within the city inoperable. Kalurghat Radio Station had to be shut down as its offices were submerged in six\u00a0feet of water. Flights to the city's Shah Amanat International Airport, were suspended and the Chittagong Port, serving 90% of the country's foreign trade, was closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Extent of the disaster, Disaster management\nBangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed and his Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed have been in touch with the local administration to keep abreast of ongoing developments and the government has approved Tk\u00a09\u00a0lakh to assist the victims. This is the first natural disaster to befall the country since the caretaker government was put in place in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Causes of the disaster\nBangladesh's annual monsoon for 2007 started with unusually heavy rain, intensified by a storm from the Bay of Bengal on 9\u201310 June 2007. By 11 June, more than one-third of the southeastern coastal city of Chittagong was under water, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition to the floods, the rains triggered devastating landslides in the deforested hills on which the city is built.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Causes of the disaster\nChittagong Deputy Commissioner Mukhlesur Rahman blamed hill cutting for the disaster. Lalkhan Bazar, one of the worst damaged areas in the mudslide, has been identified as one of the most affected by hill cutting led by influential people. Professor of Geography and Environmental studies in Chittagong University Shahidul Islam explained,\"The only reason for Monday's mud slide in the cantonment area is cutting hills indiscriminately... We were warning about this risk for decades, and this event our fears real.\" Architect Jerina Hossain said, \"Cutting hills made the soil slippery and loose. As a result, it came down with the rain.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Causes of the disaster\nCommunications Adviser of the Bangladesh Government Major General MA Matin supervising the rescue operation on behalf of the Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed directed Chittagong divisional and district administration to identify those responsible for hill cutting on 14 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190646-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Chittagong mudslides, Other areas\nIn the same monsoon onslaught other areas in Bangladesh suffered in varying degrees. In the nearby town of Comilla, to the north, 60,000 people were rendered homeless and in the adjacent district of Cox's Bazar, to the south, 400,000 people were marooned in floods. Three more people were injured in another mudslide in the nearby hill town of Rangamati to the east, where Kaptai Lake became dangerously overflooded to threaten a 230\u00a0megawatt hydro-electric plant. On the day of the mudslide in Chittagong, 11 people died in lightning strikes in Cox's Bazar, Noakhali and Brahmanbaria districts around the disaster damaged areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190647-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chivas USA season\nThe 2007 Chivas USA season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in first place, in their Conference, qualifying for the Playoffs for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190647-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Chivas USA season, Season review\nOn November 23, 2005, Chivas appointed Bob Bradley as their new manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190647-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Chivas USA season, Competitions, MLS, Results summary\nLast updated: October 16, 2007Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190648-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chorley Borough Council election\nElections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party retained overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2003 the Conservatives had a majority on the council with 14 councillors, compared to 8 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. This majority increased when both of the Liberal Democrat councillors for Portfield, Susan Darch and Lillian Jefferis, defected to the Conservatives. However the Liberal Democrats regained one of the seats in a by-election on 5 May 2005 after the resignation of Susan Darch from the council and at the same time picked up a seat in Jumpers ward, which had formerly been held by an independent councillor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election, Background\n63 candidates stood in 2007 for the 24 seats on the council, with Conservative candidates for every seat. The Liberal Democrats had 19 candidates, with at least one in all 11 wards, while six independents stood for election. After 16 years without a seat on the council, Labour stood 11 candidates in 2007, one in each ward, and the UK Independence Party had three candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election, Background\nOnly one councillor stood down at the election, Kevin Dingley from North Highcliffe and Walkford ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives majority on the council was strengthened after they won 17 of the 24 seats on the council. This was at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who lost half of their seats on the council to fall to four councillors. Meanwhile, independents picked up two seats to have three councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Purewell and Stanpit, but they did lose a seat back in Portfield. In Jumpers ward, independent Fred Neale picked up a seat, while independent Julie Petrie also gained a seat, topping the poll in Grange ward. The second seat in Grange had Conservative Denise Jones and Liberal Democrat John Freeman both finish with 374 votes. The winner of this seat was chosen by drawing a name out of a hat and Conservative Denise Jones gained the seat from the Liberal Democrat after she was given one more vote, as her name was chosen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190649-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch Borough Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011\nA by-election was held in Portfield on 16 July 2009 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor David Vick due to poor health. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Christine Payne with a one-vote majority over Conservative Lisle Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190650-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch mayoral election\nThe 2007 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore retired in 2007 after nine years in the office. Bob Parker, previously mayor of Banks Peninsula, beat the Christchurch 2021 representative, Megan Woods, with a majority of 14,212 votes (13.73%). Media personality Jo Giles, who had previously contested the Ilam electorate for the ACT Party for Parliament, came a distant third. A further seven candidate contested the election. Parker's campaign was supported by businessman and Ng\u0101i Tahu board member Nuk Korako, who himself was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014 for the National Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190650-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Christchurch mayoral election, Voting statistics\nParticipation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2007 local election, 40.81% of registered voters cast their vote, some two percentage points higher than in 2004. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal\nThe 2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal violence refers to the violence that occurred during the Christmas of 2007 between the groups led by Sangh Parivar together with the Sangh-affiliated Kui Samaj and the Christians in the Kandhamal district of Odisha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal\nThe violence started on 24 December and ended on 27 December 2007. Violence first broke out on December 24 between Hindus and Christians over Christmas celebrations where a mob of 500 to 3000 members of various Sangh Parivar organizations desecrated several Christmas decorations and injured many Christians. On the same day an alleged attack on Lakshmanananda Saraswati and his driver by some Christians after some of his bodyguards allegedly vandalized church equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal\nClashes between the Kui Samaj which protested the tribal status to the Christians together with groups led by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Rashtriya Swayamswvak Sangh, Bajrang Dal and the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram against the Christians erupted after these incidents, where more than 100 churches and church institutions, 700 houses were burnt down, vandalized or damaged. During the final day of the riots there was also a Christian retaliation in which mobs burnt down about 120 houses of Hindus at different places in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal\nThe official death toll suggested three Christians were killed but other reports put the death toll to nearly 50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nThe Kandhamal district is home more than 100,000 Christians where 60% of them converted from the Scheduled Castes (SC) and are locally called as the Pana Christians. They were Dalits and they speak Kui language like tribal Kandhas. The district has been ethnically divided for decades between the tribal Kui-speaking Kandha tribals and lower caste Kui-speaking Christian Panas who occupy a dominant position in their society. The Kui Samaj, a Sangh-affiliated tribal organization claimed to represent all the Kandha tribals who were nearly 52% of the population in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nAccording to the Constitution, the reservation benefits are removed from the SCs after conversion but the Pana Christians demanded the Scheduled tribe (ST) status after the Presidential Order of 2002 which mentioned the Kui tribes in the ST category since the Pana Christians also speak the kui language. This was opposed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Kui Samaj and other political leaders who depend on Hindu tribals to support their vote bank in the area. These tensions soon transformed into communal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Kandha\u2013Pana tensions\nThe Communalism combat blamed the Sangh Parivar of orchestrating rivalries between Kandhas and the Christian Panas in Kandhamal through Hinduization and polarizing the Kandhas ties with the panas and instigating the Kandhas against the latter's campaign for a scheduled status as a tribe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Christmas tensions\nDuring the last days of the 2007 Christmas, the Dalit Pana Christians were constructing a cloth-draped pandal\u27e8a temporary decorative scaffolding\u27e9 for the Christmas celebrations, over-topping a main-street in the town of Brahmanigaon after receiving permission for the construction from the authorities. The pandal which had been constructed on the same spot for number of years was warned to be removed this year by some local Hindus because it was located in the same area where a recent Durga Puja celebrations took place. On, December 23, Narendra Modi was celebrating his re-election as chief minister in Gujarat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Christmas tensions\nThe activists of the Sangh-affiliated Kui Samaj who had a strained relationship with the Pana Christians called for a Statewide bandh\u27e8shutdown\u27e9 on December 24 and December 25 of 2007 to protest against granting of the ST caste status to the SC Pana Christians with the support of the groups affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The call was first made by Laxmananda Saraswati's commemoration committee. Christians were also warned not to put-up Christmas decorations due to the fact that some Hindus also celebrated Christmas along with them. Due to these tensions several Christian groups asked for extra police protection for their Christmas celebrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Christmas tensions\nDespite the Kui Samaj's call for the Statewide bandh, the police opened the local market on December 24 at about 7\u00a0a.m. in Brahmanigaon after recommendation by some Christian groups for their Christmas preparations. About two hours late a large group allegedly led by a local RSS leader, Bikram Rout, arrived in the market and attempted to forcefully shut it down but the police kept it open. Later scuffles started between the Hindu and the Christian merchants after the group led by the RSS leader allegedly roughed up with some Christians in the market and the market was eventually closed down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Lakshmanananda Saraswati\nOn 24 December, at about 10:45\u00a0am, Lakshmanananda Saraswati, while travelling to the town of Brahmanigaon for a yagna ritual in his car was forced to stop after a bus broke down in front of his vehicle. Hearing Christmas music coming from a nearby church, he sent his bodyguards to ask it to be turned down. His body guards allegedly roughed up on some Christians and vandalized the Church equipments. Saraswati claimed that a group of Christians injured him and his driver and damaged his car, while eye-witnesses and doctor's statements said that he did not appear seriously hurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Lakshmanananda Saraswati\nYet, pictures of him, lying in a hospital bed were circulated widely in the internet and in the news reports. The RSS, Bajrang Dal, VHP and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a 4-hour bandh on the Christmas day following the incident. This led to the communal tensions in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Other incidents leading up to the riots\nOn 23 December, Hindutva-associated tribal organisations reportedly organized a rally with slogans of 'Stop Christianity, Kill Christians' with the support of Sangh Parivar groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Background, Other incidents leading up to the riots\nOn 23 December, Hindutva activists organized a ritual to convert Pastor Digal from the Kutikia gram panchayat along with 12 members of the Christian community. He was beaten, brutally tortured and paraded naked as he refused to renounce Christianity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Riots\nViolent clashes occurred from 24 to 27 December 2007 between people led by the Sangh Parivar groups, the Sangh-affiliated Kui Samaj and the Christians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Riots\nAround 10\u00a0a.m. on 24 December, a mob of around 500 people led again by the RSS leader, Bikram Rout ransacked the pandal and set it on fire in front of the onlooking police. The mob then went on to destroy Christian shops and attack Christians. Gun-shots were fired, a boy was severely wounded, many Christians fled to the near-by jungles out of fear. While other reports suggest more than 3000 people belonging to Vishwa Hindu Parishad, RSS, Bajrang Dal and the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram started to vandalize Christian symbols and two young boys suffered gun injuries. The Church of the lady of Lourdes was decimated. This occurred before Laksmananda was attacked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Riots\nOn 25 December, six churches were set ablaze after the Christians were chased out. The Violence continued as the members of each community clashed with each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Riots\nOn 26 December, clashes continued all over the district, multiple houses were attacked and many were left injured, a police station in Phiringia was set on fire. Police was found it difficult to reach the violence hit areas in the villages as protesters obstructed roads by blocking it with trees. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held two rounds of meetings with senior officials to review the situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Riots\nOn 27 December, dozens of churches were ransacked and razed in the areas of Nuagaon, G Udaygiri Phulbani Sadar and Brahmanigaon. A Congress parliamentarian's house was also attacked by the Saffron activists and the Kui tribals, opposing tribal status for the Pana Christians. A Christian reprisal also took place as a Christian mob entered the Hindu quarter of Brahmanigaon and set fire to about hundred homes. Similarly a Christian mob set fire to an additional twenty homes near Gadapur. On the same day the rioting had stopped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Total casualties and damages\nInitial governmental reports suggested that more than 100 churches and church institutions, including hostels, convents and about 700 houses and other structures were burnt in the riots and three persons killed(all Christians). More than 837 families were left homeless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Total casualties and damages\nA report by the National Commission for Minorities, suggested more than 730 houses were destroyed and 95 churches were burnt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Total casualties and damages\nThe Communalism combat reported 85-95 Churches and 94-96 institutions Christian institutions were burnt down, vandalized or damaged, homes were also looted of jewellery and other valuables", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Total casualties and damages\nAll India Christian Council (AICC) study team stated that in December 2007, Hindu nationalists murdered a total of 50 Christians, destroyed 730 housing units and 95 churches. In the numerous relief camps set up by State government, hundreds of displaced Christians were made to stay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Total casualties and damages\nThe general secretary of the Kandhamal district's Christian Endeavour Union, suggested that 100 houses belonging to Christians were burnt in Godapur, Brahmanigaon, Barakhama, and some other villages on 26 and 27 December 2007. He also visited Godapur and Brahmanigaon villages to take a look of the situation, and suspected that these houses were burnt sown by sections of \"Hinditva Activists\" who may have been incited by the Maoists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Investigations\nMany members of the Hindu community have claimed that Christian show of religiosity, and the financial privilege that enabled such an exhibition, contributed to the rioting. While some Hindu organisations suggested that disturbances were the result of ethnic tensions in the area, mainly between the Dalit Pana community and the Adivasi Kandhas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Investigations\nIndependent experts found that in terms of the violence and planning it across the mountainous areas, the violence was orchestrated and the police had prior information about the Hindutva organisations planning to riot. The celebration of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's party's 10th anniversary coincided with the turmoil. The celebration demanded that a significant number of the state police forces be relocated from districts to Bhubaneswar, the state capital. The police found it challenging to react to the developing situation in Kandhamal between 24 and 25 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190651-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal, Investigations\nHindutva Organizations accused that the violent uprising of Hindus stemmed from Christian conversions and actions of Maoist organizations, resulting in the Kandhamal riots of 2007 even though the Maoist parties are not present in the places in which violence has arisen, even though sangh parivar organisations have seen a increase in these same places in the past years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190652-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup\nThe 2007 Christy Ring Cup began on Saturday, 9 June 2007. The Christy Ring Cup is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2005 for middle-ranking hurling teams in Ireland. The 2007 competition was won by Westmeath GAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190652-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup, Format\n10 counties are contesting the 2007 competition for the Christy Ring Cup \u2014 the prize for the winners of Tier Two of the Guinness All-Ireland Hurling Championship. The 2007 competition involves the current middle rank of hurling counties:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190652-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup, Format\nThese 10 counties are divided into two groups of five and play in a round-robin format, guaranteeing at least four games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up will qualify for the semi-finals of the Christy Ring Cup. Unlike previous years the winners of this year Christy Ring Cup were not promoted to Tier One of the Hurling Championship to contest the Liam MacCarthy Cup the following year. This was decided by the GAA Congress in October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190652-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup, Format\nThe last team in each group was involved in a relegation play-off with the eventual loser being relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nThe 2007 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 5 August 2007 to determine the winners of the 2007 Christy Ring Cup, the 3rd season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Westmeath of Leinster and Kildare of Leinster, with Westmeath winning by 2-15 to 0-13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nThe Christy Ring Cup final between Westmeath and Kildare was the second cup meeting between the two teams, with Kildare failing to beat Westmeath in their lone previous meeting. Westmeath were hoping to make history by becoming the first team to win a second Christy Ring Cup title. Kildare were appearing in their first cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nWestmeath got off the mark in the second minute when Derek McNicholas pointed before the midlanders took a 0-4 to 0-1 lead thanks to scores from Andrew Mitchell (free), Barry Kennedy and Pat Clarke. Ois\u00edn Lynch scored Kildare's first point in the 4th minute, however, he was the Lilywhites' only scorer from play in the entire first half. A superb flick through from Kennedy played in John Shaw for a Westmeath goal on the quarter-hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nAn Andrew Mitchell goal had the inaugural champions 2-5 to 0-2 ahead and they continued to dominate as the first half came to a close, only conceding another point to Lynch. Kildare free-taker White did have a couple of chances to reduce the growing gap but he was off target as the Lilywhites ended the half with a total of nine wides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nWestmeath notched four of the second half's first five points to press home their advantage on the scoreboard \u2013 they were now 2-11 to 0-4 ahead with White providing the only resistance. He scored three times between the 43rd and 48th minutes to reduce the arrears to 2-12 to 0-7. Points from Shaw and Carty were replied to by Kildare wing forward Paddy O'Brien, who struck a brace of frees before getting injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nKildare were having their best spell of the match as they tagged on a further three points through substitute Mattie Dowd and White (two frees) to make it an eight-point game (2-14 to 0-12). Kennedy slung over Westmeath's final point in the 62nd-minute, while Kildare substitute Dara Nolan registered the game's final score with a well-taken point as Westmeath held on for an encouraging victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190653-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Christy Ring Cup Final\nWestmeath's victory was their second in three years. They became the first team to win the Christy Ring Cup twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190654-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chrono Champenois \u2013 Troph\u00e9e Europ\u00e9en\nThe 2007 Chrono Champenois \u2013 Troph\u00e9e Europ\u00e9en was the 9th running of the Chrono Champenois - Troph\u00e9e Europ\u00e9en, a women's individual time trial bicycle race. It was held on 16 September 2007 over a distance of 33.4 kilometres (20.8 miles) in France. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190655-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chrono des Nations\nThe 2007 Chrono des Nations was the 26th edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 21 October 2007. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Bodrogi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190656-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Chuo mayoral election\nCh\u016b\u014d, Tokyo held a mayoral election on April 15, 2007 as part of the 2007 unified elections. Incumbent mayor Yada Yoshihide, was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190657-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Churchill Cup\nThe 2007 Churchill Cup was held from May 18 to June 2, 2007. It was the fifth year of the Churchill Cup. Six rugby union teams took part: Canada, England Saxons, Ireland A, New Zealand M\u0101ori, Scotland A, and the USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190657-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Churchill Cup, Format\nThe teams were split into two pools of three teams each. The winners of the two pools moved on to compete in the overall final, while the two runners-up competed for the Plate, and the two bottom-placed teams contested the Bowl. All of the finals were played on 2 June 2007 at Twickenham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190657-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Churchill Cup, Format\n2007 was the first occasion where the competition was played outside of North America. This was because many players were to be in Europe ahead of the Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake\nThe Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake (Japanese: \u5e73\u621019\u5e74 (2007\u5e74) \u65b0\u6f5f\u770c\u4e2d\u8d8a\u6c96\u5730\u9707) was a powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred 10:13 local time (01:13 UTC) on July 16, 2007, in the northwest Niigata region of Japan. The earthquake, which occurred at a previously unknown offshore fault shook Niigata and neighbouring prefectures. The city of Kashiwazaki and the villages of Iizuna and Kariwa registered the highest seismic intensity of a strong 6 on Japan's shindo scale, and the quake was felt as far away as Tokyo. Eleven deaths and at least 1,000 injuries were reported, and 342 buildings were completely destroyed, mostly older wooden structures. Prime Minister Shinz\u014d Abe broke off from his election campaign to visit Kashiwazaki and promised to \"make every effort towards rescue and also to restore services such as gas and electricity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Tectonic summary\nThis magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurred approximately 17 kilometres (11\u00a0mi) off the west coast of Honsh\u016b, Japan, in a zone of compressional deformation that is associated with the boundary between the Amur Plate and the Okhotsk Plate. At this latitude, the Okhotsk Plate is converging to the west-northwest towards the Amur Plate with a velocity of about 9\u00a0mm/yr and a maximum convergence rate of 24\u00a0mm/yr. The Amur and Okhotsk plates are themselves relatively small plates that lie between the Eurasian Plate and the Pacific Plate. The Pacific Plate converges west-northwest towards the Eurasia Plate at over 90\u00a0mm/yr. Most of the relative motion between the Pacific and Eurasia plates is accommodated approximately 400\u00a0km (250\u00a0mi) to the east-southeast of the epicenter of the earthquake, where the Pacific Plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk Plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 900]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Tectonic summary\nThis shallow crustal earthquake was followed 13 hours later by a deep focus magnitude 6.8 quake roughly 330\u00a0km (210\u00a0mi) to the west, 350\u00a0km (220\u00a0mi) below the Sea of Japan. The two earthquakes were generated by different mechanisms. The first earthquake was caused by deformation within the crust of the Okhotsk Plate and the second quake was likely caused by faulting resulting from internal deformation of the subducted Pacific Plate. Given their different mechanisms and physical separation of at least 10 rupture lengths, the second earthquake is not considered an aftershock of the first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Tectonic summary\nShallow earthquakes cause more damage than intermediate- and deep-focus ones since the energy generated by the shallow events is released closer to the surface and therefore produces stronger shaking than is produced by quakes that are deeper within the Earth. The peak ground acceleration generated was 993 gal (1.01 g).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Tectonic summary\nTwo days after the initial earthquake, an aftershock, registering 4 shindo, occurred in Izumozaki, Niigata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Automotive production\nOn July 18, Toyota motor announced it stopped production in all of its factories because of the damage done to the Riken parts plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. Nissan also had to shut down two factories. Production resumed in Toyota, Mazda, and Honda plants on July 25, after damaged equipment and gas and water supplies were restored. Toyota's production losses amounted to between 46,000 or possibly 55,000 vehicles. Nissan lost 12,000 vehicles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant incidents\nThe earthquake caused a leak of radioactive gases from Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. A small amount of water from the spent fuel pool leaked out but plant operators said the leak was low and did not present any environmental danger. The earthquake also caused a fire in an electrical transformer at the plant that was extinguished after two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190658-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ch\u016betsu offshore earthquake, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant incidents\nThe government requested that the plant remain closed pending safety inspections. The International Atomic Energy Agency offered to send a team of experts to inspect the plant. The Japanese government initially declined the offer but later accepted it after Niigata Prefecture legislature asked for confidence building efforts to counter public concern about the reactor. Following the incident Dr Kiyoo Mogi, chair of Japan's Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, called for the immediate closure of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, which was built close to the centre of the expected T\u014dkai earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team\nThe 2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by Brian Kelly, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1923. This was Kelly's first complete season with the Bearcats, having coached them to a 27\u201324 win against Western Michigan in the 2007 International Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team\nThe 2007 season was a breakthrough for Cincinnati football, as it saw the Bearcats break into the national rankings for the first time since 1976. The Bearcats' highest rank of their 2007 campaign was 15th in the AP Top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Southeast Missouri State\nThe games was the first regular season game for new coach, Brian Kelly. The Bearcats' 59-3 victory was the most lopsided in school history since beating Louisiana-Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana, 63-0 in 1977. The Bearcats' 615 yards was the third most in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 80], "content_span": [81, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, Miami University\nDustin Grutza, who started in place of the injured UC quarterback Ben Mauk threw for two scores to lead the Bearcats to a 47-10 win over the Miami RedHawks. UC defense dominated the game with a fumble recovery, three interceptions, a blocked punt, and five sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nThe 31 points scored in the first quarter is a Cincinnati record for most points scored in a single quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nCincinnati came into the game predicted by some to upset the mountaineers. However, for the majority of the game West Virginia used their punishing ground attack to build a 21-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter. However, after a costly fumble leading to another West Virginia touchdown, the Bearcats rallied. Their defense force two fumbles and a punt by the Mountaineers, and the offense cashed in with two touchdowns. After UC's second touchdown and a failed two-point conversion, West Virginia recovered an onside kick attempt and managed to run out the clock, handing the Bearcats their third loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, PapaJohns.com Bowl\n. The Cincinnati Bearcats led by Quarterback Ben Mauk ended Southern Mississippi coach Jeff Bower's 17-year tenure as head coach at Southern Miss in losing fashion, 31-21. Mauk went 30-52 for 334 yards, 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Mauk became the 3rd player in Cincinnati history to throw for 3,000 yards in a season. His favorite target was Dominick Goodman who caught 7 passes for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns. The defense was led by DeAngelo Smith who had a whopping 3 interceptions. For Southern Miss, Jeremy Young went 18-32 for 122 yards and 2 touchdowns, but 3 interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190659-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, Game summaries, PapaJohns.com Bowl\nDamion Fletcher led the team in rushing and receiving, with 155 yards on 29 carries on the ground and 7 catches for 50 yards through the air. Southern Miss jumped to an early 7-0 lead on a 10-yard pass from Young to Shawn Nelson in the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter, Cincinnati struck back when Mauk threw both touchdown passes to Goodman to end the half. In the 3rd quarter Mauk hooked up with Ernest Jackson for 29 yards and a touchdown to make it 21-7 in favor of the Bearcats. Young then had a 1-yard run with 6:48 to play in the 3rd to make it 21-14. Cincinnati then pulled away when Mauk hit Antwuan Giddens for his last touchdown. A field goal by Jake Rogers made it 31-14 Bearcats, and they never looked back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season\nThe 2007 Cincinnati Bengals season was the 38th season for the team in the National Football League and their 40th overall season. The team attempted to improve upon their 8\u20138 record in 2006 and were looking to return to the playoffs after narrowly missing them. They failed to do so, finishing with a 7\u20139 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Coaching changes\nHead coach Marvin Lewis entered his fifth year with the Bengals. He was joined by offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski and defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Suspensions\nChris Henry, after repeated off-field run-ins with the law, was suspended for 8 games (\u00bd the regular season) after a private meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Chris Henry was arrested for driving without a license and a seatbelt, which led to the meeting with Goodell and his subsequent suspension for 8 games. In May, it was reported he failed a drug test as part of his parole agreement but shortly after the announcement was made it was recanted by the Kentucky police department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Suspensions\nOdell Thurman, another NFL player currently under contract with the Bengals has had legal troubles and still appears to be in trouble with the Bengals as well. Head coach Marvin Lewis repeatedly avoided or refused to speak about his status with the team after Thurman was suspended for the all of 2006. When Thurman applied for reinstatement in July 2007 he was denied and was further suspended the entire 2007\u201308 season. The exact reason for the extension was not specified by the league but many suspect it had to do with a drunk-driving incident earlier that same month. His suspension prompted Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew to call the NFL officials \"Hypocrites\" for promoting alcohol sales and consumption during games but punishing players for drinking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Off-field incidents\nLevi Jones was involved in an altercation with linebacker Joey Porter of the Miami Dolphins. Allegedly Porter and some others ambushed Levi, physically assaulted and robbed him. Porter was charged with a misdemeanor for assault. Jones characterized the incident as a \"cowardly assault\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Off-field incidents\nAJ Nicholson was arrested for the second time in as many years but for domestic violence. His wife dropped the charges but due to statutory state laws the state continued to press charges. On the day his arrest was announced he was released a few hours later by the Bengals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Important injuries\nDavid Pollack, injured last season with a broken neck vertebrae spent the season in rehab with hopes of returning in the 2008\u201309 season. Pollack later announced his retirement from the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Important injuries\nKenny Irons, the 2nd round draft pick, experienced a serious knee injury during a preseason game against the Detroit Lions, which forced him onto injured reserve for his rookie year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Important injuries\nChris Perry experienced another injury which threatens to keep him out the entire season. In August, he was placed on the physically unable to perform list, meaning he had to miss at least six games. In November, Bengals announced that he would remain on the list for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Important injuries\nEric Henderson fractured his wrist during the preseason against the New Orleans Saints and was put on injured reserve for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Preseason games\nIn the previous preseason the Bengals went 4\u20130. The Bengals 2007 preseason run ended at 1\u20133, with its final victory the game against Indianapolis in which neither Carson Palmer nor Peyton Manning came prepared to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Preseason games\nThe preseason started off with a loss to the Detroit Lions at their dome. The big focus was the limited showdown and relationship between Palmer and his former mentor Jon Kitna. The Bengals' starting team did not score a touchdown in their possessions, walking away with 2 Shayne Graham field goals and a huge time of possession advantage before they were benched. The Lions' starters did not score a TD during their possessions during that same time. In this game the second-round draft pick, Kenny Irons, experienced his season-ending injury. Detroit went on to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Preseason games\nThe second game was against the New Orleans Saints. Again, the starting Bengals offense failed to score a TD and settled for several Shane Graham field goals. LB Henderson suffered a season-ending wrist injury late in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Preseason games\nThe third game was at the home of the Atlanta Falcons on a Monday night. The starting Bengals played until the 3rd quarter and scored two touchdowns to end their drought. Shayne Graham was injured on a kickoff during an attempted tackle and did not return to kick any PATs or kickoffs, which meant the Bengals made a conversion attempt on 4th down and attempted a 2-point try. Atlanta's starting team, led by Joey Harrington since Vick's legal troubles will keep him from the team, also managed two touchdowns. The Bengals went on to lose the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Preseason games\nTheir fourth and final game, also their only preseason win, took place on August 31. Neither starting quarterback came prepared to play; though Palmer at least wore his uniform, while Manning dressed up in a Colts polo. Cincinnati scored 14 points in the 3rd quarter, with no score coming from the orange jerseys before or after that quarter. Indianapolis scored 6 in the 4th quarter, falling 8 points short of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nIn their very first Monday Night home opener, the Bengals and their offensive firepower began their 40th Anniversary season in Game 1 of the Monday Night Football doubleheader against the defending AFC North champion Baltimore Ravens, with last year's top defense. In the first quarter, Cincinnati managed to cash in on a Raven fumble with QB Carson Palmer completing a 39-yard TD pass to WR Chad Johnson (whose TD celebration was on the sideline, in the form of a Hall of Fame jacket.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nLater, the Bengals managed to turn another fumble recovery into points as kicker Shayne Graham kicked a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Baltimore finally managed to score with RB Musa Smith getting a 6-yard TD run. Cincinnati responded with Graham kicking a 40-yard field goal, while Ravens kicker Matt Stover ended the half with a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Bengals defense struck big, as OLB Landon Johnson recovered a McNair fumble and returned the ball 34 yards for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore took the lead with Stover getting a 23-yard field goal, while Safety Ed Reed returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown. Cincinnati regained the lead by turning an interception into a score as Palmer completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh (followed by a successful 2-point conversion by RB Rudi Johnson). After the Ravens managed to recover a Bengal fumble on Cincinnati's next drive, Baltimore had one final chance. Eventually, the Bengals held their ground and won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nThe Bengals defense had a total of 6 takeaways while the offense only turned over the ball twice. The game was relatively close in score with the final chance to tie up the game coming with a bit more than one minute left on the game clock. The defense held Baltimore out successfully scoring the tying touchdown after they had \"goal to go\" for 8 consecutive plays (after penalties extended their opportunities). Two Bengals linemen, Willie Anderson and Levi Jones, did not play most of this game due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CIN \u2013 8:38 \u2013 39-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (kick failed) (CIN 6\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CIN \u2013 4:07 \u2013 Shayne Graham 23-yard FG (CIN 9\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 BAL \u2013 11:56 \u2013 Musa Smith 6-yard TD run (Matt Stover kick) (CIN 9\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CIN \u2013 1:07 \u2013 Shayne Graham 40-yard FG (CIN 12\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 BAL \u2013 0:06 \u2013 Matt Stover 36-yard FG (CIN 12\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CIN \u2013 8:57 \u2013 Landon Johnson 34-yard fumble return TD (Graham kick) (CIN 19\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 BAL \u2013 14:05 \u2013 Matt Stover 23-yard FG (CIN 19\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 BAL \u2013 12:25 \u2013 Ed Reed 63-yard punt return TD (Stover kick) (BAL 20\u201319)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Baltimore Ravens, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CIN \u2013 8:53 \u2013 7-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to T. J. Houshmandzadeh (Rudi Johnson 2-point conversion run) (CIN 27\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns\nPlaying in their second game of the season, the Cincinnati Bengals had a lot of things go wrong. Playing Ohio state rivals Cleveland Browns, the defense looked the exact opposite as they did in week one. Browns quarterback Derek Anderson started and threw for 328 yards and five touchdowns. It was only the third time in NFL history that two quarterbacks had thrown at least five touchdown passes in the same game. Jamal Lewis had 215 yards rushing with one touchdown and the Browns had two receivers with over 100 yards, Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow. The Bengals offense tried their best to keep the team in the game, however, as Carson Palmer threw for 6 TD's and Chad Johnson caught for 209 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns\nThe game started out slowly in the first quarter but the second quarter saw a combined 35 points scored. It was close in the end, when the Bengals started a drive with under one minute left. They managed to get the ball to the 50-yard line when Carson Palmer was intercepted by Leigh Bodden on an intended pass for Chad Johnson. This game ended up being the eighth highest scoring game in NFL history, but not the highest scoring game between these two teams. In 2004, the Bengals beat the Browns 58\u201348 for the second-most combined points. The Redskins (72) and Giants (41) combined for 113 points in 1966 for the most.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CIN \u2013 10:40 \u2013 13-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Rudi Johnson (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CLE \u2013 5:02 \u2013 Phil Dawson 39-yard FG (CIN 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CLE \u2013 0:09 \u2013 Phil Dawson 39-yard FG (CIN 7\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CLE \u2013 11:02 \u2013 17-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Joe Jurevicius (Dawson kick) (CLE 13\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CIN \u2013 7:40 \u2013 23-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to T. J. Houshmandzadeh (Graham kick) (CIN 14\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CLE \u2013 6:37 \u2013 9-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Joe Jurevicius (Dawson kick) (CLE 20\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CIN \u2013 3:12 \u2013 22-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (Graham kick) (CIN 21\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CLE \u2013 1:11 \u2013 25-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Kellen Winslow (Dawson kick) (CLE 27\u201321)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CIN \u2013 12:13 \u2013 Shayne Graham 20-yard FG (CLE 27\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CLE \u2013 8:24 \u2013 34-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Braylon Edwards (Dawson kick) (CLE 34\u201324)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CIN \u2013 6:18 \u2013 14-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (Graham kick) (CLE 34\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CLE \u2013 6:04 \u2013 Jamal Lewis 66-yard TD run (Dawson kick) (CLE 41\u201331)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CIN \u2013 0:53 \u2013 5-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to T. J. Houshmandzadeh (Graham kick) (CLE 41\u201338)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CLE \u2013 10:07 \u2013 37-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Braylon Edwards (Dawson kick) (CLE 48\u201338)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CLE \u2013 5:47 \u2013 Phil Dawson 18-yard FG (CLE 51\u201338)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 2: at Cleveland Browns, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CIN \u2013 3:45 \u2013 7-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Glenn Holt (Graham kick) (CLE 51\u201345)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks\nFollowing their embarrassing divisional road loss, the Bengals flew to Qwest Field for an interconference fight with the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks won the toss, opted to receive the ball, and then proceeded to return the opening kickoff deep into Cincinnati territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks\nSeahawk QB Matt Hasselbeck completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram on that drive. Cincinnati responded with QB Carson Palmer completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. In the second quarter, the Bengals took the lead with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 43-yard field goal. However, Seattle took the lead with Hasselbeck completing a 42-yard TD to WR Deion Branch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati struck back with LB Lemar Marshall sacked Hasselbeck in his own end zone for a safety, along with the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals took the lead with Graham getting a 24-yard field goal. The Seahawks responded with kicker Josh Brown getting a 23-yard field goal, while Cincinnati retook the lead with RB Kenny Watson getting an 8-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). However, Seattle took the lead with Hasselbeck completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. The Bengals' special teams unit tried to get Palmer and his offense decent field position, but WR Glenn Holt fumbled the return at their own 29-yard line, allowing the Seahawks to recover the ball for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks\nWatson came into the game because Rudi Johnson was injured. Leon Hall got his first NFL interception. Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson both gained more than 125 yards each receiving. Levi Jones saw his most extensive playing time so far in the season after an injury to Stacey Andrews forced the offensive line to be reshuffled. T", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. New England Patriots\nTrying to stop a two-game skid, the Bengals went home for their second Monday Night game of the year. They wore their alternate uniforms as they played against the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski got a 31-yard field goal, while QB Tom Brady completed a 1-yard TD pass to LB Mike Vrabel. In the second quarter, the Bengals managed to get on the board with QB Carson Palmer completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0049-0001", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. New England Patriots\nHowever, New England responded with Brady completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss. Near the end of the 2nd quarter, the Bengals had a chance to get closer to the Pats, but a miscommunication between Palmer and Chad Johnson resulted in a New England interception. Palmer and Johnson argued on the sidelines and all the way back to the locker room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati continued to struggle as Patriots RB Sammy Morris getting a 7-yard TD run. The Bengals' only response was kicker Shayne Graham nailing a 40-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New England increased its lead with Gostkowski kicking a 36-yard field goal. Cincinnati's final response was Graham kicking a 48-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Patriots sealed the win with Brady and Moss hooking up with each other again on a 14-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. New England Patriots\nWith their third-straight loss, the Bengals entered their bye week at 1\u20133. It also marked Cincinnati's 5th loss to New England in the last 6 meetings. After the game, Marvin Lewis was heard yelling at his players for their 1\u20133 record. He called a team meeting a few days later and said that \"anyone who doesn't want to play shouldn't show up\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 6: at Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off of their bye week with hopes to turn their season around, the Bengals flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 6 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Chiefs kicker Dave Rayner kicked a 32-yard field goal. The Bengals responded with QB Carson Palmer completing a 42-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. However, Kansas City responded with QB Damon Huard completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. In the second quarter, Cincinnati continued to struggle as Chiefs RB Larry Johnson got an 8-yard TD run, along with Rayner ending the half with a 20-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 6: at Kansas City Chiefs\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Bengals tried to make a comeback in the fourth quarter as kicker Shayne Graham got a 33-yard field goal. After Kansas City increased its lead with Huard and Gonzalez hooking up with each other again on a 26-yard TD pass, Cincinnati got within striking distance as Palmer and Houshmandzadeh hooked up with each other again on a 30-yard TD pass, along with Graham's 36-yard field goal. The Chiefs held on to get the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 6: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith their fourth-straight loss, the Bengals fell to 1\u20134. It also marked the first time in the Marvin Lewis era that Cincinnati had lost four-straight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. New York Jets\nTrying to snap a four-game skid, the Bengals went home for a Week 7 intraconference duel, as they hosted the New York Jets for the first time in a decade. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Jets QB Chad Pennington completed a 57-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. The Bengals responded with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 20-yard field goal. In the second quarter, New York increased its lead with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 24-yard and a 35-yard field goal. Cincinnati responded with RB Kenny Watson getting a 3-yard TD run. The Jets ended the half with Pennington and Coles hooking up with each other again on a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, New York added onto its lead with Nugent kicking a 43-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Bengals responded with QB Carson Palmer completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. In the fourth quarter, Cincinnati's offense took over as Watson added a 1-yard and a 2-yard TD run on to his magnificent day. Afterwards, the Bengals defense sealed the win with CB Johnathan Joseph returning an interception 42 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Jets end the game with Pennington completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR Jerricho Cotchery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. New York Jets\nWith their four-game skid snapped, Cincinnati kept its playoff hopes alive by improving to 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their home win over the Jets, the Bengals stayed at home for an AFC North clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Cincinnati struck first with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 31-yard field goal. However, the Steelers responded with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. In the second quarter, the Bengals struggled as Roethlisberger and Ward hooked up with each other again on a 6-yard TD pass. Cincinnati answered with Graham kicking a 20-yard field goal. Pittsburgh ended the first half with RB Willie Parker getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Bengals tried to come back as QB Carson Palmer completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh in the fourth quarter. Pittsburgh sealed the win with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Steelers, the Bengals flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Bills QB J. P. Losman completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans. The Bengals answered with QB Carson Palmer completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. In the second quarter, Buffalo retook the lead with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 23-yard field goal. Immediately afterwards, Cincinnati took the lead as WR/KR Glenn Holt returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. The Bills ended the half with Lindell getting a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, Buffalo regained the lead with Lindell kicking a 29-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Bengals went back into the lead with Palmer completing a 1-yard TD pass to FB Jeremi Johnson. Cincinnati's struggles continued, with Lindell nailing a 38-yard field goal, along with RB Marshawn Lynch completing an 8-yard TD pass to TE Robert Royal & getting a 56-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 10: at Baltimore Ravens\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Bengals flew to M&T Bank Stadium for an AFC North rematch with the Baltimore Ravens. After a scoreless first quarter, Cincinnati drew first blood in the second quarter as kicker Shayne Graham managed to get a 34-yard and a 19-yard field goal. Ravens quarterback Steve McNair continued to struggle, with an interception and several fumbles. In the third quarter, the Bengals increased its lead with Graham kicking a 22-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cincinnati pulled away with Graham nailed two 35-yarders, a 21-yarder, and a 33-yard field goal. The Ravens managed to avoid a shutout loss with RB Willis McGahee getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 10: at Baltimore Ravens\nWith their season-sweep over Baltimore, the Bengals improved to 3\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their season-sweep over the Ravens, the Bengals went home a Week 11 interconference duel with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Cincinnati struck first with QB Carson Palmer completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh. The Cardinals answered with CB Antrel Rolle returning an interception 55 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Bengals regained the lead with kicker Shayne Graham getting a 41-yard field goal. However, Arizona took the lead with QB Kurt Warner completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. Cincinnati responded with Graham kicking a 38-yard field goal, but the Cardinals increased their lead with Warner completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Bengals trailed as RB Edgerrin James gave Arizona a 3-yard TD run. Cincinnati tried to rally as Palmer completed a 37-yard TD pass to WR Chris Henry, while RB DeDe Dorsey returned a blocked punt 19 yards for a touchdown. The Cardinals sealed the win with Rolle returning an interception 54 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Cardinals, the Bengals stayed at home, donned their alternate uniforms, and played a Week 12 duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Cincinnati pounced first with RB Rudi Johnson getting a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Titans answered with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 28-yard field goal. The Bengals responded with QB Carson Palmer completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Chad Johnson. Tennessee ended the half with Bironas nailing a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Cincinnati began to pull away as RB Kenny Watson managed to get a 6-yard TD run, while Palmer hooked up with Chad Johnson on a 2-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals sealed the victory with Palmer hooking up with Chad for the third time on a 3-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Tennessee Titans\nChad Johnson (12 receptions for 103 yards and 3 touchdowns) ended the game as the Bengals' All-Time receptions leader with 531. Also, this marked the third time in his career that he caught 3 touchdown passes in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their dominating home win over the Titans, the Bengals flew to Heinz Field for a Week 13 AFC North rematch with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Cincinnati took the early lead as RB Rudi Johnson got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. However, in the second quarter, the Steelers took the lead as QB Ben Roethlisberger got a 6-yard TD run, along with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 21-yard field goal. Pittsburgh ended the half as Roethlisberger completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. In the third quarter, the Bengals tried to get back into the game as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 24-yard TD pass, yet Pittsburgh replied with Roethlisberger and Ward hooking up with each other again on an 8-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nFor QB Carson Palmer, one week after completing a career-best 84.2% of his passes against Tennessee, he completed a career-worst 38.6% of his passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Steelers, the Bengals went home for a Week 14 interconference duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Cincinnati drew first blood as RB Rudi Johnson got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Bengals increased their lead with Kicker Shayne Graham getting a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Rams got on the board as CB Fakhir Brown returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, Cincinnati responded with Graham kicking a 38-yard and a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis tried to come back as kicker Jeff Wilkins kicked a 50-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Bengals ended the game with Graham nailing a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, Cincinnati improved to 5\u20138 and outright 3rd place in the AFC North with the Ravens' loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 15: at San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their home win over the Rams, the Bengals flew to Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park for a Saturday night interconference duel with the San Francisco 49ers. After a scoreless first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early in the second quarter as 49ers QB Shaun Hill got a 3-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Bengals took the lead as kicker Shayne Graham managed to get a 24-yard field goal, while QB Carson Palmer completed a 52-yard TD pass to WR Chris Henry. San Francisco ended the half with Hill completing a 17-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 15: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers increased their lead with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 29-yard and a 38-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cincinnati tried to respond as Graham kicked a 35-yard field goal. However, the 49ers' defense held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 15: at San Francisco 49ers\nWith the loss, the Bengals fell to 5\u20139, securing Head Coach Marvin Lewis' first losing season with Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the 49ers, the Bengals played their final home game of the year in a Week 16 AFC North rematch with the Cleveland Browns. After a scoreless first quarter, Cincinnati slashed away in the second quarter as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 29-yard field goal and QB Carson Palmer completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, along with RB Kenny Watson getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, the Browns began to fight back as QB Derek Anderson completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland drew closer with Anderson and Edwards hooking up with each other again on a 5-yard TD pass. Afterwards, the Bengals held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins\nComing off their home victory over the Browns, the Bengals closed out their season at Dolphin Stadium in a Week 17 intraconference duel with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Cincinnati trailed early as Dolphins kicker Jay Feely kicked a 49-yard field goal. The Bengals responded with QB Carson Palmer completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Chad Johnson. In the second quarter, Miami took the lead with QB Cleo Lemon completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Ted Ginn Jr., yet Cincinnati replied with Palmer and C. Johnson hooking up with each other again on a 70-yard TD pass, including a 4-yard TD pass to WR Antonio Chatman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Bengals increased their lead with Safety Chinedum Ndukwe returning a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins tried to come back as QB John Beck got a 2-yard TD run, yet Cincinnati pulled away with RB Kenny Watson getting a 2-yard TD run and kicker Shayne Graham nailing a 30-yard field goal. Miami ended the game with Beck completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR Derek Hagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins\nWith the win, the Bengals closed out their season at 7\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 MIA \u2013 11:16 \u2013 Jay Feely 49-yard FG (MIA 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 CIN \u2013 3:53 \u2013 2-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 MIA \u2013 7:03 \u2013 5-yard TD pass from Cleo Lemon to Ted Ginn (Jay Feely kick) (MIA 10\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CIN \u2013 6:27 \u2013 70-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Chad Johnson (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 14\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 CIN \u2013 0:04 \u2013 4-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Antonio Chatman (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 21\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 CIN \u2013 13:12 \u2013 Chinedum Ndukwe 54-yard fumble return TD (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 28\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIA \u2013 12:21 \u2013 John Beck 2-yard TD run (Jay Feely kick) (CIN 28\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CIN \u2013 10:03 \u2013 Kenny Watson 2-yard TD run (Shayne Graham kick) (CIN 35\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 CIN \u2013 2:16 \u2013 Shayne Graham 30-yard FG (CIN 38\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190660-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season, Week 17: at Miami Dolphins, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 MIA \u2013 0:28 \u2013 22-yard TD pass from John Beck to Derek Hagan (2-point conversion pass from John Beck to Derek Hagan) (CIN 38\u201325)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season\nThe Cincinnati Reds' 2007 season was a season in American baseball. It was the Reds' 126th season in total and their fifth at their present home park, Great American Ball Park. The Reds failed on a bid to win the NL Central, falling out of serious contention by midseason and finishing in 5th place with a 72-90 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season\nFollowing an 11\u20137 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on July 1, general manager Wayne Krivsky fired manager Jerry Narron and named advance scout Pete Mackanin interim manager. It was the second managerial change of the day, following the resignation of Seattle Mariners skipper Mike Hargrove. The Reds won Mackanin's first game at the helm, 7\u20133 over the San Francisco Giants on the strength of a grand slam by Brandon Phillips.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season\nThe season also included highlights such as the Reds 2004 first-round draft pick, right-handed starting pitcher Homer Bailey making his MLB debut against the Indians on June 8. He pitched 5 innings, gave up 2 earned runs, struck out 3, and walked 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos=Position; G=Games played; AB=At bats; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting average; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G=Games played; AB=At bats; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting average; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G=Games pitched; IP=Innings pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; SO=Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G=Games pitched; IP=Innings pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; SO=Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190661-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G=Games pitched; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned run average; SO=Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400\nThe 2007 Citizens Bank 400 was the 15th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It was held on June 17, 2007, at Michigan International Speedway, located in the town of Brooklyn, Michigan .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400\nAfter this race, 11 races remained to set the field for the Chase for the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400, Qualifying\nJ.J. Yeley won his first career pole with a fast lap of 187.505 miles per hour, or 38.399 seconds. Jimmie Johnson fell short of Yeley's lap by .001 second. Ryan Newman, who had won the three previous poles, qualified fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400, Qualifying\nMichael Waltrip made only his third race in 15 tries. He had announced earlier that week that he was stepping aside for the following week's race, the Toyota/Save Mart 350, in favor of two-time series champion Terry Labonte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400, Race\nCarl Edwards won the Citizens Bank 400 for his first win in the Nextel Cup Series since November 4, 2005 at Texas Motor Speedway, a span of 52 races. Edwards took the lead from Johnson on lap 166 (out of 200) and never lost it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400, Race\nMartin Truex, Jr. finished second; he now had a three-race span in which he finished first, third, and second. Tony Stewart rallied from the 41st starting position to place third. The remaining Top 5 drivers were Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who will be teammates at Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400, Race\nThere were 22 lead changes among 11 drivers. The race also had four caution periods; one of them was for an accident involving seven cars, including Matt Kenseth, Brian Vickers, and Jeff Green. Michigan International Speedway has been a Ford dominated track starting in 1984, and a Mercury track before that from 1969 to 1978. It was also a track that suited a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190662-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Citizens Bank 400, Points\nJeff Gordon (9th place) retained his points lead, by 247 over second place Denny Hamlin (14th). They were followed by Kenseth (42nd), Johnson (19th due to a fuel-mileage problem), and Jeff Burton (24th) in that order. Earnhardt, Jr. entered the top 12 in points, the last qualifying spot for the Chase, while Mark Martin dropped out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190663-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election\nThe City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 3 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190663-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Keighley Central ward\nLabour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 97], "content_span": [98, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190664-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Edinburgh Council election\nElections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 58 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190664-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Edinburgh Council election, Aggregate results\nFollowing the election, a Liberal Democrat-SNP minority administration was formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190664-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Edinburgh Council election, 2007-2011 by-elections\nA by-election arose following the death of Labour Cllr Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190664-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Edinburgh Council election, 2007-2011 by-elections\nA by-election arose following the resignation of Ian Murray after his election as an MP on 6 May 2010. The seat was held by Labour's Bill Cook on 9 September 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190664-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Edinburgh Council election, 2007-2011 by-elections\nA by-election arose following the resignation of SNP Cllr David Beckett on 9 June 2011. The seat was held by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin on 18 August 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190665-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 City of Lincoln Council election\nThe 2007 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections. All 33 seats were up for election, with 3 councillors in each of the 11 wards being elected following a boundary review. The Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190666-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 City of York Council election\nLocal elections for City of York Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election. Of the 47 seats contested, the Liberal Democrats won 19 seats, Labour won 18 seats, Conservatives won eight seats and the Green Party won two seats. The election saw York's ruling Liberal Democrats lose ten seats and overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190666-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 City of York Council election, Ward results, Rural West York ward\nThe parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Copmanthorpe, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, and Upper Poppleton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190667-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Clackmannanshire Council election\nElections to Clackmannanshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 5 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190667-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Clackmannanshire Council election, Election results\nThe votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190668-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield\nThe 2007 Claxton Shield was the 73rd anniversary of the event, it was held between 19 and 28 January 2007, at Baseball Park in Western Australia, the first to be held outside of Blacktown Baseball Stadium in New South Wales since 2002 when it was held at the Melbourne Ballpark. The 2007 Shield featured over 120 of Australia's best baseballers, including 45 professionals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190668-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield, Teams\nThe 2007 Claxton Shield is being competed between 6 teams from around Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190669-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield Final\n2007 Claxton Shield Grand Final, Victoria Aces Vs. New South Wales Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190669-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield Final\nBATTINGHits: 8; G. FINGLESON 3, B. KINGMAN 2, A. GRAHAM 2, G. WILLIAMS. 2B: 1; B. KINGMAN. RBI: 2; B. KINGMAN, A. GRAHAM. 2-out RBI: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190669-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield Final\nPITCHINGBatters faced: H. VAUGHAN 20, T. GRATTAN 9, M. WILLIAMS 8, A. COOK 1. Ground Outs-Fly Outs: H. VAUGHAN 5-5, T. GRATTAN 3-1, M. WILLIAMS 3-1, A. COOK 0-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190669-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield Final\nBATTINGHits: 8; M. KENT 2, B. UTTING 2, P. RUTGERS, B. HARMAN, D. BERG, R. BOOTH. 2B: 1; B. HARMAN. HR: 2; M. KENT, B. UTTING. RBI: 3; P. RUTGERS, M. KENT, B. UTTING. 2-out RBI: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190669-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield Final\nPITCHINGBatters Faced: G. WILTSHIRE 32, A. BLACKLEY 6. Ground Outs-Fly Outs: G. WILTSHIRE 9-3, A. BLACKLEY 1-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190669-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Claxton Shield Final\nStadium: Baseball Park, Thornlie, Perth, AustraliaDate: 27 January 2007. Attendance: 1,500 (37.5% Capacity)Start Time: 7:00pmGame Time: 2:45Umpires: Home - Brett ROBSON, First Base - Paul HYHAM, Second Base - Travis HATCH, Third Base - Blake HALLIGAN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Clemson football team represented Clemson University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Tommy Bowden and played their home games in Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Notable\nClemson played host to the Florida State Seminoles on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2007 in both teams' season opener. The game was played before a primetime national audience on ESPN as the only college football game in that time slot. It was only Clemson's second regular season Monday night game, the last being in 1982 against the University of Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Notable\nClemson opened its season with 3 consecutive home game victories. This is the first time that there have been 3 consecutive home games to open the season since 2003 and only the eighth time since 1923. Clemson played against the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference champion Wake Forest in November and played the 2006 Mid-American Conference champion Central Michigan for the first time. The 2007 season saw Clemson meeting Louisiana-Monroe and Central Michigan for the first time, with Clemson beating both of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Notable\nIn the pre-season, incoming quarterback Willy Korn was named one of the top-10 impact freshman for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Achievements\nClemson started 4\u20130, including a victory in the season and conference opener over the Florida State Seminoles in the ninth \"Bowden Bowl\", which pits father Bobby Bowden, coaching the Seminoles, against his son, Tommy. Following their 4\u20130 start, Clemson gave up two losses to Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech respectively. Following the two-game losing streak, the Tigers went on to another four-game winning streak. The team then finished the season with its toughest loss of the season (losing in the final seconds to Boston College, 20\u201317) and greatest triumph (defeating rival South Carolina 23\u201321 with a last-second field goal). With a record of 9\u20133, the Tigers received a bid to play in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Achievements\nDuring the September 8th game against UL-Monroe, Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper threw five touchdown passes, setting a new school record for most touchdown passes thrown in a single game, a feat he has since duplicated. He currently holds numerous school records, including touchdown passes in a season (27).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Achievements\nHarper need only throw for 122 yards, and leading rusher James Davis rush for 8 yards, for this to be the first Clemson team in history to have a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher, and 1,000 receiver (WR Aaron Kelly exceeded 1,000 for the year during game-winning drive against South Carolina).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Achievements\nOn December 2, 2007, it was announced that Clemson had accepted a bid to play in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl opposite the Southeastern Conference's Auburn Tigers. The game will be played December 31 in front of a national audience on ESPN. It is Clemson's 7th appearance in the bowl, tying NC State for most appearances in the game. The Clemson Tigers enter the post-season ranked 15th nationally, while Auburn comes in 22nd. The game is particularly notable as it was Walter Riggs who came to coach at Clemson from Auburn and who brought with him many traditions, including the Tiger mascot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190671-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Clemson Tigers football team, Depth chart\nThese are the projected starters and primary backups as of 4/9/07.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season\nThe 2007 Cleveland Browns season was the franchise's 59th season as a professional sports franchise and it 55th season as a member of the National Football League. The season began with the Browns attempting to improve upon their 4\u201312 record from the 2006 season, in which the team finished in fourth place in the AFC North. The Browns also attempted to overcome the many injuries that plagued the team throughout the 2006 season. The Browns remained under the supervision of head coach Romeo Crennel and they played all of their home games in Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season\nDuring the 2007 NFL Draft, the Browns selected Wisconsin offensive tackle Joe Thomas with the third overall selection. The Browns were also able to draft Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn with the 22nd overall selection, after completing a trade with the Dallas Cowboys, which saw the Browns send their second-round pick in the 2007 draft, along with their first-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, to the Cowboys for their first-round selection at number 22. The Browns completed their first-day draft by selecting UNLV cornerback Eric Wright, following another trade with Dallas, which saw the Browns giving up their third- and fourth-round picks in the 2007 draft and swapping sixth-round picks with the Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season\nDuring the off-season, the Browns signed key free agents Eric Steinbach (Cincinnati, offensive guard), Jamal Lewis (Baltimore, running back), and Robaire Smith (Tennessee, defensive end).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season\nThe Browns ultimately finished the season with a 10\u20136 record but nevertheless failed to qualify for the playoffs. They were beaten for the division title on a tiebreaker by the Pittsburgh Steelers and lost another tiebreaker for a wildcard berth to the Tennessee Titans. The team finished the season having scored 402 points with 5,621 yards of total offense, both 8th best in the NFL; however, the defense allowed 382 points (21st best) and gave up 5,753 yards (30th best).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season\nAs of January 3, 2021, this remains the second-best record and the second of three winning seasons the Browns have had since returning to the NFL in 1999. This was the Browns\u2019 most recent winning season until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching staff changes\nThe Cleveland Browns\u2019 offense was marred by bad play-calling throughout the early stages of the 2006 season, forcing the resignation of the team's offensive coordinator, Maurice Carthon, on October 24, 2006. Following Carthon's resignation, head coach Romeo Crennel hired assistant head coach and offensive line coach Jeff Davidson as the team's offensive coordinator for the remainder of the 2006 season. However, the Browns lost Davidson to the Carolina Panthers, where he was hired to serve as the Panthers\u2019 offensive coordinator. Because of Davidson's hiring in Carolina, the Browns hired Rob Chudzinski as the team's new offensive coordinator. The team has also hired Ted Daisher as the team's new special teams coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching staff changes\nOther coaching staff changes made by the Browns in the 2007 off-season include the hiring of Steve Marshall as the offensive line coach; Tom Myslinski as the strength-and-conditioning coach; Alan DeGennaro as the assistant strength-and-conditioning coach; Dave Atkins as the senior offensive assistant coach; Anthony Lynn as the running backs coach; Rip Scherer as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach; and Alfredo Roberts as the tight ends coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Coaching staff changes\nOn June 14, defensive coordinator Todd Grantham's contract was extended by two years, allowing him to remain with the Browns through the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nThe Cleveland Browns had one of the busiest off-seasons in terms of movement in the NFL. Beginning on March 3, 2007, the Browns signed former Cincinnati Bengals offensive guard Eric Steinbach to a seven-year contract and former Houston Texans outside linebacker Antwan Peek to a three-year contract; the team also resigned center Hank Fraley to a four-year contract, fearing that center LeCharles Bentley's 2006 season-ending knee injury may also be a career-ending injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nThe following day, March 4, the Browns signed former Washington Redskins cornerback Kenny Wright to a three-year contract. One day later, on March 5, the Browns lost wide receiver and punt returner Dennis Northcutt to the Jacksonville Jaguars under the terms of a five-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nOn March 8, the team signed former Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis to a one-year contract, bolstering the team's lackluster running game. Because of Lewis\u2019 signing, running back Reuben Droughns had been made expendable, and was subsequently traded to the New York Giants for wide receiver Tim Carter on March 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nAlso on March 9, the Browns terminated the contract of veteran cornerback Daylon McCutcheon, citing that he failed a physical, and lost safety Brian Russell to the Seattle Seahawks, though the terms of Russell's deal were not disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nNearly a week later, on March 14, the Browns terminated the contract of fullback Terrelle Smith, prior to having to pay Smith a due roster bonus; the team also signed former Miami Dolphins offensive guard Seth McKinney to a one-year contract and former Tennessee Titans defensive end Robaire Smith to a four-year contract. On March 16, the Browns signed former Bengals defensive tackle Shaun Smith to a four-year contract. Four days later, on March 20, the team re-signed offensive guard Lennie Friedman to a one-year contract; the team also lost defensive end Alvin McKinley to the Denver Broncos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nOn March 29, it was revealed that Browns general manager Phil Savage entered into talks with Kansas City Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson regarding their veteran quarterback, Trent Green. However, Green was instead traded to the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nOn April 2, the team signed former San Francisco 49ers safety Mike Adams to a two-year contract. On April 14, the Browns re-signed veteran tight end Steve Heiden to a four-year contract extension, though terms of his deal were not disclosed. On April 16, the Browns signed former Ravens fullback Alan Ricard to a one-year contract, though terms of his deal were not disclosed; the team also formally announced the signing of former San Diego Chargers tight end Ryan Krause, though the date he was signed and the terms of his deal were not disclosed. On April 19, the Browns re-signed defensive tackle Ethan Kelley to the terms of a one-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nOn April 25, the Browns resigned free agents Simon Fraser and Mason Unck each to one-year contracts. On April 27, the Browns resigned free agent offensive lineman Nat Dorsey to a one-year contract. On May 2, the team waived offensive lineman Joe Andruzzi. Following his release, Andruzzi was hospitalized with lymphoma. The Browns release a statement wishing Andruzzi well, though it is not known whether his ailment is the reason the Browns released Andruzzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nOn May 3, the Browns announced the signings of nine undrafted free agents. Those players are: Jesse Ainsworth, a placekicker from Arizona State; Charles Ali, a fullback from Arkansas (Pine Bluff); Mike Alston, a linebacker from Toledo; Rick Drushal, an offensive lineman from Wooster; Hunter Funtaine, a linebacker from Vanderbilt; Mike Mason, a wide receiver from Tennessee State; Tyrone Moss, a halfback from Miami (Florida); Brent Pousson, an offensive lineman from McNeese State; and Scott Stephenson, an offensive lineman from Iowa State. The team also signed three try-out rookies on May 8, signing linebacker Kevin Sears, offensive lineman Cliff Louis and running back Jerome Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, Roster changes\nOn June 17, the Browns waived cornerback Antonio Perkins, fullback Alan Ricard, and offensive linemen Brent Pousson and Scott Stephenson. On June 26, the team waived safety Ben Emanuel and claimed former Tampa Bay Buccaneer wide receiver Efrem Hill from waivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, 2007 NFL Draft\nPrior to the 2007 NFL Draft, the Browns were set to utilize either the third pick or fourth pick of the first round. This discrepancy was because the Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had similar records and strength-of-schedule averages. After the coin toss, it was determined that the Browns will use the third pick of the draft. The 2007 NFL Draft was held on April 28 and 29, 2007 in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe Browns selected Wisconsin offensive tackle Joe Thomas with the third overall pick of the draft. However, the Browns selected Quinn with the 22nd selection of the draft, following a trade with the Dallas Cowboys, which saw the Browns send their second-round pick of the 2007 draft and their first-round pick of the 2008 NFL Draft to the Cowboys for their first-round pick at number 22. During the second round of the draft, the Browns made another trade with the Cowboys, this time using the selection to pick UNLV cornerback Eric Wright. The Browns gave up their third- and fourth-round picks of the draft, and swapped their sixth-round pick with the Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, 2007 NFL Draft\nOn the second day of the draft, the Browns looked to fill holes left by departing players through free agency. In the fifth round, the Browns drafted Memphis cornerback Brandon McDonald; in the sixth round, the Browns drafted Hawaii defensive end Melila Purcell; and in the seventh round, the Browns drafted LSU defensive end Chase Pittman and Arizona wide receiver Syndric Steptoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, 2007 NFL Draft\nOn July 18, the Browns signed the first of their seven draft picks, signing Pittman to a four-year contract. On July 22, the Browns signed three more draft picks, this time signing McDonald, Purcell and Steptoe each to four-year contracts. Steptoe is likely to compete to be the team's starting punt-returner heading into the 2007 season. On July 26, the Browns signed Thomas to a six-year contract (voidable after five years) and Wright to a four-year contract. Thomas and Wright will look to battle to become the starters at left tackle and cornerback respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Off-season, 2007 NFL Draft\nUntil August 7, the Browns and Brady Quinn could not agree on a contract, and the quarterback missed nearly two weeks of training camp. The parties then agreed, in principle, to a contract. Hours later, the team and Quinn finalized the contract, and Quinn signed with the team under the terms of a five-year contract. The contract is worth $20 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Houston Texans\nThis was Terry McAulay's first game he officiated in Cleveland since the Bottlegate incident against Jacksonville on December 16, 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Buffalo Bills\nWith the win, the Browns improved to 9\u20135, securing the team's first winning season since 2002 and second overall since being reactivated in 1999. The win also kept the team's playoff chances alive as the Steelers lost to the Jaguars, creating a tie for 1st place in the AFC North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: at Cincinnati Bengals\nCleveland traveled to divisional rival Cincinnati, needing a win to secure the team's first playoff berth since 2002. After a scoreless first quarter, the Bengals scored 19 points in the second, 13 of which where on short drives due to two interceptions by Derek Anderson. The Browns' defense held the Bengals scoreless in the second half, while Anderson threw 2 touchdown passes. Cincinnati's last drive of the game ended in a fumble at the Cleveland 22-yard line, giving the Browns a chance to win the game with just under 2 minutes left. Cleveland would make it to Cincinnati's 29-yard line, but the game ended with an incomplete pass from Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 16: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe loss dropped the Browns to 9\u20136 and meant the team no longer controlled its own destiny in securing a playoff berth. The Steelers' win over the Rams and the Browns' loss meant that Pittsburgh secured the AFC North. Additionally, Tennessee's win over the New York Jets would give the Titans the AFC's last wild card spot with a win in week 17 as they held tiebreakers over the Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season week-by-week results, Week 17: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win, the Browns finished the season at 10\u20136 for the team's first ten win season since being reactivated in 1999 and first since 1994. However, the Browns would be eliminated from postseason contention later in the day when the Tennessee Titans defeated the Indianapolis Colts to secure the AFC's last wild card spot. The Titans, who also finished 10\u20136, won the tiebreaker over the Browns due to having a better record against common opponents. This would be Cleveland's last winning season until 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 99], "content_span": [100, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, 2008 Pro Bowl\nSix Browns players, wide receiver Braylon Edwards, kick returner Josh Cribbs, left tackle Joe Thomas, longsnapper Ryan Pontbriand, tight end Kellen Winslow II, and quarterback Derek Anderson were named to the AFC team to represent the Cleveland Browns during the 2008 Pro Bowl. Announced on December 18, 2007, this marked the first time since the 2001 NFL season when Jamir Miller played in the 2002 Pro Bowl as a linebacker that the Browns had any player named to the Pro Bowl. It was the most selections for a Browns team since the 1995 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, 2008 Pro Bowl\nEdwards was one of the AFC's reserve wide receivers, while Cribbs started as the AFC's kick returner. Thomas, Anderson, and Winslow were all voted first alternates but all played due to injuries or other players electing not to participate in the game. Pontbriand was elected as a \"needs\" player by the AFC coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190672-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Browns season, 2008 Pro Bowl\nGuard Eric Steinbach (1st), fullback Lawrence Vickers (2nd), and placekicker Phil Dawson (3rd) were named alternates at their respective positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season\nThe 2007 Cleveland Indians season was the 107th season for the franchise. The Indians won the AL Central title for the first time since 2001 on September 23, 2007, with a win over the Oakland Athletics. They played for the American League title before losing to the Boston Red Sox in seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season\nTo prepare for 2007, Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro signed relievers Aaron Fultz, Joe Borowski, and Roberto Hern\u00e1ndez to fix a bullpen that had the fewest saves (and most blown saves) in 2006. He also traded third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff for second baseman Josh Barfield. On January 2, Luis Rivas was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Indians began the 2007 season on the road in Chicago for a three-game series with the White Sox. The lineup supplied plenty of offense as the Indians won the first two games of the series. Grady Sizemore hit three home runs in the series, but the White Sox won the third game, leaving the Indians with a record of 2\u20131 as they head home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nHowever, their home opener, as well as the remainder of a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners, was postponed due to heavy snow. After a discussion about a possible relocation of the following series between the Indians and the Angels to Anaheim, the Indians decided to relocate the three-game series to Miller Park in Milwaukee. The three-game series averaged a surprising 17,498 fans in attendance, and featured several homages to the fact that the film Major League was shot in Milwaukee, including closer Joe Borowski entering the game to \"Wild Thing\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nIn that series, the Indians got a solid outing by CC Sabathia, and although the Angels roughed up the bullpen, closer Joe Borowski held on in the 9th inning to give the Indians a 7\u20136 victory. Angels' pitcher Joe Saunders dominated the second game, and the Angels won 4\u20131. In the final game of the series, Travis Hafner hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to put the Indians ahead 4\u20132 for a comeback win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn April 13, the Indians announced they had signed starter Jake Westbrook to a three-year contract extension. Westbrook would have been eligible for free agency at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Indians came back to Cleveland and played their first official game at Jacobs Field, but lost to the White Sox 6\u20134. However, the Indians won the next two games with impressive pitching and defense and improved to 6\u20133 on the season. The three-game series averaged 16,586 fans per game in attendance, a modern-era record for lowest average attendance in a team's first home series of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn April 28, the Indians had a six-game winning streak snapped in part because of a rare scoring decision. The umpires retroactively added a run to the Baltimore Orioles' score three innings after the play had occurred. Manager Eric Wedge immediately appealed the decision to the MLB commissioner's office. The game will remain as originally played, as the commissioner's office has upheld the umpire's decision. The Indians won the following game to end the month of April with a 14\u20138 record, having won seven of their last eight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Indians continued their fast start into May, with a three-game sweep of the Blue Jays at home. They struggled on the ensuing road trip, however, going 4\u20136 against the Orioles, Angels, and Athletics, including a game in which the Indians led the Athletics 7\u20135 going into the bottom of the 9th. The bullpen gave up home runs to Milton Bradley and Jack Cust and went on to lose 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nHowever, when they returned to Jacobs Field, the Indians got hot again, going 6\u20131 against the Twins, Reds, and Mariners. After a series loss to the Royals on the road, the Indians swept the contending Tigers at Comerica Park, and went on to finish 19\u201311 in the month of May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nJune began memorably for the Indians, when in the bottom of the 9th inning, they rallied from a 4-run deficit to defeat the Tigers 12\u201311 in front of a near-capacity crowd at Jacobs Field. Entering interleague play, however, the Indians began to struggle, losing a series on the road to the last place Reds, at home to the Braves and to the last-place Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThey had a mediocre 9\u20139 record in interleague play, but finished the month strong by taking three of four from the Athletics, and sweeping a 4-game set from the Devil Rays, and went 15\u201311 in June, still in first place over the Detroit Tigers. Named to the All Star team this month were V\u00edctor Mart\u00ednez, CC Sabathia and Grady Sizemore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nJuly started with a critical away series against the Tigers with first place on the line. Starting the series with a two-game lead, they won the first game. However, they lost the next two games as well as dropped 2 out of 3 to Toronto to reach the All-Star break 1 game behind Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Indians sent 3 players to the 2007 All Star game in San Francisco. CC Sabathia pitched one inning, in which he gave up 1 hit and 0 runs. Grady Sizemore went 0\u20131 with a strikeout and played the both left and center field during the late innings. Victor Martinez came into the game right after Sizemore's at bat to pinch hit for the pitcher, and hit a 2-run homer that gave the A.L. a 5\u20132 lead in the 8th inning. This home run proved to be the game winner as the American League defeated the National League 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nAfter the All-Star Break, the Indians went 3\u20133 on their homestand with the Royals and White Sox. After taking 3 of 4 from the Rangers on the road, Cleveland went into a slump, losing the next three series' at home to the Red Sox, Twins, and Rangers, going 3\u20137 overall. On July 27, the Indians traded catcher Max Ramirez to the Texas Rangers for OF Kenny Lofton. Lofton played later that night and went 3\u20135 with 1 RBI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn the ensuing road trip, Cleveland's play improved, going 5\u20134 against the Twins and White Sox. When they returned home, however, the Indians went into another slide. They were swept for the second time in the season by the New York Yankees, and fell out of first place. But on the next road trip, Cleveland began to play much better, winning series' against the Devil Rays, Tigers, and Royals. They finished the trip 6\u20133 and took a two-and-a-half-game lead for the AL Central. A key factor for the Tribe was replacing Josh Barfield at second base with rookie Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera. The Indians pressed their Central Division advantage by sweeping Minnesota at home, beating Seattle at home in a make-up game, and winning the first of a three-game series at home against the White Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nCleveland started September in the middle of a stretch of 23 games in 23 days due to adjustments for the snowed-out games in April. They won the series with the White Sox that started in August two games to one, then, on the road, proceeded to beat Johan Santana of the Twins for the fifth time in the same season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe Indians went on to sweep the Twins, then split a four-game series in Anaheim against the Angels and take two out of three from the White Sox in Chicago, making the Tribe 7\u20133 on the road trip and 17\u20136 over the long stretch. The Indians took two of three from Kansas City to start the last home stand of the regular season, winning the first game on a ninth-inning walk-off home run by Casey Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season, Season summary\nThe last series of the year against the Tigers started off dramatically with a come from behind win in extra innings, again with a walk-off home run by Casey Blake. The Indians would go on to sweep the series and bring their lead in the Central Division up to 7+1\u20442 games once again, essentially ending Detroit's hopes of a playoff berth. The Indians clinched the Central Division title on September 23, 2007. It was their first playoff berth since 2001. The Indians finished tied with the Boston Red Sox for the best record in Major League Baseball; however, Boston was awarded the #1 seed in American League due to a better head-to-head record (5\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, Division Series, Game 1\nCC Sabathia matched up against Chien-Ming Wang of the New York Yankees, the Wild Card winner. The Indians won 12\u20133. Sabathia did not pitch particularly well, but turned in a gritty performance that kept the Tribe in the lead until the offense exploded in the fifth against Wang. They had 4 home runs to set the club record for home runs in a postseason game. The home runs were hit by Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez, and Ryan Garko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, Division Series, Game 2\nFausto Carmona and Andy Pettitte had one of the most memorable pitching duels of ALDS history, with Pettitte allowing no runs over 6+1\u20443 innings and Carmona one run over 9. Cleveland squandered many opportunities to tie or take the lead, eventually tying it in the eighth inning after a walk to Grady Sizemore, followed by a wild pitch, a sacrifice bunt by Asdr\u00fabal Cabrera, and another wild pitch off rookie pitching sensation Joba Chamberlain. The run was controversial as Chamberlain appeared bothered by a swarm of midges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, Division Series, Game 2\nAlthough TBS sideline reporter Craig Sager reported being told by Cleveland Indians security that they are referred to locally as Canadian Soldiers, the nickname actually refers to the mayfly, which also hatches in swarms, but in June. The Indians won 2\u20131 in 11 innings on a bases-loaded walk-off single by Hafner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, Division Series, Game 3\nRoger Clemens and Jake Westbrook squared off in the Bronx, with Clemens getting into trouble early. He was relieved ably by Phil Hughes. Westbrook struggled in the middle innings, giving up the lead on a home run by Johnny Damon. The Yankees never looked back and cruised to an 8\u20134 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, Division Series, Game 4\nWang returned on three days' rest to pitch against Paul Byrd, Eric Wedge electing to trust his third best starter (by wins) and save Sabathia for a game five. Byrd returned the trust by allowing just two runs over five innings. Wang was drummed out after only one full inning, pitching to three batters in the second. The Yankees then paraded a number of relievers to the hill, starting with demoted starter Mike Mussina, and chipped away all the way to the ninth inning. But the Yankees couldn't get all the way back and the Indians won 6\u20134, advancing to the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 1\nJosh Beckett of the Red Sox pitched well and Sabathia didn't, leading Boston to a 10\u20133 victory and an early 1\u20130 advantage in the series. Sabathia uncharacteristically walked 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 2\nCurt Schilling squared up against Carmona in a pivotal game in the series. Carmona and reliever Rafael P\u00e9rez pitched as poorly as Sabathia the day before, nibbling around the edges and then getting hurt when throwing in hitter's counts. The rest of the Indians realizing this would be important later. Schilling was less than stellar as well, resulting in a see-saw game that was tied after nine. In the tenth inning Tom Mastny shut down the heart of Boston's lineup by throwing strikes, then in the eleventh, the Indians scored 7 runs to win 13\u20136, tying the series at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 3\nWestbrook matched up against Daisuke Matsuzaka and carried forward the first strike first philosophy of the end of game 2 to keep the Boston bats in check. Matsuzaka gave up a two-run homer to Kenny Lofton and didn't get through the fifth inning. The Indians went on to win 4-2 and to take a 2\u20131 advantage in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 4\nByrd and Tim Wakefield started game 4 in a match-up Byrd said might have been \"the slowest-throwing right-handed match-up of all time in the post-season\". It was also for four innings one of the best pitched match-ups, with both throwing shutouts. However, Casey Blake homered to start the fifth, on the way to the Indians scoring seven runs in one inning for the second time in the series. Boston hitting three straight solo home runs in the sixth closed the gap slightly but not nearly enough and the Indians won 7\u20133 to take a commanding 3\u20131 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 5\nSabathia matched up again with Beckett and while he pitched better than the first game, the Red Sox once again had their way with him and sent the Indians down to defeat 7\u20131, keeping Boston alive in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 6\nBack in Boston, Schilling pitched much more effectively than his last start while Carmona pitched worse. In the first inning, Boston loaded the bases with no outs. While Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were retired without anyone advancing, JD Drew hit a grand slam into the center field bleachers. The crowd went crazy celebrating a 4\u20130 lead. The Indians defense also played poorly and the team was beaten soundly by the Red Sox 12\u20132. This knotted the series at 3 and was a portent of the deciding game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 7\nMatsuzaka pitched well against Westbrook, fortified by an early lead. The Indians threatened to tie the game in the 7th inning when a bizarre play and an error in judgment by the third base coach left the speedy Kenny Lofton on third base and not scoring on a ball hit down the third base line and bounding out to left field. On the very next pitch, Casey Blake hit into an inning ending double play and Boston's 3\u20132 lead was preserved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190673-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Cleveland Indians season, Playoffs, ALCS, Game 7\nIn the bottom of the frame, Dustin Pedroia hit a two run homerun over the Green Monster to widen the lead at 5\u20132. In the eighth, the Sox scored 6 runs to ice the game on a bases clearing double by Pedroia and a capped off by a two run homer by Kevin Youkilis. The game had remained close until Boston broke it open on the previously reliable Rafael Betancourt, cruising to an 11\u20132 victory and the American League's berth in the World Series. The final out was recorded on a great catch by Coco Crisp going to the deepest part of the triangle in center field. The catch was the perfect exclamation point on a great comeback by Boston to go to return to the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500\nThe 2007 Clipsal 500 was the first race of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 1 to 4 March around the inner streets of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The Adelaide 500 is a unique event where the round results are determined by the results from the 2nd race, rather that the driver with the most points from the weekend. This means, as was the case in the 2007 round, that the winner of the round doesn't necessarily lead the championship after the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Qualifying\nThe event was the first run under the new 2007 qualifying rules, in which the one-hour session is split into three 'knock out' parts. The first major eliminations occurred in the second part when Mark Skaife and defending champion Rick Kelly were eliminated. The front row of the grid for the first race was an all Ford row, with James Courtney from Stone Brothers Racing taking pole and Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup taking second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nRace 1 was held on Saturday 3 March 2007. The race began with Cameron McConville spinning at the Senna Chicane on the first lap after colliding with Andrew Jones. Team BOC also had problems with Brad Jones losing his front left wheel and brake assembly on lap 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nJohn Bowe had a bad start to the year with his new team after running wide at the end of the main straight and clipping the tyre barrier. This destroyed the front right suspension on the car causing his retirement on lap 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Race 1\nOn lap 48, Craig Lowndes was given a drive through penalty for contact with Max Wilson at turn 4. The remainder of the race was uneventful, with Todd Kelly winning the race from James Courtney and Jamie Whincup in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Race 2\nRace 2 was run on Sunday 4 March. The race began with James Courtney having another bad start and dropping from 2nd to 10th after the first lap. Alan Gurr from Irwin Racing and Lee Holdsworth from Garry Rogers Motorsport collided at turn 5 on the first lap causing Gurr to retire from the race and Steve Owen from Autobarn Racing hit the concrete wall on the outside of turn 8 causing his retirement from the race. These incidents cause the first safety car of the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Race 2\nFollowing from the restart, Jack Perkins had engine problems, stalling at turn 11 and being hit by Paul Dumbrell causing his retirement and a penalty to Dumbrell which caused the second safety car on lap 8. After the pit lane opened for the compulsory stops, a collision occurred between Todd Kelly and Garth Tander causing Tander to be given a drive through penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, Race 2\nThe remainder of the race was relatively incident free, with only minor collisions between drivers, until lap 64 when Jason Bargwanna stopped on the track with an electrical problem causing the safety car to be deployed for the third time. This bunched the field up, causing an 18 lap sprint to the finish with Todd Kelly leading from his brother Rick. On lap 68, Todd Kelly made a small mistake in turn 7 allowing Rick past and into the lead. This is how the race finished with Rick Kelly winning, from Todd Kelly and James Courtney in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190674-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Clipsal 500, In-Car Camera Coverage\nThe six cars with in-car cameras at the first round were Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes, James Courtney, Max Wilson, Cameron McConville and Rick Kelly. On Sunday Jason Bright also carried cameras.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season\nThe following is a summary of the 2007 season by Paraguayan football (soccer) club Olimpia Asunci\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season\nOlimpia participated in the following competitions in 2007: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the Paraguayan first division).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Apertura 2007\nFor the start of the 2007 season Olimpia had former player and star Jos\u00e9 Cardozo as the coach. However, results were not good and Alicio Solalinde replaced him halfway during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Apertura 2007, Team roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Apertura 2007, Top scorers\nCristian Rolando Ledesma finished as the top scorer for Olimpia in the Apertura tournament with 10 goals scored. Mauricio Molina with 10 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Clausura 2007\nFor the Clausura tournament, Alicio Solalinde continued at the helm of the team but was eventually replaced by Carlos Jara Saguier due to poor results. Important signings included that of Paraguayan international veteran Roberto Acu\u00f1a from Rosario Central, Osvaldo Diaz from Club Guaran\u00ed and Rolando Renaut from Club 12 de Octubre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Clausura 2007, Team roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Torneo Clausura 2007, Top scorers\nMartin Adrian Garcia was the top scorer for the Clausura, finishing with 10 goals. Gilberto Palacios finished in second with 9 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190675-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Club Olimpia season, Aggregate table 2007\nOlimpia finished in third place overall for the 2007 season, which earned the team a spot in the Copa Sudamericana 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190676-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Clube Atl\u00e9tico Juventus season\nThis article is about the campaign of Clube Atl\u00e9tico Juventus in 2007, a football club based in S\u00e3o Paulo, S\u00e3o Paulo state, Brazil. For an overview of the club, see Clube Atl\u00e9tico Juventus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190677-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda\nThe 2007 Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda was the 22nd edition of the Cl\u00e1sica de Almer\u00eda cycle race and was held on 4 March 2007. The race started in Puebla de V\u00edcar and finished in Almer\u00eda. The race was initially won by Giuseppe Muraglia, who was later disqualified for doping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190678-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n\nThe 2007 Cl\u00e1sica de San Sebasti\u00e1n cycle race took place in the Basque city of San Sebasti\u00e1n on August 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190679-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cl\u00e1sica del Oeste-Doble Bragado\nThe 2007 Cl\u00e1sica del Oeste-Doble Bragado was a men's road cycling race held from 5 to 11 February 2007 in Argentina. It was a multiple stage race over seven stages with a total length of 1146 kilometres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190680-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cl\u00e1sico RCN\nThe 47th edition of the annual Cl\u00e1sico RCN was held from October 13 to October 21, 2007 in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rating of 2.3 started with a prologue in Yopal and finished in Popay\u00e1n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190681-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team\nThe 2007 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Chanticleers were led by fifth-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 5\u20136 with a 3\u20131 record in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600\nThe 2007 Coca-Cola 600 was the 12th stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event. It was held on May 27, 2007, with a crowd of 175,000 in attendance in Concord, North Carolina at Lowe's Motor Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. Casey Mears of the Hendrick Motorsports team won the 400-lap race starting from 16th position. J. J. Yeley finished second and Kyle Petty took third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600\nRyan Newman won the pole position and led the first ten laps before his Penske Racing South teammate Kurt Busch moved into the lead on lap 11. Busch held the lead for 107 laps (longer than any other driver in the race) until Brian Vickers moved into the lead after the first round of green-flag pit stops. Jimmie Johnson gained the lead from Vickers on lap 184 and held it for 83 laps, battling with Vickers and Matt Kenseth for the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600\nAt the race's final restart on lap 342, Tony Stewart led and maintained his position until he made a pit stop for fuel 51 laps later. Mears became the leader after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Denny Hamlin made similar pit stops; Mears held the lead after slowing to conserve fuel to win the race. There were thirteen cautions and 29 lead changes among fifteen drivers during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600\nAs of 2021, the 2007 race is Mears' only win in the Nextel Cup Series, now known as the NASCAR Cup Series. After the race Jeff Gordon's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced because he crashed in the early part of the race. Chevrolet increased its points advantage in the Manufacturers' Championship, placing it 41 points ahead of Ford. Dodge moved further ahead of Toyota in the battle for third place, with 24 races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nThe Coca-Cola 600 was the twelfth scheduled stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, out of 36, and the 48th iteration of the event. It was held on May 27, 2007 in Concord, North Carolina at Lowe's Motor Speedway, now called Charlotte Motor Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at Lowe's Motor Speedway is a four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.4\u00a0km)-long, quad-oval track. The track's turns are banked at 24 degrees; both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch (opposite the front) have a five-degree banking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nBefore the race, Jeff Gordon led the Drivers' Championship with 1,881 points, with teammate Jimmie Johnson in second and Matt Kenseth third. Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton were fourth and fifth, and Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top twelve. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with 96 points, 35 points ahead of its rival Ford in second. Dodge with 52 points was 19 points ahead of Toyota in the battle for third place. Kasey Kahne was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nThe Coca-Cola 600 was conceived by race car driver Curtis Turner, who built the Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was first held in 1960 in an attempt by NASCAR to stage a Memorial Day weekend race to compete with the open-wheel Indianapolis 500; the two races were held together on the same day starting from 1974. The race is the longest in terms of distance on the NASCAR calendar, and is considered by several drivers to be one of the sport's most important races alongside the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 and the Southern 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nThe long distance makes it the most physically demanding event in NASCAR, and teams adapt to changing track conditions because the race occurs between late afternoon and evening. It was known as the World 600 until 1984 when The Coca-Cola Company purchased the naming rights to the race and renamed it the Coca-Cola World 600 in 1985. It has been called the Coca-Cola 600 every year since 1986 except for 2002 when the name changed to Coca-Cola Racing Family 600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nIn preparation for the race, NASCAR held several test sessions on May 7\u20138, 2007, to allow teams to prepare for the May races at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Sessions began at 2:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 7 and concluded at 9:00\u00a0p.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nOn May 8, sessions started at 1:00\u00a0p.m. and stopped at 9:00\u00a0p.m. Eighty-two cars participated in the May 7 afternoon session; Martin Truex, Jr. was quickest with a speed of 180.596 miles per hour (290.641\u00a0km/h) and David Stremme had the highest speed of the two days at 187.000 miles per hour (300.947\u00a0km/h) in the evening session. Towards the end of the second session, Hamlin lost control of his car and made heavy contact with an outside SAFER barrier; he was evaluated at the infield care center and was later released to continue testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nDuring the third session with eighty-four cars, Jeremy Mayfield had the fastest speed of 183.667 miles per hour (295.583\u00a0km/h) and Kurt Busch set the fastest speed of 185.644 miles per hour (298.765\u00a0km/h) in the fourth and final session held in the evening. David Gilliland spun but avoided contact with a wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nThere was one change of driver before the race. Starting at the 2007 Coca-Cola 600, 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott returned to NASCAR on a part-time schedule for Wood Brothers Racing, replacing the team's regular driver Ken Schrader, who drove in the season's first eleven races. Elliott was eligible to use six Champion's Provisionals if the need arose. Elliott was looking forward to returning to racing: \"I was pretty honored to get a call from the Wood Brothers to drive the 21 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Background\nI've seen them struggle the last few weeks, being outside the top 35, and it breaks my heart to see them miss races. I hope I can get in the car, get us qualified well every week and see what we can make up in the points battle along the way.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Practice and qualification\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race; one on Thursday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 50 minutes and the third 60 minutes. In the first practice session, Elliott Sadler was fastest with a time of 29.697 seconds; Kahne, Ricky Rudd, Johnson, Casey Mears, Kenseth, Joe Nemechek, Kyle Busch, Scott Riggs and Jamie McMurray completed the session's top-ten drivers. Sterling Marlin hit one of the walls lining the track and switched to a back-up car. Michael Waltrip did not need to switch cars after a similar collision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Practice and qualification\nForty-nine cars entered qualifying on Friday evening; due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Drivers who set their laps late in qualifying had an advantage because the track was at its coolest. Ryan Newman clinched the 39th pole position of his career, with a time of 29.140 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by his Penske Racing South teammate Kurt Busch, and was the second-to-last driver to record his lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Practice and qualification\nSadler qualified third, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fourth, and Kenseth fifth. Hamlin, Rudd, Dave Blaney, Bobby Labonte and Stremme rounded out the top ten qualifiers. Jeff Green crashed in the second turn while on a lap and used a provisional to qualify. The six drivers who failed to qualify were Kevin Lepage, David Reutimann (who crashed on his lap)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Practice and qualification\nWaltrip (who lost control of his car in the second turn on his second qualifying lap, tearing off a front tire after hitting an inside wall and made contact with it a second time before stopping), Mike Bliss, Paul Menard and Ward Burton. After the qualifier, Newman said he felt pressure to achieve Penske's Racing South's first victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway: \"He's only been trying here for like 20 years, so yeah it would be special. It's been something that weighs on the drivers and the teams\". He also said he felt he could have recorded a faster lap time and was worried about teammate Kurt Busch's qualifying form.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Practice and qualification\nOn Saturday afternoon in sunny and warm weather conditions, Newman was fastest in the second practice session with a time of 30.562 seconds, ahead of Sadler, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Earnhardt, Edwards, Rudd, McMurray and Kahne. During the session, teams were scuffing their tires; in the first minute, Bowyer crashed after he spun in turn two and switched to a back-up car in which he set five more lap times. Shortly afterward, Nemechek spun after exiting the second turn but avoided damaging his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Practice and qualification\nLater that day, Edwards led the final practice session with a time of 30.043 seconds; Biffle, Newman, Sadler, J. J. Yeley, Truex. Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Kenseth, and Jeff Burton were in positions two through ten. Kyle Busch damaged his right-rear quarter after hitting a right-hand wall, but did not switch to a back-up car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 46], "content_span": [47, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nLive television coverage of the race began at 5:00\u00a0p.m. EDT in the United States on Fox. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were partly cloudy with an air temperature between 70 and 87\u00a0\u00b0F (21 and 31\u00a0\u00b0C) and a track temperature which ranged between 85 and 130\u00a0\u00b0F (29 and 54\u00a0\u00b0C). William K. Thierfelder, president of Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina, began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Country and pop music singer LeAnn Rimes performed the national anthem, and sponsored contest award winners commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, three drivers moved to the rear of the field because of unapproved changes; Bowyer had switched to his back-up car, and David Ragan and Harvick had changed their engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nThe race began at 5:52\u00a0p.m. Newman maintained his pole-position advantage heading into the first corner. After starting 21st, Jimmie Johnson moved to 15th position by lap eight. Kurt Busch passed teammate Newman for the lead three laps later. By the 20th lap, Kurt Busch, Newman, Earnhardt, Kenseth and Yeley were running in the top five positions. Earnhardt got ahead of Newman for second place four laps later. Hamlin moved to third position by lap 32. Hamlin made up a further position on lap 43 after he passed Earnhardt for second and was 1.2 seconds behind race leader Kurt Busch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nThe first caution of the race was shown four laps later when Biffle hit the turn two wall after his right-front tire had been cut and dropped debris on the track. Biffle's car sustained heavy damage to the right-hand side, ending his race. All drivers elected to make pit stops for tires and fuel during the caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nKurt Busch, who made a 10.4-second pit stop for fuel and no tires, maintained the lead on the lap-52 restart ahead of Hamlin, Kenseth, Earnhardt and Johnson. One lap later, a multi-car collision occurred on the front stretch when A. J. Allmendinger lost control of his car in turn two and collided with the right-rear quarter panel of Johnson's car, which had a cut left-rear tire that burst after leaving turn four. Johnson's burst tire caused Blaney and Stewart to collide after Stewart slowed to avoid a collision with Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nBoth drivers slid, collecting Gilliland, Sadler, Juan Pablo Montoya, Green, Bowyer, Truex, Marlin, Johnny Sauter, Kyle Petty and Harvick, all of whom had damage to their cars. The incident triggered the race's second caution. Johnson and Stewart made pit stops to repair the damage to their cars; both rejoined the race in eighteenth and twenty-fifth positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nKurt Busch led on the lap-62 restart, ahead of Hamlin, Kenseth, Earnhardt, and Gordon. The third caution was prompted on the same lap when Tony Raines lost control of his car and slid sideways into Jeff Gordon, and both drivers were sent into the infield grass. Jeff Gordon went back up towards a right-hand wall and was hit by Allmendinger at the start-finish line, resulting in the former going airborne; Robby Gordon and Burton were also involved in the accident. Gordon was unhurt; drivers involved in the accidents, that caused the second and third cautions, made pit stops for repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Laps 1\u2013112\nKurt Busch maintained his lead at the lap-70 restart, followed by Hamlin and Kenseth. Eight laps later, Burton caused the fourth caution after heavy contact with the turn three wall. During the caution, most of the leaders made pit stops; Newman stopped for a track bar adjustment and had a new shifter ball installed. Kurt Busch and Kenseth chose not to pit and remained the leaders at the lap-83 restart, with Rudd in third place. Ten laps later, Newman, who was in eighth position, reported his car was \"extremely tight\" after the adjustments made at his pit stop. Stewart had moved back to eleventh and Johnson was thirteenth by lap 96. Kurt Busch's lead was four seconds over Kenseth after 100 laps, with Brian Vickers following in third, Ragan fourth and Kyle Busch in fifth. Johnson passed Yeley for seventh position eleven laps later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nGreen-flag pit stops began on lap 112, with Kenseth pitting on the same lap for tires and a wedge change. Kurt Busch made his stop two laps later, handing the lead to Vickers for twelve laps. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap 126 with an advantage of ten seconds over Johnson by lap 131. Kyle Busch made his pit stop on the next lap, handing the lead to Johnson for one lap. Stewart took the lead until his stop on lap 133, when Yeley became the race leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nEdwards and Elliott both held the lead in the next two laps. After the pit stops, Vickers regained the lead. On lap 140, Vickers' six-second lead was reduced to nothing when the fifth caution was triggered after debris was spotted on the backstretch. Most of the leaders elected to make pit stops. Mears was observed speeding, and was required by NASCAR to drop to the rear of the longest line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nRacing resumed on lap 146 with Vickers leading Kyle Busch, Earnhardt, Yeley and Stewart as daylight began to fade. Mears was afflicted with an alternator issue on lap 149, and switched to a back-up battery. A flat tire slowed Earnhardt on lap 154; he pitted for new tires two laps later. Ragan moved back into the top five by lap 160. Ten laps later, debris was spotted in the turn two groove, causing the sixth caution, during which all the leaders made pit stops. Vickers led on the lap-174 restart, followed by Kurt Busch and Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nKurt Busch drove left to pass Vickers for the lead on lap 175; three laps later, Newman drove to his garage to retire with an engine failure. Mears' team installed a new battery into his car, and switched between his main and back-up battery to ensure engine power was maintained. Vickers retook the lead from Kurt Busch on the 181st lap, and Stewart got ahead of Kyle Busch one lap later. Johnson took the lead from Vickers on lap 184.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nOn lap 185, Kurt Busch nudged the turn two wall with his right-rear side and spun on the backstretch, triggering the seventh caution. He regained control of his car to run in ninth place. Most of the leaders made pit stops. Johnson led at the lap-190 restart, followed by Vickers and Kenseth. Johnson held a one-second lead over Vickers by the 200th lap, by which time Edwards moved past Stewart. Vickers retook the lead from Johnson on lap 206.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nFifteen laps later, the eighth caution was triggered when Edwards's car suffered a cut right-rear tire, slowed on the track and spun at turn four while driving cautiously to the pit road. Edwards collected his teammate, Ragan, who was run into by Elliott. Mears was close by the incident but avoided damaging his car. On lap 222, Vickers reported a power steering problem, and Kyle Busch was losing battery power. Most of the leaders, including Vickers, made pit stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nKyle Busch's car had a replacement battery fitted and Vickers topped up with more fluids; both drivers rejoined in twelfth and thirteenth positions. Johnson led at the lap-227 restart, with Kenseth in second place. One lap later, Kenseth passed Johnson to take over first place, while Kyle Busch made heavy contact with the wall on his right side; a caution was not needed. Johnson reclaimed the first position from Kenseth on the backstretch on the 245th lap. Kyle Busch's right-front tire was cut, and went into the turn four wall on lap 252, triggering the ninth caution. During the caution, most of the leaders, including Johnson, chose to make pit stops. Johnson made changes to his car's left and right rear spring rubber, and Stewart's car's air pressure was adjusted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nKyle Busch drove to his garage with a broken brake motor on the 254th lap and Mayfield led the field back up to speed for the restart on the 256th lap, ahead of Kenseth, Vickers, Stewart and Johnson. Mayfield dropped to third place as Kenseth and Vickers moved into first and second places on lap 257. Kenseth held a 2.2-second lead over Stewart, who moved to second and was closing on Kenseth by lap 265. The race's tenth caution was triggered two laps later when Kahne lost control of his car and hit the turn two right-hand side wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nMost of the leaders, including Kenseth, elected to make pit stops. Johnson led the field on the lap-272 restart, followed by Kenseth and Stewart. Kenseth passed Johnson to reclaim the first position four laps later. Vickers and Rudd made contact while leaving the fourth turn on lap 281 but no caution was needed. Johnson retook the lead from Kenseth two laps later. Mayfield spun 360 degrees on the front stretch and went into the infield grass after trying to avoid a slower car on his right on lap 291, causing the eleventh caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nThe leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops for tires under caution. Rudd took over the lead for one lap before making a pit stop on lap 293. Johnson regained the lead after the pit stops, maintaining it at the lap-297 restart; he was followed by Kenseth and Earnhardt. Kyle Busch rejoined the race on the same lap. Kurt Busch lost control of his car on the backstretch on lap 298; his car spun off and hit a left-hand wall, causing the twelfth caution. He drove to his garage to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nKenseth led the field back up to speed at the lap-302 restart. Johnson retook the lead from Kenseth on the 311th lap. Stewart got ahead of Kenseth for second place on lap 314; he was six-tenths of a second behind race leader Johnson. After receiving a free pass from the tenth caution, Petty was running in ninth place by lap 316; he battled Reed Sorenson for eighth place. Fourteen laps later, Mears moved into third position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nThe thirteenth (and final) caution of the race was triggered on lap 337 when Vickers hit the turn two wall, damaging his car's right-hand side, sustaining a cut right-front tire and dropped debris onto the track. The leaders, including Johnson, made pit stops; Johnson's pit crew dropped a left-rear lug nut, costing him time while his mechanics searched for it, falling to tenth position. Stewart led the field on the lap-342 restart, ahead of Mears and Earnhardt. Johnson moved to fourth place by lap 367; three laps later, Stewart had a 1.1-second lead over Mears and extended it to 2.7 seconds by the 380th lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nThe second round of green-flag pit stops for fuel began on lap 381, as Earnhardt got past Mears for second place on the following lap. Mears lost third place to his teammate Johnson on lap 390. Johnson made his pit stop on the next lap and avoided a collision with Mears. Stewart drove slowly down the pit road on the 393rd lap because he was two laps short of fuel, allowing Earnhardt to move into first place before his own stop one lap later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nHamlin took over the lead before his pit stop on lap 395, allowing Mears to take over the first position. By lap 398, Mears held a ten-second lead over Yeley, who was closing the gap, and felt his car was tight when he drove right, but held a strong line at the track's bottom when he moved out of traffic. Mears conserved fuel after slowing his pace following persuasion by his crew chief Darian Grubb; he maintained his lead for the remaining two laps to win his first race in the Nextel Cup Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, 112\u2013Final lap\nHe ran out of fuel on his cool-down lap; his engine cut out shortly after crossing the start-finish line. Yeley finished second, ahead of Petty in third, who secured his first top-five finish since the 1997 MBNA 400. Sorenson was fourth and Vickers came in fifth. Stewart, Rudd, Earnhardt, Hamlin and Johnson completed the top-ten finishers. The race had thirteen cautions and 29 lead changes among 15 drivers. Kurt Busch's total of 107 laps led was the highest of any competitor. Mears led for one period in the race, for a total of six laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nMears appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate his first win in the Nextel Cup Series in front of the crowd; the win earned him US$377,425 and is his only career win as of 2020. Mears was delighted with his victory, saying in the post-race press conference, \"This is unbelievable. I'm very, very excited about it and, at the same time, very relieved. I was afraid Darien [Grubb] was going to call me in. I'm glad he didn't. The only way we could win was to gamble and that's what we did.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nMears said he had \"a fourth place car at best\". It was the first time since 1991 a person with the surname Mears had won in auto racing. Yeley, who finished second, said, \"This is probably the first time in two years of Cup racing I didn't catch the bad break. I've always run into bad luck. \", and, \"At the end, we were a top-five car at best\". Third-place finisher Petty said, \"In all honesty, it's just a race. We didn't change the world tonight. It feels good to come back and race with these guys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0021-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nI guess third place was just the cherry on the sundae.\" He also said he had a car that was capable of finishing in the top ten and that he would not have been able to run with the top drivers. Petty also praised Mears for his victory and said he felt Mears would have similar success in the future. Hamlin said he felt the top-five finishers were lucky to achieve their finishing positions and that his crew chief Mike Ford said there was \"no glory in winning a fuel-mileage race, other than saying you didn't run hard and were saving fuel\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nKurt Busch, who led 107 laps (more than any other driver) was frustrated after his lap-298 crash: \"How in the world we can be so strong during the day here and almost in an instant go completely in the opposite direction is beyond my comprehension. We have to get a handle on it sooner or later. I'm frustrated and down right now, but we'll just keep plugging along looking for the answer.\" Newman, who led the first ten laps of the race, was happy despite retiring from the race: \"We had a good car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nWe had just gotten the lucky dog and we were going to be one of the 15 cars on the lead lap. Everybody at Penske Racing has been doing a great job. We've just got to keep it up and stay focused.\" After finishing the race in fifth place (then the best finish for a Toyota car) Vickers said it was \"rough\" driving without the use of power steering that cut in and out but he felt Red Bull Racing Team had \"the best car\" for the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nStewart's crew chief Greg Zipadelli was disappointed his driver could not take the victory: \"If we hadn't had an opportunity to win, I'd say that finishing sixth and leading laps would be awesome, But sitting where we are right now, it seems that everything is stacked against us. We were probably a second- or third-place car at worst, so it's disappointing.\" Eighth-place finisher Earnhardt said he thought he secured a second-place finish and was unaware the leaders had made pit stops. Nevertheless, he said was happy with the way his team ran the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nAfter retiring from the race on lap 221, Elliott blamed himself for the collision with Ragan, saying he waited too long to react and was heavily committed to driving down the racetrack. He was also unable to remove his foot from his brake pedal. Ragan said he felt he should have passed Roush Fenway Racing teammate Edwards, who spun up the racetrack. Edwards also said he was trying to avoid wrecking himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nAccording to Montoya, who was involved in the multi-car collision on the 53rd lap: \"I saw a car flying, and as soon as I saw the car flying I checked up. We actually slowed down the car and everything. The ten car or somebody came right in behind us and just pushed us through the whole mess.\" Jeff Gordon said he was \"fine\" after the accident and that it \"looked a lot worse than it really was\u00a0... Unfortunate because, man, what an awesome race car we had. I was so proud of Steve Letarte and the guys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0023-0002", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nWhen we bring race cars like that to the track, it just makes me have a whole lot of fun. I was having a blast out there and I hate we are out of it. But I am ok.\" Allmendinger claimed responsibility for causing the crash and asked his spotter to apologize to Johnson's spotter, who relayed the message to Johnson via radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190682-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Coca-Cola 600, Race, Post-race comments\nThe result maintained Jeff Gordon's lead in the Drivers' Championship with 1,921 points, ahead of teammate Johnson with 1,789. Kenseth remained in third with his points advantage over Hamlin reduced to thirty-two. Burton remained in fifth place and Stewart kept sixth. Harvick moved to seventh while Edwards gained two positions to eighth. Kurt Busch's non-finish dropped him to ninth and Bowyer was tenth. Kyle Busch and McMurray were 11th and 12th. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet with 105 points extended its lead to forty-two points over its main rival Ford. Dodge in fourth increased its points advantage over Toyota in fourth. The race took four hours, thirty-six minutes and twenty-seven seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 9.561 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 44], "content_span": [45, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190683-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colchester Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190683-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colchester Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives had 30 of the 60 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats had 21, Labour had 7 and there were 2 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190683-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colchester Borough Council election, Campaign\nWith the Conservative party needing to gain one seat to gain a majority on the council for the first time since 1986, Colchester attracted national attention with the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, coming to the marginal Shrub End ward to campaign for the Conservatives. Meanwhile, one of the Green party's Principal Speakers Si\u00e2n Berry came to Colchester and campaigned on the importance of public transport, with the Greens contesting every seat at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190683-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives narrowly failed to gain a majority on the council after failing to take Wivenhoe Quay from Labour by two votes after two recounts. This meant the Conservatives remained on 30 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats stayed on 21 seats. Labour's loss of Shrub End to the Conservatives meant they dropped to 6 councillors, while the Greens failed to win any seats despite getting 32% of the vote in Castle ward. Overall turnout at the election was 34.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190684-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage provincial by-election\nA provincial by-election was held in Nova Scotia on 2 October 2007 to fill the vacancy in the House of Assembly riding of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. The byelection resulted from the resignation of New Democrat MLA Kevin Deveaux. New Democrat Becky Kent won the byelection by almost 600 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190685-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colgate Raiders football team\nThe 2007 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Colgate tied for second in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190685-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colgate Raiders football team\nIn its 12th season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7\u20134 record. Mike Gallihugh, Pat Nolan and Cody Williams were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190685-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colgate Raiders football team\nThe Raiders outscored opponents 283 to 239. Colgate's 4\u20132 conference record tied with Holy Cross and Lafayette for second in the Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190685-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colgate Raiders football team\nColgate played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190686-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 College Baseball All-America Team\nAn All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position\u2014who in turn are given the honorific \"All-America\" and typically referred to as \"All-American athletes\", or simply \"All-Americans\". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190686-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 College Baseball All-America Team\nThe NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2007 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190687-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football All-America Team\nThe 2007 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, and Scout.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190687-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football All-America Team\nThe College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190687-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football All-America Team\nTwenty-two players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2007, 8 of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees\nThe 2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees were chosen by a ballot which consisted of 75 players and 8 coaches who were voted on by more than twelve-thousand voters for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame. The 2007 class was announced at a press conference in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on May 9, 2007, and was inducted at The National Football Foundation\u2019s 50th Awards Dinner on December 4, 2007, also at the Waldorf-Astoria. They were then enshrined into the hall of fame in South Bend, Indiana in the summer of 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees\nOnce nominated for consideration, all player candidates were submitted to one of eight District Screening Committees, depending on their geographic location, which conducted a vote to determine who appeared on the ballot and represented their respective districts. Each year, 15 candidates, who are not selected for the Hall of Fame, will be named automatic holdovers and will bypass the district screening process and automatically appear on the ballot the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees\nJoe Paterno was inducted this year as well, despite not being on this ballot. He was voted in on the 2006 ballot but was unable to attend the induction due to a sideline injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, Players\nThe candidate\u2019s post-football record as a citizen was also weighed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, Players\nThe University of Notre Dame led this year's ballot with 8 nominations followed by the University of Southern California with 5 and the Ohio State University and University of Oklahoma tied with 3 each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, Coaches\nThe candidate\u2019s post-football record as a citizen was also weighed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190688-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, Coaches\nJim Donnan led the 2007 ballot with the highest winning percentage (.722). However, John Cooper had the most wins (193) and most seasons as head coach (24). Herb Deromedi had the longest tenure at one school with 16 years at Central Michigan University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190689-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colo-Colo season\nThe 2007 season was the 76th season for Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, a Chilean football club based in Macul, Santiago. In the Primera Divisi\u00f3n Chilena - the top tier of Chilean football - Colo-Colo won the Apertura (first half-season) tournament and came third in the Clausura (second half-season). They were eliminated in the first round of the knock-out stage in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190689-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colo-Colo season, Apertura 2007, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190689-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colo-Colo season, Clausura 2007, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190689-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colo-Colo season, Copa Sudamericana\nColo-Colo qualified to the Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana after reaching the Top 4 in the Torneo Apertura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190690-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cologne Centurions season\nThe 2007 Cologne Centurions season was the fourth and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team were led by head coach David Duggan in his second year and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. When Duggan gave up coaching after week nine due to health issues, defensive coordinator John Lyons was elevated to the position of interim head coach for the final game. They finished the season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190690-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cologne Centurions season, Honors\nAfter the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europa League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Cologne had eight players selected, tying for the most with Hamburg. The selections were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190690-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cologne Centurions season, Honors\nAdditionally, Hall and Ross were named defensive and co-offensive MVPs, respectively. Hall set a franchise record with 12 sacks and anchored the Centurions defense which ranked first in total yards allowed (2,561) and total points allowed (172). He also tied a league record by recording a sack in seven consecutive games. Ross, who shared the award with Frankfurt's quarterback J. T. O'Sullivan, was the NFLEL's leading rusher with 802 yards and four 100-yard games. He also totaled a league-best 933 yards from scrimmage (802 rushing, 131 receiving) and scored five touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections\nThe Colombian elections of 2007 (Spanish: Elecciones regionales de Colombia, 2007) refers to the democratic elections of October 28, 2007 in the Republic of Colombia. The elections were organized as established by the Colombian Constitution of 1991 by the National Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional Electoral, CNE) to elect Department governors with its respective Department Assemblies, Mayors with their respective City Councils and the Local Administrative Juntas (JAL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections\nThe elections have been marked by the assassination of 22 candidates and the kidnapping of at least two. The main armed group targeting the elections is the marxist leninist guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), as part of the Colombian armed conflict with the government of Colombia. The President of Colombia \u00c1lvaro Uribe V\u00e9lez publicly called not to vote for those candidates preferred by the FARC or candidates who were offering to buy people's vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections\nWhile in some areas there are reports of untrusting the elections due to the break out of the Parapolitica scandal in 2006 in which it was discovered that members of the demobilized paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had been colluding with political leaders and members of the public force in order thwart adversaries and advance politically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections\nOn this date some 27 million Colombians are apt to vote to elect between some 86 thousand candidates to represent 1,098 Colombian municipalities and 32 governors of Colombian Departments. Colombian authorities mobilized 167,559 soldiers and policemen in order to vigil the 9,950 voting sites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process\nThe Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the National Registrar of the Civil State (Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil) announced several changes in some voting sites in the Colombian Caribbean region: In Cartagena and Magangue in Bol\u00edvar Department, Gonzalez in Cesar Department, Barranquilla and Malambo in Atl\u00e1ntico Department and Santa Marta and El Ret\u00e9n in Magdalena Department after there were reports of irregularities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process\nThe local newspaper El Nuevo D\u00eda from Ibagu\u00e9, Tolima Department reported that opposition groups to Major Bol\u00edvar Guzm\u00e1n blocked access to the town of Valle de San Juan also in Tolima Department, alleging that there had been a manipulation of the election process. The blockage prevented functionaries of the National Registrar from establishing elements needed for voting. Members of the Colombian National Police and the Colombian Army were called to reestablish control in the town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process\nThere were also reports of fraudulent techniques used to obtain more votes, the most common was the Trasteo electoral (Literally \"Vote Carrying\") in which for example a municipality gets more votes than its official population able to vote, as it occurred in the municipality of Pioj\u00f3 in Atl\u00e1ntico Department where there were 6,088 people subscribed as apt to vote, but its actual population apt to vote over 18 years old is 2,988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process\nCaracol Radio reported that there had been 49 people captured for committing electoral fraud crimes and there had been 26 denunciations reported to the Inspector General of Colombia Edgardo Maya among these the possession of numerous IDs used to illegally vote more than once and the exchange of votes for money or groceries for votes. Inspector General Maya-Villazon also discarded any possibility that elected candidates sanctioned with disciplinary sanctions, penal crimes, impeachment or any other fault on this elections will not be able to take office. He also mentioned that in case any of these candidates took office will be suspended from office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process, Violence\nA month before the elections there were already some 70 homicides related to the Colombian regional elections of 2007, including government officials, perpetrated by guerrillas, former and new paramilitary groups or common delinquency. This tendency of using violence to coerce the population escalated when the paramilitary groups influenced the previous 2003 regional, presidential and legislative elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process, Violence\nOnservers part of the mission sent by the Organization of American States (OAS) formally accused the FARC of being the main cause of the disruptions to the electoral process. Not only from violence but from coercion, but also mentioned that the elections were not in danger but for some people in certain areas. Like during the electoral day the FARC used explosives to destroy electrical towers in the southern Colombian Department of Nari\u00f1o. This action left without electricity an area covered by some 5 municipalities. The Ombudsman of Colombia accused the emerging paramilitary gangs of also thwarting the election process in some areas. Some of this groups included Aguilas Negras, Los Traquetos, Los Mellizos, ''Los de Barranquilla, Los Paisas, Los 40, Macacos, Cuchillos and la Organizaci\u00f3n Nueva Generaci\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190691-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Colombian regional elections, Irregularities in election process, Violence, Post election\nOn October 29, 2007, a day after the election, protesters of the losing candidate for mayor in the municipality of Ci\u00e9naga de Oro, C\u00f3rdoba Department rioted and burned down the City hall and the local office of the National Registrar of the Civil State, alleging that there had been fraud. The winning candidate Plinio Di Paola won with a difference of 15 vote over the losing candidate. Also in C\u00f3rdoba Department, in the town of Ayapel the office of the National Registrar was stoned. A state of emergency was sanctioned in several other populations of the C\u00f3rdoba Department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 94], "content_span": [95, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190692-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina from May 23 through May 26. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2007 season. Third-seeded VCU won the tournament for the fourth time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190692-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament\nEntering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, Old Dominion and VCU led with three titles while George Mason and UNC Wilmington had won twice each and William & Mary had won once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190692-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top six teams from the CAA's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. The top four seeds were awarded by tiebreakers as VCU, Old Dominion, Delaware, and UNC Wilmington all finished with the same record in conference. George Mason earned the fifth seed by tiebreaker over Georgia State, as the Patriots and Panthers had the same conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 74], "content_span": [75, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190692-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nJohn Leonard was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Leonard was a pitcher and outfielder for VCU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 97], "content_span": [98, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190693-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Cup\nThe 2007 Colonial Cup was rugby union competition held in Fiji. The Fiji Rugby Union controls the Colonial Cup which is used to pick players for the Fiji national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190693-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Cup\nThis year saw the emergence of a new team, the Bligh Roosters, based in Tavua. This took the number of competing teams to 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190693-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Cup\nThe Coastal Stallions were the 2007 champions, this being their third win since the tournament's inception in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190693-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colonial Cup, Results from 2007, Final standings\n4 points for a win; 2 for a draw; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match; 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 53], "content_span": [54, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team\nThe 2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Hawkins in his second season at Colorado and played their home games at Folsom Field. Colorado finished 6\u20137 after losing in the Independence Bowl to Alabama. 2007 was Colorado's first consecutive losing season in 22 years, but represented a vast improvement over the team's 2\u201310 mark in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Spring practice\nPrior to spring practice, there were two position changes planned: Cha\u2019pelle Brown will move from cornerback to wide receiver, and Joe Sanders will switch back to tight end from outside linebacker. Sanders started his career at tight end but two weeks into his first spring practice moved to inside linebacker (he missed the fall of his freshman year after undergoing shoulder surgery).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Spring practice\nNine players will not return from the 2006 squad: Paul Backowski (OL), Quinton Borders (OL), Dominique Brooks (S), Clayton Cammon (WR, walkon), Steve Fendry (TE), Isaac Garden (P/PK, walkon, graduated), Tom Grubin (C, walkon), Jeremy Hauck (OL) and Reggie Joseph (WR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Spring practice\nThe annual spring game occurred on April 14. The game consisted of a mix between live scrimmages and 7-on-7 drills due to the shortage of healthy and eligible offensive linemen. The offense was remarked as having made improvements compared to last season's spring game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Spring practice\nBernard Jackson, the starting quarterback from last season saw limited time at the position during spring practice and was used as a wide receiver, running back, punt and kick returner. Cody Hawkins (Red shirt Freshman) and Nick Nelson (JC transfer Junior) competed for the quarterback position. Hawkins completed 12-of-20 passes for 119\u00a0yards an interception and a touchdown in live action. In 7-on-7 drills, he completed 15-of-23 passes for 182\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Nelson completed 3-of-10 passes for 30\u00a0yards and an interception and also had two rushes for 20\u00a0yards during live action. In 7-on-7 drills, he completed 21-of-28 passes for 256\u00a0yards with two touchdowns and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Infraction\nIn June 2007, the Buffaloes were placed under probation for two years and fined US$100,000 for undercharging 133 student-athletes for meals over a six-year span (2000\u201301 to 2005\u201306) resulting in the major infraction. The football program, with 86 of the 133 student-athletes involved, also lost one scholarship for the next three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Recruiting\nNational Signing Day was on February 7, 2007, and Colorado signed high school athletes from around the country. Colorado's overall team ranking was 35th by Scout.com and 31st by Rivals.com. Colorado had 31 scholarships available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Pre-season, Uniform changes\nOn June 2, 2007, Colorado announced changes to their uniforms. Most notable is the incorporation of silver into the uniform combining the two school colors, silver and gold, for the first time. The \"COLORADO\" across the chest and player names on the back are now smaller, and will be gold instead of white (the only color it has ever been). The numbers will now be silver. The pants now have trim on the sides; silver on the gold pants and gold on the black pants. The white pants have now been eliminated. In addition to the design change, the new uniforms designed by Nike also improve technical parts of the uniform including innovative fit, weight reduction, increased ventilation and improved moisture management.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Schedule\nThe schedule was ranked as the No. 10 toughest home schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Roster\nMichael Sipili was charged with assault for being suspected for fighting with Taj Kaynor, defensive tackle, also involving Chris Perri, sophomore defensive tackle on June 22, 2007. Sipili and Perri were suspended for the first three games and Kaynor was suspended for the first game. Sipili was later suspended from campus on September 21, 2007, for the fall semester over the incident forcing him to miss the entire season. As a true sophomore, he will likely use this season as a redshirt and have 3 years remaining of eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Roster\nStarting running back Hugh Charles suffered a pulled hamstring on the first series of the Colorado State game, forcing him to miss the rest of that game and the Arizona State game the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Roster\nC = Captain\u2021 = Out for season(SUSP) = Suspended for game(s)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Roster\nPositions listed by (numerical order) mean nopreference by the coaching staffwho is a starter and/or playing timeTight Ends and Tailbacks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThe 2007 Qwest Rocky Mountain Showdown was back in Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver, CO with the kickoff at 10:10\u00a0am MDT. Both the Colorado Buffaloes and Colorado State Rams were coming off losing seasons. Colorado State won last season's game and the series was tied at 4\u20134 over the last 8 games coming into the game. Colorado State returned running back Kyle Bell who missed last season due to an injury. Colorado started quarterback Cody Hawkins, head coach Dan Hawkins' son and a redshirt freshman in his first start at the college level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nColorado had been favored entering the game. This was Colorado's 200th game against current members of the Mountain West Conference, with a 137\u201355\u20137 record. Colorado was 73\u201339\u20135 in their 117-season openers and had won five of its last eight season openers entering the game. Colorado was 8\u20135, prior to the game, against intrastate rival Colorado State when the Rams have been the opposition in the season opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThe game was not sold out, with the low sales possibly due to the losing records of both teams last season. There were about 9,000 tickets still available a week before the game. Invesco Field has a capacity of 76,125. A crowd of 68,133 ultimately attended the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nColorado made a come from behind victory to force overtime and then win the game. The game started with the first three series scoring touchdowns. Cody Hawkins completed 18 of 31 passes for 201\u00a0yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Colorado State's Kyle Bell rushed for a career-high 40 times for 135\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Colorado State's quarterback, Hanie went 20-of-27 and threw three touchdown passes to tight end Kory Sperry and one interception, in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nColorado State won the coin toss in overtime and elected to go first. Terrence Wheatley made an interception to end the Rams' OT side. Kevin Eberhart, senior place kicker, had a good game going 3 for 4 with a career long 38-yard field goal before halftime, a 22-yard field goal with 13\u00a0seconds left to send the game into overtime and the game winning 35-yard kick in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nColorado lost their starting running back, Hugh Charles early in the first quarter with a pulled hamstring. The backup, Demetrius Sumler rushed 16 times for 85-yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nRalphie leads the Buffaloes on to the field to start the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThe band forms the CU logo letters before the start of every home game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nColorado lost last season to Arizona State (21\u20133), the only time the teams have previously played each other. The game was scheduled to start at 8:28\u00a0p.m. Mountain Time. Entering the game, Colorado had a 9\u20132 record in the state of Arizona, including 8\u20130 against the Arizona Wildcats and 1\u20132 in the Fiesta Bowl. A sellout crowd larger than 71,000 was expected to be in attendance. Colorado had won their last two road games against Pacific-10 Conference opponents before this game; Washington State Cougars in 2004 and UCLA Bruins in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nArizona State entered the game 1\u20130, with a win the previous week over the San Jose State Spartans. Head coach Dennis Erickson was going for his 150th win in his 215th game. Coming into the game, Arizona State was 3\u20132 all time against the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Buffaloes scored two\u00a0touchdowns in the first\u00a0quarter including an interception return for a touchdown by Terrence Wheatley, while holding the Sun Devils scoreless. ASU responded with three\u00a0touchowns in the second\u00a0quarter, but they missed their second extra point (wide left) and their attempt at a two-point conversion after their third\u00a0touchdown, so they took a 19\u201314 lead into halftime. Colorado did not score for the rest of the game. Arizona added two more touchdowns in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nColorado welcomed Florida State (1\u20131) for their home opener. Florida State won the only previous game between the two schools on September 20, 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nFlorida State came into the game with a win the previous week over the UAB Blazers and a loss in the season opener against the Clemson Tigers. The game was scheduled to start at 8:10\u00a0p.m. Mountain Time and aired on ESPN. There were approximately 3,000 tickets remaining 3 days before the game. Florida State was 15\u201311 all-time against Big 12 Conference teams coming into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nColorado was 7\u20135 all-time against Atlantic Coast Conference teams and 0\u20134 when playing on September 15 before the game. There were only 4 current Colorado players that dressed for the previous match-up in 2003: Eberhart, Wheatley, Robinson and Sanders. Colorado students and fans were planning to \"black out\" the stadium by wearing black clothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nActual attendance was 52,951. Colorado's Eberhart missed two field goals of 37 and 46\u00a0yards. Colorado scored a touchdown with 3:36 left in the game to keep their record scoring streak alive; the latest score in a game to keep the streak alive. Colorado has not been shutout in a football game since November 12, 1988, when they played the Nebraska Cornhuskers. They have not been shutout at home since November 15, 1986, by the Oklahoma Sooners. Terrence Wheatley left the game with a knee injury during the 4th quarter, with his future status undetermined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nIn the week after the game, Matt DiLallo was named to the Ray Guy Award watchlist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Miami University\nColorado beat the Miami University RedHawks by a score of 42\u20130. It was first time the RedHawks were shut out since a 1993 loss to Ball State. In sophomore quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh\u2019s first start of the season for Miami, he completed 11 of 32 passes for only 95\u00a0yards. The Colorado defense was never able to sack Raudabaugh, but they did not allow him time to set his feet for passes. Colorado out gained Miami 634\u2013139 in total yardage. The Buffaloes\u2019 offense rushed for 359 after only running for 134 total yards in three previous games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nOklahoma was first to score by capitalizing on a D. J. Wolfe interception returned to the Colorado 11. Sam Bradford connected with Juaquin Iglesias for the 13\u00a0yard touchdown. The Buffalo's scored next by driving the ball 70\u00a0yards capped off by a 25-yard touchdown rush by Hugh Charles. The Sooners responded 49\u00a0seconds later thanks to a 34-yard touchdown run by Allen Patrick. The Sooners added 3 more as a result of a 28-yard Hartley field goal to return to the locker rooms at halftime with a 17\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nColorado seemed to have this game under control with a 21\u20140 lead at halftime. However, Iowa State rallied back in the second half for the victory. Coach Hawkins made a controversial call going for a first down on 4th and 1 on Colorado's own 43\u2014yard line after Iowa State refused a 10-yard holding penalty in the third quarter. The Buffaloes fell short of making the first down when Demetrius Sumler was stopped by Jesse Smith. Iowa State would score their first points of the game three plays later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nBret Culbertson of Iowa State kicked a 24\u2014yard field goal with 12:21 left in the game to put the Cyclones up 31\u201421. Kevin Eberhart of Colorado had earlier missed a 43\u2014yard field goal. Colorado then fought back and Scotty McKnight scored a 9\u2014yard touchdown pass from Cody Hawkins with 2:40 left in the game. The defensed forced a 3 and out after the kickoff to get the ball back with 46\u00a0seconds left in the game on their own 28\u00a0yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIn 5 passing plays, 4 complete, they moved the ball 34\u00a0yards to the Iowa State 33\u00a0yard line. With no timeouts, they rushed the field goal unit on to the field and Eberhart made a 50\u2014yard field goal with 1\u00a0second left on the clock. However, Colorado was penalized 5\u00a0yards for snapping the ball before it was whistled ready for play (officially Offensive Delay of Game) which nullified the field goal. With 1\u00a0second left on the clock, Eberhart again made the 55\u2014yard field goal try, but the officials ruled the ball had not been snapped before time expired. The field goal was again nullified and the game was over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nColorado earned a bowl bid to the Independence Bowl against the Alabama Crimson Tide on December 2, 2007. This was third football game ever between the two schools, with the teams having split the previous two games. They were also both bowl games, the 1969 Liberty Bowl, where Colorado won 47\u201333, and the 1991 Blockbuster Bowl where Alabama won 30\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nAlabama scored on their opening drive off of a Leigh Tiffin field goal to lead 3\u20130. Colorado's first offensive play of the game resulted in an interception by Rolando McClain. Once again, Alabama relied on another field goal from Tiffin to push their lead to 6\u20130. Later in the quarter, Alabama's John Parker Wilson would throw a touchdown to Keith Brown and Matt Caddell to push the Crimson Tide to a 20\u20130 lead after one quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nEarly in the second quarter, Wilson would connect to Nikita Stover on a 31\u2013yard touchdown pass and the Crimson Tide lead 27\u20130 after just under 20\u00a0minutes played in the game. The Buffaloes would control the majority of the second quarter after Wilson threw an interception. Buffaloes freshman quarterback Cody Hawkins threw touchdown passes to Tyson DeVree and Dusty Sprague to close the gap, as the Crimson Tide lead 27\u201314 at halftime. The only score in the third quarter would come from Kevin Eberhart on a Colorado field goal. Leigh Tiffin kicked a field goal as the Crimson Tide lead 30\u201317, though Cody Hawkins and Tyson DeVree would connect on another passing touchdown. In a desperation attempt with 0:01 left in the fourth quarter, Colorado would attempt several laterals but would fall short of midfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nAlabama's victory sent them to a 7\u20136 overall record as they avoided a second consecutive losing season. Colorado had its second consecutive losing season for the first time in 22 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190694-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Statistics\nColorado does not include bowl game statistics as part of their season total statistics. The statistics below therefore are for the 12 game regular season and do not include any statistics recorded during the bowl game against Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190695-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Crush season\nThe 2007 Colorado Crush season was the fifth season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs again, as they were 11\u20135 and division champs in 2006. They went 8\u20138 and qualified for the playoffs. After an upset over the Brigade, the Crush lost 76\u201367 to the San Jose SaberCats in the divisional round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190695-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Crush season, Coaching\nMike Dailey started his fourth season as head coach of the Crush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190696-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Mammoth season\nThe Colorado Mammoth are a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 21st in franchise history and 5th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190696-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Mammoth season\nThe Mammoth won the Western division title with a 12-4 record, but were eliminated in the first round by the 4th place San Jose Stealth. The 2007 season marked Gary Gait's last as Mammoth head coach; he resigned following the season to become head coach of the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190696-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Mammoth season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190696-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Mammoth season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190696-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Mammoth season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190697-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rapids season\nThe 2007 Colorado Rapids season is the twelfth season of the Colorado club franchise. The team enters the season having been eliminated from the 2006 MLS Playoffs in the Conference Finals. The Rapids, however, enter as the defending champions of the MLS Reserve Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190697-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rapids season\nFor 2007, the Rapids revealed new team colors, uniforms and crest. The Colorado Rapids begin play in their new soccer-specific stadium, Dick's Sporting Goods Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190697-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rapids season, Offseason, 2006 Colorado Rapids\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190697-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rapids season, Chance at a comeback, 2007 final roster\nAs of October 21, 2007Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190697-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rapids season, Western Conference standings\nx = Clinched playoff berthy = Clinched home field for Conf. Champ.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season\nThe Colorado Rockies' 2007 season started off with the team trying to improve on their 2006 record (76-86). They finished second in the National League West division with a franchise record of 90 wins in 163 games and earned a playoff berth as the National League Wild Card team. The team would go on to lose the 2007 World Series to the Boston Red Sox, four games to none.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season\nThe team's stretch run was among the greatest ever for a Major League Baseball team. Having a record of 76-72 at the start of play on September 16, the Rockies proceeded to win 14 of their final 15 regular season games. The stretch culminated with a 9-8, 13-inning victory over the San Diego Padres in a one-game playoff for the wild card berth, a game that is considered to be part of the regular season. The Rockies then swept their first seven playoff games to win the 2007 National League Pennant \u2014 the franchise's first-ever pennant. Thus, at the start of the World Series, the Rockies had won a total of 21 out of 22 games. Fans and media nicknamed the Rockies improbable run in October, Rocktober, a play off the two names.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season\nThe streak then ended, as the Rockies were swept in the 2007 World Series by the Boston Red Sox. The Rockies drew 2,376,250 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 28,978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Wild card tie-breaker\nThe Rockies ended the 162-game regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses. They were tied with the San Diego Padres for second place in the NL West and first in the NL Wild Card. A tie-breaker game was played on October 1, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings, spanning four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the game with a final score of 9\u20138, sending them to only their second post-season in franchise history. The tie-breaker game counts toward all team and player statistics in the regular season; so, the Rockies' official 2007 win-loss record stands at 90-73.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Playoffs, National League Division Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies\nColorado started the series with the Philadelphia Phillies on October 3, 2007, at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies had a potent offense with NL MVP candidates Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley. The Rockies swept the series in three games with scores of 4-2 in Game 1 and 10-5 in Game 2 in Philadelphia. In Game 3, with the score tied in the bottom of the 8th and two outs, Jeff Baker singled to bring in the go-ahead run. Manny Corpas then pitched a perfect ninth inning to seal the Rockies' first postseason series victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 98], "content_span": [99, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Playoffs, National League Championship Series: vs. Arizona Diamondbacks\nColorado started the series with the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 11, 2007, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks came into the game having swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS in three games. Colorado took the first two games, including a 3-2 extra-inning victory in Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Playoffs, National League Championship Series: vs. Arizona Diamondbacks\nOn Sunday, October 14, the Rockies would play in a cold, wet Coors Field in Denver. There, they would find a way to hit the ball over the wall even in the harsh weather. The Rockies hit two homers that night, one in the 1st inning from Matt Holliday and the other in the 6th inning from Yorvit Torrealba. Colorado won the game 4-1. This win gave the Rockies a 20-1 record over their last 21 games. This made them only the third team in the last half-century, and the first in the National League since the 1936, to have a 20-1 stretch at any point of a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Playoffs, National League Championship Series: vs. Arizona Diamondbacks\nColorado won its first NL Pennant on Monday, October 15, at home, with the deciding blow, a 3-run HR by Matt Holliday, to sweep the AZ Diamondbacks (6-4) in the midst of a historic 21-1 sprint with only one loss (September 28) since September 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Playoffs, National League Championship Series: vs. Arizona Diamondbacks\nMatt Holliday was the 2007 NLCS MVP Award winner. The Rockies became the first team to win their first 7 playoff games in 31 years. It should also be noted that they also became the first team to do it since MLB added the division series to the playoffs. The 2014 Kansas City Royals passed the record with winning their first 8 playoff games in the wild card game, the ALDS, and the ALCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 101], "content_span": [102, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190698-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Rockies season, Playoffs, World Series vs. Boston Red Sox\nThe Rockies lost the first two games at Fenway Park, by a score of 13-1 in Game One and a score of 2-1 in Game Two. The 13 runs are the most ever scored by a team in the first game of a World Series. Returning to Coors Field for the final two games, the Rockies lost Game Three by a score of 10-5 and Game Four by a score of 4-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190699-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado Springs mayoral election\nThe 2007 Colorado Springs mayoral election took place on April 3, 2007, to elect the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. The election was officially nonpartisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190700-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado State Rams football team\nThe 2007 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the college football 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by head coach Sonny Lubick in his final season at CSU. The Rams finished the season 3\u20139 (2\u20136 MWC) for eighth place in the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings\nIn the early morning hours of December 9, 2007, 24-year-old Matthew John Murray opened fire at the Youth With A Mission training center in Arvada, Colorado, killing two and wounding two others before escaping. Later that afternoon, he attacked the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a number of firearms, killing two more people and injuring three before being shot by Jeanne Assam, a member of the church's safety team. Murray then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Shootings, Arvada missionary shooting\nAround 12:30\u00a0a.m. MST (07:30 UTC), following a Christmas banquet that had taken place earlier that night, Matthew Murray knocked on the door of the Youth With A Mission facility. Murray asked personnel in the youth center if he could stay overnight; when he was refused, Murray opened fire with a 9mm handgun, killing Tiffany Johnson, the center's Director of Hospitality, and staff member Philip Crouse, as well as wounding Dan Griebenow in the neck and Charlie Blanch in the leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Shootings, Arvada missionary shooting\nAfter the incident, the YWAM base evacuated its 80 people to the mountain campus in Black Hawk, 45 of whom were in the building at the time of the shooting. Local police quickly conducted a canine search of the surrounding area, searching for the shooter; they hoped that fresh snow would help them track the suspect, but were unable to locate him. A reverse 911 call went out to residents of the neighborhood to let them know a shooting suspect might be in their area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Shootings, New Life Church shooting\nAt about 1:00\u00a0p.m. MST (20:00 UTC), more than thirty minutes after the 11:00\u00a0a.m. sermon had ended at New Life Church, Murray opened fire in the church parking lot with a Bushmaster XM-15 rifle, shooting at the Works family as they entered their vehicle. He killed Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachel Works, 16, and critically wounded their father, David Works, by shooting him multiple times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Shootings, New Life Church shooting\nChurch member and bystander Judy Purcell was wounded in the shoulder when attempting to enter her vehicle; she survived her injuries. Murray directed gunfire towards other vehicles during his shooting spree within the New Life Church parking lot, including narrowly missing church patron Christina Wilke after riddling her vehicle with a volley of bullets from his semi-automatic rifle, missing Wilke with his gunfire by approximately four inches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Shootings, New Life Church shooting\nMurray then entered the building's main foyer where he wounded Larry Bourbonnais, as Bourbonnais was attempting to yell at Murray to distract Murray from hurting others; Bourbonnais was minorly wounded in the forearm with shrapnel. At this point, church member Jeanne Assam, a New Life Church security volunteer, who was herself a former Minneapolis Police Department law enforcement officer, opened fire upon Murray. Assam shot Murray 10 times, striking him in both the femoral and carotid arteries killing him using her Beretta 92 FS .9mm handgun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Shootings, New Life Church shooting\nThe incident was fully witnessed by Larry Bourbonnais, who later repeatedly conveyed to national news interests that, \"It was the bravest thing I've ever seen.\" Assam later publicly acknowledged that she had asked God to be with her as she took on this active shooter. 15 at YWAM and 27 at New Life Church.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Aftermath\nAfter the New Life Church shooting, Assam later stated that \"God guided me and protected me [and I] did not think for a minute to run away\" when a reporter asked her if she had.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Aftermath\nOn December 13, 2007, Murray's family issued a statement saying that it was \"groping for answers\" and issued an apology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Aftermath\nThe pastor of the church stated that Assam shot Murray before he entered 50 feet (15\u00a0m) inside the building, after she encountered him in the hallway, and that Assam probably saved \"over 100 lives.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Aftermath\nFollowing the shooting spree, Colorado Springs Police Department officers searched the church campus looking for suspicious devices. Colorado governor Bill Ritter ordered state authorities to help investigate. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also came to the site to assist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Aftermath\nIt was not immediately known whether the shootings were related to an earlier Arvada missionary shooting, 70 miles (110\u00a0km) away. However, prior to the second shooting, police were already conducting an investigation at Murray's home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Aftermath\nPolice said the description of the gunman in the second shooting was similar to the first: a white male wearing a dark hat and dark jacket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nMatthew John Murray, a 24-year-old resident of Englewood, Colorado, was identified as the perpetrator of both shootings. Murray was homeschooled in a deeply religious Christian household after the 1st grade, and he attended, but did not complete, a missionary training program at the YWAM Arvada facility 2002. He was expelled from the school due to \"strange behavior,\" which included playing perceived-frightening rock music and him claiming to hear voices. Court records indicated that Murray was bitter over his expulsion from the 12-week missionary training program, as he was consequently banned from attending a field trip to Bosnia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nHis expulsion from the school was confirmed by Cheryl Morrison, whose husband, George Morrison, is pastor of the Faith Bible Chapel adjacent to YWAM Denver. She didn't know specifics of the conflict. \"I don't think that \u2018run-in\u2019 is the word, but they did have to dismiss him. It had to be something of significance, because they go the nth degree with people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nBefore the second shooting, Murray left several violent and threatening messages on several religious websites, espousing his hatred for fundamental Christianity and his intentions on killing as many Christians as possible. One message quoted Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre; it read: \"I'm coming for EVERYONE soon and I WILL be armed to the ...teeth and I WILL shoot to kill. ... God, I can't wait till I can kill you people. Feel no remorse, no sense of shame, I don't care if I live or die in the shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nAll I want to do is kill and injure as many of you ... as I can especially Christians who are to blame for most of the problems in the world.\" In his online postings, Murray alleges psychological abuse at the hands of his parents and church leaders as the main reason for his hatred of Christianity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nMurray was obsessed with several school shootings and mass shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre, the Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis, the Virginia Tech shooting, the Trolley Square shooting, and the Westroads Mall shooting. Additionally, hundreds of images of pornography and child pornography were found on his computer by investigators. He had also researched Children of God (COG) cult member Ricky Rodriguez. Before the shooting at New Life, Murray called a family member and confessed to his obsession with mass shootings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nIn the months before the shootings, Murray acquired several weapons: an AK-47 semi-automatic variant, a Beretta .22-caliber handgun, a Beretta .40-caliber handgun, a Springfield Armory 9mm handgun, and a Bushmaster XM-15 .223-caliber rifle, which he had modified to fire a larger caliber round. He was found to have had over 3,000 rounds of ammunition at New Life and had over 1,000 more at his home in Englewood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nIn another of his very last posts, made that morning to a Usenet newsgroup, he identified himself as being a member of a local branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis. According to the chapter leader, Murray had attended their events for one or two years, but his request for membership was turned down and he was asked to leave in either September or October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nMurray was involved in several religious organizations in the Denver area, including: His Love Fellowship Church, Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren, Trinity Christian, Ordo Templi Orientis, and the New Life Church. He was also baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in late 2006, according to the church's records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nMurray was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of five. According to investigators, he descended into extreme anti-Christian psychosis over a period of several months, and his web-postings became increasingly violent, despondent and hateful. Some of the users tried to counsel Murray. After the killing, police found a letter addressed \"To God,\" by Murray, in his car, which was later obtained by Newsradio 850 KOA. The letter was found along with two books: I Had to Say Something by Mike Jones and Serial Murderers and Their Victims by Eric W. Hickey, according to the invoice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190701-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings, Perpetrator\nMurray was buried during a private funeral service for close friends and family soon after the shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190702-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbia Lions football team\nThe 2007 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190702-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbia Lions football team\nIn their second season under head coach Norries Wilson, the Lions compiled a 1\u20139 record and were outscored 283 to 156. Craig Hormann, Drew Quinn and JoJo Smith were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190702-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbia Lions football team\nThe Lions' winless (0\u20137) conference record placed eighth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 257 to 143 by Ivy opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190702-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbia Lions football team\nColumbia played its homes games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City. The field at Wien Stadium was dedicated to Robert Kraft, a Columbia graduate and owner of the New England Patriots, during the October 13 homecoming game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190703-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Crew season\nThe 2007 Columbus Crew season was the club's twelfth season of existence, and their twelfth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup but failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs. The season covered the period from November 9, 2006 to the start of the 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190703-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Crew season\nAlthough the Crew faced FC Dallas in the regular season, control of the inaugural edition of the Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup was decided in the preseason. Columbus claimed a 3\u20130 victory and hoisted the cup for the first time. The Crew were eliminated in the U.S. Open Cup qualification semifinals by Los Angeles Galaxy and finished three points out of a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs, the third consecutive season without a playoff berth for Columbus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190703-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Crew season, Background\nIn the 2006 season the Crew finished sixth place in the East, finished last in the Supporters' Shield table, and failed to qualify for the U.S. Open Cup or the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Columbus lost defender Ritchie Kotschau to expansion team Toronto FC, but he would be replaced by 2007 MLS SuperDraft second-round selection Brad Evans. Coach Sigi Schmid would also bring in Danny O'Rourke, Robbie Rogers, Alejandro Moreno, William Hesmer, and the team's very first Designated Player, Guillermo Barros Schelotto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190703-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Crew season, Background\nThe 2007 season was ultimately unsuccessful, but would be a rebuilding year for Columbus in preparation for the 2008 season, in which they would win both the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190703-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Crew season, Competitive, MLS, Results summary\nSource: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season\nThe 2007 Columbus Destroyers season is the 9th season for the franchise and the 4th in Columbus. They finished with a 7\u20139 record and qualified for the playoffs. The Destroyers defeated the Tampa Bay Storm 56\u201355 in the first round. The Destroyers advanced to the National Conference Championship by beating Dallas 66\u201359 in Dallas the following week. Columbus swept the table with the top three National Conference teams by defeating the Georgia Force 66\u201356 to win the National Conference Championship Game and their first conference title in team history and will go to New Orleans to participate in their first ever ArenaBowl XXI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Coaching\nDoug Kay started his second season as head coach of the Destroyers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Playoff schedule, 2007 roster\nRookies in italics updated March 11, 201928 Active, 0 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Playoffs, Week 1: at Tampa Bay Storm\nThe Destroyers entered the playoffs for the first time since their move to Columbus. In a game that was back-and-forth scoring, the key play was a missed extra point by Storm kicker Seth Marler with 1:06 left in the game. Following a delay-of-game penalty, Marler missed an extra point attempt that, had he made it, would have given the Storm a 56\u201349 lead. After Columbus got the ball on the ensuing kickoff, they drove down to the Storm 1-yard line with 10 seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Playoffs, Week 1: at Tampa Bay Storm\nColumbus QB Matt Nagy called his own number and sneaked into the Storm endzone with 7.9 left in the game, and, after the extra point attempt, the Destroyers had a 56\u201355 lead and looked to pull off the upset. With 3 seconds left and at their own 10-yard line, Marler tried to make amends by attempting a field goal that, if good, would give the Storm a 58\u201356 win and a game against division rival Georgia. Marler's kick looked good to begin with, but curved off to the left and missed, giving Columbus the upset win and a matchup against the 15\u20131 Dallas Desperados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Playoffs, Week 2: at Dallas Desperados\nThe Destroyers blew a 30-point lead and lost to the Desperados earlier this season 53\u201351 and they lost the 2nd game in Columbus 56\u201347. This time, it looked as if Dallas, after a shaky start, would continue their dominance over the Destroyers. Leading 38\u201328 at the half, the tide turned on back-to-back kickoffs by Columbus kicker Peter Martinez. Dallas, who had deferred, got the opening kickoff. However, the ball bounced off the goalpost and into the hands of Columbus' Josh Bush, who rolled into the endzone to make it 38\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Playoffs, Week 2: at Dallas Desperados\nOn the very next kickoff, a nearly identical play occurred when the ball again bounced off the goalpost and Columbus recovered at the 4-yard line. On the next play, Damien Groce ran the ball in to give Columbus a sudden 42\u201338 lead 58 seconds into the second half. After a Clint Dolezel interception set up a field goal for Columbus, Jason Shelley put the game away with a 28-yard reception with 12:55 left in the game to give Columbus a 2-touchdown lead that they held onto to pull off the upset against the Desperados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190704-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus Destroyers season, Playoffs, Week 3 (Conference Championship): at Georgia Force\nThe Destroyers Pull off the Upset and they are going to ArenaBowl XXI In New Orleans to play the San Jose SaberCats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 93], "content_span": [94, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190705-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election\nThe 2007 Columbus mayoral election took place on November 6, 2007, to elect the mayor of Columbus, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan. Since there were fewer than three candidates, no primary was necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190706-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election\nElections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles council) were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 31 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190706-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election\nThe large majority of the seats were held by independent candidates, similar to other predominantly rural Scottish councils. The Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour Party had a small representation each, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats stood four candidates, all of whom were unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190707-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Comilla bus crash\nOn 6 January 2007, at approximately 1:15\u00a0pm, in Suwagazi, Comilla District, Bangladesh, a bus carrying between 60 and 100 people on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway ran off the road into a ditch and burst into flames which ignited the fuel tank, which then exploded. It was reported that the bus was attempting to overtake another vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190707-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Comilla bus crash\nOver 40 people were killed, though some reports list it as many as 70. Many of the dead were charred beyond recognition, and it is unknown if an accurate number of dead will ever be known.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190708-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic\nThe 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Grand Hyatt Bali in Bali, Indonesia, from 10 September through 16 September 2007. Unseeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $32,240 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190708-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Return of Lindsay Davenport\nLindsay Davenport, the former world number one, returned after the birth of her son. Davenport competed in her first singles tournament this year, and had not played a professional match in 51 weeks. However, Davenport immediately found form and defeated Eleni Daniilidou in straight sets. After this, Davenport raced through her match with Julie Ditty and then stunned rising world number 3 star Jelena Jankovi\u0107, 6\u20132, 2\u20136, 6\u20134. Davenport defeated Sara Errani in straight sets in the semifinals before taking the title by defeating her doubles partner Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190708-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles\nSun Shengnan / Ji Chunmei defeated Jill Craybas / Natalie Grandin 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190709-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic took place between 10 and 16 December on outdoor hard courts in Bali, Indonesia. Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan won the title, defeating Jill Craybas and Natalie Grandin in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190710-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nSvetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but chose not to play that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190710-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nLindsay Davenport won the title in her first tournament in 51 weeks, beating Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190710-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top two seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting\nThe 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 20th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Kampala, Uganda, between 23 November and 25 November 2007, and was hosted by President Yoweri Museveni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting\nThe meeting was attended by representatives of forty-eight countries out of the Commonwealth's fifty-three members (suspended members Fiji and Pakistan, and special member Nauru were not invited, whilst Saint Lucia and Vanuatu sent no representatives). Thirty-six were represented by their Head of State or Head of Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Membership criteria\nKampala saw the completion of a review of the Commonwealth's membership criteria, launched at the 2005 CHOGM in Valletta, with the publication of the report of the Committee on Commonwealth Membership. It had already been announced that no new members would be admitted until the 2009 CHOGM. In this context, Rwanda was discussed at great lengths, with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, invited to Kampala as neighbour Uganda's guest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Membership criteria\nThe Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) reimposed the suspension on Pakistan that had been lifted in 2005 on the eve of the CHOGM. Opposed vehemently by Sri Lanka, the move seemed to indicate a more assertive role for CMAG since the premature lifting of the suspension on Pakistan two years earlier. Since Pakistan's suspension and Zimbabwe's withdrawal, CMAG had seen little use, and the more commanding chairmanship of Malta's Michael Frendo marked a change in tone. The new CMAG, elected at the CHOGM, saw Canada, Lesotho, and Tanzania replaced by Namibia, New Zealand, and Uganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Secretary-General\nAt the CHOGM, a new Commonwealth Secretary-General had to be elected, to replace New Zealander Don McKinnon, who had been Secretary-General since 2000. The two contenders were Kamalesh Sharma of India and Michael Frendo. With Frendo having suspended Pakistan, it seemed as though the India-Pakistan rivalry would come to the fore once again. However, Frendo withdrew his candidacy before the vote, leaving Sharma to be appointed unanimously and become the first Asian Secretary-General: leaving Europe as the only continent having not held the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Secretary-General\nThe CHOGM was also marked by the appearance of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Whilst he took no role in official proceedings, his attendance marked the Prince's first involvement in CHOGMs, having previously distanced himself from Commonwealth affairs. This sparked rumours that Charles was actively courting Commonwealth leaders in anticipation of the choice of successor to Queen Elizabeth II as Head of the Commonwealth (a position that is vested in the Queen personally, and does not pass automatically with the British crown).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 64], "content_span": [65, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190711-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Somaliland delegation\nA delegation from Somaliland led by Dahir Riyale Kahin, the then President of Somaliland was in attendance at this meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190712-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup\nThe 2007 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fifteenth edition of the competition and took place in Moscow beginning January 20. The final took take place in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex on January 28, and was won by Uzbek side Pakhtakor Tashkent 9-8 on a penalty shootout against Ventspils, from Latvia, after a goalless game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190713-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference National play-off Final\nThe 2006\u201307 Conference National play-off Final took place on 20 May 2007 and was contested between Morecambe and Exeter City. It was held at Wembley Stadium. The attendance of 40,043 was the largest for a Conference National final at that time, 30,000 of whom were supporting Exeter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190714-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2007 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina from May 23\u2013May 27, 2007. Rice won tournament for the second consecutive time and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190714-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Finish order\n\u2020 - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game\nThe 2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 1, 2007 between the UCF Knights, the champion of C-USA's East Division, and the West Division champion, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, at Bright House Networks Stadium (now known as Spectrum Stadium) in Orlando, Florida. The game kicked off at 12:00 pm EST and was televised by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary\nUnder conference rules, the game was held at the home field of the team with the best record in conference play; since UCF finished C-USA play at 7\u20131, better than Tulsa's 6\u20132, the game was held at the Knights' home field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary\nTulsa and UCF met at the C-USA Championship for the second time; Tulsa beat UCF at the Florida Citrus Bowl (now known as Camping World Stadium) in Downtown Orlando in 2005 by a score of 44-27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary\nKevin Smith continued his dominance, running for 284 yards with 4 touchdowns. Tulsa kept it close in the first half as UCF's defense seemed slow to get started. In the second half, however, they only scored on a safety. Paul Smith, the Tulsa quarterback, threw for 426 yards and three touchdowns, but also gave up three interceptions. UCF won their first ever conference title in football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary\nKevin Smith finished the game with 2,448 rushing yards on the season, second all-time for single-season rushing yards in FBS history. Only Barry Sanders, who rushed for 2,628 yards in 1989 for Oklahoma State, rushed for more yards in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, Tulsa Golden Hurricane\nUnder Head Coach Todd Graham, Tulsa finished the 2007 regular season 9-3 (6-2) with a powerful offense averaging over 41 points per game, but their defense was a struggle all season letting up 33 points per game. Their offense was mostly powered by their talented quarterback Paul Smith who had 5,065 passing yards and 47 touchdowns on the season. Current Auburn Head Coach Gus Malzahn was in his first year as Tulsa's Offensive Coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Teams, UCF Knights\nUCF was led to a 9-3 regular season record with a 7-1 conference record by Head Coach George O'Leary in 2007. UCF also had a prolific offense that averaged 35.9 points per game and were led by their Running Back Kevin Smith who had one of the best seasons a college football running back has ever had, rushing a record 450 times for 2,567 yards and 30 total touchdowns. UCF did most of their damage on the ground, as quarterback Kyle Israel threw for 2,173 yards and 15 touchdowns to his 11 interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 7 plays 47 yards, 02:38 ucf fg, 2:38", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nMichael Such punt for 43 yards, returned by Joe Burnett for 83 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\ntulsa drive: 5 plays 1 yard, 03:02 tulsa punt, 3:02", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 1 play 83 yards, 00:00 ucf td, 0:00", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nPaul Smith pass complete to Charles Clay for 22 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\ntulsa drive: 7 plays 65 yards, 02:54 tulsa td, 2:54", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\ntulsa drive: 7 plays 65 yards, 02:54 tulsa td, 2:54", "metadata": 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USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\ntulsa drive: 9 plays 50 yards, 01:51 tulsa fg, 1:51", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 6 plays 36 yards, 02:50 ucf fg, 2:50", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 7 plays 9 yards, 02:00 ucf fg, 2:00", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nKyle Israel rush for a loss of 2 yards, fumbled in the endzone, recovered by Kyle Israel for a SAFETY.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 1 play -2 yards, 00:05 ucf saf, 0:05", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 4 plays 89 yards, 02:12 ucf td, 2:12", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190715-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Scoring Summary\nucf drive: 4 plays 89 yards, 02:12 ucf td, 2:12", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190716-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 7\u201310, 2007 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190717-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2007 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the thirteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the games were played at West Campus Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team\nThe 2007 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. This year the Huskies, for the first time, ended the season on the BCS rankings top 25 at #25, and at the height of their year were ranked #13, the highest at any point in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Duke\nIn a game that was a tale of two halves, the Huskies started the season with a 45\u201314 win against Duke, extending the Blue Devils' winless streak to twenty-one straight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Maine\nUConn improved its overall record to 2\u20130 for the fourth time in five years and its record in home openers at Rentschler Field to 5\u20130. This was the Huskies' first shutout since a 59\u20130 victory over Liberty in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Temple\nIn a game which the Huskies were heavily favored, it took the help of a rotund security guard to win the game. After taking the lead early in the fourth quarter, the Huskies fought off a last-minute drive by the Owls. On the final play of the game, Temple ran a wide receiver reverse pass, which was batted down in the end zone by UConn defensive back Robert Vaughn. However, on the deflection, the ball was caught by the Owls' Bruce Francis, who was ruled out of bounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Temple\nReplays on TV showed Francis did appear to get one foot inbounds; however, it is debatable whether he also had possession at that point. After an official review, the play was upheld. The replay angle which could have provided the conclusive evidence, both foot inbounds and possession, was obstructed by a security guard standing in the line of sight of the television camera. The Huskies improved to 3\u20130 for the first time since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nThe Huskies continued their dominance in a 34-14 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers at Heinz Field. The victory marked the first time UConn had started 4-0 since 1997, as well as the first time the Huskies had won a Big East road opener. The victory was also the Huskies' second-ever win on the road within the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Akron\nReturning home to East Hartford, the Huskies held off the Zips to win their fifth straight game for the first time since 1995. The Huskies were led by running back Andre Dixon who scampered for 116 yards on 12 carries, as well as his first two touchdowns of his career. Junior college transfer quarterback Tyler Lorenzen contributed 203 yards and two touchdowns of his own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nIn a game which the winner was almost guaranteed a spot in the top 25, the Huskies came up just short. After allowing the go-ahead field goal with 3:20 left in the game the Huskies began the assault upfield. After a solid return, and two consecutive 11-yard runs by quarterback Tyler Lorenzen, the Huskies made the first of 3 costly mistakes allowing a snap from the shotgun formation to go whizzing by Lorenzen for a 21-yard loss. This proved to be the pivotal point in the game as the Huskies were unable to advance the ball, and in fact, turned the ball over on another botched snap from the gun, sealing a 17-16 victory for the Hoos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe Huskies again returned to the friendly confines of Rentschler Field for a heavily anticipated match-up with conference foe Louisville. Weather conditions were less than ideal as heavy rains had pounded Connecticut throughout the day. After holding the Cardinals high powered offense to just seven points in the first half. Momentum soon swung in the favor of the Huskies, just moments into the third quarter. A controversial 76-yard punt return by Larry Taylor knotted the game at 7-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nIt appeared as though Taylor had called for a fair catch; however, no whistle was blown, allowing him to run down the sideline for the score against a Louisville return team which had let up due to the apparent fair catch. After a field goal and a fumble return, the Cardinals appeared to be up for good with just over ten minutes left. A Tyler Lorenzen touchdown pass to quarterback-turned-wide receiver D.J. Hernandez pulled the Huskies to within three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nAfter a defensive stop, the Huskies drove down the field, and Andre Dixon scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:32 left to play. Linebacker Danny Lansanah cemented the victory picking off Cardinals quarterback Brian Brohm with 15 seconds to play. The win improved Connecticut's record to 6-1, making the Huskies bowl eligible for the third time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nBack in East Hartford for the second of three straight home games, the Huskies looked to make a statement against 10th ranked South Florida. On yet another rainy Connecticut afternoon, UConn jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. On the ensuing possession, USF marched down the field, but were unable to capitalize as kicker Delbie Alvarado missed a 26-yard field goal. Midway through the second quarter, Quarterback Tyler Lorenzen hooked up with TE Steve Brouse for a three-yard touchdown pass. On the next possession, Linebacker Scott Lutrus intercepted a Matt Grothe pass, and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nThe interception was Lutrus' fourth of the year, and second returned for a touchdown. The score put UConn up 16-0, after a botched extra point attempt. The score held going into the half. South Florida finally lit up the scoreboard with just over six minutes to play in the third quarter on a blocked punt, which was covered up in the endzone by the Huskies for a safety. After the free kick, Matt Grothe took just :29 to scamper for two runs and pull the Bulls closer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nAfter a sandwich of a UConn and USF field goals (UConn, USF, USF, UConn). South Florida began to drive down the field with 5:19 left. After getting into the redzone down 7, the Bulls were unable to capitalize, as a 3-yard touchdown run was called back due to a holding call. On the next play, Grothe was sacked by Redshirt freshman Greg Robinson. On the final play, Grothe passed incomplete into the corner of the endzone, sealing the 22-15 victory for the Huskies. The win was the first ever for the Huskies against a ranked opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nAt Rentschler Field for the finale of a three-game homestand the Huskies were the favorite against the rival Rutgers. Uconn started the game with a blocked Jeremy Ito punt by quarterback, turned wide receiver D.J. Hernandez which went for a safety. After the punt, Uconn progressed to drive down the field as junior college transfer Tyler Lorenzen hit Steve Brouse on a short two yard out route in the endzone. Tony Ciaravino missed the extra point making the score 8-0 Uconn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nRutgers came right back with a Ray Rice 45-yard run and eventually an Ito 30-yard field goal making the score 8-3. Tyvon Branch came back with a 48-yard return and Ciaravino hit a 44-yard field goal increasing the lead to 11-3. Uconn had good field possession late in the first quarter and Lorenzen hooked up with wide out Terrence Jeffers for 34 yards. Rutgers preceded to march down with a long drive ending with another Ito field goal in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nOn the kickoff, Tyvon Branch took the ball to the outside juking in and then speeding to the outside of Ito for a 97-yard return. Rutgers drove again ending with a Ray Rice 4-yard touchdown run. After a Uconn punt Rutgers ended the half with another Ito field goal. In the third quarter Ito hit another field goal from 27 yards after multiple punts from both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0009-0003", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nUconn drove again and with Andre Dixon out of the game, the ball was handed to sophomore Donald Brown who found a large hole on the right side and took it for a 33-yard touchdown. After a missed Ito field goal Ciaravino came back with a 30 yarder of his own. After a Rutgers punt Ciaravino hit another field goal this one from 26 yards. After Rutgers drove to the Uconn 35, with 8:17 to go in the 4th Quarter Rutgers failed on a fourth and four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0009-0004", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nAfter a Desi Cullen punt for Uconn, a Robert McClain interception of Mike Teel, and another Cullen punt. Teel drove again and at one point completed 6 passes in a row until time ran out. This win gave Uconn an 8-1 record and Donald Brown came off the bench and ran for 154 yards and a touchdown. Ray Rice was held to less than 30 yards in the second half and Tyvon Branch was subsequently named Big East special teams player of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nThe Cincinnati Bearcats beat the UConn Huskies behind a strong performance by the Bearcats' quarterback Ben Mauk. Mauk threw for 276 yards and 3 touchdowns with 21 completions on 33 attempts. He also added a rushing touchdown. The Huskies managed only one scoring drive, an 11-play, 74-yard drive in 2nd quarter, resulting in a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nThis is senior day for 11 seniors including leaders Dan Davis and Danny Lansanah, along with 27-year-old Zak Penwell. Other seniors include specials team phenom Larry Taylor and corner Tyvon Branch. The win made UConn the second team in the history of the Big East to finish a season with 7 wins at home, joining the 1993 West Virginia Mountaineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190718-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nWest Virginia's blowout victory over the Huskies resulted in a sarcastic running joke in the UConn student paper, the Daily Campus. Variations on the joke, \"West Virginia just scored again,\" began running in the paper's InstantDaily feature the Monday following the game and continued well into the Spring 2008 semester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190719-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Sun season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was their ninth season and their fifth in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the fifth consecutive season and were successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190719-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Sun season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft\nBased on the Sun's 2006 record, they would pick 13th (last) in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Sun waived their pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190719-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs\nIn the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Indiana Fever. Since the Fever had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut, game 2 at Indiana, and game 3 (if needed) at Indiana. The Sun won the first game at home in triple-overtime, but the Fever went on to win games two and three and take the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan\nA new constitution of Kyrgyzstan was passed by referendum on 21 October 2007. It is based on the first post-Soviet constitution originally adopted on 5 May 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan\nThe 1993 constitution had been amended several times: first on 10 February 1996, then on 2 February 2003, and finally twice in quick succession on 9 November 2006 and 15 January 2007 after the Tulip Revolution of March 2005. The last two amendments were adopted under pressure from protracted public protests in the capital Bishkek, but they were annulled in September 2007 by the Constitutional Court, which restored the 2003 constitution and paved the way for another constitutional referendum in October 2007. The description that follows is based on the text of the October 2007 constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan\nThis constitution was replaced by the 2010 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan in June 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Article 1\nThe Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) is a sovereign, unitary, democratic, constitutional, secular, social state. The citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic elect the President, the representatives to the Supreme Assembly (Jogorku Kenesh), and the representatives to local keneshi (council). The election is free and is based on equal, general, direct, and secret voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Article 4\nThe Kyrgyz Republic recognizes private, municipal, state, and other forms of property. Land and other natural resources may also be in private, municipal, state, and other forms of property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Article 5\nThe state language of the Kyrgyz Republic is the Kyrgyz language. The Russian language is used as the official language of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Kyrgyz Republic guarantees to all nationalities forming the Kyrgyz people the right of preserving the native language and creating the conditions for its teaching and development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Article 8\nNo religion may be recognized as the state or mandatory religion in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Kyrgyz republic recognizes political diversity. The merging of state and party institutions is prohibited. Creation of parties based on religious principles is prohibited. Religious organizations and religious figures may not interfere in the affairs of the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Article 12\nThe constitution is the supreme law of the Kyrgyz Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Powers as outlined, Draft\nThe first draft of the constitution put the National Security Service and the Prosecutor-General's Office under the control of the legislative branch of government. The president would need legislative approval to dismiss heads of the Central Election Commission and the Accounting Chamber. The political party with the most members in parliament would appoint the Prime Minister. Parliament membership would be increased from 75 to 90 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Powers as outlined, Draft\nOpposition lawmaker Azimbek Beknazarov said, \"With regard to the formation of the government, if a party wins more than 50 percent of the seats in parliament, one of its representatives will automatically be prime minister. If no party has a majority, then the president will entrust the party that garnered the most votes with the task of choosing a prime minister. The prime minister will form the government that will be approved by the president.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Powers as outlined, Compromise amendments\nParliamentary members agreed to two of Bakiyev's amendments to the draft constitution: his signature as one of the co-authors of the constitution and the president's right to appoint local judges. Opposition lawmaker Temir Sariyev said that if the government fails to \"adopt a new constitution and send people home by this evening, then we may find ourselves in a difficult situation. The president had to understand that. There are, in the history of a state, some important moments. Our only demand is that Bakiyev quickly implement the reforms. The president must do that; he must behave like a responsible politician.\" Bakiyev will remain President and Felix Kulov will remain Prime Minister until 2010 because Bakiyev signed the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Prior to approval, Protests\nThe For Reforms! opposition coalition announced on 2006-11-01 that it planned to have 10,000 supporters in the streets of Bishkek the following day, protesting the perceived lack of constitutional reform that Bakiyev had promised when voters elected him in July, 2005. Twenty-five opposition legislators had also called on Bakiyev to approve a new constitution or resign and accused the administration of failing to deal with corruption and rising crime. The Kyrgyz government responded by issuing a press release stating that \"Kyrgyzstan is going through one of the most crucial moments in its history... The government calls for wisdom, dialogue, and cooperation from all political forces with the goal of preserving peace and stability for the sake of the future democracy and civilized development of Kyrgyzstan.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Prior to approval, Protests\nAs the opposition coalition had promised, thousands of For Reforms! demonstrators set up tents and yurts in Bishkek's Ala-Too square. The protesters carried placards, made speeches and played patriotic music in the square and outside the presidential office building nearby, while hundreds of policemen monitored the situation. Bishkek police estimated there were 5,000 protesters, while BBC News correspondents estimated there were at least 10,000. Many business owners closed and boarded up their shops, fearing a repeat of the looting that took place during the Tulip Revolution of 2005, should Bakiyev and the opposition fail to reach a compromise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Prior to approval, Protests\nOn November 3, Prime Minister Felix Kulov accused the opposition of attempting to stage a coup, based on the security services' recording of alleged conversations between opposition leaders. However, Bakiyev played down this threat, stating that \"There are no forces to carry out a coup. But there are intentions.\" Opposition leaders rejected the allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Prior to approval, Protests\nThe protests reached their peak on November 7 when For Reforms! protesters and pro-Bakiyev demonstrators clashed violently in the square in front of the parliament building. Several people were injured in the confrontation and riot police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Prior to approval, Attacks on the media\nMarat Tokoyev, the head of Journalists, a non-governmental organization, complained on November 8 that the websites of AKIpress and 24.kg news agencies were hacked on November 2. As a result of the attacks, both websites were rendered inaccessible from outside Kyrgyzstan until November 7. Officials for Tazar.kg, another media outlet, said hackers destroyed their news archive, forcing the temporary closure of their website. Independent TV stations NTS and Piramida also experienced transmission problems during the protests, which they attributed to unidentified attackers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Approval in Parliament\nOn 2006-11-08 the speaker of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan, Marat Sultanov, announced that the legislature had passed a new constitution after reading the document out loud twice. Following the readings he said, \"Now, dear colleagues, I suggest that you vote this proposal -- sorry, this constitution -- in the second reading. Please, proceed!... The [constitution] is adopted by 65 'yes' votes!\" Members of parliament then cheered. Of the 71 members of the Supreme Council, 68 voted for the new constitution. Three did not vote quickly enough to be counted when Sultanov made the announcement. Cheers followed parliamentary member Akmatmek Kedilbekov's statement that \"it is the nation that won. Both the president and the opposition won!\" The entire Parliamentary session took less than an hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 857]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Approval in Parliament\nState Secretary Adakhan Madumarov told the members of parliament prior to the session that Bakiyev approved the draft and signed amendments allowing the parliament to pass the constitution. When reporters asked Madumarov why Bakiyev had taken so long to sign the amendments, Madumarov replied, \"Long? You know how heavy those legislative procedures are. Every single dot, every single comma must be examined by legal experts and they must then give their conclusions to the president. This is the norm for all [draft] laws, not only for this one. But rest assured that the president will sign it today.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Post approval controversy\nEven though Bakiyev signed the new constitution into law on November 9, its contents continued to be revised over the following months amid much political turmoil culminating in the resignation of the cabinet, including Prime Minister Felix Kulov, on 2006-12-19. Following the resignation, Bakiyev pushed for revisions to the November constitution to be passed that would hand back much of the presidential powers ceded to parliament by the previous version. After much political wrangling a new constitution was passed by the legislature on 2006-12-30 and signed into law by Bakiyev on 2007-01-15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Post approval controversy\nThis version reversed many of the changes of the November constitution, empowering the president to, among other things, nominate the Prime Minister subject to the legislature's confirmation and to appoint and dismiss regional governors and security chiefs without parliamentary approval. Opposition lawmaker Azimbek Beknazarov remarked, \"By the new edition of the Constitution, the President Kurmanbek Bakiev has more power, than his predecessor Askar Akaev\", alleging that more than 40 amendments appeared in the new constitution while the parliament had approved only seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190720-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, Constitutional Court ruling\nOn 14 September 2007, the Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan ruled that the two packages of amendments were both illegal and stated that the 2003 constitution was legally in effect. In response, President Bakiyev called a constitutional referendum for 21 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190721-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Continental Cup of Curling\nThe 2007 Continental Cup of Curling was held at the Medicine Hat Arena in Medicine Hat, Alberta on December 13-16. North America won its third title, defeating Team Europe 290-110.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190721-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Continental Cup of Curling, Format\nThe Continental Cup involves four disciplines within the sport, each worth a designated number of points - Team Games (72 points), Mixed Doubles (36 points), Singles (32 points) and Skins Games (260 points). The first side to score 201 points is declared the winner. Each member of the winning side receives $2,000, while the losing side members get $1,400 each from the $88,400 total purse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190721-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Continental Cup of Curling, Format\nThe revised Mixed Doubles format involved only two players per team, instead of the previous four (two throwers and two sweepers), who also become sweepers during the eight-end games. Each team throws five rocks per end, with two stationary stones placed before each end, one in the house and one in front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190721-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Continental Cup of Curling, Broadcast\nThe final women's and men's skins games were broadcast on CBC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190721-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Continental Cup of Curling, Results, Singles\nPoints: Europe 4\u201328 North America after bonus of 8 points to North America", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190722-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Continental Indoor Football League season\nThe 2007 Continental Indoor Football League season was the league's second season. The league champions were the Rochester Raiders, who defeated the Michigan Pirates in the CIFL Indoor Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190723-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cook Islands Round Cup\nThe 2007 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the thirty fourth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988\u20131990 currently unknown. Tupapa Maraerenga won the championship, their seventh recorded championship although other sources suggest that their victories in 1992 and 1993 were won by Takuvaine and Avatiu respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190724-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nThe 2007 Copa Aerosur, was an instance of the annual Bolivian football tournament held in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, sponsored by the AeroSur airline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190724-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nThis event was the 4th such event. In this tournament teams from the 2nd and 3rd divisions participated. The winner team was given free tickets on Aerosur to play their games during the tournament (and for the remainder of 2007) and $10,000, the runners-up-up receiving $5,000. The runners-up won a 75% discount in airfares and the other participants accessed a 50% discount on tickets by agreeing to display the airline's logo on their uniforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190724-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Aerosur & del Sur\nThe 2007 version of the cup had three novelties: ties were defined by penalty shoot-out in all instances of the tournament; the implementation of a parallel U-18 tournament U-18; a rematch to be played between its champion and the champion of the Copa Aerosur del Sur and 2 foreign clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica\nThe 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa Am\u00e9rica, known simply as the 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica or 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Venezuela, was the 42nd edition of the Copa Am\u00e9rica, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held between 26 June and 15 July in Venezuela, which hosted the tournament for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica\nThe competition was won by Brazil (they were also the defending champions), who beat Argentina 3\u20130 in the final. Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3\u20131 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Competing nations\nAs with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico and the United States, the two highest ranking CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings. Just as in every tournament since 1993, Mexico accepted the invitation without reservation. The United States, on the other hand, rejected the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the 2007 Major League Soccer season. CONMEBOL then proceeded to invite Costa Rica, the third highest CONCACAF team in FIFA's ranking. In the end, the United States accepted the invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Venues\nFor this Copa Am\u00e9rica, the organizing committee decided to choose eight cities to hold the tournament. A total of 14 cities presented proposal before the committee, of which they rejected proposals from Barquisimeto, Maracay, Valencia, Valera, Portuguesa and Miranda for not meeting established requirements. The cities of Barinas, Caracas, Ciudad Guayana, Maracaibo, Matur\u00edn, M\u00e9rida, Puerto la Cruz and San Crist\u00f3bal were selected to host the tournament. Later on, the organizing committee reconsidered the candidacy of Barquisimeto, based on the proposal of a new stadium to be built for the city. With a final nine host cities, the 2007 edition broke the previous records for host cities set by the 2004 Copa Am\u00e9rica in Peru, which used seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 772]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Officials\nOn 30 May 2007, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the competition. The list included one match official from every country (except Paraguay, which had two). From these thirteen, six officiated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Carlos Simon, \u00d3scar Ruiz, Carlos Amarilla, Jorge Larrionda, and Armando Archundia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Squads\nEach association had to present a list of twenty-three players to compete in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Group stage\nThe first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams\nAt the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 61], "content_span": [62, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Goalscorers\nWith six goals, Robinho was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 30], "content_span": [31, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Mascot\nGuaky is a scarlet macaw, a bird representative of Venezuela. He wore the traditional jersey Venezuela national football team burgundy and football shoes. Under their wings the characteristic tricolor national flag, with its eight stars on their wings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Mascot\nTo choose the official mascot held a contest in which proposals received 4,500,000 of Venezuelan children and adolescents at a school. The winning draw corresponded to the 15-year-old Jhoyling Zabaleta. The final design was commissioned to Fractal Studio, bring life and a \"strong personality, cheerful and sport\" that accompanied the event during its realization. The name of the pet, Guaky was subsequently elected by an online survey, where that option was a 54.17% of preferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190725-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica, Match ball\nThe official match ball for the tournament was the Nike Mercurial Veloci. The ball was presented on 14 February 2007, prior to a friendly match played between Venezuela and New Zealand, by the president of the Venezuelan Football Federation, Rafael Esquivel, to the mayor of Maracaibo, Giancarlo Di Martino\u00a0\u2013 head of the local organising committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190726-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final\nThe 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final was the final match of the 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica. It was held on 15 July 2007 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, between Brazil and Argentina. Brazil won 3\u20130, with goals from J\u00falio Baptista, a Roberto Ayala own goal and Dani Alves. Brazil won their eighth title, while Argentina could have won their fifteenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190726-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final, Background\nIt was the second consecutive final between Brazil and Argentina; Brazil had won the 2004 Final in a penalty shootout against Argentina. The match ended 2\u20132 after extra time: Kily Gonz\u00e1lez opened the scoring with a penalty, and Luis\u00e3o headed an equaliser at the start of the second half. C\u00e9sar Delgado put Argentina back into the lead with three minutes of normal time remaining, but Adriano equalised in added time. In the shootout, Brazil's J\u00falio C\u00e9sar saved the first Argentine penalty by Andr\u00e9s D'Alessandro while Gabriel Heinze missed, and defender Juan scored the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190726-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final, Match, Officials\nParaguayan Carlos Amarilla was chosen to be the referee, having also refereed the 2004 Final. In the 2007 tournament he refereed two more matches, Uruguay against Peru, and Chile against Mexico, both of the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190726-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final, Match, Team selection\nOf Argentina's team which took part in the 2004 Final, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Javier Zanetti, Gabriel Heinze, Roberto Ayala, Javier Mascherano, and Carlos Tevez started in the 2007 edition, with Lucho Gonz\u00e1lez a starter in 2004 and substitute in 2007. For Brazil, Juan and Maicon started both, with Diego a substitute in both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190726-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final, Match, Synopsis\nBrazil took the lead in the fourth minute through J\u00falio Baptista, set up by Elano. Thirty minutes later, however, Elano went off injured to be replaced by Dani Alves. Alves sent in a cross in the 40th minute, which Ayala deflected for an own goal past Abbondanzieri to double Brazil's lead at half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190726-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica Final, Match, Synopsis\nIn the 59th minute, Argentina substituted defensive midfielder Esteban Cambiasso for attacking alternative Pablo Aimar. Ten minutes later, Brazil scored their third and final goal: V\u00e1gner Love began a counterattack, running up the pitch and setting up Alves to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190727-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica de Ciclismo\nThe 7th edition of the Copa Am\u00e9rica de Ciclismo was held on 2007-01-07 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. The Copa Am\u00e9rica opened the Brazilian season and took place at the Formula One-track, a circuit of 4.3\u00a0km (2.7\u00a0mi), in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo-Interlagos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190728-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica squads\nBelow are the rosters of the teams that participated in the 2007 Copa Am\u00e9rica. Unlike the World Cup and European Championship, squads were 22-man, with many opting to take only two goalkeepers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190729-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Colsanitas Santander\nThe 2007 Copa Colsanitas Santander was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, from 19 February through 25 February 2007. Sixth-seeded Roberta Vinci won the singles title and earned $25,840 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190729-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Colsanitas Santander, Finals, Doubles\nLourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino / Paola Su\u00e1rez defeated Flavia Pennetta / Roberta Vinci, 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 11\u20139", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190730-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Colsanitas Santander \u2013 Doubles\nGisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but Dulko chose not to participate that year..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190731-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Colsanitas Santander \u2013 Singles\nLourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Tathiana Garbin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190732-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Constituci\u00f3\nCopa Constituci\u00f3 2007 is the fifteenth season of Andorra's football knockout tournament. The competition started on 21 January 2007 with the first-round games and ended on 21 May 2007 with the Final. The defending champions are FC R\u00e0nger's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190732-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Constituci\u00f3\nThe winners will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007\u201308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190732-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Constituci\u00f3, Results, First round\nThis round was entered by teams from 2006 to 2007 Segona Divisi\u00f3 season. The matches were played on 21 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190732-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Constituci\u00f3, Results, Second round\nThe winners from the previous round competed in this round, as well as the teams from this year's Primera Divisi\u00f3 placed fifth to eighth \u2013 CE Principat, Inter Club d'Escaldes, FC Encamp, and Atl\u00e8tic d'Escaldes \u2013 also entered in this round. The matches were played from 28 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190732-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Constituci\u00f3, Results, Quarterfinals\nThe winners from the previous round competed in this round for turkey and together with the teams from Primera Divisi\u00f3 placed first to fourth after 7 rounds played \u2013 FC Santa Coloma, UE Sant Juli\u00e0, FC R\u00e0nger's, and FC Lusitanos. The ties were played on 4 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190733-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores\nThe 2007 Copa Libertadores de Am\u00e9rica (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de Am\u00e9rica for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by Boca Juniors, who earned their 6th Copa Libertadores title, one less than Independiente's record. They won the Libertadores with Miguel Angel Russo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190733-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages\nThe teams were seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group); the best seeds played the worst seeds. To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Santos with Gr\u00eamio and Boca Juniors with C\u00facuta Deportivo in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190734-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Finals\nThe 2007 Copa Libertadores Finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2007 Copa Libertadores champion. The series was contested between Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Gr\u00eamio. The first leg of the tie was played on June 13 at Boca Juniors' home field, La Bombonera, with the second leg played on June 20 at Gremio's Est\u00e1dio Ol\u00edmpico. Boca Juniors won the series 5\u20130 on aggregate, achieving their sixth Copa Libertadores title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190734-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Finals, Final summary, Second leg\nAssistant referees: Juan Carlos Bedoya Jovani ZapataFourth official: Albert Duarte", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190734-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nWith this appearance in the last stage Boca Juniors achieved a record-tie 9 times in the finals, winning five of the seven previous occasions. At that moment only Pe\u00f1arol of Uruguay had played that number of finals. The media praised Juan Rom\u00e1n Riquelme's performance in the finals, crediting him as Boca Juniors' most notable player. Riquelme had returned to Boca Juniors after a frustrating experience in Spanish club Villarreal where manager Manuel Pellegrini excluded him from the senior squad due to personal disputes. Under the guidance of manager Miguel \u00c1ngel Russo, Riquelme was the top scorer of the team (and second of the 2007 edition behind Salvador Caba\u00f1as with 8 goals in 11 matches, three of them in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190734-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nThe (Libertadores) Cup is like the girl you want but she ignores you", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190734-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nThe 5\u20130 aggregate score remains nowadays as the largest victory in the history of Copa Libertadores' finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190734-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Finals, Aftermath\nOn the other hand, Gr\u00eamio \u2013that had played three finals winning two of them\u2013 became the second Brazilian club with most Copa Libertadores finals contested (four until then), just behind of S\u00e3o Paulo who had six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190735-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores First Stage\nThis is the Preliminary Round of the Copa Libertadores 2007 tournament. A total of 12 teams played in a two-legged round with 6 teams proceeding to the next round. Team 1 played the first leg at home. The away goals rule was employed in this round. The preliminary round was played between January 24 and February 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190736-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage\nThe Second Stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores was a group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190736-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Format\nTwenty-six teams qualified directly into this round, plus six that advanced from the First Stage. This brings the total number of teams in the Second Stage to 32. The teams were drawn into eight groups of four. The teams in each group will play each other in a double round-robin format, playing the other teams in the group once at home and once away. Teams will be awarded 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190736-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage, Format\nThe top two teams from each group advanced to the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190737-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores knockout stages\nThe knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores 2007 tournament were played on a home and away basis. The aggregate score determines the team advancing to the next round, with the away goals rule and a penalty shootout as tiebreakers, in that order. No extra time is played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190737-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Seeding\nThe teams have been seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams from group stage) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams from each group) and the ties will be 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190737-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Libertadores knockout stages, Seeding, Bracket\n(*) To prevent a final with two teams from the same country CONMEBOL has paired Santos FC withGr\u00eamio in the Semi-Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190738-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Panamericana\nThe Copa Panamericana 2007 was a minor football club tournament organized by DIRECTV between July 16 and July 22 in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA. The tournament was divided in two groups of three, who played each other once, with the top club in each group progressing to the final match. The champion, Cruz Azul, received $250,000 USD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190738-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Panamericana, Venue\nAll seven matches were held at the University of Phoenix Stadium, with a total capacity of some 70,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe 2007 Copa Per\u00fa season (Spanish: Copa Per\u00fa 2007), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa\nThe 2007 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) on February. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started, on June. The tournament continued with the Departamental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) on July. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started on November. The winner and runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Departmental Stage\nThe following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage\nThe following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region I\nRegion I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Piura region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Regi\u00f3n II\nRegion II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca, La Libertad and San Mart\u00edn region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Region III\nRegion III includes qualified teams from Loreto and Ucayali region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Regi\u00f3n IV\nRegion IV includes qualified teams from Lima and Callao region. This region played as a knockout cup system and the finalists qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Regi\u00f3n V\nRegion V includes qualified teams from Jun\u00edn, Pasco and Hu\u00e1nuco region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Regi\u00f3n VI\nRegion VI includes qualified teams from Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Ica region. Two teams qualified from this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Regi\u00f3n VII\nRegion VII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, Regional Stage, Regi\u00f3n VIII\nRegion VIII includes qualified teams from Apur\u00edmac, Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190739-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Per\u00fa, National Stage\nThe National Stage started in November. The winners of the National Stage were promoted to the First Division. The runner-up played against the Second Division runner-up in which the winner would go to the First Division and the loser would join the Second Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190740-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana\nThe 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the defending champion Pachuca. The official draw took place on May 22 in Buenos Aires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190740-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana\nThe Argentine club Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed won their first international title by defeating Am\u00e9rica in the final, winning 3-2 in the first leg and losing 2-1 in the second leg, which was the only game that they lost. Arsenal scored at least three goals in their opponents stadium in four of the five games they played. They defeated San Lorenzo, an Argentine club that recently won the 2007 Clausura, the Brazilian club Goi\u00e1s, Argentine giant River Plate and the strongest rivals of Mexican football, Guadalajara and America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190740-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana\nThis is the third time a Mexican club has reached the final, and the fourth title for Argentine clubs in the competition. Arsenal became only the third Argentine club to win a major international tournament without winning the Argentine league first, after Lan\u00fas and Talleres de C\u00f3rdoba. They were also the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international title since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190740-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana, Qualified teams\nThe Copa Sudamericana 2007 tournament was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana soccer tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190740-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana, First stage\nThe table gives the teams in the first round gathered in elimination groups of 2 teams or 4 teams. Teams hosting the first game are on the left. Advancing teams are in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190740-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana, Final stages, Bracket\nTo prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Arsenal with River Plate in the semifinals, thus reordering the bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190741-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana Finals\nThe 2007 Copa Sudamericana Finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2007 Copa Sudamericana champion. The final was contested by Argentine side Arsenal de Sarand\u00ed and Mexican Club Am\u00e9rica. The first leg was held in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City where Arsenal won 32. In the second leg, held in Estadio Juan Domingo Per\u00f3n (home venue of Racing Club de Avellaneda), Am\u00e9rica won 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190741-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana Finals\nDespite both teams finished equaled on points (3\u20133 and 4\u20134 on aggregate), Arsenal won the competition on away goals rule, achieving their first international title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190742-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana final stages\nFollowing is the list of 2007 Copa Sudamericana final stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190742-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana final stages\nThe 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the defending champion Pachuca. The official draw took place on 22 May in Buenos Aires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190742-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa Sudamericana final stages, Quarter-finals, Second legs\nRiver Plate 2\u20132 Defensor on aggregate. River Plate won on away goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190743-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa de la Reina de F\u00fatbol\nThe 2007 Copa de la Reina de F\u00fatbol was the 25th edition of the main Spanish women's football cup. It was played between 3 and 30 June 2007 and Levante won its first title ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190744-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey Final\nThe 2007 Copa del Rey Final was the 105th final since its establishment. The match took place on 23 June 2007 at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u Stadium, Madrid. The match was contested by Sevilla and Getafe, and was refereed by Juli\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez Santiago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190744-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey Final\nWith a 1\u20130 victory, Sevilla \u2013 who also triumphed in the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup a month earlier \u2013 won the trophy for the fourth time in their history; it was their sixth final, while Getafe had reached that stage for the first time ever (they also made it to the final a year later but lost again, to Valencia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190744-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey Final, Road to the final\n* Match abandoned after 57 minutes at 0\u20131 due to injury of Sevilla coach Juande Ramos; remainder of the game played on March 18 at the Coliseum Alfonso P\u00e9rez, Getafe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190745-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey Juvenil\nThe 2007 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 57th staging of the tournament. The competition began on May 6, 2007 and ended on June 24, 2007 with the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190746-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto\nThe Copa del Rey 2006-07 was the 71st edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was disputed in M\u00e1laga, Andalusia in the Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena between days 8 and 11 of February. The winning team was Winterthur FC Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano\nThe 2007 edition of Copa del Rey de Balonmano was held in Altea, city of the autonomous community of Valencian Community. This tournament is disputed by the 8 first of the Liga ASOBAL when reach the half of the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Quarter finals\n(1) Portland San Antonio 25-30 (7) Algeciras BM: (19:00, CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Quarter finals\n(4) Caja Espa\u00f1a Ademar Le\u00f3n 40-38 (5) BM Valladolid: (21:00, CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Quarter finals\n(2) BM Ciudad Real 26-32 (3) FC Barcelona Handbol: (19:00, CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Quarter finals\n(6) CAI BM Arag\u00f3n 26-25 (11) BM Altea: (21:00, CET) (CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Semifinals\n(4) Caja Espa\u00f1a Ademar Le\u00f3n 29-21 (7) Algeciras BM: (16:30, CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Semifinals\n(3) FC Barcelona Handbol 34-29 (6) CAI BM Arag\u00f3n: (19:00, CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190747-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa del Rey de Balonmano, Final\n(3) FC Barcelona Handbol 33-27 (4) Caja Espa\u00f1a Ademar Le\u00f3n: (17:00, CET) ()", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190748-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil\nThe Copa do Brasil 2007 is the 19th staging of the Copa do Brasil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190748-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil\nThe competition started on February 14, 2007 and concluded on June 6, 2007 with the second leg of the final, held at the Est\u00e1dio Orlando Scarpelli in Florian\u00f3polis, in which Fluminense lifted the trophy for the first time with a 1-0 victory over Figueirense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino\nThe 2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino was the first staging of the competition and was played from October 30 to December 9, 2007. 32 clubs of all regions of Brazil participated of the cup, which was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The champion was Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format\n32 clubs, selected by their respective state federations, participated of the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format\nThe 32 clubs were divided in 6 pools (A/B/C/D/E/F), according to their regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format\nThe first three stages were two-legged knockout matches, but the clubs of the groups C, D, E and F did not play the third stage. The winners of each pool plus the two clubs with the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24, and 25 and 26 qualified to the fourth stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format\nIn the fourth stage, the four teams were divided in two groups of four teams each, playing against the other teams of their groups once. The matches were played at Man\u00e9 Garrincha, Bras\u00edlia and Boca do Jacar\u00e9, Taguatinga, Distrito Federal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format\nThe two best clubs of each group qualified to the semifinals, and the semifinals winners played the final on December 9, at Est\u00e1dio Man\u00e9 Garrincha, Bras\u00edlia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Competition format, Ranking criteria\nIf the teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Table, Fourth Stage, Group 27\n(*) America qualified to the fourth stage because it had the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 22, 23 and 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190749-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, Table, Fourth Stage, Group 28\n(*) Tiradentes qualified to the fourth stage because it had the best record among the third stage eliminated teams of the groups 25 and 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190750-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copeland Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Copeland Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Copeland Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190750-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copeland Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour remain in control of the council after staying on 31 seats. The Conservatives made a gain of 3 seats to have 19 councillors, while just 1 independent remained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190751-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Copenhagen Masters\nThe 2007 Copenhagen Masters in badminton was the 15th edition of the Copenhagen Masters. It was held in Copenhagen, from December 27 to December 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190751-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Copenhagen Masters\nOnly three categories were played: men's singles, women's singles and men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190752-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coppa Italia Final\nThe 2007 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 2006\u201307 Coppa Italia, the 60th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs between Roma and Internazionale. The first leg was played in Rome on 9 May 2007, while the second leg was held on 17 May. Roma won the trophy with an aggregate result of 7\u20134. This was the third final between the clubs, all played in consecutive years, the two having previously met in the 2005 and 2006 finals. Roma were playing in the final for the 14th time, while Inter were competing in their 10th final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190753-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Corby Borough Council election\nElections for Corby Borough Council, which covers the Borough of Corby, were held on 3 May 2007. Labour retained overall control of the council. There had been a number of boundary changes since the 2003 elections. The overall results, using average ward votes for the total number of votes cast, were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190754-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 98th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 10 December 2006. The championship began on 6 May 2007 and ended on 28 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190754-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship\nOn 21 October 2007, Fr. O'Neill's won the championship after a 1\u201313 to 0\u201315 defeat of Bandon in the final at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh. This was their first ever championship title in this grade. A week later, Glen Rovers ended 31 years of participation in the championship after suffering a one-point defeat by St. Finbarr's in a relegation play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190754-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship\nFr. O'Neills' Jer O'Leary was the championship's top scorer with 0-41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190755-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 110th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 7 October 2007 and ended on 21 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190755-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship\nOn 21 October 2007, Barryroe won the championship following a 2-19 to 2-13 defeat of Chareville in the final. This was their first championship title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190755-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship\nCharlevill'e John Quinlan was the championship's top scorer with 4-24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190756-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nThe 2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the second staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2006. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 10 December 2006. The championship began on 7 April 2007 and ended on 20 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190756-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nSt. Vincent's left the championship after securing promotion to senior level. B\u00e9al \u00c1tha'n Ghaorthaidh, Mallow and St. Michael's joined the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190756-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nThe final, a North Cork derby, was played on 20 October 2007 at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn in Cork, between Mallow and Killavullen. Mallow won the match by 1-07 to 0-07 to claim their first championship title in the grade and a first title in any football grade since 1992. It was their first ever championship title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190756-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship\nGlanmire's James Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 0-21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190757-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190757-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship\nOn 14 October 2007, Carrigtwohill won the championship following a 3-14 to 3-12 defeat of Watergrasshill in the final. This was their first championship title in the grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190758-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Senior Football Championship\nThe 2007 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 119th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 10 December 2006. The championship began on 7 April 2007 and ended on 28 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190758-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Senior Football Championship\nOn 28 October 2007, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 0-12 to 0-09 defeat of Ilen Rovers in the final. This was their 16th championship title overall and their third title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190758-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Senior Football Championship\nNemo's James Masters was the championship's top scorer with 2-29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190759-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 11th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2017 fixtures took place in December 2006. The championship began on 20 April 2007 and ended on 14 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190759-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nDouglas were relegated from the championship after losing two play-off games in the relegation section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190759-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cork Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 14 October 2007, Erin's Own won the championship following a 1-11 to 1-7 defeat of Newrownshandrum in the final. This was their third championship title ever and their second title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190760-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cornell Big Red football team\nThe 2007 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Cornell finished the season 5\u20135 overall and 2\u20135 in Ivy League play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190761-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Book Awards\nThe Costa Book Awards (before 2006 known as the Whitbread Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190761-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Book Awards\nThe shortlists were announced on 20 November 2007. The winners in each category were announced on 3 January 2008, and the overall winner for Book of the Year was announced on 22 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190762-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Rican Dominican Republic \u2013 Central America Free Trade Agreement referendum\nA referendum on the Dominican Republic\u2013Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was held in Costa Rica on 7 October 2007. It was originally to be held on 23 September 2007, but it was postponed on 5 June 2007 due to a court challenge. Opinion polls from April, July and August 2007 suggested that a majority of voters were in favour, while a poll from June saw a majority against. It was ultimately approved by 51.56% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 85], "section_span": [85, 85], "content_span": [86, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190762-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Rican Dominican Republic \u2013 Central America Free Trade Agreement referendum\nThe movement against the CAFTA Referendum in Costa Rica brought many members of the Citizens' Action Party to national politics. Several anti-CAFTA organizers have been elected to the Legislative Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 85], "section_span": [85, 85], "content_span": [86, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190762-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Rican Dominican Republic \u2013 Central America Free Trade Agreement referendum, Party positions\nSeveral parties and organizations held a position against CAFTA. These parties were: Citizens' Action, Broad Front , Social Christian Unity, Accessibility without Exclusion, National Integration, People's Vanguard, National Rescue, Costa Rican Renewal and a sector of National Liberation known as Liberacionistas contra el TLC (Liberationists against CAFTA). Other organizations that endorsed the \"No\" vote include nearly all trade unions (APSE, ANDE, SEC, ANEP, FIT-ICE, UNDECA, SINDEU), environmentalists (APREFLOFAS, Coecoceiba, FECON), Costa Rica Firefighter Corps, the Lutheran Costa Rican Church, the LGBT Rights movement, and the C\u00e1mara de Empresarios Pro -Costa Rica (Pro-Costa Rica Chamber of Commerce). Other organizations against the free trade agreement include the students' federation of all four public universities and their respective rectors; the movement itself (Patriotic Movement Against CAFTA) was directed by Costa Rica Institute of Technology rector Eugenio Trejoses", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 85], "section_span": [87, 102], "content_span": [103, 1095]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190762-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Rican Dominican Republic \u2013 Central America Free Trade Agreement referendum, Party positions\nNational Liberation Party, Libertarian Movement, National Union Party, and National Restoration Party were in favor of Costa Rica's entry to CAFTA, as so was the majority of Social Christian Unity's congressmen in that legislature. Almost all commerce chambers that made up the Union of Commerce Chambers and Private Enterprise Associations (UCCAEP) also voiced their support for the \"Yes\" vote. The official movement was called the Citizens' Alliance for Yes and it was led by one of the government's ministers, Alfredo Volio Escalante.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 85], "section_span": [87, 102], "content_span": [103, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190762-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Costa Rican Dominican Republic \u2013 Central America Free Trade Agreement referendum, Results\nAccording to the Electoral Supreme Tribunal, the referendum was approved by voters in San Jose, Cartago, Heredia, and Limon provinces. Meanwhile, a majority of voters in Alajuela, Guanacaste and Puntarenas provinces rejected the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 85], "section_span": [87, 94], "content_span": [95, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190763-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cotton Bowl Classic\nThe 2007 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32\u00a0games in the 2006\u201307 bowl season. The bowl game featured the Auburn Tigers versus the Nebraska Cornhuskers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190763-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cotton Bowl Classic, Background\nThis was Auburn's first Cotton Bowl Classic since 1986, and Nebraska's first since 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190763-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary\nThe game was tied at halftime. Nebraska scored first on a Nate Swift touchdown catch from Zach Taylor. For Auburn, Carl Stewart caught a touchdown pass from Brandon Cox to tie the score. Stewart ran for a touchdown to give Auburn the lead early in the second quarter, but Nebraska tied it up with a Brandon Jackson touchdown four minutes later. John Vaughn ended up winning the game a 42-yard field goal in the third quarter, as the two teams did not score from that point on. Both teams had two turnovers and six punts. Despite outgaining Auburn 230\u2013178 and having less penalties and more first downs, Nebraska could not get into position to score, especially late in the fourth quarter, when they did not try a field goal at the Auburn 30 on fourth down with four minutes to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190764-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Country Music Association Awards\nThe 2007 Country Music Association Award, 41st Ceremony, twas held on November 7, 2007, at the Sommet Center (later the Bridgestone Arena) in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony did not feature a host, but artists and guests introduced and presented awards throughout the evening. Brad Paisley, George Strait led the night with 5 nominations each including, Album of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190765-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Countrywide Classic\nThe 2007 Countrywide Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour and of the 2007 US Open Series. It was the 81st edition of the Los Angeles Open and the tournament ran from July 16, 2006 through July 23, 2006. Unseeded Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek won his first title of the year, and second career title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190765-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Countrywide Classic, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Scott Lipsky / David Martin, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190766-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Scott Lipsky and David Martin 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20132, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190767-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Singles\nRadek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek defeated James Blake 7\u20136(9\u20137), 5\u20137, 6\u20132 to win the 2007 Countrywide Classic singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190767-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Countrywide Classic \u2013 Singles\nKei Nishikori made his ATP main draw debut in this tournament. He lost in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190768-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 County Championship\nThe 2007 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2008, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190768-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 County Championship, Standings\nFourteen points were awarded for each win, four points were awarded for a draw or abandonment. Defeats scored no points. Teams were awarded bonus points during the first 130 overs of their first innings; one bowling point for every three wickets taken (up to three points available), and one batting point gained when teams reached 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 runs (up to five points available).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190769-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coupe Internationale de Nice\nThe 2007 Coupe Internationale de Nice (English: 2007 International Cup of Nice) was the 12th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Nice, France. It was held between October 18 and October 21, 2007 at the Palais des Sports Jean Bouin. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating on the levels of senior, junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190770-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coupe de France Final\nThe 2007 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 12 May 2007, that saw FC Sochaux-Montb\u00e9liard defeat Olympique de Marseille in a penalty shoot-out. After normal time and extra time could not separate the two sides, the match was to be decided on penalty kicks. Toifilou Maoulida and Ronald Zubar miss for Olympique de Marseille, whereas only FC Sochaux-Montb\u00e9liard's captain, J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Br\u00e9chet missed for the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190771-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coupe de la Ligue Final\nThe 2007 Coupe de la Ligue Final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 31 March 2007, that saw FC Girondins de Bordeaux defeat Olympique Lyonnais 1\u20130 thanks to a goal by Henrique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190772-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Coventry City Council election\nElections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190772-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Coventry City Council election\nThe Labour Party gained two seats (Foleshill and Wyken) from the Conservative Party one seat (St Michaels) from Socialist Alternative, and one seat (Upper Stoke) from the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190772-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Coventry City Council election, Council Composition\nThe composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190772-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Coventry City Council election, Ward results\nHeather Rutter was the former Conservative councillor for Sherbourne ward who stood as an independent after being deselected. The result of Conservative hold is a comparison to when this seat was last contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190772-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Coventry City Council election, Ward results\nMick Noonan was the former Conservative councillor for Wyken ward who stood as an independent after being deselected. The result of Conservative hold is a comparison to when this seat was last contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190773-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Craven District Council election\nThe 2007 Craven District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190773-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Craven District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the council was run by an alliance between the 11 independents and the 6 Liberal Democrats, while the 13 Conservative councillors were in opposition. 10 seats were contested at the election with the Conservatives needing to make at least 2 gains to take control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190773-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Craven District Council election, Background\nCandidates at the election included Conservative candidates in every ward, while there were no candidates from the Labour party. The British National Party meanwhile stood their first candidate in an election for Craven council in Skipton South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190773-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Craven District Council election, Election result\nThere was no change to the party balance on the council, after the Conservatives gained a seat from an independent, but also lost a seat to another independent candidate. The Conservative gain came in Skipton South, where they defeated the vice-chairman of the council, Mike Hill, while they lost Bentham to an independent by 5 votes after 3 recounts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190773-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Craven District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008\nA by-election was held in Cowling on 12 July 2007 after independent councillor John Alderson resigned from the council after moving away from the area. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Jan Ackroyd with a majority of 215 votes over Craven Ratepayers' Action Group candidate Alan Perrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190774-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Crawley Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservatives regained overall control of the council, which they had won at the last election only for it to later fall under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup\nThe 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 9th edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International (ODI) format. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2003 World Cup (despite a field larger by two teams).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup\nThe 16 competing teams were initially divided into four groups, with the two best-performing teams from each group moving on to a \"Super 8\" format. From this, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and South Africa won through to the semi-finals, with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final to win their third consecutive World Cup and their fourth overall. Australia's unbeaten record in the tournament increased their total to 29 consecutive World Cup matches without loss, a streak dating back to 23 May 1999, during the group stage of the 1999 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup\nThe tournament also saw upsets and surprise results, with pre-tournament favourites India and Pakistan failing to make it past the group stage, while Bangladesh, the second-lowest ranked ICC Full Member at the time, and World Cup debutant Ireland, which was an ICC Associate Member at the time, made it to the \"Super 8\", beating India and Pakistan respectively en route. Ireland became only the second associate nation to make it past the first round of a Cricket World Cup, the first being Kenya in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup\nPakistan coach Bob Woolmer died the day after Pakistan was knocked out. The following day police announced that the death was suspicious and ordered a full investigation. Eight months later, an open verdict was returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup\nFollowing the tournament the ICC distributed surplus tournament revenues of US$239\u00a0million to its members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Host selection\nThe World Cup was awarded to the West Indies via the International Cricket Council's rotational policy. It is the first time the ICC Cricket World Cup has been held in the Caribbean despite the fact that the West Indies cricket team had been the second most successful team in past World Cups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Host selection\nThe United States contingent lobbied strongly for matches to be staged at its newly built cricket ground in Lauderhill, Florida, but the ICC decided to award all matches to Caribbean nations. Bids from Bermuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and a second bid by Jamaica were also rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Host selection\nEight venues across the West Indies were selected to host the World Cup tournament. All host countries hosted six matches with the exceptions of St. Lucia, Jamaica, and Barbados (which hosted the final), each of which hosted seven matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Host selection\nThe Jamaican government spent US$81\u00a0million for \"on-the-pitch\" expenses. This included refurbishing Sabina Park and constructing the new multi-purpose facility in Trelawny through a loan from China. Another US$20\u00a0million was budgeted for 'off-the-pitch' expenses, putting the tally at more than US$100\u00a0million or JM$7\u00a0billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Host selection\nThis put the reconstruction cost of Sabina Park at US$46\u00a0million whilst the Trelawny Stadium was estimated to cost US$35\u00a0million. The total amount of money spent on stadiums was at least US$301\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Host selection\nBrian Lara Stadium, in Trinidad, lost its status as a pre-tournament warm-up match venue on 21 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Qualification\nThe field of 16 teams, the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup, consisted of all 16 teams which currently held ODI status. This included the ten full members of the ICC, all of which have Test and permanent ODI status. The other six (associate) ODI nations were Kenya (which had ODI status until 2009) and five additional teams (previously three) that qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy (gaining ODI status until 2009 in the process). These nations included Scotland who won the ICC Trophy, Canada, the Netherlands, and \u2013 making their World Cup debuts \u2013 Ireland and Bermuda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Squads\nThe 16 teams had to name their final squads by 13 February 2007. Changes were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICC's Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Leadup\nAll major Test-playing nations had schedules allowing them to play a large number of ODI matches against other major ODI teams just prior to the World Cup. Australia, New Zealand, and England took part in the Commonwealth Bank Series where England defeated Australia in the finals. Australia then went to New Zealand for the Chappell\u2013Hadlee Trophy, losing 3\u20130. South Africa played five ODIs against India (South Africa won 4\u20130) and five against Pakistan (South Africa won 3\u20131), while India also played four ODIs against the West Indies (India won 3\u20131) and four ODIs against Sri Lanka (India won 2\u20131). Bangladesh played four ODIs against Zimbabwe (Bangladesh won 3\u20131) and won a tri-series against Canada and Bermuda. The associate ODI teams took part in the World Cricket League, which Kenya won, and were also involved in other series prior to the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Leadup\nThe rankings of the teams at the beginning of the Cricket World Cup were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Leadup\nNote: Teams 12\u201316 did not have official ODI rankings leading up to the World Cup; they are ranked based on their win percentage against full members and then wins against associate members prior to the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Leadup, Warm-up matches\nPrior to the main tournament, all 16 nations played a series of warm-up matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics, and to help them get acclimated to conditions in the West Indies. The warm-up matches were not considered as official ODIs. The matches were played from Monday 5 March until Friday 9 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Leadup, Opening ceremony\nThe ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony was held on Sunday, 11 March 2007, at Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica. It featured over 2,000 dancers and performers representing all strands of West Indian music, from calypso and ragga to reggae and soca. Among the performers were Sean Paul, Byron Lee, Kevin Lyttle, Beres Hammond, Lucky Dube, Buju Banton, Half Pint, Arrow, Machel Montano, Alison Hinds, Tony Rebel, Third World, Gregory Isaacs, David Rudder, Shaggy, the I Threes, and Jimmy Cliff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Leadup, Opening ceremony\nThe ceremony, attended by several heads of state including the Governor-General of Jamaica, started with an address by Sir Garfield Sobers and included messages from the prime ministers of Jamaica and Grenada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Matches\nThe matches were One Day Internationals and operated under normal ODI rules. All matches were to be 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee. A bowler was able to bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Matches\nIn the event of bad weather, each side must have batted a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared (if the match was not otherwise won, for example if the team batting second were dismissed before the completion of 20 overs). In the event of bad weather, the Duckworth-Lewis method was to be applied to determine the result or target. If no result was declared on the scheduled day, the teams would return the following day to complete the game, with the same situation as when the game was abandoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Matches\nThere was a new rule regarding referral of catches to the TV replay official (third umpire): if the standing umpires were unable to determine whether a catch had been taken cleanly, and/or whether a claimed catch was a \"bump ball\", they had discretion to refer the decision to the third umpire. Also, whilst reviewing such a catch via TV replay if it was clear to the third umpire that the batsman did not hit the ball, he was to indicate that the batsman was not out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 54], "content_span": [55, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Tournament points\nIn the Group and Super 8 stages, points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Rules and regulations, Tournament points\nThe top two teams from each group advanced to the Super 8 stage and any points they earned against the other qualifier from their own group was carried through. Points earned against the non-qualifying teams in the same pool were not carried over. In the Super 8s, each team played the six remaining qualifiers from the other groups and the top four teams went through to the semi-finals. Positions were decided by most points. Where two or more teams were tied on points, the following methods in turn were used to decide which team went through:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Umpires\nThe umpiring panel for the 2007 Cricket World Cup comprised nine umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires (the only member not included was Darrell Hair), and nine umpires from the international panel. The refereeing panel consisted of seven members from the Elite Panel of ICC Referees, with Clive Lloyd not being included due to his role as the West Indies's team manager. Aleem Dar went on to stand as an umpire in his first World Cup final, alongside Steve Bucknor who appeared in his fifth final in a row, extending his record of four from the 2003 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 31], "content_span": [32, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Groups, Seeds\nThe tournament began with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team played each of the other teams in its group once. Australia, India, England, and the West Indies were placed in separate pools for logistical reasons, as they were expected to have the most supporters in attendance, and transport and accommodation capacity in the West Indies was limited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Groups, Seeds\nThe groups are listed below, with seedings (rankings from April 2005) shown in brackets. Each group played all of its matches at a single ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Groups, Format\nThe tournament was preceded by a number of warm-up matches to allow the players to acclimatise to the conditions in the West Indies. The group stage matches started on 13 March and finished on 25 March. There were a total of 24 matches played in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Groups, Format\nThe top two teams in each group proceeded to the \"Super 8\" stage which also used a league system. Each team carried forward its result against the other team qualifying from its preliminary stage group, and played the other six qualifying teams once each. The top four teams in the league qualified for the semi-finals. This system was modified since the previous World Cup, which had a \"Super 6\" stage rather than a Super 8. The Super 8 stage matches were played from Tuesday 27 March until Saturday 21 April. A total of 24 matches were played in the Super 8 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Groups, Format\nThe top four teams in the \"Super 8\" advanced to the semi-finals. This was the knockout stage, with the No. 1 team playing the No. 4 team, and the No. 2 team playing the No. 3 team in the tournament. The winners of the two semi-finals played each other in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Groups, Format\nAll tournament matches had one reserve day (the day after the scheduled day of the match) to allow for matches to be completed in the event of bad weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Super 8 stage\nThe top two teams in each first-round group moved on to a \"Super 8\" stage which was scored as a complete round-robin. However, each of the eight teams played only six new matches, rather than seven\u2014each group's two representatives carried forward their result against each other rather than play again. Thus the table below, showing seven matches for each team, covers all matches between the Super 8 qualifiers, including those from the Group Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nThis was the first World Cup final to be a repeat: the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia had won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss. The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance, and Australia's fourth in a row and sixth overall. Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist played an innings of 149\u2014the highest for any batsman in a World Cup final\u2014to give Australia an imposing total going in at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nWhile Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya were adding 116 for the second wicket, the contest was alive, but after the pair got out, Sri Lanka's chances slowly diminished. Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the end of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nWhile Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting; Ponting agreed to play only spin bowlers. The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added just nine runs to give Australia a 53-run victory by the D-L method. The umpires later apologised for their error, saying that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final\nAustralia won the tournament undefeated, extending their streak of World Cup matches without a loss to 29. Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series' and retired from all forms of international cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Death of Bob Woolmer\nPakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead on 18 March 2007, one day after his team's defeat to Ireland put them out of the running for the World Cup. Jamaican police performed an autopsy which was deemed inconclusive. The following day police announced that the death was suspicious and ordered a full investigation. Further investigation revealed the cause of death was \"manual strangulation\", and that the investigation would be handled as a murder. After a lengthy investigation the Jamaican police rescinded the comments that he was murdered, and confirmed that he died from natural causes. In November 2007, an open verdict was returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nThe 2007 World Cup organisers were criticised early on for being over-commercialised and, in particular, the generally smaller crowds have been blamed on the ICC's security restrictions on things such as outside food, signs, replica kits, and musical instruments, despite Caribbean cricketing customs, as well as the authorities being accused of \"running [cricket and cricketing traditions] out of town, then sanitising it out of existence\". Sir Viv Richards echoed the concerns. The ICC were also condemned for high prices of tickets and concessions, which were considered unaffordable for the local population in many of the locations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nICC CEO, Malcolm Speed, said that the ICC recognised the problem but said it was the local organisers' fault. However, the later matches had more crowds as the tournament progressed with the local organisers easing restrictions. Although it did not meet the target of US$42\u00a0million, the US$32\u00a0million revenue from ticket sales was the highest of any Cricket World Cup and double that of the previous World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nThe World Cup was also criticised by the BCCI for its format because India failed to move on from the group stage after losing two of their three matches. The BCCI later claimed it would see to it that the ICC alter its format for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The elimination of both India and Pakistan also caused a large exodus of subcontinental fans from the Caribbean, and removed the prospect of an India vs Pakistan Super Eights match, generally considered one of the most revenue generating and electric matches in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nThe tournament was also criticised as being too long. At 6 weeks, it was the same length as the 2003 World Cup, but longer than the 5-week 1999 World Cup and the 4-week 1996 World Cup. The famous West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding also criticised the qualification process for the 2007 World Cup. Holding expressed doubts over the benefit to less-established teams of turning up and being heavily defeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nHowever, former Scotland captain George Salmond claims that the opportunity to play one-day cricket against the bigger teams is invaluable for smaller teams such as his own, and questioned the validity of Holding's statements. The majority of the experts and players participating in the tournament backed up the smaller teams taking part in the World Cup. This was further backed up with Ireland and Bangladesh making the Super 8s and being competitive and sportsmanlike throughout the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nFurther criticism was generated by the confusion at the end of the final match: the umpires announced that play was suspended due to bad light, which caused the Australian team to erupt in celebration as the scoreboard and official announcements declared Australia the winners. However, the umpires incorrectly insisted that the game was only suspended and not completed, and that 3 overs remained to be played, so in farcical light conditions, Sri Lanka batted out the remaining 3 overs following a gentleman's agreement between the two captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Criticism\nThe umpires and the ICC apologised for the unnecessary situation and cited it as an unnecessary fundamental error due to the pressure of the situation. In June the ICC announced that the officials involved\u2014onfield umpires Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar, reserve umpires Rudi Koertzen and Billy Bowden, and match referee Jeff Crowe\u2014would all be suspended from the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Controversies, Preparation problems\nA number of preparation problems surfaced before the start of the World Cup. Some of the venues were not complete by the opening ceremony on 11 March 2007. At Sabina Park, seats had to be removed at the newly constructed north-stand due to safety concerns. At Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica, ground staff were unable to gain admission to the ground during the warm-up matches due to accreditation problems. Additionally, South Africa and Australia both expressed concerns over practice facilities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Media coverage\nThe World Cup had grown as a media event with each tournament. The sponsorship and television rights that were awarded primarily to cover the 2003 and 2007 World Cups raised over US$550\u00a0million. The 2007 World Cup was televised in over 200 countries to a viewing audience estimated at more than two billion viewers and was expected to generate more than 100,000 unique visitors to the West Indies travelling solely for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Media coverage\nThe 2007 Cricket World Cup featured an orange, anthropomorphic raccoon-like creature named \"Mello\" as its mascot. It was announced during matches that Mello had no race, species, age or gender\u2014it was an attitude, the attitude of the young people of the West Indies. The official song for the World Cup was \"The Game of Love and Unity\" by Jamaican-born Shaggy, Bajan entertainer Rupee, and Trinidadian Fay-Ann Lyons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190775-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup, Media coverage\nThe 2007 tournament recorded the highest ticket sales for a Cricket World Cup, selling more than 672,000. Attendance leading into the semi-finals for the 2007 World Cup was 403,000, an average of 8,500 supporters per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final\nThe final of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was played on 28 April 2007 at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs (under the Duckworth\u2013Lewis method) to win their 4th World Cup and 3rd in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the Final\nAustralia reached the final by defeating South Africa by 7 wickets, while Sri Lanka reached the final by defeating New Zealand by 81 runs in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details\nThis was the first World Cup final to be a repeat \u2013 the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup Final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia has won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss. The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details\nRicky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Adam Gilchrist's score of 149 \u2013 the highest in a World Cup final \u2013 helped give Australia an imposing total of 281.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details\nSri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya added 116 for the second wicket, before falling with the score at 123 and 145 respectively. Despite the regular loss of wickets, Sri Lanka managed to maintain a run rate of over 6 an over. Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the culmination of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details\nWhile Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Mahela Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ricky Ponting agreeing to play only spinners. Umpires later apologized for their error, and that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs. The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added nine runs, giving Australia a 53-run victory via the DL method, as Sri Lanka had batted 2 overs fewer than Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details\nAustralia won the tournament undefeated, a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss. Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details, Scorecard\nFall of wickets: 1\u2013172 (Hayden, 22.5 ov), 2\u2013224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ov), 3\u2013261 (Ponting, 35.4 ov), 4\u2013266 (Watson, 36.2 ov)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190776-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Final, Details, Scorecard\nFall of wickets: 1\u20137 (Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 2\u2013123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ov), 3\u2013145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ov), 4\u2013156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 5\u2013188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ov), 6\u2013190 (Silva, 30.1 ov), 7\u2013194 (Arnold, 31.5 ov), 8\u2013211 (Malinga, 33.6 ov)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A\nGroup A of the 2007 Cricket World Cup was one of the four groups that was at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The matches took place between the 14\u201324 March. The group consisted of Australia, Netherlands, South Africa and Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Team overview\nAUSTRALIASquadCaptain: Ricky PontingWorld Cup win-loss record: 40\u201317 (1 tie)World Cup best performance: Champions (1987, 1999, 2003)ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 80\u201328 (1 tie, 5 no results) Against South AfricaAt World Cup: 1\u20131 (1 tie)ODIs since 2003 CWC: 5\u20134 (1 tie, 1 no result)Against ScotlandAt World Cup: 1\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst NetherlandsAt World Cup: 1\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Team overview\nSOUTH AFRICASquadCaptain: Graeme SmithWorld Cup win-loss record: 19\u20139 (2 ties)World Cup best performance: Semi-finals (1992, 1999) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 51\u201331 (1 tie, 5 no results) Against AustraliaAt World Cup: 1\u20131 (1 tie)ODIs since 2003 CWC: 4\u20135 (1 tie, 1 no result)Against ScotlandAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst NetherlandsAt World Cup: 1\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Team overview\nSCOTLANDSquadCaptain: Craig WrightWorld Cup win-loss record: 0\u20135World Cup best performance: Round 1 (1999) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 7\u20138 Against AustraliaAt World Cup: 0\u20131ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst South AfricaAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst NetherlandsAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: 2\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Team overview\nNETHERLANDSSquadCaptain: Luuk van TroostWorld Cup win-loss record: 1\u201310World Cup best performance: Round 1 (1996, 2003) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 6\u20136 (1 no result) Against AustraliaAt World Cup: 0\u20131ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst South AfricaAt World Cup: 0\u20131ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst ScotlandAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: 0\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Australia vs Scotland\nAustralia were put in to bat and made the seventh-highest total in World Cup history, It was nevertheless the third-lowest total in Scotland's ODI history and the third time a team had won by more than 200 runs in World Cup cricket. Ricky Ponting became the leading Australian run-scorer in World Cups, second overall only to Sachin Tendulkar. In reply, Colin Smith made his first ODI half-century on World Cup debut, and only ten men batted for Scotland; John Blain, one of two players in the eleven with previous World Cup experience, suffered an injury and was absent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Netherlands vs South Africa\nIn a match shortened to 40 overs due to wet pitch conditions, South Africa still managed the third 200-run victory at this World Cup, scoring runs at a rate faster than that recorded by Sri Lanka when they set the world record number of runs in a One-day International in July 2006 against this Dutch team. Though Dutch wicket-keeper Jeroen Smits caught Abraham de Villiers for nought in the first over, and South Africa had made four runs in the first five overs, things went South Africa's way from then on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Netherlands vs South Africa\nHerschelle Gibbs hit Daan van Bunge for six sixes in the 30th over, a first in ODI cricket, Mark Boucher scored a fifty off 21 deliveries, a World Cup record and two balls off his own South African record, and added another 25 from ten balls before time was up. South Africa also became the first team to make three century partnerships in a One-day International, and hit a World Cup record of eighteen sixes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Netherlands vs South Africa\nFor the Netherlands, Tim de Leede, Daan van Bunge and Luuk van Troost conceded 163 runs in their 12 overs between them, and when batting, the Dutch team's only professional Ryan ten Doeschate was their only man to pass 25, making 57 before he was run out as one of three Dutch batsmen to suffer this fate. Shaun Pollock's six overs cost four runs, the most economical spell of the World Cup thus far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Australia vs Netherlands\nThe fourth 200-run win in ten games of the Cup thus far, with Australia becoming the first team to win consecutive One-day Internationals by 200 runs or more. Glenn McGrath became the second bowler in World Cup history to take 50 wickets at the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Australia vs Netherlands\nAustralia chose to bat first, losing three wickets by the 20-over mark, with Tim de Leede having both openers caught, but Michael Clarke and Brad Hodge set a World Cup record fourth-wicket partnership with 204, and Australia eventually ended on 358 for five. Hodge's last 28 balls yielded 73 runs. Netherlands' openers Bas Zuiderent and Darron Reekers made 36 at nearly a run-a-ball in the first six overs, but Nathan Bracken had Reekers caught for 25, and four more wickets followed for ten runs. After van Bunge and de Leede had put on 40 for the sixth wicket, Glenn McGrath and Brad Hogg ended the innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Scotland vs South Africa\n68% of South Africa's total was made up of boundaries, as Graeme Smith and A. B. de Villiers thumped runs and South Africa qualified for the Super Eights, and the result also confirmed Australia's place. South Africa bowled first, and after Fraser Watts and Majid Haq made it through the first ten overs, South Africa took a wicket every five overs to reduce Scotland to 84 for five after 30 overs. Andrew Hall and Charl Langeveldt took the wickets, but also got hit for runs by Dougie Brown, John Blain and Paul Hoffmann as Scotland posted their highest-ever World Cup total of 186.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Scotland vs South Africa\nNevertheless, South Africa made their way to the total in half the required time, as Graeme Smith and A. B. de Villiers hit at a rate of more than eight an over. Scotland turned to their spin bowlers in the thirteenth over, with Majid Haq and Glenn Rogers taking three wickets, though they still cost nearly eight an over between them. Justin Kemp hit the winning runs with a six off Rogers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Australia vs South Africa\nMatthew Hayden broke the record for fastest World Cup century, taking 66 balls to notch up the hundred, and when he got out two balls later the run rate was still more than seven an over. A 161-run partnership between Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke followed, with Ponting ending on 91 and Clarke on 92, and though Andrew Hall took wickets near the end, Australia finished on 377 for six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190777-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group A, Australia vs South Africa\nSouth Africa batted through the first twenty overs without loss, as Abraham de Villiers and Graeme Smith took the opening bowlers on. De Villiers got out eight short of what would have been his first One-day International century, and a few overs later Smith retired hurt; he returned after Brad Hogg and Glenn McGrath had taken two wickets each and South Africa needed 118 in 55 balls. However, he got out four balls later, and the remainder of the batting order got out in single figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 4th Match: Bermuda v Sri Lanka, 15 March\nBermuda's World Cup debut became the second-heaviest defeat at the World Cup, 40 runs worse than Scotland's defeat the day before. After Sri Lanka won the toss and batted, they \"capitalise[d] on the spate of loose deliveries\" served up by Bermuda's bowlers, according to Cricinfo writer Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, Bermuda did take six wickets, all caught, while Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Chamara Silva all collected half-centuries. Kevin Hurdle took two wickets for Bermuda, but his second over lasted 14 balls due to no-balls and wides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 4th Match: Bermuda v Sri Lanka, 15 March\nBermuda fell to 20 for four after Malinga had taken three wickets in three overs, ending with bowling figures of three for 10. With the seven first men down, Lionel Cann paired up with Delyone Borden for a 25-run partnership, the largest of the innings; Farveez Maharoof removed both before Muttiah Muralitharan had Dwayne Leverock lbw to end the innings for 78, Bermuda's lowest total ever in One-day Internationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 72], "content_span": [73, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 8th Match: Bangladesh v India, 17 March\nBangladesh, who went home from the 2003 World Cup without a single win and had been ranked tenth and bottom of all the ten Test-playing nations as late as 2006, now celebrated their fifth victory against a top-eight side in their history, forcing India to win both their next games to have a chance of qualifying for the Super Eights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 8th Match: Bangladesh v India, 17 March\nIndia chose to bat first, but lost Virender Sehwag and Robin Uthappa to Mashrafe Mortaza in his opening spell. Mortaza, described by the Cricinfo journalist as \"at the heart of the impressive performance\", took two wickets in the opening spell and returned to remove the two final wickets, though he also bowled six no-balls in a spell of four for 38. Spinners Abdur Razzak and Mohammad Rafique took the remaining six wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 8th Match: Bangladesh v India, 17 March\nTeenagers Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim, with 35 international games between them, all made half-centuries as Bangladesh passed the target of 192 with nine balls and five wickets to spare, despite losing three batsmen in single figures and two batsmen stumped off the bowling of part-timer Virender Sehwag. Tamim hit seven fours and two sixes in a near run-a-ball 51, well about the required run rate of four, which meant Shakib and Mushfiqur could score at rates between three and four an over. India also dropped two easy chances and three half-chances, \"in stark contrast to Bangladesh's efforts on the field\", as they failed to bowl out their opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 8th Match: Bangladesh v India, 17 March\nThe win caused mass celebrations in Bangladesh. Though the country is officially in a state of emergency and public gatherings are outlawed, thousands of people celebrated in the streets of Dhaka, waving flags and chanting, and there were also processions in Chittagong and in Mortaza's hometown, Narail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 12th Match: Bermuda v India, 19 March\nAfter the upset in the first group match against Bangladesh, India came back strongly against Bermuda, breaking several records in the process. Their total of 413 for five was the first World Cup innings worth more than 400, and their margin of 257 runs the largest margin of victory in an ODI. It was also the highest score in World Cup history, breaking the 400 barrier. India also broke their team record score of 376/2, and equalled the ODI record for the maximum number of sixes in an innings by scoring 18 sixes, a feat first achieved by South Africa against the Netherlands earlier in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 12th Match: Bermuda v India, 19 March\nIn reply, Bermuda only professional, Glamorgan player David Hemp, hit nine fours and one six in an unbeaten innings of 76, worth fifty runs more than any other batsman could contribute. Zaheer Khan bowled both openers, while Ajit Agarkar had three wickets in six balls, causing Bermuda to crash from 106 for five to 110 for eight. Hemp then put on 44 with Dwayne Leverock before Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble ended the resistance. Extras were the second-highest score of Bermuda's innings, with 27, as four bowlers conceded a total of 12 wides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 16th Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 21 March\nBangladesh' chances of reaching the Super Eights by means of net run rate diminished after a 198-run defeat to Sri Lanka, the third-heaviest of their history and the largest since their 200-run defeat to India at the 2003 TVS Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 16th Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 21 March\nIndeed, it was only due to the rain during Bangladesh' innings and the consequently readjusted target that the margin of victory was smaller; Bangladesh were bowled out for 112, with all the Sri Lankan bowlers except Sanath Jayasuriya taking wickets, but Jayasuriya had already contributed with seven sixes in his twenty-fourth One-day International century as Sri Lanka totalled 318 for four. Spinners Mohammad Rafique and Abdur Razzak were the only ones to keep the economy rate below five an over, while for Sri Lanka only Russel Arnold cost more than five an over. Four Sri Lankan batsmen outscored Bangladesh' top-scoring batsman, Ashraful, who made 45 not out from number seven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 76], "content_span": [77, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 20th Match: India v Sri Lanka, 23 March\nFour years after losing the 2003 World Cup final, India were all but eliminated from the World Cup, now relying on Bermuda to beat Bangladesh in order to qualify for the Super Eights, causing \"financial disasters\" for the Indian TV channels who had bought broadcasting rights at large prices. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, went through to the second stage unbeaten, after newcomers to the team Upul Tharanga and Chamara Silva both struck half-centuries and Muttiah Muralitharan took three wickets, including wicket-keeper MS Dhoni for a duck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 20th Match: India v Sri Lanka, 23 March\nThe first innings was described as a \"cat-and-mouse battle\" by Cricinfo reporter Siddhartha Vaidyanathan. Zaheer Khan started off with a wide, but also had Sanath Jayasuriya caught behind in his opening spell, striking at the end of the seventh over, and also had Tharanga in trouble with in-cutters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 20th Match: India v Sri Lanka, 23 March\nTharanga, however, batted through nearly two thirds of the match for his 64, and none of the bowlers managed to keep the run rate below four as Sri Lanka made it to 254 for six, despite India's bowlers putting in a performance described as \"impressive\" (Cricinfo), \"giv[ing] the Sri Lankans a huge scare\" (Indian Express), \"good in parts\" (Kris Srikkanth) and \"tidy\" (PTI). Russel Arnold and Chaminda Vaas hit 38 off the final 23 balls, with five fours and a six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 20th Match: India v Sri Lanka, 23 March\nFor Sri Lanka, Chaminda Vaas struck twice within eleven overs, taking a return catch off Robin Uthappa and having Sourav Ganguly caught for a 23-ball seven. Sachin Tendulkar followed in the next over, bowled by Dilhara Fernando for his second duck of the tournament, but Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid made it through the next ten overs, before the \"turning point\" arrived, again according to Cricinfo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 20th Match: India v Sri Lanka, 23 March\nMuttiah Muralitharan had Sehwag caught at first slip in his third over; the next six overs yielded only 14 runs and two more wickets, after Dhoni went lbw to Muralitharan, and India needed 141 runs off 22 overs. Despite double-digit scores from Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh and Munaf Patel, they were bowled out for 185.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 24th Match: Bangladesh v Bermuda, 25 March\nBangladesh advanced to the Super Eight after defeating Bermuda in this heavily rain-affected match, thus sending India home after the group stages. Bermuda opened the batting after rain had reduced the game to 41 overs per side. Four more interruptions followed, as the game was eventually cut to 21 overs a side with Bermuda at 45 for four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190778-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group B, 24th Match: Bangladesh v Bermuda, 25 March\nSet 96 to win after hitting from Dean Minors and Lionel Cann and a slight Duckworth-Lewis adjustment, Bangladesh fell to 37 for three after three wickets from Saleem Mukuddem, but Shakib Al Hasan went unbeaten for his second match running against Bermuda, making 26 not out and a partnership of 59 for the fourth wicket with Mohammad Ashraful. Extras made up almost a quarter of the total, with Kevin Hurdle conceding seven wides in his four overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, Team overview\nNEW ZEALANDSquadCaptain: Stephen FlemingWorld Cup win-loss record: 28\u201323 (1 no result)World Cup best performance: Semi-finals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999)ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 44\u201339 (5 no results) Against EnglandAt World Cup: 3\u20133ODIs since 2003 CWC: 4\u20132Against KenyaAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst CanadaAt World Cup: 1\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, Team overview\nENGLANDSquadCaptain: Michael VaughanWorld Cup win-loss record: 31\u201318 (1 no result)World Cup best performance: Runners-up (1979, 1983, 1992) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 39\u201341 (2 ties, 5 no results) Against New ZealandAt World Cup: 3\u20133ODIs since 2003 CWC: 2\u20134Against KenyaAt World Cup: 1\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst CanadaAt World Cup: 1\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, Team overview\nKENYASquadCaptain: Steve TikoloWorld Cup win-loss record: 5\u201314 (1 no result)World Cup best performance: Semi-finals (2003) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 14\u201316 Against New ZealandAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst EnglandAt World Cup: 0\u20131ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst CanadaAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: 3\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, Team overview\nCANADASquadCaptain: John DavisonWorld Cup win-loss record: 1\u20138World Cup best performance: Round 1 (1979, 2003) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 6\u201314 Against New ZealandAt World Cup: 0\u20131ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst EnglandAt World Cup: 0\u20131ODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst KenyaAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: 1\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, 3rd Match: Canada v Kenya, 14 March\nKenya captain Steve Tikolo was named man of the match after playing all the way through the chase, coming in at 52 for two, with David Obuya and Ravindu Shah dismissed in single figures with a strike rate below 25. Nevertheless, only Canada's captain John Davison conceded less than 3.5 runs an over, as the three first Canadian bowlers, Umar Bhatti, Anderson Cummins and Henry Osinde conceded 16 wides among the 107 runs in 22.2 overs. The Kenyan spinners, on the other hand, took five for 78 from 29 overs, \"strangling the scoring rate.\" Cummins became the second man to play World Cup cricket for two different countries, having represented West Indies in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, 6th Match: England v New Zealand, 16 March\nBoth teams had recently enjoyed series wins over Australia, but it was New Zealand who got revenge over England, who had beaten them for a place in the final of the January tri-series in Australia. England lost Ed Joyce for a duck off the first legitimate delivery of the match, and only Paul Nixon and Liam Plunkett, the numbers eight and nine, managed a strike rate above 70.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, 6th Match: England v New Zealand, 16 March\nWith the fall of Paul Collingwood at the end of 35th over, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming brought on Shane Bond, and he removed Kevin Pietersen, England's top-scorer, and Andrew Flintoff in the same over. Jamie Dalrymple followed three overs later, as England had lost four wickets for five runs, but Nixon and Plunkett batted out the remaining 12 overs, making 71.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, 6th Match: England v New Zealand, 16 March\nIn reply, New Zealand lost two wickets in eight balls to James Anderson and Liam Plunkett, and also had captain Fleming back for a single-figure score. However, from then on they made 191 for the loss of only one wicket, Craig McMillan caught off Monty Panesar's bowling. Scott Styris and Jacob Oram added an unbeaten 138 for the fifth wicket, just ten runs off the New Zealand record from the 1999 World Cup, resulting in a man-of-the-match award for Styris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 74], "content_span": [75, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, 23rd Match: England v Kenya, 24 March\nEd Joyce's second fifty in as many matches helped England qualify for the Super Eights in what was essentially a play-off match, eliminating 2003 semi-finalists Kenya. Steve Tikolo came in at four after James Anderson had removed both openers, and though he made his 20th half-century, none of his team-mates passed 20. Extras were the second-highest contributor, with six wides and eight no-balls, most of the latter coming from Sajid Mahmood and Andrew Flintoff, who bowled three no-balls each. Flintoff did get Tikolo out with a yorker, while three of Kenya's players were run out as they were bowled out on the last ball of the rain-reduced innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190779-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group C, 23rd Match: England v Kenya, 24 March\nKenya's opening bowler Peter Ongondo extracted \"tennis-ball bounce\" to remove Michael Vaughan for one with the 19th ball of the game; however, despite Ian Bell getting caught for 16, England had reduced the equation to 126 off 34.2 overs after Joyce and Bell's partnership. With Kevin Pietersen also getting a fifty, England made it through with ten overs to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, Team overview\nWest IndiesSquadCaptain: Brian LaraWorld Cup win-loss record: 31\u201316 (1 no result)World Cup best performance: Champions (1975, 1979)ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 40\u201348 (6 no results) Against PakistanAt World Cup: 5\u20132ODIs since 2003 CWC: 3\u20138Against ZimbabweAt World Cup: 4\u20130ODIs since 2003 CWC: 9\u20132 (1 no result)Against IrelandAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, Team overview\nPakistanSquadCaptain: Inzamam-ul-HaqWorld Cup win-loss record: 29\u201322 (2 no results)World Cup best performance: Champions (1992) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 59\u201342 (3 no results) Against West IndiesAt World Cup: 2\u20135ODIs since 2003 CWC: 8\u20133Against ZimbabweAt World Cup: 2\u20130 (1 no result)ODIs since 2003 CWC: 4\u20130Against IrelandAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, Team overview\nZimbabweSquadCaptain: Prosper UtseyaWorld Cup win-loss record: 8\u201331 (3 no results)World Cup best performance: Super Six (1999, 2003) ODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 18\u201367 (3 no results) Against West IndiesAt World Cup: 0\u20134ODIs since 2003 CWC: 2\u20139 (1 no result)Against PakistanAt World Cup: 0\u20132 (1 no result)ODIs since 2003 CWC: 0\u20134Against IrelandAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, Team overview\nIrelandSquadCaptain: Trent JohnstonWorld Cup debutODIs since 2003 CWC win-loss record: 2\u20135 (1 no result) Against West IndiesAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst PakistanAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: noneAgainst ZimbabweAt World Cup: never metODIs since 2003 CWC: none", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 1st Match: West Indies v Pakistan, 13 March\nHosts West Indies won the opening match of the tournament, exacting revenge for the 1\u20133 series defeat in Pakistan the previous year. The local newspaper, the Jamaica Observer, said that the day \"was as good as it [could] get.\" The Observer also pointed out that the result \"will have provided a considerable advantage for West Indies\" if, \"as expected\", they and Pakistan go through to the Super Eights. Cricinfo described the West Indies' efforts with the bat as \"staccato\", but credited \"a disciplined bowling performance\", while criticising Pakistan's bowlers for \"let[ting] the batsmen dismantle their confidence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 1st Match: West Indies v Pakistan, 13 March\nAfter 28 overs, Pakistan were actually ahead of West Indies, with 97 for three compared to 94 for three; then Dwayne Smith took wickets with three of twelve deliveries, and Pakistan never got ahead again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 5th Match: Ireland v Zimbabwe, 15 March\nIreland had a much better first outing than fellow World Cup debutants Bermuda, managing a tie against the Test nation of Zimbabwe after Jeremy Bray scored his second One Day International century in the space of six weeks. Bray put on 43 with Eoin Morgan for the second wicket, but two wickets from Elton Chigumbura set them back to 64 for\u00a0four after 15 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 5th Match: Ireland v Zimbabwe, 15 March\nBray remained in, however, carrying his bat to 115 not out and sharing partnerships of 54 with Andrew White, 37 with captain Trent Johnston and 39 with Dave Langford-Smith. Zimbabwe used spinners Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams and Stuart Matsikenyeri at the end, who conceded few runs, ending with combined figures of 56 runs from 17 overs. Chigumbura, who had taken the top order wickets, was not reintroduced at the death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 5th Match: Ireland v Zimbabwe, 15 March\nIn reply, Zimbabwe made their way to 20 overs with the loss of one wicket, slightly ahead of Ireland's total. However, Johnston broke through when he had Chamu Chibhabha caught, while Vusi Sibanda crept back on the stumps, dismantling a bail to be out hit wicket for 67 as he took off to make a single, not realising his misfortune. Another misfortune struck when Brendan Taylor was run out, essentially by the batsmen on strike (Matsikenyeri) who returned McCallan's ball with a fierce straight drive, taking Taylor's wicket down in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 5th Match: Ireland v Zimbabwe, 15 March\nNevertheless, after Stuart Matsikenyeri's half-century, they required 15 runs with 36 balls remaining; however, they only got six of those runs off the next 30 balls, with Gary Brent and Chris Mpofu rarely managing to get off the strike. Kevin O'Brien, whose only over had cost eight runs, was brought back in the 49th, and he took one wicket and had Mpofu run out in a maiden over. Zimbabwe now needed nine off the last over with only a wicket in hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 5th Match: Ireland v Zimbabwe, 15 March\nMatsikenyeri hit two twos and a single, Ed Rainsford got off the strike with a single off his only ball, before Matsikenyeri tied the scores with a cut for two. With one ball, one wicket and one run in contention, Rainsford's desperate dash caused him to be run out and the match a tie - the third of World Cup history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 9th Match: Ireland v Pakistan, 17 March\nPakistan, ranked fourth in the ICC ODI Championship tables before the tournament, were eliminated from the tournament after five days, an event described by BBC in an online report as \"unthinkable\". Niall O'Brien made 72, but was out stumped with 25 runs still to get and had to watch as his brother Kevin O'Brien and Trent Johnston put on 20 for the eighth wicket to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 9th Match: Ireland v Pakistan, 17 March\nPakistan were put in to bat, and were bowled out for 132, with extras being the top scorer as Ireland offered 23 wides. Pakistan's captain Inzamam-ul-Haq still credited Ireland's bowlers with bowling \"tight lines\", while taking the blame for \"too many poor shots\", as all ten batsmen were out caught. Boyd Rankin took the most wickets, including Younis Khan and top-scorer Kamran Akmal, while Andre Botha's spell of five runs from eight overs also yielded the wickets of Inzamam and opener Imran Nazir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 9th Match: Ireland v Pakistan, 17 March\nWhen Ireland batted, Bray, who had made a hundred in the previous match, fell lbw to Mohammad Sami, who took three for 29 after being left out of the side four days earlier. Ireland fell to 15 for two, but O'Brien and William Porterfield added 37 before Porterfield played a ball from Mohammad Hafeez onto his stumps and was bowled. O'Brien made shots off Hafeez, however, who ended with 15 runs off four overs, one of the three most expensive bowlers of the game. He was eventually stumped for 72, before Iftikhar Anjum struck twice in two balls, Ireland now needing 20 with three wickets in hand. Kevin O'Brien and Trent Johnston got there, however, with Ireland captain Johnston winning the game with a six, the second of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 9th Match: Ireland v Pakistan, 17 March\nFollowing the defeat and early exit from the World Cup, there was a huge negative reaction from the millions of passionate Pakistani fans and government, calling for the captain, coach and the president of the board to resign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 9th Match: Ireland v Pakistan, 17 March\nOn the morning after the game, Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room, and was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead soon afterwards. Players, experts and the rest of the cricketing world mourned the death of \"the cricket scholar\", in the words of former South African Test bowler Fanie de Villiers, while commentators such as Cricinfo's Dileep Premachandran criticised the \"effigy-burners\" in Pakistan who, in his opinion, did not \"possess common sense\". On the same day, Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his retirement from one-day cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 17th Match: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 21 March\nPakistan were considering forfeiting the game, but have been ordered to complete it by the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Imran Nazir led the way for Pakistan, an almost solo performance of 160 from just 121 balls as Pakistan made 349 all out, bowled out on the second last ball. No other players made 40; Inzamam-ul-Haq made 37 in his final One Day International, while number nine Iftikhar Anjum came in with four overs to spare and hit 32 from 16 balls before being last out to Elton Chigumbura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 17th Match: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 21 March\nZimbabwe lost Vusi Sibanda, Justice Chibhabha and Friday Kasteni before rain arrived after 10.2 overs with the score at 33 for 3. Play eventually resumed with the innings cut to just 20 overs, leaving Zimbabwe with a reduced target, though they still needed a further 160 runs from 58 balls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190780-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Group D, 21st Match: West Indies v Ireland, 23 March\nThe match was interrupted by rain near the end of Ireland's innings; West Indies were set an adjusted target of 190 from 48 overs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage\nThe Super Eight stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup was scheduled between 27 March 2007 and 21 April 2007, and determined the four qualifiers for the semi-finals of the tournament. Matches were held in Antigua, Bridgetown in Barbados, Georgetown in Guyana, and Grenada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage\nEach team carried forward the result from the other team qualifying from its group in the group stage of the tournament, so the Super Eight was essentially an eight-team round robin competition. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a tie or a no result. If teams were tied on points, the team with the most wins was ranked ahead, and if this is also equal net run rate determined the ranking order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Table\nThe four top teams, depicted with green backgrounds in the table below, qualified for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Teams\nEight teams qualified from the group stage. India and Pakistan, ranked fifth and fourth in the ICC ODI Championship before the tournament began, were eliminated by Bangladesh and Ireland respectively. The other six seeded teams proceeded, with Australia beating the number one rank in the One Day International championship South Africa. New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies also carried one win forward from the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Teams, ICC ODI Championship rankings\nThese were the rankings as of 12 March, before the group stage began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Teams, ICC ODI Championship rankings\nNote:Ireland did not have an official ODI ranking; they were ranked in this tournament based on their win percentage against associate members and then wins against full members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Teams, Previous World Cup record\nTo find the record of a particular team, find its row in the table, and then look along the row to find its record against all opponents. (Thus, for example, Australia have won three and lost two against England.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Teams, ODI record since the 2003 World Cup\nThe table includes matches from 1 April 2003 to 1 March 2007, but does not include matches played during the 2007 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Teams, ODI record since the 2003 World Cup\nTo find the record of a particular team, find its row in the table, and then look along the row to find its record against all opponents. (Thus, for example, Australia have won 17 and lost five against New Zealand.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 27 March: Australia v West Indies\nAustralia were put in to bat by Brian Lara as the ball moved about and deviated off the seam in the early overs. Daren Powell got the wicket of Adam Gilchrist with an inside edge, while Matthew Hayden could not score off his first 17 deliveries \u2013 then made 158 runs from the next 126 to make the highest innings for Australia in a World Cup match. However, Ricky Ponting and Hayden scored at above six an over in their partnership, before Ponting was eventually run out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 128], "content_span": [129, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 27 March: Australia v West Indies\nHayden added 98 for the third wicket with Michael Clarke before Dwayne Bravo broke through, and Andrew Symonds and Michael Hussey could not provide more than 15 runs to the team cause. Hussey got out the total at 234 for five in the 41st over, but Hayden eventually led Australia to break loose in the last 10 overs, taking 99 from them despite a 20-minute break for rain. Shane Watson's 33 from 26 balls also helped push Australia to 322 for 6 after the full 50 overs. This was the sixth successive score above 300 for Australia, a new One-day International record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 128], "content_span": [129, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 27 March: Australia v West Indies\nDrizzle and wet ground conditions delayed the start of West Indies' reply and the game was eventually abandoned to resume the following day. They lost three wickets in the first 20 overs, and though Brian Lara and Denesh Ramdin contributed fifties, they required 105 to win off 28 balls when Daren Powell was bowled by Shaun Tait. Earlier, Glenn McGrath had removed Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Bravo for single-figure scores, thus moving within one wicket of Wasim Akram's World Cup record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 128], "content_span": [129, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 27 March: Australia v West Indies\nThis was the first international match at the new Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The stadium was barely half-filled for the game, causing criticism from notables such as West Indies' captain Brian Lara and commentator Mark Nicholas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 128], "content_span": [129, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 28 March: Sri Lanka v South Africa\nSri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat, and lost their first five wickets for 98, with Charl Langeveldt taking two in his first spell. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Russel Arnold built a sixth-wicket stand of 97 in nearly 20 overs, but Dilshan was caught off Makhaya Ntini's bowling, and then Charl Langeveldt took three wickets in five balls as Sri Lanka were bowled out in the final over for 209.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 129], "content_span": [130, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 28 March: Sri Lanka v South Africa\nIn reply, Chaminda Vaas had AB de Villiers bowled in the first over, but Jacques Kallis added 95 with Graeme Smith and 65 with Herschelle Gibbs, leading South Africa to within four runs of victory with his 86. Then Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga struck. He became the first bowler to take four wickets with four consecutive deliveries in international cricket, though South Africa managed a run off Vaas in the intermediate over. South Africa now needed three runs to win with one wicket in hand, and eleven deliveries went by before Robin Peterson got an outside edge to a Malinga ball, which went out of reach of slip and went fine for four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 129], "content_span": [130, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 30 March: England v Ireland\nEngland won the toss and batted first, but lost both openers to Boyd Rankin in six overs, before Ian Bell spent 74 balls making his 31. When Bell got out, the run rate was slightly above 4; in the final 28 overs it was in excess of 6, with Paul Collingwood making 90, Kevin Pietersen 48 and Andrew Flintoff 43. Kyle McCallan was the most economical bowler for Ireland, and also took the wicket of Pietersen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 122], "content_span": [123, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 30 March: England v Ireland\nChasing 267 in reply, Niall O'Brien's third One-day International fifty and his second of the World Cup helped Ireland to a total of 139 for six in the 37th over, but despite faster than a run a ball scores from Trent Johnston and Andrew White Ireland fell 48 runs short as Andrew Flintoff took the final two wickets, though they exceeded their previous World Cup record total by seven runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 122], "content_span": [123, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 31 March: Bangladesh v Australia\nThe match was shortened to 22 overs a side due to a wet outfield. Glenn McGrath took his wicket tally to 56 after this match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 127], "content_span": [128, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 1 April: Sri Lanka v West Indies\nThe start of the match was delayed due to bad weather, but a full 50-over match was played, which resulted in West Indies' third defeat in four days. Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene added 183 for the third wicket, before Tillakaratne Dilshan came in and took 39 off 22 deliveries as the final eleven overs yielded 84 runs. In reply, West Indies needed 170 off 94 when Ramnaresh Sarwan was stumped off Sanath Jayasuriya; they only got 56 of those, and were bowled out for 190, with four batsmen out in single figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 127], "content_span": [128, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 3 April: Ireland v South Africa\nMatch shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 160 runs in 35 overs for South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 126], "content_span": [127, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Antigua and Guyana (27 March to 9 April), 4 April: Sri Lanka v England\nSri Lanka batted first and made 235, bowled out off the last ball with a run out. England lost their openers for 0 and 10, but Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen made a stand of 90 for the third wicket, and Paul Collingwood joined Pietersen to add a further 25 before Pietersen was caught and bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan. England then lost two more wickets for seven runs to Dilhara Fernando, and required 103 off 16.3 overs with four wickets in hand. However, Ravinder Bopara scored a half-century in his fourth One-Day International innings, as he and Paul Nixon took England within three runs of victory. However, Fernando returned for the last over, and bowled Bopara off the last ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 123], "content_span": [124, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 12 April: New Zealand v Sri Lanka\nDespite missing top bowler Lasith Malinga due to injury, Sri Lanka won comfortably against New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 131], "content_span": [132, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 13 April: Ireland v Australia\nAustralia's win confirmed their place in the top four. Ireland could not now qualify for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 127], "content_span": [128, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 14 April: South Africa v New Zealand\nThis win by New Zealand meant that they had qualified for the semi-finals. It also confirmed Sri Lanka's place in the top four, as only one other team below them could equal Sri Lanka's 8 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 134], "content_span": [135, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 15 April: Ireland v Bangladesh\nIreland's total of 243/7 was their highest in World Cup matches. Bangladesh's loss meant that they could not now qualify for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 128], "content_span": [129, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 16 April: Sri Lanka v Australia\nAustralia were now guaranteed either first or second place in the Super 8s, and Sri Lanka could no longer get first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 129], "content_span": [130, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 17 April: England v South Africa\nThis result confirmed that South Africa had clinched one of the four semi-final places, and that England and the West Indies were unable to progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 130], "content_span": [131, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190781-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage, Matches in Barbados and Grenada (10 April to 21 April), 47th Match: Australia v New Zealand, 20 April\nAustralia secured top place on the Super 8 table and a semifinal match-up with South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 143], "content_span": [144, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification\nThe 2007 Cricket World Cup was contested between 16 of the 97 countries that were members of the International Cricket Council at the time. The 11 teams with One-Day International status at the time of drafting qualified automatically for the World Cup. Meanwhile, the 86 other members of the ICC played off in a series of tournaments, forming the Cricket World Cup qualification process, to capture one of the remaining five spots in the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, European Cricket Council Trophy 2003\nHeld in Austria in August 2003, the European Cricket Council Trophy 2003 was contested by 11 teams across 3 preliminary groups. The top four teams from these groups progressed through to a championship group, where each team played each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, European Cricket Council Trophy 2003\nGroup Standings: Norway, Greece, Malta and Austria progressed to the Championship Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, European Cricket Council Trophy 2003\nFinal Standings: Norway qualified to participate in European Championships 2nd Division 2004, after finishing on top of the championship group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Affiliates Tournaments, ICC WCQS Tournament - Africa Affiliates\nHeld in Africa during March 2004, 8 teams (from 7 countries and a South Africa Country Districts team) played off in two groups of four. After each team has played one game against the other three teams in their pool, the top two teams advanced to the next round. The two top teams in each group progressed, playing semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final, where South Africa Country Districts defeated Botswana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 101], "content_span": [102, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Affiliates Tournaments, Americas Affiliates Championship 2004\nSimilarly to the African Affiliates playoff, the Americas Affiliates Championship was contested in March 2004 to decide the team that would progress through to the next round. Five ICC Affiliate members played off in a round-robin format from 23 March to 27 March, playing each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 99], "content_span": [100, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Affiliates Tournaments, European Championships 2nd Division 2004\nCompeted in Belgium in 2004 and separate to the 1st Division Championships for the first time, six countries played off on four grounds in Antwerp, Brussels and Mechelen. Italy went through unbeaten, qualifying for a play off at the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 for the twelfth and final place for the 2005 ICC Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 102], "content_span": [103, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Final Regional Qualifying Events, Asian Cricket Council Trophy\nHosted in Malaysia in June 2004, the ACC Trophy was contested by 15 countries divided into four groups. The tournament then progressed into a knockout phase, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter finals. At the end of the tournament, the runner-up Oman and the winner United Arab Emirates secured themselves a spot in the ICC Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Final Regional Qualifying Events, Asian Cricket Council Trophy\nKuwait, Qatar and Nepal finished third, fourth and fifth, and play in the World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 100], "content_span": [101, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Final Regional Qualifying Events, ICC Six Nations WCQS Tournament\nBoth Namibia and Uganda qualified for the ICC Trophy after they finished ahead of the other four teams in a round robin tournament played in Zambia in August 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 103], "content_span": [104, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Final Regional Qualifying Events, European Championships 2004\nEven though the tournament isn't considered to be a qualification tournament, the European Championship is considered to be the most important European tournament on the calendar. Contested by Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Scotland as well as an ECB England XI, the format is a round robin tournament, with the winner being the team that finishes on top. Denmark, Holland, Ireland and Scotland were already guaranteed a direct spot into the ICC Trophy, with the ECB XI being ineligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 99], "content_span": [100, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Final Regional Qualifying Events, Americas Cricket Championship\nBermuda hosted the 2004 Americas Cricket Championship in July 2004, which was played as a round robin tournament with the top three out of the six teams progressing through to the ICC Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 101], "content_span": [102, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, Final Regional Qualifying Events, ICC East Asia-Pacific Cricket Challenge 2004\nJapan hosted the tournament from May 25 to May 29, 2004, with teams from Fiji, Indonesia, Japan and Tonga contesting in a round robin format, with the top two ranked teams, Fiji and Tonga, playing in a final to decide the tournament winner. Fiji beat Tonga in the final by 181 runs, hence qualifying to the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 116], "content_span": [117, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 2005\nThis new event for the eight teams that had narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the ICC Trophy was played in Malaysia in February 2005. Two groups of four teams each played each other in a round robin stage, with the top two teams from each group progressing to a knockout stage, where the winners would progress to a final. Papua New Guinea emerged winners in Kuala Lumpur on 26 February, beating Fiji by 30 runs. Papua New Guinea therefore managed to grab the final spot into the ICC Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, 2005 ICC Trophy\nThe 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, 2005 ICC Trophy\nIt came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2,500,000 for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status till the 2009 Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190782-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup qualification, 2005 ICC Trophy\nOn 7 July, Ireland, Bermuda, Scotland and Canada qualified for the semi-finals. With that, they also won places in the 2007 Cricket World Cup and, from 1 January 2006, official One Day International status. On 11 July, the Netherlands also achieved this by beating the UAE to finish fifth. Scotland won the tournament, beating Ireland in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads\nThis is a list of the squads picked for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. as the ninth Cricket World Cup tournament and was held between 14 March and 28 April 2007. The sixteen teams asked to announce their final squads by 13 February 2007. Changes were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICCs Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads\nIn order to aid the teams to select the final 15, teams were given the option to announce a 30-man squad by mid-January, with the understanding that the final squad would be picked from these 30 players. However, this was not strictly adhered to \u2013 several of England's final 15 came from outside the initial 30, for example.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Australia\nAustralia named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. On 23 February 2007, Brett Lee was removed from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Stuart Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Netherlands\nThe KNCB named their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. The squad was unchanged from that which was named for the World Cricket League Division One event in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Scotland\nScotland named their squad in August 2006, to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules. However, Glenn Rogers later came in for Omer Hussain. Of the Scotland 15, Gavin Hamilton and John Blain have previous World Cup experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, Bangladesh\nBangladesh named their 15-man squad on 13 February. Farhad Reza brought in for Tapash Baisya, 7 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, India\nIndia announced their final 15-man squad on 12 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, Sri Lanka\nSri Lanka announced their 15-man squad on 12 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, England\nEngland announced their final 15-man squad at The Oval on 14 February 2007. Jon Lewis was replaced by Stuart Broad on 4 April 2007 to allow him to return home to his wife as she was experiencing complications in the latter stages of her pregnancy).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, New Zealand\nNew Zealand announced a preliminary squad on 14 January 2007, and announced their 15-man squad on 13 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, New Zealand\nDaryl Tuffey was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Chris Martin on 25 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, New Zealand\nLou Vincent was injured during the tournament; he was replaced by Hamish Marshall on 26 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, Ireland\nIreland named their squad in August 2006, the first country to do so, in order to assist the players in arranging work and training schedules. Irish player Ed Joyce, who turned out for Ireland in qualifying matches, was in England's squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, Pakistan\nPakistan announced a preliminary squad on 10 January 2007, and the final 15-man squad on 13 February 2007. Both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were included, despite their ongoing doping case, where the Pakistan Cricket Board had first banned them before a tribunal reprieved the two. In a twist of fate, both players were replaced by Mohammad Sami and Yasir Arafat on 1 March due to knee and elbow injuries respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, Pakistan\nPakistan had already made one change due to injury: Azhar Mahmood joined the squad in place of Abdul Razzaq, who suffered a knee injury during a practice session on 26 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, Pakistan\nCoach: Bob Woolmer (died during tournament) and Mushtaq Ahmed (acting coach)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190783-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, Zimbabwe\nZimbabwe's 15-man squad was announced on 14 February; only one player remains from the 2003 squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics\nThe following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. Though India were eliminated early, they set the ODI record for the highest victory margin in their 257 run win over Bermuda. In their match against Netherlands, Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) created ODI and International cricket record when he hit sixes off all six deliveries in Daan van Bunge's over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics\nIn the Super 8 stage games, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) created ODI record when he took four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in a losing effort against South Africa. By the end of the tournament, new World Cup records for the fastest fifty (20 balls \u2013 Brendon McCullum of New Zealand) and fastest hundred (66 balls \u2013 Matthew Hayden of Australia) were established. Glenn McGrath established a new Cricket World Cup record for the most wickets (26) and also finished his ODI career with the most wickets in World Cup history (71).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics\nThe number of sixes in the overall tournament (373) was 40% higher than the previous record holder, the 2003 Cricket World Cup (266). The tournament also saw 32 century partnerships (previous record of 28 during the 1996 Cricket World Cup) and 10 batsmen over 400 runs (previous record of 4 during the 2003 Cricket World Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team totals, Highest team total\nIndia's total of 413 runs against Bermuda is the current record for the highest score in an innings in a World cup match, bettering Sri Lanka's 398 runs against Kenya in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Bowling, Most wickets in the tournament\nMcGrath surpassed Akram's record (55 wickets) for the highest number of wickets in World Cup matches, in the game against Bangladesh. His total of 26 wickets was the highest in any single World Cup tournament, and he finished the tournament with 71 wickets in all World Cup matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting, Most runs in the tournament\nHayden's 659 runs in the series stands second to only Tendulkar's 673 runs in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The tournament also saw 10 players exceeding 400 runs for the first time, the previous best being 4 players over 400 runs in world cup tournament (2003 edition).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting, Highest individual scores\nImran Nazir's 160 is the highest score by any individual in West Indies in ODI and List A matches. Matthew Hayden scored the 100th century in World cup history during his innings of 103 against New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting, Highest partnerships of the tournament\nThe 4th wicket partnership between Brad Hodge and Michael Clarke is the world cup record for that wicket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting, Highest partnerships of the tournament\nNote: Top ten would be listed \u2013 eleventh place listed due to equal scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting, Most sixes, In the tournament\nNote: Only player with 10 or more. Listed in order of number of sixes, then innings, then surname.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding, Most catches in the tournament\nRicky Ponting increased his record number of catches in World cup matches from 17 to 25. Sanath Jayasuriya has moved to second place (18 catches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Wicket-keeping, Most dismissals in the tournament\nAdam Gilchrist became the first wicket-keeper to reach the milestone of 50 dismissals in all World Cup matches. His tally of seven World Cup stumpings also equals the record held by Pakistan's Moin Khan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190784-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup statistics, Tied match\n2007 Cricket World cup saw the third tied match in the tournament history ensuring that this was the third world cup with a tied game (1999 Cricket World Cup \u2013 Semifinals between Australia and South Africa and 2003 Cricket World Cup \u2013 Group B match between South Africa and Sri Lanka)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires\nThe umpiring panel for the 2007 Cricket World Cup comprised nine umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires (the only member not included was Darrell Hair), and nine umpires from the international panel. The refereeing panel comprises seven members from the Elite Panel of ICC Referees, with Clive Lloyd not being included due to his role as West Indies' team manager. Aleem Dar went on to stand as an umpire in his first World Cup final, alongside Steve Bucknor who was appearing in his fifth final in a row - extending his record of four from the 2003 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Umpires\nFrom the International Panel, Russell Tiffin of Zimbabwe, Nigel Llong of England and Suresh Shastri of India were identified as the reserve umpires, should a member of the above panel have become unavailable. None were eventually called on by the end of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Umpires\n* Norman Malcolm and Goland Greaves only officiated in one match each, both acting as Fourth umpire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Referees\nSeven of the eight members of the Panel of ICC Referees were included in the roster to perform match refereeing duties throughout the tournament. The only member to be left out was Clive Lloyd due to his commitment as coach of the West Indies cricket team; however he announced his retirement from match refereeing towards the end of the Super 8 stage of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Super 8 stage appointments\nUmpires:Only umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires officiated from the Super Eight stage of the competition until its conclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Super 8 stage appointments\nReferees:Chris Broad, Mike Procter, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle were chosen to officiate the matches from the Super Eight stage onwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Semi-finals\nAfter a review of the performance of the umpires throughout the tournament the best four umpires were appointed to officiate on-field in the semi-finals. The role of third umpire will be filled by the two next best umpires, and likewise for the fourth umpire appointments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Semi-finals\nOf the appointed umpires, Bucknor and Koertzen have stood on-field before in World Cup semi-finals. Taufel and Dar served as third and fourth umpires respectively in the semi-finals of the previous tournament in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Final\nThe two on-field umpires for the final were chosen after a performance review, such that they are the two best umpires from the tournament (independent of the competing nations). The third and fourth umpire roles were filled by the same process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Final\nSince the officials had to be independent of the two nations participating in the final, Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper were ineligible to umpire, whilst Ranjan Madugalle could not serve as the match referee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Match appointments, Final\nThis was Aleem Dar's first appointment in a World Cup final, and prior to the match had said that it was to be the most important game of his career to date. Steve Bucknor, on the other hand, stood in his fifth consecutive World Cup final, extending his previous record of four in a row, though this competition held a special note, having been held in his native West Indies. He said that this appointment was a dream come true.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Criticism of umpires\nWhilst the majority of the tournament passed without any major criticism of the umpires or errors on their part, the Final was wrought with confusion and was described as a \"farcical finish\" to the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Criticism of umpires\nRain affected the start of the match, reducing the contest to 38 overs a side, and further rain reduced the Sri Lankan innings to 36 overs. With Australia almost certain victors with just 3 overs to go, bad light began to affect play and the umpires seemed to offer the Sri Lankans the opportunity to leave the field for bad light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Criticism of umpires\nBoth teams assumed this would have granted Australia victory that evening, but they were soon informed that if the light improved the match would have to continue; and if not then the final 3 overs would be played the next day. Sri Lanka's batsmen eventually came out and played out the final 3 overs regardless, and Australia were eventually crowned champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Criticism of umpires\nMatch referee Jeff Crowe revealed a \"communication breakdown\" between himself, on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor and third umpire Rudi Koertzen was to blame for the mix-up, which overlooked Law 21 of the laws of cricket. The law states that, in a One Day International, providing a minimum of 20 overs have been played then a result can be reached using the Duckworth-Lewis system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190785-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup umpires, Criticism of umpires\nThe ICC issued a statement apologising for occurrence of the incident, but said that none of those involved would be sacked. Two months later it was announced that all five officials involved - the two on field umpires, the third and fourth umpires and the match referee - were to be reprimanded by suspension to prevent them officiating in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches\nThe 2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches were held prior to the 2007 Cricket World Cup, between 5 March and 9 March 2007. All 16 nations that were qualified to take part in the World Cup participated in a series of matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics and to help them acclimatise to conditions in the West Indies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches\nThe warm-up matches were not classified as One Day Internationals by the International Cricket Council (ICC), despite sharing some of main features of this form of cricket, but some of the playing regulations were different from standard internationals in order to allow teams to experiment. For example, the main change allowed for thirteen different players to play in a match \u2013 nine players being allowed to both bat and bowl, with two only being able to bowl and two only being able to bat \u2013 instead of the eleven players normally allowed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches\nSeveral of the teams voiced concerns of various matters involving the stadia and practicing facilities: many of the stadiums were considered incomplete, whilst some teams claimed that the pitches were uneven, resulting in an unsafe experience to be batting in. Ultimately none of the stadia used in the warm-up games were used in any other part of the tournament except for the Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny, Jamaica, which hosted the opening ceremony but no matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches\nAustralia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were the only teams to win both of their warm-up games, whilst Bermuda, Canada, the Netherlands and Scotland did not win either of their fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches, Match status\nNone of the warm-up games were officially recognised as ODIs or List A matches by the International Cricket Council due to various changes in the rules of the game. Whilst normally only 11 players are allowed to bat and field (excluding situations involving a substitute fielder), 13 players were used in each team's squad for the matches \u2013 11 of which were allowed to field at one time and 11 of which were allowed to bat (meaning players could be swapped in and out when fielding or bowling, but two players did not bat in a match). In official ICC matches match referees are required to help officiate a game, but due to the changes in the rules none were appointed for any of the warm-up games. Additionally, Man of the Match awards were not given out and no reserve days were set for these matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches, Preparation problems\nA number of preparation problems surfaced before the start of the World Cup. Some of the venues were not complete by the opening ceremony on 11 March 2007. At Sabina Park, seats had to be removed at the newly constructed north-stand due to safety concerns. At Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica, ground staff were unable to gain admission to the ground during the warm-up matches due to accreditation problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches, Preparation problems\nDuring the Pakistan and Canada warm-up match at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, the sight screen was knocked down and the game was delayed by over 70 minutes and reduced to 48 overs. Additionally, a tear gas canister exploded at the Trinidad hotel where the Pakistan, South Africa, Canada and Ireland teams were staying. The hotel had to be evacuated but no injuries were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches, Preparation problems\nA number of concerns were expressed regarding the conditions of the pitches for the warm-up matches. During the Pakistan and South Africa warm-up game, the teams were unhappy with the condition of the pitch, claiming irregular bounce off the wicket was \"treacherous\". In addition, a number of teams expressed concern over the slow wickets used during the warm-up matches, although Cricinfo writer Sambit Bal welcomed the pitches slowing down as a method of making the battle between the batsmen and the bowlers more equal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190786-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches, Aggregate results\nNote: Due to the change in the rules for these matches, the results did not have any effect on the ICC ODI Championship table or the ICC Associate ODI rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9\nThe 2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 was the 59th edition of the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9 cycle race and was held from 10 June to 17 June 2007. The race consisted of a Prologue and seven stages, of which one was a time trial, covering a total of about 1,140\u00a0km (710\u00a0mi), starting in Grenoble and finishing in Annecy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Teams\nNineteen teams, each with a maximum of eight riders, entered the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Pre-race favourites\nThe race was important preparation for the Tour de France. Of top names, defending champion Levi Leipheimer, Alejandro Valverde, \u00d3scar Pereiro, Denis Menchov and Alexander Vinokourov were in the race while Thor Hushovd and Tom Boonen head the sprinters' group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages\nThe first, second and third placed riders, of each stage, were given 3, 2 and 1 UCI ProTour points, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Prologue\n10 June 2008 - Grenoble, 4.2\u00a0km (2.6\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 1\n11 June 2008 - Grenoble to Roanne, 219\u00a0km (136\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 2\n12 June 2008 - Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-\u00c9tienne, 157\u00a0km (98\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 3\n13 June 2008 - Anneyron, 40.7\u00a0km (25.3\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 4\n14 June 2008 - Hauterives to Le Mont-Ventoux, 197\u00a0km (122\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 5\n15 June 2008 - Nyons to Digne-les-Bains, 195\u00a0km (121\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 6\n16 June 2008 - Gap to Valloire, 198\u00a0km (123\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190787-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 Lib\u00e9r\u00e9, Stages, Stage 7\n17 June 2008 - Valloire to Annecy, 129\u00a0km (80\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190788-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatia Open Umag\nThe 2007 Croatia Open Umag was the 18th edition of the Croatia Open Umag men's tennis tournament. The tournament was held from 23 July until 29 July 2007 and was part of the 2007 ATP Tour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190788-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatia Open Umag\nCarlos Moy\u00e0 won his first and only title of the year and his 20th and final career title overall. Moy\u00e0 won four times previously, making him one of only eight men to have won five titles at a single event in the open era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190788-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatia Open Umag, Finals, Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd / Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k defeated Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd / David \u0160koch, 6\u20131, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190789-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Doubles\nThe 2007 Croatia Open Umag was the 18th occurrence of the Croatia Open Umag tennis tournament, held on July 23\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190789-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190790-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatia Open Umag \u2013 Singles\nCarlos Moy\u00e1 defeated Andrei Pavel 6\u20134, 6\u20132 to win the 2007 Croatia Open Umag singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190791-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Croatian Figure Skating Championships (Croatian: Prvenstvo Hrvatske za 2007) took place between December 16 and 17, 2006 in Zagreb. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190792-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian Football Cup Final\nThe 2007 Croatian Cup Final was a two-legged affair played between Dinamo Zagreb and Slaven Belupo. The first leg was played in Zagreb on 9 May 2007, while the second leg on 26 May 2007 in Koprivnica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190792-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian Football Cup Final\nDinamo Zagreb won the trophy with an aggregate result of 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires\nThe 2007 Croatian coast fires (Croatian: Po\u017eari u Hrvatskoj 2007.) were a series of fires that struck the Croatian coast in the summer of 2007. After a heat wave, which covered the entire Southern and Eastern Europe, the drought and southern wind helped spread the fires all over the Croatian coast, destroying a large part of the fragile plant and animal life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires\nThere were 750 fires on the coast from 1 June to 8 August. They burned in the Istria County, the Zadar County, the \u0160ibenik-Knin County, the Split-Dalmatia County and the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The total burned area covered 159,000 hectares.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires\nThe police indicted 18 persons and arrested 12 persons for arson. Those arrested included an unnamed 56-year-old suspected of setting seven fires and some shepherds who burned grass for sheep. When fires broke out in the region of Dubrovnik, the local authorities accused the Herzegovinian town of Trebinje of deliberately setting fires. Tragedy struck when, of the 23 firefighters sent to a burning island, the island of Kornat, 12 firefighters were killed by fast moving brush fires, one was severely injured, and ten were forced to leave before they could extinguish the blaze themselves, which ended up extinguishing itself naturally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Istria\nOn 19 July, a fire broke out near Pula. It caused the Pula-Premantura county road to be closed in the section from the Banjole crossroads to Premantura, reported the Croatian Automobile Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Istria\nOn 27 July, ten new fires broke out in the Istrian region. Two large fires\u2013near the Pineta Trailer Park in Peroj near Pula and near the Amarin Trailer Park in Rovinj\u2013were soon localized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Istria\nOn 7 August, there was a fire between Batva\u010di, Peroj and Barbariga, in the municipality of Vodnjan. It was localized around 7:30 PM by a Canadair CL-415 airplane and a helicopter that started extinguishing the fire around 6 PM. The fire, which was spreading because of the wind and the unapproachable terrain, was extinguished by 90 firefighters and 22 fire engines. The fire burned 80 hectares of forests and brush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Dalmatia\nThere were several fires in Dalmatia in July and August. The first fire broke out in the afternoon of 26 July, on Veliki Rujan, which is right next to the Paklenica National Park. The most endangered area was the southeast part of the National Park. The fire was fought by more than 200 firemen, National Park employees and members of the Croatian Ground Army. The firemen received reinforcements during the next days. There were also two firefighting planes and a helicopter. A fire broke out on the Svilaja Mountain, but it was soon localized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Dalmatia\nThe fire near Podstra\u017eje, a village by the Rukavac Cove on the island of Vis, was localized on 7 August by the professionals and volunteers from Vis and Komi\u017ea, with 46 firemen and nine fire engines. The August fire near Lake Vrana was soon localized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Dalmatia\nOn 8 August, a fire broke out around \u017ditni\u0107, spreading to the mined area along the \u0160ibenik-Drni\u0161 state road, which was closed for traffic. It was fought by professionals and volunteers from Drni\u0161: 21 firemen and six fire engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Dalmatia, Kornati tragedy\nOn 30 August, a new fire broke out on the island of Kornat, part of the Kornati National park. A team of 23 firemen was sent on an Mi-8 helicopter on what they thought would be just a routine mission. Upon arrival, they split into two teams, one with six firemen and the other with 17. The latter split up one more time when three firemen lost their communication gear, and again when the fourth one went checking for the signal while trying to call his superiors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Dalmatia, Kornati tragedy\nThe remaining 13 were stranded between two hills with no water whatsoever, since the large water canister landed 500 meters away from them. While searching for it, they got encircled by a wall of fire. Although the burning grass was only 10\u00a0cm tall, the firemen did not have the necessary equipment and had nowhere to run. In only a minute, six of them were killed instantly, while the other seven remained lying on the ground, badly burned, waiting for help more than two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires in Dalmatia, Kornati tragedy\nAfter the rescue, they were sent to the hospital in Zadar and then transferred to hospitals in Zagreb and Split. Six of them died in hospital because of serious burns covering large areas of their bodies. The fire itself had nowhere to spread, and was soon naturally extinguished, bringing up many questions about the necessity of the intervention. Allegedly, the firemen were killed by an unexploded CBU-87 dumped over Kornat by NATO planes returning from the Kosovo War in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires around Dubrovnik\nOn 5 August, several fires broke out in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. At 10 PM, the sirens sounded the general alarm because the fire came close to the city of Dubrovnik itself. Mayor of Dubrovnik, Dubravka \u0160uica, called all the able men to help the firemen. A shelter for women, children and old people was made in the Revelin Fortress. The firemen from the Split-Dalmatia County and the \u0160ibenik-Knin County helped fight the fire. At one time, the fire crossed \u017darkovica, a couple of hundred meters from the first city houses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires around Dubrovnik\nOn the other side, the fire reached Komolac and endangered the main power station. The state road was closed in the section from Konavle to Zaton, so the drivers there had to spend the night waiting on the road. The most desperate situation was around Moko\u0161ica, where the 20-kilometer fire came down to the houses, burning one house in \u0160umet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, Fires around Dubrovnik\nOn 8 August, a forest fire broke out in the municipality of Konavle. It was fought by the county firemen and the state intervention forces of Dubrovnik, with 50 firemen and 15 fire engines. They were helped by three Canadair CL-415 airplanes and an Air Tractor. Firefighting was made more difficult by the strong wind and drought. Some tourists were evacuated from local hotels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 49], "content_span": [50, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, International accusations of arson\nOn 6 August and 7 August, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader visited Dubrovnik, which was followed by fires in that area. It prompted some county officials to make arson accusations against the nearby town of Trebinje in the neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mario Magud, the firefighting commander in Konavle, said: \"There are no firemen on the Trebinje side. Everything indicates that they set the fire themselves with the intention to burn Konavle and beyond. It's not a coincidence that, as soon as we localize one fire, a new fire breaks out.\" Luka Korda, the chief of Konavle municipality, made similar accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190793-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Croatian coast fires, International accusations of arson\nThe Herzegovinian civil defense secretary Stanko Sli\u0161kovi\u0107 said it was not true that the Herzegovinian firemen did not do anything to prevent fires in the border area near Dubrovnik: \"Our people made the greatest effort to fight every fire where it was possible. Nobody can say with certainty where a fire started... I'm sorry this happened and I understand the indignation of the citizens of Dubrovnik, but it's not our fault.\" He claimed that the Herzegovinian civil defense cooperated well with their Croatian counterparts and said that the Herzegovinian forces could not fight the fires in the inaccessible or mined areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 25 November 2007 and for overseas voters on 24 and 25 November. The campaign officially started on 3 November. The President of Croatia announced elections on 17 October and 14 days were allowed for candidate lists to be submitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election\nElections were held in 10 electoral districts inside Croatia (each providing 14 members of parliament), one electoral district for Croatian citizens living abroad (with a maximum 12 members of parliament), and one electoral district for national minorities (8 members of parliament). Candidate lists have to win more than 5% of the votes in at least one electoral district in order to be represented in the parliament. 4,478,386 people in total were eligible to vote, 405,092 of whom are in the diaspora, 280,000 living in Bosnia-Herzegovina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election\nTo prevent possible electoral fraud, such as votes from the deceased, or people voting twice in different locations, the Croatians outside Croatia who were eligible to vote had to register no later than 14 days before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election\nIn three locales, the election were repeated on 9 December 2007; while this could not and did not change the final result as far as mandates are concerned, it meant the final result became known only on 11 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election\nThe governing centre-right Croatian Democratic Union emerged as the relative winner of the election, but failed to obtain an outright majority. The opposition centre-left Social Democratic Party of Croatia achieved their best result ever as a party, but were unsuccessful in their attempt to become the strongest single party. The election resulted in the formation of the Sanader II cabinet supported by HDZ, HSS, HSLS and the representatives of national minorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Electoral lists\nCroatian political parties and independent lists had to formally submit their candidates and eventual pre-election coalitions not later than 30 October. 3585 people from political parties or independent lists applied for the elections (22 people per seat). There were 235 political party lists, 16 independent lists and 72 candidates for minority seats. 29.93% of the candidates were women. The average age of the candidates was 43.41 years old; 44.70 for men, and 40.40 for women. The oldest candidate was 89, and the youngest 18. The State Electoral Committee had to confirm the lists before midnight of 2 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Electoral lists, Election spending\nOn 11 December 2007 GONG and Transparency International Croatia had published media spending of all Croatian political parties during the election period. This numbers are :", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, 12 electorates in Croatia\nSince 1999 Croatia has been divided into 10 geographically-based electorates with around 250 000 - 300 000 registered voters. Each electorate elects up to 14 MPs chosen by the standard D'Hondt formula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, 12 electorates in Croatia\nIn the 11th electorate, up to 12 members are chosen by proportional representation - depending on a number of voters in Croatia - to represent Croatian citizens residing abroad (known as the diaspora electorate) and 8 members from ethnic/national minorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, 12 electorates in Croatia\nIt has to be noted that in Croatia, the official threshold is 5% for parties and coalitions. However, since the country is divided in 10 voting districts with 14 elected representatives each, sometimes the threshold can be higher, depending on the number of \"fallen lists\" (lists that don't get at least 5%). If many votes are lost in this manner, a list that gets barely more than 5% will still get a seat, whereas if there is a small number of parties that all pass the threshold, the actual (\"natural\") threshold is close to 7.15%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, 12 electorates in Croatia\nThis system is greatly favorable to regional parties, i.e. parties that gain their votes in a single electorate (see IDS, HDSSB), and it is disfavorable to parties that have greater numbers but are widespread throughout the nation (see HSU and HSP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, 12 electorates in Croatia\nThis made also the forming of post-electoral coalitions somewhat unpredictable, as the overall success of one of the greatest parties can effectively turn out to be counterproductive if it is achieved at the expense of their foreseeable partner, causing them to not pass the threshold in some or all electorates (it happened to the HDZ-led coalition in previous 2003 election).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Results, Analysis\nMost polls a couple of days before the election were predicting a very tight race between the governing Croatian Democratic Union and the opposition Social Democratic Party of Croatia. On the night of the election, after all the polls around the country closed, all major television networks released the results of the exit polls. All of them showed the social democrats with a slight lead. None of the exit polls, however, took into account the votes coming from the citizens living abroad, which tend to vote for the more conservative option.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Results, Analysis\nThe first official results published at 9 p.m. showed HDZ with a slight lead. Ivo Sanader gave a victory speech close to midnight saying he will be forming the next government. Despite the election loss, SDP individually as a party achieved its best result ever, even better than the 2000 election result when SDP led a victorious coalition. Most smaller parties lost seats, the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats from the 2003 election, the Croatian Peasant Party also lost 4 seats and the far-right Croatian Party of Rights suffered its worst election results since the 1990s losing 7 seats and winning only 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Results, Analysis\nNational minorities elected 8 representatives through a separate election system: Milorad Pupovac (25,3% of votes), Vojislav Stanimirovi\u0107 (21,5%) and Ratko Gajica (15,8%) for the Serb national minority, Dene\u0161 \u0160oja (47,8%) for the Hungarian minority, Furio Radin (88,8%) for the Italian minority, Zdenka \u010cuhnil (26%) for the Czech and Slovak minorities, Nazif Memedi (12,8%) for the Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Jewish, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Rusyn, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vlach minorities and \u0160emso Tankovi\u0107 (30,9%) for the Albanian, Bosniak, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Slovene minorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nOn night of the elections, after first seat projections were announced, the president of the Croatian Democratic Union announced that he spoke with the President of the Republic and that he will be forming the government. A few minutes after him, the president of the Social Democratic Party informed the public that he too spoke with president and that he too was commencing the formation of the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nPresident Mesi\u0107 explained that his constitutional obligation was to give a mandate to form a government to a person who presents him with convincing proof that they have support of a majority of the newly elected parliament. As the president failed to announce that he will give the mandate to Ivo Sanader, leader of the party with the most seats in the parliament, he was criticised by many for complicating the situation and starting a political crisis. President Mesi\u0107 responded that he was following article 97 of the Constitution of Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nHDZ, together with HSU and Roma national minority member Nazif Memedi had 68 of 77 seats required for a majority while SDP, HNS, IDS and SDA together had 67 seats. Therefore, the HSS-HSLS coalition which had 8 seats was instrumental in forming a government. Before the elections, leaders of the coalition stated that they will first speak with the party which wins the most seats (not counting diaspora seats). As this turned out to be HDZ, negotiations between HDZ and HSS-HSLS of a coalition started on 3 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nAlthough HSS-HSLS started negotiating with HDZ, the president of SDP Milanovi\u0107 refused to give up and still claimed that SDP was also in a process of forming of a government because SDP, HNS, IDS and SDA won 150 thousand votes more than HDZ (not counting diaspora). HDSSB had declared support for SDP if SDP-formed government will work \"in the interest of Slavonia and Baranja\", but Milanovi\u0107 stated that he firmly believed that SDP will form the government even without support from HDSSB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nAlthough up until 25 November Ljubo Jur\u010di\u0107 still claimed that he was SDP's candidate for premier, on 30 November Milanovi\u0107 announced that he was assuming responsibility for forming SDP-led government. Jur\u010di\u0107 confirmed that he thinks that \"responsibility for functioning of the government should be distributed among heads of parties and that is the best concept in this circumstances\". Heads of HSS-HSLS coalition Adle\u0161i\u010d and Fri\u0161\u010di\u0107 declared this decision to be \"very important and could influence their decision about who they will support\". Adle\u0161i\u0107 added that Milanovi\u0107 is \"much better premier candidate than Jur\u010di\u0107 and that SDP would probably have better election results if Milanovi\u0107 made this decision earlier\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nOn 12 December it was announced that coalition talks between HDZ and the HSS-HSLS were close to completion and the odds of HSS-HSLS entering into discussions with SDP were announced by Bo\u017eidar Pankreti\u0107 as very low. Three days later, President Mesi\u0107 held a second round of consultations with parliamentary parties and was reassured that HDZ and HSS-HSLS are finishing their negotiations. Mesi\u0107 considered that a proof that Sanader had support of the majority of Sabor and handed him a mandate to form a government. Following that announcement, Milanovi\u0107 again reiterated that SDP still hasn't given up on forming a government. Sanader described this behaviour as \"not fitting the democratic standards\" and that president would have much easier job if SDP just acknowledged their defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190794-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation\nThe first session of the newly elected parliament was called for 11 January 2008, and on 12 January, the parliament approved Sanader's cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190795-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season\nThe 2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 41st in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2007 Telstra Premiership and finished 11th (out of 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190795-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary\nThe Sharks began the 2007 season afresh following Stuart Raper's dismissal from the club following its poor 2006 season. The Sharks signed former Brisbane Broncos bad boy Brett Seymour who was sacked by that club last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190795-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary\n2007 was a season of near misses for the largely inexperienced Sharks side with a large number of games lost by 4 points or less. This was highlighted with their points difference of +60; if any of those narrow losses had been won, they would have finished in the top eight, even the top four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190795-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary\nNotable wins included a first round shutout of the 2003 premiers Penrith 18-0 (indeed, Penrith went on to win the wooden spoon), a round nine win over the struggling premiers Brisbane at home which pitted NSW hopeful Greg Bird against Queensland captain Darren Lockyer, a golden point win over the Parramatta Eels at Parramatta, the venue of their infamous 74-4 loss just four years earlier and finally a 22-12 win over the Canberra Raiders in Canberra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190796-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cross River State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Cross River State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Cross River State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Liyel Imoke won the election, defeating Eyo Etim Nyong of the Democratic People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190796-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Results\nLiyel Imoke from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Eyo Etim Nyong from the Democratic People's Party. Registered voters was 1,139,736.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games\nThe 2007 CrossFit Games were the inaugural CrossFit Games, which were held on June 30 and July 1, 2007, on a ranch in Aromas, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games\nThere was no qualification process for the first Games, and around 70 athletes turned up to participate in the Games, along with around 150 spectators. There were three events, the first one determined randomly on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games\nThe men's individual competition was won by James Fitzgerald, the women's individual by Jolie Gentry. The Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit Santa Cruz for the best combined team members' individual scores. From its inception, the CrossFit Games have awarded an equal sum in prize money to both the male and female winners of the individual competitions, which in the first year was $500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games, Events\nThe inaugural Games consisted of three events, which were held at a ranch belonging to the parents of Dave Castro, the director of the Games. The first two events were contested on Day 1, and the final event on Day 2. The competitors were scored in each event according to their ranking, and after three events, the competitor with the highest score was crowned the winner. There were no separate team events, and the team winner was determined by combining the individual scores of the top two men and top two women of the affiliate in individual events. The Affiliate Cup was awarded to the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games, Events, Event 1\nHopper WOD \u2013 1,000 meters on a Concept-2 rowing machine, followed by 5 rounds of 25 pullups and 7 push jerks. Push jerk barbell weight was 135 lb for the men and 95 lb for the women. The event was determined on the day by drawing colored balls from a hopper, as the founder of CrossFit Greg Glassman believed that the fittest athletes should be able to handle any workout given. Brett Marshall won the event for the men, Jolie Gentry for the women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games, Events, Event 2\nTrail run \u2013 Run of approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) in length over steep hilly terrain. This endurance event was won by Chris Spealler for the men and Kate Hunt for the women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190797-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 CrossFit Games, Events, Event 3\nCrossFit Total \u2013 combined weights of the heaviest back squat, shoulder press, and deadlift that each athlete could successfully complete for a single repetition. Athletes may have up to 3 attempts within a 4-minute window for each lift. Connor Banks won for the men's competition, Nicole Dehart for the women's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190798-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400\nThe 2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 was the tenth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup campaign, scheduled to be run on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside the city of Richmond, Virginia's state capital. Rain postponed the race to the following afternoon. This race was the second night race of the season and the fourth to use the Car of Tomorrow template.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190798-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400, Naming of the Race\nIn late 2006, Crown Royal decided to hold a nationwide contest to see who could write a one paragraph essay with a \"Crown Worthy\" moment, defined as an event so special that it deserves to be toasted with said sponsor's drink. The winner of the contest was Jim Stewart of Houma, Louisiana, who had the race named in his honor, and this contest was so popular that the \"Your Name Here\" 400 contest continued in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190798-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400, End of a streak\nDale Jarrett, driving the #44 Toyota Camry, failed to qualify for this race, marking the first time in 424 races that he failed to make a Cup Series event, last missing the field in October 1994 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Jarrett was hamstrung by a new rule installed in 2007 that limits past Cup champions to a total of six past champion provisionals, having used all of them through the spring race at Talladega.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190798-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400, End of a streak\nIn addition, Jarrett drives for Michael Waltrip Racing, which have had problems since Waltrip's #55 team had been penalized severely during the qualifying for the 2007 Daytona 500. Toyotas as a whole have not fared well in their maiden season through this point in the year compared to Dodge, Chevrolet and Ford. Only once has a Toyota driver finished in the top 10 of any race (Brian Vickers at the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190798-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400, The Race\nJimmie Johnson was the race winner. It was his fourth win of the year, leading all drivers, and his 27th of his career. This was another dominating performance for Hendrick Motorsports, with Kyle Busch finishing second and Jeff Gordon coming in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190798-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400, The Race\nAs stated in the opening paragraph, the Jim Stewart 400 was run on Sunday afternoon, May 6 after the scheduled May 5 date was rained out. On that night, the cars ran 12 laps under green-yellow flags before the rain got heavier. The storm never relented, the race was postponed, and those laps were wiped out. The resumption covered all 400 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190799-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Crystal Skate of Romania\nThe 2007 Crystal Skate of Romania was the 8th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Romania. It was held between November 15 and 17, 2007 in Gala\u021bi. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190800-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cuban local elections\nLocal elections were held in Cuba on 21 October, 28 October and 31 October 2007. These elections are of national importance as they are the only direct elections in Cuba's political system, and because the municipal and provincial assemblies elect half the members of the National Assembly of People's Power, which in turn elects the President of Cuba. Therefore, this election will indirectly determine whether Fidel Castro will remain president or whether the vice-president and acting president Ra\u00fal Castro (his brother) will officially take over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190800-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cuban local elections\nAccording to official results, turnout was 96.49%. Of all ballots handed in, 3.93% were blank, 3.08% were invalid and 92.99% were valid. 12,208 municipal delegates were elected in the 15,236 electoral constituencies of the country in the first round, and another 3,028 were chosen in the second round on 28 October 2007. However, four delegates were only elected in a third round on 31 October 2007. 4,159 or 27.30% of the elected are women, and 2,582 or 16.95% are between 16 and 35 years old; 6,406 delegates were reelected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190801-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cup of China\nThe 2007 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the International Sports Center in Harbin on November 7\u201311. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190801-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cup of China, Results, Pairs\nJessica Miller / Ian Moram attempted a throw quadruple salchow jump in their free skating. They were credited with the rotation, but it was not landed successfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190802-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cup of Russia\nThe 2007 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sports Palace Megasport in Moscow on November 22\u201325. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190802-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Cup of Russia, Results, Ladies\nKim Yuna set a world record for the free skating score for a lady under Code of Points (133.70).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190803-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei Final\nThe 2007 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei Final was the 69th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Dan P\u0103ltini\u015fanu in Timi\u0219oara on 26 May 2007 and was contested between Liga I sides FCU Politehnica Timi\u0219oara and Rapid Bucure\u0219ti. The cup was won by Rapid after goals from Buga and Zicu with the latter winning the Man Of The Match Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division\nThe 2007 Currie Cup First Division was contested from 22 June to 6 October 2007. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs\nThere were six participating teams in the 2007 Currie Cup First Division. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs\nTeams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Regular season and title play offs\nThe top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division, Competition, Promotion play offs\nThe top two teams on the log also qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs. The team that finished first played off against the team placed eighth in the 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division and the team that finished second played off against the team that finished seventh in the Premier Division. The two winners over these two ties (determined via team tables, with all Currie Cup ranking regulations in effect) qualified for the 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the losing teams qualified for the 2008 Currie Cup First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division, Results\nThe results of all the matches played in the 2007 Currie Cup First Division were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190804-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup First Division, Players, Player Statistics\nThe following table contain points which have been scored in the 2007 Currie Cup First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190805-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Currie Cup Premier Division\nThe 2007 ABSA Currie Cup season was contested from June through to October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa. The competition was won by the Free State Cheetahs after they defeated the Golden Lions 20\u201318 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190806-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Lion Awards\n2007 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 1 March 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190807-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Open\nThe 2007 Czech Open was the fifteenth edition of the Czech Open international floorball tournament. It was held in 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic. It was won by SalibandySeura Viikingit (SSV Helsinki), ending a 6-year 'streak' where a Swedish team has won the tournament. No bronze medal match or placement matches were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190807-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Open, Tournament results, Seeding matches, Group E\nThe top two teams from both group A and B are placed into a group where 3 of the 4 teams will qualify to the quarterfinals. Each team plays 2 games at this stage against their other 2 opponents, as they have already played against one of them. The score and points from the other previous games are then carried over and accounted for in group standings. The top 3 teams advance to the quarterfinals, and the 4th team is eliminated from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190807-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Open, Tournament results, Seeding matches, Group F\nThe top two teams from both group C and D are placed into a group where 3 of the 4 teams will qualify to the quarterfinals. Each team plays 2 games at this stage against their other 2 opponents, as they have already played against one of them. The score and points from the other previous games are then carried over and accounted for in group standings. The top 3 teams advance to the quarterfinals, and the 4th team is eliminated from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190807-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Open, Tournament results, Seeding matches, Group G\nTeams in this group are placed into brackets using the A3-B4 and B3-A4 method. The team that wins the group is then placed into the quarterfinal brackets. 3 of the 4 teams are eliminated from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190807-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Open, Tournament results, Seeding matches, Group H\nTeams in this group are placed into brackets using the C3-D4 and C3-D4 method. The team that wins the group is then placed into the quarterfinal brackets. 3 of the 4 teams are eliminated from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190808-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 17\u201319 August 2007 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190808-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 89], "content_span": [90, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190809-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Senate by-elections\nBy-elections for Chomutov and P\u0159erov District Senate seats were held in 2017. Election in Chomutov was held on 13 and 14 April while in P\u0159erov on 27-28 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190809-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Senate by-elections, Chomutov\nCommunist V\u00e1clav Homolka has won the election in Chomutov. He defeated Jan \u0158eh\u00e1k. This election was held when incumbent stepped down due to health matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190809-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Senate by-elections, P\u0159erov\nP\u0159erov election was a battle between Social Democrat Ji\u0159\u00ed Latjtoch and Communist Josef Nekl. Lajtoch was supported by right wing parties in the second round. Lajtoch narrowly won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190810-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election\nThe Czech Social Democratic Party (\u010cSSD) leadership election of 2007 was held on 21 March 2007. Ji\u0159\u00ed Paroubek was reelected as party's leader. Election was marked by conflict between Paroubek and his predecessor Milo\u0161 Zeman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190810-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election\nJaroslav Foldyna announced that he considers running against Paroubek. Foldyna was a supporter of Milo\u0161 Zeman. Zeman himself endorsed Foldyna's candidature. Some members of parliament publicly expressed their support for Foldyna. Foldyna later backed down and stated that his candidature is not likely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190810-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election\nThe election was held on 23 March 2006. Paroubek remained sole candidate. He received 311 votes of 472 delegates. Paroubek's result was weaker than expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190811-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships (Slovak: Mistrovstvi Ceske republiky a Slovenske republiky) were held at the TipSport Arena in Liberec, Czech Republic on December 14\u201315, 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190811-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe two national championships were held simultaneously and the results were then split by country. The top three skaters from each country formed their national podiums. Therefore, there are no medal colors on the table below because it shows the combined overall results. The table can be sorted by country. This was the first season that the Czech and Slovak Championships were held simultaneously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190811-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships\nThe senior compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz and the junior compulsory dance was the Midnight Blues. The first novice compulsory dance was the American Waltz and the second was the Kilian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season\nThe 2007 D.C. United season was the club's 13th year of existence. It was also their 12th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of professional soccer in the United States and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season\nThe season saw the departure of three-year coach, Piotr Nowak, who became an assistant manager to Bob Bradley for the United States national soccer team. It marked the debut of assistant coach Tom Soehn, becoming promoted to Head Coach duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season\n2007 was highlighted as the most successful regular season in the United's history, where the club had a 16-7-7 record; a record strong enough to win their fourth MLS Supporters' Shield. The club became the first club in MLS history to win consecutively win the Shield (United won it in 2006, also). In spite of their record-setting fourth Shield, the United would lose to Chicago Fire 3-2 on aggregate in the MLS Cup Playoffs during the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season\nOutside of MLS, the United had one of the busiest schedules of tournaments in league history, participating in a total of four tournaments; two domestic and two international. Their international tournaments were highlighted a deep campaign in the CONCACAF Champions League, where the Black-and-Red made a semifinal run, before bowing out to eventual runners-up Guadalajara, 3-2 on aggregate. The United also played Guadalajara in late September in the Copa Sudamericana final stages, where they would fall on a 2-1 aggregate score-line. To date, it was the last time an MLS club played in a South American tournament, which they were invited to as third-place finishers in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season\nThe United also participated in the inaugural North American SuperLiga, and had a very brief stint in the U.S. Open Cup. In the SuperLiga, the United would make it to the semifinals before losing to cross-nation rivals, L.A. Galaxy on a 2-0 defeat. They would also lose their first third-round proper in the Open Cup 1-0 to Harrisburg City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season, Club, 2007 roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season, Standings, Major League Soccer\nD.C. United's twelfth season in Major League Soccer began on March 27 and ended on October 23, 2007. United finished in first place in both the Eastern Conference and the overall standings, clinching their second-consecutive Supporters' Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190812-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 D.C. United season, Standings, Major League Soccer, Results summary\nLast updated: January 12, 2011Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 72], "content_span": [73, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nThe 2007 Autobacs D1 Grand Prix series was the seventh season for the D1 Grand Prix series and was the second season for its spinoff D1 Street Legal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nIt was the first time since 2003 that the entire series took place entirely in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nIt began on 4 February 2007, as a D1SL exclusive event at Sekia Hills, the mainstay D1GP event opened on 25 March at Ebisu Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nAt the same year, due to its popularity of its US point scoring round that was held over three seasons, it saw an introduction of its own domestic series, but the series would suffer two setbacks as it suffered from two cancellations, one at Irwindale Speedway on 11 March, due to its Japanese competitors who were to compete, had been building cars specially to compete in the series and could not get the cars ready in time for the event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nThe D1 US organisation suffered a further blow when due to unresolved issues, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors refused license to the D1 event to take place at Altamont Motorsports Park on 24 June, forcing it to be cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nIt was to be the second season for the Malaysian franchise, D1MY; but due to unforeseen circumstances, round 1, which was to take place on March, was cancelled. Nothing has been heard about the organisation since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nThe season will be best remembered for the two-car accident between Masato Kawabata and Daigo Saito in Fuji Speedway, when during the sudden death second round, Saito dipped into the inner apex of the 300R corner, causing his car to understeer and collecting Kawabata's Silvia onto the tyre barrier in the process, severely destroyed both cars. Kawabata had a second luck escape as when he collided with the barrier, a nitrous tank housed on the passenger side of his vehicle exploded from the impact, but played no part in Kawabata's injury. Among those narrowly escaping death was Video Option cameraman, Zaku, had to duck to avoid debris from the crash. Both drivers survived without serious injuries, but however Kawabata had to be taken to hospital for treatment for whiplash injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series\nThe season will end on 25 November with an end of season All-Star event. The last D1GP event held will be on 21 October at Fuji Speedway and 11 November for D1SL at Sekia Hills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series, 2007 Schedules, 2007 D1 Grand Prix Point Series\nRound 1 - March 24/25 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Nobushige Kumakubo (GDB)Round 2 - April 28/29 - Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - Atsushi Kuroi (PS13)Round 3 - May 26/27- Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, Japan - Masao Suenaga (FD3S)Round 4 - June 9/10 - Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - Masato Kawabata (S15)Round 5 - August 25/26 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Ken Nomura (ER34)Round 6 - September 22/23- Autopolis, \u014cita Prefecture, Japan - Masato Kawabata (S15)Round 7 - October 20/21 - Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan - Masao Suenaga (FD3S)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series, 2007 Schedules, 2007 D1 Street Legal Series\nRound 1 - February 3/4 - Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Kazuya Matsukawa (RPS13)Round 2 - May 26/27 - Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Yukiharu Komagata (GDB)Round 3 - June 9/10- Sports Land SUGO, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Jin Horino (S14)Round 4 - August 25/26 - Ebisu South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (D1GP Week) - Yukio Matsui (RPS13)Round 5 - November 10/11- Sekia Hills, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan - Takashi Hagisako (RPS13)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series, 2007 Schedules, Exhibition Rounds, D1GP Exhibition\nExhibition 1 - May 4/5 - Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey - Nobushige Kumakubo (GDB)Exhibition 2 - July 13/14 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada - Youichi Imamura (Z33) Exhibition 3 - November 24 - Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California - Nobushige Kumakubo (CT9A)All Star Duel - November 25 - Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California - Vaughn Gittin Jr. (S197)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190813-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 D1 Grand Prix series, Championship Results, Round 3\nnote. Tetsuya Hibino was originally awarded second place but was later disqualified after it was revealed that he had deliberately swerved into the path of Suenaga's car before the first corner during a Sudden Death match, causing a collision. Therefore, Hibino was stripped of his position and no second place was awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 56], "content_span": [57, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190814-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DFB-Pokal Final\nThe 2007 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2006\u201307 DFB-Pokal, the 64th running of Germany's premier football cup competition. In the final, 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3\u20132 after extra time, thereby claiming their fourth title and denying Bundesliga champions Stuttgart a double. A 109th-minute strike from Danish midfielder Jan Kristiansen won the game for N\u00fcrnberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190814-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final\nThe DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190814-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final\nNote: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190814-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Summary\nN\u00fcrnberg started off strong in the final with a few opportunities, but a mistake by the N\u00fcrnberg defence saw Cacau open the scoring for Stuttgart 20 minutes in. Seven minutes later, N\u00fcrnberg equalised with a goal from Marek Mint\u00e1l. The match went to half-time with scores level at 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190814-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Summary\nShortly after the restart, Marco Engelhardt headed the ball in to put N\u00fcrnberg ahead for the first time in the match. With 10 minutes remaining in regular time, N\u00fcrnberg goalkeeper Raphael Sch\u00e4fer took down Mario G\u00f3mez, and referee Michael Weiner awarded a penalty. P\u00e1vel Pardo converted the penalty to level the match at 2\u20132. The scores remained level, and the match went into extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190814-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Summary\nIn the 109th minute, Jan Kristiansen shot from 28 meters out. The ball sailed over Stuttgart keeper Timo Hildebrand and hit the underside of the crossbar and going into the back of the net to give N\u00fcrnberg a 3\u20132 lead with 11 minutes remaining. The scores remained the same until the end of extra time, giving N\u00fcrnberg their fourth DFB-Pokal title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190815-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal\nThe 2007 DFL-Ligapokal was the 11th and final edition of the DFL-Ligapokal. The competition could not be scheduled in 2008, due to fixture congestion caused by UEFA Euro 2008, and did not return in 2009. An unofficial Super Cup ran in these years, and was made official in 2010, as the DFL-Supercup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190815-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal\nThe 2007 Ligapokal saw a minor format change, with the 2. Bundesliga champions (in this case, Karlsruher SC) entering in place of the fifth-placed Bundesliga team. The title was won by Bayern Munich, who secured their sixth win with a 1\u20130 victory over Schalke 04.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190815-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal, Participating clubs\nA total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190816-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final\nThe 2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2007 DFL-Ligapokal, the 11th and final edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190816-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final\nThe match was played on 28 July 2007 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Bayern Munich won the match 1\u20130 against Schalke 04 for their 6th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190816-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final, Teams\nIn the following table, finals until 2004 were in the DFB-Ligapokal era, since 2005 were in the DFL-Ligapokal era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190816-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final, Route to the final\nThe DFL-Ligapokal was a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams entered the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they were joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advanced. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary a penalty shoot-out were used to determine the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190817-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic\nThe 2007 DFS Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier III of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was the 26th edition of the tournament was held from 11 June until 17 June 2007. Second-seeded Jelena Jankovi\u0107 won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190817-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic, Finals, Doubles\nYung-jan Chan / Chia-jung Chuang defeated Tiantian Sun / Meilen Tu 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190818-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic \u2013 Doubles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 and Li Na were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190818-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic \u2013 Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20133 against Sun Tiantian and Meilen Tu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190818-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190819-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic \u2013 Singles\nVera Zvonareva was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190819-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 won the title, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190819-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 DFS Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190820-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 DPR Korea Football League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Footwiks (talk | contribs) at 09:23, 17 November 2019. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190820-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 DPR Korea Football League\nStatistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190820-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 DPR Korea Football League, Overview\nThe 2007 edition of the Technical Innovation Contest was played with teams in two groups, with the first and second-place finishers in each group advancing to an elimination stage. In the semi-finals, P'y\u014fngyang City defeated Kigwanch'a 2\u20131, and Amrokkang defeated Ky\u014fnggong'\u014fp. In the final, P'y\u014fngyang City defeated Amrokkang 2\u20130, and Ky\u014fnggong'\u014fp defeated Kigwanch'a 3\u20131 in the third place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190821-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dacorum Borough Council election\nElections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by one. The Conservative Party remained in overall control of the council after winning 44 of the 51 seats which they partly attributed to national events, while the Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats but were pleased to become the official opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190822-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Daegu FC season\nThe 2007 season was Daegu F.C. 's 5th season in South Korea's K-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190822-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nFor 2007, Kim Hyun-Soo, an experienced defender who had joined the club the previous season, was appointed captain. As well as the regular bunch of draftees from universities around South Korea, Daegu brought in three Brazilians who would play significant roles in the season; Selmir, Luizinho and Eninho. An Argentinean, Maxi, who had played for Spanish La Liga club Racing de Santander, also joined the club but was released mid-season without playing a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190822-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nThe K-League revamped its format, with the season now simply consisting of a conventional league, with the top six teams qualifying to the championship phase. This didn't help Daegu much, and after their mid-table finishes of the previous two seasons, their performance slipped, and the club placed 12th, winning six games. However, one notable win at home for the club was the 3-1 victory over Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i. Ulsan represented a major scalp that year, as they would win the League Cup in 2007, as well as eventually finishing third in the K-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190822-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nDaegu also secured a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul in their last match of the regular season. Luizinho played in 23 of the 26 regular season games, scoring 11 goals. Lee Keun-Ho finished as the top scoring Korean, in joint 7th with 8 goals, Eninho was just behind with 7 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190822-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Daegu FC season, Season Summary\nDaegu failed to get out of the group stage in the 2007 Samsung Hauzen Cup. However, Luizinho did finish as top scorer in the competition, with seven goals from just nine games. The club achieved a similar level of performance in the FA Cup, where Daegu lost to Incheon United in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190822-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Daegu FC season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190823-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dakar Rally\nThe 2007 Dakar Rally was the 29th running of the event. It started in Lisbon, Portugal on 6 January and ran through Europe and Africa until 21 January 2007. It was the last time the event would take place in Europe and Africa, as the 2008 event was cancelled. A replacement race in Europe was held, and moved to South America from 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190823-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dakar Rally, Route\nThe race began in Lisbon, Portugal, and passed through Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, and Senegal. The total race distance was 7,915 kilometres (4,918\u00a0mi), of which 4,309 kilometres (2,677\u00a0mi) was timed special stage. There was a rest day in Atar, Mauritania on 13 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190823-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dakar Rally, Route, Stages\nNote: The timed section of stage 7 was shortened to 407.6 kilometres (253.3\u00a0mi) due to adverse weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190823-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dakar Rally, Final standings\nA total of 132 bikes (52.8% of starters), 109 cars (58.3%), and 60 trucks (68.2%) finished the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190823-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dakar Rally, Incidents\nThe 2007 event was marred by the deaths of two competitors, both in the motorcycle division. The first was South African motorcyclist Elmer Symons, who was competing in the rally for the first time, on the fourth stage between Er Rachidia and Ouarzazate. He was the 47th competitor to die taking part in the Dakar. The second death occurred on the 14th and penultimate stage; French motorcyclist Eric Aubijoux was found dead 15 kilometres (9.3\u00a0mi) from the finish line in Dakar. Initial reports indicated he had suffered a fatal heart attack. Later investigations indicated he had been involved earlier in an accident with another vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season\nThe 2007 season was the Dallas Cowboys' 48th in the National Football League (NFL), their 19th under the ownership of Jerry Jones, their 36th playing their home games at Texas Stadium, their first season under offensive coordinator Jason Garrett and their first season under head coach Wade Phillips. The Cowboys finished the regular season tied for the best record in the NFC (13\u20133), and earned a first-round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season\nHowever, they lost their first playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants, a team that they had defeated in their two regular-season matchups, both by ten points or more. With the loss, it extended the Cowboys drought of playoff wins to eleven years and tied the NFL record of 6 straight playoff games lost. 13 players were named to the Pro Bowl, an NFL record (since tied by the 2019 Baltimore Ravens).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Head coach\nWade Phillips entered his first year of his contract with the Cowboys. He was hired on February 8, 2007 after former head coach Bill Parcells decided to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Signings\nOn March 5, the Cowboys signed tackle Leonard Davis, formerly with the Cardinals, to a 7-year, $50\u00a0million contract. On March 6, the Cowboys signed quarterback Brad Johnson, formerly with the Vikings, to a 3-year, $7.5\u00a0million contract. On March 23, the Cowboys signed safety Ken Hamlin, formerly with the Seahawks, to a 1-year, $2.5\u00a0million contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason, Departures\nOn March 1, the Cowboys released quarterback Drew Bledsoe, center E.J. Whitley, and tight end Ryan Hannam. On August 26, The Cowboys released Jamel Richardson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. New York Giants\nThe Cowboys began their 2007 campaign at home against their NFC East rival, the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as QB Eli Manning completed a 60-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress to give New York an early 6\u20130 lead (botched hold on PAT). Afterwards, the Cowboys got on the board with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Dallas took the lead with RB Marion Barber getting an 18-yard TD run, while QB Tony Romo completed an 18-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. Afterwards, the Giants would end up trailing by one at halftime, as Manning & Burress hooked up with each other again on a 4-yard TD pass, while kicker Lawrence Tynes got a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, Dallas responded with Romo completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. New York would climb back with Tynes kicking a 48-yard field goal, but the Cowboys answered with Romo running into the end zone from 9 yards out. In the fourth quarter, the Giants managed to try to come back with Tynes' 24-yard field goal, yet Dallas would reply with Romo & Owens hooking up with each other again on a 47-yard TD pass. Just when it looked like New York was drawing closer with Manning's 9-yard TD pass to RB Derrick Ward (with a failed 2-point conversion) and his 10-yard TD pass to Burress, the Cowboys sealed the win with Romo completing a 51-yard TD pass to WR Sam Hurd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 2: at Miami Dolphins\nComing off their divisional home win over the Giants, the Cowboys flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 2 interconference fight with the Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early with Dolphins kicker Jay Feely getting a 37-yard field goal. The Cowboys would tie the game with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Dallas took the lead with RB Marion Barber getting a 1-yard TD run. Miami would close out the first half with Feely getting a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 2: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys trailed as Dolphins QB Trent Green completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Marty Booker. Dallas jumped back into the lead with QB Tony Romo completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Tony Curtis, along with Folk's 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cowboys took control with Folk's 47-yard field goal and Romo's 34-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. Miami's Green completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Derek Hagan, but Dallas responded with Barber's 40-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 2: at Miami Dolphins\nOn defense, they managed to force 5 turnovers, 4 of which came from intercepting Trent Green passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nFollowing their road win over the Dolphins, the Cowboys traveled to Soldier Field to play a Sunday night match with the defending NFC Champion Bears. The game was close early as the Bears' Robbie Gould and the Cowboys' Nick Folk each hit field goals respectively to make it a 3\u20133 tie at halftime. The Cowboys took the opening drive of the third quarter and ended it with a Tony Romo to Jason Witten touchdown pass. The Bears responded on the ensuing drive with a Cedric Benson goal line plunge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 3: at Chicago Bears\nThe Cowboys struck again before the end of the third quarter, Romo connecting on his second touchdown pass, this time to running back Marion Barber. Folk converted a 44-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, and on the next play from scrimmage, Bears quarterback Rex Grossman threw an interception to Cowboys cornerback Anthony Henry, who ran it back for the score. The Cowboys proceeded to kill the clock, with Barber, who capped the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run. Barber ended the night with over 100 yards rushing, and Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens caught eight passes for 145 yards. The Cowboys improved to 3\u20130, while the Bears dropped to 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe Dallas Cowboys returned home to Texas Stadium to take on the 0\u20133 St. Louis Rams. Both teams remained scoreless in the 1st quarter. Also, starting cornerback Anthony Henry left with a sprained right ankle late in the first quarter. He'd return to the sidelines later in the game after x-rays were negative, but would not return to game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. St. Louis Rams\nEarly in the 2nd quarter, the Rams' Jeff Wilkins attempted a 28-yard field goal and missed. On the next possession, the Cowboys would cap an 80-yard drive down the field with a hand-off to Julius Jones for 2 yards and the first touchdown of the game. On the next Dallas possession, the Cowboys would punt after failing to convert on a 3rd down. Mat McBriar punt went 56 yards to the St. Louis 15 and Dante Hall returned it 86 yards for a Rams TD, tying the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. St. Louis Rams\nLate in the 2nd quarter, Tony Romo turned a bad snap from center Andre Gurode, 33-yards behind the line of scrimmage, into a 4-yard gain for a 3rd-down conversion. It kept the drive alive and enabled the Cowboys to regain the lead with 11 seconds left before halftime when Romo again ran with the ball for 15 yards and the second Cowboy touchdown of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the second half, the Cowboys scored three more times as Romo connected twice with Patrick Crayton for 59- and 37-yard TDs, and with Jason Witten for a 17-yard TD. The Rams would get another chance to score, but QB Marc Bulger (playing with two broken ribs) would throw an interception in the end zone to Dallas' Ken Hamlin. Gus Frerotte would come in for Bulger in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. St. Louis Rams\nThe 35\u20137 victory marked the Cowboys' first 4\u20130 start since 1995, and left the Rams 0\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 5: at Buffalo Bills\nAfter the Bills offense failed to score on the opening drive, a Brian Moorman punt pinned the Dallas Cowboys at the 2-yard line. Tony Romo's first pass attempt of the night was intercepted by George Wilson, who ran it back 25 yards for a Bills TD. On the ensuing possession, Romo threw his second interception to Angelo Crowell. However, Buffalo was unable to capitalize on the turnover. In the second quarter, Romo completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to TE Jason Witten, tying the game at 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 5: at Buffalo Bills\nBut Buffalo's Rian Lindell kicked a field goal soon after to retake the lead at 10\u20137. On the next drive, Romo was again pinned inside the Dallas 5-yard line when Bills' defensive lineman Chris Kelsay blocked a pass and caught his own deflection in the end zone. The TD extended the Bills' lead 17\u20137. The Bills kicked off. Dallas began to drive until yet another Romo pass was intercepted, this time by Jabari Greer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 5: at Buffalo Bills\nIt marked Romo's fourth interception of the night and, after a missed 54-yard field goal attempt, the second time the Bills offense would fail to score after a turnover. On the final Dallas drive of the half, Romo completed a 29-yard pass with 3 seconds left to set up a 47-yard field goal by Nick Folk. Halftime: Buffalo 17, Dallas 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 5: at Buffalo Bills\nDown by one touchdown, Dallas' first drive of the second half resulted in a second Folk field goal of 29 yards. But on the ensuing kickoff, Buffalo's T. McGee returned the ball 103 yards for a TD, giving the Bills an 11-point lead (24\u201313). Early in the fourth quarter, Folk added 3 more points to Dallas' score. The following drives were marred by turnovers with Romo fumbling the ball, which Buffalo recovered. The Bills drove down field until Dallas' Terrence Newman intercepted an Edwards' pass, the first of the game for the rookie Bills QB. Then, with Dallas in scoring range, Romo was picked off for the franchise record-tying 5th time. So neither team was able to score as a result of the turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 5: at Buffalo Bills\nThen, with 3:45 left in the fourth quarter, Dallas' offense drove 80 yards for a touchdown on a pass from Romo to Patrick Crayton. A two-point conversion to tie the game failed. With 20 seconds remaining, Folk executed an on-side kick, which was recovered by Tony Curtis for Dallas. With no timeouts and 18 seconds remaining, Romo passed twice toward the sidelines for 4-yard and 8-yard gains \u2013 enough to set up a long field goal attempt to win the game. Folk kicked. It was good, but the Bills had called a timeout. Dallas again set up to kick, and again the rookie kicker split the uprights for a career-high, 53-yard field goal and his first game-winning field goal in the NFL. The 12 unanswered points in the 4th helped Dallas improve to 5\u20130 and dropped the Bills to 1\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 5: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Cowboys improved to 5\u20130, along with becoming the very first team to win a game with a \u22125 turnover margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 6 vs. New England Patriots\nComing off a last-second road win over the Bills, the Cowboys came home and played the undefeated New England Patriots, with both teams putting their perfect seasons on the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 6 vs. New England Patriots\nIn the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as QB Tom Brady completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss, along with a 35-yard TD pass to WR Wes Welker. In the second quarter, the Cowboys got on the board with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 38-yard field goal, along with DE Jason Hatcher returning a fumble 29 yards for a touchdown. New England would respond with Brady and Welker hooking up with each other again on a 12-yard TD pass. Dallas would end the half with QB Tony Romo completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 6 vs. New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys took the lead with Romo completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. The Patriots regained the lead with Tom Brady completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Kyle Brady, along with kicker Stephen Gostkowski getting a 45-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Brady completing a 69-yard TD pass to WR Dont\u00e9 Stallworth. Dallas' Folk kicked a 23-yard field goal, and the Patriots' Gostkowski made a 22-yard field goal, along with RB Kyle Eckel getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 6 vs. New England Patriots\nWith the loss, the Cowboys fell to 5\u20131. The game was the most watched regular season game in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Patriots, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 7 intraconference game against the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Dallas scored first as QB Tony Romo completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. The Vikings would respond with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 20-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Minnesota took the lead after a turnover. WR Patrick Crayton fumbled a pass, which was picked up LB Ben Leber, who later lateraled the ball to CB Cedric Griffin, who would eventually fumble and recover the ball at the Cowboys 28-yard line and run it into the end zone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, RB Marion Barber got a 1-yard TD run, while Safety Pat Watkins returned a blocked field goal by Chris Canty 68 yards for a touchdown. It would mark the first time that a Cowboy player returned a blocked field goal since Ed \"Too Tall\" Jones in 1983 against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 25, 1983. In the fourth quarter, Dallas sealed the victory with rookie Nick Folk getting a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith the win, the Cowboys entered their bye week at 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their bye week, the Cowboys flew to Lincoln Financial Field for Week 9 Sunday night divisional game against the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Dallas took the early lead as they turned a first-play Philly fumble into RB Julius Jones' 2-yard TD run. The Eagles would respond with RB Brian Westbrook getting a 3-yard TD run. Afterwards, the 'Boys regained the lead with QB Tony Romo completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Tony Curtis. In the second quarter, the Cowboys increased its lead with RB Marion Barber getting a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Dallas began to pull away as Romo completed a 45-yard TD pass to former Eagles WR Terrell Owens. Philadelphia would reply with kicker David Akers getting a 36-yard field goal. Afterwards, the 'Boys went back to work with Romo completing a 20-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten. In the fourth quarter, Dallas sealed the win with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Eagles' only response was QB Donovan McNabb completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Hank Baskett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Giants\nComing off their Sunday night divisional road win over the Eagles, the Cowboys flew to Giants Stadium for an NFC East rematch with the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Dallas shot first as QB Tony Romo completed a 15-yard TD pass to TE Tony Curtis. Afterwards, the Giants responded with QB Eli Manning completing an 8-yard TD pass to TE Jeremy Shockey. In the second quarter, the Cowboys retook the lead as rookie kicker Nick Folk got a 44-yard field goal, yet New York answered with RB Reuben Droughns getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Giants\nDallas reclaimed the lead with Romo completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. However, due to a taunting penalty on LB Kevin Burnett, the Giants were given great field position to get some points prior to halftime. The Cowboys held New York to a 40-yard Lawrence Tynes field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, Dallas regained the lead with Romo completing a 25-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Giants only got a 26-yard field goal from Tynes. Afterwards, the Cowboys completed the season-sweep with Romo and Owens hooking up again on a 50-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Giants\nThis would mark the first time since their Super Bowl year of 1995 that the Cowboys began a season at 8\u20131, and only the third time in franchise history that Dallas began at 8\u20131; the other times were during the 1977 season, and the 1983 season. The Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 1977 and 1995, but lost the wildcard game to the Los Angeles Rams in 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Giants\nFor their season-sweep over New York, Dallas had scored a total of 76 points in the two meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 10: at New York Giants\nDT Tank Johnson, in his first game with the Cowboys (along with the first game off of his suspension), recorded 3 tackles and a sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Washington Redskins\nComing off their season-sweeping road win over the Giants, the Cowboys went home for a Week 11 NFC East duel with the Washington Redskins, a longtime rival of the Cowboys. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Redskins QB Jason Campbell completed a 19-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 'Boys got on the board as QB Tony Romo completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. Washington would take the lead into halftime as kicker Shaun Suisham managed to get a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys took the lead with Romo and Owens hooking up with each other again on a 31-yard TD pass. The Redskins got close as Suisham kicked a 39-yard field goal. Fortunately, in the fourth quarter, the 'Boys started to run away with the lead as Romo and Owens hooked up with each other for a third time on a 46-yard TD pass. Washington tried to come back as Suisham nailed a 44-yard field goal, yet Dallas continued to roll as Romo hooked up with Owens for the fourth time on a 52-yard TD pass. The Redskins tried to come back as Campbell completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. Fortunately, the Dallas defense held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Washington Redskins\nTerrell Owens, with his 4 touchdown receptions, tied Bob Hayes for the most touchdown receptions by a Cowboys receiver in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. New York Jets\nComing off their divisional home win over the Redskins, the Cowboys stayed at home for a Week 12 Thanksgiving interconference showdown with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Dallas shot first with RB Marion Barber getting a 7-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 'Boys increased their lead with QB Tony Romo completing a 25-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten, along with CB Terence Newman returning an interception 50 yards for a touchdown, the first of his career. Afterwards, the Jets got their only score of the game as kicker Mike Nugent got a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys increased their lead with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 46-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dallas pulled away with Folk getting a 27-yard field goal & Romo completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. New York Jets\nQB Tony Romo (21/28 for 195 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception), DE Chris Canty (2 tackles, 1 assist, and 1 sack), LB DeMarcus Ware (1 tackle and 3 assists), CB Terence Newman (1 tackle and 1 interception), and LB Greg Ellis (4 tackles and 2 sacks) all ended up getting CBS's All-Iron Award for their performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers\nComing off their Thanksgiving home win over the Jets, the Cowboys stayed at home, donned their throwbacks, and played a Week 13 Thursday night intraconference duel with the Green Bay Packers. This match-up would be the first time since 1990 (Giants & 49ers) that two 10\u20131 teams would meet each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Packers kicker Mason Crosby made a 47-yard field goal. Afterwards, the 'Boys took the lead as rookie kicker Nick Folk made a 26-yarder and a 51-yard field goal, along with QB Tony Romo completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. Later, Green Bay would reply with RB Ryan Grant getting a 62-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Cowboys responded with Romo completing a 26-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Fasano, along with a 10-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. The Packers would end the half with QB Aaron Rodgers completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Green Bay got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dallas' Romo linked up with Crayton again on a 4-yard TD pass. The Packers' Crosby kicked a 52-yard field goal, and the 'Boys' Folk made a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the win, the Cowboys improved to 11\u20131 (continuing to be their best start in franchise history) and also clinched a playoff berth. Hall of Fame/Former Cowboy QBs Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman were in attendance as honorary captains, along with the commemoration of the Super Bowl anniversaries of the '77 Cowboys & the '92 Cowboys. The Cowboys won the 10\u20131 duel with the win and improved to 11\u20131 while the Packers fell to 10\u20132. This is the last time to date that the Cowboys have beaten have the Packers at home, as the two teams would not meet in Dallas again until 2013, and the Packers have won four straight in Dallas as of 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers\nFor Tony Romo, he ended this part of the season with a franchise-best 33 touchdown passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 14: at Detroit Lions\nComing off their Thursday night home win over the Packers, the Cowboys flew to Ford Field for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early as Lions RB T.J. Duckett getting a 32-yard TD run, along with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 19-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cowboys got on the board with RB Marion Barber getting a 20-yard TD run. Detroit would answer with Hanson kicking a 36-yard field goal, while RB Kevin Jones getting a 2-yard TD run. The Cowboys ended the half with QB Tony Romo completing an 8-yard TD pass to Barber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 14: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Lions replied with Jones getting a 3-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dallas came back and took the lead with Barber getting a 1-yard TD run and Romo completing a 16-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 14: at Detroit Lions\nWith the win, the Cowboys improved to 12\u20131 and clinched the NFC East crown for the first time since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their road win over the Lions, the Cowboys went home for a Week 15 NFC East rematch with their hated rival, the Philadelphia Eagles. After a scoreless first quarter, Dallas shot first with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 33-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Eagles responded with QB Donovan McNabb completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Brown. In the third quarter, the 'Boys tried to catch up as Folk kicked a 23-yard field goal for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, Philadelphia extended their lead with kicker David Akers nailing a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Cowboys fell to 12\u20132, but clinched a first round bye with Seattle's loss earlier in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn Dallas Cowboys lore, the game became known as \"The Jessica Simpson Game,\" due to the attendance of famous pop star Jessica Simpson, who was dating Cowboys QB Tony Romo at the time. Simpson wore a pink version of Romo's jersey and was frequently shown on camera cheering for her boyfriend. Critics of the Cowboys' performance that day would later suggest, perhaps somewhat facetiously, that the reason for Romo and the team's immense struggles was due to the distraction caused by the famous pop star's presence. This game has also been generally marked as the start of the decline of the Super Bowl caliber team the Cowboys fielded that year, due to the celebrity status the players enjoyed that season, as well as the lack of discipline enforced by head coach, Wade Phillips.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 16: at Carolina Panthers\nHoping to rebound from a divisional home loss to the Eagles, the Cowboys flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 16 Saturday night duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Dallas shot first with QB Tony Romo completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 'Boys continued their assault as RB Marion Barber got a 5-yard TD run. The Panthers would get on the board with QB Matt Moore completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. The Cowboys end the half with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 16: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, Carolina started to try a comeback as kicker John Kasay getting a 37-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dallas would respond with Folk kicking a 23-yard field goal. The Panthers tried to rally as Kasay nailing a 25-yard field goal, yet the 'Boys were able to hold off every possible attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 16: at Carolina Panthers\nWith the win, the Cowboys improved to 13\u20132 and clinched homefield through NFC Playoffs with Green Bay's loss to Chicago on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 16: at Carolina Panthers\nTerrell Owens (5 receptions for 48 yards and 1 touchdown) left the game in the second quarter with a high left ankle sprain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 17: at Washington Redskins\nComing off their road win over the Panthers, the Cowboys closed out the regular season at FedExField in a Week 17 NFC East rematch with the Washington Redskins. With the #1 seed already wrapped up, the Cowboys had little to play for and rested many of their starters in the 2nd half. In the first quarter, Dallas trailed early with Redskins RB Clinton Portis getting a 23-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Washington increased its lead with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 46-yard field goal. The Cowboys would respond with rookie kicker Nick Folk getting a 37-yard field goal, but the Redskins replied with Suisham kicking a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 17: at Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, Washington continued to lead as Portis got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins pulled away as QB Todd Collins completed a 42-yard TD pass to WR Santana Moss. Dallas would end the game with Folk nailing a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season, Week 17: at Washington Redskins\nWith the loss, the Cowboys ended the regular season at 13\u20133, along with the NFC's #1 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason\nThe Cowboys secured a bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs with an NFC best 13\u20133 regular season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nFresh off a bye week, the #1 seed Cowboys hosted the #5 seed New York Giants in the Divisional round of the playoffs. The Giants were fresh off a win over the #4 seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa Bay in the Wild Card round. It would be the third time the NFC East division rivals faced off against each other that season, with the Cowboys winning the previous two matchups. The Giants took the opening kickoff and came out firing, hitting the Cowboys with a quick 52-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Amani Toomer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0058-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nThe Cowboys and Giants would exchange punts on the next 2 series before the Cowboy marched 96 yards down the field, scoring on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Tony Romo to Terrell Owens (which was reviewed and upheld), tying the score at 7-7. The Cowboys never faced a 3rd down on the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nWith the 2nd quarter underway, the Giants would punt on the next series, giving the ball to the Cowboys at their own 10-yard line with 11:21 left in the 2nd quarter. The Cowboys would proceed to march methodically down the field in small chunks, as they burned up all but 61 seconds of the clock before Marion Barber bulled into the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown run, making it 14-7 in the Cowboys favor (the play was reviewed but upheld).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0059-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nWith just 61 seconds left in the half, the Giants seemed to catch the Cowboys' defense napping as they quickly marched down the field from their own 29-yard line, stunning the Cowboys with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Manning to Toomer with 11 seconds left in the half. It was Manning and Toomer's 2nd touchdown connection of the first half. The game went into halftime with the score tied at 14-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nThe Cowboys took the opening kickoff, and much like their last drive in the first half proceeded to march very slowly down the field, gaining yards in small chunks. After a drop by tight end Anthony Fasano in the end zone, the Cowboys' long drive stalled out and they had to settle for a 34-yard FG from kicker Nick Folk, to make it 17-14 for the Cowboys. The drive took up over 8 minutes of the 3rd quarter. The next 2 series of the game resulted in punts. After a 25-yard punt return, the Giants had excellent field position at the Dallas 37-yard line. The drive went into the start of the 4th quarter, where Brandon Jacobs rumbled into the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown, to make it 21-17 for the Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nAs the 4th quarter ticked on, both teams exchanged punts on the next 4 series. With 1:50 left in the game, the Cowboys took over on the Giants 48-yard line after a short punt return. They marched down to the Giants 22-yard line with 31 seconds left, still trailing 21-17. On 3rd and 11, with 21 seconds left, Romo lofted a pass into the corner of the end zone that dropped just in front of receiver Patrick Crayton, who had a couple of steps on his defender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nReplays showed that Crayton hesitated at the top of his route instead of running straight into the end zone, which is where Romo expected him. The pass fell incomplete as a result. Now on 4th down and 11, with just 16 seconds left, Romo heaved a desperation pass into the back of the end zone, into double coverage, which was intercepted by Giants cornerback R.W. McQuarters, effectively ending the game, 21-17 Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: New York Giants\nThe 2007 Dallas Cowboys became the first NFC #1 seeded team to be eliminated in the divisional round since the San Francisco 49ers in 1987 and the first time it had happened since the current playoff format was instituted in 1990. The Giants would go on to shock the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190824-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cowboys season, Rosters, Final roster\nRookies in italics53 Active, 2 Inactive, 9 PS, 1 Future", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190825-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Cup\nThe 2007 Dallas Cup was the 28th since its establishment, 12 teams entering in the tournament. The competition was sponsored by Dr Pepper. S\u00e3o Paulo beat Chelsea 1\u20130 in the Championship and won the 2007 Dallas Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190826-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Desperados season\nThe 2007 Dallas Desperados season was the 6th season for the franchise. They made the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with a 13\u20133 record. They had a 15\u20131 record and qualified for home-field advantage throughout the National Conference playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190826-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Desperados season, Coaching\nWill McClay started his fourth season as head coach of the Desperados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190826-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas Desperados season, Playoffs, Week 2: vs Columbus Destroyers\nThe Destroyers blew a 30-point lead and lost to the Desperados earlier this season 53\u201351 and they lost the 2nd game in Columbus 56\u201347. This time, it looked as if Dallas, after a shaky start, would continue their dominance over the Destroyers. Leading 38\u201328 at the half, the tide turned on back-to-back kickoffs by Columbus kicker Peter Martinez. Dallas, who had deferred, got the opening kickoff. However, the ball bounced off the goalpost and into the hands of Columbus' Josh Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190826-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Dallas Desperados season, Playoffs, Week 2: vs Columbus Destroyers\nOn the very next kickoff, a nearly identical play occurred when the ball again bounced off the goalpost and Columbus recovered at the 4-yard line. On the next play, Damien Groce ran the ball in to give Columbus a sudden 42\u201338 lead 58 seconds into the second half. After a Clint Dolezel interception set up a field goal for Columbus, Jason Shelley put the game away with a 28-yard reception with 12:55 left in the game to give Columbus a 2-touchdown lead that they held onto to pull off the upset against the Desperados.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190827-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dallas mayoral election\nThe Dallas mayoral election of 2007 took place on May 12, 2007, to elect the successor to incumbent Mayor Laura Miller. Miller decided not to run for a second full term. The race is officially nonpartisan. After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates - Tom Leppert and Ed Oakley - faced each other in a runoff election on June 16, 2007 in which Leppert prevailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190828-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dally M Awards\nThe 2007 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 4 September 2007 at the Sydney Town Hall in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports. Warren Smith presided as Master of Ceremonies a role which he had held in previous years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190829-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Damallsvenskan\nThe 2007 Damallsvenskan was the 20th season of the Damallsvenskan. Matches were played between 11 April and 3 November 2007, with a break due to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ume\u00e5 IK won the title for the sixth time, and third time in a row. Djurg\u00e5rden finished second, nine points behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190829-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Damallsvenskan\nThe previous season, Falk\u00f6pings KIK and AIK Fotboll (women) were promoted. Falk\u00f6pings KIK were relegated again, together with QBIK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190830-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish Cup Final\nThe 2007 Danish Cup Final were the final and deciding match of the 2006\u201307 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday 17 May 2007 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. The contesting teams were the Danish Superliga 2006-07 leaders, F.C. Copenhagen, and the current no. 2 in the league, Odense Boldklub.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190830-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish Cup Final\nF.C. Copenhagen have won the Cup on three previous occasions (1995, 1997 and 2004). OB have won the Cup four times, in 1983, 1991, 1993 and in 2002 where they beat FCK in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190830-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Copenhagen\nIn all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190830-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final, Odense\nIn all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190831-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish Figure Skating Championships\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 58.143.166.173 (talk) at 07:45, 25 June 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190831-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Danish Figure Skating Championships (Danish: Danmarks Mesterskaberne 2007) was held in Frederikshavn from December 1 through 3, 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles. Not all disciplines were held on all levels due to a lack of participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190832-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish National Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 Danish National Badminton Championships were held in Esbjerg, from 8 to February 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election\nGeneral elections were held in Denmark on 13 November 2007. The elections allowed prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to continue for a third term in a coalition government consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party with parliamentary support from the Danish People's Party. They were the first elections held using the current constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions\nAccording to the Constitution of Denmark, Denmark is governed according to the principle of negative parliamentarism, meaning that while a government doesn't need the majority of seats in parliament, it must never have a majority of seats against it in a vote of no confidence. Before the ongoing elections, this was relevant since the government, consisting of the Conservative People's Party and the Liberals did not have a majority of seats, but depended on the support of the Danish People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions\nEarly opinion polls showed that neither a right-wing or a left-wing government could gather enough seats to be in government without the support of the newly established New Alliance. This caused a lot of interest, since New Alliance had stated that they would first give the government the opportunity to propose a programme for government, but that they would not definitely support a right-wing government prior to seeing how many of their political agendas they could work together on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions\nMany people were unsure how this would be possible, since New Alliance was originally formed to limit the influence of the Danish People's Party, without whom a right-wing government did not seem possible in opinion polls. After the elections, however, it was clear that New Alliance did not get enough seats in parliament to break the previous right-wing majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, The opposition\nShortly after the elections were called, the Social Liberal Party stated that they supported a government led by the Social Democrats. The Red-Green Alliance support a left-wing government almost by default. The Socialist People's Party also support a left-wing government, and have stated that they wish to not only support such a government but to be a part of it. In spite of a dramatic increase in support of the Socialist People's Party in opinion polls, these four parties never stood to get enough seats in parliament to head a government. Consequently, prior to the election, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (the leader of the Social Democrats) invited both New Alliance and the Conservative People's Party to participate in a centre-left government, but both parties refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Early election\nDanish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced this election date on 24 October 2007. The election was held ahead of time in the sense that by law, the election needed to be held before 8 February 2009, four years after the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Early election\nAnders Fogh Rasmussen explained that the elections were called early in order to allow the parliament to work on important upcoming topics without being distracted by a future election. Referring specifically to welfare reform, he said rival parties would then try to outdo each other with expensive reforms which would damage the Danish economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Parties that had previously declared their intention to run\nThe Centre Democrats lacked about 2,000 - 3,000 of the required 20,000 signatures in order to run in the 2007 election when Anders Fogh Rasmussen called it on 24 October, meaning that they won't be able to run. The Liberalists had reached 5,000 signatures. The Danish Ministry of Welfare has registered more than 70 parties that had not handed in the required number of signatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 109], "content_span": [110, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Campaign\nSeveral topics have been mentioned as central to the election. These include welfare, taxes, immigration, and the health system. The election also clears the Rasmussen government from having a potentially unpopular parliamentary debate on the European Union Treaty of Lisbon, as it will become a topic in the election instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Results\nThe Socialist People's Party had the election's largest gain, securing 23 seats in the new parliament compared to 11 in the 2005 elections. The Danish People's Party gained one additional seat, leaving it at 25. The New Alliance secured five seats in its first election, a result lower than projected in earlier opinion polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Results\nThe biggest setback was suffered by the Danish Social Liberal Party which was reduced from 17 seats to 9. The Liberals lost six seats leaving it at 46, and the party remains the biggest party for the third consecutive election. The Social Democrats lost two seats, leaving it at 45. The Red-Green Alliance lost two seats leaving it at four seats, just above the 2% threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Results\nThe Conservative People's Party ensured marginal gains, but no additional seats, leaving it at 18 seats. The Christian Democrats did not ensure representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Results\nGreenland's vote resulted in one seat for Siumut and one for Inuit Ataqatigiit. The Faroe Islands returned H\u00f8gni Hoydal representing the Republican Party, its second seat went to the Union Party, a seat gained from the People's Party which did not achieve representation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Aftermath\nThe ruling Liberal-Conservative coalition secured 64 seats. The support of the Danish People's Party (DPP), with 25 seats, left the coalition needing one more seat. Finally, the coalition-friendly Union Party of former Faroese prime minister Edmund Joensen won the needed seat in the Faroese elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Aftermath\nParties backing Helle Thorning-Schmidt, in opposition, won 84 seats. (This includes remaining three seats of the overseas territories.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Aftermath\nPrime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the party composition of cabinet would remain as before, but that parties not in cabinet that support his premiership will have influence over policy. This statement apparently was aimed at the New Alliance. Rasmussen's capacity to accommodate both the New Alliance and the Danish People's Party going forward is not assured \u2013 the New Alliance was established, in part, to limit the Danish Peoples's Party's influence. With the DPP in coalition, Rasmussen is able to govern: a New Alliance-supported opposition would be short of a majority by one vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Aftermath\nEdmund Joensen's pledge to abstain on matters related to internal affairs of Denmark and would alter this, giving the New Alliance the balance of power and risking conflict with the DPP, but Joensen has also pledged that if doing so would risk giving the opposition a majority, he would not abstain, but instead vote with the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190833-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Danish general election, Aftermath\nAs after the last election, where Rasmussen also secured continuing power, there were some shuffling of minister posts in the cabinet. The resulting Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III was presented a few days after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190834-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Danmark Rundt\nThe 2007 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 1 August to 5 August 2008. It was the 17th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985. The race was won by Norwegian rider Kurt Asle Arvesen of Team CSC. Italian rider Enrico Gasparotto of Team Liquigas finished second by 14 seconds with Dane Matti Breschel of Team CSC third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190834-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Danmark Rundt\nThe race was made up of six stages covering a total of 842 kilometres (523\u00a0mi) and included an individual time trial of 12.4 kilometres (7.7\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190834-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Danmark Rundt, Final classifications\nNorwegian rider Kurt Asle Arvesen won the race by 14 seconds from Enrico Gasparotto after he won stage 3 on the Kiddesvej climb in Vejle. Dane Matti Breschel came third after having led the race after stages 2, 3 and 4. The victory meant that Arvesen became the first rider to win the Danmark Rundt twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190834-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Danmark Rundt, Final classifications\nThe points winner was Mark Cavendish with Jacob Moe Rasmussen the winner of the mountains classification for best climber. Rasmussen was also awarded the fighters award for the race and Gasparotto won the young riders jersey. Team CSC won the overall team competition from Liquigas with Team T-Mobile in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190835-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dartford Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Dartford Borough Council election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190836-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nThe 2007 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Dartmouth tied for fourth in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190836-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nIn their third consecutive year under head coach Eugene \"Buddy\" Teevens, his eighth year overall, the Big Green compiled a 3\u20137 record and were outscored 347 to 271. Jared Dowdakin, Justin Cottrell, Taylor Layman and Ian Wilson were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190836-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nThe Big Green's 3\u20134 conference record tied with Penn and Princeton for fourth in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth was outscored 223 to 197 by Ivy opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190836-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dartmouth Big Green football team\nDartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190837-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davao City general election\nThe 2007 Davao City general election was held on May 14, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190838-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davao del Norte general election\nDavao City general elections has started since March 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190839-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Daventry District Council election\nElections to Daventry District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190840-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors\nThe 2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 22 October through 28 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190840-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors\nThe singles field was led by World No. 1, Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open winner, Basel defending champion Roger Federer, Australian Open runner-up, Beijing titlist, and 2005 Basel winner Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, and US Open semifinalist, Auckland, Tokyo and B\u00e5stad champion David Ferrer. Also competing were Sydney and New Haven titlist James Blake, Halle winner Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, Juan Ignacio Chela and Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190840-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated James Blake / Mark Knowles, 6\u20131, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190841-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Nestor chose not to participate, and only Knowles competed that year. Knowles partnered with James Blake, but Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated them 6\u20131, 6\u20131, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190842-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Jarkko Nieminen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190843-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup\nThe 2007 Davis Cup was the 96th edition of the Davis Cup, a national teams competition in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 123 took part in different regional groups. The final took place 30 November - 2 December at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, United States, with the United States defeating Russia 4-1 for their 32nd title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190843-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs\nThe 8 losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and 8 winners of the Group I second round ties entered the draw for the World Group Playoffs. 8 seeded teams, based on the latest Davis Cup ranking, were drawn against 8 unseeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190843-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs\n1 Took place on September 20, 21 and 23, due to Yom Kippur taking place on the 22nd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 37], "content_span": [38, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190844-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone\nThe Americas Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Davis Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190844-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group III\nVenue: Federaci\u00f3n Nacional de Tenis de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)Date: 20\u201324 June", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190844-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group III\nTop two teams advance to 1st-4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th-8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190844-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group IV\nVenue: Federaci\u00f3n Nacional de Tenis de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)Date: 20\u201324 JuneWithdrawn: Bermuda, Eastern Caribbean, Saint Lucia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190845-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I\nThe Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190845-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I\nIn the Americas Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190846-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone\nThe Asia/Oceania Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Davis Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190846-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group III\nVenue: Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka (hard)Date: 16\u201322 July", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190846-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group III\nTop two teams advance to 1st-4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th-8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190846-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group III\nNote: Oman/Lebanon/Sri Lanka tie broken on number of rubbers won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190847-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I\nThe Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190847-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I\nIn the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190848-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone\nThe Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Davis Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190848-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III, Venue 1\nTop two teams advance to 1st-4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th-8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190848-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III, Venue 2\nVenue: Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia (clay)Date: 9\u201313 May", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190848-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III, Venue 2\nTop two teams advance to 1st-4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th-8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190848-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group IV\nVenue: Yerevan, Armenia (clay)Date: Week of 6 AugustWithdrawn: Azerbaijan, Benin, Gabon, Libya, Malta, Senegal, Uganda", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190849-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I\nThe European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190849-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I\nIn the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190850-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup World Group\nThe World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2007. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190851-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs\nThe World Group Play-offs were the main play-offs of 2007 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190851-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Teams\nBold indicates team has qualified for the 2008 Davis Cup World Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500\nThe 2007 Daytona 500, the 49th running of the event, was the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, taking place on February 18, 2007, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Kevin Harvick won the race by 0.02 second over Mark Martin in the closest finish since the first race at Daytona International Speedway when it took three days to declare Lee Petty the winner in 1959. The race was decided by a green-white-checker finish for the third year in a row, with two extra laps added for a total of 202 laps and 505 miles (813\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Qualifying\nTony Stewart, driving the #20 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Joe Gibbs Racing, won the first Gatorade Duel race, while Jeff Gordon drove the #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to the checkered flag in the second race. However, widespread rules infractions that affected five teams\u00a0\u2013 the #17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion team of Matt Kenseth, the three Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger teams of Kasey Kahne (#9), Scott Riggs (#10) and Elliott Sadler (#19 car)\u00a0\u2013 were discovered during the Pole Qualifying on February 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Qualifying\nBut, a sixth team\u00a0\u2013 the #55 Toyota Camry from Michael Waltrip Racing driven by the teams' owner\u00a0\u2013 suffered the most severe punishment handed out by the motorsports sanctioning body since 2000, as it was docked 100 driver and owner points, causing it to leave Daytona with negative owner and championship points (\u221227 points). In addition, Gordon was penalized with the loss of his starting position after the #24 Chevrolet failed a post-race inspection because of an improper spoiler height. His starting position was changed from fourth to 42nd. There were no other penalties assessed against himself or the team and he remained listed as the winner of the second duel race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Qualifying\nWhen all was said and done, Robert Yates Racing swept the top two positions, with David Gilliland driving the #38 Ford Fusion to the pole at 186.320\u00a0mph (299.853\u00a0km/h), with his teammate, Ricky Rudd in the #88 Fusion alongside a mere 0.185 seconds behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Qualifying\nBill Elliott was not the only past Daytona 500 champion to miss the race, as 25 other cars battled for a set of seven spots in the starting grid. Ward Burton (who won in 2002) and Derrike Cope (the 1990 winner) did not qualify from their respective races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Qualifying\nBefore the green flag the following drivers dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #00\u00a0\u2013 David Reutimann (transmission change), #18\u00a0\u2013 J. J. Yeley (transmission change), #41\u00a0\u2013 Reed Sorenson (transmission change). #24\u00a0\u2013 Jeff Gordon (failed post race inspection after winning the Gatorade Duel race #2, Gordon was supposed to start 4th).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Pre-race\nKelly Clarkson, the first winner of American Idol and spokesperson for the 2007 edition of \"NASCAR Day\", performed in the pre-race \"Salute to America\" concert, with her set consisting of Since U Been Gone, One Minute (from her third studio album My December) and Miss Independent. Big and Rich sang the National Anthem, while Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage served as the grand marshal of the event, giving the command to have the drivers start their engines in a low-key manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Pre-race\nBaseball ironman and 2007 inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame Cal Ripken, Jr. drove the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 pace car for the pre-race laps, and Phil Parsons, the brother of Benny Parsons, who had died of complications from lung cancer prior to the season, was given the honor of dropping the green flag for the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Race summary\nDavid Gilliland was in the front of the field when the green flag waved. The first caution came on lap 16 when Boris Said moved up the track coming off of turn 2, most likely unaware that David Reutimann was there, and spun. He had very minor damage and continued the race from there. The race then stayed under the green flag for about 60 laps, during which Tony Stewart took the lead from Kurt Busch. On lap 79, Kyle Petty hit the wall after his rear tire blew out, bringing out another yellow flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Race summary\nHe went behind the wall for repairs. Reutimann obtained the free pass to return to the lead lap. Ku. Busch took the lead again during most of the next green flag period, only being passed by Ryan Newman for one lap on lap 128, and then by Stewart again on lap 150.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Race summary\nOn lap 152, Stewart got on the apron in turn 4, got loose, and spun into Ku. Busch. He spun to a halt, while Ku. Busch kept the engine going and went to the garage area for repairs. However, with 46 laps to go, he was unable to continue and did not finish the race. A fourth caution came on lap 175 when a 5-car crash involving Reutimann, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Green and Tony Raines occurred in the backstretch. Mark Martin took the lead shortly before the yellow flag came out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Race summary\nAnother crash which took out Ken Schrader happened on lap 186, after contact from Dave Blaney who was parked for the remainder of the race (who may have been unaware of his right front tire being flat according to Darrell Waltrip). With 5 laps to go, Matt Kenseth ran into Jamie McMurray, who hit the wall and collected Dale Earnhardt, Jr. with him. Ricky Rudd and Martin Truex, Jr. were collected as well. Rudd remained on the lead lap, but Truex fell a lap down. McMurray and Earnhardt, Jr. both were out of the race, finishing 31st and 32nd, respectively. The race was delayed for approximately 12 minutes for cleanup under the red flag. This set up a green-white-checkered finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Race summary\nWith 2 laps to go, an outside line began to form, with Kevin Harvick, Kenseth and Jeff Burton. Martin came to the white flag looking for a victory. On the backstretch, Kyle Busch, sitting 2nd place, tried both ways to get around Martin. Meanwhile, Kenseth began to bump-draft Harvick, with Burton in tow. Harvick flew by David Stremme, Gilliland, Mike Wallace, David Ragan and Greg Biffle. Busch, trying to get around Martin and block Harvick at the same, nearly squeezed Harvick into the wall as Harvick zipped past him and pulled even with Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Race summary\nHarvick and Martin, Busch and Kenseth, and Biffle and Burton were side by side out of turn 4. With the checkered flag in sight, Busch hit the apron, getting him loose. He spun out and started a chain reaction collecting most of the field. Clint Bowyer took the worst hit, turning over on his roof and skidding across the finish line on it while on fire before flipping back upright in the grass. Harvick beat Martin by .02 of a second to claim the victory. After being 6th place out of turn 4, Burton finished 3rd. Mike Wallace and David Ragan were surprises, rounding out the Top 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Controversy over the finish\nBecause of an incident between Casey Mears and Dale Jarrett at the 2003 Sylvania 300 in New Hampshire International Speedway, NASCAR mandated a \"freezing of the field\" policy whenever a caution flag is thrown, effectively ending the phenomenon that is racing back to the caution. Such a flag did not fly after the last-lap crash. There is some disputed visual evidence that suggests that, if the caution had flown strictly according to NASCAR rules, Martin may have won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Controversy over the finish\nThe issue was especially passionate because Martin was in his 23rd Daytona 500 start and had never won. Such a win, arguably, would have been popular with fans, similar to Dale Earnhardt's 1998 victory (in his 20th start) or Darrell Waltrip's 1989 triumph (in his 17th). Martin retired following the 2013 season, never having achieved a Daytona 500 victory in his 29 attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190852-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Daytona 500, Controversy over the finish\nIn some races, NASCAR has permitted the cars to run to the finish in case of more \"minor\" spins on the last lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation\nThe 2007 De Anza rape investigation was a police inquiry into allegations of sexual assault of a minor arising from an off-campus party on March 4, 2007. The investigation focused on eight members of the 2007 De Anza College baseball team. The allegations were investigated by the Santa Clara County, California Sheriff's Department, and reviewed by Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr. June 4, 2007, Carr stated that no charges would be filed. This decision was questioned by many, and the Office of the California Attorney General Jerry Brown was invited by the prosecutor to perform an independent investigation of the available evidence. May 2, 2008, the Attorney General's office determined that there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone present with a crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Allegations of assault\nThree members of the De Anza College women's soccer team alleged that, on March 4, 2007, while attending a party off-campus at the home of a member of the college's baseball team, they heard a commotion, and knelt to look through an un-screened French door pane. They witnessed an intoxicated 17-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by two or more people. They further stated that a number of other people were in the same room, observing the incident and cheering. They were told to go away and the door was blocked. The women stated that they intervened, removed the girl, and took her to the hospital. It was found she was covered with someone else's vomit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Investigation\nThe members of the soccer team reported the incident, and the Santa Clara Sheriff's Department investigated. No arrests were made, even after a second woman came forward to say that she too had been sexually assaulted by De Anza college baseball players. The results of the investigation were turned over to the Office of the Santa Clara County District Attorney. The sheriffs did not investigate the scene until nearly 23 hours after the woman was brought to hospital. The district attorney's office conducted additional investigations, and presented its evidence to a grand jury. On June 4, 2007, District Attorney Dolores Carr announced that she would not charge anyone involved in the alleged incident with a crime. Carr later explained that to reveal the details of the case that led her to this decision would have a chilling effect on other rape claims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 915]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Investigation\nSanta Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith stated that she believed a sexual assault did occur. D.A. Carr submitted the case to the Office of the State Attorney General for review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Public reaction and aftermath\nThe decision not to prosecute was questioned widely. There was negative reaction in the form of public protests, and adverse comments by the county sheriff, by a number of newspaper columnists, and editorial page writers. Carr invited Jerry Brown, then the California Attorney General, to conduct an independent assessment of the evidence. Brown accepted, and his office commenced an investigation, later releasing its results. It determined there was evidence that a crime had occurred, but there was also insufficient evidence to identify those responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Public reaction and aftermath\nThe investigation noted the physical descriptions of the attackers varied so widely that they could not be accurately identified. The victim was characterized as having no memory of the incident after her arrival at the party. The report concluded that these factors made proof beyond a reasonable doubt, as required for a criminal trial, impossible. The report further indicated that widespread intoxication among the party's attendees hampered the accuracy and reliability of their memories of the event. As a result, Carr's office announced that no charges would be filed, and the criminal case was closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, ABC News 20/20 episode\nAn ABC News 20/20 episode aired on June 5, 2009 on the 2007 De Anza case. During the episode April Groelle, Lauren Chief Elk and Lauren Bryeans allege that they witnessed a rape of a teenager by members of the baseball team and stated: if three witnesses aren't enough, 'why is rape even a crime?' Meanwhile, Sheriff Laurie Smith called the case 'frustrating', saying it was possible the baseball players were sticking to a code of silence. After the episode, one of the baseball players gave an interview about the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Civil case\nThe victim then proceeded to take the case to civil court in February 2011, seeking monetary compensation from her attackers. Defendants Knopf and Chadwick claimed that the sex was consensual. Six other men were also listed in the lawsuit when the trial began in late February, but subsequently settled with the plaintiff or had the lawsuit against them dismissed. In the civil trial, another woman, \"Jane Doe II\", indicated that she wanted to testify about her own rape by one of the defendants in Jane Doe's case, which took place 10 weeks before the 2007 party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Civil case\nThat defendant later settled, but according to the plaintiff's attorneys, a witness came forward placing Chadwick in the room during Jane Doe II's rape. Jane Doe II's case was excluded from the trial, as the court found there was not enough evidence that Chadwick had planned the attacks. On April 7, 2011, the jury in the civil case found Knopf and Chadwick to be not liable for the allegations against them so no damages were awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Civil case\nAfter Judge Aaron Persky's sentencing of Brock Turner in 2016, Persky was criticized by Jane Doe's attorneys for allowing suggestive photos of the unidentified victim, taken at a party a year after the gang rape, into evidence, and preventing other victims from testifying. Attorneys for \"Jane Doe\" said the photographs were not the only evidence that Persky unfairly permitted. Four of the baseball players had invoked Fifth Amendment rights not to self-incriminate during the discovery phase of the litigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190853-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 De Anza College rape investigation, Civil case\nAccording to a lawyer for Doe, that was a critical juncture: it prevented the victim's team from obtaining evidence that could have helped them pursue their case. The original judge in the case ruled in 2010 that the defendants could refuse to testify, but that would also mean that they would be prohibited from subsequently testifying in the case. That ruling was, however, overturned by Persky after he took over the trial in 2011, a move that Doe's attorneys say undermined her case. Persky was recalled by voters on June 5, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team\nThe 2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This was the program's first season of play in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). K. C. Keeler served as head coach for the sixth season. He previously brought the Blue Hens to the FCS championship game, winning it in 2003. In 2007, the team made it to the championship game again after posting an 11\u20133 record, but lost to the Appalachian State Mountaineers, 49\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Preseason, Conference changes\nThe 2007 season marked the first season of play for the Colonial Athletic Association, which was formed in 2005. From 1997 to 2006, the Delaware Blue Hens football team was a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Delaware, along with Hofstra University, James Madison University, the University of Maine, the University of Massachusetts, the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Richmond, Towson University, Villanova University, and the College of William & Mary, left the Atlantic 10 Conference to form the twelve-team conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Preseason, Recruiting class\nThe Blue Hens received 17 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Preseason, Transfers\nThe Blue Hens received three transfer students prior to the start of the 2007 season in defensive end Ronald Talley from Notre Dame, linebacker Johnathon Smith from Connecticut, and running back Jerry Butler from Wisconsin. Talley left Notre Dame midway through the 2006 season before transferring to Delaware. On August 27, offensive tackle Anthony Grosso transferred from Florida State after leaving the squad a week prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Preseason, Preseason awards\nProjected starting running back Omar Cuff earned Preseason first-team All-CAA honors, Lindy's College Football Preview Magazine Preseason All-America honors, and The Sports Network Preseason third-team All-America honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, William & Mary\nIn the first CAA Conference game of the newly formed conference's history, Delaware senior running back Omar Cuff tied an NCAA record with seven touchdowns in the game. Cuff tied with Archie Amerson of Northern Arizona, who set the record in 1996, and Jessie Burton of McNeese State, who tied the record in 1998. Cuff rushed for 244\u00a0yards and six touchdowns on 30 attempts, with four receptions for 52\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Senior quarterback Joe Flacco passed for 202\u00a0yards and one touchdown in the 49\u201331 victory over William & Mary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, William & Mary\nWith the win, the Blue Hens became 1\u20130 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, West Chester\nIn the first quarter of Delaware's home-opener against the West Chester Golden Rams, quarterback Joe Flacco led the Blue Hens on a 62-yard drive that ended in a seven-yard touchdown run by Omar Cuff. On the Golden Rams' next drive, a tipped pass resulted in a Delaware interception. The Blue Hens took advantage of this opportunity, ending the drive with a one-yard touchdown run by Cuff. The Blue Hens led the West Chester Golden Rams 34\u20130 heading into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, West Chester\nCuff scored rushing four touchdowns in the first half, with 21 rushes for 93\u00a0yards in the 41\u201314 win. Freshman running back Phillip Thaxton, who replaced Cuff in the second half, rushed for 177\u00a0yards on 12 attempts. On his first collegiate carry, he scored a 62-yard touchdown. His 177\u00a0yards was the most by a Blue Hen in his debut in college. Flacco finished with 305\u00a0yards, with wide receiver Mark Duncan catching five passes for 121\u00a0yards. Delaware finished with 599\u00a0yards of total offense in their fourteenth-straight win over West Chester.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, West Chester\nWith the win, the Blue Hens extended their record to 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Rhode Island\nJoe Flacco passed for 337\u00a0yards and three touchdowns on 25 completions. Junior wide receiver Aaron Love, playing through groin and shoulder injuries, caught 10 passes for 137\u00a0yards and one touchdown. Mark Duncan caught six receptions for 109\u00a0yards. Freshman cornerback Anthony Walters made five tackles and recovered a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Towson\nThe Delaware defense held Towson's offense to 157 total yards, with seven sacks on the quarterback. Sophomore defensive end Matt Marcorelle made six tackles with three sacks for 27\u00a0yards. Omar Cuff rushed for 109\u00a0yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries. Joe Flacco passed for 274\u00a0yards and one interception. Aaron Love made seven receptions for 107\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Monmouth\nOmar Cuff rushed for 73\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries, and caught a touchdown pass. He became the school's all-time scoring leader with 314 points, breaking the previous record of 308. Joe Flacco passed for 215\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Cornerback Fred Andrew returned an interception for a touchdown of 78\u00a0yards. Phillip Thaxton rushed for a 14-yard touchdown, and tight end Robbie Agnone caught an 11-yard touchdown pass. Freshman safety Cody Cipalla made seven tackles (four solo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, New Hampshire\nJoe Flacco passed for 419\u00a0yards and two touchdowns with 40 completions and 51 pass attempts. Omar Cuff rushed for 88\u00a0yards on 22 carries and made seven receptions for 68\u00a0yards and a touchdown. He broke the school record for rushing touchdowns in a career with 49. The previous record was 47 by Daryl Brown in 1991\u20131994. Defensive end Ronald Talley blocked a field goal attempt by New Hampshire kicker Tom Manning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Northeastern\nOmar Cuff rushed for 200\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries and caught a touchdown pass. Kicker Jon Striefsky kicked three field goals of 37, 31 and 19 yards. Joe Flacco passed for 222\u00a0yards and one touchdown on 17 completions. Robbie Agnone and wide receiver Kervin Michaud both caught five passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 76], "content_span": [77, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Navy\nOmar Cuff rushed for 141\u00a0yards and four touchdowns on 28 carries. Joe Flacco passed for a career-high 434\u00a0yards and four touchdowns on 30 completions. Kervin Michaud made eight receptions for 96\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Robbie Agnone caught seven passes for 133\u00a0yards. Junior linebacker Erik Johnson made 20 tackles, and Anthony Bratton made 12 tackles and recovered a fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, James Madison\nOmar Cuff rushed for 101\u00a0yards and three touchdowns on 28 attempts and made seven receptions for 66\u00a0yards. Joe Flacco went 33-for-41 and passed for 257\u00a0yards. He also rushed for one touchdown. Aaron Love made nine receptions for 94\u00a0yards. Anthony Walters recovered a fumble and intercepted a James Madison pass. Jon Striefsky made three field goals in the first half of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Richmond\nJoe Flacco passed for 375\u00a0yards and three touchdowns and rushed for two touchdowns. Mark Duncan made nine receptions for 157\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Omar Cuff rushed for 189\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on a school-record 48 attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Villanova\nJoe Flacco went 17-of-31 and passed for 145\u00a0yards. Omar Cuff, playing through a back injury, rushed for 75\u00a0yards on 17 attempts. Aaron Love made seven receptions for 79\u00a0yards, and Anthony Walters made seven tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 73], "content_span": [74, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Delaware State\nOmar Cuff rushed for a school-record 288\u00a0yards and four touchdowns on 38 carries. The previous record for rushing yards in a game was 272 by Daryl Brown in 1994. Cuff also broke the single-season rushing record with 1,657\u00a0yards. The previous record was 1,625 by Germaine Bennett in 2003. Joe Flacco passed for 189\u00a0yards and one touchdown on 11 completions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Northern Iowa\nErik Johnson recovered a fumble and returned it 55\u00a0yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. Joe Flacco passed for 312\u00a0yards and two touchdowns and scored a one-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter. He broke the school record for passing yards in a season with 3,686. The previous record was 3,436 by Matt Nagy in 2000. Omar Cuff rushed for 102\u00a0yards and one touchdown on 28 carries. Mark Duncan caught eight receptions for 112\u00a0yards and one touchdown. Jon Striefsky missed two extra point attempts in the first half, but made two field goals distancing 47 and 42\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Southern Illinois\nJoe Flacco went 21-of-38 and passed for 243\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Jon Striefsky kicked two field goals, breaking the school's and conference's single-season records for field goals with 21. Omar Cuff rushed for 102\u00a0yards and caught four passes for 67\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State\nJoe Flacco passed for 336\u00a0yards and one touchdown. Omar Cuff rushed for 83\u00a0yards and one touchdown. The record attendance of 23,010 on hand at Finley Stadium was the largest neutral site crowd for the NCAA Division I Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Postseason\nQuarterback Joe Flacco was invited to participate in the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine that took place February 21\u201324, 2008. Flacco was selected to play in the 83rd East\u2013West Shrine Game that took place on January 19, 2008 at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium, but declined after he was invited to play in the 2008 Senior Bowl that took place on January 26, 2008 at Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190854-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Postseason\nFlacco was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round (18th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. Flacco was the only Blue Hen selected in the draft, but three other players signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents. Offensive guard Rich Beverley was signed by the Washington Redskins, offensive tackle Mike Byrne was signed by the Miami Dolphins, and running back Omar Cuff was signed by the Tennessee Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190855-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delaware State Hornets football team\nThe 2007 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Al Lavan and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They finished the season with 10\u20132 overall, won the MEAC title with a 9\u20130 mark in conference play and lost to Delaware in the First Round of the NCAA Division I playoffs. The 2007 Hornets squad won the black college football national championship as awarded by the American Sports Wire and as the national runner-up behind Tuskegee as awarded by SBN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nThe Delhi summit on security took place on February 14, 2007, with the foreign ministers of China, India, and Russia meeting in Hyderabad House, Delhi, India to discuss terrorism, drug trafficking, reform of the United Nations, and the security situations in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nThe Indian Foreign Ministry released a statement on behalf of all three governments saying, \"We shared our thoughts on the political, economic and security aspects of the global situation, the present world order and recent developments in various areas of mutual concern. We agreed that co-operation rather than confrontation should govern approaches to regional and global affairs. There was coincidence of views against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and on the need to address financing of terrorism and its linkages with narco-trafficking.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nLi Zhaoxing of China and Pranab Mukherjee of India negotiated over air links, visa restrictions, disputes over shared rivers, and the China-India border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nRepresentatives also spoke about China's recent missile test. Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to China, said Zhaoxing \"stressed that China was against the weaponization and militarization of outer space and that the test conducted, according to them, was of a purely technological and scientific nature.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nRussian foreign ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said, \"As Russia's relations... with China grew deeper, India-China relations are normalized and Beijing and New Delhi manifested mounting interest in contacts with Russia in tripartite format on a wide range of matters of mutual interest.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nC. Uday Bhaskar from the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence and Strategic Analyses said, \"energy cooperation would be a big ticket item on the talks agenda.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nMukherjee said, \"We also agreed on the importance of the UN and that there was a need to make it more effective so that it reflects contemporary global realities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nSergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said, \"We discussed most burning issues of world politics and had a broad approach on many international issues.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190856-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Delhi security summit\nAfter the summit representatives for China and Russia said they support India's campaign for membership in the United Nations Security Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190857-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dellys bombing\nThe 2007 Dellys bombing occurred on September 8, 2007, when at least 30 people were killed and 47 injured in a suicide car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in the town of Dellys, 100\u00a0km (62\u00a0mi) east of Algiers. The blast was carried out by two attackers who killed themselves in the attack. Al Qaeda's north Africa wing (Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb) said it was behind the suicide attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190858-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a men's professional tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, held from January 27 to February 4. Xavier Malisse won the title, an ATP International Series level tournament. Xavier Malisse won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190858-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships\nThis was the third tournament of the season (alongside Adelaide, Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Buenos Aires and Las Vegas) that implemented a 24-player Round Robin tournament for the singles competition, as part of the round-robin trials proposed during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190858-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles\nHugo Armando / Xavier Malisse defeated James Auckland / Stephen Huss, 6\u20133, 6\u20137(4\u20137), [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190859-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190859-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nHugo Armando and Xavier Malisse won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20137(4\u20137), [10\u20135], against James Auckland and Stephen Huss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190860-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nTommy Haas was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Vincent Spadea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190860-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nXavier Malisse won in the final 5\u20137, 6\u20134, 6\u20134 against James Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190860-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nPrior to the Round Robin and after the completion of the Qualifying draws, the 16 players with the lowest tier in the tournament (4 qualifiers, 3 wild cards and 9 based on ATP Rankings) competed in the Elimination Round in order to get one of the 8 last spots into the Round Robin competition. Winners in this round entered as Main Entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 81], "content_span": [82, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190861-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Delta State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Delta State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Delta State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Emmanuel Uduaghan won the election, defeating Great Ogboru of the Democratic People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190861-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Delta State gubernatorial election, Results\nEmmanuel Uduaghan from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Great Ogboru from the Democratic People's Party. Registered voters was 1,626,930.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election\nThe 2007 Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 October 2007 in order to elect the first leader of the Democratic Party, the largest political party in Italy at the time. The election was conducted as an open primary, with all Italian citizens aged at least 16 and non-Italian legal residents being eligible to vote. A minimum fee of one euro (initially chosen as five euros, lowered to one euro following direct requests by almost all leadership candidates) was requested to voters in order to taker part in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election\nThe election, attended by over three and a half million voters, ended in a landslide victory for Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome and former leader of the Democrats of the Left, who gained 75.8% of the vote, being thus elected as first Democratic Party leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events\nFollowing the national conventions of the Democrats of the Left (DS) and Democracy is Freedom \u2013 The Daisy (DL), Romano Prodi announced a list of 45 politicians which would have composed the Organising Committee of the Democratic Party. All members successively met on 18 June 2007 in order to decide the rules regarding the election of the first leader and the 2,400 members of the Constituting Assembly. A method was chosen in order to associate lists with leadership candidates. In order to run into the election, a number of 100 signatures were needed, whereas at least 2,000 approved signatures were requested to run into the leadership race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race\n30 July 2007 was the deadline for presenting leadership candidacies. All candidates were requested to be clearly associated with the Democratic Party project, as either members of the political subjects forming it or with no party association at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race\nOn the 30 July deadline, a total of eleven candidates officially registered their candidacy: Walter Veltroni, Rosy Bindi, Enrico Letta, Furio Colombo, Marco Pannella, Antonio Di Pietro, Mario Adinolfi, Pier Giorgio Gawronski, Jacopo G. Schettini, Lucio Cangini and Amerigo Rutigliano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race\nOf these, Pannella and Di Pietro were stopped because of their involvement in external parties, whereas Cangini and Rutigliano did not manage to present the necessary 2,000 valid signatures for the 9pm deadline, and Colombo's candidacy was instead made into hiatus in order to give him 48 additional hours to integrate the required documentation; Colombo later decided to retire his candidacy citing his impossibility to fit with all the requirements. All rejected candidates had the chance against the decision in 48 hours' time, with Pannella and Rutigliano being the only two candidates to appeal against it. Both were rejected on 3 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race\nAll polls predicted a clear victory for Veltroni in the election, with results ranging from 65% to 75% circa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race\nOn 26 September 2007, Jacopo G. Schettini retired and announced he was moving his support to Gawronski, running alongside him for the party leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 74], "content_span": [75, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Accepted candidacies\nWalter Veltroni was the incumbent Mayor of Rome and a former Democrats of the Left party leader. His candidacy was publicly requested on 20 June by incumbent Democrats of the Left leader Piero Fassino, who publicly asked Walter Veltroni, being suggested by several opinion polls suggesting Veltroni could potentially win hands down the leadership race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Accepted candidacies\nVeltroni officially announced his intention to run at a widely publicized rally in Turin on 27 June. He ran in a joint ticket with deputy-leadership candidate Dario Franceschini, Olive Tree speaker at the Chamber of Deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Accepted candidacies\nRosaria \"Rosy\" Bindi was part of the Prodi II Cabinet as Minister of Family (a minister without portfolio) for Democracy is Freedom \u2013 The Daisy. She announced her candidacy on 16 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Accepted candidacies\nEnrico Letta was the incumbent undersecretary in the Prodi II Cabinet, and a leading member of Democracy is Freedom \u2013 The Daisy. 40-year-old Letta announced his candidacy via a video posted online on his personal website on 24 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 96], "content_span": [97, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Rejected and withdrawn candidacies\nMarco Pannella was a historical leader of the Italian Radicals. He announced his intention to run for the party leadership on 21 July, but this was refused by the Presidency Office. Despite this, Pannella kept on campaigning for his candidacy and received support from Minister of International Commerce and fellow Radical Emma Bonino, who offered herself to campaign as potential deputy leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Rejected and withdrawn candidacies\nOn the night of 30 July, a few minutes shy of the deadline, incumbent Minister of Infrastructures and Italy of Values party leader Antonio Di Pietro was officially unveiled as entering the race. His candidacy was however refused due to his commitments to Italy of Values.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190862-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Events, Leadership race, Rejected and withdrawn candidacies\nFurio Colombo was an elected Senator for Democrats of the Left, and former editor-in-law for left-wing newspaper L'Unit\u00e0. He announced his candidacy on 15 July with an article published on L'Unit\u00e0 itself. His candidacy was initially made into hiatus by the Organizing Committee due to his failure in presenting the original copy of many of the requested 2,000 signatures. Colombo then announced his withdrawal from the competition, citing his impossibility to leave Rome in the days to come due to his Senate commitments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 110], "content_span": [111, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190863-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary\nThe 2007 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary was the selection process by which the Democratic Progressive Party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) chose its candidate for the 2008 presidential election. The DPP candidate for president was selected through a series of member of the party in Thursday, 19 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190864-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo Senate election\nElections to the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were held on 19 January 2007, though they had originally been scheduled for 16 January. The members of the Senate were chosen through indirect election by the members of the provincial assemblies; the delay was a result of the difficulties in choosing traditional chiefs to fill the places reserved for them in the provincial assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190864-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo Senate election, Results\nBemba, who had placed second in the 2006 presidential election, won a Senate seat from the capital, Kinshasa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190865-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections\nGubernatorial elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 27 January 2007 (with 30 January planned as a possible date for a second round, if necessary), though they were originally scheduled for 16 January and 19 January. The governors and vice-governors were chosen through indirect election by the members of the provincial assemblies; the delay was a result of the difficulties in choosing traditional chiefs to fill the places reserved for them in the provincial assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190865-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections\nThe second round of voting would only have been necessary in those cases where no candidate had received an absolute majority in the first round, which was not the case anywhere. However, voting was rescheduled in Kasai-Occidental and Kasai-Oriental on 10 February to 15 February, because the Union of the Nation candidates were disqualified because they held dual citizenship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190865-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections\nElections were held only for the current eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; once the reorganisation into twenty-six provinces has been passed into law in 2009, elections will be held for the fifteen new gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial posts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190865-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections, Governors elected\nBoth of the independents and the RCD governor are allied with Kabila, which means that the opposition managed to attain the post of governor in only one province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 80], "content_span": [81, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190865-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections, Protests in Bas-Congo\nIn the province of Bas-Congo, the pro-government independent candidate, Simon Mbatshi, won 15 votes against the opposition MLC candidate, Fuka Unzola, who obtained 14 votes. Opposition activists held protests alleging vote-buying and chanting \"Congo can't be rebuilt on corruption\". Clashes between the police and Bundu dia Kongo, an opposition secessionist religious group, lead to 134 deaths. The results were annulled on 8 February by an appeals court, but its findings were then overturned by the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 17 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 84], "content_span": [85, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190866-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Denmark Open darts\n2007 Denmark Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Denmark in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190867-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Denmark Super Series\nThe 2007 Denmark Super Series is the ninth tournament (orgy) of the 2007 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Odense, Denmark from October 23 to October 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season\nThe 2007 season was the Denver Broncos' 38th in the National Football League and their 48th overall. A loss to the Houston Texans in Week 15 and a win by the San Diego Chargers the following Sunday knocked them out of playoff contention, marking the second year in a row they failed to make the playoffs. The Broncos' 7\u20139 record was the worst since 1999, their last losing season (when they went 6\u201310).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Offseason\nThe 2006\u20132007 off-season began as two members of the team died in less than two months after the season ended. Cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in his H2 limousine on New Year's Day, just a few hours after the Broncos last game of the 2006 season. Soon after, Broncos 3rd string running back Damien Nash collapsed and died in a pick-up basketball game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Offseason\nThe Broncos traded running back Tatum Bell and offensive tackle George Foster to the Detroit Lions for former Pro Bowl cornerback Dre' Bly to compensate for the loss of Williams. In addition to the trade for Bly, the Broncos had made a trade to the Miami Dolphins for Dan Wilkinson, only to have that trade voided because Wilkinson did not show up to Denver for his scheduled physical.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Offseason\nDenver added running back Travis Henry, fullback Thump Belton, and tight end Daniel Graham through free agency. The team released linebacker Al Wilson during the month of April for health and salary cap reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Offseason\nDenver also signed backup WR Brandon Stokley from the Indianapolis Colts and P/Kickoff Specialist Todd Sauerbrun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Offseason\nSigned K Brandon Pace (Virginia Tech) and C Mark Fenton (Colorado) on May 7. Released OL Tim Duckworth on May 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Bills scored first on a 74-yard kick return by Roscoe Parrish. Denver then answered with a 10 play drive that led to a field goal by Jason Elam, making it 7\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the second quarter Denver scored first with a 48-yard field goal. Bills kicker Rian Lindell then missed a 45-yard field goal. The Broncos drove deep into Bills territory at the close of the half but Cutler threw an interception to end the drive. The Bills then drove into Denver territory and tried a long field goal but failed due to a false start, then ended the half with an interception thrown to Elvis Dumervil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nOn the opening kickoff for the second half, a scary injury occurred to Bills TE Kevin Everett, as he suffered a cervical spine injury while making a tackle on Domenik Hixon. Everett later underwent surgery that day. On September 11, 2007, Everett showed significant movement in his arms and legs, which led doctors to speculate that he might eventually be able to walk again. Indeed, Everett walked in public for the first time at Ralph Wilson Stadium before the home finale against the New York Giants on December 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Broncos began the second half with a drive that ended with a missed 50-yard field goal. The Bills then made a nine play drive that ended with a 23-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch. The Broncos responded with a drive ending with a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. They then attempted to tie the game with a two-point conversion but failed with an incomplete pass to Javon Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nThe fourth quarter had little scoring. Elam missed a field goal, but the Bills failed to score or run out the clock, giving Denver the ball with a little over two minutes to play. After an ill-advised lateral bounced free, (saved by rookie back Selvin Young smartly batting the loose ball out of bounds) the Bronco's faced a seemingly insurmountable 3rd and 23 to go. Cutler immediately turned in the best clutch performance of his NFL career to date, one that drew comparisons to John Elway by both sportswriters and teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 1: at Buffalo Bills\nCutler's drive included two fourth down conversions to drive deep into Bills' territory, where, with no time outs, they rushed the field goal unit onto the field with ten seconds left and the clock ticking down. Execution by the field goal unit allowed Jason Elam to kick the game winning 42-yard field goal just as the clock ticked to 0:00. Buffalo ended up leading the game for over 51 minutes of the contest. Denver lead for one second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the first quarter, the Broncos were the first to score with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Cutler to WR Brandon Stokley after taking the ball from the Raiders with an interception by Alex Ludwig. The second quarter began with another interception by Marcus Thomas after a deflection by John Lynch. The game was then halted due to lightning, but resumed after several minutes. Denver failed to capitalize however, with Cutler throwing an interception that led to a Raider field goal by Sebastian Janikowski. Later however the Broncos capitalized on a 40-yard run by Selvin Young, finishing the drive with a 4-yard touchdown by Cecil Sapp. The Broncos then forced a punt by Oakland and drove for a 23-yard field goal by Elam, putting them up 17\u20133 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nDenver began the second half with a drive that ended with a missed field goal by Elam. The Raiders responded with a 46-yard touchdown pass from Josh McCown to Jerry Porter. They then kicked an onside kick which they recovered but failed to drive due to penalties. However Gerard Warren then sacked Cutler in the end zone for a safety to begin the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nOaklend punted on their next possession, but Cutler threw an interception to Thomas Howard who returned it 44 yards for a score. Oakland made a two-point conversion, making it 20\u201317 Oakland. Later in the quarter Elam kicked a 20-yard field goal with 2:12 in time remaining to tie to score at 20\u201320. The Raiders failed to score, throwing an interception to Dre Bly to send the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe Broncos won the coin toss to get the ball first in overtime, but failed to score, punting it to Oakland. Raider Lamont Jordan then broke a 33-yard run to set up a 52-yard field goal attempt by Janikowski. Denver called time out just before the Raiders got the snap off and so Janikowski's successful kick did not count. On his next attempt he hooked it left, giving Denver the ball. The Broncos then drove to the Oakland 4-yard line, then kicked a game-winning field goal by Elam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nFollowing their OT win over the Raiders, the Broncos stayed at home for an intraconference duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. After a scoreless first quarter, Denver trailed early as Jaguars QB David Garrard completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams. The Broncos tied the game with QB Jay Cutler completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Nate Jackson. However, Jacksonville took the lead with FB Greg Jones getting a 4-yard TD run, while kicker John Carney nailed a 19-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Denver continued to trail as the Jaguars increased its lead with Carney's 27-yard field goal, which was the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos attempted a comeback with RB Travis Henry getting a 6-yard TD run. However, Jacksonville sealed their win with Carney kicking an 18-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 4: at Indianapolis Colts, Game summary\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Jaguars, the Broncos flew to the RCA Dome for an intraconference fight with the defending-Super Bowl champions, the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Denver galloped to an early lead with kicker Jason Elam getting a 35-yard field goal, along with QB Jay Cutler (Indiana native) complete a 7-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. In the second quarter, the Colts responded with RB Joseph Addai got a 14-yard TD run. The Broncos replied with Elam kicking a 22-yard field goal, yet Indianapolis took the lead with QB Peyton Manning completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 4: at Indianapolis Colts, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, Denver began to struggle as Manning got a 1-yard TD run, along with completing a 3-yard TD pass to Clark. The Broncos got close with Cutler getting a 2-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, the Colts sealed their win with Manning completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, along with kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 5: vs San Diego Chargers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Colts, the Broncos went home for a Week 5 divisional duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as Chargers QB Philip Rivers got a 2-yard TD run, while LB Brandon Siler returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Chargers continued its offensive revival with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 26-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Broncos got their only score of the game, as kicker Jason Elam got a 30-yard field goal. San Diego ended the half with Kaeding nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 5: vs San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, Denver continued to get pounded with Rivers completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates and a 15-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. In the fourth quarter, San Diego sealed their victory with RB Michael Turner getting a 74-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 5: vs San Diego Chargers\nWith their third-straight loss, not only did the Broncos fall to 2\u20133 entering their bye week, but the loss marked their worse home loss since losing to the Kansas City Chiefs 56\u201310 on Oct 23, 1966. The 38-point deficit also marked Denver's worst home loss since the AFL-NFL merger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their bye week, the Broncos stayed at home for a Sunday night intraconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early with Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller. Denver responded with QB Jay Cutler completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley. In the second quarter, the Broncos took the lead with Cutler's 1-yard TD pass to FB Cecil Sapp, along with rookie DE Tim Crowder returning a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Steelers tried to come back with Roethlisberger completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes. Denver answered with Cutler completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh managed to tie the game with Roethlisberger completing a 13-yard TD pass to TE Matt Spaeth and a 12-yard TD pass to Miller. Kicker Jason Elam came through for the third time this year as he nailed the game-winning 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith their three-game skid snapped, the Broncos improved to 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers\nComing off their Sunday night home win over the Steelers, the Broncos stayed at home for a Monday Night interconference fight with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, Denver took the early lead with QB Jay Cutler completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. The Packers responded with QB Brett Favre completing a 79-yard TD pass to WR James Jones. In the second quarter, Green Bay took the lead with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 19-yard and a 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Broncos began to rally as kicker Jason Elam got a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Denver managed to get a last-second 21-yard field goal from Elam to send the game into overtime. On the Packers' first play of the period, Favre sealed the win with an 82-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, not only did the Broncos fall to 3\u20134, but it also marked the first time in franchise history that they lost to Green Bay at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 9: at Detroit Lions\nHoping to rebound from their Monday Night loss to the Packers, the Broncos flew to Ford Field for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as Lions kicker Jason Hanson managed to get a 43-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Broncos continued to struggle as Hanson gave Detroit a 53-yard field goal, while QB Jon Kitna completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Mike Furrey. The Lions ended the half with Hanson kicking a 38-yard field goal. Even worse, starting QB Jay Cutler (3/4 for 20 yards) left the game with a lower left leg injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 9: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, Detroit continued to destroy Denver as DE Dewayne White returned a fumble 3 yards for a touchdown, while Kitna completed a 49-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. In the fourth quarter, the Lions finished their job as NT Shaun Rogers returned an interception 66 yards for a touchdown, while RB T. J. Duckett got a 3-yard TD run. The Broncos prevented a shutout when QB Patrick Ramsey completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 9: at Detroit Lions\nThis was the second time this year that the Broncos lost by at least 37 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 10: at Kansas City Chiefs\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Broncos flew to Arrowhead Stadium for an AFC West duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood with kicker Jason Elam getting a 44-yard field goal. The Chiefs responded with kicker Dave Rayner getting a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Broncos trailed as K.C. Safety Bernard Pollard blocked a punt that was deep in Denver territory. The ball rolled out the back of the end zone for a safety. The Broncos respond with Elam kicking a 50-yard field goal. However, the Chiefs regained the lead prior to halftime as Rayner kicked a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 10: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, Denver retook the lead as rookie RB Selvin Young got a 20-yard TD run, along with LB Nate Webster returning a fumble 58 yards for a touchdown. Kansas City answered with Rayner nailing a 39-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos closed out the game with QB Jay Cutler completing an 18-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 10: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, not only did Denver improve to 4\u20135, but it also marked their first win at Arrowhead Stadium since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Tennessee Titans\nComing off an impressive divisional road win over the Chiefs, the Broncos went home for a Week 11 Monday Night intraconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood with QB Jay Cutler completing a 48-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley, along with WR/PR Glenn Martinez returning a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Titans got on the board with QB Vince Young completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. Afterwards, the Broncos regained some of their lead with kicker Jason Elam getting a 21-yard and a 39-yard field goal. Tennessee ended the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 56-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Denver responded with Cutler completing a 41-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. The Titans replied with Young getting a 4-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee drew closer as Bironas nailed a 37-yard field goal. The Broncos got the victory with rookie RB Andre Hall getting a 62-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 12: at Chicago Bears\nComing off their home win over the Titans, the Broncos flew to Soldier Field for a Week 12 interconference duel with the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as Bears kicker Robbie Gould managed to get a 24-yard field goal. The Broncos repliedy with kicker Jason Elam getting a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Denver took the lead with rookie RB Andre Hall getting a 16-yard TD run, while Chicago replied with Gould kicking a 44-yard field goal. The Broncos ended the half with Elam kicking a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 12: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, Denver lost its lead as WR/KR/PR Devin Hester returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown. The Broncos answered with FB Cecil Sapp getting a 5-yard TD run, but the Bears immediately struck back as Hester returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. Denver regained the lead as Cutler completed a 68-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos increased their lead with Cutler completing a 14-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. However, Chicago tied the game with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 4-yard TD run, while QB Rex Grossman completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. In overtime, the Bears sealed Denver's fate as Gould nailed the game-winning 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 13: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their embarrassing road loss to the Bears, the Broncos went to home McAfee Coliseum for an AFC West rematch with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as QB Josh McCown completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Tim Dwight. The Broncos replied with RB Travis Henry getting a 4-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Oakland regained the lead with TE Zach Miller for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 13: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the Raiders continued their domination with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 38-yard field goal, while McCown completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter. The Broncos continued to try to keep up with kicker Jason Elam getting a 29-yard and a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Denver tried to come back as Henry got a 3-yard TD run. However, Oakland sealed the win with Janikowski nailing a 44-yard field goal and RB Justin Fargas getting a 5-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 13: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the game, Denver committed 4 turnovers (2 interceptions and 2 lost fumbles), which is tied as a season-worst for the Broncos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Broncos went home for a Week 14 AFC West rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Denver drew first blood as QB Jay Cutler completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley, while RB Travis Henry got a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chiefs got their only score of the game with QB Brodie Croyle completing a 15-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nAfterwards, the Broncos took over as Cutler completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall, while kicker Jason Elam managed to get a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Denver pulled away as Elam nailed another 37-yard field goal, while Cutler completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham, along with a 13-yard TD pass to Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nAlso with this win, it improved Denver's divisional home record since 2001 to 18\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 15: at Houston Texans\nComing off their dominating home win over the Chiefs, the Broncos flew to Reliant Stadium for a Thursday night intraconference duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Denver trailed early as QB Sage Rosenfels got a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Broncos got on the board as kicker Jason Elam managed to get a 41-yard field goal. Houston responded with kicker Kris Brown getting a 41-yard field goal. Denver ended the half with Elam nailing a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190868-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Week 15: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Texans increased their lead as RB Ron Dayne managed to get a 6-yard TD run. The Broncos responded with QB Jay Cutler completing a 12-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. However, in the fourth quarter, Houston sealed the win as Rosenfels completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, while FB Vonta Leach got a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190869-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Outlaws season\nThe 2007 Denver Outlaws season was the second season for the Outlaws in Major League Lacrosse. Coming off of their first season in the league and losing in the championship, the Outlaws would finish with a 7\u20135 record and return to the playoffs for the second consecutive year. However, the Outlaws were unable to avenge themselves from the previous year's championship game and lost to the Philadelphia Barrage in the semifinal by the score of 13\u201312 in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190869-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver Outlaws season, Offseason\nThe Outlaws acquired Drew Westervelt, the 4th overall pick from UMBC in the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. They have also hired Jim Beardsmore, who replaced Jarred Testa as new head coach", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190870-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Denver mayoral election\nThe 2007 Denver mayoral election was held on May 1, 2007. Since John Hickenlooper obtained an absolute majority of the vote in the initial round of voting, no runoff was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190871-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Derby City Council election\nThe 2007 Derby City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190871-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Derby City Council election\nThe election saw the Conservative Party gain a seat in Chaddesden from the Labour Party. The Labour Party gained one in Darley from the Liberal Democrats. Following the election Labour continued to run the council after they and the Conservatives agreed to continue their agreement, with the Conservatives retaining 3 seats in the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190872-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election\nThe 2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Derbyshire Dales District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190872-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained one seat from Labour in the only change at the election to take them to 26 seats. 10 of the Conservatives had been guaranteed seats before the election as they had no opponents. The Liberal Democrats remained on 8 seats, Labour dropped to 4 seats and there continued to be 1 independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190872-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Masson\nA by-election was held in Masson on 6 December 2007 after the death of Labour councillor John March. The by-election was won by Conservative Garry Purdy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 91], "content_span": [92, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190872-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Matlock St Giles\nA by-election was held in Matlock St Giles on 4 June 2009 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Tony Rosser. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Cate Hopkinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 101], "content_span": [102, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190872-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Derbyshire Dales District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Winster & South Darley\nA by-election was held in Winster and South Darley after Conservative councillor John Moseley stepped down to join the Peak District National Park Authority. The seat was gained for Labour by Colin Swindell, who became the then youngest councillor on Derbyshire Dales Council at the age of 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 107], "content_span": [108, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190873-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Derry county football team season\nThe following is a summary of Derry county football team's 2007 season. Details of the 2007 Derry club competitions are also shown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190873-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Derry county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup\nDerry were drawn in Section B of the 2007 Dr McKenna Cup alongside Cavan, Tyrone and Queens University Belfast. Manager Paddy Crozier used the competition as a chance to give inter-county experience to some young promising players, alongside more experienced players. Derry lost to Cavan and Tyrone, before defeating QUB in their final group game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190873-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Derry county football team season, National Football League\nDerry competed in Division 1B of the 2007 Allianz National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190873-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Derry county football team season, Club scene\nGlenullin won the 2007 Derry Senior Football Championship, the club's first since 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190874-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Des Moines mayoral election\nThe 2007 Des Moines mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007 to elect the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. It saw Frank Cownie win reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190875-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas\n2007 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the third edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) held on November 23 \u2013 November 25, 2007. It was won by Michael Schumacher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190875-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas\nIn the qualification for the race Nelson Piquet, Jr. took pole position. The event had two races with points gathered from both races, although the second race gave less points. The first eight finishers from the first race were then reversed for the start of the second race with the rest starting the second race as they were classified in the first race. Race one winner was Michael Schumacher and the second race was won by Lucas di Grassi. After the two races Michael Schumacher had gathered the most points (35) ahead of Luciano Burti (33 points) and Lucas di Grassi (31 points). Thus, he was declared the champion in his first participation of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190876-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Desert 400\nThe 2007 Desert 400 was the twelfth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 1 to 3 November at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190877-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone was an IndyCar Series race that was held on September 2, 2007 on the Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It was the sixteenth race of the 2007 IndyCar Series season. Originally scheduled to run over 90 laps, it was shortened to 89 laps. The race was won by Tony Kanaan for the Andretti Green Racing team. Danica Patrick finished second, and Dan Wheldon clinched third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190877-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nH\u00e9lio Castroneves claimed pole position for the race, and led the race for the first 26 laps. Dario Franchitti look over the lead when Castroneves pitted, and maintained it until lap 49 when he pitted and relinquished the position to Buddy Rice. Rice held the lead for seven laps, before it passed to Patrick, and then back to Franchitti. Kanaan took the lead on lap 70, staying on the track while most of the field pitted after a caution, and remained at the front for the rest of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190877-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nBehind him, Rice was running in second position, but on the penultimate lap of the race, he ran out of fuel and slowed suddenly, causing Scott Dixon to collide with him, and spin the pair into the barriers. Franchitti, who had been just behind the pair, was blocked by the two cars, but kept running and finished in sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190877-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix\nThere were six full course cautions, totaling 19 laps during the race, as a result of which the race was completed in 89 laps, hitting the time limit of 2 hours and 10 minutes, rather than the scheduled 90 laps. It was Kanaan's fifth victory of the 2007 season. Of the 18 drivers that started, 9 were listed as running at the end of the race; six retired after contact, and three retired with mechanical issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season\nThe 2007 Detroit Lions season was the 78th season for the team in the National Football League. After achieving a 6\u20132 record at the halfway mark, the Lions lost seven of their last eight games. They finished with a 7\u20139 record for their seventh consecutive losing season. After the 6\u20132 start, the Lions would go 5\u201347 in their next 52 games, including a 19-game losing streak between Week 17 of 2007 and Week 2 of 2009, which resulted in the first-ever winless 16-game season in 2008. The Lions improved upon their 3\u201313 record in 2006 but failed to make the playoffs once again, extending their postseason drought to eight years. The 7\u20139 record was nonetheless the best record the Lions had in any season under general manager Matt Millen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season\nThe 422 pass completions that Detroit surrendered in 2007 is an NFL record. The 70.1% completion percentage against the Lions defense was the worst in league history until it was broken by the Colts in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Lions began their 2007 campaign on the road in an interconference game against the Oakland Raiders. After a scoreless first quarter, Detroit got off to a fast start in the second quarter. QB Jon Kitna completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams and kicker Jason Hanson connected on a 46-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Lions increased its lead with Kitna completing a 16-yard TD pass to rookie WR Calvin Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 1: at Oakland Raiders\nThe Raiders, however, started to catch up with QB Josh McCown completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry along with RB LaMont Jordan getting a 12-yard TD run. In a wild fourth quarter, Hanson gave Detroit a 46-yard field goal, yet the Raiders took the lead with McCown's 7-yard TD pass to FB Justin Griffith. The Lions hung on to take the lead with Kitna's 32-yard TD pass to WR/PR Shaun McDonald, Hanson kicking a 23-yard field goal, and wrapping it up with RB Tatum Bell getting a 14-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nFollowing their road win over the Raiders, the Lions played their Week 2 home opener against their NFC North rival Minnesota Vikings for the lead in the division. After a scoreless first quarter, Detroit pounced first with QB Jon Kitna completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. The Vikings tied the game with QB Tarvaris Jackson getting a 1-yard TD run. The Lions took the lead prior to halftime with kicker Jason Hanson's 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, when Kitna was temporarily out with a concussion, QB J. T. O'Sullivan came in and completed a 7-yard TD pass to Calvin Johnson to increase Detroit's lead. Minnesota, however, tied the game up with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 32-yard field goal and DE Ray Edwards returning a fumble 9 yards for a touchdown. After both teams failed to score in the fourth quarter, the Vikings got the ball to begin overtime. The Lions forced a fumble nine plays into their drive and eventually got the win with Hanson's 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 3: at Philadelphia Eagles\nFollowing their impressive divisional home win over the Vikings, the Lions flew to Lincoln Financial Field for an intraconference fight with the throwback-clad Philadelphia Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 3: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Eagles RB Brian Westbrook ran 25 yards for a TD. The Lions tied the game on a Kevin Jones 2-yard TD run, but Philadelphia regained the lead with a Westbrook 5 yard TD run, along with QB Donovan McNabb's 68-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis. In the second quarter, the points bonanza continued as McNabb and Curtis hooked up with each other again on a 12-yard TD pass and a 43-yard TD pass to increase the Eagles' lead. Detroit responded with QB Jon Kitna completing TD passes of 11 yards to WR Shaun McDonald and 91 yards to WR Roy Williams. Philadelphia capped the half with McNabb completing a 43-yard TD pass to Westbrook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 3: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the second half, the Eagles took control as RB Correll Buckhalter ran 1 yard for a TD run in the third quarter and RB Tony Hunt ran for a 1-yard TD in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears\nTrying to rebound from their road loss to the Eagles, the Lions went home for an NFC North duel with the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, Detroit drew first blood with kicker Jason Hanson nailing a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the period. However, in the second quarter, the Bears took the lead with QB Brian Griese (Rex Grossman was benched prior to the game) completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Muhsin Muhammad for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, Chicago increased its lead with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 49-yard and a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears\nAfterwards, a high-flying fourth quarter began with QB Jon Kitna completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald, along with DB Keith Smith returning an interception 64 yards for a touchdown, giving the Lions the lead. However, the Bears regained the lead with WR/KR/PR Devin Hester returning a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Detroit retook the lead with Kitna completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Troy Edwards, along with RB Kevin Jones getting a 5-yard TD pass. Chicago came close with Griese completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian. Afterwards, the Lions sealed their impressive victory with TE Casey Fitzsimmons returning an onside kick 41 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Lions\u2019 34 points was the most fourth quarter points in NFL history. There was a combined total of 48 points in the fourth quarter, also an NFL record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 5: at Washington Redskins\nComing off of their surprising home win over the Bears, the Lions flew to FedExField for a Week 5 intraconference duel with the Washington Redskins. Heading into the game, Detroit had never won a game against the Redskins in Washington, D.C. (0\u201320)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 5: at Washington Redskins\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Lions trailed as in the second quarter when Redskins QB Jason Campbell completed a 7-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley, followed by FB Mike Sellers getting a 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Detroit managed to get on the board with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 39-yard field goal. However, Washington came right back with DE Andre Carter sacking Lions QB Jon Kitna in the endzone for a safety. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins sealed Detroit's fate with Campbell completing an 8-yard TD pass to Sellers, kicker Shaun Suisham nailing a 28-yard field goal, and CB Carlos Rogers returning an interception 61 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 5: at Washington Redskins\nWith the loss, not only did the Lions fall to 3\u20132 heading into their bye week, but lessened their record to 0\u201321 against the Redskins in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their bye week, the Lions were at home and wearing their alternate uniforms for a Week 7 duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Detroit attacked first with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 34-yard field goal, along with RB Kevin Jones getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers got on the board with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Ike Hilliard. Afterwards, the Lions ended the half with Hanson kicking a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, Detroit increased its lead with Hanson nailing a 32-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Lions increased its lead with WR Calvin Johnson getting a 32-yard TD run. Afterwards, Tampa Bay worked on a comeback as Garcia completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Maurice Stovall. Later, the Buccaneers recovered their onside kick and eventually turn it into kicker Matt Bryant's 48-yard field goal. But Detroit erased the Buccaneers' hopes of recovering another onside kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the win, the Lions improved to 4\u20132, and also surpassed their 2006 win total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nComing off an impressive home win over the Buccaneers, the Lions flew to Soldier Field for Round 2 of their NFC North duel with the Chicago Bears. After a scoreless first quarter, Detroit jumped into the lead with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 26-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Lions increased its lead with RB Kevin Jones getting a 4-yard TD run, while Hanson nailed a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Bears threatened Detroit's lead as QB Brian Griese completed a 20-yard TD pass to TE Greg Olsen for the only score of the period. Fortunately, in the fourth quarter, the Lions held on to win as Hanson got a 20-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nDetroit's defense was a huge part of this victory, as they intercepted Griese four times, including three times in the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 8: at Chicago Bears\nWith their first season-sweep over Chicago since 2004, the Lions improved to 5\u20132. As a result of their winless 2008 and 2\u201314 2009 seasons, this became the Lions\u2019 last win on the road until Week 15 of the 2010 season. This also remained their most recent win over a division rival until Week 14 of the 2010 season when the Lions beat the Packers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off their season-sweeping road win over the Bears, the Lions went home for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Detroit attacked first with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 43-yard field goal for the first score of the game. In the second quarter, the Lions increased their lead with Hanson kicking a 53-yard field goal and QB Jon Kitna completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Mike Furrey. Detroit ended the half with Hanson kicking a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Lions continued their domination as DE Dewayne White returned a fumble 3 yards for a touchdown and Kitna completed a 49-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. In the fourth quarter, Detroit sealed Denver's doom with NT Shaun Rogers returning an interception 66 yards for a touchdown and RB T. J. Duckett scoring on a 3-yard TD run. The Broncos avoided getting shut out as QB Patrick Ramsey completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the win, the Lions improved to 6\u20132 for the first time since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their blowout home win over the Broncos, the Lions flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 10 duel with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Detroit struck first with RB Kevin Jones getting a 4-yard TD run. The Cardinals responded with kicker Neil Rackers nailing a 23-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Lions trailed as Arizona QB Kurt Warner completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, while back-up QB Tim Rattay completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Cardinals increased their lead with Warner completing a 16-yard TD pass to Pope. Detroit responded with QB Jon Kitna completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. In the fourth quarter, Arizona sealed the win with Warner hooking up with Fitzgerald again on a 20-yard TD pass. The Lions' last score for the game was another 7-yard TD pass from Kitna to Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nAlong with committing 5 out the game's 9 turnovers, the Lions' rushing attack was held to an embarrassing \u221218 yards (the fewest in one game since 1946).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, Detroit fell to 6\u20133. This defeat marked the beginning of a stretch through week 13 of 2010 in which they went 5\u201347, which at the time was the worst 52-game stretch in NFL history. This mark has since been passed by the Cleveland Browns, who went 4\u201348 from 2014 to 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. New York Giants\nHoping to rebound from their tough road loss to the Cardinals, the Lions went home for a Week 11 intraconference duel with the New York Giants. In the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes managed to get a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Lions continued to trail as QB Eli Manning completed a 10-yard TD pass to RB Brandon Jacobs as the only score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, Detroit managed to get on the board with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 42-yard field goal, but New York responded with Tynes kicking a 46-yard field goal. In the fourth period, the Giants increased their lead with Tynes nailing a 20-yard field goal. The Lions tried to mount a comeback as QB Jon Kitna completed a 35-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson, but New York managed to hold on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Lions stayed at home for a Week 12 Thanksgiving divisional duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, Detroit took the early lead as kicker Jason Hanson got a 47-yard and a 41-yard field goal. However, in the second quarter, the Packers took the lead as QB Brett Favre completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings, along with RB Ryan Grant getting a 5-yard TD run. The Lions tried to respond as Hanson kicked a 45-yard field goal, yet Green Bay answered with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 20-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Packers increased their lead with Favre completing a 4-yard TD pass to Jennings. Detroit continued to try to come back as Hanson kicked a 52-yard FG, yet Green Bay was one step ahead as Favre completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Ruvell Martin. In the fourth quarter, the Packers added to their lead with Crosby kicking a 20-yard field goal. The Lions tried to mount a comeback as QB Jon Kitna completed a 6-yard TD pass to rookie WR Calvin Johnson, along with RB Kevin Jones getting a 1-yard TD run. However, Green Bay sealed the win with Crosby nailing a 26-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith their third-straight loss (along with their fourth-straight Thanksgiving loss), Detroit fell to 6\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings\nTrying to snap a three-game losing skid, the Lions flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 13 NFC North rematch with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Vikings RB Chester Taylor managed to get a 2-yard TD run. The Lions got on the board with kicker Jason Hanson nailing a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Minnesota replied with RB Adrian Peterson scoring a TD, but Detroit responded with QB Jon Kitna completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE/FB Casey Fitzsimmons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings\nHowever, the Vikings immediately began a pounding with WR Aundrae Allison returning the kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown, while QB Tarvaris Jackson completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Wade, along with a 2-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. In the third quarter, Minnesota ended its day with Peterson getting a 13-yard TD run for the only score of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nTrying to end a four-game skid, the Lions went home for a Week 14 intraconference duel with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Detroit struck first with RB T.J. Duckett getting a 32-yard TD run, while kicker Jason Hanson getting a 19-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Cowboys got on the board with RB Marion Barber getting a 20-yard TD run. The Lions responded with Hanson nailing a 36-yard field goal, while RB Kevin Jones getting a 2-yard TD run. Dallas ended the half with QB Tony Romo completing an 8-yard TD pass to Barber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Detroit replied with Jones getting a 3-yard TD run for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys came back and won with Barber getting a 1-yard TD run, followed by Romo\u2019s 16-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith their fifth straight loss, the Lions fell to 6\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers\nTrying to snap a five-game slide, the Lions flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 15 interconference duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Detroit trailed early as Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson managed to get a 6-yard TD run, kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 22-yard field goal, and Tomlinson getting a 2-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Lions' struggles continued as Kaeding kicked a 22-yard field goal and LB Shaun Phillips returning an interception 18 yards for a touchdown. The Lions got on the board with QB Jon Kitna completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Middleton. San Diego ended the half with QB Philip Rivers completing a 1-yard TD to TE Brandon Manumaleuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers continued their domination as RB Darren Sproles managed to get a 1-yard TD run, while Kaeding nailed a 45-yard field goal. Detroit replied via Kitna's 17-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. In the fourth quarter, San Diego sealed the win with Sproles getting an 11-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 15: at San Diego Chargers\nWith their sixth-straight loss, the Lions fell to 6\u20138 and were eliminated from playoff contention the next day when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears 20\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nTrying to halt a six-game losing streak, the Lions returned home to Ford Field for an interconference matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. Detroit got on the board early with a T.J. Duckett 11-yard TD run and a safety off a blocked Dustin Colquitt punt. In the second quarter, the Lions opened up a 19\u20130 lead with a Jason Hanson field goal and a Paris Lenon interception return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nKansas City fought back with a Jackie Battle 3-yard run and a 1-yard pass from Damon Huard to Jared Allen to make it 19\u201314, but the Lions\u2019 Jason Hanson added two more field goals in the second half and the Chiefs could not convert a two-point conversion to Tony Gonzalez in the 3rd after a Dwayne Bowe receiving TD. Detroit held Kansas City off 25\u201320, ending their long skid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, the Lions improved to 7\u20138, 5\u20133 at home. This remained the Lions last regular-season victory until the third week of the 2009 season, when they would beat the Washington Redskins 19\u201314 after nineteen consecutive losses including all sixteen games in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 74], "content_span": [75, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 17: at Green Bay Packers\nLooking for their first win in the state of Wisconsin since 1991, the Lions headed to Lambeau Field for their second game of the year against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, after a Jason Hanson FG, Ryan Grant and Koren Robinson both scored touchdowns to make it 14\u20133 Green Bay. In the second quarter, Bubba Franks caught a 4-yard pass from Brett Favre to make it 21\u20133, but Shaun McDonald scored on a 30-yard pass from Jon Kitna to make it 21\u201310 at halftime. The teams exchanged field goals to start the third quarter, but on 4th and 2, Craig Nall found Ruvell Martin for a 32-yard score, putting the Packers up 31\u201313, icing the game. Rookie Mason Crosby added another FG in the fourth to seal up a 34\u201313 win for the Packers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190878-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Week 17: at Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, Detroit closes out the season finishing 7\u20139", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190879-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Shock season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the tenth for the Detroit Shock. The Shock qualified for the WNBA Finals for the second consecutive year, losing to the Phoenix Mercury in 5 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190879-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Shock season, Player stats\nNote: GP= Games played; FG = Field Goals; MIN= Minutes; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190880-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge\nThe 2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch was the tenth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Belle Isle Circuit, Michigan on September 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190880-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season\nThe Detroit Tigers 2007 season ended with the 88-74 Tigers finishing runner-up in the AL Central Division, eight games in back of the AL Central Champion Cleveland Indians. They failed in winning the Wild Card, a task which they achieved in 2006, and going on to win the AL Pennant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season\nAfter a trip to the 2006 World Series that ended with a defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals, the Tigers started the offseason by trading pitchers Humberto S\u00e1nchez, Kevin Whelan, and Anthony Claggett to the New York Yankees for outfielder and designated hitter Gary Sheffield. Plus, they re-signed players from the previous season's team; first baseman Sean Casey, second baseman Omar Infante, outfielder Craig Monroe, left-handed starting pitcher Nate Robertson, and right-handed relief pitcher Fernando Rodney all returned with the Tigers for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Regular season\nAs of July 18, the Tigers had sold 2,712,393 tickets at Comerica Park for the 2007 season, setting a new single-season home attendance record for the team. The previous record had been 2,704,794 customers at Tiger Stadium in 1984. At the end of the season, the Tigers had sold over 3,000,000 tickets for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Regular season, Magglio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez\nMagglio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez had one of the best season by a Detroit Tiger batter in the past 60 years. Magglio's records and accomplishments in 2007 include:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Regular season, Magglio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez\nThe one Tiger hitting season in the past 60 years that exceeds Ordonez's 2007 season is that of Norm Cash in 1961. In 1961, the AL MVP award was given to New York Yankee slugger Roger Maris who hit 61 home runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn October 9, 2007, the Tigers announced that they were picking up the $13 million, fifth-year option on Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez's contract, keeping him on the roster through at least the 2008 season. The Tigers could have bought out the option for $3 million and allowed him to become a free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn October 10, the Tigers returned Rule 5 draftee Edward Campusano to the Chicago Cubs. Campusano spent the entire 2007 season on the 60-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nRelief pitcher Joel Zumaya was injured while at his off-season home in California. While moving boxes during the October 2007 California wildfires, a large box fell on Zumaya, separating his shoulder. Zumaya had surgery to correct the problem and is currently rehabilitating the shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn October 29, first baseman Sean Casey filed for free agency, on the first day players could do so. The team's management had already informed Casey that he would not return to the lineup the following season. The same day, the Tigers acquired shortstop \u00c9dgar Renter\u00eda from the Atlanta Braves, in exchange for pitching prospect Jair Jurrjens and outfielding prospect Gorkys Hern\u00e1ndez. The move paves the way for current shortstop Carlos Guill\u00e9n to move to the vacant spot at first base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn October 30, utility infielder Neifi P\u00e9rez filed for free agency. He had not played since July 5 after being suspended for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn November 12, veteran closer Todd Jones was re-signed to a one-year, $7 million contract. The same day, the Tigers received outfielder Jacque Jones in a trade with the Chicago Cubs for utility man Omar Infante.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn November 30, Kenny Rogers agreed to a one-year, 8-million contract to return to the Tigers. Rogers represented himself in contract negotiations after firing agent Scott Boras on November 17. The contract contains performance bonuses based on how many innings Rogers pitches in 2008. The team also signed free-agent pitcher Francisco Cruceta to a one-year deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn December 5, the Tigers pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Florida Marlins, with starting pitcher Dontrelle Willis and third-baseman Miguel Cabrera arriving from Florida. The Tigers send in exchange backup catcher Mike Rabelo, top outfielding prospect Cameron Maybin, top pitching prospect Andrew Miller, and three other minor leaguers. The same day, the Tigers swapped pitchers with the Colorado Rockies, acquiring Denny Bautista for prospect Jos\u00e9 Capell\u00e1n. Also, the Tigers sent minor-league slugger Chris Shelton to Texas for outfielder Freddy Guzman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nThe Cabrera trade would make current third-baseman Brandon Inge expendable. Inge asked management for a trade, but the team was unable to make a deal. Inge's four-year, $24 million contract, signed before the 2007 season, was partly to blame. Inge would eventually drop the matter and accept the role as a utilityman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn December 6, the Tigers selected minor-league pitchers Juan Cede\u00f1o from the Washington organization and Ben Fritz from the Oakland organization in the Rule 5 draft. The Tigers lost minor-league pitchers Randor Bierd, Corey Hamman and Jose Fragoso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn December 29, the Tigers and Dontrelle Willis signed a three-year, $29 million contract extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn January 16, 2008, the Tigers avoided arbitration with Nate Robertson and signed him to a three-year, $21.25 million contract. He would have been a free agent after the 2009 season. The following day, the Tigers avoided arbitration with outfielder Marcus Thames, signing him to a one-year, $1,275,000 contract. On the 18th, the team was able to avoid arbitration with all of their eligible players by signing Miguel Cabrera to a one-year, $11.3 million contract. Reliever Bobby Seay was given a one-year, $780,000 contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn February 4, center fielder Curtis Granderson signed a 5-year, $30.25 million contract extension, keeping the speedy lead-off man on the roster through at least 2012. There is a team option for 2013.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn February 5, the Tigers completed another trade with the Texas Rangers, sending Class A Lakeland and Class AA Erie outfielder Michael Hernandez in exchange for minor league right-hander Armando Galarraga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, 2007\u201308 offseason events\nOn March 25, the Tigers finalized a long-term contract for Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera signed an eight-year, $152.3 million deal, which is the biggest in Detroit Tigers history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting\n* Player released or traded. Stats only reflect games with Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\n* Player released or traded. Stats only reflect games with Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190881-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\n* Player released or traded. Stats only reflect games with Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters\nThe 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary\nThe season started dramatically with massive crash on opening lap of Hockenheim race. As a result, Tom Kristensen and Alexandre Pr\u00e9mat were forced to sit out races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary\nThe season also included many controversial moments. In Lausitzring, the safety car caught the wrong driver and this shook up race results almost completely. Organizers admitted that Mika H\u00e4kkinen deserved the win and Paul di Resta second place, but other drivers were not in the places where they should have been. As a result, half points were awarded and thus race director Roland Bruynseraede was sacked on 31 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary\nAt Zandvoort, Audi drivers swapped positions in the final straight, giving win to Martin Tomczyk instead of Pr\u00e9mat. Audi boss denied the presence of team orders and instead told that Pr\u00e9mat did the move on his own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary\nAt Barcelona, H\u00e4kkinen collided with Martin Tomczyk and Daniel la Rosa with Mattias Ekstr\u00f6m. This and couple of other incidents caused that all Audi drivers withdrew from the race with nine laps to go. H\u00e4kkinen and la Rosa were excluded from the race (which was meaningless as both drivers retired in the incidents), fined and given 10-place grid penalty for final race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Season summary\nThis was the final season that Vodafone was a front windscreen sponsor as well as Blaupunkt as a front vehicle plate sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Teams and drivers\nThe following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190882-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2022 Half points were awarded at EuroSpeedway because of mistakes by race director during the safety car period. (Points were awarded 5-4-3-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190883-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutschland Tour\nThe 31st edition of the Deutschland Tour cycle race took place in Germany from August 10 to August 18, 2007. It did not start with the traditional prologue but with a normal stage. The race included a team time trial, an individual time trial and seven stages, covering a total of 1,292.5\u00a0km (803.1\u00a0mi). The race began in Saarbr\u00fccken and finished in Hanover. For the second year in a row Jens Voigt held off Levi Leipheimer to take the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190883-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Deutschland Tour, Teams\n23 teams took part. Of the 20 ProTour teams, only Astana did not take part (the team was in crisis from doping results at the 2007 Tour de France). Four non-ProTour teams were given a wildcard invitation: Skil-Shimano, Team Volksbank, Team Wiesenhof-Felt and Elk Haus-Simplon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190884-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dhivehi League, Overview\nVictory Sports Club won the Dhivehi League. New Radiant SC won the Maldives National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500\nThe 2007 Dickies 500 was the 34th race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season and the third to last race in the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup. This race took place on Sunday, November 4, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500, Qualifying\nWith a fast lap at 27.964 sec. at a speed of 193.105\u00a0mph, Chase driver Martin Truex Jr. won his first career pole. On his outside will be points leader Jeff Gordon. Defending race winner Tony Stewart rolls off 15th, defending champion Jimmie Johnson starts 8th, and darkhorse candidate Clint Bowyer starts 29th. Of note, open wheel imports Juan Pablo Montoya and A. J. Allmendinger will roll of 3rd and 5th, a personal best for Allmendinger, and second best for Montoya. Truex also becomes the 17th different driver to win a pole, tying a record originally set in the 1997 season and matched in the 2001 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: #4-Ward Burton, #49-John Andretti, #55-Michael Waltrip, #08-Burney Lamar, #34-Kevin Lepage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500, Race\nThe race would mostly be dominated by Kyle Busch, who led for 153 laps. Chase drivers such as Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, and Truex saw their hopes for title contention end. On the final pit stop Robbie Reiser, Kenseth's crew chief, called his pit crew to only change two tires. This got them the track position, but not very many cars followed their strategy. One of those cars was of Jimmie Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500, Race\nWith four fresh tires, Jimmie hunted down Kenseth and the two of them staged a brilliant and intense duel, staying side by side for more than a lap. Johnson would eventually prevail with two to go and take his third consecutive win and take the points lead away from teammate Jeff Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500, Race\nNine drivers in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup finished in the top 11 of the overall running order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190885-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dickies 500, Other note\nJohnson won his third consecutive race; he has the last two such streaks. He also won three straight in the 2004 season (Charlotte, Martinsville, and Atlanta).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190886-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Division 1 (Senegal)\nThe 2007 Division 1 season was the 42nd of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. The season began on 13 January and finished on 16 September. It was the last year they played at an amateur level, the following would be at a professional level. AS Douanes won their fourth title, the next club to win two consecutive titles. AS Douanes along with Saloum would compete in the 2008 CAF Champions League the following season. ASC Lingu\u00e8re (participated in Division 2) who won the 2007 Senegalese Cup participated in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup, along with Casa Sport, third in the final phase. Under an undecided reason, not a single club was relegated as the number of clubs risen to twenty in the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190886-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Division 1 (Senegal)\nThe season would feature 18 clubs. 305 matches (255 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase) were played and 289 goals were scored (229 in the first phase and 60 in the second phase), more than last season, the average goal of the first phase was one goal per match or less, only two clubs from each group scored more than an average of a goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190886-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Division 1 (Senegal)\nIt was the second time that feature the first and second phases, the first phase featured the group system with a total of 127 matches for each group, the second or final phase would consist of four clubs with a larger total of 50 matches, each club played a total of ten matches and the highest number of points would decide the season's champion. This would be last season to do so, the playoff system would be restored in the following season. The average goal was higher than last season and scored roughly the same as last season, Douanes scored an average of two goals, a total of three clubs scored more than average, the other three scored below. 1/5 of the total goals scored were in the final phase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190886-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Division 1 (Senegal), Overview\nThe league was contested by 18 teams and two groups, the first phase consisted of 9 clubs in each of the two groups and the second and final phase consisted of only four clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190887-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Division 1 (Swedish football)\nThe 2007 Division 1 was contested by 28 teams divided into two groups geographically. Assyriska FF and Qviding FIF won their respective groups, and were thereby promoted to Superettan for the 2008 season. Second place teams FC V\u00e4sby United and \u00c4ngelholms FF were also promoted after having each won their playoffs against teams from Superettan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190887-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Division 1 (Swedish football), Young Player Teams of the Year\nAt the end of each Division 1 season an all-star game is played called \"Morgondagens Stj\u00e4rnor\" (English: \"The Stars Of Tomorrow\"). The two teams playing against each other consist of the best young players from each of the two leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190888-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de B\u00e9isbol\nThe 2007 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de B\u00e9isbol was the 22nd season of the top Spanish baseball league since its establishment. It started on March 2007 and finished on 5 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190888-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de B\u00e9isbol, Format\nThe twelve teams of the league were divided into two groups of six teams each. The first stage consisted in a double round-robin where the three first qualified teams of each group joined the Group 1 for the title and the rest of the teams the group 2 for avoiding relegation to Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190888-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Divisi\u00f3n de Honor de B\u00e9isbol, Format\nIn the second stage only are counted games against rivals of the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190889-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season\nDjurg\u00e5rden will in the 2007 season compete in the Allsvenskan and Swedish Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190889-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season\nThe gold medal was a battle between Djurg\u00e5rden and IFK G\u00f6teborg. Since Djurg\u00e5rden lost last round against Brommapojkarna and G\u00f6teborg beat Trelleborgs FF, G\u00f6teborg was the new champion. Kalmar FF won their last match, and took the second place from Djurg\u00e5rden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190889-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Djurg\u00e5rdens IF season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500\nThe 2007 Dodge Avenger 500, the 58th running of the race that traces its lineage to the 1957 Rebel 300, was the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, a suburb of Florence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500\nThe race was postponed by rain, and was run the following afternoon, May 13 (Mother's Day in the USA), the second race in two weeks to be rained out. Ironically, the first running of this event in 1957 was postponed by rain and delayed a day later to May 12, exactly 50 years to the originally scheduled date of this race. Originally the third night race on the schedule, this also served as the fifth race to use the Car of Tomorrow template .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500\nChevrolet continued to dominate the NASCAR Cup Series like it did during the 1990s and through most of the 2000s. Michael Waltrip continued to have a negative number of points in this race due to his major penalty that was not mitigated until late into the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Spanish-speaking NASCAR fans started to notice Jeff Gordon's dominance in this NASCAR event, making him a close second favorite to Juan Pablo Montoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Last chance for the All-Star Challenge\nThe race served as the final chance for teams and drivers who have not qualified for the Nextel All-Star Challenge to automatically enter that race by winning on the 1.366 mile egg-shaped oval known as \"The Lady in Black\" and \"The Track Too Tough To Tame\". If not, they would have to race in the NEXTEL Open race, as either one of the top two drivers or chosen in a fan vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 62], "content_span": [63, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Abrasive surface\nThe Darlington asphalt has been known to be one of the most abrasive in NASCAR, as the sandpaper-like surface shreds tires limiting their run on the track. This situation was rectified later in 2007 when the entire track was resurfaced. As a result, pit row became a concrete surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Qualifying\nClint Bowyer won the pole position, the first career pole in the Cup series for the driver of the #07 Chevrolet Impala. Greg Biffle, who had won the two previous Darlington races, sat on the outside of Bowyer. Michael Waltrip missed his 10th straight race, while Ken Schrader returned to the field after sitting out the two previous weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Race recap\nJeff Gordon overcame a radiator problem to win the Dodge Avenger 500. The win was his third in the last four races, his sixth win in the Southern 500, and his 78th overall career. Because of the failure, his car emitted steam for the last 50 laps or so of the race. The race was arguably decided most in the pits. Gordon's crew chief, Steve Letarte, kept the #24 Chevy on the track during what would be the final caution of the race, while all other leaders came in for service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Race recap\nMeanwhile, Denny Hamlin was in position for a weekend sweep (he had won on Friday night in the Busch Series Diamond Hill Plywood 200), but a failure to apply lug nuts correctly on the first attempt led to a long pit stop, after which he never regained the lead. Hamlin still led the most laps on this day and finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Race recap\nThe remaining top drivers were in this order: Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bowyer, and Jeff Burton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190890-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Avenger 500, Race recap\nAfter this race, Gordon led Jimmie Johnson by 231 points for the lead. Earnhardt Jr. led Jamie McMurray by 46 points for the 12th and final position in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. However, because of illegal bolts supporting the wing that was discovered in a pre-race inspection, Earnhardt was docked 100 driver points, the team lost 100 owner points and slapped with a $100,000 (US) fine and crew chief Tony Eury, Sr. was suspended until July 4. Because of the penalties, McMurray was elevated to the final Chase position as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400\nThe 2007 Dodge Dealers 400 was the twenty-eighth stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the second in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on September 23, 2007 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware before a crowd of 137,000. Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards won the 400-lap race starting from fifteenth position. His teammate Greg Biffle finished second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400\nAlthough Jimmie Johnson won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying, he was passed by Denny Hamlin on the second lap. Hamlin led for the next 40 laps until Matt Kenseth passed him. Hamlin retook it on the 57th lap and Kurt Busch led from laps 85 to 98 after a pit stop cycle. Kenseth returned to the lead on lap 99, and kept the position for a race-high 169 laps. On lap 207, Edwards took the lead for the first time, and maintained it until Mark Martin overtook him 21 laps later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400\nEdwards did not reclaim the first place until he moved past his teammate Kenseth in the final-third of the race and kept it until Kenseth led six laps before his engine failed. This enabled Edwards to return to the lead, which he held through two red flag periods to clear debris and fluids after two separate accidents to win the race. There were thirteen cautions and fourteen lead changes by nine drivers during the course of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400\nEdwards' victory was his third of the season, the seventh of his career, and the 100th for Roush Fenway Racing. However, Edwards was issued a 25 points penalty after the right-rear of his vehicle was found to be too low in post-race inspection, and it was upheld in a subsequent appeal to the National Stock Car Racing Commission. After the race Jeff Gordon became the new leader of the Drivers' Championship with Tony Stewart advancing to second and Johnson dropping to third. In the Manufactuers' Championship Chevrolet maintained a 57-point lead over Ford. Dodge and Toyota retained third and fourth with eight races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Background\nThe Dodge Dealers 400 was the 28th of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the second in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on September 23, 2007 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, a short tracks that holds NASCAR races. NASCAR makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) short track oval. Its turns are banked at twenty-four degrees; both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the backstretch are banked at nine degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Background\nBefore the race, Jimmie Johnson and teammate Jeff Gordon were tied for the lead in the Drivers' Championship on 5,210 points, with Tony Stewart in third. Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch were fourth and fifth, and Martin Truex, Jr., Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Kurt Busch rounded out the top twelve drivers competing for the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup. Chevrolet led the Manufactuers' Championship with 215 points; Ford was second with 153 points. Dodge was third with 139 points, and Toyota a further 54 behind in fourth. Burton was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Background\nFormer V8 Supercars champion and Busch Series driver Marcos Ambrose was scheduled to drive for Robby Gordon Motorsports after team owner Robby Gordon offered him the seat to make up for an incident between the two in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 Busch Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. However, Ambrose withdrew from the race as his wife Sonja was due to give birth to their second child intermittently. Three part-time season drivers attempted to qualify for the Dover International Speedway round: Sam Hornish Jr. for Penske Racing South, Scott Wimmer in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing vehicle, and Kenny Wallace who filled in for the injured Ricky Rudd in the No. 88 Robert Yates Racing car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Practice and qualification\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 50 minutes and the third 60 minutes. In the first practice session, Johnson was fastest with a lap of 23.423 seconds. Hamlin was 0.071 seconds slower in second, and Tony Raines was third. Martin Truex Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Ragan, Scott Riggs and Gordon occupied positions four to ten. On his first lap on the track, A. J. Allmendinger's engine failed, and his team changed engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Practice and qualification\nForty-nine cars were entered for qualifying on Friday afternoon, according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver was limited to two timed laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Johnson clinched his second pole position of the season, and his first at Dover International Raceway, with the fastest time of 23.261 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Montoya, the highest-placed rookie, who was 0.141 seconds slower, and had the pole position until Johnson's lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Practice and qualification\nHamlin qualified third, Kurt Busch took fourth after improving his car's handling, and the Autism Speaks 400 winner Truex took fifth. Riggs was the fastest driver required to qualify on time in sixth. Rounding out the top ten were Harvick, Labonte, and the Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle and Kenseth. Edwards, another driver in the chase, set the 15th-fastest time, while the winner of the preceding Sylvania 300, Bowyer struggled on his lap en route to 42nd. The six drivers who failed to qualify were Ward Burton, Wimmer, Kevin Lepage, Dave Blaney, Jeremy Mayfield and Hornish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Practice and qualification\nAfter the qualifier, Johnson said, \"It was a great lap. I've had a great car all day today and it was a car that allowed me to balance myself and find more speed, the two things that I asked it to do. Track position is really important here but the thing we really focused on today was getting that first pit stall. So mission accomplished there, but this is just one day of many long ones to come.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Practice and qualification\nOn Saturday morning Hamiln became ill with flu-like symptoms, but he was still fastest in the second practice session with a time of 23.849 seconds. Second was Johnson and third position was taken by Stewart. Kurt Busch duplicated his qualifying result in fourth. Casey Mears set the fifth-quickest time, and Mark Martin was sixth. Positions seven through ten were occupied by Biffle, Gordon, Kenseth and Burton. Of the other drivers in the chase, Kyle Busch was thirteenth, and Edwards recorded the eighteenth-fastest lap. Later that day, Hamlin duplicated his second session result in the final practice session with a 23.946 seconds lap; Kenseth and his teammate Edwards set the second and third-fastest laps. Johnson, Bowyer, Gordon, Jamie McMurray, Martin, Truex and Earnhardt completed the top ten ahead of Sunday's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nLive television coverage of the race began at 1:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in the United States on ABC. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny and clear with the air temperature at 79\u00a0\u00b0F (26\u00a0\u00b0C); a ten percent chance of rain was forecast. Dan Schafer, Pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Hightstown, New Jersey, began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. America's Got Talent finalist Julienne Irwin performed the national anthem, and Chrysler chairman and chief executive officer Robert Nardelli commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Allmendinger moved to the rear of the grid because he changed engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nThe race began at 1:47\u00a0p.m. Johnson maintained by the lead by turning to the right of the track, as Hamlin passed Montoya for second place. On the second lap, Hamlin made contact with Johnson which got the latter loose, and he became the new leader. Montoya ran on the top groove and fell from second to tenth in the first ten laps. The first caution was given on lap 12. David Gilliland tagged the rear of Johnny Sauter's car leaving turn four, sending Sauter into the left-hand side wall on the front stretch, causing heavy damage to his vehicle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nHamlin stayed as the leader at the lap-17 restart. Four laps later, the second caution was necessitated when Ken Schrader spun 360 degrees on the back straightaway after Reed Sorenson bumped him on the exit of turn four. Schrader's car sustained minor damage and he drove to pit road for repairs. Racing resumed on the 24th lap with Hamlin leading Johnson and Kenseth. On lap 27, Johnson lost second place to Kenseth who turned onto the bottom lane. After starting 21st, Earnahrdt was running in ninth by lap 35. Ten laps later, Hamlin was passed for the first position by Kenseth. Gordon moved to eighth after making a pit stop under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nOn lap 54, the third caution was waved for debris on the track. All of the leaders made pit stops for fuel and car adjustments. Michael Waltrip led one lap under caution, before returning it to Hamlin after a pit stop. Hamlin held it at the restart on lap 59. Johnson fell to ninth behind his teammate Gordon as a consequence of the pit stop cycle. Kenseth drew alongside Hamlin and the two began duelling for the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nJust as they were doing so, a fourth caution came out for Kyle Petty who was spun by Schrader in the middle of turn two. Petty avoided contact with a wall alongside the track. The leaders, including Hamlin, elected to make pit stops for fuel and tyres during the caution. A tire from Dale Jarrett's pit stall rolled onto the fast lane of pit road, and several cars avoided striking it. Ragan could not do so as the tire rolled in front of his car and he hit it. The tire went airborne into Waltrip's pit stall, and struck the helmet of gas man Art Harris, causing him to fall to the ground. Harris received medical attention and was transported via ambulance to the infield care center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nKurt Busch won the race off pit road, and led the field back up to speed at the restart on lap 85. Kenseth moved into third six laps later, as Hamlin was battling Mears for fifth. On lap 98, Edwards fell to third when Kenseth overtook him. Kenseth went to the outside lane to pass Kurt Busch for the lead on the 99th lap. Edwards got ahead of Kurt Busch (who was on worn tires because he did not make a pit stop) to move into second position on lap 122.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\n26 laps later, the fifth caution was waved to allow Harris to be transported via ambulance to a local hospital by opening a trackside gate since no tunnels were available. The leaders took the opportunity to make pit stops for fuel and tires. Edwards' team rectified a throttle leakage problem by opening the hood of his car. The race restarted on lap 153 with Kenseth leading Earnhardt and Biffle. Earnhardt dropped to fourth on lap 152 when he got loose, and allowed Kurt Busch and Biffle to pass him. 16 laps later, Biffle passed Kurt Busch for second place. Johnson's rear-right tire shredded on lap 188, glancing the back stretch wall on his way to pit road, where his team changed all four tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nOn lap 204, the sixth caution was prompted when Hamlin hit Petty leaving the fourth turn, sending Petty into the front stretch wall after he spun. Bowyer also ran into Hamlin and damaged the bracket holding his right-front splitter in place. Hamlin had heavy damage to the right-hand side of his car, while the damage to Petty's car was heavy enough to warrant his retirement from the race. The leaders went to pit road to change tires and make car adjustments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nHamlin tried to get back up to speed on the track, but was prevented from doing so because of a broken brake rotor, causing him to return to pit road with no braking. Kenseth led at the lap-212 restart. The seventh caution was promoted 17 laps later as McMurray and Montoya collided on the back stretch. McMurray's right-rear tire was cut from the contact, and he slid up to a wall, before returning to his garage. Some leaders elected to make pit stops for fuel, tires and car adjustments. Kenseth kept the lead at the restart on lap 236. By lap 244, Edwards overtook Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch to get into second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nMartin moved to third on the 253rd lap. Kenseth drove up the track fifteen laps later, and Edwards got underneath him for the lead. Martin moved ahead of Kenseth to take over second on lap 272. Martin caught Edwards by lap 282, and took the lead when Edwards made his first green flag pit stop for four tires and a car adjustment. The first eight drivers were on an alternative pit stop cycle, meaning they remained on track to try and reach the end of the race on one more pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nBiffle, Sorenson, and Kenseth all led during this period. After the pit stops, Edwards overtook his teammate Kenseth for the lead on the 322nd lap. 33 laps later, the eighth caution was deployed when debris was spotted on the track. Most drivers, including Edwards, elected to make pit stops for car adjustments under caution. Kenseth led at the lap-361 restart, but lost it to teammate Edwards two laps later as his engine was failing. That lap, the ninth caution came out for John Andretti who lost control of his car, and made contact with Raines on the back stretch after leaving the second turn. Eight laps later, the race was red-flagged for five minutes for on-track debris and fluid clearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nThe race restarted on lap 364, when a tenth caution was needed for Kenseth whose engine failed. Five laps later, Edwards became the leader, and maintained it at the lap-379 restart. Robby Gordon lost control of his car in the second turn on the 381st lap, and clouted a wall alongside the track, necessitating the eleventh caution. Edwards still led at the restart four laps later. The following lap, a multi-car accident prompted the twelfth caution and later the race's second red flag to clear debris and fluids in turn three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nA car component broke on Kurt Busch's car, and he went into the backstretch wall on lap 386. Truex could not avoid Kurt Busch, and drove into his car, which ricocheted into Sorenson. Kahne could not negotiate his way through and crashed. Other drivers involved were J. J. Yeley, Labonte, Jeff Green, Riggs, Johnson, Elliott Sadler, and Newman. Once series officials lifted the red flag conditions 12 minutes later, some cars made pit stops for repairs and tires to enable them to finish the event. Edwards and Martin stayed on the track, and led the field at the restart on lap 390 with Earnhardt and Biffle third and fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nOn the following lap, Biffle got around Earnhardt to take over third place. Lap 393 had the thirteenth (and final) caution come out for a stray piece of sheet medal from Truex's damaged car that cut his right-front tire and fell on the track. Fifth-placed Kyle Busch and Truex went to pit road for repairs, while the rest of the pack stayed on the track. Edwards held the first position on the lap-397 restart with Martin, Biffle, and Earnhardt in second through fourth. On the lap, Biffle overtook Earnhardt to move into second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race\nEdwards maintained the lead over his teammate Biffle for the remaining three laps to secure his third victory of the season and the seventh of his career. It was the 100th victory for Roush Fenway Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series since Martin won the team's first race at the 1989 AC Delco 500. Edwards' teammate Biffle finished second, ahead of Earnhardt in third, Martin in fourth, and Kyle Busch fifth. Mears, Burton, McMurray, Stewart and Montoya rounded out the top-ten finishers. The race had a total of thirteen cautions and fourteen lead changes by nine drivers. Kenseth's total of 192 laps led was the highest of any driver. His teammate Edwards led three times for a total of 92 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nEdwards appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate his seventh career win in the Nextel Cup Series in front of the crowd of 137,000 spectators; the win earned him US$229,250. Edwards spoke of his enjoyment of the race, \"Those red flags were killing me. I wanted to win bad; this is the Chase, we're in this deal and we've been working hard. A lot of guys are having bad luck and I'm sure we'll get our fair share of that as well but to see Matt Kenseth lose an engine is not good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nWe hope it doesn't happen to us and I'm happy we were able to capitalize today,\" Biffle was satisfied with his second-place finish but said that he felt he could have challenged his teammate towards the end of the race, \"I know he's in the Chase and he had a little cushion [Sunday], and I needed a win pretty bad, but we were going to race him clean, but I wish I had a chance at him. It was a pretty good run for us.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nWe hadn't been running like this all season, so it's nice to be back running decent again.\" Third-placed Earnhardt called it \"an adventurous race\" for him and several drivers, \"We had a lot of luck on our way but we worked really hard to get to where we got. We got a lap down but we were able to get it back. It was a good run for us. It's going to help us getting into the next couple of races.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nAs Hamlin waited for his car to be repaired by his team on pit road, Petty went to him, pulled down the window net, exchanged angry words, and slapped the visor down on Hamlin's helmet. Petty then walked away. Hamlin took off his helmet and followed Petty. Pit crews and series officials separated the pair to prevent a physical confrontation. Hamlin asserted he did not intentionally crash into Petty, and threatened to assault him the next time round, \"You smack me on the helmet and I'm going to punch you in the face, bottom line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nSo I'd like for him to call me some time this week. You don't come to my car. You don't come to my pit. You meet me somewhere else and we'll settle it. I have the utmost respect for Kyle, but don't lay your hands on my head.\" Petty accused Hamlin of not being focused after the latter won the previous day's Busch Series race and questioned his driving ability, \"He needs to think (about) the whole race, not just part of the race. If he can't think for (400) miles, he needs to start pacing himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nMaybe he used all his good stuff (in his Busch Series win).\" Hamlin denied Petty's accusation and said he was more concerned about the Drivers' Championship, \"We're in a clutter of leaders and he's racing his own little battle and some days it's your day and some days it's not. Get out of the way.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nJack Roush on the possible implications the penalty imposed on Carl Edwards would have on the Drivers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nEdwards' car failed post-race inspection because its right-rear was found to be too low by three-eighths of an inch less than the minimum amount allowed by NASCAR. Although NASCAR determined that no malice was committed, it transported Edwards' car to its Research and Development Center in Concord, North Carolina for further analysis. Team owner Jack Roush stated the car was not altered in any form and spoke of his belief that a dent caused the rule violation. Edwards suspected a congratulatory bump from his teammate Biffle caused the car's failed inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nTwo days after the race, Roush Fenway Racing was given penalties for \"actions detrimental to stock car racing\", \"car, car parts, components and/or equipment not conforming to NASCAR rules\" and for the rear of Edwards' car failing to meet the Car of Tomorrow ride height regulations. The penalties included a $25,000 for crew chief Bob Osborne who was placed on probation until December 31, 2007. Edwards and car owner Jack Roush incurred the loss of 25 driver and owner points. Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith stated the team saw no logic to the penalty, which they felt was not fair, and announced their decision to appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nThe penalty attracted criticism from Damian Dottmore of Orange County Register who argued Edwards should have been allowed to keep all the points he scored at Dover and be forced to start from the rear of the grid, citing an earlier case from the Daytona 500 in February when Gordon was penalized for his car violating series regulations. However, The Denver Post's Mike Chambers argued that the penalty should remain consistent in all races after quoting Roush Fenway Racing's opinion on having no more than ten points deducted from a driver in the chase who has been penalized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nThe appeal was heard before a three-member National Stock Car Racing Commission on October 9. All three unanimously upheld NASCAR's original penalty. Afterward, Edwards said he was pleased to have his viewpoint heard, but then called for an arbitrator to preside over the case, \"I was impressed with the guys who came and heard our side of it. They\u2019re all volunteers. It was awesome that they did that. But they are all really appointed by NASCAR, I guess. If I could have brought three or four of my friends to hear it, I\u2019m sure it would have been different.\u201d The final result of the appeal dropped Edwards from third to sixth in the Drivers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190891-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Dodge Dealers 400, Race, Post-race comments\nThe result advanced Gordon to the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 5,340 points. His nearest rival became Stewart who had two less points in second, and Johnson fell to third. Kyle Busch moved to fourth, while Bowyer dropped to fifth. Edwards, Truex, Burton, Harvick, Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Hamlin rounded out the top twelve. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the lead with 219 points. Ford remained in second with 162 points, ahead of Dodge in third with 143 points, and fourth-placed Toyota with 89 points. The race took three hours, 55 minutes and 39 seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.617 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190892-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 30 March\u20131 April 2007. The round at Donington marked World Superbike's 20th anniversary with the first ever meeting being held at the Derbyshire circuit on 3 April 1988. For the 2007 season World Superbike returned to Donington Park for the first time since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190892-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round, Overview\nIn celebration of the 20th anniversary a parade lap of former Superbike stars and champions was organised featuring Fred Merkel, Aaron Slight, Scott Russell, Piergiorgio Bontempi, Peter Goddard, Marco Lucchinelli, Davide Tardozzi, Fabrizio Pirovano, Roger Burnett, James Whitham, Pierfrancesco Chili, Neil Hodgson and John Reynolds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190892-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round, Overview\nOn lap six of the first World Superbike race of the day, Troy Bayliss crashed at Coppice corner. His right hand was momentarily caught between the handle bar and the frame of the motorcycle during the crash; the resulting injury required the surgical removal of the intermediate and distal phalanges of his little finger. In the same incident he also suffered an injury to the groin described by the rider as a split atom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190893-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dover District Council election\nElections to Dover District Council in Kent, England were held on 3 May 2007. This was on the same day as other UK local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190894-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dr McKenna Cup\nThe 2007 Dr McKenna Cup was a Gaelic football competition played under the auspices of Ulster GAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190894-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dr McKenna Cup, Summary\nTyrone were eventually declared the winning team at official level, though the victory was tarnished by their choice of tactics. The team was at one point stripped of the cup for breaking the rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190894-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dr McKenna Cup, Summary\nThey defeated Donegal in the final; however they did so in controversial circumstances while fielding ineligible players and midfielder Kevin Hughes was shown a red card. A month-long dispute over the player eligibility issue ensued, with the matter coming before the Ulster Council. Tyrone were allowed to keep the cup, even though they had earlier been deducted points for exactly the same offence, though not enough to prevent them from winning their group and eliminate them from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190894-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dr McKenna Cup, Summary\nIn the 2008 semi-finals Donegal defeated Armagh and Tyrone defeated Monaghan. The Ulster Council had earlier declared UUJ as semi-finalists in place of Monaghan but they later redid their calculations correctly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190894-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dr McKenna Cup, Summary\nThe tournament also saw former Fermanagh star Rory Gallagher make a substitute appearance and score a late point for Cavan in their victory over Queen's University Belfast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190895-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai 24 Hour\nThe 2007 Dubai 24 Hour was the 2nd running of the Dubai 24 Hour. The event was held on 11 to 13 January at the Dubai Autodrome, United Arab Emirates. The winning car was an A5 class BMW Z4 Coupe run by Duller Motorsport and shared between Jamie Campbell-Walter, Philipp Peter, Dieter Quester and Dirk Werner .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190896-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Sevens\nThe Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on November 30 and December 1 at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, was the first Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190896-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Sevens\nIt was the last Dubai Sevens to be held at the Exiles Ground. Starting in 2008, the tournament moved to The Sevens, a new stadium built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190896-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Sevens\nThe defending series champions New Zealand won the Cup trophy (overall title) over Fiji. Defending Dubai champions South Africa lost in the Cup semifinals. Other trophy winners, in decreasing order of prestige, were Argentina in the Plate, Australia in the Bowl, and Zimbabwe in the Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190897-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 Dubai Duty Free Men's Championship and Dubai Duty Free Women's Championship were the 15th edition of this professional tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP and the Tier II series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from February 19 through 24 for the women, and from February 26 through March 4, 2007 for the men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190897-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships, Review\nThe event was won by Roger Federer in men's singles, Justine Henin in women's singles, Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 in men's doubles, and Cara Black and Liezel Huber in women's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190897-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships, Review\nFor both Federer and Henin, it was their fourth triumph in Dubai and both hold the record for most wins here. Defending champion Rafael Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Youzhny, with Youzhny also defeating Nadal in the 2006 US Open quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190897-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships, Champions, Men's doubles\nFabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonji\u0107 def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, 7\u20135, 6\u20137(3\u20137), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190897-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships, Champions, Women's doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber def. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190898-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek to win men's doubles at the 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190899-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Men's Singles\nFirst-seeded Roger Federer defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-3 to win the 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190900-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Peschke partnered with Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1, but lost in the quarterfinals to Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Ai Sugiyama. Schiavone partnered with Katarina Srebotnik, but lost in the semifinals to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alicia Molik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190900-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 7\u20136(6), 6\u20134, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alicia Molik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190901-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin defended her title, beating Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo in the final, 6\u20134, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190901-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190902-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai World Cup\nThe 2007 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 31 March 2007. It was the 12th running of the Dubai World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190902-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai World Cup\nThe winner was Hamdan Al Maktoum's Argentinian-bred Invasor, a five-year-old brown horse trained in the United States by Kiaran McLaughlin and ridden by Fernando Jara. Curlin's victory was the first in the race for his jockey and trainer and the second for Hamdan Al Maktoum, who had won the race with Almutawakel in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190902-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dubai World Cup\nOriginally trained in Uruguay, Invasor won the local Triple Crown before being bought by Hamdan Al Maktoum and transferred to McLaughlin's American stable. On his debut for his new connections he sustained his only defeat when finishing fourth to Discreet Cat in the UAE Derby. He was voted American Horse of the Year for 2006 after winning the Pimlico Special, Suburban Handicap, Whitney Handicap and Breeders' Cup Classic. In 2007 he won the Donn Handicap before being shipped to Dubai. In the 2007 Dubai World Cup he started the 5/4 favourite and won by one and three quarter lengths from the American-trained Premium Tap, with the Hong Kong challenger Bullish Luck eight lengths back in third. Discreet Cat started the 11/8 second favourite but finished last of the seven runners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship\nThis is a round-up of all the latest in the 2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship which began on 18 April 2007 when Garda took on champions UCD at Parnell Park. UCD had finished the 2006 championship by beating St Vincents in the final. St Vincents managed to better their 2006 performance by beating St Brigids in the final at Parnell Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 1\nSt Sylvesters were the first team to qualify for the second round as Erins Hope failed to field a team for the game. Defending champions UCD began their title race with a one-sided victory over Garda. St Judes beat Ballymun Kickhams convincingly and went on to the second round. Naomh Maur defeated O'Tooles sending them straight to the backdoor round and Naomh Mearn\u00f3g defeated their Fingal rivals Fingallians with Cillian O'Driscoll scoring a total of five frees for Mearn\u00f3g. Ballyboden will hope to do better than their fourth round appearance in 2006 as they cruised past Trinity Gaels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 1\nRaheny defeated Parnells despite a late attempt by the opposition. St Marys beat Whitehall Colmcille with a late goal by substitute Kenneth Kelly. Former Sligo forward T Brennan impressed with seven points in Lucan Sarsfields four point win over St Annes. Na Fianna had a comfortable five point win over St Marks and St Brigids crushed a lacklustre Round Towers. Kilmacud Crokes beat St Vincents by two goals in what proved to be a disappointing game between two of Dublins highest rated teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 1\nPlunkett's forward line proved too hot to handle for a gutsy Olaf's with solid performances from Alan Brogan and Jason Sherlock. Last years Intermediate champions St Peregrines lost their first senior game to Naomh Barr\u00f3g. Ballinteer St Johns cruised into the second round with a victory over Clontarf. Thomas Davis went on to play in the backdoor round against St Vincents as they lost to Erins Isle who progress to the next stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 1, Structure\nThe winners of their respective first-round games went on to qualify for the second round, the losers were given a second chance in a backdoor system which gave them a place in the third round when they won their backdoor tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Backdoor\nO'Tooles were the first team to be knocked of the Dublin Senior Football Championship and will now enter the relegation playoffs. Round Towers went on to qualify for the third round where they would meet one of the losers from the second round. Dublin AFL Division 1 champions Thomas Davis were knocked out of the Dublin championship by St Vincents who progressed to the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Backdoor, Structure\nAll of the losing teams from round one face each other in the backdoor round. The losers of these backdoor games are knocked out of the championship and go on to play in the relegation playoffs. The winning teams go on to qualify for the third round which also includes the losers of the second round games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 2\nThe first team to go on to the fourth round were Ballyboden St Endas with an easy victory Naomh Mearn\u00f3g who join St Marks in the third round. Kilmacud Crokes sent St Sylvesters into the third round in a one sided game with a Ray Cosgrove scoring an impressive 2-03. Na Fianna sent Lucan Sarsfields into the third round with solid performances from Dublin hurlers Tom\u00e1s Brady and Joey Boland. Erins Isle had a surprise one sided win over Naomh Maur which sends them into the fourth round of the Dublin Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 2\nLast year's champions had a tight game against St Marys, Saggart which resulted in UCD eventually winning the game by one point. St Judes had a comfortable win over Raheny to take them on to the fourth round with a strong performance by K McMenamin. It took a late goal from David Matthews to give Plunketts a two-point win over northside rivals St Brigids. Ballinteer progress despite a late comeback attempt by Naomh Barr\u00f3g.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Structure\nAll teams who won in the first round were drawn against each other in the second round. The winning teams from this round go on to qualify for the fourth round of the Dublin championship. The losing teams go on to play in the third round against the winners of the backdoor round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round three, Structure\nThis round was restricted by a rule that did not allow two clubs who had met earlier in the championship to meet again. Therefore, there was no chance given for a repeat of a previous encounter. Round 3 consisted of 16 teams, comprising the eight losers from Round 2 plus the eight winners from the backdoor system. So, it comprised eight games and eight of the winners progressed to the fourth round. All of the losing teams from round three were eliminated from the Dublin championship but had successfully retained their senior status for 2008 competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round three, Fixtures\nSt Marks were the only team to qualify for the third round after only playing one game, due to the withdrawal of Erins Hope from the previous backdoor round. Trinity Gaels, Naomh Maur, Lucan Sarsfields, Naomh Mearn\u00f3g, Raheny, Naomh Barr\u00f3g, St Sylvesters and Fingallians were knocked out at the third round stage. St Marks, St Marys, Saggart, Whitehall Colmcille, Round Towers, Clondalkin, Ballymun Kickhams, St Vincents, Parnells and St Brigids progressed to the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round Four, Structure\nThe fourth round will feature eight matches between the final sixteen teams left in the championship. The round will comprise the eight winners from round two and the eight winners from round 3. The winners of the second round were drawn against the third-round winners; they were separated by two distinct lots meaning the second-round winners were kept apart from third-round winners in the fourth-round draw. The eight winners progress to quarter-finals of the Dublin Senior Football Championship. The eight losers were knocked out of the 2007 competition, to return in the Dublin championship. The fourth round was drawn on July 30, with times and date to be decided based on Dublin's progress in the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Round Four, Fixtures\nThe Dublin senior football champions maintained their 2006 form by beating Round Towers of Clondalkin to set up a quarter final clash with St Brigids who beat Erins Isle by six points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final\nTeam:M. SavageP. ConlonE. BradyH. GillT. DoyleG. BrennanP. KellyH. CoughlanM. O'SheaK. Golden 0-02T. DiamondN. Billings 0-01B. Maloney 0-02Diarmuid Connolly 0-03T Quinn 0-04", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final\nMatch rules:60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final\nTeam:P. KeaneM. Cahill 0-01D. CahillA DalyG NortonD. Lally 0-01P. AndrewsK. DarcyB. CahillM. CahillD DineenM GalvinP. Andrews 1-01K. Bonner 0-01R. Gallagher 0-02", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190903-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin Senior Football Final\nSubstitutes:J Noonan (0-1) for D Cahill. C Lynch for D DineenL McCarthy for M Cahill", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190904-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship is a Dublin-based GAA club competition between the top clubs in Dublin Hurling. ' UCD GAA have elected not to participate in the Dublin SHC for 2007.' The first round of the 2007 championship was due to begin on August 28, 2007. However, these dates were put forward to mid September to accommodate for the Dublin players contesting the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190904-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship, Group A\nThe opening game of the tournament was the Group A clash between South Dublin and Faughs. Faughs won the game by 1-10 to 1-07 at Blunden Drive on September 13. In the second game of the opening round Lucan Sarsfields had a convincing win over Craobh which put them on top of the table after the first round. The second round saw Craobh return to lastyears form with a convincing 1-15 to 0-09 victory over Faughs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190904-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship, Group C\nThe first game of Group C between O'Tooles and Naomh Mearn\u00f3g was abandoned due to a problem with the floodlights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190904-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship, Group D\nKilmacud opened the 2007 Group D first round with a one-sided victory over Dublin South 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190905-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dublin county football team season\nThe following is a summary of Dublin county football team's 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190906-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Duke Blue Devils football team\nThe 2007 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Ted Roof. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190907-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election\nElections to Dumfries and Galloway Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190907-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election\nThe Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10. 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190907-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election, Election results\nThe votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190908-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dundee City Council election\nElections to Dundee City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190908-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dundee City Council election\nThe election was the first one to use the new 8 wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190908-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dundee City Council election\nThe SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives. This changed after a March 2009 By Election result tipped the balance in the SNPs direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190908-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dundee City Council election, Election results\nThe votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190908-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dundee City Council election, By-Elections(since 3 May 2007)\nA by-election was held in the Lochee ward on 22 November 2007, following the resignation of Nigel Don MSP, subsequent to his election to the Scottish Parliament. The seat was retained by the party's Alan Ross", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190908-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dundee City Council election, By-Elections(since 3 May 2007)\nA by-election was held in the Maryfield ward on 12 March 2009, following the resignation of Labour Cllr Joe Morrow, subsequent to his appointment by the Scottish Government as president of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. The seat was won by the SNP's Craig Melville", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190909-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dunedin mayoral election\nThe 2007 Dunedin mayoral election re-elected Peter Chin as Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand. The election was conducted under the Single transferable vote voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190909-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dunedin mayoral election, Results\nThe following table shows the detailed results for the 13 October 2007 election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190910-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dunlop Grand Finale\nThe 2007 Grand Finale was the final round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 30 November to 2 December 2007 at Phillip Island in Victoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190911-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Duramed Futures Tour\nThe 2007 Duramed Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2007 in the United States. The Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the \"official developmental tour\" of the LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190911-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Duramed Futures Tour\nOn July 18, 2007, the LPGA announced that it had acquired the Futures Tour effective immediately, \"bringing women's professional golf now under one umbrella.\" Previously the Futures Tour had operated as a licensee of the LPGA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190911-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Duramed Futures Tour, Schedule and results\nThe number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190911-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Duramed Futures Tour, 2007 Leading money winners\nThese top five money winners at the end of the 2007 season were awarded fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190912-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Durham mayoral election\nThe 2007 Durham mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007 to elect the mayor of Durham, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bill Bell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190913-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Dutch Figure Skating Championships took place between 15 and 17 December 2006 in Utrecht. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190914-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Time Trial Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe Women's time trial of the 2007 Dutch National Time Trial Championships cycling event took place on 15 August 2007 in and around Zaltbommel, Netherlands over a 22.28\u00a0km long flat parcours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190914-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Time Trial Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nEllen van Dijk (Vrienden van het Platteland) became for the first time in her career Dutch National Time Trial Champion by the elite. Van Dijk was already national time trial champion when she was a junior in 2004 and 2005. Regina Bruins finished second and Mirjam Melchers third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190915-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships\nThe 2007 Dutch National Track Championships were the Dutch national Championship for track cycling. The competitions took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar in Alkmaar, the Netherlands from December 27 to December 30. Competitions were held of various track cycling disciplines in different age, gender and disability categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190916-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe women's individual pursuit at the 2007 Dutch National Track Championships in Alkmaar took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar on from 29 to 30 December 2007. 14 athletes participated in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190916-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nEllen van Dijk won the gold medal, Marianne Vos took silver and Kirsten Wild won the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190916-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit, Competition format\nThe tournament started with a qualifying round on 29 December. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final on 30 December. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 88], "content_span": [89, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190917-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe women's points race at the 2007 Dutch National Track Championships in Alkmaar took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar from December 29, to December 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190917-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's points race, Competition format\nThe competition started with a qualification round. The best riders of each two heats on December 29 qualified for the final match on December 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 81], "content_span": [82, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190918-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe women's scratch race at the 2007 Dutch National Track Championships in Alkmaar took place at Sportpaleis Alkmaar on December 28, 2007. 27 riders competed in the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190918-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Race\nThe initial qualification heats were won by Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder. The gold medal macht was won by Marianne Vos ahead of Adrie Visser and Elise van Hage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 63], "content_span": [64, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190918-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Competition format\nDue to the number of entries the competition started with a qualification round. The qualification round included two heats and the top 12 riders of each heat qualified for the final race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190918-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch National Track Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Results, Qualification round\nThe top 12 athletes of each semi-final advanced to the final match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 87], "content_span": [88, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190919-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Open (tennis)\nThe 2007 Dutch Open Tennis Amersfoort was the 48th edition of the Dutch Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was held from 16 July until 23 July 2007 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190919-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Open (tennis)\nSteve Darcis won his first career title, as a qualifier ranked 297th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190919-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles\nJuan Pablo Brzezicki / Juan Pablo Guzm\u00e1n defeated Robin Haase / Rogier Wassen, 6\u20132, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190920-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Open \u2013 Doubles\nAlberto Mart\u00edn and Fernando Vicente were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190920-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Open \u2013 Doubles\nJuan Pablo Brzezicki and Juan Pablo Guzm\u00e1n won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20130, against Robin Haase and Rogier Wassen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190921-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Open \u2013 Singles\nSteve Darcis defeated Werner Eschauer 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20131) to win the 2007 Dutch Open (tennis) singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election\nThe elections of the Dutch Senate of 2007 were held on 29 May 2007, following the provincial elections on 7 March 2007. The 564 members of the twelve States-Provincial elected the 75 Senate members. The new Senate was installed on 12 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election, Prominent Candidates\nProminent PvdA member and former MP Klaas de Vries was put on a very low place on the PvdA list of candidates by the advisory committee, he was unlikely to be elected. After some internal consternation the congress however decided to place him on an eligible place. He was indeed elected", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election, Prominent Candidates\nAnother prominent candidate was human-rights lawyer Britta B\u00f6hler, who stood successfully for the GreenLeft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election, Results, Seat allocation\nThree combined lists entered the election, the CDA together with the ChristianUnion and the SGP, the VVD together with D66 and the OSF and the GreenLeft together with the PvdD. The plans for a combined list of PvdA/SP/GreenLeft/PvdD failed because of the rising tensions between SP and PvdA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election, Results, Seat allocation\nTwo parties profited from the remainder seat allocation, using D'Hondt method, the SP and the CDA. These are therefore slightly overrepresented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election, Results, Seat allocation\nIn North Holland one GreenLeft member of the provincial council voted incorrectly: in a panic attack she made all nine boxes of GreenLeft MPs red. This meant that the combined list of the GreenLeft and the Party for the Animals got one seat less, which would otherwise have been allocated in the remainder seat distribution. This seat would have gone to the PvdD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190922-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch Senate election, Results, Seat allocation\nFive candidates were elected because of preference votes. D\u00fczg\u00fcn Yildirim for the SP, Hans Engels for D66, Jan Laurier for the GreenLeft, Joyce Sylvester for the CDA and Hans Klein Breteler for the CDA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT\nThe 2007 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 28\u201330 June 2007 at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nThis race was most notable for Valentino Rossi's comeback from eleventh on the grid to win the race, beating the superior Casey Stoner-Ducati-Bridgestone combination as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nChris Vermeulen took pole position on Saturday - his first of the season and third and final of his career overall - followed by Casey Stoner and Randy de Puniet on the Kawasaki. On the second row of the grid is Marco Melandri, John Hopkins and Colin Edwards in fourth, fifth and sixth. Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi started down in eleventh after a poor qualifying in the wet. Toni El\u00edas did not take part in the race after he broke his leg in one of the free practice sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nBefore the start of the formation lap, the Pramac Ducati bike of Alex Hofmann stalled on the grid, causing some of the crewmembers to run onto the track with equipment to restart it. The other riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, Stoner takes the lead on the opening lap as the blasts past Vermeulen into the Haarbocht (Turn 1), followed by the other Australian and the American Hopkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nBehind them, Melandri slotted into fourth and Nicky Hayden fights with Edwards for fifth place, himself moving up six places in a few corners. Rossi has moved up one position into tenth as de Puniet has made an abysmal start and dropped back to eleventh position. All throughout the field there is action, with Capirossi overtaking Rossi and Hoffmann for ninth and Hopkins taking second from Vermeulen on the straight before the Ruskenhoek (Turn 8). Rossi passes Hoffmann on the short, kinked section between the Stekkenwal (Turn 10) and De Bult (Turn 11), moving up into ninth. Hayden lines up a move on the outside of the Ramshoek (Turn 17), then taking fifth on the inside of Edwards at the beginning of the Geert Timmer Bocht (Turn 18).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap two begins and Stoner already has a big advantage over second place Hopkins. Pedrosa also takes sixth from Edwards on the start/finish straight. Hayden then takes fourth from Melandri at the Mandeven, going up the inside of the Gresini Honda rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nGoing into lap three and Pedrosa makes the move on Melandri for fifth at the start/finish straight. He tries to fight back, but to no avail. Capirossi closes up to Melandri, with Rossi doing the same to the Ducati rider. He tries to pass Capirossi at the start of the Geert Timmer Bocht, but isn't able to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap four and Rossi has now finally managed to pass Capirossi, going side by side with him at the start/finish straight and into the Haarbocht, moving him up to eighth. At the Ossenbroeken, Edwards makes the move on Melandri by going side by side with him on the outside, then finalising the pass down at the inside of the Strubben hairpin, moving him up to sixth. At the front, Hayden spectacularly manages to surprise Vermeulen as they go into the Ruskenhoek, going up the inside, outbreaking him and sliding sideways into the corner, grabbing second in the process. Hopkins' gap to Stoner is now +1.299 seconds and Pedrosa takes third from the Suzuki rider at the entrance of De Bult corner. Rossi overtakes teammate Edwards for seventh at the entrance of the Geert Timmer Bocht by going up his inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap five, the gap Hopkins has to Stoner has increased - it is now +1.365 seconds. Rossi is slowly catching fourth place Vermeulen, then overtakes him by going up his inside in a surprise attack at the right-hand Mandeven turn, promoting him to sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap six and the gap Hopkins has to Stoner has increased again, this time being +2.507 seconds. Melandri meanwhile has lost various positions and is now behind Randy de Puniet in tenth place. Rossi is hunting down Pedrosa for fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap seven begins and Rossi has closed the gap to Pedrosa and Hayden. He makes a move on Pedrosa coming out of the Ramshoek and entering the Geert Timmer Bocht, moving up to fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap eight, the gap Hopkins has to Stoner has decreased massively and is now only +1.057 seconds. Going into the Mandeven, Rossi dives down the inside of Hayden and takes third position away from him. Further back, de Puniet managed to overtake Melandri and Capirossi and is now in eighth place. Edwards meanwhile went down the inside with Vermeulen for sixth at the Ossebroeken, then overtook him at the outside of the Strubben hairpin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap nine and Alex Barros overtakes Melandri for ninth at the start/finish straight. However, the surprised Barros by retaking the spot at the Ossebroeken when he went a tad too wide, allowing the Italian to get back at him. Barros - making good use of the superior straight line speed - then takes the place at the Veenslang straight. Rossi is still slowly closing the gap to Hopkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap ten, the gap Rossi has to Hopkins is +1.282 seconds, which decreased to +0.889 when he arrived at sector one, then +0.763 at sector two, then +0.410 and then +0.184 when they cross the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap eleven begins and \"The Doctor\" is now all over the back of Hopkins. Exiting Strubben and coming onto the Veenslang, Rossi effortlessly took second place from a fading Hopkins, now setting his sights on Stoner at the front. Randy de Puniet meanwhile crashes out of the race after he was shadowing Vermeulen in the first half of the lap. When entering the Mandeven sequence of right hand corners, he tried to pass Vermeulen by going up his inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nHe however, closed the door on him, and with the Frenchman nowhere to go, collided with the rear of Vermeulen, sending him over his bike and into the gravel at high speed. Vermeulen went straight because of the Kawasaki being stuck on his rear and not allowing him to turn, forcing him wide through the gravel. He managed to return onto the track down in sixteenth place, but de Puniet was out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap twelve, the top eight consists out of Stoner, Rossi, Hopkins, Hayden, Pedrosa, Edwards (+2.703 seconds behind), Barros (+10.380 seconds behind) and Anthony West (+2.614 seconds behind). The gap Rossi has to Stoner is +1.528 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nAs lap thirteen starts, Rossi manages to close in on Stoner, cutting the gap from +1.528 to +0.588 seconds at the start/finish straight. The Repsol Honda of Hayden has also closed the gap to Hopkins exiting the Veenslang. Rossi then has a look up the inside of Stoner entering the Geert Timmer Bocht, but thinks the better of it and tucks in behind Stoner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap fourteen and Hopkins has lost two places to both Hayden (who is now third) and Pedrosa (who is now fourth) at the start/finish straight. Pedrosa also looks to dive down the inside of his teammate, but stays behind him for now. Rossi is still all over the back of Stoner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap fifteen, Rossi ran a bit wide at the Ossenbroeken, gifting Stoner some breathing room. Further back, Melandri now has a train consisting out of West, Hoffmann and Carlos Checa. The Repsol Honda duo of Hayden and Pedrosa are now creating a significant gap to Hopkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap sixteen has begun and Rossi is still right behind Stoner, looking for a way past. Pedrosa meanwhile is also all over the back of Hayden. Rossi tries again at the exit of the Ramshoek to line up a pass at the Geert Timmer Bocht, but Stoner denies him again, closing the inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap seventeen, Capirossi - who was in a lowly fifteenth position - enters the pits to retire, as he has problems with the bike. Rossi still has not been able to pass Stoner so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap eighteen begins with Edwards closing in on a now fading Hopkins. At the back, Melandri is still battling with the trio of West, Hoffmann and Checa. Makoto Tamada, riding the Dunlop Yamaha, is also under pressure from the Konica Minolta Honda of Shinya Nakano. At the front meanwhile, Rossi is still trying at the Geert Timmer Bocht, but to no avail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap twenty, Hayden was pulling away from Pedrosa in fourth. Rossi is still shadowing Stoner, looking for aa way past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty-one and Hoffmann at the back has taken eighth place from Melandri, who is still under pressure from West and Checa. He got overtaken on the previous lap by the Stekkenwal corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap twenty-two, Hayden extends his lead over Pedrosa to +1.7 seconds. Rossi is still right behind Stoner. West has overtaken Melandri for ninth at the entrance of the Geert Timmer Bocht by going up the inside of the Italian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty-three and Rossi finally manages to pass Stoner for the lead. He lines up the pass coming out of the Ramshoek, staying right behind Stoner until they come up to the Geert Timmer Bocht, then outbreaks Stoner as they enter the first of the three corners to overtake him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nLap twenty-four begins and Rossi is now in the lead. He extends his gap up to +0.637 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn lap twenty-five - the penultimate lap -, the gap Stoner has to Rossi increases, it is now +0.841 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nThe last lap - lap twenty-six - has begun and Rossi has increased his gap to Stoner to +1.5 seconds. Hayden has also a big gap back to Pedrosa. No overtakes happened and Rossi jubilantly cruised to the flag to win the race - his third victory of the season. Behind him Stoner finished second and Nicky Hayden in third, making it his first podium of the season. In fourth place came Pedrosa, in fifth place Hopkins and in sixth place Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOn the parade lap back to parc-ferm\u00e9, Rossi stopped as some of his fans celebrated with him on the track, congratulating him for the win. After the little group celebration, he continues to ride back, standing on his bike and T-posing as he continues to celebrate on his own. Barros then rides next to him to congratulate him, shaking his hand, with Checa congratulating him as well from a distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nStoner stops on the side of the circuit, probably because he has run out of fuel, with Rossi sitting in the middle of a target at the side of the circuit as a form of celebration, posing for a marshall who takes a picture. Another marshall hands him his bike as he is done, with multiple others taking photo's on their camera's. He then stops again in front of the TT Assen logo on the ground to celebrate once more while the other riders slowly make their way back to parc-ferm\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0028-0002", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nStoner is talking to the marshalls, probably asking for a ride back as his bike has run out of fuel, with Rossi then riding back to the pits, still celebrating with the marshalls who congratulate him. As Hayden rides back, his fans clap as he waves at the Repsol Honda tribune. The public does likewise as Rossi rides back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nOnce back to parc-ferm\u00e9, Hayden talks to and gets congratulated by his crewmembers. Rossi does as well with his clearly joyful team, hugging his crewmembers also. Stoner has now returned to parc-ferm\u00e9 on the back of a dirtbike as Stoner comes over to congratulate him on his win. All three riders are now talking to their teams before the podium ceremony begins. Rossi also hugs some of the Ducati members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nThe trio walk up to the steps leading to the podium, the three then stepping onto the podium. The important figures hand out the trophies, with the crowd celebrating loudly as Rossi's name is mentioned. The Italian national anthem plays and then the trio sprays the champagne, with Hayden wearing an A-Style helmet as they do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, MotoGP race report\nCasey Stoner's lead has now been cut to 21 points after Rossi's win, with 185 and 164 the difference. Dani Pedrosa is a distant third with 119 points and John Hopkins fourth with 94 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190923-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190924-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch provincial elections\nProvincial elections were held in the Netherlands, on March 7, 2007. The election also determined the members of the Senate, since the 564 members of the twelve States-Provincial elect its 75 members. This election took place on May 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190924-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch provincial elections, Issues at stake\nOnly a few weeks before the provincial elections, a new cabinet has been installed, the fourth Balkenende cabinet, consisting of the CDA, PvdA and CU. The provincial elections will be the first test for this new cabinet. Since the provincial councils elect the members of the Senate, it is possible that the CDA, PvdA and CU will not obtain a majority in the Senate. Since the members of the Senate can reject new laws, the outcome of the provincial elections can seriously hamper the strength of the new cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190924-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch provincial elections, Turnout\nIn recent years, the turnout for provincial elections were low, this year was no different. On 13:00, only 14% of the 12.1 million eligible voters had cast a vote. On 16:00, about 25% had cast a vote; of the larger cities, The Hague was on the low side with less than 20%, and Groningen at the high side with 29%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190924-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch provincial elections, Results\nThe Socialist Party (SP), ChristianUnion (CU) and Party for the Animals showed the largest gains, all continuing their successful spell from the 2006 general election. The CDA, PvdA, D66, the LPF and SGP showed the largest losses, while the VVD and GreenLeft only had a marginal loss. The current government of CDA, PvdA and CU are expected to hold on to a majority in the Senate (elections to be held in May), with 41 out of the 75 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190924-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Dutch provincial elections, Results\nGeert Wilders had already announced in January 2007 that his Party for Freedom would not take part in the elections, since it had not succeeded to be able to participate in all provinces. One important factor in comparing the 2003 and 2007 results is the fact that the number of members of each provincial legislature was lowered, from a maximum 73 to a maximum 55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190924-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Dutch provincial elections, Results, National results\n- *) 2003 election calculated for the 2007 number of seats (564). - **) The difference between 2007 and the recalculated 2003 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190925-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Dwars door Vlaanderen\nThe 2007 Dwars door Vlaanderen was the 62nd edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 28 March 2007. The race started in Roeselare and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Tom Boonen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190926-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen\nThe 2007 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen was the 50th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 31 March 2007. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick-Step team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190927-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 46th tournament in league history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2007. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Clarkson received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190927-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190927-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nIn the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190927-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open\nThe 2007 ECM Prague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2007 ATP Challenger Tour and of the 2007 WTA Tour as a Tier IV tournament. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 7 and 13 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open, Players, Men's Singles, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open, Players, Men's Singles, Other Entrants\nThe following players received entry via a special exempt into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open, Players, Men's Doubles, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open, Players, Women's Singles, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open, Players, Women's Singles, Other Entrants\nThe following players received an entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190928-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open, Players, Women's Doubles, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 62], "content_span": [63, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190929-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nPetr P\u00e1la and David \u0160koch were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190929-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nP\u00e1la teamed up with Pavel V\u00edzner and lost in first round to Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Z\u00edb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190929-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\n\u0160koch teamed up with Leo\u0161 Friedl and lost in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132 to tournament winners Tom\u00e1\u0161 Cibulec and Jordan Kerr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190930-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRobin Vik was the defending champion, but lost in first round to Jan H\u00e1jek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190930-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nDu\u0161an Lojda won the title by defeating Ji\u0159\u00ed Van\u011bk 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20132, 7\u20136(7\u20135) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190931-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nMarion Bartoli and Shahar Pe'er were the defending champions, but neither of them chose to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190932-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ECM Prague Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe Women's Singles tournament at the 2007 ECM Prague Open took place between 7 and 13 May on clay courts in Prague, Czech Republic. Akiko Morigami won the title, defeating Marion Bartoli in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190933-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 EHF Women's Champions Trophy\nThe 2007 EHF Women's Champions Trophy was the 12th edition of the EHF Super Cup in new format. It started on 22 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190933-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 EHF Women's Champions Trophy\nThe event was organised at the Sala Sporturilor Traian by the 2006\u201307 Cup Winners\u2019 Cup winner, Oltchim R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190933-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 EHF Women's Champions Trophy\nIn front of sold out crowd, Oltchim R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea won the title for the first time in their history after defeating in the final Zvezda Zvenigorod, the winners of the 2006\u201307 Women's EHF Cup and the eventual winners of the 2007\u201308 EHF Champions League. Slagelse Dream Team, the winners of the 2006\u201307 EHF Champions League, won the fight for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190934-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ENnie Award winners\nThe following are the winners of the 7th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190935-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 EP\n2007 EP is the debut EP from Phoenix, Arizona pop rock band This Century. It was released on October 5, 2007, and contains 6 tracks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 7], "section_span": [7, 7], "content_span": [8, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190936-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 EU Cup Australian rules football\nThe 2007 EU Cup of Australian rules football was held in Hamburg (Germany) on 15 September 2007, with the attendance of 12 teams. The tournament was won by Sweden defeating Germany in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election\nThe Ealing Southall by-election, 2007 was a by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Ealing Southall, in west London. It was held on 19 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election\nThe election was triggered when Piara Khabra, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall, died on 19 June 2007. Khabra had held the constituency since the 1992 election, while the Labour party has held the seat since its creation in the 1983 election, and the predecessor seat of Southall since it was created before the 1945 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election\nThe government moved the writ for the by-election in Parliament on 28 June 2007, the day after the funeral of Piara Khabra. This by-election and the Sedgefield by-election, also being held on 19 July, were significant because they were the first elections to take place during the tenure of the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election\nAccording to the Elections Office of Ealing Council, the electorate was 85,423 which represented an increase of 1,685 (2%) on the 2005 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Candidates\nLabour selected local councillor Virendra Sharma from a shortlist of two \u2013 with Jo Sidhu the other shortlisted candidate. As Khabra had previously announced his intention to stand down at the next UK general election, Labour had already decided on its selection rules and had chosen to have an all-women shortlist for the constituency at the next UK general election, but following Khabra's death, the Labour National Executive Committee decided the by-election selection would not be from an all-women shortlist. Following the selection, five Labour councillors defected to the Conservative Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Candidates\nThe Liberal Democrats selected Nigel Bakhai as their candidate; he contested the constituency in 2005 and came second. The party fared worse than expected nationally at the 2007 United Kingdom local elections, and several newspapers claimed the Ealing Southall by-election would be a major test of Menzies Campbell's leadership, with a poor result potentially leading to a leadership challenge. The Independent also claimed the party regarded the Ealing Southall election as winnable, and were focussing resources on the seat, in preference to the Sedgefield by-election, to be held the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Candidates\nThe Conservative Party selected Surinderpal Singh Lit \u2013 commonly known as Tony Lit \u2013 as its candidate. He is the former Managing Director of Sunrise Radio and son of Avtar Lit who contested the constituency as an Independent candidate in the 2001 election and came third. The deputy chair of the local Conservatives, Brij Mohan Gupta, resigned from the party in protest at Lit's selection and endorsed Quentin Davies' criticisms of David Cameron's policies, joining instead the Liberal Democrats. Newspapers reported that Tony Lit attended a Labour Party fundraising event and Sunrise donated \u00a34,800 to Labour in June 2007, before he switched allegiance to the Conservatives later that month. On the ballot paper, Lit was described as \"David Cameron's Conservative\" while the Sedgefield candidate was simply \"Conservative\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Candidates\nSeveral other candidates stood. The Respect party selected local teacher Salvinder Dhillon as its candidate; he previously contested the seat as an independent in 2001. The UK Independence Party announced Indian-born Dr K. T. Rajan as its candidate. He had previously stood for the party in various Welsh Assembly seats. The Green Party selected their 2005 candidate, Sarah Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Candidates\nJohn Cartwright ran for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, having stood repeatedly in Croydon Central and also at the 2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election. The English Democrats chose Sati Chagger as their candidate. Meanwhile, Yaqub Masih, General Secretary of UK Asian Christian Fellowship and a presenter on Sunrise Radio is stood for the Christian Party. Local GP Gulbash Singh, Director of the Sikh Human Rights Group Jasdev Singh Rai and Kuldeep Singh Grewal all stood as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Candidates\nThe BBC report that independent candidates Kuldeep Singh Grewal urged his supporters to vote Labour, while Golbash Singh called on his supporters to vote Conservative, on 19 July. Due to electoral law the two men are not permitted to remove themselves from the ballot paper and still attracted votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Controversy\nOn 18 July 2007, the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation after receiving a complaint in writing from Labour's election agent Ken Clarke. It related to a The Daily Telegraph website blog entry, posted on 17 July, which claimed to show the results of the postal voting ahead of the ballot. The article on the Daily Telegraph website quoted \"a source inside the Tory campaign\". In response, a spokesman for the Conservative Party said: \"Our agent in Ealing Southall hasn't published any such information or spoken to the Daily Telegraph.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Controversy\nThe Telegraph Media Group said the blog entry was removed as soon as they were told it could breach electoral law. The Metropolitan Police said the complaint would be \"thoroughly investigated\" and \"appropriate action taken\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190937-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Ealing Southall by-election, Controversy\nThe Director of Public Prosecutions has also been asked by Labour to probe claims that the Liberal Democrats misrepresented Labour candidate Virendra Sharma in their election leaflets by listing his age as 72, when at the time of the election he was 60.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190938-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Ayrshire Council election\nElections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190939-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Carolina Pirates football team\nThe 2007 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and played their home games in Dowdy\u2013Ficklen Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Holtz, who was in his fourth year with the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190939-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Carolina Pirates football team\nThe Pirates have a local television contract with WITN-TV, an NBC affiliate located in Washington, NC who elects to pick up games that are not picked up by national or regional networks, and all games are broadcast over the radio on the Pirate-ISP Sports Network. The flagship radio stations of the Pirates are Pirate Radio 1250 and 930 AM and Oldies 107.9 WNCT, both located in Greenville, NC. The games are called by the \"Voice of the Pirates,\" Jeff Charles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190939-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nThe Pirates traveled to Blacksburg for an emotional game that marked the first football game since thirty-two students lost their lives in a shooting on the Virginia Tech campus. Prior to the game, the Hokies led the all-time series 8-4-1. The Pirates entered the game without starting quarterback Rob Kass and struggled offensively. After a costly interception returned for a touchdown by Macho Harris followed by a Sean Glennon touchdown pass, the Pirates were defeated by Virginia Tech, 17-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190939-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, North Carolina\nThe Pirates welcomed the Tar Heels to Greenville for only the second time in this series' history. North Carolina went into the game leading the all-time record 8-1-1 after a 28-17 victory in Greenville in 2003, but they would be unable to repeat. Quarterback Patrick Pinkney led the Pirates offensively and completed 31 of 41 passes for 406 yards, but North Carolina's T. J. Yates would answer by throwing three touchdowns and keeping the game close. A costly mistake by the Tar Heels set up the final drive, where after missing all prior field goals in the game, Placekicker Ben Hartman made the game-winning field goal, leading the Pirates to defeat the Tar Heels in Greenville for the first time ever, 34-31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190940-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Dorset District Council election\nThe 2007 East Dorset District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190940-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Dorset District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Ferndown Central\nA by-election was held in Ferndown Central after the resignation of Conservative councillor Queenie Comfort. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lesley Dedman with a majority of 33 over independent Jason Lawford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 96], "content_span": [97, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190940-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East Dorset District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Corfe Mullen South\nA by-election was held in Corfe Mullen South after Liberal Democrat councillor Stewart Hearn resigned from the council. The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Philip Harknet with a majority of 128.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190941-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election\nElections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using eight new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 each ward will elect three councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 24 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190942-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Hampshire District Council election\nThe 2007 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of East Hampshire District Council in Hampshire England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190942-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Hampshire District Council election, Election result\n3 Conservative and 3 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190943-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Lothian Council election\nElections to East Lothian Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190943-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Lothian Council election\nThe election was the first using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. The wards replaced 23 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190944-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Northamptonshire District Council election\nThe 2007 East Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of East Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, while the Labour Party was wiped out, with a single Independent councillor providing the sole opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190945-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Renfrewshire Council election\nElections to East Renfrewshire Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190945-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Renfrewshire Council election\nThe election was the first using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190946-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election\nThe 2007 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190946-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election\nThe Conservative Party gained a majority of seats, including those of the Liberal Democrats and Labour Party leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held n East Timor on 30 June 2007. Although a narrow plurality was achieved by Fretilin, a coalition involving the next three largest groups formed a government. New Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o (who was the nation's President until May 2007) of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) was sworn in on 8 August 2007; Fernando de Ara\u00fajo of the Democratic Party became President of the National Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Background\nVote counting in this election was conducted differently due to a new law, according to which votes were to be counted at district counting centres, rather than at polling stations as they were formerly. It was required of parties that one out of every four candidates on their candidate lists be women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Background\nFormer President Xanana Gusm\u00e3o contested the elections with his newly founded National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction. Fourteen parties participated in the election for the 65 seats in parliament, conducted on the basis of proportional representation with party lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Background\nIn early June, two supporters of the CNRT were killed in pre-election violence at the beginning of the campaign period; the rest of the campaign period was reportedly peaceful, however.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Results\nSeven parties won seats; the four leading parties are the FRETILIN, Gusm\u00e3o's CNRT, a coalition of the Timorese Social Democratic Association and the Social Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Results\nProvisional results announced on show of 9 July FRETILIN in first place with 29.02% of the vote, followed by the CNRT with 24.10%, the ASDT-PSD with 15.73%, and the Democratic Party with 11.30%. On the same day, the electoral commission announced the distribution of seats based on the provisional results: 21 for FRETILIN, 18 for the CNRT, 11 for the ASDT-PSD, 8 for the Democratic Party, 3 for the National Unity Party, 2 for the Democratic Alliance, and 2 for UNDERTIM. To win seats, a party had to receive at least 3% of the vote, and seven parties did not reach this level. The electoral commission placed voter turnout at 80.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nAn estimated 600 houses and confirmed 142 were burnt by marauding mobs. The majority of the damage was experienced in the areas where FRETILIN's support is strongest between Viqueque and Baucau. A few buildings in Dili were also torched. In Baucau, police said that over 50 people had been arrested for arson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nAlkatiri said that FRETILIN would urge the people to protest and practice civil disobedience. He said that FRETILIN was not responsible for the violence, which he said was the result of the people's frustration, and that he hoped the discontent did not lead to a \"people's power\" revolt, although he said FRETILIN could not \"stop the people protesting for their rights\". Arsenio Bano of FRETILIN claimed that his party had been willing to accept an independent prime minister as part of a national unity government, and that Ramos-Horta had also supported this idea, but that Gusm\u00e3o rejected it because he wanted to be prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 10 August, a convent in Baucau was attacked and damaged, and a number of female students at the convent were said to have been raped. The government said that a child had been killed in Viqueque, the first death to be reported in the unrest. On 11 August, a UN convoy of three vehicles was attacked between Baucau and Viqueque. According to FRETILIN, this attack was the result of the destruction by members of the UN force of banners and flags used by protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nA few days later, Bano said that FRETILIN would not challenge the government in court, and expressed a desire for a \"political solution\" leading to the creation of a national unity government. After initially boycotting parliament, the FRETILIN members began attending later in August. Gusm\u00e3o has reportedly offered FRETILIN positions in the government though this probably refers to the ex-Fretilin members such as Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Guterres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 23 August, violence occurred in several places, including Dili, and two people were reported killed in Ermera. In Metinaro, near Dili, there was fighting in the streets with machetes and other weapons; at least ten houses were reportedly burned and the town's market was destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nWith no party receiving a majority of the vote, a coalition government became necessary. Shortly after the election, a CNRT spokesman said that the party was discussing the possibility of forming a coalition with the ASDT-PSD and the Democratic Party. FRETILIN secretary-general Mari Alkatiri also said his party was engaged in coalition talks, but said there was no possibility of the party forming a coalition with the CNRT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nPSD leader Mario Viegas Carrascalao said that an alliance of his party with the CNRT would be \"natural\", but that the presence of a breakaway faction of FRETILIN in the CNRT was \"unacceptable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nDemocratic Party leader Fernando \"Lasama\" de Ara\u00fajo said that his party could form a coalition with the CNRT, as there were \"no big differences\" between it and Gusm\u00e3o, but also said that there should be a government of national unity including all parties elected to parliament; he argued that it would be harmful to exclude anyone due to what he described as deep differences already existing in the country. President Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta also mentioned the possibility of a national unity government, but Alkatiri, reiterating that a coalition including both FRETILIN and the CNRT was out of the question, said that it would be better for democracy for there to be a strong opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nOn 6 July, it was announced that the CNRT, the ASDT-PSD, and the Democratic Party would form a coalition. Alkatiri argued that it is not necessary for a party to have a majority of seats to govern, and that FRETILIN could form a minority government; on 7 July, he said that FRETILIN would do so if it could not form a coalition with other parties. However, he subsequently expressed interest in a government of national unity and said that FRETILIN's doors were \"open for all parties, including CNRT\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nOn 16 July, President Ramos-Horta said that FRETILIN and the CNRT-led alliance of parties had agreed to form a national unity government, although details remained to be discussed and it had not been decided who would be prime minister. Negotiations between the parties began regarding the composition of the new government; Ramos-Horta said that he would make the decision if the parties could not reach an agreement. On 24 July, he said that the parties had \"not yet reached agreement on a new government\", but that his 25 July deadline for the parties to reach an agreement was \"flexible\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nAra\u00fajo, as spokesman for the CNRT-led coalition, said that it would propose Gusm\u00e3o as Prime Minister, arguing that, because the parties in the coalition will hold a combined majority of seats, it is their constitutional right to choose the prime minister. He said that FRETILIN could not expect anything more than to have some ministers in the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nParliament was sworn in for its new term on 30 July, although the new government and prime minister were still undecided. Ara\u00fajo was elected speaker of parliament at the new parliament's first session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nAlkatiri said on 1 August that he would be FRETILIN's candidate for prime minister, while criticising Gusm\u00e3o's record as president. Ramos-Horta delayed his deadline for forming a government until 3 August. In a statement, Alkatiri called for a national unity government, saying that this would bring stability and citing what he described as \"the will of the electorate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nOn 3 August, Ramos-Horta said that he would ask the CNRT-led coalition to form a government on 6 August, because of its parliamentary majority, unless an agreement is reached before then. He said that this decision was based on his conscience; he also said that, if FRETILIN is excluded, it would still be needed by the new government and would not be ignored. FRETILIN threatened to boycott parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nRamos-Horta announced on 6 August that the CNRT-led coalition would form the government and that Gusm\u00e3o would become Prime Minister. FRETILIN denounced Ramos-Horta's decision as unconstitutional, and angry FRETILIN supporters in Dili immediately reacted to Ramos-Horta's announcement with violent protests. On 7 August, Alkatiri said that the party would fight the decision through legal means.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190947-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese parliamentary election, Government formation\nGusm\u00e3o was sworn in at the presidential palace in Dili on 8 August; most of his government was also sworn in on the same day. Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Guterres, the leader of a dissident FRETILIN faction, became Deputy Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in East Timor in 2007. The first round on 9 April 2007 saw six of the eight candidates eliminated. The remaining two candidates, incumbent Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta and FRETILIN President Francisco Guterres, faced each other in a runoff election on 9 May 2007. Ramos-Horta won the second round with 69% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Candidates\nPrime Minister Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta announced in February 2007 that he would be a presidential candidate, receiving the support of incumbent president Xanana Gusm\u00e3o, who chose not to run for another term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Candidates\nRamos-Horta's main opponent among the seven other candidates was parliamentary speaker Francisco Guterres, though also running were Francisco Xavier do Amaral (also a candidate in the 2002 election), Avelino Coelho da Silva of the Socialist Party, Fernando de Ara\u00fajo of the Democratic Party, L\u00facia Lobato of the Social Democratic Party (the sole female candidate), Jo\u00e3o Viegas Carrascal\u00e3o of the Timorese Democratic Union, and Manuel Tilman of the Association of Timorese Heroes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nCampaigning began on 23 March, the day after two people were killed in gun battles with police in the capital Dili, though Ramos-Horta did not mention this in his opening campaign speech, instead focusing on poverty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nFollowing the announcement of the first round results, on 26 April Ara\u00fajo announced his party's support for Ramos-Horta in the second round; Ramos-Horta also received the support of four out of the five other candidates: Amaral, Lobato, Coelho da Silva, and Carrascal\u00e3o. Manuel Tilman endorsed Guterres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nBetween the first and second rounds, Guterres alleged that Australian soldiers in East Timor as part of Operation Astute were interfering with the election process and Fretilin campaign rallies. The Fretilin party executive Jos\u00e9 Teixeira said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nThe ISF (International Stabilisation Force) should not be frightening and intimidating an entirely peaceful election gathering... We are not convinced that there is no connection between the troops' behaviour and the Australian Government's apparent support for Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nBoth Ramos-Horta and the United Nations rejected the Fretilin's claims. On 8 May, the day before the second round, Ramos-Horta rebutted, saying:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nWhy are they so afraid, so upset that the international security forces go to the east? Because they wanted to operate, put pressure, threaten people with absolute impunity, without a neutral force standing by. That's why they're so upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Campaign\nPrior to polling day, both candidates agreed they would accept the result no matter the outcome, with outgoing President Xanana Gusm\u00e3o also urging all sides to vote peacefully and accept the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Conduct\nThe logistics of providing the entire East Timor population with access to voting stations proved difficult through both elections. Across the country there were 700 polling stations. Some locations were so isolated that helicopters and donkeys were needed to distribute ballot papers to them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Conduct\nAmid tight security from the Australian forces present, the election was peaceful and orderly, with no violence related to the election reported. However within a day of votes being counted, irregularities began to appear. These include 87 marked voting papers found at a booth before polls opened as well as children under 17 with their own registration cards attempting to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Results\nEarly results of the first round were announced by a spokesman for the national elections commission, Martinho Gusm\u00e3o, who said that results from the capital Dili showed Ramos-Horta with about 30%, Ara\u00fajo with about 25%, and Amaral and Guterres with about 20% each. On 11 April, the president of the commission said that Guterres was in first place with 28.8% and would participate in a second round to be held in May, while Ramos-Horta had 22.5% and Ara\u00fajo had 18.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Results\nFive of the candidates \u2014 Ara\u00fajo, Amaral, Lobato, Coelho, and Tilman \u2014 demanded that vote counting cease, alleging major problems in the election, and said that counting should only be conducted with all the candidates present to observe; they said that they would legally challenge the outcome. Soon afterward, Ramos-Horta joined the calls for a recount, and also called for a UN investigation regarding the absence of votes from 150,000 citizens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Results\nCommission spokesman Martinho Gusm\u00e3o subsequently said on 12 April that there would not be a recount, but on 13 April he said that there were inconsistencies in the vote count and that it was possible that a re-vote might be necessary in some parts of the country. According to final results released by the electoral commission on 18 April, Guterres had 27.89% of the vote (112,666 votes) and Ramos-Horta had 21.81% (88,102 votes), which meant that the two would face each other in a second round. Ara\u00fajo followed in third place with 19.18% (77,459 votes). Voter turn-out was placed at 81.79%. Following the release of the results, candidates had 24 hours to appeal, and three of the losing candidates, Ara\u00fajo, Amaral, and Lobato did so, but the results were confirmed by an appeals court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190948-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 East Timorese presidential election, Results\nFollowing the second round, initial reports predicted a large majority for Ramos-Horta. Ramos-Horta said that he thought that he \"could have 70-80%\" of the vote, and a spokesman for the election commission said that he was in the lead in most districts. With 90% of votes counted, Ramos-Horta had 73%. However, he declined to declare victory until the results were verified and final. Subsequently, on 11 May, provisional results showed Ramos-Horta with 69% of the vote against 31% for Guterres, and Guterres accepted defeat and congratulated Ramos-Horta. Voter turnout in the second round was placed at 81%. Ramos-Horta took office on 20 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190949-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic\nThe 2007 East West Bank Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the East West Bank Classic, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, near Los Angeles, California, United States, from August 6 through August 12, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190949-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic\nThe singles field featured WTA No. 2, Australian Open runner-up and recent San Diego titlist Maria Sharapova, Charleston and Rome champion Jelena Jankovi\u0107, and French Open finalist and Berlin winner Ana Ivanovic. Also present were Paris titlist Nadia Petrova, Indian Wells champion Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1, Marion Bartoli, Martina Hingis and Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190949-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic\nThird-seeded and wild card entry Ana Ivanovic won the singles title, defeating Nadia Petrova in the final, and earned $88,260 first-prize money. En route, she saved two match points in the semifinal against compatriot Jelena Jankovi\u0107; the first set she lost in that match was the only one she lost in the entire championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190949-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic, Finals, Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke / Rennae Stubbs defeated Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo 6\u20130, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190950-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Doubles\nVirginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Su\u00e1rez were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190950-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6\u20130, 6\u20131, against Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190951-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Singles\nElena Dementieva was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Maria Sharapova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190951-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Singles\nAna Ivanovic won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20134, against Nadia Petrova, despite being two match points down in the third set of the semifinals against Jelena Jankovi\u0107. It was her second title of the year and her fourth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190951-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East West Bank Classic \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190952-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190952-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election, Background\nAfter the 2006 election the Conservatives controlled the council with a majority of 3, with 15 seats, compared to 12 for the Liberal Democrats. For 2007 the council changed from the previous system whereby a third of the council was elected each year, to instead have the whole council elected every 4 years, after a unanimous vote by the council. Earlier in 2007 Norman Marsh left the Liberal Democrats to sit as an Independent, while Liberal Democrat Irene Sims resigned from the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190952-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election, Background\nA record 89 candidates stood at the election, up from the previous high of 81 in 2002 when the entire council was last elected. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats stood a full 27 candidates, compared to 12 for Labour, 9 Green Party and 5 UK Independence Party. Councillors standing down at the election included Conservatives Patrick Bowker and David Stevens, Liberal Democrat Robert Slater and independent Norman Marsh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190952-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats made 9 gains to take control of the council from the Conservatives for the first time since 2004, with 8 of the gains being from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained seats in Old Town, Sovereign and Upperton wards to hold 20 seats and have a majority of 13, while the Conservatives were reduced to 7 seats. The Conservatives losses included the leader of the council, Ian Lucas, in Old Town and the cabinet member for finance, Chris Williams, in Sovereign. Overall turnout at the election was 42.26%, compared to 40.70% in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190952-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrat victory was attributed to the introduction of parking charges in Eastbourne by Conservative controlled East Sussex County Council and to a decision by borough councillors to increase their expenses by 52%. Following the election David Tutt became the new leader of the council, while the national Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell came to Eastbourne to celebrate the result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190953-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship\nThe 2007 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the fifth round of the Australian 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place on the weekend of the 9 to 11 June at Eastern Creek Raceway in New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190954-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern District Council election\nThe 2007 Eastern District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 37 elected members to the 46-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190955-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern League season\nThe 2007 Eastern League season began on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190955-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern League season\nThe Akron Aeros defeated the Erie SeaWolves 3 games to 1 in the Southern Division Championship Series and the Trenton Thunder defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 3 games to 1 in the Northern Division Championship Series. The Trenton Thunder defeated the Akron Aeros 3 games to 1 to win the Eastern League Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190955-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern League season, Regular season, Standings\nKey: Green shade indicates that team advanced to the playoffs \u2022 Bold indicates that team advanced to ELCS \u2022 Italics indicates that team won ELCS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190955-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Divisional Series, Northern Division\nThe Trenton Thunder defeated the Portland Sea Dogs in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190955-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Divisional Series, Southern Division\nThe Akron Aeros defeated the Erie SeaWolves in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190955-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Championship Series\nThe Trenton Thunder defeated the Akron Aeros in the ELCS 3 games to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190956-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\nThe 2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Eastern Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division. The team was coached by Jeff Genyk and played their homes game in Rynearson Stadium. The Eagles finished the season 4\u20138, tied with the 2004 and 2005 seasons for the most wins in Genyk's career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190956-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nAfter falling behind 13\u20130, the Eagles came back, and won 21\u201319 by blocking a Northern Illinois field goal attempt at the end of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190956-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThe Eagles registered their best showing ever against the Michigan Wolverines. In this 33\u201322 loss, EMU largely stifled Michigan's all-time leading quarterback, Chad Henne, and returned a blocked kick for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190956-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nThis game was the first of three games that would determine the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner (Central Michigan vs. WMU November 17 and CMU vs. EMU November 17). Prior to this game, Western led the all-time series 26-14-2 and had not lost in Rynearson Stadium since 1991 (7 wins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190956-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nOnly a first quarter safety kept the Eagles from registering their first shutout since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190956-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nThis was the final game in determining the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner. With their win in this game, the Eagles captured the trophy for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190957-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eastleigh Borough Council election\nElections to Eastleigh Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190958-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 East\u2013West Shrine Game\nThe 2007 East\u2013West Shrine Game was the 82nd staging of the all-star college football exhibition game featuring NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players. The game featured over 90 players from the 2006 college football season, and prospects for the 2007 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The proceeds from the East\u2013West Shrine Game benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190958-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 East\u2013West Shrine Game\nThe game was played on January 20, 2007, at 6\u00a0p.m. CT at Reliant Stadium in Houston, and was televised by ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190958-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 East\u2013West Shrine Game\nThe offensive MVP was Jeff Rowe (QB, Nevada), while the defensive MVP was Dan Bazuin (DE, Central Michigan). The Pat Tillman Award was presented to Kyle Shotwell (LB, Cal Poly); the award \"is presented to a player who best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190959-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Ebonyi State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Martin Elechi won the election, defeating Ogbonnaya Onu of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190959-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election, Results\nMartin Elechi from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ogbonnaya Onu from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 929,375.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190960-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election\nConstituent Assembly elections were held in Ecuador on 30 September 2007. A Constituent Assembly was established following an April referendum on doing so. A total of 130 delegates were elected; 24 members from national lists, 100 elected from provincial constituencies and six for overseas votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190960-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election\nThe large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) caused the elections to be the most complex in Ecuador's history. Although polls indicated that Correa's PAIS Alliance would win a plurality in the election, but not a majority, PAIS won a landslide victory, winning 80 of the 130 seats, giving the party the power to dismiss Congress and make the substantial constitutional reforms for which Correa has been calling. PAIS won all six foreign seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190960-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election\nThe Constituent Assembly was to be set up on 31 October 2007 and have six months (with a possible extension of two months) to draft a new constitution, which will then have to be ratified in a referendum. However, the installation of the Assembly was delayed to 29 November 2007 due to delays in the official proclamation of the final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190961-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum\nA referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to write the new constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007. After its approval by 87% of voters, a Constituent Assembly Election was held on 30 September 2007 with Correa's PAIS Alliance taking the majority of seats. The assembly was to sit for a maximum of 180 days with a possible 60-day-extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190961-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum, Background\nThe referendum was called by President Rafael Correa on 15 January 2007, and was originally planned to be held on 18 March 2007. On 23 January 2007, the Electoral Court decided to send the referendum call to Congress for consideration, which later approved it in a vote that was boycotted by a large number of parliamentarians. A poll taken in January showed 70% of voters to be in favour of the proposal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190961-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum, Results\nDo you approve the convocation and installation of a plenipotentiary Constituent Assembly in accordance with the electoral statute attached hereto in order to transform the institutional framework of the state and to draw up a new constitution?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190962-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Edinburgh Sevens\nThe Edinburgh Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition took place on 2 and 3 June, and was held at Murrayfield. It was the last leg of the 2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190962-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Edinburgh Sevens\nNew Zealand won the tournament after defeating Samoa, 34\u20135, in the final. Fiji were upset by Wales, 21\u201314, in their quarter-final. A Fijian victory would have guaranteed them the overall 2006\u201307 Series crown, however, as a result of their loss and New Zealand's tournament victory, New Zealand won the overall series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190963-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Eskimos season\nThe Edmonton Eskimos finished 4th in the West Division with a 5\u201312\u20131 record and failed to make the playoffs. It marked the first time since 1962-65 that the team missed the playoffs in consecutive years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190963-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, Transactions\n*Later traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats**Later traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season\nThe Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 2nd in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season\nThe Rush improved on their single-victory inaugural season with a respectable 6-10 record, but still finished well out of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Trades\n*Later traded to the New York Titans**Later traded to the Philadelphia Wings***Later traded back to the Portland LumberJax", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 47], "content_span": [48, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190964-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Entry Draft\nThe 2006 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 13, 2006. The Rush made the following selections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election\nThe 2007 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, eight of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and four of the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. One incumbent public school trustee had no challengers, and three separate school trustee candidates (one being an incumbent) were unchallenged. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Of the estimated 560,117 eligible voters, only 152,576 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Candidates, Separate school trustees\nOne trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Candidates, Separate school trustees\nJim Urlacher served as the trustee from Ward 2 until his death on May 16, 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Reaction, Mayoral\nIncumbent Stephen Mandel won an absolute majority of the votes for mayor, far ahead of the second candidate Don Koziak, however the lack of a close race left voter turnout very low, 27 percent. Observers saw it as an endorsement of Mandel's more ambitious attitude and free-spending ways compared to past mayors, as well as a mandate to push the province for more funding and neighbouring communities for great regional planning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Reaction, Council, Ward 4\nBen Henderson just managed to fend off Lewis Cardinal by 184 to fill the vacant seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Reaction, Council, Ward 5\nWard 5 provided the biggest surprise of the election as incumbent and former mayoral candidate Mike Nickel was upset by 28-year-old newcomer Don Iveson. Iveson received 2,000 more votes than Nickel. Nickel was the only incumbent not re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Reaction, Council, Ward 6\nThis ward was exceptionally close with just 466 votes separating first and third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Candidates summaries, Councillors, Ward 4\nWith the retirement of Michael Phair from Ward 4, at least one new face from Ward 4 would have a spot on Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190965-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Edmonton municipal election, Candidates summaries, Councillors, Ward 6\nWith the retirement of Terry Cavanagh from Ward 6, at least one new face from Ward 6 would have a spot on Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190966-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Edo State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Edo State gubernatorial election held on 14 April 2007 was the 4th gubernatorial election of Edo State. The Peoples Democratic Party nominee Oserheimen Osunbor won the election with 329,740 votes, defeating Adams Oshiomole of the Action Congress of Nigeria with 197,472 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190966-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Edo State gubernatorial election, Results\nOserheimen Osunbor from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Adams Oshiomole from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,345,410.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190967-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Edward Jancarz Memorial\nThe 10th Edward Jancarz Memorial was the 2007 version of the Edward Jancarz Memorial. It took place on 16 June in the Stal Gorz\u00f3w Stadium in Gorz\u00f3w Wielkopolski, Poland. The Memorial was won by Jason Crump who beat Chris Harris, Leigh Adams and Andreas Jonsson in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190967-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Edward Jancarz Memorial, Heat details\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190968-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Egyptian Shura Council election\nElections for the Shura Council were held in Egypt on 11 and 18 June 2007. From a total of 264 seats in the Shura Council, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, 88 are for election every three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190968-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Egyptian Shura Council election, Campaign\nThere were 587 candidates competing for the 88 seats in 24 provinces. The main parties running were the National Democratic Party (109 candidates) and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (whose 19 candidates were standing as independents, President Mubarak having had failed in an attempt to disqualify 17 of them). The elections were being boycotted by the New Wafd Party and the Nasserist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190968-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Egyptian Shura Council election, Conduct\nViolence on election day led to the death of a supporter of an independent candidate in Sharqia province after fighting with supporters of the NDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190968-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Egyptian Shura Council election, Results\nEgyptian media reported that 11 of the 88 seats were won uncontested by the National Democratic Party. In total, the NDP won 70 seats in the first round of the election, while one seat went to the National Progressive Unionist Party (commonly known as \"Tagammu\"). Voter turnout was reportedly 23%. The NDP won all 17 seats determined in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190969-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Egyptian constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Egypt on 26 March 2007. The amendments to the constitution were mostly concerning electoral law, and had been passed by Parliament on 20 March 2007. Government critics accused President Hosni Mubarak of deliberately having hastened the schedule (the referendum had originally been expected on 4 April 2007) in order to make it impossible for them to organise a strong \"no\" campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190969-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Egyptian constitutional referendum\nAccording to official results, 75.9 per cent of voters were in favour of the reforms, with an official turnout of 27.1 per cent. Government critics claimed the turnout was actually around 5 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190970-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eindhoven Team Time Trial\nThe third edition of the Eindhoven Team Time Trial took place on June 24, 2007. It featured a team time trial in and around the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Former winners Gerolsteiner and Team CSC were expected to be amongst the favourites for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190970-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Eindhoven Team Time Trial\nTeam CSC, led by United States national time trial champion David Zabriskie, won their second Eindhoven Team Time Trial in succession, clocked 0.43 seconds faster than wild card team Tinkoff Credit Systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190971-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ekiti State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Ekiti State gubernatorial election was the 3rd gubernatorial election of Ekiti State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Olusegun Oni won the election, defeating Kayode Fayemi of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190971-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ekiti State gubernatorial election, Results\nOlusegun Oni from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Kayode Fayemi from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 771,228.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado\nThe Elie, Manitoba tornado was an extremely powerful F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the Canadian province of Manitoba (40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Winnipeg), on the evening of Friday, June 22, 2007. While several houses were leveled, no one was injured or killed by the tornado. A home in the town was swept clean off of its foundation, justifying the F5 classification. This makes it one of the strongest twisters on record since 1999 and one of only nine to be rated F5/EF5 between 1999 and 2011 in North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado\nThis tornado was part of a two-day outbreak of severe weather through June 23, including at least four other tornadoes confirmed in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Because Environment Canada adopted the Enhanced Fujita scale in 2013, there will be no more tornadoes with an F5 rating, making this tornado the first and last confirmed F5 tornado in Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Tornado track\nThe tornado touched down north of the Trans-Canada Highway around 6:30 PM CDT (2330 UTC) and slowly moved southeast where it picked up a tractor-trailer before it headed south and severely damaged the town's flour mill causing over $1 million in damage. It then headed southeast towards Elie, where it destroyed four houses, flipped cars, and even tossed one homeowner's Chrysler Fifth Avenue onto a neighbour's roof. The tornado lingered over the same area of Elie for approximately four minutes before it cut sharply to the south and rapidly dissipated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Tornado track\nThe tornado traveled about 6\u00a0km (3.7\u00a0mi) and was 300\u00a0m (330\u00a0yd) wide at its widest during its 40-minute lifespan. The tornado repeatedly struck essentially the same area of town, destroying most of the structures and vehicles in the area. The people in Elie were prepared and took the necessary precautions during the event. A video of the tornado shows an entire two-story home swiped off its foundation and tossed 75 feet (23\u00a0m) in the air before rotating around the tornado and then being obliterated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Tornado track\nAlso seen on the video was a three-quarters-of-a-ton GM van filled with drywall picked up and tossed hundreds of feet. At least 3 houses are seen being destroyed on the video, with many more being damaged as well as vehicles, and the mill is seen being damaged, with bins and roofs being destroyed there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Tornado track\nAt the same time as the Elie tornado, another tornado was touching down close to nearby Oakville. That tornado was rated as an F3 with winds of 295\u00a0km/h (183\u00a0mph) after it destroyed several outbuildings and many trees. Two tornadoes not far from each other at the same time was a rare occurrence for the people watching the events unfold that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Tornado track\nThe following day, Environment Canada sent out a storm damage survey team from the Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre to assess the damage caused by the tornado. On September 18, 2007, the tornado was upgraded to F5 on the Fujita scale from the original F4 based on video analysis of the tornado and reassessment of the damage. This was the first tornado in Canada to be officially rated as such, making it the strongest confirmed tornado in Canadian history. It was one of only two F5/EF5 tornadoes that year (the other being in Greensburg, Kansas on May 4, 2007), and there have only been nine confirmed since 1999. At the time, Canada had not adopted the Enhanced Fujita scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Weather conditions prior to the tornado\nThe synoptic situation on June 22 was conducive to a major severe weather event in southern Manitoba. A low pressure system came in from Saskatchewan through the day, and then moved over southern Manitoba throughout the evening. A warm front was positioned north of Elie for much of the day with a trailing cold front residing west of Elie near the Lake Manitoba basin southwest through southeast Saskatchewan. A lake breeze boundary was also present south of Lake Manitoba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190972-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Elie, Manitoba tornado, Weather conditions prior to the tornado\nVery warm air was situated over Southern Manitoba that day as temperatures climbed into the high 20s \u00b0C (low 80s \u00b0F). The humidity was also uncomfortably high, with dewpoints ranging from 18\u201322\u00a0\u00b0C (64\u201372\u00a0\u00b0F). Strong wind shear was present, reflected in high helicity values. These conditions were favourable for supercells, which are thunderstorms with rotating updrafts, and they developed within the warm sector located in the Red River Valley and areas farther west. The situation was exacerbated by the presence of the lake breeze boundary because the atmosphere was capped through much of the day with little in the way of a trigger. This boundary provided the focus for storms to develop rapidly and become severe, given the high instability present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 68], "content_span": [69, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season\nThe 2007 Elite League speedway season was the 73rd season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Season summary\nIn 2007, the league consisted of eleven teams for the start of the season. However on 31 May, the Oxford Cheetahs issued a statement explaining their resignation from the league. Their results were expunged from the table and the season was completed with ten teams. Sadly it was the last time that Oxford Cheetahs would compete in the league following the refusal of the landlords to allow speedway at Oxford and the subsequent closure of Oxford Stadium in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Season summary\nCoventry bounced back to winning ways completing the league and cup double. English duo Scott Nicholls and Chris Harris were once again the main cataylsts to the team's success. The United States pair of Rory Schlein and Billy Janniro also added valuable contributions to the Coventry team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Season summary\nOnce again the Australian pair of Leigh Adams and Jason Crump were the best riders during the season and finished first and second in the league averages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Play-offs\nSemi-Final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Play-offs, Final, Second leg\nThe Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 102-83.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Knockout Cup\nThe 2007 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 69th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Coventry Bees were the winners of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190973-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Elite League speedway season, Elite League Knockout Cup, Final, Second leg\nThe Coventry Bees were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98-85.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190974-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council election\nElections to Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 30.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190975-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Emerald Bowl\nThe 2007 Emerald Bowl, one of the 2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games, was played on December 27, 2007, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, with the Atlantic Coast Conference represented by the Maryland Terrapins against the Oregon State Beavers, representing the Pacific-10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190975-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Emerald Bowl\nThe Terrapins scored all of their 14 points in the first quarter, while the Beavers scored successive touchdowns in the first, second and third quarters to win the game 21\u201314. Running back Yvenson Bernard and linebacker Derrick Doggett were the game MVPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup\nThe 2007 Emirates Cup was the inaugural pre-season men's association football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal. It took place at the club's home ground, the Emirates Stadium during the weekend of 28 July and 29 July 2007. The idea of a pre-season competition staged at Arsenal first came about during the 2006\u201307 season; once planning was complete, the club invited three other European clubs to participate in the event: Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Valencia. The latter club replaced Hamburg as the German side had Intertoto Cup commitments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup\nThe competition follows a point scoring system much like the Amsterdam Tournament, whereby each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss. An additional point is awarded for every goal scored. Arsenal did not face Valencia, and Inter did not play against Paris Saint-Germain. On the first day of the Emirates Cup, Valencia beat Inter Milan by two goals, while Arsenal defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup\nValencia's loss to Paris Saint-Germain on day two meant Arsenal needed to beat Inter Milan in order to finish top of the group. They went a goal behind in the second half, but goals from Alexander Hleb and Robin van Persie secured the cup win. The tournament was well attended with over 110,000 filling the Emirates Stadium across the two-day tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Background\nIn March 2007 Arsenal announced their intention to stage a pre-season competition at their home ground, the Emirates Stadium. Managing director Keith Edelman revealed plans were at an exploratory stage, and added: \"It would be in pre-season, around late July, and tickets would be reasonably priced. We feel it could be a really exciting event.\" Details of the tournament were formally announced five weeks later, with Italian champions Inter Milan, French side Paris Saint-Germain and German outfit Hamburg confirmed as participants. Hamburg's qualification into the Intertoto Cup however meant they withdrew from the competition; the club were subsequently replaced by Spain's Valencia. The two-day competition was televised live in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Summary\nInter Milan faced Valencia in the opening match of the tournament; manager Roberto Mancini named an experienced Inter team that included defender Marco Materazzi and forward Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107. Valencia began the much the stronger of the two, and went ahead in the 13th minute when Jaime Gavil\u00e1n scored. The midfielder had received the ball from a cross, and managed to guide it under goalkeeper Francesco Toldo. Referee Alan Kelly turned down Inter Milan's appeals for a penalty, when a challenge by Valencia defender Iv\u00e1n Helguera had caused Lu\u00eds Figo to tumble in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Summary\nInter nearly equalised through Maxwell as his effort hit the post, but conceded their second goal of the match minutes before the interval. Materazzi fouled David Villa outside the penalty area, and his deflected free-kick sailed into the net. Substitutions for both sides in the second half led to further chances, all of which came to nothing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Summary\nThe hosts Arsenal played Paris Saint-Germain in the later game. Although the visitors dominated play in the first 45 minutes, they went behind at the cusp of half-time, when Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini scored. He collected the ball from Nicklas Bendtner and his first-time shot went in off the post. Wenger tweaked his team's formation after the break from their customary 4\u20134\u20132 to 4\u20134\u20131\u20131 and made five changes to his team. He positioned right-back Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9 as a midfielder, and Alexander Hleb behind Bendtner. Arsenal's performance improved in the second half and they doubled their lead through Bendtner in the 70th minute. Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia immediately denied Pauleta with a stretching save at the far post, but could not prevent P\u00e9guy Luyindula from scoring. Arsenal held on to win by two goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Summary\nOn the second day of the tournament Paris Saint-Germain beat Valencia by three goals. The French club had made five changes to the side that lost against Arsenal, which worked to their favour as Amara Dian\u00e9 and David N'Gog each scored inside 30 minutes. Valencia struggled to match their opponents' intensity, though remained a threat with Fernando Morientes' arrival in the second half. The match was settled with five minutes remaining of normal time; Luyindula, on as a substitute, received a pass from Loris Arnaud which drew goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand out of his area and allowed the French striker to tap the ball into an empty net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Summary\nNeeding to beat Inter Milan to win the Emirates Cup, Arsenal failed to take the initiative and went behind after 62 minutes. William Gallas' negligence to spot the incoming David Suazo meant the Inter striker was able to head the ball past goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. Arsenal regrouped quickly and scored five minutes later; a well-worked move between Ebou\u00e9 and Bacary Sagna set Hleb up to shoot, but his effort was saved by Toldo. The ball rebounded to the Arsenal midfielder, whose second shot went into the far corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Summary\nNear the end of normal time Robin van Persie scored a \"wonder goal\" to secure the win. Collecting a long pass from Ebou\u00e9, the striker weaved past his opponent and dragged the ball back, before hitting it high into the far corner. Wenger said of Van Persie's winner: \"It was a great goal but I'm pleased we had a great team performance. As a team I think we played very well and that is most important.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190976-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Emirates Cup, Standings\nEach team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190977-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Emperor's Cup\nThe 87th Emperor's Cup has been held between September 16, 2007 and January 1, 2008. It was won by Kashima Antlers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190977-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Emperor's Cup, Matches, Fourth round\nPlayed on November 4, except Gamba vs. Yamagata and Kawasaki vs. Cerezo (November 7) and Urawa vs. Ehime (November 28 due to 2007 Asian Champions League commitments).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190978-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Emperor's Cup Final\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 00:19, 8 January 2020 (\u2192\u200etop: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190978-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Emperor's Cup Final\n2007 Emperor's Cup Final was the 87th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2007. Kashima Antlers won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190979-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Empress's Cup, Overview\nIt was contested by 32 teams, and Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190980-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Empress's Cup Final\n2007 Empress's Cup Final was the 29th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2008. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190980-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Empress's Cup Final, Overview\nNippon TV Beleza won their 8th title, by defeating defending champion Tasaki Perule FC \u2013 with Homare Sawa and Eriko Arakawa goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190981-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eneco Tour\nThe 2007 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from August 22 to August 29. The third edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. Instead of 23 teams like before, only 21 teams take part in the race this year. Of the 20 UCI ProTour teams, only Astana chose not to take part. The teams Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen and Skil-Shimano were each given a wild card.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190981-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Eneco Tour\nSeveral cities that have been start or finish locations already the previous years appear again in the schedule, e.g. Hasselt, Beek, Landgraaf, Sittard and Geleen were already part of the 2006 route. A major difference in the schedule is that the long time trial will now take place on the last day of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190981-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Eneco Tour, General classification\nThe leader of the general classification (ENECO Energie leiderstrui) wears a red jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190981-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Eneco Tour, Points Classification\nThe leader of the points classification (Lotto Puntenklassement) wears a white jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190981-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Eneco Tour, Withdrawals\nAll teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 21 teams this would create a starting field of 168 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with only 7 riders, namely Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux, Lampre\u2013Fondital, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole and AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance. As a result, only 164 riders were on the official starting list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190981-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Eneco Tour, UCI ProTour Points\nThe Eneco Tour 2007 is part of the UCI ProTour and so the riders can earn UCI ProTour Points. Below is states which riders won points and where. Because the Eneco Tour 2006 is a smaller stage race the points given are 3, 2 and 1 for the first three in each stage result. At the end of the tour, the top 10 in the standings receive points accorded as follows: 50, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 and 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190982-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa\nThe 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played in May and June 2007 in South Africa by England national rugby union team to prepare for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190982-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa\nIn both tests, the team, coached by Brian Ashton lost heavily against the future world cup winners. Many injured players remained at home, and it was therefore not possible for England to provide a strong opposition to the Springboks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190983-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 English Greyhound Derby\nThe 2007 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during June & July with the final being held on 7 July 2007 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner Westmead Lord received \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190983-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances\n\u00bd, neck, 1, short head, 1\u00be (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190983-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Race Report\nThe final was won by Westmead Lord in a time of 28.47 seconds. The winner, who was trained by Nick Savva and was a half brother to former two-time winner Westmead Hawk, dominated the race from the very start. 6\u20134 favourite Loyal Honcho improved as the race progressed, but just missed out on the ultimate prize by half a length. It was the second time that a Seamus Graham trained runner had finished second in as many years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190984-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 English National Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 English National Badminton Championships were held in Manchester, from 2 to February 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season\nThe 2007 English cricket season was the 108th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex at Lord's. Sussex went on to win the County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season\nThe West Indies toured England to compete in the Wisden Trophy test series which England won 3-0 and India defeated England 1-0 in the Pataudi Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, County Championship\nLast updated: 22 September 2007Source: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeatsP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = PointsDivision Two", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, County Championship\nLast updated: 22 September 2007Source: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeatsP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, Friends Provident Trophy\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, Friends Provident Trophy\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, Twenty20 Cup\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, Twenty20 Cup\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190985-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 English cricket season, Domestic competition tables, Twenty20 Cup\nSource: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd net run rateP = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190986-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Enterprise Football League\nThe 2007 season of the Enterprise Football League, also known as Fubon Enterprise Football League, consisted of four teams who play each other team twice. It was co-sponsored by Fubon Financial Holding Co. and Taiwan Cement Corporation. Taiwan Power Company F.C. won the league title and would represent Chinese Taipei to compete in AFC President's Cup 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190986-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Enterprise Football League, League format\nThe league consisted of two rounds, with each team playing each other team once per round for a total of twelve games. The order in which teams played in the first round was chosen at random, while the order in the second round was determined by the position of the league on the league table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190986-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Enterprise Football League, League format\nThe first round was played in January 2007 and the second round was played in March 2007. There was a break in February so that players in the Chinese Taipei national Olympic football team could prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympic qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190987-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Enugu State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Enugu State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Enugu State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Sullivan Chime won the election, defeating Ugochukwu Agballa of the Accord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190987-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Enugu State gubernatorial election, Results\nSullivan Chime from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ugochukwu Agballa from the Accord. Registered voters was 1,201,697.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190988-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Epping Forest District Council election\nElections to Epping Forest Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party regained overall control of the council, thanks initially to a by-election in Grange Hill in December 2006, and then following gains at this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190988-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Epping Forest District Council election\nThe British National Party retained all its representation on the council with 6 seats, and marginally increased its vote share. The remaining Labour councillor, Peter Gode of Shelley retained his seat, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. The Conservatives, following gains from the Liberal Democrats regained control of the council having last had control in 1994. One Independent lost their seat to the Conservatives, leaving two remaining on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190988-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Epping Forest District Council election\nThis election saw the Epping Community Action Group come third in both Epping wards. The party, registered in 2005, ran on a pledge to rejuvenate Epping high street and save small shops by relaxing parking laws. It opposed fortnightly collection of household rubbish and committed to not build on green belt land. Run by Ian Anderson, a former leader of the National Front between 1990 and 1995. Anderson's local party also committed to re-open the local adult learning centre and to stop the town centre becoming an \"endless parade of chain coffeehouses and takeaways\". Neither Epping candidates, including Anderson won seats, causing the party to dissolve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190988-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Epping Forest District Council election\nDue to no Loughton seats being contested in this cycle, no Loughton Residents Association councillors were up for election, and hence did not change in number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190988-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Epping Forest District Council election, By-elections, Grange Hill by-election\nThis by-election win by the Conservatives gave the party council control for the first time since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 83], "content_span": [84, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190989-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Epsom Derby\nThe 2007 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Saturday 2 June 2007. It was the 228th running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Authorized. The winner was ridden by Frankie Dettori and trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam. The race was notable for the fact that eight of the seventeen runners were trained by Aidan O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190989-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Epsom Derby, Full result\n* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head; hd = head; nk = neck.\u2020 Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190989-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, Two-year-old races\nNotable runs by the future Derby participants as two-year-olds in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190989-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, The road to Epsom\nEarly-season appearances in 2007 and trial races prior to running in the Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190989-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Epsom Derby, Form analysis, Subsequent Group 1 wins\nGroup 1 / Grade I victories after running in the Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190989-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Epsom Derby, Subsequent breeding careers, Other Stallions\nEagle Mountain (2nd) - Exported to New ZealandSalford Mill (6th) (renamed Helene Mascot) - Exported to AustraliaYellowstone (8th) - Flat and jumps winners in FranceLeander (14th) - Etheridge Annie (maiden hurdler)Admiralofthefleet (10th) - Exported to India", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190990-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Erewash Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Erewash Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190991-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Esiliiga\nThe 2007 Esiliiga is the 17th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190991-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Esiliiga\nJK Sillam\u00e4e Kalev gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga as FC Levadia II are the reserve team for Meistriliiga champions FC Levadia and therefore can not be promoted to the same league as its parent club. JK N\u00f5mme Kalju also go up after winning the promotion-relegation play-off. The league's top-scorer was Andrus Mitt from JK N\u00f5mme Kalju with 24 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190992-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Estonian Figure Skating Championships (Estonian: Eesti Meistriv\u00f5istlused) were held at the Premia J\u00e4\u00e4hall in Tallinn on 5\u20137 January 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190992-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian Figure Skating Championships\nThe senior compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz and the junior compulsory dance was the Midnight Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190993-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 4 March 2007. It was the world's first nationwide vote where part of the voting was carried out in the form of remote electronic voting via the internet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190993-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian parliamentary election\nThe election saw the Estonian Reform Party emerged as the largest faction in the Riigikogu with 31 seats. The Estonian Centre Party finished second with 29 seats, whilst the new Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica lost 16 seats compared to the 35 won by the two parties in the 2003 elections. The Social Democrats gained 4 seats, whilst the Greens entered the Riigikogu for the first time with 7 seats and the People's Union lost seven of its 13 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190993-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian parliamentary election, Background\nThe Centre Party, led by the mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar, had been increasingly excluded from collaboration, since his open collaboration with Putin's United Russia party, real estate scandals in Tallinn, and the Bronze Soldier controversy, considered as a deliberate attempt to split Estonian society by provoking the Russian minority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190993-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nIn 2007 Estonia held its and the world's first national Internet election. Voting was available from February 26 to 28. A total of 30,275 citizens (3.4%) used Internet voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190993-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nElectronic voting in Estonia began in October 2005 local elections when Estonia became the first country to have legally binding general elections using the Internet as a means of casting the vote and was declared a success by the Estonian election officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190993-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Estonian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe electoral system was a two-tier semi-open list proportional representation system with a 5% (27,510.65 votes) election threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190994-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open\nThe 2007 Estoril Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 11th for the women), and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier IV Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in Oeiras, Portugal, from 30 April through 6 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190994-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMarcelo Melo / Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 defeated Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda / Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto, 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190994-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nAndreea Ehritt-Vanc / Anastasia Rodionova defeated Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino / Arantxa Parra Santonja, 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190995-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nLuk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Pavel V\u00edzner were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190995-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMarcelo Melo and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 won in the final 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20136], against Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190996-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nNovak Djokovic defeated Richard Gasquet 7\u20136(9\u20137), 0\u20136, 6\u20131 to win the 2007 Estoril Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190997-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLi Ting and Sun Tiantian were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190998-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nZheng Jie was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190998-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Estoril Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nGr\u00e9ta Arn won the title, defeating Victoria Azarenka 2\u20136, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7-3) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00190999-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ethiopian presidential election\nA presidential election was held in Ethiopia on October 9, 2007, in which the Ethiopian Parliament re-elected Girma Woldegiorgis for a second six-year term. He was first elected by the upper house, the House of Federation, before being elected by the lower house, the House of People's Representatives, with 430 votes in favor, 88 against, and 11 abstaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191000-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nThe 2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the ninth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in May 2007, in Tarragona, Spain. Ukraine won the championship for the first time, with France finishing second. Portugal beat 2005 champions Switzerland in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191000-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup\nEight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place. This was the last tournament until 2009 to use this format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191000-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Matches, Fifth to eighth place deciding matches\nThe following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League\nThe 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the tenth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between June 29 and August 26, 2007 in six different nations across Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League\nChanges made to the structure of the league in 2006 remained in place for this season. However, there were some notable adjustments to the organisation of Division B \u2013 the lower tier season was shortened dramatically to just one round of matches involving all nations and hence was renamed as the Preliminary round for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League\nSpain entered the tournament as defending champions but lost to Portugal in the Superfinal semi-finals. The Portuguese proceeded to win the title, beating France in the final to claim their second European crown, having first won five years prior in 2002. This was France's third runner-up finish in the EBSL and their last top four placing to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League\nThe league also doubled as the European qualification process for the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The nations finishing in first, second, third and fourth place qualified, along with the winners of the last chance bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Preliminary round (Division B)\nTraditionally known as Division B, the lower tier of teams' competition was renamed as the Preliminary round for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Preliminary round (Division B)\nThe preliminary round took place prior to the Division A season. The event decided which four nations would advance to play in Division A later in the year alongside the top tier's automatic entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Preliminary round (Division B)\nFor this season, BSWW discarded the traditional multi-stage regular season for lower tier nations. In place of this was organised a single round of matches to decide those to progress to Division A. Since the division consisted of just one stage of fixtures, all 12 teams participated, split into four groups of three, competing in a round robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Preliminary round (Division B)\nUnlike in previous years, the overall division table did not determine the successful teams to progress to the next stage of their EBSL campaign. Instead, each of the four group winners secured a place in Division A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A\nDivision A consisted of four rounds of fixtures known as stages, with one stage hosted in each of the four nations which received automatic entry into the division. All eight teams took part in each stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A\nEach stage was played as a straight knockout tournament. All eight teams contesting the stage title started in the quarter-finals, playing one match per round until the final when the winner of the stage was crowned. The losers of the quarter and semi-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final league placements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Point distribution\nUnlike in previous years, points earned by the participating teams for winning matches did not count towards league table. Instead, the system of awarding points established last season in 2006 continued to be used (with minor alterations) \u2013 teams earned points for the league table based on their final placement in each stage from 10 points for winning the stage, down to 1 point for finishing last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Point distribution\nThe breakdown of the distribution of points is shown in the table below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 1\nThe first stage of Division A took place in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 2\nThe second stage of Division A took place in Portim\u00e3o, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 3\nThe third stage of Division A took place in Tignes, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 4\nThe fourth stage of Division A took place in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Final Division A table\nFollowing the completion of all four stages, the final Division A table was drawn up. The top six nations qualified for the Superfinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal\nThe Superfinal took place at the Plages du Prado, Marsielle, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal\nThe playoff event was organised as a multi-stage tournament; starting with a group stage, the six qualified nations were split into two groups of three, playing in a round robin format. The top two from each group advanced to the semi-finals from which point on the Superfinal was played as a knockout tournament until the winner of the 2007 EBSL was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal\nThe semifinalists secured qualification to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191001-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League, Last chance bracket\nEuropean nations were granted five berths at the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. As Superfinal semifinalists, Portugal, Spain, Russia and France successfully claimed four of these spots. This meant one berth was yet to be filled. This berth was contested in a final round of the 2007 EBSL, independent from the normal proceedings of the league, known as the Last chance bracket. Played as a knockout tournament, parallel to the staging of the Superfinal, Italy won the event and claimed the final World Cup spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket\nThe 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, simply known as the Last chance bracket was an additional round of the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) that was specially organised to determine the fifth and final European nation that would qualify for the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in parallel with the staging of the 2007 EBSL Superfinal, taking place during the same dates (23\u201326 August) and in the same location of Marsielle, France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket\nFive berths were allocated to European teams in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, four of which were filled when Portugal, Spain, Russia and France reached the semi-finals of the Superfinal. This meant there was still one final berth at the World Cup to be filled. As in 2006, in order to decide which nation would get this fifth and final spot at the World Cup, BSWW decided the prospective nations would compete in a knockout tournament called the Last chance bracket, with the winner claiming the final World Cup ticket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket\nItaly won the event by beating Switzerland in the final and claimed the last remaining World Cup berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket\nThe last chance bracket was retired from use after this edition due to the establishment of a dedicated World Cup qualifying competition for UEFA nations the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, Teams\nThis round of the 2007 EBSL was a distinctly separate and unique event from the regular structure of the league, but nevertheless related to the league since it involved inviting back teams previously knocked out of World Cup qualifying contention during this year's EBSL to compete in the event for a second chance at qualification, as well as four wild-card entries, as listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, Teams\nThese nations were eliminated from the EBSL in the preliminary round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, Teams\nThese nations competed in Division A but failed to qualify for the Superfinal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, Teams\nThese nations finished in 5th and 6th in the Superfinal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, Teams\nThese nations had not yet competed in this year's EBSL until this point", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 58], "content_span": [59, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, Results\nThe success of teams in this season's EBSL also affected what round the nations began their last chance bracket campaign's in as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191002-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro Beach Soccer League \u2013 Last chance bracket, World Cup qualifiers\nThe following table shows the five nations qualified to the 2007 World Cup and their qualification route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191003-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge\nThe 2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge was an invitational professional non-ranking snooker event and a Euro\u2013Asia Team Challenge event held in Hong Kong in July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191003-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge\nThe tournament was a revival of the two Euro-Asia Masters Challenge events played under the same name in 2003. There was a Europe v Asia team event (which Europe won 5\u20133) and a singles event. For the singles event, a similar format was also employed featuring eight players in two groups of four, with the top two in each group progressing to semi-finals. John Higgins defeated James Wattana 5\u20134 in the final to win the \u00a325,000 prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191004-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0\nThe 2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the seventeenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 21 April and finished at Barcelona on 28 October, after fourteen rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191004-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0\nThe title was claimed by Epsilon RedBull driver Brendon Hartley with a round to spare. Hartley took four race wins during the season, two of which coming in the opening round at Zolder. He also took four further podium finishes en route to a 32-point championship win over Jon Lancaster. SG Formula's driver eventually ended the season also with four victories in two final rounds at Estoril and Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191004-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0\nLancaster's teammate Charles Pic finished in third position, taking victory at the N\u00fcrburgring. He finished 17 points clear of Epsilon Euskadi's Stefano Coletti, who took win at the Hungaroring. Other victories were taken by Prema Powerteam's Henkie Waldschmidt at the N\u00fcrburgring and guest driver Mathieu Arzeno, who won both Magny-Cours races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191004-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Championship standings, Drivers\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191005-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Eurocup M\u00e9gane Trophy\nThe 2007 Eurocup M\u00e9gane Trophy season was the third season of the Renault\u2013supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit Zolder on 21 April and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on 28 October, after seven rounds and fourteen races. Pedro Petiz won the title, having battled with his team-mate Dimitri Enjalbert for the entire campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191006-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euroleague Challenge\nThe Euroleague Challenge 2007, also called CBA-Euroleague Challenge is the basketball tournament for clubs, progressing in China. The teams: Sydney Kings, CSKA Moscow, Benetton Treviso and \u00a0China are competing from September 30 until October 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191007-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euroleague Final Four\nThe 2007 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2006\u201307 Euroleague season. It was held on May 4\u20136, 2007. All of the games were held at the O.A.C.A. 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Scotland earned 2nd place on the tiebreaking better non-counting scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191011-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Amateur Team Championship\nThere was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leaders were Kevin McAlpine, Scotland, Rory McIlroy, Ireland and Paul Waring, England, each with a 6-under-par score of 136, two strokes ahead of Jesper Kenneg\u00e5rd, Sweden, and Morten \u00d8rum Madsen, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191011-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Amateur Team Championship\nThe eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. 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64], "content_span": [65, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191031-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats\nFirst 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191031-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 4 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191032-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's 60 metres hurdles\nThe Women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 182]}} {"id": 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European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals\nFirst 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 86], "content_span": [87, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191034-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's high jump\nThe Women's high jump event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191034-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's high jump, Medalists\nNote: Venelina Veneva (Bulgaria) originally took the bronze with 1.96 m but was later disqualified after testing positive for testosterone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 75], "content_span": [76, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191034-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's high jump, Results, Qualification\nQualification: Qualification Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 88], "content_span": [89, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191035-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe Women's long jump event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191035-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's long jump, Results, Qualification\nQualifying perf. 6.60 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 88], "content_span": [89, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191036-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's pentathlon\nThe Women's pentathlon event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191037-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's pole vault\nThe Women's pole vault event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 3\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191037-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification\nQualification: Qualification Performance 5.55 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 89], "content_span": [90, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191038-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe Women's shot put event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 3\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191038-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's shot put, Results, Qualification\nQualifying perf. 18.00 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 87], "content_span": [88, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191039-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe Women's triple jump event at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191039-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships \u2013 Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification\nQualifying perf. 14.10 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 90], "content_span": [91, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191040-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics Junior Championships\nThe 19th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 19 and 22 July 2007 at the FBK-Stadium in Hengelo, in the eastern Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191041-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships\nThe 6th European Athletics U23 Championships was held between 12 and 15 July 2007 in the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Athletic Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191041-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, Results, Women\n\u2020: In discus throw, Darya Pishchalnikova from Russia ranked initially 2nd (64.15m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191041-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 851 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191042-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres\nThe men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191042-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 10,000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191043-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metres\nThe men's 100 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191043-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals\n12 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191043-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats\n12 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 6 best to the Semifinals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191043-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 100 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191044-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles\nThe men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191044-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\n13 JulyFirst 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191044-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191045-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 1500 metres\nThe men's 1500 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191045-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 77], "content_span": [78, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191045-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 1500 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191046-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk\nThe men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, on 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191046-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 20 kilometres walk, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191047-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres\nThe men's 200 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held at the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion in Debrecen, Hungary between 13-14 July, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191047-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\n14 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191047-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 6 best to the Semifinals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191047-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 200 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191048-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 74], "section_span": [74, 74], "content_span": [75, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191048-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 74], "section_span": [76, 90], "content_span": [91, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191048-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 74], "section_span": [76, 89], "content_span": [90, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191049-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191049-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\n15 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 4 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191049-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191050-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191050-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Results, Heats\n14 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 4 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191050-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191051-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres\nThe men's 400 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191051-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals\n12 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 81], "content_span": [82, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191051-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats\n12 JulyQualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191051-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191052-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles\nThe men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191052-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\n13 JulyFirst 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 84], "content_span": [85, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191052-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 83], "content_span": [84, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191053-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 5000 metres\nThe men's 5000 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191053-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 5000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191054-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 800 metres\nThe men's 800 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191054-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats\n12 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 76], "content_span": [77, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191054-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats, Heat 2\n\u2020: Graeme Oudney qualified for the final by decision of the Jury of Appeal (IAAF Rule 163.2)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 84], "content_span": [85, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191054-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's 800 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191055-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's decathlon\nThe men's decathlon event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191055-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's decathlon, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 74], "content_span": [75, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191056-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's discus throw\nThe men's discus throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191056-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's discus throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191057-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's hammer throw\nThe men's hammer throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191057-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's hammer throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191058-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's high jump\nThe men's high jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191058-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's high jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 74], "content_span": [75, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191059-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's javelin throw\nThe men's javelin throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191059-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's javelin throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191060-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's long jump\nThe men's long jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191060-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's long jump, Results, Qualifications\n12 JulyQualifying perf. 7.65 or 12 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191060-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's long jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 74], "content_span": [75, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191061-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's pole vault\nThe men's pole vault event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191061-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's pole vault, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191062-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's shot put\nThe men's shot put event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191062-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's shot put, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 73], "content_span": [74, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191063-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's triple jump\nThe men's triple jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191063-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Men's triple jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191064-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres\nThe women's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191064-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 10,000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191065-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres\nThe women's 100 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191065-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals\n12 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 83], "content_span": [84, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191065-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats\n12 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 6 best to the Semifinals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 78], "content_span": [79, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191065-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191066-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles\nThe women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191066-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals\n13 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 91], "content_span": [92, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191066-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinale", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191066-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191067-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 1500 metres\nThe women's 1500 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191067-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 1500 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191068-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk\nThe women's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, on 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191068-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 20 kilometres walk, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191069-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 200 metres\nThe women's 200 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191069-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals\n14 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 83], "content_span": [84, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191069-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 78], "content_span": [79, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191069-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 200 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191070-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase\nThe women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [76, 76], "content_span": [77, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191070-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 92], "content_span": [93, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191070-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 76], "section_span": [78, 91], "content_span": [92, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191071-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191071-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Results, Heats\n15 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 4 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 88], "content_span": [89, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191071-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 87], "content_span": [88, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191072-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay\nThe women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191072-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 87], "content_span": [88, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191073-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres\nThe women's 400 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191073-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats\n12 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 78], "content_span": [79, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191073-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191074-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles\nThe women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [70, 70], "content_span": [71, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191074-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats\n13 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat 2 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 86], "content_span": [87, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191074-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 70], "section_span": [72, 85], "content_span": [86, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191075-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 5000 metres\nThe women's 5000 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191075-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 5000 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191076-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 800 metres\nThe women's 800 metres event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191076-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats\n12 JulyQualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 78], "content_span": [79, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191076-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's 800 metres, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191077-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw\nThe women's discus throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191077-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw, Results, Final\n\u2020: Darya Pishchalnikova ranked initially 2nd (64.15m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 80], "content_span": [81, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191077-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw, Results, Qualifications, Group A\n\u2020: Darya Pishchalnikova initially reached the final (57.43m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 98], "content_span": [99, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191077-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's discus throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191078-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's hammer throw\nThe women's hammer throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 13 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191078-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's hammer throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 79], "content_span": [80, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191079-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's heptathlon\nThe women's heptathlon event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191079-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's heptathlon, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191080-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's high jump\nThe women's high jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191080-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's high jump, Results, Final\n\u2020: Alena Ivanova ranked initially 4th (1.89m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 77], "content_span": [78, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191080-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's high jump, Results, Qualifications, Group B\n\u2020: Alena Ivanova initially reached the final (1.81m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 95], "content_span": [96, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191080-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's high jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191081-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's javelin throw\nThe women's javelin throw event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on the 14 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191081-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's javelin throw, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191082-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's long jump\nThe women's long jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 14 and 15 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191082-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's long jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191083-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's pole vault\nThe women's pole vault event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 14 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191083-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's pole vault, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191084-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's shot put\nThe women's shot put event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191084-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's shot put, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191085-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's triple jump\nThe women's triple jump event at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Debrecen, Hungary, at Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Atl\u00e9tikai Stadion on 12 and 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191085-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Athletics U23 Championships \u2013 Women's triple jump, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191086-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Baseball Championship\nThe 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball. The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The Netherlands won the tournament for the 5th consecutive time and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria. Czech Republic was downgraded to the last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated. This was the first time that 5 teams instead of 2 were relegated to the B-Pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191086-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Baseball Championship, Awards\nThe CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191087-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Baseball Championship \u2013 Qualification\nThe qualification for the 2007 European Baseball Championship was held from July 25\u201329, 2006 in Russia and August 1\u20135, 2006 in Belgium. 16 nations contested to qualify for 2 spots available among the 10 other sides already qualified. In the end, 3 teams qualified for the 2007 competition, because of the removal of Greece. Austria replaced Greece, being the runners-up in the qualifier pool in Russia, while Croatia and Russia won their qualifier pools and were qualified to compete in the 2007 competition, to be placed with the 9 already qualified teams from the 2005 competition. These were Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191088-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2007 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place at the Ondrej Cibak Whitewater Slalom Course in Liptovsk\u00fd Mikul\u00e1\u0161, Slovakia between June 11 and 17, 2007 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 8th edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191089-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe 2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering (French: Championnat d'Europe de ski de montagne 2007) was the seventh European Championship of ski mountaineering and was held in Avoriaz, Morzine between the Mont Blanc and the Lac L\u00e9man from March 24 - 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191089-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering\nThe competition was organized by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration fran\u00e7aise de la montagne et de l\u2019escalade (FFME) ordered by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). About 230\u00a0athletes of 21 nations participated. Compared to the 2005 European Championship the vertical race and the relay race event also ranked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191089-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Results, Combination ranking\ncombined ranking (results of the individual races and team races events)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191090-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cross Country Championships\nThe 14th European Cross Country Championships were held at Toro in Spain on 9 December 2007. Serhiy Lebid took his seventh title in the men's competition and Marta Dom\u00ednguez won the women's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191091-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup (athletics)\nThe 2007 Spar European Cup took place on 23 and 24 June 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany. This was the 27th time the European Cup has been held and the second time the event has been hosted in Munich. It was the penultimate staging of the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191092-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup (baseball)\nThe 2007 European Cup was held in San Marino on June 12 to June 16. Kinheim Haarlem were the winners of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191092-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup (baseball), Finals\nSemifinals:Kinheim Haarlem (Netherlands) defeated San Marino (Italy) 7\u20130Huskies de Rouen (France) defeated Rimini (Italy) 4\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191093-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup Winter Throwing\nThe 2007 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 17 and 18 March at Avangard Stadium in Yalta, Ukraine. It was the seventh edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 203 athletes from 26 countries entered the competition \u2013 a new high for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191093-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary\nThe competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were also under-23 events for younger athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191093-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary\nAthletes in the senior competitions were seeded into \"A\" and \"B\" groups. Igor Sukhomlinov of Russia surprised with a personal best of 83.34 m in the javelin throw to win the title despite being seeded in the \"B\" group. Dzimitry Hancharuk, Chiara Rosa, Nataliya Semenova were other \"B\" group athletes to take a medal, each of them a bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191093-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary\nTwo national records were broken during the competition: men's discus throw bronze medallist Erc\u00fcment Olgundeniz improved the Turkish record to 64.34 metres, while under-23 athlete Melik Janoyan set a new Armenian best for the javelin with his throw of 69.34 metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191093-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Cup Winter Throwing, Summary\nSeveral athletes went on to take top honours at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Discus winners Gerd Kanter and Franka Dietzsch became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers Primo\u017e Kozmus and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in Osaka as they did in Yalta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191094-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Curling Championships\nThe 2007 Le Gruy\u00e8re European Curling Championships were held in F\u00fcssen, Germany December 1-8, 2007. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the gold medal by beating Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 5-3 in the final. Norway had not lost a single game entering the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191094-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Curling Championships\nOn the women's side, Anette Norberg of Sweden captured the gold medal with a 9-4 victory over Scotland's Kelly Wood. This marks Norberg's seventh European championship in the last eight years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191095-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Dressage Championships\nThe 2007 FEI European Dressage Championships, was the 25th edition of the European Dressage Championship. It was held at La Mandria in Turin, Italy, from August 30 to September 2 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191096-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Fencing Championships\nThe 2007 European Fencing Championships was held in Ghent, Belgium. The event took place from 2 to 7 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191097-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland from January 22 through 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191097-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying\nThe competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2006. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2007 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2006 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191097-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nIn men's singles, Brian Joubert won his second European title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191097-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nIn ladies, Carolina Kostner won her first European title. Sarah Meier (silver) became the first Swiss woman to medal at the event since Denise Biellmann in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191097-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nIn pair skating, Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy won their first European title. It was Germany's first gold in the event since 1995 when their coach Ingo Steuer won with Mandy Woetzel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191097-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes\nIn ice dancing, Isabel Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder won their first and only European title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix\nThe 2007 European Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held at N\u00fcrburgring, N\u00fcrburg, Germany on 22 July 2007. It was the tenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso driving for the McLaren team after starting from second position. Felipe Massa finished second for Ferrari with Mark Webber third in a Red Bull Racing car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Alonso reduced the World Drivers' Championship lead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton down to two points; in the Constructors' Championship, McLaren extended their lead over Ferrari to twenty-seven points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nOn 29 August 2006 it was announced that the European Grand Prix had been removed from the F1 calendar for the 2007 season. Since then there has only been one GP hosted in Germany each year, alternating between Hockenheimring and N\u00fcrburgring. However, the name for this Grand Prix was in doubt. While originally thought to be the German Grand Prix from 2007, the title was later changed to \"Gro\u00dfer Preis von Europa\" (European Grand Prix), because the Hockenheimring held the naming rights for \"German Grand Prix\" and they could not reach an agreement to share the naming rights. It was the first time since 1960 that a Formula One World Championship race had not been held under the name \"German Grand Prix\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nLewis Hamilton entered the race as Drivers' Championship leader (and due to his 12-point lead over team-mate Fernando Alonso he would keep his championship lead regardless of the race result).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nMurray Walker provided radio commentary to listeners in the UK on BBC Radio 5 Live \u2013 the first time he had provided UK coverage of an F1 event since retiring in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nChristijan Albers did not drive for Spyker F1 due to his failure to pay sponsorship money. His replacement was German driver Markus Winkelhock, son of former Formula One driver Manfred Winkelhock. This was the last race for Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed who was later replaced by BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Background\nDuring the weeks leading up to the race it was announced that McLaren would appear in front of the FIA on 26 July regarding claims they had received information from Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton said he was confident it would go well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nKimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen overtook Felipe Massa during the final minute of qualifying and Fernando Alonso pushed him further down into third. The final session of qualifying was delayed for half an hour when Lewis Hamilton crashed into the barriers due to a wheel gun failure which caused the wheel to not be secured on the car. The wheel rubbed against the car, destroying the wheel and tyre, and sending the car into the wall. His time from the \"fuel-burn\" phase of Q3 was not good enough to elevate him higher than 10th position. Toyota had a strong qualifying with both drivers making it into the top 10, ending up 8th and 9th. Mark Webber qualified an excellent 6th just in front of Renault's Heikki Kovalainen and behind the two BMWs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAs for the rest of the field, Fisichella endured a miserable session qualifying a poor 13th, which was incidentally the same place he had qualified for the previous year's race. Red Bull had mistakenly let David Coulthard out too late from the pits in Q1 which led him to be stuck back in 20th place, only ahead of the two Spykers of Adrian Sutil and debutant Markus Winkelhock who had not been expected to do much better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race started dry, but rain was expected, and at the start of the warm-up lap, an imminent downpour was predicted. Markus Winkelhock for Spyker pitted for wet tyres, the only driver to do so, starting the race from the pit lane as a result. The Ferraris led into the first corner as a pair with Alonso trailing in third. Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, coming back from his 10th-place qualifying, was up to sixth at the first corner, but after a collision between the two BMWs, Hamilton received a puncture, causing him to fall back into the rest of the pack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDuring the first lap it started to rain, sooner and more heavily than most teams had expected. A number of drivers lost control, and many pitted at the end of the lap to change into intermediate-weather tyres. Leader Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen attempted to pit, but lost grip and ran wide, having to do an extra lap on dry tyres and dropping to seventh place. Winkelhock thus found himself in the lead as a result of his early gamble, the first time that a Spyker had led a Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nSome drivers had stayed out in the hope that the rain would stop, but it worsened, such that full wet tyres were required, rather than intermediates. Winkelhock had a huge advantage as the only driver on the right tyres, and led the race by 33 seconds ahead of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, who had pitted at the end of lap one along with other drivers. By the start of lap three, the weather had become so bad that water was flowing round turn 1 and was nicknamed the 'turn 1 river'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nJenson Button had moved up from a mid-grid position to 4th despite coming in on the 1st lap to change tyres. However, he spun off into the wall at the start of the 3rd lap, quickly followed by Lewis Hamilton who locked up. Adrian Sutil had a huge spin into the same place as Button and Hamilton and just missed both of them as he hit the wall. Nico Rosberg and Scott Speed also went off at turn 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAnthony Davidson then locked up at the \"river\" but stopped his car just before the gravel and was able to reverse out. The safety car was brought out, just as Vitantonio Liuzzi spun off at high speed. The gravel trap slowed him and he gently tapped a recovery tractor. Hamilton had kept his engine running after his spin and was hoisted back on the circuit to continue a lap down. Not long after the safety car was deployed, race director Charlie Whiting decided the conditions were too dangerous to continue, and the race was red flagged. It was the first race to be stopped since the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, when a crash by Fernando Alonso halted the race, and the first race to be red-flagged and then restarted since the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAt about 2:20\u00a0p.m. local time the rain stopped and the drivers were pushed on to the starting grid, in the order that they were one lap before the red flag. Jenson Button, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg, Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi did not take the restart as they all aquaplaned off the track at turn one on lap three, causing the red flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race restarted under safety car conditions, with an agreement that after one and a half minutes, any lapped cars would be allowed to overtake all the cars in front (including the safety car) and unlap themselves. The only lapped car was that of Lewis Hamilton, who unlapped himself and then pitted to change to dry tyres, a gamble which did not pay off due to the track still being too wet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nWhen the safety car returned to the pit, race leader Markus Winkelhock lost the lead very early on after another gamble, keeping wet weather tyres on while everybody else was on the more suitable intermediate tyre, in the hope that further rain would fall. It would not and eventually he was forced into retirement after a hydraulic failure on lap 15. Winkelhock had only driven the Spyker for a total of three days before the race, and had not previously experienced wet weather in a Formula One car. Takuma Sato and Ralf Schumacher also retired, Schumacher after a collision with Nick Heidfeld who continued. Pole position holder Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen also retired due to mechanical problems while catching up to the leaders running third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFrom then onwards, the track dried out, and the faster Ferrari of Massa led Fernando Alonso. Mark Webber was in third with Alexander Wurz chasing him hard. But on lap 52, more rain fell, and all drivers except for Lewis Hamilton pitted for intermediate tyres. Hamilton managed to get up to a points position of eighth, before eventually having to pit, dropping him back down to tenth. Fernando Alonso's McLaren performed well in the conditions, and he passed Massa on lap 56 around the outside at turn five, making contact as he did so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191098-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 European Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHe proceeded to win the race, taking McLaren's first win at the N\u00fcrburgring since 1998, on the 80th anniversary of the first Grand Prix at the N\u00fcrburgring. Massa trailed him by 8.1 seconds. The final podium position was claimed by Mark Webber in the Red Bull, over a minute behind the leader. Alexander Wurz, David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen, who had gambled on putting intermediate tyres on early and fell from fifth position to eighth, completed the points positions. Red Bull earned ten points to move past Toyota in the Constructors' Championship into sixth. Hamilton finished the race in ninth place, the first time in his debut season that he had finished outside the points-scoring positions. Alonso and Massa had a heated argument before the podium ceremony, over their collision in the final part of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191099-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Judo Championships\nThe 2007 European Judo Championships were the 18th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Belgrade, Serbia from 6 April to 8 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191100-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Judo Open Championships\nThe 2007 European Judo Open Championships were the 4th edition of the European Judo Open Championships, and were held in Warsaw, Poland on 1 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191100-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Judo Open Championships\nThe European Judo Open Championships are staged because the open class event had been dropped from the European Judo Championships program from 2004. Unlike the regular European Judo Championships, several competitors from each country are allowed to enter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191101-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships were held in Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, V\u00f6lklingen town, Saarbr\u00fccken district, Germany, between 31 March and 8 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191102-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Boys' doubles\nThe boys' singles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Rasmus Bonde and Kasper Henriksen from Denmark clinched this title in the last edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191102-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Boys' doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 67], "content_span": [68, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191103-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Boys' singles\nThe boys' singles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Rajiv Ouseph from England clinched this title in the last edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191103-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Boys' singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 67], "content_span": [68, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191104-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Girls' doubles\nThe girls' doubles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Nina Vislova and Olga Kolzova from Russia clinched this title in the last edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191104-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Girls' doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 68], "content_span": [69, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191105-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Girls' singles\nThe girls' singles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Janet K\u00f6hler from Germany clinched this title in the last edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191105-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Girls' singles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 68], "content_span": [69, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191106-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles\nThe mixed doubles tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 4 to 8 April 2007. Rasmus Bonde and Christinna Pedersen from Denmark clinched this title in the last edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191106-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Mixed doubles, Seeds\nClick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 67], "content_span": [68, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191107-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Badminton Championships \u2013 Mixed team\nThe mixed team tournament of the 2007 European Junior Badminton Championships was held from 31 March to 3 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191108-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Baseball Championship\nThe 2007 European Junior Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held at Sportpark De Groote Wielen in Rosmalen, The Netherlands from July 30 to August 5, 2007. It featured teams from Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191108-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Baseball Championship\nIn the end the team from Italy won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191109-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Curling Challenge\nThe 2007 European Junior Curling Challenge was held from January 2 to January 6, 2007, in T\u00e5rnby, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191109-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group A\nThird: Romain Borini Second: Amaury Pernette Lead: Damien Bertoluzzi Alternate: Aur\u00e9lien Fasano", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191109-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group A\nThird: Silvio Zanotelli Second: Davide Zanotelli Lead: Massimo Micheli Alternate: Mirco Ferretti", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191109-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group B\nThird: Diederick BontenbalSecond: Bart van der LubbeLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Floyd Koelewijn", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191109-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Men, Teams Group B\nThird: Dorian \u0141ebzuch Second: Witek Abramowicz Lead: Przemek Boszczyk Alternate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191109-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Curling Challenge, Junior Women, Teams\nThird: Linda Kl\u00edmov\u00e1 Second: Tereza Pl\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1 Lead: Michaela N\u00e1dherov\u00e1 Alternate: Luisa Illkov\u00e1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191110-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior Swimming Championships\nThe 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 18 to July 22, 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191111-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships\nThe 2007 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Krak\u00f3w, Poland from 2 to 5 August 2007 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA) at the Krak\u00f3w-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course. It was the 9th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 5th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 15 medal events took place. The junior men's C2 team event did not take place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191112-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Juveniles Baseball Championship\nThe 2007 European Juveniles Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Olomouc and Sumperk, Czech Republic from July 10 to 14, 2007. It featured teams from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Israel, Lithuania, Poland and Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191112-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Juveniles Baseball Championship\nIn the end the team from Czech Republic won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191113-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Karate Championships\nThe 2007 European Karate Championships, the 42nd edition, were held in Bratislava, Slovakia from 4 to 6 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191114-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Mixed Curling Championship\nThe 2007 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 24 to 29, 2007 at the Palacio de Hielo in Madrid, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191114-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Mixed Curling Championship\nWales, skipped by Adrian Meikle, won its first title, defeating Denmark in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191115-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Mountain Running Championships\nThe 2007 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 14 July in Cauterets, France. Held by the European Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191115-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Mountain Running Championships\nThe championships comprised four races, incorporating junior races for the first time: the men's race, which was 12.8\u00a0km long with a 1,570\u00a0m ascent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.5\u00a0km and containing a 1,010\u00a0m ascent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4\u00a0km with a rise of 400\u00a0m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191115-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Mountain Running Championships\nAhmet Arslan of Turkey won the title in the men's senior race while the Norwegian Anita Evertsen took the gold medal in the women's race. Italy reached to the senior men's team gold medal and Switzerland won the women's team gold. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Mehmet Akkoyun winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Lucija Krkoc from Slovenia. United Kingdom took the team gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191116-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship\nThe 2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the fourth edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Terenzano, Italy on 1 September. The Czech Republic won their second title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191116-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 1\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fellns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191116-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 2\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fellns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191116-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fellns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191117-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election\nTwo member states of the European Union held elections to the European Parliament in 2007. For details, see", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria\nBulgaria elected its members of the European Parliament in a by-election on 20 May 2007. It was the country's first European election, having joined the Union on 1 January of that year. The country still had 18 MEPs, no change from before the election. Until Bulgaria could hold these elections, the country was represented by MEPs appointed by the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria\nThe top two parties \u2013 GERB and Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) \u2013 won 5 seats each, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. Voter turnout was 28.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria\nIt was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria\nControversially, the eligible voters were limited to citizens of Bulgaria and the EU with their permanent and current address within the Union and a minimum of 60 days of the last three months before the elections spent within its borders. Because of this requirement, 232,800 people were rendered ineligible to vote, 185,000 of whom were Turkish Bulgarians resident in Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Contesting parties\nThe People's First Movement had registered to contest the election, but were refused by the Central Electoral Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Contesting parties\nThe five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death and the Bulgarian doctor who received a lighter sentence in the HIV trial in Libya were slated to stand as the six leading candidates on the list of the populist Order, Law and Justice Party \u2013 to put pressure on Libya to release the nurses and to postpone their execution because of the immunity they would have as MEPs. They were refused by the Central Electoral Commission, however, as they did not meet the residency requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Pre-election situation\n18 MEPs were appointed by Bulgaria to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined on 1 January 2007. Those observers then functioned as Bulgaria's appointed delegation to the European Parliament until elections were held on 20 May 2007. The breakdown of parties and their European Parliament political groups for the period 1 January 2007 to 20 May 2007 was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Results\nThe official results were announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 21 May. According to the official data, the winner of the elections was GERB, followed by a small margin by the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, with the distance between the third and the first being less than 1.5%. The voter turnout was 28.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191118-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, Results, Elected MEPs\nAccording to the election results, the following 18 candidates were elected as Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191119-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Romania\nRomania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191119-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Romania, Pre-election situation\nRomania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191119-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Romania, Results\n35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007. Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs. The breakdown of parties and their European groupings was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191119-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Parliament election in Romania, Results\nThe next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to 33.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191120-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Race Walking Cup\nThe 2007 European Race Walking Cup was held in Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, on 20 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191120-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Race Walking Cup\nComplete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191120-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Race Walking Cup, Participation\nThe participation of 249 athletes ( men/ women) from 29 countries is reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191121-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Racquetball Championships\nThe XIV Racquetball European Championship was held in Brembate (Italy) from July 28 to August 4, 2007, with six men's national teams and four women's national teams in competition. On August 1 started the individual competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191121-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Racquetball Championships\nThe venue was the Centro Sportivo Comunale di Brembate, in Brembate (Bergamo), with 2 regulation racquetball courts. The 6 men's teams were Belgium, Catalonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands and the 3 women's teams were Catalonia, Germany and Ireland. More than 50 players were in the singles, doubles, junior and senior competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191121-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Racquetball Championships\nThe opening ceremony was on July 28 with the Vice President of European Racquetball Federation, Mike Mesecke, and the President of Racquetball Italia, Marco Arnoldi, in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191122-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Rally Championship\nThe 2007 European Rally Championship season was the 55th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. French driver Simon Jean-Joseph won his second European rally championship title despite not winning any of the 10 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191122-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Rally Championship, Calendar and winners\nThe calendar of the 2007 European rally championship season consisted of 10 events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191122-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Rally Championship, Championship standings\nFor the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3\u20132\u20131 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191123-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Road Championships\nThe 2007 European Road Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 19\u201322 July 2007. Regulated by the European Cycling Union, the event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under-23 and juniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191124-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Road Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 road race\nThe Women's U23 road race at the 2007 European Road Championships took place on July 21. The Championships were hosted in Sofia, Bulgaria. The course was 112\u00a0km long and started in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191125-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Road Championships \u2013 Women's under-23 time trial\nThe women's U23 individual time trial at the 2007 European Road Championships took place on 19 July. The Championships were hosted by the Bulgarian city of Sofia. The course was 24\u00a0km long and the race started in the morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191126-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Rowing Championships\nThe 2007 European Rowing Championships were held at the Lake Malta in Pozna\u0144, Poland, between 21 and 23 September 2007. The European Rowing Championships had previously been held between 1893 and 1973, had become an international regatta in character, and were disestablished when the World Rowing Championships became an annual event. After a decision made in May 2006 by FISA, the European Championships were re-established with a focus on Europe only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191127-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Seniors Tour\nThe 2007 European Seniors Tour was the 16th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour. England's Carl Mason won five events and his third Order of Merit title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191127-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results\nThe numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191127-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results\nFor the tour schedule on the European Seniors Tour's website, including links to full results, click .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191127-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners\nThere is a complete list on the official site .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191128-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Sevens Championship\nThe 2007 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Moscow, Russia. It was the sixth edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA \u2013 Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191129-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Shield\nThis is the second time the European Shield took place. Germany and the Czech Republic had little experience having only played a few games beforehand. Serbia were a little more experienced taking players from their domestic league, the Serbian Championship. The shield was hailed as a success in promoting rugby league in the three countries, attendances were good and the players gathered more experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191130-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships\nThe 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, which was the 15th edition of the continental swimming event, were held between 13\u201316 December 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. The championships were swum in the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, in a short course (25-metre) pool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191130-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Events\nThe events were held over four days, divided into a morning session, when the preliminary heats were staged, and an evening session, when the semifinals and finals took place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191130-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Events\nWomen's 50m Freestyle (semifinals) Men's 50m Butterfly (semifinals) Women's 400m Individual Medley (final) Men's 200m Breaststroke (final) Women's 200m Freestyle (final) Men's 100m Individual Medley (final) Women's 100m Breaststroke (final) Men's 200m Freestyle (final) Women's 100m Butterfly (final) Men's 100m Backstroke (final) Women's 200m Backstroke (final) Men's 50m Butterfly (final) Women's 50m Freestyle (final) Men's 4 x 50m Freestyle (final)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 57], "content_span": [58, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191131-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2007 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 19 and 21 January 2007 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships\nThe 2007 European Speed Skating Championships were held on the outdoor artificial ice track Arena Ritten in Collalbo, Italy. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships\nLive broadcasts from the Championships were shown on Nederland 1, NRK and Rai Tre/Rai Sport Sat, with highlights on Das Erste.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships\nThe two champions were both below 21 years of age; Sven Kramer won his first European gold medal, two years after winning silver in Thialf, while Czech Martina S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 won the women's championship to become the first Czech to medal at a European championship, and also the youngest European women's champion. Kramer is the youngest European Champion since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Rules\nAll skaters were allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters took part on the fourth distance. These were qualified by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Men\nThe top six skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Men\nA placing among the top 16 qualified the nation for the 2007 World Championships as well as the 2008 European Championships (where each federation is automatically entitled to one skater and any additional skaters are added to this quota, with a cap of four.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women\nAnni Friesinger, five-time European Champion, withdrew to concentrate on the World Sprint Championships a week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women\nAt first, the Norwegian Skating Federation selected only Maren Haugli, but included Mari Hemmer and Hedvig Bjelkevik after protests from within the speed skating community. Bjelkevik later declined, citing the same reason as Friesinger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women\nThe top seven skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Final standings, Women\nThe top 14 have qualified their nation for the World Allround Championships. Skaters in the top 16 have given their nation an addition to the basis quota of one skater for the 2008 European Championships, with the quota capped at four skaters per nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events\nIn the results list, previous European medallists are mentioned, as well as the top ten on each distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events\nKramer advanced 13 places from his performance at the 2006 European Championship, and gained 0.8 seconds on Fabris compared to last year's standings. Ervik lost nearly a second, while B\u00f8kko lost half a second and Verheijen gained 0.3 seconds, all compared to the defending champion Fabris. The distance podium is the same as last year, but only Skobrev finished in the same position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events\nAbramova, Lobysheva, Pechstein and W\u00f3jcicka all finished in the same order as in Hamar last year, with Abramova gaining a few hundredths of a second. However, W\u00fcst gains over 1.2 seconds on those three compared to last year's performance, where she finished 0.79 500 m-seconds behind Pechstein in the overall standings. Groenewold finishes 0.77 seconds behind Pechstein, gaining 0.13 on 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Friday's events\nThe previous outdoor world best, by Chad Hedrick from the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, was bettered by 9.96 seconds. Verheijen was the first to beat the record, in the 12th of the 15 pairs, before Kramer lowered it by a further four seconds in the 13th pair, recording nine of twelve laps below 30 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Saturday's events\nW\u00fcst and Abramova finished first and second once more, with exactly the same difference in samalog points, while defending champion Pechstein, whose best World Cup ranking is in the long distance cup, advanced to third place in the allround rankings despite recording a worse placing here than on the 500 metres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Saturday's events\nIn the final pair, Kramer bettered his personal best by nearly two seconds, thus advancing to third place on the Adelskalender. The outdoor world best mark was lowered by nearly three seconds by Fabris, who pipped Kramer to the line in the final pair, but remains 0.72 seconds behind before the final distance tomorrow, where Kramer was world record holder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Saturday's events\nBy winning the distance, 19-year-old S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 advanced seven places in the overall standings, but still needed to beat W\u00fcst by 14.05 seconds on the final 5,000 metres. On this distance, two-thirds the length, she beat W\u00fcst by 4.09 seconds. Renate Groenewold finished second, also advancing seven places in the allround standings, after skating in the same pair as S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 and leading until two laps remained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Sunday's events\nS\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 skated in the fifth pair, and after distancing Groenewold by 10 seconds and bettering the world outdoor mark by seven seconds, she set W\u00fcst the task of finishing in 7:12.49 to become European champion. This would be fifth place thus far. W\u00fcst started well, and with five laps to go, she was 0.6 seconds behind S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1, with a cushion of more than 2.5 seconds per lap. But with lap times steadily going upwards, the worst being 37.0 on the penultimate lap, she arrived 0.23 seconds too late to become European champion. S\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1 thus became the first Czech to win a senior speed skating championship. Neither Pechstein nor Ansch\u00fctz-Thoms managed to beat Groenewold on the distance, giving Groenewold the bronze medal. Thus, in Friesinger's absence, Germany failed to finish on the podium for the first time since 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191132-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speed Skating Championships, Sunday's events\nThe outdoor world best mark was lowered twice during the race; first by Enrico Fabris in the fifth pair, who bettered the old record by four seconds on his way to leading the distance. Sven Kramer was thus required to skate 13:22.21 to win the championship; he kept well ahead of that, even skating the last two laps in times below 30 seconds, much faster than any other lap of the race. Verheijen also managed to beat B\u00f8kko by 0.455 points (9.10 10,000 m-seconds) to take the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191133-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Semi-Finals, Gori\u010dan\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour\nThe 2007 European Tour was the 36th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour\nThe Order of Merit race came down to the closing holes of the final tournament, and was won by Justin Rose for the first time despite the Englishman playing the majority of his golf in America. Rose overtook Ernie Els and held off the challenge of the defending Order of Merit champion P\u00e1draig Harrington. The Player of the Year award was given to Harrington after his victories at The Open Championship and the Irish Open. The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Martin Kaymer of Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour, Major tournaments\nFor a summary of the major tournaments and events of 2007, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2007 in golf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour, Schedule\nThe 2007 season began with six tournaments in late 2006 and consisted of record 52 official money events, surpassing the 2005 and 2006 seasons. This included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which were also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 29 events took place in Europe, 12 in Asia, six in the United States, three in South Africa, one in Australia and one in New Zealand. The PGA Tour's introduction of the FedEx Cup prompted the European Tour to extend the season into November and several tournaments moved away from their traditional dates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour, Schedule\nThere were three new tournaments, the Joburg Open in South Africa, the Open de Andaluc\u00eda in Spain and the Portugal Masters. In addition, the long-established Australian Masters joined the tour schedule and two tournaments returned after missing the 2006 season; the New Zealand Open skipped a season due to date changes, and the German Masters having not been held in 2006, came back with a new sponsor and was re-titled as the Mercedes-Benz Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour, Order of Merit\nIn 2007, the European Tour's money list was known as the \"Order of Merit\". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2007 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191134-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour, Order of Merit\nTiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2007 than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so was not eligible for the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191135-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates\nThis is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2008 European Tour card through Q School in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191135-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2008 Results\n* European Tour rookie in 2008T = Tied \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191136-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Touring Car Cup\nThe 2007 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the third running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 28 October 2007 at the Adria International Raceway near Adria in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191137-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Truck Racing Championship\nThe 2007 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production based trucks held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of two-axle tractor units which conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It was the 23rd European Truck Racing Championship season and began at Catalunya on April 1, with the finale at Jarama on October 7 after nine events. The championship was won by Markus B\u00f6siger, taking his first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191137-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Truck Racing Championship, Teams and drivers\nRace drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191137-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Truck Racing Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship\nEach round or racing event consisted of four races, with two qualifying races and two cup races. For the two qualifying races, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers \u2013 for the two cup races with the grid decided from the finishing order of the previous qualifying race, the points awarded were 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 (rank 1 - 10) respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 86], "content_span": [87, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191138-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships\nThe Men's 2007 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland from June 18 to June 23. The 5th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 119 fighters from across Europe competed at these championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191139-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament\nThe 2007 Men's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 2 to September 9, 2007. Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Serbia had already qualified for the Olympics, so they did not participate. Montenegro defeated Romania in the final and so earned a berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics Water Polo Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191140-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Weightlifting Championships\nThe 2007 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 17 April to 22 April 2007. It was the 86th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191141-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Women Sevens Championship\nThe 2007 European Women Sevens Championship was the fifth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191141-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Women Sevens Championship, Emerging (European) Nations 2007\nPlayed at Katowice, Poland on 27 April to 1 May 2007, this appears to have been part training camp, part tournament. (Source Austria Union)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191141-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European Women Sevens Championship, FIRA-AER Tournament 2007 - Division B, Pool Stages\nPOOL TwoNote: Slovakia and Georgia withdrew, Moldova joined leaving one team missing in the group. A Barbarians team is also listed in this group as having lost all games 0-3 suggesting the games were not counted towards the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 91], "content_span": [92, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191141-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European Women Sevens Championship, T-EN League 2007\nPlayed on 23 June 2007 at Grossmugl, Austria during the Friendly Games (a wider reaching 10s tournament) (Source Austria Union)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191142-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Wrestling Championships\nThe 2007 European Wrestling Championships was held from 17 April to 22 April 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191143-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Youth Baseball Championship\nThe 2007 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Jablonec, Czech Republic from July 17 to July 21, 2007. It featured teams from Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191144-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival\nThe 2007 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival was an international multi-sport event held in Jaca, Spain between 18 and 24 February, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191144-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, Mascot\nThe mascot for this edition of Winter European Youth Olympic Festival is a white bird wearing blue jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191145-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival\nThe 2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 21 until 28 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave\nThe 2007 European heat wave affected most of Southern Europe and the Balkans. The phenomenon began affecting Italy and Turkey on 17 June and expanded into Greece and the rest of the Balkans, Hungary and Ukraine on 18 June. The costs of the heat wave were estimated at 2\u00a0billion euros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, April 2007\nMainz, Germany recorded an average high of 22.4\u00a0\u00b0C (72.3\u00a0\u00b0F) for April, the strongest deviation (+6.2\u00a0\u00b0C (11.2\u00a0\u00b0F)) from the 1989-2018 average of any month. It was also the first calendar month without any measured precipitation since February 1959. A high of 29.4\u00a0\u00b0C (84.9\u00a0\u00b0F) was reached on 14 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, June 2007\nUp until 21 June, temperatures generally hovered around 36\u201339\u00a0\u00b0C (97\u2013102\u00a0\u00b0F) in most of the aforementioned countries; however, starting on 22 June, temperatures skyrocketed in this entire region. From this point on Greece, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Turkey experienced record-breaking temperatures in a situation unprecedented even for these nations, typically used to conditions of extreme heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, June 2007\nDuring the weekend of 23\u201324 June and on 25 June, temperatures soared to 43\u201344\u00a0\u00b0C (109\u2013111\u00a0\u00b0F). By 26 June, however, Greece seemed to bear the brunt of the heatwave with temperatures in Athens reaching 46.2\u00a0\u00b0C (115.2\u00a0\u00b0F). The same day, Greece's national power consumption set a new record. Parts of Greece, including neighbourhoods in Athens, suffered from power outages due to high electricity demand and heat damage to the grid. Explosions from overheating transmission towers were implicated in the forest fires ravaging the country. The discomfort was exacerbated by high night-time temperatures, which exceeded averages by up to 8\u00a0\u00b0C (14\u00a0\u00b0F), and remained at very high levels for more than half of the 2007 summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, June 2007\nMore than 200 people were hospitalized for heat-related treatment and 18 people died from heat exhaustion. By 28 June northerly winds started blowing from the northwest and temperatures finally began falling, reaching a cooler 39\u00a0\u00b0C (102\u00a0\u00b0F). Nonetheless, at a time when everyone believed that the worst part was over, more than 100 fires erupted across the country. Two people perished in the village of Aghia, near the city of Larissa. In the evening of that same day a major wildfire broke out in Mount Parnitha near Athens. By the dawn of 29 June, a significant part of the popular Parnitha National Park had turned into ashes. Temperatures fell by as much as 6\u00a0\u00b0C (11\u00a0\u00b0F) and the worst heatwave since records began came to an end leaving Greece reeling upon its disastrous effects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, July 2007\nBy late July, temperatures again rose to more than 40\u00a0\u00b0C (104\u00a0\u00b0F) in Southern Europe, impacting agriculture, electricity supply, forestry and human health. From 21 to 25 July, temperatures reached or exceeded 45\u00a0\u00b0C (113\u00a0\u00b0F). Over 500 deaths in Hungary were attributed to the heatwave. Major wildfires destroyed large forested areas across the region. Six people (including two Canadair pilots) lost their lives while trying to extinguish the flames in Greece. The country's electricity grid nearly collapsed due to exceptional demand for air conditioning. Hundreds of tourists were stranded on the beaches of Apulia, in Southeastern Italy, and had to be rescued by boats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, July 2007\nIn Bulgaria, six people were killed in the fires that started on 22 July. An estimated 1,530 fires broke out between 20 and 24 July, three times the yearly average. During the largest fire near Stara Zagora, 50 square kilometres (19 square miles) of pine forest burned for three days, as firefighters were unable to control the fire by conventional means. Strong winds and the extremely dry air quickly sparked new fires. The government requested help from Russia, and Be-200 amphibious water bombers finally managed to contain the blaze near Stara Zagora.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191146-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 European heat wave, August 2007\nIn the beginning of August, the Dalmatian coast in Croatia was hit by severe fires, especially in the surroundings of Dubrovnik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191147-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Euroseries 3000\nThe 2007 Euroseries 3000 season was the ninth Euro Formula 3000 season. Both series were won by Italian Davide Rigon who would go on to win the 2008 Superleague Formula season and compete in GP2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191147-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Euroseries 3000, Race calendar\nRounds denoted with a blue background are a part of the Italian Formula 3000 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191148-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Exeter City Council election\nThe 2007 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2007, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election\nThe 2007 Extremaduran regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Assembly of the autonomous community of Extremadura. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election\nSpanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) leader Guillermo Fern\u00e1ndez Vara, who replaced Juan Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Ibarra as his party's candidate after 25 years of rule in the region, went on to win a comfortable absolute majority with 38 out of 65 seats, almost equalling the party's best result in the region in 1991. The opposition People's Party (PP), which for this election ran in coalition with regionalist United Extremadura (EU) party, was unable to make any significant gains, winning 1 seat to 2003 but losing ground when compared with the combined PP-EU vote share of that year's election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election\nUnited Left (IU), for the first time in its history, was unable to meet the 5% party threshold either regionally or in any of the provinces and was left out of the Assembly, this being the only time that just two parties had parliamentary representation in the Extremaduran Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Assembly of Extremadura was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Extremadura, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Extremaduran Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nVoting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Extremadura and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 65 members of the Assembly of Extremadura were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties failing to reach the threshold in one of the constituencies were also entitled to enter the seat distribution as long as they ran candidates in both districts and reached five percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Badajoz and C\u00e1ceres, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 25 being distributed in proportion to their populations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 948]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 2 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Assembly of Extremadura expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Extremadura and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191149-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Extremaduran regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 33 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Extremadura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191150-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship\nThe 2007 UIM F1 World Championship was the 24th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of eight events, beginning in Portimao, Portugal on 13 May 2007, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 14 December 2007. Sami Seli\u00f6, driving for F1 Team Energy, secured his maiden drivers' title, the first driver outside of Italy, the USA and the UK to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191150-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings\nPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 59], "content_span": [60, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191150-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship, Results and standings, Teams standings\nOnly boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191151-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Community Shield\nThe 2007 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 5 August 2007 between 2006\u201307 FA Premier League champions Manchester United and 2006\u201307 FA Cup winners Chelsea. Manchester United won the game 3\u20130 on penalties, after the match finished 1\u20131. Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 35th minute, before Florent Malouda equalised just before half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191151-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Community Shield\nThe match then went to penalties, in which Chelsea went first. Edwin van der Sar saved Chelsea's first three penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney with the chance to win the match for United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191151-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Community Shield\nIt was the first Community Shield match to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United and Chelsea also contested the last Community Shield (then the Charity Shield) to be played at the old Wembley in 2000, with Chelsea winning the match 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final\nThe 2007 FA Cup Final was played on Saturday, 19 May 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United. It was the 126th FA Cup Final and the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United suffered a 1\u20130 defeat to Chelsea by Didier Drogba's extra time goal, completing a domestic cup double for the Blues in the 2006\u201307 season, as they had already won the League Cup Final in February. Manchester United were favourite for winning a double of their own as they had recently beaten Chelsea to the Premier League title two weeks earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final\nThe game was widely considered to be a disappointment by pundits and fans alike. As a result of Manchester United and Chelsea having already been guaranteed qualification for the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup entry for the FA Cup winner/runner-up went instead to the highest positioned Premier League team who had not already qualified for Europe: Bolton Wanderers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final\nThe match had an attendance of 89,826, the largest for an FA Cup Final since Wimbledon's famous 1\u20130 win over Liverpool in the 1988 final, when 98,203 attended. Chelsea became only the third club to complete the domestic cup double \u2013 Arsenal did it in 1993 and Liverpool in 2001. It was their fourth FA Cup triumph, and their first under the management of Jos\u00e9 Mourinho. They had won the last FA Cup final at the old Wembley Stadium seven years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History\nThe match was the first time since 1986 that the FA Cup Final had been contested between the winners and runners-up of the English league, and the first time ever that the Premier League champions and the League Cup winners from the same season had gone head to head in the Final. Manchester United were aiming for their 12th FA Cup to extend their overall record as the most successful team in the competition's history, while Chelsea were playing for their fourth FA Cup overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History\nThe last time Chelsea had played Manchester United in an FA Cup Final was in 1994, when Manchester United ran out 4\u20130 winners after a goalless first half. Ryan Giggs was the only player in the 2007 FA Cup Final who played back in 1994. Chelsea's assistant coach Steve Clarke played on that day for the Blues in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History\nRyan Giggs was playing in his seventh FA Cup Final, equalling Roy Keane's post-war record, having played in the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2005 finals. Chelsea were also the last club to win the FA Cup at the old Wembley Stadium, when they beat Aston Villa in the 2000 Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History\nChelsea continued the dominance of the so-called \"Big Four\", who had now won the last 12 finals in a row (Arsenal 4 wins, Manchester United 3, Chelsea 3, Liverpool 2), since Everton's 1995 victory over Manchester United. It was the eighth FA Cup Final in a row (Arsenal 4 appearances, Chelsea 2, Millwall 1, West Ham 1) involving a London club; the last Final not to involve a London club was Manchester United's 2\u20130 win over Newcastle United in the 1999 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Background, History\nBefore the match, there was an official opening ceremony of the new stadium. This included the official opening by Prince William, a fly-past by The Red Arrows and a parade on the pitch of former winners at the old Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Background, Recent meetings\nBoth league matches between the two clubs in the 2006\u201307 season finished as draws. On 26 November 2006 at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground, the match ended in a 1\u20131 stalemate, with the goals coming from Louis Saha and Ricardo Carvalho. The two clubs met again on 9 May 2007 in their penultimate league fixture at Stamford Bridge, but, with the league already having been sewn up the weekend before, both teams rested most of their major players and the match ended 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThe opening twenty minutes of the game were marked by cautious play and a lack of creativity from both teams, until Didier Drogba produced the game's first noticeable attempt on goal by hammering a shot wide from thirty yards. It took a further ten minutes for another shot, this time from Chelsea's Frank Lampard who forced a save from Edwin van der Sar. Wayne Rooney was twice called offside for Manchester United in the first half, but it was the closest the Red Devils came to any kind of chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary\nAt half time, Chelsea manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho made a like-for-like substitution, bringing on Dutch winger Arjen Robben for Joe Cole. A minute after the restart, Rooney produced the most exciting action to that moment, dribbling round two Chelsea defenders before aiming a powerful shot towards goal, but Petr \u010cech managed to make a convincing save. Rooney set off on another run ten minutes later, carrying the ball a good sixty yards towards goal only to be tackled by the last Chelsea defender, Wayne Bridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary\nRyan Giggs then flashed a volley barely two feet over the bar from close range after a cross from Paul Scholes, who picked up the game's first booking a minute later after fouling Lampard. From the resulting free kick, Drogba curled the ball around the Manchester United wall and off the outside of the near post. Rooney set off on another dangerous run soon after, dribbling round both John Terry and Michael Essien before having the ball taken off his feet by \u010cech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary\nWith neither side doing enough to score in normal time, the game went into extra time for the third consecutive FA Cup Final. Manchester United's best chance of the game fell to Giggs from only three yards out after Rooney slid a pass across goal, but the Welshman could not get proper contact on his shot and \u010cech got down to make the save. Giggs appealed for a goal, claiming that the ball had crossed the line in \u010cech's arms, but the linesman did not flag and referee Steve Bennett waved play on. Television replays appeared to show that the ball had just crossed the line, but only after Giggs's momentum had pushed \u010cech backwards into his own goal. After the game, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that Giggs had been fouled by Essien just before he took his shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191152-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThe deadlock was finally broken after 116 minutes when Drogba played a one-two with Lampard on the edge of the box after receiving the ball from Mikel John Obi, and prodded the ball past the onrushing van der Sar and into the net. Chelsea picked up three more bookings in the last few minutes as they tried to halt a late Manchester United comeback, but Drogba's goal proved to be the last chance of the game as Mourinho's side held on to win the first ever FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 33], "content_span": [34, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final\nThe 2007 FA Trophy Final was the 38th final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5\u20138 of the English football league system. It was contested by Kidderminster Harriers and Stevenage Borough, both of the Conference National \u2014 the highest tier of the non-league football pyramid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final\nThe game was the first competitive match, and final, to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. It was played in front of a record competition crowd of 53,262 on 12 May 2007. Stevenage won the match 3\u20132, despite having trailed by two goals at half-time. The victory meant it was the first time Stevenage had won the competition, as well as the club becoming the first team to win a competitive match at the new stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final\nStevenage captain Ronnie Henry subsequently became the first ever player to lift a competitive trophy at the new stadium as a result of the victory. It also meant Stevenage manager Mark Stimson had won the competition for three consecutive years, having won the FA Trophy with Grays Athletic in 2005 and 2006 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers\nKidderminster Harriers entered the 2006\u201307 FA Trophy at the First round stage, being drawn against Conference North side Vauxhall Motors. The game was played on 16 December 2006, finishing in a 4\u20134 draw at Aggborough. Kidderminster had raced into a three-goal lead, all three goals coming in the opening thirty minutes of the match, from James Constable, Alex Russell, and Iyseden Christie respectively. However, Vauxhall were level ten minutes into the second-half, scoring three quick-fire goals of their own. The home side then took the advantage once again through substitute Luke Reynolds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers\nWith Kidderminster defending their one-goal lead, Vauxhall's Lee Furlong scored an injury-time goal with a \"thunderous drive\" to ensure the game went to a replay. The replay, scheduled for 19 December, was postponed due to a frozen pitch. It was eventually played on 6 January 2007, with Kidderminster winning the game 4\u20130, with James Constable getting a hat-trick in the game. A 1\u20130 victory away at fellow Conference National side Exeter City followed in the Second Round a week later, with a first-half Iyseden Christie strike settling the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers\nThe win meant that Kidderminster faced a home tie against Conference South side Braintree Town in the Third Round, drawing the game 0\u20130. Kidderminster won the replay 3\u20131. Despite having trailed to a first-half strike from Russ Edwards, Kidderminster hit back with three goals in four minutes to win the tie and progress to the Fourth Round. They secured a place in the semi-finals thanks to a 3\u20131 victory over Halifax Town on 24 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0002-0003", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers\nSimilarly to the victory at Braintree, Kidderminster had trailed at half-time courtesy of a late first-half goal \u2013 this time Halifax's Neal Trotman heading past the outstretched Scott Bevan. Kidderminster bounced back immediately in the second-half, with James Constable scoring his sixth goal of the tournament when he tapped in from close range after Michael Blackwood's initial shot had been saved. Goals from Gavin Hurren, and an injury-time strike from Russell Penn ensured a two-goal victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers\nKidderminster then faced Conference National side Northwich Victoria in the semi-finals, to be played over two legs. The first leg was played at Aggborough on 10 March 2007, with the home side securing a 2\u20130 lead to take into the second leg. Gavin Hurren scored the opening goal of the match after Mark Creighton's powerful effort was palmed into Hurren's path. Shortly before the interval, Kidderminster doubled their advantage when James Constable prodded home Alex Russell's through pass, ensuring Kidderminster took a two-goal advantage ahead of their trip to Northwich's Victoria Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Kidderminster Harriers\nIn the second leg, played a week later, on 17 March, Northwich made light work of their two-goal deficit by scoring two goals in the opening fifteen minutes to tie the game at 2\u20132. However, goals from Mark Creighton and Russell Penn ensured Kidderminster regained their two-goal aggregate advantage. A late Michael Carr penalty ensured Northwich won the game 3\u20132, but lost the tie 4\u20133 on aggregate, meaning Kidderminster had earned a place in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 64], "content_span": [65, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough\nStevenage Borough entered the 2006\u201307 FA Trophy at the First round stage, facing Merthyr Tydfil at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the game 7\u20130, their biggest victory of the season, with George Boyd scoring four of the goals \u2013 three of which were scored in four second-half minutes. Goals from Steve Morison, Steve Guppy and substitute Craig Dobson completed the scoring. The club were drawn another home tie, to be played on 13 January 2007, this time against Leigh RMI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough\nThe visitors took the lead in the first-half, but Stevenage replied with three goals, one from Jamie Slabber and two from Steve Morison, to win the match 3\u20131. Stevenage then faced a Conference National side in the form of Morecambe, with the game being played on 2 February at Christie Park. Steve Morison gave the away side the lead in the first-half, finishing from an acute angle. Morecambe equalised in injury-time of the second-half, Garry Thompson netting from the penalty spot to ensure the tie went to a replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough\nFour days later, the teams faced each other in the replay, played at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the game 3\u20130 after the game had gone to extra-time. Steve Morison, with his fifth of the competition, Jon Nurse, and Adam Miller scored Stevenage's goals. Another 3\u20130 victory followed in the quarter-final of the competition, with Stevenage beating Conference South leaders Salisbury City. Daryl McMahon's deflected effort gave the hosts the lead, before Morison and Nurse rounded off the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough\nThe victory meant that Stevenage would play Grays Athletic in the semi-final, to be played over two legs. The first leg took place on 10 March, with Grays hosting Stevenage at the New Recreation Ground. The game ended 1\u20130 to Stevenage thanks to a Santos Gaia header in the second-half. A week later, the second leg took place at Broadhall Way. An Alex Rhodes goals four minutes into the second-half tied the scores at 1\u20131 on aggregate, with the game going to extra-time after Stevenage goalkeeper Alan Julian made a number of saves to keep Stevenage in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Stevenage Borough\nStevenage scored seven minutes into extra-time through a Mark Hughes free-kick that evaded everyone \u2013 meaning Stevenage led 2\u20131 on aggregate. Steve Morison netted his seventh of the competition in the 120th minute to seal Stevenage's victory and ensure the club would be participating in the first competitive final at the new Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 59], "content_span": [60, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary\nThe two teams were competing for the FA Trophy, a cup competition open to clubs playing in steps 1\u20134 of the National League System. The match had garnered a lot of media attention due to the fact that it was the first competitive game to be played at the new Wembley Stadium, which opened in May 2007. The attendance of 53,262 means that the final holds the record for the highest attendance for any FA Trophy final, beating the previous record of 34,842, when Wycombe Wanderers beat Kidderminster in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary\nThe winning club received the FA Trophy itself, and prize money of \u00a350,000, in addition to that accumulated for winning earlier rounds, whilst the runners-up received prize money of \u00a325,000. Stevenage manager Mark Stimson was hoping to win the competition for a third consecutive year, having won the trophy for Grays Athletic in 2006 and 2007 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary\nBoth teams were at full strength for the match. The line-ups included Stevenage's Steve Guppy and Kidderminster's Jeff Kenna, meaning the two players were the first to play at both old and new Wembley stadia. Stevenage striker Steve Morison had scored a total of seven goals in seven games en route to the final, and he was joint leading goalscorer of the tournament prior to the final, alongside Kidderminster's James Constable, who had netted seven goals in eight games. Kidderminster's Stuart Whitehead captained the side, whilst long-serving Ronnie Henry wore the captain's armband for Stevenage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, First-half\nThe first-half started \"tentatively\", with Kidderminster looking the more likely side as the half progressed \u2014 \"controlling the midfield, and taking advantage of a deep-sitting Stevenage backline, Kidderminster started to find some penetration\". On the half-hour mark, Kidderminster took the lead, and it was Constable who supplied the end product, when he was on hand to stab home after Iyseden Christie's shot was blocked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, First-half\nFive minutes later, Kidderminster doubled their advantage \u2013 after a surging run, Constable fizzed in a low shot from the edge of the box, which nestled into the corner and beat the outstretched Alan Julian in the Stevenage goal. Kidderminster leading 2\u20130, referee Chris Foy blew his whistle for the half-time interval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Second-half\nDespite trailing 2\u20130, Stevenage manager Mark Stimson opted against making any changes at the interval, whilst Kidderminster also remained unchanged. Stevenage started the second period with \"much more purpose, showing greater thrust and belief\", with Mitchell Cole shooting wide after a mazy run. Six minutes into the second-half, Stevenage halved the deficit, Morison headed the ball down to Mitchell Cole, who produced a neat right-footed finish to beat Scott Bevan in the Kidderminster goal. Centre-back Santos Gaia spurned the opportunity to restore parity when his header narrowly missed the target on the hour mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Second-half\nStimson brought on Craig Dobson in place of Steve Guppy after 63 minutes, and ten minutes later, Dobson levelled the scores at two-apiece. Dobson latched on to a \"hopeful long punt\" from John Nutter and toe poked the ball past onrushing Bevan. Kidderminster responded by making an instant change, bringing on Andrew White for Iyseden Christie. However, it was Stevenage who would go on to complete a remarkable comeback with just two minutes of the game remaining. Stevenage right-back Barry Fuller produced a swinging cross that Morison hooked towards goal on the volley, Bevan saved the shot, but Morison reacted fastest to \"smash home the rebound and snatch the glory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 48], "content_span": [49, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Post-match\nAfter the match, the Kidderminster players and management team were the first to make the 107\u2013step climb up the Wembley stairs to collect their runners-up medals. Stevenage, led by captain Ronnie Henry, then made the journey up the steps \"cheered on by the Stevenage support\", with Henry being awarded the winners' trophy from the presentation party. Substitute Craig Dobson was awarded the Man of the Match trophy, having \"turned the game and caused no end of problems for the Kidderminster defence\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Post-match\nIn the post-match interviews, Kidderminster manager Mark Yates stated he was \"devastated, but proud\" of his players, and believed his side did not deserve to lose the match. Stevenage's manager Mark Stimson, celebrating his third consecutive FA Trophy success, told the players to \"believe in themselves\" at half-time, and felt that his side were always going to go on and win the match once Mitchell Cole had halved the two-goal deficit just after half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191153-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 FA Trophy Final, Match summary, Post-match\nSteve Morison stated he was \"lost for words\" after scoring the winning goal in the 88th minute \u2014 \"I can't explain how it feels, I can't describe scoring a goal anytime let alone at Wembley in front of 50,000 people. The boys out there were all part of it, it was a tremendous effort. I just did what I'm paid to do and that's score goals\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191154-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Women's Cup Final\nThe 2007 FA Women's Cup Final was the 37th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 14th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal and Charlton Athletic at the City Ground on 7 May 2007. Arsenal won the game 4\u20131 to secure their second successive FA Cup triumph and their eight in total. The match was attended by a crowd of 24,529 and was broadcast live on BBC One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191154-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary\nAlready winners of the UEFA Women's Cup, FA Women's Premier League National Division and the FA Women's Premier League Cup, Arsenal, managed by Vic Akers, came into the game as favourites. Meanwhile Charlton Athletic, managed by Keith Boanas, came through a hard fought semi-final against Blackburn Rovers, with Natasha Dowie scoring the only goal, to make it to their second final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191154-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary\nCharlton Athletic were given the dream start after just two minutes of play, as Eniola Aluko's low cross was slotted in at the far post by Katie Holtham. Arsenal were level within five minutes, as Kelly Smith curled home a 25-yard free-kick after being hacked down by Charlton's right-back Maria Bertelli. The Gunners were in front by the quarter hour after winning a free kick near the corner flag: Jayne Ludlow was the quickest to get to Lianne Sanderson's near post cross and she steered her shot underneath goalkeeper Toni-Anne Wayne. Ludlow then claimed her second goal in first-half stoppage-time with a 30-yard strike which flew into the top corner of the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191154-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary\nCharlton's best chance of the second half came when Aluko broke away and shot through Emma Byrne's legs, but the shot was diverted wide of the post by the goalkeeper's leg. Meanwhile, the Gunners had plenty of chances to further their lead, but the fourth goal came when Smith curled in a shot nine minutes from time, wrapping up a record-equalling eighth FA Cup win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup\nThe FAI Cup 2007 was the 87th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. It was the first FAI Cup to be sponsored by Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup\nThe 2007 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face eircom League of Ireland opposition in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup\nThe ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 eircom League of Ireland clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup\nThe competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on 2 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup, First round\nMatches played on the weekend of Sunday, 22 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup, Second round\nMatches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 June 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 31 May 2007 and was made by Emma Byrne and Paddy McCaul, and televised live on RT\u00c9 One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 26], "content_span": [27, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup, Third round\nMatches played on the weekend of Sunday, 19 August 2007. The draw took place on Thursday, 5 July 2007 and was made by David Flood and Steve Staunton, and televised live on RT\u00c9 One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals\nMatches to be played weekend of Sunday, 23 September. The draw took place on Monday, 27 August 2007 and was made by David Flood and Ronnie Whelan, and televised live on RT\u00c9 One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 28], "content_span": [29, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191155-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup, Semi-finals\nMatches to be played weekend of Sunday, 28 October. The draw took place on Wednesday, 10 October, and was made by Paddy McCaul and Kevin MacDonald and was televised live on RT\u00c9 One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final\nThe 2007 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2007 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. Cork City and Longford Town contested the final, which was played at the RDS Arena in Dublin as Lansdowne Road, the usual venue for the final, was under re-development. Much of the build-up to the game was dominated by the events at Cork City, where many of the squad were out of contract and were seemingly not going to be offered new deals. Cork won the game 1-0 by virtue of a goal from Denis Behan. Despite his side's victory, Cork manager Damien Richardson left the club a few weeks later and was replaced by Longford manager Alan Mathews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final\nBoth clubs entered the competition at the second round, alongside all of the other League of Ireland clubs, and completed four ties before reaching the final. Cork City played solely League of Ireland opposition, whereas Longford Town were drawn against two non-league sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Cork City\nCork City began the competition against First Division side Shelbourne. Cork City won the game 1-0; Roy O'Donovan's penalty in the 8th minute being the only goal of the game. O'Donovan won the penalty himself after a foul from Conor Rafferty. The third round match against Kilkenny City finished 5-1 to Cork. Cork players Brian O'Callaghan, Leon McSweeney and Colin Healy all scored in a 6-minute period in the first half to put the home side 3-0 up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Cork City\nAlthough Kilkenny did pull a goal back, John O'Flynn scored two goals towards the end of the second half to seal a comfortable win. Cork City required a replay to advance past the quarter-finals after initially drawing 1-1 against Waterford United. Waterford took the lead on 10 minutes through Dave Warren's free kick and they could have doubled their lead but for Alan Kearney's goal being ruled out on 28 minutes. Cork equalised early in the second half through Denis Behan but nearly fell behind again after Vinnie Sullivan hit the woodwork.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Cork City\nThe replay was not such a close encounter as Cork, this time playing at home, comfortably won 4-0. Denis Behan scored a hat-trick. with Liam Kearney scoring the other goal. Bohemians were the opposition in the semi-final. Although they were the away side, Cork guaranteed their place in final by winning 2-0. Liam Kearney scored both the goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 49], "content_span": [50, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Route to the final, Longford Town\nLongford Town faced Celbridge Town of the Leinster Senior League in their first tie. Longford won the game 1-0. Longford again faced non-League of Ireland opposition in the third round as they played Fanad United at home. Fanad United were in close-season and this handicap proved too much for them as they lost 1-0 to Longford. Limerick 37 were the opposition in the quarter-finals. The match finished 3-1 in Longford's favour, although much of the action happened late in the game as Longford opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Dave Mooney doubled Longford's advantage in the 81st minute before Limerick converted a penalty, although Jamie Duffy scored in the final minute of the match to ensure Longford's progression. Longford then reached the final after a 1-0 win over UCD. Robbie Martin, a former UCD player, scored the winning goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 53], "content_span": [54, 898]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match\nLongford Town were appearing the final for the fourth time in seven years having won the tournament in 2004 and 2003 and finishing as runners-up in 2001, despite never contesting a FAI Cup final before 2001. Cork City's last appearance in the final was in 2005, when they lost to Drogheda United. Cork had also previously contested the FAI Cup final in 1989 and 1998, winning on the latter occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match\nColm James and Ian Ryan were cup-tied for Longford, while David Freeman was also absent due to illness. Cork's only absentee through injury was Darragh Ryan, although Liam Kearney, John O\u2019Flynn and Brian O\u2019Callaghan had themselves all recently returned from injury. Cork's Neal Horgan and Gary Deegan of Longford were suspended for the final. Both clubs attempted to persuade the FAI to postpone their suspensions on compassionate grounds, but the appeals were ultimately unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match\nLongford went into the match having already been relegated from the League of Ireland Premier Division. Cork had finished 4th in the league and were generally regarded as favourites going into the cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match\nA minute's silence was held before the game in memory of Longford Town club president Peter Keenan who had died that week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match, Cork City contract situation\nMany Cork City players were out of contract going into the match, a situation that had \"unsettled\" the players according to manager Damien Richardson. Richardson's own future at the club was also unresolved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 59], "content_span": [60, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match, Distribution of revenue\nIn a statement released before the club's final league match of the season, Cork City threatened to pull out of the final over a disagreement about the distribution of the revenue generated by the final between the participating teams. Traditionally, the FAI would take 40% of the revenue and the participating clubs would split the remaining money after running costs had been deducted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Pre-match, Distribution of revenue\nThis year, the FAI had proposed that the winners would receive a minimum of \u20ac100,000 in prize money and the runners-up would receive a minimum payment of \u20ac75,000, which the organisation claimed was a substantial increase on the previous year's figures. The FAI also claimed that representatives of Cork City and Longford Town, along with representatives of the other semi-finalists UCD and Bohemians, had been informed of, and agreed to, this financial package.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 54], "content_span": [55, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Match\nLansdowne Road, the usual venue for the cup final, was under re-development so the match was held at the RDS Arena in Dublin. The weather was very poor, with Cork City beginning the match playing against the wind. Longford, despite widely being considered underdogs, were the better side in the first thirty minutes and had several opportunities of note, in particular Jamie Duffy's effort on 15 minutes which Michael Devine did well to save. Cork's first clear-cut chance came after 30 minutes following a mistake in the Longford defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Match\nLongford had to play against the wind in the second half and this coincided with Cork becoming more dominant in the game. Billy Woods' free kick early in the half eluded everyone and the ball went just wide. The only goal of the game came in the 60th minute - John O'Flynn received the ball on the left wing from Dan Murray and delivered a cross into the penalty area which Denis Behan met with a diving header. Behan had the opportunity to double his side's advantage in the 80th minute but could only hit the crossbar, as did O'Flynn three minutes later. Longford's defeat was effectively sealed in the final few minutes of the match when Patrick Sullivan was sent off following a poor tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Post-match\nIn an interview with RT\u00c9 on the pitch following the game, Cork captain Dan Murray controversially claimed his side's victory was \"two fingers to the board\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Post-match\nCork City manager Damien Richardson left the club a couple of weeks after the final and was replaced by Alan Mathews, who had managed Longford Town in this final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191156-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 FAI Cup Final, Post-match\nCork City qualified for the UEFA Cup and Setanta Cup by winning the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191157-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FAMAS Awards\nThe 55th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held on November 25, 2007 at Le Pavilion, Function Place, Metrobank Park, Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191157-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FAMAS Awards\nKasal, Kasali, Kasalo, produced by Malou Santos & Charo Santos-Concio, is the recipient of this edition's FAMAS Award for Best Picture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191158-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FAW Premier Cup Final\nThe 2007 FAW Premier Cup Final was the final of the 10th season of the FAW Premier Cup. The final was played at Newport Stadium in Newport on 21 March 2007 and marked the first time the final has been staged at the stadium. The match was contested by Newport County and The New Saints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191158-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FAW Premier Cup Final, Route to the final, The New Saints\nThe New Saints scores are shown first in every match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191159-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Bunyodkor season\nThe 2007 season was Bunyodkor's first season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor competed in the Uzbek League, and was runner up for the Uzbek Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191159-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Bunyodkor season, Squad statistics, Clean sheets\nBugalo & Belyakov both appeared in Kuruvchi's 0-0 draw in the Uzbekistan Cup Final on 9 December 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191160-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Dallas season\nThe 2007 FC Dallas season was the eleventh season of the Major League Soccer team. During the offseason, long-time owner and partial founder of the MLS Lamar Hunt died. His son, Clark Hunt, took control of the team. The team was invite to participate in the first SuperLiga tournament. The team did not make it out of the Group Stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191161-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season\nThe 2007 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season was the club's 3rd season in the Russian Premier League, and their second since 1993. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok finished the season in 14th, narrowly avoiding relegation on matches won, and were knocked out of the 2007\u201308 Russian Cup by Metallurg Krasnoyarsk at the Round of 32 stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191161-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191161-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191162-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Moscow season\nThe 2007 FC Moscow season was the club's 4th season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 4th place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup, were runners up to Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2006\u201307 Russian Cup and were knocked out of the 2007\u201308 Russian Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Amkar Perm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191162-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Moscow season, Season events\nFollowing the completion of the season, Leonid Slutsky left the club, with Oleg Blokhin being appointed as the club's new manager on 14 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191162-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191162-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 53], "content_span": [54, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191163-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Rubin Kazan season\nThe 2007 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 5th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in tenth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191163-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191163-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191164-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191164-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191164-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation\nThis section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191164-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation\nSource: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191164-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes\nSource: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191165-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Spartak Moscow season\nThe 2007 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 16th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 2nd position for the second year in a row, qualifying for the 2008\u201309 UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round. In the 2006\u201307 Russian Cup reached the Semifinal before being knocked out by Lokomotiv Moscow, whilst in the 2007\u201308 Russian Cup they were knocked out at the Round of 32 stage by Terek Grozny. In Europe, Spartak were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Celta Vigo before being knocked out of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League by Celtic in the Third Qualifying Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191165-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191165-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191166-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Terek Grozny season\nThe 2007 Terek Grozny season was the 2nd season that the club played back in the Russian Football National League following their relegation from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2005 Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191166-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, On loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191166-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, Left club during season\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191167-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season\nThe 2007 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's thirteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit won the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, whilst reaching the Quarterfinal of both the 2006\u201307 and 2007\u201308 Russian Cups. In Europe, Zenit entered the UEFA Cup at the First round stage, before finishing third in their group, advancing to the Round of 32 which would take place during their 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191167-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191168-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FCSL season\nThe 2007 FCSL season was the fourth season in the history of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the southeastern United States region of central Florida. The league's Winter Pines franchise, the Winter Pines Warthogs, folded after two seasons in the league. Also, one of the league's Orlando, Florida franchises, the Orlando Shockers, disbanded after three seasons. With the departure of the Shockers, the Sanford River Rats and the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs became the only two remaining founding franchises of the FCSL. The league's second Orlando franchise, the Orlando Hammers, took a one-year hiatus from the FCSL, with plans to rejoin the league for the 2008 season. Both the Winter Springs Cudas of Winter Springs, Florida and the Leesburg Lightning of Leesburg, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191168-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FCSL season\nIn the championship game, the Leesburg Lightning defeated the Altamonte Springs Snappers 6-0 to win the FCSL title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191169-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FEI European Jumping Championship\nThe 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship was the 29th edition of the European Show Jumping Championships. Running from August 14 to August 19, 2007, it was the second edition held at the MVV Riding Stadium in Mannheim, Germany, the previous being the 1997 championships. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany won the individual jumping event, while the Netherlands won the team jumping event. Mannheim incorporated the event as part of its 400th anniversary celebrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191170-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FFSA season\nThe Football Federation South Australia 2007 season was the second season under the previous competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of three divisions across the State of South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191170-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FFSA season, 2007 FFSA Super League\nThe 2007 South Australian Super League was the second season of the South Australian Super League, the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia. It was contested by 10 teams in a single 18 round league format, each team playing all of their opponents twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191170-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FFSA season, 2007 FFSA Premier League\nThe 2007 FFSA Premier League was the second edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the League winners promoted to the 2008 FFSA Super League, and the bottom two placed teams were relegated to the 2008 FFSA State League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191170-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FFSA season, 2007 FFSA State League\nThe 2007 FFSA State League was the second edition of the FFSA State League as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 8 teams competed, all playing each other three times for a total of 21 rounds. The League winners and second placers were promoted to the 2008 FFSA Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191171-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA Alternative Energies Cup\nThe 2007 FIA Alternative Energies Cup is the first season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile. The season consisted of seven rallies, beginning on April 1, and ended on November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191171-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA Alternative Energies Cup\nItaly's Giuliano Mazzoni won the Drivers championship, and Toyota secured the Manufacturers' title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191172-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours was the seventh round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Adria International Raceway, Italy, on September 8, 2007. This race was run later than usual, under the cover of darkness. However the track did use floodlights in an attempt to aid the drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191172-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191172-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Official results\n\u2020 \u2013 #62 Scuderia Ecosse was disqualified for failing to perform its mandatory second pit stop before the end of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191173-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours was the eighth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Masaryk Circuit, Czech Republic, on September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191173-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191173-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours, Official results\n\u2020 \u2013 #52 Racing Team Edil Cris was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to be below the legal ride height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191174-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Vodafone Bucharest Challenge was the third round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season and was organised by City Challenge GmbH. It took place on May 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191174-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours\nIt is only the second temporary street course run by the FIA GT Championship since its inception. The circuit, known as the Bucharest Ring, runs around the Palace of Parliament in the Romanian capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191174-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship\nThe 2007 FIA GT Championship was the 11th season of FIA GT Championship auto racing. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars competing in two classes, GT1 and GT2, the latter being less powerful and more closely related to road-going models. Cars from National Championships (Group 2) and GT3 cars (Group 3) were also allowed to compete, but were not eligible to score championship points. The series began on 25 March 2007 and ended 21 October 2007 after 10 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship\nThe GT1 Drivers Championship was won by Thomas Biagi driving a Maserati MC12 GT1 for the Vitaphone Racing Team and the GT1 Teams Championship by the Vitaphone Racing Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Schedule\nThe Brazilian Mil Milhas endurance race was originally announced by the SRO as being part of the 2007 season, but instead became part of the Le Mans Series schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Rule changes\nThe following rules were changed between the 2006 season and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Entries, GT1\nA \u2020 symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Teams' Championship\nPoints are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points are also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team were taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Manufacturers' Cup\nThe Manufacturers\u2019 Cups were awarded taking into consideration all results obtained by the four best classified cars of each manufacturer, in each category, at each event. Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 except at the Spa 24 Hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Drivers' Championship\nPoints are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10\u20138\u20136\u20135\u20134\u20133\u20132\u20131 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who do not drive the car for a minimum distance do not score points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191175-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Championship, Drivers' Championship, Citation Cup standings\nThe Citation Cup was contested by non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars. It was limited to eight rounds, with Zhuhai and Spa not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191176-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours was the fourth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on June 24, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191176-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191177-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours was the ninth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Paul Armagnac, France, on September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191177-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191178-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours was the fifth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on July 8, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191178-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours\nThe results of this race were pending due to an appeal by disqualified race winner PK Carsport. The FIA chose to allow the results stand following a review, although PK Carsport is still appealing through civil court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191178-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191178-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Official results\n\u2020 \u2013 #4 PK Carsport and #7 All-Inkl.com Racing entries were both disqualified for failing post-race inspection. The #4 PK Carsport entry was the race winner prior to disqualification, but had a fuel tank 1.3 liters larger than the legal limit. The #7 All-Inkl.com Racing entry had a gearbox final gear ratio that was not approved by the FIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191179-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Tourist Trophy\nThe 2007 FIA GT RAC Tourist Trophy was the second round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit on May 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191179-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191180-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours was the opening race of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on March 25, 2007. Over 22,000 paying spectators plus another 1,000 VIPs attended the race in person.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191180-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours\nThis raced marked the first time Lamborghini scored an overall victory in an international racing series, with the All-Inkl.com Racing Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago R-GT taking the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191180-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191180-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours, Official results\n\u2020 \u2013 Michael Bartels was excluded from the results for driving less than 35 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191180-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours, Official results\n\u2021 \u2013 #97 BMS Scuderia Italia was excluded from the results for failing post-race inspection due to a lower than legal ride height.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191181-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours\nThe 2007 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours was the tenth and final round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Zolder, Belgium, on October 21, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191181-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Unofficial results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191182-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT3 European Championship\nThe 2007 FIA GT3 European Championship season was second season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season began on May 6, 2007 and ended on November 17, 2007 and featured ten one-hour races over five rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191182-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA GT3 European Championship, Schedule\nMost races were one hour in length, and served as support races for the FIA GT Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191183-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIA WTCC Race of France\nThe 2007 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 3 June 2007 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2007 Pau Grand Prix. The first race was won by Alain Menu, whilst the second race was won by Augusto Farfus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191184-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women\nThe 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 18th FIBA Africa Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Senegal from September 20 to 30, with the games played at the Marius Ndiaye Stadium in Dakar and at the Stade Maniang Soumar\u00e9 in Thi\u00e8s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191184-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women\nMali defeated Senegal 65\u201358 in the final to win their first title. and securing a spot at the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191184-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women, Final standings\nMali rosterAdizatou Maiga, Aminata Sininta, Djene Diawara, Fanta Toure, Fatoumata Bagayoko, Haoua Sangare, Hamch\u00e9tou Ma\u00efga, Kadia Sacko, Kadia Tour\u00e9, Kadiatou Kanoute, Naignouma Coulibaly, Nare Diawara, Coach:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191185-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191186-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup\nThe 2007 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (22nd edition), was an international basketball tournament held in the cities of Cabinda (Group A), Huambo (Group B) and Luanda (Knockout stage), Angola, from December 13 to 22, 2007. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa, and hosted by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto, was contested by 12 teams split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191186-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nAPR ASB Kauka ASPAC Interclube MBC Conakry Primeiro de Agosto", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191186-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nAbidjan Basket Club BC Onatra Ferrovi\u00e1rio da Beira Niger Potters Petro Atl\u00e9tico Stade Malien", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 42], "content_span": [43, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191186-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings\nPrimeiro de Agosto rosterAbdel Bouckar, Armando Costa, Carlos Almeida, Felizardo Ambr\u00f3sio, Francisco Jord\u00e3o, Joaquim Gomes, Marques Houtman, Mayzer Alexandre, Miguel Lutonda, Ol\u00edmpio Cipriano, Rodrigo Mascarenhas, Vladimir Ricardino, Coach: Jaime Covilh\u00e3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191187-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2006 FIBA Africa Club Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191188-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup\nThe 2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (13th edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Maputo, Mozambique, from October 19 to 28, 2007. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Clube Ferrovi\u00e1rio de Maputo, was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, each group playing a round robin with the top four teams of each group qualifying for the knockout stages. This was Desp de Maputo's 1st title and Mozambique's 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191188-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup\nThe tournament was won by Desportivo de Maputo from Mozambique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191188-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nArc-en-Ciel Abidjan Basket Club Dolphins Djoliba Desportivo de Maputo Ferrovi\u00e1rio de Maputo", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191188-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw\nFirst Bank ISPU Kenya Ports Authority Lupopo Primeiro de Agosto", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 50], "content_span": [51, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191188-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings\nDesportivo de Maputo rosterAnabela Cossa, Anta Sy, C\u00e1tia Halar, Crich\u00falia Monjane, Diara Dessai, Josefina Jafar, Lu\u00edsa Nhate, N\u00e1dia Rodrigues, Od\u00e9lia Mafanela, Salimata Diatta, S\u00edlvia Neves, Valerdina Manhonga, Coach: Nazir Sal\u00e9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191189-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads\nThis article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2007 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship\nThe 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA AmeriCup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship\nThe tournament was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela. However, the Venezuelan federation failed to pay a $1.5 million fee, as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship\nSeveral countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including: United States, Chile, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. The United States had not hosted it since 1992, Chile had never hosted it, Argentina had held it last in 2001, and Puerto Rico had last hosted in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Venues\nAll games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Qualification\nEight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Qualification\nThe tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criteria\nTies are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Quarterfinals\nThe top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over, but only against teams that also advanced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Quarterfinals\nThe top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191190-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Medal round\nThe teams that played in the Championship Game both automatically qualified for the 2008 Olympics. The teams that played in the 3rd Place Game both automatically qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191191-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women\nThe 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The tournament was held in Valdivia, Chile from 26 \u2013 30 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191191-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Olympic Qualification\nAs winner of the tournament the \u00a0United States gets direct entry into the 2008 Beijing Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191191-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Olympic Qualification\nThe runner up \u00a0Cuba and the two teams that competed in the bronze medal game, \u00a0Brazil and \u00a0Argentina will get another chance through the FIBA Wildcard Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191192-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Americas Championship squads\nThe following is the list of squads for each of the 10 teams competing in the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, held in Las Vegas, Nevada between August 22 and September 2, 2007. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191193-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Champions Cup\nThe FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007 was the 18th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran. Saba Battery of Tehran, Iran won the tournament after beating Al-Jalaa of Aleppo, Syria", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191194-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship\nThe 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191194-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship\nParticipating teams qualified through the previous edition of this tournament and others through regional qualifiers. Since China is assured of an automatic berth at the 2008 Olympics as the host nation, the champions will automatically qualify while the two best teams excluding China qualifies for the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men. This resulted in China deploying another team in this tournament, while their primary team led by NBA star Yao Ming and rookie Yi Jianlian participated in the Stankovic Cup and tournaments and friendlies with countries across Europe to prepare themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191194-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship\nIran won their first championship after beating 2-time silver medalists Lebanon, 74\u201369. Korea upended Kazakhstan to clinch third place, and the last Asian berth in the FIBA pre-Olympic tournament, together with Lebanon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191194-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification\nAccording to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191194-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw\nThe draw was held on June 6 at Tokushima. The teams were grouped first into four pots, each member of the pot is guaranteed not to face each other in the preliminary round; the top four finishers of 2005 FIBA Asia Championship are seeded in order of their finish and hence are on one pot. Japan as the host has the right to choose which group it will be under.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191194-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw\n* Saudi Arabia withdrew from the tournament, \u00a0Kuwait replaced them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191195-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women\nThe 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held on Incheon, South Korea from June 3 to June 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191195-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women\nThe championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for Level I at the 2009 championship. The losers were relegated to (or remained in) Level II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191195-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Qualifying round\nWinners are promoted to Level I for the 2009 championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification\nThe 2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in early 2007 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, FIBA Asia Stankovi\u0107 Cup\nAfter the cancellation of 2006 FIBA Asia Stankovi\u0107 Cup which was supposed to be held in Damascus, Syria between 20th to 29th of July, The final ranking of the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was counted instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Qualified teams\n* With Saudi Arabia's withdrawal, \u00a0Kuwait qualified in their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, East Asia\nAll the others withdrew, so \u00a0Chinese Taipei, \u00a0Hong Kong and \u00a0South Korea qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Gulf\nThe 2006 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Middle Asia\nThe Middle Asia Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Central Asian and South Asian nations basketball teams. The teams in the final advance to the FIBA Asia Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Southeast Asia\nThe 7th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship was the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship; it also served as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. The two teams with the best records advances to the FIBA Asia Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Southeast Asia\nThe local name of the tournament held in Ratchaburi, Thailand was 11th Crown Prince Cup International Invitational Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191196-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, West Asia\nAll the others withdrew, so \u00a0Iran, \u00a0Jordan, \u00a0Lebanon and \u00a0Syria qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 52], "content_span": [53, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191197-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Championship squads\nThese are the team rosters of the 16 teams competing in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191198-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women\nFIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women 2007 is 18th edition of FIBA Asia's basketball championship for females under 18 years old. The games were held at Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191198-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women\nThe championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2008's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191198-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, Qualifying round\nWinners are promoted to Level I for the 2008 championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191199-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA EuroCup Final Four\nThe 2007 FIBa EuroCup Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2006\u201307 FIBA EuroCup. Akasvayu Girona won its first title, after beating Azovmash 79\u201372 in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191200-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Ierapetra, Rethymno and Heraklion, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Serbia won the trophy for the first time since the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Slovenia and Portugal were relegated to Division B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191200-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Competition system\nThe tournament format changed from previously years. The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The first three teams in each group qualified for the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group played for the 13th\u201316th position in the Classification Games. The twelve teams qualified for the Qualifying Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in the Qualifying Round. The two top teams of each group qualified for the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191200-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Final standings\nNemanja Jaramaz, Aleksandar Ponjavi\u0107, Nik\u0161a Nikoli\u0107, Aleksandar Obradovi\u0107, Nikola Vukasovi\u0107, Stevan Leki\u0107, Danilo An\u0111u\u0161i\u0107, Lazar Radosavljevi\u0107, Bogdan Jovanovi\u0107, Nikola Rondovi\u0107, Branislav \u0110eki\u0107, and Dejan Musli. Head Coach: Dragan Va\u0161\u010danin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191201-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B was an international basketball competition held in Macedonia in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191202-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Spain in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191203-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B was an international basketball competition held in Bulgaria in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191204-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C was the 6th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 European Championship, the third tier of the European men's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Cardiff, Wales, from 16 to 21 July 2007. Scotland men's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191205-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C was the 6th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Malta from 28 August to 1 September 2007. The host team, Malta, won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191206-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191206-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Preliminary round\nThe sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191206-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Qualifying round\nThe twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191206-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Final standings\nMilo\u0161 Teodosi\u0107, Milenko Tepi\u0107, Stefan Nikoli\u0107, Marko \u0110urkovi\u0107, Dragan Labovi\u0107, Maksim Kova\u010devi\u0107, Branko Jereminov, Nenad Ziv\u010devi\u0107, Vladimir \u0160timac, Ivan Pauni\u0107, Nikola Dragovi\u0107, and Uro\u0161 Nikoli\u0107. Head Coach: Vlada Vukoi\u010di\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191207-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the third edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Warsaw, in Poland, hosted the tournament. Montenegro won their first title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191207-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Preliminary round\nThe eighteen teams were allocated in four groups (two groups of five teams and two groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last three teams of each group advanced to the Classification round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191207-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Qualifying round\nThe eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but \"carried\" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 67], "content_span": [68, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191207-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification round\nThe ten bottom teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but \"carried\" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 71], "content_span": [72, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191208-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the sixth edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 22 July 2007. Spain women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191208-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round\nIn the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. The first three teams from each group advance to the quarterfinal round, the last teams will play in the classification round for 13th\u201316th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 61], "content_span": [62, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191208-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Quarterfinal round\nIn this round, the teams play in two groups of six. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, the third and fourth teams advance to the 5th\u20138th place playoffs, the other teams will play in the 9th\u201312th place playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191209-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B\nThe 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B was the third edition of the Division B of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Druskininkai, Lithuania, from 13 to 22 July 2007. Montenegro women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191209-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B, First round\nIn the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of five. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the last teams will play for the 9th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 72], "content_span": [73, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191210-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship\nThe FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2007 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Australia won the first two games to qualify for the Olympics, while New Zealand won the third game and took part in the FIBA wildcard tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women\nFIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three-way contest between:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women\nIt was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 to 29 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women\nAustralia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women\nThe higher ranked team at the championship out of \u00a0New Zealand and \u00a0Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women\nThe other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, Pacific Games\nThe Pacific Games basketball tournament will bewas held in Apia, Samoa from 29 August to 7 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, Pacific Games\nThe tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191211-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, Olympic qualification\nSince Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191212-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Stankovi\u0107 Continental Champions' Cup\nThe 2007 FIBA Stankovi\u0107 Continental Champions\u2019 Cup, or 2007 FIBA Mini World Cup, was the third edition of the FIBA Stankovi\u0107 Continental Champions' Cup tournament of basketball. It was held in Guangzhou and Macau, from July 28 to August 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191213-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship\nThe 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship(Serbian: \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0434\u043e 19 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0424\u0418\u0411\u0410 \u0434\u043e 19 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0430) was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from July 12 to July 22, 2007. The host nation won the tournament after beating the United States 74\u201369 in the final. Milan Ma\u010dvan was named the tournament MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191213-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Medal rosters\n4 Mladen Jeremi\u0107, 5 Petar Despotovi\u0107, 6 Du\u0161an Katni\u0107, 7 Stefan Markovi\u0107, 8 Marko Ke\u0161elj, 9 Aleksandar Radulovi\u0107, 10 Stefan Stoja\u010di\u0107, 11 Marko \u010cakarevi\u0107, 12 Milan Ma\u010dvan, 13 Miroslav Raduljica, 14 Boban Marjanovi\u0107, 15 Slaven \u010cupkovi\u0107 (Head coach: Miroslav Nikoli\u0107)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191213-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Medal rosters\n4 Tajuan Porter, 5 Stephen Curry, 6 Jonny Flynn, 7 Patrick Beverley, 8 Matt Bouldin, 9 David Lighty, 10 Dont\u00e9 Greene, 11 Raymar Morgan, 12 Deon Thompson, 13 Damian Hollis, 14 Michael Beasley, 15 DeAndre Jordan (Head coach: Jerry Wainwright)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191213-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Medal rosters\n4 Jessie B\u00e9garin, 5 Nicolas Batum, 6 Antoine Diot, 7 Abdoulaye M'Baye, 8 Olivier Romain, 9 Alexis Ajin\u00e7a, 10 Beno\u00eet Mangin, 11 Edwin Jackson, 12 Rudy Etilopy, 13 Kim Tillie, 14 Ludovic Vaty, 15 Adrien Moerman (Head coach: Richard Billant)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191214-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women\nThe 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Czaech: Mistrovstv\u00ed sv\u011bta FIBA \u017een do 19 let 2007) was hosted by Slovakia from July 26 until August 5, 2007. Teams played a round robin schedule, with the top four teams of the eighth-final four advancing to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191214-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Overview\nThe United States won their third title. The other medalists in the tournament were Sweden (silver) and Serbia (bronze). Spain's Marta Xargay was chosen as the tournaments MVP with an average of 15.4 PPG.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191214-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Venues\nThe tournament was played in two venues. It was held at the Inter Hala Pasienky and the Sibamac arena NTC in Bratislava.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191215-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women\nThe 2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women was the second edition of the basketball world championship for U21 women's teams. It was played in Moscow Oblast, Russia, from 29 June to 8 July 2007. United States women's national under-21 basketball team won the tournament and became the world champions for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191215-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women, First round\nIn the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the other teams will play in the 9th\u201312th place playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 60], "content_span": [61, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\nThe 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 13th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995\u20132004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2\u201311 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\nThe winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, African zone\nThe qualifiers to determine the two Africa nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the second year running between July 3 and July 8. Eight nations took part in the competition, an increase on the six teams that participated in the 2006 Championship, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Senegal finish in second place, qualifying for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Asian zone\nThe Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the second time, between August 14 and August 18. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4-3. Iran beat Bahrain in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, European zone\nFor the second year running, European nations qualified through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Portugal, France, Russia and Spain. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was Italy who beat Switzerland in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone\nDue to the lack of interest from South American nations in the World Cup, CONMEBOL paired up with CONCACAF to hold the second joint Beach Soccer Championship, following 2005. Seven nations took part in the championship, three from South America and four from North America which took place between August 9 and August 12 in Acapulco, Mexico. The tournament saw the United States claim victory, after beating Uruguay 4-3 in the final. Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off. Therefore, all four national teams mentioned qualified for the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 111], "content_span": [112, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Oceanian zone\nThe qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Auckland, New Zealand, between August 31 and September 3. Despite Vanuatu dominating in the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their second title and qualification for a second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams\nThese are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue\nAs with the two previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage\nThe 16 teams were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191216-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage\nAll matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191217-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final\nThe 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Mexico and Brazil on 11 November 2007 at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil were the winners, winning by eight goals to two. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners. It was Brazil's second title in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191217-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Mexico\nMexico started their campaign in group A, along with Brazil, with a tight opening game against Russia, with Mexico eventually seeing them off 2-1 on penalties to earn 2 points. Things were looking bad for Mexico after losing 6-4 to Brazil in the second round of games, putting Russia in the driving seat to take second place in the group and progress to the quarter finals. However, in the final round of games, with Mexico winning 6-3 against the Solomon Islands, and Brazil beating Russia, Mexico sneaked through into the quarter-finals, finishing the group on a meagre 5 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191217-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Mexico\nAs Mexico were the runners-up of group A, they met the winners of group B, Spain in the quarter-finals. Spain were the favorites to reach the semi-finals but, after coming from behind, Mexico produced a surprising win, and clinched the game 5-4, holding their nerve in the final moments. Mexico moved into the semi-finals against Uruguay. The semi-final was, in the end, an easier battle for Mexico. With the score at 2-2 going into the final 5 minutes, the game seemed poised for extra-time. However 3 goals in the 32nd, 35th and 36th minutes meant Mexico finished off their semi-final in style, and secured their place in the final against Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191217-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil\nBrazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group A, along with Mexico, demolishing the Solmon Islands 11-2 in their opening game of the group. Brazil continued to perform well with a 6-4 win against Mexico, however left it late to score 2 goals in the third period to secure the three points. Finally, Brazil met Russia. The game was extremely close, seeing Russia lead 2-1 with three minutes left, but a 33rd-minute goal by Sidney sent the game to extra-time and ultimately, penalties. It was a very nerve-racking shoot-out, seeing seven players from each team take a penalty but in the end, it was Brazil who prevailed, taking the 2 points and denying Russia a place in the quarter finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191217-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil\nIn the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group B, Portugal. The two rival nations battled it out in a match full of goals, but it was Brazil's ability to produce goals at any time that saw them beat Portugal 10-7. In the semi-finals Brazil met, 2005 winners, France. It was a simple game for Brazil, winning 6-2, only ever having to deal with French goals in the 1st and 35th minutes, setting up a final with Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup\nThe 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup\nInternacional were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2007 Copa Libertadores second stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup\nSeven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament, with Italian side Milan defeating Boca Juniors from Argentina 4\u20132 in the final to become the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18), as well as the first European team to win the Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams\nThe qualified teams were decided during 2007 through the six major continental competitions. The winner of each regional club championship participated in the 2007 Club World Cup. In March 2007, the FIFA executive committee introduced a qualifying playoff between the 2007 OFC Champions League champion and the host nation's 2007 J. League champion, as opposed to previous years, in which the Oceania champions were given direct entry into the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams\nIn order to avoid the participation of two teams from the same country, the best-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC Champions League would take the \"host\" berth if a Japanese team won that competition, which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams\n\u2020 Sepahan took Japan's slot due to a Japanese team winning the AFC Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues\nTokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191218-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Squads\nFor a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191219-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final\nThe 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final took place at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191219-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final\nThe match pitted Milan of Italy, the UEFA club champions, against Boca Juniors of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions. Milan won 4\u20132 in a match watched by 68,263 people. In doing so, Milan became the first non-Brazilian team \u2013 and first European \u2013 to win the Club World Cup. They won their fourth FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup which was a repeat of the 2003 Intercontinental Cup where Milan had lost to Boca Juniors. Milan also overtook Boca Juniors, Nacional, Pe\u00f1arol, Real Madrid and S\u00e3o Paulo as the only team to have won the competition four times. Kak\u00e1 was named as man of the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191219-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant referees:Jos\u00e9 Luis Camargo (Mexico)Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)Fourth official:Mark Shield (Australia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads\nThese were the squads for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, held in Japan from 7 December to 16 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Boca Juniors\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Milan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, \u00c9toile du Sahel\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Pachuca\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Urawa Red Diamonds\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Sepahan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191220-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Waitakere United\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191221-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup\nThe FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191221-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup\nPlayers born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191221-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Squads\nFor a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191221-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Goalscorers\nThere were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191222-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads\nThis article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. The final squads were to be submitted to FIFA at least 10 working days before the opening match of the competition. Each squad contains 21 players, which consists of 3 goalkeepers and 18 outfield players. Before announcing their final squads, teams were allowed to name a provisional squad of 23 to 35 players, which then had to be reduced to their final 21. Players marked with (c) were named captains for their respective teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191222-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads\nPlayers marked with bold are capped for senior national team at some stage in their career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup\nThe 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2\u20131, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth overall. Argentine player Sergio Ag\u00fcero was given the FIFA U-20 Golden Shoe (top scorer, with six goals) and the FIFA U-20 Golden Ball (best player of the tournament), while Japan earned the FIFA Fair Play Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup\nThe tournament featured 24 teams coming from six continental confederations; Canada qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining teams qualified based on their rankings at the respective continental U-20 (U-19 in Europe's case) tournaments. UEFA (Europe) qualified six teams; AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America) four teams each; and OFC (Oceania) one team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup\nThe tournament took place in a variety of venues across the country \u2013 Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Victoria and Burnaby (Vancouver) \u2013 with the showcase stadium being Toronto's new National Soccer Stadium where the final match was held. 19 years later Canada will co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup\nOn 28 June 2007, two days before the inaugural match, it was reported that 950,000 tickets had been sold, making it the largest single-sport event ever taking place in the country, and on 3 July, the tournament organisers sold the millionth ticket. On 19 July, the semifinal match between Chile and Argentina marked this edition as the most attended in the tournament's history, with an accumulated attendance of 1,156,187 spectators, surpassing Mexico 1983's 1,155,160 spectators. Final attendance totalled 1,195,299.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Qualification\nTwenty-three teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Canada received an automatic bid, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament. The final draw for the group stages took place on 3 March 2007 in Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Squads\nFor a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Group stages\nThe 24 participating teams were distributed between six groups of four teams each, according to a draw held on 3 March 2007. The groups are contested on a league system, where each team plays one time against the other teams in the same group, for a total of six matches per group. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Nigerian accusations of racism\nThe Chile\u2013Nigeria quarter-final match took place on FIFA's \"Say No To Racism Day.\" During extra time, Chile's Jaime Grondona scored at the 96th minute. The Nigerians argued that it was offside, though referee Howard Webb allowed the goal to stand. Replays showed that a defender was caught out of place on an offside trap. Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa was shown the yellow card for his protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Nigerian accusations of racism\nAt a post-game news conference, Nigerian coach Ladan Bosso said, \"What happened on the pitch, the officiating, I think FIFA has a long way to go to beat racism, because that official showed racism.\" When asked if he felt Webb was a racist, Bosso said only that \"It's good for FIFA to bring in the fight against racism, but they have to follow it to the letter, so the implementation will be done.\" The coach was fined CHF 11,000 and banned for four months, as the disciplinary committee found him guilty of \"offensive behaviour\" under the terms of article 57 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Nigerian accusations of racism\nThe Nigerian Football Association was also sanctioned for allowing the players to wear T-shirts with religious statements under their game jerseys. This was a violation of the regulations of the tournament, which state, \"Players and officials are not allowed to display political, religious, commercial or personal messages in any language or form on their playing or team kits ...\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nOn 19 July 2007, Chilean players clashed with police following the semi-final match between Chile and Argentina. The Chilean players were angry with referee Wolfgang Stark saying he \"lost control of the match early\" and complaining about being issued seven yellow cards and two red cards. In total, he issued 53 fouls. Following the match, Stark and his colleagues were surrounded by Chilean players who had to be restrained by members of the Toronto Police Service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nStark was then escorted off of the pitch and into the dressing room tunnel by police officers for fear that he would be attacked by the crowd or Chilean players. Afterwards, several players and delegates of the Chilean team were involved in a brawl with police outside Toronto's National Soccer Stadium,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nThe Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said that the melee began when Chilean players got into a scuffle with a rival fan. He added that \"members of the Chilean team then decided to direct some of their aggressive behaviour towards my officers... The job of my officers was to respond in a firm, but fair, manner to end that violence. They are trained to do so, and that is what they did.\" The Chilean players say that Isa\u00edas Peralta walked towards Chilean fans stationed behind a security fence, but was stopped by about ten policemen. They then say a heated discussion took place, where Peralta (who speaks no English) was verbally and physically abused by the policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nPeralta was tasered by one police officer and lost consciousness for 20\u00a0minutes. The other players then got involved in the struggle with the police, before getting back on the bus and closing the doors. According to eyewitness accounts, the players on the bus began throwing things at police through the windows and tried to grab officers from inside the damaged bus. Three minutes later the president of the Chilean National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), Harold Mayne-Nicholls, asked the players to descend from the bus to take a different one. As the players were getting off the bus the police then took the players back to the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nFIFA spokesman John Schumacher said, \"The Chilean players were detained by the police to de-escalate the situation that was taking place in front of the stadium. Ten Chilean team members were detained over three hours and then released without charges. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the next day at a press conference in Toronto that the incident was \"regrettable\" and that he \"apologized in the name of FIFA.\" The ANFP (Chilean Professional Football Association) hired a Toronto law firm to pursue legal action against the Toronto police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nIn Chile, the incident was on the front page of every major newspaper. The Canadian embassy in Santiago received a bomb threat and angry Chileans protested outside the embassy with signs reading \"Racist Canada.\" Chile President Michelle Bachelet said that the incident was \"especially serious because, in our opinion, the Chilean delegation suffered unjustified aggression,\" and lodged a formal protest with the Canadian government. In response, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper remarked that \"international soccer matches are hotly contested and often become very emotional. As you know, there are processes in Canada by which the authorities review these kinds of incidents and I don't intend to comment further.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nIt was reported in the Canadian media that one of the Chilean team members had punched a female police office in the face before Peralta had been tasered. An internal review headed by Superintendent Jim Ramer found that officers had acted professionally and with \"an immense amount of restraint\" during the conflict outside BMO Field, in which Chilean players \"punched, kicked, spat on and kicked\" police and security staff. The report stated that the violence started when two people not involved in the game confronted each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nSecurity guards first attempted to intervene, and then police, which is when a Chilean player punched a female police officer in the face. From that point, the report said the violence escalated; Chilean players dismantled the armrests and footrests from the bus seats, and smashed the windows in order to spit at and throw these objects, plus D-cell batteries, clothes hangers, and cans of deodorant at the police. Four officers were reportedly injured by projectiles. FIFA agreed to pay for the $35,000 in damages to the team's rented bus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nHarold Mayne-Nicholls, chair of the Football Federation of Chile and a witness to the event, said, \"I didn't see any Chilean player hitting any officer except between all the struggling.\" Patricio Bascunan, president of the Salvador Allende Cultural Society of Toronto, said an independent review was needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191223-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police\nChile's Jaime Grondona was suspended for nine months at all levels (domestic and international) and fined CHF 7,000 (including procedural costs) for assaulting match officials. The Chilean football association was fined CHF 15,000 for \"team misconduct\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191224-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads\nThe clubs referred to are the clubs the players played for at the time of the competition as stated at .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191224-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads\nPlayers marked in bold have been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11\u20130 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history, records which stood until 2019. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2\u20130 in the final, having never surrendered a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to retain their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup\nThe golden goal rule for extra time in knockout matches was eliminated by FIFA, although no matches went to extra time nor required a penalty shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Match officials\nFIFA's Refereeing Department selected 14 referees and 22 assistant referees from around the world to officiate the 32 games that made up the final tournament. Candidate referees for the tournament were placed under scrutiny from 2005 onwards and attended a series of training camps. Candidates refereeing standards were regularly monitored at various tournaments around the globe before a final list was prepared. This was followed by a training camp in the Canary Islands in January 2007 and a final period of preparation and training at the home of FIFA in Zurich in May. No referees were chosen from the Oceania Football Confederation at the finals. The original selection group was made up of 42 entrants, 6 of which failed fitness tests resulting in the final group of 36 being confirmed for China. The United States was the only country represented by two referees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 916]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Match officials\nUnlike the men's tournaments, the quartets of match officials do not necessarily come from the same country or confederation. This selection system was explained by Sonia Denoncourt, the head of women's refereeing at FIFA's Refereeing Department, \"We don't have as many referees among the women and we certainly don't want to sacrifice quality. What we are looking for above all is compatibility on the field of play and the closest possible language links in the team selected for each game. The most important thing for us is that the referees have a good performance in the match.\" A fourth official was chosen from those referees not officiating a game at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Match officials\nThe referees stayed together throughout the competition at their hotel base in Shanghai. From there they travelled to the various venues for their designated games, before returning to base camp to continue with their specialised training programmes. As well as fitness training, they attended regular theory sessions and reviewed previous matches to try to identify possible errors and improve their performance levels. A psychologist was also assigned to the group to help with their mental preparations ahead of games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Draw\nThe group draw took place on 22 April 2007 at the Guanggu Science and Technology Exhibition Centre in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Draw\nFIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively. The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1. United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third, so the United States and Norway were also seeded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Draw\nAlso, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the group of death since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group \u2013 the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and North Korea (5th), according to the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, on that occasion the US and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Group stage, Group B\nThe four teams were also paired in the same group in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Awards\nThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament. The Most Entertaining Team award was also decided by a poll on FIFA.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Awards, All-Star Team\nDaniela Formiga Kelly Smith Renate Lingor Ingvild Stensland Kristine Lilly", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 111 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match. Marta of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Statistics, Tournament ranking\nPer statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Coverage\nNumerous TV stations around the world provided coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5, which also broadcast over the internet via TVUnetworks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Monetary rewards\nFor the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams received monetary bonuses according to the round they reached (all in USD):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Monetary rewards, Other rewards\nUEFA used the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic women's tournament. The best three performing UEFA teams will qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee. For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination count. If there is a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams will meet in a play-off match. In no case will the points or goals (difference) count for teams eliminated before the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 958]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Monetary rewards, Other rewards\nGermany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7\u20133 on aggregate to qualify for the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191225-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Controversies\nKenneth Heiner-M\u00f8ller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors and her assistant Pia Sundhage were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-M\u00f8ller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191226-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final\nThe 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was an association football match which determined the winner of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was played on 30 September 2007 at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China and won by Germany, who defeated Brazil 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191226-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Finalists\nThe match was between Germany, who had won the previous Women's World Cup final and Brazil, who had never won a major world title, or indeed even reached the finals of a Women's World Cup. This was the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that a European and South American had met each other in the final. Germany had not conceded a single goal in the whole competition whereas Brazil were free-scoring. Led by striker Marta, who had scored 7 goals, Brazil had scored seventeen goals in their route to the final, including four against title-rivals United States in the semi-finals. It was considered as \"the rematch of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final\", except it was the men's teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191226-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Route to the final\nGermany began their campaign to retain the trophy with the most lopsided World Cup win in history, beating Argentina 11\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191227-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A\nGroup A of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 10 and its last matches were played on September 17. Most matches were played at the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai. Defending champions Germany topped the group, joined in the second round by England, the only team Germany failed to beat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191228-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B\nGroup 2 of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 11 and its last matches were played on September 18. Most matches were played at the Chengdu Sports Center in Chengdu. All 4 teams in this group were drawn to Group A in previous edition, the first time in FIFA tournaments history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191228-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B\nUnited States topped the group, joined in the second round by North Korea, the only team the United States failed to beat. Sweden surprisingly failed to make the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191229-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C\nGroup 2 of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 12 and its last matches were played on September 20. Most matches were played at the Yellow Dragon Stadium in Hangzhou. Norway topped the group, joined in the second round by Australia, the only team Germany failed to beat. Canada surprisingly failed to make the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191230-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D\nGroup 4 of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 12 and its last matches were played on September 20. Most matches were played at the Wuhan Stadium in Wuhan. Emerging power Brazil topped the group with a 100% record, joined in the second round by the host China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191231-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage\nThe Knockout Stage of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was composed of Brazil, China, Norway, Australia, North Korea, United States, England, and defending champions Germany. All the group winners, Germany, Norway and the United States made it to the Semifinals. Both semi-finals were lopsided victories as Germany beat Norway 3\u20130 and Brazil shocked the United States 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191231-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage comprised the sixteen teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shootout to determine who progressed to the next round. FIFA did abolish the golden goal rule in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification\nQualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup determined which 15 teams joined China, the hosts of the 2007 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup. Europe had 5 qualifying berths, Asia 3.5 berths (including the hosts), North and Central America 2.5 berths, Africa 2 berths, South America 2 berths and Oceania 1 berth. The 16th spot was determined through a play-off match between the third-placed teams in North/Central America and Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Africa\nThe 2006 Women's African Football Championship functioned as a qualifying tournament. Originally, this tournament was scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to \"organisational reasons\" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition. 32 teams entered the African Championships and competed for the two available spots, but six withdrew during the qualifying session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Africa\nOn 7 November 2006, \u00a0Nigeria and \u00a0Ghana qualified by virtue of winning their semifinal matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Asia\nThe 2006 AFC Women's Championship functioned as a qualifying tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Japan, but after the Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation, the Australian team entered the qualifying series. They were awarded hosting rights in February 2006. The Championship took place between 16 July 2006 and 30 July 2006. Since \u00a0China PR, the host nation of Women's World Cup 2007, proceeded to the final, another finalist, \u00a0Australia and third-placed \u00a0North Korea, were qualified for the World Cup finals. Fourth-placed \u00a0Japan qualified for a play-off match with \u00a0Mexico, the third-placed team from the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 47], "content_span": [48, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Europe\nThe 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. The qualifiers concluded on 30 September 2006 with \u00a0Norway, \u00a0Sweden, \u00a0Germany, \u00a0Denmark and \u00a0England qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 49], "content_span": [50, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, North America, Central America & Caribbean\nThe 2006 Women's Gold Cup acted as qualifier tournament for CONCACAF. The tournament finals took place between 19 and 26 November 2006. USA and Canada received direct qualifying spots after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, North America, Central America & Caribbean\nOn 22 November 2006, \u00a0United States and \u00a0Canada qualified by virtue of winning their semifinal matches, while \u00a0Mexico qualified for a play-off match with \u00a0Japan after defeating Jamaica in the 2006 Gold Cup 3rd place match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Oceania\nOne spot was awarded to the winner of the 2007 OFC Women's Championship held 9 April through 13 April 2007 in Papua New Guinea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Oceania\nNew Zealand won this tournament and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. It's the second time they are part of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the other being in 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, South America\nThe 2006 Sudamericano Femenino acted as qualifier for CONMEBOL. Originally, a women's football tournament at the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires would serve as qualifier tournament, but the South American Games committee scrapped football from the games, forcing the Argentine Football Association to organize a tournament on short notice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, South America\nOn 24 November, \u00a0Brazil qualified by earning six points. Argentina qualified on 26 November by defeating Brazil and earning a total of 7, thus winning the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, AFC\u2013CONCACAF play-off\nThe draw for the order of legs was held at the Westin Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on 15 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191232-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualified teams\nEvery qualifier had participated in a previous Women's World Cup. To date, the 2007 Women's World Cup is the only World Cup for either men or women in which every team in the final tournament had played in a previous World Cup final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191233-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC\u2013CONCACAF play-off)\nThe AFC\u2013CONCACAF play-off of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition was a two-legged home-and-away tie that decided one spot in the final tournament in China. The play-off was contested by the fourth-placed team from the AFC, Japan, and the third-placed team from CONCACAF, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191233-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC\u2013CONCACAF play-off), Summary\nThe draw for the order of legs was held at the Westin Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on 15 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 74], "content_span": [75, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191233-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC\u2013CONCACAF play-off), Matches\nJapan won 3\u20132 on aggregate and qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 74], "content_span": [75, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191233-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC\u2013CONCACAF play-off), Goalscorers\nThere were 5 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191234-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)\nIn the UEFA qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. The qualifiers begun on 9 July 2005 and concluded on 30 September 2006, with five teams qualified: Denmark, England, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Of these, the latter three had qualified for the 2003 World Cup, while Denmark and England qualified over France (second in England's group) and Russia (second in Germany's group).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191234-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA), Second Category\nTeams in this Category had no chance to qualify to the World Cup. Originally, the winners of the second category, along with the two best runners-up (Israel and Romania), were to contest play-off matches against the bottom-placed teams of the first category. The play-off winners would then participate in the first category of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. However, the play-offs were cancelled after UEFA changed the qualifying format to no longer be split into two divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191235-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads\nThis article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup held in China between 10 and 30 September 2007. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 21 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191235-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads, Group B, North Korea\nNorth Korea only named a squad of 20 players, leaving the number 13 shirt unassigned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191236-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIFA World Player of the Year\nBrazilian midfielder Kak\u00e1 won the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award, while another Brazilian, Marta, took home the women's award. The winners were announced at the FIFA World Player Gala held at the Zurich Opera House on December 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191237-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FILA World Grappling Championship\nThe first edition of the FILA World Grappling Championship took place in Antalya, Turkey, from 7 to 9 September 2007, and gathered together all the wrestling styles that do not appear on the Olympic programme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191237-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FILA World Grappling Championship, Events\nThe Games drew about 200 participants from 22 nations and were a true success. The athletes of sambo, beach wrestling, grappling, and pangration athlima did not only receive the title of winner of the games, but also the title of world champion in the discipline concerned. The United States dominated the grappling competition by winning all the first places, the titles in the other disciplines were more equally distributed among the nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191237-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FILA World Grappling Championship, Events\nThe championship was enhanced by demonstrations of belt wrestling, kourash and sumo, that suggested a great development of this event in the future. The Festival of traditional wrestling was also a big success among the Turkish spectators who could encourage more than 400 traditional oil wrestling competitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191238-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIM Motocross World Championship\nThe 2007 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 51st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season. In the MX1 class, Steve Ramon took his second world title despite not winning a Grand Prix all season. In the MX2 class Tony Cairoli also won his second world title, while in MX3 Yves Demaria won his third and final world championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191239-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIM World Supercross GP season\nThe 2007 FIM World Supercross GP season is a multi race tournament over a season for supercross. The season started on 2 December 2006 and will last until 5 May 2007. The competition is organised by the FIM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191240-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League\nThe 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the sixth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After six preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Berlin, Germany from August 7 to August 12, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191240-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Final ranking\nSerbia qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191241-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Swimming World Cup\nThe 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup occurred in autumn 2007. It was an international series of short course (25m) swimming competitions organised by FINA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191241-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Swimming World Cup\nThe 2007 edition marked a return to all World Cup meets being held in the same year for a given series, with them all held within October and November 2007. Swimmers from FINA members were allowed to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191241-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Swimming World Cup, Competition programme\nThe event schedule for all meets was the same: a 2-day format, all events both day with men swimming half and females the other half (genders switch events for the second day, thereby swimming all events per gender). All events are short course (25m) format, and all are prelims/finals except for the women's 800 free and men's 1500 free which are timed finals (swum just once). For meets 1-6, prelims and finals were the same day; for meet 7 (Belo Horizonte), prelims were held in the afternoon with finals the next morning (causing its 3-dates for the meet).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191241-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Swimming World Cup, Event winners\nWR denotes World Record, WC denotes World Cup Record. Time listed in header is the series record at the start of the 2007 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191242-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy\nThe 2nd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in three events: Duet, Team and Free Combination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191243-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League\nThe 2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. Three qualification tournaments were held, before the final round took off in the Parc Jean Drapeau Aquatic Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 4 to July 8, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191243-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Americas\nHeld from June 1 to June 3, 2007, in Los Alamitos, United States", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 70], "content_span": [71, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191243-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Asia and Oceania\nHeld from May 29 to June 3, 2007, in Tianjin, PR China", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191243-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Europe\nHeld from June 13 to June 17, 2007, in Kirishi, Russia", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191244-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRA Women's European Championship\nAfter several years of low key tournaments with the major nations absent, the 2007 Championship was the largest ever with 16 teams competing in two Pools, including four Six Nations countries, plus Spain keen to do well having been replaced Italy in that competition. England and France were as usual represented by \"A\" teams, and Wales sent a development squad, but other countries appeared to be at full-strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191244-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRA Women's European Championship\nPool B was also of interest with four nations making their 15-a-side debuts - Finland, Luxembourg, Romania, and Serbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191245-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Intercontinental Cup\nThe 2007 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the tenth edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played on March 24, 2007 at Follonica, Italy. Follonica Hockey won the cup, defeating Concepci\u00f3n PC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships\nThe FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIII was played between July 2 and July 7, 2007 in the Spanish city of Bilbao. The venue was the Bilbao Kirolak Zorrotza. The tournament was won by Czech Republic which claimed its first gold medal. It was the 13th FIRS Inline Hockey World Championship event, and was run by the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS). It was the first time the tournament was held in the country of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Rules\nIf teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied:1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 56], "content_span": [57, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 1\nThe top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 2\nThe remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 90], "content_span": [91, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191246-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 94], "content_span": [95, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191247-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix\nThe 2007 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 14th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. The season began on 11 August 2007 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 6 October 2007 in Klingenthal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191247-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix\nOther competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191248-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIU Golden Panthers football team\nThe 2007 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Panthers were led by first-year head coach Mario Cristobal and played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl while FIU Stadium, their normal home field, underwent expansion. Cristobal replaced FIU's first head coach, Don Strock, who resigned after an 0\u201312 2006 season marred by a brawl with the University of Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191249-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship\nThe 2007 FIVB Volleyball Boys' Youth World Championship took place from 15 to 26 August in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, Baja California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191250-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship\nThe 2007 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Tijuana / Mexicali, Mexico from 31 July to 11 August 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191251-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship\nThe 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship was held from 7 to 15 July 2007 in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. It was the last tournament to feature 12 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191251-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, Competing nations\nDrawing of lots to determine Pools composition was held on 7 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 68], "content_span": [69, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191252-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup\nThe 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 2007 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined China as they had already secured a berth as the host country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191252-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, Format\nThe competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 other teams. Points were accumulated throughout the whole tournament. The final standing was determined by the number of points gained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191253-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, held from November 18 to December 2, 2007, in several cities in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191254-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship\nThe 2007 FIVB Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from July 20 to 27, 2007. 12 teams participated in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191255-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup\nThe 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 2007 in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191255-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, Format\nThe competition system of the 2007 World Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191255-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, Format\nRounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B) Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads\nThis article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Brazil\nThe following is the Brazil roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Cuba\nThe following is the Cuba roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 51], "content_span": [52, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Dominican Republic\nThe following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Italy\nThe following is the Italy roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Japan\nThe following is the Japan roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Kenya\nThe following is the Kenya roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Peru\nThe following is the Peru roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 51], "content_span": [52, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Poland\nThe following is the Poland roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Serbia\nThe following is the Serbia roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, South Korea\nThe following is the South Korea roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Thailand\nThe following is the Thailand roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191256-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, United States\nThe following is the United States roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191257-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix\nThe FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191257-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix\nThe 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second and third week each team played nine matches in total. Preliminary rounds were staged in Japan (3x), Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia and Chinese Taipei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191257-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix\nThe final round was played in Ningbo, PR China, at Beilun Gymnasium over five days and the best six teams from the preliminary rounds. A round robin system was played to decide the 2007 World Grand Prix Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191258-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Ortizesp (talk | contribs) at 20:46, 25 December 2019 (redirect). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191258-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League\nThe 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 18th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 25 May to 15 July 2007. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads\nThis article show all participating team squads at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League, played by 16 countries from 25 May to 15 July 2007. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Argentina\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Brazil\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Bulgaria\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Canada\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, China\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Cuba\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Egypt\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Finland\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, France\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Italy\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Japan\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, South Korea\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Poland\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Serbia\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Russia\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191259-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, United States\nThe following is the roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191260-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FIVB World Grand Prix squads\nThis article show all participating team squads at the 2007 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix, played by twelve countries with the final round held in Ningbo, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191261-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FORU Oceania Cup\nThe 2007 FORU Oceania Cup was a rugby union competition for countries and territories in Oceania with national teams in the developmental band.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191262-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FT3\n2007 FT3 (also written 2007 FT3) is a lost asteroid with a short observation arc of 1.2 days that can not be recovered with targeted observations and awaits serendipitous survey observations. It has a poorly constrained orbit and has not been seen since 2007. It was first observed on 20 March 2007 when the asteroid was estimated to be 0.19\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.01\u00a0AU (28.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.5\u00a0million\u00a0km) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 107 degrees. 2007 FT3 is the third largest asteroid with better than a 1 in 1 million cumulative chance of impacting Earth after (29075) 1950 DA and 101955 Bennu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191262-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FT3, 2013 virtual impactor\nThe 2 October 2013 virtual impactor did not occur. The uncertainty region of \u00b1\u00a0330 million kilometers wrapped around a large portion of the asteroid's orbit so that the asteroid could have been numerous different distances from the Earth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 31], "content_span": [32, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191262-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FT3, 2019 virtual impactor\nThe 3 October 2019 virtual impactor did not occur. The poorly constrained nominal orbit suggested that the closest approach the asteroid would make to Earth in 2019 was in late March at a distance of 0.14\u00a0AU (21,000,000\u00a0km; 13,000,000\u00a0mi). But the line of variation (LOV) for this asteroid was hundreds of millions of kilometers long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 31], "content_span": [32, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191262-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FT3, 2019 virtual impactor\nThere was an estimated 1 in 11 million chance of the asteroid impacting Earth on 3 October 2019. The nominal JPL Horizons 3 October 2019 Earth distance was 0.93\u00a0AU (139,000,000\u00a0km; 86,000,000\u00a0mi) with a 3-sigma uncertainty of \u00b1 620 million km. NEODyS listed the nominal 3 October 2019 Earth distance as 0.95\u00a0AU (142,000,000\u00a0km; 88,000,000\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 31], "content_span": [32, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191262-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FT3, 2024 virtual impactor\nThe nominal orbit suggests that closest approach the asteroid will make to Earth in 2024 will not be until the end of December when it may be ~1 AU from Earth (the same distance the Sun is from Earth). But the line of variation (LOV) for this asteroid is hundreds of millions of kilometers long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 31], "content_span": [32, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191262-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 FT3, 2024 virtual impactor\nWith a short 1.2 day observation arc, the Sentry Risk Table shows an estimated 1 in 13 million chance of the asteroid impacting Earth on 2 October 2024, which is 2,900 times lower than the background threat. The nominal JPL Horizons 2 October 2024 Earth distance is 1.7\u00a0AU (250,000,000\u00a0km; 160,000,000\u00a0mi) with a 3-sigma uncertainty of \u00b1 500 million km. NEODyS lists the nominal 2 October 2024 Earth distance as 1.7\u00a0AU (250,000,000\u00a0km; 160,000,000\u00a0mi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 31], "content_span": [32, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191263-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Falken Tasmania Challenge\nThe 2007 Falken Tasmania Challenge is the thirteenth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 16 to 18 November at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191264-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Falkirk Council election\nElections to Falkirk Council were held on 3 May 2007\u2014the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191265-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup\nThe 2007 Family Circle Cup was the 35th edition of the Family Circle Cup. This WTA Tier I Event was held at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191265-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup\nJelena Jankovi\u0107, who had already propelled herself to #2 in the WTA race, consolidated her position with her first win in a Tier I tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191265-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup, Finals, Doubles\nYan Zi / Zheng Jie defeated Peng Shuai / Sun Tiantian, 7\u20135, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191266-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but lost to Peng Shuai and Sun Tiantian in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191266-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\n* The top four seeds received a bye in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191267-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2007 Charleston Open. Nadia Petrova was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191267-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Family Circle Cup \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191268-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Faroe Islands Cup\nThe 2007 Faroe Islands Cup was played between March 10 and August 15, 2007 and it was won by EB/Streymur. It was the first time they won the cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191268-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Faroe Islands Cup\nOnly the first teams of Faroese football clubs were allowed to participate. The First Round involved teams from the third and fourth divisions. Teams from the highest two divisions entered the competition in the Second Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191269-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Faroe Islands Premier League\nThe 2007 Faroe Islands Premier League was the 65th annual competition since its establishment. In this championship, AB Argir and B71 Sandur were promoted from 1. deild. At the end of the 2006 season, \u00cdF Fuglafj\u00f8r\u00f0ur and B68 Toftir were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191269-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Faroe Islands Premier League, Results\nThe schedule consisted of a total of 27 games. Each team played three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games was at home and one was away. The additional home game for every match-up was randomly assigned prior to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191270-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fayetteville, North Carolina mayoral election\nThe 2007 Fayetteville mayoral election took place on November 6, 2007 to elect the mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tony Chavonne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191271-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Featherstone Rovers season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of the Featherstone Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup\nThe 2007 Fed Cup was the 45th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup\nThe final took place at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia, on 15\u201316 September. The home team, Russia, defeated the defending champions, Italy, 0\u20134, giving Russia their third title in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup, World Group Play-offs\nThe four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Belgium, China, Japan and Spain), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and Israel) entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup, World Group II\nThe World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2007. Winners advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and losers played in the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 28], "content_span": [29, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup, World Group II Play-offs\nThe four losing teams from World Group II (Australia, Canada, Croatia and Slovakia) played off against qualifiers from Zonal Group I. Two teams qualified from Europe/Africa Zone (Serbia and Ukraine), one team from the Asia/Oceania Zone (Chinese Taipei), and one team from the Americas Zone (Argentina).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 38], "content_span": [39, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup, Asia/Oceania Zone, Group I\nVenue: Scenic Circles Hotel Tennis Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand (outdoor hard)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191272-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup, Rankings\nThe rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191273-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone\nThe Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191273-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group I\nThe seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The top team of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to the World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group II for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191273-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone, Group II\nThe nine teams were divided into one pool of four teams and one pool of five. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to the Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191274-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I. The team that ended up placing first overall advanced to World Group II Play-offs, whilst those coming in sixth and seventh were relegated down to Group II for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191274-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional play-offs\nThe top team of each pool was placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to World Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191274-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Third to Fourth Play-off\nThe second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated third place in the Group while the loser was allocated fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191274-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation play-offs\nBecause there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool, Dominican Republic was automatically relegated down to Group II. The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Dominicans in relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191275-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191276-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191277-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II, with the top two teams of each pool playing for first to fourth. The teams finishing first advanced to Group I for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191277-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe first and second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191277-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to Sixth Play-Offs\nThe third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and sixth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191277-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Seventh to Eighth Play-Offs\nThe fourth-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the seventh and eighth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 76], "content_span": [77, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191277-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Ninth\nAs there was only four teams from Pool A as opposed to the five from Pool B, the last-placed team from Pool B (\u00a0Barbados) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Barbadians were automatically allocated ninth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191278-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2007 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top two teams played for advancement to the 2008 Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191279-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group II of the 2007 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top two teams played for advancement to the 2008 Group I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191280-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone\nThe Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191280-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group I\nThe ten teams were divided into two pools of five teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which nation progresses to the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191280-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Withdrawals\nSri Lanka and Syria were scheduled to compete, but withdrew because of a terrorist threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 43], "content_span": [44, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191281-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I were the final stages of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Using the positions determined in their pools, the ten teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone. The team that placed first overall advanced to the World Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191281-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe top team of each pool was placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to World Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 73], "content_span": [74, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191281-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Third to Fourth Play-Offs\nThe second-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the third and fourth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191281-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to Sixth Play-Offs\nThe third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and sixth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191281-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Seventh to Eighth Play-Offs\nThe fourth-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the seventh and eighth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191281-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Ninth to Tenth Play-Offs\nThe fifth-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the ninth and tenth placed teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191282-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191283-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2007 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191284-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone\nThe Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Fed Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191284-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group I\nThe sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to determine which two nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191284-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group II\nThe seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2008. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group III for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191284-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III\nThe ten teams were divided into two pools of five. The top team of each pool progressed to Group II for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191285-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191285-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 74], "content_span": [75, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191285-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Fifth to Seventh Play-off\nThe second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 78], "content_span": [79, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191285-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Ninth to Eleventh Play-off\nThe third placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated ninth place in the Group while the losers were allocated eleventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191285-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs\nThe last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191286-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191287-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191288-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool C\nGroup C of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191289-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I \u2013 Pool D\nGroup D of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 2007 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191290-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs\nThe Play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191290-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Promotional Play-Offs\nThe top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 75], "content_span": [76, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191290-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Play-offs, Relegation Play-Offs\nBecause there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool (\u00a0Norway) was automatically relegated down to Group III. The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Norwegians in relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 74], "content_span": [75, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191291-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II of the 2007 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to Group I, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191292-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II of the 2007 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom two teams proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top teams played for advancement to Group I, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191293-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III \u2013 Pool A\nGroup A of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2007 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advanced to Group I for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191294-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III \u2013 Pool B\nGroup B of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2007 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advanced to Group I for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191295-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup World Group\nThe World Group was the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2007. Eight nations competed in a three-round knockout competition. Italy was the defending champion, but they were defeated in the final by the No. 1 team Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191296-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup World Group II\nThe World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2007. Winning nations advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and the losing nations were demoted to the World Group II Play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191297-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs\nThe 2007 World Group II Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group II and four nations from the three Zonal Group I competitions. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2008 World Group II, while losing nations joined their respective zonal groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191298-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs\nThe World Group Play-offs were four ties which involved the losing nations of the World Group first round and the winning nations of the World Group II. Nations that won their play-off ties entered the 2008 World Group, while losing nations joined the 2008 World Group II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191299-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs\nThe 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs were held from August 23 to September 16. They consisted of four events. The events in order are The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and The Tour Championship. These were the first FedEx Cup playoffs being held. Tiger Woods won the playoffs and took home $10,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191299-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Barclays\nThe Barclays was played August 23\u201326. 144 players were eligible to play but 6 of them did not enter. Of the 138 players who entered the tournament, 75 of them made the cut. The cut was even par. Steve Stricker won by shooting \u221216 to win the first ever FedEx Cup playoff event. Tiger Woods did not participate in the tournament. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191299-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs, Deutsche Bank Championship\nThe Deutsche Bank Championship was played from August 31 to September 3. 120 players were eligible to play but 4 of them did not enter. Of the 116 players who entered the tournament, 75 of them made the cut. The cut was 1 over-par. Phil Mickelson won by shooting \u221216. Tiger Woods finished tied for 2nd, two strokes behind Mickelson. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191299-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs, BMW Championship\nThe BMW Championship was played September 6\u20139. 70 players were eligible to play but three of them did not enter. There was no cut for this tournament. Tiger Woods won by shooting \u221222. This was Tiger's 60th win on the PGA Tour. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to The Tour Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191299-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs, The Tour Championship\nThe Tour Championship was played September 13\u201316. All 30 players eligible to play did so. There was no cut for this tournament. Tiger Woods won by shooting \u221223. This was Tiger's 61st win on the PGA Tour. He also won the FedEx Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191300-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fenland District Council election\nThe 2007 Fenland District Council election took place on 4 May 2007 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191300-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fenland District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives strengthen their majority on the council after winning 39 of the 40 seats on the council. Only 13 of the 27 wards were contested, with Conservatives taking the seats in the other 14 wards without opposition. This meant the Conservatives had been guaranteed a majority even before voting, as 18 of their candidates were unopposed and another 4 were in multi seat wards were there were not enough candidates from other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191300-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fenland District Council election, Election result\nLabour lost the 3 seats they had been defending, 2 in Waterlees ward in Wisbech and 1 in March East. What was remarkable, however, about the results was areas such as Waterlees ward, traditionally, had been part of larger wards (until the 2003 boundary changes) that were opposition strongholds. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats failed to win any seats, but did come within 37 votes in Slade Lode ward in Chatteris. The only non-Conservative elected was independent Mark Archer, who gained Manea from Conservative Robert Sears by almost 200 votes, in a seat which Sears had won in a by-election in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl\nThe 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game played as part of the 2006\u20132007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was played on January 1, 2007, at its new venue, the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The matchup pitted the Big 12 champion No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners against the WAC champion No. 9 Boise State Broncos. The contest was televised on Fox. With this broadcast, the Fiesta Bowl became the first bowl game to air on all the \"big four\" television networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) \u2013 the Orange Bowl became the second, the following night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl\nOklahoma was the designated home team and was favored by 7\u00bd points, but Boise State won by a score of 43\u201342 in overtime. The game featured a series of \"fantastic finishes\" \u2013 Oklahoma scoring 25 unanswered points to take its first lead with just over one minute remaining in the game, the teams scoring 22 points in the final 1:26 of regulation and 15 points in overtime, culminating with Boise State completing three do-or-die trick plays (the first of which was called with 18 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter on 4th and 18 to take the game to overtime). It is widely considered one of the greatest college football games ever played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nDuring the summer preceding the season, Oklahoma was hyped to be a top 5 team and national title contender. They initially were the favorite to win the Big 12 South. Following the dismissal of OU's returning quarterback Rhett Bomar, many felt the defending national champion Texas Longhorns were now the favorite (the Sooners dropped six spots in the Coaches Poll during the first two weeks of the season despite winning both of those weeks). The Sooners opened their season 3\u20132 with a controversial loss to Oregon and a loss to Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nThe Sooners also lost their Heisman-hopeful running back Adrian Peterson during their sixth game to a broken collar bone. Many had written the Sooners off at this point. However, the Sooners won their next seven games while Texas lost their last two and the Sooners became the outright winners of the Big 12 South and faced the Big 12 North winner, Nebraska, in the Big 12 Championship Game. They won that game 21\u20137 and were given an automatic berth to represent the Big 12 in the Fiesta Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nThe Boise State Broncos, who returned more starters from 2005 than any other team in NCAA Division I-A football, began the year with high hopes; according to one major source, anything less than a BCS Bowl berth would have been a disappointment. First-year head coach Chris Petersen led this perennially strong BCS non-AQ conference school to an undefeated 12\u20130 record. Some of the Broncos key wins this season came over Oregon State of the Pac-10 Conference, Hawaii and Fresno State. Boise State was the champion of the Western Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, New stadium\nThe Fiesta Bowl has been played annually since 1971, and from then until 2005 the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium, home stadium to the NFL's Arizona Cardinals and Pac-10's Arizona State Sun Devils. In 2006, the Cardinals completed a new home stadium (named University of Phoenix Stadium) in Glendale, Arizona, and the Fiesta Bowl followed them there. The new stadium is state-of-the-art with an inclined retractable roof and fully retractable natural grass playing surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, New stadium\nThe stadium was also host to 2006 season BCS National Championship Game held on January 8, 2007 and hosted Super Bowl XLII in 2008. The capacity of the new stadium is 63,500, although for this game and the BCS National Championship Game, extra seats were added in the south end of the stadium to increase capacity to about 70,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nThe game was highlighted by Oklahoma scoring 25 consecutive points in the second half to take its first lead with 1:02 remaining, a combined 22 points scored in the final 1:26 of regulation plus 15 points in overtime, and three trick plays that helped Boise State win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nOklahoma fell behind 14\u20130 early in the first quarter after a costly fumble deep in their own territory by quarterback Paul Thompson, which led to an Ian Johnson touchdown run two plays later. Boise State scored a touchdown on its final possession of the first half to take a 21\u201310 halftime lead. Midway through the third quarter Boise State intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown, giving them a 28\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary\nOklahoma then scored the next 25 points, starting by recovering a punt that struck the leg of a Boise State player deep in Broncos territory, which a few plays later led to Adrian Peterson scoring his first touchdown of the game to cut the Boise State lead to 28\u201317. The Sooners followed up with a Garrett Hartley field goal a few series later to close the gap to 28\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, The final 1:26 of regulation\nWide receiver Quentin Chaney caught a tipped 5\u00a0yard TD pass from quarterback Paul Thompson with 1:26 remaining in the fourth quarter, bringing the Sooners to within two points at 28\u201326 Boise State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, The final 1:26 of regulation\nOU then attempted a two-point conversion to tie the game. In a sign of the wildness to come, Oklahoma would require three attempts to complete the two-point conversion:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, The final 1:26 of regulation\nAfter the ensuing kickoff, on the next play from scrimmage, Boise State quarterback Jared Zabransky was intercepted by Marcus Walker, who returned it 34\u00a0yards for a touchdown. After the extra point, Oklahoma led 35\u201328 with 1:02 left, its first lead of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, The final 1:26 of regulation\nOn the ensuing drive Boise State drove to the OU 42. The next series of downs were not so successful for Boise State:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, The final 1:26 of regulation\nBoise State was thus facing fourth down with 18\u00a0yards needed for a first down and only 18\u00a0seconds left on the clock. Zabransky passed for 15\u00a0yards to Drisan James. With five Oklahoma defenders playing a \"prevent\" style defense to prevent a long conversion, James quickly scoop-passed the ball to an in-stride Jerard Rabb, who ran the ball along the left sideline an additional 35 yards for a touchdown. (The hook and lateral play\u2014called \"Circus\" by Boise State\u2014allowed for at least two more laterals. Johnson and Zabransky had trailed Rabb along the sideline as potential outlets or possibly as blockers.) The extra point tied the game up at 35 with just seven seconds remaining in regulation, and the game then went into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 60], "content_span": [61, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Overtime\nUnder college football rules, both teams in overtime are given one possession from their opponent's twenty-five yard line. A coin toss gives one team the choice, offense or defense first, or which end of the field. The winner of the toss generally chooses to be on defense first, to know how many points must be scored to win or tie on their offensive possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Overtime\nThe loser of the toss is left to choose the end of the field\u2014usually the one with the largest proportion of their own team's fans so as to increase the crowd noise while their opponents are on offense. The team that is leading after both possessions is declared the winner and in the event of a tie, there is another overtime session with the order of the offensive and defensive possessions reversed. The end of the field is also changed with each overtime session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Overtime\nBoise State won the coin toss and opted to play defense first. Oklahoma scored on their first play with a 25-yard run by Peterson, which would ultimately be his last collegiate touchdown. The extra point was good, making the score 42\u201335 Oklahoma. On Boise State's drive, the Broncos came down to 4th and 2 on the Sooners' 5\u00a0yard line and decided to run their second trick play, a wide receiver rollout option from a variant of the Wildcat offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Overtime\nZabransky ran in motion to his left while backup wide receiver Vinny Perretta, lined up as a running back, took the snap, rolled to his right, then threw a touchdown pass to tight end Derek Schouman, who had lined up as a wide receiver, to bring Boise State within one point at 42\u201341.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Game summary, Overtime\nInstead of kicking the extra-point to tie the game and send it into a second overtime, Broncos coach Chris Petersen risked defeat to go for the two-point conversion to win. He ran their third trick play of the night. It was a variation of the Statue of Liberty play known to the team simply as \"Statue Left\", which was drawn up by backup quarterback Taylor Tharp. Boise State lined up three receivers on the right side. After the snap, Zabransky faked a quick pass to his right with his right hand, then quickly handed off the football backhanded with his left hand to running back Ian Johnson, who ran untouched into the end zone for the conversion and the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame\nDuring a postgame interview with FOX Sports on-field analyst Chris Myers, Johnson got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend, Boise State head cheerleader Chrissy Popadics, on live TV. Myers, however, spoiled the proposal by mentioning it before Johnson went to a knee. She accepted. Ian did not have a ring with him because he originally planned on proposing to Chrissy at Lagoon on their way home from the Fiesta Bowl, but he could not give up the opportunity to propose on national TV after scoring the game-winning two-point conversion. The couple married on July 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame\nAccording to Ian Johnson, he received about 30 threatening letters which he handed over to the FBI, from people who objected to his nationally televised interracial marriage proposal at the end of the game. Johnson, who is half-black, and Popadics, who is white, hired security for their wedding due to the threats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Final game facts\nBoise State finished their season with a perfect 13\u20130 record, spurring controversy as to whether teams from BCS non-AQ conferences should have an opportunity to play for a national title. Most of the Boise State players and officials that were asked about it in the immediate aftermath of the game downplayed the controversy and claimed they were just happy to participate in the BCS bowls. Some did say they believed they were good enough to play in the National Championship game against the BCS No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes, who later lost to the Florida Gators. The Broncos ultimately received one first-place vote in the final AP poll of the season, released after the National Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Final game facts\nBoise State also became just the second team from a non-AQ (automatic qualifier) conference team to both play in and win a BCS bowl game (the 2004 Utah Utes team was the first, playing in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl). However, the presence of Boise State, a non-AQ school, quite possibly led to some of the lowest TV ratings ever for a BCS game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Final game facts\nOf the 37 BCS bowl games played through the 2006 season, only two received lower ratings than this game\u2014the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, the only other BCS game up to that time to feature a non-AQ school (although this most likely was due to getting stuck with a clearly over-matched Pittsburgh team from the Big East \u2013 who did receive an AQ bid \u2013 and the resulting blow-out was not a surprise, in any way); and the 2007 Orange Bowl, which featured two non-traditional teams in Louisville and Wake Forest (which matched conference champions awarded the guaranteed spots in a BCS bowls due to their conference memberships in the Big East Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference, respectively).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 44], "content_span": [45, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nThe dramatic fashion in which the game finished, along with the numerous trick plays and underdog story, immediately generated incredible enthusiasm, and many have since considered it one of the greatest college football bowl games to ever be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nThe Valley of the Stun was the stage as an indomitable bunch of dreamers in orange pants landed the mightiest populist blow of college football's modern era. They were Hickory High in helmets, George Mason in cleats. They knocked off a gridiron giant one decade to the day after the burial of Pokey Allen, the beloved Boise coach who brought the program up to Division I-A status just 11 years ago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nHow do you sum up one of the most remarkable endings any of us will ever be fortunate enough to see? How do you sum up one of the most exciting bowl games ever contested? And how do you sum up what will one day be viewed as one of the most significant moments in the history of college football?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nI\u2019m not exaggerating....Boise State beating Oklahoma in a New Year's Day bowl game is college football's equivalent to George Mason reaching the Final Four, with one extremely significant difference: George Mason had its chance to compete for the national title; Boise State does not. Like it or not, Boise State 43, Oklahoma 42 just became the single biggest argument to date for a college football playoff.... Not only did they get in the game, they made a major statement on behalf of their mid-major brethren that none of us will soon forget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nArash Markazi, also of Sports Illustrated, who covered the Broncos throughout their stay in Arizona:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nWhen it was over, even Hollywood couldn't have scripted a more dramatic ending. This was the ultimate underdog story of a team that believed from the start, refused to give up even when it looked bleak and pulled off the improbable. It's one thing for a Cinderella team to upset a heavily favored opponent, but c'mon, this was ridiculous....Boise State's mind-numbing 43\u201342 victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on Monday night had everything and will go down as one of [the] best games in college football history. It was as big as George Mason getting to the Final Four and is proof that mid-majors can play with the big boys in football, too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nCrazy, zany and loony are three apt words to describe the end of Monday night's Fiesta Bowl at the University of Phoenix Stadium. You thought it would never end, but it did, with one of the most gutsy calls and remarkable plays in the history of college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\n... [ A] hook-and-lateral, a Statue of Liberty play and a halfback toss launched the Boise State football team to an upset that will long resonate in college football lore....Johnson's proposal capped a dizzying, riveting, back-and-forth game that will be remembered as one of the most exciting in college football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nIt has been reported that the Boise State University Athletic Department is selling the rights for a major motion picture about the Broncos 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nBroncos quarterback Jared Zabransky is featured on the cover of the 2008 edition of EA Sports popular NCAA Football video game. The last play of the game was also the subject of a television commercial for the video game, but with a twist: it featured Adrian Peterson controlling a Sooners player who tackled Johnson before he crossed the goal line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191301-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Fiesta Bowl, Postgame, Legacy\nThe 2007 Fiesta Bowl won the 2007 Best Game ESPY Award, and the game's final play won the 2007 Best Play ESPY Award. It also took the No. 1 spot on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10 Games of 2007. The final \"Statue of Liberty\" play also placed 2nd in ESPN's \"The Greatest Highlight\" hosted by Chris Berman. Fox Sports won its eighth Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special for its coverage of the game. Sports Illustrated rated it \"The game of the decade\" for college football. CBS Sportsline.com rated the game as the most meaningful bowl played in the twenty seasons from 1992 to 2011, in terms of its impact on college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191302-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fife Council election\nElections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 23 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191302-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fife Council election\nScottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition to run the council for the next 5 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191303-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Finlandia Trophy\nThe 2007 Finlandia Trophy is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Finland. It was held in Vantaa on October 12\u201314, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. It was one of the competitions that helped choose the Finnish team for the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191304-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Finnish Figure Skating Championships took place between December 8 and 10, 2006 in Mikkeli. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and women's singles on the senior and junior levels. The event was used to help determine the Finnish team to the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal\nThe 2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal arose in the spring of 2008 due to campaign funding issues related to the 2007 elections for the Finnish Parliament held on 18 March 2007. The scandal involves mainly the campaign funding of National Coalition Party and Centre Party candidates. There were several related cases that were ongoing as of February 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, International\nAccording to Transparency International the lack of transparency in Finnish political financing is remarkable even on an international stage. The organization compared the Finnish system to that of Belarus. According to GRECO in 2007, the possibility of corruption should be more comprehensively taken into account in the Finnish election funding system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, The 2007 elections\nInformation with regards to funding was not made public during the election. The persons who were elected had to give make their finance reports public no later than May, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, The 2007 elections\nCorporate funding of the elections stunned journalists in 2007, but after 7.5.2008 it was revealed that corporate funding of the elections was much larger than publicly reported figures claimed. This became a political scandal in 2008-2010. Many additions were made to the public finance reports in May 2008, which was a year too late. This pertained to multiple Ministers in Government: Jyri H\u00e4k\u00e4mies (kok), Ilkka Kanerva (kok), Jyrki Katainen (kok), Jan Vapaavuori (kok), Paula Lehtom\u00e4ki (centre), Mauri Pekkarinen (centre), Anu Vehvil\u00e4inen (centre), Liisa Hyss\u00e4l\u00e4 (centre) and Stefan Wallin (rkp). The lack of amendments to financial reports was not in itself evidence that the reports were in any way complete, there was no scrutiny and no penalties were ever issued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, Law\nAccording to Markku Hirvonen (Ministry of State Finance) the main problem in election funding is the lack of scrutiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, Law\nThe Finnish parliament considered the law unnecessary in 2002. However, Finland was forced to change the criminal law by European Council in 2002, later than in many other countries. The parliament made the law of election funds beneficial for itself. The new criminal law (2002) denied giving or taking bribery for/by the representatives of the parliament. The law was formulated in a way that it was in practice not possible to find any evidence of violations against the law according to professor Timo Viljanen, University of Turku, criminal law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, Law\nSince the parliamentarians did not perform according to the law, some individuals asked the Ministry of Justice to investigate the case. According to the Ministry of Justice all control is in the responsibility of media and they have no opportunity to punish any politician of any potential bribery cases and/or lack of information. In 2011 the funds have not been opened by all politicians. e.g. Mari Kiviniemi has said that most payments of total 65,991 \u20ac are under the obligation to give any public information. This cannot be confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, KMS\nKMS passed \u20ac400,000 cash primarily to the conservative National Coalition Party or rural Centre Party (Finland). The organisation Kehittyvien maakuntien Suomi (KMS) (English: Finland of Developing Regions) supported at least 21 Centrist, 13 conservative, one green (who jumped into the conservative faction), and 4 social democratic members of the parliament in 2007-2011. The support was typically 5,000-10,000 \u20ac pro person. 90% of its funds was from three companies: Nova Group (Tapani Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki) 145,000 \u20ac (36%), Suomen Liikekiinteist\u00f6t SLK (Ky\u00f6sti Kakkonen) 120,000 \u20ac (30%) and Maskun kalustetalo (Toivo Sukari) 100,000 \u20ac (25%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, KMS\nThese companies were connected with the large construction projects of shopping centres and the promotion of a new construction law. The prosecution sought in 2011 unconditional prison sentences for Merisalo and Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki as Nova group leaders. Nova\u2019s bankruptcy estate is demanded 6.2 million euros in damages from Merisalo, Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki and five others. The defendants denied charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, KMS\nTapani Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki has run the campaign for Esko Aho (president election, centre) in 2000 and Sauli Niinist\u00f6 (president election, conservative) in 2006 and Hannu Takkula (EU parliament, Centre). Yli -Saunam\u00e4ki has also been responsible of the sport sponsoring for Nokia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, KMS\nJyri H\u00e4k\u00e4mies (National Coalition Party), the then-Minister of Defence, discussed the KMS funding of the party candidates with Merisalo ja Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki already in the end of 2006 in the House of Parliament. In August 2007 H\u00e4k\u00e4mies invited these KMS financers to sauna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, KMS\nConservative MP Ilkka Kanerva has been in the bribery trials. All parties are appealing against convictions started on 25. March 2013 in the broad-ranging election funding scandal connected to the Regional construction deals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 42], "content_span": [43, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, Tax haven financing\nJyrki Katainen, Paula Lehtom\u00e4ki and Jyri H\u00e4k\u00e4mies received campaign support from a company that was owned in Luxembourg and managed from Virgin Islands. According to Ilta-Sanomat (21.5.2008) support was given by Ahti Vilppula connected to Helsingin Mekaanikontalo. It is owned by Procomex in Luxemburg and further by Kilbrin Investments Limited in the Virgin Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191305-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish campaign finance scandal, Court decision\nThe Helsinki Court of Appeal overturned MP Ilkka Kanerva's (National Coalition Party) sentence for acceptance of bribes. In 2012, the District Court found Kanerva guilty of accepting tens of thousands of euros worth of gifts from the executives, who were seen to thereby gain influence over Kanerva\u2019s actions as chair of the Regional Council of Southwest Finland. Among other things, the council has decision-making power over the zoning of new shopping centres. The Court of Appeal also overturned the sentences for aggravated bribery of three businessmen, Arto Merisalo, Tapani Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki and Toivo Sukari. The District Court had sentenced Merisalo and Yli-Saunam\u00e4ki to long prison terms. General public criticised the decision for accepting bribes in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Finland on 18 March 2007. Early voting was possible from the 7\u201313 March. The 200 members of the Eduskunta were elected from 15 constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nElection themes included a reduction of income tax and VAT on food. A proposal for a guaranteed minimum income was introduced by some parties. The election debates were characterised by the high economic growth in Finland in recent years, which was thought to mean the government would have extra money to use on welfare services and transfer payments. Largest advertising budgets were spent by the Coalition Party (\u20ac2.46M) and the Center Party (\u20ac2.48M) with SDP far behind (\u20ac1.37M).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nAltogether, 2,004 candidates were nominated, 799 of whom were women. About three-quarters of the candidates were nominated by parties currently represented in Parliament. The number of female MPs rose as 84 women were elected (formerly 75), now comprising a record 42% of the 200 MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nAccording to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the number of advance voters rose in comparison with the previous election in 2003. After the Tuesday before the Sunday election, when advance voting ended, the voter turnout had already reached 29.2%, which was more than at the same point in the 2003 elections. However, total voter turnout, at 67.8%, fell short of the 2003 figure, 69.7%, reaching a new low since the 1939 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nMany prominent MPs decided not to stand in the election. Former Prime Minister (1995\u20132003) and Speaker of the outgoing Parliament, Paavo Lipponen left his seat, as did the fifth-longest serving minister of all time, Jan-Erik Enestam, and former Left Alliance party leader Suvi-Anne Siimes, who had harshly criticized her party after her resignation as chairman in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nSome former MPs made a comeback, former Finance Minister and presidential candidate Sauli Niinist\u00f6 and the first European Green minister, Pekka Haavisto, former minister and National Coalition chairman Pertti Salolainen, former foreign minister Paavo V\u00e4yrynen and rock musician Pertti \"Veltto\" Virtanen being the most famous examples. Niinist\u00f6 also set a record for the highest number of personal votes, 60,498, which is almost twice as high as the previous record, and with the application of the d'Hondt method used in Finland, as many as four other National Coalition candidates were elected to Parliament on the strength of these votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election\nThe date of the election was near to the 100th anniversary of the first Finnish parliamentary elections, which were held on 15\u201316 March 1907, and were the first elections held under universal suffrage in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Electoral system\nSome constituencies elect only six or seven MPs, resulting in a high election threshold for a given party, favouring large parties and reducing the proportionality of the result. Because of this, the party leader of the Greens, Tarja Cronberg, lost her seat in the district of Northern Karelia, the party's only one, despite their getting 11.7% of the vote there. Her case, made seemingly even more unfair by her impressive personal total of 7,802 votes, greater than that of most of those elected, has been held up in the media as a symbol of the flaws in the present system. The constituencies of 2007 were mostly based on the old provinces; the largest difference was counting Helsinki as a separate district. The case has sparked a multi-party initiative that could result in a reform, to become effective in the 2015 parliamentary elections at the earliest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 916]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nThe elections were a major victory for the opposition National Coalition Party under Jyrki Katainen. It gained ten seats and became the second-largest party in Finland. The main government partners, the Centre Party and the Social Democrats, both lost ground. With the Left Alliance also losing seats, the labour parties received the worst result in the 100-year history of Finnish democracy; for the Social Democrats, the result was the worst since 1962, while the Left Alliance has lost seats in both elections held since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nThe Centre Party, despite the loss, maintained its position as the biggest party in Parliament, with one seat more than the National Coalition. It was also the only time, except for the parliamentary election of 1930, that the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party together have an absolute majority in Parliament. The outcome led to the formation of a new center-right government and the left-leaning Social Democrats were left out in opposition for the first time since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nWinners also include the True Finns, who gained two seats. Party leader Timo Soini in particular took in a massive personal total of almost 20,000 votes, the third greatest in the country. The Green League gained one seat with its best ever showing in parliamentary elections, but party leader Tarja Cronberg lost her seat in the small district of Northern Karelia. The Swedish People's Party gained one seat as well, although losing votes compared to the 2003 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nIncumbent Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, as party leader of the Centre Party, formed a new government with Centre Party, National Coalition, the Greens and Swedish People's Party. These parties have 125 seats out of 200 in the parliament. The government coalition is centre-right and calls itself \"blue-green government\" after the blue colour of National Coalition and the green colours of Centre and the Greens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nThe election was a major defeat (8 seats lost, 15% fewer won than in 2003) for the Social Democrats, and sparked an internal investigation. The party conducted a campaign that had a simplistic anti-Conservative message. Meanwhile, the trade union SAK, strongly associated with SDP, conducted a similar anti-Conservative campaign. The association between the two organizations was abundantly clear, as the SDP's chairman Eero Hein\u00e4luoma was a former SAK director. The campaigns failed spectacularly, and according to the internal investigation, the attempt to challenge the Conservatives was a failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nOne TV commercial, which showed a capitalist devouring a meal and laughing how \"workers do not vote\", drew widely publicized criticism even before its launch, when the TV commercial was shown in news (and on YouTube). The SDP's internal investigation also pointed out that the party's campaign promises had poor credibility, since the SDP had been in the government for years but (at least perceivably) had not delivered on them. For example, the SDP chairman Eero Hein\u00e4luoma had prevented a rise in the student benefit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nAs many as eight very small parties were removed from the registry of political parties as a result of their repeated failure to gain seats in the 2003 and 2007 elections: Suomen ty\u00f6v\u00e4enpuolue (Workers Party), Independence Party, Liberaalit, Forces for Change in Finland, For the Poor, Yhteisvastuu puolue (\"Common Responsibility Party\"), Suomen Is\u00e4nmaallinen Kansallis-Liitto (named after IKL, or Is\u00e4nmaallinen kansanliike, an organization banned in 1944) and Finnish People's Blue-Whites. Currently, there are three parties in the registry that failed to gain seats in the 2007 elections: Communist Party of Finland, Suomen Senioripuolue (a pensioners' party) and For Peace and Socialism - Communist Workers Party. The removal is not punitive, however, as these parties are allowed register themselves again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191306-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Finnish parliamentary election, Results\nAfter the Finnish Parliamentary elections on 18 March 2007, the seats were divided among eight parties as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191307-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Firestone Indy 200\nThe 2007 Firestone Indy 200 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Nashville Superspeedway. It was originally to be held over 12 -July 14, 2007, as the eleventh round of the seventeen-race calendar. However, persistent rain pushed the race back to July 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191308-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Firestone Indy 400\nThe 2007 Firestone Indy 400 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Michigan International Speedway. It was held over the weekend of August 3\u20135, 2007, as the thirteenth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the last race, for the time being, for the IndyCar Series at the track. The race was also notable in that only seven cars were running at the finish, after a massive accident on lap 144 of the race which included Dario Franchitti flipping upside-down after hitting Dan Wheldon. Franchitti would walk away unharmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191309-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 First Division (Gambia)\nThe 2007 First Division season was the 39th of the amateur competition of the first-tier football in the Gambia. The tournament was organized by the Gambian Football Association (GFA) . The season began on March 1 and finished on June 24. The Real de Banjul won the tenth title after finishing with 32 points, due to financial concerns, they did not participate by the GFA in the 2008 CAF Champions League the following season. Gambia Ports Authority, winner of the 2007 Gambian Cup and qualified and competed in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup. It was the last season featuring ten clubs, two additional clubs would be added in the following season neither the last two clubs were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191309-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 First Division (Gambia)\nThe season featured a total of 162 matches and scored a total of 140, nearly the same from the 2005 season with nearly 40% more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191309-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 First Division (Gambia)\nGambia Ports Authority was again the defending team of the title. Both Wallidan and Hawks of Banjul or Bajau scored the most goals numbering 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191309-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 First Division (Gambia), Overview\nThe league was contested by 10 teams with Real de Banjul winning the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team\nThe 2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team was the intercollegiate baseball team of Florida Atlantic University. It competed on the Division I level in the Sun Belt Conference. The 2007 team marked the first season of baseball to compete in the Sun Belt, as last year the Owls played in the Atlantic Sun Conference. After a disappointing 2006 season, FAU looked to bounce back in 2007, hoping to return to Regionals - possibly farther.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team\nHowever, the first season in the Sun Belt did not live up to expectations in Boca Raton, and the Owls finished the regular season at .500 in conference and were bounced from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in their third game. For a second straight season, FAU would not reach the Regionals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team, 2007 Roster, Starting lineup\nStarters based on number of games started at each position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team, Team leaders\nMinimum to qualify in statistics: 1.0 inning/game played or game pitched.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team, Awards and honors, All-American\nJunior outfielder Robbie Widlansky was named a 2007 Louisville Slugger All-American, becoming the 11th FAU baseball player to be honored as an All-American.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team, Awards and honors, Conference Player of the Year\nRobbie Widlansky was named the 2007 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. Widlansky finished the 2007 season with a .433 batting average, 15 home runs, 69 RBIs, and started all 55 games for the Owls. Widlansky broke FAU single season records for: hits (101) and total bases (170).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 90], "content_span": [91, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191310-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team, Awards and honors, Batting Champion\nRobbie Widlansky won the Sun Belt Conference Batting Title (.433).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team\nThe 2007 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls entered their second season as full members of the Sun Belt Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team\nThe Owls claimed their first-ever conference championship, defeating Troy in the last game of the season. To follow-up, the Owls won their first-ever bowl game, winning the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, defeating the Memphis Tigers. This feat made NCAA history, as Florida Atlantic became the fastest start-up program to win a bowl game, after just seven seasons of intercollegiate competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Preseason\nThe 2007 FAU Owls were heavily experienced, as only four starters (combined offense and defense) graduated from the 5\u20137 (4\u20133 SBC) 2006 team. Sophomore Rusty Smith started at quarterback, having faced no battle for the position with senior Sean Clayton. The defense was senior-laden and featured returning starters at linebacker (Cergile Sincere, Andre Clark, and Frantz Joseph), defensive line (Robert St. Clair, Jervonte Jackson, and Josh Pinnick), and at both safety positions (Taheem Acevedo and Kris Bartels). On offense, Smith's right side of the line (Jarrid Smith and John Rizzo) and his center (Nick Paris) returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Preseason\nIn the Preseason Sun Belt Coaches' Poll, FAU was picked to finish sixth in the conference despite the wealth of experience on both sides of the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee\nFAU avenged its 35\u201314 thumping by Middle Tennessee in 2006 by opening the 2007 season with 411 yards of offense. Sophomore Rusty Smith completed 12 of 26 passes, throwing for 195 yards and two touchdowns. The Owls had three rushers run for over 50 yards: Charles Pierre had 95 yards and a touchdown, B.J. Manley ran for 64 yards and Willie Rose added 53 yards. Wide receiver Cortez Gent and tight end Jason Harmon each caught a touchdown from Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nAlthough the Owls were riding high on emotions after their Week 1 victory over conference foe Middle Tennessee, it could not continue into Stillwater. The Owls struggled to get into any type of rhythm throughout the game, scoring only two field goals in the first half and adding nothing to their score in the second. The offense could only garner 28 net yards on the ground and 175 yards in the air throughout the game. Defensively, the Owls did not repeat their performance from the previous week, either. The Owls surrendered 233 net yards to the Cowboys on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nRusty Smith struggled the entire game, throwing for only 125 yards and an interception. Charles Pierre could only gain 7 yards on the ground through four quarters of play. The telling stat of the day was that punter, Keegan Peterson, accumulated 350 net yards of punting, which was 147 more yards then the Owls total offense (203 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nRusty Smith had the game of his career. In fact, he broke the school records for passing yards and touchdowns in a single game, throwing for 463 yards and five touchdowns. The Owls ended the day with 580 total yards of offense en route of the program's first victory over a BCS conference school. Offensively, FAU dominated Minnesota all four quarters of the game, amassing 42 points on six touchdowns. (Touchdown drives included: 69 yards, 90 yards, 99 yards, 62 yards, 43 yards and 88 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nFAU entered half time leading 35\u201314 after scoring 21 unanswered points in the second quarter. Minnesota rallied in the second half to bring the score within three points, but redshirt freshman Tavious Polo intercepted Gophers quarterback Adam Weber for the third time of the game to seal the victory for the Owls. The win over Minnesota gave FAU its first-ever over a Big Ten school and a BCS conference school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nThe victory gave FAU various accolades from across the sporting world. Quarterback Rusty Smith was named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week and Cornerback Tavious Polo was named Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Polo was also rewarded with the prestigious Walter Camp Foundation Defensive Player of the Week. Smith was named a finalist (among five others) for USA Today Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nThe victory also moved FAU up from 92nd to 82nd in the CBS Sportsline.com 120 Ranking. That is the highest the program has been ranked by CBS in the program's short seven-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nRusty Smith followed up his Minnesota performance with another spectacular showing. Throwing for 322 yards and a touchdown, the highlight of his night came in the fourth quarter when the Owls needed to rally from a 4-point deficit. Smith connected with wide receiver Cortez Gent for a 74-yard touchdown strike with 8:09 remaining to put the Owls up 23\u201320. After a proceeding three-and-out drive by North Texas, the Owls blocked the punt deep in Owls territory. DiIvory Edgecomb padded the FAU lead to 30\u201320, completing the fourth quarter rally to win their third game of the season and second in the Sun Belt Conference. The victory gave the Owls a 2\u20130 start in Sun Belt competition for the first time in their three years in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nTight end Jason Harmon and wide receiver Cortez Gent gained over 90 yards of receiving (94 and 96 respectively). Gent caught Smith's only touchdown of the night. Running backs DiIvory Edgecomb and Charles Pierre each ran for a touchdown. Kicker Warley LeRoy was 3/3 in field goals, connecting from 20, 27 and 29 yards. Defensively, freshman cornerback Tavious Polo added two interceptions to his season total, bringing the number to six. That ties the all-time FAU single-season record. Senior cornberback Taheem Acevedo intercepted North Texas, as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 69], "content_span": [70, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nCoach Schnellenberger took his Owls to Lexington, Kentucky \u2013 home of his alma mater, the Kentucky Wildcats \u2013 after the win over North Texas. Kentucky was off to the program's best start in 20 years, at 4\u20130, and ranked for the first time in that time period. The Owls would face back-to-back ranked opponents in their non-conference schedule (what Coach Schnellenberger calls the \"advanced training\" portion of the schedule), in Kentucky and followed by home against South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nKentucky's red-hot start was fueled by quarterback Andre Woodson, who carried in an NCAA-record 325 consecutive passes without an interception. That streak was snapped by freshman cornerback Tavious Polo, recording his seventh interception of the season, in the second quarter. However, that's all Woodson would do wrong all game, as he threw for 301 yards and five touchdowns. Kentucky's welcome back to alumnus Coach Schnellenberger was rude, as the Wildcats routed the Owls, 45\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nQuarterback Rusty Smith threw for a touchdown and an interception. The touchdown was to receiver Cortez Gent on a 20-yard reception. Running back Charles Pierre rushed for 56 yards and found the end zone via a 1-yard rush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nFAU and USF had only met once prior to this meeting \u2013 in 2002, USF annihilated one-year-old FAU, 51\u201310. In 2007, USF entered Lockhart Stadium amidst their coming-of-age season. The Bulls were ranked 6th in the nation and had beaten previously-ranked 5th West Virginia and knocked off Auburn on the road. Coming into Ft. Lauderdale was supposed to be a rest for USF before continuing on in their dream season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nHowever, the Owls took a 7\u20137 tie into halftime in front of a national audience on ESPNU. Florida Atlantic and USF exchanged points throughout the second half, battling to a 28\u201323 Bulls lead with 6:42 left in the game. The Owls pulled within that 5-point deficit thanks to a 47-yard touchdown pass from Rusty Smith to DiIvory Edgecomb. After FAU failed to convert a key fourth down late in the fourth quarter, USF sealed the victory on a 9-yard touchdown run from Bulls running back Benjamin Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nRusty Smith had 259 yards and 3 touchdowns on USF's defense. Jason Harmon hurdled his way to 82 yards and a touchdown. Corey Small intercepted USF's Matt Grothe for a 28-yard return. Cergile Sincere had 13 tackles, including 7 solo tackles. All of this almost added up to FAU's revenge for the thumping five years ago and the biggest victory in program history. However, Matt Grothe, quarterback from USF, threw for 122 yards and rushed for 120 yards, including a 32-yard game-saving touchdown run. USF running back, Benjamin Williams, netted 189 yards and 4 touchdowns, including the game-sealing touchdown with 29 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nThe Owls returned to conference competition on the road against the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette. This was the third consecutive week the Owls faced a dual-threat quarterback and Lafayette's Michael Desormeaux proved to be a handful for Florida Atlantic. Desormeaux threw for 121 yards and rushed for 156 yards. His two rushing touchdowns kept the Cajuns in the game at crucial points. For the Owls, Rusty Smith almost repeated his recording-breaking performance against Minnesota. Smith threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nHis four touchdowns were spread out amongst four different receivers: Willie Rose, Cortez Gent, Jason Harmon and Chris Bonner. The most important play of the game was the touchdown bullet from Smith to Gent for 17 yards as time expired in regulation to tie the game at 32. Florida Atlantic scored on its first possession in overtime and followed by stopping Louisiana-Lafayette for the win, 39\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nCharles Pierre rushed for 93 yards on 16 carries, adding a touchdown in overtime. Fullback Willie Rose led the team with six receptions; Receiver Cortez Gent led the team with 82 receiving yards. Corey Small and Taheem Acevedo combined for two interceptions, picking off Desormeaux and backup quarterback Chancellor Roberson. The Owls improved to 3\u20130 in conference play \u2013 the first time they would start off 3\u20130 in conference competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Florida\nOwls quarterback Rusty Smith, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, grew up dreaming of playing football at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium \u2013 the home of the Florida Gators. His opportunity came on November 17 when his Owls entered the famed The Swamp in front of 90,000 Gators fans to play the defending national champions. Though his entire childhood was consumed with being a Florida Gator fanatic, Smith led his Owls through a surprising first half, as FAU pulled within as little as eight points late in the second quarter against the clearly overmatched Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Florida\nFAU scored 20 points in the second quarter and went into halftime trailing Florida, 35\u201320. Unfortunately for Smith and his Owls, the first, third and fourth quarters all had zeros on the scoreboard and at the end of the day, Florida routed Florida Atlantic, 59\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThrough the lopsided score, however, laid some encouraging statistics for the much younger Florida Atlantic program: Smith and the Owls' offensive attack amassed 384 yards on the Gators defense, the second quarter saw a truly competitive match, and Rusty Smith showed genuine poise in front of 90,000 fans who were obviously rooting for the other team. Smith finished the day with 290 yards on 18 completions and a touchdown, which was caught by wide receiver Cortez Gent. Gent ended the day with 118 yards receiving and his counterpart, receiver Chris Bonner, had four receptions for 96 yards. Corner back Corey Small picked off a terribly-thrown Tim Tebow pass in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Troy\nIt was \"Championship Saturday\" across college football. Though the Sun Belt Conference does not host an official championship game, the meeting between Florida Atlantic and Troy showcased the conference's #1 and #2 teams in a winner-take-all scenario for the conference championship and a bid to the New Orleans Bowl. The \"Default Sun Belt Championship Game\" culminated the 2007 Sun Belt Conference season, which clearly proved FAU and Troy as the top-two teams. The Owls opened the game on a 12-play, 70-yard touchdown drive, capped by a one-yard run by running back DiIvory Edgecomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Troy\nThe Owls would then be held scoreless throughout the remainder of the first half, while Troy kicked three field goals. The score at halftime was 9\u20137, in favor of the Trojans. The offense that disappeared for FAU came out firing bullets in the third quarter, as the Owls outscored the Trojans 21\u20133 that quarter. Staging off a strong bid by Troy to come back in the fourth quarter, FAU held on to a six-point lead and won the game 38\u201332, clinching their first-ever conference championship in their seven short seasons of existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, Troy\nQuarterback Rusty Smith was, as usual, on fire. Smith completed 23-of-34 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns. He found wide receivers Jason Harmon and Cortez Gent for his two touchdowns. Gent set career marks for himself with eight catches for 155 yards, including a 50-yard pitch and catch from Smith. Running back Charles Pierre gained 67 yards on the ground and a touchdown. Willie Rose added a rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, New Orleans Bowl vs. Memphis\nNineteen days after capturing its first-ever conference championship, the Florida Atlantic football program took on the Memphis Tigers in the 2007 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Just a short seven years since playing its first intercollegiate game and three years since playing in Division I-A competition, the Owls became the quickest start-up program in NCAA history to reach a bowl game. Coach Howard Schnellenberger was a perfect 4\u20130 in bowl games (2\u20130 at Miami, 2\u20130 at Louisville) entering the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, New Orleans Bowl vs. Memphis\nFrom start to finish, the Owls' offense was unstoppable and Memphis could only force the Owls to punt three times. Quarterback Rusty Smith was simply dominant: 25\u201332 for 336 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdowns set a New Orleans Bowl record for passing touchdowns and was clearly enough to win him the 2007 New Orleans Bowl Most Valuable Player Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, New Orleans Bowl vs. Memphis\nThe Owls outgained the Tigers offensively, 465 yards to 398. The rushing attack for the Owls was prolific compared to the regular-season numbers from the unit, as collectively four guys rushed for 134 yards (Charles Pierre 52 yards, Sean Clayton 32, DiIvory Edgecomb 23, Willie Rose 22). However, as it was all season, the story offensively for the Owls was Rusty Smith and the passing game. Smith completed a pass to eight different receivers, including tight end Jason Harmon 11 times for 97 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, New Orleans Bowl vs. Memphis\nMore impressive than eight receivers catching a pass was Smith finding five different receivers for his five touchdowns catches. Harmon, Rose, Pierre, Edgecomb and Chris Bonner all caught a touchdown pass. Pierre added a rushing touchdown. Linebacker Frantz Joseph had 10 tackles, two of which were for losses and a sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191311-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Game summaries, New Orleans Bowl vs. Memphis\nThe Owls capped off a historic season with a 44\u201327 performance against Memphis in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl. The Owls won their first-ever bowl game in their first-ever bowl appearance in the shortest amount of time it has ever taken an NCAA football program to reach its first-ever bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191312-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators baseball team\nThe 2007 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2007 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Pat McMahon, who was in his sixth and final season at Florida. McMahon was dismissed after the conclusion of the season, following two consecutive years without a winning record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team\nThe 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. It was the third season for head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to a Capital One Bowl berth and an overall win-loss record of 9\u20134 (.692).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team\nThe team's quarterback was Tim Tebow, the first sophomore ever to win the Heisman Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Before the season\nThe Gators won the BCS Championship Game in Glendale, Arizona to cap off the 2006 season, the second national championship in school history. In addition, they won a school-record 13 games and the school's seventh official SEC title. The coaching staff remained, surprisingly, intact after 2006, which gave Meyer a third straight season at Florida with the same coaching staff. The schedule for the Gators played in their favor this season, as they faced their toughest opponents\u2014such as Tennessee, Auburn, and Florida State\u2014at home in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Despite the challenges of youth, the Gators were ranked in the top 5 in some preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Before the season\nTwo highly rated recruiting classes from 2006 and 2007 filled up most of the depth chart, as few upperclassmen remained from last year's title team. Nine of 11 starters were replaced from their championship defense. While the offense lost fewer starters \u2014 only 8 \u2014 from the previous season, the Gators had to replace Chris Leak at quarterback. Leak was replaced by sophomore Tim Tebow, who shared quarterback duties with him last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, WKU\nFor the season opener, the WKU Hilltoppers filled the void left by the UCF Knights, who had decided to back out of the game in December 2006. This was the first contest between these two schools. It was also the first game in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium after the Gators won their 2006 SEC and national championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, WKU\nSophomore quarterback Tim Tebow led the Gators to touchdowns on their first four possessions en route to a relatively easy 49\u20133 victory in intense early season heat. Tebow finished his first career start 13-of-17 for 300 yards and three touchdowns passes, and added a rushing touchdown as well. True freshman quarterback Cameron Newton entered the game in the fourth quarter and rushed for a touchdown on the last play before lightning in the area caused an hour-long delay. When the weather failed to clear, the game was declared final with 8:23 remaining in the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Troy\nIn the first half against the Troy Trojans, the Gator offense led by QB Tim Tebow scored a touchdown every time it had the ball. The special teams chipped in with two blocked punts, and, after allowing an early touchdown, the young Gator defense shut out their opponents for the rest of the half. The score stood at 49\u20137 after two quarters, the Gators having racked up over 350 yards of total offense, Tebow throwing 3 touchdown passes and running for another score in an impressive display of all-around dominating football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Troy\nAfter halftime, though, things changed in The Swamp. Florida received the second half kickoff and fumbled a few plays later, leading to a Troy touchdown. That sequence would set the tone for the rest of the game. The Gators seemed to lose their offensive rhythm and the point production dried up while Troy QB Omar Haugabook (30-53, 291 yards, 2 TDs) found his own rhythm, helping the Trojans outscore the Gators 24\u201310 over the final two quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Troy\nWhen the final whistle blew, Florida came away with a 59\u201331 victory. The outcome was never in doubt; the Gators 2nd half lead was always greater than 20 points. And their final stats looked impressive \u2013 they outgained the Trojans 500 to 336 and averaged 7 yards per offensive play. Tebow's numbers were solid as well; he completed 18 of 25 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns (with no interceptions) and rushed 19 times for a team-high 93 yards and 2 more TDs. In fact, his play earned Tebow honors as the Southeastern Conference offensive player of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Troy\nHowever, the second half lapses and miscues (Florida was hit with 11 penalties for 104 yards) made it obvious that the Gators gridders had plenty to work on as they prepared for their SEC opener against the Tennessee Volunteers the following Saturday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nOn the 1st possession of the game in the steamy Swamp, the Tennessee Volunteers went three and out. On the ensuing punt, Brandon James took the return 83 yards for Gator touchdown. Things never did get much better for the visitors, as Florida rolled to an impressive 59\u201320 victory in the SEC opener for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThere was, however, a brief period when it seemed that the contest would be much closer. The Gators ran out to a 28\u20136 lead by late in the 2nd quarter on two Tim Tebow touchdown passes and a Tebow touchdown run, along with the opening punt return. But then Tennessee QB Erik Ainge got his team's offense moving, throwing a touchdown pass just before halftime to cut the lead to 28\u201313 at intermission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe Gators mounted a long drive to start the second half, but freshman Volunteer cornerback Eric Berry picked off a Tim Tebow pass (his first interception thrown in 2007) and returned it 93 yards for another Tennessee touchdown. When Florida's next drive ended in a punt, UT had the ball down only eight, 28\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nBut on the first play of the possession, Erik Ainge's handoff to running back Arian Foster was mishandled, and Gator linebacker Dustin Doe scooped up the loose ball and took it into the endzone for a Florida touchdown. Tennessee's momentum was washed away by the roar of 90,000 Gator fans, and the home team never looked back. Florida would end the game with 31 straight points, turning a close contest into a runaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nSeveral Gators had excellent afternoons. Tim Tebow finished 14-19 passing for 299 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT and rushed for 62 yards and 2 more TDs, and was awarded as the Walter Camp Foundation national offensive player of the week. Brandon James was the SEC special teams player of the week for his 193 yards and a touchdown on kick returns. And receiver Percy Harvin excelled as well, leading all players in rushing (9 attempts for 75 yards and 1 TD) and receiving (4 catches for 120 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nThe Florida offense rolled up 556 yards of total offense, 255 on the ground. Meanwhile, the Gator defense also did its part, holding Tennessee to just 38 yards rushing with no first downs on the ground and 293 yards total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nOverall, the Gators put together a historically dominating performance. Their 59 points scored was the second-highest total in the history of the series (behind only UF's 62 in the 1995 contest), and the 39 point margin of defeat was the Vols' most lopsided loss to any opponent since 1981. Tennessee still leads the overall series by a narrow 19-18 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThough they looked dominant at times early in the season, the 2007 Florida Gator squad was a team that relied on many freshmen and sophomores in key roles. This inexperience was evident in their contest with the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi. Thirty-five players on Florida's 60-man traveling roster had never played in a collegiate road game before, and it showed. But as the clock in Vaught\u2013Hemingway Stadium ticked down to 00:00, the Gators had done enough to earn a tighter-than-expected 30\u201324 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nAt different points in the game, the young Gators struggled on offense, defense, and special teams. They also committed 14 penalties for 127 yards, with several of the miscues either stalling Gator drives or helping the Rebel's scoring chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nBut once again, it was Tim Tebow who led Florida's charge to victory. The sophomore quarterback completed 20 of 34 passes for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. Once again, his favorite target was Percy Harvin, who had 11 receptions for 123 yards and a TD. Tebow also rushed 27 times for 168 yards and 2 more touchdowns, setting new Florida single-game records for rushing attempts and rushing yards by a quarterback and almost single-handedly running out the clock late in the game. In all, Tebow accounted for all 4 Gator touchdowns and 427 of his team's 507 total yards. For his efforts, Tebow was named the SEC's offensive player of the week for the 2nd time in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nThe Rebels put up a valiant effort. Despite a sore shoulder, Ole Miss quarterback Seth Adams threw for 301 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a perfectly tossed 77-yard scoring strike that cut the Gator advantage to 3 late in the 3rd quarter. Mississippi's lead in the all-time series was reduced to 11-10-1. The Gator victory broke both a two-game losing streak to the Rebels and a three-game losing streak in games played in the state of Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThe Gators were seeking revenge for last seasons's only loss (a 27\u201317 setback at Auburn) when the Tigers visited The Swamp. The Gator defense proved unreliable in the first half, allowing the Tigers to get two touchdowns, while Auburn exhibited its own top notch defense. While the Gators were able to mount a comeback in the second half, eventually bringing the game to a 17\u201317 tie, Auburn had the ball at the end of the game, and Auburn kicked a field goal as time expired to make the score 20\u201317, upsetting the number 4 ranked Gators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThis loss was coach Urban Meyer's first in Gainesville, as well as his first loss since last year's loss to Auburn. This was the 82nd meeting between the two teams, with the Tigers bringing their record in the UF-Auburn series to 42\u201338\u20132 all-time. Auburn would be the only team Tebow has played, but never defeated. This game was notable for the fact that offensive coordinator and future Florida head coach Dan Mullen underwent an emergency appendectomy the night before, yet still called plays from the press box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nIn one of the most anticipated games of the season, the Florida Gators traveled to Tiger Stadium to take on the LSU Tigers in a game that had conference and national title implications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe Gators took an early lead by kicking a field goal on their first drive. Two drives later, the Gators mounted a 12-play drive that culminated in a Tim Tebow two-yard pass and an unbelievable catch made by Kestahn Moore to put the Gators up by ten. LSU immediately countered with a long drive of their own, going 80 yards in 16 plays, scoring on a Ryan Perrilloux option play to cut the Gator lead to 10\u20137. The Gators marched down the field again and scored on a Tebow run to put their lead back at 10 with 2:23 to play in the first half. LSU moved the ball right before the half, but kicker Colt David missed a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nIn the second half, LSU took the ensuing drive but were stopped by the Gator defense. Appearing to kick another long field goal, LSU instead ran a brilliant fake with the holder\u2014quarterback Matt Flynn\u2014who scooted eight yards for the first down. The Tigers scored on a Keiland Williams run shortly thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nThe Gators answered the LSU drive with a quick 3-play drive to score on a 37-yard Tebow pass to Cornelius Ingram. Craig Steltz missed an assignment on the play which left Ingram wide open on the post pattern. Florida started the fourth quarter with a 24\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nHowever, the Tigers were not to be denied. After missing another relatively short field goal, LSU took advantage of an errant pass by Tim Tebow which hit Ingram in the helmet. The Tigers drove down the field, and Flynn hit Demetrius Byrd for a 3-yard touchdown to cut the Gator lead to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nOn the final LSU drive, the Tigers converted several fourth down plays, including one by runningback Jacob Hester where he made a great second effort to surge ahead to just get the first down. Hester scored a short touchdown with 1:06 to play in the game, giving the Tigers a 28\u201324 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, LSU\nOn the final drive, Florida gained 30 yards, but Tebow's hail mary pass as time expired was batted down by Chad Jones, sealing the LSU victory. The loss cut Florida's lead in the budding rivalry to 28\u201323\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe Gators traveled to Lexington to take on the Kentucky Wildcats for the 57th time. In a rare reversal, Kentucky was ranked in the top 10 with the Gators on the outside looking in. The Gators still entered the game as 7-point favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nKentucky opened the scoring on an Andre' Woodson 33-yard pass to Dicky Lyons to take an early 7\u20130 lead. Florida answered on consecutive drives with a 10-yard Tim Tebow pass to Cornelius Ingram and a Tebow to Louis Murphy 66-yard pass to put the Gators up by a touchdown. Kentucky cut the lead to four on a field goal. The Gators countered by mounting a drive before the half that culminated in a Tebow 1-yard \"jump pass\" to Aaron Hernandez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe second half began with another Gator score, as Tebow found Andre Caldwell in the end zone on an 8-yard pass. This stretched the Gator lead to 18, their largest of the day. Woodson hit Jacob Tamme on a 28-yard pass to pull the Wildcats within 11. Florida added a field goal to build their lead to 14 midway through the third quarter. Woodson then found Lyons again on a 50-yard catch and run. Again the Gators responded, mounting a 6-minute drive that spanned the third and fourth quarters, culminating in a Percy Harvin 24-yard touchdown run. Both teams traded punts before Woodson found Lyons for the third time on the day on a 6-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nWith 3:28 left in the game, Kentucky opted to kick off instead of onside kick. The Gators rolled the dice after getting a first down, as Tebow threw a 40-yard pass to Harvin to get the Gators in the red zone. Tebow closed the drive with a touchdown score on the ground to put the game away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nKentucky refused to give up, driving to the Florida 5-yard-line with seconds left and closed the game with a touchdown from Woodson to Keenan Burton. With the game already decided, the PAT was not tried and the Gators walked away with a 45\u201337 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nWith the win and Tennessee's loss to Alabama, the Gators once again control their destiny in the SEC Eastern Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nWith the victory, Florida leads the series 40-17-0 and has beaten Kentucky twenty one consecutive years in football, the third longest active streak in Division I-FBS. Navy's victory over Notre Dame subsequently snapped the longest streak to make Florida/Kentucky the second longest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nThe 2007 Florida\u2013Georgia football rivalry game saw the emergence of Knowshon Moreno, the Bulldogs' redshirt freshman, with 188 yards on the ground and three touchdowns. Florida's Tim Tebow was limited in the game due to a bruised shoulder and Kestahn Moore suffered from a fumble and missed snap. Moore's fumble early in the game led to Georgia's first touchdown. Suddenly, the entire Bulldog bench rushed onto the field resulting in two separate 15-yard penalties, both assessed on the ensuing kickoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nThis excessive celebration was known as the \"Gator Stomp\", and that play was only the first of three TDs in the game that ended in penalties for excessive celebration, with Georgia's Mohamed Massaquoi and Florida's Wondy Pierre-Louis drawing the other flags. The Gators rallied back with a quick touchdown but were never able to take the lead. A late touchdown by Moreno sealed the victory for the Bulldogs. This was the 85th meeting between the two teams. The Bulldogs hold a 46\u201337\u20132 series lead. Florida has won fifteen of the last eighteen contests, but are 2 and 2 in the last 4 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Vanderbilt Commodores traveled to Gainesville for the first time since 2005 where they nearly came away with a win in overtime. In the 41st meeting between the two, Florida came out early with a 35\u20137 lead by the half. The Gators finished with 498 yards on offense against what had been the 14th best defense in the nation. Tim Tebow completed 22 of 27 passes for 281 yards passing and also ran for 35 yards on 6 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nPercy Harvin carried the ball 11 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns and also caught 9 passes for 110 yards receiving, becoming the first player in school history to have over 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game. Florida leads with a lopsided 30\u20139\u20132 record and has won the last 17 games in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nFlorida traveled to Columbia and renewed their budding rivalry with a win over the Gamecocks. The Gators now lead the all-time series 21\u20134\u20133, although the annual contest has become much more intense since Heisman Trophy-winning ex-Gator quarterback and championship-winning ex-Gator head coach Steve Spurrier took the reins at South Carolina for the 2005 season. Spurrier's new team upset his old team in 2005, and only a blocked last-second field goal kept him from repeating that feat in Gainesville in 2006. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow set a career-high in passing yards in the game with 304 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nHe also set a new school record for rushing touchdowns by a QB in a game with 5 breaking the old record held by ex-Florida QB Jesse Palmer. The first of these five rushing touchdowns broke the school record for most rushing touchdowns. Tebow was tied with Emmitt Smith and Buford Long with 14 rushing touchdowns in the season entering this game. This was also Florida's first game of the season without leading receiver Percy Harvin due to a sinus infection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe FAU Owls traveled to Gainesville for the first meeting between the two teams. This marked the third game of the season where the Gators faced an opponent for the first time. Tim Tebow rushed for his 20th touchdown of the season in the 2nd quarter setting a new SEC record for rushing touchdowns in a season. Tebow finished last week's game with 19 total rushing touchdowns leaving him tied with Shaun Alexander, LaBrandon Toefield, and Garrison Hearst. He also became the first quarterback in Division I-FBS history to pass for at least 20 touchdowns and rush for at least 20 touchdowns in the same season. He also set a career best in passing yards with 338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe record-setting day continued when Gators' wide receiver Andre Caldwell set a new school record for career receptions with 177 breaking the prior record held by Carlos Alvarez with 172. This was the second game in a row where Florida wide receiver Percy Harvin was absent with a sinus infection and migraine headaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nSenior day in the Swamp saw the Gators start strong, scoring four touchdowns and a field goal on their first five possessions en route to a 45\u201312 victory over the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles. The Gator offense compiled 541 total yards to the Seminoles' 287, and were often able to finish drives with touchdowns while Florida State was forced to settle for field goals. One of FSU kicker Gary Cismesia's four FGs was a school record 60-yard effort on the last play of the 1st half to cut his team's deficit to 24\u201312 at intermission. However, the momentum was short-lived, as Florida went on a 6-play, 81-yard scoring drive without throwing a pass to open the 2nd half and cruised from then on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThat 3rd-quarter touchdown was the second rushing TD of the contest for Gator QB Tim Tebow and his 22nd of the year, tying the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most rushing touchdowns in a season by a quarterback. Despite suffering a fractured hand on that run, he remained in the game and threw his third touchdown pass of the game in the 4th quarter, giving him 5 total TDs in the contest and 51 for the season. With his 262 passing yards and 89 rushing, Tebow set a new school record for most yards of total offense in a season with 3,970, surpassing Rex Grossman's 2001 total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nGator RB/WR Percy Harvin did his part as well, returning from a 2-game absence to rush 16 times for a game-high 157 yards and a touchdown and catch 5 passes for another 67 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nThe Gators' winning streak versus FSU grew to four games with this victory, including a 21\u201314 triumph in Tallahassee in 2006. Florida leads the all-time series 31-19-2. It also marked the fourth win of the season in which the Gators defeated a team led by a former national championship winning coach (Bobby Bowden, Howard Schnellenberger, Phillip Fulmer, and Steve Spurrier being those coaches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Postseason, Michigan\nThe Florida Gators closed out the 2007 season against the Michigan Wolverines on New Years Day in the Capital One Bowl. This was only the second meeting between the two storied programs with the first having taken place a short five seasons ago in the Outback Bowl. Lloyd Carr coached his Wolverines for the final time with the announcement of his retirement shortly after his final regular season game against rival Ohio State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Postseason, Michigan\nUrban Meyer and the Gators were looking to carry their momentum from the second half of the season with Heisman-winning sophomore Tim Tebow into the bowl game. Coming off of two consecutive regular season losses, the Wolverines were attempting to break their four bowl game losing streak. Ironically, their last bowl game win came against the Ron Zook coached Gators following the 2002 season. This was the fifth game of the season where the Gators played a team led by a former national championship winning head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Postseason, Michigan\nThe Gators lost the game 41\u201335 as Michigan barraged the Gator defense for over 500 yards of offense. Chad Henne finished his career at the University of Michigan with a victory in a bowl game, the first in five seasons, and finished with a career-high in passing yards. The newly named Michigan head coach, Rich Rodriguez, could be seen during the game along the Michigan sidelines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191313-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Gators football team, Postseason, Awards and honors, National awards and honors\nTebow was the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. He garnered 462 first-place votes and 1,957 points, 254 points ahead of the runner-up, Arkansas running back Darren McFadden. Tebow finished the regular season with the second highest passing efficiency in the nation with 177.8. Additionally, he averaged 4.3 yards per carry on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 92], "content_span": [93, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season\nThe Florida Marlins' 2007 season was the 15th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their promising 78-84 record in 2006. Despite the success of the team under manager Joe Girardi, he was fired and replaced with Fredi Gonz\u00e1lez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season\nMarlins general manager Larry Beinfest said that the team's goal from the start of the season was to compete in the playoffs. However, failed to make the playoffs for the 4th consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season\nThe Marlins had two goals to address during the 2006 offseason: they needed a new closer because '06 closer Joe Borowski signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, and the Marlins saw the need for a new center fielder. They had platooned Eric Reed, Reggie Abercrombie, Chris Aguila, Cody Ross, and Alfredo Am\u00e9zaga in the position in 2006, with backup shortstop Am\u00e9zaga making most of the starts at that position later in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season\nThe Marlins had added some new relief pitchers since 2006, trading Chris Resop to the Los Angeles Angels for Kevin Gregg and shipping prospects Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick to the New York Mets for Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom. Lindstrom has been a closer during his time in the minors and has a fastball that reached 100\u00a0mph on radar guns in winter league play during the 2006 offseason. The Marlins saw much competition for their closer role, with Ricky Nolasco, Renyel Pinto, Mike Koplove, Gregg, Lindstrom, and Owens all candidates for the job. In April, newly acquired Jorge Julio was named closer, but on May 13, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Byung-hyun Kim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season\nThe Marlins signed center fielder Alex S\u00e1nchez to a minor league deal in the offseason, who competed for the Marlins' center field job with Reed, Abercrombie, Ross, and Am\u00e9zaga. Beinfest said that the Marlins tried to trade for a proven center fielder but were asked for too much in order to get one. However, S\u00e1nchez was released at the end of spring training and the starting role was handed to rookie Alejandro De Aza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191314-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida Marlins season, Draft\nThis is a partial list. For the full draft, see here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team\nThe 2007 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Atlantic Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team\nFlorida State entered the 2007 season coming off a 2006 season that ended with an overall record of 7\u20136, which was head coach Bobby Bowden's worst since having a losing record in 1976, matching that mark in 2007. These wins were later vacated as punishment for violations of NCAA rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nThe Seminoles were picked by the ACC media as the preseason favorite to win the ACC's Atlantic Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nTony Carter and Myron Rolle were named to the Thorpe Watch List", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nGreg Carr, Andre Fluellen, and Myron Rolle were named to the preseason All-ACC Team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nEverette Brown, Jackie Claude, Geno Hayes, and Myron Rolle were named to the Preseason All-ACC Second-Team by Athlon Magazine", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nGreg Carr was named to the Maxwell Award watch list", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nAndre Fluellen, Tony Carter, and Myron Rolle were named to the Bednarik Award watch list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nAndre Fluellen was named to the Outland Trophy watch list", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason\nTony Carter was named All-ACC Second-Team by The Sporting News and Rivals.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason, Mid-season awards\nMyron Rolle was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Preseason, Mid-season awards\nGary Cismesia was named as a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Starting lineup, Defense\nAssociate Head Coach/ Defensive Coordinator: Mickey Andrews (24th year)Base Defense: 4\u20133 Multiple", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 68], "content_span": [69, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules\nThe records in parenthesis indicates the opposing team's record at the time Florida State played them, NOT Florida State's record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Clemson\nFlorida State's terrible first half on both sides of the ball lead to a 24\u20133 deficit. The Seminoles made adjustments at halftime and swung the momentum in their direction holding Clemson to just 46 yards in the 2nd half. FSU had 196 2nd half yards led by Running Back, Antone Smith. Drew Weatherford and the Seminole offense couldn't shake the Clemson pressure in the second-to-last drive of the game, getting to the Clemson 30-yard line, but falling short of the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, UAB\nThe Seminoles got off to another slow start. On Florida State's first drive, Drew Weatherford threw his first interception in 70-plus attempts and it was returned for a touchdown to put UAB up 7\u20130. The Seminoles scored 21 points in the third quarter to overcome a 17\u20133 deficit. They won the game, 34\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Colorado\nThe game was mostly a defensive struggle. Late in the 1st quarter, Antone Smith broke away for a 36-yard touchdown run. For the rest of the game, Florida State's offense could not score, even when, at one point, their starting field position was at the Colorado 15-yard line. Instead, they had to settle for three field goals by Gary Cismesia. With 3:40 remaining in the game, Colorado scored a touchdown on a 4th-and-10 play from the Florida State 11-yard line. However, the 2-point conversion attempt failed, and the Seminoles recovered the ensuing onside kick to preserve the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Alabama\nThe game got off to another very slow start. It was another first half full of defense. In the 2nd quarter, an ineffective Drew Weatherford was pulled for Xavier Lee. After a halftime score of 0\u20130, Lee led a strong drive to put FSU up 7\u20130. After a forced fumble by Everette Brown, a toss sweep to Antone Smith put FSU up 14\u20130. Alabama's offense took advantage of FSU's prevent defense to score a TD to make it 14\u20137. Lee then hit Decody Fagg on a 75-yard pass to put FSU up 21\u20137. Alabama scored late to make it 21\u201314, but FSU recovered the onside kick, and held on for a 21\u201314 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, NC State\nXavier Lee, making his first start of the season at quarterback, ran 2 yards for the Seminoles' first touchdown 2:11 into the game, three plays after a 58-yard pass to Greg Carr on the game's first play. Although N.C. State (1\u20135, 0\u20133 ACC) led 10\u20137 in the first quarter, it was again plagued by four turnovers\u2014boosting its number to 21 in coach Tom O'Brien's first year at the school. Michael Ray Garvin returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown to spark Florida State's scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, NC State\nGarvin, a track All-American who finished sixth in the 100 meters at the NCAA finals and ran a leg on Florida State's championship 400-meter relay team, gave Florida State a 17\u201310 lead early in the third quarter with his first interception of the season. The game was delayed late in the third quarter for 49 minutes because of a lightning threat. Greg Carr caught a 40-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to give the Seminoles a 24\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, NC State\nDaniel Evans was intercepted three times Saturday\u2014once at the end of the half that killed a Wolfpack drive that had reached Florida State's 26. It was the first game against North Carolina State for former Wolfpack coach Chuck Amato, who returned to Florida State to be an assistant after getting fired by N.C. State after last season. The Seminoles snapped a string of eight straight losses against Atlantic Division rivals. N.C. State has now lost a dozen straight game against Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Wake Forest\nWake Forest's defense in the first half allowed two big plays that set up the Seminoles' two scoring drives, then shut them down after halftime. Wake Forest moved 80 yards in nine plays late in the third quarter to force a 14\u201314 tie \u2013 a drive that started when Alphonso Smith intercepted Lee in the end zone. Skinner capped the drive with a nifty play in which he faked a handoff to Adams, deked like he would roll right and instead reversed field and flipped to the wide-open tailback for a 6-yard score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Wake Forest\nThe Demon Deacons forced five second-half punts, intercepted two passes and allowed 105 total yards after the break \u2013 with a good chunk coming after Swank's late kick. Florida State's rushing offense never could get going, finishing with 47 yards on 24 carries. Riley Skinner's 35-yard touchdown pass to Kenneth Moore in the fourth quarter led the Demon Deacons past Florida State 24\u201321 and helped the sophomore quarterback improve to 2\u20130 against his home state school that didn't recruit him. Skinner led the Demon Deacons 82 yards in nine plays, converting three third downs during their game-winning drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0019-0002", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Wake Forest\nThe biggest came when Skinner sidestepped a pass rush, stepped forward in the pocket and found Moore, who had a step on cornerback Jamie Robinson at the goal line, for the easy score that put Wake Forest up 21\u201314 with 6:41 remaining. Florida State gave the ball right back to Wake Forest on the first play of its ensuing drive, when Chip Vaughn intercepted Xavier Lee's deep pass at the 26. The Demon Deacons milked the clock and set up Sam Swank's 48-yard field goal with 1:40 to play that made it a 10-point game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0019-0003", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Wake Forest\nLee scored on a 17-yard run with 17 seconds left to draw the Seminoles within three, but Wake Forest recovered an onside kick to seal it. The defending league champs rallied in the second half to follow up last year's stunning 30\u20130 rout in Tallahassee by claiming the first consecutive wins over the Seminoles (4\u20132, 1\u20132) in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 70], "content_span": [71, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Miami\nFlorida State and Miami both entered this game unranked for the first time since 1977. The teams exchanged turnovers (nine total, five by FSU) and scores, keeping things close for most of the game. With 5:29 left in the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes, trailing 29\u201324, appeared to have lost their best chance to win when Kirby Freeman was stopped for no gain on a fourth-and-1 at the Florida State 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Miami\nBut Freeman, who replaced injured Kyle Wright in the first half, drove Miami 83 yards in under two minutes to take the lead 30\u201329 on a 13-yard pass to Dedrick Epps with 1:15 left. FSU quarterback Xavier Lee, who was intercepted twice, then fumbled after being hit by Miami's Teraz McCray, and Colin McCarthy ran it in for the clincher. This was the first game since 2001 that was decided by more than a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Duke\nFlorida State led 9\u20130 at halftime on three field goals by Gary Cismesia. After going more than five quarters without an offensive touchdown, the Seminoles made it to the end zone six minutes into the third quarter when Parker raced 9 yards with a short sideline pass from Drew Weatherford, giving Florida State a 16\u20130 lead. Parker scored his second TD late in the third quarter on a 14-yard run to make the score 22\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Duke\nAfter Cismesia kicked his fourth field goal, Duke (1\u20137, 0\u20135 ACC) avoided a shutout when Thaddeus Lewis lofted a 3-yard pass to a wide-open Brandon King in the right front corner of the end zone with 8:07 left. Florida State (5\u20133, 2\u20133 ACC) rolled up a season-high 534 yards and 30 first downs while holding Duke to 222 yards and 9 first downs. The Blue Devils managed only 49 yards and two first downs in the first half. Patrick Robinson had an interception for the fourth straight game. Florida State ended a two-game losing streak with a 25\u20136 victory over Duke, handing the Blue Devils' their 22nd straight Atlantic Coast Conference loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, #2 Boston College\nThe game began in a frigid and soaking downpour, with wind gusts forecast at up to 50\u00a0mph as the remnants of Hurricane Noel proceeded up the East Coast. The rain had stopped by the end of the first quarter, but the winds battered the U.S. flag and played havoc with a couple of second-quarter field goal attempts. Drew Weatherford completed 29-of-45 passes for 354 yards for Florida State (6\u20133, 3\u20133), hitting Preston Parker nine times for 93 yards and a touchdown and De'Cody Fagg on six catches for 111 yards and a TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, #2 Boston College\nMatt Ryan finished 25-for-53 for two touchdowns and 415 yards\u2014his fourth career 400-yard game, tying Doug Flutie for the most in school history, but his interceptions were costly. Ryan was picked off once in the first quarter inside the Seminoles 10 by Patrick Robinson, making this his fifth consecutive game recovering an interception. Ryan also threw an interception early in the third that allowed Florida State to move into position for a 40-yard field goal that made it 10\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, #2 Boston College\nRyan led BC on a four-play, 70-yard drive over 63 seconds, hitting Ryan Purvis for 26 yards to the Florida State 30, and then Brandon Robinson for the touchdown. The teams traded field goals, then Weatherford hit Fagg on a 42-yard touchdown pass to give the Seminoles a 20\u201310 lead. Ryan hit Rich Gunnell on a 42-yard pass to the Florida State 6 with 7:24 left. Two plays later, including a penalty that moved the ball to the 3, Ryan hit a wide-open Purvis in the middle of the end zone to make it 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0022-0003", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, #2 Boston College\nBC forced a punt and got the ball back at its own 7 with 3:30 left and a chance to take the lead. Ryan moved the Eagles out to the 33 before Hayes ripped the ball free from Purvis on a pass across the middle. Geno Hayes returned Matt Ryan's third interception for a 38-yard touchdown with 1:10 to play to help Florida State beat second-ranked Boston College 27\u201317, ending the Eagles' run at an unbeaten season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, #11 Virginia Tech\nChristian Ponder had a solid showing after taking over for the injured Drew Weatherford, until the 4th quarter when he lost a fumble and threw two consecutive interceptions, which sealed the loss for the Seminoles. Emergency quarterback D'Vontrey Richardson came in for just one snap late in the 4th and was brought down in the endzone for a safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Music City Bowl vs. Kentucky\nThe Seminoles entered the game without 34 players due to a various injuries, violating of team rules, and a large academic cheating scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191315-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Florida State Seminoles football team, Game capsules, Music City Bowl vs. Kentucky\nIn September 2011 it was revealed through and interview in USA Today, Bowden had been diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500\nThe 2007 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, and was run on Sunday, March 25, 2007, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Overview\nThe race was historic as this marked the competitive debut of NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow vehicle template, which was tested on February 28 at this facility, as the test was extended due to an impending rainstorm and three sessions were held in one day, including a nighttime session. Because of the success in those tests, NASCAR considered making the CoT permanent in the 2008 season. Additionally, in all CoT events, two brands will switch models, as Dodge will use the Avenger and Chevrolet will utilize the Impala brand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Overview\nThe event was the last to be run on the original concrete surface as resurfacing started following the race, using specially designed resurfacers that will lay a new concrete surface for the Sharpie 500 event in August. In addition, the 36-degree turns will be altered to progressive banking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Overview\nThe race was also the last for the Top 35 teams in the 2006 Owner's points to be \"locked in\" for the race. Starting with the next race, the Goody's Cool Orange 500, the current standings was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Overview\nJeff Gordon won the pole. Dale Jarrett, who had used a provisional the past four races, qualified 30th. A. J. Allmendinger and Jeremy Mayfield made their season debuts after failing to qualify for the previous four races (qualifying 43rd and 23rd, respectively).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Failed to qualify\nKevin Lepage (#37), David Reutimann (#00), Michael Waltrip (#55), Joe Nemechek (#13), Johnny Sauter (#70), and Paul Menard (#15)Withdrew: Chad Chaffin (#34)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Failed to qualify\nOf these drivers, Nemechek (who missed his first race in over five years when he was released by Travis Carter because of a lack of sponsorship in 2002) and possibly Sauter could still end up locked into the top-35 after this race, despite missing this race (both had made the previous four races, but drive for new teams with no previous owner points to fall back on). With the car owner points provision for failing to qualify, however, both the Ginn #13 and the Haas CNC #70 remained in the top 35 in owner points, which meant both teams were awarded exemptions for the next race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Failed to qualify\nThe other teams are guaranteed to be out of the top 35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Failed to qualify\nThe #37 team has now missed four of the first five points races, Reutimann and Menard have missed two races, and Waltrip has missed four straight races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 37], "content_span": [38, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Race Day\nThe race, despite the introduction of the CoT, was a typical Bristol affair, with 15 caution flags for 90 laps. Tony Stewart, starting from the fourth position, looked to have the car to beat all day. However, during a caution with 211 laps left, Stewart experienced a fuel pressure malfunction, and would finish 35th. The lead was inherited by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin. Hamlin would hold the lead until with 16 laps to go, Kyle Busch stole the lead from the sophomore in the #5 Kellogg's Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Race Day\nIt appeared as though Kyle would sail off with his first win of 2007, but a spin by rookie David Ragan set up a green-white-checkered finish with Hendrick Motorsports holding the first two spots. Kyle Busch was second, with teammate Jeff Gordon behind him, and the Richard Childress Racing cars of Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick behind them. That would not last long however, as on the restart, Kyle spun the tires, allowing Jeff to inch under him; however, Jeff Burton steered his #31 Chevrolet to the outside of Jeff Gordon and attempted to chase down Kyle. Jeff Burton would clear Gordon just as Kyle Busch took the white flag, and would chase down Kyle during the final lap, narrowly losing by half-a-car length at the start-finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191316-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Food City 500, Race Day\nBusch's victory was a historic one in many ways. Not only it being the first victory for the Car of Tomorrow, but it was also the 156th win for Hendrick Motorsports, the 600th victory for Chevrolet in NASCAR, and the 61st victory for the Chevrolet Impala nameplate, the last one coming in 1964 when Wendell Scott became the first African-American to win in NASCAR. The first win for the Impala came in 1959 when Bob Welborn won in Daytona. In a post-race ceremony, former 12-time Bristol winner and current NASCAR on Fox commentator Darrell Waltrip, who dropped the green flag for this race, jack-hammered a piece of the original concrete to begin the reconstruction of the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final\nThe 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final\nThe top two teams of the 2006\u201307 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Derby County ended the season in third position while West Bromwich Albion finished fourth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2007\u201308 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to \u00a360\u00a0million to the successful team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final\nThe 2007 final, refereed by Graham Poll in his final domestic match, was watched by a crowd of nearly 75,000 people. The game was won by Derby County 1\u20130, with the only goal of the game coming from Stephen Pearson in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final\nDerby County ended the next season in bottom place in the Premier League, with the fewest points in the league's history, and were relegated back to the Championship. West Bromwich Albion finished the following season top of the Championship and were promoted to the Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nDerby County finished the regular 2006\u201307 season in third place in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, one place and eight points ahead of West Bromwich Albion. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premier League and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Derby County finished two points behind Birmingham City (who were promoted in second place) and four behind league winners Sunderland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nDerby County's opponents in their play-off semi-final were Southampton, with the first leg played at St Mary's Stadium on 12 May 2007. Andrew Surman put the home team into the lead early in the first half with a strike from 20 yards (18\u00a0m) but Steve Howard scored for Derby either side of half time, to secure a 2\u20131 win for the visitors. The second leg was played three days later at Pride Park Stadium. Darren Moore scored after three minutes for Derby but Jhon Vi\u00e1fara equalised a minute later and the first half ended 1\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nVi\u00e1fara scored his and Southampton's second goal in the 54th minute before an own goal from Leon Best levelled the game at 2\u20132. With one minute of regular time remaining, Grzegorz Rasiak scored to make it 3\u20132 to Southampton, and 4\u20134 on aggregate, sending the game into extra time. No further goals were scored so the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. Former Derby player I\u00f1igo Idiakez missed Southampton's fifth penalty to send Derby into the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nWest Bromwich Albion faced Wolverhampton Wanderers, their local rivals, in the second play-off semi-final. The first leg was played at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton on 13 May 2007. Kevin Phillips opened the scoring midway through the first half with a 20-yard (18\u00a0m) strike to put the visitors ahead but Jody Craddock equalised with a header just before half time. Seyi Olofinjana put Wolves ahead early in the second half but Phillips scored his and Albion's second two minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final\nDean Kiely, the West Brom goalkeeper, made several saves in the second half before Diomansy Kamara scored in the 73rd minute, and the match ended 3\u20132. The second leg was played at The Hawthorns four days later. After a goalless first half, Phillips scored with a header midway through the second half. Wolves failed to score and the match ended 1\u20130. Albion progressed to the final 4\u20132 on aggregate. The second leg was the fifth meeting between the two teams during 2006\u201307, setting a new record for the most times that the Black Country derby has been contested in a single campaign, while Albion's four wins against their rivals was also a season record for matches between the two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe two teams were competing for promotion to the Premier League, the top division of the English football league system. Both clubs had been founder members of the Football League in 1888 and had spent the majority of their respective histories competing in English football's top division. During the regular season, each club had recorded a home win against the other, Derby beating Albion 2\u20131 at Pride Park in early November and Albion winning 1\u20130 at The Hawthorns a month later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nThis was West Bromwich Albion's second play-off final as they had beaten Port Vale 3\u20130 at the old Wembley Stadium in the 1993 Football League Second Division play-off Final. Derby had made it to the play-offs four times previously, but had qualified for the final once: they lost the 1994 Football League First Division play-off Final 2\u20131 against Leicester City. Kamara was the top marksman for West Bromwich Albion, with 21 goals, followed by Phillips on 19. Olofinjana was Wolves' highest scorer with 10 for the season. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to \u00a360\u00a0million to the successful team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe match was the first Championship play-off final to be held at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium. Both clubs were competing at there for the first time, though Derby County had played at the original Wembley Stadium four times and West Bromwich Albion seven times. The attendance of 74,993 was significantly higher than the 64,736 registered at the 2006 final, yet still far short of Wembley's 90,000 capacity. The Football League chairman Brian Mawhinney commented that \"We could have sold the tickets but Wembley weren't able to, didn't want to, couldn't allow us to sell the tickets.\" Wembley Stadium however, said that empty Club Wembley seats could have been re-sold, but that they were unable to reach an agreement with the Football League on the matter. Both clubs received a ticket allocation of around 33,500, which was insufficient to meet the demands of supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 941]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe match was refereed by Graham Poll representing the Hertfordshire County Football Association. It was the last domestic match he would officiate before his retirement. Derby County made a single change to their lineup from the team who won the penalty shootout in the semi-final, with Paul Peschisolido replaced by Jon Macken. West Brom's team was unchanged from that which defeated Wolves in the semi-final. Prior to kick-off, the United Kingdom's national anthem, \"God Save the Queen\", was sung by Gar\u00f0ar Th\u00f3r Cortes, and both teams were then presented to Mawhinney. Derby wore their traditional home kit of white shirts while West Bromwich Albion were in all-black.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half\nDerby County kicked the game off around 3\u00a0p.m., in rainy conditions. within the first minute, Kamara's shot across goal was saved by the Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater before being cleared. In the tenth minute, Howard won the ball in the air and passed it between two Derby defenders to Peschisolido whose shot was straight at Kiely. Two minutes later, Jason Koumas rounded three defenders and with only Bywater to beat in the Derby goal, Tyrone Mears made the tackle; penalty appeals from West Bromwich Albion were ignored by the referee Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half\nOn 18 minutes, Matt Oakley passed to Craig Fagan who advanced into the penalty area but struck his shot wide. Three minutes later, a free kick from West Brom deflected off the Derby wall and had to be gathered by Bywater. The first yellow card of the afternoon was shown in the 31st minute to Peschisolido after a foul on Paul Robinson. In the 34th minute, Derby's Seth Johnson chipped the ball forwards, Howard chested it into Jay McEveley's path, but his low shot was saved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half\nSam Sodje was then booked for a foul on Johnson before Paul McShane was shown a yellow card for a high foot on Howard. In the 41st minute, Koumas shot over the crossbar before Zolt\u00e1n Gera passed to Phillips whose strike grazed the woodwork. After a minute of stoppage time, the half was brought to an end with the score 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half\nNo changes were made by either team during the break and West Brom kicked off the second half. Bywater made an early save from a Koumas shot before Mears was booked in the 47th minute for a foul on Kamara. In the 57th minute, Phillips passed to Koumas whose strike from 25 yards (23\u00a0m) was high and wide. Peschisolido was then replaced by Giles Barnes, before Derby's Oakley hit a first-time shot from a Fagan cross which was saved one handed by Kiely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half\nIn the 61st Stephen Pearson put Derby County ahead: Barnes received the ball from Howard and played a square ball into the Albion penalty area which Pearson slid into the bottom left-hand corner of the net from 6 yards (5.5\u00a0m) to score his first goal for the club. Three minutes later, Chris Perry became the third Albion player to be booked after he fouled Barnes. Gera's long-range shot was then gathered by Bywater on the second attempt before he was substituted off for Darren Carter along with Nathan Ellington replaced by McShane in the 71st minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half\nBywater then saved a Robinson header from a Koumas corner. With ten minutes remaining, Sodje was taken off and replaced by Neil Clement, then Derby's Fagan was substituted for Marc Edworthy. Five minutes later, Jonathan Greening's tackle prevented Barnes from getting his shot away, then Mears took the ball from the toes of Carter. In the 87th minute, Derby made their final substitution of the game with David Jones coming on for Johnson. Four minutes of injury was indicated and a Koumas cross failed to find any of his teammates. In the final minute of the match, a mass brawl broke out after Oakley fouled Koumas, resulting in bookings for Jones, Oakley and Bywater. The resulting free kick from Clement was cleared and the match was brought to an end, Derby County winning 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match\nDerby County manager Billy Davies said that his players \"showed great courage\" and added that winning promotion was \"a dream come true\". Davies emphasised the importance of scoring the first goal and pointed out how organised and well-prepared his team had been. Tony Mowbray, the manager of West Bromwich Albion, believed that his team were the better team in a tight match, but said that \"you don't always get what you deserve.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match\nThe final was regarded as the most financially lucrative single match in world club football according to accounting firm Deloitte, who estimated that Derby's promotion would earn them in the region of \u00a360\u00a0million. A prior agreement between the chairmen of the two clubs, Peter Gadsby and Jeremy Peace, meant that as losers, West Bromwich Albion took the entire \u00a33\u00a0million in gate receipts from the final. The day after the match, thousands of Derby County supporters lined the streets of the city as the club's staff and players took part in an open top bus tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191317-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match\nUpon their return to the top division, Derby County recorded the lowest points total since the Premier League began, thus were relegated back to the Championship. Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion won the Championship title in 2007\u201308 to achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League, though they were also relegated after a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final\nThe 2007 Football League Cup Final was a football match between Chelsea and Arsenal on 25 February 2007 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. It was the final match of the 2006\u201307 staging of the Football League Cup, and last to be staged at the Millennium Stadium. Chelsea were making their fifth League Cup final appearance to Arsenal's sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final\nEach club needed to get past four rounds to reach the final. Chelsea made comfortable progress; they scored 12 goals while conceding only one to Wycombe Wanderers in the semi-final. Arsenal fielded a relatively young team throughout the competition; their wins against fellow league opponents Liverpool in the fifth-round and Tottenham Hotspur in the semis were acclaimed by the British press. Chelsea entered the match as favourites and were undefeated against Arsenal in all competitions since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final\nWatched by a crowd of 70,073, Arsenal took the lead in the 12th minute when Theo Walcott scored. Chelsea equalised moments later through Didier Drogba, who also scored the match winner six minutes from the end of normal time. Midway through the second half, Chelsea captain John Terry was accidentally kicked in the face after attempting to score with a diving header; he played no further part in the match having sought medical attention. Stoppage time was extended because of the incident, at which point a fracas occurred between the Arsenal and Chelsea players. Kolo Tour\u00e9 and Emmanuel Adebayor were dismissed for their actions, together with Chelsea's Mikel John Obi. Play came to an end in the 102nd minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final\nChelsea manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho was delighted with his team's win and credited his opponent's performance. He felt the brawl in stoppage time was born out of Arsenal's frustration after going behind in the match; he did not want either team to be punished. Arsenal manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger apologised for his players' conduct and said he had no regrets over his team selection. Both finalists were fined \u00a3100,000 each by The Football Association for their inability to control their players. Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9 was retrospectively banned for three matches as his punch on Wayne Bridge was missed by Howard Webb. Wenger was later found guilty of improper conduct and charged \u00a32,500 for his comments about the linesman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe Football League Cup is a football competition open to the 92 teams in the Premier League and the Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea\nChelsea entered the competition in the third round, as one of the eight teams from the Premier League involved in European competition during the season. They were drawn against Blackburn Rovers; the match took place at Ewood Park. A goal apiece from Joe Cole and Salomon Kalou ensured a 2\u20130 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea\nChelsea's opponent in the fourth round were Aston Villa. The match was played at Stamford Bridge on 8 November 2006. Frank Lampard opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 32nd minute; further goals by Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba in the second half secured a 4\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea\nNewcastle United hosted Chelsea at St James' Park in the fifth round of the competition. The home team came close to scoring after the midway point of the first half; Obafemi Martins's shot towards the Chelsea goal hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced down, before the ball was cleared. In the 79th minute, Drogba \u2013 on as a substitute \u2013 scored the winning goal of the match, from a free-kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea\nWycombe Wanderers were Chelsea's opponent in the semi-final which was played over two-legs. The first leg was staged at Wycombe's home ground, Adams Park. A match preview in The Guardian noted the financial gap between the two sides: \"Wycombe's most expensive player, Jermaine Easter, cost \u00a380,000; Chelsea's squad is valued at more than \u00a3300m.\" In the game Wycombe started brightly, but the team were unable to convert their chances. Chelsea took the lead in the 36th minute when Wayne Bridge collected a pass from Kalou and chipped the ball over Ricardo Batista, the Wycombe goalkeeper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea\nEaster equalised for Wycombe with 13 minutes of the match remaining; neither side scored again and the match ended 1\u20131. The second leg at Stamford Bridge saw Chelsea start better of the two sides and two goals apiece from Shevchenko and Lampard meant they won 4\u20130 on the night, 5\u20131 on aggregate score to progress to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal\nArsenal entered the competition in the third round as they participated in European football during the season. They faced West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns, where striker J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Aliadi\u00e8re scored twice to secure a 2\u20130 victory for the visitors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal\nArsenal travelled to Goodison Park in the fourth round of the competition to play Everton. They won the match 1\u20130 courtesy of a late Emmanuel Adebayor goal, which came from a corner. For much of the game Everton played with a man disadvantage as striker James McFadden was sent off in the 19th minute for dissent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal\nLiverpool were Arsenal's opponent in the fifth round. The match, scheduled on 19 December 2006 at Anfield, was postponed by referee Martin Atkinson because of heavy fog. Atkinson's decision infuriated the managers of both clubs, with Rafael Ben\u00edtez commenting: \"There were a lot of people looking forward to the game and it's really difficult to explain.\" The tie was rescheduled for 9 January 2007 and on the night Arsenal took the lead when Aliadi\u00e8re scored in the 27th minute. Robbie Fowler equalised for Liverpool six minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal\nLater, two goals from J\u00falio Baptista and goal from Alex Song put Arsenal 4\u20131 ahead at half time. In the second half, Baptista completed his hat-trick; although Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypi\u00e4 scored to close the scoreline gap for Liverpool, Baptista added his fourth goal of the match in the 84th minute. The final score was 6\u20133, Liverpool's heaviest defeat at Anfield in 76 years. In his match report for The Guardian, Daniel Taylor praised Arsenal's reserve team and summarised: \"The difference between the two teams was immense. Arsenal played with flair and purpose; Liverpool were dishevelled and short of leadership.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal\nTottenham Hotspur faced Arsenal in the semi-final which was played over two-legs. The first leg was at Tottenham's home ground, White Hart Lane. A goal from Dimitar Berbatov gave Tottenham the lead in the 12th minute and they extended their advantage after Baptista inadvertently kicked the ball into his own goal. Baptista, however, made amends in the second half, scoring twice in the space of 13 minutes to level the score at 2\u20132. The second leg at the Emirates Stadium saw Arsenal take the lead in the 77th minute when Adebayor scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Arsenal\nMido equalised for Tottenham, which took the match into extra time because the away goals rule was not in use in the competition. Aliadi\u00e8re's goal in the 105th minute restored Arsenal's lead and an own goal scored by Pascal Chimbonda ensured the home team progressed to the final, winning 3\u20131 after extra time, and 5\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nChelsea, the match favourites, were appearing in their fifth League Cup final; they had previously won the competition three times in 1965, 1998 and 2005, and lost one final in 1972. By contrast Arsenal made their sixth League Cup final appearance; they had won two in 1987 and 1993 and lost three in 1968, 1969 and 1988. Both clubs had played each other in the League Cup four times, with Chelsea and Arsenal each winning on two occasions. Chelsea's biggest win against Arsenal in the competition was a 5\u20130 away win in November 1998. Prior to the match Arsenal's last win against Chelsea in all competitions came in February 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nThe relationship between both clubs had become strained, not least because of Chelsea's financial advantage; the club was owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich. The day after Chelsea announced losses of \u00a380\u00a0million for 2005\u201306, Arsenal manager Ars\u00e8ne Wenger expressed concern over his opponent's conduct: \"I have said many times that all the clubs should be balanced with their natural resources. That means they can only spend what they earn.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nChelsea manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho refused to respond to Wenger's comments in his UEFA Champions League pre-match press conference, but made reference to his record in the competition in contrast to his counterpart: \"Many great managers in the world have never won it. The big example is not far from us; Ars\u00e8ne Wenger is a top manager in the world. He's a big manager in the world of football and he never did it so when I did it once, I can thank God for that. I have that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nWenger replied to Mourinho's comments by arguing that although plenty of managers have won the Champions League, most would not be considered greats \u2013 \"What is important is that you look at their careers in 10, 15 or 20 years. What kind of quality have you brought through in your work and on how consistent a level have you done it?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nMuch was made of Arsenal's policy of using the League Cup to field youngsters. In order to explain his team selection, Wenger made an analogy between his youth players and hopefuls on The X Factor, a television programme he admired. He ruled out playing his more experienced players for the match: \"We battled very hard to be in this final and it would be a reward for this team, which has risen up to every challenge.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nMourinho did not anticipate Arsenal would make a \"crazy change\" to their team: \"Normally, they change players but keep their philosophy, their idea of football, their system.\" He believed the final had the makings of a showpiece event as the competition was not a main target for both clubs; emotions therefore would not dictate matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nBoth clubs received an allocation of approximately 30,000 tickets. The competition sponsor Carling gave up its allocation; they instead invited 200 fans of Arsenal and Chelsea to be seated in their suite. Supporters of the four semi-final clubs were invited to participate in the \"Carling Cabniet\"; this gave them the opportunity to have their say about the matchday experience. Ticket prices for adults were priced \u00a336, \u00a348, \u00a364 and \u00a374, with concessions for juniors and seniors. For every ticket sold, the Football League gave \u00a31 to Children in Need; the donation came at a total of \u00a370,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nChelsea were expected to line up in a 4\u20134\u20132 formation, with Essien in central defence. They had doubts about the fitness of captain John Terry going into the final. He appeared to have damaged his ankle ligaments during the first leg of Chelsea's Champions League tie with Porto, though passed a fitness test just days after. Arsenal were expected to line up in a similar formation, with Baptista and Aliadi\u00e8re up front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Build-up\nTrain delays caused by a \"major signal failure\" meant that on the day of the final over 2,000 spectators were late for kick-off. An accident on the M4 motorway trigged more chaos; this led to requests for the game to be delayed, but South Wales Police were confident they could get everyone seated in time. Network Rail later apologised for the delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match\nChelsea set up in a 4\u20131\u20133\u20132 formation with Terry partnering Ricardo Carvalho in defence. Claude Mak\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9 played behind a midfield three made up of Lampard, Ballack and Essien. By contrast Arsenal lined up in a 4\u20134\u20132 formation; Abou Diaby and Theo Walcott were positioned either side of central midfielders Cesc F\u00e0bregas and Den\u00edlson and provided width. Arsenal's starting line up \u2013 averaging 21 years \u2013 was the youngest to play in a major English cup final. Before the match commenced, the national anthem was sung by Juliette Pochin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nArsenal kicked off and started strongly, with F\u00e0bregas dictating play in midfield. Baptista came close to scoring in the seventh minute, but for his shot to be blocked by Terry. Another shot of his three minutes later was saved by Petr \u010cech, who tipped the ball over the crossbar. This resulted in an Arsenal corner, which Drogba cleared. Walcott immediately collected the ball, passed it to Diaby before receiving it once more in the Chelsea penalty box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nHe sidefooted the ball past \u010cech and into the Chelsea goal to give Arsenal a 1\u20130 lead; it was his first goal for the club. Arsenal's tempo and the speed in which they passed the ball continued to cause Chelsea problems. Walcott in the 14th minute used his pace to get the better of defenders Bridge and Carvalho and crossed the ball to Baptista, who lost his footing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nChelsea created their first chance of the match after 18 minutes \u2013 a shot from Lampard which hit Kolo Tour\u00e9. They fought back to equalise two minutes later. Ballack launched the ball to Drogba on the right-hand side of Arsenal's penalty area. Diverting his markers who attempted to set the offside trap, Drogba took the ball and shot it past Manuel Almunia's goal to score. The equaliser led to Chelsea asserting themselves in the match as the team began to build up possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nDen\u00edlson, at the midway point of the half, received the game's first yellow card for a foul on Essien; the Chelsea midfielder was later booked for a tackle on Baptista. Sticks of celery were thrown at F\u00e0bregas before he took a corner close to stoppage time; targeting opponents with the vegetable was a Chelsea supporter's ritual going back more than two decades and originated from song.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nChelsea made an attacking substitution before the start of the second half; Arjen Robben came on for Mak\u00e9l\u00e9l\u00e9. He made an immediate impact, running past the Arsenal defence in the 48th minute, but his pass failed to reach Shevchenko. Soon after Carvalho was booked for a foul on Aliadi\u00e8re and conceded a free-kick at the edge of Chelsea's penalty box, though nothing came out of it. Both teams continued to fashion chances \u2013 a well worked move by Arsenal finished with F\u00e0bregas's shooting low past \u010cech in goal, while Chelsea's Robben from 20 yards curled the ball wide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nLassana Diarra was shown a yellow card in the 52nd minute for his challenge on Diaby; the Arsenal midfielder managed to get past Ballack and Lampard before he was \"deliberately bowled over\" by his opponent. Robben earnt Chelsea a corner moments after; from it, Terry attempted a diving header and Diaby, in an attempt to clear, ended up kicking the Chelsea captain, thus knocking him out. After receiving medical attention Terry was immediately stretchered off and taken to the hospital; he was replaced by Mikel John Obi and Essien was moved to centre back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nThe period immediately after Terry's substitution saw few clear-cut chances, with Walcott and Drogba barely testing their respective keepers. Arsenal made two substitutions in a three-minute spell \u2013 Armand Traor\u00e9 for Emmanuel Ebou\u00e9 and Alexander Hleb replacing the injured Diaby. In the 74th minute a shot by Lampard from 25 yards hit Almunia's crossbar. Arsenal responded with a flowing move from left to right, which resulted in a corner. Chelsea cleared and countered, forcing Almunia to save. Arsenal made their final substitution in the 80th minute, replacing Aliadi\u00e8re with Adebayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nWith six minutes remaining of the 90, Chelsea scored the winning goal of the match. Arsenal gave away possession to Essien in midfield, who passed the ball to Robben wide on the left. He crossed the ball into the Arsenal penalty area, which reached the head of Drogba; the striker headed it in past Almunia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nShevchenko came close to scoring Chelsea's third goal of the match, but his effort hit the crossbar. Seven minutes of stoppage time were added to the match due to Terry's injury. A tussle between Tour\u00e9 and Mikel over shirt pulling resulted in a fracas between both sets of players. Both managers came onto the pitch in order to calm matters. Referee Howard Webb decided to send off Tour\u00e9 and Mikel for violent conduct and consulted with an assistant referee, before sending off Adebayor, who was alleged to have struck Bridge. Adebayor was irate and needed to be escorted off the field by Arsenal officials. The match restarted, by which point Kalou came on for Shevchenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary\nNo further goals were scored and the full-time whistle eventually blew in the 102nd minute of play. Terry who was admitted to hospital later discharged himself and returned to the stadium to celebrate with his teammates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nChelsea's victory meant they won the trophy for the sixth time. Mourinho was delighted to have won the League Cup and felt his team deserved to win on balance of play. He credited his opponents, with a sly dig: \"A special word for them \u2013 they played very good. They have a great coach, great players \u2013 but football is about winning and the cup goes to us.\" He was disappointed by the fracas and pointed out it was born out of Arsenal's frustration, though stressed \"We cannot kill a player because something happened.\" Mourinho took time out to praise Arsenal's medical staff for attending to Terry after his concussion and absolved Diaby from any fault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nLampard described his teammate Drogba as \u201c\u2026special, he's the best in the world at the moment. He does it week in, week out and on the big occasions.\" He argued the brawl near the end of the match highlighted how much the players from both sides wanted to win. Defender Ashley Cole, who left Arsenal in acrimonious terms to join Chelsea felt his decision to move was vindicated: \"I'm enjoying life, the manager's good and after six or seven months here I've already won a medal. That's why I came here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nWenger apologised for his team's behaviour: \"I feel we should not have reacted at all. Overall we are sorry for what happened. When you do not behave like you want to, then you have to apologise.\" He had no regrets over his team selection and suggested it was part of the player's learning process. Wenger said of Walcott: \"\u2026he had a very good performance and scored a great goal. That is good for us and good news for England.\" Gilberto Silva described Arsenal's defeat as a \"sad memory\" and wanted to use the loss to motivate the team for their coming matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nThe day after the final Arsenal and Chelsea submitted claims for wrongful dismissal of Adebayor and Mikel, respectively, to The Football Association (FA). The FA denied both appeals and clarified their penalties. Ebou\u00e9 was charged with violent conduct for striking Bridge, whereas Adebayor was charged for his behaviour after being sent off. Both players were suspended for three matches \u2013 one less than Mikel. Arsenal and Chelsea were charged with misconduct concerning their inability to control their players and were fined \u00a3100,000 each. Wenger criticised the FA's treatment of his players and accused the linesman of lying in his account of Adebayor's actions. This led to an investigation where Wenger was found guilty; he was later fined \u00a32,500 and censured by the FA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nJournalists reviewing the match praised Arsenal's young team; some however went as far to criticise their conduct in the brawl. Henry Winter wrote in The Daily Telegraph of 26 February 2007 \"\u2026all feline grace and youthful ambition, [Arsenal] were the better team, moving the ball around exquisitely at times,\" while Glenn Moore of The Independent reflected \"the Arsenal manager can take great consolation from the quality of his young footballers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nThe Guardian correspondent Kevin McCarra opened his match report with the line \"To Chelsea the trophy, to Arsenal the future,\" and felt the latter club deserved plaudits for the role they played in the final, and competition as a whole. He commended Chelsea's adversity and singled out Carvalho as an example; at fault for Arsenal's goal, the defender's performance thereafter was faultless. Matt Dickinson of The Times agreed that Arsenal had played the better football, but said their temperament was \"brittle\" \u2013 \"[They] had lost the trophy before they lost their heads.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0031-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nFootball pundit Alan Hansen was scathing of Arsenal's behaviour and suggested their inexperience had a part to play: \"When they reflect upon it, Arsenal will admit that they were largely in the wrong.\" He was critical of Wenger's team selection and felt the big clubs saw the competition, much like the FA Cup as an irrelevance. The violence and sendings off on the pitch led to some media outlets dubbing the match as the \"Snarling Cup Final\", or in the case of Winter's match report the \"Carnage Cup final\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nThis was the seventh and last League Cup final to be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, before the opening of the new Wembley Stadium, the final's traditional venue. The match was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports 1; the channel's coverage averaged at 2.7 million viewers, with a peak audience of 3.2 million (24.88%) at 5pm. At the time it was the biggest multichannel audience of 2007, overtaking a football match between Arsenal and Manchester United in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191318-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Cup Final, Post-match and aftermath\nChelsea's first match after the final was against Portsmouth in the Premier League. A 2\u20130 win ensured they remained in contention for the league, though by May finished in second place. Chelsea did however beat Manchester United to win the 2007 FA Cup Final and complete a cup double. Arsenal played Blackburn Rovers a few days after the final in a FA Cup replay. They lost the match 1\u20130; it was Arsenal's third defeat in all competitions which represented their worst run of form in five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final\nThe 2007 Football League One play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 27 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Yeovil Town and Blackpool to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2006\u201307 Football League One season, Scunthorpe United and Bristol City, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2007\u201308 season in the Championship. The losing semi-finalists were Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final\nThe match was played in front of a crowd of 59,313 and was refereed by Andy D'Urso. Blackpool dominated the early stages of the match. In the 43rd minute, Keigan Parker was fouled and Robbie Willams curled in the resulting free kick to make it 1\u20130 to Blackpool. Yeovil started the second half strongly, pushing a number of players high up the pitch in attack. Blackpool counter-attacked in the 52nd minute and Parker doubled their lead with a curling strike into the top-right corner of the Yeovil goal. Late in the match, Yeovil's best chance fell to Marcus Stewart whose diving header struck the ground and bounced over the Blackpool crossbar. The match finished 2\u20130 to Blackpool who were promoted to the second tier for the first time in 29 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final\nIn their following season, Blackpool finished in 19th place in the Championship, three places above the relegation zone. Yeovil ended their next season in 18th position in League One, three places and four points ahead of the relegation places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nBlackpool finished the regular 2006\u201307 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, two places ahead of Yeovil Town. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Football League Championship and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Blackpool finished two points behind Bristol City (who were promoted in second place) and eight behind league winners Scunthorpe United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nYeovil Town's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Nottingham Forest with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Huish Park in Yeovil on 11 May 2007. Midway through the first half, Nathan Jones fouled James Perch in the Yeovil box to concede a penalty. Kris Commons struck the spot-kick into the bottom corner of the goal to make it 1\u20130 to the visitors. Yeovil dominated the latter stages and pushed forward which allowed Nottingham Forest to break in the final minute of the game, when Jack Lester was brought down by Terrell Forbes to concede another penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nPerch scored from the spot to double Forest's lead and end the first leg 2\u20130. The second leg took place at Nottingham Forest's City Ground a week later. Arron Davies put the visitors ahead midway through the first half but two minutes after half time, Scott Dobie equalised with a header from a Lewis McGugan corner. Alan Wright scored an own goal eight minutes from full time after the ball deflected in off him from a Jean-Paul Kalala shot which struck the Yeovil goalpost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nIt was followed five minutes later by a headed goal from Marcus Stewart to make it 3\u20131. David Prutton was sent off for Nottingham Forest in the last minute of regular time for two yellow cards and the aggregate final score of 3\u20133 saw the game go into extra time. Lee Morris scored in the 92nd minute before a volley from Gary Holt reduced the deficit for Forest. Davies scored his second and Yeovil's fifth with eleven minutes remaining ensuring a 5\u20134 aggregate victory for the club and progression to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nBlackpool faced Oldham Athletic in the other semi-final; the first leg was held at Boundary Park in Oldham on 13 May 2007. After a goalless first half, Blackpool's Shaun Barker headed in a corner in the 52nd minute. Despite further domination from the visitors, Oldham equalised on 75 minutes with a penalty: Michael Jackson fouled Chris Porter in the Blackpool area and Andy Liddell scored the resulting spot-kick. With three minutes remaining Wes Hoolahan scored for Blackpool to secure a 2\u20131 victory for his side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final\nThe second leg of the semi-final was played six days later at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool. Keith Southern opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a shot from around 23 yards (21\u00a0m) which beat Alan Blayney in the Oldham goal. Andy Morrell doubled Blackpool's lead with fifteen minutes of the match remaining after Hoolahan had won the ball from Kelvin Lomax. Matt Wolfendon then scored for Oldham in the 83rd minute to make it 2\u20131. Keigan Parker scored with a curling shot in the 90th minute and the match ended 3\u20131 to Blackpool who progressed to the final with a 5\u20132 aggregate win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nYeovil Town had been promoted from non-League football after they finished the 2002\u201303 Football Conference season as champions, and had been promoted to the third tier of English football two seasons later. This was their first appearance in the play-offs and their first match at Wembley Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nThis was Blackpool's fifth appearance in the play-offs and their fourth final: they lost to Torquay United on penalties in the 1991 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final at the old Wembley Stadium, defeated Scunthorpe United in a penalty shootout in the following season's final and beat Leyton Orient 4\u20132 in the 2001 Football League Third Division play-off Final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Blackpool had played in the third tier of English football ever since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nIn the two regular league matches between the sides, the game at Bloomfield Road in October 2006 ended in a 1\u20131 draw, while Blackpool secured a 1\u20130 win at Huish Park the following March. Top scorers for Yeovil Town were Wayne Gray, with 12 goals (11 in the league, 1 in the League Cup) and Leon Best with 10 (all in the league). Blackpool's leading marksmen were Morrell with 19 goals (16 in the league, 3 in the FA Cup), Parker with 14 (13 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup) and Scott Vernon, also with 14 (11 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup and 2 in the League Cup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nAccording to the Racing Post, Blackpool were clear favourites to win the match with Yeovil having been tipped at the beginning of the season to be relegated. Chris Brandon was available for Blackpool after serving out a suspension, but was not selected, while Southern returned to the team after recovering from injury. For Yeovil, captain Terry Skiverton returned from a groin injury, and was named as a substitute, while Chris Cohen and Anthony Barry awaited fitness tests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe referee for the final was Andy D'Urso from Essex. The match was broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports. Both teams adopted a 4\u20134\u20132 formation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Summary\nThe match kicked off around 3\u00a0p.m. in front of a Wembley crowd of 59,313. Blackpool dominated the early stages of the match with both Robbie Williams and Claus J\u00f8rgensen having shots at the Yeovil goal. In the 40th minute, Yeovil were forced to make their first substitution of the game when Chris Cohen picked up an injury and was replaced by Jean-Paul Kalala. Three minutes later, Parker was fouled and Willams curled in the resulting free kick to make it 1\u20130 to Blackpool. Just before half-time, Paul Rachubka made a fingertip save to push Davies' free-kick over the Blackpool crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Summary\nNeither side made any changes to their personnel during the interval and Yeovil started the second half strongly, pushing a number of players high up the pitch in attack. Blackpool exploited that with a counter-attack in the 52nd minute, when Parker doubled the lead with a curling strike into the top-right corner of the Yeovil goal. Steve Mildenhall, the Yeovil goalkeeper, then made two low saves to first deny Parker and then Morrell. Late in the match, Yeovil's best chance fell to Stewart whose diving header struck the ground before bouncing over the Blackpool crossbar. The match finished 2\u20130 to Blackpool who were promoted to the second tier for the first time in 29 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match\nThe Blackpool manager Simon Grayson said he had been confident of success, despite a poor start to the season which saw them win once in eleven games, and noted \"they have kept going all season and rounded it off today with a fantastic performance.\" His counterpart Russell Slade had experienced defeat with Grimsby Town in the 2006 Football League Two play-off Final, and described it as \"a double blow\" but conceded that Yeovil were \"beaten by a better side\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match\nHe suggested that the experience would stand them in good stead: \"There were some disappointing performances and it's not easy to take, but hopefully it will make me stronger and my team will come back stronger\". Goal-scorer Parker called it \"the best day in my career by a mile\u00a0... to come here and win at Wembley is just amazing.\" It was Blackpool's tenth consecutive victory, breaking a 70-year-old club record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191319-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match\nIn their following season, Blackpool finished in 19th place in the Championship, three places and two points above the relegation zone. Yeovil ended their next season in 18th position in League One, three places and four points ahead of relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191320-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Trophy Final\nThe 2007 Football League Trophy Final was the 24th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 1 April 2007, the last time that the final would be played in the stadium. The match was contested by Bristol Rovers and Doncaster Rovers. Doncaster won the match 3\u20132 with Graeme Lee scoring the winning goal twenty minutes into extra-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final\nThe 2007 Football League Two play-off Final was an association football match which was on 26 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Bristol Rovers and Shrewsbury Town to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two to Football League One. The top two teams of the 2006\u201307 Football League Two season gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from third to sixth in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2007\u201308 season in League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final\nBristol Rovers had reached the play-off final in their sixth season back in the fourth tier of English football, having been relegated from the Second Division (equivalent of League One) in the 2000\u201301 season and Shrewsbury in their third season, after their promotion from the Football Conference in the 2003\u201304 season. The 2007 final was watched by a crowd of 61,589 people, a record for a fixture played at the fourth tier of English football, and refereed by Mike Jones. Shrewsbury opened the scoring through Stewart Drummond who scored after three minutes from a Neil Ashton free kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final\nRichard Walker levelled the match midway through the first half when he scored from a Ryan Green cross. Ten minutes before half-time, Walker scored his and Bristol Rovers' second goal after running clear and chipping the ball over Chris Mackenzie, the Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper. Shrewsbury were reduced to ten players when Marc Tierney was sent off near the end of the match for two yellow cards before Sammy Igoe scored into an empty goal to give Bristol Rovers a 3\u20131 victory and promotion to League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final\nShrewsbury Town ended the next season in eighteenth position, eight points above the relegation zone. Bristol Rovers finished sixteenth in League One, five points above the relegation zone, keeping their place in the third tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nBristol Rovers finished the regular 2006\u201307 season in sixth position in Football League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, one place and one point ahead of Shrewsbury Town. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to Football League One and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Bristol Rovers finished thirteen points behind Swindon Town (who were promoted in third place), sixteen behind Hartlepool United (who were promoted in second place), and seventeen behind league winners Walsall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nShrewsbury Town faced Milton Keynes Dons in their play-off semi-final with the first match of the two-legged tie being played at Gay Meadow in Shrewsbury on 14 May 2007. In what was Shrewsbury's final game at the stadium after 97 years, Milton Keynes Dons dominated the majority of the proceedings and although the home side ended strongly, the final score was 0\u20130. The second leg took place four days later at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nAfter a goalless first half, Shrewsbury Town brought on Andy Cooke as a substitute at half-time and he put his side ahead in the 58th minute after running onto a pass from Danny Hall to score. With sixteen minutes remaining, Keith Andrews equalised after his initial header was saved by Scott Shearer. Cooke scored his and his side's second goal less than two minutes later and the match ended 2\u20131, with Shrewsbury Town progressing to the final with the same aggregate score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nBristol Rovers went into the play-offs having won seven and drawn two of their last eleven games. Their opponents for the other play-off semi-final were Lincoln City and the first leg was held at the Memorial Stadium in Bristol on 14 May 2007. Craig Disley opened the scoring for the home side on ten minutes when headed in a cross from Rickie Lambert past Alan Marriott, the Lincoln City goalkeeper. Jeff Hughes equalised for Lincoln City in the 31st minute when he struck his free kick into the top-right corner of the Bristol Rovers goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nNine minutes into the second half, Richard Walker scored with a volley from Steve Elliott's free kick to give Bristol Rovers the lead which they held to win the match 2\u20131. The second leg was played three days later at Sincil Bank in Lincoln. Stuart Campbell scored in the third minute for Bristol Rovers with a long-range strike and Lambert volleyed past Marriott to make it 2\u20130 eight minutes later. Hughes scored from Jamie Forrester's cross midway through the first half to reduce Lincoln City's deficit before Walker made it 3\u20131 nine minutes before half time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final\nMark Stallard scored for Lincoln City seven minutes later with a half-volley but a second-half Sammy Igoe goal made it 4\u20132 to Bristol Rovers in the 82nd minute. Sean Rigg then made it 5\u20132 in the 90th minute before Hughes scored his second to ensure the match ended 5\u20133 and Bristol Rovers progressed to the final with a 7\u20134 aggregate victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nThis was Bristol Rovers' fourth appearance in the play-offs and their third final, having lost 2\u20131 on aggregate to Port Vale in the 1989 Football League Third Division play-off Final and being defeated 2\u20131 by Huddersfield Town in the 1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final. They had played in the fourth tier of English football after being relegated in the 2000\u201301 season. Shrewsbury Town were making their first appearance in the English Football League play-offs but had earned promotion from the Football Conference in the 2003\u201304 season with a penalty shoot-out victory over Aldershot Town in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nThey had played in the fourth tier of English football since then, having last featured in the third tier in the 1996\u201397 season. The sides had faced one another three times during the regular season: in the league, Bristol Rovers won the match 1\u20130 at the Memorial Stadium in August 2006 while the game at Gay Meadow the following March ended in a goalless draw. Between those matches, the sides met in the southern section semi-final of the Football League Trophy where Bristol Rovers won 1\u20130 at Gay Meadow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nWalker was Bristol Rovers' top scorer during the regular season with 19 goals (12 in the league, 4 in the FA Cup, 1 in the League Cup and 2 in the Football League Trophy). The leading scorer for Shrewsbury Town was Michael Symes with a total of 13 goals (9 in the league, 4 in the Football League Trophy) while Ben Davies and Cooke both had a total of 12 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe Racing Post considered Bristol Rovers to be favourites to win the final, but their manager Paul Trollope urged caution, noting \"We probably are favourites because of the way we have gone into the final, but it is about producing a performance that is good enough to beat Shrewsbury because you don't win anything just by being favourites and turning up\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background\nThe referee for the final was Mike Jones from Cheshire. Shrewsbury Town's Davies was unavailable after sustaining an Achilles tendon injury in the semi-final, and goalkeeper Shearer, on loan from Bristol Rovers, was ineligible to play against his own club. Luke Jones was also out injured for Shrewsbury Town, having suffered a locked knee during the warm-up preceding the final. Joe Jacobson's loan period had ended so he had returned to Cardiff City from Bristol Rovers. Both sides adopted a 4\u20134\u20132 formation for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary\nThe match kicked off around 3\u00a0p.m. on 26 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 61,589. Three minutes into the match, Shrewsbury Town took the lead: Neil Ashton's free-kick from the right was met by Stewart Drummond with a glancing header which sent the ball Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Steve Phillips into the bottom corner of the goal. Ashton had an opportunity to equalise after Derek Asamoah's cross was passed on by Ryan Green but failed to connect with the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary\nIn the 21st minute, Green took the ball down the right wing before crossing for Walker who struck the ball first time past Chris Mackenzie in the Shrewsbury Town goal. Asamoah then found Cooke with a cross but the Shrewsbury striker was unable to convert the chance to score. With ten minutes of the half remaining, Lewis Haldane passed the ball down the left, and after Richard Hope failed to make the interception, Walker took a controlling touch of the ball and lobbed it over MacKenzie to make it 2\u20131 before the interval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary\nLate in the second half, Shrewsbury Town's Marc Tierney was sent off after being shown a second yellow card following a late tackle on Campbell. Two minutes into stoppage time, Shrewsbury Town won a corner for which their goalkeeper MacKenzie came up the pitch. Bristol Rovers broke from the corner and Igoe was able to run with the ball before striking it into an empty goal. The match ended 3\u20131 to Bristol Rovers who were promoted to League One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 55], "content_span": [56, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match\nThe attendance of 61,589 was a record for the fourth tier play-off final and it was estimated in The Guardian that more than 40,000 of the crowd were Bristol Rovers supporters. Trollope, who had featured in three play-off semi-final defeats as a player, described the victory as \"the greatest day of my career.\" He did, however, note his belief that the two-goal margin of victory somewhat flattered his side. Walker said \"I knew it was going to be the biggest game of my life\u00a0...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match\nWe didn't doubt ourselves when they scored, we believed in our ability, we clawed our way back into the game and it was a fantastic thing to win.\" He went on to express his summer holiday plans: \"I'm going to drink for six weeks\". Gary Peters, the Shrewsbury Town manager, admitted \"Had we had Walker on our side, it might have been different. They had two chances and took them, we had four and didn't put them away\u00a0... I think the season's caught up with us. We had four more games than anybody else.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191321-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match\nShrewsbury Town ended the next season in 18th place, eight points above the relegation zone. Bristol Rovers finished 16th in the 2007\u201308 Football League One, five points above the relegation zone, keeping their place in the third tier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191322-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League play-offs\nThe Football League play-offs for the 2006\u201307 season were held in May 2007, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London for the first time. The play-off semi-finals will be played over two legs and will contested by the teams who finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the League Two table. The winners of the semi-finals will go through to the finals, with the winner of the matches gaining promotion for the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191322-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League play-offs, Background\nThe Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191322-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League play-offs, Background\nIn the Championship, Derby County, who were aiming to return to the top flight for the first time in 5 years, finished 2 points behind second placed Birmingham City, who in turn finished 2 points behind champions Sunderland, who returned to the top flight at the first attempt after relegation from the Premier League last season. West Bromwich Albion who were also relegated from the top flight last season, finished in fourth place in the table. Wolverhampton Wanderers who are aiming to return to the Premiership after a 3-year absence, finished in fifth place. Southampton finished 1 point behind Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion on 75 points and were looking for a place back in the Premiership after 2 seasons outside the top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191322-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Football League play-offs, Championship, Semi-finals\nDerby County 4\u20134 Southampton on aggregate. Derby County won 4\u20133 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191323-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Football West State League\nFloreat Athena completed the league season undefeated, the first time that had occurred since 1990 (when Floreat also had an undefeated league season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191324-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ford 400\nThe 2007 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 18, 2007 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. The 267-lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup, which ended the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191324-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ford 400, Qualifying\nWith a lap of 30.545\u00a0seconds at a speed of 176.788\u00a0mph (284.513\u00a0km/h), points leader Jimmie Johnson moved one step closer to winning his second consecutive championship by winning the final pole award under Anheuser-Busch sponsorship. Johnson's main rival, teammate Jeff Gordon, started 11th, two-time Homestead winner Tony Stewart started 14th, and defending three-time winner Greg Biffle started 37th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191324-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ford 400, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: A. J. Allmendinger (84), John Andretti (49), Joe Nemechek (78), Michael Waltrip (55), Todd Bodine (4), Burney Lamar (08, crashed in qualifying).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191324-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ford 400, Race\nMatt Kenseth won the race, celebrating by doing burnouts with his race car. Jimmie Johnson finished seventh, and won the 2007 Nextel Cup championship by 77 points over Jeff Gordon, and also did burnouts with Kenseth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 19], "content_span": [20, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191325-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fordham Rams football team\nThe 2007 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Fordham won the Patriot League championship, but lost in the first round of the national FCS playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191325-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fordham Rams football team\nIn their second year under head coach Tom Masella, the Rams compiled an 8\u20134 record (8\u20133 in the regular season). Mike Breznicky, Earl Hudnell, Mike Nardone, Sam Orah and Dominique Owens were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191325-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fordham Rams football team\nThe Rams outscored opponents 348 to 298. Their 5\u20131 conference record was the best in the Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191325-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fordham Rams football team\nFordham was unranked through most of the year, only entering the national top 25 in early November, at No. 22. The Rams were ranked No. 18 for their season-ending matchup with Bucknell, then No. 25 for the playoffs. Their final ranking was No. 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191325-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fordham Rams football team\nFordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191326-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula 3 Euro Series\nThe 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the fifth championship year of Europe\u2019s premier Formula Three series. As in previous years, the championships took place over ten rounds\u00a0\u2013 each with two races\u00a0\u2013 held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of one 60-minute practice session and one qualifying session, followed by one c.110\u00a0km race and one c.80\u00a0km race. The single qualifying session was retained from 2006, with the starting order for race 2 being determined by the finishing order of race 1, with the top eight positions reversed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191326-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula 3 Euro Series\nThis season was notable for the return of Volkswagen as an F3 engine supplier. The drivers' title was won by Romain Grosjean and the teams' title was again won by ASM Formule 3. It was the fourth double title win in succession for ASM. The top four drivers in the championship would go on to race in Formula 1: S\u00e9bastien Buemi, Kamui Kobayashi and champion Grosjean all debuted in F1 in 2009 and Nico H\u00fclkenberg in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191326-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula 3 Euro Series, Teams and drivers, Driver changes, Additional participations\nHS Technik expanded to a two-car entry from round 5 (Mugello) onwards. The second car was taken by Euan Hankey, making his Formula Three d\u00e9but. At the N\u00fcrburgring, Am-Holzer Rennsport replaced its Speiss-Opel engine with the new Volkswagen and RC Motorsport made a return to the championship with two Volkswagen-powered cars for Maximilian G\u00f6tz and Jonathan Summerton. Though G\u00f6tz finished in sixth place in the first race, neither he nor Summerton were eligible to score points. British F3 team Ultimate Motorsport made a one-off appearance in round 4 at Magny-Cours. Bas Leinders's Junior Team entered a single car for Michael Herck in the first round, but has not competed since then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 88], "content_span": [89, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191326-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Drivers Standings\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 63], "content_span": [64, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191326-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula 3 Euro Series, Season standings, Rookie Cup\nRookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191327-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula 3 Sudamericana season\nThe 2007 Formula 3 Sudamericana season was the 21st Formula 3 Sudamericana season. It began on 24 March 2007, at Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace in S\u00e3o Paulo and ended on 16 December 2007 also at Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace in S\u00e3o Paulo. Brazilian driver Clemente de Faria, Jr. won the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191328-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula BMW ADAC season\nThe 2007 Formula BMW ADAC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.2 litre Formula BMW single seat race cars. The 2007 season was the tenth and the last Formula BMW ADAC season organized by BMW Motorsport and ADAC before it was merged with Formula BMW UK series into Formula BMW Europe in 2008. The season began at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on 5 May and finished at the Hockenheimring on 14 October, after eighteen races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191328-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula BMW ADAC season, Championship standings, Drivers' standings\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191329-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula BMW UK season\nThe 2007 Formula BMW UK season was the fourth and final Formula BMW season based in United Kingdom whose mission was to develop talented young drivers and introduce them to auto racing using full-size cars. The series was part of the support race package for the BTCC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191330-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula BMW World Final\nThe 2007 Formula BMW World Final was the third Formula BMW World Final race and held for the second time at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste near Valencia on 23\u201325 November 2007. The shorter layout of the 3.099\u00a0km (1.926\u00a0mi) length was used. The race was won by M\u00fccke Motorsport's driver Philipp Eng, who finished ahead Marco Wittmann and Jens Klingmann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191331-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Nippon Championship\nThe 2007 Formula Nippon Championship was contested over 9 rounds. 12 different teams, 22 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis (Lola FN06) and use either a Mugen Honda (Mugen HF386E) or Toyota (Toyota RV8J) engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nThe 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 61st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, which began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen events. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen by one point at the final race of the season, making R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen the third Finnish driver to take the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nAn appeal by McLaren regarding the legality of some cars in the final race could have altered the championship standings, but on 16 November, the appeal was rejected by the International Court of Appeal, confirming the championship results. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen entered the final race in third position in the drivers' standings, but emerged as champion after the chequered flag, a feat first accomplished by Giuseppe Farina in 1950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nA major talking point of the season had been an espionage controversy involving Ferrari and McLaren, which led to McLaren being excluded from the Constructors' Championship. As a result, Ferrari clinched the championship at the Belgian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nRenault, who were the defending Constructors' Champions proved to be uncompetitive with their R27 car taking them to third in the constructors' standings (after McLaren's disqualification from second. Renault achieved one podium during the season, with Heikki Kovalainen finishing second at the rain affected 2007 Japanese Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nThe 2007 season heralded the end of the existing Concorde Agreement between the existing Formula One constructors and Bernie Ecclestone. In particular, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda (collectively the Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association) had a number of outstanding disagreements with the FIA and Ecclestone on financial and technical grounds. They had threatened to boycott Formula One from the 2008 season onwards and instead stage their own rival series, before signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nThis also marked the seventh and final season, since its reintroduction in 2001, in which the use of traction control was permitted in Formula One. Standardised electronic control units (ECUs) were mandated by the FIA from the 2008 season onwards, which prohibited teams from using this kind of technology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship\nHonda ran with an \"Earth livery\" on their RA107 car. It was the first time since 1968, the year in which sponsorship in the sport became widespread, that a team ran sponsor-free for an entire season. Michelin's withdrawal from F1 at the end of 2006 meant that Bridgestone was the sole tyre supplier for 2007. As of 2020, this is the last Drivers' Championship won by a Ferrari driver, and is also the last Drivers' Championship win for a Finnish driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers participated in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. Drivers' cars are numbered as per the official FIA 2007 entry list. All team details are as per the Formula 1 official website, except where noted. Note that there is no car number 13, as was the historical tradition. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nThe 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso switched to McLaren after five years at Renault. Following the retirement of Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, Alonso was the only driver on the grid in this season who had previously won a drivers' championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nJuan Pablo Montoya, who was a McLaren driver until the aftermath of the 2006 United States Grand Prix moved to the NASCAR Cup Series for 2007, effectively ending his Formula One career, as announced on 9 July 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nOn 2 August 2006, Williams announced that test and reserve driver Alexander Wurz would step up to a race seat for 2007, replacing Australian Mark Webber. On 7 August 2006, Red Bull Racing announced their 2007 driver line-up of David Coulthard and Mark Webber, displacing Christian Klien. On 7 August 2006, BMW Sauber announced that Jacques Villeneuve's contract had been terminated immediately and for the rest of the season would be replaced by test driver Robert Kubica. Kubica was later announced on 19 October 2006 to retain the race seat for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel remaining as the team's test driver. On 21 December 2006 BMW Sauber announced former Jordan F1 and GP2 driver Timo Glock as their second test driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nOn 6 September 2006, Renault confirmed Heikki Kovalainen as the team's replacement for Fernando Alonso. On 10 September 2006, Scuderia Ferrari announced Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to replace for the retiring Michael Schumacher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nOn 15 November 2006, Super Aguri confirmed Anthony Davidson as Sakon Yamamoto's replacement. On 24 November 2006, McLaren confirmed Lewis Hamilton as their second driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nOn 21 December 2006, Spyker confirmed Adrian Sutil as their first driver, replacing WTCC-bound Tiago Monteiro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nOn 10 July 2007, Spyker announced that Christijan Albers would no longer be driving for the team. The given reason was a failure to pay sponsorship monies due. Markus Winkelhock raced Spyker's second car at the European Grand Prix. On 25 July 2007 Spyker confirmed that the Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto would compete in the remaining seven Grands Prix for them. On 31 July 2007, Scuderia Toro Rosso replaced Scott Speed with BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel following an alleged physical altercation between Speed and STR Team Principal Franz Tost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nOn 8 October 2007, Williams driver Alexander Wurz announced his immediate retirement from Formula One racing. Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima replaced Wurz for the Brazilian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nFerrari technical director, Ross Brawn, was to take a sabbatical year for 2007, after ten seasons at the Italian team since 1997. However, it was later announced that he would leave the team. In 2008, Ross Brawn became Team Principal of the Honda team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nMcLaren signed a title sponsorship deal with the telecommunications company Vodafone late in 2005. With the loss of Vodafone, Scuderia Ferrari began a sponsorship deal with Alice, a brand of Telecom Italia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nMild Seven confirmed that they would not renew their contract with Renault following its conclusion at the end of 2006 due to current European tobacco laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nBritish American Tobacco's Lucky Strike and 555 brands ceased to sponsor the Honda team, following which the team ran a sponsorless livery in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nWilliams changed their engines from Cosworth to Toyota in a three-year deal until 2009. Contrary to speculation at the time, the engines were not rebadged as Lexus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nRed Bull officially became an Austrian constructor by receiving an Austrian licence, though continued to operate from the same base in Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nOn 9 September 2006, MF1 Racing was officially sold to a Dutch-Arab consortium owned by Michiel Mol, along with the aid of Spyker Cars. The team was officially renamed Spyker MF1 Team, keeping the MF1 for the rest of the season due to Concorde Agreement rules. On 30 September 2006, Spyker announced that their engine supplier would be Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nOn 16 October 2006, Renault confirmed that the Dutch banking company, ING, would become their main sponsor to replace Mild Seven, which has sponsored the Enstone-based team during the 13 years since 1994. On 20 October 2006, Williams announced AT&T as their new main sponsor. On 24 October 2006, Spyker announced they would change their name from Spyker MF1 Team to Spyker F1 from 2007 onwards, subject to all other teams giving their agreement. On 31 October 2006, Red Bull confirmed their engine situation for 2007. Renault engines were used by Red Bull Racing, while Scuderia Toro Rosso used 2006-spec Ferrari engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Teams and drivers, Team changes\nOn 15 March 2007, Spyker announced their new title sponsor for the 2007 season: United Arab Emirates airline company Etihad Airways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar\nOn 29 August 2006, The FIA published a provisional calendar for the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The San Marino and European Grands Prix were excluded, although the European round would later make a comeback (see below). The final calendar (above), which confirmed that the San Marino Grand Prix would not return, was released on 18 October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar\nFor the first time in nearly half a century, no German Grand Prix was held as a result of the circuits previously hosting a Grand Prix in Germany beginning to alternate in organizing the German Grand Prix. However, the promoter for the Hockenheim race controlled the rights to the descriptor \"German Grand Prix\" and an agreement could not be reached between them and the N\u00fcrburgring circuits for the naming rights. The N\u00fcrburgring event therefore retained its usual Grand Prix of Europe title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar\nAfter twenty years of being hosted at the Honda-owned Suzuka Circuit since 1987, the Japanese Grand Prix moved to Toyota's rebuilt Fuji Speedway, a circuit that F1 had not raced at since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar\nThe Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps returned after a one-year absence in 2006 due to track maintenance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season calendar\nFor the first time since 1975, no country hosted more than one Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season\nPre -season testing began in November 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya, with ten of the eleven teams participating in the test sessions. The most notable absentees were Fernando Alonso and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, who were still under contract at Renault and McLaren respectively. Jenson Button was also absent as he had suffered a hairline fracture on his ribs after a go-karting accident in preparations for the November tests. Lewis Hamilton made his first appearance in a McLaren since being confirmed as Alonso's teammate for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season\nFelipe Massa topped the times on the first two days of testing. Massa's testing partner, Luca Badoer, took the fastest time on the third day, although interest was on the fact that double World Champion Mika H\u00e4kkinen joined Hamilton and de la Rosa at McLaren for a one off test, although the Finnish driver was over three seconds slower than Badoer's time, completing 79 laps of the Spanish circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season\nThe other big story of 2007 was the return to a single tyre supplier (Bridgestone). It was perceived that this accounted for some of the reason why Ferrari led the early tests, although it was claimed by Bridgestone that the 2007 tyre is of a completely new build, thus minimising any real benefit for the 2006 Bridgestone teams (Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Midland/Spyker and Super Aguri).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season\nToyota was the only team out for the fourth day of testing at Barcelona, as the Japanese works team chose to miss the first day of testing. Both Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli's fastest laps were quicker than Massa and Badoer's times during the previous three sessions. Testing resumed on 6 December at Jerez, with the majority of teams attending the session. Both Ferraris of Massa and Badoer were first and second fastest, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton making up the top three in third. Hamilton improved on his position the following day by taking the fastest time, a second faster than Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season\nJapanese works teams Honda and Toyota topped the times for the next two days of testing: Honda's Rubens Barrichello and Toyota's Franck Montagny were fastest, although Toyota had the Jerez track to themselves when Montagny took the fastest time. Heikki Kovalainen and Pedro de la Rosa took the fastest times on the fourth and fifth day of testing at Jerez. Also of note, on the last day of testing Fernando Alonso made his McLaren testing debut after an agreement with manager Flavio Briatore. This did not call for an end to his agreement (which ended on 31 December).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nThe season started at Albert Park in Australia on 18 March. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen led the whole race, and became the fourth driver to win on their debut for Ferrari. Fernando Alonso came second and debutant Lewis Hamilton finished 3rd. Felipe Massa took his first pole of the season in Malaysia but Alonso won his first race with McLaren while Hamilton finished second. Massa led the entire race to win in both Bahrain and Spain, and in both races Hamilton finished second, becoming the first rookie to finish on the podium in more than his first two outings. McLaren dominated Monaco with Alonso winning from Hamilton after the pair had lapped everybody apart from themselves and Felipe Massa, who was not too far from being lapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nThe Canadian GP included four safety car periods and one of the biggest crashes of Formula One in that era. The race started off with the second all-McLaren front row with Hamilton taking his first pole position followed by Alonso. Alonso made a mistake in turn 1, losing several places while Hamilton was opening a gap between himself and Nick Heidfeld. On lap 22 the first safety car period began after Adrian Sutil hit the concrete wall. The safety car went into the pits on lap 28 but before the lap could be completed Robert Kubica had a massive accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nHe had lost his front wing after hitting Jarno Trulli. He then went wide and hit a bump on the grass that launched him into the air and into a violent impact with the retaining barrier at a peak deceleration of 75G. The safety car was once again deployed and went in on lap 35. Hamilton once again opened up a gap to second-placed Heidfeld until lap 50 when Christijan Albers left a lot of debris on the track after a crash forcing the deployment of the safety car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0035-0002", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nThe race restarted on lap 55 and the safety car was deployed again on lap 56 after Vitantonio Liuzzi hit the so-called 'Wall of Champions'. The safety car period was extended after Jarno Trulli hit the tyre barrier at the exit of the pitlane after trying to catch up with the field. On the restart Hamilton led to the finish to claim his maiden win in his sixth race. The next race at Indianapolis saw Hamilton lead from the start until victory after a 300\u00a0km/h side by side battle with Alonso for the lead. Ferrari took their first 1\u20132 finish of the season in France with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen winning from polesitter, Felipe Massa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nIn Britain Hamilton took his third pole position, going on to finish a distant third behind winner Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Fernando Alonso. Europe (Germany) would see Hamilton's run of nine consecutive podiums come to an end. After a large crash in qualifying he started in 10th in the race. On lap 4 he aquaplaned off the circuit in a torrential rainstorm but the race was stopped. He restarted after his car was pulled out of the gravel but after taking a gamble to change early to dry tyres on a drying track, he spun off several times but recovered to finish 9th, just missing out on the final point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nAfter a qualifying incident between Alonso and Hamilton in which Alonso prevented Hamilton from completing his final flying lap, Alonso was demoted to 6th on the grid at the Hungarian Grand Prix while McLaren was made ineligible for points for the constructors' championship for that race. Hamilton then took victory with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen coming second. In Turkey Felipe Massa took a dominant victory followed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Alonso. Hamilton finished fifth after he suffered a tyre failure while running in 3rd. In Italy Alonso won from Hamilton followed by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nFollowing that Grand Prix McLaren was excluded from the constructors' championship after having been found guilty of theft and illegal usage of confidentional technical information of Ferrari. The team did not receive any constructors' points from subsequent races. In Belgium R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen won from Massa and Alonso, thus allowing Ferrari to clinch the world constructors' championship from BMW Sauber following McLaren's exclusion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nThe Japanese Grand Prix moved to Fuji Speedway. The event was marked by treacherous weather and was started behind the safety car. Lewis Hamilton survived a brush with Robert Kubica to win from Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. At the last three corners Kubica and Felipe Massa ran side by side in a battle for 6th, while Fernando Alonso aquaplaned and crashed on lap 41 of 67. In China, Hamilton won his 6th pole of the season and led up to lap 28 when he was overtaken by R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and he then spun off entering the pitlane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Season report\nThe season finale marked the first time since 1986 that three drivers had a chance of becoming World Champion at the season finale, and the first time since the inaugural season in 1950 that the man who stood in third before the final race went on to win the championship (the driver in 1950 being Giuseppe Farina). Hamilton was the favourite with 107 points followed by Alonso with 103 points and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen with 100 points. Hamilton started 2nd but dropped to the back of the pack after a gearbox problem. He recovered to 7th but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen won the race and the championship. The final standings were R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen with 110 points followed by Hamilton and Alonso each with 109 points. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's late charge, following worse luck at the start of the season, would narrowly give him the World Drivers' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system\nPoints were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Constructors' Championship standings\nBMW Sauber F1 Team placed second in the Constructors' Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191332-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Constructors' Championship standings\nAlthough its drivers scored the most points combined, McLaren were excluded from the Constructors' Championship", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 102], "content_span": [103, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy\nThe 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, also known as Spygate and Stepneygate, was a set of accusations among Formula One racing teams that confidential technical information had been passed between them. It involved the McLaren, Ferrari and Renault F1 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy\nThe original case involved allegations made by the Ferrari Formula One team against a former employee (Nigel Stepney), a senior McLaren engineer, Mike Coughlan, and his wife Trudy Coughlan concerning the theft of technical information. These allegations were the subject of legal action in Italy and an F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) investigation. A High Court case in England was dropped after Ferrari reached an agreement with the Coughlans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy\nAn FIA hearing into the matter took place on 26 July 2007 but did not result in any penalty for McLaren. However, a second hearing took place on 13 September 2007, and by then, compelling evidence resulted in several penalties for the team. The most important of these were the team's exclusion from the 2007 Constructors' Championship and a record-breaking fine of $100 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy\nFollowing information from McLaren, allegations were subsequently made during November 2007 by the FIA against the Renault F1 team regarding information they were found to have in their possession concerning the 2006 and 2007 McLaren F1 cars. These allegations were also the subject of an FIA investigation, with a hearing taking place on 6 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Background\nAlong with Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne, Nigel Stepney was part of the \"dream team\" credited with the change of fortunes of Ferrari in the late 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Background\nIn February 2007, Stepney made public comments regarding his \"unhappiness\" following the team's reorganization which had resulted from Ross Brawn's departure:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Background\nI am looking at spending a year away from Ferrari, I'm not currently happy with the situation within the team - I really want to move forward with my career and that's something that's not happening right now. Ideally, I'd like to move into a new environment here at Ferrari - but if an opportunity arose with another team, I would definitely consider it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Background\nLater that month, Ferrari announced another change in the team structure which saw Stepney appointed as head of Team Performance Development: \"After many years spent working on the Formula One circuits, the last 13 of those as part of the Ferrari Race Team, Nigel Stepney, with the approval of the company, has chosen to take on a different role that will see him no longer have to attend the races.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Stepney\nIn the week beginning 17 June 2007, at the 2007 United States Grand Prix Ferrari filed a formal complaint against Stepney, leading to the commencement of a criminal investigation by the Modena district attorney in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Stepney\nOn 3 July 2007, Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Ferrari had completed its internal investigation and had dismissed Stepney as a result. At the same time, Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni told ITV Sport that Ferrari\u2019s action against Stepney related to \"irregularities discovered at the Ferrari factory prior to the Monaco Grand Prix\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 76], "content_span": [77, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Coughlan\nOn the day Ferrari announced Stepney\u2019s dismissal, the team also announced it had taken action against \"an engineer from the Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes team\", later named as Mike Coughlan. Coughlan was suspended by McLaren as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Coughlan\nFerrari announces it has recently presented a case against Nigel Stepney and an engineer from the Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes team [named by Autosport.com as Coughlan] with the Modena Tribunal, concerning the theft of technical information. Furthermore, legal action has been instigated in England and a search warrant has been issued concerning the engineer. This produced a positive outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Coughlan\nThe search warrant is understood to have been related to Coughlan's home and the \"positive outcome\" is reported to be documents claimed to have originated at Ferrari's Maranello factory. Stepney's dismissal from Ferrari had been announced earlier the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Coughlan\nOn 10 July 2007 a High Court hearing was opened and adjourned until the following day, to allow Mike Coughlan to submit an affidavit. However, details released include the fact that Mike Coughlan is alleged by Ferrari to be in possession of 780 pages of Ferrari documentation, and that his wife is alleged to have taken them to a photocopying shop near Woking. Ferrari were unaware that their technical information had been stolen until they received a tip from an employee in the photocopying shop. The staff member saw that the documents were confidential and belonged to Ferrari and, after copying them, decided to contact the team\u2019s headquarters in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Coughlan\nCoughlan did not submit the affidavit because of the possibility of it being used against him in an Italian court case. However, late on 10 July 2007, Ferrari reached an agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Coughlan under which Ferrari dropped its High Court case in return for their full disclosure of all they know about the case and a promise of future cooperation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Coughlan\nOn 16 July 2007, McLaren announced that its own internal investigation had revealed that \"no Ferrari materials or data are or have ever been in the possession of any McLaren employee other than the individual sued by Ferrari. The fact that he held at his home unsolicited materials from Ferrari was not known to any other member of the team prior to July 3.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, Allegations against Renault F1\nOn 8 November 2007, the FIA announced that the Renault F1 team would be summoned before the FIA World Motorsport Council to answer a charge of possession of confidential information relating to the 2006 and 2007 McLaren Formula One cars. The statement issued by the FIA states that Renault F1 was found to have information \"including, but not limited to the layout and critical dimensions of the McLaren F1 car, together with details of the McLaren fuelling system, gear assembly, oil cooling system, hydraulic control system and a novel suspension component used by the 2006 and 2007 McLaren F1 cars\". The date for the hearing was set for 6 December 2007. The espionage claims are thought to revolve around an employee, Philip Mackereth, who transferred from McLaren to Renault, according to FIA President Max Mosley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 898]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 4 July 2007, McLaren announced it had conducted an investigation and concluded that \"no Ferrari intellectual property has been passed to any other members of the team or incorporated into [our] cars.\" The team also invited the FIA to inspect its cars to confirm these facts; \"In order to address some of the speculation McLaren has invited the FIA to conduct a full review of its cars to satisfy itself that the team has not benefited from any intellectual property of another competitor.\" Since the revelation of Coughlan's involvement in the affair, McLaren provided a full set of drawings and development documents to the FIA, detailing all updates made to the team's chassis since the incident occurred at the end of April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 12 July 2007, the FIA announced that it had summoned McLaren to an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council to answer charges that they had breached Article 151C of the International Sporting Code. At the hearing on 26 July 2007, FIA found that Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes was in possession of confidential Ferrari information and is therefore in breach of the Code, but with no evidence that they had used the information no punishment was levied. However, the FIA reserved the right to reconvene on the matter if any such evidence subsequently came to light.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nFerrari labelled the decision \"incomprehensible\"; Autosport judged the team to be \"furious\". McLaren said \"[a] unanimous decision has been taken by the FIA which in McLaren's opinion is very balanced and fair.\" The matter was referred to the FIA International Court of Appeal, with the hearing scheduled for 13 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 1 August 2007, Ron Dennis, in an open letter to the president of the Italian motorsport authority Luigi Macaluso, accused Ferrari of giving a false and dishonest version of events and further that the car used to win the 2007 Australian Grand Prix was illegal. McLaren learned of the \"illegal\" floor device from Nigel Stepney, with the team describing this contact as whistle-blowing. However the team insists that following this incident, Jonathan Neale instructed Coughlan to cease contact with Stepney. McLaren accuse Ferrari of trying to blur this \"whistle-blowing\" of which McLaren was aware, with Coughlan's possession of the 780 page Ferrari dossier of which it insists it was not aware.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nThe 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix was a controversial weekend for McLaren; Lewis Hamilton had disobeyed a team instruction, disadvantaging Fernando Alonso, and so Alonso held Hamilton up in the pit lane during qualifying, denying Hamilton a chance to record a final lap time. In the following discord within the team, TV pictures showed Ron Dennis angrily throwing his headphones down as Alonso pulled out of the pits, and after the session was over he was then shown having a serious conversation with Alonso's trainer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn the morning of the race (August 5), Alonso met Ron Dennis in his motorhome and allegedly threatened to send his email exchanges with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa and Coughlan to the FIA. According to Max Mosley, Ron Dennis informed him of the conversation and told Mosley that the threat was an empty one, \"There's no information, there's nothing to come out; I can assure you that if there was something, Max, I would have told you.\" Mosley subsequently retracted the implication that Dennis had lied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 5 September 2007, the FIA announced that it had received new evidence regarding the case, and would re-open the investigation on September 13. This replaced the planned appeal hearing. It later transpired that the new evidence was the driver's emails that were sent to Bernie Ecclestone, F1's commercial rights holder who then informed the FIA. The FIA requested the three McLaren drivers (Alonso, Hamilton, and de la Rosa) to provide relevant evidence and help the FIA in further investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nIn return, the FIA offered assurance that any information made available would not result in any proceeding against the driver personally under the International Sporting Code or the Formula One Regulations. However, the drivers were notified that if it later came to light that they had withheld any potentially relevant information, serious consequences could follow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 11 September, McLaren approached the FIA with questions about the Renault F1 team, and possibly other (then unknown) teams as well. At the time, it was unknown if the meeting related directly to the espionage scandal, but a key McLaren argument made was that if McLaren was guilty, other teams were as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 13 September, the FIA hearing imposed a penalty for illicitly collecting and holding information from Ferrari to confer a dishonest and fraudulent sporting advantage upon McLaren. The penalty consisted of exclusion from and withdrawal of all points awarded to McLaren in all rounds of the 2007 Constructors' Championship, a record fine of $100 million (less the TV and travel income lost as a result of the points deduction), and the obligation for the team to submit its 2008 chassis for scrutiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nHowever, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton's points were not affected, and the two were free to contest the Drivers' Championship, because McLaren's drivers were offered immunity in exchange for cooperation. The team was not banned and all drivers points earned only counted towards the driver's championship points. Whenever a McLaren driver won any of the remaining races, (the only example being Hamilton at the Japanese Grand Prix), no McLaren representative other than a driver was allowed onto the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 14 September, Ron Dennis announced that he was the one who alerted the FIA that further evidence existed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 15 September, Max Mosley contested Ron Dennis' claim that he alerted the FIA to the existence of further evidence, claiming that Dennis actually alerted him that Alonso had decided to send the emails in himself, and that Mosley had been erroneously assured by Dennis that the emails contained nothing incriminating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 6 December, Renault were found guilty of breaching article 151(c) of the International Sporting Code by another FIA WMSC hearing, but escaped penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 13 December, McLaren issued a press release detailing a letter sent by Martin Whitmarsh, COO of the team, to the FIA. In the letter, Whitmarsh stated that the team accepted that \"a number of McLaren employees\" had access to Ferrari technical information, and apologised that it took the intervention of the FIA for this to come to light. The team also offered to \"enter into discussion... as to a moratorium of an appropriate length in respect of the use\" of the systems. On the same day, the FIA issued a press release stating that the FIA president would ask the members of the World Council \"for their consent to cancel the hearing scheduled for 14 February 2008 and, in the interests of the sport, to consider this matter closed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Details, FIA investigation\nOn 23 February 2009, legal proceedings against McLaren employees in Italy were dropped. In return, Mike Coughlan had to pay \u20ac180,000 while three employees of McLaren (Paddy Lowe, Jonathan Neale and Rob Taylor) had to pay \u20ac150,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191333-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula One espionage controversy, Legacy\nThe $100 million fine remains one of the largest in sporting history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season\n2007 saw the 10th season of the Formula Palmer Audi open wheel racing series, contested over 20 races between 7 April and 23 September. The championship was won by Tim Bridgman in his first Palmer Audi season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, Championship\nFor 2007, Formula Palmer Audi underwent a change in its target market, focusing primarily on young aspiring Formula One drivers rather than affluent businessmen. Of the 22 drivers in the field for each round, 16 were \"career drivers\", with a group of around six \u201cgentleman drivers\" remaining. The number of races increased from 15 in 2006 to 20, the number of meetings increasing from six to eight. Despite this 33 per cent increase, the cost of competing in the series was reduced, the advertised price of \u00a355,000 plus VAT being a reduction of nearly \u00a33,000 on the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, Championship\nThe race calendar for 2007, while expanded, did not feature any meetings outside of the UK. However, FPA continues to support large international events at Brands Hatch such as A1 Grand Prix and DTM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Silverstone (6/7 April)\nThe season began at Silverstone on Easter Saturday, with a pair of 22-lap races scheduled for the 1.6-mile National circuit. Series newcomer Matthew Hamilton took both pole positions after topping the two qualifying sessions on Saturday morning, having come out on top of a bizarre tiebreak in the second session. Both Hamilton and Luciano Bacheta set identical fastest times of 55.328 seconds. Hamilton was awarded pole having set the time before Bacheta did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Silverstone (6/7 April)\nBacheta took the lead at the start of Round 1 with Hamilton slotting into second. They would be forced to hold station for the opening laps as the safety car was deployed for a collision between Jack Clarke and Andreas Demetriou at Becketts. At the restart on lap seven, Bacheta held off Hamilton, but was passed by him down the National Straight half a lap later. Hamilton went on to win the race by around two seconds, with Jason Moore taking a podium in his first-ever car race, holding off more experienced drivers Dominik Jackson and Tim Bridgman on the final lap to take third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Silverstone (6/7 April)\nThe start of Round 2 was marred by a serious crash at the startline. A fast-changing red starting light caused some drivers to miss the start, including polesitter Hamilton who was then hit from behind by numerous other cars as they charged off the grid around Woodcote Bend. Hamilton was extracted from the cockpit and airlifted to hospital in Coventry with a broken right femur. After a delay of around an hour, the race restarted with Bacheta leading away Clarke, who then assumed the lead on lap three. On lap six Clarke spun at Luffield and resumed in sixth (where he would finish the race), leaving Bacheta to take the victory. Stefan Wilson and Moore charged through the field to take second and third respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Brands Hatch GP (27\u201329 April)\nRounds 3, 4 and 5 of the season took place on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in Kent, where a trio of 16-lap races on the 2.3-mile track would support the final round of A1GP's second season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Brands Hatch GP (27\u201329 April)\nFriday's qualifying sessions for the first two races of the weekend saw Jolyon Palmer and Tim Bridgman take the pole positions, with points leader Luciano Bacheta having to settle for a pair of fourths. In Saturday morning's first race (Round 3), Bridgman took the lead from the start and pulled away to take his first victory of the season. Behind, Palmer's challenge for a first podium of 2007 ended with a crash at Surtees. Bacheta took second, with Giacomo Petrobelli in third after withstanding pressure from Dominik Jackson in the closing laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Brands Hatch GP (27\u201329 April)\nIn Round 4 on Saturday afternoon, Bridgman held first place from the start, while Stefan Wilson kept his second-place grid position as he stayed in touch with the leader. Late in the race, Wilson started to reel in Bridgman, using his turbo boost to pass him on lap 13, and going on to take his first car racing win at only his 10th attempt. Bacheta took third, ahead of Palmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Brands Hatch GP (27\u201329 April)\nRound 5 took place on Sunday, with Palmer being awarded pole position for setting the fastest lap over the previous day's races. Once again, Palmer lost the lead at the start, Bacheta hitting the front to take his second win of the campaign. Palmer spent the latter stages of the race trying to hold off Bridgman, who made it past at Paddock Hill Bend on the penultimate lap, only for Palmer to dive up the inside at Pilgrim's Drop half a lap later to reclaim the position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Snetterton (11\u201313 May)\nRounds 6, 7 and 8 took place at Snetterton in Norfolk. In qualifying, Luciano Bacheta and Jack Clarke both took their first pole positions of the season in overcast conditions, although Bacheta could only manage fifth on the grid for the second race. Tim Bridgman would start both races from second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Snetterton (11\u201313 May)\nSunday's race day, the only day all season to include three races, was marred by changeable weather conditions. Round 6 was held in light rain, with Bridgman making the best start to take the lead and pull away from Bacheta. Further back, Tom Bradshaw was scything through the field and catching Bacheta quickly in the latter stages. Then, Bridgman spun on the 16th lap of 18 at Russell chicane, allowing Bacheta and Bradshaw through to fight for the victory. That fight never materialised, a red flag being thrown on the last lap for a spinning backmarker at the Esses, ensuring Bacheta's third win of the season from Bradshaw and Bridgman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Snetterton (11\u201313 May)\nA break in the rain shortly before Round 7 caused the field to make last-minute changes to slick tyres. Once again, Bridgman made the best start from second, and made up for his earlier mistake by leading all the way to victory. Bacheta, meanwhile, suffered his first retirement of the season, tangling with polesitter Clarke at the Esses on the opening lap while fighting for second. Tom Bradshaw inherited second and held it to the end, securing pole for the Round 8 in the process with fastest lap, while Stefan Wilson came out on top of a battle with friend Richard Plant for third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191334-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Palmer Audi season, 2007 Events, Snetterton (11\u201313 May)\nRound 8 was held in torrential rain, with the first three laps run behind the safety car at slow speed. When the race finally got underway with a rolling start, poleman Bradshaw left the door open for Bridgman at Riches, who made a robust move to take the lead. Bradshaw ran out of road, spinning on to the grass, although he later rejoined to finish 12th. Bridgman cruised from then on to a 10-second victory over Stefan Wilson, with Richard Kent securing his first car racing podium in third. For Bacheta, the race was much more eventful as he fought his way up from 19th on the grid to finish fifth. This meant he held on to his championship lead by just two points from Bridgman, with Wilson another three further back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season\nThe 2007 season of Formula RUS motor racing, a Russian formula racing class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 1\nStage 1 took place at the Autodrom Moscow (ADM), on 25 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 2\nStage 2 took place at the Autodrom Moscow (ADM), on 16\u201317 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 2, Race 1\nSergey Mokshantsev has won both heats of season opening racing held at ADM racetrack. Experienced driver from whom 2007 will be second consecutive season in Formula RUS managed to resist hard charge for the lead from talented youngster Maksim Chernev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 2, Race 1\nFirst race of the weekend started with a small pile-up in the first turn with Yuri Kim retiring from the race with bent suspension. Action from the drivers camp continued on the second lap as Maksim Travin nearly came on top of his fellow rival David Ramishvili. Trying to squeeze part in the first turn Travin could not avoid direct contact and was somersaulted in the air. Thanks to car structures absorbing forces of impact driver managed to escape unscathed with Ramishvilli rejoined race with much battered car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 2, Race 1\nIn fight for the lead Maksim Chernev was mounting pressure on race leader but despite setting faster lap times could not find his way past Sergey Mokshantsev and finished runner-up with Denis Komarov taking final step on the rostrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 2, Race 2\nSecond race happened much to the same scenario as the first race but with less damage done. Sixteen years old driver from Ekaterinburg city was setting fast lap time right on but his relative inexperience paid its dues. Having taken the lead in the second heat race Chernev missed braking and lost his short-lived lead to Mokshantsev. Final podium place was taken by David Ramishvili", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191335-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula RUS season, Stage 3\nStage 3 took place at the Autodrom Moscow (ADM), on 30 June - 1 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 32], "content_span": [33, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191336-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup\nThe 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup was the second Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup season. The season began at Zandvoort on 28 May and finished on 21 October at Hockenheim, after sixteen races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191336-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup\nMotopark Academy driver Frank Kechele won the NEC championship title, having won eight races during the season, bringing the team their second successive drivers' championship title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191336-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, Standings, Drivers\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191337-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship\nThe 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship was the 19th British Formula Renault Championship season. The season began at Brands Hatch on March 31 and finished at Thruxton on October 14, after twenty rounds. The championship was won by Duncan Tappy with Adam Christodoulou winning the Graduate Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series\nThe 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the third Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. began on 14 April 2007 in Monza, Italy and finished in Barcelona, Spain on 28 October 2007 after 17 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Technical\nNew to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2007 season was a 'push to pass' system, similar to the one that was used in the Champ Car World Series. In a bid to promote more overtaking, drivers were now be able to boost their power for up to 60\u00a0seconds per race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Technical\nThe cars also featured modifications to the gearbox, shock absorbers, rear anti-roll bar and steering system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Regulation Changes, Sporting\nA number of new rules were introduced for 2007 in order to improve the racing and to create more excitement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Race calendar and results\nEight rounds formed meetings of the 2007 World Series by Renault season, with an additional round supporting the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Season results\nIn addition, two points were awarded for the fastest lap in each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191338-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Season results\nThe maximum number of points a driver could earn each weekend (except Monaco) was 31 and the maximum number for a team was 55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191339-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship\nThe 2007 Formula V6 Asia season took place in five Asian countries. The season started on May 5\u20136 in Sepang and ended on November 3\u20134 in Zuhai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191339-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship\nBritish driver James Winslow was crowned the 2007 Formula V6 Asia Champion after last round of the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191339-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship, Full Series Results\nPoints are awarded in both races as following: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 bonus points for pole position in the first of the two venue races but only awarded to drivers, not for teams. Only the drivers that achieve races are awarded by points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons\nThis page describe all the 2007 seasons of Formula Renault series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Calendar\nThis table indicate the round number of each Formula Renault series according to weekend dates. The dark note indicate Winter Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 season\nThe 2007 season was the last of the French Formula Renault championship as independent series. It was included in 2008 in the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup. The last round of the French championship was held out of France, in the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona as symbol of the series mutations that expand to Western Europe (Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium) in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 105], "content_span": [106, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 season\nA Rookie (R) and Challenger Cup (C) classifications are also established for newcomers and young drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 105], "content_span": [106, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK season\nThe season include 20 rounds. The final standing was established with the best 18 results of the season. A Graduate Cup (G) classification is also established for young drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 86], "content_span": [87, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK season, 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup\nThe Formula Renault UK Winter Cup and Formula Renault BARC Winter Cup are held in same time, but with separated classification. Some drivers take part of the UK Winter Cup but are not eligible to score points as a non-MSA licence holder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 126], "content_span": [127, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault BARC FR2000 season\nThe season include 12 rounds in 8 venues. The final standing was established with the best 11 results of the season. A Club Class classification is also established for young drivers (see 2007 Formula Renault BARC Club Class season below), they participe on the same race as the FR2000 series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault BARC FR2000 season, 2007 Formula Renault BARC Club Class season\nThe season include 12 rounds in 8 venues. The final standing was established with the best 11 results of the season. The Club Class category is raced in same time as the main Formula Renault BARC FR2000 series. The cars use Tatuus RC (97/98/99) or Mygale SJ99 chassis and are powered by Renault Laguna 2.0L 6 valves engine providing lower Horsepower than the FR2000 class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 136], "content_span": [137, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault BARC FR2000 season, 2007 Formula Renault BARC Winter Cup\nThe Formula Renault BARC Winter Cup and Formula Renault UK Winter Cup are held in same time, but with separated classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 129], "content_span": [130, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia season, 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series\nC\u00e9sar Ramos realize the perfect Winter Series with 4 wins, 4 Pole positions and 4 fastest laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 137], "content_span": [138, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Formula Renault 2000 de America season\nOn May 13, a race in El Salvador and on January 27, 2008, a race in Puebla, Mexico were planned but cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 2.0L, 2007 Asian Formula Renault Challenge season\nThe Asian Challenge Category (A) reward the best asian driver. The China Formula Renault Challenge (C) reward the best driver including only rounds held on China. The table indicate the final position of the race including all drivers and categories but total points are based on results according to participating categories of each driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 95], "content_span": [96, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2007 Championnat de France FFSA Formule Campus Renault Elf season\nThis is the last season of the Championnat de France Formule Campus Renault Elf replaced by Formul\u2019Academy Euro Series in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2007 Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium season\nThe Belgian series is held on 6 venues, 2 races by venues. In 2007, the championship use Zolder (venue 1, 2 and 4), Dijon-Prenois (venue 3) and Spa (venues 5 and 6) circuits. Each round duration is 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2007 Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina season\nThe cars use various chassis like Tito or Tulia. The contest consists of 13 races on 13 different venues\u00a0: Comodoro Rivadavia, Parque Ciudad, Aut\u00f3dromo Ezequiel Crisol, Aut\u00f3dromo Jorge \u00c1ngel Pena, El Zonda - Eduardo Copello, Aut\u00f3dromo Oscar Cabal\u00e9n, Callejero de Santa Fe, Las Paredes, Viedma, Aut\u00f3dromo Oscar Alfredo G\u00e1lvez, Ober\u00e1, Aut\u00f3dromo Rosendo Hern\u00e1ndez and the last in Circuito callejero de Punta del Este, Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2007 PanamGPSeries Formula 1600 Junior season\nThe PanamGPSeries Formula 1600 Junior is held with the Formula de America 2000 on the same 9 races. The same point system is used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Formula Renault 1.6L, 2007 Formula TR 1600 Pro Series season\nThe Formula TR 1600 Pro Series is held with the Formula TR 2000 Pro Series on 20 rounds. The same point system is used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships\nThis section resume unofficial and/or renault engine supplier formulas series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2007 GP2 Series seasons\nThe GP2 Series are powered by 4 liters, V8 Renault engine and Bridgestone tyres with a Dallara chassis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 102], "content_span": [103, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2007 Austria Formel Renault Cup season\nThis is the first season of this series using Formula Renault 2.0L. The season is held on 10 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 117], "content_span": [118, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2007 F\u00f3rmula Renault Plus season\nThe last round was cancelled after the death of Gabriel Werner, brother of Mariano Werner (multiple champion in Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina) during the preparation of the Aut\u00f3dromo Oscar Cabal\u00e9n venue with its team Recta Final Sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 111], "content_span": [112, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191340-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Renault seasons, Other Formulas powered by Renault championships, 2007 F\u00f3rmula 4 Nacional season\nThis is the first season of the F\u00f3rmula 4 Nacional series held on Argentina. Cars use Renault Clio K4M engine (1598cc) with lower power than the official 1.6L series. Teams can choose chassis manufacturer (Tulia, Tito...). A F\u00f3rmula 4 Metropolitana was planned for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 109], "content_span": [110, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191341-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Toyota season\nThe 2007 Formula Toyota season was the 18th and last season for this racing class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191341-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Formula Toyota season, Drivers and teams\nAll cars are Bridgestone shod Toyota FT30 cars with a Toyota 4A-GE engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot\nThe 2007 Fort Dix attack plot involved a group of six radicalized individuals who were found guilty of conspiring to stage an attack against U.S. Military personnel stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot\nThe men were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 8, 2007, and were prosecuted in federal court in October 2008. On December 22, 2008, five were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in their intentions to kill U.S. military personnel; four received life sentences, while one received 33 years in prison. The remaining member was thought to have had a minor role in the plot and was sentenced to five years in prison for weapons offenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot\nCritics accuse the FBI of being a trap, saying the FBI informants created the conspiracy. The FBI used two convicts as paid informants in the case, one of whom was fighting deportation. In addition, they point to issues such as the ineffective assistance of their lawyers, the lack of impartiality of the judge, and the absence of explicit evidence of participation in the alleged plot. Mahmoud Omar, an FBI informant and key witness in the case later claimed that the Dukas were \"people and good\" and said the brothers were innocent. Due to the case, the three Duka brothers, Shnewer, and Abdullahu have been referred to as the Fort Dix Five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Background\nIn the late 1980s, the Dukas abandoned life in Albania and moved to the United States as illegal immigrants and settled in Brooklyn in New York. The Dukas brothers did not adapt to the school and gradually gave up their studies and started to work and to live on the streets. During these periods they were detained numerous times for disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana. Dissatisfied with the situation, Dukas' parents moved into a small apartment in Cherry Hill, New Jersey where the brothers converted to Islam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Background\nOnce established, the Duka family opened a small restaurant and then opened a roofing business. Mohamad Shnewer worked as a taxi driver and grew up with the Dukas in Brooklyn, his sister was engaged to Eljivir. Sedar Tatar worked at his father's pizzeria and later went to work at 7-Eleven in Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nThe six men took a trip to the Poconos mountains, where they allegedly practiced firing \"semi-automatic weapons\" at a shooting range in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania. The shooting range, at Pennsylvania State Game Land 127, is operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A group of ten men had recorded video footage of themselves shooting weapons and shouting Allahu Akbar (\"God is great\"). They had also recorded themselves skiing, playing paintball, and riding horses on their trip to Poconos. The defense argued it was not a terrorist training video.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nOn January 31, 2006, the men took the video to the Circuit City in Mount Laurel, New Jersey to convert it to a DVD. After viewing it, two employees of the store, Brian Morgenstern and another not named in the indictment, alerted authorities, who initiated a full-scale investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nAn informant from the FBI infiltrated the group to gather information. The group's planning was caught on video and audio tape by federal authorities. They also trained in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. US Attorney Chris Christie (later elected Governor of New Jersey) said that one of the suspects was able to draw a detailed map of Fort Dix from memory. Serdar Tatar even went to the police in Philadelphia to report that he was being pressured to provide a map of Fort Dix, and that he suspected a terrorist plan. However, he did not have a response from the authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nThe men continued to work at their jobs. The Duka brothers, Eljvir, Dritan, and Shain (Albanians), worked in roofing. Agron Abdullahu (Albanian), Serdar Tatar (a Turkish legal immigrant), and Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer (a U.S. citizen from Jordan) held a variety of jobs, including as a taxi driver and clerk for 7-Eleven.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nAccording to news reports, five of the men arrested intended to attack the Fort Dix military base and kill as many servicemen as they could. The sixth man arrested, Abdullahu, was charged with aiding and abetting the possession of firearms by the Duka brothers. In a conversation that was recorded by the informant, Shnewer told the FBI informant \"My intent is to hit a heavy concentration of soldiers [...] You hit four, five or six Humvees and light the whole place [up] and retreat completely without any losses\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nThe men tried unsuccessfully to purchase weapons from an FBI informant, including AK-47s, M16s, semi-automatic SIG Sauer 9 mm handguns, and a Smith & Wesson 9\u00a0mm. The informant stated that the weapons were to come from an underground military dealer from Baltimore, Maryland, who had recently returned from Egypt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Context\nOne of the men in the Fort Dix plot was recorded on a surveillance tape commenting on a lecture by Anwar al-Awlaki, a prominent Muslim cleric of American and Yemeni citizenship, who went into hiding in Yemen after becoming radicalized in prison there during 2006\u20132007. (He was targeted for killing by President Obama in 2010 because of his numerous alleged terrorist activities, and killed in September 2011 by an unmanned US drone in Yemen.) On that tape, Shain Duka exclaimed \"You gotta hear this lecture ... it's the truth, no holds barred, straight how it is!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nThe six suspects were indicted on June 5, 2007 and were arraigned in federal court in Camden, New Jersey on June 14 where they pleaded not guilty. The U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler called it \"an unusual case\" and called for the trial to begin by early October, adding, \"If the government is not able to prove this case, they should not be in jail. I want to get this resolved.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nAgron Abdullahu, suspected of having the smallest role in the attack plot, accepted a plea bargain with a limit of 5 years in prison for his weapons offenses. Prosecutors say that while Abdullahu supplied weapons to the other five men, he resisted the idea of attacking the military base.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nOpening arguments were presented on October 20, 2008. Assistant U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick asserted that the defendants were inspired by jihad, saying \"Their motive was to defend Islam. Their inspiration was Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Their intention was to attack the U.S.\" Prosecutors presented recordings of the plot obtained by two paid FBI informants during a 16-month undercover investigation, as well as suspicious videos that were found on one defendant's computer. Defense attorneys countered that the videos, alleged by the prosecution to be terrorist training videos, showed the defendants on holiday exhibiting \"false bravado\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nThey attacked the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses. Informant Mahmoud Omar confessed during the trial that two Duka brothers - Dritan and Shain - knew of no Fort Dix plot. \"They had nothing to do with this,\" he said. On December 22, 2008, the jury found the plotters to be guilty of charges of conspiracy to harm US military personnel. They were acquitted on the charge of attempted murder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nDuring sentencing, Dritan and Shain Duka received life sentences for the conspiracy conviction, with an additional 30 years for related weapons charges. Eljvir Duka and Mohamad Shnewer both received life sentences, and Serdar Tatar was sentenced to 33 years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nA 2011 NPR report said that some of the men associated with this group were imprisoned in a highly restrictive Communication Management Unit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nIn June 2016, Judge Robert Kugler denied requests for a retrial. In his decision, Judge Kugler - the same as the original trial - stated that the Dukas were aware of their right to testify and consciously decided not to. Shain Duka's lawyer, Robert Boyle, called the judge's decision \"disappointing but not entirely unexpected\" and said he would appeal the decision. Lynne Jackson, an attorney for SALM, said: \u201cFort Dix Five supporters will continue to advocate for them and will continue to seek justice for the brothers. We will never give up until they are free. \"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Trial\nIn December 2020 Sedar Tatar applied to be released from prison during the COVID-19 pandemic due to having tuberculosis. Judge Robert Kuegler denied the request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Imprisonment\nEljvir Duka is currently being held at United States Penitentiary, Florence High, while Dritan Duka is at Communications management unit (CMU) at Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute and Shain Duka is at United States Penitentiary, Florence ADMAX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Imprisonment\nMohamad Shnewer is serving his life sentence at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, a high-security facility in Indiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191342-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Dix attack plot, Imprisonment\nSerdar Tatar is serving his 33-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis, a medium-security facility in Tennessee, and is scheduled for release in 2036.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191343-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Worth mayoral election\nThe 2007 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 12, 2007, to elect the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. The election saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Mike Moncrief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191343-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fort Worth mayoral election\nIf no candidate received a majority of the vote in the general election, a runoff would have been held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191344-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg\nThe 2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. The singles title was won by Ana Ivanovic while the doubles title was won by Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191344-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg, Champions, Doubles\nIveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 / Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 defeated Victoria Azarenka / Shahar Pe'er, 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191345-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but neither participated in the doubles competition of the tournament. Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191346-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Singles\nAlona Bondarenko was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the first round by Marion Bartoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191346-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg \u2013 Singles\nSecond seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic was the champion, coming back from a 3-6, 0-3 deficit to beat Slovak Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1. It was her third title of the year and her fifth career title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191347-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2006\u201307 season. It was held at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, USA on February 7\u201310. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191347-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs\nJessica Dub\u00e9 / Bryce Davison did not complete their free skating and so automatically withdrew. During a side-by-side camel spin, the two drifted too close to each other, and Davison's blade hit Dub\u00e9 in the face. She was immediately taken to the hospital and underwent surgery to repair the damage. Dub\u00e9 later made a complete recovery and the two were able to compete at the 2007 World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191348-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)\nThe 2007 Four Nations Tournament was the seventh edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in China. The venue for this edition of the tournament was Guangdong Olympic Stadium, in the city of Guangzhou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191349-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 France rugby union tour of New Zealand\nThe 2007 France rugby union tour of new Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2007 in new Zealand by France national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191349-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 France rugby union tour of New Zealand\nThe final rounds of the 2006\u201307 Top 14 season conflicted with the tour, so France sent a Test team short of 30 of their top players. The team was labelled \"France C\" by the New Zealand media. Featuring 11 new caps, France were defeated 42\u201311 in the first Test at Eden Park. The second Test was played the following week in Wellington, and the All Blacks achieved their largest ever victory over France with a 61\u201310 win. The defeat was France's heaviest in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191350-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Frankfurt Galaxy season\nThe 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the 15th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Mike Jones in his fourth year, and played its home games at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XV, Frankfurt lost to the Hamburg Sea Devils 37\u201328. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191350-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Frankfurt Galaxy season, Honors\nAfter the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europa League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Frankfurt had seven players selected. The selections were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191350-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Frankfurt Galaxy season, Honors\nAdditionally, O'Sullivan was named offensive co-MVP alongside running back Derrick Ross of the Cologne Centurions. O'Sullivan started all ten games and led the league in passer rating (104.8), and passing yards (2,201) while tying for the lead with 16 touchdown passes. He completed 174 of 254 passes with seven interceptions and also rushed 31 times for 110 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191351-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash\nOn June 21, 2007 an overloaded Free Airlines Let L-410UVP (registration 9Q-CEU) in Karibu Airways livery crashed shortly after takeoff from Kamina Town (fr:Kamina Ville) for Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Landing in a swamp east of the unpaved strip, the aircraft came to rest inverted in the water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191351-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash, Background\nFree Airlines and Karibu Airways (also cited as the operator) were both on the List of air carriers banned in the EU. That list now bans \"All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility forregulatory oversight of Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC)\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191351-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash, Background\nThe L-410UVP is only rated for a maximum of 17 passengers, but there were 21 people aboard, including three crew. The aircraft was previously registered as 5R-MGO by the now-defunct Madagascar Flying Services. It was reported to have previously crashed in southern Sudan in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191351-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash, Crash\nThere was one fatality, Mbuyu Mibanga, a deputy in the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 12 more were injured, including two Congolese doctors working for the World Health Organization and one Engineer working for Vodacom-Congo.,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191351-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Free Airlines L-410 crash, Aftermath\nAfter another crash occurred in August 2007, the licenses of Karibu Airways and pilot Isaac Besongo were subsequently suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191352-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Freetown explosion\nOn 20 December 2007, a series of explosions which occurred in the shopping district of Free Street in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone killed 18 people while injuring at least five more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191352-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Freetown explosion, Explosion\nThe explosions were preceded by a fire that had started in a Lebanese used clothing store in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone and was spreading to the rest of the four-storey residential building that the store was located in. According to Ahmad Kamara-Bongay, the deputy chief of the local fire brigade, there had likely been a gas leak which was ignited by the fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191352-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Freetown explosion, Casualties and initial response\nThe explosions killed at least 17 people and injured an estimated five others, while destroying much of the building it had occurred in and trapping \"many people\" underneath the rubble. An onsite fire engine was also damaged. The Connaught Hospital was reported to have struggled to care for the wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191353-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 French Figure Skating Championships (French: Championnat de France Elite) took place between December 1 and 2, 2006 at the Patinoire du Baron in Orl\u00e9ans. Skaters competed at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The event was used to help determine the French team to the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix\nThe 2007 French Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de France 2007) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 2007 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France. It was the eighth race of the 2007 Formula One World Championship. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for the Ferrari team won the 70-lap race starting from third position. Felipe Massa, who started the race from pole position, finished second in the latter Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton third in a McLaren car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix\nMassa controlled most of the race from the front, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen overtook him during the second round of pit stops to take the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Background\nFollowing the United States Grand Prix, the Formula One teams headed to Silverstone for a three-day test. Nine teams participated, with the exception of Honda and Super Aguri, who opted to test at the Jerez circuit. Neither Ferrari nor McLaren were fastest on the first two days at Silverstone, rather it was Toyota that was fastest on both of the days. However, on the third and final day of testing Felipe Massa put Ferrari on top with a time of 1:20.805. The nearest challenger, Nico Rosberg was 0.469 behind, with Fernando Alonso a further 0.010 behind. With Ferrari fastest on the third day, both of their drivers, Massa and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen were very confident heading into the French round of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Background\nOff track Ferrari launched a criminal investigation in Modena against their own employee Nigel Stepney. Stepney's lawyer ruled out sabotage claims, and Stepney said it was part of a \"dirty tricks\" campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThere was also controversy at the rear-end of the grid, as Spyker asked the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to look at the new updates that were put on the Super Aguri at Indianapolis to see whether the Aguri team are receiving current Honda parts. On Saturday, Super Aguri's managing director Daniel Audetto said \"We have rules \u2013 they [Spyker] can just protest. Tell them to protest \u2013 if I have something to complain about, I will make a protest.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Background\nRobert Kubica was back in his BMW after his crash at the Canadian Grand Prix. Early on Saturday, Nick Heidfeld was cleared to continue in his BMW after experiencing back pains during Friday practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nFerrari dominated both practice sessions on the Friday, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen fastest in the first Practice Session and Felipe Massa was fastest in the second Practice Session. Behind the Ferraris, Alonso was third in his McLaren, but seven tenths behind, with his teammate and World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton sixth, but lost nearly an hour of the session due to car trouble. The two McLarens were split by David Coulthard and Nico Rosberg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nHamilton managed to recover from his morning trouble to post the fourth fastest time in the second Practice Session on Friday afternoon. The Ferraris were still leading, but Massa was fastest, just 0.035 seconds ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. However, one of the major surprises came from Scuderia Toro Rosso, as Scott Speed posted the third quickest time, with Vitantonio Liuzzi posting the fifth quickest time. During the session, Liuzzi was involved in a bizarre incident with Anthony Davidson; Davidson exited his garage, and smashed his Super Aguri into the side of Liuzzi's Toro Rosso; knocking his front wing off in the accident. Alonso finished the second practice session eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nIn the final practice session on Saturday morning, Hamilton managed to beat Ferrari, with the Englishman ahead of second-placed Massa by 0.063 seconds. Hamilton and the two Ferraris completed the top three, but Alonso was again down in eighth, having missed nearly the whole of the session with a faulty brake sensor. The Renaults sparked a return to form with Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella fourth and fifth, both ahead of rivals BMW, who were sixth and fifteenth respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nBoth Spykers and both Super Aguris were knocked out of the first phase of qualifying, along with Alexander Wurz's Williams and Vitantonio Liuzzi's Toro Rosso. For Super Aguri's Takuma Sato, it did not matter where he qualified, as he was docked ten places, due to overtaking Jenson Button under yellow flags at the last Grand Prix. Spyker's Adrian Sutil was hoping for a wet race after an unspectacular qualifying. At the front end of the grid, the McLarens were first and fourth, with Hamilton on top, and the Ferraris splitting them in second and third. Heikki Kovalainen rounded out the top five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nDavid Coulthard failed to complete a single timed lap in the second part of qualifying due to a gearbox problem, and started sixteenth. Both Hondas were knocked out also, along with Mark Webber, Scott Speed and Ralf Schumacher. Both Button and Barrichello were happier with the upgraded Honda, with Button saying \"the car is certainly better than the last race in Indianapolis, although the positions don't reflect that\". Hamilton was again fastest in Part two, with teammate Alonso down in fifth. Massa, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Kubica rounded out the top four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAfter topping the first two parts of qualifying, Hamilton dropped to second in the third and final part, with Massa taking pole position, just 0.070 ahead of the Englishman. Massa stated in the post-Qualifying press conference that \"it looks like we [Ferrari] are back and fighting\", with Hamilton believing pole was possible had he not made a mistake at Turn 15. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen qualified third as he lost time on one corner, which he called \"all my fault\". Alonso was unable to complete a single lap in the session due to a gearbox problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nHe was classified tenth and stated that he'd \"prefer a wet race\". Behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was Kubica in fourth, but despite qualifying fifth, Giancarlo Fisichella believed there was \"potential for more\" from the Renault. Fisichella's teammate Kovalainen was sixth, with Nick Heidfeld seventh. Jarno Trulli, Nico Rosberg and Alonso rounded out the top ten. Rosberg also had a slight gearbox problem in the final part of qualifying, which he believed cost him a few tenths coming into the final few corners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThree people were killed in a helicopter crash at the circuit on Saturday night. They were Emmanuel Longobardi, a PR operative; the pilot Pierre Bennehard; and Simon McGill, a New Zealand national. A Bridgestone employee and his niece were injured. Longobardi was a popular member of the Formula One Paddock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAdrian Sutil in the Spyker opted to start from the pitlane. Massa got off to the best possible start and retained his lead, but R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen passed Hamilton into Turn One. At the back of the field, Anthony Davidson hit the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi's Toro Rosso. The Toro Rosso came back onto the track and smashed into the side of the Super Aguri. Liuzzi said afterwards that \"all we can do is wait for Silverstone and hope that the definite improvement we have made with the car pays off\". At the Adelaide hairpin, Jarno Trulli rammed into the back of Heikki Kovalainen. Trulli was out, but Kovalainen continued at the back of the field. Trulli apologised to Kovalainen after the race, and declared it \"a racing accident\". The tangle promoted Alonso up to eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRobert Kubica was quickly losing ground on the two Ferraris and Hamilton. Alonso passed Rosberg for seventh, and quickly closed in on Heidfeld, but stayed behind him until he pitted on Lap 16. Alonso attempted to get past on Lap\u00a0five, but ran wide, giving the position back to the German. Hamilton also pitted on Lap 16, with Massa pitting on Lap 19 and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen on Lap 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen decreased Massa's lead back down from four\u00a0seconds to two\u00a0seconds. Alonso passed both Heidfeld and Fisichella in the middle section of the race. In the second round of stops, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen pitted two laps after Massa. These two laps extra gave R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen the lead after his second stop, with Massa now second. Alonso pitted for the second time on lap 35. Heidfeld and Fisichella pitted several laps later, and both of them got out in front of Alonso. Christijan Albers had an unusual accident, his car left the pit lane with the fuel rig attached without being detached by the pit crews. Eventually, he drove to the side of the track and retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191354-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 French Grand Prix, Report, Race\nR\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen won the race from teammate Massa, with Hamilton third. This marked Ferrari's first one-two of the season. Massa stated that the race win was lost \"because of traffic\", while teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen stated he was \"much happier with the car\", as he became the first Finn to win the race. Kubica was a lonely fourth, with Fisichella, Heidfeld, Alonso and Button rounding out the points. Despite it being Button's first points of 2007, he said that he was \"not getting too excited about it\". Despite finishing seventh, Alonso was still confident about his title chances, saying that he hoped the \"two points are important at the end of the season\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191355-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French National Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 French National Badminton Championships were held in Villeneuve d'Ascq, from 2 to February 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open\nThe 2007 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Bj\u00f6rn Borg, 1978\u201381; and maintained his unbeaten run at Roland Garros. Justine Henin also equaled Monica Seles' record of three consecutive wins. This was the third straight year that Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin won the French Open singles titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nMost of the day's matches were canceled due to rain. Serena Williams and Justine Henin both won on the women's side. Marat Safin won his match, and was the 2007 French Open's first victor. Other winners include Dinara Safina, Tamira Paszek, Potito Starace and Janko Tipsarevi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nMost of the day was again canceled due to rain. However, Venus Williams, Micha\u00eblla Krajicek and Nikolay Davydenko were amongst that day's winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nThe third day saw almost the entire men's draw completed, with only seven of 64 matches yet to play. The top half of the women's singles draw also completed their action. The Americans struggled; only two of the eleven Americans in action are still in the tournament, one of nine men and one of two women. The only American woman to advance was Shenay Perry, who survived a loss of the first set against Olivia Sanchez. The other American man still in the tournament was Robby Ginepri, who didn't even advance yet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nHe split sets with Diego Hartfield before play was suspended. Spanish players enjoyed the opposite fortune, with six of eight men and the only woman all winning their matches. Ernests Gulbis, who became the first Latvian man in the main draw of a Grand Slam, saw off Britain's only representative, Tim Henman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nThe longest match of the men's singles draw was Philipp Kohlschreiber's clash with Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd where the fifth set was eventually taken by Kohlschreiber, 17\u201315. Eight male seeds left the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nAlso, the injured Russian eleventh seed Nadia Petrova went out 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 0\u20136 to Kv\u011bta Peschke. Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 defeated their opponents in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nTenth seed Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych failed to turn his overnight two-set deficit against Guillermo Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez, and became the ninth men's seed to bow out in the first round. The conqueror of Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, lost in five sets to wildcard \u00c9douard Roger-Vasselin in the second round. Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo won through as well. The unseeded Kristof Vliegen was able to beat eleventh seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets, 7\u20136(4), 6\u20133, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nGast\u00f3n Gaudio, the 2004 champion, was up 6\u20134, 6\u20133 on fourteenth-seeded and former number one Lleyton Hewitt, but ended up losing the match in five sets. Hewitt came from behind two sets to defeat Gaudio. Also, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and other players advanced, however rain once again stopped play around 6 P.M. Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastasia Rodionova were amongst the first to win their doubles match today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\nOn Day 6, a repeat of last year's mixed doubles final came when Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 beat Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor 6\u20132, 5\u20137, 10\u20137 in the first round. Number four seed Jelena Jankovi\u0107 beat Venus Williams 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20131 in the third round. Filippo Volandri, seeded 29th, then the most recent person who defeated Roger Federer (at the 2007 Rome Masters), upset the 7th seed Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 6\u20134, 6\u20137, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the third round, and he will play Tommy Robredo in the fourth round, which is his best French Open of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nOn Day 7, there was no rain delay. According to coverage on NBC, a game in the first set between Rafael Nadal and Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s went to over ten deuces, and thirty two points. Today, number five seed Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo lost to Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 for the second time at a major in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nOn Day 8, the women's quarterfinal draw took shape. Two men's quarterfinals also took shape, and many matches in doubles and juniors were also played. The four women's quarterfinals are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nThe men's quarterfinals that have been formed by winning their fourth round matches are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nThe last two men's quarterfinals were formed. Junior singles and doubles matches as well as other senior doubles matches were played. The men's quarterfinals are as so:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 62], "content_span": [63, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nIn the men's singles quarterfinals, Roger Federer beat Tommy Robredo, and Nikolay Davydenko beat Guillermo Ca\u00f1as. Federer will meet Davydenko in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nThe last men's semifinal was formed. Novak Djokovic beat Igor Andreev, and Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Moy\u00e1, and these two winners would take each other on in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nIn the women's semifinals Ana Ivanovic beat Maria Sharapova 6\u20131, 6\u20132 to make it to her first Grand Slam singles final and Justine Henin beat Jelena Jankovi\u0107, and still hasn't lost a set in over two years at the French Open. The first champions were Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram after finals victory over the 2006 champions Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 in mixed doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nFinalists of men's singles are Roger Federer (who beat Nikolay Davydenko 7\u20135, 7\u20136, 7\u20136) and Rafael Nadal (who beat Novak Djokovic 7\u20135, 6\u20134, 6\u20132). 17th seeded Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo beat Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama, the seventh seeds, to win the women's doubles championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nJustine Henin beat Ana Ivanovic in straight sets, and is the three-time champion who has not lost a set since the 2005 fourth round when she saved match points against Svetlana Kuznetsova. The men's doubles and juniors doubles finals were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 15\nRafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in 4 sets to win his 3rd straight French Open title. Nadal has now won 3 French Opens. He won all of twenty-one matches playing on Roland Garros. This was also the second consecutive year that Nadal denied Federer winning 4 slams in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Seniors, Men's doubles\nMark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd / Pavel V\u00edzner, 2\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Seniors, Women's doubles\nAlicia Molik / Mara Santangelo defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Seniors, Mixed doubles\nNathalie Dechy / Andy Ram defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonji\u0107, 7\u20135, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Juniors, Boys' doubles\nThomas Fabbiano / Andrei Karatchenia defeated Kellen Damico / Jonathan Eysseric 6\u20134, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Juniors, Girls' doubles\nKsenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwa\u0144ska \u00a0defeated\u00a0 Sorana C\u00eerstea / Alexa Glatch 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Legends, Legends Under 45 Doubles\nArnaud Boetsch / Guy Forget defeated Henri Leconte / C\u00e9dric Pioline 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 1\u20130(14)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 51], "content_span": [52, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Legends, Legends Over 45 Doubles\nAnders J\u00e4rryd / John McEnroe defeated John Fitzgerald / Guillermo Vilas 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nSt\u00e9phane Houdet / Micha\u00ebl Jeremiasz defeated Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nMaaike Smit / Esther Vergeer defeated Florence Gravellier / Mie Yaosa 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 56], "content_span": [57, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Qualifier entries, Men's Qualifiers entries\nThe following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 61], "content_span": [62, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Qualifier entries, Women's Qualifiers entries\nThe following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 63], "content_span": [64, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191356-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open, Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191357-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nThe 2007 French Open boys' doubles junior tennis competition was won by Thomas Fabbiano of Italy and Andrei Karatchenia of Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191358-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nIn the 2007 French Open tennis tournament, the boys' singles competition was won by Uladzimir Ignatik of Belarus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191359-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nSharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but did not participate in the juniors that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191359-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nKsenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska won the title, defeating Sorana C\u00eerstea and Alexa Glatch in the final, 6-1, 6-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191360-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nFrance's Aliz\u00e9 Cornet won the title, defeating Mariana Duque Marino in the final, 4-6, 6\u20131, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191360-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska was the defending champion, but chose to participate in the main draw instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191361-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThe defending champions were Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi; however, they lost in the quarterfinals against Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek. Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating ninth seeds Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Pavel Vizner in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191362-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nTwo-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defended his title, defeating rival Roger Federer in a rematch of the previous year's final 6\u20133, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2007 French Open. It was his third French Open title and his third major title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191362-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFor the second consecutive year, Federer had a chance to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to achieve a non-calendar year Grand Slam (holding all four major tournament titles at once), having won the Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open in 2006\u201307, but he lost a second consecutive final to Nadal, and for the third consecutive year (losing to Nadal in 2005 semifinals). Novak Djokovic, who would go on to achieve this feat at the 2016 French Open, made his first major semifinal at the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191362-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nFederer reached a record-breaking 8th consecutive Grand Slam final appearance (streak starting at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships), surpassing Jack Crawford who had reached 7 consecutive finals between 1933 and 1934.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191363-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 2007 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191364-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nThe defending champions were Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonji\u0107, but they lost to Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191364-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles, Seeds\n1.Francesca Schiavone / Jonas Bj\u00f6rkman did not take part, Anastasia Rodionova / Jordan Kerr took their place", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191365-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191365-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nAlicia Molik and Mara Santangelo won the title, defeating Srebotnik and Sugiyama in the final 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191366-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin was the two-time defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Ana Ivanovic in the final, 6-1, 6-2 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2007 French Open. Henin won the title without losing a set, or facing a tiebreak in any set, in the entire tournament for the second consecutive time. It was Henin's fourth French Open title, and Henin's third consecutive French Open title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191366-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe tournament saw the Grand Slam debut of two future World No. 1's and Grand Slam champions, Caroline Wozniacki and Angelique Kerber. Both players lost in the first round, to Nathalie Dechy and Elena Dementieva, respectively. This was also the Grand Slam debut of future WTA Finals champion and Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1, who reached the third round as a qualifier before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191367-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2007 French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191368-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Pacific Women's Handball Cup\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by DenSportgladeSk\u00e5ningen (talk | contribs) at 18:43, 9 September 2020 (\u2192\u200eRankings). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191368-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French Pacific Women's Handball Cup\nThe 2007 Women's French Pacific Handball Championship was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 25\u201326 May 2005, as part of the Women's Pacific Handball Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191368-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French Pacific Women's Handball Cup\nThe competition participants Tahiti, and New Caledonia. Wallis and Futuna did not send a team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191369-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Road Cycling Cup\nThe 2007 French Road Cycling Cup was the sixteenth edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. It started on February 25 with the Tour du Haut Var and finished on October 11 with Paris\u2013Bourges. S\u00e9bastien Chavanel of La Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux won the overall competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191370-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French Super Series\nThe 2007 French Super Series is the tenth tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Paris, France from October 30 to November 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election\nThe French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions. Early first-round results projected a large majority for President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP and its allies; however, second-round results showed a closer race and a stronger left. Nevertheless, the right retained its majority from 2002 despite losing some 40 seats to the Socialists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election\nTaking place so shortly after the presidential poll, these elections provided the newly elected president with a legislative majority in line with his political objectives \u2013 as was the case in 2002, when presidential victor Jacques Chirac's UMP party received a large majority in the legislative elections. It is the first time since the 1978 elections that the governing coalition has been returned after a second consecutive election. The majority, however, was slimmer than the \"blue wave\" predicted by opinion polls (blue being the colour of French conservatives).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Election system\nThe procedure by which deputies are elected is a mixture of first past the post and run-off systems. A candidate must take an absolute majority (more than 50%) in their constituency to win in the first round, and receive the support of at least 25% of all registered voters. Otherwise, if they get at least 12.5% of the votes of all registered voters in the first round, or are one of the top two candidates remaining, they go through to the second round, where only a simple plurality is needed to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Election system\nIn most cases, there are only two candidates remaining for the second round: one left-wing (generally from the Socialist Party) and one right-wing (generally from the Union for a Popular Movement). Triangulaires happen when a third candidate reaches the second round and refuses to either abandon his candidacy or to enter any form of electoral alliance. In 2007, only one constituency experienced a triangulaire in the second round (in which Jean Lassalle, a MoDem candidate, was elected).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Election system\nThe Constitutional Council had beforehand warned the government of the necessity to renew the electoral map, as the 577 electoral districts are made on the basis of the 1982 census of the population (thus being 25 years late on the current spread-out of the population). Because of this miscorrelation between the electoral map and the geographical map of the population, a deputy would need only 5,000 votes to be elected in some districts (such as in Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy) while it would need 180,000 votes in others (such as the Seine-Saint-Denis). The Constitutional Council noted that this contradicted article 6 of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as well as articles 3 and 24 of the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign\nOpinion polls and seat projections gave President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP-led coalition a wide lead, sometimes nearing three-quarters of all 577 seats. The UMP polled marginally above 40%, around a 10-point increase over its score of 33% in the first round of the 2002 elections. Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Fillon, also a candidate in Sarthe, led the UMP campaign. On the far-right, following Jean-Marie Le Pen's relatively low score in the presidential election, the National Front tried to regain lost ground in the legislative election, but opinion polls gave the FN only 4 or 5 per cent of votes, one of its lowest scores in a general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, Socialist Party\nThe Socialist Party's defeated 2007 presidential candidate, S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal, also campaigned on behalf of her party, even though she did not run for re-election as a deputy in Deux-S\u00e8vres. The Socialists sought to prevent the UMP from winning too wide a majority that would give Sarkozy \"full powers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, Union for French Democracy\nBetween the two rounds of the presidential election, the UDF leader Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou had announced the creation of a new political party, the Democratic Movement (MoDem), and refused to continue the alliance between centrists and the UMP. This strategy was dangerous for the centrist MPs, one month before the legislative election. The ballot system for the election of the deputies favoured the coalitions to the detriment of the isolated parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, Union for French Democracy\nIn this, contrary to Bayrou, the most part of the UDF deputies and senators called to vote for Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of the presidential election, then joined the \"Presidential Majority\" and founded the New Centre. Incumbent president of the UDF group in the National Assembly, Herv\u00e9 Morin, led this new political formation and was nominated Defense Minister. For the first time, Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou was challenged by a right-wing candidate in his constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, Union for French Democracy\nInterest in one local election race surrounded G\u00e9rard Vignoble of the UDF, who had represented Roubaix since 1988. Vignoble announced that he would not stand again since this would put him against cardiologist Salem Kacet of the UMP, who had operated on him in 1999 and saved his life. The two candidates had become close friends. Vignoble said that it was impossible for him to come to any other decision. Nevertheless, Kacet still failed to take the seat, the winner being the Socialist Dominique Baert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, French Communist Party\nThe Communists hoped that their vote would hold up following their lowest percentage vote ever (1.93%) in the presidential race in May. While polls seemed unfriendly to the Communists, with some predicting less than 10 seats for the party, the second round's left surge prevented a massive Communist defeat. Although losing seats, they were able to gain or hold 15 seats. However, the PCF lost previously safe seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, VAT Polemic\nDuring the electoral TV programme of the first round, the former Socialist Prime Minister Laurent Fabius called out to the Minister of Economy Jean-Louis Borloo about the project of a new VAT to finance the social security. Borloo confirmed it was examined by the government. This new tax was the main theme of campaign between the two rounds. It was criticized by the left because it could rise the prices for all the housekeepings. This project was perceived as contradictory to candidate Sarkozy's promise to be \"President of the purchasing power\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Campaign, VAT Polemic\nAccording to the former UMP Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, in re-mobilizing the left-wing voters, this controversy caused the defeat of around 60 UMP candidates in the second round. In this, if the right stood majority, the left won 49 seats since 2002. Accused to be responsible of this result, Jean-Louis Borloo was nominated Minister of Ecology, replacing Alain Jupp\u00e9, beaten in his constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Results\nContrary to the polls, the UMP lost ground, but it maintained a workable majority. The Socialists unexpectedly gained seats. Their plea to voters to prevent an overwhelming UMP dominance of the legislature appears to have paid off, providing the Socialists with a measure of redemption from the election loss. UDF splinter groups, Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou's MoDem and the New Centre, contested their first elections. MoDem won 4 seats (including Mayotte regionalist Abdoulatifou Aly), while the New Centre was able to form a parliamentary group, with 22 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Results\nIt remains to be seen whether Bayrou's party, which polled the third highest vote (7.61% in round one), will develop into a major political force. Their result is an improvement on the UDF's result of 4.9% in 2002. The National Front (FN) polled its lowest vote since its splash onto the political scene in 1986. The FN lost more than 60% of its support base since 2002. Support for the Communist Party also declined, and they saw a loss of several seats, whilst several other left-wing parties won nine new seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Results\nThe Greens gained one new seat, despite a fall in their vote. One of the most stunning results was the surprise defeat of UMP party leader Alain Jupp\u00e9 by the Socialist Party candidate Mich\u00e8le Delaunay. Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres was defeated as well losing to Socialist Party candidate Jean-Patrick Gille. The far right did not win any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191371-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 French legislative election, Results, Change since 2002\n*Both formed from a split of the UDF, a traditionally centre-right party, in early 2007. The MoDems pursued a path of independence from the right-wing while the Nouveau Centre supported Nicolas Sarkozy (and was supported by the UMP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191372-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 18\u201320 May 2007 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191372-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe MotoGP race was subject to wet weather and the race saw the first time in the 800cc MotoGP formula era where riders changed bikes mid-race as a result of the conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191372-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election\nThe 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra) for a five-year term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election\nThe winner, decided on 5 and 6 May 2007, was Nicolas Sarkozy. The first round of voting took place on Saturday 21 April 2007 (French territories in the Americas and the Eastern Pacific) and Sunday, 22 April 2007 (French territories in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Metropolitan France). As no candidate obtained a majority (50 percent plus one), a second round between the two leading candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal, took place on Saturday 5 May and Sunday, 6 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election\nSarkozy and Royal both represented a generational change. Both main candidates were born after World War II, along with the first to have seen adulthood under the Fifth Republic, and the first not to have been in politics under Charles de Gaulle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Summary of results\nThe first round saw a very high turnout of 83.8% \u2013 36.7\u00a0million of the 44.5\u00a0million electorate voted from a population of 64.1\u00a0million (not including French people living abroad). The results of that round saw Sarkozy and Royal qualify for the second round with Sarkozy getting 31% and Royal 26%. Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou came third (19%) and Jean-Marie Le Pen fourth (10%), unlike in 2002 when Le Pen got a surprising 16.9% and qualified for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Summary of results\nImmediately after the first round's results were made official, four defeated left-wing candidates \u2013 Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9, Marie-George Buffet, Arlette Laguiller and Dominique Voynet \u2013 urged their supporters to vote for Royal. This was the first time since 1981 that Laguiller had endorsed the Socialist Party's candidate. Olivier Besancenot called his supporters to vote against Sarkozy. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Nihous and G\u00e9rard Schivardi never officially supported either Royal or Sarkozy. Philippe de Villiers called for a vote for Sarkozy. Le Pen told his voters to \"abstain massively\" in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Summary of results\nOn 25 April, Bayrou declared he would not support either candidate in the runoff, and announced he would form a new political party called the Democratic Movement. He criticised both major candidates, and offered to debate them. Royal agreed to hold a televised debate, while Sarkozy offered to have a private discussion but not a televised debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Summary of results\nBy around 6:15\u00a0pm local time on 6 May, Belgian and Swiss news sources such as Le Soir, RTBF, La Libre Belgique and La Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve had announced Nicolas Sarkozy as the winner of the second round, citing preliminary exit poll data. The final CSA estimate showed him winning with 53% of the votes cast. Royal conceded defeat to Sarkozy that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nNationwide, Nicolas Sarkozy obtained 31% and S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal 26% \u2013 while in 2002, Jacques Chirac had obtained 20%, and Lionel Jospin 16.18%. The right-of-centre Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou obtained 18.6% this time, nearly tripling his 2002 result (6.8%). National Front (FN) candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen, made only 10.4%, compared to his stunning 16.9% finish in 2002. Along with the April\u2013May shift to the far right made by Sarkozy, this has led many commentators to allege that traditional voters of the FN had been tempted by Sarkozy. On a global scale, the left-wing reached 36% of the votes, against 19% for the \"centre\", 33% for the right wing and 11% for the far right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nOther candidates received a much lower share of the vote than they had in 2002, with Olivier Besancenot (Revolutionary Communist League, LCR) failing to achieve the 5% necessary to have his political campaign reimbursed by the state. Besancenot received 4.1%, compared to 4.3% in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nHe was followed by the traditionalist Philippe de Villiers (2.2%), Communist Marie-George Buffet (1.9%, compared to 3.4% for Robert Hue in 2002), Green candidate Dominique Voynet (1.6%, compared to 5.3% for No\u00ebl Mam\u00e8re in 2002), Workers' Struggle's candidate Arlette Laguiller (1.3%, compared to 5.7% in 2002), alter-globalisation candidate Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9 (1.3%), Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Nihous (1.2% , against 4.2% for Jean Saint-Josse in 2002) and finally G\u00e9rard Schivardi with 0.3% (Daniel Gluckstein had achieved 0.5% in 2002). The abstention rate was 15.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nWith an overall record turnout of 83.8%, a level not achieved since the 1965 presidential election when turnout was 84.8%, the vast majority of the electorate decided not to stay home. Most of them decided against protest votes, and chose the vote utile (tactical voting, literally \"useful vote\"), that is, a vote for one of the purported leaders of the electoral race (Nicolas Sarkozy, S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal and/or Fran\u00e7ois Bayrou). The \"Anyone But Sarkozy\" push benefited both Bayrou and Royal, while the tactical voting, on the right or on the left, explains the low score of the other candidates, in contrast with the last presidential election's first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nThe electoral campaign saw a polarisation of the political scene, encapsulated by the \"Anyone But Sarkozy\" slogan on the left. But it also saw a reconfiguration of the political chessboard, with various left-wing figures and voters deciding to support Sarkozy against Royal, who saw opposition inside her own party. Bernard Tapie, a former Socialist, Max Gallo, who had supported left-wing Republican Jean-Pierre Chev\u00e8nement in 2002, Eric Besson, etc., passed on Sarkozy's side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nOn the other hand, some right-wing voters, upset by Sarkozy's attitude on law and order, immigration, and even genetics (his recent declarations on paedophilia, homosexuality and suicides as genetically induced, denounced by the geneticist Axel Kahn), decided to vote for Bayrou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, First round and analysis\nCentrist figures of the Socialist party, such as Michel Rocard and Bernard Kouchner, called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal, which might have had consequences in the June 2007 legislative elections \u2013 these determined the parliamentary majority, and decided that France would not see another cohabitation between the President, head of state, and the Prime minister, leader of the government. Former socialist minister Claude All\u00e8gre stated such an alliance was \"entirely conceivable\", while Royal herself strongly criticised Rocard's comments. Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, the national secretary of the Socialist Party and S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal's partner, excluded any alliance with the centre-right, along with others left-wing leaders, such as Laurent Fabius or Dominique Voynet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nIn urban areas, most lower and middle-income neighbourhoods and cities voted largely for S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal. In the tenth arrondissement of Paris, Royal obtained 42% against 25% for Sarkozy, and 20.35% for Bayrou; in the 11th arrondissement, Royal obtained more than 40.8% to 25.8% for Sarkozy and 20.9% for Bayrou. In the 18th arrondissement, Royal obtained 41.1% against 23.4% for Sarkozy; in the 19th arrondissement, Royal obtained more than 39%, against almost 28% for Sarkozy; and in the 20th arrondissement, Royal obtained 42.4% against 23.2% for Sarkozy, and 18.3% for Bayrou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nRoyal also narrowly beat Sarkozy in the normally conservative city of Bordeaux (31.4% against 30.8%, and 22% for Bayrou), as well as in Brest, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Nantes, Rouen, Lille, Le Mans, Montpellier, Saint-\u00c9tienne, Limoges, Amiens, Pau (where Bayrou finished first), Rennes and Toulouse (the historical base of the former Radical-Socialist Party). Working-class Paris suburbs (called les banlieues) also massively voted for Royal. This was more or less expected, in particular with the high level of voter registration by suburban youths, who had been strongly opposed to Sarkozy since the 2005 riots during which he had made controversial remarks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nMeanwhile, a large number of university students had participated in the protests against the CPE, proposed by Sarkozy's UMP party, in the spring of 2006; they also strongly backed Royal. She consequently came first in Nanterre, with almost 36% against 23% for Sarkozy. She reached 41.6% in Saint-Denis, against 19.6% for Sarkozy and 15.5% for Bayrou. In \u00c9vry, she also passed the 40% line, while Sarkozy received only 23.6%. In Cr\u00e9teil, she won a closer race, gaining 35% to Sarkozy's 30% and 18% for Bayrou. In the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, home to many people of immigrant origin, Royal obtained 34.2% to 26.8% for Sarkozy and 16.7% for Bayrou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nIn contrast, wealthy arrondissements of Paris voted for Sarkozy. The prosperous 16th arrondissement gave him 64% of its vote, against 16.4% for Bayrou and only 11.27% for Royal; the seventh arrondissement voted for 56% in favour of Sarkozy, to 20.35 for Bayrou and 15.35% for Royal; the eighth arrondissement voted at more than 58% for Sarkozy to 18.65% for Bayrou and 14% for Royal; the 15th arrondissement voted 41.5% for Sarkozy against 24.3% for Royal and 22.9% for Bayrou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nThe mostly wealthy Paris suburbs of the Hauts-de-Seine department, home of Neuilly-sur-Seine where Sarkozy is mayor, voted 38.3% for him, against 26% for Royal and 21.3% for Bayrou. Sarkozy also won in the Essonne department (more than 31% against 27% for Royal), in the Seine-et-Marne (33.5% to almost 24% for Royal) as well as in the Yvelines (37.7% against 23% for Royal and 22% for Bayrou).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nMarseille, the second-largest city of France, went Sarkozy's way overall as he won 34.25% of the vote to 27.1% for Royal and only 14.1% for Bayrou (putting a close third ahead of Le Pen, who obtained 13.4%). However, in working-class neighbourhoods of the north of Marseille, such as Savine (15th arrondissement) and the Busserine (14th arrondissement), Royal received overwhelming support, receiving 60% of the vote in Busserine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Urban votes\nFrance's third-largest city, Lyon, also was won by Sarkozy, who received 34.5% of the vote to 27.3% for Royal and 22% for Bayrou. He triumphed as well in the wealthy city of Aix-en-Provence with 36.8%, against 25.4% for Royal and 19.8% for Bayrou. In Nice, a conservative stronghold, Sarkozy obtained more than 41% against 20.4% for Royal and less than 15% for Bayrou. Sarkozy also narrowly beat Royal in the industrial port of Le Havre (29% against 26.8%), as well as in Avignon, N\u00eemes, Metz, Nancy, and Strasbourg (these last three cities belonging to the Alsace-Lorraine region).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nA map of France's departments shows the candidate of the Socialist Party, S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal, came first in the South-West and the Massif Central, which were traditional bases of the Radical-Socialist Party during the Third Republic. She also topped the poll in Brittany, except in the department of Morbihan, but a fifth of electors in Brittany voted for Bayrou. Ni\u00e8vre and Seine-Saint-Denis were other departments where she came first, as well as the overseas departments of Martinique and R\u00e9union and the overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Sarkozy came first everywhere else, except for Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Atlantiques, where Bayrou topped the poll in the department of his birth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nThe left regressed, compared 2002, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, which has traditionally favored Socialist and Communist candidates. The Nord department, hit hard during the 1980s by an industrial crisis, gave a plurality to Sarkozy (29.3%), while Royal won 24.8% (and won the city of Lille) and Bayrou received 15.6%. Marie-George Buffet barely received 5% in the constituency of the Communist deputy Alain Bocquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nThe Haute-Garonne, traditional Radical-Socialist territory, voted (including its capital, Toulouse), for S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal, giving her 33%, against less than 27% for Sarkozy and slightly more than 19% for Bayrou. The Corr\u00e8ze, where Jacques Chirac began his political career as the deputy of Ussel, also voted slightly in favour of Royal, as did the Creuse, one of the least-populated departments of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nThe Alpes-Maritimes, part of the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur region where the National Front won several cities in the 1990s (Toulon of the Var, Marignane of the Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne and Orange of the Vaucluse) voted for Sarkozy at 43.6%, while Royal received only 17.9%, Bayrou 15.0%, and Jean-Marie Le Pen 13.5%. The Vaucluse department gave 32.8% of its votes to Sarkozy, 20.9% to Royal, 16.8% to Le Pen and 15.5% to Bayrou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nThe Vend\u00e9e voted 29.7% for Sarkozy, 21.7% for Royal, 20.8% for Bayrou, and 11.3% for Philippe de Villiers, deputy of the department. Le Pen. meanwhile, managed only 6.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nLe Pen's highest departmental tallies occurred in Aisne (17.3%) and Haute-Marne (17%). Other departments to give him more than 15% were the Vaucluse (16.8%), Haute-Sa\u00f4ne (16.5%), Meuse (16.3%), Ardennes (16.2% \u2013 where left-wing candidate Besancenot received 5.35%), Pas-de-Calais (16%), Oise (15.9%), Corse-du-Sud (15.9%), Vosges (15.7%), and Gard (15.4%),", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nDepartments where Besancenot obtained more than 5% of the vote include Ardennes, Aisne (where Le Pen also achieved a strong results), Ari\u00e8ge, Allier (where Sarkozy obtained 28% against nearly 26% for Royal), Calvados (where Sarkozy finished first with 29% to 25% for Royal), Finist\u00e8re, Cher, C\u00f4tes d'Armor, Creuse, Indre, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nord, Meuse, Moselle, Pas-de-Calais (6.2%), Sarthe, Ni\u00e8vre, Puy-de-D\u00f4me, Somme, Territoire-de-Belfort, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Vienne and the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (6.5%, along with 5.1% for Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9; only 6.7% for Le Pen).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Regional votes\nThe overseas department of Martinique has been strongly opposed to Sarkozy; Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire, mayor of Fort-de-France and leader of the N\u00e9gritude movement, refused to see him during his visit there in December 2005 (due to the UMP vote of the 2005 law on colonialism). In the first round, it heavily supported Royal (48.5%, against 33.8% for Sarkozy and only 8.6% for Bayrou; the next highest total was received by Besancenot, with 2.5%). R\u00e9union also strongly supported Royal (46.2%, to 25% for Sarkozy and 13% for Bayrou). Meanwhile, Sarkozy won in New Caledonia (with 49.7% of the vote) and in Guadeloupe (with 42.6%, against 38.3% for Royal), as well as in French Guiana and the overseas territories of French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Demographic breakdown of the first-round vote\n30% of men voted for Sarkozy, 24% of them for Royal. 32% of women voted Sarkozy, 27% Royal. 29% of 18- to 24-year-olds voted Royal, against 26% for Sarkozy. Sarkozy also made a higher score for 35- to 44-year-olds and 60- to 69-year-olds, but a lesser score in the 45- to 59-year-old category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Demographic breakdown of the first-round vote\n36% of farmers voted Sarkozy against 8% for Royal. Workers voted at similar levels for both Sarkozy and Royal (21% for each), while public servants voted at 34% for Royal (18% for Sarkozy). 19% of unemployed people voted for Sarkozy, 32% of them for Royal. Students also voted in majority for Royal (32% against 21%), while pensioned elders voted at 41% for Sarkozy (23% for Royal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 89], "content_span": [90, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Second round\nThe second round of the 2007 French presidential election started in Saint Pierre and Miquelon on Saturday 5 May 2007 at 8\u00a0am local time (2007-05-05 10:00 UTC) and ended in the large cities of Metropolitan France on Sunday, 6 May 2007 at 8\u00a0pm local time (2007-05-06 18:00 UTC). Turnout in the second round of the election was 84.0%, higher than in the first round. Nicolas Sarkozy got 53.06% of the votes and S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal got 46.94%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Second round\nThe left-right division was reinforced, according to many observers, by the election of Nicolas Sarkozy. 91% of the electors self-identifying as members of the centre-left voted for Royal, and 92% of those who self-identified as centre-right voted for Sarkozy. The center thus appears to have been polarized. The vast majority of the dissident left also voted for Royal, while the extreme right strongly supported Sarkozy. Although Jacques Chirac was successful among young electors in 1995, mostly owing to his discourse on the \"social rupture\" (fracture sociale), Sarkozy's electorate was more traditionally right-wing and focused on older people. The only age group that gave him a majority was the over-50, who accounted for 52% of his voters, compared to only 37% of Royal's. Sarkozy obtained only 40% among those 18\u201324 years old, while Chirac had obtained 55% in the same category in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Second round\nIn social categories, Sarkozy won majorities among pensioned and inactive elders (58%), business leaders, shopkeepers and craftworkers (82% ), categories which are traditionally conservative. Sarkozy lost votes, compared to Chirac, among workers (59% for Royal) and employees (57% for Royal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Second round\nThe general electoral geography did not significantly change from the first Chirac election. However, Sarkozy received a lesser score in Corr\u00e8ze, Chirac's home department, and bettered Chirac's score in the North-East, where Le Pen had obtained some of his better scores in 2002. Overall, the increase in votes for Sarkozy between the two rounds occurred mostly in departments where the National Front's presence is strong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Results, Second round\nSpoilt votes represented 4.2% of the electors (as much as in 2002 and 1995).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Requirements\nThe requirements for being successfully nominated as a candidate are defined by the organic law of 6 November 1962.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Requirements\nAll candidates must be of French nationality and at least 23 years old (the same requirement as for the candidates to the National Assembly).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Requirements\nCandidates must obtain signatures from 500 elected officials (mayors, members of Parliament, elected representatives) supporting their candidacy. These signatures from elected officials (informally known in French as parrainages, but legally known as \"presentations\") must be from at least 30 different departments or overseas territories, and no more than 10 percent can be from any individual department. A presentation from an elected official does not imply the official supports the policies of the candidate, but rather that this official considers the candidate to be a serious candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Requirements\nCandidates must also submit a statement with details of their personal assets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Requirements\nThe Constitutional Council published the official candidate list on 20 March 2007. The candidates are listed in a randomised order. This order will be used for the official campaign: thus, posters for Olivier Besancenot will always be on the No. 1 board, those for Marie-George Buffet on the No. 2 board, etc., regardless of where in France the boards are located.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Requirements\nThere were a total of 12 candidates for the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nFour candidates consistently registered over 10% in the opinion polls and were regarded as having a reasonable chance of reaching the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nNicolas Sarkozy candidate of the Union for a Popular Movement", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Candidates, Other candidates\nThese were the eight other candidates who obtained the required 500 signatures from elected officials to endorse their candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Legal issues and freedom of speech\nApart from issues related to TV and radio time regulated by the broadcasting authorities during the two-week \"official campaign\", other legal issues related to freedom of speech of candidates appeared during the month before the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Abstention and spoilt votes\nAbstention was exceptionally low, as well as protest votes. Blank vote (going to vote, but deliberately cancelling one's ballot, by any means possible \u2013 tearing it in two, writing Tintin on it, or anything absurd as such) is not included in official counts \u2013 i.e. it is considered a spoilt vote, counted as equivalent to abstention. A very small party, the Parti Blanc (White Party, for \"white vote\", i.e. blank vote) has called for the official count of white votes by the state (as in None of the above systems). It organised a march in Paris on Wednesday 18 March 2007 in which only thirty people participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Electronic voting\nFor the first time in a presidential election, electronic voting has been introduced in some areas. Voting machines have been authorised in 2004. They have been introduced in only 82 of 36,000 voting districts, and have been criticised by a number of people, both on the left and on the right. A petition against them has also been made (see Wikinews:Electronic voting disputed in France).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nApproximately 200 French intellectuals expressed support for S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nThese included the philosopher \u00c9tienne Balibar (a student of Louis Althusser), the editor Fran\u00e7ois Maspero, the historian Pierre Rosanvallon, the psychanalyst Fethi Benslama, the philosopher Jacques Bouveresse, the sociologist Robert Castel, the philosopher Catherine Colliot-Th\u00e9l\u00e8ne, the writer Chlo\u00e9 Delaume, the historian Michel Dreyfus, the anthropologist Fran\u00e7oise H\u00e9ritier, the sculptor Fran\u00e7oise Jolivet, the film-maker Roy Lekus, the sociologist Eric Mac\u00e9, the philosopher Pierre Macherey, the philosopher Jean-Claude Monod the artist Ariane Mnouchkine, the economist Yann Moulier Boutang (involved with Multitudes), the historian G\u00e9rard Noiriel, the historian Pascal Ory, the historian Michelle Perrot, the economist Thomas Piketty, the historian Benjamin Stora, the anthropologist Emmanuel Terray, the lawyer Michel Tubiana (former president of the Human Rights League), and the sociologist Lo\u00efc Wacquant (a student of Pierre Bourdieu).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 1029]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nR\u00e9gis Debray called to vote first for a far-left candidate, then Royal in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nOn the other hand, the so-called Nouveaux Philosophes were split on their support. Andr\u00e9 Glucksmann called to vote Sarkozy, while Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy voted for S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal. Max Gallo, who had supported the left-wing Republican Jean-Pierre Chev\u00e8nement in 2002, joined Sarkozy five years later. Pascal Bruckner and Alain Finkielkraut have also proved close to Sarkozy, although they did not declare support for him, but Sarkozy did support Finkielkraut after controversial statements made in Haaretz newspaper following the 2005 civil unrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0044-0001", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nAccording to the journalist Jacques Julliard, the support of some French intellectuals for the 2003 invasion of Iraq is the root of their rallying to Sarkozy, following the creation of the review titled Le Meilleur des mondes (Brave New World). Pascal Bruckner, historian St\u00e9phane Courtois, Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Delpech, Andr\u00e9 Glucksmann, Romain Goupil, Pierre-Andr\u00e9 Taguieff, Olivier Rollin, and Pierre Rigoulot are frequent contributors to this review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nTennis player Yannick Noah called to vote for Royal, while Sarkozy obtained the support of singers Johnny Hallyday, Mireille Mathieu and Faudel, of rapper Doc Gyneco, and former politician and current actor Bernard Tapie. He also had the support of actors Jean Reno and Christian Clavier, both residing in Neuilly-sur-Seine where Sarkozy was the mayor between 1983 and 2002 and of G\u00e9rard Depardieu. But also of industrialist Martin Bouygues, whose children attended the same school as Sarkozy's offspring. The humourist Dieudonn\u00e9 and the writer Alain Soral supported Jean-Marie Le Pen. Actress Juliette Binoche supported Jos\u00e9 Bov\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, French personalities\nThe song Elle est facho (She's a fascist) on the Rouge Sang album by singer Renaud released in 2006 gained particular media attention for lyrics in the last verse that translate as \"she's a fascist and votes Sarko\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 82], "content_span": [83, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, International support\nAbroad, Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy, gave his support to Sarkozy immediately following the first round, while Romano Prodi, the then Italian premier and leader of the centre-left Union coalition, called for an alliance between Bayrou and Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, International support\nSpanish Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero has shown his support for Royal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, International support\nEuropean commissioner and Vice-President Margot Wallstr\u00f6m was criticised after she informally suggested support for Royal on her blog, celebrating the fact that a woman got into the second round. She said: \"J'\u00e9tais si contente de voir qu'une femme participera au deuxi\u00e8me tour de l\u2018\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle!\" (I was so happy to see that a woman would be participating in the second round of the presidential election!) Commissioners are not meant to be politically biased in elections under their code of conduct. Wallstr\u00f6m is a social-democrat, like Royal. Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, the head of the European Commission, has privately discussed the idea of forming a \"strategic partnership\" with Mr. Sarkozy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, International support\nMany U.S. pundits and western economists expressed support for Nicolas Sarkozy. Steve Forbes devoted several columns in the influential financial publication FORBES Magazine. The London-based magazine The Economist also expressed support for Sarkozy's economic platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, Alleged Libyan financial contributions to Sarkozy\nIn 2011, according to the son of the Libyan leader Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, Sarkozy was provided with financial support from Libya during the presidential election. In 2012, Mediapart published material revealing Gaddafi's financial support to Nicolas Sarkozy for the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, Alleged Libyan financial contributions to Sarkozy\nIn 2014, television station France 3 released an audio recording made by Delphine Minoui on March 16, 2011, during which Minoui interviewed Muammar Gaddafi. In the recording, Gaddafi tells Minoui that Sarkozy had approached him seeking funds for his presidential election campaign while still serving as French interior minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Position of third parties, Alleged Libyan financial contributions to Sarkozy\nIn February 2018 Asharq Al-Awsat quoted a source who alleged Sarkozy had promised Libyan representatives improved relations between France and Libya should he be elected president, and that he would wrap-up the matter of the bombing of UTA Flight 772. As recently as 2018, Saif al-Islam reiterated his 2011 claim, and has since also added that a former officer of the Libyan intelligence service was at that time in possession of a recording of a meeting between Muammar Gaddafi and Sarkozy that occurred in Tripoli in 2007 and at which payments were discussed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 111], "content_span": [112, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, International media coverage\nThe 2007 presidential elections have been heavily covered by international media due to the significance of France's stature as a European Union member as well as being a member of the G8 nations. For example, on 22 April 2007, CNN International carried live coverage of S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal's speech after the day's election. Hala Gorani of CNN also conducted a live interview and analysis with some of France's bloggers and political insiders after S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal's speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Aftermath, Riots\nThousands of youths took to the streets Sunday night following the final presidential election results. While many simply expressed their discontent at the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, others chose to engage in violent action. Riots erupted in several urban centers including the capital Paris where some of the most intense clashes were reported in the Place de la Bastille. A gathering of opponents to Sarkozy there quickly ended in confrontations between the youth and the riot control forces, who tear gased the whole place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Aftermath, Riots\n732 cars were torched according to estimates of the DGPN (direction of the police) and government buildings and property came under attack. Police clashed with protesters who were described by French media as members of the ultra-left and of the autonome movement or youth from the suburbs. During the fighting dozens of officers were injured and 592 alleged rioters were arrested. 70 people were arrested in the North department and 79 in Paris. Overall the situation remained calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Aftermath, Riots\nSome clashes continued on the night of Monday to Tuesday, with 365 torched cars and 160 alleged rioters detained by the police. Ten people were in court already by Monday. Two of them were given firm prison sentences of six and three months respectively, and two others to 120 hours of TIG (General Interest Labour, an alternative sentence to prison). Another one has been given a two-month firm prison sentence and two others TIG hours. Some of the people judged in Lyon have denied any involvement in the riots (two of them received 120 hours of TIG and a 200 euros fine).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Aftermath, Riots\n300 to 400 people demonstrated on the Boulevard Saint-Michel on Wednesday 9 May, in opposition to a demonstration of white supremacists. By 9\u00a0pm that night 118 of them had been arrested. A 31-year-old engineer took legal action following his release from custody claiming he had been a victim of police brutality. He claimed that he had not taken part to the demonstrations, but had been arrested nonetheless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191373-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 French presidential election, Aftermath, Sarkozy's detention March 2018\nOn 20 March 2018, Sarkozy has been arrested by the French Police because of the suspect having received 50 million Euro for his presidential campaign by Muammar Gaddafi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team\nThe 2007 Fresno State football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Bulldogs' 27th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California and their 11th with Pat Hill as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nAt the end of the 2006 season, former offensive coordinator Steve Hagen resigned to accept the coaching position of offensive coordinator at North Carolina. He will be replaced by Oakland Raiders assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach Jim McElwain. Former Fresno State quarterback Jeff Grady, who had worked as an assistant coach at Fresno State in previous years, was promoted to tight end coach for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nFresno State RB Dwayne Wright decided to forgo his senior season and enter the 2007 NFL Draft at the end of the 2006 season. He was projected as either a late second or early third round draft pick, but was not chosen until the fourth round. RB Lonyae Miller is expected to start in his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nThe Bulldogs opened spring drills on March 7 and the annual spring game took place on April 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Sacramento State\nQuarterback Tom Brandstater went 16 of 27 for 199 yards in the victory against in-state FCS rival Sacramento State, who was limited to 102 total yards. Lonyae Miller and Clifton Smith both found the end zone for touchdowns, while freshmen running back Ryan Matthews ran for 77 yards on the night. The game also featured Fresno State's retirement of David Carr's No. 8 jersey during the halftime ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at No. 23 Texas A&M\nThis was the first-ever meeting between the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Texas Aggies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at No. 23 Texas A&M\nThe Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Bulldogs 47\u201345 in triple overtime, despite being outgained 438\u2013393. Tom Brandstater established himself in the loss, going 22\u201332 for 286 yards and 3 touchdowns. A&M's Jorvorskie Lane rushed for 122 yards on 23 carries, and while Fresno State put together a tremendous second half performance and took the Aggies into three overtimes they could not find the end zone for the final two-point conversion that cost them the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at No. 23 Texas A&M\nESPN reported, \"Texas A&M turned to its powerful running back to stave off Fresno State... Jorvorskie Lane rushed for two of his four touchdowns in the second and third overtimes as the 23rd-ranked Aggies beat the feisty Bulldogs 47\u201345 in the first three-OT game in A&M history. The 6-foot, 268-pound Lane barreled for his final touchdown from 3 yards out, then charged into the end zone again for the winning 2-point conversion on A&M's final possession.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at No. 19 Oregon\nIn a game marked by an impressive performance by Duck's running back Jonathan Stewart, the Bulldogs were largely outplayed on both sides of the ball in a 21\u201352 loss. Fresno State put up 327 total yards of offense, compared to Oregon's 461. Oregon was able to control the run very effectively, as Fresno State was only able to run for 60 yards total in the game, compared to 307 by Oregon running backs. Fresno State was able to produce more passing yards than Oregon, with Tom Brandstater going 18 of 32 for 219, compared to Dixon's 14 of 20 for 139 yards. Jonathan Stewart's 17 touches produced 165 yards and two touchdowns, including an 88-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech\nFresno State trailed at halftime 6\u20130 before taking control in the 2nd half in a 17\u20136 victory in Bulldog Stadium. Running Backs Lonyae Miller, Ryan Mathews, and Clifton Smith combined to rush for 139 yards with Smith producing a fourth-quarter touchdown. Louisiana Tech's quarterback Zac Champion passed for more yards than Fresno State's Tom Brandstater in the loss, going 22 of 48 with 179 yards compared to Brandstater's 8 for 22 attempts for 92 yards. The game was attended by 38,104 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at Nevada\nFresno State earned its second conference win and third overall by beating Nevada in Reno. Fresno State quarterback Tom Brandstater passed for 168 yards going 10 for 16 in the win, but the real star of the game was running back Ryan Mathews, who rushed for 171 yards on 14 carries with three touchdowns. Lonyae Miller ran for 95 yards on 12 carries as well. Remarkably, Nevada-Reno quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a redshirt freshman who came into the game to fill in for starter Nick Graziano, went 23 for 26 for 384 yards in the loss. The recorded attendance was 18,503.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, at Idaho\nFresno State quarterback Tom Brandstater went 17 of 22 for 178 yards to secure the away win for the Bulldogs. Lonyae Miller had another 100 yard game, going 108 yards on 18 carries. Idaho's Deonte Jackson also had a big game, rushing for 111 yards on 11 carries. Fresno State only outgained Idaho 421 to 420 in total yardage, but the 4 Idaho turnovers were costly. 14,205 watched the Bulldogs extend their winning streak to 3 in the Kibbie Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191374-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nFresno State shutout rival San Jose State in the seventy-second meeting between the two conference opponents, earning the homecoming win. Going into halftime with a 6\u20130 lead having benefited from two missed Spartan kicks, the Bulldogs blew the game open to start the second half, with a 61-yard kickoff return by A.J. Jefferson, and a 14-yard touchdown run by Ryan Mathews. The freshmen Mathews later had a 58-yard touchdown run in a 144-yard game. Fresno State quarterback Tom Branstater threw for 132 yards, while San Jose State quarterback Adam Trafalis passed for 354 yards, and ran for 97 more in the losing effort. The Fresno State defense was efficient in keeping the powerful San Jose State offense out of the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy\nThe 2007 Friends Provident Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 22 April and 19 August 2007. The tournament was won by Durham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Changes from previous tournament\nFollowing the 2006 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which had been won by Sussex, various changes were made to the tournament. The first of these to be announced was the inclusion of a semi-final stage in 2007, following complaints of there being \"too many meaningless matches\". Another change was that of the competition sponsor; Cheltenham & Gloucester, who were reportedly unhappy at the format for 2006, cancelled their future sponsorship before the 2006 season began. Friends Provident were revealed as the new sponsors on 8 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Changes from previous tournament\nThe final major change from 2006 was the introduction of player referrals. Introduced on a trial basis, the fielding captain or batsman involved had the right to refer decisions to the third umpire if they disagreed with the decision of the on-field umpires. Each team were permitted two appeals per innings, losing an appeal should the third umpire concur with his on-field colleague. However, this option was only available during televised matches, which led some to suggest it would favour some teams over others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Format\nThe eighteen first-class counties were joined by the Scottish and Irish national teams and divided into two groups, north and south. Each team played each other once, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-final stage. During the group stage, teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a tie, abandonment or a no result, with no points awarded for a defeat. Teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by most wins, followed by net run rate, followed by most wickets taken per balls bowled in matches achieving a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Semi finals\nDurham came out the victors in a low-scoring encounter where both sides collapsed to 38\u20137. Heavy rain had fallen over the course of the previous few days and overnight, creating a damp pitch offering \"enough movement for the ball to find the edge or earn lbws\". Andy Bichel was the only batsman to make a significant score (24 runs from 35 balls faced), as Neil Killeen and Ottis Gibson took three wickets each before Liam Plunkett claimed career-best bowling figures of 4 for 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Semi finals\nChasing a small target, Durham also lost early wickets, as Bichel and the on-loan Martin Saggers, followed by Graham Napier, reduced them to 38\u20137. This brought Plunkett to the crease, and, batting \"sensibly rather than desperately\", he hit 30 of the remaining 34 runs to win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Semi finals\nWarwickshire elected not to include Ian Bell in their line-up, opting instead not to disrupt the side that had got to the semi-final. Hampshire, however, did select Kevin Pietersen, who was flown to Southampton on a chartered helicopter following England's Test match win over the West Indies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Semi finals\nHampshire won the toss and chose to bat first, but started slowly, with John Crawley playing an anchor role following the early wickets of Michael Carberry and Michael Lumb. He was the key batsman on what was described as a \"sluggish\" pitch, and scored 64 before being narrowly run out by Heath Streak's throw from third man. In reply, Warwickshire seemed on course for victory at 98\u20133, before Sean Ervine dismissed top-scorer Kumar Sangakkara and Alex Loudon in the same over. Despite a battling innings from Tim Ambrose, Warwickshire never recovered, bowled out for 166.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Final\nDurham's preparations for the final were hampered by the news that Steve Harmison would be unable to play after sustaining a muscle tear in his back in a County Championship match against Surrey. Hampshire were without Stuart Clark, whose two month contract had expired; Daren Powell was his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Final\nDurham batted first and scored 312\u20135, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul top-scoring with 78 before being run out by a \"magnificent throw from long-on\" by Michael Carberry. Hampshire's bowling was poor, with their six-man bowling attack of Powell, Jamie Bruce, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Sean Ervine, Chris Tremlett and Shane Warne \"struggling [sic] for consistency\". Phil Mustard and Kyle Coetzer joined Chanderpaul in scoring half-centuries for Durham, in what was the highest 50-overs total in domestic Lord's finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Final\nHampshire's reply started badly; with the opening two deliveries of the innings, Ottis Gibson \"slanted successive balls across Lumb and Ervine\" to get both left-handers to edge to Michael Di Venuto at second slip. Hampshire's chase was \"in tatters\" when Kevin Pietersen was dismissed, and once John Crawley's 68 was ended by Paul Collingwood, Durham had effectively won. Rain stopped play with Hampshire on 158\u20135, ensuring the two sides would have to return the following day to complete the match. Upon resuming, Durham required less than nine overs to take the final five wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191375-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Friends Provident Trophy, Knockout stage, Final\nDurham's win brought their first domestic trophy since becoming a first-class county in 1992, and left Glamorgan and Leicestershire as the only counties to have never won the tournament in one of its various guises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191376-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series\nThe 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It began on 1 March at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit and ended on 2 December at Phillip Island after seven rounds. The series was the eighth annual V8 Supercar Development Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191376-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series\nThe series was won by Tony D'Alberto driving a Holden VZ Commodore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191376-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Race calendar\nThe series consisted of six rounds supporting the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191376-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers have competed during the 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. This was the last year in which the Holden VX Commodore was eligible to compete in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191376-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Series standings\nNote: Chris Alajajian scored 26 points during the series but was penalized 10 points, leaving a final total of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191377-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fukagawa mayoral by-election\nThe town of Fukagawa, Japan held a mayoral by-election on January 21, 2007. The former mayor, Junkichi Kawano, was arrested on bid-rigging charges. The by-election comes just three months after the ordinary election on October 1, 2006. See 2006 Fukagawa mayoral election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191378-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fukuoka gubernatorial election\nFukuoka Prefecture held a gubernatorial election on April 8, 2007 as part of the 16th unified local elections. Incumbent Asou Wataru won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191379-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fusagasug\u00e1 City Council election\nThe 2007 Fusagasug\u00e1 City Council election was held on Sunday, 28 October 2007, to elect the second City Council since the 2002 reform (Legislative Act 2002). At stake were all 17 seats in the City Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191380-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Futsal Mundialito\nThe 2007 Futsal Mundialito was an international friendly championship in futsal. The tournament was held in Algarve, Portugal from 4 to 8 of July 2007. The championship was played in Praia da Alagoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191381-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Future Cup\nThe 2007 Future Cup was a 3 ODI cricket series between India and South Africa between 23 June and 1 July. The series was preceded by each team playing one match against Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191382-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Fylde Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Fylde Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Fylde Borough Council in Lancashire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191383-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix was a WTA Tour tennis event held from April 21 to 29, 2007, won by Gisela Dulko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191383-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix\nBoth Dulko and C\u00eerstea were playing in their first final on the WTA Tour, with Dulko coming through in 3 sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191384-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles\nFollowing are the results of the 2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles tennis competition. The 2007 Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix was a WTA Tour tennis event held on April 21\u201329, 2007, won by Gisela Dulko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191384-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles\nJanette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 and Micha\u00eblla Krajicek were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191385-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nGisela Dulko won her first WTA Tour singles title, defeating Sorana C\u00eerstea in the final, 6\u20137(2\u20137), 6\u20132, 6\u20132 to capture the Women's Singles tennis championship at the 2007 Hungarian Ladies Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191385-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 GDF Suez Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nAnna Smashnova was the two-time defending champion, but she chose not to compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191386-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 GMAC Bowl\nThe 2007 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the ninth edition of the bowl game. It was played on January 7, 2007 and featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and the Ohio Bobcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191386-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 GMAC Bowl\nTory Harrison started the scoring, by rushing 43 yards for a touchdown, to give Southern Miss the first points of the game, 7\u20130. Damion Fletcher later scored on a e yard touchdown run giving the Eagles a 14\u20130 lead. With 1:13 left in the half James Denley intercepted an Ohio pass, and returned it 18 yards for another Southern Miss touchdown. The halftime score had Southern Miss up 21\u20130 over Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191386-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 GMAC Bowl\nIn the third quarter, Fletcher scored on a 9-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 28\u20130. Austen Everson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Christy for Ohio, to make the score 28\u20137. That would end up being the final score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191387-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 GP Ouest\u2013France\nThe 2007 edition of the GP Ouest-France was held on September 2 in and around the French village of Plouay in Brittany. Several laps of a circuit were completed for a total of 226 kilometres of racing. Although no significant breakaway was able to last, a late break by Thomas Voeckler proved decisive. Voekler's remarkable drive kept him just ahead of the onrushing pack of sprinters two seconds later. A native son of France and French hero of the 2004 Tour de France, Voeckler's win was very popular with the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series\nThe 2007 GP2 Series season was the forty-first season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also third season under the GP2 Series moniker. The series began on 14 April at Bahrain. Timo Glock was crowned series champion on 30 September after winning the final round at Cheste, with Brazilian Lucas di Grassi finishing second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nThe season started in Bahrain. Luca Filippi started the season with win from pole, while Nicolas Lapierre took his first GP2 win in his third season in the sprint race. One of pre-season favourites, Timo Glock finished 2nd in both races. Michael Ammerm\u00fcller, who was driving for defending teams' champion ART Grand Prix was injured and missed next two races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nNext event started with big start crash involving several drivers, including series leader Filippi. Safety car was instantly deployed and majority of the field opted to make their mandatory pit stop. Glock wasn't one of those and he lost his chances to win the race as a result. Bruno Senna took his first GP2 victory in his third race. Glock finally got his first win of the season after three second places in the sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nAt Monaco, only one race was held which was won by Pastor Maldonado who had celebrated a victory in World Series there in the previous year. Glock increased his podium streak to five races after finishing 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nTwo drivers made their comeback to GP2 in Magny-Cours. Adam Carroll replaced underperforming Ant\u00f4nio Pizzonia while Ernesto Viso replaced S\u00e9rgio Jimenez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nGlock took pole position in Magny-Cours but the race started difficult time for him. He crashed with his teammate Andreas Zuber who started second, just a few metres after the start. Later on the first lap, Viso had massive shunt in which his car turned over and flew over the concrete barrier. Viso was lucky not to suffer serious injuries. The race was eventually won by a veteran Giorgio Pantano, giving Campos Racing its first victory in GP2. Viso's teammate Javier Villa won the sprint race, becoming youngest ever winner in GP2 at that time (the record was broken a year later by S\u00e9bastien Buemi).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nGlock failed to finish both Silverstone races as well. Zuber won the feature race while Carroll took the sprint, making it nine winners in nine races. More amazingly, they were divided to eight different teams: only iSport International had two drivers who had won a race at this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nGlock rebounded to take feature race victory at his home soil in N\u00fcrburgring. Sprint race was won by Villa. Glock was also on pole in Hungaroring but failed to score after mistake during the race. Hungaroring race was won by Carroll who leap-frogged several positions with well-timed pit stop during the safety car, as those who had made their stops already had to use start/finish straight which had a lot of debris on it. Villa was again victorious in sprint race, with Carroll taking 2nd. Despite starting later in the season, he was en route to good position in the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nAt Istanbul, Lucas di Grassi, who had finished in the points in every race except one at that point, took his first victory of the season. Glock won the sprint race, so he eventually got more points than di Grassi while these two were battling for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nAt Monza, Pantano won the feature race and Glock the sprint. di Grassi failed to get podium after car troubles at the end of the feature race. Pantano, meanwhile, was disqualified in the sprint race after driving several laps with broken front wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nAt Spa, Glock stalled at the start and finished the race in 17th position. Lapierre was the eventual winner. Glock then collided with Ricardo Risatti during reconnaissance lap of the sprint race and failed to start. di Grassi got good chance to close the gap on him but couldn't do better than third in a race which was won by the Indian Karun Chandhok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nThe final race was held in Cheste and that was only race of the season which was not supporting F1. Glock started the weekend two points ahead of di Grassi. The feature race started on damp track. Tyre choice was crucial. The best drivers started on intermediates and then quite soon moved to slicks as the mandatory pit window had opened. The gaps in the race were exceptionally big, only five drivers finished in the same lap with the winner Vitaly Petrov. Glock was seventh while di Grassi spun off on damp track, just after switching to slicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191388-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 GP2 Series, Season summary\nGlock got to start from the front row in the sprint race while di Grassi's place was near the back of the grid. Glock confirmed his championship with the victory in the final race, 11 points ahead of di Grassi. Pantano finished third in the series on countback ahead of Filippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191389-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gamba Osaka season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:00, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191390-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gambian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in the Gambia on 25 January 2007. Forty-eight members of the National Assembly were elected, with another five being appointed by the President. The result was a victory for the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), which won 42 of the 48 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191390-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gambian parliamentary election\nAfter the elections, President Yahya Jammeh said that \"constituencies that voted the opposition should not expect my government's development projects. I want to teach people that opposition in Africa does not pay.\" He expressed satisfaction with the results and said that \"voters have thrown out the two empty barrels from the National Assembly\"; this was believed to be a reference to the defeat of two prominent opposition politicians, Halifa Sallah and Hamat Bah. Salleh blamed the opposition's poor performance on a split in its ranks and said that he intended to retire from politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191390-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gambian parliamentary election, Campaign\nA total of 103 candidates were approved by the Independent Electoral Commission. The ruling APRC was the only party to contest all 48 seats, and ran unopposed in five constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe\nThe 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, or the XIIth Games of the Small States of Europe, were held in Monaco from 4 June to 9 June 2007. The Games administration was done jointly by the Monegasque government and Monegasque Olympic Committee. Monaco has previously hosted the games in 1987. Prince Albert II officially opened the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Overview and participation\nThe 2007 Games were the first Games of the Small States of Europe without all eligible nations competing. All countries to have previously participated returned; however, Montenegro \u2013 which joined the Athletic Association of the Small States of Europe in 2006 \u2013 did not send competitors to the 2007 Games. Delegations, including coaches and team officials, of up to 1,200 people were expected at the 2007 games. These delegations came from the host nation of Monaco as well as Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, and San Marino.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Competitions\nTwelve disciplines were held at the 2007 Games; making it the most diverse Games in this respect yet. Taekwondo and cycling have been removed from the games; however, the volleyball discipline has been separated into beach and traditional, and bowls made its first appearance in the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Competitions\nNumbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues\nThe 2007 Games used a docked cruise ship as an athlete's village for all delegations. The ship was docked along the sea wall in Fontvieille.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues\nMany of the events were also be held in Fontvieille. Stade Louis II, the usual home of AS Monaco FC, hosted athletics, basketball, swimming, and table tennis events. The shooting events took place indoors on the upper floors of a building in the center of the district as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues\nGymnastics took place in the Canton Hall, a large event complex in Monaco. Volleyball took place in the Moneghetti Sports Complex, which is technically in French territory. Judo events was also held at an all-purpose gymnasium, the Annonciade Gymnasium. Bowls events were held at the Rocher. Tennis was held in the Monte Carlo district at a prominent country club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191391-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues\nAdditionally, many of events in the 2007 Games took advantage of Monaco's close proximity to the sea. Beach volleyball events were held on the most prominent beach in Monaco, Larvotto. Sailing events took place in the Bay of Monaco, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran\nThe 2007 gasoline rationing plan in Iran was launched by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's cabinet to reduce that country's fuel consumption. Although Iran is one of the world's largest producers of petroleum, rapid increases in demand and limited refining capacity has forced the country to import about 40% of its gasoline, at an annual cost of up to USD $7 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran\nThe fuel rationing originally triggered discontent in Iran, but, according to analysts quoted in the Western news media, the Iranian government is hoping that reducing gasoline imports will help insulate the country from international pressure related to its nuclear program. \"We will greatly suffer if they (foreign countries) suddenly decide not to sell us fuel,\" said Iranian political analyst Saeed Leylaz. \"Fuel rationing is a security-economic decision to reduce fuel consumption.\" In an interview Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: \"They [Americans] had a plan and idea that is neutralized. They don't know our nation. They think if they refuse to provide us with gasoline, our nation would say we don't want nuclear energy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Background\nAn increase in population since 1980 from 40 to 68 million people has pushed Iran\u2019s gasoline consumption up by nearly 13 percent annually over the past five years. As a result, the country consumes far more gasoline than its refineries can provide. Production stands at 10.5\u00a0million US gallons (40,000\u00a0m3) a day, compared with daily demand standing at 18.5\u00a0million US gallons (70,000\u00a0m3). With 43 percent of its gasoline imported, Iran is the world\u2019s second largest gasoline importer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Background\nIran's petrol is heavily subsidised, sold at about a fifth of its real cost. The price of 1,000 rials ($0.11) per litre makes Iran one of the cheapest countries in the world for motorists. The government maintains that the rich benefit from 70 percent of subsidies and that it is one of the primary reasons for changing the subsidies system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Gas rationing plan\nIran took action to reduce its dependence on foreign gasoline through a three-pronged strategy which includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Gas rationing plan\nA special committee set up by the government came up with a four-pointprogram which includes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Gas rationing plan\nThe Iranian government provides incentives to CNG car buyers and has meanwhile decreased the gasoline subsidies. Iran is the Middle East's leading car manufacturer. In 2005 Iranian automakers produced nearly one million vehicles including 884,000 passenger cars and 104,000 heavy vehicles, altogether worth $11.6 billion. The Iranian government aims to have most of Iran\u2019s cars running on natural gas by 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Gas rationing plan\nThe restrictions began at midnight local time on Wednesday 27 June (2030 GMT Tuesday) and were set to continue for four months. The rationing system, allowed private drivers 100 liters (26 gallons) of fuel per month at the subsidized price. Taxis got 800 liters (211 gallons) a month. Anything more than that was bought at a higher price. The fuel rationing triggered widespread discontent in Iran, but if it succeeds in reducing the amount of imported gasoline, it could help insulate the country from international pressure related to its nuclear program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Gas rationing plan\nBased on the rationing plan, each private car received 120 liters per month at about 10 cents per liter. The price for non-rationed gasoline in November 2008 was almost 40 cents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Prices in neighboring countries\nIn mid-November 2008, the prices super gasoline in the neighboring Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Turkey and the UAE were 105, 108, 74, 84, 187 and 45 cents per liter. Whereas, in Iran motorists are allowed 100 liters (26.4 US gallons) of gasoline each month at the subsidized price of about 10 cents per liter (37.9 cents per US gallons) and an unlimited amount at 40 cents per liter ($1.52 per US gallons). This means that the Iranian government is giving subsidy to the Turkish government or the governments of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Arab countries of the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Prices in neighboring countries\nOn the opposite side, Norway, despite being an oil-rich country, has the most expensive gasoline prices in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Fuel smuggling\nAccording to Iranian counter-smuggling authorities, 17 percent of daily fuel production equivalent to some 40 million liters (10.6 million US gallons) were being smuggled out of the country every day in 2009. This is while most of the smuggling concerns gasoline and diesel fuel, whereas Iran imports both of these to the tune of 30 million liters (7.9 million US gallons) every day. Smugglers are using \"lakes of fuel\", underground pipelines to neighboring countries and oil tankers on the Shatt al-Arab waterway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Fuel smuggling\nFacilities such as the Martyr Rajai Port Complex in Hormuzgan province are reportedly used by the IRGC to export state subsidized gasoline outside the country. Fuel smuggling has increased by 232 percent compared to last year's figures. Iran says its naval security forces have confiscated ten oil tankers smuggling 4,600 tons of Iranian fuel out of the Persian Gulf in 2008. As of 2012, smuggling to Pakistan and Afghanistan continues unabated because of price differential with these countries and because of the steep devaluation of the Iranian rial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Fuel smuggling, Economic damage\nIranian taxpayers incur a loss of $3.3 billion annually because of fuel smuggling (& not including other smuggled oil derivatives), equivalent to the \"development budget\" of Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Fuel smuggling, Economic damage\nAccording to National Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqaddam, before the implementation of the subsidy reform plan, 20 million liters of fuel were trafficked out of the country. Twenty million liters of fuel is trafficked out of Iran every year despite increased domestic fuel prices caused by the Iranian targeted subsidy plan. Over the past three years (2010\u201313), 8-10 million liters of gasoline has been produced per day by the domestic petrochemical units.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Immediate reactions to gas rationing plan\nSome lawmakers were urgently drafting a bill to stop rationing. Private cars will get 100 litres of gasoline a month but less if they also burn compressed natural gas, state TV said. Drivers have complained that the amount is too little. All gasoline is already sold using electronic \"smart\" cards, but some drivers have not received them. Officials say the cards will reduce the possibility of a black market in fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Immediate reactions to gas rationing plan\nIranians were given only two hours' notice of the move that limits private drivers to 100 litres of fuel a month. There is anger that the government did not give people more notice. At least 12 petrol stations have been torched in the Iranian capital, Tehran. \"Guns, fireworks, tanks, [President] Ahmadinejad should be killed,\" chanted angry youths, throwing stones at police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Long term reactions to gas rationing plan\nAs of mid-2008, the Gas Rationing Plan was regarded as a total failure, due to the reasons below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Long term reactions to gas rationing plan\nOil Minister said the gasoline rationing scheme has helped the country curb consumption by up to 20 million liters a day or $4 billion (2008). Consumption rates approach 22.5 million gallons (85.2 million liters) per day without the restrictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Long term reactions to gas rationing plan\nCritics acknowledge that rationing did bring consumption down by around 16 million liter a day. Then again, extra quotas for various government organizations, individuals with special needs and some businesses, as well as a 100-liter bonus for \u2019summer holidays\u2019 allocated by the government reversed the initial fall in consumption. According to Iran-Daily:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Long term reactions to gas rationing plan\nConsumers under 45 different categories are now receiving additional gasoline rations. In the early stages of the plan, traffic was reduced, gasoline consumption went down, there was less pollution and people were adapting to the change in fuel consumption patterns. However with the announcement of extra quotas, the initial achievements were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, Long term reactions to gas rationing plan\nIn June 2009, Oil Ministry announced that Iran has so far saved $8.5 billion through the nationwide fuel rations program. Regarding the fuel rationing program, if the plan had not been executed, Iran would have had to import 33 million liters of gasoline per day in 2007-8 and 44 million liters in 2008-9. With the implementation of the plan these figures reduced to 18.9 million liters and 21.6 million liters per day, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191392-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Gasoline Rationing Plan in Iran, End of the gas rationing plan\nBy July 2010, Iran had managed to save 11 billion dollars since the rationing began, thanks to the gasoline rationing plan, which has spared the need for excessive imports of the commodity. In June 2010, it was announced that after the implementation of the new subsidy reform plan, gasoline will be sold on \"free market price\". The start of the gasoline subsidy cuts will coincide with the beginning of the second half of the Iranian year on September 23, 2010. At that time, the 2007 Gas rationing plan will come to an end (the quota system will remain in place while gasoline prices will be increased).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191393-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gastein Ladies\nThe 2007 Gastein Ladies was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the Gastein Ladies, and was part of the Tier III series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place in Bad Gastein, Austria, from 23 July until 29 July 2008. First-seeded Francesca Schiavone won the singles title and earned $25,840 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191393-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gastein Ladies, Finals, Doubles\nLucie Hradeck\u00e1 / Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 defeated \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay / Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 6\u20133, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191394-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gastein Ladies \u2013 Doubles\nThe doubles tournament of the 2007 Gastein Ladies took place on 23\u201329 July on outdoor clay courts in Bad Gastein, Austria. Lucie Hradeck\u00e1 and Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 won the title, defeating \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay and Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191395-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gastein Ladies \u2013 Singles\nThe Gastein Ladies was a new addition to the WTA Tour in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191395-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gastein Ladies \u2013 Singles\nTop seed Francesca Schiavone won her first career title over the unseeded Austrian Yvonne Meusburger, 6\u20131, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191396-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gator Bowl\nThe 2007 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the West Virginia Mountaineers played on January 1, 2007, at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. For sponsorship reasons, the bowl was officially known as the Toyota Gator Bowl. Down by 18 in the third quarter, West Virginia scored 21 unanswered points to win, 38\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191396-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gator Bowl\nThe game matched Georgia Tech from the Atlantic Coast Conference against West Virginia from the Big East Conference. West Virginia entered the game ranked #13 in the AP Poll; it was West Virginia's third appearance in the Gator Bowl in the last four years and sixth overall. Georgia Tech accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl after losing the ACC championship to Wake Forest. It was Georgia Tech's first appearance in the Gator Bowl since 2000 and seventh overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels\nThe 2007 Gatorade Duels were a pair of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car races that were held on February 15, 2007 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Both, contested over 60\u00a0laps, were the qualifying races for the 2007 Daytona 500. The first race was won by Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing and the second race was won by Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels\nThe races set the field for the 49th running of \"The Great American Race\". These races are the only ones in the NASCAR Nextel Cup that qualifies drivers and their teams for a points-paying race. As qualifying only sets the front row for the Daytona 500, these races are formatted as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels\nPositions three through 39 were filled that way (not counting the pole drivers in each race) along with the top drivers in each race not locked in from the previous season's Top 35, automatically qualify for the race. After that, the three fastest cars that did not qualify in the races along with a past champions provisional (if needed) completes the 43-car field. Had all past champions made the race, the next fastest car would have been entered into the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties\nDuring the 2007 NASCAR Gatorade Duels, the qualifying events for the Daytona 500, various incidents and cheating allegations surrounding the events occurred, leading to various sanctions for teams and drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Pole qualifying infractions\nPrior to qualifying, Evernham Motorsports team directors (equivalent of crew chief) Rodney Childers (#10 Dodge Charger) and Josh Browne (#19 Charger) were suspended for Daytona and the following week's race at Fontana, fined $25,000 (US), plus both their teams and drivers (Scott Riggs for the #10, Elliott Sadler for the #19) were penalized 25 championship points due to an illegal modification that was corrected before qualifying in pre-qualifying inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Pole qualifying infractions\nAfter the qualifying had ended, NASCAR handed out heavier penalties for crew chiefs Kenny Francis (Evernham Motorsports #9 Charger) and Robbie Reiser (Roush Fenway Racing #17 Ford Fusion) teams. Both were suspended for Daytona and the next three races, fined $50,000, and their teams and drivers (Kasey Kahne for the #9 and Matt Kenseth for the #17) were penalized 50 championship points due to illegal modifications found in post-qualifying inspection. In addition, due to the modifications, their qualifying times were disallowed. (Kenseth had the 11th-fastest time in the opening round, while Kahne was 28th.) The penalty to the #10 team would drop it out of the top-35 in owners points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Michael Waltrip Racing\nOn February 14, three days after the first round of qualifying, David Hyder, the crew chief for Michael Waltrip and Bobby Kennedy, competition director for Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) (cars #44 and #55) and Waltrip-PPI Racing (#00) were ejected from the track by NASCAR officials. Earlier, the intake manifold from Waltrip's #55 car had been confiscated by NASCAR when \"an unknown substance\" was found in it during post-qualifying inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Michael Waltrip Racing\nWhen a new manifold was installed and the engine test-run, the same substance was found in the new manifold, resulting in NASCAR impounding the entire car and disallowing Waltrip's qualifying time, which was 25th-fastest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Michael Waltrip Racing\nJust before 6 PM US EST, NASCAR held a press conference at which it was announced that both Hyder and Kennedy were suspended indefinitely, Hyder fined $100,000, Waltrip docked 100 championship points, and the team, owned by Waltrip's wife, Buffy, were docked 100 car owner points for violations that included a violation of the rule (in place through the 2010 season) prohibiting the blending of gasoline with \"alcohols, ethers, or other oxygenates\"; this quickly became known among the media and fans as \"rocket fuel\". Waltrip was permitted to compete in the first Gatorade Duel qualifying race in a backup car. He finished eighth, which was high enough to qualify the car for the Daytona 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Michael Waltrip Racing\nAs a result of the penalty, Waltrip became only the second driver to ever have a negative score in the championship standings. He finished Daytona with -27 points, as his 30th-place showing, worth 73 points, did not compensate for the 100-point penalty. This remained his score until June 4, when he finally made his second start of the year at Dover International Speedway in the Cup series' 14th race. Meanwhile, Kennedy was given a 6-month leave of absence by MWR. He was relieved of duty later that year but rehired by MWR in March 2008. Because somebody had to be fired according to the MWR rules for the near-fatal scandal for the team, David Hyder was ultimately held responsible and relieved of duty. Neither NASCAR nor MWR has specified what substance was found in Waltrip's engine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 54], "content_span": [55, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Penalties, Duel Race #2\nIn a post-race inspection following the second Gatorade Duel qualifying race, race winner Jeff Gordon, driver of the Hendrick Motorsports #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS had been found to be one inch too low because of misaligned bolts on a shock absorber. Due to the official's belief that the violation was unintentional, he kept the win, but would be penalized by starting 42nd in the Daytona 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Aftermath\nThe race, the first of the season, was won by Kevin Harvick. The penalties resulted in the following point readjustments:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191397-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Gatorade Duels, Aftermath\nOn March 6, appeals for Kenseth by Roush Fenway Racing and Kahne by Evernham Motorsports were denied by the three-member panel that oversees NASCAR's disciplinary action. Before that, Kenseth had been able to climb to 12th in the standings after winning the Auto Club 500 with interim crew chief Chip Bolin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191398-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gedling Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191398-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gedling Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council, which they had previously shared control of with Labour. The Conservatives took 28 seats, up from 22 before the election. Labour dropped 11 seats to end level with the Liberal Democrats, who gained 2 seats, on 9 councillors. Overall turnout in the election was 40.4%, up from 32.4% in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191399-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Geelong Football Club season\nThe 2007 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 108th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in first position on the ladder, earning the club its eighth McClelland Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Champ Car Generac Grand Prix at Road America was the tenth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on August 12 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais, fresh off signing his name to a 2008 contract with Formula 1's Scuderia Toro Rosso, dominated both qualifying sessions, finishing Saturday with a best lap a second and a half clear of his closest competitor. Will Power was best of the rest to secure the other front row starting spot next to Bourdais on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Race\nAfter dominating qualifying, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais led away from the starting grid. Will Power, the other front row starter, dropped back with bad handling while Robert Doornbos was able to provide Bourdais a certain amount of pressure after starting third on the grid, staying within two seconds of the Frenchman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Race\nUnfortunately for Doornbos the set of tires he switched to after his first pit stop did not prove to his liking and he began losing large chunks of time as Bourdais continued in the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Race\nMeanwhile, Doornbos' teammate Dan Clarke was putting on a show. Slow away from the grid thanks to a bad clutch, Clarke took advantage of the yellow flag on the opening lap by pitting and setting off an alternate strategy. When the rest of the field pitted on lap 14, Clarke found himself in the lead and made the most of the open track in front of him and came out in second place in front of Doornbos and Graham Rahal after he emerged from his pit stop on lap 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Race\nWith Doornbos struggling on his tires, Rahal got around Doornbos in turn 3 on lap 24. Doornbos' race then went completely wrong on the next lap as Clarke cut in front of him on the approach to turn 5. Doornbos' front wing was knocked off and his suspension was damaged. He was forced to limp back to the pits, his race ruined, though he was able to return to the fight albeit four laps down. Clarke was apologetic after the race, but Doornbos accused the Englishman of brake checking him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Race\nClarke got around Rahal after his second pit stop, gaining further benefit from his alternate pit stop strategy while Bourdais continued to easily lead the field. The race would finish up in that order. Surprisingly, the win was the first for Bourdais in four attempts at the scenic Wisconsin circuit. With Will Power ending up in 16th place with a broken gearbox, Doornbos' accident-marred 14th-place finish and Justin Wilson, best amongst the rest of the point challengers managing only an eighth place, Bourdais took a stranglehold on the season championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Race\nThis race marked the final race on US soil for the Champ Car Series as a separate entity from the IndyCar Series, before the merger of the two in early 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191400-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Generac Grand Prix, Attendance\nAttendance at the 2007 Generac Grand Prix was over 100,000 people during the 4 day race weekend. Race coordinators were pleased with this result as this was the highest attendance the race had garnered since the heyday of CART racing in the late 1980s and early 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike\nThe 2007 General Motors Strike was a labor union strike that lasted three days from September 23 to September 25 of 2007 organized by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The UAW were engaged in talks with General Motors (GM) to negotiate a new labor contract but were unable to come to an agreement before the deadline. Consequently, 73,000 workers walked out forcing 80 GM facilities in 30 states to cease operations. After the two day strike, the two parties reached an agreement in which the UAW union would assume the responsibility for managing retiree healthcare liabilities. The UAW previously went on strike against General Motors in 1970.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Background\nThe automobile industry landscape in 2007 was drastically different to what it once was. GM's market share had been steadily decreasing as foreign automakers entered the market. Foreign players secured over 50% of market share for the first time in history in July 2007. GM's foreign competitors Nissan, Honda, and Toyota increased their production within the United States. Part of GM's struggles has been its relatively high costs of production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Background\nWhile many of the foreign manufacturers pay less in wages as most of their plants are not a part of a union, GM's labor contracts increase its costs per car by an estimated $2000 impacting its competitiveness. These costs can be attributed to worker pensions and healthcare programs the unions have negotiated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Background\nThe number of UAW members at GM has also steadily decreased as the company downsized. At the time of the 2007 strike, the 73,000 workers at GM are far lower than the 400,000 workers GM employed when the UAW last went on strike in 1970. The UAW's lower overall membership was also caused by the increasing prevalence of non-unionized plants and factories belonging to foreign automakers. It once had over 1.5 million workers but by 2007, that number had shrunk to just several hundred thousand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Background\nGeneral Motors' previous labor contract with the UAW union went up until September 14th, 2007. Both parties agreed to an extension of 10 days until September 24th as the UAW felt that negotiations were still progressing. However, following the end of this 10 day period, as negotiations came to a stalemate the UAW believed a strike was necessary as GM refused to acquiesce to the UAW's demands in regards to job security and worker benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Motivations\nGeneral Motors' losing market share within the United States automobile market has forced the company to downsize the company. In the two years leading up to 2007, GM had incurred $12.3 billion in losses. In response, GM has since closed down numerous factories and laid off thousands of workers. At the time of the strike, GM was also planning on cutting an additional 30,000 jobs in the coming year. The UAW wanted to ensure job security for the remaining GM workers and demanded for guarantees stipulating that those workers employed under the contract would stay employed until the contract expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Motivations\nAnother issue of contention between GM and UAW was the company's liabilities to retirees in regards to their healthcare benefits. These liabilities amounted to $51 billion. Both parties were in talks to discuss transferring these liabilities to a trust, which was GM's primary demand. The establishment of a voluntary employee benefit association (VEBA) has been an idea that was widely embraced by GM's investors and managers. Doing so what entail a large initial payment from GM but would allow it to remove workers healthcare benefits as a liability on its balance sheet. It was believed that removing these costs from the equation would allow GM to increase its competitiveness in the industry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Strike\nImmediately after the deadline had passed, the UAW union moved to a national strike that involved 73,000 workers walking out of an estimated 80 GM facilities. After the union announced the strike, negotiations continued that same afternoon lasting over five hours. In the UAW's press conference, its president Ron Gettelfinger expressed his disappointment in GM's management and their refusal to meet the union halfway. He believed that the UAW had no choice but to strike stating that: \u201cThere comes a point in time where you have to draw a line in the sand\u201d. Many saw this as the UAW refusing to roll over to management's demands from GM. Gettelfinger also expressed that the UAW was willing to consider GM's request to form a trust to take on healthcare liabilities, and that job security remained the union's number one concern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Strike\nThe effect of the strike was an operational halt that would otherwise produce 12,200 cars a day. Concerns were raised regarding the effect of the strike on GM if an agreement wasn't reached. The strike had the potential to influence GM supply chains and overseas plants that manufacture parts. Nearby operations in Mexico and Canada would also suffer as a result. The strike became a focus within the automobile industry as how it played it out would likely affect negotiations the UAW would later have with Ford and Chrysler given the vulnerable state of the United States\u2019 auto companies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Strike\nDespite the strike, Michael Robinet, the vice president of CSM Worldwide and an expert on global vehicle forecasts, predicted that GM would not have any issues with a shortage of vehicle production. In fact, he expected that the company would not experience issues related to inventory shortages for two to three weeks should the strike continue as a result of no agreement being reached. At the time, GM's inventory levels were generally higher than that of their competitors, a point that many linked to the company's poor sales in recent months leading up to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Strike\nOn the first day of the strike, GM's stock closed 20 cents lower in the trading session, wiping out what was originally a gain of 2.6% earlier on in the day. The consensus amongst analysts evaluating GM's position in the strike was that while a long strike would be highly detrimental for the company as it seeks to turn its business around and become more profitable. With that said, many believed that GM would still be well positioned to endure a strike that was shorter in nature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Resolution\nOn September 26th, it was announced that early that morning, the UAW and GM reached a deal. Specifics of the deal were not made available, however the headline for GM was that the UAW had agreed to the establishment of a VEBA that would assume the retiree healthcare liabilities worth $51 billion. Gettelfinger described that job guarantees were made by GM although the details were not disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Resolution\nAfter reaching the deal, the UAW's executives stated their intention to meet again on the 28th of September to discuss and approve the contract. If successful, the contract would then be moved to be voted on by the workers in the union to finalize the agreement. Gettelfinger expressed his confidence that GM's workers would vote in favor of this newly negotiated contract. Had the contract not been approved by both the UAW leaders and the workers, the UAW made it clear that the strike would continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Resolution\nIt was reported that members who had information regarding the details of the VEBA disclosed that the trust would be funded by a combination of various assets including cash and GM stock. The trust's establishment would be subject to approval by the Security and Exchange Commission and the relevant court of law. The approval process was expected to last over a year with the earliest completion date being sometime in 2009. The agreement involved allowing GM to access the pension fund for the purpose of reimbursing retirees for the increased healthcare benefits offered in the years preceding the deal, as the pension was seen as being overfunded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Resolution\nNewspapers also reported sources that indicated some of the terms of the new contract involved a steep decrease in the wages of lower tier workers along with lower signing bonuses. Other sources confirmed that the two parties agreed to meet on a yearly basis to evaluate and discuss the healthcare trust. It was reported that GM was willing to make additional contributions to the fund if it was determined to be necessary if the amount was within a range the company considered reasonable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Impact\nIt was also expected that the leaders of the UAW would discuss the details of the GM contract with labor officials at the other large automobile manufacturers, Ford and Chrysler, as a part of a series of labor contract negotiations within the industry. At the time, the UAW union was also in negotiations with them over new labor contracts although little progress had been made. Many experts pointed out the possibility that both Ford and Chrysler could establish similar VEBA trusts which would reduce liabilities, something that many of these companies have looked forward to. GM believed that the agreement would allow them to \u201csignificantly improve its manufacturing competitiveness\u201d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Impact\nInvestor sentiment regarding the deal being reached was generally positive for GM as they have been proponents for the establishment of the VEBA trust. After the deal was reached between GM and the UAW union, the stock price of GM increased by 4.2% in the morning of that trading session, and closed with a 9% rise reaching its highest mark in ten weeks. GM's bond prices also increased following the news. The stock price of Ford increased by more than 6% in the same session, likely linked to investor expectations that a similar deal would be reached in their negotiations with the UAW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191401-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 General Motors strike, Impact\nCredit rating agencies shared a similarly positive response to the deal. Fitch was in discussions to lower GM's rating and that of some of its suppliers, however decided to hold off after the new deal was announced. Standard and Poor\u2019s discussed the possibility of increasing GM's long term rating moving forward. GM pointed out their healthcare spending in the previous year totaled $4.8 billion, an amount that could have been spent towards launching six vehicle models or building an additional four manufacturing plants. Wall street analysts were expecting GM to benefit from increased healthcare cost savings amounting to $3 billion annually as a consequence of the newly established VEBA trust.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191402-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Generali Ladies Linz\nThe 2007 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2007 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held from October 22\u201328, 2007 at the TipsArena Linz. Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191402-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Generali Ladies Linz\nThe total prize pot for the tournament was US$600,000 with the winner of the singles receiving $88,265 and the losing finalist $47,125. The winners of the doubles competition received $27,730.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191402-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Generali Ladies Linz, Champions, Women's Doubles\nCara Black\u00a0/\u00a0 Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik\u00a0/\u00a0 Ai Sugiyama 6\u20132, 3\u20136, 10\u20138", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191403-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Generali Ladies Linz took place between 22 and 28 October on the indoor hard courts of the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria. Cara Black and Liezel Huber won the title, defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191404-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova was the defending champion, but did not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191404-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Generali Ladies Linz \u2013 Singles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 won the title, defeating Patty Schnyder in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191405-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gent\u2013Wevelgem\nThe 2007 Gent\u2013Wevelgem cycling race took place on 11 April 2007. The race had a length of 207\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191405-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gent\u2013Wevelgem\nThe day began in Deinze with overcast weather and light winds. This gave way to a quick start and it was not until after the first intermediate sprint that the initial break of Florent Brard, Christophe Mengin, and Roger Hammond. The leaders were allowed a substantial lead (eleven minutes) for a semi-classic, which forced the peloton ride aggressively over the final 100\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191405-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gent\u2013Wevelgem\nDuring the descents of the Kemmelberg, several riders crashed on the wet cobblestones and were severely injured after a rider swerved to avoid a fallen water bottle. Amongst them were Jimmy Casper (broken nose, broken collarbone, broken wrist), Wim De Vocht (broken thumb), James Vanlandschoot (broken thumb, wrist and elbow), Andy Cappelle (broken elbow and fractured shoulder), Marco Velo (broke his knee, collarbone and 2 ribs), Wilfried Cretskens (several contusions), Aart Vierhouten, Tyler Farrar, Luke Roberts, Fabio Sacchi, Mathew Hayman, Matthew Wilson and Heinrich Haussler. This caused splits in the peloton and an elite group of riders were left to chase down the lead trio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191405-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gent\u2013Wevelgem\nEventually Marcus Burghardt, Francisco Ventoso, and \u00d3scar Freire joined the leaders with roughly 25\u00a0km to go. The six managed to hold off the remaining peloton and, with less than 1\u00a0km to go, Burghardt caught Freire by surprise and made the winning move. Burghardt's teammate, Hammond, managed to catch hold of Freire's wheel and overtook the Spaniard in the sprint for a T-Mobile Team one-two finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191406-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nThe 2007 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hoyas tied for last in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191406-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nIn their second year under head coach Kevin Kelly, the Hoyas compiled a 1\u201310 record. Matt Bassuener, Nnamdi Obiako, Stephen Smith and Kyle Van Fleet were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191406-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nThe Hoyas were outscored 415 to 166. Georgetown's 1\u20135 conference record tied with Bucknell for sixth place in the Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191406-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgetown Hoyas football team\nGeorgetown played its home games at Multi-Sport Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team\nThe 2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed on behalf of the University of Georgia in American football against teams from other colleges and universities. The Bulldogs tied for first place in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) but lost a tie-breaker with the University of Tennessee. The team finished its season by defeating the Hawaii Warriors in the 2008 Sugar Bowl. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' seventh season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Preseason\nTwo key players from the 2006 season, defensive end Charles Johnson and running back Danny Ware, decided to leave school early to enter the NFL draft. Another junior, defensive back Paul Oliver, considered a move to the NFL, but decided to return to the Bulldogs for his senior year. Despite coming back for his senior year, Paul Oliver became academically ineligible and decided to enter the supplemental draft. The Bulldogs were led on offense by rising Sophomore QB Matthew Stafford. Sean Bailey and Mohammed Massaquoi led the receivers and Thomas Brown at Tailback. The defense saw the emergence of Asher Allen and Kelin Johnson in the Secondary. In addition, Dannell Ellerbe was the leader of the Linebackers while Geno Atkins and Jeff Owens anchored the Defensive Line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Regular season\nThe Bulldogs started off strong with an impressive win at home against Oklahoma State. Though, the Bulldogs failed to score a touchdown the following week against South Carolina. The Dawgs rebounded against Western Carolina and enjoyed the thrill of an overtime victory on September 22 at Alabama. This was a legendary call for Scott Howard, the new play by play announcer replacing the legendary Larry Munson. Other high moments during the season were the upset win against Florida 42-30 and the win against Auburn 45-20 as Georgia wore Black jerseys for the first time. The season ended on a high note as the Bulldogs defeated Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana 41-10. The Bulldogs crushed the undefeated Warriors and their high-potent offense lead by NCAA record-setting quarterback Colt Brennan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Schedule\nBefore the season, CNNSI.com ranked the 2007 UGA schedule the 14th hardest in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nSophomore quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns as the Bulldogs cruised past the Cowboys from the Big 12 in a much-hyped season opener. Georgia won its first game of the season for an 11th consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThe Gamecocks took a 7-0 lead on their first drive of the game and used stifling defense to hold off the Bulldogs the rest of the way. It was Georgia's first loss in the series since 2001, and the team's fifth consecutive loss to SEC East opponents, dating back to the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina\nAfter a slow start, the Dawgs exploded for 42 points in the final three quarters to bounce back with a win over the 1-AA Catamounts. Freshman running back Knowshon Moreno rushed for 94 yards on 13 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nIn a virtual must-win situation, the Dawgs avoided an 0-2 start in SEC play by escaping Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium with an overtime win. Matthew Stafford connected with senior wide receiver Mikey Henderson on the Bulldogs' first play from scrimmage in OT for the winning score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss\nRunning back Thomas Brown rushed for a career-high 180 yds and three touchdowns in the fifth straight win against Western Division opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nGeorgia suffered its worst loss since the 2003 Southeastern Conference championship, a 34-13 loss to LSU, and coach Mark Richt's first loss at Tennessee. The Bulldogs had won their last three games at Neyland, Tennessee's home stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nSenior kicker Brandon Coutu drilled a 37-yard field goal as time expired to give Georgia its second road win of the season, both coming on the game's final play. The Dawgs outscored Vanderbilt 13-0 in the second half to rally from a 17-7 halftime deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Florida\nBehind Knowshon Moreno's 188 yards (3 touchdowns) and Stafford's 223 yards passing (3 touchdowns), the Dawgs ended their hex against the rival Gators, who had won 15 of the last 17 games in the series. The game was notable for an all team end-zone celebration following Georgia's first touchdown scored on their opening drive. The team celebration was penalized twice and set the tone for a hard fought game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Troy\nKnowshon Moreno had another huge game, rushing for 196 yards and three touchdowns, as the Bulldogs avoided a post-Florida hangover with a 10-point win over the pesky Trojans from the Sun Belt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nGeorgia had their way in The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry for the second consecutive year behind a balanced offensive attack, with 237 yards passing from Matthew Stafford and 180 combined yards on the ground. The Tigers allowed their most points in a game for the entire season to Georgia for the third straight year. It was also the first game in which the Bulldogs wore their black jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe Dawgs had to shake off the rust after falling behind 10-0 early and did just that by scoring 24 of the game's final 27 points to complete the SEC schedule at 6-2. Georgia ran their winning streak over the Wildcats in Athens to 15 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nGeorgia tied a school-record with its seventh-consecutive win in the series of their rivals from Atlanta. Thomas Brown ran for 139 yards, unlike Moreno, who struggled and left the game with an ankle injury. The Georgia defense allowed just 12 completions on 32 pass attempts by the Yellow Jackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Sugar Bowl\nGeorgia controlled both sides of the line of scrimmage and completely outmanned the undefeated Western Athletic Conference champs from the beginning of the game to the end. The Bulldogs' previously unheralded defensive end Marcus Howard dominated the Warrior offensive line and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. This is only the second time a defensive player has been named MVP in the Sugar Bowl's history. The last defensive player to be named MVP was Walt Yowarsky, who played tackle for Kentucky, in 1951.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Postseason, Final ranking\nThe Associated Press final poll lists the Bulldogs ranked 2nd (behind national champion LSU) - the highest ranking since December 6, 1982, and the highest final season ranking since the National Championship year of 1980. Buoyed by three first place votes, the Bulldogs barely outpaced the third ranked USC program. 2007 marks the eleventh consecutive final AP poll which the Bulldogs ranked in the top 25, the current longest active streak. The Bulldogs have been ranked 30 times in the final poll including 14 Top-10 and 9 Top-5 rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Postseason, Final ranking\nThe final USA Today poll listed the Bulldogs ranked 3rd (behind LSU and USC) \u2013 which ties the highest ranking ever in that poll (set in the final 2002 poll).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191407-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Coaching staff\nThe 2007 Season is Coach Richt's seventh season at Georgia. Neil Callaway, Georgia's offensive coordinator from 2001 to 2006, left at the end of 2006 to become the head coach at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Richt named former UGA quarterback Mike Bobo as the new offensive coordinator. Bobo took over play calling responsibilities during the Georgia Tech game as well as in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Callaway also served as the offensive line coach. Stacy Searels, offensive line coach at LSU from 2003 to 2006, was named to the same position at Georgia to replace Callaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191408-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Force season\nThe 2007 Georgia Force season was the sixth season for the team in the Arena Football League. They tried to improve upon their 8\u20138 record from 2006 in the Southern Division, and looked to return to the playoffs. They went 14\u20132 and had the #2 spot in their conference in the AFL playoffs. They lost the National Conference Championship 56\u201366 to the Columbus Destroyers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191408-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Force season, Coaching\nDoug Plank, head coach since 2005, entered his third year as Force head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team\nThe 2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, West Georgia\nIt was a successful coaching debut for Chris Hatcher, who took over as Eagles coach after winning a national championship at Valdosta State in NCAA Division II. He was brought on to restore Georgia Southern's prestige as a Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse again after finishing 3\u20138 last season, the last when the division was recognized as 1-AA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Coastal Carolina\nJayson Foster ran for 253 yards and six touchdowns to lead Georgia Southern past Coastal Carolina 42\u201334 on Saturday night... The Eagles (2v0) also got 206 yards from Lamar Lewis on 18 carries, including a 63-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Chattanooga\nIt was the Southern Conference opener for both teams. Georgia Southern (2\u20131, 0\u20131) got another outstanding night from quarterback Jayson Foster who rushed for 210 yards and completed 16 of 19 passes for 120 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina\nJayson Foster ran for one touchdown and threw for another while completing all 10 of his passes to lead Georgia Southern to a 50\u201321 Southern Conference victory over Western Carolina on Saturday. Foster, who led Division I Football Championship Subdivision rushers with an average of 231.2 yards per game, had only 96 yards rushing, but he was effective throwing the football. The 5-foot-9, 164-pound senior was 10-for-10 passing for 147 yards, including a 29-yard scoring pass to Michael McIntosh. Foster is now 27-for-30 in his last two games and his perfect performance against the Catamounts was a new school single game completion record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, South Dakota State\nJesse Hartley kicked a 54-yard field goal on the final play of the game to give Georgia Southern a 41\u201338 victory over South Dakota State on Saturday....Hartley's game winning kick, a career long, was set up by an interception by Carson Hill with 21 seconds remaining. The Jackrabbits got the ball back with 31 seconds to play and the score tied but chose not to sit on it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Elon\nThe Phoenix (4\u20132, 2\u20131 Southern Conference) beat the Eagles for the first time in eight games....Hartley, who made a 49-yard try in the second quarter as one of his four field goals, missed a 38-yard attempt in the second overtime as the Eagles gained only 4 yards in three downs. The Phoenix actually lost 7 yards in three plays before Wilcox made the winning kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State\nLamar Lewis ran for 74 yards and two touchdowns, including a key fourth-quarter score, as Georgia Southern held off an Appalachian State rally Saturday and took a 38\u201335 victory in the Southern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 77], "content_span": [78, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, The Citadel\nJayson Foster scored a pair touchdowns in the fourth quarter to help Georgia Southern rally late in a 21\u201317 win over The Citadel on Saturday.... Foster also completed 11-of-16 passes for 106 yards. Lamar Lewis chipped in on the running game, gaining 82 yards on 18 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 71], "content_span": [72, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Wofford\nJayson Foster had 279 rushing yards and three touchdowns to lead Georgia Southern a 38\u201335 victory over Wofford on Saturday.... With the game tied at 35, Georgia Southern (7\u20132, 4\u20132 Southern Conference) had a 45-yard kickoff return to set up the game-winning field goal with 8:58 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191409-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Southern Eagles football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nGartrell Johnson ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass, leading Colorado State to a 42\u201334 victory over Georgia Southern Saturday. Johnson finished with 136 yards on the ground. Caleb Hanie completed 13-of-16 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns, and Damon Morton caught four passes for 100 yards and a score for Colorado State (2\u20139).... Quarterback Jayson Foster ran for 195 yards on 27 carries and scored three touchdowns for the Eagles. He also threw for 107 yards for Georgia Southern (7-4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 74], "content_span": [75, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team\nThe 2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's coach was former Dallas Cowboys, Samford Bulldogs, and Troy Trojans coach Chan Gailey. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Previous seasons\nGeorgia Tech had posted five consecutive seasons with 7 or more wins under Coach Gailey. The team had been to five bowl games under Chan Gailey and has a 2\u20133 record in post season play. Under Chan Gailey, Georgia Tech had become notorious for having a blitzing defense and a ball control offense. In 2006 Georgia Tech proved to be slightly inconsistent holding #2 Notre Dame to 14 points (L 10-14) and upsetting #10 Virginia Tech (W 38\u201327), while losing to unranked archrival University of Georgia (L 12-15).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Pre-season\nHead Coach Chan Gailey returned for his sixth year at the helm of the program. Reggie Ball, after four years starting for Tech, was replaced by Taylor Bennett. Taylor Bennett started his first game against UConn in 2005 after Reggie came down with viral meningitis and had his break out game against West Virginia in the 2007 Gator Bowl. Tashard Choice was the 2006 ACC rushing champion and returned behind a veteran offensive line led by tackle Andrew Gardner and center Kevin Tuminello. Georgia Tech was ranked as high as #14 in the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nRunning Back Tashard Choice ran for a career-high 196\u00a0yards for 2 touchdowns in the worst loss suffered by Notre Dame in a season opener in its history. Notre Dame accumulated \u22129 rushing yards and 130 passing yards. Georgia Tech amassed 260\u00a0yards on the ground while Taylor Bennett went 11/23 for 121\u00a0yards for his third career start. The Georgia Tech defense added nine quarterback sacks and recovered three fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Samford\nGeorgia Tech scored 9 rushing touchdowns in an offensive exhibition that also featured 389\u00a0yards of rushing yards. Tashard Choice continued his 100\u00a0yards per game streak with a 110\u00a0yard, 2 touchdown effort. True freshman Jon Dwyer racked up 3 rushing touchdowns as well. The Tech defense held Samford to 84\u00a0yards rushing and recovered two fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nGeorgia Tech hosted Boston College for the first time since 1998, and it was also the first meeting of the two schools since Boston College joined the ACC. Senior BC quarterback Matt Ryan threw for a career-high 435\u00a0yards and the Eagles outgained the Jackets 527\u2013267 in the game. Tech's defense held BC to 93\u00a0yards rushing, recovered a fumble, and attained two sacks. Offensive highlights included Jon Dwyer's fifth career touchdown and Demaryius Thomas reeling in 5 catches for 68\u00a0yards. Durant Brooks boomed 10 punts for a 45.3\u00a0yard average as well. The loss was Tech's first of the year, dropping them to 2\u20131, and 0\u20131 in the ACC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nTech lost its eighth straight road trip in Charlottesville. The Jackets gave up 21 points in the first thirteen minutes of the game. UVA scored two rushing touchdowns and on a Chris Long pass deflection that Taylor Bennett attempted to knock down. After Bennett attempted to knockdown the pass it was picked off by a UVA linebacker and returned for a touchdown. Georgia Tech answered back scoring 16 unanswered points to take the lead 23\u201321 late in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia\nAfter a muffed punt with nine minutes remaining in the game, UVA took the lead with a touchdown pass, which would be the last score of the game. Georgia Tech wide receiver Corey Earls suffered a severe nick injury late in the fourth quarter after a Taylor Bennett scramble. Tech was led by Jon Dwyer's 83\u00a0yards rushing and Demaryius Thomas' 86 receiving yards and a touchdown. Tech's defense recovered two fumbles, garnered two sacks, and intercepted one pass. Safety Jamal Lewis led the team with 12 tackles and a tackle for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Clemson\nThe Yellow Jackets got their first conference win against rival Clemson. The Tigers averaged 38 points a game leading up to the contest but only managed a field goal. The Tech defense held C. J. Spiller and James Davis to a combined 62\u00a0yards on 21 attempts. The Tech defense also accumulated 6 sacks and an interception in their effort. Tech's Travis Bell kicked two field goals while Clemson's Mark Buchholz missed four of his five attempted field goals. Georgia Tech's offense controlled the clock with a ferocious ground attack, which featured Tashard Choice's 142 rushing yards and a touchdown. Clemson has not scored a touchdown in Bobby Dodd Stadium since 2003. Tech will be on the road for the next two weeks before returning to Atlanta to play the Army Black Knights for the annual homecoming celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nPlacekicker Travis Bell missed two of four field goal attempts including a 52 yarder on Tech's last possession in a 28\u201326 loss to Maryland. Maryland stormed ahead of Tech taking a 21\u20133 lead by the beginning of the second quarter. Tech rallied and by the fourth quarter had closed the gap to 2 points on a Taylor Bennett to Demaryius Thomas touchdown pass. The two-point conversion attempt failed and Tech would not score again. Tech was led by the rushing of Tashard Choice who carried 32 times for 135\u00a0yards and Demaryius Thomas' 9 receptions and 139\u00a0yards. Tech's defense amassed four sacks and recovered a fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 72], "content_span": [73, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Miami\nTaylor Bennett scored on two rushing touchdowns in the third quarter to lead Tech past the Hurricanes 17\u201314. Tech racked up 265\u00a0yards rushing against a Canes defense that only allowed 111 rushing yards per game coming into the contest. Tashard Choice carried the bulk of the rushing load carrying the ball 37 times for 204\u00a0yards. The Patrick Nix offense of Miami only passed for 56\u00a0yards and gained 225 total yards of offense against Jon Tenuta's defense. Travis Bell kicked the go-ahead field goal with 7:34 left in the fourth quarter and Tech never relented the lead. Since 1984, only Tech, Virginia Tech, and Florida State have beaten Miami at least 3 years in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Army\nTech beat Army 34\u201310 at the cost of two running backs. Tashard Choice and Rashaun Grant were both injured in the contest during Tech's 292-rushing-yard game. Tech's offense was led by Rashaun Grant's 135 all-purpose yardage and a touchdown. Tashard Choice, Jamaal Evans, and Jon Dwyer also scored rushing touchdowns. Mike Cox rushed for a career 38\u00a0yards on 3 carries. Freshman safety Morgan Burnett picked off his third pass of the season, which stymied Army's last attempt at taking the lead for the rest of the game. Tech's defense recorded 3 total interceptions and 2 sacks. Senior defensive end Darryl Robertson recorded 4 tackles for losses and a sack in the effort. Tech was now one victory away from bowl eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nGeorgia Tech only mustered a field goal in a game that saw Tech's offense turn the ball over 6 times. Taylor Bennett threw 4 interceptions and was sacked twice in the effort while freshman quarterback Josh Nesbitt threw another interception in the fourth quarter. James Johnson accounted for another turnover when he fumbled after a 35\u00a0yard reception. The Tech defense brought pressure all game long and sacked Virginia Tech quarterback Sean Glennon seven times and stripped runningback Branden Ore of the football once in the effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nJames Johnson had 7 receptions for a 136\u00a0yards while freshmen Jon Dwyer and Josh Nesbitt carried the load for injured seniors Tashard Choice and Rashaun Grant. The freshmen pair ran for 101\u00a0yards on 14 carries. Durant Brooks pinned the Hokies inside the twenty 4 times out of 6 punts. Tech is now eliminated from ACC Title contention. Also of note, Big Boi of Outkast performed at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 77], "content_span": [78, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Duke\nGeorgia Tech prevailed after trailing the Blue Devils 10\u20137 in the first quarter. The Tech defense recovered a fumble and recorded eight sacks in the effort. Tashard Choice eclipsed the 1,000\u00a0yard mark for the second straight season with his two touchdown, 174\u00a0yard effort. Tech, with the win, became the 8th bowl eligible team in the ACC and ensured that Georgia Tech's 11 year bowl streak would continue to twelve years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, North Carolina\nGeorgia Tech survived four lost fumbles to overcome a late UNC rally and win 27\u201325. Travis Bell connected on two of three field goal attempts, which included Tech's winning score with 11\u00a0seconds remaining in the game. Taylor Bennett passed for 196\u00a0yards, threw for a touchdown, and caught a touchdown pass from Tashard Choice. Choice added 127\u00a0yards on the ground. The Tech defense added four sacks to the effort led by Gary Guyton who accounted for 8 solo tackles and three tackles for loss. Durant Brooks punted the ball 4 times for 240 total yards including a booming 76\u00a0yard punt. Tech's 4\u20134 ACC mark helps Tech finish the season third in the ACC Coastal division and tied for fifth with Wake Forest for fifth overall in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 78], "content_span": [79, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nTech dropped its seventh straight season finale to UGA with a 31\u201317 loss. Tech's defense picked up one sack in the effort. Tech's offense was led by Tashard Choice's 133\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Durant Brooks boomed four punts for a 52.8\u00a0yard average while placekicker Travis Bell knocked down a field goal in the fourth quarter for Tech's last points of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191410-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Game summaries, Humanitarian Bowl\nTech was coached by interim head coach Jon Tenuta as head coach Chan Gailey was terminated the Monday after the UGA loss. Tech dropped the decision 40\u201328. Tech's only lead of 7\u20130 held until the Bulldogs scored 27 straight unanswered points. Tech never recuperated from the 17 point Fresno 2nd quarter as Tech and Fresno exchanged touchdowns for the rest of the game. Tech highlights included Jon Dwyer rushing for two touchdowns and Demaryius Thomas catching 4 passes for 69\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Tech receiver D.J. Donley blocked his second punt of the year as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 81], "content_span": [82, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident\nThe 2007 Georgia helicopter incident refers to the accusation by Georgia that three Russian helicopters fired on the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia on March 11, 2007. It was a break-away autonomous republic in north-western Georgia (at that time, the Kodori Gorge was the only portion of Abkhazia still under Georgia's control.) The attack was at the village of Chkhalta, which damaged a school, and the government headquarters of the Georgian-backed Abkhaz government-in-exile. Russia denied any attacks and said all its aircraft near the area were grounded over the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Reactions, Georgia\nGeorgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held an emergency meeting after the alleged incident and told the Security Council that the incident created a grave situation and constituted \"a very dangerous, serious and far-reaching provocation\" but he stopped short of pointing the finger at Russia directly. He said that he didn't \"want to make accusations against one particular side. The [Georgian] foreign minister has received instructions to contact his Russian counterpart and firmly demand that Russia react to this situation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Reactions, Georgia\nOn March 14, Nikoloz Rurua, the then deputy chairman of the Georgian parliament's Committee for Defense and Security, did point the finger at Russia as he said that the helicopters came from Russian territory. He further said that the \"helicopters, preliminarily identified as Mi-24 attack gunships, flew [into the Kodori Gorge] from Russian territory or, to be precise, from the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria. They made a circle above the villages of Upper Abkhazia, and as they were making a second circle they dropped about 20 unguided rockets, or so-called NURS (Russian-made unguided) rockets.\" Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Eka Sguladze made similar allegations in remarks to foreign diplomats that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Reactions, Russia\nThe deputy commander of Russia's ground forces, Lieutenant General Valery Yevnevich responded that helicopters could not have flown over the Caucasus mountain range. Yevnevich said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Reactions, Russia\n\"From the Russian side, it is impossible for helicopters to find a passage to fly through because of the high mountains. Mount Elbrus is over 5,000 meters high. Helicopters cannot fly over the Caucasus mountain range for technical reasons.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Reactions, Russia\nRussian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin added that Russia was investigating the circumstances of the shooting, but noted that the air force said it did not conduct flights in the area at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Reactions, United Nations\nA quadripartite Joint Fact-Finding Group (JFFG) was convened to investigate the incident. The JFFG, headed by the UN Observer Mission in Georgia, also involved representatives of Russian peacekeepers, and both the Georgian and Abkhaz sides. The interim report was released on April 2, 2007, followed by a supplementary report on June 13. The report was inconclusive, but it confirmed that \"helicopters used multiple approaches from the north\" to reach the upper Kodori Gorge. It also ruled out the possibility of Georgia's involvement in the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Aftermath\nGeorgia accused Russia of a similar incident in August 2007 when a missile was allegedly fired upon Georgian soil, which was denied by Russia. Georgia pressed the UN Security Council to look into both the helicopter and the missile incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191411-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia helicopter incident, Aftermath\nOn August 22, 2007, a plane downing incident took place that involved the downing by Georgia's anti-aircraft system, of a military plane that violated Georgia's air space. Abkhazia's break-away government stated that a plane was crashed by itself, and rejected that it was shot down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident\nThe 2007 Georgia missile incident refers to the landing of a missile in the Georgian village of Tsitelubani in the Gori district near the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, some 65\u00a0km (40\u00a0mi) north-west of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on 7 August 2007. Georgian officials said that two Russian combat aircraft violated its airspace and fired a missile, which fell on the edge of a village but did not explode. Russia denied this allegation and said that Georgia may have fired the missile on its own territory as a way of provoking tensions in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident\nSeveral expert teams were sent to Georgia to investigate the incident. While two international investigation teams confirmed Georgia's claims, the Russian team dismissed them. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stated that it was \"extremely difficult to have a clear picture\", given the conflicting nature of the experts' findings. The organization decided not to launch its own probe into the incident. The Portuguese ambassador to the OSCE has issued a statement on behalf of the EU, which refrained from supporting either Georgian or Russian version of the events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Background\nThe missile incident occurred amids rising tensions between Georgia and Russia since the 2003 Rose Revolution, which brought Mikhail Saakashvili, a pro-western president to power. Among others, his wish for Georgia to join NATO and the EU, as well as seeking greater economic and military ties with the West, irked Russia as it marked a loss of Russian influence in the region. Since then, several crises, incidents and accusations have succeeded each other: the 2004 Adjara crisis, the 2006 North Ossetia sabotages, the 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines, the 2006 Kodori crisis, the 2006 Georgian-Russian espionage controversy and the March 2007 Georgia helicopter attack incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Incident\nVano Merabishvili, Georgia's interior minister, said that two Sukhoi attack aircraft entered Georgian airspace from Russia at 7.30\u00a0pm on 7 August and fired at least one air-to-surface missile at the village of Tsitelubani. The missile left a 16-foot crater in a field but failed to detonate. Sappers later defused the missile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nGeorgian experts have identified the missile as a Soviet-designed Kh-58 ARM. The remains of the missile were destroyed by the Georgian authorities before its identity could be confirmed by the Joint Control Commission. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said the incident was part of a pattern of Russian aggression against its neighbors and urged European states to condemn Moscow. Georgia claimed to have radar evidence proving that the invading aircraft flew in from Russia and said that the strike had aimed, unsuccessfully, at destroying radar equipment recently installed near the South Ossetian conflict zone. The Georgian experts suggested the pilot did not fire but jettisoned the missile and fled after friendly forces of South Ossetia mistakenly fired an anti-aircraft missile at his jet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nFormer President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze, said that during his time in office, Russian jets on a regular basis bombed Georgian forces during the wars in the 1990s when Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke from central government control. \"I won't be revealing any great secrets if I say that that such violations of Georgia's air space and bombings were common during my presidency. But Russian forces never acknowledged any of this,\" Shevardnadze said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nThe Georgian opposition politicians Salome Zourabichvili and Shalva Natelashvili suggested that the Georgian authorities might have been behind the incident, intended as a provocation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Georgia\nOn 22 August, after the conclusions of the two international and the Russian investigations (see below), Georgia's UN ambassador, Irakli Alasania, accused Russia of attempting to \"intimidate Georgia and assess Georgian military readiness.\" He further added that Georgia had to \"take an absolutely resolute and non-negotiable stance in the face of efforts to use military force to destabilize a democratic state, and to attempt to influence its domestic and foreign policy\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, South Ossetia\nSouth Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity described the incident as \"a provocation staged by the Georgian side, aimed at discrediting Russia\", claiming that another bomb fell in South Ossetia. In his words, \"a Georgian military plane crossed into South Ossetia on Monday, performed manoeuvres above Ossetian villages and dropped two bombs.\" On 9 August 2007, South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity announced that he intends to request that Russia deploys air-defense systems in the republic, to discourage any such future incidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Russia\nRussia also denied the Georgian claim. Later that day, Russia's foreign ministry said that Georgian jets may have fired the missile on their own territory as a way of provoking tensions in the region and derailing a session of the Joint Control Commission on Georgian-South Ossetian Conflict Resolution. Georgia immediately denounced the claim as absurdity. Pavel Akulyonok, a Russian Air Force engineer working for the Russian team investigating the incident, said that \"the Georgian side has forged facts\". He said many parts of the missile which usually remain after an impact could not be found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Other\nThe U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Matthew Bryza rejected the Russian allegations, advising Moscow to tone down its rhetoric on Georgia. European Commission spokeswoman Christiane Hohmann urged Georgia and Russia to show restraint and said it is not possible to further comment on the incident until the full facts are known. She added a team from the OSCE is looking into the affair. The OSCE has also appealed for both sides to show restraint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Other\nAdrian Blomfield reported in The Daily Telegraph that some commentators suggested that a group of Kremlin hardliners were intent on provoking a military confrontation to provide an excuse to change the Russian constitution and allow Russian president Vladimir Putin to stay in power. Alexei Malashenko, an expert on the Caucasus at the Moscow Carnegie Centre, said it was possible that this faction had ordered the firing of a dummy missile in a bid to fuel the crisis. But he said it was more likely that the missile attack could have been carried out by local Russian army units without the knowledge of the Russian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Reactions and views, Other\nStratfor, a private intelligence agency based in the United States, speculates that \"considering regional developments in the past few weeks, this \"bomb\" was far more likely a Georgian ploy than a Russian one. (And it is even more likely that it was accidentally dropped by an under-loved and under-maintained Georgian aircraft rather than deliberately targeted. )\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, OSCE report\nAccording to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) spokeswoman in Vienna, the OSCE mission reported \"one aircraft flying from north-east\" though the report has not yet been publicly released. The spokeswoman stressed that it was \"an internal report that does not represent the position of the OSCE\". The Georgian state minister Davit Bakradze added that \"there is no other country than Russia to the north-east.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, OSCE report\nOn 17 August 2007, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, appointed Croatian diplomat and ex-minister Miomir \u017du\u017eul, \"to be his personal representative in a mission to Georgia on (a) missile incident that took place on 6 August,\" alleged to be a Russian missile strike on Georgian territory. \u017du\u017eul will reportedly travel to Georgia and the Russian Federation early on the week of 20 August. He will reportedly be joined by the Charg\u00e9 d'Affaires of the Spanish Permanent Mission to the OSCE, Arturo Perez Martinez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, OSCE report\nOn 30 August, the OSCE's chairman-in-office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. The ministers discussed among others the missile incident and Moratinos outlined the contents of the report prepared by his special envoy \u017du\u017eul on meetings he had the week before in Moscow and Tbilisi. The report, which is not yet publicly available, will be presented by \u017du\u017eul at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on 6 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, OSCE report\nAn OSCE spokesman said that \"the key point here is that it's not the OSCE's role to pass judgment, or point the finger. It's to listen to all sides, and to recommend and seek ways to avoid similar incidents and tensions in the future. So this is not about trying to establish who was responsible, or what exactly happened, but to look to the future to try to find ways to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen again.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, OSCE report\nOn 6 September 2007, a months after the incident, a closed-door OSCE Council session was held. Julie Finley, the US ambassador to the OSCE, dismissed the report of the Russian experts and called for the OSCE to launch its own investigation. This motion was not supported by \u017du\u017eul; there will be no OSCE probe into the incident. Instead, the organization will focus on preventing similar incidents in the future, promptly intervening in the event of a crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, UN Security Council\nThe Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to secure the holding of a UN Security Council session to discuss the incident and to encourage the international involvement into the investigation of the attack. Former Georgian president Shevardnadze dismissed efforts to involve the United Nations, as Russia would use its veto as a permanent member of the Security Council to thwart any real investigation or criticism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, UN Security Council\nOn 16 August, the United States, which backed Georgia's call for a special session, attempted to have the Security Council issue a statement on the alleged incident. Russia, however, blocked the move, calling it \"premature.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, International investigation\nOn 15 August, the group of defense specialists from the United States, Sweden, Latvia, and Lithuania, involved in the international investigation at Georgia's request, released their findings in Tbilisi. The group confirmed that the plane flew from Russia into Georgian airspace and back three times and described the missile as a Russian-designed KH-58, which is intended to take out radar systems. The team added that Georgian Air Force \"does not possess aircraft equipped with or able to launch\" that missile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, International investigation\nA team of Russian investigators also arrived in Georgia on 16 August to conduct its own probe. Speaking at a news conference in Tbilisi, Russian ambassador Valery Kenyaikin said on 16 August that Moscow did not find the evidence of the international team convincing. He also said the Russian team presented evidence that refuted the team's findings, commenting that: \"The documents handed to the Georgian side show \u2013 and I hope prove \u2013 the absence of any information or elements [of information] testifying to the violation of Georgian airspace by Russia.\" A Russian Air Force official also claimed that Georgian authorities presented the Russian investigators with parts of several different missiles, some of which had traces of rust on them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, International investigation\nAn envoy appointed by the OSCE to investigate the incident met Georgian officials in Tbilisi, and traveled to Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191412-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia missile incident, Aftermath, International investigation\nA group of experts from Britain, Poland, and Estonia corroborated the results of the previous international investigation that a military jet illegally entered its airspace from Russia and dropped or jettisoned a missile before flying back to Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191413-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election\nOn June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of Georgia held a special election to fill a vacancy in Georgia's 10th congressional district. A runoff was held on July 17 with Paul Broun defeating Jim Whitehead by less than 1%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191413-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, History\nThe vacancy was created by the death of incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood. Norwood won reelection in 2006 with 67% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191413-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, History\nSince this is a nonpartisan special election, all candidates for the election were listed alphabetically, though their party affiliations are noted on the ballot. According to Georgia law, to win outright, a candidate needed a majority vote; since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers competed in a runoff election on July 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191413-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, Candidates\nThe following candidates were on the June 19 ballot. They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191413-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, Results\nNo candidate received a majority in the June 19 election so a runoff between Republicans Jim Whitehead and Paul Broun was held on July 17. Democrat James Marlow, the third-place finisher, had the right to request a recount within 48 hours of the official certification of the election results on June 25, 2007, due to the very small difference in total votes for himself and Broun, but did not do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191413-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, Results\nThe official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191414-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgia's 24th state senate district special election\nA special election was held in Georgia's 24th state senate district on June 19, 2007, to replace State Senator Jim Whitehead, who resigned from the seat to run for US Congress in Georgia's 10th congressional district's special election. Four candidates qualified for the election. The election was won by Bill Jackson who received over 62% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations\nIn 2007, a series of anti-government protests took place across Georgia. The demonstrations peaked on 2 November 2007, when 40,000-50,000 rallied in downtown Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. People protested against the allegedly corrupt government of president Mikheil Saakashvili. Protests triggered by detention of Georgian politician Irakli Okruashvili on charges of extortion, money laundering, and abuse of office during his tenure as defense minister of the country were organized by the National Council, an ad hoc coalition of ten opposition parties, and financed by the media tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations\nDemonstrations occurred both in September and November 2007 and were initially largely peaceful. The protests went downhill by 6 November 2007, but turned violent the next day when the police, using heavy-handed tactics, including tear gas and water cannon, unblocked Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi's main boulevard, dislodged the protesters from the territory adjoining to the House of Parliament, and prevented the demonstrators from resuming the protests. The government accused the Russian secret services of being involved in an attempted coup d'\u00e9tat and declared a nationwide state of emergency later that day which lasted until late 16 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations\nOn 8 November 2007, President Saakashvili announced a compromise solution to hold an early presidential election for 5 January 2008. He also proposed to hold a referendum in parallel to snap presidential elections about when to hold parliamentary polls \u2013 in spring as pushed for by the opposition parties, or in late 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations\nIt is said to have been the worst political crisis in Georgia since the Rose Revolution in 2003 that brought Saakashvili's government to power in the first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Background\nGeorgia in 2003 underwent a change of leadership that saw the coming to power of Mikheil Saakashvili in 2004. Saakashvili, a U.S. trained lawyer and staunch advocate for closer integration with NATO and the European Union, instituted reforms that saw the nation's GDP triple and corruption drop since taking office. In 2006, the World Bank named Georgia as the top reformer in the world. Despite the progress, a significant portion of Georgia's population still live below the poverty line and Georgia is one of the poorest countries in the CIS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Background\nGrowing incomes are offset by rising inflation; radical economic reforms and a crackdown on the black market left thousands unemployed; and since the reforms, many Georgians are having to pay tax and utility bills in full. Although the Saakashvili government has declared war on corruption, its critics alleges corruption in Saakashvili's own team, including his uncle \u2013 the entrepreneur Temur Alasania \u2013 and several ministers. The opponents say the authorities use selective application of the law to sideline political opponents, and accuse Saakashvili of authoritarian rule. The government has also come under the fire of criticism due to the use of heavy-handed police against the 2006 prison riot, as well as due to the underinvestigated high-profile murder case involving police officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Background\nSaakashvili also inherited the issues of the Russian-backed unrecognized breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which seceded from Georgia in the early 1990s. As of the time of the demonstrations, they were de facto independent but de jure part of Georgia. Saakashvili had made it part of his agenda to reincorporate them through peaceful means. Others within Saakashvili's government, such as the defence minister Irakli Okruashvili had been pushing for a military solution for these de facto republics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Background\nSaaskashvili reassigned the portfolio of Okruashvili from defence to Minister of the Economy in November 2006. It was believed that the reassignment came due to Okruashvili's aggressive stance on the secessionist conflicts. Okruashvili subsequently resigned his post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Background\nOn 25 September 2007, he announced the formation of the new opposition Movement for United Georgia and unleashed criticism on President Saakashvili, accusing him of corruption, incompetency and human rights violations. He also raised new concerns around Zurab Zhvania's death, challenging the official investigation point of view and personally accused the Georgian president of planning the murder of businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests\nProtests started on 28 September 2007. There was no major trouble reported at the rally, except for some minor scuffles between protesters and police when the protesters spilled out onto Rustaveli Avenue, blocking Tbilisi's main thoroughfare in front of the parliament. Demonstrators were demanding early elections, more accountability and honesty in politics. The demonstration, held merely a day after Okruashvili's arrest, attracted an estimated 10\u201315 thousand protesters, making it, at the time, the largest demonstration since Rose Revolution. Some noted the peculiar skill and unusual quickness in how these protests were organized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests\nThe rally was organized by an alliance of major opposition parties with the exception of the New Rights Party (NRP) which didn't participate in manifestation stating that it was \"not the way from one temple to another, it is substitute of one leader with another.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests, Okruashvili's comments\nPreviously, former Georgian Minister of Defense and long-time critic of Moscow's policy towards Georgia Irakly Okruashvili has lashed out at his former associate President Mikheil Saakashvili. Okruashvili had been sacked by the president, in November 2006, from his post of Defense Minister allegedly under pressure from the West in September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests, Okruashvili's comments\nAt the presentation of his party For United Georgia, he accused Saakashvili of corruption, lobbying the interests of his own family, weakness towards separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and a lack of morals. Okruashvili also claimed that the Georgian government had intentionally obscured the true reasons behind the death of former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania. Zhvania had died while Prime Minister in February 2005. Okruashvili said that Zhvania's corpse had been taken to the apartment where he was found dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests, Okruashvili's comments\nOkruashvili retracted his statements and admitted to the charges raised against him on 8 October 2007 on television, but he later said he made the statements due to being \"psychologically pressured\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests, Okruashvili's comments\nOkruashvili left Georgia around 1 November 2007. He subsequently said he was forced into exile; the government said he left to seek medical treatment. The following April he was granted political asylum by the government of France. In September 2008, a French court rejected Georgia's extradition request. Okruashvili has been described as \"a likely candidate to replace Saakashvili, if and when Georgian public opinion turns against the president.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests, Government's response\nOkruashvili's political comeback and his arrest coincided with Saakashvili's visit to New York City where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and heavily criticized Russia's involvement in Georgia's breakaway territories. Meanwhile, Giga Bokeria, an influential member of the Parliament of Georgia from the ruling United National Movement party, said by voicing stunning, but groundless accusations Okruashvili wanted \"to create some kind of immunity and untouchable status.\" On 29 September, President Saakashvili headed to Upper Abkhazia where he attended opening of a new road linking Georgian-controlled areas in breakaway Abkhazia with Georgia proper. He made his first remarks on Okruashvili's accusations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 28 September 2007 protests, Government's response\nI want to tell you that personally for me it is very difficult what Okruashvili has done. I am accustomed to any accusations leveled against me and against my relatives. But this person [Okruashvili] \u2013 unlike those persons, who just believed in or made allegations \u2013 knows precisely that it is a lie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nOn 2 November 2007, tens of thousands of Georgians protested outside the parliament in the capital, Tbilisi, urging President Mikhail Saakashvili to step down. The crowd also called for early parliamentary elections. They accused Saakashvili of heading a corrupt, authoritarian government and wanted him to be ousted democratically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nThe protests continued in the following days; a televised statement from Okruashvili was seen as a boost in support for the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nTwenty-three law enforcement officers were injured and 21 people were arrested during the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nTV footage showed some protesters throwing stones at riot policemen. They were dispersed by police a second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nTwo pro-opposition independent TV stations have gone off the air after Badri Patarkatsishvili declared that \"Nobody should doubt that all my efforts, my financial resources including the last tetri will be applied for freeing Georgia from Fascist regime\": Imedi TV (that is co-owned by the media tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili who sponsored the National Council recently set up by the ten opposition parties and has pledged to finance the rallies until the government is removed) and Kavkasia, located in the same building as Imedi TV. Police officers in masks and assault rifles were seen sealing off the Imedi office. Shortly afterwards, Mikheil Saakashvili declared a state of emergency Georgia-wide to last for 15 days. As a result, news programs at all the private television stations will be shut down for 15 days. The publicly funded Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) remained the only station allowed to provide news coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 998]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nOn 8 November, a \"small group of students\" gathered at Batumi State University to rally against what they saw as the \"police violence\" that had occurred the previous day. According to eyewitnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch, \"police attacked the group without warning, chasing and beating protesters trying to flee.\" Holly Cartner, Executive Director [of] Europe and Central Asia Division at Human Rights Watch condemned what she described as \"police attacks on peaceful protesters\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nSoon, Georgia's opposition announced the suspension of anti-government protests in Tbilisi. Most of the opposition parties hailed President Saakashvili's decision as the first step to end the political standoff, and agreed to the negotiations with Nino Burjanadze, the parliamentary chairperson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests\nBy 9 November 2007, riot police and troops had been withdrawn from the main sites of 7 November unrest. On the same day, Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church met separately with Nino Burjanadze and opposition leaders and said that he was ready to mediate between the opposition and the authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Government's response\nSaakasvili commented the clashes by saying \"We have been hearing for recent months that turmoil was expected in Georgia by autumn. We have been receiving this information from our intelligence\" and that \"alternative government has already been set up in Moscow\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Government's response\nPrime Minister Zurab Nogaideli said a coup attempt was made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Government's response\nOn 7 November, Georgia's Interior Ministry released taped audio and video material purporting to show some opposition leaders \u2013 Levan Berdzenishvili of the Republican Party, Giorgi Khaindrava of opposition group Equality Institute, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, the leader of the Freedom Movement and Shalva Natelashvili, the leader of Labor Party \u2013 cooperating with the Russian counter-intelligence service during a meeting with three Russian diplomats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Government's response\nGigi Ugulava, Tbilisi's mayor, defended the action by police, saying: \"I was listening to one of the opposition leaders who was saying proudly they planned to pitch tents and set up a tent town in Tbilisi. \"What we did is stop this because it is the will of the people not to have a tent town in Tbilisi.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 87], "content_span": [88, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Criticism of government actions\nThe opposition leaders, NGOs and the public defender of Georgia have harshly criticised the government actions. The police was accused of excessiveness, and it was alleged that groups of organized civilians were also engaged in the crackdown on the protesters. Illegal arrests, beatings and intimidations were reported. Concerns have been expressed about widespread practice of tapping private telephone conversations. The government has been accused of media control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Criticism of government actions\nIn December 2008, Sozar Subari, Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia, claimed he had evidence that then Georgia's Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili had ordered police to beat protesters, \"mainly in the kidneys and the stomach.\" In his testimony before Georgian Parliament, Subari claimed that he possessed evidence that Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili, Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili and Davit Akhalaia (who had no official office then) had had a secret meeting at the office of Interior Ministry on 4 November 2007 where they had decided on the course of action for handling the demonstrations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 2 November 2007 protests, Criticism of government actions\n\"The interior minister ordered that the demonstrators be hit mainly in the kidneys and the stomach, or in the face only when necessary. The interior minister also said at the meeting that not a single participant in the action must escape unbeaten in order to teach them a lesson for the future.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 97], "content_span": [98, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Timeline, 25 November 2007 protests\nOn 25 November 2007, thousands of protesters staged a three-hour peaceful demonstration demanding the re-opening of Imedi TV and radio stations. The protest, organized by a nine party opposition coalition, gathered in an area called the Rike in Tblisi and then moved to the front of the Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nUnited States \u2013 The United States welcomed the Georgian government's decision to hold early presidential elections, while urging to end the state of emergency and restore all media broadcasts. On 13 November 2007, Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and the top U.S. envoy to the Caucasus, told reporters that he would be very surprised if there had been a real threat from Russia to destabilize Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nRussia \u2013 The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected Saakashvili's accusations of backing the opposition rally calling it an \"irresponsible provocation\" designed by Georgian authorities to distract attention from domestic problems and blame them on a foreign scapegoat. It later issued a statement heavily criticizing the Georgian government for police lawlessness, arrests of opposition leaders and human rights activists, ban on activities of the independent media and beating of foreign journalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nSweden \u2013 Foreign minister Carl Bildt said that 7 November was a \"very dark day for Georgia\", but praised the decision to hold early presidential elections, adding that all parties now have to \"return to the democratic path\". \"This is also a way to address the simplistic propaganda that is currently blazoned abroad by the big neighbor in the north (Russia)\" /.../ \"and to secure long-term stability in the country.\" Carl Bildt, who met with President Saakashvili in Tbilisi on 2 November, has repeatedly said that: \"To support and help the young democracies (in Eastern Europe) /.../ is something we (Europe) must do.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nUnited Nations \u2013 Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, rebuked Georgia for its \"disproportionate use of force\" against protesters and said it must uphold fundamental rights even under a state of emergency. In a statement, she also expressed support for Georgia's public defender, or human rights ombudsman, and voiced concern at the silencing of independent television stations in the former Soviet republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nNATO \u2013 Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in a statement on 8 November 2007 said that \"The imposition of Emergency Rule, and the closure of media outlets in Georgia, a Partner with which the Alliance has an Intensified Dialogue, are of particular concern and not in line with Euro-Atlantic values\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nEuropean Union \u2013 The EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, urged restraint from both sides, saying \"political differences should be resolved within the democratic institutions\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, International reaction\nHuman Rights Watch \u2013 On 20 December 2007, Human Rights Watch released a 102-page report, named Crossing the Line: Georgia\u2019s Violent Dispersal of Protestors and Raid on Imedi Television, criticising what it saw as the Government's \"usage of excessive force\" on protesters the police's raide on Imedi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Crisis recedes\nOn 8 November 2007, Saakashvili announced he was planning snap presidential elections for 5 January 2008. He also proposed to hold a simultaneous plebiscite about when to hold parliamentary polls \u2013 in spring as pushed for by the opposition parties, or in late 2008. He also called for dialogue with the opposition parties which, he said, did not cooperate with the Russian intelligence, and promised to end the state of emergency within a few days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Crisis recedes\nThe Georgian authorities charged Patarkatsishvili, who had earlier left for London, with plotting a coup. He died on 12 February 2008, in London.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Crisis recedes\nOn 9 November 2007, the Parliament of Georgia, in a complete absence of opposition lawmakers, backed the presidential decree imposing state of emergency and restrictions on media on the entire territory of Georgia to be in force until late 22 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Crisis recedes\nOn 10 November 2007, the talks regarding the election code resumed between the ruling and opposition parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Crisis recedes\nThe nationwide state of emergency was lifted at 7\u00a0pm local time on 16 November 2007, in accordance to the parliament's decree passed two days earlier. All media sources resumed broadcasting with the exception of Imedi TV which returned on air on 12 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Economic impact\nRobert Christiansen, the head of the IMF's Georgia mission, indicated that the turmoil and pre-election uncertainty has dented Georgia's image with investors, adding that recovery was possible. He added that \"recent political developments add considerable uncertainty to the projected volume of inflows for the remainder of this year and 2008\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191415-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Georgian demonstrations, Aftermath, Economic impact\nAccording to Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze, during the November turmoils Georgian economy lost nearly half a billion dollars of potential investments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191416-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 German Athletics Championships were held at the Steigerwaldstadion in Erfurt on 21\u201322 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191417-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place between January 4 and 7, 2007 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior, junior, and novice levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191417-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 German Figure Skating Championships\nThe first senior compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz and the second was the Rhumba. The first junior compulsory dance was the Silver Samba and the second was the Midnight Blues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191418-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German Formula Three Championship\nThe 2007 ATS F3 cup was the fifth edition of the German F3 Cup. It commenced on 28 April 2007 and ended on 30 September after eighteen races. The title was won by Carlo van Dam in penultimate Sachsenring round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191418-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 German Formula Three Championship, Calendar\nWith the exception of two rounds at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191419-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German National Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 German National Badminton Championship was held in February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191420-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German Open Grand Prix\nThe 2007 German Open Grand Prix (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in M\u00fclheim from 27 February to 4 Mach 2007. It had a total purse of $80,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191420-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 German Open Grand Prix, Tournament\nThe 2007 German Open Grand Prix was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191420-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 German Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Innogy Sporthalle in M\u00fclheim, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191420-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 German Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191420-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 German Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$80,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191421-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German Skeleton Championship\nThe 41st German Skeleton Championship 2007 was organized on 3 March 2007 in K\u00f6nigssee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191422-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 13\u201315 July 2007 at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191422-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 German motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 81], "content_span": [82, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike\nThe German national rail strike of 2007 was a strike in Germany by the locomotive engineers union, Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivf\u00fchrer (GDL, or German Train Drivers' Union), which began on November 14, 2007 and ended on November 17, 2007. The union struck Deutsche Bahn, the state-owned company which operates the German rail system. It was the largest strike in history (as of 2007) against Deutsche Bahn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nGerman Train Drivers' Union/Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivf\u00fchrer (known by its German initials, GDL) is a relatively small union which represents about 34,000 train drivers in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nIn the fall of 2007, the union demanded a 31 percent wage increase from Deutsche Bahn, the state-owned company which operates the German rail system. The wage demand was far higher than the 4.5 percent wage increase won in July by Transnet Gewerkschaft (Transnet) and Verkehrsgewerkschaft GDBA (GDBA), the railway's two other large unions which together represent about 195,000 workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nBut GDL argued that German locomotive engineers are paid less than their counterparts in other European countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nDeutsche Bahn rejected the wage demand. The company said that it was committed to the long-standing German trade union practice of bargaining a coordinated contract with all its unions at once to create uniform wage standards. Deutsche Bahn argued that meeting GDL's wage demands would break this pattern and lead to wage demands from other unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nDeutsche Bahn countered by offering a one-time payment of \u20ac2,000 (about $2,934) and a 10 percent wage increase, with a two-hour extension of the work week. But GDL chairman Manfred Schell said the Deutsche Bahn offer was not acceptable as a basis for reopening talks. Deutsche Bahn refused to make another wage offer, and the company's 20-member supervisory board announced that it supported management's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nBoth sides also engaged in a vitriolic war of words which held out little chance of avoiding a strike. Schell accused Deutsche Bahn of \"raping\" the country and the union, and declared DB had \"provoked\" the strike. Deutsche Bahn, in turn, accused GDL of \"blackmail\" and \"madness\" and said any strike would be \"destructive\" and an \"economic disaster.\" Schell denounced the company, declaring, \"This is all a theatrical performance by the railway.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nAny strike was considered \"...a bold gamble by an isolated union.\" GDL represented a mere 3 percent of Deutsche Bahn's workforce. No other Deutsche Bahn union supported the engineers' strike, nor did the German federation of trade unions, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB). But GDL had a tradition of breaking with other unions in wage negotiations. GDL also believed the time was ripe for a nationwide strike. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government had planned to sell a 49 percent stake in Deutsche Bahn to the public. The union believed it had to seek its wage demands now before the privatization effort began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nGDL engaged in a series of strikes throughout the summer and fall designed to increase pressure on the railway prior to engaging in a nationwide walkout. A short strike occurred in July 2007, and Deutsche Bahn sued the union for \u20ac5 million ($7.3 million) in damages. In October and early November 2007, GDL held several short strikes against local commuter lines, stopping work for a total of 65 hours. On November 10, 2007, the union held a 42-hour strike which stopped about 90 percent of all freight trains in the country. Deutsche Bahn estimated the November 10 freight strike cost \u20ac50 million ($73 million) each day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Origins of the strike\nPublic sector workers in Germany have a severely restricted right to strike. Deutsche Bahn had previously won a court ruling limiting any strike to local service. But in early November 2007, the GDL union won the right to strike freight and long-distance trains as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nGDL announced that the strike against freight service would begin at noon Central European Time (CET) on November 14, while the strike against local and long-distance passenger trains would start at 2:00 a.m. CET on November 15. The union said the walkout would end at 2:00 a.m. CET on November 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nChancellor Merkel, adhering to the federal government's tradition of not intervening in labor disputes, declined to intervene. But other federal government officials pleaded for the resumption of negotiations. Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said ministry officials were working behind the scenes to mediate the dispute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nAs anticipated, the strike affected train service nationwide. However, the company brought in 1,000 managers and other employees to keep trains running. Still, more than 40 percent of all freight trains were halted. While 50 percent of regional passenger trains in western Germany were running, only one in 10 regional passenger trains operated in eastern Germany. Disruptions in local service varied. In Berlin and Munich, commuter service was only minimally interrupted, but by the end of the day only a third of all trains had run. But in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart, major cutbacks in train schedules occurred. In North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, trains ran every hour. Two-thirds of the country's high-speed InterCityExpress trains were running normally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nThe economic impact of the strike appeared to be heavy. Deutsche Bahn said the strike cost it \u20ac50 million ($73 million) a day. Automobile manufacturers, which depended heavily on trains for moving vehicles, found inventories backing up immediately. Audi shuttered at least one plant in order prevent an additional backlog from occurring. Seaports, especially Hamburg, were clogged with containers. Germany's steel industry, which transports half its goods by rail, was also badly affected. Federal officials expressed public concern that the strike could affect the economy, which had slowed in recent months", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nPublic support for the strike was relatively strong. Unscientific polls of commuters by newspapers and television stations showed support for the train drivers. A scientific poll conducted by Infratest Dimap for the public-service broadcaster ARD found that 61 percent of the people support the workers. Of 1,003 people surveyed, 47 percent said Deutsche Bahn was to blame for the strike, while only 25 percent fingered GDL. Nevertheless, the ARD poll found that public support for the union had slipped by five percentage points since mid-October. A second poll for the public opinion company Forsa for the newspaper Bild showed only 45 percent of the public supported GDL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nAs the strike neared its conclusion, GDL Chairman Schell said he was open to a 31 percent pay increase without a separate collective bargaining agreement. Other union leaders suggested that the union might even accept a pay raise as low as 15 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nBut Schell and other union officials reiterated their determination to win the labor dispute. Schell announced that the union might engage in a new, open-ended strike if no new offer was forthcoming from the employer. One report suggested that the union might extend its current strike through Christmas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, The strike\nDeutsche Bahn did not take such threats lightly. It advertised throughout Europe for new train drivers. The company received 5,000 applications, and hired 1,000 new drivers. Deutsche Bahn said the newly hired locomotive engineers would be used to meet increases in demand, and not to help break any future strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Conclusion and aftermath\nThe national rail strike ended as the union had planned, at 2:00 a.m. CET on the morning of Saturday, November 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Conclusion and aftermath\nGDL Chairman Schell declared that the union was \"very happy\" with the results of the national rail strike. However, Schell threatened another national rail strike if the union did not receive a new wage offer from Deutsche Bahn by November 19, 2007. Schell said the union would meet early on the week of November 19 to decide its next move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Conclusion and aftermath\nSeveral news outlets subsequently reported that Deutsche Bahn planned to make a new wage proposal in order to avoid an indefinite strike. At least one newspaper said Deutsche Bahn planned to agree to the union's primary demand\u2014a different contract from the one reached with the railway's two other labor unions last July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Conclusion and aftermath\nGDL and DB finally concluded a separate agreement for 30,000 GDL members on 9 March 2008. This agreement was eventually approved by the bargaining association formed by Transnet and GDBA and was thus extended to the engine drivers in these two trade unions. The agreement took retroactive effect from 1 March 2008. Approximately 40,000 work days had been lost due to the strike in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191423-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 German national rail strike, Conclusion and aftermath\nBy contrast, in January 2009, DB was able to conclude an agreement that covered all 3 trade unions after only 2 weeks of negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191424-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gerry Weber Open\nThe 2007 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 15th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 11 June through 17 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191424-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gerry Weber Open\nThe announced top seeds were World No. 1, Australian Open champion, French Open runner-up and defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 3 and French Open semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko, and Sydney titlist James Blake. Other top players competing were 2006 Halle finalist Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Estoril runner-up Richard Gasquet, Mikhail Youzhny, David Nalbandian and Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191424-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gerry Weber Open, Finals, Doubles\nSimon Aspelin / Julian Knowle defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonji\u0107, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191425-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Doubles\nFabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions, but Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle defeated them 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20135), in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191426-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer was the defending champion, but withdrew due to fatigue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191426-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gerry Weber Open \u2013 Singles\nTom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20134, against Marcos Baghdatis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191427-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gibraltar general election\nThe 2007 Gibraltar general election was held on 11 October 2007. The incumbent Chief Minister Peter Caruana narrowly won a fourth term, but opposition leader Joe Bossano had a very strong showing. Joe Bossano noted that this would be his last term as an MP, and joked that he would not join the government, despite receiving a higher personal vote than some members of the Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191427-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gibraltar general election\nThe GSD had ten candidates (all of whom were elected), Bossano's party the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) had seven candidates (four of whom were elected) and the Liberal Party of Gibraltar (LPG) led by Dr. Joseph Garcia had three candidates (all of whom were elected). The Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) fielded six candidates, five of whom obtained the fewest votes in the election after a lacklustre campaign. Two independents were unable to break through Gibraltar's party block vote system but did relatively well. They were the right wing lawyer Charles Gomez of New Gibraltar Democracy and Richard Martinez of the Parental Support Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191427-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gibraltar general election\nAn exit poll organised by the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) gave victory to the GSLP/Liberal coalition, but as counting progressed this proved incorrect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191428-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ginetta Junior Championship\nThe 2007 Ginetta GT Junior Championship season was the third season of the Ginetta Junior Championship. The season began at Anglesey on 30 June 2007 and concluded after 16 races over 7 events at Brands Hatch on 27 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191429-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Girabola\nThe 2007 Girabola was the 29th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 14 February to 21 October 2007. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191429-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Girabola\nThe league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2008 Gira Angola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191429-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Girabola\nPetro Atl\u00e9tico de Luanda were crowned champions, while Acad\u00e9mica do Soyo, Atl\u00e9tico do Namibe and Juventude do Moxico were relegated. Manucho Gon\u00e7alves of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 14 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191429-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Girabola, Changes from the 2006 season\nRelegated: Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga, Sporting de Cabinda Promoted: Juventude do Moxico, Petro do Huambo, Santos FC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia\nThe 2007 Giro d'Italia was the 90th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place from 12 May to 3 June 2007. The race began in Sardinia and finished in Milan, and featured five mountain top finishes, of which one was an individual time trial. The race also visited France and Austria in three stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia\nDanilo Di Luca of the Liquigas team won the race, with Andy Schleck from Team CSC and Eddy Mazzoleni from Astana rounding out the podium. Schleck also won the youth classification, which featured in the Giro for the first time since 1994. Di Luca's team dominated the overall classification, holding the race leader's pink jersey for 17 of the 21 stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia\nDuring the race, Alessandro Petacchi tested positive for elevated levels of salbutamol at a doping control on 23 May, after winning Stage 11. Petacchi has a medical exemption to use salbutamol in the treatment of asthma, but the concentration of the drug in his urine sample from this control was above the therapeutically accepted level. Though the Italian Cycling Federation originally refused to punish him, the Italian National Olympic Committee appealed the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, resulting in a suspension for the rider and forfeiture of all his results from the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Teams\nThe Giro, along with the season's other Grand Tours (the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a), was one of several events run in 2007 as a UCI ProTour event but without a ProTour license. This meant that while ProTour points were awarded in the race, the organizers were not obligated to invite the 20 ProTour teams. Nineteen of the twenty ProTour teams, Unibet.com being the exception, were invited, with three UCI Professional Continental teams rounding out the event's 22-team peloton. Each team entered nine riders, so the race began with 198 in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Teams\nThe 22 teams who took part in the race were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 70]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites\nIn the months leading up to the Giro, headlines centered on defending champion Ivan Basso. After having been removed from Team CSC's start list for the 2006 Tour de France due to his apparent involvement in the Operaci\u00f3n Puerto doping case, Basso and Team CSC mutually agreed on the termination of his contract with them. Days later, Basso appeared to be cleared of any connection to Puerto, as the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) shelved his case, and he signed with Discovery Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites\nHe rode part of the 2007 season with Discovery, and had intended to seek overall victory both in this Giro and in the 2007 Tour de France with his new team. In April 2007, Basso's case was re-opened by the FCI, a step rarely taken on cases formally shelved. Facing further investigations into his involvement with the doping ring, team Discovery asked him to stop racing late in April. Shortly afterward, just two weeks before the Giro was to begin, Basso terminated his contract with Discovery, meaning the Giro started without its defending champion. Basso subsequently admitted to planning on doping in the 2006 Tour, and the FCI handed him a two-year suspension, with credit for time already served in 2006 after he was first connected to the doping ring. Paolo Bettini, the reigning world champion, wore bib number one in Basso's place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites\nBasso's removal left wide open the possibilities for overall victory in this Giro. Four former Giro winners started this race \u2013 Damiano Cunego, Paolo Savoldelli, Gilberto Simoni, and Stefano Garzelli \u2013 and they were expected to be among the favorites. Simoni's Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir team was noted to contain many strong climbers, including Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Leonardo Piepoli. The passage of the Giro over Monte Zoncolan, where Simoni won a stage en route to overall victory in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, was also noted as a factor in his favor. Classics specialist Danilo Di Luca of Liquigas was also named as a contender, chiefly because of his strong team. Further riders named as contenders included Pietro Caucchioli and Yaroslav Popovych.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites\nThe most high-profile sprinters lined up to begin the 2007 Giro were Alessandro Petacchi and Robbie McEwen. They, along with countrymen Mario Cipollini and Baden Cooke, had had a back-and-forth rivalry for sprinting supremacy that had gone back several years but had been stunted in 2006 when Petacchi missed most of the season, including all but the first three stages of the Giro, due to a fractured kneecap sustained from a crash. One pre-race analysis viewed Petacchi's 2007 Giro and season as a chance at redemption for him. Other fast men in the race noted to be contenders in the flat stages included two-time points classification winner Bettini, Danilo Napolitano, and Graeme Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nRace director Angelo Zomegnan commented that the route was designed to be easier than that of the extremely climbing-intensive 2006 Giro. The Giro's twenty-one stages were divided into the following classifications: three time trials (one team and two individual), eleven flat or undulating stages (officially there was no distinction made between flat and undulating), four intermediate stages, and three mountain stages. The race began with a team time trial on the island of Sardinia. This was followed by two flat stages and an unusually early rest day to transfer from Sardinia to Italy's mainland. The riders transferred by plane while the Giro caravan, race officials and team cars made the trip by boat. The final stage, as was tradition, was a flat, mostly ceremonial road stage to Milan, finishing with ten circuits on the Corso Venezia of the Via Montenapoleone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 910]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nThere were three stages that began or ended outside Italy. Stage 12, the first high mountain stage, ended at the French city Brian\u00e7on, a frequent destination for the Tour de France. The 16th stage ended at Lienz in Austria, and the 17th began there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nFive stages ended with climbs. Stage 4, the first intermediate stage, ended at Montevergine di Mercogliano at 1,260\u00a0m (4,130\u00a0ft). The tenth stage, also classified intermediate, had a less imposing final climb of 760\u00a0m (2,490\u00a0ft), but it was nonetheless expected to change the race's overall standings as it was very long it had numerous small climbs. Stage 13 was a climbing time trial, to Santuario di Oropa at 1,142\u00a0m (3,747\u00a0ft), with gradients on the climb reaching as high as 13%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages\nTwo stages later was perhaps the race's most difficult stage, featuring four major climbs and ending at 2,304\u00a0m (7,559\u00a0ft) at Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The last mountaintop arrival was in the seventeenth stage, and featured one of the hardest climbs in the world, Monte Zoncolan. Though the summit of this climb was lesser than some other peaks visited in the race, at 1,730\u00a0m (5,680\u00a0ft), its gradients were crushing, with the steepest stretches reaching over 20% incline. Though the number of mountain stages was small, it was nonetheless expected that it would take a strong climber to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nThe Giro began with a team time trial on the island of Sardinia. The winning team was Liquigas, but due to unusual stage-ending tactics, it was Enrico Gasparotto and not team leader Danilo Di Luca who took the first pink jersey. Gasparotto faced intense questioning from his teammates and the media after not yielding first position to his team's captain, as is usual practice in a team time trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nGasparotto yielded the jersey to Di Luca after stage 2, when Di Luca finished higher-placed in the mass finish, but took it back again after stage 3 when he contested the sprint and finished eighth. Finally, after stage 4, the six-way tie involving the Liquigas riders who finished together in the team time trial was broken, as Di Luca won the stage into Montevergine and took the pink jersey again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nDi Luca held the race lead until the conclusion of stage 6, which was decided by a breakaway. Luis Felipe Laverde and Marco Pinotti were the last members of a five-man morning breakaway still together at the finish. Since Pinotti started the day better-placed in the overall classification and became the new race leader because of their time gap over the peloton, he allowed Laverde to take the stage win. Laverde took the green jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage. The next three stages were flat and contested among sprinters and breakaways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nThis meant Pinotti was able to maintain his race lead with little difficulty, until stage 10, the Giro's next intermediate stage. The race's overall contenders showed themselves on this stage, with Leonardo Piepoli putting in a decisive attack 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) from the summit of the Santuario Nostra Signora della Guardia to claim victory by 19 seconds over Di Luca. Pinotti finished more than four minutes back, and surrendered the pink jersey to Di Luca's teammate Andrea No\u00e8, who was tenth on the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nAt age 38, No\u00e8 was the oldest rider in the Giro and the oldest ever to lead a Grand Tour. Di Luca took the green jersey after this stage, his second stint in the maglia verde to go along with his two in pink. Team CSC's Andy Schleck took the white jersey after this stage by finishing third, after Di Luca passed him for second in the final kilometer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nStage 12 into Brian\u00e7on in France was the Giro's first high mountain stage, and it shook up the standings for the final time. Di Luca took the stage win, twice attacking from an elite group of five that had made the climb together. As No\u00e8 finished nearly ten minutes behind, Di Luca took the pink jersey for a third time, while still holding the green jersey. As Di Luca concentrated on winning the race overall, Piepoli took the green jersey after stage 15, the race's queen stage, topping two of that stage's climbs in first position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nHis lead in the mountains classification quickly became unassailable, and he won the jersey in Milan. It was also on this stage that Astana's Eddy Mazzoleni distinguished himself as a podium contender, taking a minute and a half out of Di Luca to move into second overall. Schleck lost time to Di Luca and Mazzoleni, but gained time over other riders in the top of the overall standings and stood third overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nThe last minor change to the top of the overall standings took place during stage 17, to Monte Zoncolan. The stage itself was conquered by the Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir duo of Gilberto Simoni and Piepoli. Since the climb had personal significance for Simoni, having won a stage there four years earlier, his teammate allowed him to cross the line first. Schleck, for his part, was third, just seven seconds back, and gained over two minutes against Mazzoleni to move up to the second step of the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nMazzoleni fell to fifth on this stage, but returned to the podium after the race's final time trial. Mazzoleni's teammate Paolo Savoldelli won the stage by a comfortable margin, but Mazzoleni took back nearly all the time he had lost on the Zoncolan stage and finished the race third overall. Di Luca was not seriously challenged after taking the race lead in stage 12, and comfortably won the Giro in Milan with a two-minute gap over Schleck in second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview\nDi Luca's team Liquigas was dominant. They took three stage wins, two with Di Luca himself to go along with the race's opening team time trial, and held the pink jersey for all but four days. With Alessandro Petacchi's disqualification (see below), Saunier Duval-Prodir took the most stage wins. Three of their victories came in the high mountains, with Piepoli, Ricc\u00f2, and Simoni all winning high-profile stages. Iban Mayo added a breakaway win in Stage 18. Acqua & Sapone\u2013Caff\u00e8 Mokambo team leader Stefano Garzelli, a former Giro winner, also won two stages. Danilo Napolitano and Marzio Bruseghin both took wins for Lampre\u2013Fondital, and four other teams were single stage winners. The teams classifications and the classifications which awarded jerseys were all won by teams who had won stages, meaning eight of the 22 teams in the race took significant victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 901]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nThe most noteworthy doping case from the 2007 Giro involved sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. Petacchi took five stage wins, but after the third of them, he tested non-negative for salbutamol, an asthma medication which Petacchi has a medical exemption to use. Petacchi was obligated as the stage winner to give a urine sample to the doping authorities, and it had a concentration of 1,352 nanograms per milliliter of salbutamol, above the 1,000 allowed by the medical exemption. Salbutamol has anabolic effects at high concentrations. Team Milram placed Petacchi on immediate provisional suspension following the Giro, which kept him from participating in the Tour de France later that season as he had planned. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) asked the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for a one-year ban for Petacchi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nThe FCI refused to suspend Petacchi, and he returned to racing in late July. Their decision, however, was not made to exonerate Petacchi, but rather because they did not believe they should hear the case, instead deferring to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nThe CAS heard the case, and Petacchi testified to the court, stating that the hot and humid day on which the stage was the run had made it so that he took several extra puffs from his inhaler, but that this was accidental and that most had come after he had already crossed the finish line and won the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nIn its decision, the CAS ruled that Petacchi had likely not intended to cheat, but that he had not exercised the \"utmost caution\" it deemed necessary to abide by doping rules. Petacchi was suspended for a year, minus the time he had already sat out after Team Milram first provisionally suspended him, and his results from the Giro were all stripped. Team Milram subsequently fired Petacchi, and he was without a team until late in the 2008 season. While the court's decision explicitly stripped Petacchi of his results from this race, it does not seem that it granted those victories retroactively to other riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nPetacchi was not the only rider identified as giving a non-negative doping test during the Giro. Reports emerged in June that three riders were under suspicion of doping, later identified as Petacchi, Leonardo Piepoli, and Iban Mayo. Petacchi and Piepoli both gave tests showing elevated levels of salbutamol, while Mayo's had abnormally high testosterone levels. Mayo was quickly cleared, as further testing revealed that his testosterone levels were of natural origin and that his team Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir had informed the UCI of this. Though Piepoli's level of salbutamol was, at 1,800 nanograms per milliliter, even higher than Petacchi's, he was cleared by his national federation of any doping charges in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nGiro champion Danilo Di Luca also gave an irregular doping test, after stage 17 to Monte Zoncolan. The test, given spontaneously hours after the routine test Di Luca gave for being race leader at the time, reportedly showed hormone levels like \"those of a child,\" causing anti-doping authorities to suspect that Di Luca was using some means to cover the presence of banned substances. These unusual levels were not present in the routine test, leading to suspicions that Di Luca had received an autologous blood transfusion between the two tests. A CONI commission later cleared Di Luca on the basis of insufficient evidence to conclude that he had doped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Race overview, Doping cases\nMayo and Piepoli would both test positive for erythropoietin later in their careers at the Tour de France, and Di Luca likewise at the 2009 Giro d'Italia, all leading to lengthy suspensions, while Petacchi made a successful return to top-level cycling and to the Giro in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 47], "content_span": [48, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nIn the 2007 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point less per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThere was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized, either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2007 was the Colle dell'Agnello in stage 12, afforded still more points than the other first-category climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThe fourth was the young rider classification, which awarded a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1982 were eligible. This classification was featured in the Giro in 2007 for the first time since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThere were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage are added, and the team with the lowest time is leading team. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership\nThe rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. A year after the race, Alessandro Petacchi was stripped of all his results; this table reflects the stages and jersey awards he originally won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications\nOther less well-known classifications were awarded during the Giro, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey. These awards were based on points earned throughout the three weeks of the tour. Each mass start stage had one intermediate sprint, awarding points to the Traguardo Volante Garibaldi classification. These sprints gave bonus seconds towards the general classification, points towards the regular points classification, and also points towards the Traguardo Volante Garibaldi. This award was known in previous years as the Intergiro, and was previously time-based, awarding a blue jersey. Tinkoff Credit Systems rider Mikhail Ignatiev won this classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications\nAdditional minor classifications included the combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Alessandro Petacchi was the original winner, but with all his 2007 Giro results forfeited, it appears there is no official winner of this award. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. Petacchi originally won this as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191430-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications\nAlso, the Trofeo Fuga Gilera rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stays clear. Along with the Traguardo Volante Garibadli, Mikhail Ignatiev also finished first in this classification. Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux was not assessed any penalties, and so was the winner of the Fair Play classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThe 2007 Giro d'Italia began on 12 May, with Stage 11 occurring on 23 May. The route began in Caprera in Sardinia, with the first three stages being held on the island. These were followed by an unusually early rest day to transfer to Italy's mainland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nThe first stage was a team time trial, a stage where each member of the team raced together against the clock. The Italian Liquigas team won this stage, but it was sprinter Enrico Gasparotto and not team leader Danilo Di Luca who was the first across the line and thus the first wearer of the pink jersey. Gasparotto and Di Luca traded the jersey back and forth over the next few days' flat stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nStage 6 featured a winning breakaway, and it accounted for the only time in the 2007 Giro when the Liquigas team did not hold the race leadership. Marco Pinotti and Luis Felipe Laverde were the last riders remaining from that day's morning escape, claiming the pink jersey and the stage win, respectively. Pinotti held the race leadership through the flat stages that followed, before yielding it to the Giro's oldest rider, Di Luca's Liquigas teammate Andrea No\u00e8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nItalian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi of Team Milram won three of the first eleven stages of this Giro, but his subsequent disqualification for a non-negative salbutamol test after stage 11 nullified these victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\n12 May 2007 \u2014 Caprera to La Maddalena, 25.6\u00a0km (15.9\u00a0mi) (team time trial)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThis was the Giro's first visit to Sardinia since 1991. The course for the team time trial was technical, with many twists and turns in the road. It took the squads from Caprera on the island of Sardinia across a bridge to the tiny Maddalena island to the northwest. Favorites for the stage included Team CSC, Discovery Channel, and Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThe early time to beat was set by Predictor\u2013Lotto, the second team to take the course. They stopped the clock in 35'06\". Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi was well on pace to knock them off, but a crash 750\u00a0m (2,460\u00a0ft) from the finish line dashed any hopes of theirs for a stage win. Their fifth rider didn't cross the line until a minute after their first four had, and they finished 21st, better than only Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux. Team CSC was the first team under 35 minutes, clocking in at 34'08\", which would eventually be good for third on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nPaolo Savoldelli's Astana team finished with only the minimum of five riders together, but their 33'51\" was nearly good enough for the stage win. The winning team was Liquigas, coming home with six riders in 33'38\". The big surprise of the day was that the first Liquigas rider across the line was not their team leader Danilo Di Luca, but rather sprinter Enrico Gasparotto. Di Luca was visibly upset to have not been granted first position as the squad approached the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1\nThough Gasparotto at first claimed it was the team's plan for him and not Di Luca to cross first, he later admitted that he had momentarily forgotten that the team's time was taken for the fifth rider across the line and not the first, explaining that he was simply excited to finish as quickly as possible once the finish line was in view. Along with the pink jersey, Gasparotto was awarded the white jersey for leading the youth classification; his teammate Vincenzo Nibali wore that jersey in stage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\n13 May 2007 \u2014 Tempio Pausania to Bosa, 205\u00a0km (127\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nBack on Sardinia, the first road race stage of the Giro was flat, heading west from Tempio Pausania along the Gulf of Asinara before going to the south and over the second-category Villanova Monteleone climb, which awarded the first green jersey. A sprint finish was the expectation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nFive riders broke free of the peloton after 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi) of racing. These were Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bessy, Mauro Facci, Simone Masciarelli, Pavel Brutt and Arnaud Labbe. They worked well together, attaining a six-minute advantage by pounding out a 43.2\u00a0km/h (26.8\u00a0mph) pace after two hours. Liquigas set to making the chase, being joined briefly by Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi. The time gap fell precipitously, despite Brutt's best effort to pace the breakaway. Brutt was the first over the Villanova Monteleone climb, and took the first green jersey on the podium after the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nAs the stage neared its conclusion, the teams of the primary sprinters joined in the chase. Brutt was the last rider left off the front. His solo attempt lasted until the 8\u00a0km (5.0\u00a0mi) to go mark, when the peloton was all together. Team Milram, Lampre\u2013Fondital and Liquigas came to the front in the final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) to try to set up the sprint for Alessandro Petacchi, Damiano Cunego and race leader Enrico Gasparotto, but with 1,300\u00a0m (4,300\u00a0ft) to go, Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic's Andrea Tonti crashed and brought down much of the main field with him. Gasparotto was among the riders to crash. Since the crash took place inside 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) to the finish line, all riders who fell were given the same time as the stage winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2\nPredictor\u2013Lotto's fast man Robbie McEwen was 15 or 20 riders deep in the bunch during the descent from the small bump in the road that preceded the finish. He managed to find Petacchi's wheel, and held it while his team Milram executed a leadout in the stage's final kilometer. The veteran Aussie came around Petacchi for the stage win, holding off Paolo Bettini, who had done the same. As Gasparotto finished 43rd on the stage and his team leader Danilo Di Luca 12th, Di Luca took the pink jersey for stage 3, though all the Liquigas riders who finished together in the team time trial were still tied in the overall standings at this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\n14 May 2007 \u2014 Barumini to Cagliari, 181\u00a0km (112\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nThe third stage was also flat, starting in the south-central of Sardinia. It did not have any categorized climbs. It ended in Cagliari, with the last 400\u00a0m (1,300\u00a0ft) on rough, uneven terrain. After this stage, the Giro took an uncommonly early rest day to transfer to Italy's mainland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nRight away, a five-man breakaway formed, instigated by Mikhail Ignatiev and Elio Aggiano. Their eventual mates were Micka\u00ebl Buffaz, Alexandre Pichot, and Giovanni Visconti. Their maximum advantage was 7'40\", as the leading team Liquigas did not mount a strong chase for much of the stage. Ignatiev and Visconti attacked at the 70\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) to go mark, and the other three were left behind, quickly reabsorbed by the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nWhen the peloton realized that the breakaway had split, the teams of the sprinters, namely Team Milram and Predictor\u2013Lotto, set to making the chase in earnest in order to be able to ensure a mass finish. Ignatiev and Visconti were caught with 4\u00a0km (2.5\u00a0mi) remaining after bravely fighting on as long as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3\nOther inconsequential breakaway attempts took place in the next few minutes, but the group was all one for a mass finish, won by Alessandro Petacchi, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol test later in the race. Since Enrico Gasparotto contested the sprint and finished 74 places ahead of teammate and overnight race leader Danilo Di Luca, Gasparotto reclaimed the pink jersey while still holding the white. Nibali again wore the white jersey in his stead in the following stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\n16 May 2007 \u2014 Salerno to Montevergine di Mercogliano, 153\u00a0km (95\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nAfter the transfer to the Italian mainland, the peloton faced a medium mountain stage that concluded with the first-category climb to Montevergine di Mercogliano. The finish was highly technical, with over a dozen switchbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nWith 33\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) covered, AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance's Yuriy Krivtsov instigated the day's breakaway, being joined by mountains classification leader Pavel Brutt, who was looking to add to his lead in that standing. Euskaltel\u2013Euskadi's Markel Irizar joined them 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) later. While Brutt did get maximum points on the third-category Picco San Angelo climb, the route prior to the Montevergine di Mercogliano climb was mostly flat, and the Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir-paced main field caught the trio shortly after the climb began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4\nJulio Alberto P\u00e9rez attacked for the stage win with 9\u00a0km (5.6\u00a0mi) left, and nearly held on to the finish line. With 800\u00a0m (2,600\u00a0ft) left, a group of nine passed up P\u00e9rez and contested the stage finish among themselves. Danilo Di Luca took off for the line with 200\u00a0m (660\u00a0ft) remaining to race. He had Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Damiano Cunego on his wheel, but neither came around him in the sprint, affording the Liquigas leader the stage win and, for the second time, the pink jersey. Di Luca had previously won a stage that ended on this climb in the 2001 Giro d'Italia. Being first on the category-one climb also gave Di Luca the green jersey; second-place man Ricc\u00f2 wore that jersey in the next two stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\n17 May 2007 \u2014 Teano to Frascati, 173\u00a0km (107\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nStage five was mostly flat, but a third-category climb 15\u00a0km (9.3\u00a0mi) from the finish line had the potential to break up the field. The descent into the wine country town of Frascati was technical, covering twisting, turning roads to the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nTinkoff Credit Systems rider Mikhail Ignatiev was the day's first escapee. Micka\u00ebl Buffaz joined him after 15\u00a0km (9.3\u00a0mi), and the two quickly attained a five-minute advantage. Liquigas paced the main field for race leader Danilo Di Luca, and in the third hour of racing they tapped out a 45.1\u00a0km/h (28.0\u00a0mph) pace, cutting significantly into the breakaway's time gap. When Ignatiev realized that the main field was closing in on them, he attacked and came free of Buffaz, trying to solo to the finish line, but he was caught 18\u00a0km (11\u00a0mi) from the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5\nFranti\u0161ek Rabo\u0148, Matt White, Salvatore Commesso, and Elia Aggiano tried their luck within the final 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi), but none stayed away for more than a few minutes, and the widely expected mass sprint took place. Cr\u00e9dit Agricole's Angelo Furlan tried to execute a leadout for Thor Hushovd, but Alessandro Petacchi's train from Team Milram overran him. A chaotic sprint followed, with several riders having victory in their view. Gerolsteiner's Robert F\u00f6rster was the first over the line for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\n18 May 2007 \u2014 Tivoli to Spoleto, 177\u00a0km (110\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThis medium mountain stage had three climbs, one in each category. The first-category Monte Terminillo crested a little after the halfway point of the stage, and with two climbs in the next 65\u00a0km (40\u00a0mi) afterward, pre-race analysis found this to be a stage conducive to a winning breakaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nWildcard teams Tinkoff Credit Systems and Ceramica Panaria\u2013Navigare were active in early breakaway attempts, but no riders got clear until over an hour spent racing and 45\u00a0km (28\u00a0mi) were covered. Daniele Contrini instigated the day's breakaway at that point, and Marco Pinotti, Christophe Kern, Hubert Schwab, and Luis Felipe Laverde joined him. The breakaway was riding cohesively through the Monte Terminillo climb, and the Liquigas-led main field did not chase very hard to bring them back. Pinotti was the best-placed man in the break, 3'11\" back of race leader Danilo Di Luca on the day. The group's advantage quickly exceeded three minutes, meaning Pinotti stood to become race leader if they stayed away. Laverde took the mountains points at the top of the Terminillo, and took the green jersey on the podium at day's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6\nThe group's advantage on the descent of the Terminillo was almost eight minutes, and it continued to rise for a time after that. Kern and Contrini had trouble keeping the pace with the leading group as the stage went on, with time trial specialist Pinotti setting a very fast pace. On the day's last climb, the second-category Forca d'Acero, Pinotti and Laverde distinguished themselves as the last remnants of the break, still seven minutes clear of the main field. Kern and Schwab were 90 seconds off the pace at the finish, with Contrini 3 minutes back. As the two leaders approached the finish line, Pinotti abided by an unwritten rule in cycling as he allowed Laverde to take the stage win, knowing that he (Pinotti) was going to take the overall race leadership. Alessandro Petacchi led the peloton home 7'09\" behind Laverde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\n19 May 2007 \u2014 Spoleto to Scarperia, 254\u00a0km (158\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nThis was a long, flat stage, winding through the regions of Umbria and Tuscany. It included the third-category Valico Croce a Mori, but this climb was a good 55\u00a0km (34\u00a0mi) from the finish line, meaning it was unlikely to prevent a mass sprint from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nAt the 9\u00a0km (5.6\u00a0mi) mark, a four-rider break formed, instigated again by a member of Tinkoff Credit Systems. This was Elio Aggiano, and he drew with him Swiss time trial specialist Rubens Bertogliati, Be\u00f1at Albizuri, and Fabien Patanchon. After 124\u00a0km (77\u00a0mi), they had 11 minutes on the main field. It was at this point that the teams of the sprinters set to making the chase. The time gap fell precipitously, and when Bertogliati topped Valico Croce a Mori in first position, the peloton was only one minute behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7\nQuick-Step\u2013Innergetic and in particular their leader, reigning world champion Paolo Bettini, had made an aggressive chase on the ascent to try to soften the field. With 39\u00a0km (24\u00a0mi) left to race, the break was brought back into the main field. Matt White, Salvatore Commesso, and Fabian Cancellara tried to break away and solo to the finish line, but all were brought back. The Team Milram leadout train again delivered Alessandro Petacchi to the line first, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol test later in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\n20 May 2007 \u2014 Barberino di Mugello to Fiorano Modenese, 200\u00a0km (120\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThis stage had two distinct halves. The first was hilly, with two categorized climbs and several uncategorized rises in elevation. After descending from the third-category Sestola climb, the peloton took in a flat second half of the stage en route to Fiorano Modenese. Once there, the stage concluded with a lap on the Fiorano Circuit, the private test track for Ferrari sports cars. The stage commemorated 60 years since the introduction of the first Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nAt the 27\u00a0km (17\u00a0mi) mark, Predictor\u2013Lotto rider Dario Cioni broke away, and instigated a big chase pack to come after him. Twenty-seven riders formed the day's principal break. The best-placed man in the group was Liquigas' Andrea No\u00e8, who was 4' 47\" back at the beginning of the day, meaning his position threatened that of race leader Marco Pinotti. The presence of Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 in the group meant that the peloton was likely to chase it down, as Ricc\u00f2 was an outside favorite for overall victory in the Giro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nThe other riders in the group repeatedly attacked to try to shed Ricc\u00f2, and when his sporting director instructed him to drop back, Ricc\u00f2 rejoined the peloton. Five other riders also dropped back, leaving 21 out front. They worked cohesively to gain an advantage of seven minutes on the main field, keeping it at that gap for most of the stage. Pinotti's T-Mobile Team set to making the chase, but no other team helped, as they were the only team who had a vested interest in limiting the escape group's time gap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0029-0002", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nOne team pulling the peloton was no match for 21 riders working together, and it quickly became clear that the breakaway would not be caught. They managed to pull back three minutes by the time the riders reached the Ferrari race track, meaning Pinotti was narrowly able to retain the pink jersey. Various members of the 21-strong leading group tried to attack for the stage win, with Tinkoff Credit Systems' Pavel Brutt away within the final kilometer, only to be overhauled by Emanuele Sella.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0029-0003", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8\nSella was in turn passed by world champion Paolo Bettini, but Team CSC's Kurt Asle Arvesen had ably held Bettini's wheel in the final kilometer and started his sprint at just the right time to win the stage. Pinotti's lead was reduced to under 30 seconds; he thanked teammates Lorenzo Bernucci, Axel Merckx and Aaron Olson for their hard pace-setting at the front of the peloton, but also noted that the team would need to ride better on subsequent days if they were to continue to keep the jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\n21 May 2007 \u2014 Reggio Emilia to Lido di Camaiore, 177\u00a0km (110\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nAfter the second-category Passo del Cerreto, the course descended almost all the way to sea level and was flat to the finish. The finish was in Camaiore on the Ligurian coast, in the Italian Riviera.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nThe peloton took it easy for most of this stage. Their pace through two hours of racing was a paltry 27\u00a0km/h (17\u00a0mph). There was no significant breakaway in this time. Only the Passo del Cerreto climb spurred any combativity in the riders, as six, including mountains classification leader Luis Felipe Laverde broke away on the ascent. Four of them tried to soldier on for the stage win, but the teams of the sprinters, and the race leader's T-Mobile Team, worked well to keep the main field together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9\nTeam Milram tapped out a furious pace in the final 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi), reaching 61\u00a0km/h (38\u00a0mph) and forcing the peloton to ride single file. They continued their leadout in the last kilometer, for Alessandro Petacchi, but it was Danilo Napolitano who took the stage win. The overall standings were unchanged by the day's results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\n22 May 2007 \u2014 Camiaore to Santuario Nostra Signora della Guardia, 250\u00a0km (160\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nThis was a difficult stage, long and with a lot of climbing. Two categorized climbs on course preceded the first-category summit stage finish at Santuario Nostra Signora Della Guardia. The course headed northwest from Camaiore through the Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast, finishing with a 8.8\u00a0km (5.5\u00a0mi) climb with a steady 8% grade, and stretches reaching 14%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nIn sharp contrast to the previous stage, the peloton rode very aggressively from the outset on this stage. Numerous breakaway attempts in the first two hours got free briefly, only to be brought back minutes later. The right move at the right time turned out to be Ivan Parra, George Hincapie, Alberto Losada, Mauricio Ardila, Fortunato Baliani, and Hubert Dupont forming a six-rider break at the 70\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) mark. Their lead exceeded 4 minutes at times, and at those points Hincapie was the virtual race leader, having entered the day 3' 04\" behind Marco Pinotti. This advantage did not last for very long, being whittled down by the pink jersey group. The day's hot weather also took its toll on Ardila and Dupont, as they fell from the leading group and into one of the various trailing groups on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 861]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nThe leaders had one minute on the Pinotti group as the ascent of the day's penultimate climb began. Hincapie flatted and was gapped between the two groups as the time gap was so small that team cars were not allowed between them. He managed to bridge back up to the remaining leaders Baliani, Parra, and Losada. Pinotti was dropped from the main chase group on this climb, finishing 36th on the stage and losing the pink jersey. The Liquigas had been pacing this group when their leader Danilo Di Luca attacked, which caused all group dynamics to be abandoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10\nLeonardo Piepoli responded to Di Luca's move and drew Andy Schleck with him. Piepoli stayed away for the stage win after shedding Schleck moments later. Di Luca passed Schleck for second on the stage, and with that result he regained the leadership of the mountains classification. His teammate Andrea No\u00e8, the oldest rider in the Giro, was the new race leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\n23 May 2007 \u2014 Serravalle Scrivia to Pinerolo, 198\u00a0km (123\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThis was a transitional stage, leaving the Ligurian coast, traveling through Langhe to end at the ancient crossroads city of Pinerolo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThe peloton stayed together through the first hour of racing. Micka\u00ebl Buffaz formed the day's breakaway at the 38\u00a0km (24\u00a0mi) mark. His maximum advantage over the main field was more than nine minutes, but he was easily caught. With 11\u00a0km (6.8\u00a0mi) left to race, Team Milram and Lampre\u2013Fondital were drilling out a hard pace at the front of the main field, and absorbed Buffaz back into the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191431-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11\nThe finish was contested in a classic bunched sprint, won by Alessandro Petacchi, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol levels in a test given after this stage. Wet pavement in the final meters caused Nikolay Trusov to skid out and crash, taking many other riders down with him. Among them was race leader Andrea No\u00e8, who tumbled across the finish line on his backside, but retained the pink jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nStage 12 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia took place on 24 May; the race concluded on 3 June. The second half of the Giro began with a challenging mountain stage that finished outside Italy, the first of three stages in this Giro that did so. This stage resulted in the race lead transferring from Andrea No\u00e8 to his teammate and team leader Danilo Di Luca, who did not relinquish this lead and finished the race as its champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nThe battle for the other two spots on the Giro podium also began in stage 12 but was not resolved until later in the race. Andy Schleck from Team CSC won the white jersey in Milan as the Giro's best rider under 25, and was in a competition with Eddy Mazzoleni, Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, and Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 to see who would round out the podium with Di Luca. It was in the marquee stages of the second half of the race that Schleck and Mazzoleni distinguished themselves as podium favorites, eventually finishing the race second and third overall, respectively. Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir showed well, with Ricc\u00f2 and Simoni both taking mountain stage wins and Leonardo Piepoli winning the green jersey in Milan as the Giro's best climber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nAlessandro Petacchi from Team Milram won two stages in the second half of the Giro, and the points classification, but his subsequent disqualification for a non-negative salbutamol test given earlier in the race nullified these victories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nThis was the first major mountain stage of the Giro. The course included two difficult first-category climbs, as the route passed from Italy into France. The first of these climbs was the Colle dell'Agnello, which crested just inside the French border. This was the Cima Coppi, the highest climb in the race. The climb took stretched for 21.3\u00a0km (13.2\u00a0mi) and reached a vertical elevation of 2,744\u00a0m (9,003\u00a0ft). The Col d'Izoard later on is only marginally shorter and less steep, reaching 2,360\u00a0m (7,740\u00a0ft) in elevation after 14.2\u00a0km (8.8\u00a0mi) on the road, for a steady 7.1% gradient. The finish came on a steep descent into Brian\u00e7on, a popular host town for the Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nThis France-bound stage had a breakaway group consisting of two French riders each representing a French team: Yoann Le Boulanger of Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com and Christophe Riblon of AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance. By the 55\u00a0km (34\u00a0mi) mark, the duo had a 17 and a half minute advantage on the peloton, as the other riders were conserving themselves for the big climbs ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nThe Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir team, and in particular Leonardo Piepoli, did the pacemaking on the ascent of the Colle dell'Agnello, and after a few kilometers of the climb only a select group of overall favorites remained together as the first chase group. One surprising rider to crack was two-time Giro winner Paolo Savoldelli, who lost contact with the group of favorites 9\u00a0km (5.6\u00a0mi) from the summit of the Agnello and lost five minutes to them at day's end. Savoldelli was still hurt from the previous day's crash, and informed his lieutenant Eddy Mazzoleni that he should keep the pace for as long as he could and ride his own race, and that Savoldelli would look after himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nIn the front of the race, Le Boulanger was the first over the Agnello, winning the prize that went with conquering the Cima Coppi. Riblon followed 1'30\" behind him; the group of overall favorites was still 13 minutes behind at the summit of the climb. Piepoli's pacemaking on the ascent had succeeded in whittling the group down to just himself, Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, Danilo Di Luca, Mazzoleni, Andy Schleck, and Stefano Garzelli. Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, Savoldelli, Yaroslav Popovych, and overnight race leader Andrea No\u00e8 had all been in this group at the beginning of the climb, but were all eventually cracked by the pace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nPiepoli continued to pull the Simoni group through the descent from the Agnello and the beginning of the Iozard climb, absorbing Riblon in the process. Le Boulanger was alone in the front of the race as the ascent of the Iozard began, 3 minutes ahead of Simoni's group. With 11\u00a0km (6.8\u00a0mi) left in the climb, Piepoli broke away from the group he had been pacing, in a move to see who could match his acceleration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nDi Luca and Schleck quickly made the bridge, with Simoni holding their wheels, but Cunego and Garzelli did not react as quickly and had to expend more energy to stay with the leaders. Later, Garzelli was dropped by this group's pace, and lost 2 minutes to them at the finish line. This group caught Le Boulanger 3.5\u00a0km (2.2\u00a0mi) before the summit of the Iozard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nSeconds before reaching that summit, Di Luca attacked from the leading group and came free, taking maximum mountains points and, more importantly, opening up a time gap. He opened up a 13-second lead on Schleck, Simoni, and Mazzoleni, and 25 to Cunego. Piepoli faded further and out of contention, at last hitting the wall after doing some strenuous pacemaking for much of this difficult stage. Simoni's descending skills brought himself, Schleck, and Mazzoleni back together with Di Luca minutes later, and they were together in Brian\u00e7on for the stage finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12\nDi Luca attacked for the stage win 900\u00a0m (3,000\u00a0ft) from the finish line, after a sharp right-hand turn, and drew Schleck with him. Simoni went \u00e0 bloc in his attempt to reach them, and did pass Schleck, but could not come around Di Luca, who won the stage. The others in the leading group of five finished scattered behind them. Lampre\u2013Fondital's Marzio Bruseghin, who had begun the day second in the overall standings, was in the second chase group most of the day and finished 2'33\" back, retaining second overall. No\u00e8 was 9'45\" off the pace and surrendered the pink jersey to his team leader Di Luca. Di Luca still held the green jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage; Piepoli wore it in the next three stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThe Giro's first individual time trial consisted entirely of the first-category climb to the Santuario di Oropa. The route was uphill all the way, gaining 734\u00a0m (2,408\u00a0ft) at an average gradient of 5.8%, with the steepest stretches reaching 13%. Though noted to be a difficult climb, it was expected that the short length of this stage would limit its effect on the overall standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThe first rider of the day to post a time under 30 minutes was Ceramica Panaria\u2013Navigare's Julio Alberto P\u00e9rez. His 29'38\" was eventually bettered by American time trial specialist David Zabriskie, who stopped the clock at 29'14\". Leonardo Piepoli started slowly, well behind Zabriskie at the 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) intermediate time check, but finished strongly, gaining 4 seconds on Zabriskie at the 9\u00a0km (5.6\u00a0mi) check and 18 at the finish line. Tinkoff Credit Systems' Evgeni Petrov posted the best time at the first intermediate time check, but faded as the course wore on and could not beat Piepoli's time. Riccardo Ricc\u00f2, Franco Pellizotti, Andy Schleck, Damiano Cunego, and Gilberto Simoni all posted solid times, but all fell short of overtaking Piepoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13\nThe last two men to take the course were Italian national time trial champion Marzio Bruseghin and race leader Danilo Di Luca. Bruseghin had the second best splits at the first two intermediate time checks and gained against Piepoli in the final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) where the others had lost time to him, winning the stage by a single second. Di Luca also rode well, finishing 8 seconds back of Bruseghin, and gaining time on his major rivals. After the stage, Simoni expressed disappointment that Piepoli was so narrowly defeated after having worked so hard the day before. Bruseghin held second overall after the stage and slightly narrowed his time gap to Di Luca, but made it clear that his focus going forward would be to work for team leader Cunego and not for any individual aspirations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThe first 85\u00a0km (53\u00a0mi) of this stage were flat, but two categorized climbs followed. The second-category Passo di San Marco and the third-category La Trinit\u00e0-Dossena had a 20\u00a0km (12\u00a0mi) descent between them. Though a flat stretch followed to the finish, it was not likely that any sprinters would be present in the leading group to contest the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThe morning breakaway numbered eleven. During the flat stretch before the Passo di San Marco climb, Stefano Garzelli tried to use his team to soften the main field so he could attack and bridge up to the leaders, but team Liquigas, working for race leader Danilo Di Luca, nullified the move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThe group thinned after cresting the climb, leaving only Iv\u00e1n Parra, Paolo Bettini, and Fortunato Baliani just less than two minutes ahead of the pink jersey group, which contained all of the race's overall favorites. Garzelli and teammate Massimo Codol came free of this group on the ascent of La Trinit\u00e0-Dossena and drew Gilberto Simoni and the powerful Astana duo of Eddy Mazzoleni and Paolo Savoldelli with them. The three breakaway riders were able to stay with them, forming a leading group of seven, after Codol dropped after doing some strenuous pacemaking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14\nThey built a 30-second advantage over the pink jersey group, as Liquigas was spent from their earlier effort to keep the race together. They kept their advantage over the other race favorites at that level for most of the stage, contesting a sprint finish among themselves 38 seconds ahead of Di Luca in eighth. Simoni opened the sprint first, with 250\u00a0m (820\u00a0ft) to go to the finish line, but as is so often the case, the first to go was not the winner. Garzelli passed him up with 60\u00a0m (200\u00a0ft) left and won his first Giro stage in three years. Simoni moved up from eighth to fifth after the stage, and several time gaps tightened with the day's results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThis was the Giro's queen stage, featuring four categorized climbs along with an uncategorized 800\u00a0m (2,600\u00a0ft) wall early on. It concluded at the picturesque Tre Cime di Lavaredo with a demanding final climb, only 7.2\u00a0km (4.5\u00a0mi) long but with a steady 7.6% grade and stretches of over 20%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nAfter a flurry of morning attacks and counterattacks resulted in no group coming clear, the right combination formed after close to an hour and 28\u00a0km (17\u00a0mi) covered. By the 40\u00a0km (25\u00a0mi) mark, the 22-strong breakaway representing 17 teams had three minutes on the main field. Their advantage eventually grew to nearly seven minutes, but with such difficult parcours ahead, they stood little chance of staying away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nAfter 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) on the Passo di San Pellegrino, the day's first climb, Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir sent Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 on the attack. Iv\u00e1n Parra and Julio Alberto P\u00e9rez followed, and they quickly gapped the pink jersey group while trying to bridge up to the leaders. They reached the leading group after the descent of the San Pellegrino, holding four minutes on the pink jersey group at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nSaunier Duval-Prodir rider David Ca\u00f1ada, part of the original big breakaway, set to the pacemaking once his two teammates joined the group, and tapped out a tempo that cracked about half of the group. When Ca\u00f1ada faded, Piepoli took his turn on the front of the group, at which time only Ricc\u00f2, P\u00e9rez, Parra, and Michael Rasmussen were with him. Piepoli led them over the second-category Passo di Giau together, a little over three minutes ahead of the main field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThe pink jersey group was, during the Giau climb, some 50 riders strong until Paolo Savoldelli took a pull on the front, working for the better-placed Eddy Mazzoleni, that absolutely shattered it. Race leader Danilo Di Luca lost all of his support riders from the group, and overall contenders Damiano Cunego and Marzio Bruseghin were also quickly gapped. With 2.7\u00a0km (1.7\u00a0mi) remaining to the summit of the Giau, Di Luca put in an attack that further broke up the field. Savoldelli was gapped for a time, but his aggressive descent from the Giau brought him back to the pink jersey group, where he again took a strenuous pull on the front, softening up the contenders enough for himself and Mazzoleni to break free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThe intermediate sprint in Cortina d'Ampezzo resulted in Rasmussen coming out the back of the leading group. Savoldelli and Mazzoleni caught him in the road, and the Dutchman stayed with them to form a three-man chase group. Rain began to fall on the ascent of the Passo Tre Croci, the day's third climb, making the goings even more difficult. The leading group of four had 1'24\" on the Mazzoleni group at the top of Passo Tre Croci and a further three minutes on the pink jersey group, meaning Mazzoleni was very nearly the virtual race leader on the road. Mazzoleni dropped Savoldelli and Rasmussen as the stage went on, and finished five minutes before them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nOn the last ascent of the day, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Di Luca made up much of the ground he had in deficit to Mazzoleni on the road, conceding a minute and 24 seconds to him at the finish line. Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, and Andy Schleck finished just behind him. In the front of the race, Ricc\u00f2 attacked as the Lavaredo climb began and quickly got a 15-second gap. The only rider to bridge to him was his teammate Piepoli. Piepoli, having taken the lead outright in the mountains classification, allowed Ricc\u00f2 the stage win. Their team leader Simoni reflected after the stage that he thought their early break was foolhardy, and that he had not followed because he was focused only on the overall and not stages, but that he was happy that the team took the Giro's marquee stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15\nThe true difficulty of the stage was demonstrated by the time gaps and finishing groups. Most of the riders finished the stage alone; no more than five finished together. Only 18 other riders finished within ten minutes of Ricc\u00f2's winning time, and 78 lost more than half an hour, with Bouygues T\u00e9l\u00e9com's Franck Renier last on the day 40 minutes and 10 seconds off the pace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nAfter the second rest day, the Giro returned with a rolling stage that entered Austria. The stage began with the second-category Passo di Campolongo and a long descent from it, but the remaining terrain was not difficult enough for any riders to open up significant time gaps. Pre -race analysis thus found it to be an ideal stage for a winning breakaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nThe peloton's pace in this stage was extremely lax. Through the first hour, they covered only 25.1\u00a0km (15.6\u00a0mi). The second hour was even slower, covering 24.6\u00a0km (15.3\u00a0mi). No breakaways were attempted in this time, save for a quick sprint for the mountains points available on the Passo di Campolongo. Through three hours, there was still no breakaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nFinally, with only 70\u00a0km (43\u00a0mi) left in the stage, Beno\u00eet Joachim and Laurent Mangel came free. The Liquigas team at the head of the peloton was uninterested in chasing them down, since only a stage win was on offer this day, with the overall standings very unlikely to change. Little by little, sixteen others joined them. They did not work cohesively; Mangel, Stefano Garzelli, Ricardo Serrano, Jos\u00e9 Luis Rubiera, Pietro Caucchioli, and Pablo Lastras took two minutes' advantage over the other twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16\nThis mattered little, as the apathetic peloton let them all go to contest the stage amongst themselves. Garzelli put in an attack on the third-category Bannberg climb, 27\u00a0km (17\u00a0mi) from the end of the race, and stayed out front for the stage win. The main field, led home by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Bodrogi, was 8 minutes and 10 seconds back, but there was no significant change to the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nThis stage brought the riders back into Italy. It was short, but it ended at one of the most difficult climbs in the world, Monte Zoncolan. The climb gains 1,203\u00a0m (3,947\u00a0ft) in 10.1\u00a0km (6.3\u00a0mi) for a crushing average gradient of almost 12%, and stretches of up to 22%. The Giro previously passed over the Zoncolan in 2003, in a stage won by Gilberto Simoni en route to overall victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nRace leader Danilo Di Luca's Liquigas team covered many early breakaway attempts. After 25\u00a0km (16\u00a0mi), a dozen-strong breakaway group formed. Their pace was frantic, coming to the stage's intermediate sprint 20 minutes faster than the fastest time predicted by Giro organizers. They had five and a half minutes on the pink jersey group containing race favorites at this point, and three and a half minutes on them at the beginning of the Zoncolan climb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nJussi Veikkanen, Massimo Codol, and Mauricio Ardila took pulls at the front of the breakaway group, but 2\u00a0km (1.2\u00a0mi) into the climb, only Dario Cioni, Fortunato Baliani, and Mario Aerts remained out front. Another kilometer later, Cioni was the lone leader. Franco Pellizotti was the last Liquigas rider left for Di Luca in the group of favorites, before he cracked and also fell off the pace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17\nWith 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) left in the climb, Simoni himself came to the front of the group and tapped out a pace that left everyone but teammate Leonardo Piepoli and best young rider Andy Schleck behind. They passed Cioni and chaser Codol on the road, and the Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir duo left the young Luxembourger behind them to contest the stage themselves. Since the climb had personal significance for Simoni, Piepoli allowed him to cross the line first. They had covered the 10.1\u00a0km (6.3\u00a0mi) climb in 39'05\", for a paltry pace of 15.05\u00a0km/h (9.35\u00a0mph). The win moved Simoni into a podium position, in third, and moved Schleck into second overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nThe 18th stage was completely flat, and was sure to be contested by the Giro's remaining sprinters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nA great number of early breakaways were attempted and neutralized in the stage's first hour. Finally, seven broke away at the 37\u00a0km (23\u00a0mi) mark. The seven, Addy Engels, Maxim Gourov, Patxi Vila, Franck Renier, Eric Berthou, Pedro Horrillo and Mikhail Ignatiev, got a maximum advantage of 2'30\", but the peloton easily caught them 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) from the finish line. AG2R Pr\u00e9voyance tried to set up the sprint for Alexandre Usov, as did Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic for Matteo Tosatto, who lived in the town where the stage finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18\nAG2R's leadout train took a left-hand turn in the final kilometer too sharply, and left a handful of riders to contest the stage alone. Since the crash occurred within the final 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi), no time was counted as lost. Alessandro Petacchi easily held off Maximiliano Richeze and Matti Breschel for the victory, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol levels in a test given earlier in the race. The overall standings were unchanged by the day's results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nTwo categorized climbs occurred on this course, but since the stage took place one day before a long and likely crucial individual time trial, pre-race analysis determined this stage likely to be decided by a breakaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nA breakaway group involving double stage winner Stefano Garzelli got away after 27\u00a0km (17\u00a0mi), but was brought back 34\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) later after never having more than 45 seconds on the main field. Iban Mayo and Alberto Losada counter-attacked when the original break was brought in, and stayed out front for much of the stage. Liquigas rode tempo through the 98\u00a0km (61\u00a0mi) mark, until Leonardo Piepoli put in an attack for maximum mountains points on the second-category Pian del Fugazze. He was caught shortly thereafter, but the pace he set severely thinned the pink jersey group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19\nA chase group of five riders formed between the pink jersey group and Mayo and Losada in the front of the race, but they were never able to make the bridge. Losada cracked on the day's final climb and finished 4 minutes behind Mayo, the stage winner. Evgeni Petrov, who began the day in eighth place overall, was part of the chase group and gained sufficient time to move into seventh place at day's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nThe race's second individual time trial was fairly straightforward, albeit long. It was mostly flat and did not have many turns in the road, thus favoring traditional time trial specialists for the stage win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nMikhail Ignatiev set the first competitive time of the day. His 54'21\" was almost two minutes better than the times that had come before him. Not long after came United States national time trial champion David Zabriskie, who bettered Ignatiev's time at all three intermediate time checks and was over a minute better than him at the finish, the first rider under 53 minutes on the day. Paolo Savoldelli came a little later and stopped the clock in 52'20\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nLater on, the race's overall favorites took to the road not expressly for the stage win, but rather to iron out the race's overall standings. Savoldelli's teammate Eddy Mazzoleni rode one of the best time trials of his career, 2 seconds better than Zabriskie and 36 back of his teammate to move up from fifth to third overall. Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni, both noted as relatively weak time trialists, lost out on their chances for the podium because of Mazzoleni's ride and settled among themselves the battle for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20\nCunego's 54'37\" meant Simoni would have to come home better than 55'38\" to stay better than his rival. Simoni's time was 55'03\", and he remained ahead of Cunego. Danilo Di Luca and Andy Schleck also rode strong time trials, to preserve their places on top of the overall classification with a ceremonial final stage left to race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nThe final stage was flat, containing, per tradition, one early categorized climb. It ended with ten circuits on the Corso Venezia in Milan preceding a mass sprint finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191432-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21\nKurt Asle Arvesen and Daniele Contrini briefly broke away early in the stage, but they did not seriously seek to stay away. The peloton was together into Milan. Various breakaway attempts occurred on the Milan circuit, but none succeeded. Alessandro Petacchi won the resultant field sprint, though this was one of his many 2007 wins that was later stripped due to his irregular salbutamol levels in a test given earlier in the race. There were no significant changes to the race's standings, so Danilo Di Luca became the Giro champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191433-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro del Trentino\nThe 2007 Giro del Trentino was the 31st edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 24 April to 27 April 2007. The race started and finished in Arco. The race was won by Damiano Cunego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191434-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Giro di Lombardia\nThe 2007 Giro di Lombardia is the 101st edition of this single day road bicycle racing monument race. The 242\u00a0km event took place on 20 October 2007 and was won by Damiano Cunego, the Italian rider for Lampre-Fondital in 5 hours, 52 minutes 48 seconds at an average speed of 41.16\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191435-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gisborne earthquake\nThe 2007 Gisborne earthquake occurred under the Pacific Ocean about 50 kilometres (31\u00a0mi) off the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island at 8:55\u00a0pm NZDT on 20 December. The tremor had a moment magnitude of 6.7 and maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very Strong), and affected the city of Gisborne, but was felt widely across the country from Auckland in the north to Dunedin in the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191435-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gisborne earthquake, Effects\nWhile the earthquake was initially reported to have caused no deaths, an elderly woman in Gisborne suffered a heart attack and died shortly after the quake. A number of buildings in central Gisborne were damaged. The central business district was closed off to allow building inspectors to assess buildings for damage; three buildings had collapsed. There were blackouts immediately after the earthquake hit. The town clock stopped at 8:55\u00a0pm. As of 14 January 2008, the Earthquake Commission had received over 3100 insurance claims amounting to $16\u00a0million. It was earlier estimated that the cost of damage caused by the earthquake could rise to $30\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191436-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Glasgow City Council election\nElections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Green Party and for Solidarity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191436-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Glasgow City Council election, Ward results, Ward 11: Hillhead (4 seats)\nN.B Neil Craig stood for the Nine Percent Growth Party rather than an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion\nThe 2007 Glorietta explosion occurred in the Glorietta 2 section of the Glorietta shopping complex at Ayala Center in Makati, Metropolitan Manila, in the Philippines, on October 19, 2007, at around 1:25 PM PST. Initial reports indicated that the explosion originated from an LPG tank explosion in a restaurant in the mall. However, authorities were unable to confirm the true nature or source of the explosion. The blast killed eleven people and injured more than a hundred. Many of the victims were admitted at the Makati Medical Center and Ospital ng Makati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion\nThe explosion initially killed eleven people through shrapnel wounds, and at least 126 others were injured. The explosion was first reported to be due to an accidentally ignited LPG tank from Luk Yuen Noodle House. However, due to the extensive damage caused by the explosion, the Philippine National Police ruled this out and considered the cause to be a bomb. Whilst there are indications that it was an accident, the possibility of a terrorist attack cannot be discounted,\" the FCO said in the advisory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion\nThe United Kingdom also reiterated that there is a high threat of terrorism throughout the Philippines as terrorist groups continue to plan attacks and have the capacity and the intent to carry out these attacks at any time and anywhere in the country. The Makati Rescue deployed a total of 40 rescue personnel and four emergency medical services (EMS) doctors to conduct search and rescue operations. The initial team of 10 Rescue personnel arrived at the scene some five minutes after the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion\nAs of 7:30 PM (UTC +8), the blast has reportedly claimed at least nine fatalities and more than 100 were injured. Many of the victims were rushed on to the Makati Medical Center and the Ospital ng Makati (transl. Makati's Hospital). The National Disaster Coordinating Council (as of 5 PM Friday), identified 5 of the 11 fatalities as Lester Peregrina, Jose Alan de Jesus, Liza Enriquez and Janine Marcos, and Maureen De Leon. The latters body was recovered by Philippine National Red Cross rescue teams led by Richard Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion\nMeanwhile, the United States and the United Kingdom embassies expressed sympathy for the victims of the explosion, promising assistance to the PNP and government in the investigation. Officials also reported that 10 people were reported missing. Police investigators identified 5 of the dead and officially released the names of 34 of the injured rushed to the Makati Medical Center (as of 3 PM Friday).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion\nAs the investigation continued four days after the incident, authorities are favoring the possibility that the blast was caused by an accident and not a terrorist attack. Although traces of RDX (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) were found on-site, this does not form conclusive proof that a bomb was the cause, as RDX also has commercial applications. The most probable cause, according to authorities, was the accumulation of methane gas in the building's septic tanks and as well as other combustible materials in its basement. Authorities, however, are not ruling out the possibility of a terrorist attack and are still investigating the incident to discover the true cause of the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion\nFinally, at November 22, 2007 the Philippine National Police had concluded that the explosion is caused by gas, and not a bomb. However they still did not know how it happened. The policemen are now working on the negligence angle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nOn January 8, 2008, Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI)'s commissioned foreign experts found that the explosion was caused by a bomb with RDX components - cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (used in military and industrial applications, in C-4, a plastic bomb).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nOn January 10, 2008, Chief Superintendent Luizo Ticman announced that criminal cases of \"reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide, physical injuries and damage to property\" will be filed against: engineers Arnel Gonzales, Jowell Velvez, and Marcelo Botenes of the Ayala Property Management Corporation, and Candelario Valqueza of the Makati Supermarket Corp.; engineer Clifford Arriola, Joselito Buenaventura, Charlie Nepomuceno, Jonathan Ibuna, and Juan Ricafort of Marchem Industrial Sales and Service Inc.; for violation of the Fire Code: engineer Ricardo Cruz, operations manager of Metalline Enterprises and its foreman, Miguel Velasco; gross neglect of duty causing undue injury: Makati Fire Station Senior Fire Officer 4 Anthony Grey, SFO2 Leonilo Balais, Senior Inspector Reynaldo Enoc, and Chief Inspector Jose Embang Jr.; Makati Fire Station chief - \"for simple neglect of duty-for failure to review and validate before issuing fire safety inspection certificate.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 1051]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nTicman stated that per final report signed by DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno - \"no bomb components were found at the basement of Glorietta 2 mall; the absence of any crater, bomb/explosive residue, or improvised explosive device in the \"seat of explosion; no soot or blackening on the concave ceiling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0005-0003", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nThe Multi-Agency Investigation Task Force final report detailed that the 1st blast was a methane explosion, at 1:31 PM as the \"gas accumulated after knee-deep water, diesel, human and kitchen waste at the mall's allegedly poorly ventilated basement was left unattended for 76 days\"; the 2nd blast was \"a diesel vapor explosion, at 1:32 PM; the National Bureau of Investigation \"identified the possible source of ignition\" - the motor control panel of waste pumps two and three at the basement; rise in temperature caused by the methane gas triggered the 2nd explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0005-0004", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nThe Australian Federal Police and PowerPoint copy of US ambassador Kristie Kenney's statement confirming the US experts' findings similar to the police's investigation results supported the MAITF's findings. On January 11, 2008, Chief Supt. Luizo Ticman personally filed the complaint against the 15 accused at the Department of Justice in Manila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nOn January 16, 2008, Kit Collier, an International Crisis Group consultant / international terror and insurgency expert, told foreign media members at the Annual Prospects Forum, Mandarin Hotel, Makati, that he doubted the delayed final report of the Philippine National Police's findings that Glorietta 2 blast was due to a gas explosion. Kit noted the traces of RDX, or cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, an explosive component, found in the site. Malaysian expert Aini Ling, commissioned by Ayala Land Inc.'s (ALI) paid investigation, stated in her report, that a bomb caused the explosion, due to RDX traces at the blast site. Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez will conduct the preliminary investigation on the criminal complaints filed by police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nOn January 22, 2008, Secretary Gonzalez absolved Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI), the attached company of holding company for Real Estate Ayala Corporation, from liability in the 2007 Glorietta explosion. But Gonzalez stated that Ayala Property Management, Inc. (APMC) is still under investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nThe Department of Justice's \"Task Force Glorietta\" on May 22, 2008, recommended the filing of criminal cases of \"reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and multiple physical injuries\" against 8 accused\u00a0: Candelario Valdueza, project engineer of Makati Supermarket Corp. (MSC), Clifford Arriola, operations manager of Marchem Industrial Sales and Services Inc.; Joselito Buenaventura, Marchem supervisor; Charlie Nepomuceno, Jonathan Ibuna, and Juan Ricaport, all Marchem maintenance personnel; Engr. Ricardo Cruz, operations manager of Metalline Enterprises, and foreman Miguel Velasco Jr. The report however cleared the other suspects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits\nThe 51-page resolution denied Ayala Land Inc. (ALI)'s bomb explosion theory and upheld the police's biogas explosion evidence, but it absolved the Ayala mall owners, and Ayala Land engineers Marcelo Botanes, Jowell Velvez, and Arnel Gonzalez, for reasons: \u201cIt is uncontroverted that the Makati Supermarkt Building is owned by the Makati Supermarket Corporation (MSC) not by Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), which are separate and distinct entities; None of the equipment in the [supermarket] basement is owned, supplied, or designed by ALI.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, The explosion, Final report and lawsuits, Settlement\nAyala Land Inc. offered each of the families of the 11 blast victims a \u20b14 million house and \u20b11 million in cash by way of a settlement. Included were Marie de Jesus, Melanie Arroyo, Carlo Cruz, and Amado Pertas, among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 78], "content_span": [79, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Casualties\nOn October 21, 2007, the following information was officially released per the National Disaster Coordinating Council's report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Casualties\nNote: Out of the total injured persons, 95 have been discharged from the following hospitals:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath\nNational Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Dir. Gen. Geary Barias officially stated on ANC\u2019s Crossroads:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath\nAs of 8:00 this evening [October 19], we have accounted for eight casualties and 129 injured. They are scattered I think in two hospitals in Makati,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath\nThe day after the blast, normal operations continued in the Glorietta Malls after engineers inspecting the remaining parts of the mall found these structurally sound. Glorietta 2 remained closed, and some of the stores in the rest of the mall, mostly fast-food chains, remained closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath\nOn October 23, 2007, it was revealed on national television that closed-circuit TV cameras in the mall recorded actual scenes of the explosion. Camera 12 recorded scenes at the Glorietta 2 ground floor entrance, while Camera 10 recorded scenes of Glorietta 2's bookstore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Aftermath\nAs part of the Ayala Center redevelopment, tenants of Glorietta 1 and 2 were given an option to relocate to the newly constructed Glorietta 5; Glorietta 1 and 2 underwent reconstruction, with the addition of two office buildings, Holiday Inn & Suites Makati, and a roof deck called Top of the Glo. Tenants accepted the option, moving them until January 1, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, Reaction\nAyala Land has promised to cover the medical bills of all who were injured by the explosion. They have yet to return the vehicles stranded in the Glorietta 2 parking lot (Park Square 2) to the rightful owners. The United States and the United Kingdom, through their respective embassies expressed sympathy for the victims of the explosion, promising assistance to the Philippine government and Philippine National Police in the investigation. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo stated that there would be a full investigation of the explosion. She also said that the Philippine police and military were on their highest alert status, and that an additional 2,000 security officers were being deployed in public areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191437-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Glorietta explosion, In media\nThe 2007 blast was featured in a 2009 episode of GMA Network's Case Unclosed hosted by Arnold Clavio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191438-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gloucester City Council election\nThe 2007 Gloucester City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. No party gained overall control of the council and still no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191439-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election\nElections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began 5 June and the election process was completed by 8 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191439-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election, Government formation\nIndian National Congress in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Save Goa Front formed the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191440-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gold Coast Titans season\nThe 2007 Gold Coast Titans season was the first in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 12th (out of 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191440-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gold Coast Titans season\nAt the end of the season Luke Bailey and Anthony Laffranchi were named co-winners of the club's inaugural Paul Broughton Medal for best and fairest player of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191440-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary\nThe Gold Coast Titans' first ever trial match resulted in a 32-6 loss to the previous season's grand finalists Melbourne Storm, however wins over the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers later on led to predictions for a bright start to the Titans' premiership campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191440-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary\nTheir first premiership match was played against the St. George Illawarra Dragons at Suncorp Stadium on 18 March. After at one stage leading, the Titans lost a cliffhanger, 20-18. But this disappointment was soon erased with the club registering its first ever win against Ricky Stuart's Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Carrara Stadium the following round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191440-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary\nThere were mixed results in the first half of the season; highlights included wins over Preston Campbell's old club the Penrith Panthers at Penrith in round four, the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium (a Titans home game) in round five in a match which was marred by a horrible leg injury to Michael Henderson and the virus-struck Parramatta Eels by 38-12 in round seven. The Parramatta side had blamed its loss to the Titans on its preparation of its squad whom at least half of them had been struck with illness in the week leading up to the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191440-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Gold Coast Titans season, Season summary\nBy round fifteen, everything seemed to be coming together. However, injuries to many players, none more so than captain Scott Prince, struck the Titans at the wrong end of the season and lost eight of its last ten matches (including a 56-10 loss to Canberra in round 18 and a final round 50-6 loss to the Melbourne Storm in Melbourne) to fall to 12th at the end of its inaugural season. Despite this, their first season was deemed not a failure but not a success either. Only wins over the Wests Tigers and Sydney Roosters, both at home, saved the Titans from a lower finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191441-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Golden Globes (Portugal)\nThe 2007 Golden Globes (Portugal) were the 12th edition of the Golden Globes (Portugal). It was held on 1 April 2007 in Pra\u00e7a de Touros do Campo Pequeno, and broadcast by SIC and presented by B\u00e1rbara Guimar\u00e3es.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191442-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb\nThe 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 40th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom Sportova between November 8 and 11, 2007. Figure skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The Junior-level equivalent was the 2007 Golden Bear of Zagreb. The compulsory dance was the Argentine Tango.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191443-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gombe State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Gombe State gubernatorial election was the 3rd gubernatorial election of Gombe State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Mohammed Danjuma Goje won the election, defeating Abubakar Habu Hashidu of the Democratic People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191443-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Results\nMohammed Danjuma Goje from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Abubakar Habu Hashidu from the Democratic People's Party. Registered voters was 1,410,234.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191444-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500\nThe 2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It was held on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at the 0.526 mile Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, the circuit's shortest (by distance) oval.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191444-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500\nThe event was the second to use NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow template, and the first in which the 2007 Top 35 teams (by owner points) were awarded exemptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191444-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500\nThe winner of the race was Jimmie Johnson of the Hendrick Motorsports team. His teammate, Jeff Gordon, placed second by less than a second after a battle between the two during the last laps of the race. Gordon attempted many times to take the lead from Johnson by passing on the inside, however Johnson held his position and managed to regain spacing ahead of Gordon on the straightaways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191444-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500, Did not qualify\nMichael Waltrip (No. 55), Brian Vickers (No. 83), Paul Menard (No. 15), Kenny Wallace (No. 78), Kevin Lepage (No. 37),and Ward Burton (No. 4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191445-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Governor General's Awards\nThe 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and \"a specially crafted copy of the winning book\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191445-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Governor General's Awards\nThe $25,000 cash prize had been \"increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary\". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191446-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gran Premio Tecate\nThe 2007 Gran Premio Tecate was the fourteenth and final round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. It was held on November 11, 2007 at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was won by S\u00e9bastien Bourdais in his last Champ Car race before joining the Scuderia Toro Rosso team in Formula One. With the merger of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series in 2008 it would turn out to be the final event run under the Champ Car banner, and 2nd last under the v8 turbo formula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191446-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Qualifying results\n24 hours after S\u00e9bastien Bourdais established a new track record in Friday qualifying at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez, seven drivers were able to improve on that mark during Saturday's session. But Will Power was far and away the fastest of the fast on the day, finishing .594 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Robert Doornbos, thus clinching his fifth pole position of the year and second in succession. Power was driving with a broken wrist suffered in his home race three weeks ago in Australia. Bourdais was unable to better his Friday time, but started the race next to Will Power on the front row of the grid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191446-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race\nThe final race of the season got off to a ragged start as Oriol Servi\u00e0, Nelson Philippe, and Alex Tagliani all stalled on the grid. At the front, Will Power held off S\u00e9bastien Bourdais at the start and took charge of the field behind the pace car. A potential fight for second place in the championship standings between Justin Wilson and Robert Doornbos was blunted when Doornbos' car developed a clutch problem. Doornbos' mechanics valiantly worked to fix the problem in the hopes of securing the point for fastest lap, and after 51 minutes of work, Doornbos did exactly that, securing his third place in the championship over Will Power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191446-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race\nAt the front of the race Bourdais was working with a bit of a disadvantage for the race because he and teammate Graham Rahal were docked 22 seconds off the allotted 75 seconds of Power-to-Pass time after they laid rubber down on their grid spots making practice starts during the Sunday morning session. But Bourdais was able to get the power down coming out of the Peraltada corner before Power could. This slight handling difference gave Bourdais a critical speed advantage at the end of the long main straight. Bourdais easily passed Power on the main straight on lap 24 and then held off the Australian for the rest of the race, even after a late race yellow flag tightened up the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191446-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race\nBourdais' victory in his final Champ Car race before heading off to Formula One for the 2008 season was his 31st overall, putting him into a tie for 6th on the all-time Champ Car victory list with Paul Tracy and Al Unser, Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191446-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Gran Premio Tecate, Race\nHighlighting the race behind the Bourdais and Power was the performance of Oriol Servi\u00e0 who recovered from the stall on the grid and fought through the entire field all the way to third place. His performance allowed him to leapfrog from ninth to sixth place in the final championship standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National\nThe 2007 Grand National (officially known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 160th official annual running of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 14 April 2007 and attracted the maximum permitted field of forty competitors for a total prize money of \u00a3700,000 including \u00a3399,140 to the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National\n33\u20131 shot Silver Birch, ridden by Robbie Power, edged out McKelvey to win the race by three-quarters of a length. Joint-favourite Point Barrow, at odds of 8\u20131, fell at the first fence. The meeting was attended by around 70,000 spectators at Aintree, and an estimated 16 million adults placed bets on the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Runners and betting\n2005 Scottish Grand National winner Joe's Edge was the long-time ante-post favourite but public money on race day came for 2006 Irish Grand National winner Point Barrow after being tipped by several morning newspaper tipsters but the big plunge bets went on the heavyweight Monkerhostin who had recently run well in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Not surprisingly the two former winners in the race, Hedgehunter, under the 11 stone 12\u00a0lb top weight and Numbersixvalverde were both heavily supported, along with Longshanks who had twice been placed in the Topham Trophy over one circuit of the course, and the 2006 Summer National winner McKelvey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nCloudy Bays broke the tape when the runners were sent off for the first time, resulting in a false start. The long delay in getting the runners set again had many on their toes and they set off at a very fast pace second time. By then Cloudy Bays had little interest in taking part and was left by thirty lengths at the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nJoint-favourite Point Barrow caused a huge groan from the stands and for millions watching on television by falling at the first fence, ending debutant rider Philip Carberry's National within a minute of it starting. Another debut rider, Wayne Hutchinson was left hanging on to his mount Tikram until finally being unseated as the horse went to jump the second fence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nThe Outlier was the first to emerge as the leader and was tracked by Bewley's Berry, Naunton Brook and Ballycassidy as the field successfully negotiated the fences down to the sixth, Becher's Brook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nAt the famous brook, Dominic Elsworth found himself falling off his mount Le Duc when he shouted to nearby rival Mick Fiztgerald on board Kelami for help. Fitzgerald pushed Elsworth only for the rider to remain unbalanced and fall off the other side instead. At the same fence Jack High crumpled on landing and fell, while Davy Russell was also thrown from Livingstone Bramble, requiring a trip to hospital for precautionary X-rays on his back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nAs the field continued towards the seventh fence (Foinavon) Zabenz was pulled up, a stirrup leather having broken. Monkerhostin's rider Richard Johnson was also having to contend with a broken stirrup leather but his horse was not enjoying the experience and dug his heels in at Foinavon and refused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nNaunton Brook was now in the lead as the field took the 90-degree Canal Turn with Bewley's Berry, Ballycassidy and The Outlier next. Only Tom Doyle was caught out by the sharp turn and was ejected from Knowhere out the side, while right behind them Kandjar D'allier was baulked by two loose horses and crashed into the fence, almost bringing down Homer Wells in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nOf the thirty-one remaining only Royal Auclair failed to negotiate the four fences along the canal side that took the field back onto the race course for the first time, falling at the first of those, Valentine's brook, badly hampering Eurotrek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nNaunton Brook and Ballycassidy continued to set the pace as the runners came in front of the stands and made their way towards The Chair. Gallant Approach survived a bad mistake here which put him out of contention, while Cloudy Bays refused when tailed off. Dun Doire was also tailed off at this stage as the field of twenty-nine runners took the water jump and began the second circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nThe front running Naunton Brook began to show signs of fatigue as Ballcycassidy and Bewley's Berry now took the field over the fences down to Becher's. The Outlier unshipped his rider at the 19th fence (open ditch) as well as Idle Talk, who was already beaten when he dropped a foreleg into the ditch and failed to take off. Billyvoddan was the first of the tailenders to pull up before taking the fence, and the last of the disappointing joint-favourites, Joe's Edge, did the same before the 20th when he was found to have gone lame. Both Homer Wells and Eurotrek had been struggling since they were hampered earlier in the race by fallers. Now with their chances gone they were both pulled up before Becher's Brook along with another tail ender, Celtic Son to leave twenty-two runners still racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nBewley's Berry was out in front and cantering when he was caught out by the steep drop at Becher's and fell, leaving Simon and Libertine in front while Graphic Approach was losing touch when he fell, while Naunton Brook was pulled up after jumping the brook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nBy the second jump of the Canal Turn, Bothar Na, Sonevafushi and Kelami were losing touch. Puntal, Clan Royal, Gallant Approach and Dun Doire were beaten and tailed off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nBallycassidy was beginning to slow when he turned too sharply and threw his rider, while at the next fence (Valentine's) Simon came down when in second place. Slim Pickings moved into the lead at the next and by the third-last was at the head of a group of ten runners that still carried chances of winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nThe long run to the second-last flight spread the pack out with Slim Pickings taking the fence just ahead of Silver Birch. At the last, Silver Birch landed just in front and began to get away from Slim Pickings on the long run-in. At the elbow, Silver Birch began to labour and Slim Pickings fought back, with McKelvey finishing best. The finishing post came just in time for Silver Birch to win by three-quarters of a length, with McKelvey second by \u200b1\u00a01\u20444 lengths. Slim Pickings finished third, fifteen lengths in front of fourth placed Philson Run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, The race\nLibertine was fifth, Numbersixvalverde sixth, Longshanks seventh, Puntal eighth and Hedgehunter ninth, a distance ahead of L'ami in tenth, Clan Royal in eleventh, and Gallant Approach the last of twelve to complete. Dun Doire pulled up three fences from home, Sonevafushi and Bothar Na bypassed the second-last, and Kelami and Thisthatandtother missed out the final flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Aftermath\nThe winning rider-trainer-owner combination were among the youngest and least experienced in the history of the race with just one National between them, being a previous ride for 25-year-old jockey Robbie Power. Trainer Gordon Elliott was the youngest in the race and won with his first National entrant while owner Brian Walsh had bought the horse for 20,000 guineas the previous year as the first horse to carry his colours in the race. With a 33/1 winner and only one horse placed at a shorter price it was also a good day for the bookmakers who retained much of the \u00a3250\u00a0million gambled in the United Kingdom alone on the race, as none of the three joint-favourites completed the course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Aftermath\nStarter Peter Haines came in for criticism for his handling of the start after the runners had charged the tape at the first attempt. Many race commentators felt that Haines was then too picky in trying to get a good line for the restart as he ordered the runners to turn back from the start five times before finally letting them go at the sixth attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Aftermath\nMcKelvey was also found to have suffered an injury late in the race which would rule him out for almost the entire next season. The injury almost certainly cost him victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Aftermath\nWinning jockey Robbie Power received a four-day ban from the stewards who found that during the run-in he had used his whip too often and also struck Silver Birch too near the stifle. Third-placed Barry Garaghty was also given a three-day ban for overuse of the whip on Slim Pickings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Aftermath\nDavy Russell required hospital treatment after being thrown from Livingstone Bramble at Becher's Brook on the first circuit for precautionary X-rays on his shoulder and back. 2007 was one of the warmest Nationals on record with temperatures at race time hitting 22 degrees Celsius.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 30], "content_span": [31, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Media coverage\nThe race was broadcast live on the BBC for the 48th consecutive year, but the first to not be run under the Grandstand banner as the final episodes would air earlier in the year on Saturday 27 January and Sunday Grandstand airing the next day on 28 January 2007. The televising of the race included cameras inside the first fence and two cameras inside jockey's caps (Jamie Moore on Thisthatandtother and Tom Doyle on Knowhere). The programme was presented by Sue Barker and Clare Balding with summary from John Parrott, Richard Pitman and Norman Williamson. The race commentary team was Ian Bartlett, Tony O'Hehir, Darren Owen and lead commentator Jim McGrath who called the runners home for the tenth year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Jockeys\nWith the retirement of Carl Llewellyn, Tony McCoy, Mick Fitzgerald and Paul Carberry took over as the most experienced riders in the weighing room, each taking their twelfth ride in the National. Fitzgerald had previously won in 1996 and Carberry in 1999 but McCoy became the eighth rider to have taken twelve rides without being winner or runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191447-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand National, Jockeys\nEight riders made their Grand National debut, with Tom O'Brien finishing second, Daryl Jacob fourth and Sam Waley-Cohen fifth. Wayne Hutchinson and Philip Carberry's debuts both ended at the first fence, while Denis O'Regan, David Condon and Paul O'Neill also failed to complete the course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker)\nThe 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 October 2007 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker)\nDave Harold made 14 consecutive foul and misses during his round-robin stage match against Liu Song. This is the most consecutive foul and misses made in any professional event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker)\nMarco Fu won the title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9\u20136 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Ranking points\nThe breakdown of ranking points for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw, Round-robin stage\nThe first round used a round-robin format like last season. The top 32 and the 16 qualifiers were placed in eight groups of six with the top two from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. Matches in the round-robins were the best of seven frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw, Round-robin stage\nTom Ford made a maximum break in his match against Steve Davis. For this feat he won \u00a324,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191448-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix (snooker), Qualifying\nQualifying for the 2007 Grand Prix was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 at Pontin's Prestatyn using a round-robin format. The entries were placed into eight groups with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the finals in Aberdeen. All matches at this stage were played over the best of seven frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191449-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix Hassan II\nThe 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II was a men's tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour played in Casablanca, Morocco on clay sourts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from 23 April through 29 April. The event was won by Paul-Henri Mathieu in men's singles and Jordan Kerr and David \u0160koch in men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191449-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles\nJordan Kerr / David \u0160koch defeated \u0141ukasz Kubot / Oliver Marach 7\u20136(7\u20134), 1\u20136, [10\u20134]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191450-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Doubles\nJulian Knowle and J\u00fcrgen Melzer were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191450-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Doubles\nJordan Kerr and David \u0160koch won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 1\u20136, [10\u20134], against \u0141ukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191451-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix Hassan II \u2013 Singles\nPaul-Henri Mathieu defeated Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s 6\u20131, 6\u20131, to win the 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191452-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem\nThe 2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in F\u00e9s, Morocco that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 14 May until 20 May 2007. Unseeded Milagros Sequera won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191452-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Finals, Doubles\nVania King / Sania Mirza defeated Andreea Ehritt-Vanc / Anastasia Rodionova 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191453-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem \u2013 Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but neither chose to compete that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191453-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem \u2013 Doubles\nVania King and Sania Mirza won the title 6\u20131, 6\u20132 over Andreea Ehritt-Vanc and Anastasia Rodionova in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191454-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem \u2013 Singles\nMeghann Shaughnessy was the defending champion, but chose not to play that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191454-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem \u2013 Singles\nMilagros Sequera won the title, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191455-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Denain\nThe 2007 Grand Prix de Denain was the 49th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 19 April 2007. The race was won by S\u00e9bastien Chavanel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191456-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Futsal\nThe 2007 Grand Prix de Futsal was the third edition of the international futsal tournament of the same kind as the FIFA Futsal World Cup but with invited nations that took place between 20 and 27 October 2007, in Santa Caterina, Brazil, in three locations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191457-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon\nThe 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 21st edition of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 22 October through 28 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191457-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon\nThe singles field featured ATP No. 5, Australian Open semifinalist, Queen's Club and Washington champion, 2005 Lyon winner Andy Roddick, Sopot and Metz titlist Tommy Robredo, and Australian Open semifinalist and Memphis winner Tommy Haas. Other seeded players were Wimbledon semifinalist, Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet, Doha and 's-Hertogenbosch Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107, Juan M\u00f3naco, Nicol\u00e1s Almagro and Gilles Simon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191457-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles\nS\u00e9bastien Grosjean / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated \u0141ukasz Kubot / Lovro Zovko 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191458-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Doubles\nJulien Benneteau and Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Benneteau partnered with Micha\u00ebl Llodra, but retired in the first round against S\u00e9bastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Cl\u00e9ment partnered with Nicolas Mahut, but lost in the semifinals to S\u00e9bastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191458-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Doubles\nS\u00e9bastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20133, against \u0141ukasz Kubot and Lovro Zovko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191459-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Singles\nRichard Gasquet was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191459-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon \u2013 Singles\nS\u00e9bastien Grosjean won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 6\u20134, against Marc Gicquel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season\nThe 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 59th F.I.M Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 10 March 2007 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 4 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary\nThe 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation which specifies that competitors in the MotoGP class were allowed use up to 800\u00a0cc motorcycles; between 2002 and 2006, competitors had been allowed to use 990\u00a0cc motorcycles. While the 800cc motorcycles had less power than their 990cc counterparts, their ability to brake later and carry more speed through turns due to their lighter weight (which actually increased their power to weight ratio) allowed them to break lap records in pre-season testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary\nCasey Stoner won the MotoGP title, winning 10 of the 18 races to finish with a lead of 125 points over second placed Dani Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo won his second 250cc title, and G\u00e1bor Talm\u00e1csi won the 125cc title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary\nStoner had a breakthrough season on the Ducati, the team winning its first world title on the Grand Prix scene. It was also the first time since 1973 that the premiere category had not been won by a Japanese constructor. The new 800cc Ducati engine had a significant advantage over the other manufacturers in straight line speed but was tricky to ride through corners for Stoner's experienced teammate Loris Capirossi. Stoner was in strong contention early on but Valentino Rossi was very close for a long period of the season, before Stoner started to pull away at mid-season and sealed his title with several races to go, with Rossi's title challenge fading.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary\nUp to the end of 2006, speculation suggested that Honda would have the advantage of the new 800cc engines, as they could modify their existing engines easier than other manufacturers. In practice, Honda suffered the most from the regulation change, with only Dani Pedrosa and Marco Melandri making any impression on the leaders. Stoner scored a string of wins for Ducati, Suzuki saw Chris Vermeulen take their first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and John Hopkins posted his first podium finish. The Kawasaki team also made progress with improved results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary\nIn addition to the capacity reduction, MotoGP teams were also restricted to 31 tires per race weekend per rider. This change seemed to have favored the Bridgestone's wider performance range over the more temperature- and track-specific Michelins. Pressure from top riders and declining viewership led Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta to propose a single-tire manufacturer for MotoGP. In the end, rules were amended to allow 9 more tires per weekend per rider, and Valentino Rossi switched to Bridgestone for the 2008 season while his FIAT Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo used Michelins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary\nAs of 2021, this was the only time since the introduction of MotoGP regulations that a rider and team from a non-Japanese manufacturer have won the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2007 Grand Prix season calendar\nThe following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes\nThe following changes are made to the regulation for the 2007 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, MotoGP riders' standings\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 250cc riders' standings\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191460-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 125cc riders' standings\nPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191461-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland\nThe 2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland is the fifth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on June 24 at the Burke Lakefront Airport, in Cleveland, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191461-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais lead both Friday and Saturday's qualification sessions. Rookie Simon Pagenaud missed the pole by .025 of a second to score his first Champ Car front row starting position next to Bourdais. Bourdais chose to start from the left side of the track, opposite the traditional inside position leading to Cleveland's often frantic first turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191461-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Race\nAn incident-filled race ended with a surprise winner in Paul Tracy, his first victory since the 2005 Cleveland Grand Prix and 31st overall. Despite two early crashes which forced him to pit and have his crew replace his nose cone twice, Tracy managed to stay on the lead lap. Tracy found himself in lead on lap 70 during the last yellow flag period. The extra fuel he gained by his two early pit stops allowed him to gamble on fuel strategy. Robert Doornbos, recovering from an early setback of his own after he was black-flagged for blocking, was catching up to him quickly in the final laps but was unable to pass Tracy before the checkered flag after 89 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191461-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Race\nEarly in the race it looked as if the race would come down to a showdown between Will Power and S\u00e9bastien Bourdais as they raced nose to tail, with Bourdais leading from the standing start. Power, following the script Bourdais ran to in the Portland race, passed Bourdais after the first round of pit stops by staying out an extra lap. But the battle was aborted when Bourdais' car broke down on lap 67. Not long later, Power was forced to pit under green on lap 75 to change a tire that failed because of a broken valve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191461-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland, Attendance\nAttendance at the 3 day race weekend was 151,426 people with over 65,000 fans attending the Champ Car raceday main event. This represented a 28% increase over 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191462-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Houston\nThe 2007 Grand Prix of Houston was the third round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 22 at JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191462-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais originally took pole but was penalised for blocking Will Power. Roberto Moreno substituted for Alex Figge beginning on Saturday after Figge was unable to race the bumpy parking lot circuit with lingering back pain resulting from a crash at Long Beach the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191462-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Race\nPole sitter Will Power was passed by S\u00e9bastien Bourdais and Justin Wilson at the drop of the green flag. Bourdais short cut a chicane and was forced to drop back into 2nd behind Wilson. On lap 14 Bourdais regained the lead and built a long lead over Wilson. The first round of pit stops were done under a yellow caused by debris. Oriol Servia, substituting again for the injured Paul Tracy, left the pits in 2nd, while Bourdais' teammate Graham Rahal got out in 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191462-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Race\nThe top three remained static until lap 66 when Oriol Servia's green flag pit stop was balked by his teammate Mario Dominguez, dropping him all the way to 7th. When Bourdais pitted on lap 68, Tristan Gommendy took the lead by staying out, gambling on a long-shot fuel strategy win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191462-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Race\nWhen Gommendy's race ended at the entrance of pit lane with minutes remaining in the 1 hour, 45 minute timed race (all Champ Car races in the season were held as timed races that ran 1 hour, 45 minutes), Bourdais retook the lead and led the remainder of the race in front of teammate Rahal, who did not provide an undue amount of pressure. Robert Doornbos solidified his lead in the rookie standings with a 3rd-place finish, while Oriol Servia fought back from the pit stop mishap to a solid 4th-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 32], "content_span": [33, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191462-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Houston, Attendance\nRace weekend attendance was 168,259 for the Houston edition of the Champ Car World Series in 2007. This represented a 31% increase in attendance over the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191463-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Mosport\nThe 2007 Grand Prix of Mosport presented by Mobil 1 was the ninth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mosport International Raceway, Canada on August 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191463-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Prix of Mosport, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191464-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Rapids Rampage season\nThe 2007 Grand Rapids Rampage season was the 10th season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with a 5\u201311 record. They went 4\u201312 record and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191464-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Rapids Rampage season, Coaching\nSparky McEwen was coach of the Rampage during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts\nThe 2007 PartyBets.com Grand Slam of Darts was the inaugural staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts, held by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament invited the best performing players from the PDC and its rival the British Darts Organisation. There had been two previous head-to-head matches between the champions of the two organisations and a few tournaments have also featured BDO v PDC clashes. This tournament was the first of its kind to be held in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts\nThe 2007 tournament was staged at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England from 17\u201325 November 2007. Phil Taylor won the title, beating Andy Hamilton 18\u201311 in the final. In one of the early group matches which may not have stood out at the time, John Part narrowly beat Mark Webster 5\u20134 and less than two months later the two players became the World Champions of their respective organisations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Format\nThe 32 players were split into eight groups of four players with the top two from each group qualifying for the last 16 knockout stages. Each player was therefore guaranteed three matches in the competition. Two points were awarded for a win. All group games were best of 9 legs, the second-round games were extended to best of 19 legs, the semi-finals best of 25 legs, and the final best of 35 legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Prize money\nPartyPoker.net increased the prize fund for the event from the original announcement of \u00a3250,000 to \u00a3300,000 making it the second richest tournament in 2007 \u2013 ahead of both the Premier League and the BDO World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Controversy\nControversy hit the tournament in May when it was confirmed by the BDO that the Winmau World Masters had been moved from its original dates of 26\u201328 October to a new date of 16\u201318 November, clashing directly with the Grand Slam. This meant that players from the BDO were forced into a direct choice between competing at the Masters for valuable ranking points or taking their place at the Grand Slam for better prize money. BDO World Champion Martin Adams almost immediately confirmed that he would participate in the Masters, though he was the only BDO player to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Controversy\nAdams went out in the quarter-finals of the World Masters meaning his pay cheque of \u00a31,250 was significantly less than the \u00a34,000 he would have received simply for turning up at the Grand Slam. Adams also declined the chance to compete in 2008, even though the two tournaments did not clash as the Masters was moved to December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifiers\nThe PDC Chairman Barry Hearn announced on 21 February 2007 that all major tournament finalists for the past two years from both the BDO and PDC will be invited to the event. Also World Championship semi-finalists from the same period would receive an invite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifiers\nThe tournaments used for the qualifying criteria were the two World Championships, the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and World Masters (2006 only), UK Open, Las Vegas Desert Classic, Premier League, World Series of Darts, International Darts League and the World Darts Trophy with the field set at 32 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifiers\nBDO players Gary Anderson, Mark Webster, Shaun Greatbatch, Niels de Ruiter, Phill Nixon and Scott Waites all accepted invites to the event leaving Martin Adams (the BDO World Champion) as the only player to have rejected the opportunity to play. He participated in the 2007 Winmau World Masters instead, losing at the quarter-final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Draws, Group stages\nNB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier; Q = QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Television coverage\nThe tournament was televised by ITV. The first afternoon session on 17 November, the Sunday afternoon session on 18 November, the semi-finals, and the final were all be broadcast live on ITV1. The rest of the tournament was shown live on ITV4. It was ITV's first televised darts tournament since they ceased coverage of the Winmau World Masters in 1988 \u2013 although they did show the first Clash of Champions match between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191465-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Grand Slam of Darts, Television coverage\nThe ITV Sport team consisted of lead presenter Matt Smith, analysts Steve Beaton and Alan Warriner-Little, and commentators John Rawling from ITV Boxing, Stuart Pyke from Sky Sports and Nigel Pearson of talkSPORT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191466-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grande Prairie municipal election\nThe 2007 Grande Prairie municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Grande Prairie, Alberta, elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Grande Prairie School District No. 2357 trustees (at large), and five of the Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 28's seven trustees (as Ward 1). Of the 33,210 eligible voters, only 9,693 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 29.2%, and an average of 5.9 aldermen per ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191467-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gravesham Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191467-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election Labour had run the council since 1995 and since the 2003 election had 23 seats, compared to 21 for the Conservatives. The Conservatives had therefore needed to gain 2 seats to take control from Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191467-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council from Labour, the first time the Conservatives had control of the council in 20 years. The Conservatives moved to 26 seats after winning 54% of the vote, while Labour dropped to 16 seats on a 40% vote share. Overall turnout at the election was 36.4%, up from 31% at the 2003 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191467-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative gains included taking all 3 seats in the wards of Painters Ash and Singlewell from Labour. The Conservatives also held the seats in Whitehill where the two sitting councillors, George Lambton and Derek Robinson, had stood as independents after being deselected by the Conservatives before the election. The leader of the Conservatives on the council, Michael Snelling, said \"I am over the moon. I think we have exceeded our expectations. \", while the Labour council leader, John Burden said he planned \"to come back in four years' time\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191467-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Election result\nThe election in Meopham North was postponed after the death of one of the Conservative councillors Malcolm Burgoyne on 25 April. The delayed election in Meopham North was held on 21 June and saw the Conservatives hold both seats in the ward. The Conservative leader, Michael Snelling, was one of the two winners in Meopham North and as a result was able to then become the new leader of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191467-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Gravesham Borough Council election, Ward results\nNote: The election in Meopham North was delayed to 21 June due to the death of a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191468-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Great Alaska Shootout\nThe 2007 Great Alaska Shootout was held from November 20, 2007, through November 24, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191469-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191469-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council with 22 seats, compared to 16 for Labour. There was also a former Conservative, John Hudson in West Flegg, who stood down at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191469-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election, Background\nAmong the candidates at the election were the wives of the Conservative and Labour leaders on the council, Mary Coleman and Hilary Wainwright, standing against each other in West Flegg, and the wife of Labour Member of Parliament Tony Wright, Barbara Wright contesting Fleggburgh. The election was mainly contested between the Conservative and Labour parties, but there were also candidates from the Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, Liberal Democrats and National Front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 56], "content_span": [57, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election\nThe 2007 Greatorex by-election was a by-election held on 28 July 2007 for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly electorate of Greatorex in Alice Springs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election\nThe by-election was triggered when Dr Richard Lim, the Country Liberal Party member for Greatorex, resigned from politics on 9 July 2007. Lim had held the seat since 1994, and had served as Deputy Opposition Leader under former CLP leader Denis Burke. Greatorex is generally considered a safe seat for the CLP, and Lim, a popular local member, had managed to retain the seat at the 2005 election despite both a huge territory-wide loss which saw Burke lose his seat and the presence of a Labor star candidate in high-profile Alice Springs mayor Fran Kilgariff. Lim stated that he was resigning in order to care for his ailing wife and parents, and was considering returning to his medical practice. He apologised for retiring mid-term, an act he had previously criticised former Attorney-General Peter Toyne for doing in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election\nThe by-election saw CLP candidate Matt Conlan elected on primary votes alone, polling 52% of the vote, a small increase on the 2005 election. Independent candidate Paul Herrick finished second with 20%, just ahead of Labor candidate Jo Nixon on 16%. Greens candidate Jane Clark finished fourth with 9% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election\nThere were 4564 people enrolled within the electorate at the close of the rolls for the by-election on 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Candidates\nThe Country Liberal Party preselected local \"shock jock\" radio presenter Matt Conlan as their candidate unopposed, with the support of party leader Jodeen Carney. A number of potential CLP candidates, including former MLA John Elferink, former candidate Michael Jones, who nearly won the adjacent seat of Braitling in 2005, and Alice Springs deputy mayor David Koch had all previously ruled out nominating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Candidates\nThe Labor Party preselected Jo Nixon, an audiologist and the organiser of the annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival as their candidate. The 2005 candidate, Fran Kilgariff, was reportedly not interested in standing again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Candidates\nAlice Springs' deputy chief fire officer, Paul Herrick, contested the by-election as an independent. He was strongly endorsed by Loraine Braham, the independent MLA for the adjacent seat of Braitling. His candidacy was widely thought to pose the biggest potential threat to the CLP in the traditionally safe seat, and raised some speculation that the CLP could have lost party status had he won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Candidates\nFormer Alice Springs alderman Jane Clark contested the by-election for the Greens. She had previously expressed interest in the Labor nomination, but had been unsuccessful, and had been expected as a likely independent candidate after resigning from the council on 12 July. However, she made a surprise announcement on the last day of nominations, 16 July, that she would instead run as a candidate of the Greens, who had not previously been expected to contest the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Campaign\nThe by-election campaign centred on a number of issues, including housing, law and order and the environment. Independent candidate Herrick promised to push for more affordable housing in town, arguing for unoccupied public housing to be sold off to provide cheap housing options, and calling for the creation of a satellite city for Alice Springs at Owen Springs, similar to Palmerston, near Darwin. The CLP also touched on housing issues, promising to reform the territory's HomeNorth scheme if elected in an effort to ease housing pressures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Campaign\nThe CLP repeatedly focused on law and order issues during the campaign, criticising crime rates and expressing support for the federal government's intervention in the region, including the ban on public consumption of alcohol in the town. Conlan promised to support the construction of a detox facility in the town to further combat the effects of alcohol if elected. Labor also focused its campaign on law and order issues, with Nixon's primary promise being the construction of a remote \"boot camp\" for young offenders in Central Australia, which subsequently received support from the territory government. Herrick also touched on the issue, criticising the lack of positive activities available for youth in Alice Springs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Campaign\nEnvironmental issues were also raised a number of times throughout the campaign, with both the Labor and Green candidates raising concern about the prospect of the federal government building a nuclear waste dump in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Campaign\nThe CLP campaign received an early blow when high-profile former party treasurer and Alice Springs party president Andrew Maloney publicly endorsed Labor candidate Jo Nixon, risking expulsion from the CLP. He stated that he thought Labor would be in government in the territory for the next \"six to ten years\", and that he felt the electorate would be better off with a government member in the circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191470-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Greatorex by-election, Campaign\nThe CLP, Labor and the Greens directed their second preferences to Herrick. Herrick chose to direct no preferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires\nThe 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged out of control until 27 August, until they were put out in early September. The fires mainly affected western and southern Peloponnese as well as southern Euboea. The death toll in August alone stood at 67 people. In total 84 people lost their lives because of the fires, including several fire fighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires\nSome of these firestorms are believed to be the result of arson while others were merely the result of negligence. Hot temperatures, including three consecutive heat waves of over 40\u00a0\u00b0C (105\u00a0\u00b0F), and severe drought rendered the 2007 summer unprecedented in modern Greek history. From the end of June to early September, over 3,000 forest fires were recorded across the nation. Nine more people were killed in blazes in June and July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires\nA total of 2,700\u00a0square\u00a0kilometers (670,000\u00a0acres) of forest, olive groves and farmland were destroyed in the fires, which was the worst fire season on record in the past 50 years. Of the total of 2,700\u00a0km2, 1,500\u00a0km2 (370,000\u00a0acres) were burnt forests in Southern Greece alone which meant that 4% of Greece's total forest area burnt in 2007 alone. Many buildings were also destroyed in the blaze. The fire destroyed 1,000 houses and 1,100 other buildings, and damaged hundreds more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, June\nThe first major fire of the summer of 2007 was started on 28 June 2007. It is perceived to have been started by either an exploding electrical pylon or by arsonists. Significant parts of the Parnitha National Park were destroyed, and in total, the fire burnt 15,723 acres (63.6\u00a0km2) of the core of the national forest in a matter of days. Overall the mountain of Parnitha suffered a burnt area of 38,000 acres (153.8\u00a0km2), making it one of the worst recorded wildfires in Attica since the Penteli fire of July 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, June\nThe magnitude of the devastation was unforeseen. Environmental studies in Greece report that the Athenian microclimate will significantly change to warmer during the summer season, and flooding is now a very probable danger for the northern suburbs of the city. Mount Parnitha was considered the 'lungs' of Athens; following its considerable burning, both the city and local flora and fauna are expected to feel the consequences. Other affected areas included Pelion, Agia and Melivoia, Skourta, Dafni, and Pyli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, July\nOn 11 July 2007, another wildfire sparked at a garbage dump near Agia Paraskevi, Skiathos, and spread across the island. Residents and tourists were forced to evacuate to nearby Troulos, and returned after the fire was put out. More than 100 fires were reported by 15 July 2007, in such locations as Keratea outside of Athens, Peloponnese, and on the Aegean islands of Andros, Evia, Lesbos, and Samos, as well as Crete and the Ionian island of Kefalonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, July\nIn Peloponnese around 20 July 2007, a fire which started from the mountains over the town of Aigio expanded rapidly towards Diakopto and Akrata, destroyed a large area of forests and cultivated land. In the same fire many villages were totally or partially burned, resulting in the loss of 230 houses and 10 churches; three people lost their lives. A 26-year-old farmer and a 77-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of arson concerning the fires in Aigio and Diakopto. The farmer confessed and is currently held in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, August\nFires continued, on 17 August 2007 they started to burn on the outskirts of Athens. The fire started on Mt. Penteli began burning down towards the suburbs. More than sixty fire engines, nineteen planes and helicopters, and hundreds of firefighters as well as locals attempted to hold back the fire. Melisia, Vrilisia, and Penteli city were affected in the blaze that was put out once winds calmed down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, August\nOn 24 August 2007, fires broke out in Peloponnese, Attica and Euboea. In Peloponnese, the fire burnt many villages and accounted for 60 deaths. Six people were reported to have been killed in the town of Areopoli. In Zacharo, one of the worst hit areas, more than 30 people were found dead by firefighters while searching burning cars and homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, August\nPrime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declared a state of emergency for the whole country and requested help from fellow members of the European Union. Multiple countries responded to the call and sent help. Additionally, 500 Greek soldiers were sent in the affected areas. Another 500 Greek soldiers were called up bringing the total to 1,000 military personnel involved in the fire fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, August\nOn 25 August 2007, fires broke out on Mount Hymettus and in the suburb of Filothei in Athens. Officials said these fires were the result of arson, as the firefighters found many bottles with gasoline in affected areas. Arson is also suspected for the fires in Peloponnese, as more than 20 fires started at about the same time. Two fires broke out in Keratea and one in Markopoulo Mesogaias in East Attica on 25 August 2007. The first fire was not under control until the following day, while the second was put out quickly. The Keratea fire had a length of 12 kilometres (7\u00a0mi) and a man was hospitalised with second degree burns. The fire at Lagonissi was reported as an accident, as they were started when a man accidentally set fire to a tree in his garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, August, The fires at Olympia\nOlympia, site of the ancient Olympics and World Heritage Site, was evacuated on 26 August 2007. Fears were expressed for the survival of the ruins of ancient Olympia lying near the raging fire. The famous statue of Hermes of Praxiteles and nearby antiquities were spared from the fire, but the yard of the museum where the statue is housed was scorched. According to the official statement of former Minister of Culture Georgios Voulgarakis, no serious damage was caused to the antiquities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, August, The fires at Olympia\nThe fire burnt all the trees on the hilltop above, and an area of brush and open space adjacent to the Olympic Academy. The fire did not damage the archaeological museum nor did it damage the several ancient structures in the area. \"The wider archaeological space of Olympia remains intact,\" stated Mr. Voulgarakis. Despite the Minister's claims, it has been established, as of 26 August, that the afflicted damage is of greater importance and scale; the sacred Hill of Kronos was totally burnt during the blaze. The hill was left blackened, but will soon be reforested. New Culture Minister Michalis Liapis has stated that 3,200 bushes and saplings will be planted on the Hill of Kronos, to return the area to its previous appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Timeline, September\nThe fires continued to burn into early September. On 1 September 2007, firefighters were still suppressing a strong blaze in Peloponnese. Three blazes remained, with the fires destructive path continuing in Arcadia and Mt. Parnon in Laconia. Then, on 3 September 2007 a lightning strike started a new fire on Mt. Vermion, which was soon brought under control by firefighters. On 5 September the death toll reached 67, and on 21 September reached 68.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, International assistance\nWhen the August fires broke out, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis requested help from the members of the European Union and other nations. The following countries offered help, but some offers were refused:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Causes and arson arrests\n\"The reward is set between \u20ac100,000 and \u20ac1,000,000 ($1.36 million US dollars) for every [act of] arson, depending on whether death or serious injury occurred and the size of the damage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Causes and arson arrests\nThe former Minister for Public Order, Vyron Polydoras, stated the fires may be a result of terrorist attacks, as many of the fires started simultaneously and in places where an arsonist could not be seen. He also stated that the country is facing an asymmetric threat, a military term used for terrorist attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Causes and arson arrests\nWhile some fires are believed to have been caused by environmental factors, others clearly were not. The fires could have been deliberately started as a way to get around Greek law which forbids property development on areas designated as forest land and to pull benefit from Greece's unique position as the only EU country without a full land registry system. A substantial reward has been offered for anyone providing information which leads to the arrest of an arsonist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Causes and arson arrests\nGreek police announced the capture of three arson suspects: A 65-year-old man from Areopolis was charged with arson and murder relating to the fire which killed at least 6 in this area. Also, in northern Kavala, two youths had been detained on suspicion of arson. Greek government press minister Theodoros Roussopoulos confirmed on 27 August that 61 people had been arrested on suspicion of involvement in arson, seven of these being retained in custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Causes and arson arrests\nOn 27 August 2007, PASOK leader George Papandreou accused the government of insinuating that his party is involved in the fires and called on Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis to produce any evidence that would support there was such an organized plan. Heavy criticism directed towards the government for its handling of the crisis, with the Greek press forming a chorus in ridiculing the incompetence of the country's officials, was accentuated in September by the reported discovery of steps aimed at giving a green light to property developers in the ravaged region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Consequences\nOn 25 August, Super League Greece and the Hellenic Football Federation decided to postpone the opening fixtures scheduled for that weekend due to the fires. Campaigning for the country's forthcoming general election was suspended for a short period of time. The vote was not postponed since this is not allowed under the current Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Consequences\nThe destruction that was caused by the fires is expected to have a large financial impact to the areas affected by the fires. Originally the estimated amount was about 1.5 billion euros in immediate damages. That amount has now risen to 2\u00a0billion euros ($2.9\u00a0billion). The cumulative financial impact after taking into consideration the loss of national income due to the destruction of the local agricultural infrastructure and the potentially negative impact on local tourism is estimated around 5 billion euros or more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Consequences\nThe status of Olympia for the 2008 Summer Olympics flame-lighting ceremony is threatening to undermine the whole ceremony. The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) has warned that the delays in the reforestation process will undermine the whole ceremony. The HOC states, \"Unless it drastically improves in the coming period, (Olympia's) present image will constitute global defamation for Greece.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Financial assistance\nDue to the unprecedented scale of the destruction many of the country's leading banks, businesses, institutions and local administrations have offered considerable amounts of cash in order to help the people and businesses that suffered financially due to the fires. The government has created a special account in all Greek banks, where financial help in relief of the people affected by the fire from all over the world is accepted. Additionally, financial aid from the EU is expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Financial assistance\nForms of assistance in nature were also offered such as olive plants contributed by a Turkish municipality and businessmen to a collect already organized in Mytilene. The Greek Government plans to spend 645.7\u00a0million euros ($946.7\u00a0million) to restore and rehabilitate areas burnt by the fires. This amount will be provided by both the European Union and the Greek Government. The government has earmarked 150 million euros ($222 million) to help the people affected by the fire rebuild their homes and other buildings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Financial assistance\nThe rapid nature of the response given in the form of a direct aid scheme free of red tape led to official claims in reverse a year after the calamity, as it has been the case for the residents of Ileia who were notified to return the aid payments. Opposition parties, in the meantime, accused the government of using the scheme to \"buy\" the votes of locals in the weeks before the Greek legislative election, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Financial assistance\nThe Cypriot Government along with J&P ABAX have pledged to rebuild the town of Artemida. They have currently signed an 8.5 million euro contract, which includes the construction of 80 structures of which 48 will be residential. The overall cost of the project is expected to be 14.5 million euro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Financial assistance\nOn 20 February 2008 UEFA president Michel Platini presented the Hellenic Football Federation with a CHF1m cheque to help finance the rebuilding of football facilities damaged by the fires in Greece the previous summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Financial assistance\nThe European Union has proposed 89.7 million euros in aid to Greece to offset part of the cost of the 2007 forest fires. The grant will be used to reimburse the costs of rescue services, provision of temporary housing, cleaning up of disaster-stricken areas, and the restoration of basic infrastructures to working condition. Furthermore, the EU created a 600-member team of European firefighters to combat continental forest fires, as a response to the 2007 summer forest fires in Southern Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191471-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek forest fires, Aftermath, Reforestation\nThe Greek Government has urged regional authorities to start replanting large areas burnt by the summer forest fires. The government under Kostas Karamanlis has pledged that all burnt forests will be restored and protected from legal development. Full Replanting is expected to start after a reforestation study by forestry experts that is to be completed by December. Plans included anti-erosion measures and extensive replanting in the hardest hit prefectures of Arcadia, Achaea, Elis, Corinthia, Laconia, Messenia, and Euboea. The Hill of Kronos which was totally burnt by the fires will be replanted with bushes and saplings. These bushes and saplings will include laurel bushes, oaks, olive trees, and other indigenous species.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election\nParliamentary elections were held in Greece on Sunday, September 16, 2007, to elect the 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament. The leading party for a second term was New Democracy under the leadership of Kostas Karamanlis with 41.87%, followed by George Papandreou and Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) with 38.10%. New Democracy managed to secure an absolute but narrow majority of 152 out of 300 parliament seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election\nThe populist Popular Orthodox Rally entered the parliament for the first time with 10 seats, while the parties of the left, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), enjoyed a significant increase in their votes. KKE got 8.15% of the votes (from 5.89) and secured 22 parliament seats (from 12) and SYRIZA got 5.04% of the votes (+1.78%) and 14 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election\nThe difference of nearly four percentage points between the first two parties resulted in George Papandreou announcing that he would seek reaffirmation of his party leadership, with Evangelos Venizelos and Kostas Skandalidis also declaring candidacy for the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Procedure\nThere were concerns that the election could return a hung parliament, mainly due to the recently revised Greek electoral law. Although it preserved the 3% threshold necessary for a party to enter parliament, it decreased the number of seats automatically awarded to the leading party. Parliamentary majority was considered more difficult, especially after the early projection that five parties would cross this threshold for the first time after the metapolitefsi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Procedure\nAccording to the electoral law, the first-past-the post party was automatically awarded a bonus of 40 parliamentary seats. The remaining 260 seats were divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally, strictly in proportion to their polling returns. Since a majority of 151 seats was required, the leading party should secure at least 111 seats (42.7% of 260) in order to be able to form a government. Karamanlis had stated that in the event that no party should manage to achieve a majority, he would seek a new election. Papandreou had vaguely indicated that he may have pursued an alliance with the left, however the SYRIZA and KKE parties had categorically dismissed any possibility of participating in a coalition with any of the major parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Procedure\nNo opinion polls were allowed to be published after September 1. The polls publicized prior to the election had concluded that:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Procedure\nThe law traditionally requires that voting begins at \"sunrise\" and ends at \"sunset\". In practice this is rounded up to the nearest top of the hour. Voting began at 7 am and concluded at 7 pm. 7 pm was also the time when media outlets publicized their exit polls and issued their predictions. According to SingularLogic, the information technology contractor of the Ministry of the Interior, initial returns would not reach statistical significance before 11 pm and firm estimates might not emerge until after midnight. Voting took place in 20,623 polling stations \u2013 mostly schools \u2013 throughout the country, each of which catered to 400\u2013500 voters on average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Opinion polls, January\u2013August 2007\nA collection of opinion polls taken before the elections is listed below. According to a law, which was voted by the Greek parliament, publication of opinion polls is forbidden in the fortnight prior to the election date. Therefore, the last day when opinion polls were published was September 1, 2007, and practically all opinion polling firms published their final public reports on August 31, 2007, in time for the evening news.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Exit polls\nThe Greek media outlets issued their exit polls at 19:00 local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Exit polls\n1 Revised exit poll presented at 20:30 local time\u00b2 Statistical projection based on official returns, presented at 21:30 local time \u2013 claimed margin of error: 0.2%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Results\nThe following table shows the tallies with all the votes counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191472-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Greek legislative election, Results\nAt 1 am, September 17, 2007, PASOK leader George Papandreou conceded defeat and Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis thanked the electorate for granting him and his party a renewed term in office. Papandreou also stated that he will seek his party's direct reaffirmation in his leadership, and Evangelos Venizelos, PASOK's informal #2, declared himself \"present\" in this process. Papandreou went on and retained his leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season\nThe 2007 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 89th overall and 87th season in the National Football League. The Packers finished the regular season with a 13\u20133 record. They received a bye for the first round of the playoffs, won their divisional round playoff game, and lost in the NFC Championship game to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants. This was the last season for quarterback Brett Favre as a Green Bay Packer, as he initially retired following the season but came out of retirement and was subsequently traded to the New York Jets during the offseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season\nThis season also marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Packers' home stadium of Lambeau Field. The Packers' tenure at Lambeau, now at 63 seasons, is the longest in NFL history at a single stadium, breaking the Chicago Bears' previous record of 50 seasons at Wrigley Field (1921\u20131970).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason\nOn February 2, 2007, Brett Favre announced that he would return for the 2007 season. \"I am so excited about coming back,\" the 37-year-old quarterback said on the website of The Sun Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi. He also commented, \"We have a good nucleus of young players. We were 8\u20138 last year, and that's encouraging.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason\nTed Thompson, Green Bay's general manager, confirmed the news, saying, \"The Packers are excited by his decision and look forward to a successful 2007 campaign.\" This would be, however, Brett Favre's last season with the Packers, after 16 years on the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, 2007 NFL draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft occurred on April 28\u201329. The Packers picked 16th overall, selecting defensive tackle Justin Harrell in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, 2007 NFL draft\nReportedly, the Packers were in talks with Oakland Raiders wide receiver Randy Moss at the behest of Brett Favre. If the Packers had made the move to acquire the 30-year-old wide receiver, the trade would no doubt have been a controversial one, as Moss has a long and storied history with the Green Bay franchise. While Moss's salary was high, Green Bay, at the time, reportedly had $24 million of cap space, and could have absorbed his contract easily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, 2007 NFL draft\nThese rumors were put to an end on April 29, 2007, when Oakland dealt Moss to New England for a 4th round draft pick. In the days following the NFL draft, Favre was upset concerning Green Bay's inability to acquire Moss. Favre was reportedly so upset that his agent requested that the Packers trade him. Coach Mike McCarthy was able to calm Favre down over the phone, and Favre eventually admitted that while he wanted to win, he did not want to be traded in order to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Departures\nOn March 5, the Texans signed running back Ahman Green to a contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Departures\nOn March 5, the Dolphins signed tight end David Martin to a contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Packers began their season at home against the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Green Bay's Jarrett Bush recovered the Eagles' Greg Lewis's muffed punt in the end zone for a touchdown. The contest was tied in the closing minutes but the Eagles again muffed a punt return, setting up a 42-yard game-winning kick from Packers rookie kicker Mason Crosby. This was the only game the Packers did not score an offensive touchdown. Crosby was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Crosby is the only player in league history to boot a 50-plus-yard field goal and game-winning field goal in the final minute in his first NFL game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 2: at New York Giants\nPlaying a close game until the fourth quarter, the Packers took a commanding lead late in the game (racking up 21 points in the final fifteen minutes) and winning the game 35\u201313. Early in the 4th quarter, Favre capped off a drive with a pass to the outside of the endzone to Donald Lee, and then followed it up with a 10-yard pass to Donald Driver by the goalpost for a score after the Giants fumbled the ensuing kickoff deep in their own territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 2: at New York Giants\nIn the victory, Brett Favre threw for 286\u00a0yards and 3 touchdowns and gave him his 149th career win as a starter, the most by any quarterback in NFL history, surpassing John Elway. Favre was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for games played September 16\u201317. Mike McCarthy was voted the Motorola NFL Coach of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. San Diego Chargers\nQuarterback Brett Favre threw three touchdown passes against the Chargers in the victory, bringing his career total to 420 and tying Dan Marino's career touchdown record. With just over two minutes remaining in the game and San Diego leading 21\u201317, Favre found wide receiver Greg Jennings for a 57-yard catch-and-run across the middle of the field for the go-ahead score. On the Chargers ensuing drive, linebacker Nick Barnett intercepted a Philip Rivers pass and returned it to the San Diego 1-yard line setting up the Packers final score and a 10-point lead. Barnett was voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on September 23 \u2013 24. This win made the Packers the only team to have missed the playoffs the previous season to return to open 3\u20130 against teams that made the playoffs the year before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4: at Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their home win over the Chargers, the Packers flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for an NFC North division game against Minnesota. In the first quarter, QB Brett Favre threw a 16-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings surpassing Dan Marino as the league's all-time leader in touchdown passes. He also became the league leader in pass attempts (8,393 at game's end). Favre was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, having thrown for 344\u00a0yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 4: at Minnesota Vikings\nWith the win, the Packers stayed undefeated and improved to their first 4\u20130 start since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off a record-setting divisional road game against the Vikings, the Packers went home for a Sunday night divisional clash with their nemesis, the Chicago Bears. This would be the 174th meeting between the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the first quarter, Green Bay got off to a fast start by capping off the game's opening drive with rookie RB DeShawn Wynn getting a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Bears tied the game with RB Cedric Benson's 10-yard TD run. The Packers would end the first half with QB Brett Favre completing a 41-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings, along with rookie kicker Mason Crosby converting a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, Chicago crept closer with kicker Robbie Gould converting a 44-yard field goal. Green Bay responded with Crosby kicking a 37-yard field goal, yet the Bears pulled to within three as QB Brian Griese completed a 19-yard TD pass to TE Greg Olsen. In the fourth quarter, Chicago erased their deficit completely with Gould's 36-yard field goal and Griese's 34-yard TD pass to TE Desmond Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nWith a turnover-plagued loss (5 turnovers on the night), the Packers fell to 4\u20131. Also, with two interceptions, Favre tied QB George Blanda at 277 for the most career interceptions. Also of note, Brady Poppinga intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter, extending the streak of at least one Packer interception per game for the 11th consecutive game. This matched the longest streak in team history, which occurred during an 11-game stretch in 1984\u20131985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nRyan Grant #25, John Kuhn #30, DeShawn Wynn #42 and Korey Hall #35", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nMason Crosby kicks a field goal, held by Jon Ryan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears\nGreen Bay sets up on offense at the 2-yard line", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Washington Redskins\nOn October 14, 2007 Charles Woodson picked up a Santana Moss fumble and returned it 57\u00a0yards for a go-ahead touchdown in a 17\u201314 victory over the Washington Redskins. He also recorded an interception in the game, his first of the season. This was the 12 straight game that Green Bay has recorded an interception, making it a new team record surpassing an 11-game stretch in 1984\u20131985. In the third quarter, Redskins safety Sean Taylor intercepted a Brett Favre pass making Favre the career interception leader in NFL history, eclipsing George Blanda's record of 277 interceptions. Favre threw two interceptions for the game. Woodson was named the NFC's Defensive Player of the Week for his performance versus the Redskins. It was the first time he has received this award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Washington Redskins\nWith the win, the Packers entered its bye week at 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 78], "content_span": [79, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Denver Broncos\nFollowing their bye week, the Packers flew to Denver to take on the Broncos on Monday Night Football. In the first quarter, Bronco quarterback Jay Cutler opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Scheffler. On the first play of the ensuing series Brett Favre completed a 79-yard touchdown to rookie wide receiver James Jones. In the second quarter, rookie kicker Mason Crosby converted a 19-yard field goal, followed by a 26-yard field goal, and the Packers took a 13\u20137 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Broncos kicker Jason Elam converted a 45-yard field goal to cut Green Bay's lead to 3 points. In the fourth quarter, after getting the ball back with 2:27 remaining in the game, Cutler led a drive that began on the Bronco seven-yard line down the length of the field to the Green Bay four-yard line. On a 3rd and 1 Cutler attempted a quarterback draw to win the game, but Ryan Pickett stopped Cutler for no gain on the play. With no time outs remaining Elam and the kicking unit ran onto the field and converted a field goal to tie the game on the final play of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Denver Broncos\nGreg Jennings called heads and won the overtime coin toss, allowing Green Bay to receive the ball to begin overtime. On the first play, Favre threw an 82-yard touchdown pass to Jennings, who had outrun Bronco cornerback Dr\u00e9 Bly for the catch. This was Favre's 13th TD pass of 75\u00a0yards or more, most of any player in NFL history. Favre also becomes the first Packers player to throw two touchdown passes of 75\u00a0yards or more in the same game. Only three quarterbacks have accomplished the feat since 1990. Ryan Grant ran for 104\u00a0yards, the first Packer to break the 100\u00a0yard rushing mark this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 8: at Denver Broncos\nWith the win (their first ever in Denver), the Packers improved to 6\u20131. On November 1, 2007 Aaron Kampman was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month for October, having recorded 5.5 sacks during that time period. Brett Favre was voted the Fedex Air and Ground NFL Player of the Week award for games played on October 28 \u2013 29, the third time this season he has received this award. Wide receiver James Jones of the Packers was announced as the Diet Pepsi 2007 Rookie of the Week for games played on October 28\u201329. Jones made three receptions for 107\u00a0yards including a first-quarter 79-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their Monday Night road win over the Broncos, the Packers flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Kansas City Chiefs (the only team that QB Brett Favre had never beaten). After a scoreless first quarter, Green Bay drew first blood with rookie kicker Mason Crosby getting a 48-yard and a 36-yard field goal. However, the Chiefs would take the lead into halftime as RB Larry Johnson completed a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, the Packers regained the lead as Favre completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City regained the lead with QB Damon Huard completing a 30-yard TD pass to Johnson. Green Bay replied with Crosby kicking a 32-yard field goal, yet the Chiefs answered with Huard completing a 17-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez (with RB Priest Holmes getting the 2-point conversion run). The Packers pulled back into the lead as Favre and Jennings hooked up again on a 60-yard TD pass. Afterwards, Crosby made a 45-yard field goal, and CB Charles Woodson returned an interception 46\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, the Packers improved to 7\u20131. Brett Favre also became the third quarterback to defeat all of the other 31 NFL teams at least once. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady had been the first two to do so, just hours apart, the week before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Packers scored 17 points in the final 3:05 on a defense that hadn't given up more than 20 all year. Favre joined Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as quarterbacks who've beaten all 31 other teams in the NFL. Favre rallied the Packers to victory from a fourth-quarter deficit or tie for the fourth time this season and 40th in his career, second only to John Elway's 46 fourth-quarter comebacks. The Packers have won 11 of their last 12 games, dating back to last season. Their sixth straight road wins tie for the second-longest away-from-home streak in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nPlaying their first home game since mid-October, the Packers hosted their division rivals, the Minnesota Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the first half, the first career touchdown by Ryan Grant came on a 30-yard run and gave the Packers a 7\u20130 lead, and two field goals by Mason Crosby (a 39-yard field goal midway through the 2nd quarter and a 24-yard field goal at the end of the half) would provide all the first half scoring, as the Packers went to the locker room leading 13\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the second half, Brett Favre threw a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes, one to Donald Lee and one to Ruvell Martin (which was Favre's 200th TD pass at Lambeau Field), giving the Packers a 27\u20130 lead. With an additional Martin touchdown catch in the 4th quarter, the Packers shut out the Vikings 34\u20130, their first shutout of 2007. The Packers defense held Adrian Peterson to a season-low 45\u00a0yards on 11 carries a week after he set the NFL single-game rushing record with 296\u00a0yards against the San Diego Chargers. Grant became the first running back to reach the century mark against the Vikings this season, rushing for 119\u00a0yards on 25 carries, his career best.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith the win, the Packers improved to 8\u20131, which matched the best start to a season in Brett Favre's career (in 1996 and 2002). This game was the first time the Vikings had been shut out since 1991, and halted the Vikings\u2019 NFL-record run of 260 consecutive regular-season games with a point. The game was Green Bay's first shutout of the Vikings in 94 games of the rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nDuring the game, Favre became only the second NFL quarterback to throw for 60,000\u00a0yards in a career. He now has 60,257 yards' passing in his 17-year NFL career, second only to Dan Marino's career passing record of 61,361\u00a0yards. On November 15, 2007, the NFL announced Favre and running back Ryan Grant were voted the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week for games played on November 11\u201312. Favre has received the Fedex Air award four times this season. Coach McCarthy was voted the Motorola NFL Coach of the Week for games played on November 11\u201312, the second time he has received the award this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Carolina Panthers\n38-year-old Brett Favre faced off against 44-year-old Carolina quarterback Vinny Testaverde in a game that featured the oldest starting quarterbacks duo in NFL history. Favre threw 3 touchdown passes, and Tramon Williams returned a punt 94-yard for another touchdown as Green Bay defeated the Carolina Panthers 31\u201317. It was Favre's 62nd career game with at least three touchdown passes, tying Dan Marino's record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe win moved Green Bay to 9\u20131 on the season, its best start through the first 10 games since 1962. This is also Favre's best 10 game start to a season in his career. Packers punt returner Tramon Williams was named Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the 11th week of the 2007 season (November 18\u201319). Packers defensive tackle Corey Williams was voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on November 18\u201319. Williams posted four solo tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nComing off their home win over the Panthers, the Packers flew to Ford Field for a Week 12 Thanksgiving NFC North duel with the Detroit Lions. Lions kicker Jason Hanson completed a 47-yard field goal, and followed it with a 41-yarder to give the Lions a 6\u20130 lead after the first quarter. Brett Favre started the second quarter with an 11-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings. The Packers held on to the lead for the remainder of the game, winning 37\u201326. The win moved the Packers to 10\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nFavre finished the game with 3 touchdowns, the 63rd time he has thrown 3 or more touchdowns in a game, breaking the record he held with Dan Marino. At one point during the game, Favre completed 20 consecutive passes, breaking the Packers team record of 18 (held by Don Majkowski and Lynn Dickey). Favre threw for 381 passing yards, which was his seventh 300-yard passing game of the season, tying a career-high. For his performance, Favre was awarded Fox's Galloping Gobbler Award. Favre also was voted Fedex Air NFL Player of the Week, the fifth time this year he has received the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nGreen Bay has equaled its best 11-game record since 1929.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Detroit Lions\nWith the win, the Packers improved to 10\u20131 (the team's best start since 1962).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their Thanksgiving win over their divisional foe, the Lions, the Packers flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 13 Thursday night intraconference duel with the throwback-clad Dallas Cowboys. This match-up would see two 10\u20131 teams face one another for the first time since 1990 when the New York Giants lost to the San Francisco 49ers. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo faced off against his boyhood idol Brett Favre in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Packers started the game missing two key players of their defense, with injured cornerback Charles Woodson (tied for 7th in the NFL with 4 interceptions) and pass-rushing end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (tied for 6th in the NFL with 9.5 sacks) on the inactive list. In the first quarter, Green Bay took the early lead as rookie kicker Mason Crosby completed a 47-yard field goal. On the second play of the Cowboys opening drive, Al Harris stripped the ball from Terrell Owens and side judge Laird Hayes signaled Green Bay ball, but head linesman Derick Bowers overruled him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe only option for Mike McCarthy to challenge on the play, since the whistle was blown, was whether it was a reception \u2013 the strip could not be reviewed. The replay upheld the reception and Dallas retained possession. Nick Folk completed a 26-yard field goal to tie the game. Folk also completed a 51-yard field goal, and QB Tony Romo threw a 3-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. The Packers would end the first quarter with rookie RB Ryan Grant running for a 62-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0042-0002", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the second quarter, Dallas responded with Romo completing a 26-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Fasano and a 10-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens. Brett Favre left the game in the second quarter after he hit his right elbow on the helmet of a blitzing Cowboys DB Nate Jones. The throw led to Favre's second interception. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took over for the Packers next series and led the offense on a 74-yard drive, capping it off with an 11-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third, Grant finished off a 69-yard Packer drive with a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, Romo completed a 4-yard TD pass to Crayton. Mason Crosby kicked a 52-yard field goal with just over 5\u00a0minutes remaining in the game to pull the Packers within a field goal. Dallas sealed the win as Folk kicked a 25-yard field goal with 1:03 left in the game. The Packers were flagged for a season-high 142 penalty yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys\nWith the loss, the Packers move to 10\u20132. This is the last Packers loss in Dallas to date, as the two teams would not meet again in Dallas until the 2013 season, where Green Bay overcame a 26\u20133 deficit to beat the Cowboys 37\u201336. The Packers, since then, have gone 3\u20130 in Dallas, the latest win being a 34\u201324 win in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their Thursday night road loss to the Cowboys, the Packers went home for Favre's 250th (270th including playoffs) consecutive start, along with Green Bay's Week 14 interconference duel with the Oakland Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Packers sliced away in the second quarter with rookie RB Ryan Grant getting a 6-yard TD run, while CB Will Blackmon returned a punt 57\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Raiders would end the half with their only score of the game as QB Josh McCown completed a 25-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, Green Bay took control with rookie Mason Crosby nailing a 44-yard field goal, QB Brett Favre completing an 80-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings, while Blackmon recovered an Oakland fumble in their endzone for a touchdown (making him the first player since Cincinnati's Lemar Parrish in 1974 to return a punt and a fumble for a touchdown in one game). In the fourth quarter, the Packers pulled away with Favre completing a 46-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, not only did Green Bay improve to 11\u20132, but they also clinched the NFC North division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIt was the Packers' 18th division title, along with their 24th playoff berth with three games remaining in the season \u2013 the second-fastest division title in team history. Blackmon was awarded NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15: at St. Louis Rams\nComing off their dominating home win over the Raiders, the Packers flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 15 duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Green Bay drew first blood as rookie RB Ryan Grant got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams responded with QB Marc Bulger completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, Green Bay went back into the lead as QB Brett Favre completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee, yet St. Louis answered with RB Steven Jackson getting a 46-yard TD run. The Packers would regain the lead prior to halftime with rookie kicker Mason Crosby getting a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, Green Bay took control as Crosby kicked a 50-yard field goal, along with Favre completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. In the fourth quarter, the Pack finished the Rams off with Crosby nailing a 25-yard and a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15: at St. Louis Rams\nBrett Favre came into the contest needing 184\u00a0yards to break Dan Marino's all-time record mark of 61,361 career passing yards. He broke the record, as he threw for 227 total yards in the game. The new record came on a seven-yard completion to Donald Driver. Ryan Grant and Greg Jennings each had a touchdown during the game, making it the first time two Packers players have each scored a touchdown in the same four consecutive games. Atari Bigby was voted the GMC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on December 13 \u2013 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0052-0001", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15: at St. Louis Rams\nBigby made four tackles and two interceptions (a career-high). Bigby intercepted the ball on the Packers' 22-yard line late in the second quarter to keep the Packers ahead by three going into halftime. Kicker Mason Crosby was voted the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on December 13 \u2013 17. Crosby went four-for-four in field goals, including a long 50-yard field goal and 46-yard and 44-yard kicks, and three-for-three in extra points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 15: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the Carolina Panthers defeating the Seattle Seahawks on the day, the Packers clinched a first round bye for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Chicago Bears\nIn cold and windy conditions, Brett Favre threw 2 interceptions, and the Bears blocked 2 punts, en route to a 35\u20137 victory over the Packers, giving the Bears a sweep against Green Bay for the 2007 season. The Packers had not had a punt blocked in 12 years (929 punts). The last time the Packers had 2 punts blocked in a game was September 21, 1975, in a game against Detroit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Chicago Bears\nFavre ended the game with 158 passing yards, and he surpassed 4,000\u00a0yards passing for the season, the 5th time in his career to achieve the mark. Ryan Grant ran for 100 total yards and the only touchdown for the Packers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 16: at Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, the Packers fell to 12\u20133 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions\nBrett Favre left less than a minute into the second quarter with the game well in hand, as he had thrown two touchdown passes, and running back Ryan Grant had another one on a 27-yard run. Backup quarterback Craig Nall threw another touchdown in his first playing time in the NFL since 2004. Packers punter Jon Ryan had a 72-yard punt in the fourth quarter, the longest punt at Lambeau Field since 1965. Running back Brandon Jackson topped the 100\u00a0yard mark for the first time in his career, running for 113\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions\nPackers rookie kicker Mason Crosby finished the season leading the NFL with 141 points, the highest-scoring season by a kicker in franchise history and third-highest season point total by any Packers player. Green Bay has 17 consecutive home victories over Detroit, a team that has not recorded a victory in Wisconsin since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith their 5th straight win over the Lions, the Packers finished the season with a record of 13\u20133. The 13-win season was the fourth in the history of the Packer team (1997, 1996, and 1962 were the others).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions\nOn January 2, 2008 Brandon Jackson was voted NFL Rookie of the Week for games played December 29\u201330, 2007. Jackson ran the ball 20 times for 113\u00a0yards and made two receptions for 22\u00a0yards in the Packers' 34 \u2013 13 win over the Detroit Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions\nOn January 3, 2008, the NFL announced McCarthy finished second in voting for The Associated Press 2007 NFL Coach of the Year, garnering 15 votes to Bill Belichick's leading 29 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Detroit Lions\nNick Barnett (56), A. J. Hawk (50) and Brady Poppinga (51)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, Divisional Round: Seattle Seahawks\nMike Holmgren and the Seattle Seahawks played the Green Bay Packers for a chance to play in the NFC Championship game. The Packers beat the Seahawks 42\u201320. Ryan Grant fumbled twice in the first 69\u00a0seconds, the turnovers led to an early 14\u20130 Seahawk lead. Grant redeemed himself by running for 201\u00a0yards and three touchdowns \u2013 both franchise play-off records (Ahman Green had run for 156\u00a0yards in a 2004 playoff game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0062-0001", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, Divisional Round: Seattle Seahawks\nBrett Favre went 18-for-23 for 173\u00a0yards and three touchdowns, two to Greg Jennings, joining Joe Montana as the only passers in league history with 5,000\u00a0yards in postseason play. Other Packer team records set during the game include most points in a game with 42, most touchdowns with six, and most first downs with 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, NFC Championship: New York Giants\nThe Green Bay Packers were defeated by the New York Giants at Lambeau Field in overtime. It was the 3rd coldest game in NFL history. Favre extended his NFL record to 18 straight playoff games with at least one touchdown pass. It came on a 90-yard touchdown throw to Donald Driver, the longest playoff pass in Packers team history. This would also be the final game in Favre's legendary career as a Green Bay Packer. This was also the last time the Packers hosted the NFC Championship until the 2020 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, 2008 Pro Bowl selections\nThe Packers had five 2008 Pro Bowl selections, 9th most in the NFL. Head coach Mike McCarthy was also the coach of the NFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, 2007 All-Pro selections\nThe following is a list of players that were named to the Associated Press 2007 All-Pro Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191473-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, Hall of Fame Inductions\nIn July 2007 the following players were inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191474-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election\nThe Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2007 was held on 16 February 2007. Martin Burs\u00edk was reelected for his second term. Burs\u00edk was the sole Candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191474-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election, Voting\n275 delegates voted. Burs\u00edk received 212 votes and thus won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191475-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship\nThe 2007 Coca-Cola GM was the 37th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Nuuk from August 6 to 11. It was won by Nagdlunguaq-48 for the tenth time in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191475-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Central Greenland\nNB B-67 Nuuk qualified for the Final Round as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191476-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens\nThe 2007 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 41st edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 2 September 2007. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Bram Tankink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak\nThe 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2, 2007. Early morning temperatures had risen well above average for the season; combined with increased moisture and a powerful jet stream, this created enough instability and wind shear for thunderstorms to rotate and spawn tornadoes. Due to the conditions, a long-tracked supercell formed and produced three tornadoes over one hour and seventeen minutes. The supercell resulted in a 70-mile (110-kilometer) trail of damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak\nTwenty-one people were killed and 76 others were injured in the outbreak. The first tornado damaged 1,145\u00a0homes and destroyed 200\u00a0others in Sumter County before hitting the Lady Lake area where it killed eight people. A total of 180\u00a0homes were damaged and 101\u00a0homes were destroyed in Lake County. The second tornado killed 13\u00a0people in the Lake Mack area and damaged or destroyed over 500\u00a0homes and other structures during its existence, including the 1500-foot (450-meter) tall transmission tower of WCFB FM. The final tornado damaged roofs, car ports and garage doors along its path through New Smyrna Beach. The outbreak was the second-deadliest on record for Florida, with damages of $218\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Synopsis\nIn east central Florida, a warm sector, a region of warm surface air between a cold front and a warm front, was positioned ahead of a progressing cold front. Large scale lift was supported by a very strong jet stream aloft, with strong vertical shear evident, conducive for rotating thunderstorms and tornadoes. Instability increased overnight with temperatures and dew points increasing through the pre-dawn hours. For example, northwest of Orlando, temperatures were still at 75\u00a0\u00b0F (24\u00a0\u00b0C), which was about 3 degrees warmer than the average high for the day and 14 degrees warmer than the average low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Synopsis\nThe conditions helped several thunderstorm cells to develop ahead of the cold front in a line, in the Gulf of Mexico. One of these thunderstorm cells matured into a supercell thunderstorm that remained intact, while other cells to its north failed to sustain themselves. The supercell had strong rotation visible on radar as it approached the western Florida Coast before it produced three tornadoes, two rated EF3 from Sumter County to the coastal waters of Volusia County during the early morning hours of February 2, 2007. After moving offshore, the main tornado-producing supercell quickly weakened and decayed into a bunch of showers, while another supercell produced an EF0 tornado four hours after the main supercell moved offshore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Synopsis\nAt 3:06\u00a0am EST (0806 UTC), the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado warning for northern Lake County until 4:00\u00a0am EST (0900\u00a0UTC). At 3:10\u00a0am EST (0810\u00a0UTC), the first tornado touched down near The Villages and traveled at 55 miles per hour (89\u00a0km/h) into Lake County. Five minutes after the tornado touched down, a severe weather update bulletin was issued by the NWS stating that there was a high likelihood of an extremely dangerous tornado and people in the path were in a life-threatening situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Synopsis\nThe tornado received an EF3\u00a0rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale and had a track length of 16.5 miles (26.6\u00a0km). Initially, the tornado was thought to have still been on the ground and a third bulletin was released at 3:34\u00a0am EST (0834\u00a0UTC). At this time, Doppler radar indicated that a tornado was forming or was on the ground roughly 5 miles (8.0\u00a0km) north of Umatilla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Synopsis\nThe mesocyclone that produced the first tornado restrengthened and formed another tornado near Paisley at 3:37\u00a0am EST (0837\u00a0UTC) in Lake County. A second tornado warning was issued at 3:52\u00a0am EST (0852\u00a0UTC) for Volusia County as the tornado was tracking toward the area. It went east northeast toward the Lake Mack area, exceeding 50 miles per hour (80\u00a0km/h). The tornado received an EF3\u00a0rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale and traveled a total of 26 miles (42\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Synopsis\nA third tornado warning was issued in Volusia County at 4:13\u00a0am EST (0913\u00a0UTC), nearly ten minutes before the third tornado touched down. The supercell produced its last tornado east of Interstate 95 at 4:22\u00a0am EST (0922\u00a0UTC) and dissipated five minutes later at the Intracoastal Waterway, 3 miles (4.8\u00a0km) from where it touched down. The tornado had a maximum width of 100 yards (91\u00a0m) around the time it reached peak intensity. The tornado was rated EF1\u00a0on the Enhanced Fujita Scale and traveled for 3 miles (4.8\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Wildwood\u2013Lady Lake\u2013Emeralda\nThe first tornado from the main tornado-producing supercell began near Wildwood and moved across the south side of The Villages, where numerous frame homes were damaged or destroyed. The tornado then struck the neighboring town of Lady Lake, where numerous mobile homes were obliterated and Lady Lake Church was completely destroyed. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, and several greenhouses were destroyed further along the path before the tornado dissipated. 1,246\u00a0homes and mobile homes were damaged, and 301\u00a0others were destroyed. Eight people were killed while an additional 25\u00a0people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 85], "content_span": [86, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Paisley\u2013DeLand\nAfter the previous EF3\u00a0tornado had dissipated, the supercell produced the deadliest tornado of the outbreak at 8:37\u00a0UTC. The high-end EF3\u00a0tornado first touched down near Paisley, snapping numerous trees and toppling a radio tower before moving east and striking Lake Mack. Numerous mobile homes and RVs were obliterated, and numerous trees were snapped and debarked, some of which had mobile home frames wrapped around them. The tornado continued east and tore through the south side of DeLand before dissipating. Numerous mobile homes, frame homes, and apartment buildings were damaged or destroyed in DeLand. 421\u00a0homes and mobile homes were damaged, and 192 others were destroyed. The tornado killed 13\u00a0people and injured 51\u00a0others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Aftermath\nThe outbreak was the second-deadliest on record for Florida, behind one that killed 42\u00a0people in February 1998. Damages from the tornado outbreak totaled $218\u00a0million (2007\u00a0US$). Christopher Patton, spokesman for the Lake County emergency operations center, described the damage as \"unlike even perhaps the hurricanes of 2004 when we had minor roof damage, screen damage, pool damage. This is way far more devastating.\" The tornadoes were the first to be rated on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which replaced the original Fujita Scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Aftermath\nU.S. President George W. Bush signed a declaration to designate Sumter, Lake, Volusia and Seminole counties as disaster areas. A state of emergency was declared by Governor Charlie Crist for the same counties. More than 400\u00a0American Red Cross volunteers from across several states went to help in central Florida. The Tampa Bay chapter of the American Red Cross sent six volunteers with emergency response vehicles to the main area of damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191477-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, Aftermath\nThe Walt Disney Company donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross to help aid victims and Feed The Children sent two truckloads of relief supplies to the central Florida area. The Salvation Army brought several mobile kitchens to offer relief to victims and Verizon Wireless helped by offering citizens the use of a wireless emergency communication center, in addition to cleaning and repairing cellular phones damaged by the storms. Katie Couric anchored the CBS Evening News from Lady Lake on February 2. The broadcast was slated to be from Miami, where Super Bowl XLI was held two days later as the game was to air on CBS. A moment of silence was held before Super Bowl XLI in Miami to honor the victims of the tornadoes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191478-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guadiana Trophy\nThe 2007 Guadiana Trophy competition took place between 3-5 August 2007 and featured Benfica, Sporting Clube de Portugal, and Real Betis. Benfica won in the final against rivals Sporting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191480-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nGuangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2006\u201307 is the 29th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191480-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nThe first leg was played in Panyu on 30 December 2006 and the second leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 7 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191480-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nThe Guangdong match was played in Panyu Fo Ying Dong Stadium in remembrance of the death of Henry Fok, HKFA's Life Honorary President, for Panyu is the home town of Mr. Fok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191480-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup\nHong Kong captured the champion by winning an aggregate 4\u20133 after against Guangdong extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191480-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Hong Kong\nThe 1st leg's squad consists of 18 players where 15 of them are from Hong Kong and 3 of them are mainland Chinese players who are now playing in Hong Kong First Division League. The 2nd leg's squad also consists of 18 players which was selected from a 20-people training squad. Team Manager: Pui Kwan Kay Lawrence Kam Kei YuCoach: Lai Sun Cheung Tsang Wai ChungGoalkeeper coach: Chu Kwok KuenPhysiotherapist: Cousin Yat Hong LuiTeam Assistant: Kwan Kon Sang", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191480-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Hong Kong\n(*) Included in 1st leg's squad only(#) Included in 2nd leg's squad only", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191481-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open\nThe 2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 24 through September 30, 2009. Total prize money for the tournament was $175,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191481-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191481-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191481-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Champions, Doubles\nPeng Shuai / Yan Zi def. Vania King / Sun Tiantian, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191482-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open took place between 24 and 30 September on outdoor hard courts in Guangzhou, China. Peng Shuai and Yan Zi won the title, defeating Vania King and Sun Tiantian in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191483-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191483-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou International Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nVirginie Razzano won her first WTA tour title, defeating Tzipora Obziler in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191484-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season\nThe 2007 season is Guangzhou FC's 9th consecutive year in Chinese Jia League. Guangzhou Pharmaceutical finished the 1st of the league and promoted to China Super League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191484-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season, First-team squad, Players\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191485-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemala City sinkhole\nCoordinates: The 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole is a 100-metre deep sinkhole which formed in Guatemala City in 2007, due to sewage pipe ruptures. Its collapse caused the deaths of five people, and the evacuation of over a thousand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191485-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemala City sinkhole, Formation\nThe sinkhole was created by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash, limestone, and other pyroclastic deposits underlying Guatemala City. The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff, and plans to develop on the site have been proposed. However, critics believe municipal authorities have neglected needed maintenance on the city's aging sewerage system, and have speculated that more piping failures are likely to develop unless action is taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191485-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemala City sinkhole, Formation\nSeveral rainstorms also contributed to the sinkhole's collapse, as stormwater percolated into the ground, further dissolving the rocks beneath Guatemala City. Citizens of Guatemala City near the sinkhole also reported hearing rumblings a few weeks before its collapse. The INSIVUMEH (Guatemala's seismology institute) had placed a seismic meter there before the disaster; a robotic camera system was supposed to enter the cavity, but the disaster occurred first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191485-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemala City sinkhole, Collapse\nOn February 23, 2007, the sinkhole collapsed, forming a very large, deep circular hole with vertical walls and killing five people. Its location was in a poor neighbourhood in northeastern Guatemala City, at the intersection of 24 Avenida and 6 Calle. This hole, which is classified by geologists as a \"piping pseudokarst\" feature, was 100 metres (330\u00a0ft) deep. As a result, one thousand people were evacuated from the area. Police established a 500-yard (457-metre) no-go zone around the sinkhole. The hole was later filled in with soil cement made from cement, limestone, and water known locally as lodocreto. $2.7 million was spent by the Guatemalan government in order to fill the sinkhole and to redirect sewage pipes around the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191486-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemalan general election\nA general election was held in Guatemala in two rounds on 9 September and 4 November 2007. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President and Vice President of the Republic, 158 congressional deputies, and 332 mayors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191486-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemalan general election, Results\nA total of fifteen parties contested the election, though one of them (the Front for Democracy) did not field a candidate for the presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191486-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemalan general election, Results, Presidential election\nAround 60% of the voting public participated in the 9 September first-round vote. However, no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote, and so a run-off election was held between \u00c1lvaro Colom of the National Unity of Hope (UNE) and former Army General Otto P\u00e9rez Molina of the Patriotic Party (PP) on 4 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191486-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemalan general election, Results, Presidential election\nThe ruling Grand National Alliance (GANA), after placing third in the first-round vote, declined to endorse either Colom or P\u00e9rez Molina for the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191486-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemalan general election, Results, Presidential election\nWith 97.23% of the vote counted in the second round, Colom was declared the winner with just over 52 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191486-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Guatemalan general election, Results, Congressional election\nThe National Unity of Hope (UNE) made huge gains in the election, receiving 27.08%, nearly 10 percentage points more than November 2003. The Patriotic Party (PP), which ran independent of the Grand National Alliance (GANA), received 24.97% of the vote. GANA itself received 18.28% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election\nThe 2007 council elections in Guildford saw the Conservatives retain control over Guildford Borough Council. Full results for each ward can be found at Guildford Council election, full results, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary\nGoing into the 2007 council election the net position was as follows. (The net position shown includes the gain by the Liberal Democrats of one seat from the Conservatives during the 2003-07 term, in the Merrow by-election of July 2003.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary\nA more detailed analysis can pick out the following features", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Labour Vote Down\nIn the 2007 council election, the Labour vote slumped in Guildford. The party lost their last two remaining councillors. Only in two of the twenty two wards in Guildford (Stoke and Westborough) did any of the Labour candidates manage to get over 250 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Labour Vote Down, Stoke\nStoke is the north east part of Guildford town, including Bellfields. Stoke ward elects two councillors. In 2003, the Labour councillors for Stoke, Keith Chesterton and Angela Gunning, had majorities over the third place candidate of 343 and 338 votes respectively. In the 2007 election, the Liberal Democrats gained both these Stoke seats. Keith Chesterton did not stand for reelection. Angela Gunning lost 47.7% of her vote and was pushed into 3rd place, more than 400 votes behind the second place candidate, Alan Muhammed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Labour Vote Down, Westborough\nWestborough ward is the name given to the west part of Guildford town including Park Barn. It is the other traditional Labour stronghold in Guildford. In 2003, the top placed Labour candidate had polled 1075 votes, 118 less than needed to be elected that year. By contrast, in 2007 the top Labour candidate managed only 308 votes, more than 1000 behind the number needed to get elected. As recently as early 2003, the Labour Party had held all three councillors for this ward, plus the county council electoral division for this area, called Guildford West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Only Independent Councillor Does Not Stand in 2007, Tillingbourne\nTillingbourne is the name of the ward encompassing the surrounding countryside to the south east of Guildford borough, including Shere, Albury and St Martha\u2019s. The only independent councillor on Guildford Borough Council between 2003 and 2007, Keith Childs, had been one of the two councillors for Tillingbourne. He did not seek reelection, in 2007. The Conservatives won the seat. The two Conservative candidates taking 67% and 63.9% of the vote respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 106], "content_span": [107, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Net Gains for Conservatives and Liberal Democrats\nThe Conservatives gained one net seat compared to the position they had entering the election. The Liberal Democrats made a net gain of two seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Net Gains for Conservatives and Liberal Democrats\nThe Conservatives gained one seat from an independent in Tillingbourne (discussed above). The Liberal Democrats gained two seats from Labour in the Stoke Ward (discussed above).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Net Gains for Conservatives and Liberal Democrats\nIn straight fights between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, each party gained two seats and lost two seats, leaving the net position unchanged. The Conservatives gained one seat in each of the Christchurch and Merrow wards, from the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats gained one seat in each of the Burpham and Onslow wards, from the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 90], "content_span": [91, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, The Conservative \u2013 Liberal Democrat Marginal Wards, Burpham\nNick Brougham (Conservative) defending a majority in 2003 of 39 votes, lost to the Liberal Democrat Ed Owen by 137 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 100], "content_span": [101, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, The Conservative \u2013 Liberal Democrat Marginal Wards, Christchurch\nChristchurch ward is to the east of Guildford town. It had the highest voter turnout in Guildford in the 2007 election at 62.1%. In Christchurch, longstanding Liberal Democrat councillor Vivienne Johnson was defending a majority of 3 votes. She lost in the 2007 election, by 74 votes, to Conservative Matt Furniss. Christchurch was the only ward in Guildford where a Green Party candidate stood in the 2007 council elections, he got 5.2% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 105], "content_span": [106, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, The Conservative \u2013 Liberal Democrat Marginal Wards, Holy Trinity\nHoly Trinity is the name given to the ward to the south and south east of Guildford town. This ward elects three councillors. In 2003 it returned two Liberal Democrats and one Conservative. Neither of the two Liberal Democrat councillors Tamsy Baker nor Gordon Bridger stood in 2007. The 2007 vote saw a repeat of that 2003 vote with two Liberal Democrats and one Conservative returned. Conservative Sarah Creedy moved up from 3rd to 2nd place on the ballot. Following a by-election gain by the Conservative Melanie Bright, in November 2007, the split on this ward became two Conservative, one Liberal Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 105], "content_span": [106, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, The Conservative \u2013 Liberal Democrat Marginal Wards, Merrow\nThe voter turnout held up better in Merrow than any other ward in Guildford. In 2003 there was a 58.2% turnout, in 2007 that figure only slipped slightly to 56.2%. The Conservatives had won all three seats in Merrow in the 2003 local elections, but lost one of the seats to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election, in July 2003. In that by-election, the Liberal Democrat, Merilyn Gail Spier had a majority of 25, over the Conservative candidate David Carpenter. In the 2007 council election Merilyn Gail Spier lost to David Carpenter, by 191 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, The Conservative \u2013 Liberal Democrat Marginal Wards, Onslow\nIn 2003, the Conservative Sheila Ann Kirkland had finished 3rd and was elected. The Liberal Democrat Steve Freeman finished 5th and missed out. In 2007 the positions were reversed, Steve Freeman finished 2nd on the ballot and was elected, Sheila Ann Kirkland finished 4th and missed out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 99], "content_span": [100, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, The Conservative \u2013 Liberal Democrat Marginal Wards, Worplesdon\nWorplesdon is the area just outside Guildford town to the north and west stretching from Wood St Village to Jacobs Well and including Fairlands and Worplesdon itself. Worplesdon elects three councillors. The 2003 council election had seen Nigel Sutcliffe stand this time as a Conservative, having stood and been elected in 1999 four years earlier as a Liberal Democrat. Nigel Sutcliffe finished in 4th place, 23 votes behind third. He did not stand in 2007. In 2007, the Liberal Democrats held on to the three seats on this ward with a majority of 155 over the highest placed Conservative candidate in 4th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 103], "content_span": [104, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Ash South & Tongham; Ash Vale; Ash Wharf\nAsh is to the west of Guildford BC bordering on Aldershot. The Conservatives increased their majorities in all three Ash wards. In Ash South & Tongham the gap between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats rose from 321 to 816. In Ash Vale it rose from 456 to 695 and in Ash Wharf from 266 to 428.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 94], "content_span": [95, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Clandon & Horsley\nEast and West Clandon and East and West Horsley are villages to the east of Guildford. The Clandon & Horsley ward returned three Conservative councillors in 2007. The Conservative majority of 1896, over the Liberal Democrats, was more than double the size of the next biggest majority in any ward, in Guildford, in the 2007 council election. Jennifer Powell topped the poll with 80.1% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Effingham\nEffingham is a village to the east of Guildford. It elects one councillor. This ward bucked the trend which saw the Conservatives increase their percentage vote in the other rural wards to the east of Guildford in 2007. In Effingham, Liberal Democrat Liz Hogger retained the seat; increasing her majority from 128 to 211.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Friary & St. Nicolas\nFriary & St Nicolas is the name given to the ward comprising much of the centre and south of Guildford town. The Liberal Democrat majority over the Conservatives in Friary & St Nicolas ward reduced from 1014 to 553, compared to the 2003 local election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Lovelace; Send\nTo the north east of Guildford borough are the wards of Send and Lovelace. The later includes the villages of Ripley, Ockham and Wisley. Send elects two councillors, Lovelace one. In 2007, the Conservatives held on to both wards; increasing their percentage vote. In Lovelace the Conservatives had a majority of 433 over the Liberal Democrats and in Send 708.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Normandy; Pilgrims; Shalford\nThe Conservatives increased their majorities in the rural wards to the south and west of Guildford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Normandy; Pilgrims; Shalford\nIn Normandy, which elects only one councillor, Conservative Diana Lockyer-Nibbs got 77.1% of the vote, up from 61.7% in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Normandy; Pilgrims; Shalford\nIn Pilgrims ward, another ward electing only one councillor, Conservative Tony Rooth received 83.3% of the vote, up from 67.7% in 2003. This was the highest percentage vote for any candidate, of any party, in any ward, in Guildford, in the 2007 council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Normandy; Pilgrims; Shalford\nIn Shalford, a two councillor ward, the Conservative majority over the Liberal Democrats increased from 289, in 2003, to 495, in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Pirbright\nPirbright is the rural area towards the north west of Guildford borough. It elects one councillor. Conservative Mike Nevins saw his majority cut from 400 to 226.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Other Wards, Stoughton\nIn the 2003 Guildford council election, Stoughton, to the north west of Guildford town, was the second safest Liberal Democrat ward; Friary & St Nicolas ward being the safest. Stoughton ward elects three councillors. In 2007, three Liberal Democrats were again elected to this ward. The gap between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives increased from 430, in 2003, to 586, in 2007. Gillian Michelle Harwood and Wendy May, neither of who stood in 2003, where amongst those elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Fewer Split Wards in 2007, than 2003.\nGoing into the election five of the wards had been split between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Fewer Split Wards in 2007, than 2003.\nAdditionally the Tillingbourne ward was split between an independent councillor and a Conservative one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191487-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Borough Council election, Fewer Split Wards in 2007, than 2003.\nFollowing the election Christchurch, Merrow and Tillingbourne became purely Conservative wards and Burpham and Onslow became purely Liberal Democrat wards. The only remaining split ward on Guildford Borough Council was Holy Trinity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191488-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guildford Council election, full results\nThese are the 2007 Guildford Council election, full results. A summary of these results can be found at 2007 Guildford Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike\nThe 2007 Guinean general strike began on January 10, 2007. Guinea's trade unions and opposition parties called on President Lansana Cont\u00e9 to resign, accusing him of mismanaging the economy and abusing his authority. The strikers also accused Cont\u00e9 of personally securing the release of Mamadou Sylla and Fod\u00e9 Soumah, both accused of corruption, from prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike\nThe strike ended on January 27 with an agreement between Cont\u00e9 and the unions, according to which Cont\u00e9 would appoint a new prime minister; however, Cont\u00e9's choice of Eug\u00e8ne Camara as prime minister was deemed unacceptable by the unions, and the strike resumed on February 12. Martial law was imposed on the same day. Nearly two weeks later, Cont\u00e9 agreed to choose a prime minister acceptable to the unions, and on February 26 he named Lansana Kouyat\u00e9 as prime minister. The strike ended on February 27, and Kouyat\u00e9 was sworn in on March 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Background\nTwo general strikes had been held in 2006, but these were limited to Conakry. The 2007 protests were first visible in Conakry, where workers stayed at home and businesses were shut. The government responded by threatening to sack striking civil servants. Youths took to the streets, despite a ban on rallies. Action soon spread to the nation's bauxite mines, where labourers stopped work. On January 16, Cont\u00e9 offered to cut fuel duty, raise teachers' salaries and address police corruption. This was rejected by union leaders, who were then arrested but soon released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, January events\nA general strike was called by the United Trade Union of Guinean Workers (the USTG) in an attempt to force the president to resign. Strike leaders said that Cont\u00e9, who had ruled Guinea since seizing power in a 1984 coup, had become increasingly erratic. They cite repeated scares about his health, sudden and chaotic cabinet reshuffles and his recent personal intervention to free from jail two former allies accused of graft. The two main opposition parties in the nation, the Rally for the Guinean People and the Union of Republican Forces supported the strike, as did the National Council of Civil Society Organisations group of NGOs and the newly formed Civic Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, January events\nPolice were ordered to disperse crowds of protesters, numbering as many as 5,000, with tear gas. On January 17, two deaths from bullet wounds were reported in Conakry, and one in Lab\u00e9. At least ten protesters had died by January 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, January events\nThe biggest protest was called on January 22, with demonstrations in cities across the nation. In the ensuing battles between police and strikers, at least seventeen workers were killed. In Conakry, a crowd estimated at 30,000 marched on the National Assembly of Guinea, but were blocked at the 8 November Bridge, where the police allegedly opened fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, January events\nOn January 23, the three most prominent trade unionists were arrested by Presidential troops: Rabiatou S\u00e9rah Diallo of the National Confederation of Guinean Workers, Ibrahima Fofana of the United Trade Union of Guinean Workers and Yamadou Tour\u00e9 of the National Organization of Free Unions of Guinea. They claimed to have received death threats from various sources, including Cont\u00e9 himself. Troops then ransacked the Labour Exchange, headquarters of many of the unions. Fofana and Diallo were both injured, but all arrested unionist were released by the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, January events\nOn January 24, Cont\u00e9 met with union leaders, members of Guinea's Supreme Court and religious leaders. Cont\u00e9 is said to have agreed to appoint a new prime minister to end the strike, but strike leaders vowed to continue until all their demands would be met, which include the resignation of Cont\u00e9. He later conceded to reform the country's political system into a semi-presidential one, which had been the unions' compromise demand. Union leaders stated that there were still more issues to be resolved, but that they were hopeful they could come to an agreement. Cont\u00e9also agreed to lower the prices of fuel and rice, and on January 27, Fofana announced the end of the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, January events\nOn January 31, 2007, Cont\u00e9 announced the powers the new prime minister would have: He would be the head of government, be allowed to propose his own team of ministers, organise the country's civil administration and be allowed to represent the president at international meetings. Cont\u00e9 did not yet announce who would become the new prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Appointment of Eug\u00e8ne Camara\nOn February 6, 2007, the unions issued an ultimatum, saying that the strike would resume unless Cont\u00e9 appointed a prime minister by February 12. On February 9, Cont\u00e9 nominated Eug\u00e8ne Camara, the minister of state for presidential affairs, as prime minister. Camara is considered a close associate of Cont\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Appointment of Eug\u00e8ne Camara\nCamara's appointment was rejected by the opposition. In the day after his appointment, violence broke out in Conakry and several other parts of the country, and at least eight people were reportedly killed. At least one person was reportedly killed by security forces when protesters threw rocks at a car in which Cont\u00e9 was said to be travelling. Looting was reported, and a soldier who had shot protesters was reportedly killed and set on fire in Kankan. Union leader Ibrahim Fofana and opposition leader Ba Mamadou said that Cont\u00e9 must step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Appointment of Eug\u00e8ne Camara\nIn a statement given to BBC on February 11, USTG leader Ibrahima Fofana declared that the unions now demanded the dismissal of the entire government, including the president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nThe strike resumed on February 12, with demonstrations across the nation and the military out in force. Cont\u00e9 declared martial law on the same day, which he said would remain in effect until February 23. On February 13, with a curfew in force for all but four hours of the day (4 to 8\u00a0pm), Conakry was reported to be largely under control, although some gunfire was still heard in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nArmy chief of staff Gen. Kerfala Camara announced late in the same day that the curfew hours would be changed so that the period from noon to 6\u00a0pm would be exempt from curfew. Gen. Camara said on February 16 that martial law would continue until the unions agreed to call off the strike, but the unions have refused to enter talks until martial law is lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nOn February 18, Gen. Camara said that the curfew would be reduced further so that it would cover the period from 6\u00a0pm to 6\u00a0am, thus adding six hours to the portion of the day exempt from it, beginning on February 19. On February 19, negotiation resumed between Government representative and Unions through religious leaders. However, the Union have said they will not participate to current negotiation until the martial law is lifted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0011-0003", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nOn Friday afternoon at the Palais du Peuple, Guineenews reported that Abdoulaye Bah, the General Secretary of one of the Union (the UTDG) said the meeting has been postponed as they religious leadership is briefing the government and the army about the meeting they had with the Union the day before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nA proposal to leave Eug\u00e8ne Camara in office as prime minister for three months as a trial period was rejected by the unions on February 20. On February 22, Cont\u00e9 requested that parliament approve an extension of martial law, but on the next day parliament unanimously rejected the request. Gen. Kerfala Camara then ordered that people resume work on February 26, and that classes resume on March 1. The unions said that the strike would continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nShortly afterward, however, Cont\u00e9 agreed to appoint a new prime minister from a list of individuals chosen by the unions and representatives of civil society. He chose Lansana Kouyat\u00e9 as the new prime minister on February 26, and union leaders declared an end to the strike. Following a day of commemoration services for the 110 victims of the struggle, people returned to work on February 27. Opposition spokesperson Mamadou Ba warned that it would be necessary to keep up the pressure on Cont\u00e9 to ensure that he permitted Kouyat\u00e9 to do his job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Resumption of strike and martial law\nKouyat\u00e9 was sworn in as prime minister on March 1; Cont\u00e9 did not attend the ceremony, which was instead presided over by Eug\u00e8ne Camara. School classes resumed on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Media censorship\nDuring January, strikers were banned from television and all but one radio station. Many co-ordinated their activity through SMS messages. Rumours spread that the state-owned network Sotelgui were deliberately blocking texts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Media censorship\nAfter martial law was declared on February 12, almost all media ceased to appear. Radio stations including Familia FM and Libert\u00e9 FM were forcibly closed; the only station permitted to remain on air was music-only Nostalgie FM. Radiodiffusion T\u00e9l\u00e9vision Guin\u00e9enne restricted its broadcasting to governmental and army statements. All internet caf\u00e9s were ordered to shut, and all four of the nation's Internet Service Providers were taken offline. Newspapers were only permitted to publish if their content was approved by military commanders. In the event, most chose not to appear, and many outlets refused to sell those that did.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Fears of civil war\nThe International Crisis Group believes that the crisis in Guinea could lead to civil war in Guinea and to deteriorating political stability in neighboring Liberia, Sierra Leone and C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, and Guinea-Bissau. According to Guinean government officials and Security Minister Moussa Solano on Guinean TV \"foreign interests in the oil and mine sector are fostering the troubles\" in Guinea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191489-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Guinean general strike, Fears of civil war\nOn February 20, Cont\u00e9 met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Sierra Leonean President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah amid concerns about the potential for regional destabilization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191490-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election\nGujarat's twelfth legislative election was held in 2007. In this election, the BJP led by Narendra Modi won 117 seats out of 182 (ten seats fewer than in 2002). Congress improved its performance and won 59 seats (8 more than last election). Modi fought elections in Maninagar and won with major majority. NCP won three seats, JDU won only one seat and independent consistents won only two seats. This is turning point of Modi in politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191490-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Results, Results by constituency\nThe list of the members of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 76], "content_span": [77, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191491-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup\nThe GCC Champions League (Arabic: \u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0637\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u062c \u0644\u0644\u0623\u0646\u062f\u064a\u0629\u200e), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191491-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup\nThe 2007 edition was the 23rd time that it was organised and was won by United Arab Emirate side Al-Jazira for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191492-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship\nIn 2007 the Gulf Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship was won by the Al-Hilal FC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision\nThe Gumball 3000 Rally of 2007 ended early as the result of a traffic accident on May 2, 2007, in which two people were killed. The accident involved two vehicles, the first being a TechArt Porsche 997 Turbo that was participating in the Gumball 3000, and the second being a Volkswagen Golf. The latter was not involved in the Gumball 3000 event. Vladimir \u010cepunjoski, the driver of the Volkswagen, died at the scene. The passenger, Margit \u010cepunjoska, was rushed to hospital but died two days later as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash. The driver of the Porsche, Nicholas Morley, and co-driver, Matthew McConville, were not seriously injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, Gumball 3000\nThe Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000\u00a0mile (4,800\u00a0km) international rally which takes place on public roads, which travels around the world. Although set up as a rally with no official timing, or prizes for reaching check points first, during the rally, some participants have been fined for speeding and other traffic offences by the police in countries they passed through, cars have been confiscated and the 2007 rally was canceled after a car participating in the rally was involved in a fatal collision with a non-participating vehicle. Although the organizers are careful to emphasize that it is a rally and not a race, it is sometimes referred to as a streetrace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision\nOn May 2, the participants in the 2007 Rally were driving through the Republic of Macedonia on a route from the Macedonian-Greek border near Bitola to the border with Albania, near the town of Struga. The traffic accident occurred on the motorway M4, at the entrance of the town of Struga, about 10 kilometers (6\u00a0mi) from the Macedonian-Albanian border post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision\nThe Porsche hit an oncoming Volkswagen Golf, which was making a left turn on to the main road from a side road and driving in the opposite direction of the Porsche. The Porsche hit the Golf head-on, and the crash pushed both vehicles off the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision\nA video of the immediate aftermath was subsequently posted to YouTube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision\nBoth the driver and the passenger in the Golf were heavily injured. The driver and the passenger of the Porsche seemed virtually unharmed, and they were immediately picked up by another Gumball 3000 participating vehicle, a BMW M6, and reported to a nearby police station where a breath test showed no alcohol was involved. They were arrested by the Macedonian police for endangering traffic. The casualties reported in the accident were the 67-year-old driver of the Golf, Vladimir \u010cepunjoski, who died on his way to the hospital, and his wife Margit \u010cepunjoska, who died in hospital from injuries sustained in the crash on May 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision\nMorley was set free on bail of \u00a317,000 and handed his passport to return home. He was requested to return to Macedonia if a court called him to attend in the future; however during that time the second fatality was confirmed by the hospital and so he was arrested again the next day in Skopje, while boarding a private jet. After this second arrest, he was detained in custody until the trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The trial\nIn court the prosecution alleged a speed of 161\u00a0km/h (100\u00a0mph) while the defense opposed this by saying that the speed of the incoming vehicle was not taken into account and that his driving speed was only 70\u201375\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The trial\nAfter the conviction verdict, Morley released a statement detailing its own expert's findings, which contradict those of the prosecution's expert. The statement also claims that the defence were denied the opportunity to present their expert's findings, which could contravene article 6 of the European convention on human rights, the right to a fair trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191493-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Gumball 3000 collision, Aftermath\nThe organisers of the Gumball 3000 initially continued the rally despite the incident, in a later official statement the organisers stated that the clear details of the incident and confirmation of a fatality did not occur until some hours after the briefing, at which point the decision to cancel the remainder of the rally was made. Adidas, a sponsor to the 2007 Gumball 3000, immediately backed out as a rally sponsor and took all Gumball 3000 related merchandise off the market internationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally\nThe 2007 HINDRAF rally was a rally held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 25 November 2007. The rally organiser, the Hindu Rights Action Force, had called the protest over alleged discriminatory policies which favour ethnic Malays. The rally was the second such street protest after the 2007 Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur on 10 November 2007. The rally started when a crowd estimated to be between 5,000 and 30,000 people gathered outside the Petronas Twin Towers at midnight, early Sunday morning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally\nAt least 240 people were detained, but half of them were later released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally\nHindu religious NGOs, including MHS, decided to form a special committee after the burial of Murthi according to Islamic rights, to study and make recommendations on the issues of conversions to Islam, namely grabbing of dead bodies and conversions of children. Mr.P. Waythamoorthy was made the Chairman of this special committee. However, after more cases of temple demolitions and conversions, this committee evolved and saw the formation of Hindraf in June 2007 with the involvement of religious NGO's, politicians and other Indian-based NGO's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally\nHindraf prepared a memorandum on all issues of the Indian community in Malaysia, starting from the British colonial days, right up to present situation of the Indian community being considered as second rate citizens of the country. They conducted various protests and rallies. Hindraf's proposals to the PM of Malaysia to resolve various issues affecting the plantation workers. MHS made several attempts, together with other Hindu and Indian NGO's through YSS to bring both MIC President and Hindraf leaders together to have a discussion. However, these efforts failed and eventually culminated in the massive Hindraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nReligious persecution has been formidable source of marginalization of the people of Indian origin in Malaysia. Between April to May 2006, several Hindu temples were demolished by city hall authorities in the country, accompanied by violence against Hindus. On 21 April 2006, the Malaimel Sri Selva Kaliamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur was destroyed by the City Hall authorities because of violation of construction laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nThe president of the Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam in Selangor State has been helping to organize efforts to stop the local authorities in the Muslim dominated city of Shah Alam from demolishing a 107-year-old Hindu temple. The growing Islamization in Malaysia is a cause for concern to many Malaysians who follow minority religions such as Hinduism. On 11 May 2006, armed city hall officers from Kuala Lumpur forcefully demolished part of a 60-year-old suburban temple that serves more than 1,000 Hindus because iwas builtld illegally. Moreover, the demolition of the Seri Maha Mariamman Temple in Padang Jawa, Shah Alam just a few days before Deepavali which is most important Hindu festival of lights in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nNot only that, an interesting case was the attempted demolition of the Sri Kaliamman Temple just outside Angkasapuri, which is the headquarters for Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).The temple was asked to evacuate for security reasons stating that it was a security risk. The President of Temple confirmed that it was authorized by a former Minister of Information that the temple which was built by the staff of RTM remain at its present location which is part of the land of Angkasapuri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nAs the leader of Hindu delegation in the committee, he enquired with the National Security Council representatives at the meeting whether the surau or the proposed site for the RM5million new mosque in the Angkasapuri compound was open for the staff only or the public as well. He stated that if the public is allowed to visit this Islamic place of worship, then how does the question of security arise when the temple is outside the compound. To this, the representative answered that it was open to the public as well. On pressing further, there were no answers and the matter was not brought up by the authorities after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nThe Hindu Rights Action Force or HINDRAF, a coalition of several NGO's, have protested these demolitions by lodging complaints with the Prime Minister of Malaysia but with no response. Many Hindu advocacy groups have protested what they allege is a systematic plan of temple cleansing in Malaysia. The official reason given by the Malaysian government has been that the temples were built \"illegally\". However, several of the temples are centuries old. According to a lawyer for HINDRAF, a Hindu temple is demolished in Malaysia once every three weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nAffirmative Action Policy is to ensure the peace and stability in the pluralist society of Malaysia. It was found to address Malay grievances. The government introduced a number of policies to improve the condition of the Bumiputeras in all sectors of life. In 1971 the New Economic Policy was launched, effectively imposing a regime of", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\npositive discrimination for Malays in a variety of sectors from education and business to the bureaucracy. Later revisions of this, such as the New Development Plan (1991-2000) as well as the New Vision Policy (2000-2010), all targeted the promotion of the local Malay population. Although, the NEP was meant to eliminate poverty in rural sectors, it had bypassed the private plantation which included the rubber plantation that employed a large number of Indian labourers. Statistics clearly showed that more than 75% of Indians were in 1970 classified as low wages labourers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nThe socio-economic situation of the Indian Tamil plantation labour in particular was a major concern of the Malaysian Indian Congress(MIC). After Independence, the MIC President Tun V.T.Sambanthan had established the National Land Finance plantations that were facing fragmentation. Without government aid it was considered a gergantuan task, and plea was made to low wages, loss of jobs and homes due to the fragmentation exercise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nOn 1974 MIC Bluebook, spearheaded by the MIC President V.Manickavasagam, contained key proposals which included increase of Indian share capital, ownership and control achievement of racial balance in public employment, offer of Indian who were restricted under the Employment Act 1968 and abolish the Contract Labour", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nSystem, allotment of new housing and Introduction of a systematic academic scheme for Tamil schools are recommended under the Aziz Commission Report. The MIC Bluebook proposals indicate the socioeconomic grievances faced by the Indian Tamil plantation labour. The early efforts made by the MIC, none of the Bluebook recommendation were taken into consideration. Following the fragmentation and redevelopment of rubber plantation land, the mid-1980 onward witnessed the gradual urbanization of the Indian Tamil Plantation labour and the continued disregard of this particular class-based group's grievances by government policy and poverty reduction programmes. The situation was found to worsen when rubber plantation were bought over through Permodalan Nasional Berhad(PNB), a Malay trust agency. As such, the complicity between the private corporations and government established an unequal bargaining position between the plantation corporations and the Indian Tamil plantation labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 1019]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nWithout adequate labour representation and political clout, the Indian Tamil plantation labour face serious socio-economic problems such as loss jobs, eviction from estate homes and forced relocation to urban squatters. By the mid-1990s, it was reported that 70.5% of Indians were employed low-waged labour in agricultural, manufacturing and industrial jobs. The forced urbanization had led to the constitution of an urban Indian underclass that as facing social and economic grievances such as urban poverty, lack of education, unemployment and social problems such as the escalation of crime among youths. The development programmes initiated under the National", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nDevelopment Policy(NDP) and the socioeconomic programmes under the NEP had failed to consider the socioeconomic situation of the Indian Tamil plantation labour as", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nit was outside purview of the race-basd affirmative action policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nPolitical Representation. MIC is the biggest India political party and a constituent of the ruling coalition government at the centre since independence does not have", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nmuch political clout and has not been able to do anything substantial to improve the lot of the Indians. Indian non-governmental organizations(NGOs), community and self-help groups among the urban Indian middle class have attempted to solve the socio-economic problems faced by the former Indian Tamil plantation labour. However,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\ncontemporary Indian civil society is generally divided due to differences in ideology. The class-based approach taken by community groups such as Alaigal and JERIT", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nhave successfully mobilized the Indian Tamil Plantation labour to seek their legal rights against unlawful eviction from homes and to obtain adequate and fair", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\ncompensation for retrenchment from plantation jobs. The urban Indian middle class had lost confidence in the political elites of the MIC who was seen as having a weak", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nbargaining clout within the communal Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The race-based politics of the BN was seen to have failed in resolving the serious issues faced by", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nMoreover, the unresolved Kampung Medan incident in 2001, which was reported to be a series of clashes between the Indian and Malay residents in the poorer urban", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nsettlement of Kampung Medan in the state of Selangor, had deeply affected both the urban Indian underclass as well as the urban Indian middle-class. The failure of the", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nMalaysian Human Rights Commission to investigate the causes of the incident had further exacerbated the loss of confidence in the government. Indian civil society had viewed the incident as a mob attack against the Malaysian Human Rights Commission for falling to hold an inquiry on the matter. The High Court in the case took a restrictive approach in inter receptivity to public policy reference to the victims of the Kampung Medan incident as being of Indian origin and of Tamil ethnicity, the court replied that: \"Whatever one uses to describe those victims, it makes not a whit of a difference. The judiciary disregarded the class based as well as the race based identity of the victims and only took into consideration the technically of legal procedural arguments. The judgement also meant that the victims of Kampong Medan did not have any further recourse to justice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nThe issue of forced religious conversion has also been at the forefront. The trigger incidents were the 2007 series of legal cases involving the custody rights of non-Muslim Indian mothers against the unilateral rights of their newly converted Muslims husbands to convert their children to Islam. The two legal battles that became a serious concern among the Indians were Shamala's case in 2003, and Subashini's case in 2007. In both of the cases, the originally Hindu husband converted to Islam and the attempted to unilaterally convert their children to Islam without the non-Muslims wife's legal permission. There are many such cases of conversion to Islam either", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Background\nvoluntary or forced upon the ethnic Indian community, which has caused fear and apprehensions among the group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom\nOn 31 August 2007, the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence, P. Waytha Moorthy, a HINDRAF lawyer filed a class action suit against the Government of the United Kingdom at The Royal Courts of Justice in London for US$4 trillion (US$1 million for every Malaysian Indian) for \"withdrawing after granting independence and leaving us (Indians) unprotected and at the mercy of a majority Malay-Muslim government that has violated our rights as minority Indians\". as guaranteed in the Federal Constitution when independence was granted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom\nThe lawsuit is not only claiming 4 trillion British Pounds as compensation, it is also seeking to strike out Article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution which acknowledges the special position of Malays and the legitimate rights of other races, but is often seen as endorsement of Malay Supremacy and for the court to declare that Malaysia is a secular state and not an Islamic state as declared by former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who is partly Indian himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom\nAs the group, which represents mainly working class Indian Malaysians, could not afford the legal fees required, a petition was circulated with 100,000 signatures to be presented to Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen's counsel to argue the case. The purpose of the rally was to hand over a 100,000 signature memorandum to the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom\nHINDRAF organised the rally on Sunday, 25 November 2007 to submit the petition at the British High Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 50], "content_span": [51, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Government roadblocks\nMalaysian police refused to grant a permit for the rally, and set up roadblocks in Klang Valley along roads leading up to the rally to screen motorists entering the city center and identify \"troublemakers\". They also advised the public not to participate in the rally, and arrested three leaders of HINDRAF. Many shops around Kuala Lumpur including Suria KLCC were closed on that day in fear of trouble from the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Government roadblocks\nOne day before the rally, police arrested three HINDRAF lawyers, P. Uthayakumar, P. Waytha Moorthy and V. Ganabatirau for sedition charges. Uthayakumar and Ganabatirau posted bail of 800 Malaysian ringgits each, but Waytha Moorthy refused bail as a sign of protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Government roadblocks\nThe police roadblocks started the week before the rally to create massive traffic jams across the city and the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang of the DAP pointed out that this high-handed act by the police was unnecessary as it caused major inconvenience to everyone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally\nOn the morning of the rally, about twenty thousand people gathered near the Petronas Twin Towers, a symbol of modern Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, carrying life-size portraits of Elizabeth II and Mahatma Gandhi, to indicate the nonviolent nature of their protest. Five thousand members riot police dispatched to the scene used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds. 136 people were arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally\nAl-Jazeera's coverage of the event showed police officers using tear gas to disperse the protesters. A few hundred protesters and three police officers were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally\nThe protest at the Batu Caves Hindu temple resulted in minor property damages, although the Hindu temple itself was not damaged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191494-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally\nHINDRAF later claimed to have faxed the petition to the British High Commission staff. However, as of 28 November 2007, the British Envoy had not yet received any petition from the HINDRAF, though they did say they had received some unspecified information by fax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191495-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 HKFC International Soccer Sevens\n2007 HKFC International Soccer Sevens, officially known as The 2007 HKFC Philips Lighting International Soccer Sevens due to sponsorship reason, is the 8th staging of this competition. It was held on 25\u201327 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191496-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship\nThe 2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship was the 44th HSBC World Match Play Championship played and the 4th time played as an official European Tour event. It was from 11 October to 14 October at The Wentworth Club. The champion received \u20ac1,443,830 (\u00a31,000,000 or $2,042,513.20) making it the biggest first prize in golf. Each match was played over 36 holes. Ernie Els defeated \u00c1ngel Cabrera 6&4 in the final to win the tournament for the 7th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191496-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship, Qualification\n1. Defending champion: Paul Casey2. World #1 from the Official World Golf Rankings as of 1 January 2007: Tiger Woods (declined invitation)3. The leading 10 available players from the \"HSBC Major Tournaments Ranking\" at the end of the 2007 PGA Championship on 13 August 2007: P\u00e1draig Harrington (2), \u00c1ngel Cabrera (4), Ernie Els (6), Woody Austin (T7), Justin Rose (9), Retief Goosen (10)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191496-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship, Qualification\n4. The leading two available European Tour members: Anders Hansen, Niclas Fasth", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191496-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship, Qualification\n*Note: These categories are listed in order. If you qualify for a high category then you are not listed under a lower category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191497-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Halmstads BK season, Squad, First-team squad\nAs of 1 September 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191497-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, In\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191497-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, Out\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191497-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191498-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Halton Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Halton Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Halton Unitary Council in Cheshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191498-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Halton Borough Council election, Campaign\n19 of the 56 seats on the council were contested in the election including the seat of the Conservative group leader on the council, David Findon. Other candidates included the former Labour mayor, Peter Lloyd-Jones, standing in Norton North after losing his seat in the 2006 election and one British National Party candidate, Andrew Taylor, in Appleton ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191498-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Halton Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe campaign saw controversy over the possibility of transferring hospital services from Halton to Warrington, with a campaigner against the move standing for the Liberal Democrats in Halton Brook against the Labour chairman of the North Cheshire Hospitals Trust.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191498-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Halton Borough Council election, Results\nThe results saw Labour hold their majority on the council with 33 seats despite losing 2 in the election. The Labour losses were Allan Massey in Halton Brook ward and the longest serving councillor Arthur Cole in Castlefield, who lost by only 3 votes. Both seats were gained by Liberal Democrats who ended the election with 15 councillors, while the Conservatives still had 8. Overall turnout in the election was 27.33%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191499-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Masters\nThe 2007 Masters Series Hamburg presented by E.ON Hanse was the 101st edition of the Hamburg Masters tennis tournament. Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, ending Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay. Carlos Moy\u00e0 reached his first Masters Series semifinal in three years, after languishing well outside the top-20 at the start of the year. Lleyton Hewitt was also a surprise semi-finalist pushing Nadal to three sets. This was Hewitt's first masters semi-final since Indian Wells in 2005. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the doubles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191499-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Masters\nAs the penultimate event before the 2007 French Open, it was now believed that Federer represented a significant threat to Nadal's reign as the King of Clay. Federer himself said that he had found the formula to beat Nadal on clay. However, Nadal was able to retain his French Open crown in four sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191499-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Masters, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191500-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Masters \u2013 Doubles\nThe Men's Doubles at the 2007 Hamburg Masters was won by Bob and Mike Bryan, who defeated Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191501-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Masters \u2013 Singles\nRoger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 2\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20130 to win the title at the 2007 Hamburg Masters. With the win, Federer ended Nadal's record streak of 81 consecutive wins on clay, the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era. It was Nadal's first loss on clay in over two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191501-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191502-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season\nThe 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the third and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Vince Martino in his first year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. Hamburg won the first championship in team history by defeating the Frankfurt Galaxy 37\u201328. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191502-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Personnel, Roster\nThe Sea Devils try a kick in the 2007 season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191502-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Honors\nThroughout the course of the 10-week regular season, eight players earned player of the week accolades: Adam Anderson (special teams, Week 7), Casey Bramlet (offense, Week 4), Gary Gibson (defense, Week 4), Byron Hardmon (defense, Week 5), Ben Ishola (national, Weeks 2 and 8), Justin Jenkins (offense, Week 3), Scott McCready (national, Weeks 1, 4 and 10), and Rich Parson (special teams, Week 3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191502-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Honors\nAfter the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europa League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Hamburg had eight players selected. The selections were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191502-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Honors\nHead coach Vince Martino was named NFLEL Coach of the Year after leading his team to a first title game appearance in team history. Additionally, quarterback Casey Bramlet earned World Bowl MVP honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191503-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season\nThe 2007 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 3\u201315 record and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191504-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open\nThe 2007 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament and was held from September 24\u201330, 2007, in Seoul, South Korea. It was a WTA Tour Tier-IV event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191504-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191504-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191504-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received entries as alternates into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 66], "content_span": [67, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191504-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open, Finals, Doubles\nChuang Chia-jung / Hsieh Su-wei defeated Eleni Daniilidou / Jasmin W\u00f6hr 6\u20132, 6\u20132This was Chuang Chia-jung's second consecutive title with Hsieh Su-wei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191505-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Hansol Korea Open took place between September 24 and September 30 on outdoor hard courts in Seoul, South Korea. Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin W\u00f6hr in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191506-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hansol Korea Open \u2013 Singles\nEleni Daniilidou was the defending champion but lost to Maria Kirilenko in the semifinals. Venus Williams won in the final 6\u20133, 1\u20136, 6\u20134 against Maria Kirilenko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191507-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion\n2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia, gas pipeline explosion occurred just after midnight on 18 November 2007 at a natural gas pipeline near Haradh gas plant and at a distance of thirty kilometers (eighteen miles) off the Hawiya gas plant in eastern Saudi Arabia. The plant and the pipeline are operated by Saudi Aramco, the country's national oil company, and contract workers were linking a new pipe to the line at the time of the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191507-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion\nAccording to first reports, twenty-eight workers, including five Aramco employees, died in the explosion. Their nationalities were not specified by the company, nor the number of the injured. According to diplomatic sources, most of the dead were Asian workers along with at least one Lebanese national. According to Arab News, King Fahd Hospital in Al-Ahsa had received 10 non-Saudi workers who were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191507-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion\nHowever, the next day, as a special technical panel set up by Saudi Aramco continued its probe yesterday to determine the reason for the blast and the subsequent fire, it was announced that the death toll had risen to 38. The death toll was later determined as 34, three of whom were identifiable, while a special fatwa from the Senior Ulema Council of Saudi Arabia had to be obtained to allow the bodies charred beyond recognition, some of whom were Muslims and some of whom non-Muslims, to be buried together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191507-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion\nThere was no immediate suggestion of a terrorist link to the incident and the incident was affirmed as being purely maintenance-related by Aramco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191507-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion\nHaradh and Hawiya plants, opened 2002-2003, are among Saudi Arabia\u2019s major gas-processing plants, in the desert near the Ghawar Field, the world\u2019s largest, south of Dhahran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191508-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlequins Rugby League season\nThe 2007 Harlequins Rugby League season was the twenty-eighth in the club's history and their twelfth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Brian McDermott, competing in Super League XII, finishing in 7th place and reaching the Quarter-finals round of the 2007 Challenge Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191508-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlequins Rugby League season, Super League XII table\n1Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election\nThe 2007 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2006 the Conservatives had 12 seats, Labour 11 and the Liberal Democrats 10. However, in January 2007 John Goddard left the Conservative group to sit as an independent, meaning that going into the 2007 election both the Conservative and Labour parties had 11 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election, Background\n12 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Church Langley ward after Sam Warren stood down from the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats to fall to 8 councillors, 1 each to the Conservative and Labour parties, who both finished with 12 councillors. The closest result came in Toddbrook ward where Labour held the seat with a 15-vote majority over the Conservatives, while both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat group leaders, Andrew Johnson and Chris Millington won seats in Church Langley and Bush Fair wards respectively. Overall turnout at the election was 34.75%, down from 36.93% in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats continued to run the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008, Little Parndon and Hare Street\nA by-election was held in Little Parndon and Hare Street on 25 October 2007 after the death of Labour councillor Jack Jesse. The seat was held for Labour by the former council leader Michael Danvers with a majority of 196 votes over the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 105], "content_span": [106, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191509-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008, Toddbrook\nA by-election was held in Toddbrook ward on 25 October 2007 after the death of Labour councillor Roy Collyer. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by David Carter with a majority of 15 votes over Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 84], "content_span": [85, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191510-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Harrogate Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Harrogate Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191510-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives ran the council, but without a majority, with 27 seats, compared to 22 Liberal Democrats and 5 independents. 20 seats were contested in the election, with 1 of the seats being a by-election in Marston Moor ward after the resignation of the Conservative councillor. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were defending 9 seats in the election, while independents held 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191510-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw the British National Party contest 15 of the 20 seats, more than Labour who only contested 9 seats, and up from only 1 in 2006. The leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin visited Ripon during the campaign, with the party campaigning against migrant workers, such as those from Poland, who they said were \"undercutting British workers\" by working for low wages. For the first time the United Kingdom Independence Party also contested 2 seats in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191510-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Liberal Democrats gained 2 seats from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained Bilton and Knaresborough King James from the Conservatives, but the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council with 25 seats compared to 23 for the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191510-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result\nThe balance on the council was held by 6 independents, after independents won all 3 seats contested in Ripon. This included gaining Ripon Spa by 171 votes from Liberal Democrat Paul Freeman, who had held the seat for 16 years. No other party won any seats, with the British National Party coming no better than third in every seat they contested, despite having 15 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191511-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hart District Council election\nThe 2007 Hart Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191511-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hart District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the council remain without any party having a majority. The Conservatives remained the largest party with 15 seats despite losing 1 seat to the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH). Christopher Axam gained Fleet Courtmoor for the CCH after winning 828 votes, compared to 758 for the Conservatives. This meant the CCH had 6 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held the seats they had been defending to remain with 12 councillors. Overall turnout in the election was 35.85%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191511-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hart District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election a Conservative bid to take control of the council failed with the existing Liberal Democrat, Community Campaign (Hart) and Independent coalition continuing after a 20-15 vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191512-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Harvard Crimson football team\nThe 2007 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Under 14th-year head coach Tim Murphy, the Crimson compiled an 8\u20132 record and went undefeated in Ivy League play, winning the conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191512-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Harvard Crimson football team\nThe team was ranked 21 in the Final poll standings for the FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191512-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Harvard Crimson football team\nHarvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191513-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy\nThe 2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the third edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 3\u201312 March 2007. Eight teams from the ASEAN Football Federation participate in the tournament for under the age of 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191513-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy\nThailand emerged as the champion after beating Myanmar by 5\u20134 in the final penalty shoot-out, while both Cambodia and Malaysia shared the third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191513-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria\nThe teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 64], "content_span": [65, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191513-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Team statistics\nAs per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191514-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships\nThe 2007 Hastings Direct International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and was held from 16 June through 23 June 2007. Justine Henin won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191514-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships, Finals, Doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Kv\u011bta Peschke / Rennae Stubbs 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20134, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191515-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships \u2013 Doubles\nSvetlana Kuznetsova and Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo were the defending champions but did not compete that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191515-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur won in the final 6\u20137(5\u20137), 6\u20134, 6\u20133 against Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191515-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191516-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles competition of the 2007 Hastings Direct International Championships was part of the 33rd edition of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament, Tier II of the 2007 WTA Tour. Justine Henin was the defending champion and won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20137(4\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20132) against Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191516-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hastings Direct International Championships \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191517-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Havant Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Havant Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191517-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Havant Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives had 30 councillors, while both the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats had 4 seats. There was no election in the 4 Leigh Park wards in 2007 and as a result Labour was not defending any of their 4 seats on the council, while the Conservatives were defending 8 of the 10 seats that were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191517-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Havant Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won 9 of the 10 seats contested, taking 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats. This took the Conservatives to 31 seats on the council, which the Conservative council leader David Gillett said he believed was \"the largest Conservative majority on the south coast\". The only seat not won by the Conservatives was in Bedhampton where the Liberal Democrats held on by a majority of 319 votes. Overall turnout at the elections was 35.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl\nThe 2007 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Boise State University Broncos from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the East Carolina University Pirates from Conference USA (C-USA). This sixth edition of the Hawaii Bowl, sponsored by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on December 23, 2007. The game was the final competition of the 2007 football season for each team and resulted in a 41\u201338 East Carolina victory, even though sportsbooks favored Boise State to win by \u200b10\u00a01\u20442 points. Many experts believed East Carolina to be big underdogs to Boise State, which had defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. The 2007 Hawai\u02bbi Bowl paid $750,000 to each team's conference in exchange for their participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl\nThe game was expected to be an offensive shootout. Boise State averaged 42.4\u00a0points during the 2007 season, while East Carolina averaged 31. That expectation turned out to be justified as East Carolina took a 31\u201314 lead in the first half. The Broncos fought back in the second half, however, tying the score at 38 late in the fourth quarter after East Carolina's Chris Johnson fumbled the ball, allowing Bronco defender Marty Tadman to recover the ball and return it 47\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl\nThe game remained tied until the final moments as East Carolina's Ben Hartman made a 34\u2013yard game-winning field goal as time expired. The attendance of 30,467 was the largest crowd to attend a Hawai\u02bbi Bowl game that did not feature the host school. Boise State's loss dropped them to a final 2007 record of 10\u20133, while East Carolina's final-game win earned them a record of 8\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process\nThe Hawai\u02bbi football team normally receives an automatic bid to the game unless the team is selected to participate in a BCS game or is not bowl eligible. If either of those events happen, the WAC selects its next-highest ranked team to compete in the game. In 2007, Hawai\u02bbi was selected to play on January 1, 2008 in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia, marking just the second time since the creation of the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl that Hawai\u02bbi would not participate. The only previous time that Hawai\u02bbi failed to make an appearance was in 2005, when the Warriors finished their season with a 5\u20137 record and were not eligible for a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process\nConference USA fields the other team in the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl. The Liberty Bowl has the first selection of C-USA teams, and GMAC Bowl picks second. After those two are picked, the conference provides a team for the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl and three other bowls. In 2007, the University of Central Florida accepted the bid to compete in the Liberty Bowl, Tulsa accepted the bid to compete in the GMAC Bowl, leaving East Carolina to be selected by the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl on December 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process\nBoise State was undefeated in conference play going into the final game of the regular season, and suffered just one out-of-conference loss. In that final game, BSU lost 39\u201327 to undefeated Hawai\u02bbi. Following the game, the Broncos decided to travel to Hawai\u02bbi, rather than play at home in the Humanitarian Bowl, which is located at Boise's home stadium in Boise, Idaho and features a matchup between a WAC team and one from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Boise ended its regular season 10\u20132 overall and 7\u20131 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process\nEast Carolina, meanwhile, had been in first place in the C-USA's East Division with just two games remaining. A loss to Marshall University in that second-to-last game, however, put ECU into second place in its division, and thus out of competition for the Conference USA Championship. After winning against conference foe Tulane in the final game of the season, the Pirates decided to travel to the Hawai\u02bbi Bowl. East Carolina ended the regular season 7\u20135 overall, and 6\u20132 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 35], "content_span": [36, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup\nOn December 1, 2007, Hawai\u02bbi Bowl representatives announced East Carolina and Boise State as the competitors in the 2007 edition of the game. It would be the first time in history that the two teams had ever met. Two weeks after the announcement, Boise State's top wide receiver Jeremy Childs, cornerback Keith McGowen, and linebacker Ben Chandler were declared out for the game after violating team rules. In an online contest held by ESPN.com in the weeks leading up to the game, 98% of the participants voted that Boise State would beat East Carolina. Participants also gave 32 out of 32 \"confidence points\" on average, indicating the highest possible confidence in the predicted outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Boise State offense versus East Carolina defense\nBoise State came into the game averaging 42.75\u00a0points and 475.67\u00a0yards per game, the fourth and twelfth highest totals in college football. Senior quarterback Taylor Tharp led the offense by more than 3,000\u00a0yards and 28 touchdowns, headed into the 2007 Hawaii\u02bb Bowl. On the ground, the Broncos were led by junior running back Ian Johnson, who had 17\u00a0touchdowns and 1,030\u00a0yards in the regular season. Wide receiver Jeremy Childs also was a potent threat on offense, averaging 87.08\u00a0receiving yards per game, and backup running back D.J. Harper rushed for 41.44\u00a0yards per game on average. Johnson and Childs both earned First Team All-WAC honors, and Tharp was named to Second Team All-WAC. Offensive tackle Ryan Clady was the team's only All-American, and promised to do a good job protecting Taylor Tharp on the offensive line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 84], "content_span": [85, 912]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Boise State offense versus East Carolina defense\nEast Carolina had been shaky on defense. ECU ranked 98th in total defense and 115th in passing defense, giving up an average of 436.42\u00a0yards per game. Despite that fact, the Pirates did well in the turnover battle, gaining 27\u00a0turnovers while losing just 13\u2013a margin of +14\u2013good enough for ninth in the country. In addition, the ECU defense ranked eleventh nationally in tackles for loss. Defensive linemen Zack Slate and C.J. Wilson and defensive back Van Eskridge took C\u2013USA All\u2013Conference second team honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 84], "content_span": [85, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, East Carolina offense versus Boise State defense\nBoise State faced the nation's top all-purpose yards leader, All-American Chris Johnson. Johnson racked up an average of 212.67\u00a0all-purpose yards per game during the 2007 season, making him a potent threat on offense. Taking snaps for the offense were quarterbacks Patrick Pinkney and Rob Kass. Pinkney had a passer rating of 131.58, while Kass had a comparable rating of 122.94. The top receiver for the Pirates was Jamar Bryant, who averaged 3.5 catches for 52.17\u00a0yards per game. In addition to Chris Johnson, who was named to the C\u2013USA All\u2013Conference second team, offensive lineman Josh Coffman received C\u2013USA All-Conference second team honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 84], "content_span": [85, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, East Carolina offense versus Boise State defense\nThe Broncos' defense, meanwhile, was ranked number one in the WAC in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense, and pass defense. The team's defense ranked number two in the conference in pass efficiency defense, turnover margin, and sacks. Defensive lineman Nick Schlekeway and defensive back Marty Tadman both received All\u2013WAC first team honors and promised to pose difficulties for the Pirates' offensive front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 84], "content_span": [85, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary\nThe 2007 Hawai\u02bbi Bowl kicked off on December 23, 2007 at 8:00 p.m\u00a0EST in front of an estimated crowd of 30,467, which was the largest crowd in Hawai\u02bbi Bowl history for a game not featuring the Hawai'i football team. The game was nationally televised on ESPN, and was watched by an estimated average of 1.6\u00a0million people, good enough for a television rating of 1.47. East Carolina had to travel 4,861 miles (7,823\u00a0km) one way, making it the longest bowl trip of the season for any team during the 2007 bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary\nBoise State, meanwhile, traveled 2,835 miles (4,562\u00a0km) to Hawai\u02bbi. Due to the distance involved, East Carolina fans wishing to support their school, but unable to travel to the game, bought 2,709 tickets for troops stationed in Hawai\u02bbi as a show of support. The weather at kickoff was mostly cloudy with winds from the northeast at 13\u00a0miles (21\u00a0km). The temperature was 77\u00a0\u00b0F (25\u00a0\u00b0C). For the officiating crew, the referee was Terry Leyden, umpire was Kevin Matthews, and the linesman was Bob Bahne. The line judge was Bart Longson, the back judge was Joe Johnston and the field judge was Ed Vinzant. The side judge was Craig Falkner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nEast Carolina won the pre-game coin toss and deferred the ball until the second half, allowing Boise State to receive the ball to begin the game. The Broncos received the opening kickoff at their 4\u2013yard line and went three-and-out. Following the Broncos' punt, East Carolina began its first possession of the game on its 43\u2013yard line. The offense marched to the 19\u2013yard line of Boise State, but was stopped on third down. ECU kicker Ben Hartman was sent into the game and made a field goal from 36\u00a0yards away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nEast Carolina kicked the ball to Boise State's Austin Smith and he returned the kickoff 89\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The touchdown and extra point made the score 7\u20133 and gave Boise State its only lead of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nThe next two drives for each team ended in punts. On East Carolina's third drive, Chris Johnson rushed on the first play 68\u00a0yards for a touchdown. With the point after, East Carolina lead 10\u20137. The next Boise State drive ended in a three and out, and the Broncos kicked the ball away. The Pirates marched down the field 55\u00a0yards, but the quarter ended before ECU had a chance to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAt the end of the first quarter, East Carolina led Boise State 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nECU began the second quarter on Boise's 30\u2013yard line, and quarterback Patrick Pinkney continued the Pirates' drive with a 14\u2013yard rush. After three more successful plays, Dominique Lindsay rushed 3\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Kicker Ben Hartman converted the point after, which made the score 17\u20137 ECU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Broncos' first drive of the second quarter was halted after a holding penalty and an incomplete pass denied BSU a chance for a first down. Boise was forced to kick the ball away once more. The Pirates' second drive of the quarter began at their 26\u2013yard line. ECU needed just four plays to march 74\u00a0yards down the field for a touchdown. On the drive, Chris Johnson rushed for 46\u00a0yards and threw an 18\u2013yard pass for a touchdown. After the touchdown and the extra point kick, ECU led 24\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nBoise State's first play after the post-touchdown kickoff was intercepted by Pirates' defender Travis Williams. Despite the turnover, East Carolina was unable to attain a first down, and went three-and-out before punting. On Boise's second play of the new drive following the punt, the team earned its first first down of the game. The Broncos continued the drive by going 69\u00a0yards in eight\u00a0plays, culminating in a touchdown. The series included five complete passes and two rushes. With the score, The Broncos had closed the gap to ten points: 24\u201314 East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nEast Carolina started their series on their 41\u2013yard line. A substitution infraction on ECU and an incomplete pass forced ECU to punt the ball away. On the Broncos' fourth drive of the second quarter, the team began with three complete passes for 18\u00a0yards. On the fourth play, however, BSU's Titus Young fumbled the ball away. Pirates' defender Jay Ross recovered the fumble, and ECU had another chance on offense before the end of the first half. East Carolina ran five plays for 38\u00a0yards. With the clock running down, ECU elected to kick a field goal. The kick was good, and made the score 31\u201314 ECU. Boise State had one final chance on offense, and Boise Quarterback Taylor Tharp went two-for-four, but ran out of time before coming into field goal range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nBecause Boise State had received the opening kickoff, East Carolina received the ball to open the second half. ECU completed seven rushes and four passes for 74\u00a0yards in five minutes and 53\u00a0seconds. On the last play of the drive, Brandon Simmons rushed three\u00a0yards for a touchdown, and ECU increased its lead to 38\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nTo begin its first series of the second half, Boise State returned the post-touchdown kickoff 55\u00a0yards. Two quick plays later, Boise quarterback Taylor Tharp completed a pass to Jeremy Avery for a touchdown, cutting East Carolina's lead to 17\u00a0points, 38\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nAfter the punt, the Pirates were unable to obtain a first down. Three plays netted only two\u00a0yards, and ECU was forced to punt the ball away. On the ensuing drive, Boise State completed three first downs on the series. BSU kicker Kyle Brotzman, converted a 31\u00a0yard field goal and the Broncos shrank the ECU lead further. The series went 40\u00a0yards in nine plays. It took the team two minutes and 37\u00a0seconds to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nEast Carolina took the kickoff on the 39\u2013yard line, after a Boise player illegally touched the ball on the 39. Pinkney threw an incomplete pass to start the drive, and after two more plays failed to convert the first down, ECU was forced to punt the ball away. After a touchback, Boise State began at its 20\u2013yard line. The Broncos completed three plays for 11\u00a0yards before the third quarter ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nAt the end of the third quarter, East Carolina led Boise State 38\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nBSU started the fourth quarter by throwing two incomplete passes. Tharp then completed two passes for a combined 39\u00a0yards before Pirates' defender J.J. Milbrook intercepted Tharp's fifth pass of the quarter. Milbrook returned the interception 27\u00a0yards. The Pirates completed one first down but failed to convert the interception into points. Kicker Matt Dodge came into the game, ostensibly to punt the ball away. In a trick play, he rushed the ball instead, picking up the first down. Despite the trick play's success, the Pirates were not able to gain another first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn fourth down, Dodge came out again, and this time punted the ball 47\u00a0yards for a touchback. The Broncos began the second drive of the fourth quarter by going 80\u00a0yards in nine plays for a touchdown. It took just three minutes and 59\u00a0seconds and BSU only three first downs. Boise had now cut the Pirates' lead to 38\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the next drive, ECU brought in a new quarterback, Rob Kass. Kass was initially successful, and gained a few first downs. The Boise State defense stiffened, however, and ECU was forced to punt the ball away. After a touchback, Boise State began on its 20\u2013yard line. Running back Jeremy Avery rushed for four\u00a0yards on the first\u00a0play. On the third\u00a0play, Tharp completed a pass for nine\u00a0yards for a first down. Tharp then passed three straight times for 32\u00a0yards and two first downs. On subsequent plays, Tharp rushed for six\u00a0yards and passed for another six to convert BSU's third first down of the drive. Three plays later, however, the Broncos' Titus Young fumbled the ball for the second time in the game, and as before, ECU recovered, seemingly sealing the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nAfter a Boise State unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, ECU began at their 39\u2013yard line, needing only to rush the ball to keep the clock moving in order to secure the win. On the second rush by Chris Johnson, however, he fumbled the ball. The fumble was recovered by Broncos' defender Marty Tadman at the ECU 47\u2013yard line and returned all the way for a touchdown. After the PAT, Boise State tied East Carolina 38\u201338. The fumble and touchdown turned what had been an inevitable ECU victory into a tie game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nBoise kicked the ball deep, hoping to stop the Pirates' offense and force overtime. Following the kick, ECU began at its own nine\u2013yard line. The Pirates began the drive with one minute and 16\u00a0seconds left in the game. Dominique Lindsay rushed for two\u00a0yards before Rob Kass completed a pass to Jamar Bryant for 39\u00a0yards, enough for a first down near midfield. The Pirates' continued to move forward, passing for short yardage and rushing for short gains that kept the clock moving, but advanced the ball closer to field goal range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the third to the last play, Kass rushed for seven\u00a0yards, and ECU took a timeout with 15\u00a0seconds left. Rob Kass lost one\u00a0yard while moving the ball towards the center of the field in order to set up a game-ending kick. ECU took its last timeout, again stopping the clock. With four seconds remaining on the clock, ECU kicker Ben Hartman converted a 34\u2013yard field goal to take the lead and the win, 41\u201338, as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics\nEast Carolina running back Chris Johnson finished the game with 223\u00a0rushing yards, 32\u00a0receiving yards, and 153\u00a0return yards for a total of 408\u00a0all-purpose yards. That mark broke the NCAA bowl record for all-purpose yards previously set by Alabama's Sherman Williams against Ohio State in the 1995 Citrus Bowl. On the basis of his record-setting performance, Johnson was named the game's Most Valuable Player. On the opposite side of the ball, Boise State tailback Jeremy Avery had a solid, if unspectacular, outing. He produced 69\u00a0rushing yards, 43\u00a0receiving yards, 41\u00a0kick\u2013return yards, and caught a 25\u2013yard touchdown pass. Both Johnson and Avery received the Most Valuable Player award for their respective teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics\nBoise State committed four turnovers, compared with East Carolina's one. The Broncos fumbled the ball away twice and threw two interceptions. Despite the disparity in turnover margin, the teams were strikingly similar in several statistical categories, indicating the closeness of the game: Each team earned seven points off the turnovers. Both teams committed 50\u00a0yards in penalties; the Pirates had seven penalties to the Broncos' four. In addition, both teams earned 22 first\u00a0downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 34], "content_span": [35, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nBoise State University had 368\u00a0total offensive yards during the game. About 73% of BSU's total offense came through the air, as quarterback Taylor Tharp passed for 270\u00a0yards. The remaining 98\u00a0yards came on the ground from five different rushers. Running back Jeremy Avery ran for a team-high 69\u00a0yards on 10 carries, while running back D.J. Harper had the only Boise State rushing touchdown of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nTharp's 30\u00a0completions were caught by eight different receivers. Austin Pettis led the team with nine catches for 89\u00a0yards, and his total accounted for one\u2013third of the team's receiving yards. Two receivers, Jeremy Avery and Ryan Putnam, accounted for all of the team's receiving touchdowns. Avery had four catches for 43\u00a0yards, while Putnam had one catch for three\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nTaylor Tharp's two interceptions were the second-most he had thrown in a game during 2007, and brought his season interception total to 11. He completed 30 of 44 pass attempts, a completion percentage of 68.2%. His 270\u00a0yards were 13\u00a0yards more than his season average of 257\u00a0yards. With only two passing touchdowns, Tharp tied for his third-worst passing game in 2007, faring worse only in the win against Weber State, loss to Washington, win against Fresno State, and loss to Hawai\u02bbi. Tharp was sacked once by Pirates' defensive lineman C.J. Wilson for a seven\u00a0yard loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nBoise State's defense had a hard time stopping the East Carolina offense, especially in the first half. The Pirates' 31\u00a0points were the most scored all year by East Carolina in the first half. Leading the Broncos' defense was safety Marty Tadman. Tadman had seven\u00a0solo tackles, three\u00a0assisted tackles, and recorded a defensive touchdown after recovering Chris Johnson's fumble late in the fourth quarter. Linebacker Kyle Gingg also starred on defense, recording seven\u00a0solo tackles, one\u00a0assisted tackle, and one\u00a0tackle for a one-yard loss. A total of 23\u00a0players recorded at least one tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nKyle Brotzman handled all the kicking duties for Boise State, punting the ball four times for 169\u00a0yards. His longest punt was 52\u00a0yards, and one kick was downed inside the Pirates' 20\u00a0yard line. His only field goal was a 31\u2013yard kick that came with three minutes and 11\u00a0seconds left in the third quarter. Brotzman kicked off seven times for 384\u00a0yards, averaging 54.9\u00a0yards per kick with no touchbacks. Marty Tadman had BSU's only punt return for \u22121\u00a0yard. The Broncos' special teams had more luck on kickoff returns. Three players had kickoff returns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nAustin Smith returned four kickoffs for 173\u00a0yards. His 89\u2013yard return for a touchdown in the first quarter was the team's longest of the game and gave Boise State its only lead of the game. Jeremy Avery returned two kicks for 41\u00a0yards, and Titus Young returned one kick for 52\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap\nBoise State controlled the time of possession only during the fourth quarter, when the Broncos scored 14\u00a0points to tie the game. Overall, however, Boise State only controlled the ball for 26\u00a0minutes and 16\u00a0seconds, in comparison to East Carolina's 33\u00a0minutes and 44\u00a0seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 65], "content_span": [66, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap\nAlmost 70% of the Pirates' rushing offense came from running back Chris Johnson, and the rushing offense itself consisted of two\u2013thirds of East Carolina's total offensive effort. Six additional rushers contributed 99\u00a0yards on the ground. The longest rush of the game\u201368\u00a0yards\u2013came from Johnson. Quarterback Patrick Pinkney played much of the game, completing 12\u00a0passes in 19\u00a0attempts. Pinkney threw for 118\u00a0yards and one\u00a0touchdown, but the longest pass came from the Pirates' second quarterback, Rob Kass. Kass threw a 36\u2013yard pass in the fourth quarter to keep the Pirates' game-winning drive alive. The pass was Kass's only completion out of three attempts. Almost one\u2013third of East Carolina's total offense came from the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap\nBen Hartman and Matt Dodge both contributed to East Carolina's kicking game. Dodge punted the ball seven times for 302\u00a0yards. His longest was a 61\u2013yard kick, and he had four\u00a0touchbacks. Hartman and Dodge shared kickoff duty. Dodge had four\u00a0kickoffs, compared with Hartman's three. Dodge averaged 60.5\u00a0yards per kick, while Hartman averaged 57\u00a0yards. In addition, Hartman added six\u00a0points to the scoreboard from field goal attempts. He was two for two, with the second field goal attempt being the game-winner in the fourth quarter. Dwayne Harris handled all punt returns. He fielded two punts, returning them for a total of five\u00a0yards. Kickoff-return duty was handled by Chris Johnson. He returned six kickoffs for 153\u00a0yards, with his longest return consisting of 39\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap\nEast Carolina's defense managed a strong performance statistically and in real terms. The most obvious examples of this were the two interceptions and two forced fumbles. On the first play of the second drive of the second quarter, Boise State quarterback Taylor Tharp threw an interception to defensive back Travis Williams. Williams also recorded eight\u00a0solo tackles\u2014the second-highest total for the Pirates\u2013and a forced fumble. The other interception came from defensive back J.J. Milbrook, who also boasted three\u00a0solo tackles, tying him for fifth\u2013best on the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap\nLinebacker Jeremy forced the final Broncos turnover, gaining the ball and four\u00a0yards on the play. In addition to his forced fumble, Chambliss recorded four solo tackles. The Pirates' defense as a whole only gave up three\u00a0yards in the first quarter and did not allow a first down until halfway through the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap\nThat strong defensive effort limited the Broncos' third\u2013down conversion rate to 50%. Until the fourth quarter, BSU was just two for seven on third\u2013down attempts. On offense, the Pirates fared slightly better, going six for fifteen on third downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 67], "content_span": [68, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191518-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Bowl, After-effects\nThe win by East Carolina knocked #24 Boise State out of the final AP Poll of the year. This was the first time BSU was not ranked in the AP Poll top 25 since October 28, 2007. Because of his impressive performance, Chris Johnson was invited to the 2008 Senior Bowl. After the game, East Carolina finished the season 8\u20135, the highest win total since 2000. This also marked Coach Skip Holtz's first Bowl win. Boise State finished the season 10\u20133. This marked Coach Chris Petersen first post-season loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team\nThe 2007 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2007 NCAA Division I-Bowl Subdivision college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team\nThe 2007 Warriors, led by record-setting senior quarterback Colt Brennan, carried a school-record 13-game winning streak, dating back to the end of the 2006 season, into the 2008 Sugar Bowl. The 2007 season marked the first undefeated regular season in school history, ending in defeat in the Sugar Bowl. The Warriors claimed their third-ever WAC championship in 2007 with a victory over defending conference champion Boise State. The championship was the school's first ever outright conference championship in football. Brennan went on to set more career records in the FBS, and the Warriors became the third team outside the BCS conferences and second from the WAC to receive an invitation to play in the Bowl Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, 2006 season recap\nThe 2006 Warriors tied the school record for most victories in a season with 11, with their only losses coming against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, an undefeated Boise State team that played in the Bowl Championship Series, and an Oregon State program that won ten games and finished the season nationally ranked. The Warriors finished in second place in the Western Athletic Conference behind Boise State and returned to the Hawaii Bowl after missing out on postseason play in 2005 due to a losing record. The Warriors defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils in the bowl game by a score of 41\u201324 to round out one of the school's most successful football seasons ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle\nWaves were made in Hawaii during the months leading up to Spring practice. With the departures of Defensive Coordinator Jerry Glanville and Special Teams Coach Darrel \"Mouse\" Davis (the father of the run and shoot offense), the Warriors' most anticipated season took a slight detour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle\nOn March 1, 2007, Glanville chose to accept the Head Coach position at Portland State University. It became apparent that he was seriously considering the position after staying in Portland an extra four days following his official interview. To harden the blow, Glanville offered Davis the Offensive Coordinator job at PSU. Davis was also the head coach for PSU in the '70s and '80s, where his run-and-shoot offense gained national attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle\nThe silver lining on the dark cloud was that Davis wasn't the only one to benefit and there was another member of the coaching staff who prospered from this particular move. With two vacancies on the coaching staff, it made it possible for Offensive Line Coach Dennis McKnight to be promoted from an unpaid Graduate Assistant, to a salary-earning full-time assistant coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle\nAs for the other open position to be filled, it was believed that because of his experience and tremendous recruiting accomplishments, defensive line coach Jeff Reinebold was the obvious choice to become the next Defensive Coordinator. But shortly after Glanville's departure, talk of former Hawaii defensive coordinator Greg McMackin surfaced as a candidate for the job he held in 1999, June Jones' first season as Hawaii head coach. With the impressive, hard-hitting, 3\u20134 blitzing defense that Glanville put on the field in 2006 setting the standards ever-so-high, whoever was to inherit the job had big shoes to fill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle\nThe answer to whether Hawaii should remain a punishing 3\u20134 defense under Reinebold or return to a heavily blitzing 4\u20133 defense under McMackin that contributed to the biggest turnaround in NCAA college football history became slightly clearer when McMackin made an appearance as an \"observer\" to the first spring practice. The final confirmation came on April 5, when it was officially announced that Greg McMackin was named the defensive coordinator for Hawaii. Although his time at Hawaii was short, Glanville left a lasting impression on the fans as well as the players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)\nHeisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan threw for 416 yards and six touchdowns in only the first half as the 23rd-ranked University of Hawai`i football team opened up the 2007 campaign with a 63\u20136 victory over Northern Colorado, Saturday night, at Aloha Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)\nThe Warriors found the end zone early and often tallying 28 points in the first and led 42\u20130 at the half. UH scored only once in the third quarter on an 80-yard punt return for a TD by Michael Washington. The Bears finally got on the board with 10:22 remaining in the fourth as quarterback Mike Vlahogeorge took a quarterback draw and scampered five yards for the score. UH's Keenan Jones blocked the point after. UH's Malcolm Lane then took the ensuing kickoff and sprinted 94 yards to make it 56\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)\nThe UH defense picked off a pass and five plays later QB Inoki Funaki found Greg Salas for a 24-yard scoring strike to go up by 57, 63\u20136. Brennan moved into a tie for sixth place on the NCAA career passing TD list with 99, sharing the spot with USC's Matt Leinart. He trails the No. 1 slot occupied by former BYU standout Ty Detmer by 22. \"Feels great to be back and the fans were awesome\", Brennan said. \"We had a great practice yesterday and knew in the hotel today that something felt right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)\nI'm surrounded with a lot of veteran talent and that makes you better on offense and as a football player. They came out just like we had planned for. We were very prepared. I know that with our offensive line, they have a lot of motivation. I have a lot of trust in them.\" The defense limited the Bear offense to a mere 182 yards of total offense. Brennan was on fire in the first half, setting a new school record for completions in the first quarter (19) and half (34). He also broke his own record of passing yards in a half, finishing with 416 yards, 27 more than his previous mark of 389 set in last year's Hawai'i Bowl. Brennan also tied school marks for touchdowns in a quarter (4) and half (6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)\nGerard Lewis batted down a two-point conversion to preserve a thrilling come-from-behind victory for the 20th ranked University of Hawai`i as the Warriors edged Louisiana Tech, 45\u201344, in overtime, Saturday night in the Western Athletic Conference season opener for both teams in front of 22,135 at Joe Aillet Stadium. Jason Rivers' 6-yard reception and Dan Kelly's extra-point kick proved to be just enough. Tech took their opening possession and countered with Dustin Mitchell going in from two yards out. Then the Bulldogs went for the win, but Lewis knocked down the 2-point pass attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)\nThe Bulldogs went up 14\u20130 in the first quarter on a 2-yard run by Patrick Jackson. Then Jackson broke free for a 16-yard scamper with 4:03 left in the quarter. The Warriors pulled to within seven when Leon Wright-Jackson scooted 47 yards up the middle with 1:43 remaining. Hawai`i then knotted up the score when quarterback Colt Brennan plunged across from 1 yard out with 10:11 left in the second. Tech took a 21\u201314 lead into the half when Daniel Porter broke free from the line for an 18-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)\nThe Warriors struck first in the third quarter as Brennan found Ryan Grice-Mullen all alone for a 64-yard scoring strike. Tech reclaimed the lead in the third on a 42-yard field goal by Danny Horwedel. UH took its first lead of the game with 2:04 remaining in the third when Brennan connected with Grice-Mullen on a 17-yard pass. After the UH defense held, a muffed handoff between Brennan and Wright-Jackson gave the Bulldogs back the ball late in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)\nTech then drove 33 yards on three plays, capped by a 3-yard touchdown pass by Zac Champion to Josh Wheeler to recapture the lead, 31\u201328. The Warriors regained the lead, 35\u201331, on a Brennan 19-yard scoring strike to Davone Bess with 8:35 left in the game. Tech converted a fourth and 1 from its 22 when Dennis Morris broke free for 21 yards to the UH 1. Morris then carried it across for the 1-yard score to give the Bulldogs a 38\u201335 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)\nBrennan finished with career-highs of 43 completions and 61 attempts for 548 yards and five touchdowns (four passing and one rushing). Brennan was 11 yards from his own school mark of 559 set during last year's Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl against Arizona State. Rivers finished the game with a school-record 14 receptions for 176 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)\nThe 22nd-ranked University of Hawai`i football team ran its record to 3\u20130 on the season with a convincing 49\u201314 victory at UNLV in a non-conference game, Saturday night, in front of a sold out Sam Boyd Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)\nHeisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan was responsible for five touchdowns \u2013 three rushing and two passing. The senior quarterback, who played only the first three quarters, threw for 298 yards, completing 26 of 32 passes. Brennan snapped his 14-game 300+ yard passing streak, dating back to the UNLV match-up a year ago. A crowd of 38,125 witnessed the Rebels (1\u20132) draw first blood manufacturing a 13-play, 79-yard drive, capped by a 6-yard run by Frank Summers. UH responded with 42 unanswered points \u2013 21 in the first half \u2013 to take a 14-point lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)\nThe first two scores were 1-yard rushing touchdowns by Brennan. It was the quarterback's first multiple touchdown game on the ground. The third score was a 13-yard TD pass from Brennan to Ryan Grice-Mullen. The Warriors kept the momentum in the second half. UH took the ball on its opening drive in the third and went 73 yards in seven plays before Brennan ran the option right and plunged over from 3 yards. In the series, Brennan completed an 11-yard pass to Leon Wright-Jackson to give him his 29th consecutive 200+ yard passing game, breaking the NCAA record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)\nThe old mark of 28 was held by Texas Tech's Kliff Kingsbury. Hawai`i added two more scores in the quarter \u2013 a 2-yard TD pass from Brennan to Jason Rivers and a 40-yard interception return by Ryan Mouton \u2013 to give the Warriors a 42\u20137 lead heading into the fourth. UNLV added a late score on a 31-yard touchdown run by Omar Clayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)\nUH capped the scoring with its only touchdown in the fourth quarter as Tyler Graunke connected with Malcolm Lane on an 81-yard reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)\nThe 18th-ranked University of Hawai`i football team capitalized on a 28-point third quarter to knock off Charleston Southern, 66\u201310, Saturday night in a non-conference game in front of 37,723 at Aloha Stadium. The Warriors improved to 4\u20130 for the first time since the 1988 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)\nUH scored on its opening possession when Tyler Graunke connected with C.J. Hawthorne on a 28-yard pass. Graunke got the starting nod when head coach June Jones held out Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan for precautionary reasons. Graunke finished the game, completing 22-of-36 attempts for 285 yards and three scores. The junior had career-highs in completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns. The Bucs tied it at 5:14 in the first when Eli Byrd hit Dee Brown on a 57-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)\nUH responded and scored 10 seconds into the second quarter when freshman Kealoha Pilares scooted 16 yards up the middle. The Warriors tacked on another seven late in the quarter as Graunke scrambled six yards for the score. Charleston Southern's Nick Ellis kicked a 48-yard field goal to draw within 21\u201310 at the half. It was all UH in the second half as the Warriors reeled off 45 straight points to turn an 11-point halftime lead into a 56-point rout. UH's Ryan Mouton took the second half kickoff 90 yards to the house. One minute later, linebacker Adam Leonard picked off Ellis' pass and returned it 36 yards for the touchdown. Graunke then hit receivers Davone Bess for a 19-yard score and Hawthorne on a 35-yard TD pass to close out the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)\nUH tacked on 17 more in the fourth quarter behind backup quarterback Inoke Funaki. The sophomore from Kahuku High School hit Aaron Bain for a two-yard scoring reception with 13:16 left in the fourth quarter. Dan Kelly booted a 28-yard field goal at the 8:57 mark and Funaki then hit Michael Washington on a 19-yarder to wrap up the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)\nThe 17th-ranked University of Hawai`i football team kept its undefeated streak intact with a 48\u201320 victory over Idaho Saturday, in front of 13,807 at the Kibbie Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)\nUH ran its record to 5\u20130 on the season and 2\u20130 in Western Athletic Conference play. The Vandals fell to 1\u20134 and 0\u20131. It is the first time UH had begun the season 5\u20130 since 1981. The win is the ninth WAC win in a row, setting a new school record. Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan, who sat out last week's win at home against Charleston Southern, threw for 369 yards and three touchdowns on 30-of-45 passing. He also threw five interceptions, tying a school mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)\nBrennan extended his streak of consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass to 30 games. He has also thrown two or more TD passes in a game in 22 straight games. In three career games versus Idaho, Brennan has 11 touchdown passes and 1,048 yards passing. Hawai`i got on the board first as Brennan hooked up with Davone Bess on a 13-yard scoring strike. Idaho tied it at seven on an Eddie Williams 18-yard run. The Warriors then reeled off 31 unanswered points to take control of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)\nWith 4:47 left in the first quarter, UH linebacker Adam Leonard picked off a pass and took it to the house. It was Leonard's second straight interception return for a touchdown in the last two games. Brennan then connected with Malcolm Lane on a 41-yard touchdown pass. Later in the quarter, Brennan hit Bess with a 24-yard scoring pass. Dan Kelly hit a 39-yard field goal and defensive back Myron Newberry returned an interception 76 yards to give UH a 38\u20137 lead. Idaho's Tino Amancio booted a 50-yard field goal with 36 seconds left before the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0018-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)\nBut UH got a 21-yard kickoff return from Brashton Satele to the UH 49-yard line. Brennan then went to work completing four-straight passes to set up a 25-yard field goal by Kelly as time expired in the half. Brennan scored the lone touchdown in the third quarter taking it in from 1-yard out. Idaho added 10 points in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring. UH did not score in the fourth quarter for the first time in 22-straight quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)\nUH receiver Bess posted season-highs in yards (162) and receptions (12). Linebacker Leonard led all Warrior defensive men with 10 total tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\nThe 15th-ranked University of Hawai'i football team won a shootout over Utah State, 52\u201337, Saturday night in a Western Athletic Conference match-up at Aloha Stadium. The Warriors improve to 6\u20130 and 3\u20130 in the WAC this season. UH quarterback Colt Brennan completed 19-of-25 for 219 yards and one touchdown before leaving the game early in the second half. The senior got dinged up on UH's final possession of the first half and succumbed to backup Tyler Graunke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\nGraunke led the Warriors to a touchdown at the end of the first half and directed UH downfield on three drives in the second half. The junior from Tucson, Ariz., finished the game 9-of-11 for 246 yards and three touchdowns, including one rushing. \"I wasn't expecting to go in that early, but I was definitely mentally ready\", Graunke said. \"I took my fair share of reps during the week. Lately, I have not been feeling like me, it is taking me 1\u20132 series to get going, but tonight I got it going from the very first play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\nThat start (Charleston Southern) gave me a lot of confidence. We executed very well and the receivers were just amazing. I knew I was over the goal line (on his second quarter touchdown) and that play gave us a lot of momentum heading into the second half.\" The game featured big plays for both teams. Each team returned a kickoff for a touchdown and UH had three drives of three plays or less while USU had a one play drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0021-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\nUtah State (0\u20136, 0\u20132) got on the scoreboard on the game's opening possession with a 20-yard field goal by Peter Caldwell. The Warriors responded with an eight-play, 81-yard drive, culminating on a Kealoha Pilares touchdown from a yard out. That lead was short-lived as USU's Kevin Robinson returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards giving the Aggies the lead back at 10\u20137. UH knotted the game at 10 after Dan Kelly's 54-yard field goal, the fifth longest in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0021-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\nAfter Caldwell's 36-yard field goal gave the Aggies the lead temporarily at 13\u201310, Malcolm Lane's 87-yard return on the ensuing kickoff, put the Warriors on top for good, 17\u201313. Following an Aggie punt, UH marched downfield and Brennan found Davone Bess on a 22-yard scoring strike. After UH's Josh Leonard recovered a USU fumble, Hawai'i drove the field for another touchdown. Graunke subbed in for Brennan and crossed the goal line with five seconds left giving UH a 31\u201313 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0021-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\nOn their opening possession of the second half, the Aggies drove downfield on a 12 play drive and an eight-yard run by Derrvin Speight. Graunke connected with C.J. Hawthorne on two plays, including a 36-yarder for a 38\u201320 UH lead. Graunke drove the Warriors again and found David Farmer on a 20-yard shuffle pass giving UH a 45\u201327 lead. On USU's next possession, Leon Jackson found Kevin Robinson on a 77-yard pass and catch but the Warriors responded just as quickly as Graunke connected with Rivers on a 72-yard reception. Junior linebacker Soloman Elimimian led the Warrior defense with a career-high 20 tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)\n\"Everyone played well\", Elimimian said. \"I just utilized my speed tonight and tried to go from sideline to sideline. I'd give the Defense a \"C\" tonight. We definitely could have played better, 37 points are just too much. Guys can't do what they want to do, it's a team concept. Teams like Utah State are much tougher to beat than a ranked team because they played with nothing to lose.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nThe 16th ranked University of Hawai`i football team rallied past San Jose State, 42\u201335, in overtime in a Western Athletic Conference contest in front of 20,473 at a rain-drenched Spartan Stadium. Jason Rivers caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Colt Brennan in the first overtime for its second come-from-behind victory this season. Defensive back Myron Newberry sealed the win intercepting SJSU quarterback Adam Tafralis in the end zone on the final drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nHawai`i improves to 7\u20130 on the season and 4\u20130 in WAC play, while San Jose State falls to 3\u20134 and 2\u20131. With the win, UH extends its win streak to eight and keeps its hope for a BCS bid alive. The Warriors also extended their WAC win streak to 11 games. Heisman Trophy candidate Brennan completed 44-of-75 passes for 545 yards and four TD passes. He also was picked four times during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nIt was the third time this season a trio of receivers went for at least 100 yards or more led by Ryan Grice-Mullen's 14 catches for 175 yards. Bess and Rivers posted 140 and 138 yards, respectively. It was the first time this season UH failed to score at least 45 points and but kept its streak of 17-straight games scoring 32 points or more. UH opened the scoring after linebacker Adam Leonard picked off a Spartan pass and returned it 28 yards to the SJSU 35 yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0024-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nBrennan then connected on 4-of-6 passes to set up a Kealoha Pilares 6-yard rush to give UH a 7\u20130 lead. Hawai`i then manufactured a 12-play drive, 86-yard drive culminating with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Brennan to Grice-Mullen. San Jose State cut the deficit in half when Dwight Lowery returned a Tim Grasso punt 84 yards just before the end of the first half. SJSU's Lowery then picked off Brennan's first attempt of the third quarter and returned it 24 yards to knot it up at 14 apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0024-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nThe Spartans took their first lead of the game with 5:25 left in the third when Tafralis hit Kevin Jurovich on a 16-yard pass. The play capped a five-play, 65-yard drive after SJSU took over on downs when Brennan was stopped on a fourth and 1 quarterack sneak. It is the first time since the Louisiana Tech game that UH has trailed at all in the second half. SJSU extended its lead to 28\u201314 with Tafralis hitting Jurovich on a 68-yard scoring strike with 2:32 remaining in the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0024-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nUH didn't waste any time, marching down the field 67 yards in one minute and 18 seconds. The TD cut into SJSU's lead with Brennan tossing a 34-yard strike to C.J. Hawthorne to pull to within seven, 28\u201321. The TD gave Brennan the NCAA record for touchdowns responsible for in a 3-year span. SJSU took the ensuing kickoff and traveled 65 yards on eight plays with James T. Callier taking the pitch and going around the right side for an 8-yard TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0024-0005", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nUH scored with 3:53 left in the fourth quarter when Davone Bess caught an 11-yard over the shoulder catch from Brennan. SJSU took over but James T. Callier coughed up the ball after a huge blow from linebacker Blaze Soares with Leonard recovering the fumble with 2:56 left in the game. It took the Warriors only two minutes and 25 seconds to drive down the field 45 yards with Brennan taking the option and going across the right side for a 2-yard run to tie the game with 31 seconds left, 35\u201335. The Spartans had one last chance to score before the end of regulation, but the UH defense held strong as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)\nDefensively, Leonard led the charge with 11 tackles, two for a loss, one fumble recovery and one interception. Solomon Elimimian and Jacob Patek recorded eight and seven tackles, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 71], "content_span": [72, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\nThe 14th-ranked University of Hawai`i football team defeated New Mexico State, 50\u201313, Saturday night, in a Western Athletic Conference game in front of a season-high 41,218 on Homecoming at Aloha Stadium. Hawai`i improves to 8\u20130 on the year and 5\u20130 in the WAC, while New Mexico State falls to 4\u20135 and 1\u20133. The 8\u20130 start marks the best for UH since 1973 and are one of only five undefeated teams in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\nHeisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan became the school's all-time career touchdown leader after throwing six against the Aggies. He has 119 in his career and surpassed Timmy Chang's previous mark of 117. In addition, Brennan ranks second all-time in NCAA and WAC history and trails former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer's record of 121. \"I was obviously happy with the result, but we're going to have to play better the next few games\", UH head coach June Jones said. \"Colt was not at his best tonight, but six touchdowns is still pretty good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\nI hope the week off gets him and the team healthy and ready for Fresno.\" After tossing an interception on his first pass attempt, Brennan drove the Warriors 65 yards in five plays, hitting Jason Rivers on a 16-yard touchdown pass to put UH on top 6\u20130. Place kicker Dan Kelly missed the extra-point attempt, snapping his streak of 50 straight this season and 69 consecutive over the past two years. Brennan finished the game completing 29-of-46 for 425 yards. He surpassed the 400-yard mark for the fourth time this season and the 17th time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0027-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\n\"What I learned last year is that don't pay any attention to records or stats\", Brennan said. \"This offense and this team is not about that but about the 'W' \u2013 that is our mentality.\" Hawai`i struck again in the first quarter as Brennan found Ryan Grice-Mullen on a fade route in the left corner of the end zone to put UH up 13\u20130. In the second quarter, Myron Newberry returned a short NMSU punt 29 yards to the Aggie 12 to set up a 27-yard field goal by Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0027-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\nThe UH defense held the Aggies on a fourth-and-three at the UH 47, then two plays later Brennan hooked up with Grice-Mullen down the right sideline for a 42-yard score to make it 23\u20130. The Aggies' Paul Young added a 34-yard field goal as UH went into the locker room with a 23\u20133 halftime lead. NMSU scored on its opening possession of the second half, marching 58 yards on 11 plays, capped by a 41-yard field goal by Young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0027-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\nUH took the ensuing kickoff and drove 61 yards in five plays with Brennan completing a 23-yard scoring pass to Davone Bess. The TD pass by Brennan was his 117th of his career, tying him with Chang. The Aggies reached the end zone for the first time on their next possession as Chase Holbrook hit Wes Neiman on a 19-yard score. Brennan became UH's all-time leader on the Warriors' next possession when he hit Grice-Mullen on an 11-yard score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0027-0005", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\nBrennan then orchestrated a 10-play, 95-yard drive with 6:56 left in the fourth quarter, connecting with Bess on a 12-yard pass play for a 43\u201313 Warrior lead. UH defensive back JoPierre Davis picked off Holbrook late in the fourth quarter and returned it 57 yards for the final margin. Grice-Mullen finished the game with a career-high 195 yards receiving while Bess tied the UH mark for career touchdowns after reaching the endzone twice. He now has 38, tying him with former UH quarterback Michael Carter and receiver Chad Owens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)\n\"If you ask me during the game, I never know the numbers\" Grice-Mullen said. \"I may know how many touchdowns. My objective is to just go out and play the game and get a win. We've been in the system 3 or 4 years now with the same quarterback and things are becoming second nature and go out and have fun.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nThe University of Hawai`i moved to 9\u20130 for the first time since the 1925 season with a 37\u201330 victory against Fresno State in a Western Athletic Conference game in front of 49,047 fans at Aloha Stadium. Quarterback Colt Brennan tied two NCAA Division I career touchdown records in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nBrennan tied Brigham Young's Ty Detmer for most career touchdown passes (121) and most career touchdowns responsible for (135) with two passing and one rushing scores against the Bulldogs. The Warriors (9\u20130, 6\u20130 WAC) are one of only two undefeated teams remaining in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I). UH extended their win streak to 10 games, tied with Kansas for the longest current streak in the country. Lightning struck quickly as Brennan hit wide receiver Jason Rivers on a 67-yard post pattern on the third play of the game to put the Warriors up 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nBrennan finished the game completing 28-of-39 passes for 396 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game in the fourth quarter. \"I'm glad we could get the win\", head coach June Jones said. \"We started off pretty good and then got ourselves in a football game. (Colt) is fine. He'll be ready for the next game.\" On UH's next possession, Brennan drove the offense down the field 83 yards on eight plays, capped by a 33-yard run by Leon Wright-Jackson. Brennan called his own number on UH's third possession from three yards out to lead 21\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0030-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nHowever, Bulldog A.J. Jefferson took the ensuing kickoff and returned it 98 yards to pull to within 14. UH's Dan Kelly put the Warriors back on top by 17 splitting the uprights with a 25-yard field goal the next time UH had the ball. Brennan then connected with Davone Bess on a 5-yard crossing route that gave UH a commanding 31\u20137 lead at the 11:26 mark in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0030-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nThat TD pass by Brennan tied him with former Brigham Young quarterback Ty Detmer at 121 career TD passes for a share of the all-time NCAA Division IA career TD passing mark. Fresno State (6\u20134, 5\u20132) added a 28-yard field goal by Clint Stitser to trim the deficit to 31\u201310 with 4:33 remaining in the second. After recovering a fumble at the UH 26, the Bulldogs drove a short field with FSU quarterback Tom Brandstater finding Isaac Kinter in the back of the end zone for a 6-yard score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0030-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nThe extra point went wide right to pull FSU to within 31\u201316 with 37 seconds left in the second. UH then drove 53 yards in 35 seconds to set up a 50-yard field goal by Kelly to take a 34\u201316 lead into the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the Warriors opened up the fourth with Kelly booting his third field goal of the evening, a 24-yarder. The Bulldogs took the kickoff and traveled 85 yards in five plays with Brandstater hooking up with wide receiver Marlon Moore on a 31-yard touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0030-0005", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\n\"Anytime we play Fresno, it is a tough game\", linebacker Adam Leonard said. \"Pat Hill's team is a run first and we knew they would have an attitude and not let up. We were fortunate to come out with a win.\" Brennan left the game at the 10:43 mark after taking a head-on collision with FSU linebacker Marcus Riley. \"I'm doing fine\", Brennan said after the game. \"I'd like to thank everyone for the support they gave out there. I'm looking forward to getting back on the field for next week's game against Nevada.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)\nThe Bulldogs added a late score. UH recovered the onside kick and ran the clock out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nDan Kelly's 45-yard field goal with 11 seconds left lifted No. 12 Hawai'i past Nevada, 28\u201326, in a Western Athletic Conference game in front of 22,437 at Mackey Stadium tonight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nHawai'i got the ball back with 2:16 remaining in the fourth quarter, trailing 26\u201325. Quarterback Tyler Graunke marched the Warriors 61 yards in 11 plays to set up Kelly's heroics. The Wolf Pack tried to ice the junior kicker twice. UNR called a timeout just before the snap on the first try as Kelly's kick split the uprights. The kicker and special teams personnel regrouped and duplicated the feat once more, this time it counted. Nevada had one last chance but the hail mary attempt was intercepted by Jacob Patek on the final play of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nThe Warriors extended their win streak to 11-game, tying the longest in school history. UH also finished 5\u20130 on the road this season and extended their road win streak to eight straight dating back to last season. Lastly, the Warriors extended their WAC win streak to 14 games. Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan did not start the game. Instead, Graunke got the nod. Head Coach June Jones rotated the two quarterbacks along with Inoke Funaki on the opening drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0033-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nThe Warriors (10\u20130, 7\u20130 WAC), who won in Reno for the first time in four tries, took the opening kickoff and drove 50 yards in 11 plays, capped by a Kelly 45-yard field goal. After UH punter Tim Grasso pinned Nevada at their own 3 yard line, defensive lineman David Veikune sacked Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the endzone to give UH a 5\u20130 lead and its first safety of the season. UH made it 12\u20130 after sustaining another long drive of 64 yards highlighted by a 3-yard touchdown pass from Graunke to Jason Rivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0033-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nNevada (5\u20135, 3\u20133 WAC) cut the deficit to 12\u20137 after Kaepernick hit Luke Lippincott on a 7-yard scoring strike. Graunke then orchestrated a four-play 80-yard drive with the quarterback calling his own number from 7-yards out. A 53-yard pass play from Graunke to C.J. Hawthorne on the first play of the drive set up the touchdown. The Wolf Pack responded with a 41-yard field goal by Brett Jaekle to go into the locker room at halftime with UH out in front, 19\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0033-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nNevada took the second half kickoff and traveled 52 yards with Jaekle booting his second field goal of the game, a 42-yarder. The Wolf Pack took its first lead of the game, 20\u201319, on their next possession with a 17-play drive covering 90 yards elapsing eight minutes and 20 seconds with Kaepernick bootlegging over from three yards out. UH recaptured the lead, 25\u201320, as Graunke connected with Ryan Grice-Mullen for a 22-yard scoring strike. The Warriors went for two, but Graunke's attempt was batted down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0033-0005", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nAfter both teams exchanged punts, Nevada then put together a 51-yard drive highlighted by a 45-yard pass play before Lippincott plunged over the left side from 5 yards. The two-point pass attempt was no good giving the Wolf Pack a slim, 26\u201325 lead with 8:27 left in the fourth quarter. On UH's next possession, Graunke was sacked and fumbled the ball giving Nevada good position from the UH 44-yard line. Two plays later, defensive lineman Keala Watson popped UNR wide receiver Arthur King Jr. and made him cough up the ball with Watson recovering at the UH 47. The Warriors were stopped on a fourth down play when Graunke tried to thread it to Rivers on the left sideline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)\nThe UH defense held Nevada's offense and forced them to punt to give UH one last try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nThe 13th-ranked University of Hawai'i football team claimed its first outright Western Athletic Conference championship after a 39\u201327 victory over No. 17 Boise State, Friday night, at a sold-out, raucous crowd at 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium. The win keeps the Warriors' (11\u20130, 8\u20130 WAC) hopes alive of a Bowl Championship Series game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nHawai'i snapped Boise State's streak of 18 straight WAC wins and a six-game losing streak to the Broncos (10\u20132, 7\u20131). It also snapped BSU's stranglehold of the conference title, ending the Broncos five-year reign. The victory extended UH's win streak to a new school-record 12 straight. UH also captured WAC championships in 1992 and 1999, however, those were shared with other teams. Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan led the Warrior aerial attack with 495 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for another score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nBrennan broke three major college records following his first TD of the night to Ryan Grice-Mullen, breaking Ty Detmer's mark for most career touchdowns, most TDs responsible for and most points responsible for. \"I think we proved something tonight with all of the so-called experts who picked Boise to beat us\", Brennan said. \"It was a great win for us, the school and the state. The faith on this team is huge. We believe in ourselves.\" Receiver Davone Bess set a new school record with 15 receptions for 181 yards and two touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nWith the two scores, he and Brennan tied the NCAA mark for passing combinations with 39 career TDs. Jason Rivers had 11 catches for 113 yards and one touchdown. C.J. Hawthorne had 111 yards and one score. Friday's contest was a match-up between two of the nation's top offensive teams. Coming into the game, Hawai'i was No. 1 in the country averaging 48.0 points per game and third at 523.9 yards per contest. Boise State, meanwhile, was third with 44.2 points and 10th at 488.7 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nThe Warriors finished the game with 574 yards of total offense and held the Broncos to a season-low 101 yards rushing. UH also limited BSU star running back Ian Johnson to 86 yards on the ground. Following a 50-yard dash which put the Broncos up 7\u20130, the Warrior defense allowed only 19 yards the rest of the game to the Heisman hopeful. \"I was a little concerned early when we had the special teams breakdowns\", UH head coach June Jones said. \"But I'm very proud of the kids. They battled through a lot of adversity and hung in there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nI'm very happy for the state of Hawai'i.\" After matching the Broncos score with Brennan's record-breaking TD to Grice-Mullen, Hawai'i responded with a 95-yard, seven-play drive, ending in a Brennan keeper from one-yard out. The PAT was blocked, one of two blocked extra points by the Broncos on the night. BSU responded on its next drive, retaking the lead, 14\u201313. The Broncos traveled 69 yards on 11 plays with Johnson taking the pitch and going over the right side for a 1-yard score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0005", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nHawai'i answered the score with Brennan orchestrating an eight-play drive encompassing 67 yards hitting Bess on a 23-yard scoring strike for a 19\u201314 lead. The Broncos pulled to within two at the half with a 39-yard field goal by Kyle Brotzman. The Warriors took the opening drive of the second half as Brennan completed all six of his attempts for 70 yards with the last 22 going to Bess on a flair to the left flats for a 26\u201317 lead. \"I think by us putting it in the endzone on the first drive, it got everyone pumped up\", Jones said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0006", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nThe Broncos scored 10 straight on a six-yard pass from Tayor Tharp to Rickie Brockel and a Brotzman 36-yard field goal after Brennan was picked for the second time in the game. But that was BSU's last lead as the Warriors scored on consecutive drives to end the third quarter. Brennan led the Warriors downfield on 10 plays and 70 yards, culminating on a seven-yard stop route to Rivers for a 32\u201327 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0036-0007", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Boise State (Rivalry)\nAfter forcing the Broncos to punt, Brennan then completed consecutive passes of 19 and 28 yards to running back Kealoha Pilares and Bess, respectively, before finally hooking up with Hawthorne on a 38-yard toss. Neither team scored in the final period. As UH ran out the clock, fans stormed the field in celebration while the team was awarded the WAC Championship trophy by commissioner Karl Benson. \"I told everyone that after eight games, the final four would be the determining factor\", Jones said. \"We got three, we need one more.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\nThe University of Hawai`i football team (12\u20130, 8\u20130 Western Athletic Conference) completed an undefeated regular season by rallying past Washington, 35\u201328, Saturday night at sold-out Aloha Stadium. A raucous crowd watched the Warriors erase a 21-point first half deficit and score the game's final 28 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\nHeisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan completed 42-of-50 for 442 yards and five touchdowns, four to wideout Jason Rivers, who also grabbed 14 receptions for 167 yards. After the Warriors tied the game at 28, Brennan led the game-winning drive, ending with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen with 44 seconds left. \"What a win\", exclaimed UH head coach June Jones. \"(The team) was committed to getting a win tonight. They played hard and I can't be more proud of them. It's unbelievable. The (regular season) could not have ended better.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\nUW (4\u20139, 2\u20137 Pac-10) scored on its first three possessions in the game's first 10 minutes. The first two scores were aided by a UH illegal substitution penalty and a UH fumble. Quarterback Jake Locker scored on an 8-yard run followed by Luke Kravitz's 1-yard plunge. It was Kravitz again finding the endzone from two yards out to make it 21\u20130. UH fumbled the ball over to UW three times in the opening quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0038-0002", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\nThe Warriors finally got on the scoreboard with 10:17 left in the second with Brennan hooking up with Rivers on a 7-yard pass to cut the deficit to 21\u20137. But UW took the ensuing kickoff and traveled 84 yards capped by Paul Homer diving over from a yard out. UH made it a 14-point game as Brennan connected again with Rivers on a 3-yard scoring pass. Brennan completed all five of his passes accounting for the 75 yard-drive. Hawai'i pulled to within seven just before the half when Rivers caught his third touchdown from Brennan, a 13-yarder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0038-0003", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\nOriginally, the catch was ruled incomplete, but it was overturned after the review. Brennan completed his final 17 passes of the half, breaking the UH record of 16 set by Jason Whieldon in 2003. Neither team scored in the third quarter. UW had a chance, but Ryan Perkins' 38-yard field goal was blocked by Joshua Leonard. The Warriors tied it at 28 when Brennan hit Rivers on a 40-yard streak pass at the 8:01 mark in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0038-0004", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\nThe UH defense came up big in the fourth aided by a huge penalty when Locker passed the line of scrimmage to throw what would have been a first down. Instead, the penalty was tacked on and a loss of down forcing UW to punt and setting up UH's game-winning drive. The drive started at their own 24 and the Warriors marched downfield in eight plays covering 76 yards capped by a five-yard pass to Grice-Mullen with 44 seconds left. \"Coach Jones trusted me on that last call\", Brennan said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0038-0005", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Washington (Pac-10)\n\"I told coach 'we got 'em' so I changed it to a pass play because I knew they were going to be in man. I've got the most talented receiving corps in the nation.\" The Huskies weren't done just yet. Locker completed a 25-yarder to Michael Gottlieb and a 49-yard bomb to Marcel Reece to the UH four. Two plays later, Locker's pass was deflected by Gerard Lewis and picked off by Ryan Mouton setting off a wild celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Post Season: 2008 BCS Allstate Sugar Bowl, Georgia (SEC)\nThe 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl Game was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the 74th Sugar Bowl. It was played on January 1, 2008, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Post Season: 2008 BCS Allstate Sugar Bowl, Georgia (SEC)\nBecause the SEC champion (LSU) was slated to participate in the BCS National Championship Game, the number-five Georgia Bulldogs were selected to host the number-ten, WAC champion Hawaii Warriors, the last undefeated major college football team going into the bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Post Season: 2008 BCS Allstate Sugar Bowl, Georgia (SEC)\nThe Warriors were only the third team not in any of the six BCS conferences (not counting major independent Notre Dame) to play in a BCS game. Boise State qualified for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, and Utah made the same game two years earlier. Both teams won their respective games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Aftermath\nWith Hawaii's defeat, the 2007\u201308 college football season ended with no undefeated teams, something that had not happened since the 2003\u201304 season. This is also the second time in the BCS era that this has occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Aftermath\nIt also began a streak of three straight bowl game losses for Hawaii, a streak that has continued as of 2016. After this season, Hawaii was 40\u201364, and their lone winning season was also 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Aftermath\nGeorgia DE Marcus Howard was named the MVP of the Sugar Bowl Game, the first time in its history that a purely defensive player has received the honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Aftermath\nWith the win, Georgia Head Coach Mark Richt became the first head coach in Georgia history to win more than one Sugar Bowl (his previous victory was over Florida State University following the 2002 season). Vince Dooley and Wally Butts won one Sugar Bowl each, with Dooley's only win securing the 1980 National Championship. Dooley lost four other Sugar Bowl games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Aftermath\nOn January 8, Hawaii Head Coach June Jones left Hawaii to become the head coach at Southern Methodist University. He signed a five-year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191519-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Roster\nMario Cox: Dismissed from the team on October 30, 2007. He had played in five\u00a0games this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191520-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hawthorn Football Club season\nThe 2007 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 83rd season in the Australian Football League and 106th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191521-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hayward teachers strike\nThe Hayward teachers strike was an April 2007 ten-day strike of teachers in the Hayward Unified School District in Hayward, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191521-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hayward teachers strike, Teacher demands\nThe teachers, counselors and nurses, represented by the Hayward Education Association (HEA), were upset over a 16% raise given to two district administrators in summer 2006. Negotiations broke down, with the HEA asking for an 8.08% retroactive raise initially, reaching 16% after 2 years, and the district offering a one time 5.5% raise (one source stating 7%) with possible subsequent increases of 1.6%, which was rejected. The district offered an additional one time 3% bonus, which was also rejected. The district had come out of receivership in 2005, and the administration was concerned about the district going back into the red. Teachers cited the administrator's raises as evidence the district undervalued teachers and might be hiding money that could be applied to teacher salaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191521-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hayward teachers strike, Strike\nThe strike commenced on 5 April 2007, with only 45 of approximately 900 teachers showing up to work, with the balance appearing in picket lines. District administrator Dale Vigil initially dismissed the strike effects, but after a week of the strike, Vigil looked to file an injunction against the HEA, to force the teachers back into classrooms. Vigil was confronted at one point by angry strikers, who pounded on his car and pushed him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191521-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hayward teachers strike, Impact on schools\nOnly 4,100 of approximately 22,000 district students showed up for classes the first day of the strike. 29 schools were affected initially.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191521-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hayward teachers strike, Community and media response\nFarm Workers Union founder and activist Dolores Huerta showed up to support the striking teachers. Local TV and newspaper outlets covered the story.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191521-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hayward teachers strike, Conclusion\nThe Hayward Teachers strike ended in a tentative agreement on 25 April 2007, when Vigil announced the settlement during a regular school board meeting. Teachers voted to pass the agreement detailing an 11% raise over the next two years, the following day, as classes resumed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191522-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hazfi Cup Final\nThe 2007 Hazfi Cup Final was a two-legged football tie in order to determine the 2006\u201307 Hazfi Cup champion of Iranian football clubs. Saba Battery faced Sepahan in this final game. The first leg took place on Jun 09, 2007 at 17:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Derakhshan Stadium in Robat Karim and the second leg took place on Jun 16, 2007 at 16:30 local time (UTC+3:30) at Naghsh Jahan Stadium, Esfahan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191522-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hazfi Cup Final, Format\nThe rules for the final were exactly the same as the one in the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after extra time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191523-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Heartland Championship\nThe 2007 Heartland Championship was the primary provincial rugby union championship in New Zealand played between August 18 and October 18, 2007. As in the inaugural competition, the 2006 Heartland Championship, 12 teams were involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191523-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Heartland Championship\nNorth Otago won the Meads Cup, beating Whanganui in the final, while Poverty Bay repeated as Lochore Cup champions, overcoming a half-time deficit of 16 points to beat South Canterbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191523-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Heartland Championship, Round 1, Standings\nThe top three places in each pool, highlighted in gray, advanced to the Meads Cup. The remaining teams entered the Lochore Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final\nThe 2007 Heineken Cup Final was a rugby union match played at Twickenham Stadium in London, England, on 20 May 2007 to determine the winners of the 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup, European rugby's premier club competition. It was contested by English clubs Leicester Tigers and London Wasps. It was the 12th Heineken Cup final overall, and the third to be contested by two teams from the same nation, after the finals of 2003 and 2005, both of which were all-French affairs. It was Leicester's fourth appearance in the final, following a defeat in 1997 and back-to-back victories in 2001 and 2002. Wasps were competing in their second final, three years after their last appearance in 2004, also at Twickenham, which was hosting the final for the third time after 2000 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final\nEach club needed to progress through the group stage and two knockout rounds to reach the final, playing eight matches in total. Wasps and Tigers each won their respective groups to qualify for the quarter-finals. Wasps advanced to the final after defeating Irish side Leinster in the quarter-finals and fellow English club Northampton Saints in the semi-final. Tigers made the final after wins over French side Stade Fran\u00e7ais in the quarter-finals and the Llanelli Scarlets Welsh regional side in their semi-final. Alan Lewis was the referee for the match, which was played in front of a crowd of 81,076 \u2013 a world record for a club rugby union match \u2013 and broadcast worldwide in more than 100 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final\nThe first score of the match came from Wasps' Alex King, who kicked a penalty in the 4th minute, but Andy Goode equalised for Tigers with another penalty three minutes later. Wasps went back in front thanks to a try from scrum-half Eoin Reddan in the 13th minute, only for King to miss the conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final\nTigers reduced the deficit to two points with a quarter of an hour gone, when Goode scored his second penalty following an infringement by Fraser Waters on Lewis Moody, but Rapha\u00ebl Iba\u00f1ez extended Wasps' lead with their second try in the 34th minute, only for King to again miss the conversion. A third penalty for Goode two minutes from half-time meant Wasps led 13\u20139 at the interval. In the second half, three penalties and a drop goal from King, unanswered by Leicester, ensured Wasps won the game 25\u20139 and their second Heineken Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Background\nThe Heineken Cup, European rugby's premier club competition, was established by the Five Nations Committee in 1995 to provide a new level of professional cross-border rugby competition. Clubs from the Premiership Rugby, Pro14, Super 10 and the Top 14 leagues qualified for the competition based on their performance in their respective national leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Background\nThe 2007 final was the last match of the 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup and the 12th final of the Heineken Cup. It was the first time in the competition's 12-year history that two English clubs would play each other in the final. This was London Wasps' second Heineken Cup final and their first since beating Toulouse 27\u201320 in the 2004 final. Leicester Tigers had conversely appeared in four previous finals, the most recent being the 2002 final when they defeated Munster 15\u20139. The two sides had met each other in the competition twice before in December 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Background\nLeicester Tigers had won each of their two meetings in the 2004\u201305 Heineken Cup pool stage. Tigers won the two fixtures between the two clubs in the 2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby 19\u201313 at Adams Park in November 2006 and 40\u201326 at Welford Road Stadium in April 2007. It was the Tigers' third cup final of the season; they had won the 2006\u201307 EDF Energy Cup and the 2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby. This meant that the club were aiming to achieve the first treble in English rugby union history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe 2006\u201307 Heineken Cup featured 24 teams from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy who were assigned into six groups of four each. Teams were awarded four points for a win, two for a draw and bonuses were given to clubs scoring four of more tries or losing by seven or fewer points. The winners of each of the six groups as well as the two highest-placed runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals. The four quarter-final winners made the semi-finals which decided the two teams who would face each other in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, London Wasps\nWasps were assigned to the first pool along with Benetton Treviso, Castres and Perpignan. Wasps won their first match 19\u201316 at home at Adams Park on 21 October 2006, but were defeated 19\u201312 by Perpignan in their first away fixture of the pool at Stade Aim\u00e9 Giral a week later. The club's third pool match saw them whitewash Treviso 55\u20130 in poor weather at Adams Park on 10 December 2006 with a Heineken Cup club-record nine tries and five conversions. The result gave Wasps enough points to usurp Castres atop the pool table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, London Wasps\nThe return fixture at Stadio Comunale di Monigo six days later saw Wasps defeat Treviso 71\u20135 with a club-record eleven tries and eight conversions to go one point atop the pool table ahead of Perpignan. Wasps' fifth pool game saw the club beating Perpignan 22\u201314 at Adams Park and needing to win their final match to qualify for the knockout stages. They were able to reach the quarter-finals in their final pool game with a 16\u201313 victory over Castres at Stade Pierre-Antoine one week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, London Wasps\nIn the quarter-finals, Wasps were drawn to play Leinster and the match was played at Adams Park on 31 March 2007. Wasps made but ultimately withdrew a request to host the match at a larger ground so they could receive more gate receipts. Two Alex King penalties and one conversion and Eoin Reddan's try gave Wasps the lead. Chris Whitaker's try and Felipe Contepomi's try and conversion for Leinster made it 13\u201310 to Wasps at half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, London Wasps\nSecond-half tries from James Haskell, Daniel Cipriani and Reddan as well as a penalty and conversion from King ensured Wasps won the match 35\u201313 to make the semi-finals. In the semi-final, played at Ricoh Arena on 22 April 2007, Wasps faced fellow Premiership Rugby side Northampton Saints. A try, conversion and two penalties all scored by Bruce Reihana put Saints 13\u20130 ahead before Wasps won the match 30\u201313 and progression to the final with scoring by Paul Sackey, Haskell, Mark van Gisbergen and Josh Lewsey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester Tigers\nLeicester Tigers were drawn into the fourth pool along with Munster, Cardiff Blues and Bourgoin. Tigers lost their first match of the pool 19\u201321 to Munster at home at Welford Road Stadium on 22 October, ending the side's 26-match unbeaten record at home. The team won their following match 21\u201317 away to Cardiff Blues at Millennium Stadium a week later. Tigers' third pool game, held on 8 December 2006 at Stade Pierre Rajon in heavy rain forcing a pitch inspection, was against the yet-to-win Bourgoin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester Tigers\nThey led Bourgoin 28\u20133 at half time with three tries and penalties as well as two conversions. Although Bourgoin scored 10 points in the second half, Tigers won 28\u201313 and claimed their second victory in succession at an away venue. The return fixture at Welford Road eight days later saw Tigers defeat Bourgoin 57\u20133 with eight tries, seven conversions and one penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester Tigers\nTigers' second match against Cardiff Blues, this time at Welford Road on 13 January 2007, saw the side score six tries and two Ian Humphreys conversions in a 34\u20130 victory to set up a final match decider with Munster at Thomond Park the following week. Tigers beat Munster 13\u20136 to end Munster's 26-match unbeaten home record in the Heineken Cup and qualify for the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester Tigers\nIn the quarter-finals, Tigers played Stade Fran\u00e7ais at home on 1 April 2007. Tigers took the lead inside three minutes when Seru Rabeni scored a try. Penalties from Stade's David Skrela and a Juan Mart\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez try tied the match 11\u201311 at half-time. In the second half, Skrela scored a penalty from 35 metres (38\u00a0yd) to put Stade in the lead equalled by Andy Goode for Tigers seven minutes later. Skrela's subsequent penalty and drop kick from 40 metres (44\u00a0yd) put Stade 20\u201314 ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester Tigers\nOn 72 minutes, Tom Varndell scored a try under the goal post that was converted by Goode for Tigers to win 21\u201320 and make the semi-finals. In the semi-final held at Walkers Stadium on 21 April 2007, Tigers played Llanelli Scarlets. Tigers took a 16\u201310 lead before half-time through points all accumulated by Goode. In the second half, a Matthew Rees try converted by Stephen Jones gave Scarlets a 17\u201316 advantage. Tries by Shane Jennings and Louis Deacon that were each converted by Goode betwixt a Goode penalty saw Tigers win 33\u201317 and qualify for the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Pre-match\nIn April 2006, European Rugby Cup (ERC), the organisers of the Heineken Cup, awarded the right to host the 2007 final to Twickenham Stadium in South West London. It was the third time the stadium had hosted the Heineken Cup final. Twickenham had previously staged the 2000 Heineken Cup Final between Northampton Saints and Munster, which Northampton won 9\u20138, and the 2004 Heineken Cup Final. The referee for the match was Alan Lewis, representing the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Pre-match\nIt would be the first time the 42-year-old Lewis would officiate a Heineken Cup final although he had refereed the European Challenge Cup finals of 2002 and 2005. Lewis' assistants were Alain Rolland, and Simon McDowell, also representing the IRFU. The fourth official was Peter Fitzgibbon, also from the IRFU. The IRFU's David McHugh was the television match official. Douglas Hunter and Richard McGhee of the Scotland Rugby Union (SRU) were the citing and match commissioners. Both clubs sold out their 9,500 ticket allocation distributed to their supporters. A total of 56,000 tickets were sold to the general public and 7,000 were allocated to ERC's European rugby stakeholders. The match was broadcast worldwide in more than 100 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Pre-match\nThis was the last match for both coach Pat Howard and centre Daryl Gibson at Tigers, who were replaced by Marcelo Loffreda and Aaron Mauger respectively. Shaun Edwards, a Wasps coach, called the match \"the biggest game ever between Wasps and Leicester and the biggest club rugby match ever in the world since the sport began 100 years ago\" and that his team did not need internal motivation \"because it's Wasps versus Leicester.\" He added: \"If we allow ourselves to be bullied, we'll get what we deserve. If we can't handle Tuilagi or Seru Rabeni then we're in trouble.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Pre-match\nPaul Sackey, a winger for Wasps, said before the match that his team would be inspired by their 2003\u201304 Premiership Rugby final day defeat to Tigers and felt they could equal their physical strength: \"Talking Leicester up is half a bonus for us because we're the underdogs. We're really disappointed we haven't got any silverware yet this year and that motivates us even more.\" Tigers captain Martin Corry did not wish to make a comparison with his team's Premiership win to potential events at Twickenham, saying: \"We will enjoy the victory and enjoy lifting the trophy, but we will make sure that come Monday we're all focusing completely on Wasps.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Pre-match\nTigers were considered favourites to win the final by bookmakers. Wasps fly-half King had recovered from a knee and hamstring injury sustained on the final day of the Premiership Rugby season three weeks earlier to be selected amongst the club's starting lineup. Gibson was returned to the centre position, replacing Ollie Smith. Phil Vickery was due to move to loose head prop since no replacement was found for the injured Tim Payne, but instead played at tight head to accommodate the inclusion of Tom French, who replaced Peter Bracken at the front.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Pre-match\nJosh Lewsey played in centre in place of Dominic Waldouck, who was put onto the substitutes bench. Tigers registered no scrum half covers for the fixture. They were without scrum half Harry Ellis who, during the 2006\u201307 Premiership Rugby final, sustained a anterior cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee, requiring reconstructive surgery. Ian Humphreys was named to the substitutes bench in place of Ben Youngs, who was ineligible to play in European matches. The club were without Martin Castrogiovanni who was sidelined with a sprained right knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, First half\nGoode commenced the match in hot weather at 14:30 British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) on 20 May 2007, in front of a crowd of 81,076 spectators, a world record crowd for a rugby union club fixture. After eight seconds, Tigers were awarded a turnover after Wasps' Lewsey fouled Frank Murphy. Wasps earned two penalties in quick succession due to infringements by Tigers. For each, King elected to attempt a kick at goal, and was successful in his second attempt slightly to the left of the goal from 22 metres (24\u00a0yd) on four minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, First half\nThe match was temporarily interrupted on five minutes when King needed treating following an attempted incorrect tackle on Lewis Moody. After seven minutes, Tigers earned a penalty kick after Lawrence Dallaglio was adjudged to have been on the incorrect side of the tackle area. Goode kicked the ball between the goal posts to equalise at 3\u20133. A third penalty was awarded to Wasps when Tigers were deemed to have come on the side. King's wide shot from the left struck the left upright of the goalpost. On 13 minutes, Rapha\u00ebl Iba\u00f1ez looked at his choice for a short-range line-out, and Reddan collected his underarm pass from a short distance. Reddan ran 20 metres (22\u00a0yd) unchallenged to the left-hand corner and scored a try to make it 8\u20133 to Wasps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, First half\nKing's attempt to convert the try went across the posts. Two minutes later, Fraser Waters blocked Moody as the former tried to protect Joe Worsley at the kick-off in front of the referee and the goal posts. The result earned Tigers a penalty kick, which was scored by Goode for his second of the match to make it 8\u20136. Wasps received another penalty after 18 minutes when Corry was reprimanded by Lewis for not moving away from the ball. King's penalty kick was a weak effort from 45 metres (49\u00a0yd), giving him his third miss of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, First half\nPlay was stopped on 27 minutes due to a dispute between Vickery and Corry which was found to have been started by the former. Tigers earned a penalty in a five-metre scrum but Goode's kick went straight down the field. Iba\u00f1ez passed low to Simon Shaw, who was near the five-metre line. Shaw returned the ball to Iba\u00f1ez, who ran to the corner unchallenged and scored Wasps' second try to double their lead to 13\u20136 on 34 minutes. King was again unable to convert the try when the ball hit the goalposts at his fourth shot at goal. Four minutes later, Tigers earned a penalty kick when Tom Palmer committed an infraction at a ruck. Goode scored to complete a penalty hat-trick. No further points were scored and the first half ended with Wasps leading 13\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Second half\nNeither side made changes to their lineup during the interval. Two minutes into the second half, Wasps increased their lead through a King penalty kick going between the posts from 30 metres (33\u00a0yd). This came after Alesana Tuilagi was observed holding the ball longer than allowed during a tackle. Another penalty was awarded on 44 minutes this time to Tigers but Goode's shot went wide. In the 48th minute, Sackey was gang-tackled by three Tigers players and needed treatment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Second half\nLewis observed Tuilagi committing a second infringement when the latter was offside in a ruck and the referee awarded Wasps a penalty in the 49th minute. King kicked to the right of the goal from 35 metres (38\u00a0yd) and scored his third penalty of the match to extend Wasps' lead to 19\u20139. On 50 minutes, Smith came on for Gibson in the centre at Tigers. Dallaglio picked up a left knee injury and was replaced by James Haskell a minute later. After 54 minutes, Vickery gathered the ball and allowed Tom Voyce to get a position that allowed King to make a drop kick from in front of the goal posts and increase Wasps' lead by three more points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Second half\nWasps replaced Shaw with Daniel Leo in the 55th minute. Tuilagi went to fly-half and threw a high pass over Geordan Murphy's head before Dan Hipkiss broke through the Wasps defense and passed the ball to Smith, who then gave it to Corry. In the 62nd minute, Tigers brought Ian Humphreys on for Goode. In the 68th minute, Hipkiss passed to Tuilagi, who ran to within 10 metres (11\u00a0yd) on the left before he was tackled by Ciprani who was then supported by other Wasps players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Second half\nThe subsequent defensive scrum saw Haskell run 70 metres (77\u00a0yd) up the field before Humphreys tackled him 5 metres (5.5\u00a0yd) from the line. Tigers flankers were observed to be offside at the ruck, earning Wasps a penalty kick. King, kicking from the right, successfully scored his fourth penalty in the 73rd minute. In the concluding seven minutes, Tigers substituted four players and Wasps made five personnel issues but no further points were scored. Lewis blew the final whistle, with Wasps winning the match 25\u20139 and their second Heineken Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Match, Details\nAssistant refereesAlain Rolland (Ireland)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Fourth officialPeter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)Television match officialDavid McHugh (Ireland)Citing commissionerDouglas Hunter (Scotland) Match commissionerRichard McGhee (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nThe Heineken Cup trophy was lifted by both Wasps captain Dallaglio and King following the presentation of runners-up medals to the Tigers side. Fraser was named man of the match but returned the glass vase presented to him because he did not want to damage it celebrating Wasps' victory on the pitch. Dallaglio commented on the victory: \"Being underdogs pumps you up. We defended as if our lives depended on it. That was our greatest ever win in a final.\" He added: \"Of all the finals that was number one without a doubt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nEveryone was telling us that was the best Leicester team ever, so we must be the best Wasps team ever.\" Worsley noted the team had not been consistent all year \"but on our day we're awesome\". Wasps' head coach Ian McGeechan commented: \"I don't know what the second team are going to say. They're the only team to have beaten the European champions.\" Iba\u00f1ez remarked: \"You can\u2019t imagine how good it feels to have win the Heineken Cup with these guys \u2013 it is fantastic. Those two lineout tries were good weren\u2019t they \u2013 two specials!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nHoward, who flew back to Australia to take over the family pharmacy business following a two-year spell as Tigers' coach, spoke of his team's failure to win the treble: \"To do a treble is an amazing thing. You've got to turn up lots of times. For the first time, we let ourselves down today.\" He also noted Wasps' physicality and Tigers' slight loss of composure contributed to their defeat. Nevertheless, Howard declared he was \"immensely proud\" of the club and commented: \"It's been pretty special this year, but we've let ourselves down today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nI'll be down for an hour or so then I'm going to celebrate our two wins.\" Corry admitted Wasps' outplayed the Tigers but said fatigue played no part in their defeat, adding: \"Those tries cost us the game. When you defend the line-out as fiercely as we do it leaves you vulnerable and Wasps found the holes. In the second half we gave everything. I saw that in the lads' eyes. As a captain and coach that's all you can ask for.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nWasps received \u00a337,000 for winning the final. McGeechan criticised the prize money disparity in winning the Heineken Cup and being relegated from Premiership Rugby, saying: \"At present, the system penalises Wasps when we give up a dozen players to Test rugby because under the current share-out of funds, we do not have the money to bring in new players. It's just not possible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191524-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Heineken Cup Final, Post-match\nDallaglio raised concern over the level of financial investment and Wasps' resources, adding: \"We need to go away and address the issues off the field and make sure we don't fail because of our lack of ability to compete at that level. We need to sort ourselves out and move forward. We need to compete with the likes of Leicester, Harlequins and Northampton who have great facilities.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191525-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open\nThe 2007 Heineken Open was an ATP Tour tennis tournament held on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand from 8 January until 15 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191525-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open\nThe tournament saw third-seeded David Ferrer claim his first of three tournaments this year, which was also his first hardcourt final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191525-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open, Finals, Doubles\nJeff Coetzee / Rogier Wassen defeated Simon Aspelin / Chris Haggard, 6\u20137(9\u201311), 6\u20133, [10\u20132]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191526-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles competition of the 2007 Heineken Open tennis tournament was held on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand between 8-15 January 2007. Andrei Pavel and Rogier Wassen were the defending champions, but Pavel did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191526-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open \u2013 Doubles\nJeff Coetzee and Wassen won in the final 6\u20137(9\u201311), 6\u20133, [10\u20132], against Simon Aspelin and Chris Haggard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191527-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open \u2013 Singles\nFollowing are the results of the 2007 Heineken Open \u2013 Singles competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191527-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Heineken Open \u2013 Singles\nJarkko Nieminen was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round to Olivier Rochus. David Ferrer defeated Tommy Robredo 6\u20134, 6\u20132 to claim the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191528-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hel van het Mergelland\nThe 2007 Hel van het Mergelland was the 34th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 7 April 2007. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Nico Sijmens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes\nThe 2007 Helmand province airstrikes were a set of airstrikes conducted by NATO on 22 June 2007 which resulted in death of at least 45 Afghan civilians. The death count in southern Helmand province was the highest since 2001, when US-led forces used heavy bombing in their campaign to drive the Taliban from power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, Background\nThe War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. This marked the beginning of the U.S. War on Terror. The stated purpose of the invasion was to capture Osama bin Laden, destroy Al-Qaeda, and remove the Taliban regime which had provided support and safe harbor to Al-Qaeda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, Background\nThe U.S. and Britain led the aerial bombing campaign, with ground forces supplied primarily by the Afghan Northern Alliance and supplemented by NATO troops. The U.S. military name of the conflict was Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, Background\nA U.N. tally shows that of civilian deaths this year, 314 were caused by international or Afghan security forces, and 279 by insurgents. A similar Associated Press count, though lower, shows the same trend: 213 killed by the U.S. or NATO and 180 by the Taliban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, The event\nOn 22 June 2007, NATO fighters attacked alleged insurgents in South Afghanistan. They targeted several houses in the southern part of Helmand province. What is not clear is exactly how many people died. It is known that women and children were among the dead, some local leaders say over 100 people were killed. The US and NATO say they do not have civilian casualty figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, Afghans' reaction\nCivilian deaths have infuriated Afghans. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has condemned the forces for carelessness and viewing Afghan lives as \"cheap.\" He has also blamed the Taliban for using civilians as human shields. President Hamid Karzai ordered a six-man team to conduct a more thorough investigation into the dozens of deaths in Helmand province, said Sher Mohammad Akhanzada, a member of parliament from the province. Karzai accused NATO of careless operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, NATO's response\nNATO, which has admitted some civilians were killed in the battle late Friday but says the number is far fewer than 45, welcomed Karzai's order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191529-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Helmand Province airstrikes, International reactions\nPakistan condemned civilian killings by NATO forces in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191530-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Helsingborgs IF season\nHelsingborgs IF had the most successful international run from a Swedish club for quite a while, beating Heerenveen and Galatasaray in The UEFA Cup, before losing out to Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven in the last 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191531-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Helvetia Cup\nThe 2007 Helvetia Cup or 2007 European B Team Championships in badminton was held from January 17 to January 21 in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191531-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Helvetia Cup\nThe three better teams of the competition won promotion to the top group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191532-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Herefordshire Council election\nElections to Herefordshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, along with the other local elections in England and Scotland. The entire council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party gained a majority on the council, after seven years of the council being under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191532-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Herefordshire Council election, Council Composition\nPrior to the election the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191532-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results\nAsterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. All results are listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191532-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, Hollington\nCllr Dawe previously stood as an Independent candidate in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191532-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Herefordshire Council election, Ward Results, Mortimer\nThe single seat in this ward was uncontested. The incumbent Conservative Party candidate Lillian Olwyn Barnett remained as the councillor for this ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191533-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191533-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 28 seats, while the Liberal Democrats were the main opposition with 6 seats. 15 of the 39 seats were being contested at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191533-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Background\nThe election in Borehamwood Kenilworth ward saw the sitting Labour councillor for the previous 24 years, Frank Ward, stand as an independent against Conservative and Labour candidates. This came after Ward was deselected by the local Labour Party, with Ward accusing local Labour party members of a conspiracy and religious discrimination. However this was denied by Labour, with Labour saying he had \"failed to meet the required standards to be considered as a Labour Party candidate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191533-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives maintained their majority on the council, staying on 28 seats after both gaining and losing a seat. The Liberal Democrats gained Bushey St James from the Conservatives to rise to 7 seats, but the Conservatives also gained a seat from Labour in Borehamwood Kenilworth, meaning that Labour was reduced to 4 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191533-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hertsmere Borough Council election, Election result\nConservative Penelope Swallow won in Borehamwood Kenilworth with a 49-vote majority over Labour, with independent Frank Ward having taken 216 votes. Ward said he was pleased with the result as he \"was only determined that I would split the Labour vote, so to some extent I did win.\" However the retiring Labour group leader Leon Reefe said they felt \"betrayed\" by Ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191534-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Higashi\u014dsaka city assembly election\nHigashi\u014dsaka, Osaka held an election for the city assembly on September 23, 2007. The right-wing parties Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and New Komeito won a majority. The Japanese Communist Party emerged as the biggest opposition party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191534-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Higashi\u014dsaka city assembly election, Issues\nThe major issue was the no-confidence vote towards mayor Junz\u014d Nagao, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Submitted shortly before the election it will force a mayoral election on October 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191534-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Higashi\u014dsaka city assembly election, Results\nThe results showed an increase of the vote for the Japanese Communist Party with almost 10,000 votes since last election and all nine candidates was elected. The LDP lost two seats, as did the New Komeito.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191535-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 High Peak Borough Council election\nElections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 3 May 2007. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative control. Overall turnout was 38.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191536-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Highland Council election\nElections to the Highland Council were held on 3 May 2007; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other councils in Scotland. Previous elections to the Council had been conducted using the single member plurality system (a.k.a. ' First Past the Post'). Changes implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 meant that future local government elections were to be conducted using the Single Transferable Vote, beginning with those in 2007. The 80 Highland Councillors were now to be elected from 22 wards, returning either three or four members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191536-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Highland Council election\nThe election saw Independent councillors retain their plurality, despite losing a significant number of members, and the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party both increasing their representation, with that of the Labour Party decreasing. The Independent and SNP groups subsequently went into coalition to form the Administration of the Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191537-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\nLegislative Assembly elections were held in Himachal Pradesh in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case\nThe 2007 hitman case is an Australian criminal case involving Steven Wayne Spaliviero and Swede Charlotte Karin Lindstr\u00f6m. Lindstr\u00f6m is so far the only one sentenced for the crime. Spaliviero served 11 years in prison and was released October 2017, but was never charged for the hitman case. The hitman case has been widely reported by media in Australia and Scandinavia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Charlotte Lindstr\u00f6m\nCharlotte Karin Lindstr\u00f6m (born 9 August 1984 in Sollentuna, Sweden) is a former waitress, promotion model, and former prisoner having spent three years in a Sydney jail after being arrested on 26 May 2007 in Sydney, Australia on suspicion of trying to hire a hitman to kill two men who were about to testify against her boyfriend Steven Spaliviero in court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Case\nLindstr\u00f6m arrived in Sydney in 2004 working as a part-time model as well as a waitress in the exclusive nightclub Hemmesphere in Sydney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Case\nIn Sydney, Lindstr\u00f6m met Steven Spaliviero and they soon started a relationship living in an apartment in Darling Harbour. Lindstr\u00f6m later told the court that she soon realised that he was both a wealthy businessman and a drug dealer. In early 2007, investigators started to look into Spaliviero's business and soon found two witnesses who said they had information about the man's drug dealing business. At that time Spaliviero was already on bail from Melbourne in relation to another drug case. Spaliviero was arrested, refused bail and sent to Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (\"MRRC\") in Silverwater, New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nIn MRRC, Spaliviero allegedly met another inmate who offered him to get witnesses in Spaliviero's case killed. In relation to this, Spaliviero phoned Lindstr\u00f6m from MRRC telling her to meet a \"solicitor\" and give him money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nLindstr\u00f6m started acting upon instructions from Spaliviero. When Lindstr\u00f6m finally met who she thought was a hitman, but who in reality was an undercover police officer, she was arrested. The police officer on the case stated that Lindstr\u00f6m wanted to have two men taken to the \"cemetery\" which meant she wanted them dead. The price was agreed as A$100,000 for each contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nUpon her arrest on 26 May Lindstr\u00f6m was remanded in custody. Later an application for bail was made where Steven Spaliviero's mother, Dolores Spaliviero, offered to put up A$2,000,000 surety to get Lindstr\u00f6m out from custody. In addition, Lindstr\u00f6m's friend and employer, Justin Hemmes provided an undertaking that if Lindstr\u00f6m was set free on bail, he would let her continue her work at the Hemmesphere nightclub until the trial. The application for bail was denied due to flight risk and Lindstr\u00f6m was remanded in custody.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nOn 18 September, having had a deal made with the prosecutors Lindstr\u00f6m pleaded guilty to the charges. On 21 December, she pleaded guilty in another court in Sydney. Lindstr\u00f6m appeared in a bullet-proof vest at her court hearings because of the alleged death threats against her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nLindstr\u00f6m was initially sentenced to four years in jail being eligible for early parole on 25 May 2009. Even though Lindstr\u00f6m was given a hefty discount from her sentence because she had agreed to testify against Steven Spaliviero and two other men, the Crown appealed against the sentence as \"manifestly inadequate\". The criminal court of appeals heard the appeal on 4 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nOn 23 July 2008, her maximum sentence was increased from three years and ten months to four years and nine months, making her eligible for parole in May 2010. On 11 August 2008, Lindstr\u00f6m started testifying against Spaliviero in his court case, even reading a love letter to the court which she had written to him in February 2007, some months before her own arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nDespite Lindstr\u00f6m's extensive testimonies, Spaliviero and two other defendants were found not guilty for the murder plot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nLindstr\u00f6m was released on parole from Long Bay jail in New South Wales on 25 May 2010 and deported the next day from Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nSince her release from prison, Lindstr\u00f6m has returned to her native home Sweden and is understood to have had ongoing threats against her life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Murder plot\nAccording to the Australian media, on 15 August 2010, Charlotte Lindstr\u00f6m agreed to return to Australia to testify in the trial of Spaliviero's associate. Due to an unspecified severe illness, she has not been allowed to travel to Australia. The upcoming trial has been postponed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Court hearings after sentence\nOn 11 August 2008, Lindstr\u00f6m was in court reading the love letter she wrote to Steven in February 2007, some months before her own arrest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Court hearings after sentence\nIn June 2009, Lindstr\u00f6m started to testify against Spaliviero in a Sydney courtroom. A video of Lindstr\u00f6ms 2007 arrest in Sydney was also released to the media. However, in July 2009 Steven Spaliviero and two suspected accomplices were found not guilty of conspiracy to murder the witnesses. Spaliviero argued that Lindstr\u00f6m had acted alone and that he, Spaliviero, only wanted to discredit the witnesses, not murder them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Media\nIn November, a few months after being released Charlotte Lindstr\u00f6m appeared on the Australian 60 Minutes on Channel 9 telling about her time in jail and about how she could do the crime she was sentenced for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Media\nChannel 9 in Australia aired a documentary on 6 September 2011 concentrating on Charlotte Lindstr\u00f6m's murder plot. According to the article in The Sydney Morning Herald Charlotte Lindstr\u00f6m \"no longer has feelings for\" Steven Spaliviero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191538-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Hitman case, Media\nSteven Spaliviero published a book in 2017 called Narco X about his criminal past and his relationship with Lindstr\u00f6m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191539-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2007. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191539-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191539-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings\nNote: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191540-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season\nThe 2007 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 62nd season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191541-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hokkaido gubernatorial election\nA gubernatorial election was held on 8 April 2007 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl\nThe 2007 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 27, 2007 in San Diego. It was part of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and one of 32\u00a0games in the 2007\u201308 bowl season. It featured the Texas Longhorns against the Arizona State Sun Devils. Texas won 52\u201334 and set Holiday Bowl records for the earliest score and for most points scored in the first\u00a0quarter. Texas also set a school record for most points scored in a bowl game. A bizarre play involving Chris Jessee, a member of the Longhorn football operations staff and the stepson of the Texas head coach, has been cited as one of the strangest plays of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Bowl background\nThe Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, since 1978. The game is currently sponsored by Pacific Life Insurance, so it is known as the \"Pacific Life Holiday Bowl\"; previous title sponsors have been SeaWorld, Thrifty Car Rental, Plymouth, and Culligan. Bowl games typically have contracts with specific colleges to provide eligible teams. The conferences affiliated with the Holiday Bowl has changed over the history of the bowl. As of 2007, the game features the 2nd place Pac-10 team and the 3rd place Big 12 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Bowl background\nIn 2004, one-loss California was blown out in an upset by the Big 12's Texas Tech, 45\u201331. Sonny Cumbie, Tech's quarterback, had one of the most memorable performances in Holiday Bowl history. In 2005, an Oregon team playing without its star quarterback (10\u20131) lost to a battered Oklahoma team, 17\u201314, solidifying many people's opinions that Oregon was unworthy of a BCS bid. Oklahoma's victory in 2005 was vacated as penalty for having two ineligible players on the team. As a result, there is officially no winner to that game. In the 2006 Holiday Bowl, the California Golden Bears defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 45\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Bowl background\nOne of the more popular (yet unusual) events associated with the Holiday Bowl is the Wiener Nationals, the national championships for the U.S. dachshund racing circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Team selection\nBefore the official bowl invitations were made, executive director Bruce Binkowski speculated that the matchup would be Texas vs. USC, which would have been a rematch of the classic 2006 Rose Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Team selection\nWith Texas' loss to Texas A&M the Longhorns fell out of contention for a BCS bowl; their bowl situation would be decided largely by the play of other Big 12 teams. Number\u00a0four Missouri beat number\u00a0two Kansas to win the Big 12 North Division. Missouri rose to the top spot in the BCS rankings prior to facing Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game. Oklahoma won the game to become the Big 12 Conference champion and secure their berth in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Team selection\nEven though Missouri defeated Kansas, won their division, and outranked Kansas in the BCS standings (number\u00a06 compared to number\u00a08 the Orange Bowl selected Kansas instead of Missouri to play in the 2008 Orange Bowl. BCS rules do not provide for all the highest ranked teams to be automatically included in BCS games; considerable discretion is given to the individual bowls in choosing among eligible teams. The Tigers were invited to play in the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic; the Cotton Bowl Classic having first pick of Big 12 teams after the BCS bowls have made their selections. The Holiday Bowl had the next selection and they chose Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Team selection\nArizona State University was ranked number\u00a011 in the BCS standings and they were eligible for a BCS bowl themselves, but like Missouri, ASU was left out of the BCS selections. They were the two highest ranked teams not selected for BCS bowls. This was primarily because the Rose Bowl selection committee chose to arrange a Pac10/Big10 matchup by pitting the lower ranked Illinois against Pac-10 representative USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Team selection\nAnother factor was BCS Buster Hawaii being ranked 10th; the rules specify that a non-BCS team is automatically selected if they are ranked 10th or higher and if an at-large bid is available. The Holiday Bowl selected the Sun Devils to face the Longhorns to set up the first meeting in the history of the two\u00a0programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Texas\nThe bowl was the 10th straight bowl invitation for Texas, setting a new school record by beating the previous streak of nine\u00a0straight bowl games from 1977\u201385. The Horns entered the game with a 6\u20133 bowl record under head coach Mack Brown, including victories in five of their last six bowl games and three consecutive bowl wins for the first time in school history. Texas beat Michigan 38\u201337 on a last-second field goal in the 2005 Rose Bowl and defeated USC 41\u201338 in the final minute of the 2006 Rose Bowl. They beat Iowa 26\u201324 in the 2006 Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Texas\nIt was the Texas\u2019 47th bowl appearance, which ranks second all-time in NCAA history behind Alabama's 54 appearances. That made Texas one of only four\u00a0schools nationally to win three bowl games in a row. Including six seasons at North Carolina, Brown had directed his teams to 16\u00a0straight bowl games \u2013 the second-longest active streak in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Texas\nThe game was UT's fourth appearance in the Holiday Bowl. Except for BYU with eleven\u00a0appearances, Texas has played in the Holiday Bowl more times than any other team. All three previous UT appearances were close contests, decided by a total of 17 points. UT defeated Washington, 47\u201343, in 2001, and fell to Oregon, 35\u201330, in 2000 and Washington State, 28\u201320, in 2003. In the 2001 game, quarterback Major Applewhite led Texas to set a Holiday Bowl record by overcoming a 19-point second-half deficit to win the game. UT scored 27 fourth-quarter points to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Texas\nBrown said, \"As a team, our focus will be on getting that 10th win and keeping our bowl winning streak alive. We've got a lot of work to do and the Holiday Bowl always seems to be a wild game with lots of sudden changes so we're looking forward to getting back on the practice field and preparing to play.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Texas\nThe game was the sixth time in the eight\u00a0consecutive seasons that the Longhorns had played in either this game or in the Rose Bowl; both are held in southern California. This led Long Beach Press-Telegram columnist Bob Keisser to joke that the team would be renamed \"the University of Texas-La Jolla.\" Entering the game, the Longhorns were averaging 462.0\u00a0yards of total offense (13th in the NCAA), 199.8\u00a0rushing yards (25th in the NCAA), 262.2\u00a0passing yards (36th in the NCAA) and 36.0\u00a0points per game (19th NCAA). Defensively, Texas was allowing 24.6\u00a0points, 374.8\u00a0total yards, 99.3\u00a0rushing yards per game (10th in the NCAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Texas\nBecause of the loss to Texas A&M, Mack Brown put the Longhorns through a boot camp in preparation for the bowl. Practices began at 6:00\u00a0am, starting positions were declared open to the best player, and players who made mistakes were forced to take ownership of those mistakes in front of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Arizona State\nASU completed a 10\u20132 regular season and won a share of the Pac-10 Conference Championship. Their won\u2013loss record tied that of the USC Trojans, but the Trojans won the tie-breaker by virtue of winning their game against ASU. The Trojans went to the 2008 Rose Bowl as conference champion and the Holiday Bowl selected ASU. The Sun Devils finished the regular season ranked number\u00a011 in the final BCS rankings, number\u00a011 in Coaches poll and number\u00a012 in the AP rankings while Texas was number\u00a019 in the BCS and number\u00a017 in both the coaches and AP rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 48], "content_span": [49, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Arizona State\nWhen the Holiday Bowl chose ASU, the Sun Devils head Coach Dennis Erickson said, \"We're excited about going to the Holiday Bowl. We get to play Texas. That's a great program, a historic program, and great opportunity for us. As I said last night after the game, we have no control over the BCS; all we can do is go out there and play football. Which we did a good job of 10 times. That's something that they have to deal with and they dealt with it and they did the best they can do with they system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 48], "content_span": [49, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Arizona State\nThis is just how it is. Our players are really excited about going where we're going.\" Vice President for ASU Athletics Lisa Love said. \"Playing a perennial power like the University of Texas, December 27 in the Holiday Bowl, which, by the way, is wonderfully hosted by that committee. This is a great, step forward. This is exactly what we wanted to do. We are very pleased to be mentioned in the same breath as a program like Texas.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 48], "content_span": [49, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Pre-game notes, Arizona State\nThe Sun Devils were competing in a bowl game for the fourth-year in a row and were appearing in the Holiday Bowl for the third time in program history. The Sun Devils lost to Arkansas, 18\u201317 in 1985 and to Kansas State, 34\u201327 in 2002. The Sun Devils held a 12\u20139\u20131 all-time bowl record. Their most recent appearance was a 42\u00a021 loss to Hawaii in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl at the end of the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 48], "content_span": [49, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary\nOne\u00a0week prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 2\u00a0points. Rivals.com favored Texas by 1\u00bd\u00a0points. The game was played Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 7:00\u00a0pm Central in San Diego's 70,561-seat Qualcomm Stadium and the official attendance was 64,020. ESPN provided both national television and national radio coverage of the game. The temperature was 53\u00a0\u00b0F (12\u00a0\u00b0C) at kick-off but dipped into the 40s before the first\u00a0half ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 31], "content_span": [32, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nTexas dominated the first\u00a0quarter and set two Holiday Bowl records. The Longhorns' first score, on a two-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Colt McCoy to Derek Lokey, was the quickest in game history at 13:39 remaining in the quarter. Lokey is best known as the Longhorns starting nose tackle but he is also used as an offensive end in short-yardage situations. He had lined up at full-back for the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAt the Holiday Bowl luncheon the day before, Lokey had joked that there was not a play in the Longhorn playbook that would result in him being deliberately given the ball. The Longhorns scored 21 first\u00a0quarter points \u2013 two more than SMU scored against BYU in 1980 in the old Holiday Bowl record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAfter Texas took the early seven\u00a0point lead, the teams traded punts. On the first\u00a0play of ASU's second possession, UT's Brandon Foster forced and recovered a fumble to bring about UT's third\u00a0offensive series. Brown put in back-up quarterback John Chiles, who is considered a greater running threat than McCoy. Chiles lined up in the zone read offense and handed off to Jamaal Charles, who ran 48\u00a0yard to the ASU 4-yard line. On the next play, Chiles ran the ball in for UT's second touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nThe next ASU drive ended when Brandon Foster intercepted a pass at the Texas 11-yard line. The teams traded punts and UT began a new drive on their 30-yard line with 1:40 remaining in the half. McCoy threw a 55-yard pass to Quan Cosby and on the next play Jamaal Charles ran in 15\u00a0yards for the touchdown. Texas\u2019 three\u00a0touchdown-scoring drives were accomplished using only 2:04 of game clock. The UT defense forced two turnovers and held the Sun Devils scoreless for the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nIn the second\u00a0quarter, ASU's Rudy Carpenter led the Sun Devils to a first down at the Texas 14-yard line. They lost one yard on first down and an incomplete pass set up third\u00a0and eleven. Carpenter attempted another pass but threw the ball hurriedly in an effort to avoid a sack by Texas linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy. The ball hit the ground and the officials initially threw a flag for intentional grounding; it would later be ruled a backwards pass which becomes a fumble once it hits the ground. The ball continued to bounce towards the Texas sideline with players from both teams in pursuit. The most bizarre event of the game occurred as the ball came close to the sideline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nChris Jessee, a member of the Longhorns football operations staff and Mack Brown's stepson, stepped onto the field and bent down as if to pick up the bouncing ball. Jessee thought that the ball was an incomplete forward pass and he was making the signal for intentional grounding as he stepped forward. The ball came close to Jessee's hands but it was not clear if he managed to touch it or if it bounced over his hands cleanly. Texas' Roy Miller slapped the ball, keeping it in-bounds. Aaron Lewis picked up the ball and advanced it 13\u00a0yards to the Arizona State 44-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nReplay officials took 12\u00a0minutes to review the play. On the video replays, the ball comes very close to Jessee's hands but it does not seem to change speed or trajectory as it goes past them. Despite the video replays providing no conclusive proof that Jessee had actually touched the ball officials ruled that he had made contact. The ball was declared dead at that point and the officials declared that Jessee had committed illegal interference; they declared an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty assessed against Texas. The ball went back to the Sun Devils and they were awarded half the distance to the goal, giving ASU fourth-and-3 at the 7-yard line. On the next play, Carpenter threw a touchdown pass to Chris McGaha to make the score 21\u20137 Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe controversial penalty was a big break for ASU as it resulted in a large momentum shift in allowing the Sun Devils to score. Video replays did show several Longhorns were on the field along with Jessee, despite an earlier bench warning that was given to Texas. For his role in inadvertently penalizing his team, Jessee has been compared to Steve Bartman, the man who may have inadvertently hurt the World Series prospects of the Chicago Cubs by interfering with a ball still in play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nUnlike Bartman, Jessee's goof did not result in a loss for his team; the Longhorns were able to shrug off the setback. Commentators also joked that Jessee might star in the Southwest Airlines advertising campaign called wanna get away? which includes people in difficult or uncomfortable positions longing to leave town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nAsked about the play after the game, Jessee said \u201cI did not touch the ball. I thought it was a forward pass and I was looking at the ball being thrown and I was signaling for a grounding penalty. Then, when I realized the ball was in play, I pulled my hands back\u2026 The guys played a great game. The focus shouldn't be on this.\u201d During the game, Mack Brown was furious with the penalty call and insisted that Jessee did not touch the ball. After the game Brown said that Jessee stepping onto the field \"[showed] how bad our family wanted to win the game\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nCommentators agreed the play was extremely unusual. The Austin American-Statesman said that it was one of the most bizarre moments of an odd college football season. Nick Canepa of the San Diego Union-Tribune said, \"I've been watching football since Jon Arnett and Ernie Zampese were playing for USC, and I've never seen anything like that. It was as if Jessee wanted it for a souvenir. Carpenter should have autographed it.\" Dennis Erickson said, \"It's the most unusual play I've seen in college football.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nFormer San Diego Charger Hank Bauer was asked if he had ever seen a similar play; he replied, \"Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. At any level.\" Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman said it was \u201cone of the most bizarre plays in bowl history \u2013 let's just say the only thing missing was the Stanford band\u201d. The game's replay official, Bob Patrick, explained afterwards that in such a bizarre circumstance, the officials have the right to award whatever penalty they feel is equitable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nLater in the second\u00a0quarter, Arizona State had a fourth-and-two at the Texas 31-yard line. ASU tried for a first-down, but tight end Brent Miller allowed the pass to bounce off his hands and the Longhorns took over on downs. Texas drove the 69 yards to take a 28\u20137 lead. The drive included a fake punt on fourth-and-one where the Longhorns snapped the ball to upback Rashad Bobino who pushed ahead for a three-yard gain and a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Sun Devils made the score 28\u201310 on a 32-yard field goal by Thomas Weber. UT took over with less than a minute remaining in the half but were unable to get into scoring position before time expired. During the first half, Jamaal Charles averaged 9.6 yards per carry for Texas. The Longhorn defense held the Sun Devils to only 5\u00a0rushing yards in the entire half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nIn the third\u00a0quarter, as in the second\u00a0quarter, the Sun Devils finished with a field-goal advantage but Texas forced another key turnover. On ASU's first drive they scored on a 46-yard field goal. Texas went three-and-out and punted to the Sun Devils who took over at the UT 40-yard line. ASU's first play was an apparent touchdown pass but it bounced out of the hands of the intended receiver and was intercepted by the Longhorns at the Texas 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nStarting at their own 5-yard line, UT gave the ball to Charles for a one-yard gain. Then Charles fumbled but recovered the ball himself on the 8-yard line. A delay of game penalty moved Texas back to the 4-yard line. McCoy connected with Nate Jones for the first down at the UT 22. Seven\u00a0plays later Texas was forced to punt but ASU's Kyle Williams fumbled the ball and Texas recovered on the ASU 32. Jamaal Charles rushed for a one-yard gain. On second down, McCoy made a 29-yard rush but fumbled the ball into the end zone; it was recovered by Jermichael Finley for a Longhorn touchdown, making the score 35\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nHunter Lawrence kicked off 55\u00a0yards for the Horns but ASU's Rudy Burgess returned it 35\u00a0yards to the 50-yard line. The Sun Devils scored on a 22-yard pass to Michael Jones. The third\u00a0quarter ended with Texas on offense at the ASU 21-yard line. Texas also drew a second sideline infraction warning during the third\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 46], "content_span": [47, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nTexas completed that drive with a 21-yard field goal to make the score 38\u201320. The Sun Devils could not make a first\u00a0yard down and punted back to Texas. The Horns put in John Chiles at quarterback and freshman Vondrell McGee at running back. McGee scored a touchdown on a 28-yard run. The Sun Devils replaced Carpenter with Danny Sullivan at quarterback. He led the team down the field and they scored on a 10-yard pass to Michael Jones. That made the score 45\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Longhorns advanced to the ASU 34-yard line. Facing fourth-and-six, Texas took a timeout to consider their options. McCoy attempted a pass to Quan Cosby but it was incomplete and the Sun Devils took over on downs. With Sullivan still in at quarterback, the Sun Devils mounted a ten-play drive that culminated in a three-yard touchdown run by Jarrell Woods. That put Arizona State trailing by eleven points. They attempted an onside kick but Texas recovered it at the Arizona State 44-yard line. Charles carried the ball three-straight times for gains of 5, 7, and 32\u00a0yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Sun Devils\u2019 next drive ended when Danny Sullivan's pass was intercepted by Brandon Foster at the Texas 44-yard line and returned for 5\u00a0yards to the Texas 49-yard line. The Longhorns used three rushing plays to run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Analysis\nThe Longhorns won the game 52\u201334. The 52\u00a0points were the most ever scored by the Longhorns in their 47\u00a0bowl games. With the Longhorns in control through most of the game, many fans left early. The San Diego Union Tribune estimated that 5,000\u00a0fans remained in the stands at the end of the game. The game lasted 4\u00a0hours and 17\u00a0minutes \u2013 equaling the 1989 Penn State \u2013 BYU game as the longest Holiday Bowl to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Analysis\nUT's Colt McCoy and Brian Orakpo (defensive end) were chosen at the game's offensive and defensive MVPs respectively. McCoy went 21-for-31 passing for 174 yards and netted 84 yards rushing; he gained 147 yards on the ground but also lost 63, including 25 on two sacks. Orakpo made 4\u00bd tackles for a loss \u2013 including two of the four sacks of Sun Devil starting quarterback Rudy Carpenter. Jamaal Charles rushed for 161\u00a0yards and two\u00a0touchdowns. He reached 1,619\u00a0yards for the season and 3,328 for his career. That made him the fourth-leading rusher in UT history going into his senior season. Six\u00a0days after the game, Jamaal Charles announced that he would forgo his senior season with Texas to enter the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Analysis\nOn the Sun Devil side, quarterback Rudy Carpenter tied Jake Plummer for the second-most career touchdowns in school history with his 64th and 65th. Carpenter went 18-for-36 for 187\u00a0yards and two\u00a0touchdowns. He also lost 45\u00a0yards on four\u00a0sacks. Arizona State had a total of five turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Analysis\nSports commentator Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman opined, \u201cThe truth of the matter is that the 17th-ranked Longhorns were everything most people thought they'd be in August as they bone-rattled a very good Arizona State team that came within an eyelash of a BCS berth. If Texas had been half this consistent all season, it'd be playing in a bowl game [after New Year\u2019s Day]. But Mack Brown will settle for a better-late-than-never performance with an impressive 52\u201334 victory over the Pac-10 co-champion Sun Devils in a Holiday Bowl that was just shorter than the Bush years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Analysis\nTexas had made a habit of finishing strong with some spirited fourth-quarter rallies all season, but this time it started stronger than garlic breath and never let up. This Texas team knocked the ever-living stuffing out of ASU. This Texas team showed fire, showed passion and mostly showed up. These Longhorns finished the year with a fulfilling game that could possibly squeeze them into the top 10 and should titillate their fans for eight months and stoke a high 2008 preseason national ranking.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191542-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Bowl, Analysis\nUT's first opponent of 2008 is Florida Atlantic University, who won the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and set a record for the shortest amount of time between starting a football program and securing a bowl victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191543-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Holiday Cup\nThe 2007 Holiday Cup was the ninth edition of the women's water polo competition, held in the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, United States. The tournament took place from December 5 to December 9, 2007. The tournament served as a preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers (with the exception of the United States and the Netherlands who had already qualified).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191544-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Holland Ladies Tour\nThe 10th edition of the annual Holland Ladies Tour was held from September 3 to September 8, 2007. The women's stage race with an UCI rating of 2.1 started in Valkenburg, and ended in Denekamp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191545-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Holland Series\nThe 2007 Holland Series involved the Corendon Kinheim, defeating the Konica Minolta Pioniers in 3 straight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191546-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nThe 2007 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Holy Cross tied for second in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191546-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nIn their fourth year under head coach Tom Gilmore, the Crusaders compiled a 7\u20134 record. Casey Gough, Obi Green and Dominic Randolph were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191546-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nThe Crusaders outscored opponents 395 to 264. Holy Cross' 4\u20132 conference record tied with Colgate and Lafayette for second place out of seven in the Patriot League standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191546-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Holy Cross Crusaders football team\nHoly Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191547-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Honda 200\nThe 2007 Honda 200 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It was held over the weekend of 20 -July 22, 2007, as the twelfth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the inaugural race for the IndyCar Series at the track. Eventual 2012 IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay made his IndyCar debut at this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191548-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg\nThe 2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2007 IndyCar Series season. It took place on April 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election\nThe 2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held on 25 March 2007 to select the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang was re-elected, defeating the pro-democracy challenger, legislator Alan Leong of the Civic Party by 649 to 123 votes in the 796-member Election Committee dominated by the pro-Beijing electors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election\nIt was the first competitive Chief Executive election featuring two candidates from different political camp as the pan-democracy camp were able to field their candidate to challenge the Beijing-favoured candidate for the first time. It has been said that the competitive nature of this election, with debates held between the candidates, changed Hong Kong's political culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Election Committee election\nThe Election Committee subsector elections was held on 10 December 2006 to form the 800-member Election Committee to select the Chief Executive. Out of 134 candidates, the pro-democrats won 114 seats. All pro-democracy candidates in Accountancy, Education, Engineering, Health services, Higher education, Information Technology and Legal subsectors won, of which the pro-democracy Legal candidates won all the seats in the subsector. Together with the 20 ex officio pro-democrat members of the Legislative Council, the pro-democrats were able to nominate their Chief Executive candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Election Committee election\nBarrister Alan Leong, member of the Civic Party and Legislative Council first expressed his interest in running as early as September 2006. A consensus was reached between the divided pro-democracy camp, despite the opposition from the radical democrats including the League of Social Democrats (LSD). Leong announced his candidacy in October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Pre-nomination campaign\nAlan Leong centred his campaign on democratic reforms, labour issues, anti-discrimination, solving the income disparity, education, employment, environment and public finance reforms. Incumbent Chief Executive Donald Tsang was noted for his impassiveness in the campaign. On announcing his candidacy, Tsang evaded all media invitations, and ignore Leong's constant pressure. He did not formally declare his run until early February, stressing that his priority was to fulfil his job expectations as the Chief Executive rather than a Chief Executive candidate. Tsang's slogan was \"I will get the job done\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nominations\nDonald Tsang had been widely expected to secure re-election by a landslide, as he had received nominations from 641 members of the same body. The pro-democracy candidate, Alan Leong secured 132 nominations, ensuring that he would contest the election, the first opposed Chief Executive election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Nominations\nAlthough the outcome of the election was a foregone conclusion, it was hoped that the debates would stimulate discussion about the future direction of Hong Kong, were meant for the respective candidates to put forward their political visions for public scrutiny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates\nThis was the first time for Hong Kong to have a broadcasting debate between the Chief Executive candidates. Two debates were held \u2013 one on 1 March and the other on 15 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates\nThe first debate consisted of an audience of 900, mainly the politicians, including the 530 Election Committee members. The public was excluded. The second debate consisted of an audience of 200 people randomly chosen by the University of Hong Kong and the Lingnan University. The first debate was held on 1 March 2007, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 7:00\u00a0pm to 8:30\u00a0pm, presided by Rita Fan; the second 90-minute debate was held on 15 March 2007 at the TVB City in Tseung Kwan O, co-organized by the 8 main media corporations in Hong Kong. Both debates were broadcast live by TVB, ATV and RTHK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Format\n530 members of the Election Committee attended the forum, which was stage-managed. The general public was not allowed to attend the debate but their questions to the candidates were collected in advance through fax or e-mails. A total of 3,409 questions were submitted, and 6 of them were selected for the candidates to answer in the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Format\nDirect questioning between the candidates was prohibited. The 90-minute debate was divided into 4 sessions. The two candidates were first given 3 minutes to deliver their election platform; Leong went first. After that there was a question-and-answer session. Each of the chosen questioners had 30 seconds in which to raise questions, and the candidates were allowed 20 minutes to respond to each question without using any props, notes, charts or diagrams. After the Q&A, Tsang was the first one to give his conclusion of the debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Issues\nQuestions raised by 22 members of the Election Committee and 7 citizens covered areas of democracy (doubts on universal suffrage), economic development, educational reform, etc. The issues which drew most heated argument from both candidates concerned democratic development and the relationship between central and SAR governments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Issues\nLeong challenged Tsang to support the target of universal suffrage in 2012. Leong suggested the central government's pragmatic and rational attitude was amply demonstrated by the total trust it put in Tsang, once considered a remnant of the British colonial government. Tsang said it would be \"dangerous and unworkable\" if his opponent was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Protests\nElection Committee member \"Long Hair\" Leung Kwok-hung interrupted the debate just before the introduction of election platform by Tsang. He mocked both by putting on a bowtie and put a handkerchief in his pocket, adopted clich\u00e9s of Tsang and Leong respectively. He crawled like a dog in front of the stage and shouted slogans opposing the small-circle election, but was escorted out by 10 security guards. Other organisations also protested outside the venue concerned mainly about the lack of public participation in the forum, and also some social problems which existed in society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Outcome\nThe first debate attracted 1.863\u00a0million viewers, approximately 27 percent of the local population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Outcome\nMost of the local newspapers did not report much on the contents of the election platform proposed by the two candidates, but rather reported more on their debating skills, behaviour, presentation and even how they dressed in the forum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Outcome\nA survey conducted by the University of Hong Kong shows that after the debate Tsang still leads. A public opinion programme organised by the University of Hong Kong has shown that 46.5% of the 510 respondents considered Tsang outperformed Leong while 33.9% of them thought the opposite. 67.9% of them said that they would vote for Tsang as the Chief Executive and only 21.7% of them would vote for Leong if they had the voting right. Tsang apparently won public support because of his strength in the details of policy issues, while Leong's understanding of public finances and other policies seemed to be weaker than Tsang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Outcome\nBoth candidates gained increased support from the general public after debate as indicated by the survey results, compared to a previous survey where only 65.3% and 16.1% of the respondents support Tsang and Leong being elected respectively. Nevertheless, all the figures reflect an unexpected performance displayed by Leong, who adopted a combative approach and seized every opportunity to attack Tsang's record, especially in terms of environmental protection and the possibility of universal suffrage by 2012. On the other hand, Tsang appeared to present himself as a statesman defending his record, rather than attacking the weaknesses of Leong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The first debate, Outcome\nA survey conducted right after the debate by the Public Governance Programme of Lingnan University showed that 61.4% of the 611 respondents \"supported\" Tsang while just 25.9% of them supported Leong. In the survey, 26.7% of the respondents had an improved impression upon Tsang after the debate; while 13.1% of them had a less favourable impression, and 57.4% of them had an unchanged impression of Tsang. By contrast, 36.5% of the 611 respondents had a more favourable impression of Leong. Liberal Party Chairman, James Tien said that although Tsang's campaign office apparently \"lacked preparation\", his performance \"would not undermine the central government's support for him\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The second debate, Format\n200 members of the general public were allowed to participate in this event to raise questions. This debate was divided into 3 sessions: social livelihood, politics and economics as themes for each session. During the debate, the two candidates respectively answered 9 questions from the audience and 6 from the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The second debate, Issues\nDuring the second debate, Tsang said that the commitment to universal suffrage was enshrined in the Basic Law, a national policy which nobody could change. He promised he will start planning and negotiating the issue on the universal suffrage within the coming 5 years if he was successfully renewed in the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The second debate, Issues\nOn the other hand, faced with certain defeat at the poll, Leong said that \"Hong Kong has triumphed in this first ever contested race in Hong Kong and China's democratic history.\" And he vowed to return in the 2012 universal suffrage election. In response, NPC chairman Wu Bangguo, was quoted as replying the final decision on matters related to Hong Kong's political system rested with the central government and not the SAR government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Debates, The second debate, Outcome\nAccording to the second survey on Chief Executive Forum carried out by the University of Hong Kong, the instant poll showed that 38.9% of 520 respondents thought that Tsang's performance of was better than that of Leong, while 39.3% of the respondents thought Leong performed better. The result shows a significant difference, compared with the first instant poll, in which Mr. Leong was behind his rival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Opinion polling\nDonald Tsang dominated in the polls despite his relative inactivity and lack of eloquence in public debate. Alan Leong never achieved a rating higher than 20 percent in the rolling opinion polls conducted by the Hong Kong University Public Opinion Programme between 26 February and 23 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Voting, Controversy\nIn an apparent attempt to maximise votes for Tsang, Stanley Ho had suggested that those casting blank votes could be tracked down. This caused a furore, prompting a senior mainland official and top local advisers to Beijing to defend the secrecy of the Chief Executive election vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Voting, Controversy\nHo later issued a statement clarifying: \"According to traditional wisdom, those who make mischief will one day be unveiled,\" \"I was merely reminding those who intend to cast blank votes that the day will come when they will be unveiled. My remarks carried no other implication.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Protests\nSome pro-democracy politicians boycotted the CE and EC elections, claiming that to participate would legitimise undemocratic practices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Protests\nEmily Lau of The Frontier was one such critic. \"It will be a beautiful misunderstanding if some people believe they need not do anything more and that universal suffrage will be introduced some day,\", she said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191549-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Protests\nOn the day before the EC elections, the Civil Human Rights Front organised a protest where they walked backwards around LegCo 7 times, then marched slowly to Central Government Offices, symbolising the great leap backwards for democracy which they believed the EC represented. Leung Kwok-hung trapped himself in a giant bird cage and followed Leong around on EC election day to protest Leong's participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191550-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Games\nThe 2007 Hong Kong Games, officially known as The 1st Hong Kong Games (Chinese: \u7b2c\u4e00\u5c46\u5168\u6e2f\u904b\u52d5\u6703) was a major multi-sport event in Hong Kong and the debut of the bi-annual Hong Kong Games. The games were staged between 4 April\tand 6 May 2007, with participation from 1287 athletes. The events were held in Hong Kong's Kwai Tsing District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191550-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Games, Purpose\nThe Hong Kong Games are held to provide more opportunities for participation, sharing and cooperation in sports in the community and to promote communication and friendship among the 18 districts. It also allows the relevant units to strengthen the cohesion of the community. Moreover, it promotes the idea of \"sports for all\" in the society in order to raise the standard of sports in Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191550-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Games, Purpose\nThe Sports Commission is the organiser for the Hong Kong Games, and the Community Sports Committee is the coordinator. The 18 District Councils, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China and the related sports associations are the co-organisers of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191550-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Games, Events\nThe 2007 Hong Kong Games were held in Kwai Tsing District and included 4 separate events: athletics, basketball, badminton and table tennis. In the 2009 2nd Hong Kong Games, two more events were added: swimming and tennis. In 2009, the Games moved to Yuen Long District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election\nThe 2007 Hong Kong Island by-election was held on 2 December 2007 and was won by Anson Chan with 54.6% of the votes cast. It was precipitated by the death of the then chairman of the Pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) Ma Lik on 8 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election\nIt was the second by-election in a geographical constituency to be held since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 and the largest remainder proportional representation electoral system was adopted in 1998, coincidentally in the same constituency \u2013 Hong Kong Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election\nThere were eight candidates in all, all standing as independents. However, the two front-runners had respectively secured the backing of the largest political groupings, Pan-democrats and Beijing loyalists. The pro-democracy camp agreed to unite behind a single candidate, Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary for Administration, selected through a selection process; the Liberal Party and the DAB bargained behind closed doors to select Regina Ip, the former Secretary for Security who resigned following the 500,000-strong 2003 1 July protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, 2000\nThe last by-election was held on 10 December 2000, when then DAB vice-chairman Gary Cheng declined to accept his seat as a result of a scandal. The current leader of the Civic Party, Audrey Eu, who was then running as an independent backed by the pro-democracy camp won the by-election with 52.1% of valid vote. Cheng was subsequently jailed for abuse of office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, 2004\nThe previous election on 12 September 2004 returned six candidates to office based on a party list proportional representation system. The pro-Beijing camp returned two candidates, and pro-democracy camps three, with the remainder filled by the independent Rita Fan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, 2004\nThe election returned Martin Lee and Yeung Sum of the Democratic Party, Ma Lik, and Choy So Yuk of the DAB, Audrey Eu of the Civic Party, and Rita Fan to the Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger\nMa Lik, who announced on 8 August 2004 that he had colon cancer, died on 8 August 2007 in Guangzhou before his term expired. According to Hong Kong laws, such vacancies have to be filled by a by-election, unless the next regular election is scheduled to be held in less than four months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger\nThe Legislative Council Secretariat issued a gazette notice on 10 August 2007, signifying that a vacancy in the Legislative Council has arisen on 8 August. Nominations would be open for two to three weeks, and there would be four to six weeks for canvassing before the election on Sunday 2 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger\nThe pan-democrats suggested that the by-election be held with the District Council election on 18 November to save on resources. The government rejected the idea, arguing that it might confuse voters. There were concerns that the government wanted to lower the turnout by holding the elections on separate days in order to create a more favorable situation for pro-government candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Background, Trigger\nAlthough Hong Kong legislative geographical constituencies are elected by proportional representation, the fact that there is only one vacancy turns it effectively into a first-past-the-post race. The winner serves the remainder of Ma's natural term of office, which would have expired on 30 September 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders\nKam Nai Wai of the Democratic Party declared his intention to run, whereas Regina Ip, who resigned for the infamous National Security Bill tabled during her term as the security chief in the Hong Kong Government, became the sole candidate of the pro-Beijing camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders\nThe Civic Party, The Frontier of the pro-democracy camp, and the pro-Beijing HKFTU decided they would not field any candidate. Several other contenders had been mentioned by the media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Primaries\nResults of previous elections in the Hong Kong Island constituency has fuelled the expectation of 60:40 vote split between the democrats and the loyalists. As long as the pro-democratic camp coordinated successfully to nominate a single candidate, they have a higher chance of winning. To that end, the pro-democracy camp agreed to unite behind a single candidate; the Liberal Party and the DAB bargained behind closed doors. Each party or group confirmed their candidate on or before 10 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Primaries\nThe selection mechanism for the Democrat candidate consisted of primary elections which consisted of a public debate, an opinion poll and primary elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Primaries\nOn 30 September 2007, it was announced that Anson Chan had triumphed over Lo Wing-lok to be the standard-bearer for the Pan-democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Official contenders\nAnson Chan and Regina Ip are without doubt the front-runners in this election. Chan is supported by the pan-democrats, while Ip has the blessing of the pro-Beijing forces, and the pro-business Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Official contenders\nRegina Ip, the former security chief in the Hong Kong Government who resigned following the 500,000-strong 2003 1 July protest, declared her intention to run on 27 September 2007. She was backed by the DAB chairman Tam Yiu Chung, Liberal Party chairman James Tien, and Ho Chung Tai of The Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Contenders, Official contenders\nAnson Chan, former Chief Secretary for Administration secured the backing of the united Democratic parties. Nevertheless, Lau Yuk Shing, former member of League of Social Democrats provoked the wrath of some democrats when he broke ranks and stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012\nIp, who had previously been maintaining a \"pragmatic\" defense of universal suffrage for the chief executive and Legislative Council elections in 2017, said that it could be achieved by 2012 under her proposal unveiled her platform on 23 October. She emphasised her fallback plan was to delay universal Legco polls to 2016 at the latest, and 2017 for the chief executive election. Chan declared Ip's new proposal on the chief executive election a step backwards, saying it would make it harder for potential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012\nChan went against her core group of advisors, who had proposed in March that a delay in universal suffrage until 2016 and 2017 was acceptable, and declared that she was advocating full universal suffrage by 2012 to distinguish her from Ip's stance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012\nThe people of Hong Kong are ready for universal suffrage and I support its implementation for the two elections in 2012 because the SAR government has failed to put forward any convincing reason for delaying this step beyond that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Issues, Universal suffrage in 2012\nHowever, a local delegate to the National People's Congress, joined the fray on 4 November by saying that it was within the powers of the Central government to decide on a timetable for universal suffrage in the chief executive and the Legislative Council elections. \"If Hong Kong people want universal suffrage earlier, they should show more respect for the powers of the central government\" said the former lawmaker Maria Tam Wai-chu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Debate, 8 November hustings\nThe eight candidates partook in a debate at University of Hong Kong's Loke Yew Hall on 8 November 2007. It was apparent that 500 members of the audience were mainly interested in the two front-runners. One of the key questions directed at Ip, asked whether she would be as uncompromising in fighting for universal suffrage by 2012 in Hong Kong as the hardline attitude she took in promoting Article 23. Ip contested the assertion that the 500,000 demonstrators took to the streets because of Article 23 legislation alone. \"The 500,000 protesters took to the streets for many issues,\" she said. The remarks caused a stir in the crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 62], "content_span": [63, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Debate, 25 November 2007\nOn 25 November, Ip and Chan openly traded insults and explicitly targeted each other's weakest points during the forum. Chan attacked Ip's pivotal role in the Article 23 bill as proof she was not a genuine supporter of democracy. Chan derided Ip for saying Hitler killed 7\u00a0million people after coming to power through democracy, and then saying she was fighting for universal suffrage. Chan further attacked Ip's proposal for pre-selecting the Chief Executive nominees as \"a step back for democracy\". Ip responded that she supports the 2012 universal suffrage since she studied in the United States, and accused Chan of being \"a radical\". Chan said \"The people will know very clearly who is a fake democrat and who genuinely supports real democracy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Debate, 25 November 2007\nIp then accused Chan of stirring up confrontation when Chan asked whether her apology over Article 23 was sincere or just a strategy. Questioned on the reintroduction of Article 23, Ip said the Government should obtain public consensus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Beijing's influence\nChan declared her hopes of being a bridge between Hong Kong and Beijing should she win the by-election. Ng Hong-man, 82-year-old veteran Hong Kong deputy of the National People's Congress, said Chan had severed ties with Beijing by her past actions. \"Chan is now moving toward a head-on collision with Beijing as she has sided with the democratic opposition against Beijing.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Beijing's influence\nNg said she infuriated Beijing leaders by being disloyal to and uncooperative with Tung Chee-hwa whilst he was chief executive; her approval of the City Hall for the assembly of the Falun Gong was also a sore point, as was Chan's accusation that the late CPPCC delegate Xu Simin's intervention over Radio Television Hong Kong had breached \"one country, two systems\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Beijing's influence\nOn 30 November Chan's pro-democratic supporters warned the public about the consequences of further pro-Beijing influences. Former head of ICAC and Chan's adviser Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying wrote, \"I am sending out this personal appeal to you because Hong Kong is in great danger of being dominated by one voice and one party under different guises, where everyone fears expressing his or her choice and preference. This will happen sooner than we think unless we all act NOW.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Favouritism allegations\nChan has alleged that the Government has been secretly favouring her opponent, saying that the Chief Secretary had written an email inviting policy secretaries to assist Regina Ip, although this has been denied by the Chief Executive Donald Tsang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Favouritism allegations\nOther favoritism allegations include Party vice chairman of the DAB, Lau Kong wah, who questioned whether Hong Kong police were biased in favoring the democrats, saying they made no arrest on 15 November when a DAB staff member was pushed to the ground by a Democratic party member. He alleged the pan-democrats were playing victims and creating tragedy to win sympathy for Chan's campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Political gaffes\nOn 7 October 2007, Chan made a brief appearance at a rally to demand full democracy by 2012. She left the rally to visit her hairdresser before an engagement that evening. She was accused of lacking in political sensitivity. Whilst electioneering in November, a political analyst said Chan may have made another serious blunder by agreeing to be a sponsor for Retired Persons' Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Abuse of position allegations\nAlex Tsui, a disgruntled former ICAC official accused Chan of obtaining a 100% mortgage to purchase a flat in 1993 when she was chief secretary, suggesting an abuse of power. A City University commentator said the issue marked the start of a smear campaign against Chan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 79], "content_span": [80, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Campaign violence\nWith the unprecedented media interest raising the stakes in the contest, Ip's supporters have been waging a campaign of increasing bitterness. While Ip officially adopted \"I'll do better than my best\" as a campaign slogan, Chan uses \"vote with your conscience\" on her election posters. Ip's supporters, however, have put up banners attacking Chan personally. After their surprise victories in the District Council elections the week before, \"Ip's supporters ... have escalated their dogging of Chan to the point of harassment, if not outright intimidation\" according to political commentator, Michael DeGolyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Campaign violence\nThis type of direct face-to-face violence has never been seen in Hong Kong politics: a Civic Party member was sent to hospital after he was injured when an Ip supporter, a failed DAB District Council candidate, tried to snatch his mobile phone, while he took pictures of their activities. \"The violence has been worse than in previous elections,\" Audrey Eu said. She said there had been allegations of candidates, supporters and campaign posters having been targeted; the printer of election materials had his shop damaged and a supporter's taxi had its windows smashed.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Facebook battle & public response\nAfter the All-eight LegCo election debate was over, Ip was asked whether she was unhappy with the jeering. Ip said that she expected criticism and that she had more than 400 friends in her Facebook account. By 21 November, the \"Regina for Councillor\" Facebook group grew to 530 members. Another Facebook group called \"No Regina Ip Allowed\" has close to 750 members. And another group called \"Anson Chan for Hong Kong\" had close to 2,400 members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 83], "content_span": [84, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191551-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Island by-election, Controversies, Apple Daily\nEchoing fears of a low turnout which would favour the pro-Beijing camp, the pro-democracy journal Apple Daily, who had been partisan to Chan's campaign, published a special headlined \"Mrs Chan's Situation in Danger\" on polling day. Although some detractors claimed the publication should form part of her campaign expenditure, Chan praised Hong Kong's right to free speech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens\nThe 2007 Hong Kong Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on 30 March until 1 April 2007 in Hong Kong at the 40,000 capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The event, the fifth leg of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series, was won by Samoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format\nThe Hong Kong Sevens is unique among the IRB Sevens events in several ways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format\nFirst, because 24 teams compete instead of the 16 that compete in all other series events, the Hong Kong Sevens is divided into six pools instead of the normal four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format\nAlso because of the expanded number of teams, the points system for this tournament is also different. Most significantly, the winning team picks up 30 points instead of the normal 20, and the runner-up earns 24 points instead of the normal 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format\nFinally, only three trophies are awarded instead of the four in a normal IRB Sevens event. The Shield is not awarded, leaving the Bowl, Plate, and Cup. Teams are assigned to the knockout tournaments for each trophy as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens, The Format\nEach of the top four seeds won an IRB Sevens World Series event in the 2006-07 season, with defending Hong Kong champions England out to capture a first Cup title of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191552-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Sevens, Ticket\nThe public ticket sale for the Hong Kong Sevens 2007 was held in December 2006 at the Hong Kong Stadium. Hong Kong residents enjoyed the opportunity to purchase tickets for the event with the launch of the HKRFU\u2019s local ticket campaign in October 2006, tickets sold through Hong Kong rugby clubs and other rugby stakeholders, sponsors and long-term event patrons in Hong Kong. This most recent public sale marked the final opportunity for local spectators to secure their tickets for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191553-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong Super Series\nThe 2007 Hong Kong Super Series is the last tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series in badminton before the Super Series Final. It was held in Ma On Shan for qualifying tournament and Wan Chai for main tournament, in Hong Kong from 26 November to 2 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections\nThe 2007 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 18 November 2007. Elections were held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, returned 405 members from directly elected constituencies out of total 534 councils member. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were uncontested. A total number of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, consisting 38% of the electorate, significantly lower than the last elections in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections\nThe pro-Beijing flagship party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest victory in its history, rebounding their loss from the 2003 with extra gain, taking total number of 115 seats, compared to 62 seats in the 2003 elections. The pan-democrats suffered a devastating loss, with its electoral coalition winning only about a hundred seats out of almost 300 candidates. The pro-democracy flagship party Democratic Party was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections\nAs a result, the pan-democrats lost control of their two traditional strongholds, Sham Shui Po and Kwai Tsing with the help of the pro-government members appointed by Chief Executive Donald Tsang to the District Councils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties\nIn September 2007, the pan-democrats announced their plan to field 289 candidates in the election, including 138 incumbents and 136 newcomers after a process of coordination initiated by the Power for Democracy under the banner of Democratic Coalition for DC Election. After the coordination, the number constituencies with more than one pro-democratic candidates reduced from 30 to 7. The pan-democrats demanded universal suffrage and abolition of the appointed seat in the District Councils as the election platform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties\nThe Democratic Party, the flagship pro-democratic party fielded 114 candidates, Civic Party 41, Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) 38, League of Social Democrats 28, The Frontier 15, as well as Democratic Alliance, Civic Act-up, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre (NWSC) and the others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties\nThe Civic Party, derived from the Article 45 Concern Group established after the 2003 July 1 protests was a relatively new party without much resources and district network with only 7 incumbent district councillors. The party fielded around 42 candidates in constituencies where the pan-democrats had not contested with its new image to appeal to the voters. Another new founded League of Social Democrats fielded about 30 candidates in lower-income areas such as Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan, seeking to appeal to the lower class voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Parties\nThe thinktank Savantas Policy Institute set up by former Secretary for Security Regina Ip also fielded four candidates with independent affiliation in the election, including two retired civil servant and a former administrative officer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Candidates\nA historic record of 917 nominations were received since the handover of Hong Kong. 39 of the 405 seats received only one nomination thus were returned uncontestedly, of which 12 of them were taken by the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), 2 by Liberal Party and 1 by the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Contesting parties, Candidates\nCyd Ho, the incumbent district councillor who beat DAB's Ip Kwok-him in his own constituency Kwun Lung in 2003, did not seek for re-election. Ip faced challenged by activist Ho Loy. Two Civic Party rising stars, barrister Tanya Chan and Tsang Kwok-fung challenged incumbent Peak district councillor Lam Man-kit of the Liberal Party and DAB legislator Li Kwok-ying in Tai Po Market. Priscilla Leung, a pro-Beijing assistant professor of law at the City University of Hong Kong also ran in the election, challenging Democrat Chan Ka-wai in Whampoa East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election events\nOn 15 November, two days before the election, Ko Keung-wah, a village representative of Shung Ching San Tsuen in Yuen Long and an assistant to the Liberal Party candidate Philip Wong Pak-yan in Shap Pat Heung North and Lam Tim-fook in Shap Pat Heung South, was attacked. Ko got a finger on his right hand was chopped off and suffered at least four deep slice wounds to his back and one to his abdomen. Anti -triad officers said the attack might be linked with the election. On the election day, a triad member was spotted campaigning for an independent candidate in Shap Pat Heung North influential rural leader Leung Fuk-yuen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview\nWithout a major political issue like the last election in 2003, the voter turnout significantly dropped about six percentage point to only about 38%, although a total of 1.4 million voters cast their ballots, 80,000 more than the last elections. A total number of 886 candidates contesting in 364 seats, while 41 seats were without contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview\nThe Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received the largest victory in its history by winning 115 seats, nearly double than the 2003 results. The party vice-chairman Ip Kwok-him who lost to Cyd Ho in 2003 in his Kwun Lung constituency retook his seat by large margin. Kenny Lee Kwun-yee received a large number of votes in Tai Fat Hau, defeating pro-democratic candidate Ivy Chan Siu-ping of the Civic Act-up. Incumbent legislators Choy So-yuk, Li Kwok-ying and Wong Yung-kan all retained their seats in Kam Ping, Tai Po Market and Po Nga respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview\nThe pan-democrats suffered a devastating defeat in the election. The Democratic Party was beaten in every region especially in Kowloon, losing almost half of the seats as compared to the 2003 elections. Veteran Chan Ka-wai in Whampoa East was ousted by Priscilla Leung, a pro-Beijing law scholar at the City University of Hong Kong backed by the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU). In Sheung Shun, incumbent Law Chun-ngai was defeated by Fu Pik-chun of the DAB by 1,220 votes. Former Democratic Party secretary Cheung Yin-tung also lost his seat in Wang King to DAB newcomer Yiu Kwok-wai by 1,321 to 1,684 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Results, Overview\nThe Civic Party failed to challenge the pro-Beijing candidates, winning only 8 seats out of 41 candidates. The party's rising star Yu Kwun-wai lost in a large margin to DAB's Bernard Chan in Ping Shek, while Civic legislator Mandy Tam lost her seat to Choi Luk-sing in Lung Sing. The Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) who had stronghold in Sham Shui Po also saw its candidate Leung Kam-tao lost his seat in Yau Yat Tsuen to pro-Beijing independent Jimmy Kwok Chun-wah. Richard Tsoi of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) who took the seat in Fo Tan in 2003 failed to retain his seat, being beaten by Scarlet Pong Oi-lan of the New Century Forum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191554-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong local elections, Aftermath\nIn December 2007, Chief Executive Donald Tsang named 102 government-appointed Council members, of which all of them had pro-government background and one-fifth of them were members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and the Liberal Party. 15 of them were appointed for the third time. Tsang was criticised for not appointing a single member of the pan-democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191555-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong\u2013Macau Interport\nThe 63rd Hong Kong Macau Interport was held in Hong Kong on 10 June 2007. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning 2-1. This was a FIFA-recognised full international match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191555-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hong Kong\u2013Macau Interport, Squads, Hong Kong\nThe following shows part of the squad only. The number of caps is as of before the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191556-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hopman Cup\nThe 2007 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the nineteenth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group with one qualifier from the Asian region. The first matches were held on 30 December 2006 and the final took place on 5 January 2007 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191556-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hopman Cup, Teams, Unseeded\n1Due to injury Mark Philippoussis was unable to play Australia's last tie against the USA. He was replaced by Nathan Healey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191557-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket\nFirst round games at campus sites of higher seedsSecond round, semifinals, and final at Nutter Center, Fairborn, OH", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191558-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Horsham District Council election\nThe 2007 Horsham District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority on the council, gaining from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191558-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Horsham District Council election, Council composition\nPrior to the election, the composition of the council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season\nThe Houston Astros' 2007 season began with the team trying to take the NL Central title back from the World Series winners, the St. Louis Cardinals, after the Cardinals won it in 2006. They will have to do so without Jeff Bagwell, who retired after the Astros declined option on his contract for 2007, as well as pitchers Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens, who both filed for free agency on November 6. To make up for losing those key players, they signed pitcher Woody Williams, and traded with the Colorado Rockies for Jason Jennings, and Miguel Asencio. The largest offseason move the Astros made was signing outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6-year contract worth $100 million, the most in franchise history. On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio achieved his 3,000th career hit. The club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 on August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn April 28, the Astros purchased the contract of Hunter Pence, the organization's top prospect from Triple-A affiliate, and made his debut that night where he got his first career hit and run scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nBy May 2007, the Astros had suffered one of their worst losing streaks since the 1995 season with 10 losses in a row, losing 4\u20133 to the Cincinnati Reds on May 30. The Astros were just one loss shy of tying their worst skid in franchise history, before snapping that streak the next day, also against the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn June 12, the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics for the first time in team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nLongtime Astros second baseman Craig Biggio recorded his 3,000th career hit in the seventh inning against the Colorado Rockies on June 28, becoming the 27th player in MLB history to do so. Jeff Bagwell, who played first base for the Astros alongside Biggio for 15 seasons, was in the dugout and emerged to congratulate him. The Astros fans, who had momentarily quieted after cheering Biggio for his achievement, erupted into cheers again the moment Biggio dragged Bagwell onto the playing field and to the first base line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\n\"The thing with Baggy is that he and I worked so hard here for this city and for this organization,\" Biggio remarked. \"We made so many sacrifices as far as playing the game and giving your body to a city, a team.\" Together, they bowed to the crowd as Bagwell raised Biggio's arm and returned to the dugout. In the bottom of the 11th inning of the same game, Carlos Lee hit a towering walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Astros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn July 24, Biggio announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2007 season, his 20th season with the club (and a franchise record). He hit a grand slam in that night's game which broke a 3\u20133 tie and led to an Astros win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn July 28, the Astros traded RHP Dan Wheeler to Tampa Bay for right-handed slugger 3B Ty Wigginton and cash considerations. He is now signed through 2009. On July 29, long time and former All-Star third baseman Morgan Ensberg was designated for assignment to make room for newly acquired Wigginton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn August 26, the club officially retired Bagwell's jersey number 5 prior to the start of the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the eighth player in Astros history to have his number retired. Three first bases were used in the game, each embossed with a commemorative insignia that said, \"No. 5, Jeff Bagwell jersey retirement, Aug. 26, 2007.\" One was given to Bagwell and the other two were auctioned to raise funds on behalf of the Astros in Action Foundation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn August 27, manager Phil Garner and General Manager Tim Purpura were relieved of their duties. Cecil Cooper and Tal Smith were named as interim replacements, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn September 17, in a 6\u20130 loss to the Brewers the Astros were officially eliminated from the 2007 playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn September 20, Ed Wade was named as the new General Manager of the Astros. He made his first move as GM by trading Jason Lane to the Padres on September 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Regular season, Season summary\nOn September 30, Craig Biggio retired, ending a 20-year career with the Astros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191559-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191560-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Comets season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Houston Comets. The team started the season 0-10, finishing 13-11 in the remainder part of the season, and missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. It was also their last year playing at the Toyota Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191560-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Comets season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft\nWith the folding of the Charlotte Sting, the league held a dispersal draft prior to the 2007 WNBA Draft. The order of teams picking players was based on their 2006 records. The Comets would be selecting 8th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191561-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Cougars football team\nThe 2007 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 62nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fifth-year head football coach, Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston. Competing against the TCU Horned Frogs in the 2007 Texas Bowl, the Cougars fell short, 20\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season\nThe 2007 Houston Dynamo season was the second season of existence for the Houston franchise. The Dynamo were the defending MLS Cup champions from the previous season and prevailed to win back-to-back MLS Cups as they defeated the New England Revolution for the second year in a row in the MLS Cup final. The Dynamo also competed in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, U.S. Open Cup, and North American SuperLiga during the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary\nThe Dynamo entered 2007 as defending champions, having defeated the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2006. The result qualified them for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, their first continental tournament in franchise history. The Dynamo began their season in the Champions Cup; defeating Puntarenas F.C. in the quarterfinals before losing to C.F. Pachuca in the semifinals. Houston had a disappointing Open Cup, losing in the third round to the Charleston Battery. The Dynamo also competed in the inaugural North American SuperLiga, finishing top of the group before losing to Pachuca 4\u20133 on penalties in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary\nIn MLS play, Houston struggled early in the season, losing 5 of their first 8 matches. The Dynamo then went on an 11 match unbeaten streak, with 8 wins during the streak, helping them climb up to top of the table. Houston had 5 wins, 4 losses, 3 draws over their final 11 games, enough of a dip in form to let D.C. United win the Supporters' Shield by 3 points and Chivas USA claim the top seed in the Western Conference by 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary\nIn the MLS Cup Playoffs, Houston matched up with Texas Derby rivals FC Dallas in the Conference Semifinals. Dallas won the first leg 1\u20130 thanks to a goal from Clarence Goodson. Houston got off to a poor start, with Carlos Ruiz scoring in the 14th minute to put the Dynamo down 2\u20130 on aggregate. The game turned in the 47th minute when Arturo \u00c1lvarez was shown a red card for violent conduct. Stuart Holden and Brian Ching then scored once each to level the aggregate score and send the game to extratime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary\nIn extratime, Ching scored in the 97th and Brad Davis scored in the 100th minute to help Houston advance to the next round. Facing off with the Kansas City Wizards in the Conference Final, the Dynamo rode goals from Nate Jaqua and Dwayne De Rosario to a 2\u20130 win and a return to MLS Cup. However star striker Brian Ching left the game due to an injury that forced him to miss the final. Houston met the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2007, a rematch of the 2006 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Summary\nTaylor Twellman gave the Revs the lead after scoring in the 20th minute. Houston responded in the second half when Joseph Ngwenya scored the equalizer in the 61st minute. In the 74th minute De Rosario headed in a Brad Davis cross to give the Dynamo a 2\u20131 lead. Houston held onto the lead, becoming the second team in MLS history to win consecutive MLS Cups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Final roster\nAppearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191562-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, In\nPer Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season\nThe 2007 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League and the 2nd under head coach Gary Kubiak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season\nThis season began with the team trying to improve on their 6\u201310 record in 2006. This season marks the sixth year of existence for the Texans franchise as well as Reliant Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason\nThe offseason was dominated by rumors and speculation surrounding the future of David Carr and the Texans. Jake Plummer was a leading candidate to replace Carr until he was traded to Tampa Bay and then retired. The Texans also contacted free agent Jeff Garcia before he signed with Tampa Bay. Finally, on March 21 the Texans struck a deal with Atlanta and traded draft picks for their backup quarterback, Matt Schaub. Carr was cut on March 23 and later signed by the Carolina Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason\nAnother situation of great speculation to fans was that of Domanick Williams. Williams, the Texans all-time leading rusher, had a lingering knee injury that kept him side-lined for the entirety of the 2006 season. The Texans signed Ahman Green during free agency and eventually released Williams on March 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft\nThe Texans swapped their first-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft (8th overall) with the Atlanta Falcons for their first-round pick (10th overall) as part of the Matt Schaub deal. In drafting Okoye, who was 19 at the time of the draft, the Texans took the youngest player in NFL Draft history. Okoye ended up being a \"bust\"; the pick immediately after was 7x Pro Bowler Patrick Willis, who was chosen by the San Francisco 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft\nThe Texans also traded their second-round selections in 2007 and 2008 as part of the Schaub deal and did not choose again until the third round, when they took Jacoby Jones from Division II Lane College, the highest picked player who did not play in Division I FBS or FCS that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Offseason, Draft\nGuard Kasey Studdard (6th round) became the second Texas Longhorns player drafted by the Texans (Sloan Thomas was taken in the 7th round in 2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nThe Texans began their 2007 campaign at home against the Kansas City Chiefs. After a scoreless first quarter, Houston came out pounding in the second quarter with kicker Kris Brown getting a 26-yard field goal, while QB Matt Schaub completed a 77-yard touchdown pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the third quarter, DE Mario Williams showed his reason for being last year's #1 overall pick by returning a fumble 38 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Chiefs got their only score of the game with kicker Justin Medlock nailing a 27-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Texans sealed the victory with Brown kicking a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nMatt Schaub, in his Texans debut, went 16 of 22 for 225 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers\nFollowing their home win over the Chiefs, the Texans flew to Bank of America Stadium for their Week 2 match-up against the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as QB Jake Delhomme hooked up with WR Steve Smith for a 7-yard and a 12-yard TD pass. Houston responded with QB Matt Schaub completing a 31-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the second quarter, Schaub and Johnson hooked up with each other again on a 9-yard TD pass. The Texans took the lead prior to halftime with kicker Kris Brown getting a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, Houston increased its lead with RB Ahman Green getting a 13-yard TD run. On the following kickoff, Panthers FB Nick Goings fumbled the ball, causing it to roll into Carolina's end zone, where WR Kevin Walter landed on it for a touchdown, giving a huge momentum swing towards the Texans. In the fourth quarter, Houston put the out the game out of reach with Brown kicking a 33-yard field goal. The Panthers mustered up one last score as Delhomme completed a pass to Smith, who broke off many Texans defenders and ran 74 yards for a touchdown. In the end, Houston held on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Carolina Panthers\nWith the win, not only did the Texans begin their season at 2\u20130 for the first time in franchise history, but their 34 points in one game also became a franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nFollowing an impressive win over the Panthers, the Texans went home for an AFC South duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the Indianapolis Colts (who Houston won against last time at home). In the first quarter, the Texans delivered the first punch with WR Jerome Mathis returning a kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown. However, the Colts responded with QB Peyton Manning completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark. In the second quarter, Houston retook the lead with kicker Kris Brown getting a 33-yard field goal. However, Indianapolis went ahead with RB Joseph Addais 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, the Colts managed to put the Texans in a huge hole with kicker Adam Vinatieri's 36-yard field goal, Addai's 8-yard TD run, and Vinatieri's 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Houston tried a comeback with RB Samkon Gado's 1-yard TD run. Indianapolis got their final score of the game with Vinatieri kicking a 35-yard field goal. The Texans drew close with QB Matt Schaub's 1-yard TD pass to RB Vonta Leach. However, the Colts managed to hold on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Colts, the Texans flew to the Georgia Dome for an interconference battle with the winless Atlanta Falcons, where QB Matt Schaub fought against his former team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Falcons kicker Morten Andersen nailed a 28-yard field goal. The Texans managed to take the lead with Schaub completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Andr\u00e9 Davis. However, Atlanta regained the lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins In the second quarter, Houston's current woes continued with Harrington and Jenkins hooking up with each other again as 7-yard TD pass, along with Andersen kicking a 22-yard field goal. The Texans got their only score of the period with kicker Kris Brown nailing a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Houston kept closer with a 37-yard field goal, but the Falcons eventually responded with Andersen kicking a 36-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Texans again crept closer with Brown getting a 19-yard field. Yet again, Atlanta replied with Andersen kicking a 46-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Falcons held on to get their first win of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Texans returned home for a Week 5 duel with the winless Miami Dolphins. In the first quarter, Houston took the early lead with RB Ron Dayne getting a 1-yard TD run. However, the Dolphin answered with kicker Jay Feely getting a 23-yard field goal, along with RB Ronnie Brown getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Texans' recent struggles continued as Miami managed to get 40-yard and a 33-yard field goal from Feely. The Texans ended the half with kicker Kris Brown getting a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins\nIn the third quarter, Houston began to retaliate with Brown nailing a 43-yard and a 54-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins managed to get a 48-yard field goal. The Texans snapped their two-game skid with Brown making field goals from 20 and 57 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their home win over the Dolphins, the Texans flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 6 AFC South showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Houston struck first with kicker Kris Brown getting a 20-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Texans increased its lead with Brown kicking a 35-yard field goal. However, the Jaguars took the lead with QB David Garrard completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE George Wrighster, along with kicker John Carney getting a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Houston continued to trail as Garrard completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams (with a blocked PAT). The Texans responded with Brown getting a 33-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, Jacksonville pulled away with RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 7-yard TD run, LB Daryl Smith returning a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown, and Jones-Drew getting a 57-yard TD run. Houston's only response was back-up QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 1-yard TD pass to FB Vonta Leach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nSo far this year, Houston is 1\u20133 without WR Andre Johnson, who was still recovering from injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Jaguars, the Texans went home for a Week 7 AFC South showdown with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, the Titans struck first with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 52-yard field goal. Houston responded with LB DeMeco Ryans returning a fumble 26 yards for a touchdown. However, Tennessee answered with Bironas getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Houston began to struggle as the Titans increased its lead with Bironas kicking a 21-yard field goal, RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run, and even Bironas with a 30-yard and a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 7: vs. Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, the Texans continued to struggle as Bironas gave Tennessee a 43-yard field goal, while RB Chris Henry got a 4-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Houston began to fight back. It began with QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson. It continued with Rosenfels' 6-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. The Titans got a 29-yard field goal by Bironas. Afterwards, the Texans continued its comeback with Rosenfels completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Jeb Putzier and a 53-yard TD pass to WR Andr\u00e9 Davis. Tennessee got the last-second win as Bironas barely made a 29-yard field goal, making him the first kicker in NFL history to get 8 field goals in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Texans flew to Qualcomm Stadium for a Week 8 intraconference game against the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Houston's recent struggles continued as Chargers QB Philip Rivers completed a 49-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. Later, a goof-up on special teams led to more points as a high punt snap went into the end zone. Punter Matt Turk was unable to fall on the ball and San Diego CB Antonio Cromartie managed to recover it for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the second quarter, the Texans got on the board with kicker Kris Brown nailing a 40-yard field goal. However, the Chargers continued their beatdown with Rivers and Gates hooking up again on a 31-yard TD pass. Later, San Diego increased its lead with Cromartie returning an interception 70 yards for a touchdown, along with Rivers completing a 14-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Houston tried to come back, as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 28-yard TD to TE Joel Dreessen in the fourth quarter. That was as close to the Chargers as they got.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 8: at San Diego Chargers\nStarting QB Matt Schaub (11/18 for 77 yards and 2 interceptions) left the game in the second quarter with a concussion, after getting a late hit from San Diego CB Drayton Florence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nTrying to snap a three-game skid, the Texans flew to McAfee Coliseum for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. With QB Matt Schaub out with a concussion, back-up QB Sage Rosenfels got the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as RB Ahman Green got an 8-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Texans continued to roll over the Raiders as RB Ron Dayne got a 14-yard TD run, while kicker Kris Brown nailed a 40-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Oakland finally managed to respond as kicker Sebastian Janikowski managed to get a 22-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders drew closer as RB Justin Fargas got a 1-yard TD run. Houston took control with Rosenfels completing a 42-yard TD pass to WR Andr\u00e9 Davis. Oakland's only response was QB Josh McCown completing a 28-yard TD pass to WR Tim Dwight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith their three-game skid snapped, the Texans entered their bye week at 4\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe win also kept Houston unbeaten (3\u20130) against the Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nComing off their bye week, the Texans were at home for a Week 11 interconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Houston trailed early as Saints kicker Olindo Mare completed a 52-yard field goal. The Texans responded with QB Matt Schaub completing a 73-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the second quarter, New Orleans regained the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. Houston replied with Schaub completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Joel Dreesen, along with kicker Kris Brown getting a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Texans took control in the fourth quarter as Brown nailed a 53-yard and a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nWith the win, the Texans (for the first time in franchise history) improved to 5\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nAndre Johnson, in his first game back from injuries, had an impressive day with 6 receptions for 120 yards and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. New Orleans Saints\nDE Mario Williams had a big game, as he had 6 tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off their home win over the Saints, the Texans flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Houston shot first as QB Matt Schaub completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Browns got on the board as QB Derek Anderson completed a 19-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards. The Texans regained the lead as kicker Kris Brown managed to get a 41-yard field goal. However, Cleveland took the lead again as Anderson completed a 7-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, Houston started to fall behind as Browns kicker Phil Dawson managed to get a 25-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland sealed the win with Dawson nailing a 27-yard field goal and RB Jamal Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. The Texans' only response was be Schaub's 6-yard TD pass to TE Owen Daniels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Cleveland Browns\nThe Browns defense managed to hold Andre Johnson to a season-low 3 receptions for 37 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans\nHoping ro rebound from their road loss to the Browns, the Texans flew to LP Field for a Week 13 AFC South rematch with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Houston got the first punch as RB Ron Dayne got a 1-yard TD run. The Titans responded with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Houston regained the lead with kicker Kris Brown getting a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, the Tennessee took the lead with QB Vince Young completing a 43-yard TD pass to WR Roydell Williams, along with an 11-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, the Texans tried to get a comeback as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 28-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, yet the Titans responded with RB Chris Brown getting a 7-yard TD run. Houston tried to come back and take the lead, but their only response was Browns' 50-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans\nWith the loss, the Texans fell to 5\u20137. They have now lost 7 out of their last 8 divisional road games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Tennessee Titans\nQB Matt Schaub (3/5 for 34 yards) was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a left shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Texans went home for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers got on the board with RB Earnest Graham getting a 4-yard TD run. Afterwards, Houston answered with Rosenfels completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, the Texans immediately increased their lead as WR Andr\u00e9 Davis returned the half's opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Tampa Bay responded with Graham getting an 11-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Houston ended the game with Rosenfels completing a 4-yard TD passe to TE Owen Daniels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nFor DE Mario Williams (the 1st pick of last year's draft), his 1 sack in the game increased his season total to a franchise-best 9.5 sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off their impressive home win over the Buccaneers, the Texans stayed at home, donned their battle red alternates, and played a Thursday night intraconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Houston drew first blood as QB Sage Rosenfels got a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Broncos got on the board with kicker Jason Elam getting a 41-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Texans responded with kicker Kris Brown getting a 41-yard field goal. Denver ended the half as Elam nailed a 47-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Houston replied with RB Ron Dayne getting a 6-yard TD run. Denver answered with QB Jay Cutler completing a 12-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. In the fourth quarter, the Texans pulled away as Rosenfels completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson, while FB Vonta Leach managed to get a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the win, Houston improved to 7\u20137. The game marked the only appearance of the Texans on primetime television of the season, their first since 2005, and the first game in 2007 played with the roof open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts\nComing off an impressive blowout of the Denver Broncos, the Texans packed up and traveled to Indianapolis to do battle with their division rival. Houston drew first blood with as QB Sage Rosenfels threw a 17-yard TD pass to Kevin Walter. The Colts responded to the TD with a 29-yard Vinatieri field goal. The Colts, who got off to a slow start in the 1st Quarter, scored three touchdowns in the 2nd quarter, a 2-yard TD run by Joseph Addai and two Peyton Manning TD passes to tight end Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0049-0001", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts\nIn the 3rd quarter, the Colts continued to pull away from the struggling Texans. Clifton Dawson scored a 4-yard TD Run and Manning passed to Reggie Wayne for a 7-yard TD. In the 4th quarter, the Colts put in backups and QB Sage Rosenfels threw a 6-yard TD to Andre Johnson and Darius Walker rushed up the middle for the 2-Point Conversion. The Texans fell 38\u201315, ending their 2-game win streak and hopes for their first winning season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nHoping to end their season on a high note, the Texans went home and played a Week 17 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars (who were playing mainly with backups, due to them already clinching a playoff berth).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the first quarter, Houston trailed early as QB Quinn Gray completed a 22-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Texans took the lead with RB Ron Dayne getting a 2-yard TD run and QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Owen Daniels. Jacksonville tied the game with Gray completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Ernest Wilford. Afterwards, Houston immediately responded with WR Andr\u00e9 Davis returning a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Texans increased their lead as Davis returned the second half's opening kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown. In doing so, Davis became the 7th player in NFL history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game. Afterwards, Houston kept its momentum going with Dayne getting a 12-yard TD run. The Jaguars responded with Gray completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Matt Jones. In the fourth quarter, the Texans pulled away with RB Darius Walker getting a 1-yard TD run. Jacksonville ended the game with Gray and Wilford hooking up with each other again on a 17-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191563-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston Texans season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nFor the year, the Texans scored a total of 43 touchdowns and managed to get 8 wins on the year (both franchise records).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections\nThe 2007 Houston elections took place on May 12, June 16, and November 6, 2007. All City Council posts, the City Controller, and the Mayor all had elections. All positions were non-partisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Controller\nThe 2007 Houston City Controller election was a non disputed election with Incumbent Annise Parker being re-elected to a third term with virtually 100% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 1\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 1 election, Peter Hoyt Brown was re-elected to a second term with 100% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 2\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 2 election, Sue Lovell was re-elected to a second term against opponent Michael Griffin (Not the former administrator of NASA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 3\n2007 was a rough year for At-large 3, First in May many candidates dove into a crowded special election, the top two, Melissa Noriega and Roy Morales, then ran in the run-off in June. Noriega won but later faced Morales again in November and was again successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 4\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 4 election, Ronald Green, was re-elected to a third term. He was given 100% of the vote from the voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council At-large 5\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council At-large 5 election, Jolanda Jones was elected to an at-large position, after a run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District A\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District A election, Toni Lawrence was re-elected to a third term with 100% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District B\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District B election, Jarvis Johnson was re-elected to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District C\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District C election, Anne Clutterbuck was re-elected to a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District D\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District D election, Wanda Adams was elected after a run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District E\nIn the Houston City Council District E election, Mike Sullivan was elected after a run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District F\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District F election, M. J. Khan was elected to a third term with 100% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District G\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District G election, Pam Holm was elected to a third term with 100% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District H\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District H election, Adrian Garcia was elected to a third term with 100% of the vote. He resigned one year into his term to become the Harris County Sheriff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191564-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston elections, City Council District I\nIn the 2007 Houston City Council District I election, James Rodriguez was elected as a new council member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191565-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston mayoral election\nThe Houston Mayoral Election of 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. Incumbent Mayor Bill White was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan, but Mayor White is a member of the Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191565-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston mayoral election, Candidates\nWhite was the 60th Mayor of Houston. His platform included promoting energy efficient and affordable housing, reducing violent crime, and reductions to traffic congestion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191565-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston mayoral election, Candidates\nUlman, a meat-packing plant worker, represented the Socialist Workers Party. Her platform included amnesty for illegal immigrants, ending the Iraq War and public works projects to give jobs to the unemployed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191565-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston mayoral election, Candidates\nWales, a contract engineer and professional wrestling promoter, ran as an independent. Wales legally changed his name to Outlaw Josey Wales in 1998. He had run for mayor before in 1999, having received 19,741 votes, around 10%. Wale's platform included increasing the pay of police officers, making it illegal to drive while using a cellphone, and stricter enforcement of carpool lanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191565-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Houston mayoral election, Aftermath\nWhite served his third term as mayor and as ineligible for re-election in the 2009 mayoral elections. Ulman would run again that year, but received only 1% of the vote. She ran again in 2011, receiving 1,882 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191566-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Huddersfield Giants season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of the Huddersfield Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191566-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Huddersfield Giants season, Results, Rounds 1\u20135\nRound 3NB Game played before Round 1 due to St Helens' involvement in World Club Challenge", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191566-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Huddersfield Giants season, Super League XII table\n1Deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules. 2Deducted 4 points for breaching salary cap rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election\nThe 2007 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 27%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats had run the council as a minority administration since the 2006 election. However, by the time of the 2007 election they only had 24 seats on the council as compared to 25 for the Labour party; with 2 Conservatives, 6 in the independent group and 2 other independent councillors making up the council. The Liberal Democrats generally received support from the Conservatives and one of the independent councillors, while Labour usually got support from the independent group. As a result, the election was expected to be close with both main parties hopeful of forming the administration after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election, Campaign\nAll three of the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservatives parties contested the 19 seats which were up for election. There were also 11 independent, 6 Green, 3 British National Party and 3 United Kingdom Independence Party candidates. An important issue in the election was poor housing in Hull, with the council planning to spend \u00a3200 million on refurbishing council properties. An important division between Labour and the Liberal Democrats was over free school meals, with Labour wanting to extend the 3-year long pilot scheme which saw all primary school pupils get free meals. However the Liberal Democrats planned to reintroduce charges for lunches while keeping breakfasts free.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election, Campaign\nAs the Liberal Democrats were only defending 7 seats and had won the most votes in the 2006 election they were optimistic of making gains. They pointed to the fact that the council had recently received a second star in the council performance ratings, and were also seen as likely to benefit due to the unpopularity of the national Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, with even the Labour leader on the council saying that \"the sooner he goes, the better\". The Liberal Democrats targeted the Labour held wards of Drypool, Ings, Newington, Pickering and Sutton, as well as Derringham where the independent councillor Clare Page stood down at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats gain 6 seats, including 5 from Labour, to hold 30 seats and thus win a majority on the council. The Liberal Democrat gains included all 6 wards which they had been targeting, with the results seen as a reflection on the Labour party nationally. The result was welcomed by the national Liberal Democrat leader, Menzies Campbell, who described the result in Hull as \"tremendous\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election, Election result\nThis was the first time any party had a majority on the council since 2002 and also the first time that the Liberal Democrats had ever won a majority in Hull. Meanwhile, Labour, on 20 seats after the election, were in their worst position on the council for nearly 40 years. Following the election defeat the leader of the Labour group on the council, Ken Branson, stood down as leader and was succeeded by Steve Brady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191567-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull City Council election, Ward results\nNo elections were held in Bricknell, Southcoates East, Southcoates West and St Andrews wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191568-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull Kingston Rovers season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of Hull Kingston Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191568-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hull Kingston Rovers season, Super League XII table\n1Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191569-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Humanitarian Bowl\nThe 2007 Roady's Humanitarian Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007, at Bronco Stadium on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191569-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Humanitarian Bowl\nOnce again, the invited teams were from the Atlantic Coast Conference (Georgia Tech) and Western Athletic Conference (Fresno State).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191569-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Humanitarian Bowl\nThe Yellow Jackets were in a transition period between previous head coach Chan Gailey, fired in late November, and new head coach Paul Johnson, hired on December 7. Jon Tenuta, the team's defensive coordinator, coached the \"Ramblin' Wreck\" in this game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191570-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2007 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed as an independent in 2007, as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) did not sponsor football for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191570-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2007 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Doug Adkins in his eighth and last year at the helm. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2\u20138). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 141\u2013321 for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191570-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team\nIn the eight years of Doug Adkins tenure as head coach, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 33\u201351, (.393). They had only one winning season (2006) during those eight years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191570-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL\nNo Humboldt State players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191571-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hun Sen Cup\nThe Hun Sen Cup is the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. The 2007 Hun Sen Cup was the 1st season of the Hun Sen Cup, the premier knockout tournament for association football clubs in Cambodia involving Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191571-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage\nThere were 28 participants from Cambodian League and other provinces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191572-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Senior Orsz\u00e1gos Bajnoks\u00e1g 2007) took place between January 6 and 7, 2007 in Budapest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Magyar Nagyd\u00edj 2007) was the eleventh race of the 2007 Formula One season and was held on 5 August 2007 at the Hungaroring racing track in Budapest. It was also memorable for an incident in the Saturday qualifying session, between McLaren teammates Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix\nHamilton went into the race with a 2-point advantage in World Championship points over Alonso and was 11 points ahead of 3rd place man Felipe Massa after a chaotic European Grand Prix, whilst McLaren held a 27-point lead in the Constructors' Championship over their main rivals Ferrari. Ralf Schumacher scored his last World Championship points at this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix\nJapanese former Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto filled the second Spyker car, replacing European GP leader, German Markus Winkelhock. Sebastian Vettel, the youngest Grand Prix point scorer made his second Grand Prix start replacing Scott Speed at Scuderia Toro Rosso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix\nControversy hit the qualifying sessions when Hamilton failed to honor an agreement to let Alonso past on track; this denied Alonso a competitive advantage when setting his lap time. Alonso then retaliated by holding Hamilton up in the pit lane, to in turn deny Hamilton a chance to record a final lap time. Stewards later dropped Alonso five places down the starting grid of the race, putting him in sixth while Hamilton started in pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix\nMcLaren were also told they would not score any Constructor's Championship points in the race and wouldn't be presented with a winning constructor's trophy on the podium if one of their drivers were to win the race. The team stated Hamilton's hold-up was not Alonso's fault (although Alonso gave the stewards a different explanation, that he was inquiring about his tyres), and that Hamilton had disobeyed team orders to let Alonso pass him, which put the two drivers out of sequence for their pit stops. McLaren had initially expressed their intent to appeal the Constructor's points penalty but ultimately withdrew their appeal after subsequently losing all their Constructor's points as penalty for the espionage scandal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nBMW's Robert Kubica was the fastest driver in the first of the practice sessions with a time of 1:22.390. He was followed by the two Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, and the two McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Friday's second session saw the two McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton in first and third, respectively, separated by Renault's Heikki Kovalainen. Fernando Alonso's time was 1:20.919. In Saturday's practice session Felipe Massa took first spot with a time of 1:20.183, followed by Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld and then Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn the first qualifying session, Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time with 1:19:570, which was the quickest time recorded in the weekend so far, being the only lap under 1:20. Hamilton and the rest of the front-runners led the way, and as the session ended Jenson Button, the 2006 winner, had bumped his Honda teammate Rubens Barrichello into the relegation zone. However, Button was soon beaten by Liuzzi. Joining the two Hondas were Takuma Sato, Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn the second session, Jarno Trulli of Toyota led the pace early, but Hamilton and his teammate Alonso posted the best times. Massa and Kubica struggled to 11th and 12th places, but, Kubica's team put on new tyres and reached the top 10. Massa had worse luck; the Ferrari team weren't prepared for him to need a second run in Q2, and he was released into the pit-lane without being refuelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nHis pit crew had to run down the pit-lane and pull him back to his pit to be refuelled, by which time his tyres had lost temperature so when he finally made it out, the lack of grip meant he was unable to improve his time. Joining Massa among the eliminated drivers were David Coulthard in 11th, Heikki Kovalainen in 12th, Alexander Wurz of Williams Toyota in 13th, 15th was Anthony Davidson, and 16th was Vitantonio Liuzzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nHamilton led out of the pit-lane at the beginning of Q3, followed by teammate Alonso. Hamilton set the quickest lap time the first time around, but was soon beaten by Nick Heidfeld. Around the 9-minute mark, Trulli was the first into the pits to change tyres. Alonso was next into the pits; at the time, he was ninth. All the others followed suit, and meaningful times were soon put in. Hamilton again impressed the crowd with another time below 1:20. Alonso and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, the only remaining Ferrari driver, Nick Heidfeld, Kubica, and Trulli filed in behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nWith around 2:30 remaining, Alonso again pitted for fresh tyres, along with almost every other driver. The McLaren crew held Alonso for around 20 seconds after the tyres were fitted, in a stated attempt to give him a clear track (however, this reasoning was later rejected by the stewards as most other cars on the track had also pitted). At the time, Hamilton was 'stacked up' behind, waiting for Alonso to leave. But when Alonso was released, he remained stationary for a further 10 seconds, even though the pit crew were gesturing for him to leave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nHamilton then pulled in for his final set of tyres, but the delay meant there was insufficient time for him to get back to the start-finish line before the chequered flag and the end of qualifying. Alonso started his flying lap with less than 2 seconds of the session remaining while Hamilton missed out by around 5 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAlonso's final lap was good enough to claim pole and push Hamilton down to second. TV pictures showed Ron Dennis angrily throwing his headphones down as Alonso pulled out of the pits; and after the session was over he was seen having a serious conversation with Alonso's trainer. He refused to comment on the pit-lane delay, although he later explained that Hamilton had ignored team orders to let Alonso past at the beginning of the fuel burn phase, which had put the cars out of sequence for their stops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nBehind the McLarens of Alonso and Hamilton, third went to Heidfeld, which surprised many Ferrari and BMW fans. In fourth was R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, fifth was Rosberg. Sixth place was taken by Ralf Schumacher of Germany, seventh was the second BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica. Giancarlo Fisichella posted the eighth fastest time, with Trulli and Webber rounding out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nFollowing the qualifying session, the stewards investigated an incident in Q1, when Fisichella appeared to block Yamamoto into the final corner \u2013 and they also investigated the Alonso/Hamilton incident (subsequently called Pitlanegate by the media). Fisichella was handed a five-place penalty, dropping him down to thirteenth. Alonso was also handed a five-place penalty on the grid, meaning he started the race in sixth position and promoted Hamilton to pole position. His McLaren team were told they would no be allowed to score any Constructors' World Championship points for this race, which McLaren subsequently appealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, The race\nLewis Hamilton led every lap of the race (the first time anyone had done so in 2007), but had to withstand near constant pressure from the Ferrari of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, which appeared more competitive than it did in qualifying and practice. Hamilton's team-mate Fernando Alonso managed to climb from his 6th place grid-slot to 4th by the end of the race, just behind the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld. Alonso spent much of the race behind the Toyota of Ralf Schumacher, only getting past by the third stint. Schumacher finished in 6th place, after repassing Nico Rosberg (7th) and Heikki Kovalainen (8th) who were on three-stop strategies compared to Schumacher's two-stop strategy. This was the last time that Ralf Schumacher scored in Formula One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191573-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, The race\nRetirements from the race were Sakon Yamamoto, who crashed in the early laps of the race on his Spyker debut. Jenson Button and Vitantonio Liuzzi both suffered mechanical failure while the Super Aguri of Anthony Davidson was taken out after a collision with the Renault of Giancarlo Fisichella. The moment Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line he was celebrated becoming the first ever rookie and the only active Formula One driver to have achieved a Grand Chelem at the time. However 0.715 seconds later, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen improved Hamilton's fastest lap, depriving him of the record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191574-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hungaroring GP2 Series round\nThe 2007 Hungaroring GP2 Series round were a pair of motor races held on 4 and 5 August 2007 at the Hungaroring in Budapest as part of the GP2 Series. It was the seventh round of the 2007 GP2 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191575-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election\nThe 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191575-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background\n19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats. A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191575-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background\nAs well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys. Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191575-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives suffered a net lose of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat. This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191576-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election\nElections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Labour had held one by election (Spring Hill) and won another from the Conservatives (Rishton) in Autumn 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191576-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Election result\nThe four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2007 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191577-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hypo Group Tennis International\nThe 2007 Hypo Group Tennis International was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and took place on outdoor clay courts at the Werzer Arena in P\u00f6rtschach am W\u00f6rthersee, Austria, from 20 May through 26 May 2007. The event was won by Juan M\u00f3naco in men's singles and Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle in men's doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191577-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hypo Group Tennis International, Finals, Doubles\nSimon Aspelin / Julian Knowle defeated Leo\u0161 Friedl / David \u0160koch, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 5\u20137, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191578-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hypo Group Tennis International \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Jim Thomas were the defending champions, but Hanley did not participate this year. Thomas partnered Yves Allegro, losing in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191578-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Hypo Group Tennis International \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle won the title, defeating Leo\u0161 Friedl and David \u0160koch 7\u20136(8\u20136), 5\u20137, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191579-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hypo Group Tennis International \u2013 Singles\nJuan M\u00f3naco defeated Ga\u00ebl Monfils 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20130 to win the 2007 Hypo Group Tennis International singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191580-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Hypo-Meeting\nThe 33rd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 26 May and 27 May 2007 in G\u00f6tzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2007 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League\nThe 2007 Golden League was the tenth edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games\nHeld in Oslo, Norway on June 15, at the Bislett Stadium. Meseret Defar's Women's 5000 m World Record somewhat overshadowed the Jackpot events in Oslo, but some interesting Jackpot contenders emerged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's 1500 m\n(Held as Mile) Moroccan Adil Kaouch produced a personal best to win this event from Augustine Choge of Kenya and Andrew Baddeley of Great Britain. Australian Craig Mottram finished ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's 110 m Hurdles\nUSA's Anwar Moore took a narrow victory in the absence of World Record-holder Liu Xiang, Cuban Dayron Robles, and top Americans such as Terrence Trammell and Dominique Arnold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's Triple Jump\nGreat Britain's Phillips Idowu took a surprise victory from Olympic and European champion Christian Olsson and World Leader Jadel Greg\u00f3rio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Men's Javelin\nFinn Tero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki out-threw Olympic champion and home crowd favorite Andreas Thorkildsen, and in-form American Breaux Greer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's 100 m\nAmerican Stephanie Durst continued her good form to take victory ahead of Sheri-Ann Brooks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's 400 m\nSanya Richards took an expected victory from former World Champion Amy Mbacke Thiam of Senegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's 100 m Hurdles\nWorld Champion Michelle Perry extended her winning streak to 14 races, beating top European Susanna Kallur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's High Jump\nOlympic and World Indoor Champion, Yelena Slesarenko, beat a star-studded field which included the European Champion indoors and outdoors, Tia Hellebaut, World Champion outdoors and World Record-holder indoors, Kajsa Bergqvist, and four other jumpers who had been over 2 meters this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Bislett Games, Women's Pole Vault\nOlympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, who also holds both the indoor and outdoor World Records, took a highly anticipated victory ahead of Polish rival Monika Pyrek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France\nHeld in Paris, France, at the nine-lane track of the Stade de France, on July 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's 100 m\nAsafa Powell (winner in Oslo), battling with injury, did not run in Paris, and so was out of the Jackpot race before it had started. In his absence, Bahamian, Derrick Atkins, won in 10.00 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's 1500 m\nAdil Kaouch, winner in Oslo, was also injured and out of the Jackpot race, but a thrilling race ensued, with Alan Webb's sprint for home beating the valiant efforts of home-crowd favorite Mehdi Baala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's 110 m Hurdles\nOlympic Champion Liu Xiang and World Champion Ladji Doucour\u00e9 were in Paris to outrun Oslo winner Anwar Moore, but it was only the young Cuban Dayron Robles who could out-dip the American this occasion, as the two were awarded the same time, 13.13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's Triple Jump\nAgain, the Oslo winner, Phillips Idowu, was injured and out of the Jackpot race, but Christian Olsson made up for his disappointment at the Bislett Games, by winning with 17.56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Men's Javelin\nTero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki was the only male winner from Oslo to win in Paris, doing so in a European Lead of 89.70. Three of his five valid throws would have been enough to win as he produced a peerless series of throw, ahead of rival Andreas Thorkildsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's 100 m\nStephanie Durst did not venture to Paris and was out of the jackpot race. Torri Edwards won in a race with Americans occupying the top four places.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's 400 m\nSanya Richards produced a World Lead to win, in a race which included all three women who out-did her for a place on the USA's World Championships team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's 100 m hurdles\nMichelle Perry was one of the lucky few to repeat her Oslo win, convincingly outrunning Susanna Kallur, again, remaining in the hunt for the Jackpot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's High Jump\nOslo winner Yelena Slesarenko could only manage a second-place finish as Blanka Vla\u0161i\u0107 impressed with 2.02 meters, with both women jumping 2 or more meters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Women's Pole Vault\nYelena Isinbayeva regained exciting form as she sailed over 4.91 m, which she followed with the attempts at a would-be World Record of 5.02. European Indoor Champion, Svetlana Feofanova returned to heights not seen, from her, this season, as she finished second with 4.71.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Jackpot Contenders\nWith three Oslo winners injured and two choosing not to compete in Paris, only six athletes were still in the Jackpot race before the Meeting Gaz de France had begun. Two of those six finished second in their respective events, and only four remain in contention after Paris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, Jackpot Contenders, Women\n400 m: Sanya Richards (\u00a0United States)100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry (\u00a0United States)Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva (\u00a0Russia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala\nThe third stop of the Golden League took place at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, on June 13, 2007. This meet hit headlines, as French long jumper Salim Sdiri was hit by a rogue javelin, thrown by Finn Tero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki, as he warmed up for his event. The injuries sustained, however, were not serious and Sdiri made a full recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's 100 m\nAsafa Powell took his second Golden League victory, beating Paris winner Derrick Atkins who took second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's 1500 m\nAdil Kaouch also took a second Golden League victory, in a Personal Best, with several other athletes recording the best results of their lives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's 110 m Hurdles\nOslo winner Anwar Moore won a close-run race from Paris winner Dayron Robles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's Triple Jump\nChristian Olsson only took two attempts before retiring, a foul and a jump which turned out to be a winning mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Men's Javelin\nTero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki plummeted out of the jackpot race, as Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen took the win. However, this competition was more memorable for a freak accident concerning Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki and French long jumper Salim Sdiri. On the Finn's second throw, his javelin veered off to the left and into the long jump area, where Sdiri was warming up. The implement hit Sdiri in his side but no serious injuries were sustained. The incident clearly had an adverse effect on Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki, however, as he failed to match his first round effort of 86.09 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's 100 m\nTorri Edwards continued her fine season with a win over compatriot Me'Lisa Barber and top European Tezzhan Naimova, as Allyson Felix finished fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's 400 m\nSanya Richards remained in the jackpot hunt with a graceful performance ahead of 2001 World champion Amy Mbackie Thiam, who set her fastest time for four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's 100 m Hurdles\nMichelle Perry set a world lead to win, as Susanna Kallur was disappointed to finish third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's High Jump\nBlanka Vla\u0161i\u0107 took her second Golden League win of the season, as two athletes went over 2 m. Antonietta Di Martino, who had hoped to perform well in front of her home crowd, disappointed, finishing fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Women's Pole Vault\nYelena Isinbayeva took a clear victory to keep her hopes of a jackpot share alive. Isinbayeva missed her first attempt at 4.65 m, then passed to 4.70, which she cleared first time, then came a failure at 4.85, attempts were passed to 4.90, which was routinely cleared at the first attempt. None of the three world record attempts at 5.02 m were close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Jackpot contenders\nTero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki was the only casualty of the meeting, as three women remained in the jackpot hunt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Golden Gala, Jackpot contenders, Women\n400 m: Sanya Richards (\u00a0United States), 100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry (\u00a0United States), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva (\u00a0Russia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich\nHeld in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, at the Letzigrund stadium, on September 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich, Jackpot Contenders, Women\n400 m: Sanya Richards (\u00a0United States), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva (\u00a0Russia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme\nThe 31st edition of the Memorial Van Damme took place at the King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme\nThe Golden League events were somewhat overshadowed in Brussels, as Meseret Defar succeeded in her world record attempt in the two miles event and Kenenisa Bekele failed in his attempt over 10,000 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Men's 10,000 m\nKenenisa Bekele, the current world record holder, won but failed to make a new world record in this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase\nKoech won with a new world lead for this year, and an improvement of 0.62 seconds to the previous lead, that marked in Stockholm in August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 71], "content_span": [72, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Women's Two Miles\nAfter her 5,000 m event gold medal at the world champs this year, Defar successes to make a new world record in this event - with an improvement of 11.89 seconds to the previous record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme, Jackpot Contenders, Women\n400 m: Sanya Richards (\u00a0United States), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva (\u00a0Russia)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 70], "content_span": [71, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF\nThe 15th edition of the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) took place at the Berlin Olympiastadion, in Berlin, Germany, on 16 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF\nThe sixth Golden League meet ended with two jackpot winners: Sanya Richards from \u00a0United States, in the women's 400m event, and Yelena Isinbayeva from \u00a0Russia, in the women's Pole Vault event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's 200 m\nThe American female sprinter Lauryn Williams won this event with a time of 22.95.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's 100 m Hurdles\nThe Sweden female athlete Susanna Kallur beat the American world champion Michelle Perry with a time of 12.49, very close to Perry's world lead for this year, 12.44.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's High Jump\nBlanka Vla\u0161i\u0107, the Croatian world champion for this event this year, won the event with a good high of 2.00 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, ISTAF, Women's Pole Vault\nOlympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, completed her 6 wins in 2007 Golden League in this meet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191581-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF Golden League, Jackpot Winners\nYelena Isinbaeva from Russia, in the women's Pole Vault event; and Sanya Richards from United States, in the women's 400 m event. Each of them got a prize of $500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191582-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Athletics Final\nThe 5th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 22 and September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191583-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Athletics Final \u2013 Results\nThese are the results of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, which took place in at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, Germany on September 22 and September 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191583-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Athletics Final \u2013 Results\nThe year's top seven athletes, based on their points ranking of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour, qualified to compete in each event, with an extra four athletes selected for races of 1500 metres and above. One additional athlete, a wildcard, was allocated to each event by the IAAF and replacement athletes were admitted to replace the qualified athletes that could not attend the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191584-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour\nThe 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the second edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 24 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2007 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and thirteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 27 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 22\u201323 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191584-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour\nFour athletes achieved 100 points in the rankings in their event, all of them women: Sanya Richards (400 m), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1500 m), Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) and Blanka Vla\u0161i\u0107 (high jump). The highest scoring male athlete was Asafa Powell in the 100 metres with 96 points \u2013 a total also reached by two athletes in the women's 100 metres hurdles (Susanna Kallur and Michelle Perry).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191584-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour, Points standings\nAthletes earned points at meetings during the series. The following athletes were the top performers for their event prior to the World Athletics Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships\nThe 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2007. The races were held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. The short race for men and women that was run between 1998 and 2006 was scrapped and the World Cross Country Championships went back to one-day format. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparations\nWhen Athletics Kenya (AK, the national governing body of Athletics) applied for the event, it used the slogan \"Cross Country Comes Home\", referring to Kenyan and East African traditional dominance at the event. Nevertheless, no formidable Kenyan runners are known to come from Kenyan Coast Province. Instead, successful Kenyan runners typically represent Kalenjin tribes who reside in The Rift Valley Kenya, approximately 700-800 kilometres from Mombasa. AK chose Mombasa as a venue due to better infrastructure (such as hotels) compared to other cities. The 2007 World Cross Country Championships is one of the biggest international athletics event held in Kenya since the 1987 All-Africa Games, held 20 years ago in Nairobi. Another event held in Kenya was the 2003 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 844]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparations\nOther applicants for the event were Miami in the United States and Madrid in Spain, both withdrew their candidature before final vote. The World Cross Country Championships have been held in Africa three times before. In 1975 and 1998 it was held in Morocco, the 1996 event took place in South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparations\nThere was also an IAAF Council meeting held in Mombasa, at which the host cities for 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics were selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Track and conditions\nMombasa, the host, is the second largest city in Kenya, a major port town and tourist center. The event was held at Mombasa Golf Club, located in Mombasa Island, just east of the Kilindini Harbour. The track was curvy but relatively flat. The underlying ground was mostly grass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Track and conditions\nThe weather was sunny, hot and humid, typical of Mombasa, resulting in exhausting conditions. This kind of weather may affect competitors who hail from distant latitudes, but also Kenyan and Ethiopian runners, who often come from cooler highland areas. One victim was Pauline Korikwiang, Kenyan runner who was attempting to defend her junior women's title but fainted one kilometer before the finishing line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)\nKenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, who has won five consecutive long and short course races, promised to quit cross country running after the 2006 World Championships. However, he changed his mind and competed in Mombasa after all. A pre-race favourite, Bekele did not finish the race and thus failed to win historical sixth consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)\nZersenay Tadese won the event and became the first cross-country world champion for Eritrea. Tadese is also the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships men's gold medalist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km)\nComplete results for senior men and for senior men's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Junior men's race (8 km)\nComplete results for junior men and for junior men's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Senior women's race (8 km)\nComplete results for senior women and for senior women's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Race results, Junior women's race (6 km)\nComplete results for junior women and for junior women's teams were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191585-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 470 athletes from 63 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. Theannounced athletes from the \u00a0Democratic Republic of the Congo and \u00a0Somalia did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191586-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior men's race\nThe Junior men's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 24, 2007. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191586-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior men's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 126 athletes from 34 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from the \u00a0Democratic Republic of the Congo and \u00a0Somalia did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191587-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior women's race\nThe Junior women's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 24, 2007. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191587-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Junior women's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 87 athletes from 28 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191588-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior men's race\nThe Senior men's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 24, 2007. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191588-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior men's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 163 athletes from 44 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from the \u00a0Democratic Republic of the Congo did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 78], "content_span": [79, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191589-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior women's race\nThe Senior women's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 24, 2007. Reports of the event were given in the Herald, and for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [65, 65], "content_span": [66, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191589-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior women's race, Race results, Senior women's race (8 km), Individual\n\u2020: Binnaz Uslu from \u00a0Turkey did not finish, but was disqualified because of doping violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 119], "content_span": [120, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191589-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships \u2013 Senior women's race, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 94 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 65], "section_span": [67, 80], "content_span": [81, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191590-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships\nThe 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Udine, Italy on 14 October 2007. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191590-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, Race results\nComplete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191590-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, Race results, Women's\n\u2020: Susan Chepkemei from \u00a0Kenya initially did not finish, but was tested positive for Salbutamol and disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 65], "content_span": [66, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191590-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, Participation\nThe participation of 144 athletes (82 men/62 women) from 37 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from \u00a0Cameroon, \u00a0Costa Rica, \u00a0Palestine, and \u00a0Somalia did not show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191591-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IAFL season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Rodw (talk | contribs) at 09:24, 10 December 2019 (Disambiguating links to DCU Saints (link changed to DCU Saints (American football); link changed to DCU Saints (American football)) using DisamAssist.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191591-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IAFL season\nThe 2007 IAFL (Irish American Football League) season, with new divisional format, was due to begin on March 4 with the College Championship game between DCU Saints and UL Vikings, but the game was delayed due to rain, so the season proper began on March 25 when the Cork Admirals beat the Belfast Bulls, the UL Vikings beat the Tallaght Outlaws and Dublin Rebels beat the Dublin City University Saints. The season continued throughout April and May, with the IAFL College Championship Game eventually been rescheduled on June 3, with the UL Vikings beating the DCU Saints 50\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191591-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IAFL season\nDuring the course of the regular season, two non-league games were played against foreign opposition, with CMS College Stags beating the Tallaght Outlaws 67\u20130 and, in the Claddagh Classic on June 2, the Team USA All-Stars beat the Carrickfergus Knights 26\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191591-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IAFL season\nNote: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 53]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191591-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IAFL season, Playoffs\nThe play-off positions were decided on the last day of the regular season, with the Belfast Bulls, Dublin Rebels and UL Vikings securing their respective Divisional titles and the Belfast Trojans and Cork Admirals as the wildcard teams. Cork Admirals won the wildcard game and set up a play-off tie with the Dublin Rebels, strongly fancied to retain the Shamrock Bowl for the 5th consecutive time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191591-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 IAFL season, Playoffs\nHowever, Cork managed to win a close fought 8-6 victory and secured their first ever bowl appearance against UL Vikings, who beat the Belfast Bulls 44-2 to set the stage for the first ever all-Munster Shamrock Bowl. The UL Vikings won a very close game 22-14 to win Shamrock Bowl XXI and claim their first ever title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship\nThe 2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in South Africa from 25\u201330 August 2007. All matches were held at the Willowmoore Park complex in Benoni, Gauteng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship\nNamibia won the tournament by defeating Kenya in the final, qualifying for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. Two African under-19 sides, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are ICC full members, and thus qualified directly for the World Cup. Namibian batsman Sean Silver and Uganda bowler Charles Waiswa led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship\nThe tournament was the second edition of the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, after the inaugural championship in 2001. In 2003 and 2005, a joint World Cup qualification tournament had been organised by ICC Africa and ICC East Asia-Pacific. The 2007 championships were the last at which there was only a single division \u2013 from the 2009 tournament onwards, there have been two divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Teams and qualification\nAll six African teams at the 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship qualified for the tournament, with the places of the two ICC East Asia-Pacific teams (Fiji and Papua New Guinea) taken by Botswana and Ghana:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Finals, 5th-place playoff\nTwo \"semi-finals\" for the fifth-place playoff were held, in which Ghana defeated Tanzania by seven wickets and Zambia defeated Nigeria by 315 runs. The two losing teams played each other in the seventh-place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 64], "content_span": [65, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Finals, Final\nTwo semi-finals were held, in which Kenya defeated Botswana by four wickets and Namibia defeated Uganda by nine wickets. The two losing teams played each other in the third-place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Statistics, Most runs\nThe top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191592-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Statistics, Most wickets\nThe top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191593-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Awards\nThe 2007 ICC Awards were held on 10 September 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005) and Mumbai (2006). Having been hosted since 2004, the ICC Awards were now into their fourth year. They were presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) and honours for Associate Player of the Year were also awarded for the first time. The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191593-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Awards, Selection Committee\nNominees were voted on by a 56-member academy of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 36], "content_span": [37, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191593-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year\nRicky Ponting was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 62], "content_span": [63, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191593-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year\nRicky Ponting was also selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 61], "content_span": [62, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191594-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy\nThe 2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (International Cricket Council East Asia Pacific Cricket Trophy) is an international cricket tournament that forms part of the ICC World Cricket League. It was played in Auckland, New Zealand from 2 to 8 December 2007, and forms part of the qualification structure for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191594-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy, Teams\nThe top two teams from the tournament will qualify for Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey in May 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191594-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy, Final and Playoffs\nThe final and playoffs originally scheduled for 8 December were cancelled, in favour of replaying abandoned matches from 6 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191595-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One\nThe 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One was a One Day International cricket tournament played from 29 January 2007 to 7 February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. Division One, which is the successor to the now defunct ICC 6 Nations Challenge, is the highest tier of the World Cricket League, and is effectively the second level of cricket below the 10 Test-playing nations. This tournament served as an important warm-up for the 2007 Cricket World Cup that took place in the West Indies in March 2007. The tournament featured the six Associate members in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, who qualified for the Cricket World Cup as hosts and through the 2005 ICC Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191595-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One\nGames were played at Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Ruaraka Sports Club and Jaffery Sports Club, all located in Nairobi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191595-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Points table\nScotland and Kenya qualified for the final which was won by Kenya. Both qualified for the 2007 Twenty20 Cricket World Championship to be held in South Africa in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191595-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One, Statistics\nPlayer of the Tournament was A Bagai for his 345 runs, and his performance as wicket-keeper for Canada: 4 catches and 1 stumping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191596-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three\nThe 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament played in Darwin, Australia between 27 May and 2 June 2007. The tournament formed part of the qualification structure for the 2011 World Cup as well as part of the wider ICC World Cricket League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191596-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three\nAt the end of the tournament, the teams were distributed in the divisions of the ICC World Cricket League as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191596-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Teams\nUSA, Papua New Guinea and Uganda qualified due to their participation in the 2005 ICC Trophy. The other five teams are the next best qualifiers from their respective ICC Development Regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191596-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Teams\nUSA were suspended by the ICC and withdrawn from the tournament, with Argentina taking their place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191597-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two\nThe 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two is a tournament that forms part of the ICC World Cricket League. It was played in Windhoek, Namibia, between 24 November and 1 December 2007, and forms part of the qualification structure for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191597-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, Teams\nThe top four teams from this tournament progressed to the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, which was played in the United Arab Emirates in April 2009. The 5th and 6th placed teams played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in early 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 49], "content_span": [50, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20\nThe 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural Twenty20 International cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament\u2014the ten Test-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Rules and regulations\nDuring the group stage and Super Eight, points were awarded to the teams as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Rules and regulations\nIn case of a tie (i.e., both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a bowl-out decided the winner. This was applicable in all stages of the tournament. The bowl-out was used to determine the result of only one game in this tournament \u2013 the Group D game between India and Pakistan on 14 September (scorecard).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Rules and regulations\nWithin each group (both group stage and Super Eight stage), teams were ranked against each other based on the following criteria:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Qualification\nBy finishing first and second in the 2007 WCL Division One, Kenya and Scotland qualified for the World Twenty20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Group stage\nThe 12 participant teams were divided into four groups of three teams each. The groups were determined based on the rankings of the teams in Twenty20 as of 1 March 2007. The top two teams from each group went through to the second stage of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Group stage, Group A\nGroup A saw the only exit of a seeded team when the West Indies were eliminated after losing both their matches. Their first loss came after Chris Gayle's record 117 runs was not enough to prevent South Africa from winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Group stage, Group B\nGroup B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 64 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Group stage, Group C\nIn the first match Kenya scored the lowest Twenty20 International total of 73 against New Zealand and went on to lose with 12.2 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Kenya's fate was sealed when they allowed Sri Lanka to post a Twenty20 world record of 260 in the group's second match. Kenya were then bowled out for 88 and lost by a record 172 runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Group stage, Group D\nIndia and Pakistan played in the first ever World Twenty20 bowl-out. India's bowlers defeated Pakistan 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Super 8s\nThis tournament's Super Eight format was designed such that the top 2 seeds from each group was pre-decided at the start of the tournament. The actual performance of the team in the Group Stage played no role in determining if the team qualified into Super Eight Group E or F. For example, in Group C, though Sri Lanka finished with more points than New Zealand, for the purpose of the Super Eight groupings, New Zealand retained the group's top seed position (C1) while Sri Lanka retained the group's second seed position (C2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Super 8s\nIn case a third-seeded team qualified ahead of the two top-seeded teams, it took on the seed of the eliminated team. This only happened in Group A, where Bangladesh (original seed A3) qualified ahead of West Indies (original seed A2) and therefore took on the A2 spot in Group F. The other seven top seeds qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Super 8s\nThe eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each Super Eight group qualified for the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Knockout stages, Final\nIndia won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring. Umar Gul took the wickets of both Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaving India with 157/5 in 20 overs; only Gautam Gambhir (75 from 54 balls) produced a notable innings. A 21-run over from Sreesanth swung the game towards Pakistan. However, Irfan Pathan (3/16), RP Singh (3/26) and Joginder Sharma (2/20) slowed the scoring dramatically. With Pakistan needing 54 from 24 balls, Misbah-ul-Haq hit 3 sixes off Harbhajan Singh in one over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Knockout stages, Final\nSreesanth was also dispatched for 2 sixes but took the wicket of Sohail Tanvir, as Pakistan went into the last over needing 13 runs to win, with only 1 wicket remaining. Joginder Sharma bowled a wide first ball, followed by a dot ball. Misbah followed by taking six off a full-toss; Pakistan needed just 6 runs to win from the last four balls. Misbah attempted to hit the next ball with a paddle-scoop over fine leg, but he only managed to sky the ball, and it was caught at short fine-leg by Sreesanth, leaving Pakistan all out for 152 runs. Irfan Pathan was awarded the Man of the Match for his spell, which included 3 wickets for 16 runs, including that of Man of the Series, Shahid Afridi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Match officials\nThe umpires were selected from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC International umpire panel and the referees from the Panel of ICC Referees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191598-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20, Media coverage\nCoverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final\nThe 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final was a Twenty20 International cricket match played between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. Administered by the International Cricket Council (ICC) it was the culmination of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 which was the inaugural edition of the tournament. India won by defeating Pakistan by five runs. The teams had previously played each other in a Group-D match of the tournament, which was also won by India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final\nIn Group D, after initial games against Scotland, rivals India and Pakistan met at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa. After India got to 141 for 9 in their twenty overs, a Misbah-ul-Haq run-out on the last ball of the game saw the match head into a bowl-out which India won 3\u20130 with Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa scoring for India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final\nIn the Super 8s, India lost to New Zealand by 10 runs. India then defeated England and host South Africa by 18 and 37 runs. Meanwhile, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs. Pakistan also defeated Australia and chased Bangladesh to win by four wickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Road to the final\nThe first semi-final was a tight contest between Pakistan and New Zealand, which Pakistan won by six wickets. India faced Australia in the second semi-final match, the lead alternating until India turned it around to win their spot in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Team composition\nThe Indian team made one change from their semi-final against Australia: Yusuf Pathan went into the lineup to replace Virender Sehwag, who was unavailable for fitness issues. Pakistan also had one change with Fawad Alam being dropped as he was replaced by Yasir Arafat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Officials\nSimon Taufel and Mark Benson were the on-field umpires and Daryl Harper was the third umpire, while Ranjan Madugalle was selected as the match referee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Match summary\nAfter winning the coin toss and electing to bat first, India lost their opening wicket in the third over when Yusuf Pathan mis-timed his shot to be caught by Shoaib Malik for 15. The next wicket to fall was Robin Uthappa, with another mis-timed shot ending his innings on eight. Settling down, Gautam Gambhir played his shots (he achieved top score for India with 75 from 54 balls including 8 fours and 2 sixes). On the other end, Yuvraj Singh was caught-out from a Umar Gul delivery to end the 63-run partnership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Match summary\nAfter MS Dhoni was bowled by Gul for 6, the innings slowed between over 14 to 18. Rohit Sharma made some late-order hitting which brought India to 157 for 5 in the twenty overs. For Pakistan, Gul was the best of the bowlers as he took three wickets while Asif and Sohail Tanvir each took a wicket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Match summary\nIn the run chase, Pakistan lost Hafeez in the first over while Akmal was bowled by a in-swinger from R.\u00a0P. Singh. After a twenty-one run-over from S. Sreesanth, Imran Nazir was run out Robin Uthappa on 31, which started a brief collapse with the wickets of Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik and Yasir Arafat putting Pakistan to 77 for 6. Misbah-ul-Haq remained strong at the other end with support from the tail-enders, and reached within thirteen runs of the target; however, he lost his wicket, with the gamble of going over short-fine leg ending in a Sreesanth catch. This resulted in India winning by five runs. The pick of the bowlers was Irfan Pathan and R.\u00a0P. Singh, who each collected three wickets; Joginder Sharma and S. Sreesanth also got into the wickets with two and one, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Scorecard\nFall of wickets: 1\u201325 (Y K Pathan, 2.4 over), 2\u201340 (Uthappa, 5.4 over), 3\u2013103 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.3 over), 4\u2013111 (Dhoni, 15.2 over), 5\u2013130 (Gambhir, 17.6 over)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Scorecard\nDid not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, S Sreesanth, R.\u00a0P. Singh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Final match, Scorecard\nFall of wickets: 1\u20132 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.5 over), 2\u201326 (Kamran Akmal, 2.3 over), 3\u201353 (Imran Nazir, 5.4 over), 4\u201365 (Younis Khan, 8.3 over), 5\u201376 (Shoaib Malik, 11.3 over), 6\u201377 (Shahid Afridi, 11.4 over), 7\u2013104 (Yasir Arafat, 15.6 over), 8\u2013138 (Sohail Tanvir, 17.6 over), 9\u2013141 (Umar Gul, 18.5 over), 10\u2013152 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 19.3 over)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Aftermath\nOn 26 September, the Indian team was greeted with a warm welcome by the fans upon their return to India. The players took a 30-kilometre open bus ride from the Mumbai Airport to the Wankhede Stadium, where they were felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The players were rewarded \u20b980 lakh (US$193,477.39) each, while Yuvraj Singh was gifted an additional \u20b91 crore (US$241,846.74) and a Porsche 911.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191599-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final, Aftermath\nIn Pakistan, the loss was met with agitation by several fans who raised slogans and burned effigies of the players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials\nThe International Cricket Council announced the officials for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 on 26 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials, Umpires\nFive umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, along with four members of the ICC International umpire panel complete the list of umpires for the twenty seven match tournament. A rotation system will see all officials serve on-field, as well as in third umpire capacities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials, Umpires\nThree South African officials in Brian Jerling, Karl Hurter and Marais Erasmus will serve as fourth umpires for all matches in the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials, Referees\nThe three referees selected are all members of the Panel of ICC Referees, and they will be responsible for all twenty seven matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials, Suspended Officials\nFive of the ICC's top officials were suspended from duty for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship by way of punishment for the chaotic end to the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, where they incorrectly interpreted the playing conditions. The suspended officials are umpires Steve Bucknor, Aleem Dar, Rudi Koertzen and Billy Bowden, along with referee Jeff Crowe, all of whom are members of the ICC's elite panels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials, Suspended Officials\nThe suspension of these officials means that at least one of the umpires in the final will be taking charge of their first major ICC final, with Simon Taufel the only umpire chosen who has previously stood in a final (that being the final of the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191600-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials, Style of Umpiring\nThe fast-paced, exciting nature of Twenty20 cricket has led to some umpires in domestic Twenty20 competitions using much more flamboyant signals than they would otherwise use. The ICC has, however, issued special instructions to the umpires, telling them to remain calm and to officiate in their normal manner, so as not to distract spectators from the cricket and to ensure that they are concentrating fully on any decisions they may be asked to make.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads\nThis page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This is the first World Twenty20 tournament which had been organised by the ICC. The championship was run from 11 to 24 September 2007 in South Africa. 12 teams took part in the championship, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage. The first-class team listed for each player is the domestic team he plays for in his home country and any English county he has played for in the 2007 season, which was running concurrently to the World Twenty20 tournament. The winner of the Final was India. Second place went to Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group A, South Africa\nSouth Africa announced their squad on 11 August 2007. Loots Bosman was ruled out of the competition with a lower back injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group B, Australia\nAustralia's T20 squad was announced on 20 July 2007. Shaun Tait was named in the original squad but was later ruled out after elbow surgery; he was replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus. The squad was generally the same as that which won the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group B, England\nEngland announced their squad on 6 August 2007. Ravi Bopara pulled out from the tournament on 4 September, after dislocating his thumb during a bowling spell in the ODI series against India. Three days later, James Anderson was announced to replace him. Ryan Sidebottom also withdrew after failing to recover from a side injury sustained during the third Test against India in early August: Dimitri Mascarenhas was called up as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group B, Zimbabwe\nZimbabwe announced their squad on 14 August 2007. Tatenda Taibu returned to the team for the first time in two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group C, New Zealand\nNew Zealand announced their squad on 9 August 2007. Long-time captain Stephen Fleming, who stepped down from the One-day International captaincy after the 2007 World Cup, was not included, and Daniel Vettori was given the captaincy. Scott Styris could be replaced, as he has struggled with injury problems playing for Durham in England in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group C, Sri Lanka\nMuttiah Muralitharan was originally selected in the squad, but was withdrawn on 31 August 2007 after straining a biceps. Dilruwan Perera replaced him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191601-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads, Group D, Pakistan\nAfter a dressing room incident on 6 September 2007, in which Shoaib Akhtar was alleged to have hit Mohammad Asif with a bat, Akhtar was handed an indefinite ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board and sent home from the tournament before it even began. Sohail Tanvir, an uncapped allrounder, replaced him. Misbah-ul-haq was a controversial selection ahead of Mohammed Yousuf. Yet Misbah ended up being the 2nd highest run scorer in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191602-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships\nThe 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Brazil under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 31st edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191603-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Dom Kaos (talk | contribs) at 16:39, 15 April 2020 (Corrected wikilinks). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191603-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships\nThe 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on August 9\u201312, 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia) who hosted in 1971, 1975, 1978, and 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191603-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships\nMen race as individuals, pairs and quads over 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m in both Canoe (Canadian) (C) and Kayak (K) events, giving a total of 18 gold medals. Women compete for only 9 gold medals as they race in kayak events only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191603-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights\nBoth German and Hungarian paddlers won 9 gold medals. With 6 silver Germany topped the medal table, while Hungarians finished first on the point table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191603-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights\nIn the women's events the two nations shared all world titles. Since Natasa Janics left the legendary pair with Katalin Kov\u00e1cs all K-2 races were ruled by the German paddlers. However, Katalin Kov\u00e1cs won K-1 1000 m and 500 m, and gained two silvers in the K-4 events, while former partner Natasa Janics won the individual over 200 m. Hungarian team won the K-4 on 1000 m, and Germans the 500 m and 200 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191603-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Highlights\nIn the men's races, the C-2 500 m final saw Gy\u00f6rgy Kolonics win his fifteenth and final championship title which is an outstanding record in the history of canoe sprint. Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wiesk\u00f6tter of Germany won their sixth K-2 500 m title in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191604-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IF Elfsborg season\nIF Elfsborg did not repeat its 2006 league title, but at least managed to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Cup, following the victory against Dinamo Bucharest in the play-off round, into which they had been relegated from the Champions League, where they had lost to Valencia in the final play-off round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship\nThe 2007 IFAF World Championship was the third instance of the IFAF World Championship, the quadrennial international American football world championship tournament. It was held July 7\u201315, 2007 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship, Matches, Final\nThe United States competed for the first time in the 2007 IFAF World Cup. Japan was making their third appearance in the finals, winning the previous two World Championships. Japan took a 17-10 lead with seven minutes and seven seconds left in regulation. University of Arizona quarterback Adam Austin guided Team USA with an 11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with the second 5-yard touchdown run by RB Kyle Kasperbauer, to tie the game at 17. IFAF follows the overtime system used by the NCAA, and both teams scored field goals with their first OT possession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship, Matches, Final\nIn the second overtime, Japan got the ball first but missed a 34-yard field goal attempt. Team USA then reached Japan's 6-yard line. On 4th and one, Craig Coffin kicked the game winning 22-yard field goal, with the final score at 23-20. University of Nebraska-Omaha running back Kyle Kasperbauer was named MVP of the game after scoring two touchdowns and running for 54 yards on 15 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship, Matches, Final\nRushing:Japan - Furutani 13-61, Ishino 3-15, M. Maeda 4-7, Namiki 2-6, Shimizu 3-5, Tomizawa 2-2,Takata 7-(-4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship, Matches, Final\nUSA - Kasperbauer 15-65, Blakowski 10-55, W. Johnson 4-13, Austin 3-(-5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship, Matches, Final\nReceiving:Japan - Hasegawa 3-37, Nakajima 3-29, Furutani 3-23, Shimizu 2-24, Yoneyama 2-12,Mayuzumi 2-11, M. Maeda 1-28, Kihira 1-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191605-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IFAF World Championship, Matches, Final\nUSA - Drenckhahn 5-40, Lewis 2-20, Odom 2/19, Thompson 1-13, Awrey 1-11, Childs 1-6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191606-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IFK G\u00f6teborg season\nThe 2007 season was IFK G\u00f6teborg's 102nd in existence, their 75th season in Allsvenskan and their 31st consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen. IFK G\u00f6teborg won their first domestic title in 11 years. The club also broke its transfer record when Tobias Hys\u00e9n was bought from Sunderland for 2.5 million euros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191606-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IFK G\u00f6teborg season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix\nIn 2007 the team with the most members in the Grand Prix were from the Los Angeles Anacondas with 4. The Toronto Dragons have 3 representatives while the New York Pitbulls, Nevada Lions and San Jose Razorclaws have 2. Due to injuries the Chicago Red Bears and the Seattle Tiger Sharks do not have a member representing them in the 2007 GP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix\nThe inaugural IFL GP has been marred with injuries and contract disputes that of the original 20 fighters that were set to compete only 14 of them are still on the card with one entire tournament bracket being reduced to just one championship match (the Light Heavyweight division). At the same time 7 reserved fighters were even scratched off due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix\nOriginally the GP was to determine champions in five weight classes, but the IFL announced on 11/13/07 that they will be crowning a sixth champion in the newly established featherweight division. No.1 seeded lightweight Wagnney Fabiano of the Toronto Dragons will drop out of the Lightweight GP and compete for the Featherweight title against Quad City Silverbacks L.C. Davis. Replacing Fabiano in the LW GP will be LW alternate Shad Lierley of the Seattle Tiger Sharks setting up the much anticipated rematch between Lierley and Chris Horodecki of the Los Angeles Anacondas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix, Lightweight Grand Prix\n* Originally Shad Lierley was to face Horodecki but a toe injury during practice took him out of competition. It was then announced on 12/12/07 that John Gunderson will take Lierley's place. On 12/14/07 it was announced that unfortunately Gunderson also suffered an injury and now fighting Horodecki will be Wolfpack's Ryan Schultz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix, Welterweight Grand Prix\n* Originally Tokyo Sabres Antonio McKee was going to participate in the WW GP but due to his participation in another MMA promotion which was a violation of his IFL contract, McKee was removed from the GP and replaced by alternate Pat Healy. A week before the GP, the IFL announced that Healy suffered an elbow injury during training and could not participate in the IFL. Taking his place is San Jose Razorclaws Donnie Liles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix, Welterweight Grand Prix\n** Originally Chicago Red Bears Mark Miller was going to participate in the WW GP but due to a hand injury he had to step out. Replacing him will be alternate Brad Blackburn. Shortly after the announcement of Blackburn replacing Miller, it was announced that Blackburn could not compete in the GP due to an undisclosed injury, to replace him will be Gideon Ray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix, Light Heavyweight Grand Prix\n*Originally Silverback Mike Ciesnolevicz was to participate in the LHW GP but due to his KO lost to Andre Gusmao during the IFL World Championship Finals he is under KO suspension and thus can not compete. Taking his place is the man who knocked him out New York Pittbulls Andre Gusmao. Unfortunately shortly after this announcement Gusmao suffered an injured foot and therefore could not compete in the GP. Meanwhile fellow LHW finalist Mike Whitehead did not sign a contract extension with the IFL and thus was not allowed to participate in the GP. At the same time reserve fighter Jamal Patterson was reported injured and could not participate in the GP, therefore the IFL decided to just make this a one fight tourny for the LHW belt between Matsuyshenko and Schoenauer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 49], "content_span": [50, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191607-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IFL Grand Prix, Heavyweight Grand Prix\n** Originally Ben Rothwell was to participate in the HW GP but due to Rothwell not signing a contract extension with the IFL he was not allowed to participate. Taking his place against Roy Nelson will be Reese Andy while reserve fighter Bryan Vetell will fight Antoine Jaoude. It was announced that Reese Andy could not compete in the GP due to injuries therefore Shane Ott will take his place and fight Antoine Joude while Roy Nelson will face Bryan Vetell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships\nThe 2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship (2007\u5e74IFMAR EP \u30aa\u30d5\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9\u4e16\u754c\u9078\u624b\u6a29) was the 12th edition of the biennial IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 scale radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) to be run over two classes (2WD and 4WD) over seven days between 9 and 16 September 2007. Each class ran for three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships\nThe national sanctional body, Japan Model Racing Car Association (JMRCA), acted as the host nation on behalf of Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA). Hakusan Ichirino RC Club acted as the host club for the championship taking place at the Hakusan Arena in Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture. It was the second time the 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship had taken place in Japan since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships\nNeil Cragg of the United Kingdom and Ryan Cavaileri of the United States were the defending champions in 2WD and 4WD respectively; the championship was won by Japan's Hayato Matsuzaki of Japan and Jared Tebo of the United States in their respective classes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Circuit\nHakusan Arena, also known as Ichirino RC Plaza, is owned by Hakusan Ichirino RC Club. It consisted of two circuits, each for on- and off-road racing. The off-road circuit was 185\u00a0m (607\u00a0ft) long with a 30\u00a0m (98\u00a0ft) long straight; the track is 3\u00a0m (9.8\u00a0ft) and 6\u00a0m (20\u00a0ft) wide per IFMAR regulations of the time. From 2001 until 2007, both circuits had hosted six JMRCA All-Japan Championships. The off-road circuit had the same layout as the one used in the 1:8 All-Japan; the surface was the same clay soil used for roof tiles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 62], "content_span": [63, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Report, Race, 2WD\nThe race began when the TQ, Hayato Matsuzaki with Ryan Maifield, gradually caught towards him then took the lead when Matsuzaki turned too early under pressure and crashed at the off-camber corner. Matsuzaki was then chased by Jared Tebo and Ryan Cavalieri, allowing them to pass when Matsuzaki crashed again. Repeated mistakes helped him finish sixth, while Americans Maifield, Tebo and Cavalieri held onto their positions to finish the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Report, Race, 2WD\nMatsuzaki made up for his error in the previous leg by taking a quick lead shortly after the start. Mike Truhe followed him but not for long; Matsuzaki increased his pace. Masami Hirosaka, fourth-place finisher in the previous leg, was the quicker driver; he began to make his way through the field in the closing stage. He unsuccessfully attempted several maneuvers against Matsuzaki, who won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Report, Race, 2WD\nMatsuzaki led Truhe and Maifield from pole but Maifield soon passed Truhe, enabling him to challenge Matsuzaki. Maifield made an error over the moguls that enabled Truhe to pass him. Truhe was eventually passed by Tebo for second place. The pair battled throughout the rest of the race; Tebo beat Truhe by barely a tenth of a second. Matsuzaki, having won the previous leg, was crowned the championship winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Report, Race, 4WD\nJ\u00f6rn Neumann's car began to have problems when its motor moved during the warmup lap. Team manager Gerd Strenge had to race to get the car repaired in time, with 30 seconds before the first heat was due to start. Masami Hirosaka began to lose pace after he was marshalled twice during the opening lap. The heat became a battle between Top Qualifier Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield, who pulled away from Ryan Cavalieri and the rest of the field. During the final lap, Maifield rolled, enabling Tebo to maintain a comfortable lead until he rolled himself. Tebo kept the lead because Maifield was unable to close in on time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Report, Race, 4WD\nTebo led the second heat with Maifield and Hirosaka trailing behind. At the main straight toward the end of the first lap, Maifield saw an opportunity to overtake Tebo then rolled his car. Maifield fell back several places. Hirosaka took the next available opportunity to challenge Tebo for a few laps before crashing, which gave Tebo a comfortable lead until the end of the heat that earned him his title. Cavalieri was able to overtake Hirosaka for a second-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191608-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships, Report, Race, 4WD\nAs the newly crowned champion, Tebo sat out of this heat, leaving Maifield to start in front. The driver to challenge him was Cavalieri, who rolled over on the mogul section as he attempted to make a pass. Cavalieri became more determined; he improved his lap times until the final lap when he was able to challenge Maifield. He came up on the inside of Maifield at the left hand sweeper and stepped out, causing him to spin and leave Cavalieri to finish second. The heat-winner Maifield finish second place overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191609-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships\nThe 2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 9th edition, were held in Aviles, Spain from 17 to 23 September 2007. It was the first Climbing World Championships organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191609-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships, Lead, Women\n68 athletes attended the women's lead competition. Angela Eiter and Muriel Sarkany topped all the routes in the qualification, semifinal, and final rounds which made them tied. So, they climbed one more time in the superfinal round where Angela Eiter took the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191609-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Championships, Bouldering, Women\n77 athletes attended the women's bouldering competition. Anna St\u00f6hr flashed all boulders in the final round to take the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191610-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Cup\nThe 2007 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 18 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations, lead in 8 locations, and speed in 6 locations. The season began on 30 March in Erlangen, Germany and concluded on 18 November in Kranj, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191610-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Cup\nThe top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191610-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Cup\nThe winners for bouldering were Kilian Fischhuber and Juliette Danion, for lead Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza and Maja Vidmar, for speed Sergei Sinitcyn and Tatiana Ruyga, and for combined Jorg Verhoeven and Natalija Gros, men and women respectively. The National Team for bouldering was France, for lead France, and for speed Russian Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191610-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season\nIn bouldering, at the World Cup in La Reunion, Juliette Danion of France flashed all boulders in the final round to take the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191610-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IFSC Climbing World Cup, Highlights of the season\nIn speed climbing, Russian athletes, Sergei Sinitcyn and Tatiana Ruyga clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double speed titles for Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191611-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IHF Super Globe\nThe 2007 IHF Super Globe was the third edition of the tournament. It was held in Cairo, Egypt at from 5 \u2013 9 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191611-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IHF Super Globe\nThe tournament was played on round-robin format. BM Ciudad Real wins the title by defeating all the other opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191612-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF European Champions Cup\nThe 2007 IIHF European Champions Cup was the third edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 11 to January 14. The champions of 2006 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Ak Bars Kazan (RUS), F\u00e4rjestads BK (SWE), MsHK \u017dilina (SVK), HPK (FIN), HC Sparta Praha (CZE), HC Lugano (SUI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191613-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship\nThe 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 12th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191613-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship\nThe tournament was divided into two divisions, the top division, for the teams ranked 1st\u20138th in the world. Additionally, Division I consisted of the teams ranked 9th\u201316th in the world. All 16 teams would be eligible to win the top division world championship. At the conclusion of pool play, the last placed teams in pools A & B played in cross-over games against the winners of pool C & D. The winners advanced to the playoff in the top division, while the losers were entered into the Division I playoff round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191613-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Top Division, Qualifying Round\nSlovakia remains in Top Division, Brazil remains in Division I", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191613-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Men's InLine Hockey World Championship, Top Division, Qualifying Round\nAustria remains in Top Division, Great Britain remains in Division I", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 80], "content_span": [81, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship\nThe 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 3 to 10, 2007 in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. There were no championships in 2006 due to the Torino Olympic tournament. Games were played at the MTS Centre and Selkirk Recreation Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship\nIt was the tenth event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Canada, led by tournament MVP Hayley Wickenheiser, won its ninth world championship by defeating the USA 5\u20131 in the Gold Medal game. Following Sweden's historic Silver in the Olympics they captured their second world championship Bronze, blanking rival Finland 1\u20130. This championship stands as the only women's to have over one hundred thousand attendees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship\nIn June 2006, the IIHF expanded Pool A from 8 to 9 teams, restoring Russia, which had been demoted to Division I after the 2005 event. The decision was made due to the success of the 9-team pool in the 2004 Championships. Because of this change, all teams demoted after the 2005 event were restored to their 2005 divisions for 2007. Three new countries entered the tournament for the first time in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Top Division, Consolation round, Group F (7\u20139 Place)\nKazakhstan will be demoted to Division I for the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I\nThe following teams took part in the Division I tournament, held from April 2, 2007 through April 8, 2007 in Nikk\u014d, Japan:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I\nJapan is promoted to the main tournament and \u00a0Denmark is demoted to Division II in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division I, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II\nThe following teams took part in the Division II tournament, held from March 17, 2007 through March 23, 2007 in Pyongyang, North Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II\nSlovakia is promoted to Division I and \u00a0Slovenia is demoted to Division III in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division II, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III\nThe following teams took part in the Division III tournament, held from March 5, 2007 through March 10, 2007 in Sheffield, England:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III\nAustralia is promoted to Division II and \u00a0South Africa is demoted to Division IV in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division III, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 83], "content_span": [84, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV\nThe following teams took part in the Division IV tournament, held from March 26, 2007 through April 1, 2007 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV\nCroatia is promoted to Division III in the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV, Awards and Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191614-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF Women's World Championship, Division IV, Awards and Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 93], "content_span": [94, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship\nThe 2007 IIHF World Championship was held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. It was the 71st annual world championship event run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament was won by Canada with Rick Nash being named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship, Rules\nAt the 2007 IIHF World Championships, a three-point system for each game is used. Teams winning in regulation were awarded three points, the loser none. Where there was a tie score in the Preliminary, Playoff and Relegation Rounds, teams were given one point each. A five-minute overtime followed and, if the score was still tied after overtime, Game Winning Shots was used. The team winning in overtime or shoot-out was awarded the extra point for a total of two points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying round, Group E\nResults from Preliminary Round games among the qualified teams carry over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship, Qualifying round, Group F\nResults from Preliminary Round games among the qualified teams carry over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship, Relegation Round\nThe top two teams in the standings after the round-robin were invited back to the 2008 IIHF World Championship, while the bottom two teams were relegated to the 2008 IIHF Division I Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191615-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders\nMINS = Minutes (on ice); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191616-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Division I\nThe following teams took part in the Division I tournament, held from April 15, 2007 through April 21, 2007. Group A was played in Qiqihar, China. Group B was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191617-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Division II\nThe 2007 IIHF World Championship Division II tournament consisted of two groups of six teams. Group A was held in Zagreb, Croatia from April 11 to 17, 2007, while Group B was held in Seoul, South Korea from April 2 to April 8, 2007. Croatia won Group A and South Korea won Group B, with both teams being promoted to the Division I tournament. Turkey was relegated to Division III, as was North Korea, though the latter did not participate and was automatically relegated as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191617-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Division II, Group A\nThe IIHF entered \u00a0Serbia in the 2007 tournament as the successor to the \u00a0Serbia and Montenegro national team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191618-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Division III\nThe following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played at Dundalk, Ireland from April 15, 2007 through April 21, 2007. Mongolia made their debut at the World Championships during this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final\nThe 2007 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on 13 May 2007 at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007 IIHF World Championship. Canada defeated Finland 4\u20132 to win its 24th championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final, Background\nThe game marked the second time that Finland and Canada met in the final of a World Championship, the first time being in 1994. However only a year before in 2006 Finland had defeated Canada 5\u20130 in the bronze medal game. In 2007, Canada were looking on form, being undefeated coming into the playoff round, while Finland had registered two losses in the run-up to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final, Venue\nThe Khodynka Arena in Moscow was determined to host the final of the championship. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted the both semi-finals, and the Bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 12,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary\nRick Nash scored on the powerplay at 6:10 into the first period on a one-timer from the point from a pass by Cory Murphy off of Matthew Lombardi, to put Canada up 1\u20130. Near the middle of the period, Eric Staal scored in similar fashion also on the powerplay, assisted by Justin Williams, and Mike Cammalleri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary\n9:11 into the second period, Colby Armstrong scored to give the Canadians a 3\u20130 lead. This goal ended up as the game winner. Finland had some discipline difficulty in the first two periods, taking 6 minutes apiece in penalties in both periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary\nFinland started to bring up the pressure in the last ten minutes. Petri Kontiola scored a nice glove-side goal on Ward with 8:52 left in the third, assisted by Ville Peltonen, to put the Finns on the board. With only 2 minutes left Antti Miettinen scored to bring Finland within one, 3\u20132. However, only one minute later Rick Nash scored on a skillful breakaway to put the game away, 4\u20132 final for team Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191619-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship Final, The Match, Summary\nThe Canadians were outshot 22\u201318, but the Canadian goaltender, Cam Ward, kept them in the game as he was solid between the pipes. They also were able to capitalize on the powerplay, which ended up being decisive in the Canadian win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191620-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship rosters\nThe 2007 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 393 players on 16 national ice hockey teams. Run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the Ice Hockey World Championships is the sport's highest-profile annual international tournament. The 2007 IIHF World Championship was the 71st edition of the tournament and was held in Moscow and Mytischi, Russia. Canada won the Championship, the 24th time they had done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191620-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship rosters\nBefore the start of the World Championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of fifteen skaters and two goaltenders, and a maximum of twenty skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. If a country selects fewer than the maximum allowed, they must choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to select an additional two players, either skaters or goaltenders, to their roster, for a maximum roster of 25 players. Once players were registered to the team, they could not be removed from the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191620-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship rosters\nTo qualify for a national team under IIHF rules, a player must follow several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player would have had to play two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country without playing in another country. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch countries if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may only happen once in the player's life.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191620-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Championship rosters\nRick Nash of Canada was named the tournament's most valuable player by the IIHF directorate. Aleksey Morozov of Russia led the tournament in goal scoring, and was named the top forward. Russian Andrei Markov was named top defenceman and Kari Lehtonen of Finland was selected as top goaltender. Sweden's Johan Davidsson was the tournament's leading scorer and Alexander Eremenko of Russia led goaltenders in save percentage, with 0.957.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I\nThe 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 6 April and 12 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place between 4 April and 10 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland. Belarus and Denmark won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While France finished last in Group A and Great Britain last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament\nThe Group A tournament began on 6 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia. Austria, France, Kazakhstan and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Italy gained promotion to Division I after finished first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Belarus was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament\nBelarus won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished second after winning three of their five games and Kazakhstan finished in third place. France finished in last place, managing to only win one game in overtime and were relegated to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. Andrey Yankov of Kazakhstan led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.903, and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Slovenia's Bla\u017e Gregorc was named as top defenceman and Mikhail Stefanovich of Belarus was selected as top forward. Stefanovich also was the tournaments leading scorer with twelve points including nine goals and three assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament\nThe Group B tournament began on 4 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland. Denmark, Japan, Poland and Ukraine all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Norway was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament\nDenmark won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Japan finished second after losing only to Denmark and Norway finished in third place. Great Britain finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Mikkel B\u00f8dker of Denmark led the tournament in scoring, recording eleven points, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward by the IIHF directorate. Japan's Takumi Kamikawa was named to goaltender and Oliver Lauridsen of Denmark was selected as top defenceman. Denmark's Frederik Andersen was the tournament's leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.937.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191621-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II\nThe 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 15 and 21 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 12 and 18 March 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. The Netherlands and Lithuania won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Mexico finished last in Group A and Serbia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament\nThe Group A tournament began on 15 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary. Belgium, Estonia, Mexico and the Netherlands returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships. Hungary entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Israel entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament\nThe Netherlands won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Hungary finished in second place, losing only to the Netherlands and Estonia finished in third. Mexico finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Eden Nemenoff of Israel was named as the tournament's top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Hungarian Daniel Koger was named the top forward and Mike Dalhuisen of the Netherlands was selected as the top defenceman. Hungary's B\u00e1lint Magosi was the tournament's leading scorer with 14 points and Miklos Rajna was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.938.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group A tournament, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament\nThe Group B tournament began on 12 March 2007 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Australia, Croatia and Lithuania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships. Serbia made their debut appearance in the World U18 Championships after replacing the Serbia and Montenegro men's national under-18 ice hockey team, the change in team coinciding with Montenegro's declaration of independence and the eventual split of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. South Korea entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Romania entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament\nLithuania won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. South Korea finished second after losing only to Lithuania and Estonia finished in third place. Serbia finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated to Division III for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. Tihomir Filipec of Croatia was named as the tournament's top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Lithuanian Povilas Verenis was named the top forward and Cho Hyung Gon of South Korea was selected as the top defenceman. Lithuania's Tadas Kumeliauskas was the tournament's leading scorer with 12 points and Arturas Kuzmicius was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.948.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191622-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II, Group B tournament, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 85], "content_span": [86, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191623-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III\nThe 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 5 and 11 March 2007 in Beijing, China. The tournament was won by Spain who upon winning gained promotion, along with China who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191623-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Overview\nThe 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 5 March 2007 in Beijing, China. New Zealand and South Africa both returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. Turkey gained promotion back to Division III after winning the qualification game against Bulgaria which was held in January 2007. Iceland and Spain entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. China returned to the World U18 Championships, having last played in the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191623-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Overview\nSpain finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. China who finished in second place also gained promotion to Division II, while Iceland finished third after winning three of their five games of the tournament. Alejandro Pedraz of Spain finished as the tournaments top scoring after recording 26 points including 17 goals and nine assists. Spain's Ander Alcaine finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.877.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191623-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Division III Qualification\nThe Division III Qualiciation tournament was held on 28 January 2007 in \u0130zmit, Turkey. The tournament consisted of a single game between Turkey and Bulgaria who were relegated to the qualification tournament after they finished fifth and sixth in the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III tournament. Turkey won the game 3\u20132 in a shootout and qualified for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191623-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Scoring leaders\nList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191623-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III, Leading goaltenders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships\nThe 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships was an ice hockey tournament held in Rauma and Tampere, Finland. The championships began on April 11, 2007 and finished on April 22, 2007. Games were played at \u00c4ij\u00e4nsuo Arena in Rauma and Tampere Ice Stadium in Tampere. Russia defeated the United States 6\u20135 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Sweden defeated Canada 8\u20133 to capture the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2212 = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 76], "content_span": [77, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders\nTOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Top Division, Final standings\nCzech Republic and \u00a0Latvia are relegated to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I\nDivision I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 6 April and 12 April 2007 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament was held between 4 April and 10 April 2007 in Sanok, Poland. Belarus and Denmark won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While France finished last in Group A and Great Britain last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II\nDivision II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 15 and 21 April 2007 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held between 12 and 18 March 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Netherlands and Lithuania won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Mexico finished last in Group A and Serbia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III\nThe Division III tournament was held between 5 and 11 March 2007 in Beijing, China. Spain and China finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191624-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III, Division III Qualification\nThe Division III Qualification tournament was held on 28 January 2007 in \u0130zmit, Turkey. Turkey won the tournament and qualified for the Division III tournament after winning the game against Bulgaria 3\u20132 in a shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191625-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification\nThis was the 2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships Qualification. It decided the teams that participated in the 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191625-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification\nGroup A was held in Vierum\u00e4ki, Finland from February 9\u201311, 2007, Group B was held in Nymburk, Czech Republic from February 9\u201311, 2007, and Group C was held in Bad T\u00f6lz, Bavaria, Germany from February 16\u201318, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191626-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup\nThe 2007 edition of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup were held from January to March, 2007. It was the eighth season of official World Cup competition in alpine skiing where athletes with a disability compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191627-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships\nThe 2nd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships was held between November 18, 2007 and November 24, 2007 at Palaghiaccio Ice Rink in Pinerolo, Turin, Italy. Participating 100 athletes from seven nations: Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Norway, Italy, Poland, Sweden. Pinerolo, a town of 35,000, located 50\u00a0km (31\u00a0mi) from Turin, was the host of 2006 Winter Olympics curling events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191627-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships\nThe Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships tournament was organised under the aegis of the EPC and the IPC by a Committee made up of Turin Olympic Park, operators of the Palaghiaccio, the Municipality of Pinerolo and the Alioth Sports Society, affiliated to the C.I.P. under its president Paolo Covato (Mayor of Pinerolo) and vice president Tiziana Nasi (President of the C.I.P. Piedmont).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191627-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, Final Rankings\nAudun Bakke Helge Bj\u00f8rnstad Trygve S. Larsen Lloyd Remi Johansen Roger Johansen Knut Andre Nordstoga Wiggo Norseth Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Kjell Vidar R\u00f8yne Johan Siqveland Stig Tore Svee Morten V\u00e6rnes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191627-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, Final Rankings\nJi\u0159\u00ed Berger Erik Fojt\u00edk Michal Geier Zden\u011bk H\u00e1bl Daniel Kalina Zden\u011bk Kl\u00edma Martin Kov\u00e1\u0159 Zden\u011bk Krupi\u010dka Pavel Kube\u0161 Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kvoch Jan Matou\u0161ek Zden\u011bk \u0160afr\u00e1nek Michal V\u00e1penka", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191627-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, Final Rankings\nGerd Bleidorn Sebastian Disveld Marius Hattendorf Sebastian Kessler Matthias Koch Simon Kunst Marco Lahrs Robert Pabst Rolf Rabe Frank Rennhack Udo Segreff Sven Stumpe J\u00f6rg Wedde", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191628-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Nations Cup\nThe 2007 IRB Nations Cup is the second edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the \"A\" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191628-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Nations Cup\nOriginally scheduled to take place in the Tineretului Stadium, Bucharest, Romania, in the event the matches took place at the city's Stadionul Arcul de Triumf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191628-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Nations Cup\nArgentina Jaguars were the defending champions, but the Emerging Springboks were the overall winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191628-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Nations Cup\nThe competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191629-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup\nThe 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup was a rugby union competition held between six Pacific Rim sides; Australia A, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). This was the first year that Australia A had competed \u2013 Australia had declined the invitation to compete in the inaugural competition in 2006 because they wanted to focus on their domestic competition, but on 18 October 2006 it was announced that they would send their second XV. For this reason, the inaugural tournament was renamed the Pacific Nations Cup instead of the IRB Pacific Five Nations as it had been called in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191629-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup\nThe tournament was a round-robin of 15 games where each team played one match against each of the others. There are four points for a win, two points for a draw and none for a defeat. There are also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191629-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup\nNew Zealand's Junior All Blacks won the Cup for the second time in Round 4, gaining an unbeatable lead after beating Australia A 50\u20130 in Dunedin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191630-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships\n2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships was the second edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships and was held in Cascais, Portugal on the Portuguese Riviera from 28 June to 13 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191630-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships, Venue\nThe venue for the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships was Cascais and racing was held on five race areas off Cascais.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191631-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ISSF World Cup\nThe 2007 ISSF World Cup was held in the fifteen Olympic shooting events. Four qualification events were held in each event, spanning from March to July, and the best shooters qualified for the ISSF World Cup Final in October, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand for the rifle and pistol events, and in Belgrade, Serbia for the shotgun events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191631-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ISSF World Cup\nNotable about this season is that Europe only had one world cup in the rifle and pistol events (Munich), as Milan was left out in favour of a more worldwide spread of venues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191632-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ITF Men's Circuit\nThe 2007 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2007 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit consisted of 499 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191633-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ITF Women's Circuit\nThe ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2007, the ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191633-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ITF Women's Circuit\nThe ITF world champions in 2007 were Justine Henin (senior singles), Cara Black / Liezel Huber (senior doubles) and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska (combined junior ranking).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191633-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ITF Women's Circuit, Singles titles by nation\nThis list displays only the top 21 nations in terms of singles titles wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191634-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ITU Triathlon World Championships\nThe 2007 ITU Triathlon World Championships were held in Hamburg, Germany from 30 August to 2 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191635-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ITU Triathlon World Cup\nThe 2007 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes. There were fifteen races held in fourteen countries, each held over a distance of 1500\u00a0m swim, 40\u00a0km cycle, 10\u00a0km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall World Cup for which an additional prize purse was awarded. The 2007 World Cup was sponsored by BG Group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191635-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ITU Triathlon World Cup, Overall rankings\nAt each race of the series points were awarded to the top 20 finishers per the table below. Double points were awarded for results achieved in the ITU Triathlon World Championship race in Hamburg, Germany on 1\u20132 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup\nThe Visa-Bikar 2007 was the forty-eighth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on 11 May 2007 and concluded with the Final held on 6 October 2007. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2008\u201309.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, First round\nThe First Round consisted of 32 teams from lower Icelandic divisions. The matches were played on 16 and 17 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, Second round\nThe Second Round matches were played on 31 May and 1 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, Third round\nThird round matches were played on 11 and 12 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, Fourth round\nThe matches were played on 25 and 25 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, Fifth round\nThe matches were played on 10 and 11 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, Quarterfinals\nThe matches were played on 12 and 13 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191636-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Cup, Semifinals\nThe matches were played on 31 August and 1 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191637-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup\nThe 2007 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 12th staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The competition started on 16 February 2007 and concluded on 1 May 2007 with FH beating Valur 3\u20132 in the final after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 12 May 2007. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 25 of the 63 seats. Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance, with Geir Haarde continuing as Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background\nSix parties participated in the elections: the two parties of the then government coalition, the right wing Independence Party and the centrist Progressive Party, and the opposition parties in the Al\u00feingi, the Social Democratic Alliance, the Left-Green Movement and the Liberal Party; one new party, the environmentalist Icelandic Movement \u2013 Living Country also participated in the elections. The Fighting Union, an advocacy party for disabled and senior citizens' rights, failed to present lists of candidates in due time in five out of six constituencies, and therefore decided to withdraw from the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies\nThere are 6 constituencies in Iceland. According to the Law on Parliamentary Elections (nr.24/2000), each constituency is granted 9 seats decided by proportional voting in the constituency, and finally 9 special Leveling seats (either 1 or 2 per constituency, depending on their population size) will work to adjust the result, so that proportionality is also ensured according to the overall number of party votes at the national level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies\nThe number of constituency seats shall however be adjusted ahead of the next election, if the fraction of residents with suffrage per available seat in the constituency became more than twice as big in the latest election, when comparing the constituency with the highest fraction against the one with the lowest fraction. In that case a constituency seat shall travel from the constituency with the lowest figure to the one with the highest figure, until the result of the equation comply with the rule. However, the total number of seats (including leveling seats) must never become less than six in any constituency. The box below display the number of available seats in each constituency at the 2007 parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nThe available constituency seats are first distributed to each party according to the D'Hondt method, so that proportional representation is ensured within each of the constituencies. The next step is to apportion these party distributed seats to the candidates within the party having the highest \"vote score\", after counting both direct candidate votes and their share of party votes in the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nIn Iceland the \"candidate vote system\" is that, for each constituency, each party provides a pre-ranked list of candidates beneath each party name (listed according to the preferred order decided by the party), but where the voters voting for the party can alter this pre-ranked order by renumbering the individual candidates and/or crossing out those candidates they do not like, so that such candidates will not get a share of the voter's \"personal vote\" for the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nAs a restriction on the possibility of re-ranking candidates, it is however only possible to alter the first several candidates on the list. The borderline for alterations is drawn for the first three candidates if the party only win one of the total seats in the constituency, or if more than one seat is won the borderline shall be drawn at the pre-ranked number equal to two times the total number of seats being won by the party in the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nSo if a party has won two seats in a constituency, then the voter is only allowed to re-rank the top four ranked candidates on the list, with any rank altering by voters below this line simply being ignored when subsequently calculating the candidate vote shares within each party. Final calculation of the candidate vote shares is always done according to the Borda method, where all candidates above the previously described borderline in the ranking are granted voting fraction values according to the voters noted rank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nIf the number of considered candidates consist of four (as in the given example), then the first ranked candidate is assigned a value of 1 (a so-called full personal vote), the next one get the value 0.75 (1/4 less), followed likewise by 0.50 and 0.25 respectively for the two last candidates. If the number of considered candidates instead had been six (due to winning 3 seats), then the first ranked candidate in a similar way would be assigned a value of 1 (a so-called full personal vote), with the following five candidates receiving respectively 5/6, 4/6, 3/6, 2/6 and 1/6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0004-0003", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nAs mentioned above, crossed out names will always be allocated a 0.00 value. The accumulated total score of the candidates voting fractions, will be used in determining which candidates receive the seats won by their party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0004-0004", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of constituency seats\nNote that candidate vote scores are not directly comparable to candidates from other parties, as how many seats are being won in a constituency by a particular party will effect how their candidates receive voting fractions (like in the above examples, where a candidate ranked number four for a party winning two seats would receive a voting fraction of 0.25, compared to 0.50 for an equally ranked candidate belonging to a party winning 3 seats)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 101], "content_span": [102, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats\nAfter the initial apportionment of constituency seats, all the parties that exceed the election threshold of 5% nationally will also qualify to potentially be granted the extra leveling seats, which seek to adjust the result towards seat proportionality at the national level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats\nThe calculation procedure for the distribution of leveling seats is, first, for each party having exceeded the national threshold of 5%, to calculate the ratio of its total number of votes at the national level divided by the sum of one extra seat added to the number of seats the party have so far won. The first leveling seat will go to the party with the highest ratio of votes per seat. The same calculation process is then repeated, until all 9 leveling seats have been allocated to specific parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats\nA party's \"votes per seat\" ratio will change during this calculation process, after each additional leveling seat being won. The second and final step is for each party being granted a leveling seat to pin point, across all constituencies, which of its runner-up candidates (candidates that came short of winning direct election through a constituency seat) should then win this additional seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats\nThis selection is made by first identifying the constituency having the strongest \"relative constituency vote shares for this additional seat of the party\", which is decided by another proportional calculation, where the \"relative vote share for the party list in each constituency\", is divided with the sum of \"one extra seat added to the number of already won constituency seats by the party list in the constituency\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0006-0003", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats\nWhen this strongest constituency has been identified, the leveling seat will be automatically granted to the highest placed unelected runner-up candidate on the party list in this constituency, who among the remaining candidates have the highest personal vote score (the same figure as the one used when ranking candidates for constituency seats).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Constituencies, Method for apportionment of leveling seats\nThe above described method is used for apportionment of all the party allocated leveling seats. Note that when selecting which of a party's constituencies shall receive its apportioned leveling seat, this identification may only happen in exactly the same numerical order as the leveling seats were calculated at the party level. This is important because the number of available leveling seats are limited per constituency, meaning that the last calculated leveling seats in all circumstances can never be granted to candidates who belong to constituencies where the available leveling seats already were granted to other parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe then governing parties won a razor-thin majority, 32 seats against the opposition's 31. This was caused by considerable losses for the Progressive Party, which had the worst election in its more than 90-year history. Major outcomes of the elections were also the considerable strengthening of the Left-Green Movement, was the election's big winner, and the failure of Iceland's Movement \u2013 Living Land to clear the election threshold and enter the parliament, though it got 3.3% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Aftermath\nAfter five days of speculation, it was decided on 17 May that the government would resign and the 12-year-long coalition between Independence Party and Progressive would end. Later the same day, the leaders of the Independence Party and of the largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Alliance, Geir H. Haarde, the outgoing Prime Minister, and Ingibj\u00f6rg S\u00f3lr\u00fan G\u00edslad\u00f3ttir, former mayor of Reykjav\u00edk, decided to try to form a new majority coalition. Haarde formally resigned on 18 May on behalf of his outgoing government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Aftermath\nSimultaneously, he was assigned by the President of Iceland, \u00d3lafur Ragnar Gr\u00edmsson, the mandate to form a new majority coalition. The coalition meetings between the Independence Party and the Alliance were held in Reykjav\u00edk and at \u00deingvellir, where Al\u00feingi was established in the year of 930. On 22 May the two parties reached an agreement, and the new government took over on 24 May. The ministers are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe government enjoyed a vast majority on Al\u00feingi, with 43 out of 63 members supporting it. In the government's manifesto, it stated that it would focus on children, the elderly and the environment, as well as aiming to lower taxes, raise benefits and invest heavily in education and transportation. The Social Democratic Alliance was more environmentalist and pro-EU and opposed the war in Iraq and Iceland's participation in the \"Coalition of the Willing\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Aftermath\nNevertheless, no action was announced to stop or reconsider the building of large-scale industrial complexes such as aluminium smelters and the development of new power plants, especially hydropower stations, or the country's participation in the war. A commission, though, to weigh the pros and cons of European Union membership was set up, but without a clear mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191638-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Icelandic parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 23 May the chairman of the Progressive Party, J\u00f3n Sigur\u00f0sson, the outgoing Minister of Industries and Commerce, announced his resignation, due to poor results in the election. The vice chairman, Gu\u00f0ni \u00c1g\u00fastsson, the outgoing Minister of Agriculture, took over the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191639-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Idaho Vandals football team\nThe 2007 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games on campus in the Kibbie Dome. The Vandals were led by first-year head coach Robb Akey, hired following the departure of Dennis Erickson for Arizona State in December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191639-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Idaho Vandals football team\nThe Vandals were winless in eight conference games and went 1\u201311 overall, which was Idaho's eighth consecutive season with a losing record. The sole victory came in early September against Cal Poly-SLO, an FCS program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191639-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule\nIdaho's home attendance for 2007 was 68,874 for six games, an average of 11,479.The maximum was 14,205 for the Fresno State game on October 13,the minimum was 8,102 for the Utah State game on November 24, two days after Thanksgiving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191639-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft\nOne Vandal was selected in the 2008 NFL Draft; linebacker David Vobora was the final pick and the draft's Mr. Irrelevant. This ended a three-year drought in the NFL Draft for Idaho. The last Vandal selection was guard Jake Scott, four years earlier in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod\nThe ceremonial start of the 35th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska began amidst the crowds of Anchorage at 10 am (AKST) on March 3, 2007, and the start of the competitive race, or \"restart\", began at 2 pm the next day in Willow. The race followed the southern route for 1,151\u00a0mi (1,852\u00a0km) across the Alaska Range, through the sparsely inhabited Interior, along the Yukon River, and then up the coast of the Bering Sea to the city of Nome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod\nEighty two competitors started the race. Denali, Alaska musher Jeff King returned to defend his 2006 win, and the 2005 Iditarod winner Norwegian Robert S\u00f8rlie returned after skipping the 2006 event. Both were strong favorites to win. Other contenders included 4 time winners Martin Buser and Doug Swingley. However, the race was won by Lance Mackey in 9 days, 5:08:41, with an average speed of 5.07\u00a0mph (8.16\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 3: Ceremonial start in Anchorage\nCeremonial start at Anchorage: The mushers departed Anchorage on March 3, 2007. One of the largest crowds ever watched as 82 teams composed of a musher and twelve dogs pulling a dogsled, left the starting chute at the corner of Fourth and D Streets, and followed the 11\u00a0mi (18\u00a0km) route through the urban center to Campbell Air Strip. The mushers were accompanied on the sled by \"Idita-riders\", the high bidders in a pre-race auction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 60], "content_span": [61, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 3: Ceremonial start in Anchorage\nCampbell Airstrip: After the mushers arrive at Campbell Airstrip, the dogs are transported by vehicle to the \"restart\" location at Willow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 60], "content_span": [61, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 4: Restart at Willow\nRestart at Willow: The mushers departed the Community of Willow two minutes apart, in Bib order. The first musher (Perry Solmonson, Bib 2) left on March 4 at 2:00 pm AKST, and the last (Jeremy Keller, bib 820) left 2 hr 42 min later at 4:42 pm. The teams were increased to 16 dogs each. No additional dogs could be added, but they could be left behind at any of the checkpoints along the route.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 4: Restart at Willow\nYentna: Ramy Brooks (bib 5) departed Yentna in first place on March 4 at 5:20 pm. the remainder of the top 5 were Jim Lanier, Zack Steer, Cim Smyth, and Paul Gebhardt", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 4: Restart at Willow\nSkwentna: Aaron Burmeister who started in 47th position departed Skwentna in first place, on March 4 at 9:44 pm. The remainder of the top 5 were Robert Sorlie, Jason Barron, Rick Swenson, and three-time Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 48], "content_span": [49, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 5: Alaska Range\nFinger Lake: Four-time Iditarod winner and course record holder Martin Buser departed Finger Lake in first place, on March 5 at 4:35 am AKST. The remainder of the top 5 were Zack Steer, Jim Lanier, Cim Smyth, and Sebastian Schnuele. The field dropped to 79 teams after Butch Austin, Frank Sihler, and Jeff Holt scratched from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 5: Alaska Range\nRainy Pass: Cim Smyth departed Rainy Pass at 10:05 AM AKST in first place. The remainder of the top five were Lance Mackey, Aliy Zirkle, Tim Osmar, and Ramey Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 5: Alaska Range\nPoor trail and weather conditions caused eleven teams to scratch from the race. Doug Swingley and Dee Dee Jonrowe scratched on March 5. Lachlan Clark, Richard Cummins, Melanie Gould, Richard Hum, and Jacques Philip scratched on March 6. Tom Roig, Dan Huttunen, Perry Solmonson, and Scott White scratched on March 7. There were 68 teams remaining in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 5: Alaska Range\nRohn: Jason Barron departed the checkpoint at the Rohn roadhouse at 8:47 PM AKST in first place. The remainder of the top five were Cim Smyth, Lance Mackey, Zack Steer, and Martin Buser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 5: Alaska Range\nThe field dropped to 66 teams when G.B. Jones and Deborah Molburg Bicknell scratched from the race on March 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 6: Alaskan Interior\nNikolai: Lance Mackey arrived in Nikolai in first place at 8:10 am AKST on March 6. He was followed by Paul Gebhardt (11:05 am), Zack Steer (11:48 am), Aliy Zirkle (11:48 am), and Jason Barron (12:34 pm).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 6: Alaskan Interior\nMartin Buser departed the checkpoint in first place at 1:43 pm after only stopping for three minutes. He was followed by Lance Mackey (3:33 pm), Zack Steer (5:02 pm), Jeff King (5:12 pm), and Jason Barron (5:37 pm)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 6: Alaskan Interior\nThe field dropped to 65 teams when Ben Stamm scratched on March 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 6: Alaskan Interior\nMcGrath: Martin Buser arrived in McGrath at 6:47 pm and claimed the PenAir Spirit of Alaska award for being first to McGrath. He was followed by Lance Mackey (8:22 pm), Zack Steer (9:50 pm), Jeff King (10:46 pm), and Jason Barron (11:22 pm). Mackey departed McGrath fifteen minutes later at 8:37 pm in first place. He was followed by Zack Steer (10:01 pm), Jeff King (10:55 pm), Jason Barron (11:25), and Paul Gebhardt (11:34 pm)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 6: Alaskan Interior\nThe field dropped to 64 teams when Dave Tresino scratched in McGrath on March 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 7\nTakotna: Lance Mackey arrived in Takotna at 10:52 pm AKST on March 6 in first place. He was followed by Zack Steer (12:05 am, March 7), Jeff King (1:14 am), Jason Barron (1:38 am), and Paul Gebhardt (1:52 am). Zack Steer left Takotna 4 minutes later at 12:09 am in first place. He was followed by Jeff King (1:27 am), Martin Buser (2:21 am), Lance Mackey (04:14 am), and Paul Gebhardt (8:13 am).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 29], "content_span": [30, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 7\nOphir: Zack Steer arrived in Ophir at 2:47 am in first place. He was followed by Jeff King at 4:05 am, Martin Buser at 4:33 am, Lance Mackey at 6:50 am, and Paul Gebhardt at 10:17 am. The rest of the top 10 arrived within 9 hours and 11 minutes of the leader. Lance Mackey left Ophir in first place at same time he arrived at 6:50 am. He was followed by Paul Gebhardt at 10:24 am, Mitch Seavey at 12:45 pm, Ed Iten at 12:46, and Cim Smyth at 2:50 pm", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 29], "content_span": [30, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 8: Halfway\nIditarod: Lance Mackey arrived in the ghost town of Iditarod in first place at 12:11 am. He won the GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award and $4,000 in placer gold nuggets. He was followed by Paul Gebhardt at 12:17 am, Ed Iten at 6:22 am, Mitch Seavey at 6:24 am, and Tollef Monson at 8:00 am. The rest of the top ten arrived within 7 hours and 22 minutes of Mackey's time. The top twenty arrived within 28 hours and 32 minutes of Mackey's time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 8: Halfway\nZack Steer departed Iditarod at 9:28 pm in first place after staying for only 10 minutes. He was followed by Martin Buser at 10:48 pm, Jeff King at 12:21 am on March 9, Lance Mackey at 2:31 am, and Paul Gebhardt at 2:44 am. The rest of the top ten departed within 11 hours and 42 minutes of Steer's time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 8: Halfway\nThe field dropped to 63 teams when Linwood Fielder scratched from the race on March 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 9: Yukon River\nShageluk: Martin Buser arrived in Shageluk in first place at 06:55 am and departed thirteen minutes later at 07:08 am. Jeff King arrived in Shageluk at 08:35 am and departed three minutes later at 08:38 am. An hour and half later, Lance Mackey arrived at 10:02 am and departs three minutes later at 10:05 am. Eight minutes later, Paul Gebhardt arrived at 11:13 am and departed at 11:15 am", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 9: Yukon River\nAnvik: Martin Buser arrived in Anvik on the Yukon River at 10:45 am in first place and was awarded the First Musher to the Yukon Award which consists of a seven course meal and $3,500 in cash. He was followed by Jeff King, Lance Mackey, Paul Gebhardt and Ramy Brooks at 12:00 pm, 1:22 pm, 1:28 pm and 5:05 pm respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 9: Yukon River\nMartin Buser departed Anvik in first after taking his mandatory eight-hour layover at 6:45 pm. Heff departed Anvik in second after his eight-hour layover at 8:00 pm. Zack Steer departed Anvik in third after staying three minutes at 8:18 pm. Lance Mackey and Paul Gebhardt departed Anvik after taking their eight-hour layover at 9:22 pm and 9:28 pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 9: Yukon River\nGrayling: Martin Buser, Jeff King, Zack Steer, Lance Mackey, and Paul Gebhardt arrived in Grayling at 9:04 pm, 10:22 pm, 10:47 pm, 11:51 pm, and 12:01 am (March 10) respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 9: Yukon River\nMartin Buser, Jeff King, Lance Mackey, Paul Gebhardt, and Ramy Brooks departed Grayling at 9:06 pm, 10:32 pm, 11:56 pm, and 3:42 am (March 10). Zack Steer departed in sixth place at 4:47 am on March 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 10\nEagle Island: Martin Buser and Jeff King arrived in Eagle Island at 6:30 am AKST and 7:50 am respectively. An hour and a half later, Paul Gebhardt and Lance Mackey arrived one minute apart at 9:34 am and 9:35 am. Zack Steer arrived 3 hours and 9 minutes later at 12:44 pm", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 10\nJeff King left Eagle Island at 12:55 pm and was followed by Martin Buser at 1:00 pm. Lance Mackey and Paul departed Eagle Island two minutes apart at 3:43 pm and 3:45 pm. Ken Anderson departed at 8:35 am Zack Steer took his 8-hour layover and departed at 8:44 pm in sixth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 10\nKaltag: Jeff King arrived in Kaltag at 9:23 pm in first place. Martin Buser arrived 52 minutes later at 10:15 pm. Lance Mackey and Paul Gebhardt arrived one minute apart at 12:05 am and 12:06. Ken Anderson arrived at 5:36 am AKDT. Zack Steer arrived at 5:48 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 10\nJeff King departed Kaltag at 4:46 am in first place. Martin Buser departed 13 minutes later at 4:59 am. Paul Gebhardt and Lance Mackey departed six minutes apart at 6:23 and 6:28 am. Zack Steer departed 4 hours and 18 hours later at 10:46 pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 11: Bering Sea\nUnalakleet: Jeff King arrived in the village of Unalakleet in first place at 3:35 pm. He was awarded the Wells Fargo \"Gold Coast\" Award and $2,500 in gold for being first to Norton Sound. Lance Mackey arrived 45 minutes later at 4:20 pm with Martin Buser and Paul Gebhardt arriving within 7 minutes behind him. Zack Steer arrived four hours and 31 minutes later at 8:58 pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 11: Bering Sea\nGebhardt was the first to depart the checkpoint at 9:00 pm. Mackey departed nineteen minutes later at 9:19 pm. Buser and King departed within two minutes of each other at 9:43 pm and 9:45 pm, respectively. Steer departed the checkpoint at 2:16 am on March 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 42], "content_span": [43, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 13: Dash to the Finish\nWhite Mountain: Lance Mackey arrived in White Mountain first place at 1:46 am AKDT. Paul Gebhardt arrived 2 hours and 38 minutes later at 4:16 am. Martin Buser arrived 5 hours and 29 minutes later at 9:45 am. Zack Steer arrived 20 minutes later at 10:05 am. Jeff King arrived 1 hour and 28 minutes later at 11:33 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 13: Dash to the Finish\nMackey, Gebhart, Buser, Steer, and King departed White Mountain after serving their mandatory 8-hour layovers at 9:46 am, 12:16 pm, 5:45 pm, 6:05 pm, and 7:33 pm respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 13: Dash to the Finish\nSafety: Mackey arrives in Safety in 4:49 pm AKDT in first and departed five minutes later at 4:54 pm. Gebhardt arrived in second place at 7:08 pm and departed four minutes later at 7:11 pm. On March 14, Steer and Buser arrived two minutes apart at 12:36 and 12:38 pm respectively. Steer departed at 12:37 am and Buser departed at 12:41 am. Two hours later, Jeff King arrived at 2:38 am and departed four minutes later at 2:42 pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 13: Dash to the Finish\nNome: Mackey arrived under the burled arch in Nome in first place at 8:08:41 pm with a time of 9 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes, and 41 seconds. He is awarded $69,000 and a brand new Dodge pick-up truck. He was the first musher to win the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod in the same year. Gebhardt finished second two hours and 28 minutes later at 10:28:12 pm with a time of 9 days, 7 hours, 28 minutes, and 12 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Route, March 13: Dash to the Finish\nSteer finished third five hours and 48 minutes later at 03:46:07 with a time of 9 days, 12 hours, 46 minutes, and 7 seconds. Buser finished fourth 21 minutes after Steer at 04:07:04 with a time of 9 days, 13 hours, 7 minutes, and 4 seconds. King finished fifth two hours later at 06:05:17 am with a time of 9 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes, and 17 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 50], "content_span": [51, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Ramy Brooks incident\nWitnesses said they saw Ramy Brooks punch and kick some of his dogs and hit them with a ski pole when they refused to leave a checkpoint during a March 15, 2007 stage in Golovin, Alaska, less than 100 miles (160\u00a0km) from the finish in Nome, Alaska. Brooks denies the more serious allegations, but acknowledged \"spanking\" the dogs in his team with a trail marking lathe. One of Brooks' dogs died the day after the incident, but a necropsy could not determine why the dog died and race officials said there was no evidence that Brooks was to blame. On March 17, 2007, the judges voted unanimously to disqualify Brooks from the 2007 Iditarod.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Ramy Brooks incident\nShane Goosen who has taken part in the Iditarod three times, told the Iditarod board that during the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race in January 2007 five people said they saw Brooks kick, hit and drag his dogs and that \"There is no doubt in my mind that he beat his dogs\" and \"It took three days to disqualify this guy, there went the credibility of the Iditarod right there \u2014 it's gone\", said Goosen. Bud Smyth, a former race marshal and Iditarod musher, criticized race officials, saying the Iditarod officials were slow to interview and tape record witnesses. Musher Perry Solmonson stated \"It is just a sad situation, I hope as a board you will have some integrity and do what is necessary for the dogs.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Ramy Brooks incident\nChas St. George, the Director of Public Relations, stated \"If you are, by Alaska state statute,convicted of animal abuse or cruelty, then you are not allowed to enter this race.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Ramy Brooks incident\nIditarod Trail Committee President, Richard Burmeister announced on April 26, 2007, that the ongoing independent investigation being conducted by the Anchorage, Alaska law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine is not yet complete. Race officials are hoping the report will be ready for the board of directors meeting on April 26, 2007. Stan Hooley said it is unlikely the board will make an immediate decision on consequences ranging from doing nothing to a lifetime ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191640-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Iditarod, Ramy Brooks incident\nOn May 18, 2007, the Iditarod Trail Committee Board of Directors announced that they had suspended Ramy Brooks for abusing his sled dogs. The suspension was for the 2008 and 2009 races, and following that Brooks was put on probation for 3 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 35], "content_span": [36, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191641-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open\nThe 2007 If Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 39th edition of the event known that year as the If Stockholm Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from 8 October until 14 October 2007. Seventh-seeded Ivo Karlovi\u0107 won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191641-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open\nThe announced draw featured ATP No. 7, Cincinnati Masters runner-up, Sydney and New Haven winner, and two-time Stockholm defending champion James Blake, US Open semifinalist, Auckland, B\u00e5stad and Tokyo titlist David Ferrer, and Sopot and Metz champion Tommy Robredo. Also lined up were Memphis titlist Tommy Haas, Buenos Aires, P\u00f6rtschach and Kitzb\u00fchel champion Juan M\u00f3naco, Jarkko Nieminen, Ivo Karlovi\u0107 and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191641-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment / Micha\u00ebl Llodra, 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191642-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191642-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, against Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191643-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Singles\nJames Blake was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Thomas Johansson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191643-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 If Stockholm Open \u2013 Singles\nIvo Karlovi\u0107 won in the final 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 6\u20131, against Thomas Johansson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election\nThe 2007 Ijok by-election was held on 28 April 2007. The seat of Ijok in the State Legislative Assembly of Selangor, Malaysia, fell vacant after the death of the incumbent, K. Sivalingam, on 4 April 2007 from a heart attack. Sivalingam was a member of the state executive council as well as the deputy chairman of the Selangor state Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The by-election was won by the BN candidate K. Parthiban, with a 1,850-vote majority over the opposition candidate, Khalid Ibrahim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Background\nState assembly seat N.08 Ijok lies in parliamentary seat P.096 Kuala Selangor. As of the 2004 General Elections, Ijok was a Malay-majority seat (50.6%), followed by Indians (28.3%), Chinese (20.9%) and others (0.2%). In the 2004 election, the late K. Sivalingam of the MIC (a component party of the BN coalition), garnered 5,213 votes, defeating Abdul Rahman Moharam of the People's Justice Party (PKR) (3,564 votes) and independent candidate Mohamed Shariff Nagoorkani (313 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Pre-nomination speculation, Barisan Nasional\nThere was no shortage of potential candidates from the BN coalition; the English daily The Star had quoted MIC president S. Samy Vellu that 23 MIC members have expressed interest to contest the by-election. However, the two leading favourites were said to be MIC central working committee members S. Murugesan and T. Mohan. Other names bandied by the media included teacher and MIC Kuala Selangor division chief P. Thirumoorthy, Shah Alam division vice-chairman S. Muruga Vellu and Kota Raja deputy chief R. Subramaniam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Pre-nomination speculation, Barisan Nasional\nHowever, on 16 April 2007, the BN picked a relative unknown, former teacher K. Parthiban as its by-election candidate. The selection prompted the MIC Kuala Selangor division chief P. Thirumoorthy, a relative party heavyweight on the candidate shortlist to quit the MIC, only to backtrack and declare his support for Parthiban two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Pre-nomination speculation, Opposition\nMeanwhile, the two major opposition parties, the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and the Democratic Action Party (DAP), in a rare display of opposition solidarity, both threw their support behind the PKR for the by-election. PKR's campaign will be led by party adviser and former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The leading potential candidate was current party treasurer and former Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd CEO Khalid Ibrahim, although some PKR members lobbied for an Indian candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Pre-nomination speculation, Opposition\nEventually, the party announced that it had shortlisted Khalid and Indian bureau head K.S. Nallakarupan for its ticket. Later on 17 April 2007, it was announced that, as expected, Khalid would be the PKR nominee. Nallakarupan said that although PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail had offered him the nomination, he declined in favour of Khalid. Azizah denied allegations of racial bias in the decision, stating: \"We picked the candidate not on racial lines but on the basis of the most appropriate choice to be the people's voice in the state assembly\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Pre-nomination speculation, Independent candidates\nOn 15 April 2007, Klang-based businessman K. Loganathan announced he would contest as an independent candidate in the by-election, citing the lack of development and progress under the previous assemblyman and his desire to serve the rural folk of Ijok as reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Pre-nomination speculation, Independent candidates\nBy 18 April 2007, rumours were rife that a plethora of independent candidates will be contesting the by-election. Independent online news daily Malaysiakini reported as many as four independent candidates, including Loganathan, have expressed interest to contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Nominations\nOn 19 April 2007, the candidates from BN and PKR filed their nominations at the Batang Berjuntai community hall, which was converted into a temporary nomination centre. Neither Loganathan nor any of the purported independent candidates appeared, and thus after the nomination period ended at 11.00 am, returning officer Haris Kasim announced that the by-election would be a straight fight between K. Parthiban of the MIC and Khalid of PKR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Nominations\nThe nomination was marred by a clash between BN and PKR supporters when their processions to the nomination centre inadvertently met. Eventually, the police intervened and separated the two groups. PKR later accused that Khairy Jamaluddin, Deputy BN Youth Chief, had been involved in provoking the fight, and also that BN Youth Chief and Education Minister Hishamuddin Hussein had thrown bottles at PKR supporters. However, no valid reports was actually made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, Nominations\nThe Prime Minister had later warned both PKR and BN supporters of their behaviour during the by-election of Ijok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 34], "content_span": [35, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191644-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Ijok by-election, By-election results\nThe BN candidate, K. Parthiban, won with a majority of 1,850 votes. Parthiban secured 5,884 votes while Keadilan's Abdul Khalid Ibrahim got 4,034 votes. A total of 10,052 voters, or 81.9%, of the 12,272 eligible voters had cast their ballots, a record turnout for the constituency. In the 2004 General Elections, BN defeated PKR by 1,649 votes in the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team\nThe 2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Zook. The Illini played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois entered the season in search of improvement upon a 2\u201310 record in 2006, and secured bowl-eligibility the first time since 2001 with a homecoming win over Ball State. From weeks 2\u20136, the Illini won five straight games, their longest win streak since 2001. On November 10, the Fighting Illini upset the then #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe Illini scored first off a Vontae Davis blocked-punt return. Quarterback Juice Williams looked sharp in the first quarter before leaving due to injury in the second. Mizzou jumped out to a 37\u201313 lead late in the third quarter, before backup quarterback Eddie McGee led the Illini to 21 straight points. A late fourth-quarter interception sealed the game for the Tigers. McGee ended the day 17\u201331 for 257 yards with a TD, but lost 2 fumbles and threw 2 interceptions. The loss increased Illinois' losing streak to 8 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Western Illinois\nThe Illini returned to Memorial Stadium to face FCS Western Illinois in the home opener. Illinois built upon a 7\u20130 halftime lead with a Juice Williams touchdown run in the third quarter and a Rashard Mendenhall touchdown run in the fourth. Mendenhall finished the day with 142 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nIllinois looked to secure its first road win at the Carrier Dome. After one quarter, the Illini led 14\u20130 off a Juice Williams touchdown pass and a Rashard Mendenhall touchdown run. Syracuse got on the board in the third quarter with a field goal, and eventually cut the deficit to 20\u201310. But big plays hurt the Orange in the second half. Arrelious Benn ran for 23 yards on one play, and one drive later, Rashard Mendenhall ran for 50. He finished the day with 150 rush yards and 3 TD's. 378 of Illinois' total yards came on the ground, and they outgained Syracuse 508\u2013286 overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nIllinois opened their Big Ten season at Indiana. Two Jason Reda field goals put the Illini on the board before Juice Williams found Michael Hoomanawanui in the endzone. They led 20\u20137 at the half. After a Rashard Mendenhall touchdown put Illinois up 27\u20137 in the fourth quarter, Indiana QB Kellen Lewis drove down the field to find James Bailey for a 30-yd touchdown, Lewis' second TD on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nBut with a minute left, Vontae Davis picked off Lewis in the endzone, securing a 27\u201314 Illinois victory, their first in a Big Ten opener since 1993 and their first in Bloomington since 2001. Mendenhall finished the day with a career-high 214 rush yards. Tracy Porter picked off two Juice Williams passes, and Williams finished a disappointing passing effort 13\u201328 with a TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nThe Illini faced ranked opposition for the first time in 2007 when the #19 Nittany Lions came to Memorial Stadium. Penn State scored first with a field goal, but Arrelious Benn returned the ensuing kick-off 90 yards for a touchdown, putting Illinois up 7\u20133. They did not relinquish the lead. Their defense intercepted Penn State quarterback Anthony Morelli 3 times, and allowed the Nittany Lions to score only 3 times out of 6 red zone possessions. A Kevin Mitchell interception with 9 seconds on the clock ended Penn State's comeback hopes. Illinois' victory marked their first over a ranked opponent since the 2001 season and gives the Illini a 4-game win streak, also their longest since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin\nGoing into the game, the unranked Fighting Illini were actually favored by oddsmakers to beat the #5 Badgers, who entered the game undefeated but having had numerous close games against unranked opponents, including a close game against The Citadel. The Illini won in a game not as close as the score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nThe #18 Fighting Illini suffered their first Big Ten loss of the season at Kinnick Stadium. In the fourth quarter, trailing 10\u20136, Eddie McGee appeared to complete an 82-yard pass for a touchdown, but an ineligible receiver downfield penalty negated the would-be go-ahead score. With two minutes left, Eddie McGee drove the Illini to the Iowa 11-yard line, but threw an interception to seal the win for the Hawkeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nillinois fumbled a punt late in the fourth quarter and ultimately lost the game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nWith their win over the Buckeyes, the Illini defeated a No. 1 ranked team for the first time since 1956, and for the first time ever on the road. Juice Williams completed 12 out of 22 passes for only 140 yards, but four receptions were caught for touchdowns. With the win, the Illini damaged the Buckeyes' national title hopes, though Ohio State eventually reached the national championship game due to insufficient winning by other teams. The Illibuck was returned to Champaign in 2008. This was arguably one of the greatest victories in the history of Illinois football. As of 2018, this is the last time Illinois has beaten Ohio State, as the Buckeyes have won the last 9 games in the series, including the last 4 in Columbus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nComing off the Ohio State upset, the Illini faced the Northwestern Wildcats. After jumping out to a 14-0 lead, the Illini played redshirt freshmen for the remainder of the game cruising to a 44-22 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Illini ended the 2007 season by participating in the 2008 Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. Although it traditionally hosts the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences, the 2007 Big Ten Champion, Ohio State, was ranked #1 in the final BCS poll and instead participated in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game. The rules governing BCS bowl selections allowed the Rose Bowl to select a BCS \"at-large\" team from the top fourteen teams ranked in the BCS Standings that have at least nine wins. Keeping with its traditional bowl ties, the Rose Bowl selected #13-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini (9\u20133), under third-year head coach Ron Zook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Illini entered the Rose Bowl after a Cinderella season where they won nine games, including an upset victory over at-the-time #1 Ohio State, after winning a total of four games the previous two seasons. It was Illinois' first bowl game since winning the 2001 Big Ten Championship and playing in the 2002 Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Illini offense was led by sophomore quarterback \"Juice\" Williams, who in the regular season passed for 13 touchdowns and ran for seven, junior running back Rashard Mendenhall, who averaged 127 yards rushing per game and scored 18 touchdowns, and freshman receiver Arrelious Benn, who caught 49 passes and had 158 yards in 32 carries. For taking Illinois to the Rose Bowl a year after going 2\u201310, Zook won both national and Big Ten coach of the year honors. The Illini entered the game 13.5-point underdogs, the biggest of any of the season's 32 bowl games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191645-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Trojans defeated the Illini 49\u201317 before a sold out Rose Bowl crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191646-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Illinois State Redbirds football team\nThe 2007 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Denver Johnson and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. Illinois State was a member of the Gateway Football Conference. The Redbirds finished the season with a 4\u20137 record overall and a 2\u20134 record in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191647-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Imam Abbas mosque bombing\nThe 2007 Al Abbas mosque bombing occurred on April 28, 2007 when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the al-\u2018Abb\u0101s Mosque in Karbala, Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191647-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Imam Abbas mosque bombing\nAt least 58 people and injured about 170 in the Iraqi city of Karbala. The bomb exploded near the golden-domed mosque. Karbala is considered the second most important shrine city for the Shia. Security officials said the car bomb was parked near a cement barrier intended to keep traffic away from the Imam Abbas and Imam Husayn shrines, which draw thousands of Shiite pilgrims from Iran and other countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191648-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Imo State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Imo State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Imo State. Held on April 14, 2011, the Progressive Peoples Alliance nominee Ikedi Ohakim won the election, defeating Ifeanyi Ararume of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191648-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Imo State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 16 candidates contested in the election. Ikedi Ohakim from the Progressive Peoples Alliance won the election, defeating Ifeanyi Ararume from the People's Democratic Party. Registered voters was 1,372,975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191649-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Inagi local election\nInagi, Tokyo held an election for the city assembly on April 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191650-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Independence Bowl\nThe 2007 PetroSun Independence Bowl, part of the 2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl season, took place on December 30, 2007 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference, and the Colorado Buffaloes, from the Big 12 Conference. Alabama won the game, 30\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191650-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Independence Bowl\nThis was the only 2007\u201308 bowl game in which both teams finished 6\u20136 on the regular season. It was also the first bowl game for both respective head coaches (Nick Saban and Dan Hawkins) at their current programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191650-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nAlabama played Colorado in the Independence Bowl on December 30, 2007. Alabama scored on their opening drive on a 41-yard Leigh Tiffin field goal to lead 3\u20130. Colorado's first offensive play of the game resulted in an interception by Rolando McClain. Once again, Alabama relied on another field goal from Tiffin to push their lead to 6\u20130. Later in the quarter, John Parker Wilson threw touchdown strikes of 15-yards to Keith Brown and 34-yards to Matt Caddell to extend the Crimson Tide lead to 20\u20130 after one quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191650-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nEarly in the second quarter, Wilson connected with Nikita Stover on a 31-yard touchdown pass and the Crimson Tide lead 27\u20130. The Buffaloes controlled the majority of the second quarter after Wilson threw an interception to Ryan Walters with just under six minutes remaining in the half. Colorado cut the Alabama lead to 27\u201314 at the half on a pair of Cody Hawkins touchdown passes. The first was a four-yard pass to Tyson DeVree and the second a 25-yard pass to Dusty Sprague.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191650-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Independence Bowl, Game summary\nThe only score in the third quarter would come from Kevin Eberhart on a 39-yard Colorado field goal. Tiffin kicked a field goal as the Crimson Tide lead 30\u201317 with just over four minutes remaining in the game. Colorado responded on the following drive with a 14-yard Hawkins touchdown pass to DeVree to cut the Alabama lead to 30\u201324 with 3:51 remaining in the game. Alabama was able to run the clock down, and after receiving the 49-yard P.J. Fitzgerald punt, only 0:01 remained in the game. On the final play of the game, Colorado attempted several lateral passes but would fall short of midfield. The 30\u201324 victory sent Alabama to a 7\u20136 overall record as they avoided a second consecutive losing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191651-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Army Everest Expedition\n25 members, including 13 sherpas, of the Indian Army Everest Expedition 2007, scaled Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on May 15 and 16, 2007. This was the fourth expedition by the Indian Army to Everest, but the first from Tibet side, and the treacherous North face. Earlier, Indian Army Everest Expeditions have scaled the peak in 1965, 2001, 2003, and, by an all women army expedition, in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191651-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Army Everest Expedition, Selection and Training of the Indian Army Everest Expedition 2007\nFrom the scores of volunteers for the expedition, the Army short listed 54. The selected persons after rigorous training, and screening at the Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Manali, were sent on training, screening, cum-preparatory expeditions to Mount Bhagirthi-II (6,510 m) and Mount Mana (7,273 m) in Garhwal Himalaya. The second stage of the training, screening, cum-preparatory process, was conducted in the Siachen Glacier, in December 2006, during which expeditions were launched to scale heights in North and the central glacier. In March 2007, a 20-member team consisting of 3 officers, 4 Junior Commissioned Officers and 13 Non-commissioned officers was selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 103], "content_span": [104, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191651-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Army Everest Expedition, Composition of the Expedition\nThe leader of the Indian Army Everest Expedition 2007, was Lt Colonel Ishwor Singh Thapa, 38, of the 4 Maratha Light Infantry. The medical officer was Major Chanchal Kumar Haldar of the Army Medical Corps. The expedition had 20 members (14 climbers, 6 supporting staff) and 13 Sherpas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191651-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Army Everest Expedition, Summiteer, Indian Army Summiteers\nThe first group, which scaled the peak on 15 May 2007, included: Capt DJ Singh, Subedar M Khandagle, Havaldars Tshering Angchok, Balwant Singh Negi, Amardev Bhatt, Nandkumar Jagtap, sepoy Sachin Patil. The second group, which reached the summit on 16 May, included: Havildar Mingmar Sherpa (5/4 GR), Nandkumar Jagtap, Rambahadur Mall, Dayanand Dhali, Tejpal Singh and Khemchand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191651-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Army Everest Expedition, Summiteer, Sherpa Summiteers\nThe 12 Sherpas who reached the peak with the Indian Expedition were: Phurba Chotar, Karma Sherpa, Pasang Gyalgen, Ang Kami, Jangbu Sherpa, Sherap Sherpa, Damai Chhiri, Ngwang Pasang, Tashi Sherpa, Dawa Gyalzen, Tshering Finjo, and Sirdar Chhiring Dorjeehe. Sirdar Chhiring Dorjeehe, scaled Everest twice with the Indian Army expedition, first time on the 15 May and the second time on 16 May. This was in addition to scaling the peak on 2 May, the day of Buddha Purnima, when he placed a statue of Lord Buddha on Everest. He thus climbed Everest three times in a span of two weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191652-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Federation Cup Final\nThe 2007 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 29th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mahindra United on 15 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191652-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Federation Cup Final\nEast Bengal won the final 2\u20131 with a brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson Marques Pardal to claim their fifth Federation Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191652-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal\nEast Bengal entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the Pre-Quarter Finals, East Bengal faced Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting in their opening match and won 3\u20131 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan ilast eightQuarter-Final. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and in a thriller of a game, East Bengal won 3\u20132 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191652-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, East Bengal\nIn the Semi Final, it was a Kolkata Derby as East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. Jos\u00e9 Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3\u20132 to reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191652-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Federation Cup Final, Route to the final, Mahindra United\nMahindra United entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the Pre-Quarter Finals, they faced HAL and won it courtesy of a soliraty goal from Steven Dias in the 9th minute. In the Quarter Final, they faced Sporting Clube de Goa and after 120 minutes the game ended 1\u20131 and Mahindra won 5\u20134 via penalty shootout to reach the last four of the tournament. In the Semi Final, Mahindra United faced the reigning I-league champions Dempo and the match once again remained deadlock at 1\u20131 after 120 minutes. Manjit Singh put Mahindra ahead in the 32nd minute but Beto equalised for Dempo just six minutes later. Mahindra won the game 3\u20131 in the penalty shootout to reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191653-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Ocean Island Games\nThe 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games commonly known as Les septieme Jeux des iles de L'Ocean Indien in French was the 7th edition of the competition, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The last edition was held in 2003 in Mauritius. The next edition took place in Seychelles in 2011. It was the second time Madagascar organized these games after the 1990 Indian Ocean Islands Games. The mascot of the games was a ravenala plant (which is a symbol of Madagascar) named Ravi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191653-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Ocean Island Games, Teams participated\n7 islands, all located in the Indian Ocean, participated in the 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191654-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Rajya Sabha elections\nRajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2007 to elect members of the Rajya Sabha\u2014the upper chamber of Indian Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191654-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected\nThe following members are elected in the elections held in 2007. They are members for the term 2007\u20132013 and retire in year 2013, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191654-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections\nThe following bye elections were held in the year 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election\nThe Election Commission of India held indirect 13th presidential elections of India on 19 July 2007. Pratibha Patil with 638,116 votes won over her nearest rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who got 331,306 votes. This result meant that Pratibha Patil became the first female President of India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Official candidates\nOn 14 June, Pratibha Patil, the governor of the state of Rajasthan, was declared by UPA as its candidate for the election. The Left and other allies of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) such as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) announced their support on Patil's candidature. Shiv Sena, an ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) also supported Patil's candidature. The move came as a surprise as Patil's name was not mentioned among the probables by UPA so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Official candidates\nSupported unofficially by the NDA, the then Vice President, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat filed his nomination as an independent candidate on 25 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 66], "content_span": [67, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nAmidst much speculation by various party leaders and media, a lot of names were tossed around as being probable or desired persons for holding the post.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nInitially Shivraj Patil and Pranab Mukherjee (both sitting cabinet ministers) emerged as the frontrunners for the candidature. Other names which did the rounds in the UPA camp include Sushil Kumar Shinde and Karan Singh. Pranab Mukherjee was stated to be too critical at his current responsibility to stand for the presidential elections and the Left parties opposed the candidature of Shivaraj Patil, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Karan Singh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nOn the other hand, the NDA stated that it would support Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, in case he decides to contest as an independent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nOther probables such as N.R. Narayana Murthy who received significant media hype did not appear to have gathered any support from any of the sides. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former prime minister who would have been NDA's probable candidate denied his desire to become the next president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nOn 18 June, a set of parties with allegiance neither to UPA or NDA\u2014All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Samajwadi Party (SP)\u2014formed an alliance called the United National Progressive Alliance and announced their support for a second term for the incumbent, Abdul Kalam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nOn 20 June a delegation of United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) met Dr. Kalam with a request to contest the presidential elections, to which he replied that he is willing to contest only if there is a certainty of winning and that he is willing to wait for a few days for this certainty. However, he soon announced he would not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Candidates, Potential candidates\nOn 14 July 2007, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (Leader of Opposition) J. Jayalalitha announced that the UNPA unanimously decided to abstain from the presidential polls. However, the Election Commission of India held that the UNPA cannot ask its legislators to abstain from voting, quoting Section 171 C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Process\nAs per the electoral calculation following were the number of votes for respective political parties. Electoral College (India)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Process\nFigures are based upon and . Figure on Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha seats do not take into consideration splits, mergers, defections, expulsions and by-elections after general elections have been held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil\nKnow Pratibha Patil is part of the political campaign launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the presidential election of 2007. It consists of a website and a PDF booklet (titled \"Presidential Election 2007\"), created by the BJP under the banner of Project India. Both contain the party's allegation in the form of a compilation of articles from various media. While announcing the website at a press conference, the BJP party general secretary Arun Jaitley also distributed a printed form of the booklet and described it as a compilation of articles / editorials from newspapers on the Presidential contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil\nThe stated objective of the site is to \"educate the people about Pratibha Patil, the nominee of UPA and Indian left for Indian presidential election scheduled on 19 July 2007\". To support this, the website consists of various sections like 'Cartoon,' 'Pratibhaspeak' and 'UPA Doublespeak' and includes links to video clippings and articles that refer to the various allegations levelled against Pratibha Patil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil\nEven though the people do not elect the Rashtrapati, they have a vital stake in the Presidential poll since the winner will become head of the Republic of India. They have a right to know whether the likely winner is worthy of becoming the Head of State of the world's largest democracy. The need to know whether the person embodies, as far as possible, the lofty ideals enshrined in the Constitution of India, of which he or she will be the custodian, or he/she will be a rubber stamp of those who have catapulted him/her to the high Office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil\nBJP leader Arun Jaitley talking to news-persons called the website a \"campaign to provide an informed choice to the electorate (the electoral college)\". \"The voter has a right to the information about the candidate he is voting for. This effort is intended for an informed choice of the electorate,\" Jaitley said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil\nArun Jaitley did not respond when asked what would happen to the right of information when people are \"informed\" only about one of the two presidential candidates. He said the website would vanish after 21 July, when the presidential election result will be out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil\nThe exercise is futile and aimed at denigrating the office of President and maligning an individual.... There is a frustrated section in the BJP, a queer combination of the senile and juvenile that was denigrating institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil, BJP division\nThe Times of India BJP leaders had initially looked divided over supporting this campaign against Pratibha Patil. Party chief Rajnath Singh seemed reluctant to be drawn into a \"personal attack\" while senior party leader L. K. Advani spoke at length on the \"pliant President\" issue at the party's national executive last month. Daily News and Analysis also reported on the apparent differences among senior leaders on this campaign and had this quote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191655-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian presidential election, Know Pratibha Patil, BJP division\n\"Rajnath Singh has virtually dissociated himself from all this. Nor has there been any statement so far by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee attacking Patil,\" a party functionary said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191656-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian vice presidential election\nThe 2007 Indian vice-presidential election was held on 10 August 2007 to elect Vice-President of India to serve from 2007 until 2012. Mohammad Hamid Ansari from Indian National Congress was elected for the post. The incumbent, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat did not seek reelection and instead ran for President in 2007 election, where he lost to Pratibha Patil. He subsequently resigned from VP post days before Patil's inauguration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191656-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian vice presidential election, Background\nThe term of vice-president of India is 5 years, as term of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was up to 18 August 2007, an election was needed to elect his successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191656-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian vice presidential election, Background, Electoral college\nThe electoral college consists of, all 245 Rajya Sabha members and all 545 Lok Sabha members, a total of 790 voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191656-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indian vice presidential election, Background, Officers\nReturning Officer\u00a0: Dr. Yogendra Narain, Secretary General, Rajya SabhaAssistant Returning Officers\u00a0: N.C. Joshi & Ravi Kant Chopra", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191657-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indiana Fever season\nThe 2007 Indiana Fever season was their 8th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 13 losses on the season. The season marked the third consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They eliminated the Connecticut Sun, 2\u20131, in the First Round of the playoffs but then in turn were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals, 2\u20131, by the Detroit Shock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191657-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indiana Fever season, Offseason\nOn March 23, 2007 the Fever signed Tammy Sutton-Brown from the defunct Charlotte Sting, Sutton-Brown was one of the most sought-after free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191657-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indiana Fever season, Offseason\nThe following player was selected in the Dispersal Draft from the Charlotte Sting:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191658-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indiana Hoosiers football team\nThe 2007 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers were coached by Bill Lynch, who was in his first season as head coach following the death of Terry Hoeppner. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. With a win over Purdue in the last game of the regular season, the Hoosiers became bowl eligible for the first time since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500\nThe 91st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 27, 2007. It was the twelfth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 IndyCar Series season. H\u00e9lio Castroneves started the race on the pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500\nThe race began at 1:11\u00a0p.m. EDT, and was televised in the United States on the ABC. The race was broadcast in high-definition for the first time. The race also was carried live on the IMS Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500\nOn lap 113, the race underwent a lengthy rain delay, with Tony Kanaan tentatively sitting as the leader. After three hours, the rain ceased, the track was dried, and the race restarted shortly before 6:15\u00a0p.m. EDT. A crash on lap 162 between Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti brought out the yellow flag with Dario Franchitti leading. Under the caution, rain began falling again and officials halted the race on lap 166. Dario Franchitti was declared the winner after leading 34 laps during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500\nAll entries utilized ethanol, after 42 years of utilizing methanol. As part of a two-year roll-out, the cars used a 10% ethanol blend in 2006, and for 2007, the cars utilized a full ethanol mixture. Although branded as \"100% percent fuel-grade\", the fuel was actually a denatured 98% ethanol/2% gasoline blend (E98). The 2007 race was also the final 500 to see the Panoz chassis in competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule\n* Includes days where track activitywas significantly limited due to rain", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Carb Day, Friday May 25, 2007 - Checkers/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge\nTeam Penske won the 31st annual pit stop contest, their record tenth overall victory in the event. The teams of H\u00e9lio Castroneves and Sam Hornish, Jr. (both Penske entries) met in the finals with Castroneves and his chief mechanic Rick Rinaman winning the $100,000 first prize after an 8.335-second pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 90], "content_span": [91, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Starting grid\nW\u00a0 = Former Indianapolis 500 winner; \u00a0R\u00a0 = Indianapolis 500 rookie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Pre-race\nRain fell overnight, but stopped before the gates opened in the morning. At 7:45\u00a0a.m., rain began to fall again, and threatened to delay or wash out the race. Around 10:00\u00a0a.m., the rain stopped and maintenance crews began to dry the track. Despite the morning showers, Speedway chairperson Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines on time as scheduled at 1:05\u00a0p.m. EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start\nDuring the pace lap, the race nearly took a dramatic turn as pole-sitter H\u00e9lio Castroneves failed to start. After several attempts, his car finally fired, and he joined the field in turn 4. A rather ragged start saw Castroneves take the lead into the first turn, but Tony Kanaan slipped by to lead lap one. Green-flag racing continued until lap 11, when John Andretti lost a rear-view mirror, bringing out a debris caution yellow flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start\nWhen racing resumed, Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, and Scott Dixon all took their turn at the lead. Roberto Moreno caused the 2nd caution when he slid high in turn 1, slapped the wall, and hit the wall again in turn 2 before coming to rest. Jon Herb was the next car to be in an accident after he slid in turn 2 and hit the wall, ending his day. Milka Duno also spun in turn 1 and backed her car into the wall, damaging and ending her day as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start\nOn the 74th lap, Dario Franchitti took the lead for the first time, and led until he pit on the 89th lap. Around that time, officials were warning that rain was approaching the area. After several drivers sequenced through green-flag pit stops, Tony Kanaan led Marco Andretti. Suddenly, on the 99th lap, John Andretti got high in turn two, and crashed into the outside wall, bringing out the caution. Jeff Simmons found himself unexpectedly in the lead, but pitted a lap later, giving Marco Andretti the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start\nWith rain only a few miles away, the ensuing lap 107 restart could decide the winner. As the green came out, Tony Kanaan got the jump on Andretti, and took the lead in turn 1. Moments later, Phil Giebler spun and crashed in turn 1, bringing the yellow out once again. Before safety crews could clear the track, heavy rain fell, and the race was red flagged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Red flag\nWhen the race was stopped, 113 laps were completed. A race is required to go a minimum of 101 laps before it can be official. If rain continued the rest of the afternoon, it could be declared official. Andretti Green Racing was scored 1st-2nd-3rd with Kanaan leading, Marco Andretti second, and Danica Patrick third. After nearly three hours, the rain stopped and the track was dry. Shortly after 6:00\u00a0p.m., the field lined up in the pits for a restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Restart\nTony Kanaan took over where he left off and pulled away from the field. Danica Patrick got by Marco Andretti and took over second place. Approximately 30 laps of uninterrupted intense green flag racing followed. Another sequence of green-flag pit stops saw all of the leaders head to the pits. Jaques Lazier stayed out a couple of extra laps, and led the race for the first time in his career. After the stops, Kanaan returned to the lead, followed by defending champion Sam Hornish Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish\nOn the 151st lap, Marty Roth slid high in turn 1 and smacked the wall, and started an exciting sequence of events. The skies were darkening, and rain was fast approaching again, which would certainly end the race for good. Under the yellow, many leaders pit for tires and fuel, while some drivers, including Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon, stayed out to gain track position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish\nOn the 156th lap, the field went back to green, however, in turn four, Tony Kanaan came up on the back of Jaques Lazier, sending Lazier into the wall, and sending Kanaan's car into a spin. He blew a tire and coasted into the pits. Moments later, the field assembled for what was expected to be the final restart before the rains came. Franchitti, working lap 163, held the lead into the backstretch. Behind him, Marco Andretti tangled with Dan Wheldon, and Andretti's car flipped down the backstretch. Buddy Rice was also involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish\nBefore the track could be cleared, a heavy rainstorm fell on the track, and the race was called after 166 laps with Dario Franchitti declared the winner. A makeshift victory lane celebration was held indoors underneath the Pagoda, as had been done for Rice who also won in the rain in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Finish\nAs of the 2021 race, this was the most recent \"500\" to be shortened by rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 43], "content_span": [44, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Full race results\n*C Chassis: D=Dallara; P=Panoz. All cars in the 2007 Indianapolis 500 used Honda engines and Firestone tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Race Leaders\nNine drivers led the race, with a total of twenty-three lead changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Caution Periods\nThere were eleven caution periods during the race, with a total of fifty-five laps run under yellow, including the race's final lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Awards\nThe Victory Celebration was held Monday May 28, 2007. Some of the many awards handed out during the evening included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television\nThe race was broadcast in the United States on ABC for the 43rd consecutive year. Time trials were shown live on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2. For the first time, the race would be aired in high definition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television\nThis was the final 500 broadcast for Rusty Wallace as he was involved with ESPN on ABC NASCAR broadcasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television\nFor the second year in a row, the telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nThe race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network for the 55th consecutive year. Mike King served as anchor. Davey Hamilton, who previously served as the \"driver expert\" on the network, returned to cockpit for the first time since 2001. After six years recovery from his serious crash, he offered live in-car reporting to the broadcast during caution periods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nMaking a popular return to the IMS Radio Network was former \"Voice of the 500\" Bob Jenkins. In 2006, Jenkins had worked on the Speedway public address system, but for 2007, he took over the turn two reporting location. Jenkins filled the spot previously held by Adam Alexander, who departed the network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nFor the third year in a row, Kevin Olson conducted his annual pre-race interview with David Letterman. Olson served as a pit reporter in the center pits during the early stages of the race, then later moved to cover the garages and track hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nChief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Johnny ParsonsColor: Dave WilsonHistorian: Donald DavidsonLive in-car reports: Davey HamiltonCommentary: Chris Economaki", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191659-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio\nTurn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Bob JenkinsTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191660-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis City-County Council election\nThe 2007 Indianapolis City\u2013County Council elections took place on November 6, 2007. All 29 seats were up for re-election, 25 districts and 4 at-large seats, on the Indianapolis City\u2013County Council. Seven of the seats were unopposed, 4 held by Democrats and 3 held by Republicans. Prior to the elections Democrats held a 15-14-seat majority. Following the elections Republicans gained control of the council with a 16-13 majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191660-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis City-County Council election\nThe Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191660-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis City-County Council election, Results by district\nThe following are the final results from the Marion County Clerk, Beth White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season\nThe 2007 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 55th season in the National Football League, the 24th in Indianapolis and the 6th season under head coach Tony Dungy. The defending AFC and Super Bowl champions improved upon their 12\u20134 record from 2006 as well as won their fifth-straight AFC South Championship. They finished the season 13\u20133 and lost to the San Diego Chargers in the divisional round of the playoffs. The Colts remained under the supervision of Head Coach Tony Dungy and played all of their home games in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. 2007 was the Colts' final season in the RCA Dome, as they began playing home games in Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008. In early January 2007 the Colts were the co-favorites to win Super Bowl XLII, along with the San Diego Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe Colts started out by making the 32nd overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft due to their victory in Super Bowl XLI. They selected Anthony Gonzalez out of Ohio State. The 2007 NFL Draft was held on April 28 and April 29, 2007 in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, 2007 NFL Draft, Undrafted free agent signings\nThe Colts signed 15 undrafted free agents on Monday, April 30, 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 77], "content_span": [78, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. New Orleans Saints\nGame SummaryWith their championship title to defend, the Colts began the season in the annual Thursday night kickoff game against the visiting New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Indianapolis began their year with Super Bowl MVP QB Peyton Manning completing a 27-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Saints would get their only touchdown of the game with former Colts DB Jason David returning a fumble 55\u00a0yards, while kicker Olindo Mare would get a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIndianapolis ended the first half with kicker Adam Vinatieri kicking a 33-yard field goal. In the second half, the Colts took control for the rest of the game. During the third quarter, RB Joseph Addai got a 2-yard TD run, while Manning hooked up with WR Reggie Wayne on a 28-yard touchdown pass. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis sealed the victory with Vinatieri getting a 33-yard field goal, Manning & Wayne hooking up with each other again on a 45-yard TD pass, and DB Matt Giordano returning an interception 83\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. New Orleans Saints\nWith the win, the Colts began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Tennessee Titans\nGame SummaryFollowing their second-half blowout win over the Saints, the Colts flew to LP Field for an AFC South duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Indianapolis drew first blood with RB Joseph Addai getting an 8-yard TD run. The Titans would respond with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 30-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Colts increased their lead with QB Peyton Manning completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark. Tennessee would answer with Bironas getting a 36-yard field goal. Indianapolis closed out the half with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 2: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis kept pounding away as Vinatieri kicked a 39-yard field goal. The Titans replied with RB LenDale White getting a 3-yard TD run. Vinatieri helped the Colts respond with a 20-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee nearly pulled off a comeback, as QB Vince Young completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR Roydell Williams, however, Indianapolis held off the Titans long enough to pull out a win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Houston Texans\nGame SummaryFollowing their fierce divisional road win over the Titans, the Colts flew to Reliant Stadium for an AFC South duel with the Houston Texans (who were the last team Indianapolis lost to en route to their Super Bowl championship). In the first quarter, the Colts trailed early as Houston WR Jerome Mathis returned a kickoff 84\u00a0yards for a touchdown. QB Peyton Manning completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark. In the second quarter, the Texans would retake the lead with kicker Kris Brown getting a 33-yard. RB Joseph Addai helped Indianapolis get back ahead with an amazing 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Colts pulled away as kicker Adam Vinatieri got a 36-yard field goal, Addai got an 8-yard TD run, and Vinatieri kicked a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Houston tried to catch up with RB Samkon Gado getting a 1-yard TD run, while Indianapolis got its final score of the game with a Vinatieri kicking a 35-yard field goal. The Texans would get close with QB Matt Schaub completing a 1-yard TD pass to RB Vonta Leach. The Colts held on to get the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos\nGame SummaryComing off their divisional road win over the Texans, the Colts went home for an intraconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early with Broncos kicker Jason Elam getting a 35-yard field goal, while QB Jay Cutler 7-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. In the second quarter, the Colts would respond with RB Joseph Addai getting a 14-yard field goal. Denver tried to increase its lead with Elam kicking a 22-yard field goal. Indianapolis would take the lead with QB Peyton Manning completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Colts began to dominate with Manning getting a 1-yard TD run. He would also hook up with Clark again on a 3-yard TD pass. The Broncos' only response was Cutler's 2-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis managed to put the game away with Manning's 5-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, along with kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nGame SummaryComing off their home win over the Broncos, the Colts stayed at home for an interconference game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Indianapolis would enter into this game without WR Marvin Harrison and RB Joseph Addai, due to injuries from their last game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the first quarter, the Colts got the first strike with QB Peyton Manning completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Indianapolis increased its lead with rookie RB Kenton Keith getting a 1-yard TD run (with a blocked PAT). The Buccaneers would get their only score of the half with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Alex Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, Keith got a 7-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay got its last score of the game with Garcia and Smith combining on another 3-yard TD pass. Afterwards, Indianapolis sealed the win kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the win, the Colts entered their bye week at 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nGame summaryComing off their bye week, the Colts flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for an AFC South duel on Monday Night Football with the Jacksonville Jaguars, with first place within the division on the line. In the first quarter, Indianapolis scored first with RB Kenton Keith getting a 3-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Colts increased its lead with QB Peyton Manning getting a 1-yard TD run, along with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, the Jaguars would get its only score of the game as RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, Indianapolis responded with DE Dwight Freeney sacking QB Quinn Gray in the endzone for a safety. In the fourth quarter, the Colts wrapped up another win with Vinatieri nailing a 20-yard field goal and Manning completing a 35-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, not only did Indianapolis improve to 6\u20130, but they became the third team in NFL history ('29\u2013'31 Packers & '99\u2013'01 Rams) to begin three consecutive seasons at 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Carolina Panthers\nGame SummaryComing off their Monday Night road win over the Jaguars, the Colts traveled to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 8 interconference duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Indianapolis trailed early as the Panthers capped off an 11-minute and 1\u00a0second opening drive with RB DeShaun Foster getting a 3-yard TD run. The Colts would respond with kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 20-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Indianapolis took the lead with RB Joseph Addai getting a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, QB Peyton Manning completed a 4-yard TD pass to Addai and a 59-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne. With those TD passes, Manning surpassed Johnny Unitas for the most touchdown passes in franchise history with 288. In the fourth quarter, Indianapolis wrapped up the victory with Addai getting a 12-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 8: at Carolina Panthers\nWith the win, the Colts improved to 7\u20130, heading into their undefeated battle with the 8\u20130 New England Patriots. Also with their win, Indianapolis tied an NFL record for consecutive 7\u20130 starts with three-straight seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots\nGame SummaryThe unbeaten Colts played the undefeated Patriots in Week 9 in a heavily hyped game, dubbed \"Super Bowl XLI\u00bd\" by Chris Berman. Colt kicker and former Patriot Adam Vinatieri gave the Colts an early lead with a 21-yard field goal. However, Randy Moss would help give the Patriots their first lead of the game on a four-yard touchdown reception, his twelfth of the season, tying a Patriots record. After Vinatieri kicked another field goal to make it a 7\u20136 game, the Colts would regain the lead just before the half when Joseph Addai caught a \"dump-off\" pass by Peyton Manning and took it 73\u00a0yards into the endzone, giving the Colts a 13\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots\nPatriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski provided all the third quarter scoring off a 34-yard field goal to cut the Colts lead to 13\u201310. In the 4th quarter, Manning ran in a play from the Patriot one-yard line to give the Colts a 20\u201310 lead. However, the Patriots came right back and, with the aid of a 33-yard reception from Donte' Stallworth, the Pats got their first touchdown of the half off a 4-yard catch by Wes Welker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots\nForcing a punt by the Colts, Kevin Faulk then gave the Patriots a 24\u201320 lead off a 13-yard reception to give the Patriots their first lead of the half. The Patriots then stopped a drive by the Colts when Peyton Manning was hit by Jarvis Green and fumbled the ball into the hands of Rosevelt Colvin with just under three minutes to go. On third and ten with no timeouts left for the Colts, the Patriots ended any hope for Indianapolis when Welker made a big 12-yard catch to give the Patriots a first down. The Patriots were able to kneel the ball after that to finish off the Colts and the Colts fell to 7\u20131, losing their first game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 9: vs. New England Patriots\nThe game was costly in other ways, as some seven starters were knocked out, including Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nGame SummaryThe San Diego Chargers got out to a fast start from Darren Sproles' 89-yard opening kickoff return for a touchdown. After a later field goal, Sproles would follow up with a 45-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter. He became only the second player in NFL history, and first since 1958, to return a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns in the opening quarter. San Diego failed on the subsequent two-point conversion to lead 16\u20130. With 8:47 left in the second quarter, LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for a four-yard touchdown to give the Chargers a 23\u20130 advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nPeyton Manning would lead the Colts down the field and capped the drive with an 8-yard TD pass to receiver Reggie Wayne. Later, in the fourth quarter, Manning threw a 7-yard score to running back Kenton Keith. Twenty-five seconds later, linebacker Gary Brackett recovered a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. The Colts attempted a rush for the two-point conversion to tie the game 23\u201323, but were held short. With a 23\u201321 lead, the Colts got the ball back with only a few minutes left in the game. They marched down the field into San Diego territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0024-0002", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nOn fourth down with 1:31 remaining, Adam Vinatieri was put in for a 29-yard field goal try. Vinatieri, despite being known for his clutch kicks and having over a 95% success rate in field goals under 30\u00a0yards, missed wide to the right. Vinatieri missed an earlier 42\u00a0yard try at the end of the half, going 0\u20132 in the game. It was the first time since 2001 Vinatieri was 0\u20132 kicking field goals. The Colts would get the ball back, but Manning would seal a Chargers win by throwing an interception with no time remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0024-0003", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nManning struggled in the game, throwing a career-high 6 interceptions. The mark is also a Colts franchise record. Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie had three interceptions in the game, becoming one of only 11 Chargers to have three picks in a single game. The Colts were heavily injured on both sides of the ball. Receivers Marvin Harrison and Anthony Gonzalez, left tackle Tony Ugoh, and tight end Dallas Clark missed the game. In perhaps the biggest blow to the Colts, Dwight Freeney injured his left foot and was carted off the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0024-0004", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 10: at San Diego Chargers\nThree days later, it was confirmed that Freeney had suffered a season-ending Lisfranc fracture. By the end of the game, a total of nine Colts on their 53-man roster either did not play due to injury or were injured in the game. The Colts dropped to 7\u20132, remaining in first place in the AFC South division. Meanwhile, the Chargers moved to 5\u20134 and clear first in the AFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nGame SummaryFacing second year quarterback Brodie Croyle, the Colts struggled in the game's first quarter, as Adam Vinatieri continued a slump of missed field goal tries with a miss from 49\u00a0yards out. The Chiefs also struggled on field goal tries with two misses in the first half before finally connecting for a 3\u20130 lead. The Colts tied the game late in the first half on a 27-yarder from Vinatieri, then pounced to a 10\u20133 third quarter lead. The Chiefs tied the game at 10\u201310 when the Colts orchestrated a time-consuming fourth quarter drive before the winning field goal by Vinatieri in the game's final seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 11: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nThe win put the Colts at 8\u20132 and still in command of the AFC South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nGame SummaryComing off of their home win against Kansas City, from just 4 days previous, the Colts traveled to Atlanta for a Thanksgiving game against Falcons. Colts rookie wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez returned to the lineup from an injury and he proved to be very beneficial for the Colts, he finished with 105\u00a0yards on 6 catches. The Falcons jumped out to an early 10\u20130 lead with a Morten Andersen field goal and touchdown pass to Roddy White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nHowever, the Colts would respond with a touchdown pass of their own to Reggie Wayne cutting the Atlanta lead to only three early in the second quarter. They would then take the lead on a touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark. They would add another touchdown before the half and took a 21\u201313 lead into halftime. In the second half the Colts would cruise to victory by adding a Joseph Addai rushing touchdown and Adam Vinatieri field goal to make the final score 31\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nWith the victory the Colts moved to 9\u20132 and still in command of the AFC South. The Colts had 11 days off until next week's big divisional showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars with 1st place in the division on the line. The Colts are 13\u20131 in their history against the Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons\nWayne (5 receptions for 66\u00a0yards and 1 TD) was given NFL Network's inaugural Pudding Pie Award for his efforts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nGame SummaryComing off their Thanksgiving road win over the Falcons, the Colts went home for a Week 13 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Indianapolis scored first with QB Peyton Manning completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Dallas Clark, along with a 48-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne. In the second quarter, the Jaguars got on the board with RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 2-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Colts replied with Manning and Clark hooking up with each other again on a 14-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Jacksonville tried to come back as QB David Garrard completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Marcedes Lewis for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars drew closer as kicker Josh Scobee nailed a 47-yard field goal. However, the Colts responded with Manning completing a 1-yard TD pass to RB Luke Lawton. Afterwards, Jacksonville tried to come back as Garrard completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Dennis Northcutt (along with getting the 2-point conversion run). Indianapolis' defense managed to seal the deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith their season-sweep over the Jaguars, the Colts improved to 10\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 13: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nDuring the game, the Colts gave Garrard his first interception of the year, courtesy of Safety Antoine Bethea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nGame summaryComing off their season-sweep over the Jaguars, the Colts flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 14 Sunday Night duel with the Baltimore Ravens, in the rematch of last year's AFC Divisional duel. In the first quarter, Indianapolis got onto the scoreboard first with QB Peyton Manning completing a 34-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Wayne, while RB Joseph Addai got a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nAfterwards, Manning and Addai hooked up with each other on a 19-yard TD pass, while rookie CB Michael Coe blocked a punt, causing it go through the back of Baltimore's end zone for a safety. In the second quarter, Addai made an 11-yard TD run. The Ravens immediately responded as WR Yamon Figurs returned a kickoff 94\u00a0yards for a touchdown, yet Indianapolis continued its run with Manning completing a 57-yard TD pass to rookie WR Anthony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, the Colts put the game away with Manning finding Gonzalez again on a 40-yard TD pass for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore tried a feeble comeback as QB Kyle Boller completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Devard Darling, while QB Troy Smith got a 6-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nWith the win, not only did Indianapolis improve to 11\u20132, but they also clinched their 6th-straight playoff berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens\nPeyton Manning even had a record night. He became the 5th player in NFL history to throw 300 career TD passes. At game's end, he ended up with 302 touchdown passes, surpassing John Elway for 4th place on the All-Time TD passes list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders\nGame summaryComing off their Sunday night road win over the Ravens, the Colts flew to McAfee Coliseum for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Indianapolis jumped out to an early 10\u20130 lead with kicker Adam Vinatieri managing to get a 22-yard field goal, while CB T.J. Rushing returned a punt 90\u00a0yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Raiders got on the board with QB Josh McCown completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the Colts went back to work as Vinatieri nailed a 19-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Oakland took the lead with RB Justin Fargas getting a 2-yard TD run. Afterwards, Indianapolis sealed the win as QB Peyton Manning completed a 20-yard TD pass to rookie WR Anthony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, not only did the Colts improve to 12\u20132, but they also clinched their 5th-straight AFC South title and became the first team in NFL history to win 12 or more games in 5 consecutive seasons. Also the Colts secured the No. 2 seed for the NFL playoffs in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs Houston Texans\nGame SummaryThe Colts offense produced a season high 458\u00a0yards and tied for second-most first downs in a game in franchise history with 33 with their 38\u201315 win over Houston. Also the Colts defense forced 3 turnovers on the day, all on interceptions by Bob Sanders, Matt Giordano, and Melvin Bullitt. The Texans jumped out early to a 7 nothing lead when Sage Rosenfels connected with Kevin Walter from 17\u00a0yards out. The Colts however would respond with 38 unanswered points including two touchdowns to Dallas Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0041-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs Houston Texans\nThe second TD to Clark gave Manning 30 on the season, the fourth time in his career he has had a 30+ TD season. in addition to Manning's achievement Clark set single-season franchise records for receptions with 57 and touchdown receptions with 11 by a Colts tight end, set by Baltimore Colt Hall-of-Famer John Mackey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs Houston Texans\nNot only did Indianapolis improve to 13\u20132 with the win but they have now won 10 straight home games against division opponents. The Colts will face the Tennessee Titans in the week 17 season finale on NBC Sunday Night Football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nGame SummaryWith nothing left to play for the Colts played host to the Tennessee Titans in the regular season finale. This was the last regular season game for the Colts in the RCA Dome. The Titans needed a win to qualify for the playoffs. The Colts starters only played 3 series and produced 3 points before the back ups came in. The Titans would strike first when Chris Brown would go in for 8\u00a0yard touchdown run. Adam Vinatieri then hit a 37-yard field goal early in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nThat would be the last score of the half as the Titans led 7\u20133 at the break. With 9:09 left in the third quarter backup quarterback Jim Sorgi throw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Craphonso Thorpe to give the Colts a 10\u20137 lead. Rob Bironas would then nail 3 consecutive field goals and the Titans defense would shut the Colts out to give Tennessee a 16\u201310 victory. With the win the Titans made the playoffs and knocked Cleveland out of contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Regular season results, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the loss, the Colts closed out the regular season at 13\u20133, breaking their 6-game winning streak and their 10-game winning streak over division rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nGame SummaryDespite the loss of starting quarterback Philip Rivers and running back LaDainian Tomlinson (the NFL's leading rusher during the season), San Diego still managed to defeat the defending Super Bowl champion Colts, forcing them to turn the ball over on downs twice in San Diego territory in the final minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nThe Colts started out the game strong, driving 76\u00a0yards and scoring with Peyton Manning's 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Clark. Then defensive back Kelvin Hayden intercepted a pass from Rivers on the Colts 24-yard line and the Colts moved the ball to the San Diego 40-yard line. However, Indianapolis receiver Marvin Harrison, playing in his first game back from an injury in nearly 3 months, fumbled the ball while being tackled by Antonio Cromartie, and defensive back Marlon McCree recovered it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nFollowing the turnover, San Diego drove 78\u00a0yards and tied the game with Rivers' 14-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson. Manning responded by completing 3 passes for 42\u00a0yards on a 44-yard drive that ended with an Adam Vinatieri field goal to give the Colts a 10\u20137 lead. Both teams blew scoring opportunities on their next drives. First the Chargers drove to the Indianapolis 31-yard line, only to have Nate Kaeding miss a 48-yard field goal. Then the Colts advanced to the Chargers 35-yard line, but on their last play of the half, Manning's pass was intercepted by Cromartie. Cromartie's 89-yard touchdown return was called back by a holding penalty, but he managed to prevent the Colts from scoring and it remained 10\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nThe Chargers took the second half kickoff and quickly took the lead with a 30-yard touchdown catch from Chris Chambers. Once again the Colts drove into Chargers territory, moving the ball all the way to the San Diego 4-yard line. But on third down and 3, Manning's pass was intercepted by Eric Weddle. However, the Chargers could only move the ball to their own 6-yard line and T. J. Rushing returned their punt 12-yards to midfield. This time the Colts drove 50\u00a0yards and scored with Manning's 9-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nWayne was initially ruled out of bounds at the 7, but a Colts challenge showed he remained in bounds on the way to the touchdown, and the Colts took the lead, 17\u201314. On the Chargers ensuing drive, Rivers threw a 22-yard completion to Chambers and followed it up with a 56-yard pass to running back Darren Sproles, a special teams returner who was brought in on offense as an extra receiver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nWith 10:50 left in the fourth quarter, Indianapolis retook the lead with Manning's 55-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Gonzalez, who caught the ball along the left sideline and narrowly managed to keep his feet in bounds en route to a score, which was upheld after a Chargers challenge. But San Diego, now led by second-string quarterback Billy Volek, drove 78\u00a0yards in 8 plays and scored with Volek's 1-yard touchdown run, giving them a 28\u201324 lead with 4:50 left in regulation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nManning led the Colts down the field, moving the ball 70\u00a0yards and converting a 4th down and 5 with a 16-yard completion to Clark. But he threw three consecutive incompletions from the Chargers 7-yard line, turning the ball over on downs. Indianapolis' defense managed to force a punt, but the Colts turned the ball over on downs again with 53\u00a0seconds left and San Diego ran out the rest of the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Postseason results, Divisional Playoff: vs San Diego Chargers\nIt was the Colts' third consecutive loss to the Chargers and Peyton Manning's seventh loss in fourteen postseason games. The Colts also fell to 0\u20134 in playoff games played in years where they had a first-round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Pro Bowl and All-Pro players\nThe Colts had six players elected to the 2008 Pro Bowl. Three of them were selected as starters, WR Reggie Wayne, C Jeff Saturday, and S Bob Sanders. Three other Colts were named to the reserve team; QB Peyton Manning, RB Joseph Addai, and S Antoine Bethea. This was Peyton Manning's eighth straight Pro Bowl trip and Joseph Addai's first. On January 25, 2008 Steelers safety Troy Polamalu decided to skip the Pro Bowl and Colts safety Antoine Bethea was selected to replace Polamalu. The 2008 Pro Bowl was played February 10, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191661-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Colts season, Pro Bowl and All-Pro players\nAll three of the Colts that were selected to start the Pro Bowl were either selected as first or second team All- Pro. Both Jeff Saturday and Bob Sanders were named to the first team while Reggie Wayne was named to the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191662-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from July 23 through July 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191662-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships\nThe singles draw featured ATP No. 5, Australian Open semifinalist, Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Queen's Club winner and two-time Indianapolis champion Andy Roddick, Sydney titlist and Los Angeles runner-up James Blake, and Queen's Club and Nottingham semifinalist Dmitry Tursunov. Also present were Australian Open quarterfinalist Mardy Fish, Houston and Nottingham champion Ivo Karlovi\u0107, Hyung-taik Lee, Robby Ginepri and Benjamin Becker, and a young Kei Nishikori, appearing in his first-ever ATP quarterfinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191662-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Champions, Doubles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro / Travis Parrott defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili / Ivo Karlovi\u0107, 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191663-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nBobby Reynolds and Andy Roddick were the defending champions, but Reynolds did not participate this year. Roddick partnered Mardy Fish, making it to the quarterfinals before withdrawing from the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191663-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Doubles\nJuan Mart\u00edn del Potro and Travis Parrott won the title, defeating Teymuraz Gabashvili and Ivo Karlovi\u0107 3\u20136, 6\u20132, [10\u20136] in the final. This was Del Potro's first ever ATP title, and as of 2019 his only doubles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191664-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nJames Blake was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sam Querrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191664-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships \u2013 Singles\nThird-seeded Dmitry Tursunov won in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20135, against Frank Dancevic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191665-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis mayoral election\nThe Indianapolis mayoral election of 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Democrat Bart Peterson was seeking a third term. Republicans nominated former Marine Greg Ballard to run against Peterson. In what was called \"the biggest upset in Indiana political history\", Ballard defeated Peterson 51% to 47%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191665-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis mayoral election\nThe Indianapolis City-County elections took place alongside the mayoral election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191665-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis mayoral election, Campaign\nPeterson was vastly considered a lock to win the election by political experts. The incumbent Peterson had nearly 30 times as much campaign money as the challenger. Peterson, who started with considerable fundraising advantages, raised nearly $1.5 million since April and had $1.5 million left in late October. In contrast, Ballard raised nearly $225,000 since April and had just over $51,000 left in his campaign fund in late October. Peterson spent nearly $1.5 million on TV and radio ads and $113,000 on polling and research. Two weeks before election day, Ballard had still not put up any TV ads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191665-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indianapolis mayoral election, Issues\nThe two major issues in the mayoral campaign were crime and taxes. Residents felt property taxes were most important due to the spike in the tax. Rising crime was another major issue in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191666-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship\nThe 2007 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 42nd edition of the World Championship The Championship was held as a Grand Prix series over six rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191667-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Long Track World Championship\nThe 2007 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 37th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191667-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Long Track World Championship\nThe world title was won by Gerd Riss of Germany for the sixth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191668-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway European Championship\nThe 2007 Individual Speedway European Championship was a speedway competition consisting of three qualifying rounds, three semi-final rounds, and a final round. The final, held on 29 September in Wiener Neustadt, was won by Jurica Pavlic of Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191668-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway European Championship, Domestic qualifications, Poland\nGates in 21st: A - Huszcza, B - Klecha, C - Walasek(17) Zieli\u0144ski - heats: 1, 16 and 20", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191668-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway European Championship, Domestic qualifications, Poland\n1-7: 69.56 - 69.10 - 70.02 - 71.32 - 69.14 - 71.05 - 71.378-14: 73.81 - 71.40 - 71.09 - 71.13 - 71.46 - 71.35 - 71.1615-21: 70.86 - 71.46 - 71.40 - 72.20 - 72.47 - 70.82 - 72.64", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 79], "content_span": [80, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191668-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway European Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 53], "content_span": [54, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191669-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship\nThe 2007 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the 10th UEM Individual Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final took place on August 19, 2007 in Cz\u0119stochowa, Poland. European Championship was won by Nicolai Klindt from Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191669-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, Domestic Qualifications, Poland\nGates in 21st: A - Szewczykowski, B - \u0141opaczewskiGates in 22nd: A - Fleger, B - Zengota, C - MiturskiGates in 23rd: A - Zengota, B - Miturski, C - SzewczykowskiGates in 24th: A - Fleger, B - \u0141opaczewski, C - Miturski, D - Zengota(17) Mistygacz - heats: 7, 12, 14(18) Idziorek - heats: 6, 12, 13, 15, 17", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191669-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, Domestic Qualifications, Poland\n1-8: 62.3 - 63.1 - 63.5 - 63.2 - 63.2 - 62.9 - 63.8 - 64.19-16: 65.6 - 65.7 - 63.9 - 64.5 - 66.3 - 64.8 - 64.9 - 63.917-24: 67.4 - 66.3 - 65.8 - 63.9 - 67.3 - 67.2 - 65.7 - 64.8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191669-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 60], "content_span": [61, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191670-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe 2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 31st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191670-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Quarter-finals, Gori\u010dan\nR1: Heats: 8, 9 and 15R2: Heats: 9 and 18", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191670-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Final\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191671-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia National Badminton Championship\nThe 2007 Indonesia National Badminton Championships were held in Surakarta from November 13 to November 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191672-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia Super Series\nThe 2007 Indonesia Open Super Series (officially known as the Djarum Indonesia Open Super Series 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 7 to 13 May 2007 and had a total purse of $250,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191672-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 Indonesia Open Super Series was the sixth tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the Indonesia Open championships, which had been held since 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191672-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191672-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191672-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$250,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191673-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesia national football team results\nThis article details the fixtures and results of the Indonesia national football team in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191674-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesian Movie Awards\nThe 1st Annual Indonesian Movie Awards was held on December 15, 2007, at the Plenary Hall, Jakarta Convention Center, Central Jakarta, is the first year of implementation of Indonesian Movie Awards. The award show was hosted by Nirina Zubir, Luna Maya, Aming, and Ringgo Agus Rahman. And the nominations have been announced in the category of Favorite, which will be chosen by the public via SMS. The category of Best, will be selected by a jury that has been appointed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191674-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesian Movie Awards\nThe national films were registered from January 2005 to February 2007. Until the registration is closed, appeared 48 films of various genres. In total there are 16 categories contested. This category was divided into 8 best nominations of the jury selection and best 8 nominations of the viewers selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191674-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indonesian Movie Awards\nBerbagi Suami into a film with the most nominations this year's award, with eleven nominations. Mendadak Dangdut and Detik Terakhir follow behind, with the receiving of nine and seven nominations. Even get more than ten nominations, Berbagi Suami failed to win any of the awards. Mendadak Dangdut be biggest winner in this first award, taking home six trophies at once, followed by D'Bijis and Denias, Senandung Di Atas Awan behind with receiving two trophies each. While other films receiving one award each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup\nThe 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup was an Indoor Cricket tournament that took place in Bristol, England from the 22nd to 29 September 2007 involving both a men's and a women's division. There were a total of 35 matches played in the men's division and 26 matches played in the women's division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup\nThe men's division was split into two stages (in addition to finals) with each side playing each other once before being split into two groups, the top four and the bottom three. The top four sides progressed to a Super 4's stage where they again played each other once in order to be ranked for the semi finals. The semi finals featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa with Australia defeating South Africa in the final to record their sixth consecutive World Cup. The top three sides contested a subsidiary title, won by England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup\nWhilst the women's division was not split into separate stages it did employ a more complicated semi final system that gave all five nations the opportunity of progressing through to the final during the finals stage. South Africa advanced straight through to the final after defeating Australia in the semi finals stage, though Australia then prevailed over New Zealand and were able to reverse their semi final result to defeat South Africa in the final. This was the fifth consecutive World Cup for Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup\nThe 2007 Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket was held alongside this event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Host Selection\nThe World Cup was awarded to England by the WICF at the conclusion of the previous World Cup. As a result England became the first nation to host the World Cup twice having held the first tournament in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Host Selection, Venue\nThe England Indoor Cricket Association determined that the Action Indoor Sports Stadium in Bristol would host all World Cup matches and Bristol became the host city as a result. All World Cup matches were played at the same venue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Participants\nIndia were also initially entered in the men's division but were late withdrawals from the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Super 4's Stage\nThe top four sides at the conclusion of the round robin series progressed through to the Super 4 stage of the tournament. The bottom three sides were relegated to the World Cup Plate division and, together with the team that finished 4th after the Super 4's stage, competed for a separate subordinate trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Super 4's Stage\nThere was no Super 4's stage in the women's division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nThe World Cup finals operated under a different format in each division. In the men's division the winner of the two semi finals proceeded to the final and the remaining two sides competed for the bronze medal match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nThe World Cup Plate final was contested between the loser of the bronze medal match and the highest ranked side from the bottom three during the Super 4's stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nThe women's division employed a slightly more complicated format. The fourth and fifth placed sides faced off against one another with the winner taking on third place to earn a right in the preliminary final. The top two sides competed in a major semi final with the winner progressing to the final and the loser taking the second spot in the preliminary final. The remaining spot in the World Cup final was assumed by the winner of the preliminary final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nSemi Final 1 (1st vs 4th) - winner to final, loser to bronze medal match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nSemi Final 2 (2nd vs 3rd) - winner to final, loser to bronze medal match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nBronze Medal Match - winner receives bronze medal, loser to World Cup Plate final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nMajor Semi Final (1st vs 2nd) - winner to final, loser to preliminary final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nQualifying Final (3rd vs 5th) - winner to minor semi final, loser knocked out", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Semi finals\nMinor Semi Final - winner to preliminary final, loser knocked out", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Finals\nWorld CupThe World Cup final was contested between Australia and South Africa. This final was the sixth consecutive appearance in a World Cup final and was the first for South Africa. Despite performing below expectations early in the tournament, Australia easily accounted for England in their semi final. The South African side, on the other hand, came through a tough encounter with the New Zealand side by just three runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Finals\nIn the end, Australia managed a narrow but comfortable victory to claim their sixth consecutive title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Finals\nWorld Cup PlateA secondary and subordinate final was played between England (the loser of the bronze medal match) and France (the highest ranked side from the bottom three teams). England rebounded from their heavy loss against New Zealand in the bronze medal match to claim the first Plate title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Finals\nWomen's DivisionThe Women's World Cup Final featured Australia and South Africa. South Africa entered the side as favourites having accounted for Australia in all but one of their encounters in the earlier stages of the World Cup. Australia, however, rebounded and managed to claim their fifth consecutive World Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191675-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup, Player of the tournament\nNineteen year old Lee Irwin of Australia was awarded player of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300\nThe 2007 Indy Japan 300 was an IndyCar Series motor race held on April 21, 2007, at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan. It was the third race of the 2007 IndyCar Series season, the fifth annual edition of the Indy Japan 300 in the IndyCar Series, and the tenth anniversary running of the race (including its five years on the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) schedule). Andretti Green Racing driver Tony Kanaan won the race with a 0.4828 second margin of victory over Chip Ganassi Racing's Dan Wheldon. Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon, and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300\nH\u00e9lio Castroneves, the defending champion of the Indy Japan 300, won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying. In the race, Wheldon gained the lead from Castroneves on lap 44 and led for more than half of the 200 laps, but a pit stop with 14 laps remaining forced him to relinquish the top position. Kanaan took the lead because of a late pit stop by Dixon, and held off a late challenge by Wheldon to secure first place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300\nThere were four cautions and nine lead changes among five different drivers during the race. It was Kanaan's first win of the season, and the eighth of his career. The result moved Wheldon into the lead of the Drivers' Championship, three points ahead of Kanaan. Dixon, who led the championship before the race, dropped to third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Background\nThe Indy Japan 300 was confirmed as a part of the Indy Racing League's (IRL) 2007 schedule for the IndyCar Series in September 2006. It was to be the fifth consecutive year the race was held in the series, and the tenth Indy Japan 300, counting the period from 1998 to 2002 when it was a CART event. Uniquely in the 2007 season, the race took place at a non-American location. The Indy Japan 300 was the third race scheduled for 2007 by the IRL, out of 17. At this early stage in the season, Dixon held the lead in the point standings with 80 points. Castroneves and Wheldon were tied for second with 75 points, and Kanaan and Hornish Jr. were fourth and fifth on 65 and 61 points, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Practice\nTwo days before the race, on April 19, a pair of two-hour practice sessions were held at the Twin Ring Motegi. The racers were split into two groups, which were each allowed to run laps for one hour per session. The first practice session began at 10:30\u00a0a.m. Japan Standard Time (JST); five minutes later a yellow caution flag came out due to a crash by V\u00edtor Meira, who was forced into a backup car when he returned later in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Practice\nA second caution flag was shown at noon local time to allow for an inspection of the track; 30 minutes later the session came to an end. From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m JST, the second practice session of the day took place. Danica Patrick posted the fastest lap of the day, going around the circuit in 26.9585 seconds in an average speed of 202.979 miles per hour (326.663\u00a0km/h). Japanese driver Kosuke Matsuura, who called the Indy Japan 300 his \"most important\" race of the season, had the second-fastest lap time of the day, followed by Castroneves, Kanaan, and Wheldon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Practice\nBefore qualifying took place on April 20, there was a third round of practice from 10:30\u00a0a.m. to 12:05 p.m JST; the drivers were each allowed 45 minutes of track time. Two caution flags came out; the first came half an hour into the session when Jeff Simmons spun out coming off the track's fourth turn. The other caution was a track inspection, which came 18 minutes into the second group's allotted time. Kanaan had the best lap of the session; his average speed of 204.465 miles per hour (329.055\u00a0km/h) topped Patrick's leading mark from the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 29], "content_span": [30, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Qualifying\nAn hour and 25 minutes after the last practice session ended, the 18 drivers determined the starting grid through qualifying. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitors' fastest times. Castroneves, the winner of the 2006 Indy Japan 300, gained pole position with a lap time of 26.6416 seconds; it was the second consecutive year he qualified first. Two-time race winner Wheldon earned the other front-row starting position; his lap was .0328 seconds slower than Castroneves'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Qualifying\nKanaan and Patrick qualified third and fourth, respectively; they were followed by Hornish Jr. and Dixon, who would start in the third row. Dario Franchitti and Tomas Scheckter qualified in the fourth row, while Matsuura and Marco Andretti rounded out the top 10. The difference between the first and tenth-best lap times was less than three-tenths of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 31], "content_span": [32, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nThe conditions on the grid were dry but cloudy before the event with an air temperature between 70\u201374\u00a0\u00b0F (21\u201323\u00a0\u00b0C) and a track temperature of 80\u00a0\u00b0F (27\u00a0\u00b0C). Bridgestone CEO Soshi Arakawa commanded the drivers to start their engines. The race began at 1:00\u00a0p.m. JST, as Tomikazu Fukuda, governor of Tochigi Prefecture (location of the Twin Ring Motegi track), waved the opening green flag to signify the start. Shortly afterward, however, Matsuura suffered an accident; he crashed into the turn two wall during the first lap after he spun, and did not return to the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nA caution flag came out as a result of the incident; several drivers made pit stops for new tires, fuel and car adjustments during the caution, and Meira made two stops. On lap 9, the field returned to green flag racing, and Castroneves maintained his lead, which reached nearly three seconds by lap 25. The second caution flag of the race was flown on lap 31, to allow for the removal of debris on the track in the fourth turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nA round of pit stops occurred during the caution; Castroneves held on to the lead, with Wheldon and Kanaan in second and third. The green flag came back out on lap 39, and Hornish Jr. immediately took third place from Kanaan. Lap 44 saw a lead change as Wheldon passed Castroneves; he would go on to lead 126 of the race's 200 laps. Wheldon gradually increased the lead to almost two seconds by lap 80. Kanaan had risen to second by this point, ahead of Franchitti and Castroneves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nFrom laps 81 to 90, pit stops were made by all the drivers. After Ed Carpenter's stop, one of his wheels came off while he attempted to return to the track; he would ultimately finish 15th, eight laps behind. At the end of this series of pit stops under the green flag, Wheldon remained out in front, ahead of Kanaan. By the halfway point of the race, Kanaan had begun to narrow his deficit, which by lap 115 was less than a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nWheldon, meanwhile, was faced with a mechanical problem\u2014his radio was malfunctioning, preventing him from talking to his pit crew; he later said that he and his team \"lost radio contact early on\". On lap 122, Kanaan made a pass while coming out of turn two, taking the lead from Wheldon. Soon after, the drivers began their third round of pit stops, and Wheldon took back the lead before Andretti was afflicted with oversteer and crashed into the turn four inside wall on lap 135, bringing out a caution flag. The yellow flag period saw pit stops continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nCastroneves stopped twice on pit lane on top of a prior stop just before the caution; during the second yellow flag stop, he overshot his designated area on pit road, and his car needed to be pushed into position by crew members. With 51 laps left, the caution period ended, and Wheldon slowly built a gap over Kanaan of 1.8834 seconds entering the final 20 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nWheldon made a pit stop on lap 186, giving Kanaan, who had been conserving fuel since early in the race, the lead. Four laps later, Kanaan stopped, and the lead briefly went to Hornish Jr., before he too pitted and Dixon assumed the top spot. On lap 196, however, Dixon was also forced into the pits. Kanaan had come off pit road ahead of Wheldon after his stop, and therefore was in position to assume the lead. Wheldon closed in on Kanaan, and by the final lap was less than four-tenths of a second behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nKanaan, though, held off Wheldon to win the race with a .4828 of a second margin of victory. Third place went to Franchitti, who was over 11 seconds off the pace. Dixon was fourth, followed by Hornish Jr., who finished one lap behind the leaders, having stalled his engine on pit road in the closing laps. Scott Sharp was the sixth-place finisher, and early leader Castroneves wound up seventh. Simmons, Scheckter, and Buddy Rice finished eighth through tenth; all other drivers ended the race two or more laps behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race\nThere were nine lead changes in the race; five drivers reached the front of the field. Wheldon's total of 126 laps led was the highest of any competitor. Kanaan led four different times, for a total of 26 laps. The victory was the eighth of Kanaan's IRL career and the first of a series-high five wins he posted in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 25], "content_span": [26, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race, Post-race\nIn interviews after the race, Kanaan credited his team's fuel strategy for being the main factor in his victory. During many of the laps that Wheldon led, Kanaan drafted behind him to use less fuel than normal, and he was able to stay on the track longer than other drivers as a result. He said of the strategy, \"that's what probably gave me the win.\" On the other hand, Wheldon later said that his radio problem forced more \"conservative\" pit stop planning by himself and his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191677-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Indy Japan 300, Race, Post-race\nThird-place finisher Franchitti said: \"We had to take the gamble to try to get the win. I thought we had as good a car as TK (Tony Kanaan) and Dan (Wheldon). I think I could have hung with them, but I don't think I could have caught up with them.\" Matsuura admitted his first-lap accident was his fault and apologized to his Japanese fans. After his accident on the 135th lap, Andretti was taken to the track's infield care center for a precautionary X-ray scan of his right shoulder which showed a negative result. He said that he struggled with controlling his car but was happy. With his second-place finish, Wheldon gained the season points lead with 118, three ahead of Kanaan and six in front of Dixon. The standings were closely contested, with the top six drivers separated by 27 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191679-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 IndyCar Series\nThe 2007 IRL IndyCar Series began with a night race on Saturday March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season's premiere event, the 91st Indianapolis 500 was held May 27. The season finale was held at Chicagoland Speedway on September 9. Dario Franchitti, who won four races during the season, including the Indy 500, clinched the 2007 IndyCar Series Championship on the final lap of the final race, by winning the race after points leader Scott Dixon ran out of fuel while leading with less than \u2153 of a lap to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191679-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 IndyCar Series\nAt the conclusion of the season, Danica Patrick was voted Most Popular Driver for the third consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191679-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 IndyCar Series\nAll races were televised on the ESPN family of networks. In addition, all races were broadcast live on the IMS Radio Network, and XM IndyCar Channel 145 and simulcast on XM Sports Nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191679-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 IndyCar Series\nThe 2007 schedule was the twelfth season of the IRL IndyCar Series, and part of the 96th recognized season of top-level American open wheel racing. It was the final season that IndyCar Series ran independently before the IRL merged with Champ Car in 2008. It also marked A. J. Foyt's 50th anniversary of participation in IndyCar racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191679-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 IndyCar Series, Season summary, Schedule\nO\u00a0 Oval/Speedway\u00a0R\u00a0 Road course\u00a0S\u00a0 Temporary street circuitBOLD indicates Superspeedways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191680-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Insight Bowl\nThe 2007 Insight Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007, at Sun Devil Stadium on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191680-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Insight Bowl\nThe opponents were the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference and the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. This was the third straight year of the Big 10 and Big 12 tie-ins for this bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191680-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Insight Bowl\nBoth teams had tumultuous seasons. The Hoosiers' previous head coach, Terry Hoeppner, died in June 2007 and Bill Lynch took over the program. The season-long mantra was \"Play 13,\" as in playing a 13th game, a bowl, after the 12-game regular season. (This is IU's first bowl since 1993.) Meanwhile, Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy became famous throughout North America for a tirade against a sportswriter for The Daily Oklahoman. The outburst was repeated many times on TV sportscasts and online. The Cowboys were 6\u20136 on the season and unranked nationally. Generally accepted as a disappointing year for the highly touted pre-season offense led by Zac Robinson who replaced Bobby Reid at the starting quarterback position early in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191681-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Intense Football League season\nThe 2007 Intense Football League season was the third season of the Intense Football League (IFL). The league champions were the Louisiana Swashbucklers, who defeated the Corpus Christi Hammerheads in Intense Bowl III on August 11, 2007. The championship game (Intense Bowl III) was the first indoor league championship in history available as a podcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191682-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 InterLiga\nThe tournament has begun the January 3rd and will give two places in the Copa Libertadores 2007. Eight teams participate in this tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191683-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Intercity Football League\nThe 2007 season was the first season of the Intercity Football League in Taiwan. Eight teams were scheduled to compete in the 2007 league season, but Kaohsiung County withdrew before the league's opening. The seven remaining teams were Taipei City (represented by Tatung F.C. ), Taipei County, Tainan City, Tainan County, Chiayi County (sponsored by Le Beau Max Resort), Kaohsiung City, and Yilan County.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191684-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge\nThe 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the second season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of nine rounds and began on March 9, with the Safari Rally. The season ended on November 11 with the China Rally. Enrique Garc\u00eda Ojeda won the title ahead of Nicolas Vouilloz and Andrea Navarra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191685-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Bowl\nThe 2007 International Bowl, held on January 6, 2007 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was one of the college American football bowl games that ended the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game pitted the University of Cincinnati against Western Michigan University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191685-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International Bowl, Background\nBesides the historic significance of the game itself, the UC\u2013WMU matchup was of particular interest because newly hired Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly coached Central Michigan University during the 2006 regular season. Kelly and Central Michigan, the main rival of WMU, defeated Western Michigan 31\u20137 just eight weeks earlier. In addition, both schools had been charter members of the Mid-American Conference (WMU is still in the conference today, but UC left after the 1952\u201353 academic year).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191685-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 International Bowl, Game summary\nThe game drew a crowd of 26,717. In this game, Cincinnati jumped out to a 24\u20130 lead with 10:22 left in the first half, but Western Michigan was able to score 24 unanswered points to tie the game at 24 early in the fourth quarter. The Bearcats defeated the Broncos 27\u201324 with WMU missing a late 51-yard field goal that could have sent the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191685-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 International Bowl, Broadcast\nThe on-air ESPN crew included John Saunders, who was born and raised in Toronto and graduated from WMU; and Doug Flutie, who played two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts, both of which ended in Grey Cup championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 34], "content_span": [35, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191686-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Challenge Cup\nThe 2007 International Challenge Cup was held between March 7 and 11, 2007 in The Hague. Skaters competed in the ladies' single skating across the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice discipline called \"Debs\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election\nA special election for three judges of the International Criminal Court was held during the 6th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in New York on 30 November and 3 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election\nThe election was to replace three judges who had resigned during 2006 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Background\nThe judges elected at this election took office on the date of their elections. Two were to remain in office until 10 March 2012, one judge (to be chosen by drawing of lots) until 10 March 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Background\nThe election was governed by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Its article 36(8)(a) states that \"[t]he States Parties shall, in the selection of judges, take into account the need, within the membership of the Court, for:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Background\nFurther rules of election were adopted by a resolution of the Assembly of States Parties in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Nomination process\nFollowing these rules, the nomination period of judges for the 2007 election lasted from 1 June to 24 August 2007. The following persons were nominated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Nomination process\nThe candidature of Sunday Akinola Akintan of Nigeria was withdrawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 69], "content_span": [70, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements\nMinimum voting requirements governed part of the election. This was to ensure that article 36(8)(a) cited above is fulfilled. For this election, the following minimum voting requirements existed; they were to be adjusted once the election was underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements\nRegarding the List A or B requirement, there was a minimum voting requirement (not to be waived at any time) of two judges from List A .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements\nRegarding the regional criteria, there was no minimum voting requirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements\nRegarding the gender criteria, there was no minimum voting requirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements\nThe regional and gender criteria could have been adjusted even before the election depending on the number of candidates. Paragraph 20(b) of the ASP resolution that governed the elections states that if there are less than double the number of candidates required for each region, the minimum voting requirement shall be a (rounded-up) half of the number of candidates; except when there is only one candidate which results in no voting requirement. Furthermore, if the number of candidates of one gender is less than ten, then the minimum voting requirement shall not exceed a certain number depending on the number of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Minimum voting requirements\nThe regional and gender criteria could have been dropped either if they were not (jointly) possible any more, or if after four ballots not all seats were filled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 78], "content_span": [79, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Ballots\nThe first two ballots took place on 30 November 2007. The other two ballots took place on 3 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191687-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 International Criminal Court judges election, Ballots\nThe drawing of lots had Saiga serve until 2009 and Cotte and Nsereko until 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League\nThe 2007 Tropicana International Darts League was a darts tournament held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands from May 4\u201312. The tournament was sponsored by Tropicana\u00a0\u2014 a Dutch-based soft drink manufacturer. Raymond van Barneveld entered the tournament as three-times and defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League\nDarts history was made when the tournament became the first televised event to witness two nine dart finishes. On May 8, Phil Taylor hit his fourth perfect game on television against Raymond van Barneveld and the following night Tony O'Shea matched the effort against Adrian Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League\nDespite the presence of current BDO and PDC World Champions and four other former world champions in the field, none progressed beyond the quarter-finals. 36 year old Gary Anderson won his first major title with a 13\u20139 victory over fellow BDO/WDF player Mark Webster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, Prize fund\nThe total prize fund is \u20ac135,000 (plus \u20ac26,000 for a nine-dart finish)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, 2007 controversy\nThe staging of the 2007 IDL has been filled with controversy. There have been several format changes, disagreements and even court cases surrounding the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, 2007 controversy\nIn 2006 the BDO secured an agreement for 28 of their players to participate in the event until 2010. However, as the popularity of the PDC circuit grew in the Netherlands, the organisers decided to renege on the deal and invite only 12 BDO players. The remaining 20 players would qualify from the PDC including their top 12 ranked players plus four wildcards and four from a PDC/PDPA qualifying event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, 2007 controversy\nThis led to a threat from the BDO to take court action against the organisers who wanted their agreement upholding. A compromise was reached and the organisers introduced a preliminary round. The original 16 BDO/WDF players who believed they had missed out were to be joined by a further four automatic qualifiers from the PDC Order of Merit and a further four players from an already confirmed qualifying event in April. This expanded the field from 32 to 56 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, 2007 controversy\nHowever the sponsors of the four wildcard players (Michael van Gerwen, Mervyn King, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort) were upset that their players had been relegated to the preliminary round when they felt they had an agreement to be automatically into the televised stages. The BDO also felt that all 28 of their players should not have to face a preliminary round. The dispute was resolved on April 25 when a Dutch court rejected the claims of the four wildcard players. Three of the players managed to qualify from the preliminary round with only van der Voort missing out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, 2007 format\nThe field was scheduled to contain 56 players with 12 automatically from each organisation going into the group stages. Some players from the BDO withdrew citing the uncertainty over the staging of the event as their reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191688-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 International Darts League, 2007 format\nEight players from the preliminary round will go through to join the 24 automatic qualifiers in the group stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191689-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Fight League\nThe first full season of the International Fight League (IFL) was composed of 11 events (9 normal events, 1 semi-final event and 1 final championship event). Over the span of nine events each of the 12 IFL teams competed in 3 events each and the top four teams with the best records advanced to the semi final event. After the semi final event the top two teams met in the Championship event which took place at the Los Angeles Forum. Each of the first 9 events also included at least one superfight. {www.ifl.tv}", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191689-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International Fight League\n1 Originally Ivan Salaverry was supposed to partake in the superfight but along with an IFL agreement he had a contract with the now defunct WFA. After the UFC bought out the WFA Salaverry's contract was put up into limbo preventing him from participating in the superfight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191689-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 International Fight League\n2 Originally the superfight was to be between IFL coaches Maurice Smith and Marco Ruas but during training Ruas injured himself cancelling this fight. It has now been rescheduled for the May 19th show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191690-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Formula Master\nThe 2007 International Formula Master was the inaugural International Formula Master series season. The season started on the weekend of May 18\u201320 at Valencia, and served as a support series to the World Touring Car Championship in all the latter's European races except Zandvoort, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191691-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International GT Open\nThe 2007 International GT Open season was the second season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organizaci\u00f3n. It began on 21 April at ACI Vallelunga Circuit and finished on 11 November, at Barcelona after six double-header meetings with one single race round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191691-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International GT Open\nOverall championship was won by Autorlando drivers Jo\u00ebl Camathias and Richard Lietz, GTA class was won by Scuderia Playteam SaraFree drivers Michele Maceratesi and Andrea Montermini, while GTS class title was clinched by Riccardo Romagnoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191692-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International League season\nThe 2007 International League season took place from April to September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191692-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International League season\nThe Richmond Braves defeated the Durham Bulls to win the league championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191692-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 International League season, Playoffs\nThe following teams qualified for the postseason: Durham Bulls, Richmond Braves, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, and Toledo Mud Hens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191692-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 International League season, Playoffs, Division Series\nDurham (South Division Champion) 3, Toledo (West Division Champion) 0Richmond (Wild Card) 3, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (North Division Champion) 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191692-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 International League season, Playoffs, Championship series\nRichmond (Wild Card) 3, Durham (South Division Champion) 1 Richmond played in their first Triple A Championship Game against the Sacramento River Cats. They lost to Sacramento. They following season they played their final season in Richmond before relocating to Gwinnett County and being renamed the Gwinnett Braves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191693-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Pokka 1000km\nThe 2007 International Pokka 1000km was the sixth round of the 2007 Super GT season and the 36th running of the 1000 km Suzuka. It took place on August 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191694-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 International Rules Series\nThe 2007 International Rules Series was to be the 14th series of international rules football to be played between Ireland and Australia since the establishment of the annual international rules series tournament and the 16th tour overall and was to have been held in Australia. The tour, however, was cancelled after violence marred the 2005 and 2006 series, with much of the blame being laid by Irish commentators on the rough tactics of the Australian team. In December 2006, the GAA decided to abandon the 2007 series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191694-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 International Rules Series\n\"On the recommendation of the Management Committee, it was agreed that there would be no Junior or Senior Series of games in 2007.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191695-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie\nThe 2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2007 ATP Challenger Series. It took place in Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia between 2\u20137 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191695-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 85], "content_span": [86, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191696-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Doubles\nAlex Bogomolov Jr. and Todd Widom were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191696-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Doubles\nAlex Kuznetsov and Phillip Simmonds won the title after defeating Thierry Ascione and \u00c9douard Roger-Vasselin 7\u20136(7\u20135), 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191697-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Singles\nGilles Simon was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191697-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie \u2013 Singles\nMichael Russell won the title after defeating David Guez 6\u20130, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191698-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg\nThe 2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, from 21 May until 26 May 2007. Sixth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won the singles title and earned $25,865 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191698-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Finals, Doubles\nYan Zi / Zheng Jie defeated Alicia Molik / Sun Tiantian, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191699-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg took place between 21 and 26 May on the outdoor clay courts of the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France. Yan Zi and Zheng Jie won the title, defeating Alicia Molik and Sun Tiantian in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191700-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg \u2013 Singles\nNicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191700-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg \u2013 Singles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues won the title, defeating Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo in the final 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191701-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo\nThe 2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, and was part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in Palermo, Italy, from 16 to 22 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191701-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191701-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191701-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Champions, Doubles\nMariya Koryttseva / Darya Kustova def. Alice Canepa / Karin Knapp, 6\u20134, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191702-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo took place between 16 and 22 July on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy. Mariya Koryttseva and Darya Kustova won the title, defeating Alice Canepa and Karin Knapp in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191703-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles Tournament at the 2007 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo took place between 16 and 22 July on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy. \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay won the title, defeating Martina M\u00fcller in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191704-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Interprovincial Hurling Championship was the 80th staging of the Interprovincial Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The championship began on 13 October 2007 and ended on 27 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191704-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nLeinster were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Munster in the semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191704-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nOn 27 October 2007, Munster won the championship following a 2-22 to 2\u201319 defeat of Connacht in the final at Croke Park. This was their 44th championship title overall and their first title since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191704-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Interprovincial Hurling Championship\nMunster's Eoin Kelly was the championship's top scorer with 1-20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191705-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Invercargill mayoral election\nThe 2007 Invercargill mayoral election commenced on Saturday, 13 October 2007 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191705-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Invercargill mayoral election\nThe incumbent mayor Tim Shadbolt was comfortably returned to his position with 83% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191706-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Inverclyde Council election\nElections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191707-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250\nThe 2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series. It was held over the weekend of June 22\u201324, 2007, as the eighth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the inaugural race at the brand-new 0.875-mile (1.408\u00a0km) Iowa Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191707-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Pre-Race\nPractice scheduled for Friday was shortened due to thunderstorms in the area. Despite lack of Friday practice, many drivers expressed awe at the 7/8th mile track for being so fast, with practice speeds averaging over 180\u00a0mph (290\u00a0km/h). Drivers originally believed that it would be a competitive race, but soon found out that passing would be very difficult. The other main concern of the track was the physical requirements, with the 7/8th mile track driving like a superspeedway and drivers experiencing 4.8 lateral G-Forces during the race. Scott Dixon won the pole in qualifying on Saturday (182.360\u00a0mph/17.6486 secs). H\u00e9lio Castroneves qualified 2nd (182.272\u00a0mph/17.6571 secs), while Danica Patrick came in 11th (180.974\u00a0mph/17.7838 secs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 33], "content_span": [34, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191707-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Race\nThe first half of the race was a \"crashfest\" with 7 cars crashing out in the first 100 laps. The largest crash occurred on a restart on lap 100, when cars tried to go 4 wide on the frontstretch. Danica Patrick, Sam Hornish Jr., and others were eliminated. Many driver's blamed the hard tires of the race. This was caused because of an unusually cool day, with temperatures around 75 degrees for the race, originally forecast as late as the night before the race around 90-95 degrees. Pole sitter Scott Dixon had steering problems at the start, and originally retired, though his team repaired the car and he ended up 10th, many laps down. The race ended up a battle between Andretti-Green Racing teammates Dario Franchitti and Marco Andretti, with Franchitti winning. Scott Sharp came in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 29], "content_span": [30, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191707-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Race, Note\nMilka Duno was ordered by race officials to maintain a minimum speed and when she failed to meet that speed she was parked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191707-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250, Caution Periods\nThere were six caution periods during the race, with a total of sixty-seven laps run under yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team\nThe 2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Heading into the season, several players left the team while several other players ran into criminal allegations. Following a disappointing 2006 season that included losses to Indiana, Northwestern and Minnesota, the team was coached by Kirk Ferentz and played their six home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Previous season\nEntering 2006 ranked 16th in the AP Poll and 17th in the Coaches Poll, the Hawkeyes had high hopes for the season. Following victories over Montana, Syracuse, Iowa State and Illinois, the Hawkeyes were 4\u20130 heading into their game with top-ranked Ohio State. With tickets for the game going for US$500 on eBay, the game was hyped as one of the biggest in Kinnick Stadium history. But quarterback Drew Tate threw 3 interceptions, and the Hawkeyes lost 38\u201317. In total, Iowa had 4 turnovers while Ohio State had zero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Previous season\nFollowing the loss to Ohio State, Iowa proceeded to score a season-high 47 points in a victory over Purdue. But the most notable score came during the 4th quarter, when Adam Shada intercepted a Curtis Painter pass and returned it a school record 98-yards for the touchdown. However, Iowa's joy would not last long, as the Hawkeyes were upset by Indiana only a week later. The 31\u201328 win was Indiana's biggest win since a victory over 9th-ranked Ohio State in 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Previous season\nFrom there, the season unraveled, and the Hawkeyes lost four of their remaining five games en route to a 6\u20136 record. The Hawkeyes were not invited to a bowl game following the conclusion of the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Before the season\nOn April 20, 2007, it was announced by Ferentz that two players, Ryan Bain and Justin Edwards, were leaving the team. Both are planning on transferring to other schools. Bain, who had 56 career tackles, was later found guilty on charges of disorderly conduct. About two months later, it was announced that Shonn Greene and Amari Spievey were no longer on the team. Greene, a junior running back, had 378 rushing yards and two touchdowns in his career. Another month later, and it was announced that Lucas Cox and Marcus Wilson were leaving the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Before the season\nWilson, a sophomore defensive back, played in all 13 games in 2006 and recorded 21 tackles and one interception. Earlier in July, senior defensive back Devan Moylan was given an additional year of eligibility. After suffering a leg injury in the fourth game of 2006 against Illinois, he applied for a medical hardship. Prior to the 2007 season, he had 28 tackles and one interception in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Before the season, Criminal charges\nOn August 20, 2007, two Hawkeye wide receivers were arrested and charged with the unauthorized use of a credit card. Dominique Douglas and Anthony Bowman, both sophomores, were suspended indefinitely by Ferentz following allegations that they bought more than $2,000 in merchandise with stolen credit cards. The crime is a felony, and if convicted, the two players can face up to five years in prison along with a $7,500 fine. Another player, Arvell Nelson, also experienced trouble with the law. Nelson posted a $545 bond for failure to appear in court after being charged with driving with a suspended license. He also paid a $390 fine for not having insurance. 1 in every 10 Iowa football players during the 2007 season had off-field arrests, the highest among any year in Kirk Ferentz's tenure at Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 877]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Before the season, Recruiting class\nThe Hawkeyes received 22 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 69], "content_span": [70, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Schedule, Schedule notes\nDue to the Big Ten's rotating schedule, Iowa did not play either Michigan or Ohio State in 2007. Instead, Iowa played Michigan State and Penn State, two teams that the Hawkeyes had not played since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Schedule, Schedule notes\nIowa's schedule was ranked as the 9th toughest (or 3rd easiest) in the Big Ten by SI.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois\nPlaying in Soldier Field in Chicago, the Hawkeyes defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies 16\u20133. Albert Young ran for 144\u00a0yards and a touchdown as Iowa's defense kept the Huskies from scoring a touchdown. Damian Sims also made his mark by running for 110\u00a0yards. The Hawkeyes held Northern Illinois to 21\u00a0yards rushing, and Charles Godfrey intercepted two Dan Nicholson passes. Sophomore quarterback Jake Christensen opened the season with 133\u00a0yards and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nBehind a strong defensive performance, the Hawkeyes shut out the Syracuse Orange at Kinnick Stadium. Rebounding from a shaky performance against Northern Illinois, Christensen threw for 278\u00a0yards and four touchdowns, three of them to tight end Tony Moeaki. On special teams, Kenny Iwebema blocked two field goals to help preserve the worst loss for Syracuse coach Greg Robinson in his tenure with the Orange. After the game, Syracuse running back Curtis Brinkley said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nWe need to be a lot more fundamentally sound, there were a lot of missed assignments and there were a lot of people not hitting their targets. There's a little bit of everything we need to fix up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nThe 35-point loss was Syracuse's most-lopsided since a 51\u201314 loss to Georgia Tech in the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nIowa State kicked its way to a 15\u201313 victory in Ames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin\nIowa's defense forced three Wisconsin turnovers, but could not hold off the Badgers' 4th quarter rally, losing 17\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nIowa was unable to contain a scoring explosion from Indiana, including three early touchdowns by Hoosier quarterback Kellen Lewis. Iowa added to its difficulties with penalties and breakdowns in pass protection. Although quarterback Jake Christensen passed for 308\u00a0yards and three touchdowns, he was sacked nine times, including four by Jammie Kirlew. The Hawkeyes also missed two field goals and an extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nQuarterback Jake Christensen was sacked twice, and the Hawkeyes were held scoreless until an interception near the Penn State end zone set up Trey Stross' 4th-quarter touchdown reception in a 27\u20137 blowout loss on the road at Penn State. Iowa was held to eight first downs while Penn State had 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nEntering the game, Iowa had lost eight straight Big Ten games, with their last win a 47\u201317 decision over Purdue on October 7, 2006. Illinois, however, entered the game ranked 18th in the country, and was looking to become bowl eligible with a win over the Hawkeyes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nFrom the very beginning, the game was a defensive one. The Hawkeyes held Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall to 67\u00a0yards, and slowed the nation's fifth-best rushing offense to 137\u00a0yards total. But the Illinois defense remained strong against the run, and held the Hawkeyes to a three yards per rush average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nIllinois did not trail until late in the third quarter, when Iowa quarterback Jake Christensen found tight end Brandon Myers down the middle for the touchdown. With the score at 10\u20136 in favor of the Hawkeyes, the Illini made a switch to Eddie McGee at quarterback, after starter Isiah Williams had a fumble recovered by Iowa. With McGee in, the Illini appeared to have stunned the Kinnick Stadium crowd with an 83-yard touchdown pass, but it was called back due to an Illinois penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nDespite the penalty, Illinois was not done. On Illinois' final drive, McGee drove the Illini down to the Iowa 12 with passes of 28 and 24\u00a0yards to Arrelious Benn. But with 1:12 left in the game, a McGee pass was intercepted at the goal line by Iowa's Brett Greenwood. The win was Iowa's first over a ranked team since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191708-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nMid -American Conference member Western Michigan surprised the Hawkeyes, 28\u201319, in Iowa City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191709-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iowa State Cyclones football team\nThe 2007 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gene Chizik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191710-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ipswich Borough Council election\nElections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191710-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ipswich Borough Council election\nFollowing the election the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats continued to form the executive of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel\nOn 23 March 2007, fifteen Royal Navy personnel from HMS\u00a0Cornwall were searching a merchant vessel when they were surrounded by the Navy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and detained off the Iran\u2013Iraq coast. In the course of events, British forces claimed that the vessel was in Iraqi waters, but the Iranians insisted that they were in Iran's territorial waters. The fifteen personnel were released thirteen days later on 4 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel\nA year later, a British investigation report was released which stated that the area in which the incident took place was not covered by any formal agreement between Iran and Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Background\nOn 23 March 2007, a team of eight sailors and seven Royal Marines in two rigid-hulled inflatable boats from the Type 22 frigate HMS\u00a0Cornwall had been searching a merchant dhow for smuggled automobiles when they were detained at approximately 10:30 Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3:00) or 11:00 Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30) by the crews of two Iranian boats; a further six Iranian boats then assisted in the seizure. The British personnel were taken to an Iranian Revolutionary Guards base in Tehran for questioning. Iranian officials claimed that the British sailors were in Iranian waters. A University of Durham analysis of the initial Iranian identification of the location of the boats showed that the position given was in Iraqi waters. According to the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Iranians issued a \"corrected\" location, which placed the boats in Iranian waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 931]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Background\nInformation provided by Britain initially consistently placed the boats in Iraqi waters. However, the subsequent report by the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Select Committee confirmed that the Ministry of Defence map presented to the worldwide media was \"inaccurate\" as it presented a boundary line when no maritime boundary between the two countries had been agreed upon, and so \"The Government was fortunate that it was not in Iran's interests to contest the accuracy of the map.\" The Foreign Affairs Committee also criticised the government for failing to contact a key Iranian negotiator in a timely manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Background\nReports in April 2008, citing documents from the MoD inquiry into the incident, stated that the British sailors captured by Iran were in disputed waters, that the US-led coalition had drawn a boundary line between Iran and Iraq without informing the Iranians, and that Iranian coastal protection vessels regularly crossed this coalition-defined boundary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Background\nThe British government stated that the team had been conducting a compliance inspection of a merchant ship under the mandate of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1723. While moving along the Shatt al-Arab waterway, the merchantman had aroused the suspicion of a Royal Navy helicopter. Cornwall was part of the British contribution to multinational forces engaged in the Iraq War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Background\nIntense diplomatic efforts were made to secure the release of the detainees. On 28 March 2007 television channels around the world showed footage released by the Iranian government of some of the fifteen British sailors. This included a statement by captured Royal Navy sailor Faye Turney, along with a letter she wrote under compulsion, which apologised for British intrusions into Iranian waters. Over the next two days a further video was shown on Iranian television displaying three of the detained Britons; and two further letters attributed to Faye Turney were released, again claiming the British boats were in Iranian waters. Iran stated that an apology from British officials would \"facilitate\" the release of the personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, British personnel involved\nThe fifteen Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel detained were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nOn 4 April, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a news conference to announce the release of the personnel as \"a gift\" to Britain. When returned to the UK the group claimed to have been put under \"constant psychological pressure\" from the Iranian authorities. In addition, British equipment, including secure voice communication kit and navigational hardware, has not been reported as being returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nThe Ministry of Defence announced on 7 April 2007 the beginning of a \"detailed inquiry\" into the circumstances leading to the capture of fifteen personnel by Iran. The confidential inquiry was headed by Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fulton, the Governor of Gibraltar (and former Commandant General Royal Marines). On 22 July 2007, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee released a report into the incident, although Fulton's report had not been released to the parliamentary committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Legal treaties in force at site\nThe Algiers Agreement, ratified by both nations in 1976, remains in force. It defined the Iran-Iraq international boundary in the Shatt al-Arab by a series of precisely defined turning points closely approximating the 1975 thalweg or deepest channel, ending at point \"R\". Point \"R\", at (WGS84) is about 8.6 nautical miles (15.9\u00a0km; 9.9\u00a0mi) southeast of the tip of Iraq's Al-Faw peninsula at high tide. Point \"R\" is where the thalweg in 1975 was adjacent to the furthest point of exposed mud flats at \"astronomical lowest low tide.\" Point \"R\" thus constitutes the end of the land boundary of the two nations, despite being under water at all but the lowest tides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Legal treaties in force at site\nAccording to analysis by the International Boundary Research Unit (IBRU) at the UK's Durham University, the location provided by the Ministry of Defence for the location of the seizure is 1.7 nautical miles (3.1\u00a0km; 2.0\u00a0mi) southwest of this Point \"R\" boundary terminus and 1.6 nautical miles (3.0\u00a0km; 1.8\u00a0mi) south of this international boundary line. The university stated: \"The point lies on the Iraqi side of\u2026the agreed land boundary.\" This was challenged by Iran, whose second set of released co-ordinates were inside its waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Legal treaties in force at site\nThe location provided by the British government was not in disputed territory according to IBRU, which said the boundary was disputed only beyond Point \"R\" (to the east and southeast). Confirming this, Richard Schofield, an expert in international boundaries at King's College London, stated \"Iran and Iraq have never agreed to a boundary of their territorial waters. There is no legal definition of the boundary beyond the Shatt al-Arab.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Legal treaties in force at site\nThe Algiers Agreement came into effect after being signed by both states in 1975 and ratified by both states in 1976. Under international law, one state cannot unilaterally reject a previously ratified treaty, and the treaty had no clause providing for abrogation by one state only. A joint commission should conduct a survey of the Shatt al Arab at least every ten years. No such survey appears to have taken place, so there could be a dispute as to whether the boundary followed the line defined in 1975 or the current thalweg of the river. The IBRU contended that \"it would need a dramatic reconfiguration of the coastline marked on current charts for the median line to run to the west of the point\" at which MoD had stated the incident occurred, and so be in Iranian waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Legal treaties in force at site\nA year after the incident a British MoD investigation report was released which stated that the area in which the incident took place was not covered by any internationally agreed delineation. US forces had defined an operational boundary, but that had not been communicated to Iran, and Iranian forces crossed this operational boundary an average of 12 times per month. Since the 1975 Algiers Agreement the Shatt al-Arab channel had shifted in favour of Iran, and any Iranian notional boundary was not known to the US coalition. While innocent passage is permitted in each other's waters, boarding and compliance inspections in another state's waters would not be lawful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment\nCornwall was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate, lead ship of the Cornwall class. It constituted part of the British contribution to Combined Task Force 158 (CTF158) which controlled maritime security operations in the Northern Persian Gulf and included Royal Navy, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, Royal Australian Navy and Iraqi Navy forces. The task force was under the command of Commodore Nick Lambert, embarked in Cornwall with a staff from Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment\nIn a joint Five News and Sky News interview, recorded on 13 March but not broadcast until after the captured service personnel had been released, Captain Chris Air acknowledged that he was operating close to the buffer zone between Iranian and Iraqi waters, saying: \"It's good to gather intelligence on the Iranians\" and that one purpose of patrols in the area was to gather intelligence on \"any sort of Iranian activity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment\nOn 23 March 2007 two boats from Cornwall with the boarding team, fourteen men and one woman, conducted an unopposed boarding and compliance inspection of a merchant vessel suspected of smuggling automobiles. Following the inspection and after disembarking from the merchantman the team was detained by Iranian forces in six boats at around 10:30 Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3:00) or 11:00 Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30), and escorted to an Iranian naval facility in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment\nJournalists on Cornwall reported that the British forces had chased and boarded a barge (or dhow) that had offloaded vehicles from the merchant ship. The merchant ship and barges, which had been observed the previous day when a barge was boarded, were suspected of smuggling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment\nAccording to Britain, Cornwall could not get closer to the merchant vessel because of shallow water. A Lynx helicopter monitoring the boarding had resumed its reconnaissance of the area, and by the time Cornwall realised what was happening the British team was already being escorted to shore by the Iranian border patrol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment\nMedia reporting indicates that warnings of an increased risk of action by Iran, in response to the detention of Iranian officials in Iraq, had been communicated to the UK by the US Central Intelligence Agency but had not resulted in an increase in the area threat levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment, Rules of engagement\nBritish armed forces are subject to rules of engagement which define acceptable limits on freedom of action for commanders. Extant rules were described by former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West as de-escalatory to avoid provoking an intensification of action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Operational environment, Rules of engagement\nIt was reported that CTF158's Commander Lambert requested advice from the Ministry of Defence but was told to hold fire. British Prime Minister Tony Blair later said the attitude of the British forces had been \"entirely sensible\"; if they had fired there would \"undoubtedly have been severe loss of life\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 89], "content_span": [90, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Official briefings\nThe United Kingdom government stated the sailors were on a routine patrol of the area which was in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1723. The Ministry of Defence indicated that the sailors had boarded the vessel 1.7 nautical miles (3.1\u00a0km; 2.0\u00a0mi) inside Iraqi territorial waters at . The Ministry of Defence stated that one of the boats remained data-linked to Cornwall throughout the operation and the GPS system showed them to be located well within the Iraqi area, although no direct evidence for this was given. According to British authorities, this position was later confirmed by an Indian-flagged merchant vessel which, the Ministry of Defence indicated, had dragged east on its anchor to (as shown in a photograph released by the Ministry).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Official briefings\nSenior British military officers stated at a press conference on 29 March that there was no doubt where the dividing line between Iraqi and Iranian waters was, despite historic disputes between Iran and Iraq over those waters. However, this was disputed later by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee report into the incident which concluded that \"there is evidence to suggest that the map of the Shatt al-Arab waterway provided by the Government was less clear than it ought to have been. The Government was fortunate that it was not in Iran's interests to contest the accuracy of the map.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Official briefings\nCommunication with the boarding team was lost at 09:10 and Cornwall's Lynx helicopter returned to the scene immediately, having covered the initial stages of the operation. The pilot and the master of the merchant vessel stated that Iranian vessels surrounded the boarding team and escorted them away. The British boats were seen being taken up the Shatt-al-Arab waterway by Iranian Islamic Republican Guard Navy vessels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Official briefings\nAccording to the Ministry of Defence, the Iranian government provided two sets of co-ordinates for the incident, the first of which was inside Iraqi waters. The Ministry says that upon challenging the set, a second set of co-ordinates was provided indicating a position within Iranian waters less than one nautical mile (1.9\u00a0km; 1.2\u00a0mi) away from the first set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Official briefings\nBritish special forces based in Baghdad began planning a contingency rescue effort. In support, Joint Special Operations Command scrambled a Predator drone to assist them but the window of opportunity for a rescue mission to take place closed when the captives were moved north to Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Official briefings\nThe British government demanded the return of the personnel. Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said, \"We sought a full explanation of what happened and left the Iranian authorities in no doubt that we expect immediate and safe return of our service personnel and boats.\" Prime Minister Tony Blair denied the British boats were in Iranian waters and called the detainment \"unjustified and wrong\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nThe Times raised concerns about what it termed a hostage crisis with the headline \"Hostage fears over troops seized by Iran\" on its front page on 24 March. The detainees were also routinely described as \"hostages\" by other newspapers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nThe BBC apologised to the anti-war group Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) for having used the words \"abducted\" and \"hostages\" in relation to the events. CASMII member Abbas Edalat was not satisfied with the apology, stating \"We do not accept that because a story is at an 'early stage' misleading reports are therefore acceptable.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nFormer Head of the Maritime Section at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Craig Murray, a vocal critic of the current British government, wrote that an agreed Iran/Iraq maritime boundary, as shown on the British government provided map, did not exist: \"There is no agreed maritime boundary between Iraq and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Until the current mad propaganda exercise of the last week, nobody would have found that in the least a controversial statement.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nMurray noted that the Algiers Agreement required reviews every ten years of the position of the border within the Shatt al-Arab as the thalweg of the river shifts, but these had not been carried out, making even the internal waters border open to dispute. Murray was concerned that the map, notably unfavourable to Iran, could only harden the Iranian position delaying the return of the captives. He stressed that, equally, Iran could not say definitively that the UK crew had been in its waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nHowever, Murray's views appeared to conflict with the official position of the Iranian Government: in an interview for the Financial Times on 6 April the Iranian Ambassador in London Rasoul Movahedian made it clear that there was no disputed border line in the area where the incident took place and that it was the coordinates of the Royal Navy boats when detained that were the subject of the dispute between the UK and Iranian Governments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, British claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nSome sections of the British press reacted angrily to the Iranian television footage of the detainees, particularly the prominence of servicewoman Faye Turney, and that she was seen wearing a head scarf. According to Iranian laws, all females above the age of 13 are required to observe the Islamic dress code of Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nIran's director general for Western European affairs, Ibrahim Rahimpour, said that the British boats had made \"illegal entry\" into Iranian territorial waters and that the personnel \"were arrested by border guards for investigation and questioning\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nMohammad Ali Hosseini, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, voiced his country's discontent at what he called \"blatant aggression\", accusing the United Kingdom of \"violating the sovereign boundaries of other states\". He further stated that Britain was trying to cover up the incursion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nOn 24 March, the Iranian Fars News Agency said the navigational equipment seized on the British boats shows the sailors were aware that they were operating in Iranian waters. On the same day, General Alireza Afshar, a top military official, said the sailors had confessed to illegal entry into Iran's waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nForeign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on 25 March that they were considering charging the British personnel with illegal entry into Iranian waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nOn 29 March, the Iranian navy displayed captured GPS devices, saying that they indicated the boats were 450 metres (1,480\u00a0ft) inside Iranian territorial waters at the time they were seized. It further stated: \"After reading the information on their navigation equipment \u2013 the GPS seized from them \u2013 it was revealed that they had already intruded water borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran [5 times]\". The chart that was used in the demonstration is marked at .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nAccording to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 29 March British troops in Basra opened fire on the Iranian Consulate at 11:00\u00a0local time. It claimed the troops had besieged the consulate for two hours, but no injuries were reported. The attack was denied by Britain. Major David Gell, British military spokesman in Basra, said the incident was \"geographic coincidence\" after a British convoy was fired on and returned fire near the consulate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nOn 30 March Iran's ambassador to Russia said, \"The legal phase concerning these British soldiers has started and if charges against them are proven, they will be punished\". The ambassador did not specify what the legal moves were. The ambassador suggested a diplomatic settlement was still possible \"if Britain's government admits its mistake and apologises to Iran for its naval personnel's trespassing of Iranian territorial waters, the issue can be easily settled.\" He expressed regret that the British government had raised the issue to an international level instead of trying to resolve the problem through diplomatic channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nOn 31 March, the Iranian consulate in Basra claimed that British troops were carrying out \"provocative acts\", reiterating their earlier statement regarding a British attack on the consulate. The consulate said there has been intensive flying of fighter aircraft over the consulate building. Al-Hayat newspaper reported that the actions might be a scare tactic to pressure Iran into releasing the detainees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad commented on the seizure for the first time on 31 March by calling Britain \"arrogant\" for failing to apologise for entering Iranian waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Official briefings\nIn a press conference on 4 April 2007, President Ahmadinejad gave a history of Iran leading to an analysis of the Iranian view of world political asymmetry. He continued to comment on the bravery and courage of the Iranian coastguard and presented them all with the Medal of Honour. President Ahmadinejad then attacked British forces for sending out a woman with a child at home as part of a military force. He then announced that the sailors would be released as a \"gift\" to Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 115], "content_span": [116, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nThe Persian Journal reported that the 1975 Algiers agreement that defined the current Iran-Iraq boundary did not delimit the border beyond the shoreline into the territorial seas in the Persian Gulf, where Iran and Iraq had different approaches to the method that should be used. Iran wished to divide its maritime boundaries on the basis of the equidistance principle, whereas Iraq believed the entrance of the Persian Gulf required special criteria. The incident may have happened in an area that both sides considered as their own territory. Military units may have had the right of innocent passage in each other's waters, but the incident involved boarding and compliance inspection and was not simple innocent passage under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 909]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nStudents from the Basij group, a paramilitary wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, called for the Britons to be put on trial, while the editor of Iran News, Dr Ali Pahlavan, stated that the Revolutionary Guard felt that the United Kingdom and the United States needed to be challenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nOn 1 April students from Tehran University protested outside the British embassy in the capital, making speeches and throwing firecrackers and rocks into the embassy compound. A BBC correspondent reported they were chanting \"death to England\" and calling for a trial and apology. The crowd was dispersed by pepper spray fired by riot police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nOn 2 April, the two captured officers were shown on Iran's Alam-TV, in front of a map of the Persian Gulf area which showed a position for the capture inside Iran's waters. Carman said, \"[...] I would like to say to the Iranian people, 'I can understand why you are so angry about our intrusion into your waters'\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iranian claims and reactions, Press and other coverage\nOn 3 April, Patrick Cockburn in The Independent gave new details about a US raid which captured five Iranians in Arbil ten weeks before this incident, suggesting that it was a serious escalation in the confrontation between the US and Iran, and was the reason behind Iran seizing the British sailors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 121], "content_span": [122, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iraqi statements\nOn 24 March, Brigadier General Hakim Jassim, Iraqi military commander of the country's territorial waters, gave an interview with Associated Press. He doubted the British claims, saying: \"We were informed by Iraqi fishermen after they had returned from sea that there were British gunboats in an area that is out of Iraqi control. We do not know why they were there.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Claims and reactions, Iraqi statements\nOn 25 March, the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, urged Iran to release the detained personnel, in a telephone call to his Iranian counterpart. In a statement released, he said that \"according to the information available to the Iraqi authorities those soldiers were detained inside Iraqi waters. They were working with the multi-national forces with the approval of the Iraqi government and according to U.N. Security Council resolutions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Diplomatic actions\nThe Iranian ambassador to the UK was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 23 March to see Peter Ricketts, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, was asked to explain the incident and told that Britain required the servicemen to be returned. He was summoned again on 24 March to see Lord Triesman, a junior foreign office minister, to reiterate Britain's demand that the personnel be released with their equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Diplomatic actions\nOn 25 March the British ambassador to Iran went to the Iranian foreign ministry. The Iranians said he had been summoned so they could protest against \"the illegal entry of British sailors into Iranian territorial waters\". However the British said the meeting was at their request and that they had asked both for the immediate release of the personnel and for consular access to them. Prime Minister Tony Blair said if diplomacy fails he will take other measures to release the British sailors and marines. When asked what other measures he refused to answer directly if military action was a possibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Diplomatic actions\nOn 28 March, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stated that British servicewoman Faye Turney would be released by 29 March, at the latest. He maintained that the British personnel were illegally operating in Iranian waters, but stated that their presence may have been an honest mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Diplomatic actions\nOn 29 March the head of Iran's supreme national security council, Ali Larijani, announced a suspension of the release of Faye Turney, stating that the announcement of the release had been met with an \"incorrect attitude\". Meanwhile, Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, had been meeting with Iranian officials during a summit in Riyadh. A letter supposedly written by Faye Turney calling for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq was also published by Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Diplomatic actions\nOn 4 April reports emerged, later confirmed by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, that an Iranian representative will meet the five Iranian government employees captured in January in a US raid on an Iranian liaison office in Arbil, although this would not be an official consular visit. The US rejected any suggestion that the British naval personnel would be swapped for the five Iranian officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unexpectedly announced the release of the captives halfway through a long press conference on the afternoon of 4 April 2007. Ahmadinejad reiterated the statement that Iranian waters had been breached, and he praised the border guards who detained the British personnel. Abolqassem Amangah, commander of Iran's southwestern Maritime Border Patrol Guard was awarded the third degree medal of bravery for stopping the sailors. Ahmadinejad also criticised the British government for sending the mother of a child to the battlefield, and asked the government \"not to prosecute them for their confessions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nThe release was announced after the British government supposedly sent a letter of apology to the Iranian government, accepting the breaching of their border, the illegal insertion of military units in Iran and the promise that Iranian territory would never be violated again. However, the British government denies that such a letter exists, and says that the release was performed without any agreement from both sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0054-0002", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nDespite British denial of such a letter, on 3 June 2009, during a televised presidential debate between the sitting president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Ahmadinejad reiterated that his country's decision to release the fifteen British sailors was made after having received a letter of apology from the former British prime minister. The following day, Fars News Agency published a copy of a letter claimed to be a British apology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nAfter the conference, the Britons met Ahmadinejad outside the presidential palace, where they reportedly showed their appreciation for their release. Later Tony Blair said he was glad and stated that he \"bears Iranian people no ill will.\" They were released on 5 April 2007. Whilst in Iran one of the sailors stated that when interviewed by British media at home, he would say nothing different than comments he has made in Iran about being well treated by the authorities. \"I would not say anything different to here and I will be completely truthful. I will definitely promote Iran actually; there is a lot of ignorance in the UK about Iran and the people\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nThe release was presented to suggest that it was an Easter \"gift\" to the British people. Ahmadinejad is thought to have acted in response to a letter from Pope Benedict XVI who appealed to Iran's Supreme Leader to free the personnel as a \"goodwill gesture before Easter\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0056-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release\nThe letter was drawn up in consultation with the British Embassy to the Holy See. However, the captives were not released to British consular officials but placed directly aboard British Airways flight BA6634 (flown by franchisee British Mediterranean Airways using Airbus A321 G-MEDL), a direct flight to the UK, on the morning of 5 April 2007, landing at about noon local time. They were given gifts of CDs, Persian candies, pistachio nuts, books, vases and handicrafts by the Iranians. After a briefing on board at London Heathrow, the press were allowed a short photographic opportunity, before the personnel were flown directly to Royal Marines Base Chivenor in north Devon by two Royal Navy Westland Sea King helicopters for medical checkups, a full debriefing and meeting with their families.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 852]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Debriefing\nAt a news conference on the afternoon of Friday 6 April 2007 some of the British personnel said of their capture that some of the Iranian sailors had become \"deliberately aggressive and unstable\", rammed their boats and pointed their machine guns at them. The British said they did not resist because they believed they could not win in a fight and that it would have caused \"major strategic\" consequences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Debriefing\nUpon their arrival at an Iranian naval base, the British said they were \"blindfolded, stripped of all our kit\" and then moved to another room where they were \"...subjected to random interrogation. The questions were aggressive and the handling rough, but it was no worse than that\". The next morning they were flown to Tehran and taken to a prison. Here, the British sailors said \"the atmosphere changed completely\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Debriefing\nAccording to the captives they were \"blindfolded, their hands bound, and they were forced up against the wall.\" they said they faced \"constant psychological pressure.\" Later, the British said they had been stripped and dressed in pyjamas. Over the next few nights they said they slept in \"stone cells approximately 8\u00a0ft (2.4\u00a0m) by 6\u00a0ft (1.8\u00a0m), sleeping on piles of blankets\" and kept in \"isolation\" and \"interrogated\" most nights. They said they were given two options: to admit they were in Iranian waters and be returned to the UK or face up to \"seven years in prison\". They claimed to have been \"inside internationally-recognised Iraqi territorial waters\" some \"1.7 nautical miles\" from Iranian waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Debriefing\nThey further stated that Faye Turney was at first kept separate from the men and for four days was deceived into believing that the men had been released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Debriefing\nAdmiral Jonathon Band said, \"I would not agree at all that it was not our finest hour. I think our people have reacted extremely well in some very difficult circumstances.\" It was also stated during the conference that although all British armed forces personnel receive training in what to do in the event of being captured, only that for pilots and special forces personnel specifically included training in hostage scenarios, and that there was no equivalent of the US \"Code of the U.S. Fighting Force\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Iranian response\nThe Iranian reaction to 6 April press conference was to dismiss the entire thing as propaganda and to claim that the former captives had been dictated to by the British authorities into defaming Iran to hide the embarrassment of having violated Iranian waters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Iranian response\nThe handling of the captives return from captivity, i.e. the helicopter trip away from the media at Heathrow, the overnight delay in holding the press conference and the fact that not all the captives were available at the press conference, has been used by the Iranians to sow doubt as to the veracity of the captives' account of the affair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Iranian response\nTheatrical propaganda cannot conceal the mistake made by British military on violation of Iran's territorial waters and their repeated illegal entry into the country. Immediate transfer of the marines to a military base, dictated instructions and coordination between the British and US media on simultaneous release of a purposeful press conference cannot damage the existing evidence and documents on violation of Iran's territories by the British military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Publishing their stories\nOn 8 April, the Ministry of Defence announced that the detainees would, exceptionally, be permitted to sell their stories. It was subsequently revealed that the Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Adrian Johns made the decision to grant the marines and sailors permission to tell their stories. This decision has sparked anger and unease within the United Kingdom, with opposition MPs, such as Sir Menzies Campbell, expressing their concern. It is believed that Faye Turney sold her story for over \u00a3100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Publishing their stories\nOn 9 April, the Ministry of Defence decided to ban personnel from selling their stories to the media until a review of the rules governing the issue is completed. Defence Secretary Des Browne said the review was aimed at making rules consistent across the armed forces. His announcement will not affect any of the fifteen service members who already have talked to media, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release, Publishing their stories\nTony Blair commented on 11 April that he was not made aware of the decision to allow the personnel to sell their stories until after the decision had been taken, and that \"with hindsight\" it was not a good idea, although he believed the move was made \"completely in good faith\". Following further pressure on the Government, Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted there would be no \"witch hunt\" for culprits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release of kidnapped Iranian diplomat\nIt remains unclear whether the release of the fifteen British naval personnel had any coincidence with the release of a senior Iranian diplomat, Jalal Sharafi, who was taken hostage during a kidnapping in 2007. He was released on Tuesday, 3 April 2007, and walked back into the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, although it is not clear who had abducted him. He was taken captive by a group of men dressed in uniforms of the Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion \u2013 a special Iraqi unit under US direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0066-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Release of kidnapped Iranian diplomat\nAfter his release, Sharafi claimed he had been kidnapped and tortured by American troops and agents of an Iraqi organisation acting under the supervision of the US Central Intelligence Agency. Signs of torture were reportedly found on Sharafi's body for which he received medical treatment. Iran also allegedly now has access to five Iranian nationals arrested in the US raid on Iranian liaison office in Arbil. An International Committee of the Red Cross team also visited the Iranian detainees. The British government however repeatedly stated that it made no deals with the United States or with Iran to secure the release of the detainees, and the timing of these events may be purely coincidental.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context\nOn 21 June 2004, eight British servicemen were detained for three days, after Iran said they had entered Iranian territorial waters in somewhat similar circumstances. They were released unharmed after the British and Iranian governments agreed there had been a misunderstanding. Their equipment was not returned and a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) was put on display in a museum in Tehran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0067-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context\nDuring their detention, according to former detainee Marine Scott Fallon, he believed that they had endured a mock execution in which they were marched into the desert and made to stand blindfolded in front of a ditch while he heard their captors cock their weapons. They also appeared blindfolded on Iranian TV, where they were forced to apologise for their \"mistake\". There were, however, some differences between these two events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0067-0002", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context\nIn 2004 the Royal Navy boats were operating much closer to the northern coast of the Persian Gulf in the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway which divides southern Iran and Iraq. The weather was bad causing negligible visibility which may have contributed to a potential crossing of the Iranian border by the Royal Navy. After the crew were returned and events analysed the British government affirmed its belief that the personnel were actually still in Iraqi waters, however they consigned the incident to a misunderstanding and requested the return of the equipment. In the 2007 incident the boats were by contrast operating some distance from the Iraqi-Iranian mainland in open water and were (according to the British) 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi territory. Visibility conditions were good and the crew had GPS navigational equipment (installed in part due to the 2004 incident).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 952]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context\nAn Iranian government-run media source, the IRNA, alleges violations of Iranian territory by British armed forces to have occurred several times in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context\nA MoD inquiry report later stated that tactical commanders on HMS\u00a0Cornwall and in the area were not well aware of this historical context and \"did not know how much they did not know\", in part because of a lack of continuity in staffing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context, Official inquiries\n19 June 2007 saw the release of information about two official reports, the confidential Fulton report into the military aspects of the April incident, and the published report by Tony Hall into the media aftermath. The reports concluded that although there were \"failings\" and a \"collective failure of judgment\" that these \"were not the result of a single gross failing or individual human error\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context, Official inquiries\nOn 22 July 2007 the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee released a report into the incident, however Fulton's Navy report had not been released to the parliamentary committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context, Official inquiries\nIn April 2008 redacted documents from the initial MoD inquiry for Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup were released to The Times under Freedom of Information laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0072-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context, Official inquiries\nThe Times stated that the British sailors captured by Iran were \"in internationally disputed waters and not in Iraq's maritime territory as Parliament was told\", that the US-led coalition had drawn a boundary line between Iran and Iraq without informing the Iranians, that Iranian coastal protection vessels regularly crossed this coalition defined boundary, and that the British were first to raise their weapons in the incident before the Iranian gunboats came alongside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context, Incident with Royal Australian Navy\nFollowing the incident, the BBC reported that a similar incident had occurred in December 2004, this time with a boarding party of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) personnel from the frigate HMAS\u00a0Adelaide. The sailors had boarded the freighter MV Sham from two RHIBs, which had grounded near the maritime border between Iraq and Iran. As they were leaving, the vessels were approached by an Iranian gunboat. The boarding party climbed back aboard Sham, took up defensive positions, and, according to BBC reporter Frank Gardner, \"warned [the Iranians] to back off, using what was said to be 'highly colourful language'.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 100], "content_span": [101, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191711-0073-0001", "contents": "2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel, Historical context, Incident with Royal Australian Navy\nDuring the next 45 minutes four more gunboats arrived, and the stand-off lasted for four hours before the Australians were evacuated by Adelaide's Seahawk helicopter. No shots were fired during the incident, and two of the Australians were later awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for their conduct during the stand-off. The Australian Defence Force did not report the incident to the media at the time, stating that at the time, there was no need to highlight it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 100], "content_span": [101, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191712-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian petrol rationing riots\nIranian petrol rationing riots started on 27 June 2007 when the Iranian government introduced petrol rationing. Iranians set fire to at least 12 petrol stations in Tehran, chanting that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191712-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian petrol rationing riots\nPrivate motorists were rationed to 100 litres of petrol a month. Petrol currently sells at the heavily subsidised price of 1,000 rials a litre (approx. \u20ac0.08 or US$0.11).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191712-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian petrol rationing riots\nThe Iranian government's justification for the rationing was to reduce Iran's vulnerability to potential sanctions by the United Nations Security Council which would be in response to Iran's nuclear programme. Iran had been planning to ration petrol for a year prior, but had postponed the policy out of fear of unrest. The Iranian Parliament voted on May 7 to increase the price of petrol to $0.64, but Ahmadinejad decided to ration it instead. Iranian newspapers have been criticizing the decision, despite a warning prior to the start of the rationing to not report the riots. Iranian newspaper Etemad Melli criticized the decision, saying that it had overwhelmed public transportation, stranding people on the streets, and wondered if the Iranian government enjoys or benefits from causing such difficulties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191712-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Iranian petrol rationing riots\nAnother Iranian newspaper, Seday-e-Edelat, reported that five gallons of petrol sold for US$15 in the southeast regions on Iran on the black market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191713-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraq cholera outbreak\nA lack of clean drinking water in Iraq in 2007 led to an outbreak of cholera. A total of approximately 7,000 people were infected, with 10 deaths reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191713-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraq cholera outbreak\nAccording to Ryadh Abdul Ameer, the director of the Basra health ministry, basic water sterilization became impossible in some places due to restrictions on the availability of chlorine for water sterilization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191713-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraq cholera outbreak\nA shipment of 100,000 tons of chlorine was held up at the Jordanian border because of government restrictions on chlorine based on concerns that the chemical could be used in explosives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing\nOn 12 April 2007, the canteen of the Council of Representatives of Iraq building was attacked by a suicide bomber, killing one to eight people and wounding 23 others. The attack, in the heavily fortified Green Zone of Baghdad, occurred ten minutes after the Council of Representatives had adjourned for lunch. It was on the first floor of the Baghdad Convention Center, which houses the parliament. Two further unexploded suicide vests were found near the canteen. The building had earlier been searched by dogs \u2013 very rare considering dogs are considered ritually unclean by Iraqis \u2013 suggesting the authorities suspected an attack was imminent. Following the attack the government closed down mobile phone networks and Apache helicopters flew overhead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Casualties\nThe US military reported on 13 April that only MP Mohammed Awad had died, and that 22 others were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Casualties\nEarly reports however had said that eight people were killed, including three MPs, and at least 23 people were reported wounded. The MPs named were Mohammed Awad, a member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, Taha al-Liheibi, a member of the Iraqi Accordance Front and an unnamed Kurdish MP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Responsibility\nSuspicions initially centered on the bomber having been the bodyguard of an MP. A government spokesman said \"there are some groups that work in politics during the day and do things other than politics at night\". Member of Parliament Mohammed al-Dayni accused the government of lax security at the site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Responsibility\nOn 13 April, the Islamic State of Iraq posted a message on an Islamist website claiming to have sent \"A knight from the state of Islam ... [ into] the heart of the Green Zone\" to carry out the attack. It is not clear whether this claim is genuine, though some who monitor such websites believe it is.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Responsibility\nIn February 2009, two bodyguards of Iraqi National Dialogue Front MP Mohammed al-Dayni were arrested on suspicion of the attacks. Alaa Khairallah Hashim, al-Dayni's security chief and Ryadh Ibrahim al-Dayni, Mohammed al-Dayni's nephew, confessed on television to involvement in several attacks, including the parliament bombing. They said the MP had given authorisation for the bomber to enter the parliament area. The security forces asked the Council of Representatives of Iraq to lift al-Dayni's parliamentary immunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Responsibility\nMohammed al-Dayni claimed that the accusations were lies and that his bodyguards had been tortured into making a false confession because he had been disclosing human rights abuses in Iraqi prisons. al-Dayni took a flight to Jordan, but the aeroplane was forced to turn back; parliament then agreed to lift his immunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Reactions\nWhen the bombing occurred, Saleh al-Mutlaq, the head of oppositional Iraqi National Dialogue Front, the party of the killed MP Awad, called on the United States to overthrow the government of Nouri al-Maliki: \"We need America to realize that this pro-Iranian government it has installed has allowed interference on the side of one against the other\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Reactions\nThe Iraqi Council of Representatives held an emergency assembly the following day in response to the bombing, to \"show resilience in the face of such attacks\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Reactions\nUS President George W. Bush condemned the attacks, saying \"there is an enemy willing to bomb innocent people and a symbol of democracy\". The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ali Hosseini described the attack as \"inhumane and satanic ... target[ting] both its Shia and Sunni officials\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191714-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing, Reactions\nFour days later three Ministers from the Sadrist Movement quit the government, citing, among other things, the growing insecurity in Baghdad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191715-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina\nThe 2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2007 in Argentina by Ireland national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191715-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ireland rugby union tour of Argentina\nThe Irish team, was very renewed, Eddie O'Sullivan tested many new players, and stars like Ronan O'Gara, Brian O'Driscoll remain at home, to rest before the starting of training for 2007 Rugby World Cup. In the first match, Irish lose a tight match, but had a bad defeat in the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191716-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Classic\nThe 2007 Irish Classic (often known as the 2007 Lucan Racing Irish Classic for sponsorship and promotion purposes) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 19 August 2007 at the Raphael's Snooker Club in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191716-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Classic\nDavid Morris won in the final 5\u20133 against Fergal O'Brien.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191716-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Classic, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191717-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Greyhound Derby\nThe 2007 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August and September with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on 7 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191717-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Greyhound Derby\nThe winner Tyrur Rhino won \u20ac175,000 and was trained by Paul Hennessy, owned and bred by P.J.Fahy. The race was sponsored by the Paddy Power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191717-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nThere was a high quality entry for the 2007 Irish Derby that included the 2007 English Greyhound Derby 2nd, 3rd and 5th in Loyal Honcho, Forest Scholes and Ullid Connor respectively. Also lining up were Laurels champion Ardkill Jamie and defending champion Razldazl Billy. Only Forest Scholes could win in the first round and Loyal Honcho could not take his place in round two due to lameness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191717-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nRazldazl Billy who had recently won the Champion Stakes won well in round two, as did most of the other leading contenders. The third round saw Razldazl Billy lose out to Ardkill Jamie and in a major shock the defending champion failed to progress along with Bar The Devil. Another major casualty at this stage was Forest Scholes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191717-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nIn the quarter finals Farloe Black impressed in 29.70 with Express Ego, Groovy Stan and Ardkill Jamie providing the other heat winners, Shelbourne Aston would go no further in the event. The Paul Hennessy pair of Tyrur Rhino and Tyrur Laurel had progressed through the rounds comfortably and then both won their respective semi-finals. Tyrur Rhino took the first heat from Groovy Stan and So Determined in 30.11 and then Tyrur Laurel defeated Ardkill Jamie and Express Ego in 29.89.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191717-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report\nDespite being defeated in the semi-finals Ardkill Jamie was sent off a short 5-4 favourite in the final and broke well from the traps. Express Ego and Tyrur Rhino challenged to the first bend which resulted in Ardkill Jamie being crowded. This left Tyrur Rhino in front and he led all the way fighting of the challenge of Express Ego and the strong finishing Tyrur Laurel. Tyrur Laurel finished second to give owner P.J Fahy the first two home but Groovy Stan broke a hock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191718-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Masters\nThe 2007 Kilkenny Irish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9 and 11 March 2007 at the Ormonde Hotel in Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191718-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Masters\nRonnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9\u20131 against Barry Hawkins to claim the Paul Hunter Trophy. In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan also compiled a maximum break against Joe Swail. The initial maximum break prize of a Citro\u00ebn Coupe, worth \u20ac20,000, was later withdrawn by the organisers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191718-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Masters, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191719-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Professional Championship\nThe 2007 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in September 2007. The tournament was held at the Red Cow Exhibition Centre in Dublin, and featured sixteen exclusively Irish and Northern Irish players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191719-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Professional Championship\nThe last-16 and quarter-final matches were played over the best of nine frames, the semi-finals best of eleven and the final best of seventeen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191719-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Professional Championship\nTwo-time world champion and six-time Irish Professional champion Alex Higgins, now aged 58, entered the tournament for the third year in succession; his first-round loss to Fergal O'Brien would be the final competitive match he played before his death in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191719-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish Professional Championship\nKen Doherty won the event, beating O'Brien 9\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election\nThe 2007 Irish general election took place on Thursday, 24 May after the dissolution of the 29th D\u00e1il by the President on 30 April, at the request of the Taoiseach. The electorate was given the task of choosing the members of the 30th D\u00e1il who met on 14 June to nominate a Taoiseach and ratify the ministers of the Government of the 30th D\u00e1il. While Fine Gael gained 20 seats, Fianna F\u00e1il remained the largest party. The election was considered a success for Fianna F\u00e1il; however, Fianna F\u00e1il's junior coalition partners in the 29th D\u00e1il, the Progressive Democrats, lost six of their eight seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election\nOn 12 June 2007, Fianna F\u00e1il and the Green Party reached agreement on a draft Programme for Government, this was subsequently ratified by the Fianna F\u00e1il parliamentary party and Green Party members on 13 June 2007. This resulted in the formation of a coalition government on 14 June 2007 between Fianna F\u00e1il, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats. The government was initially supported by four Independent TDs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nOn 30 April 2007, President Mary McAleese dissolved the 29th D\u00e1il on the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. The election date was officially set as 24 May 2007; the 30th D\u00e1il would convene on 14 June 2007 at which stage the Taoiseach would be nominated and the rest of the Government approved for appointment by the President. Official campaigning began as soon as the announcement had been made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nCurrent statute requires that the D\u00e1il be dissolved within five years after its first meeting (6 June 2002) following the previous election and the election must take place not later than thirty days after the dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nThe Taoiseach extended the life of the 29th D\u00e1il close to a full five years. After the 2002 general election he commented that his prior confirmation of this policy had caused problems in the last year of his government. There was speculation in 2005 that he might have moved to dissolve parliament early to catch the opposition off guard, although this did not transpire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nIn 2005, in anticipation of the election date, the parties began candidate selections and from mid-2005 some TDs announced their retirement plans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nA statement by Minister of State for Children Brian Lenihan in November 2006 suggested that the election would take place in May 2007, as was the case. In December 2006, Bertie Ahern stated unambiguously that the election would take place in summer 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nThere was some controversy over which day of the week the election should have been held on, as some opposition parties insisted that a weekend polling day would have made it easier for those studying or working away from home to vote. Ireland's voter registration process presents difficulties for people who live at a second address for part of the week. Previous elections and referendums have been held on Thursdays, Fridays and (in one case) a Wednesday. For the 2007 election, polling day was a Thursday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nThe Taoiseach denied that the election was called on Sunday 29 April 2007 to prevent the Mahon Tribunal recommencing investigations the following day concerning alleged payments to politicians (including Ahern). Because of the election campaign, the Mahon Tribunal suspended its public hearings on Monday 30 April 2007, and resumed them four days after the general election on 28 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nThe closing time and date for nominations was 12:00 Irish Summer Time on Wednesday 9 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Election date and system\nPolls were open from 07:30 until 22:30 IST. The system of voting was Proportional Representation with a Single Transferable Vote, also known as PR-STV. The general election took place in 43 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 165 of the 166 D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann seats (the Ceann Comhairle is automatically re-elected).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Campaign\nAs a result of falling opinion poll ratings for the outgoing government in the months approaching the start of the campaign, the election was one of the more closely fought in decades, with the outcome being very uncertain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Campaign\nThis election was fought as a contest for Taoiseach between the outgoing Fianna F\u00e1il\u2013Progressive Democrats coalition and the \"Alliance for Change\"; a proposed Fine Gael\u2013Labour Party coalition. Opinion polls did not show either option as being certain, and other possibilities include Fianna F\u00e1il-led coalition with other parties, or Fine Gael and the Labour Party with the Green Party. Fine Gael and the Labour Party had an agreed transfer pact. The Green Party was non-aligned but made statements favouring a change from the outgoing Government. All parties, with the exception of the Green Party, claimed that they would not include Sinn F\u00e9in in a new Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Campaign\nDue to the run-up of the D\u00e1il to the maximum allowable life-span, it was clear to all parties that the election would be held early summer 2007 and all parties held \"conferences\" during the spring to announce policies. At this time Fine Gael launched a \"Contract for a Better Ireland\" which was a centrepiece of their campaign. The early conferences led to the campaign being described as one of the longest in recent times. The campaign officially began at the dissolution of the D\u00e1il.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Campaign\nThis dissolution was done early on a Sunday morning, and there was much speculation about the reason for this during the first week of the campaign. The leaking and publication, just before the election was called, of evidence about personal finance transactions in December 1994 given to the Mahon Tribunal by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern led to the first two weeks of the campaign being dominated by questions about his fitness to serve as Taoiseach, and required the Progressive Democrats to decide if they would pull out of Government before the election was held, but they decided to remain. The Tribunal itself decided to postpone sittings during the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Campaign\nFollowing a statement by the Taoiseach, the remainder of the campaign concentrated on the traditional issues of health, education, crime and the economy, with debate centring on the ability of the various parties to deliver on the various totals of hospital beds, Garda\u00ed and pupil-teacher ratios they were promising. Prime Time hosted a debate among the potential candidates for T\u00e1naiste and a separate debate between Ahern and Enda Kenny, coverage of which concentrated on Kenny's ability to serve as Taoiseach given his lack of experience. Finance minister Brian Cowen engaged in some robust exchanges towards the end of the campaign which was reported to have been an asset to the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Campaign\nOpinion polls during the early stages of the campaign showed the Alliance for Change gaining on the Government and the likelihood of Kenny becoming Taoiseach increased, with some commentators predicting that Fianna F\u00e1il would return with only 65 seats. In the last week of the campaign, following the leaders debate, an Irish Times/MRBI poll showed a recovery for Fianna F\u00e1il to 41% which was replicated on polling day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Constituency changes\nSee Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 for full details of the constituencies for the 30th D\u00e1il.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Constituency changes\nThe preliminary findings from the 2006 Census of Population disclosed that the population of Dublin West, Dublin North and Meath East could have prompted further revisions. The advice of the Attorney-General was sought by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It was decided to make no further constituency revisions before the election. Two outgoing deputies, however, challenged this decision in the High Court. The election went ahead while the parties awaited the High Court's reserved judgment in this action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Overview\nThe general election result was significant for a number of reasons:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Overview\nThe 2007 election results saw Fine Gael win seats at the expense of the smaller parties and independents. The proportion of votes only increased significantly for Fine Gael, and increased slightly for both the Green Party and Sinn F\u00e9in, despite their disappointing seat totals. Negotiations began the following week for the formation of the new government, with Bertie Ahern stating that his preferred option was for a coalition of Fianna F\u00e1il, the Progressive Democrats and like-minded independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Overview\nThe Fine Gael leader and Leader of the Opposition, Enda Kenny, did not rule out forming an alternative government, stating that he would talk to all parties except Fianna F\u00e1il and Sinn F\u00e9in. The election for Taoiseach took place in the D\u00e1il on 14 June 2007 with Bertie Ahern becoming Taoiseach again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Results\nThe Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party, Immigration Control Platform and Irish Socialist Network were not registered as political parties, so their candidates appeared on ballot papers as \"Non-Party\". People Before Profit registered as a political party after the deadline for its party name to appear on ballot papers, so its candidates also appeared as \"Non-Party\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, Results, Turnout\nThe total Irish electorate registered as eligible to vote as of 24 February 2007 was 3,110,914. As 2,085,245 first preference votes and invalid votes were cast in the general election this equates to a voter turnout of 67.03%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, D\u00e1il membership changes\nThe following changes took place as a result of the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191720-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Irish general election, D\u00e1il membership changes\nOutgoing TDs are listed in the constituency they represented in the outgoing D\u00e1il. For Batt O'Keeffe and possibly others, this differs from the constituency they contested in the election. O'Keeffe, who was elected in his largely new constituency of Cork North-West, is listed both as a departing TD from his old constituency of Cork South-Central and a successor TD from Cork North-West. Where more than one change took place in a constituency the concept of successor is an approximation for presentation only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191721-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship\nThe 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Clearwater, Florida on November 10, 2007. The championship was sponsored by Ford and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The championship was the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of events that occurred from November 2006 through September 2007. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earned a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191721-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Qualification\nThe 2007 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 23 events that enabled qualification to the 2007 World Championship event. In the second year of WTC's 70.3 race series the number of races increased as the series expanded outside of North America with new events such as those in Austria, Germany, Monaco, Singapore, and Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191721-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Qualification\nQualifying for the 2007 Ironman 70.3 Championship was based on allocated slots available at each qualifying event, usually 50, though could vary from race to race. Slots were allocated to amateur triathletes in each age group category, male and female, with the number of slots given out based on that category's proportional representation of the overall field. Each age group category would be tentatively allocated one qualifying spot in each qualifying event. Professional athletes could qualify for the championships by obtaining one of the 10% of the available qualifying spots at that event. Thus, if 50 available spots were allocated, 45 slots would be distributed among the amateur athletes and 5 were available to pro athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191722-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ironman World Championship\nThe 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship was a triathlon race held on October 13, 2007 in Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was the 31st Ironman World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The champions were Chris McCormack and Chrissie Wellington. The championship was organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191723-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Island Games\nThe 2007 Island Games were the 12th edition of the Island Games, and were held in Rhodes, Greece, from June 30 to July 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191724-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Islands District Council election\nThe 2007 Islands District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 10 elected members to the 22-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT\nThe 2007 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the Centenary race event held from 26 May to 8 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT\nThe Blue Riband race of the meeting, the Senior TT was won by John McGuinness recording the first lap at an average speed of 130\u00a0mph lap of the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. The Superstock TT race of the Centenary meeting was won by Bruce Anstey and the 600cc Junior TT race by Ian Hutchinson. The Sidecar TT Races A & B were both won by the combination of Dave Molyneux/Rick Long and John McGuinness also completed a double after winning the Superbike TT race. During the Senior TT race, a race accident resulted in the death of a competitor and two spectators. A further serious race accident occurred during the Post TT race with a race competitor and four spectators being injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT\nFor the 2007 Centenary TT Races, a number of special events where held to commemorate 100\u00a0years of the Isle of Man TT Races. This include a Centenary TT race re-enactment, a display by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight over Douglas Bay and a music festival with the headline act of the UK group The Who. The 2007 Isle of Man TT race festival was the first event that a one-way traffic flow was introduced on the mountain section of A18 Snaefell Mountain Road between Ramsey Hairpin and the Creg-ny-Baa road junction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary Re-enactment\nTo celebrate the first 1907 Isle of Man TT held on 28 May of that year, a special Re-enactment of the 1907 event was held on the village green next to Tynwald Hill in St. Johns on Monday 28 May 2007. The vintage parade of 100 classic motor-cycles for the Centenary Re-enactment of one lap on closed public roads on the original St. John's Short Course were flagged away by former FIM World Motor-Cycle Champion Geoff Duke. The first of the participants to start the Re-enactment parade was Dr George Cohen riding the recently restored twin-cylinder Peugeot-Norton. ridden by Rem Fowler during the first Isle of Man TT Race in 1907. Also participating in the 2007 Re-enactment were former TT competitors including Alan Cathcart, Sammy Miller, Guy Martin, Nick Jefferies and Mick Grant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 43], "content_span": [44, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nThe first two competitors to start practice for the Centenary event from the TT Grandstand included Steve Plater and Keith Amor on their Solo Newcomers' speed control lap followed by an untimed practice session for Solo competitors and sidecar crews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nDespite the 2007 Isle of Man TT being the first practice and races not interrupted by the weather since the Golden Jubilee event of 1957, after the cancellation of the Wednesday evening practice. The Australian TT rider Cameron Donald is forced to miss the 2007 Isle of Man TT Races after breaking a collar-bone while competing during the 2007 North West 200 Superbike Race. Carl Rennie was also forced to miss the 2007 Isle of Man TT Races included after breaking a collar bone at the Cookstown 100 Races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nDuring Monday's evening practice session, Ian Hutchinson riding for Honda records a speed of 192.838\u00a0mph through the speed trap in Sulby. Also during Monday opening practice, TT riders Steve Pooley and Andy King slipped off at the 32nd Milestone suffering minor abrasions to hand and arms. At Laurel Bank, Ian Hutchinson suffers an injury to an elbow. After an accident at the Water Works Corner near Ramsey, Marc Ramsbotham is taken to Nobles Hospital for an X-Ray for a suspected injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nTuesday's evening practice is held in slightly overcast conditions and John McGuinness riding a Honda in the Superbike class records a lap at an average speed 128.492\u00a0mph to lead practice. The practice times for Supersport and Superstock classes are both led by New Zealander Bruce Anstey recording lap times of 121.33\u00a0mph (Yamaha) and 125.34\u00a0mph (Suzuki) respectively. The sidecar class is dominated by Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle riding a 600cc Honda outfit recording a lap of 114.208\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nThe sidecar of Dave Molyneux / Rick Long stopped on Bray Hill on the first Sidecar TT practice lap with continuing mechanical problems. At the Quarterbridge, Karsten Schmidt slipped off during Tuesday evening practice, William Dunlop and Roger Maher at the Waterworks and Conor Cummins and Alan Chamley collided at Laurel Bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nAfter the cancellation of Wednesday evening practice session due to low-lying mist on the primary A18 Mountain Road section of the TT Course the next TT Race practice was held on the evening of Thursday 31 May 2007. The traditional Thursday afternoon practice session held since 1937 was moved to an evening practice session in line with the Manx Grand Prix to increase the availability of race marshals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Practice week\nThe Thursday evening TT practice session was dominated again by John McGuinness who posted a lap of an average speed of 129.084\u00a0mph which was slightly slower than his outright TT lap record of an average speed of 129.45\u00a0mph. The Sidecar TT practice was dominated again by the local Isle of Man crew of Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle with a lap at an average speed of 114.125\u00a0mph. At Cruickshanks corner in Ramsey, James Coward suffered fractures to the lower leg after an accident and John Crellin hit a seagull on the Mountain Section.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nThe Superbike Race was first delayed by 30\u00a0minutes due to spilt oil at the Bungalow and then by damp-patches, low-lying mist and high winds on the Mountain Section of the course. The Superbike TT Race is postponed until Monday 4 June 2007 after the deterioration of the weather and controversy over the TT Race regulations the bans the use of hand-cut slicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nAs the difficult weather conditions demanded hand-cut slick racing tyres, it was alleged that Honda would withdraw if the Superbike TT race was not postponed or that John McGuinness and Ian Hutchinson would start the race on slicks and then turn off the course at Bray Hill and return to the race paddock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nThe rescheduled Superbike TT race was to be run on Monday 4 June 2007 with Michael Rutter riding a 1000cc ZX 10 Kawasaki the first competitor to start the Centenary TT Races. The first retirements were the Isle of Man competitor Nigel Beattie riding a Yamaha R1 with a broken gear-linkage at the TT Grandstand. At Crosby, Bruce Anstey also retired on lap 1 of the Superbike TT with a failed ignition amplifier on his 1000cc Suzuki and Michael Rutter with an engine failure at Isle of Man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nAfter leading the race by 2 seconds at Glen Helen, John McGuinness records a lap-time time of 17\u00a0minutes and 42.79 seconds an average speed of 127.804 for lap 1 of the Superbike race and leads Guy Martin by 4.81 seconds and Ian Hutchinson by 11.79 seconds both riding Honda motor-cycles. At Kerrowmoar, near Sulby on the first lap, local competitor Paul Hunt slipped-off and was taken to Nobles Hospital with minor injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nBy lap 2 and the first of the pit-stops at the TT Grandstand, John McGuinness leads Guy Martin in second place by 10.55 seconds and laps in 17\u00a0minutes and 38.85 seconds an average speed of 128.279\u00a0mph. Riding a Honda, Ryan Farquhar displaces Ian Lougher for 5th place with Martin Finnegan and Ian Hutchinson in 3rd and 4th places respectively. Also on lap 2, James Edmeades crashed at Ballacraine and Mark Parrett at Cruickshanks Corner in Ramsey and both were uninjured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0010-0003", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nThrough the speed-trap at the TT Grandstand, John McGuinness records a speed of 172\u00a0mph on lap 3 and now leads Guy Martin by 22.06 seconds and Ian Hutchinson by 42.75 seconds in third place. Also, Ian Lougher retakes 5th place and leads Ryan Farquhar by 10.26 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0010-0004", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superbike TT Race\nThe damp patches on the TT Course dominated the rest of the race and John McGuinness records an average speed for lap 4 of 127.207\u00a0mph and 126.513\u00a0mph for lap 6 and wins the TT Superbike race in 1\u00a0hour and 48\u00a0minutes, 11.17 seconds at an average race speed of 125.550\u00a0mph. A finish in 10th place at an average race speed of 119.657\u00a0mph produced a silver TT replica award for TT Newcomer Steve Plater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 62], "content_span": [63, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nThe second race of the Centenary TT Races was the Sidecar TT Race 'A' over 3 laps (113.00\u00a0miles) of the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. The Sidecar race produced a and closely contested event with local Isle of Man competitors Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle leading from the start and quickly passing race favourites Dave Molyneux/Rick Long on the road at the 11th Milestone on lap 1. The Austrian pair of Klaus Klaffenblock/Christian Parzer retired at Ballacraine on lap 1 and this was quickly followed by race leaders Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle at Sulby Crossroads with gearbox problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nThis left the Suzuki power outfit of John Holden/Andrew Winkle to lead lap 1 of the Sidecar TT Race 'A' in 20\u00a0minutes 19.56\u00a0minutes at an average race speed of 111.374 by 8.81 seconds from the sidecar outfit of Dave Molyneux/Rick Long in second place and by 10.05 seconds from the third place outfit of Simon Neary/Stuart Bond. The combination of John Holden and Andrew Winkle increased the lead to over 12 seconds at Glen Helen on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nThis lead was reduced to 3.78 seconds by Dave Molyneux/Rick Long in 2nd place at the Bungalow on lap 2 and to 1.86 seconds at the TT Grandstand at the end of lap. Despite the technical problems during practice and a return to racing from a serious practice accident at Rhencullen during the 2006 Isle of Man TT, the 3rd lap of Sidecar TT Race 'A' produced the fastest lap of the race in 20\u00a0minutes and 4.83 seconds by the sidecar outfit of Dave Molyneux/Rick Long an average speed of 112.738\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0011-0003", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'A'\nAfter leading the Sidecar race for 2 laps, despite lapping at an average speed of 111.959\u00a0mph, John Holden/Andrew Winkle only trailed the leaders by 3.8 seconds at the official timing-point at Ramsey Hairpin on the last lap. After a dramatic race, Dave Molyneux and Rick Long won the Sidecar TT Race 'A' by 6.5 seconds from John Holden and Andrew Winkle in 1\u00a0hour and 49.6 seconds at an average race speed of 111.688\u00a0mph. After the race Dave Molyneux said that \"I would have been happy with sixth. I really rode my heart out and I have never been so committed going into bends\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superstock TT Race\nThe delayed Superstock TT Race was held over to Tuesday 5 June 2007 and was over 4 laps (150.92\u00a0miles) of the Isle of Man TT mountain Course. Despite the windy conditions, the race favourite Bruce Anstey riding a Suzuki motor-cycle established a 5-second lead at Glen Helen on lap 1 and shattered the lap record for the race from a standing start, lapping in 17\u00a0minutes and 38.70 seconds an average speed of 128.29\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superstock TT Race\nThe fast race pace and blustery windy conditions caused both Ryan Farquhar to Guy Martin to run out of fuel on lap 2 and Bruce Anstey increased the pace to produce another Superstock lap record in 17\u00a0minutes 37.85 seconds an average speed of 128.400\u00a0mph and a lead of 23.15 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superstock TT Race\nThe Honda team-mates of John McGuinness and Ian Hutchinson occupied 2nd and 3rd places, Martin Finnegan in 4th place riding an MV Agusta motor-cycle and 5th place Conor Cummins who now held the record for the fastest local Isle of Man competitor after lapping at 18\u00a0minutes and 10.78 seconds from a standing start on lap 1 of the 2007 Superstock Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0012-0003", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Superstock TT Race\nDespite a reduce race pace which produced laps at an average speed of 121.299\u00a0mph and 125.771\u00a0mph on the 3rd and 4th laps, the New Zealander Bruce Anstey won the 2007 Superstock TT Race in 1\u00a0hour, 11\u00a0minutes and 56.29 seconds at an average race speed of 125.875\u00a0mph. The winning margin was 40.3 seconds over 2nd place John McGuinness stated that;- \u201c....Bruce has taken Superstock racing to a new level. He pulled our pants down on the first lap and that was it\". At Union Mills on the last lap, former New Zealand TT winner Shaun Harris crashed while in 13th place and was taken to Nobles Hospital with critical injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Supersport TT Race\nThe 4 lap (150.92\u00a0miles) Supersport Junior TT race for 600cc motor-cycles, the New Zealander, Bruce Anstey initially led the Junior TT race on lap 1 at Glen Helen by 1.8 seconds from the Honda teammates of John McGuinness and Ian Hutchinson. Increasing his lead to 3 seconds at the official timing-point at Ballaugh Bridge on the first lap Bruce Anstey led John McGuinness and Guy Martin also riding a Honda replaced Ian Hutchinson for 3rd place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Supersport TT Race\nAt Ramsey Hairpin on lap 1, Bruce Anstey riding for Suzuki had increased the lead to 3.4 seconds and completed lap 1 in 18\u00a0minutes, 14.90 seconds at an average speed of 124.055 breaking the previous lap record held by Ryan Farquhar for the 600cc Junior TT Supersport class. At Glen Helen on lap 2, Anstey increased the lead over John McGuinness to 4.47 and Guy Martin led Ian Hutchinson at the Bungalow timing-point by the small margin of three-tenths of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Supersport TT Race\nAfter setting a new lap record of 18\u00a0minutes, 6.27 seconds an average speed of 125.041 on lap 2, Bruce Anstey lost 23 seconds and the race lead after having to be pushed down the pit-lane after a refuelling stop by team mechanics after the Suzuki motor-cycle refused to restart immediately. Although John McGuinness led initially on lap 3, it was Honda team-mate Ian Hutchinson at Glen Helen replaced him as race leader by one-third of second and gradually pulled-out a lead of 5.03 seconds by the end of lap 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0013-0003", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Supersport TT Race\nDuring last lap, John McGuinness reduced the lead to 2.84 seconds at the Bungalow and Ian Hutchinson managed to hang-on to become a first-time Isle of Man TT winner in 1\u00a0hour, 13\u00a0minutes and 29.11 seconds at an average race speed of 123.225\u00a0mph. In second place was Honda teammate John McGuinness who said that \u201c....I really enjoyed the race....but I seemed to have bad run with the back markers. I also lost one of my knee-sliders and every time I put my knee down it scraped the road\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0013-0004", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Supersport TT Race\nCompleting a Honda 1\u20132\u20133 was Guy Martin in third place and also set a new lap record for the Supersport TT race of 18\u00a0minutes, 5.23 seconds at an average speed of 125.161\u00a0mph. Eventually finishing in 4th place was the early race leader Bruce Anstey in 1\u00a0hour, 13\u00a0minutes and 38.27 at an average race speed of 122.969\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nThe 3 lap (113.00\u00a0miles) Sidecar TT Race 'B,\u2019 the race start was delayed by 15\u00a0minutes due to a stray dog on the TT Course at the Glen Lough campsite near to the Ballagarey Corner in Crosby. The delay allowed Dave Molyneux the winner of the first sidecar TT race of the week to replace the ECU dashboard unit after his sidecar outfit suffered electrical failure while warming the engine shortly before the start of the Sidecar TT Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nIt was the sidecar outfit of Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle that repeated their initial race pace from Sidecar Race 'A' and led by 14.7 seconds on lap 1 from Dave Molyneux/Rick Long and by 17 seconds from the 3rd place outfit of the Suzuki of John Holden/Andrew Winkle. The 2nd lap of the Sidecar TT race 'B' the lead for Holden /Winkle had increased to about 25 seconds and the sidecar pair of Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle also produced the fastest lap of the race in 19\u00a0minutes 24.24 seconds an average speed of 116.667\u00a0mph breaking the Sidecar TT record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nOn lap 3, Nick Crowe/Dan Sayle suffering engine failure at the top of the Ballahutchin Hill just outside Union Mills, followed by Klaus Klaffenblock/Christian Parzer outfit also suffering engine failure in the same area on the last lap. This handed the lead to Dave Molyneux/Rick Long to complete his 13th Sidecar TT win in 59\u00a0minutes and 39.11 seconds at an average speed of 113.851\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0014-0003", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Sidecar TT Race 'B'\nAs for the initial 15\u00a0minute race delay, Dave Molyneux said that;- \"It gave me just the breathing space I needed to fit the new dashboard and get the bike restarted, which it did perfectly....I\u2019m not a big animal lover, but if I could find that dog I\u2019d love it for life\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 64], "content_span": [65, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Senior TT Race\nThe Blue Riband event of the Isle of Man Centenary TT Race week was the Senior TT race over 6 lap (226.38\u00a0miles) of the TT Course. The first lap quickly produced retirements for three of the race favourites with Ryan Farquhar retiring at the Hawthorn near to Greeba Bridge, Martin Finnegan at Ballig and the winner of the 2007 Superstock TT Race when Bruce Anstey retired at the TT Grandstand at the end of lap 1 with handling problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Senior TT Race\nDespite cement dust on the road at Guthrie's Memorial and at Sarah's Cottage and also some low cloud on the higher sections of the Mountain Section of the course, John McGuinness completed lap 1 in a time of 17\u00a0minutes 25.77 seconds at an average speed of 129.883\u00a0mph of the 2007 Isle of Man Senior TT race and led Guy Martin in 2nd place, also riding a Honda by 10 seconds and in 3rd place Ian Hutchinson with an average speed of 128.414\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Senior TT Race\nAlthough the time for lap 1 of the Senior TT was only 4.5 seconds short of an average speed of 130\u00a0mph, John McGuinness completed the second lap at a faster pace and lapped in 17\u00a0minutes, 21.99\u00a0seconds at an average speed of 130.354\u00a0mph to finally break the 130\u00a0mph speed barrier setting a new class and TT Course outright lap record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Senior TT Race\nWith a pit stop at the end of lap 2, John McGuinness extended his lead over Guy Martin to 20.5 seconds at Glen Helen on lap 3. For the rest of the race, John McGuinness produced a further 3 laps of average speed of 129.296\u00a0mph, 122.867\u00a0mph and 128.207\u00a0mph to win the 2007 Centenary Senior TT Race in 1\u00a0hour, 46\u00a0minutes and 44.23 seconds at an average speed of 127.255\u00a0mph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Senior TT Race\nThe Senior TT Race was also completed a Honda 1\u20132\u20133 clean sweep with Guy Martin in 2nd place, 32.73 behind the winner and Ian Hutchinson in 3rd place. The Senior TT win was described by John McGuinness as;- \"Absolutely amazing.... If there was going to be a time to crack the 130. I knew this was it with a rolling start and just about perfect conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Centenary TT Race Week, Senior TT Race\nThe 2007 Senior TT Race was followed by a TT Centenary Parade of Champions which included former world motor-cycle champions, Giacomo Agostini, John Surtees and Jim Redman. The parade was also completed by World Superbike champions Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson and fellow superbike rider Noriyuki Haga also finishing the TT Centenary lap. After the Parade of Champions it was announced by the Isle of Man TT Race organisers that on lap 5 of the 2007 Senior TT Race that a serious incident had occurred at the 26th Milestone. As a result of an accident involving a race competitor, Marc Ramsbotham riding a Suzuki was killed along with two spectators Dean Jacob and Gregory Kenzig. The accident also resulted in injuries to TT Race marshals, Hilary Musson and Janice Phillips.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 59], "content_span": [60, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nThe Isle of Man Constabulary investigating the deaths of a race competitor and two spectators at the 26th Milestone during the 2007 Senior TT race arrested a marshal on suspicion of manslaughter, although the individual was later released without charge. Further safety work was carried-out at the 26th Milestone for the 2007 Manx Grand Prix with the removal of part of a grass bank on the eastern-side road embankment and a new race-marshal lay-by and shelter on the western side road of the roadway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nThe acting Manx Grand Prix press officer, Geoff Cannell a former Member of the House of Keys (MHK), sports broadcaster, journalist and former lead Manx Radio Isle of Man TT race commentator died on 24 September 2007 after a short illness. The Manx Motor Cycle Club (MMCC) resigned on 27 September 2007 as organiser of the TT races after contractual difficulties and problems with 2007 Isle of Man TT races, a shortage of marshals at the 2007 Manx Grand Prix and the cancellation of the subsequent 2007 Senior Manx Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nDuring October 2007 the Isle of Man Department of Transport began road widening and creation of a roundabout at Braddan Bridge on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nAfter the MMCC had anticipated a renegotiation of the terms of the contract with the Isle of Man Department of Tourism and Leisure to organise the 2008 TT races, they were surprised to discover that the contract was awarded to ACU Events Ltd, a subsidiary of the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nIt was also announced by the Isle of Man Department of Tourism and Leisure that a second 600\u00a0cc Supersport Junior TT race would be an addition to the schedule for the 2008 Isle of Man TT races, and the return of the Ultra-Lightweight TT and Lightweight TT events to be held at the Post-TT Races on the Billown circuit in Castletown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nThe Isle of Man TT race Clerk of the Course, Neil Hanson, resigned on 17 January 2008 ending a 40-year involvement as a committee member of the Manx Motor Cycle Club (MMCC). The new organisers of the Isle of Man TT races had been unable to offer him a position and the ACU Events Ltd felt that a change was needed. The official press launch for the 2008 Isle of Man TT races was held on 18 February 2008 attended by regular competitors, Ian Lougher, Bruce Anstey, Ryan Farquhar, Martin Finnegan and John McGuinness. It was also announced that BSB competitor Sean Emmett and former 250\u00a0cc British Champion Jamie Robinson would compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nThe Isle of Man Department of Transport started building a new section of road for the TT Course with a link road from the Nook to Governor's Bridge using the pre-existing A18 Bemahague Road. This road widening scheme and creation of a roundabout began in February 2008 with removal of trees on the former Bemahague farm estate which includes Government House, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nAn inquest held by Coroner Michael Moyle gave a verdict of misadventure into the deaths of race competitor Marc Ramsbotham and spectators Dean Adrian Jacob and Gregory John Kenzig at the 26th Milestone during lap 5 of the 2007 Senior TT Race. The verdict given on 20 March 2008 by Coroner Michael Moyle is described as a \"blistering attack on TT Race Management.\" A working group was announced on 26 March 2008 by Isle of Man Chief Minister Tony Brown to oversee lines of responsibility and TT Course improvements in response to criticism in the coroner's report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nThe Chief Sector Marshall for Sector 9, which included the 26th Milestone, resigned their position on 31 March 2007 due to criticism in the Coroners report. This was followed on 9 April 2008 by the Chief Course Marshal, Roger Hurst who also resigned from his position in the Isle of Man TT Marshals Association. The Minister for the Isle of Man Department of Tourism and Leisure, Adrian Earnshaw MHK, made a statement that the Isle of Man TT races have a \"sound future\" and \"....everything possible will be done....\" to address the points made in the Coroners report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nIt was announced by ACU Events Ltd. on 3 April 2008 that a contract for the official course vehicles had been awarded to Audi UK in a 3-year deal to celebrate the win by the pre-war Audi satellite company DKW ridden by Ewald Kluge in the 1938 Isle of Man TT. This was followed by the resignation by the MMCC official course driver. A further contract was awarded to Yamaha UK to provide motor-cycles and support for the Isle of Man TT Travelling Marshals. The former British Superbike competitor Sean Emmett withdrew from the 2008 Isle of Man TT races after general comments made by Coroner Michael Moyle encouraging potential competitors to consider carefully their position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Further events\nThe Isle of Man TT competitor Martin Finnegan was killed while racing at the Tandragee 100 Races on 3 May 2008 and this was followed by former Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix winner Robert Dunlop who died in an accident on 16 May 2008 at Mather's Cross during practice for the 2008 North West 200 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Superbike TT final standings.\n4 June 2007 6 Laps (236.38\u00a0Miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Superbike TT final standings.\nFastest Lap: John McGuinness\u00a0\u2013 128.279\u00a0mph (206.445\u00a0km/h) (18' 38.35) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, Sidecar TT Race 'A' final standings\n4 June 2007 3 laps (113.00\u00a0miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, Sidecar TT Race 'A' final standings\nFastest Lap: Dave Molyneux/Rick Long \u00a0\u2013 112.736\u00a0mph (181.431\u00a0km/h) (20' 04.83) on lap 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Superstock TT final standings\n5 June 2007 4 Laps (150.73\u00a0Miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Superstock TT final standings\nFastest Lap: Bruce Anstey\u00a0\u2013 128.400\u00a0mph (206.640\u00a0km/h) (17' 37.85) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 69], "content_span": [70, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Supersport Junior TT final standings\n6 June 2007 4 Laps (150.73\u00a0Miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Supersport Junior TT final standings\nFastest Lap: Guy Martin\u00a0\u2013 125.161\u00a0mph (201.427\u00a0km/h) (18' 05.23) on lap 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 76], "content_span": [77, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, Sidecar TT Race 'B' final standings\n6 June 2007 3 laps (113.00\u00a0miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, Sidecar TT Race 'B' final standings\nFastest lap: Nick Crowe/Daniel Sayle\u00a0\u2013 116.667\u00a0mph (187.757\u00a0km/h) (19' 24.24) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 70], "content_span": [71, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Senior TT final standings\n8 June 2007 6 Laps (236.38\u00a0Miles) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191725-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Isle of Man TT, Race results, 2007 Senior TT final standings\nFastest Lap and New Outright Course Record: John McGuinness\u00a0\u2013 130.354\u00a0mph (209.784\u00a0km/h) (17' 21.99) on lap 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191726-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Israel Baseball League season\nThe 2007 Israel Baseball League season was the first season in the history of the Israel Baseball League. In the first game in the IBL's history, the Modi'in Miracle squared off against the Petach Tikva Pioneers at Yarkon Field in Petach Tikva. The Miracle won that game, beating Petach Tikva 9 to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191726-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Israel Baseball League season\nThe champions of the 2007 IBL season were the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox. The Blue Sox defeated the Modi'in Miracle 3\u20130 on August 19, 2007, to win the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191727-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Basketball League Cup\nThe 2007 Israeli Basketball League Cup, for sponsorship reasons Winner Cup 2007, was the 2nd edition of the Israeli basketball pre-season tournament. It was played on 14 October-18 October in Jerusalem at the Malha Arena, during the jewish holiday of Sukkot. Maccabi Tel Aviv has won the cup after beating Hapoel Jerusalem 93-74 in the final. MVP was David Bluthenthal (Maccabi Tel Aviv).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191727-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Basketball League Cup, Teams Participating\nFor the first time, all the teams that finished at the top eight places on the Israeli Preimer League 2006-07 competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191727-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Basketball League Cup, Teams Participating\nThe 9th ranked team, Ironi Ashkelon, and the new promoted team, Hapoel Holon, have played a non-deciding exhibition game as part of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191727-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Basketball League Cup, Tournament Bracket\nThe teams were matched by their last season standings (1st VS 8th, 2nd VS 8th, etc...).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191728-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election\nThe 2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 12 June 2007, to elect a new leader for the Israeli Labor Party due to internal dissatisfaction with the incumbent chairman Amir Peretz. The winner was Ehud Barak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191728-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election, History\nFive candidates ran in the elections: Ehud Barak attempted to return to politics, this time after the move of Shimon Peres to Kadima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191728-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election, History\nPeretz, the current party chairman, ran again but had a very low chance of winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191728-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election, History\nOfir Pines-Paz had been chairman of the coalition and chairman of the One Israel parliamentary group in the Fifteenth Knesset. He was the party's secretary-general in 2001-2003. In the 2006 Elections for the 17th Knesset he was third in the Labor-Meymad list, after Peretz and Herzog. When Yisra'el Beytenu joined the coalition and Avigdor Lieberman was appointed minister, Pines-Paz resigned from the government. His resignation took effect on November 1, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191728-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election, History\nDanny Yatom ran in these elections but was not a popular candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191728-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election, Outcome\nFormer Prime Minister Ehud Barak won a slim victory in the party primary, beating Ayalon, former head of the Shin Bet domestic security service. Both candidates polled well ahead of Peretz, but neither gained the requisite 40-percent margin of victory for an outright win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191729-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in Israel on 13 June 2007. The Knesset elected Shimon Peres, a former Prime Minister and a member of the Kadima party. His opponents were Reuven Rivlin, a former Knesset speaker, of the Likud Party, and Colette Avital, of the Labor party. After the first round of voting put Peres in a commanding lead, but just short of the absolute majority required for election, Rivlin and Avital bowed out and Peres was elected easily in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191729-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli presidential election, Candidates\nThe deadline for candidates to announce their intention to run was twenty days before the election, i.e. by 25 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191729-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli presidential election, Candidates\nAvital was the first Labor candidate to officially announce her intention to run. She gained the backing of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who at the time was running an ultimately successful campaign to regain the leadership of the Labor Party. However, it appeared that most Labor MKs were likely to back ex-Laborite Shimon Peres, who was then serving as Vice Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191729-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli presidential election, Candidates\nPeres, however, was advised not to stand by his campaign adviser, in the belief that he would not win enough votes in a secret ballot, and that a defeat would be bad for his image. This came after the legislation for the \"Peres Law\", which would replace a secret ballot with an open one, was postponed until after the election by its creator, Kadima's Yoel Hasson. The bill was seen as a means of protecting Peres from another upset defeat, after his loss to then-little known Likud MK Moshe Katsav by a 63\u201357 vote in the 2000 presidential election. Nevertheless, Peres was named as Kadima's official candidate on 28 May, and won the support of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of Shas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191729-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli presidential election, Candidates\nOther persons who had been considered as possible candidates included Dalia Itzik (Kadima), Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor), Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, and Meir Shamgar. Rabbi Lau had been warned not to run for the post by Labor MK and former journalist Shelly Yachimovich. Yachimovich stated that were Lau to run, \"certain stories from the past may arise, including some that have never been publicized.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191729-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Israeli presidential election, Results\nThe election was expected to be a close race between Peres and Rivlin. However, the first-round results left Peres only three votes short of a majority, at which point his opponents conceded the race. Following his election, Peres promptly resigned as Vice Prime Minister, and began his seven-year term as President on 15 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191730-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Athletics Championships\nThe 2007 Italian Athletics Championships was the 97th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Padua.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191731-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships\n2007 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships was the 38th edition of the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships and were held in Ancona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191732-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Italian Figure Skating Championships (Italian: Campionati Italiani Assoluti 2007 Pattinaggio Di Figura Su Ghiaccio) was held in Trento from January 4 through 7, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the levels of senior and junior, and novice synchronized. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2007 World Championships, the 2007 European Championships, and the 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191733-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Formula Three Championship\nThe 2007 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 43rd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 1 April at Adria and ended on 21 October at Monza after 16 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191733-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Formula Three Championship\nWith victories at Adria, Misano, Vallelunga and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Paolo Maria Nocera of Lucidi Motors finished the season as champion. He finished 21 points clear of Europa Corse driver Efisio Marchese, who won three races during the season. Third place went to Alan Racing driver Pablo S\u00e1nchez L\u00f3pez, who also took three victories at Misano, Mugello, and Varano. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by Corbetta Competizioni's Mirko Bortolotti, who won the race at Mugello, while fifth went to his team-mate Fabrizio Crestani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191733-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Formula Three Championship, Teams and drivers\nAll teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia 2007) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 September 2007 at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth race of the 2007 Formula One season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix\nGoing into the race, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton held a 5-point lead over team-mate Fernando Alonso in the Drivers' Championship, whilst McLaren held an 11-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari were expected to do well at home after a one-two finish in the Turkish GP and Michael Schumacher's victory at Monza the previous year. However, McLaren dominated the traditional test session prior to the Grand Prix, with Alonso topping the time sheets on two of the four days and Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa fastest on the other days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix\nFernando Alonso took his fourth win of the season, leading home the fourth one-two finish of the season for McLaren as Lewis Hamilton finished second. It was McLaren's eighth victory at Monza and Mercedes' fourth, while Alonso became the first Spaniard to win the Italian Grand Prix. It turned out to be his last win for McLaren, and McLaren's last 1-2 finish until the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe two Spykers of Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto were both eliminated in Q1, along with Vitantonio Liuzzi in the Toro Rosso, Takuma Sato of Super Aguri, and, surprisingly, the Toyota of Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard's Red Bull.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn the second session, both the Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel and Anthony Davidson's Super Aguri, who had done very well to make the session, were eliminated. So were Giancarlo Fisichella in the Renault, Alexander Wurz of Williams, the Honda of Rubens Barrichello and Coulthard's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nJenson Button had done excellently to put the Honda in the top 10, and he qualified tenth, on the fifth row with Jarno Trulli's Toyota. Nico Rosberg qualified his Williams eighth, alongside the second Renault of Heikki Kovalainen, who had put in a brilliant performance. Robert Kubica took 6th in the BMW Sauber, while his teammate Nick Heidfeld broke the domination of the top 4 by McLaren and Ferrari, beating the Scuderia's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to 4th. However, it was service as normal at the very front, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's teammate Felipe Massa taking 3rd, and the two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso locking out the front row, with the Spaniard just pipping his younger teammate to pole by 0.037 of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe top three held station from the start, but Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's Ferrari jumped Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber and moved into fourth. Jarno Trulli was a big loser in the Toyota, slipping from 9th to 13th, while the big winner was David Coulthard, who went from 20th to 15th in the Red Bull.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap 2, however, Coulthard crashed at Curva Grande, completely negating the influence of his brilliant start and with his car in a dangerous position the crash forced the safety car to be deployed. This allowed the Super Aguri of Anthony Davidson up into 15th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race's only other retirement was R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's teammate Felipe Massa, who retired with a suspension failure on lap 11 after running in third place. This allowed the Finn to move into third and Nico Rosberg to move into the points in his Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nLewis Hamilton, running second in the McLaren, suffered a puncture on lap 19, and dropped down to 6th behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, the two BMW Saubers of Heidfeld and Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen's Renault. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen then took the lead as Hamilton's teammate Fernando Alonso pitted from the lead on lap 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nA recovering Hamilton moved back to third place behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Alonso after the two BMW Saubers and Kovalainen pitted, but as the Ferrari man emerged from his pitstop, Hamilton was still behind. He made a daring move down the inside of turn one to recover second place, more or less confirming a McLaren 1-2. Alonso retained the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191734-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThere were no further changes at the front, and Alonso led home by six seconds from Hamilton, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen completing the podium. Heidfeld finished in fourth just four seconds ahead of his teammate Kubica, with Rosberg still in close contention in sixth. Kovalainen was seventh, and Jenson Button rounded out the points in a rare foray into the points paying positions for the Honda team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191735-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open (tennis)\nThe 2007 Italian Open (also known for 2007 Rome Masters and the sponsored name 2007 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was the 2007 edition of the Italian Open tennis tournament. The men's tournament was part of the 2007 ATP Masters Series and was held on May 5-13. The women's event was a 2007 WTA Tier I Series event and was held on May 13\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191735-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open (tennis)\nRafael Nadal was crowned champion for a record third consecutive year, and equalled Thomas Muster's overall record of three wins. Filippo Volandri, conqueror of Roger Federer, became the first Italian man to reach the semi-final stage since 1978, leaving Mara Santangelo as the only Italian among the winners for this year, triumphing in the women's doubles along with Nathalie Dechy of France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191735-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open (tennis)\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 won her third title of the year after considering retirement during the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191735-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles\nFabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 6\u20134, 6\u20137 (4\u20137), [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191735-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles\nNathalie Dechy / Mara Santangelo defeated Tathiana Garbin / Roberta Vinci 6\u20134, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191736-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191736-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 won the title, defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6\u20134, 6\u20137(4\u20137), [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191737-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nTwo-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2007 Italian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191737-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191738-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but decided not to defend the title together. Hantuchov\u00e1 chose to play with Nadia Petrova while Sugiyama played with Katarina Srebotnik. Both lost in the second round. Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo won the title by defeating Tathiana Garbin and Roberta Vinci 6\u20134, 6\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191738-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Doubles, Seeds\nThe top five seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191739-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMartina Hingis was the defending champion, but did not participate this year due to a hip injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191739-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJelena Jankovi\u0107 defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 7\u20135, 6\u20131 to win her second Tier I title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191739-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian Open \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191740-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 1\u20133 June 2007 at the Mugello Circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191740-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191741-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Italy rugby union tour of South America\nThe 2007 Italy rugby union tour of South America was a series of matches played in June 2007 in South America by Italy national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191742-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament\nThe 2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an ice hockey tournament held in Hodonin, Czech Republic and Pie\u0161\u0165any, Slovakia between August 14, 2007 and August 18, 2007. It was the 2007 installment of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. Sweden defeated Finland 3-2 in the final to claim the gold medal, while Russia defeated Canada 5-4 to capture the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191743-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series\nThe 2007 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Murray Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island on May 5, 2007. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Brown, the winner of the series, claimed the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Brown's first Championship Series victory and their first appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191743-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series\nPenn made their third appearance in the Championship Series, having also won 1995 and finished as runner up in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191744-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J&S Cup\nThe 2007 J&S Cup was a Tier II event on the 2007 WTA Tour that ran from April 30 - May 6, 2007. It was held in Warsaw, Poland, and was the 12th year that the event was staged. Justine Henin won her second Warsaw title and third overall of the year after other victories in Dubai and Doha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191744-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 J&S Cup\nThe event was also Kim Clijsters' last professional tournament before taking a break from the sport to start a family. The Belgian lost in the second round to qualifier Julia Vakulenko, and just a few days after announced her retirement from professional tennis. She would eventually return to the sport in 2009 after giving birth to a daughter in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191744-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 J&S Cup, Finals, Doubles\nVera Dushevina / Tatiana Perebiynis defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Elena Vesnina, 7\u20135, 3\u20136, [10\u20132]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191745-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J&S Cup \u2013 Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina were the defending champions, but Myskina chose not to compete that year. Likhovtseva partnered with Elena Vesnina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191745-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 J&S Cup \u2013 Doubles\nVera Dushevina and Tatiana Perebiynis won in the final 7-5, 3-6, [10-2] against Likhovtseva and Vesnina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191746-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J&S Cup \u2013 Singles\nKim Clijsters was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Julia Vakulenko in her last professional match for over two years. Justine Henin won in the final against Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 6-3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191747-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Cup\nThe 2007 edition of the J.League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 21 with reigning champions JEF United seeking to claim their 3rd successive crown. This would equal the record set by Verdy Kawasaki when the competition began in 1992. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds were exempt from competing in the group stage, due to their entry into the Asian Champions League. They were therefore entered into the quarter-final stage which begins in the summer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191747-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Cup\nThe final was on November 3 at the Tokyo National Stadium. The winners were Gamba Osaka, beating Kawasaki Frontale in the final 1-0 to claim its first J.League Cup championship. They qualified for the 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2008 Suruga Bank Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191747-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Cup, Knockout stage, Semifinals, Semifinals Match#1\nGamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers ties on the aggregate with 3 \u2013 3; Gamba Osaka advance to the final on away goal rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 65], "content_span": [66, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191747-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Cup, Knockout stage, Semifinals, Semifinals Match#2\nKawasaki Frontale advances to the final on aggregate score of 6 \u2013 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 65], "content_span": [66, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191748-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Cup Final\n2007 J.League Cup Final was the 15th final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on November 3, 2007. Gamba Osaka won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191749-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 1\nThe 2007 J.League Division 1 season was the 15th season since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191749-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 1, Clubs\nFollowing eighteen clubs participated in J.League Division 1 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Yokohama FC, Kashiwa Reysol, and Vissel Kobe were newly promoted clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191749-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 1, Format\nEighteen clubs will play in double round-robin (home and away) format, a total of 34 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191749-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 1, Format\nA draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The bottom two clubs will be relegated to J2, while the 16th placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191749-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 1, Attendance\nUpdated to games played on December 1, 2007Source: Notes:\u2020 Team played previous season in J2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191749-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 1, Awards, Best Eleven\n* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191750-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 2\nThe 2007 J. League Division 2 season is the 36th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 9th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season began on March 3 and ended on December 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191750-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 2\nIn this season, thirteen clubs competed in the quadruple round-robin format for the top two promotion slots. Farther, the third placed-finisher participated in the Pro/Rele Series for the promotion. There were no relegation to the third-tier Japan Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191750-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 2, Clubs\nFollowing thirteen clubs played in J. League Division 2 during 2007 season. Of these clubs, Avispa Fukuoka, Cerezo Osaka, and Kyoto Sanga F.C. relegated from J1 last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191750-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 2, League format\nThirteen clubs will play in quadruple round-robin format, a total of 48 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191750-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 2, League format\nA draw would be conducted, if necessary. However, if two clubs are tied at the first place, both clubs will be declared as the champions. The top two clubs will be promoted to J1, while the 3rd placed club plays a two-legged Promotion/Relegation series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191750-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 J.League Division 2, Attendance\nUpdated to games played on December 1, 2007Source: Notes:\u2020 Team played previous season in J1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191751-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 JEF United Chiba season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:00, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season\nThe 2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Football League and the 5th under head coach Jack Del Rio. They improved upon their 8\u20138 record in 2006 where they finished third in the AFC South and returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season\nThis was the last season that the Jaguars had a winning season and a playoff berth, going on a 9-year drought before ending it in 2017.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Coaching staff changes\nAfter the 2006 season, the Jaguars announced that offensive coordinator Carl Smith, special teams coordinator Pete Rodriguez, quarterbacks coach Ken Anderson, and wide receivers coach Steve Walters would not be returning. Along with these, special teams assistant Mark Michaels' contract had expired and would not be renewed. When hiring, Del Rio created a new position on the staff, assistant wide receivers coach, and so needed to fill six positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Coaching staff changes\nBy early February he completed the staff with Dirk Koetter as offensive coordinator, Mike Shula as quarterbacks coach, Todd Monken as wide receivers coach, Robert Prince as wide receivers assistant, Joe DeCamillis as special teams coordinator, and Tom Williams as special teams assistant. Along with the new staff, assistant head coach Mike Tice will take over coaching of the tight ends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Departures\nAfter a number of player arrests from the end of 2006 season, cornerback Ahmad Carroll, who was signed by the Jaguars in October after being waived by the Green Bay Packers and played in only one game with the Jaguars, was arrested in May on weapons and drug charges, prompting the Jaguars to release him. Also, in a move that shocked even the Jaguars players, nine-year veteran strong safety Donovin Darius was released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Departures\nOn August 31, 2007 Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio announced in a press conference that Byron Leftwich would be traded or released within the next 72 hours, and that David Garrard would take over the starting duties. The specific reasons were not disclosed. Del Rio was quoted as saying that he \"felt a conviction in his heart that Garrard was the guy for the job and he's earned it\". The Jaguars released 19 players, traded one player, and placed two players on injured reserve to meet the 53 man roster requirements for the beginning of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Departures\nByron Leftwich, Dan Connolly, Jamaal Fudge, Nick Greisen, Seth Payne, Charles Sharon, Bruce Thornton, Dee Webb, Josh Gattis, Joe Anoa'i, Kevis Coley, Walter Curry, Ryan Gibbons, Tyler King, Jamar Landrom, Roy Manning, Pete McMahon, Rashod Moulton, and Isaac Smolko were released. Alvin Pearman was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for an undisclosed draft choice. James Wyche and Mike Walker were placed on injured reserve for injuries to groin and knee respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Signings\nThe off-season brought the arrival of seven free agents to the Jaguars. On offense, offensive tackle Tony Pashos and tight ends Jermaine Wiggins, Richard Angulo and Isaac Smolko were signed. On defense, safety Kevin McCadam and cornerback Bruce Thornton. Additionally, first-year punter Tony Yelk was signed to the special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Offseason, Signings\nIn addition to the new signings to the team, Tony Gilbert, Derrick Wimbush, Kenny Pettway, Quinn Gray Ernest Wilford and Josh Scobee signed contracts and unrestricted free agent LaBrandon Toefield re-signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Preseason, Schedule\nThe Jacksonville Jaguars pre-season schedule was announced on April 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nJacksonville gained only 239 yards of offense, but still managed to win on Josh Scobee's 25-yard field goal with 37 seconds left in the game. The Jaguars defense sacked Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger six times, intercepted three of his passes, and forced him to lose a fumble on the final drive of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nPittsburgh opened up the scoring by marching 80 yards in 10 plays on their first drive and finishing it off with Najeh Davenport's 1-yard touchdown run. But Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards to the 1-yard line (the longest play in NFL postseason history that did not result in a touchdown), and Fred Taylor scored a 1-yard touchdown run on the next play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nEarly in the second quarter, Jacksonville defensive back Rashean Mathis intercepted pass from Roethlisberger and returned it 63 yards for a touchdown. Then shortly after the kickoff, Mathis intercepted another pass at the Steelers 46-yard line, setting up David Garrard's 43-yard touchdown pass to Jones-Drew and making the score 21\u20137. Later in the second quarter, the Steelers took advantage of a missed Scobee field goal by driving all the way to the Jaguars 21-yard line. But defensive tackle Derek Landri intercepted a short pass from Roethlisberger, and the score remained 21\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the second half, the Steelers scored on their first four drives. Three plays after the opening kickoff, linebacker James Farrior's interception of a Garrard pass set up Jeff Reed's 28-yard field goal. Jacksonville responded by driving 82 yards in 8 plays, with Garrard rushing for 15 yards and completing two passes to Ernest Wilford for 39, while Jones-Drew capped the drive with a 10-yard touchdown run, increasing their lead to 28\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nBut the Steelers drove right back, and on the first play of the fourth quarter, facing fourth down and 12 on the Jags 37-yard line, Roethlisberger threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes. Then after a punt, Roethlisberger completed six passes for 65 yards on a 69-yard drive that ended with his 14-yard touchdown pass to Heath Miller. The Steelers attempted a two-point conversion to cut the lead to three points, and Rothlisberger initially completed a pass to Hines Ward, but the play was nullified by a holding penalty and Pittsburgh's second attempt was incomplete, keeping the score at 28\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThree plays after the ensuing kickoff, Steelers defensive back Ike Taylor intercepted a pass from Garrard and returned it 31 yards to the Jacksonville 16-yard line. Following a pass interference penalty against the Jaguars in the end zone on a fourth down play, Davenport scored his second 1-yard touchdown run of the day. The two-point conversion failed again, but the Steelers took the lead, 29\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nJacksonville was unable to score on their next drive, but they forced the Steelers to punt after three plays and Dennis Northcutt returned the punt 16 yards, giving the Jaguars the ball at their own 49-yard line with 1 timeout remaining and 2:38 left to play. Three plays later on fourth down and 2, Garrard dropped back to pass, but then ran back to the line and took off for a 32-yard burst to the Steelers 11-yard line. After a few more running plays, Scobee kicked a 25-yard field goal, giving his team a 31\u201329 lead. The Steelers got the ball back with 37 seconds left, but Jaguars defensive end Bobby McCray sealed the victory by forcing a fumble which was recovered by defensive tackle Derek Landri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Wild Card Round: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the win, the Jaguars improved their overall record to 12\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nPatriots quarterback Tom Brady set the NFL record for completion percentage in a single game (92.9%) with 26 of 28 completions for 263 yards and 3 touchdowns, while running back Laurence Maroney added 162 total yards (122 on the ground). Overall, New England gained 401 yards and didn't punt the ball until 31 seconds remained in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nJacksonville took the opening kickoff and went 80 yards in 9 plays, featuring two receptions by Marcedes Lewis for 57 yards, on the way to David Garrard's 9-yard touchdown pass to Matt Jones. The Patriots then went on a 74-yard drive and scored with Tom Brady's 3-yard touchdown pass to Benjamin Watson. On Jacksonville's next possession, New England lineman Ty Warren forced a fumble while sacking Garrard, and linebacker Mike Vrabel recovered it at the Jaguars 29-yard line. Several plays later, Maroney scored a 1-yard touchdown run to give New England a 14\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nJaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew muffed the ensuing kickoff and was downed at his own 5-yard line. The Jaguars then moved the ball 95 yards in 11 plays without even facing a third down and scoring with Garrard's 6-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Wilford. For the third time in a row, New England drove deep into Jacksonville territory. But this time the drive stalled at the 17-yard line and ended with no points when Stephen Gostkowski missed a 35-yard field goal with 53 seconds left in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Brady completed 7 of 8 passes for 54 yards on an 82-yard drive. On the last play, he took a snap in shotgun formation with Kevin Faulk to his right, Brady jumped in the air with his arms raised to make it look like a play used by the Patriots before where Faulk took the direct snap. The Jaguars defense followed Faulk, leaving Wes Welker open in the end zone, and Brady threw him the ball for a touchdown to give the Patriots a 21\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nThe play has been referred to as the \"Statue of Liberty\". Jacksonville responded with a drive to the New England 21-yard line, but receiver Dennis Northcutt dropped a pass on third down, forcing them to settle for a Josh Scobee 39-yard field goal, cutting the score to 21\u201317. On New England's next drive, Jacksonville's Derek Landri was assessed a roughing-the-passer penalty, turning Welker's 6-yard catch into a 21-yard gain. Maroney gained 40 yards with his next two carries, and following two more Welker receptions, Brady threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Watson giving New England a 28\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nAn unnecessary roughness penalty and a 25-yard reception by Reggie Williams on the Jacksonville's next drive set up a 25-yard field goal by Scobee, which cut the Jaguars deficit to one touchdown, 28\u201320. On the second play after the kickoff, Brady completed a 52-yard strike to Dont\u00e9 Stallworth, setting up Gostkowski's second field goal attempt to put New England back up by two scores, 31\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nThen, with 3:46 left in the game, Patriots safety, Rodney Harrison, intercepted a pass from Garrard at the Patriots' 31-yard line, ending any hope of a Jacksonville comeback. Harrison's interception was his 7th career postseason pick, a Patriots record. This was also his fourth consecutive postseason game with an interception, tying an NFL record held by Aeneas Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191752-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, Schedule, Divisional Round: at New England Patriots\nWith this win, the Patriots advanced to the AFC title game for the second year in a row and extended their perfect record to 17\u20130, matching the final record of the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The Jaguars' overall record ended with a 12\u20136 and 1\u20131 in the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191753-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jacksonville mayoral election\nThe Jacksonville mayoral election of 2007 took place on March 20, 2007. Incumbent Republican John Peyton was re-elected to second 4-year term, defeating the Democratic challenger and long time community activist Jackie Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191754-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation\nThe Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191754-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation\nA mistake was made by the hosts of the show in announcing the award for Hins Cheung, which was incorrectly given to Ivana Wong. They agreed to share the prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191754-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, Top 10 song awards\nThe top 10 songs (\u5341\u5927\u52c1\u6b4c\u91d1\u66f2) of 2007 are as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 75], "content_span": [76, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191755-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta flood\nThe 2007 Jakarta flood was a major flood in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and affected several other areas around the city, such as West Java and Banten. The flood, beginning on February 2, 2007 was a result of heavy rain, deforestation in areas south of the city, and waterways clogged with debris. The flood is considered the worst in the last three centuries, including the 1996 and 2002 Jakarta floods, which killed 10 and 25 people respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191755-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta flood, Causes, Meteorological\nThe most significant reason of the disaster is the high rate of rain, since the rainy season in Indonesia starts in December and ends in March. In 2007, the rain intensity reached its peak in February, with the greatest intensity towards the end of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191755-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta flood, Causes, Geographical\nUncontrolled population growth in urban areas, poor land use planning, and the lack of understanding among city residents and government about floods and its disaster risk are key factors in Jakarta's situation. Eventually, water flowing into Jakarta overflows some of the city's flood control systems and causes devastation in these areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191755-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta flood, Impact\nThe flood affected 80 separate regions in and around Jakarta, and over 70,000 homes were flooded, resulting in the displacement of some 500,000 people. There was a high level of illness, with 1,066 patients treated by hospitals due to diarrhea and 329 due to dengue fever. The flood has caused Rp 8\u00a0trillion (US$879.12\u00a0million) in losses. Approximately 190,000 people were affected by flood related illnesses. The nature of the flood in which it extends from riverbanks to surrounding areas has caused the lower-class communities, many of which live on the riverbanks themselves in wooden houses, to take the strongest impact of the flood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191755-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta flood, Aid\nHOPE worldwide distributed 5 metric ton (11,000\u00a0lbs) of food, water, medicines, clean up kits to 10,000 people. As of March 7, another 5 metric tons had arrived in Jakarta ready for distribution. The total aid cost is expected to be $239,556 to benefit over 55,000 people. So far, 10% has been committed by organisations such as McDonald's, Heart to Heart International and IOM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 23], "content_span": [24, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election\nA gubernatorial election was held in Jakarta on 8 August 2007 to elect the Governor of Jakarta for the five-year term between 2007 and 2012. It was the first direct election for the capital city. Incumbent Sutiyoso did not participate in the election, with his deputy Fauzi Bowo facing off against former police general Adang Daradjatun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election\nFauzi Bowo, which received the political support of a major coalition of political parties, won the election and secured nearly 58% of the 3.6 million votes while his opponent received about 1.5 million despite being backed by just PKS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Background\nPrior to 2005, regional leaders such as governors and mayors were indirectly elected by the regional legislative body (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah), which members were elected in public elections. It was not until 2005 when this system was replaced by direct elections for local areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Background\nThe previous governor, Sutiyoso, was reelected for his second term through the indirect method with Fauzi Bowo as his deputy on September 2002, in a vote held in the midst of demonstrations against his governance. Observers described the results as \"expected\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Candidates\nSitting vice governor Fauzi Bowo received the support of a major coalition of parties, while his opponent Anang Daradjatun only managed to secure the support of the Prosperous Justice Party - which had previously won the local elections of Jakarta's satellite cities of Bekasi and Depok. Outside the two, several other figures such as Agum Gumelar and Faisal Basri were also potential candidates, but did not manage to secure backing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Candidates\nThen-academist Anies Baswedan noted the large amount of negotiations and transactions involved with the formation of the coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Issues\nThe primary issues contested were chronic poverty and unemployment in addition to the city's traffic jams and annual flooding. Topics such as corruption and Islam's role in public life also became campaigning areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Issues\nFauzi Bowo's campaign in particular claimed that Daradjatun's governorship will result in limitations for the city's nightlife because of his backing from the islamist PKS. The latter denied this and in turn accused Fauzi of being indebted to his political backers. Daradjatun also accused the previous administration of incompetence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Results\nFollowing early vote counts, Anang-Dani conceded their defeat before the official results were released. Fauzi Bowo-Prijanto were officially declared as winners of the election on 16 August, after securing 2,109,511 (57.87%) of the votes while Anang gained 1,535,555 (42.13%) votes. The former pair won in all constituent cities (and the Thousand Islands Regency). The turnout of over 3.6 million voters (~65%) exceeded expectations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191756-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Jakarta gubernatorial election, Results, Aftermath\nThe election was mentioned in a diplomatic cable brought up by WikiLeaks, which noted that \"despite the intense press coverage of the election and its national importance, the Jakarta elites have rigged the game\". Fauzi Bowo would later run again for his second term in 2012, in which he lost to Joko Widodo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191757-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jamaican general election\nGeneral elections were held in Jamaica on 3 September 2007. They had originally been scheduled for 27 August 2007 but were delayed due to Hurricane Dean. The preliminary results indicated a slim victory for the opposition Jamaican Labour Party led by Bruce Golding, which grew by two seats from 31\u201329 to 33-27 after official recounts. The JLP defeated the People's National Party after eighteen years of unbroken governance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191758-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 James Madison Dukes football team\nThe 2007 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Mickey Matthews and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Virginia. JMU finished the season 8\u20134 with a record of 6\u20132 in their first season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League\nThe 2007 Japan Football League (Japanese: \u7b2c9\u56de\u65e5\u672c\u30d5\u30c3\u30c8\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u30ea\u30fc\u30b0, Hepburn: Dai Ky\u016b-kai Nihon Futtob\u014dru R\u012bgu) was the ninth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Overview\nIt was contested by 18 teams, and Sagawa Express won the championship. The club was created before the season by merger of two Sagawa Express corporate clubs from Tokyo and Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Overview\nSC Tottori were renamed to Gainare Tottori before the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Overview\nTDK SC and FC Gifu were promoted from Regional leagues by the virtue of their placing in the Regional League promotion series, the former promoted automatically and the latter won the play-off series against Honda Lock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Overview\nFC Gifu, Gainare Tottori and Tochigi SC were approved as J. League associate members at the annual meeting in January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Attendance\nSource: , Notes:\u2020 Team played previous season in Regional Leagues.\u2021 Sagawa Express attendance is compared to the combined figure of its predecessors, Sagawa Express Tokyo and Sagawa Express Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation\nNo relegation has occurred due to a post-season merger of ALO's Hokuriku and YKK AP into one club named Kataller Toyama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191759-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation\nFagiano Okayama, New Wave Kitakyushu and MIO Biwako Kusatsu were promoted to JFL from Regional leagues at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191760-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Golf Tour\nThe 2007 Japan Golf Tour season was played from 12 April to 2 December. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan, as well as the four majors and the three World Golf Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191760-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Golf Tour, Tournament results\nThe following table shows all the official money events in Japan for the 2007 season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Japan Golf Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Japan Golf Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191761-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge\nThe 2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge season was the second for the Japan Le Mans Challenge, a series created by the SERO and sanctioned by the ACO. It began on May 13, 2007 and ended on October 27, 2007 after 4 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191761-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Le Mans Challenge, Schedule\nOn October 29, 2006, during the Okayama 1000\u00a0km, SERO announced their schedule for the 2007 season, adding a fourth race at Fuji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191762-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Series\nThe 2007 Japan Series, the 58th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began Saturday, October 27, 2007, pitting the Pacific League Regular League and Climax Series' Champion, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and the Chunichi Dragons, winners of the Central League's Climax Series, in a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series, won by the Fighters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191762-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Series\nIn a virtual mirror image of the 2006 series, the Dragons won in the same manner that the Fighters had the previous year, losing the first game and sweeping the next four. In one of baseball's rare situations, for the first time in a recognised international championship final since the 1956 Major League Baseball championship series, and the first one to end a series in a major professional championship, a perfect game was pitched, although recognised only by international standards and not NPB because multiple pitchers were used because NPB's definition is different from most recognised authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191762-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 5\nThis was the first perfect game in Japan Series history, but only recognised as such by the global governing body of baseball, the World Baseball Softball Confederation. NPB recognises only Complete Perfect Game or Complete Game No-hitter Shutout(also known as No-hit No-run).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191763-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Super Series\nThe 2007 Japan Open Super Series (officially known as the Yonex Open Japan Super Series 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 16 September 2007 and had a total purse of $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191763-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 Japan Open Super Series was the eighth tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the Japan Open championships, which had been held since 1977. This tournament was organized by the Nippon Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191763-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191763-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191763-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191764-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan national football team\nThis page records the details of the Japan national football team in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191765-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japan women's national football team\nThis page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191766-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship\nThe 2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship was the 28th edition of the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. It began on 31 March at Fuji and ended on 21 October at Motegi. Local driver Kazuya Oshima took the championship title, winning six from twenty races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2007 at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka. The 67-lap race was the fifteenth round of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held at the recently revised track in very heavy rain and misty conditions. For the previous 20 years, the Japanese Grand Prix had been held at Suzuka Circuit, but at this race it returned to Fuji for the first time since 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix\nThe race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, who also took pole position and the fastest lap of the race. Heikki Kovalainen achieved his first podium, by finishing second for the Renault team, whilst Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished in third for Ferrari. Adrian Sutil scored Spyker's first and only point by finishing 9th and being promoted to 8th after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix\nAs a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to twelve points over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso. Alonso had only been two points behind Hamilton in the standings before he crashed during the race. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's third-place finish ensured he remained in mathematical contention to clinch the drivers' title in the remaining two rounds. His Ferrari teammate, Felipe Massa, dropped out of championship contention after finishing the race in sixth position. Massa was now ten points behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading the standings on 170 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix\nMcLaren would have been leading the table on 202 points had they not been given a penalty in the Hungarian Grand Prix, and then disqualified entirely due to the espionage controversy that year. BMW Sauber remained second in the standings, 78 points behind Ferrari, after scoring just two points in the race. Renault ensured that they would finish the year in third, (like BMW Sauber on a total unassailable to any other team), and were 41 points behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background\nLewis Hamilton of McLaren led the Drivers' Championship by two points from his team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was a further 11 points ahead of Ferrari's Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. After McLaren's exclusion from the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari had been confirmed as Constructors' Champions, following their Belgian Grand Prix one-two. They were 71 points ahead of BMW Sauber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThree Japanese constructors and two Japanese drivers competed in the race. Toyota were 6th in the Constructors' Championship, whilst Honda were 8th, behind their own \"B-team\" Super Aguri. Takuma Sato was 15th in the Drivers' Championship for Super Aguri, whilst compatriot Sakon Yamamoto had yet to score for Spyker F1, having debuted at the Hungarian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background\nDavid Coulthard changed his helmet design for this race, choosing to use the helmet design of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae, who had died two weeks before the race in a helicopter crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAlthough the weather had dried out by the time qualifying began, the track was still wet and all the drivers went out on wet tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nQualifying one saw the two Spykers of Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto and the two Super Aguris of Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato eliminated, along with Alexander Wurz in the Williams and Rubens Barrichello in the Honda. Ralf Schumacher's Toyota also collided with Yamamoto, forcing both drivers out of qualifying. Schumacher was already through to Q2, but could not set a time in the second session and so qualified 16th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nQualifying two saw the elimination of the two Renaults of Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen, David Coulthard's Red Bull, Vitantonio Liuzzi's Toro Rosso and the Toyotas of Jarno Trulli as well as Schumacher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nSebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso and Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber occupied row 5, just behind Jenson Button, getting his best qualifying of the season in the Honda, and Mark Webber's Red Bull. Nico Rosberg qualified 6th in the Williams, but was penalised ten places for an engine change. This meant that Vettel qualified eighth, the then best qualifying ever for Toro Rosso. Nick Heidfeld qualified 5th for BMW Sauber, and the top four was once again the two McLarens and two Ferraris. The Ferraris failed to get on the front row, with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Felipe Massa 3rd and 4th respectively. Lewis Hamilton then pipped his more experienced McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso to earn the fifth pole position of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDue to torrential rainfall, the race was started behind the safety car, which led the field for the first 19 laps. The Ferraris of Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Felipe Massa were forced to pit during the first few laps after starting on standard wet tyres, as opposed to \"extreme wet\" tyres, which were better-suited to the treacherously wet conditions. Ferrari boss Jean Todt later stated that the team were not informed about the requirements prior to the race, although all other teams were. During the initial safety car period, the FIA instructed the lapped driver Vitantonio Liuzzi to pass the field and catch up to the back of the queue as quickly as he safely could, as a way of gauging whether the track was ready for the race to begin in earnest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe Ferraris dropped back to 20th and 21st positions respectively following the pit stops, and Massa pitted again on lap 15. When the safety car finally left the circuit, the two McLarens began the race proper at the head of the field, in front of the quick-starting Sebastian Vettel. The Toro Rosso driver had taken third place from Nick Heidfeld, after the latter and Jenson Button's Honda collided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMark Webber reached fourth place during the first racing lap as a result of the collision, despite still suffering from the after-effects of food poisoning, having earlier vomited into his helmet during the first safety car period. A first-corner spin caused Alexander Wurz to collide heavily with Felipe Massa's Ferrari. Wurz's car sustained heavy damage and he retired on the spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nLater in the race, Fernando Alonso crashed out. The reigning world champion blamed aquaplaning for the accident, which once again brought out the safety car. It was the first time that a McLaren car had failed to finish during the 2007 season. During this safety car period on lap 45, third-placed Sebastian Vettel crashed into the rear of second-placed Webber in the wet conditions, Webber retiring immediately and Vettel returning to the pits to retire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nVettel had earlier became the youngest ever driver to lead a lap of a Formula One race (aged 20 years and 89 days) \u2013 his record was subsequently broken by Max Verstappen (aged 18 years and 228 days) at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. This collision put Heikki Kovalainen's Renault in second place, which he managed to hold until the end of the race, despite repeated overtaking attempts by Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. It was Kovalainen's first podium finish. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen would eventually finish third, ahead of David Coulthard in fourth for Red Bull Racing. This was the first time that two Finnish drivers had both finished on the podium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn the final lap, Felipe Massa prevailed in his battle with BMW driver Robert Kubica. The Pole had previously served a drive through penalty for colliding with Hamilton. Massa finished sixth, and Kubica seventh, behind Giancarlo Fisichella's Renault. Vitantonio Liuzzi finished in eighth, scoring the first 2007 championship points for Toro Rosso. However, these points were later removed when Liuzzi was penalised for overtaking Adrian Sutil under waved yellow flags. This promoted Sutil to eighth, giving him and the Spyker team their first and only F1 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nFollowing the race, Sebastian Vettel received a 10-place penalty for the next race in Shanghai, China, for causing the collision with Mark Webber which put both drivers out of the race, but his punishment was later reduced to a reprimand when new evidence was presented to the FIA, prompting it to begin an investigation of Lewis Hamilton for dangerous driving and causing the collision himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Post-race\nHamilton was leading the race right in front of Webber, before suddenly braking and forcing Webber to follow suit lest he be penalised for overtaking behind the safety car; the collision occurred when Vettel's car ran into the back of Webber. Hamilton might have faced either disqualification or a grid penalty for the next race, but the FIA decided not to impose any penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit\nThe event was afflicted by poor transportation, poor facilities (including some reserved seats without a view), a lack of organization, and expensive meals that meant a simple lunch-box was sold for 10,000 yen (US$87) at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Transportation\nThe free practice session on Saturday was abandoned after repeated delays due to fog, which grounded the medical helicopter. Only three drivers set a time in four minutes: Alexander Wurz (Williams-Toyota), Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) and Jarno Trulli (Toyota).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Transportation\nBefore the race, there were suggestions that the plan of carrying all of the 100,000 or more spectators only by shuttle bus would be impossible. To relieve people's doubts, the circuit announced that there was complete preparation for the race. These doubts were realised when, after the qualifying session on Saturday, the shuttle buses could not leave because the road on the east gate of the circuit sank around 16:00. As a result, approximately 20,000 spectators were forced to stay for four hours or more until 21:00. For the race on Sunday, only the shuttle bus was admitted for spectators as transport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 67], "content_span": [68, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Refund\nOn Sunday morning, the circuit announced that they would refund spectators who had bought seats in the reserved seat area on 'C' stand, near the first corner. This was due to the low visibility which meant that the cars on the racing line were not seen at all. The cost of the tickets, 50,000 yen (US$435), was scheduled to be reimbursed to 7,000 people who were in the stand. The total cost of the refund was expected to be around 350 million yen (US$3 million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Refund\nAfter the race on Sunday, the circuit held a press conference to apologise for problems and announced that they would refund another 85 spectators who did not arrive at the circuit until after the start of the race due to the delay of the shuttle bus. The circuit said that they would reimburse them for all the costs caused by watching the race: the transportation expenses, the hotel charges and the cost of the tickets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Toyota bias\nFuji Speedway prohibited spectators from setting up flags and banners supporting teams and drivers, with the exception of the Toyota F1 team whose owner also owned the circuit. Therefore, there were very few flags and banners in the event compared with other Grand Prix events. After the event, Japanese media figures such as Fuji TV F1 commentator Jun Imamiya, and Fuji TV F1 commentator and former mechanic for Benetton Formula Tetsuo Tsugawa criticised the organization of the circuit. Tsugawa mentioned:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Toyota bias\n\u2026 Although I have worked in Formula One for thirty years, this is the first time I have seen a Grand Prix race without seeing fans wave the flag of Ferrari. I think this is inexcusable. What I heard was Fuji Speedway prohibited flags and banners of F1 teams, but I saw a Toyota F1 flag in the stands of the Toyota-owned circuit. The track later said the flags were not prohibited, but there was a miscommunication between the race organisers and the staff of the circuit. However, many fans familiar with Formula One noticed the strangeness of the circuit without the team banners. Why was this not solved on initial notice?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Toyota bias\nHowever, the event was well received by visitors in the paddock. Despite the problems and criticism, the team principal of Toyota F1, Tadashi Yamashina praised the event:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Toyota bias\n\u2026I would like to say congratulations to Fuji Speedway for hosting this race for the first time in 30 years. The facilities here are excellent and the race was well organised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Toyota bias\nIn 2009, the Japanese Grand Prix was held again at Suzuka, with the plan to alternate between the two circuits in subsequent years. It was suggested that this could help to prevent future shows of such flagrant parochialism. However, Toyota later announced that the Japanese Grand Prix would not be held at Fuji Speedway any more, and the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix was the last held at the circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191767-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Problems with the circuit, Lawsuit\nOn 16 June 2008, 109 spectators went to Tokyo District Court and took an action against the circuit to claim total 32 million yen (US$295,500) in compensation for bad health and missing the race due to the problems with the shuttle buses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 60], "content_span": [61, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election\nHouse of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 29, 2007. The date was originally to be July 22, but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) decided in mid-June to extend the session of the House for a week to finish up legislative business; this step was criticised due to the short-term delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election\nThe House of Councillors consists of 242 members who serve six-year terms. Approximately half the members are elected every three years. The previous elections took place in 2004 when Junichiro Koizumi, Abe's predecessor, was in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election\nThe house ended its 166th session on July 5, 2007, marking the unofficial beginning of campaign. The official campaign began on July 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election\nThe ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito lost control, creating the first divided Diet (opposition control of the House of Councillors) since 1999. The LDP became the second party for the first time, while the DPJ became first party for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background\nThe DPJ had 79 seats (82 including shin-ryokufukai) after the 2004 Upper House elections, winning 50 out of the 121 up for election, gaining 12, compared to the LDP's 49. As of February 17, 2007, the DPJ held 82 seats to the LDP's 111.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background\nIchir\u014d Ozawa, the leader of the DPJ, addressed a workers' May Day rally in Yoyogi Park on April 28, 2007 setting out the party's agenda for the election. He pledged that the key policy areas would be an end to 'self-righteous' government, pension and medical reforms, and that the DPJ would 'stand in the shoes of workers, residents, and taxpayers'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, Background\nReports throughout 2007 showed Shinz\u014d Abe's approval ratings falling, and public support for the DPJ's position on the recent pension scandal. Several other scandals right up until the start of official campaigning did not improve the outlook for the LDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results\nAccording to results by NHK, the LDP lost its majority in the Upper House. Meanwhile, the DPJ managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996. LDP's coalition partner New Komeito lost 3 of its twelve seats. Although the opposition made it clear that they intended to officially ask for Abe's resignation, he vowed to \"continue pitching\" for leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results\nMost of the candidates who received international coverage were defeated in the elections - including Alberto Fujimori, Kaori Tahara, Kanako Otsuji, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, and Yuko Tojo. Notable candidates who were elected included iconoclastic former Nagano governor Yasuo Tanaka, who achieved one seat for his own New Party Nippon, and ethnic Finn Marutei Tsurunen, who was re-elected with the sixth-highest vote count on the DPJ party list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191768-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, Results\nThe election resulted in the removal of numerous LDP councillors representing doctors, dentists, the construction industry and other special interest groups. Historically, such individuals had been elected solely by the votes of members of their own industries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191770-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese Super Cup\n2007 Japanese Super Cup was the Japanese Super Cup competition. The match was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on February 24, 2007. Gamba Osaka won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191771-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It was held on 21\u201323 September at Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi. Loris Capirossi won the MotoGP race, his last career victory, as well the last victory for a Ducati rider other than Casey Stoner until the 2016 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix. Even more significant for the Ducati team was that teammate Stoner secured his and Ducati's first MotoGP title with a sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191771-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191772-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese television dramas\nThis is a list of Japanese television dramas often called doramas by fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191773-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese unified local elections\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 13:30, 5 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eExternal links: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191773-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese unified local elections\nThe 16th unified local elections in Japan took place in April 2007. In the first phase on April 8, 2007 13 governors, 44 prefectural assemblies as well as four mayors and 15 assemblies in cities designated by government ordinance were elected. In the second phase on April 22, 2007 mayors and/or assemblies in hundreds of cities, special wards, towns and villages were up for election. Additionally, by-elections for the national Diet were held in Fukushima and Okinawa on April 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191773-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese unified local elections, Elections on April 22\nElections with national media coverage included the mayoral races in five prefectural capitals (Mito, Ibaraki; Takamatsu, Kagawa; Matsuyama, Ehima; Nagasaki, Nagasaki: Tomihisa Taue won the election to succeed assassinated mayor Itch\u014d It\u014d; \u014cita, \u014cita), in the bankrupt city of Y\u016bbari, Hokkaid\u014d, and in T\u014dy\u014d, K\u014dchi where an opponent of a planned site for highly radioactive waste won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191773-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Japanese unified local elections, Elections on April 22\nThe House of Councillors by-elections were won by one LDP-K\u014dmeit\u014d supported candidate (Aiko Shimajiri in Okinawa) as replacement for OSMP Councillor Keiko Itokazu, and one Democrat (Teruhiko Mashiko in Fukushima) as replacement for Democrat Y\u016bhei Sat\u014d, producing a net gain of one seat for the ruling centre-right coalition three months before the regular House of Councillors election of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191774-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jelajah Malaysia\nThe 2007 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 6 to 12 January 2007. There were seven stages with a total of 863.8 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191774-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jelajah Malaysia\nMehdi Sohrabi of Iran won the race, followed by Hossein Askari of Iran second and Thomas Just (cyclist) of Denmark third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Ghader Mizbani of Iran won the mountains classification. Giant Asia Racing Team won the team classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191775-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jersey constable election\nThe 2007 Constable elections in Jersey were the last before a revised election system was introduced to the island in 2008, resulting in some elected Constables serving terms of less than 15 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191775-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jersey constable election, Constable elections in 2007\nConstable elections are normally for a period of four years. From 2008, all Constables would be elected on a single day, and all terms would be cut short to allow for this. Thus all elections in 2007 were for a period until that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191776-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jigawa State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Jigawa State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Jigawa State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Sule Lamido won the election, defeating Mohammed Ibrahim of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191776-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jigawa State gubernatorial election, Results\nSule Lamido from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Mohammed Ibrahim from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 1,722,352.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191777-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jim Beam 400\nThe 2007 Jim Beam 400 was the eighth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 17 to 19 August at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales. Lee Holdsworth won the round for Garry Rogers Motorsport. The round was also significant as it was the debut weekend of the 2016 champion Shane van Gisbergen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191778-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Johan Cruyff Shield\nThe twelfth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal) was held on 11 August 2007 between 2006\u201307 Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven and 2006\u201307 KNVB Cup winners Ajax. Ajax won the match 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot\nThe 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot was an alleged Islamist terrorist plot to blow up a system of jet fuel supply tanks and pipelines that feed fuel to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Queens, New York. These pipelines travel throughout the undergrounds of New York City in densely populated areas. The alleged plot was foiled when an undercover law enforcement official was recruited to the homegrown terrorist cell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, The plot\nThe suspects were Russell Defreitas, a United States citizen and native of Guyana who was the alleged ringleader and worked for a time at the airport; Abdul Kadir, a citizen of Guyana and former member of the Guyanese National Assembly; Kareem Ibrahim, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago; and Abdel Nur, a citizen of Guyana and uncle of former world welterweight boxing champion Andrew \"Six Heads\" Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, The plot\nIn a recorded conversation, Russell Defreitas allegedly told an informant that \"Anytime you hit Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States. To hit John F. Kennedy, wow.... They love JFK \u2013 he's like the man. If you hit that, the whole country will be in mourning. It's like you can kill the man twice.\" Defreitas had allegedly seen arms and missiles being shipped to Israel which he felt would be used to harm Muslims.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, The plot\nThe men are alleged to have named the plot \"Chicken Farm\". Extensive surveillance of the targets including the use of satellite photographs had been done and attempts had been made to reach out to another Islamist terrorist group. No explosives had been bought.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, The plot\nA New York City police source told Newsday that investigators were probing a possible Iran connection to the plot because Abdul Kadir planned to visit that country. In Trinidad, police reportedly investigated whether Kareem Ibrahim had ties to Iraq and Iran. On August 6 it emerged that U.S. authorities would allege the plotters planned to seek help from Iran. According to US court documents, Kadir was the disciple of Mohsen Rabbani, an Iranian diplomat accused of being one of the masterminds behind the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 64], "content_span": [65, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Arrests and trial\nDefreitas was arrested in Brooklyn, New York. Kadir and Ibrahim were arrested in Trinidad on June 3, 2007. Nur surrendered to police two days later in Trinidad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Arrests and trial\nOn June 25, 2008 Kareem Ibrahim, Abdel Nur and Abdul Kadir were extradited to the United States. They pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to \"cause greater destruction than in the Sept. 11 attacks\". The men were ordered held without bail pending a hearing scheduled for August 7. Russell Defreitas is being held after an earlier not guilty plea. On June 29 the four men were indicted on charges with conspiring to \"cause death, serious bodily injury and extensive destruction\" at the airport. On August 6, a judge ordered three of the alleged plotters extradited to the United States. On August 2, 2010, Kadir and Defreitas were convicted in the JFK airport bomb plot. In 2011, Ibrahim was found guilty of the JFK Airport bomb plot, and in February 2012, Ibrahim was sentenced to life to prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Arrests and trial\nThe informant in the case was a longtime cocaine dealer who cooperated with investigators after being convicted of possession of about $2 million worth of cocaine in 2003, according to court documents posted on thesmokinggun.com. The 36-year-old man is described in the documents as a onetime member of a violent drug gang first convicted in 1996 of selling cocaine and crack and being part of a conspiracy to murder a rival drug kingpin. The rival survived the attempted hit, according to the federal complaint in the drug trafficking and racketeering case. After the web posting according to FBI spokesman James Margolin. \"We're concerned about the safety of the Source and are taking measures to safeguard him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Arrests and trial\nOn January 19, 2016 Ibrahim died in custody at the age of 70 at U.S. Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. Before his death he was BOP#64657-053. His cause of death was revealed as heart failure. Defreitas is serving his life sentence at USP McCreary with BOP#64347-053. Abdel Nur was sentenced to 15 years and was assigned BOP# 64655-053 and served his sentence at USP Lewisburg. In 2020 he was deported to Guyana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Controversy over the seriousness of the plot\nA debate has emerged in the wake of plot about the seriousness of a threat this plot posed and how seriously foiled plots should be taken in general. Criticism has emerged to the statement by U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf that the plot could have been \"one of the most chilling plots imaginable,\" which might have caused \"unthinkable\" devastation. According to critics such as Bruce Schneier the plot was never operational and the public had never been at risk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 100], "content_span": [101, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Controversy over the seriousness of the plot\nAnd the notion of blowing up the airport, let alone the borough of Queens, by exploding a fuel tank was in all likelihood a technical impossibility. Also cited are a portrait emerging of alleged mastermind Russell Defreitas as hapless and episodically homeless, and of co-conspirator Abdel Nur as a drug addict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 100], "content_span": [101, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191779-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, Controversy over the seriousness of the plot\nThe New York Times put the story of the plot on page 37 the day after the plot was announced. Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review writing in the New York Post, criticized the Times' decision saying \"Foiled terror plots often will seem ridiculous and unlikely, especially when they are pre-empted\" but should be taken seriously. Rep. Peter King, former chairman and member of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security, dismissed criticism of law enforcement as \"the price of success when you haven't been attacked in six years. We've gone from criticizing them for not doing enough immediately after 9/11 to now criticizing them too much.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 100], "content_span": [101, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191780-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Jordan on 20 November 2007. Following the election, Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit and his cabinet resigned, as it normally followed in the Jordanian political system. King Abdullah II appointed Nader al-Dahabi as the new Prime Minister on 22 November to lead a new technocratic government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191780-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian general election, Electoral system\nThe House of Representatives had 110 seats elected in 45 regional electoral districts, three seats elected in closed tribal districts and one national woman quota district. A minimum of six seats were guaranteed for women, nine for Christians, and three for the Circassian and Chechen minorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191780-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian general election, Campaign\n885 candidates contested the elections, including 199 women, the highest participation of female candidacy the country had seen. Traditionally elections have been fought by individuals standing as independents or under tribal support and not as partisans. Some of the candidates in this election have political affiliations, and some belong to political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191780-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian general election, Campaign\nMost of the Islamic candidates contested under the Islamic Action Front (IAF) banner, with the party fielding 22 candidates. Only 6 of those 22 representing the IAF candidates won the elections, which is viewed as a major setback to the influence of the IAF inside Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191780-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian general election, Conduct\nThe IAF, who won 17 parliamentary seats in the previous elections in 2003, has demanded independent monitors. Marouf al-Bakhit, the prime minister, turned down the request which he said would mean \"that Jordan's transparency and electoral process is questionable\". As reports of \"vote buying\" spread, a local newspaper published a picture showing a voter allegedly receiving a sum of money from the aide of a candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191780-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian general election, Results\nOverall turnout was 54%, though it varied between 80% in rural areas and 28% in some constituencies in the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191781-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian local elections\nOn July 31, 2007, Jordan held mayoral and council elections in 94 municipalities. As in past elections, the Municipality of Greater Amman (MOGA) was exempt from the full election; only half of the 68-member council was elected, while the other half of the MOGA council, along with the mayor, was appointed by the King of Jordan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191781-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Jordanian local elections\nThe elections were the first to take place under new legislation that guarantees at least twenty percent of elected positions to women candidates and lowers the age of eligible voters from 19 to 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191782-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 June rugby union tests\nThe 2007 mid-year rugby union tests (also known as the Summer Internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) refers to the Rugby union Test matches played during June and May 2007. These are played in the Southern Hemisphere, and include all Tests hosted by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa outside the 2007 Tri-Nations. The Tests are being used by many countries as their last opportunity to prepare for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. For Australia, New Zealand and South Africa it is used as preparation for the 2007 Tri-Nations. The only match listed here with a Northern Hemisphere victor was Italy's victory over Uruguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191783-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Junior League World Series\nThe 2007 Junior League World Series took place from August 12\u201318 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Pearl City, Hawaii defeated Makati, Philippines in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191784-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2007 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 19\u201326, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191785-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2007 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in San Crist\u00f3bal, Venezuela, October 4\u20137, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191786-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Just Car Insurance 500\nThe 2007 Just Car Insurance 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of the 14 to 16 September at the Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia. The race, which was the 40th Sandown 500, was the ninth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191786-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Just Car Insurance 500, Results, Qualifying\nQualifying and the Top Ten Shootout were held on Saturday, 15 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191787-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 J\u00fabilo Iwata season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:00, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191788-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 K League\nThe 2007 K League was the 25th season of the K League. The format of the league was changed from two stages to single league since this season. Each team played 26 matches against every other teams under the home and away system. After the regular league was finished, the top six clubs qualified for the championship playoffs to determine champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191788-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 K League\nIt took a break after the Round 13 on 23 June due to the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and resumed with the Round 14 on 8 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191788-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 K League, Top scorers\nThis list includes goals of the championship playoffs. The official top goalscorer was decided with records of only regular season, and Cabore won the award with 17 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 26], "content_span": [27, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191788-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 K League, Awards, Main awards\nThe K League Players' Player of the Year was published by Korean edition of FourFourTwo in summer, and was not an official award of the K League, but 100 players participated in the selection process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 34], "content_span": [35, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191788-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 K League, Attendance\nAt the end of the 2007 season, the K League attracted 2,073,808 fans and an average of 11,786 fans per game. That puts the K League at 15th in the world for average attendances for domestic premier leagues for association football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 25], "content_span": [26, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship\nThe 2007 K League Championship was the eleventh competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 25th champions of the K League. The top six clubs of the regular season qualified for the championship. The winners of the regular season directly qualified for the final, and second place team qualified for the semi-final. The other four clubs entered the first round, and the winners of the second round advanced to the semi-final. Each match was played as a single match, excluding the final which consisted of two matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship, First round, Gyeongnam vs Pohang\nAssistant referees:Kang Chang-koo (South Korea)Kim Jung-sik (South Korea)Fourth official:Hong Jin-ho (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship, First round, Ulsan vs Daejeon\nAssistant referees:Won Chang-ho (South Korea)Kang Yi-sung (South Korea)Fourth official:Ahn Yong-hee (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship, Second round\nAssistant referees:Kim Kye-soo (South Korea)Jung Hae-sang (South Korea)Fourth official:Lee Jong-gook (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship, Semi-final\nAssistant referees:Kang Chang-koo (South Korea)Kim Yong-soo (South Korea)Fourth official:{Hong Jin-ho (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship, Final, First leg\nAssistant referees:Kim Kye-soo (South Korea)Kim Jung-sik (South Korea)Fourth official:Choi Gwang-bo (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191789-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 K League Championship, Final, Second leg\nAssistant referees:Kang Chang-koo (South Korea) Son Jae-sun (South Korea)Fourth official:Lee Min-hoo (South Korea)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191790-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 K3 League\nThe 2007 K3 League operated in a two-stage system, with each side playing each other once in each stage for a combined total of 18 matches (nine in each stage). The winners of both stages, plus the two teams with the best overall record from both stages, entered the championship playoffs. The four playoff sides also earned a spot in the 2008 FA Cup competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191791-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 KBS Drama Awards\nThe 2007 KBS Drama Awards (Korean:\u00a0KBS \uc5f0\uae30\ub300\uc0c1) is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2007. It was held on December 31, 2007 and hosted by Tak Jae-hoon and Lee Da-hae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191792-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships\nThe 2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in speed skating were held in the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 23 and 24 December 2006. Although the event took place in December 2006 this was the 2007 edition as it is part of the 2006\u201307 speed skating season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191792-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships\nSven Kramer won the men's allround event, finishing in the top four on all distances. Erben Wennemars won bronze in his first start at an allround championship. In the women's event, Ireen W\u00fcst won both the shortest distances, and finished on the podium in all four distances to take overall victory by almost two points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191792-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, Men's results, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 10,000m (only the best 12 are qualified)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191792-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, Men's results, Allround results\nKramer, Verheijen, Tuitert and olde Heuvel were selected for the 2007 European Championships. Wennemars said he was not after qualifying for the European Championship, and will instead take part in the 2007 World Sprint Championships the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191792-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, Women's results, Allround results\nNQ = Not qualified for the 5000m (only the best 12 are qualified)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191792-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, Women's results, Allround results\nW\u00fcst, Groenewold, Vis and Van Deutekom were selected for the European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191793-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships\nThe 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Assen at De Smelt ice rink on 3\u20135 November 2006. Although this tournament was held in 2006 it was the 2006 edition as it was part of the 2006\u20132007 speed skating season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191793-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, Medalists, Men\nNotes:500mSmeekens surprised by winning the first race, Bos won the second race and overall classification. Simon Kuipers and Beorn Nijenhuis fell during the second race. 1000mJan Bos claims his second title of the Championships and his fifth title in two years. 1500mSven Kramer claims his second title of the Championships, while Bos was unable to defend the third of the three titles he won in 2005. 5000mDefending champion Verheijen broke the track record before being overtaken by Kramer in the last pairings. 10,000mSven Kramer was named King of the Championships after his third title in a new track record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191793-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, Medalists, Women\nNotes:500mBoer surprised Timmer by unexpectedly winning both races overtaking all the favourites with a fair distance. Gerritsen who had the best pre-season disappointed. 1000mW\u00fcst successfully defended her title beating her opponents with a huge difference and a track record. 1500mW\u00fcst became Queen of the Championships with her third title. She finished way ahead of the other competitors, from who Renate Groenewold turned out to be the best. 3000mGroenewold beats defending and 2006 Winter Olympics champion W\u00fcst by less than a second, but in a new track record. 5000mSmit took revenge on her weak 3000 m earlier in the week while the top-3 of that distance didn't participate in the 5000 m. Defending champion Kleibeuker won the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 63], "content_span": [64, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191794-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 KNVB Cup Final\nThe 2007 KNVB Cup Final was a football match between AZ and Ajax on 6 May 2007 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2006\u201307 KNVB Cup competition. Ajax beat AZ on penalties after the match finished 1\u20131 after extra time. It was Ajax' 17th KNVB Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191795-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)\n2007 Kabaddi World Cup was the second edition of the Kabaddi World Cup and also the second one hosted by India. Host India won the World Cup by defeating Iran 29-19 in the Final. A total of 14 originally 16 teams took part in the competition out of which 11 were Asian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191795-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style), Pools\nThe teams were divided into four pools of four teams each. However, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan never took part in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191795-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style), Competition format\nSixteen teams competed in tournament consisting of two rounds. In the first round, teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, and followed round-robin format with each of the team playing all other teams in the pool once. Following the completion of the league matches, teams placed first and second in each pool advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinals, two semifinal games, and a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191795-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style), Schedule\nAll matches' timings were according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191796-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kabul Premier League\n2007 Kabul Premier League was the second season of the Kabul Premier League. 12 Teams competed and the defending champion Ordu Kabul F.C. topped in the table once again by winning 10 out of 11 Games played. Kabul Bank F.C. finished in second winning 9 out of 11 games played while drawn one game and lost one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. Namadi Sambo of the PDP defeated other candidates by polling 1,326,632 popular votes, ANPP's Sani Muhammed Sha'aban was closest contender with 478,725 votes and AC's Muhammad Suleman Zantu scoring 109,415 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election\nNamadi Sambo emerged winner in the PDP gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election\nOf the 17 candidates who contested in the election, all were male, without any female aspirants. Only but one deputy governorship candidate, Jummai Tanko, was female contesting under NCP alongside Isa Adamu Abdullahi, vying for governorship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election, Electoral system\nThe Governor of Kaduna State is elected using the plurality voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary\nA run-off election was organized for the PDP governorship primary election, held on December 12, 2006, when no aspirant could emerge victorious at the first ballot in which Arc. Namadi Sambo came topmost with 2,379 votes, followed by Sen. Isaiah Balat with 1,493 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 71], "content_span": [72, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 17 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. The PDP candidate won, defeating ANPP's Hon. Sani Mohammed Sha'aban, and 15 other minor party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191797-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kaduna State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 3,374,245.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191798-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kakkonen \u2013 Finnish League Division 2\nLeague tables for teams participating in Kakkonen, the third tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191799-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kameoka mayoral election\nKameoka, Kyoto held a mayoral election on October 21, 2007. Incumbent Masataka Kuriyama won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191800-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires\nThe 2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires were a series of bushfires caused by lightning strikes on 6 December 2007 on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, resulting in the destruction of 95,000 hectares (230,000 acres) of national park and wilderness protection area. The fires occurred mainly across the western side of the island near Flinders Chase National Park, Vivonne Bay, D'Estrees Bay, Western River and Riverleas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191800-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires, Overview\nThe D'Estrees Bay fire in Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park was contained by 12 December 2007, while intense fires in the west, which included the protected areas of Flinders Chase National Park and Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area, were more difficult to extinguish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191800-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires, Overview\nOn 14 December 2007, the Country Fire Service officially announced that all fires were contained. The event was South Australia's largest bush fire operation to date with over 800 personnel, 7 fixed wing water bombers and an Elvis Skycrane Helitanker all assisting in firefighting efforts, together with units from Victoria's Country Fire Authority and the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191800-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires, Overview\nA state of emergency was considered but was rejected on 10 December 2007 due to cooler conditions. A state of emergency would have seen the Australian Army move in to assist the Country Fire Service and Department of Environment personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191800-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kangaroo Island bushfires, Overview\nBefore being contained on 16 December 2007, over 900 square kilometres (220,000 acres) (or 20% of the Island) had been burnt, principally within National Park and Conservation Reserves. The most serious outbreak occurred in Flinders Chase, with 630 square kilometres (160,000 acres) (or 85% of the total Park area) having been burnt. The total damage bill is estimated at A$2.3\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191801-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kano State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Kano State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. ANPP candidate Ibrahim Shekarau won the election, defeating PDP Ahmed Bichi and 14 other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191801-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kano State gubernatorial election, Results\nIbrahim Shekarau from the ANPP won the election. 16 candidates contested in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191801-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kano State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 4,072,597.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191802-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Brigade season\nThe 2007 Kansas City Brigade season was the second season for the franchise. They made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, going 10\u20136 as compared to the 3\u201313 record in 2006. However, they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Colorado Crush 49\u201342.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191802-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Brigade season, Coaching\nKevin Porter started his second season as head coach of the Brigade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe 2007 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League and the 48th overall, and second season under head coach Herm Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season\nThe team looking to improve on their 9\u20137 record in 2006 and attempting to secure the franchise's first back-to-back playoff berth since 1995. The season ended with a nine-game losing streak, the team's first since 1987 and a 4\u201312 record. It was the Chiefs' first season with twelve losses since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season\nConsidered a year of transition, the 2007 season marked the Chiefs' forty-fifth season in Kansas City, Missouri, and final before renovations began at Arrowhead Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season\nQuarterback Trent Green was traded to the Miami Dolphins, leaving the door open for second-year quarterback Brodie Croyle or back-up quarterback Damon Huard to win the starting job. Huard was named starting quarterback on August 25 for the team's first game of the season, but Croyle replaced him after Huard was injured in the game against Denver in Week 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season\nFive different running backs were used after Larry Johnson was injured in Week 9 against Green Bay. The team also had no stability at quarterback with Croyle and Huard, who both nursed injuries throughout the season, while their offensive line depleted following the retirement of their former Pro Bowl guard Will Shields.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season\nTo honor their late team owner and founder Lamar Hunt, the Chiefs wore a special American Football League patch on their uniforms with the initials \"LH\" emblazoned inside the logo's football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason\nThe Chiefs' off-season began with turmoil over the contract of Tony Gonzalez, and the long-term status of Trent Green in Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, New quarterback\nFor the first time in almost 20\u00a0years the Chiefs entered training camp with some doubt about their starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, New quarterback\nReserve quarterback Damon Huard was signed to a three-year contract in February and Trent Green was not only asked to restructure his contract, but also offered in trades to other teams. Quarterback Brodie Croyle, who was drafted in 2006, was in contention with Huard to succeed Green throughout the offseason. The Chiefs had said that Green would be welcome to return and compete for the job as well if he was not traded, but Green refused. After the draft had passed, Trent Green was still listed on the Chiefs' roster, but Green's agent stated that Green would not return to the Chiefs for the 2007 season. On June 5, the Chiefs traded Green to the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, New quarterback\nOn August 25, Damon Huard was named the starting quarterback for the season opener against the Houston Texans. Croyle was chosen to be the starter months later on November 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Running back drama\nAs rumors spread concerning the Chiefs' quarterback situation, more emerged concerning their starting running back, Larry Johnson. The Kansas City Star, without citing a source, reported that the team had offered Johnson up for trade in the weeks before the 2007 NFL Draft. The 27-year-old Johnson participated in all of the Chiefs' off-season program, but was entering the final year of his contract. Johnson reportedly made it clear he wanted a deal worth more than the eight-year, $60\u00a0million contract San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson signed in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Running back drama\nThe Chiefs invited four running backs\u2014California's Marshawn Lynch, Ohio State's Antonio Pittman, Florida State's Lorenzo Booker and Louisville's Kolby Smith\u2014for interviews, and had said they were willing to draft a running back in the early rounds. The Chiefs later selected Kolby Smith in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Running back drama\nOn June 21, Johnson stated that he was willing to sit out the Chiefs' training camp unless he and the Chiefs reach an agreement on a new contract. Johnson was absent at the start of training camp as contract talks were stalled. On July 25, reports surfaced of former starting running back Priest Holmes informing the team that he would arrive at training camp on the third day of practice (Saturday, July 28). Holmes was considered to be either acting as leverage to re-sign Johnson or even reclaim the starting position for himself if Johnson had decided to sit out. Holmes had not played since the middle of the 2005 season after suffering a severe neck injury against the San Diego Chargers, but remained on the team's payroll and roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Running back drama\nOn August 21, Johnson and the Chiefs agreed to a five-year contract extension that secured Johnson's status with the Chiefs through the 2012 season. As a result of this extension, Johnson became the highest-paid running back in the NFL based on average salary per year. The contract is worth $45\u00a0million, with $19\u00a0million guaranteed. Of the guaranteed money, $12\u00a0million is the signing bonus and $7\u00a0million is guaranteed salary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Running back drama\nOn August 30, Johnson played his first pre-season game in the 2007 exhibition season, carrying the ball only 3 times in the first quarter of the Chiefs' match-up against the St. Louis Rams. Holmes officially retired in November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Suspensions\nOn April 27, defensive end Jared Allen was suspended for the first four games of the 2007 season. Also, despite earlier stating that he would seek a trade, Allen announced that he would return to the Chiefs, and signed a one-year contract. On July 16, Allen's suspension was reduced to two games following an appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency\nThe Chiefs had nineteen free-agent players heading into the 2007 off-season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Team additions\nIn January, the Chiefs agreed to terms on a two-year deal with offensive tackle Ramiro Pruneda from Monterrey Tech in Monterrey, Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Team additions\nIn March, the Chiefs signed both offensive tackle Damion McIntosh and middle linebacker Napoleon Harris to six-year contracts. The team also signed long snapper J. P. Darche. Insideside linebacker Donnie Edwards, defensive tackle Alfonso Boone, and strong safety Jon McGraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Team additions\nIn May, the Chiefs signed 16 undrafted rookie free agents for OTA's. Among those signed were Tyron Brackenridge and Dimitri Patterson, both of whom remained on the Chiefs' 53-man roster throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Team additions\nIn August, the Chiefs signed kick returner Eddie Drummond to a one-year contract. The Chiefs also signed wide receiver Bobby Sippio to their practice squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Team additions\nThroughout the season, the Chiefs used three different kickers. Rookie Justin Medlock started only one game (at Houston) before his release the following day due to his poor performance in the game, as well as the pre-season. Dave Rayner was acquired through waivers from Green Bay, but later released after a Week 12 loss to Oakland. Lastly, Kansas City acquired John Carney after his release from Jacksonville, and remained on the active roster through the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nOn March 21, strong safety Sammy Knight and offensive tackle Kyle Turley were released. Turley was subsequently re-signed on July 21 after contemplating retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nOn April 15, offensive guard Will Shields announced his retirement. On April 25, the Chiefs traded wide receiver/kick returner Dante Hall to the St. Louis Rams for a fifth round pick, and both teams also swapped picks in the third round (Kansas City moved up two spots).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nIn May, the Chiefs released defensive end Eric Hicks and linebacker Kris Griffin, and traded defensive tackle Ryan Sims to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 2009 NFL Draft selection. Kansas City also traded kicker Lawrence Tynes to the New York Giants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nIn June, reports surfaced concerning safety Greg Wesley and a trade to the Denver Broncos. The teams had agreed on terms of draft-choice compensation, but the Chiefs did not finalize the trade in fear of sending him to a division rival. Wesley remained on the team throughout the entire season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nIn October, the Chiefs traded running back Michael Bennett to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for two future undisclosed draft picks in 2008 and 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Departures\nOn November 21, running back Priest Holmes retired from the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 66], "content_span": [67, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Trent Green trade\nOn March 6, Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson announced that quarterback Trent Green was asked to restructure his contract to remain with the team. Green was also granted permission to explore options of a trade to another team. The February contract agreement with Damon Huard, who would have been an unrestricted free agent, was the first public indication that Green's job was in danger. The first team to have contacted the Chiefs' front office was the Miami Dolphins, but Miami constantly disagreed in negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Trent Green trade\nThe Dolphins offered a seventh round draft pick to the Chiefs, but the Chiefs declined, instead seeking a second round pick in exchange for Green. The Detroit Lions, and Cleveland Browns were also interested in Green, who are both looking for a veteran quarterback. Green had told the Chiefs that Miami was his preference being that he previously worked under both head coach Cam Cameron and quarterbacks coach Terry Shea. On draft day, the Chiefs and Dolphins could not reach a deal to trade Green. The Chiefs changed their request to a fourth-round pick while the Dolphins offered a sixth round pick. As weeks passed with some believing that Green would remain with the Chiefs, Green's agent reiterated that Green would not return to play for Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, Free agency, Trent Green trade\nOn June 5, the Chiefs agreed to trade Green to the Miami Dolphins for a conditional fifth round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, pending a physical from Green. The pick can be upgraded to a fourth-round selection if Green were to reach certain predetermined playing time and performance levels. Green was injured while playing with the Dolphins, and missed most of the season, resulting in a fifth-round selection for Kansas City for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft\nNote: In 2006, the Chiefs traded their fourth round draft pick to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for running back Michael Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Pre-season, Training camp\nThe Chiefs held their summer training camp at the University of Wisconsin\u2013River Falls; their 17th consecutive year training at that location. The team departed for River Falls on July 26 with the first day of practice held on July 27. Kansas City held joint practice sessions with the Minnesota Vikings on August 3 in Mankato, Minnesota and on August 4 in River Falls. The Chiefs honored Greensburg, Kansas and the town's high school football team by wearing special baseball hats to practice and also help raise money to help buy equipment for the Rangers football team and cheerleading squad following a devastating EF-5 tornado that destroyed the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Pre-season, Training camp\nThe Chiefs' training camp was featured on the NFL Films\u2013HBO joint feature Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs. The series, returning for its third season, and first in over four years, premiered Wednesday, August 8. Hour-long episodes aired each week, concluding on September 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Pre-season, Training camp\nRunning back Larry Johnson and rookie wide receiver Dwayne Bowe were both absent at the beginning of training camp due to contract disputes. Bowe signed his contract on August 5 after being absent for one week, while Johnson agreed to his contract extension on August 21 after missing 25\u00a0days of practice. Priest Holmes arrived at camp on July 28 and was placed on the physically unable to perform list. Damon Huard and Brodie Croyle battled for the starting quarterback position, and Huard was chosen on August 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans\nThe game started out slow for both the Texans and Chiefs, but with Kansas City poised to score first, rookie placekicker Justin Medlock missed a 30-yard field goal. The Texans used their second possession to advance to the red zone, but a pass from Matt Schaub intended for Andre Johnson was intercepted by Chiefs safety Jarrad Page in the end zone. Beginning the second quarter, Chiefs center Casey Wiegmann fumbled the ball, but it was recovered by quarterback Damon Huard. After a possession by the Texans, kick returner Eddie Drummond fumbled and the ball was recovered by Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans\nThe Texans capitalized on the turnover and scored first through a field goal. With just over six minutes left in the half, Matt Schaub completed a 77-yard pass to Andre Johnson, and the Texans secured their lead, 10\u20130. Beginning the third quarter, Chiefs fullback Kris Wilson appeared to have fumbled the football, although it was disputed whether or not he had possession. The fumble was recovered by Texans defensive end Mario Williams for a touchdown. The Chiefs finally scored, through a field goal, with thirty seconds remaining in the third quarter. For the first ten minutes of play in the fourth quarter, the Texans controlled the ball and kept the Chiefs' offense off the field. When the Chiefs received their first chance to score in the fourth quarter with just over five minutes remaining, they failed to capitalize on offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 929]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans\nFor only the second time in Texans history, the franchise won their opening day game as the Chiefs began their season at 0\u20131. The Chiefs' Eddie Kennison pulled his hamstring on the team's first possession, and Patrick Surtain injured his shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans\nRB Larry Johnson was limited by the Texans defense to just 43\u00a0yards on 10 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears\nFollowing a road loss to the Texans, the Chiefs stayed on the road as they played the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears in a Week 2 interconference fight. After a scoreless first quarter, Kansas City got roasted in the second quarter with Bears QB Rex Grossman completed a 2-yard TD pass to OT John St. Clair, WR/PR Devin Hester returning a punt 73\u00a0yards for a touchdown, and kicker Robbie Gould getting a 47-yard field goal. The Chiefs got their score of the period with QB Damon Huard completing a 16-yard TD pass to rookie WR Dwayne Bowe. In the third quarter, Chicago increased its lead with Gould kicking a 38-yard field goal, while Kansas City tried to keep up with kicker Dave Rayner got a 45-yard field goal. However, with no score by any team in the fourth quarter, the score stood as it was.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears\nRB Larry Johnson was only able to get 55 rushing yards on 16 carries, giving him a two-game total of only 98 rushing yards on 26 total carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Chiefs went home to play a Week 3 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. Very much a tale of two halves, Minnesota dominated through most of the first half. Larry Johnson of the Chiefs was ineffective against the Minnesota defense while Adrian Peterson rushed for 102\u00a0yards and a touchdown (mostly in the first half). After making changes during halftime, the Chiefs returned with a passing game and an amped up defense. The Chiefs' Jared Allen, back from suspension, led the defense with eight tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble, shutting down the Vikings' offense. Chiefs' rookie Dwayne Bowe, with one reception coming into the game, benefited from the second half passing game with five receptions, including a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 886]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at San Diego Chargers\nComing off of a win at Arrowhead that gave Kansas City their first win of the season, they headed to San Diego to take on the Chargers and their new head coach, Norv Turner. Much like their previous game, the Chiefs began with a weak showing offensively before getting a lot of use out of their rookie wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, and a touchdown catch by Tony Gonzalez (his record-tying 62nd). The TD by Gonzalez tied him with Shannon Sharpe for the most touchdown receptions by a tight end. After another TD catch by Bowe, cornerback Tyron Brackenridge ran back a fumble by San Diego to effectively win the game for Kansas City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at San Diego Chargers\nLate into the fourth quarter, fans at Qualcomm Stadium voiced their displeasure with Turner by chanting \"Marty! Marty! Marty!\" in reference to former coach Marty Schottenheimer who was fired by the Chargers after their 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at San Diego Chargers\nThe win put the Chiefs 2\u20132 and tied them with the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders for first place in the AFC West. The win was also the 50th win in Herman Edwards' coaching career. Larry Johnson finally managed to get his first 100-yard game of the year with 123\u00a0yards on 25 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their divisional road win over the Chargers, the Chiefs went home for a Week 5 intra-conference duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Jaguars kicker John Carney got a 20-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Chiefs continued to struggle as Jags RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 52-yard TD run for the only score of the period. After a scoreless third quarter, Jacksonville sealed the game with QB David Garrard completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Dennis Northcutt. After that, QB Damon Huard, who struggled all game (19/30 for 196\u00a0yards and 1 Interception), was benched for Brodie Croyle. He would help Kansas City avoid a shutout by completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Samie Parker on the very last offensive play of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 915]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the loss, the Chiefs fell to 2\u20133. The fourth-quarter touchdown was the first second-half touchdown by any Chiefs opponent since the Texans' touchdown in the third quarter of Week 1. Entering the game, the Chiefs' dominant second-half defense led the league with just an average 1.5 points allowed per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 96], "content_span": [97, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Jaguars, the Chiefs stayed at home for their Week 6 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Kansas City drew first blood with kicker Dave Rayner getting a 32-yard field goal. The Bengals would take the lead with QB Carson Palmer completing a 42-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. Fortunately, the Chiefs retook the lead with QB Damon Huard completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. With the touchdown, Gonzalez surpassed Shannon Sharpe's record for the most TD catches by a tight end with his 63rd career touchdown reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the second quarter, Kansas City increased its lead with RB Larry Johnson getting an 8-yard TD run (which was the first rushing TD by a Chiefs RB this year), along with Rayner ending the half with a 20-yard field goal. At halftime, former Chiefs safety Albert Lewis was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Cincinnati began to fight back as kicker Shayne Graham got a 33-yard field goal. After Kansas City increased its lead with Huard hooking up with Gonzalez again on a 26-yard TD pass, the Bengals nearly managed to tie the game with Palmer hooking up with Houshmandzadeh again on a 30-yard TD pass, along with Graham kicking a 36-yard field goal. K.C. managed to recover the onside kick and get the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their home win over the Bengals, the Chiefs flew to McAfee Coliseum for a Week 7 AFC West duel with their arch-enemy, the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Kansas City drew first blood with kicker Dave Rayner getting a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 31-yard field goal in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Raiders took the lead with QB Daunte Culpepper completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the fourth quarter, K.C. regained the lead with RB Larry Johnson getting a 1-yard TD pass (with a failed 2-point conversion). Oakland managed to get within striking distance as kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 37-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Raiders tried to get into position to win the game. Fortunately, Kansas City's defense eliminated any hope that Oakland had of winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, not only did the Chiefs improve to 4\u20133 heading into their bye week, but it also marked their 9th-straight win over their hated rival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nComing off of their bye week, the Chiefs were at home for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Green Bay Packers. After a scoreless first quarter, Kansas City trailed early on in the second quarter with Packers kicker Mason Crosby getting a 48-yard and a 36-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chiefs took the lead with RB Larry Johnson getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, K.C. trailed again as Green Bay QB Brett Favre completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Kansas City went back into the lead with QB Damon Huard completing a 30-yard TD pass to Johnson, yet the Packers went into the lead again as Crosby kicked a 32-yard field goal. Afterwards, K.C. went back to work as Huard completed a 17-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez (with RB Priest Holmes getting the 2-point conversion run). Unfortunately, Green Bay would pull away as Favre & Jennings hooked up with each other again on a 60-yard TD pass, along with Crosby nailing a 45-yard field goal, and CB Charles Woodson sealing the win by returning an interception 46\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Packers, the Chiefs stayed at home for an AFC West duel with the Denver Broncos. With RB Larry Johnson out with an injury, RB Priest Holmes would be making his first start in more than two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Broncos kicker Jason Elam managed to get a 44-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chiefs managed to tie the game with kicker Dave Rayner getting a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Kansas City took the lead with Safety Bernard Pollard blocking a punt from deep within Denver territory. The ball would roll the back of the endzone for a safety. However, the Broncos went back into the lead with Elam getting a 50-yard field goal. The Chiefs would take the halftime lead as Rayner kicked a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, K.C. trailed big as Denver RB Selvin Young got a 20-yard TD pass, while LB Nate Webster returned a fumble 17\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Even worse, starting-QB Damon Huard would leave the game on that play due to a concussion. Back-up QB Brodie Croyle took over the Chiefs offense for the remainder of the game. Later in the period, K.C. tried to rally as Rayner nailed a 39-yard field goal. Unfortunately, in the fourth quarter, the Broncos sealed the win with QB Jay Cutler completing an 18-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nWith the loss, not only did the Chiefs fall to 4\u20135, but it ended their 8-game home winning streak against division opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos\nPriest Holmes, in his first start in over two years, ran 20 times for 65 yards, along with catching 2 passes for 14 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 91], "content_span": [92, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Indianapolis Colts\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Chiefs flew to the RCA Dome for a Week 12 intraconference duel against the defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, in a rematch of last year's wildcard battle. This would be the game in which second-year quarterback Brodie Croyle would be given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Indianapolis Colts\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, Kansas City struck first with kicker Dave Rayner getting a 47-yard field goal. The Colts would tie the game before halftime as kicker Adam Vinatieri managed to get a 27-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Indianapolis took the lead as RB Joseph Addai got a 3-yard TD run. The Chiefs would respond and tie the game with Croyle completing a 19-yard TD pass to rookie WR Dwayne Bowe. Unfortunately, in the fourth quarter, the Colts sealed the win as Vinatieri nailed the game-winning 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe game was also the final outing of Priest Holmes, who suffered a neck injury in the fourth quarter. Holmes announced his retirement later into the week on November 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 94], "content_span": [95, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nTrying to snap a three-game skid, the Chiefs went home for a Week 12 AFC West rematch with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski managed to get a 25-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chiefs regained the lead as rookie RB Kolby Smith managed to get a 10-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Oakland played catch-up as Janikowski kicked a 54-yard field goal. Kansas City improved its lead before halftime as kicker Dave Rayner nailed a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the Raiders regained the lead with RB LaMont Jordan getting a 5-yard TD run. The Chiefs would respond with Smith getting a 5-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Oakland regained the lead with RB Justin Fargas getting a 14-yard TD run. Kansas City tried to come back, but the Raiders held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith their fourth-straight loss, not only did the Chiefs fall to 4\u20137, but it snapped their nine-game winning streak against the Raiders. This would be the first time since 2004 that Kansas City had dropped four-straight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Oakland Raiders\nKolby Smith, in his first game starting in absence of Larry Johnson, had 31 carries for 150\u00a0yards on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 92], "content_span": [93, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. San Diego Chargers\nTrying to snap a four-game skid, the Chiefs stayed at home for a Week 13 AFC West rematch with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Kansas City took the early lead with newly acquired kicker John Carney getting a 38-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chargers got on the board with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Chiefs regained the lead with QB Damon Huard completing a 2-yard TD pass to DE Jared Allen. Afterwards, San Diego tied the game again as QB Philip Rivers completed a 38-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the second quarter, the Chargers took the lead and the win with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 31-yard TD run in the third quarter and a 28-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith their fifth-straight loss, Kansas City fell to 4\u20138. This also marked the first time since 2001 that the Chiefs have lost four-straight home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 95], "content_span": [96, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Denver Broncos\nTrying to snap a five-game skid, the Chiefs flew to INVESCO Field at Mile High for a Week 14 AFC West rematch with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Broncos QB Jay Cutler completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley, along with RB Travis Henry getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chiefs would get their only score of the game as QB Brodie Croyle completed a 15-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Denver Broncos\nAfterwards, Denver took over as Cutler completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall, while kicker Jason Elam managed to get a 37-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Broncos sealed the win with Elam nailing another 37-yard field goal, while Cutler completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Daniel Graham, along with a 13-yard TD pass to Marshall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Denver Broncos\nWith their sixth-straight loss (their longest losing streak since 1987), Kansas City fell to 4\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 90], "content_span": [91, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans\nTrying to snap a six-game slide, the Chiefs went home for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Kansas City trailed early as Titans QB Vince Young completed a 16-yard TD pass to WR Roydell Williams for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Chiefs tied the game with QB Brodie Croyle completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Samie Parker. Tennessee would respond with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 37-yard field goal, yet Kansas City regained the lead before halftime as Croyle completed a 9-yard TD pass to FB Kris Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, the Titans crept close as Bironas kicked a 37-yard field goal, yet the Chiefs answered with kicker John Carney getting a 36-yard field goal. However, Tennessee retook the lead with Young and Williams hooking up with each other again on a 41-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, the Titans sealed the win as Bironas nailed a 40-yard and a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the loss, not only did Kansas City fall to 4\u201310, but it also marked the first time since 1987 that the Chiefs dropped seven-straight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 93], "content_span": [94, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Detroit Lions\nTrying to halt a six-game losing streak, the Lions returned home to Ford Field for an interconference matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, losers of seven games in a row. Detroit got on the board early with an 11-yard TD run from T. J. Duckett and a safety off a blocked Dustin Colquitt punt. In the second quarter, the Lions opened up a 19\u20130 lead with a Jason Hanson field goal and a Paris Lenon interception return for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0072-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Detroit Lions\nAfter the interception, Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle tried to stop Lenon in his return, but injured his wrist and sat out the remainder of the game. Damon Huard filled in, and nearly brought Kansas City back with its first win since October. A 3-yard run from RB Jackie Battle and a 1-yard pass from Huard to Jared Allen, whom made his second touchdown catch on offense this season, made the game 19\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0072-0002", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Detroit Lions\nThe Lions' Jason Hanson added two more field goals in the second half and the Chiefs could not convert a two-point conversion to Tony Gonzalez in the 3rd after a Dwayne Bowe receiving TD. Detroit held KC off, 25\u201320, ending their long skid. However, this would be the Lions' last win until week three of the 2009 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Detroit Lions\nWith their eighth consecutive loss, the Chiefs fell to 4\u201311, their worst record in 20\u00a0years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Jets\nLooking to end their season with a win, their first since October 21, the Chiefs played the New York Jets at Giants Stadium. Entering the game, both teams had only seven combined wins. A bigger storyline entering the game was Chiefs head coach Herman Edwards' first visit to the Meadowlands since his departure following the 2005 NFL season. This Chiefs and Jets game was also a \"draft position game,\" with the loser moving ahead of the winner in the top ten of the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Jets\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Jets took flight as QB Kellen Clemens completed a 15-yard TD to RB Thomas Jones. The Chiefs would get on the board with kicker John Carney getting a 40-yard field goal, followed by Jets kicker Mike Nugent getting a 27-yard field goal to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Jets\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Kansas City would tie the game in the fourth quarter with Brodie Croyle completing a 26-yard TD pass to Jeff Webb. In overtime, New York sealed the win and the season with Nugent nailing the game-winning 43-yard field goal. The Chiefs ended their season with their twelfth loss, the franchise's first 4\u201312 season since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 89], "content_span": [90, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Pro Bowl\nTight end Tony Gonzalez and defensive end Jared Allen were the only Chiefs players elected to the 2008 Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Gonzalez will make his ninth consecutive appearance, while Allen will make his first appearance after leading the NFL in quarterback sacks (15.5). It was the fewest Chiefs to be selected to the Pro Bowl since former guard Will Shields was the team's only representative in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season statistics\nAll statistics through the completion of the 2007 NFL season (December 30, 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191803-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season statistics, Defense\nQuarterback sacks: DE Jared Allen \u2013 15.5 (#1 in NFL)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season\nThe 2007 Kansas City Royals season was the 39th season for the franchise, and their 37th at Kauffman Stadium. the season began with the team attempting to win the Central Division of the American League - a task not achieved since the division was formed in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season\nIn trying to improve on their 62\u2013100 record in the 2006 season, the team avoided a fourth straight 100-loss season. Buddy Bell returned for his second and final full season as manager, while Dayton Moore began his first season as the team's general manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season\nAnticipation surrounded the Royals' newfound approach to once again become a playoff contender with rebuilding the roster. Roster moves generated much interest in the Kansas City area, including the big-budget signing of starting pitcher Gil Meche, and the arrival of young, new talent\u2014such as rookie third baseman Alex Gordon and designated hitter Billy Butler. The team's payroll for the 2007 season was increased to $67 million (22nd in the major leagues).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Free agency and roster moves\nThe biggest free-agent pickups for the Royals in 2007 included RHP Gil Meche\u2014who was signed to a 5-year, $55 million deal\u2014and RHP Octavio Dotel, who quickly became trade bait to the Atlanta Braves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe Royals began the season with expectations of improvement from their fans, and the team never ceased to impress in their home opener against the Boston Red Sox. The Royals defeated the Red Sox 7\u20131 in front of the sold-out home crowd. The magic did not last, however\u2014Kansas City was just 3\u20137 through the first ten games of the season, and 8\u201318 by the end of April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe Royals hit minor spots of winning when the team won 8 of 10 games from May 13 to 23, but finished the month of May on a seven-game losing streak with series sweeps by the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City went 11\u201317 in May and finished the month with an overall record of 19\u201335.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nIn the 2007 MLB draft held on June 7, the Royals selected shortstop Mike Moustakas at No. 2 overall. The team went 15\u201312 in June, their first winning month since July 2003. Pitcher Brian Bannister won the American League Rookie of the Month Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nGil Meche was the only Royal selected to represent the team at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Francisco. At the All-Star break, the Royals had a record of 38\u201350 and the lowest team ERA in 13 years. On July 31, the Royals traded pitcher Octavio Dotel to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Kyle Davies. The Royals went 13\u201312 in July, giving the team its first consecutive winning months since June and July 2003. Billy Butler won the Rookie of the Month Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nOn August 1, manager Buddy Bell announced his intention to resign following the 2007 season before a game against the Minnesota Twins. Also, about an hour before the first pitch, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis collapsed with a death toll of at 13. Before the game, a moment of silence was held for the victims of the collapse. The team rescheduled their August 2 game against the Twins to the afternoon of August 31 for a double-header. Brian Bannister won his second Rookie of the Month Award for the season. The Royals went 13\u201315 in August, completing a three-month stretch in which the team compiled a record of 41\u201339.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191804-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season, Season summary, September\nOn September 12, the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 6\u20133 to win their 63rd game, guaranteeing that they would not lose 100 games in 2007. The victory ended the team's string of three consecutive seasons of 100 losses of more from 2004 to 2006. While the Royals struggled with a 9\u201319 record in September, their overall record of 69\u201393 was the team's best finish since 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191805-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Wizards season\n2007 was Curt Onalfo's first season as manager. This was the last season the Wizards played all their home matches at Arrowhead Stadium and this was the breakout season for US International Eddie Johnson who scored 15 league goals including back to back hat tricks to end May and begin June, a feat never before accomplished in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191805-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City Wizards season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 38], "content_span": [39, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191806-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas City mayoral election\nThe 2007 Kansas City mayoral election was held March 2 and April 4, 2007 to elect the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. It saw the election of Mark Funkhouser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThe 2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team (variously \"Kansas\", \"KU\", or the \"Jayhawks\") represented the University of Kansas in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Looking to improve on the previous season's 6\u20136 overall record (3\u20135 in the Big 12 Conference), the team finished the 2007 season with a 12\u20131 overall record (7\u20131 in their conference). The twelve victories set a new school record. Additionally, the Jayhawks won their first eleven games before their first loss which was the most consecutive wins to start a season in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nAdditionally, the Jayhawks reached a ranking of 2 during their 11\u20130 start, the highest rank achieved by the team in school history. Their defeat of the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Orange Bowl was the school's first and only Orange Bowl and BCS bowl game victory. Their only loss was versus a Northern Division rival, the Missouri Tigers, in their final regular season game which resulted in a co-championship of the Northern Division, but denied them a trip to the Big 12 Championship Game. For their achievements the team was awarded the Stanley Tools Breakthrough of the Year Award. The Jayhawks were ranked 7th in the final AP poll and received a 1st place vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nMark Mangino, in his sixth season as the team's head coach, was named consensus coach of the year after winning every major coach of the year award. The team's new offensive coordinator was Ed Warinner (third year overall with Kansas), and their defensive coordinators were Bill Young (sixth year) and Clint Bowen (seventh year). The team captains were senior running back Brandon McAnderson, senior tight end Derek Fine, senior defensive lineman James McClinton, and junior cornerback Aqib Talib. The starting quarterback position was held by sophomore Todd Reesing with sophomore Kerry Meier as a backup and wide receiver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThey played their home games on Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team\nThree months after the Orange Bowl, the school's mens basketball team won the national championship, making Kansas only the second school in the country to win a BCS Bowl Game and basketball national championship in the same school year, along with Florida in 2006. The football and basketball teams' combined records were 49\u20134, which was the most combined victories in NCAA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Coaching staff\nThe team was led by Mark Mangino in his sixth season as head coach. The team's 12 wins raised his overall coaching record to 37\u201336 (.507) and gave him his second bowl game win. At the end of the season Mangino was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year by the Big 12 coaches and Big 12 Co-Coach of the Year by the Associated Press. Other awards received include The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, Walter Camp Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Paul \"Bear\" Bryant Award, and the Woody Hayes National Coach of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Coaching staff\nWith the departure of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Nick Quartaro at the end of the prior season, Ed Warinner returned from a two-season stint as Illinois's run-game coordinator and offensive line coach. He brought in a new, more aggressive, faster-paced, no-huddle offense. This was Warriner's third season with the Jayhawks as he had previously coached the offensive line and served as run-game coordinator in 2003 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Coaching staff\nBill Young (sixth year) and Clint Bowen (seventh year) were defensive coordinators. Tim Beck (third year) was the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. Louie Matsakis entered the season as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Central Michigan\nFor their season-opening game on September 1, the Jayhawks hosted the defending Mid-American Conference champion Central Michigan Chippewas in the teams' first meeting. Central Michigan was led by Butch Jones in his first year as a head coach. Entering the game the Jayhawks had a 5\u20135 record against opponents from the MAC with the most recent result being the double-overtime loss to the Toledo Rockets in the third week of the 2006 season. The Jayhawks dominated the Chippewas in a 52\u20137 win to extend their streak of season-opening victories to four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Southeastern Louisiana\nOn September 8, the Jayhawks hosted the Southeastern Louisiana Lions from the Southland Conference. With the Lions led by first-year head coach Mike Lucas, it was the teams' first meeting and only the second for the Jayhawks versus a Southland opponent; the first was a win at home versus the Northwestern State Demons to begin the previous season. The Jayhawks also recorded their first shutout since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Toledo\nOn September 15, the Jayhawks hosted the Toledo Rockets for their third game in four seasons and fourth overall. Led by head coach Tom Amstutz in his seventh season, the Mid-American Conference team had defeated the Jayhawks the previous year in Toledo in a double-overtime loss. This 45\u201313 win gave the Jayhawks a 3\u20131 record versus the Rockets and a 7\u20135 record versus opponents from the MAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Florida International\nFor their fourth and final non-conference game on September 22, the Jayhawks hosted the FIU Golden Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference in the teams' first meeting. FIU was led by first-year head coach Mario Cristobal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nTodd Reesing led the Jayhawks to victory in Manhattan for the first time in eighteen years. Aqib Talib sealed the game by picking off Josh Freeman's pass with less than two minutes left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe Jayhawks got their first touchdown on Kansas State's home field since 1999 when Jake Sharp, apparently stopped for a short gain, burst out of a gang of tacklers and sped 20\u00a0yards to make it 7\u20137 with 9:11 left in the first half. Sharp had picked up 14\u00a0yards the previous play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe victory was KU's third in the last four Governor's Cup games against KSU, and increased their all-time lead in the Sunflower Showdown to 64\u201336\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nThe Wildcats came into the game ranked 24th in the nation. It was the Jayhawks first win over a ranked team since 2003 when the Jayhawks defeated 23rd ranked Missouri 35\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nLightning delayed the start of the game 2\u00a0hours. Reesing passed for 186\u00a0yards as the Jayhawks were 6\u20130 for the first time since 1995. The Jayhawks also entered the game ranked for the first time since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThis was the Jayhawks' 9th meeting with the Texas A&M Aggies. A&M entered the game leading the series 7\u20131, and had only lost the first meeting in Lawrence in 1974. Kansas was the only Big 12 team that A&M was undefeated against, ever since the Big 12 formed in 1996. Kansas was the first top 10 team, excluding Oklahoma and Texas, to play at Kyle Field since 2002. A&M had compiled a 6\u20133 record for games played against top 10 teams (other than OU and Texas) at Kyle Field. In their previous meeting in 2006, A&M outscored Kansas 21\u201318. One day prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Kansas to win by three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nKansas entered the game with a 16th-ranked rushing offense, 25th-ranked passing offense, and a 3rd-ranked scoring offense. Kansas' rushing defense ranked 4th, pass defense ranked 10th, and overall defense ranked 5th. Kansas also had ranked 9th in the weekly BCS standings. A&M came into the game with a 5th-ranked rushing offense, and a 111th ranked passing offense. The pass defense ranked 100th, scoring defense ranked 42nd, and overall defense ranked 73rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nIn the game, KU running back Brandon McAnderson rushed for a career-high of 183\u00a0yards, and quarterback Todd Reesing completed 21 of 33 passes for 180\u00a0yards. Through the first three quarters, the Jayhawks shutout the Aggies' 5th-ranked rushing offense and held them to only 56\u00a0yards. A&M running back Jorvorskie Lane had only rushed for 24\u00a0yards the entire game. KU gained a 13\u20130 lead in the third quarter, after kicker Scott Webb kicked two field goals and Reesing led his team to a 54-yard touchdown drive on 6 plays. In the fourth quarter, Reesing led his team to a 43-yard touchdown drive on 4 plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nFor the first time since 1909, the Jayhawks improved to an 8\u20130 season record. This was also the first time that KU won in Texas since 2001 (not including bowl games).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe Nebraska-Kansas series is the longest uninterrupted series in college football at 102\u00a0years. In the 2007\u00a0meeting, Kansas beat Nebraska 76\u201339. Their 48\u00a0points in the first half was the most ever scored against Nebraska in the first half; and it came one point short of tying the record for most points scored on Nebraska in a half. With the win, Kansas took their record to 9\u20130 for the first\u00a0time since 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nFox Sports reported, \"It was only the second victory for Kansas in the last 39 games against Nebraska, which appears to be coming to pieces in the fourth season of embattled coach Bill Callahan.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Kansas Jayhawks game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys attracted a great deal of attention. This was due to the match up between both potent offenses. The crucial match up was that between cornerback Aqib Talib and star Cowboy wideout Adarius Bowman. In the 2006 matchup between the two, Bowman had 13 catches for 300\u00a0yards. However Bowman left the game with an injury after the first half. In the first half, he was held to 22 yards on 4 catches with no touchdowns. The game was broadcast to 63 percent of the nation on ABC as the top primetime college football game of the week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Jayhawks went to 10\u20130 for the first time since 1899.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe victory over Iowa State brought KU's record to 11\u20130, the first time in school history that the football team won 11 games in a season. As a result, the Jayhawks were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nOn November 24 the Jayhawks met the Missouri Tigers at Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City, Missouri, in the final regular season game of the year. Known as the Border Showdown, this year's annual contest was the most significant in recent years as the winner would advance to the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game in San Antonio, Texas, and likely claim the top spot in the BCS rankings and national polls with a win (No. 1 LSU lost 50-48 in triple overtime the previous day to Arkansas), which would be a first for both schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe game received considerable media attention, and the ESPN College Gameday crew were at the game, the first time the Jayhawks had been featured as College GameDay's Game of the Week in football. It drew 80,537, the second-highest attendance in the 35-year history of Arrowhead Stadium. The Jayhawks entered the contest with an eleven-game winning streak since losing the final game of the 2006 season against their cross-border rivals in Columbia, Missouri, by a score of 42\u201317. But they would leave with their second straight loss versus the Tigers and a 6\u20136 series record since the formation of the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Rankings\nAccording to the Big 12 Media Preseason Poll, the Jayhawks were projected to finish fourth in the Big 12 Northern Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Rankings\nFollowing their victory over Iowa State, the Jayhawks reached their highest ranking in school history when they were ranked second in the nation in all four major polls (Bowl Championship Series, Associated Press, USA Today and Harris Interactive). Previously, the 1968 team was ranked third by the Associated Press for three weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Rankings\nEntering November, the University of Kansas was the only school with its football team and men's basketball team both ranked in the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191807-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Jayhawks football team, Awards\nDue to the success of the season, multiple awards were given to the team during the season. Below is a list of awards given. The only awards not provided are Honorable Mention All-Big 12 and weekly awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191808-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300\nThe 2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Kansas Speedway. It was held over the weekend of 27\u201329 April 2007, as the fourth round of the seventeen-race calendar in the 2007 IndyCar championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team\nThe 2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Ron Prince. The Wildcats played their home games in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. 2007 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 5\u20137, and a 3\u20135 record in Big 12 Conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nAuburn quarterback Brandon Cox threw a touchdown pass to Gabe McKenzie with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter and Antonio Coleman returned a fumble for a score moments later to give No. 18 Auburn a 23\u201313 win over Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nAuburn's offense struggled all night, and Kansas State seemed poised for its 18th straight season-opening win, the first against a ranked opponent on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nJosh Freeman completed 32 of 57 passes for 268 yards and was intercepted twice, including on Kansas State's final possession after Coleman's fumble return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nFreeman's passing numbers rank as some of the best in school history. His 32 completions rank as the second-most in school history and most since Chad May had 33 against Kansas on Oct. 6, 1994, while his 57 attempts are the third-most in school history and the most since Dennis Morrison had 59 against Iowa State on Oct. 21, 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nWith the Wildcats trailing 6\u20133 after a first half dominated by defense, Kansas State's Marcus Watts intercepted Cox at the Wildcats 31 on the first play of the third quarter. Freeman directed the offense to the Auburn 21, and it was time for a trick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nFreeman took the snap and turned left, tossing a lateral to wide receiver Jordy Nelson on a third-and-6 play. Nelson heaved the ball deep to Leon Patton, who was all alone in the right side of the end zone for the first touchdown of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nKansas State was favored by 17 points going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nJosh Freeman threw for 272 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score in Kansas State's 34\u201314 victory over San Jose State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nJames Johnson ran for 111 yards and one touchdown for Kansas State (1\u20131), which won its 18th straight home opener and avoided its first 0\u20132 start since losing its first three games in 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nDeon Murphy caught Freeman's touchdown pass and ran 21 yards on a reverse for a 34\u20137 lead for the Wildcats, who had 153 yards rushing Saturday night after being held to 27 in last week's 23\u201313 loss at Auburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, San Jose State\nBrooks Rossman kicked field goals of 26 yards in the first quarter and 43 yards in the fourth for Kansas State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State\nSenior Jordy Nelson set single-game school records with 15 receptions for 209 yards, catching one touchdown pass and throwing another in Kansas State's 61-10 victory over Missouri State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State\nJames Johnson ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns for Kansas State (2\u20131), which scored touchdowns on its first three possessions against the Bears (2\u20131) and opened the second half with three straight TD drives and a punt return for another score. Deon Murphy caught Nelson's touchdown pass on a trick play and returned a punt 80 yards early in the fourth quarter for a 54\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State\nNelson's 18-yard catch from Josh Freeman late in the third quarter, putting the Wildcats up 47\u201310, was the senior's 14th reception of the game. That broke Michael Smith's record of 13 catches against Missouri in 1989 and gave Nelson 207 yards receiving, breaking Darnell McDonald's record of 206 yards set against Syracuse in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State\nTerry Petrie ran 3 yards for Kansas State's final score in the closing minutes. The Wildcats broke the 60-point mark for the first time since a 64\u20130 win over Kansas in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State\nFreeman was 26-for-39 for 287 yards and didn't throw an interception, breaking a string of five games in which he threw at least one pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri State\nMissouri State coach Terry Allen lost for the sixth straight time against Kansas State. He coached Northern Iowa to a 10\u20138 victory in Manhattan in 1989\u2014the last time Kansas State lost a home opener\u2014but was 0-5 against the Wildcats as Kansas coach from 1997\u20132001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTwo kick returns for touchdowns and an interception return for another score propelled the Wildcats to a 41\u201321 win over the No. 7 Longhorns, handing Texas its worst home defeat in 10 years under coach Mack Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas\nLinebacker Ian Campbell scored on a 41-yard interception return in the second quarter and James Johnson took a kickoff 85 yards for a 21\u201314 lead moments after Texas had tied the score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas\nJordy Nelson's 89-yard punt return in the third put the Wildcats up 34\u201321 and all but sealed their second consecutive victory over Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas\nKansas State (3\u20131, 1\u20130) scored on its opening drive, then didn't need another offensive touchdown until the fourth quarter. The Wildcats put up the most points scored against Texas (4\u20131, 0\u20131) in Austin since 1997, the Longhorns' infamous \"Rout 66\" loss to UCLA, 66\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThat blowout came under former coach John Mackovic. Until Saturday, Brown's worst home loss was a 35\u201317 defeat by Kansas State in 1999. It was also Texas' first loss in a Big 12 opener since 1998, which also came against the Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe Wildcats were favored by 3 going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nSophomore quarterback Josh Freeman threw for 305 yards and one touchdown and senior wide receiver Jordy Nelson had 10 catches for 137 yards and a score, as Kansas State dropped a 30-24 decision to archrival Kansas at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nKansas quarterback Todd Reesing threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns and the Jayhawks overcame some potentially ruinous mistakes to beat their in-state rivals and start a season 5-0 for just the third time in 39 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nFreeman, Kansas State's 6\u00a0ft-6 in sophomore, outgained the 5-9 Reesing, hitting 31 of 48 passes for 305 yards and a touchdown. But he was also intercepted three times, the last by Aqib Talib, Kansas' two-way star, with 1:12 to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nTalib, beaten on a 68-yard touchdown pass by Jordy Nelson in the first quarter, got his payback just before halftime when he somehow was left uncovered and caught a 5-yard touchdown pass that tied it 14-14 at halftime. It was the sixth consecutive game the all-Big 12 cornerback had scored a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nNelson, who came into the game with 42 catches for 497 yards and was the Big 12 offensive player of the week after the Texas win, caught 10 balls for 137 yards and a TD in Kansas State's first game as a ranked team in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nWorking against Talib, he made two outstanding catches on the 11-play, 80-yard drive that gave Kansas State a 14\u20137 lead late in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nStretched out full length and keeping on his toes just inches onto the edge of the playing field while falling out of bounds, Nelson picked up 15 yards to the Kansas 43", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe Jayhawks got their first touchdown on Kansas State's home field since 1999 when Jake Sharp, apparently stopped for a short gain, burst out of a gang of tacklers and sped 20 yards to make it 7-7 with 9:11 left in the first half. Sharp had picked up 14 yards the previous play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nKansas State was favored by 5 going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nJames Johnson ran for 159 yards and two scores, Deon Murphy caught one touchdown pass and scored on a 20-yard reverse in leading the Wildcats with a 47\u201320 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nJohnson opened Kansas State's scoring with a 5-yard run in the first quarter and closed it with a 63-yard TD burst late in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nBrooks Rossman kicked four field goals for the Wildcats (4\u20132, 2\u20131 Big 12), including a 52-yarder as time ran out in the first half for a 23\u201313 lead. He was the first Kansas State player with four field goals in a game since Joe Rheem hit four against Louisiana\u2013Lafayette on Sept. 18, 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Cowboys were favored by 3 going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nJason Ricks kicked a 26-yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining and Oklahoma State overcame the best passing performance of Josh Freeman's career to beat No. 25 Kansas State 41\u201339.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Wildcats (4\u20133, 2\u20132 Big 12) called all three of their timeouts as Ricks was setting up, but his kick was right down the middle to cap a comeback made necessary when K-State coach Ron Prince decided to go for two points instead of the tie after Leon Patton's 11-yard touchdown run with 1:10 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nJosh Freeman threw for a career-best 404 yards and three touchdowns to star receiver Jordy Nelson, who also caught the go-ahead 2-point conversion, but it wasn't enough for the Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nNelson finished with 176 yards on 12 receptions. He had a 17-yard touchdown catch as K-State opened an early 14-0 lead, and he beat cornerback Perrish Cox down the left side for a 46-yard TD grab that made it 21-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Wildcats were favored by 25\u00bd coming into the game. Josh Freeman threw touchdown passes on three straight possessions to open the second half, and wide receiver Jordy Nelson broke another school record in Kansas State's 51-13 victory over Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nNelson had eight catches for 105 yards and broke the Kansas State record for receptions in a season. His 8-yard catch from backup Carson Coffman was his 76th this year, breaking Darnell McDonald's mark of 75 in 1988.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nNelson added a 92-yard punt return for Kansas State's last touchdown in the closing seconds of the game. Earlier this year, he set single-game records with 15 catches for 109 yards in a 61\u201310 win over Missouri State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nFreeman threw for 247 yards and had two 1-yard TD carries for the Wildcats (5-3, 3-2 Big 12), who pulled away from a 10-point halftime lead to hand Baylor (3-6, 0-5) its eighth straight conference loss. Kansas State's Brooks Rossman kicked three field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nLeon Patton had 115 yards on 17 carries for Kansas State, and Daniel Gonzalez caught seven passes for 104 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nBaylor committed seven turnovers and managed just 13 yards rushing against Kansas State's defense, which gave up 329 yards on the ground in the previous week's 41-39 loss at Oklahoma State. By the time quarterback Blake Szymanski came in, it was too late to save the Bears' passing game after fill-in Michael Machen struggled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nKansas State was favored by 14 points going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nJordy Nelson recorded his second 200-yard receiving effort and re-established the KSU single-game receiving yards record, but it was not enough as Iowa State stunned Kansas State 31-20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nNelson, a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, hauled in game-highs of 14 receptions for a school-record 214 yards and a touchdown. The former walk-on from Riley, Kansas, moved into third-place in school history for career receiving yards with 2,418 and is just 39 yards from tying Michael Smith (1988\u201391) for second. His second quarter 13-yard touchdown reception was the 17th in his career and moved him into fourth in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe game got off to an inauspicious start for K-State, as kick returner James Johnson fumbled the opening kickoff and was recovered by Iowa State's James Smith at the Wildcat 32. The Cyclones (2-8, 1-5 Big 12) quickly capitalized, as Brett Meyer found Derrick Catlett from one-yard out for the early 7-0 advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 68], "content_span": [69, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nKansas State was favored by 7\u00bd going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nKansas State had two 100-yard receivers and James Johnson rushed for over 100 yards but Nebraska held the upper hand Saturday in a 73\u201331 win in Lincoln.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nJoe Ganz threw for 510 yards and seven touchdowns to set school records and Nebraska scored on 11 straight possessions while ending a five-game losing streak in the win over the Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nKansas State (5\u20135, 3\u20134) hadn't given up so many points since a 75\u201328 defeat to Oklahoma in 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska's defense pressured Josh Freeman all day, sacking him four times. The Wildcats had 428 yards, but most came after the game was out of hand. Jordy Nelson set a new school record for receiving yards in a season after collecting 125 yards on nine catches, breaking James Terry's mark of 1,232 set back in 2003. The 100-yard receiving effort was also his seventh of the season, a new K-State record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska had 702 total yards, which were the most since the 1995 team had 776 against Iowa State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe Tigers were favored by 7 points going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nKansas State's James Johnson rushed for a career-high 172 yards and surpassed 1,000 yards on the season, but No. 6 Missouri proved to be too much for K-State. This made for the first three-game losing streak for the Wildcats since the 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri's Jeremy Maclin scored three touchdowns and had 252 total yards to set the NCAA single-season freshman record for all-purpose yards, helping the No. 6 Tigers rally from a sluggish first half for a 49\u201332 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMaclin returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and caught two touchdown passes, giving him 2,201 all-purpose yards for the season \u2013 175 more than Terrell Willis of Rutgers had in 1993. Maclin finished with nine catches for 143 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nChase Daniel threw for 284 yards and four touchdowns, including two to tight end Martin Rucker, helping Missouri (10\u20131, 6\u20131 Big 12) to its first win in Manhattan since 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nThe Bulldogs were favored by 1 point going into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nTom Brandstater passed for a career-high 313 yards and two touchdowns to Marlon Moore, and Fresno State knocked Kansas State from bowl contention with 45\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nAnthony Harding rushed for a career-best 115 yards and a touchdown and backfield mate Lonyae Miller added 91 yards and a score for Fresno State (7\u20134).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nThe Bulldogs, members of the Western Athletic Conference, snapped a seven-game losing streak to teams from Bowl Championship Series conferences, a skid that dated to the 2004 MPC Computers Bowl against Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nKansas State (5\u20137), which needed a victory to become bowl eligible, ended the season on a four-game losing streak under second-year coach Ron Prince.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nReceiver Jordy Nelson led the Wildcats with 15 catches for 165 yards and a touchdown. Tailback James Johnson had 71 rushing yards, including a 67-yard score on the game's first drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191809-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nKansas State was making its first visit to California since 2001 when the Wildcats defeated USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191810-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Karaj Rock Concert incident\nThe 2007 Karaj Rock Concert incident refers to the crackdown of an Iranian rock concert in 2007 by police which led to the imprisonment of 230 Iranian musicians and fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191810-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Karaj Rock Concert incident\nRock groups in Iran are only allowed to perform with a licence from the Ministry of Culture, although this has not prevented numbers of underground formations sprouting up in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191811-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Karbala bombings\nThe 2007 Karbala bombings refer to a series of bombings in Karbala, Iraq in April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191811-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Karbala bombings, Imam Hussein Mosque bombing\nA suicide bomber killed at least 42 people in Karbala on 14 April and injured more than 160. The attacker detonated explosives at a crowded bus station in the city close to a shrine holy to Shia Muslims, at around 09:15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191811-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Karbala bombings, Imam Abbas Mosque bombing\nA car bomb exploded in front of the Shia Abbas ibn Ali shrine on 28 April. The bomb killed at least 68 people and injured about 170 in the Iraqi city of Karbala. The bomb exploded near the golden-domed mosque. Karbala is considered the second most important shrine city for the Shia. Security officials said the car bomb was parked near a cement barrier intended to keep traffic away from the Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein shrines, which draw thousands of Shiite pilgrims from Iran and other countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191812-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Karjala Tournament\nThe 2007 Karjala Tournament took place from November 8-11, 2007. Five games were played in Finland and one was played in Sweden. Russia won the tournament before Sweden and the Czech Republic. The tournament was part of the 2007-08 Euro Hockey Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191812-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Karjala Tournament\nSweden opened the tournament in J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, losing 1-3 against Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191812-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Karjala Tournament, Best players\nThe tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing\nThe Karsaz bombing attack occurred on 18 October 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan; it was an attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The bombing occurred two months before she was assassinated. The bombing resulted in at least 180 deaths and 500 injuries. Most of the dead were members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing, The bombing\nThe streets of Karachi ground to a halt to welcome the return of Benazir Bhutto, after an eight-year self-imposed exile during which she lived in Dubai and London. Two explosions occurred in front of the rallying truck from which she greeted her supporters and party members at approximately 00:52 PST, on the route about halfway from the airport to the tomb of Muhammad Ali Jinnah for a scheduled rally, just after Bhutto's truck had crossed a bridge. Police vehicles bore the brunt of the blasts, which completely destroyed three police vans and killed at least 20 policemen in the vehicles. Conflicting reports indicate that Bhutto, who was not injured in the attack, was either sitting on top of the truck or had just climbed into the compartment of the truck at the time of the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing, The bombing\nBhutto was escorted to her residence, Bilawal House. The victims were rushed to Jinnah Hospital, Liaquat National Hospital, Civil Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. In a press conference on 19 October 2007, Bhutto said that her security team were unable to prevent the attack because of the streetlights being turned off, and called for an inquiry into why this happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing, The bombing\nOn 20 October, authorities released a photograph of the suspect responsible for the suicide attack. On 23 October, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz rejected Pakistan Peoples Party's demand for a probe into the suicide blast by foreign experts, expressing confidence that Pakistani law-enforcement agencies could probe in a very objective manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing, The bombing\nIn the immediate aftermath of the attempt on her life, Bhutto wrote a letter to General Pervez Musharraf naming four persons whom she suspected of engineering the attacks. Careful not to name Musharraf himself, she chose to name senior military officials and politicians in Musharraf's regime instead, including Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, a rival PML-Q politician and the then chief minister of the province of Punjab, Hamid Gul, former director of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, and Ijaz Shah, director general of the Intelligence Bureau, another premier military intelligence agency on Pakistan. Musharraf's regime blamed terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaeda and elements of the Taliban in Pakistan instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing, The bombing\nAl-Qaeda's chief of operations for Pakistan, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, was believed to be behind the attack. He was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan along with his lieutenant, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, on 1 January 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191813-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Karsaz bombing, The bombing\nTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mehsud was also implicated in the attack. He was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in August 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191814-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kashiwa Reysol season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191815-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. PDP candidate Ibrahim Shema won the election, defeating ANPP Abu Ibrahim and other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191815-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election, Results\nIbrahim Shema from the PDP won the election. He defeated Abu Ibrahim of the ANPP and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191815-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Katsina State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 2,589,047.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191816-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kawasaki Frontale season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191817-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 18 August 2007. President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Nur Otan party received 88% of the vote and won all of the available seats. None of the six other parties contesting the election passed the 7% threshold to win seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191817-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh legislative election, Background\nOn 19 June 2007, 50 out of 77 members of Mazhilis voted to request President Nursultan Nazarbayev for it to be dissolved after a ruling by the Constitutional Council from 18 June that the Mazhilis can dissolve itself only with the permission of the president despite the Kazakh Constitution allowing the parliament to do so in a \"vote of no-confidence\". Nazarbayev accepted the request that same day and the Mazhilis was officially dissolved on 20 June. The move was criticized by several prominent opposition activists such as Chairman of JUDSP, Zharmakhan Tuyakbay, who claimed that the a snap election gave little time to prepare for the polling day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191817-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh legislative election, Electoral system\nA total of 107 seats were at stake in the Majilis, an increase of 30, following constitutional amendments earlier in the year. Under the changes, 98 deputies were elected by party lists, an increase from just 10 in the previous parliament. The remaining nine seats were reserved for members elected by the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191817-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh legislative election, Conduct\nThe opposition Nationwide Social Democratic Party, which received almost 5% of the vote, denounced the election, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe observers said the election showed some progress, but was also marred by problems, saying that \"in over 40 percent of the polling stations visited, [vote counting] was described as bad or very bad\", which was worse than in the last parliamentary and presidential elections. Bias in the state media was also considered a problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191818-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh political shakeup\nThe Kazakh political change in hierarchy of 2007 began on 8 January 2007 when Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov unexpectedly resigned and ended with the Senate's confirmation of Karim Masimov as his replacement on 11 January. Akhmetov did not say why he resigned, but political analysts noted increasing criticism from President Nursultan Nazarbayev of his oversight of the economy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191818-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh political shakeup, Appointments\nKanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstan's ambassador to the United States, became the secretary of the Kazakh Security Council, replacing Marat Tazhin. Tazhin became the Foreign Minister, replacing Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Tokayev became the Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan, replacing Nurtai Abykayev. Abykayev became Kazakhstan's ambassador to Russia, a position he previously held from January 2002\u20132003, replacing Zhanseit Tuymenbayev. Tuymenbayev became the Education and Science Minister, replacing Byrganym Aytimova. Aytimova became Kazakhstan's ambassador to the United Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191818-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh political shakeup, Appointments\nPresident Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Economy Minister Aslan Musin to Deputy Prime Minister, replacing Karim Masimov. Masimov replaced Daniyal Akhmetov as Prime Minister. Akhmetov replaced Mukhtar Altynbayev as Defense Minister. President Nazarbayev demoted Altynbayev to Deputy Minister of Defense. Galym Orazbakov replaced Vladimir Shkolnik as the Minister of Industry and Trade. Yerbol Orynbayev, a close aide to Nazarbayev, became Masimov's chief-of-staff. Shkolnick became the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191818-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh political shakeup, Effects\nForeign Minister Tazhin said Kazakhstan would continue \"to pursue a multi-vector policy governed by the economic and political interests of our country,\" but Prime Minister Masimov is expected to take Kazakhstan's foreign policy farther in the direction of China based on his past political service and education background. Joanna Lillis of EurasiaNet has speculated that the shuffle may be tied to Kazakhstan's campaign to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191818-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakh political shakeup, Effects\nThe lingering scandals over the suspicious deaths and trials of opposition leaders Altynbek Sarsenbayev and Zamanbek Nurkadilov had little impact on the shakeup as Interior Minister Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, who received a considerable amount of criticism, maintained his position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191819-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakhstan First Division\nThe 2007 Kazakhstan First Division was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. The division is split into two geographic conferences: North-East and South-West Conferences. Two winners of each conference advance to Final Four tournament, two winners of which then would gain promotion to the Premier League 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191819-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakhstan First Division, Championship round\nAll six matches were played on neutral ground in Taldykorgan and Balpyk-Bi. For two teams had identical stats, the champion was revealed after a draw procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191820-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup\nThe 2007 Kazakhstan Hockey Cup was the 6th edition of the Kazakhstan Hockey Cup, the national ice hockey cup competition in Kazakhstan. Seven teams participated and Kazzinc-Torpedo won its 4th Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191821-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakhstan Premier League\nThe 2007 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 16th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191821-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams\nFor the 2007 season, Zhetysu were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Energetik. Avangard also earned promotion to the Premier League, but due not having the financial capabilities they weren't promoted and as a result Kaisar were spared relegation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191822-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating ANPP Farouk Bello Bunza and other 6 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191822-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election, Results\nUsman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari from the PDP won the election. He defeated Farouk Bello Bunza of the ANPP. 8 candidates contested in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191822-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 1,345,436.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191823-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kennet District Council election\nElections to Kennet District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives comfortably retained control, winning thirty-three of the forty-three seats available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191823-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kennet District Council election\nThis was the last election of district councillors to take place in Kennet. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when Kennet would be abolished and its councillors' term of office would end two years early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191823-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kennet District Council election\nElections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191824-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent State Golden Flashes football team\nThe 2007 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Kent State competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and played their home games at Dix Stadium. The Golden Flashes were led by fourth-year head coach Doug Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake\nThe 2007 Kent earthquake registered 4.3 on the Richter scale and struck south east Kent, South East England on 28 April 2007 at 07:18:12 UTC (08:18:12 local time), at a shallow depth of 5.3\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake\nThe worst affected area was the town of Folkestone, although the towns of Deal, Dover and Ashford were also affected. The tremors could be felt across much of Kent and south east England, including as far as East Sussex, Essex and Suffolk, as well as on the other side of the English Channel at Calais and Brussels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Location\nThe British Geological Survey stated that the epicentre of the earthquake was less than 1\u00a0km north of Folkestone at 51.10\u00b0N, 1.17\u00b0E. The United States Geological Survey indicated that the location of the earthquake was at 51.085\u00b0N, 1.009\u00b0E suggesting a position approximately 5\u00a0km north west of Hythe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Impact\nThe earthquake's shallow depth and proximity to Folkestone resulted in structural damage in the town, and one woman suffered a minor head and neck injury. Following the earthquake, a total 474properties were reported as damaged, with 73 properties too badly damaged for people to return to, 94 seriously damaged, and 307 suffering from minor structural damage. Harvey Grammar School situated in Cheriton Road, Folkestone was closed on 30 April due to \"significant structural damage\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Impact\nSeveral thousand homes were left without power for several hours and there were reports of a \"smell of gas\" in Folkestone. The Port of Dover, the channel tunnel and travel links were unaffected, although authorities asked people heading towards Dover to use the A2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Impact\nEDF Energy had restored electricity supplies that had been cut by the earthquake by the same afternoon. The Salvation Army Church in Folkestone provided refuge on 28 April for approximately 100 people whose homes had been damaged by the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Impact\nOn the same morning, a 300-metre (948\u00a0ft) long crack appeared in a cliff at Barton-on-Sea in Hampshire, creating fears of a landslide, although there were mixed views from authorities on whether it could be related to the earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Magnitude\nThe British Geological Survey gave the earthquake a reading of 4.3 on the Richter scale, while the USGS and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre estimated that the earthquake had a body wave magnitude of 4.6 and 4.7 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Magnitude\nIt was the largest British earthquake since the 2002 Dudley earthquake and the strongest in the Dover Straits since a magnitude 4.4 earthquake in 1950. The strongest recorded British earthquake is the 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake, which measured 6.1 on the Richter scale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Magnitude\nTen months later, the earthquake's strength was surpassed by that of the 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake, which was 5.2 in magnitude.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191825-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Kent earthquake, Magnitude\nLess than two years later, on 3 March 2009 at 14.35 UTC, Folkestone was shaken by a smaller magnitude 3.0 quake, located in the same area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191826-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Derby\nThe 2007 Kentucky Derby was the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 2007. The announced attendance was 156,635, the third largest in Derby history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191826-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Derby\nElizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, was a special guest of Churchill Downs and attended the race in her first visit to the United States since 1991. The Queen has stated that it was one of her dreams to attend the Kentucky Derby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191826-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Derby\nStreet Sense, sent off as the 9-2 favorite on his home track, paid $11.80 as the highest-priced winning favorite in Derby history. Smarty Jones paid $10.20 to win in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191826-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby feature key prep races list\nThis list contains the current 2007 standings that leads to the Kentucky Derby race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191826-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Derby, Subsequent Grade I wins\nThe foals of 2004 who raced in the 2007 Derby established themselves as a \"vintage crop\", both on the track and subsequently as sires. Participants in the 2008 Derby who went on to subsequent Grade I wins are as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team\nThe 2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the college football season of 2007\u20132008. The team's head football coach was Rich Brooks, in his 5th year as Kentucky's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team is remembered by many college football fans for its prolific offense, led by seniors Rafael Little, Keenan Burton, Stevie Johnson, and Andr\u00e9 Woodson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Eastern Kentucky\nAndr\u00e9 Woodson threw for a 51-yard touchdown on Kentucky's first snap of the season, as the Wildcats rout Eastern Kentucky, 50\u201310. Kentucky scored five touchdowns on their first eight drives, and punted only once, in the fourth quarter. Rafael Little had 135 yards on the ground for Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kent State\nKentucky had 266 yards and six touchdowns on the ground, but Kentucky's porous run defense was gashed for 324 yards on the ground by the Golden Flashes. Woodson looked out of sync until he hit Keenan Burton for a fifty-one yard score in the third quarter. Tony Dixon, Andr\u00e9 Woodson, Alfonso Smith, and Derrick Locke all had one rushing touchdown for Kentucky, where John Conner had two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Kent State\nKent State struck first on a fake field goal, ran six yards for a touchdown by holder Leneric Muldrow. Conner ran in from five yards out, and Woodson fired back with a 33-yard touchdown pass to give the Wildcats a 14-7 lead. The Golden Flashes Eugene Jarvis scored on a ten-yard run up the middle, but John Conner and Tony Dixon ran in, and Andr\u00e9 Woodson hit Keenan Burton to the right for 51 yards and a touchdown. Kent State, down 14\u201335 answered with a Julian Edelman pass to Eugene Jarvis for a 22-yard touchdown, but Woodson, Alfonso Smith, and Derrick Locke ran in for touchdowns of 1, 12, and 67 yards respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nWith 28 seconds left, Andr\u00e9 Woodson threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Stevie Johnson to knock off #9 Louisville, the first time the Wildcats had beaten a top ten team in thirty years. Woodson finished 30 of 44 for 275 yds and four touchdowns. Woodson also did not throw an interception, and he ended the game with 257 passes without an interception. This became a new SEC record, breaking David Greene's record and falling fourteen attempts short of Trent Dilfer's all-time mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nPlacekicker Lones Seiber started the scoring for the Wildcats with a 36-yard field goal, and Woodson followed later with a five-yard touchdown strike, with another Seiber kick, to make the lead 13\u20130 in favor of Kentucky. Louisville Senior Quarterback Brian Brohm found Anthony Allen for an eight-yard touchdown. Rafael Little ran up the middle for a ten-yard score in the second quarter, but Seiber missed the PAT, resulting in a 19\u20137 Kentucky lead. Brian Brohm passed to Harry Douglas for a TD, and Louisville added a ten-yard touchdown run from Anthony Allen to pull in front 21\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nOpening the second-half scoring, Woodson threw a seven-yard touchdown pass but on the ensuing kickoff lightning struck for the Cardinals in the form of Trent Guy's 100 yard kickoff return. Once again, Kentucky answered with a Woodson pass to Jacob Tamme. Brohm then began an 84-yard drive that ended in Anthony Allen's 2-yard touchdown run and a Cardinal lead. Brohm would've been sacked for a loss on the drive, but a fifteen-yard personal foul penalty on cornerback Trevard Lindley gave the Cardinals room to operate as well as a fresh set of downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nDespite Brohm's heroics, they were topped by Woodson's 57 yard touchdown hookup to wideout Steve Johnson to beat the Cardinals for the first time in Kentucky's last five tries. This was the first time Woodson had gotten a win against Brohm, Woodson's rival dating back to their high schools, separated by only 45 miles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nAndre Woodson threw his first interception in his previous 325 attempts, snapping his NCAA record for consecutive passes thrown without an INT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191827-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Statistics\nQuarterback Andre Woodson set a new NCAA record with 325 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. His 40 touchdown passes set a new SEC record, and his 81 career touchdown passes set a new school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections\nThe 2007 Kentucky elections for the statewide offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor of public accounts, commissioner of agriculture, secretary of state, and state treasurer were held on November 6, 2007. All incumbents were reelected with the exception of incumbent governor Ernie Fletcher, who was defeated in his reelection bid for governor by former Lieutenant Governor Steve Beshear. In addition, Democrats held the open Attorney General and State Treasurer posts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections\nThis election was historically significant in that it marked the first time since 1915 that a Republican had won statewide office in an election won by a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Incumbent Republicans Trey Grayson and Richie Farmer won reelection as Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections, Races, Governor and lieutenant governor\nIncumbent Republican Ernie Fletcher and his running mate, Robbie Rudolph, faced off against the Democratic slate of former Lt. Governor Steve Beshear and State Senator Dan Mongiardo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 64], "content_span": [65, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections, Races, Attorney general\nThe seat left open by Democrat Greg Stumbo, who made a failed bid for Lt. Governor, was contested by Democrat Jack Conway and Republican State Representative Stan Lee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections, Races, Auditor of public accounts\nIncumbent Democrat Eugenia Crittenden Blackburn \"Crit\" Luallen was elected in 2003 with 50.8% of the vote. Her 2003 opponent, Linda Greenwell, staged a second campaign for the seat. A Research 2000 poll conducted in October showed Luallen garnering 55% of the vote, compared to Greenwell's 33%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 58], "content_span": [59, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections, Races, Commissioner of agriculture\nIncumbent Republican and former University of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer was elected in 2003 with 55.2% of the vote. He was challenged by Democrat David Lynn Williams. Farmer was shown to have a 54-35 lead over Williams in an October Research 2000 poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections, Races, Secretary of state\nIncumbent Republican Trey Grayson was elected in 2003 with 52.5% of the vote. He was challenged by the former Mayor of Pineville, Democrat Bruce Hendrickson. Grayson held a narrow 45-39 lead over Hendrickson in a Research 2000 poll conducted in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191828-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky elections, Races, State treasurer\nTwo-term incumbent Democratic Jonathan Miller made a failed run for governor in 2007, leaving this seat open. The candidates who contested this office were Democrat Todd Hollenbach IV, an attorney, and Republican Melinda Wheeler, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts for Kentucky court system. Hollenbach led Wheeler 51-36 in a Research 2000 poll conducted in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191829-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2007. In this election, incumbent Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher ran for reelection to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic challenger Steve Beshear. A primary election to determine the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor was held on May 22, 2007, in which Fletcher and Beshear won their respective primaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191829-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background\nFletcher came under increasing criticism from both parties after his involvement in a state employee hiring controversy, in which Fletcher was accused of illegally hiring civil service employees for their political affiliations and loyalties. An investigation by the Attorney General of Kentucky and a special grand jury led to the indictment of 13 Fletcher administration officials. Fletcher issued a blanket pardon for anyone in his administration (other than himself) who was or may have been involved in the scandal. Fletcher himself was later indicted by a grand jury for three misdemeanors: conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191829-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background\nAll were related to the merit system investigation. On August 24, 2006, Fletcher reached a deal with the Attorney General's office that led to the dismissal of the charges in exchange for Fletcher's acknowledgment that \"the evidence strongly indicates wrongdoing by his administration with regard to personnel actions within the merit system. Further, the governor hereby states that these actions were inappropriate and that he regrets their occurrence and accepts responsibility for them as head of the executive branch of state government.\" (See Ernie Fletcher: Merit system investigation) Fletcher's approval rating as of May 11, 2007 was at 38%, putting him among the lowest governors in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191829-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background\nFormer U.S. Representative Anne Northup, who had lost reelection in 2006, and Paducah businessman Billy Harper challenged Fletcher in the Republican primary. Both had supported and worked for Fletcher's 2003 campaign. Despite his troubles, Fletcher was able to fend off the primary challenge, winning a majority of the vote (see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191829-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election, Background\nOn the Democratic side, an increasingly competitive primary campaign developed. Louisville businessman Bruce Lunsford spent over five million dollars, most of it being his own money, in the campaign. On May 7, Kentucky State Treasurer Jonathan Miller withdrew from the race and endorsed Steve Beshear. Lunsford, Beshear, State House Speaker Jody Richards, and former Lt. Governor Steve Henry consistently polled significantly ahead of the other candidates. Given the crowded field, many believed a runoff election was likely between the top two finishers\u2014which polls suggested would be Beshear and Lunsford\u2014if no candidate was able to obtain at least 40% of the vote. Beshear, however, was able to avoid a runoff with 40.9% (see below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191829-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election, General election, Results\nFletcher conceded to Beshear at 9:00 PM on November 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191830-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular\nThe 2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Kenya from 1 to 4 September 2007. The four participating teams were Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and Uganda (matches involving Uganda were not classed as T20I matches as the team did not hold such status). The matches were all played at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191830-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular\nFor Bangladesh, Kenya and Pakistan, this tournament was a warm-up for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 that was to be held later in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election\nGeneral elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election\nIncumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PNU) ticket, defeated Raila Odinga, leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and Kalonzo Musyoka of Orange Democratic Movement\u2013Kenya. The elections were strongly marked by ethnic hostility, with Kibaki a member of the traditionally dominant Kikuyu ethnic group, gaining much support amongst the Kikuyu and neighbouring groups in central Kenya, including the Embu and Meru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election\nOdinga, as a member of the Luo ethnic group, succeeded in creating a wider base by building a coalition with regional leaders from the Luhya in Western Kenya, Kalenjin from the Rift Valley and Muslim leaders from the Coast Province. Kibaki was declared the winner with 46% of the vote, and was sworn in at State House on 30 December. However, opposition leader Raila Odinga also claimed victory, and civil unrest broke out resulting in the deaths of several hundred people and the displacement of up to 600,000. This was ended by the National Accord and Reconciliation Act, which led to Odinga being appointed as Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election\nIn the National Assembly elections, the ODM won 99 of the 208 seats, with the PNU finishing second with 43 seats. The Kenya African National Union, which had ruled the country from independence until 2002 was reduced to being the fourth-largest party with only 15 seats. Only 71 of the 190 sitting MPs were re-elected, twenty ministers lost their seats and a record 15 female MPs were elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election\nThere is agreement in the international community that the presidential elections were at least partially manipulated. In July 2008, an exit poll commissioned by the US was released, suggested that Odinga was predicted to have won the presidency by a comfortable margin of 6%, 46% to 40%, well outside the exit poll's 1.3% margin of error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, Presidential candidates\nIncumbent president Mwai Kibaki declared his intention to run for re-election on 26 January 2007, although he had previously declared prior to the 2002 elections that he needed only one term as president. On 16 September 2007, Kibaki announced that he would run as the candidate of a new alliance called the Party of National Unity, which would include a number of parties, including KANU, the Democratic Party, NARC\u2013Kenya, FORD-Kenya, Ford\u2013People and Shirikisho among others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, Presidential candidates\nThe Orange Democratic Movement\u2013Kenya (ODM\u2013Kenya) alliance was expected to field the strongest challenger to Kibaki; the main parties originally affiliated to ODM\u2013Kenya were the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and KANU. At the time of the 2002 elections, the LDP had been part of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) movement backing Kibaki, but its ministers were dismissed from the cabinet after the 2005 constitutional referendum. KANU and LDP had originally teamed up for the 2005 referendum under the banner Orange Democratic Movement, but former president Daniel arap Moi was among the KANU faction opposing involvement with the ODM\u2013Kenya coalition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, Presidential candidates\nAs a result, ODM\u2013Kenya split in two in August 2007, one remaining as ODM\u2013Kenya and led by Kalonzo Musyoka, the other going by the name Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). KANU subsequently left the coalition entirely, and Moi announced his support for Kibaki, his former political enemy, in late August. Uhuru Kenyatta followed suit and announced his support for Kibaki in mid-September. KANU did not nominate as presidential candidate, although it contested the National Assembly elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, Presidential candidates\nSeveral ODM members vied for presidency, including Musyoka, Raila Odinga, Kenyatta (before KANU's withdrawal), William Ruto, Najib Balala, Musalia Mudavadi and Joseph Nyagah. Following the August 2007 split, ODM\u2013Kenya appointed Musyoka as its candidate on 31 August and the ODM selected Odinga as its candidate on 1 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, Presidential candidates\nPresidential candidates presented their nomination papers on 14 and 15 November to the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and nine candidates were cleared to be on the ballot in December. All nine presidential candidates also ran for a parliamentary seat as required by Kenyan law; the presidential election winner needed to also win a parliamentary seat to be named president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, National Assembly\nThe ninth parliament was dissolved on Monday 22 October 2007, with the election date of 27 December announced on 26 October 2007 by the ECK. The ECK initially set a deadline of 19 November 2007 for submitting the candidate lists to prevent candidates from defecting after failing to gain nominations from their parties, but later retracted and allowed defections to minor parties. The ODM, PNU and ODM\u2013K held their primary elections on 16 November, with all three termed as chaotic and being marred by irregularities and violence. Numerous candidates defected to smaller parties after failing to get candidature by their respective parties, including Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, who failed to gain a PNU nomination, and former Interior Minister Chris Murungaru, who lost out to a little-known trader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Background, National Assembly\nThere were 14,296,180 registered voters; 68.8% of the electorate were aged between 18\u201340, with the remaining 31.2% being those over 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Campaign, President\nKibaki began his presidential campaign on 30 September at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. Odinga launched his campaign in Uhuru Park on 6 October 2007. On the same day, three ODM supporters were shot (one of them fatally), allegedly by bodyguards of Stanley Livondo, who was running as the PNU candidate for Odinga's seat in the National Assembly. Livondo was arrested, along with two of his bodyguards and later released. Pius Muiru, a bishop and the leader of Kenya People's Party (KPP), officially launched his bid for the presidency on 21 October 2007 at Kamukunji grounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Campaign, President\nTwo cabinet ministers, first Health Minister Charity Ngilu and then Regional Co-operation Minister John Koech, backed Odinga in October; Kibaki dismissed Ngilu from the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Campaign, National Assembly\nA record 2,548 candidates contested the National Assembly elections, more than double the 1,033 that ran in 2002. The 269 female candidates was also a record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Campaign, National Assembly\nThe ODM had the highest number of candidates with 190, followed by Kenya National Democratic Alliance (KENDA) with 170, the PNU (135), ODM\u2013K (135), KADDU (97) KANU (91), Safina (88), NARC (73), the Democratic Party (86) and NARC\u2013Kenya (59). A total of 108 parties fielded parliamentary candidates, another record. For the first time, no party fielded a candidate in every constituency; every previous election had seen KANU contest every seat. The Kitutu Masaba Constituency had the highest number of candidates at 33 and all 210 constituencies had at least two candidates, meaning that there were no uncontested seats, another first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Opinion polls\nOpinion polls in late October put support for Odinga at 50%, with Kibaki at 39%, and Musyoka at 8%. A poll released in early November put Odinga at 45%, Kibaki at 41% and Musyoka at 11%, while on 23 November a poll placed Odinga and Kibaki at about the same level, with 43.6% and 43.3% respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nEarly results published by the Kenyan media gave Raila Odinga a narrow lead of 1,691,679 votes against Kibaki's 1,222,725 in 69 of the country's 210 constituencies. Odinga held a strong lead in vote counting on 28 December, and the ODM declared victory on 29 December; however, as more results were announced on the same day, the gap between the two candidates narrowed. Early on 30 December, Odinga accused the government of fraud, urged Kibaki to concede defeat, and called for a recount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nThe ECK declared Kibaki the winner later on 30 December, placing him ahead of Odinga by about 232,000 votes. According to Odinga, at least 300,000 votes for Kibaki were falsely included in his total. ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu said that while irregularities had occurred, they were a matter for the courts, not the Electoral Commission. Following the Commission's declaration of his victory, Kibaki was sworn in for his second term later on the same day, saying that he had been told by his people that he had won, calling for the \"verdict of the people\" to be respected and for \"healing and reconciliation\" to begin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nKivuitu said that there were some problems with the count, noting that in one constituency voter turnout was reported as 115%, although this was later clarified by Kivuitu appearing in an interview by Nation Television due to a double entry of one polling station in Maragua Constituency on the parliamentary tally and not the presidential tally. According to the European Union's head election observer, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, the elections were \"flawed\" and the ECK had failed to establish \"the credibility of the tallying process to the satisfaction of all parties and candidates.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nThe United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said that he had \"real concerns\" about the elections. While the United States initially congratulated Kibaki and called for the results to be respected, it also expressed concern, and on 2 January 2008 a spokesman for the US State Department declined to confirm US recognition of Kibaki's victory. In a telex from then US Embassy in Nairobi to the State Department in Washington DC [released in July 2012], US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger set out five scenarios as to who really won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0016-0002", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nHe wrote, \u2018In all cases the margin of victory for either side is slim and ultimately unknowable\u2019. The telex also noted that there was \u2018evidence of rigging on both sides\u2019 and. Kivuitu said on 2 January that he had been pressured by PNU and ODM\u2013K (Kibaki's and Kalonzo Musyoka's parties) into announcing the results without delay, declaring Kibaki the winner; claiming that he did not personally know who really won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nWithin minutes of the Commission's declaration of Kibaki's victory, ethnically based rioting and violence, primarily directed against Kikuyus, broke out across Kenya, and the government suspended live television coverage for some days. Odinga alleged that \"a clique of people around Kibaki\" sought to rig the election, but said that democracy \"is unstoppable like the flow of the Nile\". The ODM announced its intention to hold a ceremony on 31 December in which Odinga would be declared the \"people's president\", but police said that this could incite violence and that Odinga could be arrested if the ceremony occurred. Odinga then delayed this, but called for a million-strong rally on 3 January 2008 and for his supporters to wear black armbands as a show of mourning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, President\nOdinga said that the ODM would not negotiate with Kibaki unless he resigned, because to do so would mean acknowledging Kibaki's legitimacy; he also said that, unless stopped, the \"ruling clique\" could rig the next elections in five years as well, and that he was not afraid of being arrested, having been jailed many times in the past. For his part, Kibaki emphasised the importance of peace, stability, and tolerance in his 2008 New Year's message, speaking of the elections as a concluded event and warning that law-breakers would be punished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Results, National Assembly\nPreliminary results showed that Vice-President Moody Awori and Wangari Maathai both lost their seats. Other notable politicians with the same fate included Mutahi Kagwe, Musikari Kombo, Simeon Nyachae, Nicholas Biwott, Chris Murungaru, Mukhisa Kituyi, Raphael Tuju, Kipruto Kirwa, Njenga Karume and Gideon Moi, the son of former president Daniel arap Moi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Aftermath\nKibaki, of the Kikuyu ethnic group, and Odinga, of the Luo ethnic group, were supported by the two largest ethnic groups in Kenya. Fifteen minutes after Kibaki was announced president, Luo began violent attacks on Kikuyu. Slums were the first places affected by the political outrage, with hundreds of Kikuyu homes burned and Kikuyu families forced to grab their belongings and flee. Within a day, nearly all businesses were closed and the usually bustling streets of Nairobi were empty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Aftermath\nDuring January and February 2008, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced from their homes, and more than 1,000 people died from the post-election violence. Crime exploded in densely-populated areas, such as Luoland, settlements in the Rift Valley, and intra-urban slums in Mombasa. In Kisumu and parts of Nairobi, the streets saw constant rioting until the end of January. Farms were looted and roads were blocked, leaving people unable to work, farmers and commuters alike. Many members of large ethnic groups attacked anyone whom they felt didn't belong; minorities and people that had come from other countries were common targets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Aftermath\nSome people even fled to Uganda and other nearby countries to escape the social unrest. One sector greatly affected by the political unrest was tourism; flights and tours were cancelled, companies withdrew from Kenya, and many people lost their job due to lay-offs. The international media covered the tragedies extensively, giving the outside world the impression that the entire country was amidst a bloody battle, when truly, parts of Kenya were untouched by violence. The loss Kenya suffered from the lack of visitation equals approximately $47.6\u00a0million. The fragile state of the economy affected surrounding countries as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Aftermath\nAfter being sworn in as President, Kibaki named a partial cabinet on 8 January 2008, composed of 17 MPs from his party PNU and ODM\u2013Kenya which entered into a coalition agreement, along with KANU. A number of further cabinet slots were left temporarily open, presumably to give space for negotiations with the opposition ODM, which immediately challenged the constitutionality of the new government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Aftermath\nOn 10 December 2020, a high court orders the government to compensate four victims of sexual attacks by security agents during post-election violence during violence following the 2007 Kenyan general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191831-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Kenyan general election, Aftermath\nBy March 2008, the country was starting to recover and by April, it was stable. Kibaki remained President and Odinga was named Prime Minister. The National Assembly results were cancelled in three of the 210 constituencies. Prior to 2007, hostility surrounding politics in Kenya existed on a much smaller scale. In 1991, when multi-party politics was introduced, violence became known as an election-time tradition. However, the fighting and aggression demonstrated in December 2007 and January and February 2008 was and has been unmatched by any election-related uprising. In August 2012, the Nakuru County Peace Accord was signed, a treaty designed to address sources of ethnic conflict and violence in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191832-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series\nThe 2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor racing series which was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series. It was the seventeenth running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. It began on 22 April 2007 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on 9 December at Sandown Raceway after fifteen races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191832-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series\nThe series was won by Tony Ricciardello driving an Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191832-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following drivers competed in the 2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191832-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Race calendar\nThe 2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds. The series comprised fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in four different states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191832-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Points system\nPoints were awarded 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 based on the top fifteen race positions in each race. All other classified finishers will be awarded one point. Two points were awarded for first place in Qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191832-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Series standings\n* No points were scored after the race was declared with insufficient laps completed after a crash by Jordan Roddy caused the race to be red flagged. * * Race was cancelled after race schedule overran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191833-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kettering Borough Council election\nElections to Kettering Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by nine. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191833-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kettering Borough Council election, Candidates and election issues\nBoth the Conservative and Labour parties put up candidates in all wards. There were also five Liberal Democrat, four Independent and one Green party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191833-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kettering Borough Council election, Candidates and election issues\nMajor elections issues included refuse collection, recycling and the location of the council offices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191834-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kids' Choice Awards\nThe 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 31, 2007, hosted by Justin Timberlake. The show was held at Pauley Pavilion at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gwen Stefani (with Akon) and Maroon 5 performed during the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191834-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kids' Choice Awards\nOnline voting began on March 5, 2007. A \"Name That Nominee\" special hosted by Lil' JJ aired on March 11. Another special called \"Deep Inside the KCAs\" (hosted by Emma Roberts) aired on March 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191834-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kids' Choice Awards, Winners and nominees\nWinners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191834-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kids' Choice Awards, Shooting\nAfter a group of 5 people were denied entrance to a KCA after party, at least 1 person opened fire with a weapon. Three teens were not injured. The police suspected gang involvement, but no arrests have been made as of 2020.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191835-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 113th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 15 September 2007 and ended on 28 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191835-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 6 October 2007, Mullinavat were relegated from the championship following 1-11 to 0-13 defeat by Young Irelands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191835-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 28 October 2007, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 1-20 to 1-10 defeat of St. Martin's in the final. It was their 11th championship title overall and their second title in succession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191835-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship\nKevin Power from the Fenians club was the championship's top scorer with 1-29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191836-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes\nThe 2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 28 July 2007. It was the 57th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191836-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes\nThe winner was Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's Dylan Thomas, a four-year-old bay colt trained at Ballydoyle in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh. Dylan Thomas's victory was the second in the race for his trainer, jockey and owners. In addition, Michael Tabor had won the race independently with Montjeu (2000) and Hurricane Run (2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191836-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nThe race attracted seven runners but no three-year-olds. Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle stable were represented by Scorpion, the winner of the 2005 St Leger Stakes and the 2006 Coronation Cup and the favourite Dylan Thomas, whose wins included the Irish Derby, Irish Champion Stakes and Prix Ganay. The only challenger from continental Europe was the German colt Prince Flori, winner of the Grosser Preis von Baden. The Godolphin stable was represented by Laverock, a five-year-old who had won the Prix d'Ispahan and the Gran Premio del Jockey Club in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191836-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nThe three remaining runners, all trained in Britain, were Youmzain, winner of the Preis von Europa and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Maraahel, twice winner of the Hardwicke Stakes and the veteran stayer Sergeant Cecil, whose wins had included the Ebor Handicap, Cesarewitch, Doncaster Cup and Prix du Cadran. Dylan Thomas headed the betting at odds of 5/4 ahead of Scorpion (3/1), Maraahel (6/1) and Prince Flori (10/1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191836-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race\nScorpion set the pace from Prince Flori in the early stages before Maraahel (who had started poorly) moved into second place after half a mile. Laverock and Dylan Thomas tracked the leaders ahead of Youmzain and Sergeant Cecil. On the turn into the straight Maraahel gained the advantage from Scorpion but was quickly overtaken by Dylan Thomas on the outside. Youmzain finished strongly, but never looked likely to challenge the favourite, who recorded an \"impressive\" four length victory. Maraahel was a further three and a half lengths back in third, half a length ahead of Laverock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191837-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 King's Cup\nThe 38th King's Cup finals were held from 22 to 29 December 2007 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The King's Cup (\u0e04\u0e34\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e4c\u0e04\u0e31\u0e1e) is an annual football tournament; the first tournament was played in 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191837-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 King's Cup\nHosts Thailand won the tournament beating the B-Side of Iraq 1\u20130 in the final. Uzbekistan and Korea DPR were the other teams to play in this tournament. Iraq B-Side was represented by Erbil SC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191838-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open\nThe 2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, India, from September 24 through September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191838-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 14, Wimbledon semifinalist, Estoril runner-up Richard Gasquet, former World No. 1, Hamburg and Cincinnati Masters semifinalist, Las Vegas winner Lleyton Hewitt, and Casablanca and Gstaad champion Paul-Henri Mathieu. Also present were Marseille and Halle semifinalist Jarkko Nieminen, Newport titlist Fabrice Santoro, Stefan Koubek, Julien Benneteau and Olivier Rochus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191838-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, Finals, Doubles\nRobert Lindstedt / Jarkko Nieminen defeated Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20136(7\u20135)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191839-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open \u2013 Doubles\nMario An\u010di\u0107 and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but An\u010di\u0107 chose not to participate, and only Bhupathi competed that year. Bhupathi partnered with Fabrice Santoro, but withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191839-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open \u2013 Doubles\nRobert Lindstedt and Jarkko Nieminen won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20136(7\u20135), against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191840-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open \u2013 Singles\nDmitry Tursunov was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191840-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open \u2013 Singles\nRichard Gasquet won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Olivier Rochus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191841-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kiribati parliamentary election\nA parliamentary election took place in Kiribati on 22 August 2007 and 30 August 2007, within 23 constituencies (electoral districts) to elect 44 MPs (43.000 citizens vote). Two other MPs are ex officio members (not elected).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191841-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kiribati parliamentary election\nThere were 146 candidates in the first round, including all 44 sitting MPs, among them President Anote Tong. Most of them represent Pillars of Truth or Protect the Maneaba.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191841-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kiribati parliamentary election\nEighteen seats were decided in the first round (including that of Tong, who was overwhelmingly re-elected). Tong's Pillars of Truth and allies independents got twelve of the eighteen seats. For the twenty-six seats where no candidate received a majority, a second round was held on August 30; while party allegiances in Kiribati change regularly, it is likely that the incumbent will be reelected as president in the upcoming presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191842-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kiribati presidential election\nA presidential election was held in Kiribati on 17 October 2007, following the 2007 parliamentary election. President Anote Tong, who was re-elected to parliament in the first round of the parliamentary election, sought another term as president. At the first parliamentary session, four candidates were chosen to appear on the ballot: Anote Tong, Patrick Tatireta, Timon Aneri, and Nabuti Mwemwenikarawa. Opposition nominees Harry Tong (Anote Tong's brother) and Tetaua Taitai were excluded from the ballot, upon which the opposition called for a boycott of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191842-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kiribati presidential election\nConsequently, voter turnout was just above 50%. Tong won more than 15,500 votes, Mwemwenikarawa won over 8,000 votes, and Tatireta and Anera won less than 400 votes each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191843-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kirkuk bombings\nThe 2007 Kirkuk bombings were a series of 3 suicide and car bomb attacks that occurred on July 16, 2007, in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk. The bombing killed 86 people with up to 180 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191843-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kirkuk bombings\nThe first bomb, which caused most of the casualties, exploded in a crowded market close to the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a Kurdish political party led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The massive explosion left a crater several metres deep. More than 20 cars were destroyed and two buildings collapsed completely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191843-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kirkuk bombings\nThe second attack minutes later targeted a bus station at a nearby market in a commercial area called Iskan and wounded one civilian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191843-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kirkuk bombings\nSeveral hours later, a car bomb exploded in southern Kirkuk, killing a police officer and wounding six others. A fourth car bomb was discovered and made safe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191844-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kisima Music Awards\nThe 2007 Kisima Music Awards took place at Marula Manor, Nairobi, Kenya on 8 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191845-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191846-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kobalt Tools 500\nThe 2007 Kobalt Tools 500, the fourth race of the 2007 Nextel Cup Season, was held on Sunday, March 18, 2007 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, his second consecutive win in the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191846-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kobalt Tools 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 Scott Wimmer (#33), Ward Burton (#4), John Andretti (#37), Michael Waltrip (#55), Kenny Wallace (#78), Kevin Lepage (#34), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), A.J. Allmendinger (#84)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191846-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kobalt Tools 500, Race recap\nJimmie Johnson passed Tony Stewart with two laps to go to win his second straight Nextel Cup Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191846-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kobalt Tools 500, Standings\nJohnson would vault to fourth in the Cup standings, trailing only Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Jeff Burton in that order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191847-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kogi State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Kogi State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Kogi State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Ibrahim Idris won the election, defeating Mohammed Abdulsalami Ohiare of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191847-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kogi State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 16 candidates contested in the election. Ibrahim Idris from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Mohammed Abdulsalami Ohiare from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,479,834.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191848-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest\nThe 2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest was a protest by 400 Sierra Leoneans in the town of Koidu-Sefadu in Eastern Province. The protest was aimed at the local diamond mine which the residents claimed to have harmed both them and the local environment. The result of the protest was a clampdown by Sierra Leonean police and the death of 2 protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191848-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest, Background\nSierra Leoneans had flocked to the country's largest mine after the election of Ernest Bai Koroma in September 2007. On 12 December, the government removed the miners after it was agreed that the miners could keep any diamonds uncovered during their work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191848-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest, 14 December\nOn 14 December, local police were ordered into the mine area to protect the Koidu Holdings company which runs the mine. Protesters had gathered at the gate, seeking housing and increased compensation for their sufferings. The police used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protesters, killing two and injuring eight others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191848-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest, Official reaction\nOn the issue of resettlement of displaced villagers, Minister of Mineral Resources Alhaji Abubakarr Jalloh said the \"company is relatively slow in building the resettlement\". Minister Jalloh also sought for the miners to leave the area. President Koroma temporarily halted diamond mining across the country as a result of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191848-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Koidu-Sefadu protest, Sources\nThis Sierra Leonean history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191849-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolkata riots\nThe 2007 Kolkata riots took place in Kolkata on 21 November 2007, when Muslim anti-Taslima protesters under the banner of All India Minority Forum blockaded major portions of central Kolkata and resorted to arson and violence. The Left Front led State Government deployed the army in the afternoon of that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191849-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolkata riots, Background\nOn 17 August, Muslim clerics in Kolkata issued death warrant against Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 30], "content_span": [31, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191849-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolkata riots, Events\nSeveral media persons from television channels were hurt due to stone pelting. The rioters set fire to two party offices of the ruling party Communist Party of India (Marxist). The violence led to severe traffic snarls during the morning rush hour. Most of the violence was concentrated in the Muslim Majority neighbourhoods of Central and East Kolkata. Park Circus Area, Topsia, Tiljala, Tangra, Park Street- MullickBazar, Eliot Road, Ripon Street, Royd Street, Colin Street, Marquis Street, Raja Bazar, Sealdah, Moulali, C.I.T.Road and adjoining areas of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane Avenue (Park Circus Connector). North and South Kolkata were largely peaceful and curfew was not extended to those areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191849-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolkata riots, Events\nAs the streets of Kolkata turned into a combat zone, the State Government requisitioned ten platoons of the army. At 3 PM, four platoons of the army, each comprising 100 to 120 soldiers marched into the city from Fort William. 3 flag marches were conducted that evening. Four more platoons were preparing to move soon. Idris Ali of the Minority Forum was the mastermind. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) Meeraj Khalid opened fire on a group of arsonists at Eliot Road. In total 6 rounds were fired and 3 people were grievously injured. Brigadier Solanki imposed martial law at 4 pm. The curfew was strictly enforced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191849-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolkata riots, Events\nWithdrawal of curfew was done in a phased manner the following day after Governor Gopalakrishna Gandhi met top communist and opposition leaders. The Home Ministry's opinion was sought and Rashtrapati Bhawan kept informed. Martial Law ended the next afternoon and normalcy was restored by evening. The Army organised a final flag march from Wellington to Raj Bhawan. Battalions of Eastern Frontier Rifles remained on standby for the next month. Idris Ali was arrested that evening and sent to Presidency Prison. The West Bengal Government was praised for its handling of the situation. Governor Gandhi gave a publicly broadcast speech to appeal for communal calm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191849-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolkata riots, Aftermath\nTwo months after the incident, Dharmamukta Manabbadi Mancha, an organization of secular Muslims, held a press conference at the Press Club in Kolkata in protest of the expulsion of Taslima Nasreen from Kolkata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191850-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kolmonen \u2013 Finnish League Division 3\nLeague tables for teams participating in Kolmonen, the fourth tier of the Finnish soccer league system, in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191851-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Komae city assembly election\nKomae, Tokyo held a local election on April 22, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191852-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kongolo Antonov An-32B crash\nOn 26 August 2007, an Antonov An-32B crashed at Kongolo Airport in Kongolo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 14 of the 15 people on board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191852-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kongolo Antonov An-32B crash, Accident\nLoaded with nine tons of cassiterite and other minerals and carrying 12 passengers and a crew of three, an Antonov An-32B operated by the Great Lakes Business Company took off from Kongolo Airport for a domestic flight to Goma International Airport in Goma on 26 August 2007. About ten minutes after takeoff, the aircraft experienced engine trouble, and the crew \u2013 composed of two Ukrainians and a Russian \u2013 attempted to return to Kongolo Airport. On approach to Kongolo Airport about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) short of the runway, the aircraft struck trees and crashed at about 16:00 local time. The wreckage caught fire. All three crew members and 11 of the 12 passengers died.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191852-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kongolo Antonov An-32B crash, Aircraft\nThe aircraft was a twin-engine Antonov An-32B (NATO reporting name \"Curl\"), manufacturer's serial number 14-07. It had first flown in 1987 and was registered as 9Q-CAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191853-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea National League\nThe 2007 Korea National League was the fifth season of the Korea National League. It was divided in two stages, and the winners of each stage qualified for the championship playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191854-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea National League Championship\nKorea National Championship 2007 was cup competition of N-League in South Korea. The 4th edition of Korea National Championship was held from July 5 to 16 in Yanggu, Gangwon-do. Participated team was 12 clubs in N-League, 3 clubs in K3 League and Gumi Siltron that previous Konigreen Cup winner, total 16 clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191854-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea National League Championship\nSuwon City won the competition by defeating Goyang Kookmin Bank in final on 16 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191855-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Open Super Series\nThe 2007 Korea Open Super Series (officially known as the Yonex Korea Open Super Series 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea, from 23 to 28 January 2007 and had a total purse of $300,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191855-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Open Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 Korea Open Super Series was the second tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the Korea Open championships, which had been held since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191855-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Open Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191855-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Open Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191855-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Open Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191856-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Professional Baseball season\nThe 2007 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 26th season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The champions of the league were the SK Wyverns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191856-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korea Professional Baseball season, Korean Series\nThe Korean Series involved the SK Wyverns playing against the Doosan Bears in a best-of-seven series. The Bears started the Series well, winning the first two games, but then the Wyverns won the next four to win the Series in six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191857-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean FA Cup\nThe 2007 Korean FA Cup, known as the 2007 Hana Bank FA Cup, was the 12th edition of the Korean FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191857-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean FA Cup, Final rounds, Round of 16\nJeonnam Dragons (defending champions), Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2006 K League champions), and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2006 AFC Champions League champions) directly qualified for the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 45], "content_span": [46, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191858-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean FA Cup Final\nThe 2007 Korean FA Cup Final was a football match played on 25 November 2007 and 2 December 2007 that decided the winner of the 2007 season of the Korean FA Cup. The 2007 final was the culmination of the 12th season of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191858-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean FA Cup Final\nThe final was contested by Chunnam Dragons and Pohang Steelers. Both matches kicked off at 15:00 KST. The referee for the first and second match was Lee Young-Chul and Kwon Jong-Chul, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191859-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean League Cup\nThe 2007 Korean League Cup, also known as the 2007 Samsung Hauzen Cup, was the 20th competition of the Korean League Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series\nThe 2007 Korean Series began on Monday, 22 October, at the Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon. It featured the SK Wyverns, who had claimed home ground advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the season, and the Doosan Bears, who had finished second and had swept the Hanhwa Eagles in a best-of-5 playoff series to advance to the next round. The SK Wyverns won the series in six games, after becoming the first team in Korean Series history to claim victory after losing the first two games. The series was also notable for the inability of teams to win at their home grounds (just one home victory out of the six games) and for some unsavory and aggressive incidents between the two teams that marred the first three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 1, 22 October\nThe first game of the series began at the home stadium of the Wyverns, but they failed to take advantage as Doosan completed a 2-0 shutout victory, thanks to the pitching of their ace Daniel Rios. Kenny Rayburn started for the Wyverns but was unable to emulate Rios's feat of giving up only 4 hits and 1 walk. The game also saw two instances of Doosan batters being struck by pitches, which would become an issue in the next game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 1, 22 October\nDoosan scored their first run in the first inning. Lee Jong-wook was the lead-off runner, and Ko Young-min drove him in with a double. They added to their score in the fifth, when Lee walked in again off a Kim Dong-joo sacrifice fly with the bases loaded. Rayburn lasted six innings, with five more pitchers coming out of the bullpen over the next three innings to try to keep the score at 2-0. Rios, with a superb performance, pitched the full nine innings, throwing 99 pitches to get the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 2, 23 October\nDoosan took a 2-0 lead in the series with the aid of some strong batting and some sloppy Wyverns defensive work. An incident occurred before the game started, with Doosan officials suspecting that the Wyverns had hidden a camera beneath the first base fence to steal signs, which was later proven false as the 'camera' turned out to be a sewer. Tensions spilled onto the field as three more Doosan batters were struck by pitches, making a total of five over the two games. Benches cleared in the sixth inning when Doosan batter Kim Dong-joo was struck by a pitch from starter Chae Byeong-yong, delaying the game for six minutes. The incident proved to be a turning point, as Doosan scored three more runs in the inning to achieve the final scoreline of 6-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 2, 23 October\nThe game began well for SK as first-baseman Lee Ho-jun hit a two-run home run in the first to put the score at 2-0. Doosan responded in the third with a two-run shot of their own from second-baseman Ko Young-min. They took the lead in the fifth with another home run when catcher Chae Sang-byung scored with two out to give Doosan a slender advantage. SK fought back almost immediately with the fourth and final home run of the game off the bat of left-fielder Cho Dong-hwa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 2, 23 October\nIn the top of the sixth, Ko Young-min reached first with a lead-off single, and advanced to second after Kim Dong-joo was struck by the bench-clearing pitch. A single from former Wyverns shortstop Lee Dae-su got both of them home and Chae Sang-byung added a sixth when his double scored Lee. Doosan's starter Matt Randall came away with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 3, 25 October\nDoosan returned home to their stadium in Jamsil with a 2-0 series lead. This was significant as no team in Korean Series history had won after losing the first two games. Based on the form of the teams in the first two games, it looked as though a sweep was inevitable. In this game, however, there was a remarkable reversal of fortunes as SK struck back significantly to win 9-1. Doosan, who had been confident and aggressive in the first two games, suddenly looked hesitant and ineffective.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 3, 25 October\nThe Wyverns put slugger Kim Jae-hyeon back into the batting order as their DH, and it immediately paid dividends. Wyverns shortstop Jeong Keun-woo got on with a lead-off single, and Kim scored him with a double to right field. Park Jae-hong got Kim home with a single to put the Wyverns up 2-0, the way they had begun in the last game. The pitching duel continued between Wyverns starter Michael Romano and Doosan's Kim Myeong-jae as neither of them allowed any more runs up until the top of the sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 3, 25 October\nThere, Doosan suddenly imploded, as shortstop Lee Dae-su, who had been hailed for his efforts in the previous two games, made a string of bad errors including dropped catches and mis-judged base throws to allow multiple SK batters to score or get on base. An attempted home steal by Jeong Keun-woo was also successful as keeper Chae Sang-byung mishandled a pitch by reliever Lee Hei-chun, also allowing Cho Dong-hwa to score from second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 3, 25 October\nDoosan pulled a run back when Ko Young-min scored Lee Jong-wook with a single in the bottom of the sixth, but they would not manage to post another run after that, and SK ran out winners with the scoreline substantially in their favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 4, 26 October\nGame 4 saw the return of Daniel Rios for Doosan, and it was widely assumed that his return would restore stability to the team. Meanwhile, SK announced the shock appointment of rookie pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun in place of expected pitcher Kenny Rayburn who had competed admirably with Rios in the first game. It appeared that SK were going to throw the game, take a 3-1 series deficit against a seemingly un-hittable Rios and fight back with a fresher pitching rotation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 4, 26 October\nBut Kim managed to stage what must be one of the most remarkable performances in the history of the Korean Series, giving up only one hit in 7\u2153 innings. On the other hand, Rios only lasted for five innings, giving up nine hits and three earned runs. Doosan's bullpen reclaimed a hold on the game, but they were unable to score any runs and suffered their first shutout loss of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 4, 26 October\nSK continued their habit of scoring early as Kim Jae-hyeon again opened the scoring with a double to bring in Jeong Keun-woo in the first. Doosan's bats struggled, only managing to get on base with two walks and a hit over five innings. SK were getting runners most innings, but were unable to take advantage until the fifth, when back-to-back home runs from Cho Dong-hwa and Kim Jae-hyun put them up 3-0. Wyverns third baseman Choi Jeong made it four when his single brought in Jeong Kyeong-bae who had walked to first and advanced on a bunt from Park Kyung-oan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 4, 26 October\nDoosan were unable to fare any better against the Wyverns relievers Cho Woong-cheon and Ka Deuk-yeom, and their hit in the sixth inning remained their only hit for the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 5, 27 October\nGame 5 was played on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Jamsil stadium. Kenny Rayburn returned for the Wyverns; he faced Matt Randall. This game turned out to be the most competitive since the first game. Rayburn and Randall each pitched 6 innings giving up no runs; Rayburn had only 3 hits to Randall's 5 but he did give up 6 walks compared to Randall's 2. The game was to be decided by the bullpens, with Cho Woong-cheon coming on for the Wyverns and Im Tae-hoon for the Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 5, 27 October\nBoth got through the seventh unscathed, but an error in the top of the eight by second-baseman Ko Young-min with a misjudged throw to first base allowed leadoff batter Cho Dong-hwa to get onto second. Kim Jae-hyeon continued his excellent post-season form with a massive triple to open the scoring for SK. He was brought in by another Lee Ho-jun double to make the score 2-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 5, 27 October\nSpeedy Kim Kang-min made it three with yet another double, and after managing to advance to third, walked in for an easy fourth run after a wild pitch from new reliever Lee Hei-chun rounded out the scoring for the game. SK was now positioned to win the series up three games to two, and with the next two games to be played at their home ground in Incheon. They had completely swung the momentum in their favour, and Doosan had scored only once during the whole three games they had played at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 6, 29 October\nGame 6 was to prove the final game of the series as SK became the first team of the 2007 Korean Series to win a home game. SK went with Chae Byeong-yong, the losing pitcher of game 2, to start, while Doosan went with rookie reliever Im Tae-hoon in a somewhat surprising role as starting pitcher. Doosan needed a major form reversal to win the game and force a series decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 6, 29 October\nThey showed their intentions early, managing a run after Kim Hyun-Soo was brought home from second by a Kim Dong-joo double. They held the lead until the third innings, when the Wyverns young third-baseman Choi Jeong, who had had a quiet series, managed to get to first, and then a two-run home run by shortstop Jeong Keun-woo put them in front 2-1. Kim Jae-hyeon turned his great post-season form into spectacular post-season form by adding another with a solo shot in the same innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 6, 29 October\nThe scoreline remained 3-1 when Chae Byeong-yong was taken off after 5\u00bd innings of service to bring in their main post-season reliever Cho Woong-cheon, as Doosan tried to claw back the lead. But they struggled for hits, with only a Hong Sung-heon double between innings six to eight to show for their efforts, and things got worse for them in the bottom of the eighth as SK added two more runs. Na Ju-hwan got on base and advanced to second with a Part Kyung-oan grounder, and Choi Jeong's single was enough to bring him home. The next batter, Jeong Keun-woo, walked, and a Cho Dong-hwa double brought home Choi and gave a four-run lead to SK, now up 5-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191860-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Series, Game 6, 29 October\nCloser Chong Tae-hyon, who had been brought on in the previous inning, was given the task of closing out the game for the championship win. Doosan rallied though, Hong Sung-heon leading-off to first and then scoring on a hit from pinch-hitter Yoo Jae-woong. Another pinch-hitter, Jeon Sang-ryeol, scored a double which only got Yoo as far as third, and that brought Lee Jong-wook to the plate. A home run would have tied up the game and sent it into extra innings, but Chong struck him out to bring the Wyverns their first Korean Series victory in the history of the franchise. Designated hitter Kim Jae-hyeon was named the series MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191861-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Tour\nThe 2007 Korean Tour was a season on the Korean Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments. The table below shows the season results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191861-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191861-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule\nThe Dongbu Insurance Promy KPGA Invitational also included a senior event with prize money of KRW 50,000,000. It was won by Choi Sang-ho from Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191861-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Tour, Order of Merit\nThe Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191861-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders\n'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money. Prize money won in the Ballantine's Championship did not count.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191862-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball European Bowl\n2007 Korfball European Bowl is the European Championship \"B\" of korfball played by the countries that have not qualified for the World Championships. It was split into two divisions, Western and Eastern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191862-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball European Bowl\nThe champions of both divisions played the final during the 2007 Korfball World Championship and the winner was Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191862-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball European Bowl, Western division\nThe western division was played in Luxembourg, on May 12 and 13, with the participation of 6 national teams and the winner was Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191862-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball European Bowl, Western division\nIt was the first official performance for some of the national teams: Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the international debut of Sweden. Luxembourg and France were the two other participants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191862-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball European Bowl, Eastern division\nThe Eastern division was played in Serbia, on June 16 and 17, with the participation of 5 national teams and the winner was Slovakia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191862-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball European Bowl, European Bowl 2007 Final\nThe final was held in Brno (Czech Republic), in the 2007 Korfball World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship\nThe 8th Korfball World Championship was held in Brno (Czech Republic) on November 1\u201310, 2007 with 16 national teams in competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship\nThe best 8 teams qualified for the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship\nThese days was also played the final match of the European Bowl with the champions of the Eastern and Western divisions, Slovakia and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship, Pool matches\nPts = Points P = Played games W = Win (3p)w = win with golden goal/penalties (2p)l = lost with golden goal/penalties (1p)L = Lost", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship, Pool matches\nF = Korfs favourA = Korfs againstD = Difference korfs (KF-KA)GG = Match won by golden goal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship, Second round, Title pools\nDone with the two best teams in every pool of the first round, carrying forward their match result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191863-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Korfball World Championship, Second round, Pools for 9th\u201316th places\nDone with the two last teams in every pool of the first round, carrying forward their match result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections\nMunicipal elections were held in Kosovo on November 17, 2007, at the same time as elections to the Assembly of Kosovo, with a second round for the mayoral elections held on 2007-12-08. The date was originally set for September 1, 2007 by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joachim R\u00fccker (head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections\nThe elections were held in Kosovo's thirty municipalities, and for the first time, local mayors were directly elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections\nJoachim R\u00fccker decided not to officially recognise the election results in mainly Serb-populated municipalities where Albanians were elected due to the Serb election boycott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections, Main contenders\nThree Kosovo Serb lists registered for the election very early:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections, Main contenders\nIn total, 50 lists participated the elections. Many of the lists participating in the local elections were Serbian, as opposed to the parliamentary elections, where only eight Serbian lists participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections, Alliances\nThe Democratic Party of Kosovo, which won the Assembly election, and the New Kosovo Alliance agreed in early December 2007, prior to the second round of the elections, to form coalitions at the local level wherever possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections, Results\nThe results of the mayoral elections in the thirty municipalities were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections, Results\nDue to the Kosovan Serbs' election boycott, no run-off election was held in Leposavi\u0107, Zubin Potok and Zve\u010dan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191864-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan local elections, Results\nAccording to the final results, party control of the municipal councils is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191865-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 17 November 2007 alongside Municipal elections. Voters elected the 120 members of the unicameral Assembly, the legislative branch of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government that the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo created. The elections were scheduled by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joachim R\u00fccker (head of the UNMIK) on 1 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191865-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kosovan parliamentary election, Results\nOf the ten seats reserved for Serbs, six were won by four parties which decided to form a coalition on 5 December: Slavi\u0161a Petkovi\u0107's Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija, Dragi\u0161a Miri\u0107's Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party, Mihajl \u0160\u0107epanovi\u0107's Serb People's Party and Neboj\u0161a \u017divi\u0107's Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191866-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kowloon City District Council election\nThe 2007 Kowloon City District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 22 elected members to the 27-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191867-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nThe 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 36th Kraft Nabisco Championship, held March 29 to April 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. This was the 25th edition of the event as a major championship and the total purse was $2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191867-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nMorgan Pressel shot a bogey-free 69 in the final round to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, and 54-hole co-leader Suzann Pettersen. Tied for ninth and four strokes back after the third round, Pressel gained her first victory on the LPGA Tour and became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18\u00a0years, 313\u00a0days. The low amateur was collegian Stacy Lewis, a redshirt junior at Arkansas who carded a final round 70 (\u22122) and finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191867-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nThe 36-hole co-leaders at 140 (\u22124) were world number two Lorena Ochoa and number five Paula Creamer, with Petterson and first round leader Shi-Hyun Ahn a stroke back; all four were in search of their first major. Ochoa made a quadruple-bogey at 17 on Saturday, and Creamer shot 78 (+6) on Sunday. Top-ranked Annika Sorenstam made the cut, but just barely at 151 (+7).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191867-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nPettersen, 25, co-led with Se Ri Pak after the third round at 212 (\u22124) and had a four-stroke lead with four holes to play on Sunday. Double bogeys at 15 and 16, and a bogey on the par-3 17th dropped Pettersen a stroke back, and she missed a birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff. She rebounded and gained her first LPGA Tour victory in May at Kingsmill, the next major at the LPGA Championship in June, and three additional victories in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191867-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship\nPressel's win vaulted her thirteen places in the world rankings, from seventeenth to a career-high fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191868-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup\nThe 2007 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 8 October through 14 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191868-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup\nThe men's field featured ATP No. 4, French Open and US Open semifinalist, Moscow two-time winner, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, Dubai and Munich finalist, Rotterdam titlist Mikhail Youzhny, and Doha and Metz runner-up, San Jose champion Andy Murray. Also present were Casablanca and Gstaad winner, 2002 Moscow champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, former World No. 1 Marat Safin, Potito Starace, Dmitry Tursunov and Philipp Kohlschreiber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191868-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup\nThe women's draw was led by WTA No. 2, US Open, Indian Wells, Berlin and Rome runner-up, New Haven titlist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Australian Open finalist, San Diego winner Maria Sharapova, and Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stanford winner, defending champion Anna Chakvetadze. Other seeds were Australian Open champion Serena Williams, Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli, Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, Patty Schnyder and Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191868-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMarat Safin / Dmitry Tursunov defeated Tom\u00e1\u0161 Cibulec / Lovro Zovko, 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191868-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Victoria Azarenka / Tatiana Poutchek, 4\u20136, 6\u20131, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191869-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Doubles\nFabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 were the defending champions, but Santoro chose not to participate, and only Zimonjic competed that year. Zimonjic partnered with Daniel Nestor, but lost in the quarterfinals to S\u00e9bastien Grosjean and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191869-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMarat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132, against Tom\u00e1\u0161 Cibulec and Lovro Zovko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191870-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Men's Singles\nNikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, and won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20136(11\u20139), against Paul-Henri Mathieu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191871-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but Schiavone chose not to participate, and only Peschke competed that year. Peschke partnered with Rennae Stubbs, but lost in the quarterfinals to Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Galina Voskoboeva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191871-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 10\u20137, against Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191872-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191872-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Singles\nElena Dementieva won the title, defeating Serena Williams in the final 5\u20137, 6\u20131, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191872-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kremlin Cup \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191873-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Krems local election\nLocal elections were held in Krems an der Donau on 7 October 2007. The \u00d6VP held its majority; while the SP\u00d6 increased its share of votes and seats, it failed to displace the \u00d6VP as the largest party in the city council. In addition to \u00d6VP, SP\u00d6, FP\u00d6 and the Gr\u00fcne, three other parties stood:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191873-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Krems local election\nThe \u00d6VP held their 20 mandates, the SP\u00d6 saw an increase of three for a total of 16, while the FP\u00d6 lost one and the Greens lost two, resulting in two and one mandate, respectively. The Communists and Left Socialists held their single mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191874-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election\nThe 2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2007\u5e74\u4e2d\u570b\u570b\u6c11\u9ee8\u4e3b\u5e2d\u88dc\u9078) was held on 7 April 2007 in Taiwan between Wu Po-hsiung and Hung Hsiu-chu. This was the third direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote. The previous leadership election had occurred in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191874-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election\nThe election was triggered by the resignation of chairman Ma Ying-jeou after he was indicted for allegedly misusing funds while Mayor of Taipei. The Taiwan High Court eventually cleared Ma of all corruption charges. The election, held on 7 April, was won by Wu Poh-hsiung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191875-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kuril Islands earthquake\nThe 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred east of the Kuril Islands on 13 January at 1:23 p.m. (JST). The shock had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A non-destructive tsunami was generated, with maximum wave amplitudes of 0.32 meters (1\u00a0ft 1\u00a0in). The earthquake is considered a doublet of the 8.3 magnitude 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake which occurred the previous November approximately 95\u00a0km to the southeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict\nThe Kurram Agency War began on 6 April 2007 in Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan when a Sunni gunman on a Friday prayer held by Shia in Parachinar. It left more than 40 people dead and more than 150 people wounded . Tension had been brewing in the area adjacent to the Afghan border since April 1 when the sectarian group Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat taking part in Mawlid (prophet Muhammad's birthday) when some of Sunni people having guns shot the Shia people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 6 (War Starts)\nOn Friday, 6 April 17 RabiulAwal, a Sunni gunman fired on a procession (EideMilad u Nabi) held by Shia in Parachinar. An ambulance was also attacked by sunni Taliban terrorists in the city in which three people, including the organiser of the Haideri Blood Bank, Inayat Hussain were wounded. Hospital sources said that three bodies and 18 wounded people had been brought to the agency headquarters hospital. Hundreds of sunnis were killed by Shia. Locals said the number of casualties might increase as both sides were using heavy weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 6 (War Starts)\nAkber Khan Road's Markets, which was full of Taliban forces fighting against Shia, although houses and shops were set ablaze after a big fight by Shia who came from nearest villages resulting in millions of rupees losses. The aim was to flush the sunni people from the city Which is evident as now only few people of sunni sect left there and no property is owned by them from Parachinar and surroundings..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 6 (War Starts)\nThe political administration of the Kurram Agency imposed a curfew and additional army troops were called out to stop acts of lawlessness in the area. A jirga of elders was being convened to broker a ceasefire between the two groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 7 (Army Takes Over)\nThe army took control of Parachinar on Saturday after overnight heavy gun battles between two sectarian groups. Fierce clashes continued in other parts of the Kurram Agency. Cobra helicopters targeted suspected locations in and around the town to dislodge combatants from their positions. The army and paramilitary forces, backed by armoured personnel carriers, entered Parachinar and secured positions at around 11 am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 7 (Army Takes Over)\nFATA\u2019s secretary for security Arbab Mohammad Arif told reporters in Peshawar that 40 people had been killed and 70 wounded in the two days of fighting. Officials claim the curfew imposed in the area was effective; the city had been sealed completely and troops were issued a \u2018shoot at sight order\u2019 if any person was found violating the curfew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 7 (Army Takes Over)\nHospital sources said 15 bodies had been counted so far and 62 injured had been taken to the city\u2019s main hospital and private clinics. An official source said three government employees were among the dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)\nDespite the presence of a large number of Taliban forces killed Shia peoples, clashes between rival groups intensified in the Kurram Agency on Sunday. Fifteen more Taliban dead and scores of others wounded amid reports that the rival groups in certain areas had intensified attacks on each other's positions. One woman was among the dead. The road between Parachinar and Thall remained closed and wounded people could not be taken to Peshawar. Doctors said that local hospitals lacked adequate medical and surgical facilities. Four Taliban were killed in Piwar and three in Kirman village. A mortar shell hit a house in Alamsher village, killing one Amin Hussain (Shia). Six Taliban were killed in Sadda town shelling from Balish Khel. Two were killed while loading a mortar gun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)\nFierce clashes continued in Tari Mangal-Piwaar, Mali Khel-Boshera, Parachamkani-Kirman and Ibrahimzai-Sadda areas and heavy weapons were used. A heavy exchange of fire was reported from Boshera, 5 km south of Parachinar. The main grid station supplying electricity to Sadda came under attack and power supply to the area was suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)\nOfficial sources claimed that 25 people had died in the past three days and 140 had suffered injuries, with many of them said to be in critical condition in hospitals. Two of the injured died in a hospital in Parachinar and three in Sadda hospital. The sources said 110 wounded people had been taken to hospitals in Parachinar and 30 to the hospital in Sadda. Political Agent Sahibzada Mohammad Anis said 15 people had died and 40 others wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 8 (Clashes spread to villages)\nAdministration considered using Cobra helicopters to dislodge armed groups from different locations. The administration persuaded the area MNAs, senators and Maliks to use their influence to broker a truce. AFP adds: \"We have started negotiations with tribal elders to end the fighting,\" Sahibzada Anis said, adding that troops could be used in some outlying areas if needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 9, 2007 (Clashes Intensify)\nA security personnel was killed and several others injured when a mortar shell hit their headquarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 9, 2007 (Clashes Intensify)\nThe security forces have warned to take action if the rival factions did not stop fighting. Residents said some people had opened fire in Dandar localities of the city on Sunday night, but no casualty was reported. A large area of the agency is without electricity. Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Hamid Khan promised security to the residents of Kurram Agency during a visit to the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)\nDespite the presence of security forces, heavy fighting between Taliban & Shia in different areas of the Kurram Agency continued for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday April 10. There is no respite in clashes and residential areas are being targeted with rockets and light cannons, forcing people to evacuate women and children to safe places. The region was without electricity after the main transmission line was attacked by Taliban near Alizai in the Lower Kurram Agency. According to sources, death toll had risen to 50 and hospitals in Parachinar, Sadda and Alizai had received 260 wounded. Doctors said that 173 wounded had been shifted to hospitals in Parachinar and about 65 to the Sadda hospital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)\nThe official death toll from the clashes since April 6 has reached 25, while the unofficial toll is as high as 80. The political administration is using the traditional jirga system to broker a ceasefire. The jirgas are showing results at some places only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)\nFresh army troops and paramilitary soldiers were seen heading towards the main bazaar as violence continued in surrounding areas of Parachinar, witnesses told Daily Times. A doctor who was given permission to go out in the curfew said that private property has been badly damaged in Parachinar bazaar. \u201cShops have been burnt and no one knows which side has suffered most. Both groups have tried to inflict maximum damage on the other,\u201d said the doctor, asking not to be named.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 10, 2007 (Clashes Continue)\nSources say that government is falsely claiming the ceasefire in various areas, and government law enforcement agencies found Taliban attacking on civilians as stated that a woman transferring her son wounded to Hospital was shot dead along with her son. Central leaders of the ISO Shafiq Bangash, Sajid Hussain and others alleged that 10 helicopter gunships were firing at terrorist in different parts of Parachinar. People here say that city is running out of food.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 11, 2007 (Failed Balishkhel Coupe)\nGovernment sources claimed that a cease fire was in place in Sadda, while Parachinar was still under curfew. A reporter of site Shia News has reported that on the night of Tuesday, 10 April, 15 Fighters of Taliban were killed in the area of BalashKhel. They were wearing uniforms of the Pakistani Armed Forces. When trying to enter the town, they were killed by the firing from Shias of Balashkhel, and after the clash the bodies were examined. War continued in Parachinar in which 6 Shia have been killed, 2 were injured while 30 Taliban were Killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 11, 2007 (Failed Balishkhel Coupe)\nOn Wednesday, April 12, Local Shia Fighter launched a cross border attack at the town of Jalmey where 20 Taliban were killed and 22 were injured. Earlier they had attacked Char Diwar and left 30 of them dead behind them. In this attack the president of Islamic Education Trust, Taibullah Turi, the grandson of Haji Ali Akbar, and two women: Gulab Nisa and Nasreen Shahid Shahsawar, were counted among the 12 dead. During this 24-hour period, those persons who were killed included: Rasheed Khan, A missile attack was launched from bordering Afghan area Paktia by Taliban. The target was Bourki town. Ten rockets were observed to have hit there. In this attack 3 persons were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 12, 2007 (Failed Alizai Misadventure)\nA huge terrorist brigade consisting 15,000 Taliban attacked two villages of Shia population in Alizai area on late Wednesday night. In this attack 25 persons were killed, while dozens of houses were set on fire. Reports indicated 10 corpses had been transferred to hospital. Estimates of injured persons indicated 30 victims. The towns of Shilozan, Jalmey, and Piwaar were still engaged in fighting while all other parts of the valley were reported to be calm. The number of people killed after the incident of Alizai reportedly reached 85.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, April 13, 2007 (Clashes Extinguish)\nCurfew was loosened for two hours on Friday 13, April 2007 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, in the city of Parachinar. An eyewitness told the BBC correspondent by telephone that security forces had set about collecting the unexploded shells of mortar, missiles and rocket propelled grenades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 64], "content_span": [65, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191876-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Kurram Agency conflict, Public opinion and Role of media\nA famous Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan also the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has named this war as American agenda for preparation of attack on Iran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191877-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kvalserien\nThe 2007 Kvalserien was the 33rd edition of the Kvalserien. It determined two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2007\u201308 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2007\u201308 HockeyAllsvenskan season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191878-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kwai Tsing District Council election\nThe 2007 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 28 elected members to the 36-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191879-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kwara State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Kwara State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Kwara State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Bukola Saraki won the election, defeating Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim of the Democratic People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191879-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kwara State gubernatorial election, Results\nBukola Saraki from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim from the Democratic People's Party. Registered voters was 1,216,478.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191880-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kwun Tong District Council election\nThe 2007 Kwun Tong District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 34 elected members to the 42-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Kyrgyzstan on 21 October 2007, following the constitutional crisis caused by amendments passed since the Tulip Revolution in 2005 (in November and December 2006) being invalidated by the Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan on 14 September 2007. Voters were asked whether questions on a new constitution and electoral law. Both were approved by over 95% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background\nIn response to the invalidation of the constitutional amendments passed after the Tulip Revolution, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev called the referendum on 19 September 2007. The new constitution provided for a 90-seat Supreme Council (an increase from 75) elected by proportional representation, whilst members of political parties declared illegal would lose their seats. The president would have powers to appoint or dismiss the government, civil servants, the National Security Council, judges, prosecutors, directors of the National Bank and members of the Electoral Commission, but not to dissolve the Supreme Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background\nThe new electoral law would set a 5% nationwide electoral threshold for political parties, set a gender quota of 30% and require that at least 15% of candidates were under the age of 35 and 15% were from national minorities. The changes were thought likely to see many of the independent politicians and smaller parties eliminated from the Supreme Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Conduct\nAccording to observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), there were reports of numerous irregularities, observers being obstructed, and ballot stuffing; it also said that popular awareness of what was at stake in the referendum was low and called into question the claimed high turnout rate. The United States embassy also had concerns and said that the vote fell short of international standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Results, Constitution\nDo you agree with the new version of the constitution?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Results, Electoral law\nDo you agree with the new electoral law, as proposed by the President for the referendum?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191881-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Aftermath\nAnalysts assumed that there would be early parliamentary elections in 2008 following the referendum, especially as Bakiyev had also announced that he would be founding a political party. Bakiyev called early elections for December 2007 immediately after preliminary results indicated that more than 75% of voters had approved the changes, with an official turnout of 80%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election\nEarly parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 16 December 2007. The election was called by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev after the constitutional referendum on 21 October 2007 approved a new electoral system and constitutional reform proposals, enlarging the parliament to 90 MPs and introducing party-list voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Campaign\nTwenty-two parties filed to run in the election, but some reconsidered and six were rejected by the authorities, including Taza Koom (\"Clean Society\"). Thus the following parties contested the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Controversy\nOn 28 November 2007, Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev from the Social Democratic Party resigned and Iskenderbek Aidaraliyev became Acting Prime Minister until the election; the resignation was reportedly over differences between Atayev and Bakiyev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Controversy\nTo enter parliament, a party had to pass two thresholds:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to preliminary results based on 81% of the polling stations, turnout was over 60%, but no party apart from Ak Jol had managed to pass both thresholds. Ak Jol reportedly received 47.8% of the vote. Ata Meken received 9.3% of the vote nationwide, but failed the regional thresholds in three regions. Ak Jol therefore appeared to be the only party to enter parliament. International monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe heavily criticised the election. Monitors from the Commonwealth of independent States, however, claimed the election met democratic standards. Later results showed that two other parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party, narrowly managed to pass the national threshold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results\nThe Supreme Court overturned the second, regional threshold two days after the vote (thus potentially broadening parliamentary representation from three to four different parties). Final results are expected to be announced on by the end of December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to the central electoral commission, Ak Jol received 71 seats, the Social Democratic Party received 11 seats and the Communist Party received 8 seats. It is unclear whether the CEC is ignoring or reinterpreting the Supreme Court ruling which would entitle the Ata Meken party to seats despite failing to win at least 0.5% of the vote in all seven regions and two cities. The newly elected parliament convened on 21 December 2007 for the first time and will have to confirm a new government before 1 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191882-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to official results, Ata Meken failed to gain the necessary votes in Osh, yet party activists claimed to have proof of having attained more than the necessary votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191883-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyzstan League\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Frietjes (talk | contribs) at 17:28, 10 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eLeague standings). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191883-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Kyrgyzstan League, Overview\nIt was performed in 10 teams, and Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191884-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LFF Lyga\nFinal tables of the Lithuanian Championship in 2007 are presented below. The Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) organized three football leagues: A Lyga (the highest), 1 Lyga (second-tier), and 2 Lyga (third-tier), which comprised several zones. For the first time a separate league for farm teams was set up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191885-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LG Hockey Games\nThe 2007 LG Hockey Games was played between February 8 and February 11, 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191885-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 LG Hockey Games\nSweden won the tournament undefeated, after victories against the Czech Republic (6-1), Russia (6-2) and Finland (1-0). The tournament became a major success for Sweden's Johan Davidsson, who scored for points and was also appointed for the tournaments all star-team. The game Sweden-Ryssland also became his 100th international.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191886-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LMB All-Star Game\nThe 2007 LMB All-Star Game was the 75th edition of the LMB All-Star Game. The game and the Home advantage in the Serie del Rey, were won by the Zona Norte, defeating the Zona Sur 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191886-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 LMB All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nKarim Garcia of the Monterrey Sultans won the Home Run Derby. Garcia won the tiebreaker to Carlos Rivera of the Oaxaca Warriors who opened the final round and hit 4 homers, however, Karim shot one of the longest runs in the history of the stadium to deposit the ball on the roof of the Olympic Village is located behind the right field wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 38], "content_span": [39, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191887-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Championship\nThe 2007 LPGA Championship was played from June 7\u201310 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the 53rd edition of the LPGA Championship, the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191887-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Championship\nSuzann Pettersen, age 26, won her first major title with 274 (\u221214), one stroke ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb; it was her second career win on the LPGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour\nThe 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In 2007, prize money on the LPGA Tour was $54.285 million, the highest to date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour\nLorena Ochoa topped the money list with a record $4,364,994, easily surpassing Annika S\u00f6renstam's previous record of $2,863,904. S\u00f6renstam was out most of the 2007 with neck and back injuries. Ochoa led the tour in victories in 2007 with eight wins; Suzann Pettersen of Norway had five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour\nThe four major championships were won by: Morgan Pressel (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Suzann Pettersen (LPGA Championship), Cristie Kerr (U.S. Women's Open), and Lorena Ochoa (Women's British Open). All four majors were won by first-time major winners. The British Open also marked a breakthrough for women's golf; for the first time the event took place at historic St Andrews in Scotland, the fabled \"home of golf,\" that had previously been off-limits to women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour\nIn a slight reversal of a trend from recent years, Americans saw a relative resurgence in dominance in 2007, winning 12 events. For the first time since 2000, two Americans won majors. However, only one American, Paula Creamer, won more than one event, while Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won eight times and Norway's Suzann Pettersen five. Koreans won only four events, seven fewer than the 11 won in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour\nFor details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2007 in golf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results\nThe number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour, Tournament schedule and results\nTournaments in bold are majors. * The LPGA NW Arkansas Championship was not completed due to inclement weather. Only 18 holes were played so it was not an official tournament, nor did the money count as official money. * *The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was held on November 13. It was broadcast on television on December 22 and 23. The official LPGA Tour schedule listed the tournament dates based on the television broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191888-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 LPGA Tour, Award winners\nThe three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team\nThe 2007 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship and the national championship\u2013their third claimed national championship and fourth recognized by the NCAA and the college football community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team\nThe team's head coach was Les Miles, who entered his third year at the helm. They were led on the field by senior quarterback Matt Flynn and senior defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, a two-time All-American and winner of multiple national trophies and awards. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team\nThe team overcame two triple-overtime losses and four other close games to become the first, and only, two-loss national champion in the BCS/CFP era. On their way to the BCS national championship, the Tigers won their tenth SEC championship by defeating Tennessee in the SEC Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team\nThe Tigers finished the season having earned the Southeastern Conference championship trophy, the Grantland Rice Award, the MacArthur Trophy, the Associated Press Trophy and the AFCA National Championship Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season\nIn his second season as head coach, Les Miles had another terrific year leading the Tigers to back-to-back 11 win seasons. The Tigers finished 2006 with a record of 11\u20132 (6\u20132 SEC) and were invited to the 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl to play Notre Dame. The Tigers went on defeat Notre Dame 41\u201314 to cap a 7-game win streak to end the season. The Tigers headed into the off-season with higher hopes for the 2007 Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season\nLSU was ranked No. 2 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll and the preseason AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season\nIn the pre-season, returning quarterback Matt Flynn was named one of the top-10 impact seniors for 2007. Senior tailback Alley Broussard left the team on July 24 to concentrate on academics. Broussard had started eight games, but was not expected to start in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Pre-season, 2007 recruiting class\nLSU signed a total of 26 players for the 2007 recruiting class. The 2007 class was a solid recruiting class for Les Miles and the LSU Football program. The class was headlined by safety Chad Jones, wide receivers Demetrius Byrd and Terrance Tolliver, quarterback Jarrett Lee, and defensive tackle Joseph Barksdale. LSU did miss out on signing Joe McKnight, the top recruit out of Louisiana who decided to commit to USC instead. Overall, the 2007 LSU recruiting class was ranked No. 4 by and No. 5 by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule\nThe schedule was ranked as the No. 3 toughest home schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nLSU and Mississippi State kicked off the 2007 college football season in a Thursday night SEC contest broadcast live on ESPN. Through much of the first half it appeared as though Mississippi State was up to the daunting task of challenging the Tigers, then the #2-ranked team in the country behind only USC, as MSU clung to a 3\u20130 deficit until the end of the second quarter, when LSU scored 14 points in the last six minutes of the first half, opening the door for the Tigers to cruise to the final 45\u20130 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nLSU K Colt David warmed up the scoreboard for the Tigers' offense with a 27-yard field goal with 6:28 remaining in the first quarter. Tigers' RB Keiland Williams would score twice in the second quarter on one-yard runs with 5:52, then 0:00 on the clock to push LSU's lead to 17\u20130 at the half. In the third quarter, the Tigers' distanced themselves with two eleven-yard touchdown passes from QB Matt Flynn to WR Early Doucet (12:53) and RB Charles Scott (2:09), bringing the score to 31\u20130 to start the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nLSU backup QB Ryan Perriloux sealed the Tigers' victory in the fourth quarter with a three-yard touchdown scramble (8:20), followed by a 15-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon LaFell (5:45). LSU's dominance included earning 22 first downs to MSU's 9 and yielding MSU just ten rushing yards on 26 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nLSU FB Jacob Hester led the Tigers with 14 carries for 72 yards (4.9 yards per carry), while Early Doucet paced LSU's passing attack with 9 catches for 78 yards, including the 11-yard touchdown strike he caught in the third quarter; he was the only LSU receiver to catch more than one pass. For MSU, RB Anthony Dixon led the Bulldogs on the ground with just 29 yards on 13 carries (2.2 average). RB Arnil Stallworth led MSU with only 3 pass receptions for 33 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nLSU starting QB Matt Flynn paced his team's offense by completing 12 of 19 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns and rushing 11 times for 42 yards. Ryan Perriloux ran the Tigers' offense well in relief duty, completing 2 of 3 passes for 21 yards and a touchdown and running 3 times for 12 yards and another score. For MSU, QB Michael Henig completed just 11 of 28 passes on his way to a school record-tying six interception-performance. He was sacked three times for a cumulative loss of 30 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nDefensively, LSU LB Ali Highsmith led the Tigers with eight total tackles. Tigers' S Craig Steltz returned three of MSU's six interceptions a total of 100 yards. MSU LB Dominic Douglas led all tacklers with nine total, in his first career game with the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nThe ESPN College GameDay crew was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for this important non-conference matchup between two top-10 teams. LSU entered the game ranked No. 2 while Virginia Tech was ranked #9. With both teams having excellent defenses the game was expected to be a low-scoring affair. LSU, however, on their first possession drove the ball 80+ yards for a touchdown. The next time they got the ball they did the same thing. LSU continued to shock the Virginia Tech defense all night as it racked up 48 points to eventually win the game 48\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State\nSecond ranked LSU played Middle Tennessee State in front of a sold out crowd in Tiger Stadium. Head coach Les Miles didn't play starting QB Matt Flynn because of an ankle injury he suffered during the week, and to rest him for next weeks game at home against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Instead, he started Sophomore Ryan Perrilloux who threw 20\u201326 passing for 298 passing yards to help lead LSU to a 44\u20130 win against MTSU. Senior WR Early Doucet didn't play to rest for next weeks game as well. LSU held Middle Tennessee to a total of 90 yards on offense. LSU only allowed 9 yards rushing in the game against the same MTSU team that put up 264 yards of total rushing against Louisville the week before. LSU won the game 44\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\n#14 South Carolina, coached by Steve Spurrier, came into Tiger Stadium on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The game, broadcast nationally by CBS, was messy due to the wet conditions, and South Carolina took an early 7\u20130 lead. LSU responded by scoring two unanswered touchdowns to make it 14\u20137. LSU again drove down into South Carolina territory but the drive stalled and the Tigers lined up to kick a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nThe kick was a fake, perfectly executed by QB Matt Flynn and K Colt David, which saw David take an over-the-head no look toss from Flynn into the end zone for a touchdown. The play would go on to be selected as the ESPN/Pontiac Game Changing Performance for week 4 of the 2007 season. South Carolina would score again late in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough and the Tigers won the game 28\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nLSU played Tulane in a recently renewed rivalry that stretches all the way back to LSU's first football game in 1893. Even though the game was played at the Louisiana Superdome, Tulane's home stadium, it was a virtual home game for LSU considering it is only approximately 80 miles (130\u00a0km) away from Baton Rouge. The Tigers started out slow and Tulane took a 9\u20137 lead late in the first half. LSU would score a field goal to go into halftime with a 10\u20139 lead. The second half saw the Tigers pull away from the Green Wave and LSU won the game 34\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nLSU and Tulane both wore special uniforms designed by Nike to honor Hurricane Katrina victims. The new designs will be sold at stores throughout the city and proceeds will benefit Nike's Let Me Play New Orleans fund to help rebuild New Orleans through Sport. LSU's uniforms consisted of white pants and a purple jersey and a white helmet. This is only the second time in history that LSU has worn a white helmet. The other time came in the 1997 Independence Bowl against Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nThe LSU victory, along with Southern California's close game with Washington, pushed LSU to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll, with 1,593 points and 33 first-place votes just over Southern California's 1,591 points and 32 first-place votes; however the Trojans remained No. 1 in the Coaches Poll, keeping a more substantial lead: 1,483 points and 45 first-place votes to LSU's 1,454 points and 14 first-place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nIn the pre-season, this game was named as one of candidates for the 10 most important games of 2007, with the 2006 contest having made a significant impact on determining the national championship (Florida finished #1, LSU #3); it would also serve as the first true road test for Gator's starting quarterback Tim Tebow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nIn preparation for the matchup, CBS staged The Early Show from the LSU campus on the Friday morning before the game. ESPN also chose LSU as the site for College GameDay. It was the second time in the 2007 season that ESPN College GameDay was broadcast from LSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe Gators took an early lead by kicking a field goal on their first drive. Two drives later, the Gators mounted a 12-play drive that culminated in a Tim Tebow two-yard pass to Kestahn Moore to put the Gators up by ten. LSU immediately countered with a long drive of their own, going 80 yards in 16 plays, scoring on a Ryan Perrilloux option play to cut the Gator lead to 10\u20137. The Gators marched down the field again and scored on a Tebow run to put their lead back at 10 with 2:23 to play in the first half. LSU moved the ball right before the half, but kicker Colt David missed a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nIn the second half, LSU took the ensuing drive but were stopped by the Gator defense. Appearing to kick another long field goal, LSU instead ran a brilliant fake with the holder\u2014quarterback Matt Flynn\u2014who scooted eight yards for the first down. The Tigers scored on a Keiland Williams run shortly thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe Gators answered the LSU drive with a quick 3-play drive to score on a 37-yard Tebow pass to Cornelius Ingram. Craig Steltz missed an assignment on the play which left Ingram wide open on the post pattern. Florida started the fourth quarter with a 24\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nHowever, the Tigers were not to be denied. After missing another relatively short field goal, LSU took advantage of an errant pass by Tim Tebow which hit Ingram in the helmet. The Tigers drove down the field, and Flynn hit Demetrius Byrd for a 3-yard touchdown to cut the Gator lead to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nOn the final LSU drive, the Tigers converted several fourth down plays, including one by Jacob Hester where he made a great second effort to surge ahead to just get the first down. Hester scored a short touchdown with 1:06 to play in the game, giving the Tigers a 28\u201324 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nOn the final drive, Florida gained 30 yards, but a Hail Mary pass as time expired was batted down by Chad Jones, sealing the LSU victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nMuch of the hype during game week concerned the fate of starting safety and captain, Tony Joiner, who was arrested earlier in the week for what was later termed a \"misunderstanding.\" The owner of the towing company where Joiner was arrested was quoted as having received over 200 calls from Florida fans, several of them death threats to him and his family. Joiner played but did not start the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nAfter suffering their first loss of the season to No. 17 Kentucky, LSU fell to No. 5 in the polls. LSU blew a 13-point lead in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nOne week after their brutal triple overtime loss to Kentucky, LSU returned home for another tough matchup: number 17 Auburn. Auburn jumped out to an early 7\u20130 lead when Brandon Cox found Montez Billings. A 46-yard screen pass to Keiland Williams for a TD tied it, but Auburn took a 17\u20137 lead into halftime when LSU backup quarterback Ryan Perrilloux fumbled, and Carl Stewart ran for a one-yard touchdown after LSU's Trindon Holliday had saved a touchdown. Wes Bynum's field goal capped the first half scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nTwo Colt David field goals pulled LSU within four before Matt Flynn hit Jacob Hester on a five-yard screen and David kicked another field goal to put LSU on top 23\u201317. But, Auburn wasn't done, as they drove down the field and scored a touchdown. LSU had 3:13 left, and they put themselves in good position to kick a game-winning field goal on Auburn's 22-yard line. However, with a chance to make the kick and a timeout, LSU coach Les Miles chose to gamble (as he has so often during the year) and go for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0029-0002", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nIt turned out as he planned however, as LSU won on Matt Flynn's 22-yard pass to Demetrius Byrd. Miles later said he thought he had plenty of time, and reviews of the play verified that the pass was caught with 4 seconds remaining, but the clock ran until the referee signaled TD with 1 second remaining. Under NCAA rules, the clock keeper allows the clock to run when a reception is made in the endzone until a signal is given by the endzone referee. Had the ball been incomplete, the clock keeper would have stopped the clock immediately upon the ball hitting the ground. This likely would have left LSU with 3\u20134 seconds on the clock and a chance to run another play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nIn the game dubbed \"Saban Bowl I\", in which Nick Saban's new Alabama team faced an LSU team that featured several players Saban himself had recruited during his tenure in Baton Rouge, the Tide found itself in an SEC shootout. Alabama struck first with an early Leigh Tiffin field goal. However, the Tigers then scored 17 unanswered points, and it appeared that the game could have been a blowout. Unfortunately for LSU though, Bama wasn't finished yet. They scored 17 points in the second quarter, and the Crimson Tide led 20\u201317 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nThe third quarter saw no scoring until the last two minutes. With 1:19 left, Keith Brown caught a 14-yard touchdown pass to make the score 27\u201317. The Tigers quickly responded on their next drive when Matt Flynn threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd to bring the Tiger back to within 3 points of Bama. Then, with 11:21 left in the game, Colt David kicked a 49-yard field goal to tie it up 27\u201327. The Tide took the lead again when Javier Arenas returned a punt for a 61-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0030-0002", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nWith 2:49 left, LSU was able to tie the game again. It appeared the game might go into overtime until John Parker Wilson was hit in the backfield by Safety Chad Jones and fumbled the ball and LSU recovered on the Tide's 4-yard line. They then ran it in for a touchdown and won when Alabama was unable to respond. The Tigers had 475 total yards compared to Alabama's 254. Alabama was able to stay in the game thanks to 3 interceptions the defense was able to force and 130 yards in penalties that LSU accumulated. John Parker Wilson was 14 for 40 with 234 yards, 3 touchdowns, and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nAfter coming off of a win against Ole' Miss, the once again No. 1 ranked LSU Tigers lost again in a triple overtime battle against the Arkansas Razorbacks. The loss dropped them back to No. 7 and the loss also jeopardized their chances of getting into the BCS National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: Tennessee\nTennessee and LSU faced off in the SEC Championship Game. They last met in the SECCG in 2001. LSU won that game over the favored Volunteers, eliminating them from a trip to the Rose Bowl for the national championship. LSU last played in the SECCG in 2005, losing to Georgia. Tennessee last played in the SECCG in 2004, losing to Auburn. Matt Flynn was sidelined by injury, and the Tennessee defense delivered its best performance of the year, holding the Ryan Perrilloux-led Tigers to a season low 21 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: Tennessee\nHowever, the LSU defense intercepted two passes from Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge, including one late in the fourth quarter to secure the win. In the wake of this victory, LSU jumped from 7th to 2nd in the BCS standings and became the first two-loss team to play in the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game\nAfter coming out of a two loss season with a win in the SEC championship game, the LSU Tigers took on the top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and defeated them 38\u201324. This win made the LSU Tigers the first team to win two BCS National Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191889-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 LSU Tigers football team, White House visit\nOn April 7, 2008, the 2007 LSU Tigers football team traveled to the White House in Washington, D.C. to meet U.S. President George W. Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191890-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne\nThe 71st edition of the La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne cycling classic took place on April 25, 2007 and was won by the 2004 winner Davide Rebellin ahead of 2006 winner Alejandro Valverde and 2005 winner Danilo Di Luca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191890-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of April 25, 2007, after the 2007 La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191891-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo\nThe 2007 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo was held from 7 to 21 January 2007 in Gabon. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over a prologue and five stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191892-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Labatt Tankard \u2013 Playdowns\nThe 2007 Labatt Tankard Open Playdowns were held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island from January 26\u201329. The top eight teams from the playdowns qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election\nThe 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party. John Prescott, the previous deputy leader, announced on 10 May 2007 that he was standing down from that position and that he would be leaving as deputy prime minister about the same time that Tony Blair tendered his resignation as prime minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election\nHarriet Harman was elected deputy leader on 24 June 2007 with 50.43% of the final redistributed vote. However Gordon Brown, who was elected leader on the same day, did not subsequently appoint her deputy prime minister, instead leaving the office vacant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election\nThere had been reports that an increasing number of Labour MPs and members of the NEC had been attempting to get the election for the position of deputy leader abandoned in order to save the \u00a32,000,000 it was estimated that the contest would cost. There would have had to have been a special conference convened if such an alteration was to be made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Successfully nominated candidates\nAll six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results\nThe election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to MPs and MEPs, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results\nHarriet Harman won the contest, her victory heavily depending on support from individual party members with preference votes narrowing her opponent's lead and she only led in the final round. The final total percentage votes for the two main candidates after redistribution were almost identical to those of the final round of the 1981 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Suggested candidates not standing\nJeremy Corbyn announced in December 2006 he was considering running for the Deputy Leadership. However, there was no subsequent statement from him on it and he nominated Hilary Benn for the Deputy Leadership. No other eligible person \u2014 i.e. Labour MP \u2014 announced they were considering standing for the position except for the six nominated candidates and Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn would go on to be elected Leader of the Labour Party in the 2015 leadership election, appointing Benn his Shadow Foreign Secretary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Suggested candidates not standing\nThere was some speculation about Ed Balls, Patricia Hewitt, David Miliband and Jack Straw standing for the position, but no sign that they had ever said they were inclined to run and all had ruled themselves out before nominations opened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 79], "content_span": [80, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191893-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Candidate spending\nThe amount of donations made to each candidate for their campaigns were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\nThe 2007 Labour Party leadership election was formally triggered on 10 May 2007 by the resignation of Tony Blair, Labour Leader since the previous leadership contest on 21 July 1994. At the same time that Blair resigned, John Prescott resigned as Deputy Leader, triggering a concurrent election for the deputy leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\nInformal campaigning had been ongoing ever since Blair announced in 2004 that he would not be fighting a fourth general election as leader. Pressure for a timetable eventually led him to announce on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) met on 13 May 2007 to decide a timetable. Nominations opened on 14 May and closed at 12:30 UTC+1 on 17 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\nBlair said he expected Gordon Brown to succeed him, and that Brown \"would make an excellent Prime Minister\". When nominations for the leadership elections opened, Blair was one of those nominating Brown. From the start, most observers considered Brown the overwhelming favourite to succeed Blair; John McDonnell, his only challenger, failed to secure enough nominations in order to get onto the ballot, and conceded defeat. Brown received 313 (88.2%) nominations to McDonnell's 29 (8.2%), making it mathematically impossible for anyone other than Brown to be nominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\nThe election process concluded with Brown being declared leader at a special conference on 24 June 2007. On 27 June, Blair resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and was succeeded by Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\nIf Brown had been opposed, Labour Party members would for the first time have directly elected a new Prime Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates\nJohn McDonnell and Gordon Brown were the only candidates as the election process began with the nominations round. In order to secure a place on the ballot paper, candidates needed to submit their nominations to the National Executive Committee (NEC) by 17 May, each supported by at least 12.5% of Labour MPs (45 Labour MPs, including the candidate themselves). Brown, the only successfully nominated candidate, was declared leader at a special Labour conference on 24 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Nominations and result\nOnly Gordon Brown attained over 45 nominations and was thus elected unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 66], "content_span": [67, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191894-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Suggested candidates who declined to run\nDuring the months leading up to Tony Blair's resignation, media attention focused on a wide range of Labour politicians, most of whom publicly refused to stand:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 84], "content_span": [85, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191895-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ladies European Tour\nThe 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tour featured 24 official money events with prize money totalling more than \u20ac10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the biannual Solheim Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit with earnings of \u20ac222,081.47, while Bettina Hauert was voted Player's Player of the Year. Louise Stahle won Rookie of the Year honours, finishing 23rd in the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191895-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ladies European Tour, Tournament results\nThe table below shows the 2007 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191896-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lafayette Leopards football team\nThe 2007 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his eighth season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. All games were televised on the Lafayette Sports Network (LSN).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. Babatunde Raji Fashola of the AC defeated other candidates, by polling 599,300 votes, PDP's Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro was closest contender with 383,956 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election\nBabatunde Fashola emerged the ACN candidate at the gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Sarah Adebisi Sosan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election\nOf the 22 candidates who contested in the governorship election, 20 were male, only two were female. Among the deputies, 18 were male, four were female.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Electoral system\nThe Governor of Lagos State is elected using the plurality voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary\nThe PDP governorship primary election was in the main bowl of the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos, on held on Saturday 9 December 2006, and lasted about 48 hours. There were 6,100 accredited delegates in attendance from across the state. Wife of the party's late gubernatorial aspirant Funsho Williams, Hilda Funsho-Williams, led with 2,597 votes; Senator Musiliu Obanikoro followed closely with 2,195 votes. Others like Engr. Kamson polled 683 votes, Senator Wahab Dosunmu had 253 votes, Prince Ademola Adeniji Adele got 190 votes, Engr. Adedeji Doherty got 73 votes, Chief Tunde Fanimokun polled 61 votes, Arch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary\nKayode Anibaba had 18 votes, Mrs. Abosede Oshinowo got 17 votes, and Sir Babatunde Olowu polled one vote. There were some voided votes. The Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Rear Admiral Babatunde Ogundele (rtd), according to Vanguard Nigeria, however, announced the failure of Funsho-Williams to secure the required 50% win. It was Musiliu Obanikoro, however, who got to be nominated as the party's candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191897-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 22 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. The AC candidate, Babatunde Fashola, won, defeating PDP' Musuliu Obanikoro, DPA's Jimi Agbaje, and 19 other minor party candidates. The total number of registered voters in the state was 4,204,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191898-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State indecency crackdown\nIn the fall of 2007, the government of Lagos State under governor Babatunde Fashola initiated a police crackdown on public indecency in personal dress based upon the state's dress code. It was carried out by state police commissioner Mohammed Abubakar, and resulted in the arrests of at least 90 women and 3 men. Their cases in court were defended by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and officials of the Rural Women Empowerment and Development Network (RWEDN), and the police institution was criticized for misplacement of priorities, violation of women's rights, and the violation of human rights to expression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191898-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lagos State indecency crackdown\nThe police responded by stating that the crackdown was initiated to combat female prostitution in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191899-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lancaster City Council election\nElections to Lancaster City Council took place on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and in remained in No Overall Control with Labour and the Liberal Democrats losing seats to the Greens and Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191899-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lancaster City Council election\nFollowing the election, the composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191900-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Langerado Music Festival\nThe fifth Langerado Festival was held from Friday, March 9, to Sunday, March 11, 2007. The event was expanded to three full days of music, which started with performances by Trey Anastasio and STS9 on Thursday, March 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191900-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up\nFriday March 9: Trey Anastasio, moe., Sound Tribe Sector 9, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, North Mississippi All Stars, Galactic, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, The Hold Steady, New Monsoon, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Tea Leaf Green, Assembly of Dust, Lotus", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191900-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up\nSaturday March 10: My Morning Jacket, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Disco Biscuits, JJ Grey + Mofro, Soulive, Perpetual Groove, Yerba Buena, The Slip, Toubab Krewe, Apollo Sunshine, STS9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191900-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up\nSunday March 11: Widespread Panic, Matisyahu, O.A.R., The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Toots & the Maytals, Cat Power and Dirty Delta, Pepper, Explosions in the Sky, New Orleans Social Club, The Mutaytor, Band of Horses, Girl Talk, The Spam Allstars, Rodrigo y Gabriela*, Kid Beyond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191900-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Langerado Music Festival, Line-up\nRodrigo y Gabriela were dropped from the set list at the last minute and were replaced by The Lee Boys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation\nThe alleged 2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat plan was a conspiracy allegation by the United States Department of Justice that Lt. Col. Harrison Jack (Ret.) and former Royal Lao Army Major General Vang Pao, among others conspired in June 2007 to obtain large amounts of heavy weapons and ammunition in allegedly planning an attempt to overthrow the Communist government of Laos in violation of the Neutrality Act. The charges were ultimately dropped and the case helped serve to further highlight, instead, major human rights violations by the Lao government against minority Hmong and Laotian refugees and political and religious dissidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nOn June 4, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice announced they had arrested ten individuals in connection with the alleged plot as part of a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nThe operation, dubbed \"Operation Tarnished Eagle,\" alleges Lt. Col. Harrison Jack (Ret. ), former Royal Lao Army Major General Vang Pao, Lo Cha Thao, Youa True Vang, Hue Vang, Chong Vang Thao, Seng Vue, Chu Lo, and Lo Thao conspired in June 2007 to obtain scores of AK-47 assault rifles, ground-to-air Stinger missiles, M72 LAW rockets, AT-4 anti-tank missiles, mines, rockets, explosives and smoke grenades in allegedly planning an attempt to overthrow the government of Laos in violation of the Neutrality Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nOn June 14, Dang Vang was also arrested in connection to the alleged plot. In an affidavit by Graham Barlowe, a group supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, it is alleged that at the time of Vang's arrest, he admitted preparing the operations plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nAfter initially denying bail, the U.S. federal judge ultimately reversed the bail decision, granting Vang Pao and the other defendants bail, even while labeling all of them flight risks, given their access to significant financial resources and private airplanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lead agent has also stated in a court affidavit that \"probable cause exists to believe\" that former Wisconsin State Senator Gary George was part of the conspiracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nOn April 23, 2008, it was reported that U.S. Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd would hear arguments in November for motions seeking information U.S. intelligence agencies might have on the alleged coup plotters, including whether the government has intercepted electronic communication between Hmong in the United States and Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nThe defendants' lawyers argued that the case against all of their clients was spurious at best. \"The case cannot proceed [because] the process has been so corrupted by the government's misconduct that there can never be any confidence in the validity of the charge,\" said Mark Reichel, one of the defense attorneys involved in the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\n\"[W]hile the [prosecution] tries to portray the 'conspiracy' as a dangerous and sophisticated military plan, it cannot refute the extensive evidence demonstrating otherwise \u2013 from the agent's informing the so-called conspirators that they would need an operational plan; to his providing a map of the region when they couldn't procure a useful one; to his explanation of what GPS was (including that it requires batteries); to the so-called conspirators' inability to finance the operation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nMr. Philip Smith (Phillip Smith or Phil Smith), General Vang Pao's long-time political, foreign policy and public relations adviser, as well as family friend, urged the U.S. government to drop the charges against Vang Pao and the defendants, especially given Vang Pao's and the Hmong's role in support of U.S. national security interests during the Vietnam War as well as the Lao communist government's egregious human rights violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nAccording to human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United League for Democracy in Laos and the Lao Human Rights Council, Laos engaged in military attacks and campaign of starvation against the Hmong people during the period of the alleged coup plot under the current Pathet Lao and Marxist government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nSmith and The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), in cooperation with a bipartisan coalition of Members of the United States Congress organized and co-hosted events in Washington, D.C., Library of Congress and Capitol Hill regarding serious human rights violations in Laos, including special sessions of the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos where Members of the U.S. Congress and other human rights organizations, human rights advocates, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and policy experts testified, including Amnesty International, Kerry and Kay Danes, the Lao Veterans of America, Inc. and others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nSmith, the CPPA, Amnesty International, public policy experts and independent journalists provided important research and information to Members of Congress and U.S. and international policymakers in Washington, D.C., regarding the Lao military's persecution and killing of Hmong and Laotian civilians, political asylum seekers and refugees and political and religious dissident groups, including Hmong resistance groups hiding in the jungles and mountains of Laos. Religious freedom issues were also researched and discussed, including the Lao and Socialist Republic of Vietnam security forces persecution, arrest and imprisonment of dissident Laotian and Hmong Christians, Buddhist and Animist religious believers in Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nReports by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom were discussed regarding religious freedom violations by the Lao and Vietnam-backed Lao military in Laos. Research and information was also provided about the plight of three Hmong-American citizens from St. Paul, Minnesota, including Hakit Yang, who were arrested, and later imprisoned by Lao security forces in Vientiane's notorious Phonthong Prison before they disappeared in Laos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, History\nPhilip Smith told the Los Angeles Times, the New York Sun and others that the U.S. Government would be putting itself on trial for betraying the Hmong people, if it proceeded in prosecuting Vang Pao and the other Hmong leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, Dropping of charges\nOn September 18, 2009, the federal government dropped all charges against Vang Pao, saying that \"continued prosecution of this defendant is no longer warranted,\" and announcing in a press release that the federal government was permitted to consider \"the probable sentence or other consequences if the person is convicted.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, Dropping of charges\nOn January 10, 2011, the federal government dropped all charges against the remaining defendants. \"Based on the totality of the circumstances in the case, the government believes, as a discretionary matter, that continued prosecution of defendants is no longer warranted,\" according to court documents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 67], "content_span": [68, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, Reaction\nVang Pao's arrest and a preliminary decision by a U.S. federal judge to deny bail to Vang Pao and the other defendants sparked huge Hmong protest rallies in California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other states.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191902-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Laotian coup d'\u00e9tat conspiracy allegation, Reaction\nAs of early 2008, pressure built on California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. President George W. Bush to issue pardons in the case, given the defendants' historical alliance with U.S. interests in Southeast Asia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl\nThe 2007 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I post-season college football bowl game between the UCLA Bruins and the Brigham Young University Cougars. The game was played on December 22, 2007, starting at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, where the bowl has been played since 1992. It was televised on ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl\nStarting in 2001, the Las Vegas Bowl featured a matchup of teams from the Mountain West Conference (MWC) and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), with organizers having first choice of bowl-eligible teams from the MWC, and the fourth or fifth choice (alternating annually) of bowl-eligible teams from the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Teams\nThis was the second meeting in the 2007 college football season between the UCLA Bruins and the BYU Cougars. In the first meeting on September 8, 2007 at the Rose Bowl Stadium, the Bruins avoided an upset in a tough game by beating the Cougars, 27\u201317. UCLA had control of the game in the first half, but BYU made it close in the third quarter. UCLA's pass defense was shaky, giving up 391 yards, and their own passing attack inconsistent, as Ben Olson, a quarterback who transferred from BYU to UCLA, completed only 13 of 28 passes for 126 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Teams\nOn December 3, 2007, following the final regular season game against USC, Los Angeles papers and the Associated Press reported that UCLA Coach Karl Dorrell was fired during a meeting with athletic director Dan Guerrero. Dorrell was offered the choice, but decided not to coach in the Las Vegas Bowl. Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker served as interim coach for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary\nThe 2007 Las Vegas Bowl kicked off at Sam Boyd Stadium at 8:12\u00a0p.m. EST. UCLA won the coin toss and elected to kick off to BYU to begin the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary\nWith less than a minute to go in the first half the Cougars had opened up 17-6 lead. Instead of simply downing the ball, the Cougars ran a running play up the middle and RB Harvey Unga fumbled. The Bruins responded by punching the ball in the end zone on the final play of the half. In the second half with the Cougars leading 17-13, the defenses took over. Second-half scoring was limited to a 50-yard field goal by the Bruins' Kai Forbath in the fourth quarter. Forbath then attempted a 28-yarder at the end of the game, but it was blocked by Eathyn Manumaleuna to preserve the Cougars' victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191903-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary\nWalker's defensive schemes kept the Bruins, who were without their two top quarterbacks and relied on McLeod Bethel-Thompson, in the game. The Bruins size and strength advantage allowed them to dominate the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Ball control was also key: Chris Markey rushed for 117 yards, the most by any BYU opponent in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 33], "content_span": [34, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic\nThe 2007 SBets.net Las Vegas Desert Classic (also billed as Las Vegas Desert Classic VI) was the sixth time that the Professional Darts Corporation stage the prestigious darts tournament. The tournament was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for the second successive year and was staged between July 3 and July 8, televised on Sky Sports from July 4 - there was no title sponsor for the event after PartyPoker.net's sponsorship lasted for just one year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic\nThe opening day of the tournament saw a few surprise results - none more so than when Mark Dudbridge stunned three-time Desert Classic champion Phil Taylor 6-5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic\nRaymond van Barneveld secured his third major PDC title of the year adding to his World Championship and UK Open successes by beating Terry Jenkins in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Prize money\nThe prize fund increases for the 2007 event to a total of \u00a3126,400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Results\nA random draw was held after each round meaning no seedings were applied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Television coverage\nSky Sports broadcast the event live in the UK & Ireland for the 6th year running. The final between van Barneveld & Jenkins achieved viewing figures of 82,000 - although that was surpassed by other matches during the week. Wednesday 120,000 (SS1) & 65,000 (SS2)Thursday 90,000 (SS1) & 115,000 (SS2)Friday unavailableSaturday 87,000 (SS2)Sunday 82,000 (SS1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification\nFollowing the 2007 UK Open at the beginning of June, top 12 players of the PDC Order of Merit became the automatic qualifiers for the sixth Desert Classic. They are Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Colin Lloyd, Peter Manley, Terry Jenkins, Dennis Priestley, Adrian Lewis, Wayne Mardle, Roland Scholten, Andy Hamilton, James Wade and defending champion John Part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification\nFour North American's qualified for the event via qualification tournaments across the United States and Canada. They were Darin Young, John Kuczynski, Gary Mawson and Gerry Convery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification\n16 further places were to be decided at two qualification days on the eve of the tournament itself. These qualifying events were for lower ranked PDPA members and US residents. Eight players each day joined the automatic qualifiers in the first round of the main event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Qualification\nMonday's qualifiers were Wes Newton, Steve Maish, Kevin Painter, Steve Beaton, Colin Osborne, Mervyn King, Ray Carver and Dennis Smith. Tuesday's qualifiers were Alan Tabern, Mark Dudbridge, John Ferrell, Tony Eccles, Stuart Holden, Andy Smith, Steve Smith, Vincent van der Voort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191904-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Players Championship\nOn the eve of the Las Vegas Desert Classic a PDPA Players Championship event was held on Sunday July 1 and was won by Raymond van Barneveld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191905-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season\nThe 2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season was the 11th season for the arena football franchise, their 5th in Las Vegas. They looked to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with a 5\u201311 record. They went 2\u201314 and missed the playoffs. This was the final season in Las Vegas, as the team moved to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Gladiators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191905-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season, Coaching\nDanton Barto entered his first season as the head coach of the Gladiators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191906-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas mayoral election\nThe 2007 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on April 3, 2007 to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191906-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Las Vegas mayoral election\nIncumbent Mayor Oscar Goodman, a Democrat in office since 1999, received a majority of votes in the first round of the election, and was reelected to a third term in office with no need for a runoff. Perennial candidate Tom McGowan came in a distant second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191907-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards\nThe Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. Originally launched as the Billboard Latin Music Conference in 1990, the first awards began in 1994. In addition to awards given on the basis of success on the Billboard charts, the ceremony includes the Spirit of Hope award for humanitarian achievements and the Lifetime Achievement award, as well as awards by the broadcasting partner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191907-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Latin Billboard Music Awards\nSince 1999, the awards ceremony has been broadcast on the television network Telemundo, where it became the network's highest-rated music special. The broadcast not only extends throughout the Americas and Puerto Rico, but also to such countries as Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191908-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Latvian Figure Skating Championships (Latvian: Latvijas \u010cempion\u0101ts dai\u013cslido\u0161an\u0101 2007) were the national championships of the 2006\u201307 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191909-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian First League, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and FK Vindava Ventspils won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191910-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian Higher League\nThe 2007 Latvian Higher League season was the 16th Virsl\u012bga season. It started on 7 April 2007 and finished on 4 December 2007. Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191910-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian Higher League, Season details\nFor the second time in a row FK Ventspils won the championship. In mid-season FK Liep\u0101jas Metalurgs had a lead of 11 points over Ventspils who won their last 11 games, conceding just one goal. FK R\u012bga finished third for the first time in the club's history. FC Skonto finished the season without winning any competitions for the first time, and also for the first time they would not compete in any of the European cups in 2008 as one of the UEFA Cup qualifying spots was taken by JFC Olimps R\u012bga for reaching the Latvian Cup final. V\u012bts Rimkus from Ventspils was the top scorer with 20 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191910-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian Higher League, Season details\nAt the end of the season the Latvian Football Federation announced that the Virsl\u012bga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League. The last time there were ten clubs in the Virsl\u012bga was in the 1996 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election\nA presidential election was held in the Latvian Saeima on 31 May 2007. The government candidate Valdis Zatlers defeated Aivars Endzi\u0146\u0161.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Nominations\nBefore the governing coalition had agreed on Zatlers as a candidate, the People's Party had proposed M\u0101ris Rieksti\u0146\u0161 and LPP/LC had proposed Karina P\u0113tersone. They subsequently withdrew their candidacies. Similarly, the New Era Party had proposed Sandra Kalniete, who withdrew her candidacy after Harmony Centre nominated Endzi\u0146\u0161. For Human Rights in United Latvia did not nominate a candidate, it was announced after election that they supported Endzi\u0146\u0161.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction\nAlthough the powers of the President of Latvia are limited and the office is rather symbolic, 6th president Vaira V\u012b\u0137e-Freiberga, who held office from 1999 to 2007, managed to gain political authority and high popular approval. By Latvian law one cannot be president for more than eight years, therefore, the previous president could not be re-elected and the election drew significant public attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction\nNotably, the New Era Party announced that its candidate would be Sandra Kalniete, before the Saeima election held in 2006, and used the slogan \"Kalniete for president!\" in its parliamentary election campaign. As election day drew nearer, a political battle between the two remaining candidates ensued. Zatlers, who is a doctor, was accused of taking money from his patients, which he admitted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction\nThis is connected with a set of problems in Latvia's domestic politics: people employed in health care are considered underpaid; patients often give doctors gifts of gratitude, sometimes in the form of money, and some doctors are accused of extortion. Notably, former Health minister \u0100ris Auders had to leave office when one of his patients accused him of fraud. Zatlers was also criticized for lack of experience. Endzi\u0146\u0161 in turn was criticized for having been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union before the independence of Latvia was re-established: this caused even more passionate debate when it was discovered that Endzi\u0146\u0161 had denied the occupation of Latvia in the 1970s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction\nEndzi\u0146\u0161 was the most popular candidate among the general public. An opinion poll showed that Endzi\u0146\u0161 was supported by 54% of Latvians and Zatlers was supported by 29%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Public reaction\nPeople at the Latvian House of Parliament shouted - \"Envelopes! Envelopes!\" and \"Thief! Thief! \", when Zatlers came out after elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191911-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian presidential election, Process and Results\nEndzi\u0146\u0161' supporters hoped that the public support for his candidacy would sway some of members of the parliament from the ruling coalition to vote for Endzi\u0146\u0161. This did not come true. Although one of coalition's MPs, Anna Seile voted for Endzi\u0146\u0161 and another, Kar\u012bna P\u0113tersone, voted against both candidates, this was cancelled out by at least 3 opposition MPs voting for Zatlers, disobeying the decision by their party leaders to support Endzi\u0146\u0161. There may be situation that at least 6 coalition MPs voted for Endzi\u0146\u0161 and more opposition MPs from Harmony Centre voted for Zatlers. Valdis Zatlers was elected president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum\nA referendum on two proposed security laws was held in Latvia on 7 July 2007; the referendum had been called after the president refused to sign the laws, claiming possible influence of oligarchs on Latvia's national security, and after 212,000 signatures had been collected, meeting the requirement of about 150,000 signatures. Although the referendum failed to reach the quorum of 453,730 votes, the results showed massive disapproval of the amendments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Background\nThe President of Latvia has the power, as established by the constitution, to request that the Saeima reconsider a law; if the Saeima does not amend the law, then the president must sign it or suspend the law for two months. After this period the law must either be proclaimed or put to a national referendum, if 10% of the electorate request this. President Vaira V\u012b\u0137e-Freiberga deemed the amendments in national security laws to be a threat to national security. As the Saeima did not amend the laws accordingly, the president used her power to suspend the laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Background\nShe said that she saw that the laws give employees of organizations granting access to classified information the right to grant such permission to themselves, which could result in certain groups and individuals having the ability to manipulate the information in their own interests. After the suspension, the Saeima did amend the laws as the president had originally requested, and the leaders of the governing coalition claimed that there was no need for a referendum given that the original amendments had already been ruled out and would come into force only for a day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Background\nHowever, this led to calls of citizens to use their right to vote and speculation that the president could dissolve the Saeima. Thus, the referendum was unofficially seen as a referendum over the resignation of Kalv\u012btis' government and as a chance to show support for the popular president, who, coincidentally, left office on the day the referendum took place, rather than as a referendum on the amendments to the security laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Legal details\nGiven that the Saeima had already cancelled the laws, if there had been no referendum, after the end of the suspension period the laws would have come into force for one day; the same would happen if a majority voted \"Against\" repealing the laws. However, if a majority voted \"For\" repealing the laws, the Saeima would not be able to revive the laws until the end of the current term of the Saeima. Furthermore, there is a requirement that at least half as many votes as in the last Saeima elections must be cast for the referendum to be valid, that is about 450,000 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Results\nThe referendum did not gain the quorum of 453,730 votes. The results showed massive disapproval of the amendments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Results\nAre you for the repealing of the law \u201cAmendments to the National Security Law\u201d of March 1, 2007?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191912-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Latvian security laws referendum, Results\nAre you for the repealing of the law \u201cAmendments to the State Security Authorities Law\u201d of March 1, 2007?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191913-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Laurence Olivier Awards\nThe 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2007 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191913-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards\nThe following 22 productions, including four ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191913-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards\nThe following four productions, including one opera, received multiple awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 78], "content_span": [79, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series\nThe 2007 Le Mans Series was the fourth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 15 April and ended on 10 November after six races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships\nPoints were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Teams with multiple entries did not have their cars combined and each entry number was scored separately in the championship. Cars which failed to complete 70% of the winner's distance were not awarded points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships\nThe top two finishers in each teams championship earned automatic entry to the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, LMP1 Standings\n\u2020 - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, LMP2 Standings\n\u2020 - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 56], "content_span": [57, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Teams Championships, GT1 Standings\n\u2020 - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships\nPoints were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Drivers who did not drive for at least 45 minutes did not receive points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 42], "content_span": [43, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships, LMP1 Standings\n\u2020 - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships, LMP2 Standings\n\u2020 - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 58], "content_span": [59, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191914-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Le Mans Series, Drivers Championships, GT1 Standings\n\u2020 - Half-points were awarded at this race due to less than five cars competing in this class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191915-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Cup\nThe League of Ireland Cup 2007 was the 34th staging of the League of Ireland Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191915-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Cup\nThe 2007 League Cup kicked off in April. Two non-league clubs (Fanad United and Kerry League) joined the 22 league clubs in the draw. There were sixteen clubs drawn to face each other in the first round, with the other eight given byes to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191916-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland First Division\nThe 2007 League of Ireland First Division season was the 23rd season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Cobh Ramblers won the division. Finn Harps were also promoted to the Premier Division after a play-off and Wexford Youths made their League of Ireland debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191916-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland First Division, Overview\nThe regular season began on 8 March and concluded on 10 November. Each team played the other teams four times, totalling 36 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191916-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland First Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation\nFinn Harps and Dundalk who finished second and third in the First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in the Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191916-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland First Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation\nFinn Harps win 6\u20133 on aggregate and are promoted to Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 70], "content_span": [71, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191916-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland First Division, Play-offs, Setanta Sports Cup\nAfter winning the First Division, Cobh Ramblers also qualified for the new Setanta Sports Cup play-off. Their opponents were Derry City, the winners of the 2007 League of Ireland Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191916-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland First Division, Gallery\nThe clubs competing in the 2007 FAI eircom League of Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division\nThe 2007 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 23rd season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Drogheda United were champions for the first time while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nThe close-period between the 2006 and 2007 seasons saw one of the biggest departures of senior talent from the League of Ireland and across the Irish Sea in recent times. The profile of the league had been improved by the recent successes of Derry City and Shelbourne in Europe. In addition former players such as Kevin Doyle, one of the top-scorers in the 2006\u201307 FA Premier League and once of Cork City, attracted attention from numerous managers in Scotland and England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nSome of the top players to depart included David Forde and Jason Byrne, both of whom moved to Cardiff City. Cork City saw George O'Callaghan and Danny Murphy depart for Ipswich Town and Motherwell respectively. UCD players, Patrick Kavanagh and Gary Dicker both moved to Birmingham City. Others who made the journey across the water included Colin Hawkins, Trevor Molloy, Paul Keegan. League of Ireland managers also found themselves attracting interest with Stephen Kenny moving from Derry City to Dunfermline Athletic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nThe league season kicked off on 9 March. Derry City were initially regarded as favourites to win the Premier Division by numerous bookmakers, closely followed by Drogheda United and Cork City. Despite this, Derry City made a poor start to the season losing to strong title-contenders St Patrick's Athletic and Drogheda United in their early-season encounters. They also lost 4\u20131 to Cork City at home in the fifth round of games. Meanwhile, St Patrick's Athletic raced into an early-season lead at the top of the table, having won all of their first five fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nWith a third of the season remaining Drogheda United had risen to the top of the Premier Division table and have since sealed the first league title in their history. On 18 October they beat Cork City 2\u20131 at United Park which guaranteed the title for them. It had looked like they might have possibly had to wait another week to wrap up the league but a strike from Guy Bates in the last minute gave Drogheda victory on the night which was enough to see them become league champions. The relegation battle was very tight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview\nLongford Town were bottom for the majority of the season, having been deducted six points but going into the final day of the season, they were just three points behind Waterford United and had a far superior goal difference. Longford did what they had to do by beating Derry City 3\u20131 but Waterford got a point which meant that Longford were relegated. Waterford were still not safe, though, as they had to play in the relegation/promotion playoff where they beaten by Finn Harps which meant that they were still relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation\nFinn Harps and Dundalk who finished second and third in the First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in the Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Play-offs, Promotion/Relegation\nFinn Harps win 6\u20133 on aggregate and are promoted to Premier Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 72], "content_span": [73, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Play-offs, Setanta Sports Cup\nAfter winning the First Division, Cobh Ramblers also qualified for the new Setanta Sports Cup play-off. Their opponents were Derry City, the winners of the 2007 League of Ireland Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Prize funds\nBetween the League of Ireland, FAI Cup, League of Ireland Cup and the Setanta Cup a prize fund in excess of \u20ac1\u00a0million will be available. The FAI will be investing a total of \u20ac803,000 for prize funds in 2007. The prize fund for the Premiership in 2007 will reach \u20ac450,000 with the winner being awarded \u20ac225,000. The First Division winner's prize fund in 2007 will be \u20ac50,000, with \u20ac100,000 available in total. The following table gives a more detailed breakdown of the prize funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Media coverage\nBroadcasting partners of the FAI - Setanta Sports, TG4 and RT\u00c9 - agreed to televise over 50 live games in the 2007 season. The agreed games included League of Ireland games, as well as Setanta Cup matches and FAI Cup matches. TV3 also agreed to continue showing their highlights programme, eircom League Weekly, on a Monday night each week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nA significant number of players, who had already played with two clubs within the year prior to the season's kick-off, were left ineligible to play for their clubs until July at the beginning of the season as FIFA's rules, or, in particular, Article 5.3 of FIFA's Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players, stated that no player could play for more than two different clubs between 1 July of one season and 30 June of the following year. The highest-profile members of the group of ten were the Irish internationally capped midfielders Gareth Farrelly and Colin Healy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nBoth players had agreed two-year deals with Cork City but their clearance failed to come through from FIFA due to the fact that they had each been registered to two other clubs since 1 July 2006. Among the other Premier Division players hit with the ruling were: Bray Wanderers midfielder Alan Cawley; Derry City striker Peter Hynes; and Ray Scully of Waterford United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nThe Football Association of Ireland argued to FIFA that, as they ran a league with an unconventional Summer season out of tandem with the calendar of most other European national leagues, around which the rule was based, such circumstances ought to be permissible for players playing in the League. However, with two weeks of the league season completed, the association had yet to come to an agreement with FIFA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nAs a result, in failing to ensure that the clubs under its jurisdiction would be able to field their full squads at the outset of the season, the FAI came in for criticism. Numerous fans of the league condemned what they viewed to be carelessly negligent short-sightedness on the part of the association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nBy 23 March 2007, three of the group were cleared to play by FIFA. The players who were cleared to play were Gary Rogers of Galway United, Alan Cawley of Bray Wanderers and Shaun Holmes of Finn Harps, while decisions on the remainder were not expected for another week. On 2 April, it was announced that Colin Healy and Gareth Farrelly both failed to gain clearance to play for Cork City. While the FAI had taken the cases forward to FIFA on behalf of most of the players, it was Cork City who decided to have their own legal team represent their two players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nIt was announced on 5 April that Peter Hynes had received clearance by FIFA. This concluded the wait for decisions on all ten players as the remainder (bar the two Cork City players) were also given exemptions. The other players cleared were: John Brophy and Mark Leech of Shelbourne; Willie Doyle of Monaghan United; and Ray Scully. In the meantime, Cork City suggested that they would be appealing FIFA's decision not to grant their two players clearance on 18 April 2007 by 20 April deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA's two-club ruling\nThe club made a 'strongly worded submission' to FIFA in relation to the issue asking FIFA to reconsider and were in consultation with people within the game, in legal circles and even those involved in politics. FIFA rejected Cork City's appeal on 23 April but the club stated that they may take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as a last resort. When they did eventually take the case to this stage, it was once again decided against their favour, meaning that the two players had to wait to July until they could represent Cork City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, The CityWeb affair\nAfter having fined Cork City manager, Damien Richardson, during the 2006 season for critical comments he had made against a referee after a game, as well as handing him a four-match touchline ban, and comments from the then Bohemians manager, Gareth Farrelly, expressing that he felt gagged, the FAI continued to restrict critical opinions of their structures from individuals connected with clubs in the league. On 15 February 2007, Derry City were requested by the FAI to remove a blog entry posted on their official website - - by fan, 'MariborKev'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, The CityWeb affair\nThe entry, entitled \"Another fine mess\", which criticised the administration of the FAI in dealing with the financial irregularities at Shelbourne, even went on to predict that the organisation would get in contact with the club over the post to demand its removal. The article was said to have breached terms of the Participation Agreement, which the club had signed in order to take part in the 2007 competition. As a result, the club's webmaster was forced to move the blogging system to a separate domain, unconnected to the official club site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, The CityWeb affair\nA number of weeks later, on 6 March, it was revealed that the club had been fined \u20ac5,000 by the FAI. The body also made it known to the club that for every further day the offending article remained on the site, it would punish Derry by another \u20ac1,000. This was despite the fact the blogging area had been moved to another site weeks earlier. Derry City eventually had their punishment overturned after a successful appeal by the club's legal team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances\nThe league reported a significant increase in attendance figures for the opening weekend of the season with the average gate up 17 per cent from the same weekend in 2006. A total of 20,632 people paid into 11 fixtures on the opening weekend of the season. This equated to an average attendance of almost 1,900 which, compared with the 1,600 mean figure from a year previously, represented an increase of 17 per cent. The figures constituted an early success for the newly appointed National Club Promotions Officer, Noel Mooney, who was appointed to co-ordinate the new Club Promotions Officers at 16 League of Ireland clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances\nWith the attendance figures eclipsing the projected targets, Mooney commented:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances\nIt is a very encouraging way to begin the new season and gives us something to build on. We know that there is huge public interest in the league and our goal is to see that reflected in attendance figures. Our target for the opening weekend of fixtures was 18,000, so to clear that figure is fantastic. However, there are over thirty weeks of action ahead of us - the real work starts now.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, Attendances\nThe improved attendance rate was maintained as the season progressed as a total of 97,656 patrons attended fixtures over the first six weeks season. The figure for the same period for the 2006 season was just 65,828, with the average attendance of 1,480 per game throughout the 2007 Premier Division and 2007 League of Ireland First Division equating to a massive rise of 37% in attendances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA 08\nOn 8 June 2007, it was announced that the FAI had teamed up with Electronic Arts and that the League of Ireland would feature in the FIFA 08 computer game; the first time for the league to feature in the FIFA series. Top players from the league, including Derry City's Paddy McCourt and Joseph N'Do of St Patrick's Athletic, were present at the official announcement and photocall of the deal, which took place in Temple Bar, Dublin, on 11 June 2007. All 12 teams in the League of Ireland's Premier Division would feature in the game, it was confirmed. At the event, Fran Gavin, Director of the League of Ireland said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191917-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 League of Ireland Premier Division, Off-field issues, FIFA 08\nWe are thrilled to be working with EA Sports to bring our league to a worldwide audience of millions. Having the eircom League of Ireland included in FIFA 08 is very exciting for supporters of the league, and it will also enable people around the world to play FAI eircom League of Ireland fixtures on their computer consoles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191918-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanese by-elections\nBy-elections were held in Lebanon on 5 August 2007 to replace two assassinated MPs, Pierre Amine Gemayel of the Kataeb Party (killed on the 21 November 2006) and Walid Eido of the Future Movement (killed on the 13 June 2007). Their respective districts were Matn District and Beirut 2nd District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191918-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanese by-elections, Beirut election\nThe seat was won by Mohammed al-Amin Itani, a candidate of parliament majority leader Saad Hariri's Future Movement, with a large majority. The Hezbollah-led pro-Syrian opposition did not officially sponsor a candidate. Turnout was very low, at just 19 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191918-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanese by-elections, Matn election\nKhoury won a narrow victory with 39,534 votes, against Gemayel's 39,116 votes. Gemayel accused the March 8 Alliance of fraud. The turnout was 46 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191918-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanese by-elections, Matn election\nThis Asian election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191918-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanese by-elections, Matn election\nThis article related to politics in Lebanon is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict\nThe 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on May 20, 2007 in Nahr al-Bared, an UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict\nIt was the most severe internal fighting since Lebanon's 1975\u201390 civil war. The conflict revolved mostly around the siege of Nahr el-Bared, in addition to clashes that occurred in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon and other bombings that took place in and around the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Fighting ended in September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Background, Nahr al-Bared refugee camp\nLebanon hosts more than 400,000 Palestinian refugees, some 215,000 of whom live in camps, including the descendants of those who fled from Palestine during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1962, Palestinians were categorized as foreigners in Lebanon, regardless of how long they had lived there. Non -Lebanese, which included the refugees, were restricted from working in over 70 skilled professions until 2005, when new legislation officially opened 50 such jobs to them. The civil war left Lebanon's government and the general Lebanese populace deeply suspicious of Palestinian refugees because of their involvement in the Lebanese war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Background, Nahr al-Bared refugee camp\nThe main problem was the Cairo Agreement, signed by the Lebanese government and the Palestinian Movement, which was rejected by the Christian Movements who considered the agreement against the sovereignty of Lebanon because it rendered the Palestinian guerillas uncontrolled freedom. Yet, under the 1969 Arab accord, which was annulled by the Lebanese Parliament in the mid-1980s, the government has been reluctant to enter the camps. The current residents of the camps are currently denied access to their homeland or neighboring Arab nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Background, Nahr al-Bared refugee camp\nThe Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp is situated 16\u00a0km north of Tripoli near the coastal road and had been under scrutiny since February, when two buses were bombed in Ain Alak, a predominantly Christian village near Bikfaya. Fatah al-Islam militants based in the camp were blamed. About 30,000 displaced Palestinians live in the camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, May 20: Start of the fighting in Tripoli and Nahr al-Bared\nFighting began early in the morning after a police raid on a house in Tripoli which was apparently being used by militants from Fatah al-Islam. The militant group subsequently began shooting at the Lebanese security forces who returned fire, triggering clashes in the vicinity of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. The men reportedly resisted arrest and the violence spread to neighbouring streets. Militants then attacked a Lebanese military post at the gate of the camp, slaughtering 27 soldiers during their sleep, seizing several vehicles and also killing an undetermined number of civilians that came to the rescue of the Lebanese army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 91], "content_span": [92, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, May 21\u201331: Nahr al-Bared under siege\nDespite talks of a cease-fire, Fatah al-Islam militants continued battling the Lebanese army at the outskirts of the refugee camp while Lebanese tanks and artillery continued shelling their positions in the camp. By now the camp was totally surrounded by the Lebanese Army and more troops were coming in with tanks and APC's. Beirut's airport was the scene of several military aid shipments, mainly from the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 1\u20132: First Lebanese Army attack\nTanks massed outside the Nahr al-Bared camp and started a ground offensive. The fighting was concentrated in the southern and northern entrances of the camp. At least 19 people were killed, including three army soldiers. Among the dead was also a senior leader of Fatah al-Islam, Abu Riyadh, who was killed by a Lebanese army sniper. After 48 hours of fighting the battle was over and the Army was repelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 69], "content_span": [70, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 9\u201312: Second Lebanese Army attack\nAfter mediators failed to convince the Islamists to surrender, the Lebanese Army attacked Nahr el-Bared once again. The troops advanced 50\u00a0meters before they had to stop after taking heavy casualties due to booby-trapped buildings and other Fatah al-Islam positions that the militants left behind. In all 29 people were killed within 24 hours: 11 soldiers, 16 militants and 2 civilians. Another 100 soldiers were wounded. Some of the fighting was close-quarters and almost hand to hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 9\u201312: Second Lebanese Army attack\nOn June 11, two Lebanese Red Cross workers were killed outside Nahr al-Bared as they were evacuating civilians. On June 12, the Lebanese army occupied two key positions from Fatah al-Islam within the camp, one of them on the coastal side of the camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 16\u201319: Third Lebanese Army attack\nThe Lebanese Army continued the offensive and heavy bombardment hit the camp. On June 16, two Lebanese Gazelle helicopters fired four air-to-ground missiles at suspected militant positions inside the camp. In 48 hours the Army managed to take another six Fatah al-Islam positions. At this time the only aim of the military was to destroy all of the militant's positions on the outskirts of the camp, but the Army had no intention of going into the camp itself. On June 19, the Army finally managed to take all of the main positions of the Islamists. All of the buildings in the new (northern) part of the camp where the Fatah al-Islam fighters were dug in had been taken. Another seven soldiers were killed during this new round of fighting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 21: Outer parts of the camp fall\nOn June 21, the Lebanese defence minister reported that all of the Fatah al-Islam positions on the outlying areas of the camp, from which the militants were attacking soldiers, had been taken or destroyed. The only positions left were those in the center of the camp from where the militants posed no threat and thus the Army had no intention of attacking the center of the camp. With this it was declared that the Lebanese military operation to destroy Fatah al-Islam was over. But heavy fighting still continued in the days ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 24\u201325: Renewed fighting in Tripoli & Nahr el-Bared\nOn June 24, for the first time since May 20, fighting erupted in Tripoli at an apartment building after a military raid on an Islamist militant cell that left 12 people dead. Among the killed were 7 non-Fatah militants, 1 soldier, 1 policeman and 3 civilians. Another 14 soldiers were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 88], "content_span": [89, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 24\u201325: Renewed fighting in Tripoli & Nahr el-Bared\nOn June 28, the military found and engaged a group of Fatah al-Islam militants, in a cave in the mountains south of Tripoli, in fighting that killed 5 Islamists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 88], "content_span": [89, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, June 30: Jund al-Sham disbanded\nOn June 30, the Usbat Al-Ansar source said that 23 members of Jund Al Sham in the Ain Al Helweh camp on the outskirts of the port city of Sidon have joined up with Usbat at a meeting, while the rest had laid down their weapons. Usbat Al Ansar detained three other members of the group on suspicion of hurling a grenade at an army checkpoint, in an incident that caused no casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 64], "content_span": [65, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 12\u201324: Fourth Lebanese Army attack\nOn July 12, after a lull in the fighting, the Lebanese army launched a new assault, towards the center of the camp where the last battle positions of the Islamists were. They resumed with the bombardment of the camp and troops engaged the militants in heavy street fighting. 33 soldiers were killed and 93 wounded during the fighting among the ruins of the camp where the Islamist fighters were well dug in and large parts of the camp were also booby-trapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 12\u201324: Fourth Lebanese Army attack\nOn July 14, militants escalated the fighting by firing Katyusha rockets at towns surrounding the camp. One civilian was killed, and several were wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 12\u201324: Fourth Lebanese Army attack\nOn July 16, the Army managed to take a hill in the southern part of the camp which represented a highly strategic position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 12\u201324: Fourth Lebanese Army attack\nBy July 20, only 300 square yards had been left in the hands of the Islamists in the southern part of the camp. The army's advance was slowed down until they were able to defuse dozens of booby-traps left in the ruins of the camp by the Islamists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 25 \u2013 August 13: Fifth Lebanese Army attack\nSoldiers moved into the fighting area under cover from artillery fire, tank fire and gunfire. A witness said this was the heaviest shelling of insurgent positions he had ever seen. A Lebanese source said the army was ready to make the final push and capture the last 250 yards (230\u00a0m) still in hands of the insurgents. About 130 people were believed to be holed up in the area, about 70 fighters and 60 civilians. The militants answered with the firing of a handful of Katyusha rockets at Lebanese villages near the camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 25 \u2013 August 13: Fifth Lebanese Army attack\nOn July 28, a tiny enclave in the already recaptured part of the camp was captured and the militants inside, 8 people, were killed. The surprise attack was carried out by elite units. Cannons and armored vehicles were driven into the camp to demolish fortified houses, bunkers and tunnels. General Michel Sulaiman added, that victory was imminent and only days away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 25 \u2013 August 13: Fifth Lebanese Army attack\nOn August 2, Abu Hureira, the deputy commander of Fatah al-Islam, was killed in Abu Samra during a shootout with Lebanese police when he tried to flee them whilst shooting at a checkpoint set up by the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, July 25 \u2013 August 13: Fifth Lebanese Army attack\nOn August 8, it was reported the advance of the Lebanese troops was troubled by the smell of rotting corpses of slain militants who are not buried even weeks after their death. It was said the smell was so bad the air was unbreathable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 80], "content_span": [81, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 17\u201323: Sixth Lebanese Army attack\nIn the days leading up to the latest assault on the militants, Gazelle attack helicopters bombed the Islamists' positions and bunkers. On August 17, the Army advances continued. A truce was made on August 24 to allow the 63 family members, 25 women and 38 children, of the Islamist fighters to leave the camp. This left a chance for a final assault on the militants by the army, and indications were that only 70 militants were left active in the camp, in reality almost 100 were still holed up. Air raids continued the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack\nHeavy fighting continued on August 30 after the evacuation of the civilians and almost a week of heavy bombing raids from attack helicopters. More street battles occurred as the troops advanced further into the winding streets of the camp. By this point most of the subterranean shelters had been taken by the army but still the militants held their positions in bunkers and among the ruins of the camp. All the time during the latest attack the militants were issuing calls for a cease-fire so that some 35 wounded militants could be evacuated. The army did not accept the cease-fire. On September 1, the army managed to take the homes of Shaker al-Abssi and his deputy Abu Hureira, who was killed in July during the fighting. However, there was still no sign of Abssi himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 84], "content_span": [85, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack, September 2: Militant breakout and the fall of the camp\nOn September 2, militants launched a coordinated plan to escape from Nahr al-Bared. The fighting began when militants on the eastern and southern edge of the camp attacked army checkpoints. Militants also had help from outside the camp. The attack on the eastern edge of the camp started after a Mercedes car pulled up at an army checkpoint from outside around 04:00\u00a0AM and began firing at soldiers as fighters launched an attack from inside the camp. At the same time militants attacked another checkpoint on the southern edge of the camp. Some of them were wearing army uniforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 141], "content_span": [142, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack, September 2: Militant breakout and the fall of the camp\nThree militant groups attempted the breakout. One group tried to escape by sea and its members were killed or captured by the army. A second group tried to flee from the north of Nahr al-Bared and met the same fate. The leader of Fatah al-Islam, Shaker al-Abssi, was believed to be in the third group that followed the path of a river running between the southeastern part of the camp and the village of Ayun al-Samak in a remote mountainous region. Several members of that group were killed but most of them escaped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 141], "content_span": [142, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0024-0002", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack, September 2: Militant breakout and the fall of the camp\nThe whole militant leadership was thought to have escaped. It was later confirmed that al-Abssi actually fled the camp a day before the breakout. His fate remains unknown. The army said 35 militants managed to break the cordon and flee, but most of them were killed or captured in the coming days. The fighting lasted from dawn through early afternoon with troops engaging Fatah al-Islam fighters in buildings, fields and roads around the Nahr al-Bared camp. Up to 38 militants, five soldiers and one civilian were killed and 24 militants were captured. The camp finally fell by 11:00\u00a0AM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 141], "content_span": [142, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack, September 2: Militant breakout and the fall of the camp\nCelebratory gunfire erupted in nearby villages as soon as the news of the army victory spread. Dozens of residents took to the streets of Mohammara, waving Lebanese flags and honking their horns as troop convoys poured into the area with soldiers flashing victory signs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 141], "content_span": [142, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack, September 2: Militant breakout and the fall of the camp\nOn September 3, Lebanese forces killed four militants and captured two in the area near the camp. The militants attacked soldiers looking for the fleeing fighters, wounding two of them and forcing the Lebanese soldiers to flee, but were finally killed by artillery fire which lasted for more than an hour. Six bodies of slain militants were found inside the camp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 141], "content_span": [142, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Timeline, August 30 \u2013 September 3: Final Lebanese Army attack, September 2: Militant breakout and the fall of the camp\nSporadic fighting continued near the camp until September 7. Lebanon then declared victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 141], "content_span": [142, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Bombings in and around Beirut\nMay 21: Fatah al-Islam claimed responsibility for two bombings that took place in Beirut. Then a spokesman for the group denied any responsibility for them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Bombings in and around Beirut\nA third bombing, in a Christian neighborhood northeast of Beirut called Mansouriyeh, was foiled when authorities caught a Palestinian and an Egyptian carrying a bag full of explosives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Bombings in and around Beirut\nMay 23: A bomb went off near the main government building in Aley, a majority Druze town about 17\u00a0km northeast of Beirut. Reports said about five people were injured and a few buildings damaged by the blast. The security forces said the bomb was in a bag that had been left in front of a building close to a shopping district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Bombings in and around Beirut\nMay 27: In Beirut, two policemen and two civilians were injured when a grenade was thrown in a mainly Muslim section of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Bombings in and around Beirut\nJune 13: A car bomb hit Beirut's seafront Corniche al-Manara, killing Walid Eido, a member of parliament with the Current for the Future bloc known for his opposition to the Syrian influence on Lebanon. His eldest son, Khaled, and two bodyguards were also killed, along with up to six other civilians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Bombings in and around Beirut\nThe blast may have been tied to the fighting in the north, or it may have been tied to the series of bombings and assassinations of anti-Syrian figures going back to Rafiq Hariri's killing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Attacks on United Nations peacekeepers\nOn June 24, a UNIFIL armored personnel carrier was hit by a car bomb on the border with Israel, killing six Spanish soldiers and wounding another two Spanish soldiers. Both the Lebanese government and Hezbollah condemned the attack. Intelligence gathered from captured militants indicated that the militants were planning to attack United Nations soldiers on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Also, Fatah al-Islam itself said that if the fighting continued it would conduct attacks on targets outside of northern Lebanon. Al-Qaeda also stated that it would target the U.N. troops on the border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Casualties\nAt least 446\u2013457 people, including 168\u2013179 soldiers and 226 militants, had been killed in the fighting during the 105-day siege of the camp. Between 400 and 500 soldiers had been wounded and more than 215 militants had been captured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Casualties\nTwelve Lebanese civilians were killed in terrorist bombings in and around Beirut, two soldiers and five militants were killed in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, seven non-Fatah Islamic militants were killed during a raid in Tripoli, and six U.N. soldiers were killed, while two were wounded in the bombing attack on the Israeli-Lebanon border.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Casualties\n55 civilians were killed in the fighting at the camp and in Tripoli, 47 of them Palestinians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191919-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Lebanon conflict, Casualties\nMost of the some 31,000 Palestinians that lived at the camp fled the fighting to other camps in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191920-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Leeds City Council election\nThe 2007 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191920-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Leeds City Council election\nAs per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were contested. Those seats up for election were those of the second-placed candidate elected for every ward at the 2004 all-out election, who had been granted a three year term to expire in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191920-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Leeds City Council election\nDespite Labour gaining three council seats, the council remained in no overall control as no political party had an overall majority of councillors. In coalition since 2004, the Liberal Democrat and Conservative council administration continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191920-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Leeds City Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191921-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Legends Tour\nThe 2007 Legends Tour was a series of professional golf tour for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191921-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Legends Tour, Schedule and results\nIn 2007, the Legends Tour had two events in Australia. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191922-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic\nThe 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the 38th edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. from July 30 through August 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191922-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 3\u20136, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191923-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 7\u20136(7\u20135), 3\u20136, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191924-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic \u2013 Singles\nThe 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the thirty-eighth edition of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic and it took place from July 30 - August 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191925-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Legislative Programme\nThe 2007 Legislative Programme was drawn up by the Government of the United Kingdom for the parliamentary session beginning 6 November 2007 and ending on the 22 July 2008. The Legislative Programme was compiled by Gordon Brown's government, approved by his Cabinet, and laid out in the Speech from the Throne on the first day of the parliamentary session by the Monarch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191925-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Legislative Programme\nUnlike previous years, the Government outlined a draft legislative programme on 11 July 2007. This was done, according to a statement by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, because \"it is now right in the interests of good and open government and public debate that each year the Prime Minister make a summer statement to this House so that initial thinking, previously private, can now be the subject of widespread and informed public consultation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191925-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Legislative Programme, Government Bills\nThe programme outlined 29 bills that the Government intended to introduce over the coming parliamentary session. As of 21 June 2008, five had been enacted by Royal Assent, 18 were in progress, and 7 were at draft stage and hadn't been submitted to Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191925-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Legislative Programme, Government Bills\nThe discrepancy between the 29 proposed bills in the Legislative Programme and the 30 bills listed below is caused by the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008, which was introduced as emergency legislation by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling in February 2008 in order to nationalise Northern Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191925-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Legislative Programme, Government Bills\nBefore being submitted to Parliament, a draft is written by the Government. This becomes a bill in Parliament and passes through both houses in 9 sequential stages, finally achieving Royal Assent and being enacted as law (Act). It passes through one house (five stages) and then the other (four stages), and may start in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. If the bill is rejected at any stage, it does not pass to the next stage in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191925-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Legislative Programme, Government Bills\nIn the first house, the bill passes through five stages 1st Reading (1), 2nd Reading (2), Committee (3), Report (4), and 3rd Reading (5). In the second house, the bill passes through four stages: 1st Reading (6), 2nd Reading (7), Committee (8), and Report (9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191926-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nThe 2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Lehigh finished fifth in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191926-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nIn their second year under head coach Andy Coen, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 5\u20136 record. Ernest Moore, John Reese, Sedale Threatt and Brannan Thomas were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191926-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nThe Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 251 to 232. Their 2\u20134 conference record placed fifth out of seven in the Patriot League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191926-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team\nLehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191927-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Leinster Junior Football Championship\nThe 2007 Leinster Junior Football Championship is the Junior \"knockout\" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council. The Leinster football Final is played in Croke Park, Dublin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191927-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Leinster Junior Football Championship, Semi finals\n(5) 1 v 2, Newbridge/Navan, June 13. (6) 3 v 4, Parnell Park/Drogheda, June 13. Final: 5 v 6, Home venue of 5, June 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191928-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Leinster Minor Football Championship\nThe 2007 Leinster Minor Football Championship is the Minor \"knockout\" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster GAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300\nThe 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 was the 17th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, held on July 1, 2007, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Summary\nThe event served as the eighth race for the new Car of Tomorrow and its first race at NHIS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Summary, Qualifying\nDave Blaney won the pole with a speed of 129.437\u00a0mph giving him his second career pole (last pole at North Carolina Speedway in February 2003) and giving Toyota their first ever NEXTEL Cup pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Summary, Qualifying\nShortly after the conclusion of qualifying the #83 Red Bull Toyota of Brian Vickers was found to be too low in post-qualifying inspection. Due to this his time was disallowed and he was dropped from the field. Chad Chaffin, driver of the #49 car, took his place in the starting lineup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Summary, Qualifying\nOthers who failed to qualify: Michael Waltrip (#55), A. J. Allmendinger (#84), Kenny Wallace (#78), Scott Riggs (#10), Dale Jarrett (#44)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Summary, Happy Hour\nJimmie Johnson led Happy Hour with a speed of 127.062\u00a0mph, while Martin Truex Jr. ran the most laps, 58. Top 5 times were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Race\nPole sitter Dave Blaney led the first 30 laps, the most laps he had led in a race since Atlanta in March 2001. However, he lost the lead to former New Hampshire winner Jeff Gordon. After a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Dale Earnhardt Jr. assumed the top spot and led the most laps at 64. Many pit problems arose for some teams, such as speeding penalties, or running over a hose in Ryan Newman's case, or having the jack drop off the racecar, as was witnessed by the 99 crew of Carl Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Race\nHowever, the most significant pitstop of the day was the last one. Denny Hamlin's crew chief Mike Ford took a gamble, putting on two tires, thus giving his driver the lead. Hamlin managed to hold off a furious charge from Jeff Gordon to end his 32-race winless streak and put his team back in victory lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 37], "content_span": [38, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191929-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Post-race penalties\nThe #70 car of Johnny Sauter and the #5 car of Kyle Busch were found too low during post-race inspection. As a result, both drivers lost 25 points in the standings, their respective owners (Haas CNC Racing and Hendrick Motorsports) lost 25 points as well, and their respective crew chiefs (Robert \"Bootie\" Barker and Alan Gustafson) were placed on probation until September 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191930-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lesotho general election\nGeneral elections were held in Lesotho on 17 February 2007. They had originally been scheduled to be held in April or May 2007. In October 2006, Tom Thabane left the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and formed a new party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC), and 17 other members of parliament joined him. This left the LCD with a narrow majority of 61 out of 120 seats. On the advice of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, King Letsie III dissolved parliament on November 24, 2006, and the election was scheduled for February 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191930-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Lesotho general election\nThe bringing forward of the date caused dissatisfaction amongst the opposition, which expressed concern that it would not allow sufficient time for campaigning and electoral preparations. It was believed that the election was called early due to the possibility that there would be further defections from the LCD, depriving it of its majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191930-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lesotho general election\n80 constituency seats were up for election together with 40 seats allocated by proportional representation. The poll was monitored by the SADC and the American National Democratic Institute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191930-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lesotho general election\nThe electoral commission announced late on 20 February that the LCD had won 61 out of the 80 constituency seats, while the ABC won 17. The Alliance of Congress Parties won one constituency seat, and the vote in Makhaleng was delayed because a candidate there had died. The National Independent Party, which is allied with the LCD, won 21 seats through proportional representation, and the Lesotho Workers' Party, which is allied with the ABC, won 10 seats through proportional representation. ABC leader Tom Thabane called the vote free, but not fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191930-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lesotho general election\nAn extended dispute has followed the election regarding the allocation of the seats based on proportional representation. Despite acknowledging that the LCD won the election, the ABC has argued that the proportional seats were not allocated correctly. The LCD's reluctance to engage in talks prompted Thabane on October 18, 2007 to threaten street protests to pressure the government into holding a new election \"if they continue to fail to co-operate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191930-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lesotho general election, Results, By-elections\nA by-election was held in Makhaleng on 30 June 2007 to determine the MP of that constituency; it was won by the LCD. Full results for the by-election were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191931-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lethbridge municipal election\nThe 2007 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007, to elect eight aldermen (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees (at-large), and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (as Ward 2). The incumbent mayor had no challengers. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Of the 65,835 eligible voters, only 14,896 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 22.6%, and an average of 5.7 aldermen per ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300\nThe 2007 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on 21 October 2007 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The race was won by S\u00e9bastien Bourdais, who also claimed his fourth consecutive Champ Car title, becoming the first man to achieve that distinction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Qualifying results\nOriol Servi\u00e0, driving a car for PKV this weekend, nipped local hero Will Power on Friday, snagging the provisional pole position by .033 seconds and locking in a front row starting spot for Sunday's race. Power got revenge on Saturday when he broke the Surfers Paradise track record in winning his fourth pole position of the season by .372 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Race\nWill Power led away from the standing start, continuing to show the unmatched speed he showed in qualifying on Saturday. But the Australian's race would quickly end in tears. After debris brought out a caution flag on lap 9, Power led the front-runners into the pits for the first stop of the day. The lollipop man released Power back into the pit lane just as David Mart\u00ednez was entering the pit stall in front of him. Power ran into the back of Mart\u00ednez's car, damaging his right front suspension. Power was forced to return to the pits for repairs, leaving him at the back of the field. Power's day ended for good on lap 19 when he clouted Katherine Legge while trying to pass her, leaving him with a broken car and a very sore wrist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Race\nAs is often the case in Champ Car races, the early debris caution led to three drivers rolling the dice on strategy. Paul Tracy (who spun on lap 1), Bruno Junqueira (who had stalled on the grid), and Robert Doornbos (who had a lousy qualifying) stayed out rather than pit. Doornbos led until he pitted on lap 18, with Paul Tracy leading for a lap until he drove for the pits on lap 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Race\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais inherited the lead from Tracy. Bourdais had jumped around Oriol Servi\u00e0 in the first pit stop. Servi\u00e0 took the lead when Bourdais pitted on lap 32, who in turn gave up the lead on lap later to Paul Tracy, who was now leading the alternate strategy cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Race\nBourdais was running in second behind Tracy until a rare event happened on lap 39, he was passed on the track by Justin Wilson. So when Tracy pitted on lap 40 Wilson took over the lead. Both Wilson and Bourdais had one more pit stop to make. Wilson stopped first on lap 44, but Bourdais extended his stop until lap 48, setting down some scorching laps on low tanks in the meantime. Bourdais easily came out in front of Wilson after completing his final pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Race\nWith first and second places pretty much decided, an interesting battle was shaping up between alternate strategy runners Tracy and Junqueira for the final podium spot. Tracy was looking to redeem a rough patch of races while Junqueira was looking for his third consecutive podium finish. Unfortunately for Tracy, he used too much fuel to stay ahead and had to dive to the pits for fuel on the white flag lap. To add insult to injury he stalled the car and ended the race in ninth, the last lead lap runner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191932-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexmark Indy 300, Race\nWith the victory, Bourdais clinched his fourth consecutive Champ Car title, a feat that has never been done before. He also became the first man to repeat as winner in the 17-year history of the Surfers Paradise event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191933-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexus Cup\nThe 2007 Lexus Cup was a golf event competed by women representing Asia and an International squad representing the rest of the world. Each team was made up of twelve members. The competition took place at The Vines Resort & Country Club in Perth, Australia from 7\u20139 December 2007. Lexus was the title sponsor; Rolex, DBS, Singapore Airlines and Singapore Sports Council were main sponsors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191933-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexus Cup\nAfter taking a commanding lead in the first day of play, winning all six matches, Team Asia won the tournament by a score of 15 to 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191933-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexus Cup, Teams\nAs in the similar team events of the Solheim Cup (USA vs. Europe women), Ryder Cup (USA vs. Europe men), and Presidents Cup (USA vs. \"International\" men, i.e. rest of the world excluding Europe), each team was made up of twelve players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191933-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexus Cup, Day one\nDay one saw six foursome matches with each team putting two golfers on the course for each match, with the pairs playing alternate shots. Team Asia took a commanding lead in the Lexus Cup, winning all six matches. Only one of the six matches\u2014Sarah Lee and Meena Lee vs. Cristie Kerr and Nicole Castrale went to 18 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191933-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexus Cup, Day two\nThe teams competed in four ball competition on day two. Team Asia continued to dominate, increasing its lead to seven points. Team International posted its first points of the week with wins by partners Angela Park and Nikki Campbell, and by Cristie Kerr and Nicole Castrale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191933-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Lexus Cup, Day three\nPrior to the start of Day Three, it was announced that Suzann Pettersen had withdrawn from the singles matches due to a back injury. Pak, who had been battling a shoulder injury also sat out and the two captains agreed to halve the Pak-Pettersen match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nA leadership election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 23 September 2007 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Shinz\u014d Abe announced that he would resign on 12 September 2007. Abe had only been elected to the post slightly less than a year earlier; his resignation came only three days after a new parliamentary session had begun. Abe said his unpopularity was hindering the passage of an anti-terrorism law, involving among other things Japan's continued military presence in Afghanistan. Party officials also said the embattled Prime Minister was suffering from poor health.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nFukuda defeated As\u014d in the election, receiving 330 votes against 197 votes for As\u014d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election\nSince the LDP had an absolute majority in the lower house, Fukuda became Prime Minister on 25 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, Candidates\nEndorsement by at least twenty LDP lawmakers is necessary to become a candidate in the election. Since there are 387 LDP Diet members and 141 prefectural LDP representatives (three for each of the 47 prefectural chapters), there is a total of 528 votes. The following people were candidates in the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, Candidates\nPeople who were considered likely candidates, but refused to seek the nomination, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, Candidates\nAso conceded on 16 September 2007 that he was unlikely to win the race and stated he was primarily continuing as a candidate to give party members a choice. Fukuda had by that date gathered the official support of eight factions of the LDP, all except Aso's own faction; he furthermore stated he would not visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, and proposed the construction of a secular national memorial facility instead. Aso stated that there could be no replacement for the shrine, but did not state whether he would visit the shrine if elected. Fukuda struck a more conciliatory tone in relation to the North Korean abduction issue, while Aso positioned himself as a hardliner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, Candidates\nAccording to media surveys, Fukuda had 213 of the lawmakers on his side, while Aso had the assured support of 45 Diet members. Observers agreed that Fukuda was almost certain to win due to the widespread support across faction borders he had obtained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191934-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, Candidates\nFukuda received 330 votes in the election, held on 23 September, defeating As\u014d, who received 197 votes. The support from Diet members alone was enough for Fukuda to win the leadership in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 69], "content_span": [70, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election\nThe 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader on 15 October 2007, after 19 months as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. Vincent Cable, the deputy leader of the parliamentary party, was acting leader until the conclusion of the leadership election. The result was announced on 18 December 2007 with Nick Clegg winning by a narrow margin of 1.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Background\nThe resignation of Menzies Campbell came after a period of speculation about his future as party leader. This was seen as due to media-inspired concerns over his age and poor poll ratings for the party. This speculation mounted after Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced he would not be calling a General Election in 2007. The resignation was announced by the party president Simon Hughes and the deputy leader of the parliamentary party Vincent Cable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules\nThe timetable for the election was announced on 16 October 2007 with the new leader to be announced on 18 December. Liberal Democrat leadership elections use the Alternative Vote system, the single-winner version of the Single Transferable Vote, although, since only two candidates contested this election the contest effectively became a simple plurality vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules\nNominations for candidates opened on 16 October 2007 and closed at 16:00 (UTC+0) on 31 October: each candidate needed the support of at least 10% of Liberal Democrat MPs (i.e. 7 MPs) and at least 200 party members from at least 20 different local parties. MPs could only nominate one candidate, unlike the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules\nA series of online and offline hustings meetings were held around the country, and were listed on the party's official news page for the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Election rules\nBalloting of members commenced on 21 November with the distribution of ballots to party members, the deadline for their return being 15 December and the victor to be announced at around 2:30\u00a0p.m. on 18 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Opening\nIn media reports and the betting markets, the front-runners were friends Nick Clegg (Home Affairs spokesperson) and Chris Huhne (Environment spokesperson). Huhne ran in the 2006 leadership election, coming second to Campbell, whom Clegg had supported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Opening\nAfter Campbell's surprise resignation, there was speculation as to who would run. Various contenders ruled themselves out early on (including notably Vincent Cable, Edward Davey, Lynne Featherstone, Julia Goldsworthy, Simon Hughes, Susan Kramer, David Laws, Sarah Teather and Steve Webb), leading to the possibility of only two candidates achieving sufficient nominations. Huhne launched his campaign first on Wednesday 17 October, with Clegg launching his on Friday 19 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Opening\nJohn Hemming announced on his blog that he wished to stand, and that he was taking soundings from colleagues, but he went on to acknowledge that it would be too difficult for him to obtain sufficient MP nominators. Former leader Charles Kennedy initially said he was \"highly unlikely\" to run again, and that it is not part of his \"game plan\", but did not completely rule out the possibility. He later more clearly rejected the idea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Opening\nHuhne and then Clegg submitted their formal nomination paperwork. Clegg attracted most support from fellow MPs, although both candidates had high-profile supporters, including former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown for Clegg and former Liberal leader David Steel for Huhne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 61], "content_span": [62, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Policy differences\nNick Clegg took a more multilateralist line than Chris Huhne, who was opposed to the Trident ballistic missile system. Nick Clegg favoured retaining half of Trident's arsenal to use as a bargaining chip in 2010 negotiations; Chris Huhne saw saving money on the nuclear deterrent as being a viable means of raising money to fund greater spending on army equipment and conventional weaponry with the possibility of a smaller deterrent system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Policy differences\nChris Huhne emphasised his opposition to voucher systems in the provision of public services. Nick Clegg denied supporting voucher systems, and has gone on record as ruling such systems out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Policy differences\nNick Clegg stated that he saw the Liberal Democrats' role in a hung parliament scenario as being to support whichever party is most likely to be able to form a government; however, he said that the other two main party leaders and their parties were both conservative and that he was neither an heir to Blair nor a Cameron clone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Policy differences\nClegg also stated that he saw liberalism as being more important than ever, and accused Chris Huhne of entering \"an unholy alliance\" with the SNP and Conservatives over the environment and his supporting the principle of elements of the Conservative Party's plans to have English only voting for English only matters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Policy differences\nOn most issues the two candidates shared common positions on the environment, identity cards, counter-terrorism and the war in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Hustings\nBoth candidates appeared at several hustings organised by the party. There were also joint appearances on the BBC's TV shows Question Time, Newsnight and The Politics Show, the latter of which saw a spat between the candidates after Huhne's campaign team had delivered a press briefing document to the show mistitled \"Calamity Clegg\", leading to a formal complaint from the Clegg team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Hustings\nHuhne was generally acknowledged to have \"edged\" the televised debate - the candidates clashed on issues including Trident and presentation - and a straw poll following the Cambridge hustings placed Huhne as much as 2-1 ahead. However, given the unreliability of such polls, and Clegg's continued position as the bookies' favourite, the consensus in the party and media was that the two were running neck and neck. Some columnists have been critical of Clegg's debate performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Hustings\nA YouGov poll of party members gave Clegg a 56% to 44% lead in late November, although about half of respondents had yet to vote. On 3 December 2007, on the basis of another poll, Clegg claimed to be well ahead with 60% of votes cast so far in his favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Campaign, Voting issues\nAbout 1,300 postal votes were caught up in the Christmas post and missed the election deadline. An unofficial check of the late papers showed Huhne had enough votes among them to hand him victory. Huhne stood by the result, saying \"Nick Clegg won fair and square on the rules counting the ballot papers that arrived in by the deadline. There is no question of any re-run.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 67], "content_span": [68, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Candidates\nAt the close of nominations, the following had been successfully nominated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191935-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election, Result\nThe turnout at this leadership election was over 10,000 fewer than in the 2006 election. A total of 64,727 ballot papers were issued, compared with 72,064 for the 2006 contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election\nA spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 29 November 2007, following the defeat of the Howard Government at the federal election five days earlier. The resulting ballot was an open race as outgoing Prime Minister John Howard had lost his own seat at the election, and his preferred successor Peter Costello refused to stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election\nAn election for the deputy leadership of the party was held, as under Liberal Party rules, all leadership positions are declared vacant after a general election, no matter what the outcome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Background\nJohn Howard announced his resignation on election night after the coalition's defeat in the 2007 federal election, including the loss of his own seat of Bennelong. He had led the party since 1995 and been Prime Minister since the 1996 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Background\nThe deputy leader and outgoing Treasurer Peter Costello had for a long time been publicly heralded as the natural successor to John Howard, and was confirmed as such by Howard on 12 September. However, on 25 November, Costello announced he would not be a candidate for either leader or deputy leader of the party in opposition, saying that it was time for the party to move to the next generation, and that he himself intended to leave Parliament during the current term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Election rules\nPeter Costello announced on 27 November that the leadership and deputy leadership would be decided at a meeting held at midday on 29 November. All Liberal MPs and Senators were invited to attend, including those whose seats had yet to be decided, with the federal director deciding who would be eligible to vote based on the most up-to-date election results. Due to this, questions within the party were raised over the rules and legitimacy of the ballot. The loss of John Howard in Bennelong meant that the election of a new leader had to be held much closer to the election than would normally occur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 67], "content_span": [68, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Candidates\nOutgoing Defence Minister Brendan Nelson and outgoing Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Malcolm Turnbull indicated they would run for the party leadership. Outgoing Minister for Health and Ageing Tony Abbott also initially indicated his intention to stand for leader, but on 28 November, one day before the leadership election, he announced that he would no longer be a candidate; he said that he had not found enough support among the remaining Liberal MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Candidates\nProminent outgoing ministers such as former leader Alexander Downer and Joe Hockey ruled themselves out of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Candidates\nOutgoing Minister for Education, Science and Training Julie Bishop, Minister for Ageing Christopher Pyne and Minister for Vocational and Further Education Andrew Robb indicated they would run for the deputy leadership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 63], "content_span": [64, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Campaign\nMalcolm Turnbull was the first candidate to announce his intention to lead the party and was said to have the largest support from Liberal MPs going into the ballot. Biographer Paddy Manning regards Turnbull's decision to criticise Howard over not apologising to the Stolen Generation as sending votes to Nelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Campaign\nTurnbull and Abbott proposed that the party should drop its support for the WorkChoices legislation following their defeat in the federal election. However Nelson said he would not support undoing WorkChoices.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Outcome\nBrendan Nelson won the ballot for leader against Malcolm Turnbull, by 45 votes to 42. Julie Bishop was elected deputy leader with 44 votes, against 25 for Andrew Robb and 18 for Christopher Pyne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191936-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, Outcome, Deputy leadership ballot\nFollowing this leadership spill Liberal MP Christopher Pyne floated the idea of the party electing future leaders by all party members not just Liberal MPs but to this day parliamentary Liberal members still retain the sole right in electing the leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191937-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberian Premier League, Overview\nIt was contested by 12 teams, and Invincible Eleven won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191938-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liberty Bowl\nThe 2007 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29, 2007, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 49th edition of the Liberty Bowl matched the University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights, winners of the Conference USA Championship for the first time in school history, and the Mississippi State University (MSU) Bulldogs, in their first bowl game under head coach Sylvester Croom. With sponsorship from AutoZone, the game was officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Mississippi State free safety Derek Pegues intercepted two passes as part of an outstanding overall defensive effort by the Bulldogs on his way to earning MVP honors. The Bulldogs emerged victorious by a score of 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191939-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Libyan Al-Fatih Cup Final\nThe 2007 Al Fatih Cup Final was played on July 15, 2007 between Al Akhdar and Al Ittihad. This was Al Ittihad's 9th final, of which they had won four and lost 5, and Al Akhdar's 3rd. The game was a repeat of the 2005 final, when Al Ittihad comfortably won 3-0. Both sides had performed well in the league, Al Ittihad winning the title, and Al Akhdar coming 4th. Al Akhdar were guaranteed a place in the 2008 CAF Confederation Cup, as Al Ittihad had already qualified for the African Champions League as a result of winning the title. The game was close, but Al Ittihad won 1-0, thanks to a 53rd-minute goal from Burkinab\u00e9 striker Pierre Koulibaly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191940-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Libyan Super Cup\nThe 2007 Libyan SuperCup took place between 2006-07 Libyan Premier League champions Al Ittihad and the 2007 Libyan Cup runners-up Al Akhdar (Al Ittihad won the Libyan Cup, so Al Akhdar took their place in the competition as cup runners-up). This was the 11th edition of the competition, and the match ended 3-1 to Al Ittihad after extra time. This was Al Ittihad's 6th consecutive win in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191941-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liechtenstein local elections\nThe 2007 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 28 January to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191941-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liechtenstein local elections, Electoral system\nThe municipal councils (German: Gemeinderat) are composed of an even number of councillors plus the mayor (German: Gemeindevorsteher). The number of councillors is determined by population count: 6 or 8 councillors for population 1,500, 8 or 10 councillors for population between 1,500 and 3,000, and 10 or 12 councillors for population over 3,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191941-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liechtenstein local elections, Electoral system\nCouncillors were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the municipality's territory, using an open list proportional representation system. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot. The mayors were elected in a two-round system. If none of the candidates achieved a majority in the first round, a second round would have been held four weeks later, where the candidate with a plurality would be elected as a mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400\nThe 2007 LifeLock 400 was the 29th race in the 2007 NASCAR season and the third race of the ten in the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship Series. The event, held at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, was run on September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400\nThe new title sponsor of the race was LifeLock, a company that sells products that are designed to protect consumers from identity theft. It replaces ConAgra Foods, which had sponsored the race since 2003 under the Banquet brand name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Qualifying\nWith a lap of 30.846 seconds at a speed of 175.063\u00a0mph, Chase driver Jimmie Johnson scored his second consecutive pole. \"Rocketman\" Ryan Newman was to have been alongside him, missing the pole position by .30 thousandths of a second, but his lap was disallowed after failing post-qualifying inspection. Out of his typical fashion of starting in the back, Matt Kenseth qualified a very uncharacteristic third. Of note, Scott Riggs posted his best starting spot this year in fourth, and all three Michael Waltrip Racing cars made the race. Points leader Jeff Gordon started fifth, Emporia native Clint Bowyer started 11th, and defending winner Tony Stewart started 20th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: A. J. Allmendinger (#84); Brian Vickers (#83); Jon Wood (#47); Ward Burton (#4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Happy Hour\nContinuing with the craziness from Dover, Chase drivers again had trouble. During final practice, polesitter Jimmie Johnson spun and damaged his left front fender. His team will go to a backup car, but they will still be credited for the pole. Tony Stewart, who is already on probation for using an expletive at Indy, had another slip at Kansas. While talking to fellow driver Robby Gordon, an ESPN2 camera crew showed up. Stewart said \"What? Get the expletive away from me.\" Stewart may face a points penalty similar to the one Carl Edwards had after winning Dover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Race\nThe race would be dominated by Kurt Busch who led 76 laps. However, Chase drivers immediately began to have trouble. Kyle Busch was tapped from behind by Dale Earnhardt Jr., the man who will replace Busch at Hendrick Motorsports in 2008. Jeff Burton, who was leading the points at this race last year, attempted to repair fender damage under red flag conditions, sending him to the tail end of the longest line. Burton's day would only get worse as he had starter trouble. Martin Truex Jr. and Matt Kenseth would be collected in a 15 car pileup. The red flag would wave for a second time due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Race\nThe controversy begins after the rain stops and NASCAR attempts to dry the track. At 5 PM CT, ABC switches the broadcast over to local affiliates, and moves the race to ESPN2, which ended a practice in NASCAR in the past five years where race overrun stays on the broadcast network. When the race restarts at 6 PM, with one hour to go before darkness, NASCAR attempts to shorten the race to 225 laps (the track did not have lights before 2011). After numerous cautions following the resumption of racing, NASCAR officials shorten the race again, this time to 210 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Race\nAnother Chase contender, Tony Stewart, had made a gamble before the previous red flag to coast to the end. However, that would not work as Stewart would come back in for fuel, and was later involved in the aforementioned \"Big One\". His day would only get worse from there, as he took fender damage on his left front tire. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli made the call to stay out on the racetrack, not wanting to risk track position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Race\nThe call would not work as Tony's tire went flat and was accidentally punted by Kurt Busch, causing him to spin and collect chase contender Carl Edwards. While the Chasers struggled, 2005 runner-up Greg Biffle was also conserving fuel. The final caution would come out for a blown tire from Juan Pablo Montoya with 3 laps to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Race\nDarkness meant the race would end under caution (no green-white-checker finish), and ended with the revised distance of 210 laps completed. Controversy reigned in who had won the race. As the cars came around to the checkered flag, Biffle ran out of fuel. Coasting along the flat part of the track, Biffle slowed down, causing the car of Clint Bowyer to slow down. However, Jimmie Johnson did not, passing both Bowyer and Biffle under caution before handing second back to Bowyer. NASCAR declared Biffle the winner, breaking his 28 race losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Race\nNASCAR rules state on the final lap of a race, the car must finish on its own power, and following incidents in recent years (including one where Johnson was docked positions during a 2004 race for being slower than pace car speed during a pit road fake), stated a rule that the car must be at pace car speed (50 MPH) or it loses track position. Biffle was considerably slower than pace car speed, and the finish was protested over the procedure. All protests were denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191942-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 LifeLock 400, Results\nTop Ten Results: (NOTE: Chase drivers are in bold italics.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191943-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season\nLiga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2007 season was the club's 77th year of existence, the 54th year in professional football, and the 46th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191943-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, First stage\n2007 was the club's 46th season in the top-flight national tournament. The first stage was played between February 1, 2007 and June 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 85], "content_span": [86, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191943-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, Second stage\nThe second stage was played between July 15, 2007, and October 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 86], "content_span": [87, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191943-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, Liguilla Final\nThe Liguilla Final was played between October 21, 2007 and December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 88], "content_span": [89, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191944-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Indonesia First Division\nThe 2007 Liga Indonesia First Division is the 13th edition of Liga Indonesia First Division, second-tier competition in Indonesian football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191945-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Indonesia U-23\nThe 2007 Liga Indonesia U-23 season was the second iteration of Liga Indonesia U-23 (LI U-23). This Indonesian companion competition league was for football players under the age of 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191946-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Guatemala Apertura\nThe Liga Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Guatemala Apertura 2007 is the 88th season of the Liga Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Guatemala, Guatemala's premier football league. It began on July 28 and finished on December 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191946-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Guatemala Apertura, Promotion and relegation\nMictl\u00e1n was relegated at the end of the 2006\u201307 season and was replaced by Malacateco who was promoted from the Primera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191946-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga Nacional de F\u00fatbol de Guatemala Apertura, Results, Apertura Tournament Champion\nJalapa as tournament champion qualified to the 2008\u201309 CONCACAF Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 89], "content_span": [90, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191947-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season\nThe 2007 season of Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano was the 50th season of top-tier football in Bolivia. The 2007 annual season had the 35th (Apertura 2007) and the 36th (Clausura 2007) tournament of LFPB's history. The Apertura tournament started on March 6 and finished on June 13. The Clausura tournament was played between August and December. Bol\u00edvar and Wilstermann will be defending the championships obtained in the 2006 annual season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191947-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, CONMEBOL qualification, Relegation\nAt the end of the year the team with the lowest point average (points / games played) from the past annual season (2006) and the current one (2007) is relegated to its respective regional tournament. The team with the 2nd lowest point average faces a playoff against the 2nd placed team in the Copa Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 84], "content_span": [85, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191947-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Apertura\nTwelve clubs play in double round-robin format (home and away), a total of 22 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order: goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191947-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional Boliviano season, Torneo Clausura, Final group\nNB: La Paz FC and The Strongest started with 1 bonus point for winning their respective groups in the first phase", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191948-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship\nThe Limerick Senior Hurling Championship is an annual club competition between the top hurling clubs in Limerick. The winners of the Limerick Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Club Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191948-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship, Overview, Championship structure\nThe Limerick county championship does not operate on a group system; it instead uses a knock-out system with a last chance backdoor system for teams knocked out in the first and second rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191948-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship, Overview, Championship structure\nThe 16 teams are randomly drawn into 8 first round ties. The 8 winners progress to round 2. These 8 teams are drawn in 4 games with the winners of each progressing to the quarter finals. The 8 teams beaten in round 1 are drawn together into 4 games where the losers go into the relegation playoffs and the winners go on to be drawn against the beaten teams from round 2, the winners of which will take the 4 remaining quarter final positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191948-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship, Overview, Teams\nSixteen teams will contest the 2007 Limerick County Championship. These teams are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191949-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lithuanian Athletics Championships\nThe 84th 2007 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held in S. Darius and S. Gir\u0117nas Stadium, Kaunas on 28\u201329 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series\nThe 2007 Little League World Series was a baseball tournament held August 17 through August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 61st installment of the Little League World Series. On August 26, the U.S. champion from Warner Robins, Georgia, defeated the international champion from Tokyo, Japan, 3\u20132 in 8 innings on a walk-off home run by Dalton Carriker. This was the second straight year that a team from Georgia won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series\nThe series was marked by dramatic finishes. The championship final was the third elimination game in the tournament to end with a walk-off homer. In the international bracket, one of the semifinals ended with the team from Willemstad, Cura\u00e7ao, defeating the team from Maracaibo, Venezuela, on a three-run, come-from-behind walk-off shot in the 7th inning. The Cura\u00e7ao team would be the victim of a come-from-behind walk-off grand slam in the international final two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series\nThe tournament was televised on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. Games were held in the two stadiums located at Little League headquarters in South Williamsport:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Corey Hart Bill Hall Felipe Lopez JJ Hardy Ryan Braun Hernan Iribarren Corey Patterson Mike Rivera Carlos Villanueva Zach Braddock Casey McGehee Jason Bourgeois Chris Duffy Jason Kendall David Weathers Alcides Escobar Jody Gerut Rickie Weeks Mat Gamel Mike Cameron Manny Parra Frank Catalnotto Brad Nelson Prince Fielder Craig Counsell Dave Bush Carlos Corpran Jeff Suppan Chris Narveson Braden Looper RJ Swindle Mark DiFeclio Mike Burns Tim Dillard Yovani Gallardo Jorge Julio Claudio Vargas Trevor Hoffman Chris Smith David Riske Mitch Stetter Jesus Colome John Axford Todd Coffey Josh Butler Seth McClung\nBetween five and sixteen teams competed in regional tournaments to progress to the Little League World Series, which varied from straight-knockout competitions (Japan) to the group/elimination format used in the United States. 2007 was the first year that Japan received its own regional playoff, with the Asia (Japan's former home) and Pacific regions merging to create the new Asia-Pacific group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 640], "content_span": [641, 1039]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Results, Pool play\nThe top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 26 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while the remaining teams were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Results, Pool play\nTies are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for 2nd place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Television coverage\nFor the first time, all 32 games of the tournament, from the opening pitch to the final out, were scheduled for a live telecast in the United States. All but one of the broadcasts were to be on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Television coverage\n(The remaining game, the August 19 Pabao vs. Arabian-American game, was to be shown online on ESPN360, then shown the next day on ESPN2, but the rebroadcast on ESPN2 was canceled and replaced by live coverage of the rain-delayed NASCAR 3M Performance 400, and part of the game was shown live on ESPN due to a rain delay in the scheduled St. Louis Cardinals-Chicago Cubs game). ABC was to have its most comprehensive coverage ever, with games on both weekend days in the preliminary rounds, as well as both semifinals and the championship game for a total of five games. ESPN had 15 games scheduled for broadcast, while ESPN2 had 11. A number of games (yet to be announced) were to be shown in high-definition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Television coverage\nThe expanded coverage was part of a new eight-year contract between ESPN, Inc. and the Little League organization that started with this series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Television coverage\nNo international broadcast plans were available, but possible outlets included ESPN International and TSN (Canada).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Television coverage\nAlthough the Western region champion came from the Phoenix media market, its local affiliate, KNXV, did not show Chandler's first round-robin game on August 18. Instead, ESPN interrupted its normal feed on Cox Communications and other local cable providers to air the game live in that area. KNXV was then to show the game on tape delay at 4:30\u00a0p.m. local time. Similarly, the game was also not seen on KTRK-TV in Houston, ironically an owned and operated station. Both KTRK and KNXV instead showed the National Football League preseason game between the Houston Texans and the Arizona Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Television coverage, Rules change\n1 If a pitcher reaches the limit while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until that batter reaches base or is out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Noteworthy events, Notable sportsmanship\nThe walk off home run by Dalton Carriker that won Warner Robins the LLWS was followed by the team coming over to embrace and comfort the losing Tokyo team. This event was given considerable press coverage and was considered a breath of fresh air in a summer that saw the spotlight focused on the misdoings of Michael Vick and Barry Bonds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Noteworthy events, Measles outbreak\nOne of the players on the runner-up Tokyo Kitasuna team was reported to have contracted measles before coming to Williamsport. The player, whose identity was not made public, contracted the virus from a sibling back in Japan in late July and was infectious while traveling. As a result, six people across three states were infected. The boy directly infected four people: a friend from Japan, an airport officer in Detroit, a woman who sat near the boy on the flight from Detroit to Baltimore, and a sales representative in Pennsylvania. The man subsequently infected two Houston-area college students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Noteworthy events, Coon Rapids handshake incident\nTwo players on the Coon Rapids, Minnesota club reportedly spit on their hands following their elimination from the tournament during pool play. Upon hearing of the incident, which took place as they got ready to shake hands with the victorious Chandler, Arizona, club and was televised throughout the US on ESPN, manager Mark Lowe apologized for the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Noteworthy events, Notable players\nCody Bellinger, a member of the 2007 Chandler North Little League team, became the first player from the 2007 LLWS to play in Major League Baseball, when he was called up by the Los Angeles Dodgers in April 2017. He was named National League Rookie of the Year that season and the National League MVP in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191950-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series, Champions path\nThe Warner Robins American LL went undefeated on their road to the LLWS, winning all twelve of their games. In total record was 17\u20131, their only loss coming against Hamilton West Side LL (from Ohio).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification\nQualification for the 2007 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions in July and August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification\nOne change from the 2006 Qualification is the configuration of the Asia-Pacific region. Japan was detached from the Asia region to form its own region and the remainder of the Asia region was added to the Pacific region to form the new Asia-Pacific region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Great Lakes\nThe tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 2\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Mid-Atlantic\nThe tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 3\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest\nThe tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 3\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Midwest\nNote: The Dakotas are organized into a single Little League district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, New England\nThe tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 3\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Northwest\nThe tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 4\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southeast\nThe tournament took place in St. Petersburg, Florida from August 4\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, Southwest\nThe tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 4\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, United States, West\nThe tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 3\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Asia-Pacific\nThe tournament took place in Hong Kong from July 8\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Canada\nThe tournament took place in Regina, Saskatchewan from August 4\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Caribbean\nThe tournament took place in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico from July 21\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Europe, Middle East and Africa\nThe tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from August 1\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 92], "content_span": [93, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Japan\nThe first two rounds of the tournament were held on July 7, and the remaining two rounds were played on July 21. All games were played in Tokyo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Latin America\nThe tournament took place Panama City, Panama on July 8\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Mexico\nThe tournament took place in Mexico City from July 13\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191951-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series qualification, International, Transatlantic\nThe tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from July 23\u201329.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 75], "content_span": [76, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191952-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series results\nThe results of the 2007 Little League World Series were determined between August 17 and August 26, 2007 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into four groups, two with four teams from the United States and two with four international teams each, playing in a round robin format. In each group, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage. The last remaining team from the United States faced the last remaining international team for the Little League World Series Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191952-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series results, Pool play, Pool B, Texas vs. Maryland\nThis game was canceled due to rain to permit other games to be rescheduled. The result of this game would have had no effect on pool standings. However, the game was counted for determining pitching eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 78], "content_span": [79, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191952-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Little League World Series results, Pool play, Pool C, Japan vs. Saudi Arabia\nThis game was canceled due to rain to permit other games to be rescheduled. The result of this game would have had no effect on pool standings. However, the game was counted for determining pitching eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191953-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Liverpool City Council election\nElections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 27.5%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191953-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Liverpool City Council election, By Elections, Warbreck, 13 September 2007\nCaused by the death of Councillor Joan Lang (Liberal Democrat, Warbreck, elected 10 June 2004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 79], "content_span": [80, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191954-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge\nThe 2007 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge road bicycle race monument was held on April 29. The race was run in the Belgian region of Wallonia. The race is organised by Amaury Sport Organisation and the Royal Pesant Club Li\u00e9geois according to the rules of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Royal Belgian Cycling League", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191954-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge, Final standings - 2007-04-29: Li\u00e8ge\u2013Ans, 262 km, Climbs classification\nIn addition to the overall title for general classification, the race includes 12 uphill sections. Points awarded for these uphill sections are 4, 2 and 1 points for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed riders, respectively. The rider must finish the race for the points to be awarded. If a points tie exists between riders, then the best rider in the general classification is awarded the higher placing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191954-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race\nRace winner, Danilo Di Luca, moved up from 11th place to 3rd place, while podium finishers, Alejandro Valverde, moved into second place behind UCI ProTour jersey wearer, Davide Rebellin. The 3rd place podium finisher, Fr\u00e4nk Schleck, jumped from 29th place to 7th in the overall standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 75], "content_span": [76, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191955-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 London Conservative Party mayoral selection\nThe London Conservative Party mayoral selection of 2007 was the process by which the Conservative Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2008 mayoral election. Member of Parliament Boris Johnson was selected to stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191955-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 London Conservative Party mayoral selection, Selection process\nThe Mayoral candidate was selected via an Open primary that was open to all London voters who were on the electoral roll. Voters had to register to vote at a charge of \u00a31.50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191956-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 London Labour Party mayoral selection\nThe London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2007 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2008 mayoral election. Ken Livingstone, the incumbent Mayor of London, was selected to stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191956-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Result\nOn 3 May 2007 the Labour Party announced Ken Livingstone, the incumbent mayor, had been selected as their mayoral candidate. The announcement was made following consultations with London Labour Party members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 50], "content_span": [51, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191957-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 London Marathon\nThe 2007 London Marathon was the 27th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 22 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:07:41 hours and the women's race was won by China's Zhou Chunxiu in 2:20:38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191957-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 London Marathon\nIn the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:30:49) and Shelly Woods (1:50:40) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191957-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 London Marathon\nAround 128,000 people applied to enter the race: 50,039 had their applications accepted and 36,396 started the race. A total of 35,667 runners, 24,815 men and 10,852 women, finished the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191958-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 London Sevens\nThe London Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven a side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 26 and 27 May, was held at Twickenham and was part of the 2006\u201307 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191958-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 London Sevens\nNew Zealand were overall winners, defeating defending series champions and current 2006-07 leaders Fiji 29\u20137 in the Cup final. However, the Fijians put themselves in good position to win the overall season crown; they only need make the Cup semifinals in the final event, the Edinburgh Sevens, to successfully defend their season title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs\nOn 29 June 2007, in London, two car bombs were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated. The first device was left near the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket at around 01:30, and the second was left in Cockspur Street, located in close proximity to the nightclub.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs\nThe first car bomb was reported to the police by the door staff of Tiger Tiger. About an hour later, the second car bomb was ticketed for illegal parking, and an hour after that, transported to the car pound at Park Lane, where staff noticed a strong smell of petrol and reported the vehicle to police when they heard about the first device.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs\nThe event coincided with the appointment of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister two days earlier, but Downing Street dismissed suggestions of a connection. A close link was quickly established to the Glasgow Airport attack the following day. Bilal Abdullah, arrested following the Glasgow attack, was later found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in relation to both incidents and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 32 years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Discovery of car bombs\nA bomb was reported to the police by the door staff of the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Haymarket. At the time, an ambulance crew was attending to a minor incident at the nightclub when they noticed suspicious fumes coming from a vehicle. The vehicle was reported to have contained 60 litres of petrol, gas cylinders, and nails. Scotland Yard reported that while the gas contained in the canisters and the quantity of the canisters remains unknown, further details would be given after they have been analysed by forensic experts. The head of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command said, \"It is obvious that if the device had detonated there could have been serious injury or loss of life.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Discovery of car bombs\nAccording to Sky News, the gas cylinders contained propane, used for patio heaters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Discovery of car bombs\nA second car bomb was believed to have been left in the same area at around the same time. The vehicle received a parking ticket in Cockspur Street at 02:30. At about 03:30, it was transported to the Park Lane car pound. However, staff left the vehicle in a public area after smelling petrol fumes, and they then alerted police upon hearing about the discovery of the bomb at Tiger Tiger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Discovery of car bombs\nBoth vehicles were made by Mercedes-Benz. The first was a light-green metallic Mercedes-Benz W124 saloon, registration number G824 VFK. The second was a blue Mercedes-Benz 280E. The cars and their devices were recovered intact for forensic examination and both were found to contain petrol cans, gas canisters and a quantity of nails, with a mobile phone-based trigger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Suspects\nBilal Abdullah and Kafeel Ahmed were identified as the main suspects behind the London car bombs and the subsequent Glasgow attack. Abdullah was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions, while Ahmed was hospitalised at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in critical condition, after he suffered severe burns to 90% of his body. He was not expected to survive\u2014he had already been revived twice as of 4 July. A suicide note left behind indicates that they intended to die in the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Suspects\nOn 2 August 2007, Strathclyde Police reported that Ahmed had died in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. His last rituals were held in the UK. On 17 December 2009, Abdullah was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder for the incidents in both London and Glasgow, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a requirement that he spend at least 32 years in jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Suspects\nInvestigations were being carried out to unearth Abdullah and Ahmed's possible involvement with the deadly 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting, an attack by unknown suspects still at large.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nA spokesperson for Pride London stated that the route of their gay pride march, set for 30 June 2007, would be unchanged although extra precautions such as removing bins would be implemented. The police do not think the attacks were targeted at the event. Other suspicious vehicles in Park Lane and Fleet Street were investigated by police, as well as reports of suspicious cars in other areas of the UK, such as Warrington, which suffered a 1993 bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nOffice workers, students and tourists were still enjoying a Friday night out in London only hours after the discovery of the bombs. Bars and clubs remained open and London mayor Ken Livingstone urged the capital's communities to work together to defeat the terrorism threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nSecurity at Wimbledon was increased as a result of the incident. Whitehall sources later stated that \"international elements\" were believed to be involved with the bomb. Police claim to have a \"crystal clear\" picture of the driver of the first car and suspect he may be an individual formerly detained in relation to the case of convicted terrorist Dhiren Barot. Barot was connected to an earlier \"limousine bomb\" plot, which also involved cars packed with propane gas cylinders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nCBS News reported that a message appeared on the widely used jihadist Internet forum Al-Hesbah at 08:09, 28 June 2007, stating: \"Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed.\" The message went on to mention the recently announced knighthood of Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nThe following day, in another incident, a Jeep Cherokee was set on fire and driven into the main departure terminal of Glasgow Airport causing minor damage. Two men, believed to be of Asian appearance, were arrested at the scene. One, who had been on fire, was taken to a nearby hospital and the other to a police station. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that the attack is being treated as a terrorist attack and that the United Kingdom terrorism threat level has been elevated from \"Severe\" to \"Critical\", meaning \"further attacks are expected imminently\". In a press conference Glasgow police said this attack and the car bombs in London were believed to be linked. The BBC reported that a mobile phone found after the arrest of the Glasgow suspects contained the numbers of those involved in the London bombing attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nAt approximately 21:30 on 30 June, officers of the Metropolitan Police and West Midlands Police arrested two people at junction 16 on the northbound M6 motorway near Sandbach in south Cheshire, blocking the motorway for about 40 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191959-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 London car bombs, Aftermath\nOn 18 December, gallantry awards for two of the Metropolitan Police explosive officers involved in defusing the devices were gazetted. Paul Humphrey received the Queen's Gallantry Medal (the third highest such medal in the UK honours system), and Gary Anthony Wright received the Queen's Commendation for Bravery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191960-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lone Star Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Lone Star Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on April 21, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191960-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lone Star Grand Prix, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season\nThe Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2007 season was the franchise's 47th season since inception. The regular season ended with a record of 94\u201368 and the Angels winning the American League West division title for the sixth time. However, the Angels' playoff run quickly ended, as they were swept by the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series, just as they were in 2004", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason\nDuring the offseason, the Angels released Adam Kennedy and Darin Erstad, two of the few players remaining from their 2002 World Series championship team, forcing the Angels to rely on their rookies and younger veterans for the early part of the season. In November, they signed former Texas Rangers center fielder Gary Matthews, Jr. to a 5-year contract worth $50 million. Outfielder Juan Rivera broke a leg playing winter baseball in the Venezuelan winter league, leading the Angels to sign free agent Shea Hillenbrand. The Angels solidified their bullpen for the 2007 season by re-signing set-up man Scot Shields and closer Francisco Rodr\u00edguez each to one-year contracts and acquiring Justin Speier and Darren Oliver via free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Offseason\nLate in Spring training, third baseman Chone Figgins fractured his finger, putting him out of action for the first month of the season. This unexpected injury led Maicer Izturis to claim the start at third base entering the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe Angels' season began with a three-game sweep of the Rangers at home, a series which saw the Angels outscore the Rangers 17\u20137. The Angels continued their 7-game homestand with a four-game series split with the Athletics. With a solid record of 5\u20132 and first place in the division after the first week of the season, the Angels traveled onto the road to take on the Indians. However, the Indians' previous four-game series with the Mariners was postponed because of heavy snow in Cleveland, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe large amount of snow that had fallen upon Jacobs Field brought about the discussion of moving the series to a city with better field conditions. After a discussion about possibly moving the series to Anaheim, the Indians decided to move the three-game series to the roofed Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the Milwaukee Brewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe Indians took the three-game series 2 games to 1. The Angels continued their road trip by being swept by the Red Sox in a three-game series and the Athletics in a two-game series, dropping the Angels to a 6\u20139 record. During the game against the Athletics on April 18, second baseman Howie Kendrick was hit by a pitch, and placed on the 15-day disabled list. Kendrick would eventually return to the team in mid-May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe Angels returned home and swept the Mariners in a three-game series, split a two-game series with the Detroit Tigers, and swept the Devil Rays in a two-game series that saw the Angels outscore the Devil Rays 20\u20134. After losing the first game on a new roadtrip to the White Sox, the Angels won their final three games of the month, including one to the Royals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nMay began with the Angels extending their winning streak to four games with a victory over the Royals. However, the Royals salvaged a series split by winning the last two games of the four-game series. The Angels returned home to greet the White Sox, but the White Sox were rewarded with a series win, winning two of three games. The Angels dropped their third game in a row when they lost the series opener to the Indians. But good pitching and good defense guided the Angels to winning the final two games of the series by a combined score of 11\u20132, including an 8\u20130 victory behind Kelvim Escobar's shutout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe Angels went to Texas to take three of four games against the Rangers. Then, they went into Seattle to take on the Mariners. The Mariners' offense lit up Kelvim Escobar and the Angels lost 11\u20133. But the Angels took the final two games of their series against the Mariners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe Angels returned to Anaheim to begin a Freeway Series with the Dodgers. The three-game series saw the Angels sweep their crosstown rivals, outscoring the Dodgers 19\u20134. The series also set an Angels record in attendance. The three-game series averaged 44,341 fans, an Angel Stadium record for highest average attendance for a three-game series since the stadium was renovated in 1998. The Angels' short homestand ended and the Angels headed out on the road again to begin a three-game series with the defending World Series runners-up, the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe Angels won the series opener to extend their winning streak to a season-high six games, in which the Angels outscored their opponents 37\u201310. However, the Tigers won the final two games, and the series. The Angels then went to New York to begin a three-game series with the Yankees. The Angels, entering the season as the only American League team with a winning record against the Yankees in the Joe Torre-era at 55\u201352, added to their win total with a three-game series sweep, in which the Yankees were outscored 17\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe Angels ended the month by taking two of three against the Mariners and losing the first game of a four-game series with the Orioles. The final game of the month, a 4\u20133 come-from-behind victory, saw Angels' John Lackey become the first Major League pitcher to win his 8th game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Angels continued their trend of winning the first game of the month when they beat the Orioles with a 3\u20132 comeback win. John Lackey became the first Major League pitcher in 2007 to win his 9th game of the season. The Angels won the remaining two games of the series and began a three-game series with the Twins with an offensive explosion, scoring season-highs in runs (16), hits (23), runs in an inning (8 in the 8th), and home runs (4), as the Angels beat the Twins 16\u20133. The Angels split the final two games of the series before leaving to finish interleague play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Angels went on the road to face the 2006 World Series champion Cardinals. After falling behind 4\u20130 early in the game, the Angels offense exploded for 10 runs in a 10\u20136 victory. The Angels split the remaining two games of the series and continued their roadtrip against the Reds. Kelvim Escobar striking out a career-high 14 batters in the series opener, but the Angels lost, 5\u20133. The loss gave the Angels their first two-game losing streak since May 23\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nJohn Lackey became the first Major League pitcher to win his 10th game of the season and Francisco Rodr\u00edguez became the first closer in the American League to earn his 20th save of the season in the second game of the series, which the Angels won 6\u20133. In the final game of the series, the Angels scored 6 runs in the 7th inning to fuel the offense to a 9\u20137 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Angels came back home, but went to Dodger Stadium to complete their Freeway Series with the Dodgers. Ervin Santana pitched 7 strong innings, allowing only two runs; however, Santana was outdueled by Dodgers' pitcher Derek Lowe, who struck out a career-high 11 batters in 7 innings. The Dodgers took game one of the three-game series 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nJered Weaver won his 5th consecutive decision in a costly effort; Weaver jammed his shoulder sliding into 2nd base, Garret Anderson injured his right hip and was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game, and Casey Kotchman suffered a concussion when a pickoff throw hit him in the helmet. Weaver's sixth win of the season gave the Angels' starters 38 wins on the season, which led the league. Kelvim Escobar struck out 8 batters and only gave up three runs in seven innings. Gary Matthews, Jr. hit his first career inside-the-park home run and the Angels won the final game 10\u20134. The paid attendance for all three games of the series was 56,000, the overall capacity of Dodger Stadium. This marked the first time in Dodger Stadium history that this mark was set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 840]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Angels returned home to begin an interleague series with the Houston Astros. Chone Figgins had a career night in the series opener. Figgins went 6-for-6, becoming the second player in team history to go 6-for-6; outfielder Garret Anderson accomplished this feat in 1996. Figgins also became the first player in Major League history to go 6-for-6 with a walk-off hit in a 9-inning game. The Angels trailed 9\u20134 going into the bottom of the 7th inning, where they scored 5 runs, capped off by Figgins' 5th hit of the night, an infield single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nIn the 9th inning, Figgins drove in Reggie Willits with an RBI triple to win the game 10\u20139. The Astros continued their incredible offense and took the second game. Recent call-up Terry Evans hit his first Major League home run in his first home at-bat, but the Angels trailed until the 7th inning. Astros pitching walked 4 consecutive Angels batters, tying up the score, before Vladimir Guerrero hit a three-run home run. Guerrero's home run was the Angels' only hit in a 6-run 7th inning. The Angels held on to win the series' finale 8\u20134. The Angels' 6-run inning marked the third time in a span of one week that the Angels had scored 5 or more runs in the 7th inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Angels trailed 4\u20130 late in their series opener against the Pirates, but came from behind once again to win 5\u20134 in 11 innings. In the second game, the Angels took an early lead and took the game 10\u20131. The Angels blew a late-inning lead when Xavier Nady hit an RBI-single off Francisco Rodr\u00edguez to tie the game 3\u20133. However, in the 10th inning Erick Aybar hit the Angels second walk-off ground-rule double in the series to win the game 4\u20133. The three-game series sweep was the Angels' first since they swept the Yankees in May. The Angels also won their 9th series in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Angels were prepared to play their first games against an American League team in three weeks, but were swept by the Royals, marking the first time in two months that the Angels were swept and the first series the Angels lost since May 4\u20136. The Angels traveled to Baltimore, Maryland to begin a three-game series with the Orioles. In the series opener, the Angels blew a 5-run lead, an Oriole rally highlighted by Aubrey Huff hitting for the cycle. But Howie Kendrick hit a two-run home run in the 9th inning and the Angels won 9\u20137. Baltimore took the second game, 6\u20133, and the Angels ended the month with an MLB-best 50\u201331 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThe Angels improved to a 4\u20130 record in the first game of the new month with a 4\u20133 victory against the Orioles, taking the series. The Angels, hoping to end the first half with a successful week, continued their road trip in Texas. In the first game, Ervin Santana threw a career-high 11 strikeouts. But it was all for nothing, as the highlight of the game came when the Rangers' Brad Wilkerson hit his third home run of the game, becoming the first American League player (third throughout the league) to hit three home runs in one game. The Angels split the final two games of the series, and concluded their road trip, and the first half of the season, by taking on the New York Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThree Angels players represented the American League in the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; Vladimir Guerrero was the leading vote-getter amongst American League outfielders in fan balloting, while John Lackey and Francisco Rodr\u00edguez were selected by Jim Leyland, the American League manager for the event. Guerrero won the Home Run Derby, and Rodriguez earned the save in the American League's 5\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191961-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Angels season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nGuerrero did not hit a home run in a regular-season game in July, in the midst of the longest home run drought of his career. He turned the page once August began, smashing four home runs in two games on the second and third of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191962-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Avengers season\nThe 2007 Los Angeles Avengers season was the eighth season for the franchise. The Avengers began their season, trying to improve on their 5\u201311 record from 2006. Their 9\u20137 record allowed them to clinch their first playoff spot since they won the division in 2005. After defeating the Utah Blaze 64\u201342, they lost 52\u201320 to the Chicago Rush in the divisional round. This was the final playoff appearance for the Avengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191962-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Avengers season, Coaching\nEd Hodgkiss is the head coach of the Avengers this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191962-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Avengers season, Regular season, Week 8: @ San Jose Sabercats\nat the HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season\nThe 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 119th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 50th season in Los Angeles, California. It started off promisingly with the Dodgers holding the Western Division lead for most of the first half of the season. However, the team faded down the stretch and finished the season in fourth place. Two of the teams big free agent signings, pitchers Jason Schmidt and Randy Wolf were injured and missed most of the season. A promising development was the play of several rookies including James Loney and Matt Kemp and the further development of second year catcher Russell Martin, who was named to his first All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe Dodgers began their 2007 season on the road as they went to Milwaukee to begin a three-game series with the Brewers. But the Brewers pitching shut down the Dodgers offense for the first two games of the series. They got their own pitching settled down as they enjoyed a four-game winning streak, including a three-game sweep of the Giants in San Francisco. The Dodgers went to Dodger Stadium for the first time of the season and had a successful 4-2 homestand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nA two-game mini-series sweep in Arizona against the Diamondbacks followed by a split of a two-game series against the Rockies saw the Dodgers go 3-1 on the road-trip. Back in Los Angeles, the Dodgers won the first two games of a three-game series with the Pirates, improving their record to a league-leading 13-5 in the process before a four-game losing streak, including being swept by the Giants, dropped their record to 13-9. They ended their April with a 15-11 record, leading the NL West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nMay began with the Dodgers concluding their three-game series with the Diamondbacks with a pair of 2-1 victories. After splitting the first two games of a three-game series with the Braves, the Dodgers blew a late lead in the third game of the series due to poor relief pitching. The Braves won the game 6-4 and took the series two games to one. The Dodgers continued their roadtrip with the Marlins, splitting the four game series. The Dodgers then began a 6-game homestand against the Reds and the Cardinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThey went on to have a 5-1 homestand, sweeping Reds and taking 2 out of 3 from the Cardinals. The Dodgers were then swept in a 3-game weekend series with the Angels played in Anaheim. The Dodgers returned home to face the Brewers whom they beat two in a row after dropping the first game of the series. The Dodgers then took two of the three games they played with the Cubs at Dodger Stadium. In Washington, they took two out of three games, shutting out the Nationals in the first two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Dodgers beat the Pirates in the first game of a four-game series in Pittsburgh, the Pirates held the Dodgers to just one run in a 3-1 victory. The next day the Dodgers came from a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4. The Dodgers then went to San Diego to play the Padres and were swept there despite having a 5-1 lead in the 9th inning of the last game. The Dodgers also dropped out of first place during this time. Interleague play then begun with the Blue Jays coming to Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Dodgers were able to end a three-game losing streak in 10 innings, with a walk off home run but then lost the next two games from the Blue Jays. They then swept the 1st Place team of the NL East, the Mets in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. The Freeway Series then returned, this time to Dodger Stadium where the Dodgers stole the first game from the Angels, but then lost the next two. The Dodgers then had a ten-game road trip to Toronto, Tampa Bay, and Arizona. They went 6-4 on the road trip. They returned home to play their division rivals, the Padres and lost the first two games. They ended June with an even 14-14 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThe Dodgers went 3-4 before the All Star Break, dropping two out of four games from the Atlanta Braves and two out of three games from the Florida Marlins. After the All Star Break, the Dodgers completed a sweep of the Giants in San Francisco. This year in San Francisco, they are 6-0. The Dodgers got 2 out of 3 games from the Philadelphia Phillies and took 1 out of 3 from the New York Mets. Relief pitching became a great concern for the Dodgers after the All Star Break, with some relievers pitching an entire series, or more consecutive games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe Dodgers selected 40 players in this draft. Of those, five of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their own first round pick to the San Francisco Giants as a result of signing free agent pitcher Jason Schmidt but gained a first round pick as well as a supplemental first round pick because of the loss of free agent Julio Lugo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe top draft pick was right-handed pitcher Chris Withrow from Midland High School in Midland, Texas. He made his Major League debut in 2013 with the Dodgers. He pitched in 46 games for them over parts of two seasons, with a 2.73 ERA before he was traded to the Atlanta Braves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe supplemental pick was right-handed pitcher James Adkins from the University of Tennessee. He was a 1st team Freshman All-American at Tennessee in 2006 and was MVP of the Knoxville Regional at the College World Series. Adkins is Tennessee's all-time leader in strikeouts with 350 career strikeouts. He played for the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League in 2007, starting 11 games for the Loons and finishing with an 0-1 record and a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings of work during his first season of professional baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191963-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft\nIn 2008, he was 5-8 with a 5.34 ERA for Single-A Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino and 1-3 with a 4.74 ERA in 8 starts for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns. He started 26 games for the Chattanooga Lookouts in 2009, with a 6-10 record and 4.48 ERA. He was converted exclusively to a reliever in 2010, making 40 appearances for the Lookouts and 5 for the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. He was released by the Dodgers on April 5, 2011. He signed with the Cincinnati Reds on May 4, but was released in August. After taking the 2012 season off, Adkins spent 2013 with the Grand Prairie AirHogs and Gary SouthShore RailCats, both part of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191964-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards\nThe 33rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191965-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Galaxy season\nThe 2007 LA Galaxy season was the 12th season of the team's existence, and their 12th in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The season was highlighted by the first season of David Beckham's career in MLS with the Galaxy. Outside of MLS the Galaxy played in the U.S. Open Cup, where they reached the third round, and the inaugural edition of the North American SuperLiga, CONCACAF's former secondary club tournament. In the Open Cup, the Galaxy reached the third round, while in the SuperLiga, the Galaxy finished as runners-up. Their 5th place record in the West was not good enough for the Galaxy to earn a berth into the MLS Cup playoffs, making it the second-consecutive year the Galaxy did not qualify for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191965-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Galaxy season\nAlong with Beckham's mid-season arrival, the team changed its image and released new home and away kits along with a new team logo. Before his arrival, Galaxy used their previous season's white away as their home kit, and the yellow home as the away kits. In an effort to keep up with the rest of the world's soccer marketing tactics, MLS allowed for clubs to have shirt sponsors on the front, and since then, local brand Herbalife became the Galaxy's main shirt sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191966-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Los Angeles Sparks season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the eleventh for the Los Angeles Sparks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191967-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Losail Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Losail Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of February 22\u201324, 2007, at the 5.38\u00a0km (3.34\u00a0mi) Losail International Circuit in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup\nThe 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, two semi-finals and a final. The winner was Emirates Team New Zealand, who challenged the defender Alinghi in June 2007 for the America's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Team New Zealand\nManaged by Grant Dalton and skippered by Dean Barker, the crew included Terry Hutchinson; navigator Kevin Hall; strategist Ray Davies; Adam Beashel; Barry Mckay; Tony Rae; Don Cowie; Chris Ward\u00a0; Grant Loretz; Robert Salthouse; James Dagg; Rob Waddell; Andrew Hemmings; Jono McBeth; Matt Mason; Richard Meacham and Jeremy Lomas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, BMW Oracle Racing\nSkippered by Chris Dickson, the crew included Gavin Brady, Phil Jameson, Paul Westlake, Scott Crawford, Alberto Barovier, Brad Webb, Brian MacInnes, Joe Spooner, Ross Halcrow, Robbie Naismith, Bertrand Pac\u00e9, Craig Monk, Carl Williams, Peter Isler and owner Larry Ellison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Luna Rossa Challenge\nLuna Rossa Challenge was led by Francesco de Angelis and helmsman James Spithill. The crew included Peter Gilmour, Francesco Bruni, mid-bowman Max Sirena, Emanuele Marino, Manuel Modena, Marco Montis, Benjamin Durham, Andy Horton, Michele Cannoni, Gilberto Nobili, Joey Newton, Shannon Falcone, Christian Kamp, Romolo Ranieri, Emanuele Marino, Andrew Taylor, Matteo Plazzi, Simone de Mari, Massimo Gherarducci, Paolo Bassani, Alan Smith, and Olympians Torben Grael, Philippe Presti, Michele Ivaldi, Magnus Augustson and Charles and Jonathan McKee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Desaf\u00edo Espa\u00f1ol 2007\nSkippered by Luis Doreste, the boat was helmed by Karol Jab\u0142o\u0144ski and John Cutler was the teams tactician and technical director. The team was coached by Paul Cayard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Victory Challenge\nMagnus Holmberg skippered Victory Challenge. The afterguard included Stefan Rahn, Santiago Lange, Thierry Fouchier, and Morgan Larson. The crew also included six members of the former GBR Challenge; traveller/strategist Neal McDonald, Simon Fisher, David Carr, Nik Pearson, Richard Sydenham and Ian Weighell. Jeremy Scantlebury was the sailing team manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Mascalzone Latino\nVasco Vascotto was the skipper for Mascalzone Latino, which included helmsman Flavio Favini, Cameron Dunn, Jes Gram-Hansen, Andrea Pavan, Chris Dougall, Pierluigi De Felice, Giuseppe Brizzi, Davide Scarpa, Nacho Postigo, Giulio Giovanella and funder Vincenzo Onorato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Team Shosholoza\nSouth Africa's first challenge, Team Shosholoza was skippered by Mark Sadler and Ian Ainslie. The crew included Italians Paolo Cian and Tommaso Chieffi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Areva Challenge\nManaged by Dawn Riley, Areva Challenge was led by Thierry Peponnet and included Sebastien Col, Tanguy Cariou, Frederic Guilmin, Jean Fran\u00e7ois Cuzon, Jim Turner, and Wade Morgan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, +39 Challenge\nFrom Italy, +39 Challenge included non-sailing skipper Luca Devoti, helmsman Iain Percy, and other Olympic competitors such as Rafael Trujillo and Ian Walker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, +39 Challenge\nThe rest of the crew was navigator Bruno Zirilli; afterguard Andrew Simpson; traveller Gabriele Bruni; runner Anthony Nossiter; trimmers Stefano Rizzi and Christian Scherrer; grinders Michele Gnutti, Chris Brittle and Pawel Bielecki; mast Alejandro Colla; mast/pitman Massimo Galli; sewerman Piero Romeo; mid-bowman Corrado Rossignoli; Andy Fethers; and bowman Jacek Wisoski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, Team Germany\nUnited Internet Team Germany was skippered by Jesper Bank and included America's Cup veteran David Dellenbaugh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Teams, China Team\nPierre Mas was the skipper of China Team which had an alliance with Le D\u00e9fi. Only two of the crew were Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin\nRound robin 2 was completed on May 9, 2007. Teams had accrued bonus points based on their results in the Louis Vuitton Acts which took place in the preceding years. For the round-robin races, two points were awarded for a win and zero for a defeat. The first four boats then progressed to the semi-finals stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup and the remainder were eliminated. As winner of the round-robin events Emirates Team New Zealand won the right to choose their opponent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 1\nThe 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup started slowly with all races postponed for the first four days of competition due to light and variable winds. There were rumors that BMW Oracle was planning on rotating the crew off the boat because they were running out of stories to tell as they sat in the boat waiting for wind. To entertain fans, some teams came up with interesting stunts. For instance, United Internet Germany came up with a way to wakeboard, by having their largest sail trimmers pull on the wakeboarder using the jib trimming system. +39, an Italian challenger, used the windless days off to continue making repairs to their mast, which shattered in a starboard-port situation with Internet Team Germany two weeks earlier, and completed mast repairs by the time racing had commenced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 1\nThe highlights for the week were not on the water, but rather off it. The Measurement Committee released the final rule interpretations. The rules state that any cup team can request an interpretation and remain anonymous. Additionally, any interpretation by the committee stays private for 6 months. Every cup team and all the media was trying to find out more about two of the final interpretations. It seems that one boat may have found a significant advantage, but everyone would have to wait until the end of the Cup to find out who and exactly what had happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 1\nRacing was scheduled to start on April 16, 2007, but did not get underway until April 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 1\nAll the scheduled races for April 21, 2007, were postponed by the race committee to April 22, 2007, due to light winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 1\nSome of the scheduled races for April 22, 2007, and all of the races on April 23, 2007, were postponed by the race committee until April 24, 2007, due to poor wind conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 1\nSome of the scheduled races for April 27, 2007, were postponed by the race committee until April 28, 2007, due to very light and variable winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nThe following week brought a little wind, and although most days the race committee postponed races for wind, they were able to race most days. Although many of the results were easy to predict, a few upsets occurred in the first round robin. In the first race of the first flight, the powerhouse from New Zealand lost to the Mascalzone Latino, an Italian challenger. In the fourth flight, Shosholoza, the underdog from South Africa, beat Luna Rossa from Italy, a three time cup veteran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nDue to the lack of wind the first week, the second round robin began without any lay days after the first. The first surprise of the second round robin was by China Team, who beat the favored BMW Oracle Racing team by 3 minutes and 15 seconds, the only team yet to achieve a win against BMW Oracle. The win was due to a delamination on the American team's headsail foil which caused the headsail to become partially detached making the sail totally ineffective for part of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nAlso, the Americans gave their best crew members a holiday and sailed against the Chinese with a less experienced crew. The following day several of the China Team members arrived at the compound with bald heads. Reportedly they bet one another that if they beat the Americans, they would shave their heads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nThe final round of round robin competition featured a race for the top place. Both Emirates Team New Zealand and the United States had lost one race in the first round and zero in the second round robin. Because of Bonus Points from previous acts, New Zealand had a one-point advantage over the United States. Each race counted as two points, so a win for either team would result in the first-place finish in the round robins. The final race was expected to be an exciting match between the two. However, after the start, the race quickly became disappointing for BMW Oracle fans, with New Zealand stretching their early lead. The result was New Zealand winning the round robin, and was able to choose its opponent for the subsequent semi-final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nSome of the scheduled races for April 29, 2007 were postponed by the race committee until April 30, 2007 due to lack of wind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nAll races scheduled for May 1 were postponed to May 2 due to excessive wind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin, Round robin 2\nAll races scheduled for May 3 were postponed to May 4 due to thunder storms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nAs winner of the round-robin events Emirates Team New Zealand won the right to choose their opponent in the semi-finals and chose Desaf\u00edo Espa\u00f1ol 2007. Hence BMW Oracle Racing raced against Luna Rossa Challenge in the other semi-final. The first team in each semi-final to win 5 races then qualified for the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nEach pairing had raced against each other twice in the preceding round-robin events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nIn their previous meetings, Emirates Team New Zealand had a 2\u20130 record against Desaf\u00edo Espa\u00f1ol 2007 with winning margins of 1:12 and 0:43. In their semi-final competition Emirates Team New Zealand always led at the 1st mark and beat Desaf\u00edo Espa\u00f1ol 2007 5\u20132, advancing to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Semi-finals\nLikewise, BMW Oracle Racing had a 2\u20130 record against Luna Rossa Challenge with winning margins of 0:06 and 0:19 but were comprehensively beaten 1\u20135 by Luna Rosa Challenge in their semi-final. Superior tactics by Luna Rossa Challenge in the pre-start sequences were a significant factor in their semi-final win. Luna Rossa Challenge advanced to face Emirates Team New Zealand in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Final\nThe finals of the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup pitted Luna Rossa Challenge against Emirates Team New Zealand. Both boats had decisive results in the semi-finals, where Luna Rossa Challenge defeated BMW Oracle Racing 5\u20131, and Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Desaf\u00edo Espa\u00f1ol 2007 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Final\nThe two teams raced against each other in each of the two round robins. Luna Rossa Challenge won their race in round robin 1 on 26 April 2007 by 48 seconds. Emirates Team New Zealand won their race in round robin 2 on 7 May 2007 by 36 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Final\nPrior to the final, expert commentators were fairly unanimous that Emirates Team New Zealand were in top form but Luna Rossa Challenge had improved since the round robins as evidenced by their comprehensive beating of BMW Oracle Racing, one of the favourites, in their semi-final. In the best of 9 race final Emirates Team New Zealand beat Luna Rossa Challenge 5\u20130. However to put this into context, Luna Rossa Challenge 'worst' defeat was in race 3 when Emirates Team New Zealand were only 0:1:38 seconds faster in a race lasting 1:35:37 i.e. a 1.71% performance advantage. In the other 4 races the performance margin was even smaller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Final\nLuna Rossa Challenge won the toss prior to the first race of the final which gave them the advantage of entering the starting area from the \"yellow\" side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191968-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, Knock-out stage, Final\nIn the results tables below, the team with the advantage of entering the starting area from the yellow side (entering from the right-hand side on starboard tack) is marked with . This is decided for the first race by the toss of a coin; then the advantage of starting from the yellow side alternates race by race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191969-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team\nThe 2007 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Derek Dooley, the Bulldogs played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. Dooley succeeded Jack Bicknell, Jr., who was fired after a 3\u201310 season in 2006. Louisiana Tech finished the season with a record of 5\u20137 overall and a mark of 4\u20134 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the WAC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections\nLouisiana's 2007 state elections were held on October 20, 2007, with runoff elections held on November 17. All statewide elected offices were up, as well as all seats in the Louisiana State Legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections\nRepublicans were successful in electing the country's first Indian-American governor, Congressman Bobby Jindal. The issue of the state's response to Hurricane Katrina played a large part in the decision of incumbent governor Kathleen Blanco to retire rather than seek a second term in office. Term limits also effected many retirements in the state legislature, which proved to be a benefit to Republicans, who made gains in both houses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, Governor\nBobby Jindal avoided a runoff by getting a majority in the Jungle Primary with 54%, over a number of other contenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, Lieutenant governor\nDemocratic incumbent Mitch Landrieu had the best showing of any Democrat running statewide, winning 56.6% of the vote. He was opposed by two Republicans, country musician Sammy Kershaw and State Representative Gary Beard, and by two Independents, Norris \"Spanky\" Gros Jr. and Thomas D. Kates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, Attorney general\nIncumbent Attorney General Charles Foti was challenged by both a Democrat, James \"Buddy\" Caldwell, and a Republican, Royal Alexander. Foti placed third in the open primary, leading to a runoff between Caldwell and Alexander, in which Caldwell easily won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry\nLongtime incumbent Democrat Bob Odom faced his toughest re-election campaign ever, winning only 41% of the vote and ending up into a runoff with Republican State Representative Michael G. Strain. Odom withdrew from the runoff, making Strain the winner by default.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 66], "content_span": [67, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, Commissioner of Insurance\nRepublican Jim Donelon, who was elected to the Insurance Commissioner post in a 2006 special election, defeated both Democrat Jim Crowley and Republicans Robert Lansden and Jerilyn Schneider-Kneale to win a full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, Secretary of State\nRepublican incumbent Jay Dardenne, after winning a special election in 2006, easily defeated Democrat R. Wooley and Libertarian Scott A. Lewis III to win a full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, State Treasurer\nIncumbent John Neely Kennedy, a Democrat who switched to the Republican party in 2007, was re-elected unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, State legislature, Louisiana Senate\nIn the open primary election, Democrats won a total of 22 seats, including both seats won outright and runoffs between two Democrats. Republicans won 12 seats outright with one runoff. In the runoff elections between a Democrat and a Republican, each party won two seats, making the post-election composition of the Senate 24 Democrats and 15 Republicans. Following the elections, Democratic State Sen. Robert Adley switched to the Republican party, making the Senate 23 Democrats and 16 Republicans .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 61], "content_span": [62, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191970-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana elections, State legislature, House of Representatives\nIn the open primary, Democrats won a guaranteed 45 seats: 34 outright, with 11 runoffs between two Democrats. Republicans won a guaranteed 42 seats: 30 outright, with 12 runoffs between two Republicans. One independent was also elected. The remaining 17 seats went to runoffs, including 16 between a Democrat and a Republican and one between a Democrat and an Independent. Democrats and Republicans each won eight of these seats, with the last going to an Independent, giving the Democrats a slim 53 to 50, with two Independents, majority in the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 20. The filing deadline for candidates was September 6. On the day of the election, all 12 candidates competed in an open jungle primary. Bobby Jindal won the election with 54%. This was the first time since 1967 in which the winner of a Louisiana gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Background\nElections in Louisiana, with the exception of U.S. presidential elections (and congressional races from 2008 until 2010), follow a variation of the open primary system called the jungle primary. Candidates of any and all parties are listed on one ballot; voters need not limit themselves to the candidates of one party. Unless one candidate takes more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off election is then held between the top two candidates, who may in fact be members of the same party. This scenario occurred in the 7th District congressional race in 1996, when Democrats Chris John and Hunter Lundy made the runoff for the open seat, and in 1999, when Republicans Suzanne Haik Terrell and Woody Jenkins made the runoff for Commissioner of Elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Blanco's faltering popularity\nOriginally planning to run for re-election, the incumbent governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, entered the election year with a significant erosion in her level of popular support, due in large part to perceptions of inadequate performance in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In November 2006, Blanco had an approval rating of 39%, and she had encountered further political setbacks since November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Blanco's faltering popularity\nIn December 2006, Blanco called a special session of the Louisiana State Legislature which she intended to use to dispense $2.1 billion worth of tax cuts, teacher raises, road projects and other spending programs. Legislators allied with Blanco attempted to lift a spending cap imposed by the state constitution, but Republican lawmakers defeated Blanco's spending measures. The high-profile defeat further eroded Blanco's political reputation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Blanco's faltering popularity\nBy late 2006 and early 2007, Blanco was facing increasingly heated accusations of delays and incompetence in administering the Road Home Program, a state-run program which Blanco had set up following Katrina in order to distribute federal aid money to Katrina victims for damage to their homes. By January 2007, fewer than 250 of an estimated 100,000 applicants had received payments from the program, and many of the payments were apparently based on assessments which grossly undervalued the cost of damage to homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Blanco's faltering popularity\nBy January 2007, the first opinion polls of the campaign showed Blanco trailing expected opponent Bobby Jindal by over 20 percentage points. Facing an upcoming re-election campaign with greatly reduced popularity, Blanco began her campaign by making repeated public criticisms of the administration of President George W. Bush in January 2007. Noting that Bush neglected to mention Gulf Coast reconstruction in his 2007 State of the Union Address, Blanco called for a bipartisan Congressional investigation into the conduct of the Bush administration following Katrina, to determine whether partisan politics played a role in the slow response to the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Blanco's faltering popularity\nThis call followed comments by disgraced former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael D. Brown, who claimed that the White House had planned to upstage Blanco by federalizing the National Guard in the days following the storm. Blanco also repeated accusations that Mississippi received preferential treatment because its governor, Haley Barbour, is a Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 78], "content_span": [79, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Democrats drop/decline\nBeginning in February 2007, speculation grew among Louisiana political commentators that former U.S. Senator and current Washington, D.C. lobbyist John Breaux would announce his candidacy. However, controversy emerged as to whether Breaux would meet the residency requirements to run for governor as he had listed his primary address in Maryland since 2005 and was registered to vote there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Democrats drop/decline\nOn March 20, 2007, Blanco announced that she would not be running for re-election. She stated that removing herself from the campaign would allow her to focus the remainder of her term on Louisiana's recovery without the distraction of campaigning for re-election. But her announcement came after weeks of growing calls from members of the Louisiana Democratic party for her to step aside and allow a more popular candidate to face Jindal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Democrats drop/decline\nOn March 29, John Breaux made his first Louisiana public appearance since speculation began concerning his potential candidacy. Breaux said that he intended to run, and would announce his candidacy as soon as Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, a Democrat, gave a formal legal opinion on whether Breaux was eligible to run. At issue was the clause in the Louisiana constitution which states that a candidate for governor must be a 'citizen' of the State of Louisiana; what constitutes a citizen is not defined. The state Republican party began running advertisements attacking Breaux as a resident of Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Democrats drop/decline\nOn April 13, Breaux released a statement that he would not be running for governor. Attorney General Foti had declined to issue an opinion on Breaux's eligibility, stating it was an issue for the courts to decide. Breaux stated that he did not want the issue of eligibility to overshadow his campaign, as a court challenge would not occur until September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Democrats drop/decline\nOn April 17, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu also declined to run leaving the field very open on the Democratic side. Due to the lack of a high-profile Democratic candidate, party leaders approached Republican State Senator Walter Boasso about switching parties; Boasso formally switched to the Democratic Party on April 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 71], "content_span": [72, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Republican fundraising efforts\nAs of the April 2007 reports, two Republican candidates have emerged with the largest campaign warchests in Louisiana history \u2013 Georges with $5.5 million cash on hand and Jindal who has received $5 million in campaign financing. The financial strength of the two Republicans presented a tremendous challenge to recruiting a strong candidate for the Democratic party. Georges, however, later left the Louisiana GOP and registered as an independent for the gubernatorial race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191971-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Campaign, Democratic attack on Jindal's religious writings\nAn ad campaign by the Louisiana Democratic Party launched in late August, 2007 which attacked Bobby Jindal on the basis of supposed inflammatory remarks made about Protestantism. The ad was solely aired in the largely Protestant central and northern districts of the state. The ad drew attention to essays Jindal had written over a decade previously discussing his Catholic faith and conversion. One such essay titled \"How Catholicism Is Different \u2013 The Catholic Church Isn't Just Another Denomination\" was published in 1996 in the New Oxford Review. Jindal said about the ad, \"They're absolute lies. We're not talking about an exaggeration\". A letter from the campaign went further to say \"each claim made in the advertisement distorts Mr. Jindal's positions with false and grossly distorted statements.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 97], "content_span": [98, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191972-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team\nThe 2007 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by thirteenth year head coach Tony Robichaux.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191973-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team\nThe 2007 Louisiana\u2013Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by sixth-year head coach Rickey Bustle and played their home games at Cajun Field. The Ragin' Cajuns finished the season with a record of 3\u20139 overall and 3\u20134 in Sun Belt Conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191974-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks football team\nThe 2007 Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Warhawks offense scored 282 points while the defense allowed 332 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team\nThe 2007 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, led by Steve Kragthorpe in his first year at the school, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and were in their third year in the Big East Conference. With the stunning upsets, the team has missed a bowl game for the first time in a decade (since 1997).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Pre-season\nThe Cardinals finished the 2006 season with a 12\u20131 record, including a win in the Orange Bowl. After the win, they were ranked fifth in the nation. Returning fourteen starters from their 2006 team, including quarterback Brian Brohm the team was picked, by the Big East media, to finish second in the conference, and were ranked between five and 13 in various preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes\nAlmost a week after their victory in the Orange Bowl, head coach, Bobby Petrino, was offered and took the head coaching position with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. Two days later, Steve Kragthorpe, former head coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, was hired for the position. Though five assistant coaches were retained, five new assistants were hired in the off-season, three of which came with Kragthorpe from his staff at Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Roster changes\nAlthough returning 14 starters from 2006, the team lost four players to the 2007 NFL Draft. From the offense, running back Michael Bush was taken in the fourth round by Oakland and running back Kolby Smith was taken in the fifth round by Kansas City. From the defense, tackle Amobi Okoye was taken tenth by Houston while cornerback, William Gay was taken in the fifth round by Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Recruiting\nThe Cardinals signed 15 recruits for the new class, including three junior-college transfers. Included in the top-50 class were one five-star recruit on defense, three four-star recruits on offense and another four-star recruit on defense. Also entering in with the class was 2006 recruit Josh Chichester, who wasn't able to enroll with his recruiting class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Pre-season honors\nThree Cardinal players were honored as part of pre-season watchlists for national awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Pre-season, Pre-season honors\nIn addition to the honors, Brohm was also named to the Playboy pre-season All-America team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191975-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Louisville Cardinals football team, Season, Coaching staff\nThe 2007 Cardinal team was coached by Steve Kragthorpe and his staff. Much of the coaching staff from 2006 remained, but Kragthorpe brought in other to fill out the staff, including, initially, three from his previous position. Keith Patterson was originally brought in from Tulsa as defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach, however returned to Tulsa before the season began for personal reasons. Patterson was quickly replaced by Mike Mallory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191976-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Lunar New Year Cup\nThe 2007 Lunar New Year Cup (formerly known as the Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Pig (19 January and 22 January 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191976-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Lunar New Year Cup, Squads, Hong Kong League XI\nNote: * Ivan Jevi\u0107 replaced Jaimes Mckee of HKFC who withdrew from the squad due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 52], "content_span": [53, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident\nOn 3 September 2007, a National Express single-decker coach, travelling southbound on the M1 motorway was involved in a crash. It was operating the 777 service from Birmingham to London Stansted Airport, via London Luton Airport, and had recently stopped at Coventry. There were 33 passengers on board at the time of the accident, of whom 30 were injured, six seriously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, Crash and emergency response\nThe coach rolled on to its side after it clipped a kerb and then a lamp post and tree at the entry to a motorway slip road by the Newport Pagnell services area on the southbound M1 motorway. It was ultimately confirmed that the coach driver mistook the entry to the service area for a major junction on the M1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, Crash and emergency response\nThe injured were taken to hospitals in Milton Keynes, Northampton and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. One of the injured was transported to hospital by air ambulance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, Crash and emergency response\nThe driver of the coach was arrested by Thames Valley Police in hospital on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and dangerous driving after being cut free from the wreckage. He had earlier been breath tested at the scene of the collision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, Aftermath\nNational Express decided not to withdraw the fleet of coaches to conduct tests. It was deemed that there were no faults with the vehicles, leaving the cause of the crash to driver error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, Aftermath\nThe Chief Executive, Richard Bowker, defended the company's safety record on the Today programme, stating that drivers faced stringent tests both during the recruitment process and during their employment. He confirmed that National Express were fully co-operating with the police investigation, and insisted that it was extremely rare for National Express to have an accident like this,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nTwo days after the crash, police were still waiting to question the coach driver. The driver had sustained serious injuries, including an injured arm and cracked ribs, and was being treated at Northampton General Hospital. Police officers had to guard the driver in hospital until he was declared fit to answer police questions. The police confirmed that the slip road where the coach crashed needed to be re-surfaced due to damage caused by a diesel spill. The coach driver was released from hospital on 10 September, and was also released on police bail, to attend Milton Keynes police station on 1 October for further questioning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nOn 23 November 2007, police announced they had yet to decide whether to charge the driver. The police explained that, due to delays in receiving forensic evidence, the Crown Prosecution Service was unable to make a fully informed decision on whether to bring charges. The 35-year-old driver from West Bromwich, who had still not been named, was further bailed until 28 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nOn 28 January 2008, the National Express coach driver, now identified as Leslie Weinberg, 36, was officially charged with driving under the influence of excess alcohol, and a further charge of dangerous driving. He was due to appear on 12 February 2008 at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court to answer the charges. Weinburg's actions left eight people needing hospital treatment for their injuries. Weinberg was subsequently dismissed by National Express as a result of the charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nOn 14 April 2008, Weinberg's actions were finally made public, via full evidence in court. Appearing before Judge Christopher Tyrer at Aylesbury Crown Court, Weinberg pleaded guilty to the two charges. The Court was told that Weinberg had a drink-drive reading of 145 milligrams (0.0051\u00a0oz) of alcohol in 100 millilitres (3.520\u00a0imp\u00a0fl\u00a0oz; 3.381\u00a0US\u00a0fl\u00a0oz) of blood \u2013 the UK legal limit is 80 milligrams (0.0028\u00a0oz) per 100\u00a0ml. Six passengers suffered serious injuries as a direct result of Weinberg's actions; one man had an arm amputated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nThe Judge warned Weinburg to expect a jail sentence, and stated: \"This is serious. The circumstances are very grave\". The Judge continued: \"As a result of your intoxication, you completely mistook where you were. You mistook the exit of the motorway and a number of people were seriously injured\". The case was adjourned to seek medical reports on Wienburg, to re-appear during the week of 26 May 2008 for sentencing. Judge Christopher Tyrer imposed an Interim Disqualification Order which banned Weinberg from driving, and told him: \"This is way past the custody threshold, and you should make arrangements accordingly\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nWeinberg was sentenced on 24 June 2008. On re-appearing at Aylesbury Crown Court, it became known that Weinberg had returned from holiday the day before, and chose to stay up alone all night drinking. The court was told that the following day Weinburg drove a National Express coach on a regular service from Birmingham to Stansted Airport. While travelling southbound on the M1, Weinberg overtook a lorry on the approach to a motorway junction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nHe then cut back in front of the lorry, and claimed to have mistaken the service station entry slip road for that of the actual junction exit slip road. As the coach entered the slip road, its tachograph showed that the coach was travelling at 57 miles per hour (92\u00a0km/h). It then hit a kerb, and passengers reported the coach 'took off'. It then rolled on to its side, sliding into a lamp-post and a tree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191977-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 M1 motorway coach accident, The coach driver\nLeslie Weinberg was jailed for ten months and fined \u00a3500. He was disqualified from driving for four years for the guilty plea of driving with excess alcohol, and had a further concurrent two-year disqualification for the guilty plea of dangerous driving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Bbb23 (talk | contribs) at 15:38, 22 March 2020 (rv sock). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident\nOn 3 January 2007, a National Express Coaches Neoplan Skyliner N122/3L coach was operating on route 592 and was heading towards Aberdeen. It left Victoria Coach Station at 22:30 (GMT), carrying 65 passengers, and was due to arrive at Aberdeen Coach Park at 10:30 (GMT) on 4 January 2007. The coach was due to call en\u00a0route at Heathrow Airport, Carlisle, Hamilton, Glasgow and Dundee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Crash and emergency response\nThe crash occurred on the motorway slip road connecting the westbound M4 motorway to the northbound (clockwise) M25 motorway, at approximately the point where the slip road merges with the slip road from the eastbound M4. At this point the slip road is on a downhill gradient with a right turn with decreasing radius, necessitating a posted advisory speed limit of 40 miles per hour (64\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Crash and emergency response\nA total of five fire appliances, twenty London ambulances, eight doctors and one specialist fire service unit attended the accident scene. The injured were treated at six different hospitals. Thirty six passengers were taken to Hillingdon Hospital, sixteen to Charing Cross Hospital, seven to West Middlesex Hospital, four to St Peter's Hospital, one child was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, and another child to Wexham Park Hospital in Slough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Crash and emergency response\nTwo people were killed in the crash: a 30-year-old male Chinese national, Yi Di Lin, and a woman named Christina Munro Toner, 76, of Monifieth, Dundee. Another passenger, John Carruthers, 78, of Chertsey, Surrey, died on 1 July 2007 from injuries sustained in the crash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nThe coach was removed from the motorway for subsequent investigation. The police later confirmed that no other vehicles were involved in the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nThe coach driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, but released on police bail. He was named by police as Philip Rooney, of Lanarkshire, Scotland. Following police investigations Rooney was charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nNational Express took its remaining 11 Neoplan Skyliners out of service for safety checks, all of which were operated under franchise by Trathens Travel Services of Plymouth, a subsidiary of Park's of Hamilton. The coaches were relatively new at the time of the crash, having been delivered in October 2006. The vast majority of the National Express fleet comprises single-deck coaches, and its services were not significantly affected by the recall. It was originally reported that the coaches would be stopped where they were, but they were in fact stopped at their destination. Neoplan announced on 5 January that all the coaches had passed their safety checks, with no safety problems or defects being found, and were ready to return to service \"as and when the operator wishes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nThe driver of the coach initially denied all three charges of causing death by dangerous driving at a hearing at Reading Magistrates' Court. Rooney was bailed to appear at Oxford Crown Court on 8 September 2008 for a committal hearing for trial on 27 October 2008. He subsequently changed his plea to guilty of all three counts of causing death by dangerous driving at a hearing at the Old Bailey. Rooney was again bailed, this time by Mr Justice Gross, until sentencing. On 26 November 2008 at Oxford Crown Court, Mr Justice Gross jailed Rooney for five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nOxford Crown Court was told that the coach driver was speaking to passengers via the public address system, making a \"safety announcement\" while speeding round a bend. One witness described Rooney's control of the coach as he \"drove like a man possessed\". It was confirmed on the Court record that as a direct result of Rooney's actions, two persons died in the crash, and a further person died on 1 July 2007. Furthermore, four passengers had to have limbs amputated, and many more needed to be cut from the wreckage by firefighters using special cutting equipment. The Court also heard that Rooney had previous speeding convictions, and that he had repeatedly exceeded speed limits on this journey, as proven by tachograph evidence. Rooney's manner of driving, particularly his heavy braking, caused luggage to fall from the overhead baggage racks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 897]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nProsecutor Richard Latham QC told the Court that passengers had reported that the coach was being \"driven significantly faster, as if the driver was seeking to make up for lost time\". Before the coach left Victoria coach station it had been delayed by half an hour due to the luggage of one family not being able to fit on the coach. The Court heard that as Rooney approached the motorway slip road sharp bend, he was driving the coach at 55 miles per hour (89\u00a0km/h), exceeding the 40 miles per hour (64\u00a0km/h) speed limit. The coach clipped one crash barrier and Rooney then lost control of the vehicle. It skidded sideways for some distance before hitting a second crash barrier and finally overturning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191978-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 M4 motorway coach accident, Investigation\nAt an earlier Court hearing, it was confirmed that Rooney had five previous convictions for speeding in passenger vehicles. It was also confirmed that he had been disciplined in December 2004 by his employer for \"tampering with a speed limiter\". On sentencing Rooney, Mr Justice Gross told him and the Court: \"No sentence I pass can undo the events of that day and the deaths and injuries that resulted\". As well as being jailed for five years, Rooney was also banned from driving for a further three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191979-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Championship Game\nThe 2007 MAC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Miami RedHawks, of the East Division, and the Central Michigan Chippewas, of the West Division. The Chippewas beat the RedHawks 35\u201310. This was Central Michigan's second straight Mid-American Conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191980-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was won by No. 4 seed Miami University over No. 2 University of Akron 53\u201352 after a controversial finish. Miami guard Doug Penno banked in a three-point field goal with no time left on the clock to give Miami an apparent one-point victory. However, after a ten-minute delay, officials put 0.6 seconds back on the clock because the game clock did not start properly when Miami rebounded an Akron missed free throw. Because of the win in the conference tournament final, Miami was awarded the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191980-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe tournament took place from March 7\u201310 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. This was the first year that the entire tournament was held in Cleveland. In previous tournaments the first-round games were played at the higher seeds' home courts. Comcast Local and FSN Ohio televised the Quarterfinals and Semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191980-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nEach of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191980-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top four seeds received byes into the Quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the No. 1 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191980-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\nThe following were the seeds for the conference tournament, along with conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191980-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\n* Received No. 5 seed based on 78\u201373 head-to-head victory over Western Michigan on February 6. * * Received No. 10 seed based on 80\u201374 head-to-head victory over Northern Illinois on February 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191981-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MBC Drama Awards\nThe 2007 MBC Drama Awards (Korean:\u00a0MBC \uc5f0\uae30\ub300\uc0c1) is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2007. It was held on December 30, 2007 and hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Hyun Young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191982-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 6\u201310, 2007 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The championship game was televised by ESPN Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game\nThe 2007 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 12th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The 2007 MLS All-Star Game took place on July 19, 2007 between the 2007 MLS All-Stars and Celtic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game\nDick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home stadium of the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, CO, hosted the 2007 Sierra Mist All-Star Game. This was the first time that Dick's Sporting Goods Park hosted the MLS All-Star game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game\nDavid Beckham made an appearance and participated in a special introduction to the fans on hand as well as in a halftime ESPN interview, and watched the game from the Commissioner's Box.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game\nThe MLS All-Stars defeated Celtic 2\u20130, giving them a perfect 4\u20130 record against international competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game, Background\nMajor League Soccer announced on Thursday, January 25, 2007 that Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home of the Colorado Rapids located just outside downtown Denver, will host the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on July 19, pitting Scottish club Celtic FC against the best from MLS. MLS announced the news during a press conference at The Pinnacle Club in the Grand Hyatt featuring MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis and Colorado Rapids Managing Director Jeff Plush. \"We are thrilled to welcome Celtic, one of the world's most popular teams, for a quality match against the best of MLS at our newest soccer cathedral, Dick's Sporting Goods Park,\" said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. \"We look forward to an exciting evening in this tremendous new soccer-specific venue.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 808]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game, Background\nA week before the 2007 All-Star game the ColoradoRapids.com posted a news release on their website stating that less than 1,000 tickets remained for the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on July 19 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Tickets for the All-Star Game went on sale to the public Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:00\u00a0am MT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game, Background, Celtic\nGlasgow-based Celtic captured their 41st Scottish championship in April (2007), and featured such high-profile players as Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc, Scottish defenders Steven Pressley and Stephen McManus, Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen and Dutch striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Celtic has one of the most dedicated and widespread fan bases in all of club soccer, and were the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967. Celtic had a long and historic rivalry with fellow Glaswegian club Rangers, the two being known as the Old Firm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191983-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS All-Star Game, Match details\nMLS All-Star MVP: Juan Pablo \u00c1ngel (MLS)Assistant referees: David Bragg Jose CorroFourth official: Michael Kennedy", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191984-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS Cup Playoffs\nThe 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs was the postseason to Major League Soccer's 2007 season, and it concluded with MLS Cup 2007 on November 18, 2007 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.. The Houston Dynamo were victorious for the second season in a row, defeating the New England Revolution in the Final, also for the second year in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191984-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, Format\nAt season's end, the top two teams of each conference made the playoffs, along with the teams with the next four highest point totals, regardless of conference. In the first round of this knockout tournament, aggregate goals over two matches determined the winners; the Conference Championships were one match each, with the winner of each conference advancing to MLS Cup. In all rounds, draws were broken with two 15-minute periods of extra time, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. The away goals rule was not used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191984-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, Bracket\n1 The Kansas City Wizards earned the eighth and final playoff berth, despite finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. They represent the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket, as only three teams in the Western Conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191985-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS Expansion Draft\nThe 2007 MLS Expansion Draft was held on November 21, 2007, and is a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team San Jose Earthquakes. They made 10 selections from a pool of players from current MLS clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191986-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS SuperDraft\nThe 2007 MLS SuperDraft was held in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 12, 2007. It was the eighth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection belonged to expansion team Toronto FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191986-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS SuperDraft\nThe SuperDraft was followed by the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 83]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191986-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection\nAny player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Generation Adidas program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191987-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MLS Supplemental Draft\nThe 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft was held on January 18, 2007, following the SuperDraft (held on January 12, 2007), as teams filled out their developmental rosters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191988-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MSBL season\nThe 2007 MSBL season was the 19th season of the Men's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 30 March and ended on Saturday 4 August. The finals began on Saturday 11 August and ended on Saturday 8 September, when the Goldfields Giants defeated the Lakeside Lightning in the MSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191988-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MSBL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on Friday 30 March and ended on Saturday 4 August after 18 rounds of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191988-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MSBL season, Finals\nThe finals began on Saturday 11 August and ended on Saturday 8 September with the MSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191989-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Europe Music Awards\nThe 14th annual MTV European Music Awards were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on 1 November 2007. The show received a total of 78 million votes, the most in MTV Europe Music Awards history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191989-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Europe Music Awards\nFoo Fighters opened the show, with frontman Dave Grohl hosting the VIP 'Glamour Pit' area, interviewing celebrities live on air. Other performances on the night included Avril Lavigne, Amy Winehouse with \"Back to Black\", Tokio Hotel, will.i.am and Babyshambles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191989-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Europe Music Awards\nPresenters on the night included Joss Stone, model Lily Cole, R.E.M. 's Michael Stipe and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191990-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Movie Awards\nThe 2007 MTV Movie Awards took place on June 3, 2007 (June 4 in Europe) at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California and were hosted by Sarah Silverman. The ceremony featured performances by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, who performed \"Umbrella\", and Amy Winehouse, who performed \"Rehab\". It was the first MTV Movie Awards show broadcast live to American audiences, and it was located at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. Mark Burnett directed the show and executive produced this year's ceremony. Nominees were announced on April 30, 2007, and the voting for the main categories ran until the end of May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191990-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Movie Awards\nA pre-recorded movie parody included Sarah Silverman re-enacting with the characters from Babel, Dreamgirls, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Departed, 300, The Devil Wears Prada, and Transformers. Sarah Silverman repeatedly made negative jokes towards Paris Hilton, which caused mixed reactions from the general audience. The audience at the Gibson Amphitheatre, however, were cheering after Silverman stated that Paris was going to jail very soon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191990-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Movie Awards\nThe pre-show was the subject of a rather vociferous ad campaign for the upcoming summer flick Transformers (distributed by Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Viacom, which also owns MTV), which included an extended interview with star Shia LaBeouf, several sneak previews, a \"real-life\" example of a car used in the movie, etc. The focus on the film was further reinforced when the film won in the category \"Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet.\" The pre-show also included Hilton's last interview before entering jail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards\nThe 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, honoring the best music videos from the previous year between June 2006 to June 2007, took place on September 9, in Las Vegas at The Palms. The 2007 VMAs were the smallest VMAs ever held in MTV history, eliminating 13 awards, and renaming many of the remaining awards. The 2008 awards restored most of the categories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Overview\nOn August 7, 2007, the nominees were announced live on TRL with a special performance by Kanye West. The week before the ceremony, the network aired VMA Week on TRL, along with VMA-related programming, including performances from top artists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Overview\nThe VMAs aired live that evening at 9:00\u00a0p.m. ET on MTV. MTV originally announced that the show would never be re-aired in its entirety, but program listings eventually showed that that was not the case. Perhaps as a concession that TV viewing audiences for the VMAs were decreasing year over year, the 2007 VMAs were produced on a smaller budget and in front of a smaller crowd. Unlike in past years where the show was shown on MTV in 16:9 HDTV letterboxed format, this year the ceremony was aired in 4:3 on the main channel. However, it was still produced in high definition, and was scheduled to air in full on MHD (the current MTV Live), Viacom's high definition channel, on September 22. At the last moment, a 'best of' 90 minute clip show was substituted due to the various issues with the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Overview\nThe venue at the Palms was criticized for its small stage. Only four performances took place on the main stage, which consisted of a small layered stage that led off to a number of \"island\" stages that served as guests' tables. Other performances occurred in other locations in the Palms, including guest suites. Kanye West was especially critical of this setup, claiming that he would \"never return to MTV\" after he was slotted to perform in the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa instead of the main stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Director\nJustin Timberlake \u2013 \"What Goes Around... Comes Around\" (Director: Samuel Bayer)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Awards, Best Choreography in a Video\nJustin Timberlake (featuring T.I.) \u2013 \"Let Me Talk to You/My Love\" (Choreographer: Marty Kudelka)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV2 On The Rise Contest\nFlowers for Dorian won the MTV2 On The Rise contest. The prize for winning was getting flown to New York City to film 5 live videos in front of a green screen. The 5 videos were on Comcast's On Demand and one of the videos premiered at the VMAs. Flowers for Dorian's video for the song Love Remains premiered at the VMAs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Performances\nUnlike previous editions of the MTV Video Music Awards, the 2007 awards featured performances in different suites, each with its own host band and guests performing. The Main Show performances occurred at the same location where the awards were being televised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears' performance\nBritney Spears served as the opening act for the show, performing her new single \"Gimme More\". She appeared in a black, jewel encrusted bikini and black boots. She performed the opening lines of \"Trouble\" before segueing into \"Gimme More\". The performance was universally panned by critics. Jeff Leeds of The New York Times said that \"no one was prepared for Sunday night's fiasco, in which a listless Ms. Spears teetered through her dance steps and mouthed only occasional words in a wan attempt to lip-synch her new single\". Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star commented Spears \"looked hopelessly dazed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears' performance\nShe was wearing the expression of somebody who had been deposited at the Palms Casino Resort by a tornado, one that promptly twisted away, taking her clothing and sense of purpose. ... [ She was] lumbering, in slow motion, as if somebody had poured cement into her streetwalker boots\". David Willis of BBC stated her performance would \"go down in the history books as being one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears' performance\nImmediately following Spears' performance, comedian Sarah Silverman presented a monologue that included numerous derogatory jokes about Spears, her career, and her children. Silverman joked that Spears, \"at 25, had already accomplished in her life everything she ever will,\" and called her sons \"most adorable mistakes you will ever see.\" Silverman's monologue received criticism for its harshness towards Spears and her children; Silverman responded to backlash by saying \"it never occurred to me that would be deemed hurtful or over the line.\" Silverman's monologue garnered renewed criticism in 2021, following the release of the documentary Framing Britney Spears; Silverman expressed regret for her monologue, saying that MTV had hired her to perform a \"mini-roast\" of Spears, and that Silverman had not seen Spears' performance before going on stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears' performance\nThe day after the performance, American vlogger Cara Cunningham, using the name Chris Crocker, posted a video to YouTube titled \"Leave Britney alone! \", in which she cried and defended Spears's performance, explaining that she did not want Spears to spiral out of control like Anna Nicole Smith, who had died in February 2007. Within the first 24 hours of its posting, the video accumulated over 2 million views. \"Leave Britney alone!\" turned Cunningham into an internet celebrity, and was featured on television shows such as The View and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It was also parodied by dozens of other YouTube users, most famously by actor Seth Green. An editor for YouTube said \"the melodramatic two-minute clip made [Cunningham] an instant YouTube star\" and named it one of the top videos of 2007. Wired named it the top video of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 904]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Kid Rock/Tommy Lee altercation\nKid Rock and Tommy Lee were involved in an altercation at the Video Music Awards during the come-back performance of Alicia Keys. A source reported that Tommy Lee was sitting with magician Criss Angel when the two went to visit Diddy, who was sitting close to Kid Rock. Shortly after the two went over to see Diddy, \"all hell broke loose\", that source told Access Hollywood. It is reported that Kid Rock sucker-punched Tommy Lee in his back. The two, both ex-husbands of Pamela Anderson were broken up, and both were escorted from the resort. Angel was removed a short time later. The cause of the fight is unknown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Kid Rock/Tommy Lee altercation\nAn eyewitness reported to TMZ that \"Tommy got it pretty bad.\" The incident was confirmed by Palms Hotel and Casino public relations representative Larry Fink. MTV Host Sway Calloway said \"Tommy Lee was sitting by P-Diddy and Kid Rock just got off stage and from what I saw he walked up to Lee and just decked him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Non-music entertainment\nCaitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007 \u2013 famous for her incoherent response to why she thought 1/5 of Americans can't locate the US on a world map, performed a parody of her response when she was presenting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Non-music entertainment\nShia LaBeouf revealed the name of the fourth Indiana Jones film: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was confirmed by the official site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Lineup changes\nAmy Winehouse's record label canceled her performance for the show following Lily Allen's withdrawal from the event due to issues obtaining a visa. The two were rumored to perform a duet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191991-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Lineup changes\nThe French electronic group Justice was going to perform at the show with Mark Ronson during one of his VMA spots with an additional special guest. The group had to drop out due to their very, very late arrival in Las Vegas stemming from having to fly in from Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191992-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan\nHosted by Misaki Ito and Hidehiko Ishizuka, the awards show took place at the Saitama Super Arena before a live audience of 12,000 screaming music fans. The 6th annual show premiered live on MTV, Saturday May 26 to over 6.6 million homes in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191992-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Special awards, Best Director\nRed Hot Chili Peppers \u2014 \"Dani California\" (directed by Tony Kaye)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191993-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MTV Video Music Brazil\nThe 2007 MTV Video Music Brazil was hosted by Daniela Cicarelli and took place at the Credicard Hall. In 2007, the awards have faced a major rebranding, with several categories extinguished (most notably the specific genre divisions), and the awards in general no longer awarded the best videos (with the exception of the Video of the Year category); instead, the awards were generally focused on the artists, similarly to the MTV Europe Music Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies\nThe 2007 MacArthur Park rallies were two May Day rallies demanding amnesty for undocumented immigrants which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park, in Los Angeles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies\nWhen the protest overflowed onto city streets, police drove motorcycles through the crowd, then ordered the crowd to disperse. Some people began throwing plastic bottles and rocks at officers. Members of the Los Angeles Police Department then used batons and rubber bullets in a manner later found by the LAPD's own investigation, as well as by the courts, to be excessive. After community mobilization, pressure from the Mayor, and an extensive internal review, LAPD Chief William Bratton apologized, the commanding officer was demoted, seventeen other officers faced penalties, and the LAPD paid more than $13 million in damages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Incident\nOrganizers obtained the necessary permits to hold a rally at MacArthur Park on May 1, 2007 until 21:00. At about 17:15 a few protesters began blocking the street, which the rally permit expressly prohibited. The police made numerous requests for the protesters to move from the street and abide by the conditions of the permit. The protesters defied the police requests and began gathering in larger numbers on the street. When the attempts by police to move the crowd failed, police commanders declared the gathering an unlawful assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Incident\nThe formal order for the crowd to disperse was given in English, being broadcast from a police helicopter circling the park, from police cars, and from hand-held megaphones. A significant portion of the crowd, many who spoke and understood only Spanish, ignored this order and did not disperse. Police officers formed a line and advanced slowly to clear the area. The officers proceeded about 50 feet at a time, allowing those complying with the dispersal order to retreat. Most protesters left the area at this point, however, some that had stayed began to throw rocks and bottles at the advancing officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Incident\nAltogether, the estimated 600 police officers fired 146 foam-rubber projectiles. 27 marchers and 9 members of the media were injured, 5 people were arrested, and at least 50 civilians filed complaints with the LAPD regarding mistreatment by officers. It is unclear, however, that most of the injuries were as a result of direct police contact or as a result of incidental crowd contact (trampling, pushing, falling, etc.). Seven to fifteen police officers were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Incident\nThe incident received considerable attention from news media because several reporters were also pushed and injured, notably Christina Gonzalez from L.A.'s Fox 11 News (KTTV), and Telemundo's National Evening Broadcaster, Pedro Sevcec. CBS 2/KCAL 9 (KCBS-TV, KCAL-TV) reporter Mark Coogan and his cameraman Carl Stein were also accosted. Stein was struck on the ribs by LAPD batons. Patricia Nazario, a reporter for KPCC, was beaten in the ribs and back, before being struck over the head with a baton. ABC 7 (KABC-TV) reporter Sid Garcia was hit by a rubber bullet, but it ricocheted off him. Patti Ballaz, a camerawoman for KTTV who was injured, filed a claim for unspecified damages against the city and the police department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Response by government officials\nAt a press conference later in the day, Police Chief William J. Bratton indicated that an investigation was underway to \"determine if the use of force was appropriate,\" going on to state that \"the vast majority of people who were [at MacArthur Park] were behaving appropriately.\" Bratton indicated he may ask the FBI to investigate the chain of events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Response by government officials\nAt the time of the events, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was on a trip to El Salvador. He cut his trip short three days later, in order to personally oversee the investigation of the chain of events, and asked Police Chief Bratton to oversee a \"complete and comprehensive review of this incident, including deployment, tactics, and use of force.\" At a Sunday morning mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on May 6, Villaraigosa said \"I come today with a heavy heart ... Nobody, nobody should be victimized in a way we saw women, children and families victimized just a few days ago.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Response by government officials\nLos Angeles city council member Herb Wesson, whose district includes neighborhoods near MacArthur Park, criticized the police response by comparing it to beating of civil rights leaders in the South in the 1960s. He praised Bratton's response, though, saying \"I'm proud that the chief said quickly that some inappropriate actions took place.\" Fabian N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Speaker of the California Assembly whose district includes MacArthur Park where the events took place, condemned the actions of the police by saying \"To say we are outraged is an understatement ... We want those responsible in the highest levels of the LAPD to pay consequences.\" Robert Baker, president of the Police union, responded, calling Wesson's and N\u00fa\u00f1ez's words \"police bashing that erroneously insinuates racial bias\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Investigations\nFour separate investigations were created to investigate the incident, one of them being a special task force set up by city council president Eric Garcetti. The task force is composed of five councilmembers, and is co-chaired by Los Angeles city councilmembers Ed Reyes and Jack Weiss. The FBI also investigated the incidents for civil rights violations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Investigations\nOn May 17, the American Civil Liberties Union with U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess to look into whether the incident at MacArthur Park violated a 2001 consent decree which was a result of the Rampart scandal. If the judge finds the LAPD in violation of the decree, federal oversight of the LAPD could be extended beyond the current deadline of 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Investigations\nOn May 29, Chief Bratton presented preliminary findings of an internal police investigation to the civilian police commission, and on May 30 he presented the preliminary findings to the Los Angeles City Council. According to Bratton, the main reasons for the m\u00eal\u00e9e were \"a command and control breakdown,\" [which] began at the planning stages and dominoed throughout the event itself\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Investigations\nOn October 9, five months after the incident, the LAPD released the results of an internal investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Community response\nOn May 17, approximately 2,000 to 3,000 people marched in protest of the events that took place on May 1. The march started at a church 10 blocks west of MacArthur Park with a \"town hall meeting\", and ended at MacArthur Park. The march was peaceful, without a single arrest, and the town hall meeting featured speakers such as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Assembly Speaker Fabian N\u00fa\u00f1ez, who later marched with the protesters. Police Chief William Bratton was also present at the march and town hall meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Fallout\nOn May 7, 2007, Chief William J. Bratton announced a departmental reorganization. Cayler \"Lee\" Carter, who was a deputy chief and the highest-ranking official at scene, was demoted to commander and assigned home duty. On May 17, Carter announced his resignation from the LAPD, effective June 6. In his May 7 announcement, Bratton also announced that Carter's deputy, Louis Gray, would be reassigned to the operations bureau, and that about 60 officers who were involved in the incident would be taken off the street, pending the outcome of the investigations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Fallout\nOn May 9, the Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network filed a class-action suit against the Los Angeles Police Department and the city. In November 2008, it was disclosed that the city was in negotiations and was willing to pay as much as $13 million to settle the lawsuits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Fallout\nOn May 30, Bratton announced the creation of a new Incident Management & Training Bureau, and assigned Deputy Chief Michael Hillmann to head the newly created bureau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191994-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 MacArthur Park rallies, Fallout\nOver a year later, on July 8, 2008, the LAPD announced \"that 17 officers and two sergeants from the department's elite Metropolitan Division should be punished for their roles in [the incident]\". The recommended punishment was not publicized, and could range from a simple reprimand to termination. Critics decried the announcement, saying that only officers \"whose actions were captured on video\" were recommended for punishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 54th Polytec Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 18 November 2007. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2007 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2007 race was the 54th running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 25th for Formula Three cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix\nThe Grand Prix was won by TOM'S driver Oliver Jarvis, having won the event's Qualification Race the previous afternoon. Jarvis started from pole position and led the majority of the race meeting which included every lap of the main race to take his first and only victory in Macau. Second place went to Koudai Tsukakoshi of Manor Motorsport, while the podium was completed by another Japanese driver and Jarvis's TOM's teammate Kazuya Oshima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list\nThe Macau Grand Prix is a Formula Three race considered to be a stepping stone to higher motor racing categories such as Formula One and has been termed the territory's most prestigious international sporting event. The 2007 Macau Grand Prix was the 54th running of the event and the 25th time the race was held to Formula Three regulations. It took place on the 6.2\u00a0km (3.9\u00a0mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 18 November 2007 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list\nIn order to compete in Macau, drivers had to compete in a F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship meeting during the calendar year, in either the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy or one of the domestic championships, with the highest-placed drivers given priority in receiving an invitation to the meeting. Within the 30-car grid of the event, each of the major Formula Three series were represented by their respective champion. Romain Grosjean, the Formula Three Euro Series champion, was joined in Macau by British champion Marko Asmer, German series winner Carlo van Dam and Japanese champion Kazuya Oshima. Six drivers outside of Formula Three accepted invitations from the Macau Grand Prix Committee to compete in the Macau Grand Prix: GP2 Series driver Bruno Senna, Brendon Hartley of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and Macau natives Lei Kit Meng, Michael Ho, Rodolfo \u00c1vila and Jo Merszei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 980]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nTwo practice sessions lasting half an hour were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning. Grosjean set the fastest time for ASM in the opening practice session with a late lap of 2 minutes, 14.223 seconds, nearly one-tenth of a second faster than anyone else in spite of heavy damage to his car's left-hand side in avoiding Stephen Jelley's stricken vehicle at Policeman's Bend. His closest challenger was S\u00e9bastien Buemi in second in front of third-placed Asmer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nPrema Powerteam's Roberto Streit, Koudai Tsukakoshi, Edoardo Mortara, Oliver Jarvis, Jelley, Senna and Nico H\u00fclkenberg rounded out the session's top ten drivers. The session was stopped halfway through when Franck Mailleux spun into a barriera lining the track at the R Bend and his car was stranded on the track. Other incidents included Lei spinning at Lisboa corner but avoided damage to his car. Sam Bird later swiped the turn's wall and Walter Grubm\u00fcller limped to the pit lane with his front-right suspension bent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nQualifying was divided into two 45-minute sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon, and the second on Friday afternoon. The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards his final starting position for the qualification race. The first qualifying session had Asmer come out on top with a time of 2 minutes, 13.122 seconds set with nine minutes remaining. The heavy damage to Grosjean's car forced him to sit out the session's opening minutes and gradually improved to be two-tenths behind and take provisional second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nDespite clipping the wall Yelmer Buurman ran strongly throughout and finished in third place. Buemi battled for pole position for the majority of the session before falling to fourth. Esteban Guerrieri improved late on to end up fifth in front of Tsukakoshi in sixth and 2006 pole sitter Kamui Kobayashi in seventh. James Jakes, Streit and Jelley rounded out the top ten. Although he was at one point high up as fourth Jarvis was the quickest driver not to reach the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nFollowing him were the highest-placed rookie Mortara, Oshima with H\u00fclkenberg provisionally joining the Japanese driver on the seventh row in spite of a collision against a tyre barrier at Lisboa corner. Niall Breen was next up ahead of Atte Mustonen, Jonathan Kennard, Van Dam, Renger van der Zande and Senna. The rest of the order was completed Bird, Mailleux, Hartley, Grubm\u00fcller, Takuya Izawa, \u00c1vila, Ho, Lei. Cheong Lou Meng and the only driver to fail to record within 110 per cent of Asmer was Merszei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0005-0003", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nOther incidents that occurred were Mustonen damaging his suspension against the tyre wall and Bird went into the barrier at Fisherman's Bend. Senna crashed against a tyre barrier at San Francisco Bend and Izawa hit him, prompted red flags to stop the session. After qualifying, numerous penalties were imposed. Kobayashi and Mutstonen incurred three-place grid penalties for moving onto the fast lane of the pit lane before it was declared open. H\u00fclkenberg and Cheong were similarly penalised for ignoring the red light signal at the end of the pit lane which mandated them to enter the weighbridge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nIn the second 30-minute practice session, Asmer spent much of the session evaluating a new car setup that improved straightline speed and posted the fastest lap of 2 minutes, 12.894 seconds. Tsukakoshi ended the session second-fastest and 0.038 seconds behind Asmer. Jarvis ran consistently near the top of the time sheets and was third. Mortara, Oshima, Grosjean, Buemi, Streit, Jelley and Van Dam occupied positions four to ten. Although no red flags were necessitated during the session, several drivers came unstuck. Mailleux spun at Lisboa corner and broke his rear wing. Mustonen continued after a spin at the R Bend but later crashed at Lisboa after colliding with another vehicle. Jakes prematurely ended his session in a barrier at Moorish Hill with 11 minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThe second qualifying session began fifteen minutes later than scheduled due to freight for the Guia Race of Macau being stranded in Beijing, and was further delayed by crashes in the local touring car support races. When the session did start, Jarvis set the early pace before he was eclipsed by Tsukakoshi one minute before the conclusion of second qualifying. This was immediately bettered by Jarvis with a lap of 2 minutes, 11.696 which he held to secure pole position for the qualifying race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nAmser set his best time on his last lap to join Jarvis on the front row of the grid. Tsukakoshi was 0.216 seconds adrift in third place. Buemi remained in fourth position with Mortara moving to fifth. Grosjean's fell to sixth while teammate Kobayashi similarly lost ground and took seventh. The top ten was completed by Oshima, Streit and Buurman. Behind them the rest of the field consisted of Jakes, Guerrieri, Jelley, Van Dam, H\u00fclkenberg, Bird, Breen, Senna, Kennard, Mustonen, Hartley, Mailleux, Van Der Zande, Izawa, Ho, \u00c1vila, Grubm\u00fcller, Cheong, Lei and Merszei.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying\nThe session was halted three times: Van Der Zande crashed into the barrier leaving Paiol corner and littered debris across the track. Hartley struck the wall at the exit of Lisboa turn and his car was stranded in a dangerous position. The final stoppage was for Grubm\u00fcller who hit the barrier on his out-lap. Buemi and Buurman each received penalties after second qualifying: Buemi was summoned to the stewards office for a review of his fastest lap and they felt his attempt was recorded under yellow flag conditions. Thus, Buemi was demoted five places on the grid. Buurman dropped three positions after he was adjudged to have moved onto the fast lane of the pit lane before it was declared open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying classification\nEach of the driver's fastest lap times from the two qualifying sessions are denoted in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 73], "content_span": [74, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nThe qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started on 17 November at 13:20 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00). The weather at the start of the qualifying race was dry and sunny with the air temperature 24\u00a0\u00b0C (75\u00a0\u00b0F) and the track temperature 47\u00a0\u00b0C (117\u00a0\u00b0F). Kobayashi failed to take the start because he stalled in his grid slot. On the grid, pole position starter Jarvis made a brisk getaway but Asmer\u2014despite initial fears he would lose grip of his clutch\u2014accelerated quicker and progressed to the lead heading towards Mandarin Bend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nFurther back, separate crashes involving multiple cars prompted the deployment of the safety car. Mortara had a slow getaway and then made contact with Buemi at Lisboa corner and Tsukakoshi was caught up in the melee. Tsukakoshi survived the impact and rejoined the race but Grosjean picked up a puncture, causing Senna to swerve in avoidance. Grosjean drove slowly to pit lane for a replacement wheel but fell a lap behind Asmer. The crash moved Bird from fifteenth to fifth and Oshima was now sixth but Guerrieri's race ended early when he crashed as well. Cheong and Lei went into the pit lane for debris removal and a replacement front wing respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nThe safety car was withdrawn after three laps and racing resumed with Asmer leading. Jarvis remained close by as he hoped to overtake on the following lap at Lisboa corner. As Van Der Zande crossed the start/finish line to continue racing, he attempted to pass Kennard. Van Der Zande could not pass and drifted into the wall at Lisboa turn while Kennard resumed without trouble. Ho then made a pit stop and retired soon after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nOn the fifth lap, Jarvis slipstreamed onto the back of Asmer heading down the main straight and passed him on the outside for the lead at Lisboa corner. Two laps later, Senna passed H\u00fclkenberg and started to close the gap to Buurmann. H\u00fclkenberg then tried to overtook Senna to reclaim the position but lost control of his car and glanced the barrier at the Mandarin Bend corner. Both he and Senna were forced into retirement. Localised yellow flags were waved which neutralised racing in that section of the circuit because debris was scattered across the tarmac surface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nNone of these issues bothered Jarvis who at this point established a small but healthy lead over Asmer, who in turn, maintained a comfortable margin over Oshima. Jakes and Buurman followed in fourth and fifth. As the field began the penultimate lap, Mustonen pushed hard but he struck the outside tyre barrier at Fisherman's Bend, removing both his rear wheels. His car was stranded in the centre of the track. The result of Mustonen's accident ended the qualifying race early and the race result was counted back two laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Qualifying race\nThis gave Jarvis the victory and pole position for the Grand Prix itself. He was joined on the front row by Asmer. Oshima completed the podium in third position, ahead of the British duo of Jakes and Bird. The final finishers were Buurman, Jelley, Streit, Tsukakoshi, Breen, Kennard, Hartley, Mailleux, Mustonen, Van Dam, Grubm\u00fcller, \u00c1vila, Izawa, Merszei, Senna, H\u00fclkenberg and Grosjean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Warm-up\nA 20-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the main race. Jarvis lapped fastest with a time of 2 minutes, 11.516 seconds in the session's final minute, with Oshima nearly two-tenths of a second from his time. Grosjean, Hartley, Buemi, Tsukakoshi, Streit, Mortara, Buurman and Asmer followed in positions three to ten. Guerrieri was the only driver not to set any lap times during the session. Senna's left thumb was bruised from his qualification race crash the previous day and was forced to withdraw from the remainder of the race meeting after he was transported to hospital for precautionary checks which revealed his injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nThe race began on 18 November at 15:35 local time. The weather on the grid at the start of the race was dry and cloudy with an air temperature of 23\u00a0\u00b0C (73\u00a0\u00b0F) and a track temperature at 25\u00a0\u00b0C (77\u00a0\u00b0F). When the Grand Prix started from its standing start, Jarvis ran with little wing angle to give him an advantage in the highland part of the circuit. This allowed him to make a fast getaway and maintain the lead into the first corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nAsmer briefly drew alongside Jarvis off the line but fell to fourth behind Oshima and Bird soon after. Oshima attempted to overtake Jarvis but the latter fended him off and Oshima was forced to slow. The first retirement of the race came on the first lap when Buurman tried to gain ground but could not get any further than San Francisco Bend with three wheels attached to his vehicle. On lap two, Breen became the second driver to withdraw from the race when another driver hit him from behind and put him into the tyre wall. At the front, Jarvis steadily opened up an lead over Oshima. Asmer ran in the slipstream of Bird's car heading down the main straight and he retook the third position from him in the braking zone for Lisboa corner at the start on the lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nOshima's advantage over Asmer had been reduced before Oshima responded by going faster to draw slightly closer to Jarvis on the next lap. Further down the field, Jelley lost a place to Tsukakoshi and Streit overtook Jakes as the latter was pushing hard early in the race. Streit then gained another place with an pass on Jelley while Mailleux overtook Jakes. Grosjean also progressed through the field, and was at this point in 14th place, passing Grubm\u00fcller without heavy resistance. Streit overtook Bird on lap three as Grosjean passed Mustonen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nSoon after, Mustonen struck the barrier at Solitude corner and was forced into the pit lane for repairs before retiring. Buemi and Kobayashi recovered from the rear of the grid with Buemi in 14th with successive overtakes on Grubm\u00fcller and Mustonen. Meanwhile, Hartley passed Kennard to move into the top ten. Grosjean's faster speed moved him past Van Dam for 12th. Asmer set a new official lap record of the Guia Circuit at 2 minutes, 11.744 seconds on the sixth lap. The safety car was necessitated on lap seven due to Mailleux crashing heavily at Moorish Hill corner, damaging his car's left-hand side and was stranded in a dangerous position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nThe feeling on that cooling down lap was unbelievable. Very rarely am I an emotional guy in the car, but this was something special. I've won some big races and also the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, but this tops them all I think. It is the biggest race win of my career. It has been a fantastic weekend.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nOliver Jarvis on winning the 25th Macau Grand Prix held to Formula Three regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nThe safety car remained on track for three laps, until it was withdrawn at the start of lap 11. Jarvis maintained the lead at the restart. Oshima tried to pass Jarvis but became aware of his cold tyres. Tsukakoshi overtook Asmer for third heading towards Mandarin Bend, and immediately set about on capitalising on Oshima's error. Grosjean moved to eighth place, while Kennard became the race's final retirement when he struck the barrier at Lisboa corner, possibly caused by him being caught off guard on cold tyres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nTsukakoshi overtook Oshima on the outside heading towards Lisboa corner to claim second from his fellow countryman. Tsukakoshi then set himself after Jarvis while Mortara overtook Hartley for tenth. However, Jarvis maintained the first position for the rest of the event to win the Grand Prix and led all of the laps contested in the main race. Tsukakoshi followed 1.7 seconds later in second, while fellow Japanese driver Oshima took third. Off the podium, Asmer could not catch Oshima and settled for fourth. Streit and Bird were close behind each other in fifth and sixth with Jakes seventh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191995-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 Macau Grand Prix, Main race\nThe top ten was rounded out by Grosjean, Jelley and Mortara. Outside the top ten, Buemi finished 11th, having moved up 17 from his starting position. He was ahead of Hartley, Kobayashi, Van Dam, Guerrieri, Izawa, Van Der Zande, Grubm\u00fcller. Local drivers \u00c1vila, Cheong, Lei, Merszei. H\u00fclkenberg and Ho rounded out the 24 classified finishers and Jarvis lapped them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191996-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place in Macau from 2 to 7 October 2007. It had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191996-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament\nThe 2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold was the seventh tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Macau Open championships, which had been held since 2006. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Federation of Macau and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191996-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at IPM Multisport Pavilion in Macau.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191996-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix Gold event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191996-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$120,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191997-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau labour protest\nThe 2007 Macau labour protest (2007\u5e74\u6fb3\u9580\u52de\u52d5\u7bc0\u904a\u884c) was a large scale protest that occurred on Labour Day May 1, 2007 in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The event eventually turned violent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191997-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau labour protest, Protest to riot\nOn May 1, 2007, about 2,400 demonstrators turned out to decry official corruption and rail against illegal immigrants working in Macau's construction industry. Though some sources point to the event as having 5,000 participants and eventually grew to 10,000. Witnesses said scuffles erupted when protesters hurled water bottles at police and tried to break through police line. Local television stations showed police beating back protesters with batons and dragging away a number of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191997-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau labour protest, Protest to riot\nThe protest then turned into a riot. Public Security Police Force of Macau fired warning shots into the air to disperse the crowd. A passing motorcyclist was struck in the neck by one of the bullets. The 50-year-old man Leung Ngai-keong (\u6881\u6bc5\u5f37) survived, but this affected the reputation of the police. Riot police later confirmed five shots were fired into the air during the protest. The police chief said 10 people were arrested and 21 police officers were injured. Protesters carried banners calling for better labour protection. Some demanded the resignation of Edmund Ho, the Chief Executive of Macau, who was appointed by Beijing. The protest lasted about six hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191997-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau labour protest, Hong Kong response\nHK politician Leung Kwok-hung staged a protest in Macau Friday calling on Ho to punish the police officer who opened fire. Leung, accompanied by four members of the April Fifth Action group, marched from the Macau-Hong Kong Ferry Terminal to the Macau government headquarters at Avenida da Praia Grande. He and other Macau labor union representatives read out a statement asking the government to apologize for the incident and review its handling of protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191998-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest\nThe 2007 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest (2007\u5e74\u6fb3\u9580\u6c11\u4e3b\u56de\u6b78\u5927\u904a\u884c) was an anti-government protest that took place on December 20, 2007 in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The event coincided with the 8th anniversary of the Transfer of sovereignty of Macau that took place on the same date in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191998-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest, Protest\nEarlier in the year a large scale labour protest turned violent in May. This protest also followed one of the largest corruption case involving Ao Man-long of the Macau public works just a month before in November. Macau's leaders in 2007 were chosen by a 300-member committee of mostly Beijing loyalists. Only 12 of the city's 29 legislators are directly elected, while the rest are chosen by the leader and interest groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191998-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest, Protest\nThe December protest used the slogan \"oppose corrupt government, fight for democracy, protect people's livelihood, rebuild Macau's values, reestablish the memory of this generation.\" (\u53cd\u8caa\u8150\u3001\u722d\u6c11\u4e3b\u3001\u4fdd\u6c11\u751f\uff0c\u91cd\u5efa\u6fb3\u9580\u7684\u50f9\u503c\uff0c\u5171\u5275\u6211\u5011\u9019\u4e00\u4ee3\u7684\u96c6\u9ad4\u8a18\u61b6). About 1,000 residents of Macau held a march to demand full democracy and protest against corruption. Police blocked off roads and kept close tabs on the protesters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 63], "content_span": [64, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00191999-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Macclesfield Borough Council election\nElections to Macclesfield Borough Council in England were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party kept overall control of the council with a majority of 16 seats. Overall turnout was 35.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election\nThe 2007 Machap by-election was held on 12 April 2007. The seat in the state assembly of Malacca, Malaysia, fell vacant after the incumbent, Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), died on 15 March that year. On 21 March 2007, the Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) announced 3 April 2007 as the nomination day and 12 April 2007 the election date. The MCA candidate, Lai Meng Chong eventually defeated the opposition candidate of Liou Chen Kuang, with a reduced majority compared to the previous 2004 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Background\nState assembly seat N.08 Machap lies in parliamentary seat P.135 Alor Gajah. As of the 2004 General Elections, Machap was a majority Chinese seat (45.6%), followed by Malays (38.3%), Indians (15.3%) and others (0.7%). In the 2004 election, the late Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam of the MCA, a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, garnered 5,847 votes, defeating Liou Chen Kuang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) (1,285 votes) by a majority of 4,562 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Candidates, Pre-nomination speculation\nThe English language daily The Star reported on 17 March 2007 that the opposition People's Justice Party (PKR) was the first to express interest in contesting the seat, with its information chief Tian Chua as the likely candidate. Meanwhile, on 20 March 2007, the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) declared it would not field a candidate in the by-election, citing the fact that the seat has traditionally been a DAP versus BN contest. The DAP and the ruling BN declined to comment on their plans until after Poh's funeral on 21 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Candidates, Pre-nomination speculation\nNonetheless, this did not stop the media from speculating. Those linked to Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn, the Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, MP for Alor Gajah and MCA vice-president, were named as possible BN candidates. The list included Fong's special assistant Ngow Dow Soon, his political secretary Lai Meng Chong and his private secretary Chew Chong Lin. From the opposition camp, besides PKR's Tian Chua, potential candidates from the DAP include Liou Chen Kuang, whom Poh had beaten in the last general election, or Tey Kok Kiew, special assistant to the party's secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Candidates, Pre-nomination speculation\nOn 22 March 2007, PKR and DAP reached an agreement, whereby PKR will yield the seat to DAP in the by-election, but will contest the seat in the next General Elections. PKR has also agreed to provide support to DAP but will not be directly involved in campaigning. Meanwhile, MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting announced on 26 March 2007 that an MCA Presidential Council meeting on 27 March 2007 will choose the BN's candidate. The chosen candidate will be revealed after obtaining formal approval from the BN chairman, incumbent Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Candidates, Nominated candidates\nOn 30 March 2007, the DAP announced its candidate for the seat in the 2004 General Elections, 33-year-old Liou Chen Kuang, will contest in the by-election. Liou, a businessman, was chosen again despite losing in the last election. He was chosen due to his \"knowledge of the local terrain\", grassroots support, and his willingness \"to serve Machap constituents\". The DAP also announced it would use the slogan Machap Demokrasi (Machap Democracy) to raise awareness among voters on the importance of democracy in Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Candidates, Nominated candidates\nThree days later, on 2 April 2007, the BN deputy chairman and incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak named a local MCA politician, 56-year-old Lai Meng Chong as the coalition's candidate for the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Candidates, Nomination day scuffle\nDuring nomination day on 3 April 2007, a scuffle occurred between DAP and BN supporters. Two DAP supporters were injured in the scuffle, which erupted after some name-calling and sloganeering. Following the incident, police arrested a man after receiving four reports, two from the injured man, and two each from a journalist and a photographer from the Tamil dailies Malaysian Nanban and Makkal Osai, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Election irregularities\nThe opposition parties had alleged that the country's election process was not transparent and could be manipulated. However, the EC chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman on 21 March 2007 denied the allegations and challenged political parties to take the commission to court on the matter. Despite the denial, the DAP described the EC's move of not fixing the elections on a weekend as an \"act of biasness to benefit the BN\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Election irregularities\nOn 27 March 2007, as an attempt to counter the opposition's grievances on the transparency of the election process, the EC announced that new, translucent plastic ballot boxes will be used in the by-elections, replacing the black metal ballot boxes used in previous elections. According to the EC, the new box is also lighter at only 500\u00a0grams, as compared to the metal box, which weighed 1.5\u00a0kg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Opposition boycott\nDue to alleged irregularities in the Malaysian election process, two major opposition parties, PAS and DAP, boycotted the January 2007 Batu Talam State by-election in Pahang, which the BN won after defeating an independent candidate. DAP's decision to now contest in Machap has led the BN to accuse opposition parties of being \"inconsistent\" with regards to boycotting elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Chinese support for the BN\nSome pundits opine that the Machap by-election, given the constituency's ethnic composition, may reflect support from the Chinese community for the ruling BN. Many Chinese voters abandoned the BN in the 2006 Sarawak state elections, BN's worst showing in a long time in the traditionally safe state, whereby nine seats, seven of which were predominantly Chinese, went to the opposition. The dissatisfaction was because of economic issues and a renewed push by some Malay BN politicians for more privileges under the Malaysian New Economic Policy. A December 2006 survey by independent social research outfit the Merdeka Centre, found that 60% of Chinese voters nationwide were open to voting for the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Chinese support for the BN\nSome pundits argue the by-election might not reflect the purported general sentiments of the Chinese. They believe that the DAP faces an uphill battle against the incumbent BN, as Machap is a rural constituency whereby local concerns predominate national issues and constituents are more conservative and less receptive to change. Furthermore, the deceased Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam was popular and had a good service record in Machap, having served for three consecutive terms and bringing tangible development in the constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Alleged DAP-PAS secret co-operation pact\nThe day before the election, Malaysiakini reported that BN had distributed 1,000 VCDs containing a video clip of a campaigner from the PKR stating that a vote for the DAP would be a vote for the Barisan Alternatif, a coalition comprising PKR and PAS. The DAP was a former member of the coalition, but pulled out after disagreement on PAS' advocacy of an Islamic state. MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn alleged the video was proof of the DAP's covert co-operation with PAS, and stated that BN had \"to let the people in Machap know that voting for DAP will help realise PAS' plan to turn Malaysia into a theocratic state\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Issues, Alleged DAP-PAS secret co-operation pact\nThe EC also stated that 50 PAS party flags had been removed, as PAS was not contesting the by-election. The DAP alleged that the flags had not been put up by PAS, and claimed that BN supporters had raised them. Confronted by the media on the DAP's claims, Fong denied any knowledge of such actions, calling it \"just speculation\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Election day\nVoter turnout was low in the morning, reaching only 23% by 11.00 am. However, turnout picked up at lunchtime, hitting 59.2% by 3.00pm. Weather conditions were generally favorable throughout the day with only scattered showers in late afternoon, which resulted in the relatively high turnout of 74.4% at the 5.00 pm close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Election day\nHowever, the day was marred by allegations of vote-buying against the BN made by the DAP. According to a DAP party worker, a tip-off was received by the party at around 12.00 pm that a vacant house was used to disburse vote-buying money. Voters were alleged to have received as much as RM200 (ca. US$58) from BN operatives. However, in an immediate reaction, MCA president Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting brushed off the allegation, calling the DAP's allegations baseless and made for \"political mileage\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Post-election controversy\nIn a post-election analysis, senior DAP leader Tony Pua alleged that although BN and Lai had been caught in the act offering to renovate houses and passing out free food and drinks, in direct contravention of electoral laws, the Election Commission had taken no action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192000-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Machap by-election, Post-election controversy\nThe DAP later filed a complaint with the EC over the alleged vote-buying incidents, including claims that the government had announced development projects to secure support. The EC chairman rejected the latter allegation, stating that such actions were legal and within the government's discretion. MCA president Ong also rejected the claims, saying it was common for the opposition to make such allegations after electoral defeats, and accused the DAP of being contradictory in first blaming the government for not developing Machap, but later saying the development was vote-buying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192001-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Madeiran regional election\nA regional election was held in Madeira on 6 May 2007, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was a snap election, as it was original schedule to only happen in October 2008. The election was called after the President of the Regional Government, Alberto Jo\u00e3o Jardim, resigned after his government clashed with the Socialist Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 S\u00f3crates due to the new regional finance law approved by the S\u00f3crates government. Jardim defended that the new law was harmful for Madeira's interests. By this time, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) had been in power, nonstop, since 1976.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192001-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Madeiran regional election\nThe election was a huge landslide for the PSD and Alberto Jo\u00e3o Jardim. He won one of the biggest landslides in Madeira electoral history, winning more than 64% of the votes and 70% of the members of the regional parliament. The PSD won, once again, in all 11 municipalities of the region. The Socialists suffered a huge setback in these elections winning just 15% of the votes and 7 seats, although the number of total members was reduced to 47 due to a new electoral system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192001-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Madeiran regional election\nThe smaller parties, CDS, CDU and BE, also saw their shares decrease and CDU, led by the Portuguese Communist Party, was able to pull ahead of the People's Party (CDS-PP). The Left Bloc (BE) had, like CDU, minor losses and was able to hold on to their sole seat. But other smaller parties gained representation for the first time. The Earth Party (MPT) and the New Democracy Party (PND) gained, both, one seat and polled above 2%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192001-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Madeiran regional election\nTurnout in these elections increased very slightly compared with 3 years ago, with 60.8% of voters casting a ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192001-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Madeiran regional election, Electoral system\nBefore this election, members of the regional parliament were elected in 11 constituencies, representing the 11 municipalities of Madeira, that were awarded a determined number of member to elect according with the number of registered voters in those constituencies. The method used to elect the members was the D'Hondt method. For the 2007 elections, the system changed and members of the regional parliament would now be elected by a single constituency, coinciding with the territory of the Region. The method used, to elect members, would continue to be the D'Hondt method. The total number of members was also reduced from the 68, in the 2004 elections, to 47 in the 2007 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192001-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Madeiran regional election, Parties\nThe parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election\nThe 2007 Madrid City Council election, also the 2007 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election\nAlberto Ruiz-Gallard\u00f3n's People's Party (PP) went on to win the largest victory achieved by a candidate in a municipal election in Madrid to date, with over 55% of the votes and nearly 60% of the seats. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) plummeted barely above 1995 levels, while United Left (IU) recovered from its negative result in 2003 and gained support for the first time since 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system\nThe City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Madrid, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system\nVoting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system\nThe mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election, Electoral system\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Madrid, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192002-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrid City Council election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 29 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election\nThe 2007 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Assembly of the Community of Madrid. All 120 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. Because regional elections in the Community of Madrid were mandated for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, the October 2003 snap election did not alter the term of the four-year legislature starting in May 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election\nEsperanza Aguirre was re-elected for a second term in office, with the People's Party (PP) winning a record absolute majority comprising almost 56% of the seats in the Assembly. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) obtained one of the worst party results since 1995, resulting in Rafael Simancas resigning as Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Madrid shortly thereafter. United Left (IU) continued on its rising trend and won 2 additional seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nVoting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights. All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous ordinary election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Parties and candidates\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Parties and candidates\nBelow is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 61 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (56 until 21 November 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Results, Elected legislators\nThe following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192003-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Madrilenian regional election, Aftermath\nInvestiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority\u2014more than half the votes cast\u2014to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority\u2014more affirmative than negative votes\u2014to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192004-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round\n2007 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on June 30 and July 1, 2007 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the fourth race of the 2007 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2007 French Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192005-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round was the final round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of October 5\u20137, 2007, at the 4.411 km Magny-Cours circuit in France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192006-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo)\nThe 2007 Magyar Kupa, known as (Hungarian: vodafone F\u00e9rfi Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons), is the 81st edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192006-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Final four\nThe final four was held on 29 and 30 December 2007 at the Sz\u0151nyi \u00fati uszoda in Budapest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192007-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maidstone Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192007-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Maidstone Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 27 seats, compared to 20 Liberal Democrats, 4 Labour and 4 independent councillors. 20 seats were up for election, with 2 of these in Bridge and South wards being by-elections after the resignation of the previous councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192007-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Maidstone Borough Council election, Background\nThe Conservatives held the seats of Detling and Thurnham and Sutton Valence and Langley without a contest after no other candidates stood in those seats. In total 64 candidates stood in the election, comprising 20 Conservatives, 16 Liberal Democrats, 11 Green party, 10 Labour, 5 independents and 2 British National Party. As well as the by-elections, 2 sitting councillors did not stand in the election, Liberal Democrat John Williams from Coxheath and Hunton ward and independent Janetta Sams from Harrietsham and Lenham ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192007-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Maidstone Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Liberal Democrats made a net gain of 1 seat from the Conservatives. This reduced the Conservatives to 26 seats and was a disappointment for them as Maidstone had been one of the party's top 10 targets in the 2007 local elections. Overall turnout in the election was 37.68%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192008-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maine Black Bears football team\nThe 2007 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their 15th season under head coach Jack Cosgrove, the Black Bears compiled a 4\u20137 record (3\u20135 against conference opponents) and finished fourth in the CAA's North Division. John Wormuth, Patrick McCrossan, and Bruno Dorismond were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game\nThe 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 78th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 10, 2007, at AT&T Park, the home of the NL's San Francisco Giants. It marked the third time that the Giants hosted the All Star Game since moving to San Francisco for the 1958 season. The 1961 and 1984 All Star Games were played at the Giants former home Candlestick Park, and the fourth overall in the Bay Area, with the Giants bay area rivals the Oakland Athletics hosting once back in 1987, and the second straight held in an NL ballpark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game\nThe American League defeated the National League by a score of 5\u20134. Ichiro Suzuki won the MVP award for the game for hitting the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star history. As per the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the American League champion (which eventually came to be the Boston Red Sox) received home field advantage in the 2007 World Series. The victory was the 10th consecutive (excluding the 2002 tie) for the AL, and their 11-game unbeaten streak is only beaten by the NL's 11-game winning streak from 1972 to 1982 in All-Star history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background\nAs with each All-Star Game since 1970, the eight starting position players (with no designated hitter due to playing in an NL stadium) of each league were elected by fan balloting. The remaining players were selected by a players' vote, each league's team manager, and a second fan balloting to add one more player to each roster. In all, 32\u00a0players were selected to each league's team, not including players who decline to play due to injuries or personal reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background\nThe Giants were awarded the game on February 9, 2005. The game marked the first time since 1962 that one league hosted consecutive All-Star Games, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hosted the game in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Background\nThe game was the fifth straight All-Star Game to decide home-field advantage in the World Series. The AL entered the game on a ten-game unbeaten streak (nine wins, with one tie in 2002). The NL was looking for their first win since the 1996 game in Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Starters\nBalloting for the 2007 All-Star Game starters (excluding pitchers) began on April 27 and continued through June 28. The top vote-getters at each position and the top three among outfielders are named the starters for their respective leagues. The results were announced on July 1. About 18.5\u00a0million votes were cast by close to 12 million fans. Alex Rodriguez was the leading vote-getter with 3,890,515\u00a0votes, easily outpacing his Yankees teammate Derek Jeter by over 700,000\u00a0votes. Ken Griffey, Jr., was the top vote-getter in the National League, with 2,986,818\u00a0votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Final roster spot\nAfter the rosters were announced, a second round of fan voting, the Monster All-Star Final Vote, was commenced to determine the occupant of the final roster spot for each team. This round lasted until July 5. Chris Young and Hideki Okajima were elected to represent the National League and American League, respectively, in the All-Star Game as first time All-Stars. All ten players included in the balloting were pitchers, a first for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 74], "content_span": [75, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters\nPlayers in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters, National League\nThese players did not see action in the game. Voted onto the roster through the All-Star Final Vote. Unable to play due to injury. Brandon Webb took his roster spot. Unable to play due to injury. Roy Oswalt took his roster spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 66], "content_span": [67, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game\nO Canada was played by members of the San Francisco Symphony. The Star-Spangled Banner was sung by Chris Isaak. Before the game, there was a tribute to former San Francisco Giants slugger Willie Mays. Mays threw the ceremonial first pitch to New York Mets shortstop Jos\u00e9 Reyes. Paula Cole sang God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch. The first pitch was thrown by the National League's starter, Jake Peavy at 8:54 EDT The game was completed in 3 hours, 6 minutes under an overcast sky and a gametime temperature of 68\u00a0\u00b0F (20\u00a0\u00b0C).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 46], "content_span": [47, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Umpires\nUmpires for the game were announced on June 14. Bruce Froemming, the most tenured current umpire in Major League Baseball, was named crew chief for the game. It was also revealed that day that Froemming would retire following the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe National League got things started in the bottom of the first when Jos\u00e9 Reyes led off with a base hit off American League starter Dan Haren and proceeded to steal second. He scored on an RBI single by Ken Griffey, Jr. to give the NL a 1\u20130 lead. Barry Bonds nearly gave his hometown fans something to cheer for in the bottom of the third when, with Reyes on second, he lofted a high fly ball to left field, but it was snared at the warning track by Magglio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe AL nearly tied the game in the fourth when Alex Rodriguez attempted to score on a two-out single by Iv\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez. However, the throw to home plate by Griffey allowed Russell Martin to tag Rodriguez out at the plate to end the inning. The AL would score one inning later when, after Chris Young issued a leadoff walk to Brian Roberts, Ichiro Suzuki hit a long fly ball off the right field wall. Instead of caroming straight to Griffey, the ball took an unusual bounce off a sign and ricocheted to Griffey's right. This allowed Ichiro to score on what is still the only inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history. The homer gave the AL a 2\u20131 lead and resulted in Ichiro's MVP win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe lead would be augmented in the sixth when Carl Crawford hit a line drive that just cleared the right field wall for a home run. Though it appeared a fan may have reached over the wall to catch it, NL manager Tony La Russa did not challenge the umpires' call. The NL got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Carlos Beltr\u00e1n led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Griffey. The AL added some insurance runs in the eighth when V\u00edctor Mart\u00ednez hit a two-run home run just inside the left field foul pole to give the AL a 5\u20132 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nThe American League's closers then entered the game, with Jonathan Papelbon pitching a scoreless bottom of the eighth. In the ninth, J.\u00a0J. Putz tried to earn the save and began by inducing a weak pop-up and striking out Brian McCann. Pinch-hitter Dmitri Young rolled a ground ball deep in the hole to Brian Roberts, but he could not come up with it. Alfonso Soriano followed with a two-run home run to right field to cut the NL's deficit to one. After Putz walked J. J. Hardy, AL manager Jim Leyland replaced him with Francisco Rodr\u00edguez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary\nHowever, Rodriguez had trouble consistently locating his pitches and walked Derrek Lee on a check-swing 3\u20132 pitch and then Orlando Hudson to load the bases. In a move that drew criticism, La Russa elected not to pinch-hit his last player on the bench, Albert Pujols, and instead let Aaron Rowand hit. Rowand lofted a fly ball to right field that was caught by Alex R\u00edos to close the game, earning the American League their tenth consecutive victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nThe State Farm Home Run Derby was held the night before the All-Star Game, July 9, and broadcast on ESPN. Four players from each league competed to hit as many home runs as they could in each round to advance and eventually win the contest. This year, a five-swing swing-off would be used to break ties occurring in any round. This became necessary when Albert Pujols and Justin Morneau tied for fourth in the first round. The champion of last year's Derby, Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies, competed even though he was not named to the NL All-Star roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nIn the finals, Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeated Alex R\u00edos of the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 3\u20132. Guerrero hit 17 home runs in all, second only to R\u00edos' 19. Guerrero also hit the longest blast of the competition, a 503-foot (153\u00a0m) drive to left field that just missed hitting a giant replica glove and baseball set up on the concourse beyond the left field bleachers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nAT&T Park is distinguished by having the San Francisco Bay beyond its right field bleachers. The body of water located adjacent to the ballpark is known as McCovey Cove, named for legendary Giants slugger Willie McCovey. McCovey Cove is known for having many fans sitting in the water in kayaks and boats hoping to retrieve a long home run ball hit there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nThough dozens of fans waited in the cove during the Derby, no home runs were actually hit into the water, either on the fly or off the promenade next to the right field seats, though, one foul ball hit by Prince Fielder did reach the water. This was largely due to the three left-handed competitors all exiting in the first round, as well as wind currents blowing toward left field. Prior to the All-Star break, a total of 58 home runs were hit into the cove on the fly during the park's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nGold balls were utilized whenever any player had one out remaining during his round. Any home runs hit with the balls meant Major League Baseball and State Farm would pledge to donate money to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Due to the change in sponsors from Century 21 to State Farm, each ball's value was reduced to US$17,000 to reflect the 17,000 State Farm agents in the United States and Canada. In all, twelve gold ball home runs were hit, which, along with a $50,000 \"bonus\" constituted $254,000 raised for charity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Home Run Derby\nRecorded only seven of ten outs before hitting winning home run. Advanced after defeating Morneau 2\u20131 in a swing-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192009-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Futures Game\nThe 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game took place on July 8, showcasing the top minor league prospects from all thirty teams' farm systems. The contest is seven innings regardless of the score with pitchers limited to no more than one inning of work. The World team defeated the United States by a score of 7\u20132. Chin-Lung Hu of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization won the Larry Doby MVP award after driving in two runs on a single and double, plus a stolen base and a run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby\nThe 2007 State Farm Home Run Derby was a 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game event. The Home Run Derby was held on July 9 at AT&T Park, the home field of the San Francisco Giants. As usual, the competition had eight competitors, seven of whom were eliminated over three rounds. The Home Run Derby was seen July 9 on ESPN at 8 p.m. EST. Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim beat Alex R\u00edos of the Toronto Blue Jays 3\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Competitors\nThe eight competitors were 2006 winner Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies, Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins, Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers, Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels, Magglio Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez of the Detroit Tigers, Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals (who last participated in 2003), Alex R\u00edos of the Toronto Blue Jays and Matt Holliday of the Colorado Rockies, who replaced the Florida Marlins' Miguel Cabrera, who was injured in a game on July 7 after being announced as a participant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules\nAny ball that is swung at by the batter must be hit over the outfield fence in fair territory to be ruled a home run. A swing and a miss is an out, but if the batter doesn't swing, no out is recorded. In the event of a tie, a swing-off will be held. The contestant with the most home runs in five swings advances. If there is still a tie after five swings, each contestant will be given three swings to break the tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 48], "content_span": [49, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules, Round One\nEach contestant gets ten outs. The top four home run hitters advance on to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules, Round Two\nTotals from the first round carry over. Each batter again receives ten outs. The top two advance to the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules, Round Three\nHome run totals do not carry over for this round. As in the first two rounds, both hitters have ten outs. The competitor who has the most home runs at the end of the round is the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192010-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Competition\nRecorded only seven of ten outs before hitting winning home run. Advanced after defeating Morneau 2-1 in a swing-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192011-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball draft\nThe 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players and was held on June 7, 2007 and June 8, 2007. The first day session of the draft included the first 25 rounds and was scheduled to be broadcast \"live\" from Orlando, Florida on television for the first time, on ESPN2 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (1800\u20132200 UTC). Previously the conference call format draft was broadcast live, along with commentary, on both draft days exclusively from the MLB.com website as streaming audio. In total, the draft featured 50 rounds and 1453 selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192011-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball draft, Background\nRoss Detwiler was the first 2007 draftee to play in the major leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192011-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball draft, Background\nDavid Price became the first player from the 2007 draft to be the starting pitcher of an All-Star Game in 2010. He was also the first pitcher to pitch in the Post-Season and World Series pitching in relief for the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series. He was also the first player in this draft to win a Cy Young Award (which he won in 2012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192011-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball draft, Background\nJason Heyward became the first position player from the 2007 draft to be a starter of an All-Star Game in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192011-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball draft, Background\nRick Porcello was the first player from the 2007 draft to be named as a starter at the outset of the season from Spring training. He initially started the 2009 season in the 5th rotation spot for the Detroit Tigers but by mid-season was promoted to the 3rd starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192011-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball draft, Background\nMadison Bumgarner was the first 2007 draftee to win the World Series and did so in the World Series with the San Francisco Giants in 2010. He also was the first player to win the World Series MVP award (which he won in 2014).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season\nThe 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series; the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, which was won by the Mets, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season\nThe regular season concluded with seven teams entering the postseason who had failed to reach the 2006 playoffs including all National League teams, with only the New York Yankees returning; a dramatic one-game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres; and the largest September collapse for a leading team in baseball history, with the Mets squandering a 7-game lead with 17 to play, losing on the final day of the regular season, and the Philadelphia Phillies capturing the National League East for the first time since 1993. The season ended on October 28, with the Boston Red Sox sweeping the World Series over the Rockies, four games to none.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season\nA special exhibition game known as the \"Civil Rights Game\" was played on March 31 in AutoZone Park in Memphis, Tennessee, between the Cardinals and the Cleveland Indians to celebrate the history of civil rights in the United States. The 2007 season commemorates the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's entry into the game, breaking the color barrier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season\nFor the fourth consecutive season, MLB regular season attendance increased by comparison with the previous year. In 2007, an all-time attendance record of 79,502,524 (32,785 per game) was set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Postseason, Bracket\nNote: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Accomplishments, Barry Bonds surpasses Hank Aaron\nBarry Bonds, left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, surpassed Hank Aaron as the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball history with his 756th career home run off Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals in the fifth inning of their game August 7 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. The 3\u20132 pitch with one out and nobody on base was hit at 8:51 PM US PDT and according to was estimated to have gone 422 feet. However, the Nationals came back and won the game, 8\u20136. Through his final home game (and last game of the season), on September 26, Bonds has hit 762 home runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Accomplishments, Barry Bonds surpasses Hank Aaron\nThe baseball that was hit for the record was caught by Mets fan Matt Murphy, who put the ball up for auction online. The winning bidder was fashion designer Marc Ecko, who purchased the baseball for $752,467 (US) and let fans decide what to do with it in an internet poll. Options included donating the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame as-is, donating it marked with an asterisk (reflecting the widely held belief that Bonds used performance-enhancing drugs to break the record), or sending the baseball into space.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Accomplishments, Barry Bonds surpasses Hank Aaron\nThe vote decided that an asterisk would be added, and the ball donated to Cooperstown. In an interview that aired on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann on November 1 and 2, Bonds stated to interviewer Jim Gray that if the ball were to be put on display with the asterisk, he would boycott his own Hall of Fame induction if he were elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Accomplishments, Other accomplishments, No-hitters\nThree no-hitters were pitched during the 2007 regular season. This is the most in a single season since the three pitched in 2001. All three no-hitters in 2007 were in the American League, which is the most in a single league since the record-tying 1991 season when the two leagues combined for seven no-hitters (4 AL, 3 NL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 85], "content_span": [86, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, All-Star game\nOn July 10, 2007, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, the American League defeated the National League by a score of 5\u20134. The victory was the tenth consecutive (excluding the 2002 tie) for the AL, and their eleven-game unbeaten streak matches only the NL's streak from 1972 to 1982 in All-Star history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Ceremonial games, Jackie Robinson\nOn April 15, Major League Baseball celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the debut of Jackie Robinson at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, breaking the color barrier. Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. asked Robinson's widow, Rachel, and commissioner Bud Selig for permission to wear Robinson's number 42 in honor of him. He was granted permission, and Selig later said that any player who wanted to wear number 42 on his jersey could. The jersey was worn without the players' name on the back, as was the case when Robinson played with the Brooklyn Dodgers. All jerseys that were worn were auctioned off with all the proceeds donated to the Jackie Robinson Foundation, an organization which awards scholarships to African-American high school graduates to further themselves in colleges academically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Ceremonial games, Jackie Robinson\nThe Dodgers, Cardinals, and Brewers elected to have the entire team wear number 42 in his honor. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Phillies, and Astros were also scheduled to share that honor, but their games were postponed due to rain. The Phillies and Astros honored Robinson on April 23 when they made up their postponed game as originally planned, while the Pirates waited until April 27 to honor Robinson by wearing #42 as a team against the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 68], "content_span": [69, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Ceremonial games, Larry Doby\nOn August 10, the Cleveland Indians paid tribute to Larry Doby, the first African-American to play in the American League at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Every player on the Indians wore number 14, the number Doby wore during his career with the Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Farewells\nThe Nationals played their final game at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium on September 23, beating the Phillies 5\u20133. The team's new home, Nationals Park, formally opened on March 30, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Farewells\nThe Tampa Bay franchise played its last season as the Devil Rays. In 2008, the name was shortened to Tampa Bay Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Josh Hancock\nJosh Hancock, a relief pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, died on April 29 in a car accident outside St. Louis, Missouri. The 29-year-old pitcher was killed within a couple of minutes after impact when the SUV he was driving crashed into a towing vehicle on Interstate 64. This marks the second time in five years that a Cardinals pitcher lost his life before a game, the other being Darryl Kile, who died suddenly on June 22, 2002. The team postponed their game scheduled for later that day against the Chicago Cubs to pay respect to Hancock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192012-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Baseball season, Josh Hancock\nA police report revealed that Hancock was intoxicated at the time of his fatal accident with a blood-alcohol level of 0.157, nearly double the legal limit in Missouri. Police also found 8.55\u00a0grams of marijuana along with a glass smoking pipe in his vehicle, although toxicology tests later proved no drugs were in his system except alcohol. In addition, Hancock was talking on a cell phone when the accident occurred and was not wearing a seatbelt. An accident reconstruction team determined that Hancock was driving 68\u00a0mph in a 55\u00a0mph zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season\nThe 2007 Major League Lacrosse season was the seventh season of the league. The season began on May 12 and concluded with the championship game on August 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, General information\nIn November 2006, the Baltimore Bayhawks relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Bayhawks. They played 5 of their 6 games at Multi-Sport Field and 1 at George Mason Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, General information\nChicago won for the first time in franchise history on June 2 defeating Denver. The Machine had lost a league record 13 consecutive games (including all 12 games in 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, Regular season\nW = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, 2ptGF = 2 point Goals For, GA = Goals Against, 2ptGA = 2 point Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, Regular season\nPhiladelphia finished first in the East over Rochester based on a better conference record (8\u20132 vs. 7\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, Regular season\nBoston finished 3rd in the East based on combine record against Long Island and Washington: 3\u20131 (2\u20130 against Washington, and 1\u20131 against Long Island). Long Island finished 4th based on combine record against Boston and Washington: 2\u20132 (1\u20131 against Washington 1\u20131 against Boston) and Washington finished 5th based on combine record against Boston and Long Island: 1\u20133 (1\u20131 against Long Island and 0\u20132 against Boston).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, All Star Game\nJuly 8 at Harvard Stadium in BostonEastern Conference All Stars 19\u201312 Western Conference All StarsMVP Matt Poskay (Boston) for the Eastern Conference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 48], "content_span": [49, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs\nThe 2007 NB Zip Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend took place August 25\u201326 at PAETEC Park in Rochester, New York", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs\nSemi FinalsAugust 25 @PAETEC Park, Rochester, New YorkPhiladelphia 13\u201312(OT) DenverLos Angeles 15\u201314 Rochester", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192014-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs\nChampionship August 27@PAETEC Park, Rochester, New YorkPhiladelphia 16\u201313 Los Angeles", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season\nThe 2007 Major League Soccer season was the 12th season in the history of Major League Soccer. The season began on April 7 and concluded with MLS Cup 2007 on November 18, 2007 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season\nFor the first time in MLS history, the same two clubs consecutively won the MLS Cup title and the MLS Supporters' Shield honor. The 2007 MLS Cup champions were Houston Dynamo who defeated New England Revolution in the final. D.C. United won the MLS Supporters' Shield edging Chivas USA by two points for the regular season honor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season\nNew England, Houston, and D.C. United earned berths into the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League for their performances in the regular season and playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Changes from the 2006 Season\nThe 2007 season was often cited as the first season in the modern-era of Major League Soccer. Most notably, the regular season decreased from 32 matches to 30, emphasizing the importance of matches during this time window, as well as boosting the credibility for the MLS Supporters' Shield. This year marked the inaugural season for expansion franchise, Toronto FC who began play in the Eastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Changes from the 2006 Season\nFor the 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, the top two clubs in each conference automatically qualified for the playoffs, down from four. Additionally, the next four highest remaining point totals regardless of conference qualified via wild-card berth. The change allowed a single table to determine the entire playoff field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Changes from the 2006 Season\nStarting this season, MLS clubs were allowed to sell advertisements on the front of their jerseys. Six MLS clubs took advantage of the opportunity. Local corporations XanGo and Amigo Energy became the kit sponsors of Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo, respectively. More national brands such as BMO, Comex and Herbalife became the sponsors of Toronto FC, Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy, respectively. The international recognized brand, Red Bull became the shirt sponsor of New York Red Bulls, whom they owned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Changes from the 2006 Season\nTwo new soccer-specific stadiums opened this season. The Colorado Rapids moved into Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Denver-suburb of Commerce City, Colorado. Before the season began, BMO Field opened for expansion side, Toronto FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs\n1 The Kansas City Wizards earned the eighth and final playoff berth, despite finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference. They represent the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket, as only three teams in the Western Conference qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007\nD.C. UnitedDefeated Club Deportivo Olimpia in the QuarterfinalsLost Club Deportivo Guadalajara in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007\nHouston DynamoDefeated Puntarenas FC in the Quarterfinals.Lost C.F. Pachuca in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 89], "content_span": [90, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, SuperLiga 2007\nFC DallasFinished in fourth place and did not advance fromGroup A after going 0-1-2 in group play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, SuperLiga 2007\nD.C. UnitedRunner-up of Group B after going 1-1-1 in group play. Lost to Los Angeles Galaxy in Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, SuperLiga 2007\nHouston DynamoWinner of Group B after going 2-0-1 in group play. Lost to C.F. Pachuca on penalty kicks in the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, SuperLiga 2007\nLos Angeles GalaxyWinner of Group A after going 2-1-0 in group play.Defeated D.C. United in the SemifinalsLost to C.F. Pachuca on penalty kicks in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, International competitions, Copa Sudamericana 2007\nD.C. UnitedLost to Club Deportivo Guadalajara on away goals in the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nEight of the twelve U.S.-based MLS teams entered the tournament in the Third Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nD.C. UnitedLost to Harrisburg City Islanders in the Third Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nLos Angeles GalaxyLost to Richmond Kickers in the Third Round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nChivas USALost to Seattle Sounders (USL) in the Third Round", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nColorado RapidsDefeated California Victory in the Third Round. Lost to Seattle Sounders (USL) in the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nFC DallasDefeated Atlanta Silverbacks on penalty kicks in the Third Round,Defeated Charleston Battery after extra time in the Quarterfinals,Defeated Seattle Sounders (USL) after extra time in the Semifinals,Lost to New England Revolution in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup\nNew England RevolutionDefeated Rochester Raging Rhinos in the Third Round.Defeated Harrisburg City Islanders in the Quarterfinals.Defeated Carolina RailHawks after extra time in the Semifinals.Defeated FC Dallas in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192015-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Major League Soccer season, Other competitions, All-Star game\nThe 2007 MLS All-Star Game was held at Dick's Sporting Goods Parkin Commerce City, Colorado, home of the Colorado Rapids on July 19.The opponent was Celtic F.C. of the Scottish Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192016-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Makhmour bombing\nThe 13 May 2007 Makhmoor bombing was of suicide attack using a truck bomb that occurred on 13 May 2007, in the northern Iraqi town of Makhmour. At least 50 people were killed and about 70 people were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192017-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Madagascar on 4 April 2007. The proposed changes, which voters were asked to approve or reject as a whole, included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192017-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy constitutional referendum\nEarly results, with 73.18% of the vote counted, showed that turnout was around 42.43%. The referendum appeared likely to be passed because 74.93% of the voters in Antananarivo were in favour of the amendments, even though it seemed likely that in four of the five other provinces the \"no\" vote might have won. According to results released on 7 April, with votes from 85.47% of polling stations counted, 75.24% were in favor of the proposed changes. Roland Ratsiraka, who placed third in the 2006 presidential election and opposed the proposed changes, alleged fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192017-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy constitutional referendum\nOfficial results were released on 11 April, but it was necessary for the Constitutional High Court to validate the results in order for them to be final, and this happened on 27 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192017-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy constitutional referendum\nThe Judged By Your Work Party (AVI) chose to boycott the referendum, saying that it was deceitful for the referendum to describe a \"yes\" vote as being a vote for national development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 23 September 2007, with the vote to be repeated in two constituencies on 14 November 2007. 637 candidates contested the election, in which the 127 seats in the National Assembly were at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Background\nIn Toliara Province on 20 July 2007, President Marc Ravalomanana announced he would soon dissolve the National Assembly, leading to an early parliamentary election. Speaking to the press on July 24, Ravalomanana cited the need to adapt to the situation under the constitutional changes passed earlier this year as grounds for dissolving parliament before the end of its term in May 2008. The decision was finally announced on 26 July 2007 after a Council of Ministers meeting; the ministers had agreed to reduce the number of parliamentarians from 160 to 127 to be elected in the 119 districts of Madagascar across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Campaign\nAll candidacies had to be submitted by August 14. The High Constitutional Court released its official list of 1,542 validated candidates on August 23. The ruling Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) was the only party with candidates in all constituencies; these candidates included only about a fifth of the TIM deputies in the previous National Assembly. About 20 of the deputies not nominated by TIM as candidates ran as independents instead; TIM President Razoarimihaja Solofonantenaina described them as \"not serious challengers\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Campaign\nSeven ministers in the government were nominated as TIM candidates: Yvan Randriasandratriniony, Minister near the Presidency in charge of Decentralization, in Fianarantsoa I; Koto Bernard, Minister of the Environment, in Ifanadiana; Robinson Jean Louis, Minister of Health, in Alaotra-Mangoro; Patrick Ramiaramanana, Minister of Energy, in Antananarivo I; Andriamparany Radavidson, Minister of Finance, in Antananarivo IV; Donat Olivier Andriamahefamparany, Minister of Mines, in Antananarivo V; and Harifidy Ramilison, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, in Fort-Dauphin. Many criticized the candidacies of these ministers because they were expected to remain in the government after the election, leaving their National Assembly seats to their substitutes. Another notable TIM candidate was former Prime Minister Jacques Sylla on \u00cele Sainte-Marie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Campaign\nAn alliance of opposition parties agreed to nominate a single candidate for each constituency, but although they reached a consensus on single candidates in some constituencies, in most cases they did not. One notable opposition candidate is Jean Lahiniriko, who was elected as a TIM candidate in the December 2002 parliamentary election and became President of the National Assembly before having a falling out with the ruling party and running against Ravalomanana in the December 2006 presidential election. He stood as a candidate in the parliamentary election for his new party, the Socialist and Democratic Party for the Unity of Madagascar (PSDUM), in the Betioky South constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe former ruling party AREMA was divided on whether to contest the election. The faction of the party associated with former president Didier Ratsiraka chose not to participate, unlike the faction associated with Pierrot Rajaonarivelo. The Ratsiraka faction sought to prevent the Rajaonarivelo faction's participation, but on August 23 the High Constitutional Court ruled that it could participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe election campaign began on September 8 and continued for two weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Campaign\nThere were about 7.5 million registered voters in this election and 17,586 polling stations across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Conduct\nObservers from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the African Union gave a positive appraisal of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Conduct\nVoter turnout was low, particularly in urban areas; in some of the Antananarivo constituencies it was as low as 20%, and there were similarly low numbers in some other cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Results\nProvisional results on September 24 showed TIM winning all six of the constituencies in Antananarivo, the capital, where each constituency is represented by two deputies. In the city of Toamasina, considered an opposition stronghold, TIM candidate Pierrot Botozaza was victorious. TIM also won in the cities of Fianarantsoa and Antsiranana, but in one of the main cities it suffered a defeat, with its candidate losing to an independent candidate, Harinjatovo Rakotondramanana (\"Hary Kalizy\"), in the Mahajanga I constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Results\nComplete provisional results were released by the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reform on September 28. These results showed TIM winning 106 of the 127 seats; the remaining seats were won by independent candidates or regional parties, except for that of Befandriana-Avaratra constituency, which was won by LEADER-Fanilo candidate Jonah Parfait Prezaly, and that of Benenitra constituency, which was won by Liaraike candidate Gaston Rakotobezanahary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Results\nThe High Constitutional Court confirmed the results on October 13, making them official. It annulled the election in two constituencies, Bealanana and Mananara Avaratra, requiring the election to be held over again there. In Bealanana, TIM candidate Julien Ramanandray had won with 42.90% of the vote according to the provisional results, while in Mananara Avaratra, opposition independent candidate Boniface Zakahely had won with 44.68% of the vote according to the provisional results. Zakahely said that the government was trying to keep him out of the National Assembly, but he vowed to win the revote regardless. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison for assault and battery by the Court of Appeal of Toamasina on November 7. The vote was repeated in the two annulled constituencies on 14 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe new National Assembly began sitting on October 23, having been delayed by one week. When the new session of the National Assembly began, Jacques Sylla was elected as the President of the National Assembly; he was the only candidate and received 123 votes from the 124 participating deputies. Ravalomanana named a new government on October 27. Ministers Donat Andriamahefamparany and Koto Bernard, who were elected to the National Assembly, left their posts; Deputy Minister Harifidy Ramilison, the only one of the seven ministers running in the election to be defeated, was also excluded from the government on this occasion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192018-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Malagasy parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn November 21, the High Constitutional Court announced the final results of the partial election: in Mananara Avaratra, Boniface Zakahely won again in the rerun with 62.75% of the vote, while in Bealanana, TIM was defeated by Antoko Miombona Ezaka candidate Lazafeno, who won 52.61% of the vote. The Court ordered candidates who received at least 10% of the vote to be compensated for the expense of printing ballot papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192019-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malawian political crisis\nThe 2007 Malawian political crisis was started when the Supreme Court of Malawi ruled on 15 June 2007 that the speaker of the National Assembly of Malawi, Louis Chimango, had the power to expel MPs who had changed their party affiliation since their election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192019-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Malawian political crisis\nThis ruling was set to have an enormous impact because the incumbent President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika formed his Democratic Progressive Party as a split from the United Democratic Front after the last election, meaning that if Chimango expelled most of the DPP lawmakers, Mutharika would lose his majority in the National Assembly, making a move to impeach him very likely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192019-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 Malawian political crisis\nWhen the possible impeachment was very close in the session of 3 July 2007, about 41 parliamentarians who would have been victim of this so-called Section 65 clause obtained an injunction against the speaker to prevent him from impeaching them; as chaos erupted in parliament, the speaker postponed the session sine die. On 23 July, parliament got together again to tackle the impeachment issue as well as next year's budget; President Mutharika threatened with early general elections. The injunction also expired on that date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192019-0000-0003", "contents": "2007 Malawian political crisis\nParliament was then suspended indefinitely as there was no agreement reached on 24 July as to how to proceed regarding the 2007/2008 budget; as the interim budget had only been passed until 31 July 2007, however, it remains to be seen whether the suspension is kept up. In another turn, concerned citizens sued the National Assembly for violating their right to development by failing to pass a budget; according to the chairman of the Malawi Law Society, the suit has good chances of being acted on by the High Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192019-0000-0004", "contents": "2007 Malawian political crisis\nThe president started ruling by decree on 1 August, ordering the allocation of funds in lieu of an actual budget. The SADC Parliamentary Forum has suggested it would be willing to mediate in the crisis. On August 7, the chief justice of the Supreme Court issued an injunction allowing the opposition MPs to continue blocking the budget. Critics have asserted that it would take half a year to organise the large number of by-elections which would ensue if all MPs who had crossed the floor were expelled. The injunction was lifted on 8 August, after public protests ensued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192019-0000-0005", "contents": "2007 Malawian political crisis\nOn 14 August, Mutharika set a deadline of two days for the parliament to discuss the budget, threatening to \"close down parliament\" otherwise. The crisis finally stopped on 23 August, when the opposition parties agreed to stop their fight for section 65, stating that it had been misinterpreted as a fight against the budget.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192020-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia FA Cup\nThe 2007 Malaysia FA Cup was the 18th season of the Malaysia FA Cup. The competition began on 6 February 2007, and ended with the final on 30 June 2007. Batu Kawan Stadium hosted the final match. A record 22 teams competed in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192020-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia FA Cup\nThe tournament was won by Kedah, who defeated Perlis 4\u20132 in a penalty shoot-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192020-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia FA Cup, Quarter-finals\nThe first legs were played on 15 May and 22 May. The second legs were played on 29 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192020-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia FA Cup, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matches were played on 16 June and 23 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192020-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia FA Cup, Final\nThe final was held at Batu Kawan Stadium, Penang on the June 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192021-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia Super Series\nThe 2007 Malaysia Open Super Series (officially known as the Proton Malaysia Super Series 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 16 to 21 January 2007 and had a total purse of $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192021-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 Malaysia Open Super Series was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192021-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192021-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192021-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysia Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race, held on 8 April 2007 at the Sepang International Circuit and the second race of the 2007 Formula One World Championship. Reigning world champion Fernando Alonso won the race from second on the grid, with McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton finishing second. This marked McLaren's first one-two finish since the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix. Previous race winner Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen finished third. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa started the race from pole position, but was passed by both McLarens in the first two corners of the first lap, eventually finishing in fifth place behind BMW's Nick Heidfeld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix\nThe Malaysian race was the first at which the two different tyre types used during the race were differentiated by a white stripe painted into the tread of the softer type, helping spectators to understand the race strategy of each driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix was held at the Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur on 8 April, with practice and qualification for the race held on the two preceding days. It was preceded by a test session at the Sepang circuit attended by all the teams except the small Dutch team Spyker, who believed that it would not be possible to try upgrades on their car in time for the race. The test was scheduled to begin on 27 March 2007 and last for three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe teams, which are all based in Europe, arrived at the test directly from the Australian Grand Prix, held nine days previously. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen (Scuderia Ferrari) and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) set the fastest times on the first, second and third days of the test, respectively; the final day saw partly wet conditions. Due to the poor weather, the teams agreed to extend the testing by one day, with Heikki Kovalainen (Renault F1) fastest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe issue of teams using 'customer cars', that is cars obtained from other teams, surfaced before the race when Spyker protested the Scuderia Toro Rosso (STR) team's use of cars they claimed had been designed by STR's sister team, Red Bull Racing. The Concorde Agreement, which dictates the terms by which the teams compete in the Formula One world championship, requires teams to design their own cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Malaysian stewards rejected the protest, with the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA, the sport's governing body) stating that \"it would be entirely inappropriate for the Stewards to involve themselves in a matter being dealt with at the instigation and election of the Protestor, Spyker\". Red Bull threatened legal action over Spyker's possession of their car designs to use as evidence against STR, but nothing materialised. The FIA did not investigate how Spyker obtained Red Bull's car designs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe FIA introduced more stringent tests on the cars at the Malaysian race to ensure floor mounting systems used by Ferrari and BMW Sauber were not in breach of the regulations. After the first race of the season in Australia, the McLaren team had requested clarification of the rules regarding systems that allowed the front of the car's undertray to move upwards under aerodynamic loading at high speed. Autosport magazine reported that this movement would potentially increase straight line speed. Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen said the performance of the Ferrari F2007 car would not be compromised in any way by the required modifications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Malaysian race was the first at which the tyre compounds used on the cars were differentiated by a white stripe painted in the tyre treads. Since the beginning of the 2007 Formula One season, teams had been obliged to use two different kinds of tyre on each car during the race: a 'prime' tyre and an 'option' tyre. The prime tyre has a harder rubber compound and the option tyre a softer one. In general terms, a softer tyre is likely to grip better and provide a higher cornering speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nConversely, a harder tyre will often be slower, but may last longer. Formula One cars typically use between two and four sets of tyres during a race and using harder tyres may allow fewer pit stops to change tyres. Track conditions, the car characteristics or driving style can reduce or even reverse these differences. In Australia two weeks earlier, the softer tyres were marked with a small white circle to facilitate understanding of each driver's tyre strategy, but commentators and spectators were unable to distinguish the two compounds even at slow speeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe idea of the white stripe was tested during the test session a week before the Malaysian round of the season. The white stripe was applied with paint marker pens. Over the weekend 160 pens were used. Overall reaction to this system was positive, with the Williams team's technical director Sam Michael, who came up with the initial idea, calling it a \"pretty good solution\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe race was preceded by three practice sessions. Ferrari's Felipe Massa set the pace in the first of two 90-minute practice sessions on Friday, with a time of 1:34.972, edging out McLaren's Fernando Alonso by three-tenths of a second. Alonso's teammate Hamilton was third, with Ferrari's other driver, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, just behind in fourth. Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber, Jarno Trulli, Kazuki Nakajima, Ralf Schumacher, and Robert Kubica rounded out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nMassa was comfortably fastest in Friday's second practice, setting a time of 1:35.780. The Renault team improved dramatically from first practice, with Giancarlo Fisichella second and Kovalainen third. R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was again fourth, followed by Rosberg, Alexander Wurz, Kubica and Schumacher. The McLarens of Hamilton and Alonso dropped to ninth and 12th respectively. McLaren boss Ron Dennis played down the times, saying the team was concentrating on tyre evaluation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nDennis's lack of concern was vindicated on Saturday, with Hamilton setting the fastest time in practice with a lap of 1:34.811. Massa finished the session a tenth of a second behind, with third placed Alonso a further half second behind. Kubica, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, Rosberg and Heidfeld followed, with Super Aguri driver Anthony Davidson eighth fastest. Super Aguri are regarded as a sister team to the Honda F1 works team, who set only the 17th and 19th fastest times. The 2007 Super Aguri is widely thought to be an updated version of Honda's 2006 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nThe qualifying session to determine the starting order for the race is held in three parts, six cars are eliminated after each of the first two parts. In the first part, the Spykers of Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil set the slowest times of all. Spyker technical director Mike Gascoyne admitted that the team had \"made a mistake\" in missing the test at Sepang a week earlier. Scott Speed (STR), Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri), Rubens Barrichello (Honda) and Alex Wurz (Williams) were also eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nDavidson blamed STR driver Vitantonio Liuzzi for obstructing his qualifying lap, stating \"he was pretty aware I was behind him\". Wurz was slowed by gear-selection problems in his Williams. At the front, McLaren driver Alonso set the fastest time with a 1:34.942. His teammate Hamilton was second fastest, with the Ferraris third and fifth, split by Kubica's BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nRain threatened during the second part. Although it did not materialise, all the drivers posted quick laps early on to avoid having to set a time on a wet track. Alonso was again fastest with a 1:34.057. Hamilton, both Ferraris, BMW Saubers, and Toyotas, as well as Rosberg (Williams) and Webber (Red Bull) also passed through to the final part. Kovalainen (Renault), Fisichella (Renault), Coulthard (Red Bull), Sato (Super Aguri), Button (Honda) and Liuzzi (STR) were eliminated. 2006 champions Renault failed to get either car into the final part. Team engineering director Pat Symonds noted that \"...the overall level of performance is disappointing, but we now have to knuckle down and make the most of the situation we find ourselves in.\" Button claimed Honda's grid position of 15th was the \"maximum we could possibly get\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn the final part of qualifying, Massa set the fastest time, taking pole position from second placed Alonso in the last few seconds as rain began to fall, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen completing the top three. Massa's lap of 1:35.043 marked tyre company Bridgestone's 100th pole position in Formula One. Hamilton came fourth, over half a second behind the leading three. He conceded inexperience was to blame, saying that there were \"some spots of rain on my visor, so I had to sort of let off\". Heidfeld qualified fifth, ahead of Nico Rosberg in sixth and teammate Kubica in seventh. The Toyotas of Trulli and Schumacher were eighth and ninth, with Webber completing the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nRace stewards initially imposed a 10-place penalty on Coulthard and Barrichello, for changing their engines prior to qualification. Since 2006, the engines of Formula One cars are required to last for two races. However, after further investigation they rescinded Coulthard's penalty, as he had retired from the previous race and his change had been made before the start of the race weekend. Barrichello's penalty stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nIn contrast to the rain-affected practice and qualifying sessions, the track was dry for the duration of the race. All of the drivers except Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli and the two Red Bull drivers started on the softer option tyre. The first lap was eventful: Alonso started better than polesitter Massa and was able to take the inside line into turn one and gain the lead. Hamilton passed R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for third into the first corner, then drove round the outside of Massa into turn two to take second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMeanwhile, the suspension on Adrian Sutil's Spyker failed at turn four, causing it to collide with Button's Honda and retire from the race. Button continued after making an early pitstop to repair the damage. Liuzzi and Sato also collided at turn four, causing Liuzzi to pit for a new front wing. After the race the drivers blamed each other for the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDuring the early laps, Massa appeared to have a faster car than Hamilton, and repeatedly tried to pass the McLaren on the inside of turn four. His first attempt was on lap three, but Hamilton braked late and kept ahead of Massa into the following corner. Massa tried again at the same place on the next two laps. He passed Hamilton briefly into the turn on lap five, but overshot the corner and ran wide onto the grass. He dropped to fifth, behind teammate R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and BMW's Nick Heidfeld. Hamilton apologised after the race for 'tricking' Massa into the move. Albers, in the sole remaining Spyker, retired on lap nine with a gearbox fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nWhile the two Ferraris were delayed behind Hamilton, Alonso was pulling away at the front, setting fastest laps on laps seven and fifteen. On lap 12, Robert Kubica was the first man to pit for fuel and fresh tyres, however he reported traction control problems four laps later and lost places. Alonso had extended his lead over Hamilton to 15 seconds by the first round of pitstops. He had experienced radio problems before refuelling, but these were fixed during the stop. The Renaults were circulating in eighth and tenth by the pit stops, with Fisichella ahead of Kovalainen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nButton was one of the few drivers who started on the slower harder tyre and was dropping down the field, as Takuma Sato passed the Briton. All of the front runners were on the same tyre strategy, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen being the first front runner to pit. He found himself behind Fisichella as he exited. A short pit stop by Hamilton enabled him to come out of the pits ahead of the Renault, leaving a car between himself and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen during the pit window. Heidfeld's late stop on lap 22 helped him stay ahead of Massa. The top five positions remained unchanged, however Hamilton's different strategy enabled him to escape R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and close in on leader Alonso at a second per lap. Despite pitting on lap 20, he set the fastest lap of the race on lap 22 in 1:36.701.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nKubica dropped to 13th as his traction control fault worsened, and a train of cars that wanted to pass developed behind him. Kovalainen's performance was much better than at the previous round in Melbourne, and he attempted to pass Jarno Trulli for eighth. The top five again remained the same after the second round of stops. However, Hamilton's short first stop necessitated a relatively early second stop, allowing R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to reduce the gap and Alonso to extend his lead to 18 seconds. Nico Rosberg, running in sixth place after the stops, was forced to retire with hydraulic problems on lap 43. David Coulthard also retired after problems with his brake pedal, the same problem that he experienced in the Friday practice session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso was able to extend his advantage in the closing stages, winning the race by 17 seconds. Although experiencing pressure from R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen who was faster on the harder tyres, Hamilton was able to maintain second place behind Alonso, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen claiming the final podium position. This was McLaren's first victory since the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix, and the team's first one-two since the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix. Heidfeld and Massa secured fourth and fifth places respectively, 15 seconds behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen. Heidfeld said later that beating Massa was \"a fantastic experience\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFisichella finished sixth, and claimed it felt like a podium given the performance of the car. Trulli was seventh, and rookie Kovalainen scored his first F1 point in eighth. Wurz managed to come through from 19th to ninth, with his opening stint elevating him to 11th place by his first pit stop. Although he claimed no points, he said later \"it bodes well for Williams's chances in the rest of the season\". tenth placed Mark Webber was the final driver to finish on the same lap as the leaders. Honda finished outside the points in 11th and 12th, with Barrichello ahead of Button. Despite the problems Button said he believed the team had made \"a small step forward\". The Hondas were followed by Sato, Speed, Schumacher, Davidson and Liuzzi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192022-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlonso admitted he was surprised to win a race so early in his McLaren career, adding that winning for two different teams was very special. Hamilton said afterwards that this was his hardest race to date, while R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen admitted he \"did not have enough speed on the straight line to try to challenge either [Hamilton or Alonso]\". R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen also had to protect his engine from overheating, caused by a water-leak in the closing stages of the Melbourne race, with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen stating Ferrari had to \"play on the safe side of that engine\". After their disappointing Malaysian race, Ferrari boss Jean Todt stated that they \"will try to do a better job\" in the next round in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192023-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It was held on 19\u201321 October at the Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192023-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192024-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maldives FA Cup\nThe 2007 Maldives FA Cup, was the 20th edition of the Maldives FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192024-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Maldives FA Cup, Preliminary Rounds\nS.C. Veloxia, Red Line Club, Huraa, 8 Degree, Mifaharu, VB Sports Club, B.G. Sports Club, Hithadhoo Youth Wing, Club Teenage, Club Eagles, Vyansa and Hurriyya SC played in the preliminary rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192025-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament\nThe 2007 Second Division Football Tournament was the 2nd edition of the Second Division Football Tournament in the Maldives. Club All Youth Linkage won the tournament after defeating Vyansa on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192026-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maldivian constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in the Maldives on 18 August 2007 to decide on whether the country should have a presidential system or a parliamentary system. President of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom supported a presidential system while the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party favored a parliamentary system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192026-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Maldivian constitutional referendum\nOfficial results showed the presidential system winning over 60% support. Gayoom called the result a \"massive endorsement\" and confirmed that he would be a candidate in the 2008 presidential election. The opposition alleged that the referendum was rigged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192027-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maldon District Council election\nElections to Maldon District Council were held on 3 May 2007 as part of the wider elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party remained in control of the council, winning 25 of the 30 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Mali on 1 July 2007, with a second round on 22 July. In the first round, there were about 1,400 candidates for 147 seats in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election\nThe elections followed the April 2007 presidential elections, in which President Amadou Toumani Tour\u00e9 won a second term with 71% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Background\nThe elections were conducted on the basis of candidate lists for each electoral district. 535 lists were deposited with the Constitutional Court in May: 125 joint lists for parties running candidates on the same list, another 278 lists for individual parties, and a further 132 independent lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Background\nFive lists were rejected by the Constitutional Court on May 31: three independent lists (one in Tominian and two in Goundam), one joint list for the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA), the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), and the Party for National Rebirth (PARENA) in Nioro du Sahel, and one joint list for the Patriotic Movement for Renewal (MPR) and URD in Mopti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Background\nIbrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta of the Rally for Mali (RPM) and Oumar Mariko of the African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence (SADI), both of whom were defeated in the 2007 presidential election, stood as candidates in the parliamentary election: Ke\u00efta in Commune IV in Bamako, where 17 lists competed for the two available seats in the first round, and Mariko at the head of a list in Kolondieba. PARENA leader and 2007 presidential candidate Ti\u00e9bil\u00e9 Dram\u00e9 was running on the ADEMA-URD-PARENA list in Nioro du Sahel that was rejected by the Constitutional Court on May 31. In rejecting this list, the Court said that one of the candidates on the list, Cheickna Hamala Bathily, had multiple birthplaces recorded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe campaign for the election began on June 10 and continued until June 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe opposition sought a new voter file and new voter registration cards for the election, but this did not occur. 900 observers were accredited for the election, 700 of whom were Malian and 200 of whom were international observers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe campaign for the second round began on July 15. Although Tour\u00e9 urged people to vote, voter turnout in the second round was reportedly low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe first round of the election on July 1 reportedly proceeded without incident, although voting was extended by four hours in S\u00e9gou due to heavy rain. Voter turnout was reportedly low. President Tour\u00e9 attributed this to Mali's system of automatic voter registration and uninspiring politicians, while Ke\u00efta argued that the voters were disillusioned, pointing to the April presidential election, which he alleged was fraudulent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Conduct\nObservers from the West African Economic and Monetary Union praised the organization of the second round on July 24, but criticized low voter turnout. A few arrests for fraud were reported, mostly of people with multiple voter cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Results\nFinal first round results from the Constitutional Court were announced on July 14, confirming provisional results released on July 6. 13 seats were won in the first round, all of them by parties included in the pro-Tour\u00e9 Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP) coalition: nine seats for the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA), three for the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), and one for the National Rally for Democracy (RND). Out of 55 districts, eight were decided in the first round, leaving 47 districts (and 134 seats) to be decided in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Results\nIn the eight districts won in the first round, an ADEMA-RND list won three seats in Mopti District, a URD list (including former prime minister Younoussi Tour\u00e9) won two seats in Niafunk\u00e9 District, an ADEMA list won one seat in Dir\u00e9 District, an ADEMA list won three seats in Gao District, an ADEMA list won one seat in M\u00e9naka District, an ADEMA list won one seat in Abeibara District, a URD list won one seat in T\u00e9ssalit District, and an ADEMA list won one seat in Tin-Essako District. Voter turnout in the first round was placed at 33.39%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Results\nProvisional second round results showed the ADP had won a total of 116 seats (in both rounds). Of the ADP parties, ADEMA had the most seats with a total of 55, followed by URD with a total of 35. The opposition parties grouped into the Front for Democracy and the Republic (FDR) had 15 seats, 11 for the RPM and four for PARENA. SADI, which is not part of the ADP or the FDR, had four seats. Independents had 13 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Results\nFinal results announced by the Constitutional Court on August 11 showed the ADP with 113 seats (including 51 for ADEMA and 34 for the URD), the FDR with 15 seats, independents with 15 seats, and SADI with four seats. ADEMA lost four of the seats it had in the provisional results due to the court's ruling that electoral fraud occurred in three districts: Koulikoro, Goundam and Tombouctou. 15 parties won seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Results\nA number of important politicians failed to win seats in the first round and faced the second round: Ke\u00efta, Mariko, National Congress for Democratic Initiative President Mountaga Tall in S\u00e9gou, and ADEMA President Dioncounda Traor\u00e9 in Nara. All of them were successful in the second round. Second round turnout was estimated at about 12% in Bamako and 33% in the countryside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192028-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe new National Assembly began its new term on September 3. On this date it voted on a new President of the National Assembly, choosing between two ADP candidates: ADEMA's Dioncounda Traor\u00e9 (who is also President of the ADP) and CNID's Mountaga Tall. Traor\u00e9 prevailed, receiving 111 votes against 31 for Tall. There were five invalidated votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Mali on 29 April 2007. Incumbent president Amadou Toumani Tour\u00e9 ran for re-election against seven other candidates and won in the first round with about 71% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Background, Nominations\nIbrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, the President of the National Assembly, was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Rally for Mali on 28 January 2007. On 18 February former Foreign Minister Ti\u00e9bil\u00e9 Dram\u00e9 was nominated as the candidate of the Party for National Rebirth (PARENA), and on 24 February Oumar Mariko was nominated as the candidate of African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence. Sidib\u00e9 Aminata Diallo, a female professor, announced on 12 March that she intended to stand as the candidate of the Rally for Sustainable Education and Development.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Background, Nominations\nThe former ruling party, the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA), opted to support the incumbent president, Amadou Toumani Tour\u00e9. Former Defense Minister Soumeylou Boub\u00e8ye Maiga, the Vice-President of ADEMA, was expelled from the party for opposing the decision as he intended to run for president himself. He was subsequently designated as the candidate of his movement, Convergences 2007, on 24 March. The National Union for the Republic (UNPR) nominated Modibo Sangar\u00e9 as its candidate on 26 March. President Tour\u00e9 announced he would run for re-election in the town of Nioro du Sahel on 27 March. On the same day, the Social Democratic Convention nominated Mamadou Blaise Sangar\u00e9 as its candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Background, Nominations\nOn 1 April the Constitutional Court issued a provisional list of eight candidates who would contest the election; Tour\u00e9, Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, Mamadou Blaise Sangar\u00e9, Ti\u00e9bil\u00e9 Dram\u00e9, Soumeylou Boub\u00e8ye Maiga, Oumar Mariko, Sidibe Aminata Diallo, and Madiassa Maguiraga. Modibo Sangar\u00e9's candidacy was rejected by the court on the grounds that he had not paid the required bond of 10 million CFA francs. No requests were filed for the invalidation of any of the eight candidates on the provisional list, and therefore the Court confirmed the list as final on 3 April. Six of the eight approved candidates had contested the 2002 presidential elections, Maiga and Diallo being the exceptions. Diallo was also the first-ever woman to run for president in Mali; a woman had attempted to run in 2002, but her candidacy had been rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 890]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Background, Nominations\nIn order to have their candidacies accepted by the court, candidates were required to be sponsored by at least ten members of the National Assembly or at least five communal advisors from each of the country's regions, as well as Bamako, the capital (a minimum of 45 combined). Tour\u00e9 was sponsored by 414 communal advisors, Ke\u00efta by 17 members of parliament, Mamadou Blaise Sangar\u00e9 by 11 members of parliament, Dram\u00e9 by 87 communal advisors, Maiga by 114 communal advisors, Mariko by 71 communal advisors, Diallo by 14 members of parliament and Maguiraga by 55 communal advisors. The introduction of sponsors, in addition to an increase in the guarantee that had to be paid, was considered responsible for the significant reduction in the number of candidates from the 2002 elections, when there were 24 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Background, Voter registration\nVoter registration cards began to be distributed in Bamako on 30 March. However, by 7 April less than 3% of the voter cards had been distributed. On 14 April the cards were made easier to obtain, but by 25 April fewer than 50% were thought to have been distributed. The latter date had been made a public holiday in order to encourage voters to get the cards prior to the deadline at midnight, after which it was reported that about 63.78% had been distributed. The best rate of distribution was in Mopti Region with 71.7%; it was worst in Bamako, with 30.6%. The total distribution percentage was subsequently raised to about 66.7%, apparently due to Malians abroad obtaining the cards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Campaign\nThe campaign for the election began on 8 April and continued until midnight on 27 April, two days before the elections. Fodi\u00e9 Tour\u00e9, the head of the electoral commission, said on 16 April that more than a thousand foreign observers had sought permission to monitor the election. He said later that 900 observers, from Mali and abroad, had been accredited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Campaign\nOn 24 April the Front for Democracy and the Republic (FDR), a coalition that included four of the opposition candidates (Ke\u00efta, Dram\u00e9, Maiga, and Sangar\u00e9) and 16 parties sharply criticized the way the election was being prepared. It alleged serious problems with the electoral list, which it said had been manipulated, and criticized the use of fingerprints on ballot papers and the failure to allow the presence of its representatives when the military votes. The coalition said that the election would not be transparent or credible. On 28 April local government minister Kafougouna Kon\u00e9 denied the accusation that the government manipulated the electoral list, saying that its problems were due to the lack of information available to the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Campaign\nPrior to the election, Tour\u00e9 was considered likely to win; he ran as an independent but was backed by a coalition, the Alliance for Democracy and Progress, composed of 43 parties. Ke\u00efta was considered the strongest opposition candidate. If no candidate won the election on 29 April, a second round was scheduled for 13 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Results\nA day after the elections, a presidential spokesman claimed victory for Tour\u00e9, while Ke\u00efta's campaign director alleged fraud and the FDR claimed there were widespread irregularities. Results accounting for 18.2% of registered voters (including many who did not vote) showed Tour\u00e9 with 61.3% of the vote and Ke\u00efta as a distant second with 29.8%. In Bamako, Tour\u00e9 won 54.2% and Ke\u00efta won 38.8%; Tour\u00e9's lead was bigger in rural areas, where he won about 71% against 18% for Ke\u00efta. Voter turnout was placed at 24% in Bamako and 38% in the countryside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Results\nOn 1 May the four FDR candidates, rejecting the official results, said that they would try to have the election annulled. In a statement, Ke\u00efta's campaign said that it would release different results. The FDR withdrew from participation in the national commission for the centralization of the results; it objected to the handling of Bamako's results, saying that it had not been included in part of the validation process and that the results had been released without its approval. Foreign observers, however, endorsed the election as free and fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Results\nResults reported from 28 out of 49 areas showed Tour\u00e9 with 72% of the vote, while Ke\u00efta had 15%. On 2 May results accounting for 51% of registered voters (including many who did not vote) showed Tour\u00e9 still holding a large lead with 58.3% of the vote against 25% for Ke\u00efta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Results\nAccording to full provisional results announced on 3 May Tour\u00e9 won the election with 68.31% of the vote (1,563,640 out of 2,288,993 votes) and Ke\u00efta took second place with 18.59% (425,609 votes). Dram\u00e9 was in third place with 2.9% of the vote and Mariko was in fourth with 2.7%. Voter turnout was placed at 36.17%, with 2.3 million out of 6.9 million registered voters participating. On 4 May slightly different results were announced: 70.89% for Tour\u00e9 (1,622,579 votes), 19.08% for Ke\u00efta (436,781 votes), 3.04% for Dram\u00e9 (69,584 votes) 2.74% for Mariko (62,709 votes), 1.57% for Sangar\u00e9 (35,951 votes), 1.46% for Ma\u00efga (33,366 votes), 0.54% for Diallo (12,326 votes), and 0.30% for Maguiraga (6,857 votes).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Results\nDiallo and Maguiraga accepted Tour\u00e9's victory on 4 May. The FDR, however, continued to call on the Constitutional Court to annul the election, describing it as a farce and rejecting the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Results\nFinal results were announced by the Constitutional Court on 12 May, confirming Tour\u00e9's victory and slightly raising his vote share to 71.20%. On 19 May Ke\u00efta said that the FDR would abide by the court's decision and would focus on the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Some observers argued that this concession by the FDR was due to the massive scale of the victory attributed to Tour\u00e9, which made its own claims appear untenable. In a press conference on 29 May, Mariko denounced the electoral commission and the Constitutional Court for their handling of the election, saying that the former should be dissolved. He was also sharply critical of the FDR, in which he did not participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192029-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Malian presidential election, Aftermath\nTour\u00e9 was sworn in for his second term on 8 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192030-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malm\u00f6 FF season\nThe 2007 season was Malm\u00f6 FF's 96th in existence, their 72nd season in Allsvenskan and their 7th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished in 9th position and Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the third round. The result in Allsvenskan was the club's worst league performance since the 2001 season when they also finished 9th, as a result of this, manager S\u00f6ren \u00c5kebys contract was not renewed and Roland Nilsson was announced as the new Malm\u00f6 FF manager in October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192030-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Players, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192030-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Non competitive, Pre-season\nSource: 1Malm\u00f6 FF goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malm\u00f6 FF.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192030-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malm\u00f6 FF season, Non competitive, Mid-season\nSource: 1Malm\u00f6 FF goals come first.Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Malm\u00f6 FF.Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup\nThe 2007 Malta Cup was the 2007 edition of the Malta Cup snooker tournament, held from 28 January to 4 February 2007 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta. The tournament was the fourth of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking events in the 2006/2007 season, the 200th world ranking tournament and the 16th edition of the event. It was the third time that the competition was called the Malta Cup, which was renamed from the European Open, first held in 1989. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe by Eurosport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup\nShaun Murphy defeated first-time ranking finalist Ryan Day by nine frames to four (9\u20134) in the best-of-17 frames final to claim the second ranking-event title of his career. Murphy beat Ricky Walden, Stephen Lee, Graeme Dott and Ali Carter en route to reaching the final. Anthony Hamilton compiled the competition's highest break of 136 in the first round of his match against Tom Ford, whilst Stephen Hendry was the first player to compile a 700th career century in his game over Robert Milkins. The Malta Cup followed the UK Championship and preceded the Welsh Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary\nPrior to the 1988/1989 season no ranking tournament had been staged continuously outside of the United Kingdom (although the World Championship had been held twice in Australia). The snooker governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), decided to include overseas events and the first two locations chosen were Canada and Europe. The European Open was first held in 1989 in Deauville, Normandy, France, and was suspended for 1997/1998 and 2000/2001. It moved to the Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta for the first time in 2004 and was renamed the Malta Cup the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary\nThe 2007 tournament was held from 28 January to 4 February and it was the 200th world ranking tournament organised by the WPBSA. It was the fourth of seven WPBSA ranking events in the 2006/2007 season, following the UK Championship and preceding the Welsh Open. Held in December 2006, the UK Championship was won by Peter Ebdon, who defeated Stephen Hendry by ten frames to six (10\u20136) in the final. The defending Malta Cup champion was Ken Doherty, who defeated John Higgins 9\u20138 in last year's final. The total prize fund was \u00a3200,500 and the host broadcaster was Eurosport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 34], "content_span": [35, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Qualifying and wild-card round\nThe qualifying rounds were played between players ranked outside of the top 16 for one of the 16 places in the final stage, at Pontin's Snooker Centre, Prestatyn, Wales. It was contested over four rounds and higher-ranked players received byes to the second, third and fourth rounds. The matches were best-of-nine frames until the semi-finals. Local player Tony Drago was defeated 5\u20134 by 1991 world champion John Parrott in his second qualifying match that concluded with a final frame decider that Parrott won. The successful qualifiers included Nigel Bond, Fergal O'Brien, Ryan Day, Marco Fu and Stuart Bingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 66], "content_span": [67, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Qualifying and wild-card round\nIn the wild card round on 28 January, held between two Maltese players against two of the sixteen qualifiers, Joe Grech was beaten 5\u20131 by David Roe in a match lasting two hours and two minutes. Grech took the opening frame 67\u201349 before Roe won five successive frames with breaks of 46 and 42. In the other wild card game, Andrew Higginson beat Simon Zammit 5\u20133. Tied 2\u20132 at the mid-session interval Zammit won the sixth frame to again level the score at 3\u20133 before Higginson won a further two frames to take his first victory in the primary rounds of the Malta Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 66], "content_span": [67, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 1\nThe 16 first-round matches on 28 to 31 January were between players ranked 1\u201316 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage and the wild card round. In this round, reigning world champion Graeme Dott defeated Bingham 5\u20133 after coming from 3\u20132 behind. 2006 Welsh Open champion and world number 10 Stephen Lee won a disjointed match against Michael Judge 5\u20132, a game in which Lee's highest break was 48. Anthony Hamilton compiled the tournament's highest break of 136 in narrowly defeating Tom Ford 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 1\nThe match went to a final frame decider that Hamilton won with a score of 70\u201368 over Ford. Six-time world champion Steve Davis was eliminated the same scoreline to Higginson. Breaks of 54 and 48 gave Higginson the opening two frames but Davis levelled the score at 2\u20132. Higginson produced breaks of 56, 54 and 48 to re-establish a two frame lead but Davis forced a final frame decider that Higginson won on a 67 break. Ebdon came from 4\u20131 down to Roe to take five frames in a row and win 5\u20134. Doherty compiled breaks of 134, 67, 40 and 38 to beat Bond 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 1\n2004 European Open champion Stephen Maguire came from 3\u20132 ahead to win two consecutive frames without a major challenge to defeat Masters runner-up Ding Junhui 5\u20132, a match in which Ding's highest break was 68 and his earliest loss in a ranking tournament in the 2006/2007 season up to that point. Trailing 2\u20130 and 4\u20133 to Mark Williams O'Brien won a final frame decider on the final black ball. He compiled a break of 58 that eradicated Williams' 55-point lead to claim a 5\u20134 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 1\nHendry, who became the first player to accumulate 700 century breaks with a 127 in the third frame of his match, beat Robert Milkins 5\u20131. World number four John Higgins was defeated 5\u20133 by Fu, a match in which Higgins was cautioned for conceding the third frame early while 51\u201341 behind as he missed a double shot with the brown ball. Coming from 4\u20131 behind Higgins compiled breaks of 80 and 62 but Fu concluded the match after breaks of 36 and 28. Ali Carter came from 1\u20130 behind Rod Lawler to win 5\u20132 with three successive frames and a break of 109.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 1\nShaun Murphy was 4\u20132 down on Ricky Walden when he compiled breaks of 50, 93 and 53 to win 5\u20134; the match was suspended for more than an hour because it had overrun into the evening session. World number 21 Michael Holt defeated the reigning Masters champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 5\u20133. O'Sulllivan led 2\u20131 but he missed the blue ball and lost frame four to Holt. He scored no points in the next two frames as Holt compiled breaks of 76 and 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 1\nO'Sullivan used two errors from Holt to claim frame seven with a 76 break but lost the match in the eighth. Mark King, whose cue was recovered from Gatwick Airport and collected by a local airline for arrival at the Hilton Conference Centre three hours beforehand, beat Barry Hawkins 5\u20131 with an opening break of 76, and Ryan Day defeated fellow Welshman Matthew Stevens 5\u20133 from 3\u20131 behind. Of the other first round match Neil Roberston won 5\u20131 against Marcus Campbell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 2\nIn the second round between 31 January and 1 February, Murphy narrowly defeated Lee 5\u20134, coming from behind to win the match's final two frames for the first victory of his career against Lee after losing the final of the 2006 Welsh Open to him. In his 5\u20133 win over Ford Dott produced a 135 clearance in the fifth frame but said he was unhappy with the game being on the second table and it not being broadcast on television. Carter progressed to the quarter-finals by coming from 2\u20130 down to defeat Fu 5\u20132. Hendry took 82 minutes to whitewash Roberston 5\u20130, a match where Hendry produced a break of 120 in frame four. Hendry went through to the quarter-finals of a tournament for the 116th time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 2\nDay entered the quarter-finals of a ranking tournament for the second time in the season after the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy and the third time in his career with a 5\u20134 victory over O'Brien. The match saw Day lead 4\u20132 but O'Brien nullified his advantage with breaks of 65 and 101 to force a final frame decider. O'Brien missed a difficult red ball shot to the middle pocket, allowing Day to win with a break of 55. King overcame Holt 5\u20134 having trailed 4\u20131 and Holt missing a blue ball in the final frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Round 2\nIn his television d\u00e9but, Higginson went 2\u20131 in front of Doherty before the latter won five consecutive frames with breaks of 87, 36 and 86 for a 5\u20132 victory as Higginson scored 17 points during this period. Ebdon defeated Maguire by the same scoreline with breaks of 96 and 59 and a game-winning clearance of 89. Maguire admitted after the match that he was frustrated because he conceded frame six while 34\u20136 in arrears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 43], "content_span": [44, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals on 2 February, Day compiled breaks of 86, 93, 96 and 55 to beat King 5\u20131 and progressed to the semi-finals of a tournament for the first time in his career. Day said his performance was improved from practising heavily with fellow Welsh players Williams and Stevens and believed his form was as good as theirs, \"I don't just give them a game but I beat them quite regularly so I know that its just about bringing those performances to the match table.\" Ebdon prevented Doherty from retaining the Malta Cup with a 5\u20133 victory. Trailing 3\u20131 at the mid-session interval Ebdon won four successive frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 50], "content_span": [51, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nHendry won the first two frames of his match against Carter, losing the third and fourth from break of 62 and 42 and then Carter produced a clearance of 59 to secure the fifth after Hendry missed a red ball using the rest while leading 53\u20131. Hendry won frames six and seven but a 54 break from Carter ensured the match went to a final frame decider that he won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 50], "content_span": [51, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nHendry revealed that a bout of gastroenteritis from consuming a chicken and prawn meal the night before for which he was given injections had affected his on-table play, whilst Carter entered the semi-finals of a ranking tournament for the first time since the 1999 Grand Prix. In the last quarter-final Murphy beat Dott 5\u20132. Dott won the first two frames but Murphy won the match with five consecutive frames that included a 134 total clearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 50], "content_span": [51, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nThe semi-finals on 3 February were best-of-11 frames. Murphy reached his third career final with a 6\u20133 defeat over Carter. Breaks of 111, 80 and 59 won Murphy the first three frames before Carter took frame four with breaks of 45 and 48. Murphy resumed the match after the mid-session interval with a 115 break following a lengthy tactical battle but Carter got the score to 4\u20133 from a 69 clearance and a break of 61. Two long-range red ball shots allowed Murphy to accumulate breaks of 76 and 80 and end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nMurphy said he was pleased that extra practice gave him the confidence to attempt shots he would have tried six months earlier, \"I thought to myself that I'm in the lead and I don't need to throw my cue at anything. Often my next shot would be an easy red so it worked.\" Carter said he was pleased to reach the semi-finals but was disappointed with his playing style, \"I scrapped a couple of frames but Shaun is cueing very sweetly and hardly missed a ball. I can't see anyone stopping him being the champion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nThe other semi-final saw Day progress to the first ranking tournament final of his career with a 6\u20133 victory over Ebdon. In a match that lasted more than three-hour, Ebdon commenced with a break of 123 in the first frame but Day took the lead in the third, compiling a 100 century break, as he moved 4\u20131 ahead from taking four successive frames. Ebdon won frames six and seven to return to contention but Day replied to complete the match with breaks of 91 and 52 during the eighth and ninth frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nDay said afterwards that the match evoked memories of his loss to O'Sullivan on the pink ball in the first round of the 2006 World Snooker Championship, \"I thought 'Here we go. The pink's going to cost me again' but I got my head together and the break I made in the next frame was definitely the best of my life. Lots of people have been saying I've got the game to win titles so it's great to finally get into a final. It should be a really good one to watch.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 47], "content_span": [48, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Final\nIn a best-of-17 frames final on 4 February, and in his third appearance in the final of a ranking tournament, Murphy defeated Day 9\u20134 to win the second ranking title of his career after the 2005 World Snooker Championship. The victory earned Murphy \u00a330,000, and it moved him to fifth in the provisional world rankings. Although Day lost the match, his form in the tournament moved him from 17th to 12th in the provisional world rankings. The victory, according to Phil Yates of The Times, meant Murphy was an example of having attained a \"Big-occasion breakthroughs are the stuff of sporting dreams but attempting to follow up on that success and throw off the one-hit-wonder tag can be nightmarish.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Final\nMurphy produced a break of 54 to commence the match. Frame two saw Day declare a foul shot to referee Terry Camilleri, after nudging the cue ball with the rest as it screwed back. He extended his advantage by a further frame with a break of 62 in frame three and a score of 82\u201342 after Day missed a long-range red ball shot. Murphy clinched the fourth frame with a clearance when Day missed the black ball on its position while at 34\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Final\nIn frame five, Murphy missed a red ball along the top cushion, allowing Day to produce a 51 break although he missed a difficult pink ball shot and prevailed through a safety exchange. Murphy re-established a four-frame advantage in the sixth when Day was out of position on a red ball shot while on a break of 20. Day responded to Murphy's opening break of 31 in frame seven with a break of 45 but poor positional play saw Murphy produce a 51 clearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0016-0002", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Final\nIn the evening session Day produced a break of 66 in the ninth frame and Murphy responded with a 79 break in the tenth. Day lowered the score to 8\u20134 with the match's only century break (102) and one of 79 in frames 11 and 12. Murphy won the match and the tournament in frame 13 after Day missed a straightforward black ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Tournament summary, Final\nAfter the match Murphy was delighted with his performance, \"I know it's only been a couple of years but you do feel as though there's a monkey on your back. It's a tiresome weight to carry around but now no-one can say that I'm a flash in the pan. I'm a tournament winner in the plural and that's a relief.\" He cited the additional practice and guidance he sought from Higgins and BBC commentators Dennis Taylor and Willie Thorne in improving his break-building technique after ending the partnership with his coach Steve Prest as a reason for winning. Although Day said he was disappointed not to win he was happy to reach his first career ranking final and was looking forward to the Welsh Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Main draw\nNumbers to the left of the players' name are the tournament seedings. Players in bold indicate match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Final\nScores in bold denote winning frame scores and the winning entrant. Breaks over 50 are represented in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 21], "content_span": [22, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 31 October and 3 November 2006. Players in bold denote match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192031-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Cup, Century breaks\nA total of 21 century breaks were achieved by 16 different competitors during the qualifying stages of the tournament. The main stage of the 2007 Malta Cup yielded a total of 18 century breaks, made by 11 different players. Anthony Hamilton compiled the highest break of the event, a 138, in his first round match with Tom Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192032-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Malta Open darts\n2007 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192033-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maltese local elections\nLocal elections were held in 22 localities in Malta on 10 March 2007. The last round of elections held in 2004, on the same day of the national election for the Maltese Members for the European Parliament (MEPs). Approximately 68% of the eligible voters turned up on election day. With the locality of Safi with the highest percentage (86%); and the locality of Swieqi with the lowest percentage (53%). The largest locality was that of Mosta and the smallest one was that of San Lawrenz, Gozo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192033-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Maltese local elections, The Results\nThe Malta Labour Party (MLP) has won the Local Councils Elections with 53% of first count votes. The Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) obtained 44% while Alternativa Demokratika (AD) and independent candidates obtained 3%. The councillors elected consist of 74 councilors with MLP; 63 councillors with PN; 2 councillors with AD; and 1 councillor on the locality of Floriana, that consist with the group known as 'Floriana L-Ewwel' (Floriana The First).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing\nThe 2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing was a bomb blast on September 29, 2007, in Sultan Park near the Islamic Centre in the Maldivian capital Mal\u00e9, injuring 12 foreign tourists. The park is located in the shadow Maldivian Army (MNDF) Headquarters where several surveillance cameras are trained. It was the first known bombing to take place in the Maldives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing\nLocal media reported that the bomb was homemade, and consisted of a gas cylinder, a washing machine motor and a mobile phone. The tourists hurt were eight from China, two from Britain, and two from Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing\nA state of high alert was declared in Maldivian cities. Both the airports and ferry services in Male' were placed on high alert. The president also held a security meeting at his residence attended by Home Minister Abdullah Kamal Deen, National Security Advisor Colonel Mansoor, and Tourism Minister Mahmood Shaugy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing, Suspects\nWithin 48 hours, 12 suspects\u2014ten Maldivian nationals and two foreigners\u2014were arrested by police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing, Suspects\nOn October 3 at a police press conference, an assistant commissioner of police gave reporters information on two of the suspects:Ahmed Naseer from Kanduhulhudhoo, Gaafu Alif Atoll, and Moosa Inas from Kalhaidoo, Laamu Atoll. Both are Maldivian natives in their early twenties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing, Mosque standoff\nA standoff occurred when Maldivan authorities investigating the explosion attempted to enter the Dar-al-Khuir mosque on the island of Himandhoo. A 40-hour standoff ensued between authorities and male congregants, ending in the arrest of 60 men and boys, and injuries to 30 police, including one whose hand was chopped off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing, Sentences\nIn December, three men were sentenced to 15 years in jail after they confessed to the bombing. Minivan Daily reported on 18 August 2010 that two of those imprisoned, Ahmed Naseer and Mohamed Sobah, had their sentences changed from incarceration to three-year suspended sentences under observation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192034-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Mal\u00e9 bombing, Sentences\nIndian Newspaper The Week reported that charities that served as fronts for Pakistani terrorist groups like Lashkar e Toiba used disaster relief missions to tsunami torn Maldives as an opportunity to recruit potential jihadists. They reported two prime suspect in the bombing, Mohamed Sobah and Ahmed Naseer, were set free in August 2010, although the deputy commissioner of the Maldives police, Ahmad Muneer, thought they were an internal security risk, and dangerous to Maldivian society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 28], "content_span": [29, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192035-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Manchester City Council election\nElections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The council stayed under Labour Party control, on a reduced turnout of 28.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192035-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Manchester City Council election, Ward results\nBelow is a list of the 32 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 51], "content_span": [52, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192036-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Manitoba general election\nThe 2007 Manitoba general election was held on May 22, 2007 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which won 36 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with nineteen seats. The Liberal Party won two seats. As a result, Premier of Manitoba Gary Doer received a mandate to form a third consecutive majority government, becoming the first Premier of Manitoba to achieve this since Duff Roblin in 1966.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192036-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Manitoba general election\nThe election resulted in very few changes from the party standings at the dissolution of the previous legislature. One New Democrat incumbent was defeated by a Progressive Conservative challenger, and one Progressive Conservative incumbent was defeated by a New Democrat. The PCs picked up one seat that was previously held by an independent, and the NDP picked up one seat that was vacant at dissolution. The other 53 seats in the legislature were all retained by their incumbent parties. The popular vote was also very similar, with the New Democrats dropping 1.47% and the Progressive Conservatives gaining 1.70% overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192037-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season\nThe 2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 58th in the club's history. They competed for the National Rugby League's 2007 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in 2nd (out of 16) place. The Sea Eagles went on to reach the 2007 NRL grand final which they lost to minor premiers, the Melbourne Storm (who were later stripped of this title after being found guilty of salary cap breaches).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192037-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season summary\nIn June English club Warrington Wolves signed 30-year-old Manly winger Chris Hicks on a two-year deal from the following season. Manly only lost six matches in the 2007 season. Their 50-16 mauling of Newcastle ensured they would finish in the top two. Throughout the season they were the only club chasing Melbourne (whom they beat in round 11) for the minor premiership. After defeating North Queensland at the Sydney Football Stadium 28\u20136, Manly played in their 15th grand final against Melbourne. Manly were beaten 34\u20138 by the Storm on 30 September at Telstra Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192037-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season summary\nMelbourne was later stripped of the 2007 title for salary cap breaches. Manly were not recognised as the 2007 premiers (the premierships for 2007 and 2009 being declared null and void). On Sunday 30th Sept 2007, Manly lost the grand final to Melbourne Storm. This title has since been stripped from the Storm; this had led to calls for Manly to be given the 2007 title, however the NRL have refused. The Sea Eagles however did win the 2008 premiership, and, given that the Storm also lost its 2009 title, Manly have argued they should be the defending premiers in 2010, but again the NRL have refused to acknowledge this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192038-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mansfield District Council election\nElections to Mansfield District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and no boundary changes were made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Newcomers Race A\nMonday 27 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Newcomers Race C\nMonday 27 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Senior Classic Race\nMonday 27 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Junior Classic Race\nWednesday 29 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 55], "content_span": [56, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Lightweight Classic Race\nWednesday 29 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Junior Manx Grand Prix\nWednesday 29 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 58], "content_span": [59, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Lightweight Manx Grand Prix\nFriday 31 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Ultra-Lightweight Manx Grand Prix (Provisional Result)\nFriday 31 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 3 laps \u2013 113.00\u00a0miles", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 90], "content_span": [91, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192039-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Manx Grand Prix, Race results, Ultra-Lightweight Manx Grand Prix (Revised Result)\nFriday 31 August 2007 \u2013 Mountain Course 4 laps \u2013 150.92\u00a0miles (242.80\u00a0km)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 86], "content_span": [87, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion\nThe 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion were a series of explosions, which occurred in the afternoon of March 22, 2007, from around 16:45 to at least 18:00, in the Malhazine suburb of Maputo, capital city of Mozambique. At least 93 people were killed, and hundreds more were injured in the blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion, Background\nThe arms depot was constructed by the Soviet Union in 1984. The building housed Soviet-manufactured weapons used during the Mozambican Civil War.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion, Background\nIn addition, a heat wave and drought had been affecting the area for much of the summer, with temperatures around 35\u00a0\u00b0C (93\u00a0\u00b0F) being reported. The same heat wave was blamed for a much smaller explosion at the depot on January 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion, Casualties and damage\nHealth Minister Ivo Garrido said on March 23 that 83 fatalities (later updated to 93) were reported and that more than 300 people were injured. Most of the casualties were either military personnel working at the depot or civilians, many of them children, who lived in a nearby poor neighborhood. As a result, the government announced three days of national mourning and declared that flags be flown at half mast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion, Casualties and damage\nThe Interior Ministry ordered police to seal off the area to prevent looting of homes in the area abandoned after the explosion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion, Casualties and damage\nThe explosions could be heard all over the city, and even 9\u00a0km (about 5.5 miles) from the building, windows exploded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192040-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Maputo arms depot explosion, Reaction\nThe Interior Ministry ordered police and firefighters to aid the military in destroying the remaining ammunition at the depot, which had not been used since the country's civil war and was considered obsolete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192041-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Marib suicide car bombing\nThe 2007 Yemen tourist attack was a suicide car bomb attack on Spanish tourists visiting the Queen of Sheba temple in Marib, Marib Governorate on July 2, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192041-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Marib suicide car bombing, Details\nA member of Al-Qaeda rammed an explosive-laden car into a tourist convoy killing 8 Spanish tourists, 2 Yemeni drivers, and injuring 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192041-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Marib suicide car bombing, Aftermath\nOn August 8, four militants died in a Yemeni security forces raid near Mareb, one of them Kassem al-Raimi, who was the top Al-Qaeda operative who masterminded the attacks. Raimi was involved in other operations and was one of 13 convicted prisoners who escaped from a Sanaa prison in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192042-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Marion Mayhem season\nThe 2007 Marion Mayhem season was the 2nd season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. Before the season began, 4th Down and Long LLC sold the team to Michael Burtch. Joining the team would be former Ohio State University quarterback, Stanley Jackson. Jackson would later become a part owner of the franchise due to their small budget operation. Jackson went on to set league records for pass completions (177), pass attempts (348) and interceptions thrown (16). Marion finished 6-6 in 2007, good enough to make the CIFL playoffs. After eliminating the Muskegon Thunder in the first round of the CIFL playoffs, the Mayhem's season was ended by a loss to the Michigan (formally Port Huron) Pirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192043-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshall Thundering Herd football team\nThe 2007 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA), and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The Thundering Herd finished the season 3\u20139, 3\u20135 in C-USA play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nA general election was held in the Marshall Islands on 19 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nDue to delays in opening the polling stations (while they were meant to open at 7 AM, some did not open until midday and one did not open before 4 PM) polling continued until after midnight. While only 36,000 people were eligible to vote, the large number of postal ballots meant that results were not to be known before 4 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nEarly results with 40% of the vote counted indicate a number of government party members may lose their seats, meaning it is possible that the opposition has won the election. On 30 November, the opposition Aelon Kein Ad declared victory, claiming it had already won 15 of the 17 seats necessary for a majority and that it expected to gain about 20 to 22 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nOne of the election issues was whether to switch recognition from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China, with the opposition in favour of recognising the PRC instead. However, Aelon Kein Ad stated on 28 November that they would not end ties with the ROC if they won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nThe final vote count began on 4 December 2007. The opposition officially voiced their protest when the election website had not been updated by 8 December since the preliminary results were published on 27 November, questioning the legality of the recounting of votes from the outer islands, allegedly an attempt to change the results in four very close seats. The opposition party also claimed to have the necessary 17 senators to govern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nFinal, unofficial results were released on 10 December; the candidates then had two weeks to file recount petitions and court challenges. As both the ruling United Democratic Party and the opposition Aelon Kein Ad claim to have the 17 MPs required to form a government, and since two seats were decided by a single vote and two others by five votes, many recount petitions are expected to be filed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nFigures from 12 December indicated that President Kassai Note's United Democratic Party had 14 seats while the opposition United People's Party (which forms part of the Aelon Kein Ad coalition), led by former speaker Litokwa Tomeing, had 15 seats. Aelon Kein Ad continues to claim they have the 17 seats necessary to govern, and the election will likely be decided by the courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nBoth sides are now attempting to get independent MPs to join their party, with both sides about two or three seats short of a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nRecounts for Maloelap and Likiep were ordered for 3 January 2008, and voters from the US have appealed for their votes to be counted as well despite some problems with the required post stamp.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nIn early January 2008, the Republic of China accused the People's Republic of China of interfering in the post-election process in a bid to help the opposition; Taiwan claim's the PRC hopes to have the Marshall Islands switch recognition to the PRC if the opposition comes to power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192044-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Marshallese general election\nAccording to the results of the 2008 presidential election and the results of the election of the speaker, the opposition (consisting of Aelon Kein Ad and the UPP) seems to have either 18 or 17 seats, as opposed to the former government's 15 or 16 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192045-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Martinique earthquake\nThe 2007 Martinique earthquake took place on November 29 at 15:00:19 local time in the Windward Islands region, underneath the Martinique Passage. It was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake which occurred from Fort-de-France, Martinique.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192045-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Martinique earthquake\nThis earthquake was felt strongly in Martinique, Dominica, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua, St Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Power outages were reported in Martinique, Dominica and Guadeloupe. It was also felt in other Eastern Caribbean islands, from Puerto Rico to the north to Trinidad and Tobago to the south. It could also be felt in part of South America such as in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. In Caracas, Venezuela, some people evacuated office buildings. The intensity reached VI to VII on the EMS98 scale in Martinique and Dominica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192045-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Martinique earthquake\nIn the surrounding region, the South American Plate is subducting beneath the Caribbean Plate. This earthquake occurred within the South America Plate and was in response to stresses generated by the slow distortion of the plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192046-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maryland Terrapins football team\nThe 2007 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' 55th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its third within the ACC's Atlantic Division. Ralph Friedgen led the team for his seventh season as head coach, and also performed the duties of offensive coordinator. Chris Cosh served for the second season as the team's defensive coordinator. Maryland lost three close games, but gained bowl eligibility with six wins. In the postseason, the Terrapins lost to Oregon State in the 2007 Emerald Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192046-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Maryland Terrapins football team, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe following players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192046-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Maryland Terrapins football team, 2008 NFL Draft\nAt the end of the season, Erin Henderson declared himself eligible for the 2008 NFL Draft; he was signed by the Vikings as an undrafted free agent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192047-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election\nMassachusetts held a special election to fill a vacancy in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district on October 16, 2007. Democrat Niki Tsongas won election to Congress, defeating Republican Jim Ogonowski in an election that was closer than expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192047-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election\nMarty Meehan had been the district's Representative to Congress since 1993. He announced his resignation in May 2007 (effective July 1), allowing him to become the next Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Meehan had last won re-election in 2006, when he ran unopposed. The district was considered to be strongly Democratic, as it voted 58% for the Democratic candidate (John Kerry) in the most recent presidential election. In addition, Massachusetts had not elected a Republican to Congress since Peter Blute and Peter Torkildsen were last elected to office in 1994 (both were defeated in 1996). No Republican had held the 5th congressional district's seat since Paul W. Cronin departed from office in 1975 after his defeat by Democrat Paul Tsongas in 1974.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192047-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election\nA primary election was held on September 4, 2007 to determine each political party's nominee for the general election. Niki Tsongas won the Democratic nomination and Jim Ogonowski won the Republican nomination. Tsongas won the general election, held on October 16, 2007, with 51% of the vote; Ogonowski received 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192047-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, Candidates\nAll candidates for the election are listed alphabetically first by party, then by name. Bold is primary winners and general election candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 76], "content_span": [77, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192048-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters (snooker)\nThe 2007 SAGA Insurance Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 21 January 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament. In a slight change for 2007, there were 19 competitors, as opposed to 18 up until 2006. The top 16 seeds for ranking events were automatically invited, while the other players entered a qualifying tournament for the right to one of three wild-card places. The two remaining places were granted by the game's governing body at their discretion to Jimmy White and Ding Junhui. Stuart Bingham won the qualifying tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192048-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters (snooker)\nRonnie O'Sullivan won his third Masters title by defeating Ding Junhui 10\u20133 in the final. With a noticeably partisan crowd, a visibly upset Ding went to shake O'Sullivan's hand after the latter won the 12th frame to go 9\u20133 in front, apparently believing that the match was over. The two walked arm-in-arm out of the arena. After O'Sullivan clinched the match in the following frame, it later transpired that Ding had indeed believed the match was best-of-17 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192048-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters (snooker), Field\nDefending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Graeme Dott seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 14, 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Stuart Bingham (ranked 24), and two wild-card selections, Ding Junhui (ranked 27) and Jimmy White (ranked 34). This was the only time that there were three matches in the wild-card round. Barry Hawkins was making his debut in the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192048-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters (snooker), Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192048-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters (snooker), Wild-card round\nIn the preliminary \"wild-card round\", the three wild-card players were drawn against the players seeded 14th, 15th and 16th: During the course of his match against Anthony Hamilton, Ding Junhui became the 28th and youngest ever player to score a maximum 147 break on live television. Aged 19\u00a0years and 288\u00a0days, he broke the previous record set by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997 who was then 21\u00a0years and 137\u00a0days old. This was also just the second maximum in the history of the Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192048-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters (snooker), Qualifying\nThe 2006 Masters Qualifying Event were held between 4 and 9 November 2006 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England. The winner of this series of matches, who qualified for the tournament, was Stuart Bingham.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament\nThe 2007 Masters Tournament was the 71st Masters Tournament, held April 5\u20138 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Zach Johnson won his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, and Tiger Woods. Cool temperatures and gusty winds on the weekend resulted in high scores for the field; Johnson's 289 (+1) tied for the highest winning score ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament\nJohnson's victory dispelled the notion that only long-hitters could win the Masters. He did not reach a single par five hole in two during the entire tournament, yet played the par fives better than anyone in the field with 11 birdies and no bogeys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament\nThis was the final Masters appearance for two-time champion Seve Ballesteros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\nThe Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships; only 97 players were invited to compete in the 2007 tournament. Officially, the Masters remains an invitational event, despite its qualification process. In theory, the club could decline to invite a 'qualified' player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\nThere were a record 50 'international' players in the field - the first time that the majority of the field was not American. The entire field is shown below; each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n1. Masters championsSeve Ballesteros, Fred Couples (10), Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Larry Mize, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal (10,14,15,17), Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,11,14,15,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,12,14,15,16,17), Fuzzy Zoeller", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)Michael Campbell (15,17), Jim Furyk (11,12,14,15,17), Retief Goosen (10,14,15,17), Geoff Ogilvy (10,11,14,15,16,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n3. The Open champions (last five years)Ben Curtis (14), Ernie Els (12,14,15,17), Todd Hamilton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n4. PGA champions (last five years)Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel (13)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)Stephen Ames (10,14,15,17), Fred Funk", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\nDue to rescheduling of the 2007 tournament from March to May (after the Masters), only the 2005 and 2006 champions were invited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-upJohn Kelly (a), Richie Ramsay (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2006 Masters\u00c1ngel Cabrera (15,17), Chad Campbell (14,15,17), Stewart Cink (14,15,17), Tim Clark (14,15,17), Miguel \u00c1ngel Jim\u00e9nez, Billy Mayfair, Arron Oberholser (14,15,17), Rod Pampling (14,15,17), Scott Verplank (14)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n11. Top eight players and ties from the 2006 U.S. OpenKenneth Ferrie, P\u00e1draig Harrington (15,17), Colin Montgomerie (15,17), Nick O'Hern (15,17), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker (14,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n12. Top four players and ties from the 2006 Open ChampionshipChris DiMarco (15,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n13. Top four players and ties from 2006 PGA ChampionshipLuke Donald (14,15,17), Sergio Garc\u00eda (15,17), Adam Scott (14,15,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n14. Top 40 players from the 2006 PGA Tour money listStuart Appleby (15,17), K. J. Choi (15,17), Joe Durant (15,17), Lucas Glover (15,17), J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Trevor Immelman (15,17), Zach Johnson, Jerry Kelly, Davis Love III (15,17), Troy Matteson, Tom Pernice Jr., Carl Pettersson (15,17), Brett Quigley, Rory Sabbatini (15), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (15,17), Camilo Villegas, Brett Wetterich (15,17), Dean Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n15. Top 50 players from the final 2006 world rankingRobert Allenby (16,17), Thomas Bj\u00f8rn, Paul Casey (17), Darren Clarke, Ben Crane, Bradley Dredge, Johan Edfors, Niclas Fasth (17), David Howell (17), Robert Karlsson (17), Shingo Katayama (17), Ian Poulter (17), Jeev Milkha Singh (17), Henrik Stenson (16,17), Lee Westwood, Yang Yong-eun (17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n16. Top 10 players from the 2007 PGA Tour money list on March 26Aaron Baddeley (17), Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III (17), John Rollins (17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Field\n17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 26Bart Bryant, Paul Goydos, Justin Rose", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 30], "content_span": [31, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round\nBilly Mayfair and Ian Poulter were the first competitors to tee off in the 2007 Masters. Both posted scores that were over par. Poulter posted a 75 (+3) and Mayfair a 76 (+4). The course proved to be playing tough, as many big names faltered on the opening day; Ernie Els finished with a 78 (+6), and defending champion Phil Mickelson looked set to get the same score, but two late birdies salvaged a poor round at 76 (+4). World number two Jim Furyk managed a 75 to keep himself in contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round\nGary Player, playing in his 50th Masters, could only manage an 83 (+11); two-time winner Seve Ballesteros was at 86 (+14). Tim Clark, the 2006 runner-up, produced a wonderful shot on the 18th hole. At even par, he pulled his second shot to the left of the green and chose to putt. His ball went all the way round the green before it dropped for a birdie and 71. The leaders after the first round were Justin Rose and Brett Wetterich at 69. Rose set a new lowest putts record, needing just twenty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round\nOne of the reasons for this was his superb chipping which included a holed bunker shot on the 5th to pick up his second birdie after one at the 3rd. He then crisply rolled home another birdie at 14 to move to three-under par and made a fine save at the last having found a greenside bunker. Wetterich produced five birdies during his round. The chasing pack consisted of David Howell who eagled the 15th to post a two-under 70, and major winner David Toms. Behind them at 71, in addition to Clark, were Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Rich Beem, and J. J. Henry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round\nOnly three were under par at the halfway point of the tournament. Wetterich and Clark held the 36-hole lead at 142 (-2). Clark was the only man in the field to shoot under par in both rounds (71-71). Taylor held solo third place a stroke back at 143. Despite only three being under par, several golfers were within striking distance. Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, was among a group of four at even par, and P\u00e1draig Harrington was among a group of six at 145 (+1). The cut was at 152 (+8) and among those to miss it were notables Sergio Garc\u00eda and Els. Fred Couples, the 1992 champion, parred the final hole to make the cut in his 23rd consecutive appearance to tie Gary Player's Masters record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Kelly (+10) Ramsay (+12), Guerrier (+20), Watabu (+21), Womack (+21).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 54], "content_span": [55, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round\nThe third round saw the worst playing conditions in many years at Augusta on an unseasonably cool day with wind gusts reaching 33\u00a0mph (53\u00a0km/h). The conditions were clearly a factor as no scores broke 70 for the round. Despite a one-over 73, Stuart Appleby took the 54-hole lead at 218 (+2). Four-time champion Tiger Woods was able to climb the leaderboard into a tie for second with an even par round. Rose shot 75 (+3) to settle into the tie for second with Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round\nRetief Goosen was the only player to break par on Saturday with a two-under 70; he made the cut on the number at 152 (+8) on Friday. The final pair both shot in the 80s; Wetterich carded 83 (+11) and Clark an 80 (+8) to fall out of contention. After the third round, fourteen golfers were within four strokes of the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary\nJohnson completed a Cinderella story with a three-under 69 to claim his first major title. He captured the green jacket with three birdies over his final six holes, and became the third Masters champion to win the tournament with a score above par. The others were Sam Snead in 1954 and Jack Burke Jr. in 1956, also at 289 (+1). Johnson matched the round of the day and was able to hold off a group of three, including Woods, that finished two strokes back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary\nWoods lost a major for the first time in which he held the lead at some point in the final round. However, since he was a stroke behind Appleby coming into the day, his 12\u20130 record when leading or tied at the start of the final round of a major remained intact. Appleby started off with a double bogey and added another at #12; his 75 (+3) led to a tie for seventh. South Africans Goosen and Rory Sabbatini both shot 69 to finish in a tie for second with Woods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0024-0002", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary\nJustin Rose was the last player to have a realistic chance of matching Johnson's clubhouse score, getting within 1 stroke at +2 with birdies at 14 and 16. However he made a double bogey on 17 to fall 3 strokes back into a tie for 5th. Defending champion Mickelson finished ten strokes back at 299 (+11), tied for 24th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 62], "content_span": [63, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192049-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters Tournament, Par 3 Contest\nMark O'Meara, 1998 champion, won the annual Par 3 contest, held on Wednesday, April 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 38], "content_span": [39, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts\nThe 2007 Keukenconcurrent Masters of Darts was the second staging of a Dutch darts tournament featuring five top Dutch and five top English players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts\nThe event witnessed a nine dart finish by Dutch teenager Michael van Gerwen, who became the youngest player to achieve the feat on television. Although the English players won the majority of the matches to clinch the team tournament 15\u201310, the singles title was won by a Dutchman, Raymond van Barneveld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Sponsor and venue\nThe tournament was sponsored by Keukenconcurrent, a Dutch kitchen manufacturing company \u2013 who also sponsored many of the top Dutch players. The tournament was held at the Expo Center Hengelo (ECH), a multi functional trade and events centre in Hengelo, Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Format\nThe inaugural event in 2005 featured an historic first tournament between players from the BDO and the PDC. This time around the Masters featured an England v the Netherlands clash. At time the tournament details were announced, there were 4 BDO players, 5 PDC players and one unnamed wildcard. Shortly after the 2007 BDO World Championship, the four BDO players (van Gerwen, King, Klaasen and van der Voort) had all announced they were switching to the PDC. So by the time of the 2007 event, all the players in the event were PDC players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Format\nThe tournament was again arranged by PenH Events, but SBS6 had taken over the contract to cover the event from RTL5, who broadcast the 2005 event. Sky Sports showed highlights of the tournament on 16 July 2007. It was staged between February 10 and February 18, 2007. The Dutch squad consisted of Raymond van Barneveld, Roland Scholten, Vincent van der Voort, Jelle Klaasen and Michael van Gerwen. The England squad was Phil Taylor, Colin Lloyd, Wayne Mardle, Mervyn King and Peter Manley. The players competed in a round-robin format from Saturday to Wednesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Format\nThere was no play on Thursday and Friday due to the Holsten Premier League Darts, and the top two players from each country faced off in Saturday's semi-finals. The semi-finals saw the top two Dutch players face each other and the top two English players battling for a place in Sunday's final for the first prize of \u20ac50,000. The total prize fund was \u20ac185,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nMichael van Gerwen produced a superb victory over 13 times World Champion Phil Taylor and was the only Dutchman with a success on the opening day. It was a convincing looking victory by 3 sets to 0 but all three sets went to a deciding leg which van Gerwen took with 14, 12 and 12 dart legs respectively. Van Gerwen took out 170 to clinch the second set and also included a 10 dart leg in the third set hitting 180, 133, 180 and double 4 to put himself within one leg of the match. He finished the match with a 164 checkout for the 3\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nAnother surprise came when Peter Manley beat current World Champion Raymond van Barneveld. Manley took the first set with a 130 checkout in the decider and some steady scoring put him 2-0 up before van Barneveld started a comeback with seven successive legs. Van Barneveld was just one leg from victory but missed darts for the match in the fourth leg. Manley took the next three legs to win the final set 4-2 in the tie-break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nRaymond van Barneveld slumped to his second successive defeat in the tournament, and Phil Taylor notched up his first win of 2007 after two draws and two defeats during the year to date. Michael van Gerwen, Mervyn King and Peter Manley maintained their 100% records and Jelle Klaasen got off the mark with his first victory of the tournament. England players extend their lead to 7\u20133 in match victories, although it is an individual competition with the top two from each nation who progress to the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nPhil Taylor's miserable form continued with another defeat by Raymond van Barneveld, who finally got off the mark with his first win of the tournament. Peter Manley and Mervyn King maintained their 100% records, which puts Taylor in danger of failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Colin Lloyd notched his second win of the tournament with a thrilling victory over Michael van Gerwen (previously 100%). The match went to a sudden death leg after reaching 5\u20135 in the final set. Wayne Mardle is still in contention with his second win. England have now won 11 matches to the Netherlands 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nDespite a win over Jelle Klaasen, Phil Taylor can no longer qualify for the semi-finals. Peter Manley remained 100% with a victory over Roland Scholten, but the other 100% record went as Mervyn King lost to Michael van Gerwen. King hit eight 180s and checked out a 170 finish but it wasn't enough to beat van Gerwen whose victory was enough to secure a semi-final place. Despite only his second win, Raymond van Barneveld also guarantees a semi-final spot with a 3\u20130 win over Wayne Mardle. With Manley already assured a semi-final place, its down to King, Lloyd and Mardle to battle it out for the final place in the last four. England had an unassailable lead of 14\u20136 in the team aspect of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nThe group stages ended with a day of success for the Dutch. Only Michael van Gerwen failed to notch a win for the Netherlands as he lost the opening match of the night to Peter Manley. Manley completed a clean sweep of victories over all five Dutch players, for a significant achievement. Raymond van Barneveld now needed a victory to win the Dutch group and he obliged with a 3\u20130 win over Colin Lloyd, virtually ending his qualifying hopes. Phil Taylor's dead rubber against Vincent van der Voort ended in defeat, his third of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nTaylor would have the ingnominity of finishing bottom of the England group. Wayne Mardle's faint hopes of qualifying vanished with a 0\u20133 loss to Jelle Klaasen leaving Mervyn King needing just a set against Roland Scholten to go through to the semi-finals. King achieved qualification but blew a 2\u20130 lead to lose the match 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review\nFinal Tables \u2013 top two from each group qualified for semi-finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review, Semi Finals\n(0\u20133, 3\u20131, 2\u20133, 3\u20131, 1\u20133, 1\u20133, 3\u20131, 1\u20133, 3\u20132, 3\u20132, 3\u20131)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review, Semi Finals\n(3\u20130, 3\u20131, 1\u20133, 3\u20130, 1\u20133, 2\u20133, 1\u20133, 3\u20130, 3\u20132, 3\u20131)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review, Semi Finals\nMichael van Gerwen achieved a perfect nine dart finish during his defeat by Raymond van Barneveld. van Gerwen became the youngest player to achieve a televised nine-darter, as the event was broadcast live in the Netherlands. His achievement came in the second leg of the fifth set, when trailing 1\u20133. He took an unconventional route to the nine-darter scoring 174, 180 then finishing 147 with T20, T17, D18. However, he let a 4\u20133 lead slip and lost the match despite a 104.23 average and fourteen 180s. van Barneveld himself averaged 101.77 and hit eleven 180s to win a dramatic contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review, Semi Finals\nEarlier in the evening, Peter Manley produced one of his best comebacks to beat Mervyn King 6-5. Manley trailed 3\u20135 in sets and was just one leg away from defeat at 0\u20132 in the ninth set. Three successive ton-plus finishes kept him in the match. King missed a dart to win the match in the tenth set, before Manley took it into a decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review, Semi Finals\nKing took the first leg of the deciding set, before Manley levelled. A 70 checkout in the third set against the darts was the decisive moment for Manley and he held out with a double eight in the fourth leg to clinch his final place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 54], "content_span": [55, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192050-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Darts, Results and review, Final\nThe final was a one-sided affair as Raymond van Barneveld ended Peter Manley's 100% record with a convincing 7\u20130 victory to take the title. Manley missed four darts to take the second set and level the match but after that was never really in the contest. van Barneveld produced a superb performance averaging almost 108, hitting 60% of his doubles and scored fourteen maximum 180s to dominate the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192051-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Formula 3\nThe 2007 Zandvoort Masters of Formula 3 @ Zolder was the seventeenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Zolder on 5 August 2007. It was won by Nico H\u00fclkenberg, for ASM Formule 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192052-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Sprint\nThe 2007 Masters of Sprint was held on 6 January 2007 in Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam. The event was held for the first time and scheduled in between the 2007 Six Days of Rotterdam. Nine of the world's best track sprint cyclists challenged each other to crown the Master of sprint at the end of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192052-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Sprint, Results, 200 metre time trial\nThe riders started with a 200-metre time trial to place them into three series of three riders who were facing each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192052-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Sprint, Results, Series\nIn the series three riders faced each other in a sprint competition, with the winner qualifying automatically for the semi finals, while the others were forced to ride the repechages first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192052-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Sprint, Results, Repechages\nThe losing riders of the series entered the repechages in three series of two riders, with the winners eventually qualifying for the semi finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192052-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Sprint, Results, Semi finals\nThe semi finals existed of two series with three riders. The winners both qualified for the final, while those crossing the line in second position would be fighting for the bronze medal. The third finishers met each other in the fifth place decider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 44], "content_span": [45, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192052-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Masters of Sprint, Results, Finals\nIn the finals Theo Bos outsprinted Craig McLean to become Master of Sprint. Arnaud Tournant claimed the bronze medal in his confrontation with Roberto Chiappa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192053-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Maui Invitational Tournament\nThe 2007 Maui Invitational Tournament, an annual early-season college basketball tournament held in Lahaina, Hawaii, was held November 19\u201321 at Lahaina Civic Center. The winning team was Duke Blue Devils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192054-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian Senate election\nIndirect senatorial elections were held in Mauritania on 21 January 2007, with a second round on 4 February 2007. There are 56 seats in the Senate. The senators were elected by 3,688 municipal councillors, except for three (who represent the Mauritanian diaspora) who were chosen by the elected senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192054-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian Senate election, Campaign\nThe period for the deposit of candidacies ran from 12 December to midnight on 21 December 2006. 187 candidate lists were filed, including 133 for independents and 54 for parties or coalitions. 170 lists were cleared to participate: 118 for independents, 37 for parties and 15 for coalitions. The campaign for the election began at midnight on January 4 and continued through January 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192054-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian Senate election, Results\n38 members were elected in the first round; independents of the Al-Mithaq coalition won 23 seats, while the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDS) which had been the ruling party during the presidency of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, only won 3 seats and the opposition Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change (including the Rally of Democratic Forces) won 11 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192054-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian Senate election, Results\nOf the 15 seats decided in the second round, eleven were won by Al-Mithaq independents and four by the CFCD. This resulted in the following totals:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192054-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian Senate election, Results\nThe vote for one seat was cancelled due to irregularities and planned to be held again later. Participation among the councillors who voted in the election was placed at 97.94%. The three senators representing Mauritanians abroad were elected by the Senate on 9 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192054-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian Senate election, Aftermath\nB\u00e2 Mamadou dit M'Bar\u00e9, a Senator from Maghama, was elected as President of the Senate on April 26, 2007. 40 Senators voted for B\u00e2 Mamadou dit M'Bar\u00e9, while 11 voted for Ahmed Salem Ould Bakar, a Senator from Boutilimit. The other seven members of the bureau of the Senate were elected later on the same day, with 41 votes in favor and 11 against. N\u00e9ma Senator Hamma Ould Cheikh Saad Bouh was elected as First Vice-President, Rosso Senator Mohamed El Hacen Ould El Hadj was elected as Second Vice-President, and Tevragh Zeina Senator Rivaa Mint Ahmed Nalla was elected as Third Vice-President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Mauritania on 11 March 2007. As no candidate received a majority of the votes, a second round was held on 25 March between the top two candidates, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah. Abdallahi won the second round with about 53% of the vote and took office in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election\nThe 2007 election followed a military coup in August 2005 that ousted long-time President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya; the head of the junta, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, said that he and the other members of the junta would not run for president in the election, which marks the last stage of the transition to civilian rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, First round\n21 candidates registered to run for president of which 19 were approved to contest the election. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who served as a minister under Moktar Ould Daddah during the 1970s and briefly under Ould Taya in the 1980s, announced his candidacy for president on July 4, 2006. Ba Mamadou Alassane, President of the Party for Freedom, Equality and Justice (PLEJ), announced his candidacy on July 19, 2006. The former head of the Central Bank, Zeine Ould Zeidane, announced his candidacy on December 18, 2006. Dahane Ould Ahmed Mahmoud announced his candidacy on December 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, First round\nFormer military ruler Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, who came in second place, behind Taya, in the 2003 presidential election, announced his candidacy on December 27. On January 2, 2007, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, President of the Union of the Forces of Progress, was designated as his party's candidate. Former coup attempt leader Saleh Ould Hanenna was chosen by his party, the Mauritanian Party for Union and Change (HATEM), as its candidate on January 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, First round\nAhmed Ould Daddah, the half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah and the leader of the Rally of Democratic Forces \u2014 part of the Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change, which took a large portion of seats in the November\u2013December 2006 parliamentary election \u2014 announced his candidacy on January 12. Another former coup attempt leader, Mohamed Ould Cheikhna, announced his candidacy on January 14. On January 20, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, President of the People's Progressive Alliance (APP), announced his candidacy. Chbih Ould Cheikh Melainine announced on February 3 that he was withdrawing his candidacy and backing Haidalla, but he was not allowed to officially withdraw his candidacy, although according to Melainine he had requested the withdrawal two days before the February 4 deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, First round\nAbdallahi, who ran as an independent, was viewed by some as the candidate representing the ruling junta, and in January he received the backing of an important coalition of 18 parties composed of former supporters of Taya. Abdallahi denied being the junta's candidate. The Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change sent a letter to various international organizations, including the African Union, accusing the junta of \"running an open campaign in favour of one candidate\" through various methods, including asking influential people in the country to back their favored candidate, although the letter did not directly name Abdallahi as this candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, First round\nVall suggested at one point the possibility that, with blank ballots included in the total, no candidate would win a majority of the vote in two rounds, in which case new elections would have to be held. This caused a controversy, and the law was changed so that blank ballots would not count towards the total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, First round\nA record 1.1 million of the population of 3.2 million people registered to vote. Prior to the election, the frontrunners were considered to be Daddah, Zeidane and Abdallahi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nAfter no candidate receiveds a majority of the vote in the first round and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah advanced to the second round, on March 14, the Islamist \"R\u00e9formateurs centristes\", which supported Hanenna in the first round, backed Daddah for the second round. Hanenna also backed Daddah, as did the candidates Ba Mamadou Alassane, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, and Ibrahima Sarr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nAbdallahi received the support of the third and fourth place candidates from the first round: on March 17, Zeidane announced his support for Abdallahi, and on March 19, Boulkheir also announced his support. Boulkheir's support came in spite of the fact that he was part of the Coalition of the Forces for Democratic Change along with Daddah. Abdallahi also received the support of several minor candidates: Dahane Ould Ahmed Mahmoud, Mohamed Ahmed Ould Babahmed Ould Salihi, Moulaye El Hacen Ould Jiyed, Isselmou Ould Mustapha, and Mohamedou Ould Ghoulam Ould Sidaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nA televised debate between Abdallahi and Daddah was held on March 22. It was conducted in a non-confrontational style, with the candidates each explaining their positions. The candidates advocated similar policies, including measures against slavery, which persists in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Campaign, Second round\nAbdallahi said that it would be easier for him to accomplish things as president because his supporters would constitute a parliamentary majority. He also said that if he won, he would be willing to include Daddah in the government, as long as his allies agreed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Results\nOn March 12, with about 26% of the vote counted, Abdallahi and Daddah were reported to both have about 25% of the vote; Zeidane was in third place with about 13%. With 86% of the vote counted, Abdallahi led with 22.76% of the vote, while Daddah had 21.46% and Zeidane was third. Later on March 12, Interior Minister Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine announced the provisional results and said that Abdallahi and Daddah would compete in a second round on March 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Results\nFinal results were proclaimed by the Constitutional Council on March 15: Abdallahi received 24.80% of the first round vote, while Daddah received about 20.69% and Zeidane received about 15.28%. Messaoud Ould Boulkheir was fourth with about 9.79% of the vote, followed by Ibrahima Moctar Sarr with 7.95%. There were 794,979 voters out of the 1,133,152 who were registered, a turnout rate of 70.16%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Aftermath\nFollowing the election, on March 26, Interior Minister Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine declared Abdallahi the winner, saying that he won 52.85% of the vote. Abdallahi won 10 out of the country's 13 regions; Daddah won in Nouakchott, Inchiri Region, and Trarza Region. Turnout was about 67.5%. Daddah accepted the results and congratulated Abdallahi on his victory. The results were confirmed on 29 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192055-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Mauritanian presidential election, Aftermath\nAbdallahi was sworn in on April 19. He named Zeidane as prime minister the next day, and Boulkheir was elected as president of the National Assembly on April 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192056-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland\nThe 2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland was the fourth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on June 10 at the Portland International Raceway, in Portland, Oregon. It featured the first standing start in Champ Car history. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais claimed the victory to make it three wins in four races this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192056-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, Qualifying results\nRain on Saturday meant that the pole was effectively decided during the Qualification 1 session on Friday. Robert Doornbos led the wet Saturday session to start second beside Justin Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192056-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, Race\nDespite worries about stalled cars and carnage, the first standing start in Champ Car history was executed perfectly as all 17 cars got away from the grid. The race was notable for its lack of caution flags. Only two cars failed to finished, with both Katherine Legge and Jan Heylen both running into problems just before the checkered flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 49], "content_span": [50, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192056-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, Race\nPole sitter Justin Wilson lead easily from the start. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais was in fifth place as late as lap 25 after stretching his fuel economy. By short-filling his fuel tank during his first pit stop, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais came out on track in second place and was then able to run faster than anyone else on the track, finally passing Wilson after the second pit stop. Once in first, he easily drove away to his third consecutive victory and the 100th in Newman/Haas/Lanigan team history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 49], "content_span": [50, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192056-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, Attendance\nAttendance for the 3 day race weekend was 72,211 with approximately 30,000 people on hand for the Sunday Champ Car main event. This was lower than hoped for by Champ Car and the race organizers leaving the future of the Portland race in doubt as the race's contract with Champ Car expired after the 2007 race. This was the last Champ Car race held at Portland, as the 2008 race was not absorbed into the IndyCar schedule. On October 12, 2017, it was announced that the IndyCar series will return to Portland during the 2018 Labor Day holiday weekend - Aug 31-Sept. 2, 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey\n2007 McCuskey, provisional designation 1963 SQ, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1963, by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States. The asteroid was later named after American astronomer Sidney McCuskey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Orbit and classification\nMcCuskey is a dark asteroid that orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1\u20132.7\u00a0AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,344 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 3\u00b0 with respect to the ecliptic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 39], "content_span": [40, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Orbit and classification\nIn March 1921, McCuskey was first identified as A921 EK at Heidelberg Observatory. The asteroid's observation arc begins 12 years prior to its official discovery observation, with its identification as 1951 LV at McDonald Observatory in June 1951.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Physical characteristics\nMcCuskey has been described as a dark C-type asteroid, compatible with the measured color index and opposition/slope parameter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 39], "content_span": [40, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo\nMeasurements made with the IRAS observatory give a diameter of 33.79 kilometers and a geometric albedo of 0.07. By comparison, measurements with Spitzer's Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) give a diameter of 35.26 kilometers and a geometric albedo of 0.03.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 60], "content_span": [61, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo\nAccording to the more recent 2015/16 results of the NEOWISE survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, McCuskey measures 19.08 and 20.21 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.06 and 0.05, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 60], "content_span": [61, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo\nThe Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0558 and a diameter of 21.78 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.06.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 60], "content_span": [61, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Physical characteristics, Lightcurves\nIn March 2013, a rotational lightcurve of McCuskey was obtained from photometric observations by an international collaboration of astronomers. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 8.603 hours with a brightness variation of 0.18 magnitude (U=3). The group also determined a V\u2013R color index of 0.340.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 52], "content_span": [53, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Physical characteristics, Lightcurves\nAstronomers at Texas A&M University using the 0.6-meter SARA South Telescope at Cerro Tololo in August 2014, determined a concurring period of 8.611 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.21 magnitude (U=3).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 52], "content_span": [53, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192057-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 McCuskey, Naming\nThis minor planet was named in honour of American mathematician and astronomer Sidney Wilcox McCuskey (1907\u20131979), who was the director of the Warner and Swasey Observatory and president of IAU Commission 33, Structure and Dynamics of the Galactic System. He is best known for his contribution on stellar luminosity and galactic structure. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 June 1982 (M.P.C. 6954).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 21], "content_span": [22, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game\nThe 2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, home of the University of Louisville Cardinals. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2007. The game was the 30th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game\nThe 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game\nProceeds from the 2007 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Kentuckiana and its Ronald McDonald House program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2007 game\nThe game was telecast live by ESPN. The crowd at Freedom Hall was electric as super-producer Timbaland took the court with the All American girls for a halftime performance to remember. That atmosphere carried over into an exciting second half of basketball, as the 30th annual Boys Game went down to the wire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2007 game\nJ. J. Hickson (Denver Nuggets) scored a team-high 14 points, while shooting 78% from the field, for the East squad. Naismith Sportsmanship Award winner Gani Lawal (Olimpia Milano) recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Nick Calathes (Memphis Grizzlies) contributed with a solid performance, as he scored 13 points (3-3 from beyond the arc), grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 6 assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2007 game\nThe West Team was led by Michael Beasley (Miami Heat), as he tallied 23 points and 12 rebounds. Both of those totals place Beasley in the record books and for that he was crowned the John R. Wooden MVP of the game. Wootten Award winner Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves) proved he was deserving of the honor, as he added 13 points and 6 rebounds. Long-range specialist Jerryd Bayless (Boston Celtics) added 11 points and was a perfect 2\u20132 from three-point range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2007 game\nShooting 54% from the field and 42% from three-point land, the West team took an 11-point lead into the locker room. A strong defensive effort by the East team in the second half helped keep the game close. The West squad was limited to just one three-point basket and three free throws in the second half. Held scoreless from the 2:31 mark on, the West relied on solid defense and an errant shot by O. J. Mayo (Milwaukee Bucks) at the buzzer to escape with the 114\u2013112 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192058-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, All-American Week, Schedule\nThe Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in three crowd-entertaining ways. The slam dunk contest was first held in 1987, and a 3-point shooting challenge was added in 1989. This year, for the first time, a timed basketball skills competition was added to the schedule of events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game\nThe 2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, home of the University of Louisville Cardinals. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2007. The game was the 6th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game\nThe 48 players were selected from 2,500 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. Coach Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game\nProceeds from the 2008 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Kentuckiana and its Ronald McDonald House program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2007 Game\nThe game was telecast live by ESPN. The sixth annual Girls Game kicked off an action packed evening at Freedom Hall. A crowd of nearly 12,000 fans witnessed a couple of record-breaking performances by our All American girls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2007 Game\nWootten Award winner, Maya Moore (Connecticut) led the East Squad with 18 points and tied the record for most field goals in a game with eight, while Kelley Cain (Tennessee) added 10 points and a new single game record 14 rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2007 Game\nKayla Pedersen (Stanford) was high scorer for the West Team with 18 points. She also led the team in rebounds with 12. Other West Team notables included, Angie Bjorklund (Tennessee), who poured in 13 points and Victoria Baugh (Tennessee), who pulled down nine rebounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2007 Game\nThe 2007 John R. Wooden MVP Award went to Jasmine Thomas (Duke). She scored 16 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished six assists in just 15 minutes on the court. The coaches and her All American teammates, voted Drey Mingo (Purdue) this year's Naismith Award winner for Sportsmanship during event week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, 2007 Game\nThe West All Americans still lead the alltime series 4-2, but this was a memorable night for the East. They jumped out to a big halftime lead and never looked back, as they dominated the game from start to finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192059-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, All-American Week, Schedule\nThe Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in two crowd-entertaining ways. Since the first All-American game in 2002, players have competed in a 3-point shooting challenge and a timed basketball skills competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nThe 2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 81st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nThis was Cortown's first year in this grade since 1996, after 10 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nOn 21 October 2007, Donaghmore/Ashbourne claimed their 4th Intermediate championship title when they defeated Castletown 1-15 to 1-11, succeeding Rathkenny as Intermediate champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship\nRatoath were relegated from this grade, after 2 years as an Intermediate club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2006 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 59], "content_span": [60, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage\nThere are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and the top 2 finishers in Group B and C will qualify for the quarter finals. Third place in Group B will play third place in Group C for a quarter finals place. The 3 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a round-robin relegation play off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 58], "content_span": [59, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192060-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stage, Finals\nThe teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi finals are two group winners and the quarter final winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship\nThe 2007 Meath Senior Football Championship was the 115th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship\nWolfe Tones were the defending champions after they defeated Navan O'Mahonys in the previous years final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship\nRathkenny were promoted after claiming the 2006 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their first Intermediate win since 1934.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship\nOn 4 November 2007, Seneschalstown claimed their 3rd Senior Championship title when they defeated Navan O'Mahonys 0\u201315 to 0\u20139 after a replay. Captain Cormac Quinn raised the Keegan Cup while Brian Clarke claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship\nBallinlough were relegated after 16 years in the senior grade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team changes\nThe following teams have changed division since the 2006 championship season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship, Group stage\nThere are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The 3 top finishers in Group A and the top 2 finishers in Group B and C will qualify for the quarter finals. Third place in Group B will play third place in Group C for a quarter finals place. The 3 teams that finish last in their groups will play in a round-robin relegation play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192061-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stage, Finals\nThe winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals along with the third-placed finisher of Group A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192062-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International\nThe 2007 Medibank International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that was part of the 2007 ATP Tour and 2007 WTA Tour. It was the 115th edition of the annually-held Medibank International and was played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, Australia from 7 January until 13 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192062-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International\nThe event was notable as being the last tournament Kim Clijsters won, before her first retirement from the sport. James Blake defended his title from the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192062-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International, Finals, Men's Doubles\nPaul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 6\u20134, 6\u20137(3\u20137), [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192062-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International, Finals, Women's Doubles\nAnna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld / Meghann Shaughnessy defeated Marion Bartoli / Meilen Tu, 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 7\u20136", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192063-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Doubles\nThe 2007 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Doubles was the 2007 Medibank International men's doubles competition won by Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192064-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International \u2013 Men's Singles\nJames Blake defeated Carlos Moy\u00e1 6\u20133, 5\u20137, 6\u20131 to win the 2007 Medibank International singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192065-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but DAB together this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192066-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe 2007 Women\u2019s Medibank International began on January 7, 2007 and finished January 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192066-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Medibank International \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 52], "content_span": [53, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192067-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Medicine Hat municipal election\nThe 2007 Medicine Hat municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Medicine Hat elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Medicine Hat School District No. 76 trustees (at large), and four of the Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20's five trustees (four from Ward Medicine Hat). The incumbent mayor Garth Valley, did not run. There was a voter turnout of 47.5%, and an average 5.8 aldermen per ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192068-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meguro local election\nMeguro, Tokyo, held a local election for the city assembly on April 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192068-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Meguro local election, Results\nThis Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192069-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meijer Indy 300\nThe 2007 Meijer Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Kentucky Speedway. It was held over 9 -August 11, 2007, as the fourteenth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the fourth and final night race of the season. After the checkered flag, Dario Franchitti crashed and flipped his car flipped for the second race in succession, as he mistakenly thought there was another lap left of the race, and went over the back of Kosuke Matsuura's car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl\nThe 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, one of 27 non-BCS bowl games played after the 2007 NCAA football regular season, took place on Saturday, December 29, 2007, with a 1:00PM EST kickoff at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Wake Forest won the game, 24-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl\nThe Connecticut Huskies, making just their second bowl appearance in four seasons since joining the Big East entered the game as co-Big East champions after securing a 9-3 overall record. They faced the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, representing the Atlantic Coast Conference, a school located just 80 miles from Charlotte in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nConnecticut's Tyvon Branch received the opening kickoff from Wake Forest at Connecticut's four-yard line and advanced the ball 18\u00a0yards to the 22. After three plays UConn only gained five yards, well-short of a first down; they punted the ball back to the Demon Deacons. A penalty on the punt return gave Wake Forest the ball on their own 38-yard line. Wake earned a first down, moving as far as the Connecticut 42-yard line, but a sack by Husky defensive end Dan Davis drove them back to midfield, eventually forcing a punt. On their next possession UConn failed to gain a single yard, and once again punted. The Demon Deacons earned another first down on their next possession but again were unable to drive far beyond midfield and punted back to the Huskies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nOn their next possession, the Huskies earned their first first down of the game, on a pass from quarterback Tyler Lorenzen to wide receiver Ellis Gaulden. UConn was unable to move the ball further than their own 38-yard line, however, and once again punted. The punt pinned Wake deep in their own territory, forcing them to start from their own six-yard line. The Demon Deacons after three plays were one yard short of a first down, necessitating another punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nThe punt traveled 53 yards before being caught by Connecticut's Larry Taylor on the UConn 32-yard line and run back 68 yards for the touchdown. With this return and his earlier return in the 2004 Motor City Bowl, Taylor had now returned punts for touchdowns in both bowl games Connecticut had played in. After the extra point, the score was 7\u20130 in favor of the Huskies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nWake Forest received the kickoff following the touchdown and returned the ball to their own 26-yard line. They began driving down the field, earning first downs on passes from quarterback Riley Skinner to receivers Kenneth Moore and Alphonso Smith. After two rushes that gained a net of three yards, the first quarter clock expired. At the end of one quarter played, Connecticut held a 7\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Demon Deacons faced a 3rd-and-7 situation at midfield as the second quarter began; after an incomplete pass, they were forced to punt. Connecticut got the ball back on their own 12-yard line and proceeded to drive toward midfield, but were stalled after Lorenzen was sacked jointly by John Russell and Stanley Arnoux on third down, forcing UConn to once again punt. Wake drove down the field all the way to the Connecticut 21-yard line, but failed to score as UConn safety Robert Vaughn intercepted a pass from Riley Skinner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe Huskies took over on their own nine-yard line and promptly gained 58 yards on a run by running back Donald Brown, moving into Wake Forest territory. Connecticut gained another first down on a pass from Lorenzen to wide receiver Brad Kanuch, but were unable to progress beyond the Demon Deacon 11-yard line. Kicker Tony Ciaravino kicked a 28-yard field goal to give UConn a 10-0 lead with five minutes left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nAfter a touchback on the kickoff, Wake Forest began their next drive from their own 20-yard line. On first down Skinner promptly completed a 34-yard pass to wide receiver Kenneth Moore, moving the Demon Deacons into the UConn side of the field. Wake was unable to move the ball any further, however, and once again punted. Taking over at their own 13-yard line, Connecticut went three-and-out, and punted the ball back to the Demon Deacons with 1:35 left in the half. Skinner earned a first down off an eight-yard pass to wide receiver Chip Brinkman and a quarterback running play, but after a sack by Alex Polito Wake Forest was content to let the halftime clock expire. The score after two quarters was 10\u20130 in favor of the Huskies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nWake Forest responded in the second half. Receiving the kickoff, Kenneth Moore returned the ball to the Wake 34-yard line. After a rush for no gain by Josh Adams, Riley Skinner completed four straight passes, earning two first downs and moving the Demon Deacons to the UConn 38-yard line. On the next play, running back Josh Adams took the ball all the way to the end zone, scoring on a 38-yard touchdown run. After the extra point, Wake Forest had trimmed Connecticut's lead to 10\u20137, with 12:30 left in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nOn the ensuing kickoff, UConn's Tyvon Branch responded with a 62-yard return to the Wake Forest 33-yard line. Two plays later, however, Connecticut's hopes of scoring were dashed when Stanley Arnoux intercepted Tyler Lorenzen's pass attempt. Behind the legs of Josh Adams and the arm of Riley Skinner, the Demon Deacons promptly moved back down the field. On 1st-and-10 from the UConn 13-yard line, Skinner completed a pass to Adams that he fumbled at the four-yard line. Connecticut linebacker Danny Lansanah recovered as the Huskies dodged a bullet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nAfter two runs by UConn running back Andre Dixon gained a net of four yards, the Huskies were set back when Jeremy Thopson sacked Lorenzen, putting the ball back on the Connecticut one-yard line and forcing the Huskies to punt from deep within their own end zone. The Demon Deacons gained possession of the ball at the UConn 30-yard line and this time would not be denied; on 3rd-and-14 from the Connecticut 21-yard line, Riley Skinner completed a pass to tight end John Tereshinski for the go-ahead touchdown. After the extra point, Wake Forest now held their first lead of the game, at 14\u201310 with 3:20 left in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nUConn got the ball back on their own 37-yard line after a 26-yard kickoff return by Darius Butler. After Donald Brown rushed for one yard on first down, Tyler Lorenzen completed three straight passes, moving the Huskies into Demon Deacon territory. Facing a 2nd-and-5 from the Wake 45-yard line, Connecticut handed the ball twice to Donald Brown. He only managed to gain four yards on the two plays, putting the Huskies in a critical fourth-and-short situation as the quarter expired. After three quarters of play, Connecticut trailed Wake Forest 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nFacing 4th-and-1 from the Wake Forest 41-yard line at the start of the fourth quarter, Connecticut elected to hand the ball to Donald Brown. He was stopped for no gain, and the Huskies turned the ball over on downs to the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest promptly earned two first downs, on a pass from Riley Skinner to Kenneth Moore for 14 yards and an 11-yard run by running back Micah Andrews. The Demon Deacons were stopped at the Connecticut 26-yard line; kicker Sam Swank connected on a 43-yard field goal, expanding the Wake Forest lead to 17\u201310 with 11:44 left in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nGaining possession of the ball at the Wake Forest 33-yard line, Tyler Lorenzen elected to take matters into his own hands. He ran the ball three straight times for six, five, and twelve yards, earning two first downs and moving into Demon Deacon territory. On 1st-and-10 from the Wake 44-yard line, Lorenzen completed a five-yard pass to wide receiver Terence Jeffers. He then threw three straight incompletions, with the last pass attempt being broken up by the player who had intercepted him earlier: Stanley Arnoux. Connecticut once again turned the ball over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nRiley Skinner and Wake Forest took over; after two incomplete passes, Skinner found Kenneth Moore for a gain of 18 yards and a first down. Wake however was able to advance no further, and punted the ball back to UConn. After Andre Dixon lost five yards on a first down run, Lorenzen completed three straight passes. The last, however, to Donald Brown, lost seven yards and set up a 2nd-and-17. After two incomplete passes, Connecticut was forced to punt yet again, with just over four minutes left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThis time, Wake was determined not to give Connecticut another chance. After an incomplete pass and a three-yard run, the Demon Deacons faced a 3rd-and-7 situation. Riley Skinner took off, gaining 19 yards and a first down and forcing UConn to use their final timeout after the ensuing first down play. On 2nd-and-14, Micah Andrews ran for 30 yards to the Connecticut 15. Instead of allowing the clock to expire giving themselves the win, Wake elected to call two timeouts over the next three plays. Micah Andrews ran for a touchdown with under one minute left to play in the game. The Huskies would get the ball back with 23 seconds left in the game, but after three incomplete passes by backup quarterback Dennis Brown, the clock expired. Wake Forest won the game, 24\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192070-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Final statistics\nFor his performance in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl, Wake Forest wide receiver Kenneth Moore was named player of the game. He led all receivers in yardage with 112 yards on 11 receptions. He set a new ACC single-second reception record with 98 on the season; the previous record, 88, was held by Torry Holt of North Carolina State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192071-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meistriliiga\n2007 Meistriliiga was the 17th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their fifth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192071-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-off\n2\u20132 on aggregate. Kalju won on away goals and were promoted for the 2008 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare were relegated to the 2008 Esiliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 52], "content_span": [53, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192071-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Meistriliiga, Results\nEach team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 14\u201319, 2007. The event was held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series. Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. Detailed reports were given for the OAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics\nA total of 38 events were contested, 19 by men and 19 by women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage, and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nIn high jump, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Melanesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days. In the sprint events, athletes not competing for the Melanesian Championships were assigned to the B finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Men\n1. ): The 800 metres event was won by Aunese Curreen from \u00a0Samoa in 1:50.59 running as a guest. 2. ): The 1500 metres event was won by Aunese Curreen from \u00a0Samoa in 3:56.11 running as a guest. 3. ): In the triple jump event, Buraieta Yeeting from \u00a0Kiribati was 3rd in 13.36m (wind: +0.6\u00a0m/s) competing as a guest. 4. ): The shot put event was won by Salesi Ahokovi from \u00a0Tonga in 12.55m competing as a guest. 5. ): In the discus throw event, Travis Ambrum from / North Queensland was 2nd in 42.30m competing as a guest. 6. ): The javelin throw event was won by Stuart Farquhar from \u00a0New Zealand in 77.58m, Dexter Dillay from the \u00a0Northern Mariana Islands was 3rd in 45.37m, both competing as guests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 62], "content_span": [63, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Women\n7. ): In the 400 metres event, Toea Wisil from \u00a0Papua New Guinea was 2nd in 55.66 running as a guest. 8. ): The 400 metres hurdles event was won by Jacqueline Stresing from / North Queensland in 63.17 running as a guest. 9. ): The shot put event was won by Valerie Vili from \u00a0New Zealand in 20.03m, Ana Po'uhila from \u00a0Tonga was 2nd in 16.49m, both competing as guests. 10. ): In the discus throw event, Cheryl LeBrun from / North Queensland was 2nd in 13.63m competing as a guest. 11. ):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Women\nThe hammer throw event was won by Ana Po'uhila from \u00a0Tonga in 41.11m, Serafina Akeli from \u00a0Samoa was 3rd in 29.55m, both competing as guests. 12. ): The javelin throw event was won by Serafina Akeli from \u00a0Samoa in 49.63m competing as a guest. 13. ): In the 4x100 metres relay event, a team from \u00a0Australia (Brittany Knee, Sarah Mackaway, Ashleigh Reid, Rebecca Robinson) was 2nd in 50.26 running as guests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192072-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Melanesian Championships in Athletics, Participation\nThe participation of athletes from 7 countries and 6 guest countries fromOceania was reported. In addition, two local teams comprising athletes from the organizing Athletics North Queensland (ANQ) (representing North Queensland) and from the Athletics Australia's Jump Start program for indigenous athletes (\"Jump Start Australia\") competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings\nThe 2007 Melbourne CBD shooting was an incident that occurred in the Central Business District of Melbourne, Victoria on 18 June 2007. Three people were shot, one fatally, by Christopher Wayne Hudson, 31, a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who opened fire on two men and a woman during an argument on the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane at about 8:20 a.m. Hudson fled from the scene and went into hiding for two days, before turning himself in to police on 20 June 2007 in Wallan, north of Melbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings\nIn May 2008, Hudson pleaded guilty to the murder of Brendan Keilar and was sentenced that September to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years before becoming eligible for parole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, Christopher Hudson\nChristopher Hudson was a full member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, having defected from rival group The Finks in 2006. Shortly afterward, he was involved in a kickboxing tournament on the Gold Coast and was shot in the chin. In the days before the killing of Brendan Keilar, Hudson had fired at police in Campbellfield after a night of car driving with Collingwood footballer Alan Didak. On 28 June, Didak was interviewed by police about this incident. Didak claimed that he was intoxicated at the time, was not in control of the situation and was concerned for his safety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, The shootings\nHudson spent the night of 17 June 2007 drinking at the Spearmint Rhino in King Street. Early in the morning of 18 June, he assaulted stripper Autumn Daly-Holt, a workmate of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Kara Douglas. He then called Douglas, who arrived to pick him up around 7:30\u00a0a.m. Hudson dragged her out onto the street by her hair. At the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane, two male bystanders, 43-year-old solicitor Brendan Keilar and 25-year-old Dutch backpacker Paul de Waard attempted to assist Douglas. Hudson pulled a gun and shot all three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, The shootings\nKeilar was fatally wounded in the head. de Waard and Douglas were shot in the upper body. Douglas later had a kidney removed as a result of her injuries. Douglas, from Sydney, had been staying in the Punt Hill apartments on Flinders Lane. Hudson fled the scene as Keilar died in the street, dumping his weapon and jacket in a nearby construction site on Flinders Street between Queen and Bond Streets, where they were found by a construction worker about an hour later. The Rialto Towers were evacuated amid reports that the gunman had fled into the tower, sparking a level-to-level search.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, The shootings\nHis car was discovered abandoned on Flinders Lane between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets. The black Honda CRV with New South Wales licence plates was revealed to be one vehicle owned by the gunman. His other vehicle was a black Mercedes-Benz sedan, later found in Richmond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, The shootings\nStill high from a drug binge, Hudson fled to a Hells Angels safehouse north of the city. At 5:00\u00a0p.m. on 20 June, he surrendered himself to Victorian Police at Wallan,walking into the police station without incident. Homicide squad detectives transferred him to Melbourne where he was charged with murder and other offences in an out of court hearing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, Aftermath and trial\nHudson was to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court, but was unable to make it due to an injury to his forearm that required surgery. The magistrate ordered that Hudson be remanded into custody. The formal charges were: one charge of murder in relation to Brendan Keilar, two charges of attempted murder in relation to Kara Douglas and Paul de Waard, one charge of intentionally causing serious injury in relation to Autumn Daly-Holt and one charge of unlawful imprisonment. He was later also charged with nine offences in relation to the shooting incident involving Collingwood Magpies player Alan Didak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, Aftermath and trial\nIn May 2009, allegations came to light that Hudson had been tortured by members of the Hell's Angels for bringing unwanted police attention to the group. The claimant alleges a club tattoo was burned from his forearm with a blowtorch before he surrendered to police. The story arose after police raided the Angels' clubhouse in Sydney and took possession of a Harley Davidson motorcycle apparently owned by Hudson. This story was denied by Victoria Police and was further discredited when Hudson's stepmother sent a recent photograph, clearly showing the club tattoo, to the ABC program Media Watch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192073-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne CBD shootings, Aftermath and trial\nPaul de Waard returned to the Netherlands to recover from his injuries. In October 2007, he revealed on a television interview that he was still undergoing extensive rehabilitation. He also made an appearance in the Dutch television show In de schaduw van het nieuws (In the shadow of the news) on 21 November 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192074-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Cup\nThe 2007 Melbourne Cup, the 147th running of Australia's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 6 November 2007, going at 3:00\u00a0pm local time (0400 UTC). The race was sponsored by Emirates Airline. The winner of the race was Efficient, by a half a length, followed by Purple Moon and Mahler in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192074-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Cup\nDue to the 2007 Australian Equine influenza outbreak, believed to have been started by a horse brought into Australia from Japan, neither 2006 Melbourne Cup winner Delta Blues nor runner-up Pop Rock participated in the 2007 Melbourne Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192074-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Cup, Field\nThese were the confirmed starters, with barrier positions, jockeys, and trainers, for the 2007 Melbourne Cup:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192074-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Cup, Field\n1. Master O'Reilly2. Purple Moon3. Zipping 4. Sirmione5. Princess Coup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 25], "content_span": [26, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192075-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Storm season\nThe 2007 Melbourne Storm season was the 10th in the club's history. They competed for NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the season in 1st place to claim the minor premiership before going on to reach the 2007 NRL grand final, their third. In the grand final the Storm defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles to claim their second premiership. However two years after the event Melbourne were stripped of their 2007 titles after being found guilty of long-term salary cap breaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192075-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Storm season\nThe most successful season in the Club\u2019s history as the team managed 21 wins on their way to winning the NRL Grand Final. Storm\u2019s success was built on the back of incredibly strong defence. Craig Bellamy\u2019s men conceded just 11.5 points per game, the best defensive season in the Club\u2019s history. The year began with seven straight wins and by Round 12 Melbourne had moved into first place, where they remained for the rest of the season. Storm earned redemption from the 2006 Grand Final loss by beating the Broncos 40-0 in the Qualifying final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192075-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Storm season\nThey faced Manly in the decider, running away with a 34-8 victory as Greg Inglis scored a double on the night to be named the Clive Churchill medalist. Cameron Smith increased his standing as the best player in the game by being awarded the Golden Boot after being named the International Player of the Year while Israel Folau set an NRL rookie record, scoring 21 tries for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192075-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Melbourne Storm season, Team of the decade\nAs part of their 10-year celebrations in 2007, Melbourne Storm released a team of the decade. The 17-man team was selected by former assistant coach Greg Brentnall, foundation CEO John Ribot, and then board member Frank Stanton (all 3 were members of the 1982 Kangaroo tour \"Invincibles\", Brentnall and Ribot as players with Stanton the coach). The trio were joined by The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) journalist Steve Mascord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192076-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Melilla Assembly election\nThe 2007 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 4th Assembly of the Autonomous City of Melilla. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192076-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe Assembly of Melilla was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the autonomous city of Melilla. Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Melilla and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192076-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe 25 members of the Assembly of Melilla were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192076-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe Mayor-President was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of members, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In case of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192076-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Melilla Assembly election, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in Melilla. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192077-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Memorial Cup\nThe 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was played in May 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Pacific Coliseum. It was the 89th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was competed between the WHL champion, the Medicine Hat Tigers; the OHL champion, the Plymouth Whalers; the QMJHL champion, the Lewiston Maineiacs; and the host team and tournament champion, Vancouver Giants, who were competing in their second consecutive national junior championship. The Memorial Cup tournament was a four team tournament with a round-robin format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192077-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Memorial Cup\nThe Giants won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Medicine Hat 3\u20131 in the second all-WHL final in tournament history (the first was in 1989). The tournament set a new Memorial Cup attendance record with 121,561 fans attending the nine games. The previous record of 84,686 was set at the 2003 tournament in Quebec City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192077-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Memorial Cup\nThe tournament was the first to feature two league champions based in the United States, from Lewiston, Maine and Plymouth, Michigan, respectively. The only previous Memorial Cup to feature two American teams was the 1998 Memorial Cup, featuring the WHL champion, the Portland Winter Hawks and the host, the Spokane Chiefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192077-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Memorial Cup\nThe 2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup was also the first to feature the two-referee system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192077-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Memorial Cup\nThe Memorial Cup trophy's ties to Canadian military were evident when Canadian Forces units delivered it to the championship by sea, aboard HMCS\u00a0Vancouver; by air, hoisted aboard a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter; and by land, via the armoured 39th Canadian Brigade Group Convoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192078-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Memphis Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Tommy West. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 7\u20135 record, which was enough to attain bowl eligibility. Memphis accepted a bid to play against Florida Atlantic in the New Orleans Bowl. The Tigers lost, 44\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192079-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's African Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Men's African Volleyball Championship was in South Africa, with 9 teams participating in the continental championship .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192080-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Australian Hockey League\nThe 2007 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 17th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held from 23 February through to 1 April 2007 at various venues, before culminating in Perth for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192080-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Australian Hockey League\nQLD Blades won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating the WA Thundersticks 1\u20130 in the final. VIC Vikings finished in third place after defeating the Tassie Tigers 5\u20134 in the third and fourth place playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192080-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Australian Hockey League, Competition format\nThe 2007 Men's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192080-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Australian Hockey League, Competition format\nTeams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192080-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Australian Hockey League, Competition format\nThe first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states. As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192080-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Australian Hockey League, Competition format, Point allocation\nEvery match in the 2007 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192081-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's British Open Squash Championship\nThe 2007 Dunlop British Open Championships was held at the National Squash Centre from 18\u201324 September 2007. Gr\u00e9gory Gaultier won the title defeating Thierry Lincou in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192082-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I\nThe 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the 2nd edition of the EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 9 to 15 September of 2007 in Kazan, Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192082-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I\nThe tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, with the top two teams, Russia and Belarus, qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192082-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, Qualified teams\nThe following six teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192083-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge II\nThe 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge II was the second edition of the EuroHockey Nations Challenge II, the fourth level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 9 to 15 September 2007 in Predanovci, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192083-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge II\nThe hosts Slovenia won their first EuroHockey Nations Challenge II title and were promoted to EuroHockey Nations Challenge I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192083-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge II, Results, Fifth to seventh place classification, Pool C\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round from the two teams in pool B against each other are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 98], "content_span": [99, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192084-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nThe 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 11th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manchester, England from 19 to 26 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192084-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nThe Netherlands won its third title by defeating the defending champions Spain 3\u20132 in the final. Belgium won its first-ever medal by defeating Germany 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192084-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship\nThe top three teams qualified directly for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The other teams qualified for the qualification tournaments for the Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192084-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192085-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads\nThis article listed the confirmed squads lists for 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship between August 19 to August 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192086-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy\nThe 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the second edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 9 to 16 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192086-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy\nWhilst both Austria and Poland were promoted to the EuroHockey Championship in 2009, Poland defeated Austria to win the title. Poland, Austria, and Switzerland qualified from this event to the WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier Tournaments in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192086-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, Format\nThe eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the 2009 EuroHockey Challenge I.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192086-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C\nThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 91], "content_span": [92, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192087-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship\nThe 25th Men's European Volleyball Championship was the first continental volleyball competition hosted by Russia. Championship took place from September 6 to September 16, 2007, and was won by Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192087-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final ranking\nRafael Pascual, Ib\u00e1n P\u00e9rez, Jos\u00e9 Luis Lobato, Manuel Sevillano, Guillermo Hern\u00e1n, Miguel \u00c1ngel Falasca, Javier Subiela, Guillermo Falasca, Jos\u00e9 Luis Molt\u00f3, Juli\u00e1n Garc\u00eda-Torres, Enrique de la Fuente, Israel Rodr\u00edguez. Head coach: Andrea Anastasi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192088-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship, held in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, Russia from September 6 to September 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192088-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship squads, Poland\nThe following is the Polish roster in the 2007 Men's European Volleyball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192089-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's European Volleyball League\nThe 2007 Men's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The Final Four was held in Portim\u00e3o, Portugal from 7 to 8 July 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192090-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup\nThe 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Chennai, India. India won, defeating Korea in the finals, seven goals to two. Korea came in second and Malaysia came third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192090-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup\nIndia led 3-1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach, because of a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered, while India's forward line scored 3 more goals to make it 7-1 before Korea reduced the margin to 7-2 in the penultimate minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192090-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup\nBaljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match for his excellent saves. The striking feature of India's win was that all 7 goals were 'field' goals, and none of them came through 'penalty corners' or 'strokes'. India thus ended the tournament with 57 goals for and just 5 goals against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192090-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup\nMalaysia got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that Pakistan did not qualify for the Semi Finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan lost to Japan 3\u20131 and drew their league match against Malaysia 3\u20133. Pakistan lost to China in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192091-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge\nThe 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Boom, Belgium from June 23 to July 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192091-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge\nArgentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands after having defeated New Zealand in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192091-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge, Umpires\nBelow is the eight umpires appointed by International Hockey Federation (FIH):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192092-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy\nThe 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 29th men's field hockey tournament for the Hockey Champions Trophy. It was held from November 29 to December 9, 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having moved away from Lahore, Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192092-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams\nThe teams are determined after the 2006 World Cup in Germany, based on the criteria set:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192093-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters\nThe 2007 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the thirteenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 2\u20135 August 2007, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192093-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Competition Format\nThe tournament featured the national teams of Belgium, England, Spain, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were be awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192093-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Officials\nThe following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192093-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 31 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.17 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192094-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships\nThe 2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 71st World Ice Hockey Championship. The competition also served as qualification for division placements in the 2008 competition. Canada won the tournament, receiving the gold medal for the 24th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192095-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup\nThe 2007 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup was the second edition of the Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup and held from 14 to 18 February 2007 in Vienna, Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192095-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup\nGermany were the reigning champions and defended their title by beating Poland 4-1 in the final. Spain won their first medal by beating the Czech Republic 3-1 in the bronze medal match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192096-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship\nThe 2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held at Skopje and Ohrid, Macedonia from August 13\u201326, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192096-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship, Venues\nTwo Macedonian cities were selected as hosts for the Championship:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192096-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship, Format\nFor the preliminary round, 20 teams were allocated into 4 groups where the top 3 from each group advanced to the next round. In the main round, the remaining 12 teams were divided into 2 groups of 6. The top 2 teams from each group moved on to the semifinals and the winners battled in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 53], "content_span": [54, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192097-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Men's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 16 to September 21, 2007 in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192098-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, held from September 16 to September 21, 2007, in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192099-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Oceania Cup\nThe 2007 Men's Oceania Cup was the fifth edition of the men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 11 to 16 September in Buderim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192099-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Oceania Cup\nThe tournament served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192099-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Oceania Cup\nAustralia won the tournament for the fifth time, defeating New Zealand 3\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192099-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Final standings\nAs per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192099-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers\nThere were 81 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 20.2 goals per match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192100-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup\nThe 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven teams from North American countries from June 1 to June 9, 2007 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event served as a qualifier for the 2008 America's Cup in Brazil. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round. Mexico win the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192101-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, held from June 1 to June 9, 2007 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192102-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's South American Volleyball Championship\nThe 2007 Men's South American Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the event, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederaci\u00f3n Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was hosted in Vi\u00f1a del Mar (Polideportivo Sausalito) and Santiago, Chile (Estadio V\u00edctor Jara) from September 5 to September 9, 2007. The winner and the runner-up qualified for the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan, later that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192103-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's World Open Squash Championship\nThe 2007 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in the Bermuda from 25 November to 1 December 2007. Amr Shabana won his third World Open title, defeating Gr\u00e9gory Gaultier in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192104-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships\nThe 2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships is the men's edition of the 2007 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Chennai, India and took place from 6\u201312 December 2007. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The England team won his fourth World Team Championships beating the Australian team in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192104-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships, Participating teams\nA total of 29 teams competed from all the five confederations: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. For Chinese Taipei, Sri Lanka and Venezuela it was their first participation at a world team championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 63], "content_span": [64, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192105-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship\nThe 2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (2nd tournament) took place in Bahrain from 26 July\u20133 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192106-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Merdeka Tournament\nThe 2007 Merdeka Tournament is the 39th editions of the Merdeka Tournament and was held on 20 to 29 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192107-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Meteor Awards\nThe 2007 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the Point Theatre, Dublin on Thursday, 1 February 2007. It was the seventh edition of Ireland's national music awards and the last to be held at the Point before it shut for redevelopment. The event was presented by television personalities Podge and Rodge and comedian Deirdre O'Kane, who donned a showgirl outfit to open the awards ceremony. It was later broadcast on RT\u00c9 Two on Sunday, 4 February at 21:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192107-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Meteor Awards, Performances\nThere were performances on the night from Westlife with Ronan Keating, \"The Dance\", Kaiser Chiefs (who were first on stage), Director, The Pussycat Dolls, Amy Winehouse, The Feeling, The Blizzards and The Immediate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 32], "content_span": [33, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192108-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24\u201326, 2007. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Le Moyne won their fourth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192108-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192108-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nRyan Woods was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Woods was a pitcher for Le Moyne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 102], "content_span": [103, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192109-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Manila Film Festival\nThe 33rd annual 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival ran from December 25, 2007 to January 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192109-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Manila Film Festival\nMaricel Soriano, Jinggoy Estrada and the movie, Resiklo topped the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival. Soriano and Estrada took home the Best Actress and Best Actor awards for their performances in the films Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! and Katas ng Saudi respectively. Ramon \"Bong\" Revilla, Jr.'s Resiklo won eight awards including the Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Roi Vinzon among others. Second-consecutive winners Nash Aguas and Jose Javier Reyes received the Best Child Performer and Best Screenplay respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192109-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Manila Film Festival\nOther awardees include Best Director for Cesar Apolinario, Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! 's Eugene Domingo, and Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards for both Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! and Katas ng Saudi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192109-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Manila Film Festival, Entries\nThere are two batches of films in competition, the first batch was shown from December 25, while the second batch was shown on January 1, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192109-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Metro Manila Film Festival, Ceremony Information\nThe awards night ended in less than an hour after festival organizers decided to just announce the winners without even mentioning the nominees for each category. The organizers explained that it had to be rushed and had to end at exactly 9pm because a concert, featuring singer Lani Misalucha, was scheduled right after the awards ceremonies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192110-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mexican elections\nA number of elections on the local level are scheduled to take place in Mexico during 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192110-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mexican elections, Local elections\nThis Mexican elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192111-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mexico City 400k\nThe 2007 Mexico City 400k was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race held on March 3, 2007. The race was won by Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, driving the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley, campaigned by GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season\nThe 2007 Miami Dolphins season was the 38th season for the team in the National Football League and 42nd season overall. The Dolphins failed to improve upon their 6\u201310 record in 2006, falling to 1\u201315. The team narrowly avoided becoming the first team to finish with a final record of 0\u201316, as their only win came against the Baltimore Ravens on December 16, in the third to last game of the season (The Detroit Lions became the first team to go 0\u201316 the following season).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season\nIt was the Dolphins' first and only season under head coach Cam Cameron, after former head coach Nick Saban unexpectedly resigned to become the head coach at the University of Alabama. It also marked the third and final season under general manager Randy Mueller. Both Cameron and Mueller were fired after the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Resignation of Nick Saban\nDuring the 2006 season, rumors persisted of then-Dolphins head coach Nick Saban leaving for the University of Alabama at the end of the season. Saban denied these rumors throughout the season, to the point where on December 21 he told the South Florida media \"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach.\" Whether or not he meant it at the time is unknown, but Saban's stance softened after the season, and on January 3, 2007, Saban resigned from the Dolphins to become the new head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Historic game in London\nOn February 2, 2007, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the Dolphins and New York Giants would play a game at London, England's Wembley Stadium. The game \u2014- the second regular season NFL game to take place outside of the United States and first to take place outside of North America -\u2014 counted as a home game for the Dolphins. It took place Sunday, October 28 (Week 8) with kick off at 1:00\u00a0pm EST (5:00\u00a0pm local time). The Dolphins lost the game to the Giants by a score of 13\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Historic game in London\nIn the 72 hours following the announcement, over half a million ticket requests were received. On May 17, 40,000 tickets were made available to people randomly selected from the initial requests. The tickets sold in 90 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Failed trade of Dan Wilkinson\nOn March 2, the Denver Broncos acquired defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson from the Dolphins in exchange for a sixth-round draft choice in the 2007 NFL Draft. A condition of the trade was that Wilkinson report to the Broncos for a physical by Friday, March 16. He did not report for the physical, and although neither team was able to reach Wilkinson by phone the deadline for him to report was extended in hopes of eventually closing the deal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Failed trade of Dan Wilkinson\nOn March 29, the deal between the Broncos and Dolphins was finally voided. The sixth-round pick reverted to the Broncos, and Wilkinson's rights were once again held by the Dolphins. After failing to attend offseason workouts with the Dolphins in the months that followed, the Dolphins finally terminated Wilkinson's contract on June 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Legal troubles, Joey Porter-Levi Jones altercation\nAfter five seasons as AFC North rivals, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter (who had signed with the Dolphins earlier in the offseason) and Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Levi Jones were involved in an altercation in a Las Vegas casino on March 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 104], "content_span": [105, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Legal troubles, Arrest and release of Fred Evans\nIn the early morning of 2007-06-23, 23-year-old Dolphins defensive tackle Fred Evans was arrested in Miami Beach. According to the police report, Evans was in a dispute with a taxi driver, and refused to leave the cab at the request of the officers called to the scene. Evans reportedly engaged in a physical struggle with the officers when they tried to handcuff him, with one officer being bitten on his left wrist. The officers then used tasers to subdue Evans. He was charged with battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and trespassing. Complicating matters could be the fact that Evans is already on probation in Colorado County, Texas for possession of marijuana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Legal troubles, Arrest and release of Fred Evans\nIn a team-released statement, Dolphins head coach Cam Cameron said: \"We are aware that Fred Evans was arrested this morning. We will not condone this type of behavior. I assure everyone it will be dealt with seriously\". Cameron made good on his word a few days later, as Evans was waived by the team on June 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Legal troubles, Arrest and release of Kelly Campbell\nRe -signed by the Dolphins in March after spending 2006 training camp with the team, wide receiver Kelly Campbell had his contract terminated on July 6. It was not until July 24, however, that it was revealed that Campbell's release stemmed from an arrest on drug charges in Atlanta, Georgia on July 3. Campbell was charged with felony possession of marijuana and Ecstasy and a misdemeanor charge of providing false information to police officers. It was Campbell's second arrest in Fulton County. In 2005, Campbell was arrested and charged with marijuana possession and theft by receiving stolen property involving a handgun. He reached a plea deal to avoid a trial.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 106], "content_span": [107, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Legal troubles, Arrest of Chris Chambers\nOn the morning of Saturday, July 14, Pro Bowl wide receiver Chris Chambers was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina and charged with driving while impaired and speeding. He was arrested around 2:30\u00a0am and later released on $1,750 bond. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Capt. Lisa Goelz, Chambers faced charges of driving while impaired, speeding and reckless driving. On August 15, it was reported that a lawyer for Chambers said he would plead not guilty to driving while impaired. Chambers was charged despite his blood-alcohol content being below the legal limit, although North Carolina law says he can still be convicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Notable offseason events, Legal troubles, Arrest of Chris Chambers\nOn September 25, it was reported that Chambers would enter a plea deal in which he would plead guilty to speeding. Under the terms of the plea deal, the charges of driving while impaired and reckless driving were dismissed. He did not have to appear in court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 94], "content_span": [95, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Front office\nOn June 26, general manager Randy Mueller signed a contract extension that is expected to keep him with the team through at least 2010. Mueller will also receive a salary adjustment, however financial details were unavailable. After Nick Saban left following the 2006 season, Mueller's role was altered to give him control of personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches\nAfter the departure of Nick Saban, Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga went on a nationwide search for his next head coach. More than a dozen candidates were interviewed, and on January 19 Cam Cameron agreed to become the seventh head coach in franchise history. Cameron had previously served as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers from 2002 to 2006. He received a four-year contract worth $10 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches\nUpon Cameron's arrival, multiple changes were made to the coaching staff. Running backs coach Bobby Williams, wide receivers coach Charlie Baggett, defensive line coach Dan Quinn and strength and conditioning coach Bert Hill were fired. The team extended the contracts of special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong and outside linebackers coach Travis Jones (later reassigned as defensive ends coach). The Dolphins also signed a three-year, $8.1 million contract with defensive coordinator Dom Capers to retain his services. Outside additions to the staff were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Coaches\nFinally, previous offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey was retained, but was reassigned to the role of tight ends coach. Cameron stated he would call the offensive plays himself in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, Free agents\nRFA: Restricted free-agent, UFA: Unrestricted free-agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, NFL Europa\nThe following Dolphins players were allocated to and participated in NFL Europa in the spring:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, NFL Europa\nFor their performances, Mitchel, Dues, and Vickerson were selected to the 2007 All-NFL Europa team after the season. Meanwhile, Sam led Rhein in receiving with 32 receptions, 529 yards and three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, NFL Europa\nUpon the conclusion of the 2007 NFL Europa season, the Dolphins were assigned 24-year-old wide receiver Marvin Allen as their international practice squad player. Allen joined the team for training camp, and will not count toward the team's roster or eight-player practice squad. He also could not be signed by any NFL team during the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe follow players were drafted by the Dolphins in the 2007 NFL Draft, which took place on April 28\u201329:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe Dolphins got a handful of their draft picks signed within a month of the draft, inking four-year deals with running back Lorenzo Booker, punter Brandon Fields, fullback Reagan Mauia, linebacker Kelvin Smith and linebacker Abraham Wright between May 23\u201325. The Dolphins signed one draft pick in June \u2013 defensive tackle Paul Soliai, who also received a four-year deal. Offensive lineman Samson Satele signed for four years on July 18, while quarterback John Beck and center Dew Mormino signed four-year contracts on July 23. At that time, first-round pick Ted Ginn Jr. was the only unsigned draft pick. However, on the same day that second-round pick Beck was signed, it was reported that the Dolphins and Ginn were close to contract agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, Undrafted free agents\nBetween May 4\u201317, the Dolphins signed 16 undrafted free agents following the draft. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Offseason personnel moves, Players, Undrafted free agents\nUnlike the other 15, Hatchett stuck with the team less than two weeks. On May 18, Hatchett was waived upon the signings of Lofton and Malone, as well as the re-signing of restricted free agent Yeremiah Bell. On July 23, the Dolphins signed defensive tackle Brian Soi of Utah State. Soi declared for the NFL's Supplemental Draft in July but went undrafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Training camp\nIn 2007, Miami Dolphins training camp took place at the Dolphins Training Center in Davie, Florida. Rookies reported July 22, and veterans July 27. Training camp ended for veterans and married players on August 24, when they were allowed to check out of the team hotel and return home. Training camp ended for the remaining players on Saturday, August 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Training camp, Opening training camp roster\nThe following is the Miami Dolphins' roster at the time 2007 training camp opened on July 27:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Training camp, Transactions\nOn the eve of training camp on July 23, cornerback Andr\u00e9 Goodman and offensive lineman Joe Toledo were placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list due to lingering injuries. Undrafted rookie defensive tackle Brian Soi was immediately placed on the Non-Football Injury list upon being signed. The following transactions were made during training camp, which began on July 27:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Training camp, Aug 6 depth chart\nThe following is the first depth chart released by the Dolphins during training camp, dated August 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 60], "content_span": [61, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Training camp, Quarterback competition\nDuring training camp, Cameron held a battle for the starting quarterback job between Trent Green and Cleo Lemon. Green started the team's first two preseason games and completed 45 percent of his passes for 101 yards with one interception. Lemon was the second quarterback to play in each contest and completed 76 percent of his passes for 108 yards. Nevertheless, Cameron announced that Green would be the team's starting quarterback in 2007. The announcement came on August 20 with two preseason games left to be played. Lemon, who had primarily been no higher than third string in his NFL career, is slated to be the backup to Green in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 75\nWith NFL rules mandating team rosters must be cut down to 75 players by August 28, the Dolphins released nine players the day before to reach the limit. Those released were: placekicker Matt Prater, punter Ryan Flinn, wide receiver David Sutton, tight end Jason Rader, cornerback Shirdonya Mitchell, safeties Chris Harrell and Christopher Vedder, running back Ray Perkins and cornerback TR Dues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 75\nThe team made two extra roster moves on the cutdown day. Offensive guard/tackle Joe Toledo was moved to the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list, meaning he would be eligible to return Week 7 of the regular season. Free agent linebacker/defensive end Jorge Cordova was added to the roster. Cordova had been released by the Jacksonville Jaguars, with which he had spent the previous three seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 53 and subsequent moves\nOn September 1, the Dolphins were required to trim the roster to 53 for the regular season. With 22 roster moves needed in all, the Dolphins waived 16 players, waived/injured four and terminated the contracts of two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 53 and subsequent moves\nThe two veterans that had their contracts terminated were fullback Cory Schlesinger and wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim. The four waived/injured players were guard Dan Stevenson, wide receiver P. K. Sam and linebackers Jim Maxwell and Robert McCune. In addition, the 16 players that were waived outright were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 53 and subsequent moves\nThe Dolphins' roster was not finalized immediately after cuts, however. Three players were claimed off waivers by the Dolphins from other teams, requiring an additional three roster moves. On September 2, wide receiver Kerry Reed and center Johnathan Ingram were waived, while rookie center/guard Drew Mormino was played in season-ending Injured Reserve with a shoulder injury. The Dolphins claimed two players off waivers from the San Diego Chargers \u2013 wide receiver Greg Camarillo and offensive tackle Cory Lekkerkerker. Meanwhile, offensive lineman Gene Mruczkowski was claimed off waivers from the New England Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 53 and subsequent moves\nFive days later, defensive end Rob Ninkovich was claimed off waivers from the New Orleans Saints. To make room for him, rookie linebacker Kelvin Smith was waived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Cutdown to 53 and subsequent moves\nTwo Dolphins players changed their jersey numbers following the preseason. Long snapper John Denney, who wore No. 97 the first two years of his career, switched to No. 92. Undrafted rookie linebacker Edmond Miles switched from No. 48 to 50 to comply with NFL rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Practice squad\nOn September 2 the Dolphins made five additions to their practice squad, all of which among the players cut by the team the day before. Those players were tight end Aaron Halterman, safety Tuff Harris, guard Marquay Love and offensive tackle Julius Wilson and wide receiver Marvin Allen. As the international practice squad player, Allen must remain on the team's practice squad all year and does not count toward the eight-man limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Preseason, Practice squad\nTwo days later, the Dolphins signed three more players \u2013 guard Tala Esera, wide receiver Kerry Reed and wide receiver Chandler Williams \u2013 to their practice squad. Esera and Reed were with the Dolphins in preseason and released earlier in the month. Chandler, meanwhile, was a seventh-round pick by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2007 NFL Draft out of Florida International University. He was waived by the team during final cuts on September 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Washington Redskins\nThe Dolphins began their 2007 campaign on the road against the Washington Redskins. After a scoreless first quarter, the Redskins made the first move with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 31-yard field goal three minutes into the second quarter. Miami took the lead before the end of the half with a one-yard touchdown pass from Trent Green to tight end Justin Peelle as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Washington Redskins\nWashington took a 10\u20137 lead on a 19-yard Clinton Portis touchdown run with just under 12 minutes remaining in the third quarter. Dolphins kicker Jay Feely tied the game at 10 later in the quarter on a 20-yard field goal, and each team notched another field goal in the fourth quarter. With four seconds remaining and the ball on the Washington 43-yard line, Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell launched a last-second Hail Mary pass that was batted by Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor in the end zone. Redskins wide receiver Antwaan Randle El caught the ball at the six but was tackled at the three-yard line before he could score the winning touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Washington Redskins\nThe Redskins won the coin toss to begin overtime and promptly mounted a 10-play, 62-yard drive that included just two passes. Suisham made his third field goal of the game, this time from 39 yards out, to win the game 16\u201313 and hand Miami their first loss of the season as they started out 0\u20131 and 0\u20131 against NFC Opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 90], "content_span": [91, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nAttempting to rebound from their overtime road loss to the Redskins in Week 1, the Dolphins hosted the Dallas Cowboys in Week 2. In the first quarter, Miami got the first points of the game when kicker Jay Feely converted a 37-yard field goal. The Cowboys responded with a 26-yard field goal by Nick Folk. In the second quarter, Dallas took the lead on a 1-yard Marion Barber III touchdown run. Feely made a 45-yard field goal attempt as the half ended with the Cowboys leading 10\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Miami regained the lead with quarterback Trent Green completing an 18-yard TD pass to wide receiver Marty Booker. However, the Cowboys jumped back out in front with quarterback Tony Romo completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Curtis, which was followed by Folk kicking a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Dallas extended the lead with Folk's 47-yard field goal and Romo's 34-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Terrell Owens. The Dolphins tried to come back as Green completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derek Hagan, but the Cowboys put the game away with Barber's 40-yard touchdown run as Miami fell to 0\u20132 and 0\u20132 against NFC opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Dolphins flew to The Meadowlands for Week 3 in an AFC East duel against the New York Jets (who were also 0\u20132 heading into the game). In the first quarter, the Jets flew out first with QB Chad Pennington completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Miami took the lead with RB Ronnie Brown's 1-yard TD run. However, it was short lived as on the ensuing kickoff, RB Leon Washington returned the kick 98 yards for a touchdown. The Dolphins drew closer with kicker Jay Feely's 31-yard and 39-yard field goal. However, New York responded with Pennington completing a 4-yard TD pass to TE Chris Baker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Jets increased their lead with kicker Mike Nugent's 21-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, New York settled with Pennington getting a 2-yard TD run. Miami nearly had a comeback as Brown got a 2-yard TD run, a 2-point conversion run, and a 22-yard TD pass from QB Trent Green. However, the Jets managed to hold on to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Oakland Raiders\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Dolphins went home for a Week 4 duel with the Oakland Raiders, featuring former teammate Daunte Culpepper. The game was delayed for 30 minutes due to thunderstorms in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the first quarter, Miami trailed early as Culpepper completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter. He even got a 2-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Dolphins managed to get on the board with RB Ronnie Brown getting a 9-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, the 'Fins managed to get closer with kicker Jay Feely getting a 29-yard field goal, yet Oakland answered with Culpepper getting a 5-yard TD run. Miami ended the period with QB Trent Green completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Justin Peelle. In the fourth quarter however, Culpepper delivered the final blows by hooking up with Porter again on a 27-yard TD pass and getting a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Dolphins flew to Reliant Stadium for a Week 5 showdown with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Miami's struggles continued with Texans RB Ron Dayne getting a 1-yard TD run. The Dolphins answered with kicker Jay Feely getting a 23-yard field goal. However, with less than 4 minutes to go in the period, history came back to haunt QB Trent Green. During an offensive play, WR Ted Ginn Jr. was running with the ball and Green went low to block DT Travis Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans\nTrent got hit in the head with Johnson's knee, knocking him unconscious with a concussion. Johnson would then get flagged for taunting the unconscious Trent Green. With Green out of the game, back-up Cleo Lemon came in and helped the Dolphins take the lead with RB Ronnie Brown getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Miami increased its lead with Feely getting a 40-yard and a 33-yard field goal. Houston ended the half with kicker Kris Brown getting a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Dolphins' lead was erased with Brown giving Houston a 43-yard and a 54-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Miami reclaimed the lead with Feely kicking a 48-yard field goal. However, the Texans would pull out the win with Brown getting not only a 20-yard field goal, but a gut-punching 57-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Houston Texans\nWith their fifth-straight loss, not only did the Dolphins fall to 0\u20135, but they also suffered their first 8-straight losing streak since 1967.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nStill looking for their first win of the year, the Dolphins flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 6 intraconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. With QB Trent Green still suffering from a concussion from last week, back-up QB Cleo Lemon was given the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the first quarter, Miami trailed early as Browns RB Jason Wright got a 1-yard TD run. The 'Fins would respond with kicker Jay Feely getting a 43-yard field goal. However, Cleveland increased its lead with QB Derek Anderson getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Miami's struggles continued with Browns kicker Phil Dawson getting a 40-yard field goal, along with Anderson completing a 24-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards. The Dolphins answered with Lemon completing a 14-yard TD pass to TE David Martin, yet Cleveland managed to get a 20-yard field goal from Dawson as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, the 'Fins started to retaliate with Lemon getting a 5-yard and a 1-yard TD run. Unfortunately, in the fourth quarter, the Browns would pull away with Anderson and Edwards hooking up with each other on a 5-yard and a 16-yard TD pass. Miami's only response would be Lemon's 4-yard TD pass to Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nWith the loss, not only did the Dolphins fall to 0\u20136 for the first time since 2004, but they also suffered their 9th-straight loss (the worst losing streak in franchise history).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns\nAlong with the St. Louis Rams, it marked the first time since 2000 (Bengals and Chargers) that two teams began a season at 0\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs New England Patriots\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Dolphins returned home for a Week 7 AFC East duel with the undefeated New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Miami's struggles continued as Patriots QB Tom Brady completed a 30-yard TD pass to WR Dont\u00e9 Stallworth and a 2-yard TD pass to TE Kyle Brady. In the second quarter, the Dolphins got their only score of the half with QB Cleo Lemon getting a 4-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs New England Patriots\nAfterwards, New England continued its pounding with CB Willie Andrews returning a kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown, along with Brady and WR Randy Moss hooking up with each other on a 35-yard and a 50-yard TD pass. The Patriots would end the half with Brady hooking up with WR Wes Welker on a 14-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs New England Patriots\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Miami tried to make a comeback in the fourth quarter. It began with RB Patrick Cobbs getting a 1-yard TD run, along with DE Jason Taylor returning an interception 36 yards for a touchdown. However, New England made sure that they sealed their victory with Brady hooking up with Welker again on a 16-yard TD pass. Afterwards, the 'Fins ended the game with RB Jesse Chatman getting a 7-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs New England Patriots\nWith the loss, not only did the Dolphins fall to 0\u20137 for the first time in franchise history, but they also lost RB Ronnie Brown for the year, as he tore his ACL in the third quarter while trying to stop an interception return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Giants\nStill trying to get their first win, the Dolphins flew to Wembley Stadium for their special international interconference game against the New York Giants. For the game, Miami was listed as the home team. In the first quarter, the Dolphins trailed early as Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes nailed a 20-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Miami's struggles continued with N.Y. QB Eli Manning getting a 10-yard TD run, along with Tynes nailing a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the 'Fins started to make a comeback as former Giants kicker Jay Feely got a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Miami drew close as QB Cleo Lemon completing a 21-yard TD pass to rookie WR Ted Ginn Jr. However, New York managed to hold on to their lead for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. New York Giants\nWith their 11th-straight loss, the Dolphins entered their bye week at 0\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 87], "content_span": [88, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills\nComing off their bye week and still looking for their first win, the Dolphins went home for an AFC East duel with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, Miami struck first as kicker Jay Feely managed to get a 38-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, the Bills got on the board with DE Chris Kelsay sacking QB Cleo Lemon in the endzone for a safety. Fortunately, the 'Fins responded with Lemon getting a 5-yard TD run. Unfortunately, in the fourth quarter, Miami's year-long struggles continued as Buffalo RB Marshawn Lynch got a 3-yard TD run, along with a 2-point conversion run. Later, the Bills sealed the win as kicker Rian Lindell nailed the game-winning 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills\nWith their ninth-straight loss, the Dolphins fell to 0\u20139, despite outgaining Buffalo in total offensive yards (269 to 214) and time of possession (36:59 to 23:01).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills\nThis marked the 5th time this year that Miami lost by 3 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills\nWith the Rams' win over the Saints that same week the Dolphins are now the NFL's only winless team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Philadelphia Eagles\nStill searching for their first win, the Dolphins flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. This game would mark the NFL debut of rookie QB John Beck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Philadelphia Eagles\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, Miami got the first splash as rookie WR/KR/PR Ted Ginn Jr. returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown (the first TD punt return for the Dolphins since 2000). The Eagles would end the half with kicker David Akers nailing a 34-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Miami's year-long struggles continued as Philadelphia took the lead with RB Correll Buckhalter getting an 8-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles sealed the win with QB A. J. Feeley (a former Dolphin) completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Jason Avant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Dolphins fell to 0\u201310, eliminating them from playoff contention. This would be the first time since the 2001 Detroit Lions (who began their year at 0\u201312) that a team began a season 0\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nStill trying to get their first win of the year, the Dolphins flew to Heinz Field for a Week 12 Monday Night intraconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. For LB Joey Porter, it would be his first game in Pittsburgh against his former team. This would also mark the NFL return of RB Ricky Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nPlaying in heavy rain with a delay due to lightning, the game (also known as the Heinz Field Fiasco) remained scoreless through over 59 minutes, becoming the longest scoreless tie since 1943. The game would end with Miami falling yet again as Steelers kicker Jeff Reed got the only points of the game on a fourth-quarter 24-yard field goal with 0:17 left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, not only did the Dolphins fall to 0\u201311, but this would also mark the sixth time this season that the Dolphins lost by 3 points or less (a franchise worst).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn his first NFL game since New Year's Day of 2006, reinstated running back Ricky Williams had only six carries for 15 yards. He left the game in the second quarter with a torn pectoral muscle after fumbling and being stepped on by Lawrence Timmons. Williams would later be placed on the injured reserve list, ending his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nThis 3\u20130 score was the lowest scoring Monday Night game in 38 years of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New York Jets\nStill trying to get their first win of the year, the Dolphins went home for a Week 13 AFC East rematch with the throwback-clad New York Jets. In the first quarter, Miami trailed early as Jets RB Leon Washington got an 18-yard TD run. The Dolphins ended the period with kicker Jay Feely getting a 53-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Miami drew closer as Feely kicked a 44-yard field goal, yet New York replied with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 29-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Dolphins took the lead as CB Michael Lehan returned a fumble 43 yards for a touchdown. However, the Jets regained the lead with QB Kellen Clemens completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Brad Smith, along with Nugent kicking a 40-yarder and a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, New York increased their lead with Nugent kicking a 35-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Jets sealed the win with RB Thomas Jones getting a 1-yard TD run, Nugent nailing a 26-yard field goal, and Washington getting a 12-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New York Jets\nWith the loss, Miami fell to 0\u201312, and have lost 15 straight games dating back to game 14 of last season. This also marked the first time since the 2001 Detroit Lions that a team began a season 0\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 86], "content_span": [87, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Buffalo Bills\nStill trying to get their first win, the Dolphins flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for a Week 14 AFC East rematch with the Buffalo Bills. In the first quarter, Miami's year-long struggles continued as Bills QB Trent Edwards completed a 13-yard and a 28-yard TD pass to TE Robert Royal, while rookie QB John Beck had the ball slip out of his hand and have it caught by Buffalo Safety George Wilson, who would return it 20 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0076-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Dolphins would get on the board with RB Samkon Gado getting a 12-yard TD run, yet the Bills answered with kicker Rian Lindell getting a 51-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Buffalo continued its dominance as Edwards completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Lee Evans for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the 'Fins tried to rally as Gado got a 20-yard TD run, while kicker Jay Feely got a 41-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Bills sealed the win with Edwards and Evans hooking up with each other again on a 70-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Buffalo Bills\nThis would mark their 16th-straight loss, dating back to last season. Also, Miami became the 5th team in NFL history to begin a season at 0\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Buffalo Bills\nDespite getting the start, Beck only lasted for the first three series, due to a dismal performance (1/2 for 6 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 85], "content_span": [86, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nStill in the hunt for their first win of the year, the Dolphins went home for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Miami trailed early as Ravens kicker Matt Stover managed to get a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Dolphins continued to trail as Stover kicked a 39-yard field goal. Afterwards, the 'Fins got on the board as kicker Jay Feely managed to get a 23-yard field goal. Baltimore would end the half with QB Kyle Boller completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Miami began to gain steam as RB Samkon Gado managed to get a 7-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins took the lead as Feely kicked a 29-yard and an 18-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens tied the game with Stover nailing an 18-yard field goal. In overtime, the Dolphins nearly lost again as Stover missed a potential game winning 44 yard field goal. However, the demons were lifted as QB Cleo Lemon completed the game-winning 64-yard TD pass to WR Greg Camarillo. Soon after players and coaches rejoiced in the locker room after a long-awaited first win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the win, not only did Miami improve to 1\u201313, but it also snapped a 16-game losing streak dating back to last season's December 10 win over the New England Patriots, notching their first win of the 2007 season and avoiding their becoming the first team in NFL history to go 0\u201316. This was their only win in a 1\u201315 and would keep them from being possibly labeled as the worst team in NFL history. They also avoided having to play with a 0\u201314 record against a New England Patriots team carrying the complementary 14\u20130 record, and widely expected to become the first team in over 30 years to match the perfect season feat originally posted by the 1972 Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nCleo Lemon got his first career 300-yard game, as he completed 23 out of 39 passes for 315 yards and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 89], "content_span": [90, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at New England Patriots\nComing off their home win over the Ravens, the Dolphins flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 16 AFC East rematch with the undefeated New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Miami trailed early as Patriots QB Tom Brady completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, New England pulled away with Brady & Moss hooked up with each other again on a 1-yard TD pass, RB Laurence Maroney getting a 59-yard TD run, and Brady completing a 48-yard TD pass to WR Jabar Gaffney. In the third quarter, the Dolphins would get on the board as QB Cleo Lemon completed a 21-yard TD pass to WR Greg Camarillo. However, the Patriots' defense took over for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 92], "content_span": [93, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nHoping to finish their horrendous season on a high note, the Dolphins went home for a Week 17 intraconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Miami struck first as kicker Jay Feeley managed to get a 49-yard field goal. The Bengals would take the lead as QB Carson Palmer completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Chad Johnson. In the second quarter, the 'Fins regained the lead as QB Cleo Lemon completed a 5-yard TD to rookie WR Ted Ginn Jr., yet Cincinnati retook the lead with Palmer completing a 70-yard TD pass to Chad Johnson and a 4-yard TD pass to WR Antonio Chatman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, the Bengals increased their lead with Safety Chinedum Ndukwe returning a fumble 54 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Dolphins tried to come back as rookie QB John Beck got a 2-yard TD run, but Cincinnati pulled away as RB Kenny Watson got a 2-yard TD run and kicker Shayne Graham nailing a 30-yard field goal. Miami ended the game with Beck completing a 22-yard TD pass to WR Derek Hagan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the loss, the Dolphins ended their season at 1\u201315 and became the 8th team to end a season at 1\u201315 after the 2001 Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 91], "content_span": [92, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, September\nDuring the Dolphins' Week 1 loss to the Redskins, starting strong safety Yeremiah Bell suffered a torn Achilles' tendon. As a result, he was placed on season-ending Injured Reserve on September 11. The team also waived backup defensive end Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, who did not play in the season opener. With two open spots on the 53-man roster, the team signed contracts with veteran safeties and Donovin Darius and Lamont Thompson. They were waived by the Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans, respectively, at the end of the preseason. The same day, rookie linebacker Kelvin Smith, who was waived four days earlier, was re-signed to the team's practice squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nOn the first day of the month, linebacker Robert McCune was waived from injured reserve. Linebacker Jim Maxwell suffered the same fate eight days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nThe Dolphins' active roster remained unchanged for nearly a month after the season opener. The first transactions since came on October 10, when defensive tackle Sam Rayburn was signed and safety Lamont Thompson was released. Thompson appeared in one game for the Dolphins after being signed on September 11 and made one tackle. Rayburn went to training camp with the San Francisco 49ers in 2007 after spending the first four years of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nOn October 16, Miami traded their No. 1 receiver, seven-year veteran Chris Chambers, to the San Diego Chargers in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. In 100 games with the Dolphins since being drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft, Chambers caught 405 passes for 5,688 yards and 43 touchdowns. He earned his first Pro Bowl selection in 2005. In the team's first six games of the 2007 season, he caught 31 passes for 415 yards with no touchdowns. On the same day, the team also released safety Donovin Darius and placed defensive tackle Chase Page on injured reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nTo fill the three roster spots vacated by Chambers, Darius and Page, the Dolphins signed three defensive linemen \u2013 tackles Anthony Bryant and Jesse Mahelona and end Derreck Robinson. Bryant was on the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens prior to his signing. Mahelona and Robinson had been released by the Tennessee Titans and San Diego Chargers, respectively, in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nAfter suffering a concussion in the team's Week 5 game against the Houston Texans, starting quarterback Trent Green was placed on injured reserve on October 20. Wide receiver Kerry Reed \u2013 an undrafted free agent from Michigan State \u2013 was promoted to the active roster from the practice squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nThree days later, defensive tackle Jesse Mahelona was waived after being inactive for one game with the team. Starting running back Ronnie Brown and starting free safety Renaldo Hill were both placed on injured reserve with torn ACLs suffered in the team's Week 7 game against the New England Patriots. Brown was leading the NFL in offensive yards at the time of the injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nOn October 24, two of the three roster spots were filled from outside the organization as the Dolphins signed defensive end Quentin Moses and safety Lance Schulters. Moses was originally drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft and was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals on September 2. He was inactive for six games before being waived. Schulters spent the latter part of the 2006 season with the Atlanta Falcons after starting for the Dolphins in 2005. Tight end Aaron Halterman was also promoted from the practice squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nAdditionally, running back Samkon Gado was claimed off waivers from the Houston Texans. The team was granted a one-game roster exemption, as Gado was unable to meet the Dolphins in time for their October 28 game in London. On October 30, defensive tackle Sam Rayburn was waived to make room for Gado on the active roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, October\nThe Dolphins also filled two practice squad spots vacated by Reed and Halterman with quarterback Casey Bramlet and tight end Buck Ortega. A seventh-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2004, Bramlet spent 2007 training camp with the Atlanta Falcons. Ortega had been waived by the Cleveland Browns in late August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, November\nOn November 6, the Dolphins placed linebacker Abraham Wright \u2013 one of the team's seventh-round picks in 2007 \u2013 on injured reserve with a knee injury. He had inactive for all eight of the team's games in 2007. Practice squad tight end Buck Ortega was released the same day. The following day, defensive back Jereme Perry was signed to the active roster an undrafted free agent wide receiver Stefan Logan (South Dakota) was signed to the practice squad. Perry had spent the 2006 season and 2007 training camp with the Cleveland Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, November\nOn November 14, safety Travares Tillman was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury. Tuff Harris \u2013 an undrafted defensive back from Montana \u2013 was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster. Placekicker Matt Prater, who spent training camp with the Dolphins, was re-signed to the practice squad. Prater briefly held the kicking job for the Atlanta Falcons, but was waived on September 19 after going 1-for-4 on field goal in two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, November\nOn November 19, running back Ricky Williams was reinstated by the NFL. Williams had been suspended since the 2006 offseason for his fourth violation of the league substance abuse policy. The team was granted a one-week roster exemption for Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0101-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, November\nWilliams' return to the Dolphins did not last long, however. After being activated by the Dolphins when running back Samkon Gado was waived on November 26, Williams suffered a torn pectoral muscle against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was placed on injured reserve on November 28 and Gado was re-signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0102-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, November\nDespite returning to practice on November 6, offensive lineman Joe Toledo \u2013 on the physically-unable-to-perform list since training camp \u2013 was unable to return to the active roster for the 2007 season. His practice period expired on November 27, forcing him to remain on the PUP list for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0103-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, December\nOn December 4, starting middle linebacker Zach Thomas was placed on injured reserve with lingering effects of a concussion suffered earlier in the season. Safety Cameron Worrell became the third starting strong safety to be placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn ACL in the team's Week 13 game against the New York Jets. Wide receiver Kerry Reed was also waived by the team after spending six games on the active roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0104-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, December\nTo fill two of the roster spots, linebacker Kelvin Smith and offensive tackle Julius Wilson were promoted to the active roster from the practice squad. Both rookies, Smith had originally been drafted in the seventh round out of Syracuse in 2007 while Wilson was signed as an undrafted free agent out of UAB. Filling the third spot was rookie linebacker Mark Washington, who was signed off the practice squad of the San Francisco 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0105-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Transactions, December\nWide receiver Kerry Reed was re-signed to the practice squad after being waived by the team, and linebacker Marcello Church was signed to the practice squad as well. Church went undrafted out of Florida State in 2006 and had spent part of the 2007 offseason with the Pittsburgh Steelers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0106-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors\nDolphins players received two weekly honors during the 2007 season. Wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. won Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honors for his performance against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 11, during which he returned a punt 87 yard for a touchdown (the first of his career) and also caught four passes for 52 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0107-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors\nIn Week 15, quarterback Cleo Lemon won AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for leading the Dolphins to their first victory of the season against the Baltimore Ravens. In the game, Lemon went 23-for-39 for 315 yards and threw a game-winning 64-yard touchdown pass to Greg Camarillo in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192112-0108-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Awards and honors\nOn December 18, it was announced that defensive end Jason Taylor was selected to the 2008 Pro Bowl \u2013 his fourth straight selection and sixth overall. Taylor finished the 2007 season with 56 tackles (47 solo), 11 sacks, four passes defensed and an interception returned for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192113-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami FC season\nThe 2007 Miami FC season was the second season of the team in the USL First Division. This year, the team finished in ninth place for the regular season. They did not make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192113-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami FC season, USL First Division Regular season, Standings, First Division\nCommissioner's Cup, quarterfinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0Quarterfinal round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 82], "content_span": [83, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team\nThe 2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, representing the University of Miami was Randy Shannon's first as head coach of his alma mater. It was also the last in which Miami played its home games in the Miami Orange Bowl. Miami was 5\u20137 for the season their first losing season since going 5\u20136 in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Changes\nMiami finished the 2006 season with a 7\u20136 record, their worst since 1997's 5\u20136 campaign. Former head coach Larry Coker was fired, after continuous regression following a national championship his first season in 2001. Following a brief coaching search, Randy Shannon, previously the team's defensive coordinator, was hired by the University of Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Changes\nSince his hiring, Shannon has made several reforms. He has banned firearms, declaring any player carrying one will be dismissed from the team and the school. He also banned the use of cell phones during class, confiscating them from anyone caught with them for two weeks. He requires players maintain a 2.5 grade point average in order to live off campus, and any player who skips class faces extra conditioning as well as demotion on the depth chart. On July 24, Shannon announced to the press that the Hurricanes were stripping the names on the back of their jerseys for the 2007 season, which is highly unusual in Division I football. The Miami Herald then labeled Miami a \"no name offense and defense\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Changes\nShannon has also hired with six new coaching assistants, headlined by offensive coordinator Patrick Nix, who held the same position in 2006 with Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Changes\nDuring meetings with the ACC media, Shannon stated he believes the team can rebound and win the ACC, saying \"I don't expect anything less.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Recruiting class of 2007\nIn the pre-season, ESPN listed incoming running back Graig Cooper as one of the top-10 impact freshman for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Pre-season\nMiami began the 2007 season unranked for the first time since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Pre-season\nThree team members were selected to the ACC Pre-Season team: senior G Derrick Morse, junior DE Calais Campbell, and junior S Kenny Phillips.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Pre-season\nOn August 28, 2007, Head Coach Randy Shannon named Kirby Freeman the starting quarterback over Kyle Wright for the season-opening game against Marshall University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Schedule\nThe schedule was ranked as the #7 toughest road schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Schedule\nAfter this season, the Hurricanes moved their home games from Orange Bowl Stadium to nearby Miami Gardens and Dolphin Stadium. They had been at the Orange Bowl for seventy years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Marshall (1\u20130)\nThe Hurricanes defeated Marshall in Randy Shannon's debut game, which was also the first between of the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Marshall (1\u20130)\nThe running backs provided the majority of the Hurricanes' offense, as sophomore Javarris James and true freshman Graig Cooper combined for 215 yards on the ground with James scoring two touchdowns. Starting quarterback Kirby Freeman completed only 9 of 21 passes for 86 yards, but was praised by Shannon for \"controlling the game.\" Wide receiver Sam Shields sat out of the game for violating team rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Marshall (1\u20130)\nDefensively, the Hurricanes made four interceptions, six sacks, and held Marshall to 51 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Marshall (1\u20130)\nFollowing the game, James said, \"We started off this year with a bang and hopefully we can continue.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #6 Oklahoma (1\u20131)\nThe last time the Sooners and the Hurricanes had competed was in the 1988 Orange Bowl. Miami won 20\u201314 and earned its second national championship. The Sooners are 27\u20135 against current ACC members with three of those losses to the Hurricanes. The Sooners entered the game favored by between 10 and 11 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #6 Oklahoma (1\u20131)\nThe Hurricanes were within one score halfway into the third quarter, before the game, nationally televised on ABC, became a washout for the Sooners. The Oklahoma defense was able to limit James and Cooper to a combined 54 yards. Freeman went 3 of 9 for only 17 yards before being benched in favor of former starter Kyle Wright, who led the Hurricanes on their only touchdown drive and completed 7 of 14 for 65 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #6 Oklahoma (1\u20131)\nThe Hurricanes' defense was able to contain the Sooners, going into halftime with a 21\u201310 deficit, and scoring a field goal early in the third quarter to pull as close as 21\u201313, but Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford launched an aerial attack, going 19 of 25 for 205 yards and 5 touchdowns. The loss was the Hurricanes' biggest since 1998, when they were defeated by Syracuse 66\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida International (2\u20131)\nLast season was the first football game between the two cross-town schools. The Hurricanes won 35\u20130, but the game was most notable for its on-field brawl. Both teams hired new head coaches in the off-season; FIU was led by Mario Cristobal, who was previously the Hurricanes' offensive line coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida International (2\u20131)\nThe Hurricanes made changes following the Oklahoma defeat for the FIU game, the most noticeable of which was Shannon's decision to rename Kyle Wright, who was the starter last season before falling to injury, the starting quarterback. Wright went 10 of 19 for 224 yards, while Javarris James went for 92 yards as the Hurricanes won 23\u20139, extending FIU's losing streak to 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #16 Texas A&M (3\u20131)\nThis was the second match between the Aggies and the Hurricanes, with the Aggies having won the 1944 game. The game was the final nonconference game of the season for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #16 Texas A&M (3\u20131)\nDespite being unranked, the Hurricanes entered the game three-point favorites over the undefeated 16th-ranked Aggies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #16 Texas A&M (3\u20131)\nPlayed before a near-capacity crowd in the Orange Bowl and a national television audience on ESPN, the Hurricanes dominated the Aggies for much of the game, with a successful offense. By the time Aggies kicker Matt Szymanski put the first Texas A&M points on the board by way of a field goal in the fourth quarter, Miami had already scored 31. Kyle Wright led an effective passing attack, finishing 21\u201326 for 275 yards, and showing an ability to lead the Hurricane offense, which achieved 402 yards to A&M's 240.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #16 Texas A&M (3\u20131)\nDefensively, the Hurricanes limited the Aggie's leading rushers Stephen McGee, Mike Goodson, and Jorvorskie Lane to 38 combined rushing yards in the first half and 98 yards overall\u00a0\u2013 significantly less than their previous combined game average of 235 yards. Miami DE Calais Campbell, whose fumble recovery in the second quarter lead to a field goal that put the Hurricanes up 24\u20130 going into halftime, said of the statement victory: \"Knowing this is the last year in the Orange Bowl, we want to make history here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Duke (4\u20131)\nDuke entered the game with the 47th ranked pass offense in the nation, led by former Miami-area quarterback Thaddeus Lewis. Lewis threw for 241 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions against the Hurricanes, getting within a field goal in the fourth quarter. However, the Hurricanes' defense sacked Lewis nine times, helping the Hurricanes win the game 24\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Duke (4\u20131)\nCalais Campbell was named ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week as he totaled 16 tackles, including 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles against Duke. He now places seventh in the conference in sacks, fourth in tackles for loss, and is tied for third in fumbles forced. Graig Cooper ran for 101 yards and a touchdown in only twelve carries. He also caught a pass for 25 yards, and was given ACC Rookie of the Week honors for this. Miami leads the overall series 4 to 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, North Carolina (4\u20132)\nThis was the first match between North Carolina, led by head coach Butch Davis, against his former team. For the Hurricanes, the first half included two Kyle Wright interceptions, six plays allowed for 18 yards or more, and a short missed field goal attempt. The Tar Heels' first half domination included a blocked punt that eventually led to a touchdown, and added to the 27\u20130 score at halftime. The second half was mostly controlled by Miami, who scored 27 points of their own\u00a0\u2013 including a 97-yard touchdown catch by senior Darnell Jenkins. However, two North Carolina field goals in the fourth quarter and an errant Wright pass intercepted at the North Carolina 3-yard line (his fourth interception of the game) led to the Hurricanes losing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech (4\u20133)\nThe Hurricanes struck first with a 39-yard run by freshman Shawnbrey McNeal and took a 7\u20130 lead into halftime. The second half, however, was mostly controlled by the Yellow Jackets, who outgained the Hurricanes 244\u201379 in the half. Georgia Tech was led by running back Tashard Choice, who ran for a career-high 204 yards on 37 carries. A fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Kyle Wright to Sam Shields tied the game, but it was Travis Bell's 39-yard field goal with 7 minutes 34 seconds left that gave Georgia Tech the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech (4\u20133)\nGeorgia Tech became the third team in the last 25 years to beat the Hurricanes in three consecutive seasons, joining Virginia Tech and Florida State (both of whom accumulated the wins during the Hurricanes' probation years). All three Georgia Tech wins came by a touchdown or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida State (5\u20133)\nFlorida State and the Hurricanes both entered this game unranked for the first time since 1977. The teams exchanged turnovers (nine total, five by FSU) and scores, staying close for most of the game. With 5 minutes 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes, losing 29\u201324, appeared to have lost their best chance to win when Kirby Freeman was stopped for no gain on a fourth-and-1 at the Florida State 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida State (5\u20133)\nBut Freeman, who replaced injured Kyle Wright in the first half, drove Miami 83 yards in under two minutes to take the lead 30\u201329 on a 13-yard pass to Dedrick Epps with 1:15 left. FSU quarterback Xavier Lee, who was intercepted twice, then fumbled after being hit by Miami's Teraz McCray, and Colin McCarthy ran it in. This was the first game since 2001 that was decided by more than a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Florida State (5\u20133)\nMiami now leads the all-time series of the rivalry, 30\u201322.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, NC State (5\u20134)\nWith Virginia and Virginia Tech both losing the week before, the Hurricanes has the potential to advance to the ACC Championship games, needing only to win out. A win would also make Miami bowl eligible. The Hurricanes opened the game with a 22-yard field goal to give it a 3\u20130 lead. The Hurricanes then took a 10\u20130 lead when quarterback Kirby Freeman completed his only pass of the game, an 84-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Darnell Jenkins. NC State then became the first visiting team this season to score in the first half against the Hurricanes when with 2 minutes 4 seconds left until halftime, running back Daniel Evans took the ball in from one yard out to make the score 10\u20137 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, NC State (5\u20134)\nThere was just one score in the 3rd quarter which was a 33-yard field goal by the Hurricanes. The score was then 13\u20137 going into the fourth quarter. In the 4th quarter NC State scored 3 field-goals on their first three fourth quarter, bringing the score to 16\u201313. The Hurricanes got the ball with 6 minutes 55 seconds left in the game and drove down to the NC State 10-yard line, all on 15 running plays. With 33 seconds left the Hurricanes then tried two pass plays to wide receiver Sam Shields, both of which were broken up in the endzone. The Hurricanes were then forced to kick a 27-yard field goal to send it into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, NC State (5\u20134)\nThe Hurricanes got the ball first in overtime and chose 6 run plays to open. They then attempted another 27-yard field goal which sailed wide left. NC State then got the ball and kicker Steven Hauschka kicked a 42-yard field goal to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, NC State (5\u20134)\nThis was NC State coach Tom O'Brien's first win at the Orange Bowl. Miami quarterback Kirby Freeman, who was in for injured starter Kyle Wright, went just 1\u201314 with 84 yards and 3 interceptions. The Hurricanes rushed 60 times for 314 yards against the ACC's worst rush defense. Halfback Javarris James rushed for 103 yards. The loss dropped the Hurricanes to 5\u20134 overall and 2\u20133 in the ACC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #21 Virginia (5\u20135)\nThe Miami Hurricanes lose to the Virginia Cavaliers 48\u20130 in the worst shutout in Orange Bowl history on the Hurricanes' last game at the Miami Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, #21 Virginia (5\u20135)\nThis loss dropped the Hurricanes to 2\u20134 in the ACC and 5\u20135 total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Boston College (5\u20137)\nMiami lose to Boston College for the 1st time since 1984, and did not make a bowl game for the 1st time since 1997. While the Miami defense fell from previous years to finish 33rd in the nation, the offense finished 110th in the nation, their worst ranking for total offense in the modern era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192114-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Hurricanes football team, Game summaries, Offseason\nUM strong safety Kenny Phillips and defensive end Calais Campbell made the decision to forgo their senior year and declare for the NFL Draft. Phillips was drafted in the first round No. 31 overall to the New York Giants while Campbell was drafted in the second round No. 50 overall to the Arizona Cardinals. Linebacker Tevarris Gooden was also drafted in the third round No. 71 overall to the Baltimore Ravens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team\nThe 2007 Miami RedHawks football team represented the Miami University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Shane Montgomery and played their homes game in Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Pre-season\nThe 2006 team had 2 wins and 10 losses which was the first losing record for the RedHawks since 1993. The 10 losses were the most since 1989. The 2006 team was hampered by injuries and inexperience. The injuries led Coach Montgomery to use younger players which will help experience level for the 2007 season. Key injuries included offensive linemen Charlie Norden and Matt McKeown and running back Brandon Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Pre-season\nMiami was picked to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference East Division by the MAC News Media Association for the 2007 season. The RedHawks garnered one first-place vote with Ohio University was predicted to finish first in the East Division with 15 first-place votes. Senior quarterback Mike Kokal returns to lead the offence for his second and final season as a starter. Kokal, threw for 2,419\u00a0yards and 14 touchdowns in the 2006 season. He was ranked 19th nationally in total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Pre-season\nThe RedHawks\u2019 offense do have to replace Ryne Robinson finished his career as Miami's all-time leader in receiving yardage and punt return yardage and touchdowns. Sophomore Dustin Woods, who caught 25 passes for 506\u00a0yards and four touchdowns last season is expected take over as the leader of the receiver. Coach Montgomery stated before the season that he would not be opposed to using true freshmen wide receivers Chris Givens and Jamal Rogers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Pre-season\nThe coaching staff remained basically intact for the 2007 season, except for the departure of defensive coordinator Travor Johnson who accepted another coaching job. Johnson was replaced by Jay Hood, who was the defensive line coach for the past two seasons. Jimmy Lindsey, who was an assistant coach at Gardner\u2013Webb University was added to the staff to bring it up to full strength. Coach Montgomery did make changes to the staff including several promotions, and shuffling of responsibilities. DeAndre Smith was promoted to associate head coach from run game coordinator. Smith will continue to coach the running backs. Matt Hohman will take over Smith's former duties as running game coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Ball State\nBrandon Murphy led the Miami RedHawks to a 14\u201313 victory over Ball State Cardinals. Murphy rushed for 123\u00a0yards and two touchdowns including a 6-yard touchdown run with 17\u00a0seconds left in the game. Murphy's game-winning touchdown was set up by 56-yard punt return by Eugene Harris, which gave Miami the ball on the Ball State 23\u00a0yard line. Ball State was led by quarterback Nate Davis who completed 19-of-36 passes for 198\u00a0yards including a 23-yard touchdown pass to Dante Love with 11:22 left in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nAmir Pinnix ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the third overtime that let Minnesota to beat Miami by a score of 41\u201335. Minnesota took a 28\u201312 lead with 8:35 to play when Adam Weber threw a 5-yard TD to Ernie Wheelwright. Quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh replaced injured Mike Kokal and rallied Miami to 17 points in the final 6:35 of regulation, including a 61\u00a0yards at the end of the game to set up Trevor Cook's game-tying field goal. For the game Raudabaugh threw for 202\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Several Miami player suffered injuries during the game including Joey Hudson to a knee injury on the second series of the game and starting tailback Brandon Murphy who also injured his knee in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nDustin Grutza, who started in place of the injured UC quarterback Ben Mauk threw for two scores to lead the University of Cincinnati Bearcats to a 47\u201310 win over Miami. UC defense dominated the game with a fumble recovery, three interceptions, a blocked punt, and five sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe RedHawks were shut out for the first time since a 1993 loss to Ball State. In sophomore quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh's first start of the season, he completed 11 of 32 passes for only 95\u00a0yards. The Colorado Buffalo defense was never able to sack Raudabaugh, but they did not allow him time to set his feet for passes. Colorado outgained Miami 634\u2013139 in total yardage. The Buffaloes\u2019 offence rushed for 359 after only running for 134 total yards in three previous games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nCory Jones, a fifth-year senior running back who hadn't played a game in his career until this season, gained 125\u00a0yards on 12 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead the RedHawks to a 17\u201314 win over Syracuse at Yager Stadium. For this game coach Montgomery adjusted the offense to focus more on the running game instead of passing attack. The RedHawks had 286\u00a0yards rushing which was the most since Miami's 1999 team ran for 399 in a 32\u201323 win over University of Akron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nMike Kokal returned to the starting lineup at quarterback replacing sophomore Daniel Raudabaugh who started at Colorado the week before, Kokal ran for 63\u00a0yards on 11 carries and threw for 150\u00a0yards while completing 13 of 26 passes. Montgomery started Kokal instead of Raudabaugh, because of this week's game plan that focused on the running game including having the quarterback run the ball. The victory Miami snaps seven-game home losing streak. Miami's victory was Syracuse's first loss to a Mid-American Conference team since the 1976 season, when Bowling Green beat Syracuse, 22\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nThe Orange still had a chance to win at the end of the game. Syracuse had the ball on own 11 with 2:29 left and no timeouts. Orange quarterback Andrew Robinson was sacked by Morris Council on first down. Robinson then threw an incompletion on second down. He hit Rice Moss for a nine-yard gain on third down, and threw a pass batted down at the line on fourth. Miami took over on down and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Kent State\nThe RedHawks, without top running backs Brandon Murphy, Cory Jones and Andre Bratton, turned to its passing game to beat Kent State Golden Flashes by score of 20\u201313. The quarterback tandem of Daniel Raudabaugh and Mike Kokal, who suffered a knee injury on a second-quarter, combined for 310 passing yards. The Golden Flashes had a chance to win at the end of the game when the Flashes\u2019 quarterback, Julian Edelman was pushed out of bounds at the 1-yard line. Miami took over on downs and killed the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nBefore the game Miami University retired former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's number and honored former head coach Terry Hoeppner with a moment of silence. After the pre game activities, Miami beat Bowling Green, 47\u201314, as Austin Sykes ran for a career-high 127\u00a0yards including two touchdowns. Eugene Harris scored his first two career touchdowns, including a 73-yard pass that helped the RedHawks open up a 30\u20137 halftime lead. The RedHawk defense controlled the game by sacking Falcons' quarterback Tyler Sheehan six times and limited him to a 140\u00a0yards passing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Temple\nMiami lost its first in Mid-American Conference game to Temple by a score of 24\u201317. Temple built a 24\u20137 lead before Miami scored 10 points over the final minutes of the game. Dan Raudabaugh one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tom Crabtree with 1:19 left to play to put the RedHawks within 10 points, 24\u201310. After recovering the ball on an on-side kick, Miami went down and Nathan Parseghian kicked a 33-yard field goal to put the RedHawks within 7 points with nine seconds remaining. The RedHawks recovered their second on-side kick with four seconds left but Raudabaugh's was intercepted to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nMiami lost to Vanderbilt of the Southeastern Conference by the score of 24\u201313. Three straight Vanderbilt turnovers in the second quarter allowed Miami to lead 13\u201310 midway through the third quarter. Miami's only touchdown came when quarterback Daniel Radabaugh connected with Jamal Rogers for a 40-yard touchdown pass with 6:16 left in 2nd quarter. With 4:54 remaining in the third quarter backup quarterback Chris Nickson ran for a 2-yard touchdown allowing the Commodores to take a 17\u201313 lead. Nickson replaced starting quarterback Mackenzi Adams who left the game because of a chest injury. During the game Vanderbilt's Earl Bennett became the leading receiver in Southeastern Conference history. For the game he had eight catches for a career total of 215, breaking Craig Yeast's record of 208.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Buffalo\nMiami beat Buffalo by a score of 31\u201328. RedHawks were led by Daniel Raudabaugh who completed 20 of 26 passes including two touchdowns. Raudabaugh first touchdown was a 17\u00a0yards pass to Cory Jones in the first quarter and 6\u00a0yards to Eugene Harris in the third. RedHawks were also helped by Thomas Merriweather who rushed for two touchdowns while fellow running back Cory Jones ran for 125\u00a0yards. The Bulls were led by James Starks who finished with 154\u00a0yards on 19 carries and quarterback Drew Willy who completed 33 of 45 passes for 217\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Akron\nComing into the game Miami was tied with Buffalo for first place in the Mid-American Conference East Division. The RedHawks hold all the tiebreaker advantages and would represent the East in the MAC Championship Game by winning their final two regular-season games or a Buffalo loss. Coach Montgomery's main concern coming into the game was how to contain the Zips offense, led by sophomore tailbacks Alex Allen and Bryan Williams along with the senior wide receiver Jabari Arthur. The defensive game plan had to take into account two different styles of play depending on who was playing quarterback for the Zips. The Zips could play either Chris Jaquemain, who is more of a passing quarterback or Carlton Jackson who is more of a running quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Akron\nMiami prevailed 7\u20130 in a game dominated by defense. Neither offence scored during the game, with Miami's touchdown coming on the defensive side of the ball. RedHawks defensive lineman Craig Mester picked up a fumble midway through the fourth quarter and rumbled seven yards for the only score. The costly turnover came shortly after University of Akron coach J. D. Brookhart replaced Chris Jacquemain with Carlton Jackson because Akron had struggling to move the ball consistently. On a third-and-13 at Zips 20-yard line Jackson dropped back to pass and was pressured by Miami's Clayton Mullins, who forced the fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Akron\nMester scooped up the ball and became the hero for the RedHawks. Miami outgained Akron 320\u00a0yard to 216\u00a0yard but was hampered by four turnovers. Miami's Daniel Raudabaugh was responsible had three interceptions in back-to-back-to-back possessions spanning the second and third quarters. All three were intercepted in the endzone. The game marked the first Miami shutout since a 49\u20130 victory against Indiana State in 2004. And the first MAC shutout since a 49\u20130 win against Buffalo in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Ohio U\nComing into the game Miami had already clinched a spot in the Mid-American Conference Championship game due to a Bowling Green victory over Buffalo a week earlier. With a victory of over Ohio, Miami could have clinched outright possession of the Mid-American Conference East Division and a bowl bid. For the second straight week the RedHawks' defense had to prepare for a team with a running quarterback (Theo Scott) and a passing quarterback (Brad Bower).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, Ohio U\nThe RedHawks led 17\u20137 at halftime. Ohio switched quarterbacks for the second half, replacing Theo Scott with Brad Bower, and scored three quick touchdowns to take a 28\u201317 lead. Two of the touchdowns were help by great field position because of two interceptions thrown by Danial Raudabaugh on Miami's first two position of the second half. Miami's Nathan Parseghian tied a school record with five field goals, with the RedHawks unable to push the ball in the endzone in the second half. For the game Miami outgained the Bobcats 379 to 199\u00a0yards but Ohio's placekicker Michael Braunstein sealed the victory for Ohio with a 40-yard field goal that gave Ohio a 38\u201329 lead with 2:26 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192115-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami RedHawks football team, Game summaries, MAC Championship Game: Central Michigan\nCentral Michigan quarterback Dan LeFevour ran for 170\u00a0yards and threw for 185, leading the Chippewas to a 35\u201310 over Miami for their second straight Mid-American Conference championship. Miami's defense was able to contain LeFevour in the first half, but Miami's offense wasn't able to take advantage. Miami only scored one touchdown, a 12-yard pass from Daniel Raudabaugh to Armand Robinson with 9:09 left in the game to shave CMU's lead to 11 points (21\u201310). Central answered with two more touchdowns, a 7-yard run by Ontario Sneed and a 28-yard run by LeFevour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 90], "content_span": [91, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192116-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miami Valley Silverbacks season\nThe 2007 Miami Valley Silverbacks season was the second season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. After the season, the team decided to move to the Continental Indoor Football League, along with their brother franchise, the Steubenville Stampede, signing a three-year contract with the league. Team owner Jeff Kolaczkowski cited, \"This will cut down on the team's operating expenses as well as build strong rivalries.\" The Silverbacks had a rude welcome to the CIFL, when defending league champion, the Port Huron Pirates, defeated the Silverbacks 54-7. The team bounced back and finished with a 4-9 record and a chance to win a qualifying playoff game. They lost 60-28 to the Chicago Slaughter, failing to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192117-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan State Spartans football team\nThe 2007 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Mark Dantonio began his first season as the Spartans' head coach. The Spartans play their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192117-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan State Spartans football team, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe following players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 58], "content_span": [59, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team\nThe 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was Lloyd Carr's final season as Michigan head coach. The 2007 season began with a stunning loss to Appalachian State, but the Wolverines won eight straight games after starting 0\u20132 and finished 9\u20134 with a win over No. 9 Florida in the Capital One Bowl, 41\u201335. Michigan finished tied for second in the Big Ten Conference with Illinois, a team the Wolverines defeated 27\u201317 in Champaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason\nAfter finishing 2006 11\u20132 and in contention for the national championship game, many were expecting the Wolverines to build on their success, earning a national preseason ranking of No. 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason\nOn March 25, Coach Lloyd Carr announced that TE Carson Butler, DE Eugene Germany, and DB Chris Richards had been dismissed for violations of team policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason\nCarr also had stated that WR Adrian Arrington had been suspended for the spring practice session due to a violation of team policy. Carr was uncertain about Arrington's future at Michigan but Arrington did play WR at Michigan for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason\nBackup QB Jason Forcier asked to be released from his scholarship to transfer to Stanford University, and LB Cobrani Mixon was released from his scholarship to transfer to Kent State University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Schedule\nThe 2007 Wolverine schedule was ranked the 15th toughest in the country. The home schedule was ranked as the 5th toughest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Schedule\nRadio coverage for all games was on the Michigan Sports Network, as well as on Sirius Satellite Radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State\nIn the 34\u201332 loss, Michigan became the second team ever ranked in the AP Top 25 to lose to a Division I FCS team. Michigan started out strong, finishing the first quarter 14\u20137, but the Mountaineers scored 21 unanswered points to go up 28\u201314 just before halftime. After trailing 28\u201314 in the first half, Michigan recaptured a 32\u201331 lead thanks to three Appalachian State turnovers and a 54-yard touchdown run by senior running back Mike Hart with 4:36 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State\nHowever, after the teams traded possessions, the Mountaineers drove 69 yards in 11 plays, and Julian Rauch connected on a 24-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining in the contest to give ASU a 34\u201332 lead. After a failed pass attempt, Chad Henne connected with Mario Manningham on a Hail Mary Pass with under 15 seconds left to get Michigan to the 20-yard line. Michigan had a 30-yard field goal to give Michigan what looked like to be their escape from the upset.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State\nThen, shocking the College Football world, Appalachian State's Corey Lynch blocked the kick with 6\u00a0seconds left to seal the huge upset. The attendance for the game was 109,218. Following the game, Michigan dropped out of the Top 25 in the next poll. This was first time in the history of the AP Poll that a team ranked in the Top 5 had fallen out of the poll as a result of a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nMichigan looked to recover from their stunning loss to App State in their next game against Oregon. Michigan took a 7\u20133 lead in the first quarter, but then Dennis Dixon and the high-powered Oregon offense went to town on the struggling Wolverines defense, giving Michigan one of its worst home losses on record. The Michigan fans booed the Wolverines on their home field and people were calling for Head Coach Lloyd Carr to be fired. The loss was another embarrassment to the football program at the University of Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nIn addition to the huge defeat, Michigan lost its senior QB Chad Henne to a knee injury for two games due to a play in the second quarter. ESPN reported, \"A week after getting stunned by Appalachian State, the Wolverines were handed their worst beating since before Bo Schembechler worked the sideline at the Big House. Dennis Dixon accounted for 368\u00a0yards and a career-high four touchdowns, helping the Ducks build a 25-point lead at halftime and cruise to an easy victory.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe 32-point defeat was Michigan's worst loss since losing 50\u201314 at Ohio State in 1968 and their second-worst home loss ever, dating back to a 40-0 loss to Minnesota in 1935. The Wolverines started 0\u20132 for the first time since 1998 and the first time starting 0\u20132 on a homestead since 1959 but in a positive note, both those times Michigan rebounded back and won the Big Ten title.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Wolverines and The Fighting Irish met for the first time with both teams boasting an 0\u20132 record. Since both teams lost their final two\u00a0games of the 2006 season, the loser of this game would have a five-game losing streak. Head coach Lloyd Carr faced many challenges, including the loss of his senior quarterback Chad Henne to a leg injury, fans calling for his firing, and his senior running back Mike Hart guaranteed a victory over the Irish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nMichigan won 38\u20130, tying their largest-ever win over Notre Dame set during the 2003 season. For only the second\u00a0time in school history, Notre Dame opened the season with three\u00a0losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nIn the 2007 Big Ten Season opener the unranked Michigan Wolverines defeated No. 10 Penn State 14\u20139. Sr. Running Back Mike Hart had 44 carries 153 yards and a TD. In his second start freshmen QB Ryan Mallett was 16\u201329 passes and a rushing TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nThe Michigan football team went on the first road game of the season defeating the Wildcats 28\u201316. Henne returned to the lineup to complete 18\u201327 passes and three touchdowns. Mike Hart had 106 yards and a TD. The Wolverines forced a turnover on the last 4 of the Wildcat possessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Minnesota\nDespite a slow start and two early turnovers, the Wolverines extended their win streak to seven without Chad Henne or Mike Hart. After a Minnesota field goal, Minnesota's Dominique Barber recovered one of Ryan Mallett's three fumbles and returned it for a touchdown. Despite that, the Wolverines held the Gophers to just 231\u00a0yards and 3 offensive points all game. Michigan's Brandon Minor and Carlos Brown both ran for over 100\u00a0yards, meaning up until this game Michigan has had a back go over 100\u00a0yards in every match up. Mario Manningham had his fourth straight 100+ yard game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nLed by Chad Henne's four touchdown passes, Michigan rallied to defeat Michigan State 28\u201324. Down 24-14 in the fourth quarter, Michigan began an 80-yard drive which was later capped by Henne's third touchdown pass, this time to Adrian Arrington. After Michigan's defense forced a 3-and-out, their offense went back to work. In Michigan State territory facing a 3rd and 12, Henne found Mario Manningham in the endzone, giving Michigan a 28\u201324 lead. Michigan State's final drive stalled after QB Brian Hoyer's 4th-and-18 pass fell incomplete. Henne took a knee to run out the clock and seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Florida\nChad Henne and Adrian Arrington set single-game career highs for passing and receiving yards, with 373 and 153, respectively, to lead the Wolverines to a 41\u201335 victory over the 12th-ranked Gators. The Wolverine defense managed to contain Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Tim Tebow with constant pressure and blitzing for most of the game, holding him to 154 passing yards and 57 rushing yards. Tebow did score 4 touchdowns however. The Wolverines overcame 4 turnovers, including 2 fumbles by Mike Hart, and a late 35\u201331 deficit to win their first bowl game in 4 seasons and the final game of Lloyd Carr's career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements\nMike Hart set the following school rushing records: career carries (1015), eclipsing Anthony Thomas' seven-year-old record of 924 and still standing; career yards (5040), also eclipsing Thomas' seven-year-old record of 4472 and still standing; career yards per game (117.2), surpassing Billy Taylor's 102.4 set in 1971 and still standing; career 100-yard games (28), passing Thomas' 22 set in 2000 and still standing; career 150-yard games (12), surpassing Thomas' 9 set in 2000 and still standing; career 200-yard games (5), extending his own record set in 2005 and still standing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192118-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements\nMario Manningham established the school record for consecutive 100-yard reception games with six, surpassing Braylon Edwards' record of 4. Chad Henne broke several of John Navarre's career records established in 2003: attempts (1387), completions (828), yards (9715), touchdown passes (87), and 150-yard passing games (38). Henne also broke Rick Leach's career record for interceptions of 35 set in 1978 with 37.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192119-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 Micronesian Championships in Athletics took place between December 14\u201315, 2007. The event was held at the Leo Palace Resort in Mannengon Hills, Yona, Guam. Detailed reports were given for the OAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192119-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian Championships in Athletics\nA total of 42 events were contested, 20 by men, 19 by women, 1 mixed, 1 by boys, and 1 by girls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192119-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192119-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian Championships in Athletics, Medal table (unofficial)\nThe published medal count contains the results of the 60 metres sprints elsewhere dubbed as \"invitational,\" but not the mixed medley relay, explaining the difference to the unofficial count below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192119-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 103 athletes from 7 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192120-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 6 March 2007, alongside a double referendum. Thirty-five candidates competed for the fourteen seats in Congress. As there were no political parties, all candidates ran as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192120-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian parliamentary election\nIn the referendums voters were asked whether they approved of two proposed amendments to the constitution, both of which had been put forward in 2005 and rejected. These would give the states credit for their acts, and lift the ban on dual citizenship. The proposed amendments required a 75% majority in at least three of the four states. However, whilst both proposals were approved by a majority of voters, the 75% threshold was only passed in Kosrae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192120-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian parliamentary election, Results, Referendums, States\nIt is hereby proposed that a new Section 8 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia be amended to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192120-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian parliamentary election, Results, Referendums, States\nSection 8. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. Congress may prescribe by statute the manner in which such acts, records and judicial proceedings shall be proved and the effect thereofDO YOU APPROVE OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192120-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian parliamentary election, Results, Referendums, Dual citizenship\nIt is hereby proposed that a new Section 8 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia be amended to read as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192120-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian parliamentary election, Results, Referendums, Dual citizenship\nSection 8. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. Congress may prescribe by statute the manner in which such acts, records and judicial proceedings shall be proved and the effect thereof. DO YOU APPROVE OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 79], "content_span": [80, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on May 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election\nIncumbent President Joseph Urusemal, was defeated for re-election by challenger Manny Mori at the opening session of the newly elected 15th Congress of Micronesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election\nThe Congress also elected Alik L. Alik to serve as the new Vice-President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Background\nMicronesia is an electoral democracy and has a population of about 550,000 people, not including the Marshall Islands. Micronesia is made up of 607 islands that are grouped into four individual states. Because there are only four states, each state has its own constitution, elected legislature, and governor. State governments in Micronesia have a great deal of power, especially in budgetary matters. Traditional leaders and institutions also hold significant influence in society, especially at the village level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Background\nThe Federated States of Micronesia is governed by the 1979 constitution, which guarantees fundamental human rights and establishes a separation of governmental powers. The unicameral Congress has fourteen members elected by popular vote. Four senators\u2014one from each state\u2014serve four-year terms; the remaining ten senators represent single-member districts based on population, and serve two-year terms. The President and Vice President are then elected by Congress from among the four state-based senators to serve four-year terms in the executive branch. Their congressional seats are then filled by special elections. The president and vice president are supported by an appointed cabinet. There are no formal political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nThe candidate list for the 2007 Presidential election was as follows: Resio Moses of Pohnpei State, Manny Mori of Chuuk State, Alik Alik of Kosrae State and Joseph Urusemal of Yap State who was the sitting President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nEssentially, the election held one representative from each state. In this election however, many of the candidates were running conditionally in terms of which position (President or Vice President) they win. Resio Moses was not interested in the President or Vice President positions while Manny Mori publicly stated that he is only interested in the Presidency and would not accept the lesser Vice President position under any circumstance. Alik Alik would have accepted the Vice Presidency but only if Joseph Urusemal was re-elected as President for a second term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nResio Moses was one of the founding fathers of the Federated States of Micronesia and was the first Governor of the state of Pohnpei. He later became the Secretary of the Department of External Affairs. He also became Micronesia's Ambassador in the United Nations where he was a key player in the establishment of diplomatic and relations with multiple countries and global organizations. Moses became a member of the 10th Micronesian Congress in 1997 and has been a member ever since. He had held multiple other positions over the years, including Chairman, vice chairman, and member of a number of Congressional Committees prior to his running for the Presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nManny Mori received an Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from the University of Guam and spent a year working for the Guam Citicorp Credit Union. Shortly after, he became the Assistant Manager for the Saipan Branch of Citicorp Credit Union and a few years later moved on to be the Assistant Administrator for the Trust Territory Social Security Administration. When Micronesia became a sovereign state in 1979, Mori became the first National Revenue Officer for the State of Chuuk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nAfter two years of working for the Chuuk State Government, Mori was hired as the comptroller of the Micronesia Development Bank. Three years after joining the bank, Mori was promoted President and Chief Executive Officer of the Development Bank. In 1997, Six years later, Mori moved to the Bank of the Federated States. Mori became involved in politics in 1999 when he became Chuuk's representative to the 11th FSM Congress where he held two positions; Vice Chairmanship on the committee of Judiciary and Governmental Operations (J&GO) and the committee on Health Education and Social Affairs (HESA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nThree years later, Mori took on the Chairmanship of the committee on Ways and Means while still maintaining his membership on the committees mentioned above. In 2003, Mori took a break from politics and became the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer for the Chuuk Public Utilities Corporation. Under his management, the Corporation successfully executed progressive reform measures that include the restoration of 24-hour electricity to Weno, the capital island of Chuuk State. The next year, Mori re-entered the field of politics as Chuuk's four year representative to the Micronesian Congress. In that Congress, he served as the Vice Chairman of the Committee on External Affairs and held membership in a handful of other committees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nAlik L. Alik had been involved in government and politics since the start of his career by interning for the Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) within the Department of Education. Shortly after his time with the government, he went on to University of Hawaii Law School \u2013 Paralegal Program. Upon completing the two-year program in 1984, he was immediately hired by the FSM Supreme Court to be a law clerk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nIn the Department of External Affairs hired him as a Foreign Service Officer and was soon promoted to Deputy Chief in the Division of South Pacific Affairs. In 1989 he became Micronesia's first ambassador to Fiji and to most of the island nations within the south Pacific and held the post for the next nine years. As the ambassador to Fiji, Alik was also associated to Israel, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In 1992, he earned the title Dean of the Diplomatic Corp of Fiji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nIn 1998 Alik was again appointed to represent the nation, as Micronesia's Ambassador to Japan. He again was associated with various nations in Asia, specifically; China, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. In 2003, Senator Alik joined electoral politics and won the State of Kosrae Congressional seat and was also elected to be the chairman of the committee on Resource and Development. He was also a \u00a0member of the committees of Judiciary & Governmental Operations and External Affairs. Senator Alik also held the chairmanship for the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nJoseph Urusemal received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Administration of Justice in 1976 and went to work for the Jackson County Department of Correction. He worked for the government of Jackson County for about six years until he returned to Micronesia in 1982. Upon his arrival to Micronesia, he worked with the State Department of Education as a teacher and counselor at the Outer Islands High School. During his tenure, he served on the Education Steering Committee where he was a key player in establishing Yap's State Education Five Year Plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nUrusemal was elected as Yap State's representative to the Fifth Congress of Micronesia. He also held membership on the following committees; Health Education and Social Affairs; Resources and Development; and External Affairs. Urusemal held his seat in the next Congress until he was selected to be the Floor Leader of the Seventh Micronesian Congress. He was also a member on the following Standing Committees; Health, Education, and Social Affairs; Resources and Development; Transportation and Communication; and Judiciary and Governmental Operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Candidates\nDuring the next five congresses, Urusemal held his role as Floor Leader of the Congress and his membership on the same four Standing Committees. Joseph Urusemal was the Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations and was the Chairman of the Working Group. During his tenure in Congress, Urusemal also served as the Secretary General for the National Group to the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarians' Union. On May 11, 2003, Joseph J. Urusemal was seated as the Sixth President of Micronesia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Election Result\n117,977 people were registered to vote in the congressional election however, only 39,067 votes were cast. Despite the exceptionally low turnout, Freedom House claims that it hardly affects the results of the congressional election, which directly affects the Presidential election, due to Micronesia's high freedom rating. Micronesia is ranked as a 1 on Freedom Houses scale of 1 being most free and 7 being the least. They are also ranked 1 in terms of civil liberties and political rights. Manny Mori won the Presidency while Alik L. Alik won the Vice Presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192121-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Micronesian presidential election, Election Result\nThere are no public records in regards to the vote distribution however, Jack Corbett of the University of Southampton speculates that Mori won the Presidency due to his experience in business. It is for the same reason that Alik was elected Vice President, because he has a great deal of international experience. Being a small nation, Micronesia has a great desire to be more involved with the global marketplace and wanted a leader with experience in that area to drive them forward. Mori also gained a lot of popularity because it was the first time that his state, Chuuk which consists of 16 islands, approached the election with a unified delegation and support for Mori.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192122-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election\nElections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held in May 2007. These were the last elections to council, with all 53 seats being up for election. Councillors elected would serve a two-year term, expiring in 2009, when Mid Bedfordshire District Council was replaced by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, winning 37 of 53 seats on the council. The Conservatives won 8 seats (5 wards) unopposed, as did an Independent candidate in one ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192122-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results\nFigures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 2003 District Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192122-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results\nThe percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 2003 District Council election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192122-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results\nCandidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192122-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results, Arlesey\nOne Conservative gain from Independent; one Conservative gain from Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192123-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid Sussex District Council election\nThe 2007 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192124-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2007. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oestrike Stadium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This was the nineteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Second seed Kent State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192124-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the tenth year of the six team tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 68], "content_span": [69, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192124-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nJason Patton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Patton played for Kent State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 91], "content_span": [92, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192125-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between Saturday, March 2, 2007 and Tuesday, March 5, 2007 at the John Q. Hammons Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192125-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Oral Roberts Golden Eagles won the championship to secure their 4th trip to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192125-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThis was the conference's final tournament under the Mid-Continent Conference name. During the 2007 offseason, the MCC adopted its current name of The Summit League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192125-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nEach of the 8 men's basketball teams in the Mid-Continent Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192125-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\nThe following were the seeds for the conference tournament, along with conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192125-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding\n* Received #5 seed based on 1\u20131 record vs. #3 Valparaiso while UMKC had an 0\u20132 record vs. Valparaiso. The teams split head-to-head and had identical records vs. #1 Oral Roberts (0\u20132) and #2 Oakland (0\u20132). * * Received #7 seed based on 1\u20131 record vs. #2 Oakland while Centenary had an 0\u20132 record vs. Oakland. The teams split head-to-head and had identical records vs. #1 Oral Roberts (0\u20132).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 66], "content_span": [67, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192126-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20, 2007 at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they have done each year but one since 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192126-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only, with the top seed playing the sixth seed, second seed playing the fifth, and so on for first round matchups. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The format meant that Coppin State was left out of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 76], "content_span": [77, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192126-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Outstanding Performer\nAngel Mercado was named Tournament Outstanding Performer. Mercado was an infielder for Bethune-Cookman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 100], "content_span": [101, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192127-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\nThe 2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Middle Tennessee entered the 2006 season coming off a 7\u20136 record (6\u20131 SBC) in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192127-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\nThe team's head coach was Rick Stockstill. The Blue Raiders played their home games at Johnny \"Red\" Floyd Stadium and competed in the Sun Belt Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192127-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\nThe 2006 season saw a new coaching staff turn the Blue Raiders around from the losing record of the previous year. The team added three wins from the total of the previous season. Also, that season saw the Blue Raiders play in their first bowl game, in the Division I-A era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192128-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect all 48 councillors, across 23 multi-member wards. to Middlesbrough Borough Council. The Labour Party retained a majority on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192128-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Middlesbrough Borough Council election, Overall results\nA total of valid votes were cast and there were rejected ballots. The turnout was\u00a0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192129-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Midlothian Council election\nElections to Midlothian Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192129-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Midlothian Council election\nLabour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. However, they regained control in 2008 when Cllr Katie Moffat defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour. Overall, Labour lost six seats and the single independent lost their seat, with most going to the Scottish National Party as well as a single gain for the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding\nThe 2007 Midwest flooding was a major flooding event that occurred in the Midwestern United States in the third week of August 2007. While Hurricane Dean was affecting the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and Tropical Storm Erin was affecting Oklahoma and Texas, a persistent storm system hung over the Midwest for several days, causing repeated flash flooding in the US states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Cool Canadian air clashed with large quantities of warm moist air from the Gulf, producing torrential rains along a stationary front. Eighteen deaths across the central United States were attributed to the resulting flooding. Seven Minnesota counties, eight Ohio counties, fourteen counties in Wisconsin, and seven counties in Illinois were declared Federal Disaster Areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Meteorological synopsis\nOn Saturday, August 18, a warm front pushed northward into Iowa and Illinois, where it became stationary. Warm, moist air pushing over the frontal boundary fueled showers and thunderstorms that moved in a west-to-east fashion, training over the same areas for hours at a time. Some parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa saw moderate to heavy rain for nearly a full day before the activity finally cleared out. Additional thunderstorms formed over these areas on Sunday, August 19, exacerbating the flooding problems. Tropical Storm Erin had pushed into the coast of Texas on August 15, and by August 18 had stalled over Oklahoma. Though the remnants of Erin did not directly impact the flooding in these areas, moisture from Erin streamed northward, enhancing the thunderstorm activity for two to three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Meteorological synopsis\nThe stationary front and associated energy then extended eastward through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio on August 19 and August 20. Similarly, the front was the focus for thunderstorm development, and the precipitation continued moving over the same areas, leading to extended periods of heavy rainfall. Approximately 1,000,000 homes lost electricity due to the storms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Meteorological synopsis\nRunoff from the heavy rain also caused river flooding to the south of the affected areas. The Rock River near Joslin, Illinois peaked at 17.11\u00a0feet, 5.11 feet (1.56\u00a0m) above flood stage. Moderate flooding was also reported on the Mississippi River from the Quad Cities to St. Louis, Missouri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nThe city of Rockford, Illinois was deluged in the weeks preceding the major flooding during the third week of August. On August 7, Rockford was hit by five to seven inches (127\u2013178\u00a0mm) of rain. Many streets, including main thoroughfares, were flooded. There was also fear that the Alpine Dam might break. The following day, Governor Rod Blagojevich declared both Rockford and Winnebago County a state disaster area. With this declaration, he dispatched both the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to assist the city. Debris removal, law enforcement, damage assessment, and other physical assistance were offered by the governor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nTwo weeks later on August 23, violent storms rolled through most of the Chicago metropolitan area. Tornado warnings were issued during the first round of storms, which produced wind gusts as high as 80\u00a0miles per hour\u00a0(130\u00a0km/h); the highest being reported in Manhattan. A small tornado was reported in Bolingbrook in a DuPage County Forest Preserve. The storms shut down airports (including O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport), uprooted trees and left over 600,000 residents in northern Illinois without power, some for several days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nThe storms also caused flooding on streets and major expressways such as the Bishop Ford Freeway. Rainfall totals in Boone and LaSalle Counties topped 1987 records. Governor Rod Blagojevich declared McHenry, Lake, Cook (including Chicago), DuPage, and Kane counties to be disaster areas after the storm. Flooding across northern Illinois was widespread in the aftermath of the storms. Along the Rock River in Byron, the river reached moderate flood stage on August 24; moderate stage is above 14\u00a0feet\u00a0(4\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nOfficials in Ogle County recommended that people in low-lying areas along the Rock River, and along Killbuck Creek near Lindenwood, evacuate to higher ground. Downstream, in Lee County at Dixon, the river had not reached flood stage as off August 25, though it continued to rise. Though not affected by flooding as it was on August 7, the city of Rockford received 1.23\u00a0inches\u00a0(31\u00a0mm) of rain, setting an all-time record for Rockford's wettest month in recorded climate data history, with a total of 13.82\u00a0inches\u00a0(351\u00a0mm) of rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nOther rivers and streams in the Rock River valley experienced moderate to major flooding as well. The Kishwaukee River at Perryville crested at 17.57\u00a0feet\u00a0(5.36\u00a0m), more than five feet above flood stage. The same river also rose above flood stage in Belvidere. After 4.85\u00a0inches\u00a0(123\u00a0mm) of rain fell on August 23 and 24 in DeKalb County, at DeKalb, the South Branch Kishwaukee River rose to its highest level since 1983 and its second highest level in recorded history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nNumerous roads and bridges were closed, and the cities of DeKalb and Sycamore declared local emergencies, though DeKalb County was not included in Blagojevich's initial disaster declaration. DeKalb County received state disaster area designation from Blagojevich on August 26. In DeKalb and Sycamore, about 600 residents were displaced from their homes, and the DeKalb campus of Northern Illinois University was closed because of the flood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nThe Fox River at Dayton crested after it rose to more than 17\u00a0feet\u00a0(5\u00a0m), over five feet above the river's flood stage. In Plano, Illinois the Fox rose up around the historic Farnsworth House, a modern architecture masterpiece designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Preservationists used a boat to save the home and its furnishings, which previously had been devastated by high water in 1996. With the boat, preservationists were able to enter the house and move vulnerable furnishings to higher locations within the home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nWater rose to within a foot of the Farnsworth House's raised platform, covering the terrace in front of the home, but the river crested before any damage occurred. At Starved Rock State Park, parking lots were closed due to the level of the Illinois River, which stood at 26.5\u00a0feet on August 25, 6.5\u00a0feet\u00a0(2\u00a0m) above its flood stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Illinois\nGovernor Blagojevich estimated total flood damages could cost nine Illinois counties and the state more than $22.8\u00a0million, and the state requested federal assistance. On September 25, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid was available for the state of Illinois to assist with recovery from the August storms. The disaster aid was made available when President George W. Bush declared DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, LaSalle, Lake, and Will Counties, in northern Illinois, \"major disaster\" areas. The federal funding made individual assistance available to flood victims in Lake, Will and Grundy Counties, and individual and public assistance available to those in DeKalb, Kane and LaSalle Counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Indiana\nIn Dyer, Indiana, southeast of Chicago, authorities evacuated 70 patients from St. Margaret Mercy Hospital after a waters from a nearby creek started seeping into the hospital. Also in northwest Indiana, a section of Interstate 80/94 (Borman Expressway) was closed on August 24 due to flooding on the roadway. It was reopened on August 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 30], "content_span": [31, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Iowa\nThe Des Moines River near Fort Dodge crested at 4\u00a0feet\u00a0(1.2\u00a0m) above flood stage, necessitating the evacuation of three subdivisions. In Ottumwa, storm sewers backed up into the city's water treatment plant, shutting four pumps down and leaving the entire town without adequate drinking water. This was caused by rainfall of over 12\u00a0inches\u00a0(304.8\u00a0mm) that fell in southeast Iowa during the night of August 23\u201324. August 24 damage estimates in nearby Boone County, Iowa reached $150,000 in road damage and an additional $1\u00a0million damage to a scenic railroad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Minnesota\nA large swath of heavy rain fell across most of southern Minnesota during Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, with the highest totals in the far southeast counties of the state. Twenty-four-hour rainfall totals of 15.10\u00a0inches\u00a0(384\u00a0mm) were recorded in Hokah, which easily broke the old state record of 10.84\u00a0inches\u00a0(275\u00a0mm). An unofficial twenty-four-hour total of over 17\u00a0inches\u00a0(432\u00a0mm) was recorded near Caledonia. During the entire weekend rainfall event, parts or all of 28 counties in Minnesota received at least 4\u00a0inches\u00a0(102\u00a0mm) of rain. The highest total for the entire event was 18.17\u00a0inches\u00a0(462\u00a0mm) near La Crescent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Minnesota\nSoutheast Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin are in the Driftless Area, which was not covered by the last glaciation, and therefore is not covered by deep layers of glacial till. The soils therefore are thin and less able to retain water; they lie atop porous rock into and through which surface waters can rapidly drain into the water table. The highly dissected topography, characterized by steep hills and bluffs and deep coulees, gives steep gradients to the drainage and makes streams highly erosive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Minnesota\nAs the rains far exceeded the absorption rate of 1.5\u00a0inches (3.8\u00a0cm) in six hours, flash floods rapidly overflowed the water courses and spread across the valley floors. The towns of Stockton, Houston, Elba, Minnesota City, and portions of Winona, on the Mississippi River, were evacuated. Citizens were moved to Saint Mary's University in Winona, Lewiston, and Caledonia, Minnesota. Massive bluffs gave way in Brownsville and several homes were completely washed away. Governor Tim Pawlenty ordered 240 National Guard soldiers to help and declared a state of emergency in six counties. The Minnesota Army National Guard soldiers guarded communities that were cleared out after the flooding early August 19. The Army Corps of Engineers opened up the floodgates on the rising Root River to release some of the water creating pressure on the dike in Houston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 890]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Minnesota\nHigh flood waters on the Middle Branch of the Whitewater River, which runs through Whitewater State Park, destroyed three bridges and damaged campgrounds, bathhouses, a group dining hall, and water and sewer systems in the park. About 500 campers were staying in Whitewater State Park at the time. The park was closed to the public on August 20, 2007, for an indefinite period of time. E. coli bacteria were found in the Rushford's water supply, and residents were urged not to use it until the city's water system could be flushed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Minnesota\nAmtrak train service between Minneapolis and La Crosse, Wisconsin was shut down for a week because of damage to the tracks. Passengers were bussed between the two until repairs could be made. The passenger rail line resumed service on August 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Minnesota\nState Senator Sharon Erickson Ropes stated after initial flooding, \"This is the worst disaster that's hit southeast Minnesota in a lifetime.\" Four thousand two hundred homes were damaged or destroyed in the state, and seven deaths were reported. It is estimated that there has been $67\u00a0million in damage. Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties were declared federal disaster areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Ohio\nThe Blanchard River was 7.5\u00a0feet\u00a0(2\u00a0m) above flood level in Findlay, the highest level since 1913. A 92-year-old man drowned trying to get to safety after his car became trapped in floodwater near Findlay, where water poured into the downtown area from the Blanchard and its tributary creeks. One hundred thirty inmates were moved from a Hancock County jail. Bucyrus received 9\u00a0inches\u00a0(229\u00a0mm) of rain, and several hundred people were evacuated from their homes in Crawford County. The river also reached 8.7\u00a0feet\u00a0(3\u00a0m) above flood level in Ottawa, Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Ohio\nOttawa's Main Street (U.S Route 224) was fully flooded, as were homes and churches for blocks around. Between Findlay and Ottawa, Route 224 was washed out in several spots. The fire department in Ottawa rescued dozens of people from their deluged homes by boat. In Logan County, Stollysville's Lake Nixon was 7.3 feet above flood level, causing it to become contiguous with near by Lake Tuscaloosa. This flooded condition remained for 2 weeks before water levels receded enough to distinguish the two bodies of water. This flood occurred due to retention flaws in Stollysville's Nixon Dam, a problem which was solved by dam overhaul in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Ohio\nNorthwest Ohio's most serious flooding was along the Blanchard, though other rivers, including the Auglaize, Tiffin, Portage, and Sandusky, all experienced some level of flooding. The cities of Bellevue and Shelby also had severe flooding that forced residents from their homes. Allen, Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Putnam, Richland, Seneca, and Wyandot counties were declared federal disaster areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Wisconsin\nIn Wisconsin, Governor Jim Doyle declared a state of emergency on August 20 in three counties in the southwest corner of his state after weekend rains of ten to twelve inches fell. (254\u2013305\u00a0mm). More than 200 homes were flooded in the Crawford County communities of Gays Mills and Soldiers Grove, each with about 600 to 640 residents. A mudslide pushed one house onto state Highway 35 in Vernon County. Approximately $48\u00a0million in damage was reported in 12 Wisconsin counties. Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, and Vernon counties were declared federal disaster areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Wisconsin\nIn Madison, a mother and daughter waiting for a Madison Metro bus were electrocuted when lightning struck a power line and caused it to fall onto a flooded street on which they were standing, while another child was injured. A passenger on the bus was killed, and the driver was injured, both having been shocked after coming out of the bus to help.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192130-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Midwest flooding, Wisconsin\nBefore this torrential rain and flooding event, much of the state was in a moderate to severe drought that had persisted until mid-August. Although the southern half of the state received abundant precipitation, an upper-level high pressure ridge centered in Quebec caused a cut-off of precipitation to the north, leaving much of northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with continued drought conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192131-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces\nThe 26th Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces was the 2007 version of the Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces. It took place on April 1 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192131-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mieczys\u0142aw Po\u0142ukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces, Heat details\nm - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x - other exclusion \u2022 e - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 f - fell \u2022 ns - non-starter \u2022 nc - non-classify", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 80], "content_span": [81, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192132-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mil Milhas Brasil\nThe 2007 Mil Milhas Brasil was the 35th running of the Mil Milhas Brasil (1000 Miles of Brasil) and was the sixth and final round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace, Brazil, on 10 November 2007. It is the first round of the Le Mans Series held outside of Europe, as well as the first event longer than 1000 kilometers. The race lasted 8 hours 58 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192132-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mil Milhas Brasil, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192133-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Milan\u2013San Remo\nThe 2007 Milan\u2013San Remo race took place on March 24, 2007. It was won by \u00d3scar Freire, the Spanish rider for Rabobank. The race featured the Passo del Turchino, the Cipressa and the Poggio. An attack by Riccardo Ricc\u00f2 and Philippe Gilbert on the Poggio lasted until the final kilometres when the peloton caught them, propelled by Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic and Team Milram. In the sprint, Freire emerged from the wheel of Milram's 2005 victor Alessandro Petacchi to take his second victory in this race, following success in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192134-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Military World Games\nThe 2007 Military World Games were held at the twin-cities Hyderabad - Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from October 14\u201321, 2007. Some parts of the games were also held in Mumbai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192134-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Military World Games\nAccording to press release by the organizers nearly 5000 athletes from 101 countries participated. The motto of the games was Friendship Through Sport. Russia emerged on top of the medal tally with 42 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze medals. The People's Republic of China, second with 38 gold, 22 silver and 13 bronze while Germany came a distant third with 7 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192134-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Military World Games, Games\nThe Military Games torch began its journey from Leh to Kanya Kumari on August 4, 2007 and reached New Delhi on August 5, 2007. The blasts in August 2007 at two locations in the venue city of the games created doubt as to whether the games would be held, but the organizers confirmed the event would be on schedule and as planned. It was later known that the terror cell that carried the blasts in the city also planned to attack the military games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192134-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Military World Games, Games\nThe opening ceremony of the games was held at the GMC Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad. President of India Pratibha Patil declared the games open. Games ended on 21 October. The Defence Minister of India, Shri A. K. Antony declared the games closed at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192134-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Military World Games, Games, Sports\nA total of fourteen sports were contested at the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192135-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Millsaps Majors football team\nThe 2007 Millsaps Majors football team represented Millsaps College during the 2007 NCAA Division III football season. The team opened with a loss to cross-town rival Mississippi College and won its next six games before losing again on a last-second 61-yard touchdown run (featuring multiple laterals) in the 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game. The Majors closed the season with two victories to earn a share of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192135-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Millsaps Majors football team\nJunior quarterback Juan Joseph was selected as the SCAC's \"Offensive Player of the Year\" for the second consecutive season, and senior defensive tackle Casey Younger was the league's co-\"Defensive Player of the Year\". Sophomore return specialist John Milazzo was the SCAC's \"Special Teams Player of the Year.\" In all, 19 Majors were named to the All-SCAC first team, second team and honorable mention lists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192136-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Milton Keynes Council election\nThe 2007 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council \u2013 the seats contested in the 2003 election \u2013 was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192136-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Milton Keynes Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative Party won the seat in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford from Labour and the seat in Middleton from the Liberal Democrats to make up further ground made in the previous year's election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season\nThe 2007 Milwaukee Brewers season marked the 25th anniversary of the Milwaukee Brewers winning the American League Championship and the 50th anniversary of the Milwaukee Braves winning the World Series. During the offseason, the Brewers re-signed free agents Bill Hall and Chris Capuano. The Brewers were also able to sign starting pitcher Jeff Suppan, second-baseman Craig Counsell, and third baseman Tony Graffanino from free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season\nThe Brewers finished in second place in the National League Central with a record of 83\u201379, achieving their first winning record since 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Offseason\nThe Brewers headed into the season celebrating the 25th anniversary of their American League Championship. They prepared for the season by hosting reunions and premiering a video of the 1982 team at the Pabst Theater. The Brewers announced they would celebrate the 1982 team on \"Retro Fridays\" by having fan give-aways relating to the pennant-winning team. Milwaukee also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves victory in the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Offseason\nDuring the offseason, the Milwaukee Brewers increased their payroll from $54.5 million to $68 million, a significant amount for a small-market team. The Brewers re-signed arbitration-eligible pitcher Chris Capuano, whose salary increased from $450,000 to $3.25 million, and arbitration-eligible Bill Hall, who signed a four-year, $24 million contract, largest on the team. Both were members of the Brewers team in 2006. The Brewers were able to acquire free agent starting pitcher Jeff Suppan from the St. Louis Cardinals by signing him to a four-year, $42 million deal. They also signed second-baseman Craig Counsell of the Arizona Diamondbacks and third-baseman Tony Graffanino of the Kansas City Royals off of free agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Strong start of the season\nThe Brewers 2007 season began with a 7-1 victory on opening day over the Los Angeles Dodgers behind a complete game two-hitter by starting-pitcher Ben Sheets, becoming the first Brewer pitcher to throw a complete game on opening day since 1979. The Brewers would win their next game before dropping three in a row, including one to the Dodgers and the first two games of a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Strong start of the season\nWith a record of .500 after the first homestand of the season, the Brewers went on the road to win two games of a three-game set with the Florida Marlins. Continuing their road trip, the Brewers split games against the Cardinals after the first game of the series was postponed due to rain. After splitting games with the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers moved into first place in the NL Central. The Brewers returned to Miller Park to win four of their next five games, sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates and winning twice against the Houston Astros.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Strong start of the season\nThe Brewers played on the road for their next six games, winning two of three games against both the Cubs and Astros. The Brewers finished the month of April with a win against the Cardinals, in which Brewers starting pitcher Jeff Suppan pitched a complete game. During this game all players wore a special black \"32\" patch on their left arms to commemorate recently deceased Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock. Suppan's win gave him four on the season, tying him with Chris Capuano for the team lead after April. Brewers closer Francisco Cordero recorded a franchise record and league-leading ten saves in the month of April. Cordero finished April without allowing an earned run in twelve appearances. The Brewers ended the month with a 3\u00bd game lead in the NL Central.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Strong start of the season\nThe Brewers started May by completing a three-game sweep of the Cardinals and improved to an MLB-leading 18\u20139 record. The Brewers went on to win six of their next seven games; they won three of four against the Pirates and swept a three-game series with the Washington Nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Early-season slump\nThe Brewers hit a slump when they went on an east coast trip to face the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, posting a 2-5 record. The Brewers returned home to face their interleague rivals, the Minnesota Twins. The Brewers won the last of a three-game series, a game which saw Geoff Jenkins hit his 200th home run. The Brewers then traveled to California for a six-game road-trip. They lost two of three from the Dodgers and were swept by the San Diego Padres. On May 24 during the San Diego Padres series, the Brewers called up Ryan Braun from the minor league Nashville Sounds. Braun became the Brewers starting third-baseman was placed in the third batting spot, ahead of Prince Fielder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Early-season slump\nThe Brewers returned home to start a ten-game home-stand, winning two of four games against the Atlanta Braves. At the end of May, first baseman Prince Fielder was voted the National League's Player of the Month. Fielder led the league in home runs with 19 and recorded a .755 on-base percentage and a .321 batting average. The Brewers played the Florida Marlins to continue their home-stand. They won two of three games to give the Brewers their first series victory since May 9. The win gave the Brewers a 6\u00bd lead in the NL Central. The Brewers finished their home-stand losing two of three games to the Chicago Cubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Early-season slump\nThe Brewers started a nine-game interleague road trip with a series against the Texas Rangers. The Brewers lost the first two games against the struggling Rangers. In the second game of the series, former Ranger Francisco Cordero recorded his first blown save of the year. Before the game, Cordero held a 0.36 earned run average and an MLB-leading 22 saves. The following day, Cordero gave up his second blown save after the Rangers tied the game in the ninth inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Early-season slump\nThe Brewers would eventually win the game, snapping their seven-game losing streak after a Geoff Jenkins home run in the twelfth inning. On June 12, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers pitched a no-hitter against the Brewers. The no-hitter was the first for the Tigers since 1984. The loss was the Brewers 20th in their past 30 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, June turn-around\nFollowing the no-hitter, the Brewers recorded eleven hits and defeated the Tigers in a comeback win. The following day, the Brewers defeated the Tigers to win the series. The Brewers traveled to Minnesota to face the rival Twins. In the first game, the Brewers recorded fifteen hits with an 11\u20133 win. In the three games following the no hitter, the Brewers recorded 39 hits and 20 runs. The Brewers were victorious in two of three games against the Twins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, June turn-around\nAfter their road-stint, the Brewers came home for their next nine games. After starting-pitcher Chris Capuano was placed on the disabled-list, the Brewers called up Yovani Gallardo from the minor leagues. Gallardo pitched 6\u2153 innings, allowing three runs, and hit an RBI double in front of a sell-out crowd to give the Brewers their fifth win in six games against the San Francisco Giants. The following day the Brewers clinched their third straight series victory, with Ben Sheets pitching his second complete game of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, June turn-around\nThe Brewers would go on to sweep the Giants and win two of three games from the Kansas City Royals. The Brewers would follow with another series sweep against the Houston Astros, winning the third game of the series in part because of an 11th-inning walk-off home run by back-up catcher Damian Miller. The Brewers were 8\u20131 on the home-stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Pre-break road trip\nAfter their successful home stand, the Brewers went on the road for three series before the All-Star break. The Brewers defeated the second place Cubs in one of three games. During the series it was announced that Prince Fielder, Ben Sheets, J. J. Hardy and Francisco Cordero would be attending the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This would be the first time four Brewer representatives have attended since 1983, when the Brewers were in the American League and the all-star team was managed by Milwaukee skipper Harvey Kuenn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Pre-break road trip\nAt the end of June Ben Sheets was named pitcher of the month and Ryan Braun the rookie of the month. Sheets was 5\u20130 with a 2.16 ERA in six starts, and Braun recorded a .382 average with six home runs, 21 RBI, a .716 slugging percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Pre-break road trip\nFollowing their series in Chicago, the Brewers traveled to Pittsburgh to face the fourth-place Pirates. The Brewers won the first game of a four-game series. In the game Damian Miller hit a franchise tying seven RBIs and a grand slam in his first start after his walk-off home run at Miller Park. The Brewers then won one of three games against the Nationals and ended up 3\u20137 on the road trip.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Dog days of summer\nThe Brewers went into the All-Star break 10 games above .500, and a 4\u00bd game lead on the Cubs. The Brewers then had 18 games scheduled in a 17-day period. The Brewers started the stretch with a 6\u20134 homestand, but then went on to lose 6 of 8 on the road. With their first off day in 2\u00bd weeks, the Brewers record stood at 57-48, but the Cubs had moved to within a game and a half of the division lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Dog days of summer\nThen, on the final day of July, the Brewers were able to defeat the Mets in a 13 inning game, due to a Geoff Jenkins walk-off home run. After the game, Rickie Weeks was sent down to AAA Nashville. For the first time in over a hundred days, the division lead did not belong to the Brewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Dog days of summer\nThe Brewers frustrations continued in August, resulting in a dugout altercation during a loss to the Mets between Johnny Estrada and manager Ned Yost on August 2, 2007. Later, on August 8, infielder Tony Graffanino tore his ACL in a 19\u20134 loss to the Colorado Rockies, resulting in his loss for the season. The Brewers then called up Weeks to take his place on the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Dog days of summer\nIn August Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder was suspended 3 games for arguing with the home plate umpire Wally Bell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, Dog days of summer\nOn August 29, the Brewers slipped into 3rd place, behind the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals and were one game below .500 for the first time since April 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 81], "content_span": [82, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, The race to October\nDespite tumbling in August the Brewers started September on a high note to be tied with the Chicago Cubs for first place in the division. For the first time in over 15 years in Brewers history a coin toss was held to decide homefield advantage should the Cardinals, Cubs and Brewers tie for the division. One coin toss decided that the Brewers would host St. Louis, while the other decided that the Brewers would travel to Chicago for any one game playoff that may be needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Regular season, Season summary, The race to October\nOn September 9, the Brewers became the first road team in history to open a game by hitting three consecutive home runs. The win, solidified by a Cubs loss gives the Brewers a one-game lead in the division. However, the Brewers failed to either win the division or make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192137-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system\nThe Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192138-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Minamimaki mayoral election\nThe Japanese village Minamimaki, Nagano held a mayoral election on November 11, 2007. Yukihiko Kikuchi beat the incumbent mayor Yoshito Nakajima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192138-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Minamimaki mayoral election, Issues\nThe main issue was the proposed merger of the village with neighboring Kawakami. In a referendum earlier this year 87% voted not to merger. Incumbent mayor Yoshito Nakajima supported a merger while Yukihiko Kikuchi of the JCP was against it. Kikuchi also called for a \"agriculture revitalization\" and criticized what he called \"undemocratic policies\" of the incumbent mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192138-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Minamimaki mayoral election, Results\nYukihiko Kikuchi won the election with 430 more votes than Yoshito Nakajima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192139-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mini Challenge UK\nThe 2007 Mini Challenge season was the sixth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 28 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 7 October at Brands Hatch. The season featured seven rounds across the UK and one in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192139-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mini Challenge UK, Championship standings\nChampionship points were awarded for the first 15 positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were bonus points awarded for Pole Position and Fastest Lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\nThe 2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the first for new head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on September 1, 2007 at home against Bowling Green and finished the season with a record of 1 win and 11 losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Preseason\nOn January 15, 2007 it was reported on ESPN.com that Tim Brewster was the choice of University of Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi to replace Glen Mason as the Gophers head coach. The following day, January 16, Minnesota associate athletic director Tom Wistrcill confirmed that Brewster was indeed the University's choice, with the contract signed in the early morning. Brewster was officially presented as the new head coach on Wednesday, January 17 at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Preseason\nAt his first press conference, Brewster stated that his immediate goals for the program were to \"win the Big Ten championship\" and \"take the Gopher Nation to Pasadena.\". Shortly thereafter, while addressing Gopher fans during a basketball game at Williams Arena, Brewster reiterated these goals, along with a vow to \"Recruit, recruit, recruit.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Preseason, Off-field incidents\nOn April 6, 2007, Gopher players Alex Daniels, Keith Massey, and E.J. Jones were arrested on suspicion of rape of an 18-year-old Minneapolis woman at the University Village apartment complex. On April 9, 2007 they were released without being charged pending further investigation. On July 16, 2007, Dominic Jones was arrested and charged in Hennepin County District Court with criminal sexual conduct after video of the incident was discovered. All four players involved were kicked off the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nIn Tim Brewster's first game as Gopher head coach, Bowling Green flew out to a 21\u20130 first half lead. The Gophers finally got in gear midway through the third quarter, and proceeded to score four straight times, the final score being a 33-yard Jason Giannini field goal to give Minnesota a 24\u201321 lead with 2:12 remaining. Bowling Green then drove down the field and kicked a 35-yard field goal with 0:03 left in the game to tie the score at 24\u201324 and send the game to overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Bowling Green\nIn the overtime session, the Gophers took the ball first and scored a touchdown, scoring on a 22-yard Amir Pinnix run, and converting the extra point to go up 31\u201324. Bowling Green followed that up with a touchdown of their own, but instead of trying to tie the game with an extra point, the Falcons went for two. They converted it on a Marques Parks reception to win the game, 32\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Miami (Ohio)\nTim Brewster got his first win as a college head coach in a 41\u201335, three overtime victory. After the Gophers pulled out to a 28\u201312 lead midway through the 4th quarter, Miami started a furious comeback, tying the game on a 36-yard Trevor Cook field goal with 11 seconds left in regulation. In the first overtime both teams traded touchdowns. In the second overtime both teams missed potentially game winning field goals. In the third overtime, Gopher cornerback Jamal Harris intercepted a Daniel Raudabaugh pass in the endzone. The Gophers then took the ball and scored the game-winning touchdown on an Amir Pinnix 2-yard touchdown run. Going back to Insight Bowl last season, it was the third consecutive overtime game for the Gophers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nThe Golden Gophers took their first regular season trip to Florida. Their only previous game in Florida was in the 2000 MicronPC.com Bowl. A back and forth first quarter left the score tied at 14. FAU then scored 21 unanswered points in the second quarter, giving a 35\u201314 margin at the half. A field goal and touchdown from the Gophers in the third quarter brought the Gophers eleven points away from tying the score. The Owls scored the deciding touchdown with under 12 minutes left in the game. Minnesota scored two more touchdowns, but the lead eventually proved insurmountable. The Gophers turned over the ball seven times (four interceptions and three fumbles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nPurdue scored early and often against the Golden Gophers. On the first play of the game, Purdue scored a special teams touchdown when Dorien Bryant returned the opening kickoff the distance. Later in the first quarter Purdue scored an offensive touchdown on a Curtis Painter pass, and on the first play of the second quarter the Boilermakers scored a defensive touchdown on an interception return off an Adam Weber pass. Four first half turnovers made the Gophers comeback attempts difficult.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nRight before the half, Gophers cornerback Jamal Harris returned a blocked field goal and dropped the ball at about the 15 yard-line. Minnesota finally got in gear in the second half, scoring 28 points, but the Gopher defense could not stop Purdue, as the Boilermakers tacked on three more touchdowns to win the game 45\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State\nThe Golden Gophers entered their second Big 10 game of the season against the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes with nothing to lose. In an attempt to gain an element of surprise, the Gophers warmed up on the field in their standard maroon home jerseys, but switched to new gold jerseys before taking the field for the game (alternatively described by the media as \"mustard\" or \"garish\"). Although Minnesota played better than it had previously in the season, the outmanned team fell victim to numerous mistakes that cost the Gophers several opportunities. With the construction of the new TCF Bank Stadium scheduled to be finished by the 2009 season, the Buckeyes are assured of never losing in the Metrodome, finishing with an 11\u20130 record since the Gophers moved to the Dome in 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Indiana\nMinnesota entered their first Big Ten road game of the season looking for their first conference victory. The Gophers gathered 392 yards of offense in a losing effort. Gophers quarterback Adam Weber passed for 280 yards, but also had two interceptions. Indiana connected on four field goal tries, ranging from 25 to 47 yards in length. Two of Minnesota's drives into Indiana territory were turned over on downs. Six of Minnesota's 12 drives started at or behind their own 20-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nThe Gophers continued Big 10 play by visiting the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field. Before a crowd of 23,314, the Gophers took a 21-point lead in the 2nd half, ahead 35\u201314 with 6 minutes, 18 seconds left in the third quarter. However, the Wildcats were able to tie the game by taking advantage of two interceptions and making the tying score with a 4-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal with 8 seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nGoing into the second overtime, Tim Brewster, who turned 47 that day, elected to for a two-point conversion and the win, but the conversion failed and Northwestern pulled out the victory. The decision to gamble and go for two-points and the win instead of one-point and the next overtime period drew criticism for Brewster; as Northwestern defense appeared unable to stop the Minnesota offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern\nThe Gophers finished with 580 total yards while Northwestern had 589; they combined for 169 plays. Gopher quarterback Adam Weber finished with 25 of 38 passes for 341 yards and five touchdowns, with two interceptions, while also rushing for 89 yards and one touchdown on 13 carries; his total yards and 5 TD passes were the second most in school history. Receiver Ernie Wheelwright had a career best seven catches for 116 yards and three touchdowns. Jay Thomas rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, North Dakota State\nThe North Dakota State Bison of the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA), led by head coach Craig Bohl, visited the Gophers for the second year in a row after nearly upsetting them in a 10\u20139 decision the previous season. NDSU entered the game ranked No. 1 in I-AA (but ineligible for the playoffs due to its transition period from Division II) and undefeated at 5\u20130, including a 44\u201314 win over FBS (D-IA) Central Michigan. The Bison were previously 0-6 all-time against the Gophers. Coach Tim Brewster stated in the week before the game that he did not see the recruiting value in the Gophers playing the match-up, and referred to the Bison as \"the little guys in green.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, North Dakota State\nThe Bison defeated the Gophers 27\u201321 in front of 63,088, the most people to attend a Gopher game to that point in the season. The Gophers were dominated in every facet of the game, by a team with 22 fewer scholarship players and none with scholarship offers by Minnesota. The game was considered a low point for the program as a whole. NDSU rushed for 394 yards and totaled 585 yards with an edge in time of possession of nearly 14 minutes. Bison running back Tyler Roehl had a school-record 263 yards on 22 carries with one touchdown. The defeat put the Gophers at 1\u20137 and official out of contention for a bowl game bid. The victory extended NDSU's winning streak to 11-games, then the longest in all of Division I football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, North Dakota State\nApproximately 30,000 of those in attendance were NDSU fans. In addition, the North Dakota State received $300,000 from the University of Minnesota for appearing in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nIn the battle for the Little Brown Jug, the Gophers held Michigan scoreless in the first quarter while building a 10\u20130 lead twelve seconds into the second quarter after a 46-yard fumble return for a touchdown by senior safety Dominique Barber. That would be the last time the Gophers would score however, and Michigan responded by reeling off 34 unanswered points to win the game 34\u201310. Ryan Mallett had 233 yards passing for Michigan. 162 of those yards went to Mario Manningham, who also hauled in a touchdown pass. The Wolverine running back duo of Carlos Brown and Brandon Minor combined for 289 yards on the ground. Duane Bennett had 106 yards rushing for the Gophers while Adam Weber was limited to just 99 yards through the air. Minnesota was just 2 of 13 in converting third down opportunities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nIllinois found success on offense early and often in defeating Minnesota in their homecoming game, 44\u201310. The Illini led 14\u20130 after the first quarter, and expanded their lead to 34\u201310 at halftime. The Illini rolled up 655 yards of total offense, which included a season high 448 yards rushing. Rashard Mendenhall led the Illini attack with 201 yards on the ground, with quarterback Juice Williams adding 133 yards. Ernie Wheelwright led the Gopher attack with 9 catches for 133 yards and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nThe Hawkeyes won a defensive battle, claiming the Floyd of Rosedale and dropping Minnesota to 0\u20137 in the Big Ten. Albert Young rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Hawkeyes, while Jake Christensen threw a TD pass to Brandon Myers for the other score. Eric Decker caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Adam Weber with 1:38 left in the fourth quarter to make the game close, but the two-point conversion failed and Iowa ran out the clock for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin\nThe Wisconsin Badgers won the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe in a game featuring a lot of offense. Minnesota led the game 13\u201310 at halftime, but after the break Wisconsin outscored Minnesota 31\u201321 to win the game by 7. Freshman David Gilreath had two punt returns for 106 yards to spark Wisconsin. Running back Zach Brown led the Badger attack on the ground, rushing for 250 yards and two touchdowns. Led by Adam Weber's 352 yards passing and 87 yards rushing, Minnesota rolled up 501 ones yards in total offense in defeat. The loss completed Minnesota's first winless Big Ten campaign since 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Awards and honors, Team awards\nButch Nash Award (Competitive on the field and in the classroom)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192140-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Awards and honors, Team awards\nPaul Giel Award (Unselfishness and most concern about the U of M)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192141-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Lynx season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx tied their franchise-worst record from 2006 and never reached the playoff race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192141-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Lynx season, Regular season, Season schedule\n* The July 6 game was played at Williams Arena due to a conflict at Target Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192142-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Swarm season\nThe Minnesota Swarm are a lacrosse team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 3rd season in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192142-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Swarm season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192142-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Swarm season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192142-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Swarm season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season\nThe 2007 Minnesota Twins season was the 47th season for the franchise in Minnesota, and the 107th overall in the American League. They were managed by Ron Gardenhire and played their home games in the Metrodome in Minneapolis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season\nThe Twins finished the season with a 79-83 record, their first losing record since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season\nOn September 13, Twins general manager Terry Ryan resigned. He was replaced by Assistant General Manager Bill Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season\nFor the third year in a row, an important Twins personality died just before the beginning of the season. In 2005, long-time stadium announcer Bob Casey fell to heart failure. In 2006, Hall of Fame center fielder Kirby Puckett died from a massive bilateral stroke brought on by hypertension. In 2007, Herb Carneal, the team's radio play-by-play announcer for 45 years, died from heart failure on April 1, the day before Opening Day. The Twins announced that they would dedicate the 2007 season to Carneal's memory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Offense\nWhile the 2006 team was known for the \"piranhas\"\u2014gritty hitters lacking power but possessing speed and guile\u2014the 2007 team saw the continued the development of power hitters such as 2006 league MVP Justin Morneau, Torii Hunter, and Jason Kubel. After the Twins swept a July 6 doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox by a combined score of 32-14, White Sox manager Ozzie Guill\u00e9n, the man who coined the term \"piranhas\" in 2006, stated: \"They're not piranhas no more. They're a shark attack now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Offense\nIn the second game of that doubleheader, Morneau became the first Twin to hit three home runs in a game since Tony Oliva against the Kansas City Royals on July 3, 1973. The Twins scored the most runs by one team in a doubleheader since the Boston Red Sox totaled 35 in a sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics on July 4, 1939. Nick Punto, as of August 22, 2007 has the lowest batting average among qualified batters in the American League, at .201.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching\nThe Twins entered the season with a problem in the starting rotation after Twins staple Brad Radke retired and Francisco Liriano had Tommy John surgery. The Twins signed Ram\u00f3n Ortiz and Sidney Ponson to start. Ponson was released in May and was replaced by Scott Baker, Ram\u00f3n Ortiz was moved to the bullpen shortly after and replaced in the rotation by Kevin Slowey. However, Slowey was sent to the minors in early July, replaced by Matt Garza. Ram\u00f3n Ortiz was traded in August to the Colorado Rockies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching\nOn August 31, Baker took a perfect game into the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals, before giving up a leadoff walk to catcher John Buck. His no-hitter also ended when he gave up a 1-out single to Mike Sweeney in the 9th inning. The game was won by the Twins 5-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching\nStarter Johan Santana won a Gold Glove Award, the only one of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Notable transactions\nAfter their great amount of success in 2006, in which they came from behind to win the AL Central, the Twins wanted to be sure to lock up their 3-4-5 hitters (Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer, and Justin Morneau) to multi-year deals. The Twins were able to sign Mauer to a four-year deal worth $33 million, but Morneau and Cuddyer only agreed to sign one-year contracts, worth $4.5 million and $3.575 million respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192143-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season\nThe 2007 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 47th in the National Football League. The Vikings' 8\u20138 record under second-year head coach Brad Childress was an improvement on their 6\u201310 record in 2006; nonetheless, for the third straight year, the Vikings failed to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season\nAlthough they had the worst pass defense in the NFL in 2007, surrendering 4,225 passing yards, the Vikings finished the season with the league's best defense against the run, allowing only 74.1 rushing yards per game, as well as the best rushing offense with running backs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Peterson was named 2007 Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Offseason\nThe Vikings began the 2007 offseason by losing their defensive coordinator, Mike Tomlin, who was hired to be the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 21, 2007. Coach Brad Childress waited until after the Super Bowl to hire Leslie Frazier, who served as special assistant to the head coach/defensive backs coach under Tony Dungy at the Indianapolis Colts. Frazier became the Vikings' new defensive coordinator on February 8. Frazier played cornerback for the 1985 Chicago Bears, and had just won Super Bowl XLI over his former Bears team when he was hired by the Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nThe Vikings began their 2007 campaign at home against the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Minnesota scored first with defensive tackle Kevin Williams returning an interception 54 yards for a touchdown. It was the only score of the first half. In the third quarter, kicker Ryan Longwell kicked a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Falcons got their only score of the game, with Matt Prater kicking a 45-yard field goal. From there, the Vikings had the only offense with Tarvaris Jackson throwing a 60-yard touchdown pass to rookie running back Adrian Peterson. Cornerback Antoine Winfield returned an interception 14 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Detroit Lions\nFollowing their home win over the Falcons, the Vikings flew to Ford Field for a Week 2 divisional match-up with the Detroit Lions. After a scoreless first quarter, Minnesota trailed early as Lions quarterback Jon Kitna completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roy Williams. The Vikings tied the game with a 1-yard touchdown run from quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. However, Detroit retook the lead with kicker Jason Hanson's 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Lions increased their lead with a 7-yard touchdown pass from J. T. O'Sullivan \u2013 who was in for the injured Kitna \u2013 to Calvin Johnson. Minnesota tied the game through a 32-yard field goal from Ryan Longwell and a 9-yard fumble return touchdown from defensive end Ray Edwards. After both teams failed to score in the fourth quarter, the Vikings received the ball first to begin overtime. However, nine plays into the Vikings' drive, Detroit recovered a fumble by backup Vikings quarterback Brooks Bollinger for the game's 10th overall turnover, allowing Hanson's to kick a 37-yard, game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Kansas City Chiefs\nFollowing their divisional road loss to the Lions, the Vikings flew to Arrowhead Stadium for an interconference duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, the Vikings' rookie running back Adrian Peterson got an 11-yard touchdown run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Minnesota increased their lead via a 22-yard Ryan Longwell field goal. The Chiefs ended the half with kicker Dave Rayner getting a 39-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the second half, Kansas City were the only team to score. In the third quarter, the Chiefs drew closer with Rayner kicking a 49-yard field goal, before closing out the win in the fourth quarter with quarterback Damon Huard completing a 16-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nTrying to snap a two-game losing streak, the Vikings returned home for an NFC North duel with the Green Bay Packers. With regular starting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson recovering from injuries, Kelly Holcomb started in his place. In the first quarter, the Vikings trailed early as Brett Favre threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings, surpassing Dan Marino with the 421st touchdown pass of his career. After Favre was honored for his accomplishment, Minnesota narrowed the margin between the two teams to a single point with field goals of 44 and 35 yards from kicker Ryan Longwell, before Mason Crosby hit a 28-yard field goal to restore a four-point lead for the Packers going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Crosby and Longwell cancelled each other out with field goals from 44 yards and 48 yards, respectively. In the fourth quarter, Crosby made a 33-yard field goal, before Favre completed a 33-yard touchdown pass to James Jones. Minnesota tried to rebound with Holcomb completing a 15-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Sidney Rice. The Vikings failed with an attempted onside kick, but two plays later Chad Greenway recovered a fumble by Favre, giving the Vikings just under 2 minutes to go 54 yards for a game-tying touchdown. However, after moving into Green Bay territory, Holcomb was subsequently intercepted by Atari Bigby, allowing Favre to kneel out the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers\nAdrian Peterson ran 12 times for 112 yards, making him the first rookie running back since Chuck Foreman to rush for 100 yards in each of his first three games as a Vikings starter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Chicago Bears\nComing off their bye week, the Vikings went to Soldier Field for a Week 6 NFC North contest against the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, Minnesota trailed early as Devin Hester returned a punt 89 yards for a touchdown. The Vikings responded with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Tarvaris Jackson to Troy Williamson. In the second quarter, Chicago's Brian Griese completed a 39-yard touchdown pass to Bernard Berrian. Afterwards, Minnesota answered with a 67-yard touchdown run from Adrian Peterson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Vikings took the lead with 73-yard touchdown run from Peterson for the only score of the period. Kickers Ryan Longwell and Robbie Gould traded field goals of 48 and 32 yards to start the fourth quarter, before Peterson scored his third touchdown of the game on a 35-yard run. Chicago tied the game again with Griese completing a 33-yard touchdown pass to Muhsin Muhammad, followed by an 81-yard touchdown pass to Hester. But on the ensuing kickoff, Peterson sprinted all the way down to the Chicago 38-yard line, setting Longwell up for a 55-yard, game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Chicago Bears\nWith the win, the Vikings improved to 2\u20133, largely in part to Peterson's 224 rushing yards, which put him fifth for the most rookie rushing yards in one game. Up to this point, he had a total of 607 rushing yards, which placed him second for the most rookie rushing yards through the first five games, only behind Eric Dickerson. He also broke the NFL record for most all purpose yards in a single game, with 361.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their impressive divisional road win over the Bears, the Vikings flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 7 intraconference duel with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, Minnesota trailed early as Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens. The Vikings responded with a 20-yard touchdown run from Adrian Peterson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the second quarter, Minnesota scored a bizarre defensive touchdown, as Antoine Winfield forced a fumble from Cowboys receiver Patrick Crayton; linebacker Ben Leber recovered the ball and ran with it before lateraling it to Cedric Griffin; Griffin then also fumbled the ball, but it bobbled back up into his hands and he was able to run it in for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Vikings began to struggle as Cowboys running back Marion Barber III scored a 1-yard touchdown, before safety Pat Watkins returned a blocked field goal 68 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Dallas closed out the win with kicker Nick Folk getting a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Cowboys, the Vikings came home for a Week 8 intraconference duel with the Philadelphia Eagles that saw head coach Brad Childress go up against his mentor, Philadelphia coach Andy Reid. With starting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson out with a thumb injury, veteran backup Kelly Holcomb got the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the first quarter, Minnesota took an early lead as Holcomb completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. The Eagles responded with a 20-yard David Akers field goal, before running back Brian Westbrook scored a 6-yard touchdown catch followed by a 1-yard run to put the Eagles up 17\u20137. Minnesota's only response for the period was a 39-yard field goal from kicker Ryan Longwell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Akers and Longwell traded field goals from 27 and 32 yards. Longwell then drew the Vikings to within four points on a 48-yard field goal with just under 9 minutes to play in the game, only for Akers to seal the win for the Eagles on a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nHolcomb (7/16 for 88 yards and 1 touchdown) was concussed on a sack in the third quarter, resulting in Brooks Bollinger (7/10 for 94 yards) coming in to finish the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Eagles, the Vikings stayed at home and played a Week 9 interconference game against the San Diego Chargers. The two teams were level by the end of the first quarter, following 1-yard touchdown runs from both Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson and the Vikings' Adrian Peterson. The second quarter then went scoreless until the very last play of the half, when kicker Ryan Longwell came up short on a 57-yard field goal attempt, which Antonio Cromartie returned 109\u00a0yards for a touchdown, the longest possible play in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Vikings scored a pair of long touchdowns in the third quarter, as Peterson scored on a 64-yard run, followed by a 40-yard pass from Brooks Bollinger to Sidney Rice. The Chargers narrowed the Vikings' lead to four points in the fourth quarter on a 36-yard field goal by Nate Kaeding, but another long touchdown run of 46 yards from Peterson and a 2-yard score from fellow running back Chester Taylor sealed a 35\u201317 win for the Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers\nPeterson had 30 carries for 296 rushing yards, setting a new single-game league record, along with three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. San Diego Chargers\nQuarterback Tarvaris Jackson (6/12 for 63 yards) started the game, but was concussed in the second quarter and replaced by Brooks Bollinger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 93], "content_span": [94, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers\nPlaying their first road game in three weeks, the Vikings traveled to Lambeau Field to play their long-time rivals, the Green Bay Packers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the first half, a 30-yard run by Ryan Grant gave the Packers a 7\u20130 lead, and two field goals by Mason Crosby (a 39-yard field goal midway through the 2nd quarter and a 24-yard field goal at the end of the half) provided all the first half scoring, as the Vikings went to the locker room trailing 13\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Packers completed the shutout with Brett Favre throwing a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes, one to Donald Lee and one to Ruvell Martin. Martin scored again in the fourth quarter. The Vikings were shut out 34\u20130, the first time the Vikings had been shut out in the regular season since 1991.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers\nAdrian Peterson suffered a knee injury in the third quarter and left the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, Minnesota fell to 3\u20136 and were swept by the Packers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 92], "content_span": [93, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Packers, the Vikings' Week 11 opponent was the Oakland Raiders, who had former Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper under center. After a 79-yard pass from wide receiver Sidney Rice to Visanthe Shiancoe on the first play from scrimmage, the Vikings scored on the very next play on a 10-yard run from Chester Taylor. This was followed by a safety when Culpepper was penalized for intentional grounding in his own endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders\nTwo plays after the ensuing free kick, the Vikings fumbled the ball just inside Oakland territory, allowing the Raiders to set up a 42-yard field goal for Sebastian Janikowski. On the next drive, the Vikings restored their nine-point lead as kicker Ryan Longwell hit a 30-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter. A short Oakland drive culminating in 10-yard touchdown pass from Culpepper to tight end John Madsen, followed by another Janikowski field goal, saw the Raiders take the lead for the first time. Four plays later, Minnesota regained a six-point lead on a 38-yard touchdown run from Taylor, but field goals of 42 and 49 yards from Janikowski meant the first half ended with the scores level at 19\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders\nThe Vikings recorded the only score of the third quarter on a 38-yard field goal from Longwell, though they did finish the period on the Raiders' 6-yard line, allowing Taylor to run in his third touchdown on the opening play of the fourth quarter, the first time in his career that he scored three touchdowns in one game. A 52-yard field goal from Janikowski narrowed the margin to 7 points with less than three-and-a-half minutes to play, and after forcing the Vikings to punt just inside the two-minute warning, they had one last chance to level the scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders\nOn the first play of the drive, Culpepper threw the ball in the direction of Justin Fargas, who tipped it up, allowing Chad Greenway to come up with an interception; he went to ground with the ball, but inexplicably got up and attempted to advance it, which allowed left tackle Barry Sims to force a fumble, recovered by right guard Paul McQuistan. That enabled the Raiders to extend their drive, but although they managed to get into Vikings territory, a false start penalty meant Culpepper had to attempt a Hail Mary pass on the final play, but it came up short, giving the Vikings a 29\u201322 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 91], "content_span": [92, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants\nComing off their home win over the Raiders, the Vikings flew to the Meadowlands for a Week 12 matchup with the New York Giants. In the first quarter, the Vikings scored first as QB Tarvaris Jackson completed a 60-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. The Giants responded with RB Reuben Droughns getting a 1-yard TD run. Minnesota regained the lead with safety Darren Sharper returning an interception 20 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Vikings continued their scoring as RB Chester Taylor got an 8-yard TD run, while kicker Ryan Longwell managed to get a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, New York tried to come back as kicker Lawrence Tynes hit a 26-yard field goal. Minnesota answered with Longwell kicking a 26-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings pulled away with safety Dwight Smith returning an interception 93 yards for a touchdown, along with LB Chad Greenway returning an interception 37 yards for a touchdown. The Giants' only response was QB Eli Manning's 6-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at New York Giants\nMinnesota's league-worst pass defense had a big game as they intercepted Eli Manning four times (one from Sharper, two from Smith and one from Greenway), with three of them getting returned for touchdowns (which is the most since the 1984 Seahawks returned 4 picks in one game). It set a franchise record for the most interception return yards in one game with 169.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their road win over the Giants, the Vikings went home for a Week 13 divisional rematch with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Minnesota scored first as RB Chester Taylor completed a 2-yard TD run. The Lions replied with kicker Jason Hanson hitting a 37-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Minnesota answered with rookie RB Adrian Peterson getting a 16-yard TD run. Detroit responded with QB Jon Kitna completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE/FB Casey Fitzsimmons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions\nAfterwards, the Vikings immediately scored with rookie WR Aundrae Allison returning a kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown (a franchise best), while QB Tarvaris Jackson completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Wade and a 2-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. In the third quarter, Peterson added a 13-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Detroit Lions\nThis was the first time since their 15\u20131 season of 1998 that they were able to get 40+ points in back-to-back games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers\nAfter their home win over the Lions, the Vikings flew to Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park for a Week 14 contest with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Minnesota scored first as DT Kevin Williams returned an interception 18 yards for a touchdown, along with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 48-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Vikings added to their lead as QB Tarvaris Jackson completed a 19-yard TD pass to WR Robert Ferguson. Longwell hit a 46-yard field goal, and RB Chester Taylor completed an 84-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the 49ers got their only score of the game as QB Shaun Hill completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers\nRookie RB Adrian Peterson ended the day with a career-low 3 yards rushing on 14 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 94], "content_span": [95, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Chicago Bears\nAfter the west coast win over the 49ers, the Vikings went home for a Week 15 Monday night NFC North rematch with the Chicago Bears. Chicago's kicker Robbie Gould kicked a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Minnesota responded with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 42-yard field goal. Chicago took the halftime lead with Gould kicking a 47-yard field goal and FB Jason McKie getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Vikings started to rally as rookie RB Adrian Peterson got a 1-yard TD run (with a failed PAT) for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings took the lead as Peterson got an 8-yard TD run. The Bears were unable to score in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins\nAfter the Monday night win over the Bears, the Vikings hosted the Washington Redskins. With a win, the Vikings clinched an NFC playoff berth. The Redskins also needed a win to avoid elimination. Washington scored the only points in the first half, leading 22\u20130 at halftime on a safety and three touchdowns. Passes by Todd Collins to Chris Cooley and Santana Moss as well as a pass from Clinton Portis to Antwaan Randle El completed the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins\nAfter a field goal by Washington's Shaun Suisham to start the second half at 25\u20130, Minnesota answered with two touchdowns by Tarvaris Jackson: one a short pass to Jim Kleinsasser, the other a 6-yard quarterback rush. Each team scored an additional touchdown in the fourth quarter, bringing the final score to 32\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Washington Redskins\nWith the loss, the Vikings fell to 8\u20137, matching the Redskins' win-loss record. In order to secure a playoff spot, the Vikings need a win in Denver in week 17, as well as a loss by the Redskins against Dallas. Because of this loss in week 16, if Washington wins its last game, the Vikings will be eliminated from the playoffs regardless of the outcome of the Denver game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos\nIn the final game of the season, the Vikings lost in overtime to the Broncos. Trailing in the fourth quarter by 16, Minnesota was able to score two touchdowns (both passes from Tarvaris Jackson to Bobby Wade), and complete two two-point conversions, (both quarterback runs by Jackson) to tie the game at 19. In overtime, the Vikings had the ball first, but on the second play of their drive, Jackson was hit by Alvin McKinley and fumbled. The ball was recovered by Elvis Dumervil on Minnesota's 13 yd line. Jason Elam kicked a 30-yard game-winning field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Denver Broncos\nMinnesota was eliminated from playoff contention based on the Redskins' victory over the Dallas Cowboys 27\u20136. The Vikings final record was 8\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 89], "content_span": [90, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192144-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Minnesota Vikings season, Pro Bowl\nThe Vikings had seven players selected to the 2008 Pro Bowl. Starting on offense were RB Adrian Peterson, fullback Tony Richardson and offensive guard Steve Hutchinson. Starting at defense were defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams as well as strong safety Darren Sharper. The reserve center was Matt Birk. Only one team, the Dallas Cowboys, had more starters (7). Besides the seven named players for Minnesota, kicker Ryan Longwell was named a first alternate, and special teams player Heath Farwell and left tackle Bryant McKinnie were named second alternates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192145-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mirage Cup\nThe 2007 Mirage Cup was an ITF and USTA tennis tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. The singles title was won by Caroline Wozniacki, and the doubles went to Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek. The 2007 Tennis Channel Open was the men's version of the 2007 Mirage Cup, and was part of the 2007 ATP Tour. The tournament was worth $75,000 in prizes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192145-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mirage Cup, Champions, Women's Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Maret Ani / Alberta Brianti 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 43], "content_span": [44, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192146-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mirage Cup \u2013 Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek defeated Maret Ani and Alberta Brianti in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192147-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mirage Cup \u2013 Singles\nCaroline Wozniacki defeated Akiko Morigami in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192148-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Misano Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Misano Superbike World Championship round was the eighth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of June 15\u201317, 2007 at the Misano Adriatico circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team\nThe 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team placed 2nd in the SEC WEST and reached the 2007 College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team\nRon Polk was the coach of the Bulldogs, in his 28th year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Regular season\nThe Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 33-18 record, and 15-13 SEC record. The team started strong, but finished weakly thanks to injuries to starting SS Brandon Turner and OF Jeff Flagg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, SEC Tournament\nThe Bulldogs went 0-2 in the tournament, while facing aces Will Kline and David Price, of Ole Miss and Vanderbilt, respectively. It was the only time in 24 total appearances that a Ron Polk coached team went winless in the SEC Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, NCAA tournament\nThe Bulldogs were the 2 seed in the Tallahassee Regional, hosted by Florida State, and after defeating Stetson, upset Florida State twice. When Clemson, also a 2 seed, won the corresponding Myrtle Beach Regional, hosted by Coastal Carolina University, Mississippi State was selected to host the Super Regional. The Bulldogs defeated the Tigers in two games by scores of 8-6 and 8-5, with each game setting NCAA records for Super Regional attendance, and qualified for the College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, College World Series\nThe Bulldogs lost twice in the College World Series, to North Carolina and Louisville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192149-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Roster and Stats, Pitchers\nThese players were on the roster, but did not appear in any games and redshirted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team\nThe 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Sylvester Croom, who served his fourth season in the position. The Bulldogs played their six home games in 2007 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team\nThe Bulldogs' record of 8\u20135 (4\u20134 in the SEC) was MSU's first winning record since the 2000 season, when the team finished 8\u20134 (4\u20134 in conference). The 'Dogs earned their first bowl game berth since 2000 by reaching the 2007 Liberty Bowl. Mississippi State's victory there over Conference USA champion Central Florida also marked MSU's first bowl victory since 2000, when the Bulldogs defeated Texas A&M, 43\u201341 in overtime, to win the 2000 Independence Bowl under head coach Jackie Sherrill. For the Bulldogs' improvement, Croom was voted the 2007 SEC Coach of the Year by his peers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season\nAt the 2007 SEC Football Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, Mississippi State was predicted to finish 6th in the SEC Western Division, based on a poll of SEC coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, 2006 season in review\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2006 college football season with a dismal 3\u20139 record (1\u20137 conference). MSU's only wins came over UAB (16\u201310, overtime) of Conference USA in Birmingham and DI-AA/FCS opponent Jacksonville State (35\u20133), with the Bulldogs' lone conference victory coming over Alabama in Tuscaloosa, a game in which MSU was a 14-point underdog, by a 24\u201316 margin, snapping a streak of 23 consecutive conference road losses for MSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, 2006 season in review\nDespite their poor record, Croom's squad showed signs of improvement in 2006: they were outgained by just 51.9 yards per game, fewer than conference foes Ole Miss and Kentucky, who won the 2006 Music City Bowl; in their 24\u201327 loss at Georgia, they reached UGA's 31-yard line but lost a fumble with 0:03 remaining in the game; they outgained Arkansas, the 2006 SEC West Champs, by 99 yards in a 14\u201328 loss; and the Bulldogs also lost close games to Tulane (29\u201332), Kentucky (31\u201334) and rival Ole Miss in the 2006 Battle for the Golden Egg (17\u201320).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, 2006 season in review\nWith 17 returning starters (10 offense, 5 defense, Kicker, Punter) in 2007, the Bulldogs will expect to see statistical improvement paying off in the Win/Loss column in \"Sly\" Croom's contract year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players departing\nSeven starters departed from States' 2006 squad. All of them were seniors whose eligibility expired:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players departing\nAlso departed are Seniors Omar Conner, who completed 76 of 135 passes (56.3%) for 943 yards and three touchdowns (three interceptions), rushed 37 times for 101 yards (2.7 average) and two touchdowns, and caught eight passes for 70 yards while splitting time at WR and QB, WR Will Prosser (11 receptions, 135 yards) and DT Antonio Johnson (21 tackles, 4 TFLs), who was selected by the Tennessee Titans with the 152nd pick of the 2007 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning\nDespite the loss of several standout veteran players from the Bulldogs' 2006 squad, the 2007 Bulldogs boast an experienced lineup, including 17 returning starters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Offense\nState's offense in 2007 includes ten returning starters from 2006 (in bold).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Offense\nUnder center, Junior Michael Henig will get the first look at QB for the 'Dogs' after starting six games and completing 74 of 169 pass attempts (43.8%) for 1201 yards and seven touchdowns (nine interceptions) as a Sophomore in 2006. He will be challenged by Sophomores Ty Evans and Zack Harrington as well as incoming JUCO transfer Josh Riddell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Offense\nThe Bulldogs will get back their top five pass receivers from 2006: Tony Burks (35 catches, 850 yards, 5 touchdowns, led SEC with 24.3 yards per reception), Jamayel Smith (20 receptions, 335 yards, 2 touchdowns), TE Eric Butler (13 receptions, 210 yards, 1 touchdown), Lance Long (25 receptions, 177 yards, 1 touchdown) and Aubrey Bell (8 receptions, 151 yards). Also returning are backup TEs Dezmond Sherrod (just 7 career receptions, but a solid blocking TE) and Jason Husband (9 receptions, 89 yards, 1 touchdown in 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Offense\nSophomore RB Anthony Dixon emerged as a star in his 2006 true-Freshman season, rushing 169 times for 668 yards (4 yards per carry) and 9 touchdowns. He looks to handle the 'Dogs' starting RB duties again in 2007. Backups Arnil Stallworth, Justin Williams and Christian Ducr\u00e9 all return, as well. Juniors Eric Hoskins, who redshirted in 2006 after transferring from Holmes, and Brandon Hart, a converted RB, will share the FB duties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Offense\nThe Bulldogs have the makings of a solid group of linemen up front, where C Royce Blacledge returns to anchor the unit in his Senior season after starting every game there as a Junior in 2006; Sophomore Craig Jenkins, who started every game at RT in 2006, moves to RG; Juniors Anthony Strauder and Michael Gates, who split time at LG both return, as do talented Junior Michael Brown, who transferred to State after redshirting at Florida, and Senior swing G/T J.D. Hamilton, both of whom split time at LT last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Defense\nDespite the loss of six starters from 2006, Mississippi State returns five proven, veteran starters (in bold) and a strong group of young players who will attempt to replace last year's Seniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Defense\nUp front, Senior LDE Titus Brown (38 tackles, 7 TFLs, 7.5 sacks, 1 pass defended in 2006), a 2006 Second-Team All-SEC selection, is the only returning starter, but with 18 career starts under his belt, he has the experience to be a disruptive force for the Bulldogs and to help develop his younger teammates. Senior Avery Hannibal looks to fill the other DE spot, after recording eight tackles, one TFL and one sack in spot-relief of departed Senior Michael Heard in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Defense\nRS Freshman Brandon Cooper and Juniors Charles Burns and Tim Bailey, a former JUCO star and Army National Guard veteran, can also be expected to compete for time at DE, as well as JUCO newcomer Jimmie Holmes. With all three players who split time at DT in 2006 gone, competition for both starting jobs looks to be wide open. Freshman Reggie Odom, Sophomores Quinton Wesley and Kyle Love (7 tackles in 2006) and Junior Cortez McCraney (10 tackles, 1.5 TFL in 2005) will all have chances to earn the vacant spots, but they will be challenged by newcomers like JUCO transfer Jessie Bowman and true-Freshman LaMarcus Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Defense\nAt LB, Senior Gabe O'Neal (40 tackles, 3 TFL in 2006) and Junior Jamar Chaney (66 tackles, 5 TFL, 2.5 sacks) seem to have what it takes to maintain the respective starting SLB and MLB spots that they occupied in 2006. Sophomore Jamon Hughes (17 tackles) and Junior Anthony Littlejohn (12 tackles, 1 pass defended) look to be the top contenders to earn the final WLB spot, along with JUCO transfer Dominic Douglas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Defense\nIn the secondary, Mississippi State returns two Junior defensive stars in SS Keith Fitzhugh (59 tackles, .5 TFL, 3 passes defended, 1 INT in 2006) and 2006 Second-Team All-SEC selection Derek Pegues (32 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 5 passes defended, 4 INTs), who will move from CB to FS. Sophomores Anthony Johnson (12 tackles, 1 pass defended) and Marcus Washington (6 tackles) will compete for the vacated CB spots, along with Juniors Demario Bobo (65 tackles, 2 TFLs, 2 FFs, 2 passes defended from 2004\u20132005) and Keon Humphries, a converted WR, and JUCO transfers Jasper O'Quinn and Chris Nance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Special teams\nMississippi State returns virtually all of its key players in the kicking game (returning staters in bold).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Players returning, Special teams\nJunior K Adam Carlson (8 of 16 career FGs, 58 career points, 47 career long) is back after his first full season as a starter. Carlson will also handle kickoff duties for the second straight year. In 2006, he kicked off 31 times for an average of 54.2 yards. Also, returning is Junior P Blake McAdams, who averaged 38.2 yards per kick and landed 15 of his 68 punts inside opponents' 20. Derek Pegues will again handle punt and kick returning duties after returning 25 punts an average of 14 yards with one touchdown and taking back 29 kickoffs an average of 23.7 yards in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 91], "content_span": [92, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Newcomers: 2007 signing class\nMSU signed a total of 34 players to letters of intent, comprising the Bulldogs' 2007 signing class. The class was headlined by a large number of top in-state high school recruits including RB/S Marcus Green (Meridian), DT Quentin Saulsberry (Independence), OT Derek Sherrod (Caledonia) and highly touted RB Robert Elliot (Okolona), who chose the Bulldogs on National Signing Day following a heated recruiting battle between MSU, Ole Miss and Florida State. The Bulldogs capped off a solid 2007 high school class with several top junior college signees, such as DT Jessie Bowman (Brookhaven/Co-Lin) and WR Co-Eric Riley (Lucedale/Gulf Coast).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Pre-season, Newcomers: 2007 signing class\nAdditionally, MSU signed several strong out-of-State players including high school DT LaMarcus Williams (Bastrop, Louisiana) and JUCO QB Josh Riddell (Salem, Oregon/Foothill). ranked State's 2007 class 39th in the Nation, while had the Bulldogs' class at 27th. With a strong, consensus top-40 class, the Bulldogs will expect and need some newcomers to make an immediate impact on the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Schedule\nAnalyst Phil Steele ranked MSU's 2007 schedule strength 29th in the Nation in his 2007 preview magazine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 55], "content_span": [56, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLast Meeting: September 30, 2006, L 17\u201348Series Record: MSU trails 33\u201364\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU and Mississippi State kicked off the 2007 college football season in a Thursday night SEC contest broadcast live on ESPN, the 101st meeting between the two teams. Through much of the first half it appeared as though Mississippi State was up to the daunting task of challenging the Tigers, then the #2-ranked team in the country behind only USC, as MSU clung to a 0\u20133 deficit through most of the first half, until LSU scored 14 points in the last six minutes of the second quarter, opening the door for the Tigers to cruise to the final 0\u201345 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU K Colt David warmed up the scoreboard for the Tigers' offense with a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter. Tigers' RB Keiland Williams scored twice on one-yard touchdown runs in the second quarter to push LSU's lead to 0\u201317 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nIn the third quarter, the Tigers' distanced themselves with two eleven-yard touchdown passes from QB Matt Flynn, one to WR Early Doucet and the other to RB Charles Scott, bringing the score to 0\u201331 to start the fourth quarter. LSU backup QB Ryan Perriloux sealed the Tigers' victory in the fourth quarter with a three-yard touchdown scramble, followed by a 15-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon LaFell to put LSU up by the final 0\u201345 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU's dominance included earning 22 first downs to MSU's nine and yielding MSU just ten rushing yards on 26 carries. LSU FB Jacob Hester led the Tigers with 14 carries for 72 yards (4.9 yards per carry), while Early Doucet paced LSU's passing attack with 9 catches for 78 yards, including the 11-yard touchdown strike he caught in the third quarter; he was the only LSU receiver to catch more than one pass. For MSU, RB Anthony Dixon led the Bulldogs on the ground with just 29 yards on 13 carries (2.2 average). RB Arnil Stallworth led MSU with only 3 pass receptions for 33 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU starting QB Matt Flynn paced his team's offense by completing 12 of 19 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns and rushing 11 times for 42 yards. Ryan Perriloux ran the Tigers' offense well in relief duty, completing 2 of 3 passes for 21 yards and a touchdown and running 3 times for 12 yards and another score. For MSU, QB Michael Henig completed just 11 of 28 passes on his way to a school record-tying six interception-performance. He was sacked three times for a cumulative loss of 30 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nDefensively, LSU LB Ali Highsmith led the Tigers with eight total tackles. Tigers' S Craig Steltz returned three of MSU's six interceptions a total of 100 yards. MSU LB Dominic Douglas, playing in his first career game with the Bulldogs, led all tacklers with nine total, earning \"Outstanding Performer\" recognition for Week 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, LSU\nLSU went on to finish the season 12\u20132 with a victory over Ohio State in the BCS title game and were ranked #1 in all final major polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nLast Meeting: September 16, 2006, L 29-32Series Record: MSU leads 29-26-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nAfter being hammered 0\u201345 by LSU to open the season, MSU sought its first win of 2007 when the Bulldogs traveled to New Orleans to take on another team from the state of Louisiana, the Tulane Green Wave, in the second week of the season. As with all Tulane home games, the contest was played at the Louisiana Superdome, also the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints. The game was also a homecoming of sorts for MSU RB Christian Ducr\u00e9, a native of nearby Mandeville who began his college career at Tulane before transferring to State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nComing into the game, Tulane's All-C-USA RB Matt Forte was regarded as one of the nation's best Running Backs. A 2008 NFL Draft prospect, Forte finished the 2007 season by earning AP All-America recognition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nState started the scoring off early in the first quarter, when LB Gabe O'Neal intercepted a pass on the first offensive series of the game and returned it 47 yards for a touchdown. Tulane responded on the next series, however, with a quick three-play, 61-yard drive resulting in a 39-yard touchdown run by Forte. Mississippi State added an 18-yard touchdown run by QB Michael Henig and Tulane tacked on an eight-yard touchdown pass from QB Scott Elliott to FB Jeremy McKinney, all in the first quarter. The only other scoring in the first half came when MSU and Tulane traded field goals in the second quarter, a 23-yarder by Adam Carlson and a 26-yarder by Ross Thevenot, respectively, leaving the score tied 17\u201317 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nAfter the competitive first half, Mississippi State regrouped and the Bulldogs took the game over in the second by scoring 21 unanswered points. FB Jeremy Jones capped off a long drive to open the second half, catching an eight-yard touchdown pass from Michael Henig after MSU's offense covered 67 yards with 9 plays in 3:30. Later in the third quarter, RB Anthony Dixon broke a 27-yard run to stretch the 'Dogs' lead to 14. Dixon sealed the victory for MSU with a seven-yard fourth quarter run that put the Bulldogs ahead by the final margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nDixon bounced back from being shut down by LSU in the previous week by rushing for 131 yards on 27 carries (4.9 average) and two touchdowns, earning him \"Outstanding Performer\" recognition for Week 2. QB Michael Henig posted an admirable performance as well, completing 21 of 30 pass attempts for 223 yards with a touchdown and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nMeanwhile, MSU's defense put up an impressive performance, allowing the Green Wave only eight first downs to MSU's 27 and limiting Forte to 63 yards on 14 carries (3.4 average), his lowest totals of the 2007 season in all three categories. He also lost two fumbles to the 'Dogs' defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nLB Jamar Chaney led MSU with six total tackles. In addition to his interception return for a touchdown, LB Gabe O'Neal recovered a fumble and recorded four total tackles and was named the SEC's Defensive Player of the Week for Week 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tulane\nTulane finished the season with an unimpressive 4-8 record, but did manage to finish in third place in the C-USA West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nLast Meeting: September 9, 2006, L 0\u201334Series Record: MSU trails 22\u201356\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nMSU traveled to Auburn, Alabama for their Week 3 match-up against the favored Auburn Tigers, played at Jordan\u2013Hare Stadium. The Tigers boasted a six-game win streak against the Bulldogs dating back to 2001. Since the 'Dogs defeated the Tigers 17\u201310 in Starkville in 2000, Auburn had dominated over the course of their six consecutive wins against MSU, outscoring State by an average margin of 25.5 points, including consecutive shutouts in 2005 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nState (1\u20131, 0\u20131) entered the game coming off of an impressive second half rally to cruise by Tulane after their opening week-beating at the hands of LSU. Auburn (1\u20131, 0\u20130) had fallen from the national polls by losing to then-unranked South Florida in Week 2, after defeating the Kansas State Wildcats with a 14-point fourth quarter rally in the opening week of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThe Bulldogs caught AU off guard, jumping out to a 13\u20130 lead early in the second quarter. MSU K Adam Carlson scored State's first points with a 32-yard field goal on the game's opening drive, marking the first time MSU had scored on Auburn since 2004. On the next drive, Auburn's first of the game, Tigers' QB Brandon Cox threw an interception caught and returned by MSU FS Derek Pegues for a touchdown less than a minute after Carlson's field goal to give MSU a quick 10\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nCox again threw an interception on Auburn's ensuing possession, prompting the Tigers to insert true-Freshman backup QB Kodi Burns into the game on their next series. However, he also turned the ball over on his first possession. MSU capitalized on AU's turnovers by adding another Carlson field goal on the ensuing drive to stretch their lead to 13\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nHowever, the Tigers mounted a comeback late in the second quarter, when RB Ben Tate ran 28 yards to finally put Auburn on the board. On the ensuing kickoff, MSU KR Derek Pegues fumbled the return, giving AU the ball on State's 30-yard line with 4:12 to play in the first half. After turning the ball over on so many previous possessions, Auburn stuck to their ground game, not attempting a single pass during the ensuing series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nKodi Burns led the way for the Tigers, accounting for five of his team's seven carries and 21 of AU's 30 yards on the drive, capped by his one-yard dive into the endzone to tie the game, with K Wes Byrum's successful Extra point giving the Tigers a 13\u201314 lead, which they held for the remainder of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nNeither team's offense was able to successfully move the ball in the second half until MSU took possession on AU's 44-yard line with 10:42 left in the fourth quarter, after S Demario Bobo intercepted a Kodi Burns pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nThe ensuing drive was the most important of the game for the Bulldogs, as they marched 44 yards in 10 plays and scored after using over five minutes off of the game clock. MSU RB Christian Ducr\u00e9, who gained 21 yards on three carries on the drive, punched the ball into the endzone from five yards out for the score. The Bulldogs unsuccessfully attempted a two-point conversion, which left them with a narrow 19\u201314 lead with over five minutes remaining in the game. Brandon Cox returned to the game on the ensuing drive for Auburn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nCox led his team 67 yards down the field, all the way to MSU 9-yard line, but was unable to score as his fourth down pass attempt fell incomplete, giving State the ball back with just :48 remaining, allowing the 'Dogs to run out the clock and earn their first victory over an SEC opponent in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nAuburn ended the game with 16 first downs to State's 14 and 110 more yards of total offense than MSU, but turnovers proved to be the story of the game with just one for MSU compared to five for AU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nAs a team, MSU completed just five (of 18) pass attempts for 41 yards, but was able to rely on a powerful running game. RB Anthony Dixon was State's workhorse, finishing with 29 carries for 103 yards, while Christian Ducr\u00e9 contributed 63 yards on ten carries in addition to the game-winning touchdown for the Bulldogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nBulldogs' P Blake McAdams quietly posted an impressive performance by punting 6 times for an average of 43.3 yards, including a booming career-best 73-yard kick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nFive different Bulldog players recovered each of Auburn's turnovers: DE Jimmie Holmes and DT Kyle Love both recovered fumbles, while CB Anthony Johnson, SS Demario Bobo and FS Derek Pegues each intercepted AU passes. MSU LB Dominic Douglas again led all tacklers for the second time in his young (three-game) MSU career, with nine total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nAfter their slow 1\u20132 start, Auburn won their next four games, finished the season 9\u20134 by defeating Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, and were ranked 14th in the country in the final Coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nLast Meeting: August 31, 2006, L 0\u201315Series Record: Tied 6\u20136", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 77], "content_span": [78, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, UAB\nLast Meeting: September 23, 2006, W 16\u201310 (OT)Series Record: Tied 1\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Tennessee\nLast Meeting: November 15, 2003, L 21\u201359Series Record: MSU trails 15\u201326\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nLast Meeting: October 7, 2006, L 14\u201342Series Record: MSU trails 0\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nLast Meeting: October 28, 2006, L 31\u201334Series Record: MSU trails 14\u201320", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nLast Meeting: November 4, 2006, W 24\u201316Series Record: MSU trails 17\u201371\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nLast Meeting: November 18, 2006, L 14\u201328Series Record: MSU trails 5\u201311\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)\nLast Meeting: November 25, 2006, L 17\u201320Series Record: MSU trails 38\u201359\u20136", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 85], "content_span": [86, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192150-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Central Florida (Liberty Bowl)\nLast Meeting: October 25, 1997, W 35\u201328Series Record: MSU leads 1\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 93], "content_span": [94, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192151-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team\nThe 2007 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election\nA general election was held in Mississippi on November 6, 2007 to elect to 4 year terms all members of the Mississippi State Legislature (122 representatives, 52 senators), the offices of Governor of Mississippi, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Auditor, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, and Commissioner of Insurance, plus all three members of the Transportation Commission and all three members of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election\nThe election was generally a success for Republicans, as they held all their statewide elected offices, and won the open Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner seats, leaving Attorney General Jim Hood the only statewide elected Democratic officeholder. However, Democrats regained control of the State Senate and maintained their majority in the House of Representatives, won a 2-1 majority on the Public Service Commission, and held their 2-1 majority on the Transportation Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election, Results for the Mississippi State Legislature\nAll 122 representatives and 52 senators of the Mississippi State Legislature are elected for four-year terms with no staggering of terms. The state legislature draws up separate district maps for the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate, usually after the federal U.S. Census. There are no term limits for members of both houses of the legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 80], "content_span": [81, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election, Results for Statewide Offices\nAccording to the state constitution, a statewide officer must win both the majority of electoral votes and the majority of the popular vote to be elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election, Results for Statewide Offices\nThe number of electoral votes equals the number of Mississippi House of Representatives districts, currently set at 122. A plurality of votes in each House District is required to win the electoral vote for that District. In the event of a tie between the two candidates with the highest votes, the electoral vote is split between them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election, Results for Statewide Offices\nIn the event an officeholder does not win both the majority electoral and majority popular vote, the House of Representatives shall choose the winner. The Democrats held a large edge (73\u201346 with three vacancies) in the House, thus ensuring that any contested race will go to the Democratic candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election, Results for Statewide Offices, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce\nNote: Spell was elected as a Democrat in 2003, but changed his party affiliation to Republican.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 106], "content_span": [107, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192152-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi general election, Results for Commissions, Transportation Commission, Northern District\nDemocratic incumbent Bill Minor ran unopposed in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 104], "content_span": [105, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192153-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 6. Incumbent Haley Barbour was re-elected to serve a four-year term as Governor of Mississippi from January 15, 2008 through January 10, 2012. The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is also on the ballot and elected for the same time period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192154-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192154-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Tigers football team\nThe team was led by junior quarterback Chase Daniel, a Heisman Trophy candidate who finished fourth in voting behind Tim Tebow, Darren McFadden, and Colt Brennan. In the preseason, the Tigers were picked by some to win the Big 12 North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192154-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Tigers football team\nOn November 24, Missouri won their 11th game of the season by beating their arch-rival Kansas Jayhawks 36\u201328, in the Border Showdown at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The victory sealed Mizzou's berth into the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game against Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192154-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Tigers football team\nThe Tigers won over 9 games in a season for the first time since 1969, and were ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the first time since 1960. This ranking lead to the Tigers' first ever appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. The Tigers also achieved their highest BCS ranking in history, at No. 1 after the Border Showdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192154-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Tigers football team\nAfter losing the Big 12 Championship game 38\u201317 to the Sooners, Missouri was chosen to play Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, in which the Tigers prevailed 38\u20137 to complete their 12\u20132 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192154-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Tigers football team\nFive Tiger starters were named to the Associated Press All-American teams. Senior tight end Martin Rucker and freshman wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (as an all-purpose player) were named as first team selections, while junior quarterback Chase Daniel and junior safety William Moore were named to the second team. Senior center Adam Spieker was a third team selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192155-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, or informally as Arch Madness 2007, is the championship tournament for men's basketball teams of the Missouri Valley Conference. It was held in St. Louis, Missouri, and Creighton, the champion, received an automatic berth in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The tournament was contested by the men's basketball teams of each of the MVC's 10 schools, with seedings based on regular-season conference records. The 2007 edition ran from 1 March until 4 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192156-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2007 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 17th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192156-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season\nThe 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted by Creighton and won by Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192157-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mito HollyHock season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192158-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miyazaki gubernatorial by-election\nMiyazaki Prefecture held a gubernatorial by-election on January 21, 2007. Former governor Tadahiro Ando was arrested for bid-rigging. Independent comedian Hideo Higashikokubaru (running under the name \"Higashi Sonomanma\") won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192159-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Miyota mayoral election\nMiyota, Nagano held a mayoral election on February 18, 2007. Moteki Yuji won the election, beating incumbent mayor Tsuchiya Kiyoshi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival\nThe 2007 Mnet Km Music Festival (MKMF) was the ninth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 17, 2007 at the Seoul Sports Complex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival\nBoy band Big Bang, trio SG Wannabe, and solo artist Yangpa lead the nominees with five nominations each. By the end of the ceremony, Big Bang received two awards including Song of the Year daesang award. In addition, Epik High and Clazziquai both received 2 wins as well with the former receiving the Album of the Year daesang award and the latter winning both of their nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival, Background\nThe award-giving body continued to use the name \"M.net Korean Music Festival\" (MKMF) for the ninth consecutive time. The event took place at the Seoul Olympic Stadium for the first time with Shin Dong-yup as a returning host for the fifth time and Lee Da-hae as his co-host.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival, Background\nJapanese artist Gackt performed on the stage for the second time since the sixth ceremony, while co-host Lee Da-hae performed \"I Love Rock 'n' Roll\" kor. version during the middle of the show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival, Background, Controversy\nLee Min Woo (M) and Shin Hye Sung, both members of Shinhwa left the event right before broadcasting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins\nThe following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192160-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mnet Km Music Festival, Presenters and performers\nThe following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash\nThe 2007 TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash refers to an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft operated by that Belarusian airline that crashed in the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, on 23 March 2007, during the Battle of Mogadishu. The plane was carrying repair equipment and humanitarian aid. According to a spokesperson for the transport ministry of Belarus, the aircraft was shot down. However, the Somali government insisted that the crash was accidental. A crew of eleven on board the aircraft perished in the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Previous shootdown attempt of another company's aircraft\nOn 9 March 2007, a Transaviaexport Ilyushin Il-76TD, registration EW-78826, that was about to complete an Entebbe\u2013Mogadishu flight carrying Ugandan peacekeepers and equipment, made a successful emergency landing at Mogadishu International Airport after having been struck by a rocket propelled grenade and catching fire on approach to the airport of destination. The rocket had apparently been fired from a boat while the plane passed over it at a height of 150 metres (490\u00a0ft). A crew of nine Belarusian were aboard the aircraft, along with six UPDF soldiers; all of them resulted unharmed. Islamist militia claimed the attack, saying that African Union peacekeepers were their target, as they were seen as invading troops; Somali officials denied such attack, and said the incident was due to the aircraft experiencing a technical failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 109], "content_span": [110, 951]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Previous shootdown attempt of another company's aircraft\nThere had been a report with unverified claims circulating on the internet stating that the aircraft had actually been carrying a secret load of infantry fighting vehicles for Ugandan troops. This report also claimed that these vehicles saved all occupants on board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 109], "content_span": [110, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Description of the accident\nThe aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-76, a large Russian-built cargo aircraft. Registered as EW-78849, the Il-76 had been on a chartered cargo flight carrying equipment to Ugandan AMISOM peacekeepers in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. All of the crew members were Belarusian. Four of the personnel on board the accident aircraft were engineers who had worked on repairing another aircraft of the same type that had been the subject of an attempted shootdown 14 days earlier. Much of the equipment on board EW-78849 was for repairing the aircraft damaged earlier; the rest of the cargo was humanitarian aid. The first aircraft was still crippled at the departure time of EW-78849, and TransAVIAexport were considering whether to cannibalise it for re-usable parts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Description of the accident\nEW-78849 was due to fly back to Belarus carrying equipment used for the repairs of EW-78826. The flight plan included a refuelling stop at Djibouti. Bound for Minsk, the aircraft had taken off from Mogadishu International Airport at 14:00 local time. According to Somali Interior Minister Mohamed Mahamud Guled, as soon as it reached 10,000 feet (3,000\u00a0m) altitude, the pilot reported a problem in engine number two, stating that he would turn back to the airport. He was in the process of attempting to return to the airport for an emergency landing when one wing exploded, separated from the aircraft and fell into the Indian Ocean, while the rest of the plane continued, on fire, along the beach at a low altitude before crashing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 814]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Description of the accident\nThe accident occurred in an area called Kuluweyne, with the main part of the wreckage landing near a farmer's hamlet. A Reuters reporter who visited the scene reported seeing crushed animals, four corpses still on the ground, and wreckage spread across an area the size of four football fields. Rescuers found ten of the crew members dead at the scene, and an eleventh alive and wandering around the crash site. He was transported to a hospital where he died the same day. Operations at the airport were not affected by the crash, with Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi and his delegation departing as scheduled from the airport the next day, destined for the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 80], "content_span": [81, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Description of the accident, Alleged shootdown\nA civilian who witnessed the crash said he heard what he believed to be a surface-to-air missile being fired immediately before the accident. \"I saw with my eyes when the plane, which was flying low-level, was hit by a rocket and then fell to the ground,\" Shabelle reporter Maryan Hashi said.\" There have been reports that the projectile came from a small boat, and others that it came from a nearby farmers' market. The plane appears to have been struck by the missile at an altitude of about 150 metres (490\u00a0ft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 99], "content_span": [100, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Description of the accident, Crew\nAll eleven occupants on board the aircraft died in the incident. Their bodies were transported back to Belarus in a Gomelavia aircraft on 30 March 2007. On 2 April funeral services were held in Belarus for the victims, with hundreds attending. Eight of the victims were buried in a single lot at Maskouskiya cemetery, the rest in Vitsebsk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 86], "content_span": [87, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Reactions and aftermath\nThe Somali authorities originally stated that the cause of the crash was unknown, and have since maintained that the crash occurred as a result of an accident, and that it had not been shot down. However, while not claiming responsibility for this specific attack, an Islamist web site published claims that the plane was indeed struck by a missile. Within 24 hours of the crash, Belarusian officials confirmed that the plane had been shot down. Somali soldiers began to guard the area against interference. TransAVIAexport suspended all flights to Somalia as a result of the incident, and Belarus advised its airlines not to enter Somali airspace. An investigation was launched by the Belarusian transport prosecutor's office for violations of Article 126 of the Criminal Code, which concerns international terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 895]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Reactions and aftermath\nOn 5 April 2007, the US Federal Aviation Administration released a communication prohibiting US airlines and commercial operators from operating over Somali airspace at altitudes below 26,000 feet (7,900\u00a0m), due to possible threats from rocket propelled grenades and shoulder-launched missiles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192161-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash, Reactions and aftermath\nAccording to the Small Arms Survey 2008 Yearbook, the aircraft was shot down by one of two 9K38 Iglas fired by Hizbul Islam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 76], "content_span": [77, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192162-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship\nThe 2007 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship, also known as the 2007 Dubai Cup, was a friendly football tournament that took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The 2007 edition took place from 8 till 10 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192162-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship, Participant Teams\nThe four participant teams were clubs from the countries that got to the semi-finals of the preceding year's FIFA World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 79], "content_span": [80, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192163-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mojo Awards\nThe 2007 Mojo Honours List winners were announced at a ceremony at The Brewery in London, England on 18 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192164-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Molde FK season\nThe 2007 season was Molde's 1st season back in the Adeccoligaen after relegation from the Tippeligaen in 2006. They finished in 1st position in the league and in the Norwegian Cup they were knocked out in the first round by KIL/Hemne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192164-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Molde FK season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192164-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Molde FK season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192164-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Molde FK season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192164-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Molde FK season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192164-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Molde FK season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192165-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moldovan local elections\nLocal elections were held in Moldova on June 3, 2007, with a runoff for mayors on June 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192165-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moldovan local elections\nVoter turnout reached 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chi\u015fin\u0103u municipality. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village councils were elected, as well as 420 mayors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192166-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mole Valley District Council election\nElections to Mole Valley Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 46.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192167-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco GP2 Series round\n2007 Monaco GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 26 May 2007 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the third race of the 2007 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2007) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 2007 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the fifth race of the 2007 Formula One World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix\nThe 78-lap race was won from pole position by Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Alonso took his second consecutive Monaco win by four seconds from English teammate Lewis Hamilton, with Brazilian Felipe Massa third in a Ferrari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as \"constructors\", were Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda, Spyker-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull-Renault, Williams-Toyota, Toro Rosso-Ferrari and Super Aguri", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background\nBefore the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship, with 30\u00a0points, ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso on 28 and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa on 27 points. Massa's team-mate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was fourth, ahead of BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in fifth. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading with 58 points, nine points ahead of Ferrari with 49\u00a0points; BMW Sauber were a further 26\u00a0points in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background\nTesting started a week and a half before the race at Circuit Paul Ricard using the circuit's 2D SC configuration to replicate the Circuit de Monaco. Lewis Hamilton went on to score the fastest times on the days of testing whilst the circuit was in the Monaco configuration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background\nHamilton, who had never lost a race on the Monte Carlo track (having won there in both GP2 and F3) played down his chances of winning the race, although he still remained \"realistic\" and optimistic, looking to fight for a win as is \"the case with everything (he) competes in.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background\nSix days before the race, Ferrari employee Nigel Stepney tried to sabotage Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's and Felipe Massa's cars, when a mysterious powder was found in the fuel tank of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's and Massa's car. The parts were replaced before the race and the powder was sent to the police to be examined. Stepney was reportedly angry with Ferrari for not being promoted to technical director after Ross Brawn, left the team after last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background\nFerrari changed the colour of their car dark red which was changed to approximate the color scheme used by Marlboro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nThe final practice session on Saturday morning was heavily affected by rain. Adrian Sutil of Spyker topped the timesheets for this session due to the conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nQualifying was dominated throughout by the two McLarens of Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Despite Hamilton setting fastest times for the first session, Alonso outpaced him in the final stages to take pole position, with Hamilton being held up slightly by Mark Webber. Felipe Massa of Ferrari qualified third fastest, posting a time after the clock stopped. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen made a mistake and hit the barriers coming out of the Swimming Pool Complex during the second qualifying stage, breaking his front-right suspension. The damage inflicted could not be repaired and he qualified sixteenth. Despite provisionally making the top ten, David Coulthard was penalised for impeding Heikki Kovalainen and demoted to thirteenth. Coulthard's demotion allowed Jenson Button to participate in the final qualifying stage, but he failed to move up the field and finished the qualifying session in 10th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 938]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nOf those whose qualifying went well, former Monaco resident Giancarlo Fisichella fared best, putting his Renault on the second row in fourth place. Nico Rosberg's performance marked a return to form for his Williams team; his fifth place was the British constructor's best qualifying position since Mark Webber's second place at the same track one year before in 2006. Webber himself also fared well, filling the second slot on row three, alongside Rosberg, in sixth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe race started at 14:00 CET. From the starting line everyone got away for the first laps, with Hamilton diving in behind Alonso to defend any of the Ferrari's advances. After the race, FIA launched an investigation of the McLaren team for giving out team orders, to the effect of asking Hamilton not to attempt to race or overtake Alonso. McLaren were later cleared of any wrongdoing by the FIA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race\nNo other car in the field could keep up with the sheer pace of both of the McLaren-Mercedes, with Massa, after a competitive first stint in third place, dropping to sixty seconds behind Hamilton. Notably, he was the only car the two McLaren drivers did not lap during the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race\nKimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen came back up the field to eighth place to gain one championship point after his poor qualifying performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192168-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race\nVitantonio Liuzzi crashed out of the race on the second lap, a fate that befell Spyker driver Adrian Sutil in the second half of the Grand Prix. The other Spyker car, driven by Christijan Albers failed to finish the race due to a mechanical problem. The only other retirement was Mark Webber, whose Red Bull's gearbox failed in the early stages of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192169-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moncton East provincial by-election\nA provincial by-election was held in New Brunswick on March 5, 2007 to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly riding of Moncton East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192169-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moncton East provincial by-election\nAs a result of Bernard Lord's resignation, a by-election had to be called within six months of January 31, 2007. The date was set for March 5, 2007. The governing Liberals were hopeful that they could win the seat as it was held by Liberal Ray Frenette from 1974 to 1998 and because they are showing strength in recent opinion polls across the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192170-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts\nThe 2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Brisbane International, and was a Tier III event on the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 31 December 2006 through 6 January 2007. Second-seeded Dinara Safina won the singles title and earned $25,840 first-prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192170-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, WTA entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192170-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, Finals, Doubles\nDinara Safina / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 / Galina Voskoboeva", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192171-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Doubles\nDinara Safina and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but did not compete together this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192171-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Doubles\nShaughnessy partnered with Anna-Lena Gr\u00f6nefeld, and lost to Li Na and Peng Shuai in the first round. Safina partnered with Katarina Srebotnik, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20134, against Iveta Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 and Galina Voskoboeva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192172-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts \u2013 Singles\nLucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192173-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monegasque municipal elections\nThe 2007 Monegasque municipal elections were held on 4 March to elect the 15 members of the Communal Council of Monaco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192173-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monegasque municipal elections, Electoral system\nMonegasque citizens over 18 are entitled to vote. The 15 councillors were elected for a four-year period in a single multi-member constituency using plurality-at-large voting with a two-round system. A majority of the votes was required to be elected. The second round would have been held one week after the first round. The Mayor of Monaco was elected by the councillors after the election. Candidates were required to be at least 21 years old and to have the Monegasque nationality for at least 5 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192174-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mongolian Premier League\nThe 2007 Mongolian National Championship was the fortieth recorded edition of top flight football in Mongolia and the twelfth season of the Mongolian Premier League, which took over as the highest level of competition in the country from the previous Mongolian National Championship. Erchim were champions, their second title, Khangarid were runners up, with Khoromkhon in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192174-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mongolian Premier League, Format\nThe 2006 season consisted of two distinct stage: the first stage consisted of a league competition in which the nine competing teams all played each other twice in home and away matches. Following completion of this stage, the top four teams qualified for the second stage, the championship playoffs. This consisted of two legged semi-finals, from which the winners qualified for the final match with the losers playing a third place play off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192175-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monmouth Hawks football team\nThe 2007 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Hawks were led by 15th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. They finished the season 4\u20136 overall and 3\u20133 in NEC play to place in a three-way tie for third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192176-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Montana Grizzlies football team\nThe 2007 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by fifth-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Washington\u2013Grizzly Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192177-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Montana State Bobcats football team\nThe 2007 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their first season under head coach Rob Ash, the Bobcats compiled a 6\u20135 record (4\u20134 against Big Sky opponents) and tied for fourth place in the Big Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters\nThe 2007 Monte Carlo Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 101st edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club from 14 April through 22 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nRafael Nadal won his third consecutive title and Monte Carlo in 2007. The Spaniard, second seed, defeated the current world number one, Roger Federer in one hour and thirty-six minutes 6\u20134, 6\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nBefore the tournament began, British number one Andy Murray pulled out due to back problems. During the first round matches, there were only a few shocks, with seeded players Jarkko Nieminen and Marcos Baghdatis failing to make it past there unseeded opponents. The second round the higher seeded players due to them all receiving a bye through the first round. Roger Federer defeated Italian Andreas Seppi, and Rafael Nadal beat Juan Ignacio Chela in straight sets. The highest seeded player not to make it into the third round was third seed Nikolay Davydenko. He was defeated by Swedish player Robin S\u00f6derling. Other casualties in the second round were Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Mikhail Youzhny and David Nalbandian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nIn the third round, there were no shock results, with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both easing into the next round in straight sets. The quarter final draw was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nRafael Nadal and Roger Federer both eased through into the semi-finals. However, both the other matches went to three sets. Juan Carlos Ferrero beat eleventh seed Richard Gasquet 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 6\u20132. Plus, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych beat the unseeded Swedish player Robin S\u00f6derling 5\u20137, 6\u20133, 6\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nIn semi-finals, Federer and Nadal beat their opponents in straight sets to meat each other in the final. After over and hour and a half of tennis however, Rafael Nadal was victorious defeating the world number one in two sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nNadal won his third consecutive Monte Carlo Masters, becoming the first man to achieve this and equalling Thomas Muster's record of 3 wins in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Review\nThe tournament, despite his loss in the final, represented an upturn in fortunes for Roger Federer. After winning the 2007 Australian Open and prestigious Dubai Tennis Championships, Federer suffered early losses in Indian Wells and Miami, tournaments he had won both in the previous two years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192178-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Julien Benneteau / Richard Gasquet, 6\u20132, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192179-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192179-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192180-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters \u2013 Singles\nTwo-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in a rematch of the previous year's final 6\u20134, 6\u20134, to win the Singles title at the 2007 Monte Carlo Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192180-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally\nThe 2007 Monte Carlo Rally (formally known as the 75e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a rallying autosports race held over four days between 18 January and 21 January 2007, and operated out of Valence, Dr\u00f4me, France. It was the first race of the 2007 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. Contested over fifteen stages at a length of 328.54 kilometres (204.15 miles), S\u00e9bastien Loeb won the race for the Citro\u00ebn Total World Rally Team. Dani Sordo finished second in the other Citr\u00f6en works car, with Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm finishing third in a Ford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally\nLoeb, driving an all new Citro\u00ebn C4 WRC car which had been in development throughout 2006, took control of the race from the outset, winning the two stages on the first day and four more stages over the following three days. His teammate Sordo kept the pressure on, winning three stages, but on Stage 6, Loeb extended his lead from 6.6 seconds to nearly 24 seconds, and from thereon became unattainable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally\nEach stage on the first two Legs were won by either Loeb or Sordo, and it was not until Saturday afternoon on the second run of the day's stages, that other drivers could effectively challenge them. The last two days of the race consisted of a duel between Mikko Hirvonen, who drove a factory 2006 model Ford Focus RS WRC, and Chris Atkinson in a factory Subaru Impreza WRC 2006. After Hirvonen completed Stage 2 in fourth place, Atkinson took the position on Stage 3 and held onto it throughout Friday and into Saturday morning's stages. On Stage 12 on Saturday afternoon, Hirvonen retook fourth, Atkinson regained it on Stage 13 but then lost it to Hirvonen again following Stage 14. Atkinson won the final stage on Sunday morning, and finished the race back in fourth position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally\nControversially, the 2007 Monte Carlo Rally was no longer based in Monaco and localities nearby, where it had been held in recent years. The event only visited Monte Carlo with its final special stage, a short run on part of the Circuit de Monaco and the rest of the time was spent in and around Valence hundreds of kilometres north of Monaco in the Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes region. Many of the locations had not been visited since the 1990s, such as the Vercors and Ard\u00e8che, and only one top level driver had competitively driven on the roads before. The 2007 event also marked the return of the nighttime stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally\nLoeb's win was his fourth at Monte Carlo and twenty-ninth in WRC. It was the sixth time that he had achieved a podium position there, which brought his WRC podium finishes to forty-eight. He earned ten points in the World Rally Championship for Drivers. Sordo was two points behind him, while Gr\u00f6nholm was in third position with six points. With Atkinson and Hirvonen in fourth and fifth place, Petter Solberg, Toni Gardemeister and Jan Kopeck\u00fd were the other points finishers. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Citro\u00ebn Total World Rally Team earned the maximum eighteen points for their 1\u20132 finish, BP Ford World Rally Team placed second, with ten points, with the Subaru World Rally Team placing third with eight points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nThe 2007 Monte Carlo Rally was the first round of the 2007 World Rally Championship (WRC) season after taking a six-week break since the last race of the 2006 season in Great Britain. It was held over four days from Thursday, 18 January to Sunday, 21 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nWith pressure from the president of F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Fran\u00e7aise du Sport Automobile and being beset with criticism for running a chaotic route in the 2006 Monte Carlo Rally, Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM), the rally organisers, chose to move 2007's race away from Monte Carlo and the roads around Alpes-Maritimes and other departments within the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur region. Instead, the rally HQ was set up in Valence, Dr\u00f4me, almost 400\u00a0km (250\u00a0mi) away from Monte Carlo, with most stages being held in Ard\u00e8che.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nWhile some stages were brand new to the rally, some places, such as Saint-Jean-en-Royans, Burzet, Saint-Martial, Lalouvesc, Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy-Grozon, and the Saint-Pierreville \u2013 Antraigues-sur-Volane route had played host to Monte Carlo Rally stages in the 1990s and earlier. Only Manfred Stohl, driving for OMV-Kronos Citro\u00ebn World Rally Team, was familiar with these roads, as he had competed on them in the late 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nAlthough the 25,000 spectators seemed pleased that the rally had returned to the region, the drivers, team bosses and F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; WRC's governing body) were less enthusiastic. Over a total distance of 1,185.22 kilometres (736.46 miles), the fifteen stages totalled 328.54 competitive km (204.15\u00a0mi), which was shorter than the FIA's regulatory minimum of 360\u00a0km (220\u00a0mi) for Special Stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nThe drivers hoped that with the rally taking place on higher altitudes, wintery conditions and burle (a freezing wind blowing from the north) would produce ice and snow on the ground, making for a more exciting event; however, except for some rain on Thursday evening it never came to fruition and the prevailing weather was clear and dry. S\u00e9bastien Loeb was unhappy with the weekend's weather forecast. Following his reconnaissance run, he said, \"With snow everywhere and walls on both sides of the road, like in the old days, some of these stages would have been brilliant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nBut because it's dry, in some places that makes it less interesting because than the roads further south with all their corners.\" The service park in Valence was also much smaller than what had been used in Monaco, so there were no Production World Rally Championship or Junior Rally Championship categories, and fewer entries of competitors. It was also badly located and poorly run, and WRC's commercial director David Richards said that the service area was \"like a car boot sale\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nAfter being absent from the WRC for the 2006 season to spend thirteen months concentrating on preparing their new Citro\u00ebn C4 WRC vehicle, the Citro\u00ebn Total World Rally Team returned in 2007 ready to d\u00e9but it in the Monte Carlo Rally. The Citro\u00ebn Xsara WRC had dominated the championship in recent years, and despite its age it was still incredibly reliable and was only replaced because the Xsara model was no longer in production.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nThe C4's mechanical components, such as the engine, transmission, differentials and suspension were either very similar to, or came from, the Xsara, but the wheelbase and chassis were longer by 253 millimetres (10.0 inches) and 107\u00a0mm (4.2\u00a0in), respectively, which meant that under WRC rules the C4 could be widened to 1,800\u00a0mm (71\u00a0in). It was also higher than the Xsara, and the weight distribution had been fine-tuned, including raising and moving back the front seats (which had the negative effect of reducing the drivers' visibility), and attaching the wing mirrors to the midpoint along the front doors. The C4's test drivers reported that the car handled more stably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nCitro\u00ebn was confident the C4 would be successful yet concerned as to whether it would beat the Ford Focus WRC 06, which had won the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers title in 2006 for the BP-Ford World Rally Team. The Focus, in addition had undergone its own developments during the winter break. The tarmac testing of the C4 showed it to be faster than the outgoing Xsara, but Loeb knew that that performance might not show itself in the race. \"The car has been good in testing. But what about the rally?\" he asked. \"I don't know.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nMarcus Gr\u00f6nholm, the Ford team's number 1 driver, was wary, however. \"It's got thousands of k's on the clock. It was running when the Focus WRC 06 was still on the board.\" Meanwhile, the Subaru World Rally Team were waiting for the Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 to be ready for the 2007 Rally Mexico in March. The team knew that the 2006 version, which had performed poorly the previous season, would be no match for the Focus or C4. Added to the fact that the cars were equipped with unfamiliar BF Goodrich tyres after Pirelli decided not to supply any teams in 2007, and they were hoping that Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson could just earn some points from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nForty-nine crews registered to compete in the rally, Of the top-tier drivers entered, Jean-Marie Cuoq was the only WRC rookie, and Chris Atkinson, Henning Solberg, and Matthew Wilson had driven at Monte Carlo only once before, all in 2006. The starting order for Leg 1 was \"Priority 1\" (P1) and P2 WRC drivers in the order of the final classification of the 2006 season, followed by all other drivers as decided by the ACM. Loeb, the previous season's champion, set off first, followed by Gr\u00f6nholm, then Mikko Hirvonen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Background\nLoeb and Gr\u00f6nholm were the favourites to win; Loeb had won the Monte Carlo three times in a row between 2003 and 2005, and Gr\u00f6nholm had won in 2006. Nevertheless, there were worries that Loeb would not be physically fit enough to win. Four months earlier he had broken his left shoulder in a mountain-biking accident, and there was a chance he might not even compete in the first part of the season. His physiotherapists and consultants told him that because of the operations he had had on his arm, he should definitely have sat out the Monte Carlo Rally. Loeb admitted that he was \"really stressed\" before the start, and wondered whether his arm would be okay. \"It has been okay in testing but what about the long stages?\" he asked. His answer: \"I don't know.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nFollowing a ten-year absence of nighttime-run stages, the first two Special Stages of the event were held on Thursday night. They were the first night stages scheduled in the rally since 1997. Throughout the day it had rained, and although it had stopped before the race began, the roads were still very wet and slippery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nIn discussing the day's weather, Gr\u00f6nholm said that he expected the stages that night to be difficult, and added, \"I hope this time we can take the right tyres, we were always a little bit on the wrong side [last year]\u00a0\u2013 it\u2019s not easy, but I hope we will manage to get it right this time.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nEarlier in the day, the crews had driven a shakedown stage in Mauves; however, due to a large number of fans and spectators along the route the shakedown was stopped early, and some crews including Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena were forced to carry out last-minute testing and necessary changes to their cars on the main roads back to Valence. Though forty-nine crews registered in the rally, only forty-seven actually competed. Privateers Fran\u00e7ois Duval driving a \u0160koda Fabia WRC, and Angelo Villa in a Fiat Punto failed to start the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nThe first stage of the rally started at 19:16 Central European Time (UTC+1) on Thursday evening. The 28.52 kilometres (17.72 miles) winding route led the crews between Saint-Jean-en-Royans and Col de Lachau. Before taking to the tarmac, Chris Atkinson, in a 2006 Impreza WRC for the Subaru WRT, admitted to never driving a tarmac stage at night before, but said it would be interesting to see how everybody performed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nHis teammate Petter Solberg spoke of the challenges facing him: \"[In the dark] everything gets a little bit more narrow and you always tend to be careful with how you turn in and keep the speed up in the corners, but obviously you have to listen to the pacenotes, that is absolutely crucial thing, 100%.\" Loeb, who was familiar with driving on nighttime stages in the French Rally Championship, said, \"In the dark you have to drive like you can when you have only two passes on the recce, and then you also start with the fastest stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nI think there can be some big moments tonight.\" Loeb and Elena took to the road first in their C4, and despite the limited visibility from both his ride position and the unlit roads, he set a pace time of 13m 58.7s. His teammate Dani Sordo and co-driver Marc Marti were able to keep up the pace, maxing out at 196 kilometres per hour (122 miles per hour) at one point along the route, and finished in 14m 07.2s for second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0010-0003", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nTaking third place on the stage were the Ford crew of Gr\u00f6nholm and Timo Rautiainen, who finished after 14 m 13.9s. On Stage 2, a 17.88\u00a0km (11.11\u00a0mi) run from La Cime du Mas to Col de Gaudissart, Loeb held on to the lead, completing it in 9m 31.2s. Gr\u00f6nholm proved to be faster than Sordo on this stage, finishing with a time of 9m 45.5s, 1.1s faster than Sordo. At the end of Leg 1 and 46\u00a0km (29\u00a0mi), any worries about how well the new C4s would perform had been forgotten. They had beaten all the competition by a wide margin. Loeb was almost 25 seconds ahead of his teammate, while Gr\u00f6nholm was 30 seconds adrift; and Petter Solberg, over a minute behind the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nThere were six stages in Leg 2 on Friday, totalling 150.62 competitive km (93.59\u00a0mi). Stage 3 was the first of these, starting at 08:19 CET in Saint-Pierreville. The route was 46.02\u00a0km (28.60\u00a0mi) long and finished in Antraigues. The previous leg's provisional classification determined the starting order for Leg 2, whereby the top 15 P1 and P2 drivers started in reverse order, followed by the remaining drivers in order of classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nHenning Solberg and Cato Menkelud, driving a 2006-spec Focus RS WRC for the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team were the first crew to take to the still-damp roads, and they set a time of 32m 52.9s. Their teammates, Matthew Wilson and Michael Orr, completed the leg a minute quicker, at 31m 42.5s. With no snow and ice on the roads, Sordo, who proved to be very quick on the tarmac surfaces last season, was fastest on Stage 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nHe set a time of 29m 43.4s, a wide margin ahead of Loeb's and Gr\u00f6nholm's second- and third-placed times of 29m 59.6s and 30m 01.1s, respectively. Loeb was said to be \"visibly shaken\" from losing the stage to his less-experienced teammate. \"I lost 16 seconds, my tyres were too hard,\" he said. \"At the start they went cold and I wasn't in a good rhythm. Before we reached some dry parts I wasn't confident and I didn't want to take any big risks this morning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0011-0003", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nMost drivers had problems with their tyre selection on Stage 3, including Petter Solberg and Hirvonen. Petter was still trying to get used to the new BF Goodriches his car was outfitted with, but he found them too hard and said he could not find any feeling or grip with them. Hirvonen, however, felt his tyre compound was too soft, and was unimpressed with his time. Hirvonen completed the stage ninth, in 30m 41.5s, but Petter's time of 30m 50.0s was even worse, putting him in 12th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0011-0004", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nPetter's Subaru teammate Atkinson had no problems with his tyres, though, and he finished fourth with a time of 30m 03.5s. The Mitsubishi Lancer WRC crew of Xavier Pons and Xavier Amigo had other troubles during this stage. The transmission failed and they had to retire from the rally. Their teammates Toni Gardemeister and Jakke Honkanen set a good time on the stage when they finished in fifth place, as did OMV-Kronos's Manfred Stohl and Ilka Minor in sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nAt the end of Stage 3, the podium positions were unchanged, but the time difference between Loeb and Sordo had decreased to seven seconds, although the gap between first place and fourth was over a minute. Petter Solberg had dropped out of contention for points, in ninth place overall, eighth being taken by Jan Kopeck\u00fd in a privately entered \u0160koda Fabia WRC. Before Stages 4 and 5 got underway, the crews had a chance to change their tyres to a set with a more suitable compound.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nA new WRC rule for 2007 allowed for Remote Service Zones to be set up away from the main Service Park at Rally HQ. For 15 minutes the cars could be refuelled, re-tyred, and have any necessary maintenance carried out, as long as the parts and tools to do so (except fuel and tyres) were already in the vehicle. For Gr\u00f6nholm this was a major relief. On the previous stage his car had developed an issue with the hydraulic flappy-paddle gearchanges on his steering wheel, which meant he had had to resort to shifting gears manually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nThe technicians were unsure why or how it had occurred and were hoping that their repairs would last until the car got back to Valence. Loeb won an uneventful Stage 4, but only by one-tenth of a second ahead of Sordo, and on Stage 5 Sordo was quicker than Loeb, after Loeb stalled on the start-line and was unable to make up the lost seconds. At the midday break, Loeb was lamenting his lead over Sordo. \"Now it's a big battle between the two C4s. The other cars for the moment are behind, so it's good news for the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0012-0003", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nIt would be easier if Dani were bit further behind but I have to deal wit that,\" he said. \"I'll try to keep position this afternoon, but it's not easy. Dani is really fast. I only have a six-second lead.\" Gr\u00f6nholm was also complaining. \" The only good thing here is to win this rally, but to drive here; I don't like it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nStage 6 was a rerun of the Saint-Pierreville\u00a0\u2013 Antraigues stage from the morning. The roads had dried out by the afternoon, but that did not stop some crews from having accidents along the route. Stohl spun out as he went through a corner, and crashed the front of his car into the stone wall of a house. He continued on, but the front bumper was damaged and hanging loose. \"We lost the front brakes completely,\" Stohl explained. \"Absolutely no brakes. I was lucky to finish because I was nearly off sometimes.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nDespite his difficulties, he managed to finish the stage in 29m 37.6s which put him in 10th position for the stage, and 8th overall. The dry roads meant that all the drivers were able to complete the stage faster than they had been in the morning. At just 5\u00a0km (3.1\u00a0mi) Loeb was already much faster than his time during Stage 3, but on a narrow stretch of the route towards the Col de la Fayolle he did not brake into a corner at the right time and skidded and collided with a fence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nHe was able to carry on driving, but co-driver Elena's door and sill were damaged. Despite the accident, he won the stage, and increased the overall gap between himself and Sordo from 6.5 seconds to nearly 24 seconds. A repeat run of Stages 4 and 5 closed the day. Sordo won Stage 8 and Loeb took Stage 9. But by the end of the Leg and 550.02\u00a0km (341.77\u00a0mi) of driving, Loeb's arm and shoulder were in great pain and his osteopath worked through the night to try to address the problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nLeg 3 began early Saturday morning. Following Friday's stages, Loeb was 25 seconds ahead of Sordo, and 1m 15s in front of Gr\u00f6nholm. Stage 9 was the first of the day, a 19.67\u00a0km (12.22\u00a0mi) route between Labatie-d'Andaure and Lalouvesc held in darkness. Loeb, Sordo, and Gr\u00f6nholm once again finished first, second and third. Atkinson suffered a setback when he crashed his car and stalled it. It cost him a few seconds and he finished the stage ninth, behind Hirvonen, Jean-Marie Cuoq, Gardemeister and Kopeck\u00fd, but he retained his fourth place standing in the event's classifications. The surprise result of Stage 10 was Atkinson's. He broke Loeb's and Sordo's run and was the first fastest non-Citro\u00ebn driver of the rally, and set a time of 12m 42s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nHenning Solberg, meanwhile, went off the road and into a ditch as he entered one of the corners on the stage, and his brother Petter had a similar problem in the same corner, but his quick reactions were able to control the car so he just drove into the scrub and got back on track. Henning finished in seventeenth place, and Petter finished joint-fifth with Cuoq on 12m 50.4s. Loeb ran his slowest time on this stage after he reduced speed and his tyres went cold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\n\"I was a bit faster than Dani [Sordo] on the start of the stage, and then I saw my splits [times between checkpoints] and then I tried to slow down,\" he explained. \"We had hard tyres and when you slow down the tyres [cool down] and then you lose the grip more and more, and at the end it was really tricky and I had cold tyres, so I just tried to slow down. The end [of the stage] was really tricky so I didn't want to take any risks.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nStage 11 was won by Hirvonen with a time of 11m 46.9s. Loeb was 1.2s slower and finished second. Atkinson lost all the time he made up in Stage 10 by finishing in eighth place, 11.4 seconds slower than Hirvonen. This reduced the gap between the two in the overall classifications to just 8.9 seconds. Sordo, meanwhile, had his worst stage and finished in 10th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nAfter the midday service, the next three stages were reruns of the morning's. Hirvonen won Stage 12 and Atkinson had another slow run, which resulted in Hirvonen taking fourth place in the provisional classification by four-tenths of a second. On Stage 13, Atkinson retook his fourth-placed position after winning the stage with a time of 12m 32.4w, and beating Hirvonen by 7.6 seconds. \"Considering how ordinary I drove in the first one, I had to pull my finger out!\" said Atkinson. He regained his fourth-place position just 7.2 seconds ahead of Hirvonen. Loeb was slow again, 6.7 seconds slower than his teammate, Sordo, which cut the time between them to 23.2 seconds. \"No problem, the car is going very well,\" said Loeb. \"One stage more to go and hopefully its okay.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nStage 14 was the last in the mountains of Ardeche, before travelling to Monte Carlo for the Super Special Stage. For most drivers it was going to be the last time to gain higher positions in the classifications. Loeb, although slow again, extended his lead in the standings to 31.1 seconds, by finishing in fourth position with a time of 11m 47.7s. Sordo also had another bad stage. He finished the stage ninth-fastest after 11m 55.6s on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nFor Hirvonen, it was the last good chance to retake fourth position from Atkinson, which he did when he won the stage by setting the pace time of 11m 30.5s. Atkinson ran 8 seconds slower and finished second. It was also Jari-Matti Latvala's last chance to earn a points position. Kopeck\u00fd had been in eighth position and set to score one point since the middle of the second Leg, but Latvala was just 5.4 seconds behind him going into this stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nBut Latvala pushed too hard and when he drove over some loose gravel he lost control and slid the car into the end of a stone wall. The impact caused damage to the car's roll cage which forced him to retire from the rally and end his attempt to earn any points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nThe final stage of the rally took place on Sunday morning. After conducting the entire race in France the organisers only paid lip service to the principality by holding a Super Special Stage there. It involved two laps of part of the Circuit de Monaco for a total distance of 2.8\u00a0km (1.7\u00a0mi), with two cars on the road at the same time but starting at two different points along the track so that they did not interfere with each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nBecause the Service Park was in Valence, repairs, adjustments, refuelling and tyre changes were carried out on Saturday night ahead of the drive down to the coast. The decision about which tyres to fit on the cars was taken out of the teams' hands. ACM ordered that all the cars would drive on the snow tyres that the teams had been allocated, but had not been used because of the dry weather, a decision that was described as \"absurd\" because the cars ended up drifting through the corners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Race\nLoeb's, Sordo's and Gr\u00f6nholm's lead times so far ahead of anyone else's, so the interest in Stage 15 was on Hirvonen and Atkinson. Only eight-tenths of a second made the difference between a fourth-place position and five points, and fifth-placed position and four points. Hirvonen, who was in fourth place, completed the stage in 1m 50.9s, and admitted, \"[I made] a few small mistakes, and that can be it. Nothing more I can do. We'll see how Chris drives and hope for the best.\". Atkinson drove opposite Gr\u00f6nholm on the stage, with Hirvonen watching from the sidelines. To beat Hirvonen, he had to complete the stage in 1m 50.0s. He was one-tenth of a second quicker than that, which won him the stage and fourth place in the rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nLoeb was delighted with his win at Monte Carlo, saying, \"It's a victory in Monte Carlo so that's a great moment. I like to start the season like this, with ten points. That's really important for me, the feeling is good. The car is really, really fast and my arm is much better, so everything is perfect for the moment.\" Guy Fr\u00e9quelin, the Team Principal at Citro\u00ebn Total was also pleased with Leob's and Sordo's results. He said afterwards,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nIt's a really a fantastic start for Citro\u00ebn, for the team, for the crews. It's really fantastic, and for the chief, for sure! This is the result of a huge team effort. To do this in the first event, every member of the Citro\u00ebn Sport team had to come together in a common goal. I think it's a wonderful reward for our pus to come back to the World Championship. It's not often that a car making its competition d\u00e9but produces results like these: nine fastest times, eight on them 1\u20132s. And there aren't many models that have dominated and scored a 1\u20132 finish in their first race, either. The Citro\u00ebn C4 WRC has really made its presence felt on its international d\u00e9but.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nThe last time a car had finished in first and second-place in its d\u00e9but rally was 20 years ago in the 1987 Monte Carlo Rally, when Miki Biasion and Juha Kankkunen came first and second in all-new Lancia Delta HF 4WDs. The Delta HF 4\u00d74 also won two-thirds of all the stages of that 1987 rally, just like the C4 did this time around. Lancia also won both the Group A and Group N categories in the race, while Citro\u00ebn won the 4-wheel drive WRC category and came first in the 2-wheel drive Super 1600 category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nS\u00e9bastien Loeb, commenting on the weekend in the post-race press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nGr\u00f6nholm was disappointed with his race, admitting that he thought he might be able to beat Sordo, if not Loeb. But after having gearbox and tyre problems on Leg 2, he settled into third place and stayed in that position to the rally's conclusion. \"We got it wrong on the tyre choice, which we had to have approved by the FIA early in the week,\" he explained. \"We thought it would rain. Harder tyres would have made life easier for us.\" BP-Ford was also unhappy. Christian Loriaux, the team's Technical Director said, \"Having Marcus finish behind Sordo is disappointing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nBeing behind Loeb is easier to understand, because I didn't expect the C4 to be any slower than the Xsara, and that car had a performance edge over us last year.\" Petter Solberg also had issues with his tyres throughout the rally. After Subaru switched to BF Goodriches from Pirelli following the 2006 season, and with the shortest break between seasons the WRC had seen, the crews had not had enough time to test the new compounds. The Subarus had had their problems with the Pirellis, too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0023-0002", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nTo protect them from breaking up too quickly the drivers had learned how to look after them, but driving that way on the new brand meant that he could not get the BFs up to temperature and ended up running slower. He finished the rally in sixth place. His teammate Atkinson did not have that problem though, and after fighting with Hirvonen in the final half of the rally, finished in fourth place. \"It's been a massive battle, and so much fun to be in a battle with these guys again,\" he said after being congratulated by Hirvonen. Two drivers in non-manufacturer cars, Gardemeister and Kopeck\u00fd, finished in seventh and eighth place to receive drivers points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192181-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Post-race\nAs a consequence of the final positions, Loeb started the season leading in the World Rally Championship for Drivers with ten points. Sordo was second with eight points, Gr\u00f6nholm was in third position with six points. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Stobart Ford had one point from Henning Solberg's fourteenth-placed position (although Wilson finished the rally quicker, he was not nominated to earn points for the manufacturer). Stohl earned OMV-Kronos Citro\u00ebn two points. Subaru were in third place with eight points, BP-Ford were two points clear of Subaru in second place, and Citro\u00ebn Total WRT was first, with eighteen points \u2013 ten from Loeb's win and eight from Sordo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica\nThe 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica was the first professional edition of the Monte Paschi Eroica bike race, later called Strade Bianche. It was raced on Tuesday 9 October 2007 in the province of Siena in Tuscany, Italy. The race was won by Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev, who completed a 40\u00a0km solo, narrowly staying ahead of his teammate Marcus Ljungqvist at the finish. It held a 1.1 UCI rating on the 2007 continental calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica\nThe professional race was spun off the granfondo L'Eroica, a recreational bike race for vintage bikes, on the white gravel roads around Siena, an event that continues to this day. The inaugural edition was the only time the race was held mid-week and in autumn; before moving to early March in 2008. Monte dei Paschi, the world's oldest still existing bank and headquartered in Siena, served as the race's title sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica\nAs a newly created race, organizer RCS - Gazzetta dello Sport asked local Tuscan cycling icons Fiorenzo Magni and Paolo Bettini to promote the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, Route\nThe race started in Gaiole in Chianti and ended in Siena, and was run entirely within the boundaries of the province of Siena, in southern Tuscany. The course ran over the undulating hills of the Chianti region and included seven sectors of gravel roads (strade bianche or sterrati), totaling 60 kilometres of dirt roads on a 181\u00a0km distance. The race finished on Siena's illustrious Piazza del Campo; the finish came after a particularly steep and narrow ascent over a roughly-paved road into the heart of the medieval city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, Report\nEight riders forced the decisive break on the sterrato climb to Montalcino at 107\u00a0km from the finish, facing the remaining four sectors of dirt road. Alexandr Kolobnev and Marcus Ljungqvist (Team CSC), Eros Capecchi (Liquigas), Jos\u00e9 Alberto Ben\u00edtez and Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Jos\u00e9 Enrique Gutierrez (Team LPR), Jure Gol\u010der (Tenax-Salmilano) and Ricardo Serrano (Tinkoff Credit Systems) were the men to fight out the race as it wound its way back north to Siena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, Report\nKolobnev used his Worlds' form to attack and drop his companions on the penultimate sector. The Russian kept his bike upright on the technical gravel descents that comprised the final strada bianca. After the final sector, 11\u00a0km from Siena, he held a 40-second advantage over the chase.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192182-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, Report\nSaunier put the most into the chase with two men but were discouraged by Ljungqvist sitting on. The Swede used his stored strength on the final stretches into Siena to attack and take second place behind his teammate Kolobnev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192183-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monterey Sports Car Championships\nThe 2007 Monterey Sports Car Championships was the 12th and final round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, California on October 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192183-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192184-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Montgomery mayoral election\nThe 2007 Montgomery mayoral election took place on August 28, 2007, to elect the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bobby Bright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192184-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Montgomery mayoral election\nThe election was officially nonpartisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff election would have been held between the top two candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192185-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Montreal Alouettes season\nThe Montreal Alouettes finished third place in the East Division in 2007. Jim Popp decided to remain as head coach rather than hire a replacement for Don Matthews, who unexpectedly resigned the previous season. The results were unexpected as the Alouettes endured their first losing season since rejoining the league in 1996. They appeared in the East Semi-Final, losing to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and putting an end to a disappointing season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192185-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Montreal Alouettes season, Playoffs, East Semi-Final\nDate and time: Saturday, November 11, 1:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeVenue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192186-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Montreux Volley Masters\nThe 2007 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between 5 June and 10 June 2007. In the tournament participated 8 teams. The team of China won the Tournament, Cuba placed 2nd and the Netherlands 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192187-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Monza Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 11\u201313, 2007, at the 5.793\u00a0km (3.600\u00a0mi) Monza circuit in Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192188-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moorilla Hobart International\nThe 2007 Moorilla Hobart International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Moorilla Hobart International, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia, from 7 through 12 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192188-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moorilla Hobart International, Champions, Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva / Elena Vesnina def. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual, 2-6 6-1 6-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192189-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Doubles\n\u00c9milie Loit and Nicole Pratt were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192189-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Doubles\nElena Likhovtseva and Elena Vesnina won in the final against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192190-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Singles\nMicha\u00eblla Krajicek was the defending champion, but lost in the First Round to S\u00e9verine Br\u00e9mond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192190-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moorilla Hobart International \u2013 Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze won in the Final against Vasilisa Bardina,6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192191-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moray Council election\nElections to The Moray Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament election. The election was the first using the eight new wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 26 councillors were elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Previously there were single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system. The election resulted in a previously Independent council becoming an Independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four. An SNP victory in a subsequent by-election held in February 2008 had reduced the Independent/Conservative majority to 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192191-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moray Council election, By-elections since 2007\nOn 14 February 2008, a by-election was held for the Elgin City South ward, after the death of Cllr A G K Bisset (Independent).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192191-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Moray Council election, By-elections since 2007\nOn 11 November 2010, a by-election was held for the Forres ward, after the retirement of Cllr Iain Young (Conservative).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192192-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moroccan general election\nParliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history. There were 33 different parties and 13 independent candidates competing for 325 assembly seats. An amount of $61 million was allocated by the Moroccan government to organize the 2007 elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192192-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moroccan general election\nThe number of constituencies was increased from 91 to 95 before this election. Interior minister Chakib Benmoussa claimed the changes were made \"in accordance with objectivity and transparency.\" However, BBC correspondent Richard Hamilton accused the government of gerrymandering in order to prevent the Justice and Development Party from winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192192-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Moroccan general election\nAccording to many analysts the complex voting system makes it almost impossible for any group to win an outright majority, although others have disagreed with this view, arguing that the electoral system is not particularly unusual and should favor large parties.. Whatever the outcome, real power will remain with the king, who is executive head of state, military chief and religious leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192192-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Moroccan general election\nFor the first time in the history of elections in Morocco, they are being monitored by foreign observers including the U.S.'s National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and 42 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192192-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Moroccan general election\nTurnout in the election was only 37% - the lowest in the history of Moroccan national elections. The Socialist Union of People's Forces (USFP), the largest party in the outgoing government lost nearly a quarter of its seats, and was replaced as the largest party by its coalition partner, the Istiqlal Party. The main gainers were the pro-government liberal People's Movement and Constitutional Union parties. The opposition Islamist Justice and Development Party had a modest increase in its tally as did the pro-government leftist Party of Progress and Socialism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192192-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Moroccan general election\nFollowing the election the USFP was expected to leave the governing coalition. Istiqlal Party leader Abbas El Fassi became PM on 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict\nThe 2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict was a short-lived disturbance of international relations between Morocco and Spain that arose after the announcement of the impending visit of the King of Spain to the Spanish-ruled autonomous cities Ceuta and Melilla, which are claimed by Morocco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict\nThe dispute formally began when the Government of Morocco recalled its ambassador to Spain, Omar Azziman. According to a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco, \"The official announcement on Friday of the unfortunate visit of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I, on 5 and 6 November to the two occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla is a regrettable initiative, whatever are the motives and objectives.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict\nAfter reporting of calls of queries from the Ambassador, the Chief Moroccan Government Spokesperson said,\"The ball is in the countryside of Spain and we hope that that country takes into consideration the sentiments of the Moroccan people and the interest of bilateral ties and cooperation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict\nThe royal visit occurred in the days set, registering an influx of thousands of citizens, who cheered the King in both Ceuta and Melilla. During those days continued statements against the visit were made by the Moroccan authorities. In this regard, the Prime Minister of Morocco, Abbas El Fassi, compared the situation in both cities with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territories and King Mohammed VI himself described the visit as an \"outdated and nostalgic act of a dark era.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict\nThe Spanish government, just before the visit, and after the reporting of the Moroccan opposition, told through the Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega that the visit of the King of Spain was an act of 'institutional normality.\" Days later, at the initiative of certain groups in Morocco, some hundreds of people carried out protests in Tetuan, as well as front of the border with Ceuta and Melilla. Moroccan authority also discontinued high-level visits of Spanish authorities to their country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict\nFinally, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos, visited Rabat to meet his Moroccan counterpart, Taib Fassi Fihri on January 3, 2008, and presented him a personal letter from Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to King Mohamed VI, which advocated for closer relations between both countries. Four days later, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced the return of its ambassador to Madrid, thus terminating the conflict.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Royal visit\nOn October 30, the Government of Spain announced the visit of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia to Ceuta and Melilla from 5 and 6 November. The day before, the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, had told that fact to the opposition leader Mariano Rajoy during an official ceremony, which Rajoy welcomed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Royal visit\nThe King of Spain had not visited Ceuta and Melilla in his reign. The most immediate antecedent of the stay of King Juan Carlos I in these cities dates back to 1970, when he undertook a visit to Ceuta in his capacity as Prince of Asturias on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Spanish Legion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Royal visit\nThe last visit of a Head of State of Spain to Ceuta and Melilla was by king Alfonso XIII, who was last seen in 1927, and President of the Second Republic, Niceto Alcala Zamora, on 4 November 1933.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Royal visit\nThe king of Spain was scheduled to visit to the autonomous city of Melilla in 1997 on the occasion of the five hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city, but the pressure of the Moroccan authorities led to the cancellation of the visit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Royal visit\nOn November 5, the King and the Queen of Spain stayed in Ceuta for five hours, where they spoke to the Assembly of the Autonomous City, where the monarch said that he \"had an pending commitment to Ceuta\". Neither the king nor the Minister of Public Administration who accompanied him, Elena Salgado, or any other Spanish authority made any mention of the situation in Morocco. The King was welcomed by 25,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Royal visit\nOn November 6, the king came to Melilla, in which the Spanish monarch intervened the Assembly. There he acknowledged the loyalty of Melillans to the Crown. He made specific reference to Morocco, but said that \"Spain through mutual respect cultivates relations of sincere friendship with its neighbors.\" The number of people who gathered to welcome the King was estimated at 30,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 51], "content_span": [52, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Additional background of the conflict\nA month before the announcement of the royal visit, the judge of the National Court of Spain, Baltasar Garz\u00f3n, had opened a file to investigate an alleged genocide of Sahrawis by Morocco, accepting to process the lawsuit filed in 2006 by various associations defending human rights and relatives of prisoners and disappeared Saharawis, which accused 31 senior officials of Moroccan security. Morocco, meanwhile, was accused of siding with the positions of the Polisario Front. Moroccan spokesman said that \"it would be good that Judge Garzon deal a bit of respect for human rights in Tindouf.\" Among the accused were Driss Basri and former Interior Minister and General Housni Benslimane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Additional background of the conflict\nAs stated by Yassine Mansouri, Foreign Secret Service Chief of Morocco, during a stay in Mallorca, the deterioration of relations is also related to the active position of the Spanish Government and local authorities to untie Muslim believers of Ceuta and the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Morocco; and to bet on movements like the Tablig (Congregation for the Propagation of Islam) or the Muslim Brotherhood. Mansouri informed this to Alberto Saiz, Director of National Intelligence of Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Additional background of the conflict\nThe position was due to the wrath of King Mohamed VI, according to Mansouri, he remembered that Moroccan King is the Commander of the Faithful and many mosques in Ceuta had been attached to the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain (UCIDE) (36 of 40 Islamic communities of Ceuta). The image of the UCID leader in Ceuta, Laarbi Maateis, is associated with radical Islamist movements by Morocco. For his part, Laarbi Maateis denied any involvement with fundamentalist movements, indicating that no member of Tablig had ever been arrested or identified as a suspect in connection with jihadism. He also said the prosecution were not understandable \"because the Maliki rite is practiced both here and in the rest of Spain and Morocco and no one has tried to change that, especially because it seems to be the best for the city.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 902]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government\nThe Prime Minister of Morocco, Abbas El Fassi, reported the Moroccan parliament that his government would not spare efforts to regain the two cities (Ceuta and Melilla). The next day, November 1, Abbas el Fassi asked the King of Spain to \"waive\" the trip, while the Minister and Speaker of the Moroccan government, Khalid Naciri, expressed the \"total rejection and condemnation\" of the royal visit to \"despoiled Moroccan cities.\" Abbas el Fassi, however, at the time said the Spanish press that there was no coercion and that the conflict \"must be approached with intelligence, mutual respect, dialogue and concertation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government\nOn November 5, while King Juan Carlos I was visiting Ceuta, Abbas el Fassi compared the situation of Ceuta and Melilla to the Israeli occupation of Palestine during a special session of the Moroccan Parliament to discuss the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government\nDecolonization continues to be topical in the few spots that remain in the world, including occupied Palestine, the cities of Ceuta and Melilla ....", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government\nThe same opinion was pronounced by the leader of the Moroccan Islamist Justice and Development Party, Mustafa Ramid, by manifesting in the Parliament that \"the Moroccans living under Spanish colonization are as our fellow Palestinians under Israeli colonization.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Manifestations of King Mohamed VI\nOn November 6, after holding a Council of Ministers before intervening in the acts of commemoration of the Green March in the Parliament, Moroccan King Mohamed VI issued a harsh condemnation through a personnel spokesman:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Manifestations of King Mohamed VI\nStrongly we express our strong condemnation and as firmly denounce this unprecedented visit. [ ...] Given this act was to overcome a nostalgic and dark era, the Spanish authorities must assume their responsibility for the consequences that could jeopardize the future and the development of relations between both countries. [ ...]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Manifestations of King Mohamed VI\nIn the same statement Mohamed VI called for the formal opening of negotiations on the two cities:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Manifestations of King Mohamed VI\nIt is well established that the best way to resolve conflict and manage this land requires respect for the virtues of an honest dialogue, frank and open about the future, a dialogue that ensures our right to sovereignty and to take into account the interests of Spain. [ ...] Morocco has continued to demand an end to the Spanish occupation of Ceuta and Melilla and nearby islands in the plundered north of the kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 110], "content_span": [111, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Reactions of the Moroccan government after the visit of the King\nOn 15 November, the government spokesman Khalid Naciri, after a Governing Council, stated that he hoped that the Spanish \"place their hand into ours to overcome the crisis and privileging our bilateral relationship. The Spanish-Moroccan relations have undergone a crisis.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 141], "content_span": [142, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Reactions of the Moroccan government after the visit of the King\nDo not set a date for the return of the ambassador to Madrid, insist on the need for a dialogue between the parties about the future of the Spanish autonomous cities and it is expected for the future that \"our Spanish friends will consider our feelings, our sensitivity and our claims; the purpose is not to create difficulties but to preserve our relations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 141], "content_span": [142, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Moroccan government, Reactions of the Moroccan government after the visit of the King\nHowever, on 16 November, the Government of Morocco suspended two high-level visits of Spanish authorities:that of the Minister of Public Works, Magdalena \u00c1lvarez, who had planned to deal with the Moroccan Minister of Equipment and Transport Karim Ghellab about the Gibraltar rail tunnel to link the two countries across the strait (an issue on which both are officially working since 2005 when Tangier was treated evolving the fixed links between Europe and Africa and Chief of Staff of the Army of Spain, Admiral Sebastian Zaragoza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 141], "content_span": [142, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Spanish Government\nOn the same day, November 1, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos, who was visiting the Moroccan city of Marrakech, reported orally to the Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri, despite the manifestations of the Prime Minister, that the King of Spain would visit the cities of Ceuta and Melilla on 5 and 6 November as planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Spanish Government\nThat same day, in the usual appearance of the Government of Spain after the conclusion of the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Second Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said that relations with the Moroccan government \"were extraordinary\" and the journey of the Kings fell within the \"institutional normality.\" Foreign Affairs Minister, Moratinos ruled out an action similar withdrawing the ambassador of Spain in Rabat, Spanish diplomatic sources said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Spanish Government\nOn November 3, Defense Minister Jos\u00e9 Antonio Alonso, in a statement to the Cadena SER said that he hoped the gesture of calling the ambassador-step prior to the breakdown of diplomatic relations, he repeated the words said by Deputy Prime Minister the previous day on the normality of the visit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Position of the Spanish Government\nThe Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed on November 14 its confidence in the return of the Moroccan ambassador in Madrid \"as soon as possible.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Political reactions, Political reactions in Spain\nThe People's Party and United Left political parties, through Angel Acebes and Gaspar Llamazares, respectively, announced their support for the visit of the King of Spain to Ceuta and Melilla. Gustavo de Ar\u00edstegui, of the People Party, termed Mohamed VI's reaction as \"excessive\" and criticized the Spanish Prime Minister for failing to make clear, in his view, the 'red lines' that Morocco could not cross. Meanwhile, Elena Valenciano, International Relations Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, stressed that the visit was part of \"the most absolute institutional normality.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192193-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Morocco\u2013Spain diplomatic conflict, Political reactions, Political reactions in Spain\nThe President of Melilla, Juan Jos\u00e9 Imbroda, said that \"it is not the time to make opposite sounding declarations\", in reference to the Moroccan position. Coalition for Melilla, the prime Muslim-based opposition party in the autonomous city, manifested itself as extremely pleased with the visit the King, adding that the presence of the King of Spain was a \"historic debt in this city and which, from this formation, we always advocate for the occurrence of the visit.\" For his part, the President of Ceuta, Juan Jesus Vivas, merely issued an edict in which he urged the citizens to welcome the King, honor him by the presence of Ceutans, and \"you will honor yourselves, our city and our beloved country.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 89], "content_span": [90, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192194-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mosconi Cup\nThe 2007 Mosconi Cup, the 14th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 13\u201316 December 2007 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192194-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mosconi Cup\nTeam Europe won the Cup for the first time since 2002, by defeating Team America 11\u20138. This was also the first time Team Europe won the title in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192195-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Moscow Victory Day Parade\nThe Moscow Victory Parade of 2007 was a celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. It was the last time Vladimir Putin made a holiday address in his first term as president. The parade was commanded by the head of the Moscow Garrison General of the army Vladimir Bakin, and reviewing the parade was Minister of Defence Anatoliy Serdyukov .Music was performed by the Moscow Garrison's Central Orchestra under Major General Valery Khalilov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192195-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Moscow Victory Day Parade\nThis was the first parade that was watched by people online outside of Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192195-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Parade Program\nNote: Those indicated in bold indicate first parade appearance, those indicated with italic indicate double or multiple parade appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192195-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Parade Program, Infantry Column\nTraining for the parade took place from March to April in the Alabino, Moscow Oblast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 63], "content_span": [64, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192195-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Music\nThe music and marches were played by the Military Band of the Armed Forces of Russia under the direction of Major General Valery Khalilov", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192196-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Motor City Bowl\nThe 2007 Motor City Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, occurred on December 26, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192196-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Motor City Bowl\nThe Central Michigan Chippewas, who won their second straight Mid-American Conference championship on the same field on December 1, returned to take on the Purdue Boilermakers, whom bowl officials invited from the Big Ten Conference. The bowl was a rematch of a game played on September 15 in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Boilermakers won that game, 45\u201322. CMU had defeated Middle Tennessee in the 2006 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192196-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Motor City Bowl\nPurdue dominated the first half of the game, scoring 3 touchdowns in the first quarter to Central's 2 field goals, and by halftime they had assured a 21-point lead over the Chippewas. Central came back in the third quarter, scoring 4 touchdowns to tie the game. The final score was 51\u201348, with Purdue kicker Chris Summers kicking a game-winning field goal as time expired. Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter threw for 543 pass yards, setting a Motor City Bowl record and placing him fourth on the list of all-time bowl game performances. His total broke the Purdue school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192196-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Motor City Bowl\nThe attendance of 60,624 broke the Motor City Bowl record, which had been set in 2006 by Central Michigan and Middle Tennessee (54,113).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192197-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Motorola Indy 300\nThe 2007 Motorola Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Infineon Raceway. It was held over the weekend of 24 -August 26, 2007, as the fifteenth round of the seventeen-race calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192198-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team\nThe 2007 Mount Union Purple Raiders Football team represented the University of Mount Union in the 2007 NCAA Division III football season. Led by veteran head coach Larry Kehres, with future NFL wide receivers Pierre Gar\u00e7on and Cecil Shorts III, The Raiders completed their second consecutive undefeated regular season. The Raiders battled to the Stagg Bowl National Championship for the third consecutive year, but unlike the previous two years, the Raiders were defeated by UW-Whitewater. After the season, Gar\u00e7on was be drafted in the sixth round of the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, for whom he started in Super Bowl XLIV, before being traded to the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers. Shorts entered the NFL in 2011 for the Jacksonville Jaguars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192199-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23\u201326. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9\u20138 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192199-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding\nThe top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192199-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nAustin Adams, an outfielder for the champion TCU Horned Frogs, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 92], "content_span": [93, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192200-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 8\u201310, 2007. Tournament host UNLV upset regular season league champion BYU 78\u201370 to claim the Mountain West Conference Tournament title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was UNLV's first tournament title since winning the inaugural tournament in 2000 (though they had previously lost 3 consecutive championship games from 2002\u20132004).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192200-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\n2007 marked the return of the tournament to the Thomas & Mack Center after a three-year stint in Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season\nThe 2007 Mountain West Conference football season was the ninth since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. It began on August 30 when UNLV defeated Utah State. The same night, Utah fell to Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon. Brigham Young University won its fourth conference title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 1, 2007 \u2022 Invesco Field at Mile High \u2022 Denver, Colorado \u2022 FSN \u2022 Attendance: 68,133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nA Kyle Bell touchdown run with 10:05 remaining in the 3rd gave Colorado State a 28\u201317 lead, but a Demetrius Sumler score later in the quarter brought Colorado within 3. Buffaloes' kicker Kevin Eberhart kicked a 22-yard field goal with 13 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. The Rams had the first possession in overtime, but quarterback Caleb Hanie's pass was intercepted in the endzone. Eberhart then kicked a 35-yard field goal to win the Rocky Mountain Showdown for Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 1, 2007 \u2022 War Memorial Stadium \u2022 Laramie, Wyoming \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 31,620", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nCowboys' running back Devin Moore ran for 125 yards, and the Wyoming defense held Virginia to just 110 yards of total offense and only 7 rushing yards to begin their season by defeating a Cavaliers squad that would end the year 9\u20134 and one of the best teams in the ACC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 1, 2007 \u2022 LaVell Edwards Stadium \u2022 Provo, Utah \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 64,525", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nMax Hall threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns in his first game as full-time starter at BYU, and the Cougars' defense held Arizona to just 32 yards rushing to avenge a season-opening loss to the Wildcats a year prior.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 8, 2007 \u2022 Rose Bowl Stadium \u2022 Pasadena, California \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 72,986", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nDespite being outgained by the Cougars 435-236, UCLA was able to capitalize on three BYU turnovers- including a 56-yard interception return for a touchdown by Trey Brown- and held on to win the first meeting of the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 8, 2007 \u2022 Royal-Memorial Stadium \u2022 Austin, Texas \u2022 FSN \u2022 Attendance: 84,621", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nThe Horned Frogs led 10\u20130 at halftime on the strength of a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown by senior cornerback Torrey Stewart, but Texas began the second half with 27 unanswered points to pull away for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 13, 2007 \u2022 Falcon Stadium \u2022 Colorado Springs, Colorado \u2022 CSTV \u2022 Attendance: 31,556", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nPlaying another road game just four days after the Texas game, TCU quarterback Andy Dalton's touchdown pass to Walter Bryant with 13:10 left in the 4th quarter put TCU ahead 17-3, but a touchdown pass from Shaun Carney to Keith Madsen and a 71-yard touchdown run by Jim Ollis tied the score at 17 all with just over five minutes to play. In the final minute of regulation, TCU found themselves well within field goal range, but Dalton's intended pass to Jimmy Young was intercepted by Carson Bird in the endzone to force overtime. The Horned Frogs had the first possession in overtime, but kicker Chris Manfredini's 36-yard field goal attempt hit the upright. Air Force kicker Ryan Harrison then nailed a 33-yard field goal to win it for the Falcons, and the cadets rushed the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 15, 2007 \u2022 Rice-Eccles Stadium \u2022 Salt Lake City, Utah \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 43,056", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nAfter starting the season 0-2, Utes' quarterback Tommy Grady threw for 246 yards and 3 touchdowns and running back Darrell Mack ran for 107 and a score as Utah overwhelmed the Bruins to avoid an 0-3 start and turn their season around.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 15, 2007 \u2022 Arizona Stadium \u2022 Tucson, Arizona \u2022 FSN \u2022 Attendance: 51,996", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nDonovan Porterie threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns, and the New Mexico defense held Arizona to just 38 yards rushing to give the Lobos their second victory over a Pac-10 team in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 22, 2007 \u2022 Amon G. Carter Stadium \u2022 Fort Worth, Texas \u2022 CSTV \u2022 Attendance: 31,511", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nA blocked punt return for a touchdown by redshirt freshman Bart Johnson and a 58-yard interception return for a touchdown were enough to overcome a lackluster offensive game for the Frogs, who avenged their only loss of the 2005 season and took back the Iron Skillet from their crosstown rivals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nSeptember 29, 2007 \u2022 University Stadium \u2022 Albuquerque, New Mexico \u2022 CSTV \u2022 Attendance: 34,204", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nMax Hall's 251 yards passing provided enough offense for the Cougars, who benefitted from five Lobo turnovers, to win a crucial conference road game in Albuquerque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nOctober 6, 2007 \u2022 War Memorial Stadium \u2022 Laramie, Wyoming \u2022 the mtn. \u2022 Attendance: 23,007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nWyoming kicker Billy Vinnedge's 23-yard field goal gave the Cowboys a 24\u20136 lead with 8:25 remaining in the 4th quarter, but TCU quarterback Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes to bring the Frogs to within 3. Another furious drive got TCU in position to send the game to overtime, but kicker Chris Manfredini's 48-yard field goal attempt missed as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nOctober 13, 2007 \u2022 Stanford Stadium \u2022 Palo Alto, California \u2022 Attendance: 37,777", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nOne week after a near-comeback against Wyoming, TCU found themselves behind 31\u201317 to Stanford, who had upset #1 USC the week before. This time, however, the Frogs comeback was successful, fueled by touchdown passes from Dalton to Jimmy Young and Aaron Brown, as well as a touchdown run by Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nOctober 25, 2007 \u2022 University Stadium \u2022 Albuquerque, New Mexico \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 26,087", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nRodney Ferguson ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns, and kicker John Sullivan hit two fourth-quarter field goals as the Lobos overcame a 31\u201328 deficit late in the third quarter to defeat the Falcons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 8, 2007 \u2022 LaVell Edwards Stadium \u2022 Provo, Utah \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 64,241", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nMax Hall passed for 305 yards and a touchdown and BYU's defense came up with two sacks in an 11-second span late in the 4th quarter to seal a 27\u201322 victory. Andy Dalton's touchdown pass to Bart Johnson with 3:49 remaining cut the Cougars' lead to 5, but then David Nixon sacked Andy Dalton on second down on the Frogs' last possession, then on fourth-and-8, Bryan Kehl pounced on Dalton as he lost his footing with 1:58 left. The Cougars ran out the clock and won for the 10th straight time at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 10, 2007 \u2022 Notre Dame Stadium \u2022 South Bend, Indiana \u2022 NBC \u2022 Attendance: 80,795", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nAir Force's Chad Hall ran for 142 yards, and the Falcons' defense held the Irish to just 58 yards on the ground to hand Notre Dame their most lopsided loss to a service academy since 1963.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 23, 2007 \u2022 Hughes Stadium \u2022 Fort Collins, Colorado \u2022 the mtn. \u2022 Attendance: 18,827", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nCaleb Hanie threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Rams' to their 3rd Border War win in 4 years and regain the Bronze Boot from the Cowboys. The loss ended all hope Wyoming had for making a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nNovember 24, 2007 \u2022 LaVell Edwards Stadium \u2022 Provo, Utah \u2022 Versus \u2022 Attendance: 64,749", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Memorable Games\nFreshman running back Harvey Unga rushed for 141 yards and scored the winning touchdown for BYU on an 11-yard run with 38 seconds remaining as the Cougars defeated the Utes in thrilling fashion in the Holy War and also wrapped up their second straight conference title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Poinsettia Bowl\nDecember 20, 2007 \u2022 Qualcomm Stadium \u2022 San Diego, California \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Poinsettia Bowl\nIn the first bowl game of the 2007 season, the Utes' quarterback Brian Johnson threw for 226 yards as the Utah was able to outlast the 316 yards of rushing offense built up by the Midshipmen. It was Utah's seventh consecutive bowl victory, a streak that dates back to 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, New Mexico Bowl\nDecember 22, 2007 \u2022 University Stadium \u2022 Albuquerque, New Mexico \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, New Mexico Bowl\nFor the second year in a row, the Lobos were invited to play in their hometown bowl game. This time, however, they emerged victorious. It was their first bowl victory since 1961, snapping a five-game losing streak. Quarterback Donovan Porterie threw for 354 yards to earn MVP honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Las Vegas Bowl\nDecember 22, 2007 \u2022 Sam Boyd Stadium \u2022 Las Vegas, Nevada \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Las Vegas Bowl\nThe Cougars and the Bruins had met in the regular season on September 8, with UCLA claiming victory, 27\u201317. In front of the Las Vegas Bowl's fifth consecutive sell-out, however, the Cougars won the rematch 17-16, as Eathyn Manumaleuna blocked UCLA kicker Kai Forbath's last-second field goal to preserve victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Texas Bowl\nDecember 28, 2007 \u2022 Reliant Stadium \u2022 Houston, Texas \u2022 NFL Network", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Texas Bowl\nIn a rematch of former Southwest Conference rivals, TCU overcame a 10\u20137 halftime lead and then held back a last-minute rally by the Cougars to win their third consecutive bowl game, 20-13. Freshman quarterback Andy Dalton threw for 249 yards to earn MVP honors, while the TCU defense held Houston to just 32 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Armed Forces Bowl\nDecember 31, 2007 \u2022 Amon G. Carter Stadium \u2022 Fort Worth, Texas \u2022 ESPN", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192201-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Mountain West Conference football season, Bowl Games, Armed Forces Bowl\nMaking their first bowl appearance since 2002, Air Force jumped out to a 21-0 lead to start the game. But then the Cal offense got going, with quarterback Kevin Riley throwing for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns and running back Justin Forsett running for 140 yards and two scores. This was the MW's only loss of the 2007 bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192202-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Movistar Open\nThe 2007 Movistar Open was a professional men's tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile, held from 29 January to 4 February 2007. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. This was the second tournament of the season (alongside Adelaide, Delray Beach, Buenos Aires and Las Vegas) that implemented a 24-player Round Robin tournament for the singles competition, as part of the round-robin trials proposed during this season. Fifth-seeded Luis Horna won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192202-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Movistar Open, Finals, Doubles\nPaul Capdeville / \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez defeated \u00c1lbert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s / Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192203-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Movistar Open \u2013 Doubles\nJos\u00e9 Acasuso and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto were the defending champions, but Acasuso did not participate this year. Prieto partnered Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda, losing in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192203-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Movistar Open \u2013 Doubles\nPaul Capdeville and \u00d3scar Hern\u00e1ndez won the title, defeating Albert Monta\u00f1\u00e9s and Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez-Hidalgo 4\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20136] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192204-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Movistar Open \u2013 Singles\nJos\u00e9 Acasuso was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192204-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Movistar Open \u2013 Singles\nLuis Horna won the title, defeating Nicol\u00e1s Mass\u00fa in the final, 7\u20135, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192205-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mozambican flood\nThe 2007 Mozambican flood began in late December 2006 when the Cahora Bassa Dam overflowed from heavy rains on Southern Africa. It worsened on February 22, 2007, when the Category 4 Cyclone Favio made landfall on the central province of Inhambane; experts tracking the cyclone predicted that it would worsen flooding in the Zambezi River valley. The Zambezi River broke its banks, flooding the surrounding areas in Mozambique. The Chire and Rivubue rivers also flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192205-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mozambican flood\n80,600 people had been evacuated from their homes in the Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia provinces by February 14. By February 22, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that approximately 121,000 people had been displaced by the flooding. Some people refused to leave their homes and livestock. There were 29 confirmed casualties and a further 10 unconfirmed deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192205-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mozambican flood\nIn early February, the Mozambican authorities did not think the flooding would be as devastating as the 2000 and 2001 floods. Paulo Zucula, head of Mozambique's national relief agency, said \"We expect more water than we had in 2001. The situation is deteriorating and it will get worse but this time we are better prepared than in 2001\". The World Food Program (WFP) estimated that up to 285,000 people may require food aid. Delivery of food aid by the WFP began on February 15. A single UN helicopter was made available for the delivery of aid to evacuation centres. However, thousands of people had not yet received food or drinking water, and the threat of disease outbreaks had also increased; Paulo Zucula retracted his earlier comments about readiness, saying \"We were not prepared... it's another disaster\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192206-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mr. Olympia\nThe 2007 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend 2007 held September 28\u201329, 2007 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192207-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ms. Olympia\nThe 2007 Ms. Olympia contest is an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2007 was held on September 27, 2007, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 28th Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition include the Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192208-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 MuchMusic Video Awards\nThe 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 17, 2007 and featured performances by Fergie, Maroon 5, The Used, Avril Lavigne, Finger Eleven, Hilary Duff, and others. The most nominated artists were Billy Talent and Nickelback with five nominations each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192209-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Muk\u014d city assembly election\nMuk\u014d, Kyoto Prefecture held an election for the city assembly on August 5, 2007. 24 seats where contested by 25 candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192209-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Muk\u014d city assembly election, Results\nThis Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192210-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final\nThe 2007 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a Hurling match played on 8 July 2007 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Limerick and Waterford. Waterford claimed their third Munster Championship of the decade, beating Limerick on a scoreline of 3-17 to 1-14, a 9-point winning margin. Overall, this was Waterford's eighth Munster Senior Hurling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election\nThe 2007 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Regional Assembly of Murcia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Murcia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Murcian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nVoting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 45 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nEach constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of one seat, with the remaining 40 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Regional Assembly of Murcia expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Regional Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Regional Assembly on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe president had the prerogative to dissolve the Regional Assembly of Murcia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the Region of Murcia, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates\nBelow is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192211-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Murcian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Murcia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nThe 2007 Music City Bowl was the 10th edition of the Music City Bowl, and it was played on December 31, 2007. Part of the 2007\u20132008 bowl season, it featured the Kentucky Wildcats and the Florida State Seminoles. Both teams entered the game with a 7\u20135 overall record and a 4\u20134 conference record; Florida State had been ranked as high as #19 in the season's AP polls, appearing in the rankings for two weeks that season. Kentucky had been ranked as high as #8 (twice) in the season's AP polls and had been ranked for eight weeks during the season. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels and Bridgestone, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nThe Seminoles came into the game without 34 players due to various injuries, violations of team rules, and a large academic cheating scandal. For the Wildcats, this was d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again, as they had played in last year's edition of the game, entered it with the same 7\u20135 overall record, and faced an Atlantic Coast Conference team coached by a Bowden, namely the Clemson team coached by Tommy Bowden, son of longtime FSU head coach Bobby Bowden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nIn the first quarter, Kentucky scored first on a 14-yard Andr\u00e9 Woodson touchdown pass to tight end Jacob Tamme. Florida State quarterback Drew Weatherford then scored on a 6-yard touchdown run. Kentucky built a 14\u20137 lead in the second quarter on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Woodson to Steve Johnson. Kentucky's defense then held Florida State to a turnover on downs inside the Kentucky five yard line, but immediately after that Florida State tied the game before halftime when Tony Carter intercepted a Woodson pass and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nKentucky struck first in the third quarter when Woodson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Rafael Little. A 4-yard touchdown run by Tony Dixon boosted Kentucky's third quarter lead to 28\u201314. Florida State scored first in the fourth quarter with a 1-yard Weatherford touchdown run to make it 28\u201321. Woodson's 38-yard touchdown pass to Steve Johnson extended the Kentucky lead to 35\u201321. The game's final score was a 7-yard touchdown pass from Weatherford to Greg Carr to bring about the final tally: Kentucky 35, Florida State 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nThe game appeared iced when Kentucky linebacker Micah Johnson intercepted a Weatherford pass with less than one minute remaining, but in attempting to return the interception Johnson fumbled the ball away and Florida State recovered. Florida State threw a pass into the end zone at the end of regulation but Kentucky defenders batted it down to seal the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nThe attendance of 68,661 set a new record for the Music City Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192212-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Music City Bowl\nIn Kentucky's 35\u201328 victory, 2006 game MVP Andr\u00e9 Woodson repeated as the 2007 MVP after throwing four touchdown passes. Florida State's Antone Smith gained a career-high 156 rushing yards; Kentucky's Rafael Little rushed for 152 yards and caught one touchdown pass, but he also fumbled twice. The win gave the Wildcats back-to-back bowl wins for the first time since 1952. It was also the first loss ever for the elder Bowden in a December bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192213-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid\nThe 2007 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Madrid Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from October 15 through October 21, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192213-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid\nThe announced field was led by World No. 1, Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open winner and defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2 and French Open winner Rafael Nadal, and US Open runner-up and Vienna titlist Novak Djokovic. Other top players were US Open semifinalist and Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Australian Open runner up and Beijing titlist Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, James Blake, David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192213-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid, Notable stories, Nalbandian's achievements\nDavid Nalbandian, who prior to the tournament had not reached the semifinal stage of a tournament in the season, suddenly began playing superlative tennis, repeating Novak Djokovic's feat of the Canada Masters, of beating the world's top three players in three consecutive days, with Nalbandian doing it in order of 2 (Rafael Nadal), 3 (Novak Djokovic) and 1 (Roger Federer). The win also marked Nalbandian's first ever Masters Series title, though he had won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192213-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192214-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, and won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20134), against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192215-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters Madrid \u2013 Singles\nDavid Nalbandian defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 1\u20136, 6\u20133, 6\u20133 to win the Singles title at the 2007 Madrid Open. He achieved the rare feat of defeating the world's top 3 players in the same tournament, also defeating Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic en route to the title. He joined Djokovic and Boris Becker in achieving the feat, and became the only player to defeat the Big Three in the same tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192216-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Myanmar Premier League\nStatistics of the Myanmar Premier League in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192217-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NAB Cup\nThe 2007 NAB Cup was the pre-season competition of the Australian Football League's 2007 season. It culminated in the grand final on 17 March, which was won by Carlton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192217-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NAB Cup, Prize money\nA$220,000 was awarded to the winning club (by comparison, the prize money for the winner of the AFL Grand Final in 2005 was only nominally larger at $250,000). Smaller amounts were awarded to clubs based on participation and progression through the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192217-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NAB Cup, Prize money\nIt was announced that if a club could win both the pre-season and regular premierships in the same season, that the club would receive a bonus $1 million. Half will be distributed among the players, while the other half goes to the club. The last club to win the double was Essendon in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 25], "content_span": [26, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192218-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at the Flor Blanca National Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, from July 13\u201315, 2007. It was the inaugural edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region. A total of forty-three events were contested, 22 by male and 21 by female athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192218-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics\nThe championships served as preparation for the 2007 Pan American Games, held later that month, for many of the senior athletes. Canada and Cuba, two of the region's strongest countries in the sport, did not send a delegation to participate. One further event\u2014the women's 10,000 metres\u2014was initially scheduled for the championships, but was subsequently not held in San Salvador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192218-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics\nThe United States sent the largest contingent to the competition and, although many were developmental athletes, Americans dominated the competition, winning twenty-eight of the events and fifteen minor medals for a total of 43. Mexico were the next best performers, claiming four golds, fourteen silvers and two bronze medals. Trinidad and Tobago took three golds in their eleven medal haul, while the hosts El Salvador also won three events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192218-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics\nMary Jayne Harrelson completed an 800/1500 metres double win. Americans Calvin Smith Jr. and Debbie Dunn took the 400 metres individual titles, before going on the help the relay teams to another gold. Cristina L\u00f3pez of El Salvador won the 10\u00a0km walk title and went on to win Pan American gold later that month. The NACAC high jump silver medallist Romary Rifka improved to the gold at that tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192219-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the official results of the 2007 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships which took place on July 13\u201315, 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192220-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Combined Events Championships\nThe 2007 NACAC Combined Events Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the Estadio Ol\u00edmpico F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez on May 26\u201327, 2007. A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192220-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Combined Events Championships, Participation\nAn unofficial count yields the participation of 27 athletes from 10 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192221-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Cross Country Championships\nThe 2007 NACAC Cross Country Championships took place on March 3, 2007. The races were held at the United States Triathlon National Training Center in Clermont, Florida, United States. Detailed reports of the event were given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192221-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NACAC Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 124 athletes from 16 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192222-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 14 to 20 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 70th annual NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This tournament had the most total points scored for both teams in one game in the history of the NAIA tournament. Totaling 243pts when Concordia (CA) got 124pts and beat Robert Morris (IL) who has 119pts. That game went into 4 overtimes. (The longest game was a 5OT game back in 1978 when Grand Canyon beat Central State (OH) 88-82.) Concordia would go on to be the 2007 runner-up to Oklahoma City University. Oklahoma City University would beat Concordia 79 to 71.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192223-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 NAIA Division II Men\u2019s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 16th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192224-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NAIA Football National Championship\nThe 2007 NAIA Football Championship Series concluded on December 15, 2007 with the championship game played at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The championship was won by the Carroll Fighting Saints over the Sioux Falls Cougars by a score of 17\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192225-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NAIA football rankings\nOne human poll made up the 2007 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2007 NAIA Football National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192225-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters\nSince the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2007 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192225-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NAIA football rankings, Leading vote-getters\nIn 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series\nThe 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series was the 21st season of the Busch East Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. The season consisted of thirteen races and began on April 28 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with the Greased Lightning 150. The season finale, the Sunoco 150, was held on September 21 at Dover International Speedway. Mike Olsen entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Joey Logano won the championship, 166 points in front of Sean Caisse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series\nThis season was the last season with Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer as the series' title sponsor after a 21-year relationship. Busch was replaced by Camping World as the title sponsor for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series\nBy virtue of NASCAR's lower age limit of 16 starting this year for its touring series, Logano became the youngest champion of the series at that time. He started the season when he was just 16 years old, and turned 17 during the season on May 24. The lowering of the age limit in 2007 was instrumental in the future of the series, as most of the drivers who compete in the East Series now are teenagers. The age limit would eventually be lowered again to 15, which is what it is today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, Schedule\n* Races will air on delay only. All HDNet races will air live and re-air on SPEED.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, Schedule, Television\nBoth HDNet and SPEED returned to broadcast most of the races. HDNet broadcast nine of the races, including the final seven, live in high definition. Speed aired three of the remaining four races by a broadcast delay. All of the races shown on HDNet were also re-broadcast in standard definition on Speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Greased Lightning 150\nThe Greased Lightning 150 was run on April 28 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC. Joey Logano sat on the pole for the event and went on to win the event. This marked Logano's first pole and first win in the series in his first start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Greased Lightning 150\nDid not Qualify: (8) Jonathan Cash (#59), Jonathan Smith (#5), Pierre Bourque (#7), James Pritchard Jr. (#41), Jeremy Clark (#25), Tim Cowen (#75), Glenn Sullivan (#15), Blair Addis (#8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Greased Lightning 150\nNotes: Logano's win in his first start in the series made him the first driver to repeat this feat since Kip Stockwell got his only win in his first start in the series at Thunder Road International SpeedBowl in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Minnesota 150\nThe Minnesota 150 took place on May 18 at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minnesota. This race marked the first time that the East and West series would meet during the regular season for a points race. Sean Caisse took the pole and went on to win the race. Only he and fellow East series competitor Mike Olsen would lead the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Minnesota 150\nDid not Qualify: (16) Ryan Foster (#21W), John Salemi (#63E), Stan Silva Jr. (#65W), Eric Richardson (#20W), Jim Inglebright (#1W), Scott Bouley (#26E), Chase Austin (#64E), Dion Ciccarelli (#84E), Germ\u00e1n Quiroga (#12E), Lloyd Mack (#09W), Jack Sellers (#15W), Blair Addis (#3E), Daryl Harr (#71W), Jerick Johnson (76E), Mike Gallegos (#77W), Pierre Bourque (#7E)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Minnesota 150\nNote: Both series would meet again 2 days later for the second and final combination race at Iowa Speedway", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Featherlite Coaches 200\nThe Featherlite Coaches 200 was run on May 5 at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. This race, sponsored by Featherlite Coaches, was the second and final meeting between the East and West series during the regular season. Kevin Harvick was on hand to take part in the race. Harvick would narrowly take the pole over Joey Logano. These two drivers would proceed to swap the lead 15 times between the two of them. In the end, it would be Logano taking the win over the Nextel Cup star.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Featherlite Coaches 200\nDid not Qualify: (10) Chase Austin (68 E), Mike Gallegos (77 W), Stan Silva Jr. (65 W), Chris Bristol (12 E), Kyle Cattanach (59 W), Jerick Johnson (76 E), Scott Bouley (26 E), Tim Woods III (54 W), Jack Sellers (15 W), Trevor Bayne (00 E)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, South Boston 150\nThe South Boston 150 was run on June 2 at the South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia. Peyton Sellers, who was the track's Late Model champion in 2005 en route to winning the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series title and also has a grandstand at the track named after him took the pole in qualifying. The race turned into a two-man race between Sellers and Matt Kobyluck swapping the lead for eleven of the twelve lead changes. Sellers lead a race high of 101 laps while Kobyluck lead 46.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, South Boston 150\nSean Caisse would be the only other driver to lead during the race when he managed to jump into the lead for the first three laps. With restarts coming with 10 laps to go and again at 4 to go, Kobyluck was able to maintain the lead and go on to win his first race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, TSI Harley-Davidson 150\nThe TSI Harley-Davidson 150 took place on June 6 at Stafford Motor Speedway in Stafford, Connecticut. Sean Caisse would sit on the pole for the first time this season, but it would be Eddie MacDonald, who was making his first start of the season that would go on to take the win in grand fashion by leading the final 81 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, New England 125\nThe New England 125 took place on June 6 at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Joey Logano took the pole and went on to lead the most laps en route to his third win of the series. Series veteran Brad Leighton was in contention until he was deemed to have jumped the final restart leading to a green-white-checkered finish and subsequently was black flagged. Rather than risk disqualification, Leighton gave the lead back to Logano and would have to settle for a second-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, 2007 Series Races, Pepsi Racing 100\nThe Pepsi Racing 100 was run on July 14, at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, CT. Sean Caisse would sit on the pole and nearly lead flag to flag in the race that was extended to 108 laps due to late race cautions that required two green-white-checkered attempts to end the race. Caisse only relinquished the lead for two laps en route to his second win of the season, breaking a four race streak of bad luck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192226-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch East Series, Points Standings\nThere are the final points standings for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series\nThe 2007 NASCAR Busch Series was the twenty-sixth season of the NASCAR Busch Series. It began on February 17 with the Orbitz 300 at Daytona International Speedway and concluded on November 17 with the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Carl Edwards clinched the Busch Series championship on November 3 during the O'Reilly Challenge with 2 races remaining. The 2007 season was the final season of the series under Anheuser-Busch's sponsorship. In 2008, the Busch Series became the NASCAR Nationwide Series sponsored by insurance company Nationwide Insurance with a $70 million contract for 7 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Top stories, Buschwhackers\nThe domination of the series by \"Buschwhackers\" continued in 2007. In the first 28 races, only two drivers not with regular Nextel Cup Series schedules drove their cars to victory from start to finish: Stephen Leicht (Meijer 300, Kentucky Speedway) and Jason Leffler (Kroger 200, O'Reilly Raceway Park). A third, Aric Almirola, was the official winner of the AT&T 250 at the Milwaukee Mile; Almirola qualified the car for Denny Hamlin who was racing at Sonoma in the Cup Series and was not scheduled to start, but was forced to as Hamlin was delayed in returning from Sonoma. Hamlin was placed in the car after arriving and drove nearly the entire race, winning, but he failed to receive credit because he failed to start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Top stories, Buschwhackers\nMeanwhile, Carl Edwards led Kevin Harvick by 733 points in the championship standings, a reversal from 2006 when Harvick beat Edwards by a record 824 points. At one time, Edwards' lead was 871 points prior to a stretch of five consecutive races outside the top 10 in the finishing order (in three of those races he finished 23rd or worse). There were more Busch only regulars near the top of the standings, but only because the Cup drivers ran fewer cumulative races than in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Top stories, Owner's Championship\nThe Owner's Championship went to the No. 29 car of Richard Childress Racing driven by Scott Wimmer and Jeff Burton. This is currently only the second time in Busch Series history where the driver's and owner's points champions were different. The other instance also involved RCR and happened in 2003. Hendrick Motorsports driver Brian Vickers won the series points title as a driver, but RCR's No. 21 car earned more total points with Johnny Sauter and Kevin Harvick sharing the ride.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Top stories, 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series\nAfter 26 years of Anheuser-Busch sponsoring the series with their Busch Beer brand they decided not to renew their sponsorship for the 2008 season. Rumored sponsorship deals for the series included Subway, KFC, and Wal-Mart; however, those deals fell through. On October 3, 2007, chairman Brian France announced that insurance company Nationwide had signed a seven-year $70 million deal to sponsor the series. Nationwide also replaces Allstate as the official insurance company of NASCAR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 68], "content_span": [69, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Schedule\nThe official 2007 Busch Series schedule was announced on October 2, 2006. The only major schedule change was the addition of the first NASCAR race in Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which replaces last year's race at Martinsville. This marked the first time in Busch Series history that there are two consecutive road courses on the schedule. The order of races in July was also shuffled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Schedule\nESPN2 covered the majority of the Busch Series in 2007 with ESPN on ABC covering six races as part of the new television package. The primary commentators for ESPN were Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Orbitz 300\nThe Orbitz 300 was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Aric Almirola won the pole. Kevin Harvick won a relatively quick race from the 31st starting position. There were two early cautions: the first one on lap 4 for a three-car incident and the second one for \"the Big One\" on lap 16 involving 12 cars. The race was clean afterward. This was the first race televised on ESPN2 as part of the 2007 television package that lasted until 2014.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Orbitz 300\nDid not qualify: No. 1-J. J. Yeley, No. 22-David Stremme, No. 23-Brad Keselowski, No. 24-Casey Mears, No. 52-Brad Teague, No. 70-Justin Diercks", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Stater Brothers 300\nThe Stater Brothers 300 was held February 24 at California Speedway. Dave Blaney won the pole, the first pole for Toyota in the Busch Series. The race had a short field of only 41 cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Telcel-Motorola M\u00e9xico 200\nThe Telcel-Motorola M\u00e9xico 200 was held March 4 at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez. The race was broadcast on ESPN2 in English and en espa\u00f1ol on ESPN Deportes. Scott Pruett won the pole. Juan Pablo Montoya made contact with his leading teammate Scott Pruett on a restart after coming back from a fuel-filler problem, spinning Pruett and going on to win the race, becoming the first non-American to win a NASCAR race since Ron Fellows in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 59], "content_span": [60, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 300\nThe Sam's Town 300 was held March 10 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the pole. In a challenging race that was held on a newly banked racetrack, many teams, especially cup teams with drivers racing on Sunday, tried to find a setup that would work with their cars. Grip and aerodynamics became major issues as the race set a record for number of caution flags with 12 for 58 laps. This included a red flag with 10 laps to go for a hard crash into the wall by Reed Sorenson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 300\nLas Vegas natives, Kyle and Kurt Busch dominated the race, leading 123 of 200 laps, with 81 and 42 led respectively. However, Jeff Burton had been consistently quicker than the younger Busch and had taken the lead for 31 laps. Coming to the checkers, two-time Las Vegas winner Jeff Burton took his No. 29 Holiday Inn Chevy to the outside and banged fenders with Kyle who got loose under Burton and spun down on the apron and hit the outside wall after taking the second position. Out of respect for Busch leaving him room to pass, Jeff Burton pulled alongside Kyle's wrecked car to shake hands with him before going to victory lane and receive his checkered flag. This was the first NASCAR race broadcast on ABC since the 2000 Brickyard 400 seven years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 300\nNote: No. 52-Kevin Lepage withdrew from the race prior to qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Nicorette 300\nThe Nicorette 300 was held March 17 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole. From the drop of the green flag, it appeared as though Kyle Busch would walk away with an easy victory. He proved his dominance by leading 143 of 195 laps. However, a loose lugnut after the final pit stop forced Busch to go to the tail end of the longest line, handing the lead to Jeff Burton. Burton would hold off RCR teammate Kevin Harvick for the win while Kyle Busch rallied to third after his penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sharpie Mini 300\nThe Sharpie Mini 300 was held March 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Steve Wallace won his first career pole. This would be the last Busch Series race before Bristol would be repaved with new concrete and progressive banking. For the second consecutive week, Kyle Busch again proved he had the car to beat. He and series points leader Carl Edwards proved they had the cars to beat. The biggest controversy of the race came after a crash at lap 182 by David Reutimann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sharpie Mini 300\nAt the point of the crash, some of the leaders elected to come down pit road for tires and some gas on lap 188. Although the electronic light was green, signaling that pit road was open, the flagman near the light was still waving the pit road closed flag. The pit crews of Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. argued with NASCAR officials about the call. Eventually, NASCAR controversially decided to let all of the cars pit and maintain their position in the field. After the confusion was sorted out, Busch took off with Edwards in pursuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sharpie Mini 300\nHowever, Mike Wallace, running on the tail end of the lead lap (Mike was in front of the leader), jumbled up the 9th restart. Mike's mistake forced Edwards into the rear bumper of Kyle Busch. Edwards would inherit the lead and would hold off teammate Matt Kenseth for his first win since Gateway in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Pepsi 300\nThe Pepsi 300 was held April 7 at Nashville Superspeedway. David Stremme won the pole. From the drop of the green flag, it appeared as though new manufacturer Toyota would steal the show and walk off with its first Busch Series win. However, Carl Edwards spoiled the party, coming back from a loose wheel penalty to pass Busch regular Jason Leffler with 25 laps to go to win his second consecutive race and extend his points lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, O'Reilly 300\nThe O'Reilly 300 was held April 14 at Texas Motor Speedway. David Ragan won his first career Busch Pole Award. The race, for the third time of the season, was dominated again by Kyle Busch, who hoped to turn his strong runs into a win. However, that day would not come as an unlucky caution during a green flag pit stop would again cost Kyle the victory. Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya appeared to have his second Busch Series win in the bag until he hit the clutch during a pit stop, leaving him with a loose lugnut. Juan would tangle with fellow rookie Marcos Ambrose and finish 30th. Denny Hamlin would hold the lead until Matt Kenseth, who had recovered from an early spin, took the lead with 11 laps left and would go on to win in Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Bashas' Supermarkets 200\nThe Bashas' Supermarkets 200 was held April 20 at Phoenix International Raceway. Kyle Busch won the pole. The early portion of the race was dominated again by Busch. However, lady luck would, for the fourth time this season, deal Busch a bad hand. While running fifth after a restart, Busch attempted to pass Ryan Newman and thought he had cleared him. However, Busch came back down on Ryan's front bumper and they both ended up crashing. Running a partial schedule, Clint Bowyer would dominate the race, leading 120 of the 200 laps. His only contender seemed to be Matt Kenseth, who had previously passed Bowyer with 33 to go but Bowyer passed him back with 14 to go and held on to win his first race since Dover last fall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Aaron's 312\nThe Aaron's 312 was held on April 28 at Talladega Superspeedway. The race is tagged as 312 miles (502\u00a0km) to pay homage to the title sponsor, Aaron's custom of letting customers rent an item for 12 months. Brad Coleman captured his first NASCAR pole. The race itself was an exciting one to watch. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the dominant car of the day until his transmission broke on a lap 95 restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Aaron's 312\nKyle Busch's streak of bad luck would continue as on lap 26, Tony Stewart made contact with Kyle Busch's left rear fender sending Kyle into the wall on the backstretch. Busch took a wild ride as the car slid across the track into the grass and flipped several times. From there, many cars, including surprises Kyle Krisiloff, and Juan Pablo Montoya were in contention for the win. But Tony Stewart, who was aiming to avenge his spectacular flip from one year ago, took the lead from Casey Mears with help from Kevin Harvick, Inc. teammate Bobby Labonte. However, Labonte pulled aside Stewart coming to the checkered flag in the trial to win his first Busch Series race since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Circuit City 250\nThe Circuit City 250 presented by Funai was held on May 4 at Richmond International Raceway. Denny Hamlin won the pole. In the Busch Series' first Friday night shootout of the season, Kevin Harvick aimed to make it a four-peat of consecutive wins at RIR. From the outset, pole-sitter Denny Hamlin dominated but was taken out early by Matt Kenseth. From there, Kenseth, Jeff Burton, and Clint Bowyer established themselves as the frontrunners. Matt Kenseth looked to have the race locked up until J. J. Yeley spun on lap 222 and cut Kenseth's 2-second lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Circuit City 250\nDuring the final pit stop of the night, Kenseth had a mishap with the jack and came out behind Bowyer and Burton. On the last restart of the night, Bowyer pulled away from Kenseth and Buron to snap Harvick's win streak but give owner Richard Childress his fourth consecutive victory at RIR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Diamond Hill Plywood 200\nThe Diamond Hill Plywood 200 was held May 11 at Darlington Raceway. Denny Hamlin captured his first win of the season from the pole.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carquest Auto Parts 300\nThe Carquest Auto Parts 300 was held May 26 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth won the pole. From the drop of the green, pit strategy played into the race. Although he was not running on fresh tires, Kurt Busch amazingly made his tires last for most of the race en route to leading the most laps. However, Busch's day would end as he would end up hitting the wall on lap 148. This accident gave the top 2 positions to Casey Mears and Kasey Kahne. Both drivers needed to rebound heavily from a struggling Nextel Cup season, and both wanted to carry any momentum from this race over into the 600. However, it was the latter Kasey who held off the competition to win his first NASCAR race since October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carquest Auto Parts 300\nDid not qualify: No. 0-Eric McClure, No. 32-Bill Elliott, No. 72-Kevin Lepage, No. 95-Blake Feese", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Dover 200\nThe Dover 200 was held June 2 at Dover International Speedway. Denny Hamlin won the pole. The race would end up being dominated by Carl Edwards, whom many had dubbed the \"Concrete Carl\" for his victories on concrete. True to his nickname, Edwards dominated the race, leading for 122 of the 200 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Federated Auto Parts 300\nThe Federated Auto Parts 300 presented by Dollar General was held June 9 at Nashville Superspeedway. Steve Wallace won the pole. This race was seen as an opportunity for Busch Series regulars to upset the Cup drivers who had to fly from Pocono to Nashville. Although Carl Edwards had no seat time in a car practiced by Matt McCall, he laid down the 7th quickest lap time. From the drop of the green, the race was a good mix of contending Busch regulars and Cup stars. Although Clint Bowyer seemed to have the car to beat, it was Edwards who had the upper hand and recorded his second consecutive win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 57], "content_span": [58, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Meijer 300\nThe Meijer 300 presented by Oreo was held June 16 at Kentucky Speedway. Regan Smith won his first career pole (even after hitting a seagull on his second qualifying lap), making it seven different pole winners in seven races. Many Busch regulars, including Smith, were aspiring to end the Cup drivers' parade by pulling out a victory. From the drop of the green, it looked as though Smith would be the class of the field. However, a refiring problem during a pit stop cost him 2 laps, but amazingly rallied back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Meijer 300\nThe race, unfortunately for the Busch regulars, would be handed to Carl Edwards. Edwards again dominated the race and looked to have it in hand until he was tagged by Steve Wallace on a restart. It was Stephen Leicht who downed the Buschwhackers and fulfilled that dream to earn his 1st career Busch Series victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, AT&T 250\nThe AT&T 250 took place on June 23 at The Milwaukee Mile. Aric Almirola won the pole, but in an interesting twist, the No. 20's regular driver, Denny Hamlin, was late getting back from Sonoma, so Almirola took the green flag. The race would be again dominated by Carl Edwards, who was looking to bounce back from his worst finish of the year (33rd at Kentucky). Edwards had the field covered, leading for 123 laps until an unscheduled pit stop forced Edwards down pit road and pinned him a lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, AT&T 250\nA tough decision had to be made by Dave Rogers, crew chief on the 20. Hamlin had arrived on the track at lap 43, and Almirola was still running in third. Rogers decided to put Hamlin in the car at lap 59 instead of leaving Almirola in it. The decision, although tough, paid off as Hamlin held off Wisconsin native Scott Wimmer to cross the start/finish line in first, but Almirola was credited with his first career NASCAR Busch Series victory. Hamlin also became the first relief driver to finish first since Jack Ingram handed his car over to Harry Gant at Darlington Raceway and finished first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, AT&T 250\nNote: Denny Hamlin came in for Almirola on lap 60 and finished first. The win, points, and earnings were given to Almirola.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com\nThe Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com was held June 30 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the pole. Harvick established that he had the car to beat throughout the race. This domination was highlighted by the fact that he led 166 of 200 laps. The race included a short red flag for a crash involving J. J. Yeley and Marcos Ambrose. Juan Pablo Montoya, coming off his first ever Cup victory and with a new crew chief in Brian Pattie, was taken out by Clint Bowyer on lap 165, setting up the run to the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com\nAlthough points leader Carl Edwards tried many times to pass Harvick, he would settle for second. In an ironic twist, Harvick, driving the No. 21 Chevy, became the 21st different winner in 21 Busch Series races at NHIS. After the race Carl Edwards suffered a 25-point penalty for the use of illegal shocks found after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com\nNote: An accident in practice sent No. 52-Ian Henderson home as he did not have a backup car and was unable to make repairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Winn-Dixie 250\nThe Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo was held July 6 at Daytona International Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. The race was postponed to July 7 due to a rainstorm that cancelled Bud Pole Qualifying for the Nextel Cup Series race to be held there. Throughout the season, Kyle Busch had been hampered by terrible luck, either through faulty pit stops, penalties, or crashes. However, on this day, it looked as though, again, Busch had the car to beat. But this time, he finished the deal in style, holding off Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick and Dave Blaney for his first win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, USG Durock 300\nThe USG Durock 300 was held on July 14 at Chicagoland Speedway. Denny Hamlin won the pole. Fresh off of his first victory of the season, Kyle Busch would again take command of the race. However, this race featured many contending drivers, including the likes of Matt Kenseth, Busch Series points leader Carl Edwards, and the Richard Childress Racing trio of Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, and Clint Bowyer. The race would feature many twists, including many of the above-mentioned drivers struggling to simply get onto pit road for a pit stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, USG Durock 300\nFor Burton, his problem was heavily documented by ABC as he was enduring 100-degree heat inside his car without a working AC system. Eventually, the moment of the race would be decided under a caution flag. As Kyle Busch, who was leading the race, ducked down pit road, it appeared as though all of the leaders would follow suit. However, the other leaders faked the dominant Busch onto pit road, forcing the frustrated driver to rally to 5th by the end. Up front, Kevin Harvick pulled away from Matt Kenseth to become the first Busch Series repeat winner at Chicagoland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Gateway 250\nThe Gateway 250 was held July 21 at Gateway International Raceway. Scott Wimmer won his first career pole. The race would feature many \"young guns\", or drivers who had a lot of talent but no experience. Featuring over 19 rookies, including the likes of Landon Cassill, development driver for Hendrick Motorsports, Travis Kittleson and Brad Coleman, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, Third-generation driver Brad Keselowski, among others. However, with a high number of young drivers in the field, mixed with a difficult racetrack would combine to form many caution flags. However, Reed Sorenson, who had won at GIR in 2005, was looking to snap his 61-race losing streak. He would do so, avoiding accidents, and even coming back from an unscheduled green flag pit stop to take his first victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 44], "content_span": [45, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Kroger 200\nThe Kroger 200 benefiting Riley Hospital for Children was held on July 28 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Aric Almirola won the pole. Fresh from qualifying at the Brickyard, the Nextel Cup drivers converged with the Busch regulars at ORP. The race would be dominated by Greg Biffle, who is in the midst of a dismal year. Biffle showed the field that he had not lost any talent, leading 94 of the 200 laps. However, Busch regular Jason Leffler would trump the \"Buschwhackers\" with a pass on Biffle with 2 to go. Leffler would hold on the get his second career victory since 2004 and the historic first win for Toyota in a stock car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Kroger 200\nNote: Following the race, Greg Biffle was fined $5,000 and place on probation until December 31 for failing to meet his post-race media obligations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nThe inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge took place on August 4 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montr\u00e9al, Quebec, Canada. This was the Busch Series second international road course and the first time that any of NASCAR's top three series has gone to Canada. Canadian native and ex-Champ Car driver Patrick Carpentier won his first career pole. The race would be dominated by former V8 Supercars champion and Busch Series rookie Marcos Ambrose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nHowever, road course ringers such as Scott Pruett and Niclas J\u00f6nsson, \"Buschwhackers\" Carl Edwards, Robby Gordon, and Kevin Harvick, along with Canadian natives Ron Fellows and Carpentier. The race was predicted to be a wreckfest due to the many hard braking points along the circuit. However, there were only five caution flags, with three for blown engines. With the race winding down, many drivers tried desperate moves to get to the front. The excitement started when Harvick tangled with road course ringers Pruett and Fellows, causing a major pileup involving the likes of Jeff Burton, Brad Coleman, and Andy Pilgrim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nHowever, Robby Gordon was thought to have made the winning pass of Ambrose in Turn 3 before Ambrose spun Gordon out. During the ensuing caution, Gordon had not maintained the minimum speed limit to maintain one's position, and was to be placed behind Ron Fellows. Gordon, however, could not find Fellows' car and was black-flagged. In an unsurprising move, Gordon bumped back Ambrose and spun him out, handing the race lead to Kevin Harvick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0003", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nGoing from last to first, and being on a shaky fuel mileage strategy, Harvick held off polesitter Carpentier to win the inaugural Busch Series race in Montreal. Gordon was disqualified from his position, and suspended for the Nextel Cup Pennsylvania 500 the following day. Two days later, Gordon was docked $35,000 (US), and was placed on probation for the rest of 2007. Once the caution came out on Lap 72 the field was frozen. Once the field is frozen, all cars must maintain cautious pace in order to be scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0004", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nAt the time that the field was frozen, the 59 was in the lead. The 55 did not maintain cautious pace and by NASCAR rules, cars not maintaining cautious pace are scored only when they blend back into the continuous line. The 55 based on our scoring was ordered to blend back in behind the 33 [and] in front of the 7. The tower ordered the 55 multiple times to get into position. The directive was acknowledged by the crew chief of the 55 and the crew chief also communicated the order to the driver of the 55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0005", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nThe driver ignored NASCAR\u2019s directive. He was warned that he would be black-flagged if he did not comply. Once the 55 crossed the start-finish line he was posted per the NASCAR rule book and at that time the directive to display the black flag was given. After contact with the 59 on Lap 73, NASCAR took emergency action per the rule book Section 12-2 thus parking the 55, which was also ignored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0035-0006", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NAPA Auto Parts 200\nThe black flag with the white cross was displayed to the 55 when it crossed the start-finish line on Lap 74, which was also the only time this flag was shown in any NASCAR series. The 55 finished the race in the 18th position. Patrick Carpentier, who finished 2nd suffered a 25 point penalty for an unapproved adjustment on his car found during post-race inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Zippo 200 at The Glen\nThe Zippo 200 at The Glen was held August 11 at Watkins Glen International. Kurt Busch won the pole. This is the final road course on the Busch Series schedule. Busch would dominate early, but the entire race changed when road course ringer Max Papis blew an engine on lap 2. Pit strategy was key at this point as many chose to pit for fresh tires. One of those was Montreal winner Kevin Harvick, who took command on lap 50 and never looked back as he won his second consecutive road course race, and tied Jack Ingram for second on the all-time wins list with 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, CarFax 250\nThe CarFax 250 was held August 18 at Michigan International Speedway. Greg Biffle won the pole. From the drop of the green flag, it was established that the two best cars belonged to Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin. Taking advantage of the multi-grooved racetrack, the two swapped lines almost every lap. However, the bigger story of the day was with Busch Series points leader Carl Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, CarFax 250\nAlthough his points lead in drivers standings was immense, that was not the case for owners points, as his two consecutive finishes of 30th or worse put the No. 29 car of Richard Childress Racing only 41 points behind. Edwards was hoping to get his season back on track. However, that was not to be as he got loose off of turn 2 and lost a lap, giving him another 30th or worse finish. While Edwards struggled, Hamlin dominated the race, leading 69 laps en route to his second win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 43], "content_span": [44, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250\nThe Food City 250 was held on August 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Based on the racing that the truck race provided, the Busch race was expected to be no different with the use of the outside lane and more two wide racing. From the green, it appeared as though Jeff Burton would have the car to beat. However, his night ended abruptly when Eric McClure blew a right front tire in front of Burton, handing the lead back to Leffler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250\nPit strategy and tires were key in this race, as the lead was traded between Kyle Busch, Leffler, David Reutimann, and Ryan Newman. One highlight of the race was when the red flag came out during the middle of this race for a hard crash between rookie Marcos Ambrose and Robert Richardson Jr. Busch's shot at victory would end with a controversial commitment line violation, although commentator Andy Petree noted that Busch did fake going onto pit road. Back at the front, the lead had been given to Ryan Newman, who was on 170 lap old tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0038-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250\nHowever, the cars of Kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler, and David Reutimann were all lurking in Newmans mirror. Finally, with 10 laps to go, Kahne made a daring three wide pass on Newman and Leffler going into turn one. The inevitable contact ruined Newman's right front tire, ending his night. Surprisingly, with 5 laps to go, NASCAR on ESPN lost its satellite feed, ruining the suspenseful finish for TV viewers. ESPN came back with Kahne taking the checkered flag and Leffler spinning across the line in second after a tap from Reutimann.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250\nNOTE: The No. 08 of Jason White withdrew his entry after a crash in practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Camping World 300 presented by RVs.com\nThe Camping World 300 presented by RVs.com was held on September 2 at California Speedway. Denny Hamlin won the pole. At the start, the dominant cars of the race belonged to Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers, Hamlin, and Jeff Burton. Many felt that Vickers' No. 10 Toyota was the car to beat. However, late in the race, his tires wore out on him and Vickers was later involved in a late race crash, involving Stephen Leicht, spring race winner Matt Kenseth, and Busch Series points leader Carl Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Camping World 300 presented by RVs.com\nThe race took a scary turn when the car of Brad Keselowski was involved in a fiery four-car incident involving A. J. Allmendinger, Eric McClure and J. J. Yeley. ESPN determined that Keselowski was heading for the Turn 1 wall at over 140\u00a0mph (230\u00a0km/h) and instantly decelerated on impact. Keselowski was later airlifted to the hospital for a bruised leg. Afterwards, the lead would be traded between Burton, Kyle Busch, and polesitter Denny Hamlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0040-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Camping World 300 presented by RVs.com\nOn the fifth caution flag of the night, Burton, knowing he would be 3 laps short on fuel, decided to come down pit road and take on fresh tires while Busch stayed out and inherited the lead. Burton's strategy worked as he passed Busch with 8 laps to go and held on for his third win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 71], "content_span": [72, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Emerson Radio 250\nThe Emerson Radio 250 was held September 8 at Richmond International Raceway. Kyle Busch won the pole. From the drop of the green, it was established that Busch had the car to beat. The only other car that could challenge the nearly unstoppable Busch was that of Matt Kenseth, who led for 17 laps before spinning late to avoid a spinning Paul Menard. The red flag was brought out late for a blown engine by Derrike Cope. Kyle Busch took command after the red flag and would lead a total of 225 laps en route to his second victory at RIR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, RoadLoans.com 200\nThe RoadLoans.com 200 was held September 22 at Dover International Speedway. Greg Biffle won the pole. During NASCAR on ESPN's broadcast, it was documented that Denny Hamlin had a case of the flu and had future teammate Kyle Busch standing by. The other story of the day was the amount of so-called \"young guns\" such as Brad Keselowski, Steve Wallace, Danny Efland, Kyle Krisiloff, and development drivers Landon Cassill and Brad Keselowski. The high number of these young drivers combined with the tricky and physically demanding \"Monster Mile\" made into a crashfest, including 13 caution flags.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, RoadLoans.com 200\nThe big highlight of the race was when Robby Gordon was attempting to block the No. 41 of Reed Sorenson. Tony Raines was clipped by Gordon. In a fit of rage, and due to the fact that Tony's sponsor, RoadLoans.com, was sponsoring the race, exited his car, and threw his helmet at Gordon. However, the helmet missed and bounced off another car. Raines received a 25-point penalty after the race. In the melee, many strong cars, such as those of polesitter Biffle and Mike Bliss had pit problems early on, but both rallied to finish fourth and ninth, respectively. However, making no mistakes at all was Denny Hamlin, who avoided the carnage to dominate, leading 138 of 200 laps, holding off hometown hero Martin Truex Jr. for his third win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 50], "content_span": [51, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Yellow Transportation 300\nThe Yellow Transportation 300 was held on September 29 at Kansas Speedway. Matt Kenseth won the pole. This was a historic race for veteran Jason Keller because when he took the green flag for this race, it marked his 417th Busch Series start, tying Tommy Houston for 1st on the all time starts list. From the start, Kenseth established himself as the car to beat. While Kenseth led, other drivers had trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Yellow Transportation 300\nSeemingly out of his slump, points leader Carl Edwards experienced trouble again, in the form of a cut tire sending him into the wall with just under 50 laps to go. Kenseth's domination was short lived, however, as cars such as those of Emporia native Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch came to life. Busch was especially determined as he was forced to rally from an early speeding penalty. On the final restart with 14 to go, Kenseth and Busch would have a shootout to the checkered flag, with Busch prevailing by .085 thousandths of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Yellow Transportation 300\nDid not qualify: No. 44-Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 89-Morgan Shepherd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Yellow Transportation 300\nNote: The No. 61 of Josh Krug did not make an attempt due to a crash in practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 58], "content_span": [59, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Dollar General 300\nThe Dollar General 300 was held on October 12 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. By taking the green flag for the race, Jason Keller became the all time starts leader in the NASCAR Busch Series with 418. Greg Biffle won the pole. With the craziness of the previous year's race, much of the same was expected out of this year's race. The combination of a freshly paved racetrack, hard Goodyear tires, and a famously loose turn 4, the race became one of survival as driver after driver spun. Another top storyline was the \"fight\" for the drivers championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Dollar General 300\nCarl Edwards simply needed David Reutimann to struggle to wrap up the championship. To the surprise of ESPN analyst Andy Petree, most of the driver who caused the cautions were Cup drivers in the Chase. \"The Big One\" was surprisingly triggered by 2nd place in Nextel Cup points Jimmie Johnson, who spun alone in turn 2, collecting points leader Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Keller, and Kentucky winner Stephen Leicht. Other wrecks involved polesitter Biffle and Clint Bowyer, although the latter was able to rally for an eighth-place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0046-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Dollar General 300\nWhile the wrecks were taking place, Jeff Burton, forced to the back because of an engine change, steadily worked his way through the field, taking the lead on lap 169. He would not look back as he held off Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his third win at Lowe's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Dollar General 300\nDid not qualify: No. 0-Eric McClure, No. 61-Travis Kittleson, No. 72-D. J. Kennington", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 250\nThe Sam's Town 250 was held October 27 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Marcos Ambrose won his first NASCAR career pole. This race marked the Busch Series debut of 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2007 IndyCar season champion Dario Franchitti, as well as Rolex Sports Car Series driver Colin Braun. Also, 18-year-old Chase Austin became the first African-American to start a Busch Series race since Bill Lester in 1999. The race would be dominated by crashes, including one that thwarted Edwards' bid to lock up the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 250\nThrough all the wrecks, a previously winless Reutimann dominated the race, holding off Mike Bliss and David Ragan on a green-white-checkered finish to win his first career Busch Series race and the second for Toyota on a short track. The race was slowed by 25 cautions, a record for the year and 1 caution short of the Series all-time record. Ron Young, who finished 17th, suffered a 50-point penalty after illegal shock absorbers were found during post-race inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sam's Town 250\nDid not qualify: No. 01 -Kertus Davis, No. 12-Marc Mitchell, No. 44-Mike Harmon, No. 52-Chris Lawson, No. 54-Carl Long, No. 89-Morgan Shepherd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, O'Reilly Challenge\nThe O'Reilly Challenge was held November 3 at Texas Motor Speedway. Memphis winner David Reutimann earned his first career pole. Tony Stewart dominated the day, leading 144 laps. However, a collision with the lapped car of Kyle Krisiloff put him in 16th place after repairs to his car, later rallying to 7th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0050-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, O'Reilly Challenge\nGreg Biffle would pass Denny Hamlin on lap 140 for the lead, it seemed he was on his way to his first Busch Series victory of the season but he pitted on lap 166 for what he thought was a flat tire but later it turned out that the tire was fine. Kevin Harvick would take over the top spot, easily holding off Kyle Busch for his third consecutive fall Texas win. Carl Edwards clinched the championship and finished 11th in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, O'Reilly Challenge\nDid not qualify: No. 05 -Brett Rowe, No. 44-Mike Harmon, No. 72-D. J. Kennington", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Arizona.Travel 200\nThe Arizona. Travel 200 was held November 10 at Phoenix International Raceway. Clint Bowyer won his first pole of the season. The race was slowed by 11 cautions and 2 red flags. Kyle Busch dominated the race leading 132 laps and holding off Matt Kenseth (who had lost his power steering) on a green-white-checkered finish. This race marked the end of Kyle Busch's 4 year Busch Series career at Hendrick Motorsports as Mark Martin drove the No. 5 at the Homestead-Miami race. Beginning in 2008 Kyle Busch will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing. Matt Kenseth suffered a 25-point penalty for unapproved adjustments found during post-race inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Arizona.Travel 200\nDid not qualify: No. 0-Eric McClure, No. 34-Brian Pannone, No. 44-Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 89-Morgan Shepherd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Ford 300\nThe Ford 300 was held November 17 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. David Ragan won the pole (David chose to start the race in the outside lane rather than the inside lane; all pole winners are given this option in NASCAR races). This was the final race with Anheuser-Busch sponsorship, and Carl Edwards was officially crowned the 2007 and final Busch Series champion, as Nationwide Insurance takes over in 2008. Jeff Burton would take the final checkered flag of 2007 and with it, Richard Childress' third owner's championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Ford 300\nDid not qualify: No. 0-Eric McClure, No. 01 -Kertus Davis, No. 44-Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 72-D. J. Kennington", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Final standings, Full Drivers' Championship\n(key)\u00a0Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0\u2013 Pole position set by owner's points. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 69], "content_span": [70, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Final standings, Declaring for points in one series: Rules change for 2011\nThis was the fourth-to-last season where Cup Series drivers could run for points in another series. NASCAR implemented this change after Cup drivers were winning the Busch/Nationwide championships over the series regulars for 5 years straight (2006-2010). If the change had been implemented for the 2007 season, Leffler would have been the champion. The rest of the top 10 in the standings would have been Hamilton Jr. in 2nd, Leicht, Ambrose, Mike Wallace (who finished 11th in points), Scott Wimmer (14th), Kyle Krisiloff (18th), Steve Wallace (19th), Mike Bliss (21st), and Brent Sherman (23rd).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 100], "content_span": [101, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192227-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Busch Series, Final standings, Declaring for points in one series: Rules change for 2011\nWimmer and Bliss were only running part-time in 2007 and they still would have finished in the top 10 in points. Sherman was released from his ride (the No. 36 for McGill Motorsports) with five races to go in the season, and he too would have finished in the top 10 in points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 100], "content_span": [101, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192228-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series\nThe 2007 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the inaugural season for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with the first event being held on May 26, 2007 at Cayuga Motor Speedway and Don Thomson Jr. won in a spirited battle for the first series win. Andrew Ranger, in his first year of stock-car competition, won the second race at Mosport International Raceway. He took over the lead in the point standings after that event and never relinquished it on his way to the first championship. The first season saw no less than five races decided on last lap passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192229-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Corona Series\nThe 2007 NASCAR Corona Series is the fourth season of NASCAR Mexico's major stock car racing series and the first under the name NASCAR Corona Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192229-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Corona Series, Schedule\nThe series kicked off at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, with a non-points-paying race during the weekend of March 4, along with events from the Busch Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The race was won by Carlos Pardo (#14 Dodge), followed by Rafael Mart\u00ednez (#19 Ford) and Freddy Tame, Jr. (#18 Ford).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192229-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Corona Series, Schedule\nThe schedule will consist of 14 points-paying races after the Mexico City race, 10 of which will be double-feature events with the NASCAR Mexico T4 Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 35], "content_span": [36, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series\nThe 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season was the thirteenth season of the third highest stock car racing series in North America. Sanctioned by NASCAR, the season began on February 16, 2007, at Daytona International Speedway with the Chevy Silverado HD 250, and ended on November 16, 2007, with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. of Kevin Harvick, Inc. was crowned champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Schedule\nThe season schedule consisted of 25 races held at tracks across the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Schedule, Television coverage\nFox-owned Speed again covered the entire 2007 Truck Series season, except for two races on Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Teams and drivers, Driver changes\nAlso, beginning this season, the trucks will be identical from the windshield to the rear of the truck. However, the noses will continue to be branded as the Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge Ram, Ford F-150, and Toyota Tundra.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Chevrolet Silverado HD 250\nThis race was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Jack Sprague won the pole and would win the race from the pole. On the final lap, Travis Kvapil, only a few yards short of taking the second consecutive victory at Daytona for the 6 truck, was passed by the Toyota Tundras of Sprague on the high side and Johnny Benson, who had given Sprague a bump, near (but not on) the apron in a three-wide finish reminiscent of the 2003 Daytona race which ironically Kvapil also lost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, San Bernardino County 200\nThis race was held February 23 at California Speedway. Carl Edwards won the pole in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 50 truck. On one of the 2nd from the final restart No. 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. spun out No. 21 Mark Martin due to a slow restart, the caution flag was soon waved but not until after No. 5 Mike Skinner made the pass for the lead. NASCAR did not issue any penalties to the No. 33 team and Mark Martin after the spin ended up finishing 23rd. On the final restart, Skinner held off No. 33 Ron Hornaday to get his first truck series win since last year at Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, American Commercial Lines 200\nThe American Commercial Lines 200 was held March 16 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. In another exciting race for the NCTS, Nextel Cup Series regular Clint Bowyer held the lead on a restart with seven laps to go. While he tried to bunch up the field on a restart, California winner Mike Skinner bumped Bowyer out of the way and went on to win his second consecutive race. Despite the bump and run, Bowyer finished 5th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 250\nThe Kroger 250 was held on April 1 at Martinsville Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. Skinner would win his third consecutive race and second in a row from pole. Skinner dominated the Martinsville short track, leading 246 laps, easily breaking Rich Bickle's old record of leading 204 laps en route to victory in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 250\nFailed to qualify: Bradley Riethmeyer (No. 49), Brian Sockwell (No. 54), Shane Sieg (No. 28), Chris Jones (No. 87), Tim Cowen (No. 42)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly Auto Parts 250\nThe O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held on April 28 at Kansas Speedway. This race was moved from its traditional July weekend to late April in hopes of cooler temperatures. It was also held in conjunction with the IndyCar Series' event, the Kansas Indy 300. The race was dominated by 2006 Raybestos Rookie of the Year Erik Darnell, who would lead 91 of 166 laps en route to his first career NCTS victory. Darnell's win ended the win streak of Mike Skinner, who started from the pole but had trouble in the pits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Quaker Steak & Lube 200\nThe Quaker Steak & Lube 200 was held on May 18 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. The race saw a classic showdown between truck series veteran Ron Hornaday Jr. and Nextel Cup Series rookie A. J. Allmendinger. However, the veteran stole the show by passing Allmendinger with 36 laps to go. It looked like Hornaday might coast to victory, but Johnny Benson, who had already been in controversy during the week, cut a tire with 11 laps to go. However, Hornaday held off Allmendinger and Todd Bodine to take his first truck victory of the season. The win also gave Chevrolet its first truck win since Texas last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Quaker Steak & Lube 200\nJohnny Benson allowed a non-licensed NASCAR driver to test his truck, and was assessed a 50-point penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, NCTS Ohio 250\nThe NCTS Ohio 250 was held on May 26 at Mansfield Motorsports Park. Mike Skinner won the pole. In a race that featured much attrition and varying strategies, it seemed as though Matt Crafton would be able to end his 154 race winless drought by going on an unbelievable no-stop strategy. However, two six-hour rain delays held up his goal. Although Crafton had the lead after the delay, he soon lost the top spot to Rick Crawford and would eventually blow out a tire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, NCTS Ohio 250\nCrawford, meanwhile, dominated the race, leading the most laps, as his only contenders were rookie Aaron Fike and \"Short Track Slayer\" Dennis Setzer. When it seemed as though Crawford would sail to an easy win, he cut down a tire with 11 laps to go, handing the lead to Setzer. For Setzer, it had been almost 2 years since he last won a race, and for his Spears Racing team, they had not won since Phoenix in 2004. The crafty veteran outlasted the competition on a shocking no stop strategy to win. Second-place finisher Jack Sprague said that it was unbelievable that Setzer won without pitting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, AAA Insurance 200\nThe AAA Insurance 200 was held June 1 at Dover International Speedway. Mike Skinner won his sixth consecutive pole. This race was a historic milestone for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, as it was the series' 300th race. The race featured early attrition, including a six-truck pileup on the first lap involving Cup drivers Clint Bowyer and Ken Schrader, along with truck drivers Brendan Gaughan, Bill Lester, Erik Darnell, and Jack Sprague. From the outset, it appeared as though Kyle Busch would walk away with another victory at Dover. However, Ron Hornaday Jr. began to catch up to Busch, who was having handling problems. Hornaday would eventually win by 7 seconds over Stacy Compton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Sam's Town 400\nThe Sam's Town 400 was held June 8 at Texas Motor Speedway. Todd Bodine won the pole, breaking Mike Skinner's six pole streak. The race was action-packed, and fuel mileage and strategy became a factor late in the race. With only a few laps to go, Travis Kvapil, looking for his first NCTS victory since 2004, was leading on a restart when he was bumped by Todd Bodine. Points leader Mike Skinner chased Bodine down but did not have enough for the eventual winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Michigan 200\nThe Michigan 200 was held on June 16 at Michigan International Speedway. Travis Kvapil won the pole. The race was dominated by part-time Nextel Cup Series driver Mark Martin, who led for 35 laps before retiring with a blown engine. After Martin's exit, the race lead was handed over to another Cup driver, Kyle Busch, who appeared to have another truck win in sight but was battling an extremely loose truck. Eventually, after 99 laps of hard racing, polesitter Travis Kvapil took advantage of Busch's problems and passed him coming to the white flag. Kvapil would hold on to win his first race since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200\nThe Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 took place June 22 at the Milwaukee Mile. Mike Skinner won the pole. Like most races of the 2007 NCTS season, Mike Skinner dominated the first half of the race, leading 103 laps. However, defending winner Johnny Benson was looking to jumpstart his season. Benson Jr. would eventually pass Skinner just past the halfway mark and would not look back, leading 96 laps en route to his first victory of the season. Ted Musgrave suffered a 50-point penalty after intentionally wrecking another truck while under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 70], "content_span": [71, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly 200\nThe O'Reilly 200 was held June 30 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Brad Keselowski won his first career pole. Subbing for a suspended Ted Musgrave, Keselowski had, as race analyst Phil Parsons called it, \"the biggest night of his career\". Keselowski was recommended by NASCAR veterans such as Mark Martin and Todd Bodine. He led the first 20 laps from pole before being passed by veteran Ron Hornaday Jr.. However, as Ron's truck faded, Keselowski's got better and had the truck to beat, with his only competitor being 2002 Memphis winner Travis Kvapil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly 200\nBrad was leading with 9 laps to go until Kvapil took advantage of Keselowski's loose truck and unintentionally spun him off at turn 4. Keselowski would end the bittersweet night in 16th. With the polesitter out of contention, the race was in the hands of Kvapil, who held off a hard charging Jack Sprague to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Built Ford Tough 225 presented by Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers\nThe Built Ford Tough 225 took place on July 14 at Kentucky Speedway. Ryan Mathews won his first career pole. However, it was African American driver Bill Lester to lead the first lap as Mathews struggled on restarts all night. As a testament to the competitive nature at Kentucky Speedway, there were four lead changes in the first eight laps of the race. The race, like many others, would end up being dominated by Mike Skinner, who led the field for 135 of 150 laps en route to cruising to his fourth win of the season. Travis Kvapil suffered a 25-point penalty for an illegal part found in his truck during post race inspection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 108], "content_span": [109, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Power Stroke Diesel 200\nThe Power Stroke Diesel 200 took place July 27 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Mike Skinner won the pole as qualifying was rained out and set by owners points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Toyota Tundra 200\nThe Toyota Tundra 200 took place August 11 at Nashville Superspeedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. Skinner dominated the race, leading the first 102 laps. However, multiple encounters with lap traffic hampered his chances for victory, and 2003 NCTS champ Travis Kvapil took the lead from him on a green flag run. During the final 50 lap stretch, Kvapil held off restart master Ron Hornaday Jr. to take his first win at Nashville. Kvapil later dedicated the race to Bobby Hamilton who won the race in 2004 en route to his championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife\nThe O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife was held August 22 at the newly repaved Bristol Motor Speedway. Travis Kvapil won the pole. The resurfacing of BMS would present exciting racing in the 200-lap race. With the old concrete, there was much more single file racing on the bottom groove, but the new progressively banked surface allowed for the use of the outside lane, which had not been used in years. From the start, it seemed as though Kvapil would walk away with another victory. However, crew chief for the No. 23 Toyota, Trip Bruce, had other ideas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 97], "content_span": [98, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife\nCalling his driver, Johnny Benson, onto pit road on lap 40 with other trucks having pitted on a previous caution, race analyst Michael Waltrip criticized his plan, writing them out of contention. With 30 to go, however, the entire race would change. Nextel Cup Series regular Kyle Busch and Kvapil battled for the lead, but Busch's loose truck caused him to slide into Kvapil, sending them both spinning. This incident handed the lead to a charging Benson Jr.. Not even a red flag for a spin by Todd Bodine could stop \"JB\" who held off Brendan Gaughan and defending winner Mark Martin for his second victory in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 97], "content_span": [98, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200\nThe Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 was held September 1 at Gateway International Raceway. Mike Skinner won the pole. Although Skinner would lead the first 19 laps, his chances of victory would end with a cut right front tire, sending him hard into the wall. Skinner, with his crew, would repair the truck and later return to the race. With Skinner in the garage, the race lead would turn to his championship rival, Ron Hornaday Jr., who dominated the race. However, fellow contender Johnny Benson took advantage of Hornaday's loose truck, passing him with 13 laps to go and holding of the \"Restart Master\" for his second consecutive win, albeit under caution, as Ryan Mathews crashed on the final lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, New Hampshire 200\nThe New Hampshire 200 was held September 15 at New Hampshire International Speedway. As qualifying was rained out, Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole based on owners points. From pole, Hornaday crushed the field, leading 174 of 200 laps en route to his second win of the season. Hornaday also became the first repeat NCTS winner at Loudon and extended his points lead over Mike Skinner by 29 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Smith's Las Vegas 350\nThe Smith's Las Vegas 350 was held September 22 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Travis Kvapil won the pole. This race marked the historic debut of two open wheel drivers, 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve and 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier. This race also highlighted the tight points championship between two former champions in Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Skinner, with Skinner trailing by 29 points. With the new repaved surface, exciting 2 and 3 wide racing was expected. In his debut, Villeneuve impressed many by starting 7th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Smith's Las Vegas 350\nHowever, he was involved in an altercation with the No. 16 of Brian Scott and would finish 21st. Lazier would also struggle, going down a lap early and finishing 24th. The early run had the typical affair of Todd Bodine, Travis Kvapil, Ron Hornaday Jr., and even Chad McCumbee running up front. However, trucks such as those of Jon Wood and Stacy Compton would later reach the front. Wood, who was running part-time in the trucks after an illness, took command of the race, holding off championship contenders such as Johnny Benson and Kvapil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0024-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Smith's Las Vegas 350\nWith Skinner struggling with his truck, it looked like Hornaday would extend his points lead heading into Talladega. However, a blown tire with 11 to go not only erased Hornaday's point lead, but gave Mike Skinner a 3-point advantage. Within the race, the win would come down to the trucks of Jon Wood, Travis Kvapil, and Johnny Benson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0024-0003", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Smith's Las Vegas 350\nWood exhausted the truck throughout the run and would have nothing left for Kvapil and Benson Jr., settling for 3rd. Benson Jr., going for his fourth win of the season, charged Kvapil from the low line, but Kvapil had enough momentum to hold off Benson Jr. for his fourth win of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Mountain Dew 250\nThe Mountain Dew 250 was held on October 6 at Talladega Superspeedway. Todd Bodine won the pole. Of note, 1997 Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve made another strong statement in qualifying 10th for the race. Tight packs of 2, 3, and even 4 wide racing was anticipated, based on the excitement of the inaugural race in 2006. The championship race between Mike Skinner, Ron Hornaday Jr., Travis Kvapil, and defending champion Todd Bodine continued to tighten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Mountain Dew 250\nThe pivotal point in the race came on lap 73 as Jack Sprague, who is in the midst of a difficult year, cut a tire down while leading. Johnny Benson, who ironically pushed Sprague to the win at Daytona, got into the back of his slowing car, triggering \"The Big One\". The crash collected contenders Hornaday and Kvapil, although the former was able to rally to a top 10 finish. After the crash, points leader Skinner had problems in the form of a loosened hood pin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0025-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Mountain Dew 250\nThe pin eventually broke off and his hood began to flap wildly, prompting NASCAR to black flag him. However, as soon as Skinner was about to pit under green, the truck of Mike Wallace spun, allowing Skinner to remain on the lead lap. With only two laps to go, the racing became tighter than ever, as Rick Crawford and Benson Jr. would use the draft to go three wide with Bodine in the tri-oval, but Crawford would come up short by only 0.014 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200\nThe Kroger 200 was held October 20 at Martinsville Speedway. Defending winner Jack Sprague won the pole. This race marked the NASCAR debut of 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2007 IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti. The race would be dominated by Terry Cook, using a no stop strategy similar to the one Dennis Setzer used to win earlier in the year at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway. With huge accidents taking out both Franchitti and Jacques Villeneuve, and a scary crash involving Tim Sauter, the race would be decided by a bump. Exiting the second turn with two to go, Sprague tried to pull a bump and run on Cook. It was successful, but it allowed former points leader Mike Skinner to slip past both drivers and sweep both races at Martinsville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Kroger 200\nFailed to qualify: Jason White (No. 7), Tim Cowen (No. 42), Davin Scites (No. 06), Cory Collum (No. 32), Joe Ruttman (No. 53), John Coffman (No. 58)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200\nThe EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 was held October 27 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole. As the epic points battle between Hornaday and Mike Skinner continued, the battle would seem to run in favor of Hornaday, who led 51 laps. However, lurking would be the No. 51 truck of Kyle Busch, who led the race high of 65 laps. However, before sailing to his second consecutive Atlanta victory, Kyle would have a major problem.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200\nFor most of the latter half of the race, Busch put on a stellar performance, not only running up front but holding up his window net up with his left hand. In the end, it would be of no use, as NASCAR officials eventually black flagged Busch. Right before he pitted, Busch got a break in the form of a caution. This allowed him to rectify the window net problem and stay in contention. Busch would later pull off the pass of \"King of Restarts\" Hornaday with 7 laps to go, ironically on a restart. Busch would hold on to become the first Nextel Cup Series driver to win a Truck Series race in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Silverado 350K\nThe Silverado 350K was held November 2 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner won the pole. Although the early part of the race would be dominated by Ted Musgrave, the overall race would primarily be dominated by championship contenders Skinner and Ron Hornaday Jr., with Skinner leading the most laps at 40. This race also saw the championship hopes of Travis Kvapil and Todd Bodine end. As with most Friday night truck races under the lights, the final few laps created a fast and crazy finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Silverado 350K\nOn a restart with 8 to go, Skinner would challenge the Hornaday for the lead on the outside heading onto the backstretch. However, Chad McCumbee made a bold move on both championship contenders, making it three wide heading into turn 3. As McCumbee took the lead, Hornaday sailed up the racetrack and into Skinner, causing a pileup involving Musgrave, Matt Crafton, and Erik Darnell. After the red flag was lifted, McCumbee spun his tires on the green-white-checkered restart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0029-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Silverado 350K\nWith two-time Texas winner Jack Sprague right behind him, McCumbee attempted to block Sprague, who subsequently hooked his quarter panel, sending them both into the wall. McCumbee would take 13th place while Sprague got 6th. Avoiding the carnage, Musgrave would take the checkered flag for the first time in 66 races. After the first wreck, polesitter Skinner would amazingly rally to finish third and extend his points lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Casino Arizona 150\nThe Casino Arizona 150 was held November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Skinner won his record-breaking eleventh pole. The Skinner vs. Hornaday title fight would continue here, as controversy was throughout the race. First, Hornaday's teammate/owner, Kevin Harvick, drove through Skinner's pit stall to get to his pit. Although this is legal, it caused Skinner's entire crew to lose their timing, dropping him out of the top 10. The biggest crash of the night came with only 13 laps left. Jacques Villeneuve made contact with Stacy Compton, turning him into the frontstretch wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Casino Arizona 150\nGrand-Am driver Andy Lally was struck by Compton's truck, forcing him hard into the inside barrier, which broke apart. After the subsequent red flag to fix the wall, Kyle Busch would come into the picture, holding off Hornaday and Mike Bliss for the win. More controversy would occur outside of the top 5, as Johnny Benson, Skinner's teammate, passed him late in the race despite the looming championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Casino Arizona 150\nFailed to qualify: Tim Schendel (No. 31), Jason White (No. 7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ford 200\nThe Ford 200 was held November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The championship battle between Mike Skinner and Ron Hornaday Jr. concluded here. This also kicked off the first of the three days known as \"Ford Championship Weekend\". The three-way fight for Rookie of the Year concluded here, the contestants being Busch Series veteran Tim Sauter, and short track racers Willie Allen and Joey Clanton. Jon Wood won the pole, setting a new track record with a time of 31.180 at a speed of 173.188\u00a0mph. Open wheel export Jacques Villeneuve continued to show his qualifying expertise, starting third. Championship contenders Skinner and Hornaday started fourth and eighth, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ford 200\nSkinner would prove to have a difficult race, first having to pit for a flat right side tire and then having a left rear tire come completely off the truck. Due to these problems Skinner would finish 35th, while Hornaday would finish 7th and take the championship. Johnny Benson would pass Kyle Busch at the white flag to take his fourth win of '07. Hornaday's championship would tie future teammate Jack Sprague for most NCTS championships with 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Races, Ford 200\nFailed to qualify: Scott Lynch (No. 63), Kevin Lepage (No. 86), Tim Schendel (No. 31), Jason White (No. 7), Bryan Silas (No. 71)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192230-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Rookies\nAs noted above, the two main contenders for ROTY, Aaron Fike and Tyler Walker, were both suspended by NASCAR for violating its drug abuse policy. The two main contenders for the title would then be ex-Busch Series driver Tim Sauter and sprint car driver Willie Allen. The fight would come down to the final race, where Allen would prevail by nine points over Sauter. Although Joey Clanton was in contention for the rookie title, he was running only a partial season in the No. 09 . Other contenders, such as Jason White, Ryan Mathews, and Blake Bjorklund also ran partial seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series\nThe 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series was the 59th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 36th modern-era Cup series. Beginning on February 10 at Daytona International Speedway with the Budweiser Shootout, the season ended on November 18 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 400. The Chase for the Nextel Cup started with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway and was contested over the final ten races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series\nThe season was the final year that the NASCAR Cup Series was known as the Nextel Cup Series. As a result of the 2005 merger of Nextel Communications with Sprint Corporation, and the subsequent decision by the newly named Sprint Corporation, the name of the series was changed to the Sprint Cup Series for 2008. The 2007 season was the first year in NASCAR history in which no North Carolina drivers found victory lane.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series\nJimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won his second consecutive championship, with teammate Jeff Gordon finishing second. Chevrolet captured the NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship with 26 wins, and 290 points over second-place Ford who had 7 wins and 208 points. Dodge finished third with 3 wins and 178 points and Toyota, in their first NEXTEL Cup season, finished out with no wins and 116 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Changes in the points system and The Chase\nIt was officially announced on January 22 at the annual NASCAR Media Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina that two changes were made for the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 104], "content_span": [105, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Changes in the points system and The Chase\nThe first is that wins became more important. The driver who finishes first now received 185 points instead of 180. Including the five bonus points for leading a lap and the possible five bonus points for leading the most laps, a driver could now get a maximum of 195 points for winning a race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 104], "content_span": [105, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Changes in the points system and The Chase\nThe other changes involved the actual Chase. The Top 12 drivers after the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 automatically qualified for the 2007 Chase. Additionally, each driver had their points reset to 5,000, plus ten for each win during the first 26 races. However, when the season ended, only the Top 10 drivers would be honored at the annual banquet in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 104], "content_span": [105, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Car of Tomorrow\nNASCAR introduced a new car style known as the \"Car of Tomorrow\" for use in sixteen races in 2007. This car was the result of a design program that started after the death of Dale Earnhardt in the 2001 Daytona 500. It was intended to offer improvements in safety, performance, competition, and cost efficiency. Plans for a partial schedule in 2008 were expanded to full usage after race results and owner feedback led to acceptance of the new car. Some drivers, however, offered criticism over the decision, thinking that the new design led to boring, uncompetitive races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 77], "content_span": [78, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, AT&T, Inc. vs. NASCAR\nAT&T and BellSouth's Cingular brand, sponsor of Richard Childress Racing's No. 31 car, was legally renamed AT&T upon BellSouth acquisition by AT&T, and has been phased out. This is not allowed under the grandfather clause in the original sponsorship agreement between the former Nextel Communications (now Sprint Nextel) with NASCAR and on March 16, it was announced that AT&T had filed suit in Atlanta Federal Court seeking to overturn said grandfather clause because of this and allow AT&T decals on the car. A judge ruled that RCR was allowed to put AT&T decals on the car on May 18, and the decals made their debut the following night in the Nextel All-Star Challenge. NASCAR originally had a say when the judge ruled in RCR's favor, but that was later rescinded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, AT&T, Inc. vs. NASCAR\nThe legal wrangling continued as on June 17, NASCAR countersued AT&T for $100\u00a0million (US). NASCAR won the appeal on August 13, and eleven days later at the Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR ordered AT&T logos removed from the No. 31 car, and AT&T filed for an injunction to get the decals back on. Sprint Nextel, AT&T, and NASCAR settled their differences on September 7, and the AT&T logos were placed back on Burton's ride in time for the Chevy Rock & Roll 400. These features would remain on the car's body for the rest of the season and into 2008, but RCR afterwards found a new sponsor to replace AT&T. When Caterpillar signed on for the 2009 season, the team agreed to have them as the No. 31's main sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Robby Gordon and Motorola\nMotorola is an associate sponsor on Robby Gordon's No. 7 car. When his self-owned team, however, tried to put a Motorola decal on the car for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 18, NASCAR ruled that this was in breach of the exclusivity clause with Sprint Nextel (even though Nextel uses Motorola phones) because NASCAR noticed this deal was part of Cellco Partnership (a joint partnership of Verizon and Vodafone better known as the trade name Verizon Wireless), which (legally) sponsored his Busch Series car. NASCAR and Sprint later relented as it was decided to allow Motorola's Audio Products Division to be the main sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Shell logo controversy\nAnother controversy surrounded Shell and Sunoco. Sunoco does exclusively supply gasoline to NASCAR, yet RCR signed Shell and their Pennzoil brand to the No. 29 car driven by Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick. During the 500, the car had large Shell decals and large Shell logos on uniforms worn by Harvick and his team. Shell logos were ordered to be smaller for the following week's race at Auto Club. This was likely done at Sunoco's request since a rival gasoline company sponsored a car winning NASCAR's premier event, having taken away publicity from an official sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Mark Martin's schedule\nThe other concerned the part-time schedule being undertaken by Mark Martin. Through the spring Atlanta race, Martin held the points lead. Because he had planned a part-time schedule in the No. 01 Ginn Racing U.S. Army ride, Martin reiterated that he would not run in all 36 races on the circuit despite finishing second in the Daytona 500. He relinquished the lead by passing on the spring races at Bristol and Martinsville. Rookie drivers Regan Smith and Aric Almirola drove the No. 01 car in those races, as owner points had that car an exempt team for Bristol (from 2006) and Martinsville. However, Martin extended his schedule to include a few more points races, but did not race the full season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Dale Earnhardt Jr. signs 5-year contract with Hendrick Motorsports\nOn May 10, it was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be leaving the No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet following the conclusion of the season as he could not get a contract extension with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., the driving team his father founded and run by his stepmother, Teresa Earnhardt. Speculation according to WFXT in Boston had him going to Richard Childress Racing where the \"unretirement\" of the No. 3 car that his father drove to seven then-Winston Cup championships and the 1998 Daytona 500 would have happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 128], "content_span": [129, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Dale Earnhardt Jr. signs 5-year contract with Hendrick Motorsports\nOther rumors had him going to Joe Gibbs Racing, or had him starting a Nextel Cup team with the organization he owns that fields Busch Series cars, JR Motorsports. However, at a press conference on June 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced a five-year deal to join Hendrick Motorsports. He replaced Kyle Busch, who at the time drove the No. 5 Chevrolet; he subsequently joined Joe Gibbs Racing to replace J. J. Yeley in the No. 18 Toyota. Busch was replaced in the No. 5 by Casey Mears. On September 19, it was announced that Jr. had signed on to drive Hendrick's new No. 88 Mountain Dew AMP/National Guard Chevrolet. Junior's crew chief at DEI, Tony Eury Jr. will make the move with him, leaving his position after the fall race at Talladega.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 128], "content_span": [129, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Merger Mania\nBefore the season-opening Daytona 500, NASCAR team owner Jack Roush announced the selloff of 50% of his team, Roush Racing to the Fenway Sports Group, who owns the Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball team. The newly formed alliance between two differing sports markets involved the team name to change to Roush Fenway Racing. However, this was only the beginning of what was referred to as \"Merger mania\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Merger Mania\nThe week before the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard became the week NASCAR was all shaken up in the ownership boxes. On July 24, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. merged with Ginn Racing, inheriting the No. 01 US Army ride of Mark Martin and Aric Almirola, putting the points earned by the No. 14 team points earned to Paul Menard's No. 15 team and the closure of the No. 13 team while releasing Sterling Marlin and Joe Nemechek.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Merger Mania\nThe next day, Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, a regular in the Champ Car World Series, returned after a prolonged absence by buying Robert Yates Racing NASCAR team, and renamed the combined operation Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. With the announced retirement of Robert Yates, however, the merger was called off and the team was named Yates Racing with Robert's son Doug Yates at the helm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Merger Mania\nAnother merger was announced on August 6 when former crew chief Ray Evernham announced the merger of his team, Evernham Motorsports, with George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the National Hockey League team the Montreal Canadiens and co-owner of the English Premier League soccer team Liverpool. The merger was similar to the Roush Fenway merger as the new team was called Gillett Evernham Motorsports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0014-0003", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Merger Mania\nDuring the weekend of the Sharp AQUOS 500, Hall of Fame Racing owners Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach, former football players for the Dallas Cowboys, announced their merger with Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Jeff Moorad and COO Tom Garfinkel. Michael Waltrip Racing Holdings LLC, a company created as a 50\u201350 partnership between Robert Kauffman and Michael Waltrip, was announced the weekend of the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Waltrip, a two-time Daytona 500 winner, originally formed MWR in 1996. Cal Wells, himself a former owner in NASCAR was named the team's chief executive officer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Joe Gibbs Racing to Toyota\nDuring the season rumors began to surface that Joe Gibbs Racing, owned by then-Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, would be switching to the new manufacturer Toyota for the 2008 season. This switch would be significant for several reasons, one of them being that JGR had been allied with General Motors since its inception in 1992, first with Chevrolet then beginning in 1997 with Pontiac, then switched back to Chevrolet in 2003, a year before Pontiac left NASCAR. The switch to Toyota would benefit the manufacturer itself, as they would be allied with a championship-caliber team. As JGR loans equipment to Hall of Fame Racing, the team confirmed that they would also switch to Toyota if JGR did so. On September 5, the rumors were confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Top stories and controversies, Dale Jarrett announces retirement\nDuring the race weekend for the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Michael Waltrip Racing held a press conference. During the announcement, besides the announcement of a new part-owner on Robert Kaufmann and Cal Wells being named CEO, it was revealed to the racing world that 1999 Cup champion and three-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Jarrett would retire from full-time driving following the end of the 2007 season. In 2008, Jarrett drove in the first five points races, then handed the No. 44 Toyota to David Reutimann for the Goody's Cool Orange 500. As Jarrett was the 1999 champion, entering the first five races, regardless of his previous standings, guaranteed his No. 44 in the field, as well as driving in the Budweiser Shootout and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 95], "content_span": [96, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Teams and drivers\nEach Nextel Cup race had a field of 43 cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Teams and drivers\nFor the first five races of 2007, the top 35 teams in owners points (not drivers' points) in 2006 earned an exemption into each race. If a driver went to a new team, he did not have a guaranteed starting spot, but his old team did, except if that new team was an exempt team. If a past champion is not driving for an exempt team (outside the top 35 in owner points), he may be eligible to use a past champions' provisional to enter the race. The provisional guarantees a spot to the most recent champion not exempt, but those who are former champions will be limited to six for the entire 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Teams and drivers\nTeams not exempt must \"race\" their way in during qualifying\u00a0\u2013 if 47 cars are attempting to make the race, and no one is using a provisional, then there are 12 cars racing for eight spots, and the eight fastest cars will make the race. (The Daytona 500, which uses a different qualifying procedure, is the only exception to this rule, though the top 35 are still locked in.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Teams and drivers\nStarting with the sixth race in 2007, the top 35 teams were awarded exemptions for the next race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Teams and drivers, Complete schedule\nList of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series teams in 2007 (45 full-time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Schedule, Driver standings\nBold\u00a0- Pole position awarded by time. Italics\u00a0- Pole position set by owner's points standings. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Schedule, Driver standings\nFor full top 12 drivers standings, please see 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Budweiser Shootout\nThis non-points race, which involves the previous season's pole winners and past Shootout winners, was held on Saturday, February 10, at Daytona International Speedway officially kicking off Speedweeks. Two-time series champion Tony Stewart took the checkered flag, but as he did so, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made contact with the back bumper of Elliott Sadler, causing a five-car wreck less than 1000 feet from the start/finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Budweiser Shootout\nOne of the biggest headlines for the Shootout was that it would be the first Nextel Cup race to feature Toyota, and in the draw for starting spots, Dale Jarrett, a Toyota driver, drew the pole position. However, he slid to the back within four laps of the start, and stayed there for most of the race. Brian Vickers, the other Toyota driver in the event, started fourth, and though he went back-and-forth through the field, finished eighth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, Qualifying and Gatorade Duel\nQualifying for the front row of the 2007 Daytona 500 took place on February 11. Robert Yates Racing swept the front row with the No. 38 Ford Fusion of David Gilliland winning the pole and the No. 88 of teammate Ricky Rudd finishing second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, Qualifying and Gatorade Duel\nRule-breaking tactics, however, swirled around the qualifying. Five teams were slapped with suspensions, fines and points deductions for illegal modifications. The hardest hit was Michael Waltrip, whose No. 55 team was the most harshly punished, having their race director and crew chief suspended indefinitely, fined $100,000 (US) and the docking of 100 owners and drivers points for a gelatin-like substance found in the intake manifold during inspections before the qualifying, and in a replacement manifold after qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, Qualifying and Gatorade Duel\nThe substance was revealed by NASCAR, during the announcement of the penalties, to be an unspecified oxygenate compound that was blended with the fuel, possibly in an attempt to defeat the effect of the restrictor plate. Waltrip fired said crew chief for the unauthorized change that neither he or anyone else authorized. The No. 17 Matt Kenseth team of Roush Racing and the No. 9 Kasey Kahne team from Evernham Motorsports had their crew chiefs suspended for the first four races, fined $50,000 and had 50 driver and owner points taken away for illegal modifications discovered in post-qualifying inspections. All three teams also had their qualifying times for the pole positions disqualified, and Waltrip's original car was impounded by NASCAR, forcing him to go to a back-up auto for the first qualifying race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, Qualifying and Gatorade Duel\nAdditionally, two other Evernham teams\u00a0\u2013 the No. 10 of Scott Riggs and the No. 19 of Elliott Sadler\u00a0\u2013 had their crew chiefs suspended for the first two races of the season, slapped with $25,000 fines and deductions of 25 owner and driver points. Unlike the other three teams, their times were allowed to stand and kept their starting positions for the qualifying doubleheader as those violations were found in pre-qualifying inspections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, Qualifying and Gatorade Duel\nAnother story during Speedweeks was that 1966 Rookie of the Year James Hylton would attempt to make his first cup race since 1993 in a car prepared by Richard Childress Racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, Qualifying and Gatorade Duel\nGilliland sat on the pole for the first of the Gatorade Duel races on February 15, which establishes the starting order for the Super Bowl of NASCAR Racing, while Rudd was on the point for the second race, which both aired on Speed as part of the new NASCAR TV package.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 88], "content_span": [89, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, The race\nThe race was hotly contested by many, with many stories abound. From Toyota attempting to emotionally rebound after Michael Waltrip's loss of not only his crew chief and VP of Competition, but also losing 100 driver and owner points. Other stories were Jeff Gordon's disqualification after winning his Gatorade Duel, and Tony Stewart's Speedweeks domination, attempting to win the Bud Shootout, the Duel, and the Daytona 500. The first few laps were incident free except for a spin by road racing veteran Boris Said. The race was dominated by Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, The race\nBoth combined for a total of 130 of 200 laps. However, with just under a quarter of the laps to go, Tony got loose in Turn 4 while Busch was unable to avoid Stewart and turned him into the wall in a crash that looked like the one that killed Dale Earnhardt in 2001, exactly six years to that date. From that point on, it was a game of survival of the fastest as defending race winner Jimmie Johnson, outside polesitter Ricky Rudd, and fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. were taken out in incidents throughout the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0031-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, The race\nA red flag was brought out in a crash involving Jamie McMurray, Rudd, and Junior. At the time of the flag, Mark Martin, who had not won the Great American Race in 22 tries, was in the lead with his ex-teammates behind him. On the restart, everyone attempted to pass Mark on the low line, but he successfully blocked. However, charging up the outside was Kevin Harvick who came from 8th with half a lap to go to take the lead heading into the fourth turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0031-0003", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Daytona 500, The race\nHowever, the Big One would finally occur on the last lap as Kyle Busch hit the apron and spun, causing a chain reaction crash. Despite the incidents, NASCAR officials did not freeze the field and let Harvick and Martin duke it out in the last hundred yards. In one of the closest 500s since the inaugural in 1959, Kevin Harvick passed Mark Martin to the stripe by 0.020 seconds, becoming the 31st different winner of the Great American Race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Auto Club 500\nThe Auto Club 500, NASCAR's second points race of the season, and what many people consider \"the first real race of the season\" (without the restrictor plates run at Daytona) was held at California Speedway on February 25. This race was the first run in Nextel Cup series history with unleaded gasoline, as all three major series began running Sunoco 260 GT Plus, a 104-octane (R+M/2) unleaded racing fuel, starting with this race. Jeff Gordon won his first pole of the season. Matt Kenseth swept the Busch and Cup Series races at Fontana, and Toyota gained its first top-10 in the Nextel Cup Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400\nThe UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, NASCAR's third race of the season, was held at the newly refurbished Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 11. Kasey Kahne won the pole. This would be the final race with the UAW-DaimlerChrysler name; starting in 2008 after Daimler Benz sold off Chrysler, the race would be renamed the UAW-Dodge 400. This race marked the first time since the 1965 Firecracker 400 that the top 10 starters finished outside the top 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Kobalt Tools 500\nThe fourth race of the season, the Kobalt Tools 500, was held at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 18. Ryan Newman won the pole, his seventh at Atlanta, but started 43rd after blowing an engine in Saturday practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Food City 500\nThe fifth race of the season, the Food City 500, was held at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 25. the last before the fabled high banks were repaved with new concrete for the August race under the lights with progressive banking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Food City 500\nJeff Gordon won the first CoT Pole Position in NASCAR history, but this race was the first race without Joe Nemechek participating in five years as he failed to qualify on speed as his No. 13 Ginn Racing team missed the show. However, Jeremy Mayfield (Bill Davis Racing No. 36) and A. J. Allmendinger (Team Red Bull No. 84) both started their first race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Goody's Cool Orange 500\nThe Goody's Cool Orange 500, the sixth race of the season was held at Martinsville Speedway on April 1, as this race was the second race to feature the Car of Tomorrow and the first of the season to use the 2007 owners' points to lock in the top 35 teams for qualification. Denny Hamlin won the pole for this race, and Jimmie Johnson was the race winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Samsung 500\nThe Samsung 500, the seventh race of the season was held at Texas Motor Speedway on April 15. Qualifying was cancelled due to a wild tornado outbreak and the field was set by current owners' points, as a result Jeff Gordon started from the pole. He finished a respectable fourth place, but the race was won on turn 2 of the final lap by Jeff Burton, who overtook Matt Kenseth for the lead in a classy finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Subway Fresh Fit 500\nThe eighth race of the season, the Subway Fresh Fit 500, was held at Phoenix International Raceway on April 21. This was the third race to feature the Car of Tomorrow, as well as the season's first night race. Jeff Gordon captured his third pole of the season, tying him for fourth on the all-time poles list with Darrell Waltrip. Near the end of the race, he pulled away from Tony Stewart, winning the race and tying Dale Earnhardt's 76 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Subway Fresh Fit 500\nIn the eyes of his son, Jeff Gordon pulled a class act and drove a \"Polish Victory Lap\" with the flag of his father's famous No. 3, but fans of \"The Intimidator\" threw cans and bottles of beer on the track (mainly Earnhardt Jr.'s sponsor Budweiser), and were criticized by the driver of the No. 8 car in the post-race news conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0039-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Subway Fresh Fit 500\nTony Stewart, who was leading when Jeff Gordon passed him following a caution was so irate about the outcome (even going as far to criticize that NASCAR \"fixed\" races much like professional wrestling on his satellite radio show later that week) blew off the mandatory appearance at the post-race media session, and was fined $10,000 (US) for doing so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Aaron's 499\nThe Aaron's 499, the ninth race of the season, was held at Talladega Superspeedway on April 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400\nThe tenth race of the season, the Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400, was scheduled to be held at Richmond International Raceway on May 5. This was the fourth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. The race was named after Jim Stewart of Houma, Louisiana who won an essay contest during the festivities leading up to the Daytona 500 sponsored by Crown Royal. The contest was so popular, it was repeated for the next four races at the track. Jeff Gordon captured his third straight pole by .01-second over second-place qualifier Carl Edwards. Dale Jarrett failed to qualify and missed his first Nextel Cup Race since the 1994 fall race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 87], "content_span": [88, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Dodge Avenger 500\nThe Dodge Avenger 500, NASCAR's eleventh race of the season, was held at Darlington Raceway on May 13. This was the fifth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Clint Bowyer won his first career pole when he earned the pole position in qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Dodge Avenger 500\nThe race marked the 50th anniversary of the first Rebel 300, run on Confederate Memorial Day weekend. Ironically, like the inaugural Rebel exactly 50 years to the date of the rescheduled date, the 51st running of the \"Rebel\" was postponed because of rain itself. Unlike 1957, when Darlington Raceway president Bob Colvin was fined for racing on Sunday, a violation of South Carolina Blue laws at that time, current regulations permit Sunday racing provided (1) the race was scheduled for greater than 250 miles or (2) if the race start was later than 1:30\u00a0pm. The 501.367-mile distance made the race legal on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Dodge Avenger 500\n(The September 1983 Busch Series race at Darlington, held on a Sunday as the Southern 500 was held on Monday, was 250 miles because of the law. All other races at the track have been 200 miles on Friday or Saturday.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Dodge Avenger 500\nDespite radiator problems, Jeff Gordon won his second Rebel, his first since 1996, when it was a 400-mile race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Dodge Avenger 500\nThis was also the first daytime race at Darlington since the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 in March 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge\nThe 23rd annual Nextel Open and All-Star Challenge, the second and final non-points event of the season, was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 19. in the first rule changes since the \"Survivor\" theme was eliminated from the event (then known as The Winston) after the 2003 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge\nMatt Kenseth earned the pole for the main event, while Martin Truex Jr. and Johnny Sauter overtook a fading pole sitter Carl Edwards to win the Nextel Open, and Kenny Wallace (a/k/a \"Herman the German\") voted in by the fans, but it was Kevin Harvick in the end winning the final quarter over defending champion Jimmie Johnson and the $1\u00a0million first prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 79], "content_span": [80, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Coca-Cola 600\nThe Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR's twelfth Nextel Cup race of the season, was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 27. This is the longest race run by the Cup Series (600 miles) and marks the official one-third mark of the season. Penske Racing South teammates Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch led a group of three Dodges to the green flag. One of the main factors of the 600 is not only the physical condition of the drivers, but the legend that Lowe's has of being an ever changing racetrack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Coca-Cola 600\nThe \"first phase\" of the 600 was wild and crazy, with two cautions involving 21 cars in all. Fox commentator Darrell Waltrip even said that the race had a higher attrition rate than Bristol. The first wreck saw five-time Lowe's winner Jimmie Johnson lose his tire tread and start a multi-car pileup behind him. The second crash was more spectacular. The car of Tony Raines got loose and turned the car of Jeff Gordon into the grass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0049-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Coca-Cola 600\nAs Gordon came back across the track, the oncoming car of A. J. Allmendinger hit the right side door, jacking Gordon's car off the ground. Penske's dominance of the day would end in the night with a crash by Kurt Busch and a blown engine from Newman. Toyota, who had been struggling through the first third of the season, had only led a total of 15 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0049-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Coca-Cola 600\nHowever, not only did both of Team Red Bull's cars make the race, but Brian Vickers carried the day for the manufacturer, leading 72 laps before power steering problems hit, but rallied for the marquee's first top five in Nextel Cup competition. Somehow, in the end, the longest race of the season would come down to who could go the longest on 18+3\u20444 gallons of fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0049-0003", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Coca-Cola 600\nCasey Mears, who had not won in 154 previous attempts, snapped his losing streak and joined teammate Jeff Gordon as well as Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte and David Pearson on the list of drivers who earned their first Cup win in the Coke 600. Mears went straight to Victory Lane after running out of fuel after crossing the finish line. The race also saw Kyle Petty earn his first top 5 since the MBNA 400 at Dover in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa\nThe Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa, the thirteenth race of the season, was held at Dover International Speedway on June 4. Ryan Newman won his second consecutive pole. This was the sixth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow, as well as the last race broadcast by Fox in 2007. The race also served as the halfway mark for the battle for entry into the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup. This race also marked the first time since Daytona that Michael Waltrip raced on Sunday, or because of the rainout, a Monday. In a twist of irony, Waltrip's teammate, David Reutimann, who had out-qualified or bumped his boss from the field many times before, failed to qualify for his second consecutive race. Martin Truex Jr. won his first NASCAR Nextel Cup race, leading 216 of the 400 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 862]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Pocono 500\nThe Pocono 500, the fourteenth race of the season, was held at Pocono Raceway on June 10. Ryan Newman earned his third consecutive Budweiser Pole Award. In a delayed and postponed at lap 106 race, Jeff Gordon won his third Pocono 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Citizens Bank 400\nThe Citizens Bank 400, the fifteenth race of the season, was held at Michigan International Speedway on June 17. J. J. Yeley won his first career pole, and Carl Edwards won his first race in 52 races. The race also saw Michael Waltrip, who has had a bad year since the Daytona qualifying fiasco, finish tenth in his No. 55 Toyota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Toyota/Save Mart 350\nThe Toyota/Save Mart 350, NASCAR's sixteenth race of the season was held at Infineon Raceway on June 24. This was the seventh race to feature the Car of Tomorrow, and the first road course race of 2007. For the first time in two years, Jamie McMurray won the pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Toyota/Save Mart 350\nMuch of the race was dominated by road course expert Robby Gordon, whose self-owned No. 7 Ford dominated the field, leading 48 laps. Robby hoped to win his first race since 2003 (also on a road course). However, through all the twists and turns, fuel mileage came into play after Joe Nemechek spun. Gordon's hopes were dashed when he was forced to make a pit stop for fuel. After his stop, the lead was given to McMurray, who had not won since 2002. However, McMurray would be chased by former-F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Toyota/Save Mart 350\nMontoya passed McMurray (who was later forced to pit for a splash of fuel) with a few laps remaining and held off Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick to become the first Colombian born driver (and the third not to have been born in the USA) to win in a NASCAR Cup Series event. The win was even bigger for Montoya's car owner, Chip Ganassi who had struggled in previous years but would finally taste victory for the first time since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Lenox Industrial Tools 300\nThe Lenox Industrial Tools 300, the seventeenth race of the season and the eighth to feature the Car of Tomorrow, was held at New Hampshire International Speedway on July 1. Dave Blaney won the pole, his second career pole and the first for Toyota in Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Pepsi 400\nThe Pepsi 400, NASCAR's eighteenth Nextel Cup race of the season, was held at Daytona International Speedway on July 7. The race officially marked the halfway point of the season. Coverage on TNT featured limited interruptions in a \"wide open\" production. In addition, this race was the last time the race was called the Pepsi 400, ending a 21-year sponsorship. Coca-Cola will gradually take over pouring rights at all ISC-owned tracks starting with the Daytona Speedweeks events in February 2008, and as a result, the race will be renamed the Coke Zero 400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Pepsi 400\nThe biggest news to come out of this race was qualifying. Boris Said in the No. 60 Ford was the fastest, but a rainstorm stopped the process, and under NASCAR rules, all cars must make a qualifying attempt before it is made official. Six other cars not in the top 35 in owners' points were following Said, but Jeff Gordon would be on the pole as time trials were rained out, and the field was set by the NASCAR rulebook based on owner points. Said would end up not even making the race because of this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Pepsi 400\nThe race itself featured many twists and turns. Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., some of the race favorites, were taken out early in a wreck. Eventually, Jamie McMurray, suffering a 166 race winless slump (since October 2002 at Lowe's Motor Speedway), overcame a black flag penalty in the race and broke through to record his second career victory by only .005 seconds over Kyle Busch, becoming tied for the second-closest finish in NASCAR history, the closest coming in 2003 when Ricky Craven edged Kurt Busch at Darlington Raceway by .002 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, USG Sheetrock 400\nThe USG Sheetrock 400, NASCAR's nineteenth race of the season was held at Chicagoland Speedway on July 15. Casey Mears won the pole. Of note, John Andretti, subbing for Kyle Petty who is currently in the TNT booth, qualified a surprise 9th, and Michael Waltrip made his fourth race of the season. Tony Stewart, who was in the midst of a 20-race winless streak and an altercation with teammate Denny Hamlin at Daytona, fended off challenges from Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson to grab his first victory of the season. Additionally, on September 25, Chicagoland Speedway officials announced that starting in 2008, the event would become a Saturday night race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nThe Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, the twentieth Nextel Cup race of the season was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 29. It was the first Nextel Cup race to be broadcast by ESPN since the 2000 NASCAR season when they carried the NAPA 500 from Atlanta. Additionally, this was the first time the Indianapolis event is scheduled for cable; the previous thirteen runnings of the race were broadcast on network television, either on ABC or NBC. Petty Enterprises driver and owner Kyle Petty made his 800th career NNCS start at the Brickyard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0060-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nFor the second consecutive year, rain washed out the Friday practice sessions, so there was one practice session and qualifying on Saturday, with Reed Sorenson claiming his first career pole. In addition, Toyota scored another top ten, with driver Dave Blaney finishing ninth, the best Toyota result since Brian Vickers finished fifth during the Coca-Cola 600.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nThe No. 01 (Mark Martin/Aric Almirola) team was added to the DEI teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nThe No. 15 (Paul Menard) inherited the owner points from the former No. 14 (Sterling Marlin), which guaranteed a starting spot for Menard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nThe No. 13 (Joe Nemechek) team of Ginn Racing was disbanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nThe No. 14 originally had Regan Smith driving after Sterling Marlin was released, but Ginn Racing merged into Dale Earnhardt, Inc. so Smith was left without a ride.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nBobby Ginn was listed as the owner of the No. 01 and No. 15, Teresa Earnhardt was listed as the owner of the No. 1 and No. 8 both for the remainder of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nThe shops of Ginn Racing housed the No. 15 and No. 01, The shops of DEI housed the No. 1 and No. 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard\nFabrication work was to be done out of the Ginn Racing shops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Pennsylvania 500\nThe Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first NNCS race of the season, was held at Pocono Raceway on August 5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first pole since 2002. Robby Gordon was taken out of the race by NASCAR officials after an incident in the Busch Series race in Montr\u00e9al that led to his disqualification, and was replaced in the No. 7 car by P. J. Jones. The race was won by Kurt Busch, dominating by leading all but 25 of the 200 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Centurion Boats at The Glen\nThe twenty-second race of the season, the Centurion Boats at The Glen, was held at Watkins Glen International on August 12. This was the ninth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow, and was the second and final road course race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Centurion Boats at The Glen\nIn the race, Jeff Gordon, who had been given the pole position due to the cancellation of qualifying due to rain, led the most laps, but Tony Stewart, who was in the lead when he spun out heading into turn one on Lap 45 of the 90-lap event, capitalized on the same error by Jeff Gordon with two laps remaining and wins his third race out of the last four. With his win, Stewart scored his 4th Watkins Glen victory, putting him in a tie with Jeff Gordon as the all-time NASCAR winner at the historical racetrack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0070-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Centurion Boats at The Glen\nIn 2009 however, Stewart would pass Gordon as the all-time winner when he went on to win his 5th Watkins Glen race. As of 2020, that record still stands. Also with his win in that race, Tony Stewart scored his 6th career road course win, putting him in a 4-way tie for 2nd in all-time road course wins with Bobby Allison, Rusty Wallace, & Ricky Rudd. As of 2020 however, Tony Stewart is now in 2nd place with 8 road course wins, as Jeff Gordon currently holds the all-time record with 9 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Centurion Boats at The Glen\nThe race though was marred by an incident started by Martin Truex Jr. when he tapped Juan Pablo Montoya which chain reacted into Kevin Harvick and sent both Montoya and Harvick into a spin and a subsequent multi-car pileup which caused a red flag. Both Montoya and Harvick then got out of their cars and had a shoving match ending when Jeff Burton and officials separated the two drivers. Even though it was clear that Montoya was not at fault, Harvick blamed his accident on Montoya and threatened to \"kick his ass.\" For that comment and his part in the feud, Kevin Harvick was put on indefinite probation by NASCAR because he violated the warning NASCAR gave him after intentionally crashing Scott Pruett at Montreal the previous week and later winning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, 3M Performance 400\nThe 3M Performance 400, the twenty-third race of the season was scheduled to be held at Michigan International Speedway on August 19. The race sponsor moved from the June race to the August race in 2007. Jeff Gordon earned his sixth pole of the season, edging out Greg Biffle in the last qualifying attempt of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Sharpie 500\nThe twenty-fourth race of the season, the Sharpie 500, was held at the repaved Bristol Motor Speedway on August 25. This was the tenth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. In addition, this race was run on a reconfigured track where the infamous 36-degree high banks have been replaced by \"progressively banked\" turns between 24 and 30 degrees. Kasey Kahne won the pole. Carl Edwards won the race and held off Kahne, who led 305 laps, while Edwards led 182 laps, giving Ford their first CoT victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Sharp AQUOS 500\nThe twenty-fifth race of the season, the Sharp AQUOS 500, was held at California Speedway on September 2. Kurt Busch won the pole. His brother, Kyle Busch, dominated the race for 97 of 250 laps. However, it was his teammate, El Cajon native Jimmie Johnson, who won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Regular season, Chevy Rock & Roll 400\nThe twenty-sixth and final race of the \"regular\" season, the Chevy Rock & Roll 400, was held at Richmond International Raceway on September 8. This was the eleventh race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Jimmie Johnson won the pole and the race. It was his sixth victory of the year, which meant that he starts the Chase at the top of the points. Bobby Labonte made his 500th career start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup\nAll ten of the races in the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup were broadcast on ABC. The ten races were evenly split between the regular stock car and the Car of Tomorrow, with the CoT running at New Hampshire, Dover, Talladega, Martinsville and Phoenix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Sylvania 300\nThe first race of the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, the Sylvania 300, was held at New Hampshire International Speedway on September 16. This was the twelfth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Clint Bowyer won the pole and entered the Chase as the only driver without a win. However, he would dominate the field, leading for 222 of 300 laps en route to his first career victory in 64 starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Sylvania 300\nAll 43 cars that started the race were running at the finish, the first time since North Wilkesboro in 1996 that every car starting the race finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Dodge Dealers 400\nThe second race of the 2007 Chase was the Dodge Dealers 400, which was held at Dover International Speedway on September 23. This was the thirteenth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Jimmie Johnson won his second pole of the season. Carl Edwards scored his third win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, LifeLock 400\nThe third race of the 2007 Chase was the LifeLock 400, and was held at Kansas Speedway on September 30. Jimmie Johnson won the pole. For the second consecutive race, due to a crash in happy hour Jimmie had to start in the 43rd position, half of the Chase drivers struggled. Jeff Burton was sent to the \"back of the longest line\" for a rule violation during the first red flag for rain when he pulled on the right front fender, in a repeat of Fendergate, as NASCAR prohibits working on the cars during the red flag. Greg Biffle won the race after two rain delays shortened the event to 210 laps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, UAW-Ford 500\nThe fourth race of the 2007 Chase, the UAW-Ford 500, was held at Talladega Superspeedway on October 7. This was the fourteenth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow, but it was the first to use them with restrictor plates. Also, gear restrictions, which have not been used at restrictor plate races, but have been in use at other races since 2005, was also used for the first time at the track. Michael Waltrip won the pole, the second one for Toyota this season. Seven of the top ten cars were Toyotas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0081-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, UAW-Ford 500\nJacques Villeneuve made his debut, while Sam Hornish Jr. went home again. In fact, the top eight speeds were from \"go or go home\" teams, as the next three highest speeds were locked out of the race by other teams that were not locked into the top 35 teams in the owners' points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, UAW-Ford 500\nJeff Gordon earned his 80th career victory and the points lead with a last lap charge on teammate Jimmie Johnson, sweeping both Talladega races of the season and bringing his total victories at the track to six. Third-placed Dave Blaney gave Toyota their best finish of the season to date. This would be the last race to be raced under the UAW-Ford 500 banner. Starting in 2008, the race would be known as the AMP Energy 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Bank of America 500\nThe fifth race of the 2007 Chase, the Bank of America 500, was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway on October 13, and was the only Saturday night race in the Chase schedule. Ryan Newman won his fifth pole of the year, and swept both poles at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The biggest surprise was that Brian Vickers, who drove to a top-five finish in the spring race, failed to make the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0083-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Bank of America 500\nAfter five consecutive DNF's at Lowe's, Jeff Gordon overcame a fuel issue, holding off Clint Bowyer and soon to be ex-teammate Kyle Busch for his first Charlotte victory since 1999. This race marked the 22nd and final time in his career that Jeff Gordon won back-to-back races. This race also featured Ned Jarrett as a guest on broadcasting, being his first broadcast experience since Atlanta in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Subway 500\nThe sixth race of the 2007 Chase, the Subway 500, was held at Martinsville Speedway on October 21. This was the fifteenth race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Jeff Gordon won the pole and Jimmie Johnson won the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Pep Boys Auto 500\nThe seventh race of the 2007 Chase, the Pep Boys Auto 500, was held at Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 28. Greg Biffle won his first pole of the season and Jimmie Johnson won his eighth race of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Dickies 500\nThe eighth race of the 2007 Chase, the Dickies 500, was held at Texas Motor Speedway on November 4. Martin Truex Jr. won his first career pole. Jimmie Johnson won his third race in a row and ninth in the season, and took the point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil\nThe ninth and penultimate race of the 2007 chase, the Checker Auto Parts 500, was held at Phoenix International Raceway on November 11. This was the sixteenth and final 2007 race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Carl Edwards won the pole and Jimmie Johnson won his 10th race of the season and fourth consecutive. As of 2020, Johnson is the last driver to win 10 races in a single season and also 4 consecutive races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 101], "content_span": [102, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0087-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil\nThe 2010s became the 1st decade in NASCAR history that a driver failed to win 10 races in a single season and 4 consecutive races. Jeff Gordon ties Dale Jarrett for the Modern Era record of most Top 10 finishes in a single season with 29. Jarrett accomplished that feat in his Championship season in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 101], "content_span": [102, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Ford 400\nThe 2007 Nextel Cup season came to a close with the final race of the 2007 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18. The race observed two lasts: The last use of the fourth-generation car introduced in 1992, since the Car of Tomorrow would be used full-time in 2008, and the last race under the Nextel Cup banner. Sprint assumed the title sponsorship starting with the 2008 Daytona 500. Jimmie Johnson won his fourth pole of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0088-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Chase for the Nextel Cup, Ford 400\nMatt Kenseth dominated, leading 214 laps en route to his second win of 2007, and Johnson finished seventh, clinching the championship by 77 points over teammate Jeff Gordon. Gordon breaks out of a tie with Dale Jarrett and finished out the 2007 season with 30 top 10 finishes. As of 2020, this is a NASCAR Modern Era record. Jarrett accomplished 29 top 10 finishes in his Championship season in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Television coverage\nThe 2007 season was the start of a new television package. The contracts are for eight seasons, running until 2014. NBC and FX both egressed after the 2006 season, and ESPN and ABC have returned after a six-year absence, with ESPN last broadcasting the series' NAPA 500 from Atlanta in November 2000, and ABC telecasting the Brickyard 400 in August of that same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Television coverage, Fox\nFox carried the first part of the season beginning with Speedweeks at Daytona, and continued coverage up through the June race held at the Dover International Speedway, with Fox-owned Speed Channel carrying the Gatorade Duel at Daytona qualifying races and the Nextel All-Star Challenge/Nextel Open doubleheader. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip returned to the broadcast booth for Fox. Fox also planned to carry two Craftsman Truck Series races March 31 and May 26, with Speed carrying the remainder of the series. The March 31 race at Martinsville was shown successfully on Fox, but the telecast for the May 26 race at Mansfield, OH was moved to Speed Channel after lap 50 due to rain delays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Television coverage, TNT\nTNT covered six mid-season races in June and July dubbed the \"NASCAR Summer Series\" including the Pepsi 400. The commentators included announcers Bill Weber and Wally Dallenbach Jr.. Kyle Petty replaced Benny Parsons and also drove and did commentary from his car during the June 24 race at Sonoma, which turned out at the outset of the race to be rather embarrassing as he uttered \"What the fuck was that?\" in a replay of how he was involved in an accident. TNT used Hinder's cover of the Steppenwolf classic rock anthem \"Born to Be Wild\" as part of their race broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Television coverage, ESPN/ABC\nESPN and ABC carried all races beginning with the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in late July on ESPN running up through the Labor Day weekend race at California and ABC picking up their part of the package with the final pre-chase race at Richmond and the entire Chase for the Nextel Cup. Jerry Punch served as the play-by-play and Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree served as color commentators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0092-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Television coverage, ESPN/ABC\nPunch last worked for the network as a pit reporter on IRL events such as the Indianapolis 500, and has also filled in on the play-by-play of NASCAR races prior to 2001, mostly during coverage of NASCAR Busch Series races, which ESPN2 and ABC will carried full-time starting in 2007. Wallace is the 1989 NASCAR Cup Series champion. They were joined by newcomer Andy Petree, a former team owner and Dale Earnhardt's crew chief in 1993 and 1994. Brent Musburger and Suzy Kolber served as the hosts on both ESPN and ABC. Rock group Aerosmith kicked off each broadcast with a live version of their big 1970s FM hit \"Back in the Saddle\" that was filmed in concert in Las Vegas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Rookies\nFor the second consecutive year, the fight for ROTY was expected to be fierce, as competitors from all areas or racing expertise battled in NASCAR's top level. The most profiled rookie was ex-Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya, driving Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 42 Dodge vacated by Casey Mears. Montoya would permanently leave F1 after a fallout with his boss, Ron Dennis. Montoya was widely criticized for his over-aggressive driving style in his open-wheel days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0093-0001", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Rookies\nAlthough this came to be true in the early part of the season, Montoya, with help from his owner, teammates, and crew chiefs, managed to tame his aggressive nature and translate it into his first ever win at Infineon Raceway, becoming the first foreign driver to win a race since Earl Ross of Canada at Martinsville in 1974. The win would propel Montoya to be the first ever foreign-born driver to win ROTY. Runner-up David Ragan had big shoes to fill, as he would be taking over the legendary No. 6 ride for veteran Mark Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0093-0002", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Rookies\nDespite his limited experience in NASCAR, having only run part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the Craftsman Truck Series, Ragan would make a splash with a fifth-place finish in the Daytona 500. After that, he would have an up and down year, gaining experience along the way. As Montoya and Ragan were the only two drivers with guaranteed starting spots, the rest of the rookies were trying to make races with new teams. Busch Series driver Paul Menard continued his relationship with DEI, but struggled to make races until the DEI-Ginn merger (see \"Merger Mania\" section).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0093-0003", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Rookies\nAnother open wheel immigrant, ex-Champ Car driver A. J. Allmendinger struggled to adjust to stock cars, and his development as a driver was further hampered with his allegiance with Toyota, a new manufacturer. Former Truck Series driver David Reutimann also struggled with a new team and manufacturer, and like Allmendinger and Menard, was out of the critical top 35 in owners points. Brandon Whitt attempted at least a partial schedule with CJM Racing, but after missing race after race, the team decided to release Whitt and move down to the Busch Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Test schedule\nIn 2006, NASCAR instituted a new track testing policy that set a schedule for when and where NASCAR Nextel Cup Series tests were conducted. These scheduled tests are the only opportunities that the NNCS teams will have to test their cars at NNCS tracks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Test schedule\nThe testing issue has become a controversy because teams, especially Chevrolet teams, have been testing their cars at various non-NNCS tracks listed below in the \"Notes\" section. All test reports are being telecast on Speed Channel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Test schedule\n(*)\u00a0\u2013 Even numbered finishers in the 2006 Nextel Cup standings. (**)\u00a0\u2013 Odd numbered finishers in the 2006 Nextel Cup standings. (\u2248)\u00a0\u2013 Only one day was used as this was extended by NASCAR to three sessions due to an oncoming rainstorm on March 1. CoT\u00a0\u2013 Car of Tomorrow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Test schedule\nNotes: The scheduled tests for Dover on May 14\u201315 were cancelled due to the rainout of the Dodge Avenger 500 from May 12 to 13. The tests of Atlanta Motor Speedway were added on August 22 as the replacement for Dover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Test schedule\nIn addition to these tests, Goodyear (in conjunction with NASCAR) stages closed practices to test tire combinations for NNCS tracks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192231-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, Test schedule\nNASCAR does not limit testing at non-Nextel Cup Series circuits (using Hoosier, Michelin, or non-current Goodyear tires) such as Kentucky, Rockingham, Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Milwaukee, Nashville, or USA International Speedway. Many teams also use Virginia International Raceway for road course testing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game\nThe 2007 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 18, 2007, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006\u201307 season. It was the 56th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference, 153\u2013132. Kobe Bryant was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP), having recorded 31 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals. It was the first time the All-Star Game was played in a city without an NBA franchise and first to be played on a college campus. The game was nationally televised on TNT in the United States at 9 p.m. ET as part of the NBA on TNT coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game\nThe Western Conference set All-Star records with 69 field goals and 52 assists. Amar'e Stoudemire scored 29 points with nine rebounds, and Carmelo Anthony had 20 points and nine rebounds for the West. LeBron James led the Eastern Conference with 28 points, six rebounds, and six assists, and Dwight Howard tallied 20 points and 12 boards. Bryant, previously the MVP of the 2002 All-Star Game, moved from 11th to 10th place on all-time All-star scoring, surpassing Magic Johnson. Dirk Nowitzki became the first European born-player to be a starter at the All-Star Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game\nAs announced on August 5, 2005, the NBA, led by Commissioner David Stern, did not allow wagering on the results of the game in the state of Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, Venues\nThe choice to choose Las Vegas as the location was widely regarded as a bid by the city to give it its first major sports franchise. Mayor Oscar Goodman met with David Stern to discuss the possibility during the events. On April 5, Goodman sent a letter to the commissioner, requesting a meeting to sort out the matter. All-Star MVP and former teammates Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal welcomed the possibility, amid the gambling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Coaches\nThe coach whose team has the best record in its conference is granted the right to coach their team. However, despite this rule, no one is allowed to coach in three consecutive All-Star Games. The Dallas Mavericks' Avery Johnson, who coached the West last year, fell under this rule so Mike D'Antoni of the Phoenix Suns took his place. The East's coach was Eddie Jordan of the Washington Wizards, as Flip Saunders was ineligible due to coaching the East last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players\nThe 2006 All-Star MVP LeBron James was the top vote-getter, receiving 2,516,049 votes for the Eastern Conference's small forward position. One player has received more votes in NBA history: Dwight Howard with 3,150,181. Three other players, guards Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and center Yao of the Houston Rockets, received more than two million votes. All three started at their positions in their respective conference\u2014with the exception of Yao Ming due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players\nIn the Western Conference, the race was tight. Allen Iverson, formerly the seven-time East point guard starter, moved to Denver from Philadelphia, attracting votes from reigning NBA MVP Steve Nash. But surprisingly, neither of the two was voted in; both were reserves as swingman Tracy McGrady came in the back door win. Dirk Nowitzki, another player who analysts predicted that would be starting, was not able to muster enough votes to get over former MVP Kevin Garnett's 1,600,000, but was put in by coaches as a reserve and later added to the starting lineup by West coach Mike D'Antoni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players\nTim Duncan was also voted in as a forward. Carmelo Anthony, the star small forward for the Nuggets, was not voted in as a starter or reserve, contrary to earlier reports that head coaches from the conference would put him in the lineup despite being involved in a brawl, but was allowed as a reserve (because Carlos Boozer was injured). Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz and Ray Allen of the Seattle SuperSonics were chosen by Stern to replace the injured Nash and Iverson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Players\nGilbert Arenas of the East benefited from Iverson's move to the West. In one of the closest races in game history, Arenas gained enough calls to start as the point guard of the East, over the New Jersey Nets' Vince Carter. Carter was eventually named as a reserve along with teammate Jason Kidd. In a controversial race, Shaquille O'Neal was voted in as starting center for the 14th straight time (despite playing only four games up to that point) over young star Dwight Howard. Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors was voted by the fans to start, marking the first time a Raptor started since Vince Carter was the top vote getter in his last season in Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Roster\nAppearance denotes the number of times the player been selected to play in the All-Star game, including 2007. Jason Kidd of the East and Carlos Boozer, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, and Yao Ming of the West could not play due to injuries. The game featured seven first time All-Stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Game, Game\nUnable to participate due to injury. Nowitzki was named to the starting lineup in place of Yao. Named to team by commissioner David Stern as replacement for injured player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, T-Mobile Rookie Challenge\nDavid Lee hit all 14 of his field-goal attempts for a game-high 30 points as the Sophomore beat the Rookies for the fifth consecutive year, 155\u2013114. Lee, who added 11 rebounds and four assists, took home MVP of the 2007 Rookie Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, T-Mobile Rookie Challenge\nChris Paul notched novice-game records of 17 assists and nine steals to go with 16 points. Monta Ellis was the beneficiary of many of Paul's assists, as he had 5 alley-oop dunks in a 3:25 span, en route to scoring 28 points. Rudy Gay and Paul Millsap paced the Rookie squad with 22 points apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, T-Mobile Rookie Challenge\nThis game set a number of records for the Rookie Challenge:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, T-Mobile Rookie Challenge\nThe coaches of the game were Mike O'Koren (Assistant coach of the Washington Wizards) for the Rookie Team, and Marc Iavaroni (Assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns) for the Sophomore team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 67], "content_span": [68, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout\nJason Kapono tied Mark Price's final-round record with 24 points and outlasted Gilbert Arenas on his way to the 2007 Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout title. Arenas notched a first-round high of 23 points and had 17 in the finals. Defending champion Dirk Nowitzki had 20 in round one and nine in the finals, and Kapono narrowly made the finals with a first-round score of 19. Mike Miller (18), Damon Jones (15) and Jason Terry (10) were eliminated early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Slam Dunk Contest\nThe Sprite Slam Dunk Contest was a memorable one. Dwight Howard jumped up and dunked while posting a sticker of him laughing, on the backboard. Eventually, Gerald Green and Nate Robinson went to the final round. Robinson looked unimpressive with his first dunk, and Green looked as bad as Robinson. However, Robinson had to do his second dunk after the limited two-minute period, and scored below 40. Green finished it off by getting a perfect score after jumping over a table. The judging panel included an impressive list of former champions who are considered some of the greatest dunkers in NBA history: Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Julius Erving, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 59], "content_span": [60, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, PlayStation Skills Challenge\nUnable to participate due to injury. Named as replacement for injured player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192232-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Haier Shooting Stars Competition\nThe San Antonio team tried to be the first team to win back-to-back titles. Team Chicago (48.8) and Team Detroit (1:06) advanced to final round. Due to Ben Gordon shooting out of order before Candice Dupree, Detroit won by default.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 74], "content_span": [75, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192233-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Development League draft\nThe 2007 NBA Development League draft was held on November 1, 2007 at 8PM. There were ten rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192234-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Development League expansion draft\nThe 2007 NBA Development League expansion draft was the second expansion draft of the National Basketball Association Development League\u00a0(NBADL). The draft was held on September 5, 2007, so that the newly founded Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Utah Flash and Iowa Energy could acquire players for the upcoming 2007\u201308 season. Players from the final 2006\u201307 rosters of the Arkansas RimRockers and Fort Worth Flyers, as well as all other unprotected NBADL players, were available to have their rights selected in the 2007 expansion draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192234-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA Development League expansion draft\nA random drawing was held to determine the draft order and the Vipers won the first overall pick. The draft comprised 10 rounds where each team switched their selection order; for example, the Iowa Energy chose last in Round 1 (fourth overall) but were able to select first in Round 2 (fifth overall).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192234-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Development League expansion draft\nJ. R. Pinnock, a guard, was the first overall expansion draft selection. He was one of three players to have also been chosen in an NBA Draft (2006) along with James Lang (2003) and Denham Brown (2006). Through the 2009\u201310 NBA D-League season, eight total players from the 2007 expansion draft have been named an NBA D-League All-Star at least once, including Jeremy Richardson, Will Conroy, Curtis Stinson, Antonio Meeking, Clay Tucker, Desmon Farmer, Walker Russell, Jr. and Luke Schenscher. Oddly, none of the three NBA Draft picks have ever been named NBA D-League All-Stars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192235-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Europe Live Tour\nThe 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour was a basketball exhibition tour featuring teams from the NBA and teams from Europe's top professional leagues, as part of the NBA Global Games. The hosting countries were England, Italy, Spain and Turkey. The NBA teams traveled to Europe to begin their training camps, and played a series of exhibition matches against the European teams, and preseason games against other NBA teams. The games took place from October 6 to October 11 and the NBA teams prevailed 5 games to 2 over the European teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192235-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Europe Live Tour, Teams\nThe four NBA teams that participated and the locations of their training camps:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals\nThe 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2006\u201307 season, and was the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs and the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. This was Cleveland's first trip to the NBA Finals in their franchise history and San Antonio's fourth. The Spurs swept the Cavaliers 4 games to 0. Tony Parker was named the series' MVP. The series was televised on ABC under the ESPN on ABC branding, and produced low television ratings comparing to the 2002 NBA Finals, when the Los Angeles Lakers swept the New Jersey Nets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals\nThis series was the last sweep in the NBA Finals until 2018. This also was the last finals until 2019 in which a team made its first trip to the NBA Finals in its franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Format\nThe Finals were played using the 2-3-2 format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. The NBA, after experimenting in the early years, restored this original format for the Finals in 1985. The other playoff series were played in the 2-2-1-1-1 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Format\nThe best-of-seven series began on June 7, 2007, with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs playing the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Because the San Antonio Spurs had a better regular season win-loss record, they had home court advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series\nThe Cleveland Cavaliers won both games in the regular season series:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 50], "content_span": [51, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nThe previous season saw the San Antonio Spurs drop a heartbreaking seventh game at home to the rival Dallas Mavericks in the second round. As the new season began, the Spurs saw the Mavericks rolling through their regular season, on their way to a franchise best 67 win campaign. Meanwhile, the Spurs struggled through their season through January. With the main focus lying on Dallas and the Phoenix Suns, the Spurs found themselves flying under the radar. A late-season surge resulted in a 58\u201324 regular season record, good enough for third seed in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nIn the playoffs, the Spurs met the Denver Nuggets and their duo of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony. The Nuggets took game 1, but the Spurs reeled off 4 straight wins to take the series in five games. As San Antonio prepared to face off against the second seed Suns, the top-ranked Mavericks suffered a stunning first-round exit at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. With the Mavericks gone, the stakes of the Suns-Spurs series shot up dramatically, and it was a closely competitive and controversial series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nThe Suns had homecourt advantage, but that did not last past game 1. In a hotly contested battle of Western Conference heavyweights, each team tried to deliver a knockout blow. The Spurs finally landed it, but by accident. With the game in the balance Tony Parker and Steve Nash collided head-to-head. A large gash opened along Nash's nose and the medical staff could not stop the bleeding. He was forced to sit out the final 45 seconds and watch the Spurs win, 111\u2013106. Game 2 saw the Suns rebound and blow out the Spurs, 101\u201381.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nAfter this game, Suns center Amar'e Stoudemire called the Spurs a dirty team. Game 3 switched back to San Antonio and saw a return of physical play, with Manu Gin\u00f3bili receiving a bruised and bloodied eye and Bruce Bowen kneeing Nash in the groin. Tim Duncan led the Spurs to a 108\u2013101 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nGames 4 and 5 were the most controversial of the series. The Spurs, after being comfortably in control of game 4, saw their 11-point fourth-quarter lead dwindle away to a 2-point Suns lead. With 18 seconds left, Robert Horry bodychecked Nash into the scorers' table. Nash's teammates jumped to his defense; during the ensuing altercation, Stoudemire and Boris Diaw left the bench. Their action violated NBA rules, and league commissioner David Stern suspended both players for game 5. Horry was also suspended two games for his flagrant foul on Nash. In game 5, in Phoenix, the short-handed Suns jumped out early to a 16-point lead, but in a reversal of game 4, the Spurs came back in the final seconds and won the game 88\u201385, giving San Antonio a 3\u20132 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nThe Spurs won game 6 of the series 114\u2013106 in San Antonio, sending them to their fifth Western Conference finals since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, San Antonio Spurs\nSan Antonio went on to beat the Utah Jazz in five games to advance to the franchise's fourth NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, Cleveland Cavaliers\nIn the replay of the previous year's playoffs with the Cavaliers holding home court advantage against Washington Wizards, the Cavaliers swept the Wizards after the season-ending injuries of both Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler. In the second round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers faced the New Jersey Nets. Again, the Cavaliers had home court advantage, and battled the Nets through 6 games before winning the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, Cleveland Cavaliers\nThe Cavaliers advanced to the conference finals for only the third time in franchise history, and faced a familiar foe: the Detroit Pistons, the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, with their home court advantage. This was the same Detroit team that knocked the Cavaliers out of the second round the previous year. Expectations were high after a 7-game series the previous year and the two teams did not disappoint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, Cleveland Cavaliers\nThe first two games were close and saw Cleveland fall by identical 79\u201376 scores. Down 0\u20132 in the series, the spotlight shifted back to Cleveland and LeBron James. Another hard-fought set ensued, with the Cavaliers taking the two games at home 88-82 and 91-87 respectively. Game 5 switched back to Detroit and produced one of the greatest moments in NBA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, Cleveland Cavaliers\nWith 6:14 to go in regulation and his team clinging to a one-point 79\u201378 lead, James took over the game. He scored 11 of the final 12 points to end regulation tied 91-91. In the first overtime, James scored all nine of the Cavaliers' points, ending the period tied 100-100. In the second overtime, James again scored all nine of the team's points to win, 109-107. Thus, in the last 16:14 of play, James scored 29 of the Cavaliers' last 30 points, as well as all of their last 25 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Background, Cleveland Cavaliers\nThe Cavaliers beat the Pistons at home in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to earn the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. Cleveland became the third team in NBA history to win a best-of-seven conference finals series after trailing by 2 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Cleveland Cavaliers entered the 2007 Finals as newcomers. Game 1 was their first NBA Finals game in franchise history, and the first for each of its players (other than reserve point guard Eric Snow). However, the San Antonio Spurs had been to the Finals in three of the past eight seasons, winning a championship each time. With solid performances by Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Gin\u00f3bili, the Spurs won the series opener in convincing fashion, limiting LeBron James to 14 points on 4\u201316 shooting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe Spurs took a stranglehold on momentum in Game 2. The Spurs' big three overwhelmed the Cavs and the Spurs led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter. They dominated the game during the first 3 quarters and played show-time basketball. A furious 25\u20136 rally by Cleveland in the final quarter wasn't enough as the Spurs took a 2\u20130 lead in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nRookie Daniel Gibson started Game 3 in place of the injured Larry Hughes but scored a series-low 2 points on 1-10 shooting. As a team the Cavs shot only .367, but out-rebounded the Spurs 48\u201341. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had a 2006\u201307 season high 18 rebounds. On the game's final play, LeBron James missed a potential game-tying 29 foot 3-pointer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nGame 3 was the lowest scoring Finals game since 1955, with Tim Duncan of the Spurs having his lowest scoring game in his NBA Finals career, with 14 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nSan Antonio started out strong through the first three quarters, leading by as many as 11. Cleveland would stage a rally near the end of the third quarter and the first five minutes of the fourth, scoring 14 consecutive points to take its first second-half lead of the series. However, the Spurs would stage a 12\u20133 rally of their own to retake the lead and win the series in a 4\u20130 sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nTwelve-year veteran Michael Finley was awarded the NBA championship game ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting\nCoverage was produced by ESPN and televised on ABC in the United States, TSN in Canada, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Canal+ in France, Premiere in Germany, and more than 100 other broadcasters in over 200 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting\nPlay-by-play announcer Mike Breen, analysts Mark Jackson & former Rockets head-coach Jeff Van Gundy, and courtside reporters Michele Tafoya & Stuart Scott provided commentary and analysis for the North American market. The radio coverage on ESPN Radio features play-by-play man Mike Tirico and color analysts Dr. Jack Ramsay and Hubie Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting\nThe featured song, aired throughout the playoffs, was The Pussycat Dolls \"Right Now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting\nAnother song featured in the 2007 NBA Finals series, \"It Ends Tonight\" by The All-American Rejects, was aired at the end of the pre-game promo for Game 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, Ratings\nAccording to ESPN, the NBA Finals series was a television bust in the United States. San Antonio's four-game sweep of Cleveland finished with a record-low 6.2 television rating and 11 share on ABC, Nielsen Media Research said on June 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, Ratings\nThat was down 27 percent from the 8.5/15 for Miami's six-game victory over Dallas from the previous year and 5 percent under the previous low, a 6.5/12 for San Antonio's six-game win over New Jersey in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, Ratings\nSan Antonio's series-winning 83-82 victory on Thursday night got a 6.5/12, down 17 percent from the 7.8/14 for Game 4 in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Broadcasting, Ratings\nDespite having the lowest ratings of any NBA championship series, game two of the 2003 series between San Antonio and New Jersey remains the lowest-rated game of all time in the history of the NBA Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nThe Spurs won 56 games in the succeeding 2007\u201308 season, but relinquished the Southwest Division title to the New Orleans Hornets due to a tie-breaker. The Spurs had the last laugh, though, defeating the Hornets in seven games. But their chance of defending their title was denied by the Los Angeles Lakers in five games of the conference finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nAfter that, age and injury took its toll on the Spurs, as they proceeded to win only a single playoff series in three years (2010, vs. Dallas 4\u20132 of the first round), before getting upset by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2011 NBA Playoffs despite finishing with 61 wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nThe Spurs then retooled their roster, after which they appeared in three consecutive conference finals, beginning in 2012, before making the NBA Finals in 2013 and 2014 against James and the Miami Heat. The Spurs split the two Finals meetings against the Heat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nThe Cavaliers won 45 games in the 2007\u201308 season, despite early-season contract issues involving center Anderson Varej\u00e3o and guard Sasha Pavlovi\u0107, and a mid-season trade for Ben Wallace. They fell in the second round to the eventual NBA champions Boston Celtics in seven games, after a hard-fought duel involving LeBron James and Paul Pierce. The Cavaliers would earn the league's best record for the next two years (66 and 61 wins, respectively) and boast the NBA's MVP in James.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nHowever, they were unable to win it all, losing to the Orlando Magic in six games of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals and the Celtics in six games of the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals (allowing the Lakers to win the Finals twice against the Magic and Celtics). The latter playoff defeat would cost head coach Mike Brown his job, though he was later re-hired (and fired again) in the 2013\u201314 NBA season. After that season, as a free agent, James left for the Miami Heat and helped them to four successive NBA Finals appearances, winning in 2012 and 2013, while the Cavaliers sunk to an Eastern Conference-low 19 wins in the 2010\u201311 NBA season, which included a 26-game losing streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192236-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA Finals, Aftermath\nThe Cavaliers then appeared in the NBA draft lottery four consecutive times, earning the top pick in three of them. Those three top picks became Kyrie Irving (2011), Anthony Bennett (2013) and Andrew Wiggins (2014) (Bennett and Wiggins were later traded to Minnesota for Kevin Love). In July 2014, James announced his return to the Cavaliers after the hiring of coach David Blatt, and they reached the conference finals against the Atlanta Hawks with a 4-0 sweep before falling to the Golden State Warriors in the Finals 4-2. The following season, the Cavaliers returned to the Finals in a rematch against the Golden State Warriors and won the Finals over the Warriors 4-3 with LeBron James winning the Finals MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal\nThe 2007 NBA betting scandal was a scandal involving the National Basketball Association (NBA) and accusations that an NBA referee used his knowledge of relationships between referees, coaches, players and owners to bet on professional basketball games. In July 2007, reports of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were made public, which alleged that during the 2005\u201306 and 2006\u201307 NBA seasons, referee Tim Donaghy bet on games in which he officiated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal\nOn August 15, 2007, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation, and a year later he was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Initial reports\nThe story first broke when the New York Post reported that the FBI was investigating allegations that an NBA referee had bet on games. The story was soon picked up by other major news agencies, as it was revealed that Donaghy was the referee under investigation. The reports claimed that Donaghy had started betting on games in 2005, and had connections to organized crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Initial reports\nThe day after the initial reports, NBA commissioner David Stern said that \"no amount of effort, time or personnel is being spared to assist in this investigation, to bring to justice an individual who has betrayed the most sacred trust in professional sports, and to take the necessary steps to protect against this ever happening again.\" He then held a press conference on July 24 to address questions about the investigation. Although he called the Donaghy matter \"an isolated case\", he also said it was \"the most serious situation and worst situation that I have ever experienced\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Initial reports\nOn July 27, U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, asked to meet with Stern regarding the Donaghy matter. In a letter to Stern, Rush indicated that he might call a hearing \"should the facts warrant public scrutiny.\" He also said that the affair could potentially be \"one of the most damaging scandals in the history of American sports.\" On the same day, it was reported that a high school classmate of Donaghy's, and the classmate's boss, had bet on NBA games based on Donaghy's tips. Donaghy later revealed that he was rewarded $2,000 cash for each correct pick based on the tips he would pass along.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Initial reports, Surrender\nAfter the initial reports, Donaghy stayed at his home, before moving to a secure location to avoid the media scrutiny. He surrendered on August 15, 2007, and pleaded guilty to two felony charges of conspiracy. He told judges that he had used coded language to tip others about players' physical condition and player/referee relations, and he specifically admitted to passing information about two games during the 2006\u201307 season. In total, he received $30,000 to pass inside information to the bookies. Donaghy also admitted that he had a severe gambling addiction, and was on medication to address it. He was released on a $250,000 bond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Sentencing\nOn June 11, 2008, Donaghy alleged in a statement through his lawyers that several series in the NBA Playoffs had been improperly refereed according to the NBA's instructions. He alluded specifically to a playoff game where \"personal fouls [resulting in obviously injured players] were ignored even when they occurred in full view of the referees\" because \"it was in the NBA's interest to add another game to the series.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Sentencing\nThe game referred to was widely believed to be Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings, in which the Lakers shot 27 free throws in the fourth quarter. Donaghy also referred to a playoff series where \"Team 3's Owner alleged that referees were letting a Team 4 player get away with illegal screens. NBA Executive Y told Referee Supervisor Z that the referees for that game were to enforce the screening rules strictly against that Team 4 player.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Sentencing\nThe playoff series was believed to be the first-round encounter between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2005 NBA Playoffs. The Rockets led 2\u20130 in the series before losing in 7 games, and then-Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy was fined $100,000 for stating that a referee was targeting Houston center Yao Ming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Sentencing\nOn July 29, 2008, Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison, and three years of supervised release. Although his lawyer asked for a probationary sentence, Donaghy admitted that he had \"brought shame on myself, my family and the profession.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Sentencing\nDonaghy was released from federal prison on November 4, 2009. Before being released he wrote a tell all book on himself and the NBA titled Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal That Rocked the NBA. He is under supervised release by a federal parole-type officer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nImmediately after the reports were released, several writers said that the NBA's popularity would be hurt by the news. Chris Sheridan of ESPN said that \"the general American public has been turning away since the end of the Bulls' dynasty, and this fiasco isn't going to help bring it back,\" and J. A. Adande said that \"the integrity of the games just took a major hit.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nSports gambling expert R. J. Bell, president of sports betting information site Pregame.com, tracked every game Donaghy worked from 2003 to 2007. He discovered that during the two seasons investigated by the NBA, the teams involved scored more points than expected by the Las Vegas sports books 57 percent of the time. In the previous two seasons, this only happened 44 percent of the time. According to Bell, the odds of such a discrepancy are 1 in 1,000, and there was \"a 99.9 percent chance that these results would not have happened without an outside factor.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nHe also found 10 straight games in 2007 in which Donaghy worked the game that the point spread moved 1.5 points or more before the tip\u00a0\u2014 an indication that big money had been wagered on the game. The big money won every time\u00a0\u2014another indication that \"something (was) going on.\" However, Bell suggested that there was no way anyone who wasn't in on the fix could have known that something was amiss about Donaghy's actions during a game; he said it would have been another year at the earliest before anyone could have caught on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nHandicapper Brandon Lang told ESPN that it is fairly easy for a crooked sports official to fix a game, despite Stern's insistence that Donaghy was a \"rogue official\". According to Lang, an official can directly influence the outcome of a game 75 percent of the time if he has money on the game. For instance, Lang said that a crooked NBA referee can fix the total score by calling enough fouls to get both teams in the bonus. When a game is being fixed, Lang said, the officials should be the prime suspects because the players are making too much money to risk their future. Lang also believed a bookie connected to the mob turned Donaghy in to the FBI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nAs a result of the betting scandal, Stern revised the guidelines on the behavior of NBA referees during the Board of Governors' meeting in 2007. Despite the labor agreement for referees, which restricted them from participating in almost all forms of gambling, it was revealed that about half of the NBA's officials had made bets in casinos, albeit not with sportsbooks. In addition, almost all referees had admitted to engaging in some form of gambling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nStern stated that \"[the] ban on gambling is absolute, and in my view it is too absolute, too harsh and was not particularly well-enforced over the years\". The gambling rules were revised to allow referees to engage in several forms of betting\u2014though not on sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192237-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 NBA betting scandal, Reaction\nThere were several other referee-related rule changes made: the announcement of referees of a game was moved from 90 minutes before tip-off to the morning of the game, to reduce the value of the information to gamblers; referees received more in-season training and counseling on gambling; more thorough background checks were carried out; the league declared its intention to analyze the statistical relationship between NBA games and referees' gambling patterns for those games; and the interactions between referees and NBA teams were made easier and more formal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nThe 2007 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nFreshman Greg Oden from the Ohio State University was drafted first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers, who won the draft lottery. However, he missed the 2007\u201308 season due to microfracture surgery on his right knee during the pre-season. Another freshman, Kevin Durant, was drafted second overall from the University of Texas by the Seattle SuperSonics, and went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award for the 2007\u201308 season. Oden and Durant became the first freshmen to be selected with the top two picks in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nAl Horford, the son of former NBA player Tito Horford, was drafted third by the Atlanta Hawks. Of the three top picks, Durant has been a League MVP, a two-time finals MVP and perennial All-Star whilst Horford has enjoyed a solid All-Star career. Oden, however, was beset by numerous microfracture surgeries on both knees that limited him to only 82 games from 2008 to 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nOn the night after the draft, the Seattle Supersonics traded seven-time All-Star Ray Allen along with the draft rights of the 35th pick Glen Davis to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, and the draft rights to the 5th pick, Jeff Green. The Portland Trail Blazers and the New York Knicks were also involved in a multi-player trade that sent Zach Randolph to the Knicks and Steve Francis to the Blazers. Apart from those two trades, nine further draft-day trades were announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nThe 2007 draft marked the first time three players drafted in the top 10 came from the same school: the University of Florida. Florida, the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Basketball champion, tied the record set by the University of Connecticut in 2006 with five players selected in the first two rounds of an NBA draft. Florida joined nine other schools, including Connecticut, that had five players selected in an NBA draft, second only to UNLV, which had six players selected in the eight-round 1977 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nFive players who competed in the 2007 NCAA Basketball National Championship Final were selected in the top 10; three players came from Florida, and two players came from the runner-up, Ohio State University. This draft also set the record number of freshmen drafted in the first round when eight freshmen were selected. Of the 60 players drafted, eight were freshmen, five were sophomores, 14 were juniors, 20 were seniors, and 13 were international players without U.S. college basketball experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 NBA draft\nThe Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors all did not have a draft pick this year, although Indiana and Toronto each acquired a drafted player's rights after the draft. As of 2021, the only remaining active players from this draft are Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Mike Conley Jr., Jeff Green, and Thaddeus Young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Draft selections\n^\u00a0a:\u00a0Yi Jianlian's year of birth has been widely disputed, with several sources claiming that Chinese basketball authorities falsified his year of birth from 1984 to 1987 to allow him a longer period of competition in international junior tournaments. A dedicated section of Yi's Wikipedia article discusses this issue and includes sources. ^\u00a0b:\u00a0Joakim Noah, who was born in the United States to a French father and a Swedish mother, has dual U.S. and French citizenship. He has represented France internationally since 2011. ^\u00a0c:\u00a0Taurean Green, who was born in the United States, became a naturalized citizen of Georgia in 2010. He has represented Georgia internationally since 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players\nThese players were not selected in the 2007 NBA Draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 41], "content_span": [42, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Eligibility\nThe CBA defines \"international players\" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years before the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Eligibility\nThe basic requirement for automatic eligibility for a U.S. player is the completion of his college eligibility. Players who meet the CBA definition of \"international players\" are automatically eligible if their 22nd birthday falls during or before the calendar year of the draft (i.e., born on or before December 31, 1985).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Eligibility\nA player who is not automatically eligible must declare his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. An early entry candidate is allowed to withdraw his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 10 days before the draft. On June 19, 2007, NBA announced that 32 college players and 6 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2007 Draft, while 46 players who had previously declared as early entry candidates had withdrawn from the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Draft lottery\nThe first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams that had missed the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery would determine the three teams that would obtain the first three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win-loss record in the previous season. On April 20, 2007, the NBA performed a tie-breaker to determine the order of the picks for teams with identical win-loss record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Draft lottery\nThe lottery was held on May 22, 2007 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Portland Trail Blazers, who had the seventh-worst record in the previous season, won the lottery with just a 5.3% chance to win. This was the fourth time that the Blazers had the first overall draft pick and the first time that the Blazers won the draft lottery since it was introduced in 1985. The Seattle Supersonics, who had the fifth-worst record, and the Atlanta Hawks, who had the fourth-worst record, obtained the second and third pick, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Draft lottery\nThree teams who had the worst records\u2014the Memphis Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks\u2014obtained the fourth, fifth and sixth pick, respectively. These were the lowest possible picks they could have obtained through the lottery. The most recent draft in which the three worst teams did not receive the top three picks was in 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Draft lottery\nBelow were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2007 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Draft lottery\n^\u00a01:\u00a0Atlanta Hawks' pick would be conveyed to the Phoenix Suns if it was not in the top three. ^\u00a02:\u00a0New York Knicks' pick was conveyed to the Chicago Bulls. ^\u00a03:\u00a0Indiana Pacers' pick was conveyed to the Atlanta Hawks because it was not in the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 29], "content_span": [30, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Draft-day trades\nThe following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192238-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Pre-draft trades\nBefore the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 62], "content_span": [63, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs\nThe 2007 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2006\u201307 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeating the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Tony Parker was named NBA Finals MVP, making him the first Spur other than Tim Duncan and the first European-born player to receive the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Seeding\nThe playoffs are conducted in 4 rounds of best-of-7 series. The 3 division winners in each conference, along with the 5 best non-division winners in each conference, qualify for the playoffs. The division winners and top second-place team are seeded 1\u20134 based on record, with the remaining teams seeded 5\u20138 on record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Seeding\nUp until 2006, the division champions were guaranteed no worse than the third seed, while the non-division winners could do no better than the fourth seed regardless of record. This was the source of controversy in the 2006 NBA playoffs, when the 63-win Spurs and 60-win Dallas Mavericks\u2014the teams with the second-best and third-best records in the entire league\u2014met in the conference semifinals. In response, the NBA changed the seeding system so that the teams with the two best records in the conference are guaranteed the top two seeds even if the second-best team isn't a division champion. Meanwhile, the division champions are guaranteed no worse than the fourth seed. This ensures that the teams with the two best records in the conference cannot meet until the conference finals at the earliest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Bracket\nThis is the outlook for the 2007 NBA Playoffs. Teams in italics have home court advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions possess an asterisk (*)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 105], "content_span": [106, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic\nThe Orlando Magic's first playoff trip in 4 seasons was short lived as the top ranked Detroit Pistons dispatched the upstart Magic in 4 games. The Pistons recorded their first series sweep since sweeping Indiana in the first round of the 1990 NBA Playoffs. The series was also the first time Orlando forward Grant Hill had appeared in the postseason since leaving Detroit after the 2000 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 105], "content_span": [106, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (7) Washington Wizards\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Cavaliers winning two of the first three meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (7) Washington Wizards\nA rematch of the previous year's first round series was spoiled when Wizards stars Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler were both forced out of the playoffs due to injuries received in the later parts of the regular season. Without Arenas and Butler, the Wizards were unable to stop LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers from sweeping them out of the playoffs. It was Cleveland's first playoff sweep in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Toronto Raptors vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nThis was the first playoff meeting between the Nets and the Raptors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Toronto Raptors vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nThe Nets won the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs in their sixth straight appearance in the NBA Playoffs. The series was the only one in the Eastern Conference first round not to result in a sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Toronto Raptors vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nThe series was notable for pitting ex-Raptor Vince Carter, who was traded to the Nets in 2004 after an acrimonious split, against his former team. So great was the Toronto crowd's disdain for Carter, that he was booed every time he touched the ball. The Nets took home court advantage in Game 1, holding off a late Raptors rally in the fourth quarter. The Raptors pulled away in Game 2 and tied the series at 1. When the series shifted to New Jersey, the Nets took charge of the series, winning Games 3 and 4 in routs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Toronto Raptors vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nNew Jersey had a chance to win the series in Game 5 in Toronto, but the Raptors took a 20-point lead after one quarter. Still, New Jersey managed to chip away, and had a chance to win it, but Bo\u0161tjan Nachbar's 3 missed at the buzzer. Needing to win in New Jersey to force a Game 7, Toronto held a one-point lead with under a minute to play in Game 6, but Richard Jefferson hit a layup with 8 seconds left. Toronto attempted to try for the game-winning shot, but Jefferson intercepted the pass to seal the series for the Nets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Miami Heat vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nThis was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning three of the first four meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 100], "content_span": [101, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Miami Heat vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nThe Bulls won their first playoff series since the 1998 NBA Finals and the retirement of Michael Jordan. This was the Bulls first 4-game sweep, since sweeping the Magic in the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals. Meanwhile, Miami became the first defending champion since 1957 to be swept in the First Round the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 100], "content_span": [101, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Miami Heat vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nIn addition, Southeast Division champions Miami and other division qualifiers Washington and Orlando were swept (0\u201312) by Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit respectively, all from the Central Division (12\u20130).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 100], "content_span": [101, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nThis was the first playoff meeting between the Mavericks and the Warriors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nThe Warriors qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1994, the second longest such streak in league history. However, the Warriors were heavy underdogs against the Dallas Mavericks despite sweeping the regular season series between the teams, as Dallas had one of the best records in NBA regular season history. Expectations of a short series were immediately dashed by Golden State's Game 1 victory in Dallas, behind guard Baron Davis and his rather frantic style of play. The Mavericks came back to win Game 2 to tie the series at 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nBut when the series shifted to Oakland for the next two games, a new X-factor emerged for the Warriors: their home crowd at the Oracle Arena. The electric crowd, which was the highest paid attendance crowd for an NBA game in the history of that arena, gave the Warriors a huge lift as they blew out Dallas in Game 3, and edged out a close victory in Game 4. As the series shifted back to Dallas, the top-ranked Mavericks found themselves one game from seeing their record breaking season end prematurely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nThe Mavericks gave their all and staved off elimination in Game 5, but had nothing left in Game 6 in Oakland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nThe Warriors used a third-quarter 18\u20130 run, sparked by Stephen Jackson's 13 straight points en route to a franchise playoff record seven 3-pointers, and an unexpected collapse from MVP candidate Dirk Nowitzki (2\u201313 from the field with 8 points) to finish Dallas and become the first #8 seed to win a best-of-7 series in the first round, and just the third overall in NBA history, following the Denver Nuggets in 1994 and the New York Knicks en route to the 1999 NBA Finals. The Warriors also won their first playoff series since 1991. The Mavericks also became the second team who had a 65+ winning record not to win a championship, the first being the 1972\u201373 Boston Celtics, and the most recently, the 2017-18 Houston Rockets. To date, they are the only ones who were eliminated in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 915]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nBoth 2006 NBA Finalists (Dallas and Miami) were eliminated in the first round despite being top 4 seeds. This was the first time since 1957 that this had happened. This would not happen again until 2021 when the NBA Finalists from the previous season (L.A. Lakers and Miami Heat) were eliminated in the first round as lower-seeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (7) Los Angeles Lakers\nThis was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning seven of the first ten meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (7) Los Angeles Lakers\nKobe Bryant and the Lakers went up against the high powered Phoenix Suns in a rematch of the previous year's first round series, which saw the Lakers take a 3\u20131 lead before the Suns took the series in 7. Unlike the previous series, the Suns had near complete control of the series, taking the series in 5. The Suns advanced to their third straight conference semifinals by eliminating the Lakers in the first round for the second straight year. In Game 4, Phoenix point guard Steve Nash made a run at the record for most assists in a playoff game, finishing one shy of the record 24 shared by Magic Johnson and John Stockton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 107], "content_span": [108, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Denver Nuggets\nThis was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning four of the first five meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 108], "content_span": [109, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Denver Nuggets\nThe Nuggets duo of Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson got Denver off to a fast start, winning Game 1 and taking home-court advantage away from Tim Duncan and the Spurs. Despite the early letdown, the Spurs showed their championship mettle and bounced back for a 97-88 win in Game 2. In the pivotal Game 3, the Nuggets built an eight-point first-quarter lead before Manu Gin\u00f3bili's eight second-quarter points put San Antonio up 43-40 at halftime. A back-and-forth contest turned in the final 2:24 of the third quarter: Michael Finley hit two 3-pointers, and Robert Horry later hit a 3 that gave the Spurs a 75-67 lead at the end of the quarter. They hung on for a 96-91 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 108], "content_span": [109, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Denver Nuggets\nDenver started strong again in Game 4 and led by eight at halftime. But San Antonio stormed back after Anthony went to the bench in the third quarter with his fourth foul. The Spurs held a one-point lead with 30 seconds left when Horry, playing for his seventh championship ring, hit a 3 from the right corner to help seal a 96-89 win. The stunned Nuggets did not recover from the Game 4 letdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 108], "content_span": [109, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Denver Nuggets\nFinley was the hero in Game 5, hitting a team-playoff-record eight threes for 26 points as San Antonio won 93-78 to end the series, marking the Nuggets' fourth straight season where they lost in the first round in five games. This is the second time in three seasons that the Nuggets lost the first-round series to the Spurs, after taking Game 1 in San Antonio (the first also happened in five games).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 108], "content_span": [109, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nThis was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning three of the first five meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nThe resurgent Utah Jazz, fresh off one of their best seasons since the John Stockton/Karl Malone years, faced Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets, who were seeking their first playoff series victory in 10 years. Home court advantage proved to be the key as the series progressed, as both the Rockets and the Jazz won closely contested matches in front of their home crowds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nAs a result, the series had to go to a seventh and deciding game, which was played in Houston since the Rockets had the better record and thereby earned home court advantage, despite the division-winning Jazz being the higher-seeded team. Nevertheless, Utah overcame the Houston crowd and stunned the Rockets for the win on the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nThe Jazz became only the third road team in history to win Game 7 of a seven-game series in which the home team won each of the first six games, after the Boston Celtics in the 1969 NBA Finals and the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 Eastern Conference Finals. Houston's Tracy McGrady lost his sixth straight post-season series (out of 10 seasons) and has never played past the first round in his entire career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets\nAfter losing the series, the Rockets failed to reach a new contract agreement with their head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who was subsequently fired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 101], "content_span": [102, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nThis was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning three of the first five meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nIn a renewal of a rivalry from the late '80s and early '90s, the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons faced off against each other. This was also the first time since 1995 that teams from the two cities met in a major league postseason or game. The series began fairly one-sided as the Pistons took Games 1 and 2 in Detroit in blowout fashion, followed by another convincing victory in Game 3 in Chicago. In all 3 games, the Bulls looked severely outmatched against the more experienced Pistons squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nExpectations were low for the Bulls, since no NBA team has ever won a seven-game series after being down 3\u20130. (It has only happened five times total in sports history, the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, 1975 New York Islanders, 2004 Boston Red Sox, 2010 Philadelphia Flyers and 2014 Los Angeles Kings.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls\nDespite the huge obstacle, the Bulls rallied to take Game 4 in a romp, and then proceeded to shock everyone with a blow-out victory in Detroit in Game 5. Despite the renewed momentum, the Pistons' playoff experience ultimately won out as they closed out the Bulls in a 95-85 Game 6 win. The Pistons advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 114], "content_span": [115, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Cavaliers winning the first two meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 120], "content_span": [121, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nThe Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1992, while the Nets lost in the Conference Semifinals in three out of the last four years. Game 6 was the final playoff game at the Continental Airlines Arena, while also the last NBA playoff game ever played in New Jersey (the Prudential Center never hosted an NBA playoff game during the Nets' tenure from 2010\u20132012).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 120], "content_span": [121, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets\nNew Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd averaged a triple double the entire playoffs, scoring 14.6 points, grabbing 10.9 rebounds and dishing out 10.9 assists per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 120], "content_span": [121, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThis was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning four of the first seven meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 115], "content_span": [116, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThe highly anticipated match-up between the high-powered Phoenix Suns, led by 2-time MVP Steve Nash, and the fundamentally sound San Antonio Spurs, led by 3-time Finals MVP Tim Duncan, had high expectations before the series tip-off. The Suns were looking to make the conference finals for the third straight year, and also looking for their first Finals berth since 1993. The Spurs on the other hand, were looking for their third trip in five years, and their fourth NBA title overall. The series received international interest with a playoff-record of 12 players originating outside the US. When the series ended, it had become one of the most hotly contested and controversial series in recent NBA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 115], "content_span": [116, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nThe Suns had their home court advantage quickly taken away as the Spurs took a tight Game 1, a game that saw Nash missing the final minutes for Phoenix due to a gash to his nose, which bled profusely. Nash and the Suns recovered to take Game 2 but after the game, Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire accused the Spurs, especially Bruce Bowen and Manu Gin\u00f3bili, of being a dirty team. Despite the added scrutiny by the media circles, the Spurs won Game 3. The Suns, trying to overcome their recent failures against Texas teams in the playoffs (the Spurs and the Mavericks both defeated them in the Conference Finals), willed themselves to a come-from-behind victory in Game 4 to tie the series at 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 115], "content_span": [116, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nHowever, the celebration was short-lived. In the closing minute of Game 4, with the Suns up 3, Nash brought up the ball and was shoved into the press table by Robert Horry, creating a momentary ruckus, wherein Raja Bell received a technical. As this took place, Stoudemire and Boris Diaw left the Suns bench. Although they were not involved in the altercation, they broke an established NBA rule that prohibits players from leaving the bench during an altercation. As a result, the NBA suspended Stoudemire and Diaw for one game, while Horry received a two-game suspension for the flagrant foul and ejection. Severely undermanned, the Suns came into Game 5 with the task of beating the Spurs without their star big man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 115], "content_span": [116, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs\nAlthough the Suns were able to control most of the game without the suspended players, even taking a 16-point lead on the Spurs at one point, the Spurs came back to win an incredibly close Game 5. Diaw and Stoudemire did return for the Suns in Game 6, though that didn't help the Suns to force a Game 7 and the Spurs eliminated them to advance to the Western Conference Finals with a 114-106 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 115], "content_span": [116, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Warriors winning the first two meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 116], "content_span": [117, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nFresh off their stunning upset of the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks, the Golden State Warriors faced a very different team in Utah. The Warriors continued the frantic style of play they exhibited against the Mavericks, but the Jazz, a more defensive-minded team, managed to shut them down to take Game 1. The Warriors tried to bounce back in Game 2, and took the Jazz to overtime. But the Jazz were able to prevail, due to the inspired clutch play of guard Derek Fisher, who arrived at halftime after being with his family in New York City because of his daughter's emergency eye cancer surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 116], "content_span": [117, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (4) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Golden State Warriors\nThe series shifted back to Oakland and the raucous Oracle Arena crowd, which lifted the Warriors to a resounding blowout in Game 3, a game which saw the Warriors hit a playoff record 11 threes in the first half. However, the Jazz shrugged off the crowd and handed the Warriors their only playoff home loss of the year in Game 4. The Warriors' playoff run ended as the Jazz finished them off in Game 5. The Jazz advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 116], "content_span": [117, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nThis was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning the first meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nIn a rematch of the thrilling 2006 second-round series, the Pistons and Cavaliers matched up in perhaps one of the most closely contested series in NBA history, with the first five games being decided by six points or less. The spotlight fell on LeBron James. Despite gaining some momentum in the opening games of the series against the experienced Pistons, key last-second decisions by James led to Cleveland losses in Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, by identical scores, in which Cleveland led for most of the two games. They faced a 0\u20132 deficit for the second straight year, but would easily remember from the year before that they could win three straight games to get back into the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nWith media circles on his back for his complacency in these games (James had a then playoff career low 10 points in Game 1), James came back to will the Cavs to close victories in Games 3 and 4 in Cleveland, evening the series at 2. The series shifted back to Detroit for a Game 5 that proved to be one of the most memorable postseason games in recent NBA history. In a match that went into double overtime, the Cavaliers stunned the Pistons on their home court, thanks to LeBron James' playoff career-high 48-point performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nJames scored the Cavaliers' final 25 points, including all 18 points in overtime, forced the second OT with a driving dunk and made a driving layup with 2.2 seconds left in the second OT to silence the Palace crowd. A game tying buzzer beater by Chauncey Billups rimmed out making it two straight 2-point wins at the Palace in Game 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nThe Cavaliers took advantage of their home court in 2007 and exploded in Game 6 to close out the Pistons, and to clinch the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. Rookie Daniel Gibson scored a career-high 31 points, including five 3-pointers, to lift the Cavs in the second half behind a roaring home crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 112], "content_span": [113, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning the first three meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nFor the first time since 1990, neither the #1 nor #2 seed participated in the Western Conference Finals. However, the series pitted youth against experience as the up-and-coming Utah Jazz faced off against the seasoned San Antonio Spurs. Coming into the series, the Jazz were not given much of a chance due to their inexperience. However, Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams and the Jazz were able to hold their own against San Antonio for a good part of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nUnfortunately, it was not enough. The series' first 2 games \u2013 both San Antonio home victories \u2013 saw the Spurs blow big first-half leads and the Jazz mount last-gasp rallies that were thwarted by San Antonio's clutch shooting. When the Spurs' 19-point first-half lead dwindled to 95-87 late in the fourth quarter of Game 1, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Gin\u00f3bili came through with timely shots down the stretch. When San Antonio's 22-point edge shrank to 83-76 late in Game 2, Bruce Bowen broke Utah's rhythm with a 3 from the left corner and another from the right to end the threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nThe Jazz, who were undefeated at home in the postseason coming into the series, had their most cohesive effort in a 109-83 Game 3 rout. Utah pestered Duncan into early foul trouble and got baskets from players other than Williams and Boozer, who had combined for 57.7% of their team's points through the first two games. But Jazz fans' euphoria over the team's only series victory gave way to frustration in Game 4 \u2013 with most of it aimed at Gin\u00f3bili and his flopping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0050-0001", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Utah Jazz\n11 of his 16 fourth-quarter points came at the foul line in an ugly overall team performance in which the Spurs made more free throws (30) than field goals (28). Contributing to that discrepancy were four technical fouls called against Utah in the fourth. The subsequent ejections of Utah head coach Jerry Sloan and Jazz guard Derek Fisher had a charged-up EnergySolutions Arena crowd raining debris onto the court in protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Utah Jazz\nThe unflappable Spurs responded with yet another commanding start in Game 5. They outscored the Jazz by 19 in the first quarter and led by as many as 29. Not even another late-game arrival of Fisher (from New York again) could help the Jazz enough and the Spurs won a 109-84 series-clinching victory and an eventual date in the NBA Finals with the Cavaliers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 104], "content_span": [105, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (E2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nThis was the first playoff meeting between the Cavaliers and the Spurs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 82], "content_span": [83, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (E2) Cleveland Cavaliers\nThe Cavaliers, led by superstar LeBron James, entered the 2007 Finals looking for their first franchise championship, as well as the first championship for a pro team based out of Cleveland since the Cleveland Browns won the 1964 National Football League Championship. However, the Cavs were considered heavy underdogs against the 3-time champion Spurs. The Spurs' veteran leadership and championship experience overwhelmed the Cavs, who were swept by the Spurs after two blowouts in San Antonio and two close games in Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 82], "content_span": [83, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192239-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 NBA playoffs, Broadcasters, NBA Finals\nThis was between the Cavaliers and the Spurs, with the Spurs sweeping the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192240-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NC State Wolfpack football team\nThe 2007 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Tom O'Brien. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953, and has participated in that conference's Atlantic Division since 2005. The Wolfpack played its home games in 2007 at Carter\u2013Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192241-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NC7\n2007 NC7, also written as 2007 NC7, is a trans-Neptunian object and centaur from the outer Solar System, approximately 106 kilometers in diameter. It was first observed on 11 July 2007, by American astronomers Megan Schwamb, Michael Brown and David Rabinowitz at Palomar Observatory in California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192241-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NC7\nThe object has a high eccentricity of 0.49. It comes within 17 AU of the Sun (inside the orbit of Uranus) and goes as far as 50 AU at aphelion (near the Kuiper cliff). It passed perihelion in September 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192241-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NC7\nFor comparison, among the well-established, highly eccentric orbits formally classified as plutinos, the orbit of (15788) 1993 SB has an eccentricity of 0.318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192241-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NC7\nIt has only been observed twenty-six times over four oppositions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192242-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Bowling Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Bowling Championship was the fourth annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. The tournament was played in Apopka, Florida during April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192242-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Bowling Championship\nVanderbilt defeated Maryland\u2013Eastern Shore in the championship match, 4 games to 3, to win their first national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192242-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Bowling Championship, Qualification\nSince there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship, which consisted of a modified double-elimination style tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from June 1 to 24, 2007. Sixty-four NCAA Division I college baseball teams advanced to the post season tournament after having played through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 tournament culminated with 8 teams advancing to the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 15. Unseeded Oregon State repeated as national champions, winning all five of its games in the 2007 CWS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nOregon State went undefeated through the College World Series, posting a 5-0 record. The Beavers, led by head coach Pat Casey, won all three games in their four-team bracket and then defeated North Carolina in two games in the best-of-three championship series. Oregon State became the fifth team to win consecutive NCAA titles (last done by LSU in 1996-97), and were the first team to win four games in a CWS by six or more runs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nAs of 2019, 2007 Oregon State remains the only team to have ever won at least four games by six or more runs in the same College World Series. Their opener against Cal State Fullerton was a tight 3-2 victory, but OSU's last four games in the CWS were not close, impressive for a team seeded in the lower half of the 64-team tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nThe Beavers also became the first team to win the CWS after having posted a losing conference record. Oregon State was a disappointing 10-14 (.417) in the Pac-10, placing sixth among the nine baseball-playing schools (Oregon dropped baseball in 1981, but revived it in 2009.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nHowever, the Beavers' non-conference record during the regular season was an impressive 28-3 (.903), and as defending NCAA champions, just enough to gain a berth in the 64-team tournament. They were placed as a No. 3 seed in one of the 16 four-team regionals, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Oregon State responded by going 11-1 (.917) in the post season. Oregon State won their final 10 games to finish at 49-18 (.731) overall. The Beavers trailed in only one inning of 2007 CWS: the first inning of the final game. Their only loss in the post season came during the second game of regionals, where they fell in 13 innings to host Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nOregon State freshman pitcher Jorge Reyes (of Warden, Washington) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 CWS. Reyes was 2-0 as a starter, defeating Cal State Fullerton in the opener and North Carolina in the first game of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\nTwo elite programs from Louisiana, LSU and Tulane both failed to qualify for the field of 64, marking the first time since 1984 both schools stayed home. LSU reached the College World Series 13 times between 1986 and 2004, winning five national championships (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000), while Tulane made trips to the CWS in 2001 and 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Bids, Automatic bids\nConference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals, Schedule\nRegional rounds were held Friday, June 1, through Monday, June 4. Each regional followed a similar format, with two games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed (many regionals in the southern U.S. had their schedules adversely affected by rain)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192243-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals, Schedule\nBest-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 8 through Monday, June 11. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 81], "content_span": [82, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192244-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 69th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 27th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192244-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nHeld on November 19, 2007, the combined meet was the fourth of eight consecutive meets hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers (3.73 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192244-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nThe men's team championship was won by Oregon (85 points), the Ducks' fifth (and first since 1977). The women's team championship was again won by Stanford (195 points), the Cardinal's fourth overall, second consecutive, and third in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192244-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships\nThe two individual champions were, for the men, Josh McDougal (Liberty, 29:22.4) and, for the women, Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech, 19:30.9).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192245-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings\nThree polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. About halfway through the season, two additional polls are released, the Harris Interactive Poll and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Standings. The Harris Poll and Coaches Poll are factors in the BCS Standings. At the end of the season, the BCS Standings determine who plays in the BCS bowl games as well as the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192245-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, AP Poll\nAs a result of Michigan's loss to Division I FCS Appalachian State, the AP Poll changed its policy on not allowing pollsters to vote for Division I FCS opponents. Now, if the Division I-FCS team has played a Division I FBS team, they are eligible to be voted for in the AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192245-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings, BCS Standings\nThe Bowl Championship Series determined the two teams that competed in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season\nThe regular season began on August 30, 2007 and ended on December 1, 2007. The postseason concluded on January 7, 2008 with the BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, where the No. 2-ranked LSU Tigers defeated the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes to win their second BCS and third overall national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season\nFor just the second time in the Bowl Championship Series era, no FBS team finished the season undefeated. Kansas was the only team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference to finish the entire season with just one loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Rules changes\nAfter coaches expressed their disapproval of the timing changes made in the 2006 season, the following changes were made:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Rules changes\nThe attempt to reduce the time of games sought by those rules was successful, reducing the average college football page from 3:21 hours in 2005 to 3:07 hours in 2006. However, the reduced game time also reduced the average number of plays in a game by 13, 66 fewer offensive yards per game and average points per game by 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Conference and program changes\nThe only change in conference membership for the 2007 season occurred when Temple left its Independent status to become the 13th member of the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Conference and program changes\nNo teams upgraded from Division I FCS, leaving the number of Division I FBS schools fixed at 119.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Regular season top 10 matchups\nRankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 7 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Year of the Upset and \"The Curse of No. 2\", Year of the Upset\nThe 2007 season was highlighted by the remarkable frequency with which ranked teams fell to lower-ranked or unranked opponents, leading the media to dub the season as the \"Year of the Upset\". An unranked or lower-ranked opponent defeated a higher-ranked team 59 times over the course of the regular season. Teams ranked in the top five of the AP Poll were defeated by unranked opponents 13 times during the regular season, setting a new record in the history of the AP Poll when at least 20 teams were ranked. The only other season to see more such upsets was 1967, which was one of seven seasons when the AP Poll ranked only 10 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 103], "content_span": [104, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Year of the Upset and \"The Curse of No. 2\", Year of the Upset\nThe chaos began on the first weekend of the season when FCS program Appalachian State defeated No. 5 Michigan on the road at Michigan Stadium in what was immediately hailed as one of the greatest upsets in the history of college football. Appalachian State became just the second FCS team to defeat a ranked FBS opponent, and the first to do so against a top-five team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 103], "content_span": [104, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Year of the Upset and \"The Curse of No. 2\", \"Curse of the No. 2\"\nThe 2007 season became known for the \"Curse of the No. 2 \", where the team ranked No. 2 by the AP Poll was defeated seven times in the final nine weeks of the regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 106], "content_span": [107, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Year of the Upset and \"The Curse of No. 2\", \"Curse of the No. 2\"\nThe No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams had not lost in the same week of the season since 1996. In 2007 alone, No. 1 and No. 2 fell during the same weekend three times, including in both of the final two weeks of the regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 106], "content_span": [107, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Conference champions, Conference championship games\nAll games were played on December 1, 2007. Rankings reflect the Week 14 AP Poll before the games were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 93], "content_span": [94, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Bowl games, Bowl Challenge Cup standings\n\u2020 Winner of the Bowl Challenge Cup\u2013\u00a7 NCAA record for bowl victories in a conference in one bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Awards and honors, Heisman Trophy voting\nThe Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192246-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Milestones\nThe following teams and players set all-time NCAA Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) records during the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192247-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings\nThe following weekly polls comprise the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings that determined the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2007 season. The Sports Network poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192248-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2007 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began on August 25, 2007, and concluded on December 14, 2007, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, where the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192248-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Rule changes for 2007\nThe clock rules adopted in the 2006 season were reversed, after coaches in all divisions disapproved of them. The attempt to reduce the time of games sought by those rules was successful, reducing the average college football game from 3 hours and 21 minutes in 2005 to 3 hours and 7 seven minutes in 2006. The reduced game time also reduced the average number of plays in a game by 13, fewer offensive yards per game by 66, and average points per game by 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192248-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Postseason, Gridiron Classic\nThe Gridiron Classic is an annual game between the champions of the Northeast Conference and the Pioneer Football League that has been held since December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192249-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 27th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their fifth championship, defeating the Penn State Nittany Lions in the final. The semifinals and championship were hosted by the University of Maryland at Maryland Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Maryland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192250-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Appalachian State Mountaineers and the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. It was played on December 14, 2007, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Appalachian State, 49\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192250-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams\nThe participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2007 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 54], "content_span": [55, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192250-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams, Appalachian State Mountaineers\nAppalachian State's first game of the 2007 season was a 34\u201332 upset win over Michigan, who were the No. 5 ranked team in FBS at the time. Appalachian State went on to finish their regular season with a 9\u20132 record (5\u20132 in conference). The Mountaineers defeated James Madison, Eastern Washington, and Richmond to reach the final. This was Appalachian State's third consecutive appearance in the championship game, having won the title in both 2005 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192250-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams, Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens\nDelaware finished their regular season with an 8\u20133 record (5\u20133 in conference). The Fightin' Blue Hens defeated Delaware State, top-seed Northern Iowa, and fourth-seed Southern Illinois to reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 83], "content_span": [84, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192251-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 43rd NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 26th NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas near the campus of the host school, the University of Arkansas. In total, thirty-two different men's and women's indoor track and field events were contested from March 9 to March 10, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192252-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and determined the national champion for the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 2007 National Title game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia between the 2007 South Regional Champions, No. 1-seeded Ohio State and the 2007 Midwest Regional Champions, No. 1-seeded Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192252-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game\nFor the second time in three years, the National Title Game was played between two No. 1 seeds. This game was a rematch of the game at O'Connell Center on December 23, 2006, which was won by Florida who defeated Ohio State in an 86\u201360 victory. This game featured the same two teams that participated in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game marking the first time that the same two schools were competing for the football and basketball national championships which saw Florida beat Ohio State 41\u201314 to be the national champions of college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192252-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Ohio State\nOhio State entered the 2007 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South Region. In the first round, Greg Oden had a double-double to beat Central Connecticut State 78\u201357. In the second round, Ohio State overcame a late deficit for a 78\u201371 overtime win over Xavier. In the Sweet 16, Oden blocked a last second shot by Ramar Smith to beat Tennessee 85\u201384. In the Elite Eight of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, Ohio State used Oden's 17 points to beat Memphis 92\u201376 for a trip to the 2007 Final Four. In the Final Four, Oden's 13 points were six points short of Roy Hibbert's 19 points but it was Ohio State who got the victory beating Georgetown 67\u201360 for a trip to the 2007 National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 81], "content_span": [82, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192252-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Florida\nFlorida entered the 2007 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region. In the first round, Florida played a dominant second half against Jackson State outscoring them 71\u201334 in the 2nd half to take a 112\u201369 win. In the second round, Florida beat Purdue 74\u201367 to stay alive in their quest for a 2nd straight national title. In the Sweet 16, Florida took another step closer to becoming the first team to win back-to-back championships since the 1991\u201392 Duke Blue Devils with a 65\u201357 win over Butler. In the Elite Eight, Florida beat Oregon 85\u201377 to advance to the 2007 Final Four. In the 2007 Final Four, Florida beat UCLA 76\u201366 to advance to the 2007 National Title Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 78], "content_span": [79, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192252-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary\nIn a rematch of a regular season meeting which had been won 86\u201360 by Florida in Gainesville, the Gators survived 25 points and 12 rebounds from Buckeyes center Greg Oden with stellar play from guards Lee Humphrey and Taurean Green with inside contributions coming from Al Horford (18 points) and tourney Most Outstanding Player Corey Brewer. Billy Donovan became the third-youngest coach (at age 41) to win two titles. Only Bob Knight (at Indiana) and San Francisco's Phil Woolpert both won two titles at the age of 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 69], "content_span": [70, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192252-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game Summary\nThe Gators are the first team ever to hold the NCAA Division I college football and basketball titles in the same academic year (2006\u201307) and calendar year (2006 and 2007). Coincidentally, Florida also beat Ohio State (by a score of 41\u201314) in the College Football Championship, the first time in college sports history that identical match-ups and results have occurred in both football and basketball championships. This was also the first time in NCAA D-I men's basketball history that exactly the same starting five were able to win back-to-back titles (Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Lee Humphrey, Al Horford, Taurean Green). Florida's Lee Humphrey also set the all-time NCAA Tournament record for three-point field goals made with 47. Humphrey surpassed Bobby Hurley's record of 42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 69], "content_span": [70, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006\u201307 basketball season. Team selections were announced on March 11, 2007, and the tournament began on March 13, 2007, with the Opening round game and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nBoth of the finalists from the year before returned to the Final Four as Florida, who returned its entire starting lineup from the year before, and UCLA advanced. They were joined in the Final Four by Ohio State, who was making its first appearance since their 1999 appearance (later vacated), and Georgetown, appearing for the first time since their national runner-up finish in 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nFlorida defeated Ohio State in the championship 84\u201375 to repeat as national champions. This marked the second time in 2007 that a Florida team beat an Ohio State team to win a national championship, as Florida's football team won the BCS National Championship Game over Ohio State in January. Florida's Corey Brewer was named the Most Outstanding Player. Florida became the first team to repeat since Duke in 1992. As of 2021, the 2007 Gators are the last team to repeat as national champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThis tournament was significant because it had many fewer upsets than in previous years. There were only 12 games in which a lower-seeded team defeated a higher-seeded team, and eight of these \"upsets\" were by teams ranked only one seed lower than their opponent. No. 7-seed UNLV was the lowest-seeded team to make it to the Sweet Sixteen. This marked the second time since the tournament expanded to at least 64 teams that no team seeded No. 8 or lower played in the Sweet Sixteen; the other instance was in 1995. Southland Conference champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi made their first NCAA appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament\nThis was the first Tournament since 2003 that regional sites were designated as \"East\", \"West\", \"South\", and \"Midwest\", rather than by the names of the host cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure\nA total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Of that total, 30 of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion, Penn. The remaining 34 teams were granted \"at-large\" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure\nThe initial game on March 13 officially named the Opening Round game, but popularly called the \"play-in game\", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77\u201369, to advance to play Kansas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure\nAll teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\nThe following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2007 tournament:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\nThis marked the second time the Final Four was held at the Georgia Dome, and the third Final Four overall in Atlanta. There was only one new venue in the 2007 tournament. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the tournament returned to New Orleans, but for the first time since 1942 it was not at the Louisiana Superdome. Instead it was held at the New Orleans Arena, the Superdome's neighbor and home to the New Orleans Pelicans, partially due to ongoing renovations at the Superdome following the damage inflicted by Katrina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues\n2007 marked the final appearances in the tournament of the Meadowlands Arena and the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. While it is possible for the LJVMC to host again, the Meadowlands Arena was closed in 2015 to public use, with games in the New York metropolitan area moving to the Barclays Center, the Prudential Center and Madison Square Garden in recent years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 69], "content_span": [70, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams\nTeam names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first round matchups. Only UCLA, UNLV, and USC (Southern California) use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation \"A&M\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams\nHere are the top seeded teams in each regional and their overall seeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries\nUnless otherwise specified, all games were on CBS, except for the play-in game, which aired on ESPN and two additional games. Those games were broadcast on CSTV except in the natural areas of the teams involved, as those were broadcast on CBS. Times listed are US EDT (UTC\u22124).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries\nTeam names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first-round matchups. Only UNLV and UCLA use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation \"A&M\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 64], "content_span": [65, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, First round upsets, close games, and other facts\nThe two major upsets of the first round were #11 Virginia Commonwealth's win over #6 Duke (West Regional), and #11 Winthrop's win over #6 Notre Dame (Midwest Regional). VCU beat Duke, 79-77, on a shot by Eric Maynor with 1.8 seconds left, sending Duke out for the first time in the first round since 1996. Winthrop's highly touted offense built a 21-point second-half lead before surviving a late Notre Dame rally to win, 74-64, earning their first tournament victory in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 130], "content_span": [131, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, First round upsets, close games, and other facts\nThe only overtime game of the first round was in the South Regional, between #7 Nevada and #10 Creighton, ending 77-71 in favor of the Nevada Wolf Pack. Other close games included #3 Oregon squeaking by #14 Miami (Ohio), 58-56 (Midwest Regional), #5 Virginia Tech's win over #12 Illinois 54-52 (West Regional), and #9 Xavier's win over #8 BYU, 79-77 (South Regional). The highest score accumulated by a team in the 2007 tournament went to Tennessee's 121 points over Long Beach State (South Regional), which set a school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 130], "content_span": [131, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, First round upsets, close games, and other facts\nThis was the first year since 1993 that a #10 seed did not advance to the second round. It was also only the second time in the last 17 years that a #12 seed failed to advance against a #5 seed. #15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi had leads of 10-0 and 25-7 in the first half against the #2 Wisconsin Badgers but Wisconsin prevailed 76-63.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 130], "content_span": [131, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, Second round upsets, close games, and other facts\nThe two biggest upsets of the second round were #6 Vanderbilt's win over #3 Washington State (East Regional) and #7 UNLV's win over #2 Wisconsin (Midwest Regional). Vanderbilt won a heart-stopper, 78-74, in double overtime. UNLV won by six points, 74-68, in their biggest win since the 1990s. Other overtime games included #1 Ohio State's 78-71 win over #9 Xavier (South Regional) and #3 Pittsburgh's 84-79 overtime victory over #11 Virginia Commonwealth (West Regional).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 131], "content_span": [132, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, Second round upsets, close games, and other facts\nOhio State's Ron Lewis hit a three-pointer with two seconds remaining to force overtime against Xavier, and Pittsburgh fought Virginia Commonwealth's comeback from 19 points down to come up with the victory. The Ohio State win over Xavier had a controversial ending as prior to Lewis's game-tying shot, Buckeye Greg Oden shoved a Xavier player, Justin Cage, in the back and onto the floor. Had an intentional foul been called, Xavier would have been awarded two foul shots and ball possession. Instead, a regular personal foul was called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 131], "content_span": [132, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, Second round upsets, close games, and other facts\nSubsequently, Xavier missed the second free throw, allowing Lewis to shoot the game-tying 3. Other close games were #3 Texas A&M winning over #6 Louisville, 72-69 (South Regional); #5 Butler's victory over #4 Maryland, 62-59 (Midwest Regional); and #5 Tennessee defeating #4 Virginia, 77-74 (South Regional). This tournament marked the first time since 1995 that a double-digit seeded team did not advance to the Sweet 16 (Midwest #7 seed UNLV was the lowest team in the Sweet 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 131], "content_span": [132, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Opening rounds, Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) upsets, close games, other facts\nNo upsets or overtime games occurred in this round of the tournament, although there were several very close games. In the South Region, #2 Memphis barely defeated #3 Texas A&M as Aggie senior Acie Law, after a solid performance for most of the game, missed an open layup with under a minute left. A controversial clock situation with 3.1 seconds left added to the emotion. #1 Ohio State sneaked past #5 Tennessee, coming back from 20 points down to win, 85-84, with a blocked shot by Buckeye Greg Oden with 0.2 seconds left. In the East Region, #2 Georgetown won possibly the most controversial game of the tournament, beating #6 Vanderbilt, 66-65, on a shot by Jeff Green with 2.5 seconds left. The play was controversial as Green appeared to travel, despite fans and analysts claiming it was a clean drop step.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 150], "content_span": [151, 964]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Regional Finals (Elite Eight)\nThe seeds of the Elite Eight teams were four #1s, three #2s, and one #3. This was the lowest combination of seeds in an Elite Eight since seeding began in the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Regional Finals (Elite Eight)\nAlthough Ohio State star freshman Greg Oden got into early foul trouble, a close game at the half turned into a blowout as the Buckeyes went on a 20-8 run to win. Game leaders were Memphis' Jeremy Hunt with 26 points, and Robert Dozier with 11 rebounds. This ended Memphis' 25-game win streak, previously the longest in the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Regional Finals (Elite Eight)\nAfter a tight first-half, the Bruins slowly put away the top-seeded Jayhawks in the second-half using their 2006 national championship game experience, along with a strong defense. Shooting percentage was a key factor in the game as UCLA shot 53% to Kansas's 41%. UCLA's Arron Afflalo led all scorers with 24 points while Brandon Rush of Kansas led the Jayhawks with 18. UCLA and Kansas combined for 35 steals, breaking the previous tournament record of 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Regional Finals (Elite Eight)\nNorth Carolina led for most of the game and the entire second half, but Georgetown rallied from ten points down with six minutes remaining to force overtime. The Tar Heels were outscored 15-3 in the extra session, missing 22 of their final 23 field goal attempts. Georgetown reached its first Final Four since 1985, when John Thompson III's father John Thompson (Jr.) was coach\u2014and Thompson III became the first coach to succeed his father in coaching a team to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Regional Finals (Elite Eight)\nWith North Carolina's loss in the regional final, this marked the first time since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams that no ACC team made it to the Final Four for two consecutive years. The last time that no ACC team made it to the Final Four in consecutive years was in 1979 and 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Regional Finals (Elite Eight)\nIn what was actually a close game for most of regulation, Florida's three-point shots, along with a 20-9 run in the second half, amounted to a Gator win. Florida player Lee Humphrey led his team with seven three-pointers, and added up a total of 23 points. In one of the more odd moments of the tournament, Humphrey shot a three-pointer through the side of the net, causing a 10-minute delay as the net was repaired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 95], "content_span": [96, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four\nAll of the 2007 Final Four teams had participated in the 2006 tournament. Ohio State was knocked out in the second round by Georgetown, who would lose to Florida in the Minneapolis Regional Semifinals. Florida would go on to defeat UCLA in the championship game. The four teams were all previous champions as well \u2014 Ohio State (1960), Georgetown (1984), UCLA (several), and Florida (2006) \u2014 marking the fourth time that all of the Final Four teams were past champions (joining 1993, 1995 and 1998 Final Fours). Also, it was the first time in nine years that no two Final Four teams were from the same conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, Final Four\nIn the beginning, Florida struggled with UCLA's swarming defense, but ten minutes into the game they took a double-digit lead, and Lee Humphrey, in a performance reminiscent of the previous year's national title game, blew the game open in the second half hitting three consecutive three-pointers. Humphrey's shots proved too much to overcome and UCLA never threatened in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship\nA rematch of a regular season meeting, won 86-60 by Florida in Gainesville, The Gators survived 25 points and 12 rebounds from Buckeyes center Greg Oden with stellar play from guards Lee Humphrey and Taurean Green with inside contributions coming from Al Horford (18 points) and tourney Most Outstanding Player Corey Brewer. Billy Donovan became the third-youngest coach (at age 41) to win two titles. Only Bob Knight (at Indiana) and San Francisco's Phil Woolpert both won two titles at the age of 40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, National Championship\nThe Gators are the first team ever to hold the NCAA Division I college football and basketball titles in the same academic year (2006\u201307) and calendar year (2006 and 2007). Coincidentally, Florida also beat Ohio State (by a score of 41-14) in the College Football Championship, the first time in college sports history that identical matchups and results have occurred in both football and basketball championships. This was also the first time in NCAA D-I men's basketball history that exactly the same starting five were able to win back-to-back titles (Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Lee Humphrey, Al Horford, Taurean Green). Florida's Lee Humphrey also set the all-time NCAA Tournament record for three-point field goals made with 47. Humphrey surpassed Bobby Hurley's record of 42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 87], "content_span": [88, 870]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference\nThe America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big West, Ivy, MEAC, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC, and WCC all went 0-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference\n* The MAAC went 1-1 since Niagara won the Play-in Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS Sports\nFor the 26th consecutive year, CBS Sports telecast the tournament, and for the 17th consecutive year, broadcast every game from the first round to the championship, with Jim Nantz and Billy Packer calling the Final Four. Nantz was in a stretch in which he would broadcast Super Bowl XLI, the Final Four, and The Masters golf tournament all in a 10-week period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, CBS Sports\nGreg Gumbel once again served as the studio host, joined by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 79], "content_span": [80, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, Other television\nCSTV, owned by CBS, telecast the George Washington-Vanderbilt and the Virginia-Albany contests (in addition to the local CBS affiliates nearest to the participating teams in those games, and those using their digital subchannels for simulcasting). Those games served as the first-ever live tourney telecasts on CSTV, which also provided a highlights show after each day of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, Other television\nFor the first three rounds of the tournament, games were also shown on DirecTV through the Mega March Madness pay-per-view service and on , a broadband Internet video streaming service that was a joint venture between CBS SportsLine (now known as CBSSports.com) and the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Television, Other television\nThe opening round game was broadcast on ESPN for the sixth consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 85], "content_span": [86, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media, Radio\nWestwood One once again had the live radio coverage. Kevin Harlan once again served as the play-by-play man at the Final Four with Bill Raftery and John Thompson on color. Thompson the elder is the father of current Georgetown coach John Thompson III.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 62], "content_span": [63, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Basketball courts\nDuring the first- and second-round games in New Orleans, as part of the continuing recovery process from Hurricane Katrina, the NCAA allowed an additional floor decal recognizing the work of Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge and the NCAA Home Team program through the subregional's host institution, Tulane University. This marked the first time that a logo other than that of the NCAA or an NCAA member school has been allowed at an NCAA-sanctioned championship event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Basketball courts\nIn addition, Tulane student athletes and athletic department personnel built a new house, valued at $75,000 (US), which was paid for by the NCAA and their corporate partner Lowe's, on Girod Street between the New Orleans Arena, site of the games, and the Louisiana Superdome, which has hosted four Final Fours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192253-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Basketball courts\nAlso, for the first time, custom-made, identical courts were used at all four regional sites in San Jose, St. Louis, San Antonio and East Rutherford. Starting in 2010, all tournament games would have the same identical courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 67], "content_span": [68, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192254-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams\nThis is a list of qualifying teams in the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted \"at-large\" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192254-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams\nOnly one of the 65 teams, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, was a first-time entrant into the tournament field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192254-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams, Qualifying teams\nTeam names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first round matchups. Only UCLA, UNLV, and USC use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation \"A&M\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 84], "content_span": [85, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192254-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams, Qualifying teams, Other teams considered (bubble teams)\nOn March 11, 2007, the NCAA Selection Committee released a list of 31 other schools that were considered for at-large bids but did not make the final field of 65. Many of the teams were selected for the 2007 National Invitation Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [68, 123], "content_span": [124, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192255-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was a golf tournament contested from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the 69th NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship and was hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The team championship was won by the Stanford Cardinal who captured their eighth national championship (and first since 1994) by twelve strokes over the Georgia Bulldogs in stroke play. The individual national championship was won by Jamie Lovemark from USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192255-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Venue\nThis was the first NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship hosted at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Williamsburg, Virginia; the tournament was hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University which is located nearby in Richmond, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 51], "content_span": [52, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192256-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey as the culmination of the 2006\u201307 season. The tournament began on March 23, 2007, and ended with the championship game on April 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192256-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure\nThe NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 teams representing all six Division I conferences in the nation. The Championship Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 16 within four regionals of 4 teams. The winners of the six Division I conference championships receive automatic bids to participate in the NCAA Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192256-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure\nThe four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following were the sites for the 2007 regionals:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 70], "content_span": [71, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192256-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams\nHockey East had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had three teams receive a berth, the ECACHL had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 66], "content_span": [67, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192256-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Brackets\nThe number in parentheses denotes overall seed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 58], "content_span": [59, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192257-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 12 through May 28, 2007. This was the 37th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192257-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship\nThe first round of the single-elimination tournament was played on May 12 and May 13 at the home field of the top-seeded team. The quarterfinals were held on May 19 and May 20 on two separate neutral fields: the Navy\u2013Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, and Princeton Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. The tournament culminated with the championship weekend, which included the Division II and Division III championships, semifinals and finals held on Memorial Day weekend at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The championship game was played in front of a record crowd of 48,443 fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192257-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship\nJohns Hopkins won their ninth national title, defeating Duke University in the final 12\u201311. Johns Hopkins was led by Paul Rabil and coach Dave Pietramala, and Duke was led by Zack Greer and Matt Danowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192257-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship\nDelaware, led by Alex Smith made it to the Final Four for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192258-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The College Cup for the final four teams was held at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. All other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192258-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament\nIn the final, Wake Forest defeated Ohio State, 2\u20131, with second-half goals scored by Marcus Tracy and Zach Schilawski. This was Wake Forest's first NCAA title in men's soccer and eighth overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192258-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament\nThe tournament began on November 23, 2007. The first round was played on November 23 and 24, and the second round on the November 28. The third round was played on December 1 and 2. The Regional Finals were played on December 7 and 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192259-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 2007 at the University Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the 84th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192259-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships\nAuburn again topped the team standings, finishing 169 points ahead of Stanford. It was the Tigers' fifth consecutive and seventh overall national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192260-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were the 66th NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 26th NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California on the campus of the California State University, Sacramento. In total, thirty-six different men's and women's track and field events were contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192261-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held from May 17 through June 4, 2007. 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192261-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Automatic Bids\nConference champions from 29 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 35 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192261-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National Seeds\n9 Michigan10 LSU11 Alabama12 UCLA13 Florida14 DePaul15 North Carolina St.16 Virginia Tech", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192261-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series, Participants\n\u2020 Excludes results of the pre-NCAA Women's College World Series of 1969 through 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 84], "content_span": [85, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192262-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 61st annual men's and 25th annual women's championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. The tournaments were played concurrently during May 2007 in Athens, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192262-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nHosts Georgia defeated Illinois in the men's championship match, 4\u20130, to claim the Bulldogs' fifth team national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192262-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships\nMeanwhile, Georgia Tech defeated UCLA in the women's title match, 4\u20132, to claim their first team national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192262-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Host sites\nThis year's tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 17, 2007 and concluded on April 3 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Final Four consisted of Tennessee, LSU, Rutgers, and North Carolina, with Tennessee defeating Rutgers 59\u201346 for their seventh National Title. Tennessee's Candace Parker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nThe Dallas Regional largely followed the seeding, with the top two seeds meeting in the regional final, and the top seed, North Carolina, winning 84\u201372 to move on to the Final Four, the second consecutive trip to the Final Four for the Tarheels. In the Dayton Regional, seventh-seeded Mississippi upset second-seeded Maryland, and followed that with an upset of third-seeded Oklahoma, but in the regional final faced top-seeded Tennessee, who went on to beat Mississippi by 36 points, and move on to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nIn the Fresno Regional, the second-seeded Stanford Cardinal fell to Florida State, who then lost to third-seeded LSU. The wins by Florida State over ODU and Stanford were vacated by the NCAA. In the regional final, LSU easily beat Connecticut, 73\u201350. This is, as of 2021, the last Final Four to not feature Connecticut. In the Greensboro Regional, neither of the top two seeds made it to the regional final. The top seed, Duke, lost a one-point game to Rutgers, while the second seed, Vanderbilt, was ousted in the second round by Bowling Green. Fourth-seeded Rutgers beat the third seed, Arizona State, by 19 points in the regional final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nThe semifinal game between Tennessee and North Carolina was expected to be a high-scoring game, but it turned out to be more disorder than scoring, In a game the New York Times would describe as an \"artless grind\", the Tarheels held a 48\u201336 lead with just over eight minutes to play. They would not score another basket. The Lady Vols, who ended up hitting only 27% of the field goal attempts, went on a 20\u20132 run, and ended up with the win, 56\u201350.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nIn the other semifinal, Rutgers faced LSU. Rutgers's appearance in a Final Four game seemed improbable earlier in the season, when the Scarlet Knights lost four of their first six games, and played so poorly that their coach C. Vivian Stringer revoked their access to their locker room. However, their play, particularly their defense, improved, and they were now a game away from a possible appearance in a national championship game, if they could defeat LSU, who had Sylvia Fowles as a dominant center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nFowles, who would go on to be the second overall WNBA draft pick the following year, had just completed a double-double against Connecticut, scoring 23 points, snaring 15 rebounds and blocking 6 shots. Rutgers held her to five points while missing eight of her ten field goal attempts. Rutgers pulled out to a 37\u201319 lead at halftime, and went on to win, holding LSU to 35 points, an NCAA record low in a Final Four game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events\nIn the championship game, Tennessee was too much for Rutgers. The Lady Vols had an eleven-point lead at halftime, which Rutgers cut to seven, but that was as close as they would get. Candace Parker scored 17 points, but Pat Summitt noted the contribution of their 5-foot 2-inch point guard Shannon Bobbitt, who hit two key three-pointers en route to scoring 13 points of her own. Tennessee won 59\u201346, bringing the seventh national championship to the school, and increasing the win total of Summitt to 947, which is 33 more than Bob Knight, the most victorious coach on the men's side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 66], "content_span": [67, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals\nOnce again, the system was the same as the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams go and there is no play-in game. Automatic bids are secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals\nThe subregionals, which once again used the \"pod system\", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 17 to 20 at these locations:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 64], "content_span": [65, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals\nThe regionals were held from March 24 to 27 in the following regions. The regionals, as they were in the previous two tournaments, were named after the city they were played in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals\nThe regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held on April 1 and 3, 2007 at Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by both Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 61], "content_span": [62, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic\nSixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large\nThirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference\nThirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 70], "content_span": [71, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state\nThe sixty-four teams came from thirty-one states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas, Tennessee, and North Carolina had the most teams with five bids each. Nineteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 65], "content_span": [66, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Brackets\nData source(*) \u2013 Number of asterisks denotes number of overtimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 60], "content_span": [61, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nAs it had every year since 2003, ESPN and ESPN2 televised all 63 games. The first two rounds were presented on a regional basis. In some cases, a complete game of interest to a particular region were shown. However, most of the telecasts were in a \"whip-around\" format, with the specific game being shown changed on occasion and the endings to all close games or potential major upsets included. All games not shown on either ESPN or ESPN2 in a local market area were available to subscribers of ESPN Full Court, a pay-per-view package available on most major cable and satellite providers. Select games were also simulcast on ESPNU and ESPN360.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 718]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nAll games from the regional semifinals forward were televised nationally on either ESPN or ESPN2, in both standard-definition and high-definition formats. The Final Four was on ESPN. In addition, the championship game was presented in the ESPN Full Circle format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nESPN had three announcers at each site: a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, and a sideline reporter. (In contrast, CBS Sports, which covers nearly every game of the men's tournament, did not use sideline reporters until the Final Four.) Mike Patrick, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe and Mark Jones had those respective roles at the Final Four site in Cleveland. Patrick, Burke and Rowe also covered the Greensboro regional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nBurke, who had been a sideline reporter at previous Final Fours, replaced Ann Meyers, who had that role for the last ten years. Meyers is now the general manager of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nSome of the other ESPN commentators during earlier rounds included Linda Cohn, Dave Revsine, Dave Barnett, Fran Fraschilla, and Van Chancellor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nTrey Wingo was the studio host, with analysts Kara Lawson and Stacey Dales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Television and radio\nMowins and Debbie Antonelli called the Final Four action on Westwood One radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192263-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference\nEighteen conferences went 0-1: America East, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Conference USA, Ivy League, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, West Coast Conference, and WAC", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 72], "content_span": [73, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192264-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 26th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 2007. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192264-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship\nNorthwestern defeated Virginia, 15\u201313, to win their third national championship. This would subsequently become the third of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005\u20132009, 2011\u201312).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192264-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship\nThe leading scorer for the tournament was Katie Breslin from Virginia (17 goals). Hilary Bowen, from Northwestern, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192264-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field\nA total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 9 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 7 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 68], "content_span": [69, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192264-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field, Seeds\n1. Northwestern2. Duke3. Virginia4. Penn5. Maryland6. North Carolina7. Johns Hopkins8. Vanderbilt", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192265-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2007 Women's College Cup) was the 26th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Aggie Soccer Complex in College Station, Texas from December 7\u20139, 2007 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 15\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192265-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nUSC defeated Florida State in the final, 2\u20130, to win their first national title. Both teams were making their first appearances in the tournament final while USC managed to become the first program since Florida in 1998 to win the College Cup in the first ever appearance. The Trojans (20\u20133\u20132) were coached by Ali Khosroshahin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192265-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Amy Rodriguez from USC, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Kristin Olsen, also from USC. Rodriguez and Olsen, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192265-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament\nThe tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals and 1 assist, was Sanna Talonen from Florida State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192265-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification\nAll Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192265-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Format\nJust as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192266-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 26th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192266-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships\nThis year's events were hosted by the University of Minnesota at the University Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192266-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships\nDefending champions Auburn again topped the team standings, finishing 58 points (535\u2212477) ahead of Arizona. This was the Tigers' fifth women's team title and fifth in six seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on November 29, 2007 with 64 teams and concluded on December 15, 2007 when Penn State defeated Stanford 3 games to 2 in Sacramento, California for the program's second NCAA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nPenn State, who was making their first final four appearance since 1999, finished the season on a 26 match win streak. Their last loss of 2007 came against Stanford in five games. Semifinalist California made the program's first NCAA Final Four appearance after upsetting defending champion Nebraska in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament\nWith Stanford, California and Southern California making the Final Four, it became the second straight year that the Final Four consisted of three Pac-10 teams. However, for the second straight year, it was the team from the different conference that won the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Stanford Regional, Recap\nThere were generally no major upsets in this bracket region. Overall #1 seed Stanford advanced to the final four for the second straight year with a 3-1 victory over Pac-10 foe UCLA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Gainesville Regional, Recap\nThe biggest upset in the Gainesville bracket was #5 seed USC surprisingly sweeping #4 seed Texas, ending Texas' 24 match win streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 79], "content_span": [80, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, University Park Regional, Recap\nThe first major upset seen in this bracket was unseeded and unranked BYU defeated six seeded and 2006 national semifinalist Washington on Washington's home court. Before the loss, Washington was undefeated at home in postseason play, boasting a 13-0 record. The second major upset was unseeded Middle Tennessee defeating 11th seeded Hawai'i in the second round. It was the first time in school history Hawai'i lost in the second round, and was also the first time in school history that Middle Tennessee advanced to the sweet 16. Another upset was unseeded Michigan defeating 14th seeded Colorado State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, University Park Regional, Recap\nPenn State, the #3 overall seed, swept past each opponent to advance to their 6th final four in school history and first since winning the NCAA title in 1999. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Arielle Wilson was named the regional most outstanding player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 83], "content_span": [84, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Madison Regional, Recap\nThe biggest upset in the NCAA tournament occurred in the Madison regional final, where #10 seed California defeated defending champion and #2 seed Nebraska in a sweep. Nebraska saw their dominance slipping after having to come up from 2 games down in the regional semifinals against unseeded Michigan State. Nebraska has also never won a regional final outside of the state of Nebraska, with the exception of the 2006 tournament when they came from 2 games down to defeat Minnesota, and eventually went on to win the title in Omaha, Nebraska. California advanced to their first final four in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Final Four \u2013 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, Scouting final four members\n#1 Stanford: Stanford made the program's NCAA record 17th final four. In 2007 Stanford claimed their 2nd consecutive and 11th overall Pac-10 conference title. Four Stanford players were named AVCA All-Americans: Junior Foluke Akinradewo, senior Bryn Kehoe, and junior Cynthia Barboza took home first team honors while freshman Alix Klineman was placed on second team. Akinradewo was named the AVCA and Pac-10 Player of the Year, while Klineman was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. Stanford's two losses of the season came from Washington and Southern California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 128], "content_span": [129, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Final Four \u2013 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, Scouting final four members\n#3 Penn State: Penn State made the program's 6th final four. In 2007 Penn State claimed their Big Ten record 5th consecutive outright Big Ten title and 11th overall. Penn State finished the Big Ten season with a 20-0 record, the fourth time since joining in 1991 Penn State accomplished the feat. Four AVCA All-Americans were named on Penn State's squad, junior Nicole Fawcett, junior Christa Harmotto and sophomore Megan Hodge were named to first team while sophomore Alisha Glass took second team. Harmotto was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, while freshman Arielle Wilson, who was also named the University Park Regional most outstanding player, was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Penn State's two losses of the season came from Nebraska and Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 128], "content_span": [129, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Final Four \u2013 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, Scouting final four members\n#5 Southern California: USC made the program's 8th final four. USC had their hands full in the Gainesville regional, as they had back to back five game matches from Long Beach State and St. John's. They surprisingly swept #4 Texas in the regional finals. Senior Asia Kaczor was named an AVCA First Team All-American while sophomore Taylor Carico was named to second team. USC's four losses of the season came from Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Oregon. Kaczor was also named the Gainesville regional most outstanding player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 128], "content_span": [129, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Final Four \u2013 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, Scouting final four members\n#10 California: California made the program's first final four. Senior Angie Pressey, the daughter of Paul Pressey, was named an AVCA First Team All-American and also was selected for her fourth consecutive First Team All-Pac 10 honor, the first time in Cal's history that that happened. Sophomore Hana Cutura, who was also named the Madison regional most outstanding player was named an AVCA Second team All-American. Cal's losses of the season came from Colorado, Stanford twice, USC twice, UCLA and Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 128], "content_span": [129, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinal recap, Stanford vs. Southern California\nUSC started off the match taking the first game, 30-23. Stanford took the next two games, 30-20 & 30-25, before USC took the next game 30-20 to force a 5th game. The 5th game was back and forth, before Stanford saw a 2-point deficit at 11-9. Stanford rallied to tie the match at 12 all. The teams traded points before the score was tied at 13. USC took the next point to earn match point, but a service error on match point tied the game up at 14. Stanford took the next two points to win the match and 5th game, 16-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 110], "content_span": [111, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Semifinal recap, Penn State vs. California\nPenn State defeated California in a sweep, 30-28, 30-25, 30-16. The first game was tied at 28 before a solo block from Blair Brown gave Penn State the game, 30-28. The second game was not as close as Penn State won 30-25, and the third game Penn State won easily 30-16. Penn State advanced to their 5th national championship match in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 103], "content_span": [104, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State\nIn front of the second highest crowd in NCAA history to watch a women's volleyball championship match, Penn State, coached by 2007 AVCA National Coach of the Year Russ Rose, was ranked #1 in the AVCA coaches poll since October, but Stanford was the #1 seed, while previously ranked #4 in the poll. This was the third time in a decade that the two teams have met in the NCAA title match, tying an NCAA record. The teams previously met in 1997, when Stanford won in a five-game match, and two years later, when Penn State won in a sweep. Additionally, Penn State and Stanford are the only Division I universities that have made every NCAA tournament appearance since NCAA starting sponsoring in 1981.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State\nComing into the match, Penn State had the highest hitting percentage in the nation as a team, while Stanford was ranked number 4. The first game started out back at forth with Stanford holding a slight edge at the media timeout at 15\u201313. The difference proved to be a 6\u20130 run after the timeout that separated Penn State from Stanford as the Cardinal never got closer than 3 points, with Penn State winning 30\u201325. The second game was much like the first as it featured many lead changes and ties. Penn State remained in control, never allowing Stanford to get closer than three points, thus winning 30\u201326 and sending Stanford in the locker room with their first 0\u20132 deficit of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State\nIn the third game, Stanford responded and took control of the third, by winning 30\u201323, and handing Penn State their first single game loss of the tournament, as Penn State swept through each opponent until that point, ending their bid to become just the 3rd school in NCAA history to sweep through each opponent en route to winning the NCAA title. The fourth game was all Stanford as Penn State saw them take the second game, 30-19 as Stanford did not record a hitting error, and force a 5th game. This was the first five-game match in a championship since rally scoring began in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State\nIn the decisive 5th game, Penn State saw Stanford take a 4\u20133 lead out of Penn State errors, but after that, it was all Nittany Lions as they did not allow Stanford a single kill in a 7\u20130 scoring run to take their biggest lead of the night at 10-4. Stanford was not able to get any closer than 4 points. Stanford took their last point on their only kill of the game, but Penn State took the next points to earn match point on a block and MVP Megan Hodge's 26th kill of the match sealed the championship, 15\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State\nAs a team, Stanford hit negatively, with 1 kill, 4 errors on 19 attempts to hit -.158%, compared to Penn State's 11 kills, 5 errors on 21 attempts to hit .286% in the fifth game. Penn State outhit Stanford for the match, .317 to .291, just the second time all season Stanford was outhit. This win snapped a 12-match winning streak by Stanford, while it was the 26th consecutive match won by Penn State, as their last loss of the season was to Stanford exactly three months before on September 15, 2007, in another five game thriller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 104], "content_span": [105, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192267-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, NCAA Tournament records\nThere were three NCAA tournament records that were set in the 2007 tournament that still stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 75], "content_span": [76, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192268-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball rankings\nThe following polls make up the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192268-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball\nThe preseason poll ranked the top 40 teams. Remaining teams not listed above were: 31. LSU 32. Mississippi State 33. Houston 34. Oklahoma 35. Troy 36. San Francisco 37. Winthrop 38. Michigan 39. Notre Dame 40. Ohio State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192268-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, NCBWA\nThe Preseason Poll ranked the top 35 teams. Remaining teams not listed above were: 31. Winthrop 32. Southern California 33. Oral Roberts 34. LSU 35. Mississippi State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began on January 25, 2007. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2007 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament, was held in its annual location of Omaha, Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 24, 2007, with the final game of the best of three championship series. Oregon State defeated North Carolina two games to none to claim their second consecutive championship, which was also their second overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, New programs\nTwo programs, Central Arkansas and NJIT, moved from Division II to Division I for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 63], "content_span": [64, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Dropped programs\nBirmingham\u2013Southern, which had competed in the Big South Conference, dropped to the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2007 season. St. Francis (NY) dropped its varsity intercollegiate baseball program following the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nThe Sun Belt Conference added two members, Florida Atlantic from the Atlantic Sun Conference and Louisiana\u2013Monroe from the Southland Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nThe Southland added two members, Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi (formerly a Division I independent) and Central Arkansas (formerly of Division II).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference changes\nTwo schools became Division I independents\u2013 Chicago State, which moved from the Mid-Continent Conference, and NJIT, which moved from Division II.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment, Conference formats\nThe Southland Conference, whose membership changes left it with 12 baseball-sponsoring members, split into two six-team divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 69], "content_span": [70, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192269-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series\nThe 2007 season marked the sixty first NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Oregon State claiming their first championship with a two games to none series win over North Carolina in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192270-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I softball season\nThe 2007 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2007. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2007 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2007 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on June 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192270-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series\nThe 2007 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 31 to June 6, 2007 in Oklahoma City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192270-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division I softball season, Records\nNCAA Division I season strikeouts:724 \u2013 Monica Abbott, Tennessee Volunteers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192271-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament was the 51st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192271-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nOfficially culminating the 2006\u201307 NCAA Division II men's basketball season, the tournament featured sixty-four teams from around the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192271-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Elite Eight, national semifinals, and championship were again played at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192271-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nBarton (31\u20135) defeated defending champions Winona State in the final, 77\u201375, to win their first Division II national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192271-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe Bulldogs were coached by Ron Lievense. Barton's Anthony Atkinson was the Most Outstanding Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192272-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 36th annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. Thirty-two teams participated in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192272-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship\nThe Franklin Pierce Ravens defeated Lincoln Memorial, 1\u20130, at the D-II Championship Festival, held in Orange Beach, Alabama, and hosted by the University of West Florida. David Clifton scored the match's lone goal in the 89th minute to give the Ravens men's team their first national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192272-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship\nFranklin Pierce, who finished the season 17-2-4, were coached by Marco Koolman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192273-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 26th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192273-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\nSouthern Connecticut defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game, 61\u201345, to claim the Owls' first NCAA Division II national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192273-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe championship rounds were contested at the Health and Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192274-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football rankings\nThe 2007 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season\nThe 2007 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on August 30, 2007, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 15, 2007 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Valdosta State Blazers defeated the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, 25\u201320, to win their second Division II national title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season\nThe Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Danny Woodhead, running back from Chadron State, for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Conference and program changes\nChowan and Mary completed their transitions to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries\nCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association \u2013 ShawGreat Lakes Football Conference \u2013 TiffinGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference \u2013 Grand Valley StateGulf South Conference \u2013 Delta State Lone Star Conference \u2013 West Texas A&MMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association \u2013 Northwest Missouri StateNorth Central Conference \u2013 Nebraska\u2013OmahaNortheast-10 Conference \u2013 BryantNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference \u2013 Winona StatePennsylvania State Athletic Conference \u2013 West Chester (East), California (PA) (West)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference \u2013 Chadron StateSouth Atlantic Conference \u2013 Carson-Newman and CatawbaSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference \u2013 TuskegeeWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference \u2013 Shepherd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason\nThe 2007 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs involved 24 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason\nThe tournament began on November 17, 2008 and concluded on December 15, 2008 with the 2007 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Braly Municipal Stadium near the campus of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason\nIn the championship game the Valdosta State University Blazers defeated the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats, 25\u201321, to win their second national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason, Playoff format\nThe first-round games were conducted on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. Two teams in each super regional earned first-round byes. The first-round winners advanced to face a bye team in their super regional. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals and quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason, Playoff format\nFirst-round, second-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games were played on the campus of one of the competing institutions as determined by the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The home team at the championship was determined by the Division II Football Committee and the Shoals National Championship Committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192275-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason, National television coverage\nThe championship game was played at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama and broadcast live on ESPN2 on December 15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 79], "content_span": [80, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192276-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 2007 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 32nd national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with three regions consisting of six teams and five consisting of seven, for a total of 53 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Kean, who defeated Emory for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192276-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, New York Regional\nLeo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park-Auburn, NY (Host: Ithaca College)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 72], "content_span": [73, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192276-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, World Series\nTime Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium-Grand Chute, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Lawrence University)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192277-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 1, 2007, and concluded on March 17, 2007, with a championship game in the Salem Civic Center of Salem, Virginia, which was won by Amherst College over Virginia Wesleyan 80-67.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192277-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams\nThe Division III Championships Committee selected 59 schools to participate in the 2007 tournament. Thirty-seven teams earned automatic qualification by winning their respective conferences. Additionally, four independent (not affiliated with a conference with an automatic bid) teams and 18 other at-large teams from the remaining independent teams and automatic qualifying conferences \u2014 who did not receive their conference automatic qualification\u2014were selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 68], "content_span": [69, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192278-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2006\u201307 season, the 24th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Oswego State defeating Middlebury in the championship game 4-3 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the Wessman Arena in Superior, Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192278-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams\nThe following teams qualified for the tournament. Automatic bids were offered to the conference tournament champion of seven different conferences. One at-large bid was available for the best non-conference champion for each region with one additional at-large bid for the best remaining team regardless of region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 68], "content_span": [69, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192278-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination. For the three eastern Quarterfinals the teams were seeded according to their rankings. The two lowest-seeded eastern teams played a first round game while the remaining five teams received byes into Quarterfinal round. The top-seeded eastern team played the winner of the eastern first round game. For the western quarterfinal, the top-ranked team awaited the winner of a first round game between the lower-ranked teams. The higher-seeded team served as host for each game of the first round and quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 58], "content_span": [59, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192279-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III football season\nThe 2007 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2007, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2007 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater Warhawks won their first Division III championship by defeating the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 31\u221221. This was the third of seven straight championship games between Mount Union (3 wins) and Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater (4 wins).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192279-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III football season\nThe Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in Division III football, was awarded to Justin Beaver, running back from Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192279-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason\nThe 2007 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 35th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the 15th time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192279-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification\nTwenty-two conferences met the requirements for an automatic (\"Pool A\") bid to the playoffs. Besides the NESCAC, which does not participate in the playoffs, four conferences had no Pool A bid. The NWC was in the second year of the two-year waiting period, while the ACFC, UAA, and UMAC failed to meet the seven-member requirement. The PAC received a Pool A bid for the first time, having attained seven members and passed through the waiting period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192279-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification\nSchools not in Pool A conferences were eligible for Pool B. The number of Pool B bids was determined by calculating the ratio of Pool A conferences to schools in those conferences and applying that ratio to the number of Pool B schools. The 22 Pool A conferences contained 190 schools, an average of 8.6 teams per conference. Thirty schools were in Pool B, enough for three bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192279-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason, Qualification\nThe remaining seven playoff spots were at-large (\"Pool C\") teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192280-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans\nThe Consensus 2007 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn \"consensus\" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192281-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Opening Rounds\nThe opening rounds of the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament were held from March 13\u201317, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192281-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Opening Rounds, Scores and schedule\nUnless otherwise specified, all games were on CBS, except for the play-in game, which aired on ESPN and two additional games. Those games were broadcast on CSTV except in the natural areas of the teams involved, as those were broadcast on CBS. Times listed are US EDT (UTC-4).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192281-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Opening Rounds, Scores and schedule\nTeam names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first-round matchups. Only UNLV and UCLA use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation \"A&M\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 85], "content_span": [86, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192282-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 38th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio during May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192282-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament\nUC Irvine defeated IPFW in the final match, 3\u20131 (30\u201320, 24\u201330, 30\u201323, 30\u201328), to win their first national title. Both teams made their debut appearances in the title match. The Anteaters (29\u20135) were coached by John Speraw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192282-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament\nUC Irvine's Matt Webber was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Webber, along with six other players, comprised the All Tournament Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192282-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification\nUntil the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 52], "content_span": [53, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192283-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 39th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California from December 1\u20132, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192283-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nCalifornia defeated USC in the final, 8\u20136, to win their thirteenth national title. The Golden Bears (28\u20134) were coached by Kirk Everist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192283-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nThe Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Michael Sharf from California. Additionally, two All-Tournament Teams were named: a First Team (with seven players, including Sharf) and a Second Team (also with seven players).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192283-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship\nThe tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals, was Tim Hummel from Loyola Marymount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192283-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification\nSince there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192284-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 9, 2007, and ended with the championship game on March 18. The quarterfinals were conducted at the homes of the seeded teams, and the Frozen Four was conducted at Lake Placid, NY. A total of seven games were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192285-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Rifle Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 28th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192285-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Rifle Championships\nThe championships were held at the E.F. Horton Rifle Range at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192285-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Rifle Championships\nHosts and defending champions Alaska won the team championship, the Nanooks' ninth NCAA national title in rifle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192285-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification\nWith only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of eight teams contested this championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192286-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Skiing Championships\nThe 2007 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area in Jackson, New Hampshire as part of the 54th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom and cross country skiing in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192286-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Skiing Championships\nDartmouth, coached by Cami Thompson, won the team championship, the Big Green's first co-ed title and first overall title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192286-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue\nThis year's NCAA skiing championships were hosted by the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area near Jackson, New Hampshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192287-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship\nThe 2007 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the twenty sixth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 2006 was Georgia. The Competition took place in Salt Lake City, Utah hosted by the University of Utah in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The 2007 Championship was won by Georgia, their third in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192288-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NCBA World Series\nThe 2007 National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) World Series was played at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, FL from May 24 to May 30. The eighth tournament's champion was the University of North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192288-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NCBA World Series\nThis was the last NCBA World Series in which there was only one division of competition. Beginning the next season, the NCBA split into Division I and Division II for their teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192288-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NCBA World Series, Format\nThe format is similar to the NCAA College World Series in that eight teams participate in two four-team double elimination brackets with the only difference being that in the NCBA, there is only one game that decides the national championship rather than a best-of-3 like the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192289-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NECBL All-Star Game\nThe 2007 NECBL All-Star Game was the 14th exhibition game between all-stars from the NECBL's Northern and the Southern Divisions. The Southern All-Stars held off the Northern All-Stars 8-0. Matt Vance of the Newport Gulls was named the game's MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192290-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NECBL season\nThe 2007 NECBL season was the 14th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States region of New England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192290-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NECBL season\nIn the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Vermont defeated Keene 2-0 (7-3, 3-2), Torrington defeated Manchester 2-0 (6-5, 3-1), Newport defeated North Adams 2-1 (4-8, 6-4, 5-2), and Holyoke defeated Lowell 2-1 (5-4, 8-9, 5-4). In the semifinal rounds, Vermont defeated Holyoke 2-0 (7-3, 3-2) and Newport defeated Torrington 2-0 (5-0, 3-2). In game 1 of the championship series, Vermont defeated Newport 14-8. In game 2, Vermont defeated Newport 3-0 to win its second consecutive NECBL championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192291-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NERFU College Men's Division IV Rugby Tournament\nThe 2007 NERFU College Men's Division IV Rugby Tournament featured 8 teams from four conferences. The top 2 teams in each conference were seeded according to the success of their conference in the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192291-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NERFU College Men's Division IV Rugby Tournament\nIn the championship match at the Kirwin Memorial Pitch at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, newcomer Salve Regina University lost to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth by a score of 34-15. The match was well attended. Following the match, both UMASS Dartmouth and Salve Regina were promoted to Division III for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192292-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Draft\nThe 2007 National Football League Draft was the 72nd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players. It took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, on April 28 and April 29, 2007. The draft was televised for the 28th consecutive year on ESPN and ESPN2. The NFL Network also broadcast coverage of the event, its second year doing so. There were 255 draft selections: 223 regular selections (instead of the typical 224) and 32 compensatory selections. A supplemental draft was also held after the regular draft and before the regular season. This was the first draft presided over by new NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192292-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Draft\nThe first round was the longest in the history of the NFL draft, lasting six hours, eight minutes. One of the big stories of the draft was the fall of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn. Quinn had been projected as a potential first overall pick in early mock drafts and had been invited to attend the draft in person, but he wasn't selected until the 22nd pick in the first round by the Cleveland Browns, who acquired the pick in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192292-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL Draft\nLouisiana State University quarterback JaMarcus Russell was selected first overall by the Oakland Raiders after he had replaced Quinn as the projected first selection among most analysts following his performance in the 2007 Sugar Bowl against Quinn and Notre Dame. Russell is considered by many as one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history, and Quinn also had a largely unsuccessful pro career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192292-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Draft\nThose selections notwithstanding, Bleacher Report named the 2007 draft class the \"greatest draft class in the last 25 years\" in 2012 due to the heavy volume of reliable starters, as well as players selected that are now widely regarded as future Hall of Famers, such as Patrick Willis, Darrelle Revis, Marshawn Lynch, and Marshal Yanda; first round selections Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, and Adrian Peterson are widely regarded as being among the greatest to ever play at their respective positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192292-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Draft, Player breakdown\nThe following is the breakdown of the 255 players by position:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192292-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Draft, Supplemental draft selections\nFor each player selected in the supplemental draft, the selecting team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 45], "content_span": [46, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192293-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Europa season\nThe 2007 NFL Europa season was the 15th season in 17 years of the American Football league that started out as the World League of American Football. 2007 was the first season the league was known as NFL Europa after being called NFL Europe since 1998. The NFL folded the league after the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192293-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL Europa season, World Bowl XV\nWorld Bowl XV was held on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. The Hamburg Sea Devils defeated the Frankfurt Galaxy, 37-28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season\nThe 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season\nRegular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30. The campaign kicked off with the defending Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts defeating the New Orleans Saints 41\u201310 in the NFL Kickoff Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season\nThe New England Patriots became the first team to complete the regular season undefeated since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978. Four weeks after the playoffs began on January 5, 2008, the Patriots' bid for a perfect season was dashed when they lost to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, the league championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on February 3, by a score of 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft was held from April 28 to 29, 2007 at New York City\u2019s Radio City Music Hall. With the first pick, the Oakland Raiders selected quarterback JaMarcus Russell from Louisiana State University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, New referee\nJohn Parry was promoted to referee, replacing Bill Vinovich, who was forced to resign due to a heart condition. Vinovich would then serve as a replay official from 2007 to 2011. He would later be given a clean bill of health and return to the field as a referee in 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Rule changes\nThe following rule changes were passed at the league's annual owners meeting in Phoenix, Arizona during the week of March 25\u201328:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Preseason\nThe Hall of Fame Game was played in Canton, Ohio on Sunday August 5, 2007, with the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Saints by a score of 20\u20137; the game was televised by the NFL Network, replacing NBC, who had been previously scheduled to broadcast the China Bowl exhibition game from Beijing, China on August 8, 2007 between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at Workers Stadium. However, with all efforts being put into the London regular season game, plans for the game were postponed (then later cancelled completely) as Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 26], "content_span": [27, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Schedule formula\nBased on the NFL's scheduling formula, the intraconference and interconference matchups for 2007 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 49], "content_span": [50, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Opening weekend\nOn March 26, 2007, the league announced the opening Saints-Colts Kickoff Game on September 6 that would be telecast on NBC. Pre -game activities featured Indiana native John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, and Kelly Clarkson. The entertainment portion of events started 30\u00a0minutes earlier than the scheduled start time of the game, leading up to the unveiling of the Colts\u2019 Super Bowl XLI championship banner. The opening events were simulcast on NFL Network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Opening weekend\nThe Dallas Cowboys hosted the New York Giants in the first Sunday night game September 9 at 8:15\u00a0p.m. US EDT. Monday Night Football on ESPN kicked off with a doubleheader on September 10 with the Cincinnati Bengals hosting the Baltimore Ravens at 7:00\u00a0p.m. US EDT, and the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Arizona Cardinals at 10:15\u00a0p.m. US EDT. The 49ers paid tribute to three-time Super Bowl winning head coach Bill Walsh, who died July 30, in that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Going global\nIn October 2006, NFL club owners approved a plan to stage up to two international regular season games per season beginning in 2007 and continuing through at least 2011. On February 2, 2007, the league announced that the Week 8 contest between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins would be played at Wembley Stadium in London on October 28 at 5\u00a0p.m. GMT, which was 1\u00a0p.m. EDT) As the Giants were the away-team designate from the NFC, Fox broadcast the game in the USA according to league broadcast contract rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, \"Super Bowl 41\u200b1\u20442\"\nIn Week 9, the New England Patriots (8\u20130) faced the Indianapolis Colts (7\u20130) in a battle of undefeated teams. Thus there was a lot of hype surrounding the game, also due to the fact that these teams had met in the previous season's AFC Championship game, and would possibly meet later in the 2007 AFC Championship game. Many people dubbed the game \"Super Bowl 41\u200b1\u20442\". The Patriots prevailed 24\u201320, and would later finish the regular season as the league's first 16\u20130 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 52], "content_span": [53, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Thanksgiving\nFor the second year in a row, three games were also held on the United States' Thanksgiving Day (November 22). In addition to the traditional games hosted by the Detroit Lions and Cowboys (with those teams respectively playing the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets, with the Packers\u2013Lions game starting at 12:30\u00a0p.m. US EST and the Jets\u2013Cowboys game kicking off at 4:15\u00a0p.m. US EST respectively), the Colts faced the Atlanta Falcons in the Georgia Dome, with kickoff at 8:15\u00a0p.m. US EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Flex scheduling\nThe NFL entered its second year of flexible scheduling in the final weeks of the season. In each of the Sunday night contests from Weeks 11 through 17, NBC had the option of switching its Sunday night game for a more favorable contest, up to 12 days before the game's start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Flex scheduling\nIn addition to an extra week of flexible scheduling (because of the conflict with scheduling Christmas Eve the previous season, which NBC did not do (instead opting to air a game on Christmas Day)), the NFL slightly changed its flex-schedule procedure. In 2006, the league did not reveal its predetermined Sunday night game; the reason given by the league was to avoid embarrassing the teams switched out for a more compelling game. In 2007, the league announced all predetermined matchups, with a footnote on the games subject to flex scheduling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Flex scheduling\nAlso, the network that carries the \"doubleheader\" week game (either CBS or Fox) will be able to switch one game per week into the 4:15\u00a0PM (USET) time slot, except in the final week, when NBC will select one game for the 8:15\u00a0PM slot, and both CBS and Fox will have doubleheader games on December 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Flex scheduling\nThe first flex game was the New England Patriots visiting the Buffalo Bills on November 18. The next flexing came when it was announced that the December 23 Washington Redskins\u2013Minnesota Vikings game was moved to 8:15\u00a0PM on NBC, replacing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u2013San Francisco 49ers contest, which was moved to 4:05\u00a0PM to be aired on Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Regular season, Flex scheduling\nIt was announced on December 23 the Tennessee Titans\u2013Indianapolis Colts game, originally scheduled for a 1\u00a0PM kickoff on CBS, would be the December 30 \"flex game\" and airing at 8:15\u00a0PM on NBC, replacing the Kansas City Chiefs\u2013New York Jets game, which was moved to 4:15\u00a0PM on CBS, along with the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2013Baltimore Ravens contest. Additionally, the Dallas Cowboys\u2013Washington Redskins game was switched on Fox from 1\u00a0PM kickoff to 4:15\u00a0PM.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 48], "content_span": [49, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Playoffs\nWithin each conference, the four division winners and the two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall regular season records) qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5 and 6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Playoffs\nIn the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then receive a bye in the first round. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Playoffs\nThe two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Player conduct off the field\nThe NFLPA, then led by their president Gene Upshaw and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, worked with player conduct in the form of suspensions for off the field conduct in light of the more than fifty arrests by local law enforcement since the start of the 2006 season. The hardest hit came on April 10 when Adam \"Pacman\" Jones of the Tennessee Titans was suspended for the entire season for his five arrests, the most blatant while in Las Vegas for the NBA All-Star Weekend in February where he was accused of causing a riot/shooting in a strip club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Player conduct off the field\nThat same day, Chris Henry of the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended for the first eight games of the season for his run-ins with the legal system. The other big name that has been caught in the web of controversy was Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick. Vick was charged on July 24, 2007 with dogfighting and animal abuse, and was suspended following a guilty plea in the case, on which he was sentenced to 23 months in prison (retroactive to November) and three years probation on December 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 53], "content_span": [54, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Death of Marquise Hill\nOn the evening of May 27, 2007, Marquise Hill, a defensive end for the New England Patriots and a friend fell off a jet ski in Lake Pontchartrain, north of New Orleans. The two were wearing neither personal flotation nor tracking devices. The friend was rescued and sent to Tulane Medical Center, but Hill did not survive; his body was found the next day. The Patriots honored Hill, the first Patriots player to die while still a member of the team, by wearing black circular decals on their helmets with Hill's number, 91.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 47], "content_span": [48, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Death of Sean Taylor\nFourth-year player Sean Taylor, a strong safety for the Redskins, was shot in his home near Miami, Florida on November 26. Armed with a machete, Taylor confronted robbers who were breaking into his home\u2014then 17-year-old Eric Rivera, Jr., 18-year-old Charles Wadlow, and 20-year-olds Jason Mitchell and Venjah Hunte. Rivera fired two shots from his 9\u00a0mm gun, one missing and the other hitting Taylor's leg, going from his right groin to his left according to an autopsy obtained by Associated Press. He died from his injuries the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Death of Sean Taylor\nFor the remainder of the season, the Redskins honored him with a black patch on their right shoulder of the player uniform jerseys, while all 32 teams honored Taylor by applying a decal with his playing number (21) on the left back side of their helmets. Taylor's memory was honored in all games during Week 13 and all three Redskins representatives in the Pro Bowl wore number 21 in his honor. In 2013, a jury found Rivera guilty of second-degree murder and armed burglary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Death of Sean Taylor\nIn 2014 Rivera received a sentence of 57\u200b1\u20442 years in prison; he testified someone else fired the gun. Jason Scott Mitchell was also convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, Venjah Hunte was sentenced to 29 years in prison, Charles Wardlow to 30 years in prison, and Timmy Lee Brown to 18 years in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 45], "content_span": [46, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Events, Spygate\nDuring the Patriots season opening game at The Meadowlands against the Jets, a Patriots camera staffer was ejected from the Patriots sideline and was accused of videotaping the Jets' defensive coaches relaying signals. The end result was that the team was fined $250,000, head coach Bill Belichick was docked $500,000 (the maximum fine that could be imposed) and also stripped of their first round selection of the 2008 NFL Draft. If the Pats had failed to make the playoffs, the penalty would have been their second and third round picks. The team was allowed to keep their other first-round pick acquired from the San Francisco 49ers during the previous year's selection meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Milestones\nThe following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Coaching changes\nThe following teams hired new head coaches prior to the start of the 2007 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Coaching changes\nThe following head coaches were fired or resigned during the 2007 season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 33], "content_span": [34, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Stadiums\nThe 2007 season was the last in the RCA Dome for the Indianapolis Colts, who had played there since 1984. The franchise moved to the new Lucas Oil Stadium in time for the 2008 season, located directly across the street. The dome would be demolished, and an extension to the Indiana Convention Center would replace the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Stadiums\nAlltel Stadium reverts to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium after Alltel declines to renew the naming rights of the Jacksonville Jaguars's home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television\nThe 2007 season marked the second year of the current television contracts with NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN, and the NFL Network. The pre-game shows made some changes, with former Steelers coach Bill Cowher joining host James Brown, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Dan Marino on CBS\u2019 The NFL Today. On Fox, after one season on the road, Fox NFL Sunday returned to Los Angeles as Curt Menefee took over as full-time host. Chris Rose, who had been doing in-game updates of other NFL games, was reverted to a part-time play-by-play role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television\nThe biggest changes were at NBC and ESPN. Michael Irvin\u2019s contract with ESPN was not renewed, and former coach Bill Parcells returned to the network after four years as Cowboys head coach. Parcells left before the season ended to become the Miami Dolphins VP of Player Personnel. Another pair of former Cowboys, Emmitt Smith and Keyshawn Johnson also provided roles in the studio for Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television\nAt Monday Night Football, Joe Theismann was dropped (and would later resign from the network) after seventeen years in the booth between the Sunday and Monday Night packages, and former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and current Philadelphia Soul (AFL) president Ron Jaworski took his place alongside Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser. Part of the reason that Jaworski replaced Theismann was because of his chemistry with Kornheiser on Pardon the Interruption, where Jaworski was a frequent guest during the football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television\nNBC\u2019s Football Night in America also made two changes. MSNBC Countdown anchor Keith Olbermann joined Bob Costas and Cris Collinsworth as another co-host, while Sterling Sharpe exited as a studio analyst, and former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber replaced him. In another change, Faith Hill took over singing \u201cWaiting All Day For Sunday Night\u201d for Pink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television\nIn the second year of the NFL Network's \u201cRun to the Playoffs\u201d, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders replaced Dick Vermeil for two games when Collinsworth was unavailable. An unforced change saw Bryant Gumbel miss the Broncos\u2013Texans game December 13 due to a sore throat and NBC announcer Tom Hammond step into Gumbel's play-by-play role in what turned out to be more or less a preview of one of NBC's Wild Card Game announcing teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television, Controversy surrounding NFL Network coverage\nThe dispute between the NFL Network and various cable companies involving the distribution of the cable channel continued throughout the season, getting the attention of government officials when the NFL Network was scheduled to televise two high-profile regular season games: the Packers-Cowboys game on November 29 and the Patriots-Giants game on December 29. In the case of the Packers-Cowboys game, the carriage was so limited that even Governor of Wisconsin Jim Doyle went to his brother's house to watch the game on satellite (which is where the majority of the viewers watch the network). The contest drew a network record 10.1 million viewers, a high-water mark at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 73], "content_span": [74, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television, Controversy surrounding NFL Network coverage\nSome politicians urged the league to seek a resolution to conflict. In December, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking for the league to settle their differences in time for the Patriots-Giants game. Because the game, as it turned out, would be the Patriots' attempt to seal the record that would make them the first undefeated team in 35 years, Kerry urged for a solution to be decided upon in time so that Americans can witness \"an historic event.\" Also, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter threatened to introduce legislation to eliminate the league's freedom from antitrust laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 73], "content_span": [74, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television, Controversy surrounding NFL Network coverage\nOn December 26, the NFL announced that, despite initial plans to broadcast the game only on the NFL Network, the game would be presented in a three-network simulcast with both CBS and NBC, the first time an NFL game would be broadcast on three networks, and the first simulcast of any pro football game since Super Bowl I. Nielsen ratings saw CBS with 15.7 million viewers, NBC with 13.2 million viewers and NFL Network with 4.5 million viewers for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 73], "content_span": [74, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192294-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 NFL season, Television, Controversy surrounding NFL Network coverage\nIn addition, local stations in New York City (WWOR-TV in nearby Secaucus, New Jersey), Boston (WCVB-TV), and Manchester, New Hampshire (WMUR-TV), all previously signed on to carry the game in the teams' home markets, added 1.2 million viewers, making it the most watched TV show since the 2007 Oscars and the most watched regular season NFL telecast in twelve years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 73], "content_span": [74, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192295-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NHK Trophy\nThe 2007 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sendai City Gymnasium in Sendai on November 28 \u2013 December 2. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft\nThe 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the city of Columbus, Ohio, on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds two through seven taking place on June 23, 2007. The draft was televised on TSN and RDS, with the first round simulcasted in the United States on Versus and in Europe on NASN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft\nColumbus Blue Jackets' President and General Manager Doug MacLean and the NHL announced the event on March 21, 2006. On March 13, 2007, it was reported that NHL owners had voted in favor of changes to the team ranking system which would begin at the 2007 draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft\nThis draft marked the first time in NHL history in which American players were selected with the top two picks, with Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, respectively, and also tied the record of the most Americans being selected in the first round with 10 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft, Lottery system\nStarting with the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Stanley Cup champion and runner-up will receive the 30th and 29th picks, respectively. The conference finalists will get the 28th and 27th picks, and all other playoff teams will get picks based on their regular season point totals, but with the division winners getting the latest picks even if they had fewer points during the regular season than a non-division winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft, Lottery system\nThe draft order of the first 14 picks was determined by a lottery involving the non-playoff teams on April 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft, Lottery system\nUnder the weighted lottery system, the club with the fewest regular-season points had the greatest chance (25%) of winning the Draft Drawing and could pick no lower than second at the 2007 Entry Draft. The winner of the drawing would move up a maximum of four places, with all other clubs' draft order being adjusted accordingly (no team moving down more than one spot).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft, Lottery system\nThe Chicago Blackhawks, originally slated to draft in fifth place, won the lottery and as a result had the first overall pick in the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft, Draft day trades, June 22\n(Lars Eller) 2nd round pick in 2007 (Aaron Palushaj) 4th round pick in 2009 (Craig Smith)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192296-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NHL Entry Draft, Draft day trades, June 22\n2nd round pick in 2007 (Nick Spaling)2nd round pick in 2008 (Aaron Ness)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192297-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series season\nThe 2007 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Season was the first NHRA season to include the Countdown to the Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season\nThe 2007 National Lacrosse League season, the 21st in the history of the NLL (including the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and Major Indoor Lacrosse League years) began on December 30, 2006 and concluded with the championship game on May 12, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season\nThe Rochester Knighthawks finished the regular season with a 14\u20132 record, winning their last 12 games. They followed this up by beating Toronto in the first round, and then clinched the Eastern division title by defeating Buffalo in the Eastern division finals, with league MVP John Grant, Jr. scoring in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season\nThe Arizona Sting finished third in their division, but defeated the Calgary Roughnecks in the first round, and then beat the San Jose Stealth to clinch their second division title in three years. The championship game was awarded to Rochester because of their higher seed, but the Blue Cross Arena was unavailable on the day of the game, so the Championship game was held in Phoenix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season\nThe Knighthawks continued their winning streak in the desert, defeating the Sting 13\u201311. John Grant, Jr., who had been named the league MVP only two days before, was named game MVP. It was Rochester's second championship overall, and first since 1997. The championship game loss was Arizona's second in three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season\nThe season began with a blockbuster trade just three days before the first game, as the Toronto Rock traded star forward and 2005 MVP Colin Doyle along with Darren Halls and a draft pick to the San Jose Stealth for 1st round draft selection Ryan Benesch, Kevin Fines, Chad Thompson, and two draft picks. Doyle scored nine assists in San Jose's second game of the season, a 17\u201316 OT win over the Calgary Roughnecks, and finished the season second in team scoring. Benesch was named 2007 Rookie of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season\nIn February, the NLL signed an agreement with Sirius Satellite Radio to air a \"Game of the Week\" throughout the season as well as during the playoffs. In March, the league announced that New York Titans star Casey Powell would be hosting a weekly radio show on SIRIUS, called Inside the National Lacrosse League with Casey Powell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Final standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Final standings\nToronto won the 3-way tiebreaker with Philadelphia and Chicago due to their 5\u20137 record against divisional opponents (Philadelphia was 4\u20138, and Chicago was 5\u20138). Calgary won the 3-way tiebreaker with Arizona and San Jose because of their head-to-head record (Calgary was 2\u20131 against Arizona and 1\u20131 against San Jose, while San Jose went 0\u20132 against Arizona).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Final standings, Playoffs\nThe Knighthawks had the overall top seed in the playoffs, but were unable to host the Championship game due to a scheduling conflict at the Blue Cross Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 42], "content_span": [43, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Team movement\nThe 2007 season features two new expansion teams, both in the East Division: the Chicago Shamrox and the New York Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Rule changes\nA number of rule changes were made for the 2007 season. The main changes are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 29], "content_span": [30, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, All Star Game\nThe 2007 All-Star Game was held at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on March 10, 2007. The East won the game 20\u201316, on the strength of Mark Steenhuis' six goals. Steenhuis was named game MVP. Steenhuis was also named game MVP in the 2004 All-Star game, and became the first player in NLL history to be named All-Star Game MVP twice. The game was broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio; Travis Demers and Martin Wright called the action.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, All Star Game, All-Star teams\n* Unable to play due to personal reasons** Unable to play due to injury*** Unable to play due to family commitments", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 46], "content_span": [47, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Awards, Weekly awards\nThe NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player (new for 2007), best defensive player, and best rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Awards, Monthly awards\nAwards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 39], "content_span": [40, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192298-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NLL season, Statistics leaders\nBold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 35], "content_span": [36, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192299-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Guatemala)\nThe 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guatemala was held April 20\u201322, 2007 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was the second leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192300-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Puerto Rico)\nThe 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Puerto Rico was held May 18\u201320, 2007 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. It was the third leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192301-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Santo Domingo)\nThe 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Boca Chica was held from April 6 to 8 2007 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. It was the first leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192302-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Trinidad and Tobago)\nThe 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Trinidad and Tobago was held May 25\u201327, 2007 in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. It was the fourth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192303-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NPF Draft\nThe 2007 NPF College Senior Draft is the fourth annual NPF Draft. It was held February 14, 2007 to assign elite college players to pro teams for 2007 season. The first selection was Tennessee's Lindsay Schutzler, picked by the Chicago Bandits. Athletes are not allowed by the NCAA to sign professional contracts until their collegiate seasons have ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192303-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NPF Draft, 2007 NPF Draft\nFollowing are the 27 selections from the 2007 NPF College Senior Draft:Position key: C = Catcher; UT = Utility infielder; INF = Infielder; 1B = First base; 2B =Second base SS = Shortstop; 3B = Third base; OF = Outfielder; RF = Right field; CF = Center field; LF = Left field; P = Pitcher; RHP = right-handed Pitcher; LHP = left-handed Pitcher; DP =Designated playerPositions are listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 30], "content_span": [31, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192304-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NPSL season\nThe 2007 National Premier Soccer League season was the 5th season of the NPSL. The season started in May 2007, and ended with the NPSL Championship Game in August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192304-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NPSL season\nSouthern California Fusion finished the season as national champions, beating Queen City FC 1-0 in the NPSL Championship game in San Diego, CA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final\nThe 2007 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive, premiership-deciding match of the 2007 NRL season. It was played between the first-placed Melbourne Storm and second-placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Telstra Stadium on 30 September, in front of 81,392 spectators. The 2007 Grand final was the fourth to be played between the first and second placed teams, and the first in three years. The match was the last Grand Final played at night until 2013; each Grand Final in the intervention switched to a 5:00pm AEST kick-off. This match was also the most-watched television program on Australian TV for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final\nOn 22 April 2010, Melbourne were stripped of this premiership due to salary cap breaches exposed during the 2006\u201310 seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Background\nThe 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusion of a new team, the Gold Coast Titans, the competition was the largest run since the 1999 NRL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Background, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles\nThe 2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 58th in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by Matt Orford, they finished the regular season in 2nd (out of 16) place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 60], "content_span": [61, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Background, Melbourne Storm\nThe 2007 Melbourne Storm season was the 10th in the club's history. Coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith, they finished the regular season in 1st place to claim the minor premiership before going on to reach their third ever and second consecutive grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Match details\nMatt Geyer was the only remaining Storm player from the club's 1999 NRL grand final-winning team. The pre-match entertainment included performances from Hoodoo Gurus and Shannon Noll. Player, coach and commentator Frank Hyde was honoured during the half-time break with a video-tribute as well as a minute's silence prior to the Premier League Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Match details\nFirst halfThe Storm crossed early in the first half with a try to winger Anthony Quinn via a slick back-line movement that involved 3 decoy runners to lead 6\u20130. Another set play midway through the first half saw the Storm extend the scoreline to 10\u20130 with a barging try to five-eighth Greg Inglis. Seconds before halftime, Manly centre Steve Matai crossed in the corner to take the deficit back to six points. The half-time score read 10\u20134 to the Storm, with many surprised at how the scoreline was so close considering Melbourne's dominance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Match details\nSecond halfThe second half started with major controversy after Manly fullback Brett Stewart was knocked unconscious by a massive hit from Storm players Michael Crocker and Billy Slater attempting to catch a bomb. Stewart failed to return following the hit, and it proved to be the turning point in the match as the Storm immediately extended their lead to 14\u20134 with a try to Crocker. Two quick tries soon after by Storm players Matt King and Greg Inglis took the score out to 22\u20134 and the game looked set for a Storm victory. King barged over with a trademark Storm decoy play, while Inglis scored the try of the match with a vintage long range 60m run and powerful fend to post his second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Match details\nManly soon pegged the score back to 22\u20138 with a nice try to winger Chris Hicks but it seemed too little too late for the Sea Eagles. Melbourne then scored two late tries to second-rower Clint Newton and another for Anthony Quinn to take the scoreline to 34\u20138. Storm captain Cameron Smith was inaccurate with the boot, kicking only three goals from eight attempts (including a missed penalty goal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, Match details\nInglis was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal for best on field. The 34\u20138 Grand Final score was the third highest grand final margin in Australian rugby league history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 35], "content_span": [36, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192305-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL Grand Final, World Club Challenge\nHaving won the NRL grand final, Melbourne had earned the right to then travel to England for the following February's World Club Challenge match against the winners of the 2007 Super League Grand Final, Leeds Rhinos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season\nThe 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusion of a new team, the Gold Coast Titans, the competition was the largest run since the 1999 NRL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season\nThe Melbourne Storm were the minor premiers in 2007, six points clear of second-placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The Storm eventually ran out 34-8 winners in the 2007 NRL Grand Final to claim the premiership. However, they were subsequently stripped of both their minor premiership and premiership titles on 22 April 2010, after they were found to be guilty of breaching the league's salary cap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\nPre -season, 2006 premiers the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England to play the Super League champions in the 2007 World Club Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\nThe 2007 NRL Season kicked off on Friday 16 March 2007 with eight games to be played in each round. The 2007 season saw the return of Monday Night Football, which helped the NRL to set new first round aggregate attendance record of 174,475. The opening round also saw two matches at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, one featured reigning champions Brisbane playing fellow Queensland side the Cowboys, while the second match introduced the newest club to be admitted to the competition, the Gold Coast Titans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\nThe North Queensland Cowboys' Jason Smith was the NRL's oldest player in 2007 at 35 years and 186 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\nTeams had fewer byes in 2007 than in the 2006 competition. With an odd number of teams contesting between 2002 and 2006, the draw meant that at least one team would have to have a bye each weekend. With the inclusion of the 16th team for the 2007 season, the National Rugby League had the option of reverting to the system used between 2000 and 2001 in which every team played in each round. However, this option was not chosen. In 2007, teams had just a single bye during the year, grouped in periods that will assist clubs around representative fixtures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\nThe top eight was not settled until the final round as the Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers were both on 24 points in 8th and 9th position respectively, with the Broncos ahead on points differential. Both teams lost their final regular season match and as a result of this, the South Sydney Rabbitohs made the top eight for the first time since 1989. The New Zealand Warriors secured a home final: the second match in the history of the National Rugby League Finals played outside of Australia. The first was the Warriors' victory over the Canberra Raiders at Mt Smart Stadium while on their way to the 2002 Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\nOn the other end of the ladder, the Newcastle Knights and Penrith Panthers were both in contention for the Wooden Spoon - the traditional label for last place. The Knights performed well in their last match and denied the Wests Tigers a spot in the top eight, winning by two points, whereas the Panthers were defeated by the New Zealand Warriors, seeing them finish last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary\n2007 saw a total of over 3 million spectators attend regular season matches for only the second time in history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary, Advertising\nThe National Rugby League kept use of the Hoodoo Gurus' \"That's My Team\" for a fifth consecutive season, with their advertising agency MJW Hakuhodo reworking the track \"What's My Scene\" and the \"That's My Dream\" slogan. With a design change for the Telstra Premiership logo (after months of off-season deliberation on whether Telstra would sponsor the code again), the commercial was a fast-paced action clip, with key players from all teams superimposed to appear as if they are playing in front the famous landmarks of their team's area. They are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary, Advertising\nAs with previous seasons, all team captains featured prominently in the ads, holding aloft the premiership trophy as the advertisement closes, replicating the 2006 equivalent. Only weeks after it was put to air, Newcastle Knights captain Andrew Johns' career was ended by a neck injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary, Sponsorship\nTelecommunications giant Telstra once again held the naming rights to the premiership season and for the seventh season the competition was known as the \"Telstra Premiership\". For the second time, however, a change was made to the Telstra Premiership Logo to align with the telco's own new logo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Season summary, Sponsorship\nSpirit producers Bundaberg Rum sponsored Monday night football - as Bundaberg Monday Night Football. Electronics wholesaler Harvey Norman continued their support of the State of Origin Series, The insurer AAMI sponsored the City vs Country Origin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 44], "content_span": [45, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Teams\nFor the 2007 season the number of teams in the NRL had increasing from fifteen to sixteen with the re-inclusion of a Gold Coast, Queensland-based club for the first since 1998, now as the Gold Coast Titans. It was the first time the number of Premiership teams had changed since 2002 when the re-inclusion of the South Sydney Rabbitohs saw the number of teams increase from 14 to 15. The Titans were the NRL's first expansion team since the Melbourne Storm, who entered the League in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Teams\nThe sixteen teams participated in the competition over the regular season, making it the largest it had been since 1999 when there were seventeen. Of the sixteen clubs, ten were from New South Wales (nine from Sydney's metropolitan area), three from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the ACT and New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Teams\nJust two foundation clubs from New South Wales Rugby League season 1908 played in this, the 100th season of the competition: the Sydney Roosters (formerly known as Eastern Suburbs) and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Of these two clubs, only the Sydney Roosters played their 100th full season, as the South Sydney Rabbitohs were in recess during 2000 and 2001. Two foundation clubs, the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies, had played in every year since 1908, but the two sides merged to create the Wests Tigers who competed every year since the merger in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Finals series\nTo decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre Final Eight System. The finals series was contested over a period of four weeks, culminating with the NRL Grand Final being held on Sunday 30 September 2007. For the first time, the week 2 and week 3 final matches were played in the cities of previous week winners rather than Sydney only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 30], "content_span": [31, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Dally M Awards\nThe Dally M Awards were introduced in 1980 by News Limited. The most prestigious of these awards is the Dally M Medal which is awarded to the Player Of The Year and many other awards. The other prestigious award is the Provans Summons Medal which is the season's best player as voted by the public. As well as honouring the player of the year the awards night also recognises the premier player in each position, the best coach, the best captain, representative player of the year and the most outstanding rookie of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192306-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 NRL season, Dally M Awards\nThe awards night and Player of the Year medal are named in honour of Australian former rugby league great Herbert Henry \"Dally\" Messenger. The top try-scorer and top point-scorer tallies are made at the end of the last round of the regular season and hence may be different from the overall top-scorers by the end of the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192307-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season results\nThe 2007 NRL season consisted of 25 weekly regular season rounds, starting from 16 March and ending on 2 September, followed by four weeks of play-offs that culminated in a grand final on 30 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192307-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NRL season results\nAll times in fixture listings are Australian Eastern Standard Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192308-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NRW Trophy\nThe 2007 NRW Trophy was held in two parts, with ice dancers competing separately from the singles disciplines and pair skating. Both competitions were held at the Eissportzentrum Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. The ice dancing competition was held between November 2 and November 4, 2007, and the other disciplines were held between November 30 and December 2, 2007. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing across the levels of senior, junior, and novice and a novice pairs competition as well. In addition, the ice dancing competition included a pre-novice division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season\nThe 2007 NSW Premier League season was the seventh season of the revamped NSW Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season\nThe 2007 regular season began on 24 February 2007, at 16:00 UTC+10, and concluded on 5 August 2007 with the Grand Final where Blacktown City Demons FC defeated Bankstown City Lions FC 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season\nDuring the course of the season, all Premier League, Super League and Division teams were involved in the TigerTurf Cup, an equivalent to the English FA Cup with teams competing in a series of elimination games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season, Changes from Previous Season\nThe only format change for this competition was that the first week of the finals would be played over two legs instead of one. The regular season remained a home-away format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season, Clubs\nTeams promoted from Super League:(After the end of the 2006 season.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season, Clubs\nTeams relegated to Super League:(After the end of the 2006 season.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season, Finals series\nAfter the home and away season, the finals series began with the top four teams competing for the champions trophy. The finals series used a modified Page playoff system, with the difference that each first round game would be played over two legs. The winner of the finals series, Blacktown City Demons FC was crowned as the NSW Premier League champions and as the holder of the top position on the league ladder were also named premiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192309-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NSW Premier League season, Finals series\nStandard cup rules \u2013 such as the away goals rule (two-leg ties only), extra time and penalty shootouts were used to decide drawn games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 NZIHL Standings\nPRW = Preliminary Round Win = 2 pointsPRL = Preliminary Round LossW = Main Round Win = 4 pointsL = Main Round LossT = Main Round Tie = 2 points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nMay 25, 2007 - Southern Stampede 2 v Canterbury Red Devils 9", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nMay 26, 2007 - Southern Stampede 4 v Canterbury Red Devils 3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nMay 26, 2007 - West Auckland Admirals 4 v Botany Swarm\t6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nMay 27, 2007 - West Auckland Admirals 3 v Botany Swarm\t7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJune 9, 2007 - Canterbury Red Devils 10 v Southern Stampede 5", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJune 10, 2007 -\tCanterbury Red Devils 2 v Southern Stampede 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJune 9, 2007 - Botany Swarm 3 v West Auckland Admirals\t2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJune 10, 2007 -\tBotany Swarm 2 v West Auckland Admirals\t1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJune 29, 2007 -\tSouthern Stampede 2 v Botany Swarm 3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJune 30, 2007 -\tSouthern Stampede 2 v Canterbury Red Devils 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 1, 2007 - Canterbury Red Devils 3 v Botany Swarm 3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 13, 2007 -\tWest Auckland Admirals\t4 v Canterbury Red Devils 8", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 14, 2007 -\tBotany Swarm 4 v Canterbury Red Devils 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 15, 2007 -\tBotany Swarm 5 v West Auckland Admirals\t4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 27, 2007 -\tSouthern Stampde 10 v West Auckland Admirals 2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 28, 2007 -\tCanterbury Red Devils 7 v Southern Stampede 4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nJuly 29, 2007 -\tCanterbury Red Devils 7 v West Auckland Admirals 3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nAugust 10, 2007 - Botany Swarm 5 v Southern Stampede 1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nAugust 11, 2007\t- West Auckland Admirals 4 v Southern Stampede 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nAugust 12, 2007 - West Auckland Admirals 2 v Botany Swarm 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 Season Results\nSeptember 8, 2007 - Canterbury Red Devils 0 v Botany Swarm 7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192310-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 NZIHL season, 2007 NZIHL Awards\nTop Points Scorer - Janos Kaszala - Canterbury Red Devils", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 36], "content_span": [37, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192311-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nadeshiko League\nStatistics of Nadeshiko.League in the 2007 season. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192313-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nadeshiko League Cup Final\n2007 Nadeshiko League Cup Final was the 5th final of the Nadeshiko League Cup competition. The final was played at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on September 24, 2007. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192313-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nadeshiko League Cup Final, Overview\nNippon TV Beleza won their 1st title, by defeating Urawa Reds Ladies 2\u20131 with Yuki Nagasato and Yukari Kinga goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192314-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 19 July 2007. Incumbent president Arkady Ghukasyan was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term and endorsed Bako Sahakyan, who was the head of the National Security Service. Sahakyan was supported by the ruling Democratic Party of Artsakh, two opposition parties and the Armenian government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192314-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election\nSahakyan's main challenger was considered to be Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan. Parliament deputy Armen Abgaryan, Communist Party of Artsakh leader Hrant Melkumyan, and Vanya Avanesyan, a professor at Artsakh State University, were also candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192314-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election, International reactions\nNumerous international organizations such as the UN, the EU, NATO, the Council of Europe, the OSCE did not recognize the legitimacy of the elections. The Presidency of the European Union stated that despite their position, the elections \"should not have any impact on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Furthermore, the EU recalls that refugees and internally-displaced persons should be given the right to a safe, secure and dignified return of their homes in order to fully participate in electoral acts.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192314-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election, International reactions\nSimilarly, the chair of the Council of Europe\u2019s Committee of Ministers stated that it \"reiterates its full support to the OSCE Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmen in their efforts towards a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. It notes with concern that conducting such \u201celections\u201d, thus pre-empting the outcome of the ongoing negotiations, cannot contribute to the resolution of the conflict. It calls on all parties concerned to intensify their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, in accordance with the commitment undertaken by Armenia and Azerbaijan upon accession to the Council of Europe.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192315-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season\nThe 2008 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' 15th season in the J. League Division 1 and 26th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also participated in the 2007 J. League Cup, being knocked out at the Group Stage, and the 2008 Emperor's Cup, where they reached the Fifth Round before defeat to Honda F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192315-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192315-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192315-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192315-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192315-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting\nThe 2007 Nahal Telem shooting was a Palestinian militant attack which was carried out on December 28, 2007 in which two Israeli soldiers were killed while they were on vacation, when hiking in the Nahal Telem wadi. One of the assailants was killed in the immediate exchange of fire, and two others later on turned themselves in to the Palestinian Authority, were indicted by the PA, and were sentenced to 15 years in prison each. Two of the attackers belonged to the Fatah, one of them was a soldier in the Palestinian National Security Forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, The attack\nOn Friday morning, 28 December 2007, Ahikam Amihai and David Rubin, two IDF soldiers and residents of Kiryat Arba, were traveling in civilian clothes (but with their military weapons) while on vacation, along with another young girl named Naama Ohayon, to the Nahal Telem wadi, which starts in Area C under Israeli control, and spreads into in Area B, where the Palestinians have civic responsibility, but Israel maintains security responsibility. Rubin, aged 21, served as a combat soldier in Shayetet 13. Amihai, aged 20, who was the grandson of Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria, served as a commander in the Israeli elite Air Force commando unit Shaldag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, The attack\nDuring their trip an SUV passed by the travelers, and the attackers in it opened fire at the travelers. Amihai and Robin returned fire using their own military weapons. In the exchange of fire, Amihai, Rubin, and the militant who was driving the SUV were killed. Before the attackers left the scene of the attack, they shot Amihai and Robin at close range to make sure they were all dead, and they stole their military weapons. During the battle, Ohayon was hidden behind a rock in the riverbed, and after the attackers fled the scene she contacted the Israeli security forces.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, The attack\nFollowing the attack the Israeli security forces deployed roadblocks and attempted to capture the attackers, but inadvertently the militants managed to pass through a roadblock without being caught.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, The perpetrators\nAn investigation conducted after the incident revealed that although Fatah, the Islamic Jihad and the Hamas claimed responsibility immediately after the attack, the attack was actually carried out by three Palestinians, Ali Hamid Rajeb Dandis Aa, Omar Badr Halim Taha, and Samer Nabil al Natsha. The first two were Palestinian policemen at the time, as well as Fatah members. Al Natsha, who was killed by the return fire, was a member of the al-Quds squads of the Islamic Jihad and the son of businessman Nabil al-Natsha. Dandis and Taha turned themselves to Palestinian Authority security forces, returning the weapons they stole from the dead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, The perpetrators\nAfter the surviving attackers turned themselves over to the PA, the Palestinian Authority announced that they would not extradite the attackers to Israel. On January 22, 2008 the attackers were convicted in a Palestinian military court and sentenced to 15 years in prison each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, The perpetrators\nLater on the Shin Bet claimed that the attackers ambushed the travelers in the wadi, in order to carry out the attack. When one of the attackers spotted the travelers approaching the wadi he immediately reported it to the other attackers, whom came over and assisted him carrying out the attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192316-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Nahal Telem shooting, Aftermath\nFollowing the attack Israel filed a complaint to the head of the United Nations Security Council and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In the letter of complaint it was stated that \"While Israel remains committed to advancing the peace process and committed to the principles of the Annapolis Conference and holds continuous meetings with the Palestinian Authority, they do not fight to prevent terrorism or to meet the various obligations including the Road map for peace plan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192317-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Naisten Liiga\nThe 2007 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2007 Finnish football season, was the first season of the 2006 established Naisten Liiga. FC Honka were the defending Finnish champions, having won the 2006 Naisten SM-sarja (The Championship Series) season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192318-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election was the 3rd gubernatorial election of Nasarawa State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Aliyu Doma won the election, defeating Solomon Sunday Akku of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192318-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nasarawa State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 11 candidates contested in the election. Aliyu Doma from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Solomon Sunday Akku from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 1,001,423.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192319-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nashville Kats season\nThe 2007 Nashville Kats season was the third season for the franchise since they resumed operations. They look to make the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with an 8\u20138 record. They went 7\u20139 and missed playoffs. This season was also the final season for the Nashville Kats. The team ceased operations again 4 months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192319-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nashville Kats season, Coaching\nPat Sperduto started his third season of his second stint as head coach of the Kats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192320-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 NatWest Pro40\nThe 2007 NatWest Pro 40 league season was a 40 over English county cricket competition; colloquially known as the Sunday League. Worcestershire Royals won the League for the fourth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192321-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Amateur Cup\nFollowing are the results of the 2007 National Amateur Cup, the annual open cup held by the United States Adult Soccer Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election\nThe 2007 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland, as well as the Scottish Parliament election took place. This election was preceded by the previous Assembly election in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election\nThe election saw Plaid Cymru make gains at the expense of Labour, although Labour remain the largest party in the Assembly, as they have since it began. Plaid stated they would make a referendum on devolving further powers to the National Assembly a condition for a coalition. Wales reported that senior civil servants before the election were preparing for three possible coalition administrations: Labour/Liberal Democrat, Labour/Plaid Cymru or Plaid Cymru/Liberal Democrat/Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election\nDiscussions between Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form a \"Rainbow\" Coalition broke down, and a coalition was eventually agreed between Labour and Plaid Cymru.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, Major parties\nThe Welsh Labour Party before the election had 29 seats, Plaid Cymru had 12, the Welsh Conservative Party 11, the Welsh Liberal Democrats 6, Forward Wales 1, with 1 independent, Trish Law. Law had won her seat at a 2006 by-election. The one Forward Wales Assembly Member was elected as an independent before forming the party. The standings were otherwise identical to the 2003 results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, Electoral method\nIn general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, Pre-election forecasts\nPredictions for the seat distribution were made by a number of polls before the election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, Electoral results\nSecretary of State for WalesRt Hon Simon Hart MP (C)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, Constituency nominations\nNB: candidates in BOLD text were incumbent assembly members before the election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, Regional lists, South Wales West\nIn South Wales West, there were also party lists from the Communist Party of Britain, Christian Peoples Alliance, Respect Party, Socialist Labour Party, Welsh Christian Party in addition to two independents, Keith James and John Hudson Jenkins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, New members\nThirteen of the members elected to the Assembly in the election were not members of the previous Assembly, including Gareth Jones, who sat in the Assembly from 1999 to 2003 and lost his seat in that year's election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 54], "content_span": [55, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192322-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National Assembly for Wales election, National election, 2003\nDue to boundary changes, the composition of the outgoing Assembly did not reflect the Assembly that was elected in May 2003 (see National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions). The main changes were in northwestern Wales, where the constituencies of Conwy, Caernarfon, and Meirionydd nant Conwy were replaced by Aberconwy, Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192323-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Camogie League\nThe 2007 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford in the final, played at Nowlan Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192323-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Camogie League, The Final\nA late Jennifer O'Leary pointed free brought the title to Cork. Wexford started strongly to hold a 0-8 to 0-3 half time lead thanks to good work in the midfield sector from Kate Kelly and Caroline Murphy, but Cork came back resolutely in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192323-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Camogie League, The Final\nA spectacular goal-scoring spree from both sides between the 48th and 58th minutes ensured that the crowd were on the edge of their seats throughout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192323-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Camogie League, The Final\nGoals from Jennifer O'Leary, Una O'Donoghue and S\u00edle Burns within five minutes gave Cork a 3-6 to 0-9 lead with seven minutes to go, but two goals from Wexford full-forward Michelle Hearn meant the sides were level as the game headed for injury-time and O'Leary's late winner. Wexford defeated Cork by 4-12 to 0-14 in the opening round of the championship six days later and went on to reverse the result in the All-Ireland final a few months later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192323-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Camogie League, Division 2\nThe Division 2 final, known until 2005 as the National Junior League, was won by Limerick who defeated Cork intermediates in the final. The Division 3 final was won by Waterford who defeated Down by two points in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192324-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Cheerleading Championship\nThe 2007 National Cheerleading Championship is the second season of the National Cheerleading Championship, a cheerleading competition for college and high school teams in the Philippines. It was the first season that had an open qualifiers. The winning teams from the previous season were also given automatic berths in the finals. The qualifiers were held on February 18, 2007, at the Le Pavilion, Metropolitan Park, Pasay, Metro Manila were 13 college teams and 10 high school teams vied for the spots in the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192324-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Cheerleading Championship\nThe finals were held on February 25, 2007, at PhilSports Arena, PhilSports Complex, Pasig, Metro Manila with the CCP Bobcats of the Central Colleges of the Philippines and the SSA Seagulls of the School of St. Anthony declared as the champions for the college and high school divisions, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192324-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Cheerleading Championship, Qualification\nThe open qualifiers was held on February 18, 2007, at the Le Pavilion, Metropolitan Park, Pasay, Metro Manila. 13 college teams and 10 high school teams participated in the open qualifiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192324-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Cheerleading Championship, Finals\nThe finals were held on February 25, 2007, at PhilSports Arena, PhilSports Complex, Pasig, Metro Manila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192324-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Cheerleading Championship, Finals, College\nAfter the one-day open qualifiers, eight teams qualified for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192324-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Cheerleading Championship, Finals, High School\nOut of the ten teams that vied for the qualification in the competition, seven teams made it to the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192325-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Malaysia)\nThe 2007 National Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Malaysia) were held in Kuala Terengganu, from 8 to February 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland)\nThe 2007 National Football League was the Gaelic football league, contested by 32 GAA counties football teams, 31 from Ireland (as Kilkenny don't compete) and London from England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland)\nDue to the extended reshuffling of the structure for the 2008 campaign, survival in Divisions 1A and 1B, was much more precarious\u2014with four relegation places in these divisions, the bottom two teams were relegated to Division 3, and the teams finishing in 5th place and 6th places were relegated to Division 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland)\nDonegal won the 2007 National Football League by securing the Division One title, a historic achievement and their first National Football League title. They were unbeaten throughout the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland)\nThe Dublin vs. Tyrone match was the first Gaelic football match held in Croke Park under floodlights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Division One\nThe top two teams from both division one A and B go on to qualify for the league semi finals and then the winning team goes on to qualify for the final. The winner of the final game are the football league champions. The bottom two teams in Division one A and B are relegated to Division three of the next format for 2008. The teams who finish in fifth and sixth place in Division A and B are relegated to Division two in the new 2008 format. The teams in first, second, third and fourth position in both Division A and B qualify to play in the new 2008 format in Division One.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Division two\nThe top two teams from Division two A and B go on to qualify for the division two semi finals. The winners of the semi final go on to play in the Division two finals and the winner becomes the 2007 Division two champions. The top two teams in Division 2A and 2B go on to play in Division 2 in the 2008 format. The teams that finish in third and fourth position go on to play in Division 3 of the 2008 format and the bottom four teams will play in Division four of the 2008 format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Format, Scoring Difference\nAll of the final positions in the league will be determined by each team's scoring, there will be no playoffs in the 2007 National Football League. If two teams finish the league on the same points, the scores are then taken into consideration and the team with the best average go to the higher position. If the teams remain equal after the scores have been averaged out, the result of the game which involved the two teams will be seen as the deciding factor between the teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Division 2A\nYellow - Qualified for Division Two semi-finalsWhite - relegated to Division ThreeRed - relegated to Division Four", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Division 2A, Round Three\nThe result was declared null by the GAA; both points were awarded to Longford", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Division 2B\nYellow - Qualified for Division Two semi-finalsWhite - relegated to Division ThreeRed - relegated to Division Four", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192326-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National Football League (Ireland), Semi Finals, Division One\nBoth played on Sunday, April 15, at Croke Park, DublinDonegal v KildareMayo v Galway", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192327-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Games of India\nThe 2007 National Games, also known as the 33rd National Games of India, was held from 9 February 2007 to 18 February 2007 in Guwahati, Assam, India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192327-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Games of India\nIndian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared the 33rd National Games open amid clamorous cheering from the 30,000 strong crowd at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Bihar did not participate in the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192327-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Games of India, Closing ceremony\nCapacity crowd witnessed the closing ceremony. Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh, Governor of Assam Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi and Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi were also present at the ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nThe 2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in Dallas, on January 24, 2007. The Western Conference was victorious, defeating the Eastern Conference 12\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nOn January 23, 2006, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the event to be held during the 2006\u201307 season would take place at American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Stars. The Stars were hosting an All-Star Game for the first time since 1972, when they were known as the Minnesota North Stars. The starting lines for both conferences were announced on January 9, 2007, and the full rosters were announced January 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game\nThis was the first NHL All-Star game since 2004. The 2004\u201305 NHL lockout forced the cancellation of that year's game and the 2005\u201306 season did not include an All-Star game due to the 2006 Winter Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rory Fitzpatrick voting campaign\nThe fan voting process had been revised so as to allow fans to vote for their favorite players as many times as they wished. This had created a humorous fan voting campaign around Vancouver Canucks defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick, urging many to vote him into the game as a write-in candidate, designed to show that the revised system would lead to ballot box stuffing, in an effort to get the league to change the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rory Fitzpatrick voting campaign\nDespite having no points in 18 games and one point in 22 games, Fitzpatrick had surprisingly accumulated 428,832 votes, good for second-place (and a starting spot) among the defencemen when preliminary results were released. Reaction to the campaign was mixed\u2014supporters of the campaign saw an opportunity to consider sending a hardworking but otherwise unspectacular player onto the all-star teams as recognition for their hard work, while opponents claim that it would take spots on the team away from players who generate interest in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game, Rory Fitzpatrick voting campaign\nAmong notable opponents of the campaign were Phoenix Coyotes head coach Wayne Gretzky as well as Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry. Ultimately, the campaign was unsuccessful, as Fitzpatrick finished third among Western Conference defencemen and was not named as an All-Star reserve. Slate suggested that Fitzpatrick had the requisite number of votes and that the NHL altered the results in reaction to ballot stuffing by an automatic script.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 75], "content_span": [76, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game, New league-wide uniforms (Rbk EDGE)\nFinally, the league chose to unveil the new Rbk EDGE uniform designs, which would be employed by all 30 teams in the following season. The new uniforms are designed to retain less water, potentially leading to less fatigue and improved performance. Similar designs have been employed in recent international hockey competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game, New league-wide uniforms (Rbk EDGE)\nCritics of the new uniform design claim that the uniforms are more form-fitting than ever before, and that the new sweaters would not allow horizontal striping at the bottom of the sweater, a design that is a part of many current jerseys, including those of all six Original Six teams. However, some players have embraced the new uniforms, claiming that the new jerseys made them feel faster on the ice. The concerns over the striping would be alleviated with the league-wide rollout of the Edge system the following season, although several teams opted to go with non-traditional designs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192328-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 National Hockey League All-Star Game, New league-wide uniforms (Rbk EDGE)\nIn particular, the Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Tampa Bay Lightning would adopt new uniforms using a modified version of the template used for these All-Star uniforms. This year's All-Star design would be reused in the next game, albeit with some slight changes (including a running change to the Edge uniform's construction).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 78], "content_span": [79, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League\nThe 2007 National Hurling League was the 76th season of the National Hurling League, the top leagues for inter-county hurling teams, since its establishment in 1925. The fixtures were announced on 28 November 2006. The season began on 18 February 2007 and concluded on 29 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nKilkenny came into the season as defending champions of the 2006 season. Dublin entered Division 1 as the promoted team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nOn 29 April 2007, Waterford won the title after a 0-20 to 0-18 win over Kilkenny. It was their first league title since 1963 and their second National League title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nAntrim and Down were the first two teams to be relegated to Division 2 after finishing bottom of Divisions 1A and 1B respectively. Offaly were the third team to be relegated after being beaten by Limerick in a play-off. Antrim and Offaly subsequently earned reprieves and retain their Division 1 status as the proposed restructuring of the 2008 league was scrapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 1A\nWaterford's Eoin Kelly was the Division 1 top scorer with 1-61. Limerick's Brian Murray and Kilkenny's P. J. Ryan were the top goalkeepers having kept 4 clean sheets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 1A, Structure\nA total of 12 teams contested the top division of the league, including 11 sides from the 2006 season and one promoted from the 2006 National League Division 2. On 30 April 2006, Dublin earned promotion from the 2006 National League Division 2 after a one-year absence from the top flight. They were crowned Division 2 champions after beating Kerry. They replaced Laois who were relegated to Division 2 at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 1A, Structure\nThe 12 teams in Division 1 were divided into two groups of six team - 1A and 1B. Each team played all the others in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed teams in 1A and 1B advanced to the league semi-finals. The second and third-placed teams in 1A and 1B advanced to the league quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 2\nOn 29 April 2007, Laois won the title after a 2-19 to 0-8 win over Wicklow. It was their first league title since 1965 and their third National League Division 2 title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 2\nMeath, Carlow, Armagh, Mayo and London were relegated to Division 3 as the bottom placed teams of Divisions 2A and 2B. All of these teams subsequently earned reprieves and retained their Division 2 status as the proposed restructuring of the 2008 league was scrapped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 2, Structure\nA total of 11 teams contested the second division of the league, including 9 sides from the 2006 season and one relegated from the 2006 National League Division 1 and one promoted from the 2006 National League Division 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 2, Structure\nOn 30 April 2006, Armagh earned promotion from the 2006 National League Division 3. They were crowned Division 3 champions after beating Longford. They replaced Roscommon who were relegated to Division 3 at the end of the previous season. On the same day, Laois were relegated from the 2006 National League Division 1. They replaced Dublin who were promoted to Division 1 at the end of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 2, Structure\nThe 11 teams in Division 2 were divided into two groups - 2A which consisted of six teams and 2B which consisted of five teams. Each team played all the others in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed teams in 2A and 2B advanced to the league semi-finals. The second and third-placed teams in 2A and 2B advanced to the league quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 3\nOn 29 April 2007, Roscommon won the title after a 1-13 to 0-15 win over Sligo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 3, Structure\nA total of 10 teams contested the third division of the league, including 9 sides from the 2006 season and one relegated from the 2006 National League Division 2. On 30 April 2006, Armagh earned promotion from the 2006 National League Division 3. They were crowned Division 3 champions after beating Longford. They replaced Roscommon who were relegated to Division 3 at the end of the previous season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 3, Structure\nThe 10 teams in Division 1 were divided into two groups of five teams - 3A and 3B. Each team played all the others in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed teams in 3A and 3B advanced to the league semi-finals. The second and third-placed teams in 3A and 3B advanced to the league quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192329-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 National Hurling League, Division 3, Structure\nThe two bottom placed teams in each group contested the Division 3 Shield and advanced to the semi-finals. The winners of these two games contested the Shield final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192330-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Indoor Football League season\nThe 2007 National Indoor Football League season was the seventh and final season of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The 2007 season was chaotic with teams folding and being suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament\nThe 2007 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams which did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The West Virginia University Mountaineers won the 2007 NIT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament\nThe participating teams were selected by the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) selection committee using numerous resources such as computer rankings, results (head-to-head, chronological, last 10 games played, non-conference), and polls. The first round, second round, and quarterfinal games are held at the home court of the higher seed. The semifinal and final round are played at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The 32 participating teams were announced on March 11, 2007. This is the first time since the NIT began seeding that all of the #1 seeds made the Final Four. Not only that, but both of the semifinal matches between the #1 seeds were one point games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams\nThirty-two NCAA Division I teams participated in the 2007 NIT, reduced from the prior years' 40. Teams are chosen by the NIT selection committee based on numerous resources, including \"computer rankings, head-to-head results, chronological results, Division I results, non-conference results, home and away results, results in the last 10 games, polls and the coaches' regional advisory committee's rankings\". The teams are then seeded according to the NIT's procedures for seeding teams. The teams are then placed into four regions: East, South, West, and North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, First round\nThe first round took place on March 13, 2007, and March 14, 2007. The higher-seeded team hosted each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Second round\nThe second round took place March 15, 2007, through March 19, 2007. The higher-seeded team hosted the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Second round\n*Under normal circumstances, the RBC Center would be used as NC State's home court, but a concert was scheduled that night at that facility, forcing the Wolfpack to use their older arena (still regularly in use for women's basketball), Reynolds Coliseum. A new attendance record for a NIT game was set at the Syracuse\u2013San Diego State game in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse won the game 80\u201364 with the attendance total of 26,752.The old record of 23,522 was set by Kentucky in 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Quarterfinals\nThe quarterfinals round took place March 20, 2007, and March 21, 2007. (March 22 was reserved as a backup date in case of scheduling conflicts, but none arose.) The higher-seeded team hosted each game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Semifinals\nThe semifinals round took place March 27, 2007 at Madison Square Garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Finals\nThe finals round took place March 29, 2007 at Madison Square Garden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192331-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National Invitation Tournament, Finals\nThe post-tournament celebration by the Mountaineers was overshadowed by a typographical error on the championship T-shirt, on which the school name was rendered as WEST VIRGINA. The vendor, 6th Man Sportswear, apologized for this mistake, and corrected the spelling for all T-shirts except those 25 printed for the team in preparation for a victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series\nThe 2007 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the final round of the 2007 National League playoffs, began on October 11 and ended on October 15. It was a best-of-seven series, with the West Division champion Arizona Diamondbacks facing the wild card Colorado Rockies, also from the West Division. The Rockies swept the series in four games to win their first ever pennant, extending a 17\u20131 run to 21\u20131 in the process. The Rockies won the opportunity to play the American League champion Boston Red Sox in the 2007 World Series. Colorado's NLCS sweep was only the second NLCS sweep since the seven-game format was adopted in 1985, with the first being the Atlanta Braves' sweep in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series\nThe Rockies had swept the Philadelphia Phillies in three games in the NL Division Series, while the Diamondbacks had swept the Chicago Cubs. The Diamondbacks had home-field advantage due to winning the division. The series marked the first time the Rockies ever advanced to the NLCS and the second time for the Diamondbacks, in the first postseason matchup between the two teams; the Rockies' only prior postseason appearance was in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series\nIt was the first time that two West Division teams had ever met in the NLCS, only the second to feature expansion franchises (the first being 1986) and the first of only two postseason meetings of any kind between teams that joined MLB in the 1990s (the other meeting being the 2017 Wild Card Game between the same two clubs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series\nThe series was telecast on TBS, the first time a League Championship Series was ever shown exclusively on a cable network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series\nThe Rockies would go on to lose in a sweep to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series in four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThursday, October 11, 2007 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Rockies took a 1\u20130 series lead behind a strong 6+2\u20443 innings from starter Jeff Francis. Arizona scored first when Stephen Drew singled with one out in the first and scored on Eric Byrnes's RBI double, but the Rockies tied the game in the second when they loaded the bases off of Brandon Webb on two hits and a walk with no outs and Troy Tulowitzki hit into a double play that scored Todd Helton. Next inning, Willy Taveras singled with one out, stole second, and scored on Kazuo Matsui's RBI single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nMatt Holliday then singled before Helton lined out to center. A wild pitch and walk loaded the bases, and Brad Hawpe's two-run single made it 4-1 Rockies. In the seventh, reliever Juan Cruz issued a leadoff walk to Yorvit Torrealba, who moved to second on a wild pitch and then to third on Francis's sacrifice bunt. After Taveras struck out, Diamondbacks first baseman Conor Jackson's fielding error on Matsui's ground ball allowed Torrealba to score to make it 5-1 Rockies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1\nIn the bottom of the inning, Francis allowed a leadoff double to Chris Snyder and hit Justin Upton with a pitch, but the Diamondbacks were taken out of a potential rally when a disputed interference call resulted in a double-play groundout for Augie Ojeda. Chase Field patrons responded by throwing objects onto the playing field, briefly stopping play. Though they loaded the bases on Jeff Cirillo's bunt single and Chris Young's walk off of reliever Matt Herges, Jeremy Affeldt got Drew to fly out to right to end the inning. Pinch hitter Miguel Montero singled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth off of Manny Corpas, but was tagged out at second to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nFriday, October 12, 2007 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nThe Rockies struck first in Game 2 off of Diamondbacks' starter Doug Davis when Todd Helton reached on third baseman Mark Reynolds's ground ball fielding error, moved to third on Brad Hawpe's single two outs later, and scored on Yorvit Torrealba's single. The Diamondbacks tied it in the third when Davis hit a leadoff double off of Ubaldo Jim\u00e9nez and scored on Chris Young's single. Willy Taveras walked to lead off the fifth off of Davis and moved to second on Kazuo Matsui's single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nMatt Holliday's fly out moved the runners up one base before Helton's sacrifice fly put the Rockies up 2-1. In the bottom of the ninth, Manny Corpas hit Young with a pitch with one out and subsequently allowed a single to Stephen Drew. Eric Byrnes grounded to third baseman Matsui, who made an errant throw to second, allowing Young to score and tie the game, but unaware of this, Drew wandered off second base, allowing shortstop Troy Tulowitzski to tag him out at third. Tony Clark grounded out to send the game into extra innings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2\nJose Valverde retired the Rockies in order in the 10th, but in the 11th, allowed a single and two walks to load the bases with two outs before walking Taveras to put the Rockies up 3-2. Doug Slaten in relief got Matsui to line out to right to end the inning, but Ryan Speier, in relief of Corpas, retired the Diamondbacks in order in the bottom of the inning to end the game and put the Rockies up 2-0 in the series shifting to Coors Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nSunday, October 14, 2007 at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe Rockies moved to within one win of the World Series for the first time in franchise history by winning Game 3 by a score of 4\u20131. Matt Holliday gave them a 1\u20130 lead in the first with a two-out solo home run off Arizona starter Liv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez, but Mark Reynolds tied the game in the fourth with a tape measure home run to left off of Josh Fogg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe decisive blow was delivered in the bottom of the sixth when Yorvit Torrealba battled in an eight-pitch at-bat to drive a three-run home run to left field off of Hernandez that sent Coors Field into a frenzy. Memorably, Torrealba pumped his fist in the air while rounding second base. The Rockies now held a 3\u20130 lead in the series. Despite them eventually sweeping Arizona, this was the only game where they outhit them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nMonday, October 15, 2007 at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nThe Rockies won their first pennant in franchise history with a 6\u20134 win in Game 4, completing a sweep of the number one seed Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks struck first when Micah Owings singled to lead off the third off of starter Franklin Morales, moved to second two outs later on a walk, and scored on Conor Jackson's single. The Rockies struck back with a six-run fourth inning. Owings walked Brad Hawpe and Troy Tulowitzski with one out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nYorvit Torrealba's ground out moved them one base each before pinch hitter Seth Smith's two-run bloop double down the left-field line one out later put the Rockies up 2-1. Arizona first baseman Jackson's fielding error allowed Willy Taveras to reach base and move Smith to third. Kazuo Matsui's single scored Smith before NLCS MVP Matt Holliday's three-run home run to deep center put the Rockies up 6-1. Juan Cruz and Brandon Lyon held them hitless for the rest of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nBrian Fuentes allowed a leadoff single to Stephen Drew in the eighth, then another single to Jackson one out later before Chris Snyder cut the Rockies lead to 6-4 with a two-out, three-run home run to left that stayed just fair. After Justin Upton tripled, Manny Corpas then came on and struck out Tony Clark to end the inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0011-0003", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nCorpas allowed a one-out double to Young in the ninth, but got Drew to pop out to second and Eric Byrnes, the center of controversy before Game 3, to hit a check-swing roller to Troy Tulowitzki, who fired to Todd Helton at first to retire the diving Byrnes and send Colorado to the 2007 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. No team had ever swept their way to the World Series since the Division Series began in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0011-0004", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4\nColorado was also the first team to have a 7\u20130 start to a postseason since the 1976 Cincinnati Reds finished the playoffs 7\u20130 sweeping both the LCS and World Series. Colorado also became the fourth 2nd place team to beat the team that won their division in the playoffs, joining the \u201897 Florida Marlins, \u201804 Boston Red Sox, and the \u201805 Houston Astros. In subsequent years, the \u201811 St. Louis Cardinals, \u201815 Chicago Cubs, and \u201820 Houston Astros would join this list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, 2007 \u201cRocktober\u201d Rockies\nOver the course of 29 days in September through the middle of October, the Rockies won 21 games and lost just once, shocking the baseball world en route to the World Series. The Red Sox swept the Rockies in the World Series, but that did not tarnish the players' fond memories. Although the Rockies had talented players, led by team veteran Todd Helton, MVP candidate Matt Holliday, and rookie of the year candidate Troy Tulowitzki, what stood out about the team was their chemistry and togetherness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, 2007 \u201cRocktober\u201d Rockies\n\u201cOur winning streak, in a lot of ways, was the end product of our team chemistry,\u201d starting pitcher Josh Fogg said during the ten-year anniversary in 2017. \u201cI mean, we\u2019d have an off day on the road and 18 or 20 guys would go out to dinner together. That just doesn\u2019t happen. Baseball is kind of a cutthroat game. And some people will root against their teammates so they can get themselves ahead in the game. I don\u2019t think that played out at all in 2007. Everyone knew their job and knew their role. They were comfortable in it.\u201d The Rockies run in 2007 was nicknamed \u201cRocktober\u201d \u2014 a play off the Rockies team name and October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, 2007 \u201cRocktober\u201d Rockies\nThe 2007 Rockies also proved to be one of baseball\u2019s best one-season wonders. The team made the playoffs in 2009, but from 2008-2016, the Rockies were a cumulative 120 games under .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192332-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, 2007 \u201cRocktober\u201d Rockies\nThe Diamondbacks and Rockies met again in the postseason during the 2017 National League Wild Card game, with the Diamondbacks winning by a score of 11-8. To date, 2007 was the only time the Diamondbacks and Rockies finished 1\u20132 in the standings of the National League West. This was the first time two NL West teams met in an NLCS, and as of 2020, it is the only time this has occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 77], "content_span": [78, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192333-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Cup\nThe 2007 National League Cup (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup) was a British rugby league competition. Various teams from the National leagues of England compete. The winners are usually National league One teams. This was evident as Widnes Vikings won the competition in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192333-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Cup, Results, Finals\nWhitehaven (6) 34T: D Eilbeck 1, L Joe 1, J Duffy 1, A Smith 1, C Rudd 1,C Sice 1,G: R Fletcher 1, C Rudd 4,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192333-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Cup, Results, Finals\nHalifax (19) 19T: R Varkulis 1, L Greenwood 1, P Smith 1,G: G Holroyd 3,DG: I Watson 1,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192333-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Cup, Results, Finals\nWidnes (14) 18T: M Nanyn 1, O Wilkes 1,G: M Nanyn 5,:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192333-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Cup, Results, Finals\nRochdale Hornets 0 - Widnes Vikings 24Halifax 30 - Celtic Crusaders 14Castleford Tigers 42 - Leigh Centurions 6Rochdale Hornets 0 - Widnes Vikings 24Whitehaven 34 - Barrow Raiders 14Northern Rail Cup Group Tables", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series\nThe 2007 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2007 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 3 and ended on Saturday, October 6, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series\nColorado earned the wild card after winning a one-game playoff with San Diego. Although the division winner with the best record normally plays the wild card team, the Diamondbacks played the Cubs, rather than the wild card Rockies, because the league did not pair teams from the same division against each other in the division series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series\nBoth series represented the first time the opponents had met in the postseason, and the Rockies' victory was their first in any postseason series. The Diamondbacks and the Rockies met in the NL Championship Series, with the Rockies becoming the National League champion and going on to lose to the American League champion Boston Red Sox in the 2007 World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series\nThis was the first time under the expanded playoffs format first used in 1995 that two teams from the National League's Western Division had played against one another in the NLCS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 1\nEighteen-game winners Carlos Zambrano and Brandon Webb matched each other pitch for pitch in the opening game of the series. The Diamondbacks struck first on Stephen Drew's fourth-inning home run. The Cubs loaded the bases in the sixth on two walks and a hit with two outs, but only scored once on Ryan Theriot's RBI single that tied the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 1\nCarlos M\u00e1rmol would take the loss in relief of Zambrano, allowing a lead off home run to Mark Reynolds in the seventh, then, one out later, walking Chris Snyder, who moved to third on Augie Ojeda's double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Conor Jackson. Jos\u00e9 Valverde threw a hitless ninth inning to save the game for Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 2\nThe Cubs struck first in Game 2 when Matt Murton singled to lead off the second off of Doug Davis before Geovany Soto's home run put them up 2\u20130, but starter Ted Lilly in the bottom of the inning allowed a leadoff single to Chris Snyder, then walked Justin Upton before Chris Young's three-run home run two outs later put them up 3\u20132. Stephen Drew then singled and scored on Eric Byrnes's triple to make it 4\u20132 Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 2\nIn the fourth, Lilly allowed a leadoff single to Augie Ojeda, then walked Young one out later before Drew's triple made it 6\u20132 Arizona and knocked him out of the game. Kevin Hart walked two with one out next inning before being relieved by Scott Eyre, who allowed an RBI single to Ojeda that put Upton at third. Michael Wuertz relieved Eyre and Davis's fielder choice scored another run for Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 2\nIn the seventh, Davis walked two with two outs before being relieved by Juan Cruz, who allowed a two-run double to pinch hitter Daryle Ward that made it 8\u20134 Arizona. However, neither team would score for the rest of the game, so the Diamondbacks went up 2\u20130 in the series heading to Chicago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 3\nChris Young's home run on the first pitch of the game off of Rich Hill gave Arizona a quick 1\u20130 lead. Stephen Drew then doubled to right field and after two strikeouts and a walk, scored on Justin Upton's single. Hill would leave the game in the fourth after allowing a lead-off walk and single. Michael Wuertz in relief walked Young to load the bases, then struck out Drew before Eric Byrnes hit into a forceout at second that scored Miguel Montero.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Arizona vs. Chicago, Game 3\nThe Cubs cut Arizona's lead to 3\u20131 in the bottom of the inning off of Liv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez when Mark DeRosa hit a leadoff single, moved to third on Jacque Jones's double, and scored on Jason Kendall's groundout. However, Hernandez would only allow three other hits in six innings. Solo home runs by Byrnes in the sixth off of Carlos Marmol and Drew in the ninth off of Kerry Wood capped the scoring as the Diamondbacks' 5\u20131 win completed a sweep of the Cubs, who hit into four double plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Colorado, Game 1\nSeventeen and fifteen-game winners Jeff Francis and Cole Hamels began the 2007 postseason by retiring the side in order. The face of the game quickly changed in the second inning when Todd Helton tripled to center field in his first career postseason plate appearance. He would score on Garrett Atkins's double. After Brad Hawpe struck out and Ryan Spilborghs walked, Yorvit Torrealba's single scored Atkins. A two-out walk to Kaz Matsui loaded the bases before another walk to rookie Troy Tulowitzki gave the Rockies a 3\u20130 lead they never relinquished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Colorado, Game 1\nMatt Holliday homered off of Tom Gordon in the eighth inning to provide insurance after consecutive home runs by Aaron Rowand and Pat Burrell led off the Phillies' half of the fifth. The Phillies wasted an ultimately solid effort from Hamels, who walked four in 6+2\u20443 frames but did not allow a hit after the decisive second inning. Manny Corpas picked up the save for Colorado.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Colorado, Game 2\nTroy Tulowitzki and Matt Holliday hit consecutive one-out home runs in the first inning off Phillies rookie starter Kyle Kendrick, but his team responded with Jimmy Rollins' lead-off home run in the bottom of the inning off of Rockies starter Franklin Morales, coming off his own rookie season. Rollins' two-run triple next inning gave the Phillies a 3\u20132 lead. That lead then vanished two innings later when Kaz Matsui hit a two-out grand slam off Phillies reliever Kyle Lohse. Jos\u00e9 Mesa walked two to lead off the sixth, then Yorvit Torrealba's two-run double put the Rockies up 8\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Colorado, Game 2\nAfter Josh Fogg bunted out, Clay Condrey relieved Mesa and allowed an RBI triple to Matsui. Tulowitzki struck out before Holliday's RBI single made it 10\u20133 Rockies. Ryan Howard hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the inning off of Jeremy Affeldt. In the seventh, Shane Victorino singled with one out off of Ryan Speier, advanced to third on a stolen base attempt and Torrealba's throwing error, and scored on Rollins's groundout. Philadelphia loaded the bases in the eighth inning, but Manny Corpas earned a four-out save in stranding all three runners, sealing the Rockies' 10\u20135 victory. Matsui was a single short of hitting for the cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Colorado, Game 3\nThe Rockies struck first in the fifth off of starter Jamie Moyer when Yorvit Torrealba singled with one out, moved to second on Ubaldo Jim\u00e9nez's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Kazuo Matsui's triple. Shane Victorino's home run to right in the top of the seventh tied the game. After being released mid-season by the Red Sox, J. C. Romero became one of the most reliable bullpen arms for the Phillies down the stretch by not giving up a single run in 15+2\u20443 innings pitched in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192334-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Division Series, Philadelphia vs. Colorado, Game 3\nUnfortunately for Philadelphia in Game 3, Romero faltered and surrendered three straight two-out singles, the last of which to Jeff Baker scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth. Manny Corpas came on to nail down his third consecutive save in the ninth, sealing the series sweep. Brian Fuentes earned the win with a 1-2-3 eighth. The last time Philadelphia was swept in a postseason series was the 1976 NLCS, in which Cincinnati beat them, 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192335-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National League One\nThe league was televised live for the first time following a deal with the broadcaster Sky Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192335-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National League One\nCastleford Tigers were relegated from the Super League in 2006, while Dewsbury Rams and Sheffield Eagles gained promotion from National League Two. York City Knights and Oldham R.L.F.C. are relegated to National League Two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192335-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National League One\nNational League Three was abolished for the 2007 season and rebranded as the Rugby League Conference National division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192336-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Two\n2007 National League Two was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league was promoted to National League 1. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game\nThe 2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 regular season, played between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies of the National League's (NL) West Division to determine the NL wild card. It was played at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, on October 1, 2007. The Rockies won the game 9\u20138 in thirteen innings on a controversial play at home plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game\nThe game was necessary after both teams finished the season with identical win\u2013loss records of 89\u201373. The Rockies won a coin flip late in the season, which awarded them home field for the game. Upon winning, the Rockies advanced to the NL Division Series where they swept the Philadelphia Phillies. After advancing, they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL Championship Series, winning their first pennant in franchise history. However, the Rockies were, in turn, swept in the 2007 World Series by the Boston Red Sox, ending their season. In baseball statistics the tie-breaker counted as the 163rd regular season game for both teams, with all events in the game added to regular season statistics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Background\nThe 2007 season saw heavy competition between the Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks for the National League West divisional title. The Padres spent 52 days with at least a share of the lead, while the Diamondbacks spent 89 total days atop the division and ultimately won by a game with a record of 90\u201372. The Rockies spent just three days, last on April 6, with a lead in the division. Notably the Diamondbacks scored 20 fewer runs than their pitchers allowed, one of just five teams in MLB history to make the playoffs despite being outscored during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Background\nIn addition to the divisional race, the competition over the wild card continued to the last day of the season. Six teams in the 2007 National League finished within five games of one another: the aforementioned Diamondbacks, Padres, and Rockies along with the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs. The Diamondbacks, Phillies, and Cubs won the Western, Eastern, and Central divisions respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Background\nMeanwhile, the 2007 Mets underwent what was described in The New York Times as \"one of the biggest collapses in baseball history\", becoming the first team with a seven-game divisional lead with only 17 games remaining to finish outside of first place, losing the Eastern division to the Phillies on the final day of the season. Also, at 88\u201374, the Mets finished a single game behind the Rockies and Padres' 89\u201373 record in the wild-card race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Background\nWhile the Padres had been a consistent presence amongst the league's top teams during the 2007 season, the Rockies finished the first half with a .500 record of 44\u201344. They propelled themselves into the wild-card race, however, by going 46\u201329 in the second half of the season including a Rockies' season-best 11-game winning streak from September 16 through September 27 and ultimately tied the Padres regular season record. With the Rockies and Padres holding the best non-division winning records in the league a tie-breaker was necessary to determine the wild-card winner. A coin flip conducted earlier that September set the Rockies' home park of Coors Field as the location for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary\nThe starting pitcher matchup saw eventual Cy Young Award and Major League Baseball Triple Crown winner Jake Peavy against the Rockies Josh Fogg, who teammate Matt Holliday nicknamed \"Dragon Slayer\" for his strong performances against ace starters throughout the season. The Rockies opened the bottom of the first inning with a leadoff double by Kaz Matsui, followed by a Troy Tulowitzki single and a walk to Matt Holliday to load the bases. Matsui scored on a sacrifice fly by Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins made the game 2\u20130 with a single which scored Tulowitzki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary\nYorvit Torrealba later added to that lead, leading off the bottom of the second inning with a home run. The Padres took the lead in the top of the third, however, loading the bases via singles from Peavy and Scott Hairston and a walk to Brian Giles. Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez then hit a grand slam , making the score 4\u20133. This was Gonz\u00e1lez' first career grand slam. Khalil Greene then singled, advanced to third base on a double by Josh Bard, and scored on a ground out by Brady Clark. Helton homered in the bottom of the inning to close the gap to 5\u20134 in favor of San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary\nThe score remained the same through the fourth inning. Fogg was relieved by Taylor Buchholz in the top of the fifth and, following a double by Tulowitzki, Peavy allowed the game-tying run to score on a Holliday single. Seth Smith, pinch hitting for the pitcher in the bottom of the sixth, hit a triple and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Matsui to give the Rockies a 6\u20135 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary\nThe Rockies' Garrett Atkins appeared to homer in the bottom of the seventh, extending the Rockies lead, but umpires ruled that the ball hit padding on the outfield wall, which was still in play, and awarded Atkins a double. Jamey Carroll pinch ran for Atkins, but no runs scored in the inning. The Rockies brought in closer Brian Fuentes in the top of the 8th, but the Padres re-tied the game when Geoff Blum singled to lead off the inning, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and scored on a double by Brian Giles. This was Fuentes' seventh blown save of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary\nThe game remained tied until the top of the 13th inning when Giles singled off of Jorge Julio and scored on a home run by Scott Hairston. Ram\u00f3n Ortiz relieved Julio and no further runs scored in the inning, but the Padres entered the bottom of the 13th with an 8\u20136 lead. The Padres brought in Trevor Hoffman to secure the game and a wild-card victory. However, Hoffman blew the save, allowing doubles to Matsui and Tulowitzki and a triple to Holliday which tied the game 8\u20138. Hoffman then intentionally walked Todd Helton leaving baserunners at first and third base. Carroll then hit a line drive to right fielder Brian Giles. Holliday tagged up at third and slid headfirst on a close play at home plate. Home plate umpire Tim McClelland ruled Holliday safe on the sacrifice fly, and the Rockies won the game 9\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary, Controversy\nDuring the final play Padres catcher Michael Barrett attempted to block home plate from Holliday's slide while receiving the ball on a throw from Brian Giles. Holliday arrived at the plate before the ball did and the ball bounced away from Barrett. Some controversy arose after the game as to whether Holliday had actually touched home plate or if Barrett had successfully blocked him. Several sportswriters, such as Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports and Mark Kiszla of The Denver Post, said outright that Holliday never touched the plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Game summary, Controversy\nKiszla referred to the moment humorously, saying \"When folks retell this story 100 years from now, he still will not have touched home plate.\" Padres manager Bud Black and first base umpire Ed Montague both agreed with McClelland's safe call. Barrett said he was unsure but \"never, ever second-guessed Tim McClelland at home plate.\" While the throw got away from Barrett, he quickly retrieved the ball and went to tag Holliday, but stopped short after McClelland ruled Holliday safe and the game over. Holliday says in rewatching the play, he feels a review of the replay would have been inconclusive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 74], "content_span": [75, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Aftermath\nColorado's win clinched the team's second post-season berth in franchise history, and the first for their first baseman Todd Helton. The Rockies swept the Phillies in the 2007 National League Division Series and the Diamondbacks in the 2007 National League Championship Series (NLCS) to win the franchise's first National League pennant. This streak, in combination with the Rockies performance at the end of the season, meant the Rockies had won 21 of their last 22 games. The last National League team to win 20 of 21 games at any point in the season were the 1936 New York Giants. The Rockies also opened the playoffs with seven straight wins, the 1976 Cincinnati Reds were the only other team in major league history to do so. The Rockies moved on to the 2007 World Series with their NLCS win, where they were swept by the Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 901]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Aftermath\nThe game counted as a regular season game in baseball statistics. If Matt Holliday had gone 0 for 5 in the game he would have lost the batting title to Chipper Jones. However, Holliday went 2 for 6 and won the title with a batting average of .340. Also, Holliday's triple and run batted in (RBI) in the 13th gave him 137 RBI in total, winning the RBI crown over Ryan Howard by 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Aftermath\nHolliday's teammate Tulowitzki believed Holliday was the league's most valuable player, but he ultimately finished a close second to the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins in the Most Valuable Player Award voting. Also, Padres' starter Jake Peavy increased his earned run average (ERA) from 2.36 to 2.54 in the game and added six strikeouts to his season total. Peavy ultimately won the National League wins, strikeout, and ERA titles. These titles combined to give Peavy a pitching Triple Crown and he went on to win the Cy Young Award unanimously. Finally, despite an error in the game, the Rockies set the single-season major league record for team fielding percentage (.9893), breaking the 2006 Boston Red Sox mark of .9891.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192337-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game, Aftermath\nConversely, while the Rockies enjoyed a run to the World Series, and have qualified for the postseason three subsequent times since this game (2009, 2017, and 2018), the Padres would not make the playoffs until 2020, 13 years later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 58], "content_span": [59, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress\nThe 5th Session of the 10th National People's Congress held its annual meeting from March 5 to March 15, 2007 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2007 CPPCC. Many items were listed on the agenda for the two-week-long session of the National People's Congress. 2,937 delegates from every province and municipality attended, along with representatives from the People's Liberation Army. Among the delegations were those from the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau and a delegation representing Taiwan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress\nDetails on the election of these delegations can be found on the main article on the National People's Congress. The 2007 Session was chaired by Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo, with the annual Government Report delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao. The 2007 Session also set the precedent of allowing foreign journalists to approach and interview any NPC members without restriction. All proposals and resolutions from the session for the first time were fully translated into English. The 2007 NPC formally approved the Property Law of the People's Republic of China which had been under discussion for the last several years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress\nShanghai party chief Chen Liangyu has been suspended and therefore did not participate in the NPC. However, Vice-Premier Huang Ju, who had been widely speculated in the Hong Kong media and Western sources to have fallen into political disgrace, though reported in the Chinese press as having been in bad health, made an appearance at the opening ceremonies on March 5. Huang genuinely appeared ill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nPremier Wen Jiabao delivered the working Government Report for the year 2006, and gave a policy outlook for 2007 during the opening session of the NPC on the morning of March 5, 2007. The speech lasted nearly two hours and fifteen minutes, and focused largely on populist issues such as health care and education, with an unprecedented tone addressing corruption, waste, and environmental concerns. As in previous years, urban-rural and regional disparities were a common theme. Wen opened saying that this is the last year of the 10th National People's Congress, and thus the government's term will legally expire by March 2008. In his 2007 outlook he stressed various issues of general concern of late.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nOn domestic policy, Wen focused on problematic issues such as real estate, which in recent years has emerged as an infamous sector for illegal dealings and lack of fairness. Wen guaranteed an increase in low-income housing benefits in the coming year, and vowed a serious crackdown on real estate crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nPremier Wen went on to focus heavily on the Three Rural Issues of agriculture, the countryside, and farmers. This particular topic was echoed throughout the speech. He pledged government finances towards building rural infrastructure and funding towards the development of new technologies. Wen pledged a change in policy towards agricultural insurance, which is almost nonexistent in the current framework. On the topic of rural health care, Wen promised a twofold increase in funding, and vowed that over 80% of the Chinese rural population will receive guaranteed basic health care in the year ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nMore prominently addressed than in any previous government report were environmental concerns. Wen said that the government will enforce strict environmental standards dictating new construction projects in the coming year. He reinforced the government's position on the protection of land, specifically pointing out that \"mansions, golf courses, and lavish government buildings\" are not appropriate uses for agricultural land, and cautioned local government and contractors that such things should be avoided.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nWen briefly mentioned the balance being sought by the government between the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. He stressed the importance of the continued development of the services sector, and the transformation in industry from being simply \"large\", to becoming \"strong\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nAnother prominent topic of the speech focused on balancing regional disparities. In this area Wen mentioned education as a primary concern. He pledged that in 2007 the central government will completely abolish tuition for rural children (including fees for books and for extracurricular activities) from Kindergarten to Grade 9. Wen also mentioned a fivefold increase in the amount of funding being put towards vocational and post-secondary scholarships, focusing on rural areas. He cited the government's continued focus on training more teachers and educational professionals and increasing the quality of post-secondary education in China, and offered a vision stating \"One day, let teachers become the most respected professionals in society\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nWen also pointed out the government's readied stance towards public epidemics and a continued focus towards AIDS prevention. Wen briefly mentioned the government's continued support towards the development of traditional Chinese medicine and its important role in health care. He stressed upgraded and more effective urban health care, especially in central and western regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nAs in previous years, Wen mentioned the government's continued support of the One-child Policy and government benefits for rural families who have difficulties because of the policy. He pledged that local governments and institutions should continue to focus on the teaching of the socialist disgrace and honours system coined by President Hu Jintao. He stressed the importance of so-called \"cultural reforms\", and said the government would continue building literacy and cultural institutions in rural areas. Wen talked about the government's plans to continue building basic sports facilities, and continue preparation work for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Shanghai's Expo 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nIn the area of social welfare, Wen pledged a continued evolution towards an effective social insurance system. To tackle urban unemployment, Wen mentioned the \"lowest barrier\" where the government will step in and cover basic living costs of victims of job loss. Wen vowed continued vigilance in the matter of safety standards, especially in coal mines, and pledged a tough stance towards commercial scams and fake medicines. Wen also said the local and central governments will continue to be united against organized crime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nWen talked extensively about the solid government stance on continued economic reform. State-owned enterprises will continue their reforms and non-profitable and outdated SOE's will continue to be shut down or replaced by \"non-public\" institutions. Wen noted the danger of monopolies, and put forth a proposal for a new set of corporate taxation laws aimed at curbing widespread tax evasion and commercial irregularities. Public banking will continue its extension into rural areas. The Agricultural Bank of China will continue its reforms as a listed company. Wen noted that reforms in the insurance sector are to take place before it earns an appropriate place in the services sector.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nConcerning international trade, Premier Wen focused on attracting foreign investment, specifically to western and northeastern areas who have \"just as much developmental potential\" as the affluent coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nIn contrast to previous years, Wen extensively outlined governmental flaws, and the urgent need to reform certain governing institutions. The ideas revolved around the premise of \"governing for the people, with transparency from government and participation from the people\". Wen acknowledged the serious nature and extent of corruption. The Commissions for Discipline Inspection as well as the masses, Wen said, should rally together in combating official corruption. Wen's vision was to make the governmental system \"clean, effective, satisfactory, and transparent\" in the coming years. He briefly touched on reforming governmental structure, but did not go into specifics. A clear emphasis was drawn from Wen's comments about governmental waste, which \"as noted by our people has become a very severe problem\". Wen vowed decreases in governmental spending, and warned staunchly against the lavish lifestyles of public officials.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 982]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nMilitary affairs were summed up by the slogan \"strategic thinking\". Wen pledged to continue building the military to modern standards and stated that China will continue to adhere to the One Country, Two Systems policy and will not violate the high degree of autonomy in Hong Kong and Macau. Reminiscent of previous years, the longest period of applause came when he declared that China will remain resolutely opposed to any form of Taiwan's declaration of de jure \"independence.\" Wen said that the Three Links and economic integration must continue, and welcomes dialogue from any Taiwanese political party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nOn foreign policy, Wen stated that China will continue in its role in the development of a peaceful and harmonious world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Government report\nThe conclusion of the speech made mention of President Hu Jintao's new Scientific Development Perspectives and the goal of a Socialist Harmonious Society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Property Law\nOn March 8, the Property Law of the People's Republic of China was formally introduced at the NPC. Vice-Chairman Wang Zhaoguo told the Congress that the law will \"safeguard the fundamental interests of the people\", and the law is an attempt at adapting to new \"economic and social realities\" in China. The bill was first published in 2002. It was subsequently deferred, failed again in its reading at the 2006 National People's Congress because of a dispute over its contents, and then went through its eighth reading in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Property Law\nSome press reports have characterized this law as the first piece of legislation in the People's Republic of China to cover an individual's right to own private assets, although this is incorrect, as the right to private property was written into the PRC Constitution in 2003, and the law itself is directed at defining all forms of property in the PRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Property Law\nThe law was adopted on March 16, the final day of the two-week session of parliament, with the backing of 96.9% of the 2,889 legislators attending, with 2799 for, 53 against, and 37 abstentions. With his final address to the 2007 Session, NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo declared \"the Private Property Law and the Corporate Taxation Law are two of the most important laws in the new economic system of Socialism with Chinese characteristics; we must attempt to learn these laws fully through various methods.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Corporate Tax Law\nThe other major economic law that was passed unified the tax rates of foreign and domestic corporations at 25%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Other significant events\nA letter was sent from people who were victims of Mao's Anti-Rightist Movement to the Congress, asking for compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Other significant events\nLawmakers also banned Internet cafe usage by minors, a large number of whom are allegedly addicted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Other significant events\nDelegate Jian Deming put forth a proposal for a \"dog tax\", a deterrent for pet owners, in an apparent attempt to curb the ongoing spread of rabies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Premier's press conference\nChinese leaders rarely give interviews or hold open press conferences, and their appearances, regardless of circumstance, are usually heavily scripted. One of the few times open press conferences are held is immediately following the National People's Congress session every year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Premier's press conference\nIn 2007, Premier Wen Jiabao had to answer a series of sensitive questions involving China's increased military spending, the road to democracy, the Dalai Lama, and even a question about disgraced former Premier Zhao Ziyang. When answering a question from a reporter from The Wall Street Journal, Wen said China would like to reduce its trade surplus, but reassured the United States that the current trade imbalance will not destabilize U.S. currency values. Wen recognized the systematic problems facing the Chinese economic system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Premier's press conference\nWen reiterated the official stance that China is opposed to the weaponization of space, and that the Chinese military build-up is purely for domestic rather than for offensive purposes. On the issue of the Dalai Lama, Wen said China's government is open to dialogue with the 14th Dalai Lama as long as he gives up efforts for Tibetan independence. In reply to a question about democracy from a French reporter, Wen reiterated the age-old CCP maxim that \"different states have different backgrounds, therefore democracy must be achieved based on different timelines\". Wen did concede, however, that more democracy is required in the current system to combat rising corruption.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Premier's press conference\nOn the subject of Taiwan independence, the tone maintained the harsh rhetoric against the current administration on the island led by Chen Shui-bian while attempting not to alienate the Taiwanese electorate in general. During the two-week session, Wen was careful to add the words \"de jure independence\" (\u6cd5\u7406\u72ec\u7acb) as opposed to simply \"independence\" when referring to Taiwan. During the Press Conference, Wen also reiterated that the PRC government was in favour of perfecting the Three Links, amongst other economic and cultural ties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192338-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 National People's Congress, Premier's press conference\nIn an unprecedented move, Wen began the press conference with a direct appeal to the people by reading a letter from a primary school student, subsequently voicing his concern about China's current social imbalance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season\nThe 2007 National Pro Fastpitch season was the fourth season of professional softball under the name National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) for the only professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States. From 1997 to 2002, NPF operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). Each year, the playoff teams battle for the Cowles Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nA number of changes to the NPF roster of teams happened in the offseason:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nThe Texas Thunder were sold to new ownership based in Rockford, Illinois. They relocated there for the 2007 season and renamed themselves the Rockford Thunder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nIn January 2007, the Connecticut Brakettes announced they would no longer participate in NPF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nIn February, an expansion team named the Washington Glory was added to NPF, and the Glory inherited the contracts of players from the Brakettes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nArizona Heat suspended play for the 2007 season. Despite rumors to the contrary, the Heat never rejoined NPF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nNPF hired Cheri Kempf to be commissioner. Kempf's background includes pitching on the 1992 gold medal-winning United States national team in the World Cup in Beijing, China, producing instructional books and videos on softball, and announcing professional and college softball telecasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Milestones and events\nIn March, the Akron Racers hired Shonda Stanton, the head softball coach at Marshall University to be field manager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 57], "content_span": [58, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Player acquisition, College draft\nThe 2007 NPF Senior Draft was held February 14, 2007. Lindsay Schutzler of Tennessee was selected first by the Chicago Bandits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, Player acquisition, Notable transactions\nCat Osterman was drafted first in the 2006 NPF Draft by the Connecticut Brakettes. She did not sign with them, becoming a free agent on September 30, 2006. In December 2006, she signed a deal to join the Rockford Thunder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, League standings\nThe Michigan Ice played a partial schedule in 2007, with hopes of receiving investor support in 2008 to become a full-time NPF member. The Ice never became a full-time member. League games against Team China, Denso Japan professional softball team, the Venezuela national team and the Stratford Brakettes were also scheduled. The results counted in the NPF's team records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192339-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 National Pro Fastpitch season, NPF Championship\nThe 2007 NPF Championship Series was held at Sunset Point Park in Kimberly, Wisconsin August 24-6. The top four teams qualified and were seeded based on the final standings. The series matched the teams up in a double-elimination bracket.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards\nThe 42nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 2008, honored the best in film for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Picture\n1. There Will Be Blood2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)3. No Country for Old Men", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Director\n1. Paul Thomas Anderson \u2013 There Will Be Blood2. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen \u2013 No Country for Old Men2. Julian Schnabel \u2013 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actor\n1. Daniel Day-Lewis \u2013 There Will Be Blood2. Frank Langella \u2013 Starting Out in the Evening3. Philip Seymour Hoffman \u2013 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Savages", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actress\n1. Julie Christie \u2013 Away from Her2. Marion Cotillard \u2013 La Vie en Rose (La M\u00f4me)3. Anamaria Marinca \u2013 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni \u0219i 2 zile)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actor\n1. Casey Affleck \u2013 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford2. Javier Bardem \u2013 No Country for Old Men3. Philip Seymour Hoffman \u2013 Charlie Wilson's War", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actress\n1. Cate Blanchett \u2013 I'm Not There2. Amy Ryan \u2013 Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead3. Tilda Swinton \u2013 Michael Clayton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 78], "content_span": [79, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Screenplay\n1. Tamara Jenkins \u2013 The Savages2. Paul Thomas Anderson \u2013 There Will Be Blood3. Ronald Harwood \u2013 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Cinematography\n1. Robert Elswit \u2013 There Will Be Blood2. Janusz Kami\u0144ski \u2013 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)3. Roger Deakins \u2013 No Country for Old Men", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Foreign Language Film\n1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni \u0219i 2 zile)2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)3. Persepolis", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192340-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Non-Fiction Film\n1. No End in Sight2. Sicko3. Terror's Advocate (L'avocat de la terreur)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192341-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nationwide Tour\nThe 2007 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 25 to November 4. The season consisted of 32 official money golf tournaments; three of which were played outside the United States. The top 25 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2008. Nick Flanagan earned his PGA Tour card by winning three tournaments on the season. He earned an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour after his third win at the Xerox Classic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192341-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nationwide Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows the Nationwide Tour's 2007 schedule. The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Nationwide Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Nationwide Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192342-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nationwide Tour graduates\nThis is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2007. The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2007 earned their PGA Tour card for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192342-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nationwide Tour graduates\n*PGA Tour rookie for 2008. #Flanagan received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2007 by winning three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in 2007. On the PGA Tour in 2007, he played in 4 tournaments and made 2 cuts. In the two tournaments that he made the cut in, he finished in a tie for 17th and in a tie for 18th. T = TiedGreen background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2009 (won or finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 126\u2013150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 150).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192343-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nauruan parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 25 August 2007. There were more than 80 candidates for the 18 seats available. Fifteen MPs were reelected, among them fourteen supporters of Ludwig Scotty's government; the only opposition politician to be reelected was Ren\u00e9 Harris. Of the three seats which changed hands, two were losses for the opposition and one was a gain; all in all, fifteen members are pro-government and only three are opposition members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192344-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nauruan presidential election\nIndirect presidential elections were held in Nauru on 28 August 2007. They were originally scheduled for June, but a debate on changing the constitution and allowing direct presidential elections delayed the election for a few months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192344-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nauruan presidential election\nThe incumbent Ludwig Scotty was re-elected with fourteen of the eighteen votes in parliament. The candidate of the opposition, Commonwealth Games gold-winning weightlifter Marcus Stephen, earned three votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192344-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nauruan presidential election\nHowever, after a vote of no confidence in December, 2007, the Administration of President of Nauru Ludwig Scotty was overturned in favour of a new Administration led by Marcus Stephen, who became President of Nauru in place of Mr. Scotty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election\nThe 2007 Navarrese regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election\nThe ruling Navarrese People's Union \u2014 Convergence of Democrats of Navarre coalition lost the absolute majority it had enjoyed in the previous legislature, but Miguel Sanz was able to be re-elected President of Navarre for a fourth term thanks to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party backing down on the possibility of forming an alternative government with Nafarroa Bai and United Left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of Navarre was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Chartered Community of Navarre, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Foral Deputation. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Navarre and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Navarre. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Parliament of Navarre expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Foral Deputation has the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of Navarre and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a thirty-day period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Parliamentary composition\nThe Parliament of Navarre was officially dissolved on 3 April 2007, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of Navarre. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Parliament at the time of dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 26 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Navarre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192345-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Navarrese regional election, Aftermath\nInvestiture processes to elect the President of Navarre required for an absolute majority\u2014more than half the votes cast\u2014to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 24 hours later requiring only of a simple majority\u2014more affirmative than negative votes\u2014to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a thirty-day period from the first ballot, the Parliament would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192346-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy Midshipmen football team\nThe 2007 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Paul Johnson until he accepted the head coaching position at Georgia Tech prior to the team's final game of the season. Offensive line coach Ken Niumatalolo was first promoted to interim head coach and then named as the team's permanent head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192346-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy Midshipmen football team\nAfter beginning the season with a 4\u20134 record through the first eight games, including a loss to Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) foe Delaware, the Midshipmen broke a 43-year losing streak in the Navy\u2013Notre Dame football rivalry in the 2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game by winning in triple overtime. The next week, the team became bowl eligible by winning its sixth game of the season in the 2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, which set a record for the most points scored in a regulation-length FBS college football game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192346-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Navy Midshipmen football team\nThe Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 8\u20134 record and secured a berth in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl, which had a single-year tie-in with the USNA. The other tie-in was with the Mountain West Conference (MWC). In a close game that came down to the final seconds, Navy lost the game to the Utah Utes with a score of 35\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game\nThe 2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game was a regular-season college football game between the Navy Midshipmen and the North Texas Mean Green, played on November 10, 2007 at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas. The game held the record for the most combined points scored in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) regulation game with 136 total points, until 137 combined points were scored by Syracuse and Pittsburgh during their November 26, 2016 matchup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game\nThe mid-season, non-conference game was the first meeting between the two teams; both came into the game with highly rated offenses and poorly rated defenses. Before the game the Midshipmen had a 5\u20134 record, most recently defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to break a streak of 43 consecutive losses to that team. Another win would qualify them for a bowl game. The Mean Green held a 1\u20137 record, and could not become bowl eligible by winning its remaining games, but the team's offense had improved over the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game\nDuring the first quarter of the game, the Mean Green led the Midshipmen by as much as 18 points. In the second quarter the teams combined to score 63 points, setting records for most points scored in a quarter and a half. The Midshipmen rallied around a strong rushing offense to take the lead at the beginning of the third quarter, and the Mean Green's offensive momentum sputtered during the second half. Navy held the lead for the remainder of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game\nWith the win the Midshipmen improved to 6\u20134, making the team bowl-eligible for the fifth straight year. After finishing the regular season with a record of 8\u20134 they played in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl, losing to the Utah Utes. The loss against Navy gave the Mean Green a 1\u20138 record, and the team eventually finished with a 2\u201310 record for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Pre-game buildup, Navy\nThe Midshipmen, using a triple option offensive scheme under head coach Paul Johnson, had gained the most rushing yards of any team in the nation and had a record of 4\u20134 through the first eight games of the season. In their ninth\u00a0game the team defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in triple overtime, ending a 43-year losing streak in the Notre Dame\u2013Navy rivalry and improving the team's record to 5\u20134. With three\u00a0games remaining in the season, Navy needed to win at least one more to become bowl eligible. Sponsors had arranged for Navy (which was unaffiliated with any college football conference) to play in the Poinsettia Bowl if they won six games. The Midshipmen defense allowed an average of 38.8 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Pre-game buildup, North Texas\nUsing a spread offense scheme implemented by first-year head coach Todd Dodge, the Mean Green experienced some offensive success; however, defensive woes led to a 1\u20137 record through the first eight games of the season. In a rivalry game against SMU on September 8 Mean Green quarterback Daniel Meager threw for over 600 yards (one of the top 20 single-game performances in FBS history), but defensive errors and an interception returned for a touchdown during the fourth quarter led to another loss. After losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks 66\u20137, Dodge replaced Meager with redshirt freshman Giovanni Vizza.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Pre-game buildup, North Texas\nAfter four games as a starter, Vizza had set a new passing record for freshmen at North Texas. Coming into the game, the Mean Green ranked 12th nationally in passing offense. Dodge's defensive squad, however, continued to struggle; the team had allowed an average of 209 yards of rushing per game, ranking 107th in the nation in rushing defense. It also ranked 119th in scoring defense, allowing opponents to score an average of 46.5 points per game. Coming off a bye week, the team entered the game with a 1\u20137 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Game summary\nThe game was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Central Time at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas. Before the opening kickoff, the Green Brigade Marching Band performed \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\" and \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". At the conclusion of the national anthem, four United States Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft performed a flyover past the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Game summary, First quarter\nAlthough the Mean Green had not scored on its first possession in its previous eight games, the team scored on its opening drive against the Midshipmen when wide receiver Casey Fitzgerald caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Giovanni Vizza. The Mean Green recovered an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and scored another touchdown on the following drive. After the Midshipmen kicked a field goal on their first possession, North Texas added another touchdown, giving them a 21\u20133 lead. Navy scored a touchdown with seven seconds remaining in the quarter. The period ended with the Mean Green ahead, 21\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Game summary, Second quarter\nAfter Navy forced North Texas to begin the second quarter with a punt, Midshipmen running back Eric Kettani fumbled the ball on the second play of the next drive and the Mean Green recovered. The next eight possessions \u2013 four from each team \u2013 resulted in touchdowns. Four of the drives took less than a minute of game time to reach the end zone, and a fifth took barely over a minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Game summary, Second quarter\nIn the final two minutes of the half the Midshipmen forced the Mean Green to punt after three plays, and Navy quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada threw a 47-yard pass to running back Reggie Campbell. The Midshipmen ran for another touchdown on the next play. North Texas got the ball back with seven seconds left in the half, but chose not to attempt to score again. At the end of the first half, the Mean Green led the Midshipmen 49\u201345.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Game summary, Third quarter\nNavy began the third quarter with a 9-play, 60-yard touchdown drive composed completely of runs. This gave them their first lead of the game at 51\u201349 (the extra point attempt was blocked). On the next North Texas drive, Midshipmen outside linebacker Ram Vela intercepted Giovanni Vizza's pass at the Midshipmen 20-yard line. Three plays later, Navy running back Zerbin Singleton ran 65 yards for another touchdown, making the score 58\u201349. The Mean Green responded with a 7-play, 59-yard drive, which ended with another Vizza touchdown pass to Casey Fitzgerald. On the next play from scrimmage, Kettani ran 49 yards. Two plays later he ran for another touchdown, bringing the score to 65\u201356 at the end of the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe next Mean Green drive ended in another interception, this time by Midshipmen linebacker Matt Wimsatt. After the ensuing drive stalled at midfield, the Midshipmen downed a punt at the North Texas two-yard line. Two plays later the Mean Green were called for holding in the end zone, giving Navy a safety. Campbell returned the ensuing free kick for a touchdown, giving the Midshipmen a 74\u201356 lead. Running back Micah Mosley scored another touchdown for the Mean Green, but their two-point conversion attempt failed, leaving them down 74\u201362. The Mean Green attempted another onside kick, but Navy recovered. One first down was enough to enable the Midshipmen to run out the clock for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Final statistics\nWith a combined 136\u00a0total points scored between both teams, the game set an NCAA Division I FBS record for most points scored in a regulation-length game (breaking the previous record of 133\u00a0points set when the San Jose State Spartans defeated the Rice Owls 70\u201363 in 2004). The 63 combined points in the second quarter and 94 points scored in the first half set NCAA records. The game capped off a monthlong period during which four of the five highest-scoring college football games were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Final statistics\nGiovanni Vizza's eight touchdown passes \u2013 equaling the total from his previous four games \u2013 set an NCAA record for most touchdown passes by a freshman in a single game. The Midshipmen set a school record by running for 572 yards (with 8 rushing touchdowns) in the game, and tied another school record by scoring at least 30\u00a0points for an eighth consecutive game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Post-game effects\nDuring a post-game press conference Midshipmen head coach Paul Johnson described the game as \"bizarre\", while defensive coordinator Buddy Green criticized his team's defensive performance: \"...it was awful. Awful. Just awful. I can't be any clearer than that.\" The win guaranteed the Midshipmen a spot in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl, held in San Diego, California on December 20, 2007; Navy lost the game to the Utah Utes, 35\u201332. It was the fifth straight bowl game for Navy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192347-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. North Texas football game, Post-game effects\nThe loss dropped the Mean Green to 1\u20138, and the team finished the season with a 2\u201310 record. Mean Green coach Todd Dodge expressed astonishment at a post-game press conference, saying \"I have never been a part of a game quite like this.\" The team finished the season averaging an FBS-worst 45.1 points allowed per game. After the final game of the season, Dodge fired defensive coordinator Ron Mendoza, who was replaced by Gary DeLoach. In the 2008 season the Mean Green would again finish at the bottom of the defensive rankings, allowing an average of 47.6 points per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game\nThe 2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game ended the longest all-time college football consecutive wins streak by one team over another. On November 3, 2007, the Navy Midshipmen defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 46\u201344 in triple-overtime at Notre Dame's home field, Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame came into this annual game with 43 straight wins against Navy since the last loss against Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach in 1963. With the win, Navy improved to 5\u20134 and Notre Dame fell to 1\u20138 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Leading into the game\nThe Navy\u2013Notre Dame football rivalry is the longest running college football series between two teams not in the same conference. The 2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team began the season with a 33\u20133 loss to Georgia Tech. It was the most lopsided loss Notre Dame had ever suffered in a season-opening game. Notre Dame then lost to Penn State, Michigan (tying Notre Dame's worst-ever loss at 38\u20130), Michigan State, and Purdue It was the first time in school history for Notre Dame to open the season with five losses. Notre Dame's worst opening before 2007 was 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Leading into the game\nThe Fighting Irish snapped their losing streak with a win at UCLA but then lost to Boston College and USC to fall to 1\u20137. With only four regular season games remaining, Notre Dame was assured of a losing season and they were out of contention for a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Leading into the game\nThe 2007 Navy Midshipmen football team was off to a better start. They had achieved victories against Temple, Duke, Air Force, and Pittsburgh. Losses against Rutgers, Ball State, Wake Forest, and Delaware put them 4\u20134 on the season. With four games remaining in the season, Navy needed to win at least two in order to be invited to a bowl game. The Poinsettia Bowl had arranged for the Midshipmen to play in that bowl if they reached six wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Leading into the game\nAt the time, both teams played NCAA Division I FBS football as independent teams, unaffiliated with any conference. The game was televised nationally by NBC, which has the exclusive TV broadcast rights to Notre Dame home games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Game summary\nNotre Dame made the first score of the game, a 3-yard touchdown run by Robert Hughes. It was the only score of the first quarter. Each team scored a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter, to give the Irish a 21\u201314 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Game summary\nNavy scored a touchdown in the third quarter but they missed the potential game-tying extra point. It was the only score of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Navy's Chris Kuhar-Pitters collected a fumble at the Notre Dame 16 yard line and ran it in for a touchdown. Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada rushed for the two-point conversion to take a 28\u201321 lead \u2013 their first of the game. Notre Dame tied the score with a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Game summary\nThe game eventually went to overtime, with the aid of a questionable decision from Irish head coach Charlie Weis: With 45 seconds left in regulation, Notre Dame faced a fourth-and-8 on the Navy 24; instead of attempting a 41-yard field goal that could have won the game, Weis opted to go for the first down. The gamble backfired in spectacular fashion when Navy sacked quarterback Evan Sharpley, with Midshipmen linebacker Ram Vela literally leaping over a blocker to assist in the sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Game summary\nIn the first overtime, Notre Dame won the coin toss and elected to go on defense. Navy scored a touchdown and their extra point was good. The Irish replied with a touchdown and extra point to bring up the second overtime. This time, each team scored a field goal, necessitating a third overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Game summary\nNCAA rules stipulate that, beginning with the third overtime, teams may not kick an extra point after making a touchdown; instead, they must go for a two-point conversion. Navy went to the air; Reggie Campbell caught a 25-yard pass from Kaheaku-Enhada on their first play from scrimmage. Kaheaku-Enhada threw again to Campbell for the successful two-point conversion. Notre Dame also scored a touchdown on their possession. Their first attempt at the conversion ended in an incomplete pass, but Navy was called for pass interference on the play. The Irish got a second chance at the conversion, this time from the \u200b1\u00a01\u20442-yard line instead of the 3. They opted for a running play, but Navy stuffed the attempt at the line of scrimmage. That gave Navy the 46\u201344 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 52], "content_span": [53, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Analysis\nThe game ended the longest streak for most consecutive wins by one team over another in college football. Prior to the game, Notre Dame had achieved 43 straight wins against Navy since the last loss in 1963, when Roger Staubach was quarterback for Navy. The game was the fifth\u00a0straight home loss for the Irish, establishing a new school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Analysis\nAfter the game, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis was asked whether the game, following Notre Dame's 38\u20130 loss to USC, was a low point for the Fighting Irish. He said, \"A low point is when you get beat 38\u20130. That's a low point. A low point is when the game is going OK and one team is pulling away from you and making plays when you're not making plays. The low point for me is we didn't win the game.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Analysis\nNavy coach Paul Johnson said, \"It's a big win for our program. It's a big win for the academy. I'm happy I don't have to answer anything else about the streak every time we play.\" Weis, on the other-hand, was not bothered by being the coach of the team that allowed Navy to end the streak. He said the 43-year winning streak had no meaning to him or his team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Analysis\nESPN reported, \"For Notre Dame, it was its school-record fifth straight home loss, another low point in a season of lows.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192348-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Navy vs. Notre Dame football game, Analysis\nWith this streak broken, the Kentucky Wildcats held the two longest active losing streaks to an annual opponent in Division I FBS. Their streak of 22 losses to Tennessee at that time reached 26 before the Wildcats ended that streak on November 26, 2011. The Wildcats' losing streak against Florida, which was 20 at the end of the 2006 season and 21 by the time of this Navy\u2013Notre Dame game, ended in 2018 at 31 games. Temple had a 31-game losing streak to Penn State in a series played discontinuously since 1941, though it ended in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192349-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebelhorn Trophy\nThe 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy is took place between September 27 and 30, 2007 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. The competition is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192349-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebelhorn Trophy\nIt is one of the first international senior competition of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines. In 2007, the US won, Germany was second, and Czech Republic was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192349-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebelhorn Trophy\nThe Nebelhorn Trophy is often used as a testing ground for new changes in skating regulation. In 2007, a compulsory dance test occurred. Three compulsories were performed and each team was drawn to perform a specific dance. The dances were the Austrian Waltz, Yankee Polka, and the Argentine Tango.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team\nThe 2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska\u2013Lincoln in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Callahan and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season\nThe Nebraska football team's schedule was rated the toughest in the Big 12 Conference, and the 12th toughest in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team had predictions to win the Big 12 North division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season\nAfter a tight competition with two-year backup Joe Ganz, former-Arizona State transfer quarterback Sam Keller won the starting position; Keller had spent the previous season on the scout team as per NCAA transfer rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nMarlon Lucky was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week for his career-best 233 yards rushing against Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest\nAs ESPN described the game, \"Sam Keller nearly gave away the game during his first road start at Nebraska. Zack Bowman jumped up to take it back for the Cornhuskers. Three plays after Keller threw an interception deep in Nebraska territory, Bowman picked off a Wake Forest pass in the end zone and the 16th-ranked Cornhuskers held on to win 20\u201317 on Saturday.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 68], "content_span": [69, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nAfter a bye week, the Trojans visited the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the pre-season, the game was named as one of the candidates for the 10\u00a0most important games of 2007. For the Huskers, the game was especially critical to their hopes of showing progress under 4th\u00a0year head coach Bill Callahan. The game marks the first time a No. 1-ranked team has visited Lincoln since 1978. Because of the game's significance, ESPN College GameDay chose it as the site of its weekly broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nCallahan had been criticized for his conservative play-calling during the 2006\u00a0game in Los Angeles; instead of playing to win, it appeared the Huskers were playing to not get blown out by the then-favored Trojans. In that game the normally prolific West Coast offense of Nebraska, which had produced 541\u00a0yards a game, was corralled on the ground and attempted only 17\u00a0passes in a 28\u201310 Husker loss. For 2007, Callahan pledged to play more aggressively, using running back Marlon Lucky and quarterback Sam Keller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nKeller, the Huskers redshirt senior starting quarterback, was a 2006\u00a0transfer from Arizona State; as a Sun Devil Keller started the first seven\u00a0games of his 2005\u00a0junior season, throwing for 2,165\u00a0yards, before a disastrous game against USC where, after leading ASU to a 21\u20133 halftime lead, he and the offense fell apart on the way to a 38\u201328 loss where he was sacked five\u00a0times and threw five\u00a0interceptions. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Keller spent the 2006 season on the Huskers' scout team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Trojans stayed in nearby Omaha and practiced at a local high school; Carroll took the rare step of closing practice to outsiders after a local radio station announced the location. The game marked the return of primary receiver Patrick Turner and running back Chauncey Washington from injury; linebacker Brian Cushing, who injured his ankle early against Idaho, had not fully recovered but was allowed to suit-up as a reserve. Senior center Matt Spanos remained injured, and true freshman Kris O'Dowd was called to start again. Veteran secondary member Josh Pinkard was lost for the season after his sore knee gave out during a bye week practice, resulting in a torn ACL requiring surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nAnticipation for the game was high in Lincoln, fueling strong demand for tickets and accommodations; the game brought celebrities including USC fans Will Ferrell (also an alumnus) and Keanu Reeves, Nebraska fans Larry the Cable Guy, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Rush Limbaugh, and Ward Connerly; past Husker Heisman-winner Mike Rozier, Trojans Heisman-winner Marcus Allen and star Trojans safety Ronnie Lott were also on hand for the game. The game fell on Pete Carroll's 56th\u00a0birthday; as a surprise, Carroll was treated to a recorded message by actor Kiefer Sutherland, star of his favorite television show, 24. The morning recording of College GameDay attracted 13,293\u00a0fans, second to the all-time record of 15,808\u00a0set by Nebraska in 2001. With 84,959 in attendance, Nebraska recorded its NCAA-record 284th\u00a0consecutive home sellout dating back to 1962.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 926]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nUSC dominated the game 49\u201331, in a game that was not as close as the final score indicated: the Trojans led 42\u201310 going into the fourth\u00a0quarter; Nebraska scored two\u00a0touchdowns in the final five\u00a0minutes during garbage time. The Trojans dominated on the ground, as they out-gained Nebraska 313\u201331 in rushing yards and averaged 8.2\u00a0yards per carry, the most ever against a Nebraska team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nStafon Johnson led USC running backs with a career-best 144\u00a0yards in 11\u00a0carries with one\u00a0touchdown; other major contributors were C. J. Gable (69\u00a0yards in four\u00a0carries, including a 40-yard run), Washington (43\u00a0yards in 12\u00a0carries with two\u00a0touchdowns), and another versatile performance by fullback Stanley Havili (52\u00a0rushing yards in two\u00a0rushes with one\u00a0touchdown, and three\u00a0pass receptions for 22\u00a0yards with one\u00a0touchdown). The Trojans passing game again did not find a rhythm, with several dropped passes, but the defense was able to frustrate the Husker offense for most of the game and cause two\u00a0pivotal 3rd\u00a0quarter interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Trojans did not escape injuries, as linebacker Clay Matthews, substituting for the recovering Brian Cushing, broke his thumb, causing Cushing to enter the game as his replacement. The Trojans also suffered two\u00a0injuries on kick returns: fullback Alfred Rowe suffered a mild concussion, and there was a moment of worry when returner Vincent Joseph, after being tackled and fumbling the ball, lay on the turf for over 10\u00a0minutes before being removed by stretcher with a bruised larynx and a neck sprain, but no serious injuries. Linebacker Rey Maualuga was flagged during a field goal attempt for the rarely called penalty of \"disconcerting\", which is given for \"words or signals that disconcert opponents when they are preparing to put the ball in play\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, USC\nAfter losing first\u00a0place votes in the polls during the bye week, USC's performance regained six after their performance against the Huskers in a hostile environment. Receiving specific praise was the Trojans offensive line, as well as the continued poise and ability of freshman center O'Dowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nAthletic Director Steve Pederson was fired after this game. Former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne was named as interim Athletic Director. He indicated that there would be no coaching changes during the season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas\nNebraska first played the Texas Longhorns in 1933 and the Longhorns hold a 7\u20134\u20130 record. Nebraska won the first meeting by the lopsided score of 26\u20130. As with Oklahoma State and Texas A&M, Nebraska plays the Longhorns two\u00a0out of every four\u00a0years as part of the Big 12 Conference schedule. Since their first meeting, the series has included a number of upsets and close calls. In 1960 a #4\u00a0ranked Longhorn squad was upset by an unranked Nebraska team, 14\u201313. In 1996 an unranked Texas team defeated #3\u00a0ranked Nebraska (who were also the defending national champions) 37\u201327 to win the inaugural Big 12 Conference football championship and deprive the Cornhuskers a shot at repeating as national champions. In 1998 an unranked Texas team beat #7\u00a0Nebraska 20\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas\nIn 1999 the two teams met twice. In the regular season, #18\u00a0Texas beat #3\u00a0Nebraska by 24\u201320. However, #3\u00a0Nebraska beat #12\u00a0Texas in the Big 12 Championship game, 6\u201322. In 2002 the Longhorns were ranked No. 7 and they went to Lincoln, Nebraska to play an unranked Nebraska team. In front of the largest crowd in Nebraska history (78,268) the 'Horns snapped the Huskers' national-best 26-game winning streak at Memorial Stadium by a score of 27\u201324. Most recently, in the 2006 game, #5\u00a0Texas faced #17\u00a0Nebraska on a snowy day in Lincoln. The Longhorns were trailing and needed a field goal by walk-on kicker Ryan Bailey (with just 23\u00a0seconds remaining in the game) to win 22\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOn the morning of the game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 21\u00a0points. The weather forecast called for a high of 76 degrees and plentiful sunshine with winds NNE at 10 to 15\u00a0miles per hour. Texas stuck with their passing game for three\u00a0quarters and was trailed Nebraska most of the way; the Cornhuskers led 17\u20139 to start the fourth. ESPN reported, \"Once Texas figured out it should be running against one of the nation's worst run defenses, things turned out all right for the Longhorns.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe Longhorns may have switched to running game almost by chance. McCoy took a hard hit as he scrambled outside the pocket and was shaken up badly enough to leave the game for a play. John Chiles came in at quarterback; his one play, a zone-read handoff to Jamaal Charles, produced 24\u00a0yards. According to ESPN, \"suddenly Texas had figured out how to beat a Cornhuskers' team that had been steamrolled on the ground in recent weeks. Texas only threw three passes in the fourth quarter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOnce Texas switched to the zone read offense, they quickly started gaining yards and points. Charles ran for a career-high 290\u00a0yards, including 216\u00a0yards and three\u00a0long touchdown runs in the fourth\u00a0quarter. His tally also set a new record for rushing against the Cornhuskers, surpassing the old record of 247\u00a0yards by Oklahoma's Billy Simms. Charles explained \"It was my time to show everyone what I can do. When I saw a hole, I blasted through it.\" Texas finished with 181\u00a0yards passing and 364\u00a0yards rushing; Nebraska had 315\u00a0yards passing and 132\u00a0yards rushing. The running back was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe game was a milestone for one coach and a millstone for another; it was the 100th win for Mack Brown at Texas; and it put more pressure on beleaguered Nebraska coach Bill Callahan. Brown remarked on his victory, \"A hundred is nice. I knew the game was going to come down like it did. It didn't surprise me. They made sure that I'll remember it the rest of my life.\" Callahan was fired five\u00a0weeks later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThe Nebraska-Kansas series is the longest uninterrupted series in college football at 102\u00a0years. In the 2007\u00a0meeting, Kansas beat Nebraska 76\u201339. The Jayhawks set an all-time record for most touchdowns and most points scored by a Nebraska opponent. Their 48\u00a0points in the first half was the most ever scored against Nebraska in the first\u00a0half. With the win, Kansas took their record to 9\u20130 for the first\u00a0time since 1908.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nFox Sports reported, \"It was only the second victory for Kansas in the last 39 games against Nebraska, which appears to be coming to pieces in the fourth season of embattled coach Bill Callahan.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nGetting just his second career start after taking over for the injured Sam Keller in the fourth quarter of the Texas game, Joe Ganz broke the school single-game records for passing yards and touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 69], "content_span": [70, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nIt was a must-win situation for both teams, as they had identical 5\u20136 records and each needed a win to get to a bowl. Although they trailed by 11 points at the half, Colorado went on to win 65\u201351, as the Husker defense simply could not find an answer for Colorado's offense. Husker Coach Bill Callahan, having had his second losing season in four years, both being decided by a loss to Colorado, was fired the day after the game. Athletic Director Tom Osborne went on to hire Mark \"Bo\" Pelini as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season\nThe team was coached by Bill Callahan, who returned for his fourth year with the Huskers, and expectations for the season were high, considering NU had reached the Big 12 title game the previous year. But the Huskers recorded only their second losing season since 1961, and the second in four years (the last one coming in 2004 on Callahan's watch). Following the conclusion of the season, Callahan was fired by interim athletic director Tom Osborne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192350-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season\nOn December 2, 2007, Bo Pelini was named as head coach for Nebraska by interim athletic director Tom Osborne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 57], "content_span": [58, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup\nThe 2007 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament also known as the ONGC Nehru Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by ONGC, was the 13th edition of the Nehru Cup a tournament organized by the All India Football Federation since 1982. It was the first Nehru Cup after a ten-year break from 1997 to 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup\nThe tournament was played in the round-robin league format and the final was slated for 29 August in which India defeated Syria to claim its first title. Along with the host nation India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Syria and Kyrgyzstan also competed in the 13-day tournament at the refurbished Ambedkar Stadium, where new floodlights had been put up specially for this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup\nThe total prize money of the tournament was $100,000. The champion team takes away a prize of $40,000, the runners-up receive $20,000 while the third place team will get $10,000. The winning team of every match received $2,500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Discussion\nThe Nehru Cup campaign started with an Indian 6\u20130 victory over the less experienced Cambodian side. India's Sunil Chhetri and Steven Dias had a great game, each of them netting twice. Baichung Bhutia had produced a wonderful performance in the match. Most of the game was played on the Cambodian side of the pitch. It was expected that India was going to take this one and they did with their second biggest recorded victory. Steven Dias was \"Man of the match\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Discussion\nSyria started this tournament with a 2\u20130 victory over Bangladesh, followed by three consecutive wins over Kyrgyzstan, hosts India and Cambodia. The four wins saw Syria topping the round-roubin standings with a perfect record of 12 out of 12 points. They experienced Syrian side was led by their best goalscorers Zyad Chaabo, who scored 5 out of 14 goals for his team and Maher Al Sayed with four goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Discussion\nHosts India, after beating Cambodia, enjoyed another win over neighbouring Bangladesh. After losing to Syria, the decisive game for the second final spot was held between the Indian team and Kyrgyzstan. India won that game 3\u20130 and advanced. The goals were scored by the Indian forwards Baichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri and Abhishek Yadav. This defeat saw the Central Asian side finishing third, while Bangladesh and Cambodia finished fourth and fifth place respectively having played a 1 all draw in their game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Discussion\nThe Nehru Cup final between India and Syria was held on 29 August 2007 in New Delhi. India defeated their opponents 1\u20130 thanks to a goal from N. P. Pradeep and won their first ever Nehru Cup trophy. The Indian team received 40,000 US-Dollar for winning this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Discussion\nAll games of the tournament were broadcast live by Zee Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Goalscorers\nThe captain of Indian Football team, Bhaichung Bhutia celebrating along with other players after winning the final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192351-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Nehru Cup, Goalscorers\nPriyaranjan Dasmunsi and the footballer, Sunil Chetri along with other players celebrating after winning the final", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 27], "content_span": [28, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192352-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nestea European Championship Final\nThe 2007 NESTEA European Championship Final (or the 2007 European Beach Volleyball Championships,) was held from June 24 to June 26, 2007 in Valencia, Spain. It was the fifteenth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the fourteenth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192352-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nestea European Championship Final\nThe Championships were part of the 2007 Nestea European Championship Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192352-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nestea European Championship Final\nThe teams could earn qualifying points for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, from one of their two finishes at the 2007 or 2008 Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192353-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final\nThe 2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final featured Team Bath and Galleria Mavericks. Team Bath would eventually retain the title but in the grand final it was Mavericks who started the stronger and were leading 10\u201312 after the first quarter and 21\u201322 at half time. Both Rachel Dunn and Pamela Cookey initially underperformed for Team Bath. However in the third quarter, Cookey scored 7/8 while Player of the Match, Geva Mentor, made a number of key turnovers to deny Mavericks shooting opportunities. Their combined efforts saw Team Bath take the lead for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192353-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final\nHowever a return of 9/9 from Mavericks' Louisa Brownfield saw Team Bath lead by just 36\u201335 after three quarters. With just four minutes remaining the score was still 45\u201345. However after an injury time out, Team Bath returned the stronger with both Dunn and Cookey converting the goals that eventually saw them finish as winners by 53\u201345.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192353-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final, Teams\nStarting 7:GS Rachel DunnGA Pamela CookeyWA Tamsin GreenwayC Sara BaymanWD Natalie SeatonGD Ursula Bowers (c)GK Geva Mentor", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192353-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final, Teams\nSquad: GS/GD/GK Eboni Beckford-ChambersC/WA Sasha CorbinGD/GK Gemma FletcherGD/GK/WD Stacey FrancisC/WA Serena GuthrieGD/GK Samantha PerryGA/GS Monique Wood", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192353-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final, Teams\nStarting 7:GS Joanne HartenGA Louisa BrownfieldWA Karen AtkinsonC Deb JonesWD Naomi SiddallGD Amanda NewtonGK Janet Coulburne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192354-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections\nIsland council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 20 April 2007 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. They were the last regular island council elections before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192354-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections\nThe election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union (5 seats) in Bonaire, the Party for the Restructured Antilles (7 seats) in Cura\u00e7ao, the Windward Islands People's Movement (4 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (4 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (6 seats) in Sint Maarten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192355-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nevada Wolf Pack football team\nThe 2007 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 23rd overall and 4th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192355-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season\nThe Wolf Pack finished the 2006 season 8\u20135 and 5\u20133 in WAC play to finish in a tie in third place and lost the MPC Computers Bowl to Miami (FL) by 20 to 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192356-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election\nThe New Brunswick New Democratic Party held a leadership election, following the resignation of Allison Brewer, on November 6, 2006 subsequent to their previous convention on September 25, 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192356-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election\nThe New Brunswick NDP is a social democratic political party in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192356-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election\nMembers voted by mail or at a convention on October 13, 2007, where Roger Duguay was elected leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192356-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, Candidates\nThe Telegraph-Journal reported on August 8, 2007 that there were two declared candidates upon the close of nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192356-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, Candidates\nDespite earlier speculation, Yvon Godin, 51, federal Member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst since the 1997 election, did not enter the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 71], "content_span": [72, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season\nThe 2007 season was the New England Patriots' 38th season in the National Football League, the 48th overall and the 8th under head coach Bill Belichick. The Patriots improved on their 12\u20134 record from 2006 and won the AFC East for the sixth time in seven years by winning all sixteen of their games. Starting quarterback Tom Brady won the NFL's Most Valuable Player award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season\nThey became only the eighth team in NFL history to finish a regular season undefeated, and first to do so since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, as well as only the fourth to finish undefeated and untied. The Patriots were also the first team with a perfect regular season since the NFL expanded its schedule to sixteen games in 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season\nThus, they broke the record for victories in a single regular season that had been shared by the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, the 1985 Chicago Bears, the 1998 Minnesota Vikings, and the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers, and later tied by the 2011 Green Bay Packers and 2015 Carolina Panthers, who each finished with a record of 15\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season\nThe 1984 49ers and 1985 Bears would win Super Bowl XIX and Super Bowl XX respectively, the 1998 Vikings and 2004 Steelers would lose their conference championship games, the 2011 Packers would lose their first playoff game, and the 2015 Panthers would lose Super Bowl 50. The 2007 Patriots are also the only team in NFL history to complete a 16-game regular season undefeated, as the NFL switched to a 17-game schedule in 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season\nIn Super Bowl XLII, the New York Giants defeated the Patriots 17\u201314 in an upset. With the loss, the Patriots were not able to join the 1984 49ers and 1985 Bears as Super Bowl champions, failing to go 19\u20130 and claim their fourth Super Bowl victory. Despite this loss, the 2007 Patriots are still regarded as one of the greatest teams in NFL history, with NFL Films ranking them as the 7th-greatest team of all time in 2019.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nThe Patriots entered the offseason following a stunning loss to the rival Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship after blowing a 21\u20133 first half lead. After having lost their two starting wide receivers in the previous offseason, the Patriots added Dont\u00e9 Stallworth in free agency and traded for Wes Welker from the Miami Dolphins and Randy Moss from the Oakland Raiders in the spring. Welker would tie for the NFL lead in receptions with T. J. Houshmandzadeh in 2007 while Moss would set an NFL regular season record with 23 touchdown catches (part of his 98 receptions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nThe season began with controversy, when Patriot head coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots organization were penalized by the NFL for their involvement in the videotaping of opponents\u2019 defensive signals from an unauthorized location in their Week 1 game against the New York Jets. This came to be referred to in the media as \"Spygate\". Early in the season, the Patriots won their first two games by identical scores of 38\u201314, and followed up the next game with a score of 38\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nDespite the media scrutiny, the Patriots continued to gain momentum, winning mid-season games by scores such as 49\u201328, 52\u20137, and 56\u201310, as quarterback Tom Brady emphasized the team's desire to blow out and \u201ckill teams.\" The Patriots set the record for most points in a season with 589, shattering the previous record by 33 points. The Patriots won 12 games in which they surpassed the 30-point mark, four games in which they surpassed the 40-point mark and two in which they surpassed the 50-point mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nThe Patriots clinched the AFC East after their eleventh game (in Week 12), the fourth time since the NFL introduced the 16-game schedule in 1978 that a team had clinched a division title by their eleventh game. In the season finale, the Patriots sought to finish the regular season with the first 16\u20130 record in NFL history, and did so successfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nIn that game, Brady and Moss connected on two touchdown passes, with Moss setting his 23 catch record, breaking Pro Football Hall of Fame member Jerry Rice's 22 touchdown receptions and with Brady setting an NFL record with 50 touchdown passes on the season. It was the first undefeated regular season in the NFL since the 1972 Miami Dolphins finished 14\u20130. Brady earned his first NFL MVP award, while the Patriots\u2019 offense destroyed numerous NFL records, including those for touchdowns (75), points scored (589) and point differential (+315)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nWith the #1 seed in the AFC playoffs, the Patriots first defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars, 31\u201320, then the San Diego Chargers 21\u201312, to advance to Super Bowl XLII, their sixth in franchise history. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, with this accomplishment, they became the first professional sports team since 1884 in any of the four major American sports (football, basketball, baseball, hockey) to win the first 18 games of their season. Facing the prospect of a perfect 19\u20130 season with a victory over the underdog New York Giants, analysts saw the 2007 Patriots as being the greatest team in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Season summary\nDespite being the overwhelming favorites to win the game, the Patriots failed to protect a four-point lead on a Giants drive late in the fourth quarter. A dramatic pass from a scrambling Eli Manning combined with an acrobatic catch by wide receiver David Tyree put the Giants deep in Patriots territory, and a Manning touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress gave the Giants a lead with just 35 seconds left. The Patriots could not score again and came out on the losing end of what is considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history. The Patriots ended the season at 18\u20131, becoming one of only three teams in NFL history to finish their season (including postseason) 18\u20131. The NFL Network named the 2007 Patriots the #1 team on their list of \u201cTop 10 Teams That Didn't Win A Super Bowl.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 837]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Death of Marquise Hill\nOn the evening of May 27, 2007, 24-year-old defensive end Marquise Hill and his friend, Ashley Blazio, fell off a jet ski in Lake Pontchartrain, north of New Orleans. Neither of them wore personal flotation or tracking devices. According to Hill's agent, who spoke with Blazio, Hill \u201cended up saving her life, keeping her calm until she could grab onto a buoy.\" Blazio was rescued and sent to Tulane Medical Center. Coast Guard units searched the area. Hill's body was found by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries around 2:15\u00a0PM CDT on May 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Death of Marquise Hill\nHill's funeral, paid for by the team, was attended by many members of the Patriots team and staff, as well as by Hill's former coach Nick Saban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Death of Marquise Hill\nFor the 2007 season, all members of the Patriots wore a black No. 91 decal on the backs of their helmets. A friend of Hill's since high school, fellow Patriots defensive lineman Jarvis Green supported Hill's fianc\u00e9e Inell Benn and son Ma\u2019Shy financially following Hill's death. Green also wore Hill's old shoulder pads for the Patriots\u2019 October 14 game against the Cowboys, which Benn attended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Staff changes\nUnlike previous offseasons, head coach Bill Belichick\u2019s 2007 coaching staff remained generally unchanged. Wide receivers coach Brian Daboll left to become the quarterbacks coach for the New York Jets and was replaced by Director of Pro Personnel Nick Caserio. Former Duke University offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Bill O'Brien was also hired as an offensive assistant. A former special teams contributor for the Patriots, linebacker Don Davis retired and joined the coaching staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Offensive coaching assistant Mike Judge also joined Harvard University as a wide receivers coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Departures\nFree agency saw the departure of two 2006 starters for the Patriots: tight end Daniel Graham signed with the Denver Broncos, and linebacker Tully Banta-Cain signed with the San Francisco 49ers, while running back Corey Dillon, the Patriots\u2019 leading rusher in 2006, asked to be released; the Patriots released him on March 2. Safety Tebucky Jones was also released early in the offseason. Another departure came when punter Todd Sauerbrun signed with the Denver Broncos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Departures\nWhen Sauerbrun was signed by the Patriots in December 2006, he agreed to a right of first refusal, meaning that the Patriots could match any offer by any other team made in the subsequent offseason. When the unrestricted free agent signing period came, the Broncos tendered Sauerbrun, and the Patriots exercised their right and matched the offer. However, the Broncos argued that the Patriots had not filed the proper documents required for that right, and ordered a hearing before an NFL special master. The Broncos won this hearing and Sauerbrun was allowed to sign with the Broncos. After spending all of training camp with the team, veteran punter Josh Miller was released on August 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nIn the first week of free agency, the Patriots traded their second- and seventh-round picks in the 2007 NFL Draft to the Miami Dolphins for wide receiver Wes Welker. A restricted free agent, Welker signed a five-year contract with the Patriots to complete the trade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nDuring the second day of the draft, the Patriots added yet another wide receiver, this time trading a fourth-round draft pick (which the Patriots acquired the day before from the San Francisco 49ers with the 49ers\u2019 2008 first-round pick in exchange for the Patriots\u2019 original 2007 first-round pick) to the Oakland Raiders for Randy Moss, who agreed to take a pay cut of over US$6\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nThe offseason also brought the arrival of seven unrestricted free agents to the Patriots. On offense, the Patriots added running back Sammy Morris, tight end Kyle Brady, as well as wide receivers Dont\u00e9 Stallworth and Kelley Washington. On defense, they added Pro Bowl linebacker Adalius Thomas and cornerbacks Tory James and Eddie Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nFree agents or potential free agents Heath Evans, Billy Yates, Larry Izzo, Rashad Baker, Gene Mruczkowski, Junior Seau, Randall Gay, Troy Brown, and Vinny Testaverde were all re-signed. Defensive end Ty Warren also received a long-term contract extension.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nThe Patriots used their non-exclusive franchise tag on cornerback Asante Samuel; Samuel signed it on August 28, with the stipulation that the team would not use it again on him when he became a free agent again after the season, after the two sides failed to reach a long-term contract agreement with the team by the July 16 deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, Arrivals\nDuring the preseason, on August 7, the Patriots traded an undisclosed pick in the 2008 NFL Draft to the Chicago Bears for cornerback Dante Wesley, but since Wesley was cut, the Bears did not receive that pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe Patriots traded their original fifth-round pick (#165 overall) to the Oakland Raiders during the 2006 season for Doug Gabriel. They also traded Patrick Cobbs to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ross Tucker to the Cleveland Browns prior to the 2006 season for late-round conditional draft picks, but neither players made their respective rosters, so the Patriots received no compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Opening training camp roster\nAs of the Patriots\u2019 first training camp practice at Gillette Stadium on July 27, they had the NFL maximum of 80 players signed to their roster. First-round pick Brandon Meriweather, who was not signed until after training camp began, did not count against that limit until his signing. Asante Samuel also did not count against the limit, as he had not signed yet signed his franchise tag tender and was not in training camp. Finally, the Patriots received five total roster exemptions for the NFL Europa allocations of Brian Barthelmes, Danny Baugher, and Tom Malone (one for each player, plus two bonus exemptions because of the time Baugher and Malone spent on practice squads in 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nIn the Patriots\u2019 fourth matchup with the Jets in 20 games, head coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots traveled to Giants Stadium to face his former defensive coordinator in Jets head coach Eric Mangini to open the season. The Jets reached Patriots territory on their opening possession, but were forced to punt. The Patriots then began a 12-play, 91-yard drive that ended in an 11-yard Wes Welker touchdown reception to give the Patriots a 7\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nOn the ensuing kickoff, Kelley Washington forced a fumble on Jets returner Justin Miller after a 26-yard return, but tight end Chris Baker recovered the ball at the Jets\u2019 33-yard line to retain possession. The Jets went three-and-out, but the Patriots punted back to the Jets despite a 19-yard Dont\u00e9 Stallworth catch to begin their next series. Three plays later, Jets quarterback Chad Pennington was sacked by linebacker Mike Vrabel and defensive lineman Ty Warren, forcing a Jets punt on the final play of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nStarting from their own 42-yard line after the punt, the Patriots reached the Jets\u2019 25-yard line, where kicker Stephen Gostkowski lined up for a 42-yard field goal attempt. However, the snap was fumbled by holder Matt Cassel, and recovered by Cassel to turn the ball over on downs. The Jets responded with a 10-play, 66-yard drive, tying the game at 7\u20137 on a 7-yard pass from Pennington to wide receiver Laveranues Coles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nSeveral plays into the Patriots\u2019 ensuing drive, before and after the two-minute warning, wide receiver Randy Moss caught passes of 33- and 22-yards from quarterback Tom Brady to put the Patriots in the Jets\u2019 red zone. Brady then connected with tight end Benjamin Watson on a 5-yard touchdown pass that was reviewed by the booth but upheld, giving the Patriots a 14\u20137 lead going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nPatriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs returned the opening kickoff of the second half 108\u00a0yards for a touchdown and a new NFL record for the longest kickoff return in the league's history; at the time, it also tied the existing record for longest play in NFL history (a record broken a few weeks later by Antonio Cromartie). Nine plays into the Jets\u2019 next drive, Pennington was sacked by defensive lineman Jarvis Green and was injured; Kellen Clemens entered the game but the Jets were forced to punt two plays later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nFour plays later, Brady hit Moss for a 51-yard touchdown reception that extended the Patriots\u2019 lead to 28\u20137. However, the Jets came back with a 9-play, 70-yard drive that was capped off with Coles\u2019 second touchdown grab of the day, this one from one yard out, to cut the Patriots\u2019 lead to 28\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nThe Patriots received the ensuing kickoff with just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter and would not surrender the ball until there was just under seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, ending the 17-play drive with a 22-yard Gostkowski field goal that extended the Patriots\u2019 lead to 31\u201314. The Jets then went three-and-out, and punter Ben Graham\u2019s 36-yard punt gave the Patriots the ball at their own 47-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0022-0003", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets\nOn a 1st-and-goal from the Jets\u2019 1-yard line, fullback Heath Evans could not score; the Patriots challenged that the ball did in fact break the plane of the goal line but the play was upheld. On the next play, following the two-minute warning, Evans did in fact score on a 1-yard run, increasing the Patriots\u2019 lead to 38\u201314. The Jets\u2019 next drive stalled on a Vrabel strip-sack of Clemens that the Jets recovered, but ended on a failed fourth down conversion from the Jets\u2019 38-yard line. The Patriots then kneeled down once to end the game and give them their first victory of the season as they started 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets, Videotaping incident\nOn September 10, Bill Belichick was accused by the Jets of authorizing his staff to film the Jets\u2019 defensive signals from an on-field location, a violation of league rules. The Jets confiscated the video camera used by video assistant Matt Estrella to film the signals during the game and filed a complaint to the league office, detailing the accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 104], "content_span": [105, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets, Videotaping incident\nOn September 13, Belichick was officially fined $500,000, while the Patriots were also fined $250,000, and forfeited their first round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. If the Patriots had missed the playoffs, they would have instead forfeited their second and third round selections in the 2008 draft. Goodell said that he fined the Patriots as a team because Belichick is effectively the team's general manager as well as head coach, and exercises so much control over the Patriots\u2019 on-field operations that \u201chis actions and decisions are properly attributed to the club.\u201d Goodell considered suspending Belichick, but decided that taking away draft picks would be more severe in the long run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 104], "content_span": [105, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 1: at New York Jets, Videotaping incident\nBelichick later issued a statement in which he apologized for what he called a \u201cmistake\u201d in his interpretation of the rules. However, he denied ever using videotape to gain an advantage while a game was underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 104], "content_span": [105, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Patriots\u2019 home opener was a rematch from the 2006 divisional playoffs, against the Chargers on Sunday Night Football. For the second consecutive week, the game began with a touchdown on the Patriots\u2019 first series: this time, Brady hit Watson for a 7-yard touchdown pass to give the Patriots a 7\u20130 lead. On the first play of the ensuing Chargers possession, their first, linebacker Rosevelt Colvin intercepted a Philip Rivers pass, but it did not translate into points for the Patriots as Gostkowski then missed a 41-yard field goal attempt on the Patriots\u2019 resulting series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nAfter a Chargers three-and-out, the Patriots capped off a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a 23-yard Moss touchdown reception, putting the Patriots ahead 14\u20130. Colvin then added a sack and forced fumble to his game statistics, as he strip-sacked Rivers after the Chargers reached the Patriots\u2019 34-yard line and defensive lineman Vince Wilfork recovered the fumble for the Patriots\u2019 second forced turnover of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nOn the Patriots\u2019 next drive, which spanned into the second quarter, Brady was strip-sacked by linebacker Shawne Merriman at the Chargers\u2019 29-yard line, but Brady recovered his own fumble to retain possession for the Patriots. Six plays later, a 24-yard Gostkowski field goal extended the Patriots\u2019 lead to 17\u20130. After a Chargers three-and-out, the Patriots were pushed back to their 10-yard line after another Merriman sack of Brady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Patriots would punt back to the Chargers, but on a 3rd-and-1 from the Patriots\u2019 37-yard line, Rivers was intercepted by linebacker Adalius Thomas, who returned it 65\u00a0yards for a touchdown, giving the Patriots a 24\u20130 lead. The Chargers were unable to get past midfield on their next drive and punted, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 20-yard line with just under three minutes to play in the first half. A 25-yard defensive pass interference penalty on Chargers safety Marlon McCree would help the Patriots reach the Chargers\u2019 26-yard line, but Brady was intercepted by safety Clinton Hart at the Chargers\u2019 10-yard line. The Chargers then ran one play to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nReceiving the kickoff to begin the second half, the Chargers embarked on a 16-play, 72-yard drive, reaching Patriots territory on a 22-yard third down reception by tight end Antonio Gates. Ten plays later, fullback Lorenzo Neal caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Rivers to put the Chargers on the scoreboard at 24\u20137. The Patriots responded by going 75\u00a0yards on seven plays, taking a 31\u20137 lead on a 24-yard Moss touchdown reception, his second of the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThree plays later, Rivers was intercepted by Patriots safety James Sanders at the Patriots\u2019 38-yard line, but the play was nullified by a 37-yard defensive pass interference penalty on Hobbs. Rivers completions of 19\u00a0yards to wide receiver Malcom Floyd and 12\u00a0yards to running back Michael Turner helped put the Chargers in the Patriots\u2019 red zone, where Rivers completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Gates on the second play of the fourth quarter to cut the Patriots\u2019 lead to 31\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nOn the ensuing kickoff, Chargers wide receiver Kassim Osgood forced a fumble of Hobbs after a 31-yard return that was recovered by Chargers cornerback Quentin Jammer at the Patriots\u2019 31-yard line. However, Rivers was sacked twice for losses of 10\u00a0yards each on the next two plays, the second of which was a strip-sack by Colvin that was recovered by offensive lineman Kris Dielman; the Chargers punted on 4th-and-30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 2: vs. San Diego Chargers\nStarting from their own 9-yard line with more than 13\u00a0minutes remaining in the game, the Patriots did not surrender the ball back to the Chargers until there was less than four minutes left in the fourth quarter. This 15-play, 91-yard drive culminated in a 3-yard touchdown run by running back Sammy Morris, extending the Patriots\u2019 lead to 38\u201314. The Chargers could not convert a first down on their next possession, giving the ball back to the Patriots to end the game as they improved to 2\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 88], "content_span": [89, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 3 vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe 0\u20132 Bills, who had not beaten the Patriots since Week 1 of the 2003 season, faced off against the Patriots in Foxboro. On the opening drive of the game, Wilfork was penalized for roughing the passer for a late hit on Bills quarterback J. P. Losman. Two plays later, Hobbs sacked Losman, causing a fumble at the Bills\u2019 35-yard line that set up a 24-yard Gostkowski field goal. Trent Edwards replaced Losman at quarterback for the Bills on their next possession. Losman was later diagnosed with a sprained MCL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 3 vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe Bills took the lead on a 12-play drive finished off with an 8-yard Marshawn Lynch touchdown run, but these points proved to be the only of the game for the Bills. Early in the second quarter, the Patriots drove to the Bills\u2019 29-yard line, but on fourth down, opted not to punt; the gamble did not pay off and the Patriots turned the ball over on downs. After a Bills three-and-out, the Patriots again drove deep into Bills\u2019 territory, this time to the Bills\u2019 3-yard line, but a Brady fumble on a rushing attempt kept the Patriots from scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0030-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 3 vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe Patriots challenged the ruling but it was upheld. The Bills could not advance past their own 1-yard line on their next possession, with punter Brian Moorman booming a 75-yard kick that was returned 29\u00a0yards by Welker. Starting in Bills\u2019 territory, Brady culminated a six-play drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Watson. Another Bills punt gave the Patriots the ball in Bills territory again, setting up another six-play drive that ended in a 3-yard touchdown catch by Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 3 vs. Buffalo Bills\nAfter the teams exchanged three-and-outs to begin the second half, the Patriots embarked on a nine-play, 89-yard drive that ended on a 4-yard Jabar Gaffney touchdown reception that gave the Patriots a 24\u20137 lead. After another punt, the Patriots advanced into Bills territory on a 26-yard pass to Welker that was kept alive when Welker lateraled to Moss for another 11\u00a0yards. Morris then ran in for a 4-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 3 vs. Buffalo Bills\nThe Bills were able to pin the Patriots at their own 2-yard line on their next punt, but that only proved to be the beginning of a 10-play, 98-yard drive that came to a close when Brady connected with Moss on a 45-yard touchdown pass, extending the Patriots\u2019 lead to 38\u20137. The catch made Moss the first player in NFL history to have three games with at least 100 receiving yards to start a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0031-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 3 vs. Buffalo Bills\nAfter an exchange of punts, the Bills began their ensuing drive with Edwards throwing an interception to cornerback Asante Samuel, which was returned 42\u00a0yards to the Bills\u2019 12-yard line. However, the Patriots could not generate any points off the turnover, with an Evans run on fourth down from the Bills\u2019 8-yard line coming up short of the first down. The game would end on the Bills\u2019 next drive, sending the Patriots to a 3\u20130 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off a divisional win at home over the Bills, the Patriots traveled to Paul Brown Stadium for a matchup with the Bengals. On the game's opening drive, the Patriots drove 66\u00a0yards on 11 plays, stalling at the Bengals\u2019 13-yard line before Gostkowski hit a 31-yard field goal. The Bengals\u2019 next drive would span five plays but only one yard, ending in a punt. After an exchange of punts, the Patriots began a drive from their own 35-yard line, but quickly advanced into Bengals territory on a 49-yard Morris run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThree plays later, Brady hit Vrabel on a 1-yard touchdown pass to extend the Patriots lead to 10\u20130. After a Bengals punt on the first play of the second quarter, the Patriots had the ball but found themselves in a 3rd-and-23 situation, when Brady was intercepted by Leon Hall at the Bengals\u2019 35-yard line. The Bengals capitalized on the turnover, with Carson Palmer ending a five-play drive on a 1-yard touchdown pass to T. J. Houshmandzadeh. The Patriots responded by going on a 12-yard, 62-yard drive, finishing it with a 7-yard Moss touchdown reception, putting the Patriots ahead 17\u20137. The Bengals managed to reach the Patriots\u2019 20-yard line on their next possession, but a Samuel interception at the 2-yard line kept the Bengals from scoring at the end of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Bengals reached midfield on the opening drive of the third quarter before punting. From their own 19-yard line, the Patriots moved deep in Bengals territory after a 15-yard penalty was tacked onto a 16-yard Moss catch. A few plays later, Morris ran for his second touchdown of the night; the 7-yard run opened the Patriots lead to 24\u20137. The Bengals, though, continued to threaten the Patriots offensively, moving to the Patriots\u2019 22-yard line before linebacker Tedy Bruschi tipped a third-down pass to force a 40-yard Shayne Graham field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Patriots next drive spanned into the fourth quarter but a Morris run on third down from the Bengals\u2019 13-yard line was stopped for a loss, setting up a 36-yard Gostkowski field goal. Yet again, the Bengals moved into Patriots territory on their ensuing drive, but the Patriots defense prevented another touchdown and forced a 48-yard field goal, making the score 27\u201313. On the Patriots\u2019 next drive, a 23-yard Stallworth catch put the Patriots in Bengals territory, setting up a 14-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Moss. Down 34\u201313, the Bengals continued to move the ball with a 17-yard Houshmandzadeh catch on the next play, but Palmer's next pass attempt was intercepted by Randall Gay at the Patriots\u2019 47-yard line. The Patriots then ran out the clock to end the game and bring their record to 4\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns\nReturning to Foxboro, the Patriots faced off against the Browns, coached by their former defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel. The Patriots opened the game with a 14-play, 78-yard drive culminating in a Gostkowski 20-yard field goal. After a 65-yard drive brought them to the Patriots\u2019 1-yard line, the Browns failed to score on two downs before quarterback Derek Anderson threw an interception to linebacker Junior Seau on third down. Following a Patriots three-and-out, a Samuel interception on the first play of the Browns\u2019 next drive gave the Patriots the ball at the Browns\u2019 34-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns\nBrady quickly turned the turnover into points, throwing a 34-yard touchdown pass to Stallworth to give the Patriots a 10\u20130 lead. The Browns would then punt on their next drive. On the first drive of the second quarter, the Patriots would move into Browns territory but were forced to punt, giving the Browns the ball at their own 12-yard line. After a 36-yard punt by Scott Player, the Patriots began their ensuing drive from their own 49-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0034-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns\nThey would advance to the Browns\u2019 4-yard line, but a Morris run for a loss forced a 25-yard Gostkowski field goal, giving the Patriots a 13\u20130 lead. The Browns\u2019 next drive showed promise after Anderson moved the team from their own 10-yard line to the 46-yard line, but following the two-minute warning a false start penalty and then an interception by Seau, his second of the game, ended the advance. With good field position, Brady moved the 25 necessary yards in three plays, taking a 20\u20130 lead on a 7-yard Watson touchdown reception. A Bruschi sack then forced the Browns to take a knee to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the second half, both teams exchanged punts before the Browns began an 8-play, 56-yard drive that got them on the scoreboard, with Phil Dawson kicking a 42-yard field goal. Neither team could advance past midfield until the closing minutes of the quarter. The Browns would then score their first touchdown of the day, on a 21-yard strike from Anderson to wide receiver Tim Carter. The Patriots would respond with their own touchdown drive, taking a 27\u201310 lead on a 25-yard touchdown catch by Watson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns\nAfter an exchange of punts gave the Browns the ball at the Patriots\u2019 35-yard line, Anderson threw his second touchdown pass of the day, this one good for 14\u00a0yards to tight end Kellen Winslow II to pull the Browns to within 10 points. The Patriots were able to hold the ball for the next five minutes, but could not score, with a Brady pass to Vrabel falling incomplete on fourth down from the Browns\u2019 4-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0035-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 5: vs. Cleveland Browns\nHowever, this meant the Browns had to begin their next drive from that spot, and on the first play, Winslow fumbled a 15-yard catch, which was recovered by Gay and returned for a touchdown. The Browns reached the Patriots\u2019 10-yard line on the final possession of the game, but could not score, ending the game at 34\u201317, giving the Patriots their fifth win of the season as they improved to 5\u20130. With three touchdown passes on the day, Brady tied Steve Young\u2019s 1998 record of five consecutive three-touchdown games to start the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn what was, at the time, the most-watched NFL regular season game since 1996, the Patriots faced the Cowboys, the NFC's only remaining unbeaten team. The Patriots\u2019 first drive of the game spanned 74\u00a0yards and ended in a 6-yard touchdown catch by Moss from Brady. After three punts, the Patriots\u2019 lead increased to 14\u20130 after another Brady touchdown pass, this one from 35\u00a0yards out to Welker. In the second quarter, the Cowboys got on the scoreboard when they culminated a 64-yard, 10-play drive with a 38-yard field goal by Nick Folk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys\nOn their ensuing possession, the Patriots advanced 12\u00a0yards before Brady was strip-sacked by defensive end Greg Ellis; defensive end Jason Hatcher recovered the ball and returned it 29\u00a0yards for a touchdown, cutting the Patriots\u2019 lead to 14\u201310. The Patriots responded with a 12-play, 72-yard drive that ended on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Welker, his second of the day. The Cowboys then moved the ball 84\u00a0yards, keeping pace with the Patriots when Tony Romo threw to Terrell Owens for a 12-yard touchdown grab of his own, giving the game a 21\u201317 score at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, after a Patriots punt, an 8-yard touchdown catch from Romo to wide receiver Patrick Crayton put the Patriots behind 24\u201321. However, the Patriots offense continued to move the ball too, with a 77-yard drive ending on a one-yard touchdown reception by Kyle Brady. Following a Cowboys punt that gave the Patriots the ball in Cowboys territory, the Patriots appeared to extend their lead on a 43-yard Moss touchdown catch, but the play was reversed as Moss was found not have caught the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys\nA roughing the passer penalty was called on the play, though, setting up a 45-yard Gostkowski field goal to make the score 31\u201324. The Cowboys would punt early in the fourth quarter. Four plays later, Brady threw his fifth touchdown pass of the day, a franchise record. Stallworth's 69-yard catch gave the Patriots a 38\u201324 lead, but the Cowboys quickly responded with a 72-yard kickoff returnby Tyson Thompson. The Cowboys turned that return into three points on a 23-yard field goal by Folk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0037-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Patriots then ate more clock, moving 61\u00a0yards in just over six minutes, adding to their lead on a 22-yard Gostkowski field goal. Romo was intercepted by Seau on the next play, allowing the Patriots to run out more clock before Kyle Eckel ran in for a 1-yard touchdown. Romo then kneeled to end the game with a 48\u201327 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nA week after facing the undefeated Cowboys, the Patriots squared off against the winless Dolphins. The Patriots took the opening drive of the game 80\u00a0yards and capped it off with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Stallworth. After Dolphins quarterback Cleo Lemon fumbled to give the Patriots the ball on the Dolphins\u2019 28-yard line, the Patriots took a 14\u20130 lead with a 2-yard touchdown reception by Kyle Brady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nThe Dolphins cut the lead in half with a 4-yard Lemon touchdown run to end a 79-yard drive early in the second quarter, but Willie Andrews returned the ensuing kickoff 74\u00a0yards to give the Patriots another 14-point lead. Following a Dolphins punt, a 36-yard Welker reception set up a 35-yard Moss touchdown catch. After another Dolphins punt, Brady connected with Moss on a 50-yard touchdown strike, giving the Patriots a 35\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0038-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nAn exchange of punts left the Dolphins with the ball at their own 1-yard line, but a 49-yard punt by Brandon Fields and a holding penalty on Kelley Washington gave the Patriots the ball at their own 29-yard line. Still, Brady led the Patriots on another scoring drive, ending this one on a 14-yard Welker catch to give the Patriots a 42\u20137 lead going into halftime. The 42 points scored in the half were a franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the second half, the Dolphins drove to the Patriots\u2019 19-yard line on a drive that spanned more than nine minutes, but a Gay interception retained the Patriots\u2019 42\u20137 lead, one that remained for the duration of the third quarter. Following a Patriots punt, the Dolphins began a 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended on a 1-yard Patrick Cobbs touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, cutting their deficit to 28 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nThe Patriots replaced Brady with backup Cassel on the next drive, but after Cassel threw an interception to defensive end Jason Taylor which Taylor returned for a touchdown, Brady returned for the Patriots\u2019 next possession. That drive spanned 59\u00a0yards and ended with a 16-yard Welker touchdown catch, Brady's sixth touchdown pass of the game, a Patriots record. On their penultimate drive of the game, the Dolphins drove 75\u00a0yards and ended the game's scoring with a 7-yard Jesse Chatman touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0039-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins\nThe Patriots ran the clock to within two minutes before punting; Lemon ended the game with a 12-yard sack by Seau near midfield. With their 49\u201328 win, the Patriots began a season 7\u20130 for the first time in team history. During the game, Tom Brady earned the first perfect passer rating of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nAt home for the first time in three weeks, the Patriots, looking to remain unbeaten, faced off against the 4\u20132 Redskins. After spending the first seven weeks of the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list, defensive end Richard Seymour was activated for the game, but did not start. Following a Redskins punt, in their first possession of the game, the Patriots drove 90\u00a0yards over more than 7\u00a0minutes, finishing the drive with a 3-yard Brady rushing touchdown, continuing a season-long opening drive scoring streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe teams exchanged punts into the second quarter, before a 67-yard Patriots drive was capped off with a 2-yard touchdown reception by Vrabel, his second for the season and the tenth of his career (including playoffs). On the Redskins\u2019 ensuing possession, Warren recovered a Vrabel strip-sack of Jason Campbell at the Redskins\u2019 21-yard line, setting up a 36-yard Gostkowski field goal. The Redskins turned the ball over again on their next possession on a Samuel interception, only to regain it on the next play after Brady was strip-sacked by Phillip Daniels at the Patriots\u2019 40-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0040-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe string of turnovers continued as the Redskins drove 20\u00a0yards before another Vrabel strip-sack of Campbell was again recovered by Warren. With less than 2\u00a0minutes remaining in the first half, the Patriots drove 73\u00a0yards, and on a fake spike play from the Redskins\u2019 6-yard line, increased their lead to 24\u20130 on a touchdown catch by Moss from Brady. That touchdown pass was Brady's 29th of the season, eclipsing his career high set in 2004 and 2002, but with it only being week 8, accomplished this in only playing through the first eight of 16 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nOn the opening drive of the second half, an 85-yard Patriots drive ended in another Brady touchdown run, this one from 2\u00a0yards out. The Redskins committed their fourth turnover of the game on their next possession, as Vrabel strip-sacked Campbell for the third time in the game; this time Colvin recovered the fumble and returned it 11\u00a0yards for a touchdown to increase the Patriots\u2019 lead to 38\u20130. The Redskins managed to reach the Patriots\u2019 13-yard line on their next drive, but on fourth down, the Redskins could not convert and turned the ball over again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0041-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe Patriots began their next drive where they left off, going 88\u00a0yards on a 14-play drive that spanned into the fourth quarter. It was finished on a 2-yard touchdown reception by Welker that grew the Patriots lead to 45\u20130. Following a Redskins punt, on the Patriots\u2019 next series, Cassel replaced Brady. A 21-yard pass from Cassel to Gaffney gave the Patriots their 33rd first down of the game, a new single-game franchise record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0041-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nTwo plays later, Cassel ran it in for a touchdown from 15\u00a0yards out, and the first rushing touchdown of his career, increasing the Patriots\u2019 lead to 52\u20130; the touchdown was the longest rushing touchdown by a Patriots quarterback in more than 20 years. The Redskins then drove 63\u00a0yards and scored their only points of the game on a 15-yard Chris Cooley touchdown reception. Third-string quarterback Matt Gutierrez replaced Cassel on the next possession, a three-and-out. The Redskins then punted back to the Patriots to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0041-0003", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe Patriots\u2019 52\u20137 win gave them an 8\u20130 record heading into a Week 9 matchup against the 7\u20130 Colts. It also made Brady only the second quarterback to defeat the other 31 teams at least once; the Colts\u2019 Peyton Manning was the first to accomplish the feat, having done so earlier that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nFor the second time in four weeks, a Patriots game set TV rating records: their game against the 7\u20130 Colts was the most-watched Sunday afternoon NFL regular season game since 1987, when network records began. The game was also notable for being the latest in an NFL season that two undefeated teams have ever faced off against each other. It was the first time that the last two unbeaten teams had met since 1997 when the Patriots lost to the Broncos and only the second time that the last two unbeaten teams had met since 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nAfter playing four of their last six games in Foxboro, the Patriots traveled to Indianapolis to face the Colts in a re-match of the 2006\u201307 AFC Championship game in a game some members of the media dubbed \u201cSuper Bowl XLI 1/2. \u201c On the game's opening series, the Colts drove 52\u00a0yards on 14 plays but left the field without scoring after former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri missed a 50-yard field goal, his first-ever miss in the RCA Dome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0042-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nOn the ensuing drive, the Patriots failed to make a first down, the first opening drive of the season in which they failed to score. With the ball on their own 9-yard line, the Colts moved to the Patriots\u2019 3-yard line after two Joseph Addai rushes for 33\u00a0yards and a 37-yard defensive pass interference penalty on Asante Samuel. After two plays gaining no yards, the Colts were again forced to kick a field goal, this one good from 21\u00a0yards out, for the only points of the first quarter for either team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nAfter nine plays from scrimmage in the first quarter, the Patriots took a 7\u20133 lead early in the second quarter on a 4-yard touchdown catch by Moss. After a Gostkowski touchback on the next kickoff, the Colts again drove inside the Patriots\u2019 10-yard line on 34 receiving yards by Addai on three catches as well as a 40-yard defensive pass interference call against Hobbs. The Patriots\u2019 red-zone defense, that had entered the game ranked last in the NFL, held the Colts to 1\u00a0yard on three plays and a 25-yard Vinatieri field goal to make the game 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nOn the next series, the Patriots drove to the Colts\u2019 23-yard line before a 15-yard personal foul penalty on Matt Light preceded a Brady interception (the third of the season), this one caught by Antoine Bethea at the Colts\u2019 2-yard line. With 1:46 remaining in the first half, the Colts moved the ball to their 27-yard line, and with 28\u00a0seconds remaining, Peyton Manning threw a screen pass to Addai, who proceeded to run 73\u00a0yards for the touchdown, giving the Colts a 13\u20137 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nFor their first two drives of the third quarter, the Patriots were unable to gain a first down and were forced to punt. The Colts fared similarly, with Manning throwing an interception to Rodney Harrison on his first play of the half. On their third possession of the quarter, facing a 3rd and 7 from the Colts\u2019 41-yard line, Brady scrambled 19\u00a0yards for the first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0044-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nAfter catches of 12 and 9\u00a0yards from Moss and Kevin Faulk, respectively, the Patriots reached the Colts\u2019 14-yard line but settled for a 34-yard Gostkowski field goal after Laurence Maroney ran for a 2-yard loss on 3rd and 1. A field goal was, once again, the only points of a quarter for either team; the third quarter ended with the Colts leading 13\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nAfter a Colts punt and a Moss 14-yard catch on the first play of the 4th quarter, the Patriots had possession at the Colts\u2019 42-yard line. On the next play, Brady was intercepted again by linebacker Gary Brackett, who returned it for 28\u00a0yards; after another 15-yard penalty from Light, the Colts took possession at the Patriots 32-yard line. Despite Vrabel sacking Manning on the first play of the Colts\u2019 drive, a 17-yard Dallas Clark reception helped set up a 1-yard Manning touchdown run to increase the Colts\u2019 lead to 20\u201310 with 9:42 remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nStarting from their own 27-yard line, Brady attempted passes to Moss on the first six plays of the drive. The second attempt was completed for 15\u00a0yards, while the fourth attempt went for 55\u00a0yards and put the Patriots on the Colts\u2019 3-yard line. On the fifth attempt, Moss was penalized 10\u00a0yards for offensive pass interference in the end zone. After an incompletion to Moss, Brady hit Welker for 10\u00a0yards and then again for 3\u00a0yards and a touchdown to cut the Colts\u2019 lead to 20\u201317 with 7:59 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0045-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nThis touchdown also set the Patriots\u2019 record for touchdown passes in a single season, breaking Babe Parilli\u2019s record of 31. After two offensive line penalties by the Colts pushed them back 15\u00a0yards, Colvin strip-sacked Manning at the Colts\u2019 22-yard line, though Colts offensive tackle Charlie Johnson recovered the fumble. After Wes Welker returned the subsequent Colts punt 23\u00a0yards to the Patriots\u2019 49-yard line, a 5-yard pass to Moss and a 33-yard pass to Stallworth set up a 13-yard touchdown catch by Faulk to put the Colts behind 24\u201320 with 3:15 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0045-0003", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Indianapolis Colts\nThat pass made this Brady's ninth consecutive game with at least three touchdown passes, breaking Peyton Manning's record of eight. After a Reggie Wayne 24-yard reception brought the Colts to their own 48-yard line, Green strip-sacked Manning three plays later; Colvin's recovery of that fumble gave the Patriots the ball, and set up a situation where a first down would allow them to win the game. Unlike a similar situation in the 2006 AFC Championship, where the Patriots were forced to punt, the Patriots converted on 3rd and 6 with a 10-yard pass to Welker. Brady took three kneel-down snaps to end the game, leaving the 9\u20130 Patriots the NFL's only remaining undefeated team heading into their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nFollowing their bye week, the Patriots traveled to Buffalo to play the Bills, who had won 5 of 7 since their 38\u20137 Week 3 loss to the Patriots. On the first drive of the game, Gay intercepted Losman to give the Patriots the ball at the Bills\u2019 21-yard line. Two plays later, Maroney ran it in from 6\u00a0yards out for a Patriots touchdown. After a Bills punt, the Patriots increased their lead to 14\u20130 after a 43-yard touchdown reception by Moss from Brady.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nThe touchdown, Moss\u2019 13th on the season, broke Stanley Morgan\u2019s franchise record of 12 touchdown passes in a single season. On the ensuing drive, a Green strip-sack of Losman was recovered by the Bills, and two plays later, Roscoe Parrish caught a 47-yard touchdown pass for the only Bills touchdown of the game. The Patriots\u2019 next drive went for 72\u00a0yards and ended in a 16-yard Moss touchdown reception on the first play of the second quarter. A Bills punt on their next possession gave the Patriots the ball at their own 16-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0046-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nAided by catches of 25, 15, 11, and 10\u00a0yards by Watson, Welker, Stallworth, and Faulk respectively, the Patriots drove 84\u00a0yards in under 7\u00a0minutes, capping off the drive with a 6-yard touchdown reception to Moss. That touchdown gave Brady the most career touchdown passes in Patriots franchise history, breaking Steve Grogan\u2019s record of 182. Another Bills punt led to the Patriots\u2019 fifth possession and fifth touchdown of the half, this time a 17-yard Moss touchdown catch ended another 72-yard drive. Moss\u2019 fourth touchdown of the half tied an NFL record for touchdowns for a single player before halftime, and set the Patriots\u2019 franchise record for touchdowns by a player in a game. Adalius Thomas also had 2.5 sacks in the half, setting a single-game career high.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Patriots began the second half where they left off in the first, driving 73\u00a0yards in more than 6\u00a0minutes for another touchdown, this one a 3-yard reception by Watson. The Bills responded with a 29-yard Terrence McGee kickoff return that led to a 52-yard Rian Lindell field goal to cut the Patriots lead to 42\u201310. The Patriots\u2019 next series, their seventh of the game, also ended in their seventh touchdown of the game, setting a Patriots franchise single-season touchdown record (1961 and 1980, 52).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 11: at Buffalo Bills\nA Welker screen pass went 24\u00a0yards to put the Patriots in the Bills\u2019 red zone, and a 1-yard Eckel touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter gave the Patriots a 49\u201310 lead. On the second play of the Bills\u2019 next drive, Sanders forced a fumble by running back Dwayne Wright after a 5-yard reception, which Hobbs recovered and returned 35\u00a0yards for the Patriots\u2019 eighth and final touchdown of the game. The Patriots\u2019 56 points tied a franchise record, and were the most points scored by a road team in the NFL since 1973. Their 46-point scoring margin was also the second-largest in team history. The Patriots\u2019 56\u201310 win brought their record to 10\u20130, the tenth time since 1970 a team started a season 10\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 83], "content_span": [84, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nDue to Buffalo's loss to Jacksonville earlier in the day, the Patriots entered the game against the 5\u20135 Eagles as AFC East champions for the fifth consecutive season. Their clinch in the 11th game of the season was tied for the earliest in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nOn the first possession of the game, Eagles quarterback A. J. Feeley, starting in place of an injured Donovan McNabb, threw an interception to Samuel, who returned it for a touchdown. On the ensuing drive, the Eagles responded with a 14-play drive capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by Brian Westbrook; thus, before the Patriots offense had its first possession, the game was tied 7\u20137. On that possession, Brady threw seven passes, was sacked once, and scrambled for 12\u00a0yards, before Evans had a 1-yard touchdown run (the first called run of the game for the Patriots).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0049-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Eagles tied the game again on their next possession when wide receiver Greg Lewis caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Feeley. After a successful onside kick attempt by the Eagles led to a three-and-out drive, the Patriots started at their own 20-yard line and moved the ball all the way to the Eagles\u2019 11-yard line before the drive stalled and Gostkowski converted a 23-yard field goal. The Eagles responded with another touchdown pass from Feeley to Lewis, this one from 18\u00a0yards out, to end a 68-yard drive. With less than 3\u00a0minutes to go in the first half the Patriots were trailing the Eagles, 21\u201317. The Patriots then converted three third downs on their last possession of the half, and Gaffney caught a 19-yard touchdown pass to give the Patriots a halftime lead, 24\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 873]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nAfter an exchange of punts to begin the second half, Maroney saw his first carries of the game on a drive that appeared to end in a 4-yard Moss touchdown pass before the catch was nullified by an offensive pass interference penalty. The next three plays were incomplete passes by Brady, and on fourth down, Gostkowski missed a 32-yard field goal to keep the score at 24\u201321 in favor of the Patriots. The Eagles responded with a 10-play, 78-yard drive, retaking the lead on an 8-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0050-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nAfter an unsuccessful fourth down conversion attempt from the Eagles\u2019 33-yard line, the Patriots defense held the Eagles to a three-and-out, forcing a punt. On a third down in the middle of the Patriots\u2019 next drive, Welker, who finished with 13 catches on the night, caught a 16-yard pass that moved the ball into the Eagles\u2019 red zone. With 7:24 left in the game, Maroney put the Patriots ahead 31\u201328 with a 4-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0050-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Eagles moved the ball to the Patriots\u2019 29-yard line on their next drive, but on 2nd and 4, Feeley was intercepted by Samuel in the end zone with 2:49 remaining in the game. The Patriots, unable to run out the clock, punted, giving the Eagles the ball back with 18\u00a0seconds remaining. Feeley's last pass attempt was intercepted by Sanders to seal the Patriots\u2019 eleventh win of the season as they improved to 11\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nFor their third night game in as many weeks, the Patriots flew to M&T Bank Stadium to face the 4\u20137 Ravens. On the first drive of the game, a 42-yard Stallworth reception and three Ravens penalties helped set up a 1st and goal from the Ravens\u2019 3-yard line. The Patriots next four plays gained a net of zero yards, and Gostkowksi kicked a 21-yard field goal to give the Patriots a 3\u20130 lead. After an exchange of punts, the Ravens took the lead with Kyle Boller completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Mason after a 70-yard drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0051-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the second quarter, Baltimore increased its lead when kicker Matt Stover converted a 29-yard field goal to cap a 12-play, 55-yard drive. On the ensuing drive, the Patriots responded with a 9-play, 60-yard drive that included two more Stallworth receptions and two more Ravens penalties and ended in a 1-yard Evans touchdown run. Two possessions later, with 56\u00a0seconds remaining the first half, Brady threw his fifth interception of the season, this one to safety Ed Reed, who proceeded to fumble on the return. Watson recovered the fumble and the Patriots went into halftime in a 10\u201310 tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nOn the opening drive of the second half, the Ravens drove 73\u00a0yards and regained the lead on a 17-yard run by Willis McGahee, his sixth rush of the 8-play drive. The Patriots answered on their next possession with an 11-play, 72-yard drive that included a dump-off pass to Maroney for 36\u00a0yards. A 3-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Moss tied the game again at 17\u201317. In the first minute of the fourth quarter, Baltimore got the lead again, 24\u201317, as Boller completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Daniel Wilcox after an 8-play, 56-yard drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0052-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Patriots went 3-and-out on their next drive, and a 33-yard Yamon Figurs punt return coupled with a 5-yard Pierre Woods penalty gave the Ravens the ball at the Patriots\u2019 26-yard line with less than 13\u00a0minutes remaining in the game. After two McGahee runs for 1\u00a0yard and a false start penalty gave the Ravens a 3rd and 14 situation, Boller was intercepted at the Patriots\u2019 1-yard line by Sanders to hold the Ravens scoreless on the drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0052-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nSanders\u2019 42-yard return gave the Patriots the ball at their own 43-yard line, and another Maroney dump-off pass for 43\u00a0yards brought the Patriots to the Ravens\u2019 24-yard line. The Patriots then failed to make the first down, and Gostkowski kicked another field goal, this one from 38\u00a0yards out, to cut the Ravens\u2019 lead to 24\u201320. The Patriots defense, which gave up almost 60 first half rushing yards to McGahee, held McGahee to 1\u00a0yard on the Ravens\u2019 next drive and forced a 3-and-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0052-0003", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Patriots\u2019 ensuing drive brought them to the Ravens\u2019 31-yard line before a 10-yard Dan Koppen penalty and incompletion forced another punt. With less than 6\u00a0minutes remaining, the Patriots defense again prevented the Ravens offense from completing a first down and got the ball back with 3:30 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nStarting from their own 27-yard line, the Patriots got to midfield on the second play of their drive with a 23-yard Watson reception. An incompletion and 9-yard Faulk catch brought 3rd and 1, where Brady rushed for 2\u00a0yards and the first down. After the two-minute warning, another 9-yard Faulk catch on 3rd and 10 gave the Patriots a 4th and 1 from the Ravens\u2019 30-yard line with 1:48 remaining. Brady attempted another sneak and was stopped short of the first, but the play was nullified by a timeout called by Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan just before the snap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0053-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nHeath Evans lost a yard on the Patriots\u2019 next attempt, but a false start penalty by Russ Hochstein nullified the play and set up a 4th and 6. Brady scrambled for the first down and additionally, Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle was penalized for illegal contact to give the Patriots another 5\u00a0yards, moving them to the Ravens\u2019 18-yard line with 1:38 left on the clock. A 5-yard Faulk rush and two incompletions gave the Patriots another fourth down situation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0053-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nBrady's throw to Watson in the end zone fell incomplete, but the Patriots again received a fresh set of downs after Ravens defensive back Jamaine Winborne was called for defensive holding. On 1st and goal from the Ravens\u2019 8-yard line with 55\u00a0seconds remaining, the Patriots took their first lead since the first quarter on a Gaffney touchdown reception that was upheld by official review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0053-0003", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nAfter the play, Ravens linebacker Bart Scott received two 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalties after throwing an official's flag into the stands, and Reed was flagged for being offsides on the extra point, setting up a Patriots kickoff from the Ravens\u2019 35-yard line. After a Gostkowski touchback on the kickoff, the Ravens completed two passes, bringing them to their own 45-yard line with 8\u00a0seconds remaining. Boller threw a Hail Mary pass that was caught by wide receiver Mark Clayton at the Patriots\u2019 3-yard line, but he was tackled shy of the end zone as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens\nThe Patriots became the sixth team in NFL history to begin a season 12\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 86], "content_span": [87, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nBeginning a stretch of three straight home games, the Patriots faced off against the 9\u20133 Steelers in their first afternoon game in five weeks. Before the game, Steelers safety Anthony Smith guaranteed a win for the Steelers. After going three-and-out on their first drive, the Patriots fell behind 3\u20130 early on a 23-yard Jeff Reed field goal to cap an 8-minute, 15-play Steelers possession. A 39-yard Chad Jackson kickoff return gave the Patriots the ball at their own 48-yard line to begin a 9-play drive that ended in a 4-yard Moss touchdown catch to give the Patriots the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nMoss\u2019 touchdown catch was his 18th of the season, surpassing Curtis Martin for the Patriots\u2019 record for touchdowns by a single player in a season. After a Steelers three-and-out the Patriots, on their first offensive play of the second quarter, increased their lead to 14\u20133 on a 63-yard play action pass from Brady to Moss. A 30-yard Willie Parker run on the Steelers\u2019 ensuing series set up a 32-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Najeh Davenport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0055-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nAfter a Patriots drive in which a muffed punt recovery by Pittsburgh led to a missed 48-yard field goal attempt by Gostkowski, the Steelers mounted a 12-play drive that lasted almost 6\u00a0minutes before a 44-yard Reed field goal cut the Patriots\u2019 lead to 14\u201313. With 2:29 left in the half, a 32-yard Gaffney reception helped the Patriots drive to the Steelers\u2019 24-yard line; after two Brady incompletions Gostkowski kicked a 42-yard Gostkowski field goal, giving the Patriots a 17\u201313 lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nOn the Patriots\u2019 first drive of the second half, on 1st and 10 from their own 44-yard line, after a Brady lateral pass to Moss fell short, Moss picked it up and threw it back to Brady, who then found Gaffney deep for a 56-yard touchdown. After another Steelers three-and-out, the Patriots\u2019 second possession of the half also went for a touchdown, as a 2-yard Welker reception capped a 10-play drive that included one run, a 4-yard Brady scramble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0056-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, the Steelers moved the ball to the Patriots\u2019 1-yard line, but failed to score on 3rd and goal and 4th and goal. The Patriots took the ball at their own 1-yard line and then began a 6-minute, 12 play drive, passing on every down. Using a no-huddle offense, Welker caught five straight passes to bring the Patriots to the Steelers\u2019 36-yard line. Brady completed four more passes to set up first-and-goal from the Steelers\u2019 10-yard line, but his next three passes were all incomplete, leading to a 28-yard Gostkowski field goal. The Steelers\u2019 next possession, a 13-play drive, ended in another failed fourth down conversion. After a Patriots punt, the Steelers ran the ball three times to give the Patriots their 13th win of the season; with the win, the Patriots improved to 13\u20130 and also clinched a first-round playoff bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 959]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Jets\nComing off their win over the Steelers, the Patriots stayed at home for an AFC East rematch with the 3\u201310 Jets. The Patriots punted on their first drive of the game, giving the Jets the ball at their own 3-yard line. After a 1-yard Thomas Jones run, Jets quarterback Clemens threw an interception to Eugene Wilson, who returned it for a touchdown. Clemens was hit by Seymour and suffered an ankle injury on the play and did not return to the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Jets\nWilson also became the Patriots\u2019 21st player to score a touchdown on the season, tying an NFL record set by the Denver Broncos in 2000 and the Los Angeles Rams in 1987. On their ensuing possession, the Jets gained 49\u00a0yards on an option play to running back Leon Washington, but then failed a fourth down conversion from the Patriots\u2019 17-yard line. With 6:36 remaining in the first quarter, the Patriots began a drive that ended 17 plays later, in the 2nd quarter, on a 26-yard Gostkowski field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0057-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Jets\nAfter a Jets punt, the Patriots moved the ball to their own 40-yard line when a Chris Hanson punt attempt was blocked by David Bowens and returned for a touchdown to cut the Patriots\u2019 lead to 10\u20137. On the Jets\u2019 next possession, Washington blocked a Graham punt attempt to give the Patriots the ball at the Jets\u2019 3-yard line. A 1-yard Maroney touchdown run a play later gave the Patriots a 17\u20137 lead going into halftime. Gostkowski's extra point, his 67th of the season, broke Uwe von Schamann\u2019s single-season record of 66 with the Miami Dolphins in 1984.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Jets\nA Jets punt gave the Patriots the ball at their own 9-yard line early in the third quarter. After two Maroney rushes for a total of 5\u00a0yards, a Brady pass on third down intended to Moss was intercepted by Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. The Jets moved into the red zone, but were driven back on a Thomas Jones run for a 1-yard loss and a delay of game penalty. On third down, Pennington completed a 10-yard pass to Baker, who then fumbled. Wilson recovered it for the Patriots, but a subsequent exchange of punts kept the third quarter scoreless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0058-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Jets\nAnother Hanson punt began the fourth quarter, giving the Jets the ball from their own 15-yard line. The Jets then embarked upon a 17-play drive where Pennington completed 10 passes on 12 attempts, none for more than 14\u00a0yards. The drive ended at the Patriots\u2019 15-yard line, where the Jets cut the Patriots\u2019 lead to 17\u201310 on a 33-yard Mike Nugent field goal. The Patriots\u2019 ensuing drive began with two incompletions intended for Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0058-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. New York Jets\nOn third down, Brady completed a 16-yard pass to Moss, and then a 46-yard pass to Moss to give the Patriots the ball at the Jets\u2019 14-yard line. A 4-yard Maroney run, incompletion, and sack for a loss of 6\u00a0yards set up a 33-yard Gostkowski field goal. The Jets\u2019 next possession ended in a 35-yard missed Nugent field goal, and the Jets failed to score on their final drive to give the Patriots a 20\u201310 win. It gave the Patriots a 14\u20130 record, tying with the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the best record to start a season. The win also clinched home-field advantage for the Patriots throughout the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nPlaying their third consecutive home game, the Patriots tried to improve their record to 15\u20130 against the 1\u201313 Dolphins. For the first time of the season, 15-year wide receiver Troy Brown was active; he saw action early in the game, returning a Dolphins punt on their first drive 10\u00a0yards. The Patriots\u2019 second first down of their first possession was their 349th of the season, breaking their 1994 franchise record. Six plays later, Brady connected with Moss for an 11-yard touchdown and a 7\u20130 Patriots lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0059-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nAfter three punts, the Patriots\u2019 third drive of the game began on the final play of the first quarter, a 51-yard Maroney rush to give the Patriots the ball at the Dolphins\u2019 28-yard line. After a successful third-down conversion, Brady threw his second touchdown pass of the game to Moss from a yard out to give the Patriots a 14\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0059-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Dolphins\u2019 punted again on their next drive, and the Patriots opened up a 21-point lead with a 59-yard Maroney touchdown run while also setting the franchise record for net yards on a season, breaking the record of 5,965 set in 1978. After the Dolphins\u2019 fourth three-and-out of the game, a 38-yard Brandon Fields punt was muffed by Troy Brown and recovered by the Dolphins, who punted again three plays later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0059-0003", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nAfter moving the ball from their own 20-yard line to the Dolphins\u2019 48-yard line, Brady completed a 48-yard touchdown pass to Gaffney on the Patriots\u2019 71st touchdown of the season, breaking the NFL record of 70 set by the 1984 Dolphins. The Dolphins drove the Patriots\u2019 4-yard line with 21\u00a0seconds remaining in the half, but Tedy Bruschi batted down a Lemon pass on fourth down intended for Justin Peelle to preserve the Patriots\u2019 28\u20130 lead heading into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Welker caught his 101st pass of the season, tying the Patriots\u2019 individual franchise record Brown set in 2001. On the next play, Brady was intercepted by Jason Allen the end zone on a pass intended for Moss. After a 22-yard Chatman rush began the Dolphins\u2019 ensuing drive, the Dolphins punted for the seventh time three plays later. On third down from their own 28-yard line, Brady threw his second interception of the game, this time picked off by linebacker Derrick Pope on a pass also intended for Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0060-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Dolphins moved the ball on their next drive from their own 46-yard line to the Patriots\u2019 1-yard line, where Lemon scrambled out of bounds short of the end zone on 4th and goal. The Dolphins challenged the ruling, which was upheld after review. The play gave the Patriots the ball from their own 1-yard line, where a three-and-out set up a 64-yard Hanson punt from the end zone, his longest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0060-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nA 22-yard Lorenzo Booker rush on the Dolphins\u2019 next possession helped bring the Dolphins\u2019 to the Patriots 21-yard line, where Lemon connected with Greg Camarillo to cut the Patriots lead to 28\u20137. The Patriots committed their fourth turnover of the game when Brady was strip-sacked by Joey Porter to give the Dolphins the ball at their own 28-yard line. Four punts and a scoreless fourth quarter later, the Patriots picked up their 15th win of the season as they improved to 15\u20130 and became the first 15\u20130 team in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Patriots\u2019 15th win matched the win totals of the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1998 Minnesota Vikings, 1985 Chicago Bears, and 1984 San Francisco 49ers, while their 15\u20130 regular season start was a first in NFL history. The Patriots\u2019 6\u20130 record against division opponents was a franchise first. The win also marked the Patriots\u2019 18th straight regular season victory since their December 2006 loss to the Dolphins, tying the Patriots\u2019 2003\u20132004 NFL record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nIn their final regular season game, the 15\u20130 Patriots traveled to Giants Stadium, trying to win a record 16th game of the season. With the game scheduled to air on NFL Network, not available on some cable providers, the NFL arranged a three-way simulcast of the game with CBS and NBC, the first time an NFL game was broadcast on three networks, and the first national simulcast of any NFL game since Super Bowl I. The New York and Boston television markets both had a fourth channel, a local TV station in each respective market covering the game. In the week leading up to the game, the NFL Network aired a record 65.5 hours of game-specific coverage, including a six-hour pregame special which matched the longest NFL pregame show, including for a Super Bowl, on a single network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nThe game was of very little importance with respect to the playoffs as both teams had already locked up their respective spots in the playoffs, with the Patriots in the AFC's #1 seed and the Giants in the NFC's #5 seed. The Patriots had already clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage through the playoffs while the Giants were guaranteed to play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild card playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0063-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nNevertheless, the Patriots were attempting to become the first team since the NFL's expansion to a 16-game regular season schedule to go undefeated and thus the game became the most heavily promoted game in the history of the NFL to that point and the most watched regular season game ever to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nOn the second play of the game, the 10\u20135 Giants moved into the Patriots\u2019 red zone on a 52-yard completion from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress. Three plays later, The Giants took the lead on a 7-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Jacobs. The Patriots responded with a pair of 14-yard completions to Moss and Welker; Welker's catch, his 102nd of the season, set a Patriots franchise record. The Patriots then converted a fourth down, and on their next fourth down, they made a 37-yard Gostkowski field goal. The Patriots would regain the ball at midfield following a Giants three-and-out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0064-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nCompletions to Stallworth and Welker put the Patriots in the Giants\u2019 red zone, where Brady completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Moss, taking a 10\u20137 lead on the first play of the second quarter. On the play, three records were affected: the Patriots 560th point surpassed the 1998 Minnesota Vikings's record of 556 points in a season; the touchdown pass was Brady's 49th, tying Peyton Manning's 2004 record; and Moss recorded his 22nd touchdown catch of the season, tying Jerry Rice\u2019s 1987 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nAs a result of a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct after the touchdown, the Patriots kicked off from the 15-yard line. Giants wide receiver Domenik Hixon received it from the Giants\u2019 26-yard line and proceeded to run for a 74-yard touchdown return, retaking the lead for the Giants. Starting from their own 33-yard line, the Patriots moved into Giants territory on a 13-yard Maroney rush and 8-yard Faulk reception. Brady's 8 passing yards on the play gave him 4,557 for the season, breaking Drew Bledsoe\u2019s 1994 franchise record of 4,555\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0065-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nAfter the drive stalled, Gostkowski's recorded his second field goal for the game, making the score 14\u201313 in favor of the Giants. Following a Giants punt, the Patriots mounted a drive that resulted in Gostkowski's third field goal of the night, from 37\u00a0yards, after a 3rd down end zone pass to Moss ricocheted off of linebacker Gerris Wilkinson's helmet. With 1:54 remaining the half and the Giants trailing 16\u201314, Manning completed five of his first seven passes to move from the Giants\u2019 15-yard line to the Patriots\u2019 3-yard line. On second down with 18\u00a0seconds remaining, Manning threw his second touchdown pass of the game, this time to Boss, to take a 21\u201316 lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 765]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nAfter the Patriots began the second half with a three-and-out, the Giants increased their lead to 12 points on a 19-yard touchdown catch by Burress from Manning. Facing their largest deficit of the season, the Patriots drove to the Giants\u2019 16-yard line with several Brady completions. A pass interference call against the Giants\u2019 Wilkinson gave the Patriots the ball at the Giants\u2019 1-yard line. After an illegal formation penalty moved the Patriots back 5\u00a0yards, a 6-yard Maroney touchdown run cut the Giants\u2019 lead to 28\u201323. Three consecutive drives resulted in punts, and the Patriots gained possession of the ball with less than 12\u00a0minutes remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nOn the second play of the drive, Brady attempted a deep pass to Moss, which was underthrown and dropped. On the next play, Brady attempted another deep pass to Moss, who caught this one for 65\u00a0yards, setting two more NFL records: Moss set the record for most touchdown receptions in a season (23) and Brady set one for touchdown passes (50). The touchdown, Brady's last of the game, also brought Brady's touchdown-to-interception margin to +42; Peyton Manning held the previous record, +39 during the 2003\u20132004 season. This also brought Brady's touchdown-to-interception ratio to 6.25:1, another NFL record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0067-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nBrady himself would shatter his own record three years later. The Patriots converted the subsequent two-point attempt, their only two-point conversion attempt of the season, on a Maroney rush to take a 31\u201328 lead with 11:15 remaining. On the Giants\u2019 ensuing drive, Hobbs intercepted a Manning pass intended for Burress at the Patriots\u2019 48-yard line. After driving to the red zone, a 5-yard catch by Moss marked his 1,493rd reception yard for the season, breaking Stanley Morgan's 1986 franchise record of 1,491\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0067-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nOn the subsequent play, Maroney scored his second touchdown of the game on a 5-yard run to give the Patriots a 38\u201328 lead. With 4:36 left in the game, the Giants drove the ball to the Patriots\u2019 4-yard line, and two plays later, Manning completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Burress, Manning's fourth for the game. After the Patriots\u2019 Vrabel recovered the Giants\u2019 onside kickoff, the Patriots knelt thrice to end the game as they finished the regular season 16\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants\nThe Patriots\u2019 joined the 14\u20130 1972 Miami Dolphins, 11\u20130 1942 Chicago Bears, and 13\u20130 1934 Chicago Bears as the fourth team to record an undefeated regular season in the NFL (the 1948 Cleveland Browns were 14\u20130 in the All-America Football Conference, an accomplishment recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but not by the NFL.) The Pats also set a record for most regular season wins in a single season. The victory was the Patriots\u2019 19th consecutive regular season victory, breaking their own record set during the 2003\u20132004 season. Finally, the Patriots finished the season with a +315 point differential, breaking the 1942 Bears\u2019 record of +292.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants, Network television coverage\nThe NFL Network had exclusive rights to broadcast the Patriots-Giants game, and in the weeks before the game, the network increasingly promoted the game via television commercials on other stations. It was clear the game was one of the most anticipated of the season, and could therefore serve as an important promotion for the NFL Network, which had tried unsuccessfully over the previous year to expand its viewership by becoming included as an \u201cextended basic service\u201d on the major American cable TV providers such as Comcast and Time Warner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 114], "content_span": [115, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants, Network television coverage\nPolitical pressure from the Northeast to make the game more widely viewable preceded the decision to simulcast the game on CBS and NBC. Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania senator who was the Republican ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the Committee's head, wrote the league a letter threatening to reconsider the antitrust exemption currently enjoyed by the NFL under United States law. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts had pressured the league and cable companies to settle their dispute so \u201cno die-hard Pats fans will be shut out from watching their team take aim at football history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 114], "content_span": [115, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants, Network television coverage\nIn the end, 15.7\u00a0million viewers watched the game on CBS, 13.2\u00a0million on NBC, 4.5\u00a0million on the NFL Network, and 1.2\u00a0million on New York, Boston and Manchester, New Hampshire television stations. The game was the most watched program on television since the 2007 Academy Awards and the most watched regular season NFL game in more than 12 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 114], "content_span": [115, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Regular season results, Week 17: at New York Giants, Network television coverage\nThe game's impact was summarized by Scott Graham on NFL Films' subsequent hour-long replay of the contest (\"Perfect Ending\", an episode of NFL Films Game Of The Week): \u201cNever had a meaningless game carried more meaning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 114], "content_span": [115, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nPlaying in his first playoff game as a Patriot, Randy Moss, who led the NFL in receiving yards, had one reception. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady set the NFL record for completion percentage in a single game (92.9%) with 26 of 28 completions for 263\u00a0yards and 3 touchdowns, while running back Laurence Maroney added 162 total yards (122 on the ground). Overall, New England gained 401\u00a0yards and didn't punt the ball until 31\u00a0seconds remained in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nJacksonville took the opening kickoff and went 80\u00a0yards in 9 plays, featuring two receptions by Marcedes Lewis for 57\u00a0yards, on the way to David Garrard's 9-yard touchdown pass to Matt Jones. The Patriots then went on a 74-yard drive and scored with Tom Brady\u2019s 3-yard touchdown pass to Benjamin Watson. On Jacksonville's next possession, New England lineman Ty Warren forced a fumble while sacking Garrard, and linebacker Mike Vrabel recovered it at the Jaguars 29-yard line. Several plays later, Maroney scored a 1-yard touchdown run to give New England a 14\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nJaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew muffed the ensuing kickoff and was downed at his own 5-yard line. The Jaguars then moved the ball 95\u00a0yards in 11 plays without facing a third down and scoring with Garrard's 6-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Wilford. For the third time in a row, New England drove deep into Jacksonville territory. But this time the drive stalled at the 17-yard line and ended with no points when Stephen Gostkowski missed a 35-yard field goal with 53\u00a0seconds left in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Brady completed 7 of 8 passes for 54\u00a0yards on an 82-yard drive. On the last play, he took a snap in shotgun formation with Kevin Faulk to his right, Brady jumped in the air with his arms raised to make it look like a play used by the Patriots before where Faulk took the direct snap. The Jaguars defense followed Faulk, leaving Wes Welker open in the end zone, and Brady threw him the ball for a touchdown to give the Patriots a 21\u201314 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0076-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nJacksonville responded with a drive to the New England 21-yard line, but receiver Dennis Northcutt dropped a pass on third down, forcing them to settle for a Josh Scobee 39-yard field goal, cutting the score to 21\u201317. On New England's next drive, Jacksonville's Derek Landri was assessed a roughing-the-passer penalty, turning Welker's 6-yard catch into a 21-yard gain. Maroney gained 40\u00a0yards with his next two carries, and following two more Welker receptions, Brady threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Watson giving New England a 28\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nAn unnecessary roughness penalty and a 25-yard reception by Reggie Williams on the Jacksonville's next drive set up a 25-yard field goal by Scobee, which cut the Jaguars deficit to one touchdown, 28\u201320. On the second play after the kickoff, Brady completed a 52-yard strike to Dont\u00e9 Stallworth, setting up Gostkowski's second field goal attempt to put New England back up by two scores, 31\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nThen, with 3:46 left in the game, Pats safety Rodney Harrison, intercepted a pass from Garrard at the Patriots\u2019 31-yard line, ending any hope of a Jacksonville comeback. Harrison's interception was his 7th career postseason pick, a Patriots record. This was also his fourth consecutive postseason game with an interception, tying an NFL record held by Aeneas Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Divisional Round vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith this win, the Patriots advanced to the AFC title game for the second year in a row and extended their perfect record to 17\u20130, matching the final record of the 1972 Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game vs. San Diego Chargers\nDespite 3 interceptions from Tom Brady, the Patriots still managed to defeat San Diego, holding them to four field goals while Laurence Maroney rushed for 122\u00a0yards and a touchdown for the second game in a row. With this win, the Patriots became the first NFL team to start with an 18\u20130 record and advanced to their fourth Super Bowl appearance in seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game vs. San Diego Chargers\nWith just over 5\u00a0minutes left in the first quarter, Chargers defensive back Quentin Jammer intercepted a pass from Brady on the Patriots 40-yard line, setting up a 26-yard field goal by Nate Kaeding. New England responded by driving 65\u00a0yards and scoring with a 1-yard Maroney touchdown run to take a 7\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game vs. San Diego Chargers\nKaeding kicked a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter to cut the score to 7\u20136, but after a punt, Patriots defensive back Asante Samuel intercepted a pass from Philip Rivers and returned it 10\u00a0yards to the Chargers 24-yard line. One play later, Brady's 12-yard touchdown pass to Jabar Gaffney increased their lead to 14\u20136. Later on, a 26-yard run by Darren Sproles moved the ball to the New England 34-yard line. But once again, the Patriots defense kept San Diego out of the end zone, stopping them on 3rd and 1 and forcing them to settle for another Kaeding field goal, making the score 14\u20139 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game vs. San Diego Chargers\nOn the opening drive of the second half, Brady threw his second interception of the game, this one to Drayton Florence at the New England 49-yard line. San Diego then moved the ball to the 4-yard line, but on 3rd and 1, linebacker Junior Seau tackled Michael Turner for a 2-yard loss and the Chargers had to settle for Kaeding's fourth field goal. New England responded with a drive to the San Diego 2-yard line, with Maroney gaining 39\u00a0yards on four running plays, but Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie ended the drive by intercepting Brady in the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, AFC Championship Game vs. San Diego Chargers\nOn their first drive of the fourth quarter, New England moved the ball 67\u00a0yards and scored with Brady's 6-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker, making the score 21\u201312. Following a Chargers punt, the Patriots ended the game with a 15-play drive that took the final 9:13 off the game clock. The Patriots\u2019 overall record then improved to 18\u20130 en route to their appearance in Super Bowl 42 and becoming the 2007 AFC Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 98], "content_span": [99, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThe Patriots\u2019 opponents in the Super Bowl would be the Giants, a rematch of the regular season finale. After scoring a combined 73 points in their regular season meeting, the teams scored only a mere 10 points by the end of the third quarter, with the Patriots leading 7 to 3. The Patriots\u2019 record-setting offense gave up five sacks and one lost fumble, while the Giants\u2019 offense managed only five first downs in the second and third quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0085-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nYet in the fourth quarter, quarterback Eli Manning led two go-ahead touchdown drives, including the winning drive that culminated with a 17-yard touchdown to Plaxico Burress with 39\u00a0seconds remaining. The game marked the first time that a previously undefeated team had lost in a National Football League championship game since the 1942 Chicago Bears as the Patriots fell to 18\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0085-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThe Patriots were also the second team to enter the Super Bowl undefeated, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who reached Super Bowl VII with a 16\u20130 record and won to become the first and to date only NFL team to win the league championship after going all the way through the regular season and playoffs undefeated and untied, but were the first undefeated and untied team to fail to win the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nAfter calling tails to win the coin toss, the Giants started the game with the longest opening drive in Super Bowl history, a 16-play, 77-yard march that consumed 9\u00a0minutes, 59\u00a0seconds and featured four third-down conversions, the most ever on a Super Bowl opening drive. But New England halted the drive at their own 14-yard line, forcing the Giants to settle for a 32-yard field goal from Lawrence Tynes that gave New York a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nNew England then responded with its own scoring drive as Laurence Maroney returned the kickoff 43\u00a0yards to the Patriots\u2019 44-yard line, after which he rushed twice for 15\u00a0yards. Quarterback Tom Brady then completed three passes for 23\u00a0yards, but after two incomplete passes, New England was faced with 3rd-and-10 on the Giants\u2019 17. However, on that play, New York linebacker Antonio Pierce committed pass interference by striking the helmet of tight end Benjamin Watson in the end zone, giving New England 1st-and-goal at the 1. This set up a Maroney 1-yard touchdown run two plays later, the first play of the second quarter, for a 7\u20133 lead. The two teams each only had one drive in the entire opening quarter, a Super Bowl record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nOn the Giants first drive of the second quarter, on 3rd-and-7, receiver Amani Toomer caught in a deep pass from Manning along the left sideline while dragging his feet in-bounds for a 38-yard gain, moving the ball to the Patriots\u2019 19. But three plays later, Manning threw a pass that bounced out of the arms of rookie receiver Steve Smith and into the hands of cornerback Ellis Hobbs for an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThe Patriots\u2019 ensuing drive resulted in a three-and-out as on 3rd-and-1 James Butler and Michael Strahan tackled Maroney for a two-yard loss and New England was forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThen on the Giants\u2019 next drive, rookie running back Ahmad Bradshaw fumbled a Manning hand-off and it looked as though Patriots\u2019 linebacker Pierre Woods had recovered the ball at the Giants\u2019 30. But after the officials picked through the pile, it was determined that Bradshaw had made the recovery. The Giants maintained possession and wound up punting. New England's next drive ended with consecutive Giants\u2019 sacks, the first by linebacker Kawika Mitchell, the second by tackle Justin Tuck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nOn the Giants\u2019 following drive, New York moved the ball to the New England 25, but linebacker Adalius Thomas sacked Manning and forced a fumble. Smith recovered the ball, however Bradshaw was penalized for illegally batting the ball forward before the recovery. The penalty pushed the Giants out of field goal range, and following an incompletion, they were forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nAfter the punt, two 18-yard receptions by Moss and Dont\u00e9 Stallworth moved the ball to the Giants\u2019 44. But with 22\u00a0seconds left before halftime, Brady fumbled while being sacked by Tuck and defensive end Osi Umenyiora recovered the ball. The game then went to halftime with the Patriots leading 7\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nOn the first drive of the second half, New England had a 4th-and-2 and chose to punt. However, after the play had been run, Patriots\u2019 head coach Bill Belichick challenged that New York had too many players on the field and replay confirmed that was the case as Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn was unable to get to the sidelines as the ball was being snapped. Therefore, referee Mike Carey reversed the play, and the Giants were penalized 5\u00a0yards for having too many players on the field, giving the Patriots a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0093-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThe Patriots then drove to the Giants\u2019 25, but Strahan sacked Brady for a 6-yard loss on third down. Then on 4th-and-13, with the ball on the Giants\u2019 31, Belichick decided against a long field goal attempt by Stephen Gostkowski and tried to pick up a first down instead. Brady's pass to Jabar Gaffney was incomplete as it went out of the back of the end zone and the Giants took over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nOn the Giants\u2019 first drive of the fourth quarter, Manning completed a 45-yard pass to rookie tight end Kevin Boss. Following three runs by Bradshaw and a 17-yard reception by Smith on third down, Manning finished the 7-play, 80-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to David Tyree, giving New York a 10\u20137 lead with 11:10 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nAfter consecutive three-and-outs by the Patriots and Giants, New England got the ball at its own 20 with 7:54 to play. Brady then completed a 5-yard pass to Wes Welker and a 10-yard pass to Moss, followed by a 9-yard run by Maroney to give the Patriots a first down at their own 44. Brady followed with a 13-yard pass to Welker, a four-yard completion to Kevin Faulk, and then a 10-yard pass to Welker for a first down at the Giants\u2019 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0095-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nAfter that, Brady found Moss for an 11-yard completion and Faulk for a 12-yard completion and New England now had 1st-and-goal from the Giants\u2019 6. Following two incomplete passes, New York cornerback Corey Webster slipped while backing into coverage, leaving Moss wide open in the end zone where Brady found him for a touchdown to give New England a 14\u201310 lead with 2:42 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nOn the ensuing kickoff, Ray Ventrone tackled Domenik Hixon after a 14-yard return, giving New York the ball on their own 17 with 2:39 left and three timeouts remaining. Following two receptions by Toomer for 20\u00a0yards, Brandon Jacobs kept the drive going with a 2-yard run on 4th-and-1. On the next series of downs, Patriots\u2019 cornerback Asante Samuel nearly caught a possibly game-ending interception on a ball intended for Tyree, but the ball slipped through his fingertips. On the next play, the Giants faced 3rd-and-5 from their own 44 with 1:15 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0096-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nManning spun out of the grasp of lineman Jarvis Green, righted himself, and threw a 32-yard completion to Tyree, who made a leaping catch while covered by Rodney Harrison and maintained possession by pinning the ball against his helmet with one hand as he fell to the ground. Two plays later, on 3rd-and-11, Manning found a wide-open Smith for a 12-yard gain to the New England 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0096-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nOn the next play, the Giants sent four receivers into the pattern while the Patriots sent six pass rushers after Manning and flipped four pass defenders to the right side of the field \u2013 resulting in Patriots\u2019 cornerback Ellis Hobbs being isolated on the left side to cover Giants\u2019 wide receiver Plaxico Burress one-on-one. Rodney Harrison tried to adjust the unbalanced formation but his fellow defenders, including Junior Seau, were eager to sack Manning and the defense was left unchanged. Hobbs bit on a fake slant inside (a \u201cslant-and-go\u201d or \u201cSluGo\u201d route) and Manning lofted a pass to the end zone where Burress caught the ball for a touchdown to complete the 12-play, 83-yard drive and give Giants a 17\u201314 lead with 35\u00a0seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nNew England began its next possession on its own 26 with 29\u00a0seconds remaining and three timeouts, but the Giants\u2019 defense didn't allow a single yard\u2014forcing an incompletion on first down, a 10-yard sack by rookie lineman Jay Alford on second down, and then two deep incomplete attempts to Moss, the first that was broken up by Webster, and the second of which, on 4th-and-20, was broken up by Giants\u2019 safety Gibril Wilson and caused a turnover on downs with one second remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0097-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nAfter the incompletion, the game clock briefly read zero (one second was re-added), and coaches, players, reporters, and fans crowded the field as if the game had ended. Belichick hugged Giants\u2019 Coach Tom Coughlin at midfield, then an official explained to both coaches that the final second had to be run. The Patriots\u2019 defense took the field, and Belichick left for the locker room, not staying for the final play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0097-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThis early departure was later criticized by some sportswriters who felt Belichick was being a sore loser, while others noted that he had properly congratulated Coughlin (they also noted Coughlin was one of the few opposing coaches he didn't loathe) and that the game was over once the Patriots failed to convert on 4th down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThe officials cleared the field, and restarted the clock. Manning took a knee, allowing the clock to expire, and consequently sealed the Super Bowl XLII championship for the Giants, while also ending the Patriots\u2019 prospects of a 19\u20130 season as their overall record dropped to 18\u20131. With the loss, the Patriots\u2019 Super Bowl record dropped to 3\u20133. They matched the 1984 San Francisco 49ers & the 1985 Chicago Bears, who both won the Super Bowl in their respective seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nSix days before the game, the Boston Globe offered a book for presale documenting the Patriots\u2019 19\u20130 \u201chistoric championship season\u201d. Following the Patriots\u2019 loss, the book was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Postseason results, Super Bowl XLII vs. New York Giants\nThe New England Patriots of 2007 are the only NFL team of the modern (Super Bowl) era to have an undefeated record during the regular season and not win the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0101-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Awards and honors\nBill Belichick, and numerous players, were the recipients of awards for their performances in the 2007 regular season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0102-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Awards and honors, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections\nEight Patriots were elected to the 2008 Pro Bowl, the most since 1985. Quarterback Tom Brady, offensive tackle Matt Light, guard Logan Mankins, wide receiver Randy Moss, cornerback Asante Samuel, linebacker Mike Vrabel, and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork were all named as starters, while center Dan Koppen was named as a reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0103-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, Awards and honors, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections\nOf those eight, five\u2014Brady, Light, Moss, Samuel, and Vrabel\u2014were selected to the NFL's All-Pro first team with Moss being a unanimous selection, and Brady receiving all but one-half vote (the other half was given to Brett Favre). Wilfork, Mankins, Koppen, and wide receiver Wes Welker were named to the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 84], "content_span": [85, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192357-0104-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots season, NFL and Franchise records set\nThe 2007 New England Patriots tied or broke many NFL and franchise records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game\nOn December 29, 2007, during the final week of the 2007 season, the New England Patriots defeated the New York Giants, 38\u201335, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In what became a preview of Super Bowl XLII, the game was a close comeback win for the Patriots, giving them the first undefeated regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins and the only undefeated regular season since the league expanded to 16 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game\nWhile the game was originally notable for its television coverage, the teams would later meet in Super Bowl XLII, in which the Giants won 17\u201314, ending the Patriots' hopes of a perfect season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nWhen the NFL announced its 2007 regular season schedule, the game was scheduled to air exclusively on the NFL Network, as was the case with all Saturday NFL games beginning with the 2006 television contract in an attempt to boost carriage of the NFL Network by cable providers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nThe game was also offered to local stations in each team's home market under a long-standing league policy for games televised on cable networks. In the case of the Patriots\u2013Giants game, the local rights were originally sold to WCVB-TV and WMUR-TV (both ABC affiliates owned by Hearst-Argyle Television) in the Boston / Manchester market, and MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WWOR-TV in the New York City market.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nIt was a prime time matchup of regional rivals, but as the Patriots moved closer to a perfect season, the game become even more important. Therefore, the network increasingly promoted the game via television commercials on other stations. It was clear the game was one of the most anticipated in recent history, and could therefore serve as an important promotion for the NFL Network, which had tried unsuccessfully over the previous year to expand its viewership by becoming included as an \"extended basic service\" on the major American cable television providers such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nPolitical pressure from the Northeast to make the game more widely viewable preceded the decision to simulcast the game on CBS and NBC. (NBC was the primary broadcast network for Sunday night games, while CBS normally held the rights to air games in which the road team belongs to the AFC.) The Senate Judiciary Committee's chairperson, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont, and ranking minority member, Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, sent a letter to the NFL threatening to reconsider the league's antitrust exemption under U.S. law. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts had pressured the league and cable companies to settle their dispute so \"no die-hard Pats fans will be shut out from watching their team take aim at football history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nIn the end, 15.7 million viewers watched the game on CBS, 13.2 million on NBC, 4.5 million on the NFL Network, and 1.2 million on the aforementioned local stations in New York, Boston, and Manchester. The game was the most watched program on television since the 2007 Academy Awards and the most watched regular season NFL game in more than 12 years. It marked the first time that an NFL game was simulcasted on two or more networks on a national level since Super Bowl I, which aired on CBS and NBC, the respective homes of the NFL and the American Football League at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nThe broadcast was a complete production of the NFL Network, and because the cable channel had a unique opportunity to promote its brand by being simulcast on network television, several unusual events occurred during the broadcast. First, CBS and NBC did not air their usual studio shows leading up to the game. Instead, the networks came on the air at 8:00 eastern time and simulcast the final 15 minutes of the NFL Network's 6+ hour pregame show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nThe NFL Network used that time mostly to promote the channel and its programming, encouraging viewers who did not receive NFLN to call their television providers and ask for it. A \"demo reel\" of NFL Network programs aired during the simulcast portion of the pregame as well. This demo reel and the encouragement to call television providers were repeated on the halftime and postgame reports, also NFL Network produced. During the game itself, several on-screen graphics were shown encouraging viewers to both call their television provider and go to the NFL's \"Get NFL Network\" website to send automated emails to television providers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nMoreover, the NFL Network, which had devoted over 30 hours of programming in the week prior to the Patriots-Colts game in Week 9, devoted over 60 hours of programming to the game, consisting primarily of re-broadcasts of nine Patriots games from the 2007 season; they also had a special countdown clock for the game which appeared over 1,000 times in the week leading up to the game, and live coverage of Patriots press conferences that week. Moreover, NFL Network aired a six-hour pregame show devoted to the game; no NFL game, including Super Bowls, had received more coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nIn Canada, TSN held the rights to the game, as it did for all NFL Network regular-season telecasts. After the NBC / CBS simulcast was announced, TSN's parent broadcast network CTV announced it too would carry the game, allowing CTV simultaneous substitution rights over U.S. stations broadcasting the game. This meant that, in areas of eastern Canada receiving their \"big three\" network affiliates from Boston, the CTV signal was seen on four different basic-cable channels, in addition to TSN's broadcast (which only differed from CTV in terms of network identification and some commercials).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Network television coverage\nThis controversy did not lead to the NFL offering the Thursday Night Football package to other networks, and so the games remained exclusively on NFL Network through 2013. The Thanksgiving night game, which was part of the package until 2011, was sold to NBC beginning in the 2012 season. On February 5, 2014, it was announced that CBS would air eight, early-season Thursday night games during the 2014 NFL season in simulcast with NFL Network, with the remainder airing on NFL Network exclusively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 75], "content_span": [76, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nIn their final regular season game, the 15\u20130 Patriots traveled to Giants Stadium, trying to win a record 16th game of the season. With the game scheduled to air on NFL Network, not available on some cable providers, the NFL arranged a three-way simulcast of the game with CBS and NBC, the first time an NFL game was broadcast on three networks, and the first national simulcast of any NFL game since Super Bowl I. The New York and Boston television markets both had a fourth channel, a local TV station in each respective market covering the game. In the week leading up to the game, the NFL Network aired a record 65.5 hours of game-specific coverage, including a six-hour pregame special which matched the longest NFL pregame show, including for a Super Bowl, on a single network.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nOn the second play of the game, the 10\u20135 Giants moved into the Patriots' red zone on a 52-yard completion from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress. Three plays later, the Giants took the lead on a 7-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Jacobs. The Patriots responded with a pair of 14-yard completions to Randy Moss and Wes Welker; Welker's catch, his 102nd of the season, set a Patriots franchise record. The Patriots then converted a fourth down, and on their next fourth down, Stephen Gostkowski made a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nThe Patriots would regain the ball at midfield following a Giants three-and-out. Completions to Dont\u00e9 Stallworth and Welker put the Patriots in the Giants' red zone, where Brady completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Moss, taking a 10\u20137 lead on the first play of the second quarter. The play broke one record and tied two others: the Patriots' 560th point of the season surpassed the 1998 Minnesota Vikings's record of 556 points; the touchdown pass was Brady's 49th, tying Peyton Manning's 2004 record; and Moss recorded his 22nd touchdown catch of the season, tying Jerry Rice's 1987 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nAs a result of a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct after the touchdown (Moss was flagged for dancing with Ben Watson in the endzone), the Patriots kicked off from the 15-yard line. Giants wide receiver Domenik Hixon received it from the Giants' 26-yard line and proceeded to run for a 74-yard touchdown return, retaking the lead for the Giants. Starting from their own 33-yard line, the Patriots moved into Giants territory on a 13-yard Maroney rush and 8-yard Faulk reception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nBrady's 8 passing yards on the play gave him 4,557 for the season, breaking Drew Bledsoe's 1994 franchise record of 4,555 yards. After the drive stalled, Gostkowski recorded his second field goal for the game, reducing the Giants' lead to 14\u201313. Following a Giants punt, the Patriots mounted a drive that resulted in Gostkowski's third field goal of the night, from 37 yards, after a 3rd down end zone pass to Moss ricocheted off of linebacker Gerris Wilkinson's helmet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nWith 1:54 remaining the half and the Giants trailing 16\u201314, Manning completed five of his first seven passes to move from the Giants' 15-yard line to the Patriots' 3-yard line. On second down with 18 seconds remaining, Manning threw his second touchdown pass of the game, this time to Boss, to take a 21\u201316 lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nAfter the Patriots began the second half with a three-and-out, the Giants increased their lead to 12 points on a 19-yard touchdown catch by Burress from Manning. Facing their largest deficit of the season, the Patriots drove to the Giants' 16-yard line with several Brady completions. A pass interference call against the Giants\u2019 Wilkinson gave the Patriots the ball at the Giants' 1-yard line. Brady's end zone pass to linebacker Mike Vrabel was no good, and an illegal formation penalty moved the Patriots back 5 yards. Laurence Maroney then scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to cut the Giants' lead to 28\u201323. Three consecutive drives resulted in punts, and the Patriots gained possession of the ball with less than 12 minutes remaining in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nOn the second play of the drive, Brady attempted a deep pass to Moss, which was underthrown and dropped. On the next play, Brady attempted another deep pass to Moss, who caught this one for 65 yards, setting two more NFL records: Moss set the record for most touchdown receptions in a season (23) and Brady set one for touchdown passes (50). The touchdown, Brady's last of the game, also brought Brady's touchdown-to-interception margin to +42; Peyton Manning held the previous record, +39 during the 2004\u201305 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nAdditionally, this gave Brady a 6.25:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio on the year, a new single season NFL record (Brady himself would shatter this record again three seasons later). The Patriots converted the subsequent two-point attempt, their only two-point attempt of the season, on a Maroney rush to take a 31\u201328 lead with 11:15 remaining. On the Giants' ensuing drive, Hobbs intercepted a Manning pass intended for Burress at the Patriots' 48-yard line. After driving to the red zone, a 5-yard catch by Moss marked his 1,493rd reception yard for the season, breaking Stanley Morgan's 1986 franchise record of 1,491 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nOn the subsequent play, Maroney scored his second touchdown of the game on a 5-yard run; Gostkowski converted his last PAT of the season to give the Patriots a 38\u201328 lead. Gostkowski finished the season a perfect 74-for-74 on PATs, eclipsing St. Louis Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins' 1999 record of 64-for-64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nWith 4:36 left in the game, the Giants drove the ball to the Patriots' 4-yard line, and two plays later, Manning completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Burress, Manning's fourth for the game. But when the Giants tried an onside kick, Vrabel recovered the ball, and Brady knelt thrice to end the game with a final score of 38\u201335 and seal the Patriots' undefeated regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Game summary\nThe Patriots' joined the 14\u20130 1972 Miami Dolphins, 11\u20130 1942 Chicago Bears, and 13\u20130 1934 Chicago Bears as the fourth team to record an undefeated regular season. Their 16 wins also set a record for most regular season wins in a single season. The victory was the Patriots\u2019 19th consecutive regular season victory, breaking their own record set during the 2003\u20132004 season. Finally, the Patriots finished the season with a +315 point differential, breaking the 1942 Bears' record of +292, making 37\u201317 the average score of a Patriots game during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nWith the win, the Patriots' joined the 1972 Miami Dolphins (14\u20130), 1942 Chicago Bears (11\u20130), and 1934 Chicago Bears (13\u20130) as the fourth team to record an undefeated, untied, regular season. Their 16 wins also set a record for most regular season wins in a single season. The victory was the Patriots\u2019 19th consecutive regular season victory, breaking their own record set during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. The Patriots finished the season with a +315 point differential, breaking the 1942 Bears' record of +292, making 37\u201317 the average score of a Patriots game during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nThe game did not have an impact on the playoff seeding for either team. The Patriots already clinched the AFC's top seed, while the Giants were locked into the 5-seed, as they had already clinched the best record among NFC teams who did not win their division, but could not catch the division-leading Dallas Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nIn the playoffs, the Patriots defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Divisional Round, 31\u201320, and the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game, 21\u201312. This moved the Patriots to 18\u20130 and one win away from a perfect season. The Giants defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card Round, 24\u201314, the Cowboys in the Divisional Round, 21\u201317, and the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, 23\u201320 in overtime, setting up a Super Bowl rematch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nThe Giants won Super Bowl XLII, 17\u201314, denying the Patriots their perfect season and leaving the 1972 Dolphins as the only team to play an undefeated regular season and postseason. As of 2020, The 2007 Patriots remain the only team to post a 16\u20130 regular season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nThe next season, the Patriots won their first two games, extending their record regular season winning streak to 21 games. They lost to the Miami Dolphins in Week 3, ending the streak. This record winning streak would be later broken by the Indianapolis Colts, who won 23 straight regular season games from 2008\u20132009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nFour years later, the Giants and Patriots met in Super Bowl XLVI. The Giants would win this Super Bowl as well, by a score of 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nDespite the controversy surrounding the broadcast of this game, the NFL kept the Thursday Night Football exclusively on the NFL Network through 2013. The package was then split between the NFL Network and CBS beginning from 2014 to 2015 and between the NFL Network, CBS, and NBC from 2016 to 2017. Fox purchased the rights to broadcast most TNF games from 2018 to 2022. In order to satisfy its cable carriage agreements, the NFL Network retains seven exclusive regular season broadcasts per year. These include TNF games in Weeks 2 and 3, Games played in London with a 9:30 am ET start, and late-season Saturday games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192358-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Patriots\u2013New York Giants game, Aftermath\nThe game's impact was summarized by Scott Graham on NFL Films' subsequent hour-long replay of the contest (\"Perfect Ending\", an episode of NFL Films Game Of The Week): \"Never had a meaningless game carried more meaning.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 57], "content_span": [58, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192359-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Revolution season\nThe 2007 New England Revolution season was the twelfth season of the team's existence, and the third straight season to end in the MLS Cup Final. It began on April 7 with a 1\u20130 road loss against the Chicago Fire and ended on November 19 with a 2\u20131 loss to the Houston Dynamo in the finals of the MLS Cup, a repeat of the previous year's MLS Cup Final. To date, it is the only season where the Revs won any domestic competition, as they were the 2007 US Open Cup champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192359-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Revolution season, Squad, First-team squad\nAs of October 13, 2007. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192359-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New England Revolution season, Standings, Major League Soccer, Results\nLast updated: October 21, 2007Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192360-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Forest District Council election\nThe 2007 New Forest District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members to the New Forest District Council, on the same day as other local elections. The election for Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead was postponed due to the death of a candidate, and therefore a by-election was held on the 14th June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192360-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Forest District Council election, Election Summary\nThe Conservatives won 13 seats new seats (14 including the Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead by-election), increasing their majority, with the Liberal Democrats losing half (14) their seats, and the independent councillor Daniel Cracknell retaining his seat. Whilst not gaining representation, the Green and Labour parties increased their vote share.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 59], "content_span": [60, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192360-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Forest District Council election, Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead by-election\nWhilst an election for the ward of Bramshaw, Copythrone North and Minstead was due to take place alongside the other elections the death of a candidate lead to a by election being held in June, just over a month later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 94], "content_span": [95, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192361-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Hampshire Wildcats football team\nThe 2007 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by ninth-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7\u20135, 4\u20134 in CAA play. They received an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192362-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Jersey State Senate election\nThe 2007 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192362-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Jersey State Senate election\nThe election took place midway through Jon Corzine's term as Governor of New Jersey. Democrats gained an additional seat by winning two Republican seats in South Jersey, though one-term Senator Ellen Karcher lost re-election to Jennifer Beck. The Democratic gains in South Jersey laid the groundwork for a transfer of power within the Democratic Party, culminating in Steve Sweeney's election as Senate President midway through the 2008\u201312 term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl\nThe 2007 New Mexico Bowl was a post\u2013season American college football bowl game held on December 22, 2007 at University Stadium on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of the 2007\u201308 NCAA bowl season. The game, telecast on ESPN, featured the Nevada Wolf Pack from the WAC and the hometown New Mexico Lobos from the Mountain West Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl\nThe Lobos topped the Wolf Pack 23\u20130 to earn their first bowl win since the 1961 Aviation Bowl, a 45\u2013year drought that was the fifth-longest in the nation. Another streak ended in the game with the shutout of Nevada being the Wolf Pack's first since 1980. New Mexico quarterback Donovan Porterie made up for a poor 2006 New Mexico Bowl performance with two touchdown tosses and kicker John Sullivan tacked on three long field goals in the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nNew Mexico received the opening kickoff to begin the game. The kick was returned 27 yards and New Mexico began the first offensive drive of the game from its own 29-yard line. After two short plays, New Mexico quarterback Donovan Porterie threw short pass to the right side of the field that turned into a 66\u2013yard reception by wide receiver Marcus Smith, who eluded the Nevada defenders for a touchdown. The score gave the Lobos an early 7\u20130 lead with 13:38 remaining in the quarter. The play was Smith's longest reception of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nOn their first offensive possession, Nevada began operations at its own 25\u2013yard line after a short kickoff return. Nevada proved unable to earn a first down and after just three plays was forced to punt the ball away. Punter Zachary Whited kicked the ball 47 yards and New Mexico took over on its 23\u2013yard line to begin its second offensive possession of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nThe Lobo offense began with a five-yard false start penalty but were helped by a 10\u2013yard holding penalty against Nevada that gave New Mexico an automatic first down. Two plays later, the Lobos connected on a 22\u2013yard pass that took them into Nevada territory. Three incomplete passes later, New Mexico was forced to punt after failing to pick up another first down. Punter Jordan Scott kicked the ball 35 yards, pinning Nevada at their own 10 to begin their second offensive drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nOn the second play, quarterback Colin Kaepernick connected with Marko Mitchell for Nevada's first first down of the game, a 16\u2013yard pass. Two consecutive false start penalties, however, pushed the Nevada offense back 10 yards and prevented Nevada from gaining another first down. Nevada's 47\u2013yard punt was returned 15 yards and New Mexico began with good field position at its own 46\u2013yard line with 6:00 remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nOn the second play of the drive, Nevada's defense got its first big break of the game as New Mexico receiver Roland Bruno fumbled the ball after catching a short pass. Nevada's defense recovered the fumble and Nevada was able to take over on offense in New Mexico territory. The Wolf Pack offense continued to struggle, however and failed to pick up a first down after the turnover. Nevada again punted the ball away. The kick rolled into the end zone for a touchback and New Mexico began at its 20\u2013yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nThe first play of the drive resulted in a 23\u2013yard completion to Travis Brown. A screen pass two plays later went for 21 yards and the Lobos again penetrated into Nevada territory. A false start penalty set the New Mexico offense back five yards, but two plays later, Porterie connected on 39\u2013yard touchdown to Travis Brown. The touchdown came with 2:22 remaining in the quarter and gave New Mexico a 14\u20130 lead over Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nNevada began its final drive of the first quarter from its own 30\u2013yard line desperately needing to score in order to keep the game from getting out of hand. As before, however, Nevada struggled to advance the ball. Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick was forced to convert two third-down plays to keep the drive alive. As time ran out in the quarter, Nevada faced a second\u2013and\u201312 situation on the New Mexico 41\u2013yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nAt the end of the first quarter, New Mexico led 14\u20130. Nevada had struggled on offense throughout the quarter, but had begun to put together what was then its longest drive of the game as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nIn the middle of its best drive thus far, Nevada completed a short pass but was stopped for a loss on the next play. Electing to attempt the fourth-down conversion, quarterback Colin Kaepernick kept the ball on a quarterback scramble but was pushed out of bounds one yard short of the first down. New Mexico took over on offense following the turnover on downs and again began to move the ball down the field. At midfield, New Mexico quarterback Donovan Porterie attempted to throw the ball deep but was intercepted by Nevada's Justin Jackson. After the interception, Nevada took over on its own 31\u2013yard line. The Nevada offense picked up two first downs but two consecutive penalties on third down nullified two separate first-down plays and Nevada was again forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 826]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nNew Mexico took over at its 28\u2013yard line with 9:13 remaining in the second quarter. A steady Lobo rushing attack picked up yards and first downs on the ground and New Mexico moved the ball downfield with success. After crossing into Nevada territory, however, the Lobos began to run into difficulty. Inside the Pack 40\u2013yard line, Nevada forced a stop after Porterie was sacked for a 6-yard loss. All-American kicker John Sullivan came into the game to attempt a career\u2013long 53\u2013yard field goal for New Mexico. Sullivan, who had played the entire season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left (plant) leg, completed the kick, thus giving the Lobos a 17\u20130 lead with 5:55 remaining in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nTaking over at their own 25\u2013yard line following the post-score kickoff, Nevada had just under six minutes to score before halftime. Any hope of doing just that, however, quickly came to an end as the Pack's first four plays resulted in \u20131 yards and a punt. Following the kick which came with 4:19 remaining in the half, New Mexico now had a chance to expand their lead before halftime. A 20\u2013yard completion to tight end Chris Mark put the Lobos in position to do just that but New Mexico failed to earn a second first down. John Sullivan was sent in to attempt another field goal, this time a 45\u2013yarder which was also successfully converted. The kick allowed Sullivan to tie an NCAA record for consecutive games with multiple field goals and gave New Mexico a 20\u20130 lead with 2:48 before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nTaking over at their 18\u2013yard line following the kickoff, Nevada had another chance to put points on the board before halftime. Wolf Pack wide receiver Marko Mitchell caught a 13\u2013yard pass for a first down and the Nevada rushing game picked up another. Mitchell then caught a 24\u2013yard pass to put Nevada on the New Mexico 34\u2013yard line, their deepest penetration of the first half. Two plays later, however, Nevada running back Brandon Fragger fumbled the ball which was recovered by the New Mexico defense with 46 seconds remaining in the half. The New Mexico offense took advantage of the opportunity, advancing the ball in five plays to the Nevada two\u2013yard line. With seven seconds remaining, the Lobos failed to complete a touchdown pass and sent in John Sullivan to attempt a 20\u2013yard field goal with three seconds remaining in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 889]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nSullivan's kick was blocked by Kenny Viser of Nevada, denying New Mexico the field goal before the half. Despite the special teams breakthrough, Nevada trailed New Mexico 20\u20130 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Third Quarter\nBecause New Mexico received the opening kickoff, Nevada received the ball to begin the second half. On the return, New Mexico's leading defensive tackler Ian Clark separated his shoulder and did not return to the game. Despite the loss of Clark on defense, New Mexico was still able to stop Nevada from gaining a first down. During the stop, however, the Lobos lost yet another defensive player Blake Ligon to a broken rib. Following a Nevada punt, New Mexico took over on offense at its 28\u2013yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Third Quarter\nOn the first New Mexico play of the second half, running back Paul Baker broke through the defensive line of Nevada for a 37\u2013yard run, driving New Mexico deep into Nevada territory. Though successful on that play and on several subsequent plays, New Mexico committed a 15\u2013yard personal foul penalty that prevented the Lobos from gaining another first down. John Sullivan came out to attempt a 44\u2013yard field goal but the kick was blocked just as his kick at the end of the first half had been. Nevada recovered the blocked kick, returning it to the New Mexico 44\u2013yard line where the Wolf Pack offense took over with over 10 minutes remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Third Quarter\nDespite the excellent field position, Nevada was again unable to gain a first down. New Mexico's defense earned a quarterback sack and forced the Pack to punt the ball away. The kick rolled into the end zone for a touchback and the Lobo offense took over at its 20\u2013yard line. A holding penalty against New Mexico pushed back the New Mexico offense and the Lobos were forced to punt after going three\u2013and\u2013out. Nevada took over at its 35\u2013yard line but was also unable to move the ball and punted it again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Third Quarter\nOn the first play after taking over at its 20\u2013yard lane, the New Mexico offense got its second big play of the second half as Roland Bruno hauled in a 58\u2013yard pass to drive the Lobos deep into Nevada territory. On the next play, Paul Baker ran for 24 yards to drive New Mexico inside the Nevada four\u2013yard line. There, the Lobos' offense ran into a brick wall as the Nevada defense stopped New Mexico on four straight plays to keep the Lobos out of the end zone. New Mexico, which chose to try to complete the fourth\u2013and\u2013goal play instead of kicking a field goal, was denied points and turned the ball over to Nevada on downs with 2:30 remaining in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Third Quarter\nThough Nevada had managed a stop on fourth\u2013and\u2013short, its offense was now pinned inside its one\u2013yard line. After picking up a first down, Nevada had emerged from the shadow of its end zone. A 10\u2013yard holding penalty on the next play pushed the Wolf Pack back towards their goal line, however, and quarterback Colin Kaepernick was unable to pick up another first down. As time ran out in the third quarter, Nevada failed to convert a third\u2013and\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Third Quarter\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, New Mexico still led Nevada 20\u20130. Nevada's offense continued to have difficulty moving the ball. Despite losing their best and sixth\u2013best tacklers, the New Mexico defense completely contained the Wolf Pack offense and kept Nevada from scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nThe fourth quarter began with Nevada punting out of its own end zone, the ninth Nevada punt of the game. New Mexico's O.J. Swift returned the kick to the Nevada 33\u2013yard line, where the Lobo offense began work. Despite excellent field position, New Mexico's offense fared no better than Nevada's and was pushed back after gaining just one first down. Kicker John Sullivan was called upon but missed a 43\u2013yard field goal try. Sullivan had only missed three kicks during the entire 2007 regular season but with 11:57 remaining in the game, his third miss of the 2007 New Mexico Bowl left New Mexico scoreless on yet another possession. Despite that fact, the Lobos continued to hold on to their 20\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nAfter taking over at their own 26\u2013yard line, Nevada managed to complete a 21\u2013yard pass for a first down. After that play, however, the Nevada offense reverted to the pattern of ineptitude it had displayed throughout the game. Unable to earn another first down, Nevada was forced into its 10th punt of the game, a 37\u2013yard kick that forced New Mexico back to its 17\u2013yard line. New Mexico proceeded to run several rushing plays in order to run down the clock and give Nevada less time for any potential comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nEventually stopped and forced to punt the ball away, New Mexico's offense was granted new life after Nevada committed a 15\u2013yard roughing the kicker penalty that gave New Mexico an automatic first down on fourth down. New Mexico's clock\u2013draining drive continued inside the Nevada red zone. The Wolf Pack defense was able to gain another defensive stop but New Mexico had advanced within the field goal range of John Sullivan who nailed a 37\u2013yard attempt with 4:18 remaining to give New Mexico a 23\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192363-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nWith little time remaining and with Nevada facing more than a three\u2013touchdown deficit, the Wolf Pack had little chance to win. Despite that fact, the Nevada offense had one more chance to score and avoid a shutout. Three consecutive passes fell incomplete and Nevada punted the ball away for the 11th time. With three and a half minutes remaining, New Mexico took over on offense and proceeded to run out the clock and win the bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team\nThe 2007 New Mexico Lobos football team represented The University of New Mexico during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Rocky Long. The New Mexico Lobos play their home games at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team\nThe team enjoyed success in comparison to the year before, where they went 6\u20136 before losing to San Jose State in the first inaugural New Mexico Bowl. The Lobos' schedule also appeared to be stronger, playing tough road games against Arizona, TCU, Utah, and San Diego State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nComing off a lackluster 6\u20137 season, the Lobos were determined to come away from El Paso with a victory. The game started off slow, with a combined score of just 3 points (UTEP's Jose Martinez scored a 51-yard field goal on their first possession).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nIn the second quarter, the Lobos responded with a field goal of their own, bring the score to 3\u20133. Both teams' defenses held up for the remainder of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nTo begin the third quarter, neither team could score. The two traded punts and had key defensive stops to end the third quarter still 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nEarly success in the fourth quarter allowed New Mexico to go up 6\u20133 when John Sullivan connected for a 40-yard field goal. UTEP gained possession of the football and drove down the field, aided by two New Mexico penalties. Terrell Jackson broke free from defenders on a 36-yard run, and scored the night's only touchdown with 13:08 remaining. Despite the amount of time remaining, neither team would score again. The final was 10\u20136. It was the lowest point production by UTEP since 1975.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nIn the annual Battle for 1-25, New Mexico State, which was losing in the overtime series between the two, was determined to pull out a victory against their instate rival New Mexico. New Mexico was ready, however, and their offense was on target most of the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nTo begin the game, both sides showed their offenses, putting up 14 points on both sides of the scoreboard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nThe second quarter seemed to slow down the offensive production. New Mexico's defense allowed 0 points, while New Mexico State's gave up only a field goal. The score going into halftime was 17\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nIn the third quarter, both teams again showed off their offense, but the defense was still strong. Both teams put up 10 points, making the score 27\u201324 going into the final quarter of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nNew Mexico scored a touchdown early in the quarter, while New Mexico State made a field goal, making the score 34\u201327 with around 7:00 left to play. NMSU had possession of the ball, and was driving down the field, led mostly by quarterback Chase Holbrook. Momentum swung, however, when an errant pass landed in the arms of New Mexico's Frankie Solomon. New Mexico quarterback Donovan Porterie stepped up quickly, connecting on a 50-yard pass to Travis Brown to reach the Aggies' 25-yard line. John Sullivan made a 21-yard field goal, putting the Lobos up 37\u201327 with 5:22 to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nDespite a 10-point deficit, the Aggies began to drive again, but their loss was guaranteed when Holbrook threw another interception. New Mexico quickly drove down the field and scored a touchdown, making the score 44\u201327. Holbrook would not quit, though, and he drove his Aggie team down for a touchdown with 1:16 left to play. On the onside kick, New Mexico State managed to retrieve the ball, but with such little time left, they could not score in time, reaching the 4-yard line when time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State\nThe game drew the fourth largest crowd ever in University Stadium, with an attendance of 41,033. University Stadium's capacity only reaches 38,634, but many fans sat on the grassy area on the southeast part of the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nComing off a big victory against rival New Mexico State, the Lobos headed into Arizona for a big road game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe first quarter saw impressive stats from both teams, with a close score of 7\u201310 leading into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe second quarter was the start of Arizona's decline, with several key penalties called against them, and a turnover that led to a New Mexico touchdown. Going into halftime, the Lobos led 14\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nOn their first possession of the third quarter, Arizona drove down the field to the 2-yard line. On the next play, however, they fumbled the ball, and New Mexico's OJ Smith picked it up. New Mexico quarterback Donovan Porterie led the Lobos down the field several times and allowed them to score 12 points. The Lobos had a comfortable 26\u201313 lead going into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nArizona continued to play hard however, with quarterback Tuitama leading the Wildcats down the field. The team put up 14 points in the fourth quarter, but their mistakes in penalties and turnovers cost them, as New Mexico put up 3 points towards the end of the quarter, edging out Arizona 29\u201327. Donovan Porterie threw for 327 yards and had three touchdowns, and Arizona's Tuitama threw for 446 yards with three touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nIt was only the Lobos' second win against a Pac-10 team in 11 games. With the victory, the Lobos improved to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Sacramento State\nAfter an impressive win in Arizona, the Lobos returned home to face 1-AA opponent Sacramento State. The Hornets came into the game 0\u20136 against Division I-A football teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Sacramento State\nNew Mexico running back Rodney Ferguson had a total of 129 yards rushing and a career-high four touchdowns. Donovan Porterie threw for 229 yards and one touchdown. The Hornets were mistake ridden, giving up key turnovers and were not able to have offensive success. They could not score any points throughout the entire game, and the Lobos won 58\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, BYU\nIn an important Mountain West Conference game, BYU came to New Mexico with a 1\u20130 conference record. Both teams had strong momentum coming into the game, with New Mexico on a 3-game win streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, BYU\nThe first three quarters of the game were mostly even, with both offenses trading touchdowns and punts. Donovan Porterie and Max Hall were impressive, and the score leading into the fourth quarter was a tie; 21\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, BYU\nEarly in the fourth quarter, the Lobos fumbled the ball away to BYU, which set up a touchdown by Hall. The Lobos quickly drove down the field and answered with a 43-yard field goal, making the score 28\u201324. New Mexico managed to hold BYU to a three and out possession, but the momentum quickly shifted when Frankie Solomon fumbled on the punt return. Hall led the team down the field, and set up a 22-yard field goal, causing the Cougars to hold a 31\u201324 lead. New Mexico was unable to move down the field and was forced to punt. The Cougars ran down the clock, which led to their victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, BYU\nWith the loss, the Lobos fell to 3\u20132 overall and 0\u20131 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nFollowing their loss to BYU, the Lobos headed to Wyoming for their second Mountain West Conference game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nOn their first possession of the game, the Lobos charged down field on a drive that ended in a 39-yard John Sullivan field goal, giving the Lobos an early lead. For the rest of the first quarter, neither team managed to gain enough offensive momentum to score. At the end of quarter, a weather delay was issued because of strong lightning and heavy rain in the area. The delay would go on to last 1 hour and 43 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nAfter the delay, the second quarter began and New Mexico drove down the field, with Donovan Porterie completing a 63-yard TD pass to Travis Brown. The game went to halftime, but it was shortened to only 3 minutes because of the delay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nEarly in the third quarter, Wyoming quarterback Karsten Sween fumbled on their own 2-yard line, leading to a New Mexico score. Later in the quarter, New Mexico scored a field goal, bringing the score to 20\u20133. Neither team would score in the fourth quarter, and New Mexico walked away with the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nWith the win, the Lobos improved to 4\u20132 overall and 1\u20131 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nComing off a road win against Wyoming, the Lobos visited Qualcomm Stadium to face another important conference game against San Diego State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nIn the first quarter of the game, neither team showed any offensive breakthroughs, with New Mexico scoring only a field goal, and SDSU scoring nothing. The score going into the second quarter was 3\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nIn the second quarter, San Diego State's quarterback Kevin O'Connell had success moving his team down the field, on a drive where he himself scored a rushing touchdown. SDSU also scored a field goal on a later possession. New Mexico quickly responded with a touchdown of their own, leaving the score 10\u201310 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nIn the third quarter, the Lobos seemed to be out of sync offensively, while San Diego State forced them to punt. O'Connell was able to push his offense down the field and scored another rushing touchdown, making the score 10\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nEarly in the fourth quarter, New Mexico began to move down the field, but their drive ended with a field goal only. The score was now 17\u201314. The Aztecs moved down the field rather quickly, and appeared to have the game in hand, but O'Connell made a crucial mistake when he fumbled the ball trying to run for the first down. The Lobos recovered and drove down the field. Rodney Ferguson's six-yard touchdown run with 15 seconds left in the game lifted New Mexico to a 20\u201317 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nWith the win, the Lobos improved to 5\u20132 overall and 2\u20131 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nWith an impressive 5\u20132(2\u20131) record, New Mexico looked to defeat another Mountain West Conference team with an impressive record; Air Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nEarly in the first quarter, the New Mexico offense drove down the field twice, one ending in a field goal, and the other in a Rodney Fergusson touchdown run. The Falcons also had success early on, responding right back to bring the score leading into the second quarter to 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nIn the second quarter, the Falcons stopped the Lobos and drove down the field to score a touchdown that gave them the lead by 3. The Lobos could not respond with any points and were forced to punt. Air Force then rolled down the field again, scoring another touchdown. The Lobos drove down the field and scored a field goal late in the quarter, cutting the Falcons' lead to 8. On the kickoff however, Air Force's Ty Paffette fumbled the ball and New Mexico. With just 20 seconds left in the game, Donovan Porterie managed to throw a touchdown pass to tight end Chris Mark, which led to a tie game, 21\u201321, at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nIn the third quarter, both teams again traded touchdowns, tying the score at 28\u201328. Later on in the quarter, Air Force managed to score a field goal, giving them the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nIn the fourth quarter, Air Force began to drive down the field twice, but on both those possessions they fumbled the ball away to New Mexico. The Lobos put up 6 points, including one field goal with just seconds left in the game to pull away from Air Force in a 34\u201331 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nWith the win, the Lobos improved to 6\u20132 overall and 3\u20131 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, TCU\nWith the Lobos off to an impressive 6\u20132 start, most people could not have predicted what would happen when they invaded TCU for a key conference game. For all of the game, Donovan Porterie was completely shut down, throwing for just 76 yards. TCU also shut down Rodney Ferguson, allowing him only 28 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, TCU\nOn the other side of the ball, TCU was rolling over the Lobo defense. Quarterback Andy Dalton threw 2 touchdowns, backup Marcus Brock threw 1, and the Horned Frogs made 3 field goals. They shut out the Lobos in a surprising 0\u201337 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, TCU\nWith the loss, the Lobos fell to 6\u20133 overall and 3\u20132 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nThe Lobos returned home after a devastating loss to TCU to face their next MWC opponent, Colorado State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nNew Mexico seemed to dominate for most of the first quarter, putting up 17 points and allowing Colorado State just 7. Donovan Porterie threw both touchdowns, and John Sullivan kicked a field goal. Going into the second quarter, the score was 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nIn the second quarter, the Rams began to rally back, scoring a touchdown early on. For the rest of the quarter, both teams had strong defensive stops leading to two field goals scored by each team. The score going into halftime was a close 20\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nTo start the second half, the Lobos marched down the field in a drive that ended with a John Sullivan field goal. The Rams could not gain any offensive momentum, and was shut out for the remainder of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nEarly in the fourth quarter, the Rams pushed a long drive down the field and scored a field goal, bringing the score to 23\u201320 with 12:05 remaining. The Lobos fumbled the ball to Colorado State at the Lobos' 25-yard line. The Rams again moved down the field to tie the game at 23 with a 32-yard field goal with 8:24 left. Both teams were stopped and were forced to punt. When the Rams punted the ball to Marcus Smith, he ran back for 18 yards, to bring it to the Rams' 26-yard line with just 3 seconds remaining. John Sullivan kicked the game winning 43-yard field goal as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nWith the win, the Lobos improved to 7\u20133 overall and 4\u20132 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThe Lobos were again on the road to face a very important game against Utah. Both teams were fighting for their post season appearance in a bowl game, and both teams came into the game with the same overall and conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThe first quarter of the game proved to be an offensive battle, as the defense on both sides of the ball allowed 0 points. On the Lobos' first possession, they appeared to be moving down the field effectively, but running back Rodney Ferguson fumbled away to the Utes. Both teams traded punts, making the score 0\u20130 going into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Utah\nIn the second quarter, the Utes began to move down the field more efficiently, scoring a touchdown early on. The Lobos' were still having difficulties on offense, and were unable to score any points. Utah moved down the field again, scoring another touchdown to make the score 0\u201314 going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Utah\nIn the third quarter, Utah quarterback Brian Johnson threw a costly interception, and the Lobos were able to score a touchdown, making the score 7\u201314. Utah again struggled on offense and punted away to the Lobos. New Mexico rolled down the field, and scored a field goal to make it 10\u201314 with 4:09 left in the quarter. New Mexico made a costly turnover of their own when Ian Clark fumbled the ball away on the 39-yard line. The Utes would score a touchdown with 49 seconds left in the quarter to make the score 10\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Utah\nEarly in the fourth quarter, the Lobos fumbled the ball again on a punt return, giving the ball to Utah on the 5-yard line. New Mexico would get the ball right back, however, as Johnson fumbled trying to run up the middle. New Mexico was driving down the field, when Paul Kruger knocked the ball out of Donovan Porterie's hands, where Koa Misi picked it up and ran it back for a Utes touchdown. With only 6:57 left in the game and the score 10\u201328, the Lobos could not make a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Utah\nWith the loss, the Lobos fell to 7\u20134 overall and 4\u20133 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nIn the last regular season game of the year, the Lobos needed a win in order to appear in a bowl game. Their opponent was UNLV, who came into the game on a 14-game losing streak on the road against Mountain West opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nIn the first quarter, both teams moved the ball rather well, leading to field goals. The score going into the second quarter was a tied 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nIn the second quarter, New Mexico had great offensive success, scoring two touchdowns, one by a 63-yard pass to Marcus Smith, and the other with a run by Travis Brown. UNLV only managed to score a field goal, making the game 17\u20136 going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nTo start the third quarter, Marcus Smith ran the kickoff 82-yards setting up an easy 1-yard touchdown run by Rodney Fergusson. The score was now 24\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nFor the rest of the game, UNLV struggled on offense, putting up just 233 yards total. New Mexico would cap the win off when John Sullivan made a fourth-quarter field goal to make the score 27\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nWith the win, the Lobos improved to 8\u20134 overall and 5\u20133 in conference play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nNew Mexico finished strong in the Mountain West Conference, allowing them a trip to the New Mexico Bowl for the second year in a row. They would face 6\u20136 Nevada. The Lobos would be without their star running back Rodney Fergusson because of academic issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nTo start the game, Donovan Porterie threw two touchdown passes, giving the Lobos a big lead over the Wolfpack. Nevada was stopped short on every drive, scoring 0 points in the entire game. John Sullivan kicked 3 field goals, two in the second quarter, and one in the fourth. Nevada had just 210 total yards to New Mexico's 518. The Lobos shut out Nevada 23\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192364-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico Lobos football team, Game summaries, Nevada\nThe win ended the 46-year-long drought the Lobos faced in the postseason, and it marked the first bowl victory under Rocky Long. With the win, the Lobos finished the season 9\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192365-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Mexico State Aggies football team\nThe 2007 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Hal Mumme and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl\nThe 2007 R+L CarriersNew Orleans Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game. Part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, it was played on December 21, 2007, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl\nThe Memphis Tigers of Conference USA, faced the Florida Atlantic Owls, winners of the Sun Belt Conference title for the first time in school history. Both teams had a regular-season record of 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl\nThe game was Memphis's third bowl game in four years. The Tigers' season was marked by the murder of defensive end Taylor Bradford on September 30, but the team carried on to a winning record and its first bowl appearance since the 2005 Motor City Bowl. The Owls have only played college football since 2001, and this game was their first bowl appearance. The seven years between the creation of the FAU college football team and this bowl appearance marked the quickest a team had ever appeared in a bowl game after its establishment. Florida Atlantic led the NCAA in turnover margin. FAU head coach Howard Schnellenberger led the Miami Hurricanes to a National Championship in 1983. At the time of the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, Schnellenberger was the third-oldest head coach in Division I football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary\nThe 2007 New Orleans Bowl kicked off at 8:00\u00a0p.m. EST at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The game was broadcast nationally in the United States on ESPN2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 35], "content_span": [36, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nFlorida Atlantic received the ball to begin the game. On the opening kickoff, the Owls managed an excellent kick return that placed the ball on their own 48-yard line. FAU used the field position to their advantage, and entered Memphis territory on the first play of the game from scrimmage. In just five plays, Florida Atlantic penetrated the Memphis red zone, and two more plays set up the Owls inside the Memphis five-yard line. With 12:03 remaining in the first quarter, FAU quarterback Rusty Smith connected on a four-yard touchdown pass to running back Charles Pierre. The touchdown was the first score of the game and with a successful extra point, the score gave the Owls the early lead, 7-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nWith over 12 minutes still remaining in the first quarter, Memphis received the Owls' kickoff to start their first possession of the game. A short return set up the Tigers at their own 33-yard line, and two quick rushes picked up their first first down of the game. On their third play, Memphis quarterback Martin Hankins connected on a 21-yard pass to wide receiver Carlton Robinzine, driving the Tigers into Owl territory. As had the Owls, Memphis advanced the ball steadily, and penetrated the Florida Atlantic red zone with ease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nWith 9:20 remaining, Hankins connected on his 23rd touchdown pass of the season, an eight-yard strike to tight end Brett Russell. The touchdown tied the score at 7-7 with more than half the first quarter still remaining. Each team had scored on its opening possession, and the game promised to turn into a high-scoring shootout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nFlorida Atlantic's second possession of the game got off to an even better start than its first possession. Wide receiver Diivory Edgecomb, who was ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in kick return yardage, broke free for a long 62-yard return that enabled the Owls to begin their possession deep in Memphis territory on the Memphis 28. Taking advantage of the excellent field position, Florida Atlantic picked up a quick first down, but once inside the Memphis 10-yard line, the Tiger defense stiffened and created the first defensive stop of the day. Due to the excellent field position, however, Florida Atlantic still managed to put points on the scoreboard via a 22-yard field goal by Warley Leroy. The kick was successful, and with 7:26 remaining in the first quarter, Florida Atlantic again took the lead, this time by a score of 10-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 899]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nMemphis began its ensuing drive on its own 35-yard line after a short return. On the second play of the drive, Memphis backup running back T.J. Pitts was stopped for a one-yard loss. During the play, Pitts suffered an ankle injury and had to be carried off to the sideline. He suffered an ankle injury and did not return to the game. Perhaps hampered by the injury, Memphis was unable to pick up the first down and punted the ball away\u2014the first such kick in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nThe punt gave Florida Atlantic its worst starting field position of the game, but the Owls were able to complete a 30-yard pass on their first play of the drive, erasing the deficit and setting up the offense in Memphis territory. FAU continued to move the ball effectively, picking up a quick first down before Diivory Edgecomb earned his second touchdown of the game on a 29-reception from Smith. The touchdown, which came with five minutes still remaining in the first quarter, gave the Owls a 17-7 lead over the Memphis Tigers. The drive had taken just four plays and covered 74 yards in only 1:34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nMemphis attempted to answer the quick Owl score with one of their own after taking possession on their own 30-yard line. Martin Hankins completed several passes to drive the Tigers to their 48-yard line before the drive stalled in the face of tough defense from Florida Atlantic. Memphis was forced to punt the ball away for the second time in as many possessions. Though the Tigers were foiled on offense, the kick pinned Florida Atlantic inside its own 20-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nThanks to the poor field position and good defensive play from Memphis, the Owls failed to reach their own 40-yard line and were forced to punt the ball for the first time in the game. Punter Keegan Peterson failed to connect accurately with the ball, which bounced to a stop at the Memphis 37-yard line after traveling just 28 yards. A first-down run by Hankins put the ball at the 50-yard line as the first quarter ended. A long pass downfield fell incomplete, and the quarter ended with Memphis facing a second-and-ten situation and losing by a score of 17-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, First Quarter\nIn the first quarter, Florida Atlantic got off to a hot start, scoring on every possession but the final one of the quarter. Thanks to their offensive effectiveness and several long kickoff returns, the Florida Atlantic Owls led Memphis 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nThe second quarter began with Memphis in possession of the ball and facing second down at midfield. On the first play of the quarter, running back Joseph Doss dashed 12 yards for a first down. Memphis had success moving the ball, but wide receiver Maurice Jones apparently fumbled after a short catch. Jones, who was playing with a torn labrum, suffered a hit on the injured shoulder. Though the fumble was overturned on review, Jones was carted off the field on a stretcher, having aggravated his previous injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nThough Memphis still controlled the ball, its offense proved unable to pick up the first down, and kicker Joey Mack was sent in to attempt a 38-yard field goal in place of starting kicker Matt Reagan. The kick was good, and Memphis cut Florida Atlantic's lead to 17-10 with 12:15 remaining in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nAfter the kickoff return, Florida Atlantic began its first drive of the second quarter from its own 41-yard line. On the first play, Memphis was called for a pass interference penalty, which gave FAU a first down in Memphis territory. Despite having been stopped with no score on its last drive of the first quarter, Florida Atlantic returned to the offensive efficiency that characterized its possessions at the beginning of the game. It took the Owls just four plays after the penalty to score their first touchdown of the second quarter, a 16-yard Chris Bonner reception. The drive took just 1:42 and gave FAU a 24-10 lead with 10:25 remaining in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nGood coverage by the Owls' special teams on the kickoff pinned Memphis inside its own 15-yard line, and Memphis picked up a first down only with difficulty. Two long passes of 17 and 41 yards, however, reversed Memphis's field position, putting the Tigers deep in FAU territory and in position to score. Backed up inside their own 10-yard line, the FAU defense again stiffened to keep Memphis from crossing the goal line. After three straight plays were stopped for no gain or negative yardage, Memphis was forced to settle for a 35-yard field goal attempt that was successful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nWith 5:55 before halftime, Memphis cut the Owls' lead to 24-13. As before, however, good field position and a successful offense allowed Florida Atlantic to strike quickly for a score. Rusty Smith completed a 32-yard pass to Cortez Grant that made up most of the seven-play, 55-yard drive, which was capped by a four-yard reception by William Rose. Rose's touchdown gave FAU a 30-13 lead with 3:34 to play in the second quarter. Thanks to two false start penalties against Florida Atlantic on the extra point attempt, the normally-extra point attempt turned into a difficult kick, which was missed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nFacing a 17-point deficit and having only three and a half minutes before halftime, Memphis came out in a hurry-up offense. Three consecutive plays went for more than ten yards each, and generated three consecutive first downs. Inside the Florida Atlantic 30-yard line, the Owls managed to slow the Tigers' offense, forcing Memphis to convert a third down in order to keep the drive alive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nFlorida Atlantic continued to play tough defense, but after a sack on Memphis quarterback Martin Hankins was negated by a facemask penalty, the Tigers were able to finally punch the ball across the goal line on a 19-yard pass to Earnest Williams and gain their first touchdown of the second quarter. The touchdown and extra point cut FAU's lead to 30-20 with 52 seconds left on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Second Quarter\nFollowing the post-touchdown kickoff, the Memphis defense sacked Rusty Smith. Rather than chance an interception with a last-second interception, FAU head coach Howard Schnellenberger elected to let the clock run out and head into halftime with a 30-20 lead over Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nBecause Florida Atlantic began the game on offense, Memphis received the ball to start the second half of the game. After beginning at their own 31-yard line, Memphis maintained the offensive efficiency that it showed in its final drive of the first half. In just three plays, Memphis advanced the ball across the 50-yard line. A 16-yard pass by Hankins was followed by an 11-yard scramble for yet another first down. With short rushes and passes, Memphis continued to advance the ball deeper into FAU territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nInside the 20-yard line, the Owls managed to force a third-and-long possession against Memphis, but the Tigers were able to convert the first down on a pass interference call against Florida Atlantic. Driving the ball inside the one-yard line, Memphis was called for a false start penalty, but on the next play, quarterback Martin Hankins threw a six-yard screen pass for a touchdown. The score came with 9:30 remaining in the quarter and cut Florida Atlantic's lead to just three points \u2014 the least it had been since the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nWith their once-large lead having waned to a single field goal, FAU began its first drive of the second half hoping to put points on the scoreboard. A 55-yard kick return by Florida Atlantic seemed to put the Owls in excellent position to do just that, but three plays resulted in -11 yards, and FAU was limited to its first three-and-out possession of the game. The Owl punt rolled into the end zone for a touchback, and Memphis took over at its own 20-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe Tigers earned two first downs, but a 10-yard holding penalty pushed Memphis back and allowed Florida Atlantic to stop the Tigers' offense and force a punt. Memphis punter Sutherland took the ball, but as he prepared to kick, two Owls broke through the Tigers' offensive line and blocked the kick. FAU recovered the kick, which was their third block of the season, at the Memphis 18-yard line and put their offense in point-blank range. Two plays after the block, Rusty Smith connected on a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Jason Harmon for a touchdown. The score, which came with 1:39 remaining in the quarter, was Florida Atlantic's first of the second half and restored FAU's lead to 10 points, 37-27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nOn the kickoff, Memphis returner Michael Grandberry bobbled the football and was only able to bring it out to the Memphis 11-yard line. On the first play of the drive, Memphis quarterback Martin Hankins was tackled from behind, suffered an injury, and had to be escorted off the field. He did not return to the game, and his departure proved to be a critical deterrent to Memphis's hopes of victory. Replacing Hankins behind center was backup quarterback Will Hudgins. Hudgins was unable to pick up a first down after the Tigers committed a five-yard delay of game penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nAfter the Memphis punt, Florida Atlantic took over on offense from its own 37-yard line with 29 seconds remaining in the quarter. On the second play of the drive, the Memphis defense came up with its biggest play of the game as LeRico Mathis picked off a pass by Smith and earned his third interception of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nThe interception was returned to the Memphis 42-yard line as the third quarter came to an end. Florida Atlantic still led by 10 points, 37-27, but the interception denied Florida Atlantic a chance to extend its lead and gave Memphis a chance to make up at least part of the deficit heading into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 50], "content_span": [51, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nFollowing the Memphis interception on the final play of the third quarter, backup quarterback Will Hudgins returned to the field to take over the quarterback position from the injured Hankins. Hudgins was unable to advance the ball, and Memphis was forced to punt the ball away after going three-and-out. The punt was a good one, traveling 54 yards before being downed at the 4-yard line of Florida Atlantic. The poor field position didn't deter Florida Atlantic's offense, which completed a 30-yard pass on the second play of its first drive of the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nThe Owls drove down the field with success, reaching the Memphis 38-yard line with over 10:00 remaining in the game. There, the Memphis defense stopped FAU on three consecutive plays, forcing a fourth down. With three yards needed to earn a first down, Howard Schnellenberger elected to send in his offense rather than attempt a field goal. Two plays later, Diivory Hedgecomb rushed four yards for his first touchdown of the game. The score, which came with 9:12 remaining, gave Florida Atlantic a 44-27 lead. The 96-yard drive took 12 plays and 4:36.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nFollowing the touchdown, Memphis desperately needed a touchdown to have even a chance of staying within striking distance of the quick-scoring Owls. Their cause was not helped by an illegal blocking penalty on the return, which pushed Memphis's starting field position back to their own 25-yard line. On the next three plays, the Memphis offense only managed two yards and was forced to punt the ball away yet again. Following the kick, FAU took over possession at its own 46-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nDespite good field position, the Owls were unable to earn a first down and punted the ball back to Memphis, which was forced to begin at its own 11-yard line with just 6:36 remaining and trailing by 17 points. Memphis again was unable to earn a first down, and after three inconsequential plays, punted the ball back to Florida Atlantic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Game summary, Fourth Quarter\nFAU took over at its own 12-yard line and proceeded to run out the final minutes of the game by continuing to rush the ball and only snapping the ball as the play clock ran down to zero. The final five minutes of the game passed quickly as the Owls controlled the flow of the clock, and FAU finalized its 17-point win, 44-27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Statistical summary\nThe 44-27 victory was the first Florida Atlantic bowl win in school history and Howard Schnellenberger's fifth bowl win as a head coach, bringing him to a perfect 5-0 record in bowl games. FAU became the youngest program in NCAA history to win a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192366-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Bowl, Statistical summary\nDuring the game, Memphis quarterback Martin Hankins passed the 3,000-yard mark for the season despite missing two games earlier in the year. During the game, he moved into first place all-time at Memphis in season passing yardage, completions, and touchdowns. Heading into the game, Memphis was ranked last in Division I in third-down defense, but ran an average of 78 plays on offense per game, enough for 7th in the NCAA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 42], "content_span": [43, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season\nThe 2007 season was the New Orleans Saints' 41st season in the National Football League, their 32nd playing home games at the Louisiana Superdome and their second under head coach Sean Payton. The team tried to improve upon its 10\u20136 record in 2006 and its third division title\u2014the Saints' first in the NFC South. Their other two division titles were in the NFC West, prior to the league's 2002 realignment. After opening up the pre-season in the Hall of Fame Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on August 5, 2007, the Saints ended with a 3\u20132 pre-season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season\nThe Saints opened the regular season with a nationally televised game against the defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, but ultimately had a disappointing season, finishing 2007 with a 7\u20139 record and were officially eliminated from postseason contention for the first time since 2005. The Saints also had no player make the Pro Bowl for the first time since their 1\u201315 1980 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Game summary\nThe 2007 New Orleans Saints began their regular season in the annual Thursday night Kickoff game against the defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Super Bowl XLI MVP Peyton Manning completed a 27-yard TD pass to WR Marvin Harrison for the score of the period. In the second quarter, the Saints managed to get their only touchdown of the game as DB Jason David (a former Colt) returned a fumble 55 yards to the endzone. Afterwards, New Orleans took the lead with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Game summary\nIndianapolis tied the game prior to halftime with kicker Adam Vinatieri nailing a 33-yard field goal. In the second half, the Colts dominated the rest of the game. During the third quarter, RB Joseph Addai got a 2-yard TD run, while Manning hooked up with WR Reggie Wayne on a 29-yard TD pass. For the fourth quarter, Indianapolis wrapped up the game with Vinatieri getting a 33-yard field goal, Manning & Wayne hooking up with each other again on a 45-yard TD pass, and DB Matt Giordano returning an interception 83 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Game summary\nWith the loss, the Saints began the year at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ1 \u2013 IND \u2013 1:36 \u2013 27-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to Marvin Harrison (Adam Vinatieri kick) (IND 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 NO \u2013 11:32 \u2013 Jason David 55-yard fumble return TD (Olindo Mare kick) (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 NO \u2013 6:30 \u2013 Olindo Mare 34-yard FG (NO 10-7)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ2 \u2013 IND \u2013 0:45 \u2013 Adam Vinatieri 33-yard FG (10\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 IND \u2013 9:45 \u2013 Joseph Addai 2-yard TD run (Vinatieri kick) (IND 17\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ3 \u2013 IND \u2013 6:11 \u2013 29-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne (Vinatieri kick) (IND 24\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 IND \u2013 14:12 \u2013 Adam Vinatieri 33-yard FG (IND 27\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 IND \u2013 10:05 \u2013 45-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne (Vinatieri kick) (IND 34\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary\nQ4 \u2013 IND \u2013 0:55 \u2013 Matt Giordano 83-yard interception return TD (Vinatieri kick) (IND 41\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 100], "content_span": [101, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Game summary\nFollowing their season-opening loss to the Colts, the Saints flew to Raymond James Stadium for an NFC South duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Bucs RB Carnell \"Cadillac\" Williams got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Saints continued to struggle as Tampa Bay QB Jeff Garcia hooked up with WR Joey Galloway on a 69-yard TD pass and a 24-yard pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 99], "content_span": [100, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Buccaneers extended their lead with Williams getting another 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, New Orleans finally got on the board with FB Mike Karney getting a 1-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay closed out the game with kicker Matt Bryant's 27-yard field goal. The Saints got the final score of the game as QB Drew Brees completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 99], "content_span": [100, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Tennessee Titans\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Saints played their Week 3 Monday night homeopener, as they played an interconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, New Orleans' struggles continued as Titans kicker Rob Bironas nailed a 33-yard field goal, while QB Vince Young completed a 35-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. In the second quarter, the Saints managed to get the only score of the period as RB Reggie Bush got a 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter, New Orleans took the lead with Bush getting another 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Tennessee Titans\nHowever, Tennessee regained the lead with RB LenDale White's 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Titans took over as Young completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife, while DB Vincent Fuller ended the game with an interception return of 61 yards for a touchdown. In the game, QB Drew Brees was 29 of 45 for 225 yards with 4 interceptions (3 of them coming from LB Keith Bulluck).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 3: vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the loss, the Saints entered their Bye Week at 0\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers, Game summary\nComing off their bye week and still in search of their first win of the year, the Saints stayed at home at played a Week 5 divisional duel with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay got a 23-yard field goal. The Saints responded with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Panthers retook the lead with Kasay's 35-yard field goal. New Orleans responded with Mare kicking a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Saints took the lead with FB Mike Karney getting a 2-yard TD run for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, Carolina came back to win with QB David Carr completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith, along with Kasay's 52-yard field goal as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers, Game summary\nWith the loss, the Saints fell to their first 0\u20134 start since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 97], "content_span": [98, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ1 \u2013 NO \u2013 12:38 \u2013 Pierre Thomas 5-yard fumble return (Olindo Mare kick) [ NO 7-0 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ2 \u2013 NO \u2013 14:28 \u2013 Eric Johnson 3-yard pass from Drew Brees (Olindo Mare kick) (13\u201386, 7:04) [ NO 14-0 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ2 \u2013 NO \u2013 5:18 \u2013 Lance Moore 7-yard run (Olindo Mare kick) (6\u201366, 2:48) [ NO 21-0 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ2 \u2013 SEA \u2013 2:16 \u2013 Ben Obomanu 17-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Josh Brown kick) (7\u201363 3:02) [ NO 21-7 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ2 \u2013 NO \u2013 0:30 \u2013 Marques Colston 2-yard pass from Drew Brees (Olindo Mare kick) (9\u201380 1:46) [ NO 28-7 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ2 \u2013 SEA \u2013 0:02 \u2013 Josh Brown 52-yard FG (4\u201338 0:28) [ NO 28-10 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Seattle Seahawks\nQ4 \u2013 SEA \u2013 6:39 \u2013 Nate Burleson 22-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Josh Brown kick) (6\u201380 1:31) [ NO 28-17 SEA]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nComing off of their road win over the Seahawks, the Saints went home for a Week 7 divisional duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, New Orleans drew first blood as QB Drew Brees completed a 37-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. The Falcons replied with former Saints kicker Morten Andersen getting a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Atlanta took lead with Andersen kicking a 33-yard field goal, along with QB Byron Leftwich completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans regained the lead with rookie RB Pierre Thomas getting a 24-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Falcons tried to rally as Andersen kicked a 21-yard field goal. The Saints sealed the win with Brees completing a 4-yard TD pass to RB Reggie Bush, with Bush getting the 2-point conversion on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers\nat Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park, San Francisco, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Falcons, the Saints flew to Monster Park for a Week 8 intraconference duel with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, New Orleans drew first blood with QB Drew Brees completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston, along with kicker Olindo Mare getting a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Saints continued their offensive revival with Brees completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Terrance Copper, along with a 3-yard TD pass to Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers tried to come back as kicker Joe Nedney nailed a 29-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans managed to put the game out of reach with Brees and Colston hooking up with each other one last time on a 15-yard TD pass. Afterwards, San Francisco's only response was by QB Alex Smith completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their road win over the 49ers, the Saints went home for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, New Orleans drew first blood as kicker Olindo Mare managed to get a 46-yard field goal, while RB Reggie Bush got a 1-yard TD run. The Jaguars responded with QB Quinn Gray completing an 80-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams, along with former Saints kicker John Carney getting a 30-yard field goal. New Orleans responded with QB Drew Brees completing a 2-yard TD pass to Bush. However, Jacksonville immediately answered as RB Maurice Jones-Drew returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to end the period. In the second quarter, the Saints regained the lead as Brees completed an 8-yard TD pass to WR Lance Moore for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 885]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 9: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased its lead with CB Mike McKenzie returning an interception 75 yards for a touchdown, while Brees completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR David Patten. In the fourth quarter, the Jaguars tried to come back as Gray completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Dennis Northcutt. The Saints closed out the game with Mare nailing a 34-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nComing off a 41\u201324 victory over the Jaguars, the Saints stayed home to face the winless St. Louis Rams. The Saints started the game with an impressive opening drive that culminated in a 7-yard burst by Reggie Bush to give the Saints an early 7\u20130 lead. However, Rams running back Stephen Jackson answered with a 1-yard run of his own to tie the game toward the end of the 1st quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nMidway through the 2nd quarter, tight end Randy McMichael gave the Rams a 14\u20137 lead on a 2-yard pass from Jackson. Jeff Wilkins made it a two-score game with a 49-yard field goal three minutes later. The Saints went to the locker room trailing 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the 2nd half, Wilkins kicked his 2nd field goal of the game, a 21-yard attempt, to increase the lead to 13. Toward the end of the 3rd, Isaac Bruce caught a 9-yard pass by Marc Bulger to make it a 27\u20137 lead, putting the Saints in danger of losing their first game since early October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nDrew Bennett added to the St. Louis lead by catching a three-yard pass by Bulger to give Bulger his second touchdown of the game, and to give St. Louis a surprising 34\u20137 lead. Drew Brees and Billy Miller hooked up for a 1-yard pass with 11:36 left to cut the lead to 34\u201313. The Saints then converted a two-point conversion on a Bush run, to make it 34\u201315. Aaron Stecker then scored on a two-yard run with 4:42 remaining to cut it to 34\u201321. This time, however, they failed on the two-point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith 1:55 left, a Wilkins field goal made it 37\u201321. The Saints scored another touchdown with 37 seconds left, but their attempt to recover the ball from an onside kick failed, and the Rams held on to defeat the Saints 37\u201329, giving the Rams their first victory in 2007 and dropping the Saints to 4\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at Houston Texans\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Rams, the Saints flew to Reliant Stadium for a Week 11 interconference showdown with the Houston Texans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at Houston Texans\nIn the first quarter, New Orleans got the early lead as kicker Olindo Mare managed to get a 52-yard field goal. However, the Texans took the lead with QB Matt Schaub completing a 73-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. In the second quarter, the Saints regained the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson. However, Houston retook the lead with Schaub completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Joel Dreessen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at Houston Texans\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Texans sealed the win as kicker Kris Brown nailed a 36-yarder, a 53-yarder, and a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at Houston Texans\nWith the loss, New Orleans fell to 4\u20136. So far, all 6 of their losses came when they committed at least 2 turnovers in a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 80], "content_span": [81, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: at Carolina Panthers\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Saints flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 12 NFC South rematch against the Carolina Panthers with second place on the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay managed to get a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Saints took the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Lance Moore, along with kicker Olindo Mare kicking a 46-yard field goal. Carolina ended the half as Kasay nailing a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans ran away with the game as Brees completed a 1-yard TD pass to WR Billy Miller, got an 8-yard TD run, and completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: at Carolina Panthers\nFor Marques Colston, this marked his fifth-straight game of having at least 65 reception yards in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off their divisional road win over the Panthers, the Saints went home for a Week 13 NFC South rematch with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, New Orleans trailed early with Buccaneers kicker Matt Bryant getting a 27-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Saints took the lead with QB Drew Brees completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Terrance Copper. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay regained the lead with QB Luke McCown completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Anthony Becht, along with Bryant nailing a 31-yard field goal. Afterwards, New Orleans retook the lead with Brees completing a 45-yard TD pass to WR Devery Henderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, the Buccaneers regained the lead with RB Earnest Graham getting a 25-yard TD run. Later, the Saints retook the lead with CB Mike McKenzie returning an interception 53 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans increased its lead with DE Will Smith taking McCown down in his endzone for a safety. However, an attempted double reverse resulted in a lost fumble. It allowed Tampa Bay to get into position for the win, as McCown completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Jerramy Stevens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Buccaneers, the Saints flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 14 Monday Night NFC South rematch with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, New Orleans drew first blood as QB Drew Brees completed a 25-yard TD pass to WR David Patten. The Falcons responded with QB Chris Redman completing a 33-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. In the second quarter, the Saints started to pull away as kicker Olindo Mare managed to get a 23-yard field goal, while Brees completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans pulled away as Brees hooked up with Colston again on a 2-yard TD pass, while Safety Roman Harper returned an interception 31 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta got their last strike of the game as Redman completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Michael Jenkins. The Saints wrapped up their victory with Mare nailing a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Atlanta Falcons\nWith their second-straight season-sweeping win over the Falcons, New Orleans improved to 6\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their Monday night divisional road win over the Falcons, the Saints went home for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, New Orleans trialed early as Cardinals QB Kurt Warner completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Troy Bienemann. The Saints responded with QB Drew Brees completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. In the second quarter, New Orleans took the lead with RB Aaron Stecker getting a 1-yard TD run. Arizona tied the game with Warner completing an 18-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald, yet the Saints regained the lead prior to halftime with Brees completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR David Patten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans increased its lead with Stecker getting a 6-yard TD run. The Cardinals responded with Warner completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Ben Patrick. The Saints replied with kicker Mart\u00edn Gram\u00e1tica getting a 31-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Arizona tried to rally as kicker Neil Rackers nailed a 26-yard field goal. New Orleans' defense held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, the Saints improved to 7\u20137. At this point, Drew Brees had thrown 10 touchdowns and only 1 interception over the past four games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off the win against the Cardinals. The Saints stayed home for a Week 16 matchup against the Eagles, who they beat at home twice in the previous season, including in the playoffs. In the first quarter, the Eagles scored first as Kevin Curtis recovered a McNabb (38-yard run) fumble in the end zone putting Philly up 7\u20130, while the Saints responded with RB Aaron Stecker scoring 2 TD's (3-yard run & 1-yard run) to put the Saints up 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0053-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nThe lead did not last long, as Eagles RB Correll Buckhalter scored a 20 yard TD run, following the Eagles' next possession as McNabb completed a 30-yard TD pass to Reggie Brown as the Eagles went up 21\u201314 after both Gramatica and Akers traded field gals apiece in the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Eagles took advantage of the goal line stand and capped a 99-yard touchdown drive with McNabb completing a 9-yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis. In the 4th quarter, the Saints tried to rally back with M. Gramatica kicking 35- and 26-yard field goals. The Eagles sealed the game with Kevin Curtis hauling in a 9-yard touchdown catch, allowing them to get the Saints back for the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Saints fell to 7\u20138 but barely kept their playoff hopes alive when the Washington Redskins defeated the Minnesota Vikings 32\u201321 Sunday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 17: at Chicago Bears\nComing off that home loss against the Eagles, the Saints in Week 17 travel to Soldier Field for a NFC Championship rematch from 2006 Conference against the Bears. New Orleans coming in this game needing a win and both losses by the Redskins & Vikings to clinch the final playoff spot in the NFC Playoff race. New Orleans trails right away in the 1st quarter as Bears K Robbie Gould connecting a 39-yard field goal, along with Kyle Orton completing a 19-yard pass to Mark Bradley for a 10\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0056-0001", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 17: at Chicago Bears\nAs the Saints managed to get on the board in the second quarter with Drew Brees completing a 3-yard Touchdown pass to Marques Colston. The Bears continue to roll with Orton hooking a 9-yard TD to Bernard Berrian. New Orleans responds with Drew Brees connecting to M. Colston for a 21-yard touchdown reception. Both the Bears & Saints then closed out the first half with Orton completing a 55-yard TD pass to D. Hester, Along with Saints K Martin Gramatica kicks a 48-yard Field Goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 17: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter the Saints continue to fall behind with Devin Hester returning a 64-yard punt for a touchdown. Then the Bears in the 4th quarter add on more points recording a Safety due to Jahri Evans being penalized in the end zone. While Drew Brees managed to hooked up to Pierre Thomas for an 11-yard touchdown strike (along with the 2 pt conversion). Afterwards the Saints failed to recover the onside kick allowing Chicago to preserve the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192367-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans Saints season, Week-by-week results, Week 17: at Chicago Bears\nWith the loss, the Saints fell to 7\u20139 and were eliminated from postseason contention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 79], "content_span": [80, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192368-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans VooDoo season\nThe 2007 New Orleans VooDoo season was the third season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. They returned from hiatus in 2006 due to Hurricane Katrina. They went 5-11 and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192368-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Orleans VooDoo season, Coaching\nMike Neu started his third season as head coach of the VooDoo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election\nElections for the 54th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 24 March 2007. The entire Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council was up for election. The Labor Party led by Morris Iemma won a fourth four-year term against the Liberal-National coalition led by Peter Debnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election\nLabor's substantial majority survived the election almost intact. The Liberals succeeded in taking two independent-held seats and one Labor-held seat, whilst the Nationals and an independent each took one Labor-held seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Campaign\nLabor, running on the slogan \"More to do, but we're heading in the right direction,\" heavily outspent the Liberals, whose slogan was \"Let's fix NSW.\" Though water and infrastructure emerged as key issues in the campaign, much of the parties' advertising focussed on the negatives: Debnam's business record and Labor's record in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Campaign\nThe media concluded that the choice facing voters was in finding the lesser of two evils: the three major newspapers sold in New South Wales endorsed Debnam, though not without criticising his ineptitude on the campaign trail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Campaign\nThe result was widely perceived as a foregone conclusion, with opposition leader Peter Debnam conceding as much the week before the poll. Opinion polls consistently put Labor ahead in terms of voting intention and preferred premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Campaign\nThe ALP would eventually lose government at the next election in a landslide defeat in 2011. There has been a view that the party would have suffered a less worse defeat if it had lost government at the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Electoral system\nThe New South Wales Legislative Assembly has 93 members elected for four-year terms using instant-runoff voting, a form of preferential voting. The voting system is the same as for the Australian House of Representatives except that New South Wales has optional preferential voting. This means that while voters may number every candidate if they wish, their vote is still formal if they choose not to. They may vote for one candidate only, or for as many candidates as they choose, provided that they number them in correct sequence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Electoral system\nThe New South Wales Legislative Council has 42 members who serve eight year terms, one-half of the body being elected every four years. The Council uses the Single Transferable Vote method, a form of preferential voting for use with proportional representation. As for the Assembly, the numbering of preferences is optional.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Electoral system\nAfter each election, the Governor of New South Wales, appoints a member of the Legislative Assembly to the position of Premier of New South Wales. By convention, the party leader with the largest bloc of votes in the Assembly, is chosen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Assembly\nGovernment is formed in the Legislative Assembly, the lower house of Parliament. The seats for this election resulted from the boundary redistribution conducted in 2004, which did not change the number of seats notionally held by each party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Assembly, Results\nNew South Wales state election, 24 March 2007\u200aLegislative Assembly << 2003\u20132011 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Assembly, Results\nThe two-party preferred vote, excluding votes which were exhausted in the distribution of preferences, was 52.26% for Labor, and 47.74% for the Coalition, a swing of 3.92% from the ALP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Assembly, Pendulum\nA majority being 47 seats, the Labor Party had to lose nine seats (a uniform swing of 8.7%) to lose its majority, and the Liberal-National coalition had to gain 16 seats to gain a majority. Had the Liberal-National coalition gained at least one seat from an Independent, a uniform swing of 11.6% would have been sufficient. Otherwise, the necessary uniform swing required would have been 12.3%. Swings of this size are rare in New South Wales politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Assembly, Pendulum\nThe swings required for the opposing party to take each of the Assembly's 93 seats are often illustrated by means of a Mackerras Pendulum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Assembly, Marginal seats (pre-election)\nThe following seats were described as marginal (i.e. those with a two-candidate preferred margin of 6% or less) by psephologists Malcolm Mackerras and Antony Green after the 2005 redistribution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats\nBalmain, in Sydney's inner-western suburbs, was with Marrickville one of two seats considered potentially winnable for the Greens. Labor incumbent Verity Firth suffered a 2.9% primary and 3.2% two-candidate preferred swing against the Greens, to finish on 39.2% and 53.8% respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats\nThe Liberals held on to Hawkesbury despite an independent challenge from Steven Pringle, the disendorsed Liberal incumbent. Pringle won 28.0% of the primary vote, at the expense of Labor and other independent candidates. Liberal candidate Ray Williams saw his primary vote dip by just 1.0%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats\nIn Macquarie Fields, high-profile Liberal candidate Nola Fraser achieved a 12% swing in two-party-preferred terms compared to the 2003 poll. The incumbent, Labor's Steven Chaytor, had bowed out of the contest after being convicted for assaulting his girlfriend. Local issues such as hospital scandals and the 2005 Macquarie Fields riots may have also contributed to the high Liberal vote. Labor candidate Andrew McDonald won Macquarie Fields comfortably.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats\nThe Liberals won Manly from the independents for the first time since the 1980s. Sitting MP David Barr lost to future Premier Mike Baird, who increased the Liberals' primary vote by 4.4%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats\nMarrickville, in Sydney's inner west, was with Balmain the other seat considered potentially winnable for the Greens. Labor's Carmel Tebbutt suffered a 1.1% primary and 2.6% two-candidate preferred swing against the Greens, to finish on 46.6% and 57.5% respectively. Tebbutt won the seat in a 2005 by-election after quitting the Legislative Council, and is a senior member of the party's left wing and has a strong personal following in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats\nThe Liberals lost Pittwater to independent Alex McTaggart at a by-election called after the resignation of John Brogden. The Liberals' Rob Stokes won the seat back on primaries, taking 50.5% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nIndependent Dubbo MP Dawn Fardell fought off a challenge from the Nationals to retain her seat. The Nationals lost ground slightly, but the seat remains one of the state's most marginal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nStar Liberal candidate Pru Goward beat off a tough fight in Goulburn with independent candidate Paul Stephenson capturing a quarter of the vote. Goward was helped by the Nationals' decision not to run in the seat but both Labor and the Coalition lost ground. Allegations surfaced during the campaign that Labor was assisting Stephenson's campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nIndependent Greg Piper won the safe seat of Lake Macquarie from Labor's Jeff Hunter. Labor and the Liberals lost 10.4% and 15.7% of their primary vote respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nSitting Labor MP Bryce Gaudry chose to stand as an independent after being disendorsed by his party in the seat of Newcastle. Gaudry and another independent, John Tate, both outpolled the Greens and the Liberals. Labor's Jodi McKay suffered a 17.1% swing against her but won the seat on preferences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nPort Stephens Incumbent Labor MP John Bartlett retired at this election. The Liberals' Craig Baumann added 8.7% to his party's primary vote in the seat to outpoll Labor, and narrowly defeat ALP candidate Jim Arneman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nThe Labor member for Swansea, Milton Orkopoulos, resigned from parliament after being charged with a number of child-sex and drug offenses. An expected backlash against the ALP materialised in the form of an 11.3% swing, with independent candidate Laurie Coghlan the main beneficiary. Nonetheless, Labor candidate Robert Coombs was able to hold the seat with a comfortable majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nTweed, Labor's most marginal seat, fell to the Nationals' Geoff Provest. Labor incumbent Neville Newell had previously served two terms (six years) in the federal seat of Richmond before his two terms (eight years) in the State Parliament. A swing of 7.8% meant that the seat changed from being a marginal seat for Labor to a National Party marginal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Rural and regional\nThe Liberals lost primary votes in the seat of Wyong, bucking the statewide swing to the party. The Liberals had disendorsed candidate Brenton Pavier after details emerged of a sex joke he had sent to friends via SMS. The Liberals' new candidate, Ben Morton, managed a 5.4% swing in two-party-preferred terms, not enough to take victory from Labor candidate David Harris. Incumbent Labor MP Paul Crittenden retired at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Retiring\nA number of MPs did not seek re-election in 2007. Liberal MPs Andrew Tink (Epping) and Peta Seaton, (Southern Highlands) retired. Andrew Humpherson (Davidson) lost preselection and did not contest his seat. Nationals MP Ian Slack-Smith (Barwon) also retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, High-profile seats, Retiring\nThe Labor MPs retiring at the 2007 election were John Bartlett (Port Stephens), Paul Crittenden (Wyong), John Mills (Wallsend), Sandra Nori (Port Jackson), John Price (Maitland) and Kim Yeadon (Granville). Steven Chaytor (Macquarie Fields) and Milton Orkopoulos (Swansea), each arrested for violent crimes in late 2006, pulled out of the election. Carl Scully (Smithfield), dumped from the ministry for misleading parliament, chose not to recontest his seat. Attorney-General Bob Debus (Blue Mountains) did not seek re-election, in anticipation of a move to federal politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nNew South Wales state election, 24 March 2007Legislative Council << 2003\u20132011 >>", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nThe Legislative Council, elected by proportional representation, operates as a house of review in the New South Wales parliament. It is rare for parties or coalitions to secure a majority in this house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nThe count was completed and results for the Legislative Council declared on 10 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nThe Liberal and National parties ran a joint Legislative Council ticket, winning 5 seats for the Liberals and 3 seats for the Nationals and bringing the parties' totals to 10 and 5 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nElectoral changes made after the 1999 election, which saw seats go to so-called microparties through elaborate preference deals, meant that both the major party groups made gains in the 2007 election. The Labor Party with 39.1% of the vote gained 1 seat, to win 9, whilst the Liberal and National Parties with 34.2% gained 1 seat each to make a combined gain of 2, thereby winning 8 seats. The effect of this outcome is that Labor now holds 19 out of 42 council seats, just 3 short of a majority, whilst the Coalition holds 15 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nThe Greens achieved a primary vote of 9.1%, an increase from their result in the 2003 election. This has allowed them to win 2 seats (1 additional seat), bringing their total to 4 seats. This result appears to put them in a favourable position, in which they can exercise the parliamentary balance of power, and potentially provide the Labor government with the necessary majority to get legislation through the upper chamber of Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nFred Nile's Christian Democratic Party (CDP) achieved 4.4% of the vote (\u21911.4%), allowing Nile to retain his seat, and keeping the CDP's representation at 2 seats. The Shooters Party won the remaining seat, on 2.8% of the vote, thereby increasing their representation to 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192369-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election, Legislative Council\nThe losers from the 2007 election were the Australian Democrats, Unity Party, Outdoor Recreation Party (ORP), Human Rights Party (HRP) (formerly Reform the Legal System Party) and One Nation. These five parties lost their single remaining parliamentary seat, which they had won in 1999. The Australian Democrats and Unity Party polled less than 2%, ORP and HRP polled well below 1%, whilst neither One Nation, nor their former representative-turned-Independent, David Oldfield, contested the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign\nAn election campaign was held ahead of a general election for the 54th Parliament of New South Wales on Saturday, 24 March 2007. The result\u2014a win for the social-democratic Labor Party and its new leader Morris Iemma\u2014was widely perceived as a foregone conclusion, with opposition leader Peter Debnam conceding as much the week before the poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign\nThough water and infrastructure emerged as key issues in the campaign, much of the parties' advertising focussed on the negatives: Debnam's business record and Labor's record in office. The media concluded that the choice facing voters was in finding the lesser of two evils: the three major newspapers sold in New South Wales endorsed Debnam, though not without criticising his ineptitude on the campaign trail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Labor\nLabor leader Morris Iemma, a former union official, had represented Labor in the Legislative Assembly since 1991. Labor won office at the 1995 election, and Iemma became a parliamentary secretary. From 1999, he held several portfolios, culminating in two years in the challenging role of Health minister. With the surprise resignation of Premier Bob Carr in 2005, Iemma was elected unopposed as his replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Labor\nIemma maintained Labor's opinion poll lead, despite losing some of the government's most experienced ministers along with Carr himself. In 2005 and 2006, Iemma's government was hit by a series of scandals, such as the arrest of Aboriginal Affairs minister Milton Orkopoulos and the financial collapse of the controversial Cross City Tunnel. These and other incidents brought Iemma's political judgment into question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Labor\nOne of Iemma's major achievements was to announce the New South Wales State Plan, a ten-year blueprint for infrastructure development, law reform and social policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Labor\nDuring the campaign, opposition attack ads focussed more on Iemma's least popular ministers, Joe Tripodi, Michael Costa and Frank Sartor rather than the premier himself. Towards the end of the campaign, there was some discussion of Iemma's relationship with his former boss, Labor identity Graham Richardson, who stood accused of tax avoidance at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Coalition\nPeter Debnam, a former naval officer and businessman, was elected to represent the seat of Vaucluse for the Liberals in 1994. Debnam served as a shadow minister under a succession of opposition leaders. Following John Brogden's sudden resignation as Liberal Leader, Barry O'Farrell, as Deputy Leader, was initially the favourite to become leader, but Debnam steadily gained ground as he lobbied Liberal MPs, and on 31 August O'Farrell withdrew from the contest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Coalition\nBetween his appointment and the election, Debnam never quite shook the perception that under Brogden or O'Farrell, the party would have performed much better. This perception was reinforced when, in a bid to capitalise on the Orkopoulos scandal, the opposition leader raised unsubstantiated allegations against Attorney-General Bob Debus in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Leaders, Coalition\nDuring the campaign, Labor attacked Debnam's record as a businessman and his plans to cut the size of the public service. The Labor campaign also made a point of referring to the opposition leader as \"the member for Vaucluse.\" Vaucluse, New South Wales is one of Sydney's most exclusive suburbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Water\nConcern over climate change and drought conditions were widespread in Australia in early 2007, with federal and state policymakers promising action. As the state election campaign got underway, Iemma was first among state leaders to endorse Prime Minister John Howard's plan for the federal government to take a greater role in managing the Murray-Darling river system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Water\nMetropolitan water supplies were also a big issue, with dams supplying the city of Sydney falling to 30% of their design capacity during the campaign. Iemma's predecessor Bob Carr had committed Labor to building a desalination plant at Kurnell in Sydney's south. Iemma made the controversial $1.9 billion project the centrepiece of his party's response to the city's dwindling water supply. A dam was also planned to boost water supplies on the state's Central Coast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Water\nThe Liberals rejected the desalination plant as unacceptable to residents, energy inefficient and harmful to the environment. Debnam championed the use of water recycling to supplement the dams. Other Coalition commitments included an increase of the water tank rebate to $1500, upgrades to country and coastal towns' water supply infrastructure and a regional water grid to share rural water supplies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Water\nMuch of the Coalition's infrastructure promises were to be financed by the privatisation of New South Wales Lotteries, a state-owned enterprise reckoned to have a market value of around $800 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Economy\nThe state's economy is also an issue. Despite more than a decade of uninterrupted economic growth at a national level, New South Wales has begun to lag the other states in both jobs and growth figures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Economy\nFears of the state slipping into recession\u2014the New South Wales economy shrank in the September quarter\u2014were allayed after the state recorded positive growth in the December quarter. New South Wales did, however, continue to lag the other mainland states on economic growth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Public sector\nThe size and efficiency of the New South Wales public sector was a campaign issue. Significant wage growth had made New South Wales public servants the most expensive to employ, and although there were calls for more police, there was also wide agreement that the size of the bureaucracy needed to be reduced. Debnam characterised the size and expense of the public service as \"out of control\" and promised productivity improvements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Public sector\nThe Liberals announced that they would cut 20,000 administrative positions from the public sector through natural attrition. Labor made this promise a particular focus for their advertising campaign, warning that such deep cuts would compromise service delivery: the advertising implied that the Liberals planned to sack teachers, nurses and police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Public sector\nLabor planned a cut of 5,000, although Treasurer Michael Costa was quoted in March 2005 as telling the Public Sector Union that as many as 20% of the state's public servants were surplus to requirements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Public sector\nThe Liberals also committed themselves to privatising two state-owned enterprises, gambling operator New South Wales Lotteries and garbage company WSN Environmental Solutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Industrial relations\nIemma has accused the Liberals of planning to refer the state's industrial relations powers to the Australian Government, whose WorkChoices legislation remains controversial. Although most New South Wales workers are now covered by the WorkChoices system, public servants are not. A lobby group representing nurses ran television commercials attacking the Liberals on this point. This was despite Debnam guaranteeing industrial relations for all New South Wales public servants would remain under the control of the New South Wales government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Infrastructure\nThe government is vulnerable on the issue of infrastructure. Although water infrastructure has taken centre stage in the campaign; interruptions to the electricity supply, poor service levels on ferries and trains, and controversies surrounding major road projects have taken their toll on the government's image.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Infrastructure\nA significant point of difference between Labor and the Coalition concerns the long-planned Southern Freeway, which would link the F6 Freeway at Waterfall with Southern Cross Drive or the M5 South Western Motorway near Sydney Airport. The link would improve travel times between the capital and Wollongong, the state's third city, but the corridor is currently public open space, and construction would be controversial. Labor opposes building the motorway, the Liberals support it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Infrastructure\nThe Liberals are also pushing a significant expansion of the city's light rail network, which Labor opposes. The Liberals were criticised for not putting forward a comprehensive plan for public transport at the election. The party claimed that it did not have access to sufficient information to make meaningful commitments in this area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Infrastructure\nThe Coalition was particularly critical of the pace at which the Pacific Highway was being upgraded, as well as the controversy surrounding the Cross City Tunnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Issues, Infrastructure\nBoth Labor and the Coalition pledged to clear the backlog in public school maintenance that had developed since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns\nLabor outspent their opponents, buying $7 million worth of television, radio and print advertising against the Liberals' $3 million. Labor also benefited from the state government's substantial advertising spend, which totalled $10 million in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns\nAn opinion poll judging the effectiveness of the parties' campaigns suggested that Labor's advertising was much better than that used by the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Let's fix NSW\nIn effect, the campaign's opening shot came in the form of Liberal print and television ads in response to scandals involving Labor MPs Steven Chaytor, Kerry Hickey, Milton Orkopoulos and Carl Scully. Without mentioning the scandals' specifics, the ads branded the government as \"rotten to the core\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Let's fix NSW\nOn 8 January 2007, Debnam launched \"Get NSW back in front\", a campaign emphasising the state's declining economic performance relative to the other states. The principal focus was economic growth underpinned by better infrastructure, lower taxes and less red tape for business. The Sydney Morning Herald quipped that \"with the Coalition trailing in the polls, it may equally refer to the Opposition Leader's prospects.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Let's fix NSW\nOn 25 February, Debnam and Prime Minister John Howard officially launched his party's campaign, under the slogan \"Let's fix NSW\". The focus was on water and transport infrastructure, an expansion in police numbers and improving the efficiency of the public sector. Liberal television advertising, however, made no mention of the party's policies: instead they attacked Treasurer Michael Costa's budget deficit, Roads Minister Joe Tripodi's role in the Cross City Tunnel controversy and Planning Minister Frank Sartor's approach to urban consolidation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Let's fix NSW\nThe National Party, the Liberals' junior coalition partner, ran on the slogan \"It's over for Labor,\" focussing on infrastructure and health as key issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Heading in the right direction\nLabor officially launched its campaign, \"More to do but we're heading in the right direction,\" on 18 February. The launch event was low key; state ministers and former premiers Neville Wran and Bob Carr for instance were not invited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Heading in the right direction\nThe slogan attracted derision from across the news media. A number of reporters demanded - without success - to know who came up with it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Heading in the right direction\nThe opposition claimed that the incumbents' strategy was to disassociate themselves from their first 10 years in office, noting the use of phrases like \"more to do\" and the strong focus on Iemma's, rather than the party's, branding. \"Morris Iemma's trying to pretend that he's Rip Van Winkel,\" deputy Liberal leader Barry O'Farrell said. \"That he woke up and found himself in government 18 months ago - the public don't buy it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Heading in the right direction\nSome of Labor's television campaign had Iemma explaining aspects of his policies, the remainder attacked Debnam's business career and industrial relations policies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaigns, Heading in the right direction\nLabor also benefited from extensive government-funded advertising in the months before the election. Television ads for the New South Wales State Plan, the Metropolitan Water Strategy and other government policies and plans were criticised by the opposition and media as ALP propaganda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 87], "content_span": [88, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail\nWith the state's system of fixed parliamentary terms, the election date was known long in advance, denying the incumbents the opportunity to set the election date. This has the effect of lengthening the campaign season beyond the customary one month. The opening shots of the election campaign came in November 2006 as the Iemma government found itself mired in a series of ministerial scandals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Something is rotten\nOver the course of two weeks, Labor lost two ministers to scandal. First, Police Minister Carl Scully was dumped from the front bench after being caught misleading parliament over a report into the 2005 Cronulla riots. Scully was one of the government's most experienced ministers and the loss was considered significant. Within a fortnight, however, the government was rocked by 7 November arrest, on child-sex and drug charges, of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Milton Orkopoulos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Something is rotten\nAt the same time, lesser scandals tarnished Local Government Minister Kerry Hickey, and candidates Phil Koperberg and Aaron Beasley. This, coupled with an announcement by Attorney-General Bob Debus that he would be leaving state politics, gave the impression of a Labor government in disarray. The following month, backbencher Steven Chaytor revealed that he had been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. An Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation was launched into MPs Cherie Burton and John Aquilina after a Burton staffer was found to have embezzled government funds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Something is rotten\nThe opposition, which according to polls had failed to make headway against Iemma thus far, seized its opportunity. On 13 November the Liberals launched newspaper and television ads asserting that \"when politicians are more interested in protecting their own careers, while the state crumbles around them, you know that something is rotten to its very core there's no choice but to get rid of it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Something is rotten\nIt was not long before the Liberals' campaign against ruling-party sleaze faltered. On 16 November, Debnam suggested in parliament that Debus was under investigation by the Police Integrity Commission. In response the Government released a police report stating that a minister had been the subject of complaints (not an investigation) which were dismissed in 2003 as spurious and groundless. The report did not name the minister concerned as it was deemed to be 'not in the public interest'. Debnam's attack backfired spectacularly, throwing the spotlight on his judgement and not Iemma's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 81], "content_span": [82, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, A new direction for New South Wales\nSignalling that the campaign was underway, Labor counterattacked with the release of its New South Wales State Plan (\"A new direction for New South Wales\") on 14 November. The document, developed with extensive community consultation and containing a number of big-ticket infrastructure projects was heavily promoted across web, print and broadcast media. At $10 million, the State Plan cost more to promote than it did to develop. Debnam labelled the campaign \"an outrageous waste of taxpayer funds\" and demanded that the Labor party pay for it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 97], "content_span": [98, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, A new direction for New South Wales\nWith the ministerial scandals neutralised and the State Plan launched, one of Labor's few remaining worries for the election was the completion of the new Lane Cove Tunnel. Labor feared that the tunnel could prove every bit as problematic as the controversial Cross City Tunnel. At issue in both projects were changes to existing surface roads designed to funnel traffic into the new motorways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 97], "content_span": [98, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, A new direction for New South Wales\nWhen the tunnel operators, Connector Motorways, announced that the project would open ahead of schedule and before the election, the government negotiated a delay to the planned surface changes. Connector was paid $25 million in compensation, a payment The Sydney Morning Herald described as a \"bribe\". \"The use of public funds to compensate Connector Motorways for delays to road changes around the tunnel is ... as cynical a piece of political jobbery as Sydney has seen in many a long year,\" the newspaper wrote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 97], "content_span": [98, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, A new direction for New South Wales\nConnector later announced it was deferring the tunnel opening until the day after the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 97], "content_span": [98, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nWith polls suggesting that most voters liked Iemma personally, the Liberals zeroed in on the three government ministers thought to be least popular: Treasurer Michael Costa, Roads Minister Joe Tripodi and Planning Minister Frank Sartor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nCosta, on whose watch the New South Wales budget had slipped into deficit, faced the prospect of the state slipping into recession on the eve of the election. The treasurer attempted to blame central-bank independence for the state's poor performance, but the issue fell from view after the state economy registered weak growth in the final quarter of 2006 - enough to avert a technical recession.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nCosta's record as treasurer wasn't the only problem: he reacted to the Liberals' campaign against himself, Tripodi and Sartor by claiming that the opposition was targeting \"a bunch of people with Italian sounding names.\" The remark was widely dismissed as a gaffe, Costa played a low-key role in the campaign from that point on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nTripodi, tainted by the Orange Grove affair, a 2000 sex scandal and the Cross City Tunnel controversy, was a significant electoral liability. On 10 February, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that former premier Bob Carr had been lobbying government MPs to stop planned reforms to marina development rules. Sources claimed that Carr was particularly critical of Waterways Minister Joe Tripodi. Tripodi was also singled out for criticism by independent MPs on 25 February, with the Sun-Herald reporting that the group would not support a minority Labor government if the controversial minister remained in cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nOn 21 February, Iemma was forced to apologise to Sydney commuters after thousands gathered in the CBD to watch the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Elizabeth 2 dock in Sydney Harbour. Police and public transport officials were overwhelmed by the size of the response, which gridlocked roads, buses, trains and ferries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nOn the Coalition side, it was the performance of Debnam as leader that was causing the most concern. Debnam drew criticism for outlining his vision for \"practical multiculturalism\" during a citizenship ceremony on 26 January, Australia Day. In an apparent echo of Don Brash's popular 2004 Orewa Speech, Debnam told the audience that multiculturalism had to become \"a policy for inclusion, not separation\". His use of the citizenship ceremony to make a campaign speech was criticised by his host, Sutherland Shire mayor David Redmond, as well as by Iemma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nDebnam failed to gain ground when, on 16 February, he met Iemma for the state's first-ever leaders debate, broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Stateline programme . Iemma rebuffed Debnam's repeated demands for a second debate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nBut while Debnam struggled, his deputy, Barry O'Farrell and Nationals leader Andrew Stoner cemented their credentials as formidable media performers, the latter mounting an impassioned defence of the Liberal leader in the closing days of the campaign.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, Costa, Tripodi, Sartor\nThe Liberals suffered a more amusing distraction after details emerged of a lewd SMS Wyong candidate Brenton Pavier had sent to friends at Christmas. While he backed Debnam's decision to dump him, Pavier briefly considered running for Wyong as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'The Labor Party is going to win the election'\nAs the last month of the campaign began, two polls showed that Labor had extended its lead over the Coalition and could even gain seats at the election. The Australian published Newspoll results that put Labor ahead on a two-party-preferred basis, 59% to 41%. The Sydney Morning Herald published ACNielsen results putting Labor ahead 57% to 43%. Three weeks later, polls indicated that Labor would be returned without losing any seats. On 16 March, Debnam took the unprecedented step of effectively conceding defeat, telling the press that \"the message is very clear: the Labor Party is going to win the election in a week.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 108], "content_span": [109, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'The Labor Party is going to win the election'\nOn 4 March, the Sun-Herald reported that the government had brokered a secret deal with publicans to increase the number of poker machines in the state's pubs. The large number of poker machines in New South Wales is controversial, and the alleged deal was condemned by the Greens and ClubsNSW. Pubs and clubs contributed $2 million to Labor's election campaign, and sales of currently unallocated poker machine licenses could net the treasury up to $200 million. The government and the Australian Hoteliers Association, representing publicans, denied a deal had been done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 108], "content_span": [109, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'The Labor Party is going to win the election'\nA few days later, evidence emerged of Labor channelling financial and other assistance to independent campaigns across New South Wales. Labor stood accused of supporting independent candidates in Goulburn, Murrumbidgee, Orange and Pittwater. An organisation linked to the ALP was found to have contributed financially to the campaigns of sitting independent MP Rob Oakeshott and former independent Tony McGrane. The ALP denied any impropriety.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 108], "content_span": [109, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'The Labor Party is going to win the election'\nThe final week saw national politics dominate the headlines as the Iraq War entered its fourth year, Senator Santo Santoro resigned and federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd, enjoying record approval ratings, announced plans to draw on the Future Fund to finance a nationwide fibre to the node broadband network. On the New South Wales campaign trail, much of the debate in the final week centred on costings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 108], "content_span": [109, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'The Labor Party is going to win the election'\nLabor's own promises, costed by Treasury at $1.6 billion over five years were themselves enough to push the state further into deficit. When Labor demanded that the opposition's figures be made available to Treasury for scrutiny, the Liberals, fearing political interference, engaged auditors KPMG instead. On 22 March, O'Farrell revealed that his party's promises would cost $9.8 billion over five years, though he claimed that this spending would be matched by savings and proceeds from asset sales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 108], "content_span": [109, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nThe newspaper editorials on the eve of the election held little cheer for either party. The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Telegraph had each endorsed Labor at the 2003 election. Though each newspaper expressed misgivings about Debnam's campaigning ability and called the result in Labor's favour, they were unanimous in their attack on Iemma's record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nThe Telegraph, the state's highest-circulation newspaper, castigated the incumbents in no uncertain terms: \"It's hard to envisage a more tired, rotten, arrogant, useless government than this lot,\" ran their editorial. The paper slammed Labor's \"wholly negative campaign, sneeringly denouncing Peter Debnam's small business record \u2013 breathtaking stuff from a Government led by a man whose chief professional experience before Parliament was advising shyster and fixer Graham Richardson.\" The Telegraph judged Debnam's campaign to have been \"incompetent\": \"He is not a buffoon, yet he has acted one with his campaign gimmickry. He has created traps for himself through silly stunts,\" it wrote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nIf this election campaign has proved anything, it is this: Labor has completely lost its way on policy \u2013 and the Liberals are no good at politics ... However, after 12 years, Labor's sustained policy failures should count for more than five weeks' incompetent Liberal campaigning. If anything, the fact that spin-driven Labor has shown that it is vastly better at politics is of itself a reason to chuck them out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nIn the Telegraph's view, \"No way do they deserve another shot.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nThe Sydney Morning Herald, a broadsheet, characterised the campaign as \"undistinguished\" and the rival leaders as \"lacklustre\". Its editorial focussed on Labor's record over the past 12 years: \"New South Wales is feeling the effects of ... second-rateism. It languishes near the bottom on the states' economic league table,\" the paper wrote. The Herald also criticised \"the politicisation of the public service\" and a state government \"addicted to secrecy\". \"It is, we admit, an uninspiring choice for voters,\" the Herald concluded, however \"We believe the re-election of Labor is simply one risk too many.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nThe Australian concurred, in an editorial entitled \"Both sides have failed in NSW\":", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nOn the one hand incumbent Morris Iemma looks likely to fall over the line by running not just against his opponent but, cynically, against his Labor predecessor Bob Carr as well. On the other is Peter Debnam, a man who should be in the box seat but who has been unable to bring excitement, or policy, to the table. This is a tragedy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Campaign Trail, 'No way do they deserve another shot'\nThe paper called on voters to \"suspend their natural suspicion of Mr Debnam and punish the Government,\" adding that they did so \"in the full knowledge that it won't happen\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 99], "content_span": [100, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Polling\nOpinion polls conducted in the leadup to the election consistently put Iemma ahead of Debnam as preferred premier. According to Newspoll, as of December 2006, 45% of respondents backed Iemma, while only 23% backed Debnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Polling\nAlthough the Coalition fared better in polls of voting intention, the Liberals and Nationals consistently trailed Labor. According to Newspoll, the Coalition has not led the ALP since early 2006. Pollster Roy Morgan says that Labor has consistently led the Coalition since Iemma became premier. The most recent Roy Morgan figure showed Labor well ahead, 60.5% to 39.5%, on a two-party-preferred basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192370-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales state election campaign, Polling\nGiven the size of the government's majority - a hangover from the 1999 and 2003 landslides - the Coalition needed to perform far better to have had a chance of taking office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192371-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales storms\nThe 2007 New South Wales storms started on Friday, June 8th, 2007 following the development of an intense east coast low pressure system during the previous night. Over the next 36 hours these areas were battered by the system's strong winds and torrential rain, which caused extensive flooding, damage, loss of life and the grounding of a 225\u00a0m (738\u00a0ft) long bulk carrier. The strongest observed wind gusts were 135 kilometres per hour (84\u00a0mph) at Norah Head and 124 kilometres per hour (77\u00a0mph) at Newcastle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192371-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales storms, Impact\nThe New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma, declared a natural disaster for the affected areas. More than 105,000 homes had been left without power. Rainfall had exceeded 300\u00a0mm (12\u00a0in) in the Hunter region and 200\u00a0mm (8\u00a0in) in parts of the Central Coast and Sydney. Nearly 6,000 State Emergency Service volunteers, including crews from across New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria worked in the area, having responded to over 10,000 calls for assistance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192371-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales storms, Aftermath\nA family of four and a nephew were killed when a section of road collapsed under their car as they drove along the Pacific Highway at Somersby on the Central Coast. Two people died when their four-wheel drive vehicle was swept off a bridge by floodwaters at Clarence Town and a man died near Lambton when he was swept into a storm-water drain. The following day, a man died when a tree fell onto his vehicle at Brunkerville. Another man died during a house fire that, it is believed, was started by a candle being used during the blackouts caused by the storm. The total death toll rose to ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192371-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales storms, Rescues\nThe unladen bulk carrier MV\u00a0Pasha Bulker ran aground on Nobbys Beach at Newcastle, after its captain failed to heed a warning to move out to sea to escape the approaching storm. The Newcastle Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service used both of their aircraft to winch the Pasha Bulker crew of 22 to safety, transporting them to Nobbys Beach parking lot. However, on completion of the rescue, the aircraft had to abandon the flight back to their Broadmeadow base due to lack of visibility and dangerously strong winds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192371-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New South Wales storms, Rescues\nOn the evening of Sunday 10 June, approximately 4,000 residents in riverside communities of central Maitland, South Maitland and Lorn were forced to evacuate their homes in anticipation that the Hunter River would breach its levee system. Evacuation centres were set up at East Maitland and Maitland High School. However, by the morning of 11 June the floodwater had peaked without breaking the levee bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192372-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Year Honours\nThe New Year Honours 2007 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192372-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Year Honours\nThe New Year Honours were announced on 30 December 2006 in The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Bahamas, Grenada, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Christopher and Nevis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192372-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Year Honours\nThe recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192373-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Year Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2007 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2006 and the beginning of 2007. They were announced on 30 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192373-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Year Honours (New Zealand)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192374-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City Marathon\nThe 2007 New York City Marathon was the 38th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 4. The men's elite race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:09:04 hours while the women's race was won by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2:23:09.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192374-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City Marathon\nIn the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:33:58) and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler (1:52:38) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Americans Alejandro Albor (1:17:48) and Helene Hines (1:57:18) were the winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192374-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City Marathon\nA total of 38,557 runners finished the race, 26,042 men and 12,515 women.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion\nOn July 18, 2007, an explosion in Manhattan, New York City, sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40-story-high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan. It was caused by the failure of an 83-year-old, 24-inch (0.61\u00a0m) underground steam pipe near Grand Central Terminal, which exploded during the evening rush hour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion\nInitial fears that the cause was related to terrorism were quickly allayed by statements by mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials shortly after the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Background\nMore than 12 similar Con Edison steam pipe explosions have occurred in New York City since 1987. One of the most significant events occurred near Gramercy Park in 1989, killing two Con Edison workers and one bystander, and causing damage of several million U.S. dollars. The utility eventually pleaded guilty to lying about asbestos contamination from that accident, and paid a $2 million fine. A steam pipe explosion at Washington Square in 2000 near the New York University Bobst Library left a 15-foot (4.5 m) crater in the pavement on Washington Square South, scattering debris and leaving traces of asbestos in the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Background\nThe New York Steam Company began providing service in lower Manhattan in 1882. Con Edison is now the largest operator of the New York City steam system, which is the largest commercial steam system in the world with more than 100 miles (160\u00a0km) of steam pipe. It provides steam service to nearly 2,000 customers serving more than 100,000 commercial and residential establishments in Manhattan south of 96th Street. The utility reported that in 2007, the average age of the steam pipes was 54 years, but some were near 100 years old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Event\nThe explosion, which occurred just before 6:00\u00a0p.m. local time, near the peak of the evening rush hour, was caused by the failure of a Consolidated Edison 24-inch (0.61\u00a0m) underground steam pipe installed in 1924. The pipe was located at 41st Street and Lexington Avenue, near Grand Central Terminal. The towering cloud of billowing steam, higher than the nearby 1,047-foot (319\u00a0m)-tall Chrysler Building, persisted for at least two hours, leaving a crater about 35 feet (10 m) wide and 15 feet (4 m) deep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Event\nThe escaping steam shook nearby office buildings, causing many occupants to immediately evacuate. A 51-year-old New Jersey woman, who worked a block from the site, died of a heart attack suffered while fleeing the disaster area. 45 people were injured, with two injured critically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Event\nThe most seriously injured victims were a 23-year-old tow truck driver from Brooklyn, who was scalded over 80 percent of his body by the 400\u00a0\u00b0F (204\u00a0\u00b0C) steam and had to be put in a medically induced coma, and his passenger, a 30-year-old woman, who was being driven back to Brooklyn after her car broke down. A witness reported that the tow truck was lifted 12 feet (4 m) by the escaping steam, higher than a nearby city bus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause\nThe investigation report was issued on December 18, 2007. Engineers were unable to access the crater to assess the damage until the tow truck was removed on July 22, and the on-site investigation was complicated by the asbestos contamination in the crater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause\nThe official report released by the utility company on December 27, 2007, cited a combination of factors, accepting responsibility for deficient repair work done by a contractor that ultimately led to the rupture. The report said that excess sealant, previously used to repair a leaking joint, migrated to two steam trap valves used to drain excess condensed water, clogging them. Then, when heavy rains on the day of the event cooled the pipe causing excess condensate to collect in the steam pipe, the valves could not remove it. As a precaution, the utility replaced more than 1600 similar valves throughout the system, but did not find any other clogs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, States of water\nSteam hammer was suggested as a possible cause. It is a phenomenon that can occur when cold water comes in contact with a hot steam pipe, causing the steam inside to condense into liquid water, resulting in multi-phase flow which can damage piping. Runoff from the heavy rain that day, or possibly a water main break, have been suggested as possible triggers. There was a broken water main at the bottom of the crater, near the broken steam pipe, but it is not known if this was a cause, or an effect. The utility initially reported that instrument readings did not indicate any pressure buildup prior to the explosion. They subsequently revised this assessment saying the ruptured pipe \"experienced a sudden internal over-pressurization, due to water hammer, at least five times greater than normal.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, States of water\nCold water impinging on the cast iron pipe may have also put excess stress on the metal, causing it to fail. The age of the pipe, and the difficulty of inspecting underground infrastructure, made corrosion a possible factor as well, but a New York State safety official reported at a Public Service Commission meeting in September 2007 that there was \"no indication that the pipe was deteriorated or weakened by corrosion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, Leaks\nThere had been persistent steam leaks and related repair activity in the area the weeks and months prior to the explosion, and utility crews had checked the site only six hours before. Preliminary investigation results showed that a leaking seam repaired just before the disaster was found intact, and the pipe burst suddenly at a location approximately 10 feet (3 m) away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, Leaks\nRobert Caligiuri, an engineer for Exponent Engineering, blamed the rupture on a \"crack-like flaw\" in a welded seam in the pipe wall, in a preliminary engineering report released on October 23, 2007, that was commissioned by attorneys representing the tow truck driver badly burned in the explosion. He stated, \"The observed crack-like flaw appears to be old and is large enough that, in my opinion, Con Ed should have detected it prior to the rupture. Once detected, good and accepted practices would have required that this pipe section be immediately replaced.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, Leaks\nThe utility called the report \"misguided\" and said in a statement that, \"our independent consulting engineers have determined that there was no degradation in the condition of the pipe prior to the rupture,\" and \"the weld in this instance in no way contributed to the rupture. The weld was forced open when the rupture occurred; it was not the cause of the rupture.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, Asbestos\nPipes of that age often were wrapped in asbestos, a known human carcinogen, and the site was declared an \"asbestos containment area.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, Asbestos\nAlthough some asbestos was later found in the solid debris, no friable particles were detected in any of the air samples. However, anyone entering the containment zone was still required to wear a respirator and protective clothing during the clean-up. This caused some to openly question the air test results, particularly since false reassurances on air quality were given by officials after the September 11 attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Cause, Asbestos\nMore than 100 people evacuated by rescue workers, and the workers themselves were hosed down, and had their clothes taken for testing at a decontamination area. People in the affected area who self-evacuated were initially advised to dispose of, or wash their contaminated clothing separately. Later, they were told to place their clothes in a plastic bag and turn them in to the utility for disposal and reimbursement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Emergency response\nThe New York City Fire Department initially sounded a second alarm, then rapidly ratcheted the event up to a five-alarm response, sending more than 200 firefighters from 40 units, three of whom sustained injuries, along with one police officer reported injured. A total of more than 500 New York City police officers and firefighters responded to the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Emergency response\nCon Edison characterized this as an \"all hands event\" doubling over shifts to dispatch all available utility workers. The steam leak was not immediately stopped to avoid the possibility of creating another rupture. Once the site was secured, the fire department sounded a sixth alarm for relief.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Emergency response\nThe New York City Police Department established a \"frozen zone\" by cordoning off a several block radius around the site, from 40th to 43rd Streets between Vanderbilt and Third Avenues, restricting pedestrian access. This prevented residents from returning to their homes that evening, and kept thousands of workers from their offices the following day, but people already in the area were not forced to evacuate. The police also initially closed several streets to vehicular traffic in a wider area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Short-term disruptions\nIn addition to steam service disruption to 15-20 buildings, telephone service and Internet connectivity were disrupted in the area. Although an underground electrical transformer and feeder cables were also damaged, there were no significant power outages reported, but customers in the affected area were asked to reduce demand. Cellular telephone service was overloaded in the immediate aftermath, and blocked calls were reported as many people in the area tried to make calls at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Short-term disruptions\nBus and subway service were also affected. The 42nd Street Shuttle and IRT Lexington Avenue Line 4 and 6 train service had to be suspended in Manhattan, and the 5 train was rerouted via the IRT Broadway \u2013 Seventh Avenue Line, but the subway infrastructure was not damaged. Subway service was restored overnight, before the next morning's rush hour, with all trains initially bypassing the Grand Central \u2013 42nd Street station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Short-term disruptions\nGrand Central Terminal was also at least partially evacuated in the immediate aftermath, and entrances facing the affected area were closed, but Metro-North Railroad commuter train service was not significantly disrupted. By the following evening's rush hour, the Vanderbilt Avenue entrance to Grand Central Terminal was reopened, as well as Third Avenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Short-term disruptions\nOfficials estimated that repairs and cleanup would take at least a week, but as of July 21, no definitive timetable had been announced. An extended environmental clean-up would have significant adverse transportation and economic impact, because the site is in one of the busiest sections of the city, and one of the most expensive commercial districts in the U.S. More than 700,000 commuters pass through nearby Grand Central each work day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Short-term disruptions\nBusinesses in the frozen zone were severely impacted, with financial loss estimates as high as US$30,000,000, which could have reached into the hundreds of millions if the clean-up went beyond one week. By July 21, 2007, the frozen zone had shrunk to the four blocks from 40th to 42nd Street from Park to 3rd Avenue. In a twist labeled as ironic by a city lawmaker, a law firm that has Con Edison among its lobbying clients was one of many businesses whose offices were inaccessible due to the frozen zones. Con Edison has offered to reimburse businesses for direct costs of damage and clean-up, but not for business interruption costs, such as lost productivity and revenue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Lawsuits\nA Brooklyn woman was the first to file a lawsuit against the utility, claiming she was traumatized by the blast, which had reminded her of her sister's death in the attacks on the World Trade Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Lawsuits\nThe family of the tow truck driver also announced their lawsuit against Con Edison on July 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Political aftermath\nNew York City Council member Daniel Garodnick announced City Hall hearings on the explosion were set for August 7. The city council also held hearings after the 2006 Queens blackout where Con Edison C.E.O. Kevin Burke was subjected to a grueling round of questioning by local lawmakers. The New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other city lawmakers said they intended to ask tough questions of the utility at the hearings, and would be reevaluating Con Edison's monopoly status, indicating that they have lost confidence in the utility company.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Political aftermath\nAt the hearing, Burke did not appear, and sent William Longhi, his senior vice president for central operations to testify instead, angering the council. Longhi provided little additional information pending completion of the investigation, sparking a heated exchange with Quinn. Councilman Leroy Comrie, the chairman of the Consumer Affairs Committee, proposed taking over Con Edison, or breaking it up and deregulating it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Political aftermath\nNew York State Assemblyman Michael N. Gianaris, a Democrat whose district in the Astoria section of Queens was affected by the 2006 blackout, said Con Edison should be forced to compete for the right to manage the city's power infrastructure and should be subject to annual audits by the New York Public Service Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Political aftermath\nOn December 27, 2007, in response to the report by the utility, New York City Councilman Eric Gioia criticized the company for identifying the city as potentially responsible for the blast in an October court filing laying the groundwork for a possible future lawsuit. That notice of claim said city sewers, pipes and drains could have leaked cold water onto the hot steam pipe. Gioa's statement said, \"they'll do anything they can to deflect blame and avoid taking responsibility, but now this report shows that Con Ed's poor maintenance contributed to this deadly explosion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Political aftermath\nIn Boston, Massachusetts, which has a 22-mile (35\u00a0km) network of steam distribution pipes operated by Veolia Energy Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino used the event in New York to push for proposed state legislation regulating commercial steam distribution systems that was progressing slowly. A young boy was severely burned two months earlier by a burst steam pipe in that city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192375-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New York City steam explosion, Effects, Political aftermath\nIn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which has a network of more than 30 miles (48\u00a0km) of steam pipes operated by Veolia Energy Philadelphia, there has not been a serious incident in that city in the past 18 years\u2014in 1989, a steam explosion at 15th and Wood Streets sent debris into the air damaging some cars. In the wake of the New York event, present and past city officials credited the utility for the extended period of safe operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192376-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Dragons season\nThe 2007 New York Dragons season was the 12th season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with a 10\u20136 record. They went 5\u201311 and missed the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192376-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Dragons season, Coaching\nWeylan Harding started his third season as head coach of the Dragons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192377-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards\nThe 73rd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2007, were voted on 11 December 2007 and given out 6 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\nThe 2007 season was the New York Giants' 83rd in the National Football League, their 32nd playing their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and their fourth under head coach Tom Coughlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\nThe Giants finished the regular season 10\u20136 and in second place in the NFC East, improving upon their 8\u20138 record in 2006 in which they finished third in their division. They qualified for the playoffs as a wild-card team as the #5 seed, and beat the #4 seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Next, they defeated the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys, and the #2 seed Green Bay Packers (both of whom they had lost to in their first two games of the season by ten points or more) to become the National Football Conference (NFC) representative in Super Bowl XLII. There, they defeated the heavily favored and previously undefeated 18\u20130 New England Patriots and spoiled their perfect season, aided by the famous Manning to Tyree forward pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\nThe 2007 New York Giants became the 9th wild card team in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl and the 5th wild card team to win the Super Bowl, and the very first NFC wild card to accomplish the feat. They were the third team in history to win three road playoff games en route to a Super Bowl and set a league record for most consecutive road wins in a single season (11), though the Super Bowl is played on a neutral field rather than an opponent's stadium. It was the 7th league championship season for the New York Giants and their first since they won Super Bowl XXV in 1991. This season would also mark the end of defensive end Michael Strahan's NFL career as he retired following the Giants' Super Bowl victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\n2007 marked the third consecutive season that the Giants made the playoffs, which was only the second time that had happened since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Tom Coughlin joined Bill Parcells, Steve Owen, and Allie Sherman as the only head coaches in the history of the team to lead the Giants to the postseason three consecutive years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\nThe Giants season is widely regarded as one of the greatest cinderella stories in professional sports history, not only did they beat one of the greatest teams of all time in the undefeated Patriots, they did so as a wild-card team that had to win three playoff games on the road to get to Super Bowl XLII, and after looking very mediocre at times during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season\nIn fact, based on regular-season performance, the 2007 New York Giants were the worst team to ever reach a Super Bowl, a curiosity later surpassed when the 2011 New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI to become the first team with a negative point differential to win a Super Bowl. NFL Films named the 2007 Giants as the 53rd greatest team of all time in their countdown of the top 100 teams in football history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nAfter their poor finish to the 2006 season, where the Giants lost 7 of their last 9 games after a 6\u20132 start (albeit achieving a playoff berth in the last week of the season), expectations for the Giants were generally low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nMany pundits began to consider Eli Manning as a potential draft bust, especially when considering fellow 2004 draft pick Ben Roethlisberger's Super Bowl run in 2005 and Philip Rivers leading his team, the Chargers, to a 14\u20132 regular season in 2006; making matters worse, older brother Peyton Manning, who Eli was often compared unfavorably to, had led the Colts to the Super Bowl victory that same year and won the MVP of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nAt the same time, head coach Tom Coughlin came under intense criticism due to his fiery coaching style and strict team rules, and many (including fans) believed that he deserved to be fired after the team's collapse in the second half of the season. In particular, they noted the team's lack of discipline and unity down the stretch and considered these actions a reflection of Coughlin's coaching. Finally Tiki Barber, the Giants's all-time leading rusher and the catalyst for much of their success the previous two seasons, retired at just 31 years of age to enter a broadcasting career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nThe Giants decided to give Tom Coughlin one more chance heading into the 2007 season, giving him a one-year contract extension. This essentially indicated that he needed to get the Giants into the postseason in order to receive a long-term contract extension. After his family demonstrated concern over his on-field persona and his apparent anger towards his players, Coughlin decided to undergo a personality change heading into the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nWhile his strict team rules (most notoriously, his five-minute early rule for a team meeting) remained in place, he became less angry and more encouraging towards his players, and the players took note of his change. Coughlin also set up a leadership committee with Eli Manning and other team captains in order to relate to his players better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nThe Giants also entered the season with two new coordinators. Coughlin promoted quarterbacks coach Kevin Gilbride to offensive coordinator, a position he would hold until his retirement after the 2013 season. He also fired defensive coordinator Tim Lewis and replaced him with Steve Spagnuolo, who would have a crucial impact on the Giants's 4-3 defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nDefensive end Michael Strahan held out for the entirety of training camp. Having previously been disillusioned with Tom Coughlin's coaching methods, he spent the offseason debating whether or not he would come back for the season, and decided that since he had already played for 14 seasons, he wouldn't have needed the training camp anyway. He eventually returned to the team mere weeks before the season started. Despite his training camp holdout and a hefty fine for not attending the camp, he was still elected as a team captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Expectations\nExpectations, however, were still low as few predicted that the Giants would make the playoffs. Perception grew worse as Tiki Barber, now an analyst for NBC, began attacking his former team, particularly Tom Coughlin and especially Eli Manning. Barber attacked Manning not only as a non-productive quarterback, but declared that his leadership skills were \"almost comical.\" When asked about Barber's comments, Manning noted that he didn't have to take the comments seriously, considering that Barber announced his intentions to leave the team in the middle of the previous season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Giants free agents heading into the 2007 season\nPlayers whose contracts expire become free agents, and are classified (or \"tagged\") according to the players' collective bargaining agreement as restricted free agents (RFA), unrestricted free agents (UFA), or exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA). Players listed in green were retained by the team, while those in red were signed by another franchise. Restricted free agents are indicated by the round in which the player was originally drafted, as this determines qualifying offers and compensation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 87], "content_span": [88, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Offseason, Training camp photos\n#89 Kevin Boss, #69 Rich Seubert, #76 Chris Snee, #95 Adrian Awasom", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Giants opened up their 2007 campaign with a 45\u201335 loss to the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium. For the second straight year, the Giants left Dallas with injuries to key starters including DE Osi Umenyiora, RB Brandon Jacobs, and QB Eli Manning. Before suffering a separated shoulder in the fourth quarter, Manning put on a stellar performance, completing 28 of 41 passes, for 312 yards, 4 touchdowns and just 1 interception. However, a horrid defensive performance overshadowed his play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Giants got off to a fast start as Eli hit Plaxico Burress on a 60-yard touchdown pass off play action to open up the scoring. Burress and Manning would connect for 3 touchdowns on the night. After a Dallas took a 17\u20136 lead late in the half, Eli led the Giants on another drive, capped off to his second strike to Burress. Burress on the night caught 9 passes for 144 receiving yards. The Giants closed to within one at half's end following a Lawrence Tynes field goal after a Dallas fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys\nRomo hit Terrell Owens on a 22-yard pass to give Dallas an 8-point lead. After the Giants cut the lead to five on another Tynes field goal, Dallas increased the margin to 12 as Romo capped off a quick four play drive with a 9-yard rush. The Cowboys appeared to put the game away with yet another Romo touchdown, once again finding Terrell Owens on a wide open catch and run, upping margin to 38\u201322. Eli and the Giants responded with two straight scoring drives. One finished with a dumpoff touchdown pass from Manning to reserve running back Derrick Ward and the other with Burress' 3rd touchdown, cutting the Dallas lead to three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys\nOn a crucial 3rd and seven late in the game, Romo hit backup wideout Sam Hurd for a 51-yard touchdown. With Manning injuring his shoulder, backup Jared Lorenzen finished the game for the Giants at quarterback late in the fourth quarter. Amani Toomer in his return from a knee injury, notched 9 catches for 91 yards while Burress gained 144. Justin Tuck and Gibril Wilson recorded the Giants' only sack and interception of the night respectively in the 45\u201335 loss as the Giants began the season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 1: at Dallas Cowboys\nIt would be the only road loss for the Giants in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nThe Giants played their Week 2 home opener against the Green Bay Packers. After both teams missed a field goal to open the game, Green Bay got on the board first with a 6-yard run by rookie DeShawn Wynn. The Giants responded with a 26-yard scoring strike by Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress. The Giants got a Lawrence Tynes field goal and a 10\u20137 half time lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the second half, the Packers drove 51 yards to start the second half. Favre capped off the scoring drive with a 2-yard pass to Bubba Franks for a 14\u201310 lead the Packers would not relinquish. The Giants responded with another drive but once again, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, this one on Amani Toomer, hurt the Giants. Tynes kicked a second field goal, pulling the Giants to within one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, the Giants would fall to 0\u20132 for the first time since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 3: at Washington Redskins\nIn the first quarter, New York got the first score as kicker Lawrence Tynes hit a 34-yard field goal. The Redskins took the lead with RB Clinton Portis getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Redskins QB Jason Campbell threw an 8-yard TD pass to TE Chris Cooley, while kicker Shaun Suisham ended the half with a 47-yard field goal that gave Washington a 17\u20133 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 3: at Washington Redskins\nWith the Giants staring at a 14-point deficit, and an 0\u20132 start to their season, the Giants came out strong to start the second half. In the third quarter, QB Eli Manning finally got the Giants offense turned around and RB Reuben Droughns would score on a 1-yard TD run to cut the lead in half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 3: at Washington Redskins\nIn the fourth quarter, Droughns rushed again for a 1-yard touchdown, while Manning completed a 33-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress, giving the Giants a startling 24\u201317 lead against the home team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 3: at Washington Redskins\nIn the game's final moments, Washington found first and goal at the Giants 1-yard line. New York's defense then proceeded to make a goal-line stand as they stopped RB Ladell Betts from getting into the end zone on 4th down during the final seconds of the game. This goal line stand was known as the initial catalyst of the Giants' Super Bowl season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their divisional road win over the Redskins, the Giants went home for a Sunday night divisional duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. New York's defense held the Eagles to no first half points, while in the second quarter, New York got on the board first with QB Eli Manning completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress for the only score of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Giants increased its lead with kicker Lawrence Tynes getting a 29-yard field goal, along with LB Kawika Mitchell recovering a fumble, getting up, and returning the fumble 17-yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles would get their only points of the game with kicker David Akers making a 53-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nOn the night, New York's defense sacked QB Donovan McNabb 12 times (tying an NFL record), with half of those sacks coming from DE Osi Umenyiora. Also, DE Michael Strahan had one sack in the game to surpass Lawrence Taylor as the Giants' All-Time Sack Leader (Taylor was present at the game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. New York Jets\nThe Giants clinched their third straight victory with a 35\u201324 triumph over the New York Jets. The Giants scored 28 points in the decisive second half to overcome a 10-point deficit. Rookie CB Aaron Ross made his presence felt with a crucial interception off of QB Chad Pennington with the Jets driving and up three in the third then sealed the win with an interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. New York Jets\nThe Jets got off to a fast start as returning running back Brandon Jacobs fumbled and the Jets' Kerry Rhodes returned it for a TD. The Giants responded with a 9-play, 67-yard drive ending in a touchdown run by Derrick Ward. However, the Giants defense, susceptible to third down conversions the first week of the season struggled again today and allowed the Jets to drive 93 yards late in the half for a 14\u20137 lead. The Jets were 3 for 3 on third down on the drive including some big catches by Laveranues Coles. Pennington hit Brad Smith for a 16-yard touchdown. After a bad interception from Eli Manning, the Jets added a field goal by Mike Nugent for a 17\u20137 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. New York Jets\nThe Giants fought back, going back to the ground game to start the second half. Plaxico Burress added a 25-yard completion from Manning and Jacobs pounded it in for a 19-yard touchdown. The Jets responded as Leon Washington ran 98 yards for a touchdown. Big Blue again fought back, driving 68 yards featuring a mix of runs and passes. Jeremy Shockey notched his first touchdown of the season with a 13-yard catch and run bringing the Giants within three after three quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. New York Jets\nThe Jets responded with a drive of their own including several third down conversions but rookie Aaron Ross made the first of several big plays including a deep interception. The Giants drove 99 yards, which ended with a spectacular 53-yard touchdown catch and run by Plaxico Burress, who stiff-armed a Jet defender down the sideline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. New York Jets\nWith the Jets driving for a score, Ross struck again, intercepting Pennington and returned it 43 yards to clinch the win. Brandon Jacobs notched his first ever 100-yard rushing performance, Manning managed 186 yards and 2 touchdowns despite a poor first half, Osi Umenyiora added a sack and Sam Madison added his first interception of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. New York Jets\nThe Giants had now won four straight regular season meetings against the Jets and improved to 3\u20132 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons\nThe Giants cruised to their fourth straight win with an easy 31\u201310 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. After the Falcons moved the ball and scored three points on a 47-yard field goal by Morten Andersen, the Giants took the lead on a five-yard play-action touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Amani Toomer. The Falcons responded as Jerious Norwood ran 67 yards untouched, putting the Falcons on top 10\u20137. New York responded with a quick six-play, 82-yard drive capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by Reuben Droughns for a 14\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons\nAfter the defense stopped Atlanta again, the Giants took command as Manning hit Plaxico Burress for his eighth and league-lead-tying touchdown from 42 yards out and a 21\u201310 lead. The Giants squandered several chances to add on more points as the team struggled moving at the end of the first half and Eli Manning threw a late interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the second half, the defense continued to dominate. Fred Robbins, Antonio Pierce and Justin Tuck notched sacks for Big Blue and rookie Aaron Ross added his third interception in two weeks. The Giants added a Lawrence Tynes field goal from 32 yards out for a 14-point lead, then capped off the win with a nine-yard touchdown run by Derrick Ward. On the night, the Giants rushed for 188 yards, Eli Manning passed for 303 yards along with a pair of touchdowns and interceptions and the defense shut down Atlanta following the slow start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons\nBurress led the Giants with 97 receiving yards and Amani Toomer became the Giants all-time reception leader, catching 7 passes for 89 yards including his early touchdown. The Giants improved to 4\u20132 and took a four-game winning streak into the next week's game against the 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 71], "content_span": [72, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nThe Giants recorded their fifth straight victory with a convincing 33\u201315 win over the San Francisco 49ers at Giants Stadium. Things started off well as the Giants drove right down the field on their opening possession. The balanced, well-executed seven-minute drive was capped off by a 4-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Amani Toomer. The extra point was missed by Lawrence Tynes. On their next possession, the Giants were driving for more, but a tipped ball resulted in an interception inside the red zone. The 49ers responded with a nice drive of their own, aided by a personal foul on linebacker Antonio Pierce and several third down conversions. San Francisco cashed in with a touchdown from Trent Dilfer to Arnaz Battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nFollowing a Frank Gore fumble, the Giants took control. The running game, which accounted for 140 total yards helped the Giants move back in front. Brandon Jacobs scored on a five-yard run for a 13\u20137 lead. After an interception by Sam Madison, the Giants added a 30-yard field goal by Tynes. Tynes made it 19\u20137 at the half with another field goal, this time from 39 yards, inside the final minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nThe Giants defense dominated in the second half, notching six sacks and four total turnovers. Osi Umenyiora put the game away with a sack, forced fumble, and 75-yard touchdown return up the field for a 26\u20137 lead. The Niners got two points back on a blocked punt out of the end zone but Antonio Pierce redeemed himself for two earlier personal fouls by intercepting Trent Dilfer and returning the ball inside the 10. After a flag on the 49ers, Manning threw his second touchdown, this time to Jeremy Shockey for a 33\u20139 lead. The 49ers scored late to provide the final points in the 33\u201315 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nOn the day, Brandon Jacobs rushed for 107 yards, Manning completed 18 of 31 passes for nearly 150 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, and the defense notched six sacks: 2.5 for Michael Strahan, 1.5 for Justin Tuck, 1 for Aaron Ross and 1 for Umenyiora. Pierce and Madison provided the two Giants interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nFor the fourth consecutive year under Tom Coughlin, the Giants were 5\u20132 after seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins (London)\nThe Giants got their sixth straight win with a rain-soaked 13\u201310 victory over the winless Miami Dolphins in the first International Series game, held at England's Wembley Stadium. Persistent rain throughout the day had soaked the field and hurt both teams on offense as the field was torn up for most of the afternoon, but the Giants survived to get to 6\u20132 on the season as they headed for their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins (London)\nAfter a missed Miami field goal on the opening drive of the game, the Giants traveled down the field, mixing up a combination of run and pass. Brandon Jacobs had a big day, running in the rain for 131 yards on 23 carries. Eli Manning, who threw for only 59 yards in the game, missed a wide open Amani Toomer in the end zone from inside the five, and the Giants had to settle for a 20-yard field goal from Lawrence Tynes. The Giants extended their lead to 10 with a 14-play, 69-yard drive in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0041-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins (London)\nJacobs and Reuben Droughns ran heavily on the drive and Eli Manning evaded the Dolphins defense, scrambling 10 yards for the game's first touchdown. After a Cleo Lemon fumble, which was recovered by Michael Strahan, the Giants stretched the lead to 13 at the half with a 41-yard kick from Tynes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins (London)\nIn the third quarter, after recovering a Manning fumble, the Dolphins drove the ball down inside the Giants 5. However, a Lemon muffed snap forced the Dolphins to kick a field goal. The Giants continued to run well with Jacobs, and had a chance to tack on 3 more points but Tynes missed badly on a 29-yard field goal. In the final two minutes, the Dolphins scored their first touchdown with Ted Ginn Jr.'s first ever NFL touchdown reception. An attempted onside kick from Jay Feely skidded off the wet surface straight out of bounds, enabling the Giants to run out the clock for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins (London)\nFor the day, Jacobs ran for his career-high 131 yards, and Fred Robbins and Kawika Mitchell recorded sacks. The Giants have won six in a row for the first time since 1994. Eli Manning scored the NFL's first regular season touchdown outside of North America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 8: at Miami Dolphins (London)\nWith their sixth-straight win, the Giants entered their bye week at 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nComing off their bye week, the Giants went home, donned their alternate red uniforms, and played the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Cowboys QB Tony Romo completed a 15-yard TD pass to TE Tony Curtis. The Giants responded as QB Eli Manning completed an 8-yard TD pass to TE Jeremy Shockey. In the second quarter, Dallas regained the lead as kicker Nick Folk made a 44-yard field goal. The G-Men took the lead with RB Reuben Droughns getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nAfterwards, the Cowboys retook the lead with Romo completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Patrick Crayton. Originally, the Giants were willing to be down by 3 at halftime. However, because of a taunting penalty on Dallas LB Kevin Burnett placed them near midfield, New York went for some points. The Giants would tie the game with kicker Lawrence Tynes getting a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, Romo completed a 25-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens and the Cowboys regained the lead. In the fourth quarter, the Giants made a 26-yard field goal from Tynes. Afterwards, Dallas' Romo and Owens hooked up with each other again on a 50-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith the loss, New York fell to 6\u20133. They have not worn their red uniforms since.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nDuring the season series against the Cowboys, the Giants pass defense allowed 8 passing touchdowns, despite only allowing 8 passing touchdowns from their previous opponents this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 11: at Detroit Lions\nThe Giants flew to Ford Field for a Week 11 intraconference duel with the Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, New York took the early lead as kicker Lawrence Tynes made a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Giants increased their lead as QB Eli Manning completed a 10-yard TD pass to RB Brandon Jacobs for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 11: at Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Lions got on the board as kicker Jason Hanson made a 42-yard field goal. New York would reply with Tynes kicking a 46-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Giants improved their lead as Tynes made a 20-yard field goal. Detroit's QB Jon Kitna completed a 35-yard TD pass to WR Calvin Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 11: at Detroit Lions\nLB Mathias Kiwanuka suffered a broken left fibula, ending his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their road win over the Lions, the Giants went home for a Week 12 intraconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson completed a 60-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. The Giants responded with RB Reuben Droughns getting a 1-yard TD run. Minnesota retook the lead with safety Darren Sharper returning an interception 20 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Vikings' RB Chester Taylor got an 8-yard TD run, along with kicker Ryan Longwell making a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Giants' kicker Lawrence Tynes made a 48-yard field goal, and Minnesota's Longwell made a 26-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings' safety Dwight Smith returned an interception 93 yards for a touchdown, along with LB Chad Greenway returning an interception 37 yards for a touchdown. New York's QB Eli Manning completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress to complete the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nEli Manning was intercepted four times (with three of his interceptions being returned for touchdowns). He became the third NFL QB since 1970 to have three interceptions get returned for touchdowns. His performance was all the more embarrassing as the Vikings had the league's worst pass defense in 2007 (albeit with the league's strongest run defense), and were playing in this game without starting corner Antoine Winfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 13: at Chicago Bears\nHoping to rebound after a loss to the Vikings, the Giants flew to Soldier Field for a Week 13 intraconference duel with the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Bears QB Rex Grossman completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Desmond Clark for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Giants got on the board as RB Derrick Ward got a 2-yard TD run. Chicago responded with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 35-yard and a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 13: at Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, the Bears increased their lead with Gould making a 41-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, New York QB Eli Manning completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR Amani Toomer, along with RB Reuben Droughns getting a 2-yard TD run. New York improved to 8\u20134 with the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 13: at Chicago Bears\nDerrick Ward (24 carries for 154 yards and 1 touchdown) left the game in the 4th quarter with a fractured fibula, effectively ending his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their road win over the Bears, the Giants flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 14 NFC East rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Eagles QB Donovan McNabb completed an 18-yard TD pass to RB Brian Westbrook for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Giants started to draw close as kicker Lawrence Tynes managed to get a 19-yard and a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, Philadelphia responded with kicker David Akers getting a 29-yard field goal. Afterwards, New York took the lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Plaxico Burress, along with Tynes kicking a 23-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles tried to come back as Akers nailed a 39-yard field goal. In the final seconds, Philadelphia had a chance to tie the game and force overtime. Fortunately for the Giants, Akers missed a 57-yard field goal off the right upright with 1 second left to preserve the victory and the season-sweep.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThis also marked the first time since their Super Bowl XXXV appearance of 2000 that New York had won 6-straight road games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Washington Redskins\nComing off their season-sweeping road win over the Eagles, the Giants went home for a Week 15 Sunday night NFC East rematch with the Washington Redskins. In the first quarter, New York trailed early as Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham managed to get a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Giants continued to trail as Suisham kicked a 31-yard field goal, along with RB Ladell Betts getting a 14-yard TD run. New York would get on the board with kicker Lawrence Tynes getting a 35-yard field goal. Washington would end the half with Suisham nailing a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Washington Redskins\nIn the third quarter, the Giants' deficit climbed as Redskins RB Clinton Portis getting a 5-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). New York tried to make a comeback as QB Eli Manning completed a 19-yard TD pass to TE Kevin Boss. However, the wind and Washington's defense prevented any hopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Washington Redskins\nEli Manning set a record of futility in the game with 35 incomplete passes, setting a record for most incomplete passes in an NFL game since the AFL/NFL merger. In fairness to Manning, his receivers also did not play well, dropping at least eight of his passes. Washington quarterback Todd Collins, making his first NFL start since 1997 in place of the injured Jason Campbell, didn't play much better, going 8\u201325, but got the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Washington Redskins\nWith the loss, not only did the Giants fall to 9\u20135, but they also lost TE Jeremy Shockey for the year in the third quarter with a broken left fibula. It would be his final appearance as a New York Giant. Due to the Giants's increasing problems with Shockey's attitude and the emergence of Kevin Boss during the remainder of the season, he became expendable and was eventually traded to the New Orleans Saints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Giants took their 6\u20131 road record to Buffalo in search of clinching a playoff spot. They were able to rebound nicely from the week 15 home loss to Washington with a 38\u201321 win over the Bills. The Giants utilized their running game to wear down the Bills, as Brandon Jacobs rushed for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns and rookie Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown, including an 88-yard hustle that gave the Giants a 31\u201321 lead in the fourth quarter. Eli Manning had a rough day throwing the ball, as the harsh conditions forced him into completing just 7 of 16 passes and throwing for only 111 yards with two interceptions. Kawika Mitchell and Corey Webster also returned interceptions for touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nThe Giants rallied early from a 14\u20130, first-quarter deficit to win a game played through rain, wind, and snow. Early on, it appeared that the Bills would dominate the game, with Trent Edwards finding Michael Gaines for a three-yard touchdown to make it 7\u20130. After the Giants punted, Edwards hit Lee Evans for a 4-yard touchdown to make it 14\u20130. As the weather changed from windy with no precipitation to windy and snowy, so did the Giants's fortunes. In the second quarter, Brandon Jacobs ran for a six-yard touchdown, then on the next drive had his longest run of the season, a 43-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 14. A Lawrence Tynes field goal made it 17\u201314 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, a Marshawn Lynch touchdown run and a goal line stand by the Bills made the score 21\u201317 Bills heading into the final quarter. However, the Giants ran away with the contest in the fourth. With 14:05 to go in the 4th, Trent Edwards's pass was deflected and intercepted by linebacker (and future Bill) Kawika Mitchell, who returned it 20 yards for a touchdown for the go-ahead score. With 6:27 to go, the Giants got the ball back on their own 12-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0067-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nDuring the second half, rookie 7th-round pick Ahmad Bradshaw, who seldom played outside of special teams before this game but who now had an opportunity due to Derrick Ward's injury and Reuben Droughns's declining play, checked into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0067-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nBradshaw (who, unusual for a Giant, played with a single \"y\" on one side of his helmet instead of the standard \"ny\" in this game) received a handoff towards the left side of the line, cut towards the left sideline, received a key block from receiver Plaxico Burress, and sprinted down the sideline 88 yards for a touchdown to make it 31\u201321. Bradshaw's run is the third-longest in Giants history, with Tiki Barber's 95-yard touchdown against the Raiders on New Year's Eve 2005 being the longest. Just three plays later, Trent Edwards was intercepted by cornerback Corey Webster, who returned Edwards's errant pass 34 yards for the game-clinching touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nWhile Eli Manning played poorly again, going 7\u201315 for just 111 yards with two interceptions and four fumbles (two lost), Trent Edwards also had a poor performance, going just 9-26 for 161 yards. Although he threw for 2 touchdowns, he also threw 3 interceptions (2 returned for touchdowns) and fumbled twice (though both were recovered by other Bills), and was just 3\u201319 after his first two drives. Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 151 yards on just 17 carries, while Brandon Jacobs ran for a career-high 143 yards on 25 carries with 2 touchdowns. Another important stat to note is that all 59 points in the game were scored going towards the east end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 16: at Buffalo Bills\nWith the win, the Giants improved to 10\u20135 to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 70], "content_span": [71, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nThis marked the first time since Super Bowl I that an NFL game was simulcast by more than one television network. It was the first time an NFL game was carried on three national networks (CBS, NBC, and NFL Network) with an additional 1.2 million viewers seeing the game on local NY and MA networks. The game was originally scheduled to be broadcast on NFL Network only, but Roger Goodell allowed other stations to broadcast it due to the Patriots being 15\u20130 and needing just one more win to become the first team to go 16\u20130 in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0070-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nThere was disagreement surrounding coach Tom Coughlin's decision to play all his starters, some of them playing injured, notably Plaxico Burress who had an ankle injury and missed most of practice during the end of the season and the Giants postseason run. A Giant win would have no effect in the playoffs the following Sunday, as the Giants had earned the #5 seed as a wildcard and Dallas had won the division with the best record in the NFC. By playing his starters, he risked losing additional players on an already banged up roster playing against a heavily favored Patriots team, which was playing for the history books to go undefeated in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nThe Giants were playing for pride and momentum, and nobody had realized at the time that this game eventually became a preview of Super Bowl XLII. The Giants were the final team to have a chance to end the Patriots' shot at a perfect season (not including playoffs). The Giants ended up losing a thrilling 38\u201335 contest to the Patriots, in which the Patriots set numerous offensive records while becoming the first ever 16\u20130 team in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0071-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. New England Patriots\nTom Brady set a single season record for TD passes, Randy Moss set a record for TD receptions, and the Patriots as a whole set a record for most points scored. Eli Manning played well, completing 22 of 32 passes for 251 yards while throwing 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, the lone interception of the game. The Giants led 28\u201316 in the third quarter, the Patriots' largest deficit this season. Also, Brandon Jacobs reached 1,000 yards rushing after gaining 67 yards on the ground on 15 carries. With the loss, the Giants ended the regular season at 10\u20136, with a road playoff game set on January 6 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card Game: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Giants ended their postseason skid with a 24\u201314 victory over the #4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Eli Manning won his first career playoff game and Tom Coughlin won his first playoff game with the Giants. The Giants got off to a rough start, at the end of the first quarter they trailed 7\u20130 and had gained only \u22122 yards on offense. But the Giants responded with a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 14\u20137 lead heading into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0072-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card Game: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nAt the start of the second half, Micheal Spurlock of the Bucs fumbled the kickoff return, which was recovered by Corey Webster. The Giants were able to get a field goal off of the ensuing drive, extending their lead to 17\u20137. Later in the quarter, Webster intercepted a pass from Jeff Garcia in the end zone. In the fourth quarter, Manning threw a touchdown pass to Amani Toomer for a 24\u20137 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0072-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card Game: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nGarcia would lead the Bucs down the field on their next possession for a touchdown, but the damage had been done as the Bucs lost the game 24\u201314 after Garcia threw another interception late in the fourth quarter. Manning's final stat line was impressive: 20 of 27 for 185 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card Game: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the win, the Giants improved their overall record to 11\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Giants advanced to the NFC Title Game for the first time since 2000 with a 21\u201317 victory over the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys. The Giants were not expected to win, or even give the Cowboys much difficulty, having lost both regular season games to the Cowboys. The Giants would have to deal with a hostile crowd as Cowboys with the best record in the NFC had gained home field advantage throughout the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0074-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nThis meant the Cowboys had 2 weeks of rest to prepare for a team they played twice a year, while the lower seeded Wildcard Giants had to play against Tampa Bay in the Wildcard round of the playoffs. Making matters worse for the Giants, the Cowboys had #1 receiver Terrell Owens back after he had missed the last two games of the regular season due to an injury, and had #3 receiver Terry Glenn playing just his second game of the season after undergoing knee surgery. Dallas played ball control offense, a strategy the Giants are usually known for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0074-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Cowboys won the battle for time of possession, having possession for far longer than the Giants. With a quick score, the Giants were able to overcome very long, time-consuming drives by the Cowboys in the win. Eli Manning had another good game, completing 66% of his passes with 12 out of 18 passes for 163 yards and throwing 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. Both of his TD passes were caught by veteran receiver Amani Toomer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe game began with the Giants receiving an opening kickoff. After three Brandon Jacobs runs netted 20 yards, Eli Manning hit Amani Toomer on a crossing route towards the left sideline. Toomer then maneuvered past cornerback Anthony Henry before outrunning safeties Ken Hamlin and Roy Williams down the sideline for a 52-yard touchdown just 2:58 into the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nBoth teams then exchanged punts with the Cowboys starting a drive at their own 4-yard line. The Cowboys then went on a ten play, five minute drive that went 96 yards for the game-tying touchdown. Marion Barber, making his first start of the season after leading the Cowboys in rushing touchdowns on the season (combined with Julius Jones's declining performance), was the key factor for the drive, rushing for 72 yards on the drive including a 36-yard run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0076-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nOn the first play of the second quarter, Tony Romo threw a fade to Terrell Owens, who caught the ball and kept both feet in bounds for the touchdown. A Chris Canty sack of Eli Manning forced a punt on the Giants's next possession, and the Cowboys started their next drive on their own 10-yard line. The Cowboys went on a 20-play, 90-yard drive where they converted 5 third downs. Barber capped off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown plunge to make it 14\u20137 Cowboys with 1:01 to go in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nWith the Cowboys dominating the game at this point outside of the Giants's opening touchdown, the Giants needed at least a field goal in order to keep themselves in the game. Rookie receiver Steve Smith got the Giants going with two receptions for 33 yards, then Eli Manning found Kevin Boss on a corner route for 19 yards to put the Giants at the 4-yard line with 17 seconds left in the half. On the next play, Manning found Toomer on a crossing route, and he lunged into the end zone for the touchdown with 11 seconds left in the half. The score was tied at 14 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nThough the Giants and Cowboys were tied at 14\u201314 heading into halftime, the second half was all about defense as both teams totaled 10 points in the second half. However early on, it looked to be more of the same from the Cowboys as they entered the red zone again on a 14 play drive taking up over 8 minutes of the clock. Finally, the Giants got a stop off a Cowboys miscue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0078-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nOn 3rd and 12 from the Giants's 16-yard line, Tony Romo had an open Terrell Owens crossing over the middle of the field, but he threw behind him, resulting in Dallas settling for Nick Folk's 33-yard field goal to make it 17\u201314. Giants kick returner Domenik Hixon returned the ensuing kickoff 45 yards, but in large part due to a sack by DeMarcus Ware, the Giants failed to get any points and punted. The Cowboys got the ball back when they made probably their worst play of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0078-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the lead-up to the game, receiver Patrick Crayton declared that the Cowboys would be going to the Super Bowl. On a third down play, Romo was chased by the Giants pass rush and avoided them before finding a wide-open Crayton, but he dropped it. The play likely would have gone for a big gain had Crayton caught the pass, but instead, the Cowboys were forced to punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nVeteran corner R.W. McQuarters returned the ensuing punt 25 yards, and this time, the Giants capitalized on their good field position. Manning went 3\u20134 to lead the Giants inside the 10-yard line, and then Giants bruising running back Brandon Jacobs scored the winning touchdown, overpowering a goal line stand by the Cowboys defense. As hated rivals in a hostile stadium, Jacobs continued running with the ball in the end zone and hit the playclock loudly, but avoided the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that the celebration would earn today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nIt didn't look like the winning touchdown, as there was still over 13 minutes left in the 4th quarter and Giants only led by 4 points, but the 4th quarter turned into a clock killing scoreless battle of opposing defenses. Bending without breaking, yardage had been allowed without points for either side. While the Giants failed to move the ball on their ensuing possessions, the Cowboys began to struggle offensively. Now trailing when they had been controlling the game for the majority of the contest, the Cowboys began to abandon their running attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0080-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nMore crucially, however, the Giants pass rush began to assert itself. During the season, the Cowboys had been one of the best teams in the league in controlling the Giants's league-leading pass rush, but in the fourth quarter, the Giants broke through with Reggie Torbor and Kawika Mitchell both contributing sacks, and the team constantly forcing Tony Romo to rush throws. Romo became so rattled he committed an intentional grounding penalty with four minutes left, forcing a punt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nAs the game reached its closing minutes, the Cowboys had possession with a final chance to win. Tony Romo began to lead the Cowboys down the field for a potential game-winning drive with a minute and a half left in the game. They successfully got to scoring position, although only a touchdown could win it with a 4-point deficit. On a third down play, Romo was rushed out of the pocket by the Giants pass rush again, but flipped the ball to tight end Jason Witten for an 18-yard gain to put the Cowboys at the 22-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0081-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nAfter a false start by Cowboys tackle Mark Colombo, a completion for 4 yards, and an incomplete pass, the Cowboys had 3rd and 11 at the 23-yard line with 21 seconds left with two chances to score a game-winning touchdown, when Patrick Crayton made another bad play. On third down, Romo threw incomplete for Crayton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0081-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nWhile the pass appeared to be overthrown by Romo, replays showed that on the down, out, and up pattern that Crayton was supposed to run, he stopped on the \"out\" part of the route, then restarted for the \"up\" portion of the route, resulting in the overthrown pass. On fourth down, Romo threw over the middle for Terry Glenn, and his pass was intercepted by R.W. McQuarters with 9 seconds remaining. Manning kneeled on the next play, winning a huge unexpected upset of the heavily favored #1 seed Cowboys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn large part due to their two touchdown-scoring drives, Dallas dominated the game statistically, outgaining the Giants 336\u2013230 and controlling the ball for 36:30 compared to the Giants's 23:30. However, the Cowboys committed 11 penalties compared to just three by the Giants, and while Romo outgained Manning through the air, Manning's QB rating for the game was 132.4 compared to Romo's 64.7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Giants were headed to Green Bay to play the Green Bay Packers on January 20 for the NFC Championship and a spot in Super Bowl XLII. However, The Cowboys were considered the team widely expected to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, and the NFC championship game was expected to be played in Dallas, not Green bay, as the Packers had earned the #2 seed. This was because the Packers had lost to the Cowboys during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0083-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game: at Dallas Cowboys\nWith the big win over Dallas, the Giants had suddenly changed all expectations, and improved their overall record to 12\u20136. This set a matchup the following week against the also heavily favored Packers, who were 14\u20133 after a 42\u201320 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the Divisional round, and additionally had soundly defeated the Giants in New York in week 2, 35\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nAfter their big win over the Dallas Cowboys, the Giants traveled to Lambeau Field to face the second-seeded Green Bay Packers on a freezing night. With a gametime temperature of -1 degree and a -23 degree windchill, it was the third-coldest NFL game in terms of windchill, behind the 1967 Ice Bowl between the Cowboys and the Packers and the January 1982 Freezer Bowl between the Chargers and the Bengals (which holds the record with a -59 degree windchill). While the Giants were steadily gaining more respect throughout the league after their upset of the Cowboys, most analysts and pundits predicted the Packers to win and represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Packers won the toss and received the opening kickoff, but after two Brett Favre completions, the Packers failed to move the ball further and punted. The Giants offense opened the game with running back Brandon Jacobs plowing into cornerback Charles Woodson on a five-yard run. With the help of three receptions by receiver Plaxico Burress, the Giants entered the red zone when they survived a potential turnover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0085-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nWhile being held by a lineman on a third-down play, Eli Manning threw the ball straight to lineman Cullen Jenkins, but he dropped the potential interception, and instead the Giants got on the board first with kicker Lawrence Tynes getting a 29-yard field goal. The Giants kept the ball for most of the 1st quarter, leading 3\u20130 at the end of the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the 2nd quarter, the Packers defense shut the Giants' passing game down after two more completions to Plaxico Burress, so the Giants settled for another Tynes field goal at 11:41 left in the half. The Giants led 6\u20130, and appeared to be in good position for their next drive when Koren Robinson muffed the ensuing kickoff and fell on it at the Packers's 10-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0086-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nHowever, on the first play of the Packers' next drive, Brett Favre pump-faked, then threw a 90-yard TD pass to Donald Driver, who had beaten blown coverage by cornerback Corey Webster before outrunning safety Gibril Wilson down the right sideline, and the Packers led 7\u20136. The teams then exchanged punts before the Packers received great field position at the Giants's 47-yard line. The Packers advanced into the red zone and faced a 3rd and 8 from the Giants 19-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0086-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nFavre found backup running back Brandon Jackson in the flat with lineman Jason Spitz out in front to block, but somehow, middle linebacker Antonio Pierce grabbed hold of Jackson to prevent him from advancing before Dave Tollefson could help him make the tackle. Green Bay settled for kicker Mason Crosby making a 36-yard field goal to give the Packers a 10\u20136 lead with 1:34 left in the half. On the Giants's next drive, Manning found Burress deep for a 32-yard pass on his 7th reception of the day, but an A.J. Hawk sack on fourth down prevented the Giants from scoring. The Packers led 10\u20136 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Giants got the ball first in the 3rd quarter, and had a successful drive that ended with a Brandon Jacobs 1-yard TD run. The Giants led 13\u201310. This drive nearly ended with an interception with Al Harris intercepting another Eli Manning pass intended for Burress, but he committed pass interference to make the interception, so the play was nullified. In the next Packers drive, after a Sam Madison penalty, Brett Favre threw a 12-yard TD pass to tight end Donald Lee. The Packers led 17\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0087-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Giants responded in their next drive by driving to the four-yard line after a 23-yard reception by Amani Toomer (which was challenged by Green Bay and upheld). From the Packers's 4-yard line, Manning then handed off to Ahmad Bradshaw, who went off tackle right but got caught in a stalemate at the one-yard line. In a heads-up play, right tackle Kareem McKenzie grabbed Bradshaw and dragged him into the end zone with him, resulting in a touchdown. The Giants led 20\u201317 with 2:12 left in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nFor the remainder of regulation, the game would be defined by potentially crushing mistakes by the Giants that prevented them from entirely capitalizing on the Packers's failures to penetrate the Giants defense. On the next drive, Brett Favre avoided the Giants pass rush and threw an interception to R. W. McQuarters, but McQuarters never went down and was fumbled upon being tackled, with the loose ball bouncing straight to offensive lineman Mark Tauscher at the 19-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0088-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Giants defense held, and with 11:46 left in the game, Packers kicker Mason Crosby hit a 37-yard field goal to tie the game at 20\u201320. On the Giants' next drive, after not converting for a 1st down, the Giants were at 4th and 5. The Giants failed to convert, however a Packers penalty gave the Giants a 1st down. the Giants advanced to the Packers's 28-yard line when Eli Manning went for the touchdown to Plaxico Burress, when Al Harris finally made a play and broke up the pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0088-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Giants then went for a field goal, but with 6:49 left in the game, Lawrence Tynes missed a 43-yard field goal attempt. The Packers's next two drives went three-and-out before they punted to the Giants with 2:30 left. Packers punter Jon Ryan's next punt went only 31 yards to the Packers's 48-yard line, but R. W. McQuarters fumbled the punt return, with Domenik Hixon saving a turnover by recovering the ball at the 48-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0088-0003", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nOn the next play, Ahmad Bradshaw broke through the Packers's defense for what appeared to be a 48-yard touchdown run, but the play was nullified due to a holding penalty. Undaunted, Manning found Steve Smith for completions of 14 and 11 yards before the Giants killed time for Lawrence Tynes to attempt a game-winning 36-yard field goal. On the last play of regulation, however, Giants long snapper Jay Alford had a low snap, and Tynes shanked the kick wide left on an attempt that was not even close to the uprights. The Giants and Packers went into overtime with the game tied at 20\u201320. The Packers won the coin toss and got the ball first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nFor much of the game, cornerback Corey Webster had been playing with a massive chip on his shoulder. While the Giants coaches had tried to encourage him and assure him that he would get another opportunity, he remained angry over his poor play resulting in Brett Favre's 90-yard touchdown to Donald Driver and wanted to make a big play to make up for it. He finally got an opportunity on the second play of overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0089-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Packers called an out pattern play for Driver, where Donald Lee would shift to fullback and attempt to deceive the Giants defense into believing that he would be a lead blocker on a running play (they had previously called this play twice before in the game, with the play being successful both times). Favre dropped back, and in a bonehead play that helped to define his legacy as a \"gunslinger,\" threw the ball straight towards Webster, who was in position against Driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0089-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nWebster took advantage of his long-awaited opportunity and intercepted the pass, and went five yards before Driver dragged him down, which gave the Giants the ball in Packer territory. The Giants failed to convert on 3rd down and decided to go for the field goal. Although he had missed his previous two attempts, Tynes, like Webster before him, also wanted another opportunity and sprinted straight onto the field for a 47-yard attempt with 12:29 left in OT. Before Tynes's attempt, no kicker had made a field goal of over 40 yards with the game time temperature below freezing. Tynes's attempt initially went wide of the right goalpost, but the wind hooked it left and the kick went just over the crossbar for the game-winning field goal, and the Giants became the 2007 NFC Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 869]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe Giants beat the Packers, 23\u201320. The Giants victory was the first championship win over the Packers since 1938. The Packers have a 4\u20132 record over the Giants in NFL/NFC Championship series. The win also marked the Giants' 10th straight road win and their 4th straight NFC Championship victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nFor the Giants, Eli Manning went 21\u201340 for 251 yards. Although he didn't throw a touchdown, he avoided an interception for the third straight playoff game. It was generally agreed by critics after the game that he outplayed Favre, making another instance where he outplayed a quarterback considered far superior to him in the lead-up to the contest. Brandon Jacobs added 67 yards on 21 carries with a touchdown, while Ahmad Bradshaw ran 16 times for 63 yards and a touchdown. Plaxico Burress caught 11 passes for 151 yards. Along with his 200+ yard receiving performance in 2002 against the Falcons while a member of the Steelers, it is considered by many to be his single greatest game as a receiver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nWhile the Giants defense didn't have a sack in this contest, they held the Packers to just 28 yards rushing. Former Giants running back Ryan Grant, who had run for 201 yards against the Seahawks the previous week, ran for just 29 yards against his former team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe game was Brett Favre's final game as a Green Bay Packer, with whom he played with for 16 seasons. He appeared to retire for good during the offseason, but instead announced just before the season started that he wanted to play again. Because the Packers spent the offseason after the retirement announcement preparing Aaron Rodgers for the starting job, Favre became expendable and was traded to the Jets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nDuring the game, Giants coach Tom Coughlin caught frostbite. His increasingly red face due to the freezing conditions and frostbite received considerable attention from TV cameras during the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game: at Green Bay Packers\nThe New York Giants were headed to Super Bowl XLII to face the 2007 AFC Champions New England Patriots who were undefeated at 18\u20130. on February 3, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 82], "content_span": [83, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nTwo weeks after their NFC Championship victory over the Packers, the Giants flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated AFC Champions, the New England Patriots, in a rematch of Week 17. That game had ended with the Patriots winning a very close game after coming back, and would prove to be a sign of things to come, but with a reverse ending.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nAfter calling tails to win the coin toss, the Giants started the game with the longest opening drive in Super Bowl history, a 16-play, 77-yard march that consumed 9 minutes, 59 seconds and featured four third-down conversions, the most ever on a Super Bowl opening drive. But New England halted the drive at their own 14-yard line, where New York delivered the first punch with kicker Lawrence Tynes nailing a 32-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nIn the second quarter, the Patriots responded with RB Laurence Maroney getting a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. After a scoreless third quarter, the Giants regained the lead with QB Eli Manning completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR David Tyree. New England retook the lead with QB Tom Brady completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0098-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nAfterwards, with only 2 minutes and 40 seconds left, Manning led his Giants from their own 17-yard line all the way to the Patriots' 13-yard line, featuring a 4th down conversion (a one-yard run by Brandon Jacobs on 4th and inches) and even Eli escaping a sure-fire sack & completing a 32-yard pass to Tyree, where he would hook up with WR Plaxico Burress for the game-winning TD pass. The defense after that didn't even allow a single yard, as Brady was sacked once and threw 3 incomplete passes, turning the ball over on downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nWith the win, the Giants finished their championship season with an overall record of 14\u20136. They became the third team (after the 1993 Cowboys and 2001 Patriots) to win the Super Bowl after beginning the season 0\u20132 and were the first NFC Wild Card to win the Super Bowl. The victory also gave them their 11th-straight road win (an NFL record).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nEli Manning was named the game's MVP after completing 19 of 34 passes for 255 yards, 2 touchdowns, and an interception; a majority of his offense came in the decisive fourth quarter, completing nine of 14 passes for 152 yards and both touchdowns. The defense had a stellar performance, sacking Patriots QB Tom Brady five times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0101-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nCoach Tom Coughlin became the third oldest head coach to win the Super Bowl (61 years and 156 days). Punter Jeff Feagles was the oldest player to play in a Super Bowl, let alone win one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0102-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Playoffs, Super Bowl XLII: vs. New England Patriots\nEli and Peyton Manning became the first brother QBs to become back-to-back Super Bowl winners and Super Bowl MVPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0103-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Super Bowl XLII DVD\nThe official DVD of Super Bowl XLII was released on February 26, 2008. The DVD covered the entire 2007 New York Giants season, as well as special features including the NFL Network postgame commentary, the halftime show in its entirety, the Media Day highlights, the NFC Divisional Game and NFC Championship Game highlights, profiles on Mathias Kiwanuka and Tom Coughlin, and features on Eli Manning and Michael Strahan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192378-0104-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Giants season, Stomp You Out\n\"Stomp You Out\" was the unofficial team motto of the 2007 New York Giants - especially their defense, which led the NFL with 52 sacks that season. It was started and perpetuated by Michael Strahan, saying he wanted to stomp out all of his opponents. During their playoff run, a relatively unknown motto was catapulted to national exposure as the Giants kept winning. The phrase remains a rallying cry for Giants fans to this day, much to the chagrin of their opponents, especially the Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots. At Strahan's 2014 Hall of Fame induction speech, he said, \"Not only did we win the game [Super Bowl XLII], but we stomped them out!\" much to the delight of Giants fans and players present.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season\nThe 2007 New York Jets season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 48th season overall, and the second under head coach Eric Mangini. The team attempted to improve upon their 10\u20136 record from 2006, but failed and finished the season with a 4\u201312 record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Signings\nThe Jets signed defensive end Michael Haynes on March 22. Haynes played three seasons with the Chicago Bears, but was cut before the beginning of last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Signings\nMarques Tuiasosopo was signed by the Jets on March 23 after spending six seasons with the Oakland Raiders. He and Kellen Clemens will compete for the role of backup quarterback behind starter Chad Pennington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Signings\nAmong the more notable free agent signings during the offseason was the acquisition of defensive end Andre Wadsworth on March 26. Wadsworth was the third overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, but had been out of football since 2000 \u2013 when he was cut by the Arizona Cardinals \u2013 due to several knee injuries and subsequent operations that kept him off the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Departures\nThe Jets released backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey on March 2. Ramsey was slated to be the primary backup behind Chad Pennington in 2006, but only played one snap under center during the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Departures\nPerhaps the most expected departure was the retirement of Curtis Martin on July 26. Martin was the fourth-leading rusher in NFL history at the time of his retirement with 14,101\u00a0yards. He hadn't played since week 12 of the 2005 season with a bone-on-bone knee injury ending his season. He was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list last season before being placed on injured reserve in week 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Trades\nThe Jets addressed a need at running back on March 6 by acquiring Thomas Jones from the Chicago Bears. The Jets\u2019 rushing offense ranked among the bottom teams in the NFL in 2006. In addition to Jones, the Jets received the 63rd pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, in exchange for the Jets\u2019 37th pick, which the Jets acquired from the Washington Redskins last year. Jones then signed a four-year, $20 million deal with the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, Player transactions, Trades\nOn August 23, the Jets agreed to trade disgruntled offensive lineman Pete Kendall to the Redskins, in exchange for the Redskins\u2019 fifth-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, which could become their fourth-round pick in 2009 depending on how much Kendall plays this season. Kendall had asked the Jets for a $1 million raise to his $1.7 million 2007 salary, which the Jets had refused, since Kendall had already renegotiated his contract prior to the 2006 season. He subsequently asked to be traded or released, and made his frustrations known to the media. During the preseason, Kendall practiced at center and played at that position in the Jets\u2019 preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings on August 17. The experiment resulted in two botched shotgun snaps for the Jets, one of which was converted into a defensive touchdown for the Vikings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 905]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe Jets were granted the 25th pick in the first round of the annual college draft. The draft took place on April 28 and 29 in New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe team was especially busy on draft day, making two big moves to move up in the order. First, they traded the 25th pick in the first round, along with their second (59th overall) and fifth-round (164th) picks to the Carolina Panthers for their first-round (14th) and sixth-round (191st) picks. They used the fourteenth pick on cornerback Darrelle Revis from the University of Pittsburgh. Later, they traded their other second-round pick (63rd) with their third (89th) and the sixth-round pick acquired from Carolina to the Green Bay Packers for their second (47th) and seventh-round (235th) picks. The four players in all taken by the Jets represent the smallest draft class in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Offseason, 2007 NFL Draft\nRevis initially did not attend the Jets\u2019 training camp, as he was still in the midst of negotiating his contract. He eventually signed a six-year, US$36 million contract on August 15, 21 days after camp had started. Revis was the second-to-last first-round pick to sign a contract with a team, with JaMarcus Russell of the Oakland Raiders the only holdout remaining as a result. Revis was the first draftee not signed before training camp by the Jets since James Farrior in 1997, and had the longest holdout since Keyshawn Johnson in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season\nMatchups were determined at the end of last season through the league's scheduling formula. In addition to two games each against their traditional AFC East rivals, the team will face teams from the AFC North and NFC East. The Jets will also host the Kansas City Chiefs, marking Herman Edwards\u2019 first game against his former team since leaving after the 2005 season. The schedule was officially released on April 11. One game \u2014 the Jets\u2019 Thanksgiving game against the Dallas Cowboys \u2013 was announced with the league's opening weekend games on March 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season\nGame times from weeks 11 through 17 (excluding the aforementioned Cowboys game) were subject to change in accordance with the NFL's flexible scheduling policy. Two games wound up being affected: the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was moved from a 1:00\u00a0PM Eastern time start to 4:05\u00a0PM; the game against the Chiefs was moved from NBC Sunday Night Football to a 4:15\u00a0PM start on CBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Game summary\nThe Jets began their 2007 campaign at home for a Week 1 divisional match-up with the New England Patriots. In the first quarter, New York immediately trailed as QB Tom Brady completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Wes Welker for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Jets tied the game with QB Chad Pennington completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. However, the Patriots retook the lead with Brady completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Benjamin Watson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Game summary\nOn the opening kickoff for the third quarter, New York trailed even more as CB Ellis Hobbs returned the kickoff an NFL record 108\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, New England continued his onslaught as Brady completed a 51-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss. The Jets would get their last score of the game with Pennington & Coles hooking up with each other again on a 1-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots would take over for the rest of the game as kicker Stephen Gostkowski nailed a 22-yard field goal, while FB Heath Evans ended the game with a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Game summary\nWith the loss, New York began its season at 0\u20131 while the Patriots began 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Videotaping incident\nOn September 10, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was accused by the Jets of authorizing his staff to film the Jets\u2019 defensive signals from an on-field location, a violation of league rules. The Jets confiscated the video camera used by video assistant Matt Estrella to film the signals during the game and filed a complaint to the league office, detailing the accusations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 112], "content_span": [113, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Videotaping incident\nOn September 13, Belichick was officially fined $500,000, while the Patriots were also fined $250,000, and forfeited their first round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. If the Patriots had missed the playoffs, they would have instead forfeited their second and third round selections in the 2008 draft. Goodell said that he fined the Patriots as a team because Belichick is effectively the team's general manager as well as head coach, and exercises so much control over the Patriots\u2019 on-field operations that \"his actions and decisions are properly attributed to the club.\" Goodell considered suspending Belichick, but decided that taking away draft picks would be more severe in the long run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 112], "content_span": [113, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Videotaping incident\nBelichick later issued a statement in which he apologized for what he called a \"mistake\" in his interpretation of the rules. However, he denied ever using videotape to gain an advantage while a game was underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 112], "content_span": [113, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nThough Chad Pennington was active and in uniform for the Jets, the team erred on the side of caution due to injured right ankle, instead starting second-year backup Kellen Clemens, who was making his first career start. The Ravens\u2019 defense welcomed him rudely on his first drive with an interception by Ed Reed. The Ravens were able to attain good field position consistently throughout the first half, and quarterback Kyle Boller (who himself was starting in place of an injured starting quarterback, Steve McNair), capitalized with a two-yard touchdown to Willis McGahee late in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 99], "content_span": [100, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nThe teams traded field goals to start the second quarter; Jets kicker Mike Nugent hit a 50-yard field goal, followed by Matt Stover hitting a 28-yard attempt for the Ravens. After Stover missed a 46-yard try, the Jets tried to respond with Nugent attempting a 52-yard field goal, but Nugent missed wide left, his first miss in twenty attempts dating back to last season. Boller once again took advantage of the short field provided and hit tight end Todd Heap on a four-yard touchdown with six seconds left in the half to extend the Ravens\u2019 lead to 17\u20133. Heap's catch was initially ruled incomplete, but the call was subjected to a booth review and reversed, as replays showed he was able to touch both feet within the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 99], "content_span": [100, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nAfter a quiet third quarter, Stover hit a 43-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter, and extended Baltimore's lead to seventeen. Baltimore's defense, which ranked as the best in the NFL in 2006, was able to shut down Clemens and the Jets for most of the game, but Clemens was able to rally the team in the fourth quarter. Using a no huddle offense, Clemens drove the team down to the Baltimore three-yard line, before the Jets settled for a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 99], "content_span": [100, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nOn the Jets\u2019 next possession, 44 and 24-yard strikes by Clemens to Jerricho Cotchery got the Jets to the Ravens\u2019 goal line, where he found tight end Chris Baker for a three-yard touchdown, cutting the Jets\u2019 deficit to seven. Though the Jets failed to convert the ensuing onside kick, poor clock management by Boller gave the Jets the ball back with 2:38 left in the game. Clemens immediately found Cotchery on a 50-yard catch-and-run, later followed by a 24-yard pass to Laveranues Coles that brought the Jets\u2019 to the Baltimore seven-yard line with just over a minute to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 99], "content_span": [100, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0019-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, Game summary\nClemens passed to Justin McCareins for a potential touchdown, but the pass was dropped by McCareins. A second pass to McCareins in the end zone deflected off him and into the arms of Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis for the game-ending interception. The loss made the Jets 8\u201320 since 2002 in games not started by Chad Pennington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 99], "content_span": [100, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs. Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nChad Pennington returned under center for the Jets, as they attempted to get their first win of the season against another winless team, the Miami Dolphins. The Jets\u2019 offense got going toward the end of the first quarter with a three-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Laveranues Coles. The Dolphins responded swiftly as Trent Green and Ronnie Brown led the team on a three-minute drive that culminated on a one-yard run by Brown to tie the score at seven. However, the Jets wasted little time reclaiming the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs. Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nLeon Washington received the ensuing kickoff at the two-yard line and returned it 98\u00a0yards for a touchdown and a 14\u20137 lead. The Dolphins crept back with field goals of 31 and 39\u00a0yards by Jay Feely on their next two possessions. Pennington kept the Dolphins at bay with a successful two-minute drill, finding tight end Chris Baker on a four-yard touchdown to close the first half and give the Jets a 21\u201313 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs. Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nThe Jets attempted to further their lead opening the third quarter, but were stopped short of the goal line and had to settle for a 21-yard Mike Nugent field goal. The Dolphins tried to respond, but the Jets\u2019 defense forced their first takeaway of the season on the ensuing drive, an interception by Kerry Rhodes. Pennington led his offense downfield with the help of several Thomas Jones running plays before he ran into the end zone to give the Jets a 31\u201313 lead early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs. Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nMiami would not go down quietly, however. Green quickly marched the Dolphins downfield to set up Brown's two-yard touchdown run. The Dolphins elected to attempt a two-point conversion to cut their deficit to ten; using a Statue of Liberty play, Brown walked into the end zone to complete the conversion. Although the Jets shed several minutes off the clock on their following possession, the Dolphins got the ball back and again were able to move swiftly downfield, where Brown scored his third touchdown on a 22-yard pass from Green. The Dolphins needed to recover an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff to have a chance to tie or win the game, but, despite a penalty moving the ball up ten yards, were unsuccessful, and Pennington knelt out the clock to give the Jets their first victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 902]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 4 at Bills\nComing off a divisional home win over the Dolphins, the Jets flew to Ralph Wilson Stadium for an AFC East showdown with the winless Buffalo Bills. After a scoreless first half, New York trailed in the third quarter as Bills RB Marshawn Lynch got a 10-yard TD run. The Jets would respond with QB Chad Pennington completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. In the fourth quarter, New York fell behind Buffalo again as kicker Rian Lindell nailed a 46-yard field goal and QB Trent Edwards completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Michael Gaines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 4 at Bills\nThe Jets managed to pull within three as RB Leon Washington got an 8-yard TD run. After forcing a three-&-out, New York had one last chance to tie or take the lead. Unfortunately, 8 plays into the drive, Pennington got intercepted by Bills CB Terrence McGee, which secured Buffalo's first win of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants, Game summary\nThe Jets played a rare road game at home, as they took on their intracity rivals (and stadium co-tenants), the New York Giants. Both offenses were slow to start through the first quarter, though the Jets\u2019 defense capitalized when Giants running back Brandon Jacobs fumbled at his own 11-yard line, which was picked up by safety Kerry Rhodes for a touchdown. The Jets had a chance to extend the lead later in the period, but Mike Nugent missed a 42-yard field goal. The Giants responded on the ensuing drive with an eight-yard touchdown by Derrick Ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants, Game summary\nThe deadlock was broken toward the end of the first half when Chad Pennington led the Jets on a 93-yard drive with less than two minutes in the half, ending on a 16-yard touchdown pass to Brad Smith. The Jets were able to tack on a 47-yard field goal by Nugent to end the half, after they got the ball back on an interception of Giants quarterback Eli Manning by Jonathan Vilma, taking a 17\u20137 lead into the locker room.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants, Game summary\nThe Giants went to work when they opened the second half, getting a 19-yard touchdown run from Jacobs to cut the Jets\u2019 lead to three. The lead was restored back to ten, however, when Leon Washington returned the ensuing kickoff 98\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Later in the quarter, Manning led the Giants downfield and completed a 13-yard pass to tight end Jeremy Shockey for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at New York Giants, Game summary\nPennington attempted to respond by leading the Jets deep into Giants territory early in the fourth quarter, but he floated a pass toward the end zone which was intercepted at the two-yard line by cornerback Aaron Ross. Despite the bad field position, Manning eventually found Plaxico Burress on a 53-yard touchdown pass to put the Giants ahead, 28\u201324. The Jets tried to get back ahead later in the period, but Pennington was intercepted again by Ross (Pennington's third of the afternoon), who took it 43\u00a0yards for what was effectively the game-sealing touchdown. One last attempt by the Jets to score yielded no positive yardage, and the Giants ran out the clock to preserve the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Game summary\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Jets stayed at home, donned their throwback New York Titans uniforms, and played their Week 6 interconference game with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the Jets got off to a fast start with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 30-yard field goal, yet the Eagles took the lead with QB Donovan McNabb completing a 75-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis. In the second quarter, Philadelphia increased its lead with kicker David Akers getting a 22-yard field goal. New York responded with Nugent kicking a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Jets continued to struggle as Akers gave the Eagles a 31-yard and a 25-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, New York tried to come back, yet all they got was Nugent's 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs. Philadelphia Eagles, Game summary\nOne of the few positives from the game was that RB Thomas Jones ran 100\u00a0yards for the 18th time in his career, as he ran 24 times for 130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals, Game summary\nReeling from three straight losses, the Jets made some changes in the lineup, moving Darrelle Revis and inserting Hank Poteat and Abram Elam. QB Chad Pennington got off to a quick start, completing a 57-yard pass to Laveranues Coles. Both New York and Cincinnati were able to move the ball back and forth in the first half, ending the half with the Jets on top 20\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 101], "content_span": [102, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals, Game summary\nThe fourth quarter would eventually prove to be the Jets undoing, however. After giving up a touchdown in the third quarter to make the score 23\u201317, the Jets gave up three touchdowns and only scored their last touchdown in the closing seconds of the game, ending with a 38\u201331 loss. The fourth quarter was marked by many mistakes, including a costly pass interference by Darrelle Revis and a fumble and interception by Chad Pennington. The pass interference kept a Bengals drive alive, and the fumble gave the Bengals the ball at midfield. Finally, with 50\u00a0seconds left in the game, Pennington throws a hurried pass into the hands of Bengal Johnathan Joseph, who runs the ball 42\u00a0yards for the game-sealing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 101], "content_span": [102, 818]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals, Game summary\nAfter the game, coach Eric Mangini refused to endorse Chad Pennington as the quarterback for next week's game against the Buffalo Bills, stating that he'd \"need to look at the tape,\" indicating a possible change to Kellen Clemens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 101], "content_span": [102, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs. Buffalo Bills, Game summary\nBefore the game, the Jets learned linebacker Jonathan Vilma was lost for the season with a knee injury. Both teams began the game with lengthy drives that ended in field goals, consuming nearly the first twenty minutes of the game. Neither team could generate much offense after that. An interception from Bills quarterback Trent Edwards and a fumble on a trick play by the Jets\u2019 Leon Washington ended the only serious attempts either team made at scoring in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs. Buffalo Bills, Game summary\nEdwards sprained his right wrist in the third quarter and was replaced by his backup, former starter J. P. Losman. Losman led Buffalo downfield early in the fourth quarter, and the Bills took a 6\u20133 lead on a 40-yard field goal by Rian Lindell. On the Bills\u2019 next possession, Losman threw downfield from his own 15-yard line, and found Lee Evans, who, after wrestling the ball away from Darrelle Revis, ran untouched for 43\u00a0yards into the end zone to give the Bills a 13\u20133 lead. Revis appeared to have a chance to intercept the ball, but Jets\u2019 safety Abram Elam ran into Revis, allowing Evans to claim the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs. Buffalo Bills, Game summary\nAfter the touchdown, and with 3:38 left to play, Jets quarterback Chad Pennington was replaced by backup Kellen Clemens. Clemens twice attempted to drive the Jets for a score, but both drives ended in interceptions, including one on a Hail Mary that ended the game. The Bills held on for the 13\u20133 victory, as the Jets were swept by Buffalo for the first time since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 97], "content_span": [98, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs. Washington Redskins, Game summary\nKellen Clemens was named the starting quarterback on Monday by Coach Eric Mangini, relegating Chad Pennington to the backup role indefinitely. However, Clemens would not be throwing to receiver Laveranues Coles, who ended a 104-game consecutive games played streak due to a concussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs. Washington Redskins, Game summary\nLeon Washington got the Jets started immediately when he returned the opening kickoff 86\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The kickoff return touchdown was his third of the season, setting a Jets record. The teams traded field goals before Clemens led the Jets downfield, where he found tight end Joe Kowalewski on a one-yard touchdown. The Redskins responded with a 40-yard field goal from Shaun Suisham. They then surprised the Jets with an onside kick, which they successfully recovered, leading to another Suisham field goal near the end of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs. Washington Redskins, Game summary\nSuisham continued to keep the Redskins in the game with a 40-yard field goal to start the third quarter, bringing the score to 17\u201312. The Jets drove deep into Redskins territory early in the fourth quarter when, on a pass completion to Jerricho Cotchery, Cotchery fumbled the ball, and the Redskins recovered. Mangini challenged the call believing the pass was incomplete, and therefore no fumble was possible, but the challenge was not upheld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs. Washington Redskins, Game summary\nThe Redskins took advantage on the ensuing drive, and running back Clinton Portis, who had a huge game against the porous Jets run defense, scored on a one-yard touchdown to give Washington the lead. A two-point conversion from quarterback Jason Campbell to Antwaan Randle El put the Redskins up by three. The Jets eventually got the ball back late in the game, and Clemens led the offense on a 15-play drive ending with a Mike Nugent 30-yard field goal with ten seconds left to force overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs. Washington Redskins, Game summary\nThe Jets won the coin toss to start the extra frame and received the ball first. They began with a 39-yard pass from Clemens to Cotchery, but the drive quickly stalled and the Jets were forced to punt. Campbell and Portis led the Redskins downfield into the field goal range of Suisham, who hit his fifth field goal of the day to give the Redskins the win and send the Jets to their sixth straight loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Game summary\nThe Jets faced a tough matchup in the Pittsburgh Steelers, who possessed the top-ranked defense in the league entering the game. The Jets started the game with a bang, however, executing a flea flicker play as quarterback Kellen Clemens found Laveranues Coles for 57\u00a0yards, setting up Chris Baker's one-yard touchdown reception. After the Jets extended their lead to ten points, the Steelers got on the board in the second quarter. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger found Santonio Holmes on a seven-yard pass for a touchdown, making the score 10\u20137. Later, following a Roethlisberger interception by Kerry Rhodes, Clemens led the Jets through a two-minute drill down to the Steelers\u2019 one-yard line, but could not get into the end zone, and the Jets settled for a Mike Nugent 19-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 895]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Game summary\nThe Steelers were able to chip away at the deficit in the second half. Though the Jets defense managed to stall Pittsburgh drives into Jets territory, Jeff Reed hit field goal attempts from 37, 33, and 48\u00a0yards to eventually give Pittsburgh a 16\u201313 lead with less than nine minutes to go. The Jets eventually received the ball at their own 14-yard line with 2:23 left in the game, and for the second game in a row, Clemens marched the team downfield, on a 13-play, 76-yard drive, culminating in a 28-yard field goal attempt for Nugent, which forced overtime. After both teams went three-and-out to start, Leon Washington, who Pittsburgh kickers and punters had avoided kicking to for much of the game, returned a punt 33\u00a0yards to the Steelers 27-yard line. This set up Nugent's successful 38-yard field goal, giving the Jets their second win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 961]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Game summary\nThe Jets defense had an impressive game; in addition to an interception and a fumble recovery, they were able to pressure Roethlisberger throughout the game, resulting in seven quarterback sacks, after having just nine in the team's first nine games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Game summary\nComing off their home victory over the Steelers, the Jets flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 12 Thanksgiving interconference showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. This would be their first Thanksgiving Day appearance since 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Game summary\nIn the first quarter, New York trailed early as Cowboys RB Marion Barber got a 7-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Dallas increased its lead with QB Tony Romo completing a 25-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten, along with CB Terence Newman returning an interception 50\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Jets managed to score their only points of the game as kicker Mike Nugent managed to get a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys added on to their lead as kicker Nick Folk managed to get a 46-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Dallas pulled away as Folk nailed a 27-yard field goal and Romo completed a 22-yard TD pass to WR Terrell Owens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nIronically, the Jets were the underdogs against the 0\u201311 Dolphins, according to Las Vegas bookmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nThe Jets opened the game by getting on the board with a direct snap touchdown run by Leon Washington. Long field goals by Jay Feely for the Dolphins cut the Jets\u2019 lead to one. Immediately after Feely's second field goal, Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens found Justin McCareins on a long pass for 50\u00a0yards, but the drive quickly stalled, and New York was forced to settle for Mike Nugent\u2019s 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nOn the Jets\u2019 next possession, Clemens was hit on one of six Dolphins sacks by Will Allen; the ball popped out on the hit and was recovered by Michael Lehan, who returned the fumble 43\u00a0yards for a touchdown to give the Dolphins a 13\u201310 lead. Aided by consecutive Dolphins penalties prior to kickoff, however, the good field position on the Jets\u2019 ensuing drive allowed Clemens to find Brad Smith on a 19-yard touchdown reception to put the Jets back on top. A Kerry Rhodes interception on the Dolphins\u2019 next possession allowed the Jets to tack on a 40-yard field goal just before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins, Game summary\nTurnovers for the Jets\u2019 defense allowed New York to take control of the game in the second half. Rookie Dolphins quarterback John Beck\u2019s fumble on a sack in third quarter led to Nugent's 35-yard attempt to increase the Jets\u2019 lead to ten. After Beck lost another fumble on the Dolphins\u2019 next series, the Jets drove down to Miami's one-yard line, where Thomas Jones scored his first touchdown in his twelfth game as a Jet. On Miami's next possession, an interception by Drew Coleman gave the Jets another scoring opportunity, which turned out to be Nugent's fourth field goal of the day. Leon Washington's 12-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter ended the scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 98], "content_span": [99, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns, Game summary\nComing off their season-sweep over the Dolphins, the Jets went home for a Week 14 intraconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. After a scoreless first quarter, New York trailed in the second quarter as Browns QB Derek Anderson completed a 7-yard TD pass to RB Jamal Lewis. The Jets would get on the board with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 101], "content_span": [102, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, Cleveland responded with Anderson completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards. The Jets would reply with Nugent kicking a 41-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Browns increased their lead with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 49-yard field goal. New York would creep closer with QB Kellen Clemens getting a 1-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion), while Nugent kicked a 38-yard field goal. However, Cleveland sealed the win with Lewis getting a 31-yard touchdown. The Jets would end the game with Nugent nailing a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 101], "content_span": [102, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: at New England Patriots, Game summary\nThe Jets were heavy underdogs coming into their second game with the undefeated Patriots. The game was largely a defensive struggle, as cold, wet weather affected both teams\u2019 offenses. On the Jets\u2019 second play from scrimmage, Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens was hit as he threw by Richard Seymour, and safety Eugene Wilson grabbed the errant pass for a quick 7\u20130 lead for New England. Clemens was forced to leave the game after the play with an undisclosed rib injury, and was relieved for the remainder of the game by Chad Pennington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0050-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: at New England Patriots, Game summary\nA field goal extended the Patriots lead in the second quarter. The Jets caught a break later in the quarter when Patriots punter Chris Hanson bobbled the snap on a punt, allowing David Bowens time to block the punt for the Jets; Bowens recovered the ball and ran for the touchdown to trim the Patriots lead to three. However, the Patriots followed suit with their own blocked punt toward the end of the half, which set up Laurence Maroney\u2019s one-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: at New England Patriots, Game summary\nThe Jets had some scoring opportunities go to waste in the second half. An interception of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in New England territory led to a Chris Baker fumble at the 15-yard line. The teams then traded field goals in the fourth quarter to make the score 20\u201310. Following the Patriots\u2019 field goal, the Jets began play at the Patriots 31-yard line; Pennington found Justin McCareins in the end zone for an apparent seven-yard touchdown. However, the play was challenged by New England, and it was ruled that McCareins did not have full control of the ball, nullifying the touchdown. After getting pushed back by a penalty, Mike Nugent missed a 35-yard field goal attempt, ending the Jets\u2019 last serious scoring threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 104], "content_span": [105, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans, Game summary\nChad Pennington started at quarterback for the Jets, as Kellen Clemens sat out while recovering from the rib injury suffered against the Patriots. The Titans got on the board early in the second quarter with a four-yard touchdown run by Chris Brown. The Jets responded with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Pennington to Jerricho Cotchery, but the Titans blocked the extra point attempt to maintain a one-point lead. Later in the quarter, the Jets were the victims of unfortunate luck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 100], "content_span": [101, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0052-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at Tennessee Titans, Game summary\nWhen Mike Nugent converted a 38-yard field goal attempt, the Titans were called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that gave the Jets a first-and-goal at the Tennessee 10-yard line. However, three plays later, Pennington threw an interception to end the Jets\u2019 scoring threat. A Rob Bironas field goal gave the Titans a 10\u20136 lead in the third quarter, and the Jets were never able to make any significant progress on offense afterward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 100], "content_span": [101, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Game summary\nTrying to end their season on a high note, the Jets went home for a Week 17 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. After a scoreless first quarter, New York took flight as QB Kellen Clemens completed a 15-yard TD to RB Thomas Jones. The Chiefs would get on the board with kicker John Carney getting a 40-yard field goal, followed by Jets kicker Mike Nugent getting a 27-yard field goal to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Game summary\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Kansas City would tie the game in the fourth quarter with QB Brodie Croyle completing a 26-yard TD pass to WR Jeff Webb. In overtime, New York sealed the win with Nugent nailing the game-winning 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192379-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Jets season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Game summary\nWith the win, the Jets ended the season at 4\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 103], "content_span": [104, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192380-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Liberty season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the 11th for the New York Liberty. The Liberty reached the playoffs, but they later fell to eventual conference champion Detroit Shock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192380-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Liberty season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft\nBased on the Liberty's 2006 record, they would pick 3rd in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Liberty picked Janel McCarville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season\nThe New York Mets' 2007 season was the 46th regular season for the Mets. The Mets were defending their first divisional championship since 1988. While the Atlanta Braves were counted as possible competition, the Philadelphia Phillies were predicted as the front-runners, albeit by their own star shortstop, Jimmy Rollins. Ultimately, Rollins' prediction rang true, as the Phillies won the NL East Division title on the last day of the regular season. With a seven-game division lead on September 12, the Mets suffered a historic collapse by losing 12 of their last 17 games and missing the postseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nThe Mets' high hopes for the 2006 postseason were thwarted on September 29, 2006, when it was announced that ace Pedro Mart\u00ednez was done for the remainder of the year due to a left calf muscle strain. Later it was announced that Pedro would have to undergo rotator cuff surgery and would miss a sizable portion of the 2007 season. On October 3, the day before his game 1 NLDS start, it was announced that Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez tweaked his right calf muscle while jogging in the outfield at Shea. He wouldn't be able to pitch again until the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nComing into the 2006 offseason, it was clear that the team's biggest need was pitching. Pedro would return, but in what condition? El-Duque was a question mark with his age and veteran Steve Trachsel guaranteed his departure with a Game 3 NLCS meltdown. Omar Minaya, the Mets' General Manager, made it clear that his first order of business concerned their in-house free agents including: Tom Glavine, Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez, and Chad Bradford. The Mets also went hard after Japanese SP Daisuke Matsuzaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nOn November 14, the Boston Red Sox outbid the Mets $51.1 million to ~$39 million for negotiating rights to Matsuzaka. Also on this day, the Mets tendered contracts to Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez and 37-year-old Jos\u00e9 Valent\u00edn. Two days later 37-year-old Damion Easley was acquired as a fourth outfielder and to occasionally spell Valent\u00edn at second base. 40-year-old slugger Mois\u00e9s Alou was signed to replace Cliff Floyd in left field. On December 1, with the hopes of winning his 300th game, Tom Glavine signed a single year contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nThe Mets also had their eyes on free agent SP Barry Zito who eventually ended up with the San Francisco Giants after signing the largest contract ever for a pitcher at the time in MLB history. Former All-Star pitcher Chan-ho Park was also signed but lasted only one poor start before being released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nThe biggest changes took place in the bullpen. The Mets lost Chad Bradford, Roberto Hern\u00e1ndez, and Darren Oliver to free agency. The Mets also initiated a series of questionable moves where young bullpen arms were traded away. Heath Bell and Royce Ring were packaged in a deal to San Diego for outfielder Ben Johnson and reliever Jon Adkins. Hard throwers Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom were traded to the Florida Marlins for lefties Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick. Serviceable starter Brian Bannister was traded to the Kansas City Royals for the 23-year-old flame thrower Ambiorix Burgos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nThe worst news came with the loss of pitchers Duaner S\u00e1nchez and Juan Padilla. S\u00e1nchez, who had recovered from a mid-2006 taxicab accident and signed a new contract, was sidelined after reinjuring his shoulder during Spring training. In addition, newly signed Guillermo Mota was suspended for the first 50 games of the regular season for steroid use. The Mets were forced to rely on mainstays Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, and Pedro Feliciano in addition to new acquisitions: veteran reliever Scott Schoeneweis and veteran starter-turned-reliever Aaron Sele. The remaining spots were populated by rookie Joe Smith and Ambiorix Burgos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nThe 2007 Mets began the season much older and untested than the 2006 team. The starting pitching wasn't improved. Old veterans Tom Glavine and Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez appeared at the top of the rotation followed by question marks: John Maine and \u00d3liver P\u00e9rez. It was unknown how healthy Glavine and Hernandez would be by the end of the season. It was also unknown if Maine and Perez would continue to improve after their postseason successes and if they could handle the load of pitching a full season. The fifth spot was given to rookie Mike Pelfrey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, 2006 Offseason\nThe lineup also aged dramatically with the inclusion of Alou and Easley to a roster already containing Julio Franco, Jos\u00e9 Valent\u00edn, Carlos Delgado, and Paul Lo Duca. The bullpen lost valuable arms in Chad Bradford, Darren Oliver, and Duaner S\u00e1nchez. By the time it became apparent that Sanchez and Padilla would be unable to pitch, the Mets had already traded away Heath Bell and Henry Owens. Both had the experience and ability to step in and contribute on a major league level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nThe season started similarly to 2006 for the Mets as they swept the season-opening series against the best defending champion St. Louis Cardinals and winning their first four games by a combined score of 31\u20133; in doing so, the Mets joined the 1978 Brewers as the only teams in major league history to win their first four games by a margin of at least 28 runs. Unlike 2006, the Braves stayed close throughout April and even held sole possession of first place at the end of the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nAlso unlike 2006, the Mets were led by an unlikely hero, John Maine, who was undefeated and named the National League Pitcher of the Month for April. David Wright hit only .244 with no home runs and six RBI in April but carried over a hitting streak from 2006 that reached a franchise record 26 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nNew York followed their strong April with an even stronger May. Jorge Sosa replaced Pelfrey in the starting rotation and compiled a 4\u20131 record for the month. His 8\u20131 win on May 16 put the Mets in first place where they remained until the last week of the season. Wright led the offense in May with eight home runs and 22 RBI. The Mets went 19\u20139 in May and finished the month with a 4+1\u20442-game lead despite starting second baseman Jos\u00e9 Valent\u00edn out for the entire month with an injury and starting outfielders Mois\u00e9s Alou and Shawn Green missing time as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nAs the calendar turned to June, the Mets began slumping, losing six straight series against teams with winning records, the last four series part of a stretch of 18 straight games against 2006 playoff teams, facing the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, Twins, Athletics, and Cardinals, becoming the first team in MLB history to play six consecutive series against six different teams that made the playoffs the previous season. This stretch started poorly for the Mets, as they lost 9 out of 12 to the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, and Twins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nHowever, they turned it around and won 5 out of 6 against the Athletics and Cardinals to finish this stretch. The Mets entered the All-Star break with 48 wins and 39 losses, with a slim lead over the second-place Atlanta Braves. The Mets acquired Luis Castillo and Jeff Conine before the playoff roster deadline of September 1 to fill holes that were created due to injuries. On July 12, 2007, Julio Franco was released by the Mets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nShortstop Jos\u00e9 Reyes was mentioned at mid-season as a possible MVP. Pedro Mart\u00ednez notched his 3,000th strikeout. Tom Glavine got his 300th win. The team went into Wrigley Field in August and took two of three from the NL Central's first place Cubs, then beat up on the NL West's first place Diamondbacks a week later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nDespite being swept by the second place Phillies in a four-game series in Philadelphia on August 27\u201330 (during which the Mets saw their six-game lead evaporate to two), the Mets won nine out of their next ten games, and everything was seemingly going the Mets' way. On September 12, the Mets were 21 games over .500 with a record of 83\u201362. Over the last three weeks of the baseball season, they won only five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nPedro Mart\u00ednez returned to the Mets starting rotation in time for the September playoff deadline. As of September 17, the Mets were in first place in the NL East with an 83\u201366 record and a 2+1\u20442-game lead over the charging Phillies. They had lost four in a row, including a three-game sweep by the Phillies. Mois\u00e9s Alou, as of September 17 had a 21-game hitting streak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nDown the stretch, the Mets played poorly including losing five out of six games with the fourth-place Washington Nationals. They lost on September 28 to fall into second place for the first time in over four months but pulled back into a tie with Philadelphia on September 29. On September 30, the Mets faced the Florida Marlins with hopes of winning the NL East or at least forcing a one-game playoff. Tom Glavine surrendered 7 runs in the first inning as the Mets fell 8\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nThe Phillies capped their miraculous comeback with a 6\u20131 victory over the Washington Nationals to win the National League East. The 2007 Mets collapse is one of the worst in baseball history, mirroring \"the Phold\" of 1964, where the Phillies lost a 6+1\u20442-game lead in the last twelve games. The Mets, who had come back in 1969 against improbable odds to beat out the Cubs, now found themselves on the other side of the equation, coincidentally, against a team in the Phillies that in 1964 had pulled a similar collapse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Regular season\nThe 2007 Mets finished the season with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. They placed second in the National League East, and third in the Wild Card standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192381-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192382-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Red Bulls season\nThe 2007 season was the 12th season of New York Red Bulls's franchise existence. They played their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192383-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Titans season\nThe New York Titans are a professional lacrosse team based in New York, New York, that plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the Titans inaugural season. The franchise was announced by the NLL on July 11, 2006, and the name \"Titans\" was chosen in September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192383-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Titans season\nThe Titans suffered through a rough inaugural season. After two losses, they won their first game at home against their expansion cousins, the Chicago Shamrox, but then lost the next six straight games. They did finish strong, however, winning two of their last three games, but finished well out of the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192383-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Titans season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192383-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Titans season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192383-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Titans season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192384-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Underground Film Festival\nThese are the films shown at the 14th New York Underground Film Festival, held from March 28 - April 3, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season\nThe New York Yankees' 2007 season was the Yankees' 105th in New York and their 107th overall dating back to their origins in Baltimore. The season started with the Yankees trying to win the AL East championship, a title they had won every season since the 1998 season, but ultimately they came in second place to the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees instead won the American League wild card, beating out the Seattle Mariners and the Detroit Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Offseason\nThe offseason started with news of the unexpected death of Cory Lidle, who was an occupant in his own plane that crashed into a Manhattan high rise shortly after the Yankees were eliminated in the 2006 ALDS. The Yankees made news by trading right fielder Gary Sheffield to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for pitching prospects. The Yankees also traded away pitcher Jaret Wrightto the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for reliever Chris Britton. On December 21, 2006, Andy Pettitte signed as a Free Agent with the Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Offseason\nHowever, no offseason move was bigger for the team than trading Randy Johnson back to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team who he was with when he won the 2001 World Series against the Yankees, for pitcher Luis Vizca\u00edno and three minor league prospects. Joe Torre is managing the team for the 12th consecutive season. On May 6, Roger Clemens announced his return to the Yankees after a three-year absence from the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nInjuries sidelined starting pitchers Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano, and Chien-Ming Wang, leaving only original starters Andy Pettitte and Kei Igawa active. The team set a major league record with 10 different starters in the first 30 games, including a record 6 rookies. Even the rookie hurlers were not immune in the early going. Jeff Karstens was hit by a line drive off his first pitch on April 28, fracturing his right fibula. Phil Hughes pitched a hitless 6+1\u20443 innings against the Rangers on May 1 before leaving the game with a pulled hamstring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nCloser Mariano Rivera blew 2 of his first 3 save opportunities and struggled in other appearances. Kei Igawa, acquired during the off-season for $46 million from Japan's Hanshin Tigers, allowed 26 earned runs in 6 appearances for an ERA of 7.63. He was then sent to the Tampa Yankees, the Single A affiliate of the Yankees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nMeanwhile, the offense led the American League in hits, home runs, and runs scored. Alex Rodr\u00edguez tied a record (set by Albert Pujols), by hitting 14 home runs in April. Nonetheless, the Yankees suffered a seven-game losing streak after sweeping the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium and ended April with a record of 9\u201314, last place in the AL East and 6+1\u20442 games behind the Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nBy early May, Mike Mussina and Chien-Ming Wang joined Andy Pettitte with newcomers Darrell Rasner and Matt DeSalvo filling in the remaining two positions in the rotation. Alex Rodriguez's remarkable April had come to an end, but the bats kept up their pace and, with the bullpen getting some needed rest, the Yankees began May 7\u20132. However, at the end of the month, the Yankees were tied for last place with the Devil Rays and were 22\u201329, 13+1\u20442 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East. On May 6, Roger Clemens announced his return to the Yankees after a three-year absence from the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 65], "content_span": [66, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nThe Yankees began June with a strong 8\u20132 start. They opened with a series victory over the Red Sox in Boston, including a game-winning home run by Alex Rodriguez off closer Jonathan Papelbon in the final game of the set with Boston. They were struck by injuries again that weekend, as Doug Mientkiewicz was injured in a collision at first with Mike Lowell and Roger Clemens's first start was delayed by a groin injury. Nonetheless, the Yankees took 3 of 4 from the White Sox heading into an interleague series with the Pirates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nRoger Clemens made his season debut on June 9 and earned the victory. The Yankees swept the Pirates and took a 9-game winning streak, their longest since May 2005, into a subway series with the Mets. Roger Clemens pitched strongly in the series opener, but the Yankees were shut out 2\u20130. The Yankees would rebound and take the next game 11\u20138. Later that day, the Yankees received news that Kei Igawa would be ready to return to the Major Leagues. On July 1, they were 11 games behind the division-leading Red Sox and 8 games behind the Wild Card-leading Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThe Yankees began the first week of July strongly. They lost the final game of a series with Oakland before taking 3 out of 4 from the Minnesota Twins and 2 of 3 from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Alex Rodriguez was injured during the series with Minnesota, suffering a strained left hamstring. He missed one game before returning to action that weekend against the Angels. After winning the weekend series with the Angels, the Yankees went into the break with a 42\u201343 record and a 10-game deficit in the division behind the Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThis is the first time since 1995 that the New York Yankees were under .500 before the All Star Break. After the break, the Yankees took three out of four games from the Toronto Blue Jays and the last place Tampa Bay Devil Rays, twice. In the month of July, the Yankees traded Scott Proctor for Wilson Betemit of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees also traded Jeff Kennard for Jose Molina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nThe beginning of August saw the Yankees, along with all of Major League Baseball, eagerly awaiting home run number 500 from Alex Rodriguez. During the home run milestone chase George Steinbrenner's health once again came into question when the New York Post and the New York Daily News each reported that Steinbrenner, during a recent interview, appeared to be suffering from dementia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, August\n[ Steinbrenner] repeats, \"Great to see ya\", each time McEwen, 84, asks different questions about the Boss' family members. After gruffly responding to the Cond\u00e9 Nast reporter's question about the Yankees, he continues to repeat \"Great to see ya\", to each of McEwen's questions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nOn August 4, 2007, during the first inning Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th career home run. Rodriguez became the youngest player ever to do so at 32 years, 8 days. On August 6, 2007, the Yankees cut relief pitcher Mike Myers and brought up Jim Brower. They had just completed a season sweep of the Cleveland Indians, winning all 6 games they played against them in 2007. This was a good start to the Yankees' upcoming tough schedule, where they played 17 games out of a 20-game span against playoff contenders. This included 8 games against the Detroit Tigers (4 at home, 4 at Detroit), 3 games against the Cleveland Indians, 3 games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and 3 games against the Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nAugust also saw rookie Phil Hughes rejoin the starting rotation, as well as the much anticipated debut of Joba Chamberlain, a future starter who gave the Yankees' bullpen some much needed help during the pennant race (an 0.38 ERA in 23.2 innings).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nHall of Fame Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto, who was also the long-time voice of the Yankees on television and radio, died on August 13. The Yankees wore his number 10 on their left sleeves for the remainder of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nThe Yankees swept Boston at Yankee Stadium after dropping to eight games back in AL East standings. Coupled with losses by the Seattle Mariners, the Yankees' wins put them on top of the AL Wild Card race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, September\nThe Yankees' first game of September showcased rookie pitcher Ian Kennedy in his first career Major League start. Kennedy had replaced veteran Mike Mussina after Mussina had struggled in his previous three starts. Over seven innings pitched, Kennedy was charged with three runs, only one of which was earned, and the Yankees' offense was led by Alex Rodriguez's 45th home run of the season on the way to a 9\u20136 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Season summary, September\nThe game against the Boston Red Sox on September 14 was 4 hours and 43 minutes, 2 minutes short of a nine inning game record, which is held by the Yankees and Red Sox. While the Yankees lost the American League East title to the Boston Red Sox on September 27, the Yankees clinched the wild card berth and appeared in the postseason for a 13th straight year. They faced the AL Central champions, the Cleveland Indians, in the ALDS, losing the series three games to one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, End of an era\nOn October 14, 2007, George Steinbrenner relinquished control of the Yankees to his two sons, Hank and Hal Steinbrenner. The brothers will take on control not only of the Yankees but also the YES Network and the construction of the new Yankee Stadium. \"I'll pay more attention to the baseball part\", Hank Steinbrenner said. \"The stadium, that's more Hal. But basically everything will be decided jointly.\" Technically, Steinbrenner is not completely gone. He has given himself chairman-like position on the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, End of an era\n\"George has taken on a role like the chairman of a major corporation\", team president Randy Levine told the New York Post. \"He's been saying for years he's wanted to get his sons involved in the family business. Both of them have stepped up and are taking on the day-to-day duties of what's required to run the Yankees.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, End of an era\nAfter the Yankees were eliminated the postseason, the fate of Joe Torre, the Yankees' manager since 1996, was in question. The team mulled what to do while speculation grew that Torre would not be brought back as manager. The team eventually offered him a contract that had a reduced salary with incentives, but Torre, who felt he was being treated unfairly even after his long tenure with the team, rejected the offer. He subsequently was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees would hire Joe Girardi as Torre's replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; AVG = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192385-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\n*Ended season not on active roster + Ended season playing for different team", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 69], "content_span": [70, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192386-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Grand Prix\nThe 2007 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Teretonga Park, near Invercargill on 11 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192386-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Grand Prix\nIt was the fifty second New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the seventh round of the 2006\u201307 Toyota Racing Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192387-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Music Awards\nThe 2007 New Zealand Music awards took place on 18 October at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, which also included the first inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. A number of awards were presented at parallel ceremonies (the NZ Radio Awards, Technical Awards, Gold Guitar Awards, Pacific Music Awards, Auckland Folk Festival, and the Wellington International Jazz Festival).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192387-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Music Awards\nMultiple winners on the night included The Mint Chicks with five awards (including guitarist Ruban Nielson's Best Cover), Hollie Smith with three awards and Evermore with two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192387-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Music Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame\nThis year was the first to include an award for the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, a split award shared between RIANZ and APRA. The first inductee was Johnny Devlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192388-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand NBL season\nThe 2007 NBL season was the 26th season of the National Basketball League. The Nelson Giants won the championship in 2007 to claim their third league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192389-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix\nThe 2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix (officially known as the KLRC New Zealand Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 14 to 20 May 2007. It had a total purse of $50,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192389-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix, Tournament\nThe 2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix was the second tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the New Zealand Open championships which has been held since 1990. This tournament was organized by the Badminton New Zealand and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192389-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Auckland Badminton Hall in Auckland, New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192389-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192389-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$50,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192390-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Warriors season\nThe New Zealand Warriors 2007 season was the New Zealand Warriors 13th first-grade season. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club's captain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192390-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Warriors season, Jersey & Sponsors\nThe Warriors did not change their home jersey from 2006, sticking with the predominantly Black & White design supplied by Puma AG. The away jersey also remained unchanged, being mainly Grey with Black details. Sponsored by Lion Red and Vodafone", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192390-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures\nThe Warriors used Mt Smart Stadium as their home ground in 2007, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192390-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Warriors season, Squad\nTwenty three players were used by the club in 2007. Four players made their debuts for the club, although only one (Corey Lawrie) made his National Rugby League debut. In addition Aidan Kirk was in the squad but did not play a game due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192390-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Warriors season, Other Teams\nSenior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League. Graeme Norton coached the side which finished in tenth spot (out of thirteen), just two wins outside of the top eight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192390-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand Warriors season, Other Teams\nThe Auckland Lions featured many players who were yet to make their first grade debuts for the Warriors, such as Leeson Ah Mau, Sonny Fai, Isaac John, Aidan Kirk, Kevin Locke, Russell Packer and Malo Solomona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 45], "content_span": [46, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192391-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand budget\nThe New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2007-2008 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen on 17 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192391-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand budget\nThis was the eighth budget Michael Cullen presented as Minister of Finance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192391-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand budget, Outline, Tax changes\nBudget 2007 made a number of changes to the tax system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 45], "content_span": [46, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192391-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand budget, Outline, KiwiSaver\nBudget 2007 made a number of changes to the KiwiSaver scheme:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192391-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand budget, Outline, Infrastructure\nBudget 2007 announced funding for the Auckland railway electrification project.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards\nThe 2007 New Zealand gallantry awards were announced via a Special Honours List on 2 July 2007, and recognised four New Zealand military personnel for actions while serving in Afghanistan in 2004. The identities of three of the four award recipients were not released for operational security reasons. Willie Apiata was awarded the Victoria Cross for New Zealand, the first and so far only time the decoration has been awarded since its inception in 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nLance Corporal (now Corporal) Apiata was, in 2004, part of a New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) Troop on patrol in Afghanistan, which laid up in defensive formation for the night. At approximately 0315 hours, the Troop was attacked by a group of about twenty enemy fighters, who had approached by stealth using the cover of undulating ground in pitch darkness. Rocket-propelled grenades struck two of the Troop\u2019s vehicles, destroying one and immobilising the other. The opening strike was followed by dense and persistent machine gun and automatic rifle fire from close range.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nThe attack then continued using further rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun and rifle fire. The initial attack was directed at the vehicle where Lance Corporal Apiata was stationed. He was blown off the bonnet by the impact of rocket propelled grenades striking the vehicle. He was dazed, but was not physically injured. The two other vehicle crew members had been wounded by shrapnel; one of them; Corporal A, was in a serious condition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nIlluminated by the burning vehicle, and under sustained and accurate enemy fire directed at and around their position, the three soldiers immediately took what little cover was available. Corporal A was discovered to have sustained life-threatening wounds. The other two soldiers immediately began applying basic first aid. Lance Corporal Apiata assumed command of the situation, as he could see that his superior\u2019s condition was deteriorating rapidly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nBy this time, however, Lance Corporal Apiata\u2019s exposed position, some seventy metres in front of the rest of the Troop, was coming under increasingly intense enemy fire. Corporal A was now suffering serious arterial bleeding and was lapsing in and out of consciousness.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nLance Corporal Apiata concluded that his comrade urgently required medical attention, or he would likely die. Pinned down by the enemy, in the direct line of fire between friend and foe, he also judged that there was almost no chance of such help reaching their position. As the enemy pressed its attack towards Lance Corporal Apiata\u2019s position, and without thought of abandoning his colleague to save himself, he took a decision in the highest order of personal courage under fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nKnowing the risks involved in moving to open ground, Lance Corporal Apiata decided to carry Corporal A single-handedly to the relative safety of the main Troop position, which afforded better cover and where medical treatment could be given. He ordered his other colleague, Trooper T to make his own way back to the rear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nIn total disregard of his own safety, Lance Corporal Apiata stood up and lifted his comrade bodily. He then carried him across the seventy metres of broken, rocky and fire swept ground, fully exposed in the glare of battle to heavy enemy fire and into the face of returning fire from the main Troop position. That neither he nor his colleague were hit is scarcely possible. Having delivered his wounded companion to relative shelter with the remainder of the patrol, Lance Corporal Apiata re-armed himself and rejoined the fight in counter-attack. By his actions, he removed the tactical complications of Corporal A's predicament from considerations of rescue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)\nThe Troop could now concentrate entirely on prevailing in the battle itself. After an engagement lasting approximately twenty minutes, the assault was broken up and the numerically superior attackers were routed with significant casualties, with the Troop in pursuit. Lance Corporal Apiata had thereby contributed materially to the operational success of the engagement. A subsequent medical assessment confirmed that Corporal A would probably have died of blood loss and shock, had it not been for Lance Corporal Apiata\u2019s selflessly courageous act in carrying him back to the main Troop lines, to receive the immediate treatment that he needed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, New Zealand Gallantry Decoration (NZGD)\nFor an exceptional act of gallantry and leadership under heavy fire and his leadership in general throughout the tour of operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, New Zealand Gallantry Decoration (NZGD)\nFor displaying outstanding courage and leadership and accepting extraordinary risks during his tour of operations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192392-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand gallantry awards, New Zealand Gallantry Medal (NZGM)\nFor gallantry and the application of firm and timely leadership under extreme combat conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 69], "content_span": [70, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192393-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand local elections\nTriennial elections for all 73 cities and districts, twelve regional councils and all district health boards in New Zealand were held on 13 October 2007. Most councils were elected using the first-past-the-post voting method, but eight (of which Wellington City is the largest) were elected using single transferable vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192393-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand local elections, Results\nNew mayors were elected in Auckland City, North Shore City, Manukau City, Christchurch, Rodney District, Whangarei, Far North District, Nelson, Taupo, Stratford, South Taranaki District and Buller District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192393-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand local elections, Results\nVoter turnouts were generally lower than normal for local body elections in New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids\nThe 2007 New Zealand police raids were a series of armed police raids conducted on 15 and 16 October 2007, in response to alleged paramilitary training camps in the Urewera mountain range near the town of Ruatoki. About 300 police, including members of the Armed Offenders Squad and Special Tactics Group, were involved in the raids, which involved the execution of search warrants at various addresses throughout New Zealand, and the establishment of roadblocks at Ruatoki and T\u0101neatua. The police seized four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition and arrested eighteen people. According to police, the raids were a culmination of more than a year of surveillance that uncovered and monitored the training camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids\nThe police were investigating potential breaches of the Terrorism Suppression Act. On 8 November 2007 the Solicitor-General, David Collins, declined to press charges under that legislation. Collins later described the legislation as \"incoherent and unworkable\", and said it was almost impossible to apply to domestic terrorism in New Zealand as it was too complex. According to then Prime Minister Helen Clark, one of the reasons police tried to lay charges under anti-terror legislation was because they could not use telephone interception evidence in prosecutions under the Arms Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids\nThe raids were highly controversial and their legitimacy was debated by politicians, the media and the public. Hundreds of people participated in protests across New Zealand in the weeks following the raids. Of the eighteen people arrested, just four came to trial in February and March 2012, including Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe activist Tame Iti. The defendants were found guilty on firearms charges. On the more serious charges of belonging to an organised criminal group, the jury was unable to agree. In March 2012, the cost to the taxpayer of the criminal proceedings, including legal aid and prosecution costs, was estimated to be well over NZ$6 million. The cost of the surveillance and the subsequent raids had previously been estimated to be over NZ$8 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids\nIn May 2013, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) published a report of its findings and recommendations following the investigation of complaints by individuals and organisations about police actions during the raids, particularly relating to road blocks and the execution of search warrants. The IPCA concluded that although the planning and preparation for the execution of search warrants was largely in accordance with policy, the planning and preparation for the establishment of road blocks in Ruatoki and T\u0101neatua was \"deficient\" and a number of aspects of the police raids were \"contrary to law and unreasonable\". The police spokesman for the Labour Party, which had been in government at the time of the raids, acknowledged that innocent people had been \"unnecessarily frightened and intimidated\". In 2014 the Police Commissioner formally apologised to the Ruatoki community and Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe for police actions during the raids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 977]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Historical and cultural context\nNg\u0101i T\u016bhoe had long-held grievances against the Crown, particularly over land seizures beginning in the late nineteenth century. The traditional land of Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe is Te Urewera in the eastern North Island, a steep, heavily forested area which includes Lake Waikaremoana. Historian Jamie Belich has described the Urewera as one of the last zones of M\u0101ori autonomy, and the scene of the last armed M\u0101ori resistance: the 1916 arrest at Maungapohatu of Rua Kenana, a claimed prophet who sought to remove the T\u016bhoe people from the influence of P\u0101keh\u0101 (New Zealand Europeans).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Historical and cultural context\nAt the time of the raids in October 2007, the Waitangi Tribunal was continuing to consider claims regarding land and self-government within the tribal boundaries, and the words \"confiscation line\" were painted on the road to mark the geographical boundary between land confiscated by the Crown in the 1860s and land that remained with the T\u016bhoe people. In 2013 the IPCA found that the police failed to properly take into account this historical and cultural context when planning the operation, and that this failure was unreasonable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Operation Eight\nIn December 2005, two hunters in the remote Urewera ranges came across a camp where they found armed men, some wearing balaclavas, who appeared to be training. They reported what they had seen to the police, and the camps were put under surveillance. This led to police investigating a group of people in the Urewera area for over 18 months, some of whom had criminal records for assault and firearms offences and others who were known political activists. The investigations were termed \"Operation Eight\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Operation Eight\nOne of the people under investigation was Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe activist Tame Iti, who had grown up and lived much of his life in Ruatoki, and who was one of New Zealand's best-known and most notorious activists. In 2005, acting in protest against Crown treatment of T\u016bhoe, Iti had shot a firearm at an Australian flag (in substitute for a New Zealand flag) during a Waitangi Tribunal hearing at Tauarau Marae. Although Iti was convicted of firearms offences, his conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal in April 2007, on the basis that there was insufficient evidence \"that property was endangered or that any person was endangered, annoyed, or frightened\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Operation Eight\nDuring the course of Operation Eight, police lawfully obtained text messages suggesting that paramilitary training camps were being run in remote forest locations in the Urewera mountain ranges. Police further intercepted private communications and gained information suggesting that serious violent offences were about to be committed. The police also obtained covert surveillance footage of the alleged training camps (later held by the Supreme Court to have been improperly obtained in the case Hamed v R).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Operation Eight\nThe police's evidence identified that six training camps were held between November 2006 and September 2007, with over 60 people having either been invited to attend or attending at least one camp. The camps appeared to involve the use of weapons, explosives and Molotov cocktails, ambush exercises, patrolling drills and the practice of interrogation techniques. Some evidence also suggested that the group's intention was to form \"an independent T\u016bhoe nation within the Urewera area\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Termination of Operation Eight\nThe police decided to terminate Operation Eight in October 2007, after legal advice that the evidence obtained could support charges under the Terrorism Suppression Act. The plan was to execute a number of search warrants at 41 addresses (relating to 37 individuals), one business address and eight vehicles, to make a number of arrests and to interview people who had knowledge of or involvement in the alleged training camps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Termination of Operation Eight\nIn the application for search warrants police said they believed that the group intended to take control of an area of land in the Urewera area by use of military style semiautomatic firearms and Molotov cocktails. The police were later criticised by the IPCA for not preparing a more structured and detailed warrant application, and for not undertaking a formal documented review and approval process in respect of the final application. The cost of the surveillance and the subsequent raids was estimated to be over NZ$8 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Termination of Operation Eight\nThe Special Tactics Group, made up of full-time police officers trained to provide tactical response to high risk incidents, were involved in developing a tactical plan for the raids, and in particular the execution of multiple high risk search warrants. They considered and analysed threats posed at the addresses of the principal targets, and identified certain addresses and targets which would require assistance from the Armed Offenders Squad, a unit specially trained to respond to incidents involving firearms or other weapons. The tactical plan also recommended that a roadblock be put in place in Ruatoki during the raids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Background, Termination of Operation Eight\nPolice said that this was because of the need to search remote camp locations, intelligence suggesting an unknown local group in the area posed a threat to police, and the possibility of local sympathisers and supporters. The plan recommended that the Armed Offenders Squad stop and search vehicles leaving the area for unlawful weapons, and prevent any vehicles coming into the area until it was safe to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids\nOn 15 October 2007 the police executed search warrants at three addresses in Ruatoki, and searched the area where the training camps were taking place. Only one man was arrested in Ruatoki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, Police questioning of locals\nPolice maintained a strong presence in Ruatoki in the days following the initial raids and continued to question locals. Locals were advised that police had been investigating an armed group whose actions were believed to be unlawful, and who had been training in the Ruatoki area. They were asked a number of questions including whether they had knowledge of the training and what the extent of their knowledge was. The majority of community members were unable to provide any relevant information. The police later sought to frame these interviews as part of their community engagement and recovery efforts, but were criticised by the IPCA for doing so, on the basis that these interviews were evidence gathering and not about improving community relationships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, Roadblocks\nAlthough the tactical plan for the operation only required one roadblock, on the day two separate roadblocks were established before 6:00 a.m: one at Ruatoki, and one to the north at T\u0101neatua. Eight members of the Armed Offenders Squad staffed the Ruatoki roadblock, and searched and questioned everyone who passed through. The T\u0101neatua roadblock was staffed by uniformed officers who effectively closed the road to Ruatoki and prevented any cars from passing through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, Roadblocks\nThe roadblocks were a source of controversy, with complaints later being made about the insensitive location of the roadblock on the \"confiscation line\", the nature of the details requested, photographing of drivers and occupiers without consent, the use of armed and uniformed members of the Armed Offenders Squad, inconsistent information provided by police, and the disproportionate nature of the roadblocks. The roadblocks were lifted for a ten-minute period at 11:00 a.m, but subsequently reinstated until the afternoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, Roadblocks\nThe IPCA later found that there was no lawful basis for establishing either roadblock; there was no evidence of a threat from those being searched, and any possibility of an unknown local group of sympathisers was \"highly speculative and devoid of any real evidence\". The police failed to adequately plan for the likely traffic volumes or assess the impact that the Ruatoki roadblock would have on the community, or to plan at all for the T\u0101neatua roadblock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, Roadblocks\nThe police also had no legal grounds for stopping and searching all vehicles at the Ruatoki roadblock, for obtaining details of the vehicle occupants or for taking photographs of occupants. It was unreasonable for police to fail to consider the likely effect on the community that would be caused by Armed Offenders Squad wearing full \"black role\" (a balaclava, body armour, flame retardant overalls, boots, and an equipment vest).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, K\u014dhanga reo bus\nAfter reports on the day that a k\u014dhanga reo school bus full of young children was stopped and searched, police superintendent Wally Haumaha said these reports were wrong. However, the bus driver told a hikoi four days after the raid: \"The police did hop on our bus and they did search our bus ... they always held their rifles.\" The organiser of the hikoi called on the government to acknowledge the incident and do something for the children affected by it. Speaking on Radio New Zealand she asked \"I'd like to ask that question why? [was there nothing being done] is it because we're from Ruatoki? Is it because the majority of children are M\u0101ori out here?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Urewera raids, K\u014dhanga reo bus\nThe IPCA was unable to substantiate reports that armed police boarded and searched a k\u014dhanga reo bus carrying young children, but found that the police did unlawfully stop and search an unmarked k\u014dhanga reo bus carrying two adults and a teenager.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Raids elsewhere in New Zealand\nEarly on the morning of 15 October 2007, and at the same time as the raids in Urewera, the police conducted raids at other properties throughout New Zealand. Iti was arrested at the house of his partner and her teenage daughter in nearby Whakat\u0101ne. The police also made further arrests and executed additional search warrants including in Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North and Hamilton. In total, 41 search warrants were executed across the country. On the basis of evidence obtained during those searches, additional raids were conducted on the following day, 16 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Raids elsewhere in New Zealand\nThe IPCA subsequently received complaints about searches at 11 properties, one of which was not subject to the search warrant application but was searched under the provisions of the Arms Act. The IPCA found that the police unlawfully detained occupants at five properties, that the police actions caused some occupants to feel they were being treated as suspects which was undesirable, that the police unlawfully subjected some occupants to personal searches, and that the police did not sufficiently plan for how to deal with vulnerable occupants such as children or the elderly. The IPCA also found however that the length of time police took to undertake the searches was reasonable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Raids elsewhere in New Zealand, Wellington\nEarly on the morning of 15 October 2007, four houses were searched in the Wellington region including a house used as a community centre at 128 Abel Smith Street. The community centre was a known meeting place for activists, including environmentalists, and was used for community activities and events. Iti was known to stay in the house when he was in Wellington. Around 20 police officers surrounded the house before 6:00\u00a0a.m. and used sniffer dogs to search the house and nearby properties. A television cameraman from television channel TV3, which had an office on the same street, was allowed to record the raid. Six bags of evidence including clothes and documents were seized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Raids elsewhere in New Zealand, Christchurch\nTwo Christchurch addresses inhabited by members of the Save Happy Valley Campaign were also visited by police in search of a person of interest; however, police did not have a search warrant and were refused access to the properties. Police later located the person at another Christchurch residence. The man had attended the camp in the Urewera Range after an invitation from T\u016bhoe activists, according to a source close to him, but did not return after being \"overwhelmed\" and \"a bit freaked out\" by the military-style practices. Police also raided a house in Christchurch that belonged to former member of Black Power with links to T\u016bhoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 75], "content_span": [76, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Raids elsewhere in New Zealand, Taup\u014d\nA home in Taup\u014d was searched for four hours by police following previous raids elsewhere. The home owner was the organiser of an environmental expo and ran an organics business, and denied having any connection to the Urewera group. He suspected his home was targeted because his daughter was in a relationship with a man from Ruatoki. Police seized computers and other equipment from the house; according to the occupant, this equipment was used for his organics business.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Raids elsewhere in New Zealand, Tauranga\nOn the afternoon of 16 October 2007, police entered the home of a Tauranga pensioner while he was out and took an old oilskin jacket, a raincoat, a polar-fleece jacket, some magnets and an air rifle. They left behind a 20-page search warrant stating there was \"reasonable ground for believing\" there were items inside which were an offence relating to either \"participating in a terrorist group\", or the unlawful possession of firearms or restricted weapons. The occupant of the home told The New Zealand Herald that he had no idea why his home was searched and was \"gutted\" police had linked him to people potentially involved in terrorist crimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases\nEighteen people were arrested in the raids, including Iti. The police described those arrested as including environmentalists, peace activists and advocates for M\u0101ori. Over 1 and 2 November 2007 all of the accused appeared in court to make applications for bail or name suppression. A large crowd gathered both inside and outside the court to support the people arrested during the raids. With the Crown's support, media organisations including TVNZ, TV3 and Radio New Zealand challenged the continuing name suppression of two of the accused and sought to be permitted to take photographs during the hearing. On 31 October 2007 the High Court noted the \"intense public interest\" in the events and upheld the trial judge's decision to lift name suppression and permit photographs to be taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases\nThe accused were charged with a total of 291 charges under the Arms Act, including the illegal possession of firearms and other weapons. Four of the accused, including Iti, were also charged under section 98A of the Crimes Act 1961 with participating in an organised criminal group, which had a maximum penalty of imprisonment for five years. One of the accused died in 2011 while awaiting trial, leaving only seventeen people facing charges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases\nOn 8 November 2007 the Solicitor-General declined to press charges under the Terrorism Suppression Act. He later described the legislation as \"incoherent and unworkable\", and said it was almost impossible to apply to domestic terrorism in New Zealand as it was too complex. He said he would be recommending that the legislation be sent to the Law Commission for review. Although a review was commenced, it was placed on hold in 2012 after the Minister of Justice said that the concerns had been addressed by the passage of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases\nThe Act was also amended by the Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill 2007, including to correct inconsistencies with UN and UN Security Council requirements and to introduce an offence of committing a terrorist act, although the Bill was introduced before the October 2007 raids. According to then Prime Minister Helen Clark, one of the reasons police had tried to lay charges under the Terrorism Suppression Act was because they could not use telephone interception evidence in prosecutions under the Arms Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Leaked evidence controversy\nOn 14 November 2007, The Dominion Post published a front-page story \"The Terrorism Files\", including a photograph of an Armed Officers Squad officer with a gun, and an extract from the tapes: \"Get someone to assassinate the prime minister ... just drop a bomb\". The story was based on a copy of the police evidence affidavit, including the surveillance transcripts, which were protected by suppression orders. On 10 April 2008, the Solicitor-General confirmed that he would be bringing contempt of court proceedings against The Dominion Post and its publisher Fairfax Media. His application stated that the publication could have compromised the right of the accused to a fair trial: \"The articles were sensational in tone and highly memorable. The fact of the publications themselves became national news.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 891]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Leaked evidence controversy\nAfter a hearing, the High Court decided in October 2008 that neither Fairfax Media nor the editor of the newspaper were guilty of contempt because the publications were unlikely to prejudice a fair trial of the accused, notwithstanding that their publication was in violation of court suppression orders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 83], "content_span": [84, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Charges dropped\nOn 2 September 2011, the Supreme Court found by a majority decision that some of the evidence obtained by the police had been unlawfully obtained; in particular, cameras installed by the police to record the defendants engaging in military-style training were unlawful. In the case of thirteen of the accused, who only faced charges under the Arms Act, the Court concluded that the gravity of the police impropriety was such that admitting the evidence would undermine the public perception of justice, given that the accused were not charged with any intention to participate in further offending. However, in relation to the four remaining accused who were also charged with participating in an organised criminal group, the Court concluded that the seriousness of these charges meant that it would not be proportionate to exclude the evidence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 918]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Charges dropped\nFollowing the Court's decision, the Crown dropped the charges against the thirteen accused who only faced charges under the Arms Act, leaving only four of the accused to face trial. The government also introduced the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Act 2011 to legalise covert video surveillance by state agencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 71], "content_span": [72, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Trial\nOn 13 February 2012, the trial for the remaining four defendants began in the Auckland High Court. Each pled not guilty to the charges, which were heard before a jury. The government had previously sought that the case be heard by a judge sitting alone, but agreed to a jury trial following the dismissal of the charges against the other thirteen defendants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Trial\nIn court the prosecution said the four defendants were the ringleaders of the organised criminal group which trained for months to take military action against civilian targets in their cause for an independent T\u016bhoe nation, with Tame Iti as leader. The defence team in response sought to place the activities into their context of tikanga, political activism and the historical grievances held by Tuhoe against the Crown. The defence team also pointed out that no terrorist attacks had actually occurred. In March 2012, the cost to the taxpayer of the criminal proceedings, including legal aid and prosecution costs, was estimated to be well over NZ$6 million already.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Arrests and court cases, Trial\nThe trial took six weeks. On the more serious charges of belonging to an organised criminal group, the jury was unable to agree, and the Crown decided not to pursue a retrial. Each of the defendants was found guilty of several charges of unlawful possession of firearms, and one charge of unlawful possession of a restricted weapon (Molotov cocktails). Iti and another defendant, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, were both sentenced to two and a half years' jail, while the other two defendants were both sentenced to nine months of home detention. All four defendants appealed their convictions and sentences. On 23 April 2013 the appeals were dismissed by the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions\nThe governing Labour Party and its ministers, including Police Minister Annette King, asked MPs to remain calm about the issue, and to wait until details were exposed in the courts. Prime Minister Helen Clark, who was also the minister in charge of the Security Intelligence Service (SIS), at first distanced herself from the raids, and refused to comment on SIS involvement. Later, while the case was before Solicitor-General to consider appropriate charges, she told media that those arrested \"at the very least\" had been training with firearms and napalm. National Party leader John Key told media he was briefed by SIS staff days before the raids occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions\nThe M\u0101ori Party condemned the raids, with Te Ururoa Flavell, the MP for Waiariki, criticising the police for putting a community in his electorate \"under siege,\" referring to the roadblocks imposed in Ruatoki. Co -leader Pita Sharples said the actions had violated the trust that has been developing between Maori and P\u0101keh\u0101 and had set race relations back by a century. The Green Party was also critical, with co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons saying the raids traumatised the local population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions\nThe party later joined protests in Auckland to pressure the government to withdraw the Terrorism Suppression Act and called for those arrested to be released on bail. MP Keith Locke told TVNZ that the party would continue to protest until those held in custody are released. By contrast, New Zealand First MP Ron Mark stated that the police should be congratulated, and suggested a link between criminal gangs and the \"suspected terrorist groups.\" He called for the anti-terrorism laws to be expanded to \"outlaw criminal organisations such as gangs once and for all\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions\nIn early November 2007, Howard Broad, the Police Commissioner, admitted that the raids had damaged relations between police and T\u016bhoe. He said that police regretted \"the hurt and stress caused to the community of Ruatoki and we will seek an appropriate way to repair the damage done to police-Maori relations\". He did not, however, issue a general apology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Media and public response\nPolitical commentators took different views on the raids, with intelligence agencies researcher and journalist Nicky Hager suggesting the raids may have been the result of the increased police and SIS staffing and resources aimed at anti-terrorism since 2001. Veteran activist John Minto criticised the police for the move, claiming that their actions provoked a \"climate of fear and repression\" while liberal commentator and blogger Martyn \"Bomber\" Bradbury, sided with the police, saying that in his dealings with the activist community he had become concerned with the actions of \"some clowns.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Media and public response\nNew Zealand Herald columnist Matt McCarten saw the raids as being over the top; \"Some of the young people I know who were arrested are actually vegans who don't even believe in killing animals, let alone human beings. When you get the police searching homes of environmental activists trying to save snails on the West Coast, you know that things have got really silly.\" McCarten also stated that New Zealanders should be more worried about the country joining the US database of terrorist suspects, and \"the creeping powers of our secret police.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0035-0002", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Media and public response\nHowever the \"From the Left\" columnist for The Dominion Post, Chris Trotter, reacted differently, saying \"it wasn't the actions of the police that provoked my fury, but of those who'd forced their hand\". He said he had always been proud of left-wing activists in New Zealand for their \"steadfast refusal to either initiate violence, or respond to the violence initiated against [them]\", and that the use of armed force without first exhausting democratic means was \"supreme arrogance\". When left-wing musician Don Franks wrote a protest song about the raids, \"Safer Community Blues\", he referenced Trotter's reaction with the lyrics \"The political climate's getting hotter / Got to watch out for the pigs and the pigs' Trotter\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Media and public response\nThe New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, which represented over 350,000 workers, called for the repeal of the Terrorism Suppression Act. CTU President Helen Kelly said that the use of the Act \"is unhelpful and is having the effect of making all political groups nervous about how this law is being and could be used.\" University of Canterbury academic and social justice campaigner David Small told bFM that the raids were draconian and probably illegal. Former inspector in charge of the Auckland police criminal intelligence Ross Meurant called the raids \"extreme and excessive\" and claimed the police were guilty of \"self-hype and self-justification.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Media and public response\nAn independent survey taken in early November showed 48% of respondents wanted to wait and see what evidence the police had before they made a judgment on the raids, while 36% said they were already satisfied with the way the police reacted and 13% thought the police over-reacted. However, 41% of M\u0101ori respondents said the police had over-reacted. The sample size was 750 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Protests\nA series of protests took place in the days after the raids, with hundreds of people gathering outside court buildings to protest during bail hearings. On 16 October, supporters of Tame Iti protested at the Rotorua District Court, and peace and environmental protesters gathered in Christchurch's Cathedral Square chanted and held signs such as \"Protest is not terrorism\" and \"Arrest me. I'm protesting, I must be a terrorist\". Indigenous rights protesters also rallied outside the New Zealand Consulate in Melbourne to condemn the raids. Another protest occurred on 17 October outside the Wellington District Court. On 19 October 2007 up to a thousand people joined a peaceful hikoi in Whakat\u0101ne to protest the fact that children had been caught up in the raids. One M\u0101ori elder speaking at the protest called for the overturning of the Terrorism Suppression Act.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 915]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Protests\nThe following day hundreds of protesters took to the streets across New Zealand, targeting local police stations. Protesters demanded the government withdraw the Terrorism Suppression Act and called for immediate bail for those arrested in the raids. Global Peace and Justice Auckland spokesperson Mike Treen said a \"Darth Vader police force in para-military uniforms has been terrorising whole communities\" and called for a national day of action the following week. On 25 October 2007, when Iti and two other defendants appeared in the Rotorua District Court, hundreds of people protested causing police to close off streets around the Rotorua Courthouse. There were protests on 27 October 2007 in 13 cities around New Zealand, and around the world including Australia, England and the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Protests\nOn 3 November 2007, a demonstration involving about 150 people took place outside a Labour Party conference. Some protesters wearing orange boiler suits had chained themselves together with gags in their mouths and a word such as \"terrorist\", \"M\u0101ori\" or \"anarchist\" on their backs. Others held placards with the slogans \"State terrorists kidnapped our friends\" and \"Free political prisoners\". Len Richards, a Labour Party delegate allegedly struck a protester in the face with a megaphone, though he claimed \"there was no violence\" despite TV3 showing footage of the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Protests\nAccording to the Workers Party, the protester was one of their members. Three men were arrested at the protest: the first was attempting to break the police line and enter the conference venue, the second was pulled off the top of a police van and a third was arrested from within the crowd. Security personnel at the venue had been significantly increased from the previous day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Reactions, Protests\nA hikoi protesting the raids and the Terrorism Suppression Act left the Bay of Plenty on 12 November 2007. The hikoi collected signatures for a petition that it presented to Parliament when it arrived in Wellington two days later. On 13 November a group of concerned individuals placed an advertisement in The Dominion Post urging the government to withdraw the terrorism legislation and the Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill. Signatories to the advertisement included Green Party leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and National Distribution Union leader Laila Harre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 50], "content_span": [51, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nAuckland lawyer Peter Williams, engaged by representatives of Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe, examined whether charges could be brought against police for the raids and whether there was a case for charges of wrongful imprisonment. Williams wrote to Police Commissioner Howard Broad, seeking compensation and a restoration of mana, but on 14 December 2007 announced he had received no reply and would represent thirty members of T\u016bhoe in a class action against the police. He said his clients sought Broad's resignation. Ultimately, no legal action was brought, although he filed a complaint with the IPCA which included eighteen accounts from residents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nA documentary critical of the raids, Operation 8: Deep in the Forest, was directed by Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones and screened around New Zealand as part of the World Cinema Showcase film festival in 2011. A review for The Dominion Post called it a \"terrific piece of New Zealand film-making\", and said: \"Whether or not anyone in the Ureweras was actually planning murder and mayhem is for the court to decide. Having seen Operation 8, you will seriously doubt it.\" The New Zealand Herald gave the movie a five out of five rating, saying \"this clear-eyed, involving film stands on its own merits and deserves to be seen and debated\". It was nominated for Best Arts/Festival/Feature Documentary at the 2011 Aotearoa Film & Television Awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nIn March 2013, T\u016bhoe and the Crown signed a deed of settlement, settling the tribe's Waitangi Tribunal claims. Under the settlement, the Crown acknowledged and apologised for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles, agreed a historical account of the relationship between the Crown and T\u016bhoe, agreed to create a new legal identity and governance for the area of Te Urewera, and a financial redress package of NZ$170 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nIn May 2013, the IPCA published its report of its findings and recommendations following the investigation of complaints by individuals and organisations about police actions during the raids, particularly relating to road blocks and the execution of search warrants. The IPCA concluded that although the planning and preparation for the execution of search warrants was largely in accordance with policy, the planning and preparation for the establishment of road blocks in Ruatoki and T\u0101neatua was \"deficient\" and a number of aspects of the police raids were \"contrary to law and unreasonable\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nA spokesperson for Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe said the report was \"fair\", \"well-presented\" and \"respectful\". He disagreed however with some findings, and felt the report did not sufficiently address the distress that had been caused to the local community: \"I though it should have said something very, very wrong happened ... and the lives of many people will never be the same again.\" The police spokesman for the Labour Party, Kris Faafoi, acknowledged that innocent people had been \"unnecessarily frightened and intimidated\", and supported the idea of an annual review to measure the implementation of the IPCA's recommendations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0045-0002", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nPrime Minister John Key, who had been opposition leader at the time of the raids, said that the police failures were \"a serious matter in terms of the stress that they put on those communities\", but highlighted that it was a \"significant operation, people were charged and went to jail\". The police said that they had already made changes to practices; for example Armed Offenders Squad operations now included an assessment of potential adverse effects to communities, and there had been changes to the police policy for dealing with children and vulnerable people during searches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nIn 2014 the Police Commissioner Mike Bush formally apologised to the Ruatoki community and Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe for police actions during the raids. He acknowledged that the mana of the T\u016bhoe people had been damaged. Although he said the operation was necessary, he accepted that police actions were unlawful and that innocent people and young people had been treated with disrespect. Tamati Kruger, a spokesperson for Ng\u0101i T\u016bhoe, said that most T\u016bhoe people accepted the apology, and it was a \"really good start\" to rebuilding relationships between T\u016bhoe and the police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192394-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 New Zealand police raids, Aftermath and formal apology\nIn 2017, on the ten year anniversary of the raids, Kruger said: \"As a community, as a tribal community, we have got over it and that we are pleased with the fact that we were part of a solution of rebuilding the relationship. All the system could do was criminalise and adjudicate blame and guilt. That is all the justice system can do and that is what it was built to do. It was not built to repair relationships. The justice systems are not in the business of love and care. People and communities are, so only they can do that.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season\nThe 2007 New Zealand rugby league season was the 100th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the eighth season of the Bartercard Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The Auckland Lions won the Cup by defeating Harbour League 28-4 in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nThe New Zealand national rugby league team played one test match in New Zealand, losing to Australia. They then embarked on the 2007 All Golds Tour to celebrate the centenary of international rugby league. The touring squad was coached by Gary Kemble and included: Louis Anderson, captain Roy Asotasi, Luke Covell, Greg Eastwood, David Faiumu, Dene Halatau, Shontayne Hape, Lance Hohaia, Krisnan Inu, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Epalahame Lauaki, Thomas Leuluai, Jeff Lima, Simon Mannering, Steve Matai, Fuifui Moimoi, Sam Perrett, Frank Pritchard, Sam Rapira, Ben Roberts, Jeremy Smith, Jeremy Smith, Chase Stanley, Clinton Toopi, Taniela Tuiaki, Tame Tupou and Paul Whatuira. In addition Nigel Vagana, Clinton Toopi, Stacey Jones, Ruben Wiki, Steve Price, Ali Lauitiiti, David Kidwell, Jason Cayless and Awen Guttenbeil played for the All Golds in a celebration match. Wayne Bennett coached the All Golds side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 969]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nEarlier in the year the Kiwis had lost the ANZAC Test 6-30. Jake Webster, Manu Vatuvei, Benji Marshall, Nathan Cayless, Sonny Bill Williams, Tony Puletua, David Fa'alogo and Iosia Soliola played in the ANZAC Test but did not tour at the end of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions\nThe amateur Irish Wolfhounds toured New Zealand in May\u2013June, defeating Bay of Plenty but losing to Whangarei Marists and Auckland Marists. They were coached by ex-pat Tony Benson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup\nThe Hawke's Bay defeated Gisborne Tairawhiti 58-6 on 15 September 2007. Canterbury B then defeated the Hawke's Bay to win the Rugby League Cup. The Hawke's Bay Unicorns included Elijah Niko.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Cup\nThe 2007 season was the eighth and final season of the Bartercard Cup run by the New Zealand Rugby League. From 2008 onwards the NZRL was to revert to a more traditional provincial competition. There were no major team changes however the Tamaki Leopards were renamed the Tamaki Titans and the Auckland Lions also fielded a team in the NSWRL Premier League. As a result, less players from the New Zealand Warriors featured in the Bartercard Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Cup\nA Saturday double header took place each weekend with one game screened live on M\u0101ori Television and the other one delayed on a Sunday. This replaced 2006's Monday Night Football, a move welcomed by Canterbury Bulls head coach Brent Stuart. The double header was held at either Mt Smart Stadium or North Harbour Stadium each weekend. There was only one Split Round (Round Eight over Queens Birthday Weekend) which meant the Grand Final was played in September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Cup, The Playoffs\nThe Bartercard Cup used the Page-McIntyre system in 2007. In the major semi-final at Waitemata Stadium, between the Auckland Lions and Harbour League the scores were tied at 40 all after normal time and 2 further periods of extra time. The game proceeded to go on for another 17 minutes and 16 seconds before Auckland finally scored the winning try. NZRL management believed that no game of rugby league has ever lasted that long, or at least certainly in modern times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 89], "content_span": [90, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Provincial tour\nAuckland conducted a Queen's Birthday weekend tour of the South Island. The team was coached by Sam Panapa. The team defeated a West Coast Invitational XIII 26-20 and Canterbury 28-24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, South Island Zone Competition\nThe Southland Rams, Canterbury B, West Coast and Otago played a four team tournament in September and October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 90], "content_span": [91, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Club Competition\nThe Wainuiomata Lions defeated the Papakura Sea Eagles 48-26 in the Grand Final of the National Club Competition. Wainuiomata defeated Manurewa 40-18 in a semi final while Papakura defeated Kaiapoi 48-22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 86], "content_span": [87, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions\nThe New Zealand Warriors competed in the National Rugby League competition. They finished 4th out of 16 teams before losing to North Queensland in the Semi Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions\nThe Auckland Lions competed in the NSWRL Premier League and finished 10th out of 13 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland\nThe Manurewa Marlins won the Fox Memorial trophy, defeating the Papakura Sea Eagles 28-20 in extra time in the grand final. Papakura had finished the season as minor premiers. Richmond won the Stormont Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland\nThe Northcote Tigers won the Sharman Cup (Division Two) while Ponsonby won the Phelan Shield (Division Three).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington\nThe Wainuiomata Lions were coached by John Lomax. David Lomax stepped in as caretaker coach when his brother was unavailable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington\nThe Wellington Rugby League board was given full control of its own competition on 1 April after being \"in review\" by the New Zealand Rugby League since January 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions\nThe Taniwharau Rugby League Club were the Waicoa Bay minor premiers and went on to win the grand final, defeating Turangawaewae. Taniwharau went through the season undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192395-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions\nThe Kia Ora Warriors defeated the Waitara Bears 29-20 in the Western Alliance grand final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192396-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Newcastle Knights season\nThe 2007 Newcastle Knights season was the 20th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing second-last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192396-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Newcastle Knights season, Season summary\n2007 was a year of turmoil for the Newcastle Knights club both on and off the field. After making a promising start to the season with victories over contenders such as the Canterbury Bulldogs - the club and rugby league world was rocked by the shock retirement of Andrew Johns. The departure of their captain and most influential player had an obvious effect on the team, and although they managed to stay in touch with the top eight until the last third of the season, their season was irreparably damaged by his absence. In addition to this - the Knights endured the worst injury toll in the 2007 season - fielding thirty seven players in first grade by season's end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192396-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Newcastle Knights season, Season summary\nThe club also struggled off-field, with Brian Smith's decision to release loyal clubmen such as Clint Newton (who subsequently won a grand final with the Melbourne Storm; which was later stripped due to salary cap breaches), Kirk Reynoldson, and Josh Perry (who subsequently played in Manly's 2008 premiership) meeting with displeasure from the Sydney media and some sections of the Newcastle support base. Newton's defection to Melbourne and Reynoldson's threats of legal action over the club refusing to play him in the fifteen games required to trigger his fourth contract year saw the club's reputation dragged through the mud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192396-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Newcastle Knights season, Season summary\nThe Daily Telegraph campaigned strongly for the sacking of Smith whilst Bluetongue owner John Singleton also threatened legal action after the releases lead to a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign being cancelled. To cap it all off, Andrew Johns again made the press late in the season after being arrested for ecstasy possession in the United Kingdom and confessing to having been a drug addict for the entirety of his playing career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192396-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Newcastle Knights season, Season summary\nDespite these pressures, the Knights managed to avoid a second wooden spoon in three years - offloading the dreaded piece of 'silverware' to the Penrith Panthers with a last round victory over the Wests Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192397-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election\nElections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election\nThe 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 9, 2007 to elect members of the 46th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Campaign\nThe election was called soon after Premier Danny Williams announced the popular Hebron Oil Field deal, and it was widely considered a foregone conclusion that Williams' Progressive Conservatives would be reelected. Polls during the campaign showed the Conservatives reaching up to 73 per cent of voter support, leading some commentators to speculate that the party could in fact win every seat in the House of Assembly \u2014 a feat accomplished only twice before in Canadian history, in Prince Edward Island in the 1935 election and in New Brunswick in the 1987 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Campaign\nOn election day, the Progressive Conservatives did win ten more seats than they held at the dissolution of the previous legislature, and won just under 70 per cent of the popular vote, the highest popular vote share ever attained by a party in the province. However, they did not sweep all 48 seats in the legislature though their support was higher than the 1935 PEI election and the 1987 New Brunswick election. Three Liberal incumbents, as well as New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael, successfully held their seats. Notably, however, Liberal leader Gerry Reid was not reelected in his own riding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Grand Falls-Windsor\u2014Buchans and Bonavista South\nOn October 1, 2007, Gerry Tobin, Liberal candidate in the riding of Grand Falls-Windsor\u2014Buchans, was found dead in his home. As a result, the chief electoral officer postponed the election in that riding until November 6, 2007. The Progressive Conservatives won the special election, bringing their total number of seats in the legislature to 44.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 96], "content_span": [97, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Grand Falls-Windsor\u2014Buchans and Bonavista South\nSubsequently, Clayton Hobbs, Liberal candidate in the riding of Bonavista South, dropped out of the race, citing health reasons; consequently, incumbent Progressive Conservative MHA Roger Fitzgerald was declared re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 96], "content_span": [97, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Results by riding, Central Newfoundland\n$Shelley officially resigned on July 12, 2007. However, a by-election was not held to fill the seat prior to the general election call.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Results by riding, Central Newfoundland\n\u2021Tobin died on October 1; the election in this district was deferred until November 6. See \"Special election\" section below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Results by riding, Central Newfoundland\n^Clayton Hobbs withdrew for health reasons on October 5; as the only remaining candidate, incumbent Roger Fitzgerald was immediately declared re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 88], "content_span": [89, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Results by riding, Deferred election\nDue to the death of Liberal candidate Gerry Tobin on October 1, the election in the riding of Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans was delayed. The deferred election for this riding took place on November 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192398-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election, Results by riding, Deferred election\nThe new Liberal candidate, John Woodrow, withdrew from the race on November 3 after it was revealed that he had previously made false allegations of bribery against MHA Beaton Tulk in 1998, but then revived his campaign on November 5 after learning that it was too late to actually remove his name from the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 85], "content_span": [86, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192399-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections\nFive provincial by-elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007, following vacancies in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Three took place on February 8, and two took place on February 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192399-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections\nIn addition, one special election took place on November 6, 2007, following the death of a candidate during the general election campaign in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192399-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections, Humber Valley\nAt first, it was announced that Darryl Kelly, the PC candidate, had won the election by a margin of twelve votes; however, it turned out that this was a mistake and that Dwight Ball, the Liberal candidate, had won by a margin of eighteen votes instead. Turnout was 62 per cent. Due to the close result of the by-election (which turned out to have been won by a margin of only nine votes in the official result), a judicial recount was ordered for March 1\u20132, 2007, which resulted in a reduction of Ball's lead to seven votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192399-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections, Humber Valley\nIn the general election on October 9, however, Kelly defeated Ball by a 254-vote margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192399-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections, Labrador West\nThe NDP campaign suffered a number of mishaps, most notably the decision of their presumed candidate Karen Oldford to run for the Liberals instead, and the president of the United Steelworkers union local at Wabush Mines choosing to endorse the Labrador Party instead of the NDP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 69], "content_span": [70, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192399-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Newfoundland and Labrador provincial by-elections, Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans\nDuring the general election campaign, Liberal candidate Gerry Tobin died on October 1. As a result, the election was deferred in this district from October 9 to November 6. The new Liberal candidate, John Woodrow, withdrew from the race on November 3 after it was revealed that he had previously made false allegations of bribery against MHA Beaton Tulk in 1998, but then revived his campaign on November 5 after learning that it was too late to actually remove his name from the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 83], "content_span": [84, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192400-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International\nThe 2007 Next Generation Adelaide International was a professional men's tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour in Adelaide, Australia, held from 1 January to 7 January 2007. Novak Djokovic won the title, an ATP International Series level tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192400-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International\nThis was the first tournament of the season (alongside Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Delray Beach, Buenos Aires and Las Vegas) that implemented a 24-player Round Robin tournament for the singles competition, as part of the round-robin trials proposed during this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192400-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International, Finals, Doubles\nWesley Moodie / Todd Perry defeated Novak Djokovic / Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [15\u201313]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192401-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Doubles\nWesley Moodie and Todd Perry won the title, defeating Novak Djokovic and Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [15\u201313] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192402-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Singles\nFlorent Serra was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the Round Robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192402-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic won the title, defeating Chris Guccione 6\u20133, 6\u20137(6\u20138), 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192402-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nPrior to the Round Robin and after the completion of the Qualifying draws, the 16 players with the lowest tier in the tournament (4 qualifiers, 3 wild cards and 9 based on ATP Rankings) competed in the Elimination Round in order to get one of the 8 last spots into the Round Robin competition. Winners in this round entered as Main Entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192402-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Next Generation Adelaide International \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nRR-LL: Vassallo Arg\u00fcello entered the Round Robin competition as Lucky Loser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge\nThe 2007 Nextel Open and Nextel All-Star Challenge was a professional auto race held on Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. Native Carolinian and former NBA superstar Michael Jordan was the grand marshal of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, Race and qualifying format, All-Star Challenge\nThe race is unique to its \"All-Star Game\" format, much like those in the other North American major \"stick and ball\" sports (baseball, football, basketball and hockey). Only race winners (either drivers or teams) in the 2006 and the first eleven races of the 2007 seasons, plus former Winston/Nextel Cup Champions and All-Star event winners from the past decade (covering the span between 1997 and 2006) automatically qualify for the main event. A description on how the race was reformatted for the 2007 running can be found here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, Race and qualifying format, All-Star Challenge\nThe race also awards no points as it is an exhibition race, meaning drivers can take greater risks than they normally would do in a regular event. In addition, on restarts of the race after caution flags, the cars line up in a double file restart, akin to the start of a regulation race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, Race and qualifying format, All-Star Challenge\nQualifying for this event is abnormal to the standards of NASCAR. Those entered for the main event take three timed qualifying laps (instead of the usual two laps used in all sanctioned oval races), but they must take a required pit stop for four tires after either the first or second lap, coming in at the pit road speed (in the case of LMS, 45 miles per hour), but come out at full throttle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, Race and qualifying format, All-Star Challenge\nThis puts a premium on the pit crew teams to be fast like regular pit stops, and to even out the field, pit box No. 22 is used for all qualifiers. Infractions will also incur time penalties. Also starting in 2007, the selection of the pit boxes used by teams were made after the annual Pit Crew Challenge event to be held three days earlier at Charlotte Bobcats Arena, won by the Ryan Newman No. 12 team. In the qualifying, Matt Kenseth won the pole. Kevin Harvick was bumper-to-bumper with Jimmie Johnson coming to the start/finish line to win the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 78], "content_span": [79, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, Race and qualifying format, Nextel Open\nAll other drivers or teams that are in the Nextel Cup Top 50 owners or drivers points that do not automatically qualify for the All-Star Challenge are entered into a 40-lap, two-half event called the Nextel Open. Only the top two drivers, plus one additional driver on the lead lap that is voted in by fans on the world wide web via Sprint/Nextel's web site, their customers and attendees of the race, join the elite field. Standard qualifying rules applied for those in this event, which saw Carl Edwards win \"P-1\" (a/k./a the pole position), edging fellow Roush-Fenway teammate David Ragan. The Nextel Open was won by Martin Truex, Jr.. Johnny Sauter finished second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 71], "content_span": [72, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, Race and qualifying format, Kobalt Tools Crew Chief Race\nBefore the All-Star Challenge, a new preliminary race was held between Nextel Cup crew chiefs\u2014the Kobalt Tools Crew Chief Race. The race comprised eighteen crew chiefs driving small Legends Thunder Roadster cars on the quarter-mile oval in front of the main track's grandstand, and was televised in the United States on Speed. NASCAR on ESPN color commentator and former crew chief, Andy Petree won the main event, earning a $10,000 donation for any charity of his choice. The charities he decided to donate the race winnings to were Motor Racing Outreach and Mud Creek Baptist Church.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 88], "content_span": [89, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, List of 2007 qualifiers\nThe following drivers qualified after they won at least one race in the 2006 or 2007 seasons, in order of their qualifying win:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, List of 2007 qualifiers\nThe following drivers qualified as a result of driving a car that won a race in 2006 with a different driver:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, List of 2007 qualifiers\nThe following drivers qualified as a result of being a former Nextel Cup champion (since 1997):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, List of 2007 qualifiers\nThe following drivers qualified as a result of being a former winner of the Nextel All-Star Challenge (since 1997):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Open\nMartin Truex, Jr. won the Nextel Open, which was the first win for him of any kind in a Nextel Cup race. Johnny Sauter edged out Carl Edwards for the second transfer spot on offer in this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Open\nThe 40-lap race was stopped four times due to caution, including a 10-car incident halfway through lap 1 in which, among other things, the hoods of the cars driven by David Gilliland and Juan Pablo Montoya collided into each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Open\nAs mentioned above, Kenny Wallace won the fan vote, partly a credit to a large get out the vote campaign mounted by Speed Channel, where he works as an analyst.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Challenge\nKevin Harvick passed Jeff Burton at the start of the fourth and final segment and never looked back to win the main event race for the first time in his career. Harvick won $1,031,539 for the victory, the largest amount ever for an all-star race winner. Jimmie Johnson finished second, and Mark Martin was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Challenge\nBurton had inherited the lead from Matt Kenseth, who was sent to the tail end of the longest line due to speeding on pit road during the break between segments three and four. (During this break, teams had to at least visit the pits, but no service was required. Kenseth decided on the visit.) Kenseth had also won the first segment. Kyle Busch was first at the end of the second segment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Challenge\nIt was the fourth win for Richard Childress Racing, after three wins by Dale Earnhardt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192403-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge, The Challenge\nThis race was also notable for a crash brothers Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch were involved. They touched entering turn 1 with 18 laps to go, sending both into the wall rear-first. In the Speed Channel interview, Kurt joked that he would not \"be eating Kellogg's anytime soon,\" referring to the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet's sponsor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 45], "content_span": [46, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192404-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nicholls State Colonels football team\nThe 2007 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonels were led by fourth-year head coach Jay Thomas. They played their home games at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6\u20135, 3\u20134 in Southland play to finish tied for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192405-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nicky Rackard Cup\nThe 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup began in June 2007. It was the third time this element of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was played. Both Roscommon and Armagh easily progressed to the final in Croke Park, averaging winning margins of 23 and 14 points respectively in the early rounds. In a tense final, the Rossies ran out two-point winners, substitute Gary Fallon scoring the crucial goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192406-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nicky Rackard Cup Final\nThe 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 11 August 2007 to determine the winners of the 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup, the 3rd season of the Nicky Rackard Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the third tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Roscommon of Connacht and Armagh of Ulster, with Roscommon winning by 1-12 to 0-13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192407-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Niger State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Niger State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Niger State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu won the election, defeating David Umaru of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192407-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Niger State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 12 candidates contested in the election. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating David Umaru from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. The number of registered voters was 1,551,903.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State\nThe 2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Kwara State, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State, Results, Asa/Ilorin West\nPDP candidate Suleiman Nimota O won the election, defeating other party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 89], "content_span": [90, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State, Results, Baruten/Kaiama\nPDP candidate Maimunat Adaji won the election, defeating other party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 88], "content_span": [89, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State, Results, Edu/Moro/Patigi\nPDP candidate Aliyu Ahman-Pategi won the election, defeating other party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 89], "content_span": [90, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State, Results, Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-ero\nPDP candidate Makanjuola G.P won the election, defeating other party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 101], "content_span": [102, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State, Results, Ilorin East/South\nPDP candidate Abdul-Wahab Oladimeji Isa won the election, defeating other party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 91], "content_span": [92, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192408-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State, Results, Offa/Oyun/Ifelodun\nPDP candidate Kolawole A Yusuf won the election, defeating other party candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [65, 92], "content_span": [93, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192409-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in the Federal Capital Territory\nThe 2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Federal Capital Territory was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 81], "section_span": [81, 81], "content_span": [82, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192409-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in the Federal Capital Territory, Results, Abaji/Gwagwalada/Kwali/Kuje\nParty candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Isah Egah Dobi won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 81], "section_span": [83, 119], "content_span": [120, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192409-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in the Federal Capital Territory, Results, Amac/Bwari\nParty candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. ANPP candidate Austen Peters-Pam Amanda Iyabode won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 81], "section_span": [83, 102], "content_span": [103, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192410-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate election in the Federal Capital Territory\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Federal Capital Territory was held on April 21, 2007, to elect member of the Nigerian Senate to represent Federal Capital Territory. Usman Jibrin Wowo representing FCT Senatorial District won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192410-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate election in the Federal Capital Territory, Results, FCT Senatorial District\nThe election was won by Usman Jibrin Wowo of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 96], "content_span": [97, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192411-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Abia State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Abia State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Abia State. Nkechi J Nwaogu representing Abia Central and Eyinnaya Abaribe representing Abia South won on the platform of People's Democratic Party while Uche Chukwumerije representing Abia North won on the platform of the Progressive Peoples Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192411-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Abia State, Results, Abia Central\nThe election was won by Nkechi Nwaogu of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192411-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Abia State, Results, Abia South\nThe election was won by Eyinnaya Abaribe of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192411-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Abia State, Results, Abia Central\nThe election was won by Uche Chukwumerije of the Progressive Peoples Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192412-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Adamawa State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Adamawa State. Jibrin Muhammad Aminu representing Adamawa Central, Grace Folashade Bent representing Adamawa South and Mohammed Mana representing Adamawa North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192412-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State, Results, Adamawa Central\nThe election was won by Jibril Aminu of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192412-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State, Results, Adamawa South\nThe election was won by Grace Folashade Bent of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192412-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Adamawa State, Results, Adamawa North\nThe election was won by Mohammed Mana of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192413-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Akwa Ibom State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Akwa Ibom State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Akwa Ibom State. Effiong Dickson Bob representing Akwa-Ibom North East, Erne Ufot Ekaette representing Akwa-Ibom South and Aloysious Akan Etok representing Akwa-Ibom North-West all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192413-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Akwa Ibom State, Results, Akwa-Ibom North East\nThe election was won by Effiong Dickson Bob of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192413-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Akwa Ibom State, Results, Akwa-Ibom South\nThe election was won by Erne Ufot Ekaette of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 75], "content_span": [76, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192413-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Akwa Ibom State, Results, Akwa-Ibom North West\nThe election was won by Aloysious Akan Etok of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 80], "content_span": [81, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192414-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Anambra State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Anambra State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Anambra State. Annie Okonkwo representing Anambra Central, Ikechukwu Obiorah representing Anambra South and Joy Emodi representing Anambra North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192414-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Anambra State, Results, Anambra Central\nThe election was won by Annie Okonkwo of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192414-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Anambra State, Results, Anambra South\nThe election was won by Joy Emodi of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192414-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Anambra State, Results, Anambra North\nThe election was won by Ikechukwu Obiorah of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192415-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Bauchi State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Bauchi State. Mohammed A. Muhammed representing Bauchi Central and Bala Mohammed representing Bauchi South won on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party, while Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif representing Bauchi North won on the platform of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192415-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State, Results, Bauchi Central\nThe election was won by Mohammed A. Muhammed of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192415-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State, Results, Bauchi South\nThe election was won by Bala Mohammed of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192415-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bauchi State, Results, Bauchi North\nThe election was won by Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192416-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bayelsa State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Bayelsa State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Bayelsa State. Heineken Lokpobiri representing Bayelsa West, Emmanuel Paulker representing Bayelsa Central and Nimi Barigha-Amange representing Bayelsa East all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192416-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bayelsa State, Results, Bayelsa West\nThe election was won by Heineken Lokpobiri of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192416-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bayelsa State, Results, Bayelsa Central\nThe election was won by Emmanuel Paulker of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192416-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Bayelsa State, Results, Bayelsa East\nThe election was won by Nimi Barigha-Amange of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192417-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Benue State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Benue State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Benue State. David Mark representing Benue South, George Akume representing Benue North-West and Joseph Akaagerger representing Benue North-East all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192417-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Benue State, Results, Benue South\nThe election was won by David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192417-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Benue State, Results, Benue North-West\nThe election was won by George Akume of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192417-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Benue State, Results, Benue North-East\nThe election was won by Joseph Akaagerger of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 72], "content_span": [73, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192418-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Borno State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Borno State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Borno State. Omar Hambagda representing Borno South, Maina Maaji Lawan representing Borno North and Kaka Mallam Yale representing Borno Central all won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192418-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Borno State, Results, Borno South\nThe election was won by Omar Hambagda of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192418-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Borno State, Results, Borno North\nThe election was won by Maina Maaji Lawan of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192418-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Borno State, Results, Borno Central\nThe election was won by Kaka Mallam Yale of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192419-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Cross River State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Cross River State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Cross River State. Victor Ndoma-Egba representing Cross River Central, Bassey Ewa-Henshaw representing Cross River South and Gregory Ngaji representing Cross River North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192419-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Cross River State, Results, Cross River Central\nThe election was won by Victor Ndoma-Egba of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 81], "content_span": [82, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192419-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Cross River State, Results, Cross River South\nThe election was won by Bassey Ewa-Henshaw of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192419-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Cross River State, Results, Cross River North\nThe election was won by Gregory Ngaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192420-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Delta State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Delta State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Delta State. James Manager representing Delta South and Adego Erhiawarie Eferakeya representing Delta Central won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Patrick Osakwe representing Delta North won on the platform of the Accord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192420-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Delta State, Results, Delta South\nThe election was won by James Manager of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192420-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Delta State, Results, Delta Central\nThe election was won by Adego Erhiawarie Eferakeya of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192420-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Delta State, Results, Delta North\nThe election was won by Patrick Osakwe of the Accord.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192421-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ebonyi State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Ebonyi State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Ebonyi State. Julius Ucha representing Ebonyi Central, Anyimchukwu Ude representing Ebonyi South and Anthony Agbo representing Ebonyi North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192421-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ebonyi State, Results, Ebonyi Central\nThe election was won by Julius Ucha of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192421-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ebonyi State, Results, Ebonyi South\nThe election was won by Anyimchukwu Ude of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192421-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ebonyi State, Results, Ebonyi North\nThe election was won by Anthony Agbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192422-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Edo State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Edo State. Odion Ugbesia representing Edo Central, Yisa Braimoh representing Edo North and Ehigie Edobor Uzamere representing Edo South all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192422-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State, Results, Edo Central\nThe election was won by Odion Ugbesia of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192422-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State, Results, Edo North\nThe election was won by Yisa Braimoh of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192422-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State, Results, Edo South\nThe election was won by Ehigie Edobor Uzamere of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192423-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ekiti State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Ekiti State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Ekiti State. Sylvester Ayodele Arise representing Ekiti North, Adefemi Kila representing Ekiti Central and Sola Akinyede representing Ekiti South all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192423-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ekiti State, Results, Ekiti North\nThe election was won by Sylvester Ayodele Arise of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192423-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ekiti State, Results, Ekiti Central\nThe election was won by Adefemi Kila of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192423-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ekiti State, Results, Ekiti South\nThe election was won by Sola Akinyede of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192424-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Enugu State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Enugu State. Chimaroke Nnamani representing Enugu East, Ayogu Eze representing Enugu North and Ike Ekweremadu representing Enugu West all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192424-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State, Results, Enugu East\nThe election was won by Chimaroke Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192424-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State, Results, Enugu North\nThe election was won by Ayogu Eze of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192424-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State, Results, Enugu West\nThe election was won by Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192425-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Gombe State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Gombe State. Kawu Peto Dukku representing Gombe North, Tawar Umbi Wada representing Gombe South and Audu Idris Umar representing Gombe Central all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192425-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe State, Results, Gombe North\nThe election was won by Kawu Peto Dukku of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192425-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe State, Results, Gombe South\nThe election was won by Tawar Umbi Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192425-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe State, Results, Gombe Central\nThe election was won by Audu Idris Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192426-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Imo State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Imo State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Imo State. Chris Anyanwu representing Imo East, Osita Izunaso representing Imo West and Sylvester Anyanwu representing Imo North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192426-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Imo State, Results, Imo East\nThe election was won by Chris Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192426-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Imo State, Results, Imo West\nThe election was won by Osita Izunaso of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192426-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Imo State, Results, Imo North\nThe election was won by Sylvester Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192427-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Jigawa State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Jigawa State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Jigawa State. Abdulaziz Usman representing Jigawa North-East, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki representing Jigawa North-West and Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam representing Jigawa South-West all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192427-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Jigawa State, Results, Jigawa North-East\nThe election was won by Abdulaziz Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192427-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Jigawa State, Results, Jigawa North-West\nThe election was won by Ibrahim Saminu Turaki of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192427-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Jigawa State, Results, Jigawa South-West\nThe election was won by Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192428-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kaduna State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kaduna State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kaduna State. Mohammed Kabir Jibril representing Kaduna Central, Caleb Zagi representing Kaduna South and Ahmed Makarfi representing Kaduna North all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192428-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kaduna State, Results, Kaduna Central\nThe election was won by Mohammed Kabir Jibril of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192428-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kaduna State, Results, Kaduna South\nThe election was won by Caleb Zagi of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192428-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kaduna State, Results, Kaduna North\nThe election was won by Ahmed Makarfi of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192429-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kano State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kano State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kano State. Aminu Sule Garo representing Kano North, Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya representing Kano South and Mohammed Adamu Bello representing Kano Central all won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192429-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kano State, Results, Kano North\nThe election was won by Aminu Sule Garo of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192429-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kano State, Results, Kano South\nThe election was won by Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192429-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kano State, Results, Kano Central\nThe election was won by Mohammed Adamu Bello of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192430-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Katsina State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Katsina State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Katsina State. Ibrahim M. Ida representing Katsina Central, Mahmud Kanti Bello representing Katsina North and Garba Yakubu Lado representing Katsina South all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192430-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Katsina State, Results, Katsina Central\nThe election was won by Ibrahim M. Ida of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192430-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Katsina State, Results, Katsina North\nThe election was won by Mahmud Kanti Bello of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192430-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Katsina State, Results, Katsina South\nThe election was won by Garba Yakubu Lado of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192431-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kebbi State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kebbi State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kebbi State. Adamu Aliero representing Kebbi Central, Abubakar Tanko Ayuba representing Kebbi South and Umaru Argungu representing Kebbi North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192431-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kebbi State, Results, Kebbi Central\nThe election was won by Adamu Aliero of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192431-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kebbi State, Results, Kebbi South\nThe election was won by Abubakar Tanko Ayuba of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192431-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kebbi State, Results, Kebbi North\nThe election was won by Umaru Argungu of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192431-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kebbi State, Results, Succession\nAdamu Aliero was later appointed Minister of FCT in 2008, and he was succeeded by Abubakar Atiku Bagudu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192432-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kogi State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kogi State. Nicholas Ugbane representing Kogi East and Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Otaru Salihu Ohize representing Kogi Central won on the platform of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192432-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State, Results, Kogi East\nThe election was won by Nicholas Ugbane of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192432-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State, Results, Kogi West\nThe election was won by Smart Adeyemi of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192432-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State, Results, Kogi Central\nThe election was won by Otaru Salihu Ohize of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192433-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Kwara State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kwara State. Simon Ajibola representing Kwara South, Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki representing Kwara Central and Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa representing Kwara North all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192433-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State, Results, Kwara South\nThe election was won by Simon Ajibola of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192433-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State, Results, Kwara Central\nThe election was won by Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192433-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Kwara State, Results, Kwara North\nThe election was won by Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192434-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Lagos State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Lagos State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Lagos State. Munirudeen Adekunle Muse representing Lagos Central, Adeleke Mamora representing Lagos East and Ganiyu Solomon representing Lagos West all won on the platform of the Action Congress", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192434-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Lagos State, Results, Lagos Central\nThe election was won by Munirudeen Adekunle Muse of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 69], "content_span": [70, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192434-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Lagos State, Results, Lagos East\nThe election was won by Adeleke Mamora of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192434-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Lagos State, Results, Lagos West\nThe election was won by Ganiyu Solomon of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192435-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Nasarawa State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Nasarawa State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Nasarawa State. Suleiman Adokwe representing Nasarawa South and Abubakar Sodangi representing Nasarawa West won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Patricia Akwashiki representing Nasarawa North won on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192435-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Nasarawa State, Results, Nasarawa South\nThe election was won by Suleiman Adokwe of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192435-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Nasarawa State, Results, Nasarawa West\nThe election was won by Abubakar Sodangi of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 72], "content_span": [73, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192435-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Nasarawa State, Results, Nasarawa North\nThe election was won by Patricia Akwashiki of the All Nigeria Peoples Party candidate Patricia Akwashiki.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 73], "content_span": [74, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192436-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Niger State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Niger State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Niger State. Dahiru Awaisu Kuta representing Niger East, Zainab Abdulkadir Kure representing Niger South and Nuhu Aliyu Labbo representing Niger North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192436-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Niger State, Results, Niger East\nThe election was won by Dahiru Awaisu Kuta of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 66], "content_span": [67, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192436-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Niger State, Results, Niger South\nThe election was won by Zainab Abdulkadir Kure of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192436-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Niger State, Results, Niger North\nThe election was won by Nuhu Aliyu Labbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192437-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ogun State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Ogun State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Ogun State. Iyabo Obasanjo representing Ogun Central and Ramoni Mustapha representing Ogun East won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, while Felix Bajomo representing Ogun West won on the platform of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192437-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ogun State, Results, Ogun Central\nThe election was won by Iyabo Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192437-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ogun State, Results, Lagos East\nThe election was won by Ramoni Mustapha of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192437-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ogun State, Results, Ogun West\nThe election was won by Felix Bajomo of the Action Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192438-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Ondo State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Ondo State. Gbenga Ogunniya representing Ondo Central, Bode Olajumoke representing Ondo North and Hosea Ehinlanwo representing Ondo South all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192438-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State, Results, Ondo Central\nThe election was won by Gbenga Ogunniya of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192438-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State, Results, Ondo North\nThe election was won by Bode Olajumoke of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192438-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State, Results, Ondo South\nThe election was won by Hosea Ehinlanwo of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192439-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Osun State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Osun State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Osun State. Simeon Oduoye representing Osun Central, Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke representing Osun West and Iyiola Omisore representing Osun East all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192439-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Osun State, Results, Osun Central\nThe election was won by Simeon Oduoye of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192439-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Osun State, Results, Osun West\nThe election was won by Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192439-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Osun State, Results, Osun East\nThe election was won by Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192440-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Oyo State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Oyo State. Teslim Kolawole Folarin representing Oyo Central, Kamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu representing Oyo South and Andrew Abidemi Babalola representing Oyo North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192440-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State, Results, Oyo Central\nThe election was won by Teslim Kolawole Folarin of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192440-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State, Results, Oyo South\nThe election was won by Kamorudeen Adedibu of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192440-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State, Results, Oyo North\nThe election was won by Andrew Abidemi Babalola of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192441-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Plateau State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Plateau State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Plateau State. Satty Davies Gogwim representing Plateau Central, John Nanzip Shagaya representing Plateau South and Gyang Dalyop Datong representing Plateau North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192441-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Plateau State, Results, Plateau Central\nThe election was won by Satty Davies Gogwim of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192441-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Plateau State, Results, Plateau South\nThe election was won by John Nanzip Shagaya of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192441-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Plateau State, Results, Plateau North\nThe election was won by Gyang Dalyop Datong of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192442-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Rivers State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Rivers State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Rivers State. George Thompson Sekibo representing Rivers East, Wilson Asinobi Ake representing Rivers West and Lee Maeba representing Rivers South East all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192442-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Rivers State, Results, Rivers East\nThe election was won by George Thompson Sekibo of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192442-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Rivers State, Results, Rivers West\nThe election was won by Wilson Asinobi Ake of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192442-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Rivers State, Results, Rivers South East\nThe election was won by Lee Maeba of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 74], "content_span": [75, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192443-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Umaru Dahiru representing Sokoto South, Ahmed Muhammad Maccido representing Sokoto North and Abubakar Umar Gada representing Sokoto East all won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192443-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State, Results, Sokoto South\nThe election was won by Umaru Dahiru of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192443-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State, Results, Sokoto North\nThe election was won by Ahmed Muhammad Maccido of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192443-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State, Results, Sokoto East\nThe election was won by Abubakar Umar Gada of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192444-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Taraba State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Taraba State. Dahiru Bako representing Taraba Central, Joel Danlami Ikenya representing Taraba South and Anthony George Manzo representing Taraba North all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192444-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State, Results, Taraba Central\nThe election was won by Dahiru Bako of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192444-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State, Results, Taraba South\nThe election was won by Joel Danlami Ikenya of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192444-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Taraba State, Results, Taraba North\nThe election was won by Anthony George Manzo of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 69], "content_span": [70, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192445-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Yobe State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Yobe State. Ahmad Lawan representing Yobe North and Bukar Ibrahim representing Yobe East won on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party, while Adamu Garba Talba representing Yobe South won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192445-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Yobe State, Results, Yobe North\nThe election was won by Ahmad Lawan of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192445-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Yobe State, Results, Yobe East\nThe election was won by Bukar Ibrahim of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 64], "content_span": [65, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192445-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Yobe State, Results, Yobe South\nThe election was won by Adamu Garba Talba of the Peoples Democratic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192446-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Zamfara State\nThe 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Zamfara State was held on April 21, 2007, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Zamfara State. Hassan Muhammed Gusau representing Zamfara Central, Sahabi Alhaji Ya\u00fa representing Zamfara North and Ahmad Sani Yerima representing Zamfara West all won on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192446-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Zamfara State, Results, Zamfara Central\nThe election was won by Hassan Muhammed Gusau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 73], "content_span": [74, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192446-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Zamfara State, Results, Zamfara West\nThe election was won by Ahmad Sani Yerima of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 70], "content_span": [71, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192446-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian Senate elections in Zamfara State, Results, Zamfara North\nThe election was won by Sahabi Alhaji Ya\u00fa of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election\nGeneral elections were held in Nigeria on 21 April 2007 to elect the President and National Assembly. Governorship and State Assembly elections had been held on 14 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election\nUmaru Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the highly controversial presidential election, and was sworn in on 29 May. Election observers from the European Union described the elections as \"the worst they had ever seen anywhere in the world\", with \"rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Background\nOn 16 May 2006 the Nigerian Senate voted to block a constitutional amendment which would have allowed its president to serve more than two terms in office. President Olusegun Obasanjo thus could not pursue a third term. Additionally he was unsupported by Atiku Abubakar, his vice-president. Presidential candidates were announced in late December 2006, and 50,000 assault rifles were ordered to help the military maintain order during the election. Umaru Yar'Adua was the candidate of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), and the opposition All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) featured Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku Abubakar, the current Vice-President, announced on 25 November 2006 that he would contest the election, and he subsequently became the presidential candidate of the Action Congress in December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Candidates\nThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Abubakar ineligible to run due to fraud charges. A High Court had ruled that the commission could not disqualify candidates, but INEC claimed that the constitution barred candidates from running if indicted. Another superior court, the Court of Appeal, ruled in favour of the Electoral Commission by saying that it has powers to disqualify candidates. Abubakar attempted to get on the ballot via court challenge. In a case that came before the apex court, the court ruled that INEC has no constitutional powers to disqualify any candidates for the election, clearing the way for Abubakar to run. The Supreme Court, the country's highest judicial body, confirmed this ruling and reaffirmed Abubakar's candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Candidates\nAdebayo Adefarati, the candidate of the small Alliance for Democracy, died shortly before the election on 29 March 2007. This raised the possibility of the election being delayed, as the law provides for a delay under the circumstances if requested by the party that had nominated the candidate; however, a spokesman for INEC said that the election would not be delayed. He said that the party could nominate a replacement candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Conduct\nThe Nigerian military killed at least 25 suspected Islamic militants on 18 April, while battling extremists who attacked a police station on 17 April in Kano, days before the election. Shortly before voting began on 21 April, there was an alleged attempt in Bayelsa State to kill Goodluck Jonathan, who is the PDP vice-presidential candidate and the governor of the state, as well as a failed attempt to destroy INEC headquarters in Abuja with a truck bomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Conduct\nFollowing the gubernatorial and state assembly elections on 14 April, 18 political parties including those of Abubakar and Buhari, demanded on 17 April that the presidential election be postponed, that INEC be disbanded, and that the earlier elections be annulled; otherwise, they said that they would consider boycotting the presidential election. On 19 April, however, both Buhari's ANPP and Abubakar's Action Congress said that they would not boycott the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Conduct\nThe 60 million presidential election ballot papers were kept in South Africa to prevent tampering. However, last-minute changes to add Abubakar to the list caused problems in distribution of ballots as papers did not arrive from South Africa until Friday evening. The reprinted papers were not serially numbered as was intended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 39], "content_span": [40, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Conduct, Observers\nFollowing the presidential election, groups monitoring the election gave it a dismal assessment. Chief European Union observer Max van den Berg reported that the handling of the polls had \"fallen far short\" of basic international standards, and that \"the process cannot be considered to be credible\", citing \"poor election organisation, lack of transparency, significant evidence of fraud, voter disenfranchisement, violence and bias.\" They described the election as \"the worst they had ever seen anywhere in the world\", with \"rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation\". One group of observers said that at one polling station in Yenagoa, in the oil-rich south, where 500 people were registered to vote, more than 2,000 votes were counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Conduct, Observers\nFelix Alaba Job, head of the Catholic Bishops Conference, cited massive fraud and disorganisation, including result sheets being passed around to politicians who simply filled in numbers as they chose while bribed returning electoral officers looked away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Results, President\nOfficial figures on voter turnout were not released but the turnout was estimated at 57.5 percent of 61.5 million registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Results, President\nThe first results to be released, from Rivers State, showed a large majority for Yar'Adua. On April 23, Yar'Adua was declared the winner by INEC, which said that he had received 70% of the vote (24,638,063 votes). Buhari was in second place with 18% of the vote (6,605,299 votes), while Abubakar was placed third with about 7% (2,637,848 votes). Both Buhari and Abubakar rejected the results. The opposition candidates believe the election was rigged in Yar'Adua's favor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Results, President\nOutgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo stated in a televised address that the election \"could not be described as perfect\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Results, President\nResults, announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Maurice Iwu, were: The results did not disclose the total votes scored in the states or the percentages of the scores by the presidential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 50], "content_span": [51, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Results, State elections\nAfter the death of Chief M.K.O Abiola, the ruling PDP won 26 of the 32 states, according to INEC, including Kaduna State and Katsina State, where the results were contested by the local population; the election will have to be rerun in Imo State and Enugu State due to complications. By the last count, Obasanjo's PDP party had won 29 of 33 states so far declared, with Human Rights Watch describing the vote-rigging as \"shameless\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, Domestic\nIkimi and Amusu, the representatives of the AC and the ANPP at the INEC Collation Centre in Abuja, denounced the results announced by the INEC Chairman. According to Ikimi, \"In states like Edo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Akwa Ibom etc., we know that the elections did not start even as late as 5 pm. The results collated showed that over 80 percent of the votes being counted in favour of the PDP and they are totally flawed. In most of the states, only the Resident Electoral Commissioners and the PDP Agents signed the results. We have been here since yesterday (Sunday) to observe this collation and we only collated eleven states and the INEC Chairman just rushed down to declare the results and declare Umaru Yar\u2019Adua as the winner.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, Domestic\nAccording to Ikimi, \"The result sheets we viewed so far was not signed by any of our agents at the state level. They were only signed by Resident Electoral Commissioners and only the PDP agents.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, Domestic\nAlso, Admiral Lanre Amusu who represented the ANPP at the INEC collation centre concurred what Chief Tom Ikimi said. \"I am in total agreement with what Chief Ikimi has just said. Only results from 13 states and they were collated and signed by the Resident Electoral Commissioners in the States and the PDP Agents. Our agents did not sign these results.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, Domestic\nThe national chairman of the Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA), Chief Olu Falae, with leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Action Congress (AC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), National Advance Party (NAP) and the National Democratic Party (NDP), has called for the setting up of an Interim National Government to conduct credible elections in the country. Falae explained that the country needed an ING to guard against the emergence of the military on the political scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, Domestic\nThe Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation claimed that the INEC deliberately left 70 percent of the ballot papers in a warehouse in Johannesburg, South Africa. They claimed that the contractors could have freighted the entire 200-ton consignment into the country three days before the election (Thursday) but the INEC told them to bring only 30 percent of the ballot papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, Domestic\nNigeria's Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka said the West should deny entry visas to election commissioner Maurice Iwu for his \"complicity in the fraudulent elections.\" He said he has heard of the financial prudence and moral uprightness of Yar'Adua. \"I wish he [Yar'Adua] would carry his decency even further by publicly renouncing this poisoned chalice to say: 'I'm not a receiver of stolen goods'.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, International\nA spokesman for the United States Department of State said it was \"deeply troubled\" by election polls, calling them \"flawed\", and said it hoped the political parties would resolve any differences over the election through peaceful, constitutional means.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, International\n\"Nigeria has once again failed to rise to the occasion.... Size isn't enough.... It is a failed giant,\" said prominent Ghanaian economist Nii Moi Thompson. He compared its elections to those of Liberia in 2005, saying, \"Even Liberia, which is coming out of war, had more credible elections than Nigeria.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Reactions, International\n\"There is the saying: 'How goes Nigeria, so goes the rest of Africa', to have this widespread abuse of the democratic initiative certainly doesn't do Africa any good,\" said Scott Baker, a professor at Champlain College in the US city of Burlington, Vermont. \"How can Nigeria sit at the meetings of the African Union African Peer Review Mechanism or ECOWAS and talk about other people's elections?\" he asked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Aftermath\nIn July 2008, the Labour Party governorship candidate in Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko was declared the lawful winner of the election by the Election Petition Tribunal thereby nullifying the election of PDP candidate, Dr Olusegun Agagu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192447-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Nigerian general election, Aftermath\nBuhari and Abubakar filed petitions to have the results of the presidential election invalidated due to alleged fraud, but on February 26, 2008 a court rejected the petitions. Buhari and Abubakar said that they would appeal to the Supreme Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192448-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season\nThe 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192448-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series\nClimax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in the Japan Series. The system was a success when Pacific League's teams won all the Japan Series since the introduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff system since 1949.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192448-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series\nClimax Series does not affect the team's standings, nor individual's record in the Regular Season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize\nThe 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore \"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement\nThe Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on 12 October 2007. It stated that responses to indications of future climate changes must follow the precautionary principle, and that extensive changes would damage living standards, leading to likelihood of wars and violent conflicts. It paid tribute to the work of the IPCC:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement\nThrough the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming. Thousands of scientists and officials from over one hundred countries have collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement\nIt said that \"Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians\", and described him as \"probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.\" In conclusion, it said the Nobel Committee was \"seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world\u2019s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind. Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man\u2019s control.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement\nThe award was given immediate publicity: an Associated Press article published by USA Today on 12 October 2007 and headlined \"Gore, scientists share Nobel Peace Prize\" quoted Pachauri as saying \"All the scientists that have contributed to the work of the IPCC are the Nobel laureates who have been recognized and acknowledged by the Nobel Prize Committee\". He added that \"they should feel deeply encouraged and inspired. It is their contribution which has been recognized\", and said \"I only happen to be a functionary that essentially oversees the process.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement\nOn the same day, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory listed its scientists who had contributed to the IPCC's work, and said that Pachauri had sent a letter to lead authors of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report saying that he had \"been stunned in a pleasant way with the news of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for the IPCC. This makes each of you a Nobel Laureate and it is my privilege to acknowledge this honour on your behalf\". The letter went on to say that \"The fact that the IPCC has earned the recognition that this award embodies, is really a tribute to your knowledge, hard work and application.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Presentation\nIn Oslo on 10 December 2007, the presentation was made with a speech by Ole Danbolt Mj\u00f8s as Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and followed by Nobel Lectures given by Rajendra K. Pachauri, representing the IPCC, and Al Gore. In his lecture, Pachauri thanked those contributing to the IPCC:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Presentation\nI pay tribute to the thousands of experts and scientists who have contributed to the work of the Panel over almost two decades of exciting evolution and service to humanity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 36], "content_span": [37, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, IPCC certificates\nThe IPCC presented scientists who had \"contributed substantially to the preparation of IPCC reports\" with personalized certificates for \"contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC\". The certificates, which name the individual and feature a reproduction of the Nobel Peace Prize diploma, were sent to \"coordinating lead authors, lead authors, review editors, bureau members, staff of the technical support units and staff of the secretariat from the IPCC's inception in 1988 until the award of the prize in 2007.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, IPCC certificates\nIn a statement of 29 October 2012 the IPCC clarified that the \"prize was awarded to the IPCC as an organisation, and not to any individual involved with the IPCC. Thus it is incorrect to refer to any IPCC official, or scientist who worked on IPCC reports, as a Nobel laureate or Nobel Prize winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192449-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Nobel Peace Prize, IPCC certificates\nIt would be correct to describe a scientist who was involved with AR4 or earlier IPCC reports in this way: 'X contributed to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.'\" It stated that it had not sent the certificates to \"contributing authors, expert reviewers and focal points.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192450-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open\nThe 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Nordea Nordic Light Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 30 July until 5 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192450-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open\nSecond-seeded Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska won the singles title and it was also her first career title. The tournament's doubles competition was won by Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192450-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open, Finals, Doubles\nAnabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Chan Chin-wei / Tetiana Luzhanska, 6\u20131, 5\u20137, [10\u20136]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192451-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Doubles\nEva Birnerov\u00e1 and Jarmila Gajdo\u0161ov\u00e1 are the defending champions but only Eva Birnerov\u00e1 participated this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192451-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Doubles\nEva Birnerov\u00e1 partnered Caroline Wozniacki, but they lost in quarterfinals to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192452-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Singles\nZheng Jie was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192452-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open \u2013 Singles\nAgnieszka Radwa\u0144ska won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20131, against Vera Dushevina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192453-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordic Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Nordic Figure Skating Championships was held from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters competed in two disciplines, men's singles and ladies' singles, across three levels: senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192454-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships\nThe FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2007 took place in Planica, Slovenia and Tarvisio, Italy from 12 March to 18 March 2007. It was the 30th Junior World Championships and the 2nd Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing. Cross-country skiing and nordic combined events were held in Tarvisio, while the ski jumping events were held in Planica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192455-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordic Trophy\nThe 2007 Nordic Trophy was an ice hockey tournament played between August 9, 2007, and September 8, 2007. The final weekend was played in Helsinki, Finland, at the Helsinki Ice Hall. Oulun K\u00e4rp\u00e4t won the final over Fr\u00f6lunda HC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192455-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nordic Trophy, Individual honours\nAfter every game in the Nordic Trophy, three players get Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors called RBK Nordic Stars. The player who has collected most stars prior to the final round is awarded the RBK Nordic Star Award as the tournaments MVP. Awards are also presented to best defenceman, forward, and goaltender, voted by the directors of the Nordic Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192456-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norfolk State Spartans football team\nThe 2007 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Spartans were led by third-year head coach Pete Adrian and played their home games at William \"Dick\" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8\u20133, 6\u20132 in MEAC play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192457-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Alabama Lions football team\nThe 2007 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2007 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Mark Hudspeth in his sixth and final year as head coach, the Lions compiled an overall record of 10\u20132 with a conference mark of 7\u20131, tying for second place in the GSC. The qualified for the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where they beat GSC champion Delta State in the second round before falling to conference foe and eventual national champion Valdosta State in the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192458-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North America 4\nThe 2007 North America 4 was the second North America 4 rugby tournament. Each of the four teams played each other five times in round-robin play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192459-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North American SuperLiga\nThe 2007 SuperLiga, the inaugural edition of the SuperLiga competition, was held from July 24 to August 29, 2007. The eight clubs participating in the 2007 tournament were chosen by invitation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192459-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North American SuperLiga\nAll games of the tournament were carried live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish), and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192459-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North American SuperLiga, Qualification\nThe eight teams in the inaugural 2007 edition were selected on an invitation-only basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192459-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North American SuperLiga, Group stage\nThere were two groups of four teams. Each group contained two clubs from each league with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192460-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North American Under 21 World Qualifier\nThe 2007 North American Under 21 World Qualifier motorcycle speedway competition took place on 24 August in Auburn, California. The champion was Ricky Wells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave\nThe 2007 North American heat wave started at the end of July and lasted into the first weeks of August. It was associated with severe drought over regions of the southeastern United States and parts of the Great Lakes region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nThe major heat wave of 2007 lasted from 3 to 25 August across eastern United States, while a second wave hit the Midwest and California in October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nTemperatures surpassed 100\u00a0\u00b0F (37.8\u00a0\u00b0C) as far north as Kansas City, MO and St. Louis, MO. Dew points reached the mid-region of 70\u00a0\u00b0F (21.1\u00a0\u00b0C), creating heat index values of 108 or more in much of the affected areas. The accompanying high-pressure systems caused drought conditions, especially in areas that were already experiencing drought conditions, such as northern Alabama. It caused drought conditions in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. The drought decreased soil moisture to below 98-99% of normal levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nAugust 2007 turned out to be one of the 20 warmest Augusts for the United States since 1895.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nA heat-wave forecast was issued in June 2007 for the Columbus, Ohio area. In Indiana, heat advisories were issued after at least four days of 90\u00a0\u00b0F (32.2\u00a0\u00b0C) days in early August. In Evansville, Indiana, August had the highest average temperature recorded until that time, 96\u00a0\u00b0F (35.6\u00a0\u00b0C), surpassed in 2012. Indianapolis had a 14-day streak of temperatures of 90\u00a0\u00b0F (32.2\u00a0\u00b0C) or higher. Paducah, Kentucky had 28 straight days of 90\u00a0\u00b0F-plus temperatures, a record broken in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nNorth Carolina experienced temperatures over 100\u00a0\u00b0F (37.8\u00a0\u00b0C). In Charlotte, a record high of \"104\u00a0\u00b0F (40.0\u00a0\u00b0C) degrees [was] set on 10 August 2007,\" that lasted until August 2012. Ten years later, the National Weather Service labeled the August 2007 heat wave one of the \"Historic Heat Waves in the Carolinas.\" \"Temperatures soared well into the 90s and 100s\u00b0F across almost all of North and South Carolina for three solid weeks, with all-time records for heat tied or broken in a number of locations,\" the NWS reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nRecord temperatures were recorded in Rocky Mount, NC, at 106\u00a0\u00b0F (41.1\u00a0\u00b0C), Hamlet, NC at 108\u00a0\u00b0F (42.2\u00a0\u00b0C), Charlotte at 104\u00a0\u00b0F (40.0\u00a0\u00b0C), and Raleigh at 105\u00a0\u00b0F (40.6\u00a0\u00b0C). The heat index \"exceeded 120\u00b0F across portions of the North Carolina coastal plain.\" Local utilities Tennessee Valley Authority and Progress Energy Carolinas recorded the highest energy usage ever, due to air conditioning use.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nThe Piedmont region experienced high temperatures, while Eastern North Carolina experienced low temperatures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nA new heat island was identified in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania through monitoring hourly temperatures from 27 May to 19 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, History\nIn California, \"a record summer heat wave\" dried out tinder and led to dry conditions and fires in October 2007, causing one death and thousands of people to be evacuated. Ultimately, a disaster declaration was made by President George W. Bush. 25 people in California died that year from heat-related causes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, Impact\nA total of 105 deaths in 2007 were blamed on the heat that year in the United States, including the deaths from the heat wave. During the heat wave itself, more than 50 deaths were reported, in addition to cases of heat exhaustion and heat Stroke. Most deaths (51%) occurred among those over 60 years of age and people who could not afford air conditioning due to their cost.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, Impact\nDuring the Chicago Marathon in October, temperatures hit a record 88\u00a0\u00b0F (31.1\u00a0\u00b0C), causing dozens of hospitalizations and one death. In 2007, a total of 39 deaths were counted due to the heat from four adjoining states, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, Impact\nIn Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Medical Society issued a health warning about the dangers and treatment of heat stroke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, Impact\nOver \"51 deaths, including 2 in South Carolina, were attributable to this heat wave.\" In Birmingham, Alabama, there were 18 days with a \"heat index greater than or equal to 100,\" lower than the index during the heat wave of 1980, while 13 heat-related deaths were attributed to the August 2007 heat wave, compared to over 100 in 1980. The fewer deaths were attributed to the increased use of air-conditioning in 2007, especially among \"shut in\" elderly people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192461-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 North American heat wave, Causes\nThe heat wave was reportedly caused by several factors. First, an upper level ridge that settled over the southern plains and southeast near the Ozarks. Another cause was the troughing over the Pacific Coast and offshore Atlantic. This in turn created an Omega block pattern over the central US and caused extreme heat to build for weeks, in some cases. The ridge eventually moved back towards the west, which allowed some short-term relief for the northeastern states and Mid-Atlantic, but in the Mississippi River Valley and the southeast there remained strong heat for at least several more days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192462-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Ayrshire Council election\nElections to North Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using eight new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192462-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Ayrshire Council election, By-Elections since 3 May 2007\nA by-election arose in the Kilbirnie and Beith Ward following the death of the Scottish National Party's Craig Taylor and Anthea Dickson held the seat for the SNP on 14 October 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192462-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Ayrshire Council election, By-Elections since 3 May 2007\nA by-election arose in the Saltcoats and Stevenston Ward following the resignation of the Labour Party's David Munn and Jim Montgomorie held the seat for Labour on 25 August 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192463-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team\nThe 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192463-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team\nThe Tar Heels won the ACC tournament title. They made the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the third-overall seed, and advanced to the 2007 College World Series, finishing as the national runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192464-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team\nThe 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Butch Davis, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 4\u20138 overall and 3\u20135 in ACC play to place fourth in the Coastal Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192464-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Previous season\nThe 2006 North Carolina football team began with the Tar Heels unranked in the AP and coaches' preseason polls. Despite the fact that they were receiving little national attention, there was much optimism in the state of North Carolina. The team got off to a shaky start losing six out of their first seven games. Just days after playing their seventh game of the season, a 23\u20130 loss to Virginia in Charlottesville, the University of North Carolina announced that head coach John Bunting would be relieved of his duties at the conclusion of the season.\" After the announcement of Bunting's firing the team arguably became much more competitive and won their last two games of the season, 23\u20139 against NC State and 45\u201344 against Duke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 794]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192464-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Preseason\nImmediately after Bunting's firing on October 22, 2006 there was much speculation over who North Carolina would name their new football coach. Rumors immediately started to circulate that former head coach of the Cleveland Browns and the Miami Hurricanes, Butch Davis, was interested in the position.\" Athletic director Dick Baddour confirmed the accuracy of the rumors when he announced on November 13, 2006 that Butch Davis had agreed to become the new head football coach.\" Soon after his hiring, Butch Davis began to assemble his coaching staff. He was able to lure offensive coordinator John Shoop and defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano from the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), and defensive line coach John Blake from Nebraska. Blake is regarded by many to be one of the best recruiters in all of college football.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 899]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192464-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Preseason\nAs of March 2007 many publications began releasing preseason rankings for the upcoming football season. Although UNC still ranked in the lower tier of the Atlantic Coast Conference, many publications were impressed with the Tar Heels' hiring of Butch Davis and their top ranked recruiting class.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192464-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Recruiting\nThe Tar Heels received 20 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007. Three student athletes had already enrolled before National Signing Day making this class relatively large with 23 commitments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192465-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Dakota State Bison football team\nThe 2007 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their homes games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. The Bison finished with an overall record of 10\u20131, placing second in the Great West Conference with a 3\u20131 mark. North Dakota State averaged 40 points per game and allowing just 22 points per game to opponents. The Bison totaled 4,855 total yards of offense, an average of 441 yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192465-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Dakota State Bison football team\nDespite being ranked in the top five in both polls the entire year, North Dakota State was ineligible to make the playoffs per NCAA rules that mandated a four-year probationary period for football programs entering the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. During their first four years after moving to Division I (2004\u20132007), North Dakota State had a record of 35\u20139 (.795) and were ranked in the top-25 32 of 44 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192466-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Devon District Council election\nThe 2007 North Devon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of North Devon District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192466-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Devon District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain 12 seats to take control of the council from the Liberal Democrats with 22 councillors. These gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who were down 5 to 17 seats and the independents who fell 7 to have 4 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 40.25%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 59], "content_span": [60, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192467-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North District Council election\nThe 2007 North District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 16 elected members to the 25-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was one of the most active North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons on record. The North Indian Ocean cyclone season has no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe scope of this article is limited to the Indian Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere, east of the Horn of Africa and west of the Malay Peninsula. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean\u00a0\u2014 the Arabian Sea to the west of the Indian subcontinent, abbreviated ARB by the India Meteorological Department (IMD); and the Bay of Bengal to the east, abbreviated BOB by the IMD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\nThe official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. The tropical cyclone scale for this basin is detailed on the right. On average, 4 to 6 storms form in this basin every season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season\n2007 was an active year for this basin; it was the most destructive season in known history at this time, only for the 2008 season to surpass it the next year. 2007 was also the first season to have multiple Category\u00a05 cyclones (by the Saffir Simpson Scale), and the two Category\u00a05's, Sidr and Gonu, were also the first named Category\u00a05 cyclones to form in their respective seas; Gonu in the Arabian Sea, and Sidr in the Bay of Bengal. Some other notable storms of the season include Akash and Yemyin, both of which caused substantial damage and deaths. At least 4,545\u00a0deaths were reported, and damage was about 6.4\u00a0billion dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 01\nAn area of disturbed weather first formed east of the Malay Peninsula on April 26. It slowly consolidated, and the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) designated the active low pressure area as a tropical depression on May 1 in the Gulf of Thailand. Moving westwards, it made landfall in the coastal areas of Chumphon, and then moved into the Andaman Sea. The system strengthened slightly, and late on May 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) designated it as a depression. It then began to move northwards, and in the morning of May 5, it made a second landfall on the coast of Rakhine State in Myanmar. The system weakened into an area of low pressure shortly after, and the IMD issued its last bulletin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 01\nThe TMD issued heavy rain and flash flood warnings for western provinces during the system's passage over the Isthmus of Kra. In Ratchaburi Province, disaster response teams prepared for the evacuation of settlements in mountainous terrain on May 3. The next day, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province was declared a disaster zone after low-lying areas were flooded with waters up to one metre deep. In the capital municipality, a prison was inundated, necessitating the evacuation of prisoners to Ratchaburi. In addition, a portion of rail was flooded, but train services were not disrupted. In Surat Thani Province, mudslides halted traffic in the municipal area. Multiple landslide warnings were also issued in other provinces. Northwestern provinces also braced for heavy rains following the system's second landfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 01\nThis system was not considered to be a tropical depression by any other agencies while in the Gulf of Thailand, but was tracked by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The storm attained a maximum wind speed of 30 knots (56\u00a0km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1006 hPa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Akash\nOn May 13, the India Meteorological Department declared a depression over the east central Bay of Bengal. It formed on May 10, and continued to intensify gradually. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a TCFA on May 13 shortly before the IMD upgraded it to a depression. Later that day, the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical cyclone, designating it 01B. On May 14, the IMD upgraded it to a deep depression, and six hours later it was designated the first cyclonic storm of the season, Akash. Akash continued to strengthen and the JTWC analysed it as having reached hurricane-force winds on May 14. It made landfall on the coast near the Bangladesh\u2013Myanmar border early on May 15, and weakened quickly inland. The name, contributed by India, means \"sky\" in Hindi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 832]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Akash\nAkash killed at least one fisherman, and left about 100 others missing. Crops were destroyed and power was cut as Akash neared the coast, and almost 80,000\u00a0people had to be evacuated to cyclone shelters. The seaport at Chittagong had to be closed, and all flights into and out of the city were cancelled. Heavy rains caused by the rainbands of the cyclone led to the third One Day International cricket match between India and Bangladesh being abandoned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Akash\nOverall, the storm killed at least 8 people in Myanmar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Super Cyclonic Storm Gonu\nGonu developed from a persistent area of convection in the eastern Arabian Sea on June 1. With a favorable upper-level environment and warm sea surface temperatures, it rapidly intensified to attain peak winds of 240\u00a0km/h (150\u00a0mph) on June 3, as warned by the India Meteorological Department. Gonu weakened after encountering dry air and cooler waters, and late on June 5, Gonu made landfall on the easternmost tip of Oman, becoming the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Arabian Peninsula. Intense cyclones like Gonu have been extremely rare over the Arabian Sea, as most storms in this area tend to be small and dissipate quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Super Cyclonic Storm Gonu\nThe cyclone caused about $4\u00a0billion in damage (2007\u00a0USD) and 50\u00a0deaths in Oman, where the cyclone was considered the nation's worst natural disaster. Gonu dropped heavy rainfall near the eastern coastline, reaching up to 610\u00a0mm (24\u00a0inches) which caused flooding and heavy damage. In Iran, the cyclone caused 28\u00a0deaths and $215\u00a0million in damage (2007\u00a0USD). Winds speeds of 100\u00a0km/h were recorded in Muscat, Oman atthe time of landfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nA low-pressure area associated with the monsoon trough was first detected by the Naval Research Laboratory in the Bay of Bengal on June 17. Over the next few days, it developed deep flaring convection near an exposed low-level circulation centre (LLCC) as it drifted in the open sea. Despite moderate to high vertical wind shear, the disturbance produced surface pressure falls of up to 2.7 mbar (hPa) in Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, on June 19. Convection persisted around the increasingly well-defined LLCC, and the disturbance continued to consolidate under favourable diffluence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nEarly on June 21, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared the area a depression, 430\u00a0km (270\u00a0mi) east-southeast of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Several hours later, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA), with winds near 30 kn (55\u00a0km/h, 35\u00a0mph). The depression moved quickly west-northwest towards the northern Andhra Pradesh coast. A subtropical ridge to the north weakened the wind shear which had been hindering the storm's development, allowing for further intensification. Later that day, the IMD upgraded the system to a deep depression. As convection organised with increasing ocean heat content, the JTWC issued its first warning on Tropical Cyclone 03B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nThe deep depression made landfall near Kakinda early on June 22 local time. The JTWC issued its final advisory later, as the system began to weaken due to land interaction and wind shear. The next day, the IMD downgraded it to a depression while it crossed the Deccan Plateau. The final warning was issued on June 24, despite the storm having moved into the Arabian Sea. The storm killed at least 140\u00a0people in India, and another 213\u00a0people died in Karachi, Pakistan from rains and winds that might have been associated with an outer band of the cyclone. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had warned of heavy rains and wind from the system as early as Friday June 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nThe JTWC noted in its Significant Tropical Weather Outlook for the North Indian Ocean on June 24 that strong monsoonal low-level flow contributed to increased cyclonic vorticity, with low vertical wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures. It warned that these factors could lead to a rapid regeneration of the cyclone. Early on June 25, the JTWC issued the second TCFA for this system as its LLCC crossed the coast into the Arabian Sea. Shortly after, both the IMD and the JTWC resumed advisories on the depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nAs it moved northwest just off the Pakistan coast, winds of about 26 kn (48\u00a0km/h, 30\u00a0mph) and a surface pressure of 990\u00a0mbar (hPa) were observed in Karachi near midday on June 25. According to the PMD, the centre of the system reached within 90\u00a0km (55\u00a0mi) of Karachi. With favourable conditions and deep convection, the system intensified into a deep depression that day. After further organization, it made its second landfall at about 0300 UTC June 26 along the Makran coast, near Ormara and Pasni, Balochistan province, in southwestern Pakistan. Upon reaching land, the cyclone began to weaken slowly, and the JTWC issued its last advisory late on June 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nThe cyclone trapped 2 merchant ships: Al-Picaso and Lady Hamad, and 4 fishing boats: Al-Taif, Al-Noor, Sumbal Sultani and Al-Tariq, 100 nm (185\u00a0km, 115\u00a0mi) off Karachi. The Pakistan Navy rescued 56 sailors from the merchant ships and 36 fishermen from the fishing boats after they were detected by Breguet Atlantique aircraft. The heavy downpour also flooded the Kech Korandi riverine, inundating the city of Turbat and causing more than 10,000\u00a0people to evacuate their houses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nAt least 380\u00a0people died in Balochistan, with another 250 dead in Sindh and 100 in the North-West Frontier Province, and further rains associated with the remnants of the cyclone hampered rescue efforts. The cyclone affected at least 10 districts of Balochistan and 4 districts of Sindh, affecting the lives of at least 1.5\u00a0million people. Over 80\u00a0people were killed in floods associated with the remnants in Afghanistan. At least 2\u00a0million people were affected by the cyclone or indirectly by power cuts and water shortages in Balochistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Yemyin\nThe PMD referred to the deep depression as Tropical Cyclone Yemyin, the next name on the list at the time. The IMD did not operationally name the system, but the depression was upgraded to a cyclonic storm in post-analysis, and the IMD retroactively named it Yemyin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nOn June 28, an area of disturbed weather in the Bay of Bengal that had persisted as a well-marked low pressure area for two days became more organised. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) noted the formation of a depression around 0000 UTC (5:30\u00a0am IST) southeast of Puri, Orissa, India. The IMD also stated that the system intensified into a deep depression three hours later whilst remaining \"practically stationary\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nThe Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert shortly after, noting that observations from the eastern coast of India had recorded falls in pressure corresponding with the system's development. Furthermore, an upper-level anticyclone had formed over the disturbance, which would maintain the favourable wind shear conditions. The JTWC initiated advisories later that day, as the depression moved northwest towards the Orissa coast. The depression made landfall near Puri early on June 29. The JTWC then issued its last advisory later that day, as the system moved inland. Early on June 30, with the system centred over Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the IMD downgraded the system to a depression, and discontinued advisories 6\u00a0hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nAt 0600 UTC (11 a.m. PST) on June 28, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued its first advisory regarding the remnants of the system. The PMD stated that the remnants \"had the potential\" to cause widespread heavy rain with strong winds in Sindh, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir and North-West Frontier provinces. This could worsen conditions in areas already flooded by Tropical Cyclone Yemyin. In its fourth advisory on July 1, the PMD warned about the \"high probability\" of the system moving westward towards southern Sindh (instead of northwestward as previously projected), and regenerating over the Arabian Sea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nThe remnants of Tropical Cyclone 04B were mentioned in a Significant Tropical Weather Advisory from the JTWC early on July 2. After crossing the Deccan Plateau, convection was southwest of the centre, in the Arabian Sea, while multiple associated low-level circulation centres had yet to re-emerge, and were located in west-central India, north-northeast of Mumbai. The area had favourable upper-level divergence, but high vertical wind shear. Eventually, the circulation centre became fully exposed in unfavourable conditions, and the JTWC declared it \"no longer suspect for development\" later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 04\nWhile it was over western India adjoining the Arabian Sea, the deep convection associated with the remnants of the cyclone brought heavy rains to Maharashtra, causing disruptions in transport due to floods and high winds in Mumbai. Amravati district, northeast of Mumbai, was also severely affected by floods. At least 43\u00a0people were killed in the state, and in Mumbai 243\u00a0mm (9.6\u00a0in) of rainfall was recorded. 14 died in Gujarat state, and evacuations were conducted. Up to 462\u00a0mm (18.1\u00a0inches) of rain was received in Bharuch district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 05\nOn July 1, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) began to track a developing disturbance in the north Bay of Bengal. Following the formation of a low pressure area and circulation centre, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) initiated advisories, declaring it a depression, as it was located about 150\u00a0km (90\u00a0mi) southeast of Kolkata, West Bengal, in India, along the Bangladeshi coast. The system was noted in the Significant Tropical Weather Advisory issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) that same day. The JTWC commented that the consolidated circulation centre was already overland, in southwest Bangladesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 05\nThe next day, on July 5, as the depression tracked northwestward into Gangetic West Bengal, the IMD upgraded it to a deep depression. It reached close to Bankura early on July 6, moving westward. Phoolberia in West Bengal received 450\u00a0mm of rainfall in 48 hours between 5 and 6 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 05\nAs the system weakened while over north Chhattisgarh, the IMD downgraded it to a depression on July 7. The IMD then discontinued bulletins on July 8 as it weakened into a low pressure area over central Madhya Pradesh. However, early the next morning it reintensified into a depression near Shivpuri, in northwestern Madhya Pradesh, and the IMD resumed advisories. Later that day, the IMD issued its final bulletin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 05\nThe depression caused heavy rains in Kolkata, with 16 casualties. Nearly 20% of the cumulative rainfall for the entire monsoon season fell in three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 06\nOn August 5, a low pressure area that had lingered in the northwestern Bay of Bengal organised into a depression about 230\u00a0km southeast of Balasore. The depression formed just as monsoonal rains and floods had killed over 200\u00a0people in the area. It deepened slightly and was upgraded to a deep depression late that night local time as it moved towards Orissa. The deep depression continued moving west-northwest and made landfall in Orissa between Chandbali and Paradip. In 48 hours, Alipingal in Orissa received 510\u00a0mm of rainfall between 5 & 6 August. In total 24 lives were lost due to the flooding caused by the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 06\nOn August 7, Pakistan Meteorological Department issued its first weather advisory regarding the probability of regeneration of the system in Arabian Sea after crossing the Indian state of Gujarat, though the system once again intensified into a deep depression but according to the IMD, it was a low pressure area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 07\nOn September 21, a low pressure area 230\u00a0km south-southeast of Puri was declared a depression by the IMD. The next day, it made landfall along the Orissa coast near Puri with winds around 45\u201355\u00a0km/h (30\u201335\u00a0mph). The city Kolkata in West Bengal received 440\u00a0mm of rainfall in 72 hours between 23 & 25 September. In total there were 75 deaths from the Depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 08\nLate on October 27, an area of weather 600\u00a0km east-southeast of Chennai, India was designated Depression BOB 08/2007 by the IMD. The depression degenerated into a low pressure area early on the 29th. The depression caused heavy rains accompanied with strong winds in Chennai, with 15 casualties. Kavali in Andhra Pradesh received 550\u00a0mm of rainfall in 48 hours between 29 & 30 October. 19 deaths were reported from the state of Andhra Pradesh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02\nOn October 27, a westward-moving disturbed area of weather formed about 885\u00a0nm east of Cape Guardafui, Somalia was designated Depression ARB 02/2007 by the IMD. The next day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center designated the depression as Tropical Cyclone 05A. Soon after, the IMD upgraded the depression to a deep depression. The Deep Depression did not develop and degenerated into a low pressure area on November 2 as it moved further west. Agathi in Laskwadeep Islands received 70\u00a0mm of rainfall on 29 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr\nAn area of disturbed weather developed near the Andaman Islands on November 9. It gradually became better organised as it passed to the south of the islands, and the system was designated Depression BOB 09 by the India Meteorological Department early on November 11. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded it to Tropical Cyclone 06B at the same time. Later that day, it intensified into a deep depression as it moved slowly north-westward. The IMD upgraded the system to Cyclonic Storm Sidr early on November 12. The system then began to intensify quickly as it moved slowly northwestward, and the IMD upgraded it to a severe cyclonic storm later that day and a very severe cyclonic storm early the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr\nAs it intensified to a Category\u00a04-equivalent cyclone on November 14, thousands of emergency officials were put on standby in eastern India and Bangladesh in advance of the storm's arrival. Massive evacuations of low-lying coastal areas also took place, although sheltering was only available for about 500,000 of the over 10\u00a0million residents of coastal areas. The IMD also issued a cyclone alert for Orissa and West Bengal on November 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr\nOn the morning of November 15, the cyclone intensified to reach peak winds of 215\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph) according to the IMD, and a peak of 260\u00a0km/h (160\u00a0mph) according to the JTWC. Sidr officially made landfall around 1700 UTC later that day, with sustained winds of 215\u00a0km/h (135\u00a0mph). A station in coastal Bangladesh reported 80 knots (148\u00a0km/h) at 1800 UTC of 15 November 2007. According to media reports, the wind speed of about 200\u00a0km/h prevailed over Bangladesh coast at the time of landfall. It weakened quickly after landfall and the final advisories were issued early on November 16. The name Sidr was contributed by Oman; it is an Arabic name of a tree belonging to the Ziziphus family, specifically the Ziziphus spina-christi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr\nIn the post season analysis, Sidr was upgraded to a Category\u00a05-equivalent cyclone. This marks the first time that there have been two Category\u00a05-equivalent storms in the Northern Indian Ocean in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192468-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects\nThis is a table of the storms in 2007 and their landfall(s), if any; the table does not include storms that did not make landfall, which is defined as the center of the storm moving over a landmass. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods\nFlooding in North Korea in August 2007 caused extensive damage and loss of life. The flooding affected most of the southern half of the country including the capital and some of its most productive agricultural regions. Aid officials feared the loss of crop land could seriously hinder the North's ability to feed its people, causing widespread famine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, History\nOn August 15, 2007, North Korea announced it had been hit extremely hard by floods after a solid week of torrential rains, and that it desperately needed assistance from the outside world. The previous year, the country also experienced massive flooding when torrential rains in July left hundreds if not thousands dead. The difference is this time Pyongyang reacted quickly to the disaster, requesting help while the waters were still high, rather than keeping silent as long as possible, as it has done in the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, History\nTelevision footage from North Korea showed citizens in Pyongyang wading in knee- and waist-deep waters along the capital's grand boulevards. Government officials invited foreign diplomats in Pyongyang to venture out to the countryside to view first-hand the devastation wrought by the relentless rains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, History\nOn August 27, North Korea said it had suspended its yearly showcase Arirang mass games. The performance resumed after the flood damage was cleared away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, History\nBy August 31, North Korea reported recovering from devastating floods thanks to vigorous work by its citizens and officials. Railway services had resumed with many sections of broken track restored. Telecommunications workers were reported restoring destroyed or submerged electrical cables. Yet, the dispatch made no mention of foreign assistance. The country's leader Kim Jong-Il thanked the leaders of 11 countries on September 11 for their help in flood relief, except South Korea even though they sent 37.4 billion won (39.8 million dollars) of relief aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 33], "content_span": [34, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, Farmland\nThe flooding submerged, buried or washed away more than 11 percent of the country's rice and corn fields. The North is especially susceptible to bad weather because of a vicious circle where people strip hillsides of natural vegetation to create more arable land to grow food \u2014 increasing the risk of floods. On August 16, 2007, Paul Lysley, spokesperson for the WFP Asia, has estimated the damage to crops alone at 450,000 tons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, Farmland\nThe United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported some 223,381 hectares of farmland were damaged, with about 20 percent of North Korea's paddy fields and 15 percent of its corn fields flooded or washed away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, Relief aid\nOn August 17, 2007, Seoul, South Korea decided to provide $7.5 million in flood relief to North Korea. Initial aid shipments included noodles, drinking water, powdered milk, blankets and medicines. On August 23, 2007, a convoy of 34 trucks carrying emergency food rations, water and other goods left South Korea for the North. Seoul has pledged to provide 7.1 billion won ($7.6 million) in aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, Relief aid\nNGOs such as the Red Cross also asked people to raise funds because they feared a humanitarian catastrophe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, Relief aid\nOn August 29, Japan considered sending humanitarian aid to North Korea to help it recover from devastating floods. Sending aid would be a reversal for Japan, which has previously linked aid to resolving a row over North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens. Japan has not sent any humanitarian aid to North Korea since late 2004, in protest at a lack of progress over Japanese nationals kidnapped by Pyongyang in the late 1970s and early 1980s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192469-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean floods, Relief aid\nThe United Nations requested US$14 million to provide North Korea with food, medicine, drinking water and other emergency goods. The United States pledged at least US$100,000 for the U.N.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192470-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean local elections\nElections to provincial, municipal, city, county and district people's assemblies were held in North Korea on July 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192470-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean local elections\n27,390 provincial, municipal, city, county and district people's assembly deputies were elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192470-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Korean local elections\nVoter turnout was reported as 99.82%, with candidates receiving a 100% approval rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192471-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Lanarkshire Council election\nElections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 20 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 70 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192471-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Lanarkshire Council election\nLabour managed to retain control of the council, something which the party failed to do in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 14 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the individual seats won by the Conservative Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats were noteworthy in that these parties had never been represented on North Lanarkshire Council before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192472-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Lincolnshire Council election\nElections to North Lincolnshire Council were held on 3 May 2007. The Conservative Party lost its overall majority to the Labour Party. Overall turnout was 32%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192472-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Lincolnshire Council election, Election result\nThere were 3 vacant seats on the council due to the death of Cllr Dick Long. They were in the Brigg and Wolds ward and were filled in a by-election on 14 June 2007 by Conservative candidates. Before this by-election took place, Cllr Don Stewart of the Axholme South ward defected from the Conservatives, choosing to sit as an Independent. Therefore, the composition of the council after the election was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192473-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Queensland Cowboys season\nThe 2007 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 13th in the club's history. Coached by Graham Murray and captained by Johnathan Thurston, they competed in the NRL's Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 3rd place, falling one game short of the Grand Final after losing to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192473-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nThe Cowboys started the 2007 NRL season strongly, winning their first four games. By the halfway point of the season, they were placed inside the top four, despite losing key forward Luke O'Donnell for the season in Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192473-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nIn August, News Limited sold its majority stake in the club to the Cowboys Leagues Club for just over $2 million. News Limited took over the club in late 2001, helping it through a turbulent and difficult era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192473-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nFollowing five losses from seven games, the Cowboys dropped to 8th place in Round 20. A strong finish to the regular season, in which they won their final five games, saw them finish in 3rd, their highest ever placing at the time. Their first two finals games were played at home, defeating the Canterbury Bulldogs (20\u201318) and the New Zealand Warriors (49\u201312), to move within one game of the Grand Final. The Cowboys' season ended the following week, losing to Manly in the preliminary final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192473-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North Queensland Cowboys season, Season summary\nClub legend Paul Bowman retired at the end of the 2007 season. The last foundation player from the club's inaugural season, Bowman played 203 games for the Cowboys over 13 seasons. The club's Player of the Year medal was named in his honour following his retirement. He became an assistant coach with the club in 2008. 2007 also saw the debut of 19-year-old Scott Bolton, who would go on to play over 150 games for the Cowboys and be a member of their 2015 NRL Grand Final and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 52], "content_span": [53, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192474-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Somerset Council election\nThe 2007 North Somerset Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192474-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Somerset Council election, Background\nSince the 2003 election the council was controlled by a coalition between the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties. Many of the swing wards on the council were in Weston-super-Mare, with a major issue in the town being the derelict Tropicana lido. The high number of pensioners in the town and lack of things for young people to do in the new estates were also factors in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192474-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Somerset Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives win a majority with 43 of the 61 seats contested. Both the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties suffered heavy losses, with the defeated councillors including Liberal Democrat Isabel Cummings in Yatton after 15 years on the council and the Labour couple Derek and Muriel Kraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192474-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Somerset Council election, Election result\nThe election in Weston-super-Mare North Worle ward was delayed after the death of the Liberal Democrat leader of the council Alan Hockridge, meaning it was not held at the same as the other seats. The postponed election in North Worle as held on 7 June and all 3 seats were won by the Conservatives taking the party to 46 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team\nThe 2007 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was led by its new head coach Todd Dodge. He replaced Darrell Dickey, who was fired after going 3\u20139 in 2006. Dodge was regarded as one of the nation\u2019s most successful high school football coaches amassing a 98\u201311 record overall at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas. He was named National Coach of the Year by Schutt Sports in 2004 and by USA Today in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team\nHis Southlake program produced five consecutive offensive players of the year in Texas. Dodge is also regarded by many FBS coaches as one of the nation's premiere offensive minds in developing a unique and effective scheme in his variation of the spread offense, in the much the same vein as Steve Spurrier and Mouse Davis. While at Southlake, Dodge helped the University of Missouri to implement his scheme.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team\nThe Mean Green played their home games on campus at Fouts Field in Denton, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Coaching\nAfter being named as head coach, Todd Dodge announced in early January the hiring of nine new assistant coaches. The new staff's combined resumes include 26\u00a0bowl appearances, 14\u00a0bowl victories, 18\u00a0high school state titles, a Super Bowl title and a BCS national title. New defensive coordinator Ron Mendoza, new offensive coordinator Todd Ford and new special teams Robert Drake all come with Dodge from Carroll High School where they coached the Dragons to 5\u00a0state titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Coaching\nAfter a tenure in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and University of Houston Cougars, Butch LaCroix, former North Texas assistant from 1987\u20131993, rejoins the Mean Green staff for a second\u00a0duration as cornerback\u2019s coach. For the past four seasons at the University of Tulsa, new offensive line coach Spencer Leftwich returns to North Texas at the same position he previously held. Former North Texas leading receiver, new receivers coach Clayton George, also served under Dodge until becoming head coach at Hillcrest High School.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Coaching\n2003\u00a0Division I assistant coach of the year, new safeties coach Chuck Petersen, after spending 17\u00a0years with United States Air Force Academy Falcons. Former Texas Longhorns and St. Louis Rams player and later Texas Longhorns graduate assistant, Derek Lewis, will coach defensive ends. After spending the last two seasons at Louisiana Tech, new running backs coach Shelton Gandy, also was running backs coach for his alma mater Southern Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Stadium Improvements\nPrior to the first home game, Fouts Field received several improvements. With paint donated by local Pittsburgh Paints, the student spirit organization, Talons, repainted the entire stadium. Other changes included renovated bathrooms, signage, asphalt in and around the entry gates. This is the largest improvement to Fouts since replacement of the field's Astroturf prior to the 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Preseason, Uniform changes\nOn August 4, 2007, North Texas unveiled changes to their uniforms during the Kickoff Cookout at the Mean Green Athletic Center. For away games, instead of all green jerseys, the team will have white shirts with white pants. Home games will feature the university's new kelly green on top and have the same white pants. The numbers and letters will be green for away games and white for home with a black outline. The most notable change is the reintroduction of a white helmet not worn since alumni \"Mean\" Joe Greene played for North Texas in the late 1960s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Mean Green traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, for the season opener against the Oklahoma Sooners. Within :32 seconds of the first quarter, the Sooners scored on their opening drive. The Sooners put up 49 unanswered points until North Texas kicker Thomas Moreland completed the first field goal of the season late in the third quarter. After the Sooners racked up two more touchdowns, freshman (QB) Giovanni Vizza threw the Mean Green's only touchdown of the game to wide receiver (WR) Casey Fitzgerald early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe game ended with a final score of 79\u201310. The Mean Green finished with 15 yards rushing and 232 yards passing. Both starting quarterback junior Daniel Meager and freshman Giovanni Vizza saw game time with Meager being replaced by Vizza during the third quarter. (RB) Micah Mosley led the Mean Green in rushing 5 carries and 15 yards. Contradicting the final score, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops admitted being worried about running up the score criticizing the Mean Green's no huddle offense. Coach Dodge handled the loss well and was quoted he held no ill-feelings towards to Sooners for the lopsided win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nNorth Texas set a new record of most points given up in a single game. It also marked the second-largest margin of loss in a single game for the Mean Green.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Troy\nIn the Troy University Trojans homecoming game on October 20, 2007, the Troy Trojans showed reason why they are number one in the Sun Belt Conference. The North Texas Mean Green, who had an abysmal 0-for-4 on fourth downs, were held to just seven points, which came with 2:55 left in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Navy\nWith 136\u00a0total points, the game set the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most total points scored in a regulation-length game. The previous record for college football's top division (previously called Division I-A) was 133\u00a0points during San Jose State's 70\u00a063 win over Rice in 2004. In addition to the Division I-FBS total points record set by Navy vs. North Texas, the 94 first-half points and the 63 combined points in the second quarter, both set college records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Navy\nNavy came into the game with the best rushing offense, statistically, of any team in the nation. They set a school record by running for 572 yards with eight rushing touchdowns in the game. The Midshipmen tied another school record by scoring at least 30\u00a0points for the eighth consecutive game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Navy\nTodd Dodge said, \"I have never been a part of a game quite like this. I knew that we would have to score on nearly every possession and maybe steal a possession or two with turnovers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192475-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 North Texas Mean Green football team, Game summaries, Florida International\nThe Mean Green lose to FIU. FIU ended a 23-game losing streak at the expense of the Mean Green. It also marked the last official college football game at the Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192476-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as other local council elections in England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192476-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nNorth Tyneside Council is elected \"in thirds\" which means one councillor from each three-member ward is elected each year for the first three years with a fourth year when the mayoral election takes place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192476-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nAgainst the national trend, the only gain was made by David Corkey of the Labour Party in Chirton Ward, from an Independent candidate, so the council remains in no overall control, but with the Conservative Party having the most councillors overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192476-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, St Mary's\nA further by-election was held on 5 July 2007. Details can be found here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 68], "content_span": [69, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192477-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Warwickshire Borough Council election\nOn 3 May 2007, an election was held to elect councillors to the North Warwickshire Borough Council on the same day as other local elections in the UK. It resulted in the Conservative Party gaining control of the council. The previous election resulted in no overall control with the Labour Party having the highest number of seats at 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192477-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Warwickshire Borough Council election\nAll 35 seats from all wards were up for election, with 18 seats needed for an overall majority. The Conservatives won 21 seats, with Labour winning the remaining 14. The Liberal Democrats lost all four of their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192478-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North West Leicestershire District Council election\nElections for North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 3 May 2007, with the previous election taking place in 2003 and with the next to be held on 5 May 2011. The election took place across all 20 electoral wards and a total of 38 councillors were elected. This election was a landslide win for the Conservatives who gained an absolute majority in the council for the first time since its creation in 1973.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192478-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North West Leicestershire District Council election, Ward results\nIn wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 70], "content_span": [71, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192479-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North Wiltshire District Council election\nElections to North Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives gained overall control, winning thirty-nine of the fifty-four seats available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192479-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North Wiltshire District Council election\nThis was the last election of district councillors to take place in North Wiltshire. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when North Wiltshire would be abolished and its councillors' term of office would end two years early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192479-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North Wiltshire District Council election\nElections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192480-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northampton Borough Council election\nElections to Northampton Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192481-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 24 and ended on May 26, 2007, at New Britain Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Third-seeded Monmouth won their third tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192481-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192481-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nMatt Coulson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Coulson, a pitcher for Monmouth, pitched 7.2 innings allowing one run on five hits in the decisive final game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192482-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 1, 4 and 7. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. The tourney opened on Thursday, March 1 with the quarterfinals, followed by the semifinals on Sunday, March 4 and the finals on Wednesday, March 7. Central Connecticut won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192482-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nFor the third straight year, the NEC Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192482-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, All-tournament team\nJavier Mojica, CCSUTristan Blackwood, CCSUObie Nwadike, CCSUJarrid Frye, SHUJoey Henley, SHU", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 74], "content_span": [75, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192483-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Northeast Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Lime Rock Park on July 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192483-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northeast Grand Prix, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192484-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team\nThe 2007 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their tenth year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6\u20135 record (5\u20133 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 322 to 305, and finished third out of nine teams in the Big Sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192484-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team\nThe team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192485-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team\nThe 2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Huskies were led by head coach Joe Novak, who would retire at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192486-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team\nThe 2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Mark Farley and played their home games in the UNI-Dome. The Panthers clinched a share of the Gateway Football Conference and a playoff berth with a win against Missouri State on November 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election\nThe 2007 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly was held on Wednesday, 7 March 2007. It was the third election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn F\u00e9in, along with the Alliance Party, increase their support, with falls in support for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Background\nAt the 2003 election the DUP became the largest party. As it opposed the Belfast Agreement, there was no prospect of the assembly voting for the First and deputy First Ministers. Therefore, the British Government did not restore power to the Assembly and the elected members never met. Instead there commenced a protracted series of negotiations. During these negotiations a legally separate assembly, known as The Assembly consisting of the members elected in 2003 was formed in May 2006 to enable the parties to negotiate and to prepare for government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Background\nEventually, in October 2006, the governments and the parties, including the DUP, made the St Andrews Agreement and a new transitional assembly came into effect on 24 November 2006. The British government agreed to fresh elections and the transitional assembly was dissolved on 30 January 2007, after which campaigning began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, The process\nThe election was conducted using the single transferable vote applied to six-seat constituencies, each of which corresponds to a UK parliamentary seat. The First Minister and Deputy First Minister were chosen by the largest parties from the two different political designations. Parties who won seats were then allocated places on the executive committee in proportion to their seats in the Assembly using the D'Hondt method.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 52], "content_span": [53, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, The campaign\nThe major parties standing were the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) on the Unionist side, and Sinn F\u00e9in and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) on the Nationalist side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, The campaign\nThe largest cross-community party, the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, contested the election in 17 of 18 constituencies. Smaller parties also included the Progressive Unionist Party, the Green Party and the UK Unionist Party. Some independent Unionists also stood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, The campaign\nAmong the other parties that stood, the Conservatives nominated nine and there were six candidates for the Workers' Party. Also there were four candidates for Make Politicians History and two for the Socialist Party. Six Republican Sinn F\u00e9in-aligned candidates also stood. As the party had chosen not to register as a political party with the electoral commission, the party name did not appear alongside its candidates on ballot papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, The campaign\nOne of the key issues in the election was which two political parties would gain the largest number of Assembly seats. The St Andrews Agreement stated that the First Minister will be chosen from the largest party of the largest political designation and the Deputy First Minister from the largest party from the second largest political designation; however, the actual legislation states that the largest party shall make the nomination regardless of designation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results\nThe DUP remained the largest party in the Assembly, making significant gains from the UUP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results\nSinn F\u00e9in made gains from the SDLP and was the largest party among the Nationalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results\nThe only other Assembly Party to make gains was the liberal Alliance Party (winning seven seats, a gain of one), while the Progressive Unionist Party and independent health campaigner Dr Kieran Deeny retained their single seats, and were joined by the Green Party, which won its first Assembly seat, and increased its first preference votes fourfold from 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results\nThe UK Unionist Party lost its representation in the Assembly. They had contested 12 seats, with Robert McCartney standing in six of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results\nOverall, Unionist parties were collectively down 4 seats, Nationalist parties were collectively up 2 seats, and others were up 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Results\nThe election was notable as it saw the first Chinese-born person to be elected to a parliamentary institution in Europe: Anna Lo of the Alliance Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Executive Committee seats\nParties who won seats are allocated places on the Executive Committee using the D'Hondt method and under the St Andrews agreement the largest party gets the right to nominate the first minister and the largest party perceived to be from \"the other side\" nominates the deputy first minister. Despite the name these offices are in fact of equal right. Note that they are both ministers in the same department (Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister). Using this system, the executive appointed in 2007 was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Executive Committee seats\nThere are two junior ministers in OFMDFM who are, at present, Jeffery Donaldson (DUP) and Gerry Kelly (SF). In April 2010, the Department of Justice was formed, being led by David Ford from the Alliance Party. This is the Alliance Party's first ministerial role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Opinion polls\nAn opinion poll by Ipsos MORI, published in The Belfast Telegraph on 1 March 2007, reported the voting intentions of those who intended to vote and had decided which party to vote for:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, MLAs who lost their seats at the election\nNotes: Berry and Ennis were originally elected as DUP candidates, Hyland was originally elected as a Sinn F\u00e9in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 82], "content_span": [83, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, MLAs who stood down at the election\n\u2020Patricia Lewsley stood down prior to the dissolution of the assembly", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, MLAs deselected by their party\n\u2191 As a sitting MLA, Norah Beare defected from the UUP to the DUP, and is therefore unselected rather than deselected", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192487-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, MLAs deselected by their party\nFollowing their de-selection, both Ennis and Hyland unsuccessfully sought election under the UKUP and independent labels respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192488-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy\nThe 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4\u201311 November 2007 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192488-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy\nIn his third round match Ronnie O'Sullivan completed a maximum break against Ali Carter, one of five centuries that he completed in his 5\u20132 victory this is a record. O'Sullivan remains the only player to make five centuries in a best of 9 match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192488-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy\nStephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament since 2004 by defeating Fergal O'Brien 9\u20135 in the final. This Maguire's third ranking title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192488-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192488-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Ireland Trophy, Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 October and 25 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192489-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Mariana Championship\nThe 2007 Northern Mariana Championship was the second season of top-flight football in Northern Marianas Islands and the first to include a play-off phase. The competition was won by Fiesta Inter Saipan who defeated FC Arirang 3\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192489-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Mariana Championship, Results\nThe season was played in two stages, first a round robin group where all five teams played each other once. the top four teams them progressed to a one-legged semi-final to determine the two teams that would play for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192490-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Mariana Islands general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 3 November 2007, alongside a double referendum. The Republican Party won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, whilst both referendums were approved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192490-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northern Mariana Islands general election, Background\nThe two referendums were on proposed amendments to the constitution. One would amend Chapter XV, article 2, section a to establish a new Higher Education Commission to license post-secondary educational institutions. The other would amend the Chapter III, article 4 to require a second round in the elections for governor and lieutenant governor if no candidate received over 50% in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election\nThe 2007 Northwest Territories general election took place on October 1, 2007. Nineteen members were elected to the Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election\nThe election was called on September 3, 2007, when the writ of returns was dropped by Chief Electoral Officer Saundra Arberry. This election was the first in Northwest Territories history to be conducted on a fixed election date calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election\nThe territory operates on a consensus government system with no political parties; the premier is subsequently chosen by and from the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign\nThe final list of candidates was released on September 7, 2007. Three incumbents were returned by acclamation. Four other high-profile incumbents were not running for re-election, including Premier Joe Handley representing Weledeh, cabinet minister and dean of the legislature Charles Dent representing Frame Lake, cabinet minister Brenden Bell and Private member Bill Braden brother of former Premier George Braden representing Great Slave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, Premier retires\nJoe Handley the 10th Premier of the Northwest Territories, announced his retirement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, Rehab\nFormer candidate Peter Liske withdrew his candidacy shortly before the nomination deadline closed in Weledeh. Liske's campaign came under scrutiny after he promised to enter rehab for alcohol abuse if he was elected. His campaign promise acquired international attention after the story was picked up by The Tonight Show as part of the Headlines segment. The original news story Dettah chief candidates debate issues featured in the Headlines segment was published by the Northern News Service on August 6, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 69], "content_span": [70, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, Criminal records\nFour candidates who ran in 2007 have criminal records. Henry Zoe, former MLA for North Slave, was twice convicted for spousal assault and resisting arrest. He resigned his seat over the latter charge in 2004. Hay River South candidate Greg McMeekin was convicted of assault, resisting arrest and making death threats; a warrant was out for his arrest for violating probation. Nahendeh candidate Arnold Hope was convicted for drug possession in 2006 and unsafe storage of a firearm. Marc Bogan was convicted of the misdemeanor charge of mischief for releasing live crickets all over the Yellowknife Courthouse in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, Conflict of interest\nIn the electoral district of Tu Nedhe, incumbent Bobby J. Villeneuve finished a distant fourth in a field of six candidates. He was disciplined by the Conflict of Interest commissioner in June 2007 after swearing a legal oath that he lived in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, which allowed him access to a CA$25,000 a year living allowance for living accommodations in Yellowknife. The estimated cost to tax payers was $65,000. He was forced to reimburse $10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, Disqualification\nA complaint was filed to the Chief Returning Officer Saundra Arberry over the disqualification of Tu Nedhe candidate Noeline Villebrun. The former candidate sent her nomination paperwork and endorsement signatures by facsimile from British Columbia, a half-hour before the nomination deadline on September 7, 2007. The returning officer from Elections NWT disqualified the paperwork on the grounds that the paperwork was not in the original ink. Villebrun's official agent filed a complaint on the basis that submitting paper work by fax is not forbidden under the Elections Act. Arberry upheld the decision of the Returning Officer and advised the Villebrun campaign to seek legal counsel. Villebrun was attempting her second run at office, she last ran as a candidate in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election in the same electoral district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 80], "content_span": [81, 933]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, NWT Party\nIn past elections, political parties have appeared claiming to run slates of candidates. Yellowknife Centre candidate Bryan Sutherland claimed to lead the NWT Party, and was the only candidate in this election representing the party in its slate. Sutherland said that whether or not he was elected he would push for the party to be formally registered. The Northwest Territories has no laws recognizing or validating any political parties operating on the territorial level. Sutherland was defeated, finishing a distant fourth in his district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192491-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwest Territories general election, Election campaign, New Premier selected\nOn October 17, 2007 Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Floyd Roland was elected as the eleventh Premier of the territory by the Legislative Assembly. He ran for Premier against Thebacha MLA Michael Miltenberger. After being elected Premier, Roland promised to push the Government of Canada to give the Northwest Territories provincial powers enjoyed by other jurisdictions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192492-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team\nThe 2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his second season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats played their homes games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192492-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team\nBefore the beginning of the 2007 season, Northwestern showed potential for improvement upon the previous year's record. ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach stated that Northwestern has the seventh easiest schedule in college football, and SI.com's Steve Megargee claimed that Indiana was the only Big Ten school with an easier schedule. Running back Tyrell Sutton was one of 64 players in college football to be put on the Maxwell Award watch list for the nation's best college football player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192492-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team\nThe Wildcats began the season with their first shutout since 1997 in a 27\u20130 win against the Northeastern Huskies. On October 7, quarterback C. J. Bach\u00e9r broke Brett Basanez's school record for single-game passing yards by throwing for 520 yards in a victory over Michigan State. Bach\u00e9r went on to be named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week and the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Another strong performance in a win against Minnesota earned Bach\u00e9r Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second week in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192493-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration\nThe 2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration is the declaration for the development of inter-Korean relations and peace and prosperity. It is the declaration agreed upon between South Korea's 16th president Roh Moo-hyun and North Korea's representative Kim Jong Il at the 2007 inter-Korean summit. It is often called the 10.4 South-North Summit Declaration or the 2007 North-South Summit Declaration, and it is also referred to as the 10.4 Declaration. On October 4, 2007, at 1 pm, the North and South Korean leaders signed jointly at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse, Pyongyang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192493-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration, Summary\n1. The South and the North shall uphold and endeavor actively to realize the June 15Declaration. The South and the North have agreed to resolve the issue of unification on their owninitiative and according to the spirit of \u201cby-the-Korean-people-themselves.\u201dThe South and the North will work out ways to commemorate the June 15 anniversary ofthe announcement of the South-North Joint Declaration to reflect the common will tofaithfully carry it out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192493-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration, Summary\n2. The South and the North have agreed to firmly transform inter-Korean relations intoties of mutual respect and trust, transcending the differences in ideology and systems. The South and the North have agreed not to interfere in the internal affairs of the otherand agreed to resolve inter-Korean issues in the spirit of reconciliation, cooperation andreunification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192493-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration, Summary\n3. The South and the North have agreed to closely work together to put an end to militaryhostilities, mitigate tensions and guarantee peace on the Korean Peninsula. The South and the North have agreed not to antagonize each other, reduce militarytension, and resolve issues in dispute through dialogue and negotiation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192493-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration, Summary\n4. The South and the North both recognize the need to end the current armistice regimeand build a permanent peace regime. The South and the North have also agreed to worktogether to advance the matter of having the leaders of the three or four parties directlyconcerned to convene on the Peninsula and declare an end to the war.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192493-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 North\u2013South Summit Declaration, Summary\n5. The South and the North have agreed to facilitate, expand, and further develop inter-Koreaneconomic cooperation projects on a continual basis for balanced economicdevelopment and co-prosperity on the Korean Peninsula in accordance with the principlesof common interests, co-prosperity and mutual aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192494-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships was held in Asker from January 12 to 14, 2007. Skaters competed in the discipline of single skating. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2007 World Championships, the 2007 European Championships, the 2007 Nordic Championships, and the 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division\nThe 2007 1. divisjon season (referred to as Adeccoligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian second-tier football season. The season began on April 9, 2007 and concluded on November 4, 2007. It was the tenth and final season in which teams competed for two automatic promotion spots and one playoff spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division\nThe 1. divisjon was won by Molde, who finished one point ahead of Ham-Kam. Both clubs were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006 and were promoted back to the highest level after only one season. Bod\u00f8/Glimt finished third and defeated Odd Grenland in the playoff to earn promotion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division\nOf the four teams promoted from the 2. divisjon in 2006, only Notodden managed to hold on to their spot. They played in the 1. divisjon for the first time in their history, finishing in ninth place (Sn\u00f8gg and Heddal, the club's predecessors, have both played in the second tier, last in 1967 and 1961 respectively).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division\nRaufoss returned to the 1. divisjon after being relegated in 2004 and were able to finish in eleventh place. However, due to financial problems and failure to meet demands on infrastructure, the Football Association of Norway decided not to award Raufoss the required license for play in the top two divisions. Raufoss were demoted to the 2. divisjon and their place given to Sparta Sarpsborg, who finished in thirteenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division\nMandalskameratene and Skeid were relegated to the 2. divisjon after one season. They were joined by Tromsdalen, who survived for two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division, Relegated teams\nThese two teams were relegated from the Tippeligaen in 2006:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192495-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian First Division, Promoted teams\nThese four teams were promoted from the 2. divisjon at the start of the season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup\nThe 2007 Norwegian Football Cup was the 102nd season of Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started on 19 May 2007 with the first-round games and ended on 11 November 2007 with the final. The defending champions were Fredrikstad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup\nThe format of the Cup has not changed for this season what means that, unlike other European cup competitions, all teams (including Tippeligaen ones) entered the Cup in the First Round. In the First and Second Round amateur teams (or at least lower-placed at the time of the draw) were seeded and played the matches at home ground. From the Third Round until the end the draw was random.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup\nThe winners, Lillestr\u00f8m, qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2008\u201309 UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, First round\nKvik Halden \u2013 Sparta Sarpsborg 2-1Manglerud Star - Kjels\u00e5s 5-2Gj\u00f8vik/Lyn \u2013 Raufoss 0-3Pors Grenland \u2013 Asker 2-0Tollnes \u2013 FK Arendal 1-4Randaberg \u2013 Sandnes Ulf 1-1 (Randaberg won 3-2 a.e.t)\u00c5sane - Fana 3-1Tr\u00e6ff - Kristiansund 0-5By\u00e5sen \u2013 Levanger 4-0Lofoten \u2013 Mj\u00f8lner 3-2Skarp \u2013 Mo 1-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, First round\nFet \u2013 Lyn 1-10Flisa \u2013 Lillestr\u00f8m 3-6Toten \u2013 V\u00e5lerenga 0-3\u00c5ssiden \u2013 Stab\u00e6k 1-9\u00c5skollen \u2013 Str\u00f8msgodset 2-6Sandar \u2013 Sandefjord 0-5Svarstad \u2013 Odd Grenland 0-5Vindbjart \u2013 Start 2-6Egersunds IK \u2013 Viking 0-6Trio \u2013 Brann 0-5FK Sykkylven \u2013 Aalesund 0-7Namsos \u2013 Rosenborg 1-5Senja \u2013 Troms\u00f8 0-3", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, First round\nStr\u00f8mmen \u2013 Kongsvinger 1-2Gre\u00e5ker \u2013 Moss 0- 1Sprint Jel\u00f8y - Sarpsborg 0-3Follo \u2013 Ull/Kisa 3-1Nordstrand \u2013 Groruddalen 1-5Rommen - Eidsvold Turn 1-0Korsvoll \u2013 Ringsaker 3-1Fagerborg \u2013 Dr\u00f8bak Frogn 1-3B\u00e6rum - L\u00f8renskog 2-0Vollen \u2013 Mj\u00f8ndalen 0-5Skjetten \u2013 Skeid 1-2Fjellhamar \u2013 Nybergsund 2-5FF Lillehammer \u2013 H\u00f8nefoss 1-4Brumunddal \u2013 Ham-Kam 0-3\u00c5mot - KFUM Oslo 0-4Eik T\u00f8nsberg \u2013 FK T\u00f8nsberg 1-9Herkules \u2013", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, First round\nNotodden 0-3Vig\u00f8r \u2013 Fl\u00f8y 1-5\u00c5lg\u00e5rd \u2013 Mandalskameratene 1-4Vardeneset \u2013 Bryne 0-4\u00c5kra \u2013 Vard Haugesund 2-3Djerv 1919 \u2013 FK Haugesund 1-6Kopervik - Stavanger 2-0Nordheimsund \u2013 L\u00f8v-Ham 0-4Os - Baune 1-0\u00d8ygard \u2013 Fyllingen 2-0Ask\u00f8y - Loddefjord 4-2Fj\u00f8ra \u2013 H\u00f8dd 3-1Stryn \u2013 Sogndal 1-0Volda \u2013 Aver\u00f8ykameratene 2-0KIL/Hemne \u2013 Molde 3-1Orkla \u2013 Nardo 3-0NTNUI \u2013 Strindheim 3-5Tiller \u2013 Steinkjer 1-3Kolstad \u2013 Ranheim 0-5Stj\u00f8rdals Blink \u2013 Harstad 2-1Innstranden \u2013 Alta 1-3Bossekop \u2013 Tromsdalen 1-3Hammerfest \u2013 Bod\u00f8/Glimt 0-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Second round\nKvik Halden - Lyn 0-5Sarpsborg - Fredrikstad 0-4Mj\u00f8ndalen - V\u00e5lerenga 2-3Arendal - Odd Grenland 1-3Randaberg - Viking 0-6\u00d8ygard - Brann 0-5Fj\u00f8ra - Stab\u00e6k 0-4Stryn \u2013 Str\u00f8msgodset 2-9 Volda \u2013 Aalesund 0-0 (Aalesund won 1-3 a.e.t)Orkla \u2013 Lillestr\u00f8m 0-5 Stj\u00f8rdals Blink \u2013 Troms\u00f8 0-6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Second round\nFollo - Korsvoll 1-1 (Korsvoll won 2-4 after a penalty shootout) KFUM Oslo - Skeid 2-2 (Skeid won 2-3 a.e.t)Rommen - Moss 0-7Groruddalen - Notodden 0-0 (Notodden won 0-1 a.e.t)B\u00e6rum - Ham-Kam 2-0Kongsvinger - Pors Grenland 5-0Nybergsund - Strindheim 4-1Raufoss - Dr\u00f8bak Frogn (0-0 Dr\u00f8bak Frogn won 0-2 a.e.t)H\u00f8nefoss - Os 3-0Fl\u00f8y - Haugesund 0-0 (Haugesund won 0-1 a.e.t)Kopervik - Mandalskameratene 3-1Ask\u00f8y - Bryne 0-5L\u00f8v-Ham - \u00c5sane 3-1Kristiansund - Manglerud Star 0-0 (Manglerud Star won 5-6 after a penalty shootout)Mo \u2013 Ranheim 3-2Lofoten \u2013 Bod\u00f8/Glimt 1-1 (Bod\u00f8/Glimt won 1-3 a.e.t)Tromsdalen - By\u00e5sen 3-2Alta - Steinkjer 1-0", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Second round\nT\u00f8nsberg - Sandefjord 2-0Vard Haugesund - Start 0-5KIL/Hemne \u2013 Rosenborg 2-2 (Rosenborg won 4-3 a.e.t)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Third round\nThis was the last round in which the Norwegian FA determined match-ups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Third round\nFredrikstad - Nybergsund 1-2Moss - Str\u00f8msgodset 0- 3Dr\u00f8bak Frogn - Viking 0-2Manglerud Star - Start 0-1Korsvoll - Stab\u00e6k 2-2 (Stab\u00e6k won 5-2 a.e.t)Notodden - Kongsvinger 1-1 (Notodden won 2-1 a.e.t)Odd Grenland - T\u00f8nsberg 4-1Haugesund - L\u00f8v-Ham 4-0Kopervik - Brann 0-5Aalesund - Alta 2-0Bod\u00f8/Glimt - H\u00f8nefoss 1-0Troms\u00f8 - Tromsdalen 1-1 (Troms\u00f8 won 4-1 a.e.t)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Third round\nSkeid - Rosenborg 0-0 (Rosenborg won 2-0 a.e.t)Lillestr\u00f8m - B\u00e6rum 4-0Bryne - Lyn 1-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192496-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup, Results, Fourth round\nLyn - Bod\u00f8/Glimt 1-0Lillestr\u00f8m - Aalesund 1-0Str\u00f8msgodset - Notodden 4-1Start - Haugesund 0-1Viking - Brann 2-0Rosenborg - Odd Grenland 1-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192497-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup Final\nThe 2007 Norwegian Football Cup Final took place at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 11 November 2007. The match was contested between heavy favorites Lillestr\u00f8m and underdogs Haugesund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192497-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian Football Cup Final\nWith Lillestr\u00f8m played in the top tier Tippeligaen and Haugesund in the second tier Adeccoligaen, the Norwegian media dubbed Lillestr\u00f8m the biggest favorites to win the cup final since Rosenborg met Fyllingen in 1990. Haugesund surprisingly made it to the cup final, becoming the first team outside Tippeligaen in 10 years to reach the final. However, players from Haugesund admitted to having been lucky with the draw in both the quarterfinals and semifinals, where Haugesund avoided the big clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections\nCountry-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 10 September 2007, with some areas polling on 9 September as well. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. In addition, several municipalities held direct mayoral elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections\nFor the country at large, the election produced a major setback for the Socialist Left Party, while most other parties, including the two other parties of the governing Red-Green Coalition, the Norwegian Labour Party and the Centre Party, made some advances or held their position from 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections\nTerm of office was 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Identification requirement\nA new rule required voters to produce an identity document in order to vote. This change was criticized by the Red Electoral Alliance who argued that poor people without such documents would be unable to afford such a document, and thus wind up disenfranchised. The minister in charge of the election, \u00c5slaug Haga, prompted the local election authorities to exercise discretion, and aid people who need identification if necessary. It was also not necessary to have identification if the ballot recipient knew the voter and could vouch for him or her.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Voter turnout concerns\nAhead of the election, it was feared that voter turnout would be lower than the 59% of the 2003 local elections, which was already low by Norwegian standards. Even so, a few days before the early voting deadline had past, about 291,200 ballots had been cast prior to the election, up from the 249,022 ballots cast in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Voter turnout concerns\nThe final result showed a turnout of 61.7% in the municipal election, and 57.5% in the county election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Results and response, Municipal elections\n2,209,706 valid votes were cast for the municipal elections, a turnout of 61.7%. These are the aggregate results:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Results and response, Municipal elections\nIn the large cities, Oslo and Bergen retained a majority for the non-socialist parties. The Labour Party enjoyed significant gains in Trondheim and Troms\u00f8. A Conservative-Labour coalition will share the power in Stavanger (continue) and Kristiansand (new).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Results and response, County elections\n2,076,609 valid votes were cast for the county elections, a turnout of 57.5%. These are the aggregate results:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 70], "content_span": [71, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Results and response, Response\nFor the country at large, the Socialist Left Party's (SV) popularity plummeted, and the result was described as a \"catastrophe\". Most other main line parties could log slight gains or a result comparable with the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Results and response, Response\nPart of the explanation for SV's poor performance has been laid on their performance in the cabinet. In particular Helen Bj\u00f8rn\u00f8y, the minister of environmental affairs, and \u00d8ystein Djupedal, the minister of education and research have faced criticism. Bj\u00f8rn\u00f8y has been well respected, but has suffered due to having to make compromises on environmental issues, in particular to the Centre Party which favors rural development, often over conservation. Djupedal has had to contend with accusations of arrogance, and several teachers, who SV have traditionally fared well amongst, have complained about the lack of improvement in the country's education system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Results and response, Response\nAlso, SV's party leader and Norway's minister of finance, Kristin Halvorsen has been behind some unpopular economic measures. Olav Gunnar Ballo, an SV member of parliament has called for the resignation of both Bj\u00f8rn\u00f8y and Djupedal, but on the day after the election, Halvorsen announced that none of the SV cabinet members would be dismissed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Allegations of electoral fraud in Drammen\nIn the municipal election in Drammen, it was revealed that a number of drug addicts had been offered 50 NOK (approximately 8 USD) if they would vote for the Labour Party, and with a personal vote for the candidate Yousuf Gilani. There were also allegations that Gilani had escorted voters into the election booths. Another allegation was that a person who declined a bribe to vote in this manner was subjected to death threats. The police investigating the allegations indicated that electoral fraud had indeed taken place, Gilani was asked by his party to take a leave from his political duties. Gilani took a leave, and both he and the Labour Party have stated that this was a decision made on Gilani's initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Allegations of electoral fraud in Drammen\nGilani himself reported the case to the police, denying any wrongdoing and stating his belief that the incident was part of a smear campaign. Gilani also reported death threats and incidents of harassment directed against him during the run-up to the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Allegations of electoral fraud in Drammen\nTwo members of the Drammen council, from the Progress Party and the Socialist Left Party called for the result to be cancelled, and for new elections to be held in the city. \u00c5slaug Haga, the minister whose cabinet was in charge of the elections, also hinted that a rerun might become necessary. However, the mayor, Tore Opdal Hansen (Conservative), while expressing shock at the revelations, said that would probably not happen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Allegations of electoral fraud in Drammen\nIt was pointed out that the scope of the fraud appeared small, and that even if all the 364 Labour ballots with a personal vote for Gilani were thrown out, that there would be no effect on the council's composition partywise. A meeting in the Drammen election board on 24 September approved the result, prompting demands for law amendments ro allow election reruns even if the party composition in the council remained unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Allegations of electoral fraud in Drammen\nMayor Hansen was among those expressing disappointment at the board not having the authority to reject the result, even if the personal composition of the council could be altered. Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, the new minister of Local Government and Regional Development, and in charge of the Norwegian elections at large, promised to consider amendments to the tighten the law if needed to prevent such incidents happening again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 73], "content_span": [74, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Direct mayoral elections\nSeveral municipalities held direct mayoral elections rather than having the council appoint the mayor. The municipalities holding these elections were (municipalities who held such elections for the first time are marked \"(new)\"):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192498-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwegian local elections, Direct mayoral elections\nAmong the notable results in these elections was Knut Henning Thygesen's victory in Ris\u00f8r, making him the first mayor ever for the Red Electoral Alliance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192499-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwich City Council election\nThe 2007 Norwich City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. One third of seats (13) were up for election. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192499-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Norwich City Council election, Election result\nAfter the election, the new makeup of the City Council was:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake\nThe 2007 Noto earthquake (Japanese: \u80fd\u767b\u534a\u5cf6\u5730\u9707) is an earthquake that occurred on March 25, 2007 in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Overview\nAt 9:41:58\u00a0a.m. on March 25, 2007, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hokuriku region of Japan, near the Noto Peninsula. The earthquake shook the city of Wajima, the city of Nanao, and the town of Anamizu with a seismic intensity of 6+ on Japan's shindo scale. One death, in the city of Wajima, and at least 356 injuries have been reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Geology\nThis earthquake was the result of oblique-slip faulting. According to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, the fault was 21\u00a0km long, 14\u00a0km wide and shifted 1.4 m. By using sound waves, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology also found a fault 18~ km long that is supposed to have caused this earthquake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Geology\nThis earthquake was an intraplate earthquake that occurred within the Eurasia Plate, near the boundary with the North American Plate. Noto Peninsula itself was created by pressure pushing up sediment from the south-east, and many folds and reverse faults are in the area. Some strike-slip faults are also found in the area. A 6.6 Mj earthquake also struck Ishikawa Prefecture on February 7, 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Geology\nSince the 1990s, the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0~ Mj are increasing. Some seismologists say that the seismic activity in West Japan is at its peak, and many earthquakes will occur, like the Great Hanshin earthquake. This earthquake is sometimes considered as one of those earthquakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Geology\nLike the 2005 Fukuoka earthquake, it was announced that it \"occurred in an area where seismic activity was relatively quiet\", but earthquakes are possible anywhere in Japan and its surrounding areas. Also this earthquake's fault was out in sea, so it was not simulated in the seismic danger maps, since most of the faults simulated are inland faults. Some seismologists are trying to simulate these kind of earthquakes as well as inland earthquakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Geology, Frequency\nThis type of earthquake was estimated to have occurred 1~2 times in the last 20,000 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Main shock\nThe Japan Meteorological Agency placed the earthquake at 37.3\u00b0N, 136.5\u00b0E, at a depth of 11\u00a0km. It estimated the magnitude at 7.1, but later revised its estimate to 6.9. The earthquake had a maximum three-component vector sum peak ground acceleration of 1,304\u00a0cm/s2 (1.33 g). It occurred in a big seismic gap. Shaking in Wajima was very close to Shindo 7. It was the first time that Shindo 6- or more was observed in Ishikawa prefecture. It was also the 2nd time that Shindo 5- or more was observed in Toyama prefecture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Main shock, Geophysical effects\nThe earthquake moved Shika 25\u00a0cm southwest, and Anamizu 15\u00a0cm northwest. It also shifted an erosion terrace formed in the ice age and the sediment on top by 10\u00a0cm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 53], "content_span": [54, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Main shock, Extent\nShaking was felt as far as Oshamanbe in the north, to Hiroshima in the west and Nahari in the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Damage\nAccording to the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, the pattern of the shaking was similar to the shaking in the Great Hanshin earthquake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, called the \"killer pulse\": Pulse waves with a frequency of 1\u20132 seconds. This kind of shaking heavily damages buildings with around 2 floors. The shaking then got larger as it reached softer ground like alluvial plains, causing major damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Effects, Evacuations\nAt least 1000 people in Wajima were evacuated to temporary shelters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Effects, Transportation\nThe train lines that were stopped after the earthquake were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Effects, Transportation\nNoto Airport temporarily closed due to the fact that 22 cracks were found in the runway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Effects, Transportation\nA part of the Noto Toll Road temporarily closed since many parts of it collapsed. It re-opened on April 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Tsunami\nA tsunami advisory was immediately made for the Kaga coast and Noto coast, and a 22\u00a0cm wave hit shore about 30 minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Aftershocks\nLargest aftershocks are blue, and 4.8~ Mj earthquakes are light blue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Response, The Cabinet Office\nAt 9:45, an emergency meeting for this earthquake was held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. Government damage inspecting teams under command of Kensei Mizote were sent to the epicenter area from the 25th to the 26th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Response, Ishikawa Prefecture\nAt 10:45, an emergency disaster prevention meeting was held. 375 firefighters were summoned from Toyama Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Tokyo prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Shiga prefecture, and Hyogo Prefecture. They were ordered to leave on 10:42 on the 26th, and left on 11:55.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 51], "content_span": [52, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192500-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Noto earthquake, Response, Japan Self-Defense Forces\nAt 10:45, the Ministry of Defense held an emergency meeting. At 11:08, Masanori Tanimoto, the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture summoned 30 soldiers from the Ground forces from bases in Kanazawa, Sabae, Toyama, Kasugai, Nagoya, Hisai, and Takashima. Helicopters from bases in Wajima and Komatsu were also used. Ground forces, maritime forces, and air forces all went to investigate damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 57], "content_span": [58, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\nThe 2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Charlie Weis and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. For the first time in school history, Notre Dame opened the season with five losses (Notre Dame's worst opening prior to 2007 was 0\u20133). Their nine-loss season was also a school record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes\nWith the end of the 2006 season, two assistant coaches' contracts came up and were not renewed by the Irish. Rick Minter, the defensive coordinator who had been with the Irish since the 2005 season, was replaced by Corwin Brown, and Peter Vaas, the quarterback coach who had also been with the Irish since 2005 after David Cutcliffe left the position, was replaced by former Irish quarterback, Ron Powlus. Both Powlus and Brown played college football and had time playing in the NFL. Brown was previously an assistant coach for the New York Jets and Powlus had been Notre Dame's director of personnel development since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Roster changes\nThe Irish lost a number of players to graduation and the NFL. Former consensus All-American, and two-year starting wide receiver, Jeff Samardzija, was signed by Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs as a pitcher, while twelve others were signed onto NFL teams. Former offensive starters Brady Quinn, Ryan Harris, and Dan Santucci and defensive starters Victor Abiamiri, Derek Landri, Mike Richardson, and Chinedum Ndukwe were taken in the 2007 NFL Draft, while five others, Marcus Freeman, Chris Frome, Travis Leitko, Rhema McKnight, and Darius Walker, signed contracts with NFL teams. The team returns three starters on offense and five on defense. Despite the number of high-profile losses, Weis refused to call it a \"rebuilding year,\" citing a number of fifth-year seniors that he owes to try to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 875]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Roster changes, Recruiting\nThe Irish added 18 players to its roster with high school recruits. Included in the class were five-star quarterback recruit Jimmy Clausen, nine four star recruits on offense, and four on defense. The class was named a top-15 class by most media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 84], "content_span": [85, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Pre-season, Award candidates\nFour players were named to six national awards watch lists in the pre-season:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Schedule\nThe 2007 Notre Dame schedule was ranked the 13th hardest in the country by Sports Illustrated. The road schedule was ranked as the 10th most difficult.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 54], "content_span": [55, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nWhile deciding who would be the starting quarterback two weeks before the opener, Weis, wanting to keep the Yellow Jackets guessing, would only tell the media that the quarterback and his backup knew their roles. Demetrius Jones started the game, with Evan Sharpley and Jimmy Clausen both seeing action as quarterback. Giving up nine sacks and two fumbles, and having negative 8-yards rushing, the Irish lost 33\u20133 in their most lopsided season opening loss in the history of the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 74], "content_span": [75, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Penn State\nAfter the opening loss, Weis named freshman Jimmy Clausen the starting quarterback. Clausen would become the eighth Notre Dame freshman to start at quarterback since 1951 and would be the earliest to start when he faced the 15th ranked Penn State Nittany Lions in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions won the game 31\u201310. The Irish ended the game with no rushing yards, and had only 144 total yards. They also amassed 97 yards in penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nWith both teams starting the season 0\u20132, for the first time ever a combined 0\u20134, the Irish next faced the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan played without their starting quarterback Chad Henne due to a leg injury. Michigan senior running back Mike Hart guaranteed a victory over the Irish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nQuarterback Demetrius Jones did not board a bus for the trip to Michigan. Charlie Weis issued a statement saying, \"At 2:30 today, while boarding the bus to Michigan, I was notified that Demetrius Jones had decided not to make the trip. I have not spoken to Demetrius and can only say that he missed the team bus. Any additional comment would be without all the facts.\" On game day, it was reported that he had enrolled at Northern Illinois University, however, he later revealed that he was transferring to the University of Cincinnati.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nMichigan won 38\u20130, tying their largest-ever win over Notre Dame set during the 2003 season. For only the second\u00a0time in school history, Notre Dame opened the season with three\u00a0losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nDespite scoring their first two offensive touchdowns of the season (the first resulting from a fumble by MSU's quarterback, Brian Hoyer, at the 9-yard line), Notre Dame fell to Michigan State 31\u201314. For the first time in 119 seasons of Notre Dame football, the Irish had started a season 0\u20134. Michigan State also became the first opponent to win six in a row at Notre Dame Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Purdue\nDespite outgaining the Boilermakers in total yards (426\u2013371) and Clausen throwing his first collegiate touchdown, the Irish fell to 0\u20135 on the season to Purdue by a score of 33\u201319. Down 23\u20130 at halftime, the Irish came out in the second half and drove to a 37-yard touchdown drive with Clausen's pass to John Carlson. Clausen left the game afterwards with an undisclosed injury. Evan Sharpley replaced him and threw his first collegiate touchdown in the fourth quarter and later threw another to put the Irish down by a touchdown, but they wouldn't score again. The Irish had much trouble in their kicking game with only one extra point made on three attempts and a blocked field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nUCLA was without its two starting quarterbacks. UCLA starter Ben Olson went out with a knee injury late in the first quarter, which left freshman walkon redshirt McLeod Bethel-Thompson to lead the Bruins. This was the first appearance for the Irish in the Rose Bowl stadium since the 1925 Rose Bowl. The Irish were able to capitalize on Bruin offensive mistakes to recover loose balls. This ended one of the worst slumps in Fighting Irish football, and prevented the Irish from equaling their longest losing streak in their history. In the 1960 NCAA University Division football season, the Irish lost eight straight games. The biggest cheer during the entire game came when the score of the 2007 Stanford vs. Southern California football game was announced. Fighting Irish and Bruins fans, who together are arch-rivals of the Trojans, cheered together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 920]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Boston College\nIn a battle between the two Catholic schools, the unbeaten Boston College Eagles and Heisman-hopeful Matt Ryan faced off against the struggling Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Faced with constant blitzes from the Irish defense, Ryan used a short passing attack to lead the Eagles to a 20\u20130 lead early in the third quarter. Just as the game appeared headed for another blowout, Evan Sharpley, replacing an ineffective Jimmy Clausen, threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Robby Parris followed by a pick six of Ryan during the next possession. With the score suddenly 20\u201314, the Eagles took advantage of good starting field position to answer with their own touchdown for the game's final score of 27\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn what was the largest margin victory the Trojans have put forth on the Irish to date, Notre Dame was shut out by USC for the first time since 1998. USC came into this game 5\u20131, while Notre Dame came in 1\u20136. Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis announced during that summer that his team would wear throwback green jerseys for the matchup, signifying the 30-year anniversary of the Irish beating the Trojans in their green jerseys in 1977, when Weis was a senior at Notre Dame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, USC\nBecause of John David Booty's injured finger, USC back-up quarterback, Mark Sanchez, was the starter. In his second game as a starter, Sanchez managed to complete 21 of 38 passes with a combined total of 235\u00a0yards and 4\u00a0touchdown passes. This was the Trojans' 6th consecutive victory over the Irish, and in the process they became only the third\u00a0team to accomplish this feat (Michigan and Michigan State share the record with eight\u00a0straight wins in non consecutive years).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Navy\nNotre Dame came into the game with 43 consecutive wins against Navy since the last loss in 1963. In triple overtime, Navy (5\u20134) scored a touchdown and successful two-point conversion on their possession. Notre Dame (1\u20138) likewise scored a touchdown, but failed to make their own two-point conversion on a rush attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nESPN reported, \"A week after the Midshipmen eked out a triple overtime victory against the Fighting Irish for the first time since 1963, Air Force beat Notre Dame 41\u201324 for its worst loss to a service academy since that Navy victory 44 years ago... It was the largest margin of victory for Air Force in six wins over the Irish and the biggest by a military academy since Navy beat the Irish 35\u201314 in 1963 behind Roger Staubach.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nWith the loss to Air Force, the Fighting Irish have lost nine games in one season for the first time in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Duke\nNotre Dame garnered its second win of the season in a game between what ESPN's Lee Corso called the two worst teams in major college football. Notre Dame was led with three Jimmy Clausen touchdown passes of 25, 25 and 9 yards each. Freshman running back Robert Hughes also added a touchdown in the 3rd quarter. The win would be the Irish's only home win of the season, avoiding what would have been its first winless season at home in 74 years. The Irish gained 220 yards rushing behind the hard running of freshman tailbacks Robert Hughes and Armando Allen. After a scoreless first quarter, Notre Dame managed to capitalize on two forced fumbles in the final 1:12 of the 2nd quarter to take a 14\u20130 half time lead. Clausen was 16-for-32 for 194 yards and had his second straight three-touchdown game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 66], "content_span": [67, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Irish concluded their season on a high note, winning its second straight game and its second win on the road. Robert Hughes ran for 136 yards and the go-ahead 6-yard touchdown with 6:06 remaining in the 4th quarter to help the Irish beat Stanford 21\u201314. Jimmy Clausen went 19\u201332 for 196 yards and one touchdown. The game was one of missed field goals, turnovers and controversial calls against the Irish. The Cardinal missed 4 field goals and turned the ball over twice. Notre Dame, meanwhile, committed 4 turnovers, including 3 fumbles and an interception. Notre Dame would have added a score in the 3rd quarter, but a touchdown pass from Clausen to David Grimes was overturned on inconclusive evidence, despite the ruling on the field of a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nNotre Dame almost added another score on what would have been a spectacular finish to the half. David Bruton intercepted Stanford quarterback Tavita Pritchard's last-play heave at the 3-yard line and began a three-lateral return to the end zone that was called back on a personal foul on Notre Dame defensive lineman Trevor Laws. Safety Tom Zbikowski ran the final 30 yards after a lateral from Darrin Walls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 70], "content_span": [71, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Post season, Awards\nUpon the conclusion of the 2007 season, several players won All-American honors. Freshman standout Ian Williams was named to the 2007 AON Insurance Freshman All-America Team, the Football Writers Association of America announced during their annual banquet. He was one of six true freshmen named to the defensive unit on the FWAA Freshman All-America Team and was one of 13 of the 28 freshman All-America selections who was a true freshman this season. Williams was also named to the CollegeFootballNews.com all-freshman third team and was an honorable mention member of The Sporting News all-freshman team. Seniors John Carlson and Trevor Laws also picked up second team Academic All-American honors from ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 65], "content_span": [66, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192501-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Post season, NFL Draft\nFour Notre Dame players were drafted in the 2008 NFL Draft. Senior tight end John Carlson went 38th overall to the Seattle Seahawks. Later in the second round, DE Trevor Laws was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles at 47th overall. In the third round, safety Tom Zibikowski was the 86th selection, going to the Baltimore Ravens. Center John Sullivan was the final Notre Dame draftee, going to the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round. Three players that were not drafted quickly signed with NFL teams as free agents following the NFL Draft: linebacker Joe Brockington signed with the Buffalo Bills, long snapper J.J. Jansen signed with the Green Bay Packers, while running back Travis Thomas joined former teammate and co-captain Brady Quinn in Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 68], "content_span": [69, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192502-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham City Council election\nThe 2007 elections to Nottingham City Council were held on 3 May 2007 to elect all 55 members to the Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192502-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham City Council election, Overall result\nA total of 55 councillors were elected from 20 wards in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 53], "content_span": [54, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192503-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham Open\nThe 2007 Nottingham Open was the 2007 edition of the Nottingham Open men's tennis tournament. The tournament was held on 18\u201325 June and played on outdoor grass courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192503-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham Open, Finals, Doubles\nEric Butorac / Jamie Murray defeated Joshua Goodall / Ross Hutchins, 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192504-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192504-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham Open \u2013 Doubles\nEric Butorac and Jamie Murray won the title, defeating Joshua Goodall and Ross Hutchins 4\u20136, 6\u20133, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192505-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nottingham Open \u2013 Singles\nIvo Karlovi\u0107 defeated Arnaud Cl\u00e9ment 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20134 to win the 2007 Nottingham Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192506-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election\nThe 2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election was held on April 27, 2007 at the Dartmouth Sportsplex, following the resignation of Francis MacKenzie, shortly after failing to win a seat in the 2006 election. This was the third leadership convention for the Liberals since 2002. In addition to the leadership convention, the party will hold its Annual General Meeting including the election of officers, adoption of policies, and potential constitutional amendments. It was won by Annapolis MLA Stephen McNeil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192506-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election\nThe party had held government for much of the province's history, having been in power from Canadian Confederation in 1867 to 1878, 1882 to 1925, 1933 to 1956, 1970 to 1978, and 1993 to 1999. However, the party had been relegated to third party status after it lost the 1999 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192506-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election, Rules\nThe new leader was chosen by a full delegated convention, the first in the party since 1986. The leader was elected using a one member, one vote system, which has been used since 1992. The party issued a , outlining the rules, on January 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 57], "content_span": [58, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192506-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates\nVarious members of the party announced that they would not seek the leadership. Among them were interim leader Michel Samson, Dartmouth physician John Gillis, and Liberal MPs Geoff Regan, Scott Brison, and Michael Savage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192506-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Endorsements\nThe following is a list of high-profile endorsers for each of the candidates; the list includes MLAs, MPs, and Senators, as well as former MLAs, Premiers, and Lieutenant-Governors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 76], "content_span": [77, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192507-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe\nThe 2007 Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe (2007 Novilon international women's tour of Drenthe) was the 9th running of the Damesronde van Drenthe, a women's bicycle race in Drenthe, the Netherlands. It was held on 15 April 2007 over a distance of 138.5 kilometres (86.1 miles). It was rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192508-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 N\u00fcrburgring GP2 Series round\n2007 N\u00fcrburgring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 21 July and 22 July at the N\u00fcrburgring in N\u00fcrburg, Germany. It was the sixth round of the 2007 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2007 European Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192509-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 O'Byrne Cup\nThe 2007 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192509-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 O'Byrne Cup, O'Byrne Cup, First Round\nThe first round saw the withdrawal of Kilkenny who were then replaced by Dundalk IT. Dundalk IT later dropped out of the competition which means that Wexford go on to play in the Quarter final on January 4, 2007. The first match of the O'Byrne Cup was played between Carlow and Wicklow. It was a much anticipated game as it was the debut of the new Wicklow senior football manager Mick O'Dwyer. Wexford, Wicklow, DIT, Offaly, Laois, Louth, Westmeath and Dublin went on to play in the quarter finals of the O'Byrne Cup. The teams that exited in the first round were Carlow, Longford, UCD, Kildare, Meath, Athlone IT, and DCU who went on to play in the O'Byrne Shield. Dundalk IT did not continue to the O'Byrne Shield as they dropped out of the competition at the O'Byrne Cup first round stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 42], "content_span": [43, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192509-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 O'Byrne Cup, O'Byrne Cup, Quarter Finals\nThe teams that went on to the Semi-Final stage of the competition are Wicklow, Dublin, Offaly, Laois. The teams that exited at the quarter final stage are Wexford, Westmeath, DIT, Louth. Unlike, the teams in the first round, the losing teams did not go on to play in the O'Byrne Shield, their loss means that they no longer took part in any O'Byrne competition in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192509-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 O'Byrne Cup, O'Byrne Shield, Quarter Finals\nThe O'Byrne Shield involves the losing sides from the O'Byrne Cup. The quarter finals involved Longford, UCD, Meath, Kildare, Athlone IT, DCU, Dundalk IT and Carlow. Longford and Kildare qualified for the Semi finals by beating their respective opponents. Dundalk IT did not continue after dropping out of the O'Byrne Cup as replacements for Kilkenny, therefore their expected opponents Carlow qualified directly for the Shield semi final. DCU withdrew from the competition, conceding to Athlone IT and therefore Athlone IT continued to the semi without kicking a ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192509-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 O'Byrne Cup, O'Byrne Shield, Semi Finals\nIn the semi-finals, Longford defeated Kildare by a point in spite of having been reduced to 14 players before half time when their midfielder Liam Keenan was sent off for a second yellow card offence, while Athlone IT caused a surprise by beating Carlow by three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192510-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Beach Soccer Championship\nThe 2007 OFC Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (OFC) was the second beach soccer championship for Oceania, held from late August to early September, in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. The Solomon Islands won the championship and moved on to play in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2 to 11 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192511-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League\nThe 2007 OFC Champions League was the 6th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 1st season under the current OFC Champions League name. Under the new format there was to be no qualifying round, and instead six teams from the six best Oceanic nations would play each other home and away in a group stage before the knockout round. The tournament took place from 21 January until 29 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192511-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League\nAuckland City qualified as the reigning champions of the OFC Club Championship. The other 5 teams gained their qualifications due to their domestic league performances. Following the withdrawal of Vanuatu\u2019s Port Vila Sharks, the OFC awarded a second berth to Waitakere United, the leader after the first phase of the New Zealand Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192511-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League\nThe winner of the tournament was Waitakere Utd of New Zealand, who beat Ba Electric of Fiji in the final, claiming Oceania's US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan the following December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192511-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League, Participants\nA total of 6 teams from 5 OFC member associations entered the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192512-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League Final\nThe final of the 2007 OFC Champions League were played between Waitakere United of New Zealand and Ba F.C. of Fiji.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192512-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League Final\nThe first leg was played in the Govind Park, Ba, Fiji on the April 21, 2007. The home team won 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192512-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Champions League Final\nThe second leg was played in the Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand on the April 29, 2007. Waitakere United won 1\u20130, Allan Pearce scored the away goal that the home team needed to win the Champions League and qualify for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192513-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-17 Championship\nThe 2007 OFC Under-17 Tournament was association football competition in Oceania. It was the 12th edition of the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament which was held in Tahiti from March 21 to March 25, 2007 at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui. Only four team participated in the tournament; Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Zealand. It served as a qualifying tournament to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192513-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-17 Championship\nSolomon Islands were supposed to compete in this tournament but withdrew because of the escalating costs for travel between the Solomon Islands and Tahiti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192513-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-17 Championship, Results\nBy winning, New Zealand qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192514-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-20 Championship\nThe 2007 OFC U-20 Championship was held at the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere, New Zealand from 19 to 31 January 2007 in a league table format. It was the first tournament in which regular Oceania powerhouse Australia were not participating, following their switch to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192514-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-20 Championship, Venues\nThe tournament will be played at just one venue in Henderson, New Zealand; Trusts Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192514-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-20 Championship, Winners\nNew Zealand qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192514-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-20 Championship, Goalscorers\nRoy Krishna received the Golden Boot award for scoring eight goals in the tournament. In total, 81\u00a0goals were scored (one of which was an own goal).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192515-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC U-20 Championship squads\nLeading football players aged under 20 represented nations of Oceania in the 2007 season of the OFC U-20 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship\nThe 2007 OFC Women's Championship of women's association football took place in Lae, Papua New Guinea between 9 April and 13 April. It was the eighth edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship\nThe tournament was also known as the OFC Women's World Cup Qualifier, as the winner qualified for the 2007 Women's World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship\nNew Zealand have never lost a match to any of their three competitors at the OFC Women's Championship, with the closest result being a 2\u20130 win over Papua New Guinea in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship\nThe Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti and Vanuatu were announced to take part, but withdrew before the tournament was organised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship\nNew Zealand won the tournament and qualified to their first FIFA Women's World Cup in 16 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship, Participating nations\nOf the eleven nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, only four entered the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192516-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 OFC Women's Championship, Officials\nThe following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192517-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 ONEFA\nThe 2007 ONEFA season will begin September 1. The Big-12 conference is divided in three divisions (Cayetano Garza, Jacinto Licea and Jos\u00e9 Roberto Espinosa). The top team of each division plus three wildcards will play in the playoffs. The Borregos Toluca can't reach the play-offs, because to have played with an ineligible player in the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192517-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 ONEFA, Big-12\nAguilas UACH will play on the National Conference in 2008", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 18], "content_span": [19, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192517-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 ONEFA, Aztec Bowl\nOn December 8 the 37th Aztec Bowl will be played in Chihuahua. The ONEFA's team will meet an All-Star Team of the Division III of the NCAA. Enrique Borda Tovar (ITESM-CEM) will be the coach of the Mexican team. Also played the Chihuahua Bowl between the National Conference's Team vs. Eastern Arizona College on December 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 22], "content_span": [23, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192518-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Athletics season\nThe Oakland Athletics' 2007 season was their first since 2004 in which they defended a title. The A's were without Frank Thomas (Toronto) and ace Barry Zito (San Francisco), both players who the A's lost to free agency. They filled the space left by Frank Thomas by signing free agent catcher Mike Piazza to a one-year contract worth $8.5 million to be the team's designated hitter. They were also without Ken Macha, their former manager who was fired after 4 seasons with the team and replaced by Bob Geren, as well as third-base coach Ron Washington, who accepted the managerial position of the Texas Rangers. It was their first losing season since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192518-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 74], "content_span": [75, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192518-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season\nThe 2007 Oakland Raiders season was the 48th overall season of the Oakland Raiders franchise, the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League, their 13th season since their return to Oakland and the 1st season under head coach Lane Kiffin. The team finished the season with a 4\u201312 record. It began with the team's fourth head coach in six seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season\nBy virtue of the team's 2\u201314 finish in 2006 (the worst in the NFL for that year), they acquired the first overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. With that first pick, the Raiders selected LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell, who went on to be one of the greatest busts in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season\nAs in 2005 and 2006, the Raiders faced both participants from the previous season's Super Bowl. In 2007, they had home games scheduled against the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts from Super Bowl XLI. They lost to both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Offseason\nThe first casualty of the Raiders' disastrous 2006 season was head coach Art Shell, who was fired on January 4, 2007. His career record as head coach of the Raiders (including playoffs) was 58\u201356. The team interviewed a number of candidates after Shell's firing, including San Diego Chargers assistant coach James Lofton, former New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel, and Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. USC assistant head coach Steve Sarkisian, considered to be the front runner for the position, withdrew his name from consideration on January 19. On January 22, the team announced the hiring of 31-year-old USC offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, the youngest coach in franchise history and the youngest coach in the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 770]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Offseason\nKiffin's first staffing hire was former Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, who accepted the same position in Oakland on January 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Offseason\nOakland signed Super Bowl winning running back Dominic Rhodes away from the Indianapolis Colts on March 9, 2007. The next day, the Raiders brought in Justin Griffith from the Atlanta Falcons to help the blocking game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Offseason\nWith the first overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft the Raiders selected quarterback JaMarcus Russell from LSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith Josh McCown getting the start at quarterback, the Raiders began their 2007 campaign at home in an interconference fight with the Detroit Lions. After a scoreless first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Lions QB Jon Kitna completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Roy Williams. Detroit increased its lead before halftime with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, the Lions continued with their early lead as Kitna completed a 16-yard TD pass to rookie WR Calvin Johnson. Afterwards, the Raiders began to come back as McCown completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry, followed by RB LaMont Jordan getting a 12-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Detroit responded with Hanson kicking a 46-yard field goal, while Oakland took the lead with McCown completing a 7-yard TD pass to FB Justin Griffith. However, their lead didn't hold as the Lions scored 17 unanswered points (a 32-yard TD pass from Kitna to WR Shaun McDonald, Hanson getting a 23-yard field goal, and RB Tatum Bell getting a 14-yard TD run) to end the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their embarrassing home loss to the Lions, the Raiders flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for an AFC West duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Broncos QB Jay Cutler completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Raiders got on the board with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 38-yard field goal. However, Denver continued to pound away as RB Cecil Sapp got a 4-yard TD run, while kicker Jason Elam got a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Oakland began to come back as QB Josh McCown (who was a gametime decision heading into the game) completed a 46-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders took the lead as DT Gerard Warren sacked Cutler in the end zone for a safety, while LB Thomas Howard returned an interception 44 yards for a touchdown (followed by a successful two-point conversion pass from McCown to WR Ronald Curry). However, the Broncos tied the game up with Elam's 20-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nIn overtime, Oakland managed to make Denver go three-and-out on their first possession. A 33-yard run by RB LaMont Jordan helped set up Janikowski for a game-winning 52-yard field goal. Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan called timeout before the kick could begin. Janikowski's second try hit off the very tip of the left goal post and was no good, giving Denver a chance to win the game. The Broncos won with Elam getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 2: at Denver Broncos\nWith the loss, not only did the Raiders fall to 0\u20132, but they had lost 11-straight games (currently the NFL's longest losing streak) dating back to Week 9 of the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nThough the Raiders had lost eleven straight games dating back to Week 9 of the 2006 season, they were favored to beat the Cleveland Browns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nSebastian Janikowski kicked a 32-yard field goal with a 3\u20130 lead with 37 seconds left in the 1st quarter. Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 22-yard field goal, and the Raiders lead 6\u20130 with 11 minutes left in the 2nd quarter. Josh McCown threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Ronald Curry with a good point after touchdown (PAT). The Raiders lead 13\u20130 with 4 minutes and 45 seconds left in the 2nd quarter. Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 23-yard field goal. The Raiders lead 16\u20130 with 2 minutes and 5 seconds left in the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nJoshua Cribbs returns a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with a good point after touchdown with the Raiders leading 16\u20137 with 1 minute and 53 seconds left in the 2nd quarter. Phil Dawson kicked a 23-yard field goal with the Raiders still in the lead, 16\u201310 with 11 seconds left in the 2nd quarter. After halftime, Derek Anderson threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards with an extra point, and the Browns lead 17\u201316 with 9 minutes and 16 seconds left in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nLaMont Jordan runs a 1-yard touchdown with an extra point, Raiders lead 23\u201317 with 11 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 48-yard field goal with the Raiders leading 26\u201317 with 8 minutes and 11 seconds left in the 4th quarter. Derek Anderson runs a 1-yard touchdown and extra point with the Raiders still leading 26\u201324 with 3 minutes and 33 seconds left in the 4th quarter. After getting the ball back with 1:04 left on the clock, Derek Anderson drove the Browns down to the Oakland 22-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0013-0003", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 3: vs. Cleveland Browns\nHowever, as the ball for Dawson's game-winning field goal was snapped, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin called a timeout, imitating the strategy used by the Denver Broncos last week. On Dawson's second attempt, the ball was blocked by Tommy Kelly, ending the game and ending an 11-game losing streak for the Raiders as they improved to 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 4: at Miami Dolphins\nComing off a last-second home win over the Browns, the Raiders flew to Dolphin Stadium for a Week 4 duel with the winless Miami Dolphins. With QB Josh McCown out with an injury, QB Daunte Culpepper got a chance to get redemption against his former team. The game was delayed for 30 minutes due to thunderstorms in the Miami area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 4: at Miami Dolphins\nIn the first quarter, Oakland got off to a fast start with Culpepper completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter, along with getting a 2-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Dolphins responded with RB Ronnie Brown getting a 9-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, Miami drew closer with kicker Jay Feely nailing a 29-yard field goal. The Raiders continued their offensive revival with Culpepper getting a 5-yard TD run. The Dolphins responded with QB Trent Green completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Justin Peelle. In the fourth quarter, Oakland sealed its first road win since Week 11 of the 2005 season with Culpepper hooking up with Porter again on a 27-yard TD pass, along with getting a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 4: at Miami Dolphins\nWith the win, the Raiders entered their bye week at 2\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 6: at San Diego Chargers\nComing off their bye week, the Raiders flew to Qualcomm Stadium for their Week 6 divisional duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard and a 27-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders responded with LB Thomas Howard returning an interception 66 yards for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 6: at San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, San Diego replied with Tomlinson getting a 13-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Oakland tried to rally as QB Daunte Culpepper completed a 1-yard TD pass to rookie TE Zach Miller. The Chargers destroyed any remaining signs of hope with Tomlinson getting a 41-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 7: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Chargers, the Raiders went home for a Week 7 divisional duel with their nemesis, the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first half, Oakland trailed as Chiefs kicker Dave Rayner got a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 31-yard field goal in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Raiders got on the board with QB Daunte Culpepper completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 7: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the fourth quarter, Kansas City retook the lead with RB Larry Johnson getting a 1-yard TD run (with a failed 2-point conversion). Oakland managed to respond with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 37-yard field goal, along with trying to turn a late-game drive into some winning points. The game ended with an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 7: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the loss, not only did the Raiders fall to 2\u20134, but it also marked their 17th-straight divisional loss, the most since 1970.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Raiders flew to LP Field for a Week 8 intraconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, Oakland struck first with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 50-yard field goal. The Titans responded with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Raiders jumped back into the lead with Janikowski kicking a 43-yard and a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee drew close with RB Chris Henry getting a 24-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Titans took the lead with Bironas getting a 23-yard field goal. QB Daunte Culpepper tried to lead Oakland back into the lead, but Tennessee's defense held them off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans\nWith their third-straight loss, not only did the Raiders fall to 2\u20135, but they have now lost 14 out of their last 15 road games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 9: vs. Houston Texans\nTrying to snap a three-game skid, the Raiders went home for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Oakland's struggles continued as Texans RB Ahman Green got an 8-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, things continued to get worse the Raiders as Houston increased its lead with RB Ron Dayne getting a 14-yard TD run, while kicker Kris Brown nailed a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 9: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, Oakland finally managed to get on the board as kicker Sebastian Janikowski nailed a 22-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders drew closer as RB Justin Fargas got a 1-yard TD run. The Texans pulled away as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 42-yard TD pass to WR Andr\u00e9 Davis. Oakland's only response was QB Josh McCown completing a 28-yard TD pass to WR Tim Dwight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 10: vs. Chicago Bears\nTrying to snap a four-game losing skid, the Raiders stayed at home for a Week 10 interconference duel with the defending NFC champions, the Chicago Bears. In the first quarter, Oakland struck first with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 37-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Bears tied the game with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 32-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 10: vs. Chicago Bears\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Raiders regained the lead with Janikowski nailing a 52-yard field goal. Oakland's struggles continued as QB Rex Grossman completed a 59-yard TD pass to WR Bernard Berrian, along with RB Cedric Benson getting a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 76], "content_span": [77, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 11: at Minnesota Vikings\nTrying to snap a five-game skid, the Raiders flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 11 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings, as QB Daunte Culpepper got the start against his former team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 11: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Vikings RB Chester Taylor managed to get a 10-yard TD run, along with a safety (due to Culpepper committing a penalty while in his own endzone). The Raiders got on the board as kicker Sebastian Janikowski managed to get a 42-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Minnesota increased its lead with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 30-yard field goal. Afterwards, Oakland took the lead as Culpepper completed a 10-yard TD pass to TE John Madsen, along with Janikowski kicking a 30-yard field goal. The Vikings answered with Taylor getting a 38-yard TD run. The Raiders tied the game heading into halftime as Janikowski kicked a 42-yard and a 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 11: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, Minnesota regained the lead with Longwell kicking a 38-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings ended its scoring day with Taylor getting a 6-yard TD run. Oakland tried to come back as Janikowski nailed a 52-yard field goal. However, Minnesota held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 11: at Minnesota Vikings\nWith their sixth-straight loss, the Raiders fell to 2\u20138, securing the team's fifth consecutive non-winning season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nTrying to snap a six-game losing skid, the Raiders flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 12 AFC West rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Oakland took the early lead as kicker Sebastian Janikowski managed to get a 25-yard field goal. However, the Chiefs took the lead with RB Kolby Smith getting a 10-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders drew closer as Janikowski kicked a 54-yard field goal. However, Kansas City managed to get one last strike prior to halftime as kicker Dave Rayner nailed a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, Oakland regained the lead with RB LaMont Jordan getting a 5-yard TD run. However, the Chiefs retook the lead with Smith getting a 5-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders once again jumped into the lead as RB Justin Fargas got a 14-yard TD run. This time, the defense managed to hold on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, not only did the Raiders improve to 3\u20138, but they managed to do four things with their one win. First, they snapped their six-game losing skid. Second, they snapped a nine-game losing skid to the Chiefs. Third, they snapped a 17-game losing streak against divisional opponents with their first divisional win since 2004. And finally, they surpassed their regular season win total from last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nComing off their divisional road win over the Chiefs, the Raiders went home for a Week 13 AFC West rematch with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Oakland stormed ahead early as QB Josh McCown completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Tim Dwight. Afterwards, the Broncos answered with RB Travis Henry getting a 4-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders regained the lead with McCown completing a 13-yard TD pass to TE Zach Miller for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Oakland increased its lead with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 38-yard field goal, while McCown completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter. Denver managed to keep itself in the game with kicker Jason Elam getting a 29-yard and a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos got close as Henry got a 3-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Raiders pulled away with Janikowski connecting on a 44-yard field goal, while RB Justin Fargas managed to get a 5-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nFor the Raiders, the win marked back-to-back divisional win after losing their previous 17 AFC West games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos\nDuring the second quarter, rookie QB JaMarcus Russell made his NFL debut as he completed 4 of 7 for 56 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 14 at Green Bay Packers\nTrying to look for their first three-game winning streak since 2002, the Raiders travel to Green Bay to face the Packers. Oakland and Green Bay did not score in first quarter, but score in the second. Halfback Ryan Grant run a six-yard touchdown with kicker Mason Crosby kicking an extra point. Later, Raiders' punter Shane Lechler punts the ball to Will Blackmon with a fifty seven-yard punt return for a touchdown and Crosby kicks for an extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 14 at Green Bay Packers\nLater on the second quarter, quarterback Josh McCown throws a twenty five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jerry Porter with a Sebastian Janikowski point after touchdown. In the third quarter, Mason Crosby kicks a forty four-yard field goal. Quarterback Brett Favre throws an eight-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings with Mason Crosby extra point. With a Raiders possession, quarterback Josh McCown fumbles in Raiders' end zone and cornerback Will Blackmon recovers the fumble in the end zone for a touchdown. And again, Crosby kicks an extra point. In fourth quarter, Brett Favre throws a forty six-yard touchdown pass to tight end Donald Lee with Crosby kicking an extra point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 14 at Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, the Raiders fell to 4\u20139, marking their fifth-straight losing season since their Super Bowl XXXVII appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 78], "content_span": [79, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 15: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Packers, the Raiders went home for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the defending Super Bowl champions, the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Oakland trailed early as Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri managed to get a 22-yard field goal, while CB T.J. Rushing returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Raiders got on the board with QB Josh McCown completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Ronald Curry for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 15: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis increased its lead with Vinatieri nailing a 19-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Oakland took the lead with RB Justin Fargas getting a 2-yard run. However, the Colts sealed the win with QB Peyton Manning completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Anthony Gonzalez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 15: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWith the loss, not only did the Raiders fall to 4\u201310, but it also marked their 5th-straight time in which Oakland had at least 10 losses in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 15: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nDuring this game Justin Fargas rushed for a season total of 1,000 yards, despite being given the starting job for nine games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 16 at Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Raiders were stymied almost totally by the Jaguars in Week 16. The Raiders defense allowed seven touchdowns: two passing TDs each from David Garrard and Jaguars backup QB Quinn Gray, and three rushing TDs. The Raiders only managed 215 yards of total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 16 at Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe game was punctuated by an ugly incident with 21 seconds left in the first half, where Warren Sapp argued with officials over a penalty the team wanted to accept. The argument led to four unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against the Raiders, three of them on Sapp, and Sapp was ejected from the game. Although one of the officials accused Sapp of bumping him, he was not suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 16 at Jacksonville Jaguars\nJaMarcus Russell entered the game during the first quarter, and played the rest of the game. Although he threw three interceptions, he finally threw his first career touchdown pass in the NFL, to Zach Miller, with 11 seconds to go in the game. He followed it up with a pass to Ronald Curry for a two-point conversion. Dominic Rhodes rushed for 115 yards. Kirk Morrison managed to intercept a pass by David Garrard, one of only three picks the Jaguars QB threw all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 17 vs. San Diego Chargers\nAfter a lackluster performance in Jacksonville, JaMarcus Russell made his first career start at home against divisional rival San Diego. Russell still had some difficulty with turnovers as he threw an interception early in the game and fumbled the ball which was recovered in the end zone by San Diego for a touchdown. He did, however, improve his passing game by throwing for over 200 yards including a touchdown to Jerry Porter, his first touchdown at home as a Raider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192519-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Standings, Week 17 vs. San Diego Chargers\nOakland lost their final game of their season. They finished at 4\u201312, which was an improvement over last year's 2\u201314 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 80], "content_span": [81, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192520-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oceania Handball Champions Cup\nThe 2007 Oceania Handball Champions Cup was held in Tahiti from the 22 October to 2 November, 2007. With 6 teams from 4 countries competing in Tahiti for the second edition of the Men Oceania Champions Cup, the level of play was much higher than during the first edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192520-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oceania Handball Champions Cup\nThe final saw defending champions JS Mont Dore from New Caledonia taking another Oceania Champions Cup over hosts AS Dragon. The third place play off saw AS Dumbea of New Caledonia beat Australian side Canberra. Auckland were fifth and Tahitian side AS Faa'a were sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192521-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oceania Taekwondo Qualification Tournament\nThe Oceania Qualification Tournament for the Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Noumea, New Caledonia on December 1, 2007. The winner of each event qualified for the Olympics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192522-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup\nThe 2007 Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup was held in New Caledonia from the 12 to 15 September, 2007. With 8 teams from 5 countries competing in Noumea for the first edition of the Women's Oceania Champions Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192522-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup\nLocal teams dominated the tournament with ACB Poya winning from fellow New Caledonia team CS Sinoj. Tahitian sides filled third, AS Dragon, and fourth, Tiare Anani. JS Mont Dore also from New Caledonia was fifth, Monash University from Australia sixth, then Auckland from New Zealand and HB Kafika from Wallis and Futuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192523-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open\nThe 2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition for men, and 6th edition for women, of the tournament and part of the 2007 ATP Challenger Series and the 2007 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $100,000 for men, and $50,000 for women, in prize money. It took place in West Vancouver, British Columbia, between July 28 and August 5, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192523-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192523-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following player entered the singles main draw with a special exempt:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192523-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Champions, Men's doubles\nRik de Voest / Ashley Fisher def. Donald Young / Alex Kuznetsov, 6\u20131, 6-2", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192523-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Champions, Women's doubles\nSt\u00e9phanie Dubois / Marie-Eve Pelletier def. Soledad Esper\u00f3n / Agustina Lepore, 6-4, 6-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192524-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ogun State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Ogun State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Ogun State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Gbenga Daniel won the election, defeating Ibikunle Amosun of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192524-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 18 candidates contested in the election. Gbenga Daniel from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ibikunle Amosun from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 1,466,308.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192525-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio Bobcats football team\nThe 2007 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Ohio competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Bobcats were led by Frank Solich in his third year as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team\nThe 2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Tressel led the Buckeyes to their fourth Big Ten Conference championship and third BCS National Championship Game in six years. The team finished the season with overall record of 11\u20132, with losses to conference-rival Illinois and LSU in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Previous season\nThe 2006 Buckeyes squad finished the season as Big Ten Conference champions and ranked #2 in the final AP and Coaches' polls. They finished the regular season undefeated and advanced to the 2007 BCS National Championship Game where they lost to the Florida Gators, ending the season with a record of 12\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Preseason\nOn March 6, Coach Jim Tressel announced the hiring of Assistant Coach Taver Johnson. Johnson is a native of Cincinnati and a graduate of Wittenberg University. He had spent most of his coaching career at Miami University and had a very brief stint with the Oakland Raiders. Coach Johnson will replace Tim Beckman, who left Ohio State to become Defensive Coordinator at Oklahoma State University. Coach Johnson will coach the Cornerbacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Preseason, Watch lists\nLinebackers James Laurinaitis and Marcus Freeman along with defensive end Vernon Gholston were among the list of 65 players under consideration for the Bednarik Award while Chris \"Beanie\" Wells was on the 65-player list for the Maxwell Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Results, Wisconsin\nOhio State sets record with 20th straight Big Ten win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 58], "content_span": [59, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Results, National Championship Game\nOn January 7, 2008 the Buckeyes played at the BCS National Championship game in New Orleans, Louisiana in the Louisiana Superdome. This was the first time in the school's history that the football team had played back to back National Championship games. The Buckeyes ended up losing the game to the Louisiana State University Tigers, 38\u201324. After a strong initial start (a 10\u20130 run in the first quarter in favor of the Buckeyes), the LSU Tigers went on one of their own, 31\u20130, from the first to third quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192526-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Results, National Championship Game\nTwo key pivotal special teams plays contributed to the LSU run, one being a blocked 38 yard Ryan Pretorius (Ohio State) field goal in the first quarter, and a roughing the kicker penalty committed by Austin Spitler (Ohio State) on a punt that extended an LSU touchdown drive in the third. Both teams scored 14 points in the second half which lead to a Tigers' victory due to the 2nd quarter LSU scoring deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 75], "content_span": [76, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192527-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27 \u2013 March 3, 2007. The first round was hosted by the higher seeded team in each game. The semifinals and finals took place at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Eastern Kentucky won the tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Eastern Kentucky drew a 16 seed, facing the number one seeded University of North Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192527-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [57, 63], "content_span": [64, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192528-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election\nThe 2007 special election in Ohio's 5th congressional district occurred when the district became vacant following the death of incumbent Paul E. Gillmor. A special election to fill the seat was called by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland for December 11, 2007. Republican nominee and Ohio State Senator Bob Latta won election to Congress, defeating Democratic nominee Robin Weirauch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192529-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oita Trinita season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nThe 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 113th season of Sooner football. The team was led by two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award winner, Bob Stoops, in his ninth season as head coach. They played their homes games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They were a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nConference play began with an upset loss to the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder, Colorado on September 29, and ended with a victory over the Missouri Tigers in the Big 12 Championship Game on December 1. The Sooners finished the regular season with an 11\u20132 record (6\u20132 in Big 12) while winning their fifth Big 12 title and their 41st conference title overall. They received an automatic berth to the Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers, 28\u201348.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team\nFollowing the season, Malcolm Kelly and Curtis Lofton were drafted in the 2nd round of the 2008 NFL Draft, Reggie Smith was selected in the 3rd, and Allen Patrick was chosen in the 7th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason\nOn July 19, a preseason poll voted on by members of the media that cover the Big 12 was released. The Sooners were chosen to finish second in the Big 12 South behind Texas. They finished nine votes behind the Longhorns but 44 points above Texas A&M, the third team. This poll was released in anticipation of the Big 12 media day which began on July 23, 2007. Most publications had the Sooners ranked between five and ten in the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason\nPhil Steele's self-titled publication, which is considered by many to be the most accurate college football preseason prediction magazine, had the Sooners ranked number three in terms of how they would finish the year and how strong the team is going into the year. On August 2, 2007, Coach Bob Stoops announced at a rally that the names of players would be put back on the team's jerseys. They had been removed in a re-design before the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason\nThe 2006 season was the last for quarterback Paul Thompson. With his departure came the race for the next quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners. The three players in contention for the coveted spot included true freshman Keith Nichol, redshirt freshman Sam Bradford and junior Joey Halzle (the only one of the three with actual game experience). They competed throughout the summer and well into fall practice. On August 21, 2007, it was announced that Bradford would start the first game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, NCAA violations\nIn 2006, the team and the fanbase were stunned when the returning starting quarterback, Rhett Bomar, was kicked off the team one day before the start of fall practice. Quarterback-turned-wide receiver Paul Thompson was converted back to quarterback and led the Sooners to an 11\u20133 season capturing the Big 12 Championship and competing in a BCS bowl game. However, the fallout of the Bomar scandal began to affect the team in 2007. On July 11, 2007, the NCAA announced a finding of \"failure to monitor\" the employment of student athletes and handed out penalties, most of which were extensions of punishments already set in place by the university.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, NCAA violations\nThe university announced that it would appeal the Infraction Committee's finding and the vacation of the wins from the 2005 season. University president David Boren released a statement that the university \"[does] not believe that erasing the 2005 season from the record books is fair to the over 100 student-athletes and coaches who played by the rules and worked their hearts out for a successful season.\" The Sooners won the appeal to get back their wins from the 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, Recruits\nNational Signing Day was on February 7, 2007, and Oklahoma was set to sign many talented high school athletes from around the country. It ended up being a smaller class than usual due to the loss of only a few seniors. In addition to the seniors leaving, running back Adrian Peterson left early for the NFL Draft and three other players were set to be on medical redshirt for the upcoming season. There was some separation in Oklahoma's recruiting ranking by the two major recruiting websites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, Recruits\nScout.com ranked the Oklahoma recruiting class as the 30th best in the nation, while Rivals.com ranked Oklahoma as the 14th best. In the pre-season, incoming quarterback Keith Nichol was named one of the top-10 impact freshman for 2007. Below is a list of the recruits that signed their letter of intent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, Award watch lists and finalists\nOn July 13, 2007, the Charlotte Touchdown Club released their watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. Sooner defensive back Reggie Smith was among the 50 players listed. In the previous season, Smith had 40 tackles and three interceptions as a defensive back, and was also the main return specialist for the team, returning an interception and a punt for touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, Award watch lists and finalists\nOn August 28, 2007, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission released their watch list for the Lou Groza Award, awarded to the most outstanding place kicker. On the list was Oklahoma's Garrett Hartley. Hartley was a finalist for the award in 2006 after making nineteen of twenty field goals and going 49 of 50 on extra points. Tight end Brody Eldridge made the Mackey Award watchlist, safety Nic Harris was on the Jim Thorpe Award watchlist, and Malcolm Kelly and Allen Patrick were both on the Maxwell Award watchlist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Preseason, Award watch lists and finalists\nIn the middle of the season, several more Sooners were added to various watchlists. Redshirt freshman quarterback Sam Bradford was added to the watchlist for the Maxwell Award, awarded to the nation's best player. Oklahoma has had two prior winners of this prestigious award, including Tommy McDonald and Jason White. Auston English was added to the watchlist for the Ted Hendricks Award, given to the nation's best defensive end. The Sooners had not yet had a winner of this award in its five-year history. Punter Michael Cohen was also receiving recognition, as he was added to the watchlist for the Ray Guy Award. Again, no Sooner had ever won this award, though Jeff Ferguson was a finalist in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 79], "content_span": [80, 783]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Roster\nThe 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team consisted of 110 total players. There were eight returning offensive starters and seven returning defensive starters from the 2006 team. Overall, 50 lettermen were returning from the 2006 team (25 on offense, 20 on defense and 5 on special teams). The 2007 team captains were Joe Jon Finley, Allen Patrick, Lewis Baker, Marcus Walker and Jacob Gutierrez. Finley and Patrick represented the offense, Baker and Walker represented the defense and Gutierrez represented the special teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Coaching staff\nCompared to the previous year, the 2007 season saw no changes in the coaching staff. However, like the season before, Bob Stoops's name was mentioned as a possibility for some coaching vacancies, but he made it known he was committed to Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nThe Sooners opened the season at home against the North Texas Mean Green coached by Todd Dodge. Going into the game, Oklahoma was 8\u20131 in home openers under Bob Stoops. The last time Oklahoma played North Texas was in 2003, when the Sooners held the Mean Green to 154 yards of total offense in a 37\u20133 win. At the time, North Texas was affiliated with the Sun Belt Conference in the NCAA Division I FBS. The Sooners were favored to win by a wide margin with most estimates between 38 and 41 points. The official attendance for the game was 84,472, the 50th consecutive sellout and the largest crowd ever to see an opener at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nOklahoma scored on their first possession only 32 seconds into the game. By halftime, the Sooners had exceeded the point spread and were up 49\u20130. Two redshirt freshmen were the stars of the day. Sam Bradford, making his first start as the new quarterback, threw for 350 yards in the first half, the most yards thrown in a half by any Oklahoma quarterback in history. He came out of the game early in the third quarter after throwing for a total of 363 yards, the most ever for a Sooner in his debut game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nDuring this time, he tied Heisman Trophy winner Jason White's record of 18 consecutive pass completions. He finished the day with 23 pass attempts and 21 completions and a passing efficiency rating of 266.92, the second highest ever for a Sooner (behind Jason White). Head coach Bob Stoops felt Bradford \"threw the ball fantastic, from the deep balls to some of those quick bubble screens that he put right on the money.\" DeMarco Murray, another redshirt freshman, also set a school record as he became the first Sooner to score four touchdowns in a half in his first game. He finished the day with five touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nThe game ended with a final score of 79\u201310. North Texas's points came on a field goal in the third quarter and a 69-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Giovanni Vizza to Casey Fitzgerald at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Mean Green finished with 15 yards rushing and 232 yards passing. All three of Oklahoma's quarterbacks saw gametime. Joey Halzle followed Bradford in the third quarter and completed four of his five pass attempts. Nichol finished the game, but did not attempt a pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nThe Sooners had 668 yards of total offense against North Texas, the 11th-highest in school history to that point, and 403 passing yards, the fifth-highest in school history to that point. Oklahoma's 482 yards in the first half was the third highest for yardage in a half. Coach Stoops did admit being worried about running up the score. He said, \"Well, we were telling our guys not to score, if they broke free we were telling them to take a knee or something. Their style of play didn\u2019t really help either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nThey got on the line and snapped the ball with 20 or so seconds left on the play clock. I\u2019m not criticizing, I\u2019m just saying that the style of play doesn\u2019t help either.\" Former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer agreed: \"They had no game plan for losing\u2026 Because when you can't win a game, you need to run the clock, don't let it stop, don't throw passes incomplete\u2026 get the game over with, get on the bus and go home.\" Stoops requested a running clock for the fourth quarter, but the request was not granted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0015-0003", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, North Texas\nNorth Texas's coach handled the loss well and held no ill-feelings towards to Sooners for the lopsided win. \"When you play a great team like that, you always have the chances of obviously this happening,\" Dodge said. \"Give credit where credit is due \u2013 a great Oklahoma football team. Um ... Wow! Very, very impressive.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nOklahoma and Miami had only met six times, including this year's matchup. Between 1985 and 1987, Oklahoma was 33\u20133 with all three losses coming to Jimmy Johnson's Miami teams. It began in 1985 when the unranked Miami squad came to Norman to take on Barry Switzer's No. 3 ranked Oklahoma team. The Sooners lost the game 14\u201327, they lost their starting quarterback Troy Aikman to a broken leg, and Miami was propelled to the national stage. The next two times the teams met, OU was ranked No. 1 and Miami #2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nIn 1987, the two teams met in the 1988 Orange Bowl. Again, the Sooners lost. The game is said to have featured more talent than any other game in college football history. In the 1988 NFL Draft, thirteen Oklahoma players and twelve Miami players were drafted including four first rounders and four second rounders. The head coaches of both teams would both go on to coach the Dallas Cowboys and they both remain the only people to ever win a national championship in college football and the Super Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThe Sooners, after moving up a couple spots in both polls, took on Randy Shannon's Miami team in front of a record-breaking 85,357 people at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners were favored to defeat the ACC team by 10 to 11 points. Sam Bradford followed his record-breaking debut with another, completing 19 of his 25 pass attempts for 205 yards and tying the school record for most touchdown passes in a game with five. In addition, he extended his record-tying streak of consecutive pass completions to claim the record for his own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nBradford finished his first game with 18-straight pass completions. He came into his second game with four more straight completions, breaking the old record. Through two games, Bradford had completed 83% of his passes, had as many touchdown passes as incompletions (eight), and was ranked number one in the country for passing efficiency. For his performance, he was named the Walter Camp National Player of the Week and the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nMiami was able to keep the game close in the first half, going into halftime with the Sooners up 21\u201310. In the second quarter, Miami replaced their starting quarterback Kirby Freeman with backup Kyle Wright. Wright led the Hurricanes down the field to their only touchdown of the game. Wright was later pulled and Freeman went back into the game. Wright completed seven of his fourteen passes for 65 yards while Freeman completed three of his nine for seventeen yards. The Sooners pulled away in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThe 51 points Oklahoma scored against the Hurricanes was the most they had given up since 1998. Miami finished with 139 total yards, with 52 of them coming on their lone touchdown drive. Oklahoma cornerback Reggie Smith was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his performance. The Sooners finished with 411 total yards with 295 yards coming through the air and 116 yards on the ground. However, because of a new NCAA rule, a bad snap to the punter which resulted in a loss of 42 yards came off the rushing total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThe Sooners' third game of the season brought in the Utah State Aggies of the Western Athletic Conference, led by head coach Brent Guy. Oklahoma and Utah State had only met three times before with the Sooner winning all three by a combined score of 176\u201324. Utah State came into the game 0-2, but they held 4th quarter leads in both games. Going into the game, the Sooners were favored by about 46\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nUtah State received the kickoff to start the game but were unable to produce a first down. Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford opened the game with eleven straight pass completions including three passes for 30\u00a0yards in the opening drive. The Sooners' touchdown came from a 35-yard rush from wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias. The Sooner defense again stopped Utah State and they again had to punt the ball. On the next Sooner possession, Bradford completed a 48-yard pass to Iglesias and a 27-yard touchdown pass to Malcolm Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nSooner running back Allen Patrick, who had been recovering from an ankle injury during the last two games, scored a touchdown on a 69-yard run in the 2nd quarter. The Aggies were unable to score a touchdown the whole game and their only points came off a field goal by Peter Caldwell late in the 2nd quarter. Halftime came with the Sooners up 38\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nStoops began pulling his starters midway through the 3rd quarter. This move followed a 92-yard touchdown run from DeMarco Murray, the third longest in school history. Oklahoma quarterback Bradford came out of the game at this time after he completed nineteen of his 26\u00a0pass attempts for 255\u00a0yards and three touchdowns. He was replaced at quarterback by Keith Nichol. This was the first time Nichol followed Bradford as Joey Halzle had been the first backup the previous two games. The Sooners added 16\u00a0points in the 3rd quarter and did not score in the 4th quarter. According to Utah State's coach, they just \"weren't good enough.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nThe Sooners, again, accomplished much in this game. Through three games, Oklahoma had scored 184\u00a0points. This set a new school record, breaking the previous record of 179\u00a0points in 1986. They had also won their first three games by 158\u00a0points, the most since 1972 when they outscored their first three opponents by 163\u00a0points. For the second time this season, and the fourth time under Stoops, the Sooners had more than 600\u00a0yards of total offense. Also, for the second time this season and under Stoops, the Sooners had over 400\u00a0yards of offense in a half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nBradford finished the Miami game with ten straight completions, and when combined with his eleven straight to start the game against Utah State, it made it the second longest streak in school history, behind Bradford's own streak of 22. This was Stoops' 50th win at home. Allen Patrick surpassed the 1,000\u00a0yard rushing mark for his career to become the 65th Sooner to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThe Sooners ventured 90 miles east to Tulsa to take on the Golden Hurricane and their new coach, Todd Graham. This was the first time that the two teams came into the game undefeated since 1919 (not including season openers). The Sooners last played the Conference USA-affiliated Golden Hurricane in 2005 in Norman and walked away with a 31\u201315 victory. Oklahoma and Tulsa first played in 1914 and had played 22\u00a0times with the Sooners leading the series, 14-7-1. Tulsa was led by senior quarterback Paul Smith who some considered the best quarterback in the state of Oklahoma, despite the early talk of Sam Bradford's Heisman chances. On September 17, 2007, the Sooners were favored to win by 20\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThe Golden Hurricane came into the game following a high scoring defeat of BYU with a final score of 55\u201347. Both teams combined for over 1,000\u00a0passing yards. However, Tulsa had not defeated a team from an AQ conference since they defeated Oklahoma State in 1998. This was the first Friday game for Oklahoma since it last played at Tulsa in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThe Sooners started the game with the ball, but an early interception \u2013 Bradford's second of the season \u2013 led to an early 7\u20130 Tulsa lead. The Sooners came back in the first quarter and scored two touchdowns on two big plays: a 29-yard run by Allen Patrick and a 46-yard pass to Juaquin Iglesias. The second quarter saw the Sooners widen their lead, even with Tulsa managing to score a touchdown off a 48-yard pass from Tulsa quarterback Paul Smith. The Sooners were ahead at halftime 35\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThe two teams traded touchdowns in the third quarter. Tulsa started the half with the ball and took over five minutes off the clock while driving 81\u00a0yards down the field to score a touchdown. It didn't take that long for the Sooners. Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray took the ensuing kickoff and returned it 81\u00a0yards for the touchdown, and the Sooners shut down the Tulsa offense in the fourth quarter; Tulsa had four drives that combined for negative 12\u00a0yards. Oklahoma brought in many of its backups in the fourth including backup quarterback Joey Halzle and fourth-string running back Mossis Madu. While Oklahoma did score three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, they only attempted two passes (both completions).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nThe Sooner offense continued to dominate their opponents. In their first three games, the Sooners averaged 61\u00a0points per game, making them the highest scoring team in the nation. Against Tulsa, they managed to maintain that average after scoring 62\u00a0points. The Sooners had scored over 50\u00a0points in four games, the first time they had accomplished that since 2003, when they scored over 50\u00a0points against Fresno State, UCLA, Iowa State, and Texas. The Sooners also ranked third nationally in total offense coming into the game, averaging 565\u00a0total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nAgain, the Sooners remained consistent, putting up 553\u00a0yards of total offense against Tulsa. However, Tulsa, ranked fourth nationally in total offense after their first two games, did its damage in the air. Of Tulsa's 398\u00a0total yards, 354 were passing yards. Oklahoma also suffered its first major injury of the season. Starting defensive end John Williams tore his Achilles tendon and was lost for the rest of the season. He later applied for a medical redshirt in hopes of getting a sixth year of eligibility. This was the second injury for Williams in his career at Oklahoma, the first coming when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the first game of the 2005 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nOklahoma opened up their Big 12 schedule on the road with Colorado. Head coach Dan Hawkins was in his second year as head coach of the Buffaloes and was looking to improve on the 2\u201310 record of the last year as well as put an end to OU's five-game winning streak against CU. This was Colorado's Big 12 opener as well as their homecoming. The Buffaloes had lost fourteen consecutive games to ranked opponents, and heading into this one, the Sooners were favored to win by 23 points. Through four games, OU was the highest scoring team in the nation with 61.5\u00a0points per game and had the second-most efficient quarterback with freshman star Sam Bradford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nOklahoma was first to score by capitalizing on a D.J. Wolfe interception returned to the Colorado 11. Sam Bradford connected with Juaquin Iglesias for the 13-yard touchdown. The Buffaloes scored next by driving the ball 70 yards capped off by a 25-yard touchdown rush by Hugh Charles. The Sooners responded 49 seconds later thanks to a 34-yard touchdown run by Allen Patrick. The Sooners added three more off of a 28-yard Garrett Hartley field goal to go into halftime with a 17\u20137 lead. The second half began with a three-and-out by OU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThree plays later, Wolfe made his second interception on Buffalo QB Cody Hawkins and returned it 28 yards to the Colorado 17. On the next play, Patrick ran it in for a TD. These would be the last points scored by the Sooners for the rest of the game. Three drives later, including another three-and-out by OU, Buffalo kicker Kevin Eberhart kicked a 41-yard field goal to make the score 24-10, with OU up by 14. Following the kickoff and a six-yard rush by Patrick, Bradford was intercepted by Colorado defender Ryan Walters at the Colorado 38-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0029-0002", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe fourth quarter began with the Buffaloes on 3rd and goal at the Oklahoma 4. Unable to convert on third down, they went for it on fourth down and made it into the endzone. Four drives later, one ending in a missed field goal by the Buffaloes followed by another interception of Bradford, the Buffaloes scored again, tying the game at 24. After another three-and-out by the Sooners, Colorado's final drive took them from the 50-yard line to the Oklahoma 28, where a 45-yard field goal with two seconds left ran out the clock and gave them the upset over the #3 Oklahoma Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nThe game against the 2007 Texas Longhorns football team marked the 102nd meeting of the AT&T Red River Rivalry, a rivalry that has been called one of the greatest in all of sports. It's the current longest running rivalry for the Longhorns and the second longest for Oklahoma, behind only the Bedlam Series with Oklahoma State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nThis game was listed by CBS Sportsline.com as number six on the list of games to watch during the 2007\u00a0season. \"The annual Red River Shootout in Dallas will once again feature two top-ten teams with the winner being the front-runner for not only a Big 12 title but a factor in the national title picture. The game will also feature one of the best match-ups of the year with Limas Sweed and Billy Pittman of the Longhorns facing against Oklahoma's excellent secondary.\" However, the matchup was hurt when both teams suffered unexpected losses the week before. The last time both teams entered the game after a loss was 1999. The morning of the Red River Rivalry, oddsmakers favored Oklahoma to win by 12\u201313\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nThe game was a back-and-forth affair that was ultimately won by Oklahoma 28\u201321. Oklahoma's Sam Bradford was 21\u2013of\u201332 for 244\u00a0yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. UT's Colt McCoy was 19\u2013of\u201326 for 324\u00a0yards and two\u00a0touchdowns. McCoy threw one interception and Jamaal Charles lost a fumble inside the Oklahoma 5 yard-line on what would have most likely been a touchdown scoring run. The Sooners did not commit any turnovers. The Longhorns ended the game with 385\u00a0total yards to the Sooners 414.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nThe Oklahoma defense held Texas to 61\u00a0rushing yards, their lowest total of the season (their previous low was 117 against Arkansas State). Cornerback Reggie Smith was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his defensive performance against Texas. It was the second time Smith had received this honor that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nThe match was highlighted by the play of a few notable Sooners including freshman running back DeMarco Murray, wide receivers Juaquin Iglesias and Malcolm Kelly, and quarterback Sam Bradford. Murray finished the game with 128\u00a0yards on 17\u00a0carries including a 65-yard touchdown run. Kelly caught five passes for 105\u00a0yards including a 41-yard catch that led to an Oklahoma touchdown and a game winning 35\u00a0yard touchdown catch. Iglesias finished with six catches for 99\u00a0yards even though two of his catches were counted as laterals. Bradford led the Sooner offense against Texas for the first time. Kelly made note of Bradford's demeanor: \"His demeanor never changes. Never looks happy, never looks sad. That's just Sam.\" Bradford led the Sooners on an 84-yard touchdown drive in the 1st quarter and a 94-yard touchdown drive in the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 920]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas (Red River Rivalry)\nWith the loss, Texas opened conference play 0\u20132 for the first time since 1956, when they were in the Southwest Conference and one year before Darrell Royal became head coach of the Longhorns. The win kept the Sooners in position to win the South Division of the Big 12 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nAfter three games away from home, the Sooners returned to Norman to take on Gary Pinkel's undefeated Missouri Tigers in front of 85,041 fans. The Tigers were picked by some in the preseason to win the Big 12 North. Coming into the game, the Sooners were 16\u20131 against Missouri since 1984 including a 26\u201310 win the past season. The crew of ESPN's College GameDay made a visit to Norman, adding to the meaning of this Homecoming bout. The Tigers entered the game ranked 11 in both polls, their highest ranking since 1981. The game matched the two highest ranked teams in the Big 12 at the time and was a preview of the Big 12 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe Tigers came into the game with a Heisman-hopeful quarterback, Chase Daniel, and Jeremy Maclin, the nation's leader in all-purpose yardage (Maclin originally committed to Oklahoma but decommitted and went to Missouri). Daniel broke Missouri's record for passing in a single season in 2006 when he threw for 3,527\u00a0yards. He was also a run threat averaging 38\u00a0yards per game on the ground. However, the Tigers were without their leader rusher, Tony Temple, who was out with a sprained ankle. On the Oklahoma side, Sam Bradford again came into the game as the nation's top-rated passer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe game started rough for Oklahoma. Missouri received the ball first but did not cross midfield and was forced to punt the ball to Oklahoma. Bradford completed his first pass to Juaquin Iglesias but Iglesias lost the ball turning it over to Missouri at Oklahoma's 38\u00a0yard line. Missouri ran four passing plays and two rushes and scored the first touchdown of the game. Oklahoma answered on their next possession, running 12\u00a0plays and driving 64\u00a0yards for the tying touchdown. Garrett Hartley added a 28-yard field goal late in the 1st quarter to give the Sooners the lead. Bradford extended Oklahoma's lead in the 2nd quarter on pass completions of 30, 21, and 30\u00a0yards, the final one being a touchdown pass to tight end Jermaine Gresham. Missouri added a field goal to close out the 1st half bringing the Tigers within a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 896]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nOn Oklahoma's first possession of the second half, running back Chris Brown rushed for a touchdown but a failed PAT brought the score to 23\u201310 in Oklahoma's favor. On the very next drive, Missouri went 68\u00a0yards for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff to Oklahoma, returner Juaquin Iglesias fumbled the ball and Missouri recovered on Oklahoma's 46\u00a0yard line. Another Missouri touchdown gave the Tigers the lead 24\u201323. The Sooners answered on their next possession with another rushing touchdown from Chris Brown. The Sooners attempted a two-point conversion but failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0038-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nOn Missouri's next possession, Daniel attempted a handoff to Maclin but a miscommunication led to a fumble which was picked up by Oklahoma's Curtis Lofton and returned for a touchdown. Another failed two-point conversion led to a score of 35\u201324 in favor of Oklahoma. Another Sooner touchdown in the 4th quarter gave Oklahoma a 41\u201324 lead. Missouri had a late 4th quarter drive which resulted in a touchdown and a final score of 41\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri amassed 418\u00a0total yards to Oklahoma's 384. 361 of those Missouri yards game through the air compared to Oklahoma's 266. Both teams averaged 7.4\u00a0yards per pass attempt. The Sooners managed 118\u00a0yards on the ground while they held the Tigers to just 57. Both teams struggled to hold onto the ball. Oklahoma finished with two turnovers, both from Juaquin Iglesias, while Missouri had four, one fumble and three interceptions. Bradford finished the game completing 24 of his 34 passes with two touchdowns and no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nChris Brown led the team on the ground with 67\u00a0rushing yards, 5.2\u00a0yards per attempt and three touchdowns. Lofton was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the game which included one fumble recovery returned for a touchdown, seven solo tackles and eleven assisted tackles. It was the third time an Oklahoma defensive player had received the award in seven weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nGoing back on the road, the Sooners traveled to Ames, Iowa to take on first year head coach Gene Chizik and his Iowa State Cyclones. Chizik previously served on the coaching staff of the Texas Longhorns, so he was familiar with Oklahoma. However, history was on Oklahoma's side. Going into the game, the Sooners were an overall 66\u20135\u20132 against the Cyclones with only two of those losses coming in Ames (1928 and 1960).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe game nearly went against the Sooners. Oklahoma went three-and-out on their opening possession. On their next possession, Allen Patrick fumbled the ball, turning it over to Iowa State on Oklahoma's 20\u00a0yard line. Iowa State converted for a touchdown taking the early lead. It was a defensive struggle for the rest of the first half with neither team scoring. Iowa State had a couple chances to extend their lead, but the OU defense stood strong. The Cyclones missed a 36-yard field goal and the Sooner's defense stopped Iowa State on a 4th down play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nOklahoma tied the game in the third quarter on a drive that lasted over four minutes. The Sooners took the lead with another touchdown on a drive that started in the third quarter and ended in the fourth. Garrett Hartley added a field goal with less than two minutes remaining to put the Sooners up by 10\u00a0points and secure the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Sooners, coming off of a bye week, took on Texas A&M led by fifth year head coach Dennis Franchione. During his tenure at Oklahoma, Bob Stoops had compiled a 7\u20131 record for games played directly after a bye week. The Aggies' trips to Norman had been unkind ever since Stoops took over in 1999. Stoops' teams had combined to score 144\u00a0points in three games to Texas A&M's 40\u00a0points including the 77\u20130 victory in 2003. In 2006, however, the Sooners escaped College Station with a one-point victory. In addition, Aggie running back Mike Goodson ran for a career record 127\u00a0yards against the Sooners tough run defense. In CBS Sports' weekly \"Expert Picks\", all five reporters chose Oklahoma to win. Two days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored OU to win by 21\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Sooners got on the board first late in the first quarter when Texas A&M's punt returner Roger Holland muffed the punt and Oklahoma recovered at the 33\u00a0yard line. Sam Bradford completed a pass to tight end Jermaine Gresham for the first touchdown of the game. The Aggies went three-and-out in their next possession and Oklahoma began their next drive on their own 39\u00a0yard line. The first quarter ended in the middle of an Oklahoma drive. Bradford completed another pass to Gresham for a touchdown to open the second quarter. The two teams traded possessions for several series. Late in the second quarter, Aggie Keondra Smith fumbled the ball and Oklahoma recovered. The Sooners went on a 68-yard drive ending with Bradford completing a pass to Chris Brown for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 839]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Aggies opened the third quarter with the ball but went three-and-out. Oklahoma followed suit. On the Aggie's next possession, kicker Matt Szymanski missed a 45-yard field goal. Halfway through the third quarter, Oklahoma began their drive on their own 17\u00a0yard line with an 18-yard rush by DeMarco Murray that was followed a couple plays later by a 45\u00a0pass to Malcolm Kelly. The Sooners finished the drive with another touchdown pass to Gresham to take a 35-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nTexas A&M scored their first points on an 80-yard drive that began in the third quarter and ended in the fourth. Oklahoma answered with their final touchdown of the game on the ensuing possession while also taking over eight\u00a0minutes off the clock. The Aggies added seven more points with less than a minute to go in the game to bring the final score to 42\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nIt was another big game for freshman quarterback Bradford but it was also a big game for sophomore tight end Jermaine Gresham. Gresham tied a school record by catching four touchdown passes in a single game. Also, for the second time this season, Bradford tied the school record for most touchdown passes in a game with five. Oklahoma added a new feature to its offensive playbook when running back DeMarco Murray was in the quarterback position for five plays. Stoops said this is \"something we're going to keep working with.\" However, the Sooners did lose a key player to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nAuston English, who led the Big 12 in sacks, left the game in the second quarter to what was later found to be a hairline fracture in his ankle. In the days following the game, it was reported by ESPN that Texas A&M head coach Franchione had possibly reached a settlement with the university that would have him leave the university at the end of the season. However, other sources still said that Franchione would be evaluated at the end of the season and no settlement was being discussed. Immediately following Texas A&M's final regular season game against rival Texas, Franchione announced he was stepping down. School sources said he accepted a buyout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nOn November 10, Guy Morriss brought his Baylor Bears to Norman to take on the Sooners. The Sooners had never lost to the Bears, going 16\u20130 since the first game between the two teams in 1901 (with the second game being in 1973). In 2006, the Sooners held the Bears to \u221248\u00a0yards total rushing. However, the last time the Bears were in Norman, they took the Sooners to double overtime before Oklahoma finally pulled out the win. Under Bob Stoops, the Sooners had outscored the Bears 287\u201376.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Bears got the early leap on the Sooners. Running back Brandon Whitaker scored on a 46-yard touchdown run halfway through the first quarter to put the Bears up 7\u20130. The Sooners responded on their next possession. The Sooners started on their own 28\u00a0yard line and capped the drive off with a 25-yard touchdown run from DeMarco Murray. Baylor went three and out on their next possession and gave the ball back to Oklahoma on the Oklahoma 49\u00a0yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Sooners only needed one play to score again and that came on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Sam Bradford to Malcolm Kelly. On their next drive, Baylor drove to Oklahoma's 21\u00a0yard line, was forced to settle for a field goal, then missed. On the next possession, Bradford connected with tight end Jermaine Gresham for a 43-yard pass that set up a one-yard touchdown run for Murray. Late in the 2nd quarter, Baylor quarterback Blake Szymanski threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Thomas White to bring the score to 21\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0048-0002", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nOn the ensuing kickoff, returner Murray let the ball roll past him before he picked it up near the 10\u00a0yard line. He managed to shed tacklers and get to the outside and to return the kickoff 91\u00a0yards for a touchdown and bring the score to 28\u201314 before going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Sooners started with the ball in the third quarter and quickly converted. Bradford connected with Joe John Finley for a 21-yard gain and Manuel Johnson on a 60-yard touchdown pass to give Oklahoma the 21\u00a0point advantage. Oklahoma further extended the lead later in the third with another touchdown. Baylor responded with a 42-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead back to 42\u201321. On the Sooners' next possession, Garrett Hartley added three points on a field goal. Late in the fourth quarter, Oklahoma added the final seven points when Murray rushed for a 21-yard touchdown run to bring the final score to 52\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nAgain, the Oklahoma freshman stole the show. Quarterback Sam Bradford finished the game connecting 21 of his 26 passes for 353\u00a0yards and three touchdowns. The performance put him back atop the passing efficiency standings where he spent most of the early season. His passing efficiency for the season through Baylor was 180.4, ahead of Florida's Tim Tebow at 177.1. DeMarco Murray scored four touchdowns and averaged over seven yards on his 13\u00a0rushing attempts. Murray was also named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for his accomplishments. However, the Baylor offense also performed better than expected. The Sooners' ninth-ranked defense allowed Baylor to gain 450\u00a0yards of total offense. Baylor running back Brandon Whitaker (from Edmond, Oklahoma) had 15\u00a0carries for 149\u00a0yards and 10\u00a0catches for 68\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 881]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Sooners travel led to Lubbock, Texas, to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders and head coach Mike Leach for the Sooners' final road game of the regular season and Texas Tech's final game of the regular season. The Sooners led this series 11\u20133 since the first game was played in 1992. In the last game between the two in 2006, the Sooners trailed 24\u201310 late in the second quarter but went on to score 24 unanswered points to win 34\u201324. Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelly also tied a school record with 11 receptions in that game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe game started well for Oklahoma against Tech's pass-happy offense. After starting at their own 20-yard line, Tech's quarterback Graham Harrell completed four straight passes to bring them to midfield. On the fifth play, Harrell's pass was intercepted by Lendy Holmes and returned for a touchdown to give Oklahoma the early lead. Tech answered on their next two possessions with two field goals to cut Oklahoma's lead to one\u00a0point. On Oklahoma's first offensive play, quarterback Sam Bradford handed the ball off to Allen Patrick who immediately fumbled. Bradford made the tackle on the Tech player but suffered a concussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0052-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nBradford did not show any immediate signs as he played on the ensuing Oklahoma possession, but he later told quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel that he did not remember any of the plays from the previous drive and as a result was benched for the remainder of the game, replaced by backup Joey Halzle. Following Tech's two field goals, they scored a touchdown on each of their next three possessions. Late in the second quarter, Tech fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Oklahoma. Oklahoma was unable to score a touchdown but managed a field goal with less than ten seconds remaining in the first half. Texas Tech went into halftime with a 27\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nUnlike the first quarter, the third quarter did not start well for the Sooners. The Sooners went three-and-out and Tech answered with another touchdown. On the Sooners' next possession, they ran six rushing plays against three passing plays and made another field goal. Tech missed a 51-yard field goal on their next possession. The two teams traded possessions for the remainder of the third quarter. Oklahoma went three-and-out; Tech got a first down on the first play, then went three-and-out. Tech intercepted Halzle on the next possession and Oklahoma responded with their own interception on the next play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0053-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nHalzle began to click midway through the fourth quarter, but by then it was too late. Halzle completed a 65-yard touchdown pass to Manuel Johnson with less than eight minutes remaining to make it a two-possession game. Oklahoma got to the Tech seven-yard line on their next possession but failed to convert. On their following possession, they got to the Tech 14-yard line but again failed to convert.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0053-0002", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nWith less than a minute left in the game, Halzle completed a 47-yard pass to Juaquin Iglesias that set up a 9-yard touchdown pass to Johnson to bring the Sooners within seven points. The Sooners attempted an onside kick with 20\u00a0seconds remaining but Tech got the ball and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThis was a game of injuries for Oklahoma. Besides Bradford, DeMarco Murray suffered a dislocated kneecap which ended his season. Adron Tennell suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and was out the remainder of the season. Alan Davis sustained either a concussion or major \"stinger\" and missed the next game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Sooners struggled offensively under Halzle for the first three quarters. Halzle showed improvement in the fourth quarter, when he completed 13 of 22 passes for 230\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Oklahoma still managed 408\u00a0yards of total offense, not far from Tech's 473. Oklahoma kept Tech below their season averages in both points and total yards. Tech quarterback Harrell finished the game completing 47 of his 72 pass attempts for 420\u00a0yards. He became the sixth NCAA Division I FBS quarterback to pass for more than 5,000\u00a0yards in a season. Oklahoma linebacker Curtis Lofton also set a school record for eight games with 10 or more tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThe end of the regular season brought in-state rival Oklahoma State to Norman. This rivalry, referred to as Bedlam, encompasses all sports with football being at the top. The rivalry is the most lopsided series in the nation featuring two teams from the same state with Oklahoma leading the series 78\u201316\u20137 going into the game. Oklahoma had won 94% of the matches when ranked higher than Oklahoma State. However, the games had a tendency to remain close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0056-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nUnder Bob Stoops, four of the seven games had been decided by six points or less and Oklahoma State was the only Big 12 team to had beaten Oklahoma at home under Stoops. Both teams in this matchup were missing key players. Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray was injured in the previous game and was out for the season. Oklahoma State's top receiver Adarius Bowman also suffered a knee injury in an earlier game and would also miss the Bedlam match. However, Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford was able to come back after sustaining a concussion in the previous game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nOklahoma began the game with the ball and capitalized quickly. On the opening kickoff, Juaquin Iglesias returned the ball 47\u00a0yards to the 50\u00a0yard line. The Sooners relied on the running game throughout the entire game. The Sooners worked their way towards the endzone with nine plays, seven rushing and two passing, to take the early lead. Oklahoma State went three-and-out on their first possession and Oklahoma began their next possession on their own 42\u00a0yard line. This time, it only took Oklahoma six plays, all rushing, to get back in the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThis included a 41-yard run by Allen Patrick. Oklahoma State had more success on their next possession. Beginning on their own 13\u00a0yard line, the Cowboys drove the 87\u00a0yards on 13\u00a0plays to get seven\u00a0points of their own on the board. Oklahoma answered with another touchdown on their next possession which included a 32-yard run for Patrick. The Sooner defense was tested on the next possession. Again, the Cowboys started deep in their own territory. They drove nearly 60\u00a0yards to Oklahoma's 13\u00a0yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0057-0002", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nOn the next play, the Cowboys got the first down when Dantrell Savage ran for 12\u00a0yards before being tackled at Oklahoma's one-yard line. Oklahoma State tried three\u00a0rushing plays up the middle but were stuffed by Oklahoma's defense. On the fourth attempt, rather than kick a field goal, the Cowboy offense tried one last time to get in the endzone. Rather than run straight up the middle as they had tried the previous three times, quarterback Zac Robinson rushed to the right but was tackled by Curtis Lofton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0057-0003", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThe ball popped loose and Oklahoma's D.J. Wolfe recovered it and was tackled at the Oklahoma 13\u00a0yard line. Oklahoma followed with another touchdown that saw Bradford's two longest pass of the first half \u2013 a 24-yard throw to Jermaine Gresham and another of the same distance to Iglesias. Bradford completed a two-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jon Finley, his 30th touchdown pass of the season. That pass broke the NCAA record for most touchdown passes for a freshman quarterback. The previous record was set in 1998 by Nevada's David Neill and tied in 2006 by Texas's Colt McCoy. Oklahoma State managed to score a field goal in the closing seconds of the first half. Oklahoma had scored a touchdown on every possession in the first half to give them a 28\u201310 lead going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nOklahoma State began the second half with the ball. The Cowboys managed to get to Oklahoma's 23\u00a0yard line but had to settle for a field goal attempt. The 40\u00a0yard attempt by Dan Bailey hit the goal post and bounced to the ground. The Sooner's next possession saw Bradford make an uncharacteristic mistake. Bradford's pass was intercepted and returned 23\u00a0yards to Oklahoma's one-yard line. The defense was unable to stop this one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0058-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nAfter being set back five\u00a0yards on a penalty, Savage rushed up the middle on the first play to get the touchdown and put the Cowboys within 11\u00a0points halfway through the third quarter. But the Oklahoma defense did not allow an Oklahoma State first down for the rest of the game. The Sooners, meanwhile, went on to score three more touchdowns on their next three possessions. The Sooners received the ball for the last time with 5:37 left on the clock but drained the clock, ending the game with a final score of 49\u201317 in favor of the Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nThe Sooners managed to hold a team averaging nearly 500\u00a0yards per game to 299\u00a0total yards. Oklahoma State was also averaging 271\u00a0yards per game in the air but were held to a season-low 104\u00a0yards. Running back Allen Patrick ran for a career-best 202\u00a0yards after coming off his worst game of his career against Texas Tech. Sam Bradford completed 11 of his 15 pass attempts for 150\u00a0yards and added four touchdown passes to his total which then stood at 32. The four TD passes he threw was the same amount of incompletions he threw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0059-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)\nLinebacker Curtis Lofton was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his performance which included nine tackles and a forced fumble. With the win, the Sooners won the Big 12 South division title outright and secured their spot in the Big 12 Championship game which was played the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 83], "content_span": [84, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nThe Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome for the third time; it previously hosted the game in 1997 and 1999. This was Oklahoma's sixth appearance in the game, more than any other conference member. The Tigers were guaranteed a spot in the BCS National Championship Game with a win over the Sooners. The two teams had previously met in Norman, where Oklahoma defeated Missouri 41\u201331. The crew of College GameDay previewed the matchup in front of the Alamo. The GameDay crew had featured the earlier Oklahoma-Missouri game as well. Even though this game was on a neutral field and Missouri had their star running back Tony Temple (who was injured for the first meeting), the #1 Tigers were 3-point underdogs to the eighth-ranked Sooners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nThe game started out slowly, with a series of punts by both teams. On Missouri's third possession, a combination of Chase Daniel passes and Tony Temple rushes carried the Tigers down to the Oklahoma 11\u00a0yard drive, where the Sooners' defense stepped up and forced a 28-yard Jeff Wolfert field goal. On the ensuing kickoff, Oklahoma's Allen Patrick returned the ball to the OU 33\u00a0yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nA couple of Sam Bradford passes combined with a Chris Brown rush found the Sooners at 2nd and 7 on their own 46-yard line, when Bradford connected with Malcolm Kelly for a 47-yard gain. Oklahoma ran two plays that served to move the ball to the 5\u00a0yard line before time expired in the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nOn the first play of the second quarter, Chris Brown ran into the endzone for a Sooner touchdown. Garrett Hartley punched in the extra point to make it 7\u20133, Oklahoma. Missouri then put together a 14\u00a0play drive, but failed to score a touchdown. They had the ball, first and goal, at the Oklahoma 9. Daniel chose to keep the ball and ran it up the middle for an apparent score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0062-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nHowever, the officials ruled that when his knee touched the ground, the ball had not broken the plane of the goal line, and the ball was spotted at the 1\u00a0yard line. The Sooners' defense then kept the Tigers out of the endzone, ultimately forcing another Wolfert field goal. The score at this point was 7\u20136, Oklahoma. The Sooners got the ball but could not do anything with it, punting it away from the 50-yard line. Missouri promptly threw three incomplete passes and punted it back to Oklahoma, where it went out of bounds at the 50.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0062-0002", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nOklahoma passed its way into the redzone on this drive, and then rushed their way into the endzone, ending with a 2-yard play by Chris Brown for the score. Hartley's extra point was good, making the score 14\u20136, Oklahoma. With 3:06 left in the half, Mizzou pressed down the field, aided by a pass to Martin Rucker for 13\u00a0yards, to which an Oklahoma 15\u00a0yard facemask penalty was added. The Tigers ended up on the Oklahoma 4\u00a0yard line, where Missouri set up for the pass, spreading the Sooners' defense out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0062-0003", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nThis let Chase Daniel easily jog across the goal line for a touchdown. The Tigers decided to go for a two-point conversion and the tie, rather than attempt the almost sure kick and trail by one at the half. The play was a double reverse; Jeremy Maclin ended up with the ball and passed it to Martin Rucker, who was wide open in the endzone. Oklahoma got the ball back with 5 seconds on the clock and took a knee, ending the first half with a score of 14\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nThe teams exchanged punts to start off the third quarter. Missouri pushed down to the Oklahoma 25\u00a0before a sack and a penalty pushed them out of field goal range and forced them to give up the ball. Oklahoma then completed a 7\u00a0play, 80\u00a0yard drive culminating in a 4-yard Allen Patrick touchdown. Hartley's extra point made the score 21\u201314, Oklahoma. On Mizzou's next possession, Daniel threw the ball on 2nd and 1. The ball was tipped and Curtis Lofton of the Sooners caught it, running it back to the Missouri 7\u00a0yard line. This set up a pass to Jermaine Gresham for the touchdown. The PAT made it 28\u201314 in favor of the Sooners. Missouri was setting up a drive toward the Sooners' endzone when the third quarter ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nMissouri started off the fourth quarter with an incomplete pass that made it 4th and goal at the Oklahoma 15. Wolfert made his third field goal of the game to make the score 28\u201317, Oklahoma. The Sooners then drove down the field and, after a couple of redzone plays, Bradford found Joe Jon Finley for the touchdown. Hartley went to 5 of 5 on the night, making the score 35\u201317, Oklahoma. At this point, the West Virginia Mountaineers had just lost their game to the Pittsburgh Panthers, meaning that the top two teams were in danger of losing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0064-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)\nMissouri took the ball and quickly went three-and-out. The Sooners put together a drive in which every play that advanced the ball was a run (Bradford had one incomplete pass), eating over six minutes off of the clock. Oklahoma couldn't get the ball across the goal line, though, and Hartley kicked the 26\u00a0yard field goal to make the score 38\u201317, Sooners. Missouri went three-and-out on their final possession and Oklahoma ran out the clock to win the game. This was Oklahoma's 41st conference championship and fifth Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma won each of their five titles with a different quarterback and is the first and only team in the Big 12 to win consecutive titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason\nAs the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Duke Robinson was named a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award, given to the nation's best lineman. He was one of 12\u00a0athletes recognized. Jermaine Gresham was named one of eight semifinalists for the John Mackey Award for the best tight end. Sam Bradford was named a finalist for the Manning Award, given to the nation's best quarterback. Gerald McCoy was named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year. Oklahoma also had six players make the All-Conference First Team (the most of any school), six players on the All-Conference Second Team and seven players on the All-Conference Honorable Mention (these selections are made by the 12 [now 10] coaches in the league):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 858]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason\nDuke Robinson and Curtis Lofton became Oklahoma's 143rd and 144th All-American when they were voted to the first team by the various NCAA-sanctioned organizations such as American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America and both were named consensus All-Americans by the NCAA. Curtis Lofton was also named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the AP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0066-0001", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason\nSam Bradford and Gerald McCory were named to College Football News's Freshman All-America First Team with Bradford also being named Offensive Freshman of the Year while Jermaine Gresham and DeMarcus Granger were named to CFN's Sophomore All-America First Team. Bradford was also named as freshman of the year by The Sporting News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192530-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, 2008 NFL Draft\nThe 2008 NFL Draft was held on April 26\u201327, 2008 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192531-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team\nThe 2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma and were coached by Mike Gundy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192531-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, 2007 team players in the NFL\nNo one from the Cowboys was selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 71], "content_span": [72, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192532-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma state budget\nThe Oklahoma State Budget for Fiscal Year 2007, was a spending request by Governor Brad Henry to fund government operations for July 1, 2006\u2013June 30, 2007. Governor Henry and legislative leader approved the budget in May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192532-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma state budget\nFigures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007, which must be authorized by the Legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192532-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Revenue\nTax revenue for Fiscal Year 2007 was $6.5 billion, up 13% from FY2006 levels of $5.75 billion. All revenue of the fiscal year 2007 was $6.65 billion, up 11.5% from FY2006 levels of $5.96 billion. The breakdown is as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192532-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Revenue\nThe Governor's budget called for $17.4 million in tax cuts, including the follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192532-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Spending\nThe Governor's budget for Fiscal Year 2007 totaled $6.64 billion in spending, an increase of 12% over Fiscal Year 2006 levels of $5.95 billion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2006. The budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192532-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Appropriations\nThe Oklahoma Legislature approved total appropriations for fiscal year 2007 of $6.56 billion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to the Governor's budget. The final appropriations are broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192533-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the Council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192534-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team\nThe 2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was Ed Orgeron's third and final season as head coach of the football team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192534-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Previous season\nIn 2006, Ole Miss finished with a 4\u20138 record and finished second to last in the SEC West. Ole Miss's only conference wins came against Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, and they suffered blowout losses against the likes of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Wake Forest. The Rebels did not qualify for a bowl game, but they hoped to improve in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192534-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Schedule\nOle Miss opened the season against non-conference and longtime rival Memphis and played their home opener against Big 12 opponent Missouri. Ole Miss travelled to Vanderbilt, Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi State. The Rebels hosted SEC opponents Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and LSU. The Rebels also played host to Northwestern State and hosted Louisiana Tech for their homecoming game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192535-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Omani Federation Cup\nThe 2007 Omani Federation Cup was the first edition of a pre-season football competition held in Oman and was also known as Oman FA Cup. The competition started on 10 May 2007 and finished on 24 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192535-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Omani Federation Cup\nThe competition featured of two groups of 4 teams, with the top two advancing to the semi-final stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192535-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Omani Federation Cup\nThe competition featured the top eight clubs playing in the top flight in the 2006\u201307 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192536-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Omani general election\nGeneral elections were held in Oman on 27 October 2007, for advisory Consultative Assembly of Oman. Political parties are banned in Oman, so all the candidates ran as independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192536-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Omani general election, Data\nAbout 390,000 people were eligible to vote for the 632 candidates (among them 21 women) standing for 84 mandates in 61 districts. Shortly before the election one candidate died, leaving only 631 candidates. For the first time, all women and men over the age of 21 were enfranchised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 33], "content_span": [34, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192536-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Omani general election, Results\nOne candidate was nominated rather than elected, as he had no opponent. Women lost two seats they won in the previous election at the capital. Generally, candidates who emphasized their professional and educational background lost, while those who mainly campaigned based on their tribal and family ties received more votes. Many candidates stated the goal for the assembly was becoming a true legislative chamber and increasing its influence. Voter turnout was 62.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192537-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Omloop Het Volk\nThe 62nd edition of Omloop Het volk cycling event was held on 3 March 2007. The race was won by Italian rider Filippo Pozzato in a five-man sprint before Juan Antonio Flecha and Tom Boonen. It was ranked a 1.HC event of the 2006\u201307 UCI Europe Tour. The edition marked the last time the race finished in Lokeren before it moved back to Ghent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192538-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Omloop Het Volk \u2013 Women's race\nThe 2007 Omloop Het Volk \u2013 Women's race took place on 18 March 2007. It was the 2nd women's edition of the Omloop Het Volk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192539-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Omloop van Borsele\nThe 2007 Omloop van Borsele was the 6th running of the Omloop van Borsele, a single-day women's cycling race. It was held on 12 May 2007 over a distance of 120 kilometres (74.6 miles) in 's-Heerenhoek, the Netherlands. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192539-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Omloop van Borsele\nMarianne Vos won the 2007 Omloop van Borsele in a sprint of Regina Bruins. Ellen van Dijk finished third by winning the side by side sprint of Roxane Knetemann at 1' 18\" of Vos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192540-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ondo State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Ondo State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Ondo State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Olusegun Agagu won the election, defeating Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192540-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ondo State gubernatorial election, Results\nOlusegun Agagu from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Olusegun Mimiko from the Labour Party. Registered voters was 1,356,779.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192541-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial\nThe 2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the 15th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It took place between September 20 and 22, 2007 at the Ondrej Nepela Ice Rink. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz. The competition is named for 1972 Olympic gold medalist Ondrej Nepela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192542-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2007 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 22-28 at the Dixie Curling Club in Mississauga, Ontario. Krista Scharf's rink from Thunder Bay, Ontario won their second straight provincial title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum\nAn Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, on the question of whether to establish a mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The vote was strongly in favour of the existing plurality voting or first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background\nCurrently, Ontario elects Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) using the single member plurality, or first-past-the-post (FPTP), system. In this system, each voter gives one vote to a candidate in an electoral district; the candidate with the most votes wins. In most cases, the party with the most elected candidates is asked to form a government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background\nThe initiative to reform this system was first proposed in 2001 by the Liberal Party opposition leader of the time, Dalton McGuinty. The impetus for the proposal was at least in part the experience of the province with two successive majority governments elected in three consecutive elections with less than 50% of the popular vote, the NDP from 1990-95 under Bob Rae (elected in 1990 with only 38% of the popular vote), and the Conservatives, twice elected with 45% of the vote in 1995 and 1999 under Mike Harris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background\nWhen the Harris government enacted sweeping changes in public services, a feeling developed that both of these governments lacked a sufficient democratic mandate to justify the extent of such changes. The Liberals won a landslide majority of their own in October 2003, winning 70% of the seats with 45% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background\nOn November 18, 2004, Premier McGuinty announced that a citizens\u2019 assembly would be established to examine the FPTP electoral system and recommend possible changes to be voted upon by referendum in the next provincial election. Enabling legislation to implement these measures \u2014the Election Amendment Act, 2005\u2014 received Royal Assent on June 13, 2005. It included provisions for Elections Ontario to select volunteers for a Citizens\u2019 Assembly on Electoral Reform. An all-party Committee on Electoral Reform was also created to consider and report on options for electoral reform. Its report was submitted in November 2005. It included a number of recommendations and defined the Citizen's Assembly's mandate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background\nThe Ontario Citizen's Assembly was modeled primarily on the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform established as the first of its kind in 2002, leading up to the British Columbia referendum in 2005. It was composed of 103 members, one from each of Ontario's existing ridings, including 51 women, 51 men, and one native member. Its deliberations began in September 2006 and ended with the Assembly's final meeting on April 28, 2007. Proceedings included a learning phase as members learned about the strengths and weaknesses of different electoral systems, a period of public consultations, and a \"deliberative\" phase during which the Assembly came to a consensus on its recommendations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 52], "content_span": [53, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system\nThe Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform proposed a mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Although there exist slightly different variants of MMP, the model proposed for Ontario by the Citizen's Assembly was designed with simplicity and practicality in mind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 82], "content_span": [83, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea\nAs is usually the case in MMP systems, each voter would cast two votes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea\nThe local member would be elected according to the usual FPTP mechanism. These members would represent the electoral district, as in the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea\nHowever, there would also be a number of \"list seats.\" The second ballot would be used to determine what share of total seats (local + list) should be proportionately assigned to each party to ensure proportionality of the overall result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea\nThe proposed Legislature would have 129 seats consisting of 90 local members (70% of the Legislature) and 39 list members (30% of the Legislature). The conventions as to which party is asked to form a government would remain unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The use of party lists\nList members would be chosen according to a ranked list of candidates proposed by each party before the election. In the Assembly's proposal, there would be only one such list per party for the whole province, as opposed to several regional lists, and it could include candidates also running for office locally. If a candidate for a list member seat had already been elected locally by the time that list seats were being allocated, that candidate's name would simply be passed over in favour of the next candidate on that party list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 106], "content_span": [107, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The largest remainder issue\nThe number of seats won by a party would be calculated by multiplying a party's share of the party vote by the total number of seats in the province. As this multiplication would not automatically yield a round number, the fractional part would be allocated in favour of the party or parties with the largest fractions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 111], "content_span": [112, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The largest remainder issue\nFor example, if there were four parties with party votes yielding 45.43, 31.54, 24.76 and 5.27 seats respectively for a total of 107, the initial allocation without the fractions would be 45, 31, 24 and 5, for a total of 105 seats so far. This would leave two seats to be allocated on the basis of fractions; in this example, these seats would go to the second and third parties. The final tally of seats would thus be 45, 32, 25 and 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 111], "content_span": [112, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The largest remainder issue\nThis approach to allocating the fractional seats is called the largest remainder method. The result is as close to proportionality as possible using a simple method given the need to allocate the fractional seats in some way. However it is not necessarily as close as that from the more complex Sainte-Lague method used for New Zealand's MMP system, given that unlike the latter formula the largest remainder method may result in the so-called Apportionment paradox in allocating seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 111], "content_span": [112, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The Allocation of list members seats\nSince the number of local seats is established by the election results at the local level, what remains to be done is to fill in the difference with the required number of list member seats for each party. In the above example, if the first party had won 39 local seats, they would now be allocated 6 more seats from the list, for a total of 45 as determined by their share of the party vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 120], "content_span": [121, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, No balance seats for overhang\nA particular situation that could arise, though rarely, is that a party might win more local seats than it would normally be allowed in total based on its share of the party vote. This excess of seats is called an \"overhang\" and in some systems, a form of compensation is made for this by adding \"balance seats\" to the other parties. The Assembly did not allow for balance seats, accepting instead that the system would be slightly less proportional in such cases (see the article \"Overhang seat\", section \"Dealing with overhang seats\" for the alternative method that was proposed).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 113], "content_span": [114, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold\nOn June 20, 2007, the Ontario Democratic Renewal Secretariat announced that cabinet had decided on the following wording of the referendum question:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold\nWhich electoral system should Ontario use to elect members to the provincial legislature? / Quel syst\u00e8me \u00e9lectoral l\u2019Ontario devrait-il utiliser pour \u00e9lire les d\u00e9put\u00e9s provinciaux \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold\nThis approach to wording the question was subtly more neutral than that adopted in the 2005 referendum in British Columbia in two ways:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold\nTo pass, the alternative system required 60% support across the board, and at least 50% support in 64 of the 107 (60% of total) ridings. If successful, the new government would have proposed and passed a new law for MMP by December 31, 2008. and the resolution would have been in effect in any subsequent election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold\nThe referendum was held on October 10, concurrently with the 2007 provincial election, which provided for a separate referendum ballot with the referendum question.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 75], "content_span": [76, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign\nThe Ontario Citizens' Assembly recommended that a comprehensive, well-funded public education program, be undertaken to assist voters with their decision, beginning in May 2007 (right after it released its final report) and continuing through to the referendum in October. The Assembly recommended that the education campaign include a description of the new system and how it differs from the current system; a description of the Citizens\u2019 Assembly process; and the Assembly's rationale for recommending a Mixed Member Proportional system for Ontario. This would ensure that Ontarians could make an informed decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign\nA June Environics poll showed that 70% of those polled were not familiar with the proposal, including over 50% who knew nothing at all about the upcoming referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign\nThe McGuinty government decided to mandate Elections Ontario to direct the education campaign, but with the referendum scheduled for October 10, 2007, Elections Ontario didn't formally launch its public education campaign until August of that year. The projected cost for the referendum was $6.825 million, an amount that fell short of the minimum $13 million called for by Fair Vote Canada. The assigned money would give one mailout to each Ontario household, a part-time Referendum Resource Officer in each of the province's ridings, a call centre and a website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign\nAccording to LeDuc et al., \"Elections Ontario interpreted its information mandate quite narrowly, and did not inform the public of the substance of the proposal or the competing arguments in favour of or against it.\" Citizens were expected to get the information they needed from various websites or from the press. Remarkably, although the Citizens' Assembly had produced a shorter version of their report and a short leaflet further summarizing it, Elections Ontario distributed neither, to the surprise and disappointment of the Citizens' Assembly. By contrast in British Columbia, the Citizens' Assembly material was distributed to every household.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign\nSimilarly, the government made no effort to explain why the Citizen's Assembly had been created, how it had conducted its hearings and deliberations, or why they had made the recommendations upon which voters were expected to pronounce themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign\nThe lack of information was such that by late September 2007, public understanding of the question remained very low, with 47% of respondents telling pollster Strategic Counsel they knew nothing at all about the new system, and another 41% saying they knew only \"a little.\" Only 12% said they knew a lot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 78], "content_span": [79, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support\nThe Ontario New Democratic Party supported the referendum, although party leader Howard Hampton criticized the system for giving Northern Ontario a decreased number ofridings. The Green Party of Ontario also lent its support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support\nAs can be seen in the individual endorsements for and against shown below, the Liberals were divided on the issue, with a greater number in support of reform than against it. However, the Premier himself did not take a position on behalf of the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support\nOther political parties lending their support to electoral reform included the Family Coalition Party of Ontario and the Communist Party of Ontario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support\nThe proposed system received critical support from Fair Vote Canada, which organized the Vote for MMP campaign, a multi-partisan citizen-based campaign. Vote for MMP had received a long list of public endorsements from all parts of the political spectrum. In addition, over 140 professors of law and politics have endorsed MMP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support\nThe women's group Equal Voice were also critically supportive during Select Committee on Electoral Reform hearings, speaking in support of proportional representation. Equal Voice, with the support of the Doris Anderson Fund has organized the Equal Voice in Politics campaign to support MMP in the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support\nMMP was endorsed by the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students and sixteen other Ontario student unions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 97], "content_span": [98, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support, Candidates endorsing MMP\nThere does not appear to exist any comprehensive review of the views of 2007 election candidates from each party on the referendum. The following identifies a selection of candidates upon which information could be found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 123], "content_span": [124, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support, Candidates endorsing MMP\nAlthough the Ontario Liberal Party had not taken a formal position on MMP, a number of Liberal candidates took a public position in favour of the proposal, including the following.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 123], "content_span": [124, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support, Candidates endorsing MMP\nNDP and Green candidate support was basically universal, since those parties had taken a party position on the issue. The following provides a sample:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 123], "content_span": [124, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition\nThe Freedom Party of Ontario was the only party that officially opposed the proposed system, claiming that rule by a majority could be anti-democratic and incompatible with the protection of minorities and of individual rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition\nThough the PC leader at the time, John Tory, and most PC candidates opposed electoral reform, the party itself did not formally take a position on the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition\nAs explained by LeDuc et al., the mainstream print media were \"uniformly opposed to both the Assembly process and the MMP proposal\". This included the National Post, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star. A content analysis conducted by the authors showed that newspaper coverage was predominantly negative, and that it failed to go beyond the statement of objections to explain the issue to the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition\nOrganized opposition to the proposal included the No MMP website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 100], "content_span": [101, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition, Individual candidate opposing the proposed reform\nThe following candidates took a position in favour of the existing FPTP (and against the proposed MMP):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 151], "content_span": [152, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, No official position\nAs already noted, neither the Ontario Liberal Party nor the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario took an official position on electoral reform. The positions of Liberal candidates on the issue varied, while most PC candidates opposed the initiative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 110], "content_span": [111, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, No official position\nThe Ontario Libertarian Party, Confederation of Regions Party, Republican Party of Ontario, Reform Party of Ontario and Party for People with Special Needs did not officially state a position on electoral reform.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 110], "content_span": [111, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Results\nThe proposal was defeated, with 36.8% of the valid votes cast supporting MMP, and 63.2% in favour of retaining FPTP. For detailed results by riding and by region, see Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 detailed results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Results\nThe result was decisive, with only five constituencies in the Toronto area returning a majority in favour of MMP. Four of these constituencies also elected an NDP candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis\nAnalysis and polling conducted after the referendum identified two features that had not been well received: the proposal to increase the number of members in the legislature to make room for a certain number of list members; and the use of closed lists defined by the parties themselves as a mechanism. Aside from this, the major factor determining the outcome was widely seen to be the lack of adequate information and understanding of both the proposal itself and the Citizen's Assembly that had given rise to it. In a pre-referendum poll conducted in April 2007 by Stratcom Research, the most commonly cited argument in opposition to the MMP proposal was lack of information about it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis\nFair Vote Canada adds that the version of MMP proposed by the Citizen's Assembly differed from that proposed in 2004 by the Law Commission of Canada in two significant ways:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis\nOther analysts, such as LeDuc et al. look to the ambivalence or hostility on the part of the political elite for an explanation. For them, the lack of information and balanced analysis available to voters was not an accident, but the result of inadequate funding, an excessively limited approach to public education by Elections Ontario, a last-minute approach to informing the public, the lack of attention to the role of the Assembly, and hostility from the media elite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis\nAlso worth noting from these authors' analysis, was the evident softness of public opinion on the issue. They point to past surveys that tend to show a public that is aware of electoral issues and somewhat positive towards the issue of proportionality, but does not have particularly strong views about it. They conclude that \"in Canada, and particularly in Ontario, we do not find an underlying climate of opinion that would necessarily facilitate the passage of a reform proposal.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192543-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis\nFor LeDuc et al., a victory for the reform proposal would have been surprising under the circumstances. As they argue based on the evidence of this case and others, \"The political advantage in referendum campaigns, particularly those dealing with unfamiliar issues, often seems to rest with the NO side. Those opposed to a proposal do not necessarily have to make a coherent case against it. Often, it is enough merely to raise doubts about it in the minds of voters, question the motives of its advocates, or play upon a natural fear of the unknown.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election\nThe 2007 Ontario general election was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election\nAs a result of legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed by formula so that an election is held approximately four years after the previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of \"no confidence\" in the Legislature. Previously, the governing party had considerable flexibility to determine the date of an election anywhere up to five years of being elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election\nThe date of this election was originally presumed to be October 4, 2007; however, the law fixes the date on the first Thursday of October or on any day within seven days thereof if required to accommodate a date of \"religious or cultural significance\". The date was set as October 10, 2007, to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, which fell on October 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election\nIn the same election, there was a provincial referendum on whether to change from first-past-the-post to mixed member proportional representation, as recommended by the Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. This measure failed, with 37% of the participating electorate and 5 out of 107 ridings voting for the new system; a 60% supermajority was required province-wide, with at least half the ridings also supporting it by a simple majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Issues\nAlthough all four parties released a variety of detailed platform proposals, the campaign was dominated almost entirely by John Tory's promise to extend public funding to Ontario's faith-based schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Issues\nIn Ontario at present, the Catholic school system is fully funded in the same manner as public schools. However, other religious schools, such as Jewish, Muslim or Evangelical Christian schools, are not funded by the province. This discrepancy has been cited as discriminatory by both the Supreme Court of Canada and the United Nations Human Rights Committee, although to date the province has taken no action to change its existing school funding policies, on the grounds that Catholic school funding in the province is mandated by the Constitution of Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Issues\nTory's proposal to extend funding to religious schools was controversial, with polls confirming that a clear majority of Ontarians opposed the proposal. Even some of Tory's own caucus, most notably Bill Murdoch and Garfield Dunlop, openly criticized the proposal during the election campaign. After heavy opposition, Tory changed his position later in the campaign, promising a free vote on the issue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Issues\nThe Liberals and the NDP were both opposed to non-Catholic religious school funding, while the Green Party proposed eliminating the province's existing Catholic school funding in favour of a single public school board. Liberal opposition to non-Catholic religious school funding, especially private Muslim schools, appealed to Islamophobic sentiment in the province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Issues\nThere was a brief flurry of interest in health care issues when John Tory emphasized his support for an increasing role for the private sector in health care.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Issues\nIn the final week of the campaign, NDP leader Howard Hampton criticized the media for focusing almost entirely on religious schools and virtually ignoring other issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Ridings\nWith the passing of Bill 214 and the Representation Act, 2005 in 2005, Ontario's electoral boundaries are no longer identical to the federal electoral boundaries. The province is now divided into 11 northern electoral districts that are identical, except for a minor boundary adjustment, to the ones that existed on October 2, 2003, and 96 southern electoral districts that are identical to their federal counterparts as they existed on September 1, 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Ridings\nThe 11 northern electoral districts are: Algoma\u2014Manitoulin, Kenora\u2014Rainy River, Nickel Belt, Nipissing, Parry Sound\u2014Muskoka, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay\u2014Atikokan, Thunder Bay\u2014Superior North, Timiskaming\u2014Cochrane, and Timmins\u2014James Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Ridings\nAs a result of the redistribution, none of the three major parties took fewer seats than it held at the dissolution of the previous legislature. The Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives each gained seats, while the New Democratic Party's seat total remained unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Opinion polls\nSince the 2003 general election, several polls have been conducted to determine the current preference of voters. They showed a decline in Liberal support following the 2004 Ontario budget. Overall, support for the governing Liberals has declined slightly since the 2003 election, the NDP has gained some ground since the 2003 election, and the PCs' poll numbers have not changed significantly since 2003. Support for the Green Party has increased significantly, a shift which parallels the increase in support for the party's federal counterpart. During the pre-election period, the Ontario Greens did not appear as an option in some of the polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Opinion polls\nPolls indicate results for decided voters. More information can be found in the footnotes to each poll, including undecided results, if provided by the pollster. A dash indicates the absence of a prompt for that party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Election results\nAt 9:23 pm EDT, Citytv projected a Liberal majority government. CTV News made the same call at 9:30 pm EDT, followed by CBC News at 9:37 pm EDT, and Canadian Press at 9:52 pm EDT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Election results\nAlso at 10:30 pm EDT, CBC and CTV reported that Progressive Conservative leader John Tory had called Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty to concede the election. At 10:39 pm EDT, Tory was declared defeated by Canadian Press in the riding of Don Valley West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Election results\nAt 10:43 pm EDT, Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty took the stage to give his speech to the public, breaking tradition of the defeated party leaders going first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Election results\nEach party lost at least one incumbent MPP \u2014 Liberals Mario Racco and Caroline Di Cocco, PCs Joe Tascona, Tim Peterson and John Tory and NDP Paul Ferreira were all defeated. However, each party's losses were offset by gains in other seats. The actual changes in party standings were accounted for entirely by the four new seats resulting from redistribution and the defeat of Peterson. Overall, however, most incumbent MPPs were returned in their ridings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Election results\nMcGuinty became the first Liberal leader in Ontario to win two successive majorities in the legislature since Mitchell Hepburn in the 1937 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario\nAll eleven ridings in Northern Ontario were retained by their incumbent parties. The popular vote, however, shifted dramatically, with several Liberal incumbents holding on only very narrowly against NDP challengers. Most notably, Bill Mauro retained Thunder Bay\u2014Atikokan by a margin of just 36 votes against John Rafferty, whom Mauro had defeated in 2003 by a margin of over 11,000 \u2014 Rafferty, in fact, spent much of the night leading Mauro. A judicial recount on October 31 increased Mauro's margin of victory to 50 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario\nDavid Ramsay, similarly, trailed New Democrat John Vanthof in Timiskaming\u2014Cochrane for much of the night, pulling ahead to a winning margin of 634 votes only in the final few polls to report. This was the narrowest margin of victory in Ramsay's 22-year career. Michael Gravelle also retained Thunder Bay\u2014Superior North by an uncharacteristically narrow margin over Jim Foulds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario\nAs well, Monique Smith retained Nipissing by just 377 votes over Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Vrebosch \u2014 in 2003, she had defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Al McDonald by a wider margin of over 3,000 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario\nIn keeping with this trend, New Democrat incumbents Howard Hampton and Gilles Bisson widened their margins of victory over Liberal challengers compared to 2003, and France G\u00e9linas maintained the same margin that her predecessor, Shelley Martel, had attained in the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario\nNotably, the rise in popular support for the New Democrats in Northern Ontario carried over into the 2008 federal election, in which the NDP won nearly every seat in the region for the first time in its history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Eastern Ontario\nIn Eastern Ontario, the new riding of Lanark\u2014Frontenac\u2014Lennox and Addington was carried by PC candidate Randy Hillier, while all 13 existing ridings were carried by their incumbent parties. With the exception of Yasir Naqvi, who carried Ottawa Centre by a much smaller margin over the NDP than Richard Patten had attained in 2003, Liberals in Ottawa improved their winning margins, although outside of Ottawa the popular vote trend remained relatively stable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Central Ontario\nThe most conservative-friendly area of the province, the PC vote largely held up, with the only Liberal gain being Aileen Carroll winning Barrie, the seat she used to represent federally. This was countered by a PC nominal gain in Newmarket\u2014Aurora. The area also delivered the strongest support in the province for the Green Party, with Shane Jolley finishing a very strong second in Bruce\u2014Grey\u2014Owen Sound with 33.1% of the vote, the best finish ever received by any Green candidate in Canada to that point. The Greens also knocked the NDP into fourth place in a majority of area ridings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Midwestern Ontario\nA politically mixed region, Midwestern Ontario had every incumbent party re-elected, as well as some anomalous results; in an election where the PCs were largely held to rural areas, and the Liberals consolidated an urban/suburban base, Elizabeth Witmer held onto the riding of Kitchener\u2014Waterloo for the PCs, while the Liberals won in rural ridings in which they were the incumbent party, such as Huron\u2014Bruce and Perth\u2014Wellington. Further away from the provincewide result, on an election night which demonstrated Liberal strength province wide, Haldimand\u2014Norfolk\u2014Brant delivered the most crushing defeat for a Liberal candidate in the province, with the victorious PC incumbent Toby Barrett coming out 16,571 votes and 38.6% ahead of the Liberal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville\nAlthough the suburban Western GTA had traditionally been a good area for the PCs, winning many seats in the area as recently as the Harris days, where it formed part of the 905-area backbone of the PC government, the Liberals won every seat in the area handily, with the victorious Liberal candidates averaging at around 50%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville\nEven Mississauga South, which prior to the 2003 election had not voted Liberal provincially since the riding's creation, and had been expected to be a very tight race, proved a surprisingly easy victory for Charles Sousa, who gained the seat back for the Liberals from Tim Peterson, who had crossed the floor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0026-0002", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville\nThe NDP continued to be a non-factor in the area, while the Greens growth in popular vote across the province was reflected, with the Greens even beating the NDP into fourth place in Oakville, which ironically had been the only riding in the province the Greens had not run in the previous election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 84], "content_span": [85, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Southern Durham and York\nThe Liberals continued to dominate York Region, with each incumbent being re-elected by a comfortable margin except in Thornhill where Mario Racco lost to PC candidate Peter Shurman. The newly created riding of Ajax\u2014Pickering, projected to be a close race, elected Liberal Joe Dickson by over 6,000 votes despite having no party nominate incumbents. In southern Durham Region, Liberal Wayne Arthurs was re-elected to the newly distributed Pickering\u2014Scarborough East, while Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott was re-elected to Whitby\u2014Oshawa. Despite high expectations for Sid Ryan's fourth run as an NDP candidate in Oshawa, PC incumbent Jerry Ouellette was again re-elected by a wider majority than in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 76], "content_span": [77, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara\nAn area with several close seats, and a fairly even distribution of seats, every party had a realistic chance of increasing its seat count here. Hamilton East\u2014Stoney Creek, which was a merger of a Liberal held riding and an NDP held riding, and had neither incumbent running, was the most interesting match of the night, with the NDP winning a close race. It proved to be the only change of the election, and every other riding returned the incumbent party, although many in close races, such as Hamilton Mountain (Liberals over NDP), Halton, (PCs over Liberals) and Burlington (PCs over Liberals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 82], "content_span": [83, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Southwestern Ontario\nIn an area with a strong rural-urban divide, both the NDP and PCs had strong hopes of making gains against the Liberals. The NDP had strong hopes of upsetting high-profile Liberals in both Windsor West, and Windsor\u2014Tecumseh, given the NDP's ownership of those seats federally, and the continued decline of the local industrial economy. London\u2014Fanshawe was similarly also a top target, as the NDP has the riding federally and finished a close second in 2003. Overall, however, the only area seat that changed hands was Sarnia\u2014Lambton, with Culture Minister Caroline Di Cocco, the most high-profile Liberal casualty of the night, losing to PC challenger Bob Bailey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Toronto\nAll ridings in Toronto were retained by their incumbent parties, with the exception of York South\u2014Weston. New Democrat Paul Ferreira, who had won the seat from the Liberals in a by-election in February 2007, was narrowly defeated by a swing back to Liberal candidate Laura Albanese. Almost twice as many people voted in the riding in the general election compared to the by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Toronto\nIn Toronto's other notable race, Liberal incumbent Kathleen Wynne defeated PC leader John Tory in Don Valley West. Tory previously represented Dufferin\u2014Caledon, but had chosen to run in a Toronto riding in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192544-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Toronto\nToronto's only incumbent from 2003 not to run again was Liberal MPP Mary Anne Chambers. The Liberals successfully retained the seat under new candidate Margarett Best.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192545-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario provincial by-elections\nBy-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario, Canada, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. By-elections were held in three electoral districts (ridings): Burlington, Markham and York South\u2013Weston. The by-elections resulted in York South-Weston being taken by the NDP from the Liberals, Burlington remaining Progressive Conservative and Markham being retained by the Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192545-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario provincial by-elections\nSince this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the ridings used the same boundaries as the 2003 general election. The subsequent October 10, 2007 general election were run on new electoral district boundaries, mostly following the new federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192545-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, Burlington electoral district\nThe Burlington by-election was called following the resignation of Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Cam Jackson. He resigned to make a successful run in Burlington's 2006 mayoralty election. .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 67], "content_span": [68, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192545-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, Markham electoral district\nThe Markham by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Tony Wong. He resigned to make a successful run for one of the four York Region councillor seats in Markham's 2006 municipal election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192545-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, York South\u2013Weston electoral district\nThe York South\u2013Weston by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Joe Cordiano. He stated the reason for his resignation was the need to spend more time with his family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192546-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open 13\nThe 2007 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Marseille, France. The event was part of the ATP International Series category of the 2007 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 12 February through 18 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192546-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open 13, Finals, Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment / Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 7\u20135, 4\u20136, [10\u20138]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 29], "content_span": [30, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192547-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open 13 \u2013 Doubles\nMartin Damm and Radek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek were the defending champions. Damm did not participate this year. \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, but withdrew from the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192547-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open 13 \u2013 Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra won in the final 7\u20135, 4\u20136, [10\u20138], against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192548-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open 13 \u2013 Singles\nThe 2007 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Marseille, France the event was part of the 2007 ATP Tour The tournament was held from February 12 to 18, 2007. Gilles Simon defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20133).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192549-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Canada Cup\nThe 2007 Open Canada Cup was the 10th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from July through early September. Trois-Rivi\u00e8res Attak defeated Columbus Clan F.C. 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. It was the Attak's first Open Canada Cup title and marked the first time in the tournament's history where a Quebec club won. The 2007 tournament was significant as it featured for the first time professional and amateur teams from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192549-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Canada Cup\nThe British Columbia teams had their own regional qualifying matches with the winner of the British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship the Columbus Clan F.C. receiving a bye to the semi-finals. All CSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the Croatian World Club Championship and the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament. The remaining Ontario club were from the Ontario Soccer League, Ottawa Carleton Soccer League, and the Western Ontario Soccer League. With the exception of Trois-Rivi\u00e8res the remaining Quebec club Jean-Talon 2007 represented the Concordia Regional Soccer League. London City were awarded the hosting rights to the semi-final, and final. As the host club London City were given a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship\nThe 2007 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 136th Open Championship, played from 19\u201322 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. P\u00e1draig Harrington defeated Sergio Garc\u00eda in a playoff to take the title and his first major championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship\nA field of 156 players participated in the championship, and the purse was \u00a34.2 million (an increase of \u00a3200,000 over 2006); the winner received \u00a3750,000 (an increase of \u00a330,000 over 2006). Using conversion rates at the time of the tournament, the purse was \u20ac6,158,474 for the European Tour's Order of Merit rankings and US$8,637,720 for the PGA Tour's money list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, History of The Open Championship at Carnoustie\nCarnoustie hosted its first Open Championship in 1931 and the 2007 Open was the seventh to be held at Carnoustie, and third consecutive to end in a playoff. Carnoustie's prestige in the golf community is irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour (1931), Henry Cotton (1937), Ben Hogan (1953), Gary Player (1968), Tom Watson (1975) and Paul Lawrie (1999).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, History of The Open Championship at Carnoustie\nThe 1999 championship was nicknamed \"Carnastie\" due to how difficult the course and conditions were. Jean van de Velde stood on the 72nd tee with a three-shot lead, needing only a double-bogey to win. He memorably triple-bogeyed the hole and went to a four-hole playoff with Lawrie and Justin Leonard, in which Lawrie prevailed. Watson's win in 1975, his first of five Open Championships (and eight majors), came after an 18-hole Sunday playoff with Jack Newton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 70], "content_span": [71, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\nThe field consisted of 156 golfers. Seventy players made the 36-hole cut at 146 (+4) or better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2006 Open Championship\u00c1ngel Cabrera (3,4,5,9), Chris DiMarco (3,17), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (3,9,13,17,21), Sergio Garc\u00eda (3,4,17), Carl Pettersson (3,13), Andr\u00e9s Romero, Adam Scott (3,13), Hideto Tanihara, Tiger Woods (2,3,10,11,13,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or underMark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 32]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\nThe first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for 28 May 2007Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (12), Stuart Appleby (13), Aaron Baddeley, Chad Campbell (13,17), Paul Casey (4,17), K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink (13,17), Luke Donald (4,13,17), Joe Durant (13), Niclas Fasth (4), Retief Goosen (4,9,13), Anders Hansen (5), P\u00e1draig Harrington (4,17), Charles Howell III, David Howell (4,5,17), Trevor Immelman (13), Zach Johnson (10,17), Robert Karlsson (4,17), Davis Love III (13), Phil Mickelson (10,11,12,13,17), Colin Montgomerie (4,17), Arron Oberholser, Geoff Ogilvy (9,13), Nick O'Hern (19), Rod Pampling (13), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini (13), Charl Schwartzel (4,20), Vijay Singh (11,13), Henrik Stenson (4,17), Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor (17), David Toms (13,17), Scott Verplank (17), Mike Weir (10), Lee Westwood (17), Brett Wetterich (13,17)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 930]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2006John Bickerton, Thomas Bj\u00f8rn, Paul Broadhurst, Johan Edfors, Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Anthony Wall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n6. Top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit through 27 MayMarkus Brier, Rapha\u00ebl Jacquelin, Yang Yong-eun", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n7. Top two players, not otherwise exempt, with the most European Tour prize money from the Italian Open through the French Open, including the U. S. OpenBradley Dredge, Graeme Storm", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n8. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 European Open and the 2007 Barclays Scottish Open. Pelle Edberg, Gr\u00e9gory Havret", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n11. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2002\u20132006Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n13. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the 2006 PGA TourBrett Quigley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n14. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2007 PGA Tour on completion of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialNick Watney, Boo Weekley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n15. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from The Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2007 AT&T NationalHunter Mahan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n16. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 AT&T National and the 2007 John Deere ClassicPat Perez, Jonathan Byrd", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n17. Playing members of the 2006 Ryder Cup teamsDarren Clarke, J. J. Henry, Paul McGinley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n18. Winner of the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2006", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n19. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2006Kevin Stadler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n20. Winner of the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2006/07", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n23. First 2 on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2006Toru Taniguchi", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri ClassicLee Dong-hwan, Lee Seong-ho, Toshinori Muto, Achi Sato", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n25. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2007 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri ClassicTomohiro Kondo, Toshimitsu Izawa", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\n29. The European Individual Amateur Champion for 2006Rory McIlroy (a)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Field\nLocal Final Qualifying (Monday 9 July and Tuesday 10 July)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round\nSergio Garc\u00eda led the field with a six-under 65; eight years earlier in 1999, he shot 89 in the opening round at Carnoustie and missed the cut by eighteen strokes. Amateur Rory McIlroy had the only bogey-free round on the day at 68 (\u22123); he qualified for the Open by winning the European Amateur Championship in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round\nTiger Woods began his campaign for a third straight Open Championship with a 69 (\u22122), including an eagle at Hogan's Alley, the famous 6th hole at Carnoustie. Paul McGinley was bogey-free until the 15th and 16th holes and carded a 67. John Daly suffered an incredible swoon, scoring \u22125 after three birdies and an eagle on 11, then had a double bogey at 12, triple bogey at 14, and three more bogeys on the way to a 74 (+3) for the round and went on to miss the cut. The scoring average on the day was 73.72 (+2.72).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nFirst round leader Sergio Garc\u00eda shot a level par 71 to stay at \u22126 and led by two strokes. Amateur Rory McIlroy shot a 76 (+5) to drop to +2, tied for 31st going into the weekend. Paul McGinley's 75 (+4) dropped him to even par after starting the day in second place. Tiger Woods had a disappointing 74 (+3) which started with a double bogey on the first hole. Mike Weir shot the best round of the day with a 68 (\u22123), which moved him into a tie for third place. The 36-hole cut fluctuated until it settled at +4, and the scoring average for the second round was 74.10 (+3.10).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: McIlroy (+2), Weaver (+6), Ramsay (+9), Coupland (+11), Waring (+12), Matthews (+16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nSergio Garc\u00eda's 68 (\u22123) extended his lead to three strokes and was now at 204 (\u22129) after 54 holes. Paul McGinley rebounded with 68 (\u22123), three-under for the championship and tied for third place with six others. Tiger Woods shot a 69 (\u22122) which put him at \u22121 going into the weekend. At eight strokes behind the leader, his quest for a third straight Open Championship was improbable; he had never won a major when trailing after 54 holes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nThe best round on Saturday was an amazing 64 (\u22127) by Steve Stricker, which was the lowest ever for an Open Championship round at Carnoustie. It also tied the course record (Alan Tait scored 64 during a pro-am in 1994, and Colin Montgomerie scored the same during the Scottish Open in 1995). Stricker birdied five of the first seven holes en route to a bogey-free round with seven birdies and climbed the leaderboard into solo second place, three strokes behind Garc\u00eda. Chris DiMarco's 66 (\u22125) moved him into a tie for third at \u22123, six shots back. Garc\u00eda had yet to win a major championship, and for the first time in his career, led a major after 54 holes. The only Spaniard to win the Open is hall of famer Seve Ballesteros, with three titles. The scoring average on Saturday was 71.61 (+0.61).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nAnother wild final round had numerous lead changes, and it came down to Sergio Garc\u00eda, Andres Romero, and P\u00e1draig Harrington in the final holes. Garc\u00eda struggled at times during his only over-par round of the tournament, but was still at 8-under (+1 for the day) entering the last couple of holes. Meanwhile, Harrington had four birdies followed by an eagle at the 14th hole to move to 9-under for the championship, and stood on the 18th tee with a one-shot lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nHarrington went into the Barry Burn twice, but salvaged a double-bogey six to finish with a round of 67 (\u22124), 7-under for the tournament. Garc\u00eda, who now had a one-shot lead on the par-4 72nd hole, found a greenside bunker with his approach shot. He left himself a ten footer (3 m) for par and the title, but the putt lipped out and he had to settle for a playoff, scoring a 73 (+2) for the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nRomero shot par or better in every round, and had ten birdies Sunday. He was at 9-under after 70 holes with a two-stroke lead, but the Argentine was done in by a double bogey-bogey ending to finish a single stroke out of the playoff. The best round of the day was by Richard Green who shot a 64 (\u22127). The Australian equalled the course record during an Open set the previous day by American Steve Stricker, and set the target in the clubhouse on 279.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nHe began the day at +2 and his round put him in a tie for fourth. Rory McIlroy shot +1 on the day, +5 for the tournament, to finish tied 42nd and win the silver medal for top amateur in his first Open. The scoring average on the day was 72.79 (+1.79).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 52], "content_span": [53, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff\nHarrington became the first Irishman to win the Open Championship since Fred Daly at Royal Liverpool in 1947 and also the first Open Championship winner from the Republic of Ireland after defeating Garc\u00eda in a playoff by one shot. The four-hole aggregate playoff included holes 1, 16, 17, and 18. Harrington birdied the par-4 first hole while Garc\u00eda bogeyed, a two-stroke edge. Both players parred the next two holes (Garc\u00eda hit the pin on the par-3 16th but his ball rolled a distance away), so Harrington still led by two strokes heading into the dangerous 18th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 61], "content_span": [62, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192550-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff\nHarrington played the hole more cautiously this time, and reached the green in three shots. Garc\u00eda gave himself a chance by reaching the green in two, but his birdie putt burned the left edge. Harrington made his short bogey putt to become the first European winner of a major since Paul Lawrie of Scotland triumphed in a three-way playoff at Carnoustie in 1999; the win moved Harrington's world ranking up to sixth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 61], "content_span": [62, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192551-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Gaz de France\nThe 2007 Open Gaz de France was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the event and was part of the Tier II series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 5 February through 11 February 2007. Fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192551-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Gaz de France, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Gabriela Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1 / Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1 6\u20132, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192552-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Doubles\n\u00c9milie Loit and Kv\u011bta Peschke were the defending champions, but they did not compete together that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192552-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Doubles\nLoit partnering Nathalie Dechy lost in the Quarterfinals, and Peschke partnering Janette Hus\u00e1rov\u00e1 were eliminated in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192553-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Singles\nThe Women's Singles tournament of the 2007 Open Gaz de France tennis championships took place in Paris, France, between 5 February and 11 February 2007. 27 players from 15 countries competed in the 5-round tournament, with the three highest-seed players joining in the second round of competition. The final winner was Nadia Petrova of Russia, who defeated Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 of the Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192553-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open Gaz de France \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192554-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle\nThe 2007 Open de Moselle was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Open de Moselle, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Ar\u00e8nes de Metz in Metz, France, from 1 October until 7 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192554-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle\nThe men's singles featured ATP no. 9, French Open quarterfinalist, Auckland and Beijing runner-up, Sopot champion Tommy Robredo, Miami Masters and Barcelona finalist, Costa do Sau\u00edpe winner Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, and Doha finalist, San Jose titlist Andy Murray. Other seeds were Casablanca and Gstaad champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, Valencia and Kitzb\u00fchel runner-up Potito Starace, Gilles Simon, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Igor Andreev.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192554-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle, Finals, Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment / Micha\u00ebl Llodra defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 6\u20131, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192555-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle \u2013 Doubles\nRichard Gasquet and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192555-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle \u2013 Doubles\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and Micha\u00ebl Llodra won in the final 6\u20131, 6\u20134, against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192556-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192556-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Moselle \u2013 Singles\nTommy Robredo won in the final 0\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, against Andy Murray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192557-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana\nThe 2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held on outdoor clay courts from 9 April until 15 April 2007. The event was won by Nicol\u00e1s Almagro in singles and Wesley Moodie & Todd Perry in doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192557-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Finals, Doubles\nWesley Moodie / Todd Perry defeated Yves Allegro / Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto, 7\u20135, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192558-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana \u2013 Doubles\nDavid \u0160koch and Tom\u00e1\u0161 Z\u00edb were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Skoch partnered Jordan Kerr, losing in the first round. Zib did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192558-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana \u2013 Doubles\nWesley Moodie and Todd Perry won in the final 7\u20135, 7\u20135, against Yves Allegro and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192559-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana \u2013 Singles\nNicol\u00e1s Almagro defeated Potito Starace 4\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20131 to win the 2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192560-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Bowl\nThe 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game following the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was played on January 2, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The game matched the No. 6 Louisville Cardinals versus the No. 15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was televised on Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192560-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Bowl\nEach of the teams selected an honorary captain. Louisville chose boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native, and Wake Forest chose golf great Arnold Palmer, a Wake alumnus. Dwyane Wade of the hometown Miami Heat presented the coin for the coin toss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192561-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Prokom Open\nThe 2007 Orange Prokom Open was the tenth edition of this men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place in Sopot, Poland from 30 July through 6 August 2007. Tommy Robredo won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192561-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Prokom Open, Betting controversy\nNikolay Davydenko, then world number 4, was questioned under suspicion of match fixing after his unexpected second round loss to world number 87 Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello, 2-6, 6-3, 2-1 by retirement. Online betting company Betfair reported its suspicions to the game's governing body, the Association of Tennis Professionals, after irregular betting patterns occurred. Betfair took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets on the match, with came to a sum of around \u00a33.6m, ten times the usual amount for a match at this level. Arg\u00fcello's odds to win the match also rocketed early in the second set, despite being in a losing position. Davydenko retired with a foot injury and called the trainer out towards the end of the second set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192561-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Prokom Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski defeated Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda / Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto, 6\u20131, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192562-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Prokom Open \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Leo\u0161 Friedl were the defending champions, but chose not to defend their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192562-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Prokom Open \u2013 Doubles\nMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski won the title defeating Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192563-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Orange Prokom Open \u2013 Singles\nTommy Robredo defeated Jos\u00e9 Acasuso 7\u20135, 6\u20130 to win the 2007 Orange Prokom Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192564-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open\nThe 2007 Ordina Open was the 2007 edition of the Ordina Open tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was played on outdoor grass courts. The men's and women's tournament was held from 18 June through 25 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192564-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open\nIvan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 won his first grass title. Anna Chakvetadze won her second of four titles she would win in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192564-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open, Finals, Men's Doubles\nJeff Coetzee / Rogier Wassen defeated Martin Damm / Leander Paes, 3\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20135), [12\u201310]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192564-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open, Finals, Women's Doubles\nChan Yung-Jan / Chuang Chia-Jung defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual, 7\u20135, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192565-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJeff Coetzee and Rogier Wassen were able to emerge victorious at the 2007 Ordina Open Men's Doubles Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192566-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nIvan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 defeated Peter Wessels 7\u20136(7\u20135), 4\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134) to win the 2007 Ordina Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192567-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nChan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung emerged the victors of the 2007 Ordina Open Women's Doubles Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192568-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ordina Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThird-seeded Anna Chakvetadze was able to overcome Jelena Jankovi\u0107 to emerge the victor of the 2007 Ordina Open Women's Singles Competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192569-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 50\nBallot Measure 50 was a legislatively referred state statute ballot measure for the November 6, 2007 special election ballot in the state of Oregon. This measure would have increased the tobacco tax and dedicated the new revenue to providing health care for children, low-income adults and other medically underserved Oregonians, and to fund tobacco prevention and education programs. The proposal would have increased the tax on cigarettes by 84.5 cents per pack, and increased the tax on other tobacco products.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192569-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 50\nThe purpose of the fund would have been to finance the Healthy Kids Program created by the 2007 legislature to provide affordable health care for uninsured children. The measure would have funded tobacco prevention programs, safety net clinics, rural health care and health care for Oregon\u2019s lowest income families and individuals through the Oregon Health Plan. The campaigns for and against the measure spent the most money ever on a ballot measure election in the state's history. Because the measure did not pass, these health care programs were not expanded, and the Healthy Kids Program did not become law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team\nThe 2007 Oregon Ducks football team represents the University of Oregon in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mike Bellotti and played their home games at Autzen Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team\nThe Ducks rose to a national rank of number 2 in the Bowl Championship Series poll, until an injury to star quarterback Dennis Dixon led to defeat at the hands of the Arizona Wildcats on November 15, 2007. The Ducks lost to Arizona 34\u201324 in that game. They lost the next game to UCLA in Los Angeles as backup quarterback Brady Leaf was also knocked out of the game. The final score was 16\u20130. Oregon lost the season finale to rival Oregon State on December 1, 2007 by a score of 38\u201331 in two overtimes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team\nOregon finished the season at 8\u20134 and qualified for the 2007 Sun Bowl in El Paso. On December 31, 2007 freshman quarterback Justin Roper, making his first start, passed for 4 touchdowns (tied for a Sun Bowl record) and 180 yards as Oregon crushed the favored South Florida Bulls 56\u201321. Jonathan Stewart rushed for a Sun Bowl record and career high 253 yards and a touchdown and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The 56 points scored by the Ducks was a Sun Bowl record. The Ducks finished the 2007 season with a 9\u20134 record. They finished with a ranking of 23rd in the final Associated Press Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season\nThe 2006 Oregon Ducks experienced an incredibly disappointing end to a season last year. After beginning the year with four wins and no losses, and achieving a No. 11 ranking in the AP Poll, the Ducks traveled to Berkeley to face the No. 16 ranked Bears. Unfortunately this game ended in a blowout against the Ducks. The Ducks then went on to win only three of the final eight games, which included a heartbreaking 28\u201330 loss to the Beavers in which a late Oregon field goal was blocked by the Beavers. The Ducks did play in a bowl game, representing the Pac-10 in the 2006 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. The Ducks ended the season with a 38\u20138 loss to the 20th ranked Brigham Young Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nFebruary 2 \u2013 After Gary Crowton, Oregon's Offensive Coordinator for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, resigned to perform the same duties with Louisiana State University, the University of Oregon hired University of New Hampshire Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly. While at UNH, Kelly's offenses averaged greater than 400 yards a game in seven of his eight years and over 30 points a game for the previous four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nApril 28 \u2013 Green defeated White 20\u20136 in the 2007 spring game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nApril 29 \u2013 Jordan Kent, Dante Rosario, and Matt Toeaina were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft. Dante Rosario was selected by the Carolina Panthers as the 18th pick in the fifth round. Matt Toeaina was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals as the 13th pick in the sixth round. Jordan Kent was selected by the Seattle Seahawks as the 36th pick in the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nMay 9 \u2013 Former Oregon Running Back Ahmad Rash\u0101d, also known as Bobby Moore, was selected to the Class of 2007 entering the College Football Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season\nJuly 26 \u2013 During the Pac-10's media day, the pre-season media poll picks the Ducks to finish 6th in the Pac-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season, Recruiting class\nThe 2007 Oregon football recruiting class was selected by Scout.com as the ninth-best recruiting class of 2007 and was selected by Rivals.com as the 11th-best recruiting class of 2007. Oregon signed 27 high school seniors and two junior college transfers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Houston\nOregon's Dennis Dixon ran for 141 yards, with an 80-yard run that resulted in a touchdown. Dixon also threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns, completing nine of 15 passes. Houston's Anthony Alridge converted 22 carries into 205 yards and one touchdown. Adridge also caught three passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. Dixon's 141 rushing yards were the most by an Oregon quarterback since Tony Graziani's 108 yards against Oregon State in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Houston\nThe score was tied at 20 points in the third quarter when Houston's Case Keenum attempted to throw a pass to Perry McDaniel in the end zone, but it was intercepted by Patrick Chung. The Ducks then went ahead 27 to 20 after Dixon threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Brian Paysinger. Forty seconds after the Paysinger touchdown, Dixon threw another to Jaison Williams, putting the Ducks up 34 to 20. Houston scored once more and Oregon twice more as the Ducks beat Houston 48 to 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Houston\nThe game was also notable for a skirmish between the Ducks' mascot and the Cougars' mascot. The student fulfilling the role of the Duck was suspended soon after. The fight can be viewed on on YouTube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nThis game was Michigan's worst defeat since 1968 when they lost 50 to 14 at Ohio State. Dennis Dixon accounted for 368 yards and a career-high 4 touchdowns. Three touchdowns were thrown to three different receivers for 85, 61, and 45-yard scoring passes on Dixon's way to 292 throwing yards. Dixon also rushed for 76 yards and one touchdown. The Ducks led by 25 at halftime, and faced little opposition in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Michigan\nAccording to Oregon coach Mike Bellotti the game was a \"good win because I think there were some questions about how Michigan was going to bounce back, and whether we would be competitive. I think our players took that to heart.\" With this game Michigan opened the season with two home losses, the first time that had happened since 1959. It also gave them a losing streak of four games, the most in four decades. Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr said \"We have good kids and they're hurting. If losing doesn't make you hurt, you shouldn't be at Michigan.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nOregon's 52\u201321 defeat of Fresno State was Bellotti's 100th win as a coach at the University of Oregon. Dennis Dixon threw for two touchdowns and ran for another. Ducks running back Jonathan Stewart ran for 165 yards and scored two touchdowns, one touchdown being part of an 88-yard run. Dixon said \"The sky's the limit right now. This offense is really clicking.\" Although Dixon didn't put up numbers as impressive as he did at Michigan the previous week, he had a solid performance, completing 14 for 20 passes for 139 yards and running for 59 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nOregon's mascot was suspended and watched the game, but not from the sidelines. Fresno State's quarterback Tom Brandstater completed 18\u201332 passes for 219 yards and one touchdown. The loss was Fresno State's second against a ranked team on the road. The previous week the Bulldogs lost 47\u201345 to Texas A&M in triple overtime. Fresno State coach Pat Hill said \"[h]ow many times do I have to say it? We got dominated in all three phases. We got beat pretty good today. That doesn't happen at Fresno State very often. Today we got beat by a better football team. They took it to us. End of conversation.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Bears defeated the Ducks 31 to 24. ESPN College GameDay was present (Corso picked Ducks to win)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Ducks defeated the Trojans 24 to 17. Oregon's defensive back Matthew Harper interception on USC's final drive preserved Oregon's victory. Harper said \"We knew somebody would make the play, and luckily it was me.\" Oregon's victory set them up for a chance at the national championship. Number 12 USC (No. 9 AP) lost after Oregon's Jonathan Stewart rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns, while Dennis Dixon completed 16 of 25 passes for 157 yards. Oregon was fifth in the BCS standings, and Dixon became a serious Heisman contender with his 76 rushing yards and 157 passing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nIn a game that was considered important enough for ESPN's College Gameday to be broadcast in Eugene, the Oregon Ducks defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils 35\u201323. Heisman hopeful Dennis Dixon threw for 189 yards and 4 touchdowns and led the Ducks to a victory that places Oregon in the lead for the Pac-10 championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nAfter the Ducks scored a touchdown on their first possession, a 26-yard pass to WR Jaison Williams, the Sun Devils began to march down the field. Showing the same poise as Dixon, ASU QB Rudy Carpenter led the Devils to the Oregon 2-yard line before the Oregon defense lived up to their \"bend but don't break\" style and held ASU to a field goal. That goal line stop would set the tone for the remainder of the game as Oregon held Arizona State to only 3 points in the first quarter and 13 in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nTrailing 13\u201321 at the half, Arizona State was able to make a field goal on their first possession in the second half, cutting the Oregon lead to 5. However, the Ducks were able to score the next 14 points of the game, giving the Ducks a 35\u201316 lead with one quarter left to play. Unfortunately approximately 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, Dennis Dixon was taken out after an awkward tackle and sat out the remainder of the game. Luckily his injury did not seem serious and he was seen jogging on the sidelines soon afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nArizona State did score one more touchdown later in the fourth quarter, making the score its final 35\u201323. In a game which Rudy Carpenter was sacked 9 times, it seemed only fitting that the last play of the game was a sack as time ran out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Ducks entered the game ranked No. 2 in both the AP poll and the BCS standings. A win in this game, followed by wins against UCLA and Oregon State, would almost assuredly result in a berth in the BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans. The Ducks started the game hot, with a 39-yard touchdown run by Dennis Dixon and a successful two-point conversion. Following an Arizona interception, the Ducks had the ball back on the Arizona 4-yard line threatening to score again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nHowever, Dixon threw an interception that was returned 45 yards and eventually capitalized by the Wildcats as a touchdown, cutting the score to 8\u20137. The Ducks responded with another solid drive getting the ball to the Arizona 15 and looked set to score again. On 2nd and 7, Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon (the leading Heisman candidate at this point of the season) fell to the ground without being touched. Upon review it was clear that Dixon twisted his already-injured knee and tore his ACL. It would later be revealed that Dixon had actually torn the ligament in the previous week's game against Arizona State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nFollowing the injury, Dixon\u2014having amassed 183 yards on 19 plays\u2014was replaced by Brady Leaf. Oregon's misfortunes mounted: Arizona scored a touchdown on an interception return, another on a punt return, and Leaf suffered an ankle injury, all before halftime. Oregon tried to rally from the 14\u201331 halftime deficit, but lost 24\u201334, ending their National Championship hopes. The following day it was announced that Dixon's injury would end his season, and any hopes of a Heisman Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nAs of the 111th game in the series, the Ducks lead 55\u201346\u201310 all time. This was the first time the home team had not won since 1996, the first time Oregon State had won at Autzen Stadium since 1993, and the first time Oregon State had won two years in a row since 1973\u201374.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl\nAfter losing the last 3 games of the year, many analysts expected the Ducks to fare poorly in the Sun Bowl. But the Ducks came out strong. Making his first career start, freshman quarterback Justin Roper completed 17 of 30 passes for 180 yards with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions. Running back Jonathan Stewart rushed for a career-high and Sun Bowl record 253 yards and a touchdown and was named the Most Valuable Player of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192570-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl\nOregon, despite being a 7-point underdog, dominated the game, especially the second half. Holding on to an 18\u201314 lead at the half, Oregon came out and outscored South Florida 28\u20130 in the third quarter. The Ducks won 56\u201321. The 56 points scored was a Sun Bowl record. Jonathan Stewart's 253 rushing yards were a Sun Bowl record. The 35-point margin of victory was the second largest of the 2007\u20132008 bowl season. The Ducks finished the season 9\u20134 with their first bowl win since the 2001 season. They finished the season ranked 23rd in the final Associated Press Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192571-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team\nThe 2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium. The team was coached by Pat Casey in his 13th season at Oregon State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192571-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team\nThe Beavers won the College World Series, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the championship series, for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192571-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Beavers in the 2007 MLB Draft\nThe following members of the Oregon State Beavers baseball program were drafted in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192572-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers football team\nThe 2007 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192572-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Season notes\nThe team returned 16 starting players from the previous season and was predicted by some analysts to contend for second place in the Pac-10. They returned a majority of the defense, which was ranked second in the nation for total sacks, eighth in the nation in tackles for loss, and within the top 20 in rushing defense in the 2006\u201307 season. CFN picked the Beavers in their preseason top 25 and claimed they were a \"heavy sleeper for big things\" in the 2007 season. The Beavers finished the season 9\u20134, good for third place in the Pac-10, and won the Emerald Bowl 21\u201314. Their run defense finished second in the nation for fewest rushing yards allowed per game only behind Boston College.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192572-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Roster\nQB#1 Sean Canfield (SO)QB#3 Lyle Moevao (SO)QB#2 Ryan Gunderson (SR)RB#6 Clinton Polk (SR)RB#5 Patrick Fuller (JR)WR#9 Anthony Brown (SR)WR#16 James Rodgers (FR)WR#12 Chris Johnson (JR)WR#15 Sam Oltman (FR)WR#17 Sammie Stroughter (SR)TE#19 Brady Camp (FR)LS#55 Joel Cohen (SR)K#13 Alexis Serna (SR)TE#85 John Reese (SO)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192572-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThe Beavers opened the season hosting the Utah Utes of the Mountain West Conference on a Thursday night game, the first day of the college football season. Beavers' star running back Yvenson Bernard ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Sean Canfield completed eight of 19 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Beaver Coach Mike Riley, still trying to determine a starting quarterback, also brought in quarterback Lyle Moevao to start the second quarter, though his first pass was intercepted. Alexis Serna made a 37-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 61], "content_span": [62, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192572-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nOn a cold, rainy night in Pullman, Washington, the Beavers forced 8 turnovers en route to a 52-17 victory against the Cougars. Yvenson Bernard ran for 2 touchdowns and 77 yards as Lyle Moevao played mistake free in his second career start. Alex Brink threw 5 first half interceptions as the stingy Beaver defense put pressure on him all game long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 73], "content_span": [74, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192572-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBeavers own the State again. James Rodgers scores on a fly sweep in double OT. OSU's stingy D stuffs Jonathan Stewart on 4th down, to clinch the first victory on enemy soil for either team since 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 63], "content_span": [64, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192573-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon state elections\nThe November 6, 2007, Special Election, was an off-year election in which no members of the Congress, statewide offices, or members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly were scheduled for election. However, two statewide measures were referred by the legislature to the 2007 November Special Election ballot. While there were only two issues on the ballot, they touched on important enough issues that they attracted one hundred seventy-five arguments in total, both in favor of, and against them in the voter's pamphlet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192573-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon state elections\nOctober 16 was the last day someone could have registered to vote in this election if this was their first time voting in Oregon. Because of a new centralized voter registration database, a voter previously registered could still move within the state, and could change their address until Election Day at 8 pm and still vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192573-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 49\nModifies Measure 37; clarifies right to build homes; limits large developments; protects farms, forests, groundwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192573-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Oregon state elections, Ballot measures, Measure 50\nAmends Constitution: Dedicates funds to provide health care for children, fund tobacco prevention, through increased tobacco tax..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192574-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Origins Award winners\nThe following are the winners of the 34th annual (2007) Origins Award, presented at the 2008 Origins Game Fair", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192575-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Orkney Islands Council election\nElections to Orkney Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 21 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192576-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Orlando Predators season\nThe 2007 Orlando Predators season was the 17th season for the franchise. They finished the season with an 8\u20138 record and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Philadelphia Soul, 41\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192576-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Orlando Predators season, Coaching\nJay Gruden started his fourth season as head coach of the Predators. He'd also coached for four years from 1998\u20132001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video\nThe 2007 Osama bin Laden video originally appeared in a banner ad on an Islamic militant website regularly used by al-Qaeda on September 6, 2007. The ad carried a picture of bin Laden and the logo of al-Qaeda's media production company As-Sahab. An accompanying translated message read: \"Soon, with the permission of God, a new visual tape, the Sheikh, the Lion, Osama bin Laden. May God protect him.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video\nThe timing of the video's release coincided with the 6th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. bin Laden's previous appearance in a video was in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video\nBy September 7, 2007, United States authorities had obtained a copy of the video, even though it hadn't been officially released. Soon after, the Reuters news agency released a 1-minute excerpt of the tape, which it had obtained from BNO News.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents\nNote: The following description was compiled after consideration of the video and transcript as hosted by", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents\nIn the video, bin Laden is seated at a table wearing a white robe, turban, and beige cloak. His beard is shorter than in his 2004 video and it's black, leading some to speculate that it had been dyed. The video's title \"The Solution\" appears in the top left corner of the video frame. The video running time is approximately 26\u00a0minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents\nBin Laden addresses the \"People of America\" directly in the video, but he makes no direct threats to the United States. He criticizes perceived flaws in American society and US foreign policy, contrasting these with the perceived virtues of Islam. The September 11 attacks are mentioned several times, as is the Iraq War. The video concludes with a suggestion that Americans should convert to Islam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents\nHe suggests that the viewer read the European thinker who anticipated the fall of the Soviet Union. Although not named, Bin Laden is believed to be referring to Emmanuel Todd and his book After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents\nBin Laden suggests that notice should be taken of comments made by a US soldier serving in Iraq named Joshua:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Contents\nThe soldier's comments were made in an ABC News story dated July 16, 2007, and although Bin Laden attributes the remarks to Corporal Joshua Lake who appears in the story.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Questions concerning authenticity\nSeveral peculiarities in the video raise questions regarding its authenticity:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video\nPresident George W. Bush speaking from the APEC Summit in Sydney, Australia:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video\nHomeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend speaking to Fox News Sunday:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video\nExpert on Islamic issues Sliman Abu Rahman (based in Amman, Jordan) speaking to Al Jazeera:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video\nFormer CIA analyst Michael Scheuer speaking to Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN's The Situation Room:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video\nScheuer also provided a more detailed analysis at the Jamestown Foundation site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Reaction to the video\nSecurity analyst M.J. Gohel of the Asia-Pacific Foundation speaking to The Washington Post:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 49], "content_span": [50, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192577-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Osama bin Laden video, Second video\nOn September 11, 2007, a second video appeared, purportedly featuring a eulogy by Osama bin Laden for 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri. In the video, a voice identified as bin Laden's delivers a 14-minute introduction. The voice is heard over a still picture of bin Laden, dressed and groomed as he appears in the September 7, 2007 video. The 33-minute balance of the recording is a video will read by al-Shehri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192578-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Osun State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Osun State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Osun State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Olagunsoye Oyinlola won the election, defeating Rauf Aregbesola of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192578-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Osun State gubernatorial election, Results\nOlagunsoye Oyinlola from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Rauf Aregbesola from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,297,297.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192579-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Outback Bowl\nThe 2007 Outback Bowl Game was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was part of the 2006\u20132007 bowl game season that concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the 21st edition of the bowl game originally known as the Hall of Fame Bowl, later rebranded as the Outback Bowl through sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse. The game pitted the 18th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers against the unranked Penn State Nittany Lions and was televised on ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192580-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ovation Awards\nThe nominees for the 2007 Ovation Awards were announced on September 24, 2007. The awards were presented for excellence in stage productions in the Los Angeles area from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007 based upon evaluations from members of the Los Angeles theater community.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192580-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ovation Awards\nThe winners were announced on November 12, 2007 in a ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192580-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ovation Awards, Board of Governors Awards\nThe Los Angeles Stage Alliance presented three non-competitive awards for meritorious service to theater in Los Angeles. The Board of Governors Award for Career Achievement was given to Annette Bening. The James A. Doolittle Leadership in Theatre Award was given to the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. And The Actors Fund was honored with the Community Outreach Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192581-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Oyo State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Christopher Alao-Akala won the election, defeating Abiola Ajimobi of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192581-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Oyo State gubernatorial election, Results\nA total of 15 candidates contested in the election. Christopher Alao-Akala from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Abiola Ajimobi from the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Registered voters was 1,793,476.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election\nA leadership election was held on November 11, 2007 in the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Greece's main centre-left party, after it was defeated in the parliamentary election earlier that year. The incumbent, George Papandreou, had stated right after the general elections that he would ask party members to renew their confidence in him, while Evangelos Venizelos and Kostas Skandalidis also declared themselves candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election\nElection districts were open from 9:00AM until 8:00PM local time In some districts the process finished at 9:30AM due to large number of people willing to vote. Voting it was scheduled to take place in 1,405 polling stations throughout the country and 86 in other countries and after merging some small stations it took place in 1,376. The procedure was fully electronically and was supported by 3,310 computers handled by 3,900 personnel. The registered voters are 347,991 members and 626,675 people in the status of the \"friend of the party\". The total number of voters, members and friends of the Movement older than 16 years old, was more than 700,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election\nInitial results on the day of the election showed Papandreou winning a majority. At 10:00PM Skandalidis called Papandreou to congratulate him on his victory and some minutes later Venizelos did the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election\nAccording to official final results, announced on November 14, George Papandreou was the victor with 55.91%, followed by Evangelos Venizelos with 38.18% and Kostas Skandalidis with 5.74%. Exit polls had published similar results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nA few hours after the results of the parliamentary elections were announced, on the night of Sunday, September 16, 2007, the leader of the defeated opposition party, George Papandreou, conceded defeat and made an announcement at PASOK's press-conference room in the Harilaos Trikoupis street building that houses the party HQ, asking all members of his party to find their own responsibilities for the defeat. He also declared that he would assume the part of the responsibility that belongs to him, by requesting the reaffirmation of his leadership by his fellow party members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nShortly after, the winner of the elections Kostas Karamanlis gave the first post-election press conference of the winning party, New Democracy, in the Zappeion hall, declaring victory. Traditionally, the Zappeion hall houses all serious political announcements in Greece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nA few minutes later, in a surprising and semantic move, Evangelos Venizelos visited the Zappeion as well, and made an announcement where he thanked all PASOK voters and party members for their effort, and stated that \"it is a pity that PASOK lost, while being able and obliged to win for the benefit of the country.\". He asked for party unity, and declared that PASOK \"deserves a better future and the replacement of the current false balance of power between the two parties\". He thanked George Papandreou for assuming his part of the responsibility, and declared himself \"obviously present\" in the coming leadership election of his party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nOn Monday, 17 September, Venizelos had a meeting with the former PASOK leader and ex-Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Simitis, whom he characterized as the \"guarantor of unity and democratic and transparent processes\" in his party, while he affirmed that his initiatives are not personal. Simitis, in a carefully written statement, admitted a \"painful defeat\", prioritized party unity and supported the immediate leadership election procedures as the only means for restoration and long-term crisis avoidance in PASOK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\n\u0397igh ranking PASOK officials Andreas Loverdos, Christos Verelis, George Floridis, George Lianis, Michalis Neonakis, Stavros Soumakis and Kimon Koulouris declared their support for Venizelos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nA survey was conducted by GPO for Mega channel on the very next day of the general elections regarding the suitability of each candidate for the party leadership. Evangelos Venizelos was regarded more suitable by 71.3% of the total sample, versus 15.8% for George Papandreou. While somewhat lower, the results were similar among PASOK voters (62.1% vs 25.7%). 70.6 % considered that PASOK would achieve much better results with a different leader, while 61.2% consider that the most important factor for New Democracy's victory (among four options) was the personality of Kostas Karamanlis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nPolitical analysts argue that the elections in Greece are becoming more of a character issue, rather than a party-orientation issue for the voters. However, 1 in 2 considered that Papandreou should still pursue the leadership, which was attributed to the necessity of selecting a better candidate among two, as opposed to Papandreou's previous election which had no opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nSeveral later surveys showed that the initial clear majority of Venizelos had diminished and that the election would be a close call between the two main candidates, while some of them even gave a slightly higher percentage to Papandreou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192582-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 PASOK leadership election, Background\nOther potential candidates, according to Greek media, were ex-Ministers Michalis Chrisohoidis and Theodoros Pangalos as well as the former EU commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou. The latter announced on October 1 that she would not be a candidate, and Pangalos followed on October 7. On September 28, Kostas Skandalidis declared he would be the third candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192583-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA All-Star Weekend\nThe 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend was the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2006\u201307 PBA season. The events were held at the Pacoy Ortega Gym, San Fernando City, La Union and at the University of Baguio Gym, Baguio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192583-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Thursday events, Shooting Stars Challenge\nJayjay Helterbrand, Dominic Uy and San Fernando City councilor Panding Nince def. Mick Pennisi, Richard del Rosario and councilor Pablo Ortega.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192583-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Thursday events, Slam Dunk competition\nFailed to qualify: Kelly Williams, Gabby Espinas, Aaron Aban, Ronald Tubid", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192583-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Thursday events, Rookie-Sophomore Blitz Game\nIn the game, there were four 10-minute quarters, the 8-second rule was lessened into 6 seconds, the shot clock was cut into 18 seconds, and a slam dunk counted for three points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192583-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA All-Star Weekend, Sunday events, All-Star Game, Game\nThe All Star Game started with a crazy dance by the South All-Stars. The addition of the three point dunk added to the output of the highest scoring (half-time) in PBA all-star history. The South led by as much as 20 points in the game only to be defeated by the North All-Stars, the trend wherein the host always win has not yet been broken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference\nThe 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2007 Talk 'N Text PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the second conference of the 2006-07 season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Teams are allowed to pick an import with a maximum height-limit of 6-feet, 6-inches tall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference\nThe tournament began on March 4 and finished on July 20. The schedule will be shortened due to the league's commitment to the Philippine national basketball team while 12 players selected by national team head coach Chot Reyes will not play for their mother teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference\nRed Bull Barako is the defending champions of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference\nTalk 'N Text, a product of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, was the main sponsor of the tournament. They also sponsored the 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup that ended a month before the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, List of imports\nThe following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, List of imports\nWelcoat was allowed to have two imports. Compton, is an American citizen was born in the Philippines and was a member of the several local teams playing as a local.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 43], "content_span": [44, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals\nPrior to Game 1, Sandwich performed \"Laban kung Laban,\" the TV theme song of the PBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals, Game 7\nOn Game 1, the Phone Pals raced into a twenty-point lead at the first quarter but the Aces chipped in to lead by a point by halftime. The Phone Pals lost steam as the Aces won the first game. The Phone Pals reversed the roles as the Aces themselves lost steam at the ends of Games 2 and 3 for a Phone Pals 2-1 series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals, Game 7\nWith a 1\u20133 deficit looming, newly crowned MVP Willie Miller stepped up his performance as he tied his conference-high 29 points to lead the Aces into victory on Game 4. Conference Best Player Mark Cardona blew the Phone Pals chances' when he turned the ball over with 4 seconds with a 2-point deficit to lead a Rosell Ellis tip-in from a Sonny Thoss missed lay-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192584-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference, Finals, Game 7\nOn Game 5, Willie Miller turned cold when the Phone Pals started pulling away. The Piltel franchise notched win #3 to assure a twice-to-beat advantage. Miller, who was severely criticized by a lackluster performance by the MVP, answered his critics with a 37-point output (the best in the Finals by a local) to lead the Aces to a Game 6 win and to force a Game 7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals\nThe 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The series was a best-of-seven affair and was the 93rd championship disputed in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 3\nThe Phone Pals trailed by 23 points in the second quarter and then launched an amazing comeback for a 2-1 lead in the series. Mark Cardona, named best player of the conference earlier, and Felix Belano, once again hit the big baskets for Talk 'N Text, which went down, 20-43, midway in the second quarter and went ahead 75-74, midway in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 4\nWillie Miller, who before the game just become the seventh player in league history to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy more than once, scored 10 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, eight in an 11-0 run that erased a seven-point deficit, down 73-80 with 3:57 to go, Miller took over and not only scored the points that mattered but dished out a brilliant assist to Sonny Thoss for a three-point play that capped the Alaska run and gave the Aces an 82-80 lead, 1:40 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 6\nWillie Miller erupted for a career-high 37 points as he redeemed himself from his lackluster six-point showing in Game five. The season MVP starred in Alaska's amazing 22-0 romp in the second quarter that fuelled the Aces' charge after a sluggish start. The Phone Pals took the opening quarter at 34-22 but went scoreless in the first seven minutes of the second period. The Aces went ahead 44-34 after the fiery salvo presided over by Miller, John Ferriols and Rosell Ellis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 6\nIt was the largest run by any team in a PBA finals since Ginebra came through with a 30-0 attack against Shell in their 1991 First Conference title playoff. The Aces sustained the momentum up to the finish, with their backs against the wall, played with great resolve, leading by as many as 22 points at 98-76 with 11:08 left to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Series scoring summary, Game 7\nWillie Miller came up with two big-time plays inside the final 1:17 as the Aces broke the game's last deadlock at 94 for a 98-94 lead which help Alaska cushion the impact of five missed free throws the rest of the way. The Phone Pals came within two and had a chance to tie the game in the dying seconds but JJ Sullinger was smothered by an Alaska defense that all but snuffed Talk 'N Text's hopes. After a split by Reynel Hugnatan, a last-second attempt by Sullinger from beyond the arc rimmed out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192585-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, Broadcast notes\nThe Associated Broadcasting Company and DZSR Sports Radio broadcast the games nationwide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192586-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA draft\nThe 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig on August 19, 2007. The Welcoat Dragons drafted Joe Devance of the University of Texas at El Paso and Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings to be the #1 draft pick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192586-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA draft, Round 2\nRed Bull's two picks (supposedly 17th and 19th), and Talk 'N Text (supposedly 18th) were passed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 23], "content_span": [24, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192586-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PBA draft, Undrafted players\nDraftee's name followed by college. All undrafted players become free agents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 33], "content_span": [34, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192587-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors\nThe 2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 2nd edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors event and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the ITC Stella Maris in Croatia from January 29 through February 4, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192587-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Champions, Men's Doubles\nMichael Kohlmann / Christopher Kas defeated Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k / Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd, 7\u20136(7\u20135), 4\u20136, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192588-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nJaroslav Levinsk\u00fd and Michal Merti\u0148\u00e1k were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Levinsk\u00fd partnered Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k, finishing runner-up. Merti\u0148\u00e1k partnered Petr P\u00e1la, losing in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192588-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Doubles\nMichael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske won the title, defeating Franti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Jaroslav Levinsk\u00fd 7\u20136(7\u20135), 4\u20136, [10\u20135] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192589-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors \u2013 Singles\nMarcos Baghdatis defeated Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 7\u20136(7\u20134), 4\u20136, 6\u20134 to win the 2007 PBZ Zagreb Indoors singles tennis tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192590-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC Pro Tour\nThe 2007 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They consisted of Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192590-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC Pro Tour, UK Open Regional Finals\nThree of the eight 2007 UK Open qualifying events took place during 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192590-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC Pro Tour, German Darts Corporation\nThe German Darts Corporation rankings are calculated from events across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2008 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192590-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC Pro Tour, Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour\nThe Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2008 World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 49], "content_span": [50, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192590-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC Pro Tour, Other PDC tournaments\nThe PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2007. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 40], "content_span": [41, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship\nThe 2007 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 14th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The tournament took place between 18 December 2006 \u2013 1 January 2007. The championship was once again held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, where it had been staged since the first PDC World Championship in 1994. However, it would turn out to be the last time the tournament would be held at the Tavern: in April 2007, the PDC announced that the event would be moving to Alexandra Palace from 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship\nThis was the fifth year of Ladbrokes' sponsorship deal, with the tournament prize fund now at a record \u00a3500,000. The PDC had introduced a bonus for a nine-dart finish at the 2006 World Matchplay, which started at \u00a35,000 and rolled over to the next Premier tour event if not won; for this tournament, the bonus stood at \u00a315,000, as a nine-darter had not been achieved at the Matchplay or the World Grand Prix. The bonus was not won, so it rolled over again, to the 2007 UK Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship\nRaymond van Barneveld became the first player in the history of the sport to play in the BDO World Championship final and the PDC World Championship final in consecutive years, having decided to switch organisations after the 2006 Lakeside event. Barneveld was close to defeat against top seed Colin Lloyd in the second round, but then never dropped another set on his way to the final, which was much anticipated between the best players of the current era. Barneveld and Phil Taylor had 17 World Championships between them and in one of the greatest matches in darts history, Barneveld came back from 3\u20130 down in sets to win 7\u20136 after a sudden-death leg. It was Barneveld's fifth world title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship\nTaylor maintained his record of reaching every single PDC World Championship final to date, but the defeat ended a 21-match unbeaten run at the Tavern, as well as his three-year reign as World Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nIn addition to the top 32 ranked PDC players, 32 places were awarded to qualifiers. 16 players progressed from a Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) qualifying event and 16 qualifiers were determined by the PDC in consultation with the PDPA. This involved various qualifying tournaments across the world in territories where television coverage of the PDC is broadcast, plus some wildcards awarded by international broadcasters and the PDC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nThe full list of the 16 players who made it to the Circus Tavern as an \"International Qualifier\" are Bill Davis \u2013 won a playoff of 4 American players in Las Vegas, Nevada John Kuczynski \u2013 best American player in World Series of Darts Warren French \u2013 won the New Zealand National Singles Championship Mitchell Clegg \u2013 won Oceanic Masters Tony Fleet \u2013 won the Australian Grand Prix Brian Cyr Ron Miller Gerry Convery Wynand Havenga \u2013 won South African Masters Tetsuya Wada \u2013 won Japanese Qualifying Event Shi Yongsheng \u2013 won Chinese Qualifying Event Per Laursen \u2013 won Danish qualifying event Rico Vonck \u2013 via Dutch Darts Foundation (DDF) Rankings (finished second to Michael van Gerwen who has opted to play in BDO version) Josephus Schenk \u2013 SBS-6 Wildcard (third in DDF rankings) Tomas Seyler \u2013 D:SF Wildcard Anton Pein \u2013 won a 128-man play off comprising German, Austrian and Swiss players", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 935]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers\nMitchell Clegg, from New South Wales, Australia was the youngest ever qualifier for a World Darts Championship (BDO or PDC). In October 2006, he won the Oceanic Masters at the age of 15 to earn a place at the Circus Tavern in January. He celebrated his 16th birthday in November 2006. He lost to Raymond van Barneveld in the 1st round \u2013 ironically both players were making their Circus Tavern debuts despite their vastly different levels of experience.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament\n172 players lined up at the Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham for the qualifiers for the World Championship on 2 December 2006. They included four former World Champions, Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Richie Burnett and Keith Deller. Former World Matchplay winners Peter Evison and Rod Harrington also attempted to qualify alongside two-time World Grand Prix finalist Shayne Burgess and former World finalist, Dave Whitcombe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament\nThey were all faced with a minimum of three matches (4 for Evison and Burnett) to qualify. Harrington and Evison both went at the first hurdle. Bristow, Lowe and Deller all managed to win their first matches, but then all fell in their second games (Lowe 4\u20135 to Ian Branks, Bristow 0\u20135 to Dennis Smith and Deller 4\u20135 to Dave Ladley). Burgess and Whitcombe also fell two matches short of qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament\nRichie Burnett managed to win four qualifying rounds to qualify for the first round proper at the Circus Tavern. He was joined by Alan Green, Alan Tabern, Steve Smith, Wayne Atwood, Ian Branks, Adrian Gray, Martin Burchell, Colin Osborne, Darren Webster, Alan Caves, Dave Ladley, Gary Welding, Dave Jowett, Mick McGowan and Mark Lawrence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, PDPA Qualifying tournament\nThe draw for the Ladbrokes World Championship was made after the qualifiers were completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Prize money\nTotal Prize fund for the 2007 World Championship was \u00a3500,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw\nScores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Draw\nMost 180s scored, individual\u00a0: 51 Raymond van Barneveld, 46 Andy Hamilton, 28 Phil Taylor, 25 Colin Osborne, 25 Adrian Lewis, 21 Andy Jenkins, 18 Dennis Priestley, 18 Mark Dudbridge, 18 Terry Jenkins, 18 Alan Tabern", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 39], "content_span": [40, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries\nThis table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 74], "content_span": [75, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Television Coverage\nThe following television stations broadcast the 2007 PDC World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Television Coverage\nThe UK television ratings for the World Championship included the following highlights", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Television Coverage\nThe viewing figures for the final were 1,028,000. The Newcastle United v Manchester United game which immediately preceded the darts on Sky Sports 1 achieved viewing figures of 1,761,000 \u2013 (also known as the \"lead-in\" audience for the darts).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nPhil Taylor opened the defence of his title with a comfortable 3\u20130 victory over Austrian qualifier Anton Pein, without dropping a single leg during the match and only allowing Pein three darts on a double in the final leg of the final set. Number seven seed Peter Manley also had little trouble in despatching Dave Jowett with the loss of only one leg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe big upset came when Ronnie Baxter, twice a finalist in the BDO World Championship went out in the first round for the second year running. He lost 2\u20133 to 25-year-old Sussex player, Adrian Gray who was never behind in the entire match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nFormer World Champion John Part struggled through to the second round against Merseyside debutant Alan Green 3\u20132, when the final set went right down to the wire. The Canadian only just avoided going down to a tie-break leg clinching the final set 6 legs to 4. Wynand Havenga, the first ever South African at the PDC World Darts Championship reached the second round by eliminating 26th seed Steve Maish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nElsewhere, 6th seed Terry Jenkins dispatched Mark Lawrence 3\u20131, Mick McGowan defeated 31st seed Matt Clark who produced the highest checkout of the tournament thus far with a 161 finish, and Chris Mason cruised through against Wayne Atwood 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe afternoon session provided a series of shocks as three of the four seeded players in action were toppled. Bob Anderson lost to 38-year-old Darren Webster, from Norfolk 1\u20133. Anderson was always in trouble, having dropped the first five legs of the match. The Limestone Cowboy had been struggling with a trapped nerve in his neck, but battled back to win the third set, but Webster closed out the match with two 14-dart legs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nCanadian debutant, Bryan Cyr put out Barrie Bates, who had been an in-form player in 2006. Cyr took the first two sets before Bates fought back to level, but Cyr was strongest on the doubles to clinch the final set. Dutch teenager, Rico Vonck had earlier defeated world number 16 Mark Walsh, who it seemed may be struggling with dartitis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe evening session went more in favour of the seeds as world number 1, Colin Lloyd defeated Tomas Seyler, who missed ten darts to win the first set. Lloyd then went on to win the match comfortably. Raymond van Barneveld's debut match at the PDC World Championship was a successful one, beating 16-year-old Australian qualifier Mitchell Clegg 3\u20130. The 5th seed Adrian Lewis whitewashed the other Australian qualifier Anthony Fleet, who failed to win a single leg, and 9th seed Denis Ovens dropped only two legs in a 3\u20130 defeat of Steve Smith. Alan Warriner-Little was another seeded casualty, however, managing to win only one leg in his defeat by Alan Tabern.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nWayne Mardle became the highest seeded player to be toppled so far in the first round when he was knocked out by Alan Caves. Caves stormed into a two-set lead before Mardle started to show any signs of the form that took him to number eight in the world. Mardle pulled back to level the match and even missed two darts at his favourite double 18, and a further three at double 20 to win the match. Caves, who had never won a match on television held his nerve in the final set to win it 5 legs to 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nEarlier in the afternoon session, the seeds continued to tumble as both Colin Monk and Lionel Sams suffered first round exits at the hands of Denmark's Per Laursen and Scunthorpe's Dave Ladley respectively. Last year's semi-finalist Wayne Jones defeated Ian Branks 3\u20130, and Andy Hamilton beat off Gary Welding, the man who knocked out world number 1 Colin Lloyd in the first round last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nIn the evening session, 1996 BDO World Champion Steve Beaton was untroubled as he beat Canadian Gerry Convery without dropping a single leg. In-form third seed Dennis Priestley beat Josephus Schenk in straight sets, and rising star James Wade defeated his opponent Warren French 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe first round came to an end with seven out of the eight seeded players in action progressing through to the last 32. The only seed to miss out was 2004 finalist, Kevin Painter who was beaten by Colin Osborne despite an average of 89.96. Osborne notched the tournament's first ten-dart finish and hit seven 180s during the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nDuring the afternoon session, ill 25th seed Dave Askew beat off Martin Burchell 3\u20132, and 'The Pieman' and 21st seed Andy Smith cruised through in straight sets against China's Shi Yongsheng. 20th seed Wes Newton booked a second round clash with Colin Osborne with a convincing whitewash victory against Japan's Tetsuya Wada, and 12th seed Andy Jenkins won 3\u20131 against American Bill Davis, dedicating his victory to his late father Chris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe opening match of the evening session saw 14th seed Mark Dudbridge take out top-rated American John Kuczynski 3\u20131, and 4th seed 'Tripod' Roland Scholten dropped only one leg in his defeat of Ron Miller. In the last match of the night and the first round, former BDO World Champion Richie Burnett, who had to qualify this year, managed to win only one leg against Alex Roy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nWhen the draw was made there was much anticipation for a possible clash between world number one, Colin Lloyd and four-time BDO World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld. They produced a dramatic match which went right down to a tie-break leg in the final set. Lloyd had opened a 3\u20130 set lead and looked to be on the way to victory, but missed the bullseye which would have given him a 4\u20131 victory. Lloyd missed another bullseye in the sixth set for the match and Barneveld took it the final set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nEven in the deciding set Lloyd missed more chances to go through missing double top in eighth and tenth legs. The match went to a sudden-death 11th leg after they couldn't be separated at 5 legs all. Barneveld took advantage of throwing first to win the leg in 15 darts. After the match in an exclusive interview, Barneveld revealed that the recollection of an inspiring meeting with an exceptional fan by the name of Alex Schoelcher back in the Netherlands at the cinema, was what kept him going despite being 3\u20130 down. He said the striking words said to him by this particular fan fuelled his drive to win. What was said exactly remains unknown, one of the great mysteries in the darts world today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe hype surrounding the Lloyd-Barneveld match perhaps overshadowed some other great matches on the final day before the tournament's break for Christmas. Peter Manley, a three-time Purfleet finalist came back from 0\u20133 to level his match but then lost the final set in a major upset against South African qualifier, Wynand Havenga. Terry Jenkins and Adrian Lewis had narrow 4\u20133 victories over former world champion Steve Beaton and last year's semi-finalist Wayne Jones respectively, while Chris Mason avenged his defeat from last year by John Part, beating the two-time World Champion 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nOther matches included Dutch youngster Rico Vonck beating Canadian Brian Cyr 4\u20132 to set up a third round match with fellow countryman Barneveld, and the final match of the evening that went on until over midnight resulted in Darren Webster beating Adrian Gray 4\u20131 in a fairly lackluster match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nPlay resumed after the Christmas break on Boxing Day evening with four second-round matches. Phil Taylor was forced to produce some of his best darts to beat Mick Mcgowan. In a high standard match, both players averaged over 100 \u2013 which was the first time its happened at this year's championship. McGowan won the first set and hit ten 180s in the match, including two legs where he opened with back-to-back maxima. Taylor produced a sensational average of 109 to win 4\u20131, which possibly didn't reflect the closeness of the match. Based on his average, McGowan would have beaten most if not all other players if he had faced them, but was unlucky to come up against Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nEarlier in the evening, 9th seed Denis Ovens missed a dart at double twelve as Purfleet's first-ever nine-dart finish remained elusive. His match against Alan Tabern went down to a sudden death 11th leg in the final set, which Tabern won. There were 24 maximum 180s in the match between Andy Hamilton and Mark Dudbridge, the 2005 finalist. Dudbridge came back from 1\u20133 to pull level, but Hamilton produced 11 and 13 dart legs in the final set to win the match 4\u20133. In the final match of the night, Dave Askew shot to a 3\u20130 lead over Alan Caves, who had beaten Wayne Mardle in the first round. Caves pulled the score back to 3\u20132 but Askew edged him out in the next set to secure a 4\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe last day of the second round opened with 11th seed James Wade beating 159th-ranked qualifier Dave Ladley. Wade led early on 2\u20131 and looked quite comfortable until Ladley took the lead by winning the next two sets (the last leg of which was won with a 156 finish). However Wade managed to dig deep and took the next set before winning by two clear legs 4\u20132 in the decider to go through 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nAnother shock almost took place as third seed Dennis Priestley fell behind 0\u20132 to Dane, Per Laursen \u2013 who was also 3\u20131 up before Priestley produced an inspired comeback (despite Laursen having eight darts to win the match in the sixth set) to win 4\u20133. In the final match of the afternoon rising star Colin Osborne, who had beaten Kevin Painter in the first round, defeated 20th seed Wes Newton 4\u20132. Andy Jenkins opened the evening session by reaching the last 16 for the first time beating Andy Smith 4\u20132. The final second round game became the third match of the tournament to go down to a sudden-death 11th leg in the final set as Roland Scholten beat Alex Roy, despite trailing 2\u20133 in sets at one stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe third round got underway and Raymond van Barneveld had no trouble in dispatching fellow countryman, Rico Vonck. In complete contrast to his classic with Colin Lloyd, van Barneveld won all 12 legs for a whitewash 4\u20130 win. Barneveld averaged 102.48, which was his second highest average in a world championship match. His opponent in the quarter-finals will be unseeded Alan Tabern who beat Dave Askew 4\u20133 in the final match of the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nSouth African Wynand Havenga's Purfleet adventure was brought to an end by 38-year-old Norwich qualifier, Darren Webster by 4 sets to 2. Havenga had knocked out Peter Manley in the second round, but found himself two sets behind before fighting back to level. Webster took three legs in a row to take the fifth set and dropped only one leg in the sixth set for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nNumber four seed, Roland Scholten was toppled by another qualifier Colin Osborne. Osborne became the third player who made it through from the PDPA qualifying to reach the last eight and Scholten's surprise defeat left Raymond van Barneveld as the only non-English player left in the championship. The fifth seed Adrian Lewis was also defeated 4\u20133 by twelfth seed Andy Jenkins in a high-standard match, where at one point Jenkins had a 67% success rate in hitting checkout doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nIn the evening, number six seed Terry Jenkins joined his namesake Andy in the quarter-finals by coming from 3\u20131 down to win 4\u20133 over eleventh seed James Wade, and the last match of the third round saw number three seed Dennis Priestley go down to nineteenth seed Andy Hamilton 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nHowever, the main controversy of the night came as Phil Taylor faced Chris Mason. Before the match, the tabloids had hyped comments made by Mason about Taylor's supposed boasting and arrogance. As the match began the two barely made eye contact, Taylor seeming unperturbed as he came to a 4\u20130 win over Mason. At the end of the match Mason exchanged words with Taylor, who claimed Mason swore at him and he threatened to not continue playing if he kept on getting comments of that sort (Taylor is often a victim of criticism by many players). Despite this he played against Darren Webster in the quarter-finals and most, if not all of the hype surrounding the incident has now calmed down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe tournament reached the quarter-final stage and the closest of the matches came in the afternoon session. Both games went to a deciding ninth set, first Andy Jenkins came from 1\u20133 and 3\u20134 behind to beat impressive qualifier Colin Osborne. Andy Hamilton went through to the semi-final hitting sixteen 180s against Terry Jenkins, who hit ten himself. Jenkins had fought back from 0\u20133 behind, but his comeback was in vain as Hamilton edged another thrilling match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe prospect of a Taylor v Barneveld final came ever closer as both players won their evening quarter-finals comfortably. Barneveld beat Alan Tabern 5\u20130, dropping only four legs in the match. Taylor also lost only four legs, but Darren Webster strung together three successive legs to clinch a consolation fifth set. Webster also hit the highest checkout of the tournament so far of 164, but despite an average of 95, the Norwich player lost 1\u20135 to the defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nBoth semi-finals ended with whitewashes as Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor progressed to the final. Barneveld's semi-final against Andy Jenkins was the first match of the evening, and the Dutchman lost only four legs during the match. Jenkins only resilience came in the third set when he had two darts at double top to narrow the gap to 1\u20132, but he missed and Barneveld stepped in and then also took the next six legs to go 5\u20130 up. Jenkins said after the match, \"After what I've been through in the last month, with my dad dying, I'm very happy to have reached the semi-finals.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nPhil Taylor raced to a two-set lead against Andy Hamilton, winning the first six legs of the match. The third and fourth sets were much closer, both going to the deciding leg \u2013 but Taylor was the stronger in both with an 11-dart leg to win the third and added two more 11-darters in the fifth set. The defending champion lost only six legs in the match to set up a much anticipated final against Barneveld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nThe final that had been much anticipated brought 13-time and defending champion, Phil Taylor against 4-time BDO World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld. The match more than lived up to the hype, as Taylor won the first eight legs of the match to lead 2\u20130 in sets and legs. Barneveld only had one dart at a double in that time, a missed bullseye for a 167 finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nBarneveld hit a 14-dart finish to win the ninth leg of the match his first, but Taylor closed out the set to lead 3\u20130. Barneveld then started to turn the match around by winning all three legs in the fourth set, closing it out with the tournament's highest three-dart checkout, the maximum 170. He came from 2\u20131 down to win the fifth set in a decider and was now only one set behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nTaylor took the sixth set, then Barneveld took the seventh to stay just one behind at 3\u20134. Taylor edged the next to lead 5\u20133, but the game then started to turn in Barneveld's favour as he won six out of the next seven legs to draw level for the first time since the start of the match, then won the 11th set from 2\u20130 down in legs to lead the match for the first time. The 12th set also went to a deciding leg, this time with Taylor winning comprehensibly to set up a deciding set in the final of the PDC World Championship for the third time in five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192591-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Tournament Review\nBarneveld 100, Taylor 180; B 180, T 40; B 105, T 133; B 76, T 58. Barneveld, now requiring double top with Taylor back on 90, hit the match winning dart with his first dart to take the leg and the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192592-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PDL season\nThe 2007 USL Premier Development League season was the 13th season of the PDL. The season started on April 28, 2007. The regular season ended on July 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192592-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PDL season\nLaredo Heat finished the season as national champions, beating the Michigan Bucks on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie in the PDL Championship game in Laredo, Texas on August 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192592-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PDL season\nHampton Roads Piranhas finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 14 out of their 16 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +36 goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192592-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PDL season\nFresno Fuego striker Pablo Campos was the league's top scorer, knocking in 18 goals. Thunder Bay Chill's Gustavo Oliveira led the league with 15 assists, while Hampton Roads Piranhas keeper Evan Newton enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics, with a goals-against average of 0.222 per game, and keeping 8 clean sheets in his 14 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192592-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PDL season, Playoff format\nThe top two teams in each division advance to the playoffs, with all playoff matchups consisting of one game. Each conference will hold separate playoffs at a host location. The format for each conference playoff consists of one division winner playing against the other division's second-place club, with winners advancing to the conference final. The winners of each conference play in the national semifinal, determined as such: Central vs Western, Eastern vs Southern. The winners of these matches play in the final match scheduled on August 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192593-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PEI Labatt Tankard\nThe 2007 PEI Labatt Tankard, the men's curling provincial championships for Prince Edward Island, was held during late January and early February. The open playdowns were held at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from January 26\u201329, while the final eight playdowns were held at the Cornwall Curling Club from February 6\u201311. The winner of the Tankard was Peter Gallant, who won his first Tankard as a skip. He and his rink represented PEI at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier in Hamilton, Ontario, where they finished tied for eighth place at 4\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192593-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PEI Labatt Tankard, Open Playdowns\nThe open playdowns consisted of 21 teams playing in a triple-knockout format. The top eight teams advanced to the final round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season\nThe 2007 Russian football season, saw CSKA Moscow competed in the Russian Premier League, Russian Super Cup, Russian Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. CSKA were defending Premier League champions but could not successfully defend it, finishing 3rd. They also failed to defend their 2005/06 Cup crown, getting knocked out at the Sixth Round stage by Krylia Sovetov during the 2006/07 Cup. They did however win all their games from the 2007/08 cup that were played in 2007, progressing to the Semi-finals by the end of the 2007 season. CSKA did however retain their Russian Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season\nAfter being eliminated to the UEFA Cup during the 2006/07 European campaign, they were knocked out by Maccabi Haifa at the Round of 32. CSKA qualified directly for the group stage of the 2007\u201308 UEFA Champions League, however they did not make it out of the group, after being drawn with Inter Milan, Fenerbah\u00e7e and PSV Eindhoven, finishing bottom of the group with 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Winter\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nIn:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192594-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Transfers, Summer\nOut:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship\nThe 2007 PGA Championship was the 89th PGA Championship, played August 9\u201312 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defending champion Tiger Woods won his fourth PGA Championship and 13th major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Woody Austin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Venue\nSimilar to the upgrades it received prior to the 2001 U.S. Open, Southern Hills underwent extensive renovations to prepare for the 2007 PGA Championship, including new greens and renovated bunkers, as well as an upgrade to the clubhouse. A major heatwave gripping the United States impacted playing conditions significantly. The high temperature for the four days of the tournament reached 101, 99, 99, and 102. Joking about the heat after hooking one of his drives into the trees, Colin Montgomerie said \"at least it's in the shade\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Venue\nIt was the seventh major championship and fourth PGA Championship at Southern Hills; the three previous winners were Dave Stockton (1970), Raymond Floyd (1982) and Nick Price (1994). The U.S. Open winners were Tommy Bolt (1958), Hubert Green (1977), and Retief Goosen (2001).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round\nGraeme Storm led the field after the first round by shooting a bogey-free 65 (\u22125). Storm is playing in his first PGA Championship. Defending champion Tiger Woods began his campaign for his 13th major victory by shooting a 71 (+1).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round\nOther notable scores include: John Daly, currently ranked 423rd in the world, shooting a 67 (\u22123); Brad Lardon shot the best round of the day among those who qualified for the tournament through the PGA Professional National Championship by shooting an even-par 70; U.S. Open champion \u00c1ngel Cabrera shot a disappointing 81 (+11), largely due to a septuple-bogey 10 on the par 3 6th hole; Retief Goosen, the last major champion at Southern Hills (2001 U.S. Open), shot an even-par 70 including an eagle and a double-bogey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round\nThe scoring average for the round was 74.29 (+4.29) with 12 players under par. The par 4 18th hole ranked the toughest with a scoring average of 4.49 (+0.49). The par 3 11th hole was the easiest of the day with a scoring average of 2.97 (\u22120.03), the only hole that played under par.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round\nTiger Woods scored a 63, tying the record for the lowest single-round score at a major championship. The feat had been previously accomplished 22 times by 20 other players, and also tied the course record set by Raymond Floyd in the 1982 PGA Championship. His birdie putt on the 18th hole for the record outright horseshoed around the cup but did not fall. Local fan favorite and former Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank also had a good round with a score of 66. The cut was at 145 (+5) and 72 players advanced. Only two PGA club professionals made the cut. Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh were among those who missed the cut. The scoring average for the round was 72.80 (+2.80) with 24 players under par for the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round\nTiger Woods stretched his lead to three strokes, and has held at least a share of the 54-hole lead in a major 13 times. He was in the final group of three out of the four major championships in 2007. Boo Weekley shot the low round of the day, a five-under par 65. Sergio Garc\u00eda was disqualified after the third round for signing an incorrect scorecard. Had he signed it correctly, he would have been at 219 (+9) in a tie for 63rd place. The scoring average for the round was 71.92 (+1.92) with 15 players under par for the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nTiger Woods claimed his fourth PGA Championship and improved to 13\u20130 in major championships when holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. He led by as many as five strokes in the third and fourth rounds. However, his bogey on the 14th hole, coupled with Woody Austin's third consecutive birdie at the 13th, whittled Woods' lead down to a single stroke. Woods rebounded, however, with a birdie on the 15th hole, and then parred in to claim the championship. Simon Dyson shot the low round of the day with a 64 (\u22126). The scoring average for the round was 71.82 (+1.82) with 16 players under par for the round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192595-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Championship, Television\nTelevision coverage in the United States was provided by TNT and CBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192596-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour\nThe 2007 PGA Tour season ran from January 4, 2007 to November 4, 2007. The season consisted of 47 official money events. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour. There were also five unofficial events played in November and December. Tiger Woods swept all the major awards for a sixth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192596-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour\nTwelve players won three million dollars, 34 won two million or more and 99 won one million or more. The cut off to make the top 125 on the money list and retain a tour card was a record $785,180.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192596-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour\nThe total prize money, as stated on the 2007 schedule of tournaments page of the PGA Tour website, was $271.1 million. The actual prize money was slightly higher \u2013 $272,304,886.89 (due to more than 70 players making the cut at most tournaments). If one player had played and won each of the 44 events (excluding the three alternate events), he would have won $46,787,450.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192596-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour, Schedule\nThe following table lists the main season events. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 23], "content_span": [24, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192597-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates\nThis is a list of the 26 players who earned their 2008 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192597-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2008 Results\n*PGA Tour rookie in 2008T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 150).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192598-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour of Australasia\nThe 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192598-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PGA Tour of Australasia, Main tournament results\nThe table below shows the 2007 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192599-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PLFA season\nThe 2007 season of the Polish American Football League (PLFA) was the 2nd season played by the major american football league in Poland. Regular season play was held from April 14 to September 23, 2007. The Polish champion title was eventually won by The Crew Wroc\u0142aw when they defeated the AZS Silesia Miners; the Polish Bowl championship game, at Marymont stadium in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship on October 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192599-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PLFA season, Playoffs\nThree division winners and one runner-up was qualify to the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192600-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open\nThe 2007 PTT Bangkok Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd and final edition of the PTT Bangkok Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 8 October through 14 October 2009. Total prize money for the tournament was $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192600-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open, Champions, Doubles\nSun Tiantian / Yan Zi def. Ayumi Morita / Junri Namigata, Walkover", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192600-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Singles, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192600-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Singles, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192600-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Doubles, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192600-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open, WTA Entrants, Doubles, Other entrants\nThe following players received an entry as alternates into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192601-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open \u2013 Doubles\nThe Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 PTT Bangkok Open took place between 8 October and 14 October on the outdoor hard courts in Bangkok, Thailand. Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi won the title after Ayumi Morita and Junri Namigata retired from the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192602-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open \u2013 Singles\nVania King was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw in the quarterfinals due to a lower back injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192602-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PTT Bangkok Open \u2013 Singles\nFlavia Pennetta won the tournament, defeating Chan Yung-jan 6\u20131, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships\nThe 2007 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 19 to 24 at the C.S.O. Curling Club in Huairou, Beijing, China. The top 2 teams in each gender qualified for the 2007 World Curling Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams\nSkip : Kim ForgeThird: Sandy GagnonSecond: Lynette Kate GillLead: Madeleine Kate Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams\nSkip : Wang BingyuThird: Yue QingshuangSecond: Liu YinLead: Zhou YanAlternate: Liu Jinli", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams\nSkip : Moe MeguroThird: Mari MotohashiSecond: Mayo YamauraLead: Kotomi IshizakiAlternate: Anna Ohmiya", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams\nSkip : Park Ji-hyunThird: Kim Mi-yeonSecond: Shin Mi-sungLead: Park Kyung-miAlternate: Lee Hyun-jung", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Teams\nSkip : Bridget BeckerThird: Brydie DonaldSecond: Abby Lee PyleLead: Linda Geary", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192603-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Curling Championships, Women's, Playoffs\nAs China was the first placed team at the conclusion of the round robin, a silver medal game was played to determine which team would go to the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192604-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific League Climax Series\nThe 2007 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three regular-season finishers played in the two series. The PLCS began on with the first game of Stage 1 on October 8 and ended with the final game of Stage 2 on October 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192605-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open\nThe 2007 Indian Wells Masters (also known as the Pacific Life Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States, from March 5 through March 18, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192605-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open, Review\nThe tournament was the first Masters Series event on the 2007 ATP Tour, and saw Rafael Nadal win his first tournament of the year. Roger Federer lost unexpectedly in the second round to lucky loser Guillermo Ca\u00f1as, who only returned to the circuit six months earlier after a ban for doping offences. Federer, on a 41-match unbeaten streak, was unable to break Guillermo Vilas' record of 46 straight victories. Novak Djokovic managed to make his first impression in a major tournament, reaching the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192605-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open, Review\nThe women's side saw Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 win the second tournament of her career, her first also coming at Indian Wells five years previously in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 30], "content_span": [31, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192605-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open, Champions, Men's Doubles\nMartin Damm / Leander Paes defeated Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192605-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open, Champions, Women's Doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung 6\u20133, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192606-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and David \u0160koch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192606-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMartin Damm and Leander Paes won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134 against Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192607-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6\u20132, 7\u20135, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2007 Indian Wells Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192607-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nBy reaching the final, Djokovic became world No. 10, entering the top 10 in rankings for the first time in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192607-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRoger Federer was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Guillermo Ca\u00f1as.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192607-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nAll thirty-two seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192608-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending women's doubles champions at the 2007 Pacific Life Open tennis tournament played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, USA. They were seeded first of the 16 doubles teams that participated and extended their title by beating Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung 6\u20133, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192609-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe 2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the 2007 Pacific Life Open, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in March. Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Vera Zvonareva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192609-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Life Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to win the tournament for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192610-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Rugby Cup\nThe 2007 Pacific Rugby Cup was the second edition of the Pacific Rugby Cup competition and featured 6 representative rugby union football teams; 2 from each of the three Pacific rugby unions - Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. It was played from 31 March to 5 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192610-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Rugby Cup\nIn the grand final match, Upolu Samoa was victorious on Tongan soil, beating the Tau'uta Reds in the decider by 20 points (35 to 15).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192610-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Rugby Cup, Teams and format\nThe six teams that were created for the inaugural 2006 competition returned to compete in 2007. These teams were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192610-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Rugby Cup, Teams and format\nThe teams played a single round robin (home or away) series. The two top-ranked teams at the end of the standings met in the grand final match, with the first-ranked team awarded home advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192611-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Women's Handball Cup\nThe 2007 Women's Pacific Handball Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 25\u201326 May 2007. It featured participants New Zealand, Tahiti, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192611-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific Women's Handball Cup\nNew Caledonia were the winners and undefeated all tournament. Next was New Zealand claiming second Tahiti third and Vanuatu fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season\nThe 2007 Pacific hurricane season was a below-average Pacific hurricane season, featuring one major hurricane. The season officially started on May\u00a015 in the eastern Pacific and on June\u00a01 in the central Pacific, and ended on November 30; these dates conventionally delimit the period during which most tropical cyclones form in the region. The first tropical cyclone of the season, Alvin, developed on May\u00a027, while the final system of the year, Kiko, dissipated on October\u00a023.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season\nDue to unusually strong wind shear, activity fell short of the long-term average, with a total of 11 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane. At the time, 2007 featured the second-lowest value of the Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index since reliable records began in 1971. Two tropical cyclones \u2013 Cosme and Flossie \u2013 crossed into the central Pacific basin during the year, activity below the average of 4 to 5 systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season\nImpact during the season was relatively minimal. In early June, Tropical Storm Barbara moved ashore just northwest of the Mexico\u2013Guatemala border, causing $55 million (2007 USD) in damage and 4 deaths. In late July, Cosme passed south of the island of Hawaii as a weakening tropical depression; light rain and increased surf resulted. A few days later, Dalila passed offshore the coastline of southwestern Mexico, killing 11 and causing minimal damage. Hurricane Flossie followed a similar track to Cosme in mid-August, producing gusty winds and light precipitation in Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season\nHurricane Henriette in early September produced torrential rainfall in southwestern Mexico, killing 6 and causing $25 million in damage. Baja California received moderate rains from Hurricane Ivo in mid-September, though no damage nor fatalities were reported. In mid-October, Tropical Storm Kiko passed just offshore the coastline of southwestern Mexico. Though no deaths were reported on the Mexico mainland, the storm capsized a ship with 30 people on board, 15 of whom were recovered dead, and 9 of whom were reported missing. Overall, the season ended with $80 million in damage and 49 deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts\nOn May\u00a021, 2007, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Central Pacific Hurricane Center released its outlook for the 2007 Central Pacific hurricane season, predicting a total of 2\u20133 tropical cyclones to form or cross into the basin; in a typical season, 4\u20135 systems cross or form in the Central Pacific. A day later, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its seasonal prediction for the 2007 East Pacific hurricane season, predicting a total of 11\u201316 named storms, 6\u20139 hurricanes, and 2\u20134 major hurricanes. Below-average activity was expected as a result of either ENSO-Neutral or La Ni\u00f1a conditions, as well as the continuation of the reduction in activity beginning in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nThe accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2007 Pacific hurricane season was 35\u00a0units in the Eastern Pacific and 17.5625\u00a0units in the Central Pacific. The total ACE in the basin is 52.5625\u00a0units. which was a well below the 1981\u20132010 average of 113.3 units, and at the time the second-lowest value observed since reliable records began in 1971. Broadly speaking, ACE is a measure of the power of a tropical or subtropical storm multiplied by the length of time it existed. It is only calculated for full advisories on specific tropical and subtropical systems reaching or exceeding wind speeds of 39\u00a0mph (63\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nTropical cyclone activity totaled to eleven named storms, four hurricanes, and only major hurricane within the season; all three of these values fall below the 1971\u20132006 long-term average of 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The main contributing factor to below-average activity was much above-average wind shear across the Pacific basin. In May\u00a02007, two tropical storms \u2013 Alvin and Barbara \u2013 developed, marking at the time the third such instance of more than one tropical storm developing within the month since official records began in 1949.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary\nIn June\u00a02007, only one tropical depression developed in the East Pacific basin, making 2007 one of only four years in which a tropical storm did not form in the month. By the following month, in terms of ACE, 2007 was considered the third quietest year-to-date since the satellite era began in 1966; in September, the season fell to the second quietest year-to-date. Below-average activity continued for the remainder of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alvin\nThe genesis of Alvin can be attributed to a tropical wave that crossed Dakar, Africa on May\u00a09. The wave remained poorly organized as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea through mid-May. On May\u00a020, the disturbance crossed Central America and emerged into the eastern Pacific Ocean, where convection\u2014shower and thunderstorm activity\u2014gradually began to increase over the well-defined center; this led to the formation of a tropical depression by 0000\u00a0UTC on May\u00a027, approximately 345\u00a0mi (555\u00a0km) south of the southern tip of Baja California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Alvin\nFollowing designation, the depression was slow to organize as a result of moderate easterly shear; by 0000\u00a0UTC on May\u00a029, however, the system had gained enough organization to be considered a tropical storm. After attaining its peak intensity with winds of 40\u00a0mph (65\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1003\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.62\u00a0inHg), increasingly stable air and higher wind shear caused Alvin to begin a weakening trend. At 0600\u00a0UTC on May\u00a030, it weakened to a tropical depression, and by 0000\u00a0UTC on June\u00a01, Alvin degenerated into a non-convective remnant low. The remnant low continued generally westward until dissipation six days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara\nA tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on May\u00a014. After emerging into the eastern Pacific on May\u00a025, the system acquired enough organization to be considered a tropical depression at 1800\u00a0UTC on May\u00a029, about 115\u00a0mi (185\u00a0km) south-southeast of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Within an environment of weak steering currents, the storm became better organized as evidenced by an improving satellite appearance, with the formation of a curved band in the southeast quadrant.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara\nAt 1200\u00a0UTC on May\u00a030, the depression was upgraded to a tropical storm; by 0000\u00a0UTC on June\u00a01, however, increased northerly wind shear caused Barbara to weaken back to a tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara\nAfter re-intensifying into a tropical storm for a second time six hours later, Barbara attained its peak intensity with winds of 50\u00a0mph (85\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1000\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.53\u00a0inHg) at 1800\u00a0UTC. Drifting northeast, the storm maintained this intensity until landfall just northwest of the Mexico-Guatemala border at 1300\u00a0UTC on June\u00a02. Rapid weakening ensued thereafter, with the system weakening to a tropical depression at 1800\u00a0UTC. The low-level circulation dissipated six hours later, marking the dissipation of Barbara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Barbara\nHeavy rainfall exceeding 4\u00a0in (100\u00a0mm) caused many rivers to swell. An unspecified island was separated from the Mexico mainland after the bridge connecting the two was washed away, stranding dozens of families. In El Salvador, significant flooding killed four people. Gusts peaked at 58\u00a0mph (85\u00a0km/h) at an automated weather station in Puerto Madero, Chiapas. Across the affected regions, these winds caused damage limited to house roofs and trees. Barbara caused severe crop damage totaling to 200 million pesos (2007 MXN; $55 million). About a hundred residents were forced to evacuate after the storm destroyed a dozen palm huts in Guatemala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Three-E\nOn May\u00a024, a tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa. The wave entered the eastern Pacific around June\u00a06 and shower and thunderstorm activity began to increase shortly thereafter. A broad area of low pressure formed a few hundred miles south of Acapulco, Mexico two days later. Following satellite evidence of a well-defined circulation and organized convective activity, the National Hurricane Center upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression at 1200\u00a0UTC on June\u00a011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Three-E\nAfter attaining winds of 35\u00a0mph (55\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1004\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.65\u00a0inHg), the depression began to traverse cooler waters and much more stable air. This caused all associated convection to fade away, and the depression degenerated to a non-convective remnant low at 0000\u00a0UTC on June\u00a013. The remnant low continued northwest until dissipation by 0600\u00a0UTC on June\u00a015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Four-E\nA tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on June\u00a023. It reached the eastern Pacific on July\u00a03, where associated convection began to increase three days later. Continued slow development occurred thereafter, and following satellite trends, the disturbance was upgraded to Tropical Depression Four-E at 1800\u00a0UTC on July\u00a09. Tracking westward, the depression began to move across waters too cool to support a tropical cyclone and into an environment of moderate shear. The low-level circulation became ill-defined and exposed, leading to degeneration to a remnant low at 0600\u00a0UTC on July\u00a011 about 910\u00a0mi (1465\u00a0km) west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The low continued northwest until dissipation at 0000\u00a0UTC the following day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Five-E\nOn June\u00a021, a tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa. It entered the eastern Pacific on July\u00a010, and shower and thunderstorm activity began to increase a day later as a result. Tracking westward, the wave gradually became better organized; by 1200\u00a0UTC on July\u00a014, the disturbance acquired enough organization to be upgraded to a tropical depression. Within an environment of moderate wind shear, the low-level center quickly became poorly defined as convection dissipated. Turning west-northwest on July\u00a015, the depression entered cooler waters and an increasingly stable airmass, causing the system to degenerate into a remnant low by 0000\u00a0UTC the following day. The remnant low dissipated a few hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme\nA tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on June\u00a027 and tracked westward to reach the eastern Pacific on July\u00a08. There, the system steadily gained organization and was declared a tropical depression by 1200\u00a0UTC on July\u00a014. Moving slowly northwest, a low wind shear and warm sea surface temperature environment allowed the system to strengthen to a tropical storm at 1800\u00a0UTC on July\u00a015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme\nFollowing the development of a curved convection band and appearance of an eye on satellite, Cosme was upgraded to a Category\u00a01 hurricane at 1800\u00a0UTC the next day; it is at this time that the system attained its peak with winds of 75\u00a0mph (120\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 987\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.15\u00a0inHg). Cosme tracked over ever cooler waters beginning at that time, causing the system to weaken quickly back to tropical storm strength.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0011-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme\nIt turned west as a result of an intensifying ridge of high pressure to its north while continuing to deteriorate in organization. At 1800\u00a0UTC on July\u00a018, Cosme weakened to a tropical depression after crossing into the central Pacific, and by 1800\u00a0UTC on July\u00a022, no longer sustained enough organization to be considered a tropical cyclone. The remnant low continued generally westward until dissipation early on July\u00a025.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Cosme\nCosme was initially forecast to pass over Hawaii at tropical storm strength. Instead, a strong ridge of high pressure kept the system well south of the island. Outer rainbands produced several inches of rainfall, leading to minor flooding while simultaneously alleviating drought conditions. Winds gusts briefly reached tropical storm strength, though no damage was reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 55], "content_span": [56, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dalila\nA tropical wave emerged into the eastern Pacific on July\u00a017. Tracking west-northwest, the system acquired enough organization to be upgraded to a tropical depression at 0000\u00a0UTC on July\u00a022, while positioned 460\u00a0mi (740\u00a0km) south of Manzanillo, Mexico. Following formation, moderate northeasterly shear inhibited significant development, causing the system to remain a tropical depression for 48 hours. A mid-level ridge over Mexico caused the system to turn northwest as shear began to decrease; at 0000\u00a0UTC on July\u00a024, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dalila.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dalila\nAfter attaining its peak intensity with winds of 60\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 995\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.39\u00a0inHg) a day later, the storm tracked over progressively cool waters, causing it to weaken. At 0600\u00a0UTC on July\u00a027, Dalila weakened to a tropical storm, and by 1800\u00a0UTC, the system no longer retained enough organization to be considered a tropical cyclone. The remnant low tracked west, southwest, and eventually south prior to dissipation at 1200\u00a0UTC on July\u00a030.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dalila\nThough the center of the storm remained offshore, outer rainbands led to heavy rainfall that triggered substantial flooding. In Michoac\u00e1n, Dalila flooded ten municipalities with at least 15\u00a0in (380\u00a0mm) of precipitation, destroying dozens of wooden structures. Heavy rains in Jalisco killed eleven, many of whom occurred in automobile crashes. Flood waters covered numerous roads, causing many accidents, while approximately 50 homes were damaged. Rough seas and heavy rain affected Baja California Sur, though no damage or fatalities were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 61], "content_span": [62, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erick\nA tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on July\u00a016. Tracking westward, intermittent bursts of deep convection occurred as it crossed the Leeward Islands on July\u00a022, but associated activity remained disorganized. The wave crossed Central America three days later, emerging into the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly thereafter. On July\u00a028, a broad area of low pressure formed along the wave axis; easterly shear, however, prevented thunderstorms from developing over the center. Convective activity increased by July\u00a031, leading to the formation of a tropical depression at 1200\u00a0UTC that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Erick\nDespite the unfavorable environment, satellite intensity estimates increased to tropical storm intensity, prompting the National Hurricane Center to upgrade the depression to such. After attained a peak intensity with winds of 40\u00a0mph (65\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1004\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.65\u00a0inHg) at 0600\u00a0UTC on August\u00a01, continued wind shear caused Erick to weaken to a tropical depression. The low-level center became lost organization as it became elongated northeast to southwest on August\u00a02, leading to degeneration into a tropical wave by 0600\u00a0UTC. The remnants of the system dissipated six hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie\nAn ill-defined tropical wave entered the eastern Pacific on August\u00a01 and steadily organized to attain tropical depression intensity eight days later. Within an environment of light shear, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Flossie at 0000\u00a0UTC on August\u00a09 and continued to organize to attain Category\u00a01 hurricane intensity by 1200\u00a0UTC the following day as an eye became apparent on satellite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie\nContinuing westward and crossing into the central Pacific basin, the system began a period of rapid intensification that brought it to its peak intensity with winds of 140\u00a0mph (220\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 949\u00a0mb (hPa; 28.03\u00a0inHg) at 0000\u00a0UTC on September\u00a012, while positioned roughly 980\u00a0mi (1575\u00a0km) east-southeast of the Big Island.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0016-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie\nIncreased wind shear the next day caused Flossie to begin a slow weakening trend thereafter; at 1200\u00a0UTC on September\u00a014, the system weakened to a Category\u00a02 hurricane, and by 0600\u00a0UTC on September\u00a015, the cyclone was barely a Category\u00a01 hurricane. Six hours later, it weakened to a tropical storm as the low-level center became exposed on satellite. Flossie weakened to a tropical depression early on September\u00a016 and dissipated by 1800\u00a0UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Flossie\nIn preparation for the cyclone, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for the Big Island. A tropical storm warning was subsequently issued for the same location, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sent 20 transportation, public works, and health experts to the region. Many schools were closed, including the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College; as a result, an estimated 26,000 college students were sent home. As a weakening cyclone, Flossie produced light precipitation on the island of Hawaii. Large waves impacted south-facing beaches while the maximum sustained wind observed reached 39\u00a0mph (63\u00a0km/h) at South Point. No fatalities were reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil\nA vigorous tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on August\u00a016. Characterized with abundant deep convection, the wave remained organization until it interacted with an upper-level trough across the eastern Caribbean Sea a few days later. On August\u00a026, the wave split in two, with the northern portion leading the formation of a weak low in the Bay of Campeche and the southern portion continuing westward into the eastern Pacific. After the formation of deep convection over the center and associated convective bands, the disturbance was upgraded to a tropical depression at 1200\u00a0UTC on August\u00a029.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil\nThough the circulation remained positioned on the northeast side of most thunderstorm activity, satellite intensity estimates supported tropical storm strength and it was upgraded to such accordingly. At 1200\u00a0UTC on August\u00a030, Gil attained its peak intensity with winds of 45\u00a0mph (75\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1001\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.56\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil\nShortly thereafter, increasing wind shear and decreasing sea surface temperatures caused the system to steadily weaken; at 0000\u00a0UTC on September\u00a01, the system deteriorated into a tropical depression, and by 1800\u00a0UTC the following afternoon, the system no longer displayed enough organization to be considered a cyclone. The remnant low continued westward and dissipated twelve hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Gil\nHeavy rainfall was reported throughout the state of Sinaloa. A total of 26 neighborhoods were flooded with up to 4.9\u00a0ft (1.5\u00a0m) of water in the town of Culiac\u00e1n, while a 14-year-old boy was swept away by a swollen river.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 58], "content_span": [59, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Henriette\nA poorly organized tropical wave moved into the eastern Pacific on August\u00a029 and quickly developed into a tropical depression by 0600\u00a0UTC the following day. Within an environment of low wind shear, the depression intensified into a tropical storm, acquiring the name Henriette, at 1200\u00a0UTC on August\u00a031. Moving west-northwest around a ridge positioned over inland Mexico, the center passed narrowly offshore after producing squally weather along the coastline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Henriette\nThe system moved westward while continuing to intensify, becoming a Category\u00a01 hurricane at 0600\u00a0UTC on September\u00a04 and subsequently attaining its peak intensity with winds of 85\u00a0mph (140\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 972\u00a0mb (hPa; 28.71\u00a0inHg) six hours later. An approaching upper-level trough caused Henriette to turn northwest later that day, moving it ashore near San Jos\u00e9 del Cabo, Mexico at 2100\u00a0UTC as a minimal hurricane. After crossing Baja California Sur, Henriette weakened to a tropical storm and made a second landfall near Guaymas, Mexico. The system moved inland and quickly weakened, dissipating by 1200\u00a0UTC on September\u00a06.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Henriette\nThe hardest hit city by Henriette was Acapulco, where heavy rains led to rockslides and mudslides that killed six. In Sonora, the hurricane damaged thousands of structures and killed four, two of whom off the coast. Farther northwest, a woman died while attempting to surf waves off the coast of Baja California Sur. Heavy rains stranded many cars while causing rivers to overflow, flooding communities. Damage totaled to $275 million (2007 MXN; $25 million).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo\nA tropical wave moved off the western coast of Africa on September\u00a01 and continued westward until reaching the eastern Pacific fifteen days later. A broad area of low pressure formed along the wave axis on September\u00a016 as convective activity organized, and by 0600\u00a0UTC on September\u00a018, the system acquired enough organization to be declared a tropical depression. Convective bands began to form near the center a few hours later, leading to an improved satellite presentation overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo\nTracking west-northwestward as a result of the mid-level ridge, the system intensified into Tropical Storm Ivo at 0000\u00a0UTC on September\u00a019. Turning northwest, a well-defined eye became visible on satellite, prompting the NHC to upgrade the system to a Category\u00a01 hurricane 24 hours later. With an area of deep convection near the center, the hurricane attained its peak intensity with winds of 80\u00a0mph (130\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 984\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.06\u00a0inHg) at 0000\u00a0UTC on September\u00a021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo\nWesterly flow associated with a large upper-level low began to undercut the outflow of Ivo, and it weakened to a tropical storm by the afternoon hours. The convective pattern rapidly deteriorated due to southeasterly wind shear, and despite a brief burst of convection, the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression to the west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California at 0000\u00a0UTC on September 23. Associated deep convection dissipated later that day as Ivo turned eastward, and the system degenerated into a remnant low accordingly. The remnant low dissipated two days later as it continued in the same direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ivo\nInitially, some forecasts predicted the storm would strike the Baja California Peninsula as a tropical storm; a tropical storm watch was briefly issued from Santa Fe to Cabo San Lucas accordingly. Over 100 shelters were opened in the municipalities of Los Cabos, La Paz and Comond\u00fa, respectively. In all, Ivo contributed to heavy rainfall across Baja California Sur; however, damage was not reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Thirteen-E\nA tropical wave emerged off the western coast of Africa on August\u00a027 and reached the eastern Pacific on September\u00a07. Tracking westward, little development occurred until September\u00a018, when associated shower and thunderstorm activity began to increase. Following visible satellite trends, the National Hurricane Center deemed the disturbance organized enough to be declared a tropical depression at 0600\u00a0UTC on September\u00a019, while located about 1,200\u00a0mi (1930\u00a0km) west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. In an environment of cool ocean temperatures and stable air, the depression failed to organize as it turned west-northwest. Associated deep convection dissipated, leading to degeneration into a remnant low by 0000\u00a0UTC on September\u00a020. Performing a slow counter-clockwise loop, the remnant low dissipated five days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 70], "content_span": [71, 909]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Juliette\nThe formation of Tropical Storm Juliette can be traced back to a tropical wave that emerged off the western coast of Africa on September\u00a012. After interacting with a secondary wave over the central Atlantic a few days later, it entered the eastern Caribbean, becoming steadily better defined. Convective activity was enhanced as the wave passed into the West Caribbean on September\u00a022 and it moved inland over Central American shortly thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Juliette\nA broad area of low pressure formed along the wave axis on September\u00a027 and convection steadily increased; around 0000\u00a0UTC on September\u00a029, the system acquired enough organization to be declared a tropical depression. Twelve hours later, the system intensified into Tropical Storm Juliette. Turning northwest as a result of an upper-level trough, the system attained its peak with winds of 60\u00a0mph (95\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 997\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.44\u00a0inHg) at 1200\u00a0UTC on September\u00a030.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0025-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Juliette\nStrong wind shear began to affect the storm thereafter, causing it to steadily weaken to tropical depression strength by 0000\u00a0UTC on October\u00a02. Twelve hours later, the system degenerated into a remnant low. The low meandered several hundred miles off the coast of Baja California before degenerating into a trough on October\u00a05.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko\nA tropical wave exited the coast of Africa and moved westward across the Atlantic before entering the eastern Pacific on October\u00a08. Despite strong easterly wind shear, the system acquired enough organization to be deemed a tropical depression at 0000\u00a0UTC on October\u00a015. Within a broad cyclonic gyre, the system moved erratically, first drifting south then east-northeast and eventually northwest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko\nEarly on October\u00a016, the system briefly intensified into a tropical storm as a convective band wrapped around the circulation, but continued strong shear caused associated convection to dissipate and the system weakened to a tropical depression by 1800\u00a0UTC. After intensifying back to a tropical storm the following day, a brief reprieve in harsh upper-level winds allowed Kiko to reach its peak intensity with winds of 70\u00a0mph (110\u00a0km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 991\u00a0mb (hPa; 29.27\u00a0inHg).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0026-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko\nAn increase in southerly shear and entrance into a more stable airmass caused the system to weaken to a tropical depression at 0000\u00a0UTC on October\u00a023; the system degenerated into a remnant low 24 hours later. The remnant low tracked west before turning north and eventually dissipated early on October\u00a027.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kiko\nBeginning early on October\u00a018, Kiko was forecast to strike Mexico at tropical storm intensity and cyclone advisories were issued accordingly. However, a building mid-level ridge of high pressure over inland Mexico was then forecast to cause the center of circulation to pass just offshore. Though no damage was reported in association with the cyclone, rough seas created by Kiko capsized a ship with thirty people on board; two were found still alive, fifteen bodies were recovered, and nine were reported missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 59], "content_span": [60, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names\nThe following names were used for tropical storms that formed in the northeast Pacific Ocean in 2007. There were no names retired during this year; thus, the same list was used again in the 2013 season. This is the same list used in 2001 with the exception of Alvin, which replaced Adolph. For this reason, the name Alvin was used for the first time this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192612-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific hurricane season, Season effects\nThe following table lists all of the storms that have formed in the 2007 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s) (in parentheses), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2007 USD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season\nThe 2007 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season which featured 24 named storms, fourteen typhoons, and five super typhoons. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the western Pacific Ocean. The season ran throughout 2007, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and November. The season's first named storm, Kong-rey, developed on March 30, while the season's last named storm, Mitag, dissipated on November 27. The season's first typhoon, Yutu, reached typhoon status on May 18, and became the first super typhoon of the year on the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season\nThe scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, to the north of the equator between 100\u00b0E and the 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones, which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency\u00a0(JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph) anywhere in the basin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season\nPAGASA assigns unofficial names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility, located between 115\u00b0E\u2013135\u00b0E and between 5\u00b0N\u201325\u00b0N, regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center\u00a0(JTWC) are given a numerical designation with a \"W\" suffix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, City University of Hong Kong\nSince the 2000 typhoon season, the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (LAR), of the City University of Hong Kong have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. Forecasts were released in April and June predicting how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and typhoons there will be during the season. During the season, the LAR is predicting a below average season with fewer than usual tropical cyclones. In its April forecast, the LAR predicted that 28 tropical cyclones, 25 tropical storms, and 14 typhoons before in its June forecast predicting 27 tropical cyclones, 24 tropical storms and 14 typhoons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, Tropical Storm Risk Consortium\nSince the 2000 typhoon season, the Tropical Storm Risk Consortium (TSR) of the University College of London have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. During 2007, forecasts were released in March, May, June, July and August predicting how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, typhoons and intense typhoons there will be during a season. In its March forecast, TSR predicted that the season would be about 15% below average with 24 tropical storms, 15 typhoons and 7 intense typhoons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, Tropical Storm Risk Consortium\nIn its May forecast, TSR predicted that the season would now be near normal with 27 tropical storms, 17 typhoons and 8 intense typhoons forming during the season. Within their June July and August forecasts, TSR forecasted the season would be near normal with 27 tropical storms and 17 typhoons forming.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 79], "content_span": [80, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal forecasts, National meteorological service predictions\nThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), reported on January 27, 2007, that they were expecting 15\u201319 tropical cyclones to move through their area of responsibility, during the upcoming typhoon season. They also predicted that due to the weak El Ni\u00f1o event that was occurring the first tropical cyclone wouldn't move through their area of responsibility until May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 92], "content_span": [93, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal summary\nAccording to PAGASA, the Philippines had its second quietest season with 14 named storms since the 1998 season, with the 2010 being the most quiet season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kong-rey\nOn March 26, the JTWC identified a broad area of low pressure in the Western North Pacific. It moved west-northwestward over the next few days, slowly gaining organization. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it became a tropical depression on March 30. The next day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert due to an increased consolidation of the low-level circulation of the system. The JTWC issued its first warning on Tropical Depression 01W late that evening local time. As it continued to strengthen, the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical storm, the first of the season. The JMA followed suit, and named the system Kong-rey. The name was submitted by Cambodia, and refers to a character in a Khmer legend, which is also the name of a mountain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kong-rey\nKong-rey continued to organize and intensified into a severe tropical storm early the next morning local time. The JTWC then upgraded it to a typhoon on April 2. As the system took a more poleward track towards the Northern Mariana Islands, the National Weather Service office in Guam noted that damaging winds were now not expected on the island. Elsewhere in the Marianas, preparations were made and flights were cancelled in anticipation of the typhoon. Kong-rey passed through the islands in the early hours of the morning on April 3 local time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kong-rey\nThe JMA upgraded Kong-rey to a typhoon later that afternoon, as it developed an eye. It strengthened slightly further before encountering wind shear and colder sea surface temperatures and was downgraded back to a severe tropical storm on April 4. As Kong-rey accelerated towards the northeast, it began undergoing extratropical transition early on April 5 and the JTWC issued its final warning. The JMA issued its final warning on the morning of April 6 after it had completed extratropical transition. No casualties or major damage was reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Yutu (Amang)\nOn May 15, a significant consolidation of organisation in a tropical disturbance located south-southeast of Guam led to Dvorak technique numbers equating to a windspeed of 45 knots (83\u00a0km/h) from the Air Force Weather Agency. Later that day, the Japan Meteorological Agency designated the system a tropical depression, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. The next day, the JMA began issuing full advisories on the tropical depression. It developed slowly, resulting in a reissuance of the TCFA later that day. In this second TCFA, the JTWC noted \"an increasingly well-defined\" low-level circulation centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Yutu (Amang)\nThe JTWC upgraded the system to Tropical Depression 02W at 1200 UTC, based on satellite intensity estimates and QuikSCAT. The JMA designated 02W as Tropical Storm Yutu early on May 17, as the system strengthened further. The name 'Yutu' was contributed by China, and refers to a rabbit in a Chinese fable. The JTWC followed suit 3 hours later, upgrading the system to Tropical Storm 02W as it moved quickly westwards, heading for Yap. Tropical storm warnings and watches were put in place for most of the Yap State, but were later cancelled after Yutu passed through quickly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Yutu (Amang)\nIt then took a northwesterly turn, entered the PAGASA area of responsibility on May 18 as it reached severe tropical storm strength, and was named \"Amang\". Later that day, the JTWC upgraded it to a typhoon, and identified a \"distinct eye feature\", and the JMA upgraded the severe tropical storm to a typhoon at 1800 UTC as it continued to intensify. It began to recurve towards Iwo Jima, undergoing rapid intensification, with \"enhanced poleward outflow and low vertical wind shear\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Yutu (Amang)\nIt reached its peak on the evening of May 20, as a strong Category 4-equivalent typhoon, just short of becoming a super typhoon. Despite moving into cooler waters, its strong poleward outflow helped it to maintain a high intensity, while carrying a 20 nautical mile-wide eye, on the early morning of May 21. It then began to gradually weaken, passing over Okinotorishima and near Iwo Jima that day as it sped off to the northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0009-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Yutu (Amang)\nMaximum winds on Iwo Jima occurred around 1500 UTC that day, with 66\u00a0kt (122\u00a0km/h, 76\u00a0mph) sustained gusting to 104\u00a0kt (193\u00a0km/h, 120\u00a0mph), when a minimum central pressure of 976 hPa was recorded. It then started extratropical transition, and the JTWC issued its final warning on the morning of May 22. The JMA issued its last advisory after extratropical transition completed a day later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Toraji\nAn area of disturbed weather formed in the South China Sea on July 2 and gradually consolidated over the next two days as it moved west-northwestward. A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on the morning of July 4, and later that day the disturbance was upgraded straight to a tropical storm just south-east of Hainan Island. It made landfall on the island shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Toraji\nChina claimed that a tropical depression formed in the morning on July 2, made landfall in Hainan later that afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 15\u00a0m/s (55\u00a0km/h, 35\u00a0mph) and deepened to 988hPa before making its second landfall. The Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded the tropical depression to Tropical Storm Toraji on the morning of July 5 while it was in the Gulf of Tonkin, after the centre of the storm had emerged back over water. The name Toraji was contributed by North Korea and refers to the broad bellflower (platycodi radix). Toraji made landfall in Vietnam around 1200 UTC later that evening, having not strengthened much while over the Gulf of Tonkin. The JMA never analysed the storm beyond 994 hPa and minimal tropical storm strength. The JTWC issued its last advisory after landfall, and the JMA followed suit shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 908]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Toraji\nThroughout Guangxi Province, an estimated 1.11\u00a0million people were affected by Toraji. Heavy rains produced by the storm inundated an estimated 7,500 hectares of farmland and damaged 1,300 homes. The flooding forced about 147,000 people to evacuate to safer locations. Damages from the storm amounted to \u00a573.6\u00a0million (US$9.7\u00a0million). Several small fishing boats sank off the coast of Vietnam, the fate of the crews are unknown. Several other offshore incidents occurred, including a few collisions resulting in a minor oil spill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Toraji\nThroughout northern areas of the country, an average of 155\u00a0mm (6.1\u00a0in) of rain fell, leading to flooding and landslides. At least 27 homes were damaged and 13 others were destroyed by the storm, leaving hundreds of millions of Vietnamese \u0111\u1ed3ng in losses. A power station at a military base was damaged during the storm, leaving roughly 40\u00a0million (VND; US$2,240).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)\nThe Joint Typhoon Warning Center began to track an area of disturbed weather just north of the equator on July 4. The circulation centre and surrounding convection started to take shape, although the system was in a \"marginal upper-level environment\" with moderate vertical wind shear. Surface pressure drops of less than 0.5 mb (hPa) were observed on July 6, as the system moved westward. Early on July 7, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) listed the system as a weak tropical depression.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)\nHours later, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, as the system consolidated further with \"deep convective banding\" and improving upper-level conditions. The JTWC issued its first warning on Tropical Depression 04W later that day, and forecast a gradual intensification, as weak to moderate wind shear and weak poleward outflow balanced the effect of high ocean heat content. The JMA began issuing full tropical cyclone advisories on the tropical depression at the same time. As the depression gained more organisation, it was upgraded to a tropical storm that night by the JTWC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)\nThe JMA finally upgraded it to a tropical storm later that evening as the large system consolidated, naming it Man-yi. The name \"Man-yi\" was contributed by Hong Kong, and is the Chinese name of a strait turned reservoir (the High Island Reservoir). Man-yi continued to organize and became a severe tropical storm on July 9, when downed electricity lines caused widespread power outages on Guam. Tropical storm warnings and typhoon watches were put in place for most of Yap State at some point during the storm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0012-0003", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)\nStrong waves from the typhoon capsized a ship 375 miles (604\u00a0km) to the northwest of Guam, killing three and leaving six missing. The JTWC upgraded the storm to a typhoon on the afternoon of July 10, based on Dvorak technique satellite intensity estimates of 65 knots (120\u00a0km/h) by both the JMA and the JTWC. Early the next day, the system entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and was named \"Bebeng\" by PAGASA. At the same time, the JMA upgraded Man-yi to a typhoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)\nMoving over warmer waters, Man-yi underwent rapid deepening late on July 11 and early on July 12 as it churned towards Okinawa in Japan. The United States Military upgraded the Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness (TCCOR) levels for Kant\u014d, Yokosuka, Sasebo and Okinawa on the afternoon of July 12 as Man-yi neared the islands. Man-yi was upgraded twice to super-typhoon strength over the next day as it passed through the prefecture, with a 1-minute peak of 155\u00a0mph (249\u00a0km/h). The passage of Man-yi resulted in 37 injuries and widespread power outages in Okinawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)\nThe TCCOR level for Okinawa was downgraded to 1R (recovery) on July 13 while Kant\u014d, Yokosuka and Sasebo's levels were all upgraded in anticipation of the typhoon. Man-yi made brief landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture on Ky\u016bsh\u016b early the next day before turning to the east and making brief landfalls in K\u014dchi Prefecture on Shikoku and in Wakayama Prefecture on Honsh\u016b. As it interacted with land and started to undergo extratropical transition, the typhoon weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm by the JTWC and a severe tropical storm by the JMA. It became extratropical on July 15 according to the JTWC and hence it issued its final advisory. The JMA issued its final advisory two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Usagi\nOn July 26, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center identified an area of disturbed weather east of the Mariana Islands. This area moved westward and increased in organization, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system on July 27. The Japan Meteorological Agency designated the system a tropical depression later that day. The next day, the JMA began issuing advisories on the depression, and the JTWC followed suit, designating it Tropical Depression 05W.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Usagi\nThe system quickly strengthened as it approached the Mariana Islands, and the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical storm six hours later. The JMA did so early on July 29, designating the system as Tropical Storm Usagi. The name Usagi was contributed by Japan, and means \"rabbit\" in Japanese. The National Weather Service office in Guam issued tropical storm warnings for Pagan Island and Agrihan in the Northern Marianas shortly after the system was upgraded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Usagi\nUsagi passed between Pagan and Agrihan later on July 29, and began to quickly strengthen. The JTWC upgraded it to a typhoon later that day, citing Dvorak technique numbers indicating an estimate of 65 knots (120\u00a0km/h, 75\u00a0mph) and a developing eye. The system gradually turned toward the northwest, and the JMA upgraded it to a severe tropical storm early on July 30, and then to a typhoon on July 31 as it passed to the south of Iwo Jima.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Usagi\nUsagi moved northwest over warm waters, reaching peak intensity on August 1 before weakening due to cooling sea surface temperatures and increasing wind shear as it approached Ky\u016bsh\u016b. Usagi made landfall on August 2 near Nobeoka, Miyazaki as a rapidly weakening typhoon, and it was downgraded to a severe tropical storm shortly after. The system continued weakening rapidly as it moved across Ky\u016bsh\u016b and Honsh\u016b, and the JMA downgraded it to a tropical storm later that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Usagi\nThe JTWC downgraded the system to a tropical storm late on August 2 and issued its last advisory early on August 3 as it began to undergo extratropical transition. Usagi then made further landfalls on northern Honsh\u016b in Aomori Prefecture before becoming fully extratropical on August 4, leading the JMA to stop advisories. Usagi was responsible for 18 injuries inKy\u016bsh\u016b.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 06W\nAn area of disturbed weather developed in the South China Sea on July 31. Despite strong wind shear in the area, the system gradually increased in organization as it remained nearly stationary, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system on August 2. The JTWC classified the system as Tropical Depression 06W shortly after, with the JMA designating it a tropical depression at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 06W\nDespite strong wind shear in the area, the system slowly intensified as it meandered along the coast of Vietnam, and the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical storm early on August 4. However, later that day, the JTWC downgraded the storm back to a depression due to the loss of most of the convection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 06W\nAt least 60 people died in Vietnam due to extensive floods. Total rainfall from 06W in Vietnam throughout the course of the storm was over 24\u00a0inches (610\u00a0mm). Total rainfall in Hainan during the passage of the tropical storm was 9.1 inches (230\u00a0mm). In Thailand, the remnants of the storm lead to two casualties and about 272,757,962 Baht ($7.5\u00a0million US$) in damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Pabuk (Chedeng)\nA tropical disturbance developed southeast of Chuuk early on July 31. The system moved west-northwestward over the next several days with little change in organization. On August 4, however, organized convection quickly began to redevelop, and the Japan Meteorological Agency began monitoring it as a tropical depression. The system continued to strengthen, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system early the next day, noting that its environment was \"strongly favorable for development\". The Japan Meteorological Agency designated the system Tropical Storm Pabuk shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Pabuk (Chedeng)\nThe name \"Pabuk\" was submitted by Laos, and refers to a large freshwater fish in the Mekong River. The JTWC designated the system Tropical Storm 07W at about the same time, and on August 5 PAGASA named the system Chedeng. As Pabuk continued to move to the northwest, it gained some organisation as it slowly developed outflow. It was upgraded by the JMA to a severe tropical storm on August 6. Moving westwards towards Taiwan, an area of convection south of Pabuk separated and formed its own low-level circulation. Pabuk's upper-level outflow inhibited this new area of convection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Pabuk (Chedeng)\nStrengthening slightly, Pabuk was upgraded to a typhoon on the morning of August 7. The JTWC downgraded Pabuk to a tropical storm later that day, with the JMA downgrading Pabuk shortly before landfall. It made landfall in southern Taiwan around 1630 UTC according to Taiwan radar and crossed the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County. The JTWC re-upgraded Pabuk to a typhoon at its next advisory, however, citing a small eye at landfall, before downgrading it to a tropical storm again three hours later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Pabuk (Chedeng)\nAfter passing over Taiwan, Pabuk took aim at Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Observatory and Macau's Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau both hoisted strong wind signal 3 on August 9 as the system passed to the south of Hong Kong. The JMA downgraded the storm to a tropical depression later that day and issued its final public advisory, with the JTWC following suit shortly after. The tropical depression then turned back to the east-northeast on August 10, forcing the HKO to re-issue signal 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Pabuk (Chedeng)\nThe HKO also warned that winds were expected to strengthen further locally, and that the Hong Kong Education Bureau had suspended all classes for the day. The HKO upgraded Pabuk to a tropical storm and subsequently issued the gale or storm warning signal 8 at 2:30\u00a0pm HKT (0630 UTC) later that day as Pabuk moved closer to the territory. This was replaced by signal 3 later that night as Pabuk took another turn in direction and headed west inland into Guangdong. Early next morning, Pabuk resumed a northeasterly track, edging once again closer to the Pearl River Delta before it weakened further and HKO cancelled all signals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Pabuk (Chedeng)\nAt least 11 people were killed in the Philippines by Pabuk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wutip (Dodong)\nA tropical disturbance developed to the south of the developing Tropical Storm Pabuk on August 5, and was first mentioned by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in its Significant Tropical Weather Outlook on August 6. The Japan Meteorological Agency designated it a tropical depression later that night. By the next day, although still attached to Pabuk and being inhibited by shearing from an upper-level outflow anticyclone over Pabuk, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. As Pabuk moved away, the depression gradually strengthened, and the JMA designated it Tropical Storm Wutip early on August 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wutip (Dodong)\nThe name Wutip was submitted by Macau, and means butterfly. It struggled against land interaction, however, and did not strengthen considerably, remaining poorly organised. The storm quickly weakened, and the JMA issued its last advisory on Wutip early on August 9, downgrading it to a tropical depression. The JTWC issued its last advisory shortly after. Upon being classified a tropical storm, ships within 450\u00a0km (280\u00a0mi) of the storm were advised to take precautions and those not within that range were urged to avoid it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wutip (Dodong)\nTens of thousands of residents in the northern Philippines took shelter from the storm as there was a high likelihood over severe flooding due to already saturated grounds. Schools throughout the area were canceled for several days due to the storm. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placed Batanes under storm signal 2 while the Babuyan Islands were under storm signal 1. In Taoyuan County, Taiwan (now Taoyuan City), a level three emergency response warning was put in place as Wutip approached the island. Fourteen flights in and out of Taiwan were canceled due to the approaching storm and all ferry service was canceled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Wutip (Dodong)\nPreviously saturated by Typhoon Pabuk, the outer bands of Wutip produced torrential rains over Luzon, Philippines, triggering numerous landslides and flash flooding. Two people were killed in a landslide in northern Luzon while another was electrocuted in knee-deep flooding in Manila. Widespread street flooding resulted in large traffic jams and numerous road closures. Ten homes were destroyed and another 32 were damaged by Wutip. A total of six people were killed by the storm, three due to electrocution, and seven were injured due to a tornado. A total of 239,292 people were affected by the storm and damages amounted to PHP16.8\u00a0million (US$349,000). Following the flooding, the civil defense operations center in the Philippines deployed relief teams supplied with food to assist the affected regions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sepat (Egay)\nAn area of disturbed weather developed west of the Northern Mariana Islands on August 11. Early the next day, the JMA began issuing advisories on the depression, and the JTWC followed suit, designating it Tropical Depression 09W. Twelve hours later, the JTWC upgraded the tropical depression to a tropical storm based on Dvorak technique satellite intensity estimates and the storm exhibiting tightly curved convective bands. An upper-level low helped to reduce wind shear that had been affecting the storm. The JTWC also warned of the possibility of rapid intensification. The JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm later that day and named it Sepat, a name contributed by Malaysia referring to a freshwater fish species.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sepat (Egay)\nBy early on August 13, Sepat had moved into PAGASA's area of responsibility and attained the local name \"Egay\". The JMA upgraded Sepat to a severe tropical storm shortly after. Late that night, Sepat underwent rapid intensification as expected, and was upgraded by the JTWC to a super typhoon the next morning. Sepat slowed in forward speed and took a turn from a west-southwest motion to a more poleward one. Continuing to intensify, Sepat reached a peak minimum central pressure of 910 hPa on the morning of August 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sepat (Egay)\nHigh ocean heat content and good equatorward outflow allowed Sepat to maintain its intensity, but an eyewall replacement cycle began later that night, resulting in weakening. It made landfall in eastern Taiwan between Taitung and Hualien on the morning of August 18 local time at around 5\u00a0am (2100 UTC August 17) and weakened to a minimal typhoon. After crossing the island, Sepat held on to minimal typhoon intensity before weakening to a severe tropical storm that night. It made a second landfall, in mainland China, about 24 hours after landfall on Taiwan and was downgraded to a tropical storm the next morning. It further weakened inland and the JMA issued its final advisory on the morning of August 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sepat (Egay)\nOn August 15, monsoon rains brought by Typhoon Sepat flooded and paralyzed traffic in Metro Manila. Classes and services in government offices were suspended until August 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fitow\nOn August 28, an area of disturbed weather that had lingered east-northeast of Saipan became better organised. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated warnings on Tropical Depression 10W the next morning, and the JMA initiated advisories on a tropical depression the same day. Under favourable conditions, the system intensified quickly, becoming Tropical Storm Fitow by afternoon and a severe tropical storm by the evening of August 29. The name Fitow was contributed by the Federated States of Micronesia, and is Yapese for a beautiful fragrant flower. Rapid intensification ensued, and Fitow became a typhoon early on August 30. Fitow made landfall near Tokyo, Japan late on September 6 as a minimal typhoon. The JMA downgraded Fitow to a severe tropical storm early on September 7, and a tropical storm later that day. The cyclone degenerated into a remnant low on September 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 936]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Fitow\nIn Japan, seven people were killed, and at least 50 were injured, as Fitow brought strong winds and heavy rain. Over 80,000 houses experienced a power outage. Transport in and around Tokyo was also affected, with nearly 200 flights cancelled and many commuter trains suspended. In the Tama area west of central Tokyo, flood warnings were issued for the Tama River, and many homeless people who lived along its banks were swept away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Danas\nA disturbed area of weather northwest of Wake Island formed early on September 3 and tracked north then northwest, becoming more organised, and on September 6 was recognised as a full tropical depression by the JMA. A TCFA was issued on the same day. The storm continued northwest-ward toward Japan, becoming Tropical Storm Danas early on September 7. The storm slowed its westward movement and headed north, and then northeast, becoming a severe tropical storm on September 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Danas\nBy the 11th, cooler waters had weakened the storm down to a tropical storm and the storm degenerated into a remnant low later that day. The name Danas was submitted by the Philippines and is defined in the Filipino language as \"to go through an experience\" High waves from Danas injured two people in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nari (Falcon)\nAn area of disturbed weather developed northwest of Guam on September 10 and moved northwestward, slowly increasing in organisation. The Japan Meteorological Agency began monitoring the system as a tropical depression the next day. The depression continued to organise and strengthen, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on it during the afternoon of September 12, and began issuing advisories on Tropical Depression 12W an hour later. The JMA followed suit early on September 13 and initiated advisories on the system; PAGASA named the system Falcon shortly after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nari (Falcon)\nThe depression continued to intensify, and the JMA upgraded it to Tropical Storm Nari later that morning. The storm then underwent rapid intensification that afternoon and evening, strengthening from a tropical depression to a typhoon in just 18 hours. The JMA upgraded Nari to a severe tropical storm late that afternoon, and by late that evening, Nari was upgraded to a typhoon. Nari reached its peak on September 14, and began weakening soon afterwards. It turned extratropical right after landfall in South Korea at tropical storm strength. At least 20 people have been killed or are missing due to the flooding caused by Nari. Rainfall totals reached a record 590\u00a0mm (23.2\u00a0in) in Jeju, South Korea. The name Nari was submitted by South Korea, and means lily.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wipha (Goring)\nAn area of disturbed weather formed southeast of Naha, Okinawa early on September 13. This area gradually became better organised, and a TCFA was issued late on September 14. The JMA upgraded the storm to a tropical depression on September 15, and the JTWC soon followed suit with Tropical Depression 13W. PAGASA named the storm \"Goring\" later that day. On September 16, the storm had gained enough organisation to be designated as a tropical storm. On September 17, the storm underwent rapid intensification and quickly strengthened into a typhoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wipha (Goring)\nIt continued to strengthen rapidly and was upgraded by the JTWC to a super typhoon early on September 18. In the early hours, local time, of September 19, Wipha slammed into Fuding, near the Fujian\u2013Zhejiang provincial border in China. However, before the storm made landfall it weakened slightly, becoming a Category\u00a03-equivalent typhoon. Wipha originally threatened to pass over Shanghai, which would have made it the most destructive Chinese typhoon in over a decade. However, it veered to the south, making a direct impact unlikely. Throughout the Shanghai and Fujian-Zhejiang area, nearly 2\u00a0million people evacuated, including 1.5\u00a0million in Zhejiang and 291 thousand from low-lying areas, due to the threat from Wipha. The Xinhua News Agency considered the evacuations to be the region's most extensive in over a half century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wipha (Goring)\nBoats, ferries, and ships were called back into port to take refuge in harbors. At both airports in Shanghai, at least twenty flights were canceled and fifty postponed. The typhoon also caused FIFA to reschedule four matches in the Women's World Cup. Flooding was severe. In the area, at least 80 streets were flooded and brought water levels in several rivers and reservoirs to dangerous levels. In total, nine people were killed and damage was estimated at over $880\u00a0million (US$).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 14W\nAn area of disturbed weather formed about 460\u00a0nmi (850\u00a0km) west of Guam early on September 19. It was recognised as a minor tropical depression by the JMA later that day. On September 20, the JTWC initiated advisories on Tropical Depression 14W. Initially forecast to become a tropical storm, it was impacted by strong vertical wind shear and degenerated into a remnant low on September 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Francisco\nAn area of disturbed weather formed about 190\u00a0nmi (350\u00a0km) south-southeast of Hong Kong early on September 19. It was recognised as a minor tropical depression by the JMA on the 21st, and upgraded to a full depression on the 23rd. The JTWC recognised Tropical Depression 15W at the same time. Nine hours after being declared a full depression, the JMA and the JTWC upgraded it to Tropical Storm Francisco. The storm traveled due west and over Wenchang on Hainan Island on September 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0036-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Francisco\nLand interaction and moderate wind shear caused Francisco to weaken to a tropical depression as warnings were discontinued. The name 'Francisco' was submitted by the United States and is a common Chamorro man's name. A ship, carrying eight people sank over the South China Sea during the storm. Two of the people on the ship were rescued but the other six were listed as missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Lekima (Hanna)\nA tropical disturbance wave near the Philippines gradually developed. PAGASA was first to upgrade it, declaring it Tropical Depression Hanna on September 27, and upgrading it to a tropical storm the next day. It made landfall in central Luzon early on September 29, and shortly thereafter the JMA declared the system Tropical Storm Lekima. It continued to strengthen and was upgraded to a severe tropical storm on September 30 (the JTWC upgraded it to a typhoon) and remained at such until landfall. It dissipated over land on October 5", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Lekima (Hanna)\nLekima brought heavy rains to Luzon causing a landslide that killed eight people, including three children, in Ifugao Province, while another person was found dead in Quezon City. Torrential rains also caused landslides, flooding, infrastructure damage, and disruption of transportation service in other parts of the country. Over 100,000 people were evacuated in southern China as the storm approached, and more than 20,000 fishing boats were recalled back to the harbors. On October 3, Lekima made landfall in Vietnam as a severe tropical storm. About 100,000 houses were destroyed and at least 42 people were reported dead or missing in Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Haiyan\nA Tropical Low formed northeast of Wake Island on September 29, and it developed into a tropical depression late on September 30, which was operationally analyzed as an extratropical cyclone by the JMA on the next day. On October 2, the JMA classified the system as a subtropical depression, and on the next day, transitioned into a tropical depression at noon on October 3, when deep convection over the system dissipated again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Haiyan\nThe JTWC analyzed that the system had intensified into a tropical storm early on October 4. Although operationally identified as an extratropical cyclone, the JMA analyzed that Haiyan had intensified into a tropical storm at 00:00, and had organized well enough that it had formed an eye-like feature, as well as deep convection and curved banding. UTC on October 5. Early on October 6, the JMA operationally upgraded the system to a tropical storm, but their post-storm analysis indicated that Haiyan had started to weaken and soon become a tropical depression at 06:00 UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0039-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Haiyan\nThe agency downgraded Haiyan to a tropical depression operationally late on the same day, as well as the JTWC downgraded it to a tropical depression at the same time in best track data. On October 7, Haiyan became totally exposed with a clear low-level circulation center, and Severe Tropical Storm Podul began to interact with it early on the same day, prompting Haiyan to accelerate northwards. Soon, the JMA declared that Haiyan had dissipated, and the remnants were later absorbed by the new extratropical cyclone transitioned from Podul. However, the JTWC determined that Haiyan completely dissipated late on October 7. Originally not recognized by JTWC, Haiyan was added to the Best Track database and designated as 27W in their post-season analysis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Krosa (Ineng)\nIn late September, a new system formed east of the Philippines. PAGASA declared it a tropical depression (Ineng) early on October 1, and the JMA and JTWC soon followed. It was upgraded to a tropical storm early on October 2, named Krosa. Rapid intensification took place on October 2 and it was upgraded to a typhoon by the JTWC by midday. As it intensified, it gained a wide, ragged eye and began to track to the west, becoming a typhoon by the JMA early on October 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Krosa (Ineng)\nIt continued to rapidly intensify that day before leveling off as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon on October 4. Fluctuations in intensity soon followed as Krosa approached Taiwan, as the JMA upgraded it to 105 knots (194\u00a0km/h) and the JTWC to a super typhoon early on October 5. It slowly weakened afterward before making landfall in northeastern Taiwan on October 6. At least 17 people were reported injured there, as the typhoon headed for China. An evacuation of 730,000 people from China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces was ordered on the evening of October 6. The extratropical remnants of Krosa crossed the International Date Line on October 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Podul\nOn October 6, a tropical depression east of Japan was upgraded to Tropical Storm Podul while racing northeast. It was short-lived over the northwest Pacific and degenerated into a remnant low early on October 7. One person was killed due to the effects of Podul in Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Podul\nIt was upgraded to severe tropical storm status by JMA in post analysis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 65], "content_span": [66, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lingling\nOn October 9, a disturbance from the North Central Pacific crossed the International Date Line, and became a tropical depression in the North Western Pacific, just east of the Date Line on October 11. It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Lingling by the JMA, and to Tropical Storm 18W by the JTWC, early on October 12. Lingling headed northeast, and gradually became weaker. On October 13, the JTWC issued its final advisory, and two days later the JMA did the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kajiki\nAn area of disturbed weather formed in the open ocean early on October 17, and tracked north-east. The JMA and the JTWC declared this area a tropical depression very early on October 19. Six hours later, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Kajiki. Rapid intensification continued; another six hours later, it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm. Kajiki became a typhoon early on October 20 as it rapidly intensified. The storm reached peak intensity as it hit Iwo Jima and then gradually began weakening. The storm dropped upwards of 233 millimetres (9.2\u00a0in) of rain on the island. The airport on Iwo Jima reported winds gusts up to 140\u00a0km/h (85\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Faxai (Juaning)\nOn October 25, an area of disturbed weather was classified as a tropical depression by the JMA; early the next day the JMA named it Tropical Storm Faxai as it moved north-west. The JTWC picked the system up as a tropical depression early on the 26th, but declared it extratropical twelve hours later without strengthening it to a tropical storm. PAGASA declared the system Tropical Storm Juaning around the same time the JTWC picked it up. Later on October 26, the JTWC resumed advisories as a tropical storm. The JMA declared Faxai a severe tropical storm as October 27 began; the same day, the JTWC stopped issuing advisories once more due to Faxai having completed its extratropical transition. The JMA also stopped issuing advisories on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Faxai (Juaning)\nFaxai killed one person and injured three others in Japan. One home, two hectares of farmland, and 2\u00a0km (1.2\u00a0mi) of roads were damaged by the storm. At the height of the storm, 9,605 residences were without power. Heavy rains trigged seven mudslides throughout the country. One ship sank during the storm. Total damages from Faxai totaled to \u00a5150\u00a0million ($1.5\u00a0million US$).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 75], "content_span": [76, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Peipah (Kabayan)\nAn area of disturbed weather developed east of the Philippines on November 2. it was designated as Tropical Depression 21W & Tropical Depression Kabayan by PAGASA on November 3. It then went on to rapidly develop later that day and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Peipah by the JMA on November 3. Pepiah is a popular pet fish in Macau. Early on November 4 it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm. Later that day, just before landfall in the northern Philippines, the JTWC upgraded it to a typhoon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0047-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Peipah (Kabayan)\nUpon landfall in Palanan, Isabela Province, it pounded strong winds over Northern Luzon, thus unroofing houses, downing power lines and blocking many roads. Once it emerged in the Philippine Sea, the JMA also upgraded it to a typhoon. The strengthening trend was short-lived, though, as hindered outflow weakened the system on November 7. It dissipated on November 9 before reaching Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Tapah\nEarly on November 8, the JTWC reported that an area of convection had persisted about 910\u00a0km, (565\u00a0miles), to the east of Guam. Quickscat data had revealed that there was weak troughing at the surface but no closed low level circulation center existed. Lying under the edge of an upper-level ridge the disturbance was in an area of moderate amount vertical windshear. Over the next couple of days an anticyclone helped to develop the disturbance so that the JMA declared it a Tropical Depression on November 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Tapah\nLater that morning a TCFA, was issued by the JTWC later that morning as deep convection was now organizing into a partially exposed low level circulation center. Later that day the JTWC designated the depression, as 22W whilst it was located 530\u00a0km, (330\u00a0miles), to the southwest of Iwo To. The Depression at this stage was beginning to turn towards the north with deep convection consolidating since the TCFA was released, and was strongest along the northern edge of the system which was enhanced by poleward outflow into the midlatitude westerlies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0048-0002", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Tapah\nEarly on November 12, the depression was upgraded to a Tropical Storm by both the JMA and the JTWC with the name Tapah being assigned whilst located to the southeast of Iwo Jima. Both 1-minute and 10-minute peak windspeeds of 65\u00a0km/h, (40\u00a0mph), were reached as the JMA and the JTWC upgraded the depression to Tapah. It remained at this intensity until later that day when both the JMA and the JTWC downgraded it to a Tropical Depression, and issued their final advisories whilst it was going through an extratropical transition before it dissipated early on November 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Hagibis (Lando)\nOn November 18, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a TCFA on a Tropical Disturbance located east of the Philippines. Later that day the disturbance was upgraded to a Tropical Depression 24W by the JTWC. PAGASA also declared it Tropical Depression Lando early on November 19, and also upgraded it to a tropical storm soon after. The JTWC also upgraded it to a tropical storm that day. Early on November 21, the storm strengthened into a severe tropical storm. Later that afternoon, the JTWC upgraded Hagibis to typhoon status, and the JMA followed late that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0049-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Hagibis (Lando)\nThe storm then wobbled off the coast of Vietnam beginning on November 22 where it gradually weakened. By November 24, due to its interaction with Typhoon Mitag, the storm turned back eastward in the South China Sea towards the Philippines once again. The JTWC issued its final advisory on November 27, although it was maintained by the JMA as it made landfall once again over the Philippines. It weakened to a depression east of the Philippines on November 28 and the JMA issued its final advisory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Hagibis (Lando)\nHagibis caused the deaths of nine people, all in the Visayas and Mindanao island groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mitag (Mina)\nOn November 20 an area of disturbed weather east of the Philippines strengthened and was classified as Tropical Storm Mitag by the JMA. The JTWC followed suit not long afterwards. The storm strengthened significantly early on November 21 and became a severe tropical storm. Later that day, the JTWC upgraded Mitag to a typhoon, and the JMA also upgraded it late that evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mitag (Mina)\nPhilippine officials ordered the evacuation of 200,000 people on November 23, mostly from the Bicol Region as Mitag approached the coast. Additionally, the province of Albay declared a state of calamity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mitag (Mina)\nAs Mitag remained stationary in the Philippine Sea for a day as a Category\u00a02-equivalent typhoon, it changed its course and instead of hitting Catanduanes and the Bicol Region, it will make a landfall at the Aurora\u2013Isabela area. Nonetheless, PAGASA announced that there was still a possibility for the typhoon to once again change its course. The storm turned northwest towards northern Luzon and made landfall late on November 25. It tracked across the island and was downgraded to a severe tropical storm before emerging back over water on November 26. It turned back to the east before reaching Taiwan, and became extratropical on November 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mitag (Mina)\nTen fatalities were attributed to Mina. The remnants of Mitag contributed to heavy rains in Okinawa which damaged 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) of roads and triggered one landslide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 25W\nOn November 24 an area of disturbed area formed about 400\u00a0nmi (740\u00a0km) south east of Guam. During the following day the JTWC issued a TCFA on the developing system whilst the JMA designated it as a minor tropical depression. On November 26 the JTWC designated the depression as Tropical depression 25W Over the next couple of days it tracked towards the north west maintaining its peak wind speeds of 25 kn (45\u00a0km/h 30\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 25W\nThe depression then started its extra tropical transition on November 27 as it interacted with the Baroclinic zone, the JTWC then issued its final warning on 25W. This was because the depression would succumb to the increasing vertical sheer and decreasing sea surface temperatures as it completed its extra tropical transition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 26W\nPossibly from the remnants of 25W, an area of disturbed weather formed south-east of Yap on November 26. The next day the JTWC issued a TCFA on the developing system. On November 28, the JMA declared it as a minor tropical depression, whilst later that day the JTWC followed suit and designated it as a tropical depression, with the JTWC assigning the number 26W to the depression. However the Tropical depression quickly became extratropical later that day with the JTWC issuing their final advisory on the storm later that day. However the JMA continued to monitor the Depression until it dissipated the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names\nWithin the Northwest Pacific Ocean, both the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assign names to tropical cyclones that develop in the Western Pacific, which can result in a tropical cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency's RSMC Tokyo\u00a0\u2013 Typhoon Center assigns international names to tropical cyclones on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization's Typhoon Committee, should they be judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names\nPAGASA names tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135\u00b0E and 115\u00b0E and between 5\u00b0N and 25\u00b0N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it. The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired, by both PAGASA and the Typhoon Committee. Should the list of names for the Philippine region be exhausted then names will be taken from an auxiliary list of which the first ten are published each season. Unused names are marked in gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, International names\nDuring the season 24 tropical storms developed in the Western Pacific and each one was named by the JMA, when the system was judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65\u00a0km/h (40\u00a0mph). The JMA selected the names from a list of 140 names, that had been developed by the 14 members nations and territories of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee. During the season, the name Peipah was used for the first time, after they replaced the name Vamei in 2001 season respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 61], "content_span": [62, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines\nThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 10 of which are published each year before the season starts. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2011 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0059-0001", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines\nThis is the same list used in the 2003 season, except for the names Bebeng, Goring, Hanna, Lando, Mina, Nonoy, Pedring, Ramon, and Sendong, which replaces Batibot, Gilas, Harurot, Lakay, Manang, Ni\u00f1a, Pogi, Roskas, and Sikat. The names Hanna, Lando and Mina were used for the first time this year; Bebeng was previously used in the 1999 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192613-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects\nThis table summarizes all the systems that developed within or moved into the North Pacific Ocean, to the west of the International Date Line during 2007. The tables also provide an overview of a systems intensity, duration, land areas affected and any deaths or damages associated with the system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192614-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 7 and March 10, 2007 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, United States. The champion of the tournament was Oregon, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Tajuan Porter of Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192614-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds\nAll Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 61], "content_span": [62, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election\nAn indirect presidential election was held in Pakistan on 6 October 2007. This was before dissolution of parliament for the following general election to be held in 2008. The Pakistani legislature elected incumbent Pervez Musharraf by an overwhelming majority. The near-unanimous nature of Musharraf's victory was made possible by the absence of two key political opposition leaders, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election\nNawaz Sharif had attempted to return to Pakistan before the election but was deported back into exile by the ruling government because of a gross violation of the agreement he had signed with the current regime to stay out of Pakistan and its politics for a period of ten years. Benazir Bhutto had also announced her intention to return to Pakistan for the elections but ultimately decided not to do so. It was widely assumed that her decision was the result of an arrangement she made with Musharraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election, Candidates\nWajihuddin Ahmed has filed his candidacy to stand for a group of lawyers opposed to Musharraf, while the Pakistan Peoples Party fielded its vice president Ameen Faheem as a candidate, though he stated he would withdraw his candidacy if Musharraf were approved as a candidate. The Supreme Court decided on 28 September 2007 that Musharraf could stand in the election. On 29 September 2007, the Election Commission scrutinised the nomination papers of all 43 candidates. Musharraf and both of his major opponents (Ahmed and Fahim) were approved, along with three others; the official list of candidates was announced to be publicised on 1 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election, Candidates\nOn 1 October 2007, a final list of five candidates was announced:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election, Results\nMusharraf overwhelmingly won the election on 6 October, though the opposition had boycotted the election and other candidates withdrew from the election. 80 opposition party members had resigned from parliament, protesting that Musharraf was running for re-election while remaining head of the army. The Pakistan Peoples Party, led by Benazir Bhutto, only abstained from the vote\u2014a move that prevented the vote from being invalid. In the National parliaments, Musharraf received 252 votes, against Wajihuddin Ahmed's two votes and the results from the provincial parliaments were similar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election, Results\nComplete results were announced only 80 minutes after the five-hours-long voting process had been finished, with 685 of the 1,170 eligible lawmakers participating. The results were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election, Results\nThe Supreme Court rejected all challenges to the legality of the election, with the last ruling made on 2007-11-22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192615-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani presidential election, International reaction\nInternational reaction to the election has been mixed, with commentators praising the fact that Pakistan is moving in the direction of democracy but critics pointing out that, among other factors, the boycotting of the election puts its results into doubt. The George W. Bush administration has long supported Musharraf's administration for maintaining stability but expressed a concern that all parties need to take part in order for an election to be truly democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 60], "content_span": [61, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency\nA state of emergency was declared by President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007 and lasted until 15 December 2007, during which the constitution of Pakistan was suspended. When the state of emergency was declared, Musharraf controversially held both positions of President and Chief of Army Staff. He later resigned as army chief 25 days into the emergency on 28 November. The state of emergency and its responses are generally attributed to the controversies surrounding the re-election of Musharraf during the presidential election on 6 October 2007, including his holding of both offices of President and Chief of Army Staff at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency\nChief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry reacted promptly to the emergency declaration, convening a seven-member bench which issued an interim order against this action. He also directed the armed forces of Pakistan not to obey any illegal orders. Subsequently, the 111th Brigade of the Pakistan Army entered the Supreme Court of Pakistan Building and removed Chaudhry and several other judges from the supreme court and arrested them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency\nIt was announced early that the state of emergency would likely end in late November or early December 2007. After being sworn in for a second presidential term on 29 November 2007, Musharraf immediately declared that the state of emergency would end on 16 December 2007, although the emergency actually ended one day earlier, on 15 December 2007, with an announcement by Musharraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency\nThe Pakistani general election previously scheduled to occur in early January 2008 was postponed. At the beginning of the emergency, Information Minister Tariq Azim Khan said on television that the general election could be delayed many months and perhaps up to a year. Later, the election was rescheduled to take place by 15 February 2008, as announced by Musharraf himself. A few days later he called for the election date to be on or before 9 January 2008, before a final date of 8 January 2008, was decided. However, because of unforeseen events that occurred after the state of emergency ended, primarily the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and its aftermath, the general elections were again postponed by the Election Commission and were finally held on 18 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Background\nLeading up to the 2007 presidential elections, the Election Commissioner approved General Pervez Musharraf as a candidate for re-election. One of his opponents, retired Supreme Court justice Wajihuddin Ahmed, challenged the ruling in the Supreme Court. The dispute was primarily regarding whether a member of the military was constitutionally permitted to run for the office of the president, as Musharraf held both titles of President and Chief of Army Staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Background\nResponding to the challenge, on 28 September 2007, Pakistan's Supreme court cleared the way for President Pervez Musharraf to seek another five-year term when it threw out a major legal challenge to his re-election plans. But barred the Election Commission from officially declaring a winner until it made its final decision. On 6 October, presidential elections were held with Musharraf winning 98% votes in the Senate, Parliament and the four provincial assemblies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Background\nWhile the Supreme Court was hearing the case of Musharraf's eligibility as a candidate, it announced that it would likely need to delay the hearing until 12 November due to a personal engagement of one of the honourable members of the bench. On 2 November, the court reversed its decision to break, stating that it would now reconvene the following Monday on 5 November to attempt to resolve the political situation quickly. This reversal was in part due to criticism that the court's continuing delay was adding to Pakistan's general instability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Background\nConvening on 12 November would have left a tight schedule of just three days before the end of Musharraf's previous presidential term on 15 November. Parliamentary elections were due to be held in February 2008, no later than a month after the original target date for elections. The 2008 Pakistani general election was held on 18 February 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Background\nPrior to the emergency declaration, Attorney General Malik Qayyum, representing Musharraf, had assured the court that there was no planned move by the government to impose martial law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency\nBefore the court could reach a decision, General Pervez Musharraf, acting as Chief of the Army Staff, declared a state of emergency as per Article 232 of the constitution, on the evening of 3 November 2007, and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order which replaced the country's constitution. The Constitution of Pakistan, Article 232, allows the President of Pakistan to declare a State of Emergency when he is satisfied a situation exists that warrants its imposition. In the case that a President of Pakistan declares a State of Emergency, the National Assembly has to approve it within 30 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency\nThe state-run Pakistan Television Corporation issued a brief announcement saying that, \"The Chief of the Army Staff (General Musharraf) has proclaimed state of emergency and issued a provisional constitutional order,\" at 6:10\u00a0am local time without giving any details. Under the order, the Constitution was suspended, the federal cabinet ceased to exist, and the justices were ordered to take an oath to abide by it. Those who failed to do so would be dismissed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nFollowing is the text of the Proclamation of Emergency declared by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Pervez Musharraf:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS there is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED explosions, rocket firing and bomb explosions and the banding together of some militant groups have taken such activities to an unprecedented level of violent intensity posing a grave threat to the life and property of the citizens of Pakistan;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS there has also been a spate of attacks on state infrastructure and on law-enforcement agencies;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS some members of the judiciary are working at cross purposes with the executive and legislature in the fight against terrorism and extremism, thereby weakening the government and the nation's resolve and diluting the efficacy of its actions to control this menace;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS there has been increasing interference by some members of the judiciary in government policy, adversely affecting economic growth, in particular;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS constant interference in executive functions, including but not limited to the control of terrorist activity, economic policy, price controls, downsizing of corporations and urban planning, has weakened the writ of the government; the police force has been completely demoralized and is fast losing its efficacy to fight terrorism and intelligence agencies have been thwarted in their activities and prevented from pursuing terrorists;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS some hard-core militants, extremists, terrorists and suicide bombers, who were arrested and being investigated, were ordered to be released. The persons so released have subsequently been involved in heinous terrorist activities, resulting in loss of human life and property. Militants across the country have, thus, been encouraged while law-enforcement agencies subdued;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS some judges by overstepping the limits of judicial authority have taken over the executive and legislative functions;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS the government is committed to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law and holds the superior judiciary in high esteem, it is nonetheless of paramount importance that the honourable judges confine the scope of their activity to the judicial function and not assume charge of administration;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS an important constitutional institution, the Supreme Judicial Council, has been made entirely irrelevant and non-est by a recent order and judges have, thus, made themselves immune from inquiry into their conduct and put themselves beyond accountability;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS the humiliating treatment meted to government officials by some members of the judiciary on a routine basis during court proceedings has demoralised the civil bureaucracy and senior government functionaries, to avoid being harassed, prefer inaction;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS the law and order situation in the country as well as the economy have been adversely affected and trichotomy of powers eroded;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nWHEREAS a situation has thus arisen where the government of the country cannot be carried on in accordance with the Constitution and as the Constitution provides no solution for this situation, there is no way out except through emergent and extraordinary measures;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\nAND WHEREAS the situation has been reviewed in meetings with the prime minister, governors of all four provinces, and with Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chiefs of the Armed Forces, Vice-Chief of Army Staff and Corps Commanders of the Pakistan Army; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the deliberations and decisions of the said meetings, I, General Pervez Musharraf, Chief of the Army Staff, proclaim Emergency throughout Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of the Proclamation of Emergency\n2. I, hereby, order and proclaim that the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan shall remain in abeyance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 109], "content_span": [110, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\nFollowing is the text of the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) promulgated by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Pervez Musharraf:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\nIn pursuance of the Proclamation of the 3rd day of November, 2007, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Chief of Army Staff, under the Proclamation of Emergency of the 3rd day of November, 2007, is pleased to make and promulgate the following Order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(1) This Order may be called the Provisional Constitution Order No 1 of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n2. (1) Notwithstanding the abeyance of the provisions of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as the Constitution, Pakistan shall, subject to this Order and any other Order made by the President, be governed, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\nProvided that the President may, from time to time, by Order amend the Constitution, as is deemed expedient:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\nProvided farther that the Fundamental Rights, under Articles 9, 10, 15,16,17,19 and 25, shall remain suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Proclamation of the 3rd day of November, 2007, or this Order or any other law for the time being in force, all provisions of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan embodying Islamic injunctions including Articles 2, 2A, 31, 2O3A, 227 to 231 and 260 (3) (a) and (b) shall continue to be in force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(3) Subject to clause (1) above and the Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2007, all courts in existence immediately before the commencement of this Order shall continue to function and to exercise their respective powers and jurisdiction:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\nProvided that the Supreme Court or a High Court and any other court shall not have the power to make any order against the President or the Prime Minister or any person exercising powers or jurisdiction under their authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(4) All persons who immediately before the commencement of this Order were in office as judges of the Supreme Court, the Federal Shariat Court or a High Court, shall be governed by and be subject to the Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2007, and such further Orders as the President may pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(5) Subject to clause (1) above, the Majlis-i-Shoora (Parliament) and the Provincial Assemblies shall continue to function.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(6) All persons who, immediately before the commencement of this Order, were holding any service, post or office in connection with the affairs of the federation or of a province, including an All Pakistan Service, service in the armed forces and any other service declared to be a service of Pakistan by or under Act of Majlis-i-Shoora (Parliament) or of a Provincial Assembly, or Chief Election Commissioner or Auditor General, shall continue in the said service on the same terms and conditions and shall enjoy the same privileges, if any, unless these are changed under Orders of the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n3. (1) No court, including the Supreme Court, the Federal Shariat Court, and the High Courts, and any tribunal or other authority, shall call or permit to be called in question this Order, the Proclamation of Emergency of the 3rd day of November, 2007, the Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2007, or any Order made in pursuance thereof.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(2) No judgment, decree, writ, order or process whatsoever shall be made or issued by any court or tribunal against the President or the Prime Minister or any authority designated by the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n4. (1) Notwithstanding the abeyance of the provisions of the Constitution, but subject to the Orders of the President, all laws other than the Constitution, all ordinances, orders, rules, bye-laws, regulations, notifications and other legal instruments in force in any part", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\nof Pakistan, whether made by the President or the governor of a province, shall continue in force until altered, or repealed by the President or any authority designated by him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n5. (1) Any ordinance promulgated by the President or by the governor of a province shall not be subject to any limitations as to duration prescribed in the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Declaration of a state of emergency, Text of Provisional Constitutional Order 2007\n(2) The provisions of clause (1) shall also apply to an ordinance issued by the President or by a governor which was in force immediately before the commencement of the Proclamation of Emergency of the 3rd day of November, 2007. - >", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 117], "content_span": [118, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court validates Presidential elections, PCO and emergency\nOn 24 November 2007, a seven panel larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogor, directed the chief election commissioner and the government to declare Pervez Musharraf President for a second term by 1 December, and said that President Musharraf shall relinquish the office of the chief of army staff (COAS) before taking oath as civilian president. The Supreme Court also validated the imposition of emergency and the promulgation of the Provisional Constitution Order issued by the Chief of the Army Staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court validates Presidential elections, PCO and emergency\nThe larger bench held that President General Musharraf was qualified to contest the presidential election and did not suffer any disqualification under the constitution and the law. The court also vacated the interim stay of the 6 October presidential election results that had kept the Election Commission from announcing them until now. The bench was headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar. The other members were Justice Ejazul Hassan, Justice Muhammad Qaim Jan Khan, Justice Muhammad Moosa K Laghari, Justice Chaudhry Ejaz Yousaf, Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir, and Justice Zia Pervez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court validates Presidential elections, PCO and emergency\nLater, on 15 February 2008, the Supreme Court delivered a detailed judgement to validate the Proclamation of Emergency on 3 November 2007, the Provisional Constitution Order No 1 of 2007 and the Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2007. This Full Court judgement was written by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar. Other members of the Full Court were Justice Ijaz-ul-Hassan, Justice Mohammad Qaim Jan Khan, Justice Mohammad Moosa K. Leghari, Justice Chaudhry Ejaz Yousaf, Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir and Justice Zia Perwez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court validates Presidential elections, PCO and emergency\nThe Supreme Court wrote, \"In the recent past the whole of Pakistan was afflicted with extremism, terrorism and suicide attacks using bombs, hand grenades, missiles, mines, including similar attacks on the armed forces and law enforcing agencies, which reached climax on 18th of October 2007 when in a similar attack on a public rally, at least 150 people were killed and more than 500 seriously injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0043-0002", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court validates Presidential elections, PCO and emergency\nThe situation which led to the issuance of Proclamation of Emergency of the 3rd day of November 2007 as well as the other two Orders, referred to above, was similar to the situation which prevailed in the country on the 5th of July 1977 and the 12th of October 1999 warranting the extra-constitutional steps, which had been validated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Begum Nusrat Bhutto V. Chief of the Army Staff (PLD 1977 SC 657) and Syed Zafar Ali Shah V. Pervez Musharraf, Chief Executive of Pakistan (PLD 2000 SC 869) in the interest of the State and for the welfare of the people, as also the fact that the Constitution was not abrogated, but merely held in abeyance\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court validates Presidential elections, PCO and emergency\nIt further wrote, \"The learned Chief Justices and Judges of the superior courts, (Supreme Court of Pakistan, Federal Shariat Court and the High Courts), who have not been given, and who have not made, oath under the Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2007 have ceased to hold their respective offices on the 3rd of November 2007. Their cases cannot be re-opened being hit by the doctrine of past and closed transaction\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 100], "content_span": [101, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court and PCO 2007\nOn 2 November 2007, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan submitted an application to the Supreme Court asking that the Government be restrained from imposing martial law in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Supreme Court and PCO 2007\nTo this application a seven panel Supreme Court bench issued a stay order on 3 November 2007 against the imposition of an emergency. The bench was headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The other members of the bench were Justice Rana Bhagwandas, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz, and Justice Ghulam Rabbani. This stay order was ignored by the Chief of Army Staff and the emergency was imposed across the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nEarly Sunday morning Pervez Musharraf addressed Pakistan for the first time since declaring the state of emergency in a speech broadcast on state-run PTV. The following is a translation of Musharraf's speech from the original Urdu:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nToday I make this address because our country is at a dangerous juncture, facing a national crisis. Throughout history, nations have often had to make difficult decisions. That time has come now for Pakistan \u2013 we have to make important and painful decisions. If these decisions are not made then Pakistan's future is at stake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nBefore saying anything further, I promise that the decision I have made is, first of all, for the sake of Pakistan. Pakistan is above all personal interests. The people of Pakistan should agree with me on this.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nIn the last few months, our situation has changed dramatically. Terrorism and Extremism are rampant. Suicide bombings are widespread. In Karachi, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, fanaticism is now common. Fundamentalist extremists are everywhere. They are not afraid of law-enforcement agencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nWhat was confined to the frontier areas, has now extended to many other areas. Extremism has spread even to Islamabad \u2013 the heart of Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nThe people are worried. The extremists are trying to take the authority and power of the government into their own hands. They want to impose their outdated religious views upon the people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nIn my eyes, this is a direct challenge to Pakistan's future as a moderate nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nMusharraf also referred to US President Abraham Lincoln, saying that Lincoln's suspension of Habeas corpus during the American Civil War to save the nation was analogous to his declaration of a state of emergency for Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Speech to the nation\nMusharraf has said that the forthcoming election date will not be affected by the declaration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nThe judges of Supreme Court, Federal Shariat Court and four High Courts were asked to take an oath on the PCO. Some of the judges opted to take the oath on the PCO immediately, while some took it over a period of time and some remained steadfast in refusing to take the oath on the PCO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nImmediately after the emergency, out of 18 Supreme Court justices, only five judges took the oath on the PCO. Initially in Islamabad, Abdul Hameed Dogar who was inducted as the new Chief Justice, Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Khokhar and M. Javed Buttar took the oath under the PCO. Later in the evening, in Karachi Saiyed Saeed Ashhad also took the oath on the PCO on 3 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nFrom the remaining judges, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Falak Sher, Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, Justice Mian Shakir Ullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir ul Mulk, Justice Chaudhry Ejaz Ahmed, Justice Raja Fayyaz, Justice Syed Jamshed Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani declined invitation to take oath of supreme court took oath on PCO. The Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday also did not take oath on PCO nor were they offered to.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nOn 3 December 2007, the federal government issued a notification of removal of three justices of the Supreme Court without any retirement privileges. They were Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nOn 3 December 2007, the federal government issued another notification that in pursuance to Article 3 of the Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2007 (Order No. 1 of 2007), 24 judges of the High Courts of Sindh, Punjab and NWFP had ceased to hold office, with effect from 3 November 2007, the day emergency was proclaimed in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nAccording to the notification twelve justices of Sindh High Court were notified to cease to hold office. They were Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Aamir Hani Muslim, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed, Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Justice Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani, Justice Salman Ansari, Justice Abdul Rashid Kalwar and Justice Arshad Siraj.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nAccording to the notification ten justices of Lahore High Court were notified to cease to hold office. They were Justice Khawja Muhammad Sharif, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Muhammad Tahir Ali, Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Justice M. A. Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Muhammad Jehangir Arshad, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Umar Atta Bandial and Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nAccording to the notification two justices of Peshawar High Court were notified to cease to hold office. They were Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan and Justice Dost Muhammad Khan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Impact on higher judiciary\nAll justices of the High Court of Balochistan took the oath on the PCO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nOpinion polls reflected strong public opposition to imposition of the state of emergency. 67% demanded General Musharraf's resignation whereas 71% said they opposed the suspension of Constitution. More than 70% people surveyed said that they were opposed to closure of private television channels, arrest of Chief Justices and mass arrests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nIslamabad: International broadcasts and local phones were blocked in some locations. Additionally, barriers and barbed wires were erected at important points in the capital.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nHundreds of students joined in protests led by faculty of Quaid-e-Azam University; they were joined by scores of civil rights activists. Police presence forced students to 'flash demonstrations' and prompt disbanding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nLahore: After the announcement of emergency, police acted swiftly to arrest thousands of lawyers, human rights activists and politicians. Crackdowns were made throughout the night of 3 November to thwart any opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nAll members of the HRCP, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, including Asma Jehangir and Salima Hashmi were jailed. The Mall Road, where official buildings including Secretariat, Governor House, and the High Court are, remained barricaded at a number of points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nThere were protests at all universities of the city, Pakistan's leading university LUMS, Punjab University, Beaconhouse National University, National College of Arts, Government College, Foreman Christian College and others. The students also led the fight on the internet where thousands of blogs unanimously denounced the State of Emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nGujranwala: After the announcement of emergency, Heavy contingents of police were deployed on G.T Road, Sialkot road, Civil lines and Cantonment. Hundreds of lawyers, civil rights activists, journalists, media persons and political activists protested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nFaisalabad: Heavy contingents of police were deployed in the eight major bazaars of the city and the district courts. Hundreds of lawyers, civil rights activists, journalists, media persons and political activists protested, prompting brutal use of force and baton charging by police. Police also sealed the courts and the press club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nSialkot: Opposition leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), was placed under house arrest shortly after the declaration of emergency. He had been arrested, by order of the Pakistani Army, and taken to an undisclosed location. Khawaja Asif is a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), the party headed by exiled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He was elected for his third term as MNA from a PML-N seat and is currently a member of the Parliament of Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nPeshawar: Army pickets were established in Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan. Hundreds of protesters joined processions led by the local Awami National party forcing police to arrest all local political leadership of opposition parties to crush demonstrations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nKarachi: Reports from inside Karachi stated that the situation remained peaceful and not entirely different from any other weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Events during the state of emergency\nQuetta: Nationalist opposition leaders Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Qadir Magsi were detained in their home towns in southern Pakistan. The police also picked up five lawyers from southwestern Quetta, who were known as staunch supporters of Chaudhry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Ban on media\nWith the imposition of emergency a media blackout followed. National channels like ARY One World, GEO TV, Aaj tv and other channels were also blocked. General Musharraf maintained that these channels were creating discord, misrepresenting facts, were not responsible, and were contributing to the instability of the nation. The Government also cracked down on international channels like BBC and CNN. ARY reported that authorities in Dubai had asked the network's administration to close down its operations. The network said no reason had been given for the move.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Ban on media\nThe government expelled three journalists from the British news paper The Daily Telegraph after calling general Musharraf \"our son of a bitch\". This is an allusion to Franklin D. Roosevelt's defence of Nicaragua's heavy-handed but U.S.-backed dictator, Anastasio Somoza Garc\u00eda. However this is still viewed as an extremely severe insult in Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Ban on media\nOn 21 November 2007 two thousand detainees under the Emergency were released, but 3,000 remained in detention, according to London's Metro newspaper. Musharraf's Govt. also arrested moderate groups of society such as human rights activists and lawyers..", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Effect on the economy\nThe Pakistani stock market was the first to react, with the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) falling by more than 4.6% on the first day of the emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Effect on the economy\nInvestors in the United Kingdom pulled back $26.27\u00a0million while investors in the United States withdrew $51.93\u00a0million. It is estimated that more than $235\u00a0million in total were withdrawn from the KSE during the emergency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Effect on the economy\nStandard & Poor's Ratings Services also revised its outlook on the long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings of Pakistan from stable to negative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Effect on the economy\nThe Dutch government froze development aid to Pakistan in response to the imposition of emergency rule. Deputy Minister for Development Bert Koenders decided to suspend the remainder of the \u20ac15\u00a0million (US$22\u00a0million) that had yet to be paid in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Opposition leaders\nThe AP reported that Benazir Bhutto was greeted by supporters chanting slogans at the airport. After staying in her plane for several hours she was driven to her home in Karachi, accompanied by hundreds of supporters. On 8 November, Bhutto was placed under house arrest by the Pakistani government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Opposition leaders\nAfter one day the house arrest was lifted. Bhutto said that the election date set of 15 February 2008 was \"too vague\" and planned to undertake a \"long march\" in car procession around Pakistan, as she did before, protesting against Nawaz Sharif. The Army cautioned her against this, citing the risk of further suicide bomb attacks. On 12 November 2007 she was again placed under house arrest for a week to prevent this happening. Musharraf also gave the election date as 9 January 2008. Bhutto rejected this as being too soon after emergency rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0084-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Opposition leaders\nSubsequently, Bhutto was released from house arrest again, but the Daily Jang (20 Nov.07) reported the Attorney General, Mohammed Qayyum as saying that five writs were to be heard to revoke her immunity from prosecution on corruption charges, which claim that only the judiciary had the right to grant immunity not President Musharraf. Qayyum described them as \"likely to succeed\". Bhutto had by 25 November filed nomination papers for 8 January elections, despite not confirming her intention to boycott them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Opposition leaders\nFormer Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that \"Imposing emergency is another form of terrorism.\" The acting head of the former Prime Minister's political party, Javed Hashmi, who was arrested, stated, \"People will win. Generals will lose. They have to surrender.\" On 23 November 2007 it was announced in the Guardian that Nawaz Sharif would return to Pakistan after the King of Saudi Arabia reportedly told Musharraf that they would not keep him in Saudi Arabia and he landed in Lahore on 25 November in a Saudi aircraft, with his wife, Kulsoom and brother Shabaz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0085-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Opposition leaders\nHe said that he wishes to restore democracy from dictatorship, but did not say whether he would boycott the elections in January. Neither did Bhutto, but she had already filed nomination papers. Sharif filed nomination papers the day after his return, but said that he would not serve as Prime Minister under Musharraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Opposition leaders\nThe Minister of the State for Information, Tariq Azim Khan, said on television media that the elections in Pakistan scheduled for January would be delayed indefinitely. President Musharraf later announced that elections would be held by mid-February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 73], "content_span": [74, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Judges\nThe new Provisional Constitutional Order required judges to retake an oath of allegiance to Musharraf. Many refused to do so, including 15 Supreme Court judges. Additionally, only a fraction of the judges in Pakistan's provinces took the new oath: in Punjab 12 out of 31, in Sindh 4 out of 27, in the North-West Frontier Province 7 out of 15, and in Balochistan 5 out of 11 retook their oaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Judges\nOn 6 November Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, who was under house arrest, spoke by phone to a group of 500 lawyers. In his statement he said that the constitution had been \"ripped to shreds\" and that the people should \"rise up and restore\" it. He added that while he is under guard, he will soon \"join you in your struggle.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Judges\nIt was alleged that the government used blackmail to get judges to take oath under the new PCO. Videos were sent out to at least three of the 11 judges as they were whether General Pervez Musharraf was eligible to run for president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Judges\nAround 60 judges refused to take the oath under the \"PCO\", which includes a statement that no judgment can be passed against any government even if found guilty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Judges\nOn 20 November 2007 it was reported in the Daily Jang that a newly appointed Supreme Court had dismissed five writs challenging Musharraf's confirmation as president and was waiting to adjudicate the sixth. Another from the Pakistan Peoples Party was withdrawn as the originators do not recognise the new court. The Court has threatened to revoke the licence of any lawyer not recognising its authority. Packing the Supreme Court with supporters is not unusual. Previously Musharraf appointed Iftikar Chaudhry as his nominee and the previous prime minister Nawaz Sharif also packed the judiciary with his sympathizers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Religious leaders\nQazi Hussain Ahmed called for protests to overthrow \"the military dictator,\" during a speech near the outside of Lahore to 20,000 of his followers. He is an Islamic leader of MMA, a religious alliance opposing Musharraf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 72], "content_span": [73, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Lawyer community strike\nDeposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry called on lawyers nationwide on 11 November to defy baton-wielding police and protest President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Lawyer community strike\n\"Go to every corner of Pakistan and give the message that this is the time to sacrifice,\" Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who is under virtual house arrest in Islamabad, told lawyers by mobile phone. \"Don't be afraid. God will help us and the day will come when you'll see the constitution supreme and no dictatorship for a long time.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, Pakistan, Lawyer community strike\nThe President of the Supreme Court Bar Association and other legal leaders were taken into custody immediately after the imposition of emergency rule. As a result, the Pakistan lawyer community called for a nationwide strike on 5 November 2007 against Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 78], "content_span": [79, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, Reaction, International\nThe immediate response from most countries was critical, with the measures viewed as running counter to liberal-democratic reforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, PCO Judges case\nOn 31 July 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the steps taken on 3 November 2007, by former president Pervez Musharraf as illegal and unconstitutional under the Article 279 of the Constitution. The judgment came after the 14-judge larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry completed the hearing of constitutional petitions regarding PCO judges, appointments of judges of higher judiciary and 3 November 2007, steps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0097-0001", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, PCO Judges case\nThe decision's short announcement also stated that the results of 2008 Pakistani general election, held on 18 February, will be given judicial protection and that President Asif Ali Zardari will not have to take a presidential oath again. However the court has some reservations about how the Ordinances including the controversial National Reconstruction Ordinance (NRO), were handled by the interim Supreme Court during the emergency Period, but present government was given 120 days to regularise them through parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192616-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 Pakistani state of emergency, PCO Judges case\nLawyers and advocates celebrated after the announcement was made by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Musharraf was summoned by the court, but his lawyers did not appear because in their opinion he did not receive the court summons. The verdict was also welcomed by the spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar who said that \"The Supreme Court short order today declaring the November 3, 2007 actions of General Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional is a triumph of the democratic principles, a stinging negation of dictatorship and is most welcome.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192617-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Palanca Awards\nThe Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 2007 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author). The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards was held on September 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192618-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Palmer Cup\nThe 2007 Palmer Cup was held on June 7\u20138, 2007 on the Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland. The United States won 18 to 6. Europe took a 3\u20131 lead on the first morning but the United States won all 8 of the afternoon singles matches to lead 9\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192618-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Palmer Cup, Format\nOn Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon. Four foursomes matches were played on the Friday morning with a further eight singles in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192618-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Palmer Cup, Format\nEach of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 121/2 points won the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192618-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Palmer Cup, Teams\nEight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192618-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Palmer Cup, Michael Carter award\nThe Michael Carter Award winners were Jonathan Moore and Rhys Davies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 37], "content_span": [38, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192619-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan Am Badminton Championships\nThe XIII 2007 Pan Am Badminton Championships were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, between May 15 and May 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192619-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan Am Badminton Championships\nThis event was part of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix series of the Badminton World Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192620-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2007 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were held in Morelos, Mexico. The competition was organized by the Mexican Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games\nThe 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in 47 disciplines. During the Games, 95 new Pan American records were set; 2,196 medals were awarded; 1,262 doping control tests were performed and about 15,000 volunteers participated in the organization of the event, which was an Olympic qualification for 13 International Federations (IFs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games\nRio de Janeiro was awarded the Games over San Antonio, Texas, United States, on August 24, 2002, having won an absolute majority of votes (30\u201321) from the 51 members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in the first round of voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico. This was the first Games held in Brazil since the 1963 Pan American Games that took place in S\u00e3o Paulo. According to the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee, the Games called for the implementation of the country's largest organizational and logistic operation ever.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Bidding process\nThe official bid was submitted in August 2001 during the XXXIX Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In April 2002, following delivery of Federal, State and City Government and BOC letters confirming country, state, city and Brazilian sport compliance with the applicable Games regulations, PASO announced the approval of Rio de Janeiro\u2019s bid. The Bidding Committee then submitted a detailed bid file for the Games. The document was prepared and developed with the assistance of Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Get\u00falio Vargas (FGV), which had been commissioned by Rio de Janeiro's City Government. In the running to host the 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro faced off with the city of San Antonio, United States; which previously beat Houston, Miami, and Raleigh to become the American candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 883]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Bidding process\nAccording to PASO statute and regulations, the host city was selected by direct voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 24, 2002. The candidate city that received the simple majority of votes from representatives of the 42 member National Olympic Committees (NOCs) would be awarded the right to host the competition. Theannouncement was made by PASO President Mario V\u00e1zquez Ra\u00f1a. Rio de Janeiro received 30 votes against 21 from San Antonio. Marked by a professional strategy that included the showing of city and project videos, Rio de Janeiro's campaign convinced the majority of voters, accounting for a total 51 votes. The 39-member Brazilian delegation erupted into boisterous celebration celebrating the country's highest achievement in terms of sporting event organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Mascot\nThe organization of the Rio 2007 Games has chosen the figure of the Sun to represent the event. And, in a decision never taken before, it has defined it as the single mascot of the Pan American and Parapan American Games, such as the Brazilian expression, that the \"Sol Brilha para Todos\" (The sun shines for everyone), reinforcing thus the principles against prejudice and that, like the sun, sport is for all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Mascot\nThe character reflects the main characteristics of the host city and harmonizes with the graphic work developed for the logo and the visual identity of both Games. The name was chosen through popular voting by Internet, cellular phone messages and public ballot boxes placed around the main Brazilian cities, causing great commotion. Over 1.2 million people participated in the election, and the name Cau\u00ea received almost half of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Mascot\nTraditionally used in large sport events, the mascot figure serves the purpose of cheering the event, enforcing the playful aspect of sports and captivating spectators and athletes. The mascot's main choice is to transmit messages of peace, respect to the environment, friendship and brotherhood, which are intrinsic values to the Olympic Movement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Torch relay\nThe 2007 Pan American Games torch relay was a 39-day torch run, from June 5 to July 13, 2007, held prior to the games. On June 4, the torch was lit at the torch lighting ceremony in Teotihuac\u00e1n, Mexico. The flame was then taken by a Brazilian Air Force craft to Santa Cruz Cabr\u00e1lia, Bahia, Brazil, where the torch relay began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Opening ceremony\nThe Opening Ceremony of the XV Pan American Games took place on July 13, 2007. Approximately 90,000 people packed Rio de Janeiro's Maracan\u00e3 Stadium for the occasion. The ceremony included a cast of 7,000 and a multimillion-dollar budget, being produced by Scott Givens. Over 800 people were part of the creative and production teams working on the Opening Ceremony, Team Welcome Ceremonies, Sports Production, the presentation of 2,252 medals, Sports Production, the Closing Ceremony and ParaPan ceremonies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Opening ceremony\nThe show began at 05:30 pm (local time, UTC-3) and lasted for two and a half hours. The theme of the show was based on the theme of the Rio 2007 Games: Viva Essa Energia (Share the Energy) and the oath of the athletes was performed by Brazilian Taekwondo athlete Nat\u00e1lia Falavigna. Also, a very abbreviated version of the Olympic Anthem was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Opening ceremony\nContrary to plan, the games were not opened by Brazil's head of state, President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, but by the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Nuzman. Prior to the official opening, Lula had been constantly booed whenever the in-stadium camera showed his image or when his name was mentioned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Venues\nThe competitions were carried through in a ray of 25\u00a0km, spread for four polar regions in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Venues\nMain construction work of the 2007 Pan American Games, the Jo\u00e3o Havelange Olympic Stadium hosted the athletics and football competitions. The stadium is one of the major Games' legacies to the city of Rio de Janeiro, which can since then count on a modern stadium with full capacity to be used for sports and cultural events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Venues\nThe City of Sports Complex counts on modern constructions such as the Rio Olympic Arena, where the Games' basketball and artistic gymnastics competitions were held; the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, venue for the swimming, synchronized swimming and diving competitions; and the Barra Velodrome, where the track cycling and speed skating events took place. Riocentro Convention Center is the largest expositions and fairs center of Latin America, for the 2007 Games, the complex held temporary facilities for staging several sport disciplines, including in the Parapan American Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Venues\nThe Mi\u00e9cimo da Silva Sports Complex is the largest sports complex that is owned by a City Government (City Hall) in Brazil. Several large sports events took place at this venue, such as the basketball exhibition game between the teams of American Magic Johnson and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt, in addition to several matches of the Brazilian Futsal team. The Deodoro Military Club is a traditional Brazilian Army sport facility in Rio de Janeiro, will host the Rio 2007 Games equestrian, field hockey, modern pentathlon, sport shooting and archery competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Venues\nThe Maracan\u00e3 Stadium was built for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the Mario Filho Stadium (internationally known as Maracan\u00e3) is one of the most famous stadiums in the world, receiving a great number of Brazilian and foreign tourists annually. The stadium staged the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and football matches, including the finals. The Maracan\u00e3zinho Gymnasium is the house of the Rio 2007 volleyball competitions. The Julio Delamare Water Park is the stage for the water polo tournament in the Games. The Maracan\u00e3 Sports Complex also includes the Celio de Barros Athletics Stadium, and it is administered by the Rio de Janeiro State Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Venues\nAlso known as Aterro do Flamengo, the Flamengo Park is the largest leisure area of the city. Besides Marina da Gl\u00f3ria, the main venue for the Rio 2007 sailing competitions. During the Games, the marathon (men\u2019s and women\u2019s) arrival points set up at the Flamengo Park, which will also stage the race walking and road cycling competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192621-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games, Sports\nFor the 2007 Games Futsal was added to the program for the first (and as of 2011 only time) while racquetball and basque pelota were dropped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 31], "content_span": [32, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table\nThe 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a continental multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July\u00a013 to July\u00a029, 2007. At the Games, 5,633 athletes selected from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 332 events in 34 sports divided into 47 disciplines. According to the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee for the Pan American Games, 2,196 medals were awarded for every winning athlete, including individuals from teams, during 334 awards ceremonies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table\nThirty-two nations earned medals at the Games, and nineteen won at least one gold medal. Antigua and Barbuda and El Salvador won their first ever gold medals. The Netherlands Antilles, the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, the Cayman Islands, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia improved their position in the general medal table compared to the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table\nFor the first time since the 1955 Games, American athletes did not win more than 100 gold medals. The United States led the medal count for the 12th time, winning 97 gold medals. It also won the silver medal count, with 88, and the total medals count, with 237. Competitors from the host nation, Brazil, led the bronze medal count for the first time, with 65. Brazil won 52 gold medals, 40 silver medals and a total of 157 medals, its best ever overall performance and best placement in the medal table since the 1967 Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table, Medal table\nThe ranking in this table is based on the official medal standings approved by the executive committee of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) on December 18, 2007. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by the athletes representing a nation. (In this context, a nation is an entity represented by a NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table, Medal table\nIn boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling, two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class. In baseball, atypical rainfall during the games forced the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee for the Pan American Games to rearrange the schedule, and the competition for the bronze medal never took place. Mexico had to leave on the previously assigned date without playing for the third position. Therefore, the technical delegate ruled that Mexico and Nicaragua were each to be awarded a bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nThe event closed on July 29 without a positive test for illegal drugs. During the closing ceremony of the Games, the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee called them the \"cleanest [Games] yet\". Mario Vazquez Ra\u00f1a, president of PASO, stated at the closing ceremony that the games had been the cleanest in Pan American history. However, shortly after the games ended, prohibited substances were detected in 4 of 1,262 tests. Following procedures recommended by the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA), the PASO Medical Commission conducted an extensive review and submitted a report to the PASO Executive Committee. On December 18, 2007, the executive committee unanimously approved it, stripping the medals from four athletes and ordering an adjustment of the medal table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nBrazilian swimmer Rebeca Gusm\u00e3o tested positive for high levels of testosterone and was stripped of her four medals. She had won two gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre freestyle competitions, and another two medals with the Brazilian team; a silver medal at the 4 \u00d7 100 metre freestyle relay competition, and a bronze medal at the 4 \u00d7 100 metre medley relay competition. Gusm\u00e3o's gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle went to Arlene Semeco of Venezuela, the silver medal to Vanessa Garc\u00eda Vega of Puerto Rico, and the bronze medal to Fl\u00e1via Delaroli of Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nShe also lost her gold medal to Semeco in the 100 metre freestyle; Delaroli received the silver medal, and Garc\u00eda Vega received the bronze medal. The Brazilian swimming team lost its silver medal in the 4 \u00d7 100 metre freestyle relay competition to the Canadian team, which passed the bronze medal to the Venezuelan team; and in the 4 \u00d7 100 metre medley relay competition Brazil lost its bronze medal to the Bahamian team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192622-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games medal table, Changes in medal standings\nBrazilian weightlifter Fabr\u00edcio Mafra lost his bronze medal in the men's 105 kg competition. He tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone, and Damian Abbiate, the competitor from Argentina, received the medal in his place. Colombian cyclist Libardo Ni\u00f1o Corridor, who won a silver medal in the men's individual road time trial, tested positive for the banned substance erythropoietin (EPO), and consequently the silver medal went to Matias Medici of Argentina and the bronze medal to Dominique Rollin of Canada. Nicaraguan baseball player Pedro Wilder Rayo Rojas tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid boldenone, and lost his bronze medal from the men's baseball competition, but his teammates kept their medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony\nThe Opening Ceremony of the XV Pan American Games took place on 13 July 2007. Considered an audition for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the Opening Ceremony was praised by the media for its creativity and Olympic-style production value. The Los Angeles Times reported:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony\nBrazil's 2nd largest city still must overcome doubts about crime and traffic, among other things, if it hopes to make good on its quixotic bid to play host to the 2016 Olympic Games. But Rio sure has the opening ceremony down pat. On Friday the city inaugurated the 15th Pan American Games with a lavish and creative 3\u00bd -hour show that featured a symphony orchestra, three 100-foot-long coral snakes, Miss Brazil, an alligator the size of a 747, fireworks, a 1,500-piece percussion band and thousands of dancers dressed as everything from ocean waves to water lilies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony\nApproximately 90,000 spectators and 5,000 athletes packed Rio de Janeiro's Maracan\u00e3 Stadium for the occasion. The ceremony included a cast of 4,000 and a $17 million (US) budget. The Executive Producer of the Opening Ceremony was Scott Givens. More than 250 people were part of the creative and production teams with another 1,000 backstage volunteers. Scott Givens' team was responsible for the Opening Ceremony, Sports Production, the presentation of 2,252 medals, Sports Production and the Closing Ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony\nThe theme of the show was based on the theme of the Rio 2007 Games: Viva Essa Energia (Share this Energy).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe show began at 17:30 local time (UTC-3) and lasted for two and a half hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe beginning had the Dragoons of Independence, the first regiment of the Brazilian army and the official guard of the Republic's president, bringing a Brazilian flag and an execution of the Brazilian national anthem sung by Elza Soares, the former wife of football player Man\u00e9 Garrincha. The countdown, starting with the number 15, showed the cities which hosted the American event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe first part was named \"Viva essa energia\" (Live this energy in Portuguese). And started with an afro-Brazilian boy named Cainan playing a tambour and guiding 1,150 rhythmists from the 17 Samba schools and presenting the official song of the XV Pan American Games, \"Viva essa Energia\", composed by Arnaldo Antunes, former singer the Brazilian rock band Tit\u00e3s, and Liminha, singer the Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes, and sung by Ana Costa samba singer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe parade of the athletes had a rhythm of a samba, chorinho and the bossa nova's rhythm played by the battery of samba schools which made a huge corridor when the athletes from the 42 nations passed between them. There was expectation about the entry of Panama's delegation due to interference by the Panamanian government on their national Olympic committee, the IOC have banned the participation of the country in official events but the PASO required the Panamanian athletes to participate using their organization's flag, so the IOC came back to the decision and authorised the participation of Panama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nAt this games were created the PASO's anthem, composed by Andr\u00e9 Mehmari and performed by Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica Brasileira conducted by Roberto Minczuk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe show were divided in three parts: \"A energia do Sol\" (The energy of sun), \"A energia da \u00e1gua\" (the energy of water), and \"A energia do homem\" (The man's energy). The show was coordinated by Rosa Magalh\u00e3es from the Rio de Janeiro samba school GRES Imperatriz Leopoldinense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nThe oath of the athletes was performed by Brazilian taekwondo athlete Nat\u00e1lia Falavigna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192623-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games opening ceremony, Proceedings\nContrary to plan and tradition, the games were not opened by Brazil's head of state, President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, but by the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman. Prior to the official opening, Lula had been repeatedly booed whenever the in-stadium camera showed him on the large screen set up inside the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192624-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games torch relay\nThe 2007 Pan American Games torch relay was a 39-day torch run, from June 5 to July 13, 2007, held prior to the 2007 Pan American Games. On June 4, the torch was lit at the torch lighting ceremony in Teotihuac\u00e1n, Mexico. The flame was then taken by a Brazilian Air Force craft to Santa Cruz Cabr\u00e1lia, Bahia, Brazil, where the torch relay began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192624-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Games torch relay\nThe relay toured through 42 Brazilian cities - each one representing a different country in the Pan American Games. Over 2,500 torchbearers carried the flame over 11,000 kilometers. The first torchbearer was carried by Wilson Carneiro, the first Brazilian to win a medal at the Pan American Games, white the final torchbearer was Naiane Freire da Purifica\u00e7\u00e3o.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192625-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Judo Championships\nThe 32nd Pan American Judo Championships were held in Centre Pierre Charbonneau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 24 May to 26 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192626-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships\nThe 14th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil at the Est\u00e1dio \u00cdcaro de Castro Melo on July 6 to July 8, 2007. A detailed report on theresults was given.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192626-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)\nDetailed result lists can be found on the CACAC, on the CBAt, on the Tilastopaja, on the USA Track & Field, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192626-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Participation (unofficial)\nAn unofficial count yields the number of about 432athletes from about 34 countries: Anguilla (2), Argentina (20), Bahamas (12), Barbados (9), Bermuda (3), Bolivia(2), Brazil (70), British Virgin Islands (1), Canada (45), Cayman Islands (3),Chile (17), Colombia (28), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (9), Dominica (2), DominicanRepublic (3), Ecuador (17), El Salvador (3), Guatemala (5), Guyana (3),Jamaica (22), Mexico (17), Netherlands Antilles (2), Panama (1), Paraguay (9),Peru (7), Puerto Rico (8), Saint Kitts and Nevis (7), Saint Lucia (1),Trinidad and Tobago (20), United States (60), Uruguay (2), U.S. Virgin Islands(2), Venezuela (19).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 76], "content_span": [77, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192626-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Medal summary\nMedal winners are published. Complete results can be found on the CACAC website, on the CBAt website, on the USA Track & Field website, on the Tilastopaja website, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\" website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 63], "content_span": [64, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192627-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2007 American Handball Men's Youth Championships took place in Cascavel from September 4 \u2013 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192628-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships\nThe 2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Continental Championships were held from March 8 to March 11, 2007 in Neuqu\u00e9n, Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192629-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup\nThe 2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Balne\u00e1rio Cambori\u00fa, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The track of the Cup runs in the Avenida Atl\u00e2ntica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192629-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Race Walking Cup, Participation\nThe participation of 97 athletes from 14 countries is reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192630-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Women's Handball Championship\nThe 2007 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the ninth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, which took place in Santo Domingo from 31 May to 4 June 2007. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192631-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship\nThe 2007 American Handball Women's Youth Championships took place in Cascavel from September 4 \u2013 8. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2008 World Youth Women's Handball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192632-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan Arab Games\nThe 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 \u2013 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participated than in previous years, making them 8000 Arab athletes. It was also the first time that some of the Arab football federations participated with their first teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192632-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan Arab Games, Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony started with the Egyptian Singer Tamer Hosny singing a new song for Arab unity, and then the entrance of several Arab Leaders with Hosni Mubarak, including the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and the Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz. This was followed by the entrance of the 22 participating teams. The opening word was given to several Arab Sport Federation Chiefs, and the Secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, and ended with Egyptian President Mubarak's opening words.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192632-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan Arab Games, Games, Opening ceremony\nThe ceremony was divided into eight parts; it started with the Narration of the Abraham's Trip in the desert, and the founding of the Ka'aba, thus Mecca, and Arab Unity under Islam, and stressed on the power of Words in the Quran, and then it showed several dances showing the Arab Literature and Arts, then showed performances explaining the Arab's leadership in philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, gardening and music. Throughout the performance, several Arab scientists, poets, philosophers, mathematicians and travellers were mentioned as well as several verses of the Quran, and how it helped Arabs to achieve such glorious achievements. The Ceremony was wrapped up with the Egyptian National Anthem then an Arab Song called \"Amgad Ya Arab\" (Glories o Arabs).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192632-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan Arab Games, Mascot\nThe official mascot of Games is Bastet, whose name was derived from the ancient Egyptian goddess Bast. The mascot Bastet is a black cat, with a headscarf in the ancient Egyptian style, striped with Egypt's flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192633-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election\nThe Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007 Pro-democracy primary was a primary election held to select a single candidate to represent all the Pan-democrat parties, also referred to as the \"pro-democracy camp\", in the Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192633-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election, Scope of Pan-democrats\nThe pro-democracy parties and organisations participating in the coordination were Democratic Party, Civic Party, League of Social Democrats, The Frontier, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre, Civic Act-up, Civil Human Rights Front, Women's Alliance (\u5a66\u76df) and the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood. The selection mechanism was organized by Frederick Fung, Emily Lau, Ronny Tong and Joseph Lee (\u674e\u570b\u9e9f).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192633-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election, Selection mechanism\nThe selection mechanism for the Democrat candidate consisted of a public debate, an opinion poll and primary elections. The weightings were: 50% from the opinion poll, 30% from the 300 delegates, 10% from Legislative Councillors and 10% from District Councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192633-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election, Selection mechanism\nThe debate format is based on those held for the 2007 Chief Executive election. University professors Ma Ngok (\u99ac\u5dbd), Chan Kin-man (\u9673\u5065\u6c11) and Benny Tai (\u6234\u8000\u5ef7) questioned the candidates while culture critic Leung Man-tao (\u6881\u6587\u9053) acted as moderator. One hundred members of the public participated and asked questions. The debate was broadcast live on television and radio. Rev. Chu Yiu-ming (\u6731\u8000\u660e) acted as the returning officer for the voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192633-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election, Selection mechanism\nThe selection mechanism cost an estimated HK$140,000, with the result announced on 30 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192633-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pan-democracy camp primary election, Selection mechanism\nChan won the primary by a clear margin, with 77.3 points compared with Lo's 22.7 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192634-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl\nThe 2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl was a postseason college football match between the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Cincinnati Bearcats at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The University of Southern Mississippi represented Conference USA (which Cincinnati was once a member of) and the University of Cincinnati represented the Big East Conference. The game resulted in a 31\u201321 Cincinnati victory, which did not cover their 11-point spread. The payout for both teams was $300,000, the lowest payout among all college football bowl games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192634-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl\nThis was the final game for head coach Jeff Bower, ending his 17-season tenure at Southern Miss. Bower was forced to resign after their disappointing season. After Bower's resignation, the selection of Southern Miss was notable as Bower's first game as head coach of the Golden Eagles was also at Legion Field, in the All-American Bowl in 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192634-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PapaJohns.com Bowl\nCincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk passed for four touchdowns and 334 yards. Southern Miss quarterback Jeremy Young went 18-for-32 for 122 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. After being down 31-14 in the fourth, quarter Jeremy Young cut the lead by scoring a 5-yard touchdown pass to Chris Johnson, but Southern Miss' rally fell short after they couldn't recover an onside kick or convert a fourth-and-1 play on its next possession. Only 35,258 people attended the game, less than half of Legion Field's capacity. Cincinnati distributed 8,352 tickets, a school record for bowl attendance, while Southern Mississippi distributed around 5,000 tickets. Cincinnati's win brought their record to 10-3, their first 10-win season since 1951. With the loss Southern Miss' record ended at 7-5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election\nGeneral elections were held in Papua New Guinea from 30 June 2007 to 14 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election\nFor the first time, the election did not use first past the post (which has in the past resulted in a very volatile political system, with the election of a candidate being largely a matter of chance due to the large number of candidates), but rather Limited Preferential Voting, in which voters number their three most preferred candidates. PNG Police reported three deaths caused by election-related violence during the election period, a large decrease in the 100 deaths which occurred during the 2002 elections. 11,000 police officers and soldiers were deployed throughout the country to police the elections and keep the peace.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election\nOriginally scheduled to end on 10 July, it was decided that the elections would be extended by five days due to delays in transporting ballot boxes caused by bad weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, Turnout and results\nABC Radio Australia reported that nearly four million votes were cast out of Papua New Guinea's population of about six million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, Turnout and results\nEarly results on 15 July indicated that incumbent Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare's National Alliance Party was picking up more seats than other parties of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea's 109 seats. Final results were largely completed by 6 August, the deadline for the return of writs. Counting in two seats was extended for a few days due to legal challenges halting the counting process. The previous deadline was 30 July, but this was extended due to delays caused by bad weather and disruption of counting by some candidates and scrutineers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, Turnout and results\nIn addition to the seats won by the National Alliance Party directly, thirteen independents joined the party after the election. Together with its coalition partners (which include the People's Action Party, the United Resources Party, the Pangu Party, the National Party, the Melanesian Liberal Party and the Melanesian Alliance Party) the National Alliance Party had the support of a substantial majority of the newly elected Members of Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, Turnout and results\nA hundred women had stood as candidates. Only one, Dame Carol Kidu, was elected, for the Port Moresby South constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, Turnout and results\nOn Monday 13 August 2007, the first sitting of Parliament after the election took place. Jeffrey Nape was re-elected as Speaker of the House, and Sir Michael Somare was once again elected to be the country's Prime Minister, winning 86 votes in the 109-seat Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 60], "content_span": [61, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, Results by province, Madang Province\n10\u201316 November 2007 by-election: Niuro Toko Sapia (elected as independent, then joined NA)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, James Yali affair\nIn January 2006, James Yali, governor of Madang Province and Member of Parliament for Rai Coast Open electorate, was convicted of raping his sister-in-law and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. In May 2007 he allegedly suffered a stroke and was transferred from Beon jail to hospital and placed under guard. A group of supporters and relatives then reportedly retrieved him from hospital by force and escorted him to the office of the Electoral Commission, where he completed an application to stand as an independent candidate for his previously held seat of Rai Coast Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, James Yali affair\nDespite a recent constitutional amendment that disallows anyone convicted of an indictable offence from running for office, the Electoral Commission accepted his candidacy on the basis that his legal appeal was still underway. This decision later attracted considerable criticism. He remained in hospital until 7 July, conducting his campaign from his hospital bed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, James Yali affair\nIn the 2007 general election, Yali won the Rai Coast Open seat from a field of 28 candidates. His level of support, despite being imprisoned, was widely attributed to fear of his reputation for sorcery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, James Yali affair\nOn 10 August, the Supreme Court quashed Yali's appeal, nullifying his election. The Electoral Commission said that a by-election for Rai Coast Open would be held within three months. The court was widely criticised for having deliberated on the case for a year, given that a by-election would have been avoided had the court come to a decision before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192635-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Papua New Guinean general election, James Yali affair\nThe by-election was held from 10\u201316 November 2007. His brother, John Tuna Yali, contested the election and stated that he was confident he would win. A total of 21 candidates contested the by-election. The election may have been delayed in some areas for a few days due to weather problems, but by 20 November 2007 voting had been completed in most areas. For the first time, the ballots were counted electronically; writs were returned on 7 December 2007. The by-election was won by Kiap Niuro Toko Sapia with 6,961 votes, while Henry Baiyema was runner-up with 4,503 votes. Sapia contested the election as an independent after having contested the general election as a PNG Country Party candidate; he announced he would join the National Alliance Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192636-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Parachinar bombing\nThe 2007 Parachinar bombing occurred on 4 August 2007. At least 12 people were killed and more than 43 injured after Ghayor Khan Chamkani, a suicide bomber, detonated a Toyota Corolla near the Eidgah Market and Peshawar bus terminal in Parachinar, the capital city of Kurram Agency and the largest city in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in northwest Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban local splinter Sunni militant group claimed responsibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament\nThe 2007 Paradise Jam Tournament was a men's and women's preseason college basketball tournament that took place in Saint Thomas at the Sports and Fitness Center. Baylor won the men's division while Connecticut won the women's St. Thomas Division and Wake Forest won the women's St. John Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament\nIn 2007, the Tournament consisted of one division with four teams, and another division with six teams. The St. John division, with four teams, played a round robin, with each team playing each other on 22, 23 and 24 November. The St. Thomas division was organized into two sub-divisions, Reef and Island. Three teams were assigned to each, and they played each other in a round robin, with one off day. The results were used to seed the teams, and on 25 November, championship games, as well as games for third and fifth place were played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 48], "content_span": [49, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, St. Thomas Division\nIn the opening rounds, Duke beat Purdue and Temple to go 2\u20130 in the Reef division, while Connecticut beat Stanford and ODU to go 2\u20130 in the Island division. The match up between Stanford and Connecticut involved two of the top teams in the nation, with Stanford ranked 4th and UConn 2nd in the nation. The Huskies started out strong, opening up a 22\u20138 lead and went on to win 66\u201354. Freshman Maya Moore was the leading scorer with 19 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, St. Thomas Division\nThe Duke-Purdue match up also featured two top 25 teams with Duke ranked 8th and Purdue 20th. Duke held Purdue to 29% shooting and won the game 53\u201341.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, St. Thomas Division\nThe Championship game matched up the two 2\u20130 teams, Duke and Connecticut. UConn pulled out to a 16-point lead by halftime, and extended the lead by another ten points in the second half. This was the first meeting between the two team since the prior year, when Duke won in overtime in the regional final to deny Connecticut a trip to the Final Four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, St. John Division\nIn the opening round Wake Forest beat Indiana 55\u201353, while Texas A&M beat Wichita State 70\u201336. In the second round Indiana beat Wichita State 64 015054, while Wake Forest beat Texas A&M 53\u201346.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192637-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Paradise Jam Tournament, Women's Tournament, Overview, St. John Division\nOn the final day, Wake Forest beat Wichita State 54\u201347 to finish with a 3\u20130 record and win the 2007 Paradise Jam Championship (St. John). Texas A&M beat Indiana 60\u201348 to earn the third place finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192638-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash\nOn 3 June 2007 a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Paramount Airlines crashed near Lungi International Airport in Sierra Leone, killing approximately 20 to 22 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192638-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash, Background\nIn 2007, helicopter, hovercraft, and sea ferry were the only practical ways to travel between the airport and the capital, Freetown, which are separated by the Sierra Leone River as it meets the Atlantic Ocean.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192638-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash, Background\nThe passengers on board were Togolese football fans who were returning from watching their national team play that of Sierra Leone, and the two pilots were of Ukrainian origin. The passengers had chartered the aircraft specifically for the flight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192638-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash, Crash and emergency response\nAccording to an eyewitness, both pilots jumped out immediately prior to the crash. Later reports stated that 22 were killed, and that the Russian copilot was the only survivor. The aircraft caught fire upon impact and was destroyed before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames. According to airport witnesses the firefighters did not attend the scene until 40 minutes after the crash. The firefighter who had the keys to the fire truck was not at his station in the airport at the time. Airport staff had to douse the flames with buckets of water.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 68], "content_span": [69, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192638-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash, Investigation\nTogo sent a six-person delegation to help investigate the crash, as most of the dead were Togolese football fans visiting for an African Cup of Nations qualifying match on Sunday. They included Togolese Minister of Sports Richard Attipoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192638-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash, Investigation\nSierra Leone's Minister of transport and communications Dr Prince Harding as well as the two top aviation officials in the country lost their jobs as a result of the crash and a commission of enquiry was set up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192639-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Parapan American Games\nThe 2007 Parapan American Games, officially the III Parapan American Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee, held from August 12 to 19, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organized by the Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee (CO-Rio) and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (BPC), it marked the first time that the Parapan American Games were staged in the same city and followed directly after the Pan American Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192639-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Parapan American Games, Bidding process\nThe official bid was submitted in August 2001 during the XXXIX Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In April 2002, following delivery of Federal, State and City Government and BOC letters confirming country, state, city and Brazilian sport compliance with the applicable Games regulations, PASO announced the approval of Rio de Janeiro\u2019s bid. The Bidding Committee then submitted a detailed bid file for the Games. The document was prepared and developed with the assistance of Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Get\u00falio Vargas (FGV), which had been commissioned by Rio de Janeiro's City Government. In the running to host the 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro faced off with the city of San Antonio, United States; which previously beat Houston, Miami, and Raleigh to become the American candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192639-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Parapan American Games, Bidding process\nAccording to PASO statute and regulations, the host city was selected by direct voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 24, 2002. The candidate city that received the simple majority of votes from representatives of the 42 member National Olympic Committees (NOCs) would be awarded the right to host the competition. Theannouncement was made by PASO President Mario V\u00e1zquez Ra\u00f1a. Rio de Janeiro received 30 votes against 21 from San Antonio. Marked by a professional strategy that included the showing of city and project videos, Rio de Janeiro's campaign convinced the majority of voters, accounting for a total 51 votes. The 39-member Brazilian delegation erupted into boisterous celebration celebrating the country's highest achievement in terms of sporting event organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192639-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Parapan American Games, Torch Relay\nThe 2007 Parapan American Torch Relay introduced the first torch relay in the history of the Parapan American Games. It took place on August 11, 2007 and lasted only one day. The route spanned a total of 20 kilometers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 40], "content_span": [41, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192640-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Paris\u2013Nice\nThe 2007 edition of the Paris\u2013Nice stage race took place from March 11 until March 18 on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The race was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador riding for the Discovery Channel, who going into the final stage was six seconds behind Davide Rebellin from Gerolsteiner. Contador broke away on the Col d'Eze, the last climb of the race, to claim both the stage victory along the Promenade des Anglais and the overall race victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192641-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Paris\u2013Roubaix\nThe 2007 Paris\u2013Roubaix was the 105th running of the Paris\u2013Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the Hell of the North. It was held on 15 April 2007 over a distance of 259 kilometres (160.9 miles). Among the participating favorites were 2006 champion Fabian Cancellara and 2005 champion Tom Boonen. While the race has a flat parcours, the often poor weather and long sections of cobblestone roads which are traditionally incorporated make for a difficult race, rarely featuring an en masse sprint finish. The race is part of the 2007 UCI ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192641-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Paris\u2013Roubaix, Race overview\nRight from the start, several riders tried to be part of the traditional early breakaway, however, the peloton looked to be letting no one go. It was only after 31 kilometers that a group of 34 riders got away. The lead of the group never grew very big but in the chasing peloton a lot of the favorites were looking at each other. In the end, only a few of the favorites got away from the group: Tom Boonen, Leif Hoste, Marcus Burghardt and Staf Scheirlinckx.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192641-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Paris\u2013Roubaix, Race overview\nHowever, they also did not cooperate very well and in the end, a few of the survivors of the lead group were never to be seen again. Of those, Stuart O'Grady in the end proved to be the strongest. O'Grady had actually dropped from the lead group because of a puncture but had gotten back together with a few others, namely Juan Antonio Flecha, Steffen Wesemann and Bj\u00f6rn Leukemans. Still, of the original breakaway group, five riders got into the top ten, which does not happen often in Paris\u2013Roubaix. It should be mentioned, however, that Leif Hoste was knocked down by a motorbike on Carrefour de l'Arbre. Had he reached Tom Boonen, the race could have ended otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 33], "content_span": [34, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192642-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Paris\u2013Tours\nThe 2007 Paris\u2013Tours is the 101st edition of this single day road bicycle racing event and is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also runs the Tour de France. The 256\u00a0km event took place on October 14, 2007 and was won by Alessandro Petacchi, the Italian rider for Team Milram in 5 hours, 32 minutes 37 seconds at an average speed of 46.179\u00a0km/h (28.694\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192643-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Parramatta Eels season\nThe 2007 Parramatta Eels Season was the 61st in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 5th position, and came within one match of the grand final only to be knocked out by eventual premiers, Melbourne Storm, who would later be stripped of this title after being found guilty of salary cap breaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192643-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Parramatta Eels season, Summary\nUnder new coach Michael Hagan, the Eels saw a great performance in season 2007, spending most of the season in third place (behind the Storm and the Sea Eagles) before a late season form slump, only stopped with a huge 68-22 demolition of defending premiers Brisbane saw them settle for fifth position at the end of the season. In the first week of the Finals, they defeated the New Zealand Warriors away, 12\u201310 to set up a huge clash with the Bulldogs the following week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192643-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Parramatta Eels season, Summary\nIn an incident-filled match at ANZ Stadium in front of 50,621, the Eels ran out 25\u20136 winners booking them in a Preliminary Final clash with Minor Premiers Melbourne Storm. In a gruelling match at Melbourne's Telstra Dome, the Storm eventually won 26\u201310 ending the Eels' 2007 season, one win away from their first Grand Final appearance since 2001. Later it was revealed by the NRL that the Melbourne Storm had in fact breached the salary cap that season, and they were stripped of their minor premiership and their title for the 2007 season. The Eels spent most of the season inside the top four, however a patch of poor form late in the season saw them finish 5th despite a last round 68-22 thrashing of the Brisbane Broncos at home. Late season losses to the Knights, Sharks, Storm and the Dragons proved costly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election\nThe Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election of 2007 elected the seventh leader of the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, the main political party to promote Quebec independence in Quebec, Canada, and was won by Pauline Marois.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election\nFormer PQ Minister Pauline Marois was the first official candidate in the race. Marois ran in both previous PQ leadership races. In a high-profile move after Boisclair's resignation Gilles Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, had announced his candidacy but withdrew after witnessing sweeping overall support for Marois. Candidates had until June 26, 2007 to officially declare; no other candidate did so and Marois was acclaimed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election, Unfolding, Background\nThe race was launched by the resignation of leader Andr\u00e9 Boisclair on May 8, 2007. After another emotional leader's departure, that of Bernard Landry, Boisclair was elected on November 15, 2005 with a majority of 53.7% on the first voting round. At that time, the governing party in Quebec City was dealing with unparalleled unpopularity under neoliberal Jean Charest's Liberal Party, the Sponsorship Scandal was badly hurting the Liberal federal government's standing and support for Quebec independence was at record highs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election, Unfolding, Background\nHowever, as the election date limit approached, Boisclair's popularity waned, a Conservative federal government claiming to be more conciliatory was elected (and made in-roads in Quebec after more than a decade of drought), the Liberal Party of Quebec gained back support by moving back towards the center and the Action d\u00e9mocratique du Qu\u00e9bec rapidly gained popularity (as it had in 2002, only to lose it the year after), notably on the reasonable accommodation controversy. Boisclair impressed most analysts and PQ followers during the election campaign but, on March 26, 2007, the PQ was nonetheless sent back to a third party status at the National Assembly as the third party in number of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election, Unfolding, Background\nOpposition to Boisclair, already present before the election campaign, grew within his party. On May 4, at an interview taping of the SRC television programme Les coulisses du pouvoir, Boisclair claimed to believe in an attempt from Gilles Duceppe's entourage to unseat him so Duceppe can become the PQ leader. This event created a sizable amount of criticism from within the sovereigntist movement and prompted a surprised Duceppe to deny the allegations. Boisclair finally resigned on May 8, 2007. Despite the historical blow for the PQ to its representation in the National Assembly, independence retains a stable support around 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election, Unfolding, Race\nThe race was launched at a time when finances for the party were relatively tight. On 11 May 2007, Gilles Duceppe issued a press release announcing his candidacy and Pauline Marois announced her own to the press minutes later. Pierre Curzi, an actor and former Union des artistes president, was a third name often mentioned by the media for a possible candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192644-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois leadership election, Unfolding, Race\nJust 24 hours after his candidacy announcement, Gilles Duceppe chose to withdraw from the race. His decision ensued from the sweeping popular support for Pauline Marois, as described in a CROP poll on La Presse's front-page the day after the announcement. In the poll, 45% of the respondents had chosen Marois and only 21% were for Duceppe. A number of key Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MNAs also chose to support the former minister, thereby reducing Duceppe's chances. In a communique Duceppe declared he wanted to \"avoid a duel which could divide and therefore weaken the sovereigntist movement\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192645-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Patriot League Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Patriot League Baseball Tournament was held on May 13 and 14, 2007 to determine the champion of the Patriot League for baseball for the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. The event matched the top three finishers of the six team league in a double-elimination tournament. Top seeded Lafayette won their first championship and claimed the Patriot's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Mike Raible of Lafayette was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192645-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding\nThe top three finishers by conference winning percentage from the league's regular season advanced to the tournament. The top seed earned a first round by and the right to host the event. The second and third seeds played an elimination game, with the winner meeting the top seed in a best-of-three series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 59], "content_span": [60, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192646-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts and Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania after the conclusion of the 2006\u201307 regular season. Top seed Holy Cross defeated #2 seed Bucknell, 74\u201366 in the championship game, to win its fifth Patriot League Tournament title. The Crusaders earned an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament as #13 seed in the West region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192646-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nAll eight league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 55], "content_span": [56, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192647-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open\nThe 2007 Pattaya Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the PTT Pattaya Open, and was part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in Pattaya, Thailand, from 5 February through 12 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192647-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192647-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192647-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open, Champions, Doubles\nNicole Pratt / Mara Santangelo def. Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192648-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Doubles\nLi Ting and Sun Tiantian were the defending champions, but Li did not compete that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192649-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Singles\nThe Singles Tournament at the 2007 Pattaya Women's Open took place between 5 February and 12 February on hard courts in Pattaya City, Thailand. Sybille Bammer won the title, defeating Gisela Dulko in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192649-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Singles, Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192649-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pattaya Women's Open \u2013 Singles, Qualifying, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players in bold have qualified. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192650-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Paul Hunter Classic\nThe 2007 Paul Hunter Classic was a pro\u2013am snooker tournament held in August 2007. After two years as the F\u00fcrth German Open, this was the first time the tournament was played under the name of Paul Hunter Classic, in memory of the late player Paul Hunter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192650-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Paul Hunter Classic\nThe tournament was won by Barry Pinches, who defeated Ken Doherty 4\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192651-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pavel Roman Memorial\nThe 2007 Pavel Roman Memorial was the 13th edition of an annual international ice dancing competition held in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The event was held between November 16 and 18, 2007. Ice dancers competed in the senior, junior, and novice levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192652-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peace Cup\nThe 2007 Peace Cup Korea was a football tournament held in South Korea between 12 July and 21 August 2007. It was the third edition of Peace Cup. Lyon defeated Bolton Wanderers 1\u20130 in the final on 21 July, to become the winner first time in its last three participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192652-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Peace Cup, Matches, Group Stage\nThe teams placed first (shaded in green) will be qualified to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 36], "content_span": [37, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192652-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Peace Cup, Broadcasting rights\nFollowing broadcasting systems has the rights for the broadcast of 2007 Peace Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 35], "content_span": [36, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192653-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300\nThe 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Chicagoland Speedway. It was held over the weekend of 7 -September 9, 2007, as the seventeenth and final round of the 2007 calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192653-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300\nDario Franchitti secured the title after title rival Scott Dixon ran out of fuel, some 800 metres shy of the line. After this race, Franchitti moved on to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, meaning that for the first time in IRL history, a champion would not defend his title in the following season. Franchitti returned to IndyCar in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192653-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300\nAnother notable farewell was 2006 Indy 500 winner & three time Indy Racing League champion Sam Hornish, Jr. as he would also move in 2008 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Team Penske. Unlike Franchitti, Hornish never came back to IndyCar since then.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192654-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peel state by-election\nThe 2007 Peel state by-election was held in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly district of Peel on 3 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192654-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Peel state by-election\nThe by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Norm Marlborough. Labor candidate Paul Papalia was elected to fill the vacancy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192654-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Peel state by-election, Background\nNorm Marlborough was appointed to cabinet in 2006 as Minister for Small Business, Minister for the Peel and the South West, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Education and Training. This followed the replacement of Geoff Gallop by Alan Carpenter as Premier and Labor leader. Carpenter relaxed the previously existing ban on ministerial contact with disgraced former Premier turned lobbyist Brian Burke. Marlborough, a friend of Burke's, would prove an embarrassment to the government when it was revealed by the Corruption and Crime Commission that he had deliberately passed on confidential cabinet information to Burke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192654-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Peel state by-election, Background\nMarlborough resigned from parliament on 10 November 2006, following his sacking from the ministry. On 21 November 2006, the Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly issued a writ directing the Electoral Commissioner to proceed with an election in the district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192654-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Peel state by-election, Results\nDespite the controversy surrounding Marlborough's resignation, the government went unpunished at the ballot box. Instead, the by-election produced an increased two-party preferred majority for Labor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Liberal Democrats had a majority on the council with 26 seats, compared to 13 for the Conservatives, 5 for Labour, 3 independents and 1 British National Party. There was also one vacant seat after a councillor, Mary Norcross, died in March 2007. The Liberal Democrat majority had been reduced since the 2006 election after 3 councillors left the party to become independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election, Background\n17 seats were being contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending 8 seats, the Conservatives 6 and independents 3. There were a total of 64 candidates in the election, with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives contesting every seat. Other parties contesting the election including Labour with 16 candidates, 6 from the British National Party, 3 Green Party and 2 United Kingdom Independence Party. There were also some independent candidates, with 3 being the sitting independent, formerly Liberal Democrat, councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included council tax, the environment, phone masts, refuse collection and regeneration. There was also controversy over the candidature of independent Ian Robinson in Waterside, after a Liberal Democrat councillor in the same ward signed his nomination papers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe election saw a drop of about 3% in the number of voters registered to vote by post to 7,562.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in control of the council after regaining the 3 independent seats, but losing another 2 seats. This meant they held 27 seats and had an overall majority of 7. The Conservatives gained Boulsworth from the Liberal Democrats by 7 votes after 3 recounts to have 14 seats, while Labour went up to 6 seats after taking Bradley by 226 votes. The British National Party remained on 1 seat, after no other party won any seats in the election. Overall turnout in the election was 44.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192655-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pendle Borough Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008\nA by-election took place on 28 June 2007 after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Mary Norcross. Twenty-six-year-old Shelley Franklin held the seat for the Liberal Democrats with a majority of 372 votes over the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192656-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn Quakers football team\nThe 2007 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the 131st season of play for the Quakers. The team was led by Al Bagnoli, in his 16th season as head coach. The Quakers played their home games at historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team\nThe 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team\nThe 2006 season began with the Nittany Lions ranked #19 in the AP and Coaches preseason polls. The team dropped out of the rankings with losses to Notre Dame and Ohio State, but finished the season ranked #25 in the Coaches Poll and #24 in the AP Poll with a final record of 9\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nShortly after the end of the 2006 season, junior linebacker and 2006 Bednarik Award finalist Dan Connor announced he would remain at Penn State for his senior year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nRedshirt junior offensive lineman Elijah Robinson was forced to give up football after being diagnosed with a tight spinal canal, a condition that could lead to paralysis if Robinson ever sustained a head impact that pinches the spinal cord. Redshirt junior safety Spencer Ridenhour chose to transfer from Penn State, after being unable to win a starting position with returning safety Anthony Scirrotto and converted cornerback Tony Davis ahead of him on the depth charts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nSeniors Dan Connor, Terrell Golden, and Anthony Morelli were elected tri-captains by their teammates prior to the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason\nPenn State was ranked #17 in the AP and #18 in the Coaches college football preseason polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Recruiting class\nThe Nittany Lions received 21 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nThe public got their first look at the 2007 squad during the annual Blue-White Game at Beaver Stadium on April 21, a 70-degree sun-splashed day. A record crowd of 71,000 turned out for the scrimmage, the third highest in the nation for a spring football game, and surpassing the previous record of 62,000 set in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nThousands of fans in the huge crowd wore maroon and orange shirts, in tribute to the victims of the previous week's events at Virginia Tech, including a section of 800 fans that formed a large \"VT\" block.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nThe White team defeated the Blue team 30\u20136, led by junior quarterback Paul Cianciolo who ran for one touchdown and passed for two more, finishing 8-of-9 for 126\u00a0yards passing, and sophomore receiver Chris Bell who led all receivers with 116\u00a0yards receiving and two touchdowns, including a 74-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Daryll Clark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Criminal charges\nOn April 27, 2007, State College police announced that six members of the squad were charged with a range of criminal charges related to an altercation that occurred in an apartment in downtown State College earlier that month. The charges include burglary, criminal trespass, simple assault, and harassment, and players charged include junior safety Anthony Scirrotto, who led the Big Ten in 2006 with six interceptions and was named 2006 first-team All-Big Ten, and junior cornerback Justin King, named second-team All-Big Ten in 2006. Charges against King were withdrawn before the preliminary hearing on May 4, 2007. After the hearing, charges against Jerome Hayes, Tyrell Sales and Lydell Sargeant were dismissed, citing weak evidence. However, Scirrotto and Chris Baker still face a possible trial in county court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Criminal charges\nCoach Paterno announced that, because of the incident, the entire football team will clean Beaver Stadium on Sundays after home games, a task usually handled by members of Penn State's club sports teams. The team began serving this punishment following their 59\u20130 victory over Florida International. The players arrived at the stadium just prior to 8:00\u00a0a.m. and cleaned eight sections of the stadium. They were joined by members of various sports clubs and teams. The football team and other organizations worked together to clean the entire stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Criminal charges\nPenn State's Office of Judicial Affairs expelled Scirrotto, Baker, Sargeant and Hayes for the second summer semester, but all four players were allowed to return to campus on August 6 for preseason workouts. Sargeant and his family requested formal Judicial Affairs hearings to appeal the decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Preseason, Criminal charges\nCharges of burglary, simple assault and criminal solicitation against Scirrotto were subsequently dismissed by Centre County Presiding Judge, Charles C. Brown, Jr., but a felony charge of criminal trespass and a summary offense of harassment are still pending. Trials for Scirrotto and Baker are scheduled for December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule\nPenn State did not play Big Ten teams Northwestern and Minnesota this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Personnel, Coaching changes\nSafeties coach Brian Norwood left the staff at the conclusion of the regular season to accept the defensive coordinator position at Baylor. Former Coordinator of Player Personnel Kermit Buggs was named his replacement and assumed coaching duties prior to the Nittany Lions' postseason appearance in the Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 1: Florida International\nThe Nittany Lions shut out the Golden Panthers in their first-ever meeting. Quarterback Anthony Morelli was 23 of 38 for 295\u00a0yards, with touchdown passes to Terrell Golden, Mickey Shuler, Jr., and Matt Hahn. The running backs scored five touchdowns, including two by Austin Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 95], "content_span": [96, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 1: Florida International\nLed by linebackers Dan Connor and Sean Lee, the defensive unit forced five turnovers and held FIU to \u22123\u00a0yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 95], "content_span": [96, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 1: Florida International\nLee was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 95], "content_span": [96, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 8: Notre Dame\nIn front of a crowd of 110,078 spectators, the second-largest ever at Beaver Stadium, the Nittany Lions overpowered an inexperienced Fighting Irish team in a 31\u201310 win. Derrick Williams returned a punt 78\u00a0yards for a touchdown to start Penn State's scoring, after the Irish took a 7\u20130 lead on an interception return for a touchdown. Austin Scott rushed for 116\u00a0yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries. Anthony Morelli finished 12 of 21 for 131\u00a0yards, including a 51-yard strike to Chris Bell and a 10-yard touchdown to Jordan Norwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 8: Notre Dame\nLed by Dan Connor, the defense sacked the Irish's highly touted freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen six times for \u221250\u00a0yards. The defensive unit held the Irish to zero rushing yards and just 144\u00a0yards total. The Irish committed 14 penalties for 97\u00a0yards, partly due to the loud, mostly white-clad crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 8: Notre Dame\nRecording 12 tackles, Connor was selected Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week as well as Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week. Derrick Williams' punt return for a touchdown was selected the week's Pontiac Game Changing Performance in a landslide vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 15: Buffalo\nBackup tailback Rodney Kinlaw had his first 100-yard game, tallying a career-high 129\u00a0yards on 23 carries and a touchdown after replacing starter Austin Scott, who fumbled on each of Penn State's first two drives. Scott's first fumble at the Penn State 8-yard line allowed the Bulls to take the lead, 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 15: Buffalo\nAfter a slow start, quarterback Anthony Morelli finished 20 of 27 for 202\u00a0yards and a career-high four touchdowns, including two to tight end Andrew Quarless, who was playing in his first game this season after being suspended for an underage drinking citation. Jordan Norwood's acrobatic 5-yard touchdown catch was highlighted as the Top Play for September 15, 2007 on ESPN's SportsCenter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 15: Buffalo\nOn defense, Dan Connor and Sean Lee each recorded 12 tackles. Safety Anthony Scirrotto also recorded an interception and recovered a fumble forced by Tony Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 22: @ Michigan\nThe Wolverines defeated the Nittany Lions 14\u20139, their first loss of the season. Michigan's Mike Hart carried the ball a record 44 times for 153\u00a0yards, helping the Wolverines control the clock and executed 26 more plays than Penn State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 22: @ Michigan\nThe Nittany Lions defense permitted only three drives above 40\u00a0yards, forced two turnovers and limited Hart to 3.5\u00a0yards per carry, but the Wolverines were 10 of 18 on third down conversions. Sean Lee finished with 12 tackles, and cornerback Lydell Sargeant made a career-high 10 tackles including a tackle for loss and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 22: @ Michigan\nAnthony Morelli was 15 of 31 for 169\u00a0yards, with no touchdowns or interceptions, but lost a fumble early in the game on the Penn State 10-yard line. Michigan needed only two plays to convert the turnover into a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 29: @ Illinois\nThe Nittany Lions fell 27\u201320 to the Fighting Illini in a turnover-filled game, Illinois's first win over a ranked opponent since 2001. The Illini would take a 7\u20133 lead on a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the first given up by Penn State since 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 29: @ Illinois\nQuarterback Anthony Morelli was 21 of 38 for a career-high 298\u00a0yards but was intercepted three times inside the Illinois 30-yard line. Morelli also had a crucial fumble on a fourth down scramble after appearing to have gained enough yards for the first down. The offense started five drives in Illinois territory but could only score three points on those drives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, September 29: @ Illinois\nThe defense struggled early to defend the Illini's option running game, giving up 216\u00a0yards rushing. Linebacker Sean Lee recorded a career-high 17 tackles. Justin King and Tony Davis each intercepted the ball once, the second of the season for both players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 85], "content_span": [86, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 6: Iowa\nQuarterback Anthony Morelli overcame first-half boos from the Beaver Stadium crowd to finish 18 of 31 for 233\u00a0yards and a touchdown in a 27\u20137 win over the Hawkeyes. Rodney Kinlaw, playing in place of suspended tailback Austin Scott, ran for a career-high 168\u00a0yards and two touchdowns. Redshirt freshman Evan Royster had 86\u00a0yards on 16 carries before leaving the game in the third quarter with an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 6: Iowa\nPlacekicker Kevin Kelly connected on 2 of 3 field goals, including a personal-best 53-yarder. Deon Butler led Nittany Lions receivers with 3 catches for 55\u00a0yards. Maurice Evans and Aaron Maybin each sacked Iowa's Jake Christensen twice, and the Hawkeyes were held scoreless until Trey Stross caught an 11-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 13: Wisconsin\nPenn State capitalized on early turnovers by the Badgers, including a P.J. Hill fumble on the first play from scrimmage, to take control of the game early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 13: Wisconsin\nQuarterback Anthony Morelli completed 16 of 28 passes for 216\u00a0yards and a touchdown for the Nittany Lions. Tailbacks Rodney Kinlaw and Evan Royster each scored touchdowns while rushing for 115 and 68, respectively. Wide receiver Deon Butler caught seven passes for 93\u00a0yards and a touchdown. Backup quarterback Daryll Clark, who saw playing time in mop-up duty, scored on a 1-yard run. The Penn State defense intercepted Badgers quarterback Tyler Donovan twice. Linebackers Sean Lee and Dan Connor each ended with 12 tackles. The Lions were only penalized once for 10\u00a0yards, continuing their streak as the Big Ten's least-penalized team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 13: Wisconsin\nDefensive end Jerome Hayes was lost for the season after tearing his ACL in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 20: @ Indiana\nThe Penn State defense, despite giving up 386 total yards, forced four second-half Hoosiers turnovers, including two forced fumbles by defensive end Maurice Evans who scooped up one fumble and returned it 55\u00a0yards. Although the Hoosiers had the lead early on, the Nittany Lions took the lead in the final minute of the first half. Penn State held off an Indiana comeback in the fourth quarter, ensuring the continuation of their perfect record over the Hoosiers. The win also gave the Nittany Lions their first road win of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 20: @ Indiana\nOn offense, Anthony Morelli finished 22 of 32 for 195\u00a0yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Jordan Norwood led all receivers with 8 receptions for 65\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 20: @ Indiana\nEvans was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. In addition to his two forced fumbles, he also recorded 4.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 20: @ Indiana\nDefensive tackle Jared Odrick left the game with a broken ankle, and fullback Matt Hahn left with a torn ACL. Both are out for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 27: Ohio State\nESPN's College GameDay aired from State College, the second time in three seasons the show originated from Happy Valley for the visit by the Buckeyes. After a close first quarter, Ohio State pulled away to win 37\u201317. First Ohio State scored a field goal, then Penn State scored a touchdown. Ohio State then scored another touchdown to end the quarter 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, October 27: Ohio State\nAfter another Ohio State touchdown to put the Buckeyes up 17-7, Penn State linebacker Dan Connor intercepted a Todd Boeckman pass, Ohio State's only meaningful possession to not end in a score, to give the Nittany Lions a chance to close the gap before halftime. However, Penn State ended up punting, and the Buckeyes dominated the second half, allowing only a field goal and a late kickoff return touchdown. Ohio State never punted in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 3: Purdue\nIn his final Beaver Stadium performance, linebacker Dan Connor made 11 tackles against the Boilermakers to give him 379 career stops and became Penn State's all-time tackler, passing Paul Posluszny (372).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 3: Purdue\nSenior Anthony Morelli was 22 of 35 for 210\u00a0yards and a touchdown, giving him 2,060\u00a0yards passing for the season. With 2,424 passing yards last season, Morelli became the first Nittany Lion quarterback with at least 2,000 passing yards in multiple seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 3: Purdue\nRedshirt freshman tailback Evan Royster recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game, finishing with 126\u00a0yards on 21 carries and a touchdown. Derrick Williams also made a career-high 10 receptions for 95\u00a0yards and rushed for 12\u00a0yards and a touchdown, finishing with a career-high 151 all-purpose yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 3: Purdue\nLinebacker Sean Lee was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Lee finished with 12 tackles and two forced fumbles, including a game-changing play late in the first quarter. On third-and-goal from the one yard line, Lee stripped and recovered the football to halt a potential Purdue scoring drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 79], "content_span": [80, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 10: @ Temple\nSenior tailback Rodney Kinlaw eclipsed the 1,000\u00a0yard mark as the Nittany Lions shut out the Owls for the second consecutive year. Kinlaw tied his career-high 168\u00a0yards and also caught a career-high five passes for 27\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 10: @ Temple\nAnthony Morelli was 22 of 33 for 260\u00a0yards with three touchdowns, two of them to Jordan Norwood. Derrick Williams had a game-high seven receptions for a career-high 104\u00a0yards, and teammate Deon Butler made five receptions for 43\u00a0yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 10: @ Temple\nThe Nittany Lions defense posted its fourth shut-out in 17 games, and its second road shutout in 17 games, dating back to the 12\u20130 win over Purdue in Ross\u2013Ade Stadium in 2006. The defense was led by Dan Connor who tied his career-high of 18 tackles and Sean Lee who had 10 tackles and a fumble recovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 10: @ Temple\nFor the second time this season, Connor was selected the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week as well as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 17: @ Michigan State\nThe Nittany Lions took a 24\u20137 lead in the third quarter on kicker Kevin Kelly's 5-yard touchdown run on a fake field goal. However, the Spartans outscored Penn State 28\u20137 the remainder of the game to take possession of the Land Grant Trophy. Penn State was awarded a 4th timeout in the final minute of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 90], "content_span": [91, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 17: @ Michigan State\nThe Nittany Lions defense forced three turnovers and limited the Spartans to 145 rushing yards, but Spartans quarterback Brian Hoyer was 16 of 21 for 257 yards, with four touchdowns and two interceptions. The Spartans had eight pass plays of 20 yards or more, with seven coming in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 90], "content_span": [91, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, November 17: @ Michigan State\nAnthony Morelli was 16 of 35 for 188 yards, with one touchdown and no interceptions. However, down 35\u201331 in the game's final minutes, Morelli threw four consecutive incompletions to end Penn State's last drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 90], "content_span": [91, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Game summaries, December 29: 2007 Alamo Bowl \u2013 Texas A&M\nPenn State rallied from a 14\u20130 first quarter deficit to win 24\u201317 on the strength of the running game provided by the offensive line and Rodney Kinlaw, Daryll Clark and Evan Royster. The defense came up with a key goal line stand in the fourth quarter stopping an option play on fourth and goal from inside the five yard line. The comeback from 14\u20130 has been compared to the 1981 Penn State vs Pittsburgh game where Penn State fell into an early 14\u20130 hole after one, but came back to win in a 48\u201314 blowout. In this game, Penn State went on a 24\u20133 run in the second and third quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 101], "content_span": [102, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nPenn State finished the season ranked #25 in the final USA Today college football poll, earning Penn State its 33rd Top 25 finish under Joe Paterno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nPenn State finished second in football attendance for the fifth time this decade and in the top four for the 17th consecutive year, averaging 108,917 for seven home games, including two primetime crowds of 110,134 on October 27 to watch Penn State host Ohio State, the second-largest in Beaver Stadium history, and 110,078 on September 8 to watch Penn State beat Notre Dame, the third-largest in Beaver Stadium history. Penn State finished the season with a sellout crowd of 66,166 at the Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nIn January, junior cornerback Justin King announced that he was going to declare for the 2008 NFL Draft, skipping his final year of eligibility. King had graduated the previous semester with a degree in liberal arts with an emphasis in sports management. According to King's stepfather and high school coach, \"He wanted to get an education and a degree from Penn State, which he did. He wanted to help turn Penn State around, and he did that, too.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season\nThree players were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, held February 20\u201326 in Indianapolis, Indiana: Dan Connor, Justin King, and Anthony Morelli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192657-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season, NFL draft\nTwo Penn State players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192658-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pennsylvania 500\nThe 2007 Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season was held on Sunday, August 5, 2007 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192658-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pennsylvania 500, Qualifying\nDale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole position after being allowed to requalify when a rainstorm interrupted his attempt which resulted in a 45-minute rain delay. NASCAR allowed Earnhardt to put on new tires and cool down his car because of the delay, when temperatures cooled down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192658-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pennsylvania 500, Qualifying\nKevin Lepage (#37), Mike Bliss (#49), Kenny Wallace (#78) and A. J. Allmendinger (#84) all failed to make the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192658-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pennsylvania 500, Race\nOutside polesitter Kurt Busch would be the class of the field, dominating for 175 of 200 laps and taking his first victory since the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in March 2006. While Busch dominated, the main story of the day was that of the polesitter. Dale Jr.'s team had brought an overly aggressive shock package to Pocono, and it was not working for them as the car was tight despite numerous adjustments. Their struggles hit a low point when Earnhardt Jr. spun the car in turn three. The team changed the shock and Dale Jr. rallied back to second place. Despite this comeback, Busch had overtaken Earnhardt, Jr. for the critical 12th position in points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192658-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pennsylvania 500, Race\nJeff Gordon extended his points lead over Denny Hamlin to 366 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192659-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pennsylvania state elections\nPennsylvania's state elections were held November 6, 2007. Necessary primary elections were held on May 15, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192660-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Penrith Panthers season\nThe 2007 Penrith Panthers season was the 41st in the club's history. They competed in the 2007 NRL season and finished in last place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192660-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Penrith Panthers season\nThree-quarter Michael Jennings was named the Panthers' rookie of the year and player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192661-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Penwith District Council election\nElections to Penwith District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192662-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 People's Justice Party leadership election\nA leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia on 26 May 2007. It was won by incumbent President of PKR, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192663-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pep Boys Auto 500\nThe 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500 was a stock car racing competition held on October 28, 2007 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The race was the thirty-third race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the seventh of the season-ending ten-race Chase for the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192663-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pep Boys Auto 500\nTo commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the 1992 Hooters 500, the last race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Jeff Gordon served as the Grand Marshal while Richard Petty served as the honorary flagman. Gordon had made his first career start in the 1992 race, which was also Petty's final race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192663-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pep Boys Auto 500, Background, Qualifying\nWith a lap of 28.807 seconds at a speed of 192.453\u00a0mph, Greg Biffle won his first pole position of the year. Former teammate Kurt Busch started alongside him. Dale Jarrett, in his final fall Atlanta race, had a season best third place starting spot. Spring race winner Jimmie Johnson started sixth, while championship leader, Jeff Gordon, started in the eighth. Tony Stewart, the defending race winner started the race in thirteenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192663-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pep Boys Auto 500, Background, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: No. 00 \u2013David Reutimann, No. 4\u2013Ward Burton, No. 06 \u2013Sam Hornish Jr., No. 08 \u2013Burney Lamar, No. 36\u2013Mike Skinner", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400\nThe 2007 Pepsi 400 was the 18th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season and held on July 7, 2007, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400\nIt was the final race at Daytona named the Pepsi 400; beginning in 2008, the race was sponsored by Coca-Cola's Coke Zero brand as the Coke Zero 400.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400, Qualifying\nBoris Said was on the pole with 14 cars left to qualify until a rainstorm stopped qualifying. Eventually, it was cancelled outright, sending home, among others, Said, Michael Waltrip, and Jeremy Mayfield who had each posted three of the six fastest attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400, Qualifying\nAll times that were recorded were eliminated, and the starting lineup was set according to the NASCAR rule book. The pole sitter was Jeff Gordon, and Denny Hamlin sat on the outside. Ironically, this was the reverse of the previous week's finishing running order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400, Qualifying\nIt was the first time in the speedway's history that a qualifying session was not completed, covering a total of 97 races. As a result of what happened, on January 21, 2008, NASCAR changed the rules that put those not in the Top 35 Owners' Points into a separate session in order to make the race, also called \"The Boris Said Rule\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400, Race\nJamie McMurray and Kyle Busch created one of the most memorable finishes, running side-by-side for nearly 32 laps. McMurray defeated Busch to win the Pepsi 400 and claim his second victory and end a 166-race winless streak that had spanned since 2002, when he won in only his second start while subbing for Sterling Marlin. The final margin of victory was .005 seconds, tied for the second-closest margin in NASCAR history since electronic scoring and timing was adopted in 1993. The other Top 5 finishers were Kurt Busch in third, Carl Edwards in fourth, and Jeff Gordon in fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192664-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pepsi 400, Race\nAs at the Daytona 500, some of the sport's biggest stars struggled. Kevin Harvick finished 34th while Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, and Denny Hamlin finished 36th, 38th, and 43rd respectively. Despite the fact there were many incidents throughout the race, most were relatively minor and the \"Big One\" never happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 20], "content_span": [21, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192665-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Perth and Kinross Council election\nElections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 12 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 41 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192665-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Perth and Kinross Council election\nThe Council continued to be controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192666-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru Census\nThe 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estad\u00edstica e Inform\u00e1tica on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Poblaci\u00f3n y VI de Vivienda (Eleventh Population and Sixth Household Census). The previous census performed in Peru was the 2005 Census, the following census was the 2017 Peru Census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake\nThe 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local time) and lasted two minutes. The epicenter was located 150\u00a0km (93\u00a0mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39\u00a0km (24\u00a0mi). The United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center reported that it was a Very strong earthquake. The Peruvian government stated that 519 people were killed by the quake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake\nThis earthquake occurred at the boundary between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates, which are converging at a rate of 78\u00a0mm (3.1\u00a0in) per year. The earthquake occurred as thrust faulting on the interface between the two plates, with the South American Plate moving up and seaward over the Nazca Plate. Experts say this kind of earthquake is produced about once every 100 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake\nCoastal Peru has a history of very large earthquakes. The August 15th shock originated near the source of two previous earthquakes, both in the magnitude 8 range, which occurred in 1908 and 1974. This earthquake is south of the source of a magnitude 8.2 earthquake that occurred in northern Peru on October 17, 1966, and north of a magnitude 8.4 earthquake that occurred in 2001 near Arequipa in southern Peru. The largest earthquake along the coast of Peru was a magnitude 9 that occurred in 1868 in Arica. It produced a tsunami that killed several thousand people along the Peruvian coast and also caused damage in Hawaii.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nThe cities of Pisco, Ica and Chincha Alta in the Ica Region, and San Vicente de Ca\u00f1ete in the Lima Region were most affected. The earthquake was also felt in the capital Lima, where the quake broke windows in downtown sectors of the city, as well as various other Peruvian cities, including Pucallpa, Iquitos, Contamana, Trujillo and Cajamarca. They were attending mass at the time the earthquake started. The city of Pisco, which is 260\u00a0km (160\u00a0mi) southeast of Lima, suffered the most damage, with its buildings about 85% destroyed, and as many as 430 residents died; 148 of those deaths occurred when the cathedral collapsed in the city's main square.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake, Damage\nOn August 16, the government reported 510 deaths. As of August 28, losses were the following in total:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nA magnitude 5.8 aftershock occurred at 19:02 local time, centered 113\u00a0km (70\u00a0mi) northeast of Chincha Alta. At 19:19 local time, another 5.9 magnitude aftershock occurred, centered 48\u00a0km (30\u00a0mi) south-southwest of Ica. At least a dozen aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or greater have been recorded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks\nThe day after, survivors who could not be accommodated in local hospitals in Pisco were taken to Lima by airplane, arriving there later that night. On Sunday, August 19, the President of Colombia, \u00c1lvaro Uribe, arrived in Ica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami warnings\nA tsunami warning was issued for Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia and even as far as Hawaii following the earthquakes, but was later cancelled. Some areas of the port city of Callao were evacuated. Tsunami warnings were also made for Panama and Costa Rica, and a tsunami watch was posted for Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Honduras. All alerts were cancelled after a 25-centimetre (10\u00a0in) wave came ashore. A tsunami did occur on the Peruvian coast. It flooded part of Lima's Costa Verde highway, and much of Pisco's shore. It has been reported that the tsunami reached as high as 5\u00a0m (16\u00a0ft) in the zone of Lagunillas in Pisco neighbourhood's town Paracas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami warnings\nThe Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning, projecting that waves higher than 20\u00a0cm (7.9\u00a0in) could reach Japan's northern island, Hokkaid\u014d, on Thursday, August 16, around 19:00 UTC (Friday, 04:00 JST).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Response\nThe Government of Peru led the response to the earthquake through the National Civil Defence System (Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil \u2013 INDECI). It was supported by the military, the private sector (local, national and international) and by contributions from civil society and the international community, including governments, international NGOs and UN agencies. The initial response entailed searching for survivors, evacuating the injured, removing rubble, ensuring security and meeting the needs of affected people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Response\nShelter was provided for those that had lost their homes, latrines were installed, clean water and medical services were established, food aid was distributed and education and psychosocial support was offered, especially to children. A Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) in the wake of the earthquake raised approximately $37 million, $9.5m of which was provided by the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Response\nDespite the considerable relief effort, the initial response was chaotic, marked by a lack of coordination and inadequate information on the needs of people on the ground. It was hindered by a lack of capacity at the regional level and consequent political wrangling (particularly between the local, regional and national governments). Many local authorities were personally attacked for the earthquake, as survivors tried to find close relatives or overcome the traumatic shock of losing so many family members. As time passed the response became better organised, particularly once an OCHA coordination office was established in Pisco and a UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team arrived to support coordination and provide technical advice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 30], "content_span": [31, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192667-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Peru earthquake, Aftermath\nSeveral years on, Pisco is still feeling the effects of the earthquake and is struggling to recover. Many families who lost their homes are still living in temporary housing or tents. The social/economic impacts of the quake may take many years to heal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192668-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peruvian Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\nThe 2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Peruana season was the 62nd edition of the second tier of Federaci\u00f3n Peruana de Futbol. There were 11 teams in play. Only 9 teams from the 2006 edition remained. Hijos de Acosvinchos, runner-up of the 2006 Copa Peru was promoted to the 2007 edition while Uni\u00f3n Huaral, which was relegated from the 2006 Peruvian first division, also participated in the tournament. The champion, Universidad C\u00e9sar Vallejo, was promoted to the 2008 Peruvian First Division. The last place, Alfonso Ugarte of Puno, was relegated its respective regional league. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192669-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Peshawar hotel bombing\nOn 15 May 2007, a suicide bombing occurred at the Marharba hotel in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It killed 24 people and injured another 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192670-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Petit Le Mans\nThe 2007 Petit Le Mans was the eleventh round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season and tenth running of the Petit Le Mans. It took place at Road Atlanta, Georgia on October 6, 2007. This race also marked the closest finish in Petit Le Mans history, with the top two finishers being separated by 0.923 seconds after the 1,000-mile (1,600\u00a0km) race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192670-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Petit Le Mans\nAudi driver Emanuele Pirro was initially going to drive the No. 2 entry, but suffered a concussion due to an accident in practice a few days earlier. Due to his inability to drive, Audi factory driver Lucas Luhr moved from the Petersen/White Lightning entry to take the seat in the Audi R10 TDI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192670-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Petit Le Mans, Unofficial results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192671-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Barrage season\nThe Philadelphia Barrage played their seventh season, as a charter member of the MLL (originally known as the Bridgeport Barrage), during the 2007 season of Major League Lacrosse. The Barrage won their 2nd Eastern Conference Championship during the regular season with a 1st place record of 9-3. The Barrage qualified for the MLL Playoffs for the third time in franchise history. The Barrage defeated the Outlaws 13-12 in OT in the MLL Semifinals at PAETEC Park on August 25, 2007. The Barrage won their 3rd MLL Championship by defeating the Riptide 16-13 in the MLL Championship Game at PAETEC Park on August 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season\nThe 2007 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 75th season in the National Football League, and the ninth under head coach Andy Reid. The team failed to improve on their 10\u20136 record from 2006, finishing with an 8\u20138 record, a last-place finish in the NFC East and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season\nAfter a playoff run in 2006 and the return of Donovan McNabb from injury, the Eagles were considered a legitimate Super Bowl contender. With McNabb and bona fide star running back Brian Westbrook, the offense was an obvious weapon, but there were questions about the defense. However, the team's first few games displayed a tough Jim Johnson \"bend but don't break defense\" and an inconsistent offense. The Eagles dropped three of their first four, but they unleashed an offensive outburst in a Week 3 blowout over the Detroit Lions 56\u201321. A primetime loss to the Dallas Cowboys in early November left Philadelphia 3\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season\nThe Eagles rallied and won a road game over the Washington Redskins the next week, and followed that with a win at home against the Miami Dolphins. In the win over Miami, McNabb went down with another November injury, the fourth time in six seasons that had occurred. The next three games, all against winning clubs, would prove to be the crux of the season for Philadelphia. Backup A. J. Feeley almost pulled off a big upset of the New England Patriots, who would finish the regular season 16\u20130, but a fourth quarter lead was surrendered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season\nThe Eagles would again lose second half leads to the Seattle Seahawks and their rival and eventual world champion New York Giants. These losses wiped out any chances of making the playoffs. The team finished the season with three straight wins, including a 10\u20136 win over the Cowboys, who were 12\u20131 entering the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season\nDespite missing two games, McNabb threw for 3324 yards, 19 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. Westbrook had one of the top seasons of any running back in the league, rushing for 1333 yards and seven touchdowns, and catching 90 passes for 771 yards and 5 touchdowns. New acquisition Kevin Curtis led the team with 1110 receiving yards and six touchdown receptions (half of them coming against Detroit). Third-year receiver Reggie Brown had a slow start, but finished with 780 receiving yards. On defense, Trent Cole's 12.5 sacks earned him a Pro Bowl spot and second-year linebacker Omar Gaither led the team with 103 tackles. As a unit, the defense came up with several important goal-line stands throughout the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nAfter returning to the top of the NFC East in 2006, it was an offseason of controversial transactions for the Eagles. The fates of quarterback Jeff Garcia and wide receiver Donte' Stallworth were the two immediate questions facing the Eagles after the season ended. Ultimately, the team decided to keep neither of them. The Eagles signed A. J. Feeley to a three-year contract to be the backup quarterback, allowing Garcia to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March 2007. A week later, Stallworth inked a deal with the New England Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nPhiladelphia filled the new hole in the receiving corps by signing free agent Kevin Curtis from the St. Louis Rams. They then made a trade with the Buffalo Bills on March 26, 2007, sending longtime defensive tackle Darwin Walker to the Bills in exchange for Takeo Spikes to provide much-needed linebacker help, and backup quarterback Kelly Holcomb.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nIn the draft, the Eagles traded down, selecting University of Houston quarterback Kevin Kolb in the second round. The selection of Kolb sent a signal that the Eagles were looking towards a point in the future past Donovan McNabb, who had missed significant time in the three of the past five seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nIn training camp and the preseason, McNabb, wearing a knee brace, showed that he had recovered from his knee surgery and was ready to go. He stated, as he did the season before, that the team was capable of reaching the Super Bowl. He was stunned when Eagles' management decided to cut veteran middle linebacker Jeremiah Trotter on August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason\nThe talk of the preseason turned out to be the booming punts of Australian rules football import Saverio Rocca. The Aussie outbooted veteran Dirk Johnson to earn the starting job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nTwo muffed punts hurt the Eagles in their season opener against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers. After Green Bay's first drive, Philadelphia's punt return man Greg Lewis muffed the punt which resulted in a fumble recovery in the end zone for the Packers. A 53-yard Green Bay field goal put the Eagles in a 10\u20130 deficit. Sheldon Brown's interception led to a field goal in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 1: at Green Bay Packers\nJason Avant's nine-yard touchdown reception from Donovan McNabb tied the game, and in the third quarter, David Akers made his second field goal from 47 yards out to make it 13\u201310 Philadelphia. Favre responded with a 13-play field goal drive to even the score. Later, J. R. Reed muffed a punt and the Packers recovered at the Eagles 31-yard line and Mason Crosby kicked a 42-yard game winner. Brian Westbrook had 131 all-purpose yards and Avant had three catches for 54 yards and a touchdown. The defense collected four sacks, two turnovers, and only allowed 46 rushing yards. This was the only game that the Packers offense did not score a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 728]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Washington Redskins\nPlaying their home opener on Monday Night Football, the Eagles lost to a 20\u201312 decision to the Washington Redskins. A long reception by Santana Moss led to a first-quarter field goal for the Redskins. The Eagles responded with a pair of David Akers field goals in the second quarter to take a 6\u20133 lead. With nine seconds remaining in the half, Washington quarterback Jason Campbell passed to Chris Cooley in the end zone for a touchdown and Redskin lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe teams traded field goals in the third quarter, and Clinton Portis rushed for a six-yard touchdown early in the final quarter to make it 20\u20139. Donovan McNabb drove the Eagles to a field goal to bring them within eight points. On their last series, the Eagles got to the Washington nine-yard line, but the drive stalled there, preserving the Redskin victory. McNabb threw for 240 yards, Brian Westbrook had 162 all-purpose yards, and Akers connected on four field goals. This game you can say, ultimately cost the eagles the playoffs. They finished one game behind the redskins for the 6th and final playoff spot. It's also the first time since 2003 that the Eagles dropped their first two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions\nAttired in their throwback uniforms of yellow and baby blue, the Eagles won their first game, a 56\u201321 rout of the Detroit Lions. The offense scored touchdowns on their first five possessions. Brian Westbrook ran for a 25-yard rushing touchdown three minutes into the game. The Lions tied the score, but the Eagles came right back with another Westbrook rushing score. Then, Donovan McNabb and receiver Kevin Curtis hooked up on 68-yard touchdown pass. Early in the second quarter, McNabb passed to Curtis again, this time for a 12-yard score and a 28\u20137 Eagles lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions\nA few minutes later, McNabb found Curtis for a 43-yard touchdown pass, Curtis's third touchdown in a seven-minute span. Jon Kitna attempted to rally the Lions, throwing two second-quarter touchdown passes, but McNabb fed Westbrook a short pass that went for a 43-yard touchdown, making it 42\u201321. The Philadelphia defense tightened up in the second half, while Correll Buckhalter and Tony Hunt added short rushing touchdowns for the Eagles. McNabb, who had a perfect quarterback rating and did most of his damage in the first half, was 21 for 26 with 381 passing yards and four touchdowns. Curtis caught eleven passes for 221 yards and three scores. Westbrook had over 100 yards both rushing and receiving, with two rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown. Defensively, the Eagles recorded nine sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 4: at New York Giants\nThe New York Giants tied an NFL record with twelve sacks as they dealt the Eagles a 16\u20133 loss. Philadelphia entered the game with five starters out due to injury, including running back Brian Westbrook. Penalties, sacks, and the absence of Westbrook stymied the offense, which scored 56 points last week, throughout the first three quarters. The Giants took the lead on a touchdown reception by Plaxico Burress in the second quarter. A botched handoff led to a defensive touchdown for Kawika Mitchell and a 16\u20130 New York lead. David Akers' 53-yard field goal in the fourth quarter allowed the Eagles to avoid a shutout. Osi Umenyiora had six of the Giants' sacks. Correll Buckhalter rushed for 103 yards in the defeat. The loss drops Philadelphia to 1\u20133, their worst start since 1999, as they entered their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 892]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 6: at New York Jets\nComing off of their bye week, the Eagles returned to the Meadowlands and beat the throwback-clad New York Jets 16\u20139. A 36-yard gain by Thomas Jones helped set up a short field goal by Mike Nugent on New York's opening drive. On third and long on the Eagles' ensuing possession, Donovan McNabb connected with Kevin Curtis, who shook free from a tackle and scored on a 75-yard reception. In the second quarter, David Akers kicked a 22-yard field goal to make it 10\u20133 Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 6: at New York Jets\nAfter the Jets narrowed it to 10\u20136, the Eagles embarked on a 16-play drive that ended on an Akers' field goal miss. Just before halftime, Akers missed again wide right. He made a pair of shorter field goals in the third quarter to stretch Philadelphia's lead to 16\u20136. A McNabb interception gave the Jets the ball inside the Eagles' red zone, but New York came away with only a field goal, leaving them down by a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 6: at New York Jets\nOn their next possession, late in the fourth quarter, the Jets managed to get a 2nd and 1 situation at the Eagles' four yard-line. The Philadelphia defense held and the Eagles came away with a 16\u20139 victory. Brian Westbrook had 120 rushing yards and Curtis had 121 receiving yards with a touchdown. McNabb had 278 passing yards and Akers was three for five in the field goal department. The Eagles' record went to 2\u20133, as well as going 9\u20130 coming off a bye-week under coach Reid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Bears traveled to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles. The game was a defensive struggle throughout and a field goal fest through the first three quarters. Eagles kick David Akers connected on field goals of 24, 33, and 37. Bears kicker Robbie Gould hit on field goals of 31, 22, 41, and 45 respectively. The Bears held a three-point lead late until Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb threw a touchdown strike to tight end Matt Schobel to give the Eagles a 16\u201312 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Chicago Bears\nEagles punter Sav Rocca pinned the Bears deep in their own territory with under two minutes remaining and no timeouts left, leaving the Bears to have to cover 97 yards if they wished to take the lead. Bears quarterback Brian Griese marched the team down the field and capped off the drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad with nine seconds remaining. The final was 19\u201316 Bears. The Eagles fell short on their final opportunity, and fell to 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings\nComing off their last-second home loss to Chicago, the Eagles ground out a 23\u201316 victory on the road against a Minnesota Vikings team coached by former Andy Reid protege Brad Childress. Rookie phenom Adrian Peterson and quarterback Kelly Holcomb, who spent the offseason on the Eagles\u2019 roster, took the Vikings down the field for the game's first score \u2013 a nine-yard touchdown pass to Visanthe Shiancoe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings\nA 50-yard reception by Greg Lewis down the field set up David Akers\u2019 first field goal, then Donovan McNabb guided the Eagles to a touchdown drive early in the second quarter, with Brian Westbrook the recipient of a short six-yard scoring pass. Westbrook carried it up the middle from the one-yard line on Philadelphia's next drive to make it 17\u20137. Ryan Longwell booted a 39-yard field goal for Minnesota to draw the score to 17\u201310 later in the second quarter. Akers and Longwell traded field goals in the third quarter to make it 20\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings\nA 48-yarder by Longwell in the final quarter drew the Vikings to within four points, but they would get no closer, while Akers added his third field goal to restore the seven-point lead. McNabb's 333 passing yards were his most since the Detroit game, while Reggie Brown topped 100 yards for the first time all season. Westbrook had 92 all-purpose yards and a touchdown on the ground and in the air. Trent Cole recorded two sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nThe division-leading Dallas Cowboys and Terrell Owens handed the Eagles a decisive 38\u201317 loss on Sunday night football in Philadelphia. Julius Jones powered into the end zone from two yards out on Dallas\u2019 opening drive, but Brian Westbrook answered with a short touchdown of his own after a 45-yard reception by Reggie Brown gave the Eagles\u2019 first-and-goal. Then Tony Romo took over, hitting Tony Curtis for a short passing touchdown. Marion Barber III carried it in from five yards out for Dallas after Donovan McNabb was intercepted by the Cowboys\u2019 defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nRomo connected with Owens for a 45-yard bomb in the third quarter, making the score 28\u20137 Dallas. After a David Akers\u2019 field goal, Romo got his third touchdown on a 20-yard pass to tight end Jason Witten. McNabb finished the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Hank Baskett. McNabb passed for a touchdown and 264 yards, but also two interceptions. Westbrook racked up 156 all-purpose yards in another strong showing. Owens burned the Eagles\u2019 defense for 174 receiving yards. Philadelphia fell to 3\u20135 and the team was largely uncompetitive against the Dallas squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: at Washington Redskins\nThe team rallied for a win over the Washington Redskins at FedExField in week 10. Penalties on Washington's defense helped allow a short McNabb to Brian Westbrook touchdown pass on Philadelphia's opening drive. A fumble by L. J. Smith gave Washington the ball inside Eagle territory, and Jason Campbell capitalized with a touchdown pass to James Thrash, the former Eagle. The extra point was missed, but Campbell hit Thrash for another score later in the second quarter. The two-point conversion failed, leaving it 12\u20137 Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: at Washington Redskins\nA Redskin field goal stretched Philadelphia's deficit to 15\u20137 in the third quarter, but L. J. Smith, who spent much of the early season injured, caught an eight-yard touchdown from McNabb. The Eagles went for two to try to tie it, but were not successful. Campbell fired back with his third touchdown pass, this one to Keenan McCardell, to make it 22\u201313. McNabb needed five plays to get the points back, launching a 45-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Brown for the touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: at Washington Redskins\nLadell Betts fumbled the ball away in Eagle territory on Washington's next possession, but McNabb was sacked and fumbled it back to the Redskins on the next play. The Redskins eventually had first-and-goal from the three-yard line, but the Philadelphia defense had yet another huge goal-line stand, and Washington settled for a field goal to go up 25\u201320. The Eagles got the ball back with four minutes to play, and Westbrook immediately took a short pass and broke free for a 57-yard touchdown to go ahead 26\u201325 (the two-point conversion failing again).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0017-0003", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 10: at Washington Redskins\nThe defense came up big again, with Mike Patterson sacking Campbell to jar the ball loose, and Trent Cole recovering. Westbrook carried it in from ten yards out to seal the deal. McNabb, who surpassed Ron Jaworski for the most career completions in franchise history (2,090 at game's end), passed for 251 yards and four touchdowns in the 33\u201325 win. Westbrook rushed for 100 yards and had 83 receiving yards, with three total touchdowns. The comeback win improved the Eagles record to 4\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Miami Dolphins\nAfter their big road win in Washington, the Eagles hosted the winless Miami Dolphins at muddy Lincoln Financial Field and won 17\u20137. The offenses struggled in the first quarter, and the first points would actually come via special teams in the second quarter, when Ted Ginn Jr. returned a punt 87 yards to paydirt for Miami. Later in the quarter, McNabb, who had already thrown two interceptions, was hit as he threw, spraining his ankle. David Akers came on to make a 34-yard field goal, and McNabb left the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Miami Dolphins\nA. J. Feeley was spun up to play quarterback, but threw an interception of his own on his first drive. In the third quarter, Correll Buckhalter took the ball in from eight yards out for the go-ahead touchdown, making it 10\u20137. Feeley, after some helpful runs from running back Brian Westbrook, connected with receiver Jason Avant to increase the lead. The defense played a strong second half, and Westbrook carried seven times on the final drive, which killed the final 6:40 of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Miami Dolphins\nWithout McNabb, Andy Reid leaned hard on Westbrook, who shattered his career-high with 32 carries, while picking up 148 yards. McNabb's post-game x-rays were negative. The win marked the first time Philadelphia had won consecutive games all season, as well as allowing them to reach .500 and remain in the playoff hunt in the NFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at New England Patriots\nIn front of a national audience, the Eagles traveled to Foxboro as 24-point underdogs in their matchup against the 10\u20130 New England Patriots \u2013 the first meeting of the teams since Super Bowl XXXIX.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at New England Patriots\nThe Eagles started A. J. Feeley due to McNabb's injury, and Asante Samuel picked off a Feeley pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the game. The Eagles responded with a 14-play drive, capped by a one-yard diving touchdown by Brian Westbrook. Tom Brady finally got a chance late in the first quarter, and marched New England down the field before Heath Evans took it in from a yard out to make it 14\u20137 Patriots. However, Feeley answered back with a 28-yard touchdown to third receiver Greg Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at New England Patriots\nAndy Reid then tried an onside kick. Hank Baskett recovered the ball, but the Eagles were forced to punt. In a ten-play drive of all pass attempts, the Patriots had first-and-goal, but settled for a field goal to take a 17\u201314 lead. Feeley found Lewis again on the next series, this time an 18-yard strike with three minutes left in the half, giving Philadelphia the lead. Brady connected with Jabar Gaffney to retake the lead 24\u201321 with seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at New England Patriots\nA long drive by New England in the third quarter resulted in a missed field goal, and Feeley responded with a touchdown drive capped by an eight-yard reception in the end zone by Reggie Brown and the Eagles took a 28\u201324 lead as the game moved into the final quarter. Laurence Maroney scored from four yards out midway through the fourth as the Patriots went back on top 31\u201328. Feeley took the Eagles to within field goal range, but was picked off trying for a touchdown and the Patriots\u2019 perfect season survived.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 12: at New England Patriots\nFeeley had 345 passing yards and three touchdowns, but his three interceptions were costly. Westbrook had 92 all-purpose yards and a touchdown, while Greg Lewis racked up a surprising 88 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The loss drops the Eagles to 5\u20136. Interestingly though, it was only the Patriots' second close win of the season, the first being a 24\u201320 win against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nThe Eagles met the 7\u20134 Seattle Seahawks with A. J. Feeley at quarterback. Feeley was picked off by Lofa Tatupu on the first play leading to a two-yard touchdown carry for running back Shaun Alexander. On the Eagles' ensuing drive, Correll Buckhalter ran for a 30-yard touchdown run to tie the game. Tatupu caught his second interception on the Philadelphia's next possession and returned it to the Eagles' eight-yard line. Two plays later, Matt Hasselbeck completed a short touchdown pass to Bobby Engram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nDavid Akers' field goal at the end of the first quarter made it 14\u201310, and Hasselbeck connected with Nate Burleson for a 43-yard score as Seattle went ahead 21\u201310. Kevin Curtis got open for a 24-yard touchdown reception to bring the Eagles within four points. With a minute left in the half, Philadelphia had first-and-goal from the one-yard line, but four straight plays failed to reach the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0022-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nA Bobby Engram fumble early in the second half gave Philadelphia the ball at the Seattle 40-yard line, and Brian Westbrook, who had been stopped three times at the one-yard line earlier, rushed to the left for a 29-yard touchdown and Philadelphia's only lead. Maurice Morris broke through on the left side for a 45-yard touchdown run and the Seahawks retook the lead 28\u201324 midway through the third quarter. The Eagles' Westbrook returned a punt 64 yards to the Seahawk 14-yard line, and Feeley tossed another interception to Tatupu. Feeley threw for one touchdown and four interceptions, giving him eight in two and a half games. Westbrook had 139 all-purpose yards and a score and Curtis caught six passes for 111 yards and a score of his own.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New York Giants\nThe Eagles lost 16\u201313 to the New York Giants. The Eagles, with Donovan McNabb back under center, scored on their opening drive with Brian Westbrook finding the end zone on an 18-yard pass from McNabb. The Giants scored an FG after having first-and-goal from the one-yard line. Another New York field goal just before halftime left the score 7\u20136. A fumble recovery gave Philadelphia the ball at the Giant eight-yard line, and David Akers kicked a short field goal. Later in the third quarter, Westbrook fumbled and Sam Madison recovered for New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New York Giants\nEli Manning connected with Plaxico Burress for a 20-yard touchdown two plays later giving the Giants a 13\u201310 lead. A 41-yard pass to Burress set up another Lawrence Tynes field goal making it 16\u201310. Akers kicked a 39-yarder after a nearly eight-minute drive by the Eagles in the fourth quarter. On the Eagles' next drive, they crossed into Giant territory, but turned the ball over on downs. After a three-and-out, New York punter Jeff Feagles kicked the ball to the Eagles' 11-yard line with :51 to play and no timeouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0023-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. New York Giants\nMcNabb led the Eagles down the field, giving Akers a chance from 57 yards out. Akers hit the right upright and the FG was missed with 1 second remaining. Westbrook rushed for 116 and had a receiving touchdown, while Trent Cole had two sacks. Burress had 136 yards and one score. The home loss leaves the Eagles at 5\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe Eagles snapped a three-game skid and dealt the 12\u20131 Dallas Cowboys an upset loss with a big effort from the defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nThe defenses dominated the first quarter at Texas Stadium. Dallas got the first score in the second quarter on a field goal after Quintin Mikell fumbled away a Tony Romo pass he had just intercepted. But, Romo was picked off again on Dallas' next possession, this time by Lito Sheppard. Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook marched the Eagles to the one-yard line, where McNabb tossed a touchdown pass to Reggie Brown for a 7\u20133 Philadelphia lead with seconds left in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nOn Dallas' second possession of the third quarter, Romo moved deep into Eagles' territory with two long passes to Patrick Crayton, but the Cowboys could only muster a field goal. A 13-play drive early in the fourth quarter led to short David Akers field goal and a 10\u20136 lead for the Eagles. Philadelphia had held second half leads over superior opponents for three straight weeks, but lost each game. This time, the defense shut down the Cowboys' efforts to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys\nBrian Dawkins recorded Philadelphia's third interception midway through the final quarter. With the Eagles possessing the ball at the Cowboy 25-yard line, just over two minutes left, and Dallas out of timeouts, Westbrook broke through the defense and had a clear path to the end zone. Westbrook went down at the 1-yard line and allowed the Eagles to run out the clock instead of scoring the touchdown and kicking the ball off. McNabb passed for 208 yards and rushed for 53 more, while Westbrook had 81 rushing yards and 63 receiving yards. The defense used three sacks and three interceptions to help contain the Dallas offense. The victory kept the Eagles' mathematical hopes alive of gaining the final wild card spot, but they were eliminated Monday night when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 16: at New Orleans Saints\nNow functioning as a spoiler, the Eagles traveled to face the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome \u2013 site of two losses in 2006, including one in the NFC Divisional Playoffs. The first quarter would be a shootout, with the teams combined for 5 touchdowns and over 300 yards of offense. On the third play from scrimmage, Donovan McNabb scrambled for a 40-yard gain, but fumbled, only to have the ball recovered in the end zone for a touchdown by receiver Kevin Curtis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 16: at New Orleans Saints\nA 52-yard bomb to wideout Devery Henderson keyed a four-play drive ending in a New Orleans touchdown by running back Aaron Stecker. McNabb's second fumble was recovered by New Orleans in Philadelphia territory, setting up another short touchdown for Stecker. The Eagles offense again moved the ball and Correll Buckhalter scored on a 20-yard scamper and the game was tied 14\u201314. On Philadelphia's next drive, McNabb found the open Reggie Brown for a 31-yard touchdown pass and a Philadelphia lead. In the second quarter, David Akers and Martin Gramatica traded field goals as the offenses settled down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0028-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 16: at New Orleans Saints\nThe Saints had 2nd-and-goal from the 1-yard line on their opening drive of the second half, but the Eagles' defense stepped up with another big goal line stand and the seven-point lead was preserved. McNabb then led the Eagles on a 98-yard, seven-minute drive that ended in a 9-yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis. The Saints answered with two field goals to get within eight at 31\u201323, but a McNabb to Curtis touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter wrapped things up for Philadelphia. McNabb looked mobile and was effective, throwing for three scores and 263 yards. Brian Westbrook had 100 rushing yards, while Curtis had 78 receiving yards, a touchdown reception, and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. The second straight win raised the Eagles' record to 7\u20138 and gave them a chance to finish .500 with a win over the Buffalo Bills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 913]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn their final game of the season, the Eagles posted a 17\u20139 victory over the Buffalo Bills in a contest of 7\u20138 teams trying to finish the year at .500. On Philadelphia's second possession, Donovan McNabb used a series of short passes to move the Eagles to a 1st-and-goal situation. On 3rd-and-goal, McNabb hit rookie tight end Brent Celek for a touchdown. McNabb took the Eagles inside the Buffalo red zone again on the next drive, but he was intercepted and Buffalo's offense countered with a long drive ending in a Ryan Lindell field goal in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Buffalo Bills\nBehind McNabb's arm, the Eagles conducted a two-minute drill and came away with a 38-yard David Akers field goal to make the halftime score 10\u20133. After Buffalo kicked another field goal in the third quarter, McNabb took the Eagles into Bills territory and completed a pass to Reggie Brown, who fumbled before he got to the end zone. Kevin Curtis was there to recover the fumble for a touchdown \u2013 for the second week in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192672-0029-0002", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Buffalo Bills\nPhiladelphia went on top 17\u20136, but a 56-yard run by Marshawn Lynch helped the Bills to another field goal, putting them within eight with more than a quarter to play. A botched shotgun by center Jamaal Jackson was recovered by the Bills at the Eagle 28-yard line, but on 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1, the Eagles' defense stuffed Marshawn Lynch, ending the Bills' scoring threat. That would turn out to be Buffalo's last opportunity, as the Eagles offense and defense ground out the clock over the final quarter. McNabb threw for 345 yards and a touchdown. Brian Westbrook had 99-all purpose yards and Reggie Brown had 83 receiving yards. The win at home allowed the Eagles to finish at 8\u20138, and finish in last place in the NFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192673-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Phillies season\nThe 2007 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 125th season in the history of the franchise. It would begin with the Phillies approaching a historic mark. The Phillies started the year with an MLB-record 9,955 losses in franchise history. On July 15, they lost their 10,000th game to the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first professional sports team in modern history to reach that milestone. The Phillies rallied in the closing days of the season, winning their final game against the Nationals. This win and the New York Mets loss to the Florida Marlins gave them the NL East title. They were swept in the opening round of the postseason by the Colorado Rockies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192673-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season\nTrailing the Mets by seven games with seventeen left to play, the Phillies went on a 13\u20134 stretch that got them the first of five consecutive division championships. It was also the franchise's first playoff appearance since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192673-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nJimmy Rollins won the Baseball Digest Player of the Year, the NL Most Valuable Player Award, the NLBM Oscar Charleston Legacy Award (NL MVP), the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (\"Outstanding Pro Athlete\"), the John Wanamaker Athletic Award from the Philadelphia Sports Congress (summer 2008; for the 2007 calendar year), and the Pride of Philadelphia Award from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192673-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nThe NL Rawlings Gold Glove Award was won by Rollins (shortstop) and Aaron Rowand (outfield). The NL Silver Slugger Award was won by Chase Utley (second base) and Rollins (shortstop). Carlos Ruiz was named to the Topps All-Star Rookie team, at catcher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192673-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nThe Philadelphia chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) presented its annual franchise awards to Jimmy Rollins (\"Mike Schmidt Most Valuable Player Award\"), Cole Hamels (\"Steve Carlton Most Valuable Pitcher Award\"), Larry Shenk (\"Dallas Green Special Achievement Award\"), and Aaron Rowand (\"Tug McGraw Good Guy Award\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192673-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Phillies season, Awards\nThe Philadelphia Sports Writers Association presented awards to broadcaster Harry Kalas (\"Living Legend Award\") and public-relations director Larry Shenk (\"Lifetime Achievement Award\").", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 41], "content_span": [42, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192674-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Soul season\nThe 2007 Philadelphia Soul season was the fourth season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with a 9\u20137 record. After posting an 8\u20138 record in the regular season, they hosted their first-ever home playoff game on June 29 against the Orlando Predators, whom they defeated to help clinch the home game the previous week. They subsequently defeated the Predators 41\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192674-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Soul season, Coaching\nBret Munsey started his second season as head coach of the Soul.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192674-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Soul season, 2007 roster\nRookies in italics updated October 17, 201325 Active, 5 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192675-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Wings season\nThe Philadelphia Wings are a lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 21st in franchise history. 2007 saw the Wings finish with a 6-10 record and out of the playoffs for a fifth straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192675-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Wings season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192675-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Wings season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192675-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia Wings season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election\nThe 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007 when Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States elected Michael Nutter as the Mayor of Philadelphia starting in 2008. The incumbent mayor, John F. Street was barred from seeking a third term because of term limits. The Democratic Party primary campaign saw two well-known, well-funded Philadelphia congressmen \u2013 Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah \u2013 eclipsed by self-funding businessman Tom Knox and reformist former Philadelphia City Council member Nutter, who won by a surprisingly large margin in the primary election on May 15. He went on to face Republican Party nominee Al Taubenberger in the general election, which he won by a large margin and with the lowest voter turnout in a Philadelphia mayoral election without an incumbent since 1951. Mayor Nutter was sworn in on January 7, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Background\nThe 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election was held to select the replacement for incumbent Mayor John F. Street, who was prevented from being re-elected a third time by term limits. Nearly four out of five Philadelphia voters are registered Democrats and the city has not elected a Republican mayor in close to sixty years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Background, Issues\nThe two major issues in the mayoral campaign were crime and corruption. Philadelphians felt crime was the most important issue because of the city's rising murder rate. There were more than 400 murders in 2006, the most in almost a decade. Corruption was also an important issue. A corruption probe resulted in the conviction a close to two dozen people, some with close ties to Mayor John F. Street. An early poll on issues concerning young adults, crime was the number one issue with public transit, economic development, education and job growth rounding out the top five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Primary\nPhiladelphia City Council member Michael Nutter won the Democratic mayoral primary on May 15. His opponent, businessman Tom Knox came in second, with congressmen Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah and State Representative Dwight Evans coming in third, fourth, and fifth respectively. Al Taubenberger became the Republican nominee after running unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Primary\nBusinessman Tom Knox had started off strong as his self-financed campaign created a barrage of advertising. However, Michael Nutter's message of government reform and criticism of John Street gained him enough support to win the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Election\nOn November 6, Michael Nutter easily won the mayoral election, receiving 83.4% of the vote to Taubenberger's 17.3%. The margin of victory is the largest since 1931. Nutter's margin of victory was so large the Associated Press declared a winner after just one percent of the vote was counted. Turnout in the election was light with only 28.7 percent of registered voters casting a ballot. The 2007 election had the lowest turnout in a Philadelphia mayoral election without an incumbent since the Home Rule Charter of 1951.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Election\nIn the general election, Michael Nutter became the odds-on favorite to win the election. Nutter raised US$2.9 million for his campaign while Taubenberger raised no more than US$20,000. The candidates held numerous joint appearances and had few disagreements. Towards the end of the race Taubenberger was advertising himself as the \"super underdog\" .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Election\nOne of the most significant disagreements on issues the two candidates had was on Nutter's \"stop and frisk\" proposal. The proposal would allow police officers to stop and frisk people suspected of carrying illegal firearms. Taubenberger criticized the proposal, which was also criticized by Nutter's opponents in the primary and Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson, saying the proposal could be abused and violate civil rights. Taubenberger proposed hiring more police officers to reduce the city's high murder rate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192676-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Philadelphia mayoral election, Election\nOther disagreements dealt with the city's requirement that public employees live within the city, which Taubenberger proposed removing. Nutter said he would keep the rule, but would remove the restriction that allows only people who have lived in the city for at least one year to apply for city positions. Nutter and Taubenberger also disagreed on the city's decision to charge rent for the Cradle of Liberty Council as result of the Boy Scouts of America's policy on homosexuality which the city says violates its laws on discrimination. Nutter supported the decision saying his administration would not subsidize discrimination. Taubenberger said the decision was wrong because the Boy Scouts do too much good and keep kids off the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections\nThe 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 14, 2007, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from June 30, 2007, until June 30, 2010. The Philippines uses parallel voting for seats in the House of Representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections\nIn district elections, 219 single-member constituencies elect one member of the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins that district's seat. In the party-list election, the parties with at least 2% of the national vote were elected, and 21 representatives were elected However, later in 2007 the Supreme Court ruled in Banat vs. COMELEC that the 2% quota was unconstitutional, and that the sectoral representatives should comprise exactly 20% of the House. This led to the increase in the number of sectoral representatives to 51.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections\nThe administration-led TEAM Unity maintained control of the House of Representatives although the opposition-backed Genuine Opposition won control of the Senate. Incumbent Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. of Pangasinan was elected Speaker after being the only one nominated: 186 voted for De Venecia, 1 against (Eduardo Joson) and 24 abstentions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Campaign, Genuine Opposition\nThe Genuine Opposition (GO) targeted to win at least 80 seats to be able to impeach President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; however the administration's TEAM Unity prevented GO in winning several of those seats by fielding in strong candidates against GO in those districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 80], "content_span": [81, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Campaign, Lakas vs. KAMPI\nThe administration's two main parties, Lakas-CMD and Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI), was seen to win majority of the seats, with most contests contested by the two parties. This inevitably produced a split in the administration ranks on who would be their candidate for Speaker in the impending victory. However, the two parties were united in supporting President Arroyo and were able to prevent any impeachment proceeding against her or her allies from reaching the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Campaign, Lakas vs. KAMPI\nLakas-CMD party leader and House Speaker Jose de Venecia was challenged by KAMPI's Pablo P. Garcia for the speakership in the incoming 14th Congress of the Philippines which has caused a battle between administration allies. Recently, Garcia was accused by Para\u00f1aque 1st District Rep. Eduardo Ziacita and Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante, Jr. both under the party Lakas-CMD of using Government Service Insurance System or GSIS pension funds care of Garcia's son GSIS Vice-Chairman, General Manager and President Winston Garcia to bribe congressmen of PHP 300,000 to 400,000 to support his father's speakership bid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 77], "content_span": [78, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Results, District elections results\nDistrict representatives are allocated 80% of the seats in the House:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 87], "content_span": [88, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192677-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Results, Party-list election result\nParty-list representatives are allocated 20% of the seats in the House; however, due to the 2% threshold and the 3-seat cap rule, the 20% requirement was not met. On the BANAT vs. COMELEC decision of the Supreme Court, it declared the 2% threshold unconstitutional; instead it mandated that parties surpassing the 2% threshold automatically having seats, then allocating one seat for every party with less than 2% of the vote until the 20% allocation was met. With the formula used, this meant that the party with the highest number of votes usually gets three seats, the other parties with 2% or more of the vote winning two seats, and parties with less than 2% of the vote getting one seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 87], "content_span": [88, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election\nThe 2007 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 29th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2007, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2004, they will comprise the 14th Congress via plurality-at-large voting. The senators elected in 2004 will serve until June 30, 2010, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2013. The elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election\nIn the election, the opposition-backed alliance called the Genuine Opposition (GO) defeated the administration-led alliance TEAM Unity by winning seven of the twelve seats in the Senate. For the first time in Philippine history, Antonio Trillanes was elected as a senator while currently detained for mutiny and rebellion charges. Almost the incumbents running for reelection won except for Ralph Recto who was at fourteenth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election\nAn electoral protest of GO's Koko Pimentel, the 13th placed candidate, against TEAM Unity's Juan Miguel Zubiri, the 12th place candidate, resulted in Zubiri's resignation in the Senate, and the Senate Electoral Tribunal's decision to replace Pimentel with Zubiri. This led to GO winning 8 seats, the biggest win by the opposition in the Senate election history since 1951, notwithstanding 2 other opposition candidates won, and only 2 administration candidates won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Official candidates\nOn March 19, 2007, COMELEC released which finalized and approved the official candidates for the senatorial election. On March 29, 2007, COMELEC certified 37 Senatorial Candidates:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Background, COMELEC issues\nOn March 11, 2007, the Old COMELEC Building in Intramuros, Manila was burned by a blazing fire ruining several ballot boxes and pending election protests. The Genuine Opposition considered the fire as political act which ended in burning of several election protests and contested ballot boxes. Investigators found out that instead of arson, it was the generator of the building which caused and since the building was built with tar and wood it would easily razed by fire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Background, COMELEC issues\nThe Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is facing scrutiny because of the fire that hit its old building on March 11 resulting in speculations of conspiracies to cheat on the May 14 elections . The COMELEC was also lambasted for publishing on the internet the names, addresses and details of registered voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Background, The Aquino issue\nThree people with the name Aquino filed their candidacies (Benigno Aquino III, Teresa Aquino-Oreta and Theodore Aquino), and there was confusion as to who is credited with a vote if someone wrote only \"Aquino\" on the ballot. Since Theodore Aquino was disqualified because he had dual citizenship and former Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta has the last name Oreta, COMELEC ruled that all votes with only the name Aquino would go to Tarlac Rep. Benigno Aquino III. All three Aquinos are related to each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 61], "content_span": [62, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Background, The Cayetano issue\nThe matter was the same as the Aquino issue. Representative Alan Peter Cayetano (Taguig-Pateros) found out that a certain Joselito Cayetano belonging to the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) filed his candidacy with the nickname \"Peter\" which was really \"Jojo\". Alan therefore filed a disqualification case (SPA 07-019) against Jojo. Jojo was declared a nuisance candidate by the COMELEC resolution on March 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Background, The Cayetano issue\nJojo then filed for a motion for reconsideration which was eventually rejected on May 11, 2007, but COMELEC did not remove his name from the Official List of Senatorial Candidates and ruled on May 12, 2007, that all votes with only the name \"CAYETANO\" will be stray votes (discarded) and therefore not counted to either the candidates until Supreme Court resolved the matter. The COMELEC said that Jojo could file a motion for reconsideration at the Supreme Court within five days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Coalitions and party groupings, TEAM Unity\nTEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Unity is the administration-backed coalition composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of current Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. TEAM Unity seeks to take several Senate seats in order to ensure the passage of President Arroyo's legislative programs and also to protect her from any impeachment attempts by the political opposition after the midterm elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Coalitions and party groupings, TEAM Unity\nTeam Unity is composed by different major political parties in the country such as the Lakas \u2013 Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI), Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), and the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP). The campaign team of TEAM Unity is headed by veteran political strategist Reli German (campaign manager), Tourism Secretary Ace Durano (spokesperson) and Ike Rodriguez (campaign director). TEAM Unity had their proclamation rally at the Cebu Coliseum last February 17, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Coalitions and party groupings, Genuine Opposition\nGenuine Opposition (GO) is the main opposition-backed coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the elections, which is in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It was originally called the \"United Opposition\" (UNO), created by opposition stalwart and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay in June 2005 to unite all politicians who wanted to impeach President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC), with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15, 2007, the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar in his office in Las Pi\u00f1as.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 83], "content_span": [84, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Campaign\nCandidates made use of different campaign platforms to win. Prospero Pichay Jr., Manuel Villar, Mike Defensor, and Loren Legarda had been very visible in TV ads. Francis Pangilinan preferred to run as an independent and decided not to participate in sorties and campaign of the Genuine Opposition, even though he was initially drafted as a guest candidate. Teresa Aquino-Oreta had raised different reactions in her TV ad campaign asking the people's forgiveness being the \u201cdancing queen\u201d during the impeachment of deposed President Joseph Estrada. Some candidates like Francis Escudero, Vicente Magsaysay, Francis Pangilinan, Joker Arroyo, Antonio Trillanes and Koko Pimentel made use of the internet by joining networks sites like Friendster; making or updating Wikipedia entries, establishing blogs and websites and airing the commercials on YouTube.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 894]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Retiring and term-limited incumbents\nAt this point in time, two Senators are voluntarily retiring from the Senate at the end of their current term. As well four Senators are term-limited by the Constitution of the Philippines after serving two consecutive terms. There was one vacancy left in the outgoing Senate as Noli de Castro (Independent) was elected as Vice-President in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Opinion polls\nOpinion polling (locally known as \"surveys\") is carried out by two major polling firms: Social Weather Stations (SWS), and Pulse Asia, with a handful of minor polling firms. A typical poll asks a voter to name twelve persons one would vote for in the senate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Opinion polls, Winning candidates\nHonasan (Ind; Ind), 28%\u00a0\u00a0 Aquino (LP; GO), 28%\u00a0\u00a0 Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 28%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Opinion polls, Composition\nCandidates who were not make it to the top 12, but were within the margin of error from the 12th-placed candidate, are denoted by figures inside the parenthesis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results\nThe Genuine Opposition (GO) originally won seven seats, TEAM Unity won three seats, a Liberal Party candidate not in any slate won one, and an independent won one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results\nFive incumbents successfully defended their seats: Edgardo Angara and Joker Arroyo for TEAM Unity, Panfilo Lacson and Manny Villar from GO, and Francis Pangilinan of the Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results\nGO's Benigno Aquino III, Alan Peter Cayetano, Francis Escudero, Antonio Trillanes, and TEAM Unity's Juan Miguel Zubiri are the neophyte senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results\nReturning are independent candidate Gregorio Honasan, and Loren Legarda from GO.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results\nJuan Miguel Zubiri's seat would later be awarded to Koko Pimentel of GO in 2011 when the latter won an election protest against the former.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results\nThe election of Alfredo Lim as Mayor of Manila in concurrent elections means that his Senate seat will be vacant until June 30, 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Results, Per party\nThis table depicts the totals after the Senate Electoral Tribunal's 2011 decision on Pimentel v. Zubiri electoral protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Aftermath\nAlthough the Genuine Opposition gained control of the Senate after the elections, they were divided on who was to be next Senate President. As such, Senate President Manuel Villar (Nacionalista) formed a bloc in the Senate to contest the Senate presidency. Facing him was the minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. backed by several fellow opposition senators. On July 26, 2007, Villar defeated Pimentel was elected to Senate by a vote of 15\u20137 with Villar and Pimentel voting for each other. Senator Antonio Trillanes was not allowed to attend the Senate session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Aftermath\nThis is how the election for the Senate presidency went:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Aftermath, Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest\nThe 12th Senate seat was contested between TEAM Unity's Juan Miguel Zubiri and GO's Koko Pimentel Zubiri was proclaimed In July 2007 with a margin of about 20,000 votes, but Pimentel filed an electoral protest to the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET), which the tribunal accepted, alleging there was massive electoral fraud in Maguindanao. After the revision of votes on Pimentel's protest in July 2009, he released a statement that he now leads Zubiri by 96,000 votes; Zubiri countered that his counter-protest that alleges similar fraud in Mega Manila has him leading by around 132,000 votes in areas affected by his counter protest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Aftermath, Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest\nIn July 2011, suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan and Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol alleged that there was indeed fraud in the ARMM in favor of TEAM Unity. On August 3, 2011, Zubiri resigned, maintaining that he had no hand in alleged electoral fraud in the ARMM. He withdrew his counter-protest, which led to the SET to proclaim Pimentel as the winner on August 11, 2011. Pimentel took his oath at Mati, Davao Oriental, where he had the highest rank among the provinces, finishing in second place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192678-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine Senate election, Aftermath, Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest\nPimentel sued former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, COMELEC chairman Benjamin Abalos, Maguinadanao elections supervisor Lintang Bedol and others for electoral sabotage on August 17, 2011, at the Department of Justice (DOJ). A joint DOJ-COMELEC panel began investigations on Pimentel's suit by November 3. On November 18, 2011, the commission voted to file charges against Arroyo and others at the Pasay Regional Trial Court, which later ordered Arroyo, Abalos and Bedol arrested later in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192679-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections\nSynchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were held on October 29, 2007, based on the newly amended , approved on September 22, 2005, by the 13th Congress of the Philippines which prescribed that Barangay and SK elections would occur on the last Monday of October 2007 and in subsequent elections after three years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192679-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections\nThe 14th Congress of the Philippines tried twice to reset the Barangay and SK Elections instead to May 2008 so the elections could be trial for the computerization of elections following , also known as Amending the Election Modernization Act but were unsuccessful since the Senate rejected the bill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192679-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections\nThe elections were held in the country's 41,995 barangays and contested 41,995 posts for the Barangay Chairman also known as the Punong Barangay also for the SK Chairman and 293,965 posts for the Members of the Sangguniang Barangay also known as the Barangay Kagawad also for the Members of the Katipunan ng mga Kabataan also known as the SK Kagawad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election\nLegislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. Positions contested included half the seats in the Senate, which are elected for six-year terms, and all the seats in the House of Representatives, who were elected for three-year terms. The duly elected legislators of the 2007 elections joined the elected senators of the 2004 elections to comprise the 14th Congress of the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election\nMost representatives won seats by being elected directly, the constituency being a geographical district of about 250,000 voters. There are 220 seats in total for all the legislative districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election\nSome representatives were elected under a party-list system. Only parties representing marginalized groups were allowed to run in the party-list election. To gain one seat, a party must win 2% of the vote. No party-list party may have more than 3 seats. After the election, in a controversial decision, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) changed how it allocates the party-list seats. Under the new formula only one party will have the maximum 3 seats. It based its decision on a formula contained in a Supreme Court decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election\nLocal elections for governor, vice governor, provincial board seats and mayoral, vice mayoral and city/municipal council seats in Metro Manila and the provinces are up for grabs as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election, Issues in the elections, Automated elections\nSen. Richard J. Gordon and his fellow Senators succeeded in passing or the Amending the Election Modernization Act but it was too late since it was passed three months before the elections but since the law was passed, the elections for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Regional Governor and Vice-Governor later in August 2008 it will be used for the test-run for computerization and the general elections in 2010 for the nationwide computerization of elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 78], "content_span": [79, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election, Issues in the elections, Failure of elections\nThe following areas held special elections after the COMELEC designated the following areas as failure of elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192680-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippine general election, Election results, Local elections\nAll local positions are disputed in the elections, with the candidate with the most votes for governor, vice-governor, mayor and vice-mayor being declared as the winner. Winners for the positions for board members and councilors depends on the size of the assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192681-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place in Metro Manila, Philippines from 17 to 22 July 2007. It had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192681-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament\nThe 2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold was the forth tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Philippines Open championships which has been held since 2006. This tournament was organized by the Philippine Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192681-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at PhilSports Complex in Metro Manila, Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 56], "content_span": [57, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192681-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix Gold event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192681-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$120,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192682-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 2\u20134 March 2007, at the 4.445 km Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192683-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Phoenix Mercury season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the 11th for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury won their first WNBA championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192683-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Phoenix Mercury season, Offseason, WNBA Draft\nThe following are the Mercury's selections in the 2007 WNBA Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192684-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pickup Truck Racing\nThe 2007 Pickup Truck Racing season was the 11th Pickup Truck Racing season. It was won by Steve Dance with 3 race wins and 12 podiums. Going into the final race, Nic Grindrod was twenty points behind Steve Dance but with a second place for Dance and Grindrod finishing outside of the top ten, Dance secured the championship by 65 points. The Rookie trophy was won by Neil Tressler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192684-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pickup Truck Racing, Race Calendar\nAugust 19 second race did not run due to unscheduled track activity extending beyond track curfew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 39], "content_span": [40, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192684-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pickup Truck Racing, Rockingham Oval Championship\nPickup Truck Racing also includes a sub-championship for races held on the Rockingham oval circuit. The championship completed on 16 September as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192685-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis\nThe 2007 Pilot Pen Tennis was the 2007 edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, located in New Haven, Connecticut. It took place on August 17\u201325, the final week before the U.S. Open began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192685-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis\nJames Blake won his second title of the year and 10th overall, while Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first title of the year and 9th overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192685-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi / Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6\u20133, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192685-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis, Finals, Women's Doubles\nSania Mirza / Mara Santangelo defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192686-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions but were eliminated in the first round by Alex Kuznetsov and Ryan Sweeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192686-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6\u20133, 6\u20133 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192687-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Singles\nNikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost to Gilles Simon in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192687-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Men's Singles\nJames Blake won the title, defeating Mardy Fish 7\u20135, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192688-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Doubles\nIn the Pilot Pen Tennis competition of 2007, the women's doubles event was won by Sania Mirza and Mara Santangelo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192689-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe defending champion was Justine Henin-Hardenne, but she chose not to compete.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192689-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Singles\nSvetlana Kuznetsova won the title, defeating \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay in the final. She was leading 6\u20134, 3\u20130, until Sz\u00e1vay retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192689-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pilot Pen Tennis \u2013 Women's Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192690-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pitcairnese European Convention on Human Rights referendum\nAn unofficial referendum on the European Convention on Human Rights was held in the Pitcairn Islands on 18 July 2007. Voters were given the option to adopt the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the islands' own Human Rights Charter, a combination of the two or neither of them. A majority voted to adopt the ECHR alone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192691-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pitcairnese general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 9 December 2007. Mike Warren was elected mayor, replacing the incumbent Jay Warren, who came in second place in a three-way contest. The Island Council was also renewed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192692-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pitch and putt European Championship\nThe 2007 Pitch and putt European Teams Championship held in Chia (Italy) was organized by the Federazione Italiana Pitch and Putt and promoted by the European Pitch and Putt Association (EPPA), with 10 teams in competition. Ireland won their fifth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192693-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\nThe 2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The biggest win of the season took place on December 1 when Pittsburgh defeated rival #2 West Virginia, 13\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season\nThe 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 126th season of the franchise; the 121st in the National League. This was their seventh season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 68\u201394.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Overview\nThe Pirates began 2007 with a new majority owner, Robert Nutting, and the dreary fact that they could surpass the Philadelphia Phillies as owners of the longest consecutive losing seasons record in baseball, having last had a winning season in 1992. However, in spite of finishing 5th in the NL Central, the Pirates were hoping that their 2nd half momentum from 2006 would carry over into 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Overview\nIn addition to NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez and slugger Jason Bay, the Bucs acquired Adam LaRoche from Atlanta in January, hoping to boost offensive power. In addition, they re-signed pitcher Shawn Chac\u00f3n, acquired from the Yankees last summer, and signed Tony Armas, Jr. to help bolster their starting rotation, led by Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Overview\nJust before the All Star game, team CEO Kevin McClatchy announced at the end of the season he would be stepping down from the position. He maintained that he would \"remain as the active leader of the organization\" to give the team ample time to find a successor and \"ensure a smooth transition into the next chapter of Pirates history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nThe Pirates' season started well, as they swept the Houston Astros in Houston for the first time since 1991, when the Astros played in the Astrodome. However, that initial success didn't carry for very long, as the Bucs proceeded to lose 11 of their next 13 games. The Pirates pulled out of their early slump to post a 12-12 record at the end of April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nMay, however, would to be quite tumultuous, as Tony Armas was sent to the bullpen for poor performance, Zach Duke struggled mightily, the bullpen blew several late leads, and closer Salom\u00f3n Torres was stripped of his closer's duties, in favor of youngster Matt Capps after Torres blew a 2-run ninth-inning lead against the San Diego Padres on May 31.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season\nAfter the All-Star Break, the Pirates started off by losing 7 games in a row, and 8 out of 9 overall. Paul \"Big Poison\" Waner's number 11 was retired in a pregame ceremony at PNC Park July 21, 2007, conducted in part by members of his family and Pirate greats Bill Mazeroski and Ralph Kiner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192694-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season, Fans protest\nFrustrated by the consistent losing, poor drafting, and the ownership's inability to retain players due to payroll constraints, fans led by Pittsburgh Business Executive Andrew Chomos organized a much-publicized walkout for June 30. There were also a pre-game protest rally outside the stadium, including the appearance and speaking of former Pirate Doc Ellis, who stated he has been \"embarrassed to be called a Pirate over the last 15 years\". Despite the best efforts by the Pirates to downplay the protest, it became so publicized that management was forced to acknowledge its existence. Then Pirate CEO Kevin McClatchy resigned 2 days after the protest. The protest periodically appeared in news articles as it did in the August 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated and was also a topical conversation on ESPN and CNN programs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192695-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh RiverRats season\nThe 2007 Pittsburgh RiverRats season was the 1st season for the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) franchise. The Explosion began play in 2007 as the Pittsburgh RiverRats, playing that season's home games at the Rostraver Ice Garden in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania. The \"RiverRats\" name and logo were originally supposed to be used by the Reading Express, but that team chose the Express branding instead, freeing it up for use by another American Indoor Football League (AIFL) team. In August 2006, more arguments came about the RiverRats name as a team in the Eastern Indoor Football League, called the 3 River Rats, had intentions of suing the RiverRats to retain the naming rights of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192695-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh RiverRats season\nOn August 20, 2006, the RiverRats signed quarterback David Dinkins, formerly of the Erie Freeze of the AIFA, and designated him as the team's franchise player for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192695-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh RiverRats season\nThe RiverRats played their first game on February 3, 2007 on the road in Tupelo, MS, but lost 54-34 to the Mississippi Mudcats. Their first home game was on February 18, 2007 which they lost 35-28 to the Reading Express. Pittsburgh won its first home game by beating the Danville Demolition 47-21 on March 4, 2007, and then won its first away game by beating Danville a second time, on March 9, 2007, by a score of 34-29. On May 19, 2007, the RiverRats set an AIFA single game record when they scored 86 points in a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192695-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh RiverRats season\nThe team finished their inaugural season at a respectable 7-7 record, good for fourth place in the Northern Conference and a wild-card playoff berth. However, the RiverRats were eliminated in the first round, losing 42-24 to the eventual conference champions Reading Express.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season\nThe 2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 75th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. It was the 8th season under leadership of general manager Kevin Colbert and the first under head coach Mike Tomlin, after going 8\u20138 last season. The Steelers finished the year at 10\u20136. However, they lost 31\u201329 at home to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Personnel, Staff\nNotable additions include; LaMarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, Daniel Sepulveda, William Gay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Roster\n* On 53 Man Roster Inactive, Active for Playoff DNP", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29, 2007. The Steelers selected eight players in six rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Coaching staff\nThis was the Steelers' first year without head coach Bill Cowher and their first year with new head coach Mike Tomlin. Bruce Arians was promoted to offensive coordinator and the defensive coordinator was Dick LeBeau. The quarterbacks coach was Ken Anderson. Keith Butler was the linebackers coach. The tight ends coach was James Daniel. Randy Fichtner was the wide receivers coach. The defensive backs coach was Ray Horton. Amos Jones and Bob Ligashesky were the special teams coaches. John Mitchell was the defensive line and assistant head coach. Kirby Wilson was the running backs coach. The offensive line coach was Larry Zierlein. The quality control coaches were Harold Goodwin for the offense and Lou Spanos for the defense. Garrett Giemont was the conditioning coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 829]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Pro Bowl selections\nSix players from the Steelers were selected to play in the 2008 Pro Bowl. Two started (bold), two were selected to the reserve squad, and two did not play due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 2007): at Cleveland Browns\nThe Steelers began their anniversary season on the road against their AFC North foe, the Cleveland Browns, for Round 1 of the 2007 Rust Belt series. Also, with both teams at 55 wins a piece, the Steelers would take the lead in the rivalry for the first time in the 57-year history of the rivalry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 2007): at Cleveland Browns\nPittsburgh got off to a fast start in the first quarter as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. Later, kicker Jeff Reed made a 26-yard field goal, while Roethlisberger completed a 40-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes. After a scoreless second quarter, the Steelers went right back to work in the third quarter, as Roethlisberger completed a 5-yard TD pass to rookie TE Matt Spaeth. Afterwards, the Browns got their only score of the game as QB Derek Anderson completed a 1-yard TD pass to FB Lawrence Vickers. Pittsburgh put the game well out of reach as Roethlisberger threw his career-best 4th touchdown pass of the game, a 22-yard strike to TE Heath Miller. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh wrapped up the win with Reed's 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 2007): at Cleveland Browns\nWith the win, the Steelers began the year at 1\u20130, gave Mike Tomlin his first win as a head coach, and took the lead in the Rust Belt series with win #56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 2007): at Cleveland Browns\nQ1 \u2013 PIT \u2013 11:49 \u2013 5-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Hines Ward (Jeff Reed kick) (7\u20130 PIT)Q1 \u2013 PIT \u2013 8:53 \u2013 Jeff Reed 26-yard FG (14\u20130 PIT)Q1 \u2013 PIT \u2013 0:58 \u2013 40-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes (Reed kick) (17\u20130 PIT)Q3 \u2013 PIT \u2013 10:33 \u2013 5-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Matt Spaeth (Reed kick) (24\u20130 PIT)Q3 \u2013 CLE \u2013 6:52 \u2013 1-yard TD pass from Derek Anderson to Lawrence Vickers (Phil Dawson kick) (24\u20137 PIT)Q3 \u2013 PIT \u2013 2:23 \u2013 22-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Heath Miller (Reed kick) (31\u20137 PIT)Q4 \u2013 PIT \u2013 7:12 \u2013 Jeff Reed 31-yard FG (34\u20137 PIT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 2 (Sunday September 16, 2007): vs. Buffalo Bills\nComing off their easy road win over the Browns, the Steelers debuted their special throwback uniforms and clashed with the Buffalo Bills in a Week 2 home opener. In the first half, despite the early struggles on offense, the defense kept the Bills back. Meanwhile, kicker Jeff Reed scored a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter, and added 28-yard and 39-yard field goals in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Buffalo would get their only score against Pittsburgh, as kicker Rian Lindell got a 24-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Steelers took over for the rest of the game as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 1-yard TD pass to rookie TE Matt Spaeth. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh closed out the game with RB Willie Parker getting an 11-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn Week 3 against the San Francisco 49ers, the Steelers found themselves trailing for the first time on the young season as the 49ers drove deep into Pittsburgh territory before being forced to settle for a 32-yard field goal by Joe Nedney. The San Francisco lead lasted exactly 12\u00a0seconds, as Allen Rossum returned to ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to give Pittsburgh a 7\u20133 advantage. The Niners went 3-and-out on their next drive, but they sacked Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and forced him to fumble on the Steelers' second offensive play from scrimmage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nSan Francisco recovered the fumble at the Pittsburgh 22 and drove to the 4, but was held to another Nedney field goal, this one from 22\u00a0yards out, to cut the Steelers' lead to 1. The teams exchanged punts until late in the second quarter, when Pittsburgh drove 80\u00a0yards on 12 plays which culminated in a Roethlisberger touchdown pass to Jerame Tuman to give the Steelers a 14\u20136 lead into the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nPittsburgh took the ball to begin the second half, and drove to the San Francisco 18 before being stopped (a catch by Heath Miller at the 49ers 2\u00a0yard line was overturned after a successful challenge by San Francisco head coach Mike Nolan showed that Miller was out of bounds). The Steelers were forced to settle for a 36-yard field goal by Jeff Reed to increase their lead to 17\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nOn the 49ers' ensuing drive, Alex Smith hit leaping tight end Vernon Davis at the Pittsburgh 5\u00a0yard line when he was hit by strong safety Troy Polamalu and flipped into the air. Davis hit the ground, and the ball popped up and was caught by free safety Ryan Clark, who returned it into San Francisco territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nNolan challenged the play, arguing that Davis was down by contact at the Pittsburgh 5. Referee Gerry Austin ruled instead that the ball had hit the ground, and that the pass was therefore incomplete (the Niners still won the challenge, as the original call of an interception was overturned). The 49ers could not drive any further, and Nedney kicked a 49-yard field goal to make it 17\u20139, Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0012-0003", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nThe Steelers got the ball back after the field goal and drove deep into 49ers territory before Reed kicked a 49-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter to give the Steelers a 20\u20139 lead. The 49ers' next drive resulted in a punt, and the Steelers drove into field goal range again. Reed's 35-yard kick was good, and the Steelers led 23\u20139. On the ensuing possession by San Francisco was facing a crucial 3rd and 5 from their own 42.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0012-0004", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nSmith forced a throw into coverage, and it was intercepted by Steeler cornerback Bryant McFadden and returned for a touchdown to give Pittsburgh a commanding 30\u20139 lead. Smith drove the 49ers down the field on their next possession, and he threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Jacobs to give San Francisco its first and only touchdown of the day. The 49ers tried to execute an onside kick, but Nedney's kick was recovered by Steeler punter Daniel Sepulveda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0012-0005", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nThe Steelers then attempted to run out the clock by handing the ball off to backup running back Najeh Davenport, but Davenport broke a 39-yard touchdown run with under 2\u00a0minutes to go to give the Steelers a 37\u201316 lead, which would be the final score. The Niners attempted one last drive, but could not even gain a first down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 2007): vs. San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win Pittsburgh became one of five NFL teams to increase its record to 3\u20130, while San Francisco dropped to 2\u20131. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was 13 of 20 for 160\u00a0yards with a touchdown and a lost fumble, while Alex Smith was 17 of 35 for 209\u00a0yards with a touchdown and an interception. Both were sacked twice. Willie Parker ran for 133\u00a0yards on 24 carries, while Frank Gore was held to 39\u00a0yards on 14 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 108], "content_span": [109, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 4 (Sunday September 30, 2007): at Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their interconference home win over the 49ers, the Steelers flew to University of Phoenix Stadium for an interconference duel with the Arizona Cardinals, in what turned out to be a preview of next year's Super Bowl. Near the end of the first quarter, Pittsburgh delivered the first punch as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes for the only score of the period. However, after a scoreless second quarter, the Cardinals responded with back-up QB Kurt Warner completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 4 (Sunday September 30, 2007): at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the fourth quarter, things went wrong for the Steelers as Arizona took the lead with WR Steve Breaston returning a punt 73\u00a0yards for a touchdown, while RB Edgerrin James got a 2-yard TD run. Pittsburgh tried to mount a comeback as Roethlisberger and Holmes hooked up with each other again on a 7-yard TD pass. However, the Steelers' final drive ended with an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 2007): vs. Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to rebound from their road loss to the Cardinals, the Steelers went home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Seattle Seahawks, in the rematch of Super Bowl XL. Going into the game, Pittsburgh was without Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes, Troy Polamalu, and Casey Hampton, due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 2007): vs. Seattle Seahawks\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Steelers drew first blood with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 13-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller to lead 7\u20130 at halftime. In the second half, Pittsburgh completed the shutout with RB Najeh Davenport running 1\u00a0yard for a TD in the third quarter and 5\u00a0yards for a TD in the fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 2007): vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith the win, Pittsburgh entered its bye week at 4\u20131. During the game, the Steelers had over 40\u00a0minutes of possession, including 25\u00a0minutes of the second half. In their first five games Pittsburgh had outscored its opponents 57\u20136 in the first half. The Steelers also improved to 4\u20130 on the year when RB Willie Parker has a 100-yard rushing game, as he ran 28 times for 102\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 102], "content_span": [103, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 6 (Sunday October 14, 2007): Bye Week\nThe Steelers did not take part in any trades or acquisitions during their bye week. They were able to give their injured players an extra week to heal as Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes, Troy Polamalu, and Casey Hampton were all sidelined due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 2007): at Denver Broncos\nComing off of a bye week, the Steelers flew to INVESCO Field at Mile High for a Sunday night intraconference clash with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh struck first with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller. Afterwards, the Broncos responded with QB Jay Cutler completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley. In the second quarter, the Steelers struggled as Cutler completed a 1-yard TD pass to FB Cecil Sapp, along with DE Tim Crowder returning a fumble 50\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 2007): at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh tried to recover with Roethlisberger completing a 13-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes, but the Broncos answered with Cutler completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Tony Scheffler. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh managed to tie the game with Roethlisberger completing a 13-yard TD pass to rookie TE Matt Spaeth, along with a 12-yard TD pass to Miller. Unfortunately, Denver managed to get kicker Jason Elam to nail a last-second 49-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 2007): at Denver Broncos\nPittsburgh's defense, which had given up only 5 touchdowns in their first 5 games, gave up 3 on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 100], "content_span": [101, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 8 (Sunday October 28, 2007): at Cincinnati Bengals\nTrying to rebound from their last-second road loss to the Broncos, the Steelers flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 8 AFC North brawl with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh trailed early as Bengals kicker Shayne Graham managed to get a 31-yard field goal. Fortunately, the Steelers took the lead with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead with Roethlisberger and Ward hooking up with each other again on a 6-yard TD pass to lead 14\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 8 (Sunday October 28, 2007): at Cincinnati Bengals\nWith 2:16 left in the second quarter on 4th-and-1 at the Steelers 2, Cincinnati chose to kick a 20-yard field goal and received loud boos from the hometown crowd upon successfully doing so. In a similar situation two minutes later, Steelers RB Willie Parker ran 1\u00a0yard into the end zone to put the Steelers up 21\u20136 at the end of the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 8 (Sunday October 28, 2007): at Cincinnati Bengals\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Bengals tried to make a fourth quarter comeback as QB Carson Palmer completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh. Pittsburgh wrapped up the victory with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 9 (Monday November 5, 2007): vs. Baltimore Ravens\nComing off their divisional road win over the Bengals, the Steelers went home, donned their throwback uniforms again, and played a Week 9 Monday Night divisional duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh came out strong as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 17-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller and a 15-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes. In the second quarter, the Steelers increased their lead with Roethlisberger completing a 30-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington, a 35-yard TD pass to Holmes, and a 7-yard TD pass to Washington. Afterwards, the Ravens managed to avoid a shutout as RB Willis McGahee got a 33-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 22-yard field goal, while the defense continued to shut down Baltimore's offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 916]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 9 (Monday November 5, 2007): vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith the win, their 12th straight in Monday Night Football home games, the Steelers improved to 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 9 (Monday November 5, 2007): vs. Baltimore Ravens\nBen Roethlisberger had a career game as he completed 13 of 16 passes for 209\u00a0yards and a career-high 5 touchdowns for his second career \"perfect game.\" LB James Harrison had a career day with three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, an interception, and 3\u00bd sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 9 (Monday November 5, 2007): vs. Baltimore Ravens\nDuring halftime, the Steelers honored their All-Time team. Members included Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jerome Bettis, Rod Woodson, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, and Mel Blount.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 2007): vs. Cleveland Browns\nComing off their dominating Monday Night performance against the Ravens, the Steelers stayed at home for Round 2 of the 2007 Rust Belt series against the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh trailed early as Browns QB Derek Anderson completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow. The Steelers managed to get a 28-yard field goal from kicker Jeff Reed. In the second quarter, Cleveland increased its lead with Anderson completing a 2-yard TD pass to FB Lawrence Vickers, while Pittsburgh only managed to have Reed kick a 35-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Browns continued their fast start with Anderson completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards. The Steelers drove into the red zone once again but settled for a 30-yard field goal from Reed. Both teams scored thrice in the first half; Cleveland led 21\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 937]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 2007): vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh began to come back as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers took the lead with Roethlisberger getting a career-best 30-yard TD run. Cleveland WR/KR Joshua Cribbs returned the ensuing kickoff 100\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Pittsburgh on their next drive retook the lead with Roethlisberger completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller. The Browns tried to force overtime with a late field goal, but kicker Phil Dawson's 53-yard attempt came up short with 6\u00a0seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 2007): vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith their ninth straight win over Cleveland, the Steelers improved to 7\u20132 increasing the all-time series to 57\u201355.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 105], "content_span": [106, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 2007): at New York Jets\nComing off their season-sweep over the Browns, the Steelers flew to The Meadowlands for a Week 11 intraconference duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh surprisingly fell behind early as Jets QB Kellen Clemens completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Chris Baker, along with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Steelers got on the board with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes. New York would end the half with Nugent kicking a 19-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 2007): at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh tied the game with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 37-yard and a 33-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers took the lead with Reed getting a 48-yard field goal. However, the Jets managed to tie the game with Nugent kicking a 28-yard field goal. In overtime, New York managed to pull off the upset as Nugent nailed the game-winning 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 2007): at New York Jets\nEven worse, the Steelers highly ranked rushing defense allowed its first 100-yard rusher since 2005 (Edgerrin James of the Colts) as RB Thomas Jones got 30 carries for 117\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 101], "content_span": [102, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 12 (Monday November 26, 2007): vs. Miami Dolphins\nComing off their disappointing loss to the Jets, the Steelers went home for a Week 12 Monday Night intraconference duel with the winless Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 12 (Monday November 26, 2007): vs. Miami Dolphins\nPlaying in heavy rain with a delay due to lightning, the game remained scoreless through 59\u00a0minutes and 43\u00a0seconds, becoming the longest scoreless tie since November 7, 1943. In the end, Pittsburgh came through with kicker Jeff Reed nailing the game-winning 24-yard field goal with 17\u00a0seconds left for the game's lone points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 12 (Monday November 26, 2007): vs. Miami Dolphins\nWith the win, the Steelers improved to 8\u20133. Also, not only did they improve their home record to 6\u20130, but this also marked their 13th-straight home win on Monday Night Football. This game would also be crowned as the lowest-scoring game in Monday Night Football history. It was the lowest scoring NFL game since December 11, 1993, when the New York Jets defeated Washington by the same score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 13 (Sunday December 2, 2007): vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off their Monday Night slushfest victory over the Dolphins, the Steelers stayed at home for a Week 13 Sunday night divisional rematch with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh trailed early as Bengals RB Rudi Johnson got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Steelers took the lead with QB Ben Roethlisberger getting a 6-yard TD run, kicker Jeff Reed getting a 21-yard field goal, and Roethlisberger completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward. In the third quarter, Cincinnati tried to fight back as kicker Shayne Graham nailed a 24-yard field goal. However, Pittsburgh responded with Roethlisberger and Ward hooking up with each other again on an 8-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 838]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 13 (Sunday December 2, 2007): vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, the Steelers improved to 9\u20133, along with improving this year's home record to 7\u20130. It also marked the first time since 2004 that Pittsburgh managed to sweep the Bengals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 13 (Sunday December 2, 2007): vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith his two touchdown receptions, Hines Ward surpassed John Stallworth for the most career touchdown receptions in franchise history with 64.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 106], "content_span": [107, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 14 (Sunday December 9, 2007): at New England Patriots\nComing off their Sunday Night divisional home win over the Bengals, the Steelers flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 14 intraconference duel with the undefeated New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh struck first with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Patriots took the lead with QB Tom Brady completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss. In the second quarter, New England increased their lead with Brady and Moss hooking up with each other again on a 63-yard TD pass. Afterwards, the Steelers responded with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 32-yard TD pass to RB Najeh Davenport, along with Reed kicking a 44-yard field goal. New England would end the half with kicker Stephen Gostkowski getting a 42-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 14 (Sunday December 9, 2007): at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Patriots took control as Brady lateraled to Moss, who lateraled back to Brady, and then threw a 56-yard TD pass to WR Jabar Gaffney. Afterwards, New England increased its lead with Brady completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Wes Welker. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots sealed the win with Gostkowski nailing a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 14 (Sunday December 9, 2007): at New England Patriots\nThe loss also made the Steelers' road record fall to 2\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 107], "content_span": [108, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 15 (Sunday December 16, 2007): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Patriots, the Steelers went home for a Week 15 duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh trailed early as Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee nailed a 36-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Steelers took the lead as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed an 18-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller. Jacksonville regained the lead as QB David Garrard completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Ernest Wilford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 15 (Sunday December 16, 2007): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh fell further behind as Garrard completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams and a 55-yard TD pass to WR Dennis Northcutt. The extra point attempts on both of these touchdowns failed. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers rallied to tie the game with Roethlisberger completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Hines Ward and a 30-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington, with the later being followed by WR Cedric Wilson completing a 2-point conversion pass to WR Santonio Holmes on a trick play. On the Jaguars' ensuing offensive drive RB Fred Taylor scored on a 12-yard TD run. The Steelers' next drive ended just a half-yard short on a fourth-down conversion attempt with 41\u00a0seconds remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 15 (Sunday December 16, 2007): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith their first home loss of the year, the Steelers fell to 9\u20135. This was also the second game this year that Pittsburgh's defense had given up a 100-yard rusher: Fred Taylor ran 25 times for 147\u00a0yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 109], "content_span": [110, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 16 (Thursday December 20, 2007): at St. Louis Rams\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Steelers flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 16 Thursday night interconference duel with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh smashed first as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington. The Rams would respond with QB Marc Bulger completing a 12-yard TD pass to RB Steven Jackson. In the second quarter, the Steelers regained the lead with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 21-yard field goal. However, St. Louis took the lead with Bulger completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. Afterwards, Pittsburgh got the lead again as Roethlisberger completed a 33-yard TD pass to Washington and a 12-yard TD pass to RB Najeh Davenport. The Rams end the half with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 901]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 16 (Thursday December 20, 2007): at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Steelers increased their lead with Davenport getting a 1-yard TD run. St. Louis would respond with Bulger completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh ended the game with Reed nailing a 29-yard field goal and CB Ike Taylor returning an interception 51\u00a0yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 16 (Thursday December 20, 2007): at St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, the Steelers improved to 10\u20135. The Cleveland Browns' loss three days later automatically clinched the Steelers' first AFC North title since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 16 (Thursday December 20, 2007): at St. Louis Rams\nWR Hines Ward (6 receptions for 59\u00a0yards) surpassed John Stallworth as the all-time franchise leader in career reception yards with 8,726\u00a0yards. Also, Santonio Holmes got a career-high with his game-best 133 receiving yards on 4 catches. Finally, Ben Roethlisberger got his third career \"perfect\" game (16/20 for 261\u00a0yards and 3 touchdowns).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 16 (Thursday December 20, 2007): at St. Louis Rams\nRB Willie Parker (1 carry for \u22121\u00a0yard) got injured on Pittsburgh's second offensive play of the game after getting tackled by LB Will Witherspoon. He would suffer a fractured right fibula, effectively ending his season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 17 (Sunday December 30, 2007): at Baltimore Ravens\nFollowing their road win over the Rams, the Steelers closed out the regular season with a Week 17 AFC North rematch with the Baltimore Ravens. Because Pittsburgh already clinched a playoff berth (via winning the division), most of their key players sat out the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 17 (Sunday December 30, 2007): at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the first quarter, the Steelers trailed early as Ravens RB Musa Smith got a 2-yard TD run, along with kicker Matt Stover managed to get a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh continued to trail as RB Cory Ross got a 32-yard TD run. The Steelers would respond with RB Najeh Davenport getting a 1-yard TD run. Baltimore would end the half with Stover nailing a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 17 (Sunday December 30, 2007): at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with QB Troy Smith completing a 15-TD pass to WR Devard Darling for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh tried to rally as QB Charlie Batch completed a 59-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes and a 7-yard TD pass to WR Cedric Wilson. However, the Ravens managed to hold on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Regular season, Week 17 (Sunday December 30, 2007): at Baltimore Ravens\nWith the loss, the Steelers ended the regular season at 10\u20136 and with the AFC's No. 4 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 104], "content_span": [105, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Saturday January 5, 2008): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Game summary\nEntering the playoffs as the AFC's No. 4 seed, the Steelers began their playoff run at home in the AFC Wildcard Round against the fifth-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars in a rematch of Week 15 where Pittsburgh nearly came back to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 131], "content_span": [132, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Saturday January 5, 2008): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Game summary\nIn the first quarter, the Steelers got the first punch by capping the game's opening drive with RB Najeh Davenport getting a 1-yard TD run. The Jaguars would immediately respond as RB Fred Taylor got a 1-yard TD run following a 96-yard kick-off return by RB Maurice Jones-Drew. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh trailed as CB Rashean Mathis returned an interception 63\u00a0yards for a touchdown and QB David Garrard completed a 43-yard TD pass to Jones-Drew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 131], "content_span": [132, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Saturday January 5, 2008): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Game summary\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh responded with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 28-yard field goal, but Jacksonville responded with Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 10-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Steelers began to come back as QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 37-yard TD pass to WR Santonio Holmes and a 14-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller (with the latter having a failed two-point conversion), while Davenport got another 1-yard TD run (with another failed two-point conversion) to take a one-point lead. However, the Jaguars regained the lead with kicker Josh Scobee nailing a 25-yard field goal. Pittsburgh regained the ball afterwards, but Jacksonville immediately forced and recovered the fumble, effectively ending any possibility of a comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 131], "content_span": [132, 887]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192696-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Saturday January 5, 2008): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, Game summary\nWith the loss, the Steelers ended their season with an overall record of 10\u20137. It was guard Alan Faneca's last game as a Steeler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 131], "content_span": [132, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192697-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election\nThe mayoral election of 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a special election held on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. The incumbent mayor, Luke Ravenstahl of the Democratic Party faced Republican challenger Mark DeSantis, a telecommunications executive and adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University. The race was notable for the strength of its Republican challenger, rare in Pittsburgh, and the election of such a young mayor, Ravenstahl being 27 years old at the time. Ravenstahl was elected with a comfortable margin in an election marked by unusually cold weather but record voter turnout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192697-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election, Overview\nThe mayor of Pittsburgh is elected to the post in four year terms. The previous mayor, Bob O'Connor, was elected to the position on November 8, 2005 and began to serve January 3, 2006. However, O'Connor was diagnosed with lymphoma of the central nervous system on July 10, 2006. The prognosis was initially good as the mayor began treatment, including chemotherapy, immediately, but O'Connor experienced many complications and died 8:55 PM local time September 1, 2006 at the age of 61. Ravenstahl, president of the city council, was sworn in as the new mayor at 10:36 PM local time, and would serve until a special election would be held to determine if he should complete O'Connor's term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192697-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election, Primary elections\nPrimary elections were held for both parties during county-wide elections on May 15, 2007. No candidates ran in the Republican primary, with DeSantis entering the race afterwards. Although it had appeared earlier that councilman Bill Peduto, who ran against O'Connor in the 2005 primary, would challenge Ravenstahl in the Democratic Primary, he dropped out of the race and Ravenstahl won 95.94% of the Democratic primary vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 59], "content_span": [60, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192697-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election, General election\nThe general election was held on November 6, 2007 in unusually cold and windy weather which included the city's first snowfall of the year. Voter turnout was estimated to be 28.98%, and very few problems were reported at the polls. DeSantis polled well in more affluent areas of the city, such as Squirrel Hill, while Ravenstahl commanded large portions of the vote in the city's black and working class white neighborhoods, such as the Hill District.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192697-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Pittsburgh mayoral special election, General election\nThe race was more competitive than usual in the heavily Democratic city, but was sufficiently one-sided that the Associated Press declared Ravenstahl to be victorious only slightly more than one and a half hours after the polls had closed and only 20% of city precincts had reported voting totals. DeSantis conceded defeat to Ravenstahl shortly after, around 10 PM local time. Despite losing by more than thirty percentage points in general polling, DeSantis's performance was considered quite good for a Republican candidate, indeed the best performance in several decades.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 58], "content_span": [59, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars\nThe 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars was the third round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 20 to the 22 April at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand. This round will be the last V8 Supercar event at Pukekohe until 2013, with the 2008-12 New Zealand rounds being held on the streets of Hamilton. The round was also Cameron McConville's 100th start in the V8 Supercar Championship, and ran the number 100 on his car to mark this achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Qualifying, Part 1\nFor the second round in a row, only 30 cars made the grid for qualifying after Jack Perkins from Jack Daniels Racing crashed at approximately 160\u00a0km/h into the barrier, on the main straight. The first part of qualifying began with Rick Kelly quickest, however a number of cars including Shane Price, Jason Richards and Steven Richards all ran wide at the hairpin at turn 5. Brad Jones also crashed into the tyre barriers at the hairpin after brake failure, which caused the session to be red flagged. The session was restarted with Garth Tander taking provisional pole from his team mate Rick Kelly and Todd Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Qualifying, Part 2\nOnce again, a number of drivers including Jamie Whincup, James Courtney and both Jim Beam Racing cars, ran wide at the hairpin, whilst trying to set quick laps which Craig Lowndes was quickest early on. Paul Dumbrell also crashed at turn 4, which caused the second red flag of qualifying. At the end of part 2, James Courtney lead, from Lowndes and Skaife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Qualifying, Part 3\nThe third part of qualifying began with Whincup running wide at turn 4, and touched the tyre barriers. However he did not suffer any major damage and was able to continue. The pole position holder changed a number of times with Skaife, Whincup and Steven Richards among the drivers who temporarily held pole. Once qualifying finished, Mark Winterbottom had the quickest lap and took pole, from Garth Tander and team-mate Steven Richards in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 1\nGarth Tander got off the line and beat Mark Winterbottom into the first corner. Meanwhile, Dean Canto ran wide at the first corner and into the gravel trap, causing the safety car to come out at the end of the first lap. The race was not a great one for Britek Motorsport, with both cars in the pits on lap 11 with Jason Bright\u2019s car cutting out, which was the same problem that caused the accident at the BigPond 400 and Alan Gurr\u2019s car having a sticky throttle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 1\nAfter the compulsory pit stop, Tander lost the lead to Winterbottom, and struggled to keep Steven Richards in third place. Tander managed to keep Richards behind him, and eventually pulled away from him. Eventually, Tander managed to get back past Winterbottom, and won the race, with Winterbottom in second and Rick Kelly in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 2\nEven before the race had begun, there were problems for both Greg Murphy who had a stuck throttle in the installation laps before the race, and Andrew Jones who started from the pit lane. When the race started, Steven Richards had contact with Todd Kelly and spun off into the wall at turn 3. However he was able to continue, through also ran off the track at turn 5 a couple of laps later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 2\nAt the hairpin (turn 5), Jamie Whincup overtook Garth Tander on the first lap, however Tander retook the position at the same location of lap 2. Andrew Jones had a new steering rack installed in his car due to problems in his steering and Paul Morris had engine dramas, which also caused his retirement in the first race. At the compulsory pit stop, Mark Winterbottom was able to overtake Tander, however he had a major brake lock-up into turn 5 on the out-lap, destroying his front left tyre and requiring a second pitstop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 2\nOn lap 28, Jason Richards crashed at the hairpin, after having front left suspension failure, which caused the safety car to be deployed. The safety car was also deployed on lap 37, when Jason Bargwanna ran wide coming onto the front straight and crashed into the safety fence. This led to a sprint to the finish when the safety car came in, and Garth Tander won the race from Jamie Whincup and team mate Rick Kelly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 3\nThe race started with Jamie Whincup losing a number of spots to 4th, and Will Davison having minor front end damage after contact. On lap five, Paul Morris and Brad Jones collided in turn 7. The collision caused Morris to crash heavily into the barrier, rolled once and end up on its roof on the track, creating a safety car period. At the compulsory pit stop, leader Garth Tander had a cross-threaded nut on one of his wheels, and dropped 4 positions to 5th. After the pit stops, Rick Kelly lead from his brother Todd and James Courtney.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 3\nOn lap 27, Dean Canto crashed into the wall on the main straight, causing the safety car, to once again come out. This stayed out until lap 35, and due to other AFL commitments for the broadcaster, the race was cut short to a time based race, and Rick Kelly won the race from Todd Kelly and James Courtney. This caused controversy as some drivers, including Garth Tander, claimed they did not know the race was going to finish early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Report, Race 3\nOverall team mates Garth Tander and Rick Kelly were equal on points, however Kelly won the round after finishing higher in the final race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192698-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, In-Car Camera Coverage\nThe six in-car cameras in this round were Greg Murphy, Jason Bright, Rick Kelly, Craig Lowndes, Max Wilson and Paul Dumbrell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192699-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Plateau State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Plateau State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Plateau State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Jonah David Jang won the election, defeating Pam Dung Gyang of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192699-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Plateau State gubernatorial election, Results\nJonah David Jang from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Pam Dung Gyang from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,602,550.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship\nThe 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10\u201313 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio Garc\u00eda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship\nWith the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship\nDefending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship, Venue\nThis was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened 117 yards (107\u00a0m) from the previous year to 7,215 yards (6,597\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship, Field\nRobert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Eric Axley, Paul Azinger, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Rich Beem, Shane Bertsch, Jason Bohn, David Branshaw, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Paul Casey, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Jos\u00e9 C\u00f3ceres, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Joe Durant, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Niclas Fasth, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garc\u00eda, Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Jeff Gove, Paul Goydos, Nathan Green, Mathias Gr\u00f6nberg, Bill Haas, Todd Hamilton, P\u00e1draig Harrington, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, David Howell, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kent Jones, Robert Karlsson, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim, Cliff Kresge, Doug LaBelle II, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Will MacKenzie, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan, John Mallinger, Steve Marino, Daisuke Maruyama, Shigeki Maruyama, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, John Senden, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Kirk Triplett, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Bobby Wadkins, Charles Warren, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir, Brett Wetterich, Dean Wilson, Mark Wilson, Tiger Woods", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 2125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship, Round summaries, First round\nIn gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192700-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Players Championship, Round summaries, Final round\nPhil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 55], "content_span": [56, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192701-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Players' Championship\nThe 2007 Tylenol Players' Championships was held at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. April 10-15, 2007. It was the last event of the 2006-07 curling season", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192702-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Plymouth City Council election\nThe 2007 Plymouth City Council election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192702-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Plymouth City Council election, Ward results, Devonport\nNote: The seat was won for Labour the previous time it was contested in 2003, by Bernard Brotherton who subsequently defected to the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500\nThe 2007 Pocono 500, the fourteenth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, was run on Sunday, June 10, 2007 at Pocono Raceway outside the town of Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race marked the start of the second half of the race to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500\nThroughout the week, drivers in the Truck, Busch, and Cup series along with the Grand National division wore small black logos reading \"WCF (William Clifton France) Innovator, Pioneer, Friend 1933-2007\" to pay tribute to former NASCAR president Bill France Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500, Qualifying\nRyan Newman won his third consecutive pole during qualifying. Defending race winner Denny Hamlin aspired to become the first driver since Tim Richmond to record 3 consecutive Pocono victories. Martin Truex Jr., fresh off his first NEXTEL Cup win, lined up in third. Michael Waltrip, Kenny Wallace, Kevin Lepage, Jeremy Mayfield, Dale Jarrett, and Mike Bliss failed to make the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500, Race\nThe start of the race was halted by a nearly two-hour rain delay as the estimated green flag was set to wave at 2:20 PM. When the race finally started, it was the same routine as last year; Hamlin leading the first lap. Although it was widely expected that Hamlin would again walk away with a victory, a caution flag set up a pit cycle. While Hamlin's crew opted for four tires, everyone else took two, and Hamlin would spend the rest of the day fighting through the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500, Race\nJeff Gordon's crew chief, Steve Letarte, called his driver in earlier than the rest of the field. With another rain shower approaching Pocono, he took the chance that all the other cars would have to pit after they did, thereby giving them the lead. Letarte's intuition proved correct as the race was called after 106 laps were completed, and Jeff Gordon ended up with his third Pocono 500 win. The actual race distance was 265 miles. At 106 laps, it is the second shortest 500-mile race in US motorsport history (the 1976 Indianapolis 500 ran 255 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500, Race\nThe caution for rain was called at exactly the right moment for Gordon. Right as the caution was called, Newman was in position to pass Gordon for the win. In addition, it was discovered after the race that Gordon's car had suffered a mechanical failure and would have had to spend time in the garage had the race restarted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192703-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Pocono 500, TV coverage\nThe race marked the first of six telecasts for TNT in the new NASCAR television package for 2007. Kyle Petty made his broadcasting debut at the race, replacing Benny Parsons, who died of cancer during Speedweeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 28], "content_span": [29, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192704-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pohang Steelers season\nThe 2007 season is Pohang Steelers' 25th season in the K-League in South Korea. Pohang Steelers competed in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192704-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pohang Steelers season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192704-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Pohang Steelers season, K-League, Regular season\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192704-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Pohang Steelers season, League Cup\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl\nThe 2007 Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Utah Utes played on December 20, 2007 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. Utah defeated Navy 35\u201332 in a game that came down to the final seconds. The third edition of the Poinsettia Bowl was the first of 32\u00a0games in the 2007\u20132008 bowl season and the final game of the 2007 NCAA football season for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl\nComing into the game, both teams had win-loss records of 8\u20134. After beginning their season with a 4\u20134 record, the Navy Midshipmen defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in triple overtime and became bowl eligible after defeating the North Texas Mean Green for their sixth win of the season. The Utah Utes began the season with a 1\u20133 record, but won seven straight games when quarterback Brian Johnson returned from an injury. After finishing with the third best record in the Mountain West Conference, they accepted their invitation to the bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl\nBoth teams' offenses moved the ball down the field effectively during the game's first few drives, but neither team could make it into the end zone, leaving the game scoreless after one quarter. The Utes scored first in the second quarter, and the Midshipmen tied the game at 7\u20137 on their next drive. Navy added a field goal with 28 second left in the half to give the Midshipmen a 10\u20137 lead at halftime. After the Midshipmen scored another touchdown to increase that lead to 17\u20137, the Utes scored three unanswered touchdowns to gain a 28\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl\nThe Midshipmen narrowed that lead to three points after scoring another touchdown and two-point conversion, and after a series of defensive battles for both teams, the Utes scored again with 1:27 left in the game. Navy scored another touchdown on its next drive to bring the score to 35\u201332 and recovered an onside kick to retain possession with less than a minute left in the game. Midshipmen quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada's final pass down field, however, was intercepted, allowing the Utes to run out the remaining seconds and win the game with a final score of 35\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl\nThe win gave the Utah Utes their sixth straight bowl victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Team Selection\nThe 2007 Poinsettia Bowl, operated by the organizers of the Holiday Bowl, was sponsored by the San Diego County Credit Union. The previous year's game matched the TCU Horned Frogs from the Mountain West Conference against Northern Illinois Huskies from the Mid-American Conference. TCU defeated Northern Illinois with a score of 37\u20137. In exchange for their participation in the 2007 game, Navy and Utah each received $750,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 36], "content_span": [37, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Team Selection, Navy\nPrior to the beginning of the 2007 college football season, Poinsettia Bowl organizers and Navy reached a single-season agreement with the United States Naval Academy for the Midshipmen to play in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl if the team became bowl eligible by reaching at least six\u00a0wins. The Midshipmen had previously won the inaugural 2005 Poinsettia Bowl and played in the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl. The team earned a 4\u20134 record through the first eight games of the season, including an overtime loss against the Ball State Cardinals and a double-overtime win against the Pittsburgh Panthers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Team Selection, Navy\nThe team's ninth game versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish ended with a triple-overtime win for the Midshipmen, their first victory in the Navy\u2013Notre Dame football rivalry in 43 years. With a 5\u20134 record and needing another win to become bowl eligible, the Midshipmen reached that mark when they defeated the North Texas Mean Green in a contest that set a new NCAA record for most points scored in a regulation-length FBS college football game. The Midshipmen accepted their invitation to play in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl on November 12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Team Selection, Utah\nUtah's selection as the other half of the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl matchup came by virtue of its third-place finish in the Mountain West Conference, with which the Poinsettia Bowl had an exclusive agreement. After Utes quarterback Brian Johnson suffered a separated shoulder in the team's season opening loss to the Oregon State Beavers, Utah began the 2007 season with a 1\u20133 record through the first four games, their sole victory coming against the eleventh-ranked UCLA Bruins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Team Selection, Utah\nWhen Johnson returned the following week, the Utes won seven straight games before falling to the BYU Cougars in the annual \"Holy War\" game to finish the regular season with an 8\u20134 record. The team accepted its invitation to the game on December 2, 2007. The Utes accepted their invitation to play in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl on December 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Navy\nPrior to the game, Midshipmen head football coach Paul Johnson announced he would take over the head coaching position at Georgia Tech for the 2007 season. Navy's offensive line coach Ken Niumatalolo was initially named interim head coach, but was confirmed as Navy's permanent head coach before the game. The 2007 Poinsettia Bowl was Niumatalolo's first game as head coach at any school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Utah\nThe Utah Utes came into the game having won their last six bowl games. The team ranked fourth in the nation in defense, allowing an average of 130 rushing yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 44], "content_span": [45, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary\nThe 2007 Poinsettia Bowl was the first of 32\u00a0bowl games scheduled for 2007 college football bowl season. At the conclusion of the national anthem during the pre-game show, four United States Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft performed a flyover past the stadium. The 2007 Poinsettia Bowl kicked off on 9:12\u00a0pm EST on December 20, 2007 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game began in fair weather, but by the start of the second half, it had begun to rain. The game was televised in the United States on ESPN, although the first six minutes of game time were broadcast on ESPN Classic rather than ESPN due to a time overrun from another program. The program earned a Nielsen rating of 2.00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 34], "content_span": [35, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nNavy received the ball to begin the game. After starting their first drive on their own 45-yard line, the Midshipmen earned a first down by advancing the ball to the Utah 49-yard line, but were prevented from gaining another first down by the Utah defense. On the ensuing punt, Navy's punter mishandled the snap and fumbled the football. The Utes recovered the fumble, but ran only three plays before Midshipmen linebacker Ross Pospisil intercepted a pass by Utes quarterback Brian Johnson and returned it across the 50-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nA facemask penalty against Utah, several effective rushes by Midshipmen running back Reggie Campbell, and a 29-yard reception by Campbell set up a first and goal situation. Utah's defense stiffened, however, and Navy failed to score a touchdown on its first two attempts inside the Utah 10-yard line. On the third try, Campbell ran up the middle but fumbled the ball, which Utah recovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, First quarter\nAfter recovering the fumble, Utah mounted a 13-play, 49-yard drive that penetrated into Navy territory before it stalled at midfield. Utah was forced to punt the ball away, which rolled into the end zone for a touchback. Taking possession with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter, Navy running back Reggie Campbell ran for 44 yards at the Utes' 36-yard line. Two subsequent rushing plays ran out the first quarter and set the Midshipmen up for a third down to begin the second quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the score remained 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nThe second quarter began with Navy facing a third down in Utah territory. A false start penalty on the Midshipmen and a Utah defensive stand prevented Navy from earning another first down. On fourth down, Midshipmen kicker Joey Bullen attempted a 50-yard field goal, but missed the goalposts to the left, keeping the game scoreless. Utah began its next drive at its own 33-yard line. The Utes progressed to the Navy 48-yard line before running back Darrell Mack managed a 20-yard run to drive the Utes to the Navy 28-yard line. A 14-yard pass to wide receiver Braden Godfrey put the Utes in Navy's red zone for the first time, and Utah scored the first touchdown of the game on a five-yard run from Mack three plays later. With 8:42 remaining in the second quarter, Utah led 7\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nReggie Campbell returned the ensuing kickoff for 25 yards to start Navy at their own 30-yard line. Long runs, A 19-yard run from Shun White and a 15-yard pass interference penalty against the Utes helped advance the ball quickly down the field. On the eighth play of the drive, Midshipmen quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada crossed the goal line from one yard out to tie the score at 7\u20137 with 5:14 remaining in the first half. On the ensuing drive, Utah was unable to move the ball effectively, and the Utes were forced to punt the ball away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter\nAll-American kicker Louie Sakoda's punt traveled 29 yards, setting up the Navy offense at their own 47-yard line with 2:39 remaining before halftime. The Midshipmen converted a fourth down during the drive, but the drive came to a halt following a false start penalty. Kicker Joey Bullen made his second field goal attempt of the game, a 39-yard kick through the uprights to give the Midshipmen a 10\u20137 lead. With 28\u00a0remaining in the first half, Utah received the kickoff and ran a single running play to run out the clock. At halftime, the Midshipmen led the Utes with a score of 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nUtah began the second half on offense. After a six-yard pass on the first play, Utah failed to gain the additional four yards needed for a first down and were forced to punt the ball away. Beginning at their own 31-yard line, the Midshipmen moved the ball quickly. Two consecutive rushing plays earned Navy a first down, and a 15-yard Shun White run on the third play of the drive brought the team to the Utes' 43-yard line. On the next play, fullback Eric Kettani broke through the Utah defensive line and ran 43 yards for a touchdown, giving Navy a 17\u20137 lead with 11:52 remaining in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nOn the first play of Utah's drive, Johnson completed a 22-yard pass to wide receiver Brian Hernandez. Utah's offense faltered, however, and was forced to punt. The ensuing punt from Sakoda was downed at the Midshipmen 8-yard line, and Navy's offense was forced into a three plays-and-out possession. Beginning at their own 41-yard line, Utes quarterback Johnson threw three consecutive completions to bring the drive to the Midshipmen 27-yard line. Just outside the Navy red zone, the Midshipmen defense forced a fourth down for Utah. Utah attempted to convert the fourth down instead of trying a long field goal. The conversion was successful, and on the first down following the conversion, Utah executed an end-around that went for 23 yards and a touchdown. The score cut Navy's lead to three points and put the score at 17\u201314 with 4:47 remaining in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 921]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nThough the midshipmen picked up one first down on their next drive, they were forced to punt the ball away with just over two minutes remaining in the quarter. Greg Veteto's punt was downed at the Utes' 16-yard line. The Utes' offense connected on passes of 10, 18, and 11 yards before Johnson completed a 40-yard pass to Derrek Richards for another touchdown. The 1:24 long drive took five plays and covered 84 yards. With the touchdown, Utah regained the lead by a 21\u201317 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter\nMidshipmen Campbell ran the opening kickoff return to the Navy 32-yard line, but the team struggled on the next two plays, fumbling and recovering the ball each time. The two failed plays allowed time to run out in the third quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Utes held a 21\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Midshipmen faced a long third down play to begin the fourth quarter and was forced to punt when quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada was sacked. Over the next five plays and 1:16 of game time, the Utes drove 61 yards ending when quarterback Brian Johnson scored a touchdown on a 19-yard scramble with 12:47 remaining in the game. The score gave Utah a 28\u201317 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Midshipmen began their next drive at their own 19-yard line. With several short rushes, Navy began to build a drive. A 14-yard pass by Kaheaku-Enhada brought the team to the Utah 47-yard line. On the next play, fullback Eric Kettani broke free for a 35-yard sprint that put Navy inside the Utah red zone. Two plays later, Shun White rushed 10 yards into the end zone for a touchdown. For a subsequent two-point conversion, Kaheaku-Enhada kept the ball and rushed forward across the goal line. The touchdown and two-point conversion cut Utah's lead to 28\u201325 with 8:52 remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nUtah began its next possession with two quick completions of 11 yards to move the drive to the Midshipmen 49-yard line. Johnson continued to move the ball, picking up yardage through the air and on the ground. As Utah reached Navy territory, however, the Midshipmen's defense stiffened. Inside the 10-yard line, Utah had three tries to cross the goal line and earn a touchdown. On the third play inside the ten, Utah wide receiver Jereme Brooks caught a pass from Brian Johnson. As he extended the ball toward the goal line, he was hit by Navy cornerback Ketric Buffin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nBrooks lost control of the ball, which came out of his hands, hitting the pylon at the corner of the end zone. According to NCAA rules, the pylon was both out of bounds and in the end zone. Therefore, the fumble should have been considered a touchback, with Navy awarded possession at its own 20-yard line. Instead, officials ruled that Brooks had been out of bounds before fumbling and Utah maintained possession. After the game, officials acknowledged the mistake. Utah had one more chance to score, but turned the ball over on downs after failing to cross the goal line on a run from inside the 1-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThe Midshipmen began their next drive at their own 1-yard line with 3:40 remaining in the game. Over the next three plays, Navy failed to gain a first down. Facing a fourth-and-two inside its own nine-yard line, Kaheaku-Enhada attempted to rush the ball for the first down, but was stopped by the Utah defense. Navy turned the ball over on downs inside its own 10-yard line, putting Utah in position to put the game away with less than two minutes remaining.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nThree rushing plays later, Utah's Darrell Mack ran the ball into the end zone for the Utes' fourth touchdown of the second half, giving Utah a 35\u201325 lead with just 1:27 remaining in the game. The Midshipmen mounted a quick four-play, 69-yard touchdown drive that left 57 seconds on the clock and closed the lead to 35\u201332. Navy successfully converted the ensuing onside kick. A short rush gained Navy nine yards, but kept the clock moving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0020-0002", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter\nOn the final play of the drive, Kaheaku-Enhada hurled the ball downfield in hopes of earning a first down, which would stop the clock and move the team to within field goal range. The ball was intercepted by a Utah defender, however, and Utah subsequently ran out the clock to end the game with a score of 35\u201332.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 50], "content_span": [51, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Final statistics\nUtah Utes quarterback Brian Johnson, who ran for one touchdown and threw for another, was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Johnson's second half performance helped the Utes overcome a ten-point deficit; during the third quarter, he completed all nine of his passes for 120 yards. He eventually completed 20 of 25 passes in the game for 226 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Final statistics\nAlthough the Midshipmen dominated the first quarter statistically, three turnovers prevented the team from scoring during the game's first few drives. Midshipmen fullback Eric Kettani finished the game with 125 yards on 12 carries, averaging 10.4 yards per carry, finishing one yard short of his season-best of 126 yards in a loss to the Ball State Cardinals earlier that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Final statistics\nBoth teams struggled to convert on third and fourth downs, converting 15 out of 34 attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Post-game effects\nUtah's win was the seventh-straight bowl win for the Utes, a record that tied it with Boston College for the most consecutive bowl-game wins in NCAA history. Two weeks later, Boston College won the 2007 Champs Sports Bowl, its eighth consecutive bowl game win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192705-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Poinsettia Bowl, Post-game effects\nThe 2007 Poinsettia Bowl was the last time the bowl would feature a matchup between an at-large team and the second-place Mountain West Conference team. Prior to the game, Poinsettia Bowl officials announced that the at-large half of the matchup would be replaced by the Pacific-10 Conference's seventh-place team in 2008. In 2009, the Pac-10's sixth-place team would be granted a bid to the Poinsettia Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192706-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Polaris Music Prize\nThe 2007 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 24, 2007 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192706-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Polaris Music Prize\nAccording to CBC News, \"finalists were drawn from submissions by more than 170 music journalists, reviewers and broadcasters across Canada.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192706-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Polaris Music Prize, Album\nAs in 2006, a compilation album was released to promote the nominees. The album did not, however, include a track by Arcade Fire\u2014although media initially reported that the Polaris committee had snubbed the band by excluding them, the committee and the band issued a joint press release confirming that the band chose not to have a track included on the album as they prefer not to participate in compilation albums.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192707-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish Figure Skating Championships\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 58.143.166.173 (talk) at 07:44, 22 June 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192707-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Polish Figure Skating Championships (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski w \u0142y\u017cwiarstwie figurowym 2006/2007) were held in two parts:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192707-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish Figure Skating Championships\nThe competition in Warszawa was the last trial before the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192708-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish Film Awards\nThe 2007 Polish Film Awards ran on March 5, 2007 at Teatr Narodowy. It was the 9th edition of Polish Film Awards: Eagles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election\nEarly parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 October 2007, after the Sejm voted for its own dissolution on 7 September. The election took place two years before the maximum tenure of four years, with the previous elections having been in September 2005. The early elections were a result of serious allegations of massive corruption on the part of Andrzej Lepper, leader of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland, whose party served as a junior coalition partner to the government of Prime Minister Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski. All 460 seats in the Sejm and all 100 seats in the Senate were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election\nThe election was won by the largest opposition group, Civic Platform (PO), which soundly defeated the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and its allies. Throughout the campaign, polls showed conflicting results as to which of the two parties had the greater support, yet by the closing week the polls had swung in favour of Civic Platform. Three other political groups won election into the Sejm, the centre-left Left and Democrats coalition, the agrarian Polish People's Party, and the tiny German Minority group. Both of Law and Justice's former minor coalition partners, the League of Polish Families and the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland suffered an enormous voter backlash, failing to cross the 5% electoral threshold in order to enter the Sejm. Consequently, both parties lost all of their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election\nPrime Minister and PiS leader Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski stepped down from office on 15 November, with Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk sworn in as Poland's Prime Minister on the following day. Civic Platform consequently formed a coalition majority government with the Polish People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election\nThe turnout for the elections was 53.8%, an increase of 13.2% from the 2005 elections, seeing the highest voter turnout in a Polish parliamentary election since the semi-free elections of 1989.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Contesting parties\nOnly seven parties contested all 41 electoral districts for the Sejm nationwide. They included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Contesting parties\nThree other parties managed to register in at least one district:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Contesting parties\nOn 26 September 2007, the leader of the National Party of Retirees and Pensioners, Tomasz Mami\u0144ski announced his party's withdrawal from the campaign, stating that Polish electoral law and media bias discriminate against smaller parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Contesting parties\nAlthough only the ten parties mentioned above openly contested elections to the lower house Sejm, there were other groups which entered the race for the Sejm. It is common practice in Polish elections for many smaller parties to register their candidates on the electoral committee lists of the larger parties contesting the election. These included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Contesting parties\n29 political groupings and independents contested the elections to the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Contesting parties\nThe Greens registered in one district to the Senate (Katowice), receiving 4.55% of votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath\nConsecutive postponements of the electoral silence's termination (initially planned for 8 PM) by the National Electoral Committee was widely criticized. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Election Assessment Mission stated that the elections demonstrate a democratic and pluralistic process, but challenges remain in oversight of the public media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192709-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Polish parliamentary election, Aftermath\nPrime Minister and PiS leader Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski stepped down from office on 15 November, and PO leader, Donald Tusk, was sworn in as Poland's Prime Minister the following day. The Civic Platform formed a coalition majority government with the agrarian centrist Polish People's Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192710-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics took place between October 16\u201317, 2007. The event was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in conjunction with the Cook Islands Secondary School Championships and the Cook Island National Track and Field Championships. It was open for athletes aged under 19. Detailed reports were given for the OAA, and for the French Polynesia Athletics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192710-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics\nA total of 23 events were contested, 12 by men, 10 by women, and 1 mixed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192710-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nComplete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage, and results for the first day on the webpage of the French Polynesia Athletics Federation (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration d'Athl\u00e9tisme de Polyn\u00e9sie Fran\u00e7aise).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192710-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics, Medal summary, Mixed\n\u2020: The B team was probably not eligible to win a medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 64], "content_span": [65, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192710-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics, Medal table\n\u2020: The medley relay B team from the \u00a0Cook Islands was probably not eligible to win a medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 55], "content_span": [56, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192710-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Polynesian Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 5 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192711-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Poole Borough Council election\nElections to Poole Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards of this unitary authority were up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192711-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Poole Borough Council election\nThere were 115 candidates nominated, comprised as follows:- 42 Conservatives, 36 Liberal Democrats, 16 Labour, 13 UK Independence Party, 5 Independents, 2 British National Party and 1 Green Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192712-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany\nThe 2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 22nd German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 22 April at Hockenheim and finished on 14 October at the same circuit, after nine races including a double-header at Lausitzring. It ran as a support championship for the 2007 DTM season. Uwe Alzen won the championship for the second time despite not winning any races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192712-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Championship standings, Drivers' championship\n\u2020\u00a0\u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 79], "content_span": [80, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192713-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain\nThe 2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the fifth season of the one-make championship. It consisted of 20 rounds, beginning on 31 March at Brands Hatch and finishing on 14 October at Thruxton. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. James Sutton won the championship at his first attempt, ahead of Tim Harvey and Steven Kane after a close points battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192713-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Championship Standings\nPoints were awarded on a 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 15 finishers in each race, with 1 point for the fastest lap in each race and 1 point for pole position in the first race of each meeting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192714-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Supercup\nThe 2007 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 15th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2007 Formula One season. It travelled to nine circuits across Europe and also a double-header in Bahrain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192714-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Supercup, Championship standings\n\u2020 \u2014 Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192715-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th year of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1 October through 7 October 2007. Justine Henin won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192715-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles\nKv\u011bta Peschke / Rennae Stubbs defeated Yung-Jan Chan / Dinara Safina, 6\u20137(5\u20137), 7\u20136(7\u20134), [10\u20132]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192716-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Doubles\nThe Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix took place between 1 and 7 October on the indoor hard courts of the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs won the title, defeating Chan Yung-jan and Dinara Safina in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192717-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nNadia Petrova was the defending champion, but retired in the quarterfinals against Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192717-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin won the title, defeating Tatiana Golovin in the final 2\u20136, 6\u20132, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192718-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Port Vila Premier League\nThe 2007 TVL Premier League or 2007 Port Vila Premier League is the 14th season of the Port Vila Premier League top division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192718-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Port Vila Premier League\nThe winner of the league qualify for the 2008 VFF Bred Cup, the national league of Vanuatu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192718-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Port Vila Premier League\nTafea FC were champions and Pango Green Bird relegated to the 2008\u201309 TVL First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests\nIn March 2007, high-profile protests were focused on the Port of Tacoma, in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The protests, which lasted for 11 days, centered on a shipment of Stryker vehicles belonging to the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which were scheduled to ship through the Port of Tacoma to the Iraq War. During the protests, members of Port Militarization Resistance tried to obstruct the shipping operations. A total of 37 protesters were arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Port Militarization Resistance\nPort Militarization Resistance (PMR) is an anti-war organization in the United States focused on trying to stop the Iraq War through disrupting shipments bound for the battlefield. This is accomplished through a mixture of direct action and indirect action, with less emphasis on trying to persuade elected officials to change policy. As well as organizing the Port of Tacoma protests, PMR has also organized high-profile protests at the Port of Olympia, both in May 2006 and in November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Background\nAfter the May 2006 Port of Olympia protests concluded, many people anticipated and announced that similar protests would coincide with the next major war shipment leaving Fort Lewis. Many of these announcements were made even before the time and location of these shipments had been announced. Port Militarization Resistance organizers expected the shipments to return through the Port of Olympia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nBeginning 2 March 2007, Stryker vehicles and other equipment from the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based out of Fort Lewis, was convoyed onto the grounds of the Port of Tacoma, to be loaded onto the Iraq-bound USNS Soderman. Protests began on the Port of Tacoma grounds late at night on 3/4 March, and concluded the afternoon of 15 March, two days after the USNS Soderman's departure. Protests largely happened in the middle of the night, as the military chose to run its convoys at night instead of during the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nThe first major incident of the Port of Tacoma protests occurred the night of 4 March, when three PMR organizers were arrested by police. Of them, one had been shot with a rubber bullet at point blank range, and another had been struck with a Taser three times as he was pinned down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nOver the next several days, protests over the shipments spread across Tacoma. Several more people were arrested or threatened with arrest. A legal observer was arrested for approaching a police officer to ask a question. A previous arrestee was again arrested at a Tacoma City Council meeting for speaking too long. And a PMR videographer, while filming legally, was ordered to turn off his camera or else it would be broken. Also, police instituted a ban on backpacks in the protest area, arresting one individual for defying the ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nThe night of Friday, 9 March, not long after the USNS Soderman arrived, the next major incident of this round of port protests occurred. Demonstrators marched through the Port of Tacoma grounds until they came to a line of police, at which point they stopped and sat down. Protesters report that police then shot rubber bullets at them at point blank range and fired tear gas canisters at them as artillery. A police spokesperson had claimed protesters had provoked this response, however video released later showed the spokesperson to be lying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nOn the afternoon of Sunday, 11 March, Port Militarization Resistance organized a non-violent civil disobedience action. This action was coordinated with Tacoma police. The first wave involved 8 people bringing backpacks containing such items as the U.S. Constitution into the no-backpack zone. The second wave involved 15 people reading a Citizens' Injunction against the war, climbing over police barricades, and being subsequently soft-arrested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nProtesters returned to the Port of Tacoma tideflats on the evening of 12 March. After a rally described \"peaceful\" by a Tacoma police detective, police began firing tear gas into the crowd of protesters, chasing them to the edge of the port grounds. Protesters had to negotiate with police to be allowed back on port grounds to retrieve their cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Chronology of events\nThe USNS Soderman left early in the morning of 13 March. Port Militarization Resistance organizers agreed to carry through with demonstrations they had already scheduled. The March 2007 Port of Tacoma protests concluded with a vigil the afternoon of 15 March, in which a coffin was carried in a funeral march to the gate of the port quay. All told, 37 arrests were made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Fallout\nThe increased police presence cost the city of Tacoma an unbudgeted $500,000. The city is considering sending the bill for the extra security to the military.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Fallout\nThe city of Tacoma has instructed its Citizen Review Panel to investigate allegations of police misconduct at the Port of Tacoma. Except for the \"Film Is Not a Crime\" incident, the city has said it will not investigate individual allegations of misconduct, citing police union contracts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 37], "content_span": [38, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Court cases\nThe city of Tacoma chose to pursue criminal charges against many of the arrestees. So far, most of the cases have been dismissed before going to trial. As of 6 March 2008, two cases have gone to trial, both resulting in a mix of convictions on some charges and acquittals on others. These convictions were the first convictions of any arrestees in Port Militarization Resistance actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192719-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Port of Tacoma protests, Additional items of note\nThroughout the protests, PMR organizers made use of Internet media, especially the website YouTube. On some occasions, video of objectionable police behavior was viewable online only a few hours after it occurred. One video, \"Film Is Not a Crime,\" was instrumental in inspiring the only internal investigation began by the Tacoma Police Department in regards to the protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 54], "content_span": [55, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192720-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland LumberJax season\nThe Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 2nd in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192720-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland LumberJax season\nAfter winning the western division in their inaugural season, the LumberJax suffered through a sophomore slump in 2007. After beginning the season with two straight wins, Portland lost the next ten straight, and scored 10 or more goals in only two of those ten games. They finished the season last in the west with a 4-12 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192720-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland LumberJax season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 68], "content_span": [69, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192720-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland LumberJax season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192720-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland LumberJax season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192721-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland Timbers season\nThe 2007 Portland Timbers season was the 7th season for the Portland Timbers\u2014the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name\u2014of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192721-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Standings\nCommissioner's Cup, quarterfinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0Quarterfinal round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192721-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Results summary\nSource: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192721-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Final roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192721-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Statistics, Appearances and goals\nAll players contracted to the club during the season included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192722-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Portsmouth City Council election\nElections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum\nAn abortion referendum took place in Portugal on 11 February 2007, to decide whether to legalise abortion up to ten weeks. The referendum was the fulfillment of an election pledge by the governing Socialist Party of Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 S\u00f3crates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum\nOfficial results of the referendum showed that 59.24% of the Portuguese approved the proposal put on ballot, while 40.76% rejected it. However, only 43.61% of the registered voters turned out to vote. Since voter turnout was below 50%, according to the Portuguese Constitution, these results are not legally binding, and parliament can legally decide to disregard them. Prime Minister S\u00f3crates nevertheless confirmed that he would expand the circumstances under which abortion was allowed, since a majority of voters had been in favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum\nThe law was ratified by President An\u00edbal Cavaco Silva on 10 April 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, Question\n\"Are you in agreement with the decriminalization of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, if carried out, by the woman's choice, in the first ten weeks in a legally authorized health institution?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, Question\n\"Concorda com a despenaliza\u00e7\u00e3o da interrup\u00e7\u00e3o volunt\u00e1ria da gravidez, se realizada, por op\u00e7\u00e3o da mulher, nas 10 primeiras semanas, em estabelecimento de sa\u00fade legalmente autorizado?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, Question\nUnder the current law, abortions are allowed up 12 weeks if the mother's life or mental or physical health is at risk, up to 16 weeks in cases of rape and up to 24 weeks if the child may be born with an incurable disease or deformity. The new law, approved on 9 March 2007, allows abortions on request up to the tenth week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, Political positions\nThe major parties in Portugal listed with their political positioning and their official answer to the referendum question:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, Opinion polling\nA December 2006 Aximage/Correio da Manh\u00e3 poll had found that 61% of Portugal's electorate supported the proposal, 26% did not, and 12% were \"not sure\". An earlier survey from October 2006 had yielded similar results. However, a poll from mid-January 2007 had seen support drop to 38 to 28 in favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192723-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, History\nIn 1998 the same question had been put in another referendum. In this case a small majority voted no and the law was not implemented.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192724-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14\u201316 September 2007 at the Aut\u00f3dromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192724-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192725-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pot Black\nThe 2007 Pot Black was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was held on 6 October 2007 at the Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield, England. All matches were played over one frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192725-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pot Black\nKen Doherty became the first Irish Pot Black champion by defeating Shaun Murphy 1\u20130 (71\u201336) in the final. The two-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan turned down an invitation to participate in the tournament, citing \"personal commitments\". This was the last edition of Pot Black to be staged", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192726-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Preakness Stakes\nThe 2007 Preakness Stakes was the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 19, 2007. It was a photo finish between Curlin and Street Sense, which was won by Curlin by a head, the shortest margin of victory in Preakness history. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 132,221, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2007. This figure represented a record attendance for The Preakness Stakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192726-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Preakness Stakes\nThe winning time over a fast track was 1:53.46, then considered to be tied for the fastest time ever with the clocking of 1:53\u200b2\u20445 (which can range from 1:53.40-1:53.59) set in 1985 by Tank's Prospect and tied in 1996 by Louis Quatorze. However, the current record for the race is 1:53.00, retroactively credited to Secretariat in 2012 after a timer malfunction in the 1973 Preakness Stakes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192726-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Preakness Stakes, Preakness Stakes feature key prep races list\nThis list contains the current 2007 standings that leads to the Preakness Stakes race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192727-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier Hockey League\nThe 2007 Premier Hockey League Season was the third season of the Premier Hockey League, and was played in two phases in Chennai and Chandigarh. 7 teams participated: Orissa Steelers, Sher-e-Jalandhar, Bangalore Lions, Hyderabad Sultans, Maratha Warriors, Chandigarh Dynamos and Chennai Veerans. Orissa Steelers won the title in 2007. Sher-e-Jalandhar was the runners up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192727-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier Hockey League, Teams\nOrissa Steelers won the PHL 2007 against Sher-e-Jalandhar by beating them by 4-3 in third final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192727-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier Hockey League, Teams\nIn the 2007 edition the organisers will eliminate tier 2 and play all the teams in single tier. Also the number of teams will be reduced from 11 teams to 7. Delhi Dazzlers, Bengal Tigers, Lucknow Nawabs, and Imphal Rangers were dropped for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 33], "content_span": [34, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy\nThe 2007 Premier League Asia Trophy (Traditional chinese: \u5df4\u514b\u840a\u4e9e\u6d32\u9326\u6a19\u8cfd) was the third edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team association football tournament held every two years. The tournament was held in Hong Kong. The 2007 edition was competed by South China AA, the winner of Hong Kong's FA Cup, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Fulham at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium. The semi-finals took place on 24 July and the final and third-place play-off were on 27 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy\nPortsmouth won the first semi-final 1\u20130 against Fulham after a goal by Benjani in the 45th minute. Liverpool beat South China in the second semi-final thanks to a John Arne Riise free-kick and a Xabi Alonso penalty. South China pulled a goal back with a Li Haiqiang free-kick, but Daniel Agger scored to make it 3\u20131. Fulham beat South China 4\u20131 in the third place play-off, while Portsmouth beat Liverpool 4\u20132 on penalties to win the Premier League Asia Trophy after a goalless draw in normal time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy, Competition format\nThe competition used a knock-out format. South China played Liverpool, while Fulham played Portsmouth, both matches taking place on 24 July. The winners competed in the final on 27 July, while the losers played in the third place play-off on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 51], "content_span": [52, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy, Prizes\nHong Kong FA Cup winner South China received HK$500,000 from the organizers as appearance fee in the tournament. The winner of the tournament received a trophy as well as \u00a3100,000 prize money.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy, Official match programme\nAn A5 sized, 60-page bilingual (English/Chinese) official match programme was published for sale during the match days within the stadium. It retailed at HK$20 (~\u00a31.30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy, Goalscorers\nThe goal scorers from the Premier League Asia Trophy 2007 are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192728-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Asia Trophy, Player of the Tournament\nThe Player of the Tournament award was awarded to David James of Portsmouth. James kept 2 clean sheets, and saved penalties from Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 57], "content_span": [58, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts\nThe 2007 Holsten Premier League was a major darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money for the 2007 event increased by almost \u00a3100,000 compared to 2006. The overall fund was \u00a3265,000 with the eventual winner taking home \u00a375,000. The inclusion of an eighth player meant that the league expanded from 10 to 14 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts\nPhil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the third year in a row. In fact, he remained unbeaten throughout this year's event \u2013 and extended his overall unbeaten run in the Premier League to 44 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Qualifiers\nThe PDC awarded places in the league to the top six players in their world rankings after the SkyBet World Grand Prix in October 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Qualifiers\nTerry Jenkins' semi-final victory over Peter Manley in Dublin secured the last automatic place in the Premier League at the expense of Wayne Mardle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Qualifiers\nThe remaining two places were determined by wildcards. The first was awarded after the SkyBet World Grand Prix \u2013 the PDC gave this to Raymond van Barneveld. The second wildcard awarded by host broadcaster Sky Sports to Adrian Lewis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Qualifiers\nTop six players in rankings at the end of the World Grand Prix and received automatic qualification were", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Qualifiers\nThe following top 10 players missed out on automatic qualification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table\nNB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192729-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Darts, Player statistics\nThe following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192730-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Snooker\nThe 2007 PartyBets.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6\u00a0September to 2\u00a0December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192730-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Snooker\nRonnie O'Sullivan won in the final 7\u20134 against John Higgins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192730-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Snooker, League phase\nTop four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3\u20133 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192730-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League Snooker, Play-offs\n* 40\u201350, 31\u201373 (60), (100)\u20130, 77\u20130, 0\u2013(116), 66\u201352, 3\u2013119 (84), 1\u2013(72)** 17\u2013(75), 18\u201380 (76), 83\u201316, 35\u201387 (82), 1\u201393 (92), 48\u201356* ** (73)\u20130, 4\u201384 (54), 49\u201382 (66), 80\u201326, 77\u20130, 2\u201390 (80), 29\u2013(104), 14\u2013(86), 14\u2013111 (110), (104) 108\u20130, 0\u2013107 (69)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 38], "content_span": [39, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192731-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League speedway season\nThe 2007 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192731-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League speedway season, Season summary\nThe League consisted of 15 teams for the 2007 season with the addition of the Birmingham Brummies from the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192731-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League speedway season, Season summary\nThe top four teams at the time of the fixture cut-off date to compete for the championship in the play-offs. Birmingham Brummies were in fifth place at the time of the fixture cut-off date, therefore the Isle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192731-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League speedway season, Final table\n*Birmingham Brummies were in fifth place at the time of the fixture cut-off date, therefore the Isle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 48], "content_span": [49, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192731-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup\nThe 2007 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 40th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition for the third successive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192731-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup, Final\nKing's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105\u201378.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192732-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Premios Juventud\nThe 4th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192732-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Premios Juventud, Performers\nThe following is a list of musical artists in order of performance:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192733-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team\nThe 2007 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as an independent. They were led by first-year head coach Bobby Bentley and played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192734-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 President's Cup (Maldives)\nThe 2007 President's Cup was the 57th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. Victory Sports Club are the defending champions, having defeated Club Valencia in last season's final on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192734-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 President's Cup (Maldives), Broadcasting rights\nThe broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2007 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192734-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 President's Cup (Maldives), Qualifier\nTop 4 teams at the end of 2007 Dhivehi League will be qualified for the President's Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192735-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Presidents Cup\nThe 7th Presidents Cup was held in 2007 between September 27 and 30. It was played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in \u00cele Bizard, Quebec, Canada. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 19\u200b1\u20442\u201314\u200b1\u20442.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192735-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Presidents Cup, Format\nOn the first day six matches of foursomes were played. On the second day six matches of four-ball were played. On the third day five matches of foursomes were played in the morning and five matches of four-ball were played in the afternoon. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches were played. 34 matches were played in all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 27], "content_span": [28, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192735-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Presidents Cup, Teams\nBoth teams have 12 players plus a non-playing captain. Members of the U.S. Team were selected based on earnings from the 2005 World Golf Championships - NEC Invitational through the 2007 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2007 PGA Championship. The International Team does not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192735-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Presidents Cup, Individual player records\nEach entry refers to the Win\u2013Loss\u2013Half record of the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 46], "content_span": [47, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election\nElections to the Preston City Council took place on 3 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election\nPreston council is elected \"in thirds\" which means one councillor from each three-member ward, and councillors from selected two-member wards, are elected each year, with one year free from all elections to ensure all councillors serve a full term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election\nDue to the \"in thirds\" system, these election results are compared to the 2003 Preston Council election. Councillors elected this year will defend their seats four years later in 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Ashton\nThe two-member Ashton division is a suburban ward in the north-west of the city. It has a number of schools in its borders. The ward is predominantly used as a commuting hub although recent increases in student numbers has seen the terraces used for multi-occupancy housing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Brookfield\nIn the north east of the city, the predominantly low income housing of Brookfield is a three-member ward. Buttressed up against Ribbleton and the rural east, and wedge-shaped to the south of Fulwood, the ward has been troubled by increasing levels of crime in recent years. Parts of the ward were formerly within the Fulwood district council and maintain the look of the affluent northern quarters of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, College\nCreated in the last round of local boundary reviews, the two-member College ward centres on two Fulwood employers. Preston College has a catchment area far beyond the city itself, whilst the recently closed Sharoe Green hospital has had many of its services re-directed to the Royal Preston Hospital. There are a mix of commuter and student housing and an increasing Muslim population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Deepdale\nTwo member Deepdale was once reportedly the most deprived in England, and remains a ward of notable problems in health and housing. The ward contains Preston North End's Deepdale stadium and some of the oldest terraced housing in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Garrison\nCentred on Fulwood Barracks, this is a three-member ward created by the last round of boundary reviews. It is set in a heavily small \"c\" conservative part of Preston with a number of schools and small employment centres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Greyfriars\nIts name coming from a large private estate within its boundaries, Greyfriars is one of the oldest names connected to Preston's history. It includes the Pius X Preparatory school and Fulwood's leisure centre. An increasing number of comfortable suburban houses has been built on the fringes of the ward, which also borders Ingol Golf Course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Ingol\nIngol ward is in the north west of the city, bordered by Greyfriars and to the south of the M55 motorway. The ward contains two main population areas, Ingol and Tanterton. The latter has had problems with drugs and crime over recent years but this is beginning to improve. Parts of the ward are comfortable with some commuter areas and houses neighbouring the Lancaster canal. There are still pockets of troubled communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Ingol\nWith two councillors elected in the 2003 elections, there can be no direct comparison between results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Larches\nIn the west of the city, around 30 minutes from the city centre, Larches is a box-shaped ward from the Riversway dual-carriageway into Blackpool to Haslam Park. It contains two post-war housing estates, Larches and Savick, and an area of suburban sprawl moved in from Ashton following boundary changes. The ward contains the whole of Ashton Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Lea\nThe three member ward of Lea contains the small Fylde border town of Lea Town, the urban Lea community and the sprawling green-belt community of Cottam. The ward follows the parish council boundary of Lea & Cottam Parish Council. Cottam has grown from a small farming community to a large private housing development populated by young families and business people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 39], "content_span": [40, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Moor Park\nBased on the Plungington community and bordering both the neat suburban terraces of southern Fulwood and the University of Central Lancashire campus, the Moor Park ward has a high number of student housing in converted Victorian housing and neater family houses. Moor Park itself is included in this ward, in the shadow of Deepdale football stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Preston Rural East\nThe large Rural East wards contains the Amounderness, Broughton and Grimsargh communities in the north and east of the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Preston Rural North\nOver reaching across the city of Preston is the large Preston Rural North ward, which includes the M6 and M55 motorways and acres of market towns, farming communities and rural areas. The boroughs of Fylde and Wyre border this northern ward, which is a three-member ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Ribbleton\nRibbleton, in the east of the city, grew massively as council housing was built around former mill worker terraces; now the ward is one of the largest in area in size{ and shows all the expected issues of high level crime and deprivation. Ribbleton, in common with the neighbouring Brookfield ward, is overwhelmingly white working class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Riversway\nThe Riversway ward has three distinct elements. Broadgate, a comfortable estate of Victorian housing with a high percentage of student housing; new build housing on the former British Aerospace site; and the redeveloped marina. The former Preston Port, one of the largest in its time, has been redeveloped to feature shopping units and new build housing of some considerable expense. The Preston Docks and surrounding area has a sizable area of Development including new Supermarkets, Car dealers and trade outlets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Riversway\nA Hindu temple, Lancashire County Council's headquarters and Preston's railway station are in the Riversway ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Sharoe Green\nLodged in the south-central area of Fulwood, the Sharoe Green ward is based on the former hospital and surrounding commuter belt environs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, St Matthews\nA wedge-shaped ward in between the streets of Ribbleton and the city centre, this ward contains some deprived housing in the process of renewal, and in the recent months expensive new-build conversions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Town Centre\nFormed by boundary changes prior to Preston being awarded city status, Town Centre is the largest non-rural ward in the borough. There are three distinct parts to this central seat, namely Avenham, Frenchwood and the city centre itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Town Centre\nThe ward includes student developments and converted student homes in Avenham; expensive new build developments around the historic Winckley Square; and the Frenchwood area on the banks of the River Ribble. Avenham was notorious for high levels of crime and deprivation, but this is turning around with the establishment of community groups and private housing associations funding renewal. There is a sizable Muslim population in Avenham and Frenchwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 47], "content_span": [48, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, Tulketh\nTulketh ward is a central and entirely urban ward north of the University complex, and to the east of Ashton. Its main population areas are traditional terrace housing, which mixes families with small shops including the Lane Ends shopping village and student housing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192736-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Preston City Council election, University\nShaped around the outskirts of the city centre, this butterfly-wing shaped ward was formed following the recent boundary changes. It took from the oversized Riversway ward electors from the St Pauls and Maudland areas as well as the University campus itself. It is a two-member ward. It is populated by a mixture of student halls and terrace houses, with just less than half of the population being students.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192737-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Prime Minister's Cup\nThe 2007 Prime Minister's Cup was the fourth national football cup competition in Laos. The competition was won by MPWT FC (Ministry of Public Works and Transport), who beat Savannakhet FC 2-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192737-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Prime Minister's Cup, Format\nThe top four teams from the 2004 Lao League were joined by four provincial teams from outside Vientiane. These eight teams were split into two groups and a round robin series of matches was played. The top two teams from each group qualified for the semi final knockout round to determine the two teams that would contest the final. The losers of the semi finals met in a third place playoff. It is not clear whether there was a qualifying tournament for the provincial teams as there was in 2004 and 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 33], "content_span": [34, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192737-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Prime Minister's Cup, Group stage\nThe four regional teams Savannakhet FC, Champasak FC, Oudomxay FC and Luang Prabang FC were drawn alongside the top four teams from the 2004 Lao League: Lao-American College FC, Banks FC, Vientiane FC and MPWT FC (Ministry of Public Works and Transportation).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192738-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Primera B de Chile\nThe 2007 Primera B de Chile was the 57th completed season of the Primera B de Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192739-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile\nThe 2007 Primera Divisi\u00f3n del F\u00fatbol Profesional Chileno season is the 76th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192739-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Format\nEach tournament had a different format. The Apertura had a double round-robin format. The team with the most points at the end will be the champion. The Clausura consisted of two stages. The first stage was a double round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. The playoffs were in a single-elimination format, the winner of which was the champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 38], "content_span": [39, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192739-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Torneo Apertura, Copa Sudamericana playoffs\nAudax Italiano & Colo-Colo qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192739-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Primera Divisi\u00f3n of Chile, Torneo Clausura, First stage\nA playoff round was contested because there was a third-placed team who had more points than a second placed team. In a playoff round the third-placed team would have the home field advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192740-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2007 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held Jan. 18\u201322 in at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton, Prince Edward Island. The winning team was Team Suzanne Gaudet who represented Prince Edward Island, finished with a 6-5 round-robin record and a 4th-place finish in the page playoff at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Lethbridge, Alberta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192741-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Prince Edward Island general election\nThe 2007 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 28, 2007. It elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal opposition after holding power for eleven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192741-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Prince Edward Island general election\nThe newly formed Green Party of Prince Edward Island captured 3.04% of the vote or 4.44% in ridings they contested, beating out the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party for third place. The New Democrats fell to 1.96% or 3.43% in ridings contested. They captured 3.06% of the vote, or 3.48% in the 24 of the 27 ridings they contested in the 2003 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192741-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Prince Edward Island general election, Results\n* Green Party of Prince Edward Island was not a registered political party at the time of the 2003 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192742-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Princeton Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192742-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Princeton Tigers football team\nIn their eighth year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 4\u20136 record, though they were outscored 264 to 201. Brendan Circle and Jon Stern were the team captains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192742-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Princeton Tigers football team\nPrinceton's 3\u20134 conference record tied with Dartmouth and Penn for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers were outscored 171 to 133 by Ivy opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192742-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Princeton Tigers football team\nOn Nov. 10, The Tigers dedicated their playing field to alumnus William C. Powers after he donated $10 million to the University and renamed played their playing field Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192743-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe\nThe 2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 2007. It was the 86th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192743-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe\nThe winner was Dylan Thomas, a four-year-old colt trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien. The winning jockey was Kieren Fallon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192743-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe\nThere was a thirty-minute stewards' inquiry after the race, but the original placings were left unchanged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192744-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pro Bowl\nThe 2007 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2006 season. The game took place on February 10, 2007, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game was held on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday after the Super Bowl because of a request by broadcaster CBS. The 2007 Pro Bowl marked the 28th consecutive time that the National Football League's all-star game was held in Honolulu. The NFC was coached by Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints. The AFC was coached by Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192744-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pro Bowl\nAFC quarterback Carson Palmer was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the game. This Pro Bowl is mainly remembered for Sean Taylor's big hit on Buffalo Bills punter Brian Moorman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192745-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Proximus Diamond Games\nThe 2007 Proximus Diamond Games was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier II category of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 February until 18 February 2002. First-seeded Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo won her third consecutive singles title at the event and earned $88,265 first-prize money. Kim Clijsters made an emotional farewell in front of her home crowd' she retired two tournaments later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192745-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Proximus Diamond Games, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Elena Vesnina, 7\u20135, 4\u20136, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192745-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Proximus Diamond Games, Qualifying Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players in bold have qualified. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192746-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Proximus Diamond Games \u2013 Doubles\nDinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but neither chose to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192746-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Proximus Diamond Games \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won the title, defeating Elena Likhovtseva and Elena Vesnina in the final 7\u20135, 4\u20136, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192747-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Proximus Diamond Games \u2013 Singles\nAm\u00e9lie Mauresmo was the two-time defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Kim Clijsters in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in a rematch of the previous year's final. By winning a third title, Mauresmo received a golden racket decorated with diamonds that is estimated to be worth $1.3 million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192748-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Pulitzer Prize\nThe Pulitzer Prizes for 2007 were announced on April 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192748-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Pulitzer Prize\nIn November 2006, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced two changes that would apply for the 2007 awards:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192749-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election\nThe Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2007 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2007, to elect 117 members to the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Shiromani Akali Dal, and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party gained majority of the seats. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the Chief Minister", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192749-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Background\n2007 general elections in Punjab witnessed most closely fought elections in Indian National Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal. The turnout among 1.69 Crore eligible voters, which is 76% was exceptionally high compared to last elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192749-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Result by Constituency\nList of Successful Candidates in Punjab Assembly Election in 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192749-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Government Formation\nOn March 2, 2007 Parkash Singh Badal took Oath for the record fourth time. W", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192749-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Government Formation\nidf crowd gathered in the Mohali cricket stadium, the venue for the swearing-in ceremony of new Punjab government of Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal, led by Prakash SinalgBad. . Various of crowds arriving at stadium, cheering anng vi. . Prakash Singh Badal with hilys fam. Oathly", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192750-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Purbeck District Council election\nElections to Purbeck District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192751-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team\nThe 2007 Purdue Boilermakers football represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Joe Tiller, in his 11th season at Purdue, was the team's head coach. The Boilermakers' home games were played at Ross\u2013Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue began the 2007 season unranked in preseason polls. Purdue played twelve regular season games during the 2007 season, including seven in West Lafayette. They played in the Motor City Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192751-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Motor City Bowl\nBoilermaker kicker Chris Summers hit a 40-yard field goal as time expired to defeat the Central Michigan Chippewas 51\u201348. Purdue Quarterback Curtis Painter passed for a Motor City Bowl record 546 yards, going 35-54 with 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Kory Sheets led the Boilermakers in rushing with 12 attempts for 27 yards and 2 touchdowns. Painter's favorite target was Greg Orton who caught 9 passes for 136 yards and 1 touchdown. For Central Michigan, QB Dan LeFevour went 17\u201334 with 292 yards and 4 touchdowns and no interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192751-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Motor City Bowl\nHe also led the Chippewas in rushing with 33 attempts for 114 yards and 2 touchdowns. LeFevour's favorite target was Bryan Anderson who caught 7 passes for 129 yards and 3 touchdowns. During the 1st half it was all Boilermakers, with Purdue leading 34\u201313 at the break. In the 2nd half the Chippewas started their comeback. It started with a 76-yard pass from LeFevour to Antonio Brown to make it 34\u201320. The Boilermakers then scored again on a 19-yard pass from Painter to Jake Standeford to make it 41\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192751-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Motor City Bowl\nThe Chippewas then proceeded to score three unanswered touchdowns, a 10-yard pass to Anderson, and the two rushing touchdowns by LeFevour to tie the game. With 8:19 left in the 4th quarter, Purdue retook the lead on a 13-yard run by Jaycen Taylor. With 1:09 left, LeFevour hit Anderson for 19 yards and a touchdown to tie it at 48. It would turn out that the Chippewas scored too quickly. Painter then led a drive full of short first down passes to the Chippewa 23, where Summers would kick his 40-yard walk-off field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 71], "content_span": [72, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192752-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qantas Television Awards\nThe 2007 Qantas Television Awards were presented on Saturday 24 November, in a ceremony at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, celebrating the year in New Zealand television and television media. The awards were hosted by television presenters Jason Gunn and Petra Bagust, with entertainment from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Evermore, Candy Lane and the Qantas Cure Kids Choir.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192752-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qantas Television Awards, Winners\nThe Qantas Television Awards were announced on Saturday 24 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192752-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Qantas Television Awards, Winners, General Television Winners, Best Sports or Event Coverage\nThe 32nd America\u2019s Cup \"The Build-up & Race 1 Valencia\" (TV One)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 97], "content_span": [98, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192753-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Ladies Open\nThe 2007 Qatar Ladies Open, known as the 2007 Qatar Total Open, for sponsorship reasons, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, from 26 February through 4 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192753-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Ladies Open, Finals, Doubles\nMartina Hingis / Maria Kirilenko defeated \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay / Vladim\u00edra Uhl\u00ed\u0159ov\u00e1, 6\u20131, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192754-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Doubles\nDaniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and Ai Sugiyama were defending champions, but withdrew due to Sugiyama's right toe injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192755-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192755-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Ladies Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 39], "content_span": [40, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192756-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Open\nThe 2007 Qatar Open, known as the 2007 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons, was men's ATP Tour tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar from 1 January until 6 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192756-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Open\nThe tournament saw second-seeded Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 claim his first of two tournaments this year, and also saw him temporarily lead the ATP race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192756-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Open, Finals, Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny / Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Martin Damm / Leander Paes, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 32], "content_span": [33, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192757-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Open \u2013 Doubles\nMikhail Youzhny and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated Martin Damm and Leander Paes 6-1, 7-6 (3) to win the 2007 Qatar ExxonMobil Open doubles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192758-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Open \u2013 Singles\nIvan Ljubi\u010di\u0107 defeated Andy Murray 6\u20134, 6\u20134 to win the 2007 Qatar Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192759-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open\nThe 2007 Qatar Telecom German Open was a women's tennis event that was played from May 5 to May 13, 2007. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. It was played at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in the German capital of Berlin. The tournaments offered a total prize fund of US$1,300,000 across all rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192759-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open\nSerbian Ana Ivanovic won the title, defeating rival Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. The title, her second in the Tier I category and her third title overall, saw her enter the world's Top 10 for the first time, where she would remain for two years. En route to the title, two of her opponents retired due to injuries: Alona Bondarenko in the third round, who was trailing 3\u20136, 0\u20135 at deuce; and Julia Vakulenko, who was 3\u20134 down in the first set in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192759-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open, Finals, Doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Tathiana Garbin / Roberta Vinci, 6\u20133, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 47], "content_span": [48, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192760-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Doubles\nYan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but retired due to Zheng's left ankle injury in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192760-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\n* The top four seeds received a bye in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192761-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Singles\n12th seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic was the champion, after edging 3rd seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in a thrilling last set tie-break in the finals. Nadia Petrova was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Svetlana Kuznetsova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192761-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar Telecom German Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 47], "content_span": [48, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192762-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 8\u201310 March 2007 at the 5.38\u00a0km Losail International Circuit in Qatar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192762-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe MotoGP race was the first for the 800cc (48.8 cu in) engines and the Honda RC212V. These were brought in as replacements for the 990cc (60.4 cu in) engines and the Honda RC211V which were used since the beginning of the four-stroke era back in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192762-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 80], "content_span": [81, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192763-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatari municipal elections\nMunicipal elections were held in Qatar on 1 April 2007 for the third time. Three women and 122 men ran for 29 seats in the Central Municipal Council. About 28,000 citizens of the 174,000 Qataris were able to vote, and overall turnout was 51.1 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192763-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Qatari municipal elections\nOne of the three female candidates, Sheikha Yousuf Hasan Al Jufairi, was elected with the highest number of votes of all 125 candidates. Turnout in her Airport constituency was the lowest in the country at 28 per cent, while turnout in Al Shamaliyya and Shamal was over 80 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election\nThe 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action d\u00e9mocratique du Qu\u00e9bec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election\nThe Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever (ahead of only the 23.06% attained in their initial election campaign in 1970). Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, the closest three-way split (in terms of popular vote) in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. This was however, the closest three-way race in terms of seat count. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election\nThis was the first time since the 1970s that a government was not returned for its second term with a majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview\nWith just over a year left in the government's five year mandate, the Liberals called an election for March 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview\nIn August 2006, there were widespread rumours of an election to be held in the fall with speculation that Premier Jean Charest wanted to hold elections before a federal election would be held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview\nBeno\u00eet Pelletier, the minister responsible for electoral reform, had announced his plan to table two bills about election reform during the fall, possibly leading to a referendum on voting system reform to be held concurrently with the election. However, by December 2006, the plan was put off indefinitely due to strong resistance to the idea of proportional representation from within the Liberal Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview\nSpeculation grew that a provincial election would be held following the federal budget. It was thought that the federal Conservative government would present a budget that would address the perceived fiscal imbalance. This measure would help Charest argue that his government was more effective in getting concessions from the federal government than a PQ government would be.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview\nWith polls showing Charest's Liberals ahead of the opposition for the first time in several years, speculation intensified that Charest would not wait until the federal budget to call a provincial election but call one in the winter to take advantage of both of these developments. Charest recalled the legislature early in order to table a provincial budget on February 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview\nOn the same day, federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced that the federal budget would be tabled on March 19, clearing the way for Charest to set a provincial election for a week later in hopes of benefiting from Flaherty's budget. On February 21, Charest called the election for March 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview, Issues\nCharest wants to negotiate a solution to the problem of the fiscal imbalance between the federal and provincial governments with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview, Issues\nAndr\u00e9 Boisclair, leader of the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, had said he would hold a referendum (or \"popular consultation\", as in the party platform) on the issue of Quebec independence as soon as possible after an election win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Overview, Issues\nMulticulturalism, secularism and the place of cultural and religious minorities in Quebec were issues in this election. There was a large scale debate over \"reasonable accommodation\" towards cultural minorities, and a few political leaders expressed their views on the question. Mario Dumont, leader of the Action d\u00e9mocratique, took a clearer position on the question than the others, calling on the majority to protect some elements of national identity and values such as gender equality, and suggesting that a Quebec Constitution be written, in which the privileges cultural minorities are to be given would be clarified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192764-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Quebec general election, Political parties, Other parties\nAdditionally, several other parties were registered as well: Parti conscience universelle, Marxist\u2013Leninist Party of Quebec, Equality Party, Bloc pot, and Union des forces progressistes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 62], "content_span": [63, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup\nThe 2007 Queensland Cup season was the 12th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup\nThe Tweed Heads Seagulls became the first team from outside of Queensland to win the Queensland Cup when they defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins 28\u201318 at Suncorp Stadium. Tweed Heads' fullback Shannon Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup, Teams\n11 teams participated in the Queensland Cup again in 2007, with the Aspley Broncos replacing the Toowoomba Clydesdales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup, Grand Final\nReigning premiers Redcliffe, who finished the regular season in 2nd, were the first team to qualify for the Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in Week 1 and North Queensland in the major semi final. It would be their nine Grand Final appearance in 12 seasons. After losing to Redcliffe, Tweed Heads faced Ipswich in an elimination final, which they won 40\u201314. A week later, they scored a major upset over minor premiers North Queensland to progress to their first Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half\nRedcliffe opened their premiership defence strongly when halfback Chris Fox scored in the ninth minute. Tweed Heads hit back in the 18th minute when David Myles latched onto a Tim Maccan grubber to score. The Seagulls moved into the lead for the first time when captain Brad Davis stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. Tweed Heads extended their lead to 12 just seconds before half time when Davis sent Myles over for his second try of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 44], "content_span": [45, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half\nThe Dolphins got the scoring underway in the second half when centre Nick Emmett dived onto a kick from his winger Alwyn Simpson to get Redcliffe back into the contest. 10 minutes later, Tweed Heads pushed the lead back to 12 when the competition's Player of the Year Shannon Walker backed up a Maccan line break to score. Walker sealed the game for his side just five minutes later when he returned a Dolphins' kick 80 metres to score in the corner. Redcliffe gave themselves a small chance late when winger Rory Bromley crossed in the 74th minute but it wasn't enough as Tweed Heads won their first premiership. They became the first club from outside of Queensland to win the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half\nSeagulls' captain Brad Davis was named Man of the Match and awarded the first ever Duncan Hall Medal, named in honour of the Hall of Famer, who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 Tests for Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192766-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half\nThe loss in the Grand Final would effectively end the Redcliffe Dolphins dominant run in the Queensland Cup. From 1996 to 2007, the club won five premierships, appeared in nine of 12 Grand Finals and won three minor premierships. They would not qualify for another Grand Final until 2012 and would not win another until 2018.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 45], "content_span": [46, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192767-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland Raceway round of the V8 Supercar Championship\nThe 2007 Queensland round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the seventh round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place on the weekend of 20 to 22 July at Queensland Raceway in Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192768-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites\nIn late 2007, plebiscites on the amalgamation of the local government areas of Queensland were held. They were federally funded and would not have any effect on the amalgamation, as it would take place regardless of the plebiscites' results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192768-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites\nThe plebiscites (conducted by postal voting only) began on 26 November 2007 in the first week after the 2007 federal election, when around 700,000 voters in 85 councils began receiving their ballots. The ballots closed on 7 December 2007 for voters in Caboolture Shire Council, Caloundra City Council, Gold Coast City Council, Noosa Shire Council, Pine Rivers Shire Council and Redcliffe City Council and on 14 December 2007 for all others. Voters were asked to simply state whether they agree with the mergers or not; voting was not compulsory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192768-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites\nWhile anti-amalgamation campaigner Bob Ansett claimed that the state government and newly elected Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd would not be able to ignore a strong vote against the mergers, Queensland's Local Government Minister Warren Pitt stated that the result of the plebiscites would have no influence on the mergers, which took place in March 2008 with the LGA elections. Pitt reiterated on 2007-12-12 that the plebiscites would not stop the amalgamation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192768-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites\nThe results for the Councils which voted by 2007-12-07 were as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192768-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites\nMore results became known on 2007-12-17, with the rest were announced on 2007-12-18. A majority was against the merger in almost all councils, though turnout was very low in many occasions, weakening the standing of the \"no\" results. Two councils which merged into the Torres Strait Island Regional Council were in favour, though, and voters in Burnett Shire Council were about evenly split on the issue, with 5,203 votes in favour and 5,107 against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192768-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Queensland local government area amalgamation plebiscites\nVoters in southern Queensland broadly rejected the mergers, as did all Wide Bay residents (except for Burnett Shire Council, as mentioned above) and in western Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192769-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 R League\nThe 2007 edition of R League was held from March 30 to October 18. It was the first season in which Gyeongnam FC participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192769-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 R League\nPohang Steelers won the competition for the first time by defeating Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in final on penalties on 18 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192770-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 RCSL season\nThe 2007 Rugby Canada Super League season was the tenth season for the RCSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192770-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 RCSL season, Standings\nNote: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 bonus point for a loss by 7 points or less, 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries or more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 27], "content_span": [28, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192770-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 RCSL season, Championship Final\nThe championship game took place August 18, 2007 between the Niagara Thunder and the Saskatchewan Prairie Fire in Regina, at the Regina Rugby Park. The game was won by Saskatchewan Prairie Fire by a score of 28\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192771-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards\nThe 30th RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: \u7b2c\u4e09\u5341\u5c46\u5341\u5927\u4e2d\u6587\u91d1\u66f2\u5f97\u734e) was held on January 19, 2008 at the Hong Kong Coliseum for the 2007 music season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192771-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Top 10 song awards\nThe top 10 songs (\u5341\u5927\u4e2d\u6587\u91d1\u66f2) of 2008 are as follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192772-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Race of Champions\nThe 2007 Race of Champions took place on December 16 at the Wembley Stadium. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel of the German team beat Finland to the Nation's Cup, however Mattias Ekstr\u00f6m of Sweden and the Scandinavian team won the Driver's Cup after beating Schumacher in the three-heat final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192772-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Race of Champions\nThe event itself was overshadowed by the recent death of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae who died in a helicopter accident on the 15 September. He was due to represent Scotland alongside David Coulthard. Colin's position was filled by his rally driver brother Alister McRae.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192773-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Radio Disney Music Awards\nThe 2007 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on December 22, 2007, at the Radio Disney, Burbank, California. After this edition the awards started a hiatus of four years after the 2008 awards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192773-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Radio Disney Music Awards, Production\nAt that time the Radio Disney Music Awards wasn't an official ceremony but just a special edition on the Radio Disney broadcast and held on December 22, 2007. The Radio Disney Music Awards contained 15 categories, with 4 nominees for votes in 4 weeks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season\nThe 2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 1 January 2007 with the start of the Chennai Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nRafael Nadal started the year by playing in six hard-court tournaments. He lost in the semifinals and first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez. After another quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the 2007 Indian Wells Masters, before Novak Djokovi\u0107 defeated him in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Miami Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nHe played five clay-court tournaments in Europe after that, winning the titles at the Masters Series Monte Carlo, the Open Sabadell Atl\u00e1ntico in Barcelona, and the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. He lost to Roger Federer in the final of the Masters Series Hamburg. This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male Open Era record for consecutive wins on a single surface. He then rebounded to win the French Open for the third straight year, defeating Federer once again in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nBetween the tournaments in Barcelona and Rome, Nadal defeated Federer in the \"Battle of Surfaces\" exhibition match in Mallorca, Spain, with the tennis court being half grass and half clay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nNadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. As in 2006, Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nIn July, Nadal won the clay court Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, which proved to be his last title of the year. He played three important tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. He was a semifinalist at the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Montreal before losing his first match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. He was the second-seeded player at the US Open, but was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nAfter a month-long break from tournament tennis, Nadal played the Mutua Madrile\u00f1a Masters in Madrid and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. David Nalbandian upset him in the quarterfinals and final of those tournaments. To end the year, Nadal won two of his three round robin matches to advance to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192774-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary\nDuring the second half of the year, Nadal battled a knee injury suffered during the Wimbledon final. In addition, there were rumors at the end of the year that the foot injury he suffered during 2005, caused long-term damage, which were given credence by coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem was \"serious\". Nadal and his spokesman strongly denied this, however, with Nadal himself calling the story \"totally false\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192775-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Raleigh mayoral election\nThe Raleigh mayoral election of 2007 was held on 9 October 2007 to elect a Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. It was won by Democratic incumbent Charles Meeker, who was unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192776-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Argentina\nResults of Rally Argentina (27\u00ba Rally Argentina), 6th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on May 3\u20136:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192777-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Catalunya\nResults of Rally Catalunya (43\u00ba Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada), 12th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on October 5\u20137:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192778-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Finland\nThe 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 9th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It was run on 2\u20135 August 2007 and based in Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192779-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Ireland\nThe 2007 Rally Ireland (1st Rally Ireland), 15th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on November 15 - November 18. It took place over eight counties on both sides of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Event started in Stormont, Belfast and finished in Mullaghmore, County Sligo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192780-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Japan\nResults of Rally Japan (4th Rally Japan), 14th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on October 26\u201328:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192781-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally M\u00e9xico\nThe 21\u00ba Corona Rally M\u00e9xico, the fourth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, took place between March 9\u201311 2007. The rally consisted of 20 special stages, of which five were super specials. The event was won by Citro\u00ebn's S\u00e9bastien Loeb, followed by Ford drivers Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm and Mikko Hirvonen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192781-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally M\u00e9xico\nThe drivers' championship leaders, Gr\u00f6nholm and Hirvonen, were the first drivers on road and lost time as they had to sweep the loose gravel. They were followed by Loeb, who was able to keep close to Subaru's Petter Solberg, who benefited from his better starting position during the first three stages. However, Solberg, in the new Subaru Impreza WRC 07, had to retire at the start of SS6 giving the lead to Loeb. After the first day, Ford identified and fixed a sensory fault in Gr\u00f6nholm's car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192781-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Rally M\u00e9xico\nThe problem had caused lack of engine power and troubled the Finn: \"In the morning, I was sweeping. In the afternoon, I was sleeping\". The second leg saw Gr\u00f6nholm quickly climb to second place, but Loeb continued setting top times and extended his lead to Gr\u00f6nholm from 43 to 60 seconds. Hirvonen, Chris Atkinson and Dani Sordo battled for the third place. Hirvonen was the fastest driver on the final day and secured the last podium position, ahead of Sordo, Atkinson, Manfred Stohl, Jari-Matti Latvala and Matthew Wilson. Loeb took the win 55.8 seconds clear of Gr\u00f6nholm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192782-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally New Zealand\nThe 2007 Rally New Zealand (37th Propecia Rally New Zealand), 11th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on 31 August to 2 September. After a tight battle for three days, Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm beat S\u00e9bastien Loeb for the win by 0.3 seconds, making it the second-closest finish in WRC history (after 2011 Jordan Rally's 0.2s). This was the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship. The previous record was held by the 1998 Rally de Portugal, in which Colin McRae took the win 2.1 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192783-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Norway\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Pelmeen10 (talk | contribs) at 07:39, 10 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eExternal links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192783-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally Norway\nRally Norway 2007, the third round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, was held on February 16 \u2013 18 2007. Race headquarters were located in the town of Hamar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192784-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally d'Italia Sardegna\nResults of Rally d'Italia Sardegna (4\u00ba Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia), 7th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on May 18\u201320:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192785-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally de Portugal\nThe 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30\u2013April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citro\u00ebn's S\u00e9bastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citro\u00ebn's Dani Sordo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192785-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rally de Portugal\nAll Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5\u00a0mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Gr\u00f6nholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192786-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rallye Deutschland\nResults of Rallye Deutschland (26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland), 10th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on August 17\u201319:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season\nThe 2007 Real Salt Lake season was the third season of the team's existence. After seeing slight improvement in 2006, the team struggled again under manager John Ellinger, opening the 2007 campaign with a 0-2-2 record. Ownership made a drastic move on May 3, firing Ellinger, and announcing that team captain (Jason Kreis), would retire and become the new head coach. RSL tied its next two matches against New York Red Bulls and the Colorado Rapids, but saw limited success the rest of the season. RSL finished the year with the league's second-worst record, ahead of expansion team Toronto FC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season\nThe 2007 season also saw construction of its new soccer-specific stadium in Sandy, Utah continue. Additionally, under Kreis' management, the team undertook a massive roster overhaul that essentially rebuilt the squad. Among the new players that arrives in 2007, many would go on to comprise the core of the team for several years, including, Kyle Beckerman (soon-to-be captain), Chris Wingert, Robbie Findley, Fabi\u00e1n Esp\u00edndola, and Javier Morales. At the center of the remake was Kreis' new team philosophy of \"The Team is the Star\", and a new primary formation (possession-oriented, diamond midfield).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season\nAlso vital to the growth of the club was the hiring of the team's second general manager, Garth Lagerwey, on September 19. Lagerwey, a former MLS goalkeeper, was a teammate of Kreis' at Duke University and Dallas Burn. The two proved to be a great tandem which led to future player acquisitions for the team within the next year including Will Johnson, Robbie Russell, Nat Borchers, and J\u00e1mison Olave.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season\nReal Salt Lake finished the season on October 20 with a 1-0 win over Colorado. In an otherwise disappointing year, the win secured RSL's first ever Rocky Mountain Cup victory. The team finished with a record of 6-15-9 and a -14 goal differential, placing last in the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season, Squad, 2007 roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 46], "content_span": [47, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season, Squad, Mid-Season Transfers\nDue to the termination of John Ellinger as head coach and the subsequent promotion of Jason Kreis in early May, there were an abnormal number of mid-season transactions for the club. The players listed in the roster section above include those acquired during this makeover. Below are names of players acquired, traded, transferred, or released by the team after the May 3rd hiring of Kreis in chronological order:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192787-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, Results summary\nLast updated: December 27, 2013Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192788-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Recopa Sudamericana\nThe 2007 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2007 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192788-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Recopa Sudamericana\nThe match was contested by Internacional, winners of the 2006 Copa Libertadores, and Pachuca, winners of the 2006 Copa Sudamericana. Internacional defeated Pachuca 5\u20132 on aggregate and became new champions of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192789-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira\nThe 2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira was the 1st staging of this Brazilian football knockout competition. All matches of the competition were played at Est\u00e1dio Janguito Malucelli, Curitiba, Paran\u00e1. Four clubs participated of the competition: Caxias, of Rio Grande do Sul (champion of Copa FGF), J. Malucelli of Paran\u00e1 (champion of Copa Paran\u00e1), Juventus of S\u00e3o Paulo (champion of Copa FPF), and Marc\u00edlio Dias of Santa Catarina (champion of Copa Santa Catarina).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192789-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira, Prize money\nThe winner of the competition was awarded a prize money amount of R$30,000, and the runner-up was awarded a prize money amount of R$10,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192789-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Recopa Sul-Brasileira, Competition stages, Semifinals\n(1) Due to rains, the match start was delayed 25 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192790-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series\nThe 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192790-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series, New pilots\nSergey Rakhmanin of Russia and Austrian Hannes Arch were chosen to join the 2007 series after completing a qualification course in October 2006, held in Arizona, United States. This takes the number of pilots to 13.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192790-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series, Race calendar\nThree locations more were added to the race calendar in 2007, extending the number of rounds from 9 to 12. However, only 10 races were run due to cancellation of the legs in Barcelona, Spain and Acapulco, Mexico. The first race was held on April 6 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the last one was on November 3 in Perth, Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192790-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series, Standings and results\nMike Mangold won on countback over Paul Bonhomme. Both pilots had the same number of points, first, second, third and fifth places, resulting in the results of qualification being taken into account.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192791-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup\nThe 2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the first season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, contested by the riders on equal KTM 125cc bikes, began with one race during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez on March 25 and ended with another race header at the Valencian Grand Prix in Valencia on November 3; another six European GPs saw single Rookies races on each Saturday, making it an eight-race championship. The French Johann Zarco was proclaimed champion after the penultimate race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192791-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Championship standings\nPoints were awarded to the top fifteen finishers, provided the rider finished the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192792-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Red Deer municipal election\nThe 2007 Red Deer municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Red Deer, Alberta, elected one mayor, eight councillors (all at large) to the Red Deer City Council, the seven Red Deer School District No. 104 trustees (at large), and five of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39's seven trustees (as Ward Red Deer). Of the 61,445 eligible voters, only 13,282 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 21.6%, and an average of 6.3 aldermen per ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, Background\nAt the last election in 2003 Labour lost their majority on the council, after winning 23 seats, compared to 15 for the Liberal Democrats, 13 Conservatives and 8 independents. A coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and independents then took control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, Background\nIn 2004 a Labour councillor for Guisborough, and former deputy leader of the party, Keith Pudney, became an independent, before becoming a Liberal Democrat in 2005. However, also in 2005, Labour gained a seat in Westworth from an independent at a by-election. A final change came in February 2007 when David Tomlin resigned from the Labour party after being convicted for falsely claiming benefits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, Background\nThis meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 22 seats, the Liberal Democrats 16, Conservatives 13, East Cleveland Independents 2, the Independent Group 5 and 1 independent, with the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and the 2 East Cleveland Independents forming the administration, while Labour and the other independents were in opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, Background\nIn total 160 candidates stood for the 59 seats that were being contested at the election. The council already had the best female representation of any council in North East England with 30 women councillors and 75 of the candidates were female. The candidates comprised 50 from Labour, 42 Liberal Democrats, 37 Conservatives, 4 British National Party and 27 various independents. Meanwhile, 7 sitting councillors stood down at the election, Christopher Beadle, Keith Blott, Bill Goodwill, Barbara Harpham, Keith Pudney, Alma Thrower and David Tomlin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, Election result\nLabour made a net gain of 6 seats, to go to 28 seats on the council, 2 short of a majority. The gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped 3 to 13 seats and the Conservatives who were down 2 to 11 seats. 7 independents were also elected, 4 in the Independent Group, 1 Loftus Ward Independent, 1 East Cleveland and Guisborough Independent and 1 East Cleveland Independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192793-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the Labour group leader, George Dunning, became the new leader of the council, after Labour got the support of 2 independents, Mike Findley and Mary Lanigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192794-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Redditch Borough Council election\n2007 elections to Redditch Borough Council in England were held on 3 May. One third of the council was up for election and the result was that council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192795-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup\nThe 2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 22nd edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 17 through February 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192795-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup\nThe men's draw was led by ATP No. 4, US Open runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Andy Roddick, other Australian Open semifinalist and Memphis defending champion Tommy Haas, and Doha finalist and San Jose winner Andy Murray. Other seeds were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Auckland semifinalist Mardy Fish, Chennai and Delray Beach champion Xavier Malisse, J\u00fcrgen Melzer, Julien Benneteau and Robby Ginepri.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192795-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup\nOn the women's side were announced Australian Open quarterfinalist and Gold Coast semifinalist Shahar Pe'er, Antwerp semifinalist and Paris quarterfinalist Tatiana Golovin, and Tokyo and Quebec City champion Marion Bartoli. Also present in the field were Tokyo doubles titlist Samantha Stosur, Pattaya City doubles winner Nicole Pratt, Shenay Perry, Venus Williams and Jill Craybas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192795-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles\nEric Butorac / Jamie Murray defeated Julian Knowle / J\u00fcrgen Melzer, 7\u20135, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 90], "content_span": [91, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192795-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles\nNicole Pratt / Bryanne Stewart defeated Jarmila Gajdo\u0161ov\u00e1 / Akiko Morigami, 7\u20135, 4\u20136, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 92], "content_span": [93, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192796-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Doubles\nChris Haggard and Ivo Karlovi\u0107 were the defending champions, but Karlovic chose not to participate, and only Haggard competed that year. Haggard partnered with James Auckland, but lost in the first round to Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192796-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Doubles\nEric Butorac and Jamie Murray won in the final 7\u20135, 6\u20133, against Julian Knowle and J\u00fcrgen Melzer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192797-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships \u2013 Singles\nTommy Haas was the defending champion, and won in the final 6\u20133, 6\u20132, against Andy Roddick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom\nThe 2007 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season began at Brands Hatch on 31 March and finished after 12 races over 10 events at Thruxton on 14 October. The Championship was won by Martin Byford driving for his own Z Speed Racing team, despite not winning a race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Race Format\nAfter Friday testing at each event the field would be split into two groups (group A for drivers finishing the session in odd-numbered positions and group B for drivers finishing in even-numbered positions). Each group would then have separate qualifying sessions on the Saturday which set the grids for the heats. The heat races set the grid for Sunday's championship race, where the winner of the heat containing the fastest lap time of the two heats would start on pole, with the remainder of the field from that heat filling the pole side of the grid in finishing order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Race Format\nThe drivers from the other heat would fill the other side of the grid, again, in finishing order. The last few (the number varied from circuit to circuit) finishers in each heat would fail to qualify for the championship race but would be classed as reserves should there be any non-starters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Race Format\nAt meetings where the entry was smaller than the maximum number of permitted starters, the race format was the same as in previous years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 49], "content_span": [50, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Calendar & Winners\nThe series supported the British Touring Car Championship at nine of the ten rounds. The series skipped the round at Knockhill and instead raced at the World Series by Renault meeting at Donington Park on 8-9 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Standings\nPoints were awarded on a 32, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 20 finishers in each race, with 2 bonus points for the fastest lap in each race. All scores counted towards the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup\nThe Winter Cup was contested over two rounds at Donington Park on 3 November and Croft on 10 November. It was won by Niki Lanik driving for Youth 4 Human Rights with SVE.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192798-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup, Drivers' Championship\nPoints were awarded on the same scale as the main championship. All scores counted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 71], "content_span": [72, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192799-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Renfrewshire Council election\nElections to Renfrewshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 40 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 24 June 2007, with a second round initially planned for 22 July 2007, but then postponed to 5 August 2007. According to the National Commission of the Organization of the Elections (CONEL), 1,807 candidates stood in the first round for 137 seats in the National Assembly. The ruling Congolese Labour Party and parties and independent candidates allied with it won 125 seats, while two opposition parties won a combined 12 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Background\nJean-Pierre Thyst\u00e8re Tchicaya, the President of the National Assembly, and Justin Lekoundzou, the President of the Parliamentary Group of the Presidential Majority, sent a letter to President Denis Sassou Nguesso on 24 March 2007. In this letter, Lekoundzou and Thyst\u00e8re Tchicaya urged the establishment of an independent national electoral commission to oversee the 2007 parliamentary elections. Coming from two leading members of the Presidential Majority, the letter was a significant gesture of dissent, as it called into question the government's existing efforts to establish an independent electoral commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Background\nIn response to the letter, the deputies of the Presidential Majority, led by Alexandre Denguet Atiki, held a meeting in Mpila on 11 April to clarify that they did not endorse the letter. They criticized Lekoundzou and Thyst\u00e8re Tchicaya for acting outside of the parliamentary process and for making a statement that could be misinterpreted as reflecting the broader wishes of the deputies of the Presidential Majority, given their leadership roles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Background\nIn April the National Assembly approved a bill providing for the creation of an independent electoral commission, but it was not signed into law by Sassou Nguesso in time for the election; as a result, the election was conducted according to older legislation. The opposition criticized this, but it also criticized the bill passed in April on the grounds that the powers of the proposed electoral commission would be too limited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 61], "content_span": [62, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nOn 23 April 2007, 42 groups of the presidential majority, supporting President Sassou Nguesso, signed an electoral agreement in Brazzaville providing for a common electoral strategy. Parties signing this agreement included Sassou Nguesso's party, the Congolese Labor Party (PCT), as well as Club 2002-Party for the Unity of the Republic, led by Wilfrid Nguesso, the Dynamic for Democracy and Social Progress (DDPS), led by Marcel Mbani, the Union for the Defense of Democracy (UDD), led by Pierre Damien Boussoukou-Boumba, the Republican Pole of Renovators (PRR), and the Party for the Safeguarding of Republican Values (PSVR), led by Michel Mampouya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe PCT and the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI) of Bernard Kol\u00e9las signed an agreement on 24 April to form an alliance for the parliamentary election as well as subsequent local, senatorial, and presidential elections. This marked the official renewal of a previous alliance between the two parties in the early 1990s, which had lapsed later in the decade. A joint technical committee was to oversee the implementation of the agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nAbout 40 opposition parties chose to boycott the election, seeking a new, independent electoral commission and a later date for the election. Parties that said they would participate in the election included the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) of former President Pascal Lissouba and the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Mwinda) of former Prime Minister Andr\u00e9 Milongo. The Rally for Democracy and Development (RDD) also initially intended to participate, but later, in a statement on 8 June, said that it would not. Emmanuel Ngouolond\u00e9l\u00e9 Mongo of the Reflection for a New National Order and Ambroise Herv\u00e9 Malonga of the Convention of Republicans called for a boycott on May 12, describing the election as a farce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 799]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nDespite signing an agreement with the government in late April, the National Council of Republicans (CNR), the party of former rebel leader Pasteur Ntumi, later announced that it would not participate in the election due to what it described as a lack of transparency. On 7 June Ntumi said that his party would participate, but on 19 June the CNR demanded that the government delay the election within two days or the party would boycott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nIt alleged that the organization of the election was not transparent and said that electoral rolls had not yet been posted and that voter cards had not yet been distributed. Ultimately the CNR participated in the election, putting forward six candidates, including Ntumi. The end of hostilities with Ntumi's \"Ninja\" rebels enabled the 2007 election to be held fully in the Pool Region; in the previous parliamentary election in 2002, voting did not take place in the eight of the 14 constituencies in the Pool Region due to the activities of Ntumi's rebel group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nPrior to the vote, the boycotting opposition appealed to the Constitutional Court regarding alleged electoral flaws, seeking to have the election cancelled, but on 22 June the Constitutional Court rejected this and ruled that only candidates could dispute the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Campaign\nCampaigning for the election began on June 8 and continued until 22 June. Although many voters did not receive their voter cards, Armand Baboutila, the Director-General of Electoral Affairs, assured them on June 20 that their voter cards would be available at the polling stations on election day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Conduct\nIn the first round of the election, held on 24 June, serious problems were reported, including the absence of electoral rolls and voter cards, or errors in them, in some places. Widespread delays were reported in the opening of polling stations, and turnout was said to be low. The electoral commission said that results would not be available for a week or more. The opposition denounced the election, with Ambroise Herv\u00e9 Malonga, acting as spokesman for the boycotting opposition parties, calling it \"chaos, not an election\". The President of CONEL, Henri Bouka, acknowledged problems, but said that they were limited to Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, the country's two main cities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe observer missions of the African Union and the Economic Community of Central African States said in a joint statement on 26 June that, among other shortcomings, polling stations were opened late, electoral materials were often unavailable, voters were often not included on the voter rolls, and many voters did not receive voter registration cards. They also judged voter turnout to be very low. On the other hand, they said that voting was peaceful and without intimidation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Conduct\nMinister for Territorial Administration Fran\u00e7ois Ibovi suspended Baboutila, the Director-General of Electoral Affairs, on 28 June accusing him of negligence due to the problems in the election; Gaston Ololo was appointed in Baboutila's place for the second round. Opposition spokesman Malonga demanded on 29 June that the elections be annulled and that the government, and particularly Ibovi, resign. Malonga said that the suspension of Baboutila was insufficient and that Ibovi and the President of CONEL, Henri Bouka, should have resigned. Roger Bouka of the Congolese Observatory of Human Rights was also sharply critical of irregularities and the failure of voting to take place in some areas, calling for the election to be annulled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Conduct\nA report by African Union observers said that there were major problems in the second round; among other things, it cited voter list errors, with some names absent and others listed more than once, and \"incomplete distribution of the new voter registration cards\". The report recommended a number of improvements in the organization of elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nOn 30 June results from the Ministry of Territorial Administration showed the ruling PCT winning 23 seats out of the 44 seats declared in the first round (21 in the north and two in the south). Another 12 seats went to its allies: four for the MCDDI, three for the Movement for Action and Revival, two for the Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress, one for the Movement for Solidarity, one for the Club 2002 PUR, and one for To Act for Congo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nSeven seats were won by independent candidates, who were considered to be allies of the ruling party, and two were won by the opposition UPADS. Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou, the President of the UPADS Parliamentary Group in the outgoing National Assembly, denounced the election as \"faked\" and said that the voter lists were \"totally false\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nResults for two additional seats were declared on 1 July: one for UPADS and one for an independent candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nOn 8 July the election was held again in five districts due to the problems that plagued the first attempt. These districts were located in Niari Region, Plateaux Region, Cuvette Region, and Cuvette-Ouest Region. In 14 other districts, seven of them in Brazzaville and six in Pointe-Noire, the election was held again on July 15. CONEL President Henri Bouka described this vote as proceeding calmly and without incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nUPADS Secretary-General Pascal Tsaty-Mabiala said on July 4 that the party would only participate in the second round of the election on July 22 if the electoral rolls were improved, voter registration cards were properly distributed, and the composition of the electoral commissions was changed. He also said that the second round should be delayed to allow time for these things to be done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nOn 12 July President Sassou Nguesso stated that the second round would be postponed to a more appropriate date due to the necessary repetition of the first round in many districts. Ibovi announced on 19 July that the second round would be held on 5 August, with campaigning from 20 July to 3 August. He also announced the results of the first round revotes: the PCT and its allies won seven seats, while the opposition won none.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nCONEL President Henri Bouka announced the publication of new voter registration cards on 1 August in an attempt to ensure that the second round would not be as marred by problems as the first round. He later said that the distribution of the cards would continue until 4 August and that those cards not distributed would be available in polling stations. Tsaty-Mabiala doubted that the election would be transparent and said that the UPADS did not understand why the new cards were being introduced. Malonga was also critical, saying that \"the second round will be no different from the first\". Observers expressed concern over the failure to post electoral lists in some districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nThe second round took place in 84 districts, with a total of 168 candidates. Reports indicated a low turnout and delays in the opening of polling stations. Bouka gave a positive appraisal of the vote, although there were reports of voters' names, some of whom had been able to vote in the first round, not being included on electoral lists. Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou of UPADS denounced the second round as fraudulent and accused the government of seeking to restore single-party rule. Malonga said that the second round was poorly organized.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to results announced by Ibovi on 9 August, the PCT won a total of 44 seats, while its allies won a total of 80 seats, including the MCDDI with 12 seats. Opposition parties won a total of 11 seats, 10 for UPADS and one for the UDR. Two seats, for Bouaniela and Liranga districts, were not yet decided, because voting could not be held there on the date of the election. Tsaty-Mabiala denounced the results as fraudulent on 11 August and said that the election was neither transparent nor fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nHe alleged that five UPADS candidates, in Mossendjo, Moutamba, Nkayi, Mabombo and Dolisie electoral districts, had won but were deprived of victory in the results. The party appealed to the Constitutional Court. On 13 August Ibovi announced a correction in the results for one of the electoral districts UPADS claimed to have won, Mabombo (in Bouenza Region), which had gone to Marcel Kalla in the previous results, but which Ibovi said was actually won by the UPADS candidate, Christophe Moukou\u00e9k\u00e9, with 59.01% of the vote; the previously announced result was attributed to a clerical error. This raised the number of UPADS seats to 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 696]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Results\nIn the two districts where voting was not held on 5 August, it took place on 19\u201320 August. On 24 August Ibovi announced that these seats were won by Raymond Ebonga and Alexandre Koumou, both independents who are considered to be allied with the PCT, thus bringing the total number of seats won by the ruling party and its allies to 125.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe new National Assembly held its first session on 4 September, chaired by MCDDI President Bernard Kol\u00e9las, the oldest member, who won a seat from Goma Ts\u00e9-Ts\u00e9. Justin Koumba of the PCT was elected as the President of the National Assembly without opposition, receiving 121 votes from the 129 participating deputies. Fran\u00e7ois Ibovi, the Minister of Territorial Administration, was elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly, Bernard Tchibambelela of the MCDDI was elected as Second Vice-President, Pierre Ngolo of the PCT was elected as First Secretary, and Claudine Munari, an independent, was elected as Second Secretary. All of the seven members of the National Assembly's bureau were from the ruling majority, and six of them were elected without opposition. In the only contested election, a UPADS candidate received 12 votes against 115 for the ruling majority's candidate in the vote for the position of First Quaestor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 1002]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe heads of the seven permanent commissions in the National Assembly, as well as the heads of its three parliamentary groups, were elected later in September. Alexandre Dengu\u00e9 Atiki was chosen as the President of the Parliamentary Group of the PCT and the Presidential Majority, while Rodrigue Mouy\u00e9k\u00e9 was chosen as President of the MCDDI Parliamentary Group, which was allied with the Presidential Majority. Tsaty-Mabiala was chosen as President of the UPADS Parliamentary Group, which was the only opposition parliamentary group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nAlso in September, 12 elected deputies notified the National Assembly that they would not sit as deputies due to the incompatibility of that position with another position they already held, and would therefore be replaced by their substitutes. These 12 deputies included two presidential advisers (Laurent Tengo and Thierry Moungala) and ten ministers in the government (Lamyr Nguel\u00e9, Emile Mabondzo, Pierre-Michel Nguimbi, Henri Ossebi, Jean-Claude Gakosso, Andr\u00e9 Okombi Salissa, Martin Parfait Aim\u00e9 Coussoud-Mavoungou, Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard, Bruno Itoua, and Jeanne Dambendzet).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 28 September Tsaty-Mabiala criticized the failure of the Constitutional Court to issue decisions on appeals regarding the election despite the passage of the one-month period for examination of the appeals. He said that UPADS had submitted five appeals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe Constitutional Court held public hearings beginning on 22 October, and on 26 October it annulled the results of four constituencies\u2014Yamba (in Bouenza Department), where Raoul Mboungou Nzoumba, who was previously credited with victory, was to again face Cl\u00e9ment Mouanda; Kayes (also in Bouenza Department), where Michel Bidimbou, the initial winner, was to again face Pierre Ngaka; Kibangou (in Niari Department), where Serge Victor Ignoumba, the initial winner, was to again face UDD President Pierre Damien Boussoukou-Boumba; and Mbomo (in Cuvette Ouest Department), where Jean R\u00e9n\u00e9 Matamaya, the initial winner, was to again face L\u00e9on Alfred Opimbat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThere were a total of 22 candidates contesting the partial election: 16 of them in Kibangou, where the first round was held over again, and two in each of the other three constituencies, where the second round was being held over again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0025-0002", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe Court rejected appeals for 15 other constituencies; these rejected appeals were from Jacques Mouanda Mpassi in Nkayi, Emmanuel Bongouanza in Mossendjo, Jean-Claude Ad\u00e9d\u00e9 in Souank\u00e9, Ren\u00e9-Dambert Ndouane in Semb\u00e9, Sylvain Ngambolo in Makotimpoko, Antoine de Saint Nicephore Eudes Fylla in Poto-Poto I, Mouyecket (Ngala Nicole Sylvie) in Ti\u00e9-Ti\u00e9 II, Minister of Communication Alain Akoualat Atipault in Gamboma II, Julien Makoundi Tchibinda in Hinda I, Jean Moukoumbi in Moutamba, Pierre Malonga in Mbinda, Thomas Djolani in Boko, Solange Pauline Dend\u00e9 Moudoki in B\u00e9tou, Jean Baptiste Nombo in Loandjili I, and Pierre Mabiala in Makabana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe government announced on 15 November that the election would be repeated in these four constituencies on 7 December. On 15 November, Antoine Evoundou was appointed as Director-General of Electoral Affairs, replacing the suspended Baboutila. Campaigning began on 22 November and continued until December 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192800-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, Aftermath\nIn Yamba and Kayes, the candidates of the PCT and the Union for the Republic (a party allied with the PCT) who were initially elected were confirmed, respectively, but in Mbomo, the initial winner from the MSD was beaten by Opimbat, the FDN candidate. A run-off was held in Kibangou on 26 December between the UDD candidate Pierre Damien Boussoukou-Boumba and Serge Victor Ignoumba, an independent. This final run-off was won by Ignoumba, who received 57.24% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 60], "content_span": [61, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192801-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Republika Srpska presidential election\nThe presidential election of 2007 in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina was announced after the premature death of President Milan Jeli\u0107 on 30 September 2007 and was held on 9 December 2007. Until the election took place, Igor Radoji\u010di\u0107, also from the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, was acting president. The election had to be called within fifteen days of Jeli\u0107's death; it was called on 11 October 2007, with candidates to be nominated by 16 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192801-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Republika Srpska presidential election, Candidates\nThere were ten candidates, with the frontrunners being the Republika Srpska Academy of Sciences chairman Rajko Kuzmanovi\u0107 of the ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, MP Ognjen Tadi\u0107 of the main opposition Serbian Democratic Party, and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Mladen Ivani\u0107 of the Party of Democratic Progress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192801-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Republika Srpska presidential election, Candidates\nAll three main candidates supported Republika Srpska's status in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Accords. President of Serbia Boris Tadi\u0107 and the Democratic Party in Serbia supported the SNSD and its candidate Kuzmanovi\u0107. According to the electoral law, there would be no run-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192801-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Republika Srpska presidential election, Results\nAccording to unofficial results (with 55% of the votes counted), Kuzmanovi\u0107 won the election with 44.53% of the votes to Tadi\u0107's 33.28% and Ivani\u0107's 16%. Turnout was close to 36%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192801-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Republika Srpska presidential election, Results\nOfficial results released on 2007-12-17 confirmed these preliminary results. Kuzmanovi\u0107 was sworn in on 2007-12-28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton\nThe 2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the eighth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, and was held on July 22, 2007 at Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The race was won by S\u00e9bastien Bourdais followed by Justin Wilson and Graham Rahal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Qualifying results\nWill Power won his fourth career pole position by nipping Justin Wilson by .007 of a second. Power knocked the front wing off his car while going off course during his final lap, but Wilson was unable to better Power's earlier best lap. S\u00e9bastien Bourdais was only fourth fastest on Saturday but his top time from Friday secured him a front row beside his championship rival Power. Tristan Gommendy will not take part in the race after suffering a back injury when he contacted the wall in Friday's qualification session. He was replaced by Mario Dominguez, who is searching for a full-time ride in the series and was in Edmonton driving the Minardi two-seater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 54], "content_span": [55, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Race\nGoing into the race Sebastien Bourdais found himself in an unusual position: third place in the season points standings behind Robert Doornbos and Will Power. Starting from second on the grid next to Power, Bourdais swept around the pole-sitter on the outside through Edmonton's wide first turn. Bourdais led the race until his first pit stop on lap 21. Bourdais was forced to wait critical seconds for Katherine Legge to enter her pit stall and lost two positions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Race\nPower now led the race in front of Justin Wilson and Bourdais. He led until his second pit stop on lap 49. Wilson stayed out an extra lap, coming in on lap 50, but Bourdais stayed out until lap 52, which proved to be the critical strategic move of the race. Bourdais came out in the lead after his stop. Bourdais now led in front of Wilson and Graham Rahal, with Power back in fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Race\nDisaster hit Power on lap 66 when the steering rack on his Panoz broke. Meanwhile, Robert Doornbos', who spent the early stages of the race stuck deep in the field unable to improve much on his 11th place grid position, tangled with the lapped car of Alex Tagliani on lap 69. Tagliani was knocked out of the race, while Doornbos was able to continue, but a lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Race\nBourdais cruised to his fourth victory of the year, followed by Justin Wilson and teammate Graham Rahal. Even more impressive was the turnaround in the season points championship. At the end of the race Bourdais led Doornbos by 20 and Will Power by 25 in his drive for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Champ Car title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192802-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, Attendance\nRace weekend attendance was 167,152. This was down slightly from the 171,391 who attended in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192803-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rhein Fire season\nThe 2007 Rhein Fire season was the 13th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Rick Lantz in his first year, and played its home games at LTU arena in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany. They finished the season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29, ending the team's 13-year existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192804-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rhode Island Rams football team\nThe 2007 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Tim Stowers, the Rams compiled a 3\u20138 record (2\u20136 against conference opponents) and tied for last place in the North Division of the CAA's North Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192805-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships\nThe 23rd Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 29 June to 1 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192806-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rice Owls football team\nThe 2007 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Owls, led by 1st year head coach David Bailiff, played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. Rice finished the season 3\u20139 and 3\u20135 in CUSA play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192807-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmond Football Club season\nThis article covers the 2007 season of the Richmond Football Club AFL team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192808-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmond Spiders football team\nThe 2007 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and played their home games at the University of Richmond Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192808-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmond Spiders football team\nThe Spiders were led by fourth-year head coach Dave Clawson. Richmond finished the regular season with a 9\u20132 overall record and 7\u20131 record in conference play, sharing the CAA title with the University of Massachusetts Amherst. With Massachusetts having won the CAA's automatic berth to the FCS playoffs on a coin flip, the Spiders were awarded an at-large playoff berth. At home they defeated Eastern Kentucky, and then on the road, Richmond beat Wofford. In the semifinals, Richmond fell on the road to eventual national champion Appalachian State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192809-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmondshire District Council election\nThe 2007 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192809-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Newsham with Eppleby\nA by-election took place in Newsham with Eppleby on 7 August 2008 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Hamish Newhouse. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Mick Griffiths with a majority of 165 votes over Liberal Democrat Amanda Adams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 102], "content_span": [103, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192809-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Hipswell\nA by-election was held in Hipswell on 15 October 2009 after the resignation of Cnservative councillor Alicia Tye. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Stephanie Todd with a majority of 18 votes over Liberal Democrat Ann Bagley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 90], "content_span": [91, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192809-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Richmondshire District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Middleham\nA by-election was held in Middleham on 15 October 2009 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Roger Harrison-Topham. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Rachel Allen with a majority of 210 votes over Liberal Democrat Gina Ramsbottom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 91], "content_span": [92, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192810-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rikuzentakata mayoral election\nRikuzentakata, Iwate, held a mayoral election on February 4, 2007. Nagato Nakasato beat incumbent mayor Akihiko Yoshida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192811-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rink Hockey World Championship\nThe 2007 Rink Hockey World Championship was the 38th edition of the Rink Hockey World Championship, being held between 16 and 23 June 2007, in Montreux, Switzerland. It was disputed by 16 countries and it watched Spain achieving his 13th title, after an 8\u20131 win over Switzerland, in the final. The event marked the first time Switzerland reached the final of the most important international roller hockey competition. It also marked the worst performance ever for Portugal, with a disappointing 6th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192811-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rink Hockey World Championship, Format\nThe competition was disputed by 16 countries, divided in four groups of 4 teams each one. Unsurprisingly, the four major National Teams, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Argentina were divided by the four groups and they all won them. The two highest classified teams of each group would qualify for the knockout phase, starting with the quarter-finals. The winners would face each other at the semi-finals and then would advance for the final. The losers played for the 3rd place award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192811-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rink Hockey World Championship, Format\nEvery game lasted 40 minutes, divided in 2 parts of 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192812-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rio de Janeiro train collision\nThe Rio de Janeiro train collision occurred on August 30, 2007 when two trains collided in the Nova Igua\u00e7u suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eleven people were killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192812-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rio de Janeiro train collision\nThe accident happened at 16:09 at a junction near Austin station in Nova Igua\u00e7u in the region of Baixada Fluminense on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. A passenger train carrying 850 people collided with the back of an empty passenger train killing 8 people and injuring 111, 15 seriously.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election\nThe 2007 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Parliament of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Autonomous Community. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 33 members of the Parliament of La Rioja were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied regionally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in La Rioja. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 57], "content_span": [58, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Parliament of La Rioja expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe President of the Autonomous Community had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of La Rioja and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year has elapsed since a previous dissolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date\nIn the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192813-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Riojan regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of La Rioja.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192814-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rivers State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Rivers State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Rivers State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Celestine Omehia won the election, defeating Ashley Emenike of the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192814-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Results\nCelestine Omehia from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ashley Emenike from the Labour Party. Registered voters was 2,583,317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192815-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Road America 500\nThe 2007 Generac 500 at Road America was the eighth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America on August 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192815-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Road America 500\nDue to heavy rain and lightning during the race, over an hour of this four-hour event was run continuously under caution due to unsafe conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192815-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Road America 500, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192815-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Road America 500, Official results\n\u2020 - #31 Petersen/White Lightning was penalized after failing post-race technical inspection for improper tail lights. They were moved to the last car on their lap, dropping them one position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 39], "content_span": [40, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192816-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Robert Morris Colonials football team\nThe 2007 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonials were led by 14th-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Joe Walton Stadium. They were a member of the Northeast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192817-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Rochdale Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192818-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochester Knighthawks season\nThe Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 13th in franchise history. Rochester started the season 2-2 but then won their last 12 consecutive regular season games. After defeating Toronto and Buffalo in the playoffs, they won the right to host the Championship game against Arizona. However, due to scheduling conflicts at the Blue Cross Arena, the Sting hosted the final game. The Knighthawks extended their winning streak by defeating the Sting 13-11 for their first NLL Championship since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192818-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochester Knighthawks season\nThe winning streak would continue into the 2008 season, but only by a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192818-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochester Knighthawks season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192818-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochester Knighthawks season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 65], "content_span": [66, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192818-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochester Knighthawks season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192819-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rochford District Council election\nElections to Rochford Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season\nRoger Federer made all four Major finals in 2007, winning three of them. He defeated Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, 7\u20136(2), 6\u20134, 6\u20134, at the Australian Open, Rafael Nadal, 7\u20136(7), 4\u20136, 7\u20136(3), 2\u20136, 6\u20132, at Wimbledon, and Novak Djokovic, 7\u20136(4), 7\u20136(2), 6\u20134, at the US Open. However, Federer lost the 2007 French Open final to Nadal, 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 3\u20136, 4\u20136. Federer made five ATP Masters Series 1000 Finals in 2007, but only won two of those, in Hamburg and Cincinnati. Federer won 1 ATP 500 series event in Dubai. He ended the year by winning the year-end championships for the fourth time. In 2011 Stephen Tignor, chief editorial writer for Tennis.com, ranked Federer's 2007 season as the sixth greatest season of all-time during the Open Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early Hard Court Season\nFederer entered the Australian Open with a 29 match winning streak dating back to 2006 US Open. In the fourth round Federer faced future world no. 1 and multi-slam winner Novak Djokovic for the first time in a major, defeating him in straight sets. In the semifinals Federer faced American Andy Roddick in a highly anticipated rematch of the 2006 US Open final. Federer delivered a masterclass, crushing the American and delivering the most one sided match of their rivalry 6\u20134, 6\u20130, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early Hard Court Season\nFederer won his third Australian Open and 10th Grand Slam singles title, defeating Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez of Chile in the final. He became the first man since Bj\u00f6rn Borg in 1980 to win a Grand Slam singles tournament without losing a set. At the end of the tournament Federer's winning streak stood at 36 consecutive matches, besting his previous career best 35 match winning streak in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early Hard Court Season\nFederer next played in Dubai where he was a three time former champion. Federer again played Djokovic in the quarterfinals and prevailed in a tight three set match. He defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the finals to capture his fourth Dubai title in the last five years. After his victory Federer's winning streak stood at 41 consecutive matches, just five shy of the all-time record held by Guillermo Vilas in 1977.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early Hard Court Season\nEntering Indian Wells, Federer was the three-time defending champion. He needed only to make the finals to tie Vilas' all-time record and if he won would have set a new all-time record for consecutive victories at 47. His winning streak of 41 consecutive matches, however, ended when he lost to Guillermo Ca\u00f1as in the second round of the Pacific Life Open. This was a surprising loss and the first time he had suffered a defeat in six months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early Hard Court Season\nThe following week at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, he entered as the two-time defending champion. This tournament was disappointing as Federer again lost to Ca\u00f1as, this time in the fourth round in three sets. However, he was awarded four ATP Awards during a ceremony at the tournament, making him the first player to receive four awards during the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 71], "content_span": [72, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay Court Season\nFederer started his clay-court season by reaching his second consecutive final of the Monte Carlo Masters. He did not drop a set until the finals, but lost again to second seed Nadal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay Court Season\nFederer also lost in the third round of the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome to Filippo Volandri. It was the first time that he had lost to anyone other than Nadal on clay since the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters. This defeat meant he had gone four tournaments without a title, his longest stretch since becoming world no. 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay Court Season\nFederer rebounded, however, to defeat Nadal on clay for the first time, winning his fourth Hamburg Masters title, and ending Nadal's clay court streak of 81 consecutive matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay Court Season\nAfter his victory over Nadal on clay two weeks earlier in Hamburg, speculation started on whether Federer could become the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four major titles simultaneously. Entering Roland Garros he was reigning champion of Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open and a victory at the French would mark a historical non-calendar year Grand Slam. At the French Open, Federer raced through the tournament, dropping only one set before reaching the final for the second consecutive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Clay Court Season\nEntering the final Federer had a 27 match winning streak at the majors and was seeking revenge for his 4 set loss to Nadal in the 2006 final. Federer played well in the final, but could not convert on the many opportunities he had to break the Nadal serve. Federer was 0 for 10 on break point chances in the first set, and only 1 for 17 overall. The result was a defeat at the hands of his arch-rival for the second straight year at the French finals, in four sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 65], "content_span": [66, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season\nOne day after the loss, Federer announced that he was withdrawing from his usual warm-up tournament in Halle, which he had won the last four years, citing fatigue and fear of getting an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season\nHe, therefore, entered Wimbledon for the first time without having played a warm-up grass-court tournament. Federer, nevertheless, reached the finals of Wimbledon for the fifth time, only dropping one set. The final was a rematch of 2006 as Federer again faced his nemesis Rafael Nadal. The final would prove to be an epic, delivering the first five set final at Wimbledon since 2001. Federer won the first set in a tight tiebreaker which he won 9\u20137. Nadal responded in the second and took it 6\u20134, leveling the match at one set apiece.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season\nA pivotal third set was decided by another tiebreaker which Federer claimed 7\u20133. After the first three sets Federer was only one set away from his fifth consecutive Wimbledon championship. Nadal, however, refused to go down quietly and took the fourth set decisively by a score of 6\u20132. As they entered the ultimate fifth set both players knew the value of a single break. Federer faced two early fifth set crises when he found himself down double break point in the third and fifth games. Federer, however, saved all four break points to take a 3\u20132 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season\nIn the sixth game Federer finally broke the Nadal serve and closed out the championship 6\u20132 in the final set. This match marked the first time in Federer's career that he was pushed to a fifth set in the finals of a Slam and remained his only five set final victory at a major until 2009 Wimbledon. With this victory Federer tied Bj\u00f6rn Borg's open-era men's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles. He also tied Rod Laver and Borg Borg with 11 Grand Slam titles, moving into third place all-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer Hard Court Season\nFederer began the hard-court season in August in Montreal at the Canadian Open as the defending champion. Federer advanced through the tournament without dropping a set and faced the young world no. 4 Novak Djokovic in the finals. Entering the final Federer had never lost to the young Serbian, holding a 4\u20130 record against him. The first set was a back and forth affair with Federer squandering triple set point on his own serve and losing the tiebreaker. Federer, however, ran away with the second set and forced a final set for the championship. Djokovic prevailed in a final-set tiebreaker, defeating Federer for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 705]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer Hard Court Season\nThe following week Federer entered the Cincinnati Masters. He reached the final, surviving a final-set tiebreaker scare against Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals. Federer won the Cincinnati title for the second time, defeating James Blake in the final. The victory was Federer's 50th career singles title, his 14th ATP Masters Series title, and made him the winner of the 2007 US Open Series points race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer Hard Court Season\nAs the winner of U.S. Open Series, Federer had never entered the US Open in a stronger position. Federer lost the opening set in his third and fourth round matches before recovering to defeat John Isner and Feliciano L\u00f3pez respectively. His quarterfinal match was especially compelling since it was a rematch of the 2006 final against Andy Roddick. Federer defeated Roddick in straight sets in a match that featured two tiebreakers. Federer reached the finals and faced rising star and world no. 3 Novak Djokovic who had defeated Federer just a few weeks prior in the finals of Montreal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer Hard Court Season\nDjokovic started the match hot and quickly found himself at triple set point on his own serve. Federer saved all set points and snatched the first set in a close tiebreaker (it was an exact reversal of the first set just weeks before in Montreal). Djokovic would not yield, however, and again took Federer to a tiebreaker in the second set. Federer again prevailed in the tiebreaker and capitalized on this by taking a close third set as well. Federer's victory over the third seed Djokovic delivered his 12th Grand Slam singles title, and fourth consecutive US Open title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0013-0002", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer Hard Court Season\nThis victory moved him ahead of Laver and Borg for third on the all-time list of Grand Slam champions. As champion of the US Open Series points race, Federer received a bonus of $1 million, in addition to the $1.4 million prize for winning the US Open singles title. He became the only player in history to win three Grand Slams in a year for three years (2004, 2006, 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0013-0003", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Summer Hard Court Season\nThroughout the tournament the American press labeled him Darth Federer for his all-black attire and the tournament played The Imperial March from Star Wars when he was announced onto the court for each of his matches. The Imperial March was also played by the tournament officials after the final match point, in honor of Federer's achievement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall Indoor Season\nFederer began the indoor season as the defending champion at the Madrid Masters. Fresh off wins at the Cincinnati Masters and the US Open, Federer was the clear favorite to win the tournament. He advanced to the finals without dropping a set and faced his early career nemesis David Nalbandian. Federer took the first set easily but was defeated in three sets by the red-hot Argentine. Notably, Nalbandian had consecutively beaten Nadal, Djokovic, and Federer in Madrid to claim his first masters title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall Indoor Season\nFederer next entered his home-town tournament in Basel as the defending champion. He dropped only one set en route to his second Basel title and his third title in his native Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall Indoor Season\nThe last masters tournament of the year at Bercy was a brief affair for Federer who fell again to Nalbandian, this time in the third round. The streaking Argentine would go on to defeat Nadal in the finals of Bercy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Fall Indoor Season\nFederer then finished the season at the year-end Tennis Masters Cup. Despite losing for the first time in the round-robin group to Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, he regrouped against Roddick and Davydenko to advance. Federer went on to defeat Nadal in the semifinals and David Ferrer in the tournament finals to win his fourth Tennis Masters Cup title, finishing the season in style.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192820-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Roger Federer tennis season, Season Accomplishments\nFederer finished the year as the world no. 1 player for the fourth consecutive time, compiling an impressive 68\u20139 record. Due to his performance on the court and off-court personality, in 2007, Time magazine named him as one of the 100 most important persons in the world. Rod Laver, one of the greatest players ever himself, described him as follows: \"One thing is for sure: he's the best player of his time and one of the most admirable champions on the planet. That's certainly something worth crowing over. The beauty is, Roger Federer won't. \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192821-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup\nThe 2007 Canada Masters (also known as the 2007 Rogers Masters and 2007 Rogers Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 118th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 6 through August 12, 2007, and the women's event at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 13 through August 20, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192821-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup\nThe men's singles featured World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, French Open winner and Stuttgart titlist Rafael Nadal, and new ATP No. 3 and Miami Masters champion Novak Djokovic. Among other top players present were Roland-Garros semifinalist Nikolay Davydenko, Washington champion Andy Roddick, Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez, Tommy Robredo and Richard Gasquet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192821-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup\nOn the women's side were present World No. 1 and French Open champion Justine Henin, Charleston, Rome and recent Birmingham winner Jelena Jankovi\u0107, and Indian Wells, Berlin, and Rome finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova. Other top seeds competing were Los Angeles titlist Ana Ivanovic, 's-Hertogenbosch winner Anna Chakvetadze, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192821-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi / Pavel V\u00edzner defeated Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 38], "content_span": [39, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192821-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber 6\u20134, 2\u20136, [10\u20135]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 40], "content_span": [41, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192822-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup \u2013 Doubles\nNadia Petrova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Navratilova retired from the sport on September 10, 2006, and only Petrova competed that year. Petrova partnered with Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Sun Tiantian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192822-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup \u2013 Doubles\nKatarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6\u20134, 2\u20136, 10\u20135, against Cara Black and Liezel Huber.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192822-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup \u2013 Doubles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192823-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles\nAna Ivanovic was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Yan Zi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192823-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20133), 7\u20135 against Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192823-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Cup \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 32], "content_span": [33, 89]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192824-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Masters \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Pavel V\u00edzner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192824-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Masters \u2013 Doubles\nMahesh Bhupathi and Pavel V\u00edzner won in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20134 against Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192825-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Masters \u2013 Singles\nNovak Djokovic defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 7\u20136(7\u20132), 2\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20132), to win the Singles title at the 2007 Canadian Open. With the win, he became the first man to beat the world's top three players in one event since Boris Becker in 1994 in Stockholm, having also defeated Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick en route to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192825-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rogers Masters \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192826-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rolex Sports Car Series\nThe 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the eighth season of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. The 15-race championship for Daytona Prototypes and GT cars began January 27, 2007 and concluded on September 15, 2007. Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty shared the Daytona Prototype title, while Dirk Werner won the GT title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192826-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rolex Sports Car Series, Schedule\n2007 marked the first time the Sonoma race did not feature the GT class. Phoenix was dropped in favor of Iowa Speedway, and Long Beach was dropped for Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192826-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rolex Sports Car Series, Standings, DP\n\u2020 Colin Braun was suspended for the race in Sonoma by the GARRA for an incident during the race at Watkins Glen while on probation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192826-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rolex Sports Car Series, Standings, GT\n\u2020 Not classified due to failure to complete a green-flag lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 43], "content_span": [44, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192827-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Romanian Figure Skating Championships took place between December 1 and 3, 2006 in Bucharest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles. The results were used to choose the Romanian teams to the 2007 World Championships and the 2007 European Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192828-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian electoral system referendum\nA referendum on changing the electoral system to a two-round system was held in Romania on 25 November 2007, on the same date as the election to the European Parliament. The referendum was called by President Traian B\u0103sescu on 23 October 2007 when the Parliament of Romania failed to meet a deadline set by him to pass these changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192828-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian electoral system referendum\nDo you agree that, beginning with the next elections that will be held for the Romanian Parliament, all deputies and senators be elected in single-member constituencies, based on a majority vote in two rounds?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192828-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian electoral system referendum\nSunte\u021bi de acord ca, \u00eencep\u00e2nd cu primele alegeri care vor fi organizate pentru Parlamentul Rom\u00e2niei, to\u021bi deputa\u021bii \u0219i senatorii s\u0103 fie ale\u0219i \u00een circumscrip\u021bii uninominale, pe baza unui scrutin majoritar \u00een dou\u0103 tururi?", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192828-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian electoral system referendum\nWhile the system proposed by the president would mirror the French two-round electoral system, Prime Minister C\u0103lin Popescu-T\u0103riceanu has proposed a mixed member proportional system based on the German electoral system. The proposed legislation would also reduce the number of MPs by about 20 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192828-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian electoral system referendum\nWhile the Greater Romania Party (PRM) challenged the legality of holding the referendum at the same time as the EP election, the Constitutional Court of Romania decided on November 7 that it was not illegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192828-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian electoral system referendum, Results\nAlthough 81% of voters were in favour of the proposal, the low turnout of 26% meant that the referendum was invalid. Thus, the MMP proposal of PM T\u0103riceanu was used at the next elections instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum\nThe Romanian presidential impeachment referendum of 2007 was conducted in order to determine whether the president of Romania Traian B\u0103sescu should be forced to step down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum\nOn 19 April 2007 the Romanian parliament suspended B\u0103sescu. As the Constitutional Court of Romania acknowledged the Parliament's vote on the following day, B\u0103sescu remained suspended from the position of president until the referendum would clarify the situation. It took place on 19 May 2007 and confirmed that the impeachment should not stand. 24.75% voted to impeach B\u0103sescu, while 74.48% wanted to keep him in office.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum\nAlthough not impeached, B\u0103sescu is the first president in the history of Romania who has been officially suspended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Impeachment vote by Parliament\nIn early 2007, B\u0103sescu was proposed for impeachment by the members of the opposition parties for allegedly unconstitutional conduct. One of the major issues in the confrontation was the activity of justice minister Monica Macovei, who politicized the prosecutors appointment, taking it away from the Superior Council of Magistrature and assigning it to herself and the president. Among the main reasons given in the proposal to suspend B\u0103sescu were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Impeachment vote by Parliament\nB\u0103sescu and his supporters denied the accusations, stating that his actions and statements were ways of fighting against corruption in the political and judicial systems and against \"circles of business interests\" with unlawful purposes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Impeachment vote by Parliament\nThe Constitutional Court of Romania found no clear evidence of his breach of the constitution in the sense required by the fundamental law. However, the court ruling was only consultative and the two chambers of the parliament voted in favor of B\u0103sescu's impeachment on 19 April 2007, with 322 votes for the impeachment proposal, 108 against it and 8 abstentions (the minimum number of votes needed was 233). B\u0103sescu contested the decision, but the constitutional court rejected his appeal as inadmissible and upheld the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Impeachment vote by Parliament\nIn the meantime, Macovei and several other ministers which supported the president were dismissed by prime minister Popescu-T\u0103riceanu, while the European election has been postponed until at least the fall of 2007. The pro-president media have characterized the anti-B\u0103sescu coalition as the \"black alliance,\" noting that it contained both Social-Democrats and National-Liberals, Hungarian minority MPs and ultra-nationalists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 81], "content_span": [82, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, After the impeachment vote\nAs a result of the impeachment vote by the parliament, B\u0103sescu was suspended from his function as president on April 19, 2007 and a national referendum was held on 19 May 2007 to decide by popular vote whether to dismiss the president. According to the electoral law (article 5(2) of the referendum law), an absolute majority of all Romanians with the right to vote is required for a positive result in a dismissal referendum, which means that almost nine million people would have had to vote against B\u0103sescu. Otherwise he would regain full prerogatives. If B\u0103sescu had been dismissed by the referendum, early presidential elections would have been called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, After the impeachment vote\nThe question printed on the ballots was, \"Do you agree with the removal of the President of Romania, Mr. Traian B\u0103sescu, from office?\". The question was modified to include the name of the president even though article 9 in the law of referendum already established the content of the question without names of presidents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 77], "content_span": [78, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy\nAfter the impeachment vote by the parliament, several public rallies to support B\u0103sescu in the referendum and protest against his suspension were organized by PD and PLD both in Romania (Bucharest, Ia\u015fi etc.) as well as abroad (e.g. in Madrid).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy\nOn 17 April B\u0103sescu stated that if Parliament voted for his impeachment, he would resign \"five minutes\" after the vote, avoiding a referendum for dismissal and triggering early presidential elections. However, on 20 April he decided not to resign, claiming he wished to limit the period of political instability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy\nB\u0103sescu and his supporters in the Democratic Party also suggested that his political opponents would try to modify the electoral law in order to obstruct a previously suspended president to run in the elections again, following a Rolandas Paksas scenario.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy\nOn 25 April, the constitutional court approved the modifications brought by parliament to the referendum law. The new article 10 (regarding the presidential impeachment process) considers that the impeachment process \"will be approved through the majority of votes for the participants at the referendum and article 5(2) does not apply to this type of referendum.\" Therefore, the 19 May referendum remained valid, despite the participation of less than 40% of eligible Romanians. However, since only a 25% minority of voters voted in the affirmative, B\u0103sescu regained full prerogatives on May 24, after the referendum results were confirmed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 62], "content_span": [63, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nOn 24 April, the parliament voted to organize the referendum on 19 May and included an amendment of the opposition which stipulated that in case the constitutional court found the referendum invalid, parliament would decide on further procedures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nThe decision started a new debate on the referendum issue generated by the law not providing for the hypothesis that the referendum to dismiss the president would be considered formally not valid by the constitutional Law on account of low turnout. According to paragraph (2) of article 5 in the law no. 3/2000, a referendum is valid only if the majority of citizens registered in the electoral lists participates in the referendum, regardless of their votes or the validity of their votes once they have participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nThis condition applies to all referendums and only if met, the referendum will be held as formally valid by the constitutional court. But neither the constitution nor the law on referendums give any solution to the invalidity issue as to what would happen afterwards with the legal effects of the suspension vote or the re-instatement of the president with full prerogatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nSupporters of the idea that the referendum will have to be repeated - with the president suspended in the meantime - base their claim on article 95 in the constitution which does not provide a limit in time as to the effects of a suspension vote by the parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nAnother difficulty that arose from this argument is that a suspension vote would actually become a dismissal vote in case of low voter turnout since several referendums would have to be held with the president suspended while article 95 says that only \"a referendum\" will be held and this will be done only \"in 30 days\" from the day of suspension. In addition, it was claimed that it cannot be reasonably inferred that low voter turnout equals a will to dismiss the president by the people and parliament does not have the power to make this decision either.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nSupporters of the president rebut the argument, stating that article 95 calls for a referendum to be held in 30 days to dismiss the president by popular vote and that article 8 in the law on referendums states that the referendum is mandatory. Since the referendum is the expression of national sovereignty that belongs to the Romanian people, only a positive result to dismiss the president will preclude B\u0103sescu from regaining full prerogatives once the referendum is held at the date established.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nSave for a positive result to dismiss him, B\u0103sescu will regain full prerogatives the next day after the vote, regardless of participation rates or the validity of the referendum. This argument does not address the issue of the time limit for the suspension or that a valid referendum will have to legitimize again the reinstatement as president once he was suspended because only a valid referendum is the expression of national sovereignty not an invalid one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Validity in Case of Low Voter Turnout\nShould the referendum be invalid on account of low voter turnout, a possible solution to this constitutional crisis would be a bolder decision of the constitutional court that would have to address the debate directly and issue a decision on reinstatement as well. A second possible solution is for the government to repeal the text of article 5 (2) on participation requirements through an emergency ordinance. Finally, resignation of the president would end his mandate and the issue by triggering presidential elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 101], "content_span": [102, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Support Rallies for B\u0103sescu\nAfter he was suspended, B\u0103sescu took part in several support rallies in which he continued to criticize the 322 MPs who had voted against him and made reference to an alleged conspiracy of corrupt political leaders and a \"business oligarchy\" that led to his impeachment. He also stated that he would not \"negotiate\" with his adversaries in order to maintain his office and that he would continue to fight against corruption once reinstated by the referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 91], "content_span": [92, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Controversy, Support Rallies for B\u0103sescu\nB\u0103sescu's political opponents replied by accusing him of always \"seeking conflict\" and \"inventing enemies\" in order to maintain a favourable public image of \"fighter for justice.\" Mircea Geoan\u0103, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party stated that B\u0103sescu's participation in the rallies was illegal because \"it took place before the official start of the electoral campaign for the referendum.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 91], "content_span": [92, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Results\nEarly exit polls indicated a win for the president. Voter turnout had been low, a fact emphasized by both sides. Although the president was still suspended pending official results, both he and the opposing political coalition made statements acknowledging his imminent return as active president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Results\nTwo exit polls were conducted among the participants in the referendum. An Insomar/Metro Media poll showed 75 percent of voters saying \"No\" to ousting B\u0103sescu. A CURS Institute poll put the figure at 78.1 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Results\nA common statement by the European Popular Party leaders Joseph Daul and Wilfried Martens, published one hour after the result of the vote \"welcomes the decision of the Romanian people in today\u2019s referendum to reject a call to remove president Traian Basescu from office\". BBC News reported on the population's attitude by citing the answer from a teacher's interview \"I've got sick of living in a country run by thieves. Only B\u0103sescu can help us get rid of them\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192829-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, Results\nOver 50% presence was registered only in Bucharest (where the votes of Romanians living abroad were added to the local votes), Sibiu, Bra\u015fov and Constan\u0163a counties. The highest percentage favouring impeachment was registered at Boto\u015fani (39,69%), Teleorman (37,27%), Vaslui (35,34%) and Olt (35,53%)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 58], "content_span": [59, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192830-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup\nThe 2007 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup was the first UCI Women's Road World Cup running on the Ronde van Drenthe. It was held on 14 April 2007 over a distance of 136.6 kilometres (84.9 miles). 164 elite female cyclists took part in the race and 99 of them finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192831-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rose Bowl\nThe 2007 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It was the 93rd Rose Bowl Game and part of the 2006\u20132007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) at the conclusion of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In the game, the University of Southern California Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the University of Michigan Wolverines, second-place finishers in the Big Ten Conference, 32\u201318. USC wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett and USC outside linebacker Brian Cushing were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192831-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rose Bowl\nHistorically, the Rose Bowl has pitted the champions the Big Ten and Pac-10. What made the 2007 Rose Bowl a not-so-traditional matchup is that Michigan entered as the runner-up of the Big Ten. The Big Ten champions, Ohio State, were ranked #1 and instead participated in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Michigan won their first 11 games in 2006, but lost their last regular season game to the undefeated Buckeyes in Columbus, 42\u201339.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192831-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rose Bowl, Pre-game\nA moment of silence prior to the national anthem was held in memory of former Michigan center, 38th President of the United States, and 1978 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal Gerald Ford, who died six days earlier. George Lucas, Southern California alum, the creator of the Star Wars series of films, and 2007 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal, flipped the coin. The coin used featured Southern California's logo on one on side and Michigan's logo on the other. Neither team called a side as the team's logo that landed up won the coin toss. Southern California deferred after winning the coin toss, and Michigan elected to receive the ball on the kickoff. The game officially started at 2:00 pm PST (UTC\u22128).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 24], "content_span": [25, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192831-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rose Bowl, Game notes\nMany times the participants of the Rose Bowl game have been the winners of the respective UCLA\u2013USC rivalry and Michigan-Ohio State rivalry games, although there have been instances where the loser of the rivalry game still won the conference championship. In the 2007 Rose Bowl game, the participants both were the losers of those games, and Michigan was an at-large BCS participant with a second place Big Ten finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192832-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rossendale Borough Council election\nElections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election\nThe 2007 Rother District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election, Background\nAt the last election in 2003 the Conservatives retained control of the council with 25 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 8, Labour had 3 and there were 2 independents. However, by the time of the 2007 election the Liberal Democrat group had been reduced to 6 councillors, while 2 of the 3 Labour councillors, Helen and Keith Bridger, had left the Labour party in December 2006 and stood at the election as independents. Meanwhile, the Conservative leader of the council Graham Gubby stood down at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives increased their majority on the council after making a net gain of 2 seats to have 28 of the 38 councillors. The Conservatives narrowly defeated Liberal Democrat councillor John Kemp in Crowhurst by 2 votes after 3 recounts, while also taking out the only Labour councillor Samuel Souster in Rye. This meant Rother was one of more than 10 councils in which Labour lost their last presence on the council in the 2007 local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats also gained 2 seats to have 8 councillors, after defeating Conservative councillors in Bexhill St Michael's and Battle Town ward. Meanwhile, the independents were reduced from 5 to 2 councillors, with Keith and Helen Bridger being defeated in Bexhill Sidley, while Eric Armstrong lost in Bexhill Old Town.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Conservative Carl Maynard became the new leader of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Bexhill Collington\nA by-election was held in Bexhill Collington on 12 June 2008 after the death of Conservative councillor Ron Dyason. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Gillian Wheeler with a majority of 677 votes over the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 93], "content_span": [94, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192833-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rother District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Bexhill Sackville\nA by-election was held in Bexhill Sackville on 3 July 2008 after Conservative councillor Keith Standring resigned from the council. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Richard Carroll with a majority of 80 votes over the Liberal Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 92], "content_span": [93, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192834-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The Labour party kept overall control of the council. One third of the council was up for election and no boundary changes were made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192835-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rotterdam Sprint Cup\nThe 2007 Rotterdam Sprint Cup was held from 4 to 9 January 2007 in Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam. The event was held for the first time and scheduled together with the 2007 Six Days of Rotterdam. Six of the world's best track sprint cyclists challenged each other in several sprint disciplines over six days, resulting in a total ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup\nThe 2007 Royal Bank Cup is the 37th Junior \"A\" 2007 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The 2007 National Champions were the Aurora Tigers, winning their second title in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup\nThe Royal Bank Cup was competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and the host city, the Prince George Spruce Kings of the British Columbia Hockey League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup\nThe tournament was hosted by the Prince George Spruce Kings and ran in May 2007 with games played at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup\nThe defending 2006 champions were the Burnaby Express of the British Columbia Hockey League, but they failed to make it out of their league playdowns. This year's frontrunners were the Camrose Kodiaks and the Aurora Tigers. The Kodiaks were the top ranked team in the CJAHL for the first part of the season, while the Tigers were the nation's top team from the point that Camrose gave it up until now.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup\nThe Pembroke Lumber Kings dominated the Central league and squeaked out of the regionals, while being known as a dangerous team they are still looking for their first National Title. The Selkirk Steelers are a tough team and have been thought to be a contender since early in the season. The host Prince George Spruce Kings should be well rested for the competition after a month off since being eliminated, the host is rarely not a factor at the Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nThe tournament opened up on May 5, 2007. The first game took place between Prince George and Pembroke. Pembroke came out strong, but the first period closed out with a 1\u20131 tie. Prince George took control in the second, running up three goals, and eventually took the game 5\u20132. Historically, it is not uncommon for a well rested host team to surprise any of the four war-torn and jet-lagged regional champions at the Royal Bank Cup. Since the first Royal Bank Cup was awarded in 1996, the host team has won the championship four times in eleven tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nOn May 6, the Aurora Tigers started their tourney off strong, taking an early 3\u20130 lead against the Selkirk Steelers. The Tigers ran into some penalty troubles, but the game still ended up 4\u20132 in their favour. In the late game, Prince George came out strong against the Camrose Kodiaks and took an early 2\u20130 lead. The Kodiaks put on the heat in the second and from that point on scored four unanswered goals to take the game 4\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nDay 3: May 7. The early game was between the Aurora Tigers and the Pembroke Lumber Kings. Aurora came out strong and took an early lead, but ran into rather lopsided penalty trouble and found themselves down 3\u20131 in the third. The Pembroke lead corresponded with a string of nine minor penalties, eight of which were given to the Tigers. The Tigers roared back to tie it at 3 late in the third, just to allow another Pembroke goal and then later a Pembroke empty netter. The Lumber Kings proved their worth with a 5\u20133 victory over the nation's top ranked team, although inconsistent refereeing may have also been a factor. Despite a hard-fought game and a great effort, the Selkirk Steelers were topped 3-1 by the Camrose Kodiaks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nOn Day 4, three teams got to rest, but not Prince George and Aurora. Both teams coming off losses, this game was undeniably important. Despite outshooting the Tigers, the Spruce Kings were just out-gunned and were defeated by a 6\u20133 score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nMay 8 started off with a duel between Camrose and Pembroke. Pembroke, flying high from a victory over top seated Aurora, ran into a brick wall and were shut down 3-0 by the Kodiaks. The late game was between Prince George and Selkirk. A win for either team would guarantee a semi-final spot for the victor. The game remained scoreless until the third where Prince George squeezed out a 2\u20131 victory. With the win Prince George clinched a playoff spot with a 2\u20132 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nOn the final day of the round robin came the much anticipated showdown between the top seeded Aurora Tigers and the second seeded Camrose Kodiaks. The Tigers jumped out to an early 2\u20130 lead, just to lose it on a pair of quick power-play goals by the Kodiaks. The Tiger went up 4\u20132 in the second. In the third it was very back and forth, but the Tigers out scored them in rather violent third period 3\u20132 to win the game 7\u20134. This may be the preview for a much anticipated rematch in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nWith the win, the Tigers climbed to 3\u20131 to clinch the top seed and the Kodiaks dropped to 3-1 and due to a tie breaker are relegated to 2nd seed and a semi-final against Prince George. Camrose chose to start back-up goaltender Keanan Boomer in the game while Aurora chose to stay the course with starter Tyler Gordon. Boomer had only played in one game since the end of the regular season up to this point. In the final game of the round robin, it was winner move on, loser go home. Pembroke and Selkirk battled it out in a tight and hard-fought game. Despite the Steelers outshooting the Lumber Kings, the Kings won 4\u20132. This sets up a rematch for Aurora and Pembroke in the Semi-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nAfter a days rest, May 12 was semi-final day at the RBC tournament. The early game was 1st seed Aurora in a rematch against the only team to beat them in the round robin, 4th seed Pembroke. Part two of the battle of Ontario saw Pembroke carrying a 2\u20131 lead late in the second period. With less than 3 minutes to go in the second, Aurora knotted the game at 2 and a scoreless third forced an overtime period. At 2:21 of the overtime period tournament MVP Daniel Michalsky popped in a rebound to win the game for the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nThe second semi-final was between 2nd seed Camrose and 3rd seed Prince George. Alain Joanette got Prince George on the board first, snapping a shot past Kodiaks goaltender Allen York almost 15 minutes into the opening period, and Vinny Muchalla got his first of the tournament three minutes into the middle frame on a controversial goal, putting the Spruce Kings up by a pair halfway through the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nThe goal came as Muchalla slid into the net and knocked the net off the moorings, and the ref blew the whistle and had his arm in the air, calling the play dead. Then the puck was shot in the net and the ref called it a goal. Joe Colborne got the Kodiaks to within one just past the midway point of the second period, finishing off a beautiful set-up from linemates Scott Kobialko and Mike Connolly on a Camrose power play. After being stoned on numerous chances by the Spruce Kings' goalie Jordan White for more than 18 minutes in the third period, Jesse Todd undressed a Prince George defender and had a little breakaway, blasting a highlight reel goal past White, pulling the Kodiaks even with just 1:51 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nThe game ended up being the longest game in Royal Bank Cup history at 146 minutes and 1 second as the Spruce Kings broke a 2\u20132 tie just over six minutes into the fifth overtime period to win 3-2 and clinch a berth in the RBC Cup Final against the Aurora Tigers. Jason Yuel of the Spruce Kings scored the winner while goaltender Jordan White stopped 91 of 93 shots for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192836-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Bank Cup, Details\nThe final was a nail-biter to the end. The Tigers were up 1\u20130 at the end of the first and 2\u20130 at the end of the second. Both teams were tired and in their sixth game of the tournament, but hitting was heavy and both teams battled hard. The Tigers scored early in the third on the power play, and the Spruce Kings scored with less than five minutes to play to keep the game close and interesting. The Tigers shut them down from there and clinched their second national title in four years. The Tigers finished the season with a record of 73 wins, 10 losses, and 1 tie and allowed no one to play spoiler on them from regular season game one, through the playoffs, the Dudley Hewitt Cup, or the Royal Bank Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 28], "content_span": [29, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192837-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal League Final\nThe 2007 Royal League Final determined the winner of the 2006\u201307 edition of the football tournament Royal League. It was contested at Br\u00f8ndby Stadion on March 15, 2007, between Danish teams Br\u00f8ndby IF and F.C. Copenhagen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192837-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal League Final, Match facts\nTeam:16 Stephan Andersen (GK)03 Thomas Rytter \u00a034'04 Per Nielsen05 Mark Howard06 Marcus Lantz \u00a028'09 Martin Retov10 Martin Ericsson sub 9017 Morten \"Duncan\" Rasmussen22 Morten Rasmussen \u00a085'23 Martin Spelmann sub 9028 Chris Katongo sub 72", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192837-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal League Final, Match facts\nSubstitutes:40 Morten Cramer (GK, not used)07 Kasper Lorentzen in 7215 Ruben Bagger (not used)18 Henrik Kildentoft in 9031 David Williams in 9032 Anders Randrup (not used)41 Nicolaj Agger (not used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192837-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal League Final, Match facts\nMatch rules:90 minutes. Extra time 2x15 minutes if needed. Penalty shootout if scores level. Seven named substitutesMaximum of 3 substitutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192837-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal League Final, Match facts\nTeam:01 Jesper Christiansen (GK)02 Lars Jacobsen \u00a085'04 Hjalte N\u00f8rregaard sub 6405 Brede Hangeland08 Michael Silberbauer09 Fredrik Berglund sub 6410 Jesper Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r \u00a037'13 Atiba Hutchinson16 Dan Thomassen17 Oscar Wendt23 William Kvist", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192837-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal League Final, Match facts\nSubstitutes:21 Thomas Villadsen (GK, not used)03 Niclas Jensen (not used)07 Ailton Almeida in 6414 Michael Gravgaard in 6424 Jeppe Brandrup (not used)26 Nikolaj Hansen (not used)29 Lasse Qvist (not used)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes\nThe 2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes were a series of industrial disputes between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union in the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes, Background\nThe dispute centred on 'modernisation plans' which Royal Mail said were required to remain competitive, however the CWU believed that these might have led to around 40,000 job losses. Additionally there were disputes surrounding flexible working hours, pay rises and pensions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes, Background, Royal Mail position\nRoyal Mail claimed that flexibility is vital to the business, and that it was entirely reasonable for employees normally employed in one capacity to cover other roles as required to cope with variations in the work levels in each area. The company was also adamant that increased automation (and fewer employees) were necessary to bring costs under control. The unions were accused of retaining numerous Spanish practices which prevent flexible working.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes, Background, CWU position\nThe CWU accused Royal Mail of treating its employees as slaves, and regarded a level of flexibility which would have seen employees doing different jobs on a daily basis as unacceptable.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes, Background, Government position\nThe CWU called on the government to \"intervene in a positive way\". Until early October, the government maintained its stance that this was a matter for Royal Mail and the union to sort out. However, in early October Gordon Brown called on the CWU to reach an agreement on the terms offered, a move that was condemned by the TUC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes, Background, Public view\nPublic opinion was divided, with some strongly in support of the Postal Workers, and others supporting Royal Mail and condemning the disruption caused by the strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192838-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes, Royal Mail response\nRoyal Mail drafted in managers from non-operational roles to attempt to keep some mail moving through the system, and offered opportunities for those CWU members who wish to work to do so at other offices to avoid conflict with striking colleagues, but the strike still had a major impact on the operation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192839-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Royal Trophy\nThe 2007 Royal Trophy was the second edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 12\u201314 January at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand. Europe retained the trophy with an emphatic 12\u00bd\u20133\u00bd victory, prompting suggestions that it might be desirable to even up the contest by having Europe play a combined team representing Asia and Australasia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup\nThe 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003, beating a bid from England. The competition consisted of 48 matches over 44 days; 42 matches were played in ten cities throughout France, as well as four in Cardiff, Wales, and two in Edinburgh, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup\nThe eight quarter-finalists from 2003 were granted automatic qualification, while 12 other nations gained entry through the regional qualifying competitions that began in 2004 \u2013 of them, Portugal was the only World Cup debutant. The top three nations from each pool at the end of the pool stage qualified automatically for the 2011 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup\nThe competition opened with a match between hosts France and Argentina on 7 September at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. The stadium was also the venue of the final, played between England and South Africa on 20 October, which South Africa won 15\u20136 to win their second World Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Bids\nBoth England and France bid to host the tournament. The tender document for the 2007 bidding process was due out on 31 October 2001. Both England and France were invited to re-submit their plans. The International Rugby Board (IRB) stated that both countries must comply with tender document terms in one bid, but in their second option, could propose alternative ideas. The IRB said \"England's original proposal contained three plans for hosting the tournament with a traditional, new and hybrid format all on offer... The French bid, while complying with the tender document in all other respects, fell outside one of the `windows` in which the IRB wanted to stage an event\". England's bids included a two-tier tournament and altering the structure of the qualifying tournament and France had a bid in September/October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Bids\nIt was announced in April 2003 that France had won the right to host the tournament. The tournament was moved to the proposed September\u2013October dates with the tournament structure remaining as it was. It was also announced that ten French cities would be hosting games, with the final at the Stade de France. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that \"this decision illustrates the qualities of our country and its capacity to host major sporting events... This World Cup will be the opportunity to showcase the regions of France where the wonderful sport of rugby is deeply rooted\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Bids\nFrench Sports Minister Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lamour said that \"The organisation of this World Cup will shine over all of France because ten French towns have the privilege of organising matches and to be in the world's spotlight.\" French cities to host games were Bordeaux, Lens, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, St. Etienne, Toulouse and Paris, and it was also announced that the final would be at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Qualifying\nThe eight quarter-finalists from the 2003 World Cup all received automatic entry, with the other 12 nations coming from qualifying series around the world. Ten of the 20 positions available in the tournament were filled by regional qualifiers, with an additional two being filled by repechage qualification. The qualifying tournament was divided into five regional groups; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Qualifying matches began in 2004 and were completed in early 2007. Including the automatic qualifiers, over 90 nations were in qualifying contention for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Qualifying\nIn July 2005, both Samoa and Fiji were confirmed as the qualifiers from Oceania, as Oceania 1 and 2 respectively. In July of the following year, Argentina qualified as Americas 1 by defeating Uruguay 26\u20130 in Buenos Aires. Americas 2 was filled in August when Canada defeated the United States 56\u20137 in Newfoundland. The United States went on to qualify as Americas 3 after beating Uruguay in a two-legged tie in early October. That month also saw Italy qualify as Europe 1 after defeating Russia 67\u20137 in Moscow, reaching the first place in its qualifying group; Romania defeated Spain 43\u201320 in Madrid, and also qualified for the World Cup as Europe 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Qualifying\nNamibia qualified for their third consecutive World Cup after they earned their spot in France by defeating Morocco over two legs in November. In late 2006, it was announced that the IRB had withdrawn Colombo as the venue of the final Asian qualifying tournament due to security problems. Japan won the only Asian allocation after the tournament was moved to Hong Kong. Georgia was 14 points the better of Portugal over two legs to claim the last European place. Tonga qualified through repechage after defeating Korea. The final spot went to Portugal, joining Pool C after beating Uruguay 24\u201323 on aggregate. Portugal's qualification was the only change in the 20-team roster from the 2003 World Cup, replacing Uruguay, becoming the only wholly amateur team to qualify.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Hosting\nFrance won the right to host the 2007 World Cup in 2003, and it was subsequently announced that four matches would be held in Wales, at Cardiff's 74,500-seat Millennium Stadium (two Pool B games involving Wales, the match between Fiji and Canada, and a quarter-final). Ireland was to have hosted matches at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, but opted out because the stadium was being redeveloped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Hosting\nTwo of Scotland's Pool C matches were played at Murrayfield Stadium in Scotland. The Scottish Rugby Union was reportedly having doubts in early 2006 about hosting these games and whether Scotland would generate enough market demand, but confirmed in April 2006 that the games would be played at Murrayfield. In the end, the Scotland v. New Zealand match failed to sell out, and the stadium was less than half-full for the Scotland v. Romania match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Hosting\nThere was a substantial increase in the overall capacity of stadiums compared to the 2003 Rugby World Cup \u2013 the smallest venue at the 2007 tournament could seat 33,900 people. The French venues were the same as those used for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Around 6,000 volunteers helped to organise the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Hosting\nAlthough the 2007 tournament was the first to be hosted primarily by France, a number of matches during the 1991 and 1999 tournaments were played in France. In 1991, matches in Pool D (which included France) were played in B\u00e9ziers, Bayonne, Grenoble, Toulouse, Brive and Agen, while Parc des Princes and Stadium Lille-Metropole each hosted a quarter-final. Similarly, in 1999, fixtures in Pool C (which included France) were played in B\u00e9ziers, Bordeaux and Toulouse, Stade F\u00e9lix-Bollaert was the venue for one of the quarter-final play-offs, and the Stade de France hosted a quarter-final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Tickets and sponsorship\nTicket sales for the Rugby World Cup were broken up into three phases. The first phase was released in November 2005, when members of the European rugby community, such as officials, players and so on were given the opportunity for various packages. Upon the release of the second phase ticketing scheme, more than 100,000 tickets were sold in the first ten hours of release. The remaining tickets \u2013 individual tickets and tickets to the semi-finals \u2013 were released in phase three in November 2006. In June 2007, it was announced that 2 million of the 2.4 million tickets had been sold in advance of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Tickets and sponsorship\nThe Worldwide partners for the tournament were Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, GMF, \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France, Peugeot, Visa and SNCF, and official sponsors include Heineken, Vediorbis, Capgemini, Orange, Toshiba and Emirates. Gilbert will be providing the tournament balls, the Gilbert Synergie match ball will be used throughout the tournament. This continues Gilbert's involvement with the World Cup, the company having provided the Barbarian (1995), Revolution (1999) and Xact (2003) balls in the past. Along with Gilbert, the official suppliers are Adidas, Coca-Cola, Clifford Chance, Goodyear and McDonald's. The host broadcaster for the event was TF1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Squads\nEach country was allowed a squad of 30 players for the tournament. These squads were to be submitted to the International Rugby Board by a deadline of 14 August 2007. Once the squad was submitted a player could be replaced if injured, but would not be allowed to return to the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 28], "content_span": [29, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Match officials\nThe 2007 Rugby World Cup officials were appointed in late-April 2007, with 12 referees and 13 touch judges being chosen to officiate during the pool stage. In the knockout stage the 12 referees also acted as touch judges, with referee appointments being based on performance from previous matches and selection for neutrality. Referees came from seven different nationalities and three of them made their Rugby World Cup debut. The touch judges came from 10 different countries. Tony Spreadbury of England officiated the opening game between France and Argentina at the Stade de France and Irishman Alain Rolland refereed the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format\nThe competition was contested over 44 days between 20 different nations, over 48 fixtures. The tournament began on 7 September at the Stade de France with a match between the host nation, France, and Argentina. The tournament culminated at the same venue on 20 October for the Final between England and South Africa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Pool stage\nClassification within each pool was based on the following scoring system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Pool stage\nBonus points, contributing to a team's cumulative match-point score, were awarded in each of the following instances (one match point for each event):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Pool stage\nAt the end of the pool stage, teams were ranked from first to fifth based on cumulative match points, with the top two nations proceeding to the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Pool stage\nIf at the completion of the pool phase two or more Teams were level on Match points, then the following criteria would have been used in the following order until one of the Teams could be determined as the higher ranked:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Pool stage\nBy elevating head-to-head results (rule i) above points difference (rule ii), a notable difference is created to other sports competitions, in which points difference usually determines rank for teams with the same number of match points (table points). These rules allowed the winners of Pools A, B and C to be determined by the results of the third pool matches on the weekend of 22 and 23 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Pool stage\nAlthough other teams could theoretically draw level on table points with South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and exceed their points differences at the end of the pool stages, head-to-head results by that time ensured these teams could be declared winners of their respective pools, with a match to spare. This also illustrates the fact that the pool tables do not tell the whole story.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 45], "content_span": [46, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Knockout stage\nFrom this stage onwards, the tournament adopted a knockout format comprising eight fixtures: four quarter-finals, two semi-finals, a bronze medal match, and the final. The winner and runner-up from each of the four pools advanced to the quarter-finals. Pool winners were drawn against opposite pool runners-up in the quarter-finals, e.g. the winner of Pool A faced the runner up of Pool B, and the winner of Pool B faced the runner-up of Pool A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Knockout stage\nEach match in the knockout stage must conclude in a victory. If, after eighty minutes of normal play, a match results in a draw, further play is made to determine an outright winner. Initially, there will be two periods of extra time, 10 minutes each way; if there is no winner after this, then play proceeds to a single 10-minute period of 'sudden death' play. If the contest is unresolved after a total 110 minutes of open play, the winner will be determined by a placekicking competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 49], "content_span": [50, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Pool Format, Effect on 2011 qualification\nIn a change from the format of the previous tournament, the top three teams in each pool would qualify for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand; previously, only the eight quarter-finalists gained an automatic place in the following tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 63], "content_span": [64, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192840-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup, Statistics\nThe tournament's top point scorer was South African Percy Montgomery, who scored 105 points. Bryan Habana scored the most tries, eight in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final\nThe 2007 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match, played on Saturday, 20 October 2007 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, to determine the winner of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. South Africa beat England 15\u20136. Having also won the 1995 tournament, South Africa became the second country to win two World Cups, following Australia, who won in 1991 and 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final\nEngland and South Africa, who won their semi-finals against France and Argentina respectively, had met during the pool stage of the competition, when South Africa won 36\u20130. South Africa began the final undefeated in the competition. The final was refereed by Irish referee Alain Rolland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final\nThe match itself was try-less with each team scoring only penalties, South Africa five \u2013 four by fullback Percy Montgomery and one by centre Fran\u00e7ois Steyn \u2013 and England two, both by fly-half Jonny Wilkinson. Each team had one major try scoring opportunity; South Africa's came late in the first half, while England's came early in the second, as wing Mark Cueto had a try disallowed in the 42nd minute after he was ruled to have put a foot in touch during a tackle by Danie Rossouw before grounding the ball. Television match official Stuart Dickinson stood by his decision, though he encountered a language barrier with the French broadcaster preventing his access to frame-by-frame pictures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Path to the final\nBoth England and South Africa were placed in Pool A along with Samoa, Tonga and the United States. England's first match was against the United States, whom they beat 28\u201310. South Africa opened their campaign with a 59\u20137 victory over Samoa in which they scored seven tries, four of them by Bryan Habana. The two teams then met in their second match of the tournament. For the first time in their World Cup history, England were kept pointless as South Africa scored three tries to win 36\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Path to the final\nSouth Africa then rested several of their top players for their match against Tonga. Tonga came close to an upset but South Africa held on to win 30\u201325, guaranteeing the Springboks top position in the pool. England then played Samoa, winning 44\u201322, before facing Tonga in a match effectively serving as a qualification play-off; whoever won the game would finish second in the pool behind South Africa. England eventually won 36\u201320, scoring four tries in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Path to the final\nEngland played Australia, who had finished top of Pool B, in their quarter-final. The match was a repeat of the 2003 World Cup final, with England coming out on top again, beating the Wallabies 12\u201310. All of England's points were scored by Jonny Wilkinson penalties. South Africa faced Fiji, who had defeated Wales to finish as runners-up behind Australia in Pool B. South Africa scored five tries to two and won 37\u201320. England played hosts France in their semi-final. Despite having less possession and territory England won 14\u20139. South Africa faced Argentina and scored four tries to one to win 37\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half\nThe match was kicked off by England's Jonny Wilkinson, whose kick was collected by Schalk Burger, before the ball was kicked into touch by Butch James, giving England the first line-out throw of the game. However, South Africa stole the ball to win the first line-out of the match. In the sixth minute, Mathew Tait attempted to run the ball from inside England's 22-metre line, only to be tackled and penalised for not releasing the ball in the ruck. South Africa's Percy Montgomery successfully converted the penalty to give the Springboks a 3\u20130 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half\nAn up-and-under kick from England resulted in South African wing JP Pietersen dropping the ball. England regained possession and passed the ball out to winger Paul Sackey, before South Africa were penalised for killing the ball. Wilkinson stepped up to convert the penalty and level the scores at 3\u20133 after ten minutes. After a lot of kicking from both sides, Butch James was tripped by England flanker Lewis Moody as the South African fly-half was chasing a kick. Montgomery kicked the resulting penalty, to put the South Africans 6\u20133 up after 15 minutes. Two minutes later, England positioned themselves for an attempted drop-goal, but Wilkinson's attempt was left wanting as it drifted slightly wide.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half\nAfter 21 minutes, England prop and captain Phil Vickery was penalised for being offside near the halfway line. The resulting penalty kick was taken by South Africa's centre Frans Steyn, but he missed the long-range effort. The match continued with large amounts of kicking from both sides until the 35th minute, when Steyn broke through the England line. South Africa managed to retain possession and eventually their hooker, John Smit, went for the try-line but was held up two metres short. The ball was eventually knocked on by South Africa and England were awarded a five-metre scrum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half\nThe scrum had to be reset several times, but the Springbok forwards were finally able to wheel the scrum through 90 degrees to force the turnover. They won the scrum on their own feed and continued to press at England's goal line before England were penalised for killing the ball. A penalty was awarded, which Montgomery kicked to give South Africa a 9\u20133 half-time lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nThe second half was kicked off by South Africa's Butch James, and the ball was caught by England's number 8 Nick Easter. After stewards had dealt with a pitch invasion by infamous pitch invader Jimmy Jump, the ball was eventually received by Mathew Tait, who was able to break the South African defensive line, before being tackled metres short of the South African goal line. The ball was recycled and spread left to England winger Mark Cueto, who dived for the try line while being tackled by South African number eight Danie Rossouw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nReferee Alain Rolland referred the decision to Australian Television Match Official Stuart Dickinson to determine whether Cueto was in touch before grounding the ball. Dickinson ruled that a foot was in touch and Rolland brought play back to an earlier penalty against Schalk Burger. Wilkinson converted the penalty to reduce South Africa's lead to 9\u20136 after 42 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nIn the 48th minute, Steyn made another break for South Africa and England flanker Martin Corry was penalised for playing the ball off his feet. Montgomery kicked the penalty to restore South Africa's six-point advantage. England penetrated South Africa's 22 in the 58th minute and their scrum-half Andy Gomarsall chipped the ball ahead for Toby Flood to run on to. However, the kick was too deep and was shepherded over the dead ball line by Percy Montgomery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nUnable to reach the ball, and trying to force an English five-metre scrum, Flood pushed Montgomery in the back as they both chased for the ball, sending Montgomery into the advertising boards. In his attempt to hurdle the boards, Montgomery collided with a television camera, but referee Rolland decided not to penalise Flood. Three minutes later, just inside England's half, the English were penalised for obstruction, and Steyn kicked a 49-metre penalty to extend South Africa's lead to 15\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nIn the 67th minute, South African captain John Smit was penalised for a collision with Mark Cueto as Cueto chased his own kick. Wilkinson kicked the ball into touch in South Africa's 22 from his own half, but England lost their resulting line-out to give South Africa possession. Requiring at least two scores to overhaul South Africa's lead, England kept attacking, and Wilkinson attempted a long-range drop goal in the 71st minute but was unsuccessful.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nEngland kept possession for long periods during the last ten minutes, but were unable to break through the South African defence. They were penalised in the 75th minute for holding on in the tackle, and South Africa continued to try to play the match in England territory. England then knocked the ball on in the 79th minute, giving South Africa a scrum. The South African forwards secured the ball, and as soon as the clock ticked over the 80-minute mark, the ball was kicked into touch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half\nReferee Rolland then blew the final whistle, and South Africa had won their second World Cup title. This was also the second World Cup title for retiring prop Os du Randt, who was the last player from the Springboks' 1995 championship team still active. He joined five Australians who had been on the Wallabies' 1991 and 1999 championship teams as the only players at that time to have won two World Cups (they would be joined by several New Zealanders who won in 2011 and 2015, and by du Randt's Springboks teammate Fran\u00e7ois Steyn in 2019).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192841-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Final, Match details\nTouch judges:Jo\u00ebl Jutge (France)Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Television match official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fourth official:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Fifth official:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A\nPool A of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and was completed on 30 September. The pool was composed of 2003 World Cup winners England, as well as Samoa, South Africa, Tonga and United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, Overview\nPool A threw up few surprises, with both South Africa and England qualifying for the quarter-finals, as expected. Third place went to Tonga, who beat the USA and South Pacific neighbours, Samoa, to secure a place in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Tonga also gave the eventual champions a close run, losing by less than a try. Both South Africa and England went on to reach the final of the tournament, which South Africa won by 15 points to 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, England vs United States\nTouch judges:Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fourth official:Bruno Gaudefrin (France)Fifth official:Eric Molier (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, South Africa vs Samoa\nTouch judges:Chris White (England)Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Television match official:Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Fourth official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fifth official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, United States vs Tonga\nTouch judges:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Christophe Berdos (France)Television match official:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Fourth official:Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Fifth official:Jean-Christophe Gastou (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, England vs South Africa\nTouch judges:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Carlo Damasco (Italy)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)Fourth official:Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)Fifth official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, Samoa vs Tonga\nTouch judges:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Fourth official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fifth official:Jean-Christophe Gastou (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, South Africa vs Tonga\nTouch judges:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Paul Marks (Australia)Television match official:Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Fourth official:Tony Spreadbury (England)Fifth official:Bruno Gaudefrin (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, England vs Samoa\nTouch judges:Alain Rolland (Ireland)Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Television match official:Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Fourth official:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Fifth official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, Samoa vs United States\nTouch judges:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Television match official:Dave Pearson (England)Fourth official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fifth official:Cyril Lafon (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, England vs Tonga\nTouch judges:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Christophe Berdos (France)Television match official:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Fourth official:Tony Spreadbury (England)Fifth official:Eric Molier (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192842-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool A, South Africa vs United States\nTouch judges:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Paul Marks (Australia)Television match official:Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Fourth official:Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)Fifth official:Romain Poite (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 58], "content_span": [59, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B\nPool B of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and was completed on 29 September. The pool was composed of 2003 hosts Australia, as well as Canada, Fiji, Japan and Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B\nWales' 38\u201334 loss to Fiji in their final pool game (their third World Cup loss to a Pacific island nation, having previously been beaten 16\u201313 by Western Samoa in 1991 and 38-31 by Samoa in 1999, both times in Cardiff), meant Fiji qualified for the quarter-finals at Wales' expense. Australia finished in top spot with the maximum of 20 points, while Japan and Canada played out the first draw in a Rugby World Cup game since a 20\u201320 draw between France and Scotland back in 1987. Neither Japan nor Canada managed to win any of their four games, with a single bonus point in Japan's favour proving the difference between them, after they managed to remain within 7 points of Fiji in a 35\u201331 defeat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Australia vs Japan\nTouch judges:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Dave Pearson (England)Television match official:Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Fourth official:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Fifth official:Laurent Valin (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Wales vs Canada\nTouch judges:Carlo Damasco (Italy)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Television match official:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Fourth official:Tony Spreadbury (England)Fifth official:Christophe Dutreuilh (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Japan vs Fiji\nTouch judges:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Paul Marks (New Zealand)Television match official:Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Fourth official:Chris White (England)Fifth official:Romain Poite (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Wales vs Australia\nTouch judges:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Craig Joubert (South Africa)Television match official:Christophe Berdos (France)Fourth official:Tony Spreadbury (England)Fifth official:Tim Hayes (Wales)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 56], "content_span": [57, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Fiji vs Canada\nTouch judges:Christophe Berdos (France)Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Television match official:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Fourth official:Jo\u00ebl Jutge (France)Fifth official:Tim Hayes (Wales)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Wales vs Japan\nTouch judges:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Craig Joubert (South Africa)Television match official:Christophe Berdos (France)Fourth official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fifth official:Tim Hayes (Wales)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Australia vs Fiji\nTouch judges:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Christophe Berdos (France)Television match official:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Fourth official:Romain Poite (France)Fifth official:Jean-Christophe Gastou (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 55], "content_span": [56, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Canada vs Japan\nTouch judges:Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Jo\u00ebl Jutge (France)Fourth official:Alain Rolland (Ireland)Fifth official:Herv\u00e9 Dubes (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Australia vs Canada\nTouch judges:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Fourth official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)Fifth official:Stephan Pomarede (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 57], "content_span": [58, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192843-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Matches, Wales vs Fiji\nTouch judges:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Television match official:Carlo Damasco (Italy)Fourth official:Alain Rolland (Ireland)Fifth official:Christophe Dutreuilh (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C\nPool C of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 8 September and concluded on 29 September 2007. The pool was composed of Italy, New Zealand, Romania and Scotland and World Cup debutants Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Overview\nNew Zealand were assured of first place in the pool after only three rounds of matches, having secured the maximum of five points from each of their matches. Over their four matches, the All Blacks established a new points record for the pool stage with 309 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Overview\nItaly were unable to carry their strong Six Nations form into the World Cup, and were knocked out by a narrow margin. Scotland qualified for the quarter-finals as pool runners-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, New Zealand vs Italy\nTouch judges:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Christophe Berdos (France)Television match official:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Fourth official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fifth official:Franck Maciello (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, New Zealand vs Italy\nNote: Doug Howlett's three tries in this match brought him level with Christian Cullen as New Zealand's all-time highest try scorer, with 46.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Scotland vs Portugal\nTouch judges:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Marius Jonker (South Africa)Television match official:Dave Pearson (England)Fourth official:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Fifth official:Cyril Lafon (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Italy vs Romania\nTouch judges:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Lyndon Bray (New Zealand)Fourth official:Alain Rolland (Ireland)Fifth official:Franck Maciello (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, New Zealand vs Portugal\nTouch judges:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Marius Jonker (South Africa)Television match official:Dave Pearson (England)Fourth official:Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Fifth official:Laurent Valin (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Scotland vs Romania\nTouch judges:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Christophe Berdos (France)Television match official:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Fourth official:Wayne Barnes (England)Fifth official:Peter Allan (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Scotland vs Romania\nNote: With an attendance of 31,222, Scotland vs Romania was the lowest-attended match in Pool C, despite Scotland playing at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Italy vs Portugal\nTouch judges:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Television match official:Paul Marks (Australia)Fourth official:Chris White (England)Fifth official:Eric Molier (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Scotland vs New Zealand\nTouch judges:Dave Pearson (England)Paul Marks (Australia)Television match official:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Fourth official:Chris White (England)Fifth official:Peter Allan (Scotland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Scotland vs New Zealand\nNote: Doug Howlett's two tries in this match brought his total in internationals to 48, a new try-scoring record for New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Romania vs Portugal\nTouch judges:Carlo Damasco (Italy)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Television match official:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Fourth official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fifth official:Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, New Zealand vs Romania\nTouch judges:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Television match official:Paul Marks (Australia)Fourth official:Romain Poite (France)Fifth official:Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192844-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool C, Scotland vs Italy\nTouch judges:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Wayne Barnes (England)Television match official:Dave Pearson (England)Fourth official:Cyril Lafon (France)Fifth official:Laurent Valin (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D\nPool D of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 7 September and concluded on 30 September. The pool was composed of World Cup hosts France, Argentina, Georgia, Ireland and Namibia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Overview\nPool D was expected to be the Pool of Death in the 2007 tournament and so it proved: the final rankings were only determined after the last round of matches. The pool was won by Argentina, who won all their matches, while France, who lost to Argentina in the opening game of the tournament, finished in second place. Ireland, whom many commentators had expected to do well, were eliminated after winning only two matches, against Georgia and Namibia: Georgia came close to scoring a winning try late in their game, while Namibia recorded their best World Cup result against a team ranked in the top 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, France vs Argentina\nTouch judges:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)Fourth official:Alain Rolland (Ireland)Fifth official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Ireland vs Namibia\nTouch judges:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Television match official:Paul Marks (Australia)Fourth official:Romain Poite (France)Fifth official:Stephane Pomarede (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Argentina vs Georgia\nTouch judges:Simon McDowell (Ireland)Dave Pearson (England)Television match official:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Fourth official:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Fifth official:Laurent Valin (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Ireland vs Georgia\nTouch judges:Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Paul Marks (Australia)Television match official:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Fourth official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fifth official:Herv\u00e9 Dubes (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, France vs Namibia\nTouch judges:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Carlo Damasco (Italy)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)Fourth official:Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Fifth official:Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, France vs Ireland\nTouch judges:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Dave Pearson (England)Television match official:Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)Fourth official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fifth official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Argentina vs Namibia\nTouch judges:Carlo Damasco (Italy)Simon McDowell (Ireland)Television match official:Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)Fourth official:Jo\u00ebl Jutge (France)Fifth official:Franck Maciello (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Georgia vs Namibia\nTouch judges:Paul Marks (Australia)Malcolm Changleng (Scotland)Television match official:Federico Cuesta (Argentina)Fourth official:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Fifth official:Bruno Gaudefrin (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, France vs Georgia\nTouch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Dave Pearson (England)Television match official:Hugh Watkins (Wales)Fourth official:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Fifth official:Franck Maciello (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192845-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D, Ireland vs Argentina\nTouch judges:Mark Lawrence (South Africa)Craig Joubert (South Africa)Television match official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fourth official:Christophe Berdos (France)Fifth official:Eric Gauzins (France)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup began on 6 October with a quarter-final between Australia and England and concluded on 20 October with the final, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, between England and South Africa, their second meeting in this tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage\nSouth Africa were the first team to qualify for the knockout stage, when they beat Tonga 30\u201325 in their penultimate Pool A game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage\nThis was the first Rugby World Cup tournament to have its semi-finalists coming from only two pools (Pools A and D), and the finalists coming from just one pool (Pool A). The top two representative nations of each of pools B and C were eliminated in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Australia vs England\nTouch judges:Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Nigel Owens (Wales)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)Fourth official:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Fifth official:Alan Lewis (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, New Zealand vs France\nTouch judges:Tony Spreadbury (England)Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)Television match official:Chris White (England)Fourth official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fifth official:Tim Hayes (Wales)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, South Africa vs Fiji\nTouch judges:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Television match official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fourth official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)Fifth official:Alain Rolland (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Argentina vs Scotland\nTouch judges:Chris White (England)Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Television match official:Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)Fourth official:Tony Spreadbury (England)Fifth official:Wayne Barnes (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, England vs France\nTouch judges:Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Marius Jonker (South Africa)Television match official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fourth official:Nigel Owens (Wales)Fifth official:Alain Rolland (Ireland)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, South Africa vs Argentina\nTouch judges:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Chris White (England)Television match official:Tony Spreadbury (England)Fourth official:Jo\u00ebl Jutge (France)Fifth official:Wayne Barnes (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Bronze Final \u2013 France vs Argentina\nTouch judges:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Nigel Owens (Wales)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)Fourth official:Wayne Barnes (England)Fifth official:Chris White (England)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192846-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, Final \u2013 England vs South Africa\nTouch judges:Jo\u00ebl Jutge (France)Paul Honiss (New Zealand)Television match official:Stuart Dickinson (Australia)Fourth official:Alan Lewis (Ireland)Fifth official:Steve Walsh (New Zealand)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying\nThere were 20 places available for the 2007 Rugby World Cup held in France. The 86 teams taking part in regional qualifying competitions together with the 8 teams which have qualified automatically brings to 94 the total number of teams participating in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Qualifying places\nThe places for the 2007 World Cup were outlined as:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Africa\nThere is one place available for African teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there are three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. Games are played on a home and away basis. There are no bonus points awarded. The African qualification is broken up into three rounds; Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3. The first phase of the tournament is Round 1a, where two groups of three teams play each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Africa\nThe respective winners of the two groups play each other for a place in Round 1b. Round 1b consists again of two groups of three teams; the winner of both pools will enter Round 2. The runners-up of both pools play each other to enter Round 2 with the winners. Round 2 also consists of two groups of three teams, with the winners of each group qualifying for Round 3. Round 3 is a to game series between the respective group winners from Round 2. The winner qualifies for the World Cup, and the loser will enter a Repechage round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Americas\nThere are three available places in the World Cup for Americas nations via qualification, as well as a potential fourth qualifier in the form of a Repechage. The Americas qualification tournament is broken up into four rounds; Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and Round 4. The first phase, Round 1a, is a competition for entry to Round 3b.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Americas\nIt is contested between two pools of four Caribbean nations \u2013 with the pool winners playing in a playoff to reach round 3b. Round 1b is a group of four CONSUR 2nd Division nations \u2013 the winner progresses to Round 2. Round 2 is a three nation competition with the winner moving to Round 3a. The winner of the Round 3a competition of three nations progresses directly to the World Cup as Americas 1. The runner-up progresses to Round 4. The winner of the Round 3b competition of three nations progresses directly to the World Cup as Americas 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Americas\nThe runner-up progresses to Round 4. Round 4 is a to match play-off consisting of the runners-up of each Round 3 tournaments. The winner progresses directly to the World Cup as Americas 3. The runner up progresses to Repechage round as Americas 4, to meet the winner of Africa 2 v Europe 4, for the first Repechage place in the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Asia\nThe Asia qualification process is broken up into three rounds \u2013 Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3. There is one place for an Asia team in the World Cup, with a second potential place in the form of a Repechage. Three teams in Division 1 of Round 1a play each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Asia\nAll three teams go through to Round 2, the winner and runner up into Division 1 of Round 2 with third place into Division 2 of Round 2. Division 2 of Round 1a sees another three teams play each other once, the top two teams go through to Round 2, the winner entering Division 1 of Round 2and the runner up Division 2 of Round 2. Round 2 is broken up into two divisions of three nations, each nation plays each other once.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Asia\nThe top two teams from Division 1 and top team from Division 2 go through to round 3. The winner of Round 3 will qualify directly to the World Cup as Asia 1. The runner-up will advance to the Repechage round as Asia 2, to play Oceania 3 for Repechage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Europe\nThere are three places available for European teams, and one place in the repechage. The teams are 'ranked' according to their division in the European Nations Cup, taking into account the relegations and promotions at the end of the previous competition. The format is broken up into six rounds. Round 2 sees 20 nations broken up into four pools of five teams \u2013 each playing each other twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Europe\nThe top two ranked nations of each pool will gain entry to Round 3, with the third placed nations of each pool entering a play-off, the top two ranked sides from the playoff enter round 3. Round 3 consists of 10 nations playing each other twice in two pools of five nations. Winners of each pool enter a play-off, with the play-off winner entering Round 4. The European Nations Cup, consisting of six nations will all gain a place in either Round 4 or 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Europe\nThe top three nations enter Round 5, with the bottom three entering Round 4. Winners of Round 4 enter Round 5. Round 5 is broken up into two pools of three nations, the first placed nation of a pool qualifies for the World Cup (Europe 1 and Europe 2) while second placed sides of the Round 5 pools enter Round 6. Round 6 is a two-game tournament which Europe 3 (World Cup entry) and Europe 4 (repechage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 68], "content_span": [69, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Oceania\nThere are two available positions in the World Cup of Oceanic nations, with a potential third in the form of a Repechage. the tournament is split up into four rounds. Round 1a sees three nations from the Oceania East region play each other once, the winner of the group will qualify for Round 2. Round 1b sees three nations from the Oceania West region play each other once, the winner of the group will also qualify for Round 2. Round 3 is a two match playoff between the winners of Round 1a and 1b.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192847-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, 2007 qualifying tournaments, Oceania\nThe winner moves to Round 4. Round 3 is a three nation tournament, teams play each other twice. The top two ranked nations will enter the World Cup as Oceania 1 and Oceania 2. The third ranked nation moves to Round 4. The winner of the two game Round 4 tournament advances to Repechage 2 where they meet Asia 1 for a World Cup place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 69], "content_span": [70, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads\nThe 2007 Rugby World Cup was played in France between 7 September and 20 October 2007. Each of the 20 competing nations was required to confirm their 30-man squad by 14 August. United States player Thretton Palamo, aged 18 when the teams were named and 8 days past his 19th birthday when he made his only appearance in the competition, was the youngest to ever take part at a World Cup final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, England\nFinal squad released on 13 August 2007. Jamie Noon was sent home injured on 15 September; he was replaced by Newcastle Falcons team-mate, Toby Flood. After Josh Lewsey was injured in the semi-final against France, Nick Abendanon was called up as cover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, England\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Samoa\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, South Africa\nPierre Spies was withdrawn from the squad after developing a condition believed to be a pulmonary embolism, with Bismarck du Plessis taking his place, although one specialist disputed the diagnosis. A third specialist confirmed the original diagnosis, and Spies remained off the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, South Africa\nOn 10 September, after the Springboks' match against Manu Samoa, Jean de Villiers was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a torn left biceps suffered in that match. Wayne Julies replaced him on the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, South Africa\nOn 1 October, Jannie du Plessis, older brother of Bismarck du Plessis, replaced BJ Botha, who tore knee ligaments in the Boks' last pool match against the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, South Africa\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Tonga\nSquad announced on 10 August 2007 Kisi Pulu replaced Mosese Moala, while Maama Molitika was called up to replace Paino Hehea ahead of the England game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Tonga\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, United States\nSquad released 14 August 2007 John van der Giessen was called up to replace Luke Gross.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, United States\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, United States\nThe following players are in reserve in case of injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, United States\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Australia\nSquad announced 23 July 2007. Mark Gerrard was injured in the opening game and replaced by Cameron Shepherd. Morgan Turinui was called up on October 1, 2007 to replace Number 8 David Lyons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Australia\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Australia\nThe following players are on reserve in case of injuries in the main squad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Australia\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Canada\nFinal squad announced 15 August 2007. Josh Jackson replaced Jamie Cudmore who was ruled out with a broken bone in his hand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Canada\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Fiji\nFinal squad announced 22 July 2007. Filimoni Bolavucu was ruled out of the tournament and was replaced by Sireli Bobo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Fiji\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Japan\nSquad released 11 August 2007. Mitsugu Yamamoto replaced by Yusuke Aoki on 21 August. Daisuke Ohata tore his left Achilles tendon in Japan's final warm-up against Portugal, and was replaced by Tomoki Kitagawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Japan\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Japan\nThe following players are on reserve in case of injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Japan\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Wales\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Italy\nSquad released 16 August 2007. Carlo Del Fava withdrew due to injury on 17 August. Fabio Staibano was originally announced as his replacement, but he was in turn ruled out due to injury. Del Fava was later ruled fit to play, and was restored to the squad on 27 August. Silvio Orlando replaced Robert Barbieri after he was ruled out due to injury in a warm-up game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Italy\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Portugal\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Romania\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Scotland\nSquad announced 14 August 2007. On 11 September, his 24th birthday, Alasdair Dickinson was called up to the Scotland squad to replace the injured Allan Jacobsen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Scotland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Argentina\nSquad released 28 July 2007 from . Additional information from .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Argentina\nMart\u00edn Gait\u00e1n was forced to withdraw from the squad on 18 August after it was discovered he had a blocked artery in his heart, and was replaced by Hern\u00e1n Senillosa. Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda N\u00fa\u00f1ez Piossek was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury on 30 August, and was replaced by Federico Mart\u00edn Arambur\u00fa. Mario Ledesma was forced to withdraw from the squad for the third-place match against France due to injury on 15 October, and was replaced by Eusebio Gui\u00f1az\u00fa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Argentina\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, France\nProvisional squad announced 14 June 2007, from . Elvis Vermeulen replaced by Thierry Dusautoir due to injury on 21 June . Sylvain Marconnet was replaced due to injury by Nicolas Mas on 20 August .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, France\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, France\nThe following players are on reserve in case of withdrawals from the squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, France\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Georgia\nFinal squad released on 9 August 2007 from , other details from", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Georgia\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Ireland\nSquad listed from 12 August 2007, further information from .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Ireland\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Namibia\nSquad released 18 July 2007 from , additional information from and .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192848-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Namibia\nNote: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192849-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup statistics\nThis article documents statistics from the 2007 Rugby World Cup, held in France from 7 September to 20 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192849-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup statistics, Team statistics\nThe following table shows the team's results in some categories. Two red cards were issued during the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192849-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup statistics, Player records, Most points\nKey: Pos = position; Apps = appearances; Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 60], "content_span": [61, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192849-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup statistics, Discipline, Citing/bans\nThere was some controversy over post-match citings by IRB Citing Commissioners because of apparent inconsistencies between disciplinary sanctions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192849-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup statistics, Hat-tricks\nUnless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192850-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches\nThroughout August 2007, various teams prepared for the Rugby World Cup in France with a short series of test matches, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and involving the RBS Six Nations sides. In addition, South Africa played one test in Scotland following the 2007 Tri Nations and Argentina one test in their home country and one in Wales. The tests were effectively a replacement for the usual Autumn international series in November which does not take place in World Cup years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192850-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches\nNote: this article does not include international results not involving at least one side who had qualified for the 2007 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification\nIn qualifying for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, there is one place available for African teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there are three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. There are no bonus points awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification, Qualification process, Round 1a\nTwo groups of three teams each, winners of each group playoff for one place in Africa Round 1b.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification, Qualification process, Round 1b\nTwo groups of three teams each, winners of each group qualify for Africa Round 2, second placed teams playoff for the remaining place in Africa Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification, Qualification process, Round 2\nTwo groups of three teams each, winners of each group qualify for Africa Round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification, Qualification process, Round 3\nPlayoff of the winners of each group in Round 2, winner qualifies for World Cup as Africa 1, Runner up advances to the Repechage Round as Africa 2, to play Europe 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification, Round 1b, Pool A\nIvory Coast qualifies to Round 2, Zimbabwe advance to playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192851-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Africa qualification, Round 3 \u2013 2006\nWinner (Namibia) qualifies direct to RWC 2007 as Africa 1. Runner up (Morocco) advances to the Repechage Round as Africa 2, to play Europe 4, the winner playing Americas 4 for Repechage 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification\nIn qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, 19 countries in the Pan American Rugby Association (PARA) compete for 3 direct entries and 1 repechage place (Repechage 1) against the winner of Africa 2 v Europe 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Qualification Process\nIt was the 2005 NACRA Rugby Championship with Caribbean teams. Nine teams involved The winner going through to Round 3b.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Qualification Process\nCONSUR (Confederation Sudamericana de Rugby) 2nd Division. One pool of four teams - winner progresses to round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Qualification Process\nBottom two CONSUR Division 1 teams, plus winner of Round 1b, form one pool of three. Winner progresses to Round 3a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Qualification Process\nTop two CONSUR Division 1 teams, plus winner of Round 2, form one pool of three. Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 1. Runner up progresses to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Qualification Process\nUSA, Canada and winner of Round 1a form one pool of three. Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 2. Runner up progresses to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Qualification Process\nHome and away playoff. Winner qualifies for RWC 2007 as Americas 3. Runner up enters Repechage round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 68], "content_span": [69, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Round 1a - 2005, South Pool\nBarbados go into playoff vs winner of North Pool (Bahamas).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Round 1a - 2005, North Pool\nBahamas beat Cayman Islands on head to head to win pool, go into playoff against winner of South Pool (Barbados).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Round 1b - 2004\nCONSUR 2nd Division. Home OR Away basis. Brazil progresses to Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Round 3a \u2013 July 2006\nHome OR Away basis. Argentina progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 1. Uruguay progresses to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Round 3b \u2013 July 2006\nHome OR Away basis. Canada progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 2. USA progresses to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 67], "content_span": [68, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192852-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Americas qualification, Round 4 \u2013 2006\nWinner (USA) progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 3. Runner up (Uruguay) progresses to Repechage round as Americas 4, to play the winner of Africa 2 v Europe 4, for Repechage 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 61], "content_span": [62, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification\nIn qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, thirteen Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) nations compete for one full place, and one repechage place (Repechage 2, against Oceania 3). No Asian teams qualified for the quarter finals in 2003, so none qualify automatically in 2007. Only Japan has been to the World Cup, participating in all five RWCs to date, with only one win in 1991 (England) against Zimbabwe, 52-8. Asia 1 will go into Group B with Australia, Wales, Fiji and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Qualification process\nInitial pools were based on results from 2003-04 ARFU Rugby Union Series as given below, and was part of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Qualification process, Round 1a\nDivision 1 play off for placings, all three teams going into Round 2, along with the winner and runner up of Division 2. The winners of Divisions 3A and 3B go into Round 1b.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Qualification process, Round 1b\nThe winners of Divisions 3A and 3B playoff (home and away) for the final place in Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 74], "content_span": [75, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Qualification process, Round 2\nThe round was part of 2006 ARFU Asian Rugby Series (first and second divion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Qualification process, Round 2\nThe top two teams from Division 1 and the winner of Division 2 form the new Division 1 (2006). Third place from Division 1, the runner up of Division 2, and the playoff winner from Round 1b form the new Division 2 (2006). The winner and runner up of Division 1 (2006), and the winner of Division 2 (2006), go through to Round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Qualification process, Round 3\nThe three qualifiers from the previous round form a new Division 1. The winner goes to World Cup 2007 as Asia 1. The runner up plays off against Oceania 3 for Repechage 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Round 1a \u2013 2005, Pool A (Division 1 2005)\nAll three teams go through to Round 2 - the winner and runner up into Division 1 (2006), third place into Division 2 (2006). Final Standings", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Round 1a \u2013 2005, Pool B (Division 2 2005)\nThe top two teams go through to Round 2, the winner (Arabian Gulf) into Division 1 (2006), the runner up (China) into Division 2 (2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Round 1a \u2013 2005, Division 3 Pool A (2005)\nSri Lanka qualifies for home and away playoff (Round 1b) against winner of Division 3 Pool B (Kazakhstan).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Round 1a \u2013 2005, Division 3 Pool B (2005)\nKazakhstan qualifies for home and away playoff (Round 1b) against winner Division 3 Pool A (Sri Lanka).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 84], "content_span": [85, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Round 2 \u2013 April \u2013 May 2006\nHome OR Away basis. Top two teams from Division 1 of 2006 ARFU Asian Rugby Series (Japan, Korea) and top team from Division 2 (Hong Kong) go through to round 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192853-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Asia qualification, Round 3 \u2013 18\u201325 November 2006, Hong Kong\nAll games in Hong Kong. Winner (Japan) qualifies directly to RWC 2007 as Asia 1. Runner up (Korea) advances to Repechage round as Asia 2, to play Tonga for Repechage 2. The series was originally scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka. However, security considerations prompted the series to be moved to Hong Kong.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 83], "content_span": [84, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification\n2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 European qualification was a European Nations Cup competition that decided which European teams participated in the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. The group stages counted towards both qualification and the European Nations Cup. Hosts France and other 2003 World Cup quarter finalists England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales qualified automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process\nThere were three places available for European teams, and one place in the repechage. The teams were ranked according to their division in the European Nations Cup, taking into account the relegations and promotions at the end of the previous competition. Note that for the 2004/05 season Division 1 did not count towards World Cup qualification. The 2005/06 season decided which round (either 4 or 5) the teams entered. In the group rounds, there were three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. There were no bonus points awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process, Round 1\nThe eight teams from divisions 3B (apart from newly relegated from 3A Hungary) and 3C (apart from Azerbaijan and Armenia) played each other in four two-legged playoffs. The winners entered the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process, Round 2\nThe four Round 1 winners, Hungary, and the fifteen teams from divisions 2A, 2B and 3A were drawn into four groups of five. They played each other once, with the best two teams qualifying for the next round. The third placed teams played in two two-legged playoffs to qualify for the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process, Round 3\nThe four winners, four runners-up, and two play-off winners from Round 2 were drawn into two groups of five. The best team from each group played each other in a two legged playoff for a place in the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process, Round 4\nThe bottom three teams from Division 1 2005/06 and the winner of the previous round played two two-legged playoffs to enter the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process, Round 5\nThe winner of Round 4 Playoff 1, the third placed team from Division 1 2005/06 and Six Nations competitor Italy form Pool A. The winner of Round 4 Playoff 2 and the first and second placed teams from Division 1 2005/06 form Pool B. The top team from each pool qualified for the World Cup as Europe 1 and Europe 2. The second placed teams entered the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Qualification process, Round 6\nThe two second placed teams from Round 5 played a two-legged playoff, with the winner qualifying for the World Cup as Europe 3. The loser entered the repechage as Europe 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 1\nThe first match was refereed by Andr\u00e9 Watson. He was called by the International Board, because in this way the first match of qualification the new edition of Rugby World Cup could be refereed by the same judge as the last match (the final) of the Rugby World Cup 2003. Watson had announced his retirement from international rugby only three months before after a match between Australia and Pacific Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 52], "content_span": [53, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 2, Pool A\nSpain and Croatia qualified for Round 3. Andorra entered the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 2, Pool B\nGermany and Moldova qualified for Round 3. Denmark entered the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 2, Pool C\nBelgium and the Netherlands qualified for Round 3. Sweden entered the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 2, Pool D\nPoland and Serbia and Montenegro qualified for round 3. Malta entered the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 60], "content_span": [61, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, European Nations Cup Division 1 2004/06\nRomania, Georgia, and Portugal qualified for Round 5. Russia, Czech Republic, and Ukraine qualified for Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 84], "content_span": [85, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 5 \u2013 October 2006, Pool A\nItaly qualified for World Cup as Europe 1. Portugal entered Round 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 5 \u2013 October 2006, Pool B\nRomania qualified for World Cup as Europe 2. Georgia entered Round 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 75], "content_span": [76, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192854-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Europe qualification, Round 6 \u2013 November 2006\nGeorgia qualified for World Cup as Europe 3. Portugal entered repechage as Europe 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification\nIn qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, there were two places available for Oceania teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there were three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. There were no bonus points awarded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Qualification process, Round 1 and 2\nThese rounds corresponded to the 2005 FORU Oceania Cup, played by the six lowest tier teams of Oceania. Teames were divided in two pools: Pool A, with three teams from the Oceania East region, and Pool B with three teams from the Oceania West region. The winner of each group qualified for the finals (Round 2), a playoff home and away. The winner advanced to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 82], "content_span": [83, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Qualification process, Round 3\nA round robin league between Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. Winner qualified directly to RWC 2007 as Oceania 1, Runner Up as Oceania 2, and third place advanced to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Qualification process, Round 4\nWinner of Round 2 vs 3rd placed team from Round 3. Winner progressed to Repechage round as \"Oceania 3\", to meet \"Asia 2\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 76], "content_span": [77, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Round 1, Pool A\nPapua New Guinea won the pool and advanced to Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Round 1, Pool B\nCook Islands won the pool and advanced to Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Round 2\nThe teams split the series, with Cook Islands winning on aggregate score to advance to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Round 3\nSamoa and Fiji qualified for RWC 2007 as Oceania 1 & 2, Tonga progressed to Round 4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192855-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 Oceania qualification, Round 4\nTonga swept the series and advanced to Repechage Round as Oceania 3, to meet Asia 2, South Korea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 53], "content_span": [54, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192856-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 repechage qualification\nDuring the 2007 Rugby World Cup qualification, there were two repechage positions available for the finals tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192856-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 repechage qualification, Repechage 1\nPortugal win 26-20 on aggregate and advances to Round 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192856-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rugby World Cup \u2013 repechage qualification, Repechage 1\nPortugal win 24-23 on aggregate and goes to the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in group C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 59], "content_span": [60, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192857-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Runnymede Borough Council election\nElections to Runnymede Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Rushmoor Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservatives held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats 10, Labour 5 and 1 independent. 14 seats were being contested with candidates from the 3 main parties on the council, as well as 4 from the British National Party, 1 Official Monster Raving Loony Party and 1 independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included the recent introduction of alternate weekly collection of rubbish and recycling, town centre redevelopments, council tax and anti-social behaviour. Another issue that arose during the campaign was the responsibility for a new play area in North Town, Aldershot, with different parties claiming the credit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Campaign\nRushmoor saw a trial of internet voting with votes able to be cast this way in the week before the election. 6,600 voters had registered to vote online as well as 5,500 who had opted to vote by post. When the online voting opened however there was a problem with the Conservative candidate in Wellington ward being placed against the Labour emblem, but this was spotted and corrected sufficiently quickly that the candidates accepted that the result had not been compromised.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives keep control of the council with an increased majority after gaining 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives gained in Cove and Southwood by 226 votes and in West Heath by 144 votes to hold 28 of the 42 seats. The Liberal Democrats defended the other 2 seats they had held, after coming closest to gaining a seat in St Mark's ward where the Conservatives had a majority of 40. Labour held their 2 seats, while an independent who had campaigned against alternate week refuse collection was well beaten in Knellwood by Conservative Roland Dibbs who won 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result\nThe trial of internet voting failed to increase turnout, which dropped to 35.2% from the 36% in the 2006 election. In total 3,827 of the 6,686 people registered to vote online did so, 57.2%, with disagreement over whether the trial was a success.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192858-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the only independent councillor, Peter Sandy, resigned from the council causing a by-election in Heron Wood ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192859-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: \u0427\u0435\u043c\u043f\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0442 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u0444\u0438\u0433\u0443\u0440\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044e \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0430\u0445 2007) took place between 4 and 7 January 2007 in Moscow. Skaters competed at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The juniors event was held separately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192859-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Junior results\nThe 2007 Russian Junior Championships were held in Samara on February 1\u20134, 2007. It was the qualifying event for the 2007 World Junior Championships. The 1st through 3rd places in men, pairs, and ice dancing qualified for the World Junior Championships. The 1st and 2nd places in ladies qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 57], "content_span": [58, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192860-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian First Division\nThe 2007 Russian First Division was the 16th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League\nThe 2007 Russian Premier League was the 16th season of the Russian Football Championship, and the sixth under the current Russian Premier League name. The league was sponsored by insurance company Rosgosstrakh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League\nThe season started on 10 March 2007 with the match between Luch-Energia and FC Moscow in Vladivostok, with the first goal of the season being scored by FC Moscow striker H\u00e9ctor Bracamonte. It ended on 11 November 2007, when Zenit St. Petersburg claimed their first title with an away win over Saturn. Zenit became the second non-Moscow club to win the league, after Alania Vladikavkaz in 1995.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League\nSpartak Moscow finished runners-up for the third consecutive season, while defending champions CSKA Moscow finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Teams\nAs in the previous season, 16 teams played in the 2007 season. After the 2006 season, Torpedo Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl were relegated to the 2007 Russian First Division. They were replaced by Khimki and Kuban Krasnodar, the winners and runners up of the 2006 Russian First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations\nBased on paragraph 15.3 of the Russian Premier League regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points (without having the highest number), the positions of these teams are determined by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations\nBased on paragraph 15.4 of the regulations, if two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position is determined by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations\nBased on paragraph 15.5 of the regulations, if more than two teams are equal on the highest number of points, the first position and subsequent positions of these teams are determined by:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Tournament format and regulations\n1The terms of this additional tournament are determined by the Russian Football Union and the governing body of the Russian Premier League based on suggestions from the participating clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Awards\nOn 30 November 2007 Russian Football Union named its list of 33 top players:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nGoalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeev (19), Kamil \u010contofalsk\u00fd (13). Defenders: Kim Dong-Jin (24 / 2), Martin \u0160krtel (23 / 1), Aleksandr Anyukov (22 / 2), Erik Hagen (15), Ivica Kri\u017eanac (15), Nicolas Lombaerts (13 / 2). Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (29 / 4), Konstantin Zyryanov (27 / 9), Igor Denisov (25 / 3), Alejandro Dom\u00ednguez (24 / 3), Radek \u0160\u00edrl (22 / 1), Vladislav Radimov (17 / 1), Fernando Ricksen (14), Aleksandr Gorshkov (11), Ilya Maksimov (6), Yuri Lebedev (1). Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (30 / 10), Pavel Pogrebnyak (24 / 11), Fatih Tekke (16 / 4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nGoalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (29), Dmitri Khomich (1). Defenders: Roman Shishkin (26), Martin Stranzl (19 / 2), Florin \u015eoav\u0103 (18), Renat Sabitov (15), G\u00e9der (14 / 1), Martin Jir\u00e1nek (11), Andrei Ivanov (7), Fyodor Kudryashov (7), Ignas Dedura (6 / 1). Midfielders: Yegor Titov (27 / 7), Radoslav Kov\u00e1\u010d (26 / 1), Dmitri Torbinski (24 / 3), Denis Boyarintsev (24 / 3), Maksym Kalynychenko (22 / 3), Vladimir Bystrov (18 / 3), Mozart (18 / 1), Quincy (6), Aleksei Rebko (3), Serghei Covalciuc (2), Sergei Parshivlyuk (2), Oleg Dineyev (1). Forwards: Roman Pavlyuchenko (22 / 14), Nikita Bazhenov (16 / 4), Artyom Dzyuba (16 / 1), Welliton (12 / 4), Aleksandr Prudnikov (12 / 2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nTransferred out during the season: Oleg Dineyev (on loan to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl), Quincy (on loan to Celta de Vigo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192861-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Premier League, Medal squads\nGoalkeepers: Veniamin Mandrykin (20), Igor Akinfeev (10), Yevgeny Pomazan (1). Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (26 / 3), Vasili Berezutski (26 / 1), Aleksei Berezutski (26), Deividas \u0160emberas (24), Anton Grigoryev (10), Chidi Odiah (4). Midfielders: Yuri Zhirkov (29 / 2), Evgeni Aldonin (27 / 2), Elvir Rahimi\u0107 (27), Milo\u0161 Krasi\u0107 (22 / 4), Rolan Gusev (16), Dudu (15 / 1), Ivan Taranov (13), Caner Erkin (8), Eduardo Ratinho (6 / 1), Pavel Mamayev (4), Daniel Carvalho (4), Sergei Gorelov (2). Forwards: J\u00f4 (27 / 13), V\u00e1gner Love (23 / 13), Ram\u00f3n (18 / 1), Dawid Janczyk (10 / 1), Nikita Burmistrov (6), Dmitry Tikhonov (2).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 41], "content_span": [42, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192862-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Professional Rugby League season\nThis was the third season of the new Russian Professional Rugby League,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192863-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Second Division\nThe Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finishers of each zone lose professional status and are relegated into the Amateur Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192864-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian Super Cup\nThe 2007 Russian Super Cup was the 5th Russian Super Cup match, a football match which was to be contested between the 2006 Russian Premier League champion and the winner of 2005\u201306 Russian Cup. However, because the same team won both the league and the cup for the second consecutive season, the match was contested between the champion and the runner-up of the Russian Premier League, CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow, respectively, also for the second consecutive season. The match was held on 3 March 2007 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. CSKA Moscow beat Spartak Moscow 4\u20132 to win their third overall and second consecutive Russian Super Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election\nLegislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on 2 December 2007. At stake were the 450 seats in the 5th State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly (the legislature). Eleven parties were included in the ballot, including Russia's largest party, United Russia, which was supported by President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Official results showed that United Russia won 64.3% of the votes, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation 11.6%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 8.1%, and Fair Russia won 7.7%, and none of the other parties won enough votes to gain any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election\nAlthough 400 foreign election monitors were present at the polling stations, the elections received mixed criticism internationally, largely from Western countries, and by some independent media and some opposition parties domestically. The observers stated that the elections were not rigged but that media coverage was heavily favoured towards United Russia. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the elections were \"not fair\", while foreign governments and the European Union called on Russia to look for possible violations. The election commission responded saying that the allegations would be examined. The Kremlin insisted that the vote was fair and said it demonstrated Russia's political stability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 825]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Regulations\nThe 2007 election were assigned exclusively from party-list proportional representation under a law adopted in 2005 on the initiative of President Vladimir Putin. He claimed it would strengthen the party system by reducing the number of parties in the Duma. In the previous elections half of the seats were filled using proportional representation and another half using the first-past-the-post system. It was also the first parliamentary election since 1993 that lacks the \"against all\" option on the ballot, and the first in which there was no provision for the minimum number of voters that must be achieved for the elections to be considered valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Regulations\nThat year, the 225 single-member districts were abolished. In the election of 2003, 100 of these seats were won by independents or minor party candidates. All seats were awarded by proportional representation. The threshold for eligibility to win seats was raised from 5.0 to 7.0 percent. In 2003 four parties each exceeded 7.0 percent of the list vote and collectively won 70.7 percent of the total Duma vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Regulations\nOnly officially registered parties were eligible to compete, and registered parties could not form a bloc in order to improve their chances of clearing the 7.0 percent threshold, with the provision that parties in the Duma had to represent at least 60% of the participating citizens, and that there must be at least two parties in the Duma. There were eleven parties eligible to take part in the Duma election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Regulations\nDuma seats were allocated to individuals on the lists of successful parties in accordance with their ranking there, and divided among each regional group of candidates for the party in proportion to the votes received by that party in each region (Article 83: Methodology of Proportional Distribution of Deputy Seats). Any members who resign from their party automatically forfeit their seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Regulations\nSeveral weeks ahead of the election, party leaders take part in moderated debates. Debates are televised on several state channels. Each candidate were given a chance to present his party's agenda, and to challenge opponents with questions. (United Russia refused to participate in the debates to receive more time for allowed promotion clips than other parties.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Regulations\nIn the Republic of Chechnya, a constitutional referendum was held on the same date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Parties, Party breakdown\n15 parties were eligible to participate in the elections. On 13 September 2007, Patriots of Russia and Party of Russia's Rebirth created a coalition, leaving only 14 parties to participate. All 14 parties have presented their lists of candidates to the Central Election commission. However, the Electoral Commission decided the Russian Ecological Party \"The Greens\" would not be able to stand, due to an alleged large number of faked signatures (17%, more than the allowed 5%) in their supporters' lists. Nationalist People's Union decided to endorse the Communist Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Parties, Party breakdown\nA number of parties contested the election. The biggest and most popular party in Russia is United Russia, which supports the policies of Vladimir Putin. On 1 October 2007, Putin announced he would run first place on the United Russia list and that he might consider becoming Prime Minister after the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Parties, Party breakdown\nOther pro-Kremlin parties crossing the seven percent threshold include the new Fair Russia party, led by the Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov, and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (whose candidates included Andrei Lugovoi, wanted in the UK for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko and elected ), which has also been favourable towards President Putin's policies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Parties, Party breakdown\nThe largest opposition party is the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which saw its share of the vote cut in half between 1999 and 2003. It came in second with over 11% of the vote, however. The liberal democratic opposition was represented by the free-market Union of Rightist Forces, the more socially minded Yabloko, and Civilian Power representing right liberal ideology, none of which won any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 59], "content_span": [60, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Parties, Foreign election observers\nThe Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) planned to send a large team of election monitors to Russia for the election, but scuttled the plans after accusing Moscow of imposing curbs and delaying monitors' visas (Russian officials denied the claim). Consequently, only 400 foreign monitors from international organisations (330 of them from OSCE) were on hand to observe at some of Russia's 95,000 polling stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Parties, Foreign election observers\nObservers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) inspected 30 precinct election commissions in the electoral district of the city of Moscow. The statement issued by the mission states the election of deputies of the State Duma \"in the election district observed by the Mission was legitimate, free and open, and basically conformed to the requirements of the national legislation of the Russian Federation and its international obligations.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 70], "content_span": [71, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Campaign\nThe campaign season was permitted by law to begin on 3 November and end on 30 November. All the parties were provided with some free television and print access, and on-air candidate debates at times appeared informative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 43], "content_span": [44, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Campaign, United Russia\nOn 1 October 2007 President Putin announced at the convention of the United Russiaparty that he would \"accept\" its invitation to head its list of candidates, although hedeclined to join the party. In his acceptance speech, Putin stated that a suggestion by a previous speaker that he become the prime minister after his second term as president ends \"is entirely realistic, but it is too soon to talk about this at the moment because at least two conditions would first need to be met. United Russia declined to participate in any broadcast political debates, but on 1 October approved the program that pledged to continue Putin's policy course.\" The election programme was entitled \"Putin's Plan: a worthy future for a great country\". The United Russia stressed Russian nationalism and an anti-Western image.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Results, Preliminaries\nAs of 02:00, 3 December Moscow Time about 47.14% votes had been counted. Four parties passed the 7% threshold: United Russia 63.2%, Communist Party of the Russian Federation 11.5%, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 9.1%, and Fair Russia 7.8%. This was consistent with exit polls conducted by VTsIOM, which predicted 61%, 11.5%, 8.8%, 8.4% respectively. Exit polls conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation showed similar results: 62.3%, 11.8%, 8.4%, 8.3%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 57], "content_span": [58, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Results, Official results\nResults mostly repeated the ones of the previous legislative election. The ruling centrist party United Russia, leftist Communist Party and nationalist LDPR passed the threshold again; the moderately socialist Fair Russia took the place of Rodina, absorbing many of its members and most of its electorate. United Russia kept its leading position, again receiving a supermajority (more than \u2154 of seats), which gives it an opportunity to make changes to the Constitution of Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Results, Regional results\nAlthough the United Russia became the leading party in each region, in different regions of the Russian Federation, election results vary considerably. While in metropolitan areas of Moscow and Saint Petersburg with 50-55% turnout United Russia got only about 50% of the votes, the national republics, especially in North Caucasus, provided much stronger voter turnout and support for the ruling party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Results, Regional results\nAccording to the official results, the highest turnout was in Chechnya at 99.5%, of which 99.36% votes were cast for United Russia; the Chechen pro-Moscow leader Ramzan Kadyrov had publicly promised beforehand to deliver 100 percent of his republic's vote for Putin. In the neighbouring Republic of Ingushetia, where the official results also said around 99 percent of the republic's population had voted and nearly all of them for the pro-Putin party, the elections were preceded by mass protests against the government, and observers suggested that in fact only 8% of people turned out to vote there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nOpposition parties and some independent observers reported widespread abuses, such as strong bias in the Russian media, ballot stuffing, bribery of voters, and coercion of workers and students to vote for United Russia. Nevertheless, critics mostly agree that the United Russia would gain majority even if the election were fair.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nAlexander Kynev, a political analyst with the monitoring organisation Golos, said they \"have seen a campaign of unprecedented pressure on the voters.\" Golos said it had received more than 3,000 reports of election abuse on a special hotline. It said various violations during the voting amounted to \"an organised campaign\". Golos made public an analysis of the 1,329 complaints that were filed during the elections and of the observations of its 2,500 election monitors. According to the report, 23% of all complaints involved officials and police hindering the work of election monitors, 22% involved reports of illegal campaigning, 15% percent involved purported manipulations of the voter lists, 11% percent involved pressure on voters and 9% involved alleged violations of regulations protecting voter privacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 879]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nThe Russia's Communist Party said its 300,000 observers identified about 10,000 violations, among them the alleged mass falsification of Duma vote in the Caucasus republic of Dagestan. Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov called a news conference to criticize the official results. Journalist Grigory Belonuchkin, delegated as an observer by the CPRF in Moscow Oblast, claims that the chairpersons of several polling stations attempted to forge the results while transmitting them to the above committee, rigging vote count in favor of the United Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nYabloko party leader Grigory Yavlinsky said \"The results of this election were not counted, were not analyzed, were not gathered. They were ordered.\" He also issued a warning to Yabloko supporters: \"Be very careful. We are entering a time when, if something happens, there will be nowhere to turn. A one-party system is built in such a way that there is no court, no law, no defense of any kind.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nThe Communist Party, Yabloko, and the Union of Rightist Forces are considering filing a joint complaint with the Russian Supreme Court against the official results of the Duma elections. The parties also said they will likely appeal the election results to the European Court of Human Rights, even though a Yabloko-filed case contesting the results of the 2003 elections is still pending there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nPro -Kremlin Vladimir Zhirinovsky complained of vote-rigging in several regions where his ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia did worse than in the rest of the country, but blaming only local authorities. \"Just as road accidents cannot be avoided in any country in the world, there are officials who manipulate (elections), who falsify, even though no one has asked them to do it,\" Zhirinovsky said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nFormer world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who heads the opposition movement The Other Russia, has dismissed the elections as a \"farce\" and \"rigged from the start\". Kasparov, who spent five days in jail previous week for holding an unauthorised march, said he plans to lay a wreath outside the Central Election Commission to \"mourn the death of Russian democracy\". Former Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Kasyanov also said the elections were illegitimate. \"There is not doubt that these elections were not free. They were dishonest and unfair. The result is that this Parliament will not be legitimate,\" he said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nThe deputy head of Central Election Commission of Russia, Nikolai Konkin, said \"all complaints and allegations will be carefully examined\" and pledged to respond in the coming days. Already on 3 December, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told CNN the complaints were \"groundless\". He also said he had no reason to doubt the Chechen result. President Putin himself described the \"honest, as transparent as possible and open\" election as a \"good example of domestic political stability\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nIn mid-December journalist of The New Times (Russia) Natalia Morar published an article titled \"Black Fund of Kremlin\" in which she's alleged political parties in Russia being funded from a secret unaccountable fund of the Kremlin. After that Natalia Morar, a citizen of the Republic of Moldova and a permanent resident of Russia, was forbidden to enter the Russian Federation. The International Federation of Journalists called on the European bodies to investigate the case. Russia's Union of Journalists also condemned the deportation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism\nTo protest the official results of the election (according to which 98.4% of registered voters participated in the election, and 99.2% of them voted for the United Russia), voters in the republic of Ingushetia collected written and signed claims from adult people who did not vote, 87,340 as of 10 January 2008. This is 54.5% of the republic's totalelectorate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 64], "content_span": [65, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Domestic criticism, Court challenges to the election results\nOn 19 March 2008 the court of town Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast started hearings on the falsification of the election results in two districts of town. In particular the plaintiffs, representatives of Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Fair Russia and Yabloko parties allege that the results of the United Russia were artificially increased from 54.4% to 82.4%. According to the plaintiffs the falsification of similar magnitude were registered throughout all eight districts of Dolgoprudny but on the most of the other districts the observers managed to prevent the counterfeit reports from getting into the final results. If the allegation will be found to be true the central electoral commission would have to modify the final national results; it also may be the grounds of starting criminal prosecution against the electoral officials of Dolgoprudny with a possible sentence of up to four years of imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 106], "content_span": [107, 1030]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nAccording to a joint statement by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe, elections on 2 December \"were not fair and failed to meet many OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards for democratic elections\". According to the statement,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nIn general, the elections were well organised and observers noticed significant technical improvements. However, they took place in an atmosphere which seriously limited political competition and with frequent abuse of administrative resources, media coverage strongly in favour of the ruling party, and an election code whose cumulative effect hindered political pluralism. There was not a level political playing field in Russia in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nAs chief of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) mission Luc Van den Brande said at a news conference in Moscow the elections were not fair, including the \"unprecedented\" example of a president still in office running in parliamentary elections. Van den Brande said the president and his office had exerted an \"overwhelming\" influence on the campaign, and also criticized flaws in the secrecy of the vote. \"If Russia has managed democracy, then these were managed elections,\" he said, and warned: \"While we are happy that there was the fall of the (Berlin) Wall, we don't want to have a new dividing line in Europe in terms of democracy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nSwedish parliamentarian Goran Lennmarker, who headed the OSCE team, said he was disappointed by the election process and said: \"It was not fair election.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nFinnish parliamentarian Kimmo Kiljunen, the deputy president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and a member of its election monitoring mission in Russia, questioned the accuracy of the reported Chechen election results in an interview to a Russian radio station, saying that it is \"impossible that all voters come and vote for one and the same party.\" Commenting on his personal experience of observing about 10 polling stations, he said \"my general point is that in principle what happened yesterday were normal elections and in technical sense they worked well.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nHe also said, \"And there's one specific aspect that is also problematic: the executive branch has made the election so that they almost chose this Parliament [...] And this is a problem. Government forces have been blended with the party base. And it is a very problematic situation that the president will be a candidate for one party, and will not be a member of the council, as well as governors of various regions who were candidates of one party - and will not be members of the Duma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0033-0002", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nThis party political interference, and this is my own opinion, is the big problem. I will say the election was made in a Russian style \u2013 I can't say whether democratic or not \u2013 I can't analyze it in this aspect\". Commenting a statement by the host that \"the president had a formal right to head the list of one of the parties\" he said \"I also think so. You didn't do it against your law. [ ...] I think the president has the right to be a candidate, the governor has the right to be a candidate - I'm not criticizing it, I just ask - how is this possible?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, European institutions\nAccording to Russian RIA Novosti news agency, Igor Borisov of Russia's Central Election Commission said the OSCE and Council of Europe allegations were ungrounded and that the commission had not received any official reports from these organizations. Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov dismissed the criticisms of the Western election monitors as \"politically motivated and subjective\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 86], "content_span": [87, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Foreign criticism, Foreign governments\nthere were many reports and allegations of media restrictions as well as harassment of opposition parties and non-governmental organizations in the run-up to the elections and on election day, and that procedures during the electoral campaign did not meet international standards and commitments voluntarily assumed by Moscow. The EU hopes that investigations will clarify the accuracy of these allegations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) published a detailed report on election day why they considered the elections a show election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nAccording to British newspaper The Independent, \"critics condemned the election as an exercise in phantom democracy. Although voters had a choice of 11 parties, the only ones with a chance of making it into Russia's notoriously feckless Duma are either creations of the Kremlin, or loyal to it\" and \"Many Russians believe that the loss of freedom has been an acceptable price to pay for the stability.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nHowever, according to Nikolai N. Petro's opinion article in the International Herald Tribune, \"Far from indicating a retreat from democracy, the Russian electorate's rejection of the current opposition may be a sign of the country's progress toward a mature democracy.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nNorman Stone in The Times guest comment article though admitting that \"No doubt there are elements of truth in [the allegations]\", wrote \"President Putin is popular, and from a Russian perspective, you can easily see why. Indeed, the outcome of his recent election more than slightly resembles General de Gaulle's success in 1958\". He concluded on Putin: \"if Russians see him as the best hope, they should be understood.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nOn the other hand, Denmark's daily Politiken, noted that the Russian election \"could be best described as a swindle.\" The paper argued that Western countries should not accept its results \"lest they compromise their own democratic values and deprive Russians of hope in a democratic future for their country\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nBritain's Financial Times observed that \"Russia's relations with the West threatened to hit a new low...as Western leaders and institutions denounced parliamentary elections at the weekend as unfair and undemocratic. But independent observers suggested both sides could seek to contain the damage as Russia heads into a crucial and uncertain period.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nIn Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said through his spokesman that he is concerned \"about the conduct of the elections, in particular when it comes to freedom of expression and association,\" but there was no sign of any change of the alliance's policy towards Moscow. Van den Brande also said there was no prospect of Russia being thrown out of the Council of Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192865-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Russian legislative election, Criticism, Western media criticism and commentary\nAccording to Zbigniew Brzezinski \"the overt and increasingly arbitrary political manipulation of Russia's political process culminated in the elections to Duma in late 2007 that were not much more than a state controlled public plebiscite. The ultimate irony is that, at the time, Putin could in all probability prevailed even in a truly contested electoral process\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 84], "content_span": [85, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute\nThe Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute began when Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom demanded an increase in gas prices paid by Belarus, a country which has been closely allied with Moscow and forms a loose union state with Russia. It escalated on 8 January 2007, when the Russian state-owned pipeline company Transneft stopped pumping oil into the Druzhba pipeline which runs through Belarus because Belarus was siphoning the oil off the pipe without mutual agreement. On 10 January, Transneft resumed oil exports through the pipeline after Belarus ended the tariff that sparked the shutdown, despite differing messages from the parties on the state of negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute\nThe Druzhba pipeline, the world's longest, supplies around 20% of Germany's oil. It also supplies oil to Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Background\nFor a long time, the gas price for most of the former USSR republics was significantly lower than for the Western European countries. In 2006 Belarus paid only $46 per 1000 m\u00b3, a fraction compared to $290 per 1000 m\u00b3 paid by Germany. The annual Russian subsidies to the Belarusian economy were around $4 billion, as Russian president Vladimir Putin said on 9 January 2007. In 2006 Russia announced a higher price for 2007. After Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, rejected this price change, and without a new treaty, Gazprom threatened to cut gas supplies to Belarus from 10:00 MSK on 1 January 2007. Both sides finally agreed on the following terms:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Background\nAnother part of the energy dispute is the dispute over oil. In 1995, Russia and Belarus agreed that no customs would be imposed on oil exported to Belarus. In exchange, the revenues from this oil processed in Belarus would be shared by 15% for Belarus and 85% for Russia. In 2001, Belarus unilaterally canceled this agreement while Russia continued its duty-free exports. Lukashenko's state kept all the revenues, and many Russian oil companies moved their processing capacities to Belarus. On this arrangement, Russia also lost billions of dollars annually.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Background\nBelarus imposed a tariff of US$45 per ton of oil flowing through the Druzhba pipeline, prompting Russia to claim that the move was illegal and to threaten retaliation, since it contradicts bilateral trade agreements and worldwide practice. Only imported or exported goods are being tariffed while transit goods are not objects of tariffing. Russia rejected paying the newly imposed Belarusian tariffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Background\nIn compensation, Belarus began siphoning off oil from the pipeline. According to Semyon Vainshtok, the head of Russia's pipeline monopoly Transneft, Belarus had siphoned off 79,900 metric tons of oil since 6 January. Vainshtok said this was illegal and the move was made \"without warning anyone.\" In response, Russia stopped oil transport on 8 January.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Background\nA Belarusian team led by Vice-Premier Andrei Kobyakov flew to Moscow on 9 January to pursue a solution but initially reported that they had not been able to start negotiations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Background\nOn 10 January, the Belarusian government lifted the tariff, and Russia agreed to start negotiations. The oil flow was resumed at 05:30 GMT on 11 January. In the wake of the dispute, Gazprom acquired 50% stake in the Belarusian gas pipeline operator Beltransgaz for US$2.5 Billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, August 2007 developments\nFollowing the alleged violation of previous agreements and the failure of negotiations, on 1 August 2007 Gazprom announced that it would cut gas supplies to Belarus by 45% from 3 August over a $456 million debt. Talks are continuing and Belarus has asked for more time to pay. Although the revived dispute is not expected to hit supplies to Europe, the European Commission is said to view the situation 'very seriously'. Following overnight negotiations in Moscow, on 3 August, $190 million of the debt was repaid, and Belarus was given a further week to pay the remainder or face a 30% cut in supplies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, August 2007 developments\nAs of 8 August Belarus has fully paid its $460 million debt for Russian natural gas supplies, ending a dispute between the country and Gazprom [RTS: GAZP].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Related disputes\nThe situation is reminiscent of other recent price tensions between Russia, one of the world's energy superpowers, and other states since the start of 2005. These have resulted in increases in the prices paid for gas by Moldova (now paying US$170 per 1,000 cubic meter), Georgia (US$235 per 1,000 cubic meter) and Ukraine (following the 2006 Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, which also resulted in a 4-day cut to European gas supplies).| with Azerbaijan having recently stopped oil exports to Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Related disputes\nOn 29 July 2006 Russia shut down oil export to Ma\u017eeiki\u0173 oil refinery in Lithuania after an oil spill on the Druzhba pipeline system occurred in Russia's Bryansk oblast, near the point where a line to Belarus and Lithuania branches off the main export pipeline. Transneft said it would need one year and nine months to repair the damaged section. Although Russia cited technical reasons for stopping oil deliveries to Lithuania, Lithuania claims that the oil supply was stopped because Lithuania sold the Ma\u017eeiki\u0173 refinery to Polish company PKN Orlen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Impact\nAll IEA member countries who are net oil importers have legal obligation to hold emergency oil reserves, which is equivalent to at least 90 days of net oil imports of the previous year. Furthermore, under the EU regulations there is obligation to hold reserves equivalent to 90 days of consumption, so unlike the gas dispute with Ukraine in 2006, consumers were not affected. Poland had an 80-day oil reserve. The Czech Republic reported drawing oil from its 100-day reserves. Had the dispute prolonged, it is likely that alternative supplies would have been secured. International oil prices were not significantly affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Impact\nThe involved countries have, however, expressed concerns about the reliability of the Russia-Belarus oil pipeline and Belarus as an oil middleman supplier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Impact\nThe events have also provoked renewed discussion on the government policy of phasing out nuclear power in Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Reaction\nThe European Union has demanded an \"urgent and detailed\" explanation, according to a spokesman for Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Reaction\nPiotr Naimski, Poland's deputy economics minister who is responsible for energy security, stated \"This shows once again that arguments among various countries of the former Soviet Union between suppliers and transit countries mean that these deliveries are unreliable from our perspective.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Reaction\nGerman Economy Minister Michael Glos stated that the dispute showed that \"one-side dependencies must not be allowed to develop.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192866-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Russia\u2013Belarus energy dispute, Reaction\nFollowing a meeting with European Commission President Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the action, stating \"It is not acceptable when there are no consultations about such actions\". Commenting on the importance of trust in energy security, she said \"That always destroys trust and no trusting, undisturbed cooperation can be built on that.\" Merkel continued by saying \"We will certainly say to our Russian partners but also to Belarus that such consultations are the minimum when there are problems, and I think that that must become normality, as it would be within the European Union.\" Barroso said that \"while there is no immediate risk to supplies, it is not acceptable\" for such actions to be undertaken without prior consultation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192867-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team\nThe 2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Greg Schiano.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192867-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team\nFor the first time in the history of Rutgers football, the team entered a season ranked\u2014they were 16th in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls. The Scarlet Knights finished the season with an 8\u20135 record that included a 52\u201330 victory over the Ball State Cardinals in the 2008 International Bowl. It marked the third consecutive appearance of the team in a post-season bowl game, and the second bowl game won by the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192868-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ryedale District Council election\nThe 2007 Ryedale District Council election to the Ryedale District Council was held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. One seat was vacant in Pickering East until a by-election in June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192868-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ryedale District Council election, Election result\n3 Independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192869-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 S.League\n2007 S.League was the twelfth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their sixth league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192869-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 S.League, Foreign players\nEach club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192870-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SANFL Grand Final\nThe 2007 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Central District Bulldogs defeat North Adelaide by 65 points to claim the club's sixth premiership victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192870-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SANFL Grand Final\nThe match was played on Sunday 7 October 2007 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 30,493.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192871-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SANFL season\nThe 2007 South Australian National Football League season was the 128th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192872-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SAP Open\nThe 2007 SAP Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 118th edition of the tournament, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States, from February 12 through February 18, 2007. Third-seeded and reigning champion Andy Murray won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192872-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SAP Open, Finals, Doubles\nEric Butorac / Jamie Murray defeated Chris Haggard / Rainer Sch\u00fcttler 7\u20135, 7\u20136(8\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 30], "content_span": [31, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192873-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SAP Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and John McEnroe were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192873-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SAP Open \u2013 Doubles\nEric Butorac and Jamie Murray won the title, defeating Chris Haggard and Rainer Sch\u00fcttler 7\u20135, 7\u20136(8\u20136) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192874-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SAP Open \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray was the defending champion, and as the third seed won in the final 6\u20137(3\u20137), 6\u20134, 7\u20136(7\u20132), against unseeded Ivo Karlovi\u0107.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192875-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SCSA season\nThe 2007 SCSA Season was the 7th season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192875-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SCSA season, Race calendar\nAll races were held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192875-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SCSA season, Race calendar\nThe season consisted of five meetings of two races each. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 31], "content_span": [32, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192876-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SEABA Championship for Women\nThe 2007 SEABA Championship for Women was held in Phuket, Thailand from October 14 to October 20. The Philippines swept all of their assignments in the elimination round and beat Indonesia in the semifinals, but Thailand beat them in the championship match to clinch their fourth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192877-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SEAT Cupra Championship\nThe 2007 Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra Championship season was the fifth season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 1 April at Brands Hatch, and ended on 14 October at Thruxton, supporting rounds of the British Touring Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192877-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SEAT Cupra Championship, Teams and drivers\nDrivers in the main class drove the new Mk2 SEAT Le\u00f3n and drivers in the Cupra R class drove the older Mk1 SEAT Le\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192877-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SEAT Cupra Championship, Championship standings\nNote: bold signifies pole position in class, italics signifies fastest lap in class", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game\nThe 2007 SEC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2007 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The game determined the 2007 football champion of the Southeastern Conference. The LSU Tigers, winners of the Western division of the SEC, defeated the Tennessee Volunteers, who won the Eastern division, by a score of 21\u201314. This was the second time the two teams have met in the conference championship game. The first time was in 2001 when LSU defeated Tennessee, 31\u201320. The loss knocked the Volunteers, ranked #2 at the time, out of the BCS National Championship Game which was played at the 2002 Rose Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game, Selection process\nThe SEC Championship Game matches up the winner of the Eastern and Western divisions of the Southeastern Conference. The game was first played in 1992, when the conference expanded from 10 to 12 teams with the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. The SEC was the first conference in college football to have a conference championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nLSU was ranked as high as #1 in the country and was a favorite to play in the national title game, however those dreams were thought to have been shattered when the Tigers lost to unranked Arkansas in 3 overtime periods at home on the final game of the regular season. LSU finished the regular season with a 10\u20132 record. They were 6\u20132 in the SEC and won the SEC Western Division outright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nTennessee began the season with a highly anticipated out-of-conference matchup with California in Berkeley. The 15th ranked Vols lost to the 12th ranked Golden Bears, 45\u201331. Tennessee slipped in the polls, eventually losing twice more to Florida and Alabama, however, they finished the season strong, winning their last five games. In the final game of the regular season, the Volunteers needed to beat Kentucky in order to secure a berth in the SEC Championship Game. If Kentucky won, then Georgia would be the representative from the Eastern division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game, Regular season\nThe game was an exciting one as it went into 4 overtime periods. The Volunteers eventually won it by sacking Kentucky QB Andre Woodson during a 2-point conversion attempt. Tennessee finished the regular season with a 9\u20133 overall record and a 6\u20132 record in the SEC Eastern division. They tied with Georgia as champions of the SEC East, however, by virtue of a head-to-head victory over Georgia, the Volunteers were the SEC East representatives in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game, Pre-Game\nPrior to the game, LSU was faced with many distractions. On Friday, November 30, news sources leaked that Nebraska had hired defensive coordinator Bo Pelini to be their new head coach. On the morning of game day, ESPN reported that LSU head coach Les Miles would be announced as the new head coach of Michigan. Later on that day, Les Miles called a press conference to announce that he was would not be leaving LSU to coach Michigan. Also on the minds of the Tigers, quarterback Matt Flynn would not start due to an injury. Instead, Ryan Perrilloux would get the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192878-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Championship Game, Game summary\nLSU won the game by a score of 21\u201314, after Erik Ainge threw two interceptions in the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 40], "content_span": [41, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192879-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 8\u201311, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome. The first, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds were televised by Raycom/LF Sports, and the SEC Championship Game was televised by CBS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192879-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament\nFlorida won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating Arkansas on March 11, 2007 by the score of 77 to 56.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192880-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Softball Tournament\nThe 2007 SEC Softball Tournament was held at Jane B. Moore Field on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama from May 10 through May 12, 2007. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192881-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament took place on March 1\u20134, 2007 in Duluth, Georgia at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192881-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament\nVanderbilt won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating LSU on March 4, 2007 by the score of 51 to 45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team\nThe 2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2007 NCAA Division II softball season. The Cougars, led by nineteenth year head coach Sandy Montgomery, played their home games at Cougar Field on the SIUE campus as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC). They finished the season as the NCAA Division II National Champions. In July 2017, the team was elected to the SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason\nDespite the loss of graduated 1st Team All-American and GLVC Player of the Year Alicia DeShasier, good things were expected of the Cougars. Thirteen players returned from the 52\u201311 2006 squad that had played in the Division II Women's College World Series, including 3rd Team All-American and 1st team All-GLCV pitcher Sabra McCune and 1st team All-GLCV shortstop Kaeleigh Rousey, along with All-GLVC 2nd team first baseman Emily Lenart, plus All-GLVC honorable mentions pitcher Kaitlin Colosimo and catcher Libby Lenart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason\nThe Cougars were the No. 5-ranked team in the NFCA/ NCAA Division II preseason coaches poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 54], "content_span": [55, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season\nThe season began with the Cougars winning three of five games at the West Georgia Tournament, with both losses to nationally-ranked teams. They then won both ends of a doubleheader at Lincoln before going back South to win twelve of thirteen of games at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Florida, losing only to St. Cloud State. The GLVC schedule started with a Cougars' loss in the first half of a doubleheader at Kentucky Wesleyan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season\nThe loss was followed by a seven-game win streak (five in-conference) before SIUE lost one of two at Wisconsin\u2013Parkside and two at eventual GLVC co-champion Lewis. They followed that up with nine wins in a row before dropping one at Missouri\u2013Rolla, then closing out the GLVC schedule with four more wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season\nThe regular season ended with an overall record of 37\u20138 and a GLVC record of 19\u20135, which tied Lewis for the conference championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 59], "content_span": [60, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights\nDuring the regular season, sophomore Kaitlin Colosimo pitched a no-hit game against Missouri-St. Louis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights\nSix Cougars were named to the All\u2013Great Lakes Valley Conference teams:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights\nPitcher Kaitlin Colosimp was named to the Daktronics All-America Softball Third Team. She and outfielder Jodie Ohlau were also members of the Daktrronics Great Lakes All-Region team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Highlights\nCoach Sandy Montgomery and assistants Valerie McCoy and Shannon Evans were selected as both the Great Lakes Region Coaching Staff of the Year and the 2007 NFCA Division II National Coaching Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 71], "content_span": [72, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason\nThe Cougars entered the double-elimination Great Lakes Valley Conference at in East Peoria, Illinois as the #2 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason\nSIUE beat St. Joseph's in the opening round, Wisconsin\u2013Parkside in the quarterfinals, and top seed Lewis in the first semifinal. After Lewis defeated Missouri\u2013Rolla in the second semifinal, the Cougars won the Final to earn the GLVS's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason\nThe Cougars were the #3 seed at the Great Lakes Regional, hosted by top-seeded Lewis. After SIUE beat Shepherd in the first round, Kaitlin Colosimo pitched her second no-hitter of the season against Wayne State in the quarterfinals. SIUE then bested 4th seed Ferris State in the first semifinal. The regional final matched the Cougars with Grand Valley State, which had won four elimination games after falling to Wayne State in the first round. SIUE scored six runs in the first inning and went on to win the final 10\u20131 in five innings and advance to the Division II Women's College World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason\nSIUE arrived at the Division II Women's College World Series at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio on a 12-game winning streak. The Cougars continued their winning ways by downing Florida Southern in the opening round and Cal St. Stanislaus in the quarterfinals. In the first semifinal, Kaitlin Colosimo tossed her third no-hitter of the season against the defending champion and top-seeded Lock Haven Bald Eagles. Lock Haven came back to win the elimination bracket semifinal and set up the final. Lock Haven scored one run in the third inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason\nThe Cougars tied in the top half of the fourth only to have the Bald Eagles go back on top with a run in the bottom of the inning. SIUE once more tied the score in the sixth, and the game evolved into a pitching duel between Lock Haven's Kristin Erb and Kaitlin Colosimo, pitching in relief. The Cougars finally managed to score in the top of the twelfth inning, then held on to win the 2007 NCAA Division II Softball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason, Highlights\nIn the Great Lakes Regional, Kaitlin Colosimo threw her second no-hit game of the season versus Wayne State and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. She was joined on the All-Tournament Team by outfielders Jodie Ohlau and Courtney Mall, catcher Libby Lenart, and shortstop Kaeleigh Rousey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason, Highlights\nIn the Women's College World Series, Kaitlin Colosimo threw her third no-hitter against Lock Haven in the first semifinal and was again named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. She was joined on the All-Tournament Team by outfielder Jodie Ohlau, catcher Libby Lenart, and shortstop Kaeleigh Rousey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192882-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason, Highlights\nThe National Championship game was the longest ever played, two innings longer than the previous record of ten innings set when Augustana defeated Bloomsburg for the 1991 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 67], "content_span": [68, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season\nThe 2007 season was SK Brann's 99th season and their 21st consecutive season in the Norwegian Premier League. Brann won the Norwegian Premier League in 2007. In the end, they finished 6 points ahead of their nearest rival, Stab\u00e6k. The team did cause a small sensation, and bitter disappointment among tens of thousands of Brann-supporters who had gathered in Bergen to watch the game live, on 20 October, by losing to \u00c5lesund 1\u20132 in the 24th of 26 rounds, a match where a draw would have set aside all doubt about Brann's league win. However two days later, Viking defeated Brann's last rival to the gold medals Stab\u00e6k with a 2-1 result, thereby securing Brann the first league championship since 1963 anyway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season\nBrann also qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Cup for the first time after beating Club Brugge from Belgium in the qualifier. The team won its first victory in the group stage of the UEFA Cup by defeating the Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb. On 21 December, the draw for the Round of 32 of The UEFA Cup was made and Brann will face a tough test against Premiership side Everton who won all four of the games in Group A. The first leg was lost at home 0 -2, 13 February. The return leg is at Goodison Park a week later. They lost the return leg 6-1", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season\nThe Norwegian football cup ended for Brann in the 4th round, as in the 2006 season, where they was defeated by Viking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season, Information\nManager: Mons Ivar MjeldeLeague: Norwegian Premier LeagueShirt supplier: Kappa Shirt sponsor: Sparebanken VestAverage league attendance: 17,225 League: Champions Norwegian Cup: 4th round (0-2 vs. Viking) UEFA Cup: Qualified for Round of 32Top goal scorer: Thorstein Helstad (22 in league, 27 in total)Player of the year: Thorstein Helstad", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 33], "content_span": [34, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season, Squad\nAs of July 2007. Matches and goals updated as of 28 October and is for league only. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 27], "content_span": [28, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season, Squad, Out on loan\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 40], "content_span": [41, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192883-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 SK Brann season, Matches (goals)\nThe table shows matches and goals in the Norwegian Premier League, Norwegian Cup, Royal League and European Cup/UEFA Cup, and was last updated after the game against FC Basel on 5 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192884-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SVL season\nThe 2007 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the fourth season of the Shakey's V-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192884-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SVL season, 1st conference\nThe Shakey's V-League 4th Season 1st Conference was the 6th conference of the Shakey's V-League. The tournament was held from May 2007 until July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192884-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SVL season, 2nd conference\nThe Shakey's V-League 4th Season 2nd Conference was the 7th conference of the Shakey's V-League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 31], "content_span": [32, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192885-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sacramento Monarchs season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the 11th for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs qualified for the playoffs, but later fell to the San Antonio Silver Stars in three games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192885-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sacramento Monarchs season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft\nBased on the Monarchs' 2006 record, they would pick 10th in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Monarchs picked LaToya Bond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192886-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sacramento State Hornets football team\nThe 2007 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192886-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sacramento State Hornets football team\nSacramento State competed in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets were led by first-year head coach Marshall Sperbeck and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. They finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3\u20138, 3\u20135 Big Sky). Sacramento State was outscored by its opponents 201\u2013305 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192886-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL\nNo Sacramento State players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192887-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saga gubernatorial election\nA gubernatorial election was held on 8 April 2007 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Incumbent Yasushi Furukawa was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192888-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sagan Tosu season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192889-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sai Kung District Council election\nThe 2007 Sai Kung District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 23 elected members to the 30-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192890-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint Barth\u00e9lemy Territorial Council election\nElections to the Territorial Council were held in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Barth\u00e9lemy for the first time on 1 July 2007. Since Bruno Magras, the incumbent mayor of Saint Barth\u00e9lemy, got an absolute majority in the first round, a second round was not held. If a second round had been necessary, it would have been held on 8 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192891-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team\nThe 2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2007 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 10th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished in 2nd place in the MSFA MEL division, but they received an at-large bid to the 2007 postseason NAIA playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192891-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Schedule\nOn September 29, 2007, the Saint Francis loss to Ohio Dominican snapped a 54-game regular season winning streak dating back to 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 50], "content_span": [51, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192892-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint Francis Red Flash football team\nThe 2007 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Flash were led by sixth-year head coach Dave Opfar and played their home games at DeGol Field. They finished the season 3\u20137 overall and 2\u20134 in NEC play to place fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192893-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint John, New Brunswick ward plebiscite\nOn October 9, 2007 the city of Saint John, New Brunswick held a plebiscite on a proposal regarding how its Common Council would be composed in the future. The question asked:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192893-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint John, New Brunswick ward plebiscite\n\"Do you want the City to be divided into four wards of approximately equal population with two councillors to be elected by the voters in that ward, and two councillors to be elected at large?\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192893-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint John, New Brunswick ward plebiscite, Results requirements\nThe results of the plebiscite were to be binding if greater than 60% of the voters approved the proposed mixed ward system. Any result of less than a 60% majority would not have been binding, and would have permitted the Common Council to decide how to proceed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192893-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint John, New Brunswick ward plebiscite, Voting dates, Advance polls at returning office\nTuesday, October 2, 2007Wednesday, October 3, 2007Thursday, October 4, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 95], "content_span": [96, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192894-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saint Martin Territorial Council election\nElections to the Territorial Council were held in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin for the first time on 1 July and 8 July 2007. Since no candidate's list got an absolute majority in the first round, all lists with more than 10% of the vote went to a second round, where Louis Constant-Fleming obtained a relative majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192895-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saitama gubernatorial election\nSaitama Prefecture held a gubernatorial election on August 26, 2007. Incumbent Ueda Kiyoshi was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192896-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Salford City Council election\nThe 2007 Salford City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29.36%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192897-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Salisbury District Council election\nElections to Salisbury District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives lost overall control, but were still the largest party winning twenty-two of the fifty-five seats available.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192897-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Salisbury District Council election\nThis was the last election of district councillors to take place in Salisbury. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when Salisbury would be abolished and its councillors' term of office would end two years early.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192897-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Salisbury District Council election\nElections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nThe 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred around midnight on 18 February 2007 on the Samjhauta Express, a twice-weekly train service connecting Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan. Bombs were set off in two carriages, both filled with passengers, just after the train passed Diwana near the Indian city of Panipat, 80 kilometres (50\u00a0mi) north of New Delhi. 70 people were killed in the ensuing fire and dozens more were injured. Of the 70 fatalities, most were Pakistani civilians. The victims also included some Indian civilians and three railway policemen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nInvestigators subsequently found evidence of suitcases with explosives and flammable material, including three undetonated bombs. Inside one of the undetonated suitcases, a digital timer encased in transparent plastic was packed alongside a dozen plastic bottles containing fuel oils and chemicals. After the bombing, eight unaffected carriages were allowed to continue onwards to Lahore with passengers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nBoth the Indian and Pakistani governments condemned the attack, and officials on both sides speculated that the perpetrators intended to disrupt improving relations between the two nations, since the attack came just a day before Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri was to arrive in New Delhi to resume peace talks with Indian leaders. There have been a number of breaks in the investigation of the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nIndia's National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged eight people in the terrorist attack, including Swami Aseemanand, a Hindu cleric formerly affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. While Aseemanand has been released on bail, three persons charged in the case are absconding, and three others are in prison. The alleged mastermind, Sunil Joshi, was killed in 2007. In 2019, NIA court has acquitted all the accused.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nIt has been allegedly linked to Abhinav Bharat, a Hindu fundamentalist group in India. Allegations were also concurred on Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic fundamentalist terror group in Pakistan. A United States report declared Arif Qasmani to be involved in the attack. Consequently, after consulting with the United Nations, the United States declared him an international terrorist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nQuestions were raised over a Pakistani national who was arrested after the bombings for not carrying valid papers and was seen as suspicious by the investigators, but was discharged within 14 days according to a statement of the first investigation officer assigned to the case. A court order had noted the statement of the police that no proof had been found against him, which was also stated later by one of the senior officers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings\nA narco-analysis test was conducted on SIMI's leaders Safdar Nagori, Kamruddin Nagori and Amil Parvez who had stated about Abdul Razzaq's involvement in the blasts and him informing Safdar about it. Times Now had broadcast a video of the test in 2017. The later statements of Swami Aseemanand of Sunil Joshi telling him of involvement of his men in the blast had caused confusion for the investigators. One of the investigating officers stated in 2016 that they had investigated the Islamists including Safdar but didn't find them involved. Razzaq who had been in prison since 2005 had been interrogated and had brought Qasmani to the notice of Intelligence Bureau as a key Lashkar financier. He was questioned regarding the case, but no evidence of his involvement were found. Some officers had also questioned the reliability of narco-analysis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Background\nSince their formation resulting from the Partition of India in 1947, India and Pakistan have had a conflict-ridden relationship. In their plan for the partition, the British allowed all 565 princely states to decide which country they wanted to join. Most Hindu-majority princely states acceded to the Republic of India, while most Muslim-majority princely states joined the Dominion (now Islamic Republic) of Pakistan. The decision made by the leaders of some of these princely states has been a source of conflict and tension between the two countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Background\nKashmir is one of these princely states\u2014its population was mostly Muslim, but the Hindu ruler Hari Singh of the state decided to join India. The countries have fought four wars over this disputed region: the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (resulting in the formation of Bangladesh), and the Kargil War in 1999. Since the 1980s, militants in Jammu and Kashmir have targeted attacks on civilians, members of the government and the Indian Army. Some groups, like the Islamist militant organisations Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, believe that Kashmir should be integrated into Pakistan, while others\u2014such as the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front\u2014believe it should become an independent state. All told, thousands of civilians have died due to the insurgency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 863]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Background\nIn recent years, the Indian and Pakistani governments have made attempts to bring peace or to at least calm the tensions between the countries. One such attempt in the peace process came with the launch of the Samjhauta Express, so-named because the word samjhauta means \"accord\" and \"compromise\" in Hindi and Urdu, respectively. This twice-weekly train service runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Wagah and Lahore in Pakistan. Launched in 1976, the Samjhauta Express served as the only rail connection between the two countries until the launch of the Thar Express.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Background\nGiven the nature of the transnational service and the ongoing violence in the region, the Samjhauta Express was always heavily guarded, as it was a high-risk target for terrorist attacks. Weeks after the Indian Parliament terrorist attack on 13 December 2001, the train service was discontinued amid security concerns. Although it resumed service on 15 January 2004, the train was placed on high security. Just days before the attack, Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri announced that he was going to Delhi on 21 February 2007 to meet with Indian government officials to continue peace talks and to sign a nuclear risk reduction agreement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Details\nTwin blasts shook two coaches of the Samjhauta Express travelling between India and Pakistan at around 23:53 IST (18:23 UTC) on Sunday, 18 February 2007, shortly after the train had passed through the railway station in the village of Diwana, near the Indian city of Panipat. One railway employee manning the level crossing at the time stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Details\nIt was about 11.52 when I showed the signal lantern to the Attari [Samjhauta] Express which was coming in very fast, probably at over 100\u00a0kilometers an hour (62.1\u00a0mph). Just as [it] reached near the home signal, I could hear two loud explosions from the coaches near the guards' van at the rear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Details\nAfter the explosions, both carriages were engulfed in flames and many passengers were incapacitated by the smoke. Witnesses claim to have seen passengers screaming and attempting to escape, but since most of the train's windows were barred for security reasons, many could not escape in time. The injured were pulled out of the burning carriages by fellow passengers and local residents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Details\nIn the end, the terrorist attack left 70\u00a0people dead and 50 injured. Most of the dead and injured were Pakistani nationals, though some Indians, including railway workers, were also killed. Initial identification of the victims was hindered by the fact that many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition. The rest of the train, which was left undamaged by the attack, continued on to the border town of Attari. There, passengers were transferred to a Pakistani train which took them to their destination in Lahore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, India\nThe Indian government and media initially began pointing the finger at Pakistan for the terror attacks. Widespread condemnation of Pakistan ensued, particularly from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, and Pakistan was accused of harbouring terrorists and intentionally derailing peace attempts with India. Indian Minister of Railways, Lalu Prasad Yadav, condemned the incident and went on to say that the attack was \"an attempt to derail the improving relationship between India and Pakistan.\" He also announced compensation payments of Rs. 1,000,000 (approx. \u20ac17,500 or US$22,750) for the next-of-kin of each of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 for those injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, India\nHome Minister Shivraj Patil claimed that \"whoever is behind the incident is against peace and wants to spoil our growing relationship with other countries\". Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed \"anguish and grief\" at the loss of life, and vowed that the culprits would be caught. India's foreign ministry also promised to issue visas for Pakistani relatives of those killed or injured in the blasts. Indian journalist Siddharth Varadarajan argued that the peace process should stay on track and that any wavering would be tantamount to surrendering to terrorism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, India\nThe opposition Bharatiya Janata Party condemned the attacks and petitioned the ruling Indian National Congress to ask Pakistan to comply with its 2004 promise to crack down on cross-border terrorism. The party also argued for a harsher anti-terror bill to take a \"zero tolerance\" approach to terrorism in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, Pakistan\nThe government of Pakistan reacted in the same vein, through its Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, proclaiming that this was an act of terrorism that should be investigated by Indian authorities. Kasuri said that the terrorist attack would not halt his trip to India, as he \"will be leaving tomorrow for Delhi to further the peace process.\" He went on to say that \"we should hasten the peace process.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, Pakistan\nIn response to the terrorist attack, President Pervez Musharraf stated \"such wanton acts of terrorism will only serve to further strengthen our resolve to attain the mutually desired objective of sustainable peace between the two countries.\" Musharraf also said that there must be a full Indian investigation of the attack. In regards to the upcoming peace talks, he stated \"we will not allow elements which want to sabotage the ongoing peace process to succeed in their nefarious designs.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, Others\nIn the United Kingdom, Foreign Office minister Kim Howells condemned what he termed \"utterly shameful\" attacks, offered his \"condolences to the family and friends of those killed and injured\", and offered \"the Governments of India and Pakistan whatever assistance they require, to bring to justice the perpetrators of this brutal attack.\" Leaders in the British Pakistani community called the terrorist attack a \"despicable act\" and urged for a speedy investigation into the tragedy so that those responsible could be arrested and jailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, Others\nIn the United States, the Bush administration condemned those responsible for the bomb explosions aboard the Samjhauta Express. On behalf of the United States government, White House spokesman David Almacy stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Reactions, Others\nWe express our deepest sorrow for this tragedy and extend condolences to the families of the victims. We appreciate the leadership of Indian Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh and Pakistani President (Pervez) Musharraf, and condemn those who seek to undermine the progress in relations between the two countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 50], "content_span": [51, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Tension\nOn 23 February, a Pakistani Air Force C-130 plane landed, upon being granted approval, in New Delhi to evacuate Pakistanis injured in the train bombing. Of the ten people to be evacuated, three were missing, all from the same family. Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasneem Aslam, claimed that the father, Rana Shaukat Ali, was harassed by Indian intelligence agency personnel at the Safdarjung Hospital. Aslam also said that Pakistan High Commission officials were denied entrance into the hospital. An Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Navtej Sarna, denied these allegations and stated that the patients would be taken to the airport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Tension\nSarna told the press that Ali's family was not missing, and that hospital doctors had decided not to allow Pakistani officials access into the hospital. He also stated that the C-130 plane had developed a problem and could not take off. Later, Aslam told press correspondents that the \"[C-130] aircraft was still at the airport\" and that Mr. Ali had chosen to travel back to Pakistan via a land route. Despite the tensions between the two countries' External Affairs ministries, the C-130 aircraft took off from New Delhi at around 21:00 local time. After the incident, Ali criticised the media, who asked him for \"stories for their publications at a time when I am not in my senses because of the death of my five children.\" He also stated that Indian officials showed him sketches of suspects, but he could not identify them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation\nThe day after the bombing, Indian police stated that the suitcase bomb attack was the work of at least four or five people with a possible militant connection. The police also released sketches of two suspects who the police Inspector General said had left the train just fifteen minutes before the explosions. The police say that one of the men was around 35 or 36\u00a0years old, \"plumpish\" and dark, with a moustache, and the second was around 26 or 27, wearing a scarf wrapped around his head. The police also stated that both men were speaking Hindi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation\nAnother man, a Pakistani national who was drunk at the time, was being questioned because he said he threw one of the bomb-containing suitcases off the train. A senior Haryana state railway police official said that the man's \"account has been inconsistent and we have no definite conclusions yet.\" Later, the Inspector General said \"the suitcase was thrown on the track\" and that the Pakistani national \"was there and said he had thrown it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation\nIn early March, Haryana police arrested two people from the city of Indore who allegedly sold the suitcases used in the bombing. No charges were pressed on the individuals. A probe conducted by the commissioner of Railway Safety officially determined that the explosions and fire on the Samjhauta Express had been caused by bombs located in the upper compartments in coaches GS 03431 and GS 14857. The probe also showed that the train slowed to a speed of 20 kilometres per hour (12\u00a0mph) just before it was going to pass the Diwana train station. The results strengthened the belief that the suspects got off the train before the explosions. On 31 March, a 25-year-old man was interrogated after being arrested in Amritsar after jumping off a moving train under suspicious circumstances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nNo major developments took place in the investigation since late March 2007. Meanwhile, the Indian and Pakistan governments agreed to a bilateral pact to extend passenger train and freight services between the two countries until 2010. In late April, the Indian and Pakistan governments initiated steps for safety and security measures for the Samjhauta Express. The two countries started sharing information on passengers travelling on the trains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nThe train is now under a reservation system, and as one Railway Ministry source said, \"[w]ith no unreserved coaches, we now have complete passenger details from their ticket reservation data a few hours prior to their boarding, and departure of the train.\" Also in late April, three new coaches equipped with India's most advanced fire fighting systems were added to the Samjhauta Express. Indian Railway Ministry sources commented that the system acts with brake pressure, and this glass-encased system could throw water up to 15 metres (49\u00a0ft). Indian and Pakistani members of the Anti- Terror Mechanism (ATM) group met on 22 October 2007 to update each other regarding the status of the investigation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nIn November 2008, it was reported that Indian officials suspected the attacks were linked to Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, an Indian army officer also alleged member of Hindu nationalist group Abhinav Bharat. Purohit himself claimed that he had \"infiltrated\" the Abhinav Bharat and he was only doing his job. During an army's Court of Inquiry as many as 59 witnesses stated to the court that Purohit was doing his job (of gathering intelligence inputs) by infiltrating extremist organizations. Officers have testified that he was doing what he was asked to do as a military intelligence man.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nInvestigators concluded that the suitcases used to make the suitcase bombs originated from Indore in India, based on their stitching. Indian officials said they were prepared to share their findings with Pakistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nIn January 2010, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik accused India of not pursuing the case seriously, and of refusing to divulge details about the role of Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit. Malik alleged that Purohit had hired Pakistani extremists to carry out the bombing. In October 2010, an 806-page chargesheet prepared by the Rajasthan anti-terrorist squad revealed that the Samjhauta Express had been discussed as a potential target for an attack at a meeting of Hindutva bomb makers in February 2006; the group subsequently travelled to Indore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nOn 30 December 2010, National Investigation Agency claimed that they have solid evidence that Swami Aseemanand was the mastermind behind the blasts. He had roped in Sandeep Dange, an engineering graduate, and Ramji Kalsangra, an electrician, to build the improvised explosive devices used in the blasts. On 8 January 2011, Aseemanand confessed that Saffron terror outfits were behind the bombing of Samjhauta express, a statement his council later stated was obtained under duress. Later RSS sent a legal notice to CBI accusing it for deliberately leaking Swami Aseemanand's confession in media.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nRSS spokesman Ram Madavh called the investigation maligning of organisations and individuals. However, in late March 2011, Aseemanand came out and stated: \"I have been pressurised mentally and physically by the investigating agencies to confess that I was behind these blasts.\" Aseemanand was charged on 20 June 2011 for planning the blast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0026-0002", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nIn November 2011, Indian High Courts issued a stay notice to the National Intelligence Agency on the point that Aseemanand was tortured and coerced in prison and on the allegations that the investigation agency itself was biased by its association to the United Progressive Alliance government In early 2012, commentators started questioning the \"Hindu\" angle to the terror attacks, noting both the existence of an equally plausible \"Muslim\" angle and the near impossibility of proving any claims", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nMany initial reports suggested that the prime suspects in the bombing were the Islamic groups Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, both of whom have been blamed for many high-profile bombings in the past. On 1 July 2009, the United States Treasury and UNSC placed sanctions on Lashkar-e-Toiba, and named Arif Qasmani as having played a role in the bombing. In 2009, Qasmani was hit with a travel ban and an asset freeze by the 1267 committee of the United Nations Security Council Qasmani, as of 2011, was still the United States' main suspect in the Samjhauta bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nOn 12 February 2012, the National Investigation Agency of India arrested a suspect identified as Kamal Chouhan, former RSS worker from the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh and conducted intense questioning. According to sources, Chouhan had a possible role in planting the bomb in the train. Chouhan is believed to be a close aide of Ramji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, two key Indian suspects in the case on whom the agency has announced a cash reward of \u20b9 1\u00a0million for information of their whereabouts. The National Investigation Agency is likely to file a fresh chargesheet in a next couple of days which will name Kamal Chauhan and Amit Chauhan as the two alleged bombers who along with Lokesh Sharma and Rajendra Pehalwan allegedly planted the four suitcase bombs in the train.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nIn April 2016, Director General of NIA requested the United States government to provide information on LeT Key financier Arif Qasmani. The US charge sheet in 2009 accused Qasmani of funding the blasts. Later, in April 2016, NIA declared that Lt Col Purohit was never an accused in the case and there was no evidence of his involvement in the bombing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nIn late-June 2017, Times Now and India TV reported that a Pakistani national Ajmat Ali who was a suspect in the case were discharged within 14 days based on the statements of Gurdeep Singh who was the first investigation officer assigned to the case which were also mentioned in a deposition to a court 12 days earlier. Al was arrested by Punjab police for not carrying valid papers and he was handed over to police of Haryana for interrogation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nHe was stated to match the description of the suspect who planted the bombs according to eyewitnesses and was accused of having used false identities by the police. Per a report, he had stated about undertaking reconnaissance of many prominent cities. He however was discharged by senior officials probing the case with the court order noting the police's statement that no proof had been found.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0030-0002", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nPer India TV, top police officials in a meeting on 21 July 2010 had decided to hand over the investigation to NIA as Haryana Police failed to bring the case to any logical conclusion and had also decided to probe the role of Hindu groups. The Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hinted the UPA government had planted the angle of role of \"Hindu terror\" and questioned the suspect's release.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nA report carried by The Hindu in July 2017 contained a statement of one of the senior officer Bharti Arora who had directed the suspect to be discharged, had headed the SIT at that time and was named by Gurdeep Singh in his statement, stated that his statement was being misread. She added that Ali was properly interrogated and discharged when nothing was found against him. She also stated that she would take legal action against the channel stating a sting report of letting-off the suspects in 14 days, for what she claimed was a \"false report\". NIA stated it would not investigate the claims about the case till court orders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nThe Hindustan Times carried a report in September 2008 of statements from the narco-analysis test conducted on SIMI's extremist wing chief Safdar Nagori as well as other leaders who were Kamruddin Nagori and Amil Parvez. Safdar at the time was of the blast was in a hospital in Madhya Pradesh due to a fractured hand. Per reports of the test, he stated that Abdul Razzaq was involved in the blast and had informed him the blasts would be carried out with the help of a few Pakistani nationals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nKamruddin and Amil Parvez had stated that Razzak was close to Nagori, had informed him and discussed about the blasts. Safdar however denied any meeting was held to plot the blast. A video of Safdar's test was broadcast by Times Now in July 2017. Rediff carried a report in 2011 that the later statements by Aseemanand on Sunil Joshi telling him of his role in the blasts had caused confusion among NIA and both the testimonies were contrary to each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0032-0002", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nVikash Narain Rai, the former Haryana police officer who headed the SIT from 2007 to early 2010, told The Wire in June 2016 mentioned that the SIT's first suspect were Pakistan-based terror groups or organisations like SIMI, stating that they had investigated many Islamists including Nagori. He stated that it became clear they were not involved as investigations progressed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nPer a report by The Indian Express Razzaq who had been in prison since August 2005 after being deported from Iran, was interrogated after Safdar's narcoanalysis and brought Qasmani to the attention of Intelligence Bureau as a Lashkar financier. Per diplomatic sources due to this a dossier was given with Qasmani's purported involvement to the United States which according to a note recording an informal meeting between the NIA probe team and FBI was the cause for sanctions by Treasury Department on him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0033-0001", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nRazzaq was questioned by Madhya Pradesh and Haryana Police regarding the blast, but no evidence of his involvement was stated to be found. Some police officers had also questioned the reliability of narcoanalysis, barred in USA and Europe, with a senior NIA officer stating that they had nothing but the statements of a man given under the effect of sodium pentathol.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192898-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Investigation, Later developments\nOn 20 March 2019, Special NIA court acquitted all four accused. \"The NIA Special Court has concluded that the investigating agency has failed to prove the conspiracy charge and ruled that accused deserve a benefit of doubt\", NIA Counsel RK Handa said. .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192899-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Samoa National League\nThe 2007 Samoa National League, or also known as the Upolo First Division, was the 19th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. Cruz Azul (Samoa) won their first title, defeating Strickland Brothers Lepea in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192900-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election\nThe Samoan Fono elected the second o le Ao o le Malo (the head of state of Samoa) on June 16, 2007 after the death of the country's head of state for four and a half decades, Malietoa Tanumafili II, in May 2007. Former Prime Minister Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi was elected unopposed by the 49-member strong parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500\nThe 2007 Samsung 500, the seventh race of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series, was held on Sunday, April 15 of that year at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. The race was won by Jeff Burton of Richard Childress Racing. Jeff Gordon would lead the most laps with 173 laps led.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race recap\nIt was the third race to feature the Car of Tomorrow. Hendrick Motorsports was shooting for its fifth consecutive win as a team. The last team to accomplish this feat was Petty Enterprises in 1971. HMS driver Jeff Gordon started from pole as qualifying was rained out. The race itself featured many attritions, including a hard first lap crash involving David Ragan, J.J. Yeley, and Ricky Rudd. Gordon dominated the early part of the race until a pit mistake forced him to lose the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race recap\nNovember Texas winner Tony Stewart struggled throughout the day, first being spun out after contact with rookie Juan Pablo Montoya, and being hit by Jimmie Johnson in the driver's side, and spun again later. However, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who got his first cup win at Texas, slowed to avoid the spinning Stewart, but was hit from behind by Kyle Busch, who was traveling over 30\u00a0mph faster. In the end, the race came down to former Texas Motor Speedway winners and ex-teammates Matt Kenseth and Jeff Burton. Burton attempted many times to pass Kenseth low, but he held the top spot. On the last lap, however, Burton was able to get underneath and clear Kenseth off turn 2 and hold him off to become the first repeat winner of a Cup series event held at the speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 792]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race recap\nWhile Burton won his second race, being the first repeat winner, still the past twelve races have been won by twelve different drivers, and it was the fourth different winning team at Texas Motor Speedway in the past four races (Roush, Evernham, Gibbs, Childress), with the past three teams winning at Texas winning for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race recap\nOn lap 288, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s engine blew up, forcing him to retire. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch, who was also wrecked was out, but the team still wanted to compete until the end. However, Busch was nowhere to be found as he had already left the speedway. Therefore, a crew member from Busch's team asked Earnhardt Jr. if he would drive the rest of the laps to finish the car. Earnhardt agreed, and would ride the last 10 laps in Kyle Busch's No. 5 car owned by Rick Hendrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race recap\nEarnhardt Jr. said of the incident \"I\u2019ll always jump at a chance to climb into someone else\u2019s car to see what it\u2019s like. They used to do that all the time back in the day. You\u2019d have relief drivers getting into someone\u2019s car almost every week, so it was kinda like a step back into NASCAR history or something. Old school! It was cool.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race recap\nEarnhardt signed a contract with Hendrick one day after the race. Busch signed a contract to go to Joe Gibbs Racing to drive the No. 18 car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192901-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Samsung 500, Race results\nFailed to Qualify-#00-David Reutimann, #36-Jeremy Mayfield, #37-John Andretti, #84-A. J. Allmendinger, #55-Michael Waltrip, #4-Ward Burton, #33-Scott Wimmer, #34-Kevin Lepage", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192902-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Antonio Silver Stars season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the 11th season for the franchise and their 5th season in San Antonio. The team went to the playoffs for the first time in five years, losing in the conference finals to eventual champion Phoenix Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192903-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Antonio mayoral election\nOn May 12, 2007, the city of San Antonio, Texas, held an election to choose who would serve as Mayor of San Antonio for a two year term to expire in 2009. Incumbent mayor Phil Hardberger won over 77 percent of the vote, securing re-election to a second and final two year term. (Term limits were relaxed from two two-year terms to four two-year terms starting with the 2009 election, however such relief does not apply to those who have already been elected to an office in which the two term limit applies.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192903-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Antonio mayoral election, Background\nPhil Hardberger, who was first elected mayor in the 2005 mayoral election, decided to pursue election to a second and final term. His opponent in the runoff, Julian Castro opted not to seek a rematch against Hardberger in the 2007 mayoral election, thus leaving Hardberger to face six minor candidates in the election (Castro would instead seek, and successfully gain election to the mayoralty of San Antonio two years later).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192903-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Antonio mayoral election, Results\nOn May 12, 2007, the election for Mayor was held. Phil Hardberger secured re-election with over 77% of the vote, thus negating the need of a runoff election (which would have been required if no candidate got 50%+1 of all votes cast).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192903-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Antonio mayoral election, Results\n* Vote percentage include all of Bexar County with a total of 17,493 (2.06%) either voting in another municipal election, casting a spoiled vote or casting no ballot for San Antonio mayor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 42], "content_span": [43, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season\nThe 2007 season was the San Diego Chargers' 38th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 48th overall. The team failed to equal their 14\u20132 2006 regular season record, As they went 5\u20135 under new head coach Norv Turner. However, they finished the regular season strongly, with six straight wins, an overall record of 11\u20135, and the AFC West title. The Chargers went further in the playoffs than the previous year, but fell again to the undefeated New England Patriots, this time in the AFC Championship game. For the second consecutive season, star running back LaDainian Tomlinson led the NFL in rushing with 1,474 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Offseason\nAfter a postseason loss to the New England Patriots, offensive and defensive coordinators Cam Cameron and Wade Phillips left for new coaching jobs with the Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys respectively. Marty Schottenheimer, after originally being told he would stay as head coach, was fired in February. Replacing Schottenheimer was Norv Turner, who was signed to take over the helm later in the month.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Offseason\nTurner, who installed the Chargers offensive set when he was their offensive coordinator in 2001, was selected to be the head coach largely because he was expected to maintain the offensive game plan that led the team to its best regular season record in team history. Turner also agreed with general manager A.J. Smith on the hiring of defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, who had worked with Phillips when both were with the Buffalo Bills and later was the defensive coordinator with the Bills.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Offseason\nChicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, who interviewed for the Chargers' head coaching job, was hired to coach the Chargers' linebackers instead. Smith also re-signed Charger free agent offensive guard Kris Dielman to a six-year contract that will virtually guarantee him almost $17\u00a0million and put him around $40\u00a0million over the life of the deal. Linebacker Donnie Edwards was not offered a contract and signed with his former team, the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chargers released veteran wide receiver Keenan McCardell during the offseason along with safety Terrence Kiel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 41], "content_span": [42, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Offseason, Draft\nThe Chargers started out by making the 30th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft due to their 14\u20132 season in 2006. They selected Craig Davis out of Louisiana State University. In the second round, the Chargers made a trade with the Bears in order to move up and select safety Eric Weddle at slot 37#. He was selected as a possible replacement to Terrence Kiel, who was released earlier in the off-season following his arrest on drug charges during the 2006 season. The Chargers exchanged their second round selection in 2007 as well as third round, fifth round and 2008 third round selection. The Chargers also selected linebacker Anthony Waters from Clemson University, who missed his senior season due to a leg injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 48], "content_span": [49, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears\nThe Chargers began their 2007 campaign at home as they matched up their offensive firepower against the Chicago Bears and their rock-hard defense. In this defensive slugfest, the Bears held RB LaDainian Tomlinson, the previous year's league MVP, to just 12 yards rushing on 11 attempts, while getting a 27-yard field goal by kicker Robbie Gould in the second quarter. This game also marked the first time since 2001 that the Chargers were shut out in the first half. In the third quarter, San Diego started to bounce back as Tomlinson threw his 7th career touchdown pass to TE Antonio Gates from 17 yards out. In the fourth, Tomlinson delivered the final blow with a 7-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears\nWith the win, the Chargers began their season at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at New England Patriots\nFollowing their low-scoring home win over the Bears, the Chargers flew to Gillette Stadium for a Week 2 Sunday night fight against the New England Patriots, in a rematch of last year's AFC Divisional game. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as the Patriots took their opening drive and ended it with QB Tom Brady completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Benjamin Watson. Afterwards, New England continued its opening assault as Brady completed a 23-yard TD pass to WR Randy Moss. In the second quarter, the Chargers continued to show last week's first half struggles as Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski getting a 24-yard field goal, while LB Adalius Thomas intercepted one of QB Philip Rivers' passes and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers finally managed to score as Rivers completed a 1-yard TD pass to FB Lorenzo Neal, but New England responded with Brady and Moss hooking up with each other again on a 24-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, San Diego tried to fight back with Rivers completing a 12-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates, but the Patriots ended the game with RB Sammy Morris getting a 3-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 2: at New England Patriots\nRB LaDainian Tomlinson was a non-factor, as he was only able to muster 43 yards on 18 carries. At this point, he was off to a rough start, totalling only 68 rushing yards in the first two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nTrying to rebound from their primetime road loss to the Patriots, the Chargers flew to Lambeau Field for Week 3, as they played an interconference game with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first with QB Philip Rivers completing a 27-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. The Packers responded with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Green Bay took the lead with QB Brett Favre completing a pair of 5-yard TD passes, one to WR Donald Driver and one to TE Bubba Franks. The Chargers responded with Rivers completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Craig Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers took the lead with Rivers completing a 21-yard TD pass to RB LaDainian Tomlinson for the only score of the period. However, in the fourth quarter, the Packers retook the lead with Favre's record-tying 57-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings, along with RB Brandon Jackson getting a 1-yard TD run. San Diego tried to come back, as kicker Nate Kaeding got a 44-yard field goal. However, the onside kick failed with Green Bay holding on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers\nNotable: Philip Rivers broke a Chargers record completing 15 consecutive passes in the first half. With the loss, the Chargers fell to 1\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Chargers went home for an AFC West duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, San Diego's struggling offense found some life with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 24-yard field goal, while RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 5-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chargers increased its lead with Kaeding kicking a 51-yard field goal. The Chiefs answered with a 25-yard field goal by Dave Rayner. Afterwards, San Diego ended the half with Kaeding getting a 38-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers lost their lead, with Kansas City getting a 41-yard field goal from Rayner and QB Damon Huard completing a 22-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. Even worse, San Diego ended up losing in the fourth quarter with Huard completing a 51-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe, along with CB Tyron Brackenridge returning a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 4: vs. Kansas City Chiefs\nOne of the few positives from the game, Tomlinson finally got his first 100-yard game of the year, with 132 rushing yards on 20 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their embarrassing divisional home loss to the Chiefs, the Chargers flew to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Week 5 divisional duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, San Diego got off to a fast start with QB Philip Rivers getting a 2-yard TD run. Immediately afterwards on the ensuing kickoff, rookie LB Brandon Siler returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Chargers increased its lead with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 26-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Broncos got their only score of the game with kicker Jason Elam getting a 30-yard field goal. San Diego ended the half with Kaeding nailing a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers continued their offensive revival with Rivers completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates and a 15-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. In the fourth quarter, RB Michael Turner helped San Diego seal their easy victory with a 74-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 5: at Denver Broncos\nWith the win, the Chargers improved to 2\u20133. The win also marked San Diego's first back-to-back wins in Denver since 1967 and 1968.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 81], "content_span": [82, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders\nComing off of their blowout divisional road win over the Broncos, the Chargers went home for a Week 6 divisional duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, the Chargers came out striking with RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 3-yard and a 27-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Raiders managed to get on the board with LB Thomas Howard returning an interception 66 yards for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, San Diego went back to work with Tomlinson getting a 13-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Oakland tried to salvage a comeback as QB Daunte Culpepper threw a 1-yard TD pass to TE Zach Miller. However, the Chargers sealed the victory a 41-yard TD run by Tomlinson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, the Chargers entered their bye week at 3\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans\nAfter speculation about the games location because of the ongoing California wildfires, it was confirmed on October 26, 2007 that Qualcomm Stadium would no longer be an evacuation site for San Diego residents, with most of the evacuees moved to Del Mar. Before, sites in the Phoenix area were being considered to host the game, as well as Houston's Reliant Stadium, and also the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Texas Stadium. Before the game a special tribute was paid to at the stadium for the fire fighters, National Guard, and volunteers who assisted in fighting the fires and helping the evacuees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans\nGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger attended the game and flipped the coin, which the Chargers won. With an emotional charge from both the players and fans, as well as some victims, the Chargers played one of the best games of their season. Philip Rivers threw 3 touchdown passes despite only throwing 11 passes. Two TDs went to tight end Antonio Gates, and the remainder went to newly acquired wideout Chris Chambers, who was just traded from the Miami Dolphins a two weeks earlier and played his first game as a Charger (due to San Diego's bye week).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 8: vs. Houston Texans\nHowever, that performance was second to second-year corner Antonio Cromartie, who performance included two interceptions, and two defensive touchdowns. He had a 70-yard INT return for a score, and the other was a complicated snap where the Texans snapped the ball over punter Matt Turk\u2019s head, and the ball fell into the end zone. Quickly having to recover, Turk missed grabbing the ball and it fell into the hands of Cromartie, easily scoring. The Chargers won, 35\u201310 in a home blowout, which was, in the quote of LaDainian Tomlinson, \"one for the fans.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings\nAfter an emotional home win over the Texans, the Chargers flew to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 1-yard TD run. The Vikings responded with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, there was no scoring until the final play of the half, as CB Antonio Cromartie returned a missed field goal 109 yards for a touchdown, the longest play in NFL history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the third quarter, things started to get grim for San Diego as Minnesota took the lead with Peterson getting a 64-yard TD run and QB Brooks Bollinger completing a 40-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers tried to come back as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 36-yard field goal. The Vikings sealed the win with Peterson getting a 46-yard TD run, along with RB Chester Taylor getting a 2-yard TD run. LaDainian Tomlinson, despite getting only 1 rushing touchdown, managed to surpass Jim Brown for most career rushing touchdowns with his 107th TD.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings\nDuring the game, Minnesota rookie running back Adrian Peterson broke the NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards rushing on 30 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nAfter an upset loss to the Vikings, the Chargers faced the defending Super Bowl champions in San Diego following their first loss of the season to the New England Patriots. Darren Sproles return the opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. After a Nate Kaeding field goal, Sproles returned a punt 45 yards for his second special teams touchdown of the game with less than 6 minutes left in the first quarter. The PAT snap wasn't held and the PAT failed. Peyton Manning threw four interceptions in the first quarter alone. In the second quarter the Chargers put together a 45-yard drive resulting in a 4-yard touchdown run by LaDainian Tomlinson. Manning was able to score a touchdown to Reggie Wayne leaving the score 23\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nAfter a scoreless third quarter Manning threw a touchdown to Kenton Keith and the Colts were able to complete the two-point conversion. On third and 10 from the Chargers 8-yard line, Philip Rivers went back to pass and the ball slipped out of his hand and into the end zone. Colts linebacker Gary Brackett picked up the ball for a touchdown with 14:28 to play. The Colts failed the two-point conversion. With six minutes left in the game Rivers threw an interception to rookie Clint Session.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nIn the red zone the Colts picked up the first down, but the booth reviewed the play and it was determined to be fourth and inches. The Colts intended to go for the first down, but a false start penalty by Ben Utecht moved them five yards back, and instead they went for the field goal. With 1:31 left the Colts lined up the kicking team for a game-winning field goal, but Adam Vinatieri\u2019s 29-yard kick was wide right.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0023-0002", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nThe Chargers ran down the clock and the Colts had 22 seconds to score, but the game ended with Clinton Hart intercepting the ball with time expiring for the Chargers win. Manning set a franchise record by throwing six interceptions in one game (3 to Antonio Cromartie and one apiece to Clinton Hart, Matt Wilhelm, and Shaun Philips).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nBoth team had significant injuries coming into the game. For the Chargers CB Quentin Jammer and DE Luis Castillo were out of the game. The Colts had 10 players out of the game including TE Dallas Clark, WR Marvin Harrison, and OT Tony Ugoh. Dwight Freeney left the game with an injured foot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 10: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWith the win, the Chargers improved to 5\u20134. With Kansas City losing to Denver, San Diego retained first place in the AFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 11 at Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their win over the Colts, the Chargers flew to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium for a Week 11 intraconference duel with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee managed to get a 48-yard field goal, along with RB Maurice Jones-Drew getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chargers got on the board with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 23-yard field goal. However, Jacksonville responded with QB David Garrard completing a 36-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 11 at Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, San Diego responded with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 6-yard TD run, yet the Jaguars answered with Garrard completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Marcedes Lewis. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers tried to make a comeback as QB Philip Rivers completed a 24-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. But it was too-little too-late, as Jacksonville's defense held on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 87], "content_span": [88, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Jaguars, the Chargers went home for a Week 12 duel with the Baltimore Ravens. After a scoreless first quarter, San Diego struck first with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 27-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Ravens took the lead with RB Willis McGahee getting a 1-yard TD run. The Chargers regained the lead with QB Philip Rivers completing a 35-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates (with a failed PAT), Kaeding kicking a 46-yard field goal, Rivers completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers, and Kaeding kicking a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, San Diego increased its lead with Rivers and Gates hooking up with each other again on a 25-yard TD pass. Baltimore managed one final score as Ravens QB Kyle Boller completed a 13-yard TD pass to FB Le'Ron McClain. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers sealed the win with Kaeding nailing a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 12: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nRB LaDainian Tomlinson (24 carries for 77 yards) became the fourth-fastest player and the 23rd player in NFL history to get 10,000 career rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 85], "content_span": [86, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs\nComing off their home win over the Ravens, the Chargers flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 13 AFC West rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Chiefs kicker John Carney managed to get a 38-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Chargers got on the board with kicker Nate Kaeding nailing a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Kansas City regained the lead as QB Damon Huard completed a 2-yard TD pass to DE Jared Allen. Afterwards, San Diego tied the game again as QB Philip Rivers completed a 38-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the second quarter, the Chargers pulled away as RB LaDainian Tomlinson got a 31-yard TD run in the third quarter and a 28-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. His two rushing touchdowns helped him surpass Walter Payton for third place on the NFL's all-time rushing touchdowns list. The game also gave him his 3rd-straight 100-yard game against the Chiefs. Also, CB Antonio Cromartie recorded 2 INT to bring his league leading total to 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 86], "content_span": [87, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Tennessee Titans\nComing off their divisional road win over the Chiefs, the Chargers flew to LP Field for a Week 14 intraconference duel with the Tennessee Titans. In the first quarter, San Diego trailed early as Titans kicker Rob Bironas managed to get a 44-yard field goal for the only score of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Tennessee Titans\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers got on the board as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 20-yard field goal, yet Tennessee responded with RB Chris Brown getting a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Titans increased their lead with RB LenDale White getting a 7-yard TD run. San Diego tied the game with QB Philip Rivers completing a 7-yard TD pass to RB LaDainian Tomlinson and a 2-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. In overtime, the Chargers got the win with Tomlinson getting the game-winning 16-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Tennessee Titans\nFor Tomlinson, it was his 3rd overtime touchdown (the most in NFL history).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 14: at Tennessee Titans\nFor CB Antonio Cromartie, his lone interception gave him 9 on the year, tying the franchise single-season record set by Charlie McNeil in 1961.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 84], "content_span": [85, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their overtime road win over the Titans, the Chargers went home for a Week 15 interconference duel with the Detroit Lions. The Chargers struck first with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 6-yard TD run, Kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 22-yard field goal, and Tomlinson getting a 2-yard TD run. In the second quarter, San Diego continued its domination with Kaeding getting a 22-yard field goal and LB Shaun Phillips returning an interception 18 yards for a touchdown. The Lions got on the board with QB Jon Kitna completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Middleton. The Chargers ended the scoring for the half with QB Philip Rivers completing a 1-yard TD run to TE Brandon Manumaleuna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nIn the third quarter, San Diego continued its annihilation with RB Darren Sproles getting a 1-yard TD run and Kaeding nailing a 45-yard field goal. Detroit got its final points of the game as Kitna completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Shaun McDonald. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers ended their day with Sproles getting an 11-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith this win, not only did the Chargers improve to 9\u20135, but they also clinched their second-straight AFC West title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 15: vs. Detroit Lions\nFor Darren Sproles (25 attempts for 122 yards and 2 touchdowns) and LaDainian Tomlinson (15 attempts for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns), they became the first RB duo in franchise history to both get 100 rushing yards in the same game. Also, Tomlinson ended this part of his career with 127 career touchdowns, surpassing Jim Brown for 7th All-Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 82], "content_span": [83, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nTrying to make it 5 straight wins and stay in contention for the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs, the Chargers continued their domination over the Denver Broncos on Christmas Eve. Not only did they stop them from scoring a touchdown for the second time this season they also made it 4 straight victories over Denver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe game started off inauspiciously for the Broncos when Denver QB Jay Cutler fumbled the ball leading to a 40-yard K Nate Kaeding field goal for San Diego, and after a 3 and out, the Chargers gave the ball to RB LaDainian Tomlinson for a 17-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe second quarter was relatively quiet as 2 Kaeding Field goals (23-yards & 29-yards) gave the Chargers a 16-point lead going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter San Diego QB Philip Rivers and WR Chris Chambers hooked up on a 14-yard pass and catch to make the score 23\u20130. Denver finally began to move offensively until a tipped pass was intercepted by San Diego SS Clinton Hart, but some defensive miscues including a San Diego QB Billy Volek fumble led to a 23-yard field goal by Denver K Jason Elam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nIn the fourth quarter the defense stepped up for the Chargers on two fourth down plays and a San Diego CB Quentin Jammer interception sealed the victory for San Diego.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe result guaranteed that a San Diego win at Oakland would secure the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos\nThe win in Denver at home made San Diego only the second team in NFL history to shut out every opponent at home in the first quarter, outscoring opponents 81\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Oakland Raiders\nComing off their Christmas Eve victory of the Broncos, the Chargers ended the regular season at McAfee Coliseum for a Week 17 AFC West rematch with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, San Diego struck first as QB Philip Rivers completing a 7-yard TD pass to RB LaDainian Tomlinson. The Raiders responded with RB Dominic Rhodes getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Chargers regained the lead with Rivers completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR Chris Chambers. Oakland ended the half with kicker Sebastian Janikowski getting a 53-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers increased their lead with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 36-yard field goal, along with rookie LB Jyles Tucker recovering a Raider fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. Oakland responded with QB JaMarcus Russell completing a 32-yard TD pass to WR Jerry Porter. In the fourth quarter, San Diego sealed the win with Kaeding nailing a 31-yard and a 24-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season results, Week 17: at Oakland Raiders\nWith the win, not only did the Chargers close out their regular season at 11\u20135, but they also secured the AFC's No. 3 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 83], "content_span": [84, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): vs. Tennessee Titans\nEntering the playoffs as the AFC's No. 3 seed, the Chargers began their playoff run at home against the sixth-seeded Tennessee Titans, in a rematch of Week 14, which saw San Diego trail early, then rally to tie the game in the fourth quarter and win in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 112], "content_span": [113, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): vs. Tennessee Titans\nIn the first half, the Chargers trailed early as Titans kicker Rob Bironas managed to get a 30-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 44-yard field goal in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Chargers rallied to take the lead with kicker Nate Kaeding nailing a 20-yard field goal, along with QB Philip Rivers completing a 25-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. In the fourth quarter, San Diego pulled away with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 1-yard TD run. However, San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates had to leave the game with a right toe injury earlier in the game, and never returned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 112], "content_span": [113, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): vs. Tennessee Titans\nWith the win, not only did the Chargers improve their overall record to 12\u20135, but they also gave the franchise its very first playoff win since the 1994\u201395 AFC Championship Game which led them to Super Bowl XXIX. The team advanced to the AFC Divisional Playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 112], "content_span": [113, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday, January 13, 2008): at Indianapolis Colts\nComing off their wild card home win over the Titans, the Chargers flew to the RCA Dome for their AFC Divisional duel with the second-seeded/defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, in a rematch of Week 10. In the first scoring play, Peyton Manning threw a TD to Dallas Clark for 25 yards. LaDainian Tomlinson was injured on a running play and despite an attempt to return to action later in the first half, he did not return to the game. Philip Rivers then threw a pass to Vincent Jackson for San Diego's first TD of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 116], "content_span": [117, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday, January 13, 2008): at Indianapolis Colts\nAdam Vinatieri made a 46-yard FG to put the Colts up 10\u20137. Antonio Cromartie intercepted Peyton Manning at the end of the first half and ran it 89 yards for a touchdown; however, the play was called back on a dubious holding call by Phil Luckett. The second half began with Rivers tossing a pass to Chris Chambers for 30 yards. At 3:19 of the third quarter, Manning completed a pass for Reggie Wayne for 9 yards. Rivers managed to complete a 56-yard pass to Darren Sproles for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 116], "content_span": [117, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0054-0002", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday, January 13, 2008): at Indianapolis Colts\nOn that play, Rivers injured his leg and did not return to the game. Billy Volek replaced Rivers at quarterback. Starting the fourth quarter, Manning threw a TD pass to Anthony Gonzalez for 55 yards. Volek engineered a long drive culminating in a 1-yard sneak for a TD putting the Chargers up for good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 116], "content_span": [117, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday, January 13, 2008): at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Colts had two late opportunities to score on separate drives. On the first drive, the Colts faced a 4th down from inside the Charger 20-yard line. They decided against a field goal which still would have left them down by 1 point. Trying for the touchdown, Peyton Manning was hurried by a blitzing Shawne Merriman as his throw came up short. The Chargers took over on downs but failed to get a first down. After a long punt by Mike Scifres, the Colts had less than 2 minutes to try to win the game. Once again, the Chargers defense stifled the Colts, taking over on downs with seconds to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 116], "content_span": [117, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday, January 13, 2008): at Indianapolis Colts\nWith the win, the team improved their overall record to 13\u20135. The team advanced to the AFC Championship Game. There were a total of 7 lead changes throughout the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 116], "content_span": [117, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192904-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Chargers season, Postseason, AFC Championship Game (Sunday, January 20, 2008) at New England Patriots\nAfter squeaking out their victory over Indianapolis, San Diego then traveled to Foxborough, Massachusetts to take on the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game in a rematch of Week 2. The Patriots were undefeated going into this game, at 17\u20130. Despite the Patriots being heavily favored to win by a large margin and advance to Super Bowl XLII, the game remained tight throughout, as the Chargers kept the score a 14\u201312 through the third quarter. Philip Rivers played through a torn ACL. LaDanian Tomlinson left early in the 1st quarter with another injury, never to return. Hampered by these key players' absences, the Chargers were unable to find the end zone the entire game. All twelve of their points were field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 116], "content_span": [117, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192905-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Padres season\nThe 2007 San Diego Padres season was the 39th season in franchise history. It began with the Padres' attempt to win a third consecutive NL West title. After finishing the regular season with 89 wins and 73 losses, they were in a tie with the Colorado Rockies for both the NL wild card and second place in the NL West, they were defeated in a tie-breaker which placed them third overall in the division and out of playoff competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192905-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Padres season, Wild Card tie-breaker\nThe Padres ended tied with the Colorado Rockies for both second place in the NL West as well as the National League Wild Card. A tie-breaker was played on October 1, 2007 in Denver to determine which team would continue on to post-season play. The game lasted 13 innings through four hours and 40 minutes. The Rockies won the Wild Card spot with a final score of 9 to 8, and the Padres' season was over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192905-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego Padres season, Transactions\nSeptember 4, 2007: Pete Laforest was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the San Diego Padres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192906-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Diego State Aztecs football team\nThe 2007 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Aztecs, led by head coach Chuck Long, played their home games at the Qualcomm Stadium. They finished with a record of 4\u20138 (3\u20135 MWC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season\nThe 2007 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 62nd season, and 58th in the National Football League. They ended their season with a disappointing record of 5\u201311 in 2007, failing to improve upon their 7\u20139 record from 2006. The 49ers offense struggled all season long as offensive coordinator Jim Hostler was subject to much scrutiny and criticism regarding his playcalling and starting quarterback Alex Smith injured his shoulder early in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Offseason, Free agency\nThe 49ers addressed their problems in the secondary with the signing of veteran cornerback Nate Clements from the Buffalo Bills. The contract was worth $80\u00a0million for 8 years, the largest contract given to a defensive player in NFL history. They also signed strong safety Michael Lewis from Philadelphia on the same day. Other key defensive pickups included linebackers Colby Bockwoldt and Tully Banta-Cain and nosetackle Aubrayo Franklin. The team also addressed its wide-receiver needs by signing former Denver Bronco and Atlanta Falcon, Ashley Lelie and Seattle Seahawk, Darrell Jackson. San Francisco also used the free agency period to extend Gore's contract to 4 years worth $28\u00a0million, $14\u00a0million of which is guaranteed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 786]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Offseason, Draft\nIn the 2007 NFL draft, they addressed their need for an inside linebacker by picking Patrick Willis in the first round and also gave up their 2008 first round pick to the New England Patriots and selected 28 overall Offensive Tackle Joe Staley. In the 2nd round the 49ers traded their pick for the Colts' number one pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. On the second day of the NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers traded a 4th round pick for Seattle Seahawks leading receiver, Darrell Jackson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nat Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park, San Francisco, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nDressed up in their throwback uniforms, the 49ers began their 2007 campaign against their NFC West rival, the Arizona Cardinals in the second game of the Monday Night Football doubleheader. In the first quarter, the Niners drew first blood as RB Frank Gore got a 6-yard TD run for the score of the period. However, in the second quarter, the Cardinals took the lead with kicker with Neil Rackers getting a 35-yard field goal and RB Edgerrin James getting a 7-yard TD run. San Francisco ended the half with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers retook the lead with Nedney kicking a 30-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Arizona jumped ahead with QB Matt Leinart completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Anquan Boldin. With time running out late in the game, QB Alex Smith led the Niners on a last-minute drive that included a 20-yard run by Alex Smith and ended with WR Arnaz Battle getting a 1-yard TD run. The Cardinals had just enough time to try a late-game comeback, but San Francisco clinched the game with CB Shawntae Spencer getting an interception for the win. Matt Leinart's first and last passes in the game were both interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, not only did the 49ers begin their year at 1\u20130, but Mike Nolan finally got his first win against Arizona as a head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ1 \u2013 SF \u2013 11:24 \u2013 Frank Gore 6-yard TD run (Joe Nedney kick) (SF 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ2 \u2013 ARI \u2013 12:55 \u2013 Neil Rackers 35-yard FG (SF 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ2 \u2013 ARI \u2013 9:15 \u2013 Edgerrin James 7-yard TD run (Rackers kick) (ARI 10\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ2 \u2013 SF \u2013 3:40 \u2013 Joe Nedney 33-yard FG (10\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ3 \u2013 SF \u2013 11:20 \u2013 Joe Nedney 30-yard FG (SF 13\u201310)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ4 \u2013 ARI \u2013 6:46 \u2013 5-yard TD pass from Matt Leinart to Anquan Boldin (Rackers kick) (ARI 17\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nQ4 \u2013 SF \u2013 0:26 \u2013 Arnaz Battle 1-yard TD run (Nedney kick) (SF 20\u201317)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nComing off their divisional home win over the Cardinals, the 49ers flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 2 divisional duel against their NFC West rival, the St. Louis Rams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Rams QB Marc Bulger completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, San Francisco tied the game with RB Frank Gore getting a 1-yard TD run. St. Louis took the halftime lead on a Jeff Wilkins 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers took the lead with Gore breaking through a gang of tacklers for a 43-yard TD run, along with the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Rams retook the lead with Wiklins getting a 53-yard field goal. Because a St. Louis goof-up on special teams, the Niners took the lead with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 40-yard field goal. Near the end the game, the Rams had one last chance to win the game, but Wilkins' 56-yard field goal attempt fell about a yard short of the crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, the 49ers improved to 2\u20130 for the first time since 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ1 \u2013 STL \u2013 6:04 \u2013 12-yard TD pass from Marc Bulger to Torry Holt (Wilkins kick) (STL 7\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ2 \u2013 SF \u2013 14:57 \u2013 Frank Gore 1-yard TD run (Nedney kick) (7\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ2 \u2013 STL \u2013 9:04 \u2013 Jeff Wilkins 27-yard FG (STL 10\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ2 \u2013 STL \u2013 1:51 \u2013 Jeff Wilkins 29-yard FG (STL 13\u20137)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ3 \u2013 SF \u2013 2:43 \u2013 Frank Gore 43-yard TD run (Nedney kick) (SF 14\u201313)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ4 \u2013 STL \u2013 10:04 \u2013 Jeff Wilkins 53-yard FG (STL 16\u201314)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 2: at St. Louis Rams\nQ4 \u2013 SF \u2013 3:23 \u2013 Joe Nedney 40-yard FG (SF 17\u201316)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off a fierce divisional road win over the Rams, the 49ers flew to Heinz Field for an interconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 32-yard field goal. The Steelers immediately responded with CB\u2013RS Allen Rossum returning a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. San Francisco wrapped up the period with Nedney kicking a 22-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh increased its lead with QB Ben Roethlisberger completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Jerame Tuman for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, the Steelers increased its lead with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 36-yard field goal. The Niners replied with Nedney kicking a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh took control with Reed getting a 49-yard and a 35-yard field goal, while CB Bryant McFadden returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown. San Francisco got a touchdown as QB Alex Smith completed a 21-yard pass to WR Taylor Jacobs. Afterwards, the Steelers ended the game with RB Najeh Davenport getting a 39-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ1 \u2013 SF \u2013 9:24 \u2013 Joe Nedney 32-yard FG (SF 3\u20130)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ1 \u2013 PIT \u2013 9:12 \u2013 Allen Rossum 98-yard kickoff return (PIT 7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ1 \u2013 SF \u2013 3:01 \u2013 Joe Nedney 22-yard FG (PIT 7\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ2 \u2013 PIT \u2013 0:37 \u2013 Jerame Tuman 9-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) (PIT 14\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ3 \u2013 PIT \u2013 9:41 \u2013 Jeff Reed 36-yard FG (PIT 17\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ3 \u2013 SF \u2013 4:46 \u2013 Joe Nedney 49-yard FG (PIT 17\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ4 \u2013 PIT \u2013 14:55 \u2013 Jeff Reed 49-yard FG (PIT 20\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ4 \u2013 PIT \u2013 4:59 \u2013 Jeff Reed 35-yard FG (PIT 23\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ4 \u2013 PIT \u2013 4:01 \u2013 Bryant McFadden 50-yard interception return (Reed kick) (PIT 30\u20139)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ4 \u2013 SF \u2013 2:22 \u2013 Taylor Jacobs 21-yard pass from Alex Smith (Nedney kick) (PIT 30\u201316)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 3: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nQ4 \u2013 PIT \u2013 1:51 \u2013 Najeh Davenport 39-yard run (Nedney kick) (PIT 37\u201316)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nat Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park, San Francisco, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Steelers, the 49ers went home and played an NFC West battle with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Niners lost QB Alex Smith with a separated shoulder during a sack. Back-up QB Trent Dilfer took over for the rest of the game. In the second quarter, San Francisco's recent woes continued with Seahawks kicker Josh Brown getting a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, Seattle began to pound away with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram, along with Brown kicking a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks continued their domination as Hasselbeck completed a 14-yard TD pass to TE Marcus Pollard. The Niners got their only score of the game as kicker Joe Nedney got a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Seattle sealed San Francisco's doom with Brown nailing a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nat Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park, San Francisco, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nTrying to break a two-game skid, the 49ers stayed at home for a Week 5 interconference matchup with the Baltimore Ravens. With QB Alex Smith out with a shoulder injury, back-up Trent Dilfer was given the start against the team to which he helped deliver a Super Bowl title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Ravens got the lead with kicker Matt Stover getting a 26-yard and a 32-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with Stover nailing a 49-yard field goal. The Niners came close to taking the lead with Dilfer completing a 49-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle. With two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the 49ers had a chance to take the lead, but kicker Joe Nedney missed a 52-yard field goal and the Ravens ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nWith their third straight loss, the 49ers entered their bye week at 2\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 7: at New York Giants\nTrying to snap a three-game losing streak, the 49ers flew to Giants Stadium for a Week 7 brawl with the New York Giants. With QB Alex Smith still recovering from a shoulder injury, back-up Trent Dilfer once again got the start. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Giants QB Eli Manning hooked up with WR Amani Toomer on a 4-yard TD pass (with a missed PAT) for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, San Francisco took the lead with Dilfer completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle. However, New York responded with RB Brandon Jacobs getting a 5-yard TD run, while kicker Lawrence Tynes nailed field goals of 29 and 39 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 7: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, things got worse for the Niners as Giants DE Osi Umenyiora sacked Dilfer, causing a fumble, picked up the loose ball, and ran 75 yards for a touchdown. San Francisco managed to get a safety as FB Moran Norris blocked a punt, which went out of bounds in the end zone. In the fourth quarter, New York sealed its win with Manning completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Jeremy Shockey. The Niners ended its day with Dilfer completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Darrell Jackson (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints\nat Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park, San Francisco, California", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints\nTrying to snap a four-game skid, the 49ers went home for a Week 8 intraconference duel with the New Orleans Saints. QB Alex Smith (who was recovering from a separate right shoulder since Week 4) was healthy enough to get the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints\nIn the first quarter, San Francisco trailed early as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston, while kicker Olindo Mare nailed a 26-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Niners' struggles continued as Brees completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Terrance Copper, along with completing a 3-yard TD pass to Colston. In the third quarter, San Francisco managed to get on the board with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 29-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, New Orleans wrapped up the win with Brees and Colston hooking up with each other again on a 15-yard TD pass. The Niners' only response was Smith completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons\nTrying to break a five-game losing skid, the 49ers flew to the Georgia Dome for a Week 9 intraconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, the Niners struck first as RB Maurice Hicks got a 9-yard TD run. However, the Falcons answered with RB Warrick Dunn getting a 9-yard TD run. In the second quarter, San Francisco fell behind as Atlanta RB Ovie Mughelli got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 9: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the 49ers crept close as kicker Joe Nedney got a 49-yard and a 32-yard field goal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Falcons replied with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 33-yard field goal. Nedney and the Niners tried to close the gap as Nedney kicked a 22-yard field goal. Andersen's 27-yard field goal helped seal Atlanta's win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 10: at Seattle Seahawks\nTrying to snap their six-game losing streak, the 49ers flew to Qwest Field for an NFC West rematch on Monday Night Football with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Will Heller, along with kicker Josh Brown. In the second quarter, San Francisco's struggles continued as RB Maurice Morris gave Seattle a 6-yard TD run for the only score of the period. After a scoreless third quarter, the Seahawks sealed the win and the season-sweep with Hasselbeck completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR D.J. Hackett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nTrying to break their seven-game losing skid, the 49ers went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played their Week 11 NFC West rematch with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the Niners' struggles continued as Rams QB Marc Bulger completed a 3-yard touchdown reception to WR Torry Holt. San Francisco managed to respond with kicker Joe Nedney 28-yard field goal. In the second quarter, St. Louis increased its lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, the Rams sealed the win with Wilkins kicking a 35-yard field goal. The Niners tried to mount a comeback as Nedney nailed a 38-yard and a 46-yard field goal. However, on four-straight plays deep in St. Louis territory, four shots to the endzone resulted in 3 incompletions and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 11: vs. St. Louis Rams\nRams QB Marc Bulger attempts a pass behind Brandon Moore (linebacker)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals\nTrying to snap an eight-game losing streak, the 49ers flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 12 NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Cardinals QB Kurt Warner completed a 28-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. San Francisco responded with QB Trent Dilfer completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis. In the second quarter, the 49ers took the lead with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 19-yard field goal & RB Frank Gore getting an 11-yard TD run. However, Arizona regained the lead with RB Marcel Shipp getting a 1-yard TD run & Warner hooking up with Fitzgerald again on a 48-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Niners retook the lead as Dilfer completed a 57-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, it was back-and-forth as Cardinals QB Tim Rattay (a former 49er) completed a 2-yard TD pass to TE Ben Patrick, while Gore managed to get a 35-yard TD run. Afterwards, Arizona ended regulation with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 19-yard TD field goal. In overtime, the ball went back and forth between the Cardinals and the 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0057-0001", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals\nWhen the Cardinals had the ball, Kurt Warner threw the ball to WR Sean Morey who appeared to have a sure touchdown, but was run down by 49ers rookie linebacker Patrick Willis. Kicker Neil Rackers missed a field goal, and the 49ers got the ball back. After a three and out, punter Andy Lee pinned the Cardinals close to their own endzone. San Francisco lifted their demons with stripping Warner in his endzone and LB Tully Banta-Cain landed on it for the touchdown and the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 12: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, not only did the 49ers improve to 3\u20138, it also snapped their dreaded eight-game losing streak. It also gave them a season-sweep over the Cardinals. It also improved their overtime record under head coach Mike Nolan to 3\u20130. With the victory, the 49ers improved to 2\u20130 against the Cardinals and 1\u20138 against everyone else this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off an impressive divisional road win over the Cardinals, the 49ers flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 13 intraconference game with the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay nailing a 19-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, San Francisco continued to struggle as Carolina QB Vinny Testaverde completed a 5-yard to TE Dante Rosario, along with CB Richard Marshall returning an interception 67 yards for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Carolina Panthers\nIn the third quarter, the Niners managed to get on the board with QB Trent Dilfer completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle and 21-yard TD pass to TE Delanie Walker. Afterwards, the Panthers replied with RB DeShaun Foster getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Carolina sealed the win with Testaverde completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 13: at Carolina Panthers\nWith the loss, not only did the 49ers drop to 3\u20139, it guaranteed them their fifth consecutive losing season since San Francisco's last playoff appearance in 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Panthers, the 49ers went home for a Week 14 duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, the Niners trailed early as Vikings DT Kevin Williams returned an interception 18 yards for a touchdown, while kicker Ryan Longwell managed to get a 48-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Minnesota sealed the win early as QB Tarvaris Jackson completed a 19-yard TD pass to WR Robert Ferguson, Longwell nailing a 46-yard field goal, and RB Chester Taylor getting an 84-yard TD run. In the third quarter, San Francisco got their only score of the game as QB Shaun Hill completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Arnaz Battle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nWith the loss, the 49ers fell to 3\u201310. The only positive from the game was that the Niners held rookie RB phenom Adrian Peterson to just 3 rushing yards on 14 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings\nStarting QB Trent Dilfer (7/19 for 45 yards and 1 interception) left the game in the second quarter with a head injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the 49ers stayed at home for a Saturday night interconference battle with the Cincinnati Bengals. With QB Trent Dilfer out with an injury, back-up Shaun Hill made his first career start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nAfter a scoreless first quarter, the Niners drew first blood in the second quarter as Hill got a 3-yard TD run. However, the Bengals took the lead as kicker Shayne Graham made a 24-yard field goal, while QB Carson Palmer completed a 52-yard TD pass to WR Chris Henry. The Niners ended the half as Hill completed a 17-yard TD pass to TE Vernon Davis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco increased their lead with kicker Joe Nedney managing to get a 29-yard and a 38-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cincinnati tried to mount a comeback as Graham kicked a 35-yard field goal. The Niners' defense held on for the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nWith the win, the 49ers improved to 4\u201310. With the Rams' loss to the Packers, the Niners now sit in 3rd place in the NFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nRolling with the momentum from the previous week's upset, the 49ers took on the playoff-bound Buccaneers as their final home game of the season, and of perennial pro-bowler Bryant Young's career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the Buccaneers clinching their division in Week 15, and no improvement in their seed in sight, they treated it as a glorified exhibition game by resting the majority of their starters after the first few drives. Although it wasn't an important game in the standings for either team, the 49ers had their pride \u2013 and maybe their head coach Mike Nolan's job \u2013 on the line, and the Bucs wanted to make sure that their momentum and edge keeps up as they enter the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe game came down to a matter of inches, as the Buccaneers final touchdown with 80 seconds remaining led to a failed 2-point attempt at a tying score; receiver Michael Clayton caught the pass in the back of the end zone but half of his foot came down out of bounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 82], "content_span": [83, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 17: at Cleveland Browns\nThe 49ers finished the season with a loss, dropping to a final standings of 5\u201311.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 17: at Cleveland Browns\nThe Browns became just the fifth team in history to miss the playoffs after coming away with 10 victories in the regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192907-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Week 17: at Cleveland Browns\nThe loss gave the 49ers the seventh pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, which they owed to the New England Patriots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season\nThe 2007 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 125th year in Major League Baseball, their 50th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their eighth at AT&T Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 71-91 record, 19 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks. Their season began with the team attempting to return to the post-season for the first time since 2003. New manager Bruce Bochy was hired to help the club improve on a 76 win season in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season\nGiants left fielder Barry Bonds entered 2007 with 21 home runs shy of tying Hank Aaron for most career home runs. On August 7, 2007, Bonds broke the all-time home run record with his 756th career home run and 22nd of the season. The rotation was bolstered by the arrival of Barry Zito, who was signed to the largest contract ever for a pitcher during the off-season. On September 21 it was revealed that Bonds would not return to the team following the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments\n2007 was a year that had various milestones, whether personal, or historical in terms of team history, or MLB history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, May\nOn May 7, 2007, Bengie Molina became the first Giant since Willie McCovey in 1977 to hit two home runs in one inning. Ray Durham led off the fifth inning with a walk, and Molina followed the walk with a two-run home run to left field. Rich Aurilia later hit a three-run homer, to make it a six-run inning. Barry Bonds, and Durham then walked, and Molina came up and hit a three-run home run to left-center field, to finish a nine-run inning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, May\nLater in May, on Mother's day, the 13th, rookie Fred Lewis hit for the cycle, in his 16th Major League game, becoming only the 22nd Giant to do so. Lewis hit a double in the first inning, leading off the game, and hit his first major league home run, a three-run shot, in the third inning. His triple came in the fifth inning, and he got the last leg of the cycle in the seventh inning. Lewis was the first Giant to hit for the cycle since Randy Winn did it in Cincinnati on Aug 15, 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, May\nHe is only the fourth player in Major League history to hit his first home run as part of a cycle, joining, Cliff Heathcote, Gary Ward, and Luke Scott. Heathcote accomplished this feat on June 13, 1918, Ward on September 18, 1980, and Scott on July 28, 2006. He also became the first left-handed San Francisco Giants batter to hit for the cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, June\nRookie Fred Lewis hit his first career grand slam against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, July\nOn July 4, 2007 Fred Lewis hit his second grand slam of the season, becoming the first rookie in San Francisco Giants history to hit two slams in one season. Two of Lewis' first three career home runs were grand slams, and the other was part of a cycle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, August\nOn August 4, 2007, Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron for the most home runs in Major League history, when he hit his 755th career home run off of the San Diego Padres' Clay Hensley", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, August\nBarry Bonds became the all-time home run leader at 8:51\u00a0pm PDT, on August 7, 2007, when he hit his 756th career home run off Mike Bascik and the Washington Nationals. His milestone home run was hit just to the right of center field at AT&T Park. A plaque commemorating his home run has since been placed on the wall near where his home run landed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, August\nOn August 8, Bonds added to his home run total, when he hit his 757th career homer into McCovey cove. He hit it off of the Washington Nationals' Tim Redding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Historic moments, September\nBarry Bonds hit his final home run of 2007 on September 5, bringing his career total to 762. This would be the final home run of his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 61], "content_span": [62, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Roster moves, May\nMay was a month full of injuries and roster-switches for the Giants. On May 3, starting pitcher Russ Ortiz suffered elbow neuritis and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Second baseman Kevin Frandsen was recalled from the Giants' triple-A affiliate Fresno Grizzlies. The very next day, May 4, reliever Scott Munter was recalled from Fresno and first baseman Lance Niekro was designated for assignment. He cleared waivers and was sent down to Fresno on May 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Roster moves, May\nOn May 6, starter Tim Lincecum was recalled from Fresno and Scott Munter was sent down. On May 10, Dave Roberts was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to elbow surgery and Todd Linden was designated for assignment. Outfielders Dan Ortmeier and Fred Lewis were recalled from Fresno.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Roster moves, May\nOn May 21, Russ Ortiz came off the disabled list, forcing pitcher Jonathan S\u00e1nchez to be sent down to Fresno. To end the month, the team's closer Armando Ben\u00edtez was traded to the Marlins for pitcher Randy Messenger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Roster moves, June\nRuss Ortiz was once again placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 7 because of a strained right forearm. J onathan S\u00e1nchez was recalled, once again. On June 9, catcher Eli\u00e9zer Alfonzo was placed on the 15-day disabled list and Guillermo Rodr\u00edguez was recalled from Fresno. Later that same day, outfielder Fred Lewis was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a right oblique strain. Outfielder Dave Roberts was recalled in his place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Roster moves, July\nOn July 31, 2007, pitcher Matt Morris was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for center field prospect Rajai Davis and pitcher Stephen MacFarland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192908-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion\nThe 2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion occurred around 1:36\u00a0p.m. PDT on May 26, 2007 when SkyWest Airlines (operating as United Express) Flight 5741, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft, nearly collided with Republic Airlines (operating as Frontier Airlines) Flight 4912, an Embraer 170 Regional Jet, at the intersection of Runways 1L and 28R at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in South San Francisco, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion\nThere were no injuries to occupants and no damage to either aircraft. Federal Aviation Administration officials described the runway incursion as the most serious incident of its kind in at least a decade, and the National Transportation Safety Board carried out an investigation into the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, Incident\nThe SkyWest aircraft was arriving at SFO after a flight from Modesto, California, and was cleared to land on Runway 28R. At the same time, the Republic Airlines aircraft, bound for Los Angeles, was instructed to taxi into position and hold on the intersecting Runway 1L. As the landing SkyWest aircraft passed the runway threshold, the Republic Airlines aircraft was cleared for takeoff. Local procedures and FAA Order 7110.65 require the local controller to wait until the landing aircraft has passed through the intersection before clearing an aircraft for takeoff on one of the intersecting runways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, Incident\nApproximately 27\u00a0seconds later the Airport Movement Area Safety System issued an aural warning of an imminent collision, and the local controller instructed the SkyWest aircraft to stop, transmitting, \"uh, sky-, skywest uhh fifty seven forty one HOLD HOLD HOLD.\" The SkyWest aircraft stopped in the intersection of Runways 1L and 28R, while the Republic Airlines flight lifted off and overflew it. The initial FAA tower report estimated that the aircraft missed colliding by 300 feet (91\u00a0m), but the SkyWest crew estimated the distance as 30\u00a0ft (9.1\u00a0m) to 50\u00a0ft (15\u00a0m).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 67], "content_span": [68, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, Investigation\nThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) classified the incident as a Category A runway incursion, the most serious type. Category A events are those in which \"[s]eparation decreases and participants take extreme action to narrowly avoid a collision, or the event results in a collision.\" Of the previous 15 runway incursions at SFO between 2001 and 2007, none had been more serious than Category C, which is defined as a situation in which \"[s]eparation decreases but there is ample time and distance to avoid a potential collision.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, Investigation\nCommenting on the seriousness of the incident, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz noted that \"We investigate probably just a handful (of incursions) a year.\" The NTSB's investigation was completed in November 2007, concluding that the controller had failed to provide adequate separation between the two aircraft. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said, \"This wasn't a procedural issue, this was caused by a good controller with a lot of experience making a mistake,\" adding that since the incursion the controller, who had over 20 years of experience, was recertified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, SFO and AMASS\nRunway safety has been a priority concern for both the FAA and NTSB; it has been on the NTSB's annual list of \"Most Wanted Improvements\" continuously since 1990.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, SFO and AMASS\nThe Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS) is an airport surveillance radar system that is designed to detect potential runway conflicts and alert controllers. SFO was selected by the FAA for the first test installation of the AMASS system, where it became operational in June 2001 before its rollout to 40 airports around the U.S. AMASS is designed to provide an alert 15\u00a0seconds before aircraft reach the conflict point. The system performed as designed in the incident at SFO, though it did not alert in time to prevent the runway incursion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192909-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, SFO and AMASS\nThe NTSB believes that AMASS is insufficient to prevent runway incursions. The agency has often named runway safety and prevention of runway incursions on its annual \"Most Wanted List\" of transportation safety improvements.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 72], "content_span": [73, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192910-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco mayoral election\nThe 2007 San Francisco mayoral election occurred on November 6, 2007. Voters elected a Mayor of San Francisco and several local officials. Incumbent Mayor Gavin Newsom was re-elected by an overwhelming margin. There were 12 candidates on the ballot as well as 6 write-ins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192910-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco mayoral election\nBesides Newsom, other notable candidates included Josh Wolf, a journalist who was jailed for refusing to testify and turn over video evidence to a federal grand jury. Another candidate, \"Chicken\" John Rinaldi, qualified for public financing of his campaign but ran into procedural difficulties with San Francisco's Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192910-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco mayoral election\nIt was the first mayoral election in San Francisco history to use instant-runoff voting, also known as ranked-choice voting, so that there would be no need for a run-off, but a majority was reached in the first round and votes were not redistributed. Results of the election were not known for weeks because every ballot had to be hand-counted due to the long-running feud between the Elections Department of San Francisco and the California Secretary of State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192910-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco mayoral election, Issues\nMany ongoing and emerging issues might have influenced this election, including:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 43], "content_span": [44, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192910-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Francisco mayoral election, Results\nMunicipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway\nThe 2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway is the ninth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 29 at the Redback Raceway temporary street circuit, in San Jose, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais lead Friday's qualification session with a late fast lap near the end of qualifying. However he faded on Saturday due to some mechanical issues with his car and Justin Wilson posted the fast lap Saturday taking the pole. By virtue of his fast lap Friday Bourdais managed to maintain second position on the grid into the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nThe first two editions of the San Jose Grand Prix were mostly processional affairs with little to no passing. The 2007 edition, on the other hand, proved to be a very competitive affair with the winner fighting through the field from 15th position on the starting grid. The race was reminiscent of the Cleveland race where Paul Tracy rebounded from early contact and pit stops to win the race, except this race was held on a tight street circuit and not on Cleveland's wide open airport runways. The recent introduction of a painted white line in certain corners to visually enforce Champ Car's \"no blocking\" rule has resulted in the unintended but happy consequence of increasing the possibility of overtaking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 769]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nThe standing start went off without a hitch but trouble hit at the Turn 1 hairpin, where a logjam developed in the rear of the field. Robert Doornbos lurched into the back of Jan Heylen's car knocking off his own front wing. Meanwhile, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais made a mistake in Turn 2, allowing Justin Wilson to take the lead. Doornbos and Heylen pitted under the yellow resulting from their contact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nMore trouble hit as the field was preparing to take the green flag. Second place runner Dan Clarke ran into the back of Justin Wilson's car on the Balbach straight. The rear suspension on Wilson's car was damaged, sending him to the pits. The damage was eventually repaired, but Wilson finished the race 20 laps off the leader. Clarke's day was done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nOriol Servi\u00e0 took advantage of the misfortune in front of him and led until lap 34 when Neel Jani was able to pass him at Turn 1. The two drivers would continue to battle at or near the front of the race the rest of the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nDoornbos, who had set off on an alternate strategy after his early pit stop, found himself in the lead for 12 laps after the main field made their first pit stop. Making best use of the clear track and his light fuel load, Doornbos drove a series of fast laps and only dropped to third place behind Jani and Servi\u00e0 after his stop on lap 54.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nOn lap 64 Servi\u00e0 made a move on Jani in Turn 1, but was unable to make the pass stick. One lap later Servi\u00e0 tried the same move again, and this time was able keep Jani behind him as they drove out of the hairpin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nPaul Tracy running out of fuel on the Balbach straight on lap 76 provided a timely yellow flag for Doornbos who was then able to get back into the same pit sequence as the rest of the field. A very fast stop by his Team Minardi USA crew (and a bobble by Servi\u00e0's) catapulted Doornbos into the lead in front of Jani.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Race Summary\nJani used his final Power to Pass allotment to overtake Doornbos on the restart. Unfortunately for him, Jani was driving this final stint on the soft Bridgestone \"reds\", and he was soon struggling for grip. With two seconds left on his own Power to Pass allotment, Doornbos slipped past Jani on lap 95 and drove away to the victory by six seconds. Despite his bad tires Jani was able to hold off Servi\u00e0 for second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192911-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway, Attendance\nAttendance for the 2007 San Jose Grand Prix was approximately 120,000 over the 3 day race weekend which was comparable to the 2006 edition of the race. Paid attendance was down slightly to 81,538 over the 3 day weekend from 83,248 the year before. However Champ Car race day attendance was up year over year to approximately 43,000 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192912-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose SaberCats season\nThe 2007 San Jose SaberCats season was the 13th season for the franchise. They defeated the Columbus Destroyers 55\u201333 in ArenaBowl XXI to capture their 3rd Arena Football League title. San Jose ended the year on a 13-game winning streak including playoff games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192912-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose SaberCats season, Coaching\nDarren Arbet entered his ninth season as SaberCats head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192912-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose SaberCats season, Final roster\nRookies in italics updated February 7, 201422 Active, 4 Inactive", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 44], "content_span": [45, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team\nThe 2007 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season was the Spartans' third season with Dick Tomey as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Preseason\nAt the end of the 2007 season, former assistant coach Marcus Arroyo, who was named co-offensive coordinator with Steve Morton in 2006, had to let Morton be in charge of the offense in cooperation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Preseason\nIn addition, at the end of the 2006 season, the Spartans had lost 17 lettermen, 9 from offense, and 8 from defense San Jose State wide receivers James Jones and John Broussard entered the 2007 NFL Draft at the end of the 2006 season. James Jones was picked early in the third round for the Green Bay Packers, and Broussard was picked in the seventh round for the Jacksonville Jaguars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Preseason\nThe Spartans opened spring drills in early March and the annual spring game took place on mid-April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 53], "content_span": [54, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Game summaries, No. 16 Hawaii\nThe Spartans held Hawaii to their closest game on October 12, 2007. In the rain-drenched Spartan Stadium, the Warriors and the Spartans clashed in front of 20,437 fans. The Spartans got off to a rocky start, letting Hawaii 's Kealoha Pilares score on a 6-yard run. The Hawaii offense also took advantage of another scoring opportunity in the second quarter, with Ryan Grice-Mullins' 16-yard reception touchdown from Colt Brennan. The Spartans rebounded, with Dwight Lowery returning a Will Johnson kick for 84 yards. That ended the scoring for the first half at 7\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Game summaries, No. 16 Hawaii\nThe Spartans gained enormous momentum in the third quarter. First, by having Lowery once again score, on a 24-yard interception run. Soon thereafter, Kevin Jurovich took advantage of a 16-yard pass from Adam Tafralis. The duo would be effective again, by scoring on a 68-yard pass from Tafralis on a drive that would only take four plays. Hawaii got their only touchdown that quarter CJ Hawthorne's 34-yard reception touchdown from Brennan. The Spartans started strong in the fourth quarter, by scoring on an 8-yard run by James T. Callier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Game summaries, No. 16 Hawaii\nHawaii took advantage and scored on a Davone Bess 11-yard run from Brennan. Brennan scored the last touchdown in the fourth quarter making the score 35\u201335, and leading the game into overtime. The Warriors scored the first touchdown by a 9-yard pass from Brennan to Jason Rivers, ending the heart-pounding game at a score of 42\u201335. For the second straight season, San Jose State had a crushing home loss to a BCS hopeful. The Spartans lost a late eight-point lead against Boise State last year before falling 23\u201320 on a last-second field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192913-0004-0003", "contents": "2007 San Jose State Spartans football team, Game summaries, No. 16 Hawaii\n\"It was disappointing to lose to Boise State and this was even more disappointing,\" coach Dick Tomey said. But Tomey reassured the positives of the loss, \"We played our butts off and that's good for us.\" Tafralis finished 27-for-47 for 302 yards and three interceptions. Jurovich had seven catches for 117 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 73], "content_span": [74, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192914-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Stealth season\nThe San Jose Stealth are a lacrosse team based in San Jose, California playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 8th in franchise history and 4th as the Stealth (previously the Albany Attack).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192914-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Stealth season\nAfter a 1-5 start, the Stealth won eight of their final ten games, and finished the season in 4th place with a 9-7 record. In the division semi-final, they defeated the division-winning Colorado Mammoth in overtime before losing to the Arizona Sting in the division finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192914-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Stealth season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 66], "content_span": [67, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192914-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Stealth season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192914-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 San Jose Stealth season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192915-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 31 August-2 September 2007 at the Misano World Circuit in Misano Adriatico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192915-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix\nAs of 2020, this was the last race where no European rider finished the race on the podium; two Oceanian riders and an American rider filled the three podium places for this race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192915-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [58, 104], "content_span": [105, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192916-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandown GT Classic\nThe 2007 Sandown GT Classic was the eighth and final round of the 2007 Australian GT Championship season. It took place at Sandown Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 9 December 2007 over a duration of 210 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192916-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandown GT Classic\nThe race was won by the Sirena racing driver pairing of Danish driver Allan Simonsen and his co-driver Tim Leahey who joined the team just for this race. The Sirena Ferrari 430 finished a full two laps ahead of the Lamborghini Gallardo Ian Palmer and Paul Stokell. John Teulan and Steven Johnson finished third, another two laps behind.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192916-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandown GT Classic, 2007 Australian Tourist Trophy\nThe 2007 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by CAMS to the winners of the 2007 Sandown GT Classic. It was the eighteenth Australian Tourist Trophy, and the first to be awarded since 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192917-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192917-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election Labour ran the council with 50 councillors, compared to 12 for the Conservatives, 5 Liberal Democrats, 4 British National Party and 1 independent. Labour defended 19 of the seats being contested, with the other parties hoping to make gains from Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192917-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe British National Party put up 15 candidates, aiming to build on the 3 gains they had made in the 2006 election. The party campaigned on immigration, housing and crime and were hoping to take all 3 seats in Princes End ward for the first time anywhere in the United Kingdom. However the British National Party was accused of \"distortion and lies\" by Labour and the Conservatives described the British National Party's councillors as an \"embarrassment\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192917-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nIn the last couple of days before polling day, the council sent an advertising van around the area to remind voters about the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192917-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Labour party easily stay in control of the council, with the Labour leader of the council describing the results as \"remarkable\". Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives in St Pauls ward to move to 51 seats after winning 20 of the seats contested. The Conservatives also lost a seat in Yew Tree to the Liberal Democrats. They meant both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats won 2 seats each in the election, with the Conservatives dropping to 10 seats and the Liberal Democrats going up to 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192917-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe British National Party failed to win any seats, staying on 4 councillors, coming closest to victory in Princes End where they were 20 votes behind Labour. A further seat was vacant after independent councillor Alan Burkitt was automatically disqualified after having been given a suspended sentence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192918-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192919-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Santiago Wanderers season\nThe 2007 season is Santiago Wanderers 81st season in the Primera Divisi\u00f3n and 44th in the Campeonato Nacional. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192919-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Santiago Wanderers season\nIn a season made to commemorate its 115th anniversary, the club had a poor performance during the year, by finishing the Torneo Apertura in 20th position with 13 points and the Torneo Clausura in 5th place of the Group A with 17 points. As a consequence, Santiago Wanderers was relegated to Primera B for the 2008 season, after finishing the year table in 20th position with 30 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192919-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Santiago Wanderers season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192920-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Santos FC season\nThe 2007 season was Santos Futebol Clube's ninety-fifth season in existence and the club's forty-eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. Santos won the Campeonato Paulista for the second consecutive year and the 18th in history. Santos' Copa Libertadores campaign was very well, exiting in the semi-finals with a defeat on aggregate score against Gr\u00eamio. Santos ended the Campeonato Brasileiro in the 2nd position, 13 points behind leaders S\u00e3o Paulo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192920-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Santos FC season, Players, Squad information\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 49], "content_span": [50, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192920-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Santos FC season, Players, Copa Libertadores squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 55], "content_span": [56, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192921-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan Roughriders season\nThe 2007 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 12\u20136 record, which was their highest finish since 1988 when they also finished 2nd. The Roughriders won their third Grey Cup championship after playing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192921-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Postseason, Grey Cup\nSaskatchewan ended the Canadian Football League's longest championship drought with a 23\u201319 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 95th Grey Cup at Rogers Centre. The Roughriders had not won a title since 1989, and had lost in 13 of their 15 all-time appearances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192921-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Postseason, Grey Cup\nAn interception by defensive back James Johnson with 54 seconds left in the fourth quarter sealed the victory. It also earned Johnson a place in CFL history \u2013 because he became the first player to intercept three passes in a Grey Cup game, and also because he was named the game's MVP. Roughriders receiver Andy Fantuz was named the game's Most Outstanding Canadian. The 23-year-old caught four passes for 70 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192922-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2007 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts women's provincial curling championship, was held January 31 to February 4 at the Balgonie Curling Club in Balgonie, Saskatchewan. The winning team of Jan Betker, represented Saskatchewan at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Lethbridge, Alberta, where they finished round robin with a 9-2 record, before losing the final to the defending champion, Team Canada, Kelly Scott", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election\nThe 2007 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2007 to determine the composition of the 26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election\nThe Saskatchewan New Democratic Party government of Premier Lorne Calvert was defeated by the Saskatchewan Party, led by Brad Wall. It was only the third time in the province's history that a centre-right party had won power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Campaign\nLorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), advised the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan to call an election for November 7, 2007. In the 2003 election, the NDP won 30 of 58 seats to form a majority government. The Saskatchewan Party, then led by Elwin Hermanson, won 28 seats in that election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Campaign\nFollowing that election, Hermanson resigned as leader, and Swift Current MLA Brad Wall was acclaimed as his successor in March 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Campaign\nWithin a year after Wall took the leadership, the Saskatchewan Party unveiled a much more moderate policy platform in order to expand its support outside its rural base. This strategy paid off; by the spring of 2007 the Saskatchewan Party was well ahead in most opinion polling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Campaign\nThe NDP promised to create places for 10,000 new post-secondary students, and to lower tuition fees by $1,000. The Saskatchewan Party countered with a promise of a tuition rebate of up to $20,000 after graduation, spread over seven years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Results\nFive New Democratic incumbents \u2013 Graham Addley, Mark Wartman, Maynard Sonntag, Lon Borgerson and Glenn Hagel \u2013 were defeated. Sonntag was initially declared elected in Meadow Lake on election night, but was declared defeated the following day after a reported tabulation error. This result was confirmed following the counting of absentee ballots on November 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Results\nThe other five seat gains for the Saskatchewan Party came in districts where the New Democratic incumbent did not stand for reelection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Riding-by-riding results\nPeople in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol \" ** \" represents MLAs who did not run again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192923-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Saskatchewan general election, Riding-by-riding results, Regina, Notes\n1 Dan Harder, the Saskatchewan Party candidate in Regina Walsh Acres, withdrew his candidacy on October 27, 2007 after the party learned the details of a complaint of inappropriate conduct made against him by employees of Big Brothers of Regina in 2006 while he was executive director of the organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 75], "content_span": [76, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nThe 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Crown Prince Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nIt took place on 27 April 2007 at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was contested between city rivals Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli. It was Al-Ahli's tenth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Ittihad's 11th. This was the fourth meeting between these two clubs in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final\nAl-Ahli won the game 2\u20131 to secure their fifth title and first since 2002. As winners of the 2006\u201307 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Al-Ahli qualified for the 2008 AFC Champions League group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah was announced as the host of the final. This was the ninth Crown Prince Cup final to be hosted in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium following those in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue\nThe Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium was opened in 1970 and was known as the Youth Welfare Stadium until 2001. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship and hosted the final of the 2000\u201301 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The stadium was used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Ahli, and Al-Ittihad, and hosted major domestic matches. The stadium underwent major construction in 2012 with plans to expand the number of seats and as of 2019 is still under construction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Ittihad reached their 11th final after a 4\u20132 aggregate win against Al-Ettifaq. This was Al-Ittihad's first final since 2004 when they defeated Al-Ahli 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nAl-Ahli reached their ninth final, after a 3\u20131 aggregate win against Al-Hilal. They finished as runners-up in the previous season, losing to Al-Hilal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192924-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background\nThis was the twelfth meeting between the two sides in the Crown Prince Cup with Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad winning five times each and one draw between them occurred. The two teams met three times in the final with Al-Ittihad winning twice in 1958 and 2004, and Al-Ahli won the 2002 final. The two teams played each other twice in the season prior to the final, once in the league and once in the Federation Cup final. Al-Ahli defeated Al-Ittihad 3\u20130 in the final to win their fifth Federation Cup and Al-Ittihad won the league match 3\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192925-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Savannah State Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Savannah State Tigers football team competed in American football on behalf of the Savannah State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as an independent. This was the team's second season under the guidance of head coach Theo Lemon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192926-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scarborough Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Scarborough Borough Council elections to the Scarborough Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 36%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192927-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scheldeprijs\nThe 2007 Scheldeprijs cycling race took place on April 18, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 82]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192927-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scheldeprijs\nIn the 95th running of the Scheldeprijs. Mark Cavendish beat Robbie McEwen and Gert Steegmans in a bunch sprint to take his first professional win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts\nThe 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's curling championship, was held February 17\u201325 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. It marks the first year under the Scotties brand name. The winner was the defending champions Team Canada, under skip Kelly Scott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons Alternate: Michelle Allen", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Cheryl Bernard Third: Susan O'Connor Second: Carolyn Darbyshire Lead: Cori Bartel Alternate: Vicki Sjolie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kelley Law Third: Georgina Wheatcroft Second: Shannon Aleksic Lead: Darah Provencal Alternate: Steph Jackson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Jennifer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Janet Arnott Alternate: Kristen Williamson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Sandy ComeauThird: Denise NowlanSecond: Marie-Anne Power Lead: Jeanette Murphy Alternate: Jane Boyle", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Heather StrongThird: Shelley NicholsSecond: Laura Strong Lead: Susan O'Leary Alternate: Cathy Cunningham", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Jill Mouzar Third: Meredith Harrison Second: Teri Lake Lead: Hayley Clarke Alternate: Mary Mattatall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Krista Scharf Third: Tara George Second: Tiffany Stubbings Lead: Lorraine Lang Alternate: Heather Houston", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Suzanne Gaudet Third: Robyn MacPhee Second: Carol Webb Lead: Stefanie Clark Alternate: Sinead Dolan", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Chantal Osborne Third: Cheryl Morgan Second: Catherine Derick Lead: Sylvie Daniel Alternate: Brenda Nicholls", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Jan Betker Third: Lana Vey Second: Nancy Inglis Lead: Marcia Gudereit Alternate: Sherry Linton", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams\nSkip : Kerry Koe Third: Monique Gagner Second: Kelli Turpin Lead: Dawn Moses Alternate: Nicole Baldwin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns\nTeams qualified for their provincial playdowns (to be played in late January/early February) are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Alberta\nThe Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 24 to 28th at the Grande Prairie Curling Club in Grande Prairie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Alberta\nTie-breaker: Webster 7-5 Sonnenberg Semi-final: Bernard 9-4 Webster Final: Bernard 7-4 King", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, British Columbia\nThe BC Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 24 to 28th at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, British Columbia\nTie-breaker: MacInnes 8-2 Clark; MacInnes 6-5 Sanders Semi-final: Knezevic 8-5 MacInnes Final: Law 10-4 Knezevic", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, British Columbia\nDefending champion Kelly Scott will be representing Team Canada at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Manitoba\nThe Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 24 to 28th at the Southern Manitoba Convention Centre Arena in Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Manitoba\nTie-breakers: Jones 7-6 Park; Jenion 9-5 Brown Red 1 vs. Black 1: Robertson 9-8 Streich Red 2 vs. Black 2: Jones 9-8 Jenion Semi-final: Jones 13-5 Streich Final: Jones 9-6 Robertson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 69], "content_span": [70, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, New Brunswick\nThe New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 23 to 28th at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Newfoundland and Labrador\nThe Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 24 to 27th at the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Nova Scotia\nThe Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 23 to 28th at the Liverpool Curling Club in Liverpool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Nova Scotia\nTie-breaker: Sinclair 6-5 McConnery 1 vs. 2: Mouzar 9-2 Zinck 3 vs. 4: Arsenault 8-4 Sinclair Semi-final: Zinck 4-3 Arsenault Final: Mouzar 4-2 Zinck", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Nova Scotia\nDefending champion Colleen Jones is playing third for Kay Zinck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Ontario\nThe Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 22 to 28th at the Dixie Curling Club in Mississauga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Ontario\n1 vs. 2: Scharf 11-5 Hanna 3 vs. 4: Middaugh 10-4 Goring Semi-final: Middaugh 8-7 Hanna Final: Scharf 7-5 Middaugh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Prince Edward Island\nThe PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 18 to 22nd at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. Instead of a round robin format, a triple-knock out system was employed. No playoff was necessary as Gaudet went undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 81], "content_span": [82, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Quebec\nThe Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts were held from Jan. 22 to 28th at the Sherbrooke Curling Club in Sherbrooke.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Quebec\nTie-breakers: B\u00e9lisle 5-3 Gagnon; B\u00e9lisle 7-1 Brassard A1 vs. B1: Osborne 12-6 Nicholls A2 vs. B2: B\u00e9lisle 11-6 N\u00e9ron Semi-final: Nicholls 5-4 B\u00e9lisle Final: Osborne 10-6 Nicholls", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Saskatchewan\nThe Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 at the Balgonie Curling Club in Balgonie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192928-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification playdowns, Yukon / Northwest Territories\nThe Yukon/Northwest Territories Women's Championship was held from Jan. 25 to 28th at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse. No playoffs occurred.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 90], "content_span": [91, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192929-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Borders Council election\nElections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 11 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nThe 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final was an association football match between Dunfermline Athletic and St Johnstone, held on 25 November 2007 at Dens Park in Dundee. It was the 17th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nSt Johnstone progressed through four knock-out rounds to reach the final whilst Dunfermline Athletic contested only three after receiving a random bye into the second round. The 2007 final was Dunfermline's second appearance in a cup final in six months having lost the previous season's Scottish Cup final in May, however, it was the club's first Challenge Cup final. The match was St Johnstone's second appearance in the final of the tournament having lost in 1996. The tournament was contested by clubs below the Scottish Premier League with both clubs from the First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\nSt Johnstone took a 3\u20130 lead within the first 30 minutes with a penalty kick from Paul Sheerin and goals from Peter MacDonald and Kenny Deuchar. Scott Wilson scored for Dunfermline after 37 minutes to make it 3\u20131 at half time. In the 70th minute, Stephen Glass scored the final goal of the game for Dunfermline from a penalty to make it 3\u20132. St Johnstone's victory was the first time the club had won a national cup trophy in its 123-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final\nThe competition was a knock-out tournament and in 2007 was contested by the 30 teams that played in the First, Second and Third Divisions of the Scottish Football League. The first round draw was split into two geographical regions with 15 teams in each: north/west and south/east. In each regional draw, teams were paired at random and the winner of each match progressed to the next round and the loser was eliminated. Dunfermline Athletic and Partick Thistle received random byes into the second round, at which stage the regional format ended and all remaining teams entered the same draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Dunfermline Athletic\nDunfermline Athletic entered the second round after receiving a bye in the first round draw and faced the First Division club and previous season's runners-up, Clyde, at Broadwood Stadium. Mark Burchill scored first for Dunfermline in the 26th minute with Ruari MacLennan equalising for Clyde one minute into the second half. Owen Morrison scored Dunfermline's second goal after 57 minutes before he and Burchill both scored again to make it 4\u20131 and win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Dunfermline Athletic\nIn the quarter-finals Dunfermline faced Airdrie United, a competitor in the Second Division, away from home at the Excelsior Stadium. The score was goalless at half time but Burchill's two goals in the second half after 54 and 81 minutes respectively sealed a 2\u20130 win to progress to the semi-finals. With four teams left in the tournament Dunfermline were drawn to play Ayr United, also of the Second Division, at home at East End Park. Similar to the previous round, the scoreline was 0\u20130 for most of the game before Glass scored a late winner for Dunfermline in the 83rd minute to win 1\u20130 and send Dunfermline into their first Challenge Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Johnstone\nSt Johnstone entered the north/east section of the first round draw and were paired with Second Division club Raith Rovers away from home at Stark's Park. Paul Sheerin scored the first goal of the game for St Johnstone in the 13th minute from a penalty kick. The scoreline remained that way until the 89th minute when Andy Tod scored a late equaliser for Raith Rovers to force extra time to be played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Johnstone\nThe score stayed 1\u20131 for the 30 minutes of extra time so the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out, which St Johnstone won 5\u20134 to progress to the second round. In the second round St Johnstone faced the defending champions Ross County, also away from home, at Victoria Park. Kenny Deuchar scored the first goal for St Johnstone in the 14th minute before Andy Jackson scored the game's only other goal in the 49th minute to secure a 2\u20130 win and advance to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Johnstone\nSt Johnstone played another Second Division club, Brechin City, at home at McDiarmid Park in the quarter-finals, taking a four-goal lead in the first half: Kenny Deuchar scored twice and Andy Jackson and David Weatherston made it 4\u20130 shortly before half time. In the second half, Calum Smith pulled a goal back for Brechin City in the 57th minute to make it 4\u20131 which was how the score remained and St Johnstone progressed to the semi-finals. With four teams left in the tournament, St Johnstone travelled to Cappielow to face fellow First Division club Greenock Morton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Johnstone\nBoth teams scored early in the match; Andy Jackson for St Johnstone in the 10th minute and Brian Graham for Greenock Morton two minutes later to make it 1\u20131. In the second half, St Johnstone scored two more goals from Peter MacDonald and Rocco Quinn to win 3\u20131 and advance to the final for the first time since losing in 1996 to Stranraer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 67], "content_span": [68, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue\nThe 2007 final was hosted at Dens Park in Dundee which had been Dundee F.C. 's home since it was opened in 1889. The match was the first time Dens Park hosted a national cup final since the Scottish League Cup in 1980. St Johnstone were allocated approximately 4,200 tickets and supporters occupied the Bob Shankly Stand and part of the Main Stand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue\nDunfermline fans were initially allocated the Bobby Cox Stand, the South Enclosure and the remainder of the Main Stand, but it was decided by the Scottish Football League to leave the South Enclosure unused after Dunfermline returned all tickets for the enclosure due to lack of ticket sales. Dunfermline Athletic travelled around 47 miles (75.6\u00a0km) to the venue whereas Perth-based St Johnstone travelled approximately 22 miles (35.4\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis\nIn order to reach the final, Dunfermline played three matches; one at home at East End Park and two away from home. Dunfermline scored seven goals and conceded only one in the rounds before the final, keeping two clean sheets in the process. St Johnstone contested four matches before the final; one at home at McDiarmid Park and the other three away, scoring ten goals, conceding three and keeping only one clean sheet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis\nBoth teams were competing in the Scottish First Division at the time of the final and despite being ranked at opposite ends of the league table, St Johnstone in third and Dunfermline in ninth, both teams were in relatively bad form. St Johnstone had drawn seven games from thirteen and were nine points behind second placed Dundee; whilst Dunfermline had won only three games in thirteen and were two points off the bottom of the table. The match was the first time the clubs had met in the Challenge Cup, however, they had already played each other twice in the season in the First Division; both matches ended in 0\u20130 draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis\nThree days before the final, St Johnstone's manager Owen Coyle was announced as the new manager of English Championship club Burnley, and so assistant manager Sandy Stewart was appointed as caretaker manager for the final; he accepted an offer to join Coyle at Burnley after the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Match, First half\nThe beginning of the match was dominated by St Johnstone and after 13 minutes they were awarded a penalty kick by referee Eddie Smith when Dunfermline midfielder Stephen Simmons collided with St Johnstone's Steven Anderson in the penalty area. Paul Sheerin took the penalty kick and scored beyond Dunfermline's goalkeeper, Paul Gallacher, by hitting the ball into the bottom-left corner of the goal to score his seventh penalty of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Match, First half\nJust several minutes after the first goal St Johnstone had an opportunity to score again when Kenny Deuchar had an attempt on goal after a pass from Rocco Quinn; the header beat goalkeeper Gallacher but went just wide of the goalpost. In the 19th minute, however, St Johnstone did score their second goal when Peter MacDonald struck a left-footed volley from 12 yards out which Dunfermline's goalkeeper Gallacher failed to stop.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Match, First half\nSt Johnstone's early dominance coupled with Dunfermline's poor defending resulted in St Johnstone scoring a third goal after only 30 minutes; forward Andy Jackson passed the ball to Derek McInnes who then played the ball to Deuchar who moved past defender Sol Bamba in the penalty area and scored past the opposing goalkeeper from eight yards out to make it 3\u20130. Four minutes after the third goal, Dunfermline manager Stephen Kenny made the first substitution of the match, replacing defender Calum Woods with Darren Young. In the 37th minute, shortly after the substitution, Dunfermline scored when Scott Wilson's header beat St Johnstone goalkeeper Alan Main.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 52], "content_span": [53, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Match, Second half\nOnly 40 seconds into the second half, Quinn almost restored St Johnstone's 3-goal advantage but his attempt on goal rebounded off the goalpost despite beating the goalkeeper. In the 59th minute, Dunfermline defender Danny Murphy was the first player to be cautioned by the referee, receiving a yellow card for bringing Quinn to the ground whilst tackling for the ball. In the 64th minute, Dunfermline made their second substitution; Michael McGlinchey was replaced by Jim Hamilton and he had an almost immediate impact on the match, earning a penalty kick after being pushed by Anderson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Match, Second half\nReferee Smith initially awarded a free kick on the edge of the penalty area but changed his mind amid complaints from Dunfermline players and awarded a penalty kick instead. Stephen Glass took the penalty kick, hitting the ball past goalkeeper Main into the top corner of the goal to make the score 3\u20132. Dunfermline continued to pressure for an equalising goal and almost did so when St Johnstone defender Goran Stani\u0107 nearly scored an own goal after mis-hitting the ball but it rebounded off the crossbar. Despite Dunfermline's late improvement in form, St Johnstone held on to win the match and claim the first national cup trophy in their 123-year existence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 53], "content_span": [54, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192930-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Post-match\nAfter the match, St Johnstone caretaker manager Sandy Stewart declared his interest in becoming the permanent manager but admitted he had already been offered the job as assistant manager to Owen Coyle at Burnley, which he later confirmed. Reflecting on his decision to go to Burnley, Stewart mentioned: \"It was a tricky decision... but, football-wise, I just felt it was too good an opportunity to turn down.\" Dunfermline manager Stephen Kenny praised his team's efforts after the game but admitted that poor defending had resulted in the defeat. Kenny was sacked as manager a week later due to continuing poor league results and was replaced by player Jim McIntyre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192931-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Cup Final\nThe 2007 Scottish Cup Final was played on 26 May 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 121st Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic, who beat St Johnstone 2\u20131 in the semi-final, and Dunfermline Athletic, who beat Hibernian 1\u20130 in a replay, after the first match had ended 0\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192931-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Cup Final\nCeltic had reached the final 53 times and won on 34 of those occasions, Dunfermline had reached the final only 5 times, winning twice, the previous time being 1968. The two sides had last met in a Scottish Cup Final in the 2003\u201304 Scottish Cup with Celtic winning 3\u20131 on that occasion. In total they had met each other 4 times in cup finals (Celtic winning 3), the most recent being when Celtic won 3\u20130 in the 2006 League Cup Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192931-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Cup Final\nThe cup holders were Hearts, who had beaten Gretna 4\u20132 in a Penalty shootout in the 2006 Final. Hearts were knocked out in the Fourth Round by Dunfermline Athletic, who beat them 1\u20130. Celtic won the final 1\u20130 thanks to a late Jean-Jo\u00ebl Perrier-Doumb\u00e9 goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192932-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish League Cup Final\nThe 2007 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 18 March 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the 60th Scottish League Cup Final. The final was contested by Kilmarnock and Hibernian, who had never met before in a Cup Final. Hibernian won the match 5\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192932-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish League Cup Final, Road to the final\nThe previous year's winners were Celtic, who had beaten Dunfermline Athletic 3\u20130 in the 2006 Final, but they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Falkirk, who beat them 5\u20134 on penalties. With Dunfermline also being eliminated in the early rounds, it was the fourth successive year in which both of the previous year's finalists did not make it back to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192932-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish League Cup Final, Road to the final\nRangers' shock 2\u20130 defeat by First Division club St Johnstone meant that neither Old Firm club featured in the semi-finals. Kilmarnock beat Falkirk 3\u20130 at Fir Park and Hibernian beat St Johnstone 3\u20131 after extra time at Tynecastle in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 49], "content_span": [50, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election\nThe 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999. Local elections in Scotland fell on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election\nThe Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party with 47 seats, closely followed by the incumbent Scottish Labour Party with 46 seats. The Scottish Conservatives won 17 seats, the Scottish Liberal Democrats 16 seats, the Scottish Greens 2 seats and one Independent (Margo MacDonald) was also elected. The SNP initially approached the Liberal Democrats for a coalition government, but the Lib Dems turned them down. Ultimately, the Greens agreed to provide the numbers to vote in an SNP minority government, with SNP leader Alex Salmond as First Minister.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election\nThe Scottish Socialist Party and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, which won seats in the 2003 election, lost all of their seats. Former MSP Tommy Sheridan's new party, Solidarity, also failed to win any seats. Campbell Martin and Dr Jean Turner both lost their seats, and Dennis Canavan and Brian Monteith retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Background\nThe main issues during the campaign trail were healthcare, education, council tax reform, pensions, the Union, Trident (the submarines are based in Scotland), the Iraq War and more powers for the Scottish Parliament. Some parties proposed raise the school leaving age from 16 to 18 and raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 16 to 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Background\nJack McConnell, as First Minister, entered the election defending a small overall majority of five seats via a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Lab-LD social liberal coalition had been in power, with three different First Ministers, since the first Scottish Parliament election in 1999. Opinion polls suggested its majority could be lost in 2007, due to falling support for the Labour Party and rising support for other parties, in particular the Scottish National Party (SNP). The polls suggested that no single party was likely to acquire an overall majority, nor was there an obvious alternative coalition ready to form a new Executive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Background\nA TNS Poll in November 2006 gave Labour an 8% lead over the SNP which was second behind Labour in terms of numbers of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). As the election approached the SNP gained support while Labour's support declined. Based on pre-election projections, there could have been some possibility of an SNP\u2013Liberal Democrat coalition, which might have extended to include the Scottish Green Party. The other parties represented in the Parliament before the election were the Scottish Conservative Party, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), Solidarity and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party. (Solidarity is a new party, having broken away from the SSP in 2006.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Background\nOther parties that campaigned for seats in Holyrood included the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the British National Party (BNP), the Scottish Unionist Party, the Scottish Socialist Labour Party, the Christian Peoples Alliance, the Scottish Christian Party and the Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Election results\nTurnout in the election was 51.7% in the constituency vote and 52.4% in the regional vote up from 2003 where the turnout was 49.4% in both the constituency and regional vote", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Election results\nNotes: Independents contested 17 seats and three regions. Scottish Greens contested 1 seat, Scottish Socialist Party contested 1 seat, Scottish Christian Party, Scottish Voice etc. contested a small number of seats. A number of local issue parties also stood in single constituencies. The Nine Per Cent Growth Party stood candidates on the regional lists, and had a candidate for the local council elections of the same year. Standing in the Glasgow Regional List the party finished last of 23 candidates, receiving only 80 votes (0.04%), a record low.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, Delayed counts\nSome counts in the Western Isles (Barra & the Uists) were delayed because the chartered helicopter sent to pick up the ballot boxes was delayed by bad weather. The boxes were instead transferred by sea and road to be counted in Stornoway. The votes were announced around 12.00 on Friday 4 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 60], "content_span": [61, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, Vandalism\nA man smashed ballot boxes with a golf club at a polling station at Carrick Knowe in Corstorphine in Edinburgh. About 100 ballots were damaged, some having to be taped back together. The man was arrested on the scene.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 55], "content_span": [56, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes\nThe number of 'invalid' ballot papers (residual votes) in this election was significantly higher than usual, with a total of 146,099 ballot papers (regional: 60,455 or 2.88%; constituency: 85,644 or 4.075%) being rejected. With some constituencies such as Glasgow Shettleston having rejection rates as high as 12.1%. For comparison, the rejected ballot paper rate in 2003 was 0.65% for regional ballot papers and 0.66% for constituency ballot papers. In total there were 16 constituencies where the number of rejected ballots exceeded the winning candidate's majority. This led to calls for an independent enquiry into the implementation of the new voting system. The BBC Scotland Chief Political Editor, Brian Taylor, described the situation as \"a disgrace\" during their Election Night coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 872]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes\nThere are several reasons for the usually high levels of rejected ballots in the election. One primary reason is that both the regional and constituency ballots were placed on a single sheet of paper. A large-type instruction at the top indicated \"you have two votes.\" Being told that they had two votes, far too many voters used both votes on parties in the regional list. Although a rough template of the ballot was provided to voters by VoteScotland prior to the election, many ballots in reality had subtle yet consequential differences.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes\nTaking the ballot from Glasgow Shettleston for example, although its layout is similar to the sample ballot it has many more parties on the regional ballot, giving the illusion that the list continues onto the next side (constituency ballot). Furthermore, instructions provided to voters using these sheets were abbreviated. While the brief written instructions remained, they were presented in a much smaller font size. The column headings moved above the bold lines defining the columns and the visual prompt of the split arrow leading to the two columns is completely missing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes\nThis misleading ballot was made more complicated by two additional features of the balloting: several small parties like the Green Party ran one or fewer candidates in the constituency seats and parties were able to choose to put the name of their leader instead of the name of the party in the label for the list seats. (For example, the SNP was listed as \"Alex Salmond for First Minister\", rather than the party name) Such poor ballot design decisions contributed to a similarly higher rate of spoiled ballots in the 2000 United States presidential election in areas of Florida such as Miami-Dade and Duval counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes\nAnother reason presented was that local elections took place on the same day with a different voting system and different design. Whereas the parliamentary election asked voters to mark a cross, the local council elections asked voters to number/ rank their candidates, as the council elections were under the single transferable vote system. Undercutting this theory, however, was the fact that the invalid rate in the local elections was far lower than the parliamentary elections (although still greater than in previous local elections) despite single transferable vote being a new system for most voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes\nA third proposed reason was that this was the first election where electronic counting of papers had taken place. Many blamed e-counting for the increase in rejected papers, in part because the new machine counting system abandoned many counts during the early hours of Friday morning before all results had been counted. Furthermore, the primary reason for the regional and constituency ballots being placed on the same sheet of paper is due to restrictions on the size of paper the machines could accurately scan. The main company concerned was DRS Ltd. Nevertheless, nearly all invalid ballots would have been spoiled no matter how they were counted. However, the last minute redesign of ballot papers that was blamed for the high number of rejections in two electoral regions was done to make electronic voting easier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 75], "content_span": [76, 898]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes, Threatened legal actions\nOn 5 May 2007, the BBC reported that Labour were considering legal action against some results (particularly Cunninghame North, where the SNP beat Labour by just 48 votes) due to the high number of rejected votes. A further challenge was expected from Mike Dailly from the Govan Law Centre, a member of the Labour Party, purportedly on behalf of voters in the Glasgow region. He said that the result should be challenged because there were over 10,000 rejected ballots which could have caused a different result if they had counted. Tommy Sheridan of Solidarity was only 2,215 votes short of beating the Greens for the last place as an MSP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 101], "content_span": [102, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Incidents, High number of rejected votes, Threatened legal actions\nThere were no election petitions raised to challenge the results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 101], "content_span": [102, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Election system\nThere are 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, which are grouped into eight regions. These regions each elect seven additional member MSPs so as to produce an overall proportional result. The D'Hondt method is used to calculate which additional member MSPs the regions elect. Each constituency is a sub-division of a region; the additional members system is designed to produce proportional representation for each region, and the total number of MSPs elected to the parliament is 129.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Election system\nThe election was the first using constituencies (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) that are not identical to constituencies of the House of Commons (Parliament of the United Kingdom). Scottish Westminster constituencies were replaced with a new set of generally larger constituencies, fewer in number, in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Election system\nThe Arbuthnott Commission reported in January 2006, concerning the multiplicity of voting systems and electoral divisions in Scotland. Council elections on the same day used Single Transferable Vote for the first time, but there was no change to the Holyrood election system, except regarding use of vote-counting machines, before the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Election system\nScanners supplied by DRS Data Services Limited of Milton Keynes, in partnership with Electoral Reform Services, the trading arm of the Electoral Reform Society, were used to electronically count the paper ballots in both the Scottish Parliament general election and the Scottish council elections, which took place on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Top target seats of the main parties\nBelow are listed all the constituencies which required a swing of less than 5% from the 2003 result to change hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Top target seats of the main parties\nMany of the seats that changed hands are not listed here. For example, the Scottish National Party gained several seats (Stirling, Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, Gordon, Livingston and Argyll & Bute) with very large swings, yet did not gain any of their top three targets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 71], "content_span": [72, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Party leaders, Major parties\nAt time of dissolution of the Scottish Parliament at midnight on Monday 2 April 2007, there were five party 'groups' represented on the Parliament's Bureau: Labour (50), SNP (25), Conservative (17), LibDem (17), and the Greens (7). There was also one 'mixed' administrative grouping of 5 independent MSPs and 1 Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party MSP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Party leaders, Major parties\nOf the major party leaders in the Scottish Parliament, only one, Jack McConnell, of the Scottish Labour Party fought the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary election as leader. Nicol Stephen succeeded Jim Wallace as Deputy First Minister and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats in June 2005, after the latter announced that he would not be contesting the 2007 election. Alex Salmond was elected leader of the Scottish National Party in 2004, with his deputy Nicola Sturgeon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Party leaders, Major parties\nSalmond previously led the SNP between 1990 and 2000, but stood down and was replaced by his preferred successor John Swinney, who headed the party between 2000 and 2004. After Swinney's resignation in 2004, Salmond announced that he would, once again contest the leadership and won the ballot of members in June 2004. Annabel Goldie was elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives in November 2005 after the resignation of the incumbent David McLetchie on 31 October 2005 after a row surrounding taxi expenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Party leaders, Other parties\nRobin Harper and Shiona Baird were elected as Scottish Green Party Co-convenors in 2004, but as the sole Green MSP Robin Harper was effectively party spokesperson from 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192933-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish Parliament election, Party leaders, Other parties\nColin Fox was elected as the Scottish Socialist Party Convenor in 2005. In 2006 Tommy Sheridan left the party to form Solidarity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192934-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish local elections\nThe 2007 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election \u2013 all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192934-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish local elections, Background\nThis was the first election for local government in Great Britain to use the Single Transferable Vote (the system is used in Northern Ireland), as implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. The new electoral system resulted in most councils being under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192934-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish local elections, eCounting fiasco\nScanners supplied by DRS Data Services Limited of Milton Keynes, in partnership with Electoral Reform Services (ERS), the trading arm of the Electoral Reform Society, were used to electronically count the paper ballots in both the Scottish council elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192934-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish local elections, eCounting fiasco\nBecause of the fiasco in 2007 of holding parliamentary (Holyrood) and local elections simultaneously, the following Scottish local elections were held in 2012 instead of 2011.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192934-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish local elections, Party performance\nThe Labour party lost control of all but two of its councils, Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, but received the largest number of votes, while the SNP were the main beneficiaries of the new voting system, picking over 180 new seats. The Scottish Greens elected their first-ever councillors, winning eight seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192934-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Scottish local elections, Councils\nThe notional results in the following table are based on a document that John Curtice and Stephen Herbert (Professors at the University of Strathclyde) produced on 3 June 2005, calculating the effect of the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote on the 2003 Scottish Local Elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192935-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Scream Awards\nThe Scream 2007 ceremony was held on October 19, 2007 at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. It was the third annual iteration of what was originally called the Spike Scream Awards, an award show dedicated to the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres of feature films, and the first to be held under the \"Scream + Year\" relabeling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192935-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Scream Awards\nPerformances included Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne and the collaboration of Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and Slash.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192935-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Scream Awards, Competitive categories\nNominees and winners for each announced category are listed below. Winners are listed in boldface.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season\nThe Seattle Mariners' 2007 season was their 31st in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season\nAfter spending two and a half seasons managing the Mariners and guiding the team to a 44\u201333 (.571) record this season, including a major league-best 25-12 record since May 22, manager Mike Hargrove shocked the team by announcing his resignation prior to a July 1 game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Hargrove said he could no longer give the same passion or commitment to his bosses and players. Bench coach John McLaren was named as Hargrove's replacement. The Mariners won eight consecutive games between June 23 and July 1, making Hargrove the first manager since 1900 to resign his position after a winning streak of more than seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season\nThe Mariners longest winning streak was eight games between June 23 to July 1, while their longest losing streak was nine, from August 25 to September 2, effectively ending their running for the ALDS.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season\nFor the seventh consecutive time in his seven-year career, Ichiro Suzuki was named to the All-Star Game, held at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Closing pitcher J. J. Putz was selected to his first All-Star Game. Suzuki was voted the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star game, going 3-for-3 with a two-run, inside-the-park home run (the first home run in All-Star history to be hit inside the park). Three days after the All-Star game, on July 13, The Mariners announced that they had signed Suzuki to a five-year contract extension with an estimated value of $90 million, making Suzuki the highest-paid player in Mariners history for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 67], "content_span": [68, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Hits; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 68], "content_span": [69, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192936-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Mariners season, Major League Baseball Draft\nThe following is a list of 2002 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 50 selections in the 2002 draft, the first being outfielder John Mayberry, Jr. in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 23 pitchers, 12 outfielders, 5 catchers, 3 second basemen, 3 shortstops, 3 third basemen, 3 second basemen, and 1 first baseman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season\nThe 2007 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League, sixth season in Qwest Field and the ninth under head coach Mike Holmgren. The team improved on their 9\u20137 record in 2006 and secured its fourth consecutive NFC West division title and its fifth consecutive playoff appearance. Also, the team set an NFL record for the fewest penalties since the NFL expanded to a 16-game season, with 59.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season\nPro Football Reference argued that the 2007 Seahawks gained the easiest schedule of any 21st century NFL team: they never opposed any team with a better record than 10\u20136 in any of their sixteen regular season encounters, and played only two opponents with that record. Divisional matchups had the NFC West playing the NFC South and the AFC North, whilst based on common positions from 2006 the Seahawks also opposed the Bears and the Eagles \u2013 both of whom fell to last in stronger divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season\nPunt returner Nate Burleson broke the Seahawks single season punt return yardage record this season with 658 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft took place on April 28\u201329, with the Seahawks picking 55th overall (2nd round), selecting Cornerback Josh Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 44], "content_span": [45, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Coaching staff and roster, Coaching staff\nHead coach Mike Holmgren entered his ninth year with the Seahawks. It is the second to last year on his existing contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Coaching staff and roster, Coaching staff\nThe Seahawks hired former Atlanta Falcons head coach Jim L. Mora to be the new defensive backs coach and assistant coach to Mike Holmgren. A former player at the University of Washington, Mora is considered a hometown guy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Coaching staff and roster, Coaching staff\nThe new special teams coach is Bruce DeHaven. His previous position was as the special teams coach for the Dallas Cowboys. DeHaven is regarded as the best special teams coach currently in the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Coaching staff and roster, Team captains\nFor the 2007 season, the NFL has allowed permanent captains for each team to wear a \"C\" patch on their right shoulder. The patch is in team colors with four stars under the \"C\". A gold star is placed on a bar below the \"C\" signaling how many years (with a maximum of four years) that player has been captain. For the Seahawks, the team captains are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 70], "content_span": [71, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nThe Seahawks began the 2007 campaign at home against its 1976 expansion mate, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Bucs kicker Matt Bryant kicked 38-yard and 32-yard field goals. In the second quarter, Seahawks kicker Josh Brown nailed a 28-yard field goal, then the Seahawks took the lead when RB Shaun Alexander powered in for a 1-yard TD run. After a scoreless third quarter, Seattle sealed the victory with Brown's 46-yard field goal and a 34-yard TD pass from QB Matt Hasselbeck to RB Maurice Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the win, the Seahawks began a season at 1\u20130 for the 4th time in the past 5 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Arizona Cardinals\nHoping to build off of their home win over the Buccaneers, the Seahawks flew to the University of Phoenix Stadium for a Week 2 divisional duel with the Arizona Cardinals. RB Shaun Alexander sported a cast on his left wrist, the result of a reported sprain suffered in the opening week. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as kicker Neil Rackers booted a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the second quarter, the 'Hawks continued to trail as Cardinals QB Matt Leinart threw a 30-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope, along with RB Edgerrin James getting a 17-yard TD run. Down 17\u20130, the Seahawks would respond just before halftime with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 24-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. Arizona quickly moved into field goal range after the Seahawk TD, but Rackers hit the upright from 53 yards as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Seattle would come all the way back to tie the game after RB Shaun Alexander finally broke loose for a 16-yard TD run and kicker Josh Brown booted a 28-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks took the lead with Brown kicking another 28-yard field goal. However, Arizona rallied to tie the game on a Rackers 52-yard field goal. The Seahawks appeared to be driving for the go ahead score when, inside field goal range in the final 2 minutes, an exchange from Hasselbeck to Alexander was fumbled and recovered by the Cardinals. Arizona then drove to the Seahawks' 25-yard line, where Rackers kicked a game-winning 42-yard field goal with 11 seconds left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, the Seahawks fell to 1\u20131 on the young season, and had lost 4 straight divisional games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 90], "content_span": [91, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThings got off to a quick start for the Seahawks as rookie Josh Wilson returned the opening kickoff 72 yards to the Bengal 24-yard line. Three plays later, Matt Hasselbeck hit WR Bobby Engram for an 18-yard TD and a 7\u20130 Seahawks lead. The Bengals were quick to respond, as Bengal QB Carson Palmer hit 6 of his first 7 pass attempts for 90 yards, culminating with an 18-yard touchdown pass to WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh and evening the score at 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nAfter turnovers by each team, Cincinnati K Shayne Graham converted a 43-yard field goal attempt to give the Bengals a 10\u20137 lead 80 seconds into the second quarter. With 3:06 left in the first half, Seahawk defensive lineman Chartric Darby's heavy pressure on Palmer led to a Deon Grant interception at the Seattle 31-yard line. A few plays later, Hasselbeck hit Deion Branch with a 42-yard touchdown pass and a 14\u201310 Seahawk lead at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\n3:51 into the third quarter, Cincinnati linebacker Lemar Marshall sacked Hasselbeck in the endzone for a safety, cutting the lead to 14\u201312. Neither team scored again until there was 9:57 left in the game when Graham booted a 24-yard field goal to give Cincinnati its first lead of the second half at 15\u201314. On the next possession, Hasselbeck moved the Seahawks to the opposition's 6-yard line. WR Nate Burleson was unable to hold on to a pass in the endzone, and the Seahawks settled for a K Josh Brown field goal, reclaiming the lead at 17\u201315.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nPalmer then connected with Chad Johnson on two big pass plays late in the fourth quarter, followed by 2 runs by back-up RB Kenny Watson for a Bengal TD. Cincinnati opted to try a 2-point conversion, but CB Jordan Babineaux stopped Watson after a pitch from Palmer. The Bengals led 21\u201317 when the Seahawks got the ball with 2:42 left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals\nThe Seahawks sputtered near mid-field, and faced 4th and 1. RB Shaun Alexander broke through for 22 yards, and Hasselbeck hit Nate Burleson with a 22-yard TD pass on the next play for a 24\u201321 lead with 1:00 left. Seahawks linebacker Lance Laury forced a fumble during the ensuing kickoff, with FS Deon Grant recovering for Seattle. Two plays later Alexander ran for a first down (and 100 yards on the game), cementing the Seahawk victory and improving their record to 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their home win over the Bengals, the Seahawks flew to Monster Park for an NFC West duel with the San Francisco 49ers. After a scoreless first quarter, the 'Hawks took flight in the second quarter with kicker Josh Brown getting a 23-yard field goal, along with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram. Seattle ended the half with Brown kicking a 31-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks went back to work with Hasselbeck completing a 14-yard TD pass to TE Marcus Pollard. The 49ers got their only score of the game with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Seattle wrapped up the game with Brown nailing a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at San Francisco 49ers\nWith their first divisional win in five games, the Seahawks improved to 3\u20131. Fullback Mack Strong played in his 200th game as a Seahawk, becoming only the second player to do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nComing off their easy divisional road win over the 49ers, the Seahawks flew to Heinz Field for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers, in the rematch of Super Bowl XL. However, Seattle was mostly unable to get any offensive rhythm going. Meanwhile, the Steelers ran up and down the field with QB Ben Roethlisberger's 13-yard TD pass to TE Heath Miller and RB Najeh Davenport's 1-yard and 5-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at Pittsburgh Steelers\nWith the loss, the Seahawks fell to 3\u20132. This would mark Seattle's first shut-out loss since Week 1 of the 2000 season, when the Seahawks lost to the Dolphins 23\u20130. Head Coach Mike Holmgren would suffer only his second career shutout loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. New Orleans Saints\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Steelers, the Seahawks went home for Sunday Night football, as they hosted the winless New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as a blocked punt would result in New Orleans RB Pierre Thomas returning the loose ball 5 yards for a touchdown, along with the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 'Hawks continued to trail as Saints QB Drew Brees completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Eric Johnson, while WR Lance Moore got a 7-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. New Orleans Saints\nThe Seahawks would respond with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 17-yard TD pass to WR Ben Obomanu. However, New Orleans went back to work with Brees completing a 2-yard TD pass to WR Marques Colston. Seattle would end the half with kicker Josh Brown getting a 52-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, the 'Hawks tried to rally in the fourth quarter, but all they could get was Hasselbeck's 22-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Seahawks stayed at home for a Week 7 divisional duel with the winless St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Seattle took flight early as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Will Heller. The Rams replied with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the 'Hawks increased their lead with kicker Josh Brown getting a 38-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, the Seahawks continued to pound away as WR Nate Burleson the half's opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, St. Louis got its final score of the game with Wilkins getting a 29-yard field goal. Afterwards, Seattle took control with Brown kicking a 45-yard and a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the 'Hawks sealed their victory with Brown nailing a 43-yard field goal, while Hasselbeck and Heller hooked up with each other again on an 11-yard TD pass. Despite offensive problems, Seattle defense recovered two St Louis fumbles, forced 3 Interceptions and 7 sacks (four by second year Darryl Tapp)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. St. Louis Rams\nWith their 5th straight win over the Rams, the Seahawks entered its bye week at 4\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: at Cleveland Browns\nComing off of their bye week, the Seahawks flew to Cleveland Browns Stadium for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, Seattle took flight as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Browns responded with RB Jamal Lewis getting a 2-yard TD run (with a failed PAT). The Seahawks would reply with Hasselbeck completing a 6-yard TD pass to WR D. J. Hackett, along with WR/PR Nate Burleson returning a punt 94 yards for a touchdown. Cleveland would end the half with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 19-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: at Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, the Browns began to fight back with Lewis getting a 1-yard TD run. Seattle's response came from kicker Josh Brown who managed to get a 39-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Cleveland continued to fight hard as Lewis got another 2-yard TD run (followed by a failed 2-point conversion). The Seahawks would then increase its lead with Brown kicking a 26-yard field goal. However, the Browns finally took the lead as Lewis got another 1-yard TD run (followed by QB Derek Anderson's 2-point conversion pass to former Seahawk WR Joe Jurevicius). Afterwards, Seattle would force overtime as Brown kicked a 22-yard field goal. In overtime, the Seahawks got the ball to begin the period. However, the drive stalled when Seattle couldn't convert on a 4th & 1. Afterwards, Cleveland responded and ended the game with Dawson's game-winning 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 89], "content_span": [90, 964]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to rebound from their overtime road loss to the Browns, the Seahawks went home for an NFC West rematch on Monday Night Football with the San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, Seattle took flight as QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 1-yard TD pass to TE Will Heller, along with kicker Josh Brown nailing a 20-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Seahawks increased their lead with RB Maurice Morris getting a 6-yard TD run for the only score of the period. After a scoreless third quarter, Seattle sealed the victory and the season-sweep in the fourth quarter with Hasselbeck completing a 10-yard TD pass. This would mark the third straight time that the Seahawks have shut out their opponent on Monday Night Football (5 overall).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win, the Seahawks improved to 5\u20134 and swept the 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nSince 2001, Seattle has won 17 out of 21 contests at home against NFC West opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 94], "content_span": [95, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off their season-sweeping home win over the 49ers, the Seahawks stayed at home for a Week 11 duel against the Chicago Bears, in the rematch of last year's NFC Divisional game (previously in Chicago).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the first quarter, Seattle trailed early as Bears RB Cedric Benson got a 43-yard TD run, along with kicker Robbie Gould getting a 31-yard field goal. The Seahawks would get on the board with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 19-yard TD pass to WR D. J. Hackett. In the second quarter, the Seahawks took the lead with RB Maurice Morris getting a 19-yard TD run. However, Chicago regained the lead with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 5-yard TD run. Seattle would tie the game kicker Josh Brown getting a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, Seattle retook the lead as Hasselbeck completed a 4-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Bears tried to retaliate as Gould kicked a 47-yard field goal. Afterwards, Seattle pulled away with Brown kicking a 23-yard and a 46-yard field goal. Chicago's final response would be Gould nailing a 48-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: at St. Louis Rams\nComing off their home win over the Bears, the Seahawks flew to the Edward Jones Dome for a Week 12 NFC West rematch with the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, Seattle trailed as RB Maurice Morris was tackled in his own endzone by Rams NT Adam Carriker for a safety, while RB Steven Jackson got a 53-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Seahawks started to take flight as CB Josh Wilson returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. Later, St. Louis increased their lead with QB Gus Frerotte completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: at St. Louis Rams\nIn the third quarter, Seattle gathered steam as kicker Josh Brown nailed a 33-yard field goal, while QB Matt Hasselbeck 9-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks took the lead with RB Leonard Weaver getting a 5-yard TD run. Later in the game, St. Louis threatened to retake their lead. However, Seattle managed to the Rams out on four-straight downs from inside their own 5-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: at St. Louis Rams\nWith the win, not only did the Seahawks improve to 7\u20134, but also won their 6th straight game against St. Louis. Seattle even took the lead in the all-time divisional series 10\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 88], "content_span": [89, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their road win over the Rams, the Seahawks flew to Lincoln Financial Field for a Week 13 duel with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, Seattle took flight after LB Lofa Tatupu intercepted Eagles QB A. J. Feeley on the first play of the game, returning it to the 18-yard line. RB Shaun Alexander cashed in a few plays later with a 2-yard TD run. The Eagles responded with RB Correll Buckhalter breaking free on a 30-yard TD run. Following another Tatupu interception of Feeley, QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0035-0001", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nPhiladelphia would end the period with kicker David Akers nailing a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Seattle drove to the Eagles' 22-yard line, but K Josh Brown missed the field goal attempt. After holding the Eagles to a 3 and out, Nate Burleson returned a punt 36 yards to the Eagles' 43-yard line. On the next play, Hasselbeck completing a short pass to Burleson, who took it 43 yards down the left sideline for a TD. The Eagles would cut the lead to 4 on a Feeley 24-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Curtis, and then they drove to the Seahawks' 1-yard line just before the half. The Seahawks stopped the Eagles 4 times to keep the lead at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, following a Bobby Engram fumble, Philadelphia took the lead as RB Brian Westbrook galloped away on a 29-yard TD run. Later, the Seahawks responded with RB Maurice Morris getting a 45-yard TD run and a 28\u201324 lead. The teams drove back and forth the rest the game, and the Eagles looked to be on the verge of victory after Westbrook returned a Seattle punt 64 yards to the Seahawks 14-yard line with 1:37 left in the game. However, LB Lofa Tatupu cemented the victory a minute later with his third interception at the 4-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the win, the Seahawks improved to 8\u20134 and held a two-game lead over Arizona in the NFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at Philadelphia Eagles\nTatupu was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his 3 interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 93], "content_span": [94, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nComing off their road win over the Eagles, the Seahawks went home for a Week 14 NFC West rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Seattle took flight early with kicker Josh Brown getting a 23-yard field goal, while QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. In the second quarter, the Seahawks increased their lead with Hasselbeck completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Bobby Engram and a 17-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. The Cardinals would get on the board as QB Kurt Warner completed a 5-yard TD pass to WR Bryant Johnson. Seattle would end the half with Brown kicking a 41-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Arizona was starting to make a comeback as Warner completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Jerheme Urban for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the 'Hawks pulled away as Hasselbeck completed a 3-yard TD pass to TE Marcus Pollard, RB Josh Scobey tackled Cardinals punter Mitch Berger in his endzone for a safety, and CB Marcus Trufant returned an interception 84 yards for a touchdown (with a failed PAT). Arizona tried to mount a comeback as Warner completed an 11-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. Fortunately, Seattle's defense prevented any hopes of a Cardinal comeback from happening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nWith the win, not only did the Seahawks improve to 9\u20134, but they also clinched their 4th-straight NFC West title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 92], "content_span": [93, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Carolina Panthers\nComing off their division-clinching home win over the Cardinals, the Seahawks flew to Bank of America Stadium for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Carolina Panthers. The game was scoreless until the fourth quarter when Seattle trailed on the foot of Panthers kicker John Kasay's 53-yard field goal. The Seahawks would respond with kicker Josh Brown getting a 23-yard field goal. However, Carolina began to pull away as Kasay nailed a 37-yard field goal and RB DeAngelo Williams managed to get a 35-yard TD run. Seattle tried to rally as QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. However, the Panthers' defense held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Panthers, the Seahawks went home for a Week 16 interconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. After a scoreless first quarter, the Seahawks took flight in the second quarter with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson, along with LB Leroy Hill returning a fumble 20 yards for a touchdown, and Hasselbeck completing a 14-yard TD pass to RB Shaun Alexander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, Seattle increased its lead with kicker Josh Brown nailing a 42-yard and a 39-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens would get their only score of the period as QB Troy Smith completed a 79-yard TD pass to WR Derrick Mason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 91], "content_span": [92, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192937-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Seahawks season, Game summaries, Postseason\nSeattle entered the postseason as the #3 seed in the NFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192938-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Storm season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the eighth for the Seattle Storm. The Storm struggled through the season, but they were able to reach the playoffs, falling in the first round to eventual champion, Phoenix Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192938-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Seattle Storm season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft\nBased on the Storm's 2006 record, they would pick 7th in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Storm picked Tye'sha Fluker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192939-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield Borough Council election\nElections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192939-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield Borough Council election\nA notable result was in New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward where the Conservative party candidate Shirley Bowes obtained no votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election\nThe Sedgefield by-election, 2007 was a by-election held on 19 July 2007 for the British House of Commons constituency of Sedgefield in County Durham. The Ealing Southall by-election was also held on 19 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election\nThe by-election was triggered when Tony Blair, the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield and former Prime Minister, resigned to become envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East. Blair accepted the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern, thereby disqualifying himself from Parliament and causing the by-election. Blair had held the constituency since its creation for the 1983 election, and Labour had held its predecessor constituencies since the 1935 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election\nAccording to Sedgefield Borough Council, the electorate for the by-election was 67,339 which represents an increase of 673 (1%) on the 2005 general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election, Candidates\nThe Labour Party selected Phil Wilson, a public relations consultant, local party member and one of the \"Famous Five\" who had promoted Tony Blair's first candidacy in 1983. He was chosen from a shortlist of five candidates, including former Minister Melanie Johnson. The Liberal Democrats chose North East regeneration expert Greg Stone, a councillor in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and former candidate in the Vale of York in the 2001 election and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central in the 2005 election. The Conservatives stood Graham Robb, a public relations consultant and former radio presenter, who stood for the party in 1992 in Hartlepool, losing to Peter Mandelson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election, Candidates\nSeveral other candidates contested the election. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) selected Toby Horton, who formerly contested the seat for the Conservatives in 1983, and in 1992 stood in Rother Valley. The Green Party of England and Wales chose Chris Haine, and the British National Party chose Andrew Spence, who was involved in the 2000 UK fuel protests and stood for UKIP in the seat in 2001. The leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, Alan Hope, also stood, having previously contested a long list of seats in both general and by-elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election, Candidates\nThe English Democrats chose Stephen Gash, and Operation Christian Vote fielded barrister Tim Grainger. Norman Scarth stood as an independent \"anti crime\" candidate, having previously contested Chesterfield in 1997 as an \"independent old age pensioner\". Local independent councillor Paul Gittins stood on a platform calling for the regeneration of the centre of Newton Aycliffe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192940-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sedgefield by-election, Result\nWilson held the seat for Labour with a majority reduced by over 11,000. The Liberal Democrats overtook the Conservatives for second place, with an 11% swing. The British National Party and independent local campaigner Paul Gittins both retained their deposits.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192941-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe 2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoci\u00f3n de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2006\u201307 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B to the 2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda Divisi\u00f3n were relegated to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. It also decided the two teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192941-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe top four placed teams from each group in the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B played in the Liguilla de Ascenso. Each liguilla contained one team from each of the four regular season groups. Teams were then drawn to plan one another with the 1st placed team in each group playing the 4th placed team, and the 2nd placed playing 3rd. The winners of these ties then played each other with the winning team being promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192941-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nThe teams finishing 16th in each group of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B were drawn into 2 pairs, with the losing teams relegated to the Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192941-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs\nAll ties were two-legged, with each team playing once at home. The winner of each tie was determined by aggregate score, with draws being separated by the away goals rule or a penalty shoot-out where necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192941-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Promotion play-offs\nThe regular season finished on the 27 May and the play-offs began on the 3 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 54], "content_span": [55, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192941-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Matches\nThe losers of this tournament will be relegated to the 2007\u201308 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 63], "content_span": [64, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192942-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese Senate election\nIndirect Senate elections were held in Senegal on 19 August 2007. Over 13,000 MPs, local and municipal councillors were eligible to vote in this election, in which 35 of the Senate's 100 members were chosen across the country's 35 districts; President Abdoulaye Wade nominated the other 65 members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192942-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese Senate election\nUnlike other elections held in Senegal since 2000, the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of President Wade did not take part in the election as part of the Sopi Coalition, but instead ran independently. The PDS received 8,177 of the 9,624 valid votes, a majority of 85%, and won all but one of the seats. Turnout was 73.3%, with 9,815 of the eligible 13,384 voters participating; 191 of the votes were deemed invalid. The single seat not won by the PDS was the seat from V\u00e9lingara Department; it was won by And-J\u00ebf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ/PADS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192942-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Senegalese Senate election\nAJ/PADS received 736 total votes, the second highest number. Five other groups participated but did not win seats: the Union of Democratic Forces (UFD) received 251 votes, the Authentic Socialist Party (PSA) won 134 votes, the Bloc of Ga\u00efnd\u00e9 Centrists (BCG) won 44 votes, Taaru S\u00e9n\u00e9gal\u2013Taaru Afrik/Movement for Self-Management Socialism (TS\u2013TA/MSA) won 40 votes, and the Bloc for the Reinforcement of Democracy in Senegal (BRDS) won 7 votes. Most of the main opposition parties boycotted the senatorial election, as they did the June 2007 National Assembly election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192942-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese Senate election\nThe results were confirmed by the Constitutional Council on August 28, 2007, and the Senate was installed on September 26. Former National Assembly President Pape Diop, one of the appointed Senators, was elected President of the Senate on October 3, receiving the votes of 99 of the 100 Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 3 June 2007. They had originally been planned to be held together with the presidential election on 25 February 2007, but were postponed. Fourteen parties or coalitions participated in the elections, but they were marked by a major opposition boycott. The ruling Sopi Coalition won 131 seats, including all 90 of the seats elected by majority voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Electoral system\nIn late March, the National Assembly passed a law requiring gender parity in national candidate lists; this move was backed by Wade. However, in early April it was reported that, due to an appeal against the law filed by the Socialist Party, the application of the law was suspended and it was not in effect for the June election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Electoral system\nAccording to an electoral commission official in May, over 4,000 candidates were standing for the 150 National Assembly seats. Previously the Assembly was composed of 120 seats. 90 of the seats in the new Assembly were to be decided through majority votes and 60 were to be decided through proportional representation. Campaigning for the election began on 13 May and ran until midnight on 1 June. Members of the security forces voted a week early, on May 26 and May 27. Participation among the security forces was placed at 27.23%, and the boycotting parties (grouped into a coalition called the Siggil S\u00e9n\u00e9gal Front) said that this indicated that the security forces observed the boycott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 56], "content_span": [57, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Campaign\nOn 2 April, twelve opposition parties, including the former ruling Socialist Party and the Rewmi party of Idrissa Seck, who placed second in the presidential election, announced they would boycott the election, alleging that the electoral roll was doctored. They wanted the electoral roll to be revised and for a new, independent electoral commission to be created. They had demanded that the Interior Minister, Ousmane Ngom, be dismissed; they also said that the constituencies were drawn to the advantage of the Democratic Party of President Abdoulaye Wade, and demanded that they be redrawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Campaign\nWade refused to talk to them and said that they could boycott if they wished. On 5 April, it was announced that the coalition And Defarat S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, including And-J\u00ebf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ-PADS), would contest the election, with a spokesman saying that boycotts were not politically effective. On 6 April, several of the main parties participating in the boycott announced that they were withdrawing their guarantees of 15 million CFA francs in order to invalidate their candidacies, citing the unwillingness of Wade to engage in dialogue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Campaign\nPrior to the deadline at midnight on the same day, 15 parties or coalitions filed candidate lists with the Interior Ministry, which had three days to determine the validity of the lists. Interior Minister Ngom pointed to the participation of 15 lists as evidence for the health of Senegalese democracy; others, however, have considered the situation to be a serious setback for democracy. 14 of the lists were approved and one, an independent list, was rejected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Campaign\nIn late April, the boycotting parties began a tour intended to explain the boycott throughout the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results\nInitial reports described voter turnout as low, and it was estimated that turnout was no higher than 30\u201335%. Ngom and Prime Minister Macky Sall said that it was premature to say that turnout was low while voting was ongoing; Sall also argued that in any country, turnout in parliamentary elections is lower than in presidential elections. In the February 2007 presidential elections, turnout had been 70%; in the 2001 parliamentary elections it had been 67.4%. After voting, Wade expressed his hope for a large turnout but noted that voting was voluntary in Senegal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results\nThe Siggil S\u00e9n\u00e9gal Front described turnout as very low and said that its boycott had been largely observed by the people. Ngom said that the next National Assembly would be legitimate regardless of the turnout rate. Former president Abdou Diouf voted in the election in Paris, despite the participation of the Socialist Party, which he led while he was president, in the boycott.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results\nAn interior ministry estimate on 4 June placed turnout at about 38%. Sall said that the Sopi Coalition won all 35 electoral districts and all of the 90 seats determined by majority voting. On the same day, the Siggil S\u00e9n\u00e9gal Front demanded that Wade cancel the election and engage in dialogue with the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Results\nProvisional results were released on 7 June showed the Sopi Coalition with a total of 131 seats, taking all 90 of the seats elected by majority voting and a further 41 seats elected by proportional representation. Voter turnout was placed at 34.75%. Final results from the Constitutional Council on 14 June confirmed Sopi's victory with 131 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192943-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn 19 June Cheikh Hadjibou Soumar\u00e9, a technocrat who was not a member of the PDS, was appointed Prime Minister by Wade to replace Sall. A new government, largely similar to the old government and not including the opposition, was named on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 49], "content_span": [50, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Senegal on 25 February 2007. Incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade was re-elected in the first round with almost 56% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Background\nWade announced the date for the election on 13 April 2006. The election campaign officially began on 4 February 2007. Soldiers voted early on 17 February and 18 February; this was the first time in the country's history that soldiers were allowed to vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Background\nHad a run-off been necessary, it would have been held on 18 March 2007. A parliamentary election was initially intended to be held on 25 February as well, but it was delayed to 3 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Candidates\n15 candidates ran for President, including Wade. Wade was nominated as the presidential candidate of his party, the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS), on October 15, 2006. Idrissa Seck, a former Prime Minister who was once considered Wade's prot\u00e9g\u00e9, also ran. Seck announced his candidacy for President in April 2006; he had been arrested in 2005 on charges of embezzlement and threatening state security but never faced a trial and was eventually released in February 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Candidates\nOn January 22, 2007, Wade said that Seck had agreed to return to the ruling PDS; Seck subsequently confirmed this, but said that he would remain a presidential candidate. If he had withdrawn his candidacy, the law would have required that the election be delayed, but shortly afterwards the National Assembly voted to change the law so that a delay would not be necessary in the event of a candidate's withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Candidates\nOusmane Tanor Dieng ran as the candidate of the former ruling Socialist Party (PS). Former Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse ran as the candidate of a coalition of opposition parties, including his own Alliance of the Forces of Progress (AFP). Other candidates included Abdoulaye Bathily of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (LD/MPT), Landing Savan\u00e9, a Minister of State and the Secretary-General of And-J\u00ebf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ/PADS), Ziguinchor Mayor Robert Sagna, and former ambassador Modou Dia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Campaign\nWade faced criticism over a variety of issues, including unemployment and the continuing Casamance conflict, as well as alleged corruption and the delays of the parliamentary election. Major construction projects undertaken by Wade split opinion in the country. Wade's campaign called for the people to give him a majority of the vote in the first round, but it was widely expected that a second round would be necessary, and Wade's opponents denied the possibility that he could legitimately win a first-round majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Campaign\nMany politicians who had backed Wade in 2000 had since turned against him, which could be viewed as making it improbable that Wade would do as well in 2007; on the other hand, it has been pointed out that Senegal's demographics, with a high proportion of young people in the electorate, could make it difficult to compare the two elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Results\nShortly after the election was held, Prime Minister Macky Sall, who was also Wade's campaign manager, said that Wade had won the election in the first round with about 57% of the vote, based on initial results. According to results announced on March 1, Wade won about 1.9 million votes, about 55.9% of the total. Seck was in second place with 14.9% of the vote and Tanor Dieng was in third place with 13.6%. Voter turnout was said to be 70.5%. Wade won the most votes in 32 out of 34 of the country's departments, including a majority in 28 of them. Seck won the department of Thi\u00e8s and Niasse won the department of Nioro.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Results\nAbdoulaye Bathily's campaign rejected the results and alleged that there were flaws in the voting, saying that a person could be registered more than once, and that the ink used in voting, which was supposed to be indelible, could be washed off. Ousmane Tanor Dieng's spokesperson also rejected the results, and on March 5 Dieng filed a Constitutional Court appeal regarding alleged lack of transparency and irregularities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192944-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Senegalese presidential election, Results\nFinal results from the Constitutional Council on March 11 gave Wade 55.90%, Seck 14.92%, and Dieng 13.56%. The Council rejected appeals from Dieng and Bathily. Wade was sworn in on April 3 at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, with many African leaders and about 60,000 spectators in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192945-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Senior Bowl\nThe 2007 Senior Bowl was a college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2006 college football season and prospects in the 2007 NFL Draft. The 58th edition of the Senior Bowl was played on January 27, 2007, at Ladd\u2013Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. Clothing company Under Armour sponsored the event for the first year, and provided apparel for the game. Coverage of the event was in high-definition on the NFL Network. The North team won, 27\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192946-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Senior League World Series\nThe 2007 Senior League World Series took place from August 12\u201318 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Cartersville, Georgia defeated Punto Fijo, Venezuela in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192947-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nThe 2007 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3 was the second edition of the Seniors Torneo God\u00f3 and it took place from April 19\u201322, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192947-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nTie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was the best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'Champions Tie-break' (the first player to win at least 10 points or by a margin of two points) would be used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192947-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3\nSergi Bruguera was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, by defeating Jordi Arrese 4\u20136, 6\u20131, [10\u20132] in an all-spaniard final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192947-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3, Draw\nThe list of players was confirmed in March 2007. The draw was announced on 12 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 30], "content_span": [31, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192947-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Seniors Torneo God\u00f3, Draw, Group stage, Group A\nKrajicek had to withdrew before his match against Steeb due to an injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 52], "content_span": [53, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition of DS; DSS & G17+ to continue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe d'Hondt method was used to distribute parliamentary mandates following the election. Parties and coalitions had 10 days following the announcement of the final results to decide which candidates will take their allotted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral system\nParties registering as ethnic minority parties (options 8, 10, 14, 17, 19 and 20) did not need to surpass the 5% threshold to gain seats in the parliament, but instead needed to pass a natural threshold at 0.4%. For the first time in a decade, Albanian parties from the Pre\u0161evo Valley participated in the elections, but Kosovo Albanian parties continued their boycott of Serbian elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral system\n6,652,105 voters were eligible to vote, an increase of 14,000 voters when compared to the constitutional referendum held a few months before. 31,370 of the eligible voters were living abroad, and 7,082 were in prison.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Campaign\nTwenty party lists registered with the electoral commission before the deadline of 5 January 2007:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Campaign, Slogans\nThe change figure for the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia list is in comparison to the 2003 result for the Democratic Party of Serbia; New Serbia was aligned to the Serbian Renewal Movement in 2003. The grouping headed by the Liberal Democratic Party is new: the Liberal Democratic Party split off from the Democratic Party in 2005; Civic Alliance of Serbia and the Social Democratic Union were part of the Democratic Party list in 2003; and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina were in a list with the Alliance of Vojvodina Magyars in 2003. The Coalition List for Sand\u017eak previously stood as part of the Democratic Party list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 54], "content_span": [55, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Results\nThe Republican Electoral Commission finally published the final results after the repetition of voting in several places:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192948-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Serbian parliamentary election, Results, Seats\nThis election resulted in a Gallagher index of 8.69, which measures disproportionality of votes received and seats allocated to each party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 51], "content_span": [52, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season\nSerena Williams's 2007 tennis season officially began at the Moorilla Hobart International. Williams finished the year ranked world no. 7, finishing in the top 10 and reaching the quarterfinals of all slams for the first time in two years. She also won her 8th slam at the Australian Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail\nWilliams began 2007 with renewed confidence, stating her intention to return to the top of the rankings, a comment former player and commentator Pat Cash branded \"deluded.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Moorilla Hobart International\nWilliams began her 2007 season at the Moorilla Hobart International. In her opening match she faced Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden. Williams took the first five games just to see Arvidsson take four in a row; Williams then closed it out in the tenth game. The second set was dominated by Williams with a bagel. Williams then scrapped past Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 in her next match, when they traded the first two sets, Williams winning the first and \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 taking the second. Williams took the third set in a tie-break. In the quarterfinals she took on Sybille Bammer. Williams took the first set but was eliminated by Bammer, when Bammer took the last twos sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 126], "content_span": [127, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWilliams came into the Australian Open unseeded, because of her world no. 81 ranking and was widely regarded as \"out of shape\". Williams in her opening match faced 27th seed Mara Santangelo and lost only three games, with the help of ten aces. In her next match she faced qualifier Anne Kremer, which she had to break back when she was broken in the fifth game to push it to a tie-break. Kramer took four of the first five points, before Williams could win the last six to take the breaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWilliams then took the first four games of the second and eventually closed it out in the eight game. In the round of 32, Williams had 5th seed Nadia Petrova on the other side of the net. Petrova dominated the first set losing only a game and served for the match in the tenth game of the second. However, Williams broke back and won the next two games to take the second set when Petrova double faulted. Williams then took the deciding set with a single break lead, serving it out in the ninth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nThis was her first win over a top-10 player since defeating Lindsay Davenport in the 2005 Australian Open final. In the fourth round, she faced 11th ranked Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and cruised in straight sets with a drop of only five games. Williams fired eight aces to go with 31 winners and 28 errors. This is her first time since the 2005 Australian Open to get past the fourth round of a slam. In the last eight, she took on Shahar Pe'er. Pe'er broke in the first game and held the led through closing it out in the ninth game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0003", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWilliams then took the last four games of the second set form the fifth game to take it to a decider. Williams broke in the fourth game, just for Pe'er to break back and get back on serve latter in the set. Pe'er then broke in the eleventh game and served for the match; Williams then broke back and won the next two games to go through. Williams had 49 unforced errors and only 30 winners. In the final 4, Williams faced 17-year-old Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0004", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nThe first went to a tie-break in which Williams took the first four points then Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 rallied to tie it at 5, Williams then took the next two points to take the set. Williams then broke Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 twice and served for the match at the eight game, Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 came back and broke and saved four match points on her own serve to hold. Williams then served it out in the tenth game. Tracy Austin in her tournament analysis stated that Williams had a great tournament but the ride was over and that Maria Sharapova would have no trouble with Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0005", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nSerena thought it was mean and unnecessary and used it as motivation. In the first set, Williams took the first five games before Sharapova could get a game, Williams then held to close out the set. Williams then made four games in a row in the second before Sharapova could win a game, Williams served it out in the eight game and won the match. This is her first title at any tournament since winning the 2005 Australian Open. Williams finished with 28 winners and 11 unforced errors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0003-0006", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open\nWilliams came the first player since Chris O'Neil to win the title whilst not being seeded; and claimed her third Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam singles title overall. The win elevated Williams to 14th in the rankings. Williams dedicated the title to her deceased sister Yetunde Price. Her performance in the final was described in the press as \"one of the best performances of her career\" and \"arguably the most powerful display ever seen in women's tennis.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nFollowing her first title in 2 year, Williams then played at the Sony Ericsson Open as the 13th seed. Due to being seeded Williams received a bye into the second round. She opened her campaign against Russia's Anastasia Rodionova and won in straight sets, winning both in three. In her next match, she played Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1 and also won against the Czech with a drop of only seven games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nIn a rematch of the 2007 Australian Open final, she took on top seed Maria Sharapova and the results was the same as she demolished her higher ranked opponent with a double breadstick win in just 58 minutes. In the quarterfinals, she defeated 8th seed Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1, but unlike their Australian Open match earlier in the year, this win as a much easier one, as Williams only dropped five games. In the final 4, Williams took on Shahar Pe'er.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nThe first set was a close one as they head to a tie-break, which Williams won, the second set was proven to be more easy as Williams won in a breadstick. In the final, Williams faced world no. 1 Justine Henin. Henin came out strong winning the first seven games, and winning the first set in a bagel in the process, before Williams could get a game. The two then exchanged breaks latter in the set as Henin served for the match in tenth game, in which Williams saved and broke the Belgian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0004-0003", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Sony Ericsson Open\nWilliams then held at love and broke again to take the set. In the deciding set, Williams took the first three games, before Henin could get two herself to get back on serve. Williams then broke and served for the match in the ninth game, but fell behind 3 break points and saved them all and was able to serve it out for her fourth Miami title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 115], "content_span": [116, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season and the French Open, Family Circle Cup\nWilliams began her clay season at the green clay of the Family Circle Cup. She received a bye in the first round, but retired from her second round match against Chan Yung-Jan, while down 3\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 102], "content_span": [103, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season and the French Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia\nIn her preparation for the French Open, Williams played at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. As the 8th seed, Williams got a bye in the first round. In her opening match she faced Lucky Loser Micha\u00eblla Krajicek and won with ease in straight sets dropping only five games despite receiving treatment for her left thigh after the first set. In the third round, she faced Shahar Pe'er for the third time in the year, and came through in straight sets, winning both sets in three. In her quarterfinal match, she faced Patty Schnyder. Schnyder took the first set and took the first two games of the second, when Williams came back winning the next six games to win the second set. The third set went to a tie-break, which Schnyder won. After the tournament, she re-entered the top 10 at world no. 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 112], "content_span": [113, 906]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season and the French Open, French Open\nWilliams then came into the second slam of the year the French Open as the eighth seed, it is her first French Open in three years. Williams opened her campaign against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, Pironkova served for the first set in the eight game, Williams came back to take the next three games. However, Pironkova broke and play was suspended. When they came back Pironkova served it out in the twelfth game and took the first game. Williams came back winning 12 of the last 13 games to take the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season and the French Open, French Open\nIn her next match, she took on Milagros Sequera and won the first set in a bagel. In the second set, Suquera won the first three games of the second set, Williams came back to push it to a tie-break, which Williams won to advance. In the third round, Williams faced Micha\u00eblla Krajicek, Williams won the first three games, then Krajicek won the next three, just to see Williams take the next three to win the set. Williams then won the second set with a single break lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season and the French Open, French Open\nIn the round of 16, Williams took the first four games of the first set but eventually closed the set in the eight game. Williams broke in the ninth game to advance. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced world no. 1 Justine Henin, Henin broke in the first game and held it through to take the first set. Henin then took the match when she broke Williams in the ninth game of the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 96], "content_span": [97, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nWilliams then played at Wimbledon after missing last year's edition. She open her tournament against Spaniard Lourdes Dom\u00ednguez Lino in the first round. Williams was pushed in the first set but was able to close it out in the twelfth game, she then rolled through the second set, winning it in a bagel. In her second round match, she faced Alicia Molik, Molik took four of the first five games but Williams came back to push it to a tie-break, which Williams won. Williams then closed out the second set with a break lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nWilliams finished with 10 aces and 35 winners to 18 errors. Williams in the next match then took on Milagros Sequera and won very convincingly dropping only a game in the match. In the fourth round match, Williams faced Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1. Williams won the first set easily with a double break lead. Hantuchov\u00e1 came back and served for the set, but Williams came back to push it to a tie-break despite Williams collapsing from an acute muscle spasm at 5\u20135 ensuing a medical timeout. Hantuchov\u00e1 then won the tie-break before rain forced play to be suspended for nearly two hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nWhen the players returned, Williams took the last four games from the fifth game to win the match. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced world no. 1 Justine Henin. Henin won the first set, just to see Williams comeback to win the second set. Henin then served for the match in the seventh game but Williams came back, however it wasn't enough as Henin served out the match in the ninth game to advance. Williams was suffering from the injuries sustained in the previous round. Williams who claimed she played at 40% was criticized by Michael Stich for claiming after the match that she would have beaten Henin had she been healthy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon\nShe played with sister Venus Williams and defeated the British wild card team of Claire Curran and Anne Keothavong in straight sets, but withdrew before their match against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open\nAfter Wimbledon, Williams did not play any tournaments before the US Open due to the injuries sustained. Williams was vying for her third US Open. In her opening match, she took on German Angelique Kerber. Williams took the first set in the ninth game. In the second set Kerber came back and served for it in the tenth game, however, Williams came back on won the last three games to win in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open\nIn her next match, she took on Italian Maria Elena Camerin, Camerin took four of the first five games, just to see Williams take 12 of the last 15 to come through in straight sets. In the round of 32, Williams came up against Vera Zvonareva, Williams took the first set with a single break lead. In the second set, Williams was pushed to a tie-break, in which she won six of the first seven points, to set up 5 match points, in which she converted on her fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open\nIn the fourth round, Williams faced Marion Bartoli, Bartoli took the first two games, however Williams came back winning six of the next seven games to take the set. Williams then served out the second set with single break lead in the tenth game. In the quarterfinals, she once again faced Justine Henin for the third straight time. Henin served for the first set in the tenth and twelfth game, but Williams broke her to go to a tie-break, which Henin prevailed in. The second set was one-sided with Henin winning it with a breadstick. It is her third consecutive Grand Slam singles quarterfinal loss to Henin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoor Season and Year-End Championships, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix\nWilliams began her campaign in securing her spot in the Year-End Championships at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. She first took on Zuzana Ondr\u00e1\u0161kov\u00e1 and cruised with a double bagel win over the Czech. In her second match, she faced Julia Vakulenko. Williams won four of the first five games but Vakulenko broke back in the seventh game, serving to stay in the set Vakulenko was broken by Williams. Williams then rallied to win the second set dropping only two games. However, in the quarterfinals Williams lost to world no. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets with the Russian winning both sets in three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 119], "content_span": [120, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoor Season and Year-End Championships, Kremlin Cup\nWilliams next scheduled event was the Kremlin Cup. Being the fourth seed, Williams received a bye into the second round, where she faced Ukraine's Tatiana Perebiynis, the two traded breaks three times in the first set until Williams broke in the twelfth game to take the set. Williams broke Perebiynis in the second game, just to see Perebiynis break back. Perebiynis serving to stay in the match in the tenth games saved three match points, but Williams converted on her fourth to advance. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1. Williams won the first set with a break lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoor Season and Year-End Championships, Kremlin Cup\nVaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 broke in eight game and served for the set, but Williams broke and saved a set point in the twelfth game to force a tie-break, which Williams took in her fourth match point. In the final 4, Williams faced world no. 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova for the second week in a row. The first set went to a tie-break, which Williams won. In the second set Williams dominated winning it in a tie-break. In her first final since Miami and her third of the year, Williams faced Russian Elena Dementieva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0012-0002", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoor Season and Year-End Championships, Kremlin Cup\nWilliams served for the set at the tenth game but failed to so. However, she was able to close it out in the second offering in the twelfth game. However, Dementieva came back winning the next to two sets with a double breadstick to earn her first win over Williams in five meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoor Season and Year-End Championships, Z\u00fcrich Open\nWilliams then made her final stop before the year-end championships at the Z\u00fcrich Open and faced Patty Schnyder. However, after Schnyder took the first nine games of the match, Williams retired sore right thigh injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Indoor Season and Year-End Championships, WTA Tour Championships\nWilliams qualified for the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid and was placed in the yellow group along with Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, and Anna Chakvetadze. In her first round robin match, she faced Anna Chakvetadze and retired after losing the first set with a knee injury and subsequently withdrew from the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 116], "content_span": [117, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192949-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Fed Cup\nWilliams played for her country in the Fed Cup for the first time since 2003 in a tie against Belgium. Williams player her opening match against Caroline Maes. Williams took a commanding lead in the first set taking the first five games before Maes could get a game and eventually closed the set out in the next game. Williams then won the second set with a single break lead. Williams withdrew from her second due to a knee injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192950-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Setanta Sports Cup\nThe 2007 Setanta Sports Cup was the 3rd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 May 2007, and was won by Drogheda United with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Linfield when the scores were level at 1\u20131 after extra time. Drogheda won the trophy for the second successive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192950-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Setanta Sports Cup, Shelbourne's withdrawal\nThe draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI Cup runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192950-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Setanta Sports Cup, Group stage\nTeams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192950-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Setanta Sports Cup, Group stage\nTeams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192950-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Setanta Sports Cup, Semi-finals\nThe draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192951-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Setanta Sports Cup Final\nThe Setanta Sports Cup Final 2007 took place at Windsor Park, Belfast on Saturday 12 May 2007 between Linfield and Drogheda United. It was the third Setanta Cup Final and the first to be played in Northern Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192952-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seve Trophy\nThe 2007 Seve Trophy took place between 27\u201330 September at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in the Republic of Ireland. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Nick Faldo, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. Great Britain and Ireland retained the trophy for the third consecutive time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192952-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Seve Trophy, Format\nThe teams competed over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles on Sunday. It means a total of 28 points are available with 14\u00bd points required for victory. If the score finished at 14-14, then two players from each team would play the 18th using the greensomes format to find the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192952-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Seve Trophy, Format\nEach member of the winner team received \u20ac125,000, the losing team \u20ac75,000 each, giving a total prize fund of \u20ac2,000,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192952-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Seve Trophy, Teams\nThe teams were made up of four players from the Official World Golf Ranking list, four players from the European points list, and two captain's pick. However, there were a number of players who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out. These include: Henrik Stenson, P\u00e1draig Harrington, Sergio Garc\u00eda and Lee Westwood.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192953-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seville City Council election\nThe 2007 Seville City Council election, also the 2007 Seville municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192953-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Seville City Council election, Electoral system\nThe City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192953-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Seville City Council election, Electoral system\nVoting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Seville and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192953-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Seville City Council election, Electoral system\nThe mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192953-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Seville City Council election, Electoral system\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Seville, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192953-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Seville City Council election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 49], "content_span": [50, 851]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192954-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Seychellois parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Seychelles between 10 and 12 May 2007. The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front, which retained all 23 of its seats in the 34-seat National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192955-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sha Tin District Council election\nThe 2007 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 36 elected members to the 46-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192956-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sham Shui Po District Council election\nThe 2007 Sham Shui Po District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 21 elected members to the 26-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192957-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shandong coal mine flood\nThe 2007 Shandong coal mine flood was an incident that occurred on August 17, 2007 in Xintai, Shandong, People's Republic of China, when heavy rain caused a river to burst a levee creating a flood into two mine shafts. By 8:50 am (1:50GMT), the mine was inundated underwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192957-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shandong coal mine flood, Damages and casualties\nMore than 200mm of rain had fallen in Xintai, causing a 50-metre breach of a levee of the Wen river. Water poured into the 860-metre deep pit at the Huayuan mine, quickly overwhelming the mine's pumps. The 172 miners were trapped in a 3,000-foot-deep mine shaft when a mine operated by the Huayuan Mining Co. Nine others were also missing, in a nearby mine run by a different company. None of the 181 miners, living or dead, were recovered from the two mines after the accident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192957-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shandong coal mine flood, Damages and casualties\nThe Huayuan mine was flooded with an estimated 12 million cubic metres of water. If all six available pumps were used around the clock they could pump out about 120,000 cubic metres of water a day. But only four were operational. Unofficially, experts say that it would take almost 100 days to drain the water inside the mine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192957-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shandong coal mine flood, Aftermath\nAn official at China.com.cn discussed the fact that signs of flooding had appeared in advance prior to the incident, and that the \"disaster was completely avoidable.\" On September 6, the Shandong provincial government issued a statement citing scientists who said that none of the miners would be able to make it out alive after that amount of time underground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192958-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 10th such festival devoted to international cinema to be held in the city of Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. It was held from June 16 to June 24, 2007. It was one of twelve film festivals to be accredited in 2007 by the International Federation of Film Producers Association (FIAPF).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192958-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai International Film Festival\nThe festival was composed of three sections: the Golden Goblet (Jin Jue) competition, the Asian New Talent Section, and an International Panorama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192959-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai Masters\nThe 2007 Shanghai Masters was the inaugural edition of the Shanghai Masters snooker tournament and the first ranking event of the 2007/2008 season. It took place between 6\u201312 August 2007 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192959-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai Masters\nDominic Dale won in the final 10\u20136 against Ryan Day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192959-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192959-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai Masters, Wildcard round\nA wildcard round was held on the opening day of the tournament before the first round proper to allow eight Chinese players to display their abilities. Matches in this round were best of 9 frames.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 37], "content_span": [38, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192959-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Shanghai Masters, Qualifying\nQualifying rounds for the Shanghai Masters took place at Pontin's, Prestatyn, Wales, between 26 and 29 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192960-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharp AQUOS 500\nThe 2007 Sharp AQUOS 500 was the 25th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, and was held on Sunday, September 2, 2007, at California Speedway near Fontana, California, 50 miles east of Los Angeles. After this race, only one more race remained before the field is set for the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup, and through the Bristol race, five drivers - Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth. Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart - have clinched spots in NASCAR's \"playoff series\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192960-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharp AQUOS 500\nThis is the second race of the season at California, the 15th since the track was added to the schedule in 1997, and the fourth race to be run here as the replacement for the Southern 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192960-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharp AQUOS 500\nThe new race sponsor was announced on August 8, 2007, replacing Sony HD. Like its predecessor, Sharp Aquos is a brand of high-definition television set. It was also announced that Stevie Wonder would be the grand marshal, commanding the start of the engines of the 43 cars to start the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192960-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharp AQUOS 500, Qualifying\nKurt Busch won his first pole of the season, edging out Jimmie Johnson by .001 of a second. It was the second such narrow loss by Johnson, who lost by the same margin to J.J. Yeley at Michigan two weeks earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192960-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharp AQUOS 500, Race\nKyle Busch dominated the race, leading 97 of 250 laps to take home the 10 bonus points for leading the most laps. However, it was his teammate, Jimmie Johnson (from nearby El Cajon, California) who took charge and held off a charging Carl Edwards for his series high fifth victory of the year and an automatic spot in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. Also clinching spots were Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton. Martin Truex, Jr. and Clint Bowyer will clinch spots by starting the next race, the Chevy Rock and Roll 400. Ricky Rudd was injured in an accident during the race, separating his shoulder, and missed several races with Mike and Kenny Wallace subbing for him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 26], "content_span": [27, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500\nThe 2007 Sharpie 500, the 24th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season was run on the newly repaved and reconfigured .533 mile Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday night, August 25, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500\nThis race was the tenth to use NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, as Kyle Busch won the inaugural event with this car, the Food City 500 on March 25 this year. But that race was on 36-degree high banked turns and the old concrete surface. For this race, one of the most popular in NASCAR, the new concrete surface with its new progressive banked turns between 24 and 30 degrees made its NEXTEL Cup debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Qualifying\nKasey Kahne won the pole position on the newly rebanked and resurfaced track. This was Kahne's 14th start on the point. Juan Pablo Montoya joined Kahne on the front row; Montoya's second starting position is the best of his NASCAR career so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify: David Reutimann (#00), Sterling Marlin (#78), Brian Vickers (#83), Kevin Lepage (#37) and Stanton Barrett (#34).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 28], "content_span": [29, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Race\nCarl Edwards won the Sharpie 500 for his second win of 2007 and the sixth of his career. Together, he and second-place finisher Kasey Kahne led 487 of the race's 500 laps. Kahne alone led 305 of them, more than in any other race in his career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Race\nThe rest of the Top 5 finishers were Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Race\nDenny Hamlin suffered an engine failure and did not finish. It was the first such occurrence in 53 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Race\nOwing largely to the new, wider racing surface, there were only nine cautions at a track which typically sees 15 or more in a 500-lap Cup race. The first of those did not come until lap 127.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192961-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Sharpie 500, Race\nJeff Gordon left with a 359-point lead over Stewart on top of the championship standings. Kurt Busch retained a 158-point lead over Earnhardt Jr. for the 12th and final position in the Chase. Gordon, Hamlin, Edwards, Matt Kenseth, and Stewart have assured themselves of participation in the NASCAR \"playoff.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 22], "content_span": [23, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192962-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash\nThe 2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash occurred on April 27, 2007, when a Russian military Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying special forces troops and officers crashed in mountainous terrain in southern Chechnya, killing all 20 people on board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192962-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash\nThe incident is the largest officially acknowledged loss of life for federal troops in Chechnya in 2007 and the worst Russian military aircraft disaster since August 2002, when an enormous Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter packed with troops crashed into a minefield after being hit by a missile, killing 127 soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192962-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash, Crash\nThe crashed helicopter was one of three Mi-8 transports and two Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters of the Russian Air Force which lifted off from a helipad to the east of the city of Gudermes. It was carrying 15 GRU Spetsnaz Rostov Brigade recon commandos and two high-ranking Russian military officers from the main Russian military base at Khankala in Chechnya.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192962-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash, Crash\nRussian officials initially claimed the helicopter was downed by small arms fire from Chechen separatists. Chechen authorities cited mechanical fault as a cause of the crash. A special commission tasked with investigating the crash eventually determined that the most likely cause was human error.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192962-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash, Background\nThe two officers on board as passengers\u2014a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major\u2014were to serve as liaison officers to ethnic Chechen troops who had, according to federal sources, spotted a group of up to 15 Chechen separatists near the southern village of Shatoy. These allied Chechens had reportedly asked for federal assistance and air support. According to the separatist account, the pro-Russian troops were ambushed by separatist fighters who inflicted heavy losses on them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192962-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash, Background\nOn April 28, 2007, Russian officials asserted that at least three rebels were killed during a ground operation near the crash site, while Russian media reported five soldiers, including two Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) servicemen, died in the fighting. At the same the separatists, reportedly led by Dokka Umarov and Ramzan Saluyev, claimed to have killed 30-50 soldiers on the ground and 20-30 airborne soldiers, compared to their own claimed losses of two fighters killed and several wounded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192963-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sheffield City Council election\nSheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2007 with one third of council seats up for election; one in each ward. Since the previous election, Liberal Democrat Martin Davis (representing Stocksbridge & Upper Don) defected, sitting as an independent. This set of elections saw the Conservatives lose the only seat they had on the council since 1996, and the party did not had any councillors elected to Sheffield City Council until 2021.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192963-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sheffield City Council election\nThe election seen several gains for the Liberal Democrats, returning the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 36.0%, up slightly from last year's 34.5%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192963-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sheffield City Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season\nIn the 2007 season, Shelbourne finished 5th in the League of Ireland First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nFollowing the financial crisis of 2006, at the start of the 2007 season, the club was left with just two senior players by January, and the club's financial crisis resulted in the club pulling out of the Setanta Cup. The crisis even began to threaten their participation in the Champions' League for 2007. Shelbourne's woes were deepened on 25 January 2007 when owner and general manager, Ollie Byrne, was taken to hospital with a reported brain tumour, most likely, stress-induced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nShelbourne, with no manager and just one remaining senior player by February were said to be massively in debt \u2013 some reports putting it at \u20ac6\u00a0million, and others between even \u20ac10\u00a0million and \u20ac12\u00a0million. The fiasco only served to increase the pressures on the FAI, who already had to find two new replacement clubs to participate in the league following the extinction of Dublin City F.C. and Limerick F.C. in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nThe association decided to set up a review of the awarding of a Premier Division licence to the club and eventually decided that the club should be stripped of the chance to compete in the Premier Division. Shelbourne had their Premier licence revoked and were, instead, considered lucky to be placed in the First Division for the 2007 season. There had been worries that the club would face outright extinction and that the FAI would throw the club out of the league altogether, especially after Limerick, who had less severe problems than Shelbourne, were denied a First Division licence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nLiam Moggan, the chairman of the FAI's Licensing Committee resigned in protest after the decision was made to grant Shelbourne a First Division licence as he believed that the club - manager-less, player-less and heavily in the red - did not meet the criteria for the awarding of such a licence, even though its criteria were less strict than those required to pass for a Premier licence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0002-0003", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nIt is probable that the Committee as a whole took an extremely sympathetic view while taking into account the long history of the club and, facing a minimal time-frame for exploring alternatives before the kick-off in March, logistical factors, such as ensuring that the league began with the preferred number of teams, when coming to a final decision to keep Shelbourne in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nHowever, the FAI did not specifically announce whether their decision was punishment for continuing off-the-field abuses from 2006, such as failing to pay players their wages, or whether it was a repercussion of Shelbourne failing to meet the requisite criteria for partaking in the 2007 Premier Division (although it is likely that the course of action taken was due to the latter as if it were a punishment for the 2006 season a deduction in points from that season's tally would be the usual penalty, which would have led to the club being stripped of their title in this scenario). If the relegation was indeed due to a failure to meet standards for 2007, the club's off-the-field abuses during 2006 remain to be seen as having been permissible for that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Overview\nMeanwhile, Waterford United were invited to take Shelbourne's place in the Premier Division for 2007 as they were the next best-placed First Division club in the Independent Assessment Group's rankings. Waterford United accepted the invitation, while the task of sourcing funds, a manager and squad before the transfer-deadline of 28 February remained at the forefront of the club's worries by mid-February. On 23 February, Shelbourne announced that Dermot Keely had been appointed as their new manager. The signing of a new squad of players commenced immediately afterward - quite a few of these players being youngsters and loaned players from other clubs, although the club did also manage to entice a number of ripened seniors to Tolka Park for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Exodus\nThis is the squad that completed the 2006 season, winning the Premier Division in the process. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Exodus\nThe following players were registered to Shelbourne, but had been sent out on loan by the then manager Pat Fenlon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Exodus\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Exodus\nFollowing the ongoing financial problems during the 2006 season, Pat Fenlon resigned and the vast majority of players left. Several of them had reached the end of their contracts, whilst some were sold shortly after the celebrations in November, and others left after being declared free agents in the courts following missed payment of wages. Only 2 senior players remained with the club, the experienced Jim Crawford, and the young James Chambers who had spent 2006 on loan at Premier Division side Waterford United.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Withdrawal from the Setanta Cup\nIn February Shelbourne were forced to withdraw from the 2007 Setanta Sports Cup shortly before it was due to commence. The general assumption was that the club would be unable to field a team. St. Patrick's Athletic were invited to fill the vacancy, and they duly accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Demotion\nBefore the start of the new league season, the club were demoted to the First Division by the FAI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Demotion\nThe FAI issued a First Division licence in place of the Premier Division licence which had been revoked by order of the FAI's First Instance Committee due to the financial situation. Shortly after this, the club's majority shareholder Ollie Byrne suffered a brain tumour and Joe Casey was installed as Chairman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Demotion\nFormer manager Dermot Keely was brought in as manager once more and assembled a squad of players in barely 72 hours - just in time for the club to take its place in the 2007 First Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 49], "content_span": [50, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Withdrawal from Champions League\nOn 30 March 2007, when applications for UEFA licences were nearly due and the clubs' First Division licence was up for review, Shelbourne announced that they would not be applying for a UEFA licence; thus relinquishing the Champions League spot that was rewarded for winning the league in 2006. Part of the statement read:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Withdrawal from Champions League\nThe club feels that following its recent success over the last number of years it would not be of benefit to the club's record to play in this year's Champions League qualifying round. It also felt that it would be of no benefit to the league's co-efficient in Europe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Pre-season, Withdrawal from Champions League\nLeague runners-up Derry City were handed the Champions League place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players\nJim Crawford and James Chambers were the only existing senior players to stay with the club for the 2007 season. Jim was appointed captain by Keely. Goalkeeper Tony O'Dowd signed for Shelbourne, returning to the club with whom he had started his footballing career. Experienced defender Alan Murphy was signed from Longford Town and was appointed vice-captain, whilst a plethora of young players arrived from a host of clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players\nMark Leech signed on a season-long loan from Premier Division club Drogheda United, and new Derry City arrival Kyle Moran did the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players\nFour players arrived at Shelbourne from Dublin rivals Bohemians; Conor Rafferty and 2006's top scorer for the First Division Davitt Walsh signed on loan deals until the end of July, defenders Aidan Collins and Niall O'Reilly made their moves to Tolka Park permanent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players, FIFA Regulations: Article 5.3\nTwo of Shelbourne's new players, Mark Leech and John Brophy, who had already played with two clubs within the year prior to the season's kick-off, were left ineligible to play for the club in competitive action until July at the beginning of the season as FIFA's rules, or, in particular, Article 5.3 of FIFA\u2019s Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players, stated that no player could play for more than two different clubs between 1 July of one season and 30 June of the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players, FIFA Regulations: Article 5.3\nBoth players were eventually cleared by FIFA, and made their competitive debuts in a 1-1 draw with Kilkenny City at Buckley Park on 30 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 67], "content_span": [68, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players, 2007 Squad\nA total of 37 players represented Shelbourne at various stages during the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Players, 2007 Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Results, League of Ireland First Division, League Results summary\nLast updated: November 10, 2007. Source: League of Ireland First Division Fixtures", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 94], "content_span": [95, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Results, FAI Ford Cup\nThe draw for the FAI Ford Cup took place on May 31, 2007. Shels, like all League sides, automatically went into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Results, League of Ireland Cup\nShelbourne began the League of Ireland Cup in the Second Round, as the club was officially classed as European entrants when the draws were made. Shelbourne were drawn against Dublin rivals Bohemians, who had begun the 2007 season in the top flight with two of last year's championship winning Shelbourne team, Owen Heary and Glen Crowe. Despite a valiant effort from the young Shelbourne team, the difference in quality eventually told, with Bohemians qualifying for the next round due to 2 late goals from the man who had scored the goal that won Shelbourne the league just a few short months previous, Glen Crowe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShelbourne's 2007 season in the First Division began brightly with a dogged display against Kildare County at Tolka Park less than 2 weeks after their squad was assembled. Darren McKenna's dramatic late equaliser in that game secured a point for Shels giving the Tolka Park side much optimism for the season ahead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShels next two games against the much fancied promotion favourites Finn Harps and Dundalk brought the young Shels side back to earth with two defeats, including conceding a last minute equaliser to Harps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nAfter a frustrating 1-1 draw against 10 man Kilkenny City at Buckley Park, Shels first victory of the season arrived 5 games in against Athlone Town at Tolka Park courtesy of a Mark Leech header. Shels' generally young and inexperienced side failed to build on their first victory and would draw 4 of their next 5 games, their loss during this five game period came courtesy of conceding another last minute goal this time away to Cobh Ramblers. With injuries to notable players such as Jim Crawford and Aidan Collins, Shels' strength in depth would face a stern test during this period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nA heavy 3-0 away defeat to Dundalk in May was countered by an encouraging 2-0 victory at home to Kilkenny City but that game was marred after John Brophy suffered a broken leg after a heavy challenge ruling him out of action for 4 months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShels inconsistent start to the season was capped with a 1-0 defeat away to Athlone Town leaving Shels far too close to the foot of the First Division table for their liking. Injuries and player departures would take their toll on Shels during June and Shels suffered their heaviest defeat of the season during this period with a 4-0 defeat away to Monaghan United. Despite encouraging displays against Cobh Ramblers (2-2 draw) and another late defeat this time to Limerick 37 (3-2) would not be not enough to prevent numerous changes during the upcoming July transfer window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShelbourne made significant changes at the start of the July transfer window. A total of 11 players joined Shels during the month of July including Stuart Malcolm, Marc McCulloch, Alan Keely, Anto Flood and Mark Rooney whileMark O'Brien and Noel Haverty joined Shels on loan from rivals Bohemians and St. Patrick's Athletic respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nThe impact of Shels newly assembled squad was felt immediately with a 1-0 victory over Wexford Youths at Tolka Park, only Shels 3rd win of the season. After a 1-0 away defeat to Finn Harps, Shels revitalised themselves with 3 consecutive victories against Dundalk, Kilkenny City and Athlone Town. July's turnaround in Shelbourne's form gave Shels optimism for securing the 3rd place play-off spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShels hopes of securing 3rd place were dashed over one weekend at Tolka Park with a 1-1 draw against Monaghan United and a defeat by Finn Harps with yet another last minute goal conceded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShelbourne Football Club was in mourning during August after the death of Chief Executive Ollie Byrne. The first match after Byrne's death came against Limerick 37 at Tolka Park. In what was an emotional night at Tolka Park, Shelbourne provided one of their most impressive displays of the season with a comprehensive 4-0 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nTwo more victories over Wexford Youths and Kildare County gave Shels much optimism over finishing in 4th place but these ambitions were hit after another defeat to Finn Harps with yet another last minute conceded goal, the third time Shelbourne conceded a last minute winner to Harps this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nWith no promotion prospects during the remainder of the season, Shelbourne's form slipped dramatically during the season run in. Despite a comfortable 4-1 win away to Athlone Town, Shels struggled during this period with a defeat to Dundalk and a disappointing home draw to lowly Kilkenny City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nShelbourne's finish to the season was one they would rather forget. 4 defeats in their final 4 matches marked a considerable decline in the Shels form after a new lease of life during the months of July and August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192964-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne F.C. season, Season Overview\nAfter what was a truly difficult season both on and off the pitch, Shelbourne finished 5th in the First Division table and Mark Leech finished the club's top goalscorer with 12 league goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192965-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open\nThe 2007 Shelbourne Irish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the 2nd edition of the event, and part of the 2007 ATP Challenger Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the tennis courts at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin, Ireland, from 2 through 7 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192965-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192965-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192965-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants\nThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192966-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Doubles\nJasper Smit and Martijn van Haasteren were the defending champions but chose not to compete this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192966-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Doubles\nRohan Bopanna and Adam Feeney won the title, defeating German pair Lars Burgsm\u00fcller and Mischa Zverev in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192967-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Singles\nMischa Zverev was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Rohan Bopanna.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192967-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shelbourne Irish Open \u2013 Singles\nBopanna went on to win the tournament, defeating Danish qualifier Martin Pedersen in the final, 6\u20134, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Elham Valley Division\nCarol Crees had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. She sought re-election in Folkestone East ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone North East Division\nCllr Alan North had gained the seat for the Conservatives at a by-election in 2004. Janet Andrews had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Carol Crees has been elected as a Lib Dem in Elham and Stelling Minnis ward in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllr Tony Dunning now sits as a Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone North East Division\nCllrs Paul Marsh and Brian Copping were both elected as Lib Dems in 2003 and defected to People First in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 79], "content_span": [80, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone South Division\nKim Culshaw had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllrs Emily Sanger and Sue Wallace now sit as Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone South Division\nRichard Green had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003, before defecting to People First and then Greens 4 Shepway in 2004 and then standing down from the council. He stood for election in Folkestone Park on the People First platform. Cllr Philip Martin had gained the seat for the Conservatives in the ensuing by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone West Division\nTrevor Buss and Linda Cufley had been elected as a Lib Dem in 2003 but defected to People First in 2004. Cllr Peter Gane now sits as a Conservative.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone West Division\nTony Baker had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but defected to Independent in 2004 and did not seek re-election. Gary George had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003, but defected to People First in 2004 and did not seek re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Folkestone West Division\nJoy MacMillan had been elected as a Conservative but resigned the whip in 2006 and sought re-election as an Independent", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 73], "content_span": [74, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Hythe Division\nWendy Harris had been elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Green Party in 2004. She did not seek re-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 63], "content_span": [64, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192968-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Shepway District Council election, Results, Romney Marsh Division\nTerry Preston and Shirley Maile had defected from Lib Dem to People First in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192969-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shetland Islands Council election\nElections to Shetland Islands Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. The Council was one of only three in Scotland with a majority of elected members who were independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192970-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shimizu S-Pulse season\nThe 2007 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's sixteenth season in existence and their fifteenth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season fourth in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192971-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinagawa city assembly election\nThe local election for city assembly of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan was held on April 15, 2007. The total turnout was 41.59%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192972-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinjuku local election\nShinjuku, Tokyo held a local election for the city assembly on April 22, 2007 as part of the 2007 Japanese unified local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting\nThe Shinwar Shooting or Shinwar Massacre was the killing of a number of Afghan civilians on 4 March 2007, in the village of Spinpul, in the Shinwar District of the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. United States Marines, fleeing the scene of a car bomb attack and ambush by Afghan militants, fired on people and vehicles surrounding them, according to initial reports, killing as many as 19 civilians and injuring around 50 more. The exact casualty figures have not been firmly established.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting\nThe United States Marine Corps began an internal inquiry in January 2008. In May, it exonerated the Marine Corps unit, determining that the unit had acted \"appropriately and in accordance with the rules of engagement\". All involved troops were subsequently issued Combat Action Ribbons, and one gunner was issued a Purple Heart. The report was condemned by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan. Further revelations in 2010 led employees of Amnesty International and the International Bar Association to assert that there was prima facie, or superficial evidence that international humanitarian law had been violated, but could not speculate further without knowing the details of the inquiry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 773]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting\nIn 2019 the Board for Correction of Naval Records recommended the platoon's Marine commander be retroactively promoted to lieutenant colonel with back pay, and the board criticized the 2007 senior commanders who failed to \"respond appropriately to an enemy information operation and stand by the troops.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Sequence of events\nOn 4 March 2007, Haji Ihsanullah, a member of Hezb-i Islami Khalis (or the Tora Bora Military Front, depending on source), drove a minivan laden with explosives into one of the vehicles making up a U.S. military convoy, which included either three or six Humvees. A U.S. Marine was injured. Sources differ on whether hidden gunmen then also opened fire on the convoy. The Marines fled the area, firing on some vehicles for between 6 and 16 miles while driving along the Afghan street.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Sequence of events\nAccording to several witnesses and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the U.S. Marines' response to the car bombing included indiscriminate firing at passing civilians on the busy highway. They asserted that elderly men, women and children were killed. Akhtyar Gul, a local reporter who witnessed the shooting, claimed that the Marines sprayed civilians with machine gun fire even though the Marines were not under attack. According to Associated Press and Afghan journalists, U.S. troops confiscated photos and videos of the incident and its aftermath. A freelance photographer working for the Associated Press claimed that two Marines and a translator asked him: \"Why are you taking pictures? You don't have permission.\" Another photographer claimed that he had been told by U.S. troops through an interpreter: \"Delete them [your photos], or we will delete you.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 919]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Afghan response\nThe killings were followed by widespread protests across Afghanistan and drew sharp criticism from President Hamid Karzai. The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission's report asserted that: \"In failing to distinguish between civilians and legitimate military targets, the U.S. Marine Corps Special Operators employed indiscriminate force. Their actions thus constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian standards.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 38], "content_span": [39, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Aftermath\nMajor General Frank Kearney, head of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), ordered the entire 120-member unit out of Afghanistan pending an investigation into the incident and announced that there was no evidence supporting the Marines' story that they had come under fire. The unit's commander and senior officer were relieved of their duties on 3 April 2007 and reassigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Kearney's order to have the unit depart Afghanistan was later found by the Department of Defense's Inspector General to be within his authority and reasonable. Compensation payments of $2,000 each were paid to the families of those killed or wounded; overall more than fifty Afghans received compensation payments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 32], "content_span": [33, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nThe shooting came under investigation by both Afghanistan and the United States. On 12 April 2007, an initial investigation headed by a United States Air Force colonel was conducted, endorsed by a United States Army general. It determined that the Marines used \"excessive force when they killed civilians after a suicide bombing\" and referred the case to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service for a criminal inquiry; the investigation occurred two months after the shootings, with investigators only able to study the site of the shooting for an hour. The New York Times of 20 April 2007 included an article asserting that the shooting was similar to the Haditha massacre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nThe Pentagon issued a formal apology for the incident on 7 May 2007. \"This was a terrible, terrible mistake,\" said U.S. Army Colonel John Nicholson, \"and my nation grieves with you for your loss and suffering. We humbly and respectfully ask for your forgiveness.\" Nicholson commanded Task Force Spartan, whose area of operation as defined by ISAF Regional Command East included the area of the shooting. This was dismissed as premature by General James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, who said: \"I would just as soon that no one\u00a0... apologize or talk about 'terrible, terrible mistakes'.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nJames Mattis, then a Marine Corps lieutenant general, ordered a court of inquiry to be held. The court at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, formally investigated the incident in January 2008, hearing from more than 50 witnesses, including Afghans, over 17 days. Much of the testimony was characterized as \"vague and contradictory\". The four Marines who had fired their weapons did not testify\u2014according to Declan Walsh, writing in The Guardian of London, \"because they had not been granted immunity from prosecution\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nDuring the court of inquiry, Colonel Nicholson stated the Marines did not coordinate their operations with his command when conducting operations and that the Marines' failure to remain at the scene of the attack amounted to failing to \"preserve evidence\", according to David Zucchino of the Los Angeles Times. Marines who had been present testified that they had been forced to leave the scene by a \"complex ambush\". One Marine testified that not all Marines in the convoy returned fire against those ambushing the convoy\u2014return fire, he said, was limited to some gunners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nThis Marine elaborated that the gunners were ordered to cease fire some minutes later by a Marine captain. Testimony by Afghans, including an Afghan police lieutenant colonel, and a 1980s mujahideen commander, contradicted the testimony of the Marines. Nicholson testified that thirty minutes after U.S. Marines left the area, other U.S. troops arrived at the location of the minivan attack and found no dead or wounded Afghans. He speculated that this might be because Afghans collect and bury their dead quickly in line with Islamic tradition, but also acknowledged that Taliban insurgents often fake or exaggerate civilian deaths, stating \"That's why it's so important for us to stay on the scene.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nAccording to one of the Marines' defence lawyers, Mark Waple, an investigation by the U.S. Navy estimated that the number of people killed was between five and seven, all adult men; Waple continued that despite the prior claims of massacred women and children, witness statements attested only to a wounded 16-year-old boy and a woman with an injured hand. In May 2008, the court of inquiry concluded that they had \"acted appropriately and in accordance with the rules of engagement and tactics, techniques and procedures in place at the time in response to a complex attack.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nTestimony to the inquiry was classified and not released, and the 12,000-page report was not published. In March 2015, excerpts of the \"key conclusions\" were published in the Military Times. No criminal charges were brought, although \"some officers\" did receive an \"administrative reprimand\". The court of inquiry recommended judicial and/or administrative actions be taken upon two Marine captains and two enlisted Marines. The verdict infuriated the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. Kubra Aman, a member of the Afghan House of Elders from Nangarhar, said \"I am very angry. This is too much.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nThe decision was also criticised by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, whose spokesperson Aleem Siddique said \"It is disappointing that no one has been held accountable for these deaths\". The two Marine captains were later \"cleared of wrongdoing\", according to the Marine Corps Times. More than a year after the court of inquiry concluded, Marines involved received Combat Action Ribbons, and an injured turret gunner was awarded the Purple Heart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nIn 2010, Mark Ellis of the International Bar Association told Channel 4 News of the UK that based on documents released by WikiLeaks, \"there is prima facie evidence from the military log that suggests the troops could be investigated for war crimes\" but that legal hurdles would probably prevent a hearing before the International Criminal Court. Sam Zafiri of Amnesty International took a similar line, saying that \"There is certainly prima facie evidence of violations of international humanitarian law\u00a0... It's not so much about whether an investigation into what happened at Jalalabad is re-opened, but rather publish what the U.S. military did investigate, who they talked to, what were the results and how did they arrive at the decision they came to.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry\nIn March 2015, the Military Times published a series of articles about the incident, written by Andrew deGrandpre. Fred Galvin, who commanded the Marine unit at the time of the incident, said that despite being cleared by the court of inquiry, he and his men thought that their side of the story had not been properly publicised and that they still felt they were stigmatised as a result of the accusations. Although cleared of wrongdoing, members of the unit were adversely effected by the perception of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 48], "content_span": [49, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192973-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Shinwar shooting, Investigation and inquiry, 2019 Retroactive promotions\nIn January 2019, the Board for Correction of Naval Records reported that Major Fred Galvin (USMC retired) should be promoted to lieutenant colonel and given back pay. The board found Galvin \"was beset by a perfect storm of toxic officers,\" following the false accusations of 2007. The board found \"The ambush of 4 March 2007 was not a tactical \"misstep\". The board found the convoy's response was irreproachable and found no fault relative to the Marines' conduct and performance. The only misstep was the inability or unwillingness of senior U.S. leaders to respond appropriately to an enemy information operation and stand by the troops until competent evidence was gathered.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 77], "content_span": [78, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192974-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Shonan Bellmare season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192975-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Siberian orange snow\nThe Siberian orange snow of 2007 was an anomalous phenomenon that occurred in early February 2007. Beginning on 31 January 2007, an orange-tinted snow fell across an area of 1,500 square kilometres (580\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) in Omsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia, approximately 2,300\u00a0km (1,400\u00a0mi) from Moscow, as well as into the neighboring Tomsk and Tyumen Oblasts. It was unclear what caused the orange snow. Speculation ranged from pollutants to a storm in neighboring Kazakhstan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192975-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Siberian orange snow, Description\nThe orange snow was malodorous, oily to the touch, and reported to contain four times the normal level of iron. Though mostly orange, some of the snow was red or yellow. It affected an area with about 27,000 residents. It was originally speculated that it was caused by industrial pollution, a rocket launch or even a nuclear accident. It was later determined that the snow was non-toxic; however, people in the region were advised not to use the snow or allow animals to feed upon it. Colored snow is uncommon in Russia but not unheard of, as there have been many cases of black, blue, green and red snowfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 38], "content_span": [39, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192975-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Siberian orange snow, Possible causes\nThis orange snow may have been caused by a heavy sandstorm in neighboring Kazakhstan. Tests on the snow revealed numerous sand and clay dust particles, which were blown into Russia in the upper stratosphere. The speculation that the coloration was caused by a rocket launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan was later dismissed, as the last launch before the event took place on 18 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192975-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Siberian orange snow, Possible causes\nRussia's environmental watchdog originally claimed that the colored snowfall was caused by industrial pollution, such as \"waste from metallurgical plants.\" It stated that the snow contained four times the normal quantities of acids, nitrates, and iron. However, it would be nearly impossible to pinpoint a culprit if pollution were the cause, as there are various industries nearby, such as the city of Omsk, which is a center of the oil industry in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship\nThe 2007 FIM Sidecarcross world championship, the 28th edition of the competition, started on 9 April and finished after eight race weekends on 16 September 2007 with Dani\u00ebl Willemsen taking out the title once more.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe 2007 season was the 28th edition of the sidecarcross world championship. It resulted in a record sixth world championship for Dani\u00ebl Willemsen, his fifth in a row, but the first with his new passenger Reto Gr\u00fctter from Switzerland. The team absolutely dominated the season, winning fifteen out of the sixteen races, of those, the first twelve in a row. Despite this, their winning margin of 89 points was not a new record, this is still held by Kristers Sergis / Artis Rasmanis with 168, set in 2002, however, in a 28 race season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe only race the world champion didn't win, number 13, they team finished outside the points on 24th rank. Second placed Jan Hendrickx / Tim Smeuninx did not win a race all season but nine podium finishes and the fact that the team saw the final flag in all races put them well ahead of place three. Kristers Sergis, five times world champion, came third in the 2007 season, with eight second places and a win to his name, in their home GP. Apart from this performances, his results were not strong enough for a sixth title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview\nThe eight races of the season were held in six countries, France, Belgium, Germany, Croatia, Latvia and the Netherlands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nEvery Grand Prix weekend is split into two races, both held on the same day. This means the 2007 season with its eight Grand Prix had sixteen races. Each race is currently 30 minutes plus 2 rounds long. The 2007 season had 60 teams registered but not all of them raced in every event. Teams go through a qualifying, usually on Saturday. Typically, around 50 teams compete for 30 spots on the starting grid, meaning around 20 teams miss out on the race altogether. Some teams did not actually get a race start all season, failing in qualifying each time. All up, 48 of those teams gained competition points. Only three teams qualified but never scored any points. About fifteen teams never achieved to get above the cut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format\nThe first twenty teams of each race scored competition points, allocated accordingly to the following system:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 44], "content_span": [45, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Calendar\nThe 2007 season had the same number of races as in the previous year, however, only half the races were held in the same locations as in 2006. The countries hosting GP's however had not changed:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Race by race statistics\nThe numbers for every team are allocated according to their 2006 season finish, meaning the world champion received number one and so on. The numbers for drivers not participating this season were not re-allocated, for example number 16 was not used as Uli M\u00fcller who finished 16th in 2006 had retired. New entries received a random number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Race by race statistics\nIn the last season, 50 teams finished with points in the overall table, every number above this is therefore a new entry or has not scored points the previous year, the exception being the numbers 68 and 116 who should have been numbers 13 and 21. This system makes it possible to see a driver's improvement or decline from last year by comparing number with position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Race by race statistics\nThe sixteen race events finished as follows and resulted in this final table:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192976-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Sidecarcross World Championship, Manufacturers\nThe manufacturers of side car frames are very specialized companies, catering for a small market, but within this they are very well known. Engines can be large half litre off-the-line machines. However, specialized sidecar engines are available to, like the 2-stroke engines from MTH (630cc) and Zabel (685cc). In the 2007 season, four out of the top-five used a VMC frame, including the world champion. Zabel provided the engines to the world champion and the runner-up. The only other engines found in the top ten were KTM and JAWA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 51], "content_span": [52, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election\nGeneral elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election; no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round, and a second round was held between the top two candidates, Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) and Solomon Berewa of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), on 8 September. According to official results, Koroma won the election with 54.6% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election\n566 candidates stood in the parliamentary election, in which 112 seats, out of a total of 124, were at stake. Voting for seats in parliament was done on a first-past-the-post constituency basis, rather than the system of proportional representation used previously. 12 members of parliament were chosen by traditional chiefs, who have been considered to be allied with the SLPP, in a separate election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Background\nVice-President Solomon Berewa was chosen as the presidential candidate of the ruling SLPP, as well as the party's leader, in early September 2005. The incumbent president, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of the SLPP, was prohibited from running again by term limits. On July 2, 2007, Foreign Minister Momodu Koroma was named as the party's vice-presidential candidate. Ernest Bai Koroma was nominated as the presidential candidate of the main opposition party APC, with Samuel Sam-Sumana as his vice-presidential candidate. Charles Margai was nominated as the presidential candidate of the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), with Ibrahim Tejan-Jalloh as his vice-presidential candidate. Margai formed the PMDC as a split from the SLPP in 2005, and this was seen as weakening the latter party. Prior to the election, Berewa, Koroma, and Margai were considered the main three presidential candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 947]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Background\nIn May 2007, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) delayed the election by two weeks from the previously set date of 28 July, saying that it was necessary to have additional time after parliament was dissolved in late June 2007. This decision was sharply criticized by the opposition, since it meant the election would be held when the rainy season was at its peak, potentially making voting difficult for many people. On 11 May, NEC Chairperson Christiana Thorpe rejected requests for the election to be delayed until December, saying that it would be unconstitutional to hold them so late. Acknowledging the impact the rain would likely have on voter turnout, Thorpe said that there would be more polling stations in order to make voting more convenient.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Background, Campaigning\nCampaigning for the election began on 10 July. The campaign was marred by some violence, but on 2 August an army spokesman described the country as \"relatively calm and peaceful\" and predicted a \"peaceful, credible and violence-free\" election. He also said that the army would not intervene in politics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Background, Campaigning\nAPC candidate Koroma was allegedly the target of an assassination attempt in the early hours of July 23, 2007, when, according to the APC, a group of armed men led by Tom Nyuma, who was a participant in the 1992 coup that ousted the APC, attempted to enter his hotel room in the southern city of Bo to kill him. In a letter to the Inspector General of Police in early August, Berewa alleged that the APC and the PMDC were planning to disrupt the election and intimidate SLPP supporters. He claimed that they planned to send their own supporters dressed in Operational Support Division uniforms to polling stations. APC Secretary-General Victor Foh accused the SLPP of planning electoral fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 61], "content_span": [62, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence\nActs of violence escalated in the run up to the polls, especially in the capital, Freetown, and the south-eastern cities of Bo Kenema and Koidu Town. In July, police arrested scores of people after clashes in Bo between SLPP and PMDC supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThere were about 2.6 million registered voters at the time of the election and 6,171 polling stations. Voting was reported to be peaceful, although in some places young people were said to have disrupted vote counting, leading to increased security measures. An electoral commission official described the voting process as \"smooth and successful\". Turnout was reported to be high, despite the rains, with long lines at polling stations. Observers gave the election a positive appraisal and placed voter turnout at more than 70%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nMarie-Anne Isler, head of the European Union observer mission, described voting as \"well organized, positive and transparent\", but also said that the SLPP enjoyed a strong advantage due to incumbency and the support of some traditional chiefs, and that it was \"extremely dominant\" in state television coverage. EU observers also said that Berewa appeared to have distributed money to voters at his home, a claim that the SLPP denounced as \"baseless and unfounded\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nVote counting was done publicly at polling stations, with party representatives present. On August 13, Kabbah discouraged \"provocative or inflammatory statements\" and said that police would \"deal firmly with any threats to the peace and stability of the nation\". On the same day, NEC Chairperson Thorpe announced results from 7.4% of polling stations; out of these 150,374 votes, Koroma had 107,341 and Berewa had 33,041. Further results on August 14, from about 19% of polling stations, showed Koroma remaining well ahead of Berewa, with 204,774 votes against 106,487 for Berewa. Margai, in third place, had 43,904 votes. Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon appealed for the preservation of \"an atmosphere of calm and public order\" and said that \"any potential dispute\" should be resolved \"within the established legal channels\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 931]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nOn August 15, an APC spokesman claimed that, based on its own count, the party had won 61 seats in parliament, which would be a majority, although at the time official results for only four seats had been announced, two for the APC, one for the SLPP, and one for the PMDC. Partial results for the presidential election released by the National Electoral Commission on August 15, accounting for 34.3% of polling stations, showed Koroma still leading, although more narrowly; Koroma had 297,206 votes, compared to 227,353 for Berewa and 97,669 for Margai. Further results on August 16, accounting for 45.3% of polling stations, showed Koroma with 400,027 votes, Berewa with 310,321 votes, and Margai with 120,231 votes. Results from about 62% of polling stations on August 17 showed Koroma with 516,442 votes, Berewa with 421,812 votes, and Margai with 169,408 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 946]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nOn August 18, results from 81% of polling stations showed Koroma with 44% of the vote and Berewa with 38%. On August 20, results from 93.1% of polling stations showed Koroma with 754,696 votes, Berewa with 654,756 votes, and Margai with 239,637 votes. In the parliamentary election, the APC had 21 seats, the SLPP had 10, and the PMDC had four. Turnout is placed at about 76%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nOn August 19, Margai stated his support for Koroma in the second round of the election. On August 20, the PMDC's Karamoh Kabba explained what he said was the reasoning behind the decision: the PMDC sought to \"ensure a more representative government, the survival of the PMDC as a political party and the creation of a third formidable political force for smooth running of democracy in Sierra Leone\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nAccording to Kabba, backing the APC would help to bridge the regional political divide marking Sierra Leone's politics (the SLPP and PMDC draw their main support from the south, while the APC draws its main support from the north), while backing the SLPP would deepen it; furthermore, he said that the APC had a natural reason to want the PMDC to survive, while the SLPP had a natural reason to want to destroy it. Margai's support for the APC provoked controversy in the PMDC, however, with some feeling that his decision was made without properly consulting the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nSLPP spokesman Victor Reider expressed confidence for his party ahead of the second round, to be held in September, and said that the SLPP would warn voters about \"the risk of destroying everything that we have been able to put together since 2002 when the war ended\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nFull provisional results announced on August 23 showed Koroma with 815,523 votes (44.3%), Berewa with 704,012 votes (38.3%), and Margai with 255,499 votes (13.9%). Thorpe confirmed that a second round would be necessary between Koroma and Berewa. In the parliamentary election, the APC won 59 seats, the SLPP won 43 seats, and the PMDC won 10 seats. Turnout was placed at 75.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 459]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nResults by region reveal how Margai's PMDC party cut into the SLPP's support in the south and east. Especially significantwas the PMDC's winning of 41% of the vote in the SLPP stronghold of Southern Province. In Northern Province, which has thelargest voting population, the APC maintained its support and Koroma got almost 77% of the vote, the largest share by region for any of the candidates. The APC also received strong support in Western Area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nComparing the first-round performances of the SLPP and APC presidential candidates in 2002 and 2007 makes clear the SLPP's loss of ground in the south and east. While in 2002 the SLPP's candidate Kabbah won 92% and 95% in Eastern and Southern provinces, respectively, five years later the SLPP's candidate Berewa won just 66% and 46% there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThe SLPP's biggest losses were in the Western Area districts around Freetown. While the SLPP won more than half the seats in Western Area parliamentary elections in 2002, voters turned away from the SLPP in droves and the party lost all 21 seats in Western Area to the APC in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nMargai said on August 24 that the APC and the PMDC would campaign together for the second round. Koroma's campaign called for Berewa to recognize defeat and back out of the second round in order to save the money that would have to be spent on it, but the SLPP refused to do so. Reider predicted victory for Berewa and said that the government should receive credit for being democratic and law-abiding, enabling the APC to win the parliamentary election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nOn August 25, the NEC confirmed the provisional results, announced that the second round of the presidential election would take place on September 8, and said that second round campaigning would take place from August 25 until September 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThe results were strongly marked by the regional divide between support for the APC, which won overwhelmingly in the north and also by a large margin in the west, and the SLPP, which won in the south and east, although it split its support there with the PMDC. The parties performed poorly outside of their regional support bases; the APC won only two of its 59 parliamentary seats outside of the north and west. Koroma received his best results in Bombali District (83.9%), Tonkolili District (82.2%), and Port Loko District (78.6%), while Berewa received his best results in Kailahun District (77.1%), Kenema District (63.0%), and Kono District (57.1%). Margai received a majority only in Bonthe District (61.1%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nReider of the SLPP said that, despite \"reservations over the conduct of the elections\", his party accepted the results. The APC's Victor Foh said that his party accepted the results as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nFoh alleged that a paramount chief in an eastern district had brought mercenaries from neighboring Guinea to intimidate voters by firing near polling stations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nTwo small parties, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Peace and Liberation Party (PLP), respectively led by Amadu Jalloh, the fifth place presidential candidate, and Kandeh Baba Conteh, the sixth place candidate, announced their support for Berewa in a press conference on August 27. Fourth place candidate Andrew Turay of the Convention People's Party (CPP) also announced his support for Berewa in early September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nAfter clashes between supporters of the two sides in Freetown and Koidu Town, President Kabbah on August 27 warned that he would declare a state of emergency \"if the current state of intimidation, molestation and violent acts is not stopped\". A curfew was imposed in Koidu. In an interview with Voice of America, Reider claimed that Berewa had actually received 20,000 more votes than Koroma and that there were irregularities, particularly in the north and west, regarding which he said the SLPP had requested an investigation from the NEC. He also blamed the violence on the APC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nClashes were reported in Segbwema, in the south, on August 30, after SLPP supporters pelted an APC convoy with rocks; the local SLPP headquarters was burned. The violence led Koroma to end his campaigning in the south. Clashes erupted in Freetown on September 1 and reportedly left dozens of people injured; police intervened with tear gas. On the same day, Koroma and Berewa agreed to hold a peace march on September 3 in hopes of deescalating the violence. The two candidates also agreed to allow the police to handle their security, instead of entrusting it to private bodyguards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nVoter awareness of the concept of a second round and the need for it is said to be low, and it is speculated that voter turnout may be lower in the second round as a result. The NEC has been working to inform voters about the importance of the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThe peace march agreed to by Berewa and Koroma was eventually held on September 6, but it was boycotted by Koroma. The APC said that the SLPP had not corrected the problems that it said led to the previous violence and alleged that its supporters were being harassed that the Kamajor militia, active during the civil war, was being rearmed. Berewa made an appearance, but he did not participate in the actual march.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nIn the election on September 8, the parties traded accusations of harassment of their polling agents at polling stations. Berewa alleged that police mistreated SLPP agents and the SLPP's Alhaji Jah said there were reports that between 40 and 50 of his party's agents \"were harassed, intimidated and taken out of polling stations\". For his part, Koroma alleged that APC representatives were being harassed and kept away from polling stations in Kailahun. He also said that five APC agents were attacked and kidnapped in Bo and that many people had voted twice in Kenema. Police imposed a curfew in Kailahun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nEuropean Union observers gave a positive assessment of the day of the election. In a statement on September 10, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon praised the election as proceeding in a \"generally orderly and peaceful atmosphere, in spite of the tensions and violence that marred the campaign period\" and urged people to \"exercise restraint\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nAs vote counting occurred, both the SLPP and the APC claimed to be ahead and both said that they would reject results from areas where their agents were allegedly not allowed access to polling stations. The SLPP's Reider said that in three districts in the north the party's agents were kept away from the polling stations, and that there were 50 polling stations where SLPP agents were not present; he alleged that SLPP agents were arrested for two hours and that people from the APC took advantage of this to stuff the ballot boxes. APC spokesman Alpha Kanu said that his party's agents had been unable to access polling stations in parts of Kailahun, Kenema, and Pujehun districts in the south.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThe first official results, released by the NEC on September 10, showed Koroma well ahead with 64% of the vote against 36% for Berewa, based on results from slightly more than 20% of polling stations; however, officials said that these results came primarily from the west of the country, where the APC is stronger. Thorpe emphasized the importance of an \"atmosphere of calm\" while votes are counted and results are released.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nKoroma claimed victory, saying it was \"not possible\" for him to lose, but Reider of the SLPP accused him of \"trying to steal victory\" and said that according to the SLPP's figures, Berewa was in the lead. Reider was also strongly critical of a report from the EU's observers that alleged that the number of votes in parts of the south and east exceeded the number of registered voters there.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nResults released on September 11, based on about 37% of polling stations, showed Koroma with about 60% of the vote and Berewa with about 40%. With 50.8% of the vote counted on 12 September, Koroma had about 58.5%; out of the country's 14 districts, Koroma and Berewa each led in seven of them. On the same day, Kabbah urged people to accept the final results when they are released, regardless of who is declared the winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nResults released on September 13, with 76.1% of the vote counted, showed Koroma leading with 60.2% (859,144 votes) against 39.8% (567,449 votes) for Berewa. The APC's Alpha Kanu said that his party held an \"unassailable lead\" and was waiting for a concession from Berewa. The SLPP's Reider, however, said that his party was filing a court injunction to prevent the publication of any further results due to what he described as discrepancies in the results. There have been allegations that the NEC has withheld some results from the SLPP's support bases in the south and east, and on September 15 a protest outside NEC offices was broken up by police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nOn September 17, 2007, the NEC said that Koroma had won the election with 54.6% of the vote to Berewa's 45.4%; Koroma had 950,407 votes and Berewa had 789,651. Results from a total of 477 polling stations were invalidated because there were more ballots than there were registered voters: 426 of these polling stations were in the pro-SLPP Southeast, while 45 were in the Northern Province and six were in the Western Area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThis decision was taken by Thorpe and two of the four Regional Commissioners; the two remaining Regional Commissioners, representing the south and east, left in protest when Koroma was declared the winner. Berewa promptly conceded defeat. According to Kanu, both Kabbah and Berewa called Koroma and congratulated him. Although the SLPP's injunction was scheduled to be heard on the same day, a judge postponed it. The official results can be challenged within seven days of the official proclamation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nKoroma was sworn in as President at State House in Freetown on 17 September, the same day that the results were announced, at a ceremony attended by Berewa and Kabbah. Koroma said on this occasion: \"Let us begin the process of healing the wounds that suddenly and unnecessarily appeared during the course of this political campaign. Let us endeavour to reconcile ourselves as one nation under God.\" Shortly afterward, the SLPP headquarters in Freetown was looted. Police intervened, using tear gas and firing into the air to end the looting; some looters were reported arrested and at least one person was reported killed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nThe 124 members of parliament were sworn in on September 25. Justice Abel Stronge was elected as Speaker and the APC's Victor Chukuma Johnson was elected as Deputy Speaker. Edward Turay was chosen as Leader of the Majority Party, and Momoh Pujeh was chosen as Leader of the Minority Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192977-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Sierra Leonean general election, Election violence, Election day and counts\nSome in the SLPP have accused Kabbah of contributing to its defeat, alleging that he betrayed the party due to distrust and jealousy that he harbored towards Berewa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 80], "content_span": [81, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192978-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sigerson Cup\nThe 2007 Sigerson Cup was the 97th staging of the Sigerson Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1911.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192978-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sigerson Cup\nThe Sigerson Cup is the top division of university football in Ireland. It is administrated by the Higher Education committee which is part of the Gaelic Athletic Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192978-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sigerson Cup\nThe 2007 Sigerson Cup winners were Queen's University Belfast, who defeated UUJ in the final 0-15 to 0-14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192978-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sigerson Cup, Summary\nIn the quarter-finals were UCD, Sligo IT, and Jordanstown beat the 2006 Sigerson Cup champions DCU to gain a place in the last eight. Other teams include NUI Galway, Cork IT, Maynooth, and Queen's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192979-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone GP2 Series round\n2007 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 July 2007 at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. It was the fiveth round of the 2007 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2007 British Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192980-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round was the seventh round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 25\u201327, 2007, at the 3.561 km Silverstone International Circuit in the United Kingdom. Troy Bayliss won the only Superbike race, as race 2 was cancelled because of heavy rain. Anthony West won the Supersport race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192980-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round, Races summary\nHeavy rains made for a wet first Superbike race and Supersport race at Silverstone and also caused the second Superbike race to be cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192980-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round, Races summary\nTroy Bayliss took the win in the only Superbike race over Noriyuki Haga. Third was Troy Corser. Roberto Rolfo rode a good race to score fourth position, Regis Laconi took fifth place, his best result of the year so far. Max Biaggi finished sixth and Lorenzo Lanzi was seventh and the last rider not to be lapped by the Bayliss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192980-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round, Races summary\nChampionship leader James Toseland crashed on lap three and he rejoined the race down in 18th place and eventually finished eighth. Ruben Xaus also fell on lap 24, allowing Toseland through, but also rejoined to finish ninth. Only 13 riders finished the race at Silverstone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192980-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round, Races summary\nIn the Supersport race, Anthony West scored a fabulous win in only his second Supersport race, proving to be the clear victor by some 33 seconds from Robbin Harms. The race was red-flagged six laps earlier than scheduled when a fallen machine blocked the racing line. Katsuaki Fujiwara was the final podium finisher. Championship leader Kenan Sofuo\u011flu fell on lap one and was ruled out of the points for the first time this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 66], "content_span": [67, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192980-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round, Superbike race 2 cancelled\nThe second World Superbike race at Silverstone was cancelled due to the weather conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 79], "content_span": [80, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192981-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore League Cup\nThe inaugural Singapore League Cup was held in 2007. The tournament was held before the start of the S.League season that year. Prior to this tournament, there is another tournament with the same name that was held until in 1997 where the Singapore Armed Forces had defeated Geylang United by 1-0 in the final. However that old Singapore League Cup was subsequently renamed into present Singapore Cup and evolved to be the major cup competition in Singapore football. In recent years, invitational foreign teams participated in the Singapore Cup along with the local clubs. The League Cup, however, is solely reserved for domestic clubs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192981-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore League Cup\nThe 2007 competition was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup. A direct knockout format was used, with the first round being the quarter-final stage as only eight out of the twelve S.League teams participated in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192981-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore League Cup\nThe 4 teams who withdrew due to prior pre-season commitments were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192981-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore League Cup\nThe winners received a prize of S$20,000 with the runners-up and second runners-up taking home S$10,000 and S$5,000 respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192981-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore League Cup\nWoodlands Wellington defeated Sengkang Punggol 4-0 in the final to win the first Singapore League Cup. Gombak United defeated Home United in the third-place match 9-8 on penalties following a 1-1 draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192982-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore Super Series\nThe 2007 Singapore Open Super Series (officially known as the Aviva Open Singapore Super Series 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore, from 1 to 6 May 2007 and had a total purse of $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192982-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 Singapore Open Super Series was the fifth tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the Singapore Open championships, which had been held since 1987. This was also the first tournament that offered valuable ranking points for the qualification to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 39], "content_span": [40, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192982-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192982-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192982-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Singapore Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192983-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s\nThe 2007 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the ninth year of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament. Hong Kong defeated South Korea 37 points to 5 in the final of the Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192984-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Days Track Cycling Events\nThe 2007 Six days track cycling events are multi-race competitions, each taking place over six days at various locations in mainland Europe. The riders challenge each other in track cycling disciplines including the madison, track time trials, sprints, and Derny motor-paced races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192985-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Days of Z\u00fcrich\nThe 2007 Six Days of Z\u00fcrich were six-day track cycling races held from 28 December 2006 to 2 January 2007 in the Hallenstadion in Z\u00fcrich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship\nThe 2007 Six Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 113th series of the international championship. Fifteen matches were played over five weekends from 3 February to 17 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship\nIn this year, France again won on points difference above Ireland, after four teams had at least a mathematical chance of topping the table going into the final week. Italy had their first away win of the tournament, beating Scotland in Edinburgh. It was also the first time that they won two of their matches, as they went on to beat Wales in Rome, finishing in 4th place, their best result so far. Scotland won the wooden spoon on points difference below Wales, and Ireland won the Triple Crown for the second straight year and third time in four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, The first four rounds\nIn the build-up to the competition, Ireland were being tipped as favourites for the Grand Slam, having played well during the Autumn Tests. However, despite having started strongly with a win against Wales, they lost to France 20\u201317 in an historic encounter at Croke Park. In turn, Ireland went on to beat England, who subsequently won against France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, The first four rounds\nRound 3 of the competition saw Italy win their first ever away match in the Six Nations. Scotland conceded three tries (all converted) in the first six minutes, and Italy went on to secure an historic 37\u201317 victory. In the same round, England's defeat by Ireland at Croke Park 43\u201313 marked their worst result ever in the history of the tournament, both in number of points conceded and in points difference (30 points).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, The first four rounds\nIn round 4, Italy achieved a second victory in the same tournament for the first time, when they defeated Wales 23\u201320 in Rome in a match that ended in controversy. Trailing by three points, Wales had the chance to equalise in the closing moments of the game when they were awarded a kickable penalty near the Italian 22-metre line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, The first four rounds\nBut, having been informed by the referee that 10 seconds remained, they chose to kick for touch, believing that there was time for an attacking line-out and possible try-scoring opportunity, only for the referee to blow his whistle and end the game before the line-out could form. The Welsh players were incensed and the referee later apologised for the misunderstanding that had arisen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 52], "content_span": [53, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, Final day\nAll three matches in week five of the tournament were played on the same day and four teams \u2014 France, Ireland, England and Italy \u2014 still had a chance of winning the tournament: France were narrowly ahead of Ireland on points difference, England and Italy could become champions if they won by a large margin and the other results favoured them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, Final day\nThe game between Ireland and Italy was played first. At half-time, Ireland led by a single point, but they extended their lead in the second half. As time ran out, Ireland were in possession and could have kicked the ball into touch, ending the game and leaving France requiring a 30-point margin in their game; instead, they opted to seek another try, to set France a bigger target, only for Italy to regain possession and score a converted try, reducing France's target to 23 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, Final day\nThe second game was between France and Scotland. After starting slowly, France steadily extended their lead, but were still three points short of their target when, with time running out, Elvis Vermeulen scored a try in injury-time, which was converted, to give France a 27-point victory and put them in the lead in the tournament. The referee referred the try to the Television Match Official (TMO), an Irishman, asking if there was any reason why the try should not be awarded. The TMO advised that there was no reason, and the referee awarded the try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192986-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Six Nations Championship, Final day\nIn the final match, England needed to beat Wales by 57 points to overtake France, while Wales were trying to avoid the wooden spoon. Wales led 15\u20130 after 15 minutes and 18\u201315 at half-time, and though England managed to draw level in the second half, James Hook then kicked two penalties and a drop goal, to give Wales the victory by 27\u201318. This result confirmed France's position as champions and handed the wooden spoon to Scotland, both on points difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 40], "content_span": [41, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192987-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate America\nThe 2007 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 25\u201328. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192988-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate Canada International\nThe 2007 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Colis\u00e9e Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec on November 1\u20134. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192988-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate Canada International, Results, Men\nFrance's Brian Joubert won the men's title ahead of Belgium's Kevin van der Perren. Jeffrey Buttle of Canada took the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192988-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate Canada International, Results, Ladies\nMao Asada of Japan won the ladies' title ahead of her compatriot Yukari Nakano and Canada's Joannie Rochette. Nakano landed a triple axel in her free skating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192988-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate Canada International, Results, Pairs\nGermany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy won the pairs' title. Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov attempted a throw quadruple salchow jump in their free skating. They were credited with the rotation, but she fell on the landing, so it was not completed successfully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192988-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate Canada International, Results, Ice dancing\nCanada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir won gold in ice dancing. Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov of the United States withdrew before the free dance due to an accident; he lost his footing and dropped her on her chest while performing a one-handed rotational lift during the six-minute warmup, and skidded into the boards himself. Gregory was rushed to a hospital on a stretcher but released later that night. They missed the rest of the competitive season while recovering from their injuries. The compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192988-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Skate Canada International, Results, Ice dancing\nHann-McCurdy and Coreno were substitutes, replacing a team which withdrew before the start of the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192989-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Skycity Triple Crown\nThe 2007 Skycity Triple Crown is the sixth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It took place on the weekend of 22 to 24 June at Hidden Valley Raceway in Northern Territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192990-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Skyrunner World Series\nThe 2007 Skyrunner World Series was the 6th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192990-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Skyrunner World Series, Results\nThe World Cup has developed in 7 races from May to September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192991-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Skyrunning European Championships\nThe 2007 Skyrunning European Championships was the 1st edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunning European Championships, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation and was held in Poschiavo (Switzerland), took place on 10 June 2007, coinciding with the International SkyRace Valmalenco-Valposchiavo, from Valmalenco, Sondrio (Italy) to Valposchiavo, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192991-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Skyrunning European Championships, Results\nThe race of the International SkyRace Valmalenco-Valposchiavo (31 km, +1850m/-1800m) was the only competition with 488 athletes who reached the finish line of both sexes and nations (including non-European ones). obviously the medals of the European Championships were awarded by compiling single rankings, male and female, and not including non-European athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192992-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slamdance Film Festival\nThe 2007 Slamdance Film Festival took place in Park City, Utah from January 18 to January 27, 2007. It was the 13th iteration of the Slamdance Film Festival, an alternative to the more mainstream Sundance Film Festival. A full list of films appearing is shown below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192992-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Slamdance Film Festival, Awards\nThe 2007 Slamdance Film Festival recognized the following films at its awards ceremony held on January 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 36], "content_span": [37, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192992-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Slamdance Film Festival, Films, Anarchy Online Films\nAll of the films in this category are available for free download on slamdance.com", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 57], "content_span": [58, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192993-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slave Lake municipal election\nThe 2007 Slave Lake municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Slave Lake, Alberta, elected one mayor and six councillors (all at large), and participated in electing two of the High Prairie School Division No. 48's eight trustees (as Ward 4). The voters were also asked a series of plebiscite questions. Of the eligible voters, only 1,261 turned in a ballot, an average of 4.5 councillors per ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192994-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship\nThis is a round-up of the 2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane claimed their eighth title in this year, and fifth since 1994, defeating Eastern Harps in the final by two points, despite the absence of captain and star player Eamon O'Hara. The holders Curry fell to a surprisingly heavy defeat to outsiders St. John's in a quarter-final second replay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192994-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages\nThe Championship was contested by 15 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192994-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final\nTeam:S. GildeaS. KingE. HaranC. NearyE. KellyB. KennedyD. DurkinB. EganA. McIntyreG. GaughanS. HenryT. Henry (1-0)G. McGowan (0-7)J. Marren (0-1)S. Dunne", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192994-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final\nTeam:P. WalshK. CryanR. DonovanP. RaffertyP. McGovern (Capt)B. PhillipsK. GallagherT. Cryan (0-1)K. Phillips (0-1)S. KingK. CartyD. O'Grady (0- 1)J. RaffertyR. Hannon (0-6)M. Doddy (0-1)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 81], "content_span": [82, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192994-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Relegation\nThe relegation playoffs saw Geevagh and Shamrock Gaels relegated, however the latter claimed that an oversight had been made, regarding the matter of points gained in the Championship itself being carried over into the playoff groups, which was not applied by the county's Activities Committee, but which the GAA's Official Guide stated should be the case. This case was successful, subsequently no team was relegated for the 2008 season, and the Championship restructuring was delayed as a result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election\nElections to the Borough Council in Slough, England, were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election. This was the 122nd Slough general local authority election (including both whole Council elections and elections by thirds) since Slough became a local government unit in 1863.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election\nThe 2007 election was to fill fourteen seats for the 2007\u20132011 term. The remaining twenty-seven Slough Councillors continued in office. The fourteen seats were previously contested in the whole Council election of 2004 following the redrawing of the ward boundaries in the Borough.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election\nIn the last election in 2006, the Labour Party gained three seats, the Conservative Party lost two and the Liberal Democrats lost one. This result was slightly unusual compared with the other UK local elections on the same day in which the Conservative Party generally gained seats at the expense of the Labour Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election\nThe counter cyclical changes continued in the 2007 election. The Labour Party gained another seat from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrats. However the Conservative Party unseated the longest serving Labour Councillor and former Mayor, Lydia Simmons. Labour finished the count with a net gain of one, which leaves Slough in no overall control. The existing coalition administration (broadly supported by all Councillors not in the Labour group) is likely to continue in office for the next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election\nThe turnout for the whole borough, as announced at the count on 4 May 2007, was 35.32% of the registered electors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election\nThe result in the Central ward was overturned, on 18 March 2008, at the hearing of an election petition (see the Central ward sub-section below for more details). This was the first time since the nineteenth century that a Slough local election result was overturned by the courts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nSlough has an unusual balance of political forces. The council has, since 2004, had no party in overall control. A coalition of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) and the Conservative Group form the current administration, with the Labour Group in opposition. There was (in April 2007) one non-Group affiliated member, an Independent Conservative (who was elected in 2004 as an official Conservative and has been nominated for re-election in 2007 as an official candidate).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nThe BILLD Group is itself a local coalition, containing members from six parties or groups of independents. The organisations represented in the group before the election are the Slough Liberal Democrats, the Slough Liberals, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and a representative or representatives from three groups of independents active in one ward each (the Independent Britwellian Residents in Britwell, Independent Langley Residents in Langley St Mary's and Independents in Wexham Lea wards). The existing members of the Group (excluding UKIP) have an electoral pact for the current election, continuing electoral arrangements which started with the 2001 Slough Council election. The Independent Langley Residents Councillor joined The Slough Party, just before the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 871]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nA number of Independents and others, not affiliated to BILLD, contested the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nDuring the 2006\u20132007 term the Conservative Party gained one seat from Independent Langley Residents in a by-election. The Independent Conservative councillor for Upton (Balwinder Singh Dhillon) received the official Conservative nomination for 2007, thus giving the Tories a notional gain. In April 2007, the composition of the 41 member council was:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Recent political history of Slough\nIn the 2007 election 50 candidates were nominated for the 14 seats up for election. One Independent candidate (Dominic Ashford in Wexham Lea) was nominated but withdrew before the poll. The list below is broken down by Party or group of Independents, with a residual category of Others who have no party label or are standing as Independents who are not affiliated to BILLD. The Independent Langley Residents have not nominated an official BILLD candidate in their ward, but their incumbent Councillor has proposed the nominee of The Slough Party in the area who would presumably join the BILLD Group if elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Summary of Council composition 2006\u20132007\nBefore the elections held on 3 May 2007, the composition of Slough Borough Council was as follows (the Conservatives made two gains from Others compared with the 2006 election, as a result of the Langley St Mary's by-election of 2006 and the Independent Conservative councillor from Upton being nominated as an official Conservative candidate):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Summary of Council composition 2006\u20132007\nNote: The Others category in this table includes all non-Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Councillors. Richard Stokes (Liberal-Haymill) is the BILLD Group Leader, which group includes the Liberal Democrats and all but one of the Others category Councillors in 2006. The Independent Conservative councillor was not a member of any group in 2006\u201307, until he was nominated as an official Conservative for the 2007 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nSlough was first warded in 1930. The town was re-warded 1950, 1983 and 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nBritwell and Wexham Court were added to Slough in 1973 (when the two new wards and eleven existing wards were allocated between two and nine seats, instead of the three per ward which had existed previously).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nColnbrook & Poyle was added to Slough in 1995 and became a fourteenth ward, with one member 1995\u20131996 and two from 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nFor 2004 Slough Council election the Borough was re-warded. There were still fourteen wards, but only Colnbrook with Poyle (formerly Colnbrook & Poyle) and Haymill had unchanged boundaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nFor brief notes on the individual wards used since 2004, see the individual ward sections below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nThe turnout box figures given below include a number of spoilt ballots \u2013 see the official results on the Slough Borough Council website for further details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results\nAs the 2004 Slough Council election was for the whole Council, with each ward returning multiple Councillors, no plus or minus percentages are given for individual candidates or majorities nor a swing figure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Baylis & Stoke\nBaylis & Stoke (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the north of the Borough, to the west of Central ward and to the east of Haymill. It broadly combined the former Baylis and Stoke wards. Baylis was named after Baylis House and the estate of Baylis, which from the sixteenth century was a sub-division of the parish of Stoke Poges. Stoke ward was named after the parish, southern parts of which were included in Slough, as part of the 1900 and 1930\u20131931 extensions of the district boundaries. The Liberal Democrats, (building on the Liberal tradition of the Liberal-Labour marginal Stoke ward) overcame the Labour leanings of the former Baylis ward, to win all three seats in 2004. In 2006 and 2007, with new Liberal Democrat candidates, two of the seats were lost to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 81], "content_span": [82, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Britwell\nBritwell (born 1973) is a three-member ward in the north-west of the Borough. It includes Britwell parish, although since 1983 some unparished territory was added. Britwell elected some Liberal Councillors in the 1980s but was otherwise safely Labour until 2000. Since then Britwellian and Independent Britwellian Residents Councillors have become increasingly successful. In 1997 Labour won all three seats, but in 2004 the Residents took the three seats. Patl Janik, the incumbent IBR Councillor, stood for re-election in 2006 as a Slough Independents candidate in opposition to a new IBR nominee, who was elected. The IBR councillor up for election in 2007 was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Britwell\nThe 2007 Borough election is being held at the same time as the vote to fill the thirteen seats on Britwell Parish Council. The Independent Britwellian Residents nominated eleven candidates (including their three Borough Councillors), whereas The Slough Party nominated four (including the Borough Council candidate). Eleven IBR and two TSP parish councillors were elected. The Labour Party, which before the rise of the IBR had dominated the Parish Council, has not nominated any candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 75], "content_span": [76, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Central\nCentral (1930\u20131950 and 1983\u2013) has had different boundaries during the three of the four Slough redistributions in which it has existed (it was divided between Central North and Central South wards 1950\u20131983), but it has always been a three-member ward with Wexham to the north, Langley to the east, Upton to the south, Chalvey to the south-west and Baylis & Stoke to the west.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Central\nIt was part of the original parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, although the hamlet of Slough (a few scattered houses and coaching inns along the Great West Road and Windsor Road) was smaller than the villages of Upton and Chalvey until the Great Western Railway arrived in the 1840s. It was a safe Labour ward under the 1983 boundaries, but in 2004 the Conservatives won two of the three seats of the revised ward. In 2006 there was a straight fight between the Conservative incumbent and a Labour challenger, which the Labour candidate won. It is noticeable that he was the only Councillor elected in 2006 with more than 50% of the votes cast in his ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Central\nIn 2007, after a closely contested election, the Conservatives ousted the incumbent Labour councillor. An election petition was subsequently presented. At a hearing of the High Court held in Slough Town Hall on 18 March 2008, the 2007 result was declared void because of bogus electoral registrations and postal votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Chalvey\nChalvey (born 1930), (in the south of the Borough) is a three-member ward. It was part of the ancient parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey and was an original ward of Slough. The ward has existed in some form continuously since the district was first warded in 1930. Before 1970 Chalvey was Conservative but since then it has been safely Labour. The Liberal Democrats came within ten votes of winning the last seat in the ward in 2004. Labour retained the seat with an increased majority in 2006, so they still hold all three seats. In 2007 the Conservatives took over as runners up to Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Cippenham Green\nCippenham Green (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. It was one of the two wards based on the old Cippenham Ward, which was a Labour/Conservative marginal (six Conservative and eleven Labour wins between 1983 and 2003). This area is the western part of the previous ward, incorporates the old Cippenham village area (now a suburb of Slough). This ward includes the village green, which it is named after. In 2004 it elected 1 Conservative (since defected to UKIP) and 2 Labour Councillors. Labour councillors were re-elected in 2006 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 82], "content_span": [83, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Cippenham Meadows\nCippenham Meadows (born 2004) is a three-member ward in the south-west of the Borough. It was one of the two wards based on the old Cippenham Ward, which was a Labour/Conservative marginal (six Conservative and eleven Labour wins between 1983 and 2003). This area is the eastern part of the previous ward, incorporating the Windsor Meadows development. This estate caused the large population growth in the area, since the 1983 redistribution of wards. Presumably these are the Meadows which the ward is named after. The ward elected 3 Labour Councillors in 2004. The Labour incumbents, up for election in 2006 and 2007, were re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 722]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Colnbrook with Poyle\nColnbrook & Poyle (1995\u20132004), Colnbrook with Poyle (born 2004) is a (since 1997) two-member ward in the furthest east part of the Borough between to the M4 motorway and Greater London. Labour elected some Councillors here, in 1995 and 1997 (1 seat), but by 2004 the ward was safely Conservative. There was no election in this ward in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Colnbrook with Poyle\nIn an unexpected result in 2007, the Conservative incumbent was ousted by a Labour candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 87], "content_span": [88, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Farnham\nFarnham (1930\u20131950 and 1983\u2013) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough, to the south of Britwell and west of Haymill. It was named after Farnham Royal parish, the southern part of which was incorporated in Slough as part of the 1930\u20131931 boundary extension. This was an original Slough ward. It was split between Farnham North and Farnham South wards 1950\u20131983. This was a safe Labour Ward, in 2004 as before. Labour won in 2006, but may be vulnerable to a less fragmented opposition in future elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Foxborough\nFoxborough (born 1983) is a three-member ward in south-east Langley in the eastern part of the Borough. It is named after a 4-acre (16,000\u00a0m2) area mentioned in connection with the inclosure of Langley Marish parish in 1809. This was the ward where the Liberal Democrats won their first election to Slough Borough Council in 2000 and the party held all three seats after the 2004 election. The Liberal Democrats retained their seats in 2006 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Haymill\nHaymill (born 1983) is a three-member ward in the west of the Borough (to the east of Farnham ward and west of Baylis & Stoke), which was left unchanged by the 2004 redistribution. It is a safe Liberal ward having last elected a non-Liberal Councillor in 1984. The Liberal Councillors and activists, for this ward, did not join the Liberal Democrats in 1988. In 2006 and 2007 the Liberal Councillor up for election held their seats, so all three Councillors are still Liberals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 74], "content_span": [75, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Kedermister\nKedermister (sometimes locally pronounced Keddermeister) (1983\u2013) is a three-member ward in south-west Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. The ward was named after Sir John Kedermister (or Kidderminster), who was Warden of Langley Park and founded some almshouses in Langley in 1617. It is a safe Labour ward and the party held its seats up for election in 2006 and 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 78], "content_span": [79, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Langley St Mary's\nLangley St Mary's (born 1983) is a three-member ward in north Langley, in the eastern part of the Borough. St Mary's is named after the church in Langley. This has been a Labour/Conservative marginal ward, but in 2004 the Independent Langley Residents won two seats and tied for the third (which the Conservative candidate won on a roll of dice, so he was credited with an additional vote). The Conservative Councillor increased his majority to seven in 2006 (over Labour, with ILR in third place), for the only Tory victory of the 2006 Slough election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Langley St Mary's\nIn a 2006 by-election the Conservative Party gained a seat from the Independent Langley Residents (with the Labour candidate in second place). This was the seat contested again in 2007. The Tories again won the seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Langley St Mary's\nBefore the 2007 election the remaining ILR Councillor (Neil Arnold) joined The Slough Party and proposed its candidate for that election", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 84], "content_span": [85, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Upton\nUpton (born 1930), part of the original parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey (in the south of the modern Borough), is a ward which has existed in some form continuously since 1930. It is a three-seat ward. In the early nineteenth century Upton was a village about a mile and a half south-west of the hamlet of Slough (see Central ward). This was the most Conservative area of Slough until demographic change made Labour competitive. Labour won the ward for the first time ever in 1990. In 1997 Labour won two seats and the Conservatives one. At the 2004 election the Conservatives won all three seats, although one Councillor has since become an Independent Conservative. Labour gained a seat from the Tories in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Upton\nThe Independent Conservative Councillor received the official Conservative nomination for the 2007 election and was re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 72], "content_span": [73, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192995-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Slough Borough Council election, Ward notes and 2007 results, Wexham Lea\nWexham Lea (born 1983) is a three-member ward in the north of the Borough, to the north-east of Baylis & Stoke and the north of Central ward. It combines Wexham Court parish and an area known as Upton Lea. The ward was formerly safely Labour but is now securely held by Independent Councillors who won all three seats in 2004. The Mayor of Slough for 2005\u20132006 was re-elected in 2006; as was the 2006\u20132007 Mayor the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 77], "content_span": [78, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192996-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovak Cup Final\nThe 2007 Slovak Cup Final was the final match of the 2006\u201307 Slovak Cup, the 38th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Pasienky in Bratislava on 8 May 2007 between FC Senec and FC ViOn Zlat\u00e9 Moravce. FC ViOn defeated Senec 4-0.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192997-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian Supercup\nThe 2007 Slovenian Supercup was a football match that saw the 2006\u201307 PrvaLiga champions Dom\u017eale face off against Slovenian Cup champions Koper. The match was held on 14 July 2007 at the Sports Park in Dom\u017eale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election\nEU Member State(Eurozone Member State)(Schengen Area Member State)NATO Member StateCouncil of Europe Member StateOECD Member State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Slovenia in October and November 2007 to elect the successor to the second President of Slovenia Janez Drnov\u0161ek. France Cukjati, the President of the National Assembly, called the elections on 20 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election\nSeven candidates competed in the first round on 21 October 2007; three entered the race as independent candidates, the other four were supported by political parties. Several political events, as well as tension between the Government and the political opposition, overshadowed the campaign. The front runner Lojze Peterle, supported by the governing conservative coalition, won the first round with far fewer votes than predicted by opinion polls. In the second round, held on 11 November 2007, Peterle faced the runner-up, the left-wing candidate Danilo T\u00fcrk. T\u00fcrk won the second round in a landslide, with 68.03% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election\nIn a referendum called by the National Council, and held on the same day as the second round, the electorate voted to overturn a law providing for the nationalization of citizens' share in the major national insurance company. Nearly three-quarters of the votes were cast against the law. After both election and referendum results were announced, the Prime Minister Janez Jan\u0161a announced that he might resign, following what he perceived to be a heavy defeat for the Government. The Government later won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nThe role of the president of Slovenia is mainly ceremonial. One of the president's duties is to nominate the Prime Minister, after consulting with political groups represented in the National Assembly. The president also proposes candidates for various state offices, as well as judicial appointments to the Constitutional and Supreme Court, which must be approved by the National Assembly. In rare circumstances, the president possesses the power to pass laws and dissolve the National Assembly. The President is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Unlike the majority of the government, which is chosen by the National Assembly and elected through proportional representation, the president is directly elected by the majority of Slovenian voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nThe previous presidential election in 2002 brought major changes to Slovenian politics. The former president Milan Ku\u010dan, in office since the first free elections held in the Republic of Slovenia in April 1990 (before the country's independence from Yugoslavia), was forbidden by the constitution from running for president again, and announced his retirement from active politics. Prime Minister Janez Drnov\u0161ek of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia stood for the office, comfortably winning the runoff against conservative candidate Barbara Brezigar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nThe 2004 legislative election brought further changes and a political swing to the right. Janez Jan\u0161a, the leader of a right-wing coalition, formed the new government. In Slovenia, this was the first time after 1992 that the President and the Prime Minister had represented opposing political factions for more than a few months. Between 2002 and 2004, the relationship between President Drnov\u0161ek and Janez Jan\u0161a, then leader of the opposition, were considered more than good and in the first year of cohabitation, no major problems arose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nIn the beginning of his term, Drnov\u0161ek, who was ill with cancer, stayed out of public view. When he reemerged in late 2005 he had changed his lifestyle: he became a vegan, moved out of the capital into the countryside, and withdrew from party politics completely, ending his already frozen membership in the Liberal Democracy. Drnov\u0161ek's new approach to politics prompted one political commentator to nickname him \"Slovenia's Gandhi\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nThe relationship between Drnov\u0161ek and the government quickly became tense. Disagreements began with Drnov\u0161ek's initiatives in foreign politics, aimed at solving major foreign conflicts, including those in Darfur and Kosovo. Initially, these initiatives were not openly opposed by the Prime Minister, but were criticized by the foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel, Drnov\u0161ek's former collaborator and close political ally until 2004. The disagreements moved to issues of domestic politics in October 2006, when Drnov\u0161ek publicly criticised the treatment of the Romani family Strojans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nThe neighborhood had forced the Strojans to relocate, which in turn subjected them to police supervision and limitation of movement. The disagreements however escalated when the parliamentary majority repeatedly rejected President's candidates for the Governor of the Bank of Slovenia, beginning with the rejection of incumbent Mitja Gaspari. The friction continued over the appointment of other state official nominees, including Constitutional Court judges. Although the President's political support suffered after his personal transformation, the polls nevertheless showed public backing of the President against an increasingly unpopular Government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Background\nThe tension reached its height in May 2007, when the newly appointed director of the Slovenian Secret Service Matja\u017e \u0160inkovec unclassified several documents from the period before 2004, revealing, among other, that Drnov\u0161ek had used secret funds for personal purposes between 2002 and 2004. The President reacted with a harsh criticism of the government's policies, accusing the ruling coalition of abusing its power for personal delegitimation and labeled the Prime Minister as \"the leader of the negative guys\". After years of speculation about his health and intentions, Janez Drnov\u0161ek announced in February 2007 that he would not run for president again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Requirements for candidacy\nUnder Slovenian Election Law, candidates for president require support of either:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Requirements for candidacy\nEach political party can support only one candidate. In the election, the president is elected with a majority of the vote. If no candidate receives more than half of votes, the top two candidates meet in the second round of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 76], "content_span": [77, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nThe first official candidate was Lojze Peterle, a conservative member of the European parliament and first democratically elected Prime Minister of Slovenia (1990\u20131992), who announced his candidacy in November 2006. He was endorsed by the three government center-right parties, New Slovenia (NSi), Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), and Slovenian People's Party (SLS).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nDrnov\u0161ek's announcement that he would not run for president again led to expectations that the Social Democrats (SD) would nominate their leader Borut Pahor and indeed Pahor confirmed that he was ready to run for the office. The Social Democrats had become the most popular party in opinion polls and were considered the likely winners at the next general election in 2008; opinion polls indicated that Pahor would easily win the presidential election. However, after months of mixed signals, Pahor finally announced that he would instead concentrate on the general election and would not run for the mostly ceremonial office of the president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nThe Social Democrats then nominated Danilo T\u00fcrk, a former Slovenian ambassador and high official in the United Nations, who at the time was a professor at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Law. T\u00fcrk's candidacy was also endorsed by Zares and the pensioners' party DeSUS. T\u00fcrk also gained support from Active Slovenia (AS) and the Party of Ecological Movements (SEG), two parties not represented in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nLiberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), which had earlier discussed the candidacy with Danilo T\u00fcrk, subsequently nominated Mitja Gaspari, the former Governor of the Bank of Slovenia. Gaspari had earlier had discussions with the Social Democrats about the candidacy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nThe Slovenian National Party (SNS) nominated its leader, Zmago Jelin\u010di\u010d. Jelin\u010di\u010d had already run for the office at the 2002 election, finishing third with 8.51% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nPeterle, T\u00fcrk and Gaspari all decided to enter the election as independent candidates and all managed to collect enough nominating votes with Peterle reaching the required number within the first 4 hours of the nominating process. Jelin\u010di\u010d was supported by his fellow party members. Early polls indicated that Peterle, who had been campaigning for months and had cultivated the image of a \"man of the people\", would win the election in a runoff against T\u00fcrk or possibly Gaspari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nLojze Peterle, independent candidate, supported by NSi, SDS and SLS", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Leading candidates\nDanilo T\u00fcrk, independent candidate, supported by SD, DeSUS, Zares, AS and SEG", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 68], "content_span": [69, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Other candidates\nOther candidates, none of whom were expected to win a significant share of votes, were Darko Krajnc of the formerly parliamentarian Youth Party of Slovenia, the disabled rights activist Elena Pe\u010dari\u010d, and Monika Piberl, supported by the Women's Voice of Slovenia party. Pe\u010dari\u010d was supported by non-aligned Majda \u0160irca, independent Slavko Gaber and Roberto Battelli, representative of the Italian minority in Slovenia. Krajnc and Piberl were supported by non-parliamentary political parties so they only needed to collect 3,000 support votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Candidates, Other candidates\nSeveral other candidates publicly announced their intention to run for the office. Jo\u017ee Andreja\u0161, Jo\u017eef Horvat, Matej Sedmak, Marjan Berani\u010d, Marko Ko\u017ear and Pavel Premrl failed to gather sufficient public support or later decided to withdraw from the race. Artur \u0160tern, after leading a spoof campaign, announced that he was in fact performing a hidden camera experiment. The footage was used by Franci Kek and Vojko Anzeljc in a film Gola resnica, airing in early 2009 and addressing objectivity of media, problems with election legislation and reactions from Slovenes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 66], "content_span": [67, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nThe official election campaign began in late September 2007. The campaigns of the three front runners were based mostly on the personal appeal of the candidates, with few concrete statements about political issues. Zmago Jelin\u010di\u010d led an aggressive campaign, focusing on denouncing the three front runners, the Government, the ethnic and religious minorities, the Roman Catholic Church, and demanding an aggressive policy towards neighbouring Croatia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nThe candidates appeared in televised debates during which they discussed various topics. One of them were the rules governing the voting of non-resident nationals, which had been changed by the National Electoral Commission during the campaign. Before the campaign, non-resident nationals who wanted to cast their votes as absentee ballots had been obliged to request voting materials, but the commission had introduced a new system in which such materials were sent to all non-residents entered in the electoral register, whether they had asked for them or not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nOpposition parties, representing the left-wing of Slovenian politics, disliked this move because the record of voters' addresses was not always reliable, and also because the rules had been changed after the campaign had already started. They particularly opposed the change because voters from abroad seemed to favor right-wing parties, so that in the event of a very close ballot, votes from non-residents could tip the scale in favour of Peterle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nOther events overshadowed the campaign. During the summer, journalists Matej \u0160urc and Bla\u017e Zgaga launched a Petition Against Censorship and Political Pressures on Journalists in Slovenia, alleging government interference with journalism. The petition was signed by hundreds of Slovenian journalists from the mainstream media. It was sent to the heads of state, prime ministers and parliamentary speakers of all EU member states during the campaign. Following the petition, the International Press Institute (IPI) sent a fact-finding mission to Ljubljana in November, to discuss the claims made in the petition with members of the Slovenian media. The contents of the mission's report remain confidential, but IPI called for the establishment of an independent commission to investigate the claims further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 864]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nAnother event which attracted much debate was the Supreme Court's annulment of the 1946 war crimes conviction of Gregorij Ro\u017eman. Ro\u017eman was the Catholic bishop of Ljubljana who had been found guilty of war crimes and treason during World War II as a result of his collaboration with Italian and German occupation forces. Several attempts during the 1990s to review the trial had failed. This had led to Jan\u0161a's government changing the law, enabling the religious communities to request a review of trials of their deceased members, something which had previously been reserved only for close relatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nAfter the Archdiocese of Ljubljana initiated the review, the Supreme Court annulled the 1946 trial on procedural grounds, effectively rehabilitating Ro\u017eman, a decision that caused much controversy. This proved harmful for Peterle's campaign, as he was closely associated with the Catholic Church. When asked about the Ro\u017eman case in a TV debate, Peterle confined himself to remarking that he was a supporter of the rule of law, that the war had divided the nation and that Ro\u017eman had played some part in that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round campaign\nThe last opinion polls published before the first round predicted a runoff between Peterle, who would win 40%, and either T\u00fcrk or Gaspari. The latter were each predicted to receive 20\u201325%; most polls predicted a substantially larger share for T\u00fcrk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, First round result and reactions\nThe first round, held on 21 October, brought unexpected results. Contrary to predictions, Peterle won less than 29% of the vote, with T\u00fcrk and Gaspari finishing a close second and third, respectively. Jelin\u010di\u010d, who according to opinion polls was expected to win around 12% of the vote, actually won almost 20%, finishing first in two of Slovenia's eight electoral units. Prime Minister Janez Jan\u0161a blamed Peterle's poor showing on certain topics that were brought up during the campaign by \"hidden centres of power\". This was a reference to the journalists' petition, the timing of the Supreme Court's decision on the Ro\u017eman case and misinterpretation of Jan\u0161a's and Minister of Economy Andrej Vizjak's remarks on reasons for Slovenia's high inflation in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 70], "content_span": [71, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff campaign\nFollowing the unexpected results of the first round, new opinion polls showed major changes, giving T\u00fcrk a large lead over Peterle. Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, which supported Gaspari in the first round, announced it would support T\u00fcrk in the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff campaign\nAfter the surprise gains of the flamboyant Jelin\u010di\u010d in the first round, the campaigns of both candidates opted for more concrete political statements in public campaigning and debates. Peterle replaced the head of his campaign, and concentrated on questioning T\u00fcrk's role in the 1991 secession from Yugoslavia. Peterle alleged that at the time when he, as Prime Minister, struggled for Slovenia's independence, T\u00fcrk continued to act as an official representative of Yugoslavia in international institutions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff campaign\nThe campaign was backed by the Prime Minister Jan\u0161a and the Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel who went so far as to confirm Peterle's claims on the Foreign Ministry's official website. T\u00fcrk denied the allegations, pointing to his opinion piece in the International Herald Tribune advocating international recognition of Slovenia, and the fact that it was Rupel himself who in 1992 appointed T\u00fcrk as the Ambassador to the UN and praised him for his service to the country. Peterle's new strategy appeared to backfire, and the polls before the runoff predicted that T\u00fcrk would win between 63% and over 70% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nThe runoff was held on 11 November 2007. Exit poll results published at the closing of the vote predicted a victory for T\u00fcrk, with 69% of the vote. \"I'm very happy with the results as they appear now. I want to be a president who is uniting people. I believe that conditions here are such that people have a strong desire for something new,\" T\u00fcrk told reporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nPeterle conceded immediately. In his first statements, Peterle said his defeat was a vote against the ruling Jan\u0161a government, and that he had expected a better result. He added, however, that he would have regretted it if he had not decided to run for the office. By midnight, unofficial results from the Electoral Commission gave T\u00fcrk a lead of 68% vs. 32%. T\u00fcrk won in all eight electoral units, with Peterle narrowly winning in only four of 88 electoral districts. Together with the second round of the election, a referendum on a law providing for the nationalization of citizens' share in the major national insurance company was held as well. Nearly three-quarters of the votes were cast against the law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nThe ballots from abroad that were considered potentially contentious before the election proved to have very little effect on the result. While Peterle received more votes from abroad than T\u00fcrk, both the total number of votes and the difference was smaller than expected (3693 for Peterle and 3040 for T\u00fcrk).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nTwo days after the election, Prime Minister Jan\u0161a announced that he might resign following what was perceived as a heavy defeat for the Government: \"We will analyze the situation further, but all possibilities are open, including a resignation of the Government.\" He said that \"it is particularly worrying that a lot of energy was invested in blackening the Government abroad,\" claiming his opponents portrayed Slovenia \"as Belarus\" or some other authoritarian country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nThe opposition parties said that talk of resignation just weeks before Slovenia took over European Union presidency was irresponsible and unwise, but the Prime Minister called a vote of confidence for 19 November 2007. The Government won the confidence vote, but support for the ruling SDS subsequently reached an all-time low, with only 18% of voters intending to vote for it in the fall 2008 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nReactions to T\u00fcrk's victory from international media were positive. The Swiss newspaper Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung described him as \"more or less the ideal man for the job\". The media focused on the landslide victory that was perceived to be a severe defeat for Jan\u0161a's centre-right coalition. Since the EU presidency was closing, T\u00fcrk's diplomatic background was put forward. \"Slovenia is your solid, faithful and credible partner. Rely on us, and we'll be a good president of the European Union next year,\" T\u00fcrk said. T\u00fcrk was also expected to maintain Slovenia's alliance with the United States even though he was highly critical of the war in Iraq, as Al Jazeera reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192998-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian presidential election, Runoff result and reactions\nOn 22 December, T\u00fcrk was sworn in as the President of the Republic of Slovenia. In his inaugural address, he thanked his predecessor Janez Drnov\u0161ek for his contribution to success and respect of Slovenia. Later, he also stated that he would work closely with Jan\u0161a's government during Slovenia's six-month EU presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 65], "content_span": [66, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192999-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian privatisation referendum\nEU Member State(Eurozone Member State)(Schengen Area Member State)NATO Member StateCouncil of Europe Member StateOECD Member State", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00192999-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Slovenian privatisation referendum\nA referendum on further privatisation of Zavarovalnica Triglav was held in Slovenia on 11 November 2007. The referendum would approve the Amending the Ownership Transformation of Insurance Companies Act, which would allow Kapitalska dru\u017eba to sell its shares in Zavarovalnica Triglav. The proposal was rejected by 71.1% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193000-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sobeys Slam\nThe 2007 Sobeys Slam was held from November 29 to December 2 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. It was the fourth of five women's Grand Slam events during the 2007\u201308 season. It was the first season where the event was a Slam. The total purse was $54,000 with $14,000 going to the champion Sherry Middaugh rink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193000-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sobeys Slam\nSherry Middaugh won her first Grand Slam event by defeating Marie-France Larouche 6\u20134 in the final. Middaugh lost her first two games before racking off seven straight wins to claim the title. Larouche went undefeated up until the final before losing to Middaugh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193001-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating DPP Muhammed Dingyadi and 8 other candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193001-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, Results\nAliyu Magatakarda Wamakko from the PDP won the election. He defeated Muhammed Dingyadi of the DPP and 8 others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193001-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, Results\nThe total number of registered voters in the state was 1,109,337.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup\nThe 2007 Solheim Cup was the tenth Solheim Cup, held 14\u201316 September at Halmstad GK in Halmstad, Sweden. It was a three-day contest for professional female golfers, pitting the 12 best players born in the United States against the 12 best players born in Europe. The U.S. team won the competition, 16 to 12, to retain the Solheim Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Format\nThe Solheim Cup is a match play event, as opposed to the more common stroke play format. A total of 28 points are available, divided among four periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, consists of four rounds of foursomes. This is followed in the afternoon by four rounds of four-ball. This schedule is repeated on Saturday morning and afternoon. The four periods on Friday and Saturday account for 16 points. During these team periods, the players play in teams of two. The captain of each team can play a player as many or as few times as she desires. The final 12 points are decided in a round of singles match play, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) take part.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Teams\nThe European and United States teams were selected by different methods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Teams\nThe European Team was selected by taking the top five players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four European LET members on the Rolex Women\u2019s World Rankings at the agreed cut off date who were not already qualified via The Solheim Cup standings, and three captain\u2019s selections. Qualifying points for the European Team are awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Teams\nThe U.S. Team qualified by earning points for wins and for top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour over a two-year period. Points were earned beginning with the 2005 State Farm Classic and concluding with the 2007 Safeway Classic. The ten players with the highest points were automatically selected for the Team. Two additional players were selected by captain Betsy King after the Safeway Classic on August 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Teams\n*Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation. LET rankings as of August 19, 2007Rolex rankings as of August 20, 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Teams\n*Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation. Rolex rankings as of August 20, 2007. Rolex ranking does not factor into US Team selection. Shown for comparison purposes only.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193002-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Solheim Cup, Individual player records\nEach entry refers to the Win\u2013Loss\u2013Half record of the player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2007 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election there were 25 Conservative, 15 Liberal Democrat, 7 Labour, 1 British National Party and 2 independent councillors. 1 seat was vacant after Conservative councillor of Knowle ward, Les Kyles, died in January 2007. Five councillors stood down at the election, Liberal Democrats Olive Hogg, Barbara Harber and Susan Reeve and Conservatives Theresa Tedd and David Elsmore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nIn total 72 candidates stood in the election for 17 seats, including candidates from the 3 leading parties and 5 candidates from the British National Party, after the British National Party won a seat at the 2006 election for the first time. The Green Party stood in all 17 wards and there were 3 candidates from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 2 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nThe Conservatives pledged to build on their record on recycling which had gone up 26% from 7% over 3 years. They also were confident of their record on education and wanted to get a fairer financial settlement from the national government. The Liberal Democrats said improving transport links in Solihull was a priority, along with better services for the elderly and improving recycling. Meanwhile, Labour wanted to ensure the regeneration programme for the north of Solihull worked and to deliver cost effective services. All 3 parties pledged to address anti-social behaviour as a priority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign\nBefore the campaign began, as in 2006, the leaders of the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties on the council signed a charter to promote good race relations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 61], "content_span": [62, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservative party lose 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, meaning that no party had a majority on the council, but the Conservatives remained the largest party with 24 seats. The Liberal Democrats gained Shirley South and Silhill wards from the Conservatives to hold 17 seats, with the winner in Silhill, Tim Hodgson, becoming the youngest councillor in Solihull at the age of 21. Labour held onto the seats they were defending, including Chelmsley Wood where they defeated the British National Party by 192 votes in a ward the British National Party had won in 2006. This meant Labour remained on 7 seats, compared to 1 for the British National Party and 2 independents. Overall turnout was 36.5%, down from 38.4% in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the leader of the council for the past 8 years, Ted Richards, resigned as leader of the council and Conservative group, after what he described as \"disappointing\" election results. However the Conservatives continued to run the council as a minority administration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193003-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThis result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 68], "content_span": [69, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake\nThe 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake took place on 2 April 2007, near the provincial capital of Gizo on Ghizo Island, in Solomon Islands. Its magnitude was estimated at 8.1 on the Mw scale, and 7.8 on the Ms scale. The tsunami that followed the earthquake killed 52 people. According to the USGS, the earthquake was recorded around 7:39:56\u00a0a.m. local time (UTC+11). The focus was 10\u00a0km\u00a0(6\u00a0mi) deep and 40\u00a0km\u00a0(25\u00a0mi) South South-East of Gizo township on New Georgia Islands in Western Province. There were numerous aftershocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 6.2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Tectonic setting\nThe Australia, Woodlark, and Solomon Sea plates converge to the east-northeast or northeast against the Pacific plate with velocities of 90\u2013105 millimetres/year. Along much of the plate boundary between the Pacific plate and the Australia/Woodlark/Solomon Sea plates, relative plate-motion is accomplished principally by subduction of the Australia/Woodlark/Solomon Sea plates beneath the Pacific plate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake\nThe earthquake's location and focal mechanism are consistent with the earthquake having occurred as underthrusting of the Australia/Woodlark/Solomon Sea plate beneath the Pacific plate, as part of the broader northeast-directed subduction process. The length of faulting was estimated to be about 260\u00b150\u00a0km. The Solomon Islands arc as a whole experiences a very high level of earthquake activity, and many shocks of magnitude 7 and larger have been recorded since the early decades of the twentieth century. The 2 April earthquake, however, nucleated in a 250 kilometre-long segment of the arc that had produced no shocks of magnitude 7 or larger since the early 20th century.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Warnings\nA tsunami warning was issued for the South Pacific Ocean, and advisories issued for Japan and Hawaii. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning for Australia's eastern coast, from Queensland's Barrier Reef to Tasmania, and beaches along the coast were closed, while many evacuated to higher ground. However, as the epicenter was close to the Solomon Islands, the tsunami hit before the Hawaiian Pacific Tsunami Warning Center released the warning.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Warnings\nAs high-magnitude ocean waves propagate at high speeds close to 25 meters per second, they traversed the 55-kilometer distance from the epicenter to Gavo in less than 20 minutes. The S-waves from the earthquake shook the ground and alerted the population, allowing many to flee to high ground before the wave struck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Warnings\nFrom Honiara, one of the first warnings came from the People First Network's Simbo email station, situated close to the epicentre. PFnet's Technical Advisor David Leeming relates that 20 minutes after the earthquake, Nickson Sioni from Simbo came on the (HF) radio and announced the arrival of a huge wave that had washed away several houses and come inland about 200m. This information was passed on by telephone to the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center who then upgraded their warning to an \"expanding regional alert\". This was achieved before the 35-minute arrival time of the wave for the capital Honiara, which in the event proved non-destructive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami\nAt least fifty-two people were reported to have been killed and sixty reported missing when a tsunami triggered by the earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, wiping out thirteen or more villages. Thousands were left homeless, and damage is estimated in the millions. The largest waves were reported on the northern tip of Simbo Island, where maximum tsunami run-ups were 12 m, completely washing away two villages, Tapurai and Riquru, and killing 10 people. In South Choiseul, waves 10 meters high swept away villages, gardens and a hospital. About 900 homes were destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami\nThe tsunami reached Papua New Guinea, with a family of five reportedly missing from a remote island in Milne Bay Province, which was in the tsunami's path. The beaches and ferry services at Sydney were closed due to tsunami alert. C", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami\nAid workers reported that an outbreak of diarrhoea emerged among the survivors. However, the UN reported that the outbreak and other diseases were under control as of 12 April. On 18 April, a measles outbreak was reported and an immunisation program was underway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami\nThe island of Ranongga in the New Georgia Group was lifted three meters by the earthquake, causing its beaches to shift outwards of up to 70 meters. Large coral reefs in the area are now largely above the surface and local fishermen are worried that the fishing grounds have been destroyed. However, Australian scientists said the exposure of the reefs are a normal part of island building and that careful wildlife management can preserve the reefs that remain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Response\nAustralia committed to contribute an initial 3 million AUD in emergency aid, later increased to 5.7 million as of June 2007. New Zealand gave 950,000 NZD during the initial relief period, and committed 7.5 million NZD over two years to reconstruction, as of July 2007. The United States contributed US$250,000 in aid. Taiwan contributed US$214,000 and shipment of 1,000\u00a0kg of rice. France has also airlifted supplies via New Caledonia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Response\nThe United Nations established a field hospital in Gizo, with a total of eight planned for the entire country, and also established three camps for internally displaced persons. Australian and Canadian medical teams have also been deployed across the islands. Papua New Guinea, itself affected by the tsunami, has contributed US$340,000 and a light plane that can better access smaller, more remote airstrips. UNICEF issued an appeal for US$500,000 for both the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Separately, the Red Cross has issued an appeal for US$800,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Response\nThe remoteness of some villages meant that aid did not reach them until several days after the tsunami occurred. However, the Associated Press reported on 6 April that Gizo's airport had reopened, easing the delivery of supplies. A Taiwanese fishing boat ran aground on coral reefs while delivering supplies, but it was successfully evacuated by a United States Navy helicopter. The boat's crew managed to free the vessel from the rocks a few days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 41], "content_span": [42, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193004-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Solomon Islands earthquake, Aftermath\nFrancis Billy Hilly, the MP for Simbo Island where 10 people died, said on 8 April that those who had previously resisted resettlement away from the island's active volcano were reconsidering their options. The national government may also relocate islanders away from low-lying areas pending a review of long-term rehabilitation and disaster preparedness plans. The Australian government announced that a network of five tsunami warning buoys will be deployed along its Pacific coast, with two buoys stationed in the Papua New Guinea/Solomon Islands area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference\nThe 2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference was held from 15 July 2007 until 30 August 2007 in Mogadishu; it was announced on 1 March 2007 by Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Preparations\nMore than 3,000 people from all of Somalia's regions and clans as well as from the Somali diaspora participated. The United States had announced their support for the conference. Moderate Islamists in exile in Eritrea had also been invited, but had refused to attend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Preparations\nIt was originally planned to be held from 16 April until mid-June, but was postponed thrice, first to 15 May 2007, then to 14 June 2007 and finally to 15 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 60], "content_span": [61, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Events\nWhen the conference finally opened on 15 July 2007, it immediately adjourned until 19 July 2007 to allow for more delegates to arrive, since the moderate Islamists had not yet ended their boycott of the conference. The conference building was being attacked with mortars on that date, as well, and again on 17 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Events\nThe conference eventually opened for real on 19 July 2007; however, moderate Islamists and Hawiye clan elders still boycotted it, claiming that the venue were not neutral. Islamists have scheduled a conference in Asmara instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Events\nThere was an 11-point program to be discussed at the conference, including the holding of elections. According to commentators, little was achieved at the conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 54], "content_span": [55, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Further reading\nThis article about government in Somalia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193005-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference, Further reading\nThis article about politics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193006-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Songkhla bombings\nThe 2007 Songkhla bombings took place in Songkhla Province, Thailand on 27 and 28 May 2007, and are believed to be part of the ongoing south Thailand insurgency. At least four people were killed and 36 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193006-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Songkhla bombings\nThe explosions started in Hat Yai when a string of seven bomb blasts that injured 13 people in Hat Yai. Most of the bombs were hidden in garbage bins and detonated nearly at the same time starting at 21:00. But one bomb was hurled into JB Hat Yai Hotel and another exploded in front of Hat Yai Garden Hotel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193006-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Songkhla bombings\nThe following day, a bomb exploded in front of a busy market in the Saba Yoi. The bomb, which exploded shortly after 16:00, was hidden in a motorcycle parked in front of the market next to a railway station. The motorcycle was destroyed by the blast, and a nearby car damaged, as were dozens of stalls belonging to fruit and vegetable vendors. The bombs were the first terrorist attacks in Songkhla since the south Thailand insurgency reignited in November 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193007-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International\nThe 2007 Sony Ericsson International was a Tier 3 Women's WTA Tennis Tournament held in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from 12 to 18 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193007-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International, Finals, Doubles\nChan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung defeated Hsieh Su-wei / Alla Kudryavtseva 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20132, [11-9]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193007-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International, WTA entrants, Other entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193008-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International \u2013 Doubles\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by 122.57.243.2 (talk) at 08:53, 25 June 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193008-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International \u2013 Doubles\nSania Mirza and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Huber chose not to participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193008-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International \u2013 Doubles\nMirza played alongside Mara Santangelo, but they lost in the semifinals Hsieh Su-wei and Alla Kudryavtseva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193008-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International \u2013 Doubles\nIn the final, Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung defeated Hsieh and Kudryavtseva to win their title 6\u20137(4\u20137), 6\u20132, [11\u20139].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193009-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson International \u2013 Singles\nYaroslava Shvedova won the title, beating defending champion Mara Santangelo 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open\nThe 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was the 23rd edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hardcourts. The tournament was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2007 ATP Tour and was classified as a Tier I event on the 2007 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, from March 21 through April 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open, Summary of tournament\nNovak Djokovic and Serena Williams were the singles champions. Djokovic won his first Masters Series event of his career; whilst the resurgent Williams beat Henin for the only time in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 236]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open, Summary of tournament\nGuillermo Ca\u00f1as' ascent also continued, defeating Roger Federer for the second time in 6 days, and in two consecutive tournaments, making him the only man apart from Rafael Nadal to achieve this feat since 2003. Fellow Argentine David Nalbandian also completed a double over Federer later in the year, beating him at the Madrid and Paris Masters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open, Summary of tournament\nThe event also featured boys and girls junior singles tournaments, which were won by Kei Nishikori and Sorana C\u00eerstea respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open, Summary of tournament\nFrom 2007 and onwards, for both men's and women's doubles, instead of a normal third set, it is replaced with a third set match tie breaker, where the first team to ten wins the match. Should it be 9\u20139, the first team to lead by two wins the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open, Finals, Men's doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Martin Damm / Leander Paes 6\u20137(7\u20139), 6\u20133, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193010-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open, Finals, Women's doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber 6\u20134, 3\u20136, [10\u20132]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193011-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThe boys' singles event at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was won by Kei Nishikori of Japan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193012-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nThe girls' singles section of the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as the \"2007 Miami Masters\"), a tennis tournament, was won by the first seed Sorana C\u00eerstea of Romania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193013-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193013-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Martin Damm and Leander Paes 6\u20137(7\u20139), 6\u20133, [10\u20137] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193014-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nRoger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Guillermo Ca\u00f1as.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193014-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Singles\n10th seed Novak Djokovic won the title, defeating Ca\u00f1as 6\u20133, 6\u20132, 6\u20134 in the final for his first Masters 1000 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193014-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Men's Singles, Seeds\nAll thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193015-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open. They successfully defended their title by beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 3-6, [10-2] in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193016-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sony Ericsson Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThe women's singles competition at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open was won by 13th-seeded and former world number one Serena Williams, who beat the second seed Justine Henin 0\u20136, 7\u20135, 6\u20133, to win the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193017-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Souk El Had bombing\nThe 2007 Souk El Had bombing occurred on February 13, 2007 when a car bomb filled with explosives detonated against the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Souk El Had, Boumerd\u00e8s Province, Algeria destroying buildings and injuring 8. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193018-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Soul Train Music Awards\nThe 2007 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 10, 2007 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California and it was hosted by LeToya Luckett and Omarion. The awards ceremony was televised on March 17 and 24 on cable TV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193018-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Soul Train Music Awards\nThe ceremony included a performance by Jennifer Hudson, Hudson also received the Entertainer of the Year award. Other performers included, were Robin Thicke, LeToya Luckett, Rick Ross and Ronald Isley, also a special tribute to the God Father of Soul, James Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193019-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa Sevens\nThe South Africa Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 7 December and 8 December at Outeniqua Park in George, Western Cape, was the second Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193019-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa Sevens\nIn a rematch of the Cup final from the first event in the 2007-08 series, the Dubai Sevens, New Zealand successfully defended their South Africa title by defeating Fiji. The second-level Plate final matched two surprise finalists, with Kenya narrowly defeating a USA team boosted by the presence of emerging 15s star Takudzwa Ngwenya. The Bowl was won by Wales who came from behind to win 21-19 against England. Canada took home the Shield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193020-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa miners' strike\nThe South Africa miners strike was a one-day strike by the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa over working conditions and safety in the country's mining industry. It was the first ever industry-wide miners' strike in South African history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193020-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa miners' strike, History\nOn 27 November 2007, the National Union of Mineworkers announced that South African mineworkers would go on strike to protest unsafe working conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193020-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa miners' strike, Strike\nOn 4 December 2007, the strike affected over 240,000 workers in 60 of the nation's mines. The strike was spurred on by a rise in worker fatalities from 2006 to 2007, despite a government plan in October to reduce fatalities. Between 5,000 and 30,000 people showed up to a rally in Johannesburg to protest the dangerous working conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193020-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa miners' strike, Strike\nLess than 5% of mineworkers came to work on that day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193020-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa miners' strike, Reaction\nAngloPlat announced it had slashed yearly production goals by 9,000 ounces due to the strike.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193021-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe\nThe 2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe were a series of rugby union matches played in November and December 2007 in Europe featuring the 2007 Rugby World Cup winners South Africa. Although the matches had been arranged well in advance of the World Cup, the mini-tour was seen as an opportunity for South Africa to showcase their talents and to say farewell to their outgoing coach, Jake White, who retired after the second game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193021-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe\nIn the event, several members of the World Cup squad were unavailable for either game, because of retirement (Os du Randt), injury (Percy Montgomery, Fourie du Preez, Bakkies Botha), club commitments (Butch James), or other reasons (Victor Matfield), and the captain, John Smit, who had just joined French club ASM Clermont Auvergne, was released to play only in the first match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193021-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, Week 1\nThe first match, and the only one with full Test status, was against Wales, on 24 November 2007, at the Millennium Stadium. Although Wales had more possession and dominated territorially, they managed to score just two tries, both from kicks. The first was scored by Welsh full-back Morgan Stoddart, who was making his Test debut. The second, the result of a bad mistake by Springbok full-back Ruan Pienaar, was scored by Colin Charvis; it was his 22nd Test try, a new record for a forward in Test rugby. South Africa made better use of their more limited possession, scoring five tries, including one by Ryan Kankowski, also a Test debutant, as the world cup winners won the match 34\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193021-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, Week 2\nThe second match, at Twickenham on 1 December 2007, saw a Springbok XV facing a Barbarians side that included such big names as Jerry Collins, Martyn Williams, Matt Giteau, and the retiring Jason Robinson. The Barbarians' plans were disrupted when the English Premier clubs decided not to allow players to be released, and the Irish provinces followed suit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193021-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe, Week 2\nAs a result, Brian O'Driscoll, who had been named to captain the side, had to withdraw, as did Andrew Sheridan of Sale Sharks, but Mark Regan of Bristol defied the ban and led the Barbarians, an act for which he was later sanctioned by his club. The match itself proved to be somewhat one-sided affair, the lacklustre Springboks, who included just five World Cup final starters, losing 22\u20135 to a Barbarians side that played with flair and creativity. The Barabarians scored three tries, the South Africans only one, scored by Barend Pieterse, who was making his first appearance in a Springbok jersey in place of Schalk Burger, who had broken his nose in the game against Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 52], "content_span": [53, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193022-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South African Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 South African Figure Skating Championships were held in Cape Town from 24 through 28 September 2006. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles at the senior, novice, and pre-novice levels. There was also a junior and juvenile ladies' competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193023-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South African floor-crossing window period\nThe 2007 floor crossing window period in South Africa was a period of 15 days, from 1 to 15 September 2007, in which members of the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, and municipal councils were able to cross the floor from one political party to another without giving up their seats. The period was authorised by the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, which scheduled regular window periods in the second and fourth September after each election. The previous general election had been held on 14 April 2004, and a previous window period had occurred in September 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193023-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South African floor-crossing window period\nIn the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, the changes were minor, with the most significant development being the creation of the African People's Convention by departing members of the Pan Africanist Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193023-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South African floor-crossing window period\nThe tables below show all the changes; in those provinces not listed there was no change in the provincial legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193023-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South African floor-crossing window period, Tables, National Council of Provinces\nThe National Council of Provinces was reconstituted as a result of the changes in the provincial legislatures. Its reconstituted makeup was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 86], "content_span": [87, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193024-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South African public servants' strike\nThe 2007 South African public servants' strike was a general strike of workers in the public sector of South Africa. It was led by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), which is currently in a labour/political alliance with the governing African National Congress (ANC) party of Thabo Mbeki (since succeeded by Jacob Zuma).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193024-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South African public servants' strike, Dispute\nThe strike arose out of demands by South Africa's trade unions to raise the pay for civil servants by no less than 12%. The government offered a 7.25% pay raise, which the trade unions refused to accept.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 51], "content_span": [52, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193025-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2007 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Villavicencio, Colombia, October 10\u201314, 2007. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193026-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics\nThe 2007 South American Championships in Athletics were held at the Est\u00e1dio \u00cdcaro de Castro Mello in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil from 7 June to 9 June 2007. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Continuing in their traditional dominant role, the hosts Brazil easily topped both the medal and points tables, having won 28 gold medals and 61 medals in total. The next best team was Colombia who had a haul of seven golds and 26 overall, while Argentina took third with 13 medals of which 4 were gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193026-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics\nIn addition to the seven Championship records which were broken during the three-day event, two South American records were broken: Keila Costa jumped 14.57\u00a0m in the women's triple jump while F\u00e1bio Gomes da Silva broke the men's pole vault record with a clearance of 5.77\u00a0m. A total of thirteen national records in athletics were broken by medal winning athletes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193026-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics\nLucimar de Moura of Brazil was the stand out performer in the medals, winning the 100/200 metres double before taking the national team to a gold in the 4\u00d7100 metres relay. Felipa Palacios of Colombia took three silver medals in the same events, finishing behind de Moura each time, and also won silver in the 4\u00d7400 metres relay. Germ\u00e1n Lauro won both the men's shot put and discus throw events while Elis\u00e2ngela Adriano completed the same feat on the women's side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193026-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics\nHugo Chila won silver in the long jump and triple jump, and Keila Costa scored a long jump silver as well as her triple jump gold. In one of the more dramatic moments of the championships, Rosibel Garc\u00eda looked set to complete an 800/1500 metres double but she fell in the last 50\u00a0m of the 800\u00a0m race, allowing 1500\u00a0m silver medallist Marian Burnett of Guyana to win the gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193026-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics, Records\n\u2022 NR \u2014 National record. In addition, 15 national records were set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193026-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, at least 249 athletes from 13 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 61], "content_span": [62, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193027-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Championships in Athletics \u2013 Results\nThese are the results of the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics which took place from June 7 through June 9, 2007 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. The list was compiled from various sources and is still incomplete, especially concerning details of the field events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 56], "section_span": [56, 56], "content_span": [57, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193028-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Cross Country Championships\nThe 2007 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 25, 2007. The races were held at the Centro de Treinamento da Marinha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193028-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Cross Country Championships\nComplete results and results for junior and youth competitions were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193028-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation\nAccording to an unofficial count, 86 athletes (+ 1 guest) from 10 countries participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193029-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Junior Championships in Athletics\nThe 37th South American Junior Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Atletismo de Juveniles) were heldat the Est\u00e1dio \u00cdcaro de Castro Melo in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil from June30-July 1, 2007. The Champions formen's 10,000m, both Race Walking and Combined Events were extracted from theclassification of the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships held at thesame site one week later from July 6 to July 8, 2007. A detailed report on the results was given. Best performances were the two South American Junior records by Alonso Edward from Panam\u00e1 in 10.28s in the men's 100m competition, and Jorge McFarlane from Per\u00fa who achieved 13.76s (0.0\u00a0m/s) in the first heat in 110m hurdles men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193029-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)\nDetailed result lists can be found on the CBAt website, and on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 224athletes from about 12 countries: Argentina (20), Bolivia (3), Brazil (72),Chile (34), Colombia (28), Ecuador (17), Guyana (3), Panama (3), Paraguay (9),Peru (10), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (23).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 81], "content_span": [82, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193029-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary\nMedal winners are published on the CACAC website, on the IAAF websiteComplete results can be found on the CBAt website, on a session by session baseand on the \"World Junior Athletics History\"website.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193029-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Team trophies\nThe placing tables for team trophy (overall team, men and women categories) were published.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 68], "content_span": [69, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193029-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Team trophies, Individual\nThe trophies for the most outstanding performance were awarded to Juan Pablo Maturana (Colombia), gold medalist in the men's 400m, 400m hurdles,and 4 \u00d7 100 m relay events, and to Giselle Marcolino de Albuquerque (Brazil),gold medalist in the women's 100m hurdles and triple jump events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193030-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships\nThe 2007 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in San Crist\u00f3bal, Venezuela, October 4\u20137, 2007. The competition was organized by the Venezuelan Gymnastics Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193031-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nThe 2007 South American Rugby Championship was the 29th edition of the now multi-divisional rugby competition involving the top rugby nations from South America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193031-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nDivision A consisted of three teams and was played on a home and away basis. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193031-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Rugby Championship \"A\"\nThe competition wasn't completed, because of the difficulties of finding a date for the match between Argentina and Uruguay, as it was the first time they participated in the final phase of the Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193032-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Rugby Championship \"B\"\nThe 2007 South American Rugby Championship \"B\" was the eight edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193032-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Rugby Championship \"B\"\nDivision B consisted of four teams and was played in Peru. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193033-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship\nThe 2007 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Esqu\u00ed de Monta\u00f1a) was the second edition of a South American continental championship of competition ski mountaineering,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193033-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship\nThe event was sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) and organized by the Federaci\u00f3n Chilena de Andinismo (FEACH). The event was held in Termas de Chill\u00e1n from 22 to 23 September 2007. 62\u00a0racers participated in the event, 28 came from Argentina and two from Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193033-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship, Results\nEvent was held on the Cerro Bayo on September 23, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193033-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship, Results\nThe male youth class competitors had to run the same course as the senior racers. The results were added in the \"International Open\" ranking. (italic in the men's ranking list below)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193034-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-17 Championship\nThe 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Ecuador from 4 to 25 March 2007. The seven venues of the competition were the cities of Ambato, Azogues, Cuenca, Ibarra, Latacunga, Quito and Riobamba. The tournament provided four berths to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and six to the 2007 Pan American Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193034-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-17 Championship, First round\nThe ten national teams were divided in two groups of five teams each. The top three teams in each group qualified for the final round and for the 2007 Pan American Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193034-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-17 Championship, Final round\nThe final round was played in a round robin system, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2007 U-17 World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 50], "content_span": [51, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193035-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-17 Championship squads\nPlayers name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193036-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-20 Championship\nThe 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) is a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Paraguay between 7 January and 28 January 2007. It was the 23rd time the competition has been held and the fourth to take place in Paraguay. Brazil finished undefeated, winning their ninth trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193036-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-20 Championship, Format\nThe teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2008 Olympic tournament (U-23).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193036-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-20 Championship, Squads\nFor a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2007 South American Youth Championship squads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193037-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-20 Championship squads\nBelow are the rosters for the 2007 South American Youth Championship tournament in Paraguay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193037-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South American U-20 Championship squads\nPlayers name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods\nThe 2007 South Asian floods were a series of terrible floods in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. News Agencies, citing the Indian and Bangladeshi governments, place the death toll in excess of 2,000. By 3 August approximately 20 million had been displaced and by 10 August some 30 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal had been affected by flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods\nUNICEF said that the situation \"is being described as the worst flooding in living memory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Background\nRajpal Yadav of the Indian Meteorological Department reported that \"we've been getting constant rainfall in these areas for nearly 20 days\" due to abnormal monsoon patterns. Flooding in Pakistan began during the landfall of Cyclone 03B in June 2007. Pakistani states Balochistan and Sindh were particularly affected. Melting snow from the Himalayan glaciers increased the water levels of the Brahmaputra River.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 35], "content_span": [36, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bangladesh\nOn 1 August, there was flooding on the Padma and Brahmaputra rivers. By 3 August, the main highway connecting Dhaka to the rest of the country was impassable, many districts were flood-affected and 500,000 people had been marooned. By 7 August an estimated 7.5 million people had fled their homes. By 8 August more than 50,000 people had diarrhoea or other waterborne diseases and more than 400,000 people were in temporary shelters. By 11 August, flood deaths were still occurring in Bangladesh, the number of people with flood-related diseases was increasing and about 100,000 people had caught dysentery or diarrhoea. By 13 August, the confirmed death toll in Bangladesh was 405.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bangladesh\nBy 15 August, five million people were still displaced, the estimated death toll was nearly 500, and all six of Bangladesh's divisions were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 53], "content_span": [54, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bangladesh, Dhaka\nDistricts in Dhaka that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Dhaka, Munshiganj, Rajbari, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Manikganj, Netrakona, Jamalpur and Tangail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 60], "content_span": [61, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bangladesh, Khulna\nDistricts in Khulna that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Magura and Narail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bangladesh, Rajshahi\nPlaces in Rajshahi that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Sirajganj, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra and Kurigram. Besides, Belkuchi, Enayatpur too.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 63], "content_span": [64, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bangladesh, Sylhet\nDistricts in Sylhet that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Sylhet, Sunamganj and Sherpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bhutan\nIn Bhutan, the rain had led to landslides across the country, disrupting a number of major roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Bhutan, Samdrup Jongkhar and Sarpang\nBy 5 August water was still above the warning level in the foothills of Bhutan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India\nBy 7 August in India, an estimated 13.7 million people had fled their homes. According to the Indian government, the total cost of the monsoon this year, of which these floods are a part, is in excess of \u20b91.3 billion (US$18\u00a0million) since 1 June The full extent of the damage and number of lives lost may never be known. president Pratibha Patil has condoled the loss of lives due to the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Arunachal Pradesh\nPlaces in Arunachal Pradesh that were affected by flooding on 12 July include Lakhimpur, Chamuah Gaon, Nowboicha and Bharaluwa Gaon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Assam\nIn Assam, approximately 100,000 sought shelter in 500 government-sponsored relief camps. Millions of dollars' worth of crops were also destroyed. 500,000 residents in Assam were displaced, and nineteen have been killed. On 1 August 2007, a teenage boy from Assam was shot by a police officer after a flood as survivors attacked a group of aid workers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh\nBihar and Uttar Pradesh were the hardest hit states due to their high population density. By 3 August, the estimated death toll was 41 people, and 48 schoolgirls were marooned in a school in the Darbhanga district. By 8 August, an estimated 10 million people in Bihar had been affected by flooding. Army helicopters delivered food packets to Bihar residents and 180 relief camps were set up. By 10 August, aid workers in Bihar said the number of people with diarrhoea had jumped dramatically and by 11 August, flood deaths were still occurring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Gujarat\nOn 8 August, Jamnagar reported 269 millimetres (10\u00a0inches) of rain and fresh flooding was reported in Gujarat. By the next day, nine people had been killed and more than 400 villages were cut off. By 10 August, more than 22,000 people were displaced and health workers were disinfecting the worst-hit areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Himachal Pradesh\nOn 14 August in Himachal Pradesh, a cloudburst caused a landslide that buried an entire village, killing an estimated 60 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 66], "content_span": [67, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Jammu and Kashmir\nParts of Jammu and Kashmir, the part of Kashmir administered by India, that were affected by flooding on 12 August include Jammu city, Udhampur, Nikki Tawi, and lower Satwari.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 67], "content_span": [68, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Jharkhand and West Bengal\nWhile relief efforts have been concentrated elsewhere in India, the plight of the traditional region of Bengal (the flood plains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river delta and its tributaries) has been less reported. The Damodar and Kangsabati rivers overflowed their banks in late June, but levels finally began to fall as of 6 August. The Durgapur Barrage and Kangsabati Dam (near Bankura) may be partly responsible. In North Bengal, the floods have caused economic damage also estimated in the millions of U.S. dollars (at least Rs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Jharkhand and West Bengal\n500\u00a0million); and in Siliguri, flash floods have wiped away at least 100 houses on a single night (28 July 2007). The state government of West Bengal has set up facilities to house 50,000 refugees. As the flood has affected parts of the East Midnapore (Purba Medinipur) district, long-standing political divisions and conflicts have flared in the wake of the floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Maharashtra\nBy 3 August most streets were flooded in Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra were waterlogged. On 7 August there was extensive flooding in the Gadchiroli district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Meghalaya\nPlaces in Meghalaya that were affected by flooding on 12 July include the West Garo Hills district, the Tura and Rishipara areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 59], "content_span": [60, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Tripura\nPlaces in Tripura that were affected by flooding on 12 July include Udaipur, Amarpur and Sonamura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in India, Uttarakhand\nUttarakhand, which was known as Uttaranchal until 2006, was affected by flooding on 12 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal\nIn Nepal, eighty-four people were killed by the floods and resulting landslides and 9,700 families were displaced. Twenty-eight of the country's seventy-five districts were affected, in eleven of Nepal's fourteen zones and all five of Nepal's regions. Nepali officials were concerned about the spread of waterborne diseases. By 7 August an estimated 333,500 people in Nepal were affected by flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, Central Region, Janakpur Zone\nDistricts in the Janakpur Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sindhuli, Sarlahi and Ramechhap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, Central Region, Narayani Zone\nDistricts in the Narayani Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Chitwan and Rautahat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, East Region, Koshi Zone\nDistricts in the Koshi Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Sunsari and Morang.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 73], "content_span": [74, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, East Region, Province No. 1\nThe Jhapa District in the Province No. 1 was affected by flooding from 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, East Region, Sagarmatha Zone\nDistricts in the Sagarmatha Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Udayapur, Okhaldhunga, Saptari, Solukhumbu and Siraha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 78], "content_span": [79, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, Far West Region, Mahakali Zone\nDistricts in the Mahakali Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Baitadi and Darchula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 80], "content_span": [81, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, Far West Region, Seti Zone\nDistricts in the Seti Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Kailali, Bajhang and Bajura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 76], "content_span": [77, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, Mid West Region, Bheri Zone\nDistricts in the Bheri Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Banke, Bardiya and Surkhet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, Mid West Region, Rapti Zone\nThe Dang district in the Rapti Zone was affected by flooding from 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, West Region, Dhawalagiri Zone\nThe Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone was affected by flooding from 23 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 79], "content_span": [80, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Nepal, West Region, Lumbini Zone\nDistricts in the Lumbini Zone that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Nawalparasi and Gulmi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 75], "content_span": [76, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, Areas affected in Pakistan\nBy 11 August, 28 people had died in rain-related accidents in Sindh. By 12 August, flood waters were sweeping through villages in southern Pakistan. The Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was affected by flooding on 12 August. Areas in coastal Balochistan were destroyed, including the village of Solband, which was levelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193038-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 South Asian floods, International response\nBy 15 August, non-governmental organisations, many with contributions from governments, that were contributing aid includedMalteser International,Deutsche Welthungerhilfe,Direct Relief International,World Concern,Islamic Relief,Church World Service,International Save the Children Alliance,Lutheran World Relief,Medical Teams International,Care International,Catholic Relief Services,British Red Cross Society,World Vision,Diakonie Emergency Aid,David McAntony Gibson Foundation,Caritas Internationalis,Action by Churches Together (ACT),Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA),Baptist World Aid (BWAid),Mercy Corps,and many others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193039-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Ayrshire Council election\nElections to South Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using eight new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councilors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193040-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Cambridgeshire District Council election\nElections to South Cambridgeshire District Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2007, as part of the 2007 United Kingdom local elections. Nineteen seats, making up one third of South Cambridgeshire District Council, were up for election. Seats up for election in 2007 were last contested at the 2004 election, when all seats were up for election due to new ward boundaries, and were next contested at the 2011 election. The Conservative Party gained an overall majority on the council for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193040-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Cambridgeshire District Council election, Summary\nOf the seats being contested at this election, the Conservatives were defending 9 seats, Liberal Democrats were defending 6 seats, and independents were defending 4 seats. Two seats had changed hands at by-elections prior to this election. In November 2004, Liberal Democrats gained Duxford from the Conservatives, while in October 2006 Conservatives gained the Abingtons from the Liberal Democrats. Both by-election gains were successfully defended at this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193040-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Cambridgeshire District Council election, Summary\nA further three seats were gained by the Conservative Party at this election. Gains from independents in Barton and in Orwell and Barrington as well as from the Liberal Democrats in the Shelfords and Stapleford meant the Conservative Party formed a majority on the council for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 60], "content_span": [61, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193041-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team\nThe 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his third season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The team was bowl eligible at 6\u20136 but was not selected for a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team\nThe 2007 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was Jim Leavitt; they played all of their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 2007 college football season was the 11th season overall for the Bulls and their third season in the Big East Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team\n2007 marked the first year that South Florida had been ranked in any poll. Following Week 3, they were ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll and No. 24 in the Coaches Poll. After a decisive win against UCF in Week 7, the Bulls made their first ever appearance in the BCS rankings, debuting at No. 2 and trailing only the Ohio State Buckeyes. Three straight losses to Rutgers, UConn, and Cincinnati dropped them out of the Top 25, but they won their next three games to improve to 9\u20133 and climb back up to No. 21 in the BCS poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team\nUSF averaged 53,170 fans in its six home games at Raymond James Stadium in 2007. Prior to this season, USF's single game attendance record for a home game was 49,212 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan in the Bulls' very first game on September 6, 1997. The new single game home record is now 67,012 for the September 28 game against West Virginia. In 2006, USF's average attendance was 30,222, so the Bulls' increase this year was 22,948 over last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Elon\nThe Bulls played a \"vanilla offense\" in preparation for their next game against Auburn. Plays were limited to a few selections, and there were many substitutions. USF merely wanted to win this game and save their players for the game against Auburn. The attendance was announced at 33,639. Sophomore QB Matt Grothe was 23\u201339 for 238 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. True freshman Mike Ford was the leading rusher with 83 yards on 6 carries and two touchdowns. Senior Amarri Jackson led the receivers with 63 yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 60], "content_span": [61, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nEven after four missed field goals, the Bulls upset number\u00a017-ranked Auburn 26\u201323 in overtime. Grothe threw for 184 yards and a touchdown, while Ford again led the running backs with 74 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Sophomore WR Jessie Hester Jr. had 64 yards receiving and caught the game-winning touchdown in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Auburn\nA week after the game, the Bulls entered both polls for the first time in school history, entering the AP Poll at No. 23 and the Coaches Poll at #24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, North Carolina\nThe Bulls received their first ever AP/Coaches top 25 ranking with a convincing win over the Tar Heels. Many said that the Bulls would overlook UNC in preparation for the show-down with West Virginia the following week, but the Bulls proved otherwise. Grothe threw for 230 yards and a touchdown and junior Williams led the Bulls with 64 yards rushing and a score. Hester Jr. and junior wideout Taurus Johnson had 3 catches for 34 yards apiece. However, the heroes of the day were the Bulls' defense, who dominated UNC forcing three interceptions and allowing under 180 total yards. The Tar Heels did not score their touchdown until there was less than one minute left in regulation and the Bulls had their second string defense on the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 70], "content_span": [71, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, West Virginia\nThe Bulls beat the No. 5 ranked team in the nation, before their first-ever sold out home crowd, with a total of announced attendance of 67,012. The Bulls are now 2\u20131 against West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 69], "content_span": [70, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic\nNursing a \"West Virginia hangover\" from their upset the week before, the Bulls looked sloppy against the Owls. However, Benjamin Williams put the game out of reach with his fourth rushing touchdown with less than 40 seconds to go. Williams finished with 186 rushing yards on 25 carries. In addition, the Bulls helped FAU achieve their highest recorded attendance in either Lockhart Stadium or Dolphin Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, UCF\nThe Bulls proved their No. 5 ranking is no fluke by decimating the cross-state Knights 64\u201312 in front of a home crowd announced at 65,948. The Bulls held the Knights to just 145 total yards and Kevin Smith, who came in as the nation's leading rusher at 172 yards per game, to just 55 yards. South Florida gained 543 total yards\u2014over three times as much as UCF\u2014while holding the ball three fewer minutes than the Knights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, UCF\nAfter losses by LSU and Cal, South Florida moved into No. 2 in the AP Poll (behind Ohio State) and No. 3 in the Coaches and Harris Polls (behind Ohio State and Boston College), earning first-place votes in all three. When the first BCS rankings were announced, the Bulls were No. 2 behind Ohio State. Even though they were No. 3 in the Coaches and Harris Polls, they swept through the computer rankings, getting No. 1 in all but one of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nAfter suffering through the first half of the game, USF overcame a 16-point deficit and nearly won the game. In the end, it came down to whether or not the Bulls could score one touchdown on fourth down with less than one minute remaining in the game. If the touchdown had been successful, the Bulls could have either sent the game into overtime or won by one point with a two-point conversion. Unfortunately for South Florida, the throw was incomplete and Connecticut won the game by 7 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 67], "content_span": [68, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nThe Bulls put 14 points on the board before the offense even touched the football. Trae Williams ran an interception back 73 yards for a touchdown, and Mike Jenkins took a kickoff return 100 yards for another touchdown in the longest play in USF history. Cincinnati scored 31 points in the first quarter, a school record for the most points in any quarter, and led 38\u201320 at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nUSF shut down the Bearcats' scoring in the second half, and closed the score to 38\u201333 with 2 minutes to go. After stopping UC on a fake field goal try with less than 30 seconds remaining, the Bulls had one last try for the win. They moved from their own 39 to the UC 18 and had two chances to score the winning touchdown with 8 seconds left, but it was not to be. The first try, to Carlton Mitchell, was broken up by Mike Mickens in the end zone. With 2 seconds remaining, Grothe fired the ball to Jessie Hester and even though the replay clearly showed Hester being interfered by UC's Anthony Williams, Hester still had a shot at the ball but couldn't bring it in, and the officials did not call a penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nThe Bulls dropped to No. 28 in the BCS standings after the loss, just 3 weeks after debuting in the BCS Poll at #2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nLooking to end a three-game losing skid, the Bulls recorded a lopsided victory over the Orange. Mike Ford rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns, while the Bulls set a new school record for total offense with 536 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nIn the final game at Raymond James Stadium for the 2007 season, Louisville was looking for their 6th win of the year so that they could become bowl eligible. But, destiny was on the Bulls' side from the very first play. USF kicked off the ball to Louisville and instead of returning the ball, Louisville fumbled it. Nate Allen successfully recovered the ball for South Florida and scored the fastest touchdown in school history (8 game seconds). From that moment on, Louisville simply could not keep up. By the end of the first half, the score was a shocking 41\u201310. And once the game was over, the Bulls defeated the Cardinals 55\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe following day, USF did not re-emerge in the Associated Press or Coach's Polls. However, they did rank No. 23 in the BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nTwo days after winning the game against Pittsburgh, it was announced that USF would be play in the Brut Sun Bowl against a team from the Pac-10 Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193042-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 South Florida Bulls football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl\nUSF faced the Oregon Ducks in the Brut Sun Bowl on December 31, 2007. The two teams started out playing undisciplined football and easily set a Sun Bowl record for most penalties in the bowl's history for one game. USF trailed by only four, 18\u201314, at halftime. In the second half, Oregon exploded on offense, leading to a 56\u201321 rout of the Bulls. With the loss, USF fell to 1\u20132 in bowl games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 64], "content_span": [65, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193043-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Hams District Council election\nElections to South Hams District Council took place on 3 May 2007, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193044-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Holland District Council election\nThe 2007 South Holland District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of the South Holland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193045-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Kesteven District Council election\nThe 2007 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193045-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Kesteven District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives kept a majority on the council making a net gain of one seat to have 35 councillors. The independents and Liberal Democrats also made gains at the expense of Labour who lost five of the seven seats they were defending. Overall turnout at the election was 35%, up from 29.65% at the last election in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193045-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Kesteven District Council election, Election result\nThe defeated Labour candidates included the group leader John Hurst, who lost his seat in Grantham St Johns to the Conservatives, and the party's deputy leader Rob Shorrock in Earlesfield, where independent candidates took two of the three seats for the ward. Labour also lost seats in St Anne's ward to an independent and a Conservative, as well as a seat in Isaac Newton ward to the Conservatives, however Labour did gain a seat in Harrowby. Other changes had Conservative council cabinet member Terl Bryant lose in All Saints ward, but a Conservative candidate defeated independent councillor Angeline Percival in Glen Eden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill\nThe MT Hebei Spirit oil spill was a major oil spill in South Korea that began on the morning of 7 December 2007 local time, with ongoing environmental and economic effects. Government officials called it South Korea's worst oil spill ever, surpassing a spill that took place in 1995. This oil spill was about one-third of the size of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Background\nAt about 7:30 local time on 7 December 2007 (2230 UTC on 6 December 2007), a crane barge owned by Samsung Heavy Industries being towed by a tug collided with the anchored Hong Kong registered crude carrier Hebei Spirit (Chinese: \u6cb3\u5317\u7cbe\u795e\u865f), carrying 260,000 tonnes (290,000 short tons) of crude oil. The incident occurred near the port of Daesan on the Yellow Sea coast of Taean County. The barge was floating free after the cable linking it to the tug snapped in the rough seas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Background\nAlthough no casualties were reported, the collision punctured three of the five tanks aboard the Hebei Spirit and resulted in the leaking of some 10,800 tonnes (11,900 short tons) of oil. The remaining oil from the damaged tanks was pumped into the undamaged tanks and the holes were sealed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Background\nThe spill occurred near Mallipo Beach (in Taean County), considered one of South Korea's most beautiful and popular beaches. The region affected by the spill is home to one of Asia's largest wetland areas, used by migratory birds, and also contains a national maritime park and 445 sea farms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Effects\nIt was initially believed the oil spill would not spread due to the cold winter temperatures. However, unseasonably warm weather, combined with strong waves and unexpected wind directions, caused the spill to expand beyond initial expectations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Effects\nOn 9 December it was reported that the oil slick was already 33\u00a0km (21\u00a0mi) long and 10\u00a0m (33\u00a0ft) wide and 10\u00a0cm (4\u00a0in) thick in some areas. It was also reported that at least 30 beaches have been affected and over half of the region's sea farms are believed to have lost their stocks due to the spill. Sinduri Dune, a South Korean natural treasure, is reported to have been saturated by the spill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Effects\nAlthough most migratory birds had not yet arrived in the region, seagulls, mallard ducks and other sea life were found tarred by the oil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Effects\nOn 14 December, the oil balls had arrived at Anmyeon-do (\u5b89\u7720\u5cf6; Anmyeon Island), resulting in at least five beaches being contaminated with large tar lumps. It was believed that the oil belt was not going to go down to Anmyeon-do, but bad, windy weather was responsible for it. On 15 December, the tar lumps had also floated to Boryeong (mostly around Wonsan Island and Sapsi Island of Boryeong) and to Gunsan in North Jeolla province as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Response\nThe South Korean government declared a state of disaster in the region. The cost of cleanup has been estimated at 300 billion South Korean won (US$330 million). The cleanup involved 13 helicopters, 17 airplanes and 327 vessels. It has also been estimated the cleanup will take at least two months. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers and celebrities including South Korean actress Park Jin-hee helped to clean up the beaches in the campaign. As of 4 January 2008, the Navy had deployed 229 vessels and some 22,000 military personnel to help clean up the spill, in addition to civilian aid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Response\nOn 10 January 2008, the number of volunteers topped the 1-million mark to reach 1,037,000 people, 33 days after the accident occurred on 7 December, according to the South Chungcheong provincial government. The Taean office for emergency operations reported that the volunteers included 580,000 ordinary civilians, 186,700 local residents, 127,000 soldiers and policemen, and 57,143 public officials. According to the emergency office, an average of 20,000 people volunteered during weekdays and 3,000 volunteered over the weekends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Response\nBy January 2008, approximately 4,153 tons of crude oil spilled had been collected by utilizing some 268,710 kilograms of oil absorbents and other cleanup devices. Financial contributions combined to 27.76 billion South Korean won (about 20 million euro) in donations, as well as food and clothing. The Taean emergency center said more than seven billion won in donations have come from about 4,200 organizations and individuals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Response\nInternationally, the Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan under the Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) was activated following a request of the South Korean government. Among the emergency supplies available in the other three NOWPAP members (China, Japan and Russia), South Korean government, taking into account logistical issues, accepted kind offers of 50 and 10 tonnes of sorbents from China and Japan respectively. Japan has also dispatched a team of experts in addition to the teams from the Joint UNEP/OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Environment Unit and the European Commission Monitoring Information Center, U.S. Coast Guard and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (AUB).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 36], "content_span": [37, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Responsibility\nIt has been reported that the regional office of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries had twice tried to warn the barge captain that the barge was too close to the tanker two hours before the incident but was unable to do so. The barge captain is also under investigation for moving through the area in rough weather. The tanker is reported to have been at anchor when it was hit by the barge, which had broken free from its towing lines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Responsibility\nThe South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and police admitted to having not provided sufficient amount of oil absorbent material to fishermen and residents as well as not having paid enough attention to the wind direction.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Responsibility\nAccording to a recent report, compensation will be mostly paid by China Shipowners Mutual Assurance Association (China P&I) and Skuld P&I, which are insurers for the Hebei Spirit, and some paid by Samsung Fire and Lloyd P&I. International Oil Pollution Funds (IOPC) will be responsible to pay if China P&I and Skuld P&I become unable to pay for the cost or if the damages exceed the shipowners limitation of liability set under an international convention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Responsibility\nOn 20 December, the South Korean coast guard completed an initial investigation. According to their conclusions, blame is shared between the tug captains, the barge captain, and the captain of the Hebei Spirit. The tug captains and the barge captain are charged with negligence and violating the marine pollution prevention law. The captain of the Hebei Spirit has been charged with violating marine law.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Responsibility\nOn 24 June, the trial concluded. The two tug captains were found guilty, while the personnel on the barge and on Hebei Spirit were exonerated. Samsung Heavy Industries was also fined.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Controversy over continued detention of crew\nHowever, the Hebei Spirit's two most senior officers, Master Jasprit Chawla and chief officer Syam Chetan, continue to be detained in South Korea. They were found guilty of criminal negligence and sentenced to serve time in jail for 18 months (Master Jasprit Chawla) and 8 months (C.O. Syam Chetan). South Korea's detention of the crew has generated much controversy and protests from around the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Controversy over continued detention of crew\nThere have been strong protests from the shipping world and demands for the crews release, including from organizations like the International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation, International Group of P&I Clubs, BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping / International Shipping Federation, International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO), International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) and the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 72], "content_span": [73, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Claims of Samsung, prosecutors collusion in appeal case\nAccording to Lloyd's List and other media reports, South Korean maritime officials, prosecutors and Samsung lawyers have been accused of colluding in the retrial of the two senior officers. Roberto Giorgi, president of management firm V.Ships, visited South Korea to meet with the detained Hebei Spirit crew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193046-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 South Korea oil spill, Claims of Samsung, prosecutors collusion in appeal case\nHe told the press that he is concerned at recent developments \"which point to collusion\" between the South Korean authorities, prosecutors and Samsung Heavy Industries, operators of a drifting barge that collided with the oil tanker and that efforts of Samsung and prosecutors \"look to be designed to ensure that the master and chief officer are found guilty on appeal,\" Giorgi said. \"I am worried that the captain and chief officer may not get a fair trial this time around.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 83], "content_span": [84, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan\nThe 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan began on 19 July 2007, when 23 South Korean missionaries were captured and held hostage by members of the Taliban while passing through Ghazni Province of Afghanistan. Two male hostages were executed before the deal was reached between the Taliban and the South Korean government. The group, composed of sixteen women and seven men, was captured while traveling from Kandahar to Kabul by bus on a mission sponsored by the Saemmul Presbyterian Church. The crisis began when two local men, who the driver had allowed to board, started shooting to bring the bus to a halt. Over the next month, the hostages were kept in cellars and farmhouses and regularly moved in groups of three to four.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan\nOf the 23 hostages captured, two men, Bae Hyeong-gyu, a 42-year-old South Korean pastor of Saemmul Church, and Shim Seong-min, a 29-year-old South Korean man, were executed on 25 and 30 July, respectively. Later, with negotiations making progress, two women, Kim Gyeong-ja and Kim Ji-na, were released on 13 August and the remaining 19 hostages on 29 and 30 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan\nThe release of the hostages was secured with a South Korean promise to withdraw its 200 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. Although the South Korean government offered no statement, a Taliban spokesman claimed that the militant group also received some US$20 million in exchange for the safety of the captured missionaries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Negotiations\nAs South Korea was already scheduled to withdraw its 200 troops by the end of the year, the Taliban's initial demand was only that they hold to this plan, but later also sought the release of 23 Taliban militants from prison. South Korean representatives in Washington DC requested a meeting with Afghanistan Kidnap / Ransom experts from SCG International Risk on August 1. SCG then began advising the South Koreans on ways to resolve the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Negotiations\nThe Taliban issued and extended several deadlines for the release of the prisoners, after which they threatened to begin killing the hostages. Freedom for the militants was ruled out when it was apparent the South Korean negotiators could not secure the release of Afghan prisoners, as Afghan president Hamid Karzai had previously faced criticism for freeing five rebel prisoners in exchange for an Italian hostage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Negotiations\nFace-to-face meetings between the Taliban and South Korea began on 10 August, resulting in the release of two female hostages, Kim Ji-na and Kim Gyeong-ja, on 13 August. However, on 18 August, a spokesman said that the talks had failed and the fates of the hostages were being considered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 61], "content_span": [62, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Release\nThe freedom of the remaining nineteen hostages (fourteen women and five men) was secured on August 28 with the participation of Indonesia as a neutral Muslim country. They were eventually released on 29 and 30 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Release\nAfter the release, a Taliban official announced that South Korea had paid the Taliban more than US$20 million in ransom for the lives of the hostages. However, South Korea stated that they have made a promise with the Taliban that they would not make any statements about the ransom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 56], "content_span": [57, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Response\nPublic gatherings were held in South Korea during the capture to pray for the safety of the hostages. Muslims residing in South Korea also expressed their grief regarding the incident and avow that the acts of the Taliban are against the principles of Islam. Many South Koreans nevertheless held numerous protests and demonstrations outside the Seoul Central Mosque.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Response\nOn the other hand, many South Koreans were critical of the hostages, as the hostages were conducting Christian missionary service in Islamic Afghanistan despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's repeated warnings that Taliban has plans to kidnap South Koreans in order to free imprisoned militants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Response\nAmong these criticising the deal from the government as a dangerous precedent was the bishop of Taejon and chairman of Korea Caritas Lazarus You Heung-sik.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193047-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, Timeline\nOn 19 July 2007, a number of South Korean citizens are reported to have been captured by the Taliban from a public bus traveling in the Ghazni Province, from Kandahar to Kabul, and held hostage. The next day the Taliban demanded that all South Korean forces be withdrawn from Afghanistan within 24 hours and also that Afghan president Hamid Karzai release all Taliban inmates. On 21 July South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun gave a national televised speech informing the public of the kidnappings. The Taliban reduced its demand to twenty-three Taliban prisoners in exchange for the lives of the hostages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 57], "content_span": [58, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2007. The election was won by Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party, returning conservatives to the Blue House for the first time in ten years. Lee defeated United New Democratic nominee Chung Dong-young and independent Lee Hoi-chang by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, the largest since direct elections were reintroduced in 1987. It also marked the first time a president-elect in Korea was under investigation by a prosecutor. Voter turnout was 63.0%, an all-time low according to the National Election Commission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Background\nOn 28 February 2007 the official census was published, identifying the number of eligible voters, with the electoral rolls compiled and published between 21 and 26 November, before being finalised on 12 December. Pre -registration of candidates began on 23 April, with 25\u201326 November as the dates to officially register.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates\nThe elections were a three-way race between the ruling Grand Unified Democratic New Party's Chung Dong-young, opposition Grand National Party's Lee Myung-bak, and conservative independent Lee Hoi-chang. Also in the race but polling less than 10% were former Yuhan Kimberly CEO Moon Kook-hyun and congressman Kwon Young-ghil from Ulsan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, United New Democratic primaries\nA total of nine candidates ran to be the Grand Unified Democratic New Party presidential candidate;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, United New Democratic primaries\nAn opinion poll was conducted on 2,400 eligible voters and 10,000 of those who signed up to vote in the primaries between 3 and 5 September; only the top five candidates were allowed to advance to the full primary elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, United New Democratic primaries\nDespite qualifying for the full primary vote, Han Myeong-sook withdrew her bid for nomination and endorsed Lee Hae-chan before the primary races began. The primary races counted for 90% of the final result and the opinion poll 10%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, United New Democratic primaries\nAt the UNDP National Convention, held on October 15, 2007, Chung was officially named the party's presidential nominee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 84], "content_span": [85, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Grand National Party primaries\nFive candidates contested the primaries of the Grand National Party:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Grand National Party primaries\nFormer Gyeonggi Governor Sohn Hak-kyu sought to participate, but he later decided to instead run for the UNDP nomination, and failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Grand National Party primaries\nThe GNP primary consisted of opinion polling (weighted 20%) and popular vote by pre-registered electors (weighted 80%). The poll and the voting were all conducted on 19 August and the results were announced at the National Convention on 20 August, naming Lee Myung-bak as the official nominee. Because Lee won the race with a slight margin, there was controversy regarding the method primary election used (opinion poll). However, Park Geun-hye conceded her loss to Lee. Park ran again in 2012 and won the primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Lee Hoi-chang\n1997 and 2002 presidential candidate for GNP, Lee Hoi-chang had announced his candidacy on November 7, 2007 as an independent, not joining GNP primary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 66], "content_span": [67, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Democratic Labor primary\nThe primary election of the Democratic Labour Party involved two types of voting;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Democratic Labor primary\nThe total number of party members that were eligible to cast a vote was 50,117.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Democratic Labor primary\nNo candidate received a majority of the votes, so a second round of the presidential primary was scheduled from 10 to 15 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 77], "content_span": [78, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Candidates, Creative Korea primary\nMoon Kook-hyun (\ubb38\uad6d\ud604), former CEO of (Kimberly-Clark's company in Korea), was elected as the official presidential candidate of the party on 4 November 2007, through mobile voting amongst party members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 75], "content_span": [76, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Exit polls\nAn exit poll was announced at 18:00 on election day, at which point voting had finished. It predicted Lee Myung-bak had won an absolute majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Other information\nOn April 7, 2011, a National Intelligence Service agent was guilty of investigating Lee Myung-bak's secret real estate-related information before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193048-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 South Korean presidential election, Other information\nAccording to WikiLeaks, Yoo Chong-ha (\uc720\uc885\ud558), the former co-chairman of Lee Myung-bak's presidential election campaign, requested to then American ambassador to South Korea, Alexander Vershbow, to delay the extraction of the main individual of the BBK embezzlement scandal, Christopher Kim (Kim Kyung-joon), to Korea on the request to prevent spreading controversies related to Lee Myung-bak's involvement in the BBK embezzlement scandal during the election season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193049-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Lakeland District Council election\nThe 2007 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193049-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Lakeland District Council election, Background\nAt the last election in 2006 the Liberal Democrats gained a majority on the council for the first time. Both they and the Conservatives stood in all of the 17, mainly rural, seats that were being contested in 2007. A Save Our NHS Group stood in 5 seats to campaign against local health cuts, along with 2 candidates from the Labour party and 1 from the Green Party. Councillors who stood down at the election included 4 Conservatives and 1 Liberal Democrat, Gill Cranwell, vice chair of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193049-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Lakeland District Council election, Background\nIssues in the election included cuts in services, hospital closures and secrecy in local government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 57], "content_span": [58, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193049-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Lakeland District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Liberal Democrats remain in control with an increased majority, gaining 3 seats to have 34 councillors. They took the seats of Arnside and Beetham, Crooklands and Windermere Applethwaite from the Conservatives, to leave the Conservatives with 15 councillors. 2 of the gains came in seats where the Conservative councillors had stood down at the election, while in Windermere Applethwaite Jennifer Borer was defeated by 333 votes to 488. Overall turnout in the election was 53.74%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193050-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Lanarkshire Council election\nElections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 20 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation, for a total of 67 seats. The new wards replaced 67 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193050-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Lanarkshire Council election\nLabour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 19 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the Conservative Party also managed to double their number of seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games\nThe 2007 South Pacific Games were held in Apia, Samoa, from 25 August to 8 September 2007. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi-sport event disciplines, such as athletics and swimming, alongside region-specific and smaller events such as outrigger canoeing, surfing and lawn bowls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games\nThe principal venue for the Games was Apia Park, with other events taking place at the Faleata Sporting Complex and at other locations around Samoa. The cost of the games was reported to be US$92 million, and resulted in significant government debt for Samoa due to infrastructure projects which included replacement bridges and roads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Sports\nThere were 33 sports contested at this edition of the games:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony took place on 25 August 2007 at Apia Park Stadium and was performed in a traditional Samoan and Pacific style, welcoming some 5,000 athletes from 22 nations and territories to Samoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Opening ceremony\nThe ceremony was attended by Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa (who also competed in the Games - see below), and Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, Head of State. Choreographed by Samoan contemporary dancer Alan Aiolupotea the ceremony featured dancing portraying the \"mystical legends\" from Samoa's island heritage (such as the stories of Sina and the Eel and Nafanua) with a five-year-old female fire dancer from Siumu Village performing a siva afi (or fire stick dance) accompanied by a Samoan song depicting the flow of lava following the 1905 eruptions near Savai'i being one of the showcase displays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Opening ceremony\nFormer New Zealand Idol winner Rosita Vai sang an accompaniment to the torch lighting of the ceremonial flame by Ofisa Ofisa, a Samoan weightlifter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Opening ceremony\nFollowing a rest day on Sunday, the sporting events of the Games began on Monday, 27 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Participation by Samoan Prime Minister\nSamoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi competed for his country at the Games in the sport of target archery. In participating in the Games, the Prime Minister became the first elected leader to represent his country at a multi-sport event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Participation by Samoan Prime Minister\nHaving taken up the sport only 5 months prior to the Games, Tuilaepa was ranked second in Samoa in the combined bow discipline. The Prime Minister's son was also a reserve team member.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Participation by Samoan Prime Minister\nOn day 10 of the Games, Tuilaepa won a silver medal in the mixed recurve team play event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Logistical problems\nProblems with equipment and the lack of multi-sport event infrastructures within the region created difficulties throughout the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Logistical problems\nThe decathlon was reduced to eight disciplines due to a shortage of equipment. The poles for the pole vault were still in Melbourne after the ship due to deliver them was delayed by poor weather and the high jump was the discipline cancelled to allow the event to comply with IAAF regulations (there is no IAAF-sanctioned nine discipline event). In addition, the 1500 metre race was reduced to 1\u00a0km. The women's 400-metre hurdles and men's discus were also affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Logistical problems\nThe lack of funding and facilities for drug testing also restricted the ability of Games authorities to run a full drug testing and anti-doping programme at the Games. Only one hundred athletes (primarily in high-risk events such as bodybuilding and weightlifting) were due to be tested as samples needed to be flown overseas from Samoa to be processed at a cost of A$500 per sample.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Logistical problems\nFireworks due to feature in the Closing Ceremony also remained in Melbourne after difficulties transporting them by ship to Samoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Religious controversies\nThe religious sensitivities of the host nation (which is primarily Congregationalist Christian) and other participants resulted in several controversial decisions during the organisation and running of the Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Religious controversies\nAthletes in the women's beach volleyball event were required to wear shorts and T-shirts as opposed to the regulation bikini-style outfits to avoid offending family members and other spectators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Religious controversies\nA leaked internal memo by Team Samoa authorities was circulated prior to the event warning Samoan athletes not to engage in homosexual intercourse declaring it as \"ungodly\", stating: \"do not embarrass yourself, your family and your country by trying this in the village...Best not to even think about this. It's against the law of God!\" Such activity is prohibited under Samoan law and punishable by up to five years' imprisonment. However, the ban on homosexual intercourse was later lifted by organising committee chairman Tapasu Lueng Wai.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Religious controversies\nA campaign to issue athletes condoms and advice on sexually transmitted infections also met with resistance from religious leaders. The Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Samoa, Alapati Mataeliga suggested that, in doing so, the authorities were encouraging extra-marital sexual activity which was frowned upon by the church. Games authorities also back-tracked on plans to issue athletes with female condoms after fears it might \"expose young athletes to sex.\" Male condoms were nevertheless distributed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 49], "content_span": [50, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony for the Games again took place at Apia Park. Attended by some 20,000 spectators, a twelve-minute fireworks display brought proceedings to an end before hundreds of balloons were released in the colours of the Games flag which was itself duly lowered and the ceremonial flame extinguished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Closing ceremony\nThe flag was then passed to New Caledonia delegates, supported by a Kanak cultural group, ahead of the 2011 Pacific Games in Noumea.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193051-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 South Pacific Games, Venues\nA significant amount of the pre-Games expenditure was spent on building new facilities and upgrading those already in existence in Samoa. The majority of the new facilities were sited at the Faleata Sports Complex at Tuana'imato. However, many Samoans feared the size of the complex and other construction would lead to the venues becoming significant white elephants after the Games were over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193052-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Ribble Borough Council election\nLocal elections were held for South Ribble Borough Council on 3 May 2007. Elections are held every four years with all councillors up for election in multi-member electoral wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193053-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Staffordshire District Council election\nThe 2007 South Staffordshire District Council election to the South Staffordshire District Council took place in May 2007, with the Featherstone and Shareshill Ward results delayed following the death of a candidate. All 49 seats were up for election, 41 of which went to Conservative Party candidates. 13 of the 14 seats won unopposed went to Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season\nThe 2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 98th in the club's history. They competed in National Rugby League season 2007 under the new ownership of Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes \u00e0 Court and with a new coach in Jason Taylor. The club finished the regular season 7th (out of 16) and were knocked out of the play-offs by eventual grand-finalists Manly-Warringah.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Season summary\nThe Rabbitohs' 2007 season was detailed in the documentary South Side Story.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Season summary\nAfter three rounds South Sydney had three wins, matching their total win tally of the previous season. The Bulldogs brought them back to earth in round 4. The Rabbitohs' co-captain, Kiwi international forward David Kidwell, then fell in a freak accident at a family barbecue and injured his knee. He would require knee re-construction surgery and was not expected to return for the rest of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Season summary\nSouths signed Craig Wing mid-season. The Souths junior would play out the rest of 2007 with the Sydney Roosters before returning to the Rabbitohs for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Season summary\nFor the first time in 18 years the South Sydney Rabbitohs made it to the finals series, finishing in 7th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Season summary\nRoy Asotasi won the George Piggins Medal as the club's player of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Kit and Sponsors, National Australia Bank\nThe National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2007 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 77], "content_span": [78, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Kit and Sponsors, DeLonghi\nDeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2007 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Kit and Sponsors, V8 Supercars Australia\nV8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2007 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 76], "content_span": [77, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193054-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season, Kit and Sponsors, Virgin Blue\nVirgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2007 Telstra Premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 65], "content_span": [66, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193055-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 South Thailand bombings\nThe 2007 South Thailand bombings were a series of bombings that hit Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla and Yala during the Chinese New Year celebrations on 18 and 19 February. At least seven people were killed. The bombings were the first time the rebels had simultaneously struck all four southern provinces. The attacks on Sunday and early Monday targeted mostly residential and business establishments owned by Buddhists or ethnic Chinese.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193055-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 South Thailand bombings, Situation\nThe synchronised bombings targeted hotels, karaoke bars, power grids and commercial sites. Two public schools were torched. Then head of the Thai government, junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin and his Interior Minister Aree Wongsearaya admitted that they knew in advance that attacks were going to take place, then failed to prevent them taking place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193055-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 South Thailand bombings, Situation\nIn nearby Narathiwat Province, at least one person was killed and 10 were wounded in blasts at five karaoke bars in the border town of Sungai Golok. Local schools and mosques in Narathiwat were also burnt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193055-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 South Thailand bombings, Situation\nOver 10 bombs exploded in Yala province injuring at least 23 people in and around Yala's provincial capital, according to a witness at the main hospital. Local officials ordered Yala residents to stay home to avoid more bomb attacks during night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193055-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 South Thailand bombings, Situation\nIn Pattani Province, police radio said Pattani's provincial capital fell dark after a bomb knocked out a power station.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193055-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 South Thailand bombings, Suspects\nIt is assumed that the south Thailand insurgency carried out the attacks. No group took responsibility for the bombings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 38], "content_span": [39, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election\nThe 2007 Southampton Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nBefore the election the Conservative and Labour parties both had 16 seats, while the Liberal Democrats who formed the administration had 15 seats, with one seat, formerly Liberal Democrat, being vacant. 17 seats were being contested in the election, with 2 seats up in Millbrook after Liberal Democrat Virginia Moore resigned from the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nIn total 69 candidates were standing and as well as candidates from the national political parties, a couple of candidates stood for local parties called Southampton First and Southampton Save Our Services. They campaigned on local issues, with Southampton Save Our Services running on a platform calling for improved conditions for public sector workers in Southampton. Candidates also included a 20-year-old Conservative, Vince Capozzoli in Portswood, after the age for councillors was reduced from 21 to 18.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nNational politicians including Conservative leader David Cameron and Labour cabinet minister Peter Hain visited Southampton to campaign for their parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election, Campaign\nThe council used an electronic system to check postal votes, but had to check them by hand after the system failed to read up to 40% of them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 48], "content_span": [49, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nThe results saw no party win a majority, but the Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats, 2 each to the Conservative and Labour parties. The Conservatives won 9 of the 17 seats contested, to move to 18 seats, level with Labour, while the Liberal Democrats fell to 12 seats. One of the Conservative gains from the Liberal Democrats came in Swaythling and was put down to plans for a travellers' camp in the area, which had been opposed by the Conservative candidate. Overall turnout in the election was 30.2%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193056-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Southampton City Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election Conservative group leader Alec Samuels was elected leader of the council. This came after one Liberal Democrat councillor, Norah Goss, voted in favour of a Conservative administration, breaking from the rest of the party who abstained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games\nThe 2007 Southeast Asian Games (Thai: \u0e01\u0e35\u0e2c\u0e32\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e15\u0e30\u0e27\u0e31\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e40\u0e09\u0e35\u0e22\u0e07\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49 2007, romanized:\u00a0Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand. This was the sixth time Thailand hosted the Southeast Asian Games and its first time since 1995. Previously, Thailand also hosted the 1959 inaugural games, 1967 games, 1975 games and the 1985 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games\nThe Thai Olympic Committee planned the event to coincide with the commemoration of 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej who was also the gold medalist of the sailing event at the 1967 games. The games was held from 6 to 15 December 2007 although several events had commenced from 27 November 2007. Around 5282 athletes participated at the event which featured 475 events in 43 sports. It was opened by Prince Vajiralongkorn, the Crown Prince of Thailand at the 80th Birthday Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games\nThe final medal tally was led by host Thailand, followed by Malaysia and Vietnam. Several Games and National records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standards of competition amongst the Southeast Asian Nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Host city\nSingapore was due to host the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, but it withdrew from hosting to demolish and rebuild its national stadium. A general assembly of the SEA Games Federation Council during the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam approved Thailand's hosting of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation\nOn 24 February 2006, northeast Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima Province authorities met to discuss the 2007 SEA Games schedule, and progress on the province's under-construction US$65 million sports complex. Presided over by governor Somboon Ngamlak, the meeting provided an overview of facilities, and ended with reassurances that facilities would be ready for SEA Games in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Torch relay\nA torch relay was held across the nation prior to the hosting of the games. On 8 November 2007, Prince Vajiralongkorn, on behalf of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej presented the royal flame to the games organising committee chairman, Suvit Yodmani. Following the presentation, the flame was installed in Bangkok at the Bangkok City Hall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Torch relay\nAfter that, the flame was relayed from Bangkok to provinces such as Chonburi, Samut Songkhram, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ratchaburi, Suphanburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Loei, Nong Khai, Sakhon Nahkhon, Mukdahan, Ubon Ratchatthani, Surin, Roi Et and Khon Kaen before arrived in the host province, Nakhon Ratchasima on 26 November 2007. In Nakhon Ratchasima, the flame was relayed across its districts such as Phimai, Choke Chai, Pak Thong Chai, Pak Chong and Soongnern before arrived at Nakhon Ratchasima City, the host city of the games on 1 December 2007. The flame was then installed at the monument of Thao Suranari before the games' opening ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Branding and design\nThe logo of the 2007 Southeast Asian games is an image of row of three sailing boats in the shape of Pimai castle representing the 40th anniversary His Majesty the King, Bhumibol Adulyadej won a gold medal in a sailing competition in the 1967 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games and the 80th anniversary of his birthday. It was designed by Prasit Nunsung from Nonthaburi. The three boats in the logo represents the development, the blending of colours and the technology of Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Branding and design\nWhile the yellow colour on the largest boat represents the King itself, it along with red and blue are the colours on the flags of the Southeast Asian nations and represents the unity and friendship among the games participants and the people of Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asian Games Federation logo, the 10-circle chain represents the 10 member nations, excluding Timor-Leste and the Southeast Asian Games itself. The shape of the boats that resemble the Pimai castle, represents the host city Nakhon Ratchasima, the Northeast region of Thailand and its civilisation one thousand years ago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Branding and design\nThe mascot of the 2007 SEA Games is a Korat cat named Can. The Korat cat is a slate blue-grey shorthair domestic cat with a small to medium build and a low percentage of body fat. It is one of the oldest stable cat breeds in Thailand and named after the Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province. As a mascot it wears \"Pha Khao Ma\", a traditional Thai loincloth, and plays the khaen, a Northeastern-style mouth organ. The name of the musical instrument aforementioned, coincidentally has a similar pronunciation to the mascot's name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Branding and design\nThe mascot was created by Sa-ard Jomnagrm and its name \"Can\" was given by an eight-year-old girl, Piyathida Sreewimon. The word \"Can\" in English simply means Can which is a short word that can be spoken easily and represents the attitude of the athletes in their quest to win gold medals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Development and preparation, Branding and design\nFour songs were composed for the games including Rhythm of The Winner, the theme song of the games. The other songs are: We are The Water, Friendship Card and Korat SEA Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 76], "content_span": [77, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Venues\nMost of the games were held in the sports complex on Pakthongchai Road in Nakhon Ratchasima after $65 million reconstruction for preparation of the event. The sports complex holds the 20,000-seater His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary, 5th December 2007 Sports Complex. The sports complex also includes a 5,000-seater indoor stadium and 16 tennis court facilities which are among the other facilities finished in June 2007. Aside from Nakhon Ratchasima, events were held at Bangkok and at Chonburi. In Suranaree University of Technology, the students resident was used as the games village while Suraphat 2 Building was used as the main press centre.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, Venues\nThe24th Southeast Asian Games had 39 venues for the games, 28 in Nakhon Ratchasima, 6 in Bangkok and 5 in Chonburi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nThe opening ceremony which divided into eight segments was held on 6 December 2007 at 19:00 (TST) at the 80th birthday stadium. Thai audiences clad in mostly pink and yellow as symbol of loyalty to the king, packed the stadium hours before the ceremony starts. After the Thai royal family entered the stadium, the royal anthem is first played. The ceremony began with the first segment entitled \"The Amazing Great King\", a 10-minute tribute to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, then the longest reigning monarch in the world at that time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nThis was followed by second and third segment named \"The Amazing E-Saan Wonder\" and \"The Amazing Glorious City\" respectively, highlighting the history and culture of the Isan (northeast) region and its main city, Korat which were accompanied by a dazzling laser display and incorporated replicas of colourful ancient temples and gigantic dragon boats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nAfter that, the fourth segment \"The Amazing Sport Ceremony\" was held began with the parade of the contingents from the 11 participating nations. The Thai contingent, the largest contingent among the participating nations received the warmest welcome from the audiences when they enter the stadium. After the athletes and officials had assembled on the field, Thai Sports Minister Suvit Yodmani, the Games organising chairman, delivered his speech and the Games was then officially opened by the Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nIt was followed by the Thai National Anthem when the national flag of Thailand was raised and the raising of the Games flag and the oath-taking ceremony in which Suebsak Pansueb took the oath on behalf of the athletes and Paibul Srichaisawat on behalf of the judges. Later during \"The Amazing Royal Flame\", the fifth segment of the ceremony, a group of athletes passes the flame during the torch relay one after another before the Thai female weightlifter cum gold medalist at the Athens Olympics, Udomporn Polsak lit the Games cauldron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Opening ceremony\nThe ceremony concludes with \"The Amazing Spirit\", \"The Amazing Friendship\" and \"The Amazing Celebrations\" segments which were performed by more than 8,000 students from 35 learning institutions. The segments were held in accordance with the Games' tagline of 'Spirit, Friendship and Celebrations'.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Closing ceremony\nThe closing ceremony which was divided into seven segments was held on 15 December 2007 at 19:00 (TST) at the 80th birthday stadium and was preceded by a pre-ceremony song and dance performance entitled \"A Message from the Heart\", the arrival of the Thai Prime Minister and other dignitaries. The ceremony began with a four-minute \"The Creation of Spirit\" segment, a musical sketch showcasing Thailand's rich traditional culture. This was followed by \"The Creation of Friendship\" and \"The Creation of Celebrations\" segment, the two musical performances by school students who formed \u2018human formations\u2019 in the middle of the field. Later, \"The Creation of Sport Ceremony\" segment was held with the contingents from the 11 participating nations marched into the stadium to the folk music of respective nations as the fireworks lit up the skies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 897]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Closing ceremony\nAfter the athletes and officials assembled at the stadium, Thai Prime Minister Gen Surayud Chulanont gave his speech and declared the games closed. Prime Minister Surayud then entitled Swimmers Miguel Molina of the Philippines and Natthanan Junkajang of Thailand as the Most Valuable Athletes of the Games. With Thai national flag and the Games flag lowered, the SEA Games responsibility was handed over to Laos, host of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in which the Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, Somsavat Lengsavad received the games flag as its symbol. A Laos segment performance was performed by Lao dancers with their traditional performances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Closing ceremony\nDuring \"The Creation of Hope\" segment, The flame of the cauldron was extinguished by a man dress as a Korat boy on two wheeled cart, symbolised the end of the games. The ceremony concluded with two Thai farewell segment performances namely \"The Creation of Live World\" and \"The Creation of Happiness and Prosperity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Sports\nThe 2007 SEA Games featured 43 sports which consists of 475 events and also 2 demonstration sports (i.e. Go and Kempo).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Sports\n\u00b9 - not an official Olympic Sport\u00b2 - sport played only in the SEAG\u00b3 - not a traditional Olympic nor SEAG Sport and introduced only by the host country. \u00b0 - a former official Olympic Sport, not applied in previous host countries and was introduced only by the host country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 45], "content_span": [46, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193057-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Medal table\nA total of 1542 medals, comprising 477 gold medals, 470 silver medals, and 595 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The Host Thailand performance was its best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games history and emerged as overall champion of the games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193058-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL from May 23 through May 27. After being ranked #1 nationally for most of the season and taking the regular-season SEC crown, Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193058-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThis year marked the first time since 1984 LSU did not qualify for the tournament. The Bayou Bengals struggled to a 12-17-1 SEC record under first-year coach Paul Mainieri and finished 29-26-1 overall, LSU's lowest win total since 1983, the year before Skip Bertman came to Baton Rouge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193059-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193059-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council with a majority of 9 seats over the other parties. The former leader of the council, Anna Waite, who had been defeated in the 2006 election, was returned to the council in St Luke's ward after defeating the Labour councillor Kevin Robinson. However the Conservatives lost a usually safe seat in Thorpe to independent Ron Woodley by 791 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193059-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Election result\nFor the second election in a row a Conservative leader of the council was defeated. Murray Foster was defeated in Prittlewell ward by Liberal Democrat Ric Morgan, forcing the Conservatives to choose a new leader. Nigel Holdcroft was unopposed within the Conservative group and became the new leader of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193060-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 20 through May 24. Ninth seeded Wofford won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Terrier's first SoCon tournament win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193060-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament\nAll ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, double-elimination tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193061-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place between Wednesday, February 28 and Saturday, March 3 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Davidson Wildcats won the championship to secure their 9th trip to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193062-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southern District Council election\nThe 2007 Southern District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 17 elected members to the 21-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193063-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\nThe 2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented The University of Southern Mississippi in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Jeff Bower, who was in his 18th year at Southern Miss. Southern Miss played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and competed in the East Division of Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193063-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\nThe Golden Eagles finished the season with a record of 7\u20136, 5\u20133 in C-USA play, and lost to Cincinnati, 31\u201321, in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193064-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament\nThe 2007 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 26, 2007 to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2007 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at H. Alvin Brown\u2013C. C. Stroud Field, home field of Northwestern State in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Fourth-seeded Sam Houston State won their second overall championship, and what would be the first of three consecutive titles, and claimed the automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193064-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format\nThe top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six, regardless of division. They played a double-elimination tournament. Despite the seeding, the two division champions were protected, so that third-seeded Lamar played fifth seeded McNeese State in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 65], "content_span": [66, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193064-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player\nLuke Prihoda was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Prihoda was a pitcher for Sam Houston State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 88], "content_span": [89, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193065-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 8\u201311, 2007 at the Campbell Center in Houston, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193065-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format\nThe top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 61], "content_span": [62, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193065-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Championship Game\nTexas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Northwestern State, 81\u201378 and never trailed in the game. They got 19 points from tournament MVP Chris Daniels. Daniels, the conference player of the year, was 7-for-8 despite being double- and sometimes triple-teamed. Corpus Christi led by eight at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193065-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Championship Game\nIt was 79\u201378 with five seconds remaining, and Northwestern State was forced to foul. Josh Ervin made two free throws to put Corpus Christi up three. Taureen Mitchell intercepted Northwestern's final pass to end the game. Trey Gilder led Northwestern State with 25 points, hitting all seven of his free throws and both of his three-point attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 72], "content_span": [73, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193066-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Southwest Cup\nThe 2007 Southwest Cup was held on the Navajo Nation of the United States. It was the 26th time the Southwest Cup has been contested since its establishment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193066-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Southwest Cup\nThe Cup is a soccer tournament between tribes of Native Americans, the 2007 champions were the Zuni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193066-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Southwest Cup\nIn 2010, the 27th Southwest Cup was hailed in Farmington, New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193067-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa 24 Hours\nThe 2007 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 60th running of the Spa 24 Hours as well as the fifth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season, was sponsored by Total S.A. The G3 class also included cars running in the GT3 specification seen in the FIA GT3 European Championship, although this event was not part of their scheduled season. It took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on July 28 and 29 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193067-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa 24 Hours, Report\nThe race was run under varying weather conditions over the 24-hour period, with occasional heavy rain leading to length safety car periods several times. The #33 Jetalliance Aston Martin led the race early on, yet was forced to drop out after 158 laps. The lead was then shared by a group of cars all running on the same lap, including both Vitaphone Racing Maseratis as well as the Scuderia Playteam Maserati, as well as the PK Carsport and Carsport Holland Corvettes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193067-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa 24 Hours, Report\nNearing the final hour of the race, the #1 Vitaphone Racing Maserati had a lap lead over Carsport Holland, but a mistake on a slippery track led to the car becoming buried in a gravel trap. While the car was being extracted, the Carsport Holland Corvette would take over the lead, remaining there to take the victory. The margin of victory was 1:17.756.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193067-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa 24 Hours, Report\nIn GT2, the BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche lead for nearly the entire event, eventually earning a four lap margin of victory. In the G2 class, the pair of Mosler MT900s would easily defeat other competitors, with the Belgian G&A Racing team taking the class win. Fellow Belgian team M\u00fchlner Motorsport would take the G3 class victory, with their Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 16 laps ahead of the nearest competitor. In the Coupe du Roi relay, the JMB Racing Ferrari would be the only car to finish the event, earning them the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193067-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa 24 Hours, Half-point Leaders\nIn the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top eight teams are awarded half-points for their position both at the six-hour mark as well as at the midway point of the race. Points for the top eight go in the order of 5 \u2013 4 \u2013 3 \u2013 2.5 \u2013 2 \u2013 1.5 \u2013 1 \u2013 0.5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 37], "content_span": [38, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193067-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa 24 Hours, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193068-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round\n2007 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was the Tenth race of the 2007 GP2 Series season. It was held on 15 September and 16, 2007 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at Spa, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2007 Belgian Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193069-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Spanish Figure Skating Championships (Spanish: Campeonato De Espa\u00f1a De Patinaje Sobre Hielo 2006-07) took place between 15 and 16 December 2006 in Jaca. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior, junior, and novice levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193070-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Formula Three Championship\nThe 2007 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the seventh Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on March 31, 2007 and ended on November 11 after sixteen races, with Spanish driver M\u00e1ximo Cort\u00e9s crowned champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espa\u00f1a Telef\u00f3nica 2007) was a Formula One motor race, fourth round of the 2007 Formula One season, won by Felipe Massa. It was held on 13 May 2007 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nPrior to the Spanish Grand Prix, the Circuit de Catalunya went through some circuit revisions to encourage overtaking and make the racing more exciting and also to improve safety standards. The revisions included a chicane placed at the final two corners. \"Although I have always really enjoyed the final two corners and their speed, the new chicane at the end of the track will hopefully lead to more overtaking during the race, which is great for the spectators,\" Fernando Alonso commented. Because of the revisions, the fastest lap of the race, (recorded by Massa), was fractionally over six seconds longer than the fastest lap of the race in 2006, (also recorded by Massa).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nJust over a week before the weekend of the grand prix, there was an organised test session at the track for four days, with primary focus on aerodynamic set-ups. However, due to heavy rain on the Tuesday, many teams abandoned their initial test schedule and instead looked to focus on wet-weather set-ups. Both Ferrari and Red Bull took advantage of these conditions and scored first and second fastest times respectively on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The wet weather eventually led to a fourth day of testing, in which Red Bull driver David Coulthard broke Ferrari's run and set the fastest time by 0.2 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Background\nThe aerodynamic focus was evident in the unveiling of two new and radical front aero designs by both the Honda and McLaren teams. Both teams would be understandably reluctant to release figures to support their reasoning for using such radical winglets, although McLaren's consistent speed throughout the testing is noted by only having out-paced championship rivals Ferrari once. Honda, however, ended up half a second down on the nearest car on the final day of testing where they unveiled their \"elephant ear\" winglets. McLaren punctuated their need for aero testing over rain testing by withdrawing on the rained-out Tuesday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nLewis Hamilton headed the first practice session in his McLaren, just 0.4seconds ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was in front of his home crowd. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was third in his Ferrari, but his team-mate Felipe Massa was demoted to fifth in the closing moments, as Robert Kubica took fourth in his BMW. Anthony Davidson finished sixth in his Super Aguri, with the Toyotas of Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher in 7th and 8th. Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button rounded out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nAlonso turned the tables on Hamilton in the second practice session, with Alonso three tenths ahead of the rest of the field, but Hamilton was back in fifth. McLaren team boss Ron Dennis said that they had made the \"best possible start to the weekend\". The Renaults of Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen produced a late surge to finish 2nd and 3rd, ahead of both Ferraris, who were down in 4th and 6th. However, Renault's engineering director Pat Symonds played down the times, saying they were \"done with a lower fuel load\" and \"are therefore unrepresentatively high in the timesheets\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nBehind the top three teams, Nico Rosberg was again in the top ten in his Williams, with engineering director Patrick Head saying they've been \"playing catch up today\", after a high-speed crash by Rosberg during the Barcelona test. Although out of the top six, Nick Heidfeld said his eighth place \"doesn't reflect how competitive we are\", with Webber and Scott Speed rounding out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nIt was the second McLaren one-two of the weekend as Hamilton took first ahead of Alonso in Saturday practice. Behind them, both BMWs were in front of both Ferraris. They were split by David Coulthard in the Red Bull. Anthony Davidson put in another good practice performance with eighth in his Super Aguri, with Nico Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen rounding out the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nFernando Alonso looked likely to take pole at his home Grand Prix. Alonso crossed the line at the end of Q3 to take pole, unaware that Felipe Massa still had one lap in hand. The Brazilian pipped pole from the home hero by three-one hundredths of a second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe first start was aborted when Toyota driver Jarno Trulli stalled on the grid, forcing another formation lap and decreasing the race length to 65 laps. The race got underway shortly thereafter with both Felipe Massa and World Champion Fernando Alonso going into the corner ahead of their team-mates Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Lewis Hamilton respectively. This order was short-lived as Alonso and Massa touched briefly going into the first corner, sending Alonso over the gravel with him returning to the track behind R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's Ferrari in fourth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThe first lap saw the first of eight retirements, that being Austrian Alexander Wurz as he was caught unaware by Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher braking suddenly to avoid Giancarlo Fisichella, as the Italian returned to the track after a minor off. Six laps later, as Massa was building a lead over Hamilton, Australian Red Bull driver Mark Webber retired when the hydraulic problems that plagued him during qualifying returned. A lap later, Trulli, who had started from the pit lane after stalling on the grid, also pulled into the pits and retired due to a failing fuel line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nOn lap nine the electrics on Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen's Ferrari failed, leaving him to coast to the pits from half way around the track. Scott Speed's tyre failed spectacularly on the main straight shortly afterwards, leaving debris that remained there for the rest of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAs the first round of pit-stops took place, a fire briefly lit into full blaze on the back the remaining Ferrari of race leader Felipe Massa. The car was undamaged and after all the cars had stopped he was still some ten seconds ahead of Briton Lewis Hamilton. The remaining Toro Rosso of Vitantonio Liuzzi suffered similar hydraulic problems to those befell him in qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nItalian Renault driver, Giancarlo Fisichella, battled with the Honda of Rubens Barrichello, passing the Brazilian after the second stops. While most drivers negotiated their second stops smoothly, BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld lost a probable fourth position, which would have been his fourth in as many races, when his right front wheel was not properly secured during the pit stop. He coasted around the circuit for another stop and returned to the track more than a lap down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMore drama followed the Hondas as drivers Barrichello and Jenson Button touched as the latter exited the pits. Button was forced to return to the pits for a new front wing whilst Barrichello raced on, futilely attempting to catch Fisichella's Renault.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThrough all the retirements and bungled pit-stops, Red Bull driver David Coulthard raced to what became a strong fifth position despite losing third gear in the team's new quick shift gearbox. Despite Williams driver Rosberg's best attempts, he was unable to pass the Scot. This was Red Bull's strongest result so far this season and highlighted the improving performance of the Adrian Newey designed RB3 chassis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRenault's day went sour after problems with the refuelling rig meant that both Fisichella and Kovalainen had to pit again forcing Heikki down to 7th of what would have been a probable 5th and pushed Giancarlo out of the points altogether. He still remained ahead of the Hondas of Button and Barrichello and the Super Aguri for Anthony Davidson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nRalf Schumacher retired with 20 laps remaining in the race. On American SPEED Channel coverage, commentator Bob Varsha joked that Schumacher was pitting from \"somewhere around Andorra\" alluding to the German's very slow pace all day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nMassa went on to win the race by almost seven seconds over the McLaren pair of Hamilton and Alonso, respectively second and third. This result meant that Hamilton, after a Formula One career of only four races, led the championship. He is the youngest driver to do so, taking the record from McLaren team founder, Bruce McLaren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193071-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nPole Robert Kubica made up for his team-mate's gearbox induced retirement by continuing the team's run of fourth-place finishes, while Aguri Suzuki's Japanese Super Aguri team notched up their first ever points with an eighth place by Takuma Sato. \"I just cannot describe how happy we are and a point means much more than anything else for us and this is an absolutely fantastic result\" Sato went on to say.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193072-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish International Badminton Tournament\nThe 2007 Spanish International Badminton Tournament was the 20th edition of the Spanish International Badminton Tournament. It was held in Madrid, from May 24 to May 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193072-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish International Badminton Tournament\nIt was an International Challenge with a prize money of US$15,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193073-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish National Badminton Championships\nThe 2007 Spanish National Badminton Championships was the 26th edition of the Spanish National Badminton Championships. It was held in Alicante, from May 11 to May 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections\nThe 2007 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect all 66,131 councillors in the 8,111 municipalities of Spain and all 1,038 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the eleven island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections\nThe results saw few changes overall; most incumbent governments retained their majority, with only a few exceptions. The PP government in the Balearics fell, and a coalition led by PSOE took power. While the elections were seen as a first indication of how the 2008 Spanish general election might turn out, the results proved to be inconclusive. In 2003, the PSOE had a slight edge with 34.8 against the PP's 34.3; in this election, the PP had 35.6 to the PSOE's 34.9. Turnout was slightly lower, with 63.8 instead of 67.7 four years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nMunicipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nVoting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 834]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nCouncillors of municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, in municipalities with populations below 100 inhabitants, as well as for those that made it advisable as a result of their geographical location or the convenience of a better management of municipal interests or other circumstances, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: r\u00e9gimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nThe mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nElectors were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nProvincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead\u2014called Juntas Generales\u2014, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 882]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nMost deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Electoral system\nIsland councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Municipal elections, City control\nThe following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 63], "content_span": [64, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193074-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish local elections, Provincial deputations, Deputation control\nThe following table lists party control in provincial deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193075-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 23\u201325 March 2007 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193075-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193076-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish regional elections\nThe 2007 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities\u2014Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and Le\u00f3n, Castilla\u2013La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community\u2014, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 812 of 1,206 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193076-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish regional elections\nThe results saw few changes overall, with most incumbent governments remaining in power. The only exception was the People's Party (PP) government in the Balearic Islands, which was replaced by a coalition led by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193076-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish regional elections, Election date\nDetermination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities\u2014all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia\u2014had their elections fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, to be held together with nationwide local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193076-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish regional elections, Election date\nIn some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve the regional parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases\u2014namely, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile and Le\u00f3n and the Valencian Community\u2014, the law granted presidents the power to call a snap election resulting in a fresh four year-parliamentary term. By the time of the 2007 regional elections, however, this prerogative had not yet been exercised by any of these communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 46], "content_span": [47, 694]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193076-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Spanish regional elections, Regional governments\nThe following table lists party control in autonomous communities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193077-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sparkassen Giro\nThe women's race of the 2007 Sparkassen Giro Bochum took place on 5 August 2007. It was the 7th women's edition of the Sparkassen Giro Bochum. The race started and ended in Bochum, Germany with 80 participants. The race is a UCI 1.1 category race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193078-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Special Honours (New Zealand)\nThe 2007 Special Honours in New Zealand were two Special Honours Lists: the first was published on 6 February 2007, in which four appointments of additional members were made to the Order of New Zealand to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Order; and the second was dated 21 May 2007, and recognised the incumbent governor-general, Anand Satyanand. The appointments were made by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193078-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Special Honours (New Zealand)\nThe recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193079-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games\nThe 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games (Chinese: 2007\u5e74\u4e16\u754c\u590f\u5b63\u7279\u6b8a\u5965\u6797\u5339\u514b\u8fd0\u52a8\u4f1a; pinyin: 2007 Ni\u00e1n sh\u00ecji\u00e8 xi\u00e0j\u00ec t\u00e8sh\u016b \u00e0ol\u00ednp\u01d0k\u00e8 y\u00f9nd\u00f2nghu\u00ec) were held in Shanghai, China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193079-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Young Athletes\u2122 introduction\nConcluding it pilot run in 2006, The Special Olympics officially introduced Young Athletes\u2122, a sports program for children aged 2-7 with intellectual disabilities. It was designed to get the children exposed and interested in sports before they are eligible to compete in the Special Olympics. It was tested in 11 other countries and over 10,000 children participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 70], "content_span": [71, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193079-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Revenue and expenses\nThe Games made a total of $101,663,833 in revenue, gains, and other financial support. It was a $16,898,416 increase compared to the year before. Total expenses for the year were $101,010,125, another increase from 2006, this time worth $19,841,738.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 62], "content_span": [63, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193079-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Founder receives award\nSpecial Olympics founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver was awarded with the Minerva Award for Lifetime Achievement two weeks after the closing ceremony on October 23. She won the award for her contributions not only to the Special Olympics, but for efforts to help people with disabilities. The award is named after the Roman goddess Minerva and serves as a way to honor women who have sparked change in their communities, states, and nations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 64], "content_span": [65, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193080-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speed World Challenge\nThe 2007 Speed World Challenge season was the eighteenth season of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed World Challenge. It began on March 16 at Sebring International Raceway and ended October 21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193081-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Conference League\nThe 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193081-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Conference League, Summary\nThe title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions for the second successive year. Scunthorpe also won the Knockout Cup, Conference Trophy and Conference League Fours. Their leading rider was Tai Woffinden who also won the Conference League Riders' Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193081-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Conference League, Summary\nThe Oxford Lions took their senior side team name Oxford Cheetahs following the withdrawal of the senior side from the 2007 Elite League speedway season. In June 2007, businessman Allen Trump invested in the club (also sponsoring the club via LCD Publishing) to secure the lease on the track and the Cheetahs completed the 2007 season in the Conference League, replacing their junior side the Oxford Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 40], "content_span": [41, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193081-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Conference League, Conference League Knockout Cup\nThe 2007 Conference League Knockout Cup was the tenth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners for the second successive year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 63], "content_span": [64, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193082-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Ekstraliga\nThe 2007 Speedway Ekstraliga season is the 8th since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season are scheduled for April 8, 2007, and the season will end on October 7, 2007. Atlas Wroc\u0142aw are the defending Polish champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193082-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Ekstraliga, First round, League table\nPld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; Pts = Points; Bon = Bonus points; Total = Total points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193083-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix was the 62nd edition of the official World Championship and the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion of IMG, who had purchased series organisers Benfield Sports International (BSI).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193083-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format\nThe format for 2007 was a revision of that used in 2006, with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider racing against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advanced to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders advanced to the Grand Prix final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193083-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format\nAll rides counted towards Grand Prix points totals, including the semi-final and final, which counted as double (6-4-2-0) and therefore the maximum points for a single Grand Prix was 24 (5x heat wins, semi final win and final win). This scoring revision was introduced as a result of comments made during 2006 that the four finalists received too many points compared to the losing semi-finalists who received little benefit compared to the 9th placed non-qualifier. This format also meant that the winner of each Grand Prix may not be the rider who scores most Grand Prix points from each race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193083-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification for Grand Prix\nFor the 2007 season, there were 15 permanent riders joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top eight riders from the 2006 championship qualified as of right, although as Hans Andersen had already qualified the 9th placed rider was also included. These eight qualifiers were, in championship order:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193083-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification for Grand Prix\nThey were joined by three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Qualifying final. These riders were, in order by qualifying position:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193083-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification for Grand Prix\nThe final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2006 Grand Prix season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 54], "content_span": [55, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193084-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the sixth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 July in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193084-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 56], "content_span": [57, 530]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193085-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the fourth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 June in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193085-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Kenneth Bjerre (as Wild Card), Jesper B. Jensen and Morten Risager (both as Track Reserve).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193085-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193086-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the second race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 12 May in the Olympic Stadium in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193086-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Sebastian U\u0142amek (as Wild Card), Tomasz Gapi\u0144ski and Tomasz J\u0119drzejak (both as Track Reserve).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193086-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Starting positions draw\nJason Crump, Hans N. Andersen, Tomasz Gapi\u0144ski and Tomasz J\u0119drzejak in 2007 season are Atlas Wroc\u0142aw's rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193086-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193087-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the eleventh race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 13 October in the Veltins-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193087-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193088-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2007 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193088-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated David Howe (as Wild Card), Edward Kennett and Daniel King (both as Track Reserve). This was undertaken at the suggestion of the British event organisers who requested that finishing positions from the 2007 British Championship determine the identity of the wild card and reserves - the highest placed rider in that event (other than the pre-qualified Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls) would be the wild card, the next two would be the track reserves. David Howe finished second to Harris and took the wild card place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 66], "content_span": [67, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193088-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 55], "content_span": [56, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193089-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy\nThe 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the first event in the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on 28 April 2007 in the Stadio Speedway Santa Marina in Lonigo, Italy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193089-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mattia Carpanese as Wild Card, and Daniele Tessari and Christian Miotello both as Track Reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 58], "content_span": [59, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193089-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 47], "content_span": [48, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193090-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 August in the Latvijas Sp\u012bdveja Centrs stadium in Daugavpils, Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193090-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Grigory Laguta (as wild card), Kasts Poudzuks and Maksims Bogdanow (both as track reserve). Kai Laukkanen has replace the injured Jaros\u0142aw Hampel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193090-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193091-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the ninth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 8 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193091-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193092-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia was the seventh race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 11 August in the G&B Stadium in M\u00e5lilla, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193092-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Fredrik Lindgren (as wild card), Jonas Davidsson and Sebastian Ald\u00e9n (both as track reserve). Peter Karlsson and Kai Laukkanen has replace the injured Andreas Jonsson and Jaros\u0142aw Hampel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193092-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193093-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia was the tenth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 22 September in the Matija Gubec Stadium in Kr\u0161ko, Slovenia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193093-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 50], "content_span": [51, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193094-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden\nThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the third race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 26 May in the Smedstadium stadium in Eskilstuna, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193094-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Starting positions draw\nThe Speedway Grand Prix Commission has nominated Fredrik Lindgren (as Wild Card), Jonas Davidsson and Eric Andersson (both as Track Reserve).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193094-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Starting positions draw\nWies\u0142aw Jagu\u015b and Eric Andersson in 2007 season was a Smederna Eskilstuna's rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193094-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Heat details\ne: retired or mechanical failure \u2022 m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 t: exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 x: other exclusion \u2022 f: fellns: non-starter \u2022 nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 48], "content_span": [49, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193095-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup\nThe 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 21, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending champion Denmark (52 pts), Australia (29 pts) and Great Britain (15 pts) in the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193096-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Event 1\nThe 2007 Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the first race of the 2007 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 14, 2007 in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193096-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Event 1, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193097-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Event 2\nThe 2007 Speedway World Cup Event 1 was the first race of the 2007 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July, 2007 in the Brandon stadium in Coventry, Great Britain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193097-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Event 2, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193098-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Final\nThe 2007 Speedway World Cup Final was the fourth and last race of the 2007 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 21, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193098-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Final, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193099-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification\nThe 2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification (SWC) was a two events of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the two national teams who qualify for the 2007 Speedway World Cup. According to the FIM rules the top six nations (Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Australia Poland, and United States) from the 2006 Speedway World Cup were automatically qualified. Qualification was won by Finland and Russia teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193099-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification, Heat details, Abensberg (1)\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193099-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Qualification, Heat details, Lonigo (2)\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193100-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Race-off\nThe 2007 Speedway World Cup Race-off was the third race of the 2007 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 19, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193100-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Speedway World Cup Race-off, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 46], "content_span": [47, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193101-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spengler Cup\nThe 2007 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland between December 26, 2007 and December 31, 2007. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The final was won 2-1 by Team Canada over Salavat Yulaev Ufa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season\nThe 2007 Spokane Shock season continued the team's Cinderella story from 2006, which saw the Shock go 17-2 (including playoffs) and become the first expansion team in af2 history. Of course, the ultimate goal in 2007 was to make it back to the ArenaCup Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Off-season\nThe 2006-2007 off season saw several members of the 2006 team get signed by AFL teams. Between seasons Head Coach Fred Siegfried accepted the offensive coordinator position for the AFL's Kansas City Brigade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Stockton Lightning\nIn front of another sold out crowd, 10,653 fans watched the defending 2006 ArenaCup Champions take to the field on Saturday, March 31, 2007 for their season opener. The season started off just as it did in the 2006 season; a home game against the Stockton Lightning. The game started with a Shock touchdown on a fumble return as the Lightning fumbled the opening kickoff. Three receivers (Antwone Savage, Chico Mackey, and Raul Vijil) had multiple catches combining for 162 yards and 18 receptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Stockton Lightning\nShock Quarterback Andrico Hines was honored as the Offensive Player of the Game after passing for three touchdowns and 168 yards with only one interception. On the defensive side of things, the Shock made a statement by producing three key turnovers (3 fumbles and 2 interceptions (both by Rob Keefe). The defense also made a goal-line stand in the 3rd quarter. The Shock stuffed the Lighting and prevented a touchdown after Stockton made four straight goal-line attempts from the 1 yard-line. The Shock won the game 51-35.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 73], "content_span": [74, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Quad City Steamwheelers\nLooking to go 2-0, the Shock took to the field against the Quad City Steamwheelers on April 6, 2007 in front of yet another sold out crowd of 10,560 fans. The game started off slow for both teams due to sloppy play and numerous penalties on both teams. Only 13 total points were scored during the first quarter. The game was earmarked the game of the week in the af2 because in the coaches' poll, the Shock were ranked 2nd, and the Steamwheelers were ranked 3rd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Quad City Steamwheelers\nThe rankings didn't lie, as both teams were neck and neck in scoring for three quarters when the Steamwheelers pulled away in the 4th by scoring 27 points, as opposed to the Shock's 18. Statistically, the Shock played the better game, and would have won, but Quad City capitalized on the Shock's four interceptions, two of them being end zone interceptions. Because of that, Coach Adam Shackleford benched starting quarterback Andrico Hines in the 4th quarter and put in backup quarterback Matt Gutierrez. For only the second time in franchise history, the Shock lost a home game, with the Steamwheelers beating them 60-45.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 78], "content_span": [79, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 3: at Fort Wayne Fusion\nRebounding from a dismal performance the last week, quarterback Andrico Hines threw for 5 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. The final minute of the game saw four touchdowns scored in total. With one second left on the clock, the Spokane Shock had an opportunity to tie the game, but Hines threw and incomplete pass off the net. The result was a loss, and the first time in franchise history that the team lost two straight games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Lubbock Renegades\nLooking to rebound from an unprecedented two straight losses, the Spokane Shock put on a show. QB Andrico Hines threw six touchdowns (17-31, 192 yards) without throwing an interception for the second consecutive week. The Renegades defense focused on WR Antwone Savage who was limited to only six receptions (his lowest total of the season) but still managed to haul in four touchdowns and 75 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Lubbock Renegades\nAs a result, Hines had to turn to receiver Andre Rector, who continued to improve from Week 3, The Shock's other receiver, Raul Vijil, had two touchdown receptions but left the game in the third quarter after spraining his ankle. The Spokane defense also put on a show. The Shock had several huge stops, which limited the Renegades to just 26 points. The secondary made outstanding contributions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 4: vs. Lubbock Renegades\nIn addition to the 5 pass breakups from Nygel Rogers and Alex Teems, the defense forced two turnovers (both interceptions by Rob Keefe, one being returned 13 yards for a touchdown) and made 26 tackles. This contrasted the previous week, in which the Shock allowed the Fusion to score 63 points, and they had 32 missed tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 5: @ Stockton Lightning\nThe Spokane Shock used a blocked field goal as time expired in regulation to avert a last-second comeback by the Stockton Lightning, and got their first road win of the season. Spokane QB Andrico Hines completed 22-of-33 passes for 244 yards and three touchdowns. Spokane and Stockton traded touchdowns in the first quarter and were tied at 7-7 going into the second quarter. The second quarter proved no different for either team as the two teams were tied at 27 a piece going into half time after a 1-yard rush by Katon Bethay with no time remaining in the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 5: @ Stockton Lightning\nDuring the third quarter, the Lightning took the lead for a brief time. Stockton was ahead by a touchdown while the Shock scored a field goal, and then scored another touchdown to retake the lead by 3. The Lightning would never retake the lead for the rest of the game. On the final play of the game, Lightning kicker Alex Walls then lined up a 47-yard field goal attempt to tie the game which was deflected by two Spokane defenders, ending the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Bakersfield Blitz\nThe Blitz's offense made the most of their scoring opportunities converting on five of seven opportunities in the red zone, led by QB Denny Gile (18/37, 181 yards, 3 touchdowns). The Shock's offense countered with three touchdowns led by QB Andrico Hines (18/31, 168 yards, 2 touchdowns).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Bakersfield Blitz\nAfter the game, Hines stressed the importance of getting back to the \"fundamentals\" of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Bakersfield Blitz\nThe fundamentals of the game seemed to hurt both teams, as they combined for 27 penalties that accounted for 163 yards. Several calls were questioned by the sell-out Shock crowd that nullified two would-be touchdowns. Shock Head Coach Adam Shackleford would not comment on the officiating in his post-game press conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Bakersfield Blitz\nBlitz WR Rennard Reynolds led the team in receptions (7) for 71 yards with two touchdowns. The Shock's receiving core, already decimated by injuries, had to call on Rob Keefe to play on both sides of the ball and ended up leading the team in receptions (6) for 38 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 8: @ Boise Burn\nThe defending af2 National Champions Spokane Shock scored the first 20 points of the game and never looked back as they handed the Boise Burn their first home loss of the year. 62-44 in front of 5,353 fans at Qwest Arena", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 8: @ Boise Burn\nShock QB Andrico Hines (Schutt Offensive Player of the Game) started the scoring when he hit WR Antwone Savage for a 23-yard TD 7 minutes into the game giving Spokane the early 6-0 lead. 15 seconds later The momentum really shifted into the hands of the Shock on the ensuing kick off. John Koker's kick took a wild bounce off the net and Ben Brown recovered the loose ball in the end zone (John Koker PAT) giving Spokane the early 13-0 lead. Ben Brown then did some damage on offense. Brown took a Hines hand off 16 yards up the gut untouched giving the Shock a 20-point lead they would never relinquish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 8: @ Boise Burn\nBoise finally got on the board 22 seconds later, when Bart Hendricks found Cole Clasen for a 16-yard score bringing Boise to within 14. Hendricks would close the gap to 8 on a 1-yard QB keeper with 26 seconds left to go in the half, but the Shock answered with a 25-yard field Goal as time expired and Spokane would lead by 11 at the Break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 8: @ Boise Burn\nIn the 3rd Quarter Spokane outscored the Burn 19-8, Hines connected with Kelvin Dickens on a 6-yard TD pass and after a Lee Marks 26 yard TD, Hines found Savage on a pair of TD's (21,11) giving the Shock a 42-20 lead after 3 quarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 8: @ Boise Burn\nThe game really took a turn for the worse, when both teams exchanged words and fists at the 11:22 mark of the 4th quarter. 5 players were ejected including the ADT Defensive layer of the Game Rob Keefe. Also thrown out of the game were Nygel Rogers of Spokane and Dustin Rykert, Chris Bruhn and Tyler Bruhn of Boise. In the 4th quarter, the Burn outscored Spokane 24-20 but fell to 4 and 3 with the 62-44 loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Central Valley Coyotes\nIn a game reminiscent of last season's championship run, the Shock pulled out the victory on the last play of the game with an 18-yard touchdown pass from QB Justin Rummell to WR Kelvin Dickens. Rummell's game-winning touchdown pass was set up after a beautiful 48 yard kick-off return by Antwone Savage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Central Valley Coyotes\nWith only :15 second left in the fourth quarter, the Coyotes marched down the field and capitalized with a one-yard punishing touchdown run by Tonae Martin that put them up by three points, 63-60. As the Shock lined up for the ensuing kick-off, Savage headed out to the field for the return, his only return of the game after being limited by a slight hamstring strain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Central Valley Coyotes\nRummell was inserted into the lineup after Hines was pulled due to injury in the second quarter. Hines finished the game completing seven of eleven passes with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Rummell, who was awarded the Schutt's Offensive Player of the Game Award, finished the game completing 12 of 16 passes with 213 yards and five touchdowns, including the game-winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Central Valley Coyotes\nDickens had another break-out game hauling in seven receptions for 153 yards with two touchdowns. Savage contributed six receptions with two touchdowns and newcomer Anthony Brown had five receptions for 68 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 77], "content_span": [78, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nThe Spokane Shock defeated the Everett Hawks tonight in front of a sold-out crowd, 52-47. For the second game in a row, the victory came down to the final play of the game; but this time it was the Shock's defense that sealed the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nWith only four seconds left, Everett's QB Jason Campbell's pass attempt to WR Phillip Goodman fell incomplete with Shock defender Nygel Rogers draped all over him on the goal-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nThe defense of the Shock came through with several key stops, including newcomer Devon Parks who was selected as the ADT Defensive Player of the Game. Parks, who signed with the team on Thursday (the same day he arrived), was inserted into the starting line-up and came through with 5 total tackles (eight assists, one solo) including a four-yard sack on the first play of the game. DB Alex Teems had the difficult assignment of covering Hawks leading receiver Josh Richey but still managed to contribute key pass break-ups (with three) and led the team in tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nRichey, who was selected as the Schutt's Offensive Player of the Game, was the primary source of offense for the Hawks as he led the team in receptions (seven) and touchdowns (three). Teems, however, was able to shut down Richey, who did not have a single catch in the 4th quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nThe offense of the Shock was once again led by the lethal Hines-Savage combination. Savage, who led the team in receptions, fell one reception short of breaking Charles Frederick's single-game record of 15. He also had a personal best in receiving yards for the season with 179, which also led the team, and contributed four touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nThe Hawks defense put heavy pressure on Hines all night and came up with three sacks \u2013 including 1.5 from former Shock DL Chuck Jones. Hines, however, still managed to complete 74 percent of his passes (20/27) with 233 yards and five touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Everett Hawks\nK John Koker made a touchdown saving tackle in the 4th quarter on the 10 yard line but sustained a concussion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 69], "content_span": [70, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 11: @ Bakersfield Blitz\nThe Spokane Shock reversed what had happened to them when Bakersfield played them in Spokane. In that game, the Shock jumped out to a 21-0 lead, and lost the game. In this game, the Blitz jumped out to a 21-0 lead, and lost the game. WR Antwone Savage grabbed 9 passes for 90 yards and WR Kelvin Dickens added 2 touchdowns to lead the Shock offense. Savage was named the Schutt Offensive Player of the Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 11: @ Bakersfield Blitz\nThe Shock defense did a great job not letting Bakersfield QB Chad Elliott (Syracuse, '01) not get comfortable. Spokane DL Devon Parks was named ADT Defensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row after sacking Elliott twice on the night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 71], "content_span": [72, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 12: @ Tri-Cities Fever\nThe Fever jumped to an early 14-0 lead over the shock with two touchdown passes from QB Brian Baker. However, Spokane would respond and closed the gap to 13-20 with a 12-yard TD pass to WR Kelvin Dickens with 0.55 seconds left in the half. However, the Fever never wavered and would ultimately shut down Spokane in the final quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 12: @ Tri-Cities Fever\nGoing into the 4th down 26-27 the Fever turned up the heat. Schutt Offensive Player of the Game Brian threw for two TDs in the 4th which pulled the Fever ahead 39-37. Ironman of the Game Robert Garth also came up big in the final quarter by stripping the ball from the quarterback with about 10 minutes left in the game. The shock made a late comeback with WR Chico Mackey scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run with 19 seconds left in the game making the score 34-39. However, the Fever's Robert Garth recovered the onside kick attempt and sealed the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn\nThe game marked the return of WR Raul Vijil who was inserted into the starting line-up after sitting out the last week against Tri-Cities due to injury. Vijil made the most of his return, breaking the Shock's single game record for TD receptions in a game with six. (The record was previously held by Antwone Savage and Charles Frederick who each had five in separate games last season.) Vijil also accounted for 122 yards with 13 total catches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn\nVijil and starting QB Andrico Hines formed a special chemistry early in the season and that chemistry returned tonight. Hines turned in a commanding performance completing 71% of his passes (24/34) for 255 yards with all six of his touchdown passes thrown to Vijil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn\nWR Kelvin Dickens also had one of his best games of the season, accounting for 10 receptions with 125 yards to lead the team in reception yardage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn\nThe Shock's defense was led by Defensive Player of the Game Nygel Rogers. Rogers led the team in total tackles (5.5), pass break-ups (4) and also led the team in interceptions (2 \u2013 returned for 60 yards total). Alex Teems also turned in an award-winning performance earning the Cutter's Catch of the Game by making a diving interception in the end zone. DS Rob Keefe also got into the action coming up with a 4th Quarter interception that sealed the victory for the Shock. Teems, Keefe, and Rogers each had two interceptions each. This tied the record that Keefe set last season, for most receptions in a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 66], "content_span": [67, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes\nWR Antwone Savage, who sat out the prior week with an injury, returned to action and set a new franchise record for touchdown receptions. His eight touchdowns tied the af2 record and broke the previous team record of six that fellow receiver Raul Vijil had set the week before. Savage also tied the team's single-game receiving record, which was set last season by Charles Frederick, with 195 receiving yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes\nAfter the Shock struggled in the first quarter, both offensively and defensively, Savage came up with a touchdown from QB Andrico Hines on 4th down and 5 that helped to jumpstart the Shock's offense, scoring more points than they had all season (76).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes\nHines turned in another incredible performance after a rocky start. After missing on his first six passes, Hines quickly caught on fire breaking a new team record for touchdown passes in a game (9), breaking the record that previously belonged to QB Alex Neist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes\nDefensively, the Shock came up with key stops to limit Central Valley's powerful offense led. QB Clay Groefsema. Groefsema (25/41, 304 yards, 6 passing TD's, 1 rushing TD) keyed in on his favorite targets once again in Tonae Martin and Justin Barnes. Barnes led the team in touchdown receptions (2) while Martin led the team in receiving yards (112).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 76], "content_span": [77, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tri-Cities Fever\nThis game, beyond play-off implications, was also important for Head Coach Adam Shackleford and the Shock to even their series with division rival the Tri-Cities Fever and prove that they belong at the top of the Western Division. They proved themselves in front of over 10, 600 fans, defeating the Fever 56-36. The win locks up a playoff spot for the Shock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tri-Cities Fever\nThe Fever's offense, led by QB Brian Baker, sputtered a bit in the first half scoring only 14 points against a stingy Shock defense. DL Devon Parks, who won the ADT Defensive Player of the Game Award, contributed two sacks on the night. After playing in only five games for the Shock, Parks already owns the club record for sacks in a season (6) breaking Neil Purvis' record (3.5) from last season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tri-Cities Fever\nQB Andrico Hines ran a very efficient offense throwing six touchdown passes, with only 139 yards of total passing yards. Hines (21-27, 139 yards, 6 TD's) hooked up with WR Antwone Savage for four touchdowns to add to his season total of 38 touchdown receptions. WR Chico Mackey, who tied Savage for the team lead in receptions (7), filled in for WR Raul Vijil who left the game in the first quarter after re-aggravating his ankle injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 72], "content_span": [73, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters\nThe Shock lost two key members of their offense. QB Andrico Hines went down in the first quarter with a strained back while WR Antwone Savage went down with an injured toe. After the game, Head Coach Adam Shackleford said that Hines will be ready to return to action next week, while Savage will be a game time decision. hackleford explained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters\nThe Shock defense forced Dusters' QB Steve Panella into 3 interceptions, and kept him off balance all night. Panella struggled, going 19 of 40 for 143 yards with just 1 touchdown. The Dusters were unable to muster any running game against the Shock, totaling 0 net yards on 6 attempts as a team. Derek Watson led the Dusters with 10 catches for 53 yards and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters\nMeanwhile, quarterback Justin Rummell of the Shock took over for an injured Hines early in the first quarter, and was careful with the football for the remainder of the game. He completed 8 of 16 passes for 164 yards and 3 touchdowns, and did not turn the ball over. Chico Mackey and Katon Bethay had impressive nights rushing the football. Mackey carried the ball 4 times for 38 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Bethay had 9 carries for 29 yards and a touchdown as well. Antwone Savage led all receivers with 2 catches for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters\nThe win wrapped up the American Conference's Western Division title and also assured the Shock of at least one home play-off game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 70], "content_span": [71, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks\nThe Shock came to Everett with nothing to gain having already locked up the No. 2 seed in the American Conference playoffs, but they played like a team on a mission in dismantling the Everett Hawks 65-38.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks\nThe Shock had just four offensive plays in the 1st quarter but managed to score three offensive touchdowns. The Hawks on the other hand had 16 plays but only scored when Aaron Dunklin took an attempted onside kick in for 6 points early in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks\nThe Hawks were as close as 26-22 in the second quarter, but the Shock blew it open from there. The Shock held a 32-22 lead at the half and it never got closer as the Hawks lost the game and their collective cools down the stretch. QB Jason Campbell was ejected in the 4th quarter after the game had already been decided. Phil Goodman came in at quarterback and was 3-4 for 37 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks\nChico Mackey led the Shock with six total touchdowns (3 rushing, 3 receiving) and 123 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193102-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks\nJosh Richey led the Hawks with 182 yards on 13 receptions and two touchdowns. He finished the season with 1,958 yards, 148 receptions and 44 touchdowns. His yardage total is the 3rd best total in league history. His touchdown and reception totals will rank in the top five all-time as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 67], "content_span": [68, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193103-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio\nThe 2007 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid Ohio was the seventh round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 21, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193103-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193104-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg\nThe 2007 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on March 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193104-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193105-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sports Network Cup\nThe 2007 Sports Network Cup was a college football postseason NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Championship Trophy. The Dayton Flyers finished ahead of San Diego Toreros 30-0 in first places votes to be named the NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Football National Champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193106-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spotless dispute\nThe 2007 Spotless dispute was an industrial dispute between contracting company Spotless and 800 of their employees working at various hospitals around New Zealand and represented by the Service & Food Workers Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193106-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Spotless dispute, Lock out\nThe workers were locked out on July 12 after announcing rolling strikes were to start following the breakdown of employment agreement negotiations. Spotless spokesman Peter Jennings has said that the union had refused to withdraw strike notices and negotiate details of an agreement, while the company also claims the lock out was for health and safety reasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 31], "content_span": [32, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193106-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Spotless dispute, Employment Court case\nThe union took Spotless to the Employment Court, arguing that the lockout was illegal, The lockout was overturned by the court on July 23. Chief Judge Graeme Colgan agreed with the union that Spotless was wrong to ask some employees to make themselves available for work during strike action, which was the basis of the lockout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193106-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Spotless dispute, Employment Court case\nAccording to union spokesperson Alastair Duncan \"More lost hours have been generated by Spotless in this one lockout, than the total lost hours of every other industrial dispute in our public hospitals over the past ten years,\". The union is currently attempting to claim back lost wages from Spotless, estimated to run to as much as $1 million. The workers returned to work on July 25 and agreed to put further industrial action on hold for at least 48 hours.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 44], "content_span": [45, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193106-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Spotless dispute, Settlement\nAfter the lock out ended Spotless agreed to pay its workers a starting rate of $14.25 an hour, three dollars higher than the minimum wage, and the same wage paid by the three other contractors. New Zealand Herald journalist Simon Collins called the settlement \"a breakthrough with potential flow-on effects for thousands of other low-wage workers.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193107-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Spruce Grove municipal election\nThe 2007 Spruce Grove municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Spruce Grove, Alberta, elected one mayor, six aldermen (all at large), and two of the seven trustees of Parkland School Division No. 70 (as Ward 5). The incumbent mayor Ken Scott, did not run, and the three incumbent Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2 Ward 2 trustees were not challenged (Spruce Grove being part of Ward 2, total nine trustees). All four aldermen who re-ran were elected. Of the approximately 15,000 eligible voters, only 4,435 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 29.6%, and an average of 4.6 aldermen per ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193108-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs\nIn January 2007, several bus bombs were set off in Sri Lanka", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 86]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193108-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs\nDuring the same morning the military had stated that they had performed several raids in the fourth day of action against several rebel sites in the north and northwest, and it was reported that 16 civilians had been killed during the attacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193108-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs\nThis explosion followed three bombings, earlier in the day in the north, which killed five, one civilian and four soldiers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193109-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St Albans City and District Council election\nThe 2007 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193109-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign\nA total of 83 candidates from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and Green Party stood in the election. Each party contested every ward, apart from in London Colney where the Green candidate was disqualified due to an incorrect nomination. Each ward had one seat up for election apart from in Harpenden West where two seats were contested as a Conservative councillor stood down early due to illness. The other parties needed to gain 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats to remove them from power, with a 2-seat drop meaning the Liberal Democrats would depend on the mayor's casting vote to remain in power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193109-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign\nAfter the Conservatives won the most votes in the previous 2006 election they were hoping to make gains, with Harpenden East, Marshalswick South, Verulam and Wheathampstead seen as being possible gains. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats defended their record in running the council during the election. They called for St Albans to be Hertfordshire's \"premier community\" and pointed to the Audit Commission rating the council as one of the 10 most improving in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193109-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign\n6 sitting councillors stood down at the election including a former Conservative cabinet member Chris Whiteside and a former Labour mayor Malcolm MacMillan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 59], "content_span": [60, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193109-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result\nThe Liberal Democrats lost their overall majority after losing 2 seats to the Conservatives, dropping to exactly half of the council with 29 councillors. The 2 Conservative gains from the Liberal Democrats came in Harpenden East and Redbourn wards to lift the party to 19 seats and the Conservatives received around 2,000 votes more than the Liberal Democrats. There was no change elsewhere on the council, with Labour staying on 8 seats, despite dropping to fourth place in several wards and there also remained 2 independent councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 43.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193109-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council after one of the independent councillors, Tony Swendell, abstained on the vote to decide the composition of the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 66], "content_span": [67, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193110-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193110-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2006, Labour were the largest party with 23 councillors, compared to 19 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 for the Conservatives. However following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives reached an agreement to run the council together. In June 2006 2 Labour councillors, Bessie Griffin and Pat Robinson, left the party to sit as independent councillors, with Pat Robinson going on to join the Liberal Democrats early in 2007. This meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 19, the Conservatives 6, there was 1 independent and 1 seat was vacant, after the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Julie Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 754]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193110-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\n17 seats were contested at the election, including 2 seats in Sutton, with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats defending 7, the Conservatives defended 2 seats, and 1 former Liberal Democrat seat was vacant. Key seats were expected before the election to be in Bold, Haydock, Town Centre and West Park wards. Candidates at the election included four from the British National Party, up from one in 2006, while a former Labour leader of the council in the 1980s, Brian Green, stood for the Community Action Party in Bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193110-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe Labour and Liberal Democrat parties both gained 2 seats from each other to leave the party balance on the council unchanged. Labour gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Thatto Heath and West Park to leave Labour on 21 seats, with the winner in West Park, Marlene Quinn, being the sister of the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer. However the Liberal Democrats took seats in Haydock and Town Centre from Labour to leave them just one seat behind Labour with 20 councillors. Meanwhile, the Conservatives held the 2 seats they had been defending to remain with 6 seats and the only independent councillor was not defending their seat in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193110-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the independent councillor Bessie Griffin joined the Liberal Democrats, which meant both the Labour and Liberal Democrat groups had 21 seats. The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives continued to run the council, after agreeing to renew their pact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 69], "content_span": [70, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193111-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St Kilda Football Club season\nThe St Kilda Football Club's 2007 season was its 111th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club finished ninth on the premiership ladder, winning 11 games, losing 10 and drawing one. For the first time since 2003 the team failed to make the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193112-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season\nThe 2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the ninth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2007 premiership season. The team finished thirteenth in the regular season, finishing the lowest they ever had and as a result of that, missing out on finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season\nThe St. Louis Cardinals 2007 season was the team's 126th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 116th season in the National League. The season started with the team trying to defend their 2006 World Series championship. During the offseason, the Cardinals were faced with the challenge of handling their starting rotation. Four of their five starters were free agents, including Jeff Suppan (the 2006 NLCS MVP), Jeff Weaver (the winning pitcher in the World Series Game 5 clincher), Mark Mulder, and Jason Marquis. In the end, Suppan, Weaver, and Marquis all signed with other teams. The Cardinals signed Mulder, who ended the 2006 season on the disabled list, to a new two-year contract, but Mulder remained on the disabled list after undergoing shoulder surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 796]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season\nTo replace the departed pitchers, the Cardinals promoted Adam Wainwright, who spent 2006 in relief and took the closer's job from injured Jason Isringhausen, to the rotation. They signed free agent pitcher Kip Wells to fill another spot. The team entered 2007 with a rotation of Chris Carpenter, Wells, Wainwright and Anthony Reyes, with reliever Braden Looper assuming the fifth starter's role until Mulder's return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season\nIn contrast with the rotation, the rest of the team remained stable. Every member of the Cardinals' playoff bullpen remained under contract for 2007, though the Cardinals signed free agent relievers Ryan Franklin and Russ Springer for reinforcement and middle reliever Josh Kinney suffered an injury in spring training that required Tommy John surgery and forced him to miss the entire 2007 season. Every position player for the Cardinals returned in 2007 except for midseason acquisition Ronnie Belliard, who signed as a free agent with the Washington Nationals. To replace Belliard, the Cardinals signed Adam Kennedy, a former Cardinal who was traded to the then-Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds in 2000, and was teammates with current Cardinals David Eckstein and Scott Spiezio when they won the 2002 World Series with Anaheim.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season\nIn Spring training, the Birds were 16\u201310\u20133 with a team batting average of .255 and a 2.29 team ERA. Attendance at Roger Dean Stadium was 102,619.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April: The death of Josh Hancock\nThe Cardinals began the season by raising their championship banner for winning the 2006 World Series. They played the first game of the 2007 season in a rematch of the 2006 NLCS as they hosted the Mets for a three-game series. The homestand ended with disappointment, however, as the Mets swept the Cardinals, outscoring them 20\u20132. Later in April the Cardinals suffered a major setback when ace pitcher Chris Carpenter was placed on the disabled list due to arthritis and impingement. The team struggled for most of the month of April, getting off to a 10\u201314 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April: The death of Josh Hancock\nAt approximately 12:35\u00a0am CST on April 29, 2007, pitcher Josh Hancock died in a car accident in St. Louis. Hancock, a 29-year-old reliever who threw 77 innings for the Cardinals during the 2006 season, collided with a tow truck stopped on Interstate 64 to assist another motorist. The Cardinals' game against the Cubs scheduled for later that day was postponed due to the accident. Autopsy reports showed that Hancock was intoxicated with a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit in Missouri. In response the Cardinals banned alcohol from the team's clubhouse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April: The death of Josh Hancock\nThe tragedy brought back memories of the loss of former Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile, who died of coronary disease in 2002. Hancock became the second MLB player in the previous 25 years to die during the regular season. After Hancock's death, the Cardinals began wearing a black patch reading \"32\" on their uniforms in his memory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May\nThe team's offensive struggles grew worse with the start of the new month. St. Louis went two weeks without hitting a home run; Chris Duncan hit one in a loss to the Brewers on May 1 and again in a May 15 victory over the Dodgers. On May 13, they were shut out for the sixth time in their first 35 games in a 3\u20130 loss to the Padres. A series in Detroit featuring a rematch of the teams from the 2006 World Series ended in a three-game Tiger sweep and dropped the Cardinals' record to 16\u201325 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May\nAnthony Reyes was sent down to the minors on May 27 after compiling an 0\u20138 record and 6.08 ERA. Catcher Yadier Molina was placed on the disabled list on May 30 with a fractured wrist suffered from a foul tip that struck his hand while catching. The team ended May with a 22\u201329 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nKip Wells' terrible season continued on June 2, becoming the majors' first 10-game loser, and the first Cardinals pitcher in 16 years to lose ten games before the All-Star break. Wells went to the bullpen shortly thereafter. Looper went on the DL on June 18, after struggling following a hot start to the season. Kennedy lost the starting second base job to Aaron Miles. The Cardinals, whose starting rotation had fallen to dead last in the NL in ERA, acquired Mike Maroth from the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nInjuries continued to plague the team as Eckstein, Johnson and Edmonds went on the disabled list. Anthony Reyes, recalled from the minors, dropped to 0\u201310 after a loss to the Mets on June 28. New acquisition Troy Percival, a veteran relief pitcher who had been retired at the start of the season but signed a minor-league deal with St. Louis, earned a victory in his first big-league appearance in two years on June 29 against Cincinnati. (Percival became the fourth member of the 2002 World Champion Angels to play on the Cardinals, joining Kennedy, Spiezio and Eckstein, and the fifth ex-Angel overall, also including Edmonds).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June\nDespite the injuries and the turnover in the pitching staff, the Cardinals played better in June, going 13\u201313 for the month after losing records in April and May. However, they were still well behind the Brewers. On June 30 they fell 10.5 games behind Milwaukee, the furthest out of first place they were all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nAnthony Reyes was sent down to the minor leagues again on July 2. St. Louis entered the All-Star Break with a 40\u201345 record, in third place in the division, 7\u00bd games behind Milwaukee. Albert Pujols was the only Cardinal on the NL All-Star roster. St. Louis participated in another franchise's milestone when their 10\u20132 defeat of Philadelphia on July 15 made the Phillies the first team in MLB history to lose 10,000 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nThe Cardinals could not find consistency for most of July, never losing or winning more than two games in a row until the end of the month. The team suffered a devastating setback when Carpenter, who had been on track to return sometime in late July, was diagnosed with ligament damage and had season-ending Tommy John surgery. Jim Edmonds returned to the team after spending over a month on the disabled list. New pitcher Mike Maroth struggled terribly in July, posting an 11.86 ERA for the month. However, Anthony Reyes, called up to the big leagues again, got his first win of the year on July 28 after an 0\u201310 start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July\nIn yet another attempt to bolster their faltering rotation, on July 31 St. Louis acquired Joel Pi\u00f1eiro from the Red Sox for cash and a player to be named later. The Cardinals had their first winning month of the year in July, going 15\u201311. After spending most of the month far behind Milwaukee, St. Louis took three of four from the Brewers at the end of July to close the gap to six games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 53], "content_span": [54, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nThe momentum built by the four-game win streak at the end of July was promptly dissipated as the Cardinals lost five in a row to Pittsburgh and Washington. Manager Tony La Russa, in an effort to increase offensive production, on August 4 began batting Cardinal pitchers eighth in the lineup. LaRussa as justification cited 1998, when he batted the pitcher eighth for the whole second half of the season and a team that was four games under .500 before the change played ten games over .500 after. LaRussa's revised lineup marked the first time that any team had hit its starting pitcher anywhere other than the ninth spot in the lineup since the Florida Marlins moved Dontrelle Willis up in the batting order for a few games in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nThe Cardinals snapped their losing streak on August 6, beating San Diego 10\u20135. St. Louis scored ten runs on ten consecutive hits in the fifth inning, becoming the 12th team in MLB history to get ten base hits in a row. Three days later, Scott Spiezio, the Cardinals' utilityman and third base backup, was placed on the restricted list due to unspecified substance abuse problems. LaRussa told reporters that \"What we want more than anything else is to do whatever is best for him.\" Spiezio's replacement was both a surprise and a familiar face: Rick Ankiel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nAnkiel, once a promising young pitcher for the Cardinals\u2014striking out 194 batters in 175 innings in 2000 at the age of twenty\u2014suffered a catastrophic attack of wildness in the 2000 postseason, throwing nine wild pitches and walking eleven batters in only four postseason innings. Further wildness sent him back to the minors in 2001, and after four years struggling to overcome his wildness and subsequent injuries, Ankiel quit pitching in 2005 and announced he would try to make it back to the big leagues as a hitter. After hitting 31 home runs in 2007 for the Memphis Redbirds (St. Louis's AAA affiliate), Ankiel was called up to the big leagues to fill Spiezio's roster spot. In his first game back, Ankiel hit a three-run homer and the Cardinals won 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nThe return of Rick Ankiel to the lineup coincided with the best stretch of play by the Cardinals in 2007. St. Louis won five in a row and eight out of ten against L.A., San Diego and Milwaukee, advancing to two games under .500 and 2\u00bd games behind the Brewers. Continued strong starting pitching and hot hitting from Pujols, rookie infielder Brendan Ryan, and others propelled the Cardinals to the .500 mark on August 28, the first time since they were 6\u20136 on April 16 that they did not have a losing record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nScott Rolen was forced out of the lineup due to tightness and pain in his surgically repaired shoulder. Rolen decided to have season-ending shoulder surgery shortly after. Brendan Ryan was named the starting third baseman in Rolen's place and the Cardinals traded for backup infielder Russell Branyan right before the August trade deadline. St. Louis went 15\u201313 in August and finished the month 65\u201366 and in third place in the division, two games behind the Cubs and one-half game behind Milwaukee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nThe Cardinals' 8\u20135 victory over Cincinnati on the last day of the month gave Tony La Russa victory #1,042 as the Cardinal manager, passing Red Schoendienst to become the winningest Cardinal manager of all time. In the same game, Cardinal right fielder Juan Encarnaci\u00f3n was struck in the eye and severely injured with a foul ball. Encarnacion was diagnosed with severe injuries to his left eye and multiple fractures of the orbital bone. The injury ended his season and is believed to be potentially career-threatening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August\nThe last off-day for the team in 2007 came on August 27, when they had four games remaining in the month, and then 31 games in September. This set a new major-league baseball record for a team with the longest number of consecutive days played (35) at the end of the season without a day off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nThe Cardinals entered September facing a stretch run of 31 games in 30 days, due to all three off-days in the month being taken up by makeups of earlier postponements. Former Cardinal Miguel Cairo, recently signed by St. Louis after he was waived by the Yankees, was brought up to the big club as the first of the September callups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nOn September 2, the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of Cincinnati that put them at 67\u201366, the first time they were over .500 since they were 6\u20135 after the April 15 game. They entered the game on September 7 against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a chance to take sole possession of first place, but instead the D-backs won and went on to sweep the weekend series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nSeptember 7 was also the day that the New York Daily News reported that Rick Ankiel received a year's worth of human growth hormone in 2004 while he was trying to come back as a pitcher. HGH was legal at that time but has since been banned by MLB. In response Ankiel said that he had a valid prescription and that all of his medications were taken under a doctor's care.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nThe sweep in Arizona began a devastating slump that took the Cardinals out of contention in the NL Central. They lost nine in a row to Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Chicago again. The ninth loss came to the Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader on September 15, the game rescheduled from April 29 after the death of Josh Hancock. It was the longest losing streak for the franchise since the 1980 Cardinals lost ten in a row. The Cardinals were officially eliminated on September 21, as they lost to the visiting Houston Astros at Busch Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nAfter being eliminated from postseason, St. Louis played out the string by going 7\u20132 the rest of the way, and finished the season with a 78\u201384 record, finishing in third place, seven games behind the NL Central winning Chicago Cubs. It was the first losing season for the franchise since the 1999 Cardinals went 75\u201386, and as of 2021, the last losing season the team has endured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nOn September 22, 2007, hosting the Houston Astros, the Cardinals set a one-day attendance record in their new Busch Stadium with 46,237.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September\nIn 2007, the Cardinals drew an all-time attendance record for any year with 3,552,180 in their 81 home games (breaking their previous record set in 2005), an average of 43,854 per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 58], "content_span": [59, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Aftermath\nOwner William DeWitt, Jr. fired Walt Jocketty, General Manager for the Cardinals since 1995, on October 3. Assistant GM John Mozeliak replaced Jocketty in an interim capacity before being named the new GM on October 31, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Aftermath\nOn October 22, Manager Tony La Russa, after considering moving elsewhere when his contract expired, signed a new two-year deal guaranteeing his record 13th and 14th seasons as Cardinal manager, the longest tenure in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Aftermath\nNo Cardinal won a Gold Glove. Perhaps the most surprising denial was to catcher Yadier Molina, who was denied the award despite his .991 fielding percentage. Both Molina and Albert Pujols previously (November 1) won the prestigious Fielding Bible Award, which is given to only one person at each position in the major leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 42], "content_span": [43, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Relief pitchers\n* incl. 1 GS, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 62], "content_span": [63, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)\n(100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits \u00a0 81 G; Cardinals: 2,704 AB; \u00a0 Opponents: 2,866 AB)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193113-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)\nBA 102 \u00a0R 93 \u00a0H 103 \u00a02B 96 \u00a03B 104 \u00a0HR 71 \u00a0BB 96 \u00a0SO 88 \u00a0E 117 \u00a0E-inf. 118 \u00a0LHB-BA 103 \u00a0LHB-HR 68 \u00a0RHB-BA 102 \u00a0RHB-HR 74", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season\nThe 2007 season was the St. Louis Rams' 70th in the National Football League and their 13th in St. Louis. This would prove the fourth-worst season for the Rams during their time in St. Louis. The team looked to improve on an 8\u20138 record from 2006. However, the Rams slumped early, losing their first eight games of the season heading into their bye week. Following their bye, they would beat both New Orleans and San Francisco on the road before losing 5 of their last 6 games to conclude the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season\nThe Rams 0\u20138 start to the season is the worst in franchise history and matched their 3rd ever longest losing streak. The Rams also went 1\u20137 at home in 2007, the worst in franchise history until it was broken by the 2009 team two years later. The Rams' defense was dismal and was the biggest scar on the team the entire season, as they allowed the second-most points in the league during the season with 438. Beginning in 2007, the Rams failed to recording a winning season for the rest of their tenure in St. Louis. It wasn't until 2017, by which the team had returned to Los Angeles, that the team had another winning record, with 11\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nHead coach Scott Linehan made several coaching changes. Al Roberts replaced Bob Ligashesky as the special teams coach. Mike Cox was given the position as the defensive quality control coach to replace Joe Baker who left to become the Denver Broncos' linebackers coach. Keith Murphy was named the offensive quality control coach to replace Randy Hanson who went to the Oakland Raiders. Murphy coached at the University of Washington with Linehan from 1996 to 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason\nOn February 23, 2007, the Rams allocated five players to NFL Europa: Mike Brown and Josh Lay went to the Berlin Thunder; and Jeremy Parquet, Tim Sandidge, and John David Washington went to the Hamburg Sea Devils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency\nOn opening day of the free agency, the Rams traded a fifth round draft choice to the Detroit Lions for James Hall. On March 3, 2007, the Rams signed Drew Bennett to a six-year, $30\u00a0million deal. Unrestricted free agents Todd Steussie and Travis Minor re-signed with the Rams each for a one-year deal. The Rams acquired B.J. Sander in case the team lost Matt Turk. On March 8, 2007, the Rams signed Randy McMichael to a three-year contract and acquired Todd Johnson from the Chicago Bears who signed a four-year contract. On March 21, 2007, the Rams signed Randy McMichael to a three-year deal. On March 26, 2007, Marshall Faulk announced his retirement from the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency\nOn April 18, 2007 the Rams signed punter Donnie Jones to a five-year $5.59\u00a0million deal. The Rams also gave up a seventh round draft choice to the Miami Dolphins for Jones. Sander was released from the Rams two days later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency\nOn April 30, 2007, a day after the NFL Draft, the Rams added nineteen undrafted free agents to their roster. The most notable addition was Iowa quarterback Drew Tate. The Rams brought four wide receivers: North Carolina State's Lamart Barrett, Wake Forest's Nate Morton, Hofstra's Shaine Smith and Texas State's Markee White. They added Boise State fullback Brad Lau, Nevada running back Robert Hubbard, University of Pittsburgh tight end Steve Buches, University of Washington guard Stanley Daniels, and Massachusetts guard David Thompson to the Rams' offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency\nThey also added four defensive backs: Alabama free safety Jeffery Dukes, Kent State strong safety Andre Kirklan, Arkansas cornerback Darius Vinnett and Villanova cornerback Terrance Reaves. They added LSU defensive end Ryan Willis and Albany State defensive end Alton Pettway to the Rams' defense. The Rams added Cincinnati kicker Kevin Lovell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft began on April 28, 2007 and with the thirteenth pick overall, the Rams selected Defensive End Adam Carriker from Nebraska. The Rams have said that Carriker would be moved to the Defensive Tackle position to help with the run defense. With the Rams second round pick they selected Fullback Brian Leonard out of Rutgers. His style of play is similar to that of Jim Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft\nOn the second day of the draft the Rams selected Cornerback Jonathan Wade from Tennessee in the third round. With a 4.4\u00a0second 40-yard dash, Wade will add some speed at the cornerback position. In the fifth round the Rams selected Center Dustin Fry out of Clemson. With Andy McCollum and Brett Romberg competing for the starting position at Center, Fry will likely be the third stringer at that position. Later in the fifth round the Rams selected Defensive Tackle Clifton Ryan from Michigan State. The Rams stated that he will be used as a Nose Tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft\nIn the sixth round the Rams selected Offensive Tackle Ken Shackleford from Georgia. Coach Linehan commented that he could develop into a starter over the next couple of years. The Rams had two compensatory picks and selected Arkansas Defensive Tackle Keith Jackson, son of former NFL Pro Bowl tight end Keith Jackson, and Wisconsin\u2013Whitewater Wide Receiver Derek Stanley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft\nThe Rams traded their fourth-round selection (117th overall) for the Detroit Lions two of their three fifth-round selections (139th and 154th overall). The Rams traded their seventh-round selection (225th overall) to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for signing restricted free agent Donnie Jones. The Rams received two seventh-round picks (248th and 249th overall) as compensatory selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe Rams began their 2007 campaign at home against the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Panthers QB Jake Delhomme completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Drew Carter. The Rams would tie the game with QB Marc Bulger completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, St. Louis would take the lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 42-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, Wiklins added to the Rams' lead with a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nHowever, this was all wiped out as Delhomme completed a 68-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. In the fourth quarter, Carolina took over for the remainder of the game as kicker John Kasay nailed a 34-yard field goal, Delhomme and Carter hooked up with each other again on a 9-yard TD pass, and Kasay finished the game with 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nThe game was notable when offensive tackle Orlando Pace suffered a season-ending injury. This severely hurt the Rams' offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWith the loss, St. Louis began its season at 0\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nHoping to rebound from their loss to the Panthers, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 2 divisional duel against the San Francisco 49ers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the first quarter, St. Louis got on the board first with QB Marc Bulger completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 49ers tied the game up with RB Frank Gore getting a 1-yard TD run. The Rams would respond with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 27 and a 29-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the third quarter, San Francisco took the lead with Gore getting an amazing 43-yard TD run for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers\nIn the fourth quarter, St. Louis retook the lead with Wilkins getting a 53-yard field goal. However, when the Rams were on the receiving end of a kickoff, a muffed catch led to 49ers kicker Joe Nedney getting a 40-yard field goal. With little time left in the game, Bulger got his team into position for a game-winning field goal. Unfortunately, Wilkins' 56-yard attempt fell about a yard short of the crossbar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 3: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Rams flew to Raymond James Stadium for an intraconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After a scoreless first quarter, Tampa Bay managed to strike first prior to halftime with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 27-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, St. Louis got its only score of the game with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 25-yard field goal to begin the fourth quarter. Afterwards, the Buccaneers ended the game with RB Earnest Graham getting an 8-yard and a 28-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Rams flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 4 showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. After a scoreless first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Cowboys RB Julius Jones got a 2-yard TD run. Later in the period, the Rams would get their only score of the game as WR Dante Hall returned a punt 85\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, Dallas regained the lead with QB Tony Romo getting a 15-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys managed to put the game away with Romo hooking up with WR Patrick Crayton on a 59-yard and a 37-yard TD pass. Afterwards, the scoring ended with Romo's 17-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys\nWith no touchdowns in their last 30 offensive possessions to go with their fourth-straight loss, the Rams fell to 0\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nStill searching for their first win of the year, the Rams went home for a Week 5 divisional duel with the Arizona Cardinals. With QB Marc Bulger out with an injured rib cage, back-up QB Gus Frerotte got the start. In the first quarter, St. Louis took the early lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 46-yard field goal. The Cardinals would tie the game with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Rams regained the lead with Frerotte completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nHowever, Arizona tied the game with RB Edgerrin James fumbling at the 1-yard line and OG Reggie Wells recovering the ball in the end zone. Afterwards, St. Louis regained the lead with Wilkins kicking a 35-yard field goal. However, the Cardinals took the lead prior to halftime with QB Kurt Warner getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, the Rams regained the lead with Frerotte completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. Afterwards, Arizona tied the game with Rackers nailing a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis continued its struggles with Cardinals CB Roderick Hood returning an interception 68\u00a0yards for a touchdown. The Rams would answer with Wilkins getting a 31-yard field goal, but the Cardinals increased its lead with Warner completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. St. Louis tried to come back as Frerotte completed a 29-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael, along with Frerotte's 2-point conversion pass to Holt. Unfortunately, Arizona held on to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens\nStill looking for their first win of the year, the Rams flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. With Marc Bulger still out with injuries, QB Gus Frerotte was given the start. In the first quarter, St. Louis' struggles continued with Ravens kicker Matt Stover getting a 43-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with Stover kicking a 42-yard field goal, along with RB Willis McGahee getting a 6-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens\nIn the third quarter, the Rams continued its struggles with Stover giving the Ravens a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, St. Louis got its only score of the game with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore finished the game with Stover getting a 31-yard and a 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens\nWith yet another loss, the Rams fell to 0\u20136 for the first time since 1962. It would be the second time in franchise history the Rams began a season 0\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens\nDuring the loss, St. Louis committed 6 turnovers, with 5 of them being Frerotte interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens\nAlong with the Miami Dolphins, it marked the first time since the Bengals and Chargers in 2000 that two teams began a season at 0\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks\nStill trying to get their first win of the year, the Rams flew to Qwest Field for a Week 7 divisional duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Will Heller. The Rams would reply with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Seahawks increased its lead with kicker Josh Brown getting a 38-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Seattle flew further into the lead with WR Nate Burleson returning the half's opening kickoff 91\u00a0yards for a touchdown. St. Louis would answer with Wilkins kicking a 29-yard field goal, yet the Seahawks continued its domination with Brown kicking a 48-yard and a 45-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Seattle sealed the win with Brown getting a 43-yard field goal, while Hasselbeck and Heller hooked up with each other again on an 11-yard TD pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks\nWith the loss, the Rams fell to 0\u20137 for the first time in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns\nStill trying to get their first win of the year, the Rams came home for their Week 8 interconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, RB Steven Jackson (in his first game back from a groin injury) helped St. Louis off to an early start with a 2-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams added onto their score with QB Marc Bulger completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. The Browns would get on the board with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 35-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the second quarter, St. Louis' struggles continued as Cleveland took the lead with QB Derek Anderson completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards and a 21-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow. The Rams' remaining response of the half was kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 40-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis continued to strain itself as Anderson and Edwards hooked up again to give the Browns a 5-yard TD pass. The Rams tried to come back as Wilkins kicked a 46-yard field goal. Unfortunately, St. Louis once again fell as Dawson nailed a 45-yard field goal for Cleveland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns\nWith the loss, not only did the Rams enter their bye week at 0\u20138, but they became the first team since the 2001 Detroit Lions to begin a season 0\u20138 after finishing the previous season at .500 or better.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints\nComing off their bye week, the winless Rams headed into New Orleans to face the streaking Saints, who'd won four straight games headed into the game. It looked much the same on the Saints opening drive that culminated in a 7-yard burst by Reggie Bush to give the Saints an early 7\u20130 lead. However, Steven Jackson answered with a 1-yard run of his own to tie the game toward the end of the 1st quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints\nMidway through the 2nd quarter, Randy McMichael gave the Rams a 14\u20137 lead on a 2-yard pass from Jackson. Jeff Wilkins made it a two-score game with a 49-yard field goal three minutes later. The Rams went to the locker room leading 17\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the 2nd half, Wilkins kicked his 2nd field goal of the game, a 21-yard attempt, to increase the Rams lead to 13. Toward the end of the 3rd, Isaac Bruce caught a 9-yard pass by Marc Bulger to make it a 27\u20137 lead, and put the Rams in position for their first victory of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints\nDrew Bennett added to the St. Louis lead by catching a three-yard pass by Bulger to give Bulger his second touchdown of the game, and to give St. Louis a surprising 34\u20137 lead. Drew Brees and Billy Miller hooked up for a 1-yard pass with 11:36 left to cut the lead to 34\u201313. The Saints then converted a two-point conversion on a Reggie Bush run, to make it 34\u201315. Aaron Stecker then scored on a two-yard run with 4:42 remaining to cut it to 34\u201321. This time, however, they failed on the two-point conversion. With 1:55 left, a Wilkins field goal made it 37\u201321, and, despite another New Orleans touchdown with 37\u00a0seconds left, the Rams held on for their first victory of 2007, a 37\u201329 win over the Saints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 784]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nComing off their first win of the year against the Saints, the Rams flew to Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park for a Week 11 NFC West rematch with the throwback-clad San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, St. Louis drew first blood as QB Marc Bulger completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. The 49ers responded with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 28-yard TD field goal. In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, St. Louis continued its domination as Wilkins kicked a 35-yard field goal. San Francisco tried to come back as Nedney nailed a 38-yard and a 46-yard field goal, yet St. Louis managed to hold a late drive to seal the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nWith the win, not only did the Rams improve to 2\u20138, but they also became the sixth NFL franchise to reach 500 overall wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nWR Isaac Bruce ended this game with 13,795 career receiving yards (6th All-Time).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers\nRams QB Marc Bulger attempts a pass behind Brandon Moore (linebacker)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 81], "content_span": [82, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nComing off their divisional road win over the 49ers, the Rams went home for a Week 12 NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, St. Louis got off to a fast start as rookie NT Adam Carriker tackled Seahawks RB Maurice Morris in Seattle's end zone for a safety, while RB Steven Jackson got a 53-yard TD run. The Seahawks immediately answered as CB Josh Wilson returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Rams went back to work as QB Gus Frerotte completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, St. Louis improved its lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nIn the third quarter, Seattle drew closer as kicker Josh Brown nailed a 33-yard field goal, while QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks took the lead as RB Leonard Weaver got a 5-yard TD run. Near the end of the game, St. Louis managed to get into position to score from the Seahawks' 5-yard line. However, on four-straight down the Rams were kept out and Seattle managed to get the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nWith their sixth-straight loss to the Seahawks, the Rams fell to 2\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks\nQB Marc Bulger (3/5 for 32\u00a0yards and 1 interception) left the game in the 1st quarter with a concussion and didn't make a return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Seahawks, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 13 intraconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. With QB Marc Bulger out with a concussion, veteran back-up QB Gus Frerotte got the start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the first quarter, St. Louis drew first blood as Frerotte completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael and a 31-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead with Frerotte completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons got on the board with kicker Morten Andersen nailing a 41-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta drew close with QB Chris Redman completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White and a 5-yard TD to WR Michael Jenkins. Afterwards, St. Louis pulled away with RB Steven Jackson getting a 50-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nFor Isaac Bruce, he ended this game with 13,911 career receiving yards, surpassing Cris Carter for 5th All-Time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 78], "content_span": [79, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals\nComing off their home win over the Falcons, the Rams flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. With QB Marc Bulger out with a concussion and veteran back-up QB Gus Frerotte out with a shoulder injury, rookie QB Brock Berlin got his first NFL start.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Bengals RB Rudi Johnson got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Rams continued to trail as kicker Shayne Graham gave Cincinnati a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis got on the board as CB Fakhir Brown returned an interception 36\u00a0yards for a touchdown, yet the Bengals responded with Graham kicking a 38-yard and a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Rams tried to come back as kicker Jeff Wilkins managed to get a 50-yard field goal. However, Cincinnati sealed the win with Graham nailing a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals\nThis would also be the 5th time this year that the Rams were held to 10 or fewer points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals\nOn a positive note, WR Torry Holt went over 1,000 receiving yards for the eighth-straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Bengals, the Rams went home for a Week 15 duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Packers RB Ryan Grant completed a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams tied the game with QB Marc Bulger completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, St. Louis trailed again as QB Brett Favre completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee. The Rams would tie again as RB Steven Jackson getting a 46-yard TD run. Green Bay would end the half with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 44-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, St. Louis began to trail big as Crosby kicked a 50-yard field goal, along with Favre completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. In the fourth quarter, the Packers sealed the win as Crosby nailed a 25-yard and a 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers\nWith the loss, the Rams fell to 3\u201311. With the Niners' win over the Bengals on Saturday Night, the Rams dropped back down to last in the NFC West.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nTrying to snap a two-game skid, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 16 Thursday night interconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington. Afterwards, the Rams would tie the game as QB Marc Bulger completed a 12-yard TD pass to RB Steven Jackson. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh responded with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 21-yard field goal. Afterwards, St. Louis took the lead with Bulger completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. However, the Steelers retook the lead with Roethlisberger completing a 33-yard TD pass to Washington and a 12-yard TD pass to RB Najeh Davenport. The Rams would end the half with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 52-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 878]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased their lead with Davenport getting a 1-yard TD run. St. Louis would reply with Bulger completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett. However, in the fourth quarter, the Steelers sealed the win with Reed nailing a 29-yard field goal and CB Ike Taylor returning an interception 51\u00a0yards for a touchdown. Cameras caught Torry Holt lash out an obscenity-laced tirade at Scott Linehan after the interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nDuring halftime, former Rams RB Marshall Faulk's #28 jersey was retired. Also, Isaac Bruce improved to third on the all-time receiving yards list with 14,012 career yards, behind Jerry Rice & Tim Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193114-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 17: at Arizona Cardinals\nWith the loss, the Rams finished the season at 3\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193115-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open\nThe 2007 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 13th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 22 through October 28, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193115-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open\nThe singles field was led by ATP No. 4, French Open and US Open semifinalist, and recent Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Doha and Metz runner-up, San Jose champion Andy Murray, and Dubai and Munich finalist, Rotterdam titlist Mikhail Youzhny. Other seeded players were Valencia and Kitzb\u00fchel runner-up Potito Starace, Indianapolis and Bangkok champion Dmitry Tursunov, Fernando Verdasco, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Thomas Johansson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193115-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open, Davydenko controversy\nWorld No. 4, top seed and home favourite Nikolay Davydenko received a warning and a $2,000 fine for not trying hard enough during his second round encounter against then-102nd-ranked Croatian Marin \u010cili\u0107. After cruising through the first set 6\u20131, Davydenko lost a tight second 5\u20137, and eventually the third 1\u20136, committing ten double faults over the course of the match. Belgian chair umpire Jean-Philippe Dercq decided in the third set to issue Davydenko a code violation for lack of best effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193115-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open, Davydenko controversy\nThe accusation came as the Russian was under investigation from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) after irregular betting patterns were found in his match against Mart\u00edn Vassallo Arg\u00fcello at the Sopot event earlier in the year. Davydenko called the umpire's decision \"outrageous\", and cited leg pain to explain his loss: \"The reality is that I started feeling tired. My legs were just dead by the third set. Maybe my problems are psychological, maybe it's in my head.\" His opponent, Cilic, backed up Davydenko, saying he did not believe the Russian had stopped trying to win the match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193115-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open, Davydenko controversy\nDavydenko appealed, and on November 13, after reviewing and analysing the match, the ATP decided to remove the sanction and rescind the fine, consequently closing the case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 47], "content_span": [48, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193115-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open, Finals, Doubles\nDaniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated J\u00fcrgen Melzer / Todd Perry, 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 41], "content_span": [42, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193116-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Todd Perry were the defending champions, but Aspelin chose not to participate, and only Perry competed that year. Perry partnered with J\u00fcrgen Melzer, but Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji\u0107 defeated them 6\u20131, 7\u20136(7\u20133), in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193117-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles\nMario An\u010di\u0107 was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mikhail Youzhny.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193117-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 St. Petersburg Open \u2013 Singles\nAndy Murray won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20133, against Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team\nThe 2007 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In Jim Harbaugh's inaugural season at Stanford, the 41-point underdog Cardinal pulled off the second greatest point-spread upset in college football history by defeating the #1 USC Trojans in a mid-season game (USC had been ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls, picked unanimously to win the Pac-10 Conference, and expected to contend for a national championship \u2013 until the Stanford upset). To cap off Harbaugh's first season, the Cardinal defeated archrival Cal in Stanford's final game of the season to win the Stanford Axe for the first time in six years (marking the only game in a series of eight stretching between 2002 and 2009 that was won by Stanford).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 830]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team\nThe team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cardinal improved on their 1\u201311 record from the 2006 season by going 4\u20138 in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nIn Jim Harbaugh's debut game as Stanford's new head coach, UCLA's offense amassed 600 yards and overwhelmed the Cardinal defense in the second half, as UCLA won handily. UCLA's Ben Olson threw 5 touchdown passes and finished 16\u201329 for 286 yards while fellow Bruin Kahlil Bell led the running game by gaining 195 yards on 19 carries. This individual performance was the 18th best single game rushing performance in Bruin football history, placing Bell right after Freeman McNeil, who had 197 yards against Stanford in 1979, and right before Gaston Green, who had 194 yards against Tennessee in 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 58], "content_span": [59, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe struggling Stanford Cardinal continued Pac-10 play by playing the USC Trojans in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where the Trojans had not lost in six seasons. In a major upset, USC stumbled at home to the 41-point underdog Cardinal, losing 24\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nHarbaugh made headlines prior to the season by claiming 2007 would be USC Coach Pete Carroll's last year with the Trojans before departing to the NFL, drawing a terse rebuke from Carroll; Harbaugh later called the 2007 Trojans one of the best teams in the history of college football at Pac-10 Media Day, reiterating the position in the week before their game. However, there were no hard feelings between the coaches. The two kept in cordial phone contact and Carroll made light of Harbaugh's comments several times during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nStanford's starting quarterback, redshirt senior T. C. Ostrander, suffered a seizure on the afternoon of September 30, one day after the game against Arizona State; he was released from Stanford Hospital after a few hours, but as a precautionary measure he was held out of the game against USC. The starting quarterback position fell to Tavita Pritchard, a redshirt sophomore with three passes in his college career. Stanford was also without two other key starters: defensive lineman Ekom Udofia (ankle) and offensive lineman Allen Smith (knee).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nOn October 3, it was announced that USC running back C. J. Gable, who was averaging a team-best 11 yards a carry, would undergo season-ending abdominal surgery to correct a nagging sports hernia that had limited his ability since the previous season; because he had only played in the first three games, he would seek a medical redshirt season. Gable's fellow running back, Stafon Johnson, was also held out of the game due to a foot bruise suffered the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nStanford was the last team to beat USC at the Coliseum, doing so on September 29, 2001 under Tyrone Willingham (who had since become the coach of Washington) against then-first-year coach Carroll. By game week, the line for the game favored the Trojans by 39.5 points, and reached 41 points by gametime. The loss ended multiple USC streaks, including a five-game win streak against Stanford and a 35-game home winning streak. For sportsbooks, the loss to a 41-point underdog marked the biggest upset in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nThere were a few positive efforts for the Trojans: Tight end Fred Davis caught five passes for a career-best 152 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown; and nose tackle Sedrick Ellis had three sacks. However, there were many more errors and substandard performances: quarterback John David Booty, who broke a bone in the middle finger of his throwing hand in the first half, had four passes intercepted in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe offensive line had been suffering since losing two starters in one play during the previous week's game at Washington, but the effect was severe against Stanford; the offensive line gave up four sacks, one more than the Trojans had surrendered all season, and USC gained only 95 yards rushing. Key receiver Patrick Turner dropped several passes, the defense gave up 17 points in the fourth quarter and USC had an extra-point attempt blocked, a point which became a crucial difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0007-0002", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nLike their previous game against Washington, USC out-gained Stanford by 224 yards (459 to 235) but made many crucial turnovers and penalties. In the press conference following the game, Carroll summarized his concerns: \"It's real clear that we have fallen out of line with our philosophy that has guided this program for years; we're turning the ball over too much.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nOpinions in the sports press ranged from proclaiming the end of the USC's era of dominance in college football to calling the loss a major, but not fatal, set-back to any hopes for a Trojans run at the national championship. The Trojans fell to No. 10 in the AP Poll; however, USC only fell to No. 7 in both the Coaches Poll and Harris Poll, both of which are the human components for determining who the BCS chooses for the National Championship Game. As a result, USC remained in outside title contention with upcoming games against consensus-No. 2 California and top-10 Oregon. The upset landed the Trojans in ESPN.com's Bottom 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn an interview the following month, Carroll assessed the mistakes that led to the loss as his own:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nWe really blew it against Stanford. We screwed it up because we played a guy that was hurt. I made a mistake on that. That was me. ... If anything really was a factor, it was my cockiness that there was no way we could lose a game. It didn't matter \u2014 we could keep running our offense, keep working on stuff, and they would never beat us. ... Broken hand? What was I thinking? I'm the one that screwed it up. He's a warrior. He's the one telling me \"I can play.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nThat's what he should be telling me. ... I missed a big one. It cost us a game that really cost us the flavor of this season. We've been tainted ever since, for obvious reasons. We gave away a game to a team that's won two or three games. Amazing. But it's awesome for football, it's awesome for Stanford and all that. Great for those guys. Sucks to be us in that regard. We screwed it up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC\nAt the end of the regular season, Sports Illustrated chose Stanford's upset of USC as the second \"Biggest Upset of 2007\" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's upset of No. 5 Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, TCU\nA week after defeating top-ranked USC, Stanford welcomed TCU to Stanford Stadium for homecoming. It was also the first meeting between the two schools. The Cardinal found themselves with a double-digit lead late in the second half of this game, as they led the Horned Frogs 31\u201317 with 3:54 remaining in the 3rd quarter. TCU's Andy Dalton then hit Jimmy Young for a 70-yard touchdown and Aaron Brown for a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to tie the game at 31. Stanford kicked a field goal with 7:22 remaining to re-take the lead, 34\u201331. Brown gave TCU its first lead of the game with a 2-yard touchdown run with 4:13 left. An intentional safety by TCU in the final seconds made the final score 38\u201336. Dalton ended the game with a career-high 344 passing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 57], "content_span": [58, 823]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Fighting Irish concluded their season on a high note, winning its second straight game and its second win on the road. Notre Dame's Robert Hughes ran for 136 yards and the go-ahead 6-yard touchdown with 6:06 remaining in the 4th quarter to help the Irish beat the Cardinal 21\u201314. The Irish's Jimmy Clausen went 19\u201332 for 196 yards and one touchdown. The Cardinal missed 4 field goals and turned the ball over twice. Notre Dame, meanwhile, committed 4 turnovers, including 3 fumbles and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nNotre Dame almost added another score on what would have been a spectacular finish to the half. Notre Dame's David Bruton intercepted Stanford quarterback Tavita Pritchard's last-play heave at the 3-yard line and began a three-lateral return to the end zone that was called back on a personal foul on Notre Dame defensive lineman Trevor Laws. Irish Safety Tom Zbikowski ran the final 30 yards after a lateral from Darrin Walls, and the only thing missing was the band on the field as it was 25 years ago when California shocked Stanford with The Play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, California\nStanford led Cal for the entirety of the 110th Big Game, winning 20\u201313 and gaining The Axe after Cal had held onto it for five straight years, marking Cal Coach Jeff Tedford's first loss to the Cardinal, something Harbaugh's two predecessors had failed to do. Stanford confused Cal on defense by alternating quarterbacks T. C. Ostrander and Tavita Pritchard in offensive series. The Golden Bears's Nate Longshore was 22/47 with 252 yards, 1 touchdown, and two interceptions, throwing one at the 7-yard line with 2:10 remaining. Cal's Justin Forsett ran for 96 yards on 19 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193118-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Golden Bears's Robert Jordan caught 4 receptions for 99 yards including a 46-yard touchdown reception. Despite injuries that had depleted the Cardinal's backfield to the point where one player was converted to a running back, Stanford rushed for 120 yards. California's offense was limited to one touchdown and a field goal, Cal's worst offensive performance of the season. Longshore continued to struggle in the second half, leading the offense to only one field goal after half time. Cal committed 10 penalties for 118 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 64], "content_span": [65, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game\nThe 2007 Stanford vs. USC football game was an NCAA college football game held on October 6, 2007, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. In a remarkable upset, the visiting Stanford Cardinal won 24\u201323 despite USC having been favored by 41 points entering the game. This result was the biggest point spread upset of all time in college football (since surpassed by the Howard University Bison in 2017, who were 45-point underdogs heading into a road game against the UNLV Rebels).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game\nUSC entered the game with a 35-game home game winning streak (its previous home game loss also happened to be to Stanford, in 2001) which included a 24-game home game winning streak in Pac-10 play. By contrast, Stanford had compiled a Pac-10 worst 1\u201311 season in 2006, which included a 42\u20130 loss to USC. To compound the situation, Stanford's starting quarterback T. C. Ostrander had suffered a seizure the week before and his replacement, backup quarterback Tavita Pritchard, had never started a game and had thrown just three passes in official play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Game summary\nThe weather was sunny and 74\u00a0\u00b0F (23\u00a0\u00b0C) with a slight west wind. The game began at 4:09pm Pacific Daylight Time and ended at 7:36pm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 49], "content_span": [50, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Game summary, Scoring, Fourth quarter\nThe game-winning drive featured a 20-yard pass from Tavita Pritchard to future NFL star Richard Sherman on fourth-and-20 from the USC 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath\nThe final score was announced at the Rose Bowl, where USC's two arch-rivals, UCLA and Notre Dame, were playing each other. Irish and Bruins fans cheered in unison and celebrated together briefly. At the same time, at Tiger Stadium, the #1 LSU Tigers were playing the #9 Florida Gators and the fans in the stadium celebrated when the USC score was announced there, too. The Tigers would later come from behind to beat the Gators 28\u201324, making them #1 in both polls with USC dropping from #1 in the coaches poll due to the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath\nStanford's victory, for once, was cheered on by perennial rival Cal, who was ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time of USC's loss. USC's loss elevated California to its highest ranking in nearly six decades, and it was primed to reach the #1 ranking for the first time since 1951 when #1 LSU was beaten in overtime by Kentucky the same day it played Oregon State. California lost the Oregon State game; after starting the season 5-0 and ranked No. 12, it finished 7-6 and unranked. 2007 was also the only game in an eight year Big Game stretch that it lost to Stanford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath\nAt the end of the regular season, Sports Illustrated chose the Stanford upset of USC as the second \"Biggest Upset of 2007\" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's 34\u201332 upset of #5 Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath\nIn 1979, Stanford had pulled a similar feat by coming back in the last four minutes to tie USC 21\u201321 on October 13. This game, considered one of the greatest of the 20th century, effectively cost USC a national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193119-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath\nIn the 2009 season, Stanford would eclipse the point spread by handing USC its worst defeat ever. Stanford won 55\u201321, and USC was an 11-point favorite. The next year in 2010, tenth-ranked Stanford defeated USC with a last-second field goal to win, 37\u201335. In 2011, Stanford would again defeat USC, continuing a 3-game streak of defeating USC at their home stadium. In a much closer game, Stanford defeated USC 56\u201348 in triple overtime. In the following year, the Cardinal again faced a second-ranked USC team and defeated them 21\u201314, earning a fourth consecutive win over the Trojans, a first in team and school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 46], "content_span": [47, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals\nThe 2007 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2006\u201307 season, and the culmination of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Western Conference champion Anaheim Ducks and the Eastern Conference champion Ottawa Senators. It was the second appearance in the Final for Anaheim since 2003 (known at the time as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), when they lost to the New Jersey Devils. It was the first appearance for the Senators since entering the NHL as an expansion team in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals\nAnaheim defeated Ottawa in five games and were awarded their first Stanley Cup becoming the eleventh post-1967 expansion team to win the NHL championship trophy, and the first Stanley Cup championship for a team from California (the Los Angeles Kings would eventually win Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014). This was also the most recent year that both teams that went to the finals had never won the Stanley Cup until the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nPrior to the season, the Ducks had been the pick of many in the media to make it to the Final, and they did not disappoint. The second-seeded Anaheim Ducks defeated both the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks in five games before defeating their rivals the Detroit Red Wings in six games in the Western Conference Final. The Ducks had the most penalties out of any team during the post-season and had one suspension going into the final, but had a top penalty-kill percentage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nThey were led by two Norris Trophy candidates captain Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger, the scoring touches of Andy McDonald, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, and the goaltending of Jean-Sebastien Giguere. The Ducks were looking to shut down Ottawa's offense with the checking line of Rob Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson and Travis Moen, and overall team defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nThe fourth-seeded Ottawa Senators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, and upset both the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, all in five games apiece, en route to their first Eastern Conference championship. Ottawa was led by the top line of captain Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza, who combined for 23 goals in the first three rounds, and the goaltending of Ray Emery. Other Senators who played pivotal roles were forwards Mike Fisher and Dean McAmmond and defencemen Chris Phillips and Anton Volchenkov. The Senators were looking to work past Anaheim's defence with their speed and higher-scoring offence, although both teams played a similar style of responsible team defence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals\nAnaheim had home ice advantage for the series, as they finished the regular season with 110 points to Ottawa's 105. The attention leading into the finals was Ottawa being \"Canada's Team\" despite Anaheim having five more Canadian skaters than the Senators. Many fans were saying that the Stanley Cup needed to be brought back to Canada after a 14-year drought (up to that point, the last Canadian team to hoist the Stanley Cup was the 1993 Montreal Canadiens, who defeated the Los Angeles Kings).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 44], "content_span": [45, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nOnly four players remained on the Ducks roster from 2003, including the Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Jean-Sebastien Giguere. The 2003 club's general manager, Bryan Murray, was now the Ottawa head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nTwo Ottawa-area players were in the finals, playing for the Ducks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries\nThe Senators and Ducks had never met in the playoffs before, and had not played each other since January 19, 2006, when the Ducks (then known as the Mighty Ducks) won 4\u20133 in a shootout in Ottawa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nThis was the first time since the 1925 Victoria Cougars that a team from the west coast of North America won the Stanley Cup, and the first time an NHL team from the west coast had done so. The Ducks are the fourth west coast team to win the Cup, and the first from California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nSenators captain Daniel Alfredsson, from Sweden, was the first European-born-and-raised captain to lead his team to the final. Previously, only Canadians or an American had captained teams in the final. The Ducks were captained by a Canadian (Scott Niedermayer) and had more Canadian players than the Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nAs of the end of the 2019 playoffs, the Senators remain the only Canadian team to represent the East in the final since 1993. This final marked the third straight in which a Canadian franchise lost against a franchise based in the southern half of the United States (previous Canadian teams in the last few Stanley Cup Finals were the 2004 Calgary Flames and the 2006 Edmonton Oilers, and not counting the 2004\u201305 NHL season lockout).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nThe series marked the first time that two teams from the early-'90s expansion era faced each other in the final. (Anaheim had started play in 1993, Ottawa in 1992)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nIt was the first final since 1999 where neither finalist had won the Stanley Cup previously (the NHL does not recognize the championships of the original Ottawa Senators as part of the current franchise's history).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nAs well, this was the third season in a row that the Cup was won by a team winning its first Cup after Tampa Bay in 2004 and Carolina in 2006. It was also the 1st final since the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, when Detroit defeated Carolina in 5 games, that didn't need a 7th game after New Jersey in 2003, Tampa Bay in 2004, and Carolina in 2006 all won in 7 games", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts\nThe third game, in Ottawa on June 2, was attended by 91-year-old Russell Williams as a guest of the Senators. He had attended the last Finals game in Ottawa (April 13, 1927) versus the Boston Bruins in the old Ottawa Auditorium. His presence was a good-luck charm, as Ottawa won the game he attended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 57], "content_span": [58, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Sens Mile\nMuch like the Red Mile in Calgary during the Flames' 2004 cup run and the Blue Mile in Edmonton during the Oilers' 2006 Cup run, Ottawa Senators fans took to the streets to celebrate their team's success. The idea to have a Sens Mile began as a grassroots campaign on Facebook by Ottawa residents before game four of the Ottawa-Buffalo Eastern Conference Finals series. Their idea was to use Elgin Street as a gathering place for Sens fans to celebrate after games won. Since Scotiabank Place (now Canadian Tire Centre) is located in suburban Ottawa, spontaneous celebration did not occur during the Senators' Cup run until that point, like it did in Calgary and Edmonton where the arenas are located more centrally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Sens Mile\nWhen the Senators beat the Sabres in game five of the Eastern Conference Final, people flocked to Elgin Street in celebration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Sens Mile\nFor the Stanley Cup Final, large video screens were installed at Ottawa City Hall for fans to view. After the Senators won game three of the final, fans celebrated on Elgin Street once again, and Ottawa Police closed the street down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nThe scene was festive at Honda Center in Anaheim with several Hollywood celebrities on hand, including former movie star and then California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who dropped the puck for the ceremonial face-off. As in their previous series, the Senators struck first. Mike Fisher started off the scoring in the series with a power-play goal 1:38 into the first period that travelled high in the air, landed behind Giguere and trickled over the line. Although Ottawa scored first, Anaheim took over play during the course of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nThe Ducks replied nine minutes later with a goal from Andy McDonald at even strength. Ottawa was unable to get even one shot on goal in the last eleven minutes of the first, and the period ended with the score tied 1\u20131. The shots were 8\u20133 for Anaheim. Early into the second, Wade Redden scored the only goal of the period, another power-play goal for Ottawa from the blue line, putting the Senators up 2\u20131. Play was even for the most part, as indicated by the 10\u201310 shot total of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one\nThe Ducks dominated most of the play in the third, tying the game 2\u20132 at five minutes into the third on a goal from Ryan Getzlaf, followed by a dramatic game-winning goal by Travis Moen with three minutes left in the third. The shots ended 32\u201320 in Anaheim's favour. In 2009, it was disclosed by Tom Molloy, hockey coach and friend of Dany Heatley, that Heatley was injured by a cross-check of Chris Pronger in this game. Heatley would continue to play for the rest of the series and the injury was kept secret. Heatley would score only one goal in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two\nStrong defence and goaltending from both sides kept scoring down to nothing until Samuel Pahlsson scored the game-winning goal for the Ducks 14:16 into the third period. Once again, Anaheim's checking line of Samuel Pahlsson, Travis Moen, and Rob Niedermayer managed to shut down and out-score the Ottawa top line of Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza. Anaheim again led the shot count with 31 shots to Ottawa's 16. Ray Emery in the Ottawa net played his best game of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nPlay now switched to Ottawa, for the first Stanley Cup Final game in Ottawa in 80 years (as well as the first Final game played in the province of Ontario for the first time in 40 years). The Senators hoped to regroup, being down 2\u20130, with two wins at home.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nAfter an energetic crowd took over the singing of O Canada from Ontario Provincial Police Constable Lyndon Slewidge, the Senators came out tentative and Andy McDonald opened the scoring in game three to give Anaheim a 1\u20130 lead 5:39 into the first period. Ottawa replied 11 minutes later with a goal by Chris Neil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nCorey Perry scored to give Anaheim a 2\u20131 lead at 5:20 in the second; the lead was short-lived, as Mike Fisher scored 27 seconds later. Two minutes later, Ryan Getzlaf scored to once again give Anaheim a one-goal advantage. Ottawa then replied with a goal by Daniel Alfredsson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nAlfredsson's goal was initially waved off by referees because the puck went in off his skate, appearing to have been kicked in. The NBC broadcasters thought the goal would be waved off. But the officials reviewing the goal ruled that there was no kicking motion and allowed the goal to stand, tying the game once again. NHL rules allow the redirection of a puck with the foot, as long as no kicking motion is involved, and this was the ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nLater in the period, Dean McAmmond got credited with a goal that ricocheted off Chris Pronger's stick. Near the beginning of the third period, McAmmond was injured after receiving an elbow to the head from Pronger, in what might have been retribution for the goal, as McAmmond's shot had appeared to have been aimed at Pronger, and not at the net. As in the previous series against Detroit (in which he delivered a similar blow to Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom), Pronger was not penalized during the game for his hit on McAmmond, but was later suspended for game four. Pronger claimed the elbow was accidental and the Ducks did not appeal the suspension. McAmmond did not return to play in the series, and this was a loss for the Senators as he had been an effective player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three\nAnton Volchenkov scored midway through the third to give the Senators a two-goal lead. Neither team scored any goals through the balance of the period, and Ottawa won the game 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nThe national anthems were sung by Ottawa native Alanis Morissette, who also sang the anthem prior to the first game in October, 1992 of the Senators. The audience again took over the singing of \"O Canada.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nAnaheim Ducks defenceman Chris Pronger was suspended for game four because of an elbow he delivered to the head of Senator Dean McAmmond in game three. Once again, the Ducks had to deal with the loss of Pronger while the Senators were itching to win both home games and tie the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nAfter nearly a full period of scoreless play, Daniel Alfredsson scored at 19:59 (0.3 seconds remained) of the first to give the Senators a 1\u20130 lead on a powerplay goal. The momentum seemed to continue shifting from game three in Ottawa's favor as Anaheim could only get two shots the entire period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nIn the second, the Ducks replied with two goals by Andy McDonald midway through the period to put them up 2\u20131. Ottawa came back with two minutes left in the period to tie the game 2\u20132 on a goal from Dany Heatley, his only goal of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nThe game's most controversial moment came in the final five seconds of the second period. With the puck at center ice, Alfredsson shot the puck, which hit Scott Niedermayer. The incident appeared intentional, although Alfredsson claimed after the game that it was not. Niedermayer was not injured, but the Ducks were furious, sparking a post-buzzer scrum next to the Anaheim bench before the teams left the ice for the intermission. To the surprise of NBC's broadcasters, Alfredsson was not penalized for his actions, but Mike Fisher and Samuel Pahlsson were each handed matching minors for roughing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four\nThe Ducks responded to the incident on the score board as Dustin Penner scored at 4:07 of the third to provide the winning 3\u20132 Anaheim margin, putting them up 3\u20131 in the series and provided an opportunity for the Ducks to clinch the Cup in game five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nThe Ducks' home crowd at Honda Center booed every time Daniel Alfredsson touched the puck in response to Alfredsson's controversial shot at Scott Niedermayer in game four, although this did not appear to put him off his game as he scored two goals. However, his play was the only bright spot on the night for the Senators.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nThe final game was marked by strong play by the Ducks, and mistakes and bad luck for the Senators, as they attempted to stave off elimination and seemed to try too hard, while the Ducks played with confidence and without mistakes. The game was played 'close-to-the-vest', with only 31 shots on goal by the two teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nIn the first period, Andy McDonald and Rob Niedermayer of Anaheim scored the first and second goals, respectively. McDonald's goal came on the power play on a penalty to Ottawa for obstruction; the call that the Senators had claimed was not being called against the Ducks. The goal went off the skate of Chris Phillips, the start of an unlucky night for the Ottawa defenceman. Niedermayer's goal deflated the Senators further as it appeared that Emery should have stopped it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nIn the second period, Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson cut the lead to 2\u20131. However, the turning point of the game came when Chris Phillips and Ray Emery were involved in a mix-up resulting in an own goal, which was awarded to Travis Moen, giving Anaheim a 3\u20131 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nLater in the period, Alfredsson scored a 'highlight-reel' short-handed goal to close the gap to 3\u20132. It appeared that he was trying to carry the whole team on his back, but on the same power play, defenceman Francois Beauchemin scored moments later to restore the Ducks two-goal lead, 4\u20132. Beauchemin's goal deflected off the shin pad of Ottawa defenceman Anton Volchenkov, the NHL's leading shot blocker, who was attempting to block the shot, behind Emery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five\nIn the third period, Travis Moen scored to give Anaheim a commanding 5\u20132 lead. The Senators kept trying, and Antoine Vermette was awarded a rare penalty shot; however the puck rolled off his stick at the last moment. Corey Perry scored the final goal off of a loose pass by Ottawa to provide the winning margin of 6\u20132, and, with the exception of Scott Niedermayer, every member of the Ducks franchise won their first Stanley Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 50], "content_span": [51, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Team rosters\nYears indicated in boldface under the \"Finals appearance\" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe 2007 Stanley Cup was presented to Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Ducks 6\u20132 win over the Senators in game five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving\nThe following Ducks players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 46], "content_span": [47, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings\nThe 2007 Stanley Cup Finals was also notable for its exceptionally poor television ratings in the United States. Games one and two were carried by cable channel Versus, then a new and little known player on the sports television scene. Game one produced a 0.5 national rating or 523,000 households. It was the 58th best rated program of that day. Game two produced a 0.4 national rating or 446,000 households, the 74th best rated program of that day, lower than the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game on ESPN which drew 447,000 households.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings\nThe move to NBC for the remainder of the finals did little to compensate for the series' limited drawing power. A perennial last among the Big Four American television networks, NBC was at the time going through an intense period of ratings turmoil, setting lowest rated week records in several viewing categories over the course of spring 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings\nGame three's coverage on NBC garnered a mere 1.1 rating (approximately 1,205,600 households), making it the lowest rated prime-time broadcast in the network's history. For comparison, game six of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, broadcast opposite game three on cable channel TNT, achieved a 5.3 rating, approximately 5,808,800 households. Game four achieved a 1.9 rating (approximately 2,082,400 households), down 5 percent from game four the previous year. Game five received slightly less, 1.8 (approximately 1,972,800 households). As a whole, NBC's ratings for the championship series were down 20 percent from the previous season, making it the least watched final in the United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings\nAt the time, Versus was only available to 50 percent of cable-equipped homes in the Los Angeles area, which hurt the buzz around the Ducks' playoff run in a traditionally crowded sports and entertainment market. Versus was the fifth-most watched cable network in the Los Angeles market for game one, good only for a 1.7 local rating.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings\nLocal numbers did improve as the series moved to free-to-air NBC. The Cup-clinching game five drew a 6.0 and a 12 share for an average audience of 496,000 viewers in the Los Angeles market, more than double that of a high-profile regular season game between baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres on KCAL 9 (3.0/5, 218,000 viewers). This symbolic, if short-lived, win over one of the region's flagship teams allowed the Ducks to close the series on a relatively high note, with the Los Angeles Times' Larry Stewart calling their final ratings performance \"pretty good\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193120-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings\nOn the CBC, Hockey Night in Canada pulled in 2,608,000, 2,378,000, and 2,553,000 viewers for games one, two and three respectively, slightly higher than their numbers for equivalent games the previous year. This was the last final that Bob Cole (play-by-play announcer) and Harry Neale (colour commentator) worked together. The following year, Cole worked with Greg Millen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 47], "content_span": [48, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs\nThe 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League began on April 11, 2007. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup. The series ended on June 6 with the Anaheim Ducks defeating the Ottawa Senators in five games to win their first ever championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs\nFor the first time in NHL history, neither of the two teams that played in the previous year's Stanley Cup Finals (the Carolina Hurricanes and the Edmonton Oilers) qualified for the playoffs. For the first time since 1994, all four former WHA teams; Carolina (formerly the Hartford Whalers), Colorado (formerly the Quebec Nordiques), Edmonton, and Phoenix (formerly the Winnipeg Jets) missed the playoffs in the same year, this would not happen again until 2013. Also for the first time since 1994, the Philadelphia Flyers missed the playoffs. This was the only time that the Atlanta Thrashers qualified for the playoffs in their twelve years in Georgia (they became the new Winnipeg Jets in 2011).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff bracket\nIn each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a maximum possible four games on their home ice, with the other team getting a maximum possible three. In the Stanley Cup Final, home ice is determined based on regular season points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 42], "content_span": [43, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (8) New York Islanders\nThe Buffalo Sabres entered the playoffs as the Presidents' Trophy winners (winning the tie-breaker with Detroit in total wins), the Eastern Conference regular season and Northeast Division champions with 113 points. The Islanders qualified as the eighth seed earning 92 points during the regular season. This was the fourth and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with New York winning all three of the previous series. They last met in the 1980 Stanley Cup Semifinals where New York won in six games. Buffalo won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (8) New York Islanders\nThe Sabres defeated the Islanders in five games. Brian Campbell and Chris Drury each scored twice for the Sabres in game one as they took the opening game 4\u20131. Marc-Andre Bergeron's power play goal at 8:37 of the third period gave the Islanders the lead in game two as they evened the series with a 3\u20132 victory. Sabres forward Daniel Briere scored the game-winning goal with a two-man advantage in the second period of game three giving Buffalo a 3\u20132 win. Chris Drury scored two goals in a game for the second time in this series as the Sabres won game four by a final score of 4\u20132. Buffalo held off a late charge by the Islanders in game five as they eliminated New York with a 4\u20133 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 132], "content_span": [133, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Tampa Bay Lightning\nThe New Jersey Devils entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champions, earning the second seed in the Eastern Conference with 107 points. Tampa Bay qualified as the seventh seed, earning 93 points during the regular season. This was the second meeting between these two teams, with New Jersey winning the only previous series in the 2003 Eastern Conference Semifinals in five games. Tampa Bay won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 136], "content_span": [137, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Tampa Bay Lightning\nThe Devils defeated the Lightning in six games. New Jersey forward Zach Parise scored twice as New Jersey took game one 5\u20133. Johan Holmqvist made 34 saves for the Lightning and Vincent Lecavalier scored the game-winning goal early in the third period of game two as Tampa Bay evened the series with a 3\u20132 victory. The teams traded goals early in the third period of game three before Vaclav Prospal broke the tie with 6:29 remaining in regulation time as the Lightning won again by a score of 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 136], "content_span": [137, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Tampa Bay Lightning\nDevils centre Scott Gomez scored the overtime winner at 12:54 in game four to tie the series. New Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur made 31 saves in his 22nd career playoff shutout as the Devils won game five 3\u20130. Devils forward Brian Gionta scored the series-winning goal in game six as New Jersey took the series four games to two with a 3\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 136], "content_span": [137, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Atlanta Thrashers vs. (6) New York Rangers\nThe Atlanta Thrashers entered the playoffs as the Southeast Division champions, earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference with 97 points. The Rangers qualified as the sixth seed earning 94 points during the regular season. This was the first and to this date only playoff meeting between these two teams. This series also marked the first appearance of a team representing Atlanta in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 27 years. The most recent team to represent Atlanta prior to this was the Atlanta Flames who lost in the Preliminary Round in 1980. The Thrashers made their first playoff appearance since entering the league in the 1999\u20132000 season; this was the only playoff appearance that Atlanta made before the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. Atlanta won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 970]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Atlanta Thrashers vs. (6) New York Rangers\nThe Rangers swept Atlanta in four games. New York entered the third period of game one with a two-goal lead and hung on to win by a score of 4\u20133. Ranger forward Brendan Shanahan scored the game-winner with four minutes remaining in game two as New York earned a 2\u20131 victory. The Rangers dominated Atlanta in game three winning 7\u20130, Michael Nylander scored a hat trick in the victory. Matt Cullen scored the series-clinching goal in game four and Jaromir Jagr added an empty-net goal in the dying minutes as New York completed the sweep of the Thrashers with a 4\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 133], "content_span": [134, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Ottawa Senators vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins\nThe Ottawa Senators entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 105 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins also earned 105 points during the regular season, but they finished as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference after losing the tie-breaker with Ottawa in total wins. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2001. Pittsburgh won this year's four-game regular season series earning six of eight points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Ottawa Senators vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins\nThe Senators defeated the Penguins in five games. Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was pulled in game one after allowing six goals to the Senators in a 6\u20133 loss. The Penguins scored three times in the third period as they overcame a one-goal deficit to defeat Ottawa 4\u20133 in game two and tie the series. Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson scored the game-winner and added an insurance goal in game three as Ottawa regained home-ice advantage with a 4\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Ottawa Senators vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins\nJust over nine minutes into the third period of game four Anton Volchenkov broke the tie for the Senators giving his team a 2\u20131 victory. After a scoreless opening period in game five the Senators struck three times in the second period and goaltender Ray Emery posted a 20 save shutout to eliminate the Penguins with a 3\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Calgary Flames\nThe Detroit Red Wings entered the playoffs as the Western Conference regular season and Central Division champions (losing the tie-breaker with Buffalo in total wins for the Presidents' Trophy) with 113 points. Calgary qualified as the eighth seed earning 96 points during the regular season. This was the third and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2004 Western Conference Semifinals where Calgary won in six games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Calgary Flames\nThe Red Wings eliminated the Flames in six games. In game one the Red Wings dominated the Flames in a 4\u20131 victory. Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff made 48 saves in game two as his team lost 3\u20131 and the Red Wings took a 2\u20130 series lead. Jarome Iginla scored the game-winning goal in game three as the Flames won by a score of 3\u20132. Calgary centre Daymond Langkow scored twice on the power play in game four as the Flames evened the series with a 3\u20132 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Calgary Flames\nAfter allowing five goals against in game five Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff was pulled in favour of backup Jamie McLennan. Kiprusoff was forced back into the game just 18 seconds later as Jamie McLennan was assessed a match penalty and game misconduct for slashing Red Wings forward Johan Franzen in the stomach. McLennan was later suspended for five games; the Flames organization and Head Coach Jim Playfair were also fined after a 5\u20131 loss. Johan Franzen scored the series-winner in double overtime in game six as the Red Wings eliminated the Flames with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 131], "content_span": [132, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (7) Minnesota Wild\nThe Anaheim Ducks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division champions, earning the second seed in the Western Conference with 110 points. Minnesota qualified as the seventh seed earning 104 points during the regular season. This was the second and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with Anaheim winning the only previous series. They last met in the 2003 Western Conference Final where Anaheim won in four games. Anaheim won this year's four-game regular season series earning five of eight points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (7) Minnesota Wild\nThe Ducks eliminated the Wild in five games. Ducks forward Dustin Penner scored the game-winner late in the third period as Anaheim took game one 2\u20131. In game two Francois Beauchemin scored twice on the power-play for the Ducks as they took a 2\u20130 series lead with a 3\u20132 win. The Ducks earned a tight win in game three with a 2\u20131 victory. The Wild avoided elimination with a three-goal third period in game four, earning a 4\u20131 win. Jean-Sebastien Giguere started game five for the Ducks and Ryan Getzlaf scored the series-winning goal late in the second period as Anaheim ended the series with a 4\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 127], "content_span": [128, 735]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Dallas Stars\nThe Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the Northwest Division champions, earning the third seed in the Western Conference with 105 points. Dallas qualified as the sixth seed earning 107 points (losing the tie-breaker with San Jose in total wins) during the regular season. This was the second and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams with Vancouver winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1994 Western Conference Semifinals where Vancouver won in five games. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Dallas Stars\nVancouver hung on to defeat the Stars in seven games. Dallas overcame a two-goal deficit in game one to force overtime, however, they came up short as Henrik Sedin won the game for Vancouver when he scored at 18:06 of the fourth overtime; this was the sixth-longest playoff game in NHL history. Roberto Luongo made 72 saves in the 5\u20134 Canucks victory. The Stars opened game two with a goal just 24 seconds in and the Canucks were not able to recover as Dallas goaltender Marty Turco posted a 35 save shutout in a 2\u20130 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Dallas Stars\nCanucks forward Taylor Pyatt scored the game-winner at 7:47 of the first overtime for a 2\u20131 win in game three. The Canucks pulled out another 2\u20131 victory in game four as Mattias Ohlund and Trevor Linden scored for Vancouver. In game five both Roberto Luongo and Marty Turco pushed aside every shot in regulation and Stars captain Brenden Morrow scored the only goal of the game 6:22 into the first overtime for a 1\u20130 Dallas victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0016-0002", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Dallas Stars\nMarty Turco shutout Vancouver in game six for the second consecutive game and the third time overall in the series as the Stars forced a seventh game with a 2\u20130 win. After allowing the opening goal in game seven the Canucks scored four unanswered goals and took the deciding game of the series 4\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 129], "content_span": [130, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nThe Nashville Predators entered the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Western Conference with 110 points. San Jose qualified as the fifth seed earning 107 points (winning the tie-breaker with Dallas in total wins) during the regular season. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams with San Jose winning the only previous series. They last met in the previous year's Western Conference Quarterfinals where San Jose won in five games. Nashville won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nFor the second consecutive year, the Sharks eliminated Nashville in five games. Patrick Rissmiller scored the overtime winner for San Jose at 8:14 of the second overtime period as the Sharks won a high-scoring game one 5\u20134. Predator forwards Jean-Pierre Dumont and Peter Forsberg scored twice in game two as Nashville evened the series with a 5\u20132 win. Nashville goaltender Tomas Vokoun made 38 saves in a losing effort in game three as the Sharks won the game 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nMilan Michalek's second goal of the game gave the Sharks an insurmountable lead in game four as San Jose took a 3\u20132 victory. The teams were tied late into the third period of game five before Sharks captain Patrick Marleau scored the series-winning goal to eliminate the Predators by a final score of 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 134], "content_span": [135, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers\nThis was the second and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams with Buffalo winning the only previous series. They last met in the 1978 Preliminary Round where Buffalo won in three games. Buffalo won all four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers\nBuffalo eliminated the Rangers in six games. Sabres forward Thomas Vanek scored twice including the game-winner as Buffalo took game one 5\u20132. Chris Drury and Thomas Vanek each scored their fifth goal of the playoffs for the Sabres in the third period of game two as Buffalo overcame a goal deficit, winning by a score of 3\u20132. In game three Michal Rozsival gave the Rangers a 2\u20131 win in double overtime by scoring at 16:43. The Rangers scored twice on the power-play in game four as they evened the series with a 2\u20131 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers\nSabres co-captain Chris Drury scored the tying goal with less than eight seconds remaining and Maxim Afinogenov ended the game 4:39 into the first overtime on the power-play as Buffalo won game five 2\u20131. Jochen Hecht's second goal of the playoffs was the series-clinching goal as the Sabres ended New York's season with 5\u20134 victory in game six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nThis was the third and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 2003 Eastern Conference Final where New Jersey won in seven games. New Jersey won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nOttawa defeated the Devils in five games. The Senators scored four times in the opening period of game one and hung on to win the game 5\u20134. The Senators tied game two late in the third period, but Jamie Langenbrunner scored the winning goal for the Devils 1:55 into the second overtime. Game three remained scoreless into the third period before Tom Preissing put the Senators on the board, Ray Emery made 25 saves for his second playoff shutout in a 2\u20130 Ottawa win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nNew Jersey goaltender Martin Brodeur made 33 saves in a losing effort in game four as the Senators won 3\u20132. Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson scored the series-winning goal late in the second period of game five as the Senators ended New Jersey's season with a 3\u20132 win. Game five was also the final game played at Continental Airlines Arena as the Devils began playing at the Prudential Center the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nThis was the third playoff meeting between these two teams with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1995 Western Conference Semifinals where Detroit won in four games. San Jose won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nThe Red Wings won three consecutive games to eliminate San Jose in six games. Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov made 34 saves as San Jose shutout the Red Wings in game one by a score of 2\u20130. Pavel Datsyuk gave the Red Wings the lead with just 1:24 remaining in the third period, taking a 3\u20132 victory. San Jose forward Jonathan Cheechoo scored the game-winner on the power play in game three as the Sharks won the game 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks\nDetroit came back from a two-goal deficit in game four by scoring in the final minute of both the second and third periods and Mathieu Schneider scored the overtime winner on the power-play for the Red Wings in a 3\u20132 win. After allowing the opening goal in game five the Red Wings scored four unanswered goals winning the game 4\u20131. Two goals from Detroit winger Mikael Samuelsson and a shutout by Dominik Hasek in game six ended the series in a 2\u20130 Red Wings victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 126], "content_span": [127, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks\nThis was the first and to date only playoff meeting between these two teams. Anaheim won three of the four games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks\nThe Ducks eliminated Vancouver in five games. After allowing the opening goal in game one Anaheim responded with five unanswered goals and won by a final score of 5\u20131, Ducks forward Andy McDonald recorded a hat trick in the contest. The teams traded a goal apiece during regulation time and Jeff Cowan ended the game 7:49 into double overtime as Vancouver tied the series with a 2\u20131 victory. Anaheim's special teams made the difference in game three as the Ducks successfully killed off seven penalties and scored twice on the power-play as Anaheim won the game 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks\nThe Ducks came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period of game four to force overtime and won the game 3\u20132 on a goal scored by Travis Moen at 2:07 of the first overtime period. After Vancouver forced overtime in game five goaltender Roberto Luongo was unavailable to his team at the start of the first overtime period as he was suffering from an illness, backup Dany Sabourin stopped five Anaheim shots before Luongo returned to action 3:34 into the period. Shortly into the second overtime period Scott Niedermayer fired a wrist shot that found the back of the net giving the Ducks a 2\u20131 win that clinched the series and moved them on to the Western Conference Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 124], "content_span": [125, 802]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nThis was the fourth and most recent playoff meeting between these two teams, with Buffalo winning all three previous series. They last met in the previous year's Eastern Conference Semifinals where Buffalo won in five games. This was Buffalo's second consecutive Conference Finals appearance, and their fourth overall; they lost to Carolina in seven games in the previous year. Ottawa most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2003 where they lost to New Jersey in seven games. Ottawa won five of the eight games during this year's regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 114], "content_span": [115, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nThe Senators advanced to their first Stanley Cup Finals by eliminating the Sabres in five games. The Senators took control of game one in the third period and scored three goals to win 5\u20132. Buffalo forward Daniel Briere scored with only six seconds left in game two to force overtime. Joe Corvo scored the game-winning goal for Ottawa at 4:58 of double overtime in a 4\u20133 victory. Ray Emery made 15 saves and Daniel Alfredsson scored the only goal in game three as Ottawa shut out the Sabres 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 114], "content_span": [115, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (4) Ottawa Senators\nThe Sabres took a three-goal lead just before the halfway point of game four and hung on to force a fifth game with a 3\u20132 win. Overtime was needed in game five as the teams traded goals through regulation time, Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson ended the series with his goal at 9:32 of the first overtime as the Senators won by a final score of 3\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 114], "content_span": [115, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks\nThis was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Detroit winning two of the three previous series. They last met in the 2003 Western Conference Quarterfinals where Anaheim won in four games. Detroit most recently made it to the Conference Finals in 2002 where they defeated Colorado in seven games, while Anaheim most recently made it to the Conference Finals in the previous year where they lost in five games to Edmonton. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks\nAnaheim defeated the Red Wings in six games. Detroit goaltender Dominik Hasek made 31 saves as the Red Wings took game one with a 2\u20131 victory. Scott Niedermayer ended game two at 14:17 of the first overtime as the Ducks tied the series with a 4\u20133 win. The Red Wings chased Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere from game three after he allowed three goals on thirteen shots, Detroit scored two more times and won the game 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks\nAfter the game Chris Pronger was suspended for one game by the NHL; his suspension was the result of a simultaneous hit on Tomas Holmstrom that Scott Niedermayer was penalized for. While Pronger received no penalty on the play for the hit during the game he was later suspended after NHL officials reviewed the replays, which showed Holmstrom being boarded from behind as a result of a Pronger elbow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0030-0002", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks\nThe Ducks broke a tie in the third period of game four when Ryan Getzlaf scored on the power-play, they went on to add an empty net goal from Rob Niedermayer that gave Anaheim a 5\u20133 win that tied the series at two games. Scott Niedermayer forced overtime in game five as he scored on the power-play with 47.3 seconds remaining in the game; Teemu Selanne completed the comeback for Anaheim at 11:57 of the first overtime period as the Ducks took a 2\u20131 victory. The Red Wings mounted a late comeback attempt in game six before coming up short in a 4\u20133 loss than ended the series and sent Anaheim to the second Stanley Cup Finals in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 115], "content_span": [116, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals\nThis was the first and to date only playoff meeting between these two teams. Anaheim most recently made it to the Finals in 2003 where they were defeated by New Jersey in seven games, while Ottawa made their first Finals appearance in their fifteenth season. This was the first Finals series to be played in Ottawa since the original Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup in 1927. For the first time since 1999, neither of the two Stanley Cup finalists had previously won the Stanley Cup. The teams did not play each other during this year's regular season. Anaheim became the first team based in the Pacific Time zone in the NHL's modern era to win the Stanley Cup; they also became the first west coast team to win the Stanley Cup since the Victoria Cougars in 1925.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Skaters\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/\u2013 = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 53], "content_span": [54, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending\nThese are the top five goaltenders based on either goals against average or save percentage with at least four games played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltending\nGP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193121-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, Events and milestones\nDetroit Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios made his 22nd post-season appearance, breaking the record for most post-season appearances. The New York Rangers set a new post-season franchise record that year by defeating the Atlanta Thrashers 7\u20130 on April 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193122-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Star Mazda Championship\nThe 2007 Star Mazda Championship was the ninth season of the Star Mazda Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that competes using spec chassis and engines. The season featured 12 races over 12 weekends, with only road courses and street circuits featuring on the schedule. The overall season champion was Dane Cameron, while Dan Tomlin, III and Steve Hickham won the Expert and Masters classes respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193122-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Star Mazda Championship\nCameron finished on the podium in eight of the twelve races and finished well ahead of second-place finisher, Australian James Davison who won once at Mosport. Canadian Lorenzo Mandarino won twice and finished eights in points as he finished outside the top-ten seven times. Canadian Marco Di Leo won the season opener at Sebring International Raceway but it would be his only win of the season. His brother Daniel finished second in that race. Ron White won back-to-back races in the rounds at Road Americaand Circuit Trois-Rivi\u00e8res and finished third in points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series\nThe 2007 State of Origin series was the 26th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. Queensland won the series by winning the first two games. New South Wales avoided the whitewash by winning the third match held at Suncorp Stadium. The Wally Lewis Medal for player of the series was awarded to Queensland's hooker, Cameron Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 532]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game I\nTen thousand tickets to Game I at Suncorp Stadium were sold in seven minutes when they went on sale in March 2007 and all were sold within four hours. Queensland was the bookies' favourites on match day, despite the loss of Carl Webb to a hamstring injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game I\nQueensland trailed 6-18 at half-time after a spectacular kick-and-chase solo effort by Jarryd Hayne resulted in a try right on halftime. Queensland recovered after the break with three converted tries including one which followed Darren Lockyer's interception of a wild pass made by Hayne near the New South Wales goal line. Johnathan Thurston later kicked a field goal to put the final score at 25-18. This win saw Queensland claim three consecutive match victories for the first time since 1995's shock whitewash. Thurston was named man-of-the-match. The Blues' Danny Buderus and Kurt Gidley were injured in the match, while Maroons' substitute Antonio Kaufusi suffered a season-ending knee injury in his Origin debut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nBrett Stewart was called in to make his Origin debut only 24 hours prior to the match as a replacement for the injured Anthony Minichiello. The Maroons went into this match having never won an Origin match at Telstra Stadium in 11 outings. It was also referee Shane Hayne's first State of Origin match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nThe opening minutes were almost all played in Queensland's half of the field, with the Maroons defending successfully until just before the eight-minute mark when Blues debutant fullback Brett Stewart scored the first points of the match with a close-range try from dummy half. Jamie Lyon's conversion brought the score to 6 - 0 in favour of New South Wales. Queensland then evened up the battle for field position, the game being played almost entirely in the Blues' half from then until the twenty-first minute when the Maroons scored.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nTheir hooker Cameron Smith ran from dummy half on the fifth and last, down the short side and through his tacklers shot a remarkable pass out to the feet of Greg Inglis. Inglis then picked up the ball and crossed out wide (for the fifth time in only three Origin matches) to touch down after improving the field position for his kicker. Johnathan Thurston's conversion was successful so the score was 6 all with three quarters of the match remaining. Queensland dominated field position and crossed the Blues' try line three more times in the remainder of the first half but couldn't score, leaving the sides level at a single converted try each for the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nThe first penalty of the match was given after ten minutes of the second half, followed by the second eight minutes after that, providing the Blues with some attacking opportunities which they failed to convert to points. Following the third penalty of the match, which went Queensland's way, they were attacking the New South Wales line and got their second try on the sixty-three-minute mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nA pass (that appeared to be forward but was allowed by the referee) went to Thurston who, keeping the ball alive, chipped a grubbing kick through the line of defence for centre Steven Bell to pick up and dive over the try-line in the corner. The ensuing sideline conversion was missed by Thurston, leaving the score at 10 - 6 in favour of the Maroons. The following ten minutes were a fairly even arm wrestle played mostly in the middle of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nWith under three minutes remaining Brent Kite lost the ball in a tackle and Shaun Berrigan picked it up and ran 45 metres to put it down. However the try was disallowed by the video referee, ruling that Berrigan had also knocked the ball on when he picked it up. The Queenslanders managed to hold out New South Wales' desperate attack to leave the game at 10-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game II\nOf the match, Queensland captain Lockyer had this to say: \"In games I've been involved with, that's the gutsiest I've been in.\" It was the first win for Queensland at Telstra Stadium following an 11-game losing streak at the venue, and the first time the Maroons had won four consecutive Origin matches since their 8-game winning streak which lasted from game 2, 1987, to game 3, 1989. Meninga was critical of referee Shayne Hayne's performance in the match with no penalties until the 51st minute and a final count going New South Wales' way 4-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game III\nIn the first minute of game III, Dallas Johnson was knocked out cold when attempting a tackle and was assisted from the field. Greg Inglis injured his knee in the 20th minute, and Brent Tate left the field in the 33rd minute, also with a serious knee injury. New South Wales scored the first try in the 21st minute through Jarryd Hayne beating opposition players down the left corner. Queensland responded in the 26th minute with a try scored out wide by Justin Hodges. Thurston failed to convert leaving the score at 6-4 till half time. Queensland were without 3 reserves until Johnson returned early in the second half and played the rest of the game with only two reserves. This forced Queensland forwards such as Steve Price to play the full 80 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game III\nQueensland held off New South Wales' attacks for most of the second half. Matt Cooper was denied tries twice in the first 10 minutes, once by a last-ditch try-saving tackle by Bell on the try line. It was not till the 73rd minute that New South Wales' Matt King, in his farewell Origin performance having announced his intention to relocate the Super League in 2008, scored a try which was set up by a flat pass from eventual man-of-the-match Greg Bird.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game III\nHazem El Masri, in his debut performance for the Blues after an 11-year top-grade career, converted from the sideline, giving New South Wales an important 8-point lead. In the 79th minute, Paul Gallen was able to offload to El Masri on the tryline and the result was sealed. This try also brought New South Wales' points total for the series above that of Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Game III\nJarryd Hayne received the Brad Fittler Medal for New South Wales player of the series. Cameron Smith received the Ron McAuliffe Medal as Queensland's player of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Players, New South Wales\nThe Bulldogs and Knights contributed the most players, four each, to the total used by New South Wales during the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 53], "content_span": [54, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193124-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 State of Origin series, Players, Queensland\n2007's defending premiers, the Brisbane Broncos were the most heavily represented club in the Maroons, with eight players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address\nThe 2007 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 110th United States Congress. It was Bush's sixth State of the Union Address and his seventh speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by Dick Cheney, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address\nIt was the first address to a Democratic-controlled Congress since 1994. Furthermore, the speech marked the second time that a Democrat sat behind President Bush during a joint session of Congress and the first time at a State of the Union address. Traditionally, the Speaker of the House and the Vice President (the President of the Senate) are the only individuals on the rostrum with the President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address\nHowever, in a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, following the September 11 attacks nine days earlier, president pro tempore Robert Byrd, a Democrat, took the place of Vice President Cheney, who was at an undisclosed location. As the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is also the first woman in American history to stand on the podium during a State of the Union address.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address\nPresident Bush began his address by recognizing the new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address\nAnd tonight I have the high privilege and distinct honor of my own as the first president to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Attendance\nAttorney General Alberto Gonzales was not present because traditionally a member of the President's cabinet, a designated survivor, does not attend in order to ensure presidential succession in the event of an emergency. Only four Supreme Court Justices attended the speech: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, and Anthony Kennedy. Senator Tim Johnson and Congressman Charlie Norwood were not present because of serious health problems, but were acknowledged with applause. Johnson recovered and returned to work by September, while Norwood died on February 13, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 43], "content_span": [44, 655]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech\nThe President's speech focused equally on domestic policy and foreign policy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Domestic policy\nBush placed emphasis on balancing the federal budget, eliminating excessive earmarks, changing the tax code to replace the existing business tax exemption to workers health insurance premiums with a new personal health insurance deduction, providing health care for needy individuals, and expanding health savings accounts. Bush supported \"laws that are fair and borders that are secure\" in regards to immigration, suggesting a temporary worker program, stating that, \"[a]s a result, they won't have to try to sneak in\". He suggested resolving the status of current illegal residents \"without animosity and without amnesty\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Domestic policy\nBush said the United States has been dependent on foreign oil for too long, and that this chances placing it in hostile situations. Bush asked Congress to work to reduce gasoline usage in the United States by 20 percent over the next ten years, and recommended research into alternative fuels. He asked Congress to \"double the current capacity\" of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Domestic policy\nIn what appears to be a change of stance, Bush made a connection between energy policy and climate change: \"America is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that will enable us to live our lives less dependent on oil. And these technologies will help us be better stewards of the environment, and they will help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change.\" Bush specifically named plug-in hybrid vehicles as part of his \"advanced energy initiative\" to help end the United States \"addiction to oil.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Domestic policy\nBush asked Congress to give future federal court nominees a \"fair hearing\", and a \"prompt up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Domestic policy\nIn the realm of education, he asked Congress to renew the No Child Left Behind Act and consider school vouchers, although he never mentioned vouchers by name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Foreign policy\nA large part of Bush's speech centered on the Iraq War. Bush emphasized that he still stood behind it, stating that, \"to win the War on Terror, we must take the fight to the enemy.\" He stated that the dangers of terrorism have not ended, and that it is the government's duty to locate terrorists and protect the American people. He stated that it was not responsible to leave Iraq yet, as it would put \"ourselves in danger and our friends at risk.\" He emphasized that stability in Iraq is essential, and that chaos is the enemy's greatest ally. Bush asked Americans to give the Iraq War a chance, and support the troops on the field and \"those on their way,\" a reference to the \"surge\" strategy involving 20,000 soldiers and Marines sent to Baghdad and al-Anbar, most of which would go to Baghdad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Foreign policy\nBush advocated adding to the ranks of the military. He asked Congress to authorize an increase in the Army and Marine active duty forces by 92,000 in the next five years. He spoke of developing a volunteer Civilian Reserve Corps which could help ease the burden on military personnel: \"It would give people across America who do not wear the uniform a chance to serve in the defining struggle of our time.\" The phrase terror (whether as terror, terrorism, or terrorist) appeared 22 times in his speech, highlighting its continuing significance in his administration's foreign policy and political position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Speech, Foreign policy\nBush advocated saving the people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. He advocated continuing to fight HIV/AIDS, especially in Africa. Bush asked for $1.2 billion over the next five years to combat malaria in 15 African countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 55], "content_span": [56, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Honored guests\nToward the end of his speech, President Bush recognized four distinguished Americans. First, he pointed out Dikembe Mutombo, a player in the National Basketball Association. He is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and recently built a new hospital in Kinshasa, his hometown. Next, he introduced business and social entrepreneur Julie Aigner-Clark, who founded the Baby Einstein Company. Then, he introduced Wesley Autrey who, three weeks prior, saved a man with epilepsy from being run down by a New York City Subway train. Finally, he introduced Sergeant Tommy Rieman, an American soldier who continued to fight even though he was critically injured in Iraq.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Critical response, Democratic response\nJim Webb, a Vietnam War veteran and Senator from Virginia whose son was serving in Iraq, delivered the Democratic response from Capitol Hill, the second year in a row for a Virginia politician. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine delivered the Democratic response in 2006. It lasted less than nine minutes, as expected, ending at 10:24 EST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Critical response, Democratic response\nWebb said he hoped the Bush administration is serious about health care, education, and revitalizing the imperiled nation, as represented by New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina (President Bush did not mention Katrina or New Orleans in his Address). He emphasized that corporate profits are not being fairly shared, stating that chief executive officers make over 400 times that of workers, on average. Therefore, it takes an average worker over one year to make as much money as his boss makes in one day. He advocated a policy that would begin to remove United States troops from Iraq, pointing out that polls show the majority of the American people do not support the direction of the Iraq War or the president's strategy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Critical response, Libertarian response\nSteve Kubby, a California politician and declared candidate for the 2008 presidential election, delivered an unofficial response to the address for the Libertarian Party. Kubby criticized the president's policies on the economy, education, and foreign policy, which he referred to as \"foreign military adventurism.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193125-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 State of the Union Address, Critical response, Conservative response\nThe Wall Street Journal reported in an article the following Thursday that conservatives were upset and felt abandoned by Bush's shifts on immigration and health care, and quoted a high-ranking official with the American Conservative Union saying that \"the president left a lot of conservatives shaking their heads\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto is the seventh round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on July 8 at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Will Power won the race, followed by Neel Jani and Justin Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Qualifying results\nS\u00e9bastien Bourdais led both the Friday and Saturday qualifying sessions to win his 28th career Champ Car pole position. On Saturday Bourdais and Justin Wilson traded the fast lap three times in the final minutes, with Wilson coming up only .011 second short at the end after he brushed the wall on his last lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 45], "content_span": [46, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Race\nFor the second race in a row rain had a major impact on the proceedings. The race began under cloudy skies and on a track that was still partially damp after heavy rains earlier in the day. Oriol Servia got the best start from the second row and led into the first corner. Trouble began as the cars funneled through turn 3 for the first time. Alex Tagliani contacted Simon Pagenaud, knocking the front wing off Pagenaud's car. Paul Tracy collected the wing but could not see that it remained stuck under his own front wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Race\nComing out of the fast turn 7 the errant wing began to interfere with Tracy's steering and he hit the outside wall. This set off a chain reaction of carnage behind him as cars behind him rounded the blind turn and were not able thread through the mess. In the end, Tracy, Katherine Legge, Alex Figge, and Tristan Gommendy all ended their races immediately, with Gommendy almost flipping up the back of Jan Heylen, catching air. Heylen was able to limp back to the pits, only to retire (his fourth consecutive retirement since returning to the series), while Graham Rahal was able to return to the race with a new front wing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Race\nServia held the lead until he pitted for fuel and a fresh set of slick tires on lap 34. Rain began to fall soon after. On lap 38, Ryan Dalziel and Neel Jani came out of the pits on rain tires. It turned out to be the correct decision. Servia and Tagliani tangled at the slippery turn 3 on lap 39. Both cars were able to continue but a yellow flag was brought out. Except for Dan Clarke, the rest of the field pitted for rain tires during the caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Race\nDan Clarke lasted only 3 green flag laps on dry weather tires before finding the wall and ending his day. Meanwhile, Ryan Dalziel led a Champ Car race for the first time in his career. They were also the first laps in the lead for the Pacific Coast Motorsports team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Race\nAfter a caution period for a spin and crash by Graham Rahal, Will Power got around Dalziel on the restart on lap 56 and took the lead which he would not relinquish for the rest of the race. Dalziel was dropped to third by Jani on the next restart on lap 62. With 3 laps to go, Dalziel's hopes for a podium were dashed when Justin Wilson bounced him into the tires as he made the pass for third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Race\nIn the end Will Power cruised to his second career Champ Car race win. Meanwhile, S\u00e9bastien Bourdais' 9th-place finish cost him the championship lead. Entering the second half of the season a close three-way battle has developed. Robert Doornbos now leads the championship with 164 points, followed closely by Power with 162 and Bourdais with 161.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193126-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Steelback Grand Prix, Attendance\nRace attendance numbers were not released for the 2007 Steelback Grand Prix. However the race reportedly had a 12% attendance increase over the 2006 race weekend. However, the number may be released at a later date as they do exist and are currently being used in sponsor negotiations for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193127-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stevenage Borough Council election\nElections to Stevenage Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 2003. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193128-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stirling Council election\nElections to Stirling Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193129-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stock Car Brasil season\nThe 2007 Copa Nextel Stock Car was the 29th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on April 22 at the Interlagos and ended on December 9 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193129-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stock Car Brasil season, Race calendar and results\nAll races were held in Brazil, excepting the round at Aut\u00f3dromo Juan y Oscar G\u00e1lvez, which held in Argentina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193130-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats retained overall control of the council with a majority of 9 councillors. The overall turnout was 36.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193130-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election\nFollowing the election, the make up of the council was as follows;", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193131-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election\nThe 2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193131-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election, Election result\nThe results of the election were delayed after problems with the electronic counting system led to the count being suspended and then resumed later manually. When the results were declared the Conservatives increased their majority on the council after making 5 gains among the 18 seats that were being contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193132-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stroud District Council election\nThe 2007 Stroud Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193132-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stroud District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after making a net gain of 2 seats to hold 31 of the 51 seats. The Conservatives gained Farmhill and Paganhill from an independent, Dursley and Upton St Leonards from the Liberal Democrats and Cam East from the Labour Party. However Labour gained Cainscross back from the Conservatives, while the Liberal Democrats defeated the Conservative cabinet member Nigel Cooper in Rodborough by 5 votes. Meanwhile, the Greens held all 4 seats they had been defending and came within 12 votes of taking Nailsworth from the Conservatives. Overall turnout in the election was 41.17%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193133-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stuttgart Open\nThe 2007 Stuttgart Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Mercedes Cup) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 30th edition of the Mercedes Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany, from 16 July through 23 July 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193133-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stuttgart Open\nRafael Nadal won his fifth clay title of the year, and sixth title overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193133-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Stuttgart Open, Finals, Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k / Leo\u0161 Friedl defeated Guillermo Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez / Fernando Verdasco 6\u20134, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193134-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stuttgart Open \u2013 Doubles\nGast\u00f3n Gaudio and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but Gaudio did not compete this year to focus on the singles tournament. Mirnyi teamed up with Mischa Zverev and lost in first round to tournament runners-up Guillermo Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193134-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Stuttgart Open \u2013 Doubles\nFranti\u0161ek \u010cerm\u00e1k and Leo\u0161 Friedl won the tournament by defeating Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez and Verdasco 6\u20134, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193135-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Stuttgart Open \u2013 Singles\nThe Men\u2019s Singles tournament of the 2007 Stuttgart Open tennis championship (also known as the Mercedes Cup) took place in Stuttgart, Germany, between 16 and 22 July 2007. 32 players from 12 countries competed in the 5-round tournament. The final winner was Rafael Nadal of Spain, who defeated Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. The defending champion from 2006, David Ferrer, was eliminated in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193136-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway 500\nThe 2007 Subway 500, the 32nd race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season and the sixth race in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, ran on Sunday, October 21, 2007, at Martinsville Speedway, located on the outskirts of Martinsville, Virginia. This race was the fifteenth of sixteen series races to use NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow template, which will be made permanent as of the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193136-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway 500, Qualifying\nWith a lap of 19.938 seconds at a speed of 94.974 miles per hour, seven time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon took his sixth pole at the paperclip and 63rd of his career. Spring Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson started fourth. South Boston natives Jeff and Ward Burton both struggled in qualifying, having to start 18th and 36th respectively. Chase contender Tony Stewart started 34th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193136-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway 500, Race\nThe 2007 running of the race set a record for cautions in this race, with 21 yellow flags flying for 127 laps. The race was eventually decided under caution, when, during the green-white-checkers, David Ragan spun in turn number 1, ending the single attempt at a racing finish. With his third consecutive win at Martinsville, Johnson became the first driver since Rusty Wallace in 1994-1995 to win three straight races at the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 21], "content_span": [22, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193136-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway 500, Points\nGordon's lead over Johnson in the standings was reduced to 58 points. (See 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup) for complete Chase standings).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193136-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway 500, Points\nFor 35th place, and the last guaranteed starting spot, the #22 team (driver Dave Blaney for Bill Davis Racing) extended its lead over the #21 team (Bill Elliott for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing) to 142 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500\nThe 2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Season, and it ran on April 21, 2007, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary\nThis race was 500 kilometers (310\u00a0mi), one of a few of NASCAR events that use kilometers instead of laps or miles. The race also served as the first night race of the season, and the third race to use the Car of Tomorrow template. In the end, Jeff Gordon scored a historic victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Race\nThe third CoT race of the season would be the first test of the new car's aerodynamics. Previously, the CoT definitely kept the racing closer as evidenced by the two half car length finishes. Joe Gibbs Racing's Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin would be seeking out the team's first victory with the new car. From the drop of the green, Gordon, Stewart, and Hamlin established themselves as the dominant cars of the race. Stewart, despite leading 132 of the 312 laps, would not find victory circle on Saturday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Race\nHamlin would not fare as well as his teammate as a speeding penalty put him on the tail end of the lead lap. Luck and pit strategy would eventually play a factor in the race. All of that came together during a series of green-flag pit stops on lap 283. Gordon was on pit road when the caution came out. However, quick work by Gordon's pit crew enabled him to stay on the lead lap before a dominant Tony Stewart lapped him. On the lap 298 restart, Tony Stewart made an incredible pass for the lead going 3-wide between Gordon and the tail end car of Martin Truex Jr. However, Gordon would pass Stewart again on lap 300 and would hold on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Race\nThe weekend was historic for Jeff Gordon, as the win not only was his first at Phoenix, but it would also be his 76th career victory, tying Dale Earnhardt for 6th on the all-time win list. After the race, Gordon carried a flag with Earnhardt's car number, 3, emblazoned on it during the victory lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Race\nGordon was also the first Nextel Cup race winner at Phoenix from the pole position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 40], "content_span": [41, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Qualifying\nGordon won his third pole of the year, and 59th of his career, tying Darrell Waltrip on the all-time list. His winning lap was 133.136 miles per hour. Michael Waltrip, Darrell's brother, missed his seventh straight race after making the Daytona 500 to start the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 46], "content_span": [47, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Tribute\nAll teams carried decal stickers in memory of the 32 people killed in the Virginia Tech massacre the previous Monday; the stickers consisted of the athletic department's logo. In addition, Morgan-McClure Motorsports altered the look of the #4 car driven by Ward Burton to include the logo on the hood of the car. (Burton is from nearby South Boston, Virginia, and Morgan-McClure is based in Abingdon.) Many drivers, including Gordon, Stewart, and Hamlin, wore VT hats throughout the weekend, and PIR displayed the school flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193137-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500, Summary, Tribute\nIn addition, many mechanics are from the school; most notable of these is Darian Grubb of the #25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Impala.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193138-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan Premier League\nThe 2007 Sudan Premier League was the 36th edition of the highest club level football competition in Sudan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods\nOn 3 July 2007, flash floods during Sudan's rainy season devastated much of the country's central, southern, and western regions. The Sudanese government referred to the floods as the \"worst in living memory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods\nAn estimated 200,000 Sudanese were made homeless while 122 reportedly died. The United Nations played a principal role in the ensuing recovery and relief program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Damage\nAs of 12 August, the emergency has caused the total or partial destruction of over 150,000 homes, leaving at least 750,000 homeless or in need of emergency shelter due to a destroyed home (according to an average of available estimates).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Damage\nThe areas worst affected were the states of Kassala, Khartoum, North Kurdufan, Unity State, and Upper Nile. The United Nations, whilst not providing specific figures for the devastation, estimates that \"well over 30,000 houses\" were fully destroyed, and \"at least 365,000 people\" have already been directly affected, including a reported 64 dead and 335 injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Damage\nThe United Nations reported on 19 August the following highlights:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 25], "content_span": [26, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Response\nWithin four weeks after torrential rains started to devastate many parts of the Sudan, the United Nations and partners, in support of the Government, have assisted up to half a million people affected by the floods. This includes aid of a preventive nature, designed to avert the huge risk of epidemics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Response\nDavid Gressly, acting United Nations Resident Coordinator in the country, stated: \"Although the floods came earlier than expected, the response has been swift and successful. We had contingency measures in place, and were able to prevent further distress to the population. [ But] if current flooding patterns continue unabated, the situation will deteriorate considerably\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Response\nOn 6 August, the United Nations reported that the following had been achieved:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Funding\nOn 16 August, the United Nations announced that an appeal for the floods would be forthcoming. The amount of the appeal, however, was not disclosed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Funding\nOn 20 August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that US$8.7 million had been allocated to the response, from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The statement also noted that US$3.8 million had already been allocated to the response from a local pooled fund.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193139-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudan floods, Funding\nThe Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations, Oluseyi Bajulaiye, then launched an appeal on 28 August to the international community, requesting US$20.2 million in funding for the ongoing response.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 26], "content_span": [27, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193140-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup\nThe 2007 Sudirman Cup is the 10th tournament of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships of Sudirman Cup. It was held from 11 to 17 June 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193140-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup\nChina won for the sixth time and second in a row after beating Indonesia 3\u20130 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193140-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup, Host city selection\nScotland and South Korea submitted bids to host the event. IBF awarded Scotland the right to host the event during a council meeting in Jakarta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 38], "content_span": [39, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193140-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup, Teams\nAs confirmed, 48 teams around the world took part in this tournament. (after the retirement of Mongolia) Geographically, they are 31 from Europe, 11 teams from Asia, 3 from Americas, two from Oceania and one from Africa. Below is the seeded the team in each group of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193140-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup, Teams\nFollowing the withdrawal of Mongolia in Group 7, now that group has been merged with Group 6, the group 6 now has two group itself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 24], "content_span": [25, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193141-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup group stage\nThe group stage of the 2007 Sudirman Cup was the first stage of the competition. It was held at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, from 11 to 14 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193142-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sudirman Cup knockout stage\nThe knockout stage of the 2007 Sudirman Cup was the final stage of the competition, following the group stage, held from 14 to 17 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193143-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election\nAll of the 55 Councillor seats for Suffolk Coastal were up for election on Thursday 3 May 2007. This was held on the same day as other local council elections across England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193144-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sugar Bowl\nThe 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game, which formed part of the 2006\u20132007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Played on January 3, 2007, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, it was the 73rd Sugar Bowl. The game matched the 2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team against the 2006 LSU Tigers football team and was televised on Fox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193144-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sugar Bowl\nThis game received extra attention because it was the return of the Sugar Bowl to New Orleans. In 2006, the game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina to the Superdome (that game also featured a virtual \"home\" team, the Georgia Bulldogs). LSU won the 2007 contest 41\u201314, tying the Notre Dame-LSU series at 5\u20135 (with LSU taking a 2\u20130 lead in bowl game meetings).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193144-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sugar Bowl\nWith the loss, Notre Dame lost a record-setting nine bowl games in a row, including losing their three BCS bowl games by wide point margins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193145-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup\nThe 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 16th edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe 2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup was the 35th edition of the Sultan Qaboos Cup (Arabic: \u0643\u0623\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u0627\u0628\u0648\u0633\u200e), the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Oman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup\nThe competition began on 15 August 2007 with the Group Stage and concluded on 26 November 2007. Dhofar S.C.S.C. were the defending champions, having won their seventh title in 2006. On Monday 26 November 2007, Sur SC were crowned the champions of the 2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup when they defeated Muscat Club 5\u20134 on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 after extra time, hence winning the title for the third time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Teams\nThis year the tournament had 32 teams. The winners qualified for the 2008 AFC Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Group stage, Group Stage Results\nThe first match played was between Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. and Salalah SC on 15 August 2007. 16 teams advanced to the Round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 56], "content_span": [57, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Round of 16\n16 teams played a knockout tie. 8 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Sur SC and Al-Ittihad Club on 6 September 2007. 8 teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 35], "content_span": [36, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Quarterfinals\n8 teams played a knockout tie. 4 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Al-Nahda Club and Bahla Club on 23 September 2007. Al-Nahda Club, Sur SC, Muscat Club and Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. qualified for the Semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193146-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Semifinals\n4 teams played a knockout tie. 2 ties were played over two legs. The first match was played between Sur SC and Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. on 18 October 2007. Sur SC and Muscat Club qualified for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193147-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan of Selangor Cup\nThe 2007 Sultan of Selangor Cup was played on 11 August 2007, at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was held in conjunction with Malaysia's 50th independence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193147-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sultan of Selangor Cup, Veterans\nA match between veterans of two teams are also held in the same day before the real match starts as a curtain raiser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193148-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Summer Universiade\nThe 2007 Summer Universiade (Thai: \u0e01\u0e35\u0e2c\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e27\u0e34\u0e17\u0e22\u0e32\u0e25\u0e31\u0e22\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19 2007, romanized:\u00a0K\u012bl\u0101 Mah\u0101witthay\u0101l\u1ea1i Lok R\u01b0d\u016b R\u01edn 2007), officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade (Thai: \u0e01\u0e35\u0e2c\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e27\u0e34\u0e17\u0e22\u0e32\u0e25\u0e31\u0e22\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e24\u0e14\u0e39\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19 \u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 24, romanized:\u00a0K\u012bl\u0101 Mah\u0101witthay\u0101l\u1ea1i Lok R\u01b0d\u016b R\u01edn Khrang Th\u012b Y\u012bsip-s\u0101m) and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade (K\u012bl\u0101 Mah\u0101witthay\u0101l\u1ea1i Lok Krung Th\u0113p Mah\u0101 Nakh\u01edn), was an international multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 7 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193148-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Summer Universiade, Bidding process\nBangkok, Saskatoon, Pozna\u0144, Kaohsiung and Monterrey were the five candidate cities. However, Saskatoon Bid was withdrawn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193148-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Summer Universiade, Identity, Mascot\nThe official mascot of the 2007 Summer Universiade is a rabbit named Mighty Mai-Tri. The name of this mascot not only suggests power and friendship but it also corresponds to the Year of the Rabbit, which is the lunar year of King Bhumibol's birth. The rabbit is a symbol of agility, intelligence, gentleness, and welcomes athletes of all nations. With a smile and friendship His appearance, color, and mannerism express humility. Which is one of the uniqueness of Thai's very long established culture.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193148-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Summer Universiade, Identity, Slogan\nThe slogan for the 24th Summer Universiade is, \"All Become One\", suggesting the unity of people of all races and religions from 150 countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 41], "content_span": [42, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193148-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Summer Universiade, Identity, Logo\nThe logo itself consists of 5 line colors arranged in a U shape, which is derived from the word Universiade is comparable to the lines of experience transmission. The exchange of knowledge and culture between representatives and athletes from universities from 5 continents around the world all in one. Connected into a golden yellow bird patterned symbol. Which is the identity of the Thai nation Filled with joy and pride to be honored as the center of transmission and exchange of cultures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 39], "content_span": [40, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193149-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place February 28\u2013March 6, 2007 at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193150-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sun Belt Conference football season\nThe 2007 Sun Belt Conference football season was an NCAA football season that was played from August 28, 2007, to January 6, 2008. The Sun Belt Conference consisted of 8 football members: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, and Troy. Troy and FAU split the Sun Belt Championship, with FAU playing in the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193151-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sun Bowl\nThe 2007 Brut Sun Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007, at Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas, El Paso, between the South Florida Bulls and the Oregon Ducks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193151-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sun Bowl\nThe Ducks were playing without quarterback Dennis Dixon, who finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting but who had season-ending ACL surgery in November. Redshirt freshman Justin Roper made his first collegiate start in place of Dixon and threw for four touchdowns to tie a Sun Bowl record and lead the Ducks to a 56\u201321 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193151-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sun Bowl\nThe game marked the 40th consecutive telecast by CBS Sports. No other network and bowl game has been paired for a longer period of time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193152-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge\nThe 2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Richmond International Raceway. It was held over 28 -June 30, 2007, as the ninth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the third of four night races on the 2007 calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193152-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge, Note\nMilka Duno was for the second race in a row parked by race officials for failing to meet the minimum speed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 34], "content_span": [35, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193152-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge, Caution Periods\nThere were four caution periods during the race, with a total of thirty-three laps run under yellow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 45], "content_span": [46, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193153-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sundance Film Festival\nThe 2007 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18 until January 28, 2007 in Park City, Utah with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah and Ogden, Utah. It was the 23-rd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was Chicago 10; the closing night film was Life Support.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193153-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sundance Film Festival\n3,287 feature films were submitted, of which 1,852 were U.S films (compared to 1,764 in 2006) and 1,435 were international films (vs. 1,384 in 2006). From these, 122 feature films were selected and include 82 world premieres, 24 North American premieres, and 10 U.S. premieres from 25 countries. The festival had films from almost 60 first or second-time feature filmmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193153-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sundance Film Festival, Films\nFor a full list of films appearing at the festival, see List of films at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 34], "content_span": [35, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193153-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sundance Film Festival, Juries\nThe juries at the Sundance Film Festival are responsible for determining the Jury Prize winners in each category and to award Special Jury Prizes as they see fit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193153-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sundance Film Festival, Juries, Jury, Independent Film Competition: Dramatic\nDawn Hudson, Elvis Mitchell, Catherine Hardwicke, Pamela Martin, Sarah Polley, George C. Wolfe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 81], "content_span": [82, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193154-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunderland City Council election\nThe 2007 Sunderland Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193154-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunderland City Council election, Background\nBefore the election the council had 57 Labour, 13 Conservative, 4 independent and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors. In the period since the previous local elections in May 2006, three councillors had left their parties to sit as Independents: Peter Maddison leaving the Liberal Democrat Group in July 2006, and Bryn Sidaway (Hendon) and George Blyth (Doxford) leaving the Labour Group in November 2006. Blyth's ward colleague Mike Tansey had previously left the Labour Group to sit as an Independent in November 2005, and stood for re-election as an Independent candidate in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193154-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunderland City Council election, Background\n25 seats were contested in the 2007 elections with a total of 111 candidates standing. These included a full 25 each from the Labour, Conservative and British National Party, as well as 16 independents, 15 Liberal Democrats, 2 Respect, 2 British First Party and 1 from the United Kingdom Independence Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193154-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunderland City Council election, Background\nAs at the 2006 election this election saw Sunderland have three polling stations open for 10 days before election day in an attempt to make voting more convenient for voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 49], "content_span": [50, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193154-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunderland City Council election, Election results\nThe results had Labour stay in control of the council but with a smaller majority. The Conservatives gained 3 seats from Labour in St Chads, Washington East and Washington South to hold 16 seats compared to 54 for Labour. The 2 Conservative gains in Washington were the first time the party had won seats in the town since it became part of Sunderland council. Labour also lost one seat to an independent in Copt Hill, but regained another in Doxford where the sitting independent councillor, Mike Tansey, had originally been elected for the Labour party. This meant there remained 4 Independents on the council, as well as 1 Liberal Democrat who was not defending a seat in the election. Overall turnout in the election was 34%, up on 32% at the 2006 election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 817]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193154-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunderland City Council election, Ward by ward results, Doxford ward\n\u2020Mike Tansey had been elected in 2004 as a Labour candidate, but subsequently left the party to sit as an Independent councillor. The result was technically a hold for Labour although Tansey, the incumbent, lost his seat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 73], "content_span": [74, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193155-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunfeast Open\nThe 2007 Sunfeast Open was a Tier III tennis event on the 2007 WTA Tour, organised for women's professional tennis. This was the third edition of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193155-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunfeast Open, Champions, Doubles\nAlla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Vania King (USA) defeated Alberta Brianti (ITA) / Mariya Koryttseva (UKR), 6-1, 6-4", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193156-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Doubles\nLiezel Huber and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Huber chose not to participate that year and Mirza withdrew due to a right wrist sprain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193156-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Doubles\nVania King and Alla Kudryavtseva defeated Alberta Brianti and Mariya Koryttseva 6\u20131, 6\u20134 in the final to win their title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193157-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Singles\nMartina Hingis was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193157-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunfeast Open \u2013 Singles\nMaria Kirilenko won the title, defeating Mariya Koryttseva 6\u20130, 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour\nThe 2007 Sunshine Tour was the eighth season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was rebranded in 2000, and the marked the beginning of a new era as the tour switched to a calendar based season, having previously been seasonal. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour\nThe tour was based predominantly in South Africa, with 24 of the 28 tournaments being held in the country. Two events were held in Swaziland, with one each in Zambia and Namibia. There were five new tournaments, the Joburg Open, one of three events co-sanctioned by the PGA European Tour, the Nashua Golf Challenge, the Lombard Insurance Classic, the returning Mount Edgecombe Trophy, and the Nedbank Affinity Cup, introduced to the schedule as an appetizer to the high profile Nedbank Golf Challenge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour\nThe Order of Merit was won for the first time by James Kingston, breaking Charl Schwartzel's three year stranglehold on the title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nThe table below shows schedule of events for the 2007 Sunshine Tour. As usual, the tour consisted of two distinct parts, commonly referred to as the \"Summer Swing\" and \"Winter Swing\". Tournaments held during the Summer Swing generally had much higher prize funds, attracted stronger fields, and were the only tournaments on the tour to carry world ranking points, with three events being co-sanctioned with the European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nThe Winter Swing ran from March to November, starting with the Mount Edgecombe Trophy, and closing with the Coca-Cola Charity Championship. Since the tour switched to a calendar based season, this part of the tour effectively splits the Summer Swing into two, with five events being held at the start of the year, and the remainder in December. Due to these scheduling changes, the first five events of the 2007 season had already been part of the 2006\u201307 tour schedule, but continued to count towards the final standings of both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour, Schedule\nPrize funds shown did not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193158-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Sunshine Tour, Order of Merit\nErnie Els was the fifth highest money winner (with R1,120,503.20) but did not qualify for the Order of Merit, having only played in three events. John Bickerton and Ariel Ca\u00f1ete were second and fourth respectively in the money list thanks to their victories in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the Joburg Open, but as non tour members, and having not entered sufficient events, they were also ineligible for the Order of Merit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 34], "content_span": [35, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final\nThe Final of the 2007 Super 14 season, a provincial rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere, took place on 19 May 2007 at ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa. The match was won by the Bulls 20 points to 19 over their hosts the Sharks. The match had four tries - two by each team, and the last of which was scored by Bulls' wing Bryan Habana in the 82nd minute to give his team the trophy. It was the first Super rugby final to be played in South Africa, as well as the first all-South African final, and the first final with a South African winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final\nThe Sharks and Bulls finished the round-robin first and second on the Super 14 table respectively. The Crusaders lost to the Chiefs in their last round-robin match (ending a 26-game home winning streak), but managed to secure a bonus point, losing by seven points. The Blues then defeated the Force in Perth to qualify for the semi-finals. The Sharks then went to the top of the table after defeating the Stormers 36-10 in Cape Town. The Bulls then played the Reds in Pretoria, and would be able to finish in second place if they won by a margin of 72 or more. They ended up crushing the Reds by 92-3 \u2014 the largest winning margin in Super Rugby history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Road to the Final\nThe Sharks then hosted the Blues in Durban, and the Bulls hosted the Crusaders in Pretoria. This was the first time both semi-finals had been hosted in South Africa. The Sharks defeated the Blues 34-18 with three tries to two, and the Bulls defeated the Crusaders 27-12 in a try-less match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nTwo minutes into the first half Bulls' wing Brian Habana tackled Sharks' fullback Percy Montgomery in the air as he fielded a bomb. Montgomery fell on his head and Habana was subsequently penalized by referee Steve Walsh - he was considered lucky not to be issued a yellow card for such a dangerous tackle. After eight minutes Sharks' scrum-half Ruan Pienaar tapped and ran from a penalty breaking the Bulls' line and ending up in the Bulls' 22. From the resulting play the Sharks were awarded penalty after JP Nel infringed at the tackle. The penalty was converted by Montgomery to put them 3-0 up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nWhen the Bulls were awarded a penalty 45 metres out they elected to kick for touch, and from the resulting lineout the Bulls won possession. After two phases Bulls captain Victor Matfield passed the ball to Pierre Spies who broke through the Sharks line to score a try under the post. The try was converted by Derick Hougaard to give the Bulls a 7-3 lead after 13 minutes. The Sharks responded five minutes later when a pass from Spies was intercepted by Sharks winger JP Pietersen who outran three Bulls defenders to score. Montgomery missed the conversion, and after 19 minutes the Sharks led 8-7.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nThe next score came after the Sharks counterattacked from their own 22 metre line before Butch James attempted a drop goal. He missed but referee Steve Walsh was playing advantage for accidental off-side, and Montgomery kicked the resulting penalty to give the Sharks an 11-7 lead after 29 minutes. Three minutes later Hougaard kicked a penalty for the Bulls to reduce the Sharks lead to 11-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, First half\nFollowing a Butch James bomb, the Bulls were penalised for being off-side and Montgomery kicked the penalty to extend the Sharks' lead to 14-10. Prior to half time the Bulls were penalised for collapsing a Sharks' maul, but Montgomery missed the penalty attempt. The Sharks went into the second half leading 14-10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 38], "content_span": [39, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, Second half\nEarly in the second half Bulls flyhalf Hougaard attempted a drop goal but was unsuccessful. Then on 43 minutes he attempted a 53metre penalty but the attempt fell short. Soon after Bulls hooker Gary Botha broke through three Sharks defenders and fed the ball to Pedrie Wannenburg, but the Sharks cover defence prevented him scoring when Steyn forced him out at the corner. Sharks lock Albert van den Berg nearly scored in the 56th minute but was tackled out by Hougaard. Following sustained pressure from the Bulls with pick and goes, their centre Wynand Olivier was only prevented from scoring a try due to a James tackle. James was penalised however and Hougaard converted the penalty to narrow the Sharks lead to 14-13 in the 59th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, Second half\nWith four minutes remaining Sharks lock Johann Muller won a lineout 25 metres from the Bulls' line. The Sharks then mauled for before it maul collapsed three metres from the Bulls line. After four phases of driving play Van den Berg drove past Danie Rossouw and Derick Ku\u00fcn to score a try for the Sharks. Steyn then missed the conversion; the Sharks now led 19-13. The Bulls then needed to score a converted try to win the match, and with only a few minutes remaining of regular time they started attacking expansively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match, Second half\nIn the 79th minute Gary Botha grubber kicked the ball from inside Bulls territory to within the Sharks 22-metre line. Fran\u00e7ois Steyn collected the ball but did not kick out, and instead kicked down field where the ball was collected by Bulls' captain Victor Matfield. The Bulls spread the ball, and went through several phases until it reached winger Bryan Habana near the right touchline. Habana jinked back infield and ran through a gap in the Sharks' defence before scoring a try five metres to right of the goal-posts. The 83rd minute try was then converted by Hougaard to give the Bulls' a 20-19 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 39], "content_span": [40, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193159-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 Final, Match details\nTouch judges: Lyndon Bray Bryce LawrenceTelevision match official: Kelvin DeakerAssessor: Tappe Henning", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 34], "content_span": [35, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season\nThe 2007 Super 14 season started in February 2007 with preseason matches held from mid-January. It finished on 19 May with the final at ABSA Stadium in Durban, in the first final between two South African teams in the history of Super Rugby. The visiting Bulls won the 2007 Super 14 Final, scoring a try in the 83rd minute and narrowly defeating the Sharks 20\u201319, thereby becoming the first South African side to win the Super Rugby title in the professional era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season\nSuper 14 is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This season is the second of the expansion, which led to the name change to the Super 14. The 2007 season saw an old team emerge with a new name, as the Cats changed their name to the Lions effective 8 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season\nThere was also some confusion over the inclusion of the Southern Spears franchise, who were in the end not included. The season is also notable of the New Zealand sides resting several All Blacks players in the first half of the season. There were 94 matches held over the 3\u00bd months, with each team playing one full round robin against the 13 other teams, 2 semi-finals and a final. Every team will get one bye over the 14 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Player withdrawal\nWith the Rugby World Cup in September, all three countries would have some of their top players rested, to avoid injuries. All Blacks coach Graham Henry made clear his wish for up to 30 of New Zealand's best players to miss around half of the Super 14, with the five New Zealand franchises supporting him in May 2006. The mandatory stand-down period meant that the 30 players who toured at the end of 2006 would miss at least the first week of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Player withdrawal\nJohn Connolly, the Wallabies coach, was also interested in lightening the load for his top players. It was expected that the Australians would want to rest only a few players, especially veterans such as Stephen Larkham and George Gregan, as they are seen as key to Australia's World Cup chances. Springboks coach Jake White met the board of SA Rugby, the commercial arm of the South African Rugby Union, in Cape Town on 25 May 2006 to put forward his suggestion to rest key players between then and the World Cup at regular intervals. White was also keen to rest some players during the Boks' 2006 mid-year internationals against Scotland and France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Player withdrawal\nIt was revealed in September 2006 that the All Blacks would rest 22 players, who would go into a \"conditioning group\" for the first 7 weeks of competition. The 22 players named were: Jerry Collins, Jason Eaton, Carl Hayman, Andrew Hore, Chris Jack, Richie McCaw, Chris Masoe, Keven Mealamu, Anton Oliver, Greg Somerville, Rodney So'oialo, Reuben Thorne, Ali Williams, Tony Woodcock, Dan Carter, Byron Kelleher, Leon MacDonald, Aaron Mauger, Mils Muliaina, Joe Rokocoko, Sitiveni Sivivatu and Piri Weepu.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Player withdrawal\nSeven of these players were from the Crusaders, six from the Hurricanes, four from the Blues, three from the Chiefs and two from the Highlanders. These players would be available for their franchises from Week 8. From these 22 players, Jason Eaton and Piri Weepu didn't make the final All Blacks squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Player withdrawal\nAfter the NZRU announced the resting of 22 leading players, Pat Wilson, Australian High Performance Manager, revealed that leading Wallabies would only be rested for one match, which was to be chosen by their state's union. This decision has drawn criticism from former Wallabies coach and current Queensland Reds coach Eddie Jones, who said that while resting the older players could be beneficial, it is better for younger players, such as his own Rodney Blake, to receive game time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Player withdrawal\nThe SARU decided against resting their top players for the 2007 Super 14 but conceded that it was likely that players would be rested for some games. It is expected that News Corp and the other SANZAR nations will request compensation from the New Zealand Rugby Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Southern Spears saga\nDuring the 2006 Super 14 season, SA Rugby announced that, contrary to the original plans, the Southern Spears would not replace the lowest ranked South African based side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Southern Spears saga\nIn August 2006, however, the Spears won a court case for inclusion into the 2007 season, which would be at the expense of the Cats, who changed their name to the Lions the following month. SA Rugby and the South African Rugby Union were expected to appeal the High Court of South Africa's decision. In November 2006, SA Rugby and the Spears reached a settlement. The financially troubled Spears abandoned the court case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Southern Spears saga\nThey will still exist as an organisation to promote and develop rugby in the Southern and Eastern Cape region, with the support of SA Rugby and the SARU, but will now not be a part of Super Rugby in the foreseeable future. With the settlement, the season's Super 14 line-up was set, with the Lions taking up the final South African place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 42], "content_span": [43, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results\nThe draw for the 2007 season was released on 2006-10-13. The season started 8 days earlier than the 2006 season, with the first match being between the Blues and the Crusaders at Auckland's Eden Park, the second time in the last two years the Blues had hosted the first match. In total, 94 matches were played, comprising 91 regular season matches, 2 semi-finals and the final. There were 29 Friday night match-ups and 61 Saturday matches. One match, the Brumbies-Waratahs regional derby in Week 10, was played on a Sunday night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 1\nThe 2007 Super 14 started in contrast to that of 2006. The game of the week was the Blues from Auckland beating the defending champions the Crusaders, which was the first loss to a New Zealand side that the Crusaders had suffered since May 2004 and was ironically the Blues' first win over a New Zealand team for two years. The other upset was 2006 Finalists the Hurricanes losing to last years 12th placed Queensland Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 2\nWeek two saw the New Zealand teams have a strong week with the Hurricanes, Crusaders, Blues notching wins. Western Force began to show vast improvement from 2006 winning only their second match since entering the competition in 2006. Apart from the Force all other Australian teams suffered a loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 3\nIn week three a Super rugby record was broken, although not one to be proud of. The Reds and Brumbies played in the lowest scoring match ever, a dire affair that resulted in a Brumbies win 6\u20133. The 22 All Blacks missing from New Zealand teams started to have a visible effect on the kiwi sides with only the Hurricanes claiming a tight win over the Blues. Another relatively low scoring match saw even the last years powerhouse champions the Crusaders beaten by last years 13th placed Lions, it was the first match in six years the Crusaders hadn't scored a single try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 3\n* Note: This match was the lowest-scoring in Super Rugby history at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 4\nWeek Four saw the Brumbies lose their second game by conceding a try in the final seconds to the Hurricanes (the first was to the Blues in Week Two). The Blues convincingly put away the Queensland Reds while the Force surrendered in the final seconds to the Lions leaving them yet to win a home game. The Bulls beat the Chiefs while the Crusaders began the show the form that they have displayed in past years by beating the Cheetahs 49\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 5\nWeek 5 saw the Blues defeat the Highlanders, the Chiefs drew with the Cheetahs in the final moments of the game, the Hurricanes lost at | home to bottom placed Stormers and the Crusaders suffered their 3rd defeat of the season losing in the final minute because of a blunder by Rico Gear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 5\nThe Brumbies also suffered a loss at | home to the Bulls whereas the controversial game of the round saw the Waratahs draw with the Western Force because of a blunder by Waratahs utility back Sam Norton-Knight who decide to run with the ball in the final minute instead of taking the penalty shot which could have won them the game and for his mistake Lote Tuqiri shoved him and walked off the pitch looking very disappointed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 6\nWeek 6 saw the Reds travel to the \"House of Pain\" to play the Highlanders. Recent signing Andrew Walker was rushed into the starting team, however the Reds lost 17\u201333. The next game saw the Brumbies looking to rectify a three-game losing streak at their home ground. They did so with a convincing 26\u201313 win against the Stormers. The Force were also looking to end a | home ground hoodoo against the Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 6\nSeeking their first ever victory at Subiaco the Force looked to have squandered an 11\u201310 lead upon conceding a try with two minutes left to put the score at 17\u201311. However a try on the sideline and followed by an unlikely conversion by Force wing Cameron Shepherd gave the Force a maiden | home victory. The next day opened with the Blues thrashing an in-form Lions outfit 41\u201314. The game saw Doug Howlett score two tries and in doing so becoming the equal highest try scorer in Super Rugby history (with Joe Roff of the Brumbies). The Waratahs then played a | home game against the Bulls \u2013 who won 32\u201319 thanks to two tries apiece to Bryan Habana and Fourie du Preez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 707]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 7\nThe Chiefs put on a convincing win against the Lions to start week seven. This was followed later that evening with the Force easily putting away the bottom of the table Reds in Perth. The Crusaders began to show their regular form with a win against the Bulls and the Waratahs season slumped to a new low with a home loss at the hands of the Stormers. The Cheetahs pulled off an unexpected win against the Brumbies and the undefeated Sharks continued their streak \u2013 beating the Hurricanes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 8\nThe Waratahs fell to another loss \u2013 being convincingly beaten by the Blues in Auckland. The Bulls were not worried about the \"House of Pain\" moniker of Carisbrook \u2013 instead they turned in on the Highlanders to win 22\u201313. The Crusaders continued their quick ascent up the ladder with a bonus-point win over the Stormers. Queensland slipped to another loss \u2013 albeit a close one \u2013 against the Chiefs. The Sharks suffered their first loss of the season as the Brumbies recording a big upset at ABSA Stadium. It was also the Brumbies first ever away win against the Sharks. The Lions continued the Hurricanes bad season with an easy win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 9\nThe Highlanders recorded a home win over the Cheetahs to open the round before the Force subjected the Sharks to their second loss in as many matches in Perth. The Hurricanes pulled off a win over the Bulls and the Blues put in a hard-fought win over the Chiefs. The Blues' Doug Howlett took sole possession of the all-| time try scoring lead in Super Rugby during the latter match. The Crusaders pulled away from the Waratahs early in the game before slacking off in the second half and seeing their lead evaporate to 34\u201328.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 9\nThe Waratahs scored a try late in the game to seemingly secure a win with the kick to come \u2013 but Peter Hewat missed a relatively easy kick to hand the Crusaders a 34\u201333 win. The Brumbies won a second game in South Africa \u2013 this time a close encounter against the Lions. A late Julian Huxley try securing a 14\u20139 win for the Canberra-based side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 10\nThe Blues easily put away the Cheetahs in the sole Good Friday game. The next day saw the Chiefs beat the Highlanders before a startling mountain backdrop in Queenstown. The Crusaders annihilated the Force 53\u20130. It was the largest score ever conceded by the Force and the largest losing margin \u2013 but for the Crusaders it didn't come close to their 96\u201319 win against the Waratahs in 2002. The Sharks continued the high scoring \u2013 putting 57 points on the Reds in Brisbane for a big win. The Stormers upset the Lions 30\u20138 in Cape Town. In the sole Easter Sunday clash the Waratahs failed to resurrect their season against the Brumbies \u2013 going down 36\u201310 in the interstate grudge match between the rivals. The win put the Brumbies into the top four for the first time in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 11\nThis week saw the Hurricanes take on the Cheetahs and Hosea Gear became the Hurricanes' hero after scoring a 90-metre try in the final moments of the game. It was also the team's fourth try of the game which gave them a bonus point on top of the win. The following day, the Chiefs thrashed the Western Force 64\u201336, a game which saw a total of 14 tries being scored, nine of which were scored by the Chiefs, with Roy Kinikinilau and Brendon Leonard each getting hat-tricks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 512]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 11\nThe Crusaders then defeated the Highlanders to climb to the top of the table. The Blues lost to the Sharks at home, going down by 7 points, and the Waratahs won only their second game this season, defeating the Reds, who sit at the bottom of the table. In the last match of the week, the Bulls thrashed the Stormers 49\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 12\nThe Crusaders defeated the Hurricanes in a thrilling encounter which saw Jerry Collins being stretchered off after injuring his neck in a tackle on Rua Tipoki. The Brumbies defeated the Western Force in an all-Australian derby by just two points and the Reds won their second game of the season defeating the Cheetahs. Ben Tune (who is leaving the club after the season) scored the winning try in that match, but the match of the round saw the Chiefs defeat the Sharks to put themselves in contention for a semi-final spot. The Waratahs lost to the Highlanders by a point after Peter Hewat missed another conversion, and in a South African derby, the Bulls thrashed the Lions 31\u20137. Finally, the Blues lost their away match to the Stormers, but they remain second in the table nonetheless.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 13\nWith the semi final week just around the corner, Week 13 saw some close matches including the opener between the Highlanders and the Hurricanes at the cake tin. The score was 22 \u2013 16 to the Hurricanes at 80 minutes but a final minute try to Toby Morland in the corner turned things around. Nick Evans needed to get the kick over to win the game but was unsuccessful allowing the Hurricanes to win the game lucky to not have the same situation when the Hurricanes lost to the Force in week 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 13\nThe force continued their up and down season by comfortably beating the cheetahs. The Waratahs narrowly lost going down to the chiefs. The Brumbies pulled an upset win over the Crusaders to keep their semi final hopes alive. The Sharks dominated the lions to make sure they would at least get a home semi final. The Blues lost their third game in a row going down to the Bulls which slimmed the chances of the Blues securing a semi final spot and helped the Bulls secure a semi final spot. The last game of the week saw the stormers easily put away the Reds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 14\nThis was an exciting week for the two South African contenders the Bulls and the Sharks, both with possibilities of a home semi final. The action-packed weekend started with an upset, the in-form Chiefs beating the Crusaders 30\u201324 at Jade Stadium. This result gave the Sharks the opportunity to take the top spot if they won in Cape Town. The Blues smashed the Western Force 33\u20136 to keep their title dreams alive. Later, the Brumbies kept their semi final hopes alive by defeating the tired and weary Highlanders 29\u201310. Waratahs defeated the Hurricanes away in Wellington 38\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 14\nCheetahs gave the Lions the South African wooden spoon by beating them 16\u201310. The first main game of the day was the Stormers vs the Sharks. The Sharks played an efficient and professional game whilst the Stormers played their usual erratic hot and cold game that had seen them beat some good teams during the season, but in the end the Sharks easily claimed a 36\u201310 victory to be the first South African side to finish at the top of the table at the end of the round-robin stage in the Super 14 competition's history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0025-0002", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 14\nThe last game of the weekend promised to be a huge one for the Bulls, who were chasing a semi final spot. They came up against a feeble Reds team, who after going ahead 3\u20130 in the beginning, had no idea of the onslaught they were going to receive. The Bulls, who needed a bonus-point win to reach the semifinals, easily achieved this goal a quarter of the way into the \"match\". Early in the second half they reached the 45-point margin needed to push them up to third place. Then the impossible became possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0025-0003", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Results, Round 14\nIf the Bulls went 72 points clear of the Reds, they would leapfrog to second, giving them a home semifinal in the high-altitude cauldron of noise that is Loftus Versfeld. They seemed to reach this goal with little effort against a humiliated Reds side, setting a new Super Rugby record for winning margin of 89 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 39], "content_span": [40, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final\nThe match had four tries \u2013 two by each team, and the last of which was scored by Bulls' wing Bryan Habana in the 82nd minute to give his team the trophy. It was the first Super rugby final to be played in South Africa, as well as the first all South African final, and the first final with a South African winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193160-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Super 14 season, Finals, Grand final\nMan of the Match:Victor Matfield (Bulls)Assistant referees:Lyndon Bray Bryce Lawrence Television match official:Kelvin Deaker Assessor: Tappe Henning", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 41], "content_span": [42, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193161-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Fours\nThe 2007 Super Fours was the 6th cricket Super Fours season. It took place in June and July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league. A Twenty20 tournament was also scheduled, but abandoned due to rain. Rubies won the tournament, winning all of their matches to claim their second title (having previously won as Braves).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193161-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Fours, Competition format\nIn the one day tournament, teams played each other twice in a round-robin format, with the winners of the group winning the tournament. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193161-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Fours, Competition format\nThe group worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193161-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Fours, Competition format\nWin: 15 points. Tie: 6 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned: 11 points. Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193161-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Fours, Twenty20\nA Twenty20 tournament consisting of semi-finals and a Final was scheduled for 28 May, but was abandoned due to rain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193162-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super GT Series\nThe 2007 Autobacs Super GT Series was the fifteenth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era and the third season as the Super GT series. It is also marked as the twenty-fifth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300. This was the final season for the 350Z, as it was announced by Nissan and Nismo near the end of the season that the new R35 GT-R would be replacing it the following season. The season began on March 18 and ended on November 4, 2007 after 9 races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193162-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super GT Series\nIn the GT500 class, ARTA drivers Ralph Firman and Daisuke It\u014d won the championship in a dominating fashion, becoming the first GT500 champion to clinch the title before the final race of the season, a feat only matched by the 2012 champions Masataka Yanagida and Ronnie Quintarelli as of the end of the 2018 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193162-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Super GT Series\nIn the GT300 class, Kazuya Oshima and Hiroaki Ishiura in the apr Toyota MR-S won the driver's championship title by winning the tiebreaker against the Shiden of Kazuho Takahashi and Hiroki Katoh - the two teams finished the season with the same number of points, but Oshima and Ishiura had two race wins compared to Takahashi and Katoh's one. Takahashi and Katoh's overall consistency, however, would gave Cars Tokai Dream28 the team's championship title by six points over Oshima and Ishiura.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193163-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League Grand Final\nThe 2007 Super League Grand Final was 10th official Grand Final and the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XII season. Held on Saturday 13 October 2007, at Old Trafford in Manchester, the game was played between St. Helens, who finished top of the league after the 27 weekly rounds, and Leeds Rhinos, who finished second after the weekly rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193163-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League Grand Final, Background\nGoing into this game, St Helens had never lost in a Grand Final - they had won in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Leeds Rhinos had one win from 2004 and two losses (1998 and 2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193163-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League Grand Final, Background\nThe St Helens stand-off, Leon Pryce, made a record-breaking seventh Grand Final appearance by playing in this game with previous appearances playing with Bradford Bulls and St Helens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193163-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League Grand Final, Background\nThe pre-match coin toss was won by Leeds Rhinos. They chose to kick off and defended from the Stretford End of Old Trafford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193163-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League Grand Final, Background\nKatherine Jenkins was forced to withdraw herself from the pre-match entertainment due to a flu bug, her replacement was Russell Watson, who performed the Grand Final hymn, Jerusalem. Watson performed before the game at the first Super League Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results\nThis article details the 2007 Super League season results. The season consisted of 27 rounds as well as a play-off finals series after the end of regular rounds. In all, 168 matches were played by twelve teams, covering nine months from February to October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results, Regular season\nAll teams played in 27 regular rounds. Each team was played at least twice, once home and once away, in addition to a Millennium Magic fixture. Four fixtures were arranged according to the teams' league position at the end of the 2006 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results, Play-offs\nThe 2007 Super League championship was decided through a play-off system. The involved teams were set according to their final position in the league tables after all 27 regular rounds. The play-off series had no bearing on the minor premiership (otherwise known as the League Leaders' Shield).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nSuper League XII gave six places for its play-off finals. It was the sixth successive year the top-six play-off system was used. At the end of the regular season, the table was set:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nNote A: Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches Note B: Wigan deducted 4 points for salary cap breaches", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results, Play-offs, Format\nHome field advantage was given by league position at the end of regular rounds, the lower of the two teams playing at the higher team's ground. The only exception to this rule was the Grand Final, which was held at Old Trafford following tradition. The play-off system followed the double elimination rule for the first and second placed teams, meaning whichever of the teams lost in the qualifying semi-final had to lose again in order to be knocked-out of the tournament entirely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193164-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Super League season results, Play-offs, Details\nElimination play-offs: , ;Qualifying Semifinal: ;Elimination Semifinal: ;Elimination Final: ;Grand Final: .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series\nThe 2007 Super Series (Russian: \u0421\u0443\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0435\u0440\u0438\u044f 2007; French: 2007 Super S\u00e9rie) was an eight-game Under-20 ice hockey challenge between Russia and Canada. The series was won by Canada, who shocked the Russians with seven wins and one tie (there was no overtime in this series). Over the course of the eight games, Canada outscored Russia 39-13. The Series was held from August 27 to September 9 in various venues in both countries. The event commemorated the 35th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series between the USSR and Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series\nIt was reported on March 28, 2007 in a Moscow-based daily newspaper that Russian prime minister Mikhail Fradkov was keen for a third Summit Series to mark the 35th anniversary of the original 1972 series. According to the paper, Fradkov called upon Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper to support consideration for another Summit Series. Journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin, an interpreter for the Soviet team in the 1972 series, reported that the first to suggest a new Series was Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson. Kukushkin wrote in his article:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series\nIn Nicholson's opinion the situation is very good now for such a series. Since the 1972 series, which was one of the most important sports events of the last century, a generation of players and fans have come and gone ... and a new generation of fans and players in both countries deserve to see such a great product.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series\nCanada raised some eyebrows in Russia when head coach Brent Sutter had all his players 'run the gauntlet' during a practice before the first game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series\nThe first four games were played in Russia where Canada won all four games, and the next four games were in Canada where the Canadian team had three wins and tied the Russians in the seventh game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series\nThe Super Series' Most Valuable Player and leading scorer was Canada's Sam Gagner. Canada's Kyle Turris was the top goal scorer in the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Ufa Arena fog issues\nThere were issues with fog on the ice during some of the games in Russia. The rinks used were very new, and some issues with the air conditioning still needed to be worked out. When the fog got severe, the on ice officials would have the players skate around the rink during stoppages in play to attempt to disperse the fog. This caused some issues, when Canada's Brad Marchand took a misconduct penalty while skating around his zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 39], "content_span": [40, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Schedule, Team records\nRussia: 0 W - 7 L - 1 TCanada: 7 W - 0 L - 1 T", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 41], "content_span": [42, 88]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game one, Game summary\nThe Russians got off to a flying start, as the Canadians seemed sluggish to begin the series, turning the puck over in the neutral zone many times early in the first period. Viacheslav Solodukhin of Russia scored the first goal of the tournament, giving the home team a 1-0 lead at 6:46. Alexander Ryabev made the game 2-0 with a power play goal three minutes and 13 seconds later, on a shot that could have been easily stopped by Canadian goalie Steve Mason. Canada's Stefan Legein replied at 15:47 to make it 2-1 Russia with a slap shot right through the wickets of Russian goaltender Semyon Varlamov. Kyle Turris scored on a penalty shot 41 seconds after that, after being tripped on a two-on-one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 758]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game one, Game summary\nCanada opened the scoring in the second period, when Brad Marchand bulged the twine 58 seconds in on a nice play set up by Sam Gagner. They made it 4-2 with 1:10 left in the period when Gagner scored after making a great play behind the net to bring it out front and slide it through the Russian goalie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game one, Game summary\nIn the third period, Canada was able to hold on to the lead despite taking another five penalties to add to their high penalty count. The penalty kill was led by the strong play of coach Brent Sutter's son, Brandon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game one, Game summary\nAlso contributing to the win was the solid play of Mason, who bounced back from giving up two early goals and finished the game with a total of 40 saves. Canada's penalty kill played extremely well, holding the Russians to only one power play goal on a shocking 13 power-play opportunities and leaving them scoreless on two 5-on-3s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game one, Game summary\nKarl Alzner was named player of the game for Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game two, Game summary\nBoth sides switched their goaltenders for the second game. Canada opted for Jonathan Bernier, while Russia went with Sergei Bobrovsky. Canada was the home team in game two, allowing coach Brent Sutter to make the last change and get the line match-ups he wanted. About ten minutes into the game, Brandon Sutter delivered a devastating hit to Russian star Alexei Cherepanov, as the Russian tried to cut into the middle of the Canadian zone. Cherepanov suffered a concussion and would not return in the series. Sutter's hit set the tone for the Canadians and started what would become a chippy affair. On a Canadian power play later in the first period, Kyle Turris finished off a give-and-go with David Perron with a nifty backhand upstairs into the Russian goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 820]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game two, Game summary\nAs the second period began, fog began to become a factor in the game. The newly opened Ufa Arena did not have air conditioning, and because of the heat, a thick cloud of fog formed on the ice. Both teams were sent to skate around to try to clear the fog. The Canadians dominated the second period physically, very much due to Canada's checking line of Sutter, Legein, and Lucic. They smothered Cherepanov all game long, and also chipped in with a goal by Legein in the final minute of the second, one-timing a pass from Sutter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game two, Game summary\nCanada dominated the third as well, despite having to delay the game again to try to clear the fog. The game continued to be a heated affair, as there were scrums after many whistles, resulting in penalties for both teams. With 2:01 left, David Perron scored a terrific goal, as he dangled the Russian defender, then using a spin move and backhanding the puck through his legs into the net.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 57], "content_span": [58, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game three, Game summary\nLeland Irving got the start for Team Canada as the Super Series moved to Omsk for games three and four. Canada's powerplay was very effective, scoring four goals on nine chances. Semyon Varlamov started the game for the Russian squad, but was replaced after the first intermission by Vadim Zhelobnyuk. The game was closer than the final score indicated, as the Canadians only led by a goal heading into the third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 59], "content_span": [60, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game four, Game summary\nBrad Marchand opened the scoring in the final stages of the first period to give Canada a 1-0 lead. In the second period, Sam Gagner scored a goal and an assist on John Tavares' first goal of the series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 58], "content_span": [59, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game four, Game summary\nFacing a 3-0 deficit in the third period, Russia scored two quick goals in 36 seconds to open the final frame, cutting the lead down to one. Brent Sutter called a timeout after the two Russian goals and Marchand scored his second goal of the game on the next shift to halt the comeback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 58], "content_span": [59, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193165-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Super Series, Game summaries, Game four, Game summary\nThe final score was 4-2 as Canada swept the first leg of the series in Russia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 58], "content_span": [59, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193166-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Superbike World Championship\nThe 2007 Superbike World Championship was the twentieth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 24 February at Losail and finished on 7 October at Magny-Cours after 13 rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193166-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Superbike World Championship\nThe main title contenders were 2004 champion James Toseland on a Honda, 2006 champion Troy Bayliss on a Ducati, former MotoGP rider Max Biaggi on a Suzuki, and Noriyuki Haga on a Yamaha. Bayliss spent the season riding a Ducati 999, even though production of the 999 had ended in 2006 and the bike had been replaced by the Ducati 1098. To satisfy homologation requirements, Ducati produced 150 limited edition 999 models.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193166-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Superbike World Championship\nThe championship was won by James Toseland in the final race of the season. Toseland's 415 points gave him a 2-point margin over Haga, with Biaggi in third position with 397 points. The manufacturers' championship was won by Yamaha.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193166-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Superbike World Championship\nThis was also the final season Corona Extra provided title sponsorship, having done so since 1998. From 2008 HANNspree took on this role in a deal up to and including the 2010 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193166-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Superbike World Championship, Entry list\nOn 20 March DFX Honda dropped Steve Martin from their rider lineup due to a lack of funds. On 27 March DFX Honda and Steve Martin reached an agreement which saw the rider on track at Donington and from there, on a race by race basis for the next three races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe 2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars, held on 7 October 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the tenth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000\nThe race was the eleventh running of the Australian 1000, first held in 1997 following an organisational split that occurred with the Bathurst 1000 in that year. It was the 51st race in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000 and the Australian 1000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List\n31 cars were entered in the race \u2013 15 Holden Commodores and 16 Ford Falcons. Four drivers would make their Bathurst 500/1000 debuts - Jay Verdnik, Andrew Thompson, Shane van Gisbergen and David Reynolds. Van Gisbergen would become the second youngest starter in the races' history at 17 years, 4 months and 28 days old.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Entry List\nA series of drivers would also make their last entries in 2007 - Simon Wills, Damien White, Christian Murchison, Cameron McLean and John Bowe, whilst it would also be the last starts for Paul Weel and Paul Radisich - despite both entering the 2008 race. The aforementioned Verdnik would make his only start in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Practice\nFree practice was held over three sessions on Thursday, 4 October and Friday, 5 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 44], "content_span": [45, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nQualifying was held in two stages on Friday, 5 October 2007. The opening part of the session decided grid positions 21 to 31, with the twenty fastest cars progressing to the second leg of qualifying which decided grid positions 11 to 20. The fastest ten cars progress through to the traditional Top Ten Shootout, held the following day to decide grid positions 1 to 10. During the first leg of qualifying, Damien White crashed the Team BOC #14 Falcon, sustaining a concussion and sufficient damage to the car to put White and co-driver Christian Murchison out of the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nAfter qualifying three cars, the #22 Holden Racing Team Commodore of Glenn Seton and Nathan Pretty, the #20 Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore of Paul Dumbrell and Paul Weel and the #55 Autobarn Racing Commodore of Steve Owen and Tony D'Alberto were excluded from qualifying after changing engines twice when under the regulations only one engine change is allowed without penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Qualifying\nAdditionally, Alex Davison missed a direction to have his car weighed on the scales at the end of the second leg qualifying which saw the Dick Johnson Racing Falcon excluded from the second leg of qualifying, relegating them to 20th grid position, which later became 19th after the exclusion of the Seton/Pretty Commodore.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Top 10 Shootout\nThe Top Ten Shootout was held on Saturday, 6 October 2007. Paul Radisich set the first time as the tenth qualifier at 2:08.4909. Lee Holdsworth undercut that time by three-tenths of a second with third car Steven Johnson improving the benchmark to 2:08.0782. Greg Murphy, Russell Ingall, James Courtney and Craig Lowndes all failed to improve on Johnson's time, with Ingall spinning off track at Murray's Corner. Garth Tander took almost eight-tenths off Johnson with Mark Skaife nudging a further tenth. Last car out, Mark Winterbottom drove a smooth clean lap and took pole position over Skaife by 0.1067 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nThe race was held on Sunday, 7 October 2007. For the first time since 1978, the race did not start at 10am. Channel Seven, who were the new broadcasters of the race, chose to start the race at 10:30am to maximise the chance of a prime-time finish. The time would change again in 2019, when it was moved to 11:30am for a similar reason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nThe race had not even started before it had its first retirement. Cameron McConville's car had an engine failure heading up Mountain Straight and he retired at Griffins Bend. The race was started, which after the field had passed McConville's car, the race director deemed the car was in an unsafe position and the safety car was deployed. The race resumed on Lap 4 and was without incident until Lap 52 when Andrew Jones's car caught fire at Forrests Elbow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nHe was able to drive the car safely to the gravel trap in The Chase and then marshals were able to extinguish the fire. The drivers resumed racing on Lap 53. Another safety car period did not occur until lap 91 when Marcus Marshall crashed the second Jack Daniel's Racing car. On Lap 102, Jack Perkins's car caught fire inside the car in the other Jack Daniel's Racing car. Perkins was able to drive the car into the pit lane and the fire was extinguished by the Britek Motorsport crew. On Lap 118, Dean Canto slid wide and crashed at Reid Park causing another safety car period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race\nEarlier the #1 Toll HSV Dealer Team car was retired with persistent brake fluid problems. At the time, this would have serious implications on the championship standings. Three laps later, the sister Toll HSV Dealer Team car retired with the same problem as the #1 car. Lap 134 saw the retirement of the #26 IRWIN Racing Britek Motorsport, Alan Gurr was at the wheel, crashed upon the restart. A lap later, Mark Noske retired with problems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 40], "content_span": [41, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race, The final hour\nThe race was considered to be an uneventful one until lap 142, when rain started to fall at different parts of the circuit, including Skyline, The Cutting and parts of Conrod Straight. Paul Morris spun the #67 Team Sirromet Wines into the wall at The Cutting, causing the safety car to be deployed. On Lap 148, rain was falling lightly on top of the mountain and five cars all fell victim to the wet conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race, The final hour\nJason Bright, Russell Ingall, Mark Skaife and Shane van Gisbergen all crashed just before McPhillamy Park Corner, Van Gisbergen hitting the rear of Ingall's slowing car, causing the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon to pit. Ingall made it back to the pits, but Skaife and Bright ended up in the gravel trap. Just after the restart, Shane van Gisbergen spun at Murray's Corner. With only two laps remaining Race Control decided against deploying the safety car; instead telling crews to warn drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race, The final hour\nThirteen laps to go, Winterbottom continued to maintain the large lead that his teammate Richard's built up throughout the race despite choosing to not change to wet tyres on the rain drenched track, until he ran off at The Chase, nearly rolling the car in the gravel trap, which relinquished his lead to Lowndes, with Johnson, Murphy and Courtney all passing him as a consequence. The incident damaged Winterbottom's steering, costing him a chance to podium as a result. The moment is considered to be one of the most iconic moments of Bathurst, with critics calling the incident \"one of the biggest chokes in Bathurst history\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race, The final hour\nIn the final laps, Craig Lowndes, Steven Johnson, Greg Murphy and James Courtney were fighting for the win. Johnson passed Lowndes and held the lead. Courtney passed Murphy for third and Simonsen (5th) attempted an outside pass up Mountain Straight, but did not pull it off. One lap later, Lowndes passed Johnson at Hell Corner, pushing them both slightly wide, allowing Courtney to get past Johnson for second. They stayed that way right up until the chequered flag. Lowndes had won his third Bathurst 1000, Whincup had won his second and Ford had won their second consecutive win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Race, The final hour\nGreg Murphy was the best placed Holden, coming in fourth, after being passed by Courtney on Lap 148. It was also the first time that Ford swept the podium at Bathurst since 1988. The final hour was considered to be one of the best finishes in Bathurst 1000 history until 2014, when the race win was determined by a last lap pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Results, Starting grid\nThe following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193167-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Results, Starting grid\nThe #14 suffered a terminal crash in qualifying leaving the grid at 30 entries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193168-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2007 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 11 August and 19 August 2007. It contested by Sevilla, who were Copa del Rey winners in 2006\u201307, and Real Madrid, who won the 2006\u201307 La Liga. Sevilla won 6\u20133 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193169-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a de Baloncesto\nThe Supercopa 2007 was the 8th time the tournament was run, and the 4th time that the tournament was organized by the Asociaci\u00f3n de Clubs de Baloncesto. The contest took place in the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao on September 28th and 29th, 2007. The teams that took part in the tournament were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193170-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercoppa Italiana\nThe 2007 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by 2006\u201307 Serie A winners Internazionale and 2006\u201307 Coppa Italia winners Roma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193170-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercoppa Italiana\nThe match took place on 19 August 2007 in San Siro, Milan, and resulted in a 1\u20130 victory for Roma. The goal was scored by Daniele De Rossi thanks to a penalty provoked by a foul of Nicol\u00e1s Burdisso on Francesco Totti.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193171-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei\nThe 2007 Supercupa Rom\u00e2niei was the 10th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Na\u0163ional on 25 July 2007, and was contested between Liga I title holders, FC Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti and Cupa Rom\u00e2niei champions, FC Rapid Bucure\u0219ti. The winner, after penalties, was Rapid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193172-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Superettan, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and IFK Norrk\u00f6ping won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193173-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Supersport World Championship\nThe 2007 Supersport World Championship was the ninth F.I.M. Supersport World Championship season\u2014the eleventh taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 24 February at Losail and finished on 7 October at Magny-Cours after 13 rounds. Kenan Sofuo\u011flu won the riders' championship with a record 8 wins. Honda won the manufacturers' championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193174-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Superstars Series\nThe 2007 Superstars Series season was the fourth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the inaugural season of the International Superstars Series. The Italian championship was won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for Audi, while the international series was won by Giuliano Alessi driving for BMW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193175-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe 2007 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira was the 29th edition of the Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested between the 2006\u201307 Primeira Liga winners Porto, and the 2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal winners, Sporting CP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193175-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira\nThe match took place on the 11 August at the Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa in Leiria. The match which was televised on RTP1, saw Sporting CP defeat Porto 1\u20130, with a second half goal from Russian midfielder Marat Izmailov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193176-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Surrey Heath Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Surrey Heath Borough Council election for the Surrey Heath Borough council was held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193177-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season\nThe 2007 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season was Suwon Samsung Bluewings's twelfth season in the K-League in Republic of Korea. Suwon Samsung Bluewings is competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193177-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Suwon Samsung Bluewings season, Squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193178-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Svenska Cupen\nSvenska Cupen 2007 (\"Swedish Cup\" 2007) was played March 24-September 27, 2007. Kalmar FF won the final with a 3-0 win against IFK G\u00f6teborg at Fredriksskans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193179-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Svenska Cupen Final\nThe 2007 Svenska Cupen Final took place on September 27, 2007 at Fredriksskans in Kalmar. The match was contested by Kalmar FF, who then was placed 4th in Allsvenskan, and leaders IFK G\u00f6teborg. This was the first final to be played at the venue of the home drawn team. Kalmar FF, who before the match had won the cup two times, played their first final since 1987. IFK G\u00f6teborg, who had won the cup four times, played their first final since 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193179-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Svenska Cupen Final\nKalmar FF won the final comfortably after a strong performance. Brazilian striker C\u00e9sar Santin scored two goals and Patrik Ingelsten one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193180-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Svenska Supercupen\nSvenska Supercupen 2007, Swedish Super Cup 2007, was a football match played on 31 March 2007 between Allsvenskan 2006 champions IF Elfsborg and Svenska Cupen 2006 winners Helsingborgs IF. This was the first edition of a super cup in Sweden. Elfsborg won the game 1-0 after a goal from James Keene in the 55th minute. The attendance wasn't very positive for the new Swedish tournament, only 1,240 saw the match on Bor\u00e5s Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193181-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swale Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Swale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193181-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swale Borough Council election, Election result\nThe new Sheppey First party won four of the six seats they contested, taking Leysdown and Warden, Minster Cliffs, Sheppey Central and Sheerness East wards. However the Conservatives remained in control of the council with 26 of the 47 councillors, despite also losing a seat in Queenborough and Halfway to Labour. This gain meant Labour remained on 10 seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats to have 6 councillors and 1 independent candidate was elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193182-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swazi general strike\nThe 2007 Swazi general strike has been ongoing since 25 July 2007, led by the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, the Swaziland Federation of Labour and the Swaziland National Association of Teachers. They plan to stage a two-hour full stoppage of public life every month until the incumbent absolute monarch Mswati III gives in to their demands: multi-party elections in October 2008, that benefits cease to be taxed and an end to absolute monarchy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193182-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swazi general strike\nThe first two-day stoppage occurred on 25 July in Manzini and on 26 July in Mbabane, when tens of thousands of workers demonstrated on the streets. The demonstrations constituted Swaziland's biggest civil movement for over a decade, since the last large-scale protests in 1996.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193182-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swazi general strike\nGovernment spokespersons denied the unions' and strikers' claims, stating that they should not demonstrate, but rather lobby the parliament, as only parliament has the power to change the constitution to allow multi-party elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193182-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swazi general strike\nOn 2 August 2007, union representatives threatened further strikes if the government was not willing to listen, and also raised labour issues in addition to their political demands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193183-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Football Division 2\nThe following are the statistics of the Swedish football Division 2 for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193184-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Football Division 3\nStatistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193185-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour\nThe 2007 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden and Latvia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193185-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour\nThe season was the 12th and last with Telia Company as main sponsor of the tour. It was also the last year the Swedish International (SI) was held.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193185-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour\nMost of the tournaments also featured on the 2007 Nordic Golf League (NGL) and the 2007 Challenge Tour (CHA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193185-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule\nThe season consisted of 12 events played between May and September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193186-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nThe 2007 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193186-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nAmateur Caroline Hedwall won four events, and Norway's Marianne Skarpnord won the Order of Merit. Through her win, Skarpnord, along with Order of Merit runner-up Florence L\u00fcscher from Switzerland, secured cards for the 2008 Ladies European Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193186-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour (women)\nThe tour enjoyed an international field and, in all, players of six different nationalities won titles, and a further four nationalities were runner-ups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193186-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule\nThe season consisted of 12 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193186-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Order of Merit\nAn official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 46], "content_span": [47, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193187-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish International\nThe 2007 Swedish International in badminton was held in T\u00e4by, Stockholm, from January 25 to January 28, 2007. This International Series level tournament had a prize money of \u20ac5,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193188-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Open\nThe 2007 Swedish Open was the 2007 edition of the Swedish Open tennis tournament. The tournament was held from 9 July through 15 July 2007 and played on outdoor clay courts at the B\u00e5stad Tennis Stadium in \tB\u00e5stad, Sweden.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193188-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Open\nSecond-seeded David Ferrer won the singles title, his second title of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193188-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles\nSimon Aspelin / Julian Knowle defeated Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda / Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto, 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 34], "content_span": [35, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193189-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Thomas Johansson were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193189-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Open \u2013 Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20134, against Mart\u00edn Garc\u00eda and Sebasti\u00e1n Prieto.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193190-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Open \u2013 Singles\nDavid Ferrer defeated Nicol\u00e1s Almagro 6\u20131, 6\u20132 to win the 2007 Swedish Open singles event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193191-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Rally\nThe 56th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, second round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season took place between 9 and 11 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193192-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship\nThe 2007 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 12th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. The championship was won by Fredrik Ekblom, becoming the first ever three-times STCC champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193193-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swindon Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2007 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193193-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\n92 candidates were contesting 21 seats with 2 seats available in Haydon Wick wards. Both Conservative and Labour parties contested every seat, while the Liberal Democrats had 20 candidates. Other political parties contesting the election included the Green Party with 16 candidates, United Kingdom Independence Party with 7 and the British National Party with 3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193193-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\nIssues in the election included regeneration of the town, affordable housing, crime and preserving green space. The Conservative council's plans to move to fortnightly rubbish collection were also criticised by the Labour party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193193-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swindon Borough Council election, Campaign\nFor the election voters were able to cast their vote at any polling station or library instead of just their polling station, as well as internet and text voting being available. The vote count was also done electronically, however problems at a few polling stations meant some votes had to be checked manually. This meant the election count was 2 hours later than expected, with overall turnout in the election being 33.8%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193193-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Swindon Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 43 seats, compared to 13 for Labour and 3 Liberal Democrats. Both the Conservative and Labour parties made 2 gains, with each party taking 1 seat from the other. The Conservatives gained Moredon from Labour, while Labour took a seat back in Central ward. Both parties also gained a seat from an independent, with the Conservatives taking Freshbrook and Grange Park, while Labour took Penhill. Elsewhere Conservative candidates held on by small majorities of 36 and 45 over Labour in St Philip and Walcot wards respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193194-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Council of States election\nElections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland. The first round was held on 21 October. In eight cantons, not all seats were filled in the first round, and a second round was held on 11 November, 18 November, or 25 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193194-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Council of States election\nThe election was a breakthrough for the Green Party, which won its first two seats in the Council of States, and the Green Liberal Party (GLP), which won a seat only four months after it split from the Greens. These gains \u2013 the first time minor parties had won representation in the Council of States since 1995 \u2013 came at the expense of the Free Democratic Party, which lost two seats, and the Swiss People's Party, which lost its seat in its stronghold of Zurich to the GLP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193194-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Council of States election, Election\nThe Council of States election was not finalized with the first run on 21 October; twelve seats remained to be distributed in second round elections on 11 November, 18 November or 25 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193194-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Council of States election, Election\nThe second round saw a number of notable races, for instance the election for the second seat in Z\u00fcrich, where SP candidate Chantal Gallad\u00e9 agreed to withdraw and support GLP candidate Verena Diener against SVP candidate Ueli Maurer, increasing the centre-left's changes in the second round. In St. Gallen, where no one was elected in the first round, FDP candidate Erika Forster and CVP candidate Eugen David, both incumbents, started a common campaign for reelection against SVP candidate Toni Brunner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193194-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Swiss Council of States election, Election\nFour candidates contested the election for the two seats in Tessin -- Dick Marty (FDP, over 40,000 votes in the first round), Filippo Lombardi (CVP), Franco Cavalli (SP) -- both of whom had over 30,000 votes\u2014and finally Attilio Bignasca (Lega). The two incumbents from the FDP and CVP were reelected on 18 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193194-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Council of States election, Election\nThe second seat for Lucerne was handed to CVP candidate Konrad Graber in so-called \"silent election\" when no other candidate filed to run against him in the second round. Graber had narrowly failed to be elected in the first round. The second mandate in Fribourg and Valais was also decided in this way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 47], "content_span": [48, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election\nOn December 12, 2007, all seven members of the Federal Council, the government of Switzerland, were elected by the joint chambers of the Federal Assembly for the 2008\u20132012 term of office. Councillors are elected individually by an absolute majority of votes, with the incumbent councillors defending their seats in descending order of seniority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election\nAll seven incumbents were running for re-election. All were re-elected, with the exception of Christoph Blocher, the councillor from the Swiss People's Party (SVP). The Federal Assembly elected Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in Blocher's place, who accepted her election on the following morning. Pascal Couchepin was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2008, and Hans-Rudolf Merz, instead of Blocher, was elected Vice President of the Federal Council for 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election\nAs a result of the non-election of their official candidate Christoph Blocher, the People's Party declared itself an opposition party and excluded its nominal representatives on the Federal Council, Samuel Schmid and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, from its parliamentary group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Background\nIn the 2007 Swiss federal elections, the SVP expanded their share of votes again, mostly at the expense of the Social Democrats (SPS). Christoph Blocher, the de facto leader of the SVP, had become embroiled in a political scandal over the circumstances of the resignation of federal chief prosecutor Valentin Roschacher in 2006. However, a parliamentary oversight commission controlled by his political opponents failed to implicate him in any substantial wrongdoing. Under these circumstances, it was generally assumed that any attempt by the center-left parties in Parliament to unseat him must fail, even though Blocher had made many personal opponents with his confrontational political style.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Background\nNonetheless, according to a reconstruction of events by the Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung, the Social Democrats began to plan Blocher's removal from office immediately after the elections, but obtained no clear commitment from the centrist Christian Democrats (CVP). To provoke these parties into action, the Green Party of Switzerland nominated Luc Recordon as their own candidate to run against Blocher The GPS had previously tried to obtain a seat in 1987 and 1991, when they nominated Leni Robert against the SVP's Adolf Ogi, and in 2000, when they nominated C\u00e9cile B\u00fchlmann for Ogi's seat when he retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Background\nFour days before the election, the Social Democrats contacted Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf to inform her that she would probably receive a substantial number of votes. Widmer-Schlumpf reportedly did not state whether she would accept or decline her possible election. At the same time, the Christian Democratic party chief, Christophe Darbellay, publicly indicated his opposition to Blocher and hinted that he would accept if elected in his stead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Background\nOn the eve of the elections, the leaders of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Christian Democrats secretly agreed to support Widmer-Schlumpf, after a test ballot in the Christian Democratic parliamentary group indicated that a majority of the group did not support Blocher. During the night, the Greens withdrew Recordon's candidacy and the center-left party leaders sought out support among individual representatives of the Free Democrats (FDP). All the while, Widmer-Schlumpf's name was kept secret to prevent her party from exerting pressure on her and to prevent her from appearing as a candidate of the Left. Only immediately before the elections were most center-left members of parliament asked by their leadership to support Widmer-Schlumpf.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 47], "content_span": [48, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results\nSource showing only the final votes in favor of each winner:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Moritz Leuenberger\nMoritz Leuenberger was re-elected during the first ballot. His re-election was supported by all parliamentary groups except that of the SVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 77], "content_span": [78, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Pascal Couchepin\nPascal Couchepin was re-elected during the first ballot. His re-election was supported by all parliamentary groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Samuel Schmid\nSamuel Schmid was re-elected during the first ballot. His re-election was supported by all parliamentary groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Micheline Calmy-Rey\nMicheline Calmy-Rey was re-elected during the first ballot. Her re-election was supported by all parliamentary groups except that of the SVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Christoph Blocher\nChristoph Blocher's seat was the only contested seat, and this contest was the focus of the public attention directed at the elections. His re-election was officially supported only by the SVP and FDP parliamentary groups. The SVP threatened to withdraw from the government in the case of Blocher not being re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Christoph Blocher\nPrior to the election, the Green group proposed a candidate of their own, State councillor Luc Recordon, to contest Blocher's seat. Recordon's candidacy was withdrawn after left and centrist parties proposed to elect Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, a centrist SVP executive councillor from the canton of Graub\u00fcnden, in Blocher's stead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Christoph Blocher\nWidmer-Schlumpf was elected with 125 votes in the second round. A SVP motion of order to interrupt the election until afternoon was rejected with 155 votes against. Widmer-Schlumpf declared on 13 December, 8 a.m., that she would accept her election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 76], "content_span": [77, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Hans-Rudolf Merz\nHans-Rudolf Merz was re-elected during the first ballot. His re-election was supported by all parliamentary groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 75], "content_span": [76, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Seat held by Doris Leuthard\nDoris Leuthard was re-elected during the first ballot. Her re-election was supported by all parliamentary groups except that of the SVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193195-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Federal Council election, Results, Federal Chancellor\nAnnemarie Huber-Hotz, the chancellor between 2000 and 2007, did not seek re-election. Three candidates were presented by the parties: Corina Casanova (CVP/PDC), vice-chancellor between 2000 and 2007, Nathalie Falcone-Goumaz (SVP/UDC) and Markus Seiler (FDP/PRD). Corina Casanova was elected in the first round of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 64], "content_span": [65, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193196-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 Swiss Figure Skating Championships (officially named German: Schweizermeisterschaften Elite Kunstlaufen und Eistanzen and French: Championnats Suisses Elite Patinage Artistique et Danse sur Glace) were held in Gen\u00e8ve from December 7 through 9th, 2006. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193197-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Open Super Series\nThe 2007 Swiss Open Super Series (officially known as the Wilson Badminton Swiss Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 12 to 18 March 2007 and had a total purse of $200,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193197-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Open Super Series, Tournament\nThe 2007 Swiss Open Super Series was the fourth tournament of the 2007 BWF Super Series and also part of the Swiss Open championships, which had been held since 1955.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193197-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Open Super Series, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193197-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Open Super Series, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Super Series event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193197-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss Open Super Series, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$200,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election\nElections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007. For the 48th legislative term of the federal parliament (2007\u20132011), voters in 26 cantons elected all 200 members of the National Council as well as 43 out of 46 members of the Council of States. The other three members of the Council of States for that term of service were elected at an earlier date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election\nOn 12 December 2007, the newly elected legislature elected the Swiss federal government, the Swiss Federal Council, for a four-year-term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election\nThe results reflected yet another rise in support for the strongest party, the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party, at 29% of the popular vote, and the growth of the Green and Green Liberal parties at the expense of the Social Democrats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election, National Council\nThe Swiss People's Party successfully came out of the election as the strongest party, rising another 2.3% to 29.0% of the popular vote. Among the left-wing parties, support of the Social Democrats eroded to the benefit of the Green and Green Liberal parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election, National Council\nThe right-wing parties won 64 seats made up of the SVP with 62 seats and a single seat of the Christian right Federal Democratic Union and the regional Ticino League respectively. The left-wing parties won 65 seats, with 43 of the Social Democrats, 20 of the Green party, and the Christian-left Christian Social Party and the far-left Labour Party with a single seat each. The centrist parties won 71 seats, with the CVP and the centre-right FDP each having won 31 seats, and the remaining 9 seats won by minor parties: Liberals, 4 seats; Green Liberals, 3 seats; Evangelical People's Party, 2 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election, National Council\n59 of 200 seats (29.5%) were won by women, as compared to 50 in 2003. Ricardo Lumengo (Social Democrats, born in Angola) is notable as the first black Swiss national councillor. 23 incumbents did not get re-elected and lost their mandate, among them Z\u00fcrich right wing politician Ulrich Schl\u00fcer (SVP). The turnout of the election was 48,9% a rise of 3,7% from the previous elections in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 45], "content_span": [46, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193198-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss federal election, Council of States\nContrary to the developments in the National Council, the Council of States remains dominated by the traditional centrist parties FDP and CVP. Robert Cramer (Geneva) is the first member of the Green Party to be elected to the Council of States, joined in the second round by Luc Recordon of Vaud. Verena Diener (Zurich), formerly of the Green Party, wins a Council of States seat for the newly founded Green Liberal Party. Christine Egerszegi of Aargau (FDP) is the first woman councillor elected in that canton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 46], "content_span": [47, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193199-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss referendums\nTwo referendums were held in Switzerland in 2007. The first was held on 11 March on an amendment to articles 117 and 197 of the Swiss Federal Constitution regarding health insurance, which would have merged existing health insurance companies into a single public insurer, with premiums based on income. The proposal was rejected by 71% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193199-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Swiss referendums\nThe second was held on 17 June on an amendment to the disability law, and was approved by 59% of voters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193200-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney Roosters season\nThe 2007 Sydney Roosters season was the 100th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership and finished 10th (out of 16).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193200-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney Roosters season, Season summary\nThe Sydney Roosters had a relatively poor start to their 100th season, not recording a win until Round 7 against the St George-Illawarra Dragons on Anzac Day. This however was juxtaposed by a rather strong period in the middle of the year winning 5 of their last 8 matches between Rounds 7 and 14.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193200-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney Roosters season, Season summary\nDespite their poor start to the season, the Sydney Roosters were having a late season resurgence under newly appointed Care-Taker Coach Brad Fittler. Since Chris Anderson left the club following their 56\u20130 loss to Manly Sea Eagles, the Sydney Roosters were yet to lose a game in 5 consecutive matches and were a few days ago, in 10th position. That came from wins over the likes of the Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm and Wests Tigers with a draw to the New Zealand Warriors. Then on 19 August, the run of being undefeated by Brad Fittler was broken, as the Gold Coast Titans claimed victory 22\u201318. This sits the Sydney Roosters on 11th, still a mathematical chance of making the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193200-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney Roosters season, Players\nThe following is the Sydney Roosters squad named for the 2007 season. For Player Contracts see below in the external links section for details.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 36], "content_span": [37, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193200-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney Roosters season, Representative Players\nThe following is a list of Sydney Rooster players who have played for Australia or New Zealand and other nations, New South Wales or Queensland and City or Country in representative levels of football during the 2007 calendar year. This is correct as of 15 May 2007", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193200-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney Roosters season, Staff, Coaching Staff\nHead Coach \u2013 Brad Fittler AM (10 July 2007 \u2013 )Head Coach \u2013 Chris Anderson (16 March 2007 \u2013 9 July 2007)Physical Performance Manager \u2013 Ronald PalmerStrength and Conditioning Coach \u2013 Richard HarrisStrength and Conditioning Coach \u2013 Ben GardinerJersey Flegg and NRL Assistant Coach \u2013 James PickeringClub Physotherapist \u2013 Tony AyoubFootball Manager \u2013 Troy RovelliTeam Doctor \u2013 Dr John OrchidRecruitment and Retention \u2013 Arthur Beetson OAM", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193201-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 63rd annual running of the \"blue water classic\" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193201-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nAs with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2007 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at Noon on Boxing Day (26 December 2007), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170\u00a0km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193201-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race\nThe 2007 fleet comprised 82 starters, including eight international entries of which 79 completed the race and three yachts retired. It was a notable race for Wild Oats XI equalling Morna/Kurrewa IV's record of three consecutive line honours victories, which Morna achieved in 1946, 1947 and 1948. The American yacht, Rosebud, won the IRC handicap race and, thus, the Tattersalls Cup as the overall winner of the 2007 race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193201-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 2007 fleet\n82 yachts registered to begin the 2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. They are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193202-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Sylvania 300\nThe 2007 Sylvania 300 was the 27th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season and the first of the ten-race 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup championship series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193202-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Sylvania 300\nThis racing event was run on Sunday, September 16, 2007, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, and was the twelfth race to use the Car of Tomorrow template that would be used full-time starting in 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193202-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Sylvania 300, Qualifying\n2007 Chase driver Clint Bowyer of Richard Childress Racing, with a speed of 130.412\u00a0mph, grabbed his second career pole. Fellow Chase newcomer Martin Truex Jr. will start alongside him.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193202-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Sylvania 300, Qualifying\nFailed to Qualify: Dale Jarrett (#44), Sam Hornish Jr. (#06), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), Michael Waltrip (#55), Kevin Lepage (#37), Boris Said (#98). *", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193202-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Sylvania 300, Race\nFor Clint Bowyer, he would enter the Chase as the only driver without a victory. That all changed on Sunday when Bowyer and the 07 team flat out crushed the field, leading 222 of 300 laps en route to his first career victory. In the process, he leaped from 12th place in the Chase to fourth with the victory. Jeff Gordon finished second, followed by Tony Stewart. Jimmie Johnson retained the lead on Jeff Gordon in the Chase on more wins (six to four).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193202-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Sylvania 300, Race\nFor the first time since the 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, the entire starting field finished a NASCAR Cup Series race. This was only the fourth time in NASCAR history that this has happened; the 1959 200-lap race at the Music City Motorplex where all 12 starting cars finished, two consecutive Tyson Holly Farm 400 races (1995\u201396) at North Wilkesboro Speedway where all 36 cars starting finished; and the 2007 Sylvania 300 where all 43 starters finished. This 2007 Sylvania 300 does mark the first race in NASCAR's modern era where all cars in a 43-driver field finished.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team\nThe 2007 Syracuse Orange football team competed in football on behalf of Syracuse University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were coached by Greg Robinson and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Washington\nSyracuse opened the 2007 season with a 42-14 loss to Washington in the Carrier Dome. The Orange began the game with a field goal and managed to hold the Huskies at bay for their first two drives. However, after back-to-back three-and-outs, Washington responded with two touchdown drives of 80 yards apiece. The Huskies scored on each of their three drives in the third quarter to take a 35-6 lead into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Washington\nFreshman quarterback Andrew Robinson registered 199 yards in his first career start on 20-of-32 passing. Robinson was also sacked seven times. Washington was led on the ground by Louis Rankin. The senior ran for 152 yards on 17 carries. Rankin scored three touchdowns, including a 47-yard run on the opening drive of the third quarter. Huskies quarterback Jake Locker completed 14-of-19 passes for 142 yards. He also ran for two touchdowns in the win. Washington outgained Syracuse 302-8 on the ground.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Washington\n\"We went on defense and had a chance to make a four or five-yard loss on a run and we missed the tackle,\" said Orange head coach Greg Robinson after the game. \"We had the tackle, but we didn't secure it and let the guy out the backside and that's just the discipline of the defense not having backside containment to let that guy out the backdoor. Really I thought for a period of time we kept shooting ourselves in the foot on both sides of the ball. I give credit to Washington. They did a good job.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nSyracuse and Iowa met in a rematch of the 2006 thriller in the Carrier Dome. The Orange fell 20-13 in double overtime to the Hawkeyes, after the 'Cuse couldn't score on seven attempts from inside the two-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nThe 2007 meeting between the two teams was the exact opposite of the 2006 matchup. Syracuse fell to Iowa 35-0. After a punt on their opening drive, the Hawkeyes scored three consecutive touchdowns, two on passes of more than 30 yards. Iowa quarterback Jake Christensen connected with Tony Moeaki on a 52-yard touchdown pass to give the Hawkeyes a 7-0 lead. Christensen found running back Albert Young for a 36-yard touchdown reception a drive later, after Iowa picked off Syracuse in its own half of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nSyracuse's scoring chances were limited to two field goal attempts. Orange kicker Patrick Shadle had a 38 and a 39 yard attempt blocked in the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Iowa\nThe one bright spot for the 'Cuse came on the defensive end. Despite giving up 35 points in the defeat, Syracuse caught two interceptions and forced on fumble. The first interception came late in the first half off a pass from Christensen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nSyracuse's second straight Big Ten opponent came when the 'Cuse met Illinois. The Orange had defeated the Illini a year before, 31-21 in Champaign. Much like the previous week in Iowa, Syracuse struggled to stop the Illinois offense. The Illini opened the game with a 70-yard drive for a touchdown. Illinois scored after six plays, the last a 22-yard touchdown pass from Juice Williams to tight end Jeff Cumberland. The Illini scored later in the first quarter on a 2-yard run by Rashard Mendenhall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nMendenhall wasn't through there. He ran for two more touchdowns in the win, including a 50-yard run late in the third quarter. Mendenhall totaled 150 yards on 16 carries and finished with 3 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nOffensively for Syracuse, the Orange started out slow. Syracuse didn't record a first down until the second quarter and didn't break through until the third quarter when kicker Patrick Shadle kicked for a 44-yard field goal. Syracuse scored a touchdown later in the third off a 2-yard run by Jeremy Sellers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Illinois\nThe offensive improvements were outdone by Iowa. The Hawkeyes finished the game with scores of their last five possessions. Three of those drive resulted in touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Illinois\n\"Obviously, I\u2019m frustrated and I want to keep working and getting better,\" said Syracuse head coach Greg Robinson after the game. \"There were some things in that game that we can still grow from and obviously we\u2019re a team that is a work-in-progress, big time. I thought there were some things that were encouraging \u2013 especially on offensive side of the ball. I saw a couple of things on defense from a couple of young players and we\u2019ll see what happens.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nSyracuse delivered its first win of the 2007 season on the road in Louisville. The Orange upset the #18/19 Cardinals 38-35, thanks to an incredible offensive performance. Freshman quarterback Andrew Robinson set the pace of the game early when he connected with wide receiver Taj Smith for a 79-yard touchdown reception on the first play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nThe scoring halted until the second quarter when Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Scott Kuhn. On the ensuing kickoff, Syracuse's Max Suter broke a tackle and sprinted for a 93-yard touchdown return, the first since Kevin Johnson returned a kick for 100 yards against Miami in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193203-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Syracuse Orange football team, Statistics, Defense Leaders\nNote: This list includes only a select number of defensive leaders. For the complete list, click", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193204-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Syria on 22 April 2007. The number of seats reserved for the parties in the National Progressive Front was increased to 170 from 167, decreasing the seats for independents to 80 from 83. The election was boycotted by the opposition in exile, who described it as a \"farce\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193204-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian parliamentary election, Pre-election events\nThe number of entrants to the parliamentary election race at the deadline reached 9,770, of whom 2,293 were approved, including 158 women. The entrants competed for 250 seats which are divided among the 14 governorates of Syria as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193204-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian parliamentary election, Results\nAccording to results released on 26 April 2007, the National Progressive Front won 169 seats, while independents won the other 81 seats. Turnout was 56.12% of the 11.96 million eligible voters, and 30 female candidates were elected, exactly as many as in 2003. Opponents of the government and human rights activists claimed fraud and a turnout of at most 10 percent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193205-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian presidential election\nA referendum to confirm the presidential candidate Bashar al-Assad was held in Syria on 27 May 2007, after the People's Council of Syria unanimously voted to propose the incumbent for a second term on 10 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193205-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian presidential election, Electoral system\nAccording to the Syrian Constitution, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Syria is the leader of the state and society and thus, the President should be a member of the party. The National Progressive Front, a political coalition led by the Ba'ath Party, nominated a candidate in the People's Council. The candidate had to be approved by at least two-thirds of MPs to proceed to the referendum, in which a candidate had to receive at least 51% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193205-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian presidential election, Aftermath\nThe referendum was widely regarded as a formality, and was boycotted by the opposition. Political opposition groups were banned unless attached to the Ba'ath Party, meaning Assad was the only candidate allowed to run. It was reported that dissent was met with imprisonment and intimidation. Fear of government reprisal was said to have been pervasive. Critics accused Assad of rampant corruption, mass arrests against dissidents, and suppression of pro-democracy activists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193205-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian presidential election, Aftermath\nMembers of the Damascus Declaration issued a statement which said calls to amend the constitution to allow for freer elections were ignored. Syrian lawyer Haitham al-Maleh stated \"there is only one candidate and this is absolutely not a healthy process.\" Tom Casey, American spokesman for the State Department, said \"I'm sure President Assad is basking in the glow of his ability to have defeated exactly zero other candidates and continue his misrule of Syria,\" and that \"clearly there was no real choice here for the Syrian people.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193205-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Syrian presidential election, Aftermath\nInterior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed claimed \"this great consensus shows the political maturity of Syria and the brilliance of our democracy\", while the ministry described voter turnout as \"enormous\". The information minister, Muhsen Bilal, stated that \"we have our own style of democracy and we are proud of it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 44], "content_span": [45, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nThe 2007 season was S\u00e3o Paulo's 78th season of the club's existence. After being a national champions in the previous year, them team qualified to the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Tricolor took a place on the semifinals of Campeonato Paulista, but was eliminated by S\u00e3o Caetano with a rout in his home stadium in the second leg after drawing in 1\u20131 on away, was defeated by 4\u20131. In the Copa Libertadores for the fourth year's participation sequence, Tricolor was eliminated in Round of 16 losing to Gr\u00eamio in aggregated score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nWhile played the Campeonato Brasileiro, S\u00e3o Paulo participated in Copa Sudamericana. With two draws against Figueirense the group advanced on away goal rule to Round 16 when eliminated the Argentine current champions of Copa Libertadores, Boca juniors, also in away goal rule, after scored one goal in La Bombonera in the loss by 2\u20131, Tricolor won in Morumbi with a single goal scored by Alo\u00edsio. However, in the quarterfinals was eliminated with two losses for Colombians Millonarios.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season\nPlaying only the national league the club rising the fifth title in 31 October, on 34th round, behind the victory over Am\u00e9rica-RN for 3\u20130 in Morumbi. The team became a champions with a record of 23 wins, 8 draws, 7 losses and keeping the best defence of league, only 19 goals conceded in 38 matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Undisputed champions\nS\u00e3o Paulo FC reigned for the second time in the role as national champions, now with five titles. In the making of history S\u00e3o Paulo F.C. also broke many records, some of them set by S\u00e3o Paulo FC in the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 46], "content_span": [47, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Awards\nCBF gave S\u00e3o Paulo F.C. a trophy created in the 70s, which was designed at the time for the team who reached five titles first or three consecutive titles. Since no team ever accomplished winning three titles consecutively, S\u00e3o Paulo was given the trophy for winning the tournament five times. The trophy, made out of silver soccer balls, was given to all the national champions in transition order until 1992, which was the season Flamengo FC celebrated their last national title. Due to the controversy of 1987, after 1992 CBF locked the most wanted trophy for all Brazilian teams and created a new trophy to be given to the national champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Prestige\nS\u00e3o Paulo FC was considered to be the best team in Brazil at this time by various soccer entities, and it was also considered the undisputed champion of 2007 by Placar (Brazilian monthly sports magazine), with four games left and 15 points in front of the second place team (Santos FC). S\u00e3o Paulo F.C. broke many records in 2007; the team went 13 games without losing in the tournament, S\u00e3o Paulo also didn't allow any goals for eleven games, having the best defense of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Prestige\nS\u00e3o Paulo F.C. finished the tournament with 19 goals scored against, another record set in the Brasileirao. The biggest record achieved that year, was that S\u00e3o Paulo broke its own record as a team to win the tournament before it was even over, the year before, S\u00e3o Paulo F.C. was mathematically crowned the champions with three games still left to play; in 2007 S\u00e3o Paulo F.C. won with four games left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 34], "content_span": [35, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193206-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 S\u00e3o Paulo FC season, Final squad\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193207-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TAC Cup season\nThe 2007 TAC Cup season was the 16th season of the TAC Cup competition. Calder Cannons have won their fourth premiership title after defeating the Murray Bushrangers in the grand final by 50 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193208-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TC 2000 Championship\nThe 2007 TC 2000 Championship was the 29th Turismo Competicion 2000 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team\nThe 2007 Texas Christian Horned Frog football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson, who took over the program in December 2000. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team\nThe Horned Frogs returned nine starters from their 2006 defense, which ended the season ranked 2nd nationally. Headlining the defense was All-America candidate defensive end Tommy Blake. On offense, the Frogs returned six starters and was led by redshirt freshman quarterback Andy Dalton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team\nOn July 23, the Mountain West Conference held their annual Media Blitz in Las Vegas, where members of the media picked the Frogs as the favorite to win the conference. The media selected Aaron Brown as Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Tommy Blake as Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nWith the 27\u20130 win, the Horned Frogs evened the all-time series with the Bears at 49\u201349\u20137. Defensive end Tommy Blake did not dress for the game, and running back Aaron Brown left in the first half with a knee injury. Redshirt freshman quarterback Andy Dalton, making his first career start, threw for 205 yards and a touchdown. Two missed field goals by Baylor and four interceptions by the TCU defense helped preserve the shutout. It was TCU's fifth consecutive victory over a Big 12 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThis was the second of three contests TCU had in 2007 against former SWC rivals, and this was the first time these two schools had faced each other since the conference disbanded following the 1995 season. With the win, Texas now leads the all-time series, 61\u201320\u20131. TCU led the game 10\u20130 at halftime on two interceptions- one returned for a touchdown by cornerback Torrey Stewart, the other by David Roach, setting up a field goal. However, Texas came out roaring with 27 unanswered points to open the second half and ended up winning easily, 34\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nAir Force erased a 17\u20133 4th-quarter deficit and won, 20\u201317. TCU kicker Chris Manfredini missed a 36-yard field goal in overtime before Air Force kicked the winning field goal. TCU quarterback Andy Dalton had 320 yards passing, a career high, but was also intercepted twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 62], "content_span": [63, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe Mustangs were the first to strike paydirt in TCU's Homecoming game, with a 15-yard touchdown run by running back DeMyron Martin in the first quarter. The TCU special teams and defense answered to give the Frogs the lead for good, though. They evened the score on a blocked punt that wide receiver Bart Johnson returned for a touchdown, and then linebacker Robert Henson took an interception back 58 yards for a score early in the second quarter. Derek Moore hauled in a Marcus Jackson pass to give the Frogs a 21\u20137 lead at halftime, and that ended up being the final score as well. With the win, the Frogs now hold a 41\u201339\u20137 advantage in the series, which is called \"The Battle for the Iron Skillet\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 761]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Colorado State\nMarcus Jackson, filling in for an injured Andy Dalton, ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, and the TCU defense kept Colorado State's offense out of the endzone until the 4th quarter to emerge victorious on Family Weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nWith 6:30 remaining in the 4th quarter, TCU found themselves behind the Cowboys in Laramie, Wyoming. Andy Dalton then threw a 26-yard touchdown to Ervin Dickerson to make the score 24\u201314. On the ensuing Wyoming possession, the Frogs forced a three & out before sacking the Cowboy punter on his own 29-yard line, turning the ball over on downs. Six plays later, Dalton found Bart Johnson for another score, pulling the Frogs to within 24\u201321. TCU got the ball back with 1:17 to play on their own 20-yard line, driving themselves into position for a potential game-tying 48-yard field goal, but kicker Chris Manfredini's attempt hit the right goalpost as time expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 60], "content_span": [61, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nA week after defeating top-ranked USC, Stanford welcomed TCU to Palo Alto for their Homecoming. It was also the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The Frogs again found themselves with a double-digit deficit late in the second half in this game, as they trailed the Cardinal 31\u201317 with 3:54 remaining in the 3rd quarter. Andy Dalton then hit Jimmy Young for a 70-yard touchdown and Aaron Brown for a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to tie the game at 31. Stanford kicked a field goal with 7:22 remaining to re-take the lead, 34\u201331. Aaron Brown gave TCU its first lead of the game with a 2-yard touchdown run with 4:13 left. An intentional safety by TCU in the final seconds made the final score 38\u201336. Andy Dalton ended the game with a career-high 344 passing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, Utah\nThis was the fifth meeting between the Frogs and the Utes, a series which Utah leads 4\u20131. Two years ago, the Frogs snapped Utah's 18-game win streak with a 23\u201320 overtime win in Fort Worth. Last year, Utah defeated TCU 20\u20137 in Salt Lake City, which was one of only two defeats the Frogs suffered in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, New Mexico\nThis will be the ninth meeting between the Frogs and the Lobos, a series that dates back to 1991 and that TCU leads, 5\u20133. The Frogs have won both contests between the schools since joining the MWC, including a 27\u201321 win last year in New Mexico.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, BYU\nThis was the seventh meeting between the Frogs and the Cougars, who are the two most recent MWC Champions. On their way to the 2005 league title, the Frogs pulled out a thrilling 51\u201350 win in triple overtime at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo. Last year, BYU defeated TCU 31\u201317 in Fort Worth on their way to the 2006 title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 56], "content_span": [57, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nThis will be the sixth meeting between the Frogs and the Rebels, with TCU leading the series 4\u20131. The Frogs have won the last two meetings between the schools by a combined score of 76\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193209-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Game summaries, San Diego State\nTCU and San Diego State had never played before TCU joined the MWC in 2005, and the Frogs have been victorious in both meetings between the schools, including a 52\u20130 win in Fort Worth last year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 68], "content_span": [69, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193210-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TPG Tour\nThe 2007 TPG Tour was a season of golf tournaments on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour of Argentina. The season ran from the end of February to the beginning of December, and consisted of seventeen tournaments.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193210-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 TPG Tour\nFive events were also part of the Tour de las Americas, the highest level tour in Latin America, and of those, the Coast Open and the Argentine Open were co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193210-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 TPG Tour\nThe Order of Merit was won by Rafael G\u00f3mez, ahead of Marco Ruiz in second, and \u00c1ngel Cabrera in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193211-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TSC Stores Tankard\nThe 2007 TSC Stores Tankard was held February 12\u201318 at the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season\nThe 2007 TSFA season was the ninth regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season\n2007 saw the largest dropoff in teams in TSFA history losing six teams and only being replaced with three leaving the league with twelve teams for the first time since 2004. 2007 also marked the first time the TSFA had a contract with a school to be able to generate income of the gate. The second Annual All-Star game was also completed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Teams\nWith the folding of the Red Raiders, the Rhinos were left as the longest tenured organization in the TSFA coming back for their eighth season. The Bandits, Bucs, Longhorns and Wolverines entered their seventh years of competition. The Hurricanes, Ruff Ryders and Wrecking Crew returned for their third seasons. The Panther returned for a sophomore campaign. The Bulldawgs, Phoenix and Texans joined the league with the Phoenix being at a disadvantage getting the go ahead to enter the TSFA with only a month before start after the Six-Pack dropped at the last second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Teams\nThe Northern Conference consisted of the Bandits, Bucs, Hurricanes, Longhorns, Panthers and Phoenix. The Southern Conference consisted of the Bulldawgs, Rhinos, Ruff Ryders, Texans, Wolverines and Wrecking Crew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season\nThe ninth year of the TSFA lasted ten weeks from February 3, 2007 to April 7, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 1\nFebruary 3, 2007Hurricanes 27 - Bulldawgs 14Texans 43 - Bucs 0Rhinos 16 - Bandits 12Ruff Ryders 33 - Longhorns 13Wrecking Crew 33 - Panthers 8Wolverines 49 - Phoenix 0 M", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 2\nFebruary 11, 2007Bulldawgs 46 - Phoenix 0 MPanthers 26 - Texans 13Longhorns 13 - Rhinos 6Hurricanes 39 - Wolverines 6Wrecking Crew 39 - Bucs 6Ruff Ryders 34 - Bandits 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 3\nFebruary 18, 2007Bandits 26 - Wrecking Crew 25Ruff Ryders 47 - Phoenix 0 MBulldawgs 25 - Panthers 13Longhorns 1 - Texans 0Rhinos 14 - Hurricanes 13Wolverines 50 - Bucs 12", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 4\nFebruary 25, 2007Bandits 35 - Texans 6Ruff Ryders 22 - Hurricanes 7Bulldawgs 45 - Bucs 0 MWrecking Crew 30 - Longhorns 0Rhinos 49 - Phoenix 0 MPanthers 35 - Wolverines 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 5\nMarch 4, 2007Rhinos 52 - Bucs 12Bandits 40 - Wolverines 6Wrecking Crew 46 - Phoenix 0 MRuff Ryders 33 - Panthers 0Bulldawgs 19 - Longhorns 13Hurricanes 24 - Texans 18", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 6\nMarch 11, 2007Longhorns 1 - Bandits 0Panthers 41 - Bucs 12Hurricanes 48 - Phoenix 0 MRhinos 14 - Bulldawgs 6Texans 26 - Ruff Ryders 25Wrecking Crew 46 - Wolverines 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 7\nMarch 18, 2007Hurricanes 24 - Bandits 13Longhorns 1 - Bucs 0Panthers 50 - Phoenix 0 MRhinos 36 - Wolverines 0Ruff Ryders 46 - Bulldawgs 26Wrecking Crew 33 - Texans 7", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 8\nMarch 25, 2007Hurricanes 33 - Panthers 13Bandits 54 - Bucs 12Longhorns 47 - Phoenix 7Wrecking Crew 25 - Bulldawgs 6Ruff Ryders 27 - Rhinos 20Texans 32 - Wolverines 13", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 9\nApril 1, 2007Bandits 33 - Panthers 0Phoenix 1 - Bucs 0Longhorns 26 - Hurricanes 20Bulldawgs 27 - Texans 26Ruff Ryders 26 - Wolverines 6Wrecking Crew 19 - Rhinos 15", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 10\nApril 7, 2007Bandits 33 - Phoenix 29Hurricanes 1 - Bucs 0Longhorns 1 - Panthers 1Bulldawgs 24 - Wolverines 6Ruff Ryders 33 - Wrecking Crew 21Rhinos 41 - Texans 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 41], "content_span": [42, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Playoffs\nThe ninth year of playoffs for the TSFA consisted of the top 4 from each conference making the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 26], "content_span": [27, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Playoffs, Conference Semi-Finals\nApril 15, 2007Bandits 39 - Hurricanes 26Longhorns 40 - Panthers 12Wrecking Crew 25 - Rhinos 14Ruff Ryders 31 - Bulldawgs 6", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Playoffs, Conference Championships\nApril 27, 2007Bandits 32 - Longhorns 27Wrecking Crew 46 - Ruff Ryders 38", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 52], "content_span": [53, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Epler Cup IX\nEpler Cup IX MVPHenry \"Silk\" Booth - #6 QB Wrecking Crew", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 30], "content_span": [31, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, Regular Season Awards\nNorthern Conference Offensive Player of the Year: Andre Williams - #11 HurricanesNorthern Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Steve Navarro - #21 LonghornsSouthern Conference Offensive Player of the Year: Raynald Ray - #47 Ruff RydersSouthern Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Joey Gonzalez - #3 Wrecking Crew2006 SFA Regular Season MVP: Leonard Walker - #2 Wrecking Crew", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 39], "content_span": [40, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, 2007 TSFA All-Stars\nThe 2007 All-Star Game was held May 22, 2007 at the Holy Cross High School. It ended with the Southern Conference All-Stars defeating the Northern Conference All-Stars in a blowout 31 to 12. The game was sponsored by Westward Environmental and Pampered Chef.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193212-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 TSFA Season, 2007 TSFA All-Stars, Rosters\nThe All-Stars were selected on an appointment basis. Each team received two nominations with the Epler Cup teams each receiving four and the conference championship finalist receiving three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 46], "content_span": [47, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193213-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TT Pro League\nThe 2007 TT Pro League was the ninth season of the TT Pro League, the Trinidad and Tobago professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1999. A total of ten teams took part in the league, with Joe Public the defending champions. The season began on 14 April and ended on 18 December, with the conclusion of the Lucozade Sport Big Six.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193213-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 TT Pro League, Teams, Team summaries\nNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193213-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 TT Pro League, League table, Positions by round\nThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for the tenth round of matches, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 52], "content_span": [53, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193213-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 TT Pro League, Awards, Annual awards\nThe 2007 TT Pro League awards distribution took place on 5 April 2008, prior to the 2008 season's opening match at Hasely Crawford Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193213-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 TT Pro League, Awards, Annual awards\nThe majority of the individual and team awards were shared by the league champion, San Juan Jabloteh, and the league's top trophy winner, W Connection. Marvin Oliver of Caledonia AIA was named the league's Player of the Year and Best Midfielder for the season. Each being Oliver's first recognition of his career. Peter Byers from Antigua and Barbuda received the Golden Boot and was named the Best Forward for leading the league with 15 goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193213-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 TT Pro League, Awards, Annual awards\nStuart Charles-Fevrier became the first two-time winner of Manager of the Year after leading W Connection to two more cup trophies, a league third-place finish, and the Team of the Year award. Other individual awards were received by Jabloteh's Cleon John and W Connection's Elijah Joseph for Best Goalkeeper and Best Defender, respectively. The remaining team award was also won by the Savonetta Boys for the Most Disciplined Team of the Year. FIFA international referee, Neal Brizan, won the Referee of the Year, whereas Norris Ferguson won the Match Commissioner of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193214-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 TU24\n2007 TU24 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid that was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona on 11 October 2007. Imaging radar has estimated that it is 250 meters (820\u00a0ft) in diameter. The asteroid passed 554,209\u00a0kilometer (344,370\u00a0mile or 1.4-lunar distance) from Earth on 29 January 2008 at 08:33 UTC. (At the time of the passage it was believed the closest for any known potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) of this size before 2027, but in 2010 2005 YU55 was measured to be 400 meters in diameter.) At closest approach the asteroid had an apparent magnitude of 10.3 and was about 50 times fainter than the naked eye can see. It required about a 3-inch (76\u00a0mm) telescope to be seen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [9, 9], "content_span": [10, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193214-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 TU24, Impact risk assessment\nFrom the date of discovery of asteroid 2007 TU24 on 11 October 2007, a total of 316 observations of it had been made by 31 January 2008, spanning 112 days. Now the asteroid has an observation arc of about 3 years and the trajectory is well defined. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 4 December 2007 at 14:05 UTC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 33], "content_span": [34, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193214-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 TU24, 2008 passage\nGoldstone Observatory carried out radar observations on January 23 and 24 January 2008. As of then, the orbit of the asteroid was known with such a high precision that scientists were able to calculate close approaches from the year 67 AD to 2141 AD. On 29 January 2008 at 08:33 UTC, 2007 TU24 passed by the earth at a nominal distance of 0.0037043\u00a0AU (554,160\u00a0km; 344,340\u00a0mi) with a relative speed of 9.248 km/s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 23], "content_span": [24, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193214-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 TU24, 2008 passage\nObservations from Arecibo Observatory were taken on 1\u20134 February. It is a contact binary asteroid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 9], "section_span": [11, 23], "content_span": [24, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood\nCoordinates: The 2007 Tabasco flood occurred in late October and early November 2007 in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, in which as much as 80% of the former was left under water. At least 20,000 people were forced to seek emergency shelter. Over 1,000,000 residents were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Geography\nThe southern Mexican state of Tabasco is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Pet\u00e9n department of Guatemala, and to the north with the Gulf of Mexico. Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The state capital is Villahermosa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Geography\nThe hydrology of Tabasco is complex. Most of the state is a wide coastal plain crossed by rivers coming from the mountains further south in Chiapas and Guatemala. The two main rivers in the region are the R\u00edo Grijalva and the R\u00edo Usumacinta, which converge before draining into the Gulf of Mexico north of Villahermosa through the wildlife-rich wetlands known as the Pantanos de Centla.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Geography\nThese rivers are considered mature, since they are in the lowest part of their course, and the plain they cross allows them broad, wide flows, meandering and dividing into separate branches. This is the case with the Grijalva, which separates into several branches in the central part of Tabasco (known locally as the R\u00edo Carrizal, R\u00edo Samar\u00eda and R\u00edo Mezcalapa). These three rivers converge at Villahermosa, where they recombine and again take the name Grijalva. The main branch of the Grijalva in Chiapas is dammed by the country's four largest hydroelectric plants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 29], "content_span": [30, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Causes of the floods\nThe Tabasco floods caused largely by the sinking of the land over the last century. The constant extraction of petroleum and gas, the construction of dams in the zone, the erosion of land and deforestation have all contributed toward making this region more flood-prone. Deforestation has allowed silt to fill in rivers thereby reducing their capacity and making floods more likely. With the onset of constant rainfall due to a low pressure system located nearby, the combination of these influences contributed to making the flood event even worse than it might otherwise have been.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 624]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Causes of the floods\nSome have suggested that global warming has increased sea levels, making water regions at the low sandy zones of the Gulf of Mexico disappear. However, sea level rises due to global warming were probably still negligible in their contribution to these floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Causes of the floods\nA number of sources point to the misuse of hydroelectric dams as a cause of the floods. Hydroelectric plants in the dams of Tabasco share the production of electricity with newer, private, more expensive gas plants. Investors complained that government owned plants cover most of the production of the electricity, lowering the price, and have put pressure on the government to lessen production on hydroelectric plants in order for them to sell more energy and raise their profit levels. This allegedly led to the dams retaining more water than they should have done.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 40], "content_span": [41, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\nTabasco was subject to heavy rain in late October and early November 2007, causing widespread flooding. As much as 80% of the state was under water. At least 20,000 people were forced to leave their houses in the search of emergency shelter. Over 1,000,000 residents have been affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\nThe 2007 Tabasco flood not only destroyed many family houses and took away people's belongings, but also affected theaters, libraries, artistic schools and museums. One of the buildings affected was the house of the poet Carlos Pellicer C\u00e1mara, which ended up under the water. The house where the poet lived his childhood is located in Narciso S\u00e1enz 203, in the center of Villahermosa, Tabasco. Another historical house affected is located at 620 Calle Lerdo de Tejada, in Villahermosa, close to Carlos Pellicer's house. The house once was occupied by Jos\u00e9 Gorostiza, the author of the Muerte sin fin poem, his brother, the dramatist Celestino Gorostiza, and the man of letters Andr\u00e9s Iduarte.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\nEconomic impact at national levels will be insignificant. There is important damage in the fields which is causing increases in banana and cacao prices. The flood in Tabasco will not affect the economy in Mexico as much. Guillermo Ortiz Mart\u00ednez, president of the Banco de M\u00e9xico (the central bank), agrees that Mexico will not have excessive inflation because of the Tabasco flood. But some prices of products will increase such as banana and cacao. The General Peasant Confederation informed that because of the flooding, 100% of the harvests are lost. This represents an economic damage of US$480\u00a0million. President Felipe Calder\u00f3n has sent seven thousand and five hundred people to help people in Tabasco. This is because of the major damage to roads, houses, and farms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\nThe flood destroyed agricultural production in the state of Tabasco, the largest producer of cocoa in the country and a major source of bananas, but is not expected that losses affect international prices, experts said on Friday. Tabasco produces 80% of all Mexico's cocoa and 40% of its bananas, according to Luis Rey Carrasco Linares, an expert from the Autonomous University of Chapingo with his squad in Tabasco. The heavy rains that punished the state for more than a week occurred during the cocoa harvest, which lasts from September to December, Carrasco said.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\nAll this year's harvest is under water and was lost, he added. The floods caused profound devastation to agriculture, which is a Principal source of Income in the state. The loss will have its greatest impact for the more than 30,000 families who earn their living in the production of cocoa, Carrasco said, adding that before the flood, farmers were grappling with aplague of fungus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\n\"The situation is extraordinarily serious: This is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country\" said President Felipe Calder\u00f3n in a televised address on the night of 1 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Impact\nThe Tabasco flood caused the loss of thousands of books from the Villahermosa central library and 78 other libraries from five different municipalities. The Grijalva River affected the infrastructure and works of the Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Pino Su\u00e1rez State Library where the entire vault has much water. The water also flooded the auditorium causing widespread damage to furniture and equipment, rising to the second floor and damaging 15,000 books from the general collection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Causes and Prevention\nTabasco is one of the richest states in Mexico in terms of petroleum, however it is one of the poorest states in terms of social services and health. It has been widely claimed that the disaster could have been prevented or at least limited, but the money that was assigned to infrastructure has vanished. The National Water Commission (CONAGUA) was responsible for the construction of hydraulic repairs in the \"Pe\u00f1itas' ditch\", which would have reduced the impact of the water in Tabasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Causes and Prevention\nAuthorities are making plans to avoid the repetition of this tragedy, elaborating on the existing flood management systems constructed after the floods of 1999. This hydraulic infrastructure will include the construction of borders, breakwaters and sea walls to fight the sea, as well as dredging the rivers to increase peak capacity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Response, National\nThe flood tragedy resulted in great national unity among people living throughout Mexico as well as an outpouring of support from abroad. Hundreds of people from all parts of Mexico made donations including those from states that were in previously similar crisis such as Hurricane Dean victims. Entertainers such as Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez, Thal\u00eda, members of Los Tigres del Norte, Jaguares, Hombres G, Lorena Ochoa, M\u00edstico and Miguel Bos\u00e9 have also shown their support. Many Mexico football clubs, and their players, also collected significant donations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 38], "content_span": [39, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Response, International\nInternational aid donated or pledged as of 13 November 2007 3:32 PM CDT", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Economic consequences\nOne week after the severe flooding, the capital of the state was in bankruptcy in part because flooding has affected various settlements. According to the local Chamber of Commerce, almost 15,000 establishments in downtown Villahermosa suffered losses of 100% in their infrastructure and inventories. This situation might cause a severe recession in the local economy, because many of these business beside having lost all their invested capital, have obligations with their suppliers, payments delayed with the government and workers' wages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 41], "content_span": [42, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Looting\nThe disappearance of persons, acts of looting, lack of supplies and skin diseases are some of the effects suffered by thousands of victims in Tabasco. Drinking water and food shortages brought on by flooded roads in Tabasco prompted several looting incidents at abandoned homes and businesses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Looting\nThe worst incident took place Saturday morning when around 1,000 people overran a downtown shopping center in Tabasco, overwhelming law enforcement officials posted in the area, and making off with everything in sight, including televisions and home appliances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Looting\nSince the beginning of the disaster, many civilians denounced the existence of many vandalism groups. These groups started entering abandoned houses and also stole everything, Many special security operations have taken place along the damaged areas of Tabasco. One of the most important actions taken was proposed by Felipe Calder\u00f3n that consisted to bring military troops together with federal police to the state of Tabasco. This operation was taken in order to prevent looting and vandalism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Looting\n\"People are going hungry, we're aware of that,\" Governor Andr\u00e9s Granier said on television after the looting incident, \"but being hungry doesn't justify such behaviour and outright attacks.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193215-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tabasco flood, Floods in Tabasco observed from Space\nThe floods that had affected Tabasco were observable from the space, as seen in images from NASA. A system of low pressure was the phenomenon that unleashed strong and constant rains in southern Mexico from 28 October and for several days. The Spectrum-radiometer of Image of Moderate Resolution of the satellite Aqua of NASA took the image of the floods on 3 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 57], "content_span": [58, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193216-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tai Po District Council election\nThe 2007 Tai Po District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 19 elected members to the 26-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193217-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tajik League\nTajik League is the top division of the Tajikistan Football Federation, it was created in 1992. These are the statistics of the Tajik League in the 2007 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193218-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre\nThe 2007 Tal Afar bombings took place on March 27, 2007, when two truck bombs targeted Shia areas of the Turkmen town of Tal Afar, Iraq, killing 152 and wounding 347 people.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193219-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Tameside Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nThe 2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League the 10th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium, and the 6th under head coach Jon Gruden. On December 16, 2007, they clinched the NFC South division title, and returned to the playoffs after missing it in 2006. However, they were defeated 24-14 in the Wildcard Round by the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants. The Wildcard game was Jon Gruden's final playoff appearance as head coach of the Buccaneers before being dismissed at the conclusion of the next season. Until 2020, this would be the last season in which the Buccaneers qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 711]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season\nOn December 16, in a game against the Atlanta Falcons, Micheal Spurlock scored the first kickoff return touchdown in franchise history, snapping a streak of 32 seasons, 497 games (at 53 stadiums in 38 cities), 139 individuals, and 1,864 unsuccessful attempts. The play earned Spurlock the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason\nThe 2007 offseason proved to be productive for the Buccaneers. General manager Bruce Allen and head coach Jon Gruden had approximately US$24\u00a0million in salary cap space with which to maneuver during free agency. They made a splash on the first day of free agency by signing two quarterbacks: unrestricted free agent Jeff Garcia (Eagles) and Jake Plummer (Broncos) in a trade for a conditional pick in the 2008 draft (believed to be a 4th round selection if Plummer played).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason\nControversy soon followed as Plummer announced his retirement on the same day, citing his health and his lack of a desire to compete for a job and learn a new system. However, he did not complete his retirement paperwork with the league. Many believed that Plummer was simply trying to retire so that he could later unretire and play for the Texans. They are led by his former coach Gary Kubiak, under whom Plummer played his best three years of football. The league reviewed the trade to make sure that Plummer had not retired before the trade (a retired player cannot be traded), but he had not and his rights officially belong to the Buccaneers. Other free agent losses and signings are as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason\nRe -signingsAfter brief stays on the open market, the Buccaneers re-signed CBs Phillip Buchanon and Torrie Cox, the latter known as a special teams standout. They also re-signed fan favorite Mike Alstott to a one-year contract, but ultimately lost him to injured reserve after a neck injury during the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, 2007 NFL Draft\nThe 2007 NFL Draft took place in Radio City Music Hall on April 28\u201329, 2007. The Buccaneers were either to pick third or fourth in the draft, to be determined by a coin flip with the Cleveland Browns because the two teams had identical records and strength of schedule. Buccaneers GM Bruce Allen called heads and the coin landed tails. For the first round, the Buccaneers picked fourth. The two teams alternated picking third and fourth in each round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, 2007 NFL Draft\nIn addition to their given picks, Tampa Bay also holds the Colts' second round pick, the 64th pick overall (because of a midseason trade for Anthony McFarland), but also lost a sixth round pick in a trade for tight end Doug Jolley formerly of the New York Jets. They also received two compensatory picks, awarded for losses during free agency. During the draft, the Buccaneers swapped fourth-rounders with the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for their pick in the sixth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason\nThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers held Training Camp at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from July 26 through August 16. They played four preseason games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: at Seattle Seahawks\nThe Buccaneers began their 2007 campaign on the road against their fellow 1976 expansion mate, the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, kicker Matt Bryant provided two field goals for Tampa Bay (a 38-yarder and a 32-yarder) to begin the game. In the second quarter, the Seahawks took the lead with kicker Josh Brown's 28-yard field goal, while RB Shaun Alexander got a 1-yard TD run. During a scoreless third quarter, injuries sidelined Tampa Bay running back Cadillac Williams (ribs) and quarterback Jeff Garcia (head). Garcia, however, returned to the game. Seattle wrapped up the win with Brown's 46-yard field goal, while QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 34-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Morris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 1: at Seattle Seahawks\nWith the loss, the Buccaneers began their season at 0\u20131, their third opening day defeat in the past four seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: vs New Orleans Saints\nThe Buccaneers played their home opener against the 2006 NFC South champion New Orleans Saints. After scoring only 6 points the week before, the Buccaneers dominated the Saints, on offense and defense, at one point taking a 28\u20130 lead. Early in the first quarter, Barrett Ruud recovered a Deuce McAllister fumble, which set up a Tampa Bay scoring drive. Carnell Williams, who was back in the lineup after injuring his ribs the week before, capped off the drive with a one-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: vs New Orleans Saints\nEarly in the second quarter, Joey Galloway scored on a 69-yard catch and run from quarterback Jeff Garcia. Inside the two-minute warning, Garcia and Galloway scored again, this time with a 24-yard touchdown, to take a 21\u20130 halftime lead. Halfway through the third quarter, Cato June intercepted a pass from Drew Brees. Two plays later, Garcia and Galloway connected for yet another big play, a 41-yard completion to the New Orleans 9-yard line. Williams capped off the drive with his second 1-yard touchdown. New Orleans' first score came with a 1-yard touchdown run by Mike Karney, aided by a 58-yard catch by Phillip Buchanon moments earlier. The Buccaneers improved to 1\u20131, into a tie for the NFC South lead. New Orleans fell to 0\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 2: vs New Orleans Saints\nFollowing the game, with 16 tackles, and 2 forced fumbles, middle linebacker Barrett Ruud was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday September 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs St. Louis Rams\nThe Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams renewed a rivalry that was popular from 1999\u20132004. The early part of the game was a field position battle, with Rams running back Steven Jackson rushing effectively in the first half. All of St. Louis' first half drives, however, came up empty on the scoreboard. Tampa Bay's first quarter drivers were also scoreless, with kicker Matt Bryant missing a 54-yard field goal short after slipping in the damp grass. Just before the two-minute warning, Rams kicker Jeff Wilkins missed a 42-yard field goal, setting up Tampa Bay's first score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs St. Louis Rams\nAfter driving to the 17-yard line, a heavy downpour drenched the stadium. Matt Bryant connected on 27-yard field goal for the game's first points and concluded the first half. Tampa Bay received the second half kickoff, and rolled into the endzone with a 7-yard touchdown run by Carnell Williams. St. Louis drove to the Tampa Bay 10-yard line, aided by two uncharacteristic defensive penalties by Derrick Brooks (late hit) and Ronde Barber (taunting). The threat was moot, however, as Phillip Buchanon intercepted Marc Bulger in the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 3: vs St. Louis Rams\nIn the fourth quarter, Carnell Williams, aggravated his sore ribs, and fumbled the ball while Oshiomogho Atogwe recovered for St. Louis. The Rams finally got on the scoreboard with a 25-yard field goal, narrowing the lead to 10\u20133 with 12 minutes to play. Back up running back Earnest Graham took over for Williams, and iced the game with two rushing touchdowns, the first of his career outside of the preseason.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 90], "content_span": [91, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nThe Buccaneers and Panthers met for the first time this season, with first place in the NFC South on the line. Carolina starting quarterback Jake Delhomme sat out the game with an elbow injury, and was replaced by David Carr. The Buccaneer offense started the game with an exhausting, 11-play, 71-yard drive, capped off by a 3-yard scramble by Jeff Garcia for a touchdown. With 3 minutes left in the first quarter, running back Carnell Williams blasted down the field for an 18-yard run, but his right leg buckled, seriously injuring his knee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nAs he was being carted off the field, nearly the entire Buccaneers team, along with several Panthers players, huddled around Williams in support. After the injury timeout, Earnest Graham salvaged the drive with a one-yard touchdown run. Tampa Bay extended their halftime lead to 17\u20130 after a Matt Bryant field goal, meanwhile, Carolina's offense was sputtering, blasted by the Buccaneers defense, who sacked Carr three times, and intercepted him once. Carr completed only 19 of 41 pass attempts, and Carolina was facing their first shutout in five seasons. With 23 seconds left in regulation, Carolina finally got on the board with a touchdown pass to DeAngelo Williams. An onside kick was unsuccessful, and the Buccaneers won their third straight game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 4: at Carolina Panthers\nThrough four games, the Buccaneers had not given up any points in the first quarter, and quarterback Jeff Garcia had not thrown an interception. After the game, the Buccaneers announced that running back Carnell Williams (torn patellar ligament) and left tackle Luke Petitgout (torn ACL) would both face season-ending surgery. On Wednesday, October 3, linebacker Barrett Ruud was named the NFC Defensive Player of Month for September with a league-leading 51 tackles, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and one interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Buccaneers faced former head coach Tony Dungy for the second time. The previous meeting between the two teams in 2003 saw the Colts erase a 21-point deficit in the final four minutes to win the game in overtime. Both teams entered the game with players sidelined by injuries. Marvin Harrison and Joseph Addai sat out for Indianapolis, while Carnell Williams and Luke Petitgout were placed on injured reserve for Tampa Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe Colts controlled the tempo of most of the game, with a time of possession of over 38 minutes and 400 yards of offense. The Buccaneers were held to only 177 total yards and only 17 yards rushing. The first three Buccaneers possessions were three-and-outs. Meanwhile, Indianapolis pulled out to a 13\u20130 lead. In the second quarter, Tanard Jackson intercepted Peyton Manning and set up the Buccaneers' first scoring drive. During the drive, running back Michael Pittman left the game with an injured ankle. Two plays later Tampa Bay got on the board with a Jeff Garcia touchdown pass to Alex Smith, and narrowed the score to 13\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 725]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts\nIn the second half, Indianapolis continued to dominate both sides of the ball, and stretched their lead to 30\u20137. Garcia and Smith connected for a second touchdown pass with just over 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and made the score 30\u201314. Hoping to spark a comeback, Tampa Bay attempted a surprise onside kick, but it was called back by a penalty. Indianapolis then took the re-kick, and put three more points on the board with an Adam Vinatieri field goal. Bruce Gradkowski took over as quarterback for Tampa Bay, and subsequently threw an interception to seal the victory for the Colts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts\nThe following day, on Monday, October 8, the Buccaneers announced that Michael Pittman would miss 6\u20138 weeks with a cracked fibula.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 94], "content_span": [95, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nThe Buccaneers hosted the Titans at Raymond James Stadium, their second inter-conference matchup in two weeks. Buccaneers running back Earnest Graham was a part of the starting lineup for the first time in his career, replacing the injured Michael Pittman, who sat out the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nThe first half was a defensive struggle, with neither team scoring in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, Tennessee drove to the Buccaneers 32-yard line, but quarterback Vince Young fumbled the ball and the Buccaneers recovered. Jeff Garcia connected on a 39-yard pass play to Michael Clayton, to help set up a 23-yard Matt Bryant field goal, the first points of the game. Moments later, Phillip Buchanon intercepted Vince Young with 1:29 remaining in the half, to maintain a 3\u20130 halftime lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nTennessee took the second half kickoff, and executed a 12-play, 45-yard drive which resulted in a 48-yard field goal by Rob Bironas. On their next possession, Vince Young ran out of bounds, and suffered a strained quad. He would have to leave the game, and was replaced by Kerry Collins. On Tampa Bay's next drive, Garcia connected with Joey Galloway for a 69-yard touchdown catch. On the ensuing drive Ronde Barber intercepted a pass by Kerry Collins, but it ruled incomplete after review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nWith less than four minutes remaining in regulation, Collins drove the Titans to the Buccaneers 23-yard line. For the second time, Ronde Barber intercepted Collins, this time in the endzone, but it was again ruled incomplete after review. The drive continued, and with 1:24 remaining, LenDale White tied the game 10\u201310 with a touchdown run. With only one timeout, Garcia drove the Buccaneers 55 yards on seven plays. With 11 seconds remaining, Matt Bryant kicked a game-winning 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 6: vs Tennessee Titans\nThis is the only time the Buccaneers have beaten the Titans since they moved from Houston, and one of only two Buccaneer victories against the Oilers/Titans franchise, the other occurring in 1983.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Detroit Lions\nTampa Bay racked up 422 yards of offense against Detroit, and quarterback Jeff Garcia\u00a0passed for 316 yards, but two costly fumbles and one blocked punt allowed the Lions to take the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Detroit Lions\nIn the first quarter, Tampa Bay and Detroit began what would be a physical game. Tampa Bay suffered injuries to Mark Jones (knee) and Michael Clayton (ankle), and neither returned. On the sixth play of the game, Detroit forced a fumble for a loss of 23 yards. However, an instant replay ruled the play an incomplete pass instead. Moments later, the Lions blocked a punt by Josh Bidwell, and the turnover led to a field goal. On the next drive, the Buccaneers drove 43 yards to the Lions 37-yard line, but a fumble between the exchange from Garcia to Earnest Graham was recovered by the Lions. Detroit moved quickly down the field and Kevin Jones scored the first touchdown of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Detroit Lions\nEarly in the second quarter, Garcia capped off an 81-yard drive with a touchdown pass to Ike Hilliard. Their next possession, a 16-play, 58-yard drive, covered over 9 minutes. It came up empty, as Matt Bryant missed a field goal. Detroit moved quickly to score a field goal just before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Detroit Lions\nLate in the third quarter, and early in the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay started another long drive. A 15-play, 73-yard drive of over 7 minutes took the Buccaneers to the Detroit 1-yard line. Tampa Bay had converted on two third downs, and one fourth down. But Garcia fumbled the handoff on a first and goal at the 1-yard line, and Detroit recovered. They drove 93 yards for their second touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 7: at Detroit Lions\nTrailing by 16, Tampa Bay drove 78 yards in 16 plays, and Maurice Stovall caught Garcia's second touchdown pass. A two-point conversion failed, but Bryant performed an onside kick, which Tampa Bay recovered. The Buccaneers trimmed the deficit to 7, but a second onside kick failed, and Detroit took the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 89], "content_span": [90, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nTampa bay faced in-state rival Jacksonville Jaguars for the fourth time in the regular season. Injured Jacksonville starting quarterback David Garrard was replaced by Quinn Gray, while Jeff Garcia hoped to extend on a 217-consecutive passing streak without an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the first half, Jacksonville's running attack of Fred Taylor, LaBrandon Toefield and Maurice Jones-Drew rushed 15 times in their first 16 plays from scrimmage, and eventually set up a 10\u20133 lead. In the second quarter, Garcia threw his first interception of the season, which was returned for a Jacksonville score. Tampa Bay quickly responded, however, driving 81 yards in three plays, capped off with Garcia and Joey Galloway connecting for a 58-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nA momentum shift appeared to occur near the end of the second quarter, as Tampa Bay forced Jacksonville into a 3-and-out. Inside the two-minute warning, Garcia drove the Buccaneers to the 4-yard line. Garcia scrambled on 3rd & 10, colliding with Reggie Nelson, losing his helmet, but fell one yard short of the first down. Tampa Bay settled for a Matt Bryant field goal, and a 13\u201317 halftime deficit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nTampa Bay's defense dominated the third quarter, forcing Jacksonville a turnover on downs, a fumble in the end zone (recovered by Gray on 1-yard line), and a blocked punt. The good field position led to Michael Bennett's first touchdown as a Buccaneer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 8: vs Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe fourth quarter saw Jacksonville re-take the lead with an 8-yard touchdown pass. Despite two late drives starting with decent field position, Tampa Bay's effort died when Garcia's pass was deflected and intercepted with 19 seconds remaining, his third pick of the game. The loss dropped Tampa Bay to 4\u20134, second place in the NFC South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs Arizona Cardinals\nThe Buccaneers beat the visiting Arizona Cardinals, snapping a two-game losing streak, and regained first place in the NFC South. Tampa Bay dominated the game, maintaining a time of possession of over 43 minutes with running back Earnest Graham rushing for 124 yards and one touchdown. Tampa Bay's defense held Arizona to only 23 yards rushing, and held them to 2 of 10 third down conversions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs Arizona Cardinals\nIn the first quarter, Arizona quickly drove down the field, connecting on a 47-yard pass from Kurt Warner to Larry Fitzgerald. The drive stalled, however, and they settled for 43-yard Neil Rackers field goal. Tampa bay answered on the ensuing drive. On 3rd and 1, from the 42-yard line, Jeff Garcia fell, but avoided a sack, and scrambled for a first down. Two plays later he scored a 37-yard touchdown pass to Joey Galloway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs Arizona Cardinals\nOn the first play of the second quarter, Tanard Jackson intercepted Warner's pass, and Arizona was penalized 15 yards for a facemask, setting up the Buccaneers on the Arizona 27-yard line. Tampa Bay suffered two false start penalties, and settled for a field goal and took a 10\u20133 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs Arizona Cardinals\nTampa Bay took the second half kickoff and drove 64 yards in ten plays. The drive was capped off by a 2-yard touchdown run by Earnest Graham. Late in the third quarter, the Buccaneers started a 19-play, 86-yard drive, lasting nearly 9 minutes. At the 8-yard line, Garcia threw to Alex Smith but the pass was incomplete in the endzone. The drive came up empty when Matt Bryant missed a 26-yard field goal. Arizona quickly drove down the field and scored a touchdown by Edgerrin James, narrowing the margin to 17\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 9: vs Arizona Cardinals\nWith 2:43 remaining in the game, Tampa Bay punted to Arizona. Maurice Stovall de-cleated receiver Steve Breaston at the Arizona 16-yard line, preventing a return. On the very next play, Jermaine Phillips intercepted Warner's pass, sealing the victory for Tampa Bay.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 10: Bye week\nThe Buccaneers had their scheduled bye the weekend of November 11. In week 10 action, Atlanta defeated Carolina, and St. Louis upset New Orleans, giving Tampa Bay sole possession of first place in the NFC South.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 82], "content_span": [83, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nTampa Bay faced their heated division rival for the first time this season, at the Georgia Dome. Tampa Bay dominated, and enjoyed the return of Michael Pittman from injury. Atlanta started quarterback Byron Leftwich. Atlanta suffered four turnovers, and 11 penalties for 105 yards in the loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the first quarter, both teams traded punts on their opening drive. On Tampa Bay's second drive, Pittman caught an 11-yard pass but fumbled and it was recovered by Keith Brooking. An instant replay challenge upheld the ruling on the field. On the very next play, Byron Leftwich was hit as he released the ball, and it was intercepted by Barrett Ruud, who returned the ball to the 28-yard line. Tampa Bay drove 72 yards in three plays, as Joey Galloway caught a 44-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the second quarter, Leftwich was sacked from behind and fumbled the ball. Ronde Barber picked up the ball, and ran 41 yards for Tampa Bay's second touchdown. On Atlanta's next drive, Warrick Dunn fumbled at the 45-yard line. Atlanta challenged the ruling, and the call on the field was overturned and ruled an incomplete pass. The following play, Roddy White fumbled, and Brian Kelly recovered for Tampa Bay. He lateraled to Cato June, who then lost the ball. Despite an instant replay challenge by Tampa Bay, the ruling on the field was upheld. Atlanta, however, was unable to move down the field, and Tampa Bay took a 14\u20130 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, Tampa Bay added a field goal, then Gaines Adams chopped Leftwich's arm as he threw and his floating pass was intercepted by Chris Hovan (later in the week NFL officials revised the play to a sack & fumble recovery). Tampa Bay quickly scored another touchdown catch by Alex Smith. In the fourth quarter, Earnest Graham took over the offense for Tampa Bay, rushing 102 yards total, and a touchdown score. Atlanta avoided the shutout, replacing Leftwich with Joey Harrington, and scored a touchdown with 1:10 to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 92], "content_span": [93, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nTampa Bay hosted Washington for the third time in three seasons during the month of November. Tampa Bay's defense dominated a good part of the game, forcing six turnovers, and despite quarterback Jeff Garcia sitting out most of the game, the Buccaneers held on for a 19\u201313 victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nOn the game's first play, Garcia tried to scramble, but injured his back upon being tackled by Cornelius Griffin. He lasted only two more plays, and was replaced by Bruce Gradkowski until early in the fourth quarter. Garcia's injury seemingly galvanized the Tampa Bay defense, who went on to cause 4 turnovers in the first half. Phillip Buchanon forced a fumble off the Redskins' first pass which was recovered by Tanard Jackson who advanced it 8 yards to the Washington 19. Three plays later, Earnest Graham scored a 1-yard touchdown run. On the third play of Washington's next drive, Greg White hit Clinton Portis hard, forcing a fumble which Jackson recovered at the 19-yard line. Tampa took a 10\u20130 lead after a Matt Bryant field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 836]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nEarly in the second quarter, Greg White forced yet another fumble as he sacked Jason Campbell which Kevin Carter recovered. The turnover led to another field goal. Portis fumbled again on the following drive as he took a bone-jarring hit from Jermaine Phillips and Tampa Bay capitalized with a third field goal. Before the half, Washington got on the board with a field goal, then Tampa Bay kicked a fourth field goal as the half expired to lead, 19\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nThe second half saw Washington attempt a comeback. Despite injuring his hand, Campbell stayed in the game, and threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Chris Cooley. Meanwhile, Gradkowski stayed in at quarterback for Tampa Bay, and continued to perform poorly. Tampa Bay managed only 9 yards of offense in the third quarter, and 0 yards passing. The Redskins drove 66 yards in 13 plays and over nine minutes to the Tampa Bay 4-yard line. Tampa Bay's defense held on 4th and 1 at the 4, however, as linebacker Derrick Brooks shed several blockers to down Portis for no gain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 12: vs. Washington Redskins\nWashington narrowed the score to 19\u201313 in the fourth quarter. With about 11 minutes to go, Jeff Garcia returned to the game, hoping to spark Tampa Bay's offense, and hold on for the win. He was unable to do much against the Redskins' well-rested and fired up defense, however, and Tampa Bay ended up having to punt. Josh Bidwell pinned the Redskins at their own 9-yard line, and Campbell drove them to the Tampa Bay 32-yard line. Ronde Barber stopped the threat when he intercepted the ball at the 28-yard line. With less than a minute to go, Campbell drove the Redskins to the Tampa Bay 16-yard line, but Brian Kelly intercepted the pass in the end zone with 17 seconds remaining, to clinch the victory for the Buccaneers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 97], "content_span": [98, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nTampa Bay took on the New Orleans Saints for the second time this season, this time at the Superdome. Luke McCown started at quarterback for the Buccaneers in place of the injured Jeff Garcia. McCown passed for 313 yards, and connected on his first 15 consecutive passes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nThe Buccaneers scored the first points of the game with Matt Bryant's 27-yard field goal. New Orleans answered with WR Terrance Copper catching a 4-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees. Late in the first quarter, McCown connected with WR Joey Galloway for a 60-yard catch which set Tampa Bay up on 1-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nTampa Bay retook the lead early in the second quarter with TE Anthony Becht catching a 1-yard TD, and Matt Bryant making another field goal to increase the Tampa Bay lead to 13\u20137. New Orleans scored a touchdown just before halftime, a 45-yard pass to WR Devery Henderson, to make it 13\u201314 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the second half, RB Earnest Graham scored a 25-yard touchdown run. New Orleans had to punt on their ensuing possession, but disaster struck with 3 minutes remaining in the third quarter as miscommunication between McCown and Galloway led to a Saints interception which was returned for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nLeading 21\u201320 with 4 minutes remaining in the game, Saints punter Steve Weatherford made a successful coffin corner punt which pinned the Buccaneers at their own 2-yard line. Two plays later, Delaware Will Smith sacked McCown for a safety. After the safety kick, New Orleans looked to run the clock out and seal the victory. However, in an unexpected and perhaps season-altering mistake, Reggie Bush fumbled a double reverse intended for WR Devery Henderson and Jovan Haye recovered for Tampa Bay at the New Orleans 37-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0051-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nThree plays later, the Buccaneers found themselves in a predicament as they faced a fourth down and 1 at the New Orleans 28. Instead of attempting a game-tying field goal, however, coach Jon Gruden went for it on fourth down, calling a run around right tackle which Graham converted for a first down. Three plays later, McCown found TE Jerramy Stevens for a 4-yard touchdown to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints\nWith the win, Tampa Bay improved to 8\u20134 and maintained a perfect division record. Tampa Bay only needed to win one game in the final four weeks to clinch the NFC South division crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nTampa Bay faced the Texans for only the second time in the regular season, and for the first time during the regular season at Reliant Stadium. With a win, or losses by New Orleans and Carolina, Tampa Bay would clinch the NFC South division title. Tampa Bay's postseason berth, however, would have to wait at least another night, as the Texans capitalized on a sluggish Buccaneers squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nFor the second week in a row, Luke McCown started in place of injured Jeff Garcia. Meanwhile, back-up quarterback Sage Rosenfels led the Texans. Tampa Bay took the opening kickoff, and drove to the Houston 34-yard line. Coach Jon Gruden elected to go for it on 4th down and 2, but running back Earnest Graham was tackled for no gain. Houston took over on downs, and scored a quick and convincing touchdown pass. On the ensuing kickoff, Tampa Bay's Micheal Spurlock returned the ball 45 yards to the Houston 47.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nEven though the drive ended in a punt, the good field position helped pin the Texans deep on their next drive. Greg White sacked Rosenfels and forced a fumble, which was recovered by Jovan Haye the Houston 25. Five plays later, Earnest Graham scored his first rushing touchdown to tie the score 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nLater in the second quarter, Ike Hilliard caught a pass for a first down at the Houston 28, but Will Demps hit Hillard in an apparent helmet-to-helmet and forced a fumble, but did not draw a penalty. Houston recovered, and soon scored a second touchdown to lead 14\u20137 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nHouston received the second half kickoff, which Andr\u00e9 Davis returned 97 yards for a touchdown. Just over two minutes later, Tampa Bay responded with a four-play, 69-yard drive, capped off by Graham's second rushing touchdown. Tampa Bay, however, did not score again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 14: at Houston Texans\nHouston added another score early in the fourth quarter, and held on for a 28\u201314 victory. Tampa Bay fell to 8\u20135, but still controlled their own destiny for the division championship and overall playoff picture. A single victory in the final three weeks would clinch the NFC South championship. In other week 14 action, Carolina lost to Jacksonville, eliminating them from the division race, and New Orleans defeated Atlanta, keeping themselves mathematically alive for the division title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 91], "content_span": [92, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nThe Buccaneers stayed home this week for a rematch against their division rivals the Atlanta Falcons. With the convincing victory, Tampa Bay clinched the NFC South division title, maintained a perfect 5\u20130 division record, and scored their first kickoff return touchdown in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nTampa Bay's defense recorded the first points of the game, as Ronde Barber intercepted Chris Redman's pass on the third play of the game and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown. Atlanta got on the board next with kicker Morten Andersen making a 33-yard field goal. On the ensuing kickoff, Micheal Spurlock made team history by becoming the first Buccaneer player to return a kickoff for a touchdown. It was the first kickoff return touchdown for Tampa Bay in 32 seasons, 498 games, and 1,865 attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nAfter the Buccaneer defense forced a Falcons punt, Jeff Garcia commandeered a long, clock-eating 10-minute drive ending in a 33-yard field goal by Matt Bryant to make the score 17\u20133. With just over five minutes remaining in the first half, Tampa bay recovered an Atlanta fumble, and Earnest Graham scored a 1-yard TD run. Graham became the first player in club history to score a touchdown in six consecutive games. With a 24\u20133 lead, Tampa Bay performed a pooch kickoff, and Atlanta muffed the return, while Kalvin Pearson recovered.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0060-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nTampa Bay drove to the 24-yard line, but DeAngelo Hall intercepted a pass intended for Joey Galloway at the Atlanta 11-yard line. The Buccaneers would immediately regain possession as Greg White forced and recovered a fumble on the next play. Matt Bryant then easily converted a 28-yard field goal to take a 27\u20133 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nTampa Bay would receive the second half's opening kickoff, but was forced to punt after a 7-minute drive. On Atlanta's third play, Jermaine Phillips intercepted a pass intended for Jerious Norwood which set Tampa Bay up at the Atlanta 23-yard line. Matt Bryant then scored the half's first points with a 34-yard field goal to make the score 30\u20133. In the fourth quarter, punter Josh Bidwell successfully pinned Atlanta at their own 6-yard line. The resulting poor field position eventually led to Tampa Bay taking over near midfield. Michael Bennett carried six times all the way to the Atlanta 1-yard line, from which Anthony Becht scored the game's final points off a 1-yard TD catch.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 779]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 15: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nStatistically, Tampa Bay's defense dominated Atlanta. The Falcons managed only 133 yards of total offense, committed five turnovers, and were 0-for-9 on third down conversions. The Falcons crossed midfield only once, and Tampa Bay's time of possession was 43 minutes. On the following Wednesday, the kickoff return touchdown earned Spurlock the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 93], "content_span": [94, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nat Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park \u2013 San Francisco", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nTampa Bay traveled west to San Francisco for the third time in five seasons. Tampa Bay lost their eighth consecutive meeting at Monster Park, dating to 1980. This game was originally scheduled for 8:15\u00a0p.m. on NBC's Sunday Night Football, but on December 10, in accordance with flex-scheduling, the game was moved to the afternoon. Having already clinched a playoff berth, Tampa Bay rested most of their starters in the second half. Despite a late rally, the Buccaneers fell two points short of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nTampa Bay controlled most of the first half, capping off their first two drives of the first quarter with field goals by Matt Bryant. On the first play of the second quarter, Shaun Hill connected with Darrell Jackson on a 21-yard touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nSan Francisco punted on their next drive, and Micheal Spurlock fielded the ball at the 19-yard line. He was tackled and fumbled, while the 49ers recovered. After an instant replay challenge, it was determined that Spurlock was down by contact, and Tampa Bay maintained possession. The drive fizzled though, and ended with a punt. Late in the fourth quarter, Barrett Ruud recovered a 49ers fumble, setting the Buccaneers up on the San Francisco 36-yard line. Four plays later, Jerramy Stevens caught a touchdown pass from Jeff Garcia. Tampa Bay took a 13\u20137 lead into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nOn the second-half kickoff, San Francisco recovered a surprise onside kick. The drive came up empty, as they were forced to punt. On Tampa Bay's next possession, however, Luke McCown (who had taken over for the benched Garcia) fumbled and the 49ers recovered at the 14-yard line. In four plays, San Francisco scored a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers\nEarly in the fourth quarter, Nate Clements intercepted a McCown pass, and led to another 49ers touchdown. The 49ers led 21\u201313, but Tampa Bay still kept hopes alive for a rally. With less than six minutes left in the game, the Buccaneers drove to the 49ers 25-yard line. On 4th down and 6, McCown threw to Michael Clayton for an apparent one-handed touchdown catch, but the ball fell incomplete, and the drive turned over on downs. Tampa Bay managed one final chance to tie the score. Inside the two-minute warning, Tampa Bay drove to the 49ers 24-yard line. McCown rolled out wide to his right, and connected with Stevens for a 24-yard touchdown. McCown then attempted a game-tying two-point conversion. Michael Clayton caught the pass, but one of his feet touched out-of-bounds in the back of the endzone, sealing the game for San Francisco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 939]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTampa Bay concluded the regular season at home against the Panthers. They dropped the season finale, and their second-straight game, but rested most of their starters (including Garcia, Graham, Galloway and Ruud). Luke McCown started at quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nOn their opening drive, McCown drove the Buccaneers for the game's first score, a touchdown pass to Jerramy Stevens. The drive included a 52-yard catch by Chad Lucas. Carolina responded by driving to the Tampa Bay 4-yard line. A field goal kick was good, but a holding penalty by Derrick Brooks gave the Panthers a first down. They capitalized by scoring a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nIn the second quarter, an interception by Phillip Buchanon led to a Tampa Bay field goal. Late in the second quarter, Josh Bidwell punted to Carolina, but a fumble on the return was recovered by the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay tacked on another field goal before halftime, and trailed, 14\u201313, at the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nMidway through the third quarter, Carolina punted and pinned the Buccaneers on their own 2-yard line. McCown then led the Buccaneers on a 10-play, 98-yard touchdown drive, the longest such scoring drive in franchise history. Carolina kept themselves in the game, however, quickly following up with a 46-yard reception to Drew Carter, and then a 1-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193220-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season game summaries, Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTrailing 31\u201323 late in the fourth quarter, McCown drove the Buccaneers to the Carolina 36-yard line, but was intercepted by Richard Marshall. The Buccaneers finished the regular season 9\u20137 (5\u20131 division, 6\u20132 home).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 95], "content_span": [96, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season\nThe Tampa Bay Devil Rays' 2007 season, the tenth season in franchise history, involved the Devil Rays trying to improve on their 2006 season, where they finished last in the American League East Division, and managed to finish the season with a league-worst record of 66-96. During the offseason they signed Japanese infielder Akinori Iwamura to a three-year deal. Their manager was Joe Maddon, who entered his 2nd season with the Devil Rays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season\nAlthough the Devil Rays again finished last in the division, they improved their record by five games, to 66-96. Their season attendance increased by 18,653 to 1,387,603. This marks the first time home attendance has increased in consecutive seasons. Joe Maddon's option years through 2009 were picked up by the club on September 8, 2007. The season was marked by incredible pitching performances by club ace Scott Kazmir and rookie James Shields, and the bats of club standby Carl Crawford; rookies Delmon Young, B.J. Upton and Brendan Harris; and free agents Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Pe\u00f1a. Several club single-season records fell during the course of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season\nThis was also the last season with the team being named the Devil Rays. The team dropped the \"Devil\" from the name. The following year, the team would win the AL East, beating the usual contenders in the Yankees and the Red Sox. The team would win the pennant, but lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season\nThe Devil Rays opened their 2007 season April 2, on the road against the defending division champion New York Yankees. The bullpen blew a lead and Tampa Bay lost, 9-5, but came back to win the third game, 7-6 (the second of the opening series was rained out). They suffered a setback in the middle of April when new third baseman Iwamura, off to a hot start with a .339 batting average to that point, suffered an oblique strain and went on the disabled list. However, the team continued to play better than in past years, and on May 4 moved into a tie for second place, the latest that Tampa Bay had been that high in the standings since the 1999 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season\nThe Rays trailed off going into May, falling eventually back into last place, but surged into their series in Orlando, Florida, against the Texas Rangers, which they swept. After the series with the Rangers, they won only one of the next seven games, skidding to a then season low, nine games below .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season\nAfter a 9-4 win against the Dodgers to improve their record to 33-40 on June 24, the Devil Rays went on to lose 11 straight games and went on to lose 13 of 14 games since the Dodgers series and went into the All-Star Break 34-53. After the break it wasn't much better losing 3 games out of 4 against the Yankees in their 1st series after the break and went on to lose 8 straight games between July 21 to 28. The low point of that Losing streak were two dismal losses to the Yankees. One game losing 17-5 and the other 21-4. The Rays' lack of pitching between their two aces and closer Al Reyes led to the coining of the idiom, \"Kazmir and Shields, then off come the wheels.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season\nFor the Devil Rays it was a July to forget but things were getting better in August. Improvements made to the bullpen at the trade deadline led to shorter losing streaks and, eventually, more series wins. On August 11, Starting pitcher Edwin Jackson pitched the Devil Rays 1st complete game shutout of the year in a 3-0 win against the Rangers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season\nOn August 25, Pitcher Scott Kazmir went 8 innings with a career high 13 strikeouts in a 14-3 win against the Oakland Athletics and in that series the Rays took 3 of 4 games out scoring the A's 33 to 9 in the last three games of that series. The hot streak continued with a sweep of the tailspinning Baltimore Orioles and series wins at the Yankees and home against the Orioles and the Blue Jays before finally losing 2 of 3 at the Boston Red Sox and splitting a 4-game series at the Seattle Mariners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Regular season\nTheir September upswing ensured that they would finish the 2007 season with a better record than the 2006 season. They did, however, hobble into the end of the season, with Carl Crawford's season-ending groin pull in late-September contributing to a 5-13 finish. They did win their final game of the season, though, giving hope for next year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nAndy Sonnanstine broke a team record with seven consecutive strikeouts on June 10 in a victory over the Florida Marlins, his first win of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nOn September 3, Carlos Pe\u00f1a broke the club single-season home run record, previously 34, held by Jos\u00e9 Canseco (1999) and Aubrey Huff (2003). Pe\u00f1a's 35th was a two-run homer off Jim Hoey in the seventh inning of a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. On September 16, he became the first Rays player to hit 40 home runs in a season, the 40th being a leadoff homer coming off Jarrod Washburn in the 4th inning of a 9-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. His 45th home run came off Dustin McGowan in the 5th inning of a 5-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays; it was the second of back-to-back homers, following Jorge Velandia's second homer of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nOn September 27, Pe\u00f1a took the RBI record, previously set by Jorge Cant\u00fa at 117 in 2005. He tied it with an RBI single in the 1st inning for his 117th, and broke it with a solo home run in the 5th inning for his 118th. Both RBIs were off Chien-Ming Wang in a 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. He finished the season with 46 home runs, 121 RBIs and a 1.037 OPS (.411 OBP, .627 SLG, both Rays season records), becoming the first Devil Ray to finish a season with at least a 1.000 OPS. Pe\u00f1a went on to win Comeback Player of the Year honors for the American League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nCarl Crawford approached the 1,000-hit plateau, but a groin pull in late September ended his season early, leaving him stuck at 990 career hits. He will most likely become the first Devil Ray to hit 1,000 hits with the club early next season. It will not be the first four-digit hit milestone for the club; Wade Boggs got his 3,000th hit while with the team in 1999. His injury, however, did not prevent him from finishing the season with a share of the AL stolen base title with Brian Roberts of the Baltimore Orioles. Both players finished the year with 50, marking the fourth time he's led or shared the lead in that category for a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nDelmon Young became the first Rays rookie to play in every game of a 162-game season, setting a team record for most at bats taken in a season with 645. He is the second Rays player ever to play in every game in a season, after Aubrey Huff in 2003. Young was held from the lineup for the last game of the season after not hustling to first on a ground ball during the previous game, but apologized for not giving that game his all and entered the final game as a mid-game replacement. At the end of the season, he was considered a leading candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nOn September 10, Scott Kazmir became the first Rays pitcher to record 200 strikeouts in a season, in a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. His 200th strikeout victim for the year was Coco Crisp. He ultimately claimed the A.L. strikeout title, finishing the year with 239. (A one-game playoff permitted Jake Peavy to take the MLB strikeout title with 240.) Kazmir is also the first D-Ray starter to finish a season with at least 10 strikeouts per 9 innings (10.41).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, New team records\nDuring the course of the season, Scott Kazmir became the first Rays starting pitcher to log enough starts and innings to begin compiling rate-based team all-time pitching records, such as ERA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 77], "content_span": [78, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 75], "content_span": [76, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 72], "content_span": [73, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193221-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers\nNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 73], "content_span": [74, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season\nThe 2007 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 21st season for the team in the Arena Football League and 17th in Tampa. They tried to improve upon their 7\u20139 record from 2006 in the Southern Division, and looking to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2005. The apparent cause of their turnaround from an 0\u20135 start was the replacement of John Kaleo at quarterback with Brett Dietz. Whereas they were a combined 1\u20136 under Kaleo and the injured Stoney Case, they were 8\u20131 under Dietz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season\nOn June 13, two weeks after being placed on \"left squad\", T.T. Toliver was released by the Storm and subsequently signed with the Orlando Predators. On June 23, they clinched the #3 seed in the National Conference, and hosted a home playoff game vs. the #6 seed in the National Conference, the Columbus Destroyers. Unfortunately for the Storm, Columbus beat the Storm with a 56\u201355 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Coaching\nTim Marcum, head coach since 1995, entered his 13th year as Storm head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 37], "content_span": [38, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Orlando Predators\nThe Storm opened their season with a lousy performance March 2 against their rivals the Orlando Predators. Kicker Bill Gramatica missed four extra point attempts while Predators player DeAndrew Rubin scored on two long plays to give Orlando a 14\u20130 lead that would hold up for the entire game as they won going away 52\u201327.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 2: at Dallas Desperados\nIn their opening road game, they again lost soundly. Despite being tied as late as the third quarter, Will Pettis, on two long plays (56 and 23 yards, respectively) gave Dallas a lead they would not lose. They went on to dominate the fourth quarter as well to win 59\u201340 and pick up their second victory while Tampa Bay went home to play Georgia still looking for their second victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 3: vs Georgia Force\nStill looking for their first win in week 3 vs. divisional rival the Georgia Force, the Storm would keep a close game well into the 2nd half of the game. Both Dan Burnett and Seth Marler missed on two extra point attempts. For the Force, however, they would prevail on the strength of a 21-point fourth quarter to finish the Storm and win 61\u201347, which left the Storm again without their first victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 69], "content_span": [70, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 4: vs New York Dragons\nTampa Bay finally looked like they would pick up their first victory of the season as they seemingly always answered New York's touchdowns into the early part of the 4th quarter. But, despite a 52\u201338 lead, they lost 59\u201352 when they allowed a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give New York their first lead and only lead of the game. This left the Storm still looking for their first win of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 72], "content_span": [73, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 5: at San Jose SaberCats\nHeading out west, still winless, the Storm took on the 1\u20132 San Jose SaberCats. And again, the Storm would come up on the losing end as they lost soundly 69\u201349 to San Jose. San Jose scored two touchdowns in the first 2:36 of the game which gave them a quick 14\u20130 lead that they would not relinquish, as the Storm headed home 0\u20135 and their playoff hopes seemingly dashed. In this game, Stoney Case replaced John Kaleo as starting quarterback.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 6: vs New Orleans VooDoo\nHeading home, the Storm finally won their first game of the season in convincing fashion, with a 66\u201343 drumming of the New Orleans VooDoo, playing their first game vs. New Orleans since 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately for Tampa Bay, Stoney Case, who replaced John Kaleo as quarterback, was injured for the rest of the season, which left Kaleo as starting QB again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 74], "content_span": [75, 452]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Regular season, Week 16: at Grand Rapids Rampage\nIn a sloppy game that saw 11 turnovers, an AFL record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 77], "content_span": [78, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Playoffs, Week 1: vs (6) Columbus Destroyers\nThe Storm entered the playoffs for the first time since 2005, and coming off an 8\u20131 stretch that earned them a home-field berth, they faced the team that they won their first game in the stretch against, the Columbus Destroyers. In a game that was back-and-forth scoring, the key play was a missed extra point by Storm kicker Seth Marler with 1:06 left in the game. Following a delay-of-game penalty, Marler missed an extra point attempt that, had he made it, would have given the Storm a 56\u201349 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193222-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Tampa Bay Storm season, Playoffs, Week 1: vs (6) Columbus Destroyers\nAfter Columbus got the ball on the ensuing kickoff, they drove down to the Storm 1-yard line with 10 seconds left. Columbus QB Matt Nagy called his own number and sneaked into the Storm endzone with 7.9 left in the game, and, after the extra point attempt, the Destroyers had a 56\u201355 lead and looked to pull off the upset. With 3 seconds left and at their own 10-yard line, Marler tried to make amends by attempting a field goal that, if good, would give the Storm a 58\u201356 win and a game against division rival Georgia. Marler's kick looked good to begin with, but curved off to the left and missed, giving Columbus the upset win and abruptly ending the Storm's season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 73], "content_span": [74, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193223-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa mayoral election\nThe 2007 Tampa Mayoral Election was held to elect the mayor of Tampa, Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193223-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tampa mayoral election\nIncumbent Mayor Pam Iorio was re-elected to a second term, winning just under 80% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193224-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tamworth Borough Council election\nElections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.9%", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193225-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tandridge District Council election\nThe 2007 Tandridge District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193226-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Taraba State gubernatorial election\nThe 2007 Taraba State gubernatorial election was the 4th gubernatorial election of Taraba State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Danbaba Suntai won the election, defeating Ahmed Yusuf of the Action Congress of Nigeria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193226-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Taraba State gubernatorial election, Results\nDanbaba Suntai from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Ahmed Yusuf from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Registered voters was 1,173,514.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193227-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tashkent Open\nThe 2007 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament on the 2007 WTA Tour. Pauline Parmentier won the singles title, defeating Victoria Azarenka in the final, while Anastasiya Yakimova and Ekaterina Dzehalevich won the doubles title over Tatiana Poutchek and Anastassia Rodionova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193227-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tashkent Open, New players\nIn the first round, a wildcard named Vlada Ekshibarova entered her first Women's Tennis Association tournament, and raced through her first round match against the sixth seeded Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193227-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tashkent Open, New players\nKsenia Palkina from Kyrgyzstan qualified and defeated Ekaterina Dzehalevic in the first round. Palkina then defeated Ekshibarova in three sets to enter her first Women's Tennis Association quarterfinal. Palkina then lost to Victoria Azarenka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193227-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tashkent Open, Finals, Doubles\nEkaterina Dzehalevich / Anastasiya Yakimova defeated Tatiana Poutchek / Anastasia Rodionova, 2\u20136, 6\u20134, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 35], "content_span": [36, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193228-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election\nPeriodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2007. The three seats up for election were Montgomery, held by independent MLC Sue Smith; Nelson, held by independent MLC Jim Wilkinson; and Pembroke, held by Labor MLC Allison Ritchie. Montgomery was last contested in 2002, while Nelson and Pembroke were last contested in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193228-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Montgomery\nIndependent MLC Sue Smith was elected to the Council for the seat of Leven in 1997, and successfully transferred to the new seat of Montgomery in 2002. She was not opposed in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 64], "content_span": [65, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193228-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Nelson\nIndependent MLC Jim Wilkinson first entered the Council as the member for Queenborough in 1995, successfully transferring to Nelson in 2001. His only opponent was Tom Nilsson of the Tasmanian Greens, an anti-population-growth activist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 60], "content_span": [61, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193228-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Pembroke\nLabor MLC Allison Ritchie had held Pembroke since defeating independent member Cathy Edwards in 2001, in a result attributed to dissatisfaction with Edwards' dual role as MLC and Mayor of Clarence. On her election Ritchie was the youngest member ever elected to the Legislative Council. In 2007 she faced five opponents. The only other party to endorse a candidate was the Tasmanian Greens, who ran protester and former candidate Neil Smith. The four independents were: Clarence alderman Richard James, a former Liberal and Democrat serial candidate; John Peers, another Clarence alderman; former Clarence alderman David Jackson; and Hobart City Council alderman Marti Zucco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193228-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Pembroke\nRitchie won a majority while there were still three candidates in the count, so a two-party preferred count was not conducted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [54, 62], "content_span": [63, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193229-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nThe 2007 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2006\u201307 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the 67th season of the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 27 May 2007 at the Est\u00e1dio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Belenenses and Sporting CP. Sporting CP defeated Belenenses 1\u20130 to claim their fourteenth Ta\u00e7a de Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193229-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ta\u00e7a de Portugal Final\nIn Portugal, the final was televised live in HD on RTP1 and Sport TV. As Sporting CP claimed the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, they qualified for the 2007 Superta\u00e7a C\u00e2ndido de Oliveira, where they took on the winners of the 2006\u201307 Primeira Liga, Porto at the Est\u00e1dio Dr. Magalh\u00e3es Pessoa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193230-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Ice Racing World Championship\nThe 2007 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the 29th edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on\u00a0?, 2007, in Saransk, in Russia. Russia won their 13th title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193231-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Long Track World Championship\nThe 2007 Team Long Track World Championship was the first annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 1 September 2007 in Moriz\u00e8s, France. The championship was won by Germany who beat Great Britain in a final heat. Host team France finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193231-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Long Track World Championship, Heat details\nM - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193232-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe 2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship is the third FIM Team Speedway Junior World Championship season. The Final took place on 23 September 2007 in Abensberg, Germany.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193232-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nThe World Championship was won by Poland U-21. It was third title for Poland. Poland team is only team who was won this competition (first staged in 2005). It was also a third title for Poland' captain Karol Z\u0105bik and second title for Pawe\u0142 Hlib and Krzysztof Buczkowski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193232-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship\nIn the final, Poland (40 points) beat Great Britain (36 pts), Czech Republic (30 pts) and Germany (13 pts). It was first medals for the British and Czech teams. The title was won after 19th heat, when Buczkowski beat Britain's Lewis Bridger. Czech Republic lost the chance for the silver medal after the 19th when their captain Lubo\u0161 Tom\u00ed\u010dek, Jr. was last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193232-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualification, Semifinal 1\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193232-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualification, Semifinal 2\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 72], "content_span": [73, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193232-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, World Final\nM - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance \u2022 T - exclusion for touching the tapes \u2022 X - other exclusion \u2022 E - retired or mechanical failure \u2022 F - fell", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 57], "content_span": [58, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193233-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Teen Choice Awards\nThe 2007 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 26, 2007, at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California. The event was hosted by Hilary Duff and Nick Cannon with Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Fergie, and Shop Boyz as performers. Justin Timberlake received the Ultimate Choice Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193234-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Telus Cup\nThe 2007 Telus Cup was Canada's 29th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 23\u201329, 2007 at Red Deer, Alberta. The Prince Albert Mintos went undefeated throughout the Telus Cup national tournament for the second consecutive year to defend their title, defeating the host Red Deer Optimist Rebels 3-2 in the gold medal game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193235-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Temple Owls football team\nThe 2007 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Temple competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. The team was coached by Al Golden and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193236-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tendring District Council election\nElections to Tendring District Council were held on 5 May 2007 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party remained the largest party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193237-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team\nThe 2007 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team was an American softball team, representing the University of Tennessee for the 2007 NCAA softball season. The team played their home games at Tyson Park. The team made it to the 2007 Women's College World Series, finishing second for their best finish in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season\nThe 2007 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League and the 48th overall. It also marked the franchise's 11th season in the state of Tennessee and the 14th under head coach Jeff Fisher. They improved on their 8\u20138 record from 2006 to a 10-6 record, and made the playoffs for the first time since 2003. However their season ended with a loss to the Chargers in the wild card round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Titans began their season on the road against their division rival, the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Tennessee struck first with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 20-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Jaguars took the lead with QB David Garrard completing a 47-yard TD pass to WR John Broussard. In the second quarter, Jacksonville increased its lead with kicker Josh Scobee getting a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Titans drew closer with Bironas kicking a 31-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Tennessee took the lead for good with QB Vince Young running into the end zone from 2 yards out for the final score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nWith the win, the Titans began the year at 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nThe Titans and Colts met at LP Field on September 16. After a slow start from both offenses, the Colts struck first with an 8-yard run by Joseph Addai, but Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri missed the point after. With 1:03 left in the first quarter, the Titans scored with a 30-yard field goal by Rob Bironas. In the second quarter, the Colts scored another touchdown via a 22-yard touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Dallas Clark. Both sides kicked another field goal in the quarter, and the Colts led 16\u20136 at the break.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nAfter the break, Adam Vinatieri made another field goal to extend the Colts' lead. Titans running back LenDale White scored a rushing touchdown, while Vinatieri's field goal attempt was tipped but bounced over the crossbar to end the third quarter. Vinatieri missed a 36-yard attempt early in the fourth quarter and Vince Young threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Roydell Williams to end the game's scoring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Indianapolis Colts\nWith the Titans' 22\u201320 loss, the team fell to 1\u20131 on the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 3: at New Orleans Saints\nFollowing their home loss from the Colts, the Titans flew to the Louisiana Superdome for a Monday Night fight with the New Orleans Saints. In the first quarter, Tennessee got the first punch with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 33-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Titans increased its lead with QB Vince Young completing a 35-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. The Saints responded with RB Reggie Bush getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 3: at New Orleans Saints\nIn the third quarter, New Orleans took the lead with another 1-yard TD run by Bush. Tennessee regained the lead with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Titans closed out the game with Young completing a 3-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife, while DB Vincent Fuller returned an interception 61 yards for a touchdown. Pulling off the 3 other Saints interceptions was LB Keith Bulluck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 3: at New Orleans Saints\nWith the win, Tennessee entered its bye week at 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nComing off their bye week, the Titans were at home for a Week 5 interconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. In the first quarter, Tennessee fell behind early as RB LenDale White fumbled, allowing Falcons CB DeAngelo Hall to return the ball 56 yards for a touchdown. Later, the Titans ties the game with RB Chris Brown getting a 3-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Atlanta went back into the lead with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 32-yard field goal. Tennessee ended the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nIn the third quarter, the Falcons regained the lead with Andersen kicking a 28-yard field goal. The Titans took the lead with kicker Rob Bironas nailing a 40-yard field goal, while DB Vincent Fuller intercepted Atlanta QB Joey Harrington and returned it 76 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, it was a defensive struggle. Even when the Falcons benched Harrington and put QB Byron Leftwich in, Tennessee managed to hold on and win, despite having 5 turnovers on the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Atlanta Falcons\nWith the win, not only did the Titans improve to 3\u20131, but it was also their 5th straight win over Atlanta. It also improved head coach Jeff Fisher's head coaching record against the NFC South to 13\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 6: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nComing off a home win over the Falcons, the Titans flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After a scoreless first quarter, Tennessee trailed as Buccaneers kicker Matt Bryant got a 23-yard field goal for the only score of the half. In the third quarter, the Titans responded with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 48-yard field goal. However, Tampa Bay answered with QB Jeff Garcia completing a 69-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee tied the Buccaneers again with RB LenDale White getting a 2-yard TD run. Tampa Bay won the game as Bryant nailed a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 6: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nWith the loss, not only did the Titans fall to 3\u20132, but QB Vince Young (11/14 for 120 yards and 1 interception) left the game in the third quarter with an injured right quadriceps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 7: at Houston Texans\nHoping to rebound from their road loss to the Buccaneers, the Titans flew to Reliant Stadium for a Week 7 AFC South showdown with the Houston Texans. With Vince Young recovering from a quad injury, back-up QB Kerry Collins was given the start. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 52-yard field goal. The Texans responded with LB DeMeco Ryans returning a fumble 26 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Titans answered with Bironas kicking a 25-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Tennessee began to pound away as Bironas got a 21-yard field goal, while RB LenDale White got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, Bironas ended the half with 30-yard and 28-yard field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 7: at Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, the Titans continued its domination with Bironas kicking a 43-yard field goal, while rookie RB Chris Henry got a 4-yard TD run. However, in the fourth quarter, Houston began to rally as QB Sage Rosenfels completed a 7-yard TD pass to WR David Anderson and a 6-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter. Afterwards, Tennessee managed to reply. With Bironas' 29-yard field goal, he became the 5th kicker in NFL history to get 7 field goals in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 7: at Houston Texans\nHowever, the Texans managed to retake the lead with Rosenfels completing a 7-yard TD pass to TE Jeb Putzier and a 53-yard TD pass to WR Andr\u00e9 Davis. The Titans managed to get a historic last-second field goal. With his 29-yard field goal, not only did it seal the win for Tennessee, but it made Rob Bironas the first kicker in NFL history to make 8 field goals in one game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 71], "content_span": [72, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders\nComing off their divisional road win over the Texans, the Titans returned home for a Week 8 intraconference duel with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski got a 50-yard field goal. The Titans tied the game with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Oakland retook the lead with Janikowski getting a 43-yard and a 54-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee drew close with rookie RB Chris Henry getting a 24-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, the Titans took the lead for good as Bironas nailed a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, Tennessee's defense held off the Raiders long enough for a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Carolina Panthers\nComing off their home win over the Raiders, the Titans stayed at home for a Week 9 interconference duel against the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as QB Vince Young got a 3-yard TD run, along with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 47-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Titans increased their lead with Bironas kicking a 53-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Carolina Panthers\nAfter a scoreless third quarter, Tennessee managed to put the game out of reach with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. The Panthers avoided getting shut out as QB David Carr completed an 18-yard TD pass to WR Drew Carter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Carolina Panthers\nWith the win, not only did the Titans improve to 6\u20132, but Head Coach Jeff Fisher improved his record over the NFC South to 14\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Carolina Panthers\nTennessee's defense had a good game as they sacked Carr 7 times and limited Carolina's offense to just 191 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 75], "content_span": [76, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nComing off their home win over the Panthers, the Titans stayed at home for an AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Jaguars QB Quinn Gray completed a 2-yard TD pass to FB Greg Jones for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Titans continued to fall behind as RB Maurice Jones-Drew got an 8-yard TD run. Tennessee ended the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 37-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nIn the third quarter, Jacksonville increased its lead with RB Fred Taylor getting a 4-yard TD run. The Titans managed to get a 49-yard field goal from Bironas. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee drew close with QB Vince Young completing a 20-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. The Jaguars sealed the win with Gray completing a 3-yard TD pass to Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars\nNot only was Tennessee's rushing attack held to a season-low 62 yards, but their top-ranked rushing defense allowed its first 100-yard rusher of the year in Maurice Jones-Drew (19 attempts for 101 yards and 1 touchdown). This is largely in part due to DT Albert Haynesworth and DE Travis LaBoy being inactive due to injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 79], "content_span": [80, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 11: at Denver Broncos\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Jaguars, the Titans flew to INVESCO Field at Mile High for a Week 11 Monday Night intraconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Broncos QB Jay Cutler completed a 48-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Stokley, along with WR/PR Glenn Martinez returning a punt 80 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, the Titans got on the board with QB Vince Young completing a 21-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones. Denver responded with kicker Jason Elam getting a 21-yard and a 39-yard field goal. Tennessee ended the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 56-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 11: at Denver Broncos\nIn the third quarter, the Titans continue to trail as Cutler completed a 41-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Marshall. Tennessee replied with Young getting a 4-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Titans tried to get a comeback as Bironas nailed a 37-yard field goal. The Broncos sealed the win with RB Andre Hall getting a 62-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Titans flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 12 duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Bengals RB Rudi Johnson got a 5-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Titans got on the board with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 28-yard field goal. However, Cincinnati answered with QB Carson Palmer completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Chad Johnson. Tennessee ended the half with Bironas getting a 23-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 12: at Cincinnati Bengals\nIn the second half, the Bengals sealed the win Carson and Chad hooking up with each other on a 2-yard TD pass in the third quarter and a 3-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Houston Texans\nTrying to snap a three-game losing skid, the Titans went home for a Week 13 AFC South rematch with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Texans RB Ron Dayne got a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Titans responded with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, Houston regained the lead with kicker Kris Brown getting a 45-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Houston Texans\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee took the lead as QB Vince Young completed a 43-yard TD pass to WR Roydell Williams, along with an 11-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, the Texans crept closer with QB Sage Rosenfels completing a 28-yard TD pass to WR Andre Johnson. Afterwards, the Titans replied with RB Chris Brown getting a 7-yard TD run. Later, Houston managed to get a 50-yard field goal from Brown. Afterwards, Tennessee's defense help secure the guarantee of their three-game skid coming to an end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Houston Texans\nWith the season-sweeping win, the Titans improved to 7\u20135. As of the 2018 NFL season, this is the most recent season in which the Titans swept the Texans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers\nComing off their divisional home win over the Texans, the Titans stayed at home for a Week 14 intraconference duel with the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, the Titans went on the attack first as kicker Rob Bironas managed to get a 44-yard field goal for the only score of the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers\nIn the third quarter, the Chargers tied the game with kicker Nate Kaeding getting a 20-yard field goal. Afterwards, Tennessee regained the lead with rookie RB Chris Brown getting a 7-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, the Titans increased its lead with RB LenDale White getting a 7-yard TD run. However, San Diego tied the game with QB Philip Rivers completing a 7-yard TD pass to RB LaDainian Tomlinson and a 2-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. In overtime, the Chargers sealed the win with Tomlinson getting a 16-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. San Diego Chargers\nThe Titans have lost 4 out their last 5 games since starting the year at 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 77], "content_span": [78, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs\nHoping to rebound from their home loss to the Chargers, the Titans flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 15 intraconference duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as QB Vince Young completed a 16-yard TD pass to WR Roydell Williams for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Chiefs tied the game with QB Brodie Croyle completing a 10-yard TD pass to WR Samie Parker. Afterwards, the Titans responded with kicker Rob Bironas managing to get a 37-yard field goal. Kansas City took the lead prior to halftime with Croyle completing a 9-yard TD pass to FB Kris Wilson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs\nIn the third quarter, Tennessee drew close as Bironas kicked a 37-yard field goal. The Chiefs answered with kicker John Carney getting a 36-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Titans retook the lead with Young and Williams hooking up with each other again on a 41-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee clinched the victory with Bironas nailing a 40-yard and a 25-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 15: at Kansas City Chiefs\nWith the win, the Titans kept their playoff hopes alive at 8\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nComing off their road win over the Chiefs, the Titans went home for a Week 16 duel with the New York Jets. After a scoreless first quarter, Tennessee got on the board first in the second quarter with RB Chris Brown getting a 4-yard TD run. The Jets responded with QB Chad Pennington completing a 9-yard TD pass to WR Jerricho Cotchery (with a failed PAT). In the third quarter, the Titans took the lead with kicker Rob Bironas nailing a 46-yard field goal. For the rest of the game, Tennessee's defense kept New York from being any kind of threat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nWith the win (and a Cleveland loss), the Titans continued to keep their playoff hopes alive at 9\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. New York Jets\nRB LenDale White (23 attempts for 104 yards) got his first career 1,000-yard season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 72], "content_span": [73, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts\nComing off their home win over the Jets, the Titans (needing a win to make the playoffs) flew to the RCA Dome for a Week 17 Sunday night AFC South rematch with the playoff-bound Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, Tennessee got the first punch as RB Chris Brown capped off the team's game-opening drive with an 8-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Colts got on the board with kicker Adam Vinatieri getting a 37-yard field goal for the only score of the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts\nIn the third quarter, Indianapolis took the lead with QB Jim Sorgi completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Craphonso Thorpe. Afterwards, the Titans tied the game with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 40-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee sealed the deal with Bironas nailing a 54-yard and a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Regular season, Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts\nWith the win, not only did the Titans end the regular season at 10\u20136, but it also gave them the AFC's #6 seed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 76], "content_span": [77, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nEntering the playoffs as the AFC's #6 seed, the Titans began their Super Bowl run at Qualcomm Stadium against the third-seeded San Diego Chargers in a rematch of Week 14, which saw Tennessee lead early, yet lose in overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 123], "content_span": [124, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nIn the first half, the Titans got the early lead as kicker Rob Bironas kicked a 30-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 44-yard field goal in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Chargers took the lead with kicker Nate Kaeding nailing a 20-yard field goal, along with QB Philip Rivers completing a 25-yard TD pass to WR Vincent Jackson. In the fourth quarter, San Diego sealed the win with RB LaDainian Tomlinson getting a 1-yard TD run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 123], "content_span": [124, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nWith the loss, Tennessee ended its season with an overall record of 10\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 123], "content_span": [124, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193238-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Titans season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Playoff (Sunday January 6, 2008): at San Diego Chargers, Game summary\nQB Vince Young entered this game as the youngest quarterback to ever start a playoff game in franchise history (24 years and 233 days) until Marcus Mariota played in a 2017 Wild Card (24 years and 68 days).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 123], "content_span": [124, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nThe 2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They won the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference before falling to the eventual national champion LSU Tigers in the SEC Championship Game. The Vols capped off the season by defeating the Wisconsin Badgers in the Outback Bowl to finish with a record of 10\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team\nThe team was led by head coach Phillip Fulmer. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 2007 season was the last at Tennessee for four assistants on the staff. Offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe left to be head coach at Duke, taking assistants Matt Luke and Kurt Roper with him, while wide receivers coach Trooper Taylor accepted a co-offensive coordinator's position at Oklahoma State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Preseason\nTennessee headed into the 2007 season looking to build on an average 2006 campaign to UT standards where the team went 9\u20134 with narrow losses to eventual national champion Florida and also to LSU. This year the team returned 11 starters (2nd fewest in SEC). The schedule was ranked 6th toughest in the country entering the year, with road games at California, Alabama, and Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Preseason\nTennessee also played key games against Georgia, South Carolina, and Arkansas at Neyland Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nOffensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks / Assistant Head Coach: David CutcliffeOffensive Scheme: Multiple (I-Form, Shotgun and Singleback)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nPlayer Development / Wide Receivers / Assistant Head Coach: Trooper TaylorOffensive Line: Greg AtkinsRunning Backs: Kurt RoperTight Ends / Off. Line / Dir. Recruiting: Matt Luke", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nCoachesHead Coach Phillip Fulmer hired David Cutcliffe, former 6-year head coach at Ole Miss, after being the Tennessee offensive coordinator from '93\u2013'98. Tennessee scored 30+ ppg in each of his first 6 years as the offensive coordinator and went from 18.6 to 27.8 ppg in 2006. In 2007, Tennessee ranked 54th in total offense, 73rd in rushing offense, and 35th in passing offense. The scoring offense ranked 36th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nQuarterbacksSenior Erik Ainge suffered a knee injury in spring but started each game of the season. Ainge was hampered by a finger and shoulder injury suffered in the season opener at California. Ainge finished behind Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and Andre Woodson in all-conference voting, earning honorable mention honors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nRunningbacksArian Foster saw the majority of time at tailback, with relief appearances by LaMarcus Coker, Montario Hardesty, and Lennon Creer. Coker was eventually dismissed from the team following the South Carolina game for a violation of team rules. Foster finished the season with 1193 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nReceiversThe Wide Receivers were led by Juniors Lucas Taylor and Josh Briscoe, along with redshirt Sophomore Austin Rogers. Taylor had 73 receptions for 1,000 yards while Rogers caught 56 passes for 624 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nOffensive LineThe Offensive line returned three starters in T Eric Young, G Anthony Parker and C Josh McNeil. The remaining two positions were filled by improved junior Ramon Foster (T) and Chris Scott (G). Young was injured late in the season and was replaced by Jacques McClendon at guard, while Scott moved to Young's tackle position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Offense\nTight EndsChris Brown started most of the season at TE due to a preseason injury to Brad Cottam. Cottam returned late in the season when it appeared that the NCAA would deny his redshirt appeal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive Coordinator / Linebackers / Associate Head Coach: John Chavis (20th year)Base Defense: Multiple (4\u20133 and 3\u20132\u20136 \"Mustang\")", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive Line: Dan BrooksDefensive Ends: Steve CaldwellDefensive Backs: Larry Slade", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nCoaches2007 Was the 13th season as Defensive Coordinator for John Chavis. The Defensive staff had been together and unchanged since the 1999 Season, with Dan Brooks, Steve Caldwell and Larry Slade.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive LineThe Defensive Line was stabilized by senior DE's Xavier Mitchell and Antonio Reynolds, who started each game of the season. Senior DT J.T. Mapu started against California but was replaced by Sophomore Dan Williams. Sophomore DeMonte Bolden started at the other tackle spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nLinebackersThe Vols had a steady group at Linebacker for the 2007 season. Senior Ryan Karl and Sophomore Rico McCoy manned the outside spots, while Junior Jerod Mayo earned All-SEC honors at MLB.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Defense\nDefensive BacksThe Defensive Backfield saw a slew of injuries and changes. The season started with Jonathan Hefney and Jerod Parrish at safety, while Antonio Gaines and Marsalous Johnson started at cornerback. However, only Hefney retained his spot, as injury and impressive play allowed Freshmen Eric Berry, Brent Vinson and Dennis Rogan to emerge for the unit. Junior College transfer DeAngelo Willingham also saw significant time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Players, Starting lineups and coaches, Special teams\nPosition OutlookFreshman Daniel Lincoln replaced departing Senior James Wilhoit and earned All American Honors. Britton Colquitt returned as punter and took over Wilhoit's duties on kickoffs. Rogan emerged as the main kick and punt returner, with Lennon Creer joining him as kick return following Coker's dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 93], "content_span": [94, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nTennessee dropped its opening game for the first time in over a decade, losing on the road to California by the score of 45\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Vols traveled to Berkeley for the return trip in a home-and-home series with the California Golden Bears. After Cal's loss to Tennessee the previous year, some observers and college football personalities such as LSU coach Les Miles had questioned the strength of the Pac-10. During the game, a plane with the banner \"SEC rules, Pac-10 drools\" flew overhead. With a solid lead in the fourth quarter, Cal fans chanted \"Pac-10 football\" to the Tennessee fans who had already begun leaving the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nTennessee gave up the opening points when an Erik Ainge pass flew backwards, when he was hit while trying to release it. California's Worrell Williams, recovered the fumble and returned it 45 yards for the score. Cal WR DeSean Jackson also scored at touchdown on a 77-yard punt return. Cal QB Nate Longshore was 19-of-28 for 240 yards, 2 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nTennessee traveled to California for the first time since playing UCLA in 1994, Peyton Manning's freshman year. Tennessee had won 12 straight season openers. The Vols opening game was on the road for the first time since 1998, when they defeated Syracuse. QB Erik Ainge played game despite suffering a broken pinky in practice. He was 32-of-47 for 270 yards and 3 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nJeff Tedford commented on the \"revenge factor\" before the game:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nIt's not really revenge, I think, if anything, it's redemption. But it's more about us, it's not so much about Tennessee. We didn't play very well last year when we went there and probably got caught a little too much focusing on them and the environment and that type of thing. So at practice this year, we're really just focusing on ourselves if we go out and play to our potential then we'll have a chance to be successful. Last year we didn't come close to our potential so we had no chance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nOf course it's a big game like it was last year, two ranked teams, so there's a lot of people watching it to see what's going on. It wasn't that we lost the game last year, I think it was the way we lost the game last year that was the devastating part of it, that hung with us so long.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nCalifornia had stressed \"redemption\" in this game, and ultimately came out the victors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, California\nThe Vols were led by TE/H-back Chris Brown, who had two touchdown receptions and Lucas Taylor who had 7 catches for 102 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nAfter trailing early on, Tennessee took a 17\u201316 second quarter lead against Southern Mississippi and never looked back. The lead was Tennessee's first of the season, having never taken the lead against California. The Vols were led on offense by receivers Austin Rogers (7 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD) and Lucas Taylor (5 catches 118 yards). Erik Ainge was 23-of-36 for 276 yards and 2 TD's. Kicker Daniel Lincoln made three field goals (38, 36, and 47 yards).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nTennessee hosted Southern Miss for its 2007 home opener. Southern Miss, a Conference USA foe, faced off against the Vols for the first time since a 19\u201316 loss in 2000. Tennessee now has a 49\u201312 record vs non-conference opponents under Fulmer. The Vols are 12\u20130 since 1998 vs current members of CUSA and 5\u20130 vs Southern Miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nIn all-time home-openers, the Big Orange have compiled an 88\u201318\u20135 (.791) record. The Vols\u2019 last home-opening loss was a 31\u20130 setback against Florida on September 17, 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nThe game marks the first starts for Freshman Eric Berry at safety, and Sophomore Dan Williams at tackle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nOn the 1st possession of the game in the steamy Swamp, the Tennessee Volunteers went three and out. On the ensuing punt, Brandon James took the return 83 yards for Gator touchdown. Things never did get much better for the visiting team, as Florida rolled to an impressive 59\u201320 victory in the SEC opener for both teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThere was, however, a brief period when it seemed that the contest would be much closer. The Gators ran out to a 28\u20136 lead by late in the 2nd quarter on two Tim Tebow touchdown passes and a Tebow touchdown run, along with the opening punt return. But then Tennessee QB Erik Ainge got his team's offense moving, throwing a touchdown pass just before halftime to cut the lead to 28\u201313 at intermission.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nThe Gators mounted a long drive to start the second half, but freshman Volunteer cornerback Eric Berry picked off a Tim Tebow pass (his first interception thrown in 2007) and returned it 93 yards for another Tennessee touchdown. When Florida's next drive ended in a punt, UT had the ball down only eight, 28\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nBut on the first play of the possession, Erik Ainge's handoff to running back Arian Foster was mishandled, and Gator linebacker Dustin Doe scooped up the loose ball and took it into the endzone for a Florida touchdown. Tennessee's momentum was washed away by the roar of 90,000 Gator fans, and the home team never looked back. Florida would end the game with 31 straight points, turning a close game into a runaway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nSeveral Gators had excellent afternoons. Tim Tebow finished 14\u201319 passing for 299 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT and rushed for 62 yards and 2 more TDs. Receiver Percy Harvin excelled as well, leading all players in rushing (9 attempts for 75 yards and 1 TD) and receiving (4 catches for 120 yards). The Florida offense rolled up 556 yards of total offense, 255 on the ground. Meanwhile, the Gator defense also did its part, holding Tennessee to just 38 yards rushing with no first downs on the ground and 293 yards total offense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Florida\nOverall, the Gators put together a historically dominating performance. Their 59 points scored was the second-highest total in the history of the series (behind only UF's 62 in the 1995 contest), and the 39 point margin of defeat was the Vols' most lopsided loss to any opponent since 1981. After the game, Tennessee still led the overall series by a narrow 19\u201318 margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nTennessee grabbed the lead first for the first time this season, and never relinquished it, as the Vols beat Arkansas State by the score of 48 to 27. The Vols entered the game unranked following the loss to Florida and were playing their second home game of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nQB Erik Ainge set a career-high with 334 yards passing and tied a career-high with 4 TD's while going 27-of-39. Tennessee allowed 377 total yards on defense. Lucas Taylor had 7 catches for 104 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nTennessee earned its first conference victory of the season by beating the Georgia Bulldogs by the score of 35\u201314. Tennessee dominated the first half, leading the game by the score of 28\u20130. Tennessee held Georgia to 243 total yards, while picking up 190 yards on the ground. The game was a sudden turnaround for both the Defense and the Running game, which both performed poorly in the Vols' only other conference game, Florida. The win, combined with Florida's losses to Auburn and LSU puts Tennessee back into the race for the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nThe win came after head coach Phillip Fulmer came under fire by anonymous former players in an article in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Fulmer called the article \"an incredible cheap shot\" in the post-game press conference. Fulmer had also been receiving criticism from several other writers that follow the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Georgia\nIndividual performances were highlighted by Arian Foster, who carried the ball 17 times for 98 yards, and 3 touchdowns. Backup running back Montario Hardesty added 70 yards on 14 carries with 1 TD. LB Ellix Wilson blocked a punt in the 2nd quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nThe Vols traveled to Starkville, Mississippi for the first time since winning 35\u201317 in 2002. Phillip Fulmer commented on Mississippi State during the Tuesday press conference:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nMississippi State is a good football team at 4\u20132. They beat a good Auburn team at Auburn. They're dangerous, physical, tough guys up front. The running backs and tight ends have my good friend Woodrow McCorvey's fingerprints all over them. He is a tough guy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nTennessee took an early lead after stopping the Bulldogs on their first drive. Erik Ainge found Chris Brown on a 4-yard TD pass to cap off at 9 play, 78-yard drive. Mississippi State then answered. The Bulldogs forced the Vols to punt after backing them up. The short field paid off, when Wesley Carroll found Tony Burks for a 38-yard touchdown pass. State took the lead in the 2nd quarter when RB Anthony Dixon broke loose on a 30-yard touchdown run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nTennessee followed with 17 unanswered points, coming on a Lucas Taylor 51-yard touchdown reception, a 47-yard Daniel Lincoln field goal and an Arian Foster 1-yard touchdown run. Mississippi State would score one more touchdown to cut the lead to 3. However, the Vols' Defense held firm for the last quarter and a half. Daniel Lincoln added 3 field goals of 29, 26, and 43 yards to provide the final 12 point margin of victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nErik Ainge ended the game with a 22-of-36 performance with 1 interception and 2 touchdown passes. Lucas Taylor had 11 catches for 186 yards. Arian Foster ran the ball 21 for 143 yards, while Montario Hardesty added 81 yards on 16 carries. Tennessee outgained Mississippi State 470 to 338 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 74], "content_span": [75, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nNick Saban set a different tone for this year's \"The Third Saturday in October\" right from the get go. Saban elected to kick an onside kick on the opening kickoff. Alabama recovered and scored 3 on Leigh Tiffen's 39-yard field goal. Bama extended their lead to 10 when QB John Parker Wilson connected with Terry Grant on a 3-yard touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nTennessee then scored 14 unanswered points to take the lead early in the 2nd quarter. Arian Foster had a 2-yard touchdown run and Erik Ainge found TE Luke Stocker for a 3-yard touchdown pass. At that point Alabama took over. WR DJ Hall had 2 2nd-quarter touchdown receptions. Leigh Tiffen added 3 more field goals to bring his total to four on the day. RB Terry Grant also had an 8-yard touchdown run. Tennessee was only able to add one field goal by Daniel Lincoln, shortly before halftime, as the Crimson Tide outscored Tennessee 17\u20130 in the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Alabama\nWR DJ Hall and QB John Parker Wilson had career days for Alabama. Hall had 13 receptions for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns. Wilson was 32-of-46 for 363 yards and 3 touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 64], "content_span": [65, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nTennessee used timely turnovers and clutch kicking to earn an ugly 27\u201324 overtime victory. South Carolina fought back from a 21-point deficit at halftime to take a 24\u201321 lead with 1:24 left. However, following a LaMarcus Coker return to the 47-yard line, Tennessee put together an 8-play, 26-yard drive to set up freshman Daniel Lincoln for the game tying 48-yard field goal. In overtime, Lincoln hit another field goal from 27 yards, while South Carolina kicker Ryan Succop missed wide right from 40 yards to give Tennessee the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina\nIt was a tale of two halves in regulation. Tennessee had touchdown scoring drives of 2 yards, 44 yards, and 72 yards in the first half, but did not score in the second half until Lincoln's field goal with 9 seconds remaining. South Carolina, who was held scoreless in the first half, put together touchdown drives of 39 yards, 86 yards, and 66 yards, also adding the late field goal by Succop. The Gamecocks actually outgained Tennessee by a margin of 501 to 317 yards. However, Tennessee capitalized on 3 Gamecock turnovers. Freshman Eric Berry had a long fumble return to set up the Vols first score and added an interception in the second quarter. Berry also tipped a pass in the 4th quarter which was intercepted by Ryan Karl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 71], "content_span": [72, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nTennessee rolled up it top point total of the season by scoring in creative ways en route to a 59\u20137 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette. Tennessee scored on Defense when DE Antonio Reynolds intercepted a tipped pass and returned it for 70 yards for a touchdown. Tennessee scored on special teams when DB Antonio Wardlow returned a blocked punt 20 yards for a touchdown. Tennessee also had 3 touchdowns by freshmen late in the game: a 30-yard run by RB Lennon Creer, a touchdown reception by Kenny O'Neal. WR Gerald Jones ran for a TD after lining up at QB. Running back Arian Foster had 2 scores in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 76], "content_span": [77, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nTennessee used clock management and stout defensive play to stop Arkansas TB Darren McFadden en route to a 34\u201313 victory over the Razorbacks. McFadden was coming off of a game in which he broke an SEC record for yards rushing in a game vs. South Carolina. Tennessee limited him to 117 yards on 22 carries. The Vols scored on their first drive of the game which culminated with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Erik Ainge to Austin Rogers. Arkansas countered with a field goal after TB Felix Jones put them in good position with a 48-yard kick return into Tennessee territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nVol freshman DB Dennis Rogan countered with a return of his own, 78 yards to the Arkansas 15, setting up a Daniel Lincoln 25-yard field goal to answer the score. Tennessee added another field goal from Lincoln and a second touchdown pass in the Second Quarter. This time Ainge found WR Josh Briscoe on third and goal from the 14, to score with 10 seconds remaining in the half to push the score to 20\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nIn the second half, Tennessee forced Arkansas to punt and then Arian Foster gave the Vols a three score lead by racing 59 yards for a touchdown. Arkansas would add a Third Quarter field goal by Alex Tejada and a Fourth Quarter touchdown run by TB Michael Smith to close to within 14. However, LB Jerod Mayo sealed the game with a 34-yard interception return for a touchdown, and provided the final margin of 34\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Arkansas\nSS Eric Berry had his first multi-interception game, picking off a pass at the end of each half. Tennessee won the time of possession battle 33:20 to 26:40. Foster ended with 13 carried for 88 yards. TB Montario Hardesty added 20 carries and 70 yards. Mayo led the team with 9 tackles. Dan Williams and Xavier Mitchell each had a sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nTennessee fought back from a 15-point deficit in the 4th quarter to beat their in-state rivals by the score of 25\u201324. The issue was still to be decided with less than a minute in the game, when Vanderbilt kicker Bryant Hahnfeldt's 49-yard field goal attempt grazed the left upright and went wide left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nTennessee started well on its opening drive, moving 75 yards on 9 plays. The Drive culminated with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Erik Ainge to Lucas Taylor. The extra point, however, was blocked, giving Tennessee a 6\u20130 lead. Vanderbilt answered the score and then took the lead midway through the second quarter. QB Mackenzi Adams found Brad Allen for a 5-yard touchdown pass. Tennessee regained the lead on a Daniel Lincoln field goal from 33 yards. However, Vanderbilt scored twice in the final minute of the half, first with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Adams to Jeff Jennings, and then with 33-yard field goal by Hahnfeldt. The field goal had followed a fumble by Tennessee on a lateral pass from Ainge to Foster shortly before halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 809]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nVanderbilt extended its lead after halftime to 24\u20139 by moving down the field on an 11-play, 75-yard drive that consumed 5:54 of the game clock. The Commodores would take that lead into the 4th quarter before Tennessee awoke. Tennessee actually punted the ball back to Vanderbilt with seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter, but Commodore DE Broderick Stewart was flagged for roughing Vol punter Briton Colquitt. The Vols scored on that drive early in the 4th quarter when Ainge connected with Josh Briscoe for a 7-yard touchdown pass.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nThe Vol Defense held Vanderbilt to two \"three and out\" possessions after the Briscoe touchdown. Tennessee retook possession and drove 83 yards in less than 3 minutes, scoring a touchdown when Ainge found Austin Rogers in the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown pass. The Two-point conversion failed, and Tennessee still trailed. The Volunteer Defense once again held strong, forcing another punt after a 3 play, 4-yard drive. Tennessee took possession at the Vanderbilt 33-yard line after Freshman DB Dennis Rogan returned a punt 45 yards. The Vols moved 17 yards to set up the go ahead field goal for Daniel Lincoln. Lincoln connected from 33 yards to give Tennessee the 25\u201324 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt\nVanderbilt was not finished at this point. D.J. Moore returned the ensuing kickoff 55 yards to the Tennessee 42-yard line. Vanderbilt moved the ball 11 yards (9 of which came on a pass interference penalty) to set up the field goal try by Hahnfeldt. Hahnfeldt pushed the kick left, grazing the outer half of the left upright, and giving Tennessee a 25\u201324 victory. The victory kept the Vols in the driver's seat for the SEC Eastern Division title. The Vols would need to win the next game against Kentucky to earn the spot in the SEC Championship Game against LSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 67], "content_span": [68, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe Volunteers (9\u20133, 6\u20132) earned a shot at LSU in the SEC title game by beating the Wildcats (7\u20135, 3\u20135) for the 23rd straight time, the longest active winning streak by one team over another in major college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe game started with a one-play, 65-yard touchdown for the volunteers as a pass was thrown to Arian Foster by Eric Ainge. The rest of the first half went well for the volunteers as they led 24\u20137 heading into the break. Ainge and the Tennessee Offense built the halftime lead with touchdown passes to Foster, WR Lucas Taylor, and WR Quintin Hancock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe game looked to be in hand when the Vols led 31\u201314 near the end of the 3rd quarter following an Ainge touchdown pass to TE Jeff Cottam. However, the Wildcats fought back behind a strong second half performance by QB Andre Woodson, scoring 17 unanswered points to push the game into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe first overtime saw Kentucky score first when Woodson found Keenan Burton for an 8-yard touchdown pass. Tennessee answered with a touchdown pass of their own. Ainge connected with Gerald Jones, whose diving catch re-tied the score. In the second overtime, the game looked like it was over when Eric Ainge threw his third interception of the game. A tipped pass was corralled by Sam Maxwell, setting up Kentucky for a win with any score. However, a Kentucky 35-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Dan Williams to push the game into triple-overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nIn the 3rd overtime, the Vols had a chance to end the game after an Austin Rogers touchdown reception, as they only needed a 2-point conversion. However Arian Foster was stopped short on an off tackle run and was also flagged for a personal foul for throwing the ball up in the air after the play was over. Kentucky had scored in the first half of that overtime period when Burton caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Woodson. The two-point conversion failed, as Woodson's pass fell incomplete, setting up UT for the opportunity to win with a touchdown and two-point conversion. When they failed to cash in on that opportunity, Foster showed his frustration by slinging the ball, and was flagged for a 15-yard penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Kentucky\nThe penalty put the Vols in a hole to begin the 4th overtime period, forcing them to start from the 40-yard line. Nevertheless, the resilient volunteers scored their final touchdown in another one-play, 40-yard drive as Ainge found Hancock wide open. The Volunteers scored the two-point conversion as well, with Ainge hitting Rogers on a quick slant. Kentucky matched the score when RB Derrick Locke ran in from the 2-yard line. Kentucky then needed to match the Vols' two-point conversion. The game-winning play came as Woodson was tackled from behind by DE Antonio Reynolds and a forced fumble was recovered by the Volunteer Defense. That play ended the 5-hour thriller with the final score: 52\u201350.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 65], "content_span": [66, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: LSU\nTennessee faced the LSU Tigers in its first SEC Championship Game since 2004. The teams had also faced each other in the 2001 SEC Championship game. LSU won that game over the favored Volunteers, eliminating them from a trip to the Rose Bowl for the national championship. LSU last played in the SEC title game in 2005, losing to Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: LSU\nThis time, Tennessee led the contest for a majority of the game, before surrendering the lead following a late interception. The Vols took the opening kickoff to the 38-yard line and from there, the offense drove 62 yards for a touchdown. That drive was capped off by an 11-yard touchdown reception by Chris Brown. LSU answered in the first quarter with two Colt David field goal, to cut the deficit to 1 point. A scoreless second quarter made the halftime score 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: LSU\nLSU drove the field on the first possession of the second half to secure a short lived lead. Substitute QB Ryan Perriloux, filling in for injured Matt Flynn, led the Tigers on the 76-yard drive, finding WR Demetrius Byrd for the go ahead touchdown pass. The Vols missed a field goal on the following drive, but capitalized on a forced fumble to retake the lead. Ainge drove the Vols 66 yards on 9 plays and found Josh Briscoe on a pass into the endzone to move the score to 14\u201313.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, SEC Championship Game: LSU\nBoth Offenses stalled for the rest of the game. However, LSU found its winning score when DB Jonathan Zenon picked off an Ainge pass at the Tennessee 18-yard line and returned it for a touchdown. That fourth quarter score, combined with Perriloux's two-point conversion run gave the game its final 21\u201314 score. The win by LSU propelled them into the 2008 BCS National Championship Game, while Tennessee accepted a bid to the Outback Bowl to face Wisconsin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 83], "content_span": [84, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Wisconsin\nDespite losing 3 starters to academic suspensions, Tennessee put together a solid performance to end their season with a 21\u201317 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2008 Outback Bowl. WR Lucas Taylor, DT DeMonte Bolden, and LB Rico McCoy (all starters) along with reserve LB Chris Donald and reserve WR Kenny O'Neal, were declared academically ineligible for the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Wisconsin\nTennessee started the day's scoring on their second possession. WR Gerald Jones, lining up at QB in the aptly named \"G-Gun\" formation scored on a 3-yard run to cap off a 66-yard drive. Wisconsin answered on the ensuing drive, due largely to a 60-yard kickoff return by David Gilreath and a 15-yard facemask penalty. The 22 yard scoring effort found pay dirt with QB Tyler Donovan's 6-yard run on 3rd and goal. Donovan was hit at the goal line by Eric Berry, causing a mild concussion, but not forcing Donovan to miss any time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0072-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Wisconsin\nTennessee drove deep into Badger territory on the following drive, only to turn the ball over by fumbling a trick play. Both offenses continued to sputter until the Vols retook the lead with 9:45 to go in the 2nd quarter. Erik Ainge hooked up with WR Josh Briscoe on a 29 touchdown pass to move the score to 14\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Wisconsin\nThe Vols forced the Badgers backwards on their next drive and then capitalized on the field position. Tennessee took at 14-point lead when Ainge found TE Brad Cottam on a 31-yard touchdown throw. The score would be the last of the game for the Vol offense. Wisconsin would answer shortly before halftime as Donovan found Andy Crooks in the end zone with 1:03 remaining in the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Wisconsin\nThe second half was a defensive struggle. Wisconsin held Tennessee scoreless, while the Tennessee defense limited the Badger offense to 3 points. The point came on a Taylor Mehlhaff 27-yard field goal with 9 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter. Wisconsin had a few opportunities to take the lead in the game's final period, but the Badgers fell short each time. The Vols forced an incomplete pass by Donovan on a 4th and 2 play from the Tennessee 10-yard line with 5:52 to go in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193239-0074-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, Outback Bowl: Wisconsin\nWisconsin got one final chance with 1:26 to go on the clock, but that drive was ended by an Antonio Wardlow interception at the 1-yard line of Tennessee. Senior Erik Ainge took a knee is his final play as a Tennessee Volunteer to cap off the 21\u201317 victory. Ainge finished his career at Tennessee being named the MVP at the end of the Outback Bowl Game. Briscoe put in his best game of the season, filling in for Lucas Taylor and playing all 5 receiver positions at one point in the game. Brad Cottam showed that when healthy he can be a great player and look for him in the upcoming NFL draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 80], "content_span": [81, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup\nThe 2007 Tennis Channel Open was a tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour. Lleyton Hewitt, who was the 2006 runner-up, was the singles champion, while Bob and Mike Bryan were the doubles champions. The event was held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Darling Tennis Center. It was the twentieth Tennis Channel Open, but just the second to be held in Las Vegas. The ITF women's competition was won by Caroline Wozniacki in singles and by Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek for doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup, Round Robin decision\nSince the 2007 Tennis Channel Open featured a round robin formatted draw, an issue arose. Defending champion James Blake, Evgeny Korolev, and Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro were to play each other and the winner of the round robin who would advance to the quarterfinals was determined by the number of matches and percent of sets and games that were won. Blake lost to Korolev, and Korolev then lost to del Potro. For Blake to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Tennis Channel Open, he had to defeat del Potro, losing no more than five games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup, Round Robin decision\nIn this situation, each player would have won one match each, and Blake would have lost the fewest games. In the del Potro versus Blake match, Blake, who was winning 6\u20131, 3\u20131, beat del Potro because he retired. This eliminated del Potro from such a three-way tie, because he did not complete all of his matches. Korolev then moved on to the next round, since del Potro had been eliminated, and Korolev had already beaten Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup, Round Robin decision\nThis caused a controversial issue that involved fans, Blake, and others, as they felt that Blake was to be in the quarterfinals. A press conference was held, and the ATP, which was chaired by Etienne de Villiers, determined that Blake would have beaten del Potro and thus met the rules for advancement into the quarterfinals. Since neither player knew that del Potro's retirement would result in such a large issue, Blake would have won, and therefore, Blake went into the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup, Round Robin decision\nThe following morning, however, De Villiers decided that the rules for advancement should not be altered after the tournament's start, and therefore Korolev was entered the quarterfinals. Blake entered the 2007 Indian Wells Masters without being able to defend three of his titles. Later, the round robin format was ended, and all tournaments planning on employing the round robin format were changed back into the original draw format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 65], "content_span": [66, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 66], "content_span": [67, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193240-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open and the Mirage Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Maret Ani / Alberta Brianti 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193241-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20132 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193242-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles\nJames Blake was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the Round Robin competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193242-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles\nLleyton Hewitt won the title, defeating J\u00fcrgen Melzer 6\u20134, 7\u20136(12\u201310) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193242-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles, Draw, Round robin\nAs del Potro retired on his last match, Korolev advanced to Quarterfinals based on head-to-head results against Blake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193242-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nPrior to the Round Robin and after the completion of the Qualifying draws, the 16 players with the lowest tier in the tournament (4 qualifiers, 2 wild cards, 1 lucky loser and 9 based on ATP Rankings) competed in the Elimination Round in order to get one of the 8 last spots into the Round Robin competition. Winners in this round entered as Main Entrants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193242-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Channel Open \u2013 Singles, Elimination round\nRR-LL\u00a0:Lu entered the Round Robin competition as Lucky Loser.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193243-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup\nThe 2007 Tennis Masters Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 33rd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China, from November 11 through November 18, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193243-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup, Finals, Doubles\nMark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle 6\u20132, 6\u20133", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193244-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles\nThough the Bryan brothers qualified as the top team, they were forced to withdraw before the event due to Mike's having an elbow injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193244-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles\nJonas Bj\u00f6rkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but lost in the round robin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193244-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20133, against Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193244-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193244-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Doubles, Draw, Gold Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193245-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles\nDefending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating David Ferrer in the final, 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 6\u20132 to win the Singles tennis title at the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193245-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 50], "content_span": [51, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193245-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tennis Masters Cup \u2013 Singles, Draw, Gold Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193246-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs\nThe 2007 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n play-offs to Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B from Tercera Divisi\u00f3n (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2006\u201307 Tercera Divisi\u00f3n to 2007\u201308 Segunda Divisi\u00f3n B. In some groups four teams took part in the play-off while other groups have only three.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot\nThe 2007 Terengganu riot was an incident on 8 September 2007 in Terengganu, Malaysia where a peaceful rally became violent after intervention by the Malaysian police. The police fired water cannons, tear gas, and live ammunition at the rally participants, and two protestors were injured from the police's gunshots. Following the riot, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia announced that they would open inquiries probing into the events of that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Background\nAccording to the Public Order Ordinance and the Police Act in the Constitution of Malaysia, a permit is required for any public assembly of five or more persons. At the end of August 2007, a coalition of non-governmental organisations called Bersih applied for a permit from the police to organise a rally on 8 September at 9\u00a0pm in Batu Buruk, Terengganu. They said that the purpose of their rally was a campaign for electoral reforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Background\nTheir application was denied on 6 September by the police who said that the event organisers had failed to provide sufficient information about how they were going to handle traffic and security issues. However, a large group of people still gathered on 8 September. Most of the people were supporters of the political party, the Malaysian Islamic Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Rally incidents\nDuring the rally, police asked the demonstrators to disperse and end the rally over a span of five warnings, but they refused. After the crowd ignored the police's final warning which included arrest threats, the police moved in to disperse the crowd. The crowd responded to the police's action by throwing stones and small rocks at them. These actions marked the beginning of the riot. Consequently, riot police from the Federal Reserve Unit were deployed, and at about 10:30\u00a0pm, they began to spray the crowd with chemical-laced water cannons and tear gas. The police also began to arrest the rioters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Rally incidents\nAt 11:45\u00a0pm, a police officer fired four live rounds from his pistol, and the bullets from his shots hit two members of the Malaysian Islamic Party. Suwandi Abdul Ghani was injured in the chest, and Muhamad Azman Aziz was injured in the neck. They survived the gunshots and were brought to the hospital, where Suwandi had to have a bullet removed from his right lung.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Rally incidents\nMeanwhile, the riot police continued to fire water cannons and tear gas at the crowd throwing objects at them until past midnight, and by 12:30\u00a0am on 9 September, the police had already arrested 13 people, including a journalist. The riot ended not long after that, with the police beginning to leave at 1\u00a0am.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Aftermath\nBy 9 September 24 people who were at the riot had been arrested. In the days that followed the riot, there were pictures published of rioters burning the national flag. It was claimed that police officers had taken pictures of the flag being burnt, and subsequently, provided those pictures to a news agency. These claims were denied by the Terengganu police chief, Ayub Yaakob. There were also claims that news organisations were not allow to enter the riot location, and some people had their cameras confiscated by the police. The rally organisers said that there were undercover police in the crowd who were acting as inciting agents. The Terengganu state government estimated that the damages caused during the riot amounted to a total of RM1\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 788]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Aftermath\nAccording to the police, the officer who had fired the gunshots had done so in self-defence. They said that he had been surrounded by a group of rioters who were physically harming him. However, the event organisers said that the police's action was unprovoked. On 9 December, the two gunshot victims were arrested and charged with participating in an unlawful gathering, as well as intentionally causing injury to a police officer. When they appeared in court for the hearing of their charges, they were denied bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Aftermath\nOn 13 September, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia announced that they would conduct a preliminary fact-finding mission on 19 September to find out what really happened on the night of the riot. Their fact-finding mission reported that during the riot, there were police brutality and human rights violations. However, on 9 October, the Human Rights Commission announced that they would not be holding a further public inquiry due to the ongoing court proceedings. Supporters of the planned rally expressed their disappointment and questioned the Human Rights Commission's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193247-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Terengganu riot, Aftermath\nOn 15 November, the Human Rights Commission announced that they would be holding the public inquiry on 11\u201315 December to further investigate the police's use of live ammunition since there were no ongoing court proceedings about it. On 13 December, the Human Rights Commission cancelled the public inquiry due to the ongoing court proceedings of the two gunshot victims who had been charged at the Sessions Court of Kuala Terengganu on 9 December for injuring a police officer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 31], "content_span": [32, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign\nThe 2007 Tesco blackmail campaign was an extortion attempt against the British supermarket chain Tesco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, May threats\nIn May 2007 a series of letters threatening to contaminate food in Tesco stores unless he was paid \u00a3100,000 were sent to the company's offices in Dundee. This did not succeed so the blackmailer demanded executives transfer \u00a3200,000 into his bank account or he would put caustic soda in yoghurt sold in the store.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, May threats\nThe letters were signed \"Arbuthnot, the sign is the spider\" and had dead spiders taped to them. Some of them had text composed of letters cut out of a magazine and demanded that Tesco respond via an advertisement in the personal column in The Times. Tesco did not respond.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 42], "content_span": [43, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, July threats\nIn July seventy-six hoax bomb warnings were sent to Tesco supermarkets. They warned that bombs would go off on Saturday 14 July or \"Black Saturday\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, July threats\nTesco branches closed, including those in Clitheroe, Grimsby, Pontefract, Market Harborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Bury St Edmunds, Hucknall, Hereford, Ledbury and Glasgow. The closures cost Tesco \u00a31.4m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, July threats\nAfter the threats the letter writer wrote to Tesco executives again demanding \u00a3200 a day and an overall figure of \u00a31m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, Investigation\nPolice decided to lure the blackmailer into giving away their identity by transferring money into a bank account as demanded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, Investigation\nOn four consecutive dates in July 2007 the suspect withdrew money from cashpoints in Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley and Carlisle. Although he concealed his face, he wore distinctive Wellington boots that helped police track him on CCTV.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 44], "content_span": [45, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, Arrest\nOn 23 July 2007 the suspect was arrested in his home on Milton Avenue, Clitheroe.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, Suspect\nThe suspect was Phil McHugh, a former tax inspector and unemployed charity worker who had gambling debts of \u00a337,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, Trial\nHe pleaded guilty to three specimen charges of blackmail and two charges of communicating a bomb hoax.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193248-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tesco blackmail campaign, Trial, Sentencing\nIn January 2008 he was sentenced to six years imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193249-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Test Valley Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on the 3 May 2007. All 48 seats were up for election. 24 seats were needed for a majority, with the Conservatives increasing their majority by three seats. Both independents lost their seats, one to the Conservatives and one to the Liberal Democrats, who in turn lost a seat to the Conservatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nThe 2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team (often referred to as \"A&M\" or the \"Aggies\") represented Texas A&M University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dennis Franchione, who had coached at A&M since the 2003 season, but resigned at the conclusion of the annual game with the Texas Longhorns. The Aggies were led on offense by junior quarterback Stephen McGee. The team played their home games at Kyle Field, an 82,600-person capacity stadium on A&M's campus in College Station, Texas. The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band performs at all home games and select away games during half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nThe 2006 Aggie team finished with 9 wins and 4 losses, including a loss in the 2006 Holiday Bowl. In a 2007 preseason ranking, ESPN sports columnist Mark Schlabach ranked the Aggies 15th. In their preseason polls, both the Coaches Poll and the AP Poll ranked the Aggies 25th. A Rivals.com writer ranked A&M as having the 9th toughest road schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team\nThe Aggies completed the 2007 season with a 7\u20136 record, with their final game resulting in a 24\u201317 loss to Penn State in the 2007 Alamo Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Head coach controversy, Call for dismissal\nAfter the Aggies' 17\u201334 loss at Miami, head coach Dennis Franchione's coaching has been bought into question by some members of the media. An ESPN writer gave honorable mention to the A&M coaches' play-calling in the Miami game in his weekly Bottom 10 college football game rankings. As of Tuesday, September 25, the website has received over 15,000 hits after A&M's loss to Miami. 300 people had signed the online petition that Monday, bringing the total to 2,600. The website has also sold nearly 200 \"Can Fran\" shirts. The Bryan-College Station Eagle, the area's local newspaper, included a front page picture of A&M's Pi Kappa Phi chapter members hanging a \"Fire Fran\" sign from their fraternity house.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 95], "content_span": [96, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Head coach controversy, Secret newsletter\nOn September 27, 2007, Franchione discontinued selling a secret email newsletter to athletic boosters who paid US$1,200 annually for team information that Franchione has refused to release to the public. The newsletter, called \"VIP Connection\", had been written by Franchione's personal assistant, Mike McKenzie, and included specific injury reports and Franchione's critical assessments of players. The newsletter attracted 27 recipients, 6 of whom received the newsletter for free. 20 of the recipients have been disclosed. The boosters were asked to sign a confidentiality statement to assure the information in the newsletter was not used for gambling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 94], "content_span": [95, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Head coach controversy, Secret newsletter\nThough Franchione and McKenzie denied gaining profit from the newsletter, Franchione stated that proceeds went to the company that managed his now-defunct website, . The newsletter was discovered by athletic director Bill Byrne after it was presented to him by a San Antonio Express-News reporter, who had received it through a third-party source. Byrne immediately instructed Franchione to discontinue the newsletter, at which time Franchione complied. Refunds have been offered to the subscribers, though it is uncertain how many asked for one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 94], "content_span": [95, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Head coach controversy, Secret newsletter\nIn a press conference the following Tuesday, October 2, Franchione apologized in front of A&M football players and expressed his love for the job and the university, and his desire to \"elevate the program to its highest level\". A&M players also expressed their support for Franchione as a coach. Shortly after, an investigation had been launched to look into the matter, conducted by Bill Byrne and A&M's NCAA compliance officer, David Batson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 94], "content_span": [95, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Head coach controversy, Secret newsletter\nOn Thursday, October 11, Texas A&M officials issued a \"letter of admonishment\" and ordered that the website CoachFran.com be shut down. Additionally, Franchione was instructed to no longer employ \"any staff members that could be construed as representing Texas A&M or providing information or reports relative to his position as head coach at Texas A&M\". Consequently, the writer of the newsletter, Mike McKenzie, was fired. Byrne stated that the incident would be included in Franchione's \"performance review\" at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 94], "content_span": [95, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Head coach controversy, Resignation\nAfter Franchione led the Aggies to a 38\u201330 victory over the 13th-ranked Texas Longhorns, he announced his resignation in the post-game press conference. In the press conference, after he discussed the game, he read out loud a farewell letter that he had prepared beforehand. His last words were \"Thank you, and gig 'em.\" Franchione immediately left the press conference as A&M athletic director Bill Byrne started to speak, with friends and family members following him. The following day, Byrne named defensive coordinator Gary Darnell as interim head coach. Darnell will coach the Aggies' bowl game. On November 26, 2007, three days after Franchione resigned, former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman was announced as the new head football coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 88], "content_span": [89, 845]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Coaching staff, Jobs after the season\nAfter the season, cornerbacks coach Van Malone was retained by new head coach Mike Sherman, and offensive coordinator Les Koenning move to the same position at South Alabama. Running backs coach Kenith Pope was hired at UNLV. Tight ends and special teams coach Mark Tommerdahl moved to Louisiana\u2013Monroe, while defensive line coach Stan Eggen was hired at Louisiana Tech. Safeties coach Bill Clay moved to Samford. Offensive line coach Jim Bob Helduser was hired at Bryan High School, and wide receivers coach Bob DeBesse was hired at A&M Consolidated High School. Gary Darnell was the only assistant that has not found a coaching job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Players, Roster\nThe roster consists of 47 freshmen, 37 sophomores, 30 juniors, and 20 seniors. Scholarship players include 18 true freshmen, 9 redshirt freshmen, 23 sophomores, 17 juniors, and 16 seniors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Players, Roster\n* *Indicates that the player is a member of the2007 Aggie Leadership Council", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Players, Postseason honors\nCody Wallace was named the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year and made the All-Big 12 Football First Team. Chris Alexander, Chris Harrington, and Misi Tupe, as well as Justin Brantly, made the All-Big 12 Football Second Team. Michael Bennett, Martellus Bennett, Red Bryant, Marquis Carpenter, Corey Clark, Mark Dodge, Kirk Elder, Jorvorskie Lane, and Stephen McGee received an all-Big 12 Honorable Mention. Additionally, five players made the all-Big 12 Academic First Team, which requires a 3.20 GPA or above. Of those players are David Latham, Stephen McGee, Jordan Peterson, T.J. Sanders (who was one of seven Big 12 players to have a 4.00 GPA), and Cody Wallace. Two players made the all-Big 12 Academic Second Team, which requires a 3.00\u20133.19 GPA, including Andrew Key and Chris Yoder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 856]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Players, Arrests\nOn December 5, 2007, junior offensive lineman Yemi Babalola was charged with aggravated robbery of a residence and possession of marijuana, and was convicted in 2009, with a 5-year prison sentence, but later released on parole in December 2011. When police got a search warrant to search Babalola's home, they had found marijuana. Police had also searched the home of freshman defensive end Brandon Joiner, and found marijuana, ecstasy, and hydrocodone. B. Joiner was subsequently charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance, and was sentenced to 3 years in prison in May 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nThe 2007 Division I-AA Montana State Bobcats are led by coach Rob Ash, who became the school's 31st head football coach on June 11, 2007. Ash replaced Mike Kramer, who coached at Montana State from 1989\u20132006, but was fired after five current and former Bobcat players were arrested within the same year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nThe Bobcats have played notably against some of their Big 12 opponents. In 2004, they nearly defeated Oklahoma State at the Cowboys' home field, until the Cowboys pushed hard for a 15\u201310 win. In their 2006 season opener, the Bobcats defeated the Colorado Buffaloes 19\u201310 on the Buffaloes' home field, pulling off one of the season's biggest upsets in college football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nIn the game, quarterback Stephen McGee, whose yardage came primarily from option keepers, rushed for 121\u00a0yards on nine carries and made 2 touchdown runs, one for 65\u00a0yards. He completed 10 of his 20 passes for only 112\u00a0yards; his longest completion was 23\u00a0yards. Freshman backup quarterback Jerrod Johnson replaced McGee in the fourth quarter and made the only scoring pass in the game (17\u00a0yards to Terrence McCoy) with 80\u00a0seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Montana State\nThe A&M defense, especially the secondary, did not perform well, allowing Montana State to compile a 304 passing yards and complete 26 of 48 passes. In the 2006 season, only Texas Tech and Missouri threw for more yards against the Aggies. The A&M defense allowed the Bobcats to gain a total of 403\u00a0yards. Notable plays by the Bobcats included an 83-yard scoring drive on 13 plays on their opening possession and a 50-yard reception by receiver Josh Lewis late in the second half. The Bobcats, however, missed three field goals and lost a fumble in A&M territory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 66], "content_span": [67, 629]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nThis was the first-ever meeting between the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Aggies. The unranked Fresno State team was coached by Pat Hill, who compiled a 10\u201319 record against BCS teams during his tenure at Fresno State prior to the game. Prior to this game, A&M had a 10\u20131 home field record against nonconference teams under Dennis Franchione. In their season opener, the Bulldogs defeated Sacramento State 24\u20133, allowing only 100 offensive yards, including only 41 rushing yards. This put pressure on the Aggie offensive line as it did not perform solidly in the Montana State game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nThe Bulldogs had not faced a \"large and rowdy\" crowd and heated competition since November 2005 against the No. 1 USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Bulldogs practiced for the A&M home game environment by holding practice at Bulldog Stadium with crowd noise and the Aggie War Hymn blaring from the speakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nIn the first half, the Aggies remained unscored upon, leading 19\u20130. The Bulldogs gained only 78\u00a0yards and 5 first downs. In the second half, however, they retaliated by gaining 267\u00a0yards and scoring 29 points. The Bulldogs scored a touchdown and a field goal with five seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 29\u201329 and forcing an overtime. A controversial play by the Bulldogs in the first overtime, when A&M led 32\u201329, caused the officials to review the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nWhen quarterback Tom Brandstater threw to receiver Marlon Moore, Moore attempted to stretch the ball over the goal line but fumbled into the end zone, causing the Aggies to recover. An official, however, ruled that Moore went out of bounds on the 1-yard line. Officials took an extensive 22-minute review of the play, and after reviewing various camera angles, ruled that Moore had fumbled into the endzone and A&M recovered. However, A&M tackle Henry Smith was also flagged for roughing the passer. The result of the controversial call was a Fresno State first down inside the A&M 13. Unable to score a touchdown, the Bulldogs elected to kick a field goal to tie the game at 32, forcing a second overtime in which both teams scored touchdowns. In the third overtime, Bulldog quarterback Tom Brandstater failed the two-point conversion after he overthrew the ball into the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 948]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nRunning back Jorvorskie Lane, who rushed for a total of 121\u00a0yards, was crucial to the Aggies during the overtime periods. ESPN reported, \"Texas A&M turned to its powerful running back to stave off Fresno State...Jorvorskie Lane rushed for two of his four touchdowns in the second and third overtimes as the 23rd-ranked Aggies beat the feisty Bulldogs 47-45 in the first three-OT game in A&M history. The 6-foot, 268-pound Lane barreled for his final touchdown from 3\u00a0yards out, then charged into the end zone again for the winning 2-point conversion on A&M's final possession.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nOverall, the Bulldogs outgained the Aggies 399\u2013397 in total offensive yards. Bulldog quarterback Tom Brandstater threw for 260\u00a0yards with three touchdowns and one interception. Bulldog receiver Bear Pascoe caught seven passes for 70\u00a0yards and three touchdowns. A&M rushed for 318\u00a0yards but compiled only 79 passing yards. When confronted by a reporter about the passing situation, A&M quarterback Stephen McGee argued that rushing is most effective as Fresno State was unable to stop the ball. The game became the first three-overtime game in A&M history, and the ninth consecutive nonconference victory at Kyle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Fresno State\nAfter the game, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who served as A&M president from 2002\u20132006, posted on TexAgs the following: \"Okay, Ags. I really don't need that kind of stress right now. But a W is a W. All the best to everyone.\" Gates had not posted on the site since he revealed his identity on December 7, 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 65], "content_span": [66, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nThe Louisiana\u2013Monroe Warhawks came into the game with a 0\u20132 record, suffering losses from Tulsa and the 25th-ranked Clemson Tigers. The Warhawks ranked 107th nationally in pass defense, allowing a total of 626 passing yards in their first two games. Warhawk players carrying notable statistics include running back Calvin Dawson, who ranked 14th in the nation in rushing and led a 17th-ranked rushing offense, and free safety Greg James, who led the Warhawk defense with 17 tackles. Kicker Cole Wilson was named Sun Belt Conference specialist of the week after converting field goals of 23 and 41\u00a0yards against Clemson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nAfter the Aggies' shaky three-overtime performance the previous week, coach Dennis Franchione stated that a different offensive scheme would be implemented. After their first two games, the Aggies' rushing offense ranked ninth in the nation, and its passing offense ranked 115th. The A&M defense had allowed 802 total offensive yards in the first two games. This is the Aggies' second meeting with ULM, and in their first meeting in 1985, the Aggies defeated ULM 31\u20137. Head coach Dennis Franchione had faced ULM twice in his career as head coach of Southwest Texas State, and lost 27\u201330 and 8\u201317 in 1990 and 1991 both times, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nIn the game, quarterback Stephen McGee threw for 237\u00a0yards, completing 19 of 33 attempts, and rushed for 18\u00a0yards on four carries. Head coach Dennis Franchione made good on his assurances of a different offensive scheme, allowing McGee to earn more yards in the air than on the ground for the first time in the 2007 season. However, the Aggies continued to focus on their ground-based offense, earning 310\u00a0yards rushing. In the third quarter, McGee was picked off, ending his streak of 150 passing attempts without an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nBackup quarterback Jerrod Johnson entered the game in the third quarter, scoring two rushing touchdowns on three drives, with a third touchdown by running back Keondra Smith. The A&M offense finished with 547 total yards, the most since earning 694\u00a0yards against the Oklahoma State Cowboys on October 15, 2005. A&M scored on nine out of its ten possessions, including the first five in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nSenior wide receiver Kerry Franks made a career-high of five receptions for 82\u00a0yards, and caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to lead the Aggies 34\u20137 shortly into the third quarter. Running back Mike Goodson rushed for 113\u00a0yards and scored one touchdown on 11 carries, marking his first 100-yard rushing game of the season. Running back Jorvorskie Lane only rushed for 34\u00a0yards on 11 carries, though made two short-yard rushing touchdowns, bringing his touchdown number to 35 and becoming third in all-time rushing touchdowns in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nTight end Martellus Bennett matched a career-high of six catches for 98\u00a0yards. Early into the week of the game, Bennett decided to switch his jersey number from 13 to 85, in honor of former Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, who suffered a career-ending broken neck injury the previous Sunday. The two have been close friends ever since they met on Martellus' recruiting trip to Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nLouisiana\u2013Monroe rushed for 215\u00a0yards with 133\u00a0yards passing, scoring a touchdown in the first and fourth quarters. Running back Calvin Dawson made 20 carries for 126\u00a0yards and scored a touchdown. Quarterback Kinsmon Lancaster completed 13 of 23 passes for 116\u00a0yards, though two interceptions in A&M territory on consecutive drives in the second quarter prevented further Warhawk scoring opportunities. Overall, ULM gained 348 offensive yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana\u2013Monroe\nNotable for this game is that, for the first time since facing Southwestern Louisiana in 1990, Texas A&M did not punt on any of its possessions, instead going for 4-for-4 on fourth downs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThis was the second-ever meeting between the Aggies and the Hurricanes. In their first meeting in 1944, the Aggies won 70\u201314 on the Hurricanes' home field to give the worst loss in Miami's football history. The Aggies have played at the Orange Bowl one other time in the 1944 Orange Bowl game, where they lost to LSU 14\u201319. It was also the Aggies' first trip to Florida since they lost 14\u201320 to Florida State in 1968. 1973 marks the last time the Hurricanes lost to a team from Texas at the Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThe Hurricanes hold the NCAA record for consecutive home victories at the Orange Bowl from October 1985 to September 1994. They also hold a 31\u201320 all-time record against teams currently in the Big 12. The game will be the last nonconference game of the season for both teams. Two days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Miami to win by three points. In CBS Sports' weekly \"Expert Picks\", two reporters chose A&M to win, while three other reporters chose Miami.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nAfter the Aggies\u2019 237-yard passing game against Louisiana\u2013Monroe the previous week, A&M ranked 107th nationally in pass offense, up from 115th. Offensively, A&M ranked fifth in rushing offense and 11th in scoring. A&M averaged six yards per play, and has rushed for 100\u00a0yards or more in 21 straight games. Thus far, the Aggie defense has allowed its opponents to gain a total of 697 passing yards and 453 rushing yards. Under head coach Dennis Franchione, the Aggies have not had much success in nonconference away games; A&M lost to #8 Virginia Tech in 2003, #19 Utah in 2004, and unranked Clemson in 2005. In 2006, the Aggies barely went away with a victory against unranked Army.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nMiami came into the game with a 41st-ranked pass defense and a 113th pass offense, after averaging 130.7 passing yards per game. Though Miami won the 2002 BCS national championship and played in the 2003 national championship game, the 2007 Miami team has not mimicked their successful predecessors. In their second game of the season, the Hurricanes suffered a 13\u201351 defeat by #6 Oklahoma. In their next game against Florida International, the Hurricanes gained a total of 428\u00a0yards to win 23\u20139.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0028-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nAt the time, Florida International ranked 117th out of 119 teams in scoring offense and 102nd in scoring defense. Though Miami have had a good rushing defense their previous season by holding 13 of their 16 opponents under 100\u00a0yards, Miami's last two opponents, FIU and OU, have passed the 100\u00a0yard mark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nIn the game, the A&M offense suffered, despite having averaged more than 46 points and 444\u00a0yards in their previous three games. On 73 carries, quarterback Stephen McGee and running back Mike Goodson lost a total of 24\u00a0yards by being tackled behind the line. The offense lost a total of 27\u00a0yards to negative plays, which they had never made in the previous three games. Goodson himself lost one-yard on each of eight total carries. Stephen McGee completed 11 of 20 passes for only 109\u00a0yards, and rushed for just 39\u00a0yards on 16 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nOn A&M's opening drive, Goodson was tackled behind the line and lost 5\u00a0yards, McGee gained 2-yards, and then was sacked for a loss of 2\u00a0yards and a three-and-out. In the second quarter alone, A&M lost the ball three times on two fumbles and an interception, all within three minutes of game play. In the entire first half, the Aggies gained only 28\u00a0yards, including only 21 rushing yards, and trailed 0\u201324 at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nA&M tailback Jorvorskie Lane only had two carries in the entire game\u2014one in the third quarter and one in the fourth\u2014for a total of 2\u00a0yards. When asked by reporters to explain why Jorvorskie did not receive the ball much, Stephen McGee responded, \"They were doing such a good job up front, we had to try to get the ball on the perimeter and use our speed\". A&M had not scored until 11:40 was left in the fourth quarter when kicker Matt Szymanski kicked a 32-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThe Aggies did not make their first touchdown drive until Miami freshman running back Graig Cooper fumbled the ball to the Aggies at the Miami 39. In the Aggies' second scoring drive, freshman redshirt quarterback Jerrod Johnson threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to tight end Martellus Bennett with five seconds remaining in the game. Jerrod Johnson took part in his fifth consecutive touchdown drive of his career. Overall, the Aggies could only gain 240\u00a0yards, including 98 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0030-0002", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nThe 98 rushing yards marked the first time in 22 games the Aggies were held to less than 100\u00a0yards; the last time was when A&M played unranked Colorado in 2005. A&M had not scored in the first three quarters of a game since the 2005 Cotton Bowl Classic, when A&M lost to unranked Tennessee 7\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Miami (FL)\nMiami senior quarterback Kyle Wright threw for 275\u00a0yards and two touchdowns, and completed 21 of 26 passes. Receiver Sam Shields caught six passes for 117\u00a0yards. On their first 80-yard scoring drive itself, Kyle Wright threw for 61\u00a0yards, and freshman Graig Cooper ran for a 7-yard touchdown. Miami did not punt the ball until 13:07 remained in the third quarter. Overall, Miami compiled 402 offensive yards, including 262 passing. Miami had not scored as many points in a game against a ranked team since October 14, 2004, when Miami played #22 Louisville at the Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThis was the 104th Battle of the Brazos rivalry game between the Aggies and the Baylor Bears. Coming into the game, A&M had led the series 64\u201330\u20139. The Bears have never won a Big 12 opener away game, nor have they won at Kyle Field since a 20\u201316 victory in 1984. A&M currently leads the series 29\u201310\u20133 in games played at Kyle Field. This was the second time that the Bears and the Aggies met in September; in their first meeting, Baylor won 17\u20137 in 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe rivalry had been dormant from 1986\u20132003, as Baylor had not won a game since 1985. In 2004, however, an unranked Baylor team pulled off a 35\u201334 upset in overtime against the then #16 Aggies at Floyd Casey Stadium. In 2005, the rivalry again became bitter when A&M had to complete two fourth down conversions in order to win 16\u201313 in overtime at Kyle Field. In their previous meeting at Floyd Casey in 2006, the Aggies outscored the Bears 31\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0032-0002", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Bears were led by head coach Guy Morriss, who has compiled a 1\u20133 record with A&M. A&M head coach Dennis Franchione came in with a 3\u20131 record with Baylor. Three days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored A&M to win by 17 points. The College Football News staff picked A&M to win by an average of 16.5 points. A Waco Tribune-Herald columnist predicted that the Aggies would win 31\u201320.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe A&M secondary came into the game with a 62.9% completion rate, 243 passing yards, and 7.4\u00a0yards per attempt. Baylor quarterback Blake Szymanski had thrown for 1,211\u00a0yards and 14 touchdowns with 6 interceptions in the previous games of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nIn the game, A&M possessed the ball for 43\u00a0minutes and the defense allowed only seven Baylor first downs. The Bears dropped 10 passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThis was the 23rd meeting between the Aggies and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Coming into the game, A&M had led the series 16\u20136, and also led 7\u20133 in games played at Kyle Field. In their previous meeting at Boone Pickens Stadium in 2006, the Aggies defeated the Cowboys 34\u201333 in overtime, after A&M defensive lineman Red Bryant blocked kicker Jason Ricks' overtime field goal attempt that would have tied the game at 34\u201334 and created a second overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nTwo days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored A&M to win by 6.5 points. Three out of the four College Football News staff members predicted A&M to win by 6 points. WhatIfSports.com, which runs a computer simulation of a game 101 times and predicts the winner and score difference, predicted OSU to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nPrior to the game, the Cowboys' rush offense ranked 8th, three spots behind the Aggies. The Cowboys' overall defense ranked 97th. The Cowboys' pass defense, however, ranked 117th, after allowing 342.6 passing yards and 53 pass attempts per game. OSU also ranked 106th nationally in the fewest penalties allowed, losing 76.4\u00a0yards per game, and 98th in turnover margin. Under Coach Mike Gundy, the Cowboys have compiled a 1\u201310 road game record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nA&M's rush offense ranked 5th nationally, after averaging 267.8\u00a0yards per game. A&M's pass offense, however, ranked 108th. Quarterback Stephen McGee had thrown for 737\u00a0yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions coming into the game. McGee, however, led the Aggies in rushing with his 412 rushing yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIn the first half, OSU wide receiver Adarius Bowman caught three passes for 108\u00a0yards and two touchdowns, including one for 47\u00a0yards that gave OSU the 14\u20130 lead. Cowboys kicker Jason Ricks, who had made only 2 of his 5 attempted field goals of the season, made a 32-yard field goal with 26\u00a0seconds left in the first half. He also scored OSU's only points in the second half, two field goals for 25\u00a0yards, one in the third quarter and one in the fourth. At the end of the first half, the Aggies trailed OSU 0\u201317. Notable for OSU is that, for the first time since 2004, the Cowboys made a first half shutout in a conference game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIn the second half, Jorvorskie Lane scored all of A&M's touchdowns. He rushed for two 1-yard touchdowns, and made his first receiving touchdown for 10\u00a0yards. Lane almost made a 50-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kerry Franks, but officials ruled that Franks' knee touched the ground at the 1-yard line. The receiving touchdown gave A&M a 24\u201320 lead with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter. Overall, Lane rushed for 77\u00a0yards on 19 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nEarly in the fourth quarter, two A&M defenders caused an injury to OSU's starting quarterback, Zac Robinson, which led OSU's junior redshirt quarterback Bobby Reid to replace him. Coincidentally, in their previous meeting in 2006, the A&M defense caused Reid to bench and Robinson to fill in. OSU elected to kick a field goal with 3:11 left in the game, bringing the score up to 23\u201324. OSU almost received the ball on an A&M punt with 1:46 left in the game, but safety Quinton Moore was flagged for roughing A&M punter Justin Brantly, giving A&M an automatic first down. A&M then ran out the clock to win 24\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Aggies matched their largest comeback in school history, when A&M played Baylor in 1986 and overcame a 0\u201317 point deficit to win 31\u201330. The game's attendance of 86,217 became the sixth-largest in stadium history. The Aggies now had ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 South Division with an overall 5\u20131 record and a 2\u20130 conference record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 67], "content_span": [68, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThis was the Aggies' 66th meeting with the Texas Tech Red Raiders. A&M came into the game leading the series 34\u201330\u20131, though 1993 had been the last time the Aggies won at Jones Stadium in Lubbock. In games played at Lubbock, Tech had led the series 16\u201312. Coach Dennis Franchione had a 1\u20133 record with Tech as A&M head coach, and Tech coach Mike Leach had a 5\u20132 record with A&M as Tech head coach. In their previous meeting at Kyle Field, the Raiders outscored the Aggies 31\u201327, after Tech sophomore quarterback Graham Harrell made a 37-yard touchdown pass with 26\u00a0seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTwo days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Tech to win by 8 points. The College Football News staff predicted Tech to win 45\u201331. In a press conference early into the week of the game, A&M running back Jorvorskie Lane, when told that A&M hadn't won a game in Lubbock since 1993, responded \"We're going to win in 2007. That's a guarantee. I promise you.\" When Tech coach Mike Leach was confronted with Lane's statement, Leach expressed his indifference. Tech's interim defensive coordinator, Ruffin McNeill, however, respected Lane's statement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nA&M defensive back Danny Gorrer stated that \"[Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree] got to bring his A-game when he faces Danny Gorrer\". Gorrer ended up leaving the game with a torn anterior cruciate ligament that caused him to miss the rest of the season. A&M linebacker Mark Dodge stated that last year's game was \"just a fluke\" and expressed his desire to perform well against Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nComing into the game, the Raiders had led the nation in total offense (590.2\u00a0yards) and passing offense (513\u00a0yards). They were also second in scoring offense with their 52.5 points per game. Tech quarterback Graham Harrell was ranked No. 1 in the nation after compiling 450.2\u00a0yards per game, 38 completions per game, and 454.3 passing yards per game this season. Harrell compiled a 73.5 pass completion rate, and had thrown for 28 touchdowns and only three interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0044-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nWide receiver Michael Crabtree had led the nation in receptions (70 for 11.67\u00a0yards per game) and receiving (1,074 for 179\u00a0yards per game). He is also the Division I freshman touchdown record holder for a season, after scoring 17 points per game. Crabtree's 1,074 reception yards were more than A&M's team total of 1,005. The Raiders' pass defense ranked 20th, their rush defense ranked 59th after allowing 152\u00a0yards per game, and their rush offense was ranked 113th, after rushing only 77.2\u00a0yards per game. The Raiders' overall defense ranked 36th, after allowing 338\u00a0yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nA&M came into the game with a 7th-ranked rush offense, after rushing for 248\u00a0yards per game. A&M's leading rushers, Mike Goodson, Jorvorskie Lane, and Stephen McGee, had compiled 363\u00a0yards on 75 carries, 397\u00a0yards on 89 carries, and 455\u00a0yards on 71 carries, respectively. A&M's pass defense ranked 75th, after allowing 237.5 passing yards per game. The Aggies' defense ranked 63rd after allowing 377.5\u00a0yards per game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 63], "content_span": [64, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThis was the Aggies' 13th meeting with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Coming into the game, Nebraska had led the series 2\u201310, ever since it began in 1930. Texas A&M had only won the 1955 game in Lincoln, and the 1998 game in College Station. Since the 1998 game, the Cornhuskers have outscored the Aggies by an average of 20 points per game. During the Franchione era, the Aggies had played the Cornhuskers twice, and had lost both times by a combined total of 8 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska head coach Bill Callahan entered the 2007 season as a third-year head coach with an 18\u201315 record and a Big 12 North title. Callahan had led his team to a 4\u20133 season record, including a homecoming loss to Oklahoma State. The loss to Oklahoma State became the worst home loss for Nebraska since 1958 and prompted Nebraska officials to fire athletic director Steve Pederson. One day prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Nebraska to win by 2 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nComing into the game, A&M ranked 109th nationally in passing offense, after compiling 162.2 passing yards per game. Stephen McGee was the Aggies' leading rusher at the time, after compiling 544 rushing yards. A&M's rushing offense ranked 7th nationally, after rushing 246\u00a0yards per game. The pass defense ranked 99th nationally, and overall defense ranked 74th. Tight end Martellus Bennett and offensive lineman Chris Yoder did not travel to Lincoln due to injuries, and cornerback Jordan Peterson did not play due to an injury. Nebraska entered the game with an offense that ranked 38th nationally, and a passing offense that ranked 27th. Nebraska's rush defense ranked 106th, after allowing opponents to rush an average of 208.5\u00a0yards per game. Nebraska's total defense ranked 108th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 848]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nIn the game, A&M quarterback Stephen McGee rushed for 167\u00a0yards on 35 carries, both career-highs, and completed 13 of 22 passes for 100\u00a0yards. McGee's 35 carries broke the A&M record for carries by a quarterback of 27, which was set in 1977. A&M running back Jorvorskie Lane rushed for 130\u00a0yards and four touchdowns, bringing his career rushing touchdown total to 43 and becoming the Aggies' second all-time leading touchdown rusher. Lane also made carries of 22, 27, and 31\u00a0yards, which became his three longest runs thus far this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nNebraska had lost all three of their fumbles, one of which that led A&M to a 16\u20137 lead in the second quarter. In the third quarter, both Lane and McGee teamed up on two consecutive 80\u2013yard touchdown drives against the wind, giving A&M a 30\u201314 lead. Overall, the offense compiled a total of 459\u00a0yards with no turnovers, and 359 rushing yards, the most in a road game since 1996. After the game, Nebraska had been outscored 122\u201334 in their losses to Missouri, Oklahoma State, and A&M.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nThis was the Aggies' 9th meeting with the ranked Kansas Jayhawks. A&M entered the game leading the series 7\u20131, and had only lost the first meeting in Lawrence in 1974. Kansas was the only Big 12 team that A&M was undefeated against, ever since the Big 12 formed in 1996. Kansas was the first top 10 team, excluding Oklahoma and Texas, to play at Kyle Field since 2002. A&M had compiled a 6\u20133 record for games played against top 10 teams (other than OU and Texas) at Kyle Field. In their previous meeting in 2006, A&M outscored Kansas 21\u201318. One day prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Kansas to win by three points. In CBS Sports' weekly \"Expert Picks\", four out of the five reporters chose A&M to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 771]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nA&M came into the game with a 5th-ranked rushing offense, and a 111th ranked passing offense. The pass defense ranked 100th, scoring defense ranked 42nd, and overall defense ranked 73rd. Kansas entered the game with a 16th-ranked rushing offense, 25th-ranked passing offense, and a 3rd-ranked scoring offense. Kansas' rushing defense ranked 4th, pass defense ranked 10th, and overall defense ranked 5th. Kansas also had ranked 9th in the weekly BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nIn the game, the KU defense held A&M's 5th-ranked rushing offense to only 79\u00a0yards. The A&M defense allowed KU running back Brandon McAnderson to rush for a career-high of 183\u00a0yards and score two touchdowns. The game remained scoreless until the third quarter, when KU gained a total of 13 points by kicking two field goals and scoring one touchdown. In the third quarter alone, the A&M offense compiled -9\u00a0yards on 9 plays. In the fourth quarter, KU scored another touchdown to earn a 19-point lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0051-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Kansas\nA&M had almost gotten its first home shutout since 1971, until Matt Szymanski kicked a field goal with 7:20 left in the game. With 2:06 left, quarterback Stephen McGee threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to freshman receiver Roger Holland and completed a two-point conversion to bring the score up to 19\u201311. On the last two plays of the game, however, McGee attempted hail Mary passes, but failed both times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 59], "content_span": [60, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThis was the Aggies' 26th meeting with the Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners entered the game leading the series 10\u201315 and also leading 11\u20131 in games played at Norman. Coach Dennis Franchione had compiled a 0\u20134 record with OU as A&M head coach, and coach Bob Stoops had compiled a 7\u20131 record with A&M as OU head coach. In 2003, A&M suffered its worst loss in school history when OU shutout A&M 77\u20130 at Norman. In their last meeting, the #21 Aggies lost to the #18 Sooners 17\u201316.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0052-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIn addition, A&M running back Mike Goodson ran for a career record of 127\u00a0yards against the Sooners tough run defense last year. The Sooners came off of a bye week to play A&M. During his tenure at OU, Stoops had compiled a 7\u20131 record in games played directly after a bye week. In CBS Sports' weekly \"Expert Picks\", all five reporters chose OU to win. Two days prior to the game, oddsmakers favored OU to win by 21 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nA&M entered the game with a 9th-ranked rushing offense, 109th passing offense, and 48th scoring offense. A&M's scoring defense ranked 40th, pass defense 89th, and overall defense ranked 76th. OU had led the Big 12 with its 2nd-ranked scoring offense and 3rd-ranked rushing defense. OU had also led the Big 12 with its 2nd-ranked passing efficiency, 8th-ranked sack total, and 5th-ranked tackles for loss total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIn the game, OU tight end Jermaine Gresham matched a school record after he caught four receiving touchdowns in the first three quarters. Quarterback Sam Bradford made 284 passing yards and five touchdowns. A&M fumbles in the first half, one by receiver Roger Holland and the other by running back Keondra Smith, led to OU touchdown drives. The OU offense gained a total of 470\u00a0yards. A&M running back Mike Goodson, who was suspended the first half after missing a practice earlier in the week, rushed for a total of 28\u00a0yards on 7 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nQuarterback Stephen McGee compiled 155 passing yards after completing 15 of 28 passes. Overall, the Aggies gained only 283 offensive yards, 152 of which came from the final two drives of the game. The Aggies did not convert a single third down. A&M tight end Martellus Bennett broke a school record of 26 consecutive games with receptions after he caught a team-high of four passes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThis was the Aggies' 10th meeting with the Missouri Tigers. A&M entered the game leading the series 7\u20132. In the 2006 game at Kyle Field, the unranked Aggies defeated #19 Missouri 25\u201319.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThis game marked the 114th meeting between the Aggies and the Texas Longhorns and was the fourth year as part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. The football rivalry began in 1894 and continues to be the longest-running rivalry for both the Longhorns and the Aggies; it is the third most-played rivalry in Division I-A college football. Texas A&M comes into the 2007 contest with a 35\u201373\u20135 record. Since the series began in 1894, the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2007 game marks the fourteenth\u00a0straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe 2005 UT game was the poorest performance of that season by the Longhorns, both offensively and defensively. On offense, Vince Young had only 162\u00a0yards of offense, his lowest output of the season. UT running backs Henry Melton and Ramonce Taylor also received criticism for their tendency to run side-to-side instead of down-field. On defense, the Longhorns held A&M to only 118\u00a0yards passing but gave up 277\u00a0yards rushing; the highest allowed by the Longhorns all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 534]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe 2006 meeting was the first time in eight years that both teams entered the game with at least eight wins coming into the match-up. A&M prevailed 12\u20137 over the Longhorns in Austin, Texas, rushing for 244\u00a0yards against the nation's then-top-ranked rush defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nAs a result of a tragic accident in 1999, the Aggies could no longer hold a school sponsored version of their traditional Bonfire but the unofficial \"Student Bonfire\" was lit on the evening of 20 November 2007. Texas A&M also hosted its annual Maroon Out on game day. During the week before the game, the Longhorns held their traditional Hex Rally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe game kicked off and the Aggies Quickly scored a 35-yard touchdown with a screen pass from Stephen McGee to Mike Goodson on their opening drive to go up by seven points. The Longhorns mustered two first downs, but could not get any points and punted. Texas A&M likewise ended their subsequent drive three plays later with a punt of their own. The Longhorn team again successfully penetrated into Texas A&M territory, but Mack Brown opted to call a pooch punt by Colt McCoy on fourth down and four from the Aggie 37. The Aggies answered with an eighteen-play drive that stalled on the 14-yard line and the Aggies had to settle for a 31-yard field goal by Matt Szymanski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 731]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe second quarter started with the Longhorns driving only six yards and being forced to punt again. The Aggies continued to press their advantage and drove down the field until Stephen McGee threw an ill-timed pass that was intercepted by Deon Beasley at the Longhorn 25. Two first-downs later, Texas was forced to punt and pinned Texas A&M on their own five-yard line. Stephen McGee led the offense with several long passes and the Aggies drove to the Texas 5 but again were held short on 3rd down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0061-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOn 4th and three, the Aggies faked the field goal and the placeholder, T.J. Sanders, ran the ball in for his first touchdown giving the Aggies a 17\u20130 lead. The Longhorns started their next drive on their own 20 where Colt McCoy threw a pass to Jamaal Charles that went 62\u00a0yards. The drive stalled and the Longhorns had to settle for a field goal and went to halftime trailing their archrival 17\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe third quarter started with promising drives by both teams that ended when the ball was intercepted. Brandon Foster ran the Longhorn interception back to the A&M 8\u00a0yard line and Texas scored a touchdown on the next play to pull the Longhorns within seven points. The Aggies drove to the Texas 34\u00a0yard line, but the drive stalled out and Texas took over on downs as the fourth down attempt failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0062-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nColt McCoy fumbled a few plays later to give the ball back to Texas A&M. Five plays later, Stephen McGee scampered into the endzone for a five-yard touchdown to put the Aggies up 24\u201310. The Longhorns took little time to answer with a touchdown of their own. Quan Cosby returned the following kickoff 91\u00a0yards for a touchdown to pull Texas within seven once again. The next drive started on the Aggie 49, courtesy of a 42-yard kickoff return by E. J. Shankle that nearly went for a touchdown. The quarter ended on a seven-yard pass to Mike Goodson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe final quarter of play began with Stephen McGee and Mike Goodson picking up where they left off: Stephen McGee threw a 44-yard pass to Mike Goodson for another touchdown to put the Aggies ahead by a score of 31\u201317. The Longhorns again went three and out and were forced to punt. The Aggies went down the field quickly and scored yet another touchdown with a 66-yard pass completion to Earvin Taylor to put Texas A&M up by 21 points. Colt McCoy fumbled the ball two plays later but A&M was forced to punt the ball away 3 plays later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0063-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nMcCoy and the Longhorn offense drove the length of the field and answered with 2 passes for over 25\u00a0yards and a touchdown taking only 99\u00a0seconds off the clock. The Aggies lost seven yards over the next 3 plays and were forced again to punt. The Longhorns drove 73\u00a0yards from their own 27, converted two fourth downs, and scored another touchdown. Ryan Bailey missed the extra point but left the Longhorns only down by 8 points. The Aggies took possession on their own 33 and ran the clock out to win the game 38\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Texas\nDuring the postgame celebration, ABC commentator Jack Arute asked Coach Franchione for his thoughts on the A&M coaching situation. Coach Franchione responded by asking the announcer to let the players enjoy their victory. At the beginning of the subsequent press conference, Coach Franchione announced his resignation effective immediately. Shortly thereafter, Texas A&M announced that defensive coordinator Gary Darnell would lead the Aggies in the bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl vs. Penn State\nThe Aggies were picked to play the Penn State Nittany Lions, who finished 8\u20134 in their regular season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Alamo Bowl vs. Penn State\nThree Aggie players missed the game due to injuries, including offensive lineman Chris Yoder, cornerback Jordan Peterson, and defensive lineman Chris Smith. Defensive end Michael Bennett also cannot make the game due to his academic ineligibility. College Football News predicts a 34\u201320 victory for Penn State. WhatIfSports.com simulated the game 1,001 times and predicts the same result with a lower score, Penn State 29, Texas A&M 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 78], "content_span": [79, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193250-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team, After the season\nIn the 2008 NFL Draft, five Aggies were drafted, including Martellus Bennett in the second round by the Dallas Cowboys, Cody Wallace and Red Bryant in the fourth round by the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, respectively, Chris Harrington in the sixth round by the Arizona Cardinals, and Corey Clark in the seventh round by the San Diego Chargers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193251-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team\nThe 2007 Texas A&M\u2013Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University-Commerce in the 2007 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Scott Conley, who was in his fourth season at A&M-Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions finished as Lone Star Conference North Division co-champions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193252-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Bowl\nThe 2007 Texas Bowl, part of the 2007\u201308 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 28, 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193252-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Bowl\nThe matchup had different conference representatives from the inaugural 2006 game (itself the revival of the old Houston Bowl). This time, the teams were the TCU Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference and the hometown University of Houston from Conference USA. The original plan was C-USA versus Big 12, but the Big 12 did not have enough teams eligible for bowl games to fill the remaining slots after Oklahoma won the conference title and Kansas was selected at-large to the Orange Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193252-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Bowl\nTCU and Houston had been conference rivals for many years: between 1976 and 1995, they were in the Southwest Conference, and from 2001 to 2004, TCU joined Houston in C-USA. This was their first meeting in a bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193252-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Bowl\nThe Cougars were led by interim head coach Chris Thurmond after Art Briles left the program at the conclusion of the regular season to take a similar job at Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193252-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Bowl\nRadio Shack, the electronics store chain based in Fort Worth, Texas, was the presenting sponsor of the NFL Network telecast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193252-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Bowl\nThe Horned Frogs won the game 20\u201313, giving the Cougars their eighth straight bowl loss - at the time the second longest streak in the NCAA (and tied for second-longest streak in NCAA history).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions\nThe 2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions were separate incidents resulting in college football players being suspended from the 2007 Texas Longhorn football team at the University of Texas at Austin. Head coach Mack Brown suspended a total of seven\u00a0players; six for alleged illegal activities, and one for a violation of National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nFour Longhorn players were involved in legal issues during the off-season. Defensive end Henry Melton and linebacker Sergio Kindle were both arrested during the summer on charges of driving while intoxicated. Both players were suspended from the first three games of the season. They were required to do community service and also missed the first two days of practice to visit with a woman whose son was crippled by a drunk driver.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nFreshman defensive tackle Andre Jones (who had not yet played for Texas but did join spring practices) and former UT player Robert Joseph were charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Jones was one of the team's most highly touted recruits; his high school football career honors included Prep All-American, three-time all-state selection, first-team All-American by Parade Magazine, and Texas 4A Defensive Player of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association. R Head coach Mack Brown suspended Jones from the team indefinitely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nJoseph, a sophomore playing safety, had been suspended from the Longhorn team in June after being arrested on misdemeanor charges of breaking into vehicles, and later announced that he was transferring. In suspending Jones, Brown said \u201cI am extremely disappointed that four of our student-athletes have had issues with the law this summer. That is not reflective of the high standard of class, character and integrity we have established at Texas for many years. It\u2019s a shame that these recent events have generated a great deal of negative attention, because I do think that overall, this is as good of a group of kids that I\u2019ve ever coached. I think that will show over time.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nBrown apologized to the university's administrators, faculty, fans and students for the range of \"embarrassing incidents\" that occurred over the summer. \"It's not what we have worked so hard for 9 \u00bd years to portray in our program of class, integrity and character,\" Brown said. \"It's something we aren't proud of. But I can also assure you that it's not indicative of who this team really is. We're excited to be able to prove that.\" He allowed that something positive could come out of the troubles as it provides a learning and motivational opportunity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nBrown said, \"Our slogan [for the season] will be to 'earn the right,' because some people seem to have taken advantage of being at the University of Texas on a great team without [doing it] the right way. It's my job to make sure that the guys who are playing have earned that right.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nOn August 31, 2007 the University of Texas suspended Billy Pittman for three games because he accepted the use of a friend's car over the summer. The school's compliance office determined the friend was not a booster or agent and was not connected with the university but that the use of the car violated NCAA amateurism rules. The NCAA signed off on the findings. Pittman said in response to the suspension, \"I want to apologize to my coaches, teammates, fans and everyone at the university for making this mistake.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, Prior to the season\nI was driving a friend's car and since he didn't have any ties to UT, I didn't think I was doing anything wrong. As soon as the coaches asked me about it this summer, I told them everything.\" Mack Brown released a statement saying, \"I'm disappointed for Billy. I am confident he wouldn't intentionally do anything to be a distraction to our team. We look forward to his return for the Rice game.\" Pittman had been recovering from a sprained shoulder but had hoped to play in the season opener.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 556]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nOn September 13, 2007 the University of Texas suspended Tyrell Gatewood indefinitely after he was arrested on two\u00a0drug possession charges. A Travis County sheriff's deputy conducted a traffic stop on Gatewood for \"failure to signal within 100 feet before changing lanes. The deputy said the car did use its left-turn signal, but only after it had stopped at the intersection\". The deputy searched the car and found less than one-hundredth of an ounce of marijuana, along with two prescription drugs, Xanax and promethazine with codeine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nThe deputy did not find a prescription for the two-drugs so Gatewood was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of a dangerous drug, a Class A misdemeanor. Longhorn football player Ben Wells was also in the car. Wells was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor, but he was not taken to jail and the team took no disciplinary action against Wells.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nOn September 17, 2007, James Henry was arrested on third-degree felony charges of \"obstruction or retaliation and tampering or fabricating physical evidence.\" His player biography describes him as a \"Physical, athletic second-year player who worked at running back during spring drills [and] gained valuable experience working at safety as a redshirt in 2006\". Henry saw some action on special teams during the 2007 season. He was allegedly retaliating on behalf of teammate Robert Joseph, who was arrested over the summer on aggravated robbery charges. The Austin police department recorded a jail-house phone call Joseph made to Henry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nPolice say Henry told Joseph, \u201cI went over there and whooped all them niggas last night, fool.\u201d Police claim Henry went to the scene of the robbery and told one of the victims, \u201cBitches deserve to get kicked, so that\u2019s what I am going to do!\u201d. The witnesses said that Henry then kicked the victim six or seven times in the head and punched him repeatedly. Mack Brown issued a statement saying \"It\u2019s unfortunate that we have just been informed of the situation or we would have been able to address it when it allegedly occurred in July. We\u2019ve talked with James and his family and have decided to suspend him indefinitely.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nThe Austin American-Statesman reported that police may have actually been seeking James Henry back in July when they arrested Andre Jones. When Robert Joseph was arrested, police said they were \"police are still looking for a black man, described as 6-2 and weighing more than 220\u00a0pounds\". One week later they arrested Jones, who was 6-foot-5 and 295\u00a0pounds. The Austin American-Statesman reported \"That discrepancy led to some questions about possible mistaken identity regarding Jones in the days after his arrest. Now it appears that police were looking for Henry, who was listed at 6-foot-2 and 200\u00a0pounds.\" Henry had been questioned and released on the day of the robbery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 738]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nAfter Jones' arrest, University of Texas President William Charles Powers Jr. issued a statement concerning the suspensions and the team discipline. Powers said in part:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nI applaud Coach Mack Brown for taking swift action in disciplining a member of his football team. I strongly endorse the penalties he has imposed on this player and others who have been arrested for various offenses. I know Coach Brown feels accountable for the conduct of his team and that these players must be held accountable for their own behavior on and off the field. It is important for these young men to understand that with the celebrity that comes with being part of the football program comes an inherent responsibility. When they get involved in criminal behavior or act inappropriately they embarrass themselves, their teammates and respected former players who have built the tradition of Texas football, their coaching staff and their university.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, During the season\nOn October 6, 2007, Tyrell Gatewood was arrested on two misdemeanor drug charges; marijuana possession and for possession on a controlled substance. Gatewood was still on indefinite suspension from the football team due to his arrest less than a month earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 60], "content_span": [61, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, The team\nThe 2007 Texas Longhorn football team was two years removed from the school's most recent college football championship, won by the 2005 Texas Longhorn football team. The 2006 team finished with 10 wins, 3 losses, including a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl. It received a final-ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, The team\nThe Longhorns entered the 2007 season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage. A 2007 pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth, while College Football News had Texas ranked third. The Longhorns came into the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches Poll and AP Poll. Texas struggled in the first three\u00a0games of the season. Their opening game was UT's first\u00a0contest against Arkansas State University and the team narrowly achieved a victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, The team\nNext, they beat the TCU Horned Frogs in a game that required Texas to recover an onsides kick. For their first\u00a0road game of the season, the Longhorns were the first\u00a0opponent for the University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights in their new stadium. The Longhorns struggled in all three\u00a0games and won by smaller margins than expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193253-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football suspensions, The team\nThe Longhorns lost conference games to the Kansas State Wildcats, the Oklahoma Sooners, and the Texas A&M Aggies. They hung on to avoid upset attempts by lower-ranked Nebraska and Oklahoma State, the latter-game involving a 28-point fourth quarter comeback by the Horns. UT concluded their season with a 10\u20133 record by winning the 2007 Holiday Bowl against the Arizona State Sun Devils, another first-time opponent for Texas. They were ranked tenth in the final AP poll and in the USA Today coaches' poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe 2007 Texas Longhorns football team (variously \"Texas\" or \"UT\" or the \"Horns\") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown. The Longhorns played their home games in Darrell K Royal\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe Longhorns entered the 2007 season ranked third on all-time college football lists in both total wins and winning percentage. A pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth, while College Football News ranked Texas third. The Longhorns came into the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches Poll and AP Poll. During the preceding summer five players had been disciplined for legal infractions, another suspended for NCAA rule violations, and a coach had undergone surgery for cancer. Additional players were suspended during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe Longhorns played games against two opponents they had never faced previously: Arkansas State University and the University of Central Florida (UCF). The Longhorns narrowly achieved a victory in their home opener with Arkansas State, and in their first road game of the season, Texas was the inaugural opponent for the UCF Knights in their new stadium. In preseason speculation, games against Texas Christian University (TCU) and Oklahoma (OU) were considered among the top 20 games to watch during the 2007 college football season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe Longhorns lost conference games to the Kansas State Wildcats, the Oklahoma Sooners, and the Texas A&M Aggies. In two close games, they avoided upset attempts by lower-ranked Nebraska and Oklahoma State, the latter game involving a 21-point fourth quarter comeback by the Horns. Texas concluded its season by winning the 2007 Holiday Bowl against the Arizona State Sun Devils\u2014another first-time opponent for Texas\u2014bringing their season record to 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team\nThe Horns finished the season ranked tenth in the AP poll and in the USA Today coaches poll. After the season, five UT players entered professional football through the 2008 NFL Draft and four others agreed to sign free-agent contracts with NFL teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season\nMack Brown became the head coach of the Texas Longhorns for the 1998 season. Through 2006, he had a win/loss record of 93\u201322 and the best winning percentage (80.9%) of any football coach in Longhorn history. The 2004 team had the first Bowl Championship Series win for any Texas team and the 2005 team won the National Championship (the fourth for the UT football program).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season\nThe 2006 team had 9 wins and 1 loss through November 4, 2006 but starting quarterback Colt McCoy was injured in the 11th game and Texas lost the final two regular season games, including a 12\u20137 home loss to division rivals Texas A&M. This took the team out of contention for the conference championship, as well as the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season\nBetween the 2006 regular season and the bowl season, back-up quarterback Jevan Snead transferred to another school, and Longhorn defensive coordinator Gene Chizik accepted the head-coaching job at Iowa State University. The Longhorns ended up accepting a bowl invitation to the Alamo Bowl against the unranked University of Iowa Hawkeyes, who had finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference. Colt McCoy was cleared to play for the Horns and led Texas through a back-and-forth affair to a 26\u201324 win. The Longhorns finished the season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and received a final ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season\nTexas entered the 2007 season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage. They were ranked in the Top 10 by numerous pre-season polls. For instance, a pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth; Rivals.com ranked them ninth; College Football News and Real Football 365 both ranked Texas third. The Longhorns came into the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches Poll and AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Facilities and equipment\nFollowing the final home game of 2006, construction workers demolished the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. This section was rebuilt to make the lowest seats closer to the field while planning for luxury boxes and an upper-deck. The lower deck was ready for 2007, while the upper deck and luxury boxes are planned to be ready for 2008. The modifications put the north end zone seats thirty yards closer to the field of play. This results in several game day changes, such as Smokey the Cannon moving to the south end-zone near Bevo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Facilities and equipment\nEach 2007 Longhorn football helmet featured a Texas bluebonnet decal. The decal was chosen to honor President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson and the Johnson family. Brown said President Johnson used to enjoy discussing football with former UT coach Darrell K Royal, while the first lady was known for her conservation efforts, particularly the spread of native wildflowers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Facilities and equipment\nFor the second straight year, UT merchandise products were the top-selling products among clients of Collegiate Licensing Company. UT entered into a marketing arrangement with Bluetooth SIG to deploy Bluetooth kiosks throughout the stadium. These kiosks broadcast free game-day information to Bluetooth-enabled cell-phones in the stands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Practices and preseason injuries\nThe Longhorns played their 2007 Spring Jamboree Scrimmage on March 31, 2007 and reported for fall practice on August 5, 2007. A public scrimmage scheduled for August 18, 2007 was canceled due to safety concerns related to the weather and to ongoing stadium construction. With rain expected over the weekend and no working pumps to help remove water from the field, Brown held a closed practice indoors instead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Practices and preseason injuries\nDuring fall practice, receivers Limas Sweed, Billy Pittman, and Jordan Shipley were injured. Sweed suffered a sprain to his left wrist on August 15. Pittman sprained his left shoulder during practice on August 17. Head UT athletic trainer Kenny Boyd said, \"We will continue to evaluate [Pittman] and monitor his progress in hopes of getting him back in time for the season opener.\" Jordan Shipley had to limit his practice due to a strained hamstring.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Practices and preseason injuries\nThe receiver position was considered one of the deepest positions on the team; coaches said veteran players Quan Cosby (Texas' second-leading receiver) and Nate Jones performed well in training camp. Coach Brown said he expected to be able to play three freshman receivers in 2007: Brandon Collins, Malcolm Williams and James Kirkendoll. On August 29, 2006 Brown announced that Sweed was \"probable\" for the season opening game, but that Shipley was \"doubtful\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 92], "content_span": [93, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Coaches\nPrior to the first game of the season, the University of Texas Board of Regents voted unanimously to raise Brown's salary by $300,000, bringing his annual compensation to $2.81\u00a0million and keeping him among the five highest-paid coaches in college football. The package also includes up to $3 million in bonuses, including \"$100,000 if he wins the Big 12 Championship and $450,000 for a national championship, as well as bonuses based on the percent of players who graduate.\" At the time, Brown's contract extended through the 2016 season and included buy-out clauses should another school attempt to hire Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Coaches\nGreg Davis, who entered his 10th season with Texas, was the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Duane Akina was the defensive coordinator, and took the position vacated by Gene Chizik when he left the program. During the 2007 season, Akina performed his job on the sidelines while Larry Mac Duff provided input from the press box. UT running backs coach Ken Rucker announced in August that he had prostate cancer and that he would have surgery on August 27. He coached practices until just prior to surgery and returned to the team before the end of the season. Rucker's health concern coincided with player incidents that created Brown's most tumultuous off-season since arriving at Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 775]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Player suspensions\nThe school suspended a total of seven players for at least a portion of the season. Six were suspended for alleged illegal activities, and one was suspended for a violation of National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) rules. Defensive end Henry Melton and linebacker Sergio Kindle were both arrested during the summer on charges of driving while intoxicated. Freshman defensive tackle Andre (Dre) Jones (who had not yet played for Texas but did join spring practices) and former UT player Robert Joseph were charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Player suspensions\nJones was one of the team's most highly touted recruits; his high school football career honors included Prep All-American, three-time all-state selection, first-team All-American by Parade Magazine, and Texas 4A Defensive Player of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association The university suspended Tyrell Gatewood indefinitely after he was arrested on two drug possession charges. James Henry was arrested on third-degree felony charges of \"obstruction or retaliation and tampering or fabricating physical evidence.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Before the 2007 season, Player suspensions\nThe University of Texas suspended Billy Pittman for three games because he violated NCAA rules when he accepted the use of a friend's car over the summer. Coach Brown and University of Texas President William Charles Powers Jr. issued statements concerning the importance of team discipline and zero tolerance policy for infractions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 78], "content_span": [79, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Roster\nAn * indicates that the player is a \"walk-on\". (a non-scholarship player)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 51], "content_span": [52, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Watch lists\nLonghorns listed on preseason All-American or \"All-Conference\" teams or on award watch lists:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Players, Recruiting\nTexas\u2019 2007 recruiting class was rated by Scout.com as third-best in the nation, behind Florida and USC. Of their picks for the top 100 incoming freshman, Texas signed #8 Tray Allan (offensive lineman), #14 Curtis Brown (cornerback), #30 Andre (Dre) Jones (defensive tackle), #31 John Chiles (wide receiver), and #81 Russell Carter (defensive end). Carter made the preseason roster as a defensive end while Chiles was listed as a quarterback. Jones was suspended from the team due to legal trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nThe first Longhorn game of the season marked the first-ever meeting between Texas and Arkansas State, an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision team from the Sun Belt Conference. Pre -game media attention played upon the fact that both schools won national football championships in 1970. Both schools entered the game with a level of controversy attached to their teams. Arkansas State was facing criticism over its team name. The team was nicknamed \"Indians\" in honor of the Osage Nation that inhabited the area until the 1800s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nThe NCAA enforced restrictions on the use of Indian mascots, saying that they were derogatory to American Indians. In 2008, the Indians changed their name to the Red Wolves. The University of Texas was dealing with player suspensions, and passed a large pay raise for Mack Brown one week prior to the game. As part of the package, Brown received a $100,000 special payment upon completion of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nTwo days prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 39points. Sportswriters John Bridges and Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman predicted the Longhorns would have a big lead early in the game and that true-freshman quarterback John Chiles would enter the game in the second or third quarter as the backup to Colt McCoy. Redshirt freshman quarterback Sherrod Harris was on the injured list and was not expected to play. Those predictions were off the mark as the Indians almost kept up with the Horns and McCoy stayed in for the entire game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nTexas scored a touchdown on its first possession and Arkansas State answered with a field goal. Texas made another touchdown to end the first quarter. Neither team scored in the second quarter. Texas scored seven points in the third quarter, while Arkansas State was scoreless. In the fourth quarter, Arkansas State scored ten points to pull within eight points of Texas. With approximately one minute left to play, Arkansas State attempted an onside kick. State recovered the ball, but a controversial illegal formation penalty forced them to re-kick. On the re-kick, Texas recovered the ball and was able to run out the clock to preserve a 21\u201313 win. Colt McCoy threw two touchdown passes and two interceptions; he also made two punts. Jamaal Charles accounted for the third touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 854]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nStarting Longhorn defensive end Brian Orakpo injured his right knee during the game. The team reported Orakpo did not need surgery but that it was uncertain when he would return.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State\nKirk Bohls was among commentators who were unimpressed by the Longhorns performance, saying, \"if this becomes the pattern, look for a 7\u20135 season.\" On September 5, Arkansas State coach Steve Roberts said he was told by the Big 12 Conference's supervisor of football officials that game officials wrongly overturned ASU's recovery of the onside kick. He said the Big 12 Conference Supervisor of Officials told Arkansas State there had been no illegal formation, that no penalty should have been called, and that Arkansas State should have been awarded possession of the football. A Big 12 Conference spokesman said he could not confirm or deny that such a conversation took place and that any such conversation was confidential.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThe second Longhorn game of the season was the first meeting of the former Southwest Conference (SWC) rivals since the conference disbanded following the 1995 season. Texas held a 60\u201320\u20131 (win-lose-tie) record vs. the TCU Horned Frogs. Their most recent meeting was a 27\u201319 Longhorn victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nIn their annual season preview magazine, CBS SportsLine.com selected two Longhorn games \u2014 vs. TCU and against OU \u2014 as ranking in their 17 \"must see\" games for 2007. CBS Sportsline.com also selected TCU as one of the potential \"BCS Busters\" for 2007, saying, \"The Horned Frogs will have one of the best defenses in the nation with nine starters back on a squad that allowed only 12.3 points per game last year, including a 12\u20133 victory over Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nGarry Patterson has made the Horned Frogs one of the best BCS non-AQ conference schools in the nation, but unlike Utah and Boise State, they had not received the opportunity to play in a Bowl Championship Series bowl. If TCU can get past Texas on Sept. 8, it might finally be time for the Horned Frogs to invade the BCS party.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nTexas' narrow win versus Arkansas State in week one, together with TCU's victory over Baylor, fueled speculation that the 2007 Horned Frogs might have a chance at an upset victory over the Longhorns. Texas dropped three places to number seven in the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, while TCU moved up three places to number nineteen. One day prior to the game, Las Vegas casinos picked Texas to win by 9\u00bd points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nBoth teams were scoreless in the first quarter. In the second quarter, TCU's Torrey Stewart faked a blitz, then dropped back and caught an interception from Colt McCoy before running in for a touchdown. Later in the quarter, McCoy threw a pass that was tipped by a defender and intercepted by David Roach. The Longhorn defense kept the Horned Frogs out of the end zone following the interception, but the Frogs scored on a 19-yard field goal by Chris Manfredini. The first half ended with TCU leading, 10\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nThe Longhorns' first second-half drive culminated in a 33-yard touchdown pass to Nate Jones. A fumble by TCU gave Texas good field position, but the Longhorns were stopped on the two-yard line and settled for a game-tying field goal. The Horns held TCU to seventeen yards of offense and no first downs in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, TCU\nIn the fourt quarter, Colt McCoy set up the go-ahead score with a scramble to the TCU one-yard line. Vondrell McGee scored a touchdown two plays later. Texas' next possession resulted in a second field goal by Ryan Bailey. The Longhorn defense held TCU to a three-and-out but TCU's punter fumbled the ball, and Brandon Foster ran the ball in for a touchdown, capping 27 straight points for Texas. The Frogs came back and scored 37-yard field goal by Manfredini and then attempted an onsides kick but Texas recovered the ball. UT's Jamaal Charles made a 39-yard rushing touchdown for the game's final score. Texas won, 34\u201313. The attendance for the game, 84,621, was the third-largest crowd ever to watch a TCU football game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nThe third game of the season was the first-ever meeting between the Longhorns and the UCF Knights. Texas was the first opponent in the Knights' new stadium, Bright House Networks Stadium, and the game was the first of three scheduled meetings between the schools. The Knights opened their season with an upset of North Carolina State; the victory was their second victory over a BCS opponent and the first time for the Knights to beat a BCS school since 2000. They followed the win with a week off, giving them two weeks to prepare for Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0032-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nIt was just the sixth time Texas had played in Florida and was the team's first appearance in the state since 1965. The number six-ranked Longhorns were the highest rank team the Knights had ever played. UCF coach George O'Leary said prior to the game, \"When you talk about elite teams, Texas is an elite team from an athletics, traditions and overall standpoint.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nSeveral Longhorn players missed the game due to injuries or suspensions. Starting defensive end Brian Orakpo missed his second straight game as a result of suffering a knee sprain against Arkansas State. Starting offensive tackle Adam Ulatoski was listed as doubtful. Backup quarterback Sherrod Harris was also injured and had not seen action since spraining his knee on August 12. Wide receiver Jordan Shipley participated in his first game since a preseason injury. Defensive end Henry Melton, linebacker Sergio Kindle and receiver Billy Pittman were serving the last game of their three-game suspensions. On September 13, Tyrell Gatewood joined Andre Jones and Robert Joseph in receiving an indefinite suspension due to alleged illegal activities. The day prior to the game, sports books in Las Vegas picked Texas to win by 18 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nA sell-out crowd greeted the Longhorns in Florida. UCF received the opening kickoff in their end-zone and took a touchback. UCF was not able to get a first down and before punting the ball to Texas. The Horns drove inside the UCF 20-yard line before being stopped on fourth-and-short and settling for a field goal. On their second possession, the Knights drove the ball down the field for a touchdown and a four-point lead. Shortly thereafter, lightning was spotted near the stadium and both teams were sent into their locker rooms for approximately 15 minutes before play resumed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0034-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nTexas' first drive after the delay culminated in a six-yard touchdown pass to Nate Jones. When the first quarter ended, the Longhorns had a three-point lead and the Knights had the ball. In the second quarter, the Longhorns and the Knights each fumbled inside the UCF ten-yard line. Texas scored ten points in the quarter to UCF's three. The score at halftime was 20\u201310, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nTexas began the scoring in the third quarter with a 49-yard field goal. UCF needed just five plays to reply with a touchdown and cut Texas' lead to 23\u201317. After two punts by the Horns and one by the Knights, UCF turned the ball over on downs. On the next play, McCoy threw an interception and UCF's resulting drive culminated in a touchdown to give the Knights a 24\u201323 lead with 13:38 left in the game. The Longhorns regained the lead with two field goals and a touchdown. A Longhorn attempt at a two-point conversion failed, making the score 35\u201324. This decision was later criticized by commentators who said that the decision allowed UCF a chance to tie the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 721]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nWith 2:14 remaining, Longhorn Jamaal Charles committed his second fumble of the game. UCF recovered the ball and completed a touchdown and a two-point conversion to cut Texas' lead to 35\u201332 with 35 seconds remaining. When the Knights were unable to recover their onside kick attempt, Texas was able to run out the clock and preserve a three-point victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nJamaal Charles of Texas rushed 22 times for 157 yards and Kevin Smith of UCF rushed 27 times for 150 yards for UCF. McCoy completed 68% of his passes for a total of 227 yards; UCF's Kyle Israel completed 35% of his passes for a total of 133 yards. McCoy's 47 passing attempts tied a UT single-game record. His 32 completions set a new school record, besting the 30 completed by Vince Young during the 2006 Rose Bowl and by Major Applewhite during two 1999 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0037-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCF\nDue to his performance in the game, Texas cornerback Brandon Foster was named the Big 12's defensive player of the week. For the second week in a row, Foster scored a touchdown on defense. Foster was recognized by the conference the previous week for his work on special teams, making him the first Longhorn to get back-to-back conference honors since running back Hodges Mitchell in 2000. Kicker Ryan Bailey tied a school record with five field goals. Combined with his previous attempts, the five kicks made him seven-of-nine for the season at that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 55], "content_span": [56, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nPrior to the 2007 season, Texas and Rice had competed in football on 89 prior occasions. The series, which began in 1914, is the fourth oldest (by number of games) in Texas history. The Owls were 21-67-1 against Texas heading into the game, including the sixth-longest streak of one college football team winning over another team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nAfter their narrow victory over the UCF Knights, the Longhorns remained in sixth place in the coaches\u2019 poll and dropped from sixth to seventh place in the Associated Press poll. Jeff Sagarin, whose computer rankings are used as a component of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, had the Longhorns at number twelve coming into the game. Sagarin's system had Rice ranked as the worst team in Division I-A and 181st in the country, behind many I-AA teams. Four days prior to the game, Las Vegas favored UT by 39 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe Longhorns suspended special teams player James Henry prior to the game, but three Longhorn players\u2014Billy Pittman, Henry Melton, and Sergio Kindle\u2014were able to rejoin the team after serving three game suspensions. Brian Orakpo missed his third straight game due to an injury received in the season-opening game. The Owls came into the game 0\u20133 after losing the previous week to Texas Tech by a score of 59\u201324.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe Longhorns started the game on offense and had no success on their first drive. On the first play, Colt McCoy threw an incompletion, and on the second play, Jamaal Charles fumbled the ball to the Owls. The Texas defense held Rice to a field goal attempt, which was no good. Texas scored a touchdown on a 13-play drive that included converting a 4th-and-two situation. The Longhorns extended their lead to 41\u20130 before Rice scored a touchdown with 18 seconds left in the first half. In the second half, Texas scored two touchdowns and one field goal, and Rice scored one touchdown. Texas won 58\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nMcCoy completed 20 of his 29 passing attempts, accumulating 333 yards through the air. For the first time in the season, he did not throw an interception. McCoy and most of the Longhorn starting players were replaced by backups after the first drive of the second half. True freshman quarterback John Chiles made his first appearance as a Texas player in the first quarter, when he participated in a single play. He came out of the game after the play before returning in the third quarter as McCoy's replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0041-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nOn his first drive, Chiles led the Longhorns 80 yards to a touchdown, carrying the ball 4 times for 49 yards. He also threw one incomplete pass (one of two he threw in the game) and handed off to Vondrell McGee three times for thirty-one yards. Redshirt freshman Sherrod Harris replaced Chiles for the final two drives of the game. Chiles' strong performance immediately led to media speculation as to how the Longhorns could get him more playing time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice\nMcGee was the game's leading rusher, and had 8 carries for 80 yards. Jamaal Charles rushed 14 times for 72 yards, and John Chiles ran 9 times for 72 yards. Limas Sweed was the leading receiver with 5 catches for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns as he set a new career high for receiving yards in a single game. Sergio Kindle injured his knee, and defensive end Eddie Jones injured his shoulder, but neither injury was thought to be serious.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 56], "content_span": [57, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nTexas first played Kansas State in 1913 and held a record of 5\u20134\u20130 in the series prior to 2007. Since the Kansas State Wildcats belong to the north division of the Big 12 Conference, Texas plays KSU two out of every four years. In the 2006 meeting, fourth-ranked Texas was favored by 16 points over an unranked Kansas State team; Colt McCoy was injured early in the game and KSU went on to defeat Texas 45\u201342. This defeat snapped the Longhorns' 17-game road winning streak as well as the national-best 21-game conference winning steak.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nOne day prior to the 2007 game, Las Vegas casinos picked Texas to win by 15 points. Kansas State got the ball to start the game and scored a touchdown on their opening drive. Texas answered with a touchdown on a drive that featured backup quarterback John Chiles in the game alongside Colt McCoy for some plays. The first quarter ended with the score tied 7\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nIn the second quarter, Kansas State took a 24\u201314 lead and Colt McCoy was injured and headed to the locker room just before halftime. McCoy came back as the Longhorn quarterback at the start of the third quarter, but Texas was never able to erase the deficit and lost, 41\u201321. With about two minutes left in the game, McCoy again headed to the locker room early and Chiles led the Longhorns' last drive.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nMcCoy threw for 200 yards and had four interceptions during the worst performance of his college career. Sports Illustrated selected him as one of the season's 10 \"Most Disappointing College Players\" and noted that his nine interceptions thrown to that point in 2007 were already two more than he threw during the entire 2006 season. Kansas State had no turnovers and scored 21 points on defense and special teams. The Wildcats scored one touchdown on a punt return, one on a kick return, and one on an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0046-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nPreviously, Texas had never allowed all three types of scores in a single season. The 41 points were the most scored against Texas in Austin since UCLA handed the Longhorns a 66\u20133 loss in 1997. The loss to Kansas State was the worst home defeat in the Mack Brown era at Texas. Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated listed several factors that contributed to the Longhorns' struggles. He cited the off-field problems as evidence that no UT player has been able to show the superior leadership skills of Vince Young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0046-0002", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State\nMandel said that McCoy, still only a sophomore, had not been able to completely fill that gap and that McCoy's play had not been as good as during 2006. He also said part of the blame should be placed on an offensive line that lost several starters and had not been able to consistently protect McCoy. Finally, he noted that the running game had been \"equally inconsistent\". The win over UT was the Wildcats' first road victory over a top\u2013ten team in school history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe game against the 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team marked the 102nd meeting of the Red River Shootout, which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries in college football. It is Texas' second-longest running rivalry, just behind its rivalry with Texas A&M. Prior to 2007, Texas led the series 57\u201339\u20135, including the last two consecutive wins. The last match-up was a 28\u201310 Longhorn victory. Since 1929, the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas typically in mid-October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nCBS Sportsline.com listed the game sixth on its list of games to watch during the 2007 season, saying, \"The annual Red River Shootout in Dallas will once again feature two top-ten teams with the winner being the front-runner for not only a Big 12 title but a factor in the national title picture. The game will also feature one of the best match-ups of the year with Limas Sweed and Billy Pittman of the Longhorns facing against Oklahoma's excellent secondary.\" Like Texas, Oklahoma suffered a defeat one week before the Red River Shootout, losing to the Colorado Buffaloes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nTexas' loss pushed it to number 16 in the coaches poll and number 19 in the AP poll; OU fell to number 10 in both polls. The ranking marked Texas' 114th straight week to be listed in the AP poll, the longest active streak in the country and tying the school record. The Longhorns had been ranked 142 straight weeks in the coaches poll, the longest UT streak in any poll and the country's longest active streak in the coaches poll. On the morning of the Red River Shootout, oddsmakers favored Oklahoma to win by 12\u201313 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe game was a back-and-forth affair ultimately won by Oklahoma, 28\u201321. OU's freshman quarterback, Sam Bradford, was 21\u2013of\u201332 for 244 yards and 3 touchdowns. UT's McCoy was 19\u2013of\u201326 for 324 yards and two touchdowns, earning the most passing yardage against an Oklahoma team since the 2004-season National Championship Game vs. USC. McCoy threw one interception, and Jamaal Charles lost a fumble inside the Oklahoma five yard-line. For the second straight week, the Texas defense did not cause any turnovers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nMcCoy, who suffered a concussion the previous week, played the game with his throwing arm bandaged from mid-forearm to biceps and took four sacks and a blind-side late hit after one play had been whistled dead. With the loss, Texas opened conference play 0\u20132 for the first time since 1956. A bright spot for the Horns was tight end Jermichael Finley, who caught four passes for 149 yards. Jamaal Charles ran for 79 yards and John Chiles carried once for four yards. Counting the sacks to McCoy, Texas had a total of 61 yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nReceiver Limas Sweed left the game early because he re-injured his left wrist. He later had surgery to tighten the ligaments in the wrist but the injury ended his collegiate career. The Austin American-Statesman reported \"Quan Cosby likely will move to Sweed's spot at split end, with Nate Jones moving to flanker. The Longhorns likely will decide between Billy Pittman and Jordan Shipley at slot receiver when Texas is in its base, three-receiver set.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nDefensive end Aaron Lewis fractured his elbow in the game and was taken out of the lineup indefinitely. The Austin American-Statesman reported \"A depth chart issued Monday shows Lamarr Houston moving to Lewis' spot at power end, with Brian Orakpo regaining his starting job at quick end. The Longhorns have been dealing with injuries at defensive end all season.\" Fullback Luke Tiemann also required surgery to repair a broken wrist, but was expected to miss only two games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nJeff Duarte of the Houston Chronicle made note of Charles' fumble, McCoy's interception and the low rushing yardage. He said, \"the Texas Longhorns went back and forth with Oklahoma for most of the game Saturday before eventually succumbing to the same problems that have taken them from a Top 10 ranking to the verge of dropping out of the national polls for the first time in seven years.\" The win kept the Sooners in position to win the south division of the Big12 Conference and could even allow them back into the national championship race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 606]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nAsked to assess his personal performance after the loss to Kansas State, Colt McCoy said, \"I think I've had some bad luck, I'm definitely a better quarterback, definitely more experienced\u2014I've just had some bad luck. Things that can go the wrong way, have gone the wrong way \u2014 tipped balls and that stuff.\" He also said there was room for improvement, \"Teams are blitzing us a lot more. We've handled it well for the most part, but there's so many things we can do better...", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIf you ask every person on this offense, they'll tell you there's something individually they can do better.\" After the loss to Oklahoma, Mack Brown said he did not want to hear about bad luck, \"By saying we're unlucky is just a cop-out, this game isn't about luck. If you knock balls loose you should get on them. If you tip balls in the air you should catch them. We're not going to have any excuses.\" Brown cited the lack of big plays on defense, particularly the lack of forced turnovers, as a problem for Texas. Both Brown and Greg Davis hinted that Jamaal Charles could face less playing time as a result of his problems hanging onto the ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nTexas first played Iowa State in 1979, and the Longhorns had won all six matchups coming into the 2007 season. Their last meeting in 2006 concluded with a 37\u201314 Texas victory. The Cyclones football team was coached by Gene Chizik who was co-defensive coordinator for Texas from 2005\u20132006. Like Texas, the Cyclones were 0\u20132 in conference play, but they had only a 1\u20135 record overall. Their lone victory of the season had been against Iowa when they made a game-winning 28-yard field goal with :01 remaining. As with Kansas State, Texas plays the Cyclones two out of every four years as part of the Big 12 Conference schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nDespite losses to Kansas State and Oklahoma, Texas remained in the Top 25 coming into the game with Iowa State. The Horns were number 22 in the USA Today coaches poll and number 23 in the Associated Press media poll. Texas extended its streak in the coaches poll to 143 weeks and its streak in the AP poll to 115 weeks. Mack Brown said that he would not change the game plan in facing Chizik but that he needed to adjust sideline signals and snap counts since they were known to the former Texas co-coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe Austin American-Statesman predicted Iowa State's quarterback Bret Meyer and wide receiver Todd Blythe would pose the biggest threat for the Longhorns. The paper also called the Cyclones the worst team in the Big 12 North and predicted that Texas would be 2\u20132 in conference play after facing Iowa State and Baylor, the worst team in the south division. The Daily Texan reported that the game offered an opportunity for Gene Chizik to get a \"signature win\" if his team could beat Texas. Two days prior to the game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 16 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe Longhorns were in control from the beginning and routed Iowa State 56\u20133, the worst loss for the Cyclones since 1997. Iowa State got the ball to start the game and made a first down with a pass from Bret Meyer to Todd Blythe. The UT defense prevented them from gaining another first down and the Cyclones punted from their own 37 yard-line; Texas took over at their 42 yard-line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0058-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nOn the first play from scrimmage, Colt McCoy scrambled away from a blitz and saw that Jordan Shipley had broken off his route and was 10 yards behind any Cyclone defender. Shipley caught the pass from McCoy and sped away from the Cyclones to score a 58-yard touchdown. From that point, the Longhorns never relinquished the lead. They led 14\u20133 at the end of the first quarter and 28\u20133 at halftime. In the second half, Texas added another 28\u2013points, en route to a 56\u20133 blowout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe Longhorns' success passing the ball eventually gave way to the running game. John Chiles led the Longhorns with 54 yards on 9 carries. McCoy rushed for 50 yards, while Jamaal Charles carried the ball 7 times for 44 yards. The Longhorns finished with 514 total yards \u2013 298 via the air, and 216 on the ground. The Longhorns forced three turnovers, including two interceptions, without surrendering any themselves. Brandon Foster intercepted a pass from Bret Meyer and returned it for a 39-yard touchdown. Deon Beasley also picked off Meyer, who completed only 17 passes for 111 yards and no touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 667]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nTexas fullback Antwan Cobb sprained his left anterior cruciate ligament late in the game, an injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. Cobb's injury left the Longhorns without a true fullback, although they had not utilized the position often during the season. The only other fullback on the team, Luke Tiemann, was expected to miss one more week with a wrist injury. Mack Brown said Chris Ogbonnaya, the second-team tailback, would move to fullback for the Baylor game. Freshman tight end Blaine Irby had taken some practice at fullback and could also be used in that position. Robert Killebrew was benched after committing two personal foul penalties, a consistent problem for him in the 2007 season. Without a veteran fullback, Texas planned to either run the ball out of the shotgun formation or simply focus on the passing game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 909]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nRepresentatives from the Holiday Bowl were in attendance. According to the Austin Statesman, one of them said, \"We\u2019d love to have Texas, but they\u2019re still hoping to wind up at the Fiesta Bowl.\" In order to reach the Fiesta Bowl, Texas needed Oklahoma to lose two games, giving Texas a spot in the Big 12 Conference Championship game, which Texas would then have to win. Another possibility was for Oklahoma to make it to the National Championship game and Texas being selected for an at-large Bowl Championship Series bid.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe game against Baylor was played in Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas, approximately 100 miles (161\u00a0km) north on Interstate 35 from Austin, the home of the University of Texas. Because home UT games are usually a sell-out, Texas games at Baylor have found numerous Texas fans driving to Waco to watch the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Longhorns first played the Baylor Bears in 1901 and faced them annually during the days of the Southwest Conference. In the 96 meetings through 2006, Texas' record against the Bears was 70 wins, 22 losses, and 4 ties. The rivalry with Baylor is Texas' third-longest by number of games: only Oklahoma and Texas A&M have faced Texas more times on the football field. Texas won the 2006 meeting 63\u201331.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nIn the week prior to the 2007 game, Baylor assistant coach Eric Schnupp was charged with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct and reckless exposure after he allegedly urinated on the bar of a Waco nightclub. He was suspended indefinitely from the program. Baylor's starting quarterback, Blake Szymanski, was questionable for the game because of a mild concussion he suffered in a game against Kansas. Although Szymanski had been physically cleared to play, back-up quarterbacks Michael Machen and John David Weed were sharing snaps in practice and Baylor coaches said any one of them could get the start against Texas. Two days prior to the game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 25 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 756]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe game was initially a close-fought contest; Texas led by only a touchdown before Deon Beasley intercepted a pass at the Baylor 43-yard line with nine minutes remaining in the game. Texas scored two more touchdowns to outlast the Bears in a 31\u201310 victory. Texas accumulated 293 passing yards, all by McCoy, compared to 284 by Machen and Weed of Baylor. Vondrell McGee was the leading rusher for Texas, contributing 57 of the team's 177 yards. Baylor's Jay Finley was the Bears' leading rusher, but Baylor was held to only 8 yards rushing overall because of the sacks forced by the Texas defense. It was the tenth straight victory for UT over Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 58], "content_span": [59, 710]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nTexas first played the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1933, and the Longhorns held a 7\u20134\u20130 record against Nebraska though 2006. As with Kansas State and Iowa State, Texas plays the Cornhuskers two out of every four years as part of the Big 12 Conference schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nOn the morning of the game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 21 points. The weather forecast called for a high of 76\u00a0\u00b0F (24\u00a0\u00b0C) and sunshine with winds NNE at 10 miles per hour (16\u00a0km/h) to 15 miles per hour (24\u00a0km/h). Texas stuck with their passing game for three quarters and was trailed Nebraska most of the way; the Cornhuskers led 17\u20139 to start the fourth quarter. The Associated Press reported, \"Once Texas figured out it should be running against one of the nation's worst run defenses, things turned out all right for the Longhorns.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nEarly in the fourth quarter, McCoy took a hard hit as he scrambled outside the pocket. He was shaken up badly enough to leave the game for a play. John Chiles came in at quarterback; his one play, a zone-read handoff to Jamaal Charles, produced 24 yards. According to the Associated Press recap of the game, \"suddenly Texas had figured out how to beat a Cornhuskers' team that had been steamrolled on the ground in recent weeks. Texas only threw three passes in the fourth quarter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nOnce Texas switched to the zone read offense, they quickly started gaining yards and points. Charles ran for a career-high 290 yards, including 216 yards and three long touchdown runs in the fourth quarter. His tally also set a new record for rushing against the Cornhuskers, surpassing the old record of 247 yards by Oklahoma's Billy Simms. Charles explained \"It was my time to show everyone what I can do. When I saw a hole, I blasted through it.\" Texas finished with 181 yards passing and 364 yards rushing; Nebraska had 315 yards passing and 132 yards rushing. The running back was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 727]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe game was a milestone for one coach and a millstone for another; it was the 100th win for Mack Brown at Texas; and it put more pressure on beleaguered Nebraska coach Bill Callahan. Brown remarked on his victory, \"A hundred is nice. I knew the game was going to come down like it did. It didn\u2019t surprise me. They made sure that I\u2019ll remember it the rest of my life.\" Callahan was fired five weeks later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 60], "content_span": [61, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nFrom 1916 through 2006, Texas had played the Oklahoma State Cowboys football (OSU) program 21 times and held a 19\u20132\u20130 record. Texas came into the 2007 game with a nine-game active winning streak against OSU. The Cowboys' only two victories occurred in 1944 and 1997. The day before the 2007 game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 3 points. The pre-game festivities included an appearance by Challenger, the first bald eagle ever trained to free-fly into sports stadiums, and a fly-over by four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing piloted by Oklahoma State alumni.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIn the 2007 game, Oklahoma State took an early lead and led 35\u201314 at the start of the fourth quarter. For the fourth time in five years, the Longhorns staged a big rally to win the game. This time, Texas overcame a 21-point fourth quarter deficit to win by three points as time expired in the game. It was the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in Texas Longhorn history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nFox Sports selected Jamaal Charles and Jacob Lacey as their players of the game for Texas and Oklahoma State, respectively. Charles averaged 11.3 yards per carry. ESPN remarked, \"For the second straight week, Jammal Charles led a late charge for the 15th-ranked Longhorns. He scored two of his three touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Texas (No. 14 AP) outscored Oklahoma State 24\u20130 in the final 15 minutes.\" OSU's leading rusher was Dantrell Savage with 102 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries. McCoy was 20 of 28 passing attempts for 283 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0073-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nHe had one touchdown pass and three interceptions; he also rushed for 105 yards. Zac Robinson was 30 of 42 for 427 yards, one touchdown, and no interceptions. Robinson's passing yardage broke the school record, previously held by current head-coach Mike Gundy. Together, the teams had 1,170 yards of offense. The 594 yards allowed by Texas was the most in the 2007 season. Oklahoma State ran 87 plays and used 35:11 minutes of ball possession, compared to 70 plays and 24:49 for Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Longhorns suffered several injuries during the game. According to the Austin American-Statesman, \"Center Dallas Griffin left the game with a knee injury, linebacker Jared Norton left with a right shoulder injury and Eddie Jones left with a shoulder injury. Brandon Foster injured his chest in the third quarter, and Drew Kelson left the game with a left knee injury.\" The paper also reported that Griffin's removal from the game may have contributed to several mistakes in snapping the ball to McCoy and that UT might not have been able to win if any of the resulting handling mistakes had been picked up by OSU.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas' rivalry with the Texas Tech Red Raiders began in 1928 and through 2006, the Longhorns were 42\u201314\u20130 against Tech. In the 2006 contest, fifth-ranked Texas barely came away with a 35\u201331 win over an unranked Texas Tech team. Two days before the 2007 game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 6\u00bd points. Pre -game speculation continued about what bowl game might select Texas. Various media predictions included the Gator Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, and Holiday Bowl. Holiday Bowl executive director Bruce Binkowski said his bowl would be very interested in pitting Texas against the USC Trojans, whom Texas defeated in the 2006 Rose Bowl. A BCS bowl was also still mentioned as a possibility, with Sports Illustrated saying the Orange Bowl could take Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 821]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Center Dallas Griffin injured his anterior cruciate ligament against Oklahoma State and was out for the season. Griffin was a senior, meaning his career with the Longhorns ended due to the injury. Backup defensive end Eddie Jones and reserve safety Drew Kelson were also out for the game against Texas Tech. Linebackers Jared Norton and Sergio Kindle were listed as \"questionable\" and \"probable\", respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Red Raiders were 7\u20133 on the season and 3\u20133 in the Big 12 after beating Baylor 37\u20137 in their most recent game. Quarterback Graham Harrell passed for over 4,000 yards for the second season in a row, becoming the fifth quarterback in NCAA Division I-FBS (formerly Division I-A) to have multiple 4,000-yard seasons. The Austin American-Statesman reported, \"Defensively, Texas must hope that the injured are quick healers because it's a given that the Longhorns will need every available body against the Red Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0077-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech fields the most dynamic passing offense in the country, and the Red Raiders also stay on the field an average of 77.3 plays per game. Tech further frustrates a defense by often going for fourth downs. They've been successful on 14 of 23 fourth-down attempts this season. A year ago, Tech was one of three on fourth downs in a 35-31 loss to Texas.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nWith the game falling on Veterans Day weekend, a pre-game ceremony honored veterans and commemorated the 60th year of Texas' ROTC program. Four army helicopters from Fort Hood flew over the stadium after the national anthem. It was also Senior Day for Texas, with 25 players making their last home game appearance. As a group, they had a 42\u20136 record coming into the game, which represented the third-highest win total for any Texas class. The temperature at kickoff was 84 degrees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nOn their first offensive series, the Horns scored a touchdown on a pass from McCoy to Shipley. Their defense held Tech to a field goal. Texas offensive tackle Tony Hills injured his leg and left the game on a cart. Texas scored another touchdown on a run by Vondrell McGee to create a 14\u20133 lead at the end of the first quarter. Tech's Graham Harrell threw a touchdown pass and Texas answered with a rushing touchdown. On the ensuing kick, Texas used a pooch kick which was tipped by a Texas Tech player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0079-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe Longhorns' kickoff team recovered the ball, helping put their offense to rush for another touchdown. Tech brought the game to 28\u201320 with another touchdown. Texas drove into field goal range but tried to throw a touchdown pass with 11 seconds remaining in the half. The pass was intercepted for a touchback and the Red Raiders ran a short play to end the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nJamal Charles and tight end Jermichael Finley were injured in the second half but were able to return. In the fourth quarter, McCoy suffered a cut to his head but he did not miss any plays due to the injury. McCoy threw for four touchdowns and ran for two more. Both teams kept running their first team offense until late in the game; they combined for 47 points in the final 12 minutes and each scored a touchdown within the final two minutes of play. Tech attempted two onside kicks in an effort to come from behind, but Texas recovered both kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nDuring his post-game press conference, Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach excoriated the officiating crew for incompetence and bias. He speculated that the officials may have favored Texas because the head official lived in Austin, because the officials were incompetent, or because the conference wanted Texas to appear in a BCS bowl because of the increased appearance fees that such a bowl generates for the conference. Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press wrote \"Leach was upset officials disallowed two Tech touchdowns in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0081-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe first was overruled when video replay clearly showed the receiver let the ball hit the ground. On the next play, a touchdown pass was negated by a holding penalty. Leach also wanted, but didn't get, a flag for roughing the quarterback.\" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported, \"Big 12 policy prohibits coaches from commenting publicly about game officials, so Leach's actions leave him open to reprimand, fine or worse.\" ESPN reported, \"Leach's rant will likely draw a fine from the league and possibly a suspension.\" The Big 12 fined Leach $10,000, the largest fine in conference history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nThe win ensured that 2007 was the 10th straight season the Longhorns won nine or more games, a record streak for the Horns. Including Mack Brown's final two seasons at North Carolina, Brown became the only coach in the nation to lead his program to nine or more victories in 12 straight seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 62], "content_span": [63, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThis game marked the 114th meeting between the Aggies and the Texas Longhorns and was the fourth year of a multi-sport rivalry named the Lone Star Showdown. The football rivalry began in 1894 and continues to be the longest-running rivalry for both the Longhorns and the Aggies; it is the third-longest rivalry in NCAA Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football. Texas A&M came into the 2007 contest with a 35\u201373\u20135 record against Texas. Since the series began in 1894, the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2007 game marks the fourteenth straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 712]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Aggies scored on their opening possession with a 35-yard touchdown with a screen pass from Stephen McGee to Mike Goodson. The Longhorns mustered two first downs, but were forced to punt. Texas A&M ended their subsequent drive three plays later with a punt of their own. The Longhorns again successfully penetrated into Texas A&M territory, but Mack Brown opted to call a pooch punt by Colt McCoy on fourth down and four from the Aggie 37-yard line. The Aggies answered with an eighteen-play drive that stalled on the Texas-14 yard line and the Aggies had to settle for a 31-yard field goal by Matt Szymanski.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe second quarter started with the Longhorns driving only six yards and being forced to punt again. The Aggies continued to press their advantage and drove down the field until Stephen McGee threw an ill-timed pass that was intercepted by Deon Beasley at the Longhorn 25. Two first-downs later, Texas was forced to punt and pinned Texas A&M on their own five yard line. Stephen McGee led the offense with several long passes and the Aggies drove to the Texas 5 but again were held short on 3rd down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0085-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nOn 4th and three, the Aggies faked the field goal and the placeholder, T.J. Sanders, ran the ball in for his first career touchdown giving the Aggies a 17\u20130 lead. The Longhorns started their next drive on their own 20-yard line, where Colt McCoy threw a 62-yard pass to Jamaal Charles. The drive stalled and the Longhorns had to settle for a field goal and went to halftime trailing their arch-rival, 17\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe third quarter started with promising drives by both teams, each ending when the ball was intercepted. Brandon Foster ran the Longhorns' interception back to the A&M eight-yard line and Texas scored a touchdown on the next play to pull the Longhorns within seven points. The Aggies drove to the Texas 34 yard line, but the drive stalled out and Texas took over on downs as the fourth-down attempt failed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0086-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nColt McCoy fumbled a few plays later to give the ball back to Texas A&M. Five plays later, Stephen McGee scampered into the end zone for a five-yard touchdown to put the Aggies up 24\u201310. The Longhorns took little time to answer with a touchdown of their own. Quan Cosby returned the following kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown to pull Texas within seven once again. The next drive started on the Aggie 49-yard line, courtesy of a 42-yard kickoff return by E.J. Shankle. The quarter ended on a seven-yard pass to Mike Goodson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe final quarter of play began with A&M still moving the ball. Stephen McGee threw a 44-yard pass to Mike Goodson for a touchdown to put the Aggies ahead by the score of 31\u201317. The Longhorns again went three and out and were forced to punt. The Aggies went down the field quickly and scored another touchdown on a 66-yard pass completion to Earvin Taylor, putting Texas A&M up by 21 points. Colt McCoy fumbled the ball two plays later, but A&M was forced to punt the ball away three plays after recovering the fumble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0087-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nMcCoy and the Longhorn offense drove the length of the field to score a touchdown, taking only 99 seconds off the clock in the process. The Aggies lost seven yards over the next three plays and were forced again to punt. The Longhorns drove 73 yards from their own 27, converted two fourth downs, and scored a touchdown. Ryan Bailey missed the extra point, but left the Longhorns only down by eight points. The Aggies took possession on their own 33 and ran the clock out to win the game, 38\u201330.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nDuring the postgame celebration, ABC commentator Jack Arute asked Dennis Franchione whether he would return to the team the following year. Coach Franchione responded by asking the announcer to let the players enjoy their victory. At the beginning of the subsequent press conference, Coach Franchione announced his resignation, effective immediately. Shortly thereafter, Texas A&M announced defensive coordinator Gary Darnell would lead the Aggies in their bowl game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 61], "content_span": [62, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nThe Longhorns concluded the season in the 2007 Holiday Bowl on December 27 against the Arizona State Sun Devils.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nWith the loss to Texas A&M, the Longhorns fell out of contention for a Bowl Championship Series game; their bowl situation was to be decided largely by the play of other Big 12 teams. Number four Missouri beat number two Kansas to win the Big 12 North Division. Missouri rose to the top spot in the BCS rankings prior to facing Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game. Oklahoma won the game to become the Big 12 Conference champion and secure a berth in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0090-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nEven though Missouri defeated Kansas, won their division, and outranked Kansas in the BCS standings (sixth compared to eighth) the Orange Bowl selected Kansas instead of Missouri to play in the 2008 Orange Bowl. The Tigers were invited to play in the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic; the Cotton Bowl Classic had first pick of Big 12 teams after BCS bowls have made their selections. The Holiday Bowl had the next selection and chose Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nArizona State University was ranked number 11 in the BCS standings; they completed a 10\u20132 regular season and won a share of the Pac-10 Conference Championship. The Sun Devils finished the regular season ranked number 11 in the final BCS rankings, number 11 in Coaches poll and number 12 in the AP rankings while Texas was number 19 in the BCS and number 17 in both the coaches and AP rankings. The Sun Devils were eligible for a BCS bowl themselves, but like Missouri, ASU was left out of the BCS selections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nTexas dominated the first quarter and set two Holiday Bowl records. The Longhorns' first score, a two-yard pass from Colt McCoy to nose tackle Derek Lokey, was the quickest in game history, and took place with 13:39 remaining in the first quarter. The Longhorns scored 21 points in the first quarter\u2014two more than previous record-holder SMU scored against BYU in 1980. Texas\u2019 defense forced two turnovers and held the Sun Devils scoreless for the period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nThe game included one of the most bizarre plays of the football season. ASU's Rudy Carpenter fumbled the ball as ASU was close to scoring a touchdown. Chris Jessee, a member of the Longhorns football operations staff and Mack Brown's stepson, stepped onto the field and may or may not have touched the ball as it bounced near the sideline. The ball was recovered by Texas, seemingly preventing an ASU touchdown. However, after a twelve\u2011minute review, the officials awarded the ball to Arizona State; the Sun Devils scored a touchdown on the next play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Holiday Bowl\nThe Longhorns won the game, 52\u201334. The 52 points were the most ever scored by the Longhorns in a bowl game. Joseph Duarte of the Houston Chronicle called the Holiday Bowl the \"biggest victory of the season in what could serve as a springboard for a preseason Top 10 ranking next season.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 352]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nTwo Longhorns were named to postseason All-American lists. Marcus Griffin was selected to the ESPN list and Tony Hills was selected by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nTowards the end of the season, speculation intensified about which players might enter professional football though the 2008 NFL Draft. In November, Jamaal Charles said he would return for his senior season rather than enter professional football in the NFL. In December, sources reported Charles and Jermichael Finley had filed paperwork with the NFL to evaluate their draft potential if they decided to enter professional football in the NFL Draft instead of returning for their senior season. Quan Cosby, who spent three years in professional baseball, was reported to be still deciding whether to file the paperwork.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0096-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nDefensive tackle Roy Miller said he would definitely be back for his senior season. Mack Brown did not comment about specific players but said, \"We always try to help our guys get as much information as possible when it comes to the NFL. We encourage and help them go through the process ... All of our underclassmen have told us they will be coming back, but if you're playing well enough to be considered an NFL prospect, going through the process can only help you better understand it and realize what you need to work on to improve your status.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0096-0002", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nCharles said he would not go pro unless he was predicted to be chosen in the first round of the draft. After the Holiday Bowl Charles said, \"Right now, I\u2019m probably coming back. I didn\u2019t think I did that good in the game. Next year maybe I\u2019ll be up for the Heisman. I will come back.\" From 2000\u20132007, the Longhorns have had seven players taken in the first 10 picks of the NFL draft, more than any other school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nOn January 2, 2008, Charles announced that he was rescinding his earlier decision and would leave Texas for the NFL. Despite skipping his senior year, Charles ranks fourth on the list of total rushing yards by a UT player, behind Ricky Williams, Cedric Benson, and Earl Campbell, with 3,328 yards. Williams and Campbell each won the Heisman Trophy in their senior seasons. With Charles' departure, quarterback Colt McCoy becomes the leading returning rusher for the Longhorns. Tight end Jermichael Finley also declared he would forgo his senior season to enter the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nThe draft concluded with five Longhorns selected: Limas Sweed (53rd pick), Jamaal Charles (73rd), Jermichael Finley (91st), Tony Hills (130th), and Frank Okam (151st). In addition, Brandon Foster, Marcus Griffin, Nate Jones and Derek Lokey agreed to sign free-agent contracts with NFL teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193254-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Longhorns football team, After the season\nOn January 2, 2008, the Longhorns announced that defensive co-coordinator Larry MacDuff would not return for the 2008 season and Duane Akina was demoted to \"Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs\". The Longhorns hired Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator; he will also coach UT's linebackers. Muschamp was defensive coordinator at Auburn University and will earn a $425,000 salary at Texas. Running backs coach Ken Rucker transferred to a newly created position with the athletic department where he will act as a liaison to high school athletic programs. On January 16, 2008 Texas replaced Rucker by hiring former UT quarterback Major Applewhite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season\nThe Texas Rangers' 2007 season began with the team trying to win an AL West title for the first time since 1999.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Preseason\nThe team entered the season with only one spot in the pitching rotation to fill, with Jamey Wright beating out Kameron Loe and Bruce Chen (both of whom moved to bullpen roles). Two other new players won roster spots in spring training, C Chris Stewart and INF Matt Kata.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nApril saw the club get to a slow start. Several of the club's offensive threats had poor starts, notably Michael Young and Mark Teixeira. One of the few players who was swinging the bat well was sophomore second baseman Ian Kinsler, who batted .298 and hit 9 home runs, earning him an American League Player of the Week award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nAnother concern was the starting rotation. Jamey Wright was moved to the 15-day disabled list on April 12, and hasn't returned to the lineup. Vicente Padilla and newcomer Brandon McCarthy both had rough starts, ending April with 4-loss months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, April\nThe team's first home series, a two-game set against the Boston Red Sox on April 6 and 7 set records for the coldest home opener and the coldest game ever played at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 64], "content_span": [65, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe month of May was one of the most dismal in the club's history. The Rangers ended the month with a 19\u201335 record, putting them on a pace for a 105-loss season, which would tie the franchise's previous mark for futility, set in 1973. The team's 20 losses set a record for the most ever in the month of May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe starting rotation continued to have problems. Both Kevin Millwood and McCarthy spent time on the disabled list. Even when healthy, the starting pitching was suspect, as Rangers starters finished the month with the worst ERA in the Major Leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, May\nThe injury bug struck the position players as well. All-star third baseman Hank Blalock was moved to the 60-day disabled list after being diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in his right shoulder, a condition that required surgery and a layoff of as much as three months. Outfielders Brad Wilkerson, Frank Catalanotto and Jerry Hairston, Jr. also had long stints on the disabled list in May. At month's end, only second baseman Ian Kinsler was among the top three players at his position in All-Star balloting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 62], "content_span": [63, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nIn stark contrast to May, June was the Rangers' first month of 2007 with a winning record (14\u201312). Several players had a strong month, most notably outfielder Marlon Byrd, who ended the month with a .375 batting average, and pitcher Kameron Loe, who used a brief stint in Triple-A to correct his pitching mechanics, resulting in a month-ending streak of three straight wins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nVeteran right fielder Sammy Sosa celebrated a career milestone on June 20, hitting his 600th home run in a game against his former team, the Chicago Cubs. Sosa became only the fifth player to reach the mark, following Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, June\nWhile several key players returned to active duty in June, including Wilkerson and Jamey Wright, injuries continued to plague the club. Gold Glove first baseman Mark Teixeira's franchise record for consecutive games played ended at 507 on June 8 when he strained a quadriceps muscle. Starting pitchers Vicente Padilla and Brandon McCarthy also spent time on the DL, for elbow inflammation and blisters, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nBefore the non-waiver trade deadline, the Rangers' front office headed by general manager Jon Daniels devised a plan to rebuild the Texas Rangers. This change signified a shift away from the practice of signing large numbers of free agents and instead focused on scouting, acquiring, and developing young talent that would be under club control for the first year of the players' careers. Franchise resources would from then on be redistributed with an emphasis on international scouting (particularly in the Far East and Latin America) and minor league development. The organization's stated purpose was to field a team that could legitimately compete for the A.L. Western Division by the 2010 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThis project began in July 2007 with the trade of 1B Mark Teixeira to the Atlanta Braves, a player the Rangers themselves had drafted and developed themselves. Arguably the biggest trade of the season, Teixeira netted the Rangers organization a treasure trove of young prospects, headlined by Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The Braves also sent over SS Elvis Andrus, RHP Neftal\u00ed Feliz, LHP Matt Harrison, and RHP Beau Jones.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThe front office subsequently moved closer \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for RHP Kason Gabbard and OF David Murphy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, July\nThese roster moves made the truth apparent to all: the Rangers would not make a concerted effort to win the West in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 63], "content_span": [64, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Season summary, August\nOn August 22, the Rangers scored an all-time American League record of 30 runs in one game against the Orioles. The final was 30\u20133. Texas' 30 runs broke the AL record and modern major-league record set by the 1950 Red Sox and tied by the 1955 White Sox, and were the most scored by any team since the Chicago Colts hung 36 runs on Louisville in a game in 1897.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 65], "content_span": [66, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193255-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Rangers season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nThe 2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mike Leach. The Red Raiders played their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\nEntering the season, the Red Raiders were predicted to finish fifth in the Big 12 South, ahead of only the Baylor Bears. However, they completed conference play tied for third place with Texas A&M and Oklahoma State. While all three teams had a matching 4\u20134 conference record, Tech had a better overall record of 9\u20134 compared to the Aggies and Cowboys who both had a record of 7\u20136. Final Coaches and AP Polls put the Red Raiders at 23 and 22, respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nBecause Texas Tech went into the game with new starters in key positions on both offense and defense, CollegeFootballNews.com speculated that the SMU Mustangs would come away with an upset win over the Red Raiders. However, Tech scored seven touchdowns while holding SMU to only three field goals and no touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe first score of the game came on a one-yard rush by Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell. This was followed by a successful point after try by Alex Trlica, who holds the NCAA record for consecutive extra points with no misses. SMU answered with a 36-yard Thomas Morstead field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe Red Raiders scored twice more in the second quarter on passes to Danny Amendola and redshirt freshman Michael Crabtree, both followed by successful point after tries. The Mustangs also scored in the second quarter, a 35-yard field goal by Thomas Morstead. Going into halftime, the score stood at 21\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nMichael Crabtree also caught both Texas Tech touchdown passes during the third quarter, one for a 42-yard gain and one for a 2-yard gain. Alex Trlica added an extra point after each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU\nThe final quarter of the game saw two more Red Raider touchdowns, the first being a 2-yard rush by Shannon Woods. This was answered by the Mustangs' final score of the game, a 37-yard field goal. After sending in backup quarterback Taylor Potts, Tech scored once more on a 5-yard rushing touchdown by Woods. Trlica again followed with the extra point, extending his PAT record to 173 consecutive conversions without a miss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nTexas Tech defeated the University of Texas at El Paso, 45\u201331. Texas Tech got on the scoreboard first when Kobey Lewis rushed up the middle for a one-yard touchdown with Alex Trlica making the point after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nUTEP answered with an eight-yard pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Jeff Moturi for a touchdown. The Miners successfully made the PAT to tie the game. The next score also came from UTEP, giving them the lead on a 41-yard-pass from Vittatoe to Joe West, followed by a point after. UTEP scored a third time before the end of the first quarter. UTEP running back Marcus Thomas, who sat out the previous game because of a suspension, scored on a one-yard-run. Another successfully PAT followed. This gave the Miners a 21\u20137 lead going into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nIn the second quarter, the Red Raiders scored first on a pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree. The Miner's Thomas made another touchdown, bringing the score to 28\u201314, UTEP, after the successful PAT. Texas Tech scored a field goal as the first half wound to a close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nIn the third quarter, the Red Raiders scored twice. First on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Harrell to Crabtree. Then Harrell threw for another touchdown. Both scores were followed by successful extra points by Alex Trlica. The Miners added three points with a field goal, closing out the quarter with a 31-point tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nTexas Tech defense held UTEP scoreless in the game's final quarter while the offense added 14. Harrell passed to Grant Walker down the middle for an eight-yard touchdown. The successful PAT made it Texas Tech 38, UTEP 31. On the final score, running back Shannon Woods rushed up the middle for a two-yard-touchdown. Texas Tech made the PAT to close the game out with a 45\u201331 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nTexas Tech won the toss and opted to receive. On their first drive, the Red Raiders scored, getting into the end zone on a pass from Graham Harrell to Shannon Woods for an eleven-yard gain. Alex Trlica made the PAT, extending the NCAA record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe next score of the game was also by Texas Tech. Harrell passed to Grant Walker down the middle for 38-yards, ending in a touchdown followed by a success point after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe Owls got onto the scoreboard when Clark Fangmeier kicked a 35-yard field goal. This brought the score to 14\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nRice scored again after the beginning of the second quarter. Chase Clement connected with Toren Dixon down the middle for a thirteen-yard gain and the first Owl touchdown of the season. Following the PAT, the score stood at 14\u201310. The Red Raiders' first score in the second quarter came on a two-yard rush by Shannon Woods, followed by an extra point conversion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nRice responded with their second TD of the game. Clement passed to Jarett Dillard for a 47-yard gain, followed by a successful PAT, bringing the score to 21\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe last 2 scores in the first half were made by Texas Tech. The first was a Harrell pass to Michael Crabtree for a 74-yard gain. The second was another Harrell pass\u2014this time to Eric Morris\u2014for ten yards. Both were followed by successful point after tries by Trlica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe second half opened with the Red Raiders leading, 35\u201317. Tech held Rice scoreless in the third quarter while adding 14. Crabtree scored on a nine-yard passing play and Kobey Lewis rushed one-yard for a touchdown. Successful PATs followed both scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nIn the fourth quarter, Texas Tech made their third unanswered touchdown\u2014a 20-yard pass to Crabtree\u2014to bring the score to 56\u201317. The Owls scored their final touchdown of the game when C. J. Ugokwe rushed up the middle for a seven-yard gain. Fangmeier made the point after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Rice\nThe Red Raiders were able to score once more after backup quarterback Taylor Potts entered the game. Alex Trlica kicked a 39-yard field goal, making the final score 59\u201324 in favor of Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Red Raiders' road game in Stillwater against the Oklahoma State Cowboys marked the first conference game of the season for both teams. Tech leads the series, 20\u201312\u20133. In 2006, Tech beat OSU in Lubbock. However, the Red Raiders have not won in Stillwater since 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe game was an offensive shootout with Oklahoma State scoring 49 points to Texas Tech's 45. The first quarter saw two scores by the Red Raiders\u2014a Graham Harrell pass to Michael Crabtree and a rushing touchdown by Shannon Woods. Between the two Tech scores, the Cowboys' Dantrell Savage rushed four yards for a touchdown. All three TDs were followed by successful point after tries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nAfter the beginning of the second quarter, Oklahoma State tied the score with a five-yard pass from Zac Robinson to Desmond Bryant, followed by a point after conversion by Jason Ricks. The Cowboys took the lead when Kendall Hunter rushed up the middle for a 46-yard gain followed by a successful PAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nAnother Harrell to Crabtree pass followed by successful PAT by Alex Trlica again tied the score. However, Oklahoma State answered when quarterback Zac Robinson rushed up the middle 48-yards for a TD and Ricks made the point after. The next two scores were made by the Red Raiders\u2014a touchdown pass to Eric Morris and another to Michael Crabtree followed by PATs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe second half opened with a 35\u201328 Red Raider lead but the Cowboys tied it when Zac Robinson rushed for a touchdown, followed by successful point after conversion. This marked the only score of the third quarter by either team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nOklahoma State again took the lead in the final period of play when Seth Newton passed to Jeremy Broadway for a 33-yard gain, followed by successful PAT. The Red Raiders tied it again on a pass from Graham Harrell to Danny Amendola, followed by PAT, and took the lead on a 20-yard Alex Trlica field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nThe Cowboys pulled ahead with the final score of the game when Zac Robinson passed to Brandon Pettigrew for a touchdown followed by point after conversion. Texas Tech answered with a drive that ended with a failed fourth down conversion when a pass from Harrell to Crabtree was dropped in the end zone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nAfter the poor defensive showing by the Red Raiders, Tech Defensive Coordinator Lyle Setencich resigned on September 23, 2007, ostensibly for personal reasons. Ruffin McNeill was appointed interim defensive coordinator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State\nIn spite of the loss, Tech's Harrell was honored as AT&T's player of the week for completing 46 of 67 passes for 646 yards and five touchdowns. The recognition took place during halftime of the ESPN college game (Southern Miss at Boise State) on September 27, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Northwestern State\nThe Northwestern State Demons were unable to score in the first quarter, but the Texas Tech Red Raiders scored twice. The first was a four-yard rushing touchdown by Shannon Woods. The second was a 34-yard TD pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Northwestern State\nNorthwestern State's only score came on a touchdown at the opening of the second quarter when Quarterback Germayne Edmond passed to Dudley Guice for an 18-yard gain. Everett Scott made the PAT. Texas Tech scored four touchdowns and a field goal before the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Northwestern State\nThe final half of the game saw two more touchdowns before Taylor Potts replaced Graham Harrell in the quarterback position. Potts passed for three touchdowns\u2014two to Detron Lewis and one to Lyle Leong. Additionally, the Red Raiders scored on a safety when a fumble by the Demons bounced out of the back of the end zone in the fourth quarter. All Tech touchdowns in the game were followed by point after conversions by Alex Trlica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 77], "content_span": [78, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nFor homecoming, the Red Raiders faced the Cyclones of Iowa State. While holding ISU scoreless in the first quarter, Texas Tech scored three touchdowns. The first was on a pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree for a 31-yard gain, the second was on a one-yard rush by Harrell, and the third was on another Harrell to Crabtree pass. All three were followed by successful point after tries by Alex Trlica.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe Red Raiders scored again in the second quarter when a Cyclone fumble was recovered by Darcel McBath who returned it 16 yards for a touchdown. This was followed by a Trlica PAT. ISU's first score of the game came on a 30-yard field goal by Bret Culbertson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nThe second half opened with the Red Raiders holding a 28-3 lead. However, neither team was able to score in the third quarter of play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nTech scored twice more in the final quarter\u2014on a pass from Harrell to Danny Amendola and a pass from Harrell to Crabtree, both followed by PAT. The final two scores of the game were made by the Cyclones. Meyer rushed five yards for a touchdown, followed by Culbertson's PAT. Then, Meyer passed to Todd Blythe for a 38-yard gain, followed by PAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State\nOn October 11, 2007, AT&T announced that Texas Tech Quarterback Graham Harrell was the AT&T All-America Player of the Week. This marked the second time in three weeks that he was honored with the award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThis game marked the Red Raiders' 66th meeting with the Aggies. Coming in, A&M led the series 34\u201330\u20131, though 1993 was the last time the Aggies won at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock. Coach Dennis Franchione has a 1\u20133 record with Texas Tech as A&M head coach, and Tech coach Mike Leach has a 5\u20132 record with A&M as Tech head coach. In their previous meeting, the Raiders outscored the Aggies 31\u201327, after Tech redshirt sophomore quarterback Graham Harrell made a 37-yard touchdown pass with 26 seconds left in the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nTexas A&M's only score came in the first quarter when Jorvorskie Lane rushed into the end zone on a one-yard gain. This was followed by a successful point after try by Matt Szymanski. Texas Tech was held scoreless in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nThe Red Raiders were able to score three times in the second quarter. Graham Harrell passed to Eric Morris for a 13-yard touchdown. Later in the quarter, Harrell passed to Edward Britton for a 28-yard TD. The last TD was on a 2-yard rush by Shannon Woods. All three were followed by Alex Trlica point after conversions. Going into the half, Tech led 21\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M\nNeither team scored in the third period of play, but the Red Raiders did add two more touchdowns in the final quarter. The first was a rushing touchdown by Harrell. The second was a Harrell-to-Amendola pass for an eight-yard gain. These were followed by PATs bringing the final score to 35\u20137 in favor of Texas Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nComing into the game, the Missouri Tigers were ranked 17th in the Coaches Poll and the Texas Tech Red Raiders were ranked 21st.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe only two scores during the first quarter were made by the Tigers. First, a pass by Tech quarterback Graham Harrell was tipped resulting in an interception by Stryker Sulak who returned it 37 yards for a touchdown. This was followed by a successful point after try by Jeff Wolfert. Later in the quarter, Wolfert kicked a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nThe Red Raiders scored twice in the second quarter. A Harrell pass to Edward Britton resulted in a 67-yard touchdown. Alex Trlica made the PAT. Trlica kicked a 45-yard field goal later in the quarter. These would be the only times Tech scored during the game. Missouri scored a touchdown during the quarter when Jimmy Jackson rushed up the middle for a one-yard gain, followed by Wolfert PAT. The score at the half stood at 17\u201310 in favor of the Tigers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Missouri\nMissouri's Jackson scored two more rushing touchdowns in the second half, both followed by successful point after conversions by Wolfert. A pass by Chase Daniel to Jeremy Maclin resulted in a touchdown followed by Wolfert PAT. The last score of the game was a 39-yard Wolfert field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nThe Colorado Buffaloes scored twice\u2014a touchdown in the first quarter and another in the second\u2014before the Red Raiders put points on the board with two Alex Trlica field goals. Both of Colorado's scores were followed by successful point after tries by Kevin Eberhart. The score at the half stood at 14\u20136 in favor of the Buffaloes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nColorado scored twice more in the beginning of the third quarter. The first was a field goal by Eberhart. The second was a 42-yard touchdown run by Jordan Dixon after he intercepted a Graham Harrell pass. The TD was followed by an Eberhart PAT. Tech answered with a five-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass from Harrell to Eric Morris, followed by Trlica PAT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nBoth teams scored once more in the third quarter. The Buffaloes made a touchdown followed by PAT. The Red Raiders made a touchdown followed by a failed two-point conversion try.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Colorado\nTech was the only team to score in the final quarter. Graham Harrell passed to Edward Britton for a touchdown. Alex Trlica followed it with a PAT. However, it would not be enough to overcome a Colorado lead created, in part, by four interceptions thrown by Harrell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nComing into the game, the series between Texas Tech and Baylor was tied at 32\u201332\u20131 with Tech winning the last eleven straight. A victory by the Red Raiders gave them the series lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nTech scored two touchdowns in the opening quarter. The first was on a Graham Harrell pass to Eric Morris for a 37-yard gain. The second was on a three-yard rush by Aaron Crawford. Both were followed by extra points by Alex Trlica. The Red Raiders scored again in the second quarter when Trlica kicked a 23-yard field goal. The score at the half stood at 17\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nIn the third quarter, all three of Tech's touchdowns were at the hands of Crawford. First, he caught a pass from Harrell. The second was a rushing TD and the third was on another pass from Harrell. All were followed by Trlica PATs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor\nThe Baylor Bears made the only score in the final quarter when Blake Szymanski passed to Brandon Whitaker for a touchdown. This was followed by a point-after kick by Caleb Allen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 65], "content_span": [66, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe series with the Texas Longhorns began in 1928 and Tech's record was 14-42\u20130 coming into this year's game. In the 2006 contest, fifth-ranked Texas barely came away with a 35\u201331 win over an unranked Texas Tech team. Two days before the 2007\u00a0game, oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 6\u00bd\u00a0points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTexas center Dallas Griffin was determined to be out for the season due to injuring his anterior cruciate ligament against Oklahoma State the week before the Texas Tech game. Backup defensive end Eddie Jones and reserve safety Drew Kelson also missed the game, while linebackers Jared Norton and Sergio Kindle were listed as \"questionable\" and \"probable\", respectively. The Austin American-Statesman reported, \"Defensively, Texas must hope that the injured are quick healers because it's a given that the Longhorns will need every available body against the Red Raiders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTexas Tech fields the most dynamic passing offense in the country, and the Red Raiders also stay on the field an average of 77.3 plays per game. Tech further frustrates a defense by often going for fourth downs. They've been successful on 14 of 23 fourth-down attempts this season. A year ago, Tech was one of three on fourth downs in a 35-31 loss to Texas.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOn the first\u00a0series, the Horns scored a touchdown on a pass from McCoy to Shipley. Their defense held Tech to a field goal. Texas' offensive tackle Tony Hills injured his leg and left the game on a cart. Texas scored another touchdown on a run by Vondrell McGee to create a 14\u20133 lead at the end of the first\u00a0quarter. Tech's Graham Harrell threw a touchdown pass and Texas answered with a rushing touchdown. On the ensuing kick, Texas used a pooch kick which was tipped by a Texas Tech player.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0056-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe Longhorns' special team recovered the ball to set up a short field for their offense to rush for another touchdown. Tech brought the game to 28\u201320 with another touchdown. Texas drove into field goal range but tried to throw a touchdown pass with 11\u00a0seconds remaining in the half. The pass was intercepted for a touchback and the Red Raiders ran a short play to run out the half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nJamaal Charles and tight end Jermichael Finley were injured in the second\u00a0half but were able to return. In the fourth\u00a0quarter, McCoy was on the sidelines nursing a cut on his head but he did not miss any snaps due to the injury. McCoy threw for four\u00a0touchdowns and ran for two\u00a0more. Both teams kept running their first team offense until late in the game; they combined for 47\u00a0points in the final 12\u00a0minutes and each scored a touchdown within the final two\u00a0minutes of play. Tech attempted two\u00a0onside kicks in an effort to come from behind, but Texas recovered both kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nDuring his post-game press conference, Texas Tech's Mike Leach used most of his time to rail against the officiating crew for making what he felt were bad calls. He speculated that the officials may have favored Texas because the head official lives in Austin, because they are incompetent, or possibly because the conference wants Texas to appear in a BCS bowl because of the increased appearance fees that such a bowl generates for the conference. Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press wrote \"Leach was upset officials disallowed two Tech touchdowns in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0058-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThe first was overruled when video replay clearly showed the receiver let the ball hit the ground. On the next play, a touchdown pass was negated by a holding penalty. Leach also wanted, but didn't get, a flag for roughing the quarterback.\" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported, \"Big 12 policy prohibits coaches from commenting publicly about game officials, so Leach's actions leave him open to reprimand, fine or worse.\" ESPN reported, \"Big 12 official spokesman Bob Burda did not immediately respond to telephone messages seeking comment. Leach's rant will likely draw a fine from the league and possibly a suspension.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 689]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nOn November 13, 2007, the Big 12 fined Leach US$10,000, the largest fine in Big 12 history. Leach also received a reprimand and was warned that further violations can result in suspension. In a Big 12 coaches' conference call that day, Leach added that he did not regret making any of the comments. Leach announced that he will appeal the fine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas\nTech alumni and fans began raising money to aid Leach in paying the penalty in the event that it was upheld. Optionally, the proceeds raised could be used charitably. So, just before Christmas 2008, Leach requested that the nearly $5,000 raised to that point be spent on 400 hams to be given free to families in Lubbock. Future donations were to go to the university or athletic department.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIn the final regular season game for Texas Tech and final regular season road game for Oklahoma, the Sooners traveled to Lubbock. Oklahoma had led the series 11\u20133 since the first game was played in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nABC broadcast the game live to the entire country. Previous games carried by ABC during the season were shown to only a portion of the market. This was the largest single-viewed game since Mike Leach began coaching at Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nAfter starting at their own 20\u00a0yard line, Tech's quarterback Graham Harrell completed four straight passes to bring them to midfield. On the fifth play, Harrell's pass was intercepted by Lendy Holmes and returned for a touchdown giving Oklahoma the early lead. The Red Raiders answered on their next two possessions with two field goals to cut Oklahoma's lead to one\u00a0point. On the Sooners' first offensive play, quarterback Sam Bradford handed the ball off to Allen Patrick who quickly fumbled. Bradford suffered a concussion when he tackled the Tech defender who recovered the lost ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0063-0001", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nBradford did not show any immediate signs as he played on the ensuing Oklahoma possession, but he later told quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel that he did not remember any of the plays from the previous drive and Bradford was benched for the remainder of the game. Bradford was replaced by backup Joey Halzle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nTexas Tech scored a touchdown on each of their next three possessions. Late in the second quarter, the Red Raiders fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Oklahoma. Oklahoma was unable to score a touchdown but managed a field goal with less than ten seconds remaining in the first half. Tech went into halftime with a 27\u201310 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nTo begin the third quarter, the Sooners went three-and-out and the Red Raiders answered with another touchdown. On Oklahoma's next possession, they ran six rushing plays against three passing plays and managed another field goal. Tech missed a 51-yard field goal on their next possession. The two teams traded possessions for the remainder of the third quarter. The Sooners went three-and-out, the Red Raiders got a first down on the first play, then went three-and-out. Tech intercepted Halzle on the next possession and Oklahoma responded with their own interception on the following play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nIn the fourth quarter, Oklahoma began to chip away at Tech's lead. Halzle completed a 65-yard touchdown pass to Manuel Johnson with less than eight minutes remaining to make it a two-possession game. Oklahoma got to the Tech seven\u00a0yard line on their next possession but failed to convert. On the following possession, they got to the Tech 14\u00a0yard line but again failed to convert. With less than a minute left in the game, Halzle completed a 47-yard pass to Juaquin Iglesias that set up a nine-yard touchdown pass to Johnson to bring the Sooners within seven points. The Sooners attempted an onside kick with 20\u00a0seconds remaining but Tech got the ball and ran out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma\nThe Red Raiders were ranked 24th in the Coaches' Poll released the day following the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 67], "content_span": [68, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Virginia (Gator Bowl)\nTexas Tech jumped out to an early 7\u20130 lead on a ten-yard touchdown pass from Graham Harrell on the Raiders' second possession of the game. Virginia answered by scoring 21 unanswered points, including two safeties when Harrell was called for intentional grounding in the endzone. Cavaliers' tailback Mikell Simpson also scored on a 96-yard run, setting an NCAA bowl record for a running back. The halftime score stood at 21\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Virginia (Gator Bowl)\nTech scored a touchdown in the third quarter but did not allow any points, narrowing Virginia's lead to a single touchdown. However, Simpson caught an eleven-yard pass from quarterback Peter Lalich with 11:26 left in the game to make the score 28\u201314.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Virginia (Gator Bowl)\nWith 7:54 left in the game, Texas Tech turned the ball over on downs just outside Virginia's goal line. The Cavaliers were unable to pick up a first down and, following a punt, the Red Raiders took over at midfield trailing by 14 with 5:32 left. Harrell engineered an efficient drive completing five of his eight passes on the drive, including a 20-yard fade to Michael Crabtree for a touchdown to make it 28\u201321 with 3:31 left on the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Virginia (Gator Bowl)\nOn Virginia's ensuing drive, Lalich was sacked and fumbled the football, setting up a one-play drive for Texas Tech\u2014a four-yard touchdown run for Aaron Crawford. Virginia was again unable to pick up a first down and Texas Tech drove to the UVA 24-yard line, kicking the winning 41-yard field goal with two seconds left. The final score was Texas Tech 31, Virginia 28.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Virginia (Gator Bowl)\nEarlier in the season, Tech's head coach Mike Leach had been fined US$10,000 for criticizing the officiating during the game at Texas. Fans contributed nearly $5,000 to help pay it and the money was spent to give free Christmas hams to Lubbock families. So following the Gator Bowl, he joked when referring to the two penalties assessed against his team for intentional grounding in the end zone, \"I felt like we had a back there on the one safety, but I don't comment on officiating. I just give out hams is what I do.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193256-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Virginia (Gator Bowl)\nAfter the loss, the Cavaliers fell from the top twenty-five rankings. Meanwhile, the Red Raiders finished the season ranked 22nd in the AP Poll and 23rd in the Coaches Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 80], "content_span": [81, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election\nThe 2007 Texas Constitutional Amendment Election took place 6 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election\nSixteen proposed amendments (propositions) appeared on the ballot \u2014 all of which were approved by the voters. About 1,088,137 voters statewide went to the polls, out of 12,587,501 registered voters in Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election\nNote: The following summaries are taken from a newspaper abridgement of a Texas Legislative Council summary booklet. Results are unofficial with 99.8 percent of all precincts reporting as of 7 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 1\nProposition 1 (H.J.R. No. 103) is the constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on a change in the governance of the university.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 1\nThe measure passed 66.28 percent in favor to 33.72 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 2\nProposition 2 (S.J.R. No. 57) is the constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of $500 million in general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and authorizing bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 2\nThe measure passed 65.85 percent in favor to 34.15 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 3\nProposition 3 (H.J.R. No. 40) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation is limited to the lesser of the most recent market value of the residence homestead as determined by the appraisal entity or 110 percent, or a greater percentage, of the appraised value of the residence homestead for the preceding tax year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 3\nThe measure passed 71.49 percent in favor to 28.51 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 4\nProposition 4 (S.J.R. No. 65) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of up to $1 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for maintenance, improvement, repair, and construction projects and for the purchase of needed equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 4\nThe measure passed 58.18 percent in favor to 41.82 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 5\nProposition 5 (S.J.R. No. 44) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit the voters of a municipality having a population of less than 10,000 to authorize the governing body of the municipality to enter into an agreement with an owner of real property in or adjacent to an area in the municipality that has been approved for funding under certain programs administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture under which the parties agree that all ad valorem taxes imposed on the owner's property may not be increased for the first five tax years after the tax year in which the agreement is entered into.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 5\nThe measure passed 66 percent in favor to 34 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 6\nProposition 6 (H.J.R. No. 54) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 6\nThe measure passed 73.69 percent in favor to 26.31 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 7\nProposition 7 (H.J.R. No. 30) is the constitutional amendment to allow governmental entities to sell property acquired through eminent domain back to the previous owners at the price the entities paid to acquire the property.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 7\nThe measure passed 80.30 percent in favor to 19.70 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 8\nProposition 8 (H.J.R. No. 72) is the constitutional amendment to clarify certain provisions relating to the making of a home equity loan and use of home equity loan proceeds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 8\nThe measure passed 77.55 percent in favor to 22.45 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 9\nProposition 9 (S.J.R. No. 29) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and authorizing a change in the manner of determining the amount of the existing exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 9\nThe measure passed 90.87 percent in favor to 9.13 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 59], "content_span": [60, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 10\nProposition No. 10 (H.J.R. No. 69) is the constitutional amendment to abolish the constitutional authority for the office of inspector of hides and animals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 10\nThe measure passed 76.55 percent in favor to 23.45 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 11\nProposition 11 (H.J.R. No. 19) is the constitutional amendment to require that a record vote be taken by a house of the legislature on final passage of any bill, other than certain local bills, of a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, or of any other nonceremonial resolution, and to provide for public access on the Internet to those record votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 11\nThe measure passed 84.51 percent in favor to 15.49 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 12\nProposition 12 (S.J.R. No. 64) is the constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds by the Texas Transportation Commission in an amount not to exceed $5 billion to provide funding for highway improvement projects.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 12\nThe measure passed 62.61 percent in favor to 37.39 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 13\nProposition 13 (H.J.R. No. 6) is the constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a person who violates certain court orders or conditions of release in a felony or family violence case.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 13\nThe measure passed 83.85 percent in favor to 16.15 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 14\nProposition 14 (H.J.R. No. 36) is the constitutional amendment permitting a justice or judge who reaches the mandatory retirement age while in office to serve the remainder of the justice's or judge's current term.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 14\nThe measure passed 75 percent in favor to 25 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 15\nProposition 15 (H.J.R. No. 90) is the constitutional amendment requiring the creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of up to $3 billion in bonds payable from the general revenues of the state for research in Texas to find the causes of and cures for cancer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 15\nThe measure passed 61.43 percent in favor to 38.57 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 16\nProposition 16 (S.J.R. No. 20) is the constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $250 million to provide assistance to economically distressed areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193257-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Texas constitutional amendment election, Proposition 16\nThe measure passed 60.77 percent in favor to 39.23 percent against.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193258-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai House of Representatives\nThe 23rd House of Representatives of Thailand consisted of 480 members elected in the 23 December 2007 election, and served until its dissolution on 10 May 2011. It saw three prime ministerships: those of Samak Sundaravej (29 January \u2013 8 September 2008), Somchai Wongsawat (8 September \u2013 2 December 2008), and Abhisit Vejjajiva (17 December 2008 \u2013 5 August 2011).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193258-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai House of Representatives, December 2008 prime minister election\nThe house's third vote for prime minister was held on 15 December 2008. After the People's Power Party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 2 December 2008, Somchai Wongsawat was banned from politics for 5 years. He was then removed along with several other members of the Cabinet. Chaovarat Chanweerakul was appointed acting Prime Minister until House Speaker Chai Chidchob sent a letter inviting members to attend the choosing of a prime minister on 15 December 2008, at 09:30-11:30. Banyat Bantadtan proposed Abhisit Vejjajiva, while Sanoh Thienthong proposed Pracha Promnok.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 73], "content_span": [74, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193259-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai constitutional referendum\nA referendum on the new constitution was held in Thailand on 19 August 2007. Had the draft been rejected, the military government would have had the freedom to choose any previous constitution to adapt and promulgate instead. The turnout was around 60%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 289]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193259-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai constitutional referendum, Proposed changes\nThe military government announced that each household in the country would be sent a copy of the new constitution ahead of the referendum. A poll from July had seen a majority of voters in favour. However, in many cases \"yes\" votes were not real indicators of support for the new text but rather for quick elections, as the ruling Council for National Security (CNS) has stated that approval of the new constitution was a requirement for holding parliamentary elections later that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193259-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai constitutional referendum, Results, By province\nThere were considerable differences in the approval rates between the regions of Thailand. In six provinces of Southern Thailand (Chumphon, Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Surat Thani, Ranong), the approval topped 90%. On the other hand, in 24 provinces in Northern and Northeastern Thailand there was a majority against the draft. In two provinces in the far Northeast (Nakhon Phanom, Roi Et), the rejection even topped 75%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election\nPrawit Wongsuwan (PPRP)Wissanu Krea-ngamAnutin Charnvirakul (BJT)Jurin Laksanawisit (D)Don PramudwinaiSupattanapong Punmeechaow", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election\nBorders\u00a0: Cambodia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Maritime\u00a0: India Indonesia Vietnam)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election\nGeneral elections were held in Thailand on 23 December. They were the first elections after the Council for National Security, a military junta, had overthrown Thailand's elected government and abrogated the constitution on September 19, 2006. The junta had canceled general elections scheduled for October 2006 and promised new elections within 12 months. The Constitutional Tribunal then outlawed the Thai Rak Thai party, the largest political party in Thailand, and banned TRT executives from contesting in the elections for five years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Thai general election\nAfter their political party had been dissolved, the former TRT members regrouped under the band of People's Power Party (PPP) led by Samak Sundaravej, the seasoned politician. Following its formation, the junta issued a classified order to suppress the activities of the PPP and to frame it for l\u00e8se majest\u00e9. The order was leaked to the public, leading to a complaint towards the Election Commission from the PPP. However, the Election Commission dismissed the complaint on the grounds that the Council for National Security (CNS) had granted itself immunity in the 2007 Constitution of Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election\nThe junta deployed 200,000 soldiers and police officers to maintain security and 1,500 officers to supervise after election fraud. Charnchai Silapauaychai, a popular former Democrat Party member from Phrae who switched to the PPP for the 2008 election, was assassinated. Five men, one of them cousin of a powerful Democrat Party MP were arrested, but all denied involvement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election\nDespite being the junta's target for suppression, the PPP won 233 out of 480 parliamentary seats, close to controlling the majority in the House of Representatives. The Democrat Party came in a distant second with 165 seats, Chart Thai 37, For the Motherland 24, Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana 9, the Neutral Democratic Party 7, and Pracharat 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Timing\nAlthough the junta initially scheduled the elections within 12 months after the September 2006 coup, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Thirapat Serirangsan later announced that the elections might not occur until one year and five months, which would put the election in February or March 2008. On the other hand, the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Council, Noranit Sethabutr, said in January that the timetable was to hold a constitutional referendum in August and elections between October and December; any problems in drafting the constitution or ratifying it through the referendum would delay the election date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Timing\nThis timetable was later tightened even further, with elections planned by the end of September 2007. A preliminary date was set in March 2007 for the elections to be held on 16 December 2007 or 23 December 2007. After the constitutional referendum, it was announced that the most likely date would be 23 December, which was formally agreed upon on 27 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 34], "content_span": [35, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Electoral system\nWith the new constitution the number of MPs was reduced to 480, with 400 elected directly by the 157 constituencies and 80 elected by proportional votes in each of the eight electoral areas. Depending on the size of the population, each constituency may have up to three MPs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Electoral system\nThe eight electoral areas were designed such that they contain equal numbers of population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 44], "content_span": [45, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Competing political parties\nSome of the political parties contesting in this election, covering 157 constituencies and 80 party-list seats, are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 55], "content_span": [56, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Opinion polls\nAn opinion poll in late August saw the Democrat Party in the lead with 43.0%, followed by the People's Power Party with 20.7% and Thais United with 7.7%. A poll from November 2007 saw the PPP lead with 39%, followed by the Democrat Party with 32%, the Thai Nation Party with 10%, the Neutral Democratic Party with 9% and For the Motherland with 5%. However, another poll from late November saw the Democrat Party lead with 43% to the PPP's 24%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 41], "content_span": [42, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Results\nTwo exit polls gave the PPP a clear first place, with either 256 to the Democrats' 162 seats (giving them an absolute majority of the 480 seats) or with 202 to the Democrats' 146. Four smaller parties also took seats. While the Democrats acknowledged their election defeat and stated it was the PPP's right to form the government, it is unclear what the military will do now, as the PPP is based mostly on former TRT supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Results\nThe preliminary final results gave the PPP 226 seats, the Democrat Party 166 seats and Chart Thai 39 seats. For the Motherland got 26 seats, Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana 10, the Neutral Democratic Party 7 and Pracharat 4 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Results\nAccording to final results, the PPP won 233 seats, the Democrat Party 165 seats and Chart Thai 37 seats. For the Motherland got 24 seats, Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana 9, the Neutral Democratic Party 7 and Pracharat 5 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 35], "content_span": [36, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Aftermath, Disqualifications\nA number of MPs (mainly those elected for the PPP) were given so-called \"red cards\" for suspected vote-buying, meaning they will not be able to contest the resulting by-elections, while other MPs issued with \"yellow cards\" are not banned from contesting such by-elections. By 2008-01-03, the Election Commission had endorsed 397 MPs and was still investigating 83 MPs for fraud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Aftermath, Disqualifications\nBy-elections were held on 13 January, 17 January, 20 January (the day before the first session of the newly elected parliament) and 27 January 2008. The Electoral Commission was still looking into allegations of fraud by PPP deputy leader Yongyuth Tiyaphairat; if he is given a red card, the PPP faces dissolution. PPP officials have stated that they are not worried over the possible dissolution, and that they would simply find a new party instead; local reports state that a likely candidate for takeover by PPP members would be the Thai Land Power Party (Palang Pandin Thai Party).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 56], "content_span": [57, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193260-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Thai general election, Aftermath, Government formation\nIn January 2008, a coalition government was announced bringing together the PPP and the five smallest parties. The Democrat Party became the sole opposition party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 59], "content_span": [60, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193261-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand League Division 1\nThe 2007 Thailand League Division 1 was played in two groups of 12 teams. The top two teams of each group were promoted and the bottom five teams of each group were relegated as the Thai football league system was in the process of being restructured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193261-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand League Division 1\nCustoms Department were crowned champions after winning the end of season championship finals played between the promoted sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193261-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand League Division 1, Playoffs, Final\nCustoms Department\t won 1 \u2013 4 on Penalties after Two Leg Draw 6\u20136 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193262-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand League Division 2\nThe 2007 Thailand League Division 2 (Division 2 Football League 2007) had 12 teams. The top two teams were promoted to Thailand Division 1 League, and the bottom two teams were relegated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193264-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open (tennis)\nThe 2007 Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 24 through September 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193264-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open (tennis)\nThe singles field featured ATP No. 3, French Open and Wimbledon semifinalist, US Open runner-up, Adelaide, Estoril, Miami Masters and Canada Masters champion Novak Djokovic, Australian Open semifinalist, Queen's Club and Washington titlist Andy Roddick, and Halle winner Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych. Also lined up were Memphis champion Tommy Haas, Umag winner Carlos Moy\u00e1, Dmitry Tursunov, Ivo Karlovi\u0107 and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193264-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open (tennis), Champions, Doubles\nSanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Micha\u00ebl Llodra / Nicolas Mahut, 3\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20137]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193265-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold\nThe 2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold (officially known as the SCG Thailand Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Bangkok, Thailand from 3 to 8 July 2007. It had a total purse of $120,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193265-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament\nThe 2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold was the third tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Thailand Open championships which has been held since 1984. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Thailand and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 46], "content_span": [47, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193265-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 53], "content_span": [54, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193265-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix Gold event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 66], "content_span": [67, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193265-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$120,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 59], "content_span": [60, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193266-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open \u2013 Doubles\nJonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Vince Spadea and Fernando Verdasco.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193266-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open \u2013 Doubles\nSanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana won in the final 3\u20136, 7\u20135, [10\u20137], against Micha\u00ebl Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193267-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open \u2013 Singles\nJames Blake was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193267-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Open \u2013 Singles\nDmitry Tursunov won in the final 6\u20132, 6\u20131, against Benjamin Becker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193268-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Premier League\nThe 2007 Thai Premier League had 16 teams, combining the 12 member clubs from the 2006 season, the top two clubs from Division 1, and two clubs from the Pro League 1. The official name of the league at this time was Thailand Premier League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193268-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Premier League\nMatches were normally played on Saturdays with a 4pm kick off time but there were some 5pm or 6pm started and some midweek fixtures. Evening kick offs were rare. The season would have a three-month break from mid-May to mid-August because of the Asian Cup which was being co-hosted by Thailand from July 7\u201329 and the world university games, the Universiade, in Bangkok from August 8\u201318.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193268-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thailand Premier League\nNormally only the Premier League champions are allowed to take part in the AFC Champions League. However, for the 2007 season, the runners-up would also be admitted due to the late completion of Indonesian domestic league and cup competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193269-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 The Citadel Bulldogs football team\nThe 2007 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Kevin Higgins served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193270-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 The National (December)\nThe 2007-2008 The National was held December 20-23, 2007 at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The total purse of the event was $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193270-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 The National (December)\nKevin Martin defeated Kevin Koe in an all-Edmonton final, claiming a total of $25,000 for his team. It would be Martin's third victory in this Grand Slam event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193271-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 The National (March)\n2007 The National was held March 22\u201325, 2007, at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The total purse of the event was $100,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193271-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 The National (March)\nKevin Martin defeated Kevin Koe in an all-Edmonton final. It was Martin's second victory in this Grand Slam event, the first with his new team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193272-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Third Division Football Tournament\nThe Third Division Football Tournament for the 2007 season in the Maldives started on November 12, 2011. Maabaidhoo Sports Club went on to win the tournament without losing a single game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193272-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Third Division Football Tournament, Stadiums\nThe Football Association of Maldives decides to play the matches of this year's tournament in two different stadiums; FAM No: 1 Turf ground and Henveiru Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193272-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Third Division Football Tournament, Tournament format\nThe 26 teams are divided into 6 groups in the first round. The team which tops the each group will be qualified to the second round. The 6 teams qualified to the second round again will be divided into 2 groups of 3 teams in each group. The winner of each group will play in the final of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193273-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Three Days of De Panne\nThe 2007 Three Days of De Panne was the 31st edition of the Three Days of De Panne cycle race and was held on 3 April to 5 April 2007. The race started in Middelkerke and finished in De Panne. The race was won by Alessandro Ballan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193274-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Three Rivers District Council election\nElections to Three Rivers Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193275-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Thurrock Council election\nThe 2007 Thurrock Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Thurrock Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 277]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193275-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Thurrock Council election\nThe Conservatives, Labour and British National Party (BNP) contested all 16 wards which were up for election. In total 55 candidates stood in the election including 6 Liberal Democrats, 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party, 2 independents and 1 candidate from the Independent Working Class Association. Anti -social behaviour, recycling and cleanliness were seen as major issues by the parties, on a council which was seen as a top Labour target.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193275-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Thurrock Council election\nThe British National Party put up candidates in every ward, for the first time. However, they secured no seats despite claiming that they were picking up votes from right wing Conservative supporters disaffected with David Cameron, particularly in middle class areas. In the West Thurrock and South Stifford ward, Ken Daly stood for the BNP in protest at the treatment of his son's killer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193275-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Thurrock Council election\nThe results of the election saw the Conservatives lose their overall majority on the council after losing 3 seats and only gaining one. The Labour party made a net gain of two seats, while the BNP came second in 6 seats after a strong rise in votes. Overall turnout was 31% and after the election the balance of power on the council was held by 3 independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier\nThe 2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. After losing in the final the previous season, Team Ontario skipped by Glenn Howard defeated 2006 Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland and Labrador team in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Blayne Iskiw", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Dean Joanisse Third: Mike Wood Second: Dave Nantes Lead: Chris Atchison Alternate: Jay Tuson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jeff Stoughton Third: Ryan Fry Second: Rob Fowler Lead: Steve Gould Alternate: Randy Dutiaume", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Paul Dobson Third: Scott Jones Second: Ryan Porter Lead: Pierre Fraser Alternate: Mark Dobson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Chris Schille Lead: Jamie Korab Alternate: Jeff Thomas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nFourth: Brad Jacobs Skip: Al Harnden Second: Dusty Jakomait Lead: Lee Toner Alternate: Rob Thomas", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Mark Kehoe Third: Curt Palmer Second: Doug Bryant Lead: Richard Barker Alternate: Donnie Smith", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Steve Bice", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Peter Gallant Third: Kevin Champion Second: Mark O'Rourke Lead: Robert Campbell Alternate: Rod MacDonald", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nFourth: Martin Ferland Skip: Pierre Charette Second: Philippe Lemay Lead: Marco Berthelot Alternate: Michel Ferland", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Pat Simmons Third: Jeff Sharp Second: Gerry Adam Lead: Steve Laycock Alternate: Brian McCusker", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams\nSkip : Jamie Koe Third: Kevin Whitehead Second: Mark Whitehead Lead: Brad Chorostkowski Alternate: Randy Turpin", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playoffs\nThe Page playoff system is used at the Brier. The top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Alberta\nThe 2007 Alberta Kia Cup was held February 5\u201311 at the Drayton Valley Arena in Drayton Valley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Alberta\nQuarter-finals: Ferbey 7-4 Bakker; Koe 9-7 Walchuk A1 vs B1: Martin 14-2 Ginter A2 vs B2: Koe 6-3 Ferbey Semi-final: Koe 6-3 Ginter Final: Martin 9-7 Koe", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, British Columbia\nThe 2007\u00a0BC Men's Provincial Curling Championship was held February 6\u201311 at the George Preston Recreation Centre in Langley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Manitoba\nThe 2007 Safeway Championship was held February 7\u201311 at Credit Union Place in Dauphin. The tournament was a double-knock out with a page playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, New Brunswick\nThe 2007 New Brunswick Labatt Tankard was held February 7\u201311 at Curling Beaus\u00e9jour Inc. in Moncton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, New Brunswick\n3 vs. 4: Kennedy 4-3 Perron Semi-final: Howard 4-2 Kennedy Final: Dobson 9-6 Howard", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 48], "content_span": [49, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Newfoundland and Labrador\nThe 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Men's Championship was held February 6\u201311 at the Gander Curling Club in Gander.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Newfoundland and Labrador\nTiebreaker: Peddigrew 8-7 Cunningham; Skanes 9-3 Peddigrew Semi-final: Skanes 9-4 Rowsell Final: Gushue 8-4 Skanes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Northern Ontario\nThe 2007 Dominion of Canada Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship was held February 5\u201311 at the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Northern Ontario\n1 vs. 2: Phillips 8-7 Harnden 3 vs. 4: Zechner 7-5 Fawcett Semi-final: Harnden 8-1 Zechner Final: Harnden 14-6 Phillips", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 51], "content_span": [52, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Nova Scotia\nThe 2007 Alexander Keith's Tankard was played February 7\u201311 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax. The tournament format was triple knock-out with a page playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 46], "content_span": [47, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Ontario\nThe 2007 TSC Stores Tankard was held February 12\u201318 at the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Ontario\n1 vs. 2: Howard 9-2 Middaugh 3 vs. 4: Epping 12-8 Balsdon Semi-final: Middaugh 9-5 Epping Final: Howard 9 - 5 Middaugh", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Prince Edward Island\nThe 2007 PEI Labatt Tankard was held February 6\u201311 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Prince Edward Island\n1 vs. 2: Gallant 6-3 Likely 3 vs. 4: MacDonald 6-4 Stevenson Semi-final: MacDonald 9-8 Likely Final: Gallant 8-6 MacDonald", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 55], "content_span": [56, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Quebec\nThe 2007 Quebec Men's Provincial Championship was held February 7\u201313 at the Colis\u00e9e Cardin in Sorel-Tracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Quebec\nA2 vs. B3: Gagn\u00e9 9-7 D. Fowler B2 vs. A3: Desjardins 5-3 Dupuis A1 vs. B1: Charette 8-5 M\u00e9nard Quarter-final: Desjardins 6-5 Gagn\u00e9 Semi-final: M\u00e9nard 9-8 Desjardins Final: Charette 12-8 M\u00e9nard", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Saskatchewan\nThe 2007 SaskTel Provincial Men's Tankard was held February 7\u201311 at the Humboldt Arena in Humboldt. The event was a triple knock out with a page playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 47], "content_span": [48, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193276-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Playdowns, Yukon / Northwest Territories\nThe Yukon / Northwest Territories Men's Championship was held February 8\u201311 at the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 64], "content_span": [65, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193277-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tippeligaen\nThe 2007 Tippeligaen was the 63rd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 9 April 2007. Originally scheduled to end on 4 November, the last round was moved to Saturday 3 November 2007, due to Rosenborg\u2019s Champions League participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193277-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tippeligaen\nBrann were confirmed as league champions after the 24th round of the season, after Stab\u00e6k lost away to Viking. The result left Brann with an unassailable seven-point lead over Viking, with two games left to play. Brann thus claimed their first league title since 1963, and their third league title in all. Stab\u00e6k eventually finished as runners-up, their strongest performance ever, while Viking finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193277-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tippeligaen\nSandefjord and Start ended the season at the bottom of the table and were relegated. The play-off spot was occupied by Odd Grenland for the second year in a row. They faced Bod\u00f8/Glimt over two games for the right to play in the 2008 Tippeligaen, but lost 4\u20132 on aggregate and were relegated, while Bod\u00f8/Glimt were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193277-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tippeligaen, Teams\nFourteen teams competed in the league \u2013 the top twelve teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from 1. divisjon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 23], "content_span": [24, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship is an annual competition between the top hurling clubs in Tipperary. The winners of the Tipperary Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Club Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship\nThe Tipperary County Champions in 2006 were Toomevara who became champions with a win over Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g. The Tipperary senior hurling championship is probably the most complicated system in Ireland as it strives to accommodate 25 teams. A knockout divisional system and group backdoor system has been introduced to accommodate these teams. Before the new system, the county championship was run on a divisional basis with the teams in the divisional finals going into the county quarter-finals and proceeding from there. It may not be long before this system is re-introduced because of the complexity of the current championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2007 Divisional Championship, North Tipperary\nThe North Tipperary Championship is contested by nine teams: Borris-Ileigh, Burgess, Kildangan, Kilruane McDonaghs, Moneygall, Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g, Portroe, Roscrea, Toomevara. The championship is a knockout competition with the losers apart from the semi final runner-up entering the County Championship. The winners of the North Championship advance to the quarter final of the County Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2007 Divisional Championship, Mid Tipperary\nThe Mid Tipperary Championship is contested by seven teams: Boherlahan-Dualla, Drom-Inch, Holycross-Ballycahill, J.K. Bracken's, Loughmore-Castleiney, Thurles Sarsfields and Upperchurch-Drombane. The championship is a knockout competition with the losers apart from the one semi final runner-up (Upperchurch-Drombane in 2006) entering the County Championship. The winners of the Mid Championship advance to the county quarter final. Upperchurch-Drombane receive a bye to the semi final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 87], "content_span": [88, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2007 Divisional Championship, West Tipperary\nThe West Tipperary Championship is contested by five teams: Cappawhite, Cashel King Cormacs, Clonoulty-Rossmore, \u00c9ire \u00d3g Annacarty and Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams. The championship is a knockout competition with the winners advancing to the quarter final of the County Championship. The other four contestants also play in the first phase of the County Championship (group stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 88], "content_span": [89, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2007 Divisional Championship, South Tipperary\nThe South Tipperary Championship is contested by four teams: Ballingarry, Carrick Swans, Killenaule and Mullinahone. The championship is a 'knockout' competition. However, the three semi-finalists losers going into the County Championship. The winners of the South Championship advance directly to the quarter final of the County championship, while the other three divisional semi-finalists also play in the first phase of the County Championship (group stage).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 89], "content_span": [90, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193278-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, 2007 Tipperary County Championship\nThe 14 teams defeated in their divisional championship are divided into groups of 4.Top Team in each group go into Round 2. Group 2 winners receive a Bye (Drawn).Other 3 play remaining 3 beaten Semi Finalists in North and Mid.ie. Loughmore-Castleiney v J.K. Bracken's, Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g v Kildangan and Toomevara v Borris-Ileigh. Bottom team in each Group contest Relegation play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 78], "content_span": [79, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193279-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico\nThe 2007 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico cycle race took place from March 14 to March 20. The event was won by German Andreas Kl\u00f6den of the Astana, who combined good time-trialling and climbing skills to take the race lead on the penultimate stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193279-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico, Final standings, Team classification\nThe following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2007 Tirreno\u2013Adriatico:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 60], "content_span": [61, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193280-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Titikaveka by-election\nThe Titikaveka by-election was a by-election in the Cook Islands seat of Titikaveka. It took place on 7 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193280-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Titikaveka by-election\nAt the 2006 election, Robert Wigmore won the seat of Titikaveka by a significant margin. However, his election was subsequently challenged in an electoral petition on the grounds that as a board member of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation Wigmore was technically a public servant and thus ineligible to sit. The petition was successful and a by-election was called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193280-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Titikaveka by-election\nThe poll was won by the Democratic Party's Robert Wigmore. Turnout was significantly reduced from the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193281-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tocopilla earthquake\nThe 2007 Tocopilla earthquake occurred on November 14 at 12:40:50 local time. Its epicenter was located between Quillagua and Tocopilla, affecting the Tarapac\u00e1 and the Antofagasta regions in northern Chile. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and lasted about 3 minutes and 35 seconds. Seventeen aftershocks of magnitude greater than 5.3, including one of magnitude 7.1 and two others of magnitude 6.3 or higher, were recorded. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning, stating a tsunami had been generated; after one hour, this warning was cancelled. The earthquake was felt from Santiago, 1,245\u00a0km south from the epicenter, to La Paz, about 700\u00a0km north-northeast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 720]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193281-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tocopilla earthquake, Tectonic summary\nThe USGS reported that the earthquake resulted from the release of stresses generated by the subduction of the oceanic Nazca plate beneath the South American Plate. In this region, known as the Peru-Chile subduction zone, the Nazca Plate thrusts beneath South America at a rate of approximately 79\u00a0mm/year in an east-north-east direction. This earthquake indicates subduction-related thrusting, likely on the interface between these two plates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193281-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tocopilla earthquake, Tectonic summary\nThis earthquake occurred near (and within) the southern end of the rupture area of the great magnitude 9.1 earthquake of 1877, which produced a destructive tsunami and whose source region has since the late 1970s been recognized as a potentially dangerous seismic gap. In 1995, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred in the same subduction zone approximately 200\u00a0km further south of the November 14th event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193281-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tocopilla earthquake, Damage and casualties\nAt least two deaths have been attributed to this earthquake: an 88-year-old woman crushed under a collapsing wall at Tocopilla, and a 54-year-old woman whose exact cause of death remains unknown. There were also reports of widespread power outages in the region, including the cities of Antofagasta, Calama and Arica. The earthquake disrupted copper mining in the region; because Chile is the world's top supplier of copper, the earthquake caused prices of the metal to jump by more than six percent. Tin prices also rose four percent to reach a record high. There were reports of several dozen road workers trapped inside a collapsed highway tunnel. Two hundred homes were destroyed by the shaking and up to 15,000 people were displaced. In Tocopilla alone, 1,000 homes were demolished, representing 30 percent of all standing structures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 48], "content_span": [49, 888]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election\nParliamentary elections were held in Togo on October 14, 2007 for the 81 seats in the National Assembly. There were over 2,000 candidates, with 32 parties and 41 lists of independent candidates competing. The ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) was victorious, winning a majority of 50 seats. The remaining seats were won by opposition parties; the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) won 27 seats and the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) won four seats. They were the first parliamentary elections since the beginning of multiparty politics in the early 1990s in which all major parties participated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nThe 2007 elections were the first parliamentary elections to be held following the February 2005 death of long-time President Gnassingb\u00e9 Eyad\u00e9ma, who was succeeded by his son, Faure Gnassingb\u00e9, elected in April 2005. They followed an agreement between parties in August 2006 and the appointment of a government incorporating the opposition and headed by an opposition leader, Yawovi Agboyibo, in September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nThe elections were originally scheduled for June 24, 2007, but in May they were delayed until 5 August. On July 5, it was delayed again by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), although no new date was announced at that time. This delay was caused by a delay in the holding of an electoral census, which was planned to be held from June 8 to July 9 but was rescheduled to run from July 16 to August 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nThe census was scheduled to be conducted in one part of the country, called Zone A, from July 16 to July 29, and in another part, called Zone B, from August 4 to August 17; in the remaining part of the country, comprising Lom\u00e9 and Golfe Prefecture, the census was scheduled to be conducted throughout the period. The end date for the census in Zone A was subsequently extended to August 1, and the census in Zone B was delayed until August 6, with the end date being extended until August 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nVeteran opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio of the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) arrived in Togo on August 18 and registered to vote. He said that CENI's work was \"not too bad given the means at its disposal\" and that the census was \"encouraging\"; he also urged people to register. The 2007 elections were the first parliamentary elections in which the UFC had participated since the beginning of multiparty politics in the early 1990s.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nOn August 23, Revival and Redemption Party (PRR) leader Nicolas Lawson called on the people to vote, describing the elections as a \"decisive step forward\" and saying that the country \"must return to democratic principles, to survive and to develop\". He was critical of independent candidates, who he said did not have political programs and would only increase confusion in a country that already had about 80 parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nFollowing the census, CENI spent one month, beginning on August 30, eliminating fraud from the electoral list by searching for voters who registered more than once through a computer system comparing fingerprints. Voters who registered more than once were given until August 30 to come forward about this so that the electoral list could be corrected; they were warned that they would face prosecution if they did not do so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nOn 20 September, nine new members of the Constitutional Court were sworn in; this followed the appointment of a new head of the Court, Aboudou Assouma, by Gnassingb\u00e9 on 17 September.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Background\nIn CENI's review of the electoral census, about 7,000 doubled names were found. The local independent electoral commission (CELI) for Lom\u00e9 was dissolved by CENI for failing to respect its instructions with regard to multiple registration on September 23.s On September 29, a new Lom\u00e9 CELI was installed by CENI President Tozim Potop\u00e9r\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Electoral system\nThe 81 seats in the National Assembly were elected by proportional representation in several multi-member constituencies. Seats were allotted based on the system of highest averages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 54], "content_span": [55, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Campaign\nOn August 30, it was announced that National Assembly had been dissolved, that the elections would be held on October 14, and that campaigning would run from September 29 to October 12. On the same day, the 162 candidates of the UFC (including their substitutes) were invested by Olympio at a UFC extraordinary congress in Ny\u00e9konakpoe, a district of Lom\u00e9. The ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) invested its 162 candidates (including substitutes) on September 7 at the Palace of Congresses in Lom\u00e9. These candidates included Minister of Defense Kpatcha Gnassingb\u00e9, Minister of Social Affairs and the Protection of Women Memounatou Ibrahima, Minister of Labor, Employment and the Civil Service Katari Foli-Bazi, National Assembly President Abass Bonfoh, and National Assembly Vice-President Eric Kpad\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe Socialist Pact for Renewal (PSR) invested its 130 candidates on September 8 in Atakpam\u00e9. Prime Minister Yawovi Agboyibo's party, the Committee of Action for Renewal (CAR), invested its 162 candidates on September 12 in Lom\u00e9; its candidates included Agboyibo, the party's president, Gahoun Georges H\u00e9gbor, CAR's vice-president and also Minister of Communication, and Ouro-Bossi Tchacondoh, who was Deputy Minister in charge of Local Communities. On the same day, the Democratic Alliance for the Fatherland (the Alliance), led by Dahuku P\u00e9r\u00e9, invested its 104 candidates in Nots\u00e9. Its candidates stood in 19 prefectures, as well as Lom\u00e9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe Democratic Convention of the African People (CDPA), led by Minister of State for Mines and Energy L\u00e9opold Gnininvi, presented its 162 candidates on September 13 in Lom\u00e9; the candidates included Gnininvi, Minister of Higher Education and Research Messan Adimado Aduayom, and Deputy Minister of the Informal Sector Lydia Adanl\u00e9t\u00e9. Gnininvi praised CENI's \"remarkable work\" and said that the electoral census had ensured \"a credible process\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Campaign\nThe High Authority for Audiovisuals and Communication conducted a draw on September 27 to determine the sequence of campaign airtime for political parties in the media. The Coordination of New Forces, a minor political party led by Joseph Kokou Koffigoh, won the right to speak first on TVT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 46], "content_span": [47, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nFollowing an agreement on conditions signed by the European Union and the Togolese government on August 3, election observers from the European Union were scheduled to arrive on 16 August and continue to observe all election events from that point on. CENI said that over 800,000 voters had registered by August 2, halfway through the census.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nEU observers began to deploy in Togo on September 18, beginning with 18 observers. These 18 \"long-term\" observers were subsequently joined by 62 \"short-term\" observers who arrived on October 6, including the head of the observer mission, Fiona Hall. On October 11, six Members of the European Parliament\u2014Valdis Dombrovskis, Patrick Gaubert, Horst Posdorf, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Neena Gill, and Johan Van Hecke\u2014also arrived to play a part in the observation mission. European Union aid to Togo had been suspended since 1993, and the resumption of EU aid was said to depend on whether the 2007 elections were deemed \"free and transparent\". There were expected to be about 3,500 observers in total, both from Togo and abroad; aside from the EU, other organizations that intended to have observers in place included La Francophonie and the African Union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 898]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed a team of 140 observers, both military and civilian, on 2 October 2007. In early October, a final total of 2,974,718 registered voters was announced by CENI. CENI also announced that there would be a total of 396 lists competing in the elections, including those for both parties and independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nA point of dispute regarding the conduct of the elections was whether ballot papers should be authenticated by being signed by two polling stations officials as a measure to prevent fraud. The UFC was in favor of this, but the RPT and the CAR were not. On October 10, it was agreed to have the ballot papers stamped rather than signed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nOn October 11, the army and security forces voted three days early so that they would be fully available to maintain peace and order on election day. Their votes were not to be counted until the general population voted on October 14. On election day, electoral observers noted that turnout appeared to be high. President Gnassingb\u00e9 voted in Lom\u00e9, praising the electoral process and expressing his faith in it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nThe UFC criticized what it said was the failure of some ballot papers to be properly stamped, which it described as intentional. According to CENI, ballot papers are valid even if they are not stamped. Claiming irregularities in the vote counting, the UFC issued a statement on October 16 urging the people \"to be mobilized to save their victory\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Conduct\nAlso on October 16, Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development & Humanitarian Aid, praised the elections for what he described as their calmness and high voter turnout and the \"confidence and maturity of the Togolese people in the exercise of democracy\". On the same day, the EU observer mission said the elections were marked by \"satisfactory conditions\" and high turnout, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which had 152 observers present, deemed the elections to be \"free, fair and open\". The African Union also gave a positive assessment of the elections on October 17, although it pointed to some areas for improvement, such as providing sufficient electoral material and the way proxy voting was used.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 791]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Results\nLate on October 17, CENI President Potop\u00e9r\u00e9 announced provisional results for most seats. These results showed the RPT with a majority of 49 out of 81 seats, the UFC with 21 seats, and the CAR with four seats, while the outcome for seven seats was still to be determined. Turnout was placed at 95%, with 2,820,845 out of 2,974,718 registered voters participating. On October 19, additional results gave the UFC two seats from Golfe Prefecture, leaving only five seats from Lom\u00e9 to be declared.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Results\nOn October 20, Olympio said that the UFC, which alleged that almost 40,000 of its supporters' votes were deliberately annulled during the vote counting and demanded a recount, would appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding the results. On October 21, CENI announced that it was not going to publish provisional results for Lom\u00e9 due to problems and was submitting a report to the Constitutional Court. The problems included more than 300 of the 751 ballot boxes not being properly sealed, an inability to specify the polling stations from which some of the results came, and some polling stations' results being recorded multiple times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Results\nOn October 23, CENI, on an injunction from the Constitutional Court, released the provisional results for Lom\u00e9. These results showed the UFC winning four of the seats and the RPT winning one, leaving the RPT with a total of 50 seats and the UFC with a total of 27. According to the provisional results for Lom\u00e9, there were 378,002 voters and 10,619 invalid votes; the UFC won 256,363 votes and the RPT won 54,102. Across the country, provisional results showed the RPT winning 922,636 votes, the UFC winning 867,507 votes, and the CAR winning 192,218 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Results\nPatrick Lawson, the third vice-president of the UFC, said on October 24 that the party might be willing to participate in a new national unity government, but only under certain \"clearly defined\" conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Results\nOn October 30, the Constitutional Court confirmed the results of the elections; 50 seats for the RPT, 27 for the UFC, and four for the CAR. It revised voter turnout downward to 85%, placing the number of voters at 2,526,049, with 2,344,108 valid votes and 181,941 invalid votes, and it rejected 20 appeals. The UFC disputed the Court's results, with its Secretary-General, Jean-Pierre Fabre, describing them on October 31 as \"neither credible nor acceptable\" and saying that they did not represent the voters' will, and he demanded that the Court \"seriously examine\" the appeals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 625]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Results\nFabre also accused the Court of \"abetting the power grab orchestrated by the RPT through the Independent National Electoral Commission\". On the same day, RPT Secretary-General Solitoki Esso expressed the ruling party's willingness to work with anyone of goodwill. On November 1, President Gnassingb\u00e9 called for the results to be respected by all and said that he hoped that politicians would work together \"in a spirit of unity and reconciliation\" for the sake of the nation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 45], "content_span": [46, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nGnassingb\u00e9 and Olympio met in Ouagadougou on November 2, along with President Blaise Compaor\u00e9 of Burkina Faso, who acted as mediator. According to Compaor\u00e9, Gnassingb\u00e9 said that he would invite the opposition to participate in the government. Olympio held out the possibility that the UFC would participate; Compaor\u00e9 anticipated that the UFC would present conditions for its participation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe new National Assembly opened on November 13. Its first meeting was chaired by the oldest deputy, Koffi Agb\u00e9ny\u00e9ga Voule-Frititi of the RPT (age 73), along with the youngest deputy, Mawulikplim Mo\u00efse Sodahlon (age 32) of the UFC. Prime Minister Agboyibo presented his resignation to President Gnassingb\u00e9 on the same day, saying that the elections marked the end of the mission he had been assigned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nMichel met with Gnassingb\u00e9 in Lom\u00e9 on November 17. Michel said that he thought \"the conditions for the complete normalization of cooperation between the European Union and Togo are met\" and that an official decision on the matter would be reached before the end of the year. Olympio met with Gnassingb\u00e9 at the presidential palace in Lom\u00e9 on November 21 to discuss the appointment of the next prime minister and government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nIn the National Assembly, newly adopted rules of procedure allowed for a parliamentary group to be established with as few as four members, thereby enabling the creation of a CAR parliamentary group. Shortly afterward, on November 24, the National Assembly elected its bureau, composed of seven members, all from the RPT. Bonfoh Abbass was re-elected as the President of the National Assembly, while Komi S\u00e9lom Klassou was elected as its First Vice-President and Yao Patrice Kanekatoua was elected as its Second Vice-President.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe UFC withdrew its candidates for the positions on the bureau after the RPT nominated a candidate for the position of First Vice-President, accusing the RPT of seeking absolute control of the National Assembly, and the CAR followed suit in withdrawing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0027-0002", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe UFC and CAR criticized the RPT, saying that under the newly adopted rules of procedure a single parliamentary group should not hold two successive positions in the bureau, such as the Presidency and the First Vice-Presidency, and that the allocation of these positions, along with those of the bureaus of committees in the National Assembly, was supposed to reflect the composition of the National Assembly. The two parties said that it had been agreed that the RPT would hold the Presidency of the National Assembly while the UFC would hold the First Vice-Presidency and the CAR would hold the Second Vice-Presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOn November 29, it was announced that the EU was resuming full cooperation with Togo. On the same day, it was reported that the delay in nominating a new Prime Minister was due to continued attempts to get the UFC to join the government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nIt was announced on December 3 that Komlan Mally of the ruling RPT, who was Minister of Town and City Planning in Agboyibo's government and had been elected to the National Assembly, had been nominated as Prime Minister. Following Mally's appointment, UFC Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Fabre said on December 4 that his party was \"neither disappointed nor surprised\" by the appointment of a Prime Minister from the RPT and that the appointment was in line with past actions by the ruling party which excluded the UFC, including the RPT's monopolization of posts in the bureau of the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 649]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0029-0001", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nHe also said that in his \"personal opinion\", the UFC had \"no interest in participating in this government\". Olympio described Mally as \"some sort of civil servant, unknown to the public, unknown to the political class\", and predicted that Mally's government would be short-lived due to the talks between Gnassingb\u00e9 and the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nOlympio also said that the election results did not properly represent the voters' will, pointing out that the UFC received nearly as many votes as the RPT, but that due to the way the electoral system was designed the UFC won far fewer seats. Relative to population density, a disproportionately high number of seats were allotted to the north, where the RPT's support was strongest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nThe EU observer mission presented its final report on the elections to Gnassingb\u00e9 on December 3. While confirming the mission's positive assessment of the elections, the report included a number of recommendations, one of which was that representation in the National Assembly should more closely correspond to population.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 370]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nAfter the National Assembly opened, six deputies from the RPT (including Kanekatoua Yao, who had been elected Second Vice-President of the National Assembly) chose to resign their seats, along with three from the CAR, and were replaced by substitutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193282-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Togolese parliamentary election, Aftermath\nMally's government, including 21 ministers and primarily composed of members of the RPT, was named on December 13. The UFC and CAR were not included in the government, although L\u00e9opold Gnininvi, the leader of the Democratic Convention of the African People, an opposition party that was not elected to the National Assembly, was included as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193283-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nA referendum on self-determination was held in Tokelau on 20 October and on 22\u201324 October 2007, with the result being that self-governance was rejected. Had it been successful, the referendum would have changed Tokelau's status from an unincorporated New Zealand territory to a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand, akin to the Cook Islands and Niue. However, the referendum required a two-thirds positive vote to pass, and the \"yes\" side fell short of the required total by 16 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193283-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nThe referendum was open to Tokelauans aged 18 or older, with 789 people eligible to vote. A majority of two-thirds of voters was necessary for the referendum to be accepted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193283-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nAfter the narrow failure of the first such referendum in 2006, it was decided that another referendum would be held late the following year. Tokelau's leaders believe that concerns among Tokelauan expatriates were a factor in the failure of the 2006 referendum, even though they were not eligible to vote, and assured them that they would not lose their rights to return to Tokelau if the 2007 referendum had passed. There were 23% more people eligible to vote in the 2007 referendum than in the previous year's.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193283-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokelauan self-determination referendum\nHad the proposal succeeded, a date would have been set, most likely in mid-2008, for the \"day of self government\". However, the proposal failed again by an even smaller margin \u2013 16 more \"yes\" votes would have been needed to approve it. It is possible that the issue will be voted on again in the future; the leader of the largest group of overseas Tokelauans (the Tokelauan community in the Hutt Valley in New Zealand) Henry Joseph called for another vote within two years, with the required approval being changed to a simple majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193284-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokyo Marathon\nThe 2007 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: \u6771\u4eac\u30de\u30e9\u30bd\u30f3 2007) was the inaugural edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 18 February. The competition replaced the Tokyo International Marathon, an elite men-only competition held since 1981. The new competition included a mass race open to the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193284-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokyo Marathon\nThe men's race was won by Kenyan Daniel Njenga in a time of 2:09:45, while the women's race was won by home athlete Hitomi Niiya in 2:31:02. The organisers did not invite any elite level women runners to compete at the marathon, but Niiya (a national representative at under-20 level) started the race alongside members of the public for her marathon debut and finished nearly 19 minutes ahead of the opposition. Several older professional female runners in their 40s finished behind Niiya, with Mari Tanigawa (1991 winner of the Tokyo International Women's Marathon) finishing as runner-up, 1990s Olympic medalist Yuko Arimori in fifth, and ultradistance runner Mami Kudo in ninth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193285-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokyo Verdy 1969 season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193286-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election\nTokyo held a gubernatorial election on April 8, 2007 as part of the 16th unified local elections. There were fourteen candidates, among them the incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara. Most candidates, with the exception of Kurokawa and Yamaguchi, ran as independents, but some were supported by various parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193287-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toledo Rockets football team\nThe 2007 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in the West Division. The Rockets were led by head coach Tom Amstutz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193288-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tommy Murphy Cup\nThe fourth Tommy Murphy Cup Gaelic football competition began on June 30, 2007. The competition is in knockout format: the eight teams relegated to the National Football League 2007 Division 4 compete, plus Kilkenny. The competition was won by Wicklow in a final that was forced into extra-time against Antrim. The final score was 3-13 to 1-17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193289-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council election\nElections to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole borough council (53 members) were up for election. Parish council elections were held on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193290-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tonga Major League\nThe 2007 season of the Tonga Major League was the 29th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. Lotoha\u02bbapai United won the championship for the tenth time, the 10th in a record streak of 11 titles in the Tonga Major League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series\nThe 2007 Top League Challenge Series was the 2007 edition of the Top League Challenge Series, a second-tier rugby union competition in Japan, in which teams from regionalised leagues competed for promotion to the Top League for the 2007\u201308 season. The competition was contested from 14 to 27 January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 338]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series\nKyuden Voltex and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars won promotion to the 2007\u201308 Top League, while Honda Heat and Kintetsu Liners progressed to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Competition rules and information\nThe top two teams from the regional Top East League, Top West League and Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League qualified to the Top League Challenge Series. The regional league winners participated in Challenge 1, while the runners-up participated in Challenge 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Competition rules and information\nThe top two teams in Challenge 1 won automatic promotion to the 2007\u201308 Top League, while the third-placed team in Challenge 1 and the Challenge 2 winner qualified to the promotion play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification\nThe teams qualified to the Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 series through the 2006 regional leagues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top West League\nThe final standings for the 2006 Top West League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top East League\nThe final standings for the 2006 Top East League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Qualification, Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League\nThe final standings for the 2006 Top Ky\u016bsh\u016b League were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 1, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2007 Top League Challenge 1 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 1, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2007 Top League Challenge 1:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 2, Standings\nThe final standings for the 2007 Top League Challenge 2 were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193291-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Top League Challenge Series, Challenge 2, Matches\nThe following matches were played in the 2006 Top League Challenge 2:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193292-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toppserien\nThe 2007 season of the Toppserien, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 21 April 2007 and ended on 3 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193292-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toppserien\n22 games were played with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated, while the two top teams from the First Division were promoted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193292-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toppserien\nR\u00f8a won the league, three points ahead of reigning champion Kolbotn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 84]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193293-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open\nThe 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 24th edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, from January 27 through February 4, 2007. Martina Hingis won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193293-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Champions, Doubles\nLisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Vania King / Rennae Stubbs, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 3\u20136, 7\u20135", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 47], "content_span": [48, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193294-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, beating Vania King and Rennae Stubbs 7\u20136(6), 3\u20136, 7\u20135 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193295-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nElena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Martina Hingis in a rematch of the previous year's final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193295-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles\nHingis went on to win the title, defeating Ana Ivanovic in the final 6\u20134, 6\u20132. This tournament is known for being the last that Hingis won on the singles WTA tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193295-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open \u2013 Singles, Seeds\nThe top four seeds received a bye into the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 44], "content_span": [45, 101]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193296-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Apertura (Chile)\nThe 2007 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado was the 81st Chilean League top flight tournament, in which Colo-Colo won its 26th league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193296-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Apertura (Chile), League table\nRules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193296-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Apertura (Chile), Pre-Copa Sudamericana Play-off\nAudax Italiano & Colo-Colo qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 60], "content_span": [61, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193297-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Clausura (Chile)\nThe 2007 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco Estado was the 82nd Chilean League top flight tournament, in which Colo-Colo won its 27th league title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193297-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Clausura (Chile), First stage, Playoff match\nA playoff round was contested because there was a third-placed team who had more points than a second placed team. In a playoff round the third-placed team would have the home field advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193298-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Descentralizado\nThe 2007 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable M\u00e1gico for sponsorship reasons) is the ninety-first season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Universidad San Mart\u00edn won its first national title as it did not have to play in the season finals due to Coronel Bolognesi's poor performance in the Torneo Apertura. The season began on February 3, 2007 and ended on December 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193298-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Descentralizado, Changes from 2006, Rule changes\nStarting with the 2007 season, promotion of the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n champion was re-introduced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 60], "content_span": [61, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193298-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nUniversidad San Mart\u00edn de Porres won the Apertura, their first title, and qualified for their first Copa Libertadores. Coronel Bolognesi won the Clausura which was their first title too. In the Apertura they had placed last and were in danger of relegation. No national championship final was contested because Coronel Bolognesi did not finish in the top 6 of the Apertura. The national title went to Universidad San Mart\u00edn, who had accumulated more points on the aggregate table. Coincidentally, both teams also participated in the Copa Sudamericana together in 2006. The final fixture of the Clausura had four potential winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193298-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nAside from Bolognesi, Universitario de Deportes, Alianza Lima, Cienciano, and Sport \u00c1ncash had a chance at winning the title. They all won their last fixtures, however, Bolognesi also won its fixture and surpassed Universitario by one point. Despite not winning the Clausura, Cienciano qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 Preliminary Round, and Universitario and Sport \u00c1ncash qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008. Alianza Lima, however, finished the season empty-handed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193298-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Descentralizado, Season overview\nSporting Cristal, a Peruvian giant, was in danger of relegation throughout the season. This was Cristal's worst season in its history. The team failed in the Apertura under the Argentine Sampaoli and the club decided to hire Juan Carlos Oblitas for the Clausura. At first he did not have much success but during the second half of the Clausura, they were undefeated for the remaining 11 games with 5 wins and 6 draws. Cristal finished tying the last fixture and remained in the First Division. The newly promoted Deportivo Municipal and Total Clean were relegated. Deportivo Municipal played its last fixture with its U-20 squad and as a result, Alianza Lima defeated them 6-0. The first-team squad did not play because the club did not pay them for several months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 810]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193298-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Descentralizado, Season finals\nNo season finals were contested since the Apertura winners Universidad San Mart\u00edn de Porres failed to finish in the top six of the Torneo Clausura and the Clausura winners Coronel Bolognesi failed to finish in the top six of the Torneo Apertura. Therefore, San Mart\u00edn won the national title due to the team's better positioning on the aggregate table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 42], "content_span": [43, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193299-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo God\u00f3\nThe 2007 Torneo God\u00f3 was a men's professional tennis tournament that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 55th edition of the Torneo God\u00f3 and took place from 23 April until 29 April 2007 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Rafael Nadal won the singles title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193299-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo God\u00f3, Finals, Doubles\nAndrei Pavel / Alexander Waske defeated Rafael Nadal / Tomeu Salv\u00e0 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20131)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 33], "content_span": [34, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193300-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo God\u00f3 \u2013 Doubles\nMark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193300-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo God\u00f3 \u2013 Doubles\nAndrei Pavel and Alexander Waske won in the final 6\u20133, 7\u20136(7\u20131), against Rafael Nadal and Bartolom\u00e9 Salv\u00e1-Vidal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193301-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo God\u00f3 \u2013 Singles\nTwo-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Guillermo Ca\u00f1as in the final, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, to win the Singles title at the 2007 Barcelona Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193302-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte\nThe 2007 Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte will be a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It will be the 8th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2007 ITF Women's Circuit. It will take place in Biella, Italy between 9 and 15 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193302-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte, WTA entrants, Other Entrants\nThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193302-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte, Champions, Doubles\nMaret Ani / Kaia Kanepi def. Mervana Jugi\u0107-Salki\u0107 / Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1, 6\u20134, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193303-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo di Viareggio\nThe 2007 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193303-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torneo di Viareggio, Format\nThe 48 teams are seeded in 12 pools, split up into 6-pool groups. Each team from a pool meets the others in a single tie. The winning club from each pool and two best runners-up from both group A and group B progress to the final knockout stage. All matches in the final rounds are single tie. The Round of 16 envisions penalties and no extra time, while the rest of the final round matches include 30 minutes extra time and penalties to be played if the draw between teams still holds. Semifinal losing teams play 3rd-place final with penalties after regular time. The winning sides play the final with extra time and repeat the match if the draw holds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 32], "content_span": [33, 687]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193304-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Argonauts season\nThe 2007 Toronto Argonauts season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and 135th season overall. The Argonauts finished the regular season 11\u20137 and finished in first place in the East Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193304-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season\nThe team began with a disappointing 2-6 start to the season. With playoff hopes in jeopardy following a last second loss to the Blue Bombers on August 24th, the team turned things around with two big wins against their rivals from Hamilton. Pinball led the group to a 9-1 finish and a sixth straight playoff appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193304-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Argonauts season, Postseason\nThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers advanced to the Grey Cup for the first time in six years by stunning the Toronto Argonauts on Sunday but lost star quarterback, Kevin Glenn in the process.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season\nThe 2007 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 31st season of Major League Baseball. The Blue Jays tried to improve on their 87-win 2006 season, hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since 1993.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season\nIn the offseason, the Jays signed All Star outfielder Vernon Wells to one of the richest contracts in MLB history, giving him a seven-year contract worth $126 million. Toronto also extended the contract of first baseman Lyle Overbay, and signed veteran designated hitter Frank Thomas. To offset the loss of starter Ted Lilly to the Chicago Cubs, Toronto signed Japanese pitcher Tomo Ohka and former Atlanta starter John Thomson to one-year contracts and inked former New York Mets hurler V\u00edctor Zambrano to a minor-league deal. All three men, however, were eventually designated for assignment and released. The Jays also picked up infielder Jason Smith from the Rule 5 draft, but he too was released from his contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nDuring the month of January, Toronto signed starting pitchers John Thomson and then Tomo Ohka to incentive-based one-year contracts in an effort to strengthen their 4th and 5th rotational slots. On January 30 Toronto also signed starting pitcher V\u00edctor Zambrano to a minor league contract, and invited him to Spring training. All three were eventually released. When Brandon League, who was being considered for the main setup role, arrived to Spring training with a strained lat muscle, Zambrano took the empty spot in the bullpen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 587]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nThomson injured himself in spring training, so the Blue Jays named Ohka and Towers as their fourth and fifth starters. After four mediocre starts, Josh Towers was sent to the bullpen and replaced by Dustin McGowan. Towers returned to the rotation later in the year replacing released pitcher Tomo Ohka. When Gustavo Chac\u00edn was injured, he was replaced in the rotation by Shaun Marcum, who had a breakout year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nThe season was blighted by persistent injuries, with 12 Blue Jays landing on the DL. The most serious injury was that of B. J. Ryan, who was out for the entire season having had Tommy John Surgery. However, due to the emergence of young pitchers like Dustin McGowan, Casey Janssen and Jeremy Accardo, the Jays finished 4 games above .500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOne of the most memorable games this season for the Jays was on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 when they rallied from being down 11\u20136 in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to win 12\u201311 on an RBI walk-off base on balls by Aaron Hill, a victory that moved them to within 1 game under .500", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nAnother memorable moment of this season was Dustin McGowan's complete game one-hitter on Sunday, June 24 against the Colorado Rockies at the Rogers Centre. McGowan carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning when outfielder Jeff Baker hit a single with no out to break it up. This was the first Jays' one-hitter since September 27, 1998, in which Roy Halladay threw against the Detroit Tigers. The Jays won 5\u20130 and moved themselves up to .500 for the first time since May 1 of the season. The game was also notable for Frank Thomas hitting the 499th home run of his career. The day after McGowan's gem, the Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 8\u20135 to climb over the .500 mark for the first time since April and get their first four-game winning streak of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn June 28, Frank Thomas became the 21st Major Leaguer to hit 500 career home runs. The pitcher who surrendered the homer was Minnesota Twins' starter Carlos Silva. Despite jumping out to an early lead the Jays couldn't hold on and ended up losing 8\u20135. In addition, Thomas was ejected from the game in the ninth inning by home plate umpire Mark Wegner for arguing balls and strikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn July 6, Reed Johnson returned to the lineup after spending three months on the DL. Johnson had been suffering back problems early in the season and received surgery, which forced him onto the 60-Day DL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nThis situation left Adam Lind the odd-man out in the lineup and he was optioned down to Triple-A. In his first game back Johnson went 1\u20133 at the plate, and made a game-saving catch in the ninth which prevented two runs (only one run scored on a sac-fly) from scoring and a runner on second (possibly third) and a one-run lead with only one out. The Jays won the game 8\u20136 against the Cleveland Indians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn September 16, Aaron Hill broke the Blue Jays club record for most doubles by a second baseman in one season, set by Roberto Alomar in 1991 with 41 doubles that season. Hill recorded his 42nd double of the season against the Baltimore Orioles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Summary\nOn September 17, Frank Thomas hit three home runs in a game for only the second time in his career, both times against the Boston Red Sox.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, 2007 Draft picks\nThe 2007 MLB Draft was held on June 7\u20138. The Blue Jays had two first round picks, along with five compensation picks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; R = Runs; SB = Stolen Bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; QS = Quality starts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 69], "content_span": [70, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193305-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Blue Jays season, Draft\nThis is a partial list. For the full draft, see here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193306-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto FC season\nToronto FC began play in Major League Soccer in 2007, and the club's first regular season match was on April 7, 2007 at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles away to Chivas USA. Toronto FC suffered a 2\u20130 loss. Toronto's first home match was on April 28, 2007 at BMO Field against Kansas City Wizards. The home side lost 1\u20130 on an 81st-minute goal by Eddie Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193306-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto FC season\nDanny Dichio scored the first goal ever for Toronto FC on May 12, 2007 in the 24th minute against Chicago Fire in the franchise's first ever win, a 3\u20131 victory. Despite finishing last in the Eastern Conference and not making the MLS Cup Playoffs, Toronto FC was a success in its inaugural season, selling out every home game at BMO Field and capturing significant media attention in Toronto and in other MLS markets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193306-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto FC season\nDichio was also the first ever Toronto FC player red-carded, being ejected in the 44th minute of the same game as his historic goal. That strike had ended the second longest opening scoreless streak for a new club in MLS after Real Salt Lake. Toronto won the game 3\u20131, with additional goals by Maurice Edu and Kevin Goldthwaite. Game play was delayed several minutes as many fans threw seat cushions onto the field in celebration. The cushions had been a free gift to ticket-holders to commemorate the club's official opening weekend. Now, Toronto FC fans sing Dichio's name in the 24th minute of every match. On May 26, 2007, Dichio scored the team's first-ever goal on the road, and he scored the last goal of Toronto's first season, in the 91st minute of the final game against the New England Revolution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 831]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193306-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto FC season\nAt the 6th minute of Toronto FC's loss to D.C. United on August 26, Toronto FC broke the Major League Soccer record of minutes without a goal at 558 minutes. The record was previously held by Real Salt Lake. On September 22, Toronto FC ended their streak, scoring at the two-minute mark of their match against the Columbus Crew on a goal by Miguel Ca\u00f1izalez, setting a league record at 824 minutes. Ca\u00f1izalez's goal was also the first goal by a Canadian during MLS play at BMO Field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193306-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto FC season\nIn their inaugural season, Toronto FC's average attendance was 20,130, the third highest in the league behind Los Angeles Galaxy (24,252) and D.C. United (20,967).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival\nThe 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007. The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissions. The selection included 275 mid- to feature-length films, of which 234 were premieres, with 71 by first-time directors. The festival was attended by members of the industry, press and general public. It opened with the world premiere of Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces, a film based on the international bestselling novel by Anne Michaels, and closed with Paolo Barzman's Emotional Arithmetic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Film reception\nCritical favourites included No Country for Old Men, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which were equally well received at the Cannes Film Festival, plus the Joy Division biopic Control which, along with the eponymously titled documentary on the band, Joy Division, was picked up by The Weinstein Company. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star named Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead a major Oscar contender. The audience favourite, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, won the top prize at the festival. The New York Times pointed out that two previous winners had gone on to win Best Picture Oscars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Film reception\nHighly discussed but divisive films among the public and critics include comedies Juno and Margot at the Wedding, the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There and Brian De Palma's Iraq War documentary Redacted. Films expected to stir controversy for their transgressive sexual content, such as Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, Alan Ball's Nothing Is Private and Martin Gero's Young People Fucking, did divide audiences but without fanfare. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Across the Universe both won their share of supporters despite previous reports of shooting delays and director-studio clashes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Awards\nIn addition, film director and historian Peter Bogdanovich was awarded the International Federation of Film Archives Award for his contribution towards film preservation. The award was presented at a screening of Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937) which Bogdanovich selected to illustrate the importance of film restoration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Canada First!\nThe Canada First! programme features first or second time Canadian film directors and established Canadian filmmakers who have not previously appeared in the festival. Eight films were selected to appear in the festival. St\u00e9phane Lafleur's directorial debut Continental, a Film Without Guns won the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film and a CDN$15\u00a0000 bursary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 67], "content_span": [68, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Canadian Open Vault\nThe Canadian Open Vault programme features a recently restored and iconic Canadian film. Quebec-based filmmaker Francis Mankiewicz's Good Riddance was selected. The film has previously won eight Genie Awards and appeared on every Canada's Ten Best film survey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 73], "content_span": [74, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Canadian Retrospective\nThe Canadian Retrospective programme features a section of films representing an aspect of the history of Canadian cinema. It was the seventh year the festival has held the retrospective. Influential Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois filmmaker Michel Brault was spotlighted through nine films he directed or shot. He has been credited for his visual style and creating some of the most important films to come from Quebec. In conjunction, the Toronto International Film Festival Group published a book on Brault, Cinema as History: Michel Brault and Modern Quebec by Andre Loiselle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 76], "content_span": [77, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Contemporary World Cinema\nThe Contemporary World Cinema programme features films from around the world. It included premieres and prize-winning films from other festivals. Sixty-two films were selected, including eight from Canada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 79], "content_span": [80, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Dialogues: Talking With Pictures\nThe Dialogues: Talking With Pictures series features a selection of classic films which are chosen and introduced by well-known directors or artists who have found a given film influential or pivotal throughout the course of their own career. Eight films were selected between nine filmmakers and artists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 86], "content_span": [87, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Discovery\nThe Discovery programme features the work of new film directors from around the world. Fourteen films were selected. Israel C\u00e1rdenas and Laura Amelia Guzm\u00e1n's feature debut Cochochi won the DIESEL Discovery Award and a CDN$10\u00a0000 bursary. The International Federation of Film Critics returned to the festival for the 16th year and awarded Rodrigo Pl\u00e1's La Zona the FIPRESCI Prize.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Doc Talks\nThe Doc Talk series features discussions with various documentary filmmakers on topics such as the future of the medium and their work and its subject matter. Clips from their new and upcoming documentaries are screened. The series was opened to the public for the first time. Topics included biography films, Michel Brault, war and democracy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Future Projections\nThe Future Projections programme features non-theatrical installations in various mediums. This marked the programme's inaugural run. Nine installations were curated by the Toronto International Film Festival Group and other Torontonian cultural institutions. Admission was free for all exhibitions, with the exception of the exhibit at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery which was free only to Festival passholders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Gala Presentations\nGala Presentations spotlights prestige films of Canadian, American and foreign-language origins in equal measure. They are often world or North American premieres and are screened at the Roy Thomson Hall. Twenty films were selected. David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises received the Cadillac People's Choice Award.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 72], "content_span": [73, 386]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Masters\nThe Masters programme features films by world-renowned filmmakers. Twenty films were selected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193307-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Programmes, Mavericks\nMavericks features discussions with film industry and other professionals. Four events were held on a variety of socio-political topics. Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter discussed their activist work after his presidential term. Comedians Bill Maher and Larry Charles tackled religion. Mira Nair brought together three other Indian filmmakers who covered HIV/AIDS and screened four new short films on the subject. Finally, the conflict in Sudan was discussed by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and a panel of filmmakers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193308-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Rock season\nThe Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 11th season, and its 10th season as the Toronto Rock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193308-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Rock season\nAfter firing head coach and GM Terry Sanderson following the 2006 season, the Rock hired Glenn Clark, who played for eight seasons with the franchise, as their new head coach. Clark led the Rock to their worst record ever, and first season under .500. However, both the Philadelphia Wings and Chicago Shamrox finishing with the same 6\u201310 record, and the Rock sneaked into the playoffs by virtue of tiebreakers. The celebration was short-lived, however, as the Rock scored only 6 goals losing their playoff game against the eventual champion Rochester Knighthawks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193308-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Rock season\n2007 marked the first Rock season without All-Star forward Colin Doyle, who was traded with Darren Halls to San Jose in the off-season for former first-overall draft pick Ryan Benesch, Kevin Fines, and Chad Thompson. Benesch was named Rookie of the Year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193308-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Conference standings\nx:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth; c:\u00a0Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y:\u00a0Clinched division; z:\u00a0Clinched best regular season record; GP:\u00a0Games PlayedW:\u00a0Wins; L:\u00a0Losses; GB:\u00a0Games back; PCT:\u00a0Win percentage; Home:\u00a0Record at Home; Road:\u00a0Record on the Road; GF:\u00a0Goals scored; GA:\u00a0Goals allowedDifferential:\u00a0Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP:\u00a0Average number of goals allowed per game", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 62], "content_span": [63, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193308-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)\nNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 56], "content_span": [57, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193308-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Toronto Rock season, Player stats, Goaltenders\nNote: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 51], "content_span": [52, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193309-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Torridge District Council election\nThe 2007 Torridge District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Torridge District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election and independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193309-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Torridge District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives gained 7 seats, while independents lost 9 seats to mean that no group had a majority on the council, with both the Conservatives and independents finishing on 13 councillors. The Conservative gains came after the number of candidates the party fielded increased from 4 at the 2003 election to 22 in 2007. Among the independents to lose their seats was the council leader Pat Ferguson, who was defeated in Bideford South after having previously represented Three Moors ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193309-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Torridge District Council election, Election result\nMeanwhile, the Liberal Democrats increased by 1 to 8 seats and the Greens also gained 1 seat to have 2 councillors. 7 councillors were elected unopposed, the highest number in the country at the 2007 local elections. Overall turnout at the election was 42.1%, up from 38.4% in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193309-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Torridge District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election the leader of the Conservative group on the council, James Morrish, became the youngest leader of the council at the age of 34.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193309-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Torridge District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Hartland and Bradworthy\nA by-election was held in Hartland and Bradworthy ward after the death of the longest serving councillor in Torridge, Bill Pillman, who had first stood for the council in 1976. The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Brian Redwood by a majority of 469 votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 100], "content_span": [101, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193309-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Torridge District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Holsworthy\nIndependent Pam Johns won a by-election in Holsworthy with a majority of 66 votes after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Des Shadrick.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 87], "content_span": [88, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193310-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toulon Tournament\nThe 2007 Toulon Tournament was the 35th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 31 May to 9 June. It was won by France, after they beat China 3\u20131 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193311-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toulon Tournament squads\nThe following is a list of the squads which competed in the 2007 Toulon Tournament", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193311-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toulon Tournament squads\nPlayers in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193312-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour Down Under\nThe 2007 Tour Down Under was held from 16 to 21 January 2007 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over five stages with a total of 667 kilometres and is part of the 2006-2007 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2007 Down Under Classic was the official warm-up race for the event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193313-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour EP\n2007 Tour EP is a tour EP by Kevin Devine released during his 2007 U.S. tour opening for the bands Brand New and Manchester Orchestra. The EP contains mostly covers, along with a new version of \"Wolf's Mouth\" (originally from Make The Clocks Move) and an acoustic version of \"You'll Only End Up Joining Them\" (originally from Put Your Ghost to Rest).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193313-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour EP\nThe EP contains songs played during that tour. Three tracks (\"Harvest Moon,\" \"Holland, 1945,\" and \"Wolf's Mouth\") were included as bonus tracks on the vinyl release of Put Your Ghost to Rest. All the tracks from this EP later served as b-sides to the 2009 Splitting Up Christmas UK single.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193314-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Corse\nResults of Tour de Corse (51\u00e8me Tour de Corse - Rallye de France), 13th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on October 12\u201314:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France\nThe 2007 Tour de France the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 to 29 July. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France\nThe Tour was marked by doping controversies, with three riders and two teams withdrawn during the race following positive doping tests, including pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov and his Astana team. Following Stage 16, the leader of the general classification, Michael Rasmussen, was removed from the Tour by his Rabobank team, who accused him of lying about the reasons for missing several drug tests earlier in the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France\nThe points classification, indicated by the green jersey, was won for the first time by Tom Boonen, who had failed to complete the previous two Tours after leading the points classification at times during each. The mountains classification, indicated by the polkadot jersey, was won by Mauricio Soler in his first Tour appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France\nThe general classification, indicated by the yellow jersey, was closely contested until the final time trial on stage 19. The top three riders, Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey as the leader, Cadel Evans in second, and Levi Leipheimer in third, were separated by only 2:49, with both Evans and Leipheimer recognized as far superior time trialists to Contador. In the end, each rider held his place after the final time trial, but with considerably slimmer margins, as the Tour ended with the smallest-ever spread of only 31 seconds among the top three riders. Alberto Contador also won the young rider classification, indicated by the white jersey, as the best young (under age 25) rider.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Teams\nA total of 21 teams were invited to the 2007 Tour de France. Each team sent a total of nine riders to participate in the Tour, which brought the starting total of the peloton to 189 riders. The presentation of the teams\u00a0\u2013 where each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries\u00a0\u2013 took place at Trafalgar Square in London, the day before the opening prologue held in the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 26], "content_span": [27, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites\nAfter the retirement of seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and with Ivan Basso and Floyd Landis not entering the Tour, the bookmakers' favourite to win the 2007 Tour de France was Alexander Vinokourov, who was unable to start in 2006 due to lack of team members, but did win the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. The main challengers were expected to be the 2006 Tour de France second-place finisher Andreas Kl\u00f6den; and Alejandro Valverde, who dropped out of the 2006 Tour de France after a crash, but came second to Vinokourov in the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 40], "content_span": [41, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe organisers of the Tour and London mayor Ken Livingstone announced on 24 January 2006 that the start of the Tour would take place in London. Livingstone noted the two stages would commemorate the victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, saying \"Having the Grand D\u00e9part on the seventh of July will broadcast to the world that terrorism does not shake our city.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Route and stages\nThe routes for the Prologue in London and the first full stage through Kent, finishing in Canterbury, were announced on 9 February 2006 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. This was the first time the Grand D\u00e9part was in the United Kingdom and the third time the Tour visited the United Kingdom, including Plymouth in 1974 and two stages in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire in 1994.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Route and stages\nTour director Christian Prudhomme unveiled the 2007 route in Paris on 26 October 2006. In total, the route covered 3,570\u00a0km (2,218\u00a0mi). The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,770\u00a0m (9,090\u00a0ft) at the summit of the Col de l'Iseran mountain pass on stage 9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 37], "content_span": [38, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping cases\nThe first scandal arrived when it was made public on 18 July that rider Patrik Sinkewitz from the T-Mobile Team had tested positive one month before the Tour started. Sinkewitz had already withdrawn from the race having incurred an injury during the 8th stage. The scandal was big enough to prompt German TV broadcasters ZDF and ARD to drop their coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping cases\nThe Tour was dealt a major blow when the first-place Astana team withdrew from the race on 24 July 2007, after team member and pre-race favourite Alexander Vinokourov from Kazakhstan tested positive for an illegal blood transfusion. Vinokourov's teammates Andreas Kl\u00f6den and Andrey Kashechkin were in 5th and 7th place respectively at the time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping cases\nAt the start of the 16th stage on 25 July, some teams made a protest against the laxness of the official attitude to doping in the race. After the stage, race officials announced that Cofidis team member Cristian Moreni of Italy had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, and the Cofidis team withdrew from the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping cases\nSpanish cyclist Iban Mayo tested positive for EPO on the second rest day of the Tour, on 24 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping cases\nFrench prosecutors wanted to start a legal case against Vinokourov, Mayo and Moreni, and requested the UCI to hand over the doping samples. The UCI refused to give them, and in May 2011 the investigation was stopped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 48], "content_span": [49, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Other incidents\nGerman cyclist Marcus Burghardt collided with a Labrador Retriever during Stage 9. The bike struck the dog on its backside, which buckled the front wheel and threw Burghardt over the handlebars onto the road.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Other incidents\nA second incident involving a dog occurred on Stage 18. Sandy Casar and Frederik Willems were in a four-man break when Casar collided with a dog running across the road, causing both him and Willems to fall. Casar was able to rejoin the break with the help of Axel Merckx despite receiving road rash on his right buttock, while Willems returned to the peloton. Casar went on to win the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Race overview, Other incidents\nAfter Stage 16, overall leader Michael Rasmussen was fired by his team, Rabobank, for violating team rules after he told the team that he was in Mexico with his wife in June, then being sighted training in Italy by Italian journalist Davide Cassani. Rasmussen disputed this claim, maintaining that he was in Mexico. Thus, at the start of stage 17 there was no holder of the yellow jersey. Afterward the lead and the jersey were transferred to Discovery Channel's Alberto Contador. Rasmussen later in 2013 confessed to doping from 1998 to 2010, including at the 2007 Tour de France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 51], "content_span": [52, 633]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere were four main classifications contested in the 2007 Tour de France, with the most important being the general classification. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification was considered the winner of the Tour. There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nAdditionally, there was a points classification, which awards a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists get points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points led the classification, and is identified with a green jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThere was also a mountains classification. The organization categorised some climbs as either hors cat\u00e9gorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reach the top of these climbs, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points led the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, marked by the white jersey. This classification was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nFor the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team is the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow numbers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes\nThe super-combativity award was given to Amets Txurruka. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 9. This prize was won by Mauricio Soler.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 63], "content_span": [64, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193315-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, UCI ProTour rankings\nRiders in the UCI ProTour (therefore not members of the wildcard entries Barloworld or Agritubel) are awarded UCI ProTour points for their performance in the Tour de France. The winner of a stage receives 10 points, second receives 5 points and third 3 points. UCI ProTour points are also awarded for high places in the final classification, with 100 points for the overall winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 41], "content_span": [42, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10\nThese are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2007 Tour de France, with the Prologue on 7 July, Stage 1 on 8 July, and Stage 10 on 18 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue\nOn Saturday July 7, 2007, the Individual time trial started in Whitehall, London passing Westminster, then along Victoria Street and Buckingham Gate, past Buckingham Palace and looping through Hyde Park before finishing in The Mall. A distance of 7.9\u00a0km (4.9\u00a0mi) was covered by the riders. It was won by Team CSC's Fabian Cancellara, with a time of 8' 50\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1\nThis 203\u00a0km (126\u00a0mi) stage of the race started in London and headed through Westminster, Greenwich, Woolwich, Erith and into Kent, to Dartford, Gravesend, with an intermediate sprint for the points classification in Medway. The route headed south to Maidstone and another sprint, Tonbridge and then the first King of the Mountains climb before reaching Royal Tunbridge Wells, then the second climb at Goudhurst, another sprint in Tenterden, to Ashford and the final climb before finishing in Canterbury. All the climbs were Category 4. It was won by Robbie McEwen, who sprinted from the back of the field to claim a surprise win. This was after an extended breakaway from British cyclist David Millar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 752]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2\nThe second stage marked the return of the Tour to the land of cycling, along the roads of the great Flanders classics: Tour of Flanders, Het Volk, etc. It was anticipated that the race should start to get more serious during this stage, with the wind and the risk of hitting the kerbs definitely playing an important role. It was fairly short at 168.5\u00a0km (104.7\u00a0mi) in length and with no categorized climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2\nThere was a breakaway during the stage by Marcel Sieberg, Cedric Herve and Rub\u00e9n P\u00e9rez who shared the bonuses available at the three sprints: however, this never stretched beyond 6 minutes ahead of the peloton and they were caught some 3\u00a0km from the finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 308]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2\nWithin the last 2\u00a0km, a Liquigas rider fell sideways causing others to fall. Around 20 riders fell blocking the entire road and leaving approximately 30 riders to sprint for the victory, eventually taken by Gert Steegmans in his home country ahead of his compatriot and team-mate Tom Boonen, who took over the green jersey by coming second in the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3\nAt 236\u00a0km (147\u00a0mi), this is the longest stage in this year's Tour. After Flanders, the peloton returned to France along some of the roads used for the Paris\u2013Roubaix race, to finish in the town where that race starts. Nicolas Vogondy and Mathieu Ladagnous broke away from the field within the first 10\u00a0km, and were joined after 42\u00a0km by Stephane Auge and Frederik Willems. By leading the breakaway group over the only classified climb of the day, the Cote de Blerancourt, Auge gained the polka dot shirt. The group was caught by race leader Fabian Cancellara, and by the rest of the peloton, some 500 meters from the finish. Cancellara held off the sprinters to win the stage and to gain time bonuses that extended his lead in the general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4\nThis stage headed virtually due south, with four category 4 climbs, passing through the Champagne region and the plains of Brie, before crossing the valleys in the Yonne department along its 193\u00a0km (120\u00a0mi) course. Injuries received in the race for points on the first hill, forced Xabier Zandio's immediate withdrawal, and caused Remy Di Gregorio to finish almost 8 minutes behind the leaders and rendered him unfit to resume the race the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4\nThe main breakaway was initiated by Matthieu Sprick and he was joined by Sylvain Chavanel (whose time bonuses gained at intermediate sprints and hills lifted him into the top 10 in the general classification), Gorka Verdugo, Juan Antonio Flecha and Christian Knees; the lead over the peloton was never more than four minutes, and they were caught with just under 5\u00a0km remaining. In the first clean sprint of this year's race, Thor Hushovd won from Robert Hunter and earned time bonuses that moved him into second place overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5\nThe fifth stage featured eight climbs, including one Category 2 climb. Many of the sprinters lost contact with the peloton, but all of the major contenders finished together, apart from Alexander Vinokourov. Vinokourov crashed before the final climb, and ended up losing more than a minute to the rest of the field. The stage was won by Filippo Pozzato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6\nThis stage is relatively flat, with only two category 4 climbs, and was the last opportunity for the sprinters to shine before the race went into the mountains. On the 40th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson, Cofidis rider Bradley Wiggins led from the two kilometre mark and at one stage was 18 minutes clear, but riding alone took its toll and with seven kilometres left he was reeled in. That left Tom Boonen to beat \u00d3scar Freire and Erik Zabel in a sprint finish for his first Tour stage win in two years. After the stage Wiggins revealed his lone breakaway was a gift to his wife on her birthday, with Wiggins only finding out about the date's significance after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7\nThis was the first mountain stage and the start of the real difficulties for many of the riders. The first kilometres, with three smaller climbs, were a gradual introduction for the riders, before they tackled the Alps and the first real mountain pass of the Tour, the Col de la Colombi\u00e8re (16\u00a0km at 6.7%), lying 15 kilometres from the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7\nLinus Gerdemann was in a 15-man break for much of the 197.5\u00a0km stage but the T-Mobile rider went it alone over the Col de la Colombi\u00e8re, finishing 40 seconds clear of Inigo Landaluze, to take the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7\nInjured race favourites Alexander Vinokourov and Andreas Kl\u00f6den finished in a group 3'38\" behind, as did fellow big names Cadel Evans, Alejandro Valverde and Levi Leipheimer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8\nThis was the shortest road stage, but was very tough. The climbing started from the outset, with two small climbs in the first 25\u00a0km before, from 75 kilometres out, tackling the Cormet de Roselend (19\u00a0km at 6%), the Mont\u00e9e d'Hauteville - the start of the Col du Petit Saint-Bernard - and the climb up to Tignes (18\u00a0km at 5.5%) for a very difficult finish at a height of 2068 m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8\nDenmark's Michael Rasmussen went it alone for victory in Tignes to secure the Tour de France Yellow jersey. Rasmussen, who began the day 39th overall, was part of a breakaway halfway through the 165\u00a0km eighth stage. He went solo on the last climb to finish two minutes and 47 seconds ahead of Iban Mayo and 5:04 clear of Linus Gerdemann, now second overall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8\nAlexander Vinokourov and Andreas Kl\u00f6den both lost 4:29 while Michael Rogers crashed out of the race. T-Mobile leader Rogers was in the same group as Rasmussen - and the race leader on the road - on the descent of the Cormet de Roselend when he hit a roadside barrier. He bravely carried on before being forced to pull up later with a dislocated shoulder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8\nLevi Leipheimer sustained a ten-second penalty for slipstreaming behind his team car after sustaining a mechanical issue which necessitated a bike change. Had this not occurred, Leipheimer would have finished 2nd overall in the general classification, 2 seconds in front of Cadel Evans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9\nThe riders made a cold start to the Hors Categorie climb up to the Col de l'Iseran (15\u00a0km at 6%), followed by the Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe and the Col du Galibier (12\u00a0km at 6.7% and 17.5\u00a0km at 7%) with a 37\u00a0km downhill finish in Brian\u00e7on.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9\nAfter joining with a breakaway, Colombian Mauricio Soler made a strong move over the Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe, and stayed away through the descent of the Col du Galibier to claim the first-ever Tour de France stage win for the wild-card Barloworld team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9\nSpeculation ensued after the race, as Alberto Contador had a flat tire while chasing Soler. Many believed that he would have caught Soler had this not happened.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193316-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10\nThis was a long, mostly downhill stage finishing in Marseille. While most expected a group sprint, a five-man breakaway survived to the end, with C\u00e9dric Vasseur winning in the small sprint.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20\nThese are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2007 Tour de France, with Stage 11 on 19 July, and Stage 20 on 29 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11\nThis was the first of two transition stages between the Alps and the Pyrenees, with no climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11\nRobbie Hunter took the stage when he powered for the line and held off Fabian Cancellara after a number of sprinters crashed in the final kilometre on a tight corner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11\nFrench favourite Christophe Moreau finished more than three minutes after the leaders. He was caught napping when Astana hit the front shortly after going through the feed zone in Arles. Despite the best efforts of his AG2R team Moreau could not bridge the gap, which increased steadily as the leaders set a relentless pace. On a day in which no movement was expected at the top of the General Classification, Moreau, who crashed early in the stage, slipped from sixth to 14th after coming in three minutes 20 seconds back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11\nMichael Rasmussen kept clear of danger on the 182.5\u00a0km flat route from Marseille to Montpellier to maintain his hold on the yellow jersey. And it looked as if Tom Boonen would tighten his grip on the green jersey with Erik Zabel off the pace, but the Belgian lost momentum on the fringes of the crash in the final kilometre and eventually came home 37th. New Zealander Julian Dean hit the deck along with Iker Cama\u00f1o, Sebastien Hinault, Marcel Sieberg and Fr\u00e4nk Schleck.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 522]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nThis was another transition stage heading west to Castres, with a category 2 climb just 40\u00a0km from the finish. The terrain was expected to offer some opportunities for the attackers but ending in a sprint at the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nThe first attack of the day to get away happened at about the 52\u00a0km mark when Amets Txurruka and Pierrick F\u00e9drigo broke away from the peloton. A couple of chases, including a solo effort by Marcus Burghardt, briefly got away but were soon reeled in by the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nShortly after the descent from the category 2 climb near the finish, the pace set by Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux and Lampre-Fondital at the front of the peloton, in an effort to catch Txurruka and F\u00e9drigo, became so blisteringly fast that some riders willingly dropped off the back of the peloton, knowing that by dropping off so close to the finish line they would not risk being disqualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12\nTxurruka and F\u00e9drigo proved much more difficult to catch than first thought; as the peloton neared them within 10\u00a0km to the finish line, it was calculated that the catch would occur between 2 and 3\u00a0km to the line. The two valiantly fought on and wound up being caught just as the peloton reached the 1\u00a0km to go mark, leading to a classic bunched sprint at the finish, where the top three men in the points classification standings were the first three to the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nThis was the first individual time trial since the prologue and was relatively flat with a twisty downhill finish.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nAn early downpour of rain saturated the road and made for dangerous conditions for many of the early riders. Reigning world time trial champion (and winner of the Prologue time trial) Fabian Cancellara had extreme difficulty negotiating a right-hand turn around the 30\u00a0km mark and lost most of his speed, before eventually crashing and losing a great deal of time. Others also fell at this turn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nCofidis' Bradley Wiggins rode through the rain to set the first time to beat, that stood for most of the day. Alexander Vinokourov lead at every time check and shattered Wiggins' final time by more than two minutes. It is likely, however, that his performance was aided by drugs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nGeneral classification leader Michael Rasmussen was expected to lose a great deal of time, having had one of the worst time trials ever for a top-flight professional in the 2005 Tour de France. He finished 11th originally, much better than expected, and was upgraded to 10th when Vinokourov was disqualified, though his own premature exit from the Tour days later casts doubt on this performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nThe rain let up by the time there were about 40 riders left to leave the starthouse, though the course still remained more treacherous than it would have been had the day been completely dry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13\nVinokourov originally won the stage in 1h 06'34\", but on April 30, 2008 he was officially stripped of the victory due to his subsequent positive test for blood doping.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nThe race headed into the Pyrenees. This stage started with a category 2 climb out of Mazamet and then followed a relatively calm route via Carcassonne, Limoux and Quillan before taking on the Port de Pailh\u00e8res (17\u00a0km at 7.2%) and a very difficult finish at Plateau-de-Beille (16\u00a0km at 7.9%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nA six-man breakaway formed out of a group that at first numbered 27. That 27-man group featured race leader Michael Rasmussen and his King of the Mountains rival Mauricio Soler. The six who went forward attained a maximum advantage before the Saunier Duval and Rabobank squads set to reeling them in. Their pace proved fast enough that the autobus formed almost immediately as the peloton started the ascent up the Port de Pailh\u00e8res.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nMore splits occurred on the later climbs in the course, with the yellow jersey group, paced by Rasmussen's teammates, numbering some 45 riders for most of the stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14\nRasmussen attacked on the ascent to the Plateau-de-Beille, and only Alberto Contador could stay with him. They caught every member of the leading break. Soler had earlier taken the lead in the King of the Mountains, but Rasmussen retook it at the Plateau-de-Beille, though Contador outsprinted Rasmussen to the finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15\nThis was thought to be one of the major stages of the Tour, with no fewer than five major mountain passes - including the Col de Port, the Col de Portet d'Aspet (5.7\u00a0km climb at 6.9%), the Col de Ment\u00e9 (7.0\u00a0km climb at 8.1%), the Port de Bal\u00e8s (19.5\u00a0km at 6.2%), (the first time this climb was featured in the Tour), and finally the Col de Peyresourde (9.7\u00a0km climb at 7.8%) with a downhill finish in Loudenvielle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15\nAn early 2-man break was joined by a 23-man chase group to form a leading group of 25 that represented 17 teams. Notables in this group included Alexander Vinokourov, the original stage winner, Kim Kirchen, was upgraded to the stage victory upon Vinokourov's disqualification, and Haimar Zubeldia, whose second place on the stage vaulted him into the top ten in the General Classification, as well as George Hincapie, Denis Menchov, and Bernhard Kohl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15\nMany splits occurred on the way up the Col de Peyresourde, with Vinokourov taking a quick 30 second lead over his breakaway mates, holding on to that advantage to be the original stage winner. Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador traded attack after attack from the group they had been in, catching most of the early break, finishing in the top ten of the stage, and gaining time over other contenders such as Cadel Evans, Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Kl\u00f6den, and Carlos Sastre, who were left in the remnants of the group they had left.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15\nVinokourov originally won the stage in 5h 34'28\", but on April 30, 2008, he was formally stripped of the victory due to his positive test for blood doping the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Rest day 2\nNews of a failed blood doping test by Astana rider Alexander Vinokourov after Stage 15 filtered through late on Monday evening. On Tuesday, the rest day, Marc Biver announced that the entire Astana squad remaining in the Tour would be withdrawn. Two of their riders, Andreas Kl\u00f6den (5th) and Andrey Kashechkin (8th), were in the top 10. This altered the general classification standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 53], "content_span": [54, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nAfter a rest day, the riders took in the Tour's hardest stage, and the last chance for the climbers to make the time gains they\u2019d need before the final time trial. The race was thought to split up somewhat on the brutal Port de Larrau (14.7\u00a0km climb at 8.1%), despite the fact that its summit came just 79\u00a0km into the stage. The race dipped into Spain for some 50 kilometres at the summit, the fourth country visited in this year's Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nFrom there, there was little reprieve for the riders, hitting the Alto Laza and the Col de la Pierre St Martin (14.2\u00a0km climb at 5.2%) before descending to the start of the difficult, and very steep, first-category Col de Marie-Blanque (9.3\u00a0km climb at 7.4%). The riders then climbed the infamous Col d'Aubisque (16.7\u00a0km climb at 7%), which rewarded out-and-out climbing ability and punish the legs of all the major contenders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nThe Basque separatist group ETA carried out at least 1 explosion along the route near the town of Belagua. However the riders had already gone past that point and no one was hurt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nAn early attack by St\u00e9phane Aug\u00e9, one-time holder of the polka-dot jersey during this Tour, was answered by Jos\u00e9 Vicente Garc\u00eda, Gorka Verdugo and Christophe Rinero. As Verdugo, 67th and more than 90 minutes behind Michael Rasmussen, was the best-placed man in this break the peloton was more than happy to let them go. Barloworld set to pacing the peloton after the escape, with Rabobank staying close behind them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nMauricio Soler came free from the peloton before the first climb of the day and took full points available to him, taking the lead outright in the King of the Mountains from Rasmussen. He and Carlos Sastre, for whom it was something of a surprise that he was able to get away from the peloton easily as he was 5th in the GC at the beginning of the day, worked together to stay away as long as possible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16\nThey wound up being caught with 11 kilometers left to race by a group containing Rasmussen, Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, and numerous domestiques from their teams. Rasmussen came clear of this group on the way up the Aubisque to win the stage. It was thought at the time that this all but cinched his victory in the Tour, since only flat stages and an individual time trial remained, and that even a relatively weak time trialist like Rasmussen was unlikely to lose three to five minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 546]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16, Withdrawals\nFollowing stage 16, Cofidis rider, Cristian Moreni, was arrested by French police after testing positive for synthetic testosterone after stage 11. With this, the entire Cofidis team withdrew the rest of their team from the Tour. Later that evening, news broke that overall leader, Michael Rasmussen, was withdrawn from the Tour by his Rabobank team due to allegedly lying about his whereabouts during a three-week training session in Mexico in which he was unavailable for UCI doping controls. This elevated Alberto Contador to the overall lead of the race. However, as this occurred after the jersey presentations of Stage 16, there would be no maillot jaune wearer on Stage 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 64], "content_span": [65, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nThe race left the mountains behind and turned north towards Paris. This stage had a series of small climbs, but was expected to give those sprinters who had survived the chance to earn some points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nAt the 9\u00a0km mark and after a few attempted escapes, an eight man break, including team leaders David Millar and Daniele Bennati, got away, but their lead was restricted for a long time to about two minutes by the peloton. The pace was being made by the \"virtual\" leader's team Discovery and Predictor-Lotto, despite the fact that no threat to the GC was posed: Jens Voigt, 34th overall and over an hour behind Alberto Contador, was the best placed man in the break. Caisse d'Epargne made the pace in earnest for a while.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0030-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nIt was thought at the time that they wanted to try to keep their second position in the team classification, but their directeur sportif said the next day that they simply wanted to try to win the stage. The move was extremely unpopular within the peloton, with riders like Tom Boonen and Cadel Evans speaking up about it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nDenis Menchov abandoned the Tour two hours into the stage. The Caisse d'Epargne riders dropped when the break extended to four minutes over the peloton, and Discovery retook the workload. The lead of the break extended more and more; essentially Discovery was content to let them go. When the lead ballooned to eight minutes, it was calculated, given the flat course, the peloton could not make the gap up even if they wanted to. A bunched sprint for ninth place and the 17 green jersey points it afforded was still expected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nWith about 18\u00a0km, Daniele Righi and Manuel Quinziato were dropped by the leading group after an attack from Bennati; not long after, Millar and Matteo Tosatto were also dropped, leaving a leading group of four - Voigt, Bennati, Markus Fothen, and Martin Elmiger. Voigt took almost all of the workload. At just under 4\u00a0km to go, Voigt attacked the group, but Bennati bridged the gap. They tried to break away from Fothen and Elmiger but could not.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17\nBennati, easily the strongest sprinter in the break, got to the line first. Tom Boonen, holder of the green jersey, made it to the line ahead of his rivals Robert Hunter and Erik Zabel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nThis was a long stage, with a few small climbs near the start, and was regarded as the last chance for any surprises.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nAround 17\u00a0km into the stage, Michael Boogerd and Laurent Lefevre launched the first successful attack of the day. They distanced themselves from the Discovery-led peloton that again seemed content to let the break get away, opting instead to protect Alberto Contador for the next day's individual time trial. The teams of the green jersey contenders also seemed fine with competing merely for fifth place rather than the 35 points given to the stage winner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nThe two were quickly joined by a counter-attack from Axel Merckx and Sandy Casar; Boogerd and Lefevre sat up and allowed those two to join them. Casar struck a dog on the road when he and Frederick Willems were chasing Boogerd and Lefevre, and both of them went down. Casar got up quickly, but Willems was slower and wound up being absorbed by the peloton. The crash resulted in Casar tearing his gear and having to ride with a nasty wound on his exposed buttocks, since dropping off to change and have the wound treated would cost him his position. Later, the race doctor's car made it up to the leading group to tend to Casar's hip and right elbow, as well as a bee sting sustained by Boogerd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nThe lead of the breakaway grew upwards of 17' 30\". With Boogerd challenging the top-ten GC places of Haimar Zubeldia and Mikel Astarloza on the road, Euskaltel-Euskadi came to the front of the peloton to take the workload when the leaders were around 28\u00a0km to the line. The gap more steadily fell from that point on, successfully knocking Boogerd out of the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18\nAs the breakaway neared the finish, the riders traded attacks, but there was no real beginning to the closing sprint. A quick closing kick from Casar gave him the stage win, with a 1 second gap over his mates. Boonen's Quick Step team came forward in the final two kilometers to lead him out, with Robert Hunter and Erik Zabel right in the mix. Boonen again made it to the line ahead of his rivals, essentially clinching the green jersey win. The peloton split on the way up the slight uphill finish, giving Cadel Evans and Yaroslav Popovych, among others, three seconds back on Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nThis was the second time trial stage, with long straight stretches, some beautiful sections of unbending road and some slight inclines (with one located about 600 m to the finish line). It was clear that time-trial specialists would be the center of attention. After an impressive performance during the Pyrenees crossing and the capture of the yellow jersey due to Michael Rasmussen's dismissal, Alberto Contador expressed his concerns about being beaten in the final time trial of the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0039-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nBefore the riders located above the 20th place started, Belgian Leif Hoste set a time of 1h 05' 32\", making him the 1st ranked rider of the stage for a long period of time. Nonetheless, with the start of the favourites for the stage, he gradually went down through the standings, finishing in 9th position. David Millar, who was expected to be a contender for victory, experienced mechanical trouble, needing to change bikes twice within the first kilometer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nThree teams dominated the time trial: Discovery Channel, Caisse d'Epargne and Predictor-Lotto. Vladimir Karpets, current Spanish time trial champion, Iv\u00e1n Guti\u00e9rrez and \u00d3scar Pereiro secured 3rd, 6th and 8th positions respectively for Caisse d'Epargne. On the other hand, Discovery Channel and Predictor-Lotto set up a fierce fight for the overall standings, primarily involving Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Cadel Evans. Of the top three GC riders, Leipheimer was the first off the start ramp followed by Evans and Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0040-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nLeipheimer dominated the time trial, passing his three-minute man, Carlos Sastre, and shattering everyone's time at each intermediate time check before beating Karpets' time at the finish by almost two minutes. On the course, Evans needed to gain two seconds per kilometer on Contador in order to take the maillot jaune but he fell short of his goal by 23 seconds. He eventually completed the course in 1h 03' 35\", 51 seconds behind Leipheimer. After Leipheimer and Evans completed the course, Contador needed to cross the finish line within 1h 05' 25\" in order to keep the yellow jersey. In the end, he crossed the line in a time of 1h 05' 02 \", just enough to keep the yellow jersey heading into the final flat ceremonial stage to Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris, putting him on the verge of winning his first Grand Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 867]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19\nSix years later, Leipheimer's results from this year's Tour were stripped.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nThe grand finale, as the race entered Paris to complete the eight laps of the traditional circuit around the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nThe ride to the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es is traditionally free of attacks prior to the famous avenue, and the GC standings from the previous stage usually stand as the final result, as only sprinters (who are very low in the GC at this point) will usually attack. However, with only 31 seconds separating the top three men, there was much speculation that that would not be the case during this final stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nHowever, the peloton proved to stay together all the way until the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, except for brief escapes to nab the final intermediate sprint and two small climbs. Tradition held up; Discovery successfully led Contador onto the famous street before the sprinting began. Freddy Bichot briefly got away on the second circuit. Chris Horner of Cadel Evans' Predictor-Lotto team tried to get away soon after, but the peloton was much less willing to let him leave. When Alejandro Valverde and Axel Merckx counter-attacked Bichot to bring him back into the field, Discovery faded back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nA ten-man group formed a measurable break over the peloton during the third circuit. Barloworld came to the front of the peloton to try to bring the break back. The catch occurred on the final circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193317-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20\nDaniele Bennati won the last sprint to the line. Maillot jaune wearer, Alberto Contador, finished safely within the peloton to win the Tour overall, his first Grand Tour victory. The other classification leaders also crossed the line safely to confirm their win in their respective classifications. The traditional prize-giving commenced shortly after the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193318-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Georgia\nThe 2007 Tour de Georgia was a seven-stage professional bicycle race held from April 16 through April 22, 2007 across the state of Georgia and into Tennessee. The race was part of the 2007 USA Cycling Pro Tour. The race was the highest ranked event of the 2006\u20132007 UCI America Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193318-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Georgia\nThe 2007 race began in Peachtree City, and crossed parts of north Georgia, including climbing stages that went to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and Brasstown Bald, the highest point of elevation in Georgia. The final stage was a circuit in the streets of Atlanta, and ended at Centennial Olympic Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193319-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Hongrie\nThe 2007 Tour de Hongrie was the 34th edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 24 to 28 July 2007. The race started in Gy\u00f6mr\u0151 and finished in Miskolc. The race was won by Andrew Bradley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193320-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Langkawi\nThe 2007 Tour de Langkawi was the 12th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 2 February in Langkawi and ended on 11 February in Kuala Lumpur. This race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2006\u201307 UCI Asia Tour calendar.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193320-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Langkawi\nAnthony Charteau, the French cyclist emerged as the winner of the race, followed by two Colombian cyclists; Jos\u00e9 Serpa second and Walter Pedraza third. Alberto Loddo of Italy won the points classification category and Walter Pedraza won the mountains classification category. Giant Asia Racing Team won the team classification category.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193320-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Langkawi, Stages\nThe cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,352.2 kilometres. Stage 3 and Stage 8 were mountain type stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193320-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Langkawi, List of teams and riders\nA total of 23 teams were invited to participate in the 2007 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 136 riders, a total of 102 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193321-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Pologne\nThe 2007 Tour de Pologne was held from September 9 to 15, 2007 in Poland. The race began with a very short team time trial in the streets of Warsaw, and its toughest stages were in the proximity of Jelenia G\u00f3ra, as usual. In all, the race comprised seven stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie\nThe 2007 Tour de Romandie served as the 59th edition of this event now held on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The stage race was held from May 1 through May 6, 2007 in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. The race winner was Thomas Dekker of Rabobank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Prologue \u2013 2007-05-01, Fribourg, 3.5 km ITT\nItalian Paolo Savoldelli (Astana) repeats his win in last year's prologue with a time of 4 minutes, 35 seconds over the 3.5 kilometer course at 45.82\u00a0km/h (28.5\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 74], "content_span": [75, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 1 \u2013 2007-05-02, Granges-Paccot \u2013 La Chaux de Fonds, 157 km\nGermany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of Gerolsteiner took the win after he escaped in the finale together with Francisco P\u00e9rez. Fothen beat him in a classical sprint-a-deux. The peloton bunch sprint was just behind the two leaders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 95], "content_span": [96, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 2 \u2013 2007-05-03, La Chaux de Fonds \u2013 Lucens, 167 km\nThe only real sprinter stage of this edition of the Tour de Romandie was an easy win for Australian rider Robbie McEwen. The Predictor\u2013Lotto rider held off Borut Bo\u017ei\u010d with ease.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 87], "content_span": [88, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 3 \u2013 2007-05-04, Moudon \u2013 Charmey, 163 km\nAlthough the course was really difficult, the favourites did not feel like attacking today. And thus, the escapees got their shot at winning a stage. After a win in the Tirreno Adriatico Lampre\u2013Fondital cyclist Matteo Bono added another nice win to his palmares. He held of Japan's Beppu in the sprint. Beppu did score the first Pro Tour points ever for Japan though.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 77], "content_span": [78, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 4 \u2013 2007-05-05, Charmey \u2013 Pas de Morgins, 156 km\nA long break by Lampre\u2013Fondital rider Gorazd Stangelj finished with 8 kilometers to go. By then, Astana's Eddy Mazzoleni upped the pace. He thinned out the group until there were about 15 riders left. Attacks followed by Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel G\u00f3mez Marchante and Sylwester Szmyd. But the only real successful attack was by Spaniard Igor Ant\u00f3n. Dutch rider Thomas Dekker saw the danger and took over from Mazzoleni. As a result, only five riders could follow. American Predictor\u2013Lotto cyclist Chris Horner attacked with 4 kilometers to go.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 85], "content_span": [86, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 4 \u2013 2007-05-05, Charmey \u2013 Pas de Morgins, 156 km\nDekker replied instantly and with much pain and suffering also Frenchman John Gadret managed to follow. The trio caught up with Anton, who was happy he could sit in last wheel and follow. Although Dekker made the strongest impression and tried to get away twice, it was Anton who took the win. Dekker disputed the win due to a seemingly irregular sprint by Anton. But his protest was denied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 85], "content_span": [86, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 5 \u2013 2007-05-06, Lausanne, 20 km ITT\nIn the finishing time trial around Lausanne Thomas Dekker didn't allow his competitors to have any hopes of winning the Tour de Romandie. Only Astana riders Paolo Savoldelli and Andrey Kashechkin stayed somewhat in the vicinity of Dekker. The young Dutch hope of winning the Tour de France in the future did a triple strike by winning the time trial, the final general classification and the points classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 5 \u2013 2007-05-06, Lausanne, 20 km ITT\nThe following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2007 Tour de Romandie:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 72], "content_span": [73, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of May 6, 2007, after the Tour de Romandie", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193322-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Romandie, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race\nWhile the top 10 places remained the same, race winner Thomas Dekker scored his first UCI ProTour points and moved into 11th place. Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen gained three points to jump from 18th to 15th place. Paolo Savoldelli moves into 18th place thanks to the 45 points scored at the Tour de Romandie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 71], "content_span": [72, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193323-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de San Luis\nThe 2007 Tour de San Luis was a men's road cycling race held from 23 to 28 January 2007 in Argentina. It was a multiple stage race over a prologue and five stages with a total of 625 kilometres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse\nThe 2007 Tour de Suisse, the 71st edition of the cycle race, took place from 16 June until 24 June. As usual, the race began with a short prologue and featured a long individual time trial. Besides, riders also had to face several mountain stages in the Swiss Alps, including the Grimselpass, a 12.1 kilometres long climb with an average gradient of 6.6% and slopes at 10%. The race also visited the neighbouring countries of Liechtenstein and Austria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse\nThe four top finishers of the 2006 edition, Jan Ullrich, Koldo Gil, J\u00f6rg Jaksche and \u00c1ngel Vicioso did not take part in 2007, as in one way or another they were all affected by the Operaci\u00f3n Puerto affair. Koldo Gil was the only one of these riders who was not left without a team, after Ullrich was fired by his T-Mobile Team and Vicioso and Jaksche's team Liberty Seguros\u2013W\u00fcrth folded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 1\n16 June 2007 - Olten, 3.8\u00a0km (2.4\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 80]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 2\n17 June 2007 - Olten to Luzern, 158.6\u00a0km (98.5\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 3\n18 June 2007 - Brunnen to Nauders, 228.7\u00a0km (142.1\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4\n19 June 2007 - Nauders to Triesenberg\u2013Malbun, 167.2\u00a0km (103.9\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5\n20 June 2007 - Vaduz to Giubiasco, 192.8\u00a0km (119.8\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6\n21 June 2007 - Giubiasco to Crans-Montana, 190.5\u00a0km (118.4\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6\nDue to a hailstorm, race officials once abandoned the stage. The stage was later restarted in Ulrichen and was shortened to 95 kilometers. The hors categorie climb of Nufenenpass was cancelled as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7\n22 June 2007 - Ulrichen to Grimselpass, 125.7\u00a0km (78.1\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 8\n23 June 2007 - Innertkirchen to Schwarzsee, 152.5\u00a0km (94.8\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193324-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 9\n24 June 2007 - Bern, 34.2\u00a0km (21.3\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 36], "content_span": [37, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193325-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Vineyards\nThe 2007 Tour de Vineyards was held from 1 January to 4 January 2007 in New Zealand. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that sent the male riders around Richmond in four days with a total of 335\u00a0km (208\u00a0mi), while the female riders cycled a total of 290\u00a0km (180\u00a0mi). The male race was won by Heath Blackgrove, who also won two of the four stages, and the female race by Serena Sheridan who won three of the four stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193326-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de Wallonie\nThe 2007 Tour de Wallonie was the 34th edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 28 July to 1 August 2007. The race started in Haccourt and finished in Barvaux. The race was won by Borut Bo\u017ei\u010d.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193327-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin\nThe 2007 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin was the 23rd edition of the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin, a women's cycling stage race in France. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.2 race and was held between 18 and 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193328-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas\nThe 2007 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas season consisted of eleven golf tournaments, hosted in six countries across South and Central America. Six events were played in Argentina, two in Venezuela and one each in Colombia, Costa Rica and Chile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193328-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas\nThe Tour de las Am\u00e9ricas continued its close association with the PGA European Tour, with five events being co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, Europe's official development tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193329-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour du Haut Var\nThe 2007 Tour du Haut Var was the 39th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 25 February 2007. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Filippo Pozzato.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193330-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)\nTour of Azerbaijan 2007 was the 22nd running of the Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), which took place between 22 May and 29 May 2007 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The tour had 7 stages, in which Hossein Askari from Iran won the first place in over all of the tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain\nThe 2007 edition of the Tour of Britain stage race was run as a UCI 2.1 category in seven stages starting in London on 9 September and finishing in Glasgow on 15 September. The Tour was extended to seven days for 2007, with the extra day being used to run a stage in Somerset for the first time. Instead of finishing in London as in previous years, the 2007 race started in London and finished in Glasgow, which is using the event to boost its bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain\nFrench rider Romain Feillu won the overall race, Mark Cavendish won the Points competition and Ben Swift won the Mountains competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Prologue\nThe tour started with a 2.5\u00a0km prologue time trial at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. The leader's yellow jersey was claimed by Britain's Mark Cavendish in a time of two minutes 27.6 seconds, ahead of two Russian riders. As a result, Cavendish was the first British rider to take yellow since the Tour of Britain resumed in 2004. The result was debated as the electronic timing system did not turn up and the timing was thus completed with basic stopwatches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 1\nThe first road stage of the tour started at Reading's Palmer Park Stadium, finishing at Southampton's Hoglands Park, in the city centre. En route, it passed through Whitchurch, Stockbridge and the New Forest. The route was relatively level with only two small climbs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 1\nMark Cavendish extended his overall lead in the Tour, winning the stage by coming home in a bunch sprint ahead of Belgian Steven Caethoven. Pre -race favourite Robbie Hunter crashed with 3.5\u00a0km to go and came home on his own four minutes later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 2\nThe second road stage was mainly in Somerset and started at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton before travelling west through Taunton and Dunster. The first major climb of the tour was at Porlock Hill (using the private toll road), which is a First Category King of the Mountains climb. There followed a steep descent into Lynmouth before climbing to Watersmeet, a Second Category climb. The route then passed through Simonsbath and Exford before reaching the final climb at Wheddon Cross. The race finished in the centre of Taunton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 2\nNikolai Trusov steered clear of a late crash to win the stage and take the yellow jersey from Mark Cavendish. Trusov was part of a 36-man break which made a decisive move after two-thirds of the gruelling 169.5\u00a0km leg. He kept pace with the leaders and hit the front after avoiding a four-man pile-up close to the finish in Taunton. Cavendish, the prologue and first stage winner, came home in 34th, more than 10 minutes behind Trusov.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 3\nStage 3 is one of the shortest stages of the 2007 race \u2013 the route was constantly undulating featuring an early Category 1 climb through the Malvern Hills before heading north via \tAnkardine Hill (also Cat. 1) and Bridgnorth to join the Severn Valley at Bewdley, continuing towards the Ironbridge Gorge where the riders tackled the final King of the Mountains climb of the day at Coalport bank 26\u00a0km. before the finish in Wolverhampton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 3\nMatt Goss held his nerve in a sprint finish to take victory in the stage, edging out Freddy Bichot and Roger Hammond at the finish in Wolverhampton; but Goss failed to take the overall lead from Russian Nikolai Trusov, who still has an eight-second advantage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 3\nBritons Paul Manning, Ben Swift, Rob Partridge, Mark Cavendish and John Bellis all finished in the top 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 4\nThe stage started in Rother Valley Country Park before heading north to the first climb (the Third Category ascent of Limestone Hill) after 18.2\u00a0km. The race then passed east of Doncaster before heading into the eastern Pennines. After Ilkley the road headed upwards, to the climb of the Cow & Calf, the final First Category climb of this year's Tour. From the top of the climb, there was just 21\u00a0km to the finish in Bradford in Lister Park.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 4\nThe Tour of Britain organisers honoured charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson by naming the stage in Yorkshire after the 43-year-old who lost her battle against cancer in the week before the tour commenced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 4\nThe stage was marred when the riders were forced to cease racing and ride behind a safety car after organisers failed to close the roads to traffic. The stage was neutralised for 20 miles after a dispute between the organisers and North Yorkshire Police.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 4\nAfter demonstrating his climbing skills in the Pennines, Adrian Palomares took the stage on the line from Tom Stubbe and the yellow jersey from Nikolai Trusov. A 26-man break had developed, with Luke Roberts briefly taking the outright lead, but Palomares hit the front after the race was neutralised. He made a decisive break over the Cow and Calf climb and was able to hold off Stubbe and fellow Spaniard David Blanco in the sprint to the line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 5\nStage 5 travelled from the sea to the fells, as the race made its way from Liverpool to the Cumbrian town of Kendal, in the most picturesque stage of this year's race, featuring three categorised climbs and the constantly rolling roads of the Forest of Bowland and the northern Pennines. After leaving Liverpool the stage headed along the coastline, passing the sand dunes and pine forests at Formby and on through Southport. The race then turned inland through Walton le Dale before beginning to climb, on its way up to the Second Category climb of Grizedale.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 5\nAfter passing through the historic market town of Kirkby Lonsdale, came the climbs of Old Town and Blease Hill in quick succession. Both of these are Second Category climbs, counting towards the King of the Mountains competition. From the summit of Blease Hill, it was just over 11 kilometres to the finish line in the Kendal at the top of the fearsome Beast Banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 5\nAlexander Serov took the stage after proving too strong for Mark Cavendish in the final stages. Serov and Cavendish went clear after 72\u00a0km before Serov shook off the Briton in the final 16\u00a0km, finishing one minute 43 seconds ahead of Cavendish. Adrian Palomares remains one second ahead of fellow Spaniard David Blanco Rodriguez in the overall classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 6\nThe final stage started in Dumfries before heading into the Southern Uplands, with three category 3 climbs at Clovehead, Whiteside Hill and Black Hill (56.5\u00a0km from the finish line in Glasgow).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 6\nPaul Manning broke for home in the final two kilometres to take the stage win, whilst Romain Feillu beat Adrian Palomares in the final stage to clinch a narrow overall victory. The times were dead level at the end of the race but Feillu was confirmed as the yellow jersey winner by just 0.49 seconds as a result of the times on the opening day's prologue.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Final classifications\nFrench rider Romain Feillu of Agritubel won the general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193331-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Britain, Final classifications\nThe points competition and sprinters award were won by Mark Cavendish while Ben Swift won the King of the Mountains competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 43], "content_span": [44, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California\nThe Amgen Tour of California 2007 was the second edition of an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045\u00a0km) stage race that raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast. The road bicycle racing event was held February 18, 2007. The 2007 Tour of California was part of the 2006\u20132007 UCI America Tour and the inaugural 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California\nOn November 28, 2006, the UCI upgraded the multi-day event from 2.1 (category 1) to 2.HC (French: Hors Categorie; English: beyond categorization).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California, Stages and results, Prologue: San Francisco\nThe Prologue was an individual time trial held Sunday, February 18, 2007, in San Francisco. Native Californian and last year's prologue champion Levi Leipheimer edged out Colorado's Jason Donald from Slipstream\u2013Chipotle and former NCAA Road Champion Benjamin Jacques-Maynes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 68], "content_span": [69, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California, Stages and results, Stage 1: Sausalito to Santa Rosa\nStage 1 was held Monday, February 19, 2007. A breakaway of four riders including Adam Hansen of T-Mobile Team was reeled in shortly before the finish in Santa Rosa. During the second of the three finishing laps in Santa Rosa, a crash took down most of the peloton, including leader Levi Leipheimer. Those not involved in the crash fought for the stage victory, taken by Graeme Brown by mere millimeters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California, Stages and results, Stage 1: Sausalito to Santa Rosa\nRiders involved in the crash lost several minutes, but the race officials decided to credit most of them with the winner's time, meaning that Leipheimer retained the leader's jersey. This decision, which meant extending the \"safety zone\" to 6 miles (10\u00a0km) before the end, was criticized by some riders and team staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 77], "content_span": [78, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California, Stages and results, Stage 4: Seaside to San Luis Obispo\nStage 4 was held Thursday, February 22, 2007. Reigning Olympic and World Champion Paolo Bettini captured Stage 4, the event's longest stage, edging Gerald Ciolek, Juan Jos\u00e9 Haedo, and Thor Hushovd in a sprint finish after the peloton reeled in a seven-man breakaway consisting of Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance), Aaron Olson (T-Mobile Team), Kirk O'Bee (Health Net\u2013Maxxis), Alejandro Acton (Colavita\u2013Sutter Home), Christophe Laurent (Cr\u00e9dit Agricole), Lucas Euser (Slipstream\u2013Chipotle), and Sean Sullivan (Toyota\u2013United).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 80], "content_span": [81, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193332-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of California, Stages and results, Stage 5: Solvang time trial\nHeld Friday, February 23, 2007, Stage 5 was an individual time trial. Yellow jersey holder Levi Leipheimer extended his lead over second place Jens Voigt and the rest of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 72], "content_span": [73, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193333-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Chongming Island Stage race\nThe 2007 Tour of Chongming Island Stage race was the first women's edition of the Tour of Chongming Island cycling stage race. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.1, and was held between 3 and 6 June 2007, in China.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193334-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Chongming Island Time trial\nThe 2007 Tour of Chongming Island Time trial was the first time trial running on the Tour of Chongming Island. It was held on 2 July 2007 over a distance of 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) and was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. 54 elite female cyclists took part in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders\nThe 2007 Tour of Flanders cycle race was the 91st edition of this monumental classic and took place on April 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders\nThe day's break formed at kilometer 29 and included Jos\u00e9 Vicente Garc\u00eda (Caisse d'Epargne), Laurent Mangel (AG2R), Enrico Franzoi (Lampre), Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Evert Verbist (Chocolade Jacques) and David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet). Shortly after the Berendries climb Fabian Cancellara made a successful move to bridge up to the break and was followed by Gert Steegmans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders\nThe break was caught on the run-in to the Muur van Geraardsbergen and on the Muur the decisive attack came from Alessandro Ballan, who was followed by Leif Hoste. Pre -race favourite Tom Boonen (Quick-Step\u2013Innergetic) could not respond to the attack, perhaps due to his fall earlier in the race that hurt his knees and wrist. Karsten Kroon and Tomas Vaitkus attempted to pursuit the two leaders but could not make it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders\nThe lead duo worked together during the run-in to the finale. Ballan opened the sprint and was overtaken by Hoste, who looked to have won it, but Ballan managed to catch onto his wheel and pass him just before the line. Luca Paolini took 3rd, ahead of Kroon and Gusev. There was no Quick Step-Innergetic rider in the top ten.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders, Course\nThe course includes 18 listed climbs and 22 sections of cobblestones:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders, Course\n\u00b7\tat km 96, WANNEGEMDORP - 400m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 99, LEDE - 200m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 100, EINE DOORN - 1700m cobbles\u00b7\taround km 108, 300m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 122, LIPPENHOVESTRAAT - 1200m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 126, PADDESTRAAT \u2013 2400m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 128, ROBORST - 200m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 134, (1) Molenberg w/300m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 137, KERKGATE - 3000m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 142, VOLKEGEM - 200m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 143, (2) Wolvenberg\u00b7\tat km 145, KATTENBERG - 1200m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 165, (3) Kluisberg\u00b7\tat km 173, (4) Knokteberg\u00b7\tat km 180, (5) Oude Kwaremont w/1500m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 183, (6) Paterberg w/400m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 188, (7) Kortekeer\u00b7\tat km 190, MARIABARRESTRAAT - 2100m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 192, (8) Steenbeekdries w/800m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 194, (9)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 742]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193335-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders, Course\nTaaienberg w/800m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 196, ONDERBOSSENAARSTR - 200m & 300m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 199, (10) Eikenberg w/1200m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 203, (11) Boigneberg\u00b7\tat km 208, HAAGHOEK - 2000m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 211, (12) Leberg\u00b7\tat km 215, (13) Berendries\u00b7\tat km 220, (14) Valkenberg\u00b7\tat km 226, (15) Tenbosse\u00b7\tat km 232, (16) Eikenmolen\u00b7\tat km 241, VESTEN \u2013 700m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 243, (17) Muur \u2013 Kapelmuur w/700m cobbles\u00b7\tat km 247, (18) Bosberg w/400m cobbles", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 29], "content_span": [30, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193336-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders for Women\nThe fourth Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's road cycling race in Belgium, was held on 8 April 2007. British rider Nicole Cooke won the race in a two-woman sprint with Russian Zoulfia Zabirova. Marianne Vos finished third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193336-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders for Women\nThe race started in Oudenaarde and finished in Meerbeke, taking in 11 categorized climbs and three flat cobbled sectors, covering a total distance of 122 kilometres (76 miles). It was the second event of the 2007 UCI Women's Road World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193336-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Flanders for Women, Race summary\n164 riders started the race in Oudenaarde. The early tempo was high as pre-race favourite Nicole Cooke put her Raleigh-Lifeforce team to work. On the Valkenberg, with 39 km to go, Cooke's team mate Karin Th\u00fcrig went clear and built a 50 second lead by the foot of the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Nicole Cooke bridged the gap to Th\u00fcrig on the Muur, at 16 km from the finish before breaking clear on the final climb, the Bosberg, but was caught by the chasing group shortly after. Th\u00fcrig attacked from the six-strong lead group, but was caught again. As Th\u00fcrig was caught, Cooke launched the decisive attack, which only Zoulfia Zabirova could follow. Cooke easily beat Zabirova in the sprint; Dutch rider Marianne Vos finished third at five seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 45], "content_span": [46, 790]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193337-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Ireland\nThe 2007 Tour of Ireland took place between 22 August to 26 August. It was the first Tour of Ireland race to take place in fifteen years. The overall classification was won by Stijn Vandenbergh who finished 20 seconds ahead of Marcus Ljungqvist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193338-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Missouri\nThe 2007 Tour of Missouri is the inaugural edition of a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri that made its debut on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. Run by same organizers as the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, the Tour of Missouri is being billed as the third highest profile domestic race in the United States. The Tour is part of the 2006-2007 UCI America Tour and the inaugural 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193338-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Missouri\nThe Missouri terrain is not mountainous by California and Georgia standards but expect three of the six stages to be contested on relentless rolling hills. No title sponsor has been announced. The planned course:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193339-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Qatar\nThe 2007 Tour of Qatar was held from 28 January to 2 February 2007 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 715.5 kilometres and is part of the 2006\u20132007 UCI Asia Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193340-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Siam\nThe 2007 Tour of Siam was the third and last edition of Tour of Siam, a cycling stage race that took place in Thailand. It began on 20 January in Suphanburi and ended on 25 January 2007 in Phetchaburi. The race was sanctioned by International Cycling Union as a 2.2 race category as part of the 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193341-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of Wellington\nThe 2007 Tour of Wellington or 2007 Trust House Classic was held from 24 to 28 January 2007 in New Zealand. It is a multiple stage road cycling race that takes place over seven stages with a total of 499.3 kilometres and is part of the 2006-2007 UCI Oceania Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country\nThe 2007 Tour of the Basque Country was the 47th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country road cycling stage race, taking place from 9 April to 14 April 2007. The race was won by Juan Jos\u00e9 Cobo of the Saunier Duval-Prodir cycling team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 1\n9 April 2007 - Urretxu to Urretxu, 139\u00a0km (86\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 98]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 2\n10 April 2007 - Urretxu to Karrantza, 191.5\u00a0km (119.0\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 3\n11 April 2007 - Karrantza to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 173\u00a0km (107\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 4\n12 April 2007 - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Lekunberri, 173\u00a0km (107\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 5\n13 April 2007 - Lekunberri to Oiartzun, 173\u00a0km (107\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193342-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 6\n14 April 2007 - Oiartzun to Oiartzun (ITT), 14\u00a0km (8.7\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193343-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Towson Tigers football team\nThe 2007 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th-year head coach Gordy Combs and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 3\u20138, 1\u20137 in CAA play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193344-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach\nThe 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 15 on the streets of Long Beach, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193344-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Qualifying results\nnote: Paul Tracy was injured in practice between Q1 and Q2. Oriol Servia replaced him and drove his backup car in Q2 and will drive in the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 56], "content_span": [57, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193344-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Attendance\nAttendance at the 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was approximately 200,000 people over the race weekend with 100,000 of those fans in attendance for the Champ Car main event. This represented a 10% increase over 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193345-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (American Le Mans Series race)\nThe 2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on April 14, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [67, 67], "content_span": [68, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193345-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (American Le Mans Series race), Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 67], "section_span": [69, 85], "content_span": [86, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350\nThe 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the first of the season's two road course events. It was held on June 24, 2007 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California before a crowd of 102,000. The 90-lap race was won by Juan Pablo Montoya of the Chip Ganassi Racing team who started from thirty-second position. Kevin Harvick finished second and his Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton came in third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350\nAlthough Jamie McMurray won the pole position, he was passed by Robby Gordon on the first lap. Gordon held the position until the first round of green-flag pit stops, and Carl Edwards took over the first position. He held it for twelve laps until Gordon got ahead of Edwards. At the race's final restart on lap 70, Tony Stewart took over the lead when he passed Gordon, but ceded it to McMurray after Stewart made a pit stop. McMurray slowed on lap 97 as he attempted to conserve fuel which allowed Montoya to close the gap. Montoya got ahead of McMurray for the lead after a seven-lap battle and held it to win the race. There were seven cautions and eleven lead changes by eight drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350\nIt was Montoya's first win in the Nextel Cup Series, and became the first foreign driver since 1974 to win in the series. After the race Jeff Gordon's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced because he, along with his teammate Jimmie Johnson, were penalized for a car infringement. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 49 points ahead of their nearest rival Ford with twenty races remaining in the season. The race attracted 6.5 million television viewers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Background\nThe 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth of thirty-six scheduled stock car races of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. It took place on June 24, 2007, in Sonoma, California, at Infineon Raceway, one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other is Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Infineon Raceway is a twelve-turn course that is 2.52 miles (4.06\u00a0km) long; the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns five and six, shortening the course to 1.95 miles (3.14\u00a0km). The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout. In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 miles (3.20\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Background\nBefore the race, Jeff Gordon led the Drivers' Championship with 2,392 points, with Denny Hamlin in second and Jimmie Johnson third. Matt Kenseth and Jeff Burton were fourth and fifth, and Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top twelve. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with 129 points, 47 ahead of their nearest rival Ford in second. Dodge was third on 73 points, and Toyota was fourth on 47. Jeff Gordon was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 579]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Background\nSeveral teams chose to temporarily replace their regular drivers with road course ringers. Michael Waltrip Racing replaced Michael Waltrip and David Reutimann with two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Terry Labonte and the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona winner P. J. Jones. BAM Racing chose to replace Mike Bliss (who was competing at The Milwaukee Mile) with the 2005 Trans-Am Series champion Klaus Graf, while Hall of Fame Racing replaced Tony Raines with endurance driver Ron Fellows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Background\nFormer SCCA Trans-Am champion Brian Simo was selected by Front Row Motorsports to drive the No. 37 Dodge, while American Le Mans Series and Busch Series East race winner Butch Leitzinger was selected to replace Bill Davis Racing driver Jeremy Mayfield. Brandon Ash attempted to qualify in his self-owned No. 02 car, and endurance racing driver Marc Goossens was entered in the No. 91 Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports Toyota. Scott Pruett announced he would not participate for the Chip Ganassi Racing team due to a scheduling conflict; Former V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose, who was scheduled to drive the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing car withdrew.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Background\nRookie of the Year competitor Juan Pablo Montoya made his NASCAR d\u00e9but on a road course after leaving Formula One in 2006, and was considered by several drivers to be a contender to win the race despite no previous experience of driving at Infineon Raceway. Montoya said he hoped to have a chance of winning, and expected his main rival to be Jeff Gordon. After he finished with a top-ten at the previous round (the Citizen Bank 400) Jamie McMurray hoped to continue his momentum into Sonona, and move up in the Drivers' Championship standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice and qualifying\nThree practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, the second 50 minutes and the third 60 minutes. Gordon and Johnson were prohibited from competing in the first practice session and Friday's qualifier because their right-front fenders were deemed too wide by race officials during a pre-event inspection, and both drivers were required to start at the rear of the field for the race. Bobby Labonte was fastest in the first practice session with a time of 77.539 seconds; Robby Gordon was second and Kurt Busch third. Stewart took fourth position, and McMurray placed fifth. Fellows, Edwards, Ryan Newman, Harvick and Kasey Kahne rounded out the session's top-ten fastest drivers. Said, Dave Blaney and Stewart went off the track but continued.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 874]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice and qualifying\nFifty-two drivers were entered in the qualifier on Friday evening; due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. McMurray clinched the third pole position of his career, and his first since the 2005 Pennsylvania 500, with a time of 77.521 seconds. He had an advantage because he recorded his lap when weather conditions were cooler. McMurray was joined on the grid's front row by Robby Gordon and had the pole position until McMurray's lap. Earnhardt qualified third, Said fourth and Stewart started fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice and qualifying\nBurton, Bill Elliott, Kahne, Newman and Bowyer rounded out the top ten qualifiers. The nine drivers who failed to qualify were Ward Burton, Scott Riggs, Ash, Paul Menard, Brian Vickers, A. J. Allmendinger, Simo, Kenny Wallace and Graf. After the qualifier McMurray said that he was slightly nervous and felt another driver could record a faster lap time, \"I definitely felt with Juan and Ryan going out later, I would definitely get beat. I kept telling everybody that. My heart was definitely beating faster this morning when I got up, looking forward to this.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice and qualifying\nOn Saturday afternoon in cool weather conditions Montoya was fastest in the second practice session with a lap of 77.591 seconds, ahead of Harvick and Jeff Gordon. Stewart was fourth-fastest; Fellows was fifth and Kyle Busch sixth. Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Bobby Labonte and Edwards followed in the top ten. David Ragan stalled after he spun. Afterward, Edwards and Ragan left the track and flew to Milwaukee Mile to participate in the AT&T 250 Busch Series race; both drivers returned to Sonoma after the race's completion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Practice and qualifying\nLater that day, Hamlin paced the final practice session with a time of 78.219; Stewart was second and Robby Gordon third. Harvick was fourth-fastest, ahead of Sadler and Newman. Fellows was seventh-fastest, McMurray eighth, Johnson ninth and Jeff Gordon tenth. Hamlin was afflicted with an electrical issue which was corrected after his team installed a new distributor. J. J. Yeley damaged his car's sheet metal structure in an accident at turn ten, while Jeff Gordon spun and hit the turn eleven tire barrier and sustained minor damage. Dale Jarrett and Kyle Busch both went off track but did not damage their cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nLive television coverage of the race began at 3:30\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in the United States on TNT. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny, clear, and breezy. Tina Coleman began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Actress and singer-songwriter Emmy Rossum performed the national anthem, and retired football wide receiver Jerry Rice along with Mike Wells of the Northern California Toyota Dealers commanded the drivers to start their engines. No drivers moved to the rear of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nThe race started at 5:22\u00a0p.m. McMurray maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner, while Stewart fell down the field after he ran wide at the second turn but did not damage his car. Robby Gordon and Earnahrdt moved into the first and second positions, as McMurray dropped to third. The race's first caution was prompted on lap two when Goossens, Kenseth and Kyle Petty made contact in the eleventh turn; Goossens was unable to restart his car. Some drivers made pit stops for fuel and tires under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nKenseth and Petty had damage to their cars repaired. Robby Gordon maintained his lead at the lap-five restart, ahead of Earnhardt and McMurray. Three laps later, Earnhardt attempted to pass Robby Gordon at the esses but was unable to complete the manoeuvre. After starting from 32nd, Montoya had moved up into 20th by the 13th lap. Sterling Marlin's engine failed on lap 14, and the race's second caution was issued one lap later because he stopped in turn eight. Some drivers elected to make pit stops during the caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 554]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nRobby Gordon remained the leader for the lap-17 restart, followed by Earnhardt and McMurray. Kyle Busch attempted to pass Montoya in turn eleven but locked his brakes and spun; he avoided contacting the wall but fell to the rear of the field. McMurray passed Earnhardt for second on the following lap. Eight laps later, a brake duct was located in turn four, which triggered the third caution. Robby Gordon led the field back up to speed at the lap-30 restart. Montoya and Johnson made contact on the 32nd lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nGreen-flag pit stops began on the next lap when Earnhardt made a pit stop for tires and fuel. McMurray reclaimed the first position when Robby Gordon made his pit stop on lap 35; McMurray held it for the next lap and succeeded it to Johnson as other lead lap drivers made similar pit stops. Hamlin took over the lead when he out-braked Johnson in turn eleven on lap 37. Stewart took over the lead on the 41st lap when Hamlin made his pit stop. Fellows took over the position on the next lap, before the fourth caution was displayed on lap 44 when a large piece of metal was located at the start-finish line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nFellows chose to pit under caution, and Edwards led the field at the lap-46 restart; he was followed by Kyle Busch, Reed Sorenson, Jones and David Stremme. On lap 49, Kahne and Bobby Labonte made contact which resulted in Labonte spinning; similarly, Joe Nemechek spun at turn eleven and his rear-end hit the tire barriers, all three drivers continued. Robby Gordon moved back up into second when he passed Kyle Busch three laps later. Jarrett battled with Johnny Sauter for position on lap 53, and both drivers made contact; Jarrett spun in turn four and subsequently stalled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nThe incident prompted the race's fifth caution. Edwards led the field at the lap-56 restart, followed by Robby Gordon. On the same lap, Robby Gordon passed Edwards to retake the lead. The sixth caution was triggered on the next lap when Ragan spun on the chute before entering turn ten; he went through the grass, and was unable to restart his engine. Robby Gordon led the field back to racing speed on the lap-59 restart, followed by Edwards, Kyle Busch, McMurray and Said. McMurray moved up into second position by lap 62 after he passed Kyle Busch and Edwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nLeitzinger spun into the grass on lap 61, but rejoined the track. On the following lap, Kurt Busch spun sideways in turn eleven after Montoya got into his rear-end and managed to restart his engine despite falling down the order. Sorenson spun off the track, and hit the wall. He continued but spun a second time in turn seven after he clipped a curb which caused the race's seventh (and final) caution. Several drivers chose to pit under caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nMcMurray and Edwards made pit stops for fuel and tires, while Said stalled which required his pit crew to push-start his car. Jeff Green collided with teammate Sauter on pit road and damaged his right-front fender. Green was observed speeding, but his race ended after his right-front tire caught fire. Robby Gordon elected not to make a pit stop and remained the leader at the lap-70 restart. Stewart out-braked Robby Gordon to take over the lead on the same lap, while Gordon lost a further position to Earnhardt when he was passed in turn eleven. Earnhardt ceded second position when he made a scheduled pit stop for four tires and fuel two laps later. Robby Gordon made a similar stop on the 75th lap, and Stewart did the same which allowed McMurray to reclaim the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nKenseth spun off into the grass on lap 75; he recovered after correcting his car and continued. Nemechek spun a second time at turn eleven but restarted his car on the following lap. By the 86th lap, McMurray led Harvick, Montoya, Kyle Busch and Burton, and the gap between the top three drivers was at 1.3 seconds five laps later. Harvick was passed by Montoya around the inside at turn eleven on lap 92. Five laps later, McMurray reported his car's engine was cutting out at several points around the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nMontoya made contact with McMurray while attempting to pass him, but McMurray held the first position. Montoya tried again on lap 102 by taking the inside line into turn eleven and momentarily moved in front of McMurray, but ran deep into the corner which allowed McMurray to retain the lead. Two laps later, Montoya passed McMurray around the inside entering turn four to take over the lead. Stewart moved ahead of Jeff Gordon but slid and made contact with Gordon on the 106th lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0015-0002", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race\nFourth-place runner Edwards ran out of fuel two laps later and drove to pit road; McMurray slowed after running low on fuel. Montoya conserved fuel for the remaining two laps to win his first career victory in the Nextel Cup Series. He became the first foreign-born driver to win in the series since Earl Ross won the 1974 Old Dominion 500, as well as the first Hispanic, and was Chip Ganassi Racing's first victory since October 2002. Harvick finished second, ahead of Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton in third, Bowyer in fourth and Greg Biffle fifth. Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Said and Hamlin rounded out the top ten finishers. The race had seven cautions and eleven lead changes by eight different drivers during the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 31], "content_span": [32, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nMontoya appeared in victory lane to celebrate his first career victory in the Nextel Cup Series in front of the crowd; earning $310,600 for the victory. He said that he was \"more relieved than excited\" as he was given high expectations that he would perform well in NASCAR. He also stated: \"It's huge. I would say right now it's the biggest thing I've done. In open-wheel, that's what I was meant to be winning in. In stock cars, I wasn't. To get our first win in our first year is huge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nWe know we're a little bit behind on some of the ovals, but I think this is a big boost for everybody working in the shop.\" Harvick, who finished in second, felt Montoya did not have sufficient fuel to reach the race's conclusion: \"I've been a big fan of Montoya's since he came over. He's a great road racer, but he wasn't the fastest. The strategy won it for him today.\" Third-place finisher Burton was happy with his finishing position: \"Obviously we worked really hard all last year and this year on fuel mileage and it paid off for us today. It was a good run for us. We ran competitive all race long.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nJeff Gordon was happy with the way his race was run: \"I thought (crew chief) Steve Letarte and everyone on our team just called this race perfectly to come from that far back to a top 10. We played the (pit) strategy the best way we possibly could and we had some cautions fall our way, which was some good fortune for us to gain some spots.\" Fifth-place finisher Biffle said his car felt good but felt it was difficult to overtake other drivers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nRobby Gordon, who led 48 laps (the most of any driver) was disappointed by finishing in 16th position: \"Not to make excuses, but we were gonna run out of fuel. It\u2019s disappointing that we had a car as fast as we had, started on the front row, and not just get beat but finish 16th.\" He said he hoped any problems with his fuel mileage would be resolved by the season's second road course event at Watkins Glen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nTwo days after the race, Hendrick Motorsports was given penalties for Jeff Gordon's and Johnson's cars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nThe penalties, for actions detrimental to stock car racing, car, car parts, components and/or equipment used that did not conform to NASCAR rules, parts or car components not previously approved by NASCAR that were installed or modified to enhance aerodynamic performance, and unauthorized alterations to the car's fender, included a $100,000 fine for crew chiefs Steve Letarte and Chad Knaus who were placed on probation until December 31, 2007, and were suspended from the next six races, and the loss of 100 drivers and owners points for Rick Hendrick, Gordon and Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nNextel Cup Series director John Darby said there was flaring on Johnson's and Gordon's front fenders that increased their width by one inch longer than the regulations allowed. On June 28, Hendrick Motorsports announced they would not appeal the penalties, and Johnson and Gordon later stated that they accepted the decision although they felt the penalties were harsh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193346-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race, Post-race comments\nThe result kept Gordon in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 2,438 points, ahead of Hamlin in second. Kenseth and Burton moved up one positions into third and fourth, while Johnson fell to fifth position. Stewart moved in front of Edwards for sixth, while Harvick and Bowyer remained in eighth and ninth positions. Kyle Busch, Truex and Earnhardt rounded out the top twelve. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship 135 points; Ford remained in second with 86 points. Dodge maintained third position, and Toyota remained in fourth. The race attracted a television audience of 6.5 million people. It took two hours, fifty-six minutes, and eleven seconds to complete the event, and the margin of victory was 4.097 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 51], "content_span": [52, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193347-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election\nElections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193347-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election\nAfter the election, the composition of the council was as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193348-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic\nThe 2007 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic was the 30th annual edition of the event. It marked the first Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It was held October 5-9 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The total purse for the event was $56,000 with $14,000 going to the winning team of Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin. They beat Shannon Kleibrink's rink in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193349-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trail World Championships\nThe 2007 Trail World Championships was the 1st edition of the global trail running competition, Trail World Championships, organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) and was held in Huntsville, Texas (United States), the 8 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193350-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trampoline World Championships\nThe 25th Trampoline World Championships were held in Quebec, Canada from 31 October to 3 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193351-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tri Nations Series\nThe 2007 Tri Nations Series was an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The series began in South Africa on 16 June, with a Test between South Africa and Australia at Newlands, Cape Town and ended on 21 July in Eden Park, Auckland with a Test between New Zealand and Australia. The winners, for the third consecutive year, were New Zealand.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193351-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tri Nations Series\nThe 2007 series consisted of six matches (two home matches each), three fewer than the 2006 series, because of the 2007 Rugby World Cup which would commence on 7 September. The draw was scheduled to ensure that no team played more than two matches in a row, the early finish allowing each team seven full weeks before the start of the World Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193351-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tri Nations Series\nThe competition reverted to a nine-Test series from 2008 onwards. Early in 2007, it was thought that there was a chance that Argentina could be admitted to the competition as early as 2008, as it had been reported that the worldwide governing body for rugby union, the International Rugby Board, was brokering a deal for the entry of the Pumas. However, by August of that year, it became clear that the competition would not be expanded while the current media contracts ran; the key contract with News Corporation would not expire until 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193351-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tri Nations Series\nThe tournament had been put into jeopardy after the Springboks team confirmed they were sending a below strength side for the Australasian leg of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193351-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Tri Nations Series, Springbok selection controversy\nNew Zealand and Australian rugby officials considered on the news of the below strength Springbok team, that they might consider scrapping their remaining fixtures against South Africa but cited that because of many arrangements including broadcasting, stadium and ticket arrangements that it might be too complicated. The ARU also retracted proposals to continue the series without the Springboks after SARU sent a medical report, citing a sport scientist saying \"they (the Springboks) might as well not bother going to the World Cup\" if they send top injured players to the remaining games. The match turned out to be much more competitive than many observers had predicted, with South Africa storming to a 17\u20130 lead in the first 16 minutes before the Wallabies regained their composure to eventually overrun the Boks 25\u201317.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 56], "content_span": [57, 883]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193352-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Triglav Trophy\nThe 2007 Triglav Trophy was held between April 18 and 22, 2007. It was an international figure skating competition held annually in Jesenice, Slovenia. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles across the levels of senior, junior, and novice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193353-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election\nGeneral elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 5 November 2007. Nomination day was 15 October. Five parties contested the elections; the ruling People's National Movement, the official opposition United National Congress\u2013Alliance (a coalition of the UNC and six smaller parties), the Congress of the People, the Tobago United Front\u2013Democratic Action Congress (a Tobago-based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago). Five independent candidates also ran.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193353-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Opinion polls\nA poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) and published by the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday in October 2007 showed the Congress of the People ahead of the ruling People's National Movement by 7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193353-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Opinion polls\nAnother poll from August indicated that the election would be a very close race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 56], "content_span": [57, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193353-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Results\nThe PNM party under the leadership of Patrick Manning won 26 of the 41 seats in Parliament. The UNC-A, under the leadership of Basdeo Panday won the 15 remaining seats. The COP did not win any seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 50], "content_span": [51, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193353-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinidad and Tobago general election, Results, Votes by constituency\nThe UNC-Alliance did not run for any seats in Tobago.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 73], "content_span": [74, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game\nThe 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game is best known for the memorable play that occurred in the game's last two seconds. On October 27, 2007, the NCAA Division III 19th-ranked Trinity University Tigers threw 15 lateral passes and scored a 61-yard touchdown to win a game against the 24th-ranked Millsaps College Majors as time expired in the game. Media sources called the play the \"Mississippi Miracle\" or \"Lateralpalooza.\" ESPN and other sources said the play was probably \"the longest play in college football history\" in terms of how much time the play took to complete (over one minute). On January 7, 2008, the final play of the game was named the Pontiac Game Changing performance of the year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 746]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Background\nMillsaps brought a 5-0 conference mark into the game, Trinity a 3-1 conference record, essentially turning the regular season contest into a play-in game with the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's automatic playoff bid on the line. A Millsaps win would secure the playoff berth for the Majors; a Trinity victory would give them control of their own destiny\u2014if they could win their remaining conference games Millsaps would be unable to overtake them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Background\nComing into the game, Trinity was ranked #19 in the country, while Millsaps was ranked #24 according to the poll, despite the Majors one game lead in the conference standings. The previous year, Millsaps had ended Trinity's streak of 13 straight SCAC titles with a 34-12 upset over the Tigers on the same field to clinch the 2006 SCAC crown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Game summary\nTrinity got the ball to start the game and used four plays, culminating in a 25-yard run by Chris Baer, to score a touchdown. Millsaps was unable to get a first down and they punted back to Trinity. On the punt, Trinity's Caleb Urban fumbled the ball and Eric McCarty of the Majors recovered at the Trinity 40-yard line. The Tigers defense prevented the Majors from reaching the end zone so the Majors attempted a field goal, which was no good.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Game summary\nThe Tigers punted on their next possession and then Majors quarterback Juan Joseph's pass was intercepted by Lee Patterson at the Trinity 4-yard line. The Tigers also ended their drive when Blake Barmore's pass was intercepted by Ray Kline. Millsaps took over at the Trinity 20-yard line and four\u00a0plays later scored a touchdown on a 12-yard pass from Joseph to Louis Conley. A punt by each team left Trinity with the ball and the score was tied at 7 at the end of the first quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 536]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Game summary\nIn the second quarter, Trinity held the Majors scoreless and made a field goal to take a 10\u20137 lead into halftime. The third quarter brought a field goal by the Tigers and a touchdown by the Majors. The score was 14\u201313 Millsaps coming into the final quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Game summary\nMillsaps widened their lead with a 9-play 44-yard touchdown scoring drive that used 3:03 of game time. That gave them a 21\u201313 lead. The Tigers trimmed the lead to 21\u201316 with a 22-yard field goal by Peter Licalzi. The Majors answered with their own field goal to make it 24\u201316. Trinity drove to the Millsaps 13-yard line. On fourth down, Blake Barmore completed a pass to Riley Curry for 13 yards for a touchdown, making it 24\u201322. The Tigers tried to tie the game with a two-point conversion but Blake Barmore's pass attempt failed and Trinity had to kick the ball to Millsaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Game summary\nLeading 24\u201322, Millsaps got the ball at the Trinity 43-yard line with 2:03 left in the game. They ran four straight rushing plays but were unable to run out the clock. On fourth-and-two with eight seconds left, Millsaps backup quarterback Burt Pereira ran to his left in an attempt to run out the clock; however, he went down with two seconds left, which gave Trinity possession of the ball and one final play in which to score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 53], "content_span": [54, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nThe Tigers had time for only one snap so there was no time to move into field goal range. They needed to score a touchdown in one play, working from their own 40-yard line. Believing that 60 yards was too far away to complete a Hail Mary pass, Trinity coach Steve Mohr called for a 10-15 yard underneath route. The play they ran involved seven players and 15 laterals. The players who touched the ball for Trinity were (in order, number of touches in parentheses):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nHere is the sequence of the play, broken down for every time the ball changed hands:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nNCAA statistical guidelines state that the yardage on a play with multiple laterals goes to the ball carrier who had the ball the longest, or the player scoring a touchdown. This is done to simplify things for the official scorer, as opposed to having to record each independent lateral. As a result, the play-by-play record of the game officially records the play as \"Blake Barmore pass complete to Shawn Thompson for 16 yards to the MSPS44, Riley Curry for 44 yards to the MSPS0, 1ST DOWN TRINITY, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:00.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nIn the video, it is clear that several Millsaps defenders stopped playing before the play was over. On the thirteenth lateral, Tomlin was taken down but tossed a no-look pitch over his shoulder to Hooten just before his knee hit the ground. Many Millsaps fans believed the play to be over and fireworks were shot off from behind the endzone in celebration. Maddux's final lateral hit the ground and bounced into Curry's hands. It appeared as though two defenders near Curry believed the play was over at that point, and Curry scampered into the endzone untouched. Millsaps safety Michael Sims, the closest player to Curry when Curry caught the last lateral, later admitted that he turned around and started walking away, believing the game to be over.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 803]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nThe play took more than a minute of real-time to conclude and analysts have said it is the longest or possibly the longest play in college football history. ESPN said the play took 62 seconds and reports may be the longest play in college football history. The Frederick News Post said the play took 63 seconds and they also stated \"it might very well be the longest play in college history.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nNBC said \"If this wasn't the most memorable game-ending play in college football history, it likely was the longest play -- by a multiple of two -- in the game's history.\" SouthernCollegeSports.com called it the longest play and commented \"Perhaps the most amazing thing about this longest play ever is the fact that not a single flag was thrown for a rules infraction.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Final play\nThe San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio's WOAI, MSNBC, CBS Sports and The Dallas Morning News called the play the \"Mississippi Miracle\". The Dallas Morning News, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN used the term \"Lateralpalooza\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Broadcast\nThe announcing crew for the game consisted of a five-person team with only one video camera. Jonathan Wiener, a Trinity sophomore English major from Jackson, Mississippi, had the play-by-play. Justin Thompson, (brother of Shawn Thompson, one of the play participants) of New Braunfels, Texas, was the color analyst. Bill Swint of New Braunfels, Texas, ran the video camera assisted by Butch Maddux of China Spring, Texas. The video and audio feeds were mixed and uploaded live to a streaming videocast server by Bob Edwards of Dallas, Texas. The game was broadcast live on the internet but was not otherwise televised. According to The New York Times, \"Wiener kept his cool through the frenzy and described most of the details precisely as they occurred. The replay of the video with Wiener\u2019s description has been shown on national television and has become a hit on the Internet.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 932]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Broadcast\nAs Curry scored the touchdown, Wiener shouted, \"Curry scores! The game is over! The Tigers lateraled it and kept lateraling!! And the game is over! The Tigers win! The Tigers win!\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 50], "content_span": [51, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Analysis\nWith the win, the Trinity Tigers remained in contention for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) championship as well as an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs. Millsaps would have secured a spot in the playoffs had they won. Trinity won the championship for 2007, receiving a playoff berth but was ultimately eliminated in the first round by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Analysis\nSports analysts compared the ending to The Play, the last-second, five-lateral kickoff return during a college football game between the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinal on November 20, 1982. Jake Curtis of the San Francisco Chronicle said that the Trinity play made the play by California \"look like conservative play-calling.\" Joe LaPointe of The New York Times called the broadcast of the play \"The laterals heard round the world.\" The San Antonio Express-News ran a byline calling it \"'The most sensational, incredible ending in all of Division III' and then some\". Mike Christensen of The Clarion-Ledger, the hometown newspaper of Millsaps, called it \"one of those you-had-to-see-it-to-believe-it plays\". David Chancellor of San Antonio's WOAI called it \"one of the greatest plays in sports history\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 907]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193354-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, Analysis\nESPN reported, \"In the digital age, even D-III games can go global in a flash. And so a slice of fame normally reserved for the semiprofessionals at the big-dollar Division I programs was bestowed upon the Tigers. That night they gathered in the lobby of their hotel near the Millsaps campus to watch, in disbelief, as they made SportsCenter.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 49], "content_span": [50, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193355-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on\nThe 2007 Tro-Bro L\u00e9on was the 24th edition of the Tro-Bro L\u00e9on cycle race and was held on 22 April 2007. The race was won by Sa\u00efd Haddou.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193356-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Trofeo Federale\nThe 2007 Trofeo Federale was a four-team tournament running from September 26 to October 2, 2007. The tournament was won by La Fiorita who defeated Tre Fiori 2\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193357-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tropfest finalists\nThe Tropfest short film festival is held in Sydney, Australia each year. This is the list of 2007's short-listed films and winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193357-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tropfest finalists\nThere was controversy regarding the winning film An Imaginary Life due to similarities to the American television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193358-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Troph\u00e9e des Champions\nThe 2007 Troph\u00e9e des Champions was a football match held at Stade Gerland, Lyon on 28 July 2007, that saw 2006\u201307 Ligue 1 champions Lyon defeat 2006\u201307 Coupe de France winners Sochaux 2\u20131 thanks to goals by Sidney Govou and Cris.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193359-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard\nThe 2007 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard was the fourth event of six in the 2007\u201308 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris on November 15\u201318. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007\u201308 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193359-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard\nThe competition was named after the \u00c9ric Bompard company, which became its chief sponsor in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193359-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Troph\u00e9e \u00c9ric Bompard, Results, Pairs\nJessica Miller / Ian Moram and Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent were both credited with throw quadruple salchow jumps in the free skating. Vise / Trent's was ratified as the first quadruple salchow jump performed in international competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193360-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Troy Trojans football team\nThe 2007 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Trojans played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans were co-champions of the conference with Florida Atlantic, winning their second title in a row. Troy was coming off an 8\u20135 record in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193361-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tsuen Wan District Council election\nThe 2007 Tsuen Wan District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 17 elected members to the 24-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193362-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tucson mayoral election\nThe Tucson mayoral election of 2007 occurred on November 6, 2007, to elect the mayor of Tucson, Arizona, USA, and coincided with the elections to the Tucson City Council wards 1, 2 and 4. The incumbent mayor, Bob Walkup, re-elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193362-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tucson mayoral election, Nominations\nPrimaries were held for the Democratic Green, and Republican parties on September 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 41], "content_span": [42, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193362-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Tucson mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary\nFor the Democratic Party, Michael Toney, a write-in candidate won 1,147 votes, or 22.96% of the vote. This was insufficient to capture the nomination. The party did not ultimately have a candidate in the general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 61], "content_span": [62, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193362-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Tucson mayoral election, General election\nAs there was no Democratic nominee, Walkup's main challenger was the Green Party nominee Dave Croteau, who he had also previously faced in the 1999 mayoral election when Croteau ran as a write-in candidate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193363-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tuen Mun District Council election\nThe 2007 Tuen Mun District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 29 elected members to the 37-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193364-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tulane Green Wave football team\nThe 2007 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Green Wave played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They competed in the West Division of Conference USA. The team was coached by first-year head coach Bob Toledo. The team finished the season 4\u20138, 3\u20135 in C-USA - tied for third place in the West Division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193365-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team\nThe 2007 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Todd Graham, in his first year at Tulsa. They played home games at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed in the West Division of Conference USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193366-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193366-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Labour Party lose its last councillor, Ronnie Ooi, on the council. Ooi lost his seat in Southborough and High Brooms ward after campaigning by distancing himself from the national Labour government and calling on voters to preserve an opposition to the Conservatives on the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193367-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Cup Final\nThe 2007 Turkish Cup Final was a football match between Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. and Kayseri Erciyesspor. The match was played at the \u0130zmir Atat\u00fcrk Stadium for the 2nd time in a row. Be\u015fikta\u015f won 1\u20130 after extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193367-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Cup Final, Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K.\nAs the defending Turkish Cup champions, Be\u015fikta\u015f finished 2nd place in Group D, to proceed to the Quarter Finals. Be\u015fikta\u015f beat Vestel Manisaspor 4-0 at home, and lost 0\u20132 away. In the Semi Finals Be\u015fikta\u015f faced off, with one of their Istanbul rivals, Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K.. At home, Be\u015fikta\u015f won 1\u20130. Away Be\u015fikta\u015f ended the match down 1\u20130. In extra time though, Mert Nobre scored a goal for Be\u015fikta\u015f making it 1\u20131. Be\u015fikta\u015f continued on to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193367-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Cup Final, Kayseri Erciyesspor\nKayseri Erciyesspor finished 2nd place in Group A. In the Quarter Finals they faced Galatasaray. The 1st match ended 0\u20130 at home, and away 1-1. Kayseri Erciyes won by away goals. In the Semi Finals, Kayseri Erciyes faced Trabzonspor. The results were a 1\u20130 win away and a 1\u20131 draw at home. Kayseri Erciyes managed to 5\u20134 in the penalties, and proceed to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 43], "content_span": [44, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193367-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Cup Final, Final\nThe game ended 0\u20130 after 90 minutes. During extra time Bobo scored the only goal of the game. Be\u015fikta\u015f won their 7th Turkish Cup, and their second in a row.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193367-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Cup Final, Match details\nMan of the match:Bob\u00f4 (Be\u015fikta\u015f)Referee: \u0130smet Arzuman Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran Serkan AkarcaFourth referee: Mustafa Kamil Abito\u011flu", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 37], "content_span": [38, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix) was the twelfth race of the 2007 Formula One season. Won by Felipe Massa, it was held on 26 August 2007 at the Istanbul Park in Tuzla. It was the third time a Formula One race had been held here. The two previous winners of the race were Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in 2005 and Massa in 2006, both of whom race for Ferrari in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix\nIt came following considerable controversy after the 2006 event, where the organisers were fined $5,000,000 for political bias, due to their choice of Mehmet Ali Talat to present the winner's trophy. Talat is President of the Turkish Cypriot state, which is not an internationally recognised government. This was seen by the governing body of Formula One as having compromised their neutrality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix\nLewis Hamilton came into the race with a 7-point lead over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso after Hamilton's controversial victory in the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix. McLaren led Ferrari in the constructors' championship by 19 points despite not being allowed to score points in Hungary. However, the Ferrari had looked strong in recent weeks, and their two cars ultimately dominated the race from start to finish, Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen taking first and second places respectively. A late puncture dropped Hamilton to fifth place and cut his championship lead over Alonso to five points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix\nDuring the press conference following the race, Massa commented that \"the Istanbul Park was the track where he made his career turn-around, and finally began winning races.\" He also praised the track as well as the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nFelipe Massa's Ferrari led from pole from teammate Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen who had jumped McLaren's Lewis Hamilton off the grid to take second place. Reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso's start from fourth was even worse than teammate Hamilton's as he fell behind both BMW Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld into sixth. However, BMW's early stopping strategy led to Alonso taking both places back after the first round of pit-stops. At the first round of stops it seemed that R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen could pass Massa if he stopped later, as he did at the French Grand Prix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nHowever, Massa stopped after R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen to retain the lead. Hamilton stopped later than both Ferraris and caught several seconds up to them, but could not pass R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen for second, as he gradually fell away. Meanwhile, Kubica's strategy had not only dropped him behind Heidfeld and Alonso, but Renault's Heikki Kovalainen too. Massa stopped later than R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen again at the second pit stop, and therefore retained the lead as Ferrari called the race between teammates off at this point. Hamilton may have emerged ahead of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, but a puncture in his front tyre dropped him to fifth behind Heidfeld and Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193368-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Turkish Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDamage to his front wing led to Kovalainen catching him, but the Finn was unable to pass Hamilton. Kubica lost a place to Nico Rosberg through strategy finishing eighth. Massa eventually won his second consecutive Turkish Grand Prix, and his fifth Grand Prix win overall, all of which came from pole position. He had secured his eighth pole in qualifying. Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing was the only non-classified car, with a hydraulic failure. All the rest were classified including Adrian Sutil who retired with a fuel pressure problem. Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi ended a run of 9 consecutive retirements stretching back to the Bahrain Grand Prix in April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 715]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193369-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish Super Cup\nThe 2007 Turkish Super Cup was a football match between the Turkish Super League Champion, Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K., and the Turkish Cup winner, Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K.. Fenerbah\u00e7e won 2-1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum on electoral reform took place in Turkey on 21 October 2007. After the aborted attempt to elect the next president in May 2007, the government of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan introduced substantial electoral reforms in parliament which were then passed with the votes of Erdo\u011fan's Justice and Development Party and the opposition Motherland Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Background\nThe President of Turkey, according to the 1982 constitution, was elected by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. This was due to happen in late April and early May 2007 onwards (in at most four rounds of voting to be held on 27 April 2007, 6 May 2007 and later), before Ahmet Necdet Sezer's term expired on 16 May 2007. However, the election failed after the constitutional court declared the first round of voting invalid, on the grounds that a quorum of two thirds was necessary. It was not reached because of a boycott by opposition parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Background, Resolution\nParliament first passed the amendments on May 11, but Sezer vetoed the bill over concerns that the change could pit a president with a strong popular mandate against the prime minister and cause instability. AKP legislators, who currently choose the president in a parliamentary vote, voted 370-21 in favor of the same measure (without changing a word), which demands presidential election by the public.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Background, Resolution\nThe President of Turkey is unable to veto a bill a second time, but he could refer it to a referendum for decision. On June 4, opposition lawmakers also said they could seek a cancellation of the vote by the Constitutional Court on the grounds of procedural flaws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Background, Constitutional Court\nSezer referred it for a referendum on 15 June 2007. However, at the same time he stated he would ask the Constitutional Court to invalidate the parliamentary vote due to procedural errors. Sezer's strong opposition reportedly comes from fears that a president with a strong popular mandate might produce a deadlock when in disagreement with the prime minister. The court ruled in early July that the reforms were indeed valid, so the referendum took place as planned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Background, Constitutional Court\nFurthermore, Sezer vetoed another law, which would have made it possible to hold the constitutional referendum on 22 July 2007 instead of in October, making the reform increasingly unlikely to take place before the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 72], "content_span": [73, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaign, Positions\nErdo\u011fan claims that the position of president is political and it should be elected by the public not by the parties. \"How can those who see the election of the Turkish president by popular vote as a problem for the regime ask votes from the people?\" asked Erdo\u011fan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaign, Positions\nThe Republican People's Party accused Erdo\u011fan of acting with \"a sense of vengeance\" for having failed first to secure his then Gul's election to this position and now at the expense of creating a \"degenerated parliamentary system\", he tries to secure a new path to reach his goal. Deniz Baykal said it would mount a legal challenge to this ideology. Baykal claims that position of president in Turkey is a non-partisan, over political concerns and designed as an oversight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaign, Positions\nPresidents job description and powers demands that the policies originated from this position should reflect a balance, which all the parties can trust [or at least agree on]. Because of this balancing act, according to Baykal, it is very important to create [he says protect] the neutral point [through reaching an agreement at the parliament among the parties] of the president and prevent domination of a single party [which might generate PM and President at the same time] and control the every mechanism of the Turkish political system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 59], "content_span": [60, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Campaign, Debates\nSince the original text of the referendum question called for \"all presidents starting with the 11th\" to be elected by popular vote, the incumbent (eleventh) president would have had to stand down and have his election reconfirmed by popular vote; therefore, the AKP amended the text before the referendum, in a parliamentary session on 16 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 57], "content_span": [58, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Results\nSixty percent of all voters participated in the referendum. Nearly seventy percent of the participants supported the constitutional changes. The referendum saw considerable support in the eastern regions, where support reached up to the ninety percent. On the other hand, western regions generally took a more critical standing. The constitutional changes were rejected in the important provinces of \u0130zmir and Edirne. Citizens of five other provinces \u2014 Mu\u011fla, K\u0131rklareli, Tunceli, Tekirda\u011f and Ayd\u0131n \u2014 also rejected the changes. Those seven regions are well known for being strongholds of the secular left, which was opposed to the changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 47], "content_span": [48, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193370-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish constitutional referendum, Opinion polls\nA poll from mid-July saw a vast majority of voters in favour of the change.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election\nThe Turkish general election of 2007 was held on July 22, 2007 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. The election was the 22nd general election to be held in the history of the Turkish Republic and the members elected formed the 23rd Parliament of Turkey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election\nOriginally scheduled for November, the elections were pulled forward after Parliament failed to elect a new president to replace Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The result was a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP), which won 46.6% of the vote and 341 seats. The party's leader Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan was consequently re-elected as Prime Minister of Turkey. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) came second with 20.9% of the vote and took 112 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election\nThe Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which had failed to surpass the 10% election threshold in the 2002 election, re-entered parliament with 14.3% of the vote and 71 MPs. The election was fought mostly on Turkey's debate over la\u00efcit\u00e9 that had been perceived to be under threat from the AKP's nomination of Foreign Minister Abdullah G\u00fcl, an Islamist politician, for the Presidency. Developments in Iraq (explained under positions on terrorism and security), secular and religious concerns, the intervention of the military in political issues, European Union membership negotiations, the United States and the Muslim world were other main issues.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election\nIn addition to the AKP, CHP and MHP, several Kurdish nationalist and socialist parties formed an electoral alliance named the Thousand Hope Candidates (Bin Umut Adaylar\u0131) and contested the election as Independents in order to bypass the 10% threshold. The alliance, formed of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), Labour Party (EMEP), Freedom and Solidarity Party (\u00d6DP) and the Socialist Democracy Party (SDP), polled strongly in the south-east where there is a large Kurdish population, winning 3.81% of the national vote and 22 seats in Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Background\nOriginally due to be held in November, the election was called early after the 2007 presidential election resulted in parliamentary deadlock. The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) had nominated former Prime Minister and serving Foreign Minister Abdullah G\u00fcl as its presidential candidate, amid huge opposition and concern over his former Islamist political background. The controversy was largely caused due to the Turkish Presidency's symbolic role in safeguarding secularism. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) subsequently boycotted the parliamentary process of electing a president, denying the government the 67% quorum of MPs necessary for G\u00fcl's election to be validated. As required by the constitution, a snap early general election was called for 22 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct\nOver 42 million people were eligible to vote in the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 38], "content_span": [39, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Minimum age\nAccording to a recent change in election law, the minimum age for candidates for parliament was reduced from 30 to 25. But due to the fact that laws do not take effect for one year after passage, only candidates above the age of 30 were able to be elected in this election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 51], "content_span": [52, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Death threats\nOn 14 May A death threat was issued by the armed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to the Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), True Path Party (DYP) and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to withdraw their candidates in the cities of Van and Hakk\u00e2ri allowing Democratic Society Party (DTP) dominance. Turkey, NATO, UN, United States and EU recognizes the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Death threats\nWith the exception of DTP all candidates in Van and Hakkari from CHP, MHP, DYP and AKP must annul[sic] themselves and offer their support to Kurdish people. Our people must demonstrate their kurdishness in the elections. If any different approach develops, our approach will also be different. [ ...] Whoever continues the activities we mentioned here will be punished. Who ever damages our movement or our party [DTP] will not be forgiven in any way. They should know that they are facing death", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 53], "content_span": [54, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Parliamentary threshold\nAccording to Turkish election laws, a party must gain at least 10% of national vote to be represented in the Grand Assembly. Ostensibly, this law is aimed at preventing a highly fragmented parliament, and yet it is also argued that this is used as a cloak to keep the Kurds from the parliament. Many parties that failed to cross this threshold in the last election will seek a return to Parliament. As the 10% threshold requirement only holds for political parties, to bypass this requirement, the Democratic Society Party decided to have its candidates run as Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Parliamentary threshold\nOn 13 May DTP announced that if they wanted to, they could lock up the elections by putting in five to ten thousand independent candidates. The next day in a statement, the Supreme Election Committee (Turkish: Y\u00fcksek Se\u00e7im Kurulu (YSK)) responded to DTP's threat by stating that there is no issue and that they would simply use \"larger envelopes\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 63], "content_span": [64, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Eligibility for election\nMuammer Aydin, the President of the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey, claimed that after the scrutiny of the candidates in terms of their eligibility, the election board decided that Erbakan and former DEP (Democratic Society Party) parliamentarians (Orhan Do\u011fan, Selim Sadak and Hatip Dicle), who was jailed after being found guilty of supporting the PKK, would not be allowed to stand as candidates in the election. In a statement regarding some of the candidates in prison, DTP leader T\u00fcrk said that hundreds of people support them, even though some are associated with murder cases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Conduct, Eligibility for election\nThe Supreme Court of Appeals wrote a letter to DTP and demanded the cancellation of the candidacy of 74 founding members on the basis that they have criminal backgrounds which automatically disqualifies them from being the elected. DTP leader T\u00fcrk said, \"DTP took the decision to show these people as candidates because [the] Kurdish people see Ankara, the Parliament, as the place for a solution.\" DTP's move to promote candidates with criminal background was perceived as building a \"politics of controversy\" in the country as T\u00fcrk also stated that they had taken the necessary measures to fill the positions of candidates who might be rejected by the Supreme Election Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 64], "content_span": [65, 743]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues\nThe stage of the elections were set for a fight for legitimacy in the eyes of voters between Erdo\u011fan's government, which has been criticized as having Islamic leanings, and the country\u2019s secular movement, supported by the Turkish military. Erdo\u011fan, it is said, wants to divert the attention of the voters from local issues to theoretical and ideological ones by making the election a platform for the Presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Positions on higher education\nThe capacity of Turkish higher educational institutions falls short compared to the number of high school graduates. The Higher Education Council is responsible from the planning, implementation and accreditation of higher education in Turkey. The Higher Education Council limits the number of the available educational institutions based on the available educators (PhD) in the public sector. The second branch, private universities (established by vakifs) are limited by the conditions of accreditation set by the Higher Education Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Positions on higher education\nErdo\u011fan announced that the problem lies with the \"Higher Education Council\". Erdo\u011fan proposed that if his party is elected, they will change the constitution to solve this issue. Erdo\u011fan did not give the details or the financial implications of his plan. During the same speech, Erdo\u011fan also proposed to establish a higher educational institution in every province. Critics claim that there is at least one university in every province, and the problem is not construction of buildings but recruiting qualified professors. Erdo\u011fan did not talk about his previous campaign issues, such as the use of the hijab (specially women's head covering) as a religious symbol in higher education which he had previously promoted based on the concept of Islamic jurisprudence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 68], "content_span": [69, 833]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Positions on the presidency\nThe 2007 presidential election was deadlocked in the failed negotiations on the issues surrounding the new president by the parties. The lack of this negotiation forced the Prime Minister Erdo\u011fan and his party to declare early elections to establish a new parliament to tackle the issues of the Presidency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Positions on the presidency\nErdo\u011fan claims that the position of President is political and it should be elected by the public not by the parties. \"How can those who see the election of the Turkish president by popular vote as a problem for the regime ask votes from the people?\" asked Erdo\u011fan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Positions on the presidency\nThe Republican People\u2019s Party accused Erdo\u011fan of acting with \"a sense of vengeance\" for having failed first to secure his, then his chosen candidate, Gul's election. Now, at the expense of creating a \"degenerated parliamentary system\", he is trying to secure a new path to his goal. Baykal said it would mount a legal challenge to this ideology. Baykal claims that the position of president in Turkey is non-partisan, and should be above political concerns and is designed to play an oversight role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 566]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Positions on the presidency\nThe President's job description and powers demand that the policies articulated from this office should reflect a balance within the country, and be an institution which all the parties can trust. Because of this balancing act, according to Baykal, it is very important to create [he says \"protect\"] the neutral point [through reaching an agreement at the parliament among the parties] as to the President, thus preventing domination of a single party [which might generate PM and President at the same time] and control every mechanism of the Turkish political system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 66], "content_span": [67, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Foreign policy, Positions on terrorism and security\nThe PKK is a Kurdish group listed as a terrorist organization by many international organisations, however, after the post-invasion Iraq, 2003\u2013present PKK continued to have training/propaganda camps in northern Iraq and perform attacks using these secure locations into Turkey. The status of these bases have been debated in the Turkish political system for the last two decades. During the 1990s, with the political order, Turkish military destroyed PKK bases in northern-Iraq for the short term reliefs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Issues, Foreign policy, Positions on terrorism and security\nNationalist Movement Party wants the military to destroy PKK camps, and it is willing to give this order to the army anytime as camps reestablish. Erdo\u011fan did not give this order and claimed that he is expecting the request from the military. The military claims the political goal of the military activity should be established by the Erdo\u011fan's ruling party, before any consideration. The Democratic Society Party is against the destruction of these camps, and Ibrahim Aydogdu, the Diyarbakir branch leader of the DTP, claimed on February 18, 2007 \"Any attack on Kirkuk [northern Iraq] would be tantamount to an attack on Diyarbakir in Turkey\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 90], "content_span": [91, 736]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Parties and regions\nAdditionally, members of the Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP) stood as independents in mainly Kurdish-inhabited districts; over 600 independents contested the election in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Parties and regions\nThere are 550 deputies distributed based on the count of electoral vote\u00a0:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 60], "content_span": [61, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues\nThe general election will see the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) hoping to secure its position as the single government party. The Republican People's Party (CHP), a center-left party, will be looking forward to form a single party, or most likely a coalition government.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues\nPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, speaking at a parliamentary group meeting of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Friday, stated that they are not engaging in restricted politics but that their party is a center party that is open to all segments of society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 56], "content_span": [57, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Alliances\nThe threshold of 10% forces minor and medium sized parties to form alliances. The first official offer came from Liberal Democratic Party who offered an alliance to nine political parties both from left and right wings, including the Motherland Party and Democratic Left Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 67], "content_span": [68, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Imports/exports\nJustice and Development Party: Erdo\u011fan, speaking at a parliamentary group meeting of JDP, stated that they are not engaging in restricted politics [only based on religion] but that their party is a \"center party\" that is open to all segments of society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Imports/exports\nImports: In alliance with his goal: Ankara Chamber of Industry Chairman Zafer \u00c7a\u011flayan, Ahmet \u0130yimaya (from DYP), Mehmet Doma\u00e7, Associate Professor Zeynep Da\u011f\u0131, Professor Zafer \u00dcsk\u00fcl (from SHP), Fazilet Da\u011fc\u0131 \u00c7\u0131\u011fl\u0131, Professor Yusuf Ziya \u0130rbe\u00e7, Osman Ya\u011fmurdereli, Ertu\u011frul G\u00fcnay (from CHP), Reha \u00c7amuro\u011flu (Alevi) and \u00dclk\u00fc G\u00f6kalp G\u00fcney are imported to the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Imports/exports\nExports: Before the party lists declared; the establishing member and the State Minister Abd\u00fcllatif \u015eener said he would not run for parliamentary elections. Band\u0131rma deputy Turhan \u00c7\u00f6mez, declared that he will not run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Imports/exports\nMotherland Party: After the failed unification (alliance) there are members that quit the party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Imports/exports\nExports: Nejat Arseven, L\u00fctfullah Kayalar (to CHP), Edip Safder Gaydal\u0131 (to CHP) and \u015eerif Bedirhano\u011flu among them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Finance\nCampaign finance has been an issue in Turkey, as religion-based parties were said to have taken foreign monetary support. The parties have respectively raised through membership charges:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Campaign issues, Finance\nThe \"total expenses\" for each party at the end of the election was; Justice and Development Party 141.216.258 YTL, Republican People's Party, 79.874.759 YTL, Nationalist Movement Party 26.547.814 YTL, Gen\u00e7 Parti 23.020.688 YTL, True Path Party 30.306.255 YTL. Some of the raised money was claimed to be used as a financial bargain as Justice and Development Party handed out presents in party meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 65], "content_span": [66, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Debates\nThere were no face to face debates that brought leaders into a single medium during this campaign period. The limited argumentation between leaders were performed throughout the rallies and use of media as a communication tool.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 48], "content_span": [49, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Campaign, Opinion polls\n1 Results do not include a 33.9% block of people polled who said they were undecided. Source:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Composition of the Grand National Assembly\nOne of the parliamentarians elected for MHP in Istanbul 3, Mehmet Cihat \u00d6z\u00f6nder, died in a traffic accident on 26 July 2007. Furthermore, the election of independent DTP member Sebahat Tuncel was criticised by opponents; she was elected from prison, having been arrested in November 2006 for alleged links to the PKK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 73], "content_span": [74, 391]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Analysis\nWhile the AKP gained votes over 2002, the resurgence of the nationalist MHP resulted in a slight net loss of 23 seats for AKP. AKP was therefore unable to obtain a two-thirds majority for the second time since the party first contested a general election in 2002. Still, with 61.8% of the seats, the AKP maintains a large outright majority in the 16th Parliament. The resurgence of the MHP gives them 71 seats to make them the third party for the 16th Parliament. Their resurgence proved far more costly for the CHP, who lost 66 seats but maintained their position as the second party in the 16th Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193371-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish general election, Analysis\nIndependents fared far better in 2007 than in 2002, earning a 5.2% share of the popular vote, up from 1% in the previous election. As a result, the number of independent MPs in the 16th Parliament (60th government) will increase from 9 to 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 39], "content_span": [40, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193372-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20\u201322 April 2007 at the Istanbul Park circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193372-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 82], "content_span": [83, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election\nThe 2007 Turkish presidential election refers to two attempts to elect the country's 11th president, to succeed Ahmet Necdet Sezer. The most likely candidate for president was Abdullah G\u00fcl. Turkey's presidential office is regarded as the guardian of the country's secular system; the fact that G\u00fcl's wife wears the Islamic headscarf, as well as his own history in political Islam, turned the elections into a political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election\nThe first attempt consisted of the first rounds on 27 April and its repeat on 6 May after Turkey's constitutional court annulled the first round on 27 April. The constitutional court decided that a quorum of two-thirds was necessary, which was impossible without opposition support. Both first rounds were almost entirely boycotted by opposition MPs to disable the voting to start. Therefore, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was unsuccessful in electing its candidate, foreign minister Abdullah G\u00fcl. AKP then called a snap election which was held on 22 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election\nThe general elections saw it returned to government with a larger proportion of the vote. Subsequently, G\u00fcl was renominated and was finally elected in the third round of the second attempt of presidential election. The first round of this voting was on 20 August, while a second was on 24 August and a third was on 28 August. There was a quorum this time, since some opposition parties, most importantly the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), did not boycott the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Procedure\nThe presidential vote is held among MPs in parliament by secret ballot. A candidate requires a two-thirds majority (367 votes) to be elected in the first two rounds. If there is no clear winner before the third round, the winning threshold is dropped to a simple majority (276 votes). If there is still no winner, the two candidates with the most votes from the third round progress to a runoff election, where the simple majority rule still applies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Procedure\nIn the event of no clear winner among the two, the Constitution states that a snap general election must be called to overcome the parliamentary deadlock. In addition, the main opposition party, CHP argued that a quorum of two-thirds was necessary while the ruling party, AKP claimed that it was not necessary. Later, the constitutional court ruled that a quorum of two-thirds was necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 45], "content_span": [46, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates\nAbdullah G\u00fcl, former Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkey from the Justice and Development Party (AKP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates\nAbdullah G\u00fcl's candidacy was announced by Erdo\u011fan on 24 April 2007 while calling G\u00fcl as his brother. He was the official candidate of the Justice and Development Party, thus making him the strongest candidate to be the 11th president of Turkey. During his campaign, he met the leaders of parties represented in the Parliament, except Gen\u00e7 Party leader Cem Uzan. None of the parties said that they would vote for G\u00fcl in the elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates\nAfter the Supreme Court's rule on the election method, his chance to become the next president decreased since the support of Justice and Development Party had become not enough to get elected. On 6 May 2007, Foreign Minister Abdullah G\u00fcl withdrew his candidacy after the Parliament failed to achieve a quorum for a second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates\nErs\u00f6nmez Yarbay was another candidate from the Justice and Development Party. He announced his candidacy since he believed that there should be a second candidate in the elections. By his candidacy, he protested the election method of the president, as he alleged that Erdo\u011fan would decide the next president on his own. However, he withdrew his candidacy before the start of presidential voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 86], "content_span": [87, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, Republic Protests\nOn 14 April 2007, two days before the start of the nominations announcement for the presidential elections, over one million protesters marched in the centre of Ankara, chanting slogans such as \"Turkey is secular, and it will remain secular\", and \"We do not want an imam for President\" to protest against the possibility of Prime Minister Erdo\u011fan or another member of the Justice and Development Party standing in the presidential elections. However, the only presidential candidate was a member of this party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 616]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, Republic Protests\nA second rally was organised for 29 April 2007 opposing the candidacy of Abdullah G\u00fcl from the Justice and Development Party, which has its roots in political Islam. CNN T\u00fcrk put the figure of those participating in the rally in defence of secularism at 1,370,000, the largest protest of its kind in Turkish history. The rally was broadcast live across the world. The spokesman of the meeting was T\u00fcrkan Saylan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, Republic Protests\nA third mass rally took place in the western Turkish towns of Manisa, \u00c7anakkale, and Bodrum in defence of the secular republic. The fifth rally took place at Alsancak G\u00fcndo\u011fdu square, \u0130zmir. A sixth rally was in Samsun and a seventh in Denizli.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 105], "content_span": [106, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, E-memorandum\nOn 12 April 2007, in a press conference of the then Chief of the Turkish General Staff General Ya\u015far B\u00fcy\u00fckan\u0131t, the Armed Forces' opinion on the elections was asked. B\u00fcy\u00fckan\u0131t answered the question stating that the new president should be loyal to republic principles not only by words but also by heart.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 100], "content_span": [101, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, E-memorandum\nOn 27 April 2007, the Turkish Armed Forces issued a statement of its interests on its official website, later termed the \"e-memorandum\" by Ural Akbulut:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 100], "content_span": [101, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, E-memorandum\n\"... The problem that emerged in the presidential election process is focused on arguments over secularism. Turkish Armed Forces are concerned about the recent situation. ... the Turkish Armed Forces are a party in those arguments, and absolute defender of secularism...\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 100], "content_span": [101, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Candidates, E-memorandum\nIn response to these statements, government spokesman Cemil \u00c7i\u00e7ek made a speech. He said that 59th government was sensitive about the secular, democratic, social, and lawful state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 100], "content_span": [101, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nThe first round of voting took place on 27 April 2007, which resulted in Abdullah G\u00fcl, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the official candidate of the Justice and Development Party, achieving 357 votes. 361 members of the parliament were present at the elections and CHP, DYP, ANAVATAN, SHP, HYP, GP and some independent members boycotted the voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nAs of 27 April and 6 May 2007, the following parties were represented in the Turkish Grand National Assembly and therefore could vote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nVotes taken by Abdullah G\u00fcl was below the two-thirds of the vote needed, and so, there would be another round of voting in the following days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nHowever, the opposition party Republican People's Party filed a claim to the Supreme Court, seeking a declaration of nullity in relation to the first round of voting.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nOn 1 May 2007, Supreme Court ruled that if two-thirds of the votes was needed to elect the president in the 1st round, then it was also needed that two-thirds of the parliament were present at the parliament. If this was not the case, the 1st round would have to be repeated. The constitutional court ruled in favour of the Republican People's Party and declared the first round annulled. Nine of the eleven members were in favour of annulling the voting. Therefore, there was no second round on 2 May 2007 as the first round election had failed. On 3 May, Tayyip Erdo\u011fan called for an early general election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 714]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nOn 6 May 2007, the first round was repeated. The boycotting continued and the voting was not started at the parliament. The repeated round resulted in the withdrawal of Abdullah G\u00fcl as the necessary number of members present was not reached yet again.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, First election attempt: April\u2013May 2007, Voting on 27 April and 6 May\nOn 9 May 2007, the presidential elections were postponed due to the lack of a candidate after the pullout of Abdullah G\u00fcl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 104], "content_span": [105, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Interim period, Succession controversy\nAhmet Necdet Sezer's term expired on 16 May 2007. This would have been the date when his successor would have been sworn in if the election had succeeded. Some claimed that Ahmet Necdet Sezer should leave the position and that the parliamentary speaker should fill the office until Sezer's successor was rightfully elected; however, it was decided that Sezer would retain the post until his successor's election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 74], "content_span": [75, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Interim period, Change of the method to popular vote\nThe parliament initially passed constitutional amendments for electoral reform (including election of the president by popular vote, shortening the term from seven to five years and allowing a second term) on 11 May, but Sezer vetoed the bill on 25 May over concerns that the change could pit a president with a strong popular mandate against the prime minister and cause instability. Parliament voted 370-21 to override the veto on 31 May. Sezer submitted the bill for a referendum on 15 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Interim period, Change of the method to popular vote\nNevertheless, the CHP and Sezer filed for a cancellation of the vote by the Constitutional Court, citing alleged procedural flaws. This was turned down by the Constitutional Court in early July. In any case, the amendments were not in effect in time to change the ongoing process, under which the newly elected parliament had the duty to elect the president within 45 days, and under which there would be snap elections if the parliament failed to elect a new president.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 88], "content_span": [89, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Interim period, The general election\nThe failure to select a President caused the 2007 general election to be brought forward, since the constitution states that a snap general election must be called to overcome the parliamentary deadlock, if a president is not elected. In the election, the AKP retained its majority and improved its popular vote count, but did not gain a two-thirds majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007\nAfter the general election, the newly composed Grand National Assembly restarted the election for Sezer's successor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 72], "content_span": [73, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Procedure\nThe parliament needed to gather 367 members to be present in the assembly for the election to begin. Among the members of the established session, the presidential vote is held by a secret ballot. A candidate requires a two-thirds majority (367 votes) to be elected in the first two rounds. If there is no clear winner before the third round, the winning threshold is dropped to a simple majority (276 votes). If there is still no winner, the two candidates with the most votes from the third round progress to a runoff election, where the simply majority rule still applies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Procedure\nIn the event of no clear winner among the two, the Constitution states that a snap general election must be called to overcome the parliamentary deadlock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Procedure\nThe parliament had scheduled the first three rounds of the election to be on 20 August, 24 August and 28 August.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 83], "content_span": [84, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Candidates\nAbdullah G\u00fcl, former Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkey from the Justice and Development Party (AKP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Candidates\nSabahattin \u00c7akmako\u011flu, former interior minister, defence minister and Member of Parliament from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Candidates\nFollowing the general election, there was some speculation about whether Abdullah G\u00fcl would be nominated again by his party. There were hints that the prime minister might seek a consensus candidate, but ultimately G\u00fcl was renominated by his party on 13 August, after MHP announced its decision not to boycott the elections. Two other parties have decided to field their own candidates: The Nationalist Action Party nominated Sabahattin \u00c7akmako\u011flu on 17 August, and the Democratic Left Party nominated H\u00fcseyin Tayfun \u0130\u00e7li.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 608]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Candidates\nThe secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, Ekmeleddin \u0130hsano\u011flu, was another potential consensus candidate from the Justice and Development Party, in the event that G\u00fcl was unsuccessful. \u0130hsano\u011flu was later the opposition candidate in the 2014 presidential election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Candidates\nWhile G\u00fcl is seen as the favorite, a controversy started after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdo\u011fan's last speech. Erdo\u011fan said \"The people who say that (G\u00fcl is not my president), must renounce their citizenship\" on television in reply to an article of Bekir Co\u015fkun, a columnist known for his opposition to the ruling AKP. Many people find this anti-democratic.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 84], "content_span": [85, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193373-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkish presidential election, Second election attempt: August 2007, Voting\nAfter completion of the second round, Abdullah G\u00fcl was elected. The results are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 80], "content_span": [81, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193374-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmen People's Council election\nPeople's Council elections were held in Turkmenistan on 9 December 2007. The elections were only for a part of the 2,507 members of the People's Council, and all of the candidates were of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193375-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan President's Cup\nNB: From the Group A, the winners proceed to the final, the runners-up to the third place match. The winners of Group B and C play each other for the spot in the final. The losers play for the third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193375-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan President's Cup, Final\nThe 2007 Turkmenistan President\u2019s Cup Final was played at Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Turkmenistan on February 11, 2007, following the death of president-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov on 21 December 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Election date\nAfter Niyazov's death on December 21, 2006, Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow stated that the date for the next presidential election would be announced on December 26, 2006; he also claimed that these elections would be held \"on a democratic basis that has been laid by the great leader\". On December 26, 2006 the People's Council announced that the election would occur on February 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Candidates\nSix candidates were approved out of eleven contenders, all of them members of the Democratic Party:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Candidates\nCurrent authorities endorsed the Acting President. The candidate nominated by the opposition coalition (whose members are mostly in exile) (led by the Republican Party of Turkmenistan and Watan), Huda\u00fdberdi Orazow, was not approved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Candidates\nBefore the elections, ITAR-TASS claimed that instead of Gurbanow, Durdy Durdy\u00fdew, the Deputy Tourism and Sports Minister, would be a candidate in the election. Later reports never mentioned him again and always gave the six candidates named above as the approved candidates, so it seems likely that Durdy\u00fdew was only one of the eleven proposed candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Candidates\nAt the start of his campaign, Berdimuhamedow promised substantial reforms such as allowing internet access for everyone and revamping the education system, but at the same time vowed to follow Niyazov's footsteps. He also said he would support small business and private ownership, noting that 61% of the economy is in private hands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 51], "content_span": [52, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Conduct\nElectoral officials in Turkmenistan reported that 95% of voters voted in the election. Radio Free Europe disputes the voter turn-out figures provided by the government, and claims that the election was \"neither free nor fair\". The International Crisis Group has described the poll as a \"blatantly falsified election\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 366]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Conduct\nSeeking to boost voter participation, officials warned inhabitants of Lebap Province that they would not get their monthly flour rations if they failed to vote. At the same time, first-time and elderly voters were promised \"gifts\" for voting. Later reports indicated that the gift consisted of the late Niyazov's ubiquitous Ruhnama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193376-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Turkmenistan presidential election, Results\nGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow was declared the winner of the election on February 14, receiving 89% of the vote according to official results, and was sworn in as president immediately afterwards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193377-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turks and Caicos Islands general election\nGeneral elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 9 February 2007. The result was a victory for the ruling Progressive National Party (PNP), which won thirteen of the fifteen seats in the House of Assembly. PNP leader Michael Misick remained Premier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193377-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turks and Caicos Islands general election, Electoral system\nConstitutional changes in 2006 saw the Legislative Council renamed the House of Assembly and the number of seats increased from 13 to 15. Members were elected from single-member constituencies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 64], "content_span": [65, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193377-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turks and Caicos Islands general election, Campaign\nA total of 31 candidates contested the elections, with both the PNP and the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) running full slates of 15 candidates. The other candidate ran as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 56], "content_span": [57, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize\nThe 2007 Turner Prize for modern British art was awarded on 3 December 2007. It was the 22nd Turner Prize competition. There were four nominees for the 2007 prize and the winner was Mark Wallinger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2007\nThe exhibition took place in Liverpool in advance of its time as European Capital of Culture. It opened on 19 October 2007 and closed 13 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2007\nThe Turner Prize is awarded for a show by the artist in the previous year. When nominees are told of their nomination they then prepare exhibits for the Turner Prize exhibition, often at short notice. As such, the Turner Prize exhibition may not feature the works for which the artist was initially nominated by the judges. However the Turner Prize exhibition tends to be the basis on which public and press judge the artist's worthiness for nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 47], "content_span": [48, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2007, Works, artist's statements and press coverage, Zarina Bhimji\nBhimji's exhibited works were chiefly photographs of Uganda from which she was expelled:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 109], "content_span": [110, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2007, Works, artist's statements and press coverage, Mark Wallinger (winner)\nNot exhibited but regarded as the major contribution to his Turner nomination and win:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 119], "content_span": [120, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize, Turner Prize exhibition 2007, Works, artist's statements and press coverage, Mark Wallinger (winner)\nThe artist said:He has said that the bear in Sleeper symbolises Berlin, the title Sleeper refers to Cold War spies, and that he was inspired by a film of a fairy tale about a prince turned into a bear he saw as a child.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 119], "content_span": [120, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193378-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Turner Prize, External links, Artist videos at the Tate\nThese videos were conducted around the time of the nominations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 60], "content_span": [61, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193379-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tuvalu A-Division\nThe 2007 Tuvalu A-Division was the third season of association football competition. The league was won by Nauti FC for the second time. the league returned to the single division format from the two pool format with a play-off used in the previous season. The league, which started on 17 February, was renamed, TNPF Soccer League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 355]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193380-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Twenty20 Cup\nThe 2007 Twenty20 Cup was the fifth edition of the Twenty20 Cup tournament, which ran between 22 June and 4 August 2007, and saw the Kent Spitfires win the tournament for the first time, defeating Gloucestershire Gladiators in the final by 4 wickets. The first televised match of the year was between the defending champions Leicestershire Foxes and the Yorkshire Phoenix.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193380-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Twenty20 Cup\nThe quarter finals were held on 17 and 18 July 2007, with Finals Day taking place on 4 August 2007 at Edgbaston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193381-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Tynedale District Council election\nElections to Tynedale District Council were held for the final time on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party kept overall control of the council. The council was abolished in 2009 when Northumberland County Council became a unitary authority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193382-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament\nThe 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament was held to determine the four CONCACAF entrants into the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Canada. The tournament final was held in two groups of four with the top two from each group advancing. Group A was held in Panama and Group B was held in Mexico. On January 21, 2007, the United States and Panama qualified to the U-20 World Cup. On February 23, 2007, Mexico and Costa Rica achieved qualification as well.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193382-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Group A\nPanama hosted Group A. All of the matches were played at Estadio Rommel Fern\u00e1ndez in Panama City between January 17\u201321.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193382-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Group B\nMexico hosted Group B. All of the matches were played at Estadio Banorte in Culiac\u00e1n, Sinaloa between February 21\u201325.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 59], "content_span": [60, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193383-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying\nThis article features the 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying stage. Caribbean and Central American teams entered in separate tournaments. The North American team the United States automatically qualified, as well as main tournament hosts Mexico (North America) and Panama (Central America). 23 Caribbean teams entered, of which 3 qualified and 6 Central American teams entered, of which 2 qualified.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193383-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying, Caribbean, First Round\nHaiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago received a bye for this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 85], "content_span": [86, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193383-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament qualifying, Caribbean, Final Round\nGroup winners qualified directly for the main tournament. Group runners-up played each other in a final play-off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 85], "content_span": [86, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193384-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament squads\nBelow are the rosters for the 2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament held in Panama and Mexico from 7 January to 25 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193385-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 21 and 28 at the Spokane Arena and the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Washington. Skaters competed in four disciplines \u2013 men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing \u2013 across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193385-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2007 World Championships, 2007 Four Continents Championships, and 2007 World Junior Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193385-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships\nThe event was later named the Sports Event of the Year by Sports Travel Magazine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193386-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships\nThe 2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis event that was part of the ATP International Series category of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 39th edition of the tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, in the United States. Unseeded Ivo Karlovi\u0107 won the singles title and Bob and Mike Bryan won in doubles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193386-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles\nBob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor, 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193387-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nMichael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193387-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Doubles\nBob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 7\u20136(7\u20133), 6\u20134, against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193388-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships \u2013 Singles\nUnseeded Ivo Karlovi\u0107 defeated Mariano Zabaleta 6-4, 6-1, to win the 2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships singles event. Andy Murray entered ATP Top 10 for the first time due to Tommy Haas failing to defend his previous year points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf)\nThe 2007 United States Open Championship was the 107th U.S. Open, held June 14\u201317 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf)\n\u00c1ngel Cabrera won his first major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods, who were unable to birdie the 72nd hole to force a Monday playoff. Cabrera's victory marked the first U.S. Open won by an Argentine or a South American. It was the first of his two major titles; he won the Masters in a playoff in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf)\nThis was the eighth U.S. Open and eleventh professional major held at Oakmont.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 100]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), History of the U.S. Open at Oakmont\nThe championship committee of the United States Golf Association chose Oakmont Country Club as the host for 2007 on October 2, 2001. The USGA had also recently decided to award Oakmont its 13th USGA national championship, the U.S. Amateur, only four years before the 14th national championship to be held at Oakmont. Oakmont's prestige in the golf community was irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour (1927), Sam Parks, Jr. (1935), Ben Hogan (1953), Jack Nicklaus (1962), Johnny Miller (1973), Larry Nelson (1983), and Ernie Els (1994). Oakmont had already provided the golf world with some of the most exciting championships of golf history including Miller's record for the lowest score shot in a USGA championship, a 63 (\u22128) in 1973, and the dramatic Monday finish in 1994 between Els, Loren Roberts, and Colin Montgomerie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 905]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Preparation for the 2007 U.S. Open\nThe 107th U.S. Open was Oakmont's first USGA event since the U.S. Amateur in 2004. The USGA, American Golf's governing body, found setting up and preparing for the Open easier than other locations. Rob Zalzneck, the director of the 2007 Open for the USGA commented on the readiness of the course saying, \"We're so far ahead with our plans and what we need to get done, Oakmont is just such an ideal situation for us. The club welcomes us with open arms, and we've had such great championships here in the past.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Preparation for the 2007 U.S. Open\nWhat everyone will see, though, is the unbelievable difference in the size of the event from 1994 (when Oakmont last hosted the Open) and this year.\" It was thought that the usual Open conditions would still exist, including the lightning fast greens and unusually high rough, as many of these features were common year round at Oakmont Country Club leading up to the Open. In fact, Oakmont's greens were so fast that the USGA directed the club to slow them down for the Open, although they were still much faster than what would be found at a normal tour event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Preparation for the 2007 U.S. Open\nPreparation began in 2002 and 2003 and included minor renovation to the course, most notably the lengthening of the course for the world's best players, small renovations to the clubhouse, and also the deepening of Oakmont's storied bunkers. Other changes to the course since the last Open in 1994 included the addition of a bridge to connect to holes 2\u20138, which posed as a major problem causing player and pedestrian jams over the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The USGA recruited some 5,000 volunteers in order to insure the event progresses smoothly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Preparation for the 2007 U.S. Open\nThe event was expected to, like the last Open at Oakmont, attract record breaking sell-out crowds. Crowd control was also a major problem for the USGA and its volunteers as huge crowds filled the course during the tournament creating traffic problems. The USGA began selling tickets to the general public on June 15, 2006. The USGA was expected to sell out all of their tickets for the competitive rounds by their deadline for purchase on August 15, 2006. After the sale of all tickets for the competitive rounds, any post-deadline purchases were settled by a lottery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 57], "content_span": [58, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Partnership with American Express\nFor the first time in its history, the United States Golf Association entered into a commercial partnership. It entered into an agreement with American Express for an undisclosed amount, which allowed American Express to set up a special \"Trophy Room\" area at the 2007 U.S. Open for American Express cardholders. Jud Linville, president of American Express U.S. Consumer Card Services, addressed concern about the arrangement commercializing the USGA Championship, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to be slapping logos all over the place, we\u2019re trying to broaden the appeal of the game.\u201d Long-time American Express sponsorship recipient Tiger Woods told the media in response to the deal, \u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous opportunity, this is two enormous brands coming together to help golf.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 56], "content_span": [57, 828]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nAbout half the field each year consists of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. Below is the list of the 72 players that were fully exempt for the 2007 U.S. Open. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown inparentheses:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nMichael Campbell, Ernie Els (4,9,10,16), Jim Furyk (8,9,12,16), Retief Goosen (9,10,13,16), Lee Janzen, Geoff Ogilvy (8,9,16), Tiger Woods (3,4,5,9,12,16)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nPaul Casey (10,16), Luke Donald (9,10,11,16), Kenneth Ferrie, P\u00e1draig Harrington (10,16), Ryuji Imada, Colin Montgomerie (10,16), Nick O'Hern (15,16), Ian Poulter (10,16), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker (16)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nStephen Ames (16), Stuart Appleby (16), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (12,16), Stewart Cink (16), Joe Durant (16), Lucas Glover (16), J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman (16), Davis Love III (16), Arron Oberholser (16), Rod Pampling (16), Tom Pernice Jr., Carl Pettersson (16), Brett Quigley, Rory Sabbatini (16), Adam Scott (12,16), David Toms (16), Brett Wetterich (16), Dean Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nThomas Bj\u00f8rn, Johan Edfors, Niclas Fasth (16), Sergio Garc\u00eda (16), David Howell (16), Robert Karlsson (16), Henrik Stenson (16), Anthony Wall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Field\nRobert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, \u00c1ngel Cabrera, Tim Clark, Chris DiMarco, Anders Hansen, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal, Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Vaughn Taylor, Scott Verplank, Lee Westwood", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Course layout\nThe 9th hole was previously played as a par 5; before 1962, the 1st hole was also played as a par 5.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 36], "content_span": [37, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round\nIn the difficult course conditions, only Nick Dougherty and \u00c1ngel Cabrera broke par during the first round. World number one Tiger Woods shot a 1-over 71, and #2 Phil Mickelson was at 74, playing with a wrist injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\n\u00c1ngel Cabrera birdied the 477-yard (436\u00a0m) 9th hole (his 18th) after hitting an approach with a sand wedge to within two feet (0.6 m) to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point. The shot moved the cut line from +11 to +10, eliminating 19 players (including Phil Mickelson, who had had the longest current streak of making cuts at major championships at 30).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nPaul Casey shot a 66 for the low round of the day when the average score was 76.933, the highest since the final round in 2004 at Shinnecock Hills. Stephen Ames' 69 was the only other score under par for the third round. The cut was at 150 (+10) and no amateurs advanced to the weekend.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 340]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round\nAmateurs: Harrell (+11), Ramsay (+12), Kokrak (+16), Davies (+17), Kelly (+18), Kuehne (+19), Golden (+20), Condello (+22), Pettitt Jr (+23), Prugh (+23), Ureta (+23), Lee (WD).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 52], "content_span": [53, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round\nAaron Baddeley continued his strong play with a second straight even-par round of 70, including a birdie on the 18th hole, to take a two-shot lead heading into the final round. Tiger Woods hit the first 17 greens in regulation en route to a 1-under 69, barely needing to work to save par until his only bogey on the last hole, and finished in second place two shots behind Baddeley. It was one of just two under-par rounds on the day (Steve Stricker shot a 68), and placed Woods in the final pairing on Sunday. To this point in his career, Woods had never won a major championship by coming from behind, which he would have had to do to win his third U.S. Open. Four players were one stroke behind Woods at 215 (+5).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 768]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\n\u00c1ngel Cabrera shot a 1-under 69 to become the first Argentinian to win the U.S. Open. He entered the final round four shots behind, after shooting a disappointing 76 on Saturday. This gave him a 2:20 pm tee time on Sunday, 40 minutes ahead of the final pairing, which included Tiger Woods. After a birdie on the 15th hole, Cabrera was 3-under for the round, with a three stroke lead over Woods and a surging Jim Furyk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nAfter bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes that reduced his lead to one, Cabrera parred the difficult 18th hole and then had to wait in the clubhouse for Furyk and Woods to finish. Both needed to birdie the 72nd hole to force a Monday playoff but neither did, giving Cabrera the victory by a single stroke. Cabrera and Anthony Kim (67) were the only players to post sub-par scores during the final round. Aaron Baddeley was the 54-hole leader, but opened with a triple bogey and shot 80 (+10). The field broke par for only eight rounds during the tournament, just two players per day on the difficult Oakmont layout, and Cabrera was the only player to break par twice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 717]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193389-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round\nThe top eight finishers at the U.S. Open were automatically invited to the 2008 Masters and the top fifteen automatically qualified for the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 51], "content_span": [52, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup\nThe 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 94th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup\nThe New England Revolution defeated FC Dallas 3\u20132 in the final played at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup\nPairings for the competition were announced on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The 2007 tournament was the first since 2002 to not include all Major League Soccer teams. Instead, MLS had eight teams in the tournament; six qualified automatically, while the remaining six US-based sides participated in a playoff for the final two positions. In another change for the tournament, all nine US-based USL First Division teams entered into the Cup. The Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible for the tournament, as Puerto Rico has a soccer federation independent from US Soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup, Participating teams\nThe tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup, Participating teams\n*Includes 8 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 39], "content_span": [40, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup, Prize money\nThere is a total of $180,000 in prize money at stake in the 2007 version of the competition. The prize money breakdown is as follows: $100,000 to the champion, $50,000 to the runner up and $10,000 to the team advancing the deepest in the tournament from each of the Division II, Division III and amateur levels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 31], "content_span": [32, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup, Open Cup bracket\nSecond Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournament Home teams listed on top of bracket", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 36], "content_span": [37, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193390-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule\nNote: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 28], "content_span": [29, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification\nThis page describes the qualification procedure for the 2007 U.S. Open Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, Major League Soccer\n2 teams advance (1 from each bracket) to tournament Top team hosts match", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 126]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USL 1st Division\nAll 9 US-based USL First Division teams will be entered into the Cup. The Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible for the tournament, as Puerto Rico has a soccer federation independent from US Soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 250]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USL 2nd Division\nTop 6 teams in table will advance to tournamentAll regular season games through May 28 count Green indicates U.S. Open Cup berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 50], "content_span": [51, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USL Premier Development League\nWinners in each division advance to tournamentAll teams play 4 designated games doubled as regular season games Green indicates U.S. Open Cup berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 64], "content_span": [65, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USASA, Region 3\nWinners of groups advance to tournament All matches at Jordan Soccer Complex in Fayetteville, North Carolina Green indicates U.S. Open Cup berth clinched", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USASA, Region 4\nTeams that reach final advance to tournament All times in Pacific Daylight Time", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USASA, Region 4, First Round\nWinners of groups plus best second-place finisher advance to SemifinalGreen indicates advancement to Semifinal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 62], "content_span": [63, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193391-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Cup qualification, USASA, Region 4, First Round Matches\n* - Southern California Fusion were forced to forfeit the match (originally a 3-2 win) due to use of an illegal player", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 70], "content_span": [71, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193392-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix\nThe 2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place in Orange, California, United States from 27 August to 1 September 2007. It had a total purse of $50,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193392-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix, Tournament\nThe 2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix was the fifth tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the U.S. Open championships which has been held since 1954. This tournament was organized by the USA Badminton and sanctioned by the BWF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193392-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Venue\nThis international tournament was held at Orange County Badminton Club in Orange, California, United States.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 44], "content_span": [45, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193392-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Point distribution\nBelow is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193392-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix, Tournament, Prize money\nThe total prize money for this tournament was US$50,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 50], "content_span": [51, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193393-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Women's Open\nThe 2007 U.S. Women's Open was the 62nd U.S. Women's Open, held June 28 to July 1 at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Cristie Kerr won the first of her two major titles, two strokes ahead of runners-up Lorena Ochoa and Angela Park. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193393-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Women's Open\nDue to weather delays, the third round began on Saturday afternoon and was completed on Sunday morning. Kerr shot 66 (\u22125) to gain the 54-hole lead at 209 (\u22124), one stroke ahead of top-ranked Ochoa, Morgan Pressel, and Jiyai Shin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193393-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 U.S. Women's Open\nPine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and 2001; it joined Atlantic City Country Club (1948, 1965, 1975) as the only courses to host three U.S. Women's Opens.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193394-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UAB Blazers football team\nThe 2007 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the 17th team fielded by the school. The Blazers were led by first-year head coach Neil Callaway and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their twelfth season at the NCAA I-A/FBS level and their ninth affiliated with a conference with a record of 2\u201310 (1\u20137 C-USA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193394-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UAB Blazers football team, Game summaries, Michigan State\nIn the first game of the Neil Callaway era, the Blazers would make their first-ever trip to the state of Michigan in this 55\u201318 defeat by the Spartans. The Blazers would fall behind 42\u20130 before Swayze Waters hit a 35-yard field goal before the half. After a safety early in the third, Waters would hit a pair of long field goals (50 and 47 yards) and score the seasons' first touchdown on a 15-yard Joseph Webb reception from Sam Hunt in the fourth. For the game, the Blazers were outgained on offense 593 to 226 total yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193394-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UAB Blazers football team, Game summaries, Florida State\nOn the road, the Blazers would take a 17\u201310 lead at the half only to give up 21 points in the third in this 34\u201324 defeat to the Seminoles. UAB would take the early lead on a 27-yard Swayze Waters field goal, and extend it to 10\u20130 on FSU's ensuing possession with Will Dunbar returning an interception 21-yards for the score. In the second, Sam Hunt would score on a 4-yard run to extend the lead to 17\u20133, before the Seminoles responded with a touchdown of their own in narrowing the lead to 17\u201310 at the half. Florida State would open the third with a pair of touchdowns to take a 24\u201317 lead, before UAB responded with a 16-yard Joseph Webb touchdown reception from Hunt to knot the game at 24. However, the Seminoles would close the game with 10 unanswered points to seal the 34\u201324 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193394-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UAB Blazers football team, Game summaries, Alcorn State\nThe first win of the Callaway era would come in the seasons first home game with a 22\u20130 victory over the FCS Braves of Alcorn State. Swayze Waters would star in hitting 5 field goals from 42, 32, 52, 22 and 38 yards respectively. The Blazers would visit the end zone only once on a 4-yard David Sigler touchdown reception from Sam Hunt in the second quarter. For the game, Waters set a team record for most field goals in a game, tied the team record for longest Blazer field goal (52 yards) and tied the conference record for most field goals in a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400\nThe 2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was the third race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was held on March 11, 2007 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400\nThe race was the first at the newly refurbished track, which now has a progressive banking in the turns on the 1.5-mile D-shaped oval, a new garage area which is fan-friendly known as \"The Neon Garage\" named for the lighted signs through the city's gambling areas, and a new pit road that was built closer to the grandstands.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400\nKasey Kahne won the pole and Jimmie Johnson won the race, making this his third overall win at the 1.5 mile oval track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Qualifying\nFailed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: \u00a0 A.J. Allmendinger (#84), Mike Bliss (#49), John Andretti (#37), Brian Vickers (#83), David Reutimann (#00), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), Brandon Whitt (#72), Kevin Lepage (#34), Michael Waltrip (#55), Ken Schrader (#47), Regan Smith (#39-WD), Derrike Cope (#74-WD)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race summary\nJimmie Johnson won his third straight Nextel Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, defeating teammate Jeff Gordon by 2.795 seconds. Gordon finished in second place for the second straight time. Denny Hamlin was third, Matt Kenseth fourth and Mark Martin fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race summary\nMartin retained his points lead after three races with 495 points, six ahead of Gordon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Race summary\nBecause of the new asphalt concerns, NASCAR cut the size of fuel cells from 18 gallons to 13 gallons, similar to what had been used on restrictor plate tracks from October 2002 until October 2006, and also for the two 2006 races at Lowe's Motor Speedway to force more pit stops to change tires.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 42], "content_span": [43, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Results, Failed to qualify\nThe following 10 drivers failed to qualify for the race: A. J. Allmendinger\u2021 (#84), Mike Bliss (#49), John Andretti (#37), Brian Vickers (#83), David Reutimann\u2021 (#00), Jeremy Mayfield (#36), Brandon Whitt\u2021 (#72), Kevin Lepage (#34), Michael Waltrip (#55), and Ken Schrader (#47).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Results, Failed to qualify\nAllmendinger, Bliss, Mayfield, and Whitt have missed all three races for which they have attempted to qualify. Waltrip has missed the last two. Reutimann had made both previous races. Vickers had missed the Daytona 500 and made the Auto Club 500. Schrader missed making a field for the first time since the November 2003 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193395-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Results, Failed to qualify\nAlso of note: Regan Smith\u2021 was to have qualified in the #39 car, but the car was withdrawn and Smith did not make an attempt.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500\nThe 2007 UAW-Ford 500 was the 30th stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 7, 2007 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, before a crowd of 155,000. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the 188-lap race starting from 34th position. His teammate Jimmie Johnson finished second and Dave Blaney was third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500\nThe Car of Tomorrow d\u00e9buted at a superspeedway, but it was heavily criticized for its lack of visibility, and drivers raised fears of becoming airborne if hit. Michael Waltrip won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying but was passed by Blaney by the end of the first lap. The race lead changed 42 times, with Denny Hamlin leading the most laps out of anybody else (40). Johnson took the lead after driving on the outside lane on lap 183.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500\nJohnson led as the final lap began, but Gordon went to the outside of the track, and was bump-drafted by Tony Stewart, allowing him to claim his fifth victory of the season, his sixth at Talladega Superspeedway, the 80th of his career, and he took over from Dale Earnhardt as the driver with the most restrictor plate wins, twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500\nThe result advanced Gordon to the Drivers' Championship's lead, and his teammate Johnson (who led coming into the race) fell to second. The trio of Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart, and Kevin Harvick retained third through fifth. Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch gained one position each, and Kyle Busch fell from fourth to eighth after being caught up in a multi-car accident. Chevrolet increased their unassailable lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, while Ford, Dodge and Toyota continued to occupy the remaining three places with six races left in the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Background\nThe UAW-Ford 500 was the 30th of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the fourth in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Nextel Cup. It was held on October 7, 2007 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, a superspeedway that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn 2.66\u00a0mi (4.28\u00a0km) long superspeedway. The track's turns are banked at 33 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Background\nBefore the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 5,506 points, with teammate Jeff Gordon second and Clint Bowyer third. Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick were fourth and fifth. Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top twelve drivers competing for the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with 232 points, sixty ahead of Ford in second. Dodge with 147 points was 56 ahead of Toyota in fourth. Brian Vickers was the race's defending champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Background\nThe UAW-Ford 500 marked the d\u00e9but of the Car of Tomorrow on a superspeedway. Teams started by using a 31/32 inch restrictor plate which was expected to increase horsepower by 75\u00a0hp (56\u00a0kW) to 80\u00a0hp (60\u00a0kW). Furthermore, the wing angle was established at 10 degrees, and the wicker height was set at 1\u00a0in (25\u00a0mm) to add drag. Further changes were determined by the performance of the cars if they reached an average speed of more than 200\u00a0mph (320\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 483]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Background\nNASCAR mandated teams to run flat side plates instead of the a curved side plate, and some cars had to make minor adjustments to pass pre-race inspection. Nextel Cup Series Director John Darby stated NASCAR changed the wording of the regulations to provide clarity and to have a starting point in controlling top speeds, \"Basically, it says we're going to start out with this size of a restrictor plate, and if everything proves out OK, we'll leave it, but the ultimate restrictor-plate size won't be determined until the conclusion of final Cup practice.\" Drivers spent one and a half days in mid-September testing the Car of Tomorrow at the track.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Background\nThere were two changes of driver heading into the race. It was announced that open-wheel driver Jacques Villeneuve would d\u00e9but in the No. 27 Bill Davis Racing car five weeks earlier than planned. Villeneuve planned to compete in the ARCA Re/Max and Craftsman Truck Series races at Talladega, but was granted approval to race in the Nextel Cup Series after testing of the Car of Tomorrow at the track. Villeneuve said he was delighted to debut in the Nextel Cup Series: \"It's perfect.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Background\nI'm really happy that NASCAR has given me its approval so quickly, and having run Talladega with the Cup drivers, I'm really looking forward to it. It's a huge step in my learning process.\" Mike Wallace replaced his younger brother Kenny Wallace in the No. 88 Robert Yates Racing car while the team's regular driver Ricky Rudd continued to recover from a shoulder injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 29], "content_span": [30, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Practice and qualifying\nTwo 60-minute practice sessions were held on the Friday before Sunday's race. Stewart set the fastest time in the first practice session with a lap of 49.118 seconds. Jeff Gordon was second-fastest. Positions three through ten were filled by Ken Schrader, Robby Gordon, Kyle Petty, Kasey Kahne, David Stremme, Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle, and Burton. Hamiln was forbidden by NASCAR to partake in its closing minutes because he was observed bump-drafting other cars. Darby explained that Hamlin was the most aggressive driver out of all those cautioned by NASCAR.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Practice and qualifying\nLater that day, Stewart led the second practice session with a lap of 49.347 seconds; Paul Menard was 0.045 seconds slower in second. Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray, Truex, Burton, Jeff Green, Tony Raines, and Johnny Sauter were in positions three through ten. After practice, drivers complained of hindered visibility at the front of the car, due to a larger cockpit and spoiler. They felt this had the potential to cause a multi-car accident, and were worried about the possibility of getting airborne if hit by others.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Practice and qualifying\nFifty-one cars were entered in the qualifier on Saturday afternoon, according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure, forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Toyotas took five of the first six spots, as Michael Waltrip clinched the fourth pole position of his career, and his first since the 2005 Pocono 500, with a time of 50.648 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Dave Blaney whose lap was 0.062 seconds slower. Vickers qualified in third. Fourth was Joe Nemechek, and David Reutimann fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Practice and qualifying\nThe next three spots on the grid was composed of drivers who were required to qualify on time or risk missing the race: Villeneuve, John Andretti, and Bobby Labonte. Kahne and Elliott Sadler completed the top ten. Of the drivers in the chase, Stewart started 11th, Truex 13th, Hamlin 18th, and Johnson 19th. The eight drivers who failed to qualify were A. J. Allmendinger, Boris Said, Scott Riggs, Sam Hornish Jr., Jeremy Mayfield, Sterling Marlin, Ward Burton and Kevin Lepage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 521]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0008-0002", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Practice and qualifying\nKurt Busch and David Ragan's cars were found to be too low at the front during post-qualifying inspection, and were mandated to start at the back of the field. Afterward, Waltrip said, \"I felt confident yesterday that we would make the race. Our qualifying lap was faster than what we ran in practice. If I only had to worry about my car, I would've been happier.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 42], "content_span": [43, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nLive television coverage of the race on ABC began at 1:00\u00a0p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were mostly sunny with the air temperature at 89\u00a0\u00b0F (32\u00a0\u00b0C); a ten percent chance of rain was forecast. A moment of silence was held in honor of former NASCAR president Bill France Jr. Frank Stark of Raceway Ministries began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Miss University of Alabama Stephanie Shelton performed the national anthem, and Dave Sparks, an employee of the race's sponsor, commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, McMurray moved to the rear of the field because he changed his engine, and Casey Mears did the same for illegal adjustments to his car.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 755]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nThe race started at 2:21\u00a0p.m. Waltrip led the pack on the run to the first corner, but Blaney got ahead of him to take the first position at the end of the first lap. On lap two, Labonte made it three-abreast going to the finish line, and took the lead, before losing it to Vickers on the following lap. Waltrip steered right to reclaim first place on lap four, and held it for the next lap when Labonte returned to the head of the pack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nThe sixth lap had Robby Gordon pushed by other cars to become the new leader, which he retained until Vickers returned to the front on lap nine. In the meantime, Hamlin moved from eighteenth to fourth. He took the lead for the first time with assistance from Andretti on lap 12. The first caution was necessitated on lap 17 as Andretti's right-front tire blew, removing one of his car's fenders, and scattering debris on the track. Most of the leaders, including Hamlin, made pit stops for fuel, tyres and car adjustments. Petty led the field for one lap before making his stop on the 20th lap, and Johnson was the leader on the next lap before doing the same.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nHamlin led the field back up to speed at the lap-22 restart, and was followed by Kahne, Truex, and Sadler. Three laps later, Harvick provided Sadler assistance to claim the lead on the left lane. However, Sadler lost the lead to Hamlin on lap 27, as some competitors created three-abreast racing by forming a middle lane. The outside lane was used by Truex to gain first place on lap 30. Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved to the lead on the 31st lap. He maintained it for the next 27 laps as the first round of green flag pit stops commenced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nAfter the pit stops, Hamlin regained the lead. On lap 63, David Gilliland collided with Biffle at turn four, causing Biffle to spin sideways. Biffle's front-left tire went flat, and the front of Gilliland's vehicle sustained light damage. The second caution was waved to restore order. Some cars in the middle of the pack went down pit road to stop for fuel and tyres. Gilliland's mechanics made repairs to his car. The race restarted on lap 67 as Hamlin led Stewart and Kyle Busch in a single file line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nWaltrip returned to the lead on lap 88, as Reutimann got into second by joining the pack of cars on the bottom line. Reutimann passed Waltrip for first on the following lap. On lap 91, Earnhardt led once again by driving on the outside lane. Two laps later, Jeff Burton's engine failed, laying oil and debris on the track, and calling for the race's third caution as he returned to pit road to retire. Pit stops for fuel and tyres were made by several drivers during the caution. Waltrip led the restarted race on lap 96.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nHe held it until Hamlin took it as the lead group of cars went three-abreast on lap 98. Stewart became the leader for the first time by driving on the outside lane one lap later. Three abreast-racing temporarily ended on lap 101, as the main pack of cars fell into a single line behind Stewart. Sadler took the lead with assistance from Kahne on the inside line on the 109th lap. Four laps later, Truex's engine blew, leaving oil on the track, and requiring a fourth caution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nMost drivers, including Sadler, elected to make pit stops for fuel and tyres under the caution period. Bowyer and Sadler each led for one lap before making their pit stops. Sadler returned to the lead for the restart on lap 116 as the pack formed into one single file. On lap 132, Villeneuve scraped the wall alongside the track, but he continued without significant damage. Labonte received assistance from Stewart to move past Sadler for the lead on the 133rd lap. On the following lap, Stewart took the lead for himself.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nVickers passed Stewart on the outside to claim the first position on lap 135. Lap 136 saw the race's fifth caution: Earnhardt's laid oil on the track after his engine failed. Dale Jarrett attempted to avoid other cars, but he sustained damage to the front-right corner of his car, stopping on the apron. Vickers and the rest of the leaders chose to make pit stops for fuel and tyres while the caution was out. Sauter won the race off pit road, and led at the lap 140 restart. Jeff Gordon was required to drive down pit road as soon as the race resumed for a team equipment penalty in his pit stall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nThe main pack of cars again formed a single line as Stewart returned to first place on the 141st lap. On lap 145, a multi-car accident prompted the sixth caution. Labonte lost control of his car in turn four, and slid down into Kyle Busch. He then ricocheted into Robby Gordon, Reutimann slid as Ragan had no space to negotiate through and ran into him. Other drivers involved in the collision were McMurray, Kenseth, Menard, Stremme, Vickers and Hamlin. Most drivers, including Stewart, made pit stops for fuel to allow them to complete the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nRaines led the field at the restart on lap 150, On the next lap, Ryan Newman received assistance from his teammate Kurt Busch to take the lead. Stewart overtook Newman to retake first on lap 152. The seventh caution was waved one lap later for Schrader whose right-front tire blew, causing him to clout the turn four wall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nStewart kept the lead at the lap-156 restart. Another six laps passed until the eighth caution was called for, when Petty's tire blew and he crashed into the turn three wall. As with the previous restart, Stewart maintained the lead on lap 166. Blaney and Johnson formed a bottom line of around seven cars in an attempt to gain on Stewart. However, the top five of Stewart, Newman, Kurt Busch, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Kahne temporarily split from the rest of the pack by the 173rd lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nThis was the case until the next lap when Stewart tried to block on both lanes, but Newman found a way past him to reclaim the lead. On lap 176, the ninth (and final) caution was waved as Waltrip's right-front tire blew in turn one. He clipped the rear of Sadler's car, and then clouted a wall; Sadler spun and collected Biffle and Raines. Newman led the field at the restart on lap 180 with Busch second and Montoya third. Stewart turned onto the bottom lane so he could try and establish a second line of cars This proved successful as the Hendrick Motorsports duo of Johnson and Jeff Gordon were on the bottom lane, and caught Newman on the 182nd lap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nNewman lost the lead to Johnson on the following lap. Stewart tried to pass Johnson on lap 184, but could not do so as no other driver steered to the middle lane to provide him with assistance. The right lane had Newman and his teammate Kurt Busch driving on it. The two caught Johnson and his teammate Jeff Gordon on the 185th lap. Stewart linked up with Busch and Newman the lap after, and went to the outside with Jeff Gordon and Johnson remaining on the inside.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race\nOn the final lap, Jeff Gordon turned right, and got in between his teammate Johnson and Newman and Kurt Busch. As Johnson went to block his teammate, Stewart bump-drafted Jeff Gordon to give the latter the lead, which he held to clinch his fifth victory of the season, the 80th of his career, and a season sweep of victories at Talladega Superspeedway. He also took his sixth win at Talladega Superspeedway, and suppressed Dale Earnhardt to become the new all-time wins leader at restrictor-plate tracks with twelve. Johnson finished second, Blaney came third, Hamlin took fourth and Newman placed fifth. Mears, Kurt Busch, Stewart, Raines and Reed Sorenson completed the top ten. The race had a total of nine cautions and 42 lead changes by 22 different drivers. Hamlin led five times for a total of 40 laps, more than any other competitor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 23], "content_span": [24, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nJeff Gordon appeared in Victory Lane after his victory lap to celebrate his fifth win of the season in front of the crowd of 155,000 people; the win earned him $246,036. He called it \"the hardest three-quarters of a race that I've ever had to run before,\" after qualifying was influential in determining his strategy for the race, \"We avoided the wrecks and all of a sudden found ourselves in the top 15 with about 25\u201330 to go, and we held on there. What I don't understand is how I got by my teammate. I got a couple of pushes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nWhen it got three-wide, I thought, 'This is my opportunity.' Luckily when I got high, and Jimmie tried to block me, the 20 was there and had nowhere to go. He's the one who pushed me to the front.\" Johnson said his second-place finish was not something he was happy with since he was passed by his teammate, \"To get that close and not win is a letdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0017-0002", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nThere must have been stuff going on behind me that I couldn't see, but Jeff could in his mirror, and he pulled up and got in front of the 20 [Stewart] and was able to take advantage of that push.\" Third-placed Blaney revealed his team's objective was to preserve his car and return to the top 35 in points, \"I didn't want to do anything to put it in harm's way. I was way more cautious than I probably wanted to be. I just got with the right group of cars there at the end.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 518]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nReaction to the Car of Tomorrow's debut at a superspeedway was negative. Newman stated his feeling that the racing \"not very good\" as he observed the single file driving, which he felt was not racing to him, \"I hope it wasn\u2019t what NASCAR intended with this car. I\u2019m not complaining about the car because the old car did relatively the same thing. We gotta do something where we can race a little bit. I mean I was driving around with one hand running 15th just riding, on and off the gas. It\u2019s not racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nIf we\u2019re going to do that why don\u2019t we just make it a 100-mile race and we\u2019ll tear them all up in the first 50?\u201d Jeff Gordon spoke of how boredom affected him during the race, and called for more work on the car to prevent single-file racing, \"I think we would never race like that if we didn't have the closing rate that we have, and [with] the bump-drafting being so drastic that I think we need to make some adjustments here.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0018-0002", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nKenseth said his strategy was to run at the rear of the pack, and believed spectators did not want to see that, adding, \"We rode around for about 350\u2013400 miles and then sooner or later you\u2019ve got to go race and try to get a partner up there and see how your car is gonna handle. When we decided to go up there, we got up to the third or fourth row on the inside and then the leader wrecked. When the leader wrecks, there\u2019s not a whole lot you can do to miss it.\u201d", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nTwo days after the race, Chip Ganassi Racing was given penalties for Sorenson's car. The penalties for \"actions detrimental to stock car racing\"; \"car, car parts, components and/or equipment used do not conform to NASCAR rules\" and for the front of the car failing to meet the minimum ride height restrictions as imposed by the regulations for the Car of Tomorrow during post-race inspection, included a $25,000 fine for crew chief Jimmy Elledge, who was placed on probation until December 31, 2007. Team owner Chip Ganassi and Sorenson were penalized 25 points in the Owners and Drivers' Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193396-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 UAW-Ford 500, Race, Post-race comments\nThe result gave Jeff Gordon a six-point lead over teammate Johnson in the Drivers' Championship. Bowyer, Stewart and Harvick stayed in positions third through fifth. Edwards and Kurt Busch advanced to sixth and seventh, while Kyle Busch, Hamlin, and Truex completed out the top ten placings. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet (with 271 points) increased its unassailable lead. Ford maintained second with 175 points, Dodge stayed in third with 149 points, and Toyota retained fourth with 97 points with six races left in the season. The race took three hours, 29 minutes and 11 seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.066 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 43], "content_span": [44, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193397-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2007 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They competed in the Great West Football Conference (GWFC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193397-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UC Davis Aggies football team\nThe 2007 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his fifteenth year and played their home games at newly opened Aggie Stadium. UC Davis finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5\u20136, 1\u20133 GWFC). This was the first losing season after 37 consecutive winning years. The Aggies were outscored by their opponents 306\u2013349 for the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193397-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UC Davis Aggies football team, UC Davis players in the NFL\nNo UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193397-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UC Davis Aggies football team, UC Davis players in the NFL\nThe following finished their UC Davis career in 2007, were not drafted, but played in the NFL:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team\nThe 2007 UCF Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was George O'Leary. The 2007 season was the first year the Knights played all of their home games at Bright House Networks Stadium, which they had just opened on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida. In addition, the team changed its nickname from \"Golden Knights\" back to simply \"Knights.\" From 1979 to 1992, the team had been known as the Knights, then changed to \"Golden Knights\" from 1993 until 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team\nThe Knights were led on offense by quarterback Kyle Israel and Consensus All-American running back Kevin Smith. UCF sought to prove they belonged on the big stage, and got their first chance by hosting the Texas Longhorns, ultimately losing by only a field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team\nUCF ultimately went 9-3 in the regular season and 7-1 in C-USA, with their only conference loss being at East Carolina, and won the Eastern Division. They would go on to host the Conference USA Championship Game for the second time. Taking revenge on Tulsa for beating them two years before, UCF won the game 44-25, to claim their first Conference USA title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team\nThey went on to their first Liberty Bowl berth against Mississippi State. Their defense held it close, but the offense was unable to re-fire, and UCF lost the game, 10-3.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 201]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team\nKevin Smith ultimately left before his senior year and went to the 2008 NFL Draft, where he was selected with the first pick of the third round by the Detroit Lions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, NC State\nThe NC State Wolfpack played the Knights for the first game of the season. This is the first game where the UCF Knights played with their new logo and white helmet, and also marked UCF's first win over an ACC opponent ever, and was the first win over a BCS AQ team since George O'Leary became head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Texas\nThis was the first ever meeting between the Texas Longhorns and the UCF Knights. Texas was the first opponent in the Knights new stadium, Bright House Networks Stadium, and the 2007 game is the first of three scheduled meetings between the schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Texas\nDuring the game, lightning spotted near the stadium caused a fifteen\u2011minute delay. The game was a back-and-forth contest. Texas took an early three\u00a0point lead and then UCF made a touchdown to go ahead 7\u00a03. The Longhorns led 20\u00a010 at half-time, but the Knights came back to take a 24\u00a023 lead early in the fourth\u00a0quarter. Texas then scored two\u00a0field goals and a touchdown and appeared to be on the way to running out the clock before a Jamaal Charles fumble gave the Knights the ball back with about two\u00a0minutes left in the game. UCF made a touchdown and a two-point conversion to cut Texas' lead to 35\u201332 with 35 seconds remaining. When the Knights were unable to recover their onside kick attempt, Texas was able to run out the clock and preserve their three-point victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 827]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Texas\nJamaal Charles of Texas rushed 22\u00a0times for 157\u00a0yards and UCF's Kevin Smith rushed 27\u00a0times for 150\u00a0yards for UCF. UT's Colt McCoy completed 68% of his passes for a total of 227\u00a0yards; UCF's Kyle Israel completed 35% of his passes for a total of 133\u00a0yards. Texas ran 47\u00a0passing plays and 43\u00a0rushing plays to UCF's 26\u00a0plays passing and 41\u00a0rushing attempts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Memphis\nThis was the first Conference USA game for both teams. UCF took a strong lead early in the game, with the halftime score at 42-0, and a lead at one point of 49-0. The UCF Knights have beaten Memphis every time they have played them since joining Conference USA three years ago. During the game Kyle Israel and freshman Michael Greco were used in tandem at quarterback, and their success in the game drew immediate comparisons to Chris Leak and Tim Tebow at Florida the previous year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Louisiana-Lafayette\nUCF again took a command lead of 30-6 into halftime, but this time permitting the winless Louisiana-Lafayette team within 20 was more concerning. After the game, Coach O'Leary resolved to remind his team of the importance of playing hard all four quarters of the game, which would be important especially with two road games coming up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 403]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nAfter going into the half up 28-17, UCF took a surprising downturn with five turnovers in the third quarter: 2 Kyle Israel interceptions, one Michael Greco interception, and two lost fumbles between Israel and running back Kevin Smith. ECU outscored UCF 28-3 in the third to take the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nSouth Florida came into the game ranked #5 in both the AP and Coaches Polls going into the game, but UCF would not hold the game as close as they did when they faced then-#6 Texas. UCF scored their only offensive points\u2014a Kyle Israel rush for a touchdown, and a field goal\u2014in the first half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nUCF and USF would also exchange safeties, but South Florida held a commanding lead at halftime and proceeded to rout the Knights in the second half, with USF's second- and third-string QBs throwing long touchdown passes against a demoralized UCF defense en route to a 64-12 thrashing of the Knights. UCF was held to just 145 yards total offense, while South Florida used several big plays to dominate the UCF defense, advancing 543 total yards even though UCF controlled the ball for three minutes longer than South Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nSouth Florida emerged #2 in the BCS and AP Polls, and #3 in the Coaches and Harris Polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 151]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Tulsa\nUCF broke free of the two-game losing streak at home against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, taking the lead in the 2nd quarter and never looking back. Kyle Israel completed 21 of 29 for 229 yards, passing and running for touchdowns, and Kevin Smith rushed for 178 yards with three running touchdowns, catching another. Michael Torres kicked three field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss\nUCF's defense intercepted Southern Miss QB Stephen Reaves three times, and Kevin Smith ran the ball a UCF-record 43 times for 175 yards and two touchdowns. Smith reasserted himself as the nation's #2 rusher, and the Junior tailback took the school's career rushing yards record (3,372). UCF minimized its mistakes, getting through the game without turning the ball over for the first time since their first game against NC State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nThis was the Homecoming game for UCF, and was the first time that all of the Homecoming festivities, including the Homecoming parade, occurred on campus. The Knights rolled over the Herd in this game. On one series, after Marshall had punted to the UCF 1, Kevin Smith rushed for 12 yards to the UCF 13. On the next play, Smith ran up the middle, cut to his right and raced down the sideline to UCF's longest-ever run from scrimmage and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UAB\nUCF traveled to Birmingham and went on to defeat UAB in a hard-fought game. The 2-8 Blazers proved troublesome for the Knights, but UCF finished them off towards the end of the fourth quarter. Earlier in the day, Marshall defeated ECU giving UCF the lead in the C-USA East Division, and due to a blowout win over Houston by Tulsa, the Knights are set to host the Conference Championship at their new on-campus stadium. Kevin Smith broke more records this game. He had 320 yards, 41 carries, and 4 touchdowns. He became the state of Florida's all-time single season rushing yards leader. He won the ESPN All-America Player of the Week for his effort.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU\nKhymest Williams started the game off with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown for the Knights. After trading scores through the first quarter, UCF took control of the game. Kevin Smith ran in two touchdowns, and Johnell Neal intercepted a pass and ran it back 72 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nDespite suffering a 100-yard interception returned for a touchdown, UCF beat UTEP 36-20. Aided by two late touchdowns, UCF sealed the victory, their sixth straight. With the win, UCF clinched the Conference USA East Division crown, and will host the 2007 C-USA Championship against West Division winner Tulsa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UTEP\nKevin Smith rushed for 219 yards, continuing to add to his historic season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship\nTulsa and UCF met at the C-USA Championship for the second time; Tulsa beat UCF at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship\nKevin Smith continued his dominance, running for 284 yards with 4 touchdowns. Tulsa kept it close in the first half as UCF's defense seemed slow to get started. In the second half, however, they only scored on a safety. Paul Smith, the Tulsa quarterback, threw for 426 yards and three touchdowns, but also gave up three interceptions. UCF won their first ever conference title in football.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Conference USA Championship\nKevin Smith finished the game with 2,448 rushing yards on the season, second all-time for single-season rushing yards in FBS history. Only Barry Sanders, who rushed for 2,628 yards in 1988 for Oklahoma State, has rushed for more yards in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 75], "content_span": [76, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl\nWith their Conference USA championship, UCF got an automatic berth at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee on December 29, 2007. It was just their second ever bowl game. They faced Mississippi State from the Southeastern Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl\nAfter trading 2nd-quarter field goals, neither team scored again until MSU's Anthony Dixon leapt into the endzone for a one-yard touchdown run with under two minutes remaining to put Mississippi State up by the final score.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Liberty Bowl\nKevin Smith tried for Barry Sanders' single-season rushing record but was shy of it by 61 yards, finishing with 119 yards rushing against MSU. He was one of only four players to rush for over 100 yards on MSU's defense all season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Awards & Milestones\nIn addition to winning the Conference USA title, UCF and its players won several other awards. Head coach George O'Leary was named C-USA Coach of the Year for the second time. Having twice won ACC Coach of the Year, O'Leary has now been awarded coach of the year four times, trailing only South Carolina's Steve Spurrier (six) and Utah's Dennis Erickson (six) among active FBS coaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 437]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193398-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 UCF Knights football team, Offseason, NFL Draft\nThree former players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193399-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI BMX World Championships\nThe 2007 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade built upon winning gold at the junior level last year and winning gold at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships by taking victory in the Elite Women category. In the elite men's event, Kyle Bennett won his third world championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193400-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships\nThe 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held from 27 to 28 January 2007 at the Domenico Savio Park in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193401-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race\nThe 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race was held on Sunday 28 January 2007 as a part of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193401-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Summary\nIn an exciting world championships Gerben de Knegt was the first taking the lead and was booed by the 40,000 spectators. Top favourites Sven Nys and Bart Wellens took an early lead breaking away from the pack, but were set back by bad luck as they were brought down by a plastic block that was touched by a television motorcycle. Both continued the race, but had to chase the leaders from behind. Due to the incident defending champion Erwin Vervecken was the only leader with a small gap to the rest of the peloton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193401-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Summary\nVervecken fell as well however, as he was trying to climb up a hill and was overtaken by Richard Groenendaal who took the initiative and looked secure to win his second world title, with the big favourites way behind. Groenendaal however also crashed and Italian champion Enrico Franzoi together with Jonathan Page were in the lead. Vervecken in the meanwhile was slightly behind the two and came back. Franzoi couldn't keep up driving through the sand and was set back and had to fight for his bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 577]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193401-0001-0002", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Summary\nIn the final lap both leaders tried to create a gap several times, but were taken back by the other. Until Vervecken had an excellent line choice on the last major climb of the course before the finish. Doing so shot him past Page as he went on to successfully defend his world title. Franzoi was able to hold his third position for the bronze medal, while Bart Wellens came in fourth with what was later reported a broken wrist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193401-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's elite race, Ranking\nSeven riders abandoned the race: Kamil Ausbuher (Czech Republic), Davy Commeyne (Belgium), Mohamed Conway (Zimbabwe), Masahiko Mifune (Japan), Tshabalala Nqobizitha (Zimbabwe), Radom\u00edr \u0160im\u016fnek (Czech Republic), Malte Urban (Germany) and Camiel Van Den Bergh (Netherlands). Francis Mourey (France) did not start due to a fall two days before the World Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 68], "content_span": [69, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193402-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race\nThe 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race was held on Saturday 27 January 2007 as a part of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193402-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's junior race, Ranking\nTwo riders, Mattias Nilsson from Sweden and Eduardo Recasens Gasso from Spain, were disqualified for riding through the pits without changing bikes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 69], "content_span": [70, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193403-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 race\nThe 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 race was held on Saturday 27 January 2007 as a part of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193403-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 race, Summary\nLars Boom attacked on the hard climb halfway the second lap and managed to create a serious gap by drilling himself through the 35-metre-long sand section just after the climb. His main opponent Niels Albert followed on a fair distance and could only secure his silver medal, finishing 1:22 behind Boom. Romain Villa followed 20 seconds behind Albert to take the bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193403-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 race, Ranking\nA total of six riders abandoned the race: Yves Corminboeuf (Switzerland), David Lozano Riba (Spain), Byron Munyoro (Zimbabwe), Otsuka Wataru (Japan), Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland) and Erlantz Uriarte Okamika (Spain).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [64, 71], "content_span": [72, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193404-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race\nThe 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race was held on Sunday 28 January 2007 as a part of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193404-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships \u2013 Women's elite race, Summary\nWith defending champion Marianne Vos unable to keep up with the pace and her compatriot Daphny van den Brand crashing in the early stage of the race top favourite Hanka Kupfernagel started great and took the lead. Halfway through the race she suffered a mechanical problem and was dropped back. As a result two French outsiders Maryline Salvetat and Laurence Leboucher were in the lead alongside surprising American Katie Compton. In the final round Leboucher dropped the pace and Compton had to close the gap towards Salvetat, but eventually failed, resulting in the rainbow jersey for Salvetat. Compton clinched the silver and Leboucher won a bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [63, 70], "content_span": [71, 729]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships\nThe 2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships took place in Winterthur in switzerland from 9 to 11 November and crowned world champions in the cycling disciplines of cycle ball and artistic cycling. Germany managed to get all seven gold medals at this championship and won 11 medals in total - including all three in men's single artistic cycling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships\nThe whole event was located in the stadium Eulachhalle, originally the home stadium of the handball club Pfadi Winterthur. It was actually the second indoor cycling world championship held in Winterthur after the one in 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships\nIn total 144 athletes out of 21 nations took part in the competition. The participating nations were all from Europe and Asia, except for a Tchad starting Czech team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Organisation\nThe idea to give Winterthur another world championship indoor cycling after the one in 1997 came from Marianne Kern, member of the RMV Pfungen and member of the management board of Swiss Cycling for indoor cycling. After the candidature of Winterthur was made public the other candidates revoke their candidatures so that Winterthur could perform the World Championship. The whole event had a budget of 750'000 swiss francs - after the end of the WC they made a profit of 29'600 SFr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 57], "content_span": [58, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Organisation, The organising committee\nThe members of the OC are all out of the city and the region of Winterthur.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Venue\nThe whole event took place in the Eulachhalle in Winterthur. During the event one hall was used for the sporting events and the other was an event hall, where you could eat and also a cultural program was there. In the entrance area there were some exhibitors, a bar, a coat check and an information desk. The Eulachhalle was sold out during the whole event with 3,280 spectators, a hall record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 50], "content_span": [51, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Cycle ball, Modus\nThe competitors started in three different groups, ordered after their strengthen. In group A the fight for the medals took place. In all groups they compete in the league mode against each other. For group B and C the table afterward is the final results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Cycle ball, Modus\nIn group A there was also an intermediate stage where the 2nd- against the 5th-placed and the 3rd against the 4th placed played. The winners came into a final round with the winner of the first round. The two first teams of the final round make out the world cup winner in a final game at the end.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 62], "content_span": [63, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Cycle ball, Group A\nIn the group A Germany could win the final game against Austria with 6:4. Top goal scorer was the Austrian player Martin Lingg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling\nThere were competitions in single, pair and four-man-team for women and in single and pair for men.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 61], "content_span": [62, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling, Modus\nAt first there was a qualification round with all athletes. The four best athletes could fight for the medals in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 68], "content_span": [69, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling, Women, Single\nIn total 23 athletes out of 12 nations participated in that discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 76], "content_span": [77, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling, Women, Pair\nIn total 14 teams out of 9 nations participated in that discipline. The German team Schulheis/Sprinkmeier made in qualification round with 316.39 points a new world record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling, Women, Four-Man-Team\nBeside the finalists Hungary and France had a team, but they had both no chances for the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 83], "content_span": [84, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling, Men, Single\nIn total 23 Athletes out of 13 nations participated in that discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193405-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, Artistic cycling, Men, Pair\nIn total 12 Doubles out of 7 nations participated in that discipline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 72], "content_span": [73, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193406-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nThe 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Fort William, United Kingdom from 4 to 9 September 2007. This was the first time the World Championships had been held in the United Kingdom. The Fort William site in the Scottish Highlands had been used regularly for rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193406-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nThe disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 18th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 22nd edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193406-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships\nFrance finished on top of the medal table with 6 world champions and 13 medals overall, including a fourth consecutive world title for Julien Absalon in the elite men's cross country. Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier won their second consecutive world titles in the men's and women's elite downhill.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193407-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI ProTour\nThe 2007 UCI ProTour was the third year of the UCI ProTour system. Following a dispute and power struggle between the UCI and the organisers of the Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic, a number of events were run as ProTour events, although without ProTour licences. Races counted towards the ProTour standings, although the organisers were not obliged to invite all 20 UCI ProTeams, notably not inviting Unibet.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193407-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI ProTour\nAfter numerous doping scandals in previous years, culminating with Floyd Landis' doping scandal in the 2006 Tour de France, the Phonak team was disbanded when the new title sponsor, iShares, decided to cease sponsoring and pull out of cycling. As of December, 2006, the ProTour license abandoned by Phonak has been granted to the Unibet.com, and the Active Bay group of Manolo Saiz has lost its license, which was given to the Astana. The links between the ProTour and the organisers of the three Grand Tours (ASO, RCS MediaGroup and Unipublic) remain strained.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193407-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI ProTour\nThe 2007 Paris\u2013Nice race was the focus of a dispute between (ASO) and the UCI. ASO have requested that the 2007 edition be downgraded from ProTour status to NE (national calendar status), therefore lacking UCI world-ranking points and threatening the participation of the ProTeams. This was resolved to an extent though and Paris\u2013Nice took place as the first ProTour race of the season, although without Unibet.com.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193407-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI ProTour, 2007 ProTour races\nZ\u00fcri-Metzgete race was scheduled in Switzerland for October 7, but the race was cancelled.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 36], "content_span": [37, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193408-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships\nThe 2007 UCI Road World Championships took place in Stuttgart, Germany, between September 25 and September 30, 2007. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Italian Paolo Bettini and Swiss Fabian Cancellara both won their second world championships in a row in the elite men's road race and time trial respectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193408-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships, Participating nations\nCyclists from 59 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 56], "content_span": [57, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193409-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nThe 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race took place on September 30, 2007. The Championship was won for a second year in succession by the Italian Paolo Bettini, who outsprinted the rest of a five-man group in the final 500 metres. The Russian Alexandr Kolobnev took the silver medal and Stefan Schumacher of Germany captured third place for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193409-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race\nThe Championships were hosted by the Germany city of Stuttgart, and featured several laps of a tough circuit, amounting to almost 270 kilometres of racing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [51, 51], "content_span": [52, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193409-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Final classification\nSeptember 30, 2007: Stuttgart, 267.4\u00a0km (14 laps of 19.1\u00a0km each)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 73], "content_span": [74, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193409-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's road race, Final classification, Did not finish\n124 riders failed to finish the race. Marzio Bruseghin of Italy was disqualified, and Jos\u00e9 Rodrigues of Portugal did not start the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 51], "section_span": [53, 89], "content_span": [90, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193410-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial\nThe 2007 edition of the UCI Road World Championships Time Trial took place on September 27. The Championships was hosted by the German city of Stuttgart, and featured two laps of an urban circuit, amounting to 44.9 kilometres of racing against the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193410-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's time trial\nThis time trial was shorter than that of the 2006 edition in Salzburg, which was won by Swiss Fabian Cancellara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193411-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 road race\nThe 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race took place on September 29, 2007 in the German city of Stuttgart. The race was won by Peter Velits of Slovakia who won in a bunch sprint of around 40 riders. Wesley Sulzberger took second with Jonathan Bellis of Great Britain taking the bronze medal. Pre -race favorite Edvald Boasson Hagen was involved in a crash around ten metres from the finish line, officially finishing 56th 27 seconds back.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193412-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Men's under-23 time trial\nThe 2007 edition of the Men's Under-23 Time Trial World Championships took place on September 26. The Championships were hosted by the German city of Stuttgart, and featured two laps of an urban circuit, amounting to 38.1 kilometres of racing against the clock. Dutch rider Lars Boom won the gold medal as the 2007 Men's Under-23 World Time Trial Champion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 61], "section_span": [61, 61], "content_span": [62, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nThe 2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's Road Race took place on September 29, 2007 around the German city of Stuttgart. The race started at 9:00.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race\nThe race was won by Italian Marta Bastianelli, who broke away 15\u00a0km from the finish and held a gap over the chasing group. Last year's champion Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took silver with Giorgia Bronzini of Italy taking bronze to cap a dominant performance by the Italian team. It was Bastianelli's first victory of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nAlthough the sun was out at the start of the race, the road were still wet and treacherous. The first victim of the conditions was Toni Bradshaw of New Zealand, this was the first of many early crashes, which included Zulfiya Zabirova.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nThe race started at a gentle pace but the climbs immediately stretched out the field. Rosario Rodriguez Maria of Spain attacked but was not successful, so the front of the peloton remained quiet. The first lap was completed in just over 33 minutes, with an average speed of 34.709\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nThe second lap was equally uneventful, except for Christine Thorburn of the United States who suffered a slight mechanical. Her chain came off on an uphill section, bringing her to a standstill and impeding the progress of several other riders. The second lap was completed in 33'07\", an average speed of 34.604\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nThe Brazilian Clemilda Fernandes Silva attempted to attack on the third lap, but was marked by the strongest teams. The peloton completed the third lap marginally slower, in 33'32\" (average speed 34.494\u00a0km/h).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nThe Italian rider Tatiana Guderzo launched an attack on lap four. Katheryn Curi (USA), Oxana Kozonchuk (Russia) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) responded immediately. Kupfernagel marked attacks throughout the race, attempting to ensure a sprint finish for teammate Judith Arndt, Kupfernagel had already won a gold medal in the time trial. Trixi Worrack was the second rider to drop her chain on a climb, but a passing teammate gave her a little push to get her going again. Lap four was completed nearly a minute faster than the previous lap, with an average speed 34.66\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nIt was Guderzo who attacked again on the fifth lap, with the first serious attack of the race. She quickly built 10 second lead, which was then extended to 20 seconds. Other riders began to attack including Spaniards, Australians and Swiss riders, but the German team was trying to keep the race under control and no others were able to get away. Guderzo was within the bunch's sights when an advertising barrier was blown over, bringing down several riders, including Priska Doppmann, Maribel Moreno Allue, Regina Bruins and Edita Pu\u010dinskait\u0117. The peloton's rhythm was sufficiently disrupted so that Guderzo was once more able to increase her lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nWith two laps to go, Guderzo had a second lead, but it was never more than 25 seconds. Noemi Cantele was 43 seconds behind having been caught up in the crash, but with the help of her team she quickly caught up. It was the turn of the American team set the pace, as Amber Neben attacked, but Cantele went with her, driving the break as they caught and passed Guderzo, gaining 25 seconds on the bunch. But the gap began to fall as the bunch worked hard up the climbs, catching Neben and Cantele two kilometres before the start of the final lap. This penultimae lap had been the fastest so far, completed in 31'37\", an average speed of 36.246\u00a0km/h.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nDefending champion Marianne Vos and Cantele attacked on the first climb of the final lap, and built small lead. It was Marta Bastianelli's turn to attack from the front of the bunch, she did so strongly, taking advantage of other riders' hesitation. A group of around a dozen riders was able to catch back up to the second group, which consisted of seven riders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193413-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's road race, Race\nBastianelli increased her lead to 20 seconds, and despite a brief problem with her chain, she was soon approximately 15 seconds ahead of the small chase group made up of 22 riders. She had wanted to avoid sprinting head to head with Marianne Vos; her tactics worked as she crossed the line first. Vos came in to take the bunch sprint and second position, just in front of Giorgia Bronzini.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 59], "content_span": [60, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193414-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Road World Championships \u2013 Women's time trial\nThe Women's Individual Time Trial at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships took place on September 26. The Championships were hosted by the German city of Stuttgart, and featured two laps of an urban circuit, amounting to 25.1 kilometres of racing against the clock. Three-time world cyclo-cross champion Hanka Kupfernagel bested defending world time-trial champion Kristin Armstrong and the rest of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193415-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships\nThe 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships is the World Championship for track cycling. It took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from March 29, 2007 to April 1, 2007. The event was dominated by the Great Britain team who topped the medals table, winning seven of the seventeen gold medals on offer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193415-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships\nThe 2007 programme comprised 17 events, including the 10 Olympic events, and was also the first time that the multi-disciplinary Omnium \u2013 a cycling equivalent to the athletics pentathlon consisting of 5 events \u2013 was contested.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193416-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's 1 km time trial\nThe 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's 1\u00a0km Time Trial was the 2007 world championship track cycling time trial. It was held on April 1, 2007, and won by Chris Hoy, who had announced beforehand his intention to stop competing in the event following these championships since the event would not be included on the Olympics programme from 2008. The event was conducted over a single round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193417-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit\nThe Men's Individual Pursuit was one of the 10 men's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on March 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193417-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit\nTwenty-two cyclists from 14 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the two fastest riders advance to the final and the 3rd- and 4th-best results would race for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193417-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's individual pursuit\nThe qualification took place on March 29 at 10:45 a.m. and the finals on the same day at 8:05 p.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193418-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\nThe Men's keirin was one of the 10 men's events held at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193418-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\n29 cyclists from 18 countries participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round. The remaining ones face a first round repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193418-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\nThe riders that did not advance to the second round race in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advance to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193418-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\nThe first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advance to the Final and the remaining will race a consolation 7-12 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193418-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's keirin\nThe whole event took place on March 30. The First Round and Repechage on the morning session and the Second Round and Finals on the evening session. The Final started at 20:40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193419-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's madison\nThe Men's Madison was one of the 10 men's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The event was won by the Swiss pairing of Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi. Defending champions Spain was represented by Joan Llaneras and Carlos Torrent, following the death of Llaneras's long-time Madison partner Isaac G\u00e1lvez in November 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193419-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's madison\n16 teams, each of two riders participated in the contest. The Final was held on April 1, 2007, at 16:10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193420-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's omnium\nThe Men's omnium event of the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 29 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193421-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's points race\nThe Men's points race event of the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 31 March 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193422-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\nThe Men's Scratch was one of the 10 men's events contested at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193422-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\n27 Cyclists from 27 countries participated in the scratch race. After the 2 qualifying heats, the best 11 of each heat advanced to the Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193422-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch\nThe qualifying heats began at 15:10 and the Final was run at 21:05 on March 30.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193422-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch, Qualification\nThe qualifying competition consisted of 30 laps, making a total of 7.5\u00a0km.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 73], "content_span": [74, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193422-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's scratch, Final\nThe Final competition consisted of 60 laps, making a total of 15\u00a0km. The champion Kam-Po Wong overtook the lead pack when there were 9 laps remaining and he crossed the finishing line at roughly 17 minutes 43 seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 65], "content_span": [66, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193423-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe men's sprint was one of the 10 men's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193423-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\n39 cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders in each advanced to the 1/16 finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 203]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193423-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe first rider in each of the 12 heats advance to the second round. There is no repechage for this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193423-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe first rider from each of the six second round heats advance to the quarterfinals and the second placed riders face a repechage to determine the other two that will complete the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193423-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the four losing athletes faced a race for 5th\u20138th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193423-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's sprint\nThe qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 31 March. The semifinals and finals took place on 1 April. The final started at 17:20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193424-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\nThe Men's Team Pursuit was one of the 10 men's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on March 30, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193424-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\n49 cyclists from 12 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest two teams advanced to the final and the 3rd and 4th fastest raced for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193424-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team pursuit\nThe qualification took place on March 30 at 10:00 and the Finals on the same day at 20:15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 63], "section_span": [63, 63], "content_span": [64, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193425-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint\nThe men's team sprint was one of the 10 men's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193425-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint\nFourteen teams of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 223]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193425-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Men's team sprint\nThe qualifying and the finals were held on the evening session on 29 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 62], "section_span": [62, 62], "content_span": [63, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193426-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\nThe Women's 500m Time Trial is one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193426-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's 500 m time trial\n21 Cyclists from 15 countries participated in the contest. The Final was held on March 31, at 17:15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 69], "section_span": [69, 69], "content_span": [70, 170]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193427-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193427-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\n24 Cyclists from 17 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th best riders raced for the bronze medal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193427-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's individual pursuit\nThe qualification took place on 30 March and the Finals later the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 71], "section_span": [71, 71], "content_span": [72, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193428-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\nThe Women's keirin was one of the 7 women's events held at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193428-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\n22 cyclists from 15 countries participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round. The remaining ones face a first round repechage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193428-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\nThe riders that did not advance to the second round race in 2 repechage heats. The first 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193428-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\nThe first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advance to the Final and the remaining will race a consolation 7-12 final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193428-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's keirin\nThe whole event took place on April 1. The First Round and Repechage on the morning session and the Second Round and Finals on the evening session. The Final started at 18:40.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193429-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nThe Women's Points Race is one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, heldo in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193429-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race\nNinetten cyclists from 19 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193429-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's points race, Final\nThe final and only race was run at 17:50 on April 1. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25\u00a0km with 10 sprints.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [66, 71], "content_span": [72, 204]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193430-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\nThe Women's Scratch is one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193430-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch\n20 Cyclists from 20 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193430-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's scratch, Final\nThe Final and only race was run at 19:45 on March 31. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10\u00a0km. Yumari Gonzalez attacked off the front of the bunch within the final two laps of the race, securing her gold medal, Calle followed to claim the silver leaving the rest to fight for bronze in a bunch sprint. Rebecca Quinn sprinted between two riders to claim third position but was later relegated when the judges decided she had made contact with another rider in doing so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [62, 67], "content_span": [68, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193431-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe Women's Sprint was one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193431-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\n25 cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the qualifying heats, the fastest 24 riders were to advance to the 1/16 finals, therefore all riders who contested the qualification advanced to the next round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 285]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193431-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe first rider in each of the 12 heats advanced to the second round. There was no repechage for this round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193431-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe first rider from each of the six Second Round heats advanced to the Quarterfinals and the second placed riders from a repechage to determine the other two riders that competed the quarterfinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193431-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe first rider in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals and the 4 losing athletes faced a race for 5th-8th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 181]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193431-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's sprint\nThe qualifying, first round, second round, second round repechages and quarterfinals took place on 30 March. The Semifinals and Finals took place on 31 March.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193432-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nThe Women's Team Sprint is one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193432-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nEleven teams of two cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest two teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193432-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships \u2013 Women's team sprint\nThe Qualifying and the Finals were held on the evening session on March 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193433-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Women's Road World Cup\nThe 2007 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the tenth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. Eight of the twelve races from the 2006 World Cup were retained and one new race was added to give a total of nine races. The races that were left off the calendar were the New Zealand World Cup, GP Castilla y Leon, L'Heure D'Or F\u00e9minine and the Lowland International Rotterdam Tour. The Dutch race the Ronde van Drenthe was the sole addition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193434-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Women's Road World Rankings\nThe 2007 UCI Women's Road Rankings is an overview of the UCI Women's Road Rankings, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2007 women's road cycling season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193434-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCI Women's Road World Rankings, UCI Teams Ranking\nThis is the ranking of the UCI women's teams from 2007.Final result.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team\nThe 2007 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell for the regular season. It was Dorrell's fifth, and final season as the UCLA head coach. UCLA's season was marked by numerous injuries, particularly at quarterback. Original starting quarterback Ben Olson injured his knee early in the season and missed over four\u00a0games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team\nBackup quarterback Patrick Cowan also suffered a knee injury but returned for two\u00a0more games before suffering a collapsed lung against Arizona. Coach Karl Dorrell was fired following the loss in the 77th UCLA\u2013USC rivalry football game, the final regular season game for the Bruins. Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker became the interim coach for the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl, in which the Bruins lost to BYU, 17\u201316. The Bruins finished 6\u20137 overall, 5\u20134 in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they were tied for fourth place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Pre-season\nThe UCLA Bruins had been ranked highly in the preseason polls, despite their mediocre 7-6 record in 2006, largely because they returned 20 starters in 2007. They had been predicted to finish 3rd in the Pac-10, behind the nation's #1 Southern California as well as California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Pre-season\nQuarterback Ben Olson, who began the 2006 season as the starter, again began the season with the starting job.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Pre-season\nJay Norvell joined the coaching staff as the new offensive coordinator. He replaced Jim Svoboda, who was fired by head coach Dorrell after the offense received much criticism for not performing up to expectations in 2006. Norvell was the offensive coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers for the previous three years, where they ran the West Coast offense very successfully. Following the 2007 season, Norvell was hired by the University of Oklahoma.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Pre-season\nDeWayne Walker returned as the defensive coordinator after a fabulously successful 2006 season, in which the Bruins vastly improved their defense. They ranked highly in several national defensive categories, such as rushing defense (9th, and 1st in the Pac-10) and total defense (33rd). Their crowning achievement came when they held the USC Trojan offense to only a touchdown in beating their rivals, 13-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 42], "content_span": [43, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nUCLA's offense amassed 700 yards and overwhelmed the Cardinal defense in the second half, as UCLA won handily. The game was Jim Harbaugh's first as Stanford's new head coach. Ben Olson threw 6 touchdown passes and finished 16\u201329 for 286 yards. Kahlil Bell led the running game by gaining 195 yards on 19 carries. This individual performance was the 18th best single game rushing performance in Bruin football history, placing Bell right after Freeman McNeil, who had 197 yards against Stanford in 1979, and right before Gaston Green, who had 194 yards against Tennessee in 1985.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, BYU\nThe Bruins avoided an upset in a tough game by beating the Cougars, 27\u201317. UCLA had control of the game in the first half, but BYU made it close in the third quarter. UCLA's pass defense was shaky, giving up 391 yards, and their own passing attack inconsistent, as Ben Olson completed only 13 of 28 passes for 126 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah\nAfter starting the season with a couple of wins over Stanford and BYU, and achieving a No. 11 Associated Press ranking, UCLA stumbled against an injured, winless, and unranked Utah Utes team, 44\u20136. UCLA was completely dominated in all aspects of the game by the 0\u20132 Utah Utes, losing 44\u20136. Ben Olson threw three interceptions, and the Utes forced two other turnovers. In addition, the Bruins had 10 penalties for 61 yards. The blowout loss dropped UCLA completely out of the rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington\nUCLA was able to bounce back from their embarrassing loss to Utah by beating Washington. The Bruins had a rather slow first half with a score of 10\u201310 at halftime. After the break the Bruins managed to gain momentum and outscore the Huskies to win the game. The statistics were in heavy favor of the Bruins with the total offensive yards being 537\u2013340 for the Bruins and Huskies respectively. Chris Markey rushed for 193 yards, including a touchdown run of 73 yards and another long run for 66 yards. Safety Dennis Keyes added a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown, and Matt Slater ran back a kickoff 85 yards for another touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nUCLA was without its two starting quarterbacks. UCLA starter Ben Olson went out with a knee injury late in the first quarter, which left freshman walkon redshirt McLeod Bethel-Thompson to lead the Bruins. This was the first appearance for the Irish in the Rose Bowl stadium since the 1925 Rose Bowl. The Irish were able to capitalize on Bruin offensive mistakes to recover loose balls. This ended one of the worst slumps in Fighting Irish football, and prevented the Irish from equaling their longest losing streak in their history. In the 1960 NCAA University Division football season, the Irish lost eight straight games. The biggest cheer during the entire game came when the score of the 2007 Stanford vs. Southern California football game was announced. Fighting Irish and Bruins fans, who together are arch-rivals of the Trojans, cheered together.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 912]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nWith both teams suffering surprising upsets at home in their previous games, both Cal and UCLA came into their Rose Bowl tilt looking to restore their reputation and Pac-10 title hopes. Cal had been ranked #2 in the nation and briefly had a chance to be #1, but they had lost to Oregon State. Despite out of conference losses to Notre Dame and Utah, UCLA remained undefeated in the conference at 4\u20130 and controlled their Pac-10 destiny. Cal had suffered only the loss from last week and were returning Nate Longshore back to the lineup. The game was played at the Rose Bowl with 83,494 in attendance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nThe game was very close and included several lead changes. DeSean Jackson had 136 yards and two touchdowns on 9 receptions. Justin Forsett was held to 76 yards on 25 carries. Cal tight end Craig Stevens also caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Cal entered the fourth quarter with a 21\u201320 lead, but Cal could not put UCLA away. Cal was stopped on its first two fourth quarter sequences that included 7 of the 8 plays as running plays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nAfter UCLA scored a field goal to take a 23\u201321 lead and with only around two minutes left on the clock, the Bears went the air. Just outside field goal range, Longshore attempted a third down with 1:33 left on the clock which was intercepted by UCLA cornerback Alterraun Verner who ran for a 76-yard touchdown putting the score at 30\u201321 Bruins. On his next drive, Longshore attempted a 4th and 10 he was again intercepted by Keyes. UCLA converted a first down and ran the clock for the victory. Over the next five plays UCLA made a net of 9 yards and a first down to hold onto the ball and win the game 30\u201321. Longshore finished 232 yards, 3 touchdowns, and three interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 737]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California\nCalifornia's defense allowed UCLA to rush for 183 yards (Kahlil Bell rushed for 142 yards) while recording one sack. The team recovered 2 UCLA fumbles, but could not create any points off those turnovers (and one turnover would lead to a Longshore interception).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nUCLA continued their unpredictable season by losing to underdog Washington St., who had not won a Pac-10 game until this one. The Cougars rolled up 545 yards of total offense to UCLA's 267 yards. After the Washington State loss, UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero addressed UCLA's inconsistent football performances for the first time, stating \"I will be very interested to see how we finish the season. And you can use that.\" Many took this as a hint that Dorrell's job may be in serious jeopardy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 564]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Bruins suffered their fourth loss of the year to Arizona, and talk about coach Karl Dorrell's job security continues to increase. UCLA rallied in the fourth quarter to come within a touchdown but the Arizona lead was too much to overcome. Quarterback Pat Cowan suffered a concussion and a collapsed lung that knocked him out of the game, and Osaar Rasshan came in to lead the Bruins to 13 points. Rasshan had been the third-string quarterback last year, then converted to a wide receiver this year, but quickly converted back to a quarterback in the past few weeks as UCLA suffered injuries to the quarterback position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nArizona State had been undefeated, and ranked as high as number #6 before losing #5 Oregon, a game which would prove to be one of the factors in the Sun Devils being tied with USC for the PAC-10 title, and the Trojans getting the Rose Bowl berth, and the Sun Devils being knocked out of a BCS berth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThis game had PAC-10 title implications for both teams. UCLA kick returner Matthew Slater returned a kickoff for a touchdown, his third of the season, to bring the Bruins to within 24\u201320 in the third quarter. Osaar Rasshan, in his first start as quarterback, threw an interception in the final minutes of the game, giving the game to Arizona State, as neither team could score in the fourth quarter. Rasshan threw for 181 yards while rushing for 41.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Bruins managed to knock off a top-10 team by shutting out the Oregon Ducks, who were without QB Dennis Dixon. The Ducks went through three quarterbacks, none of which were effective against the UCLA defense. On UCLA's side, Osaar Rasshan started the game, but original starting QB Ben Olson came in for the second half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBut the game was won by the UCLA defense. Turnovers set up first-half field goals for UCLA, and the Ducks could not move the ball at all. With the win, UCLA became bowl-eligible.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe USC Trojans beat the Bruins, avenging last year's game where the Bruins upset the Trojans, knocking USC out of the BCS Championship Game. USC was in control of the entire game in this year's contest. UCLA's only score of the day came in the final seconds of the first half, when WR Dominique Johnson made an incredible one-handed leaping grab of a fade pass from Pat Cowan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe rest of the day, UCLA's offense could do nothing against the Trojan defense. UCLA's defense played respectably, but turnovers and the anemic offense doomed the Bruins' chances.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Bruins ended the regular season at the Los Angeles Coliseum against the USC Trojans, who were led by head coach Pete Carroll, in the 77th\u00a0edition of their annual crosstown rivalry game for possession of the Victory Bell. In the 2006\u00a0season, the Bruins' 13\u20139 upset of the then-No. 2\u00a0Trojans in the final week of the regular season ended the Trojans' hopes for reaching the National Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nWith both teams ranked going into the season (USC first, UCLA 14th in the AP Poll), there was buzz in Los Angeles that both teams might reach their December 1 game undefeated. UCLA made it as high as 11th in both polls before suffering a 44\u20136 upset loss at unranked Utah in week\u00a03 that knocked them out of the top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0021-0002", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nIt was the 36th\u00a0time that a Rose Bowl berth was on the line in the game: A USC victory would guarantee them at least a share of the Pac-10 Conference title and a berth in the 2008 Rose Bowl Game; UCLA, despite entering the game 6\u20135 (5\u20133 in the Pac-10), also entered the game with a chance at the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth if they could defeat the Trojans and Arizona could beat Arizona State in a game later in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nDuring the 2006\u00a0contest, UCLA Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker had the Bruins apply aggressive pressure to John David Booty, limiting the quarterback's ability to drive the passing game while holding the Trojans to 55\u00a0yards rushing and an average of only 1.9\u00a0yards per carry. USC entered the 2007\u00a0game averaging 186.6\u00a0yards rushing and 4.8\u00a0yards per carry, significantly higher than the 128\u00a0yards rushing per game in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 478]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nIn the week leading up to the game, a dispute between USC and the Coliseum Commission, the public managers of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, went public. USC threatened to move to the Rose Bowl (home of the UCLA Bruins since 1982) if an agreement could not be reached. USC entered the game as a 20-point favorite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe Trojans defense dominated the Bruins in a 24\u20137 victory before a sold-out Coliseum crowd. The Trojans held the Bruins to a season-low 168\u00a0yards, sacking quarterback Patrick Cowan four\u00a0times for 31\u00a0yards in losses and held the Bruins to 12\u00a0net rushing yards. USC forced four\u00a0turnovers, recovering three\u00a0UCLA fumbles and intercepting a pass. The Bruins did not convert any of its 11\u00a0third\u00a0down situations. The Bruins sole score came in a drive in the closing minutes of the first\u00a0half. USC gained 231\u00a0rushing yards and 437\u00a0overall. On the ground, running back Joe McKnight rushed for 89\u00a0yards and a touchdown, Stafon Johnson ran for 73\u00a0yards and senior Chauncey Washington gained 66\u00a0yards and scored a touchdown. Booty completed 21 of 36\u00a0passes for 206\u00a0yards with a touchdown and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 849]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC\nThe victory assured USC a share of the Pac-10 title. Although Arizona State would defeat Arizona later in the night to become co-champions, the Trojans clinched a berth in the Rose Bowl by virtue of their victory over the Sun Devils the previous week. USC extended its streak of Pac-10 titles to six in a row, having already broken the record the previous season with five. Dorrell was fired by UCLA the following Monday by UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero. USC's victory, coupled with another week of upsets, led the Trojans to rise to No. 6 in the AP Poll, No. 6 in the Coaches Poll, and No. 7 in the BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 51], "content_span": [52, 672]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl\nEathyn Manumaleuna blocked a last second field goal by UCLA as BYU hung on to beat the Bruins 17\u201316. BYU quarterback Max Hall went 21\u201335 for 231 yards and two touchdowns. Manase Tonga led the rushing with 3 carries for 21 yards. The MVP of the game, Austin Collie had 6 catches for 107 yards and 1 touchdown. For UCLA, quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson went 11\u201327 for 154 yards and 1 touchdown and interception. The rushing game was led by Chris Markey who ran 27 times for 117 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl\nThis was the first time the Cougars gave up 100 yards rushing to a single player. Bethel-Thompson's favorite target was Brandon Breazell who caught 4 passes for 44 yards and 1 touchdown. The Bruins struck first with a 22-yard Kai Forbath field goal. A 29-yard field goal by BYU kicker Mitch Payne made it 3\u20133 after the 1st quarter. In the 2nd, Hall hooked up with Austin Collie for 14 yards and a touchdown to make it 10-3. Forbath then hit a 52-yard field goal to cut the lead to 10\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193435-0026-0002", "contents": "2007 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Las Vegas Bowl\nWith 1:03 left in the 1st half, Hall found Michael Reed for 13 yards and a touchdown. As time expired, Bethel-Thompson hit Breazell to make it 17\u201313 in favor of BYU at the end of the 2nd quarter. There was no scoring in the 3rd. In the 4th, Forbath made it 17\u201316 with a 50-yard field goal. BYU punted to UCLA with around 2 minutes left to set up a final drive for the Bruins. Bethel-Thompson, a fourth-string walk-on quarterback, along with Chris Markey drove to the BYU 49. On 3rd and 8 Bethel-Thompson hit Logan Paulsen to get to the BYU 13. That set up a chip-shot 28-yard field goal for Forbath, who already hit 2 50+ yarders. The kick was too low and Manumaleuna blocked it and sealed the game for the Cougars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 62], "content_span": [63, 778]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193436-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEC European Track Championships\nThe 2007 European Track Championships were the European Championships for track cycling, for junior and under 23 riders. They took place in Cottbus, Germany from 11 \u2013 15 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final\nThe 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 23 May 2007. Liverpool, who had won the competition five times, were appearing in their seventh final. Milan, who had won the competition six times, were appearing in their eleventh final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final\nBoth teams had to pass through five rounds before they reached the final. They both entered in the third qualifying round and won their respective groups before they reached the knockout stage, where matches were contested over two legs, with a match at each team's home ground. Milan's victories varied from close affairs to comfortable victories. They defeated Celtic by a single goal over two legs, while they beat Manchester United 5\u20133 on aggregate in the semi-final. Liverpool's matches were mainly all close affairs; they beat defending champions Barcelona on the away goals rule in the first knockout round and beat Chelsea in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals, although they did record a 4\u20130 aggregate win over PSV in the quarter-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 782]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final\nBefore the match there were ticketing problems because many fans gained entry to the stadium without valid tickets. After the match, a UEFA spokesman accused Liverpool of having the worst fans in Europe, a claim later denied by UEFA president Michel Platini. Watched by a crowd of 63,000, Milan took the lead when Andrea Pirlo's free-kick deflected off Filippo Inzaghi in the first half. Milan extended their lead in the second half when Inzaghi scored a second goal. Liverpool scored a late goal through Dirk Kuyt, but were unable to equalise before the end of the match. Milan won the match 2\u20131 to win their seventh Champions League.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 668]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Milan\nMilan qualified for the competition by finishing third in the 2005\u201306 Serie A. Milan had originally finished second in Serie A, but were docked 30 points for their part in a match-fixing scandal. The original punishment, reduced on appeal, would have barred them from the Champions League altogether. Their opponents in the third qualifying round were Serbian team Red Star Belgrade. Two victories, 1\u20130 at home and 2\u20131 away, ensured Milan's passage to the group stage of the Champions League. They were drawn in Group H alongside AEK Athens of Greece, Anderlecht of Belgium and French team Lille. Milan won three matches, drew one and lost two to finish top of the group with 10 points and progress to the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Milan\nThey were drawn against Scottish team Celtic. The first leg at Celtic's home ground Celtic Park finished 0\u20130. The return leg at Milan's home ground the San Siro also finished 0\u20130 after 90 minutes with Celtic managing to limit the goalscoring opportunities Milan had. However, three minutes into extra time Milan scored when Kak\u00e1 curled a shot past Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc. Celtic were unable to score the away goal they needed to beat Milan, ensuring the Italians progressed to the quarter finals after a 1\u20130 aggregate victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Milan\nMilan were drawn against German team Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals. The first leg at the San Siro ended in a 2\u20132 draw after Bayern had scored an equaliser three minutes into stoppage time. The second leg at Bayern's home ground the Allianz Arena was more comfortable for Milan, as they scored two first half goals to win the match 2\u20130 and win the tie 4\u20132 on aggregate. Milan were drawn against English team Manchester United in the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Milan\nThe first leg at United's home ground Old Trafford, Kaka scored twice to give Milan a 2\u20131 lead after Cristiano Ronaldo had scored an early goal. However, two goals from Wayne Rooney in the second half meant United won the first leg 3\u20132. The second leg at the San Siro saw Milan win 3\u20130 to progress to the final after a 5\u20133 aggregate victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Liverpool\nLiverpool gained entry to the competition after finishing third in the 2005\u201306 FA Premier League. As a result of that league position, Liverpool entered the Champions League in the third qualifying round, where their opponents were Maccabi Haifa of Israel. Liverpool won the first leg 2\u20131 at their home ground Anfield and a 1\u20131 draw in the away leg in Israel ensured Liverpool progressed to the group stage of the competition. Liverpool were drawn in Group C alongside French team Bordeaux, Dutch team PSV and Galatasaray of Turkey. After six games including four wins, one draw and one defeat, Liverpool finished top of the group with 13 points to qualify for the knockout stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Liverpool\nLiverpool were drawn against defending champions Barcelona in the first knockout round. Before the first leg in Barcelona, there had been a training ground fracas between Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise. Coincidentally, it was Bellamy and Riise who secured a 2\u20131 victory for Liverpool, completing a comeback after Deco had given Barcelona the lead. The second leg at Anfield was won 1\u20130 by Barcelona, however Liverpool progressed to the quarter-finals on the away goals rule, having scored more goals away from home than their opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Liverpool\nTheir opponents in the quarter-finals were PSV, who they had played in the group stage. The first leg at PSV's home ground the Philips Stadion was won 3\u20130 by Liverpool all but securing their progression to the semi-finals. The second leg at Anfield was not as one-sided, a 1\u20130 victory for Liverpool ensured they would progress to the semi-finals courtesy of a 4\u20130 aggregate victory. Their opponents in the semi-finals were fellow English team Chelsea. The first leg at Chelsea's home ground Stamford Bridge was a close affair with Chelsea winning 1\u20130 courtesy of a first half Joe Cole goal. The second leg at Anfield was similar, however it was Liverpool who won 1\u20130 courtesy to a Daniel Agger goal. With the teams tied at 1\u20131 aggregate after 90 minutes and extra time the tie went to a penalty shootout, which Liverpool won 4\u20131 to progress to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 918]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Background\nThe match was Milan's eleventh appearance in the final, and the third since 2003. They had won on six occasions (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003), and lost four times (1958, 1993, 1995, 2005). Liverpool were appearing in their seventh final. They had previously won the competition five times (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005), while they lost the 1985 final to Juventus. The final was a rematch of the 2005 final which Liverpool won 3\u20132 in a penalty shootout, after recovering from a three-goal deficit at half-time to level the score at 3\u20133 after full-time and extra time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Background\nThe Olympic Stadium in Athens was selected as the venue for the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final at the April 2005 meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Tallinn, Estonia. The meeting also determined the venues for the 2006 final and the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup finals. Shortly before the final, the UEFA Champions League trophy was returned to UEFA by Ludovic Giuly, representing the 2006 winners, Barcelona. UEFA president Michel Platini then presented the trophy to the Mayor of Athens, Nikitas Kaklamanis, so that it might be put on display in and around the city.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 623]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Background\nThe stadium had hosted the showpiece event before. The most recent was the 1994 final. Coincidentally Milan were the winners, beating Barcelona 4\u20130. The other final held at the ground was in 1983, when Hamburg beat Juventus 1\u20130. The ground had also played host to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987, when Ajax beat Lokomotiv Leipzig 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Background\nAdidas, the official match ball supplier to all major UEFA, FIFA and IOC tournaments, unveiled the official match ball for the 2007 UEFA Champions League final on 9 March 2007, presenting the Adidas Finale Athens. The design of the Adidas Finale Athens was based on the widely recognisable UEFA Champions League Starball logo and was blue and white, representing the colours of the Greek national flag. The final matched two of the top goal-scorers in the competition that season. Milan's Kak\u00e1 finished on top of the scoring charts with ten goals, and Liverpool's Peter Crouch entered the game tied for third with six goals in total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Background\nDespite being drawn as the \"home\" team for the match, Milan chose to wear their all-white away strip for the final; they consider that strip to be their \"lucky kit\" (Italian: maglia fortunata), having won the European Cup five times in those colours. However, Milan had also lost two finals wearing all-white, most recently against Liverpool in 2005. This decision by Milan meant that Liverpool played the final in their traditional home kit of red shirts, red shorts and red socks. Each of Liverpool's five European Cup titles were won in their all-red strip, and two of these came when they were playing against Italian teams who played in all-white.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Background\nMilan fielded the oldest starting eleven ever in a Champions League final, with the average age at 31 years, 34 days, while Paolo Maldini was the oldest outfield player ever to play in the final, in what was his eighth final, at 38 years and 331 days. Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti opted to start striker Filippo Inzaghi, who had missed the 2005 final ahead of Hern\u00e1n Crespo. Liverpool manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez opted to field a five-man midfield with Jermaine Pennant and Boudewijn Zenden on the wings, while Steven Gerrard was deployed behind lone striker Dirk Kuyt. Liverpool fielded five of the players that started the 2005 final: Xabi Alonso, Jamie Carragher, Steve Finnan, Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Problems before the match\nOut of 63,800 tickets, only 9,000 tickets for the final went on general sale; the remainder were shared between the two teams, who got 17,000 each, and the UEFA family and sponsors, who received 20,800 tickets. This led to some of the problems before the match. While fans were still queuing to gain entry to the stadium, the Greek police informed them that the stadium was full and denied entry to a number of fans who had genuine tickets. UEFA sources said that as many as 5,000 fans either without tickets or brandishing fakes had entered the 74,000-capacity Olympic Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 645]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Problems before the match\nSimultaneously, thousands of fans with genuine tickets were refused entry as police closed the entrance to the ground amid fears that allowing any more to enter could have led to a disaster. The resulting situation became disorderly, with some Liverpool fans attempting to break through checkpoints, set up by the Greek police. Greek riot police used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd. UEFA spokesman William Gaillard blamed Liverpool fans for causing the problems, stating, \"Milan supporters didn't face the same problems because they didn't behave in the same way\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 642]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Problems before the match\nA UEFA report released soon after the final branded Liverpool supporters \"the worst fans in Europe\", with Gaillard stating: \"What other set of fans steal tickets from their fellow supporters or out of the hands of children?\" However, UEFA President Michel Platini later denied that Liverpool fans were the worst behaved in Europe. UEFA was itself criticised for poor ticket-checking procedures and for implementing insufficient measures to deal with the large number of fans.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Problems before the match\nSimon Gass, the British ambassador to Greece, said, \"Clearly there was some element of breakdown where those fake tickets appeared to be legitimate \u2013 that's something UEFA must look at.\" Meanwhile, Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks described UEFA's allocation of 17,000 tickets to each team, knowing that Liverpool would be bringing 40,000 supporters, as \"insane\" and accused Gaillard of blaming Liverpool fans in order to cover up for his own mistakes. UEFA was further criticised by Milan and Liverpool for their lack of provision for the clubs' disabled fans, providing the clubs with only sixteen disabled tickets each.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 66], "content_span": [67, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nMilan won the toss and Liverpool kicked off. Playing in a 4\u20132\u20133\u20131 formation, Liverpool had the first attack of the match, but Jermaine Pennant could not reach Steven Gerrard's cross-field pass. Milan responded with two low attempts on the Liverpool goal, but Jamie Carragher was able to clear them both. The second clearance led to a corner, from which Milan failed to score. Liverpool had the first chance of the match in the ninth minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nA slip from Milan defender Marek Jankulovski allowed Pennant to run into space, he passed the ball to Dirk Kuyt who passed it back to him, Pennant's subsequent shot was saved by Milan goalkeeper Dida. Minutes later Gerrard won a header which found Pennant, however Gerrard was unable to make decent contact with the ball following Pennant's pass. Milan had their first shot of the match a few minutes later. Kak\u00e1 received the ball outside the area and moved to his right before shooting, however Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina saved the shot. Liverpool continued to exert pressure leading Milan defender Massimo Oddo to mis-read a cross from Pennant, the ball reached Gerrard whose shot went over the goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 759]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nLiverpool had another chance in the 27th minute. Frantic defending from Milan to deny the Liverpool forwards a scoring opportunity, led to the ball being passed to Xabi Alonso, whose shot went wide of the Milan goal. A mistake from Jankulovski allowed Gerrard to pass the ball to Kuyt in the penalty area, however Kuyt's shot was blocked by Milan defender Alessandro Nesta. Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso was the first player to receive a yellow card, when he was cautioned in the 40th minute for a foul on Alonso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, First half\nMinutes later, Alonso fouled Kak\u00e1 on the edge of the Liverpool penalty area, giving away a free-kick. The subsequent free-kick taken by Andrea Pirlo deflected off the shoulder of Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, and into the Liverpool goal. The deflection resulted in the ball being diverted past Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who had dived the other way in anticipation of the ball's original trajectory. Replays showed that the ball struck Inzaghi's upper arm on its way to the goal, but the referee did not judge this to have been a handball. Inzaghi later said that while the deflection was intended, he did not intend for the ball to hit his arm. With no further action in the first half, Milan went into half-time leading 1\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 51], "content_span": [52, 785]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nMilan kicked off the second half. Two minutes into the half, Liverpool had the first attack, but Nesta tackled Gerrard before he could reach Kuyt's pass. Jankulovski received a yellow card in the 54th minute when he brought Pennant down. Immediately afterwards, Milan had an attack. Pirlo received the ball from a header by Clarence Seedorf, Pirlo played a high pass to Kak\u00e1 who was ruled to be offside by the assistant referee, despite being behind the defence when the ball was played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nMilan had another attack straight after the offside, but Liverpool defender Daniel Agger tackled Inzaghi before he could shoot. Liverpool had their first yellow card in the 59th minute when Javier Mascherano received one for bringing down Pirlo. After the yellow card, Liverpool decided to replace Boudewijn Zenden with Harry Kewell. Liverpool's best goalscoring chance of the match occurred minutes later. Gerrard capitalised on an error by Gattuso to be one-on-one with Dida, but his shot did not possess enough power to beat the Milan goalkeeper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 602]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nLiverpool began to exert more pressure, although all their play was in front of the Milan penalty area, while Milan were unable to keep possession of the ball. In an attempt to bring about an equalising goal, Liverpool manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez substituted Mascherano for striker Peter Crouch. Milan had an attack minutes later, but Inzaghi was unable to control the ball. Inzaghi made amends minutes later when he scored Milan's second goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Second half\nWith Mascherano substituted, Kak\u00e1 had the space to pick out a pass to Inzaghi, who took the ball to the side of the Liverpool goalkeeper Reina and rolled it into the net to make the score 2\u20130 to Milan. Liverpool managed to pull one goal back in the 88th minute when Kuyt scored with a header after Agger had flicked on Pennant's corner from the left. However, they were unable to find a second goal and the referee blew for full-time with the score 2\u20131 to Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 515]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details\nMan of the Match:Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)Assistant referees:Carsten Kadach (Germany)Volker Wezel (Germany)Fourth official:Florian Meyer (Germany)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 48], "content_span": [49, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nThe European Champion Clubs' Cup was presented to Milan captain Paolo Maldini in the Guest of Honour's box, as UEFA President Michel Platini favoured a return to the past tradition of the winning captain receiving the trophy among the fans. It had become customary in recent years to have the presentation on a hastily constructed podium in the centre of the pitch. This was the first time that the trophy was presented to a winning captain by a UEFA president who had actually played against him in the past; during Michel Platini's final seasons with Juventus, the then-teenager Paolo Maldini was making his professional debut with Milan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nMilan manager Carlo Ancelotti was delighted with his team after their success. Ancelotti's job had been under threat after a run of poor results in December, therefore the victory had extra significance for Ancelotti: \"When I think back to December, we had to overcome so many hurdles so that makes it a very special victory.\" Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf, who had his fourth victory in the competition following Milan's triumph was equally proud in the team's achievement: \"I am so proud to be part of this team. We worked hard this year, a very difficult year.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nA number of Milan players who had played in the 2005 final were delighted with the victory after they lost two years previous. Kak\u00e1 claimed victory was all the sweeter as a result: \"What happened then was strange, just six minutes when we played not so good and we paid for that.\" Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso echoed his teammates sentiments: \"The defeat two years ago will stay me for a lifetime, but this is a different story. It's our turn to celebrate now.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nStriker Filippo Inzaghi, who missed the final in 2005, was delighted to have scored the goals that won the final for Milan: \"I've scored quite a few times in Europe, but scoring in the Champions League final is something special.\" Milan President and owner Silvio Berlusconi was equally delighted about the success, adding that \"the fortune we lacked in Istanbul we had with us tonight.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nLiverpool manager Rafael Ben\u00edtez was disappointed that his team were unable to match their exploits of 2005, when they beat Milan in a penalty shootout. Despite this he was still proud of his players efforts: \"Thank you to our supporters, my staff and players who worked really hard and deserved a bit more.\" Ben\u00edtez was already thinking of making transfers in the aftermath of the match, hinting that his team lacked the same calibre of players that Milan had: \"You could see the quality they had, and we need to start thinking how we can improve our team.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nLiverpool captain Steven Gerrard was adamant that despite the defeat Liverpool would come back stronger next season: \"We've got to pick ourselves up, have a good rest in the summer and then go again next season.\" Gerrard thought that although Liverpool controlled the first half, they did not control the match as much in the second half as they would have liked. Gerrard echoed his manager's sentiments in regards to new players joining the club: \"We need to strengthen and bring some quality into the club. The manager and the people in charge of the club know that and it will be an interesting summer.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193437-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match\nWinning the Champions League entitled Milan to compete in the 2007 UEFA Super Cup against UEFA Cup winners Sevilla. The match was overshadowed by the death of Sevilla player Antonio Puerta, which raised the possibility that the Super Cup might not go ahead. It did however, Milan beat Sevilla 3\u20131 to secure their fifth Super Cup victory. Milan's success also entitled them to compete in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. They entered the competition in the semi-finals, defeating Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds 1\u20130 to progress to the final where they faced Argentine team Boca Juniors. Milan won the match 4\u20132 to secure their first FIFA Club World Cup triumph.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193438-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Cup Final\nThe 2007 UEFA Cup Final was a football match that took place on 16 May 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193438-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Cup Final\nIn an all-Spanish final, Sevilla defeated Espanyol 3\u20131 on penalties after drawing 2\u20132 after extra-time, becoming the first club to win the Cup two years in succession since the mid-1980s (Real Madrid won the competition in 1985 and 1986).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193438-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Cup Final\nSevilla also won the 2006\u201307 Copa del Rey a month later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 76]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193439-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship\nThe UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2007 Final Tournament was held in Belgium from 2 to 13 May 2007. Top-five teams (two best places from each group plus winner of playoff between third-placed teams) qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007. Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193439-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualifications\nThere were separate rounds of qualifications being held before the Final Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 56], "content_span": [57, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193439-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match Officials\nA total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 57], "content_span": [58, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193440-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round\nThe UEFA U-17 Championship 2007 elite round was the second round of qualifications for the main tournament of 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. England, Spain and Portugal automatically qualified for this round. The winners of each group joined hosts Belgium at the main tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193441-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round\nThe UEFA U-17 Championship 2007 qualifying round was the first round of qualifications for the main tournament of the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team entered the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193441-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, 3rd place table\nThe best third-placed team was determined by the results against the top two teams of the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193441-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, 3rd place table\nEngland/\u00a0Spain/\u00a0Portugal bye this round, \u00a0Belgium as host, elite round bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 74], "content_span": [75, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193442-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads\nBelow are the rosters for the UEFA U-17 Championship 2007 tournament in Belgium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193442-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads\nPlayers' ages as of the tournament's opening day (2 May 2007).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 110]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193443-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nThe UEFA U-19 Championship 2007 Final Tournament was held in Austria with matches played from 16\u201327 July 2007. Players born after 1 January 1988 were eligible to participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 235]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193443-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship\nThe draw was made on 13 June 2007. The venues were the Linzer Stadion in Linz, the Waldstadion in Pasching, the Fill Metallbau Stadion in Ried im Innkreis and the Vorw\u00e4rts-Stadion in Steyr.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193443-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification\nQualification for the final tournament was played over two stages:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193443-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Squads\nFor the complete list of players, see 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 48], "content_span": [49, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193443-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Finals group stage\nKey:Pld Matches played, W Won, D Drawn, L Lost, GF Goals for, GA Goals against, GD Goal Difference, Pts Points", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 60], "content_span": [61, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193444-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification\nUEFA U-19 Championship 2007 (Elite Round) is the second round of qualification for the final tournament of the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Spain, Italy, and England automatically qualified for this round. The winners of each group joined hosts Austria at the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 60], "section_span": [60, 60], "content_span": [61, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193445-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification\nUEFA U-19 Championship 2007 (Qualifying Round) was the first round of qualifications for the Final Tournament of UEFA U-19 Championship 2007. 48 teams are split into 12 groups of 4 and teams in each group play each other once. The top two teams in each group and the best third-placed team will enter UEFA U-19 Championship 2007 (Elite Round).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193445-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, 3rd place table\nThe best third-placed team was determined by the results against the top two teams of the same group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 71], "content_span": [72, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193446-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads\nPlayers born on or after 1 January 1988 were eligible to participate in the tournament. Players' age as of 16 July 2007 \u2013 the tournament's opening day. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship\nThe UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It was the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Summary\nFor the first time, a host nation was chosen ahead of the competition \u2013 the Netherlands, who were also the defending champions, were exempt from qualifying. The host nation was chosen on 15 December 2005. England, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, and Sweden also submitted bids. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands did not compete in the qualification round for the tournament. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the seven remaining spots at the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 525]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Summary\nThis was the first time that the competition's final matches took place in an odd-numbered year. UEFA took this decision with the will to give more visibility to the tournament, since during even-numbered years the competition was clouded by the approaching FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 357]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Summary\nThe tournament also served as the European qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a place for the four semi-finalists of the tournament. However, as England is not an Olympic nation, their team was ineligible for the Olympics. Therefore, with the event of England reaching the semi-finals, a fifth-place playoff was necessary.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Summary\nIn this competition, a new UEFA penalty shootout record was established. The semi final between The Netherlands U21 and England U21 finished 1-1. No less than 32 penalties had to be taken before the tie was decided. The Netherlands U21 won 13-12, and went on to win the tournament by defeating Serbia U21 4-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Summary\nAfter the final, some commotion arose in the Netherlands because several Dutch internationals with Surinamese roots carried the flag of Suriname with them during the ceremony of the European Champion in the Euroborg. Dutch coach Foppe de Haan expressed the actions of these players as \"inappropriate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 49], "content_span": [50, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification\nIn order to make the switch from even to odd-numbered years, the 2007 edition was a shortened version, condensed from a two-year campaign into a one-year campaign. Therefore, a completely new qualification format was devised to eliminate the weaker nations early, and saw a decrease in the size and duration of qualification groups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 55], "content_span": [56, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Finals tournament, Draw\nThe draw for the finals took place in Arnhem on 24 November 2006, putting the eight qualifying nations into two groups. The provisional dates for the group games are 10 June to 17 June 2007, with Heerenveen and Arnhem each staging a semi-final on 20 June. The final took place on Saturday 23 June at the Euroborg stadium in Groningen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Finals tournament, Draw\nThe opening game was between the Netherlands and Israel at 10 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 65], "content_span": [66, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards, Golden player\nBranislav Ivanovi\u0107 Giorgio Chiellini Leighton Baines Steven Taylor Manuel da Costa Gianni Zuiverloon Du\u0161ko To\u0161i\u0107", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards, Golden player\nRoyston Drenthe Otman Bakkal Nigel Reo-Coker Miguel Veloso Manuel Fernandes Jan Vertonghen Alberto Aquilani", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards, Golden player\nKevin Mirallas Maceo Rigters Leroy Lita David Nugent Alessandro Rosina Ryan Babel Ashley Young", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193447-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Medal table and Olympic qualifiers, Olympic Qualifying Play-Off\nThe 2007 European Under-21 Championship also doubled up as the European qualifying round for the 2008 Olympic football tournament. Europe's four places at the Olympic tournament were to be filled by the four semi-finalists. However, because England, one of the semi-finalists, do not compete independently at the Olympics, following the group stage a play-off between Portugal and Italy, the two third-placed teams in each group, was arranged to identify the fourth European qualifier. Italy defeated Portugal through a penalty shoot-out booking their Olympic place in Beijing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 105], "content_span": [106, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193448-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification\nQualifying for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began in May 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193448-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification\nNetherlands qualify as hosts and are exempt from qualifying. Of UEFA's 52 member countries, only the Faroe Islands chose not to compete. That left 50 nations attempting to qualify for the 7 remaining spots at the finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193448-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Preliminary round\nTeams went into the preliminary round already knowing who they would face should they get through.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 73], "content_span": [74, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193448-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Play-offs\nThe 14 group winners were paired up. The winners over two legs qualified for the finals. The draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 8 September 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [56, 65], "content_span": [66, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193449-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification group stage\nThe qualification group stage matches were played from 15 August to 6 September 2006. Winners of the group stage were advanced to the play-offs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 66], "section_span": [66, 66], "content_span": [67, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193450-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs\nThe play-off first legs were played on 6\u20137 October 2006, while the second legs were played on 10\u201311 October 2006. Winners of play-off round qualified to the championship played the following year in June, where Netherlands was chosen to host the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 64], "section_span": [64, 64], "content_span": [65, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193451-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification preliminary round\nThe qualification preliminary round matches were played from 12 April to 29 June 2006. Winners of the preliminary round were advanced to the group stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [72, 72], "content_span": [73, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193451-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification preliminary round, First leg\nMatch originally ended as a 2\u20131 victory for Republic of Ireland, but UEFA later awarded the match as a 3\u20130 forfeit win to the same team due to Azerbaijan including ineligible players in their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 83], "content_span": [84, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193451-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification preliminary round, First leg\nMatch originally ended as a 2\u20131 victory for Armenia, but UEFA later awarded the match as a 3\u20130 forfeit win to San Marino due to Armenia including ineligible players in their squad.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 72], "section_span": [74, 83], "content_span": [84, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193452-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads\nOnly players born on or after 1 January 1984 are eligible to play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193452-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads\nPlayers in bold have now been capped at full international level.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193452-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group B, England\nStatistics up to and including England 5\u20130 Slovakia, 5 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193452-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads, Group B, England\nDavid Bentley was named in the squad, but on 7 June, after the closing date for squad announcements, withdrew citing exhaustion, leaving England with a squad of 22.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 65], "content_span": [66, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193453-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Futsal Championship\nThe 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship was the fifth official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Portugal, between November 16 and November 25, 2007, in two venues located in Porto's Greater Metropolitan Area \u2014 Gondomar, Portugal and Santo Tirso Municipality. Eight teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where seven teams managed to join the Portuguese hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193453-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Futsal Championship\nSpain, the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship winners, successfully defended their European crown and added a fourth continental title to their record, by defeating Italy 3-1, in a reprise of the last FIFA Futsal World Championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193453-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Futsal Championship, Bids\nThe Portuguese bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on April 19, 2005, in Tallinn, Estonia. The bid was picked ahead of two other entries from the Netherlands (Eindhoven and Maastricht) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), which had been previously shortlisted from nine preliminary bids.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 35], "content_span": [36, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193453-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Futsal Championship, Venues\nThe bid's proposed main venue was to be the 4,500-seated Rosa Mota Pavilion, in the heart of Porto, and a second venue would be located in the neighbouring Matosinhos municipality. However, on August 14, 2006 the tournament's main venue was switched to the future 3,800-seated arena in the Gondomar municipality \u2014 the Pavilh\u00e3o Multiusos de Gondomar \"Cora\u00e7\u00e3o de Ouro\" (English: Gondomar's Multi-Purpose Pavilion \"Heart of Gold\". The second venue was also changed to Santo Tirso's Pavilh\u00e3o Desportivo Municipal (English: Municipal Sports Pavilion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 37], "content_span": [38, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193454-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Futsal Championship squads\nThis article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship tournament held in Portugal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup\nThe 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the 19th and penultimate edition of the competition and took 50 entries. Three rounds were held, and 11 teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 April 2007. The overall champion was Hamburg after they progressed further than the other Intertoto sides in the UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 415]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round\nThe first legs were held on 23 and 24 June 2007, while the second legs were held on 30 June and 1 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\n2\u20132 on aggregate, Vllaznia Shkod\u00ebr won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg\n1 Following Scotland and Norway's withdrawals, the free places were awarded to Romania and Andorra. 2 This match was played at Stadion Pod Goricom in Podgorica because Grbalj's ground in Radanovi\u0107i does not meet UEFA standards. 3 This match was played at Skopje City Stadium in Skopje because Makedonija \u011eor\u010de Petrov's ground in Skopje does not meet UEFA standards. 4 This match was played at Ko\u0161evo Stadium in Sarajevo because Slavija's ground in Isto\u010dno Sarajevo does not meet UEFA standards. 5 This match was played at Linfield's Windsor Park in Belfast because Cliftonville's ground does not meet UEFA standards. 6 This match was played at R\u00e5sunda in Solna because Hammarby's ground does not meet UEFA standards. 7 This match was played at Richmond Park in Carmarthen because Llanelli's ground does not meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 876]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round\nThe first legs were held on 7 and 8 July 2007, while the second legs were held on 14 and 15 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg\n1 This match was played at Ko\u0161evo Stadium in Sarajevo because FK Slavija's ground in Isto\u010dno Sarajevo does not meet UEFA standards. 2 This match was played at Skopje City Stadium in Skopje because FK Makedonija's ground in Skopje does not meet UEFA standards. 3 This match was played at Naftex Stadium in Burgas because PFC Cherno More Varna's ground in Varna doesn't meet UEFA standards. 4 This match was played at Marakana in Belgrade because Hajduk's ground in Kula doesn't meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg\n5 This match was played at Pohjola Stadion in Vantaa because Honka Espoo's ground in Espoo does not meet UEFA standards. 6 This match was awarded to V\u0117tra 3\u20130 after match was abandoned due to Legia fans invading the pitch at the first leg. UEFA has expelled Legia from Intertoto Cup 2007 and banned the club from one future European season should they qualify again within the next five years. 7 This match was played at Linfield F.C. 's Windsor Park in Belfast because Cliftonville F.C. 's ground does not meet UEFA standards. 8 This match was played at R\u00e5sunda in Solna because Hammarby's ground does not meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 49], "content_span": [50, 677]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round\nThe first legs were held on 21 and 22 July 2007, while the second legs were held on 28 and 29 July 2007. The eleven winning teams qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 36], "content_span": [37, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg\n2\u20132 on aggregate, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid won on away goals rule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg\n1 This match was played at Marakana in Belgrade because Hajduk's ground in Kula doesn't meet UEFA standards. 2 This match was played at Naftex Stadium in Burgas because Cherno More Varna's ground does not meet UEFA standards. 3 This match was played at R\u00e5sunda in Solna because Hammarby's ground does not meet UEFA standards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 48], "content_span": [49, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193455-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Overall winners\nNine of the eleven co-winners which entered the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto won their qualifying ties and progressed to the first round proper. Only three of these nine sides survived the first round and entered the group stages, and of those, Hamburg and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid qualified for the knockout stages. Hamburg advanced to the round of 16 by defeating FC Z\u00fcrich 3\u20131 on aggregate, while Atl\u00e9tico Madrid lost to Bolton Wanderers 1\u20130; leaving Hamburg as the only team remaining from this year's competition, being the overall champions of Intertoto Cup. Hamburg was eliminated in the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 40], "content_span": [41, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193456-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Regions' Cup\nThe 2007 UEFA Regions' Cup was the fifth UEFA Regions' Cup. It was held in Bulgaria and won by the Lower Silesia team from Poland, which beat the host nation's South-East Region 2\u20131, after extra time, in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193456-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Regions' Cup, Preliminary round\nThe eight teams in the preliminary round were drawn into two groups of four, with the fixtures for each group being played in the same country. Group East's matches were played in Greece and those for Group West were played in Northern Ireland. The two group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the intermediary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 41], "content_span": [42, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193456-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediary round\nThe 29 teams which went straight through to the intermediary round were joined by Northern Ireland's Eastern Region, East Attica of Greece and the Russian Southern Federal District. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193456-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Regions' Cup, Intermediary round\nThe winners of each group qualified for the final tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193456-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament\nBulgaria was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played 20 June to 26 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193456-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Regions' Cup, Final tournament, Group stage\nThe eight intermediary group winners were drawn into two groups of four, with the two group winners advancing to the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 53], "content_span": [54, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193457-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Super Cup\nThe 2007 UEFA Super Cup was the 32nd UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The match was held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 31 August 2007 and contested by Milan, who won the 2006\u201307 UEFA Champions League, and Sevilla, winners of the 2006\u201307 UEFA Cup. Sevilla were looking to become only the second team to defend the trophy in its history, the first being Milan, who had previously won the trophy four times. This was Milan's seventh appearance in the Super Cup, putting them one ahead of the previous season's runners-up, Barcelona.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193457-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Super Cup\nThe death of Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta raised a possibility that the match would be cancelled, but the game was still played, and all players wore the name \"PUERTA\" on their shirt, below their number.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193457-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Super Cup\nMilan won the match 3\u20131, with goals from Filippo Inzaghi, Marek Jankulovski and the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, Kak\u00e1. All three of Milan's goals came in the second half after Renato had put Sevilla 1\u20130 up after only 14 minutes. This was Milan's fifth Super Cup title, a new record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193457-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary\nSevilla had an opportunity to open the scoring early on, when Renato pounced on Massimo Oddo's fluffed clearance, but he sent his shot wide. Two minutes later, Milan had a chance to score after Filippo Inzaghi's shot was deflected onto the post by Kak\u00e1. Sevilla went 1\u20130 up on 14 minutes when Renato headed in from Duda's corner. The Sevilla players celebrated the goal by pointing towards the sky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193457-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary\nSevilla almost scored a second goal on 25 minutes, after Gennaro Gattuso's attempt to intercept a Sevilla counter only resulted in him sliding the ball to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Kanout\u00e9, who rounded Dida but played his pass behind Renato. The Brazilian was able to get the ball under control and get a shot off, but saw his shot blocked by Alessandro Nesta. However, Inzaghi tied the score after the break after scoring a free header from Gennaro Gattuso's cross from the right side. Marek Jankulovski found the winner soon afterwards through a lovely left-footed volley to hit a low diagonal shot to the keeper's left. Kak\u00e1 capped off the fine overall display when he headed home the rebound after his initial shot from a penalty was saved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 763]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193458-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final\nThe 2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final was played on 21 and 29 April 2007 between Arsenal of England and Ume\u00e5 of Sweden. It was the first final not to feature German teams since the 2003 final. Arsenal won 1\u20130 on aggregate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193458-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final\nArsenal were chasing an unprecedented quadruple of titles having already secured the England women's premier league, Women's FA Cup and Women's Premier League Cup. They were the first English team to reach the UEFA Women's Cup Final and to date the only English winner of the competition. Chelsea W.F.C reached the 2021 final but ultimately lost to Barcelona Feminine making them only the second English side to reach the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193458-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final\nArsenal W.F.C have gone on to reach three more semi-finals (2011, 2012, 2013) since the competition's name was rebranded to the UEFA Women's Champion's League but never the final, being knocked out by Olympic Lyonnais Feminine, Wolfsburg Fauren and Frankfurt Fauren. With two of their semi-final conquers going on to lift the trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193458-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final\nUme\u00e5 would go on to reach back to back finals but would ultimately lose to Frankfurt Fauren by a score of 4-3 over two legs. That would end up being the Sweedish side's last final in the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193459-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship\nThe UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2007 Final Tournament was held in Iceland between 18\u201329 July 2007. Players born after 1 January 1988 were eligible to participate in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193460-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA\u2013CAF Meridian Cup\nThe 2007 UEFA\u2013CAF Meridian Cup was the sixth UEFA\u2013CAF Meridian Cup, an intercontinental football competition for the representative under-18 teams of Europe and Africa. The competition, being held as a two-legged tie for the first time, was played in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 February and 1 March 2007. This was the first Meridian Cup under a new format; the two confederations were pitted against each other, whereas in past tournaments individual countries from said confederations competed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193460-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA\u2013CAF Meridian Cup, Squads, Africa\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193460-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA\u2013CAF Meridian Cup, Squads, Europe\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 42], "content_span": [43, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193460-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFA\u2013CAF Meridian Cup, Second leg\nThis article about an association football competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 38], "content_span": [39, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193461-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFS Futsal Women's Championship\nThe 2007 UEFS Futsal Women's Championship was the 3rd women's UEFS futsal championship, held in Luha\u010dovice, (Czech Republic) from 12 December to 16 December.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193461-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFS Futsal Women's Championship\nThere were 5 teams in the competition: Czech Republic, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193461-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UEFS Futsal Women's Championship\nThe championship was played in a league system and the Czech Republic won their first ever women's title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193462-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UEMOA Tournament\nAll matches were played at the Stade du 4-Ao\u00fbt, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 96]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193463-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UIV Cup Rotterdam\nThe 2007 UIV Cup Rotterdam was held from 5 to 9 January 2007 in Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam. The event was scheduled together with the 2007 Six Days of Rotterdam. Eleven teams existing of under-23 riders challenged each other in a five-day madison event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year\nThe 2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 82nd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nTwo time English Greyhound Derby champion Westmead Hawk was aimed towards a third Derby attempt after recovering from injury over the winter. His trainer Nick Savva and owner Bob Morton sent him to Monmore for two races on 3 and 10 May and then Wimbledon on 19 and 26 May. After finishing second in the Derby Trial Stake on 26 May his connections decided not to go for a third Derby and retired him to stud.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary\nThe 2007 English Greyhound Derby progressed without Westmead Hawk and was won by his kennelmate Westmead Lord. The Irish equivalent went to Tyrur Rhino for trainer Paul Hennessy who recorded a 1-2 when Tyrur Laurel finished runner-up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 48], "content_span": [49, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks\nBrough Park underwent a re-branding by their owners William Hill Bookmakers and would now be known as Newcastle. This was possible due to the fact that it was the only greyhound track remaining in Newcastle; White City, Gateshead and Gosforth had all previously existed in the city. Sister track Sunderland was the recipient of a significant prize money increase as plans were announced that a new festival would be held. It included the William Hill Classic offering a \u00a340,000 winner's prize and the William Hill Grand Prix for \u00a325,000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks\nDundalk unveiled the all-weather horse track to go alongside the new greyhound track costing a further \u20ac24 million. The total improvements had cost \u20ac35million. Three independent tracks closed, Wisbech, Bedwellty and Hinckley, the latter was sold to developers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 56], "content_span": [57, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions\nCharlie Lister won the Trainers championship at Hall Green and then trained Fear Haribo to the Scottish Greyhound Derby title at Shawfield, in a track record time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions\nMahers Boy trained by Elaine Parker claimed the first ever William Hill Classic and Go Edie Honda picked up the Grand Prix title. Spiridon Louis took the St Leger crown and would go on to be voted Greyhound of the Year after also winning the Regency, the TV Trophy and setting track records at Yarmouth and Walthamstow. Top Honcho won the Irish Greyhound Review Stud Dog of the Year Award for a record sixth time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nAt an NGRC enquiry, Belle Vue veterinary surgeon Paul Evans was found guilty of supplying incorrect season suppressants which led to a feud between the Royal Veterinary College and the NGRC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193464-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News\nWimbledon trainer Ray Peacock died after a car accident, the Keston based Peacock aged 52 had been taken to East Surrey Hospital in Redhill but had been pronounced dead on arrival. Walthamstow trainer Gary Baggs relinquished his licence to concentrate on his battle against cancer and switched his licence to daughter Stacey. Top open race trainer Terry Dartnall handed his licence to his son Matt and Wimbledon Racing Manager Derek Hope left to join William Hill and was replaced by Gary Matthews.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 54], "content_span": [55, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship\nThe 2007 Maplin UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 December 2007 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship\nPeter Ebdon was the defending champion but he lost 8\u20139 to Ian McCulloch in the Last 32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship\nIn the final frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, Mark Selby won the longest ever televised frame of snooker, which lasted 77 minutes. This beat the previous record of 74 minutes, which took place between Ebdon and Graeme Dott in the 2006 World Snooker Championship final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 307]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship\nRonnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eighth maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set by Stephen Hendry. This was the second consecutive ranking tournament where he made a 147.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship\nRonnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10\u20132 in the final. This came one year after O'Sullivan forfeited his quarter-final against Hendry while trailing 4\u20131. This was the biggest winning margin in a UK final since O'Sullivan himself thrashed Ken Doherty 10\u20131 six years earlier.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship, Prize fund\nThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193465-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Championship, Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place between 23 and 30 November 2007 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 32], "content_span": [33, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open\nThe 2007 Blue Square UK Open was the fifth year of the PDC's UK Open darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament took place at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England, between 7\u201310 June 2007. Blue Square took over as title sponsor after Budweiser's three-year deal expired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open\nThere were two changes being introduced this year where a tournament bracket was introduced from the quarter-final stage to prevent players being forced into playing long back-to-back matches. Previously there had been a random draw after each round and the tournament had earned the nickname the \"FA Cup of darts\" as a result. The number of players was expanded from 128 to 168 for the 2007 tournament, but due to players tied on 168th position in the Order of Merit the starting field was 176 players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open\nRaymond van Barneveld defended his title, by defeating fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort 16\u20138 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [12, 12], "content_span": [13, 124]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nQualifying events are held at Punch Taverns pubs across the UK \u2013 winners from each pub event progress to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nIn addition there are eight UK Open Regional Finals for the \"professional\" players. All events are open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee \u2013 which means that players from both the PDC and BDO are eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Punch Taverns Qualifying Round are not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nThe results of the eight qualifiers are then collated into an Order of Merit table (Winner \u00a34000; Runner-up \u00a32000; 3\u20134 \u00a31000; 5\u20138 \u00a3500; 9\u201316 \u00a3250; 17\u201332 \u00a3100; 33\u201364 \u00a350). This was raised to Winner \u00a35000; Runner-up \u00a32500; 3\u20134 \u00a31250; 5\u20138 \u00a3600; 9\u201316 \u00a3300; 17\u201332 \u00a3150; 33\u201364 \u00a375 from January 2007. The top 128 players (plus ties) in this Order of Merit join the 32 Punch Taverns qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nThe format for the event changes in 2007 to allow the tournament to expand by an extra day, and increase the number of players in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\n16 Matches drawn from a pool of 32 Punch Taverns Qualifiers and the 31 players with \u00a350 or \u00a375 in UK Open Order of Merit", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\n32 Matches with 16 Preliminary Round survivors, the remaining 31 players who were not drawn in Preliminary Round and players ranked 97\u2013113 in UK Open Order of Merit", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nPlayers ranked 65 to 96 join the first round winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 74]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nPlayers ranked 33 to 64 join the second round winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 75]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nPlayers ranked in the top 32 join the third round winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 79]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Format\nLast 16 of competition followed by draw for quarter-finals in bracket form to avoid players being drawn in consecutive matches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 20], "content_span": [21, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, UK Open Regional Final results\nThe UK Open Order of Merit was based on the results of the eight qualifying events across the UK. The eight final results were:-", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 44], "content_span": [45, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Results, Fourth Round\nRandom draws were made after each round up to the quarter-final stage; draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 35], "content_span": [36, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day One \u2013 Thursday 7 June 2007\nThe first round was played on Thursday and featured 81 players competing for a place in the second round. Winmau World Masters champion Michael van Gerwen, playing his first match on Sky Television in the UK, beat 37-year-old Chris McTernan a pub qualifier from Bacup. Former World Champion Richie Burnett and Cliff Lazarenko also played on the opening day \u2013 both progressing to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 63], "content_span": [64, 460]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Two \u2013 Friday 8 June 2007\nThere were very few shocks on day two of the tournament, although former world champions Bob Anderson and Keith Deller, who were both struggling for form, were both knocked out. Cliff Lazarenko's run in the event ended in the third round. The draw for the fourth round, featuring the top 32 players in the world was staged at the end of Friday's play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 61], "content_span": [62, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Three \u2013 Saturday 9 June 2007\n64 players remained when matches got underway on Saturday afternoon, after a late night on Friday. Raymond Barneveld would book a place in Round 5 with an 11\u20131 win over John \"Mr. Magoo\" MaGowan, who he defeated 11\u20137 in the Semi-Finals twelve months ago. It was a different story against John Part with less doubles hit for Barney (compared to 80% against MaGowan). Part led 10\u20139, but van Barneveld squeezed through to hit double 16 and edge a great match 11\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 65], "content_span": [66, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Three \u2013 Saturday 9 June 2007\nPhil Taylor achieved his third nine dart finish at Bolton in the fifth round against Wes Newton \u2013 it is also his fifth televised perfect game. Taylor was playing on the second main stage and whilst his match was in progress Colin Osborne was on his way to an 11\u20137 victory against Michael van Gerwen, including a 170 finish within moments of Taylor hitting the nine-darter. Osborne also saw off Mervyn King 11\u201310 \u2013 his second deciding leg victory of the day to reach the quarter-finals. Kevin Painter came within one dart of matching Phil Taylor's nine-darter missing double 12 for the finish which would have been the first time that a tournament had witnessed two nine-darters on the same day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 65], "content_span": [66, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Three \u2013 Saturday 9 June 2007\nThe draw for the final day's matches took place at the end of Saturday's play and the quarter-final line-up featured a repeat of the previous year's quarter-final between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 65], "content_span": [66, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Four \u2013 Sunday 10 June 2007\nThe tournament reached the quarter-finals stage and the first match on the main board saw Vincent van der Voort come from 0\u20135 behind to edge out Premier League finalist Terry Jenkins 11\u201310 to reach his first PDC semi-final. Colin Osborne beat Alan Green 11\u20136 on board two. Colin Lloyd followed on board two with another comeback, having been 0\u20134 behind he beat Steve Hine 11\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 63], "content_span": [64, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Four \u2013 Sunday 10 June 2007\nThe clash between the world's top two ranked players ended with a convincing victory for Raymond van Barneveld against Phil Taylor. Van Barneveld won four successive legs from 3\u20132 up and then further extended his lead to 9\u20133. Taylor took the 13th leg when he took out 182 with a usual combination of a maximum 180 and double one on his next visit. But van Barneveld won the next leg to win 11\u20134 and give Taylor one of his heaviest defeats on television.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 63], "content_span": [64, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193466-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 UK Open, Tournament Review, Day Four \u2013 Sunday 10 June 2007\nVincent van der Voort produced a second successive 11\u201310 win to reach the final by beating Colin Osborne in the semi-final whilst defending champion Raymond van Barneveld had a more comfortable win 11\u20134 over Colin Lloyd \u2013 meaning he'd beaten his two rivals in the top three of the world rankings on the same day. In the final, van Barneveld raced to a 4\u20130 win hitting his double on the first attempt each time before van der Voort managed to get two legs on the scoreboard. Van Barneveld then took the next four legs, then further extended his lead to 13\u20135. Van der Voort tried to stay with van Barneveld and took three of the next five legs but a double top in the 24th leg sealed a second successive UK Open title for van Barneveld.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 12], "section_span": [14, 63], "content_span": [64, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193467-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UMass Minutemen football team\nThe 2007 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). The team was coached by Don Brown and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen were coming off an appearance in the 2006 NCAA Championship Game and were looking to continue their success following their move from the Atlantic 10 Conference to the CAA. UMass repeated as conference champions but lost in the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, finishing the season with a record of 10\u20133 (7\u20131 CAA).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193468-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNAF U-17 Tournament\nThe 2007 edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament took place in September 2007, with Morocco as the host of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193469-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNAF U-20 Tournament\nThe 2007 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 3rd edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Libya, from 25 to 30 December 2007. Tunisia wins the tournament for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193470-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNAF Women's Club Tournament\nThe 2007 UNAF Women's Club Tournament is the first edition of the UNAF Women's Club Tournament. The clubs from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia faced off for the title. The moroccan team FC Berrechid wins the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193470-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UNAF Women's Club Tournament, Teams\nWadi Degla SC was chosen by the Egyptian Football Association as an Egyptian representative, the Egyptian Women's Premier League was cancelled since the 2002\u201303 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193470-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UNAF Women's Club Tournament, Tournament\nThe competition played in a round-robin tournament determined the final standings. It's hosted in Tunis, Tunisia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 45], "content_span": [46, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193471-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup\nThe 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 25th edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. C.D. Motagua obtained their first regional title. This was the ninth year of the current format using the name UNCAF Interclub Cup. The tournament was also be a qualifying event for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The top three finishers in the tournament qualified for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The official draw took place on June 19 in Guatemala. This was the last season in this format.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193471-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Semifinals\nSaprissa advance 2\u20131 on aggregate and qualifies to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193471-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Semifinals\nMotagua advance 6\u20133 on aggregate and qualifies to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 36], "content_span": [37, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193471-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Third Place\nMunicipal wins 3\u20131 on aggregate and qualifies for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 37], "content_span": [38, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193472-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Nations Cup\nThe 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time El Salvador hosted the competition. The tournament also served as a qualifying process for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193472-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Nations Cup\nCosta Rica won the tournament on penalty kicks after a 1\u20131 draw with Panama in the final. It was Costa Rica's sixth title out of nine tournaments played. Panama reached the UNCAF final for the first time but also lost on penalty kicks in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193472-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Nations Cup, Participating nations\nFor El Salvador 2007, UNCAF considered for the first time since the tournament's founding in 1991 to invite national teams from outside of Central America to participate. The organization was in negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela to participate. In the end, this did not happen, and the tournament (officially listed as the UNCAF Copa de Naciones Digicel) proceeded with only the seven UNCAF members.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 45], "content_span": [46, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193473-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF Nations Cup squads\nBelow are the rosters for the UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 tournament in El Salvador, from February 8 to 18, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193474-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF U-16 Tournament\nThe 2007 UNCAF U-16 Tournament was the 2nd UNCAF U-16 Tournament, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-16 national teams. Organized by UNCAF, the tournament took place in Belize between 19 and 23 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193474-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UNCAF U-16 Tournament\nThe matches were played at MCC Grounds. Five Central American teams took part of the tournament, playing each other in a round-robin format. Honduras and Nicaragua did not send a team. El Salvador won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193475-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UNLV Rebels football team\nThe 2007 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season saw the Rebels win only 2 games for the fourth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193476-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (darts)\nThe 2007 US Open was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the inaugural event and played in Connecticut between May 18 and May 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193476-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (darts)\nThe tournament replaced the World Series of Darts which ran for one year and was cancelled as a result of poor television ratings on ESPN. The first US Open was held at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort, Connecticut, USA \u2013 which was the venue used for the 2006 World Series of Darts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193476-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (darts)\nPhil Taylor added to his list of titles by winning the event \u2013 beating Raymond van Barneveld in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193476-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (darts), Television coverage and format\nThe tournament was broadcast live in the UK on satellite station Challenge. The coverage was hosted by Sarah Cawood and Tony Green, who was broadcasting from a PDC tournament for the first time. Limited coverage of the event was shown on US sport channel Versus.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193476-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (darts), Television coverage and format\nThe format saw 32 boards in action on Friday Night, for \"Friday Night Madness\" where a minimum of 16 American players progressed to the final stages. On Saturday, the 16 US qualifiers join the top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit (who have entered). Matches were the best of five sets, with three legs per set. The players were whittled down to sixteen for the final stages on Sunday.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 52], "content_span": [53, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193476-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (darts), Results\nThe first four rounds were played on Saturday May 19 over the best of five sets (best of three legs per set).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 29], "content_span": [30, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis)\nThe 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis)\nRoger Federer successfully defended his title, becoming the first man in the open era to win four consecutive US Open titles. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in defending her 2006 title, being upset in the third round by 18-year-old Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska of Poland. Justine Henin, the runner-up to Sharapova in 2006, won her second US Open title, this year without losing a set. It was the second Grand Slam she won in the year without losing a set, having also won the 2007 French Open earlier in the year. It was also her last Grand Slam title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Qualifying day 2\nQualifying Day 2 saw much rain. However, according to , players such as Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Pablo Cuevas, Jamie Baker, Steve Darcis, Alina Jidkova and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were winners to the following round of qualifying. In addition, main singles draws for men and women were released, except qualifiers' names; however the draw shows where qualifiers will go. Roger Federer, seeded first, will play a qualifier for the first two rounds, and possibly three consecutive rounds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Qualifying day 3\nThe first round of qualifying was completed and second round matches began. In-form Frank Dancevic came through in the men's draw; whilst 2007 French Open Girls' Singles champion Aliz\u00e9 Cornet came through in the women's qualifying.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Qualifying day 4\nPlayers began qualifying for the main draw; the first on the men's side being Pablo Cuevas and the first on the women's, Renata Vor\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1. Scoville Jenkins was the first American qualifier to reach the main draw.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Qualifying day 5\nQualifying was completed as Dancevic, Rainer Sch\u00fcttler and Andrei Pavel qualified among others such as Bruno Echagaray, who beat Robin Haase. On the women's side Cornet and Andreja Klepa\u010d came through, along with Julia G\u00f6rges, who upset No. 6 seed Anne Kremer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 78], "content_span": [79, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Kids Day\nCoverage found on CBS or possibly other channels: Matches, songs and other events were held and played at the 2007 US Open Kids Day. Matches were held; including with non-professional tennis players Rob Thomas, Tony Hawk and John Cena, along with others who competed in non-match activities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 70], "content_span": [71, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nDay 1 saw Feliciano L\u00f3pez was able to upset Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6\u20133, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. Max Mirnyi defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6\u20133, 7\u20135, 3\u20136, 7\u20136 (6), in an epic battle in which Mirnyi came back in the last-set tiebreaker from 1\u20135 to win 8\u20136. Both Venus Williams and Serena Williams continued runs, however young qualifier Aliz\u00e9 Cornet stunned Samantha Stosur. Wildcard talent John Isner played four sets and defeated the seeded Jarkko Nieminen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 1\nGuillermo Ca\u00f1as needed four sets to beat Rub\u00e9n Ram\u00edrez Hidalgo, while Fernando Verdasco came back to shock the crowd from two sets to love down to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu, 1\u20136, 3\u20136, 6\u20134, 6\u20133, 6\u20133. Julia G\u00f6rges lost to Justine Henin; while Scoville Jenkins lost to Roger Federer, 6\u20133, 6\u20132, 6\u20134. Home favourite Ahsha Rolle took a 6\u20134, 1\u20136, 6\u20132 dramatic upset win over Tatiana Golovin in three sets. Donald Young also advanced and thus won his first ever US Open match, defeating Chris Guccione, 6\u20137 (2), 6\u20133, 6\u20132, 6\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 2\nArnaud Cl\u00e9ment and wildcard Wayne Odesnik were able to advance through their matches in five sets, while Lleyton Hewitt was one who easily beat his opponent. Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 and Dominika Cibulkov\u00e1 (who upset Tathiana Garbin) won their matches, while Sania Mirza was pushed and Laura Granville easily advanced. Others to win were Martina Hingis, Juan Mart\u00edn del Potro, Dudi Sela, J\u00fcrgen Melzer, Pauline Paramentier and Virginie Razzano. Lastly, doubles competition began.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 3\nPast champions Justine Henin, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Marat Safin, and Roger Federer easily advanced to round 3 (Safin advanced to round 2), while Rafael Nadal overcame severe knee pain to beat Australian wildcard Alun Jones in 4 sets in his opening match. Tim Henman, playing in his final Grand Slam, stunned the crowd by taking out No. 27 seed Dmitry Tursunov in 4 sets to advance to round 2, joined by players such as Carlos Moy\u00e0 and Mikhail Youzhny. Other women to advance to round 3 include Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Ana Ivanovic, Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, Marion Bartoli, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and local favorite Ahsha Rolle. No. 7 Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez lost in his opening match, causing the upset of the tournament so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 795]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nThe fourth day of action was all about the favorites, with most of them advancing. No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova was the highest seed in action on either draw, crushing her opponent Casey Dellacqua and she was joined by other former champions Andy Roddick, Martina Hingis and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round. Richard Gasquet withdrew from his match against Donald Young with a fever and sore throat, and Guillermo Ca\u00f1as was another casualty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 4\nBritish favourite Andy Murray and James Blake overcame five-set thrillers to advance, while there was also a big upset in the men's doubles draw as defending champions Martin Damm and Leander Paes crashed out. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, Tommy Haas, Nikolay Davydenko, Nadia Petrova, Anna Chakvetadze, Patty Schnyder and Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 were other players to advance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nRadek \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1nek and Novak Djokovic battled their match for hours, never letting a set go be won with a six-an eventual scoreline that Djokovic can boast of 6\u20137, 7\u20136, 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 7\u20136. Mardy Fish saved match points only to lose despite being a break up in the final set to Tommy Robredo and Agust\u00edn Calleri and Philipp Kohlschreiber both pulled off upsets taking out Lleyton Hewitt and Mikhail Youzhny. In the women's draw, heavy favourites Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovi\u0107, Ana Ivanovic and Serena and Venus Williams all advanced to the fourth round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 5\nThey were joined there by Marion Bartoli, Dinara Safina and surprise victor Sybille Bammer who upset Elena Dementieva. The doubles court saw the biggest upset of the tournament when Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko beat top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 1\u20136, 7\u20136(2), 6\u20132 after being down 6\u20131, 3\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 6\ndraw included Nadia Petrova, Patty Schnyder and Martina Hingis who all lost to promising teenagers in \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, Tamira Paszek and Victoria Azarenka. Shahar Pe'er also beat the thirteenth seed Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1. Otherwise favourites like Andy Roddick, Anna Chakvetadze, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Roger Federer, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych and Tommy Haas all went through to the fourth round. In the men's draw, there was only one upset as the last British player left in the singles draw, Andy Murray, crashed out to Lee Hyung-taik in four sets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 7\nThe men's fourth round line-up was completed and the women's quarterfinal began to take shape. Carlos Moy\u00e0, David Ferrer, Juan M\u00f3naco, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal all expectedly made it through in the men's bottom half. Ernests Gulbis became the first Latvian player to make the fourth round of the US Open when he upset eighth seed Tommy Robredo in straight sets and Juan Ignacio Chela got his first ever victory over Ivan Ljubi\u010di\u0107. Stanislas Wawrinka also continued his run. In the first of the women's fourth round matches, Justine Henin crushed an erratic Dinara Safina, Serena and Venus Williams both beat dangerous opponents in Marion Bartoli and Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 needed three sets to get past Austrian Sybille Bammer before eventually prevailing 6\u20134, 4\u20136, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 855]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nHome favorite James Blake was the biggest seed to fall as the quarter-final draw was completed on the women's side. Shahar Pe'er put a stop to Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska's run, but Julia Vakulenko was unable to halt \u00c1gnes Sz\u00e1vay, a player who had previously never gone past the second round of a grand slam. Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze progressed with relative ease. James Blake threw three match points in his thriller with Tommy Haas, unable to repeat the previous year's showing of a quarterfinal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 8\nAndy Roddick was leading when a second opponent, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Berdych, retired on him in a week. Roger Federer lost the first set but ultimately had a comfortable victory and Nikolay Davydenko progressed, still the only player on the men's side not to drop a set. In men's doubles, the top seeded Bryan brothers were upset by tenth-seeded Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 7\u20135, 6\u20134. It was Aspelin's first time in a Grand Slam semifinal and Knowle's second. In women's doubles, second-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were shocked by sixteenth-seeded Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza 2\u20136, 7\u20135, 7\u20135.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 9\nNovak Djokovic needed four sets to overcome Juan M\u00f3naco after having a match point in the third set, and set up a meeting with Carlos Moy\u00e0 who beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Juan Ignacio Chela survived unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets to advance to the quarterfinals. Number one Justine Henin beat Serena Williams to make the women's semifinals, and in a match that ended at 1:50\u00a0a.m. local time, David Ferrer caused the biggest upset in the men's draw so far by taking out second-seeded fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in a thrilling four-set match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 67], "content_span": [68, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 10\nThe men's semifinals began to take shape as Roger Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a thrilling 7\u20136, 7\u20136, 6\u20132 encounter to move through to the semifinals, where he will face Russian Nikolay Davydenko who beat Tommy Haas earlier in the day, also in straight sets. In the women's draw, the semifinal line-up was complete with three matches taking the court. Anna Chakvetadze was first, cruising past Shahar Pe'er 6\u20134, 6\u20131, and will meet compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last four for a place in the final. In the women's night match, Venus Williams beat Jelena Jankovi\u0107 in a thrilling encounter, with Venus having to come from a set down to eventually win 4\u20136, 6\u20131, 7\u20136.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 741]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 11\nDavid Ferrer continued his scintillating run, reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6\u20132, 6\u20133, 7\u20135. The final men's quarterfinal didn't last much longer, with Novak Djokovic holding his nerve to beat Carlos Moy\u00e0 6\u20134, 7\u20136 (7), 6\u20131 and reach his third Grand Slam semi-final of the year. The mixed doubles competition was completed, with Belorussians Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka overcoming Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes 6\u20134, 7\u20136 (6).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 12\nJustine Henin came through in straight sets and defeated the Williams sisters in the same tournament. Only Martina Hingis has done this. Henin and Williams battled a classic, while Anna Chakvetadze at first dominated by errors of Svetlana Kuznetsova, but then Chakvetadze had errors and Kuznetsova got by 3\u20136, 6\u20131, 6\u20131.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 13\nJustine Henin cruised to her second US Open championship, crushing Svetlana Kuznetsova 6\u20131, 6\u20133 to win the title. Esther Vergeer once again won a doubles final, this time alongside Jiske Griffioen. Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida won the Wheelchair Men's Doubles final over Robin Ammerlaan and Michael Jeremiasz. In juniors competition, Jonathan Eysseric and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Inzerillo defeated Grigor Dimitrov and Vasek Pospisil to win the title, while Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska dominated their final against Oksana Kalashnikova and Ksenia Lykina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Notable stories, Day-by-day summaries, Day 14\nRoger Federer won for the fourth consecutive year to bring his overall Grand Slam singles titles tally to twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 68], "content_span": [69, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's doubles\nSimon Aspelin / Julian Knowle defeated Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd / Pavel V\u00edzner, 7\u20135, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's doubles\nNathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina defeated Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung, 6\u20134, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 47], "content_span": [48, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed doubles\nVictoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi defeated Meghann Shaughnessy / Leander Paes, 6\u20134, 7\u20136(8\u20136)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Boys' doubles\nJonathan Eysseric / J\u00e9r\u00f4me Inzerillo defeated Grigor Dimitrov / Vasek Pospisil, 6\u20132, 6\u20134", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 45], "content_span": [46, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Girls' doubles\nKsenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwa\u0144ska defeated Oksana Kalashnikova / Ksenia Lykina, 6\u20131, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 46], "content_span": [47, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Wheelchair men's doubles\nShingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida defeated Robin Ammerlaan / Michael Jeremiasz, 6\u20133, 6\u20132", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 59], "content_span": [60, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Wheelchair women's doubles\nJiske Griffioen / Esther Vergeer defeated Korie Homan / Sharon Walraven, 6\u20131, 6\u20131", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 61], "content_span": [62, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Wheelchair quad doubles\nNick Taylor / David Wagner defeated Sarah Hunter / Peter Norfolk, 6\u20131, 4\u20136, 6\u20130", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 58], "content_span": [59, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Legends, Mixed champions invitational\nRound Robin 1: Natasha Zvereva / Andr\u00e9s G\u00f3mezRound Robin 2: Anne Smith / Stan Smith", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 60], "content_span": [61, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Notably, it was the first time in 11 years that the two top seeded players, and the two world number one singles players, won the US Open Singles Championships (the last previous time had been when Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf won in 1996).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 28], "content_span": [29, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Wild card entries\nBelow are the lists of the wild card awardees entering in the main draws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193477-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking\nThe following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 40], "content_span": [41, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193478-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles\nThe 2007 US Open \u2013 Boys' Doubles was an event that was won by Jonathan Eysseric and Jerome Inzerillo.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193479-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193479-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles\nIn 2007, the boys' singles event was won by Ri\u010dardas Berankis of Lithuania who beat Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, 6\u20133, 6\u20134 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193479-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Boys' Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. They are shown by the round in which they were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 35], "content_span": [36, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193480-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles\nThe 2007 US Open \u2013 Girls' Doubles was an event that was won by Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwa\u0144ska, they defeated Oksana Kalashnikova and Ksenia Lykina in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193481-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 411]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193481-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles\nIn 2007, the girls' singles event was won by Krist\u00edna Ku\u010dov\u00e1 of the Slovak Republic who beat Urszula Radwa\u0144ska of Poland, 6\u20133, 1\u20136, 7\u20136(7\u20134) in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193481-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Girls' Singles, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. They are shown by the round in which they were eliminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 132]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193482-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Champions Invitational\nThe Men\u2019s Champions Invitational was a round-robin tournament played at the 2007 US Open tennis championships in New York City, USA. Four former tennis champions (\"Legends\") \u2013 Jimmy Arias of the USA, Pat Cash of Australia, Henri Leconte of France, and Todd Martin of the USA \u2013 played off against one another to determine the champion. The winner was Todd Martin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193483-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nMartin Damm and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193483-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Doubles\nSimon Aspelin and Julian Knowle won the title, defeating Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dlouh\u00fd and Pavel V\u00edzner in the final, 7-5, 6-4.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193484-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThree-time defending champion Roger Federer successfully defended his title, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final 7\u20136(7\u20134), 7\u20136(7\u20132), 6\u20134 to capture the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2007 US Open. It was Federer's fourth consecutive US Open title, 12th Grand Slam title overall (tied with Roy Emerson), and his third out of three years in which he won three of the four majors in a single calendar season. Also, he reached a record-equaling 14th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance (streak started at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships), after Roy Emerson and Ivan Lendl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193484-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles\nThis was the last Grand Slam tournament for former world No. 4 and 2004 US Open semifinalist Tim Henman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193485-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying\nThe US Open Men's Qualifying Tournament ran from 21 August 2007 to 24 August 2007. Sixteen players qualified for the main draw, which started on Monday 27 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193485-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Men's Singles Qualifying, Seeds\nThe seeded players are listed below. Players who have lost are listed with the round in which they exited.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 46], "content_span": [47, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193486-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Mixed Champions Invitational\nThe Mixed Champions Invitational (mixed doubles) event at the 2007 US Open tennis tournament was won by Natasha Zvereva / Andr\u00e9s G\u00f3mez and Anne Smith / Stan Smith.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193487-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nMartina Navratilova and Bob Bryan were the defending champions, but Navratilova retired from the sport at the end of 2006. Bryan partnered Tatiana Golovin, and lost in the second round to Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193487-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Mixed Doubles\nVictoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi won the title, defeating Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes in the final 6\u20134, 7\u20136(8\u20136). This was Azarenka's first Grand Slam title; she would later win 2 Grand Slam singles titles and reach No. 1 in the world.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193488-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Doubles\nShingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida defeated Robin Ammerlaan and Micha\u00ebl Jeremiasz in the final, 6-3, 6-2 to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis event at the 2007 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193489-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Men's Singles\nThe men's singles wheelchair competition at the 2007 US Open tennis championship was won by the Japanese player Shingo Kunieda.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193490-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Quad Singles\nThe quad singles wheelchair tennis competition in the 2007 US Open was won by the British player Peter Norfolk.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 150]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193491-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193491-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Doubles\nIn 2007, the wheelchair women's doubles event was won by Jiske Griffioen and Esther Vergeer, both of the Netherlands, the reigning champions, who beat Korie Homan and Sharon Walraven, also of the Netherlands, 6-1, 6-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193492-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nThe United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193492-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Wheelchair Women's Singles\nIn 2007, the wheelchair women's singles event was won by Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands, who beat Florence Gravellier of France, 6-3, 6-1 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193493-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Champions Invitational\nThe Women's Champions Invitational was a round-robin tournament played at the 2007 US Open tennis championships in New York City, USA. Four former tennis champions (\"Legends\") \u2013 Iva Majoli of Croatia, Conchita Mart\u00ednez of Spain, Martina Navratilova of the US, and Jana Novotn\u00e1 of the Czech Republic \u2013 played off against one another to determine the winner. Mart\u00ednez and Novotn\u00e1 tied for the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193494-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles\nThe 2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Doubles was an event that was won by first-time pairings Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193495-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nJustine Henin defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6\u20131, 6\u20133 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2007 US Open. She did not lose a set during the tournament. It would be her last major title, as well as her final US Open appearance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193495-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nMaria Sharapova was the defending champion, but was defeated by Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193495-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles\nThis was the final appearance of former world No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Hingis in a Grand Slam singles tournament, who retired in November 2007 (she would later return to Grand Slam competition in doubles and mixed doubles in 2013, retiring for good at the end of the 2017 season). She was beaten in the third round by Victoria Azarenka. It was also the first US Open main draw appearance for future world No. 1 and two-time US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki, who lost in the second round to Aliz\u00e9 Cornet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193496-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 US Open \u2013 Women's Singles Qualifying\nThis article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2007 US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 128]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193497-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar\nThe 2007 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar is a series of men's and women's road bicycle racing events held between March 3 and September 16. The USA Cycling NRC consists of numerous one-day races, including criteriums, and multi-day stage races.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193498-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour\nThe 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the inaugural year of a professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193498-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour\nLevi Leipheimer and the Discovery Channel team won the overall individual and team titles respectively. Leipheimer finished the season with 381 points over teammate George Hincapie, Germany\u2019s Bernhard Eisel, Juan Jos\u00e9 Haedo of Argentina and Slovenia\u2019s Janez Brajkovi\u010d. The now-defunct Discovery Channel team earned the team title with 810 points over Team CSC, Slipstream\u2013Chipotle, T-Mobile Team and Navigators Insurance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193498-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour, Events\nThe 2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 15 one-day races and stage races:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 42], "content_span": [43, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nThe 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by USA Track & Field and held from June 20 to 24 at the IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The four-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States and also the trials for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nIt was the fifth time that the stadium in Indianapolis had held the combined gender national track and field event, and the second time consecutively following its hosting of the 2006 edition. The USA Junior Championships were held in conjunction with the event and Rynell Parson set a world youth best of 10.22 to win the men's 100\u00a0m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nAthletes that finished in the top three of their event and held the IAAF qualifying standard were eligible to represent the United States at the 2007 World Championships. The United States was able to send three athletes per event to the competition, excluding any American reigning world champions, who received automatic qualification separate from the national selection. The World Championships national selection for the marathon and 50 kilometres walk were incorporated into the discrete national championship meets for those events. Selection for the relay races were made by committee.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nEight Americans went on to win an individual gold medal at the 2007 World Championships. Double sprint national champion Tyson Gay (the only athlete to win two national titles that year) repeated that feat with 100\u00a0m and 200\u00a0m world title wins. The 5000\u00a0m national champion Bernard Lagat won both that event and the 1500\u00a0m at the World Championships. Gay, Lagat, Brad Walker, Reese Hoffa, and Allyson Felix were the five athletes to win both national and world titles that year. Jeremy Wariner and Michelle Perry defended their world titles despite not winning their specialities nationally that year. Kerron Clement was runner-up in the men's 400\u00a0m hurdles in Indianapolis, but was unmatched at the World Championships in Osaka.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 776]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships\nSeveral athletes extended their unbeaten runs at national level. Khadevis Robinson had a third straight win in the men's 800\u00a0m. Men's javelin thrower Breaux Greer had an eighth straight win. Treniere Clement had her third win over 1500\u00a0m, while Dana Pounds brought an end to Kim Kreiner's unbeaten run in the women's javelin, which dated back to 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Results\nKey:\u2260\u00a0Not selected for World Championships in Athletics due to failure to reach IAAF qualifying standard within the specified time limit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, World Championships qualification, Automatic byes\nA total of ten American athletes received automatic byes into the 2007 World Championships in Athletics as a result of their being the defending champions from the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. Justin Gatlin was the reigning world champion in the men's 100\u00a0m and 200\u00a0m but was ineligible for competition due to a doping ban.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 97], "content_span": [98, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, World Championships qualification, Non-top three selections\nCollege runners Trindon Holliday and Walter Dix, who both placed top three in the men's 100\u00a0m opted not to compete at the World Championships, with fourth and fifth placers Mark Jelks and J-Mee Samuels taking their places. Joint runner-up in the men's high jump, Adam Shunk, did not achieve the qualifying mark and fourth place Jesse Williams was selected instead. Eight place finisher in the men's javelin, Eric Brown, was one of only two Americans with the qualifying standard and thus gained selection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, World Championships qualification, Non-top three selections\nAs Dwight Phillips won the national long jump while receiving a bye as defending world champion, the fourth placer Walter Davis was the United States' fourth selection for that event. Kenta Bell \u2013 who finished third but failed a doping test at the championships \u2013 was the fourth choice for the men's triple jump (in which Davis was defending champion) as he was the only other American with the standard and his three-month doping ban expired before the World Championships. Noah Bryant was fourth in the men's shot put and gained selection due to reigning world champion Adam Nelson's bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 698]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, World Championships qualification, Non-top three selections\nAllyson Felix was fourth in the 100\u00a0m but gained selection as Lauryn Williams already qualified as world champion. LaShauntea Moore entered the 200\u00a0m on the same basis, due to Felix's own world champion bye, while 100\u00a0m hurdles fourth placer Nichole Denby benefited from Michelle Perry's bye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193499-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, World Championships qualification, Non-top three selections\nErin Aldrich was only seventh in the women's high jump, but took America's second spot as the only other athlete with the standard. Joint third placers in the pole vault, Lacy Janson and Jillian Schwartz had both achieved a qualifying mark of 4.50\u00a0m that year, but selectors opted to choose Schwartz for the national team. Cecilia Barnes, fourth place in the women's discus, got preference over third place Summer Pierson due to the former having the standard.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 107], "content_span": [108, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193500-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Sevens\nThe 2007 USA Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held on February 10 and February 11, 2007 in the United States at 44,500 capacity Petco Park in San Diego, California. The USA Sevens is part of the IRB Sevens World Series. Although the 2006\u201307 season is the eighth of the Sevens World Series, this was only the fourth edition of the USA Sevens, which began in 2004 as a part of the 2003-04 series. This was the first time for the event in San Diego with past editions being held at The Home Depot Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193500-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Sevens\nAmerican referee Dana Teagarden became the first woman ever to referee a senior-level men's international in any version of rugby union when she officiated the France-Chile match. Teagarden was also referee for the Bowl final, making her the first woman to referee a men's competition final in any version of rugby union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193500-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Sevens, The Format\nAs with all normal events in the IRB Sevens (with the exception of the Hong Kong Sevens), the participating teams are divided into four pools of four. The group winners and second-placed teams progress to the Cup (places 1-4) and Plate (places 5-8) competition. The third and fourth-placed teams progress to the Bowl (places 9-12) and Shield (places 13-16) competitions. Seeding is determined by finishes in the last six competitions in the IRB Sevens. Wins are three points, draws two, losses one, with no points being awarded for a no-show.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 570]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193500-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Sevens, Festival\nThe event is also noted for the large festival that takes place alongside the event. In 2007, it included a waterslide, a beer garden, food courts, skills area, face painting, cigar tents, concerts and a world class coaches\u2019 symposium. Prizes, big and small, were added attractions. This is intended to be not only a rugby event but a big, fun party. The idea is to lure people into the event for the festival and get them interested in rugby union.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 25], "content_span": [26, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193500-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Sevens, Tickets\nThe window of opportunity for ticket buyers was open for 60 days. After that time, tickets were sold on a first come, best-available basis. Blocks of tickets of 25 or more during this time were discounted 10%. A special \"Festival Pass\" entitled holders to unlimited access to the Festival and Tournament for all three days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 348]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193500-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Sevens, Tickets\nSimilar to Hong Kong Stadium's south stands, Petco Park hosted a \"Fun Zone\" in the right field bleachers. Access to this area was granted on the basis of best costumes, country displays of team support, \"hot looks\", and dancing ability.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 24], "content_span": [25, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193501-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Team Handball College Nationals\nThe 2007 College Nationals was the 12th Men's and Women's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determined the College National Champion from 2007 from the US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193502-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division\nThe 2007 College Nationals was the 12th Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determined the College National Champion from 2007 from the US.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193502-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Venues\nThe championship was played at one venues in Huntsville, Alabama.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 65], "content_span": [66, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193502-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus\nThe third and fourth played a small final. The first and second a final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 64], "content_span": [65, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team\nThe 2007 USC Trojans football team (variously \"Trojans\" or \"USC\") represented the University of Southern California during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, winning a share of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship and winning the 2008\u00a0Rose Bowl. The team was coached by Pete Carroll and played its home games at the Los Angeles Coliseum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team\nThe team entered the season with high expectations. It was ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls, picked unanimously to win the Pac-10 Conference and expected to contend for a national championship. Those hopes were dealt a major blow when the Trojans lost to 41-point underdog Stanford in a mid-season game that was named one of the greatest upsets in a season that became defined by them. After their second loss, there were questions as to whether the team would be able to even win their own conference, let alone compete nationally. However, USC defied mid-season expectations and rallied, finishing the season ranked No. 2 in the Coaches' Poll and No. 3 in the Associated Press (AP) Poll. By the end of the season various sports journalists said the Trojans were playing the best football of anyone in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 859]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team\nThe Trojans were named national champion by Dunkel, became the first team to win (or share) six straight Pacific-10 titles, and were the first team in major college football to achieve six straight 11-win seasons. After the season, ten USC players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, with a school-record seven\u00a0players selected in the first\u00a0two\u00a0rounds. Over the next four years, 25 more players from the 2007 USC Trojans football team were drafted into the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe Trojans ended the 2006 season with a victory in the 2007 Rose Bowl Game and a No. 4 ranking in both AP and Coaches polls, their fifth straight year winning the Pac-10 Championship and finishing in the top 4. During that 5-year period, the team won two\u00a0national championships (2003, 2004). Prior to the 2007 season, the Trojans were ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls and were expected to challenge for the national championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe team received a boost in the offseason when many draft-eligible juniors decided to return to school for their senior seasons; the holdover of talented veterans was a major factor in the Trojans being considered preeminent favorites for a national championship. As expected, USC was at the top of the first Coaches Poll of the season, released on August 3, 2007, with 45 of a possible 60\u00a0first-place votes; other teams receiving first-place votes were No. 2 Louisiana State University (LSU) with 4\u00a0votes, No. 3 Florida with 6\u00a0votes, and No. 5 Michigan with 2\u00a0votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0003-0002", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nUSC was also at the top of the first AP Poll, released on August 18, with 62 of 65\u00a0first-place votes, with No. 2 LSU receiving 2\u00a0votes and No. 3 West Virginia receiving one. In mid-August, all twelve experts polled by ESPN picked USC to win the season's BCS Championship Game. On August 29, 2007, the day before the season began, three of four experts at SI.com predicted USC would win the BCS Championship Game, attributing the decision to the Trojans defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nIn terms of overall talent, Carroll stated that the 2007 squad is the \"most competitive team we've had\" during his six-year tenure as coach. Senior starting quarterback John David Booty entered the season as a front-runner for the Heisman Trophy. Booty, along with returning senior tackle Sam Baker, were ranked as two of the \"Top 20\u00a0Players Heading Into 2007\" by Sports Illustrated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nThe Trojans entered pre-season fall camp well stocked at the running back position, with 10\u00a0former high school Super Prep All-Americans, nine of whom were Prep Star all-Americans and seven were Parade all-Americans. The exceptional running back situation at USC was a major factor in Sports Illustrated forecasting the 2007 season as \"The Year of the Running Back.\" In judging USC as a pre-season favorite, particular emphasis was made on the defense. Considered to be one of the best defenses during the 2006\u00a0season, the Trojans entered 2007 with 10\u00a0returning starters and key backups. After a one-season experiment with the 3\u20134\u00a0defense formation, the defense returned to using the 4\u20133. The highlight of the defense was the linebacking corp, led by Brian Cushing, Keith Rivers and Rey Maualuga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Pre-season outlook\nAt the Pacific-10 Conference media day, the Trojans were the unanimous pre-season pick to win the conference; this was USC's fifth\u00a0year in a row as the favorite to win the conference title, and only the third time in conference history that a team had been picked unanimously (the other two were USC in 2004 and 2005).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 69], "content_span": [70, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class\nUSC's stellar recruiting class was highlighted by the three highest ranked players from the \"ESPN 150\": No. 1\u00a0Joe McKnight (RB); No. 2\u00a0Chris Galippo (LB); and No. 3\u00a0Marc Tyler (RB). The Trojans also landed Scout.com's National Player of the Year and top overall prospect for 2007, Everson Griffen. Other notable signees included Rivals.com's No. 1\u00a0WR Ronald Johnson and 5-star OL Kristofer O'Dowd. Despite recruiting substantially fewer players than other programs, USC signed the No. 1 or No. 2\u00a0recruiting class in various rankings, along with the Florida Gators, the winners of the 2006\u00a0National Championship. In the pre-season, McKnight and Johnson were named two of the top-10 impact freshman for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Recruiting class\nThe football program received 18 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007, listed below:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 67], "content_span": [68, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Transfers\nIn May, the Trojans were joined by former Arkansas quarterback Mitch Mustain, who had an 8\u20130 win/loss record as a starter during his freshman (and only) year with the team. Mustain joined fellow Arkansas teammate and wide receiver Damian Williams, who transferred from Arkansas before the 2006\u00a0bowl season. Due to NCAA transfer rules all would be unable to compete until 2008, although they would be allowed on the scout team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Transfers\nIn early summer, Jordan Cameron, a former freshman basketball player from Brigham Young University, also transferred to USC to play football as a wide receiver. However, when USC refused to accept some of Cameron's credits from Brigham Young, he was forced to withdraw and attend Ventura College. He missed the football season but was given the option to try to rejoin the team in 2008. Even if he had stayed at USC, due to NCAA transfer rules he would have been ineligible to play in 2007. Cameron ended up enrolling at USC a year later.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Transfers\nWith the late 2006 dismissal of Troy Van Blarcom (academics) and the death of Mario Danelo, USC was left with only one experienced kicker: David Buehler, a 2006\u00a0junior college transfer from Santa Ana College who competed mainly at fullback and safety, but was used for one successful field goal attempt the previous season. In July 2007, Joe Houston, a junior college kicker from El Camino College, joined the team as a \"preferred walk-on\", guaranteed a non-scholarship spot on the team. As a junior college transfer, Houston would be able to play for the Trojans immediately.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 638]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Transfers\nUSC also recruited former University of Nebraska kicker, Jordan Congdon, who was not eligible for the 2007\u00a0season; and Brad Smith, formerly of Davidson College. Smith was able to play immediately under an NCAA rule that permits non-scholarship players who have already received a degree to transfer once with immediate eligibility.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Departures\nFollowing the 2006 season, several players graduated, including starting senior All-Americans Steve Smith (wide receiver) and Ryan Kalil (center), as well as all-conference linebackers Dallas Sartz and Oscar Lua. Junior All-American Dwayne Jarrett, who was their leading receiver in 2005 and 2006, renounced his eligibility and joined the NFL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Departures\nThe Trojans entered fall training camp with a high number of scholarship running backs (10), all of whom were highly touted recruits. In August, midway through camp, running back Emmanuel Moody announced he was leaving USC. Moody, who was the second-leading rusher in the 2006\u00a0season, had gained 458\u00a0yards on 79\u00a0carries in a rotating platoon of running backs in 2006 and had recently been one of three\u00a0USC running backs appearing on the regional cover of Sports Illustrated's college football preview edition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Departures\nInjuries had limited his playing and practice time: he suffered an ankle injury that caused him to miss the team's last four games of the 2006 season, then missed almost all of spring practice due to a hamstring injury. Halfway through the summer training camp, Moody bruised his knee and was forced to stop practicing. He wished to be a featured player and stated he had \"felt forgotten\" coming into training camp due to his recent lack of playing and practice time. After looking at several schools, including Oklahoma State and North Carolina, Moody transferred to the University of Florida.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Departures\nAt about the same time, backup receiver and redshirt freshman Jamere Holland was dismissed from the team, although not for any violation of team rules. He was allowed to stay on scholarship for the year. Holland redshirted the previous season after breaking his collarbone, reinjured it during spring practice and had clashed with coaches during his return to fall camp. He would later transfer to the University of Oregon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Offseason news\nOn January 6, 2007, Shortly after the Trojans ended their 2006 season with a win at the 2007 Rose Bowl, two-year starting placekicker Mario Danelo was found dead at the bottom of a cliff in San Pedro, California. Danelo had been expected to start during the 2007\u00a0season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Offseason news\nFor the 2007\u00a0season, USC players wore a #19\u00a0sticker on their helmets in honor of Danelo; in addition the Kennedy-Jones practice field had the number \"19\" sprayed onto its end zones and the Coliseum hung a banner above the player's tunnel with Danelo's name and also paid tribute to him on the goal-post pads.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Offseason news\nThe Trojans lost their offensive coordinator, Lane Kiffin, on January 23, 2007, when he was hired to be the new head coach of the Oakland Raiders; the 31-year-old Kiffin became the youngest head coach in Raiders history, and the youngest head coach since the formation of the modern NFL. Shortly after Kiffin's departure, Pete Carroll named Steve Sarkisian as his team's new offensive coordinator. Sarkisian had interviewed with the Raiders for their vacant head coach position but withdrew from the process to stay at USC, where he had been the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 656]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Offseason news\nIntra-conference controversy arose in March 2007, when Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh was quoted as saying \"[Pete Carroll]'s only got one\u00a0more year, though. He'll be there one\u00a0more year. That's what I've heard. I heard it inside the staff.\" Upon further questions, Harbaugh claimed he had heard it from staff at USC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Offseason news\nAt the Pac-10 Conference media day (July 26, 2007), Harbaugh praised the Trojans, stating \"There is no question in my mind that USC is the best team in the country and may be the best team in the history of college football\"; the declaration, especially in light of his earlier comment, garnered more media attention.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 383]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Before the season, Offseason news\nIn early July, LSU coach Les Miles stirred inter-conference controversy when he publicly criticized USC's 2007\u00a0schedule in front of LSU boosters; though the two\u00a0schools had not played each other since 1984, the LSU Tiger faithful maintained a strong grudge against the Trojans after they shared the national title in the controversial 2003\u00a0season. LSU and Michigan were ranked as the pre-season No. 2\u00a0team in various polls.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 65], "content_span": [66, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Schedule\nThe 2007\u00a0Trojans schedule was ranked the 8th\u00a0hardest in the country. Before the season, the road schedule was ranked as the 6th\u00a0toughest. Within the Pac-10, the schedule ranked as the 2nd\u00a0toughest.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 40], "content_span": [41, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nUSC opened its season hosting the University of Idaho Vandals of the Western Athletic Conference, under first\u00a0year coach Robb Akey. Trojans Defensive Coordinator Nick Holt had previously been the head coach of the Idaho Vandals for two seasons (2004\u201305); before that he was USC's linebackers coach from 2001\u201303 under Carroll (Holt had been an assistant coach at Idaho for eight seasons, from 1990 to 1997). The game was scheduled in 2005, during Holt's tenure with the Vandals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 531]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nAfter Holt's sudden resignation in early 2006, Idaho tried to get out of the game to no avail; the Vandals athletic program received $600,000 for their appearance in the game. The last time the Vandals played USC, in 1929, they were in the same conference, the Pacific Coast Conference. During their time as conference rivals, USC dominated the Vandals, winning all seven\u00a0games between 1922 and 1929 by a combined score of 215\u201320. USC entered the 2007\u00a0contest as six-touchdown favorites.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nUSC controlled the game, but did not exert the level of domination expected. After taking a 21\u20130 lead into the second quarter, the offense showed signs of sputtering; the second\u00a0teams took over for the 4th\u00a0quarter. Booty completed 21 of 32\u00a0passes for 206\u00a0yards, threw for three\u00a0touchdowns and one\u00a0interception; though he did not convert on a fourth\u00a0down play in short yardage and was unable to find a rhythm.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0021-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nPrimary receiver Patrick Turner was held out of the game to recover from a stinger received in the previous week's practice; cornerback Josh Pinkard was also held out to recover from knee soreness. As a result, young receivers David Ausberry and Vidal Hazelton handled the primary wide receiver duties. The highlight of the Trojans offense was the running game, which rushed for 214\u00a0yards while Idaho was held to 98.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0021-0002", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nThe role was run by committee: with the debut of redshirt freshman Stafon Johnson (64\u00a0yards in 12\u00a0carries, two\u00a0touchdown runs), who scored the first\u00a0touchdown of the game, as well as C.J. Gable (68\u00a0yards in eight\u00a0carries, one\u00a0touchdown reception), who made an impressive 33-yard run, and fullback Stanley Havili who made several receptions, including one for a touchdown. The game marked the debut of USC true freshman running back Joe McKnight, who made a spectacular run in the third\u00a0quarter that was likened to those of predecessor Reggie Bush.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0021-0003", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nKristofer O'Dowd became the first\u00a0true freshman to start at center for the Trojans due to an injury to Matt Spanos, earning positive reviews for his performance. Although the defense did not cause many turnovers and lost key linebacker Brian Cushing to an ankle sprain in the first\u00a0quarter, it met enough expectations to remain ranked among the top defenses in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 427]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Idaho\nIn honor of Trojans kicker Mario Danelo, who died just after the 2006\u00a0season, a special ceremony was held before the beginning of the game. Also, after scoring its first\u00a0touchdown, USC intentionally lined up for the PAT without a kicker in tribute to their late teammate, taking a 5-yard delay of game penalty before David Buehler came on the field to kick the extra point. The moment was chosen by ESPN as one of the Pac-10's Top 10\u00a0Moments Of BCS Era.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 53], "content_span": [54, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAfter a bye week, the Trojans visited the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the pre-season, the game was named as one of the candidates for the 10\u00a0most important games of 2007. For the Huskers, the game was especially critical to their hopes of showing progress under 4th\u00a0year head coach Bill Callahan. The game marked the first time a No. 1-ranked team visited Lincoln since 1978. Because of the game's significance, ESPN College GameDay chose it as the site of its weekly broadcast.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nCallahan had been criticized for his conservative play-calling during the 2006\u00a0game in Los Angeles; instead of playing to win, it appeared the Huskers were playing to not get blown out by the then-favored Trojans. In that game the normally prolific West Coast offense of Nebraska, which had produced 541\u00a0yards a game, was corralled on the ground and attempted only 17\u00a0passes in a 28\u201310 Husker loss. For 2007, Callahan pledged to play more aggressively, using running back Marlon Lucky and quarterback Sam Keller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0024-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nKeller, the Huskers redshirt senior starting quarterback, was a 2006\u00a0transfer from Arizona State; as a Sun Devil Keller started the first seven\u00a0games of his 2005\u00a0junior season, throwing for 2,165\u00a0yards, before a disastrous game against USC where, after leading ASU to a 21\u20133 halftime lead, he and the offense fell apart on the way to a 38\u201328 loss where he was sacked five\u00a0times and threw five\u00a0interceptions. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Keller spent the 2006 season on the Huskers' scout team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe Trojans stayed in nearby Omaha and practiced at a local high school; Carroll took the rare step of closing practice to outsiders after a local radio station announced the location. The game marked the return of primary receiver Patrick Turner and running back Chauncey Washington from injury; linebacker Brian Cushing, who injured his ankle early against Idaho, had not fully recovered but was allowed to suit-up as a reserve. Senior center Matt Spanos remained injured, and true freshman Kris O'Dowd was called to start again. Veteran secondary member Josh Pinkard was lost for the season after his sore knee gave out during a bye week practice, resulting in a torn ACL requiring surgery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 750]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAnticipation for the game was high in Lincoln, fueling strong demand for tickets and accommodations; the game brought celebrities including USC fans Will Ferrell (also an alumnus) and Keanu Reeves, Nebraska fans Larry the Cable Guy, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Rush Limbaugh, and Ward Connerly; past Husker Heisman-winner Mike Rozier, Trojans Heisman-winner Marcus Allen and star Trojans safety Ronnie Lott were also on hand for the game. The game fell on Pete Carroll's 56th\u00a0birthday; as a surprise, Carroll was treated to a recorded message by actor Kiefer Sutherland, star of his favorite television show, 24. The morning recording of College GameDay attracted 13,293\u00a0fans, second to the all-time record of 15,808\u00a0set by Nebraska in 2001. With 84,959 in attendance, Nebraska recorded its NCAA-record 284th\u00a0consecutive home sellout dating back to 1962.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 922]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nUSC dominated the game 49\u201331, in a game that was not as close as the final score indicated: the Trojans led 42\u201310 going into the fourth\u00a0quarter; Nebraska scored two\u00a0touchdowns in the final five\u00a0minutes during garbage time. The Trojans dominated on the ground, as they out-gained Nebraska 313\u201331 in rushing yards and averaged 8.2\u00a0yards per carry, the most ever against a Nebraska team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0027-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nStafon Johnson led USC running backs with a career-best 144\u00a0yards in 11\u00a0carries with one\u00a0touchdown; other major contributors were C.J. Gable (69\u00a0yards in four\u00a0carries, including a 40-yard run), Washington (43\u00a0yards in 12\u00a0carries with two\u00a0touchdowns), and another versatile performance by fullback Stanley Havili (52\u00a0rushing yards in two\u00a0rushes with one\u00a0touchdown, and three\u00a0pass receptions for 22\u00a0yards with one\u00a0touchdown). The Trojans passing game again did not find a rhythm, with several dropped passes, but the defense was able to frustrate the Husker offense for most of the game and cause two\u00a0pivotal 3rd\u00a0quarter interceptions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nThe Trojans did not escape injuries, as linebacker Clay Matthews, substituting for the recovering Brian Cushing, broke his thumb, causing Cushing to enter the game as his replacement. The Trojans also suffered two\u00a0injuries on kick returns: fullback Alfred Rowe suffered a mild concussion, and there was a moment of worry when returner Vincent Joseph, after being tackled and fumbling the ball, lay on the turf for over 10\u00a0minutes before being removed by stretcher with a bruised larynx and a neck sprain, but no serious injuries. Linebacker Rey Maualuga was flagged during a field goal attempt for the rarely called penalty of \"disconcerting\", which is given for \"words or signals that disconcert opponents when they are preparing to put the ball in play\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Nebraska\nAfter losing first\u00a0place votes in the polls during the bye week, USC's performance regained six after their performance against the Huskers in a hostile environment. Receiving specific praise was the Trojans offensive line, as well as the continued poise and ability of freshman center O'Dowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nUSC opened Pac-10 conference play by hosting the Washington State Cougars. Entering the game, Trojans quarterback John David Booty and the receiver corp remained unproven after an uninspiring performance against Idaho and a run-dominated game against Nebraska. Hoping to take advantage, Washington State elected to go into the game using a man-to-man pass coverage to allow more focus on stopping the Trojans running game. The Cougars had given the then-No. 3\u00a0Trojans a scare in their 2006\u00a0meeting, with the game coming down to the final seconds.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 611]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nIn the end, USC routed the Cougars 47\u201314, with a primarily aerial attack. Booty reestablished his presence, completing 28 of 35\u00a0passes for 279\u00a0yards and four\u00a0touchdowns before leaving the game early in the fourth\u00a0quarter. Tight end Fred Davis had a career night with nine\u00a0receptions for 124\u00a0yards and two\u00a0touchdowns. Davis' performance marked the most yards receiving ever in a game by a Trojans tight end. The Trojans' first\u00a0offensive drive set the tone with 13\u00a0plays, 83\u00a0yards and a touchdown on fourth\u00a0down; mostly coming from the air.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0031-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nReceivers Patrick Turner and Vidal Hazelton were able to find a groove and make plays after sputtering against Nebraska. In the rushing game, Chauncey Washington started and rushed for 84 of USC's 207\u00a0yards. Stafon Johnson, who led the Trojans ground game against Nebraska, had nine\u00a0carries and finished with 48\u00a0yards. Joe McKnight also got his first extended work and gained 48\u00a0yards in seven\u00a0carries. USC built a 27\u20137 halftime lead and then scored on its first three\u00a0possessions in the second\u00a0half. The Trojans defense kept the Cougars in check, putting pressure on quarterback Alex Brink and limiting Washington State to 64\u00a0yards rushing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 706]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nJunior cornerback Cary Harris dislocated his right shoulder during the game and was replaced by Shareece Wright. Linebacker Brian Cushing reinjured the ankle he sprained in the opener against Idaho. Sixth-year senior running back Hershel Dennis played for the first time since the 2004\u00a0season during the fourth\u00a0quarter, gaining 14\u00a0yards in four\u00a0carries; he had sat out the two\u00a0previous seasons due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State\nThe victory continued the Trojans' domination of the series, 55\u20138\u20134; it also extended the record of top-ranked USC teams against the Cougars to 5\u20130. The game marked the first time it had ever rained during a USC game in September; as a result the attendance was 86,876, the first time in 16\u00a0home games that the Trojans failed to draw at least 90,000. USC extended its home winning streak to 35\u00a0games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 64], "content_span": [65, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Trojans played their first Pac-10 road game of the season, visiting the Washington Huskies under coach Tyrone Willingham, at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. In 2006, the unranked Huskies gave No. 3\u00a0USC a scare; quarterback Isaiah Stanback led Washington to the USC\u00a015 but the offense was unable to start a play before the final two\u00a0seconds ticked off the clock, preserving a 26\u201320 USC victory. The Huskies entered the game 0\u20136 when facing a number-one\u00a0ranked USC team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nGoing into the 2007\u00a0contest, Carroll expressed concern about containing the Huskies redshirt freshman quarterback Jake Locker, a dual-threat quarterback who led his team in passing and rushing. The Huskies announced prior to the game that they would be wearing throwback uniforms: instead of their standard purple and gold, the Huskies wore dark blue and gold jerseys with plain, gold helmets that were replicas of those worn by the 1960\u00a0team that beat No. 1\u00a0Minnesota in the Rose Bowl, the only win for Washington over an opponent ranked number one.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nIn a day where half of the week's top-10 teams were defeated, USC escaped becoming the sixth in a messy, mistake-prone 27\u201324 victory in a wet, windy game in Seattle. Although USC had a 460\u2013190 edge in total yards, their errors helped the Huskies significantly: They committed three\u00a0turnovers and 16\u00a0penalties\u2014their most in more than two\u00a0seasons\u2014for 161\u00a0yards, missed a field goal and had a punt blocked. A disappointed Pete Carroll noted \"We just couldn't do more things wrong in the game [. . .] I thought Washington was there for it. They were there to take it. All they needed was one\u00a0more chance.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 660]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nUSC quarterback John David Booty completed 20 of 37\u00a0passes for 236\u00a0yards and a touchdown but had two\u00a0interceptions, one of which was returned 54\u00a0yards for a touchdown tying the game at 14\u201314 in the second\u00a0quarter. The Huskies gained momentum early in the fourth\u00a0quarter when they came to within 24\u201317 and forced USC to punt; however, on the return Terrell Thomas stripped the ball from Anthony Russo for a fumble and recovered the ball at the Huskies' 43\u00a0yard line, setting up David Buehler's 33-yard field goal with 3:01 remaining. The Huskies did not give up, blocked a USC punt with 1:15 left and scored on quarterback Jake Locker's one-yard run to pull to within three with 34\u00a0seconds left. On the ensuing onside kick, Thomas was able to recover the ball for USC, ending the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 843]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nLocker displayed the dual passing/running threat Carroll had expressed concern about, but also showed his youth with erratic passing, finishing 12-for-27 with 83\u00a0yards passing and one\u00a0interception, plus another 50\u00a0yards on 16\u00a0carries with two\u00a0touchdowns. USC did have positive showings in the running game, with Stafon Johnson running for 122\u00a0yards and a touchdown and Chauncey Washington also adding 106\u00a0yards and a score. In the end, Carroll and the Trojans described the game as less a victory than an escape, a game where USC's raw athleticism took advantage of Washington's youth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 644]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe Trojans suffered numerous injuries during the game: starting freshman center Kristofer O'Dowd hurt his kneecap and guard Chilo Rachal sprained his knee on the same play in the first\u00a0quarter; they were replaced by senior center Matt Spanos, who had just been cleared for play after tearing a triceps before the season, and reserve guard Alatini Malu. Starting cornerback Shareece Wright, in his first\u00a0start after replacing the injured Cary Harris, sustained a pulled hamstring muscle and was replaced by Mozique McCurtis. Tailback Stafon Johnson suffered a foot injury and fellow tailback C.J. Gable dressed but did not play because of a groin injury suffered just before the trip to Washington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 757]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington\nThe game drew comparisons to USC's 33\u201331 loss to Oregon State the previous season. As a result of the close finish, USC lost the No. 1\u00a0ranking in the AP Poll, falling to No. 2 with 1,591\u00a0points and 32\u00a0first-place votes to LSU's 1,593\u00a0points and 33\u00a0first-place votes; however, the Trojans remained No. 1 in the Coaches Poll, keeping a more substantial lead: 1,483\u00a0points and 45\u00a0first-place votes to LSU's 1,454\u00a0points and 14\u00a0first-place votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nUSC continued Pac-10 play by hosting the struggling Stanford Cardinal, under first-year coach Jim Harbaugh. In a major upset, USC stumbled at home to the 41\u00a0point underdog, losing 24\u201323.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nHarbaugh made headlines prior to the season by claiming 2007 would be Carroll's last year with USC before departing to the NFL, drawing a terse rebuke from Carroll; Harbaugh later called the 2007\u00a0Trojans one of the best teams in history at the Pac-10 Media Day, reiterating the position in the week before their game. However, there were no hard feelings between the coaches. The two kept in cordial phone contact and Carroll made light of Harbaugh's comments several times during the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe Stanford starting quarterback, redshirt senior T. C. Ostrander, suffered a seizure on the afternoon of September 30, one day after their game against Arizona State; he was released from Stanford Hospital after a few hours, but as a precautionary measure he was held out of the game against USC. The starting quarterback position fell to Tavita Pritchard, a redshirt sophomore with three\u00a0passes in his college career. Stanford was also without two other key starters: defensive lineman Ekom Udofia (ankle) and offensive lineman Allen Smith (knee).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0043-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nOn October 3 it was announced that USC running back C.J. Gable, who was averaging a team-best 11\u00a0yards a carry, would undergo season-ending abdominal surgery to correct a nagging sports hernia that had limited his ability since the previous season; because he had only played in the first three\u00a0games, he would seek a medical redshirt season. Gable's fellow running back, Stafon Johnson, was also held out of the game due to a foot bruise suffered the previous week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 523]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nStanford was the last team to beat USC at the Coliseum, doing so on September 29, 2001 under Tyrone Willingham, against then-first year coach Carroll. By game week, the line for the game favored the Trojans by 39.5\u00a0points, and reached 41\u00a0points by gametime. The loss ended multiple USC streaks, including a five-game win streak against Stanford and a 35-game home winning streak. For sportsbooks, the loss to a 41-point underdog marked the biggest upset in their history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThere were a few positive efforts for the Trojans: Tight end Fred Davis caught five\u00a0passes for a career-best 152\u00a0yards, including a 63-yard touchdown; and nose tackle Sedrick Ellis had three\u00a0sacks. However, there were many more errors and substandard performances: quarterback John David Booty, who broke a bone in the middle finger of his throwing hand in the first\u00a0half, had four\u00a0passes intercepted in the second\u00a0half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0045-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThe offensive line had been suffering since losing two\u00a0starters in one\u00a0play during the previous week's game at Washington, but the effect was severe against Stanford; the offensive line gave up four\u00a0sacks, one more than the Trojans had surrendered all season, and USC gained only 95\u00a0yards rushing. Key receiver Patrick Turner dropped several passes, the defense gave up 17\u00a0points in the fourth\u00a0quarter and USC had an extra-point attempt blocked, a point which became a crucial difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0045-0002", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nLike their previous game against Washington, USC out-gained Stanford by 224\u00a0yards (459 to 235) but made many crucial turnovers and penalties. In the press conference following the game, Coach Carroll summarized his concerns: \"It's real clear that we have fallen out of line with our philosophy that has guided this program for years; we're turning the ball over too much.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nOpinions in the sports press ranged from proclaiming the end of the USC's era of dominance in college football to calling the loss a major, but not fatal set-back to any hopes for a Trojans run at the national championship. The Trojans fell to No. 10 in the AP Poll; however, USC only fell to No. 7 in both the Coaches Poll and Harris Poll, both of which are the human components for determining who the BCS chooses for the National Championship Game. As a result, USC remained in outside title contention with upcoming games against consensus-No. 2 California and top-10 Oregon. The upset landed the Trojans in ESPN.com's Bottom 10.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nIn an interview the following month, Carroll assessed the mistakes that led to the loss as his own:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nWe really blew it against Stanford. We screwed it up because we played a guy that was hurt. I made a mistake on that. That was me. ... If anything really was a factor, it was my cockiness that there was no way we could lose a game. It didn't matter\u00a0\u2014 we could keep running our offense, keep working on stuff, and they would never beat us. ... Broken hand? What was I thinking? I'm the one that screwed it up. He's a warrior. He's the one telling me \"I can play.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0048-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nThat's what he should be telling me. ... I missed a big one. It cost us a game that really cost us the flavor of this season. We've been tainted ever since, for obvious reasons. We gave away a game to a team that's won two or three games. Amazing. But it's awesome for football, it's awesome for Stanford and all that. Great for those guys. Sucks to be us in that regard. We screwed it up.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 446]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford\nAt the end of the regular season, Sports Illustrated chose Stanford's upset of USC as the second \"Biggest Upset of 2007\" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's upset of No. 5\u00a0Michigan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nAfter the previous week's upset loss to Stanford, the Trojans hosted the Arizona Wildcats, led by head coach Mike Stoops, aiming to correct mistakes and demonstrate that they were still in contention for the Pac-10 title and to remain an outside candidate for the national title game. Matters were complicated when it was announced that starting quarterback John David Booty would not start due to a broken middle finger on his throwing hand, suffered during the previous week's loss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0050-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nAs a result, redshirt sophomore Mark Sanchez made his first start for the Trojans; previously he had only played during garbage time. The Trojans also remained without offensive linemen Chilo Rachal and Kris O'Dowd, as well as leading rusher Stafon Johnson, who remained idle for a second\u00a0week after bruising his left foot during the game against Washington. The Trojans entered the game a 21-point favorite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Trojans again showed inconsistency for most of the game before coming alive in the fourth\u00a0quarter and pulling away to a 20\u201313 victory. USC started out well, going ahead 10\u20130 in the second\u00a0quarter after running back Chauncey Washington's 18-yard touchdown run and David Buehler's 27-yard field goal. However, the offense began to sputter; the Trojans amassed only 12\u00a0total yards in the second\u00a0quarter and 50 in the third. Part of the offense's problems were turnovers; Sanchez threw two\u00a0interceptions in the second\u00a0quarter, allowing Arizona to tie the game going into halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0051-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Wildcats kicked another field goal early in the third\u00a0quarter to go up 13\u201310, raising speculation that USC was going to be upset for the second\u00a0consecutive week. The momentum of the game quickly changed in the fourth\u00a0quarter after freshman running back Joe McKnight, touted as the next great Trojans tailback but yet to meet expectations, made a 45-yard punt return that Sanchez followed up on the next play with a 25-yard touchdown pass to tight end Fred Davis. After a defensive stop, Arizona punter Keenyn Crier kicked an 83-yard punt to the Trojans one-yard line.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0051-0002", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe Trojans pushed forward with fullback Stanley Havili before McKnight again made a big play, running 59\u00a0yards and setting up what would be a Trojans field goal. The USC defense then forced an Arizona turn-over on downs to preserve the victory. Sanchez recovered from his poor first\u00a0half performance with a strong performance in the second, where he completed 11 of 15\u00a0passes for 74\u00a0yards and a touchdown while later making a key 10-yard scramble on third and seven late in the fourth\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nThe injuries that had plagued USC throughout the season continued as All-American tackle Sam Baker left the game because of a hamstring strain and freshman guard Zack Heberer, already substituting for an injured Chilo Rachal, suffered a shoulder bruise. On the defense, linebacker Rey Maualuga suffered a hip injury and safety Kevin Ellison broke his nose. An uncommon number of injuries, especially along the offensive line, depleted reserve players and forced Trojans to reach out to the general student population in order to find students with previous lineman experience to help on the scout team's offensive line; however, none were officially added to the roster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 726]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona\nIn light of the Trojans close victory, USC dropped in both major polls, falling to No. 13 in the AP Poll and No. 9 in the Coaches Poll, tied with previously No. 2\u00a0California, which had just lost an upset to Oregon State. The Trojans debuted at No. 14 in the season's first Bowl Championship Series standings, used to determine which two teams play in the BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 55], "content_span": [56, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nUSC visited inter-sectional rival Notre Dame for their 79th\u00a0annual game for possession of the Jeweled Shillelagh. Pre -season demand for tickets was among the highest in Notre Dame history as USC made its first\u00a0visit back to Notre Dame Stadium since the notable 2005\u00a0\"Bush Push\" game; demand remained high although, going into the season, the Fighting Irish were unranked.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nNotre Dame had the worst start to their season in program history, opening 0\u20135 (the previous record was 0\u20133) and headed into their game with USC at 1\u20136. With significant problems at most positions, Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis made several changes at quarterback: Starting the opener with sophomore Demetrius Jones, he chose to start heralded freshman Jimmy Clausen for games two through seven; during which time Jones transferred from the program.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nAfter Clausen also showed trouble at the position, Weis elected to go with junior Evan Sharpley as the starter for the USC game; Sharpley had backed up Brady Quinn the previous season. In response to controversy over the length of the grass in Notre Dame Stadium during the 2005\u00a0game, where USC kickoff returner Desmond Reed suffered torn right knee ligaments and nerve damage while trying to turn on the field, the Fighting Irish cut the grass significantly shorter. Notre Dame entered the game ranked last in total offense (190.9\u00a0yards a game) and rushing (32.1\u00a0yards a game), and next to last in scoring (11.4\u00a0points); their offensive line had given up 34\u00a0sacks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 724]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nWith starting quarterback John David Booty still recovering from a broken finger on his throwing hand, USC elected to start Mark Sanchez for the second\u00a0straight week. On the Thursday night before the game, the Trojans charter flight experienced severe turbulence on approach to South Bend Regional Airport during a lightning storm; their aircraft dropped and threw several passengers (players, coaches and their spouses) from their seats and hit their heads on the ceiling during an initial approach that was aborted before the plane circled and landed safely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nBreaking with tradition, the Fighting Irish announced in June that they would be wearing their alternative green jerseys instead of blue against USC; Weis noted that it was in honor of the 1977\u00a0Irish team that switched to green jerseys before defeating the Trojans en route to a national championship (Weis was a student at Notre Dame at the time). Previously, the Irish did not let the public know when they would be wearing their green jerseys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe Trojans dominated the game, shutting out Notre Dame 38\u20130, USC's largest margin of victory in the series. Quarterback Mark Sanchez made significant improvements over the previous week, completing 21 of 38 passes for 235\u00a0yards and four\u00a0touchdowns and no interceptions. There were several highlight plays: Tight end Fred Davis made a one-handed touchdown catch in the first\u00a0quarter, wide receiver Vidal Hazelton made a 48-yard touchdown run after evading several Irish defenders, and freshman running back Joe McKnight made a 51-yard fourth\u00a0quarter run for his first\u00a0touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 637]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0058-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nThe USC defense stifled the Irish offense: allowing only 165\u00a0yards to the Trojans' 462\u00a0yards, making five\u00a0sacks, and keeping the Irish from rushing for a first\u00a0down until the fourth\u00a0quarter. There were several special teams miscues: The Irish blocked a USC punt, the Trojans blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt and the Irish had a fumbled punt return that was recovered by USC. The Trojans had several key players return from injuries and make significant contributions, including linebacker Brian Cushing and running back Stafon Johnson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame\nAfter two\u00a0weeks of moving down in the rankings, the Trojans moved up to No. 8 in the Coaches Poll, No. 9 in the AP Poll (tied with Florida) and No. 12 in the BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nWith the Ducks as three-point favorites, the Trojans entered a Pac-10 game as underdogs for the first time since November 17, 2001; the game was the first between top-10 teams in the 41-year history of Oregon's Autzen Stadium. The match-up was framed as a battle between Oregon's highly productive offense and USC's defense.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Trojans were affected by the massive wildfires affecting Southern California that week; air quality during outdoor practices in Los Angeles dropped significantly, and Trojans quarterback Mark Sanchez' father, a fire captain with the Orange County Fire Authority, was on the front line fighting the blazes. With John David Booty still recovering from a broken finger, Sanchez was given the start for the third\u00a0week in a row. The Trojans were also set to return from injury all-American offensive tackle Sam Baker and guard Chilo Rachal. Despite having won the previous three\u00a0contests, the Trojans noted concerns about playing in the famously loud and raucous Autzen Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nBefore a stadium-record crowd of 59,277, the Ducks defeated the Trojans 24\u201317 in a game decided in the final seconds. The Trojans made key mistakes and did not exploit several opportunities against the Ducks. After Oregon fumbled the opening kickoff, USC failed to score with the Ducks stopping running back Joe McKnight on a fourth-and-one play at the Oregon 12\u00a0yard line. Later in the first\u00a0quarter, an apparent 65-yard touchdown run by McKnight was nullified by a holding penalty away from the play.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 557]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Trojans trailed 10\u20133 going into halftime, but tied the game in the third\u00a0quarter on a Sanchez to Patrick Turner touchdown pass. However, on the next possession, fullback Stanley Havili fumbled the ball and Oregon recovered on the USC 16\u00a0yard line, leading to an Oregon touchdown. On USC's next series, Sanchez threw an interception. During the Trojans' following series, Oregon safety Matthew Harper intercepted a pass and returned it 27\u00a0yards to the Oregon\u00a042. The Ducks took a 24\u201310 lead with 11:39 left as running back Jonathan Stewart scored his second\u00a0touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0063-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Trojans rallied; Sanchez led an 85-yard, five-play drive that he capped with a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver David Ausberry. The USC defense forced an Oregon three-and-out and starting at their 17; the Trojans then advanced to Oregon's 33 with 26\u00a0seconds left. However, on second\u00a0down, Sanchez misread the defensive coverage and threw his second\u00a0interception of the game to Harper with 11\u00a0seconds left in the game. After taking a knee to run out the clock on first\u00a0down, USC used their final timeout to stop the clock. Unaware of the timeout, Oregon fans stormed the field before the game officially finished, and after being cleared away the Ducks took a second\u00a0knee and ran out the clock, sealing the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 780]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Trojans defense did slow down the Oregon offense, keeping them 212\u00a0yards below their season average, allowing the USC offense to out-gain the Ducks, 378\u00a0yards to 339. The Ducks' senior quarterback, Dennis Dixon, ran for 76\u00a0yards and a touchdown in 17\u00a0carries and completed 16 of 25\u00a0passes for 157\u00a0yards without an interception. However, the Oregon defense ultimately won the game for the Ducks. Sanchez threw for 277\u00a0yards and two\u00a0touchdowns, but also had the two\u00a0interceptions, including the game-ender.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 563]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0064-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nUSC Offensive Coordinator Steve Sarkisian's decisions on several key plays were called into question by fans in the week following the game. Eugene's newspaper, The Register-Guard, recorded the crowd noise at 127.2\u00a0decibels, making it the loudest crowd for a college football game; 1.2\u00a0decibels louder than the 126\u00a0decibels made by 77,381\u00a0Clemson fans during a game in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe game was viewed as marking Oregon's rise to a national title contender and a break in USC's dominance of the Pac-10 conference. The game also marked the first\u00a0season since 2002 that the Trojans were going into November no longer considered a national title contender. Despite losing the game, the Trojans were still regarded as a legitimate threat in the conference and were projected as a potential at-large team for the BCS bowl games. However, there were voices in the media that believed the loss signaled the \"death\" of the \"Trojan Dynasty\" that had reigned in college football since 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon\nThe Trojans fell to No. 13 in the AP Poll, No. 15 in the Coaches Poll, and No. 19 in the BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 54], "content_span": [55, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nUSC celebrated homecoming by hosting the Oregon State Beavers, coached by Mike Riley. In 2006, the unranked Beavers stunned the No. 3\u00a0Trojans in a 33\u201331 upset in Corvallis. The Beavers had not won at USC since 1960.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nOregon State entered the game with the nation's best rushing defense, allowing only 54.5\u00a0yards rushing a game and also recording a nation-leading 34\u00a0sacks. The Beaver defense ranked 13th\u00a0nationally in total defense, surrendering 299.9\u00a0yards a game. Trojans quarterback John David Booty returned from injury to start; offensive lineman Sam Baker remained out after re-injuring a hamstring against the Ducks. Oregon State star running back Yvenson Bernard was initially expected to play despite a sprained shoulder, but did not. Former USC linebacker Richard Wood, who was chosen for the College Football Hall of Fame, was honored at halftime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 703]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nIn a strong defensive performance, the Trojans defeated the Beavers 24\u20133. The USC defense made nine\u00a0sacks and intercepted a pass; they limited Oregon State to 176\u00a0total yards and a field goal off a Trojans fumble in the USC red zone. True freshman Everson Griffen had 3\u00bd\u00a0sacks, safety Kevin Ellison added two, end Lawrence Jackson had 1\u00bd and nose tackle Sedrick Ellis and linebacker Brian Cushing had one each; cornerback Terrell Thomas made the interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0069-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Trojans offense had its second lowest total of the season, gaining 287\u00a0yards, but it rushed for 100\u00a0yards against the Beavers' tight rush defense, led by Chauncey Washington who gained 60\u00a0yards in 12\u00a0carries. Booty, returning from injury, could not find his rhythm but still completed 19 of 33\u00a0passes for 157\u00a0yards without an interception; the Trojans converted only five of 16\u00a0third downs. Both teams missed field goals in the first\u00a0quarter, then exchanged field goals going into the second\u00a0quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0069-0002", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Trojans then scored 21\u00a0unanswered points in less than eight\u00a0minutes to close the half. Neither team scored in the second\u00a0half. USC running back Stafon Johnson was allowed to play a few downs but was kept out for most of the game to allow his foot to heal fully.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Trojans rose slightly in the polls to No. 12 in the AP Poll, No. 15 in the Coaches Poll, and No. 17 in the BCS standings. The 2007 Holiday Bowl was mentioned as a possible destination for the Trojans. Holiday Bowl executive director Bruce Binkowski said they would be very interested in pitting the Trojans against the Texas Longhorns. The two\u00a0teams last met in the 2006 Rose Bowl for the BCS National Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 60], "content_span": [61, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California\nIn the pre-season, the Trojans' game against California was named as one of the candidates for the 10\u00a0most important games of 2007; the Trojans national title hopes hinged on proving themselves against a veteran team led by head coach Jeff Tedford in California Memorial Stadium. Prior to the season, Cal star receiver DeSean Jackson, an early Heisman Trophy candidate, called out USC cornerback Terrell Thomas in ESPN The Magazine, stating that he would best the cornerback who contributed to limiting him to two\u00a0catches in the 2006\u00a0match-up. After USC's loss to Stanford, the game was still referred to as the Pac-10 game of the year; however, after Cal's mid-season losses to Oregon State and UCLA and USC's loss to Oregon, the game took on less importance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California\nOn a rain-soaked evening in Strawberry Canyon, the Trojans gained a 24\u201317 victory over the No. 24\u00a0Golden Bears behind a career-best effort by running back Chauncey Washington. After seeing his early success against the Cal defense, USC began handing the ball almost exclusively to Washington who ran for 220\u00a0yards on 29\u00a0rushes. Due to the rain and Washington's success on the ground, Booty only attempted 20\u00a0passes for 129\u00a0yards in 11\u00a0completions with one\u00a0touchdown and no interceptions; the Trojans offensive line did not give up a sack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0072-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California\nUSC returner Ronald Johnson returned four\u00a0kicks for 102\u00a0yards, including one for 41\u00a0yards and another for 35, giving USC favorable field position. Cal running back Justin Forsett had an effective night, running for 164\u00a0yards in 31\u00a0carries. However, the Trojans defense had another solid effort, holding Cal to 14\u00a0points below its scoring average and forcing quarterback Nate Longshore into two\u00a0interceptions and a sack. Cal's one-time Heisman Trophy candidate, wide receiver DeSean Jackson, was limited to five\u00a0receptions for 64\u00a0yards and was kept from returning any kicks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California\nThe game turned to the Trojans favor during the fourth\u00a0quarter, when the Trojans put together a 10\u00a0play, 96-yard drive behind Washington and capped by a three-yard touchdown run by Stafon Johnson. Cal received the ball back with 7:38 left, but the Trojans forced turnovers in the Bears' subsequent two\u00a0drives; after Lawrence Jackson recovered a fumbled snap on the first\u00a0drive, cornerback Terrell Thomas intercepted a Longshore pass at the USC\u00a017 with 2:47 to play to seal the victory. As part of its Hall of Fame weekend, Cal wore throwback jerseys based on its 1975\u00a0team in honor of All-American quarterback Joe Roth; it was the third\u00a0team to wear throwback jerseys in their game against the Trojans. Linebacker Keith Rivers suffered a high ankle sprain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California\nAfter the victory and the subsequent bye week, the Trojans again rose slightly in the polls to No. 11 in the AP Poll, No. 11 in the BCS standings, and No. 12 in the Coaches Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nIn the pre-season, the game against veteran head coach Dennis Erickson's first\u00a0squad at ASU was identified as a potential trap game for the Trojans. With No. 2\u00a0Oregon's loss during the bye week, Arizona State rose to No. 9 in the polls and the top of the Pac-10 standings while USC remained in contention for at least a share of the Pac-10 title if they could win out.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nScheduled for prime time television on Thanksgiving Day, it was the only major college game shown on the holiday evening time slot. It was Arizona State's first Thanksgiving Day game and USC's 20th, though its first since 1938. The game attracted a number of celebrities, including former USC Heisman-winners Marcus Allen and Matt Leinart, who was joined by Arizona Cardinals teammate Larry Fitzgerald, Heisman-winner Gino Torretta, Bob Davie and Charles Barkley; it also included a halftime performance by singer Little Richard. In honor of the holiday, the Sun Devils added a turkey leg to the end of Sparty's pitchfork painted at the center of the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 719]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nEleven\u00a0years removed from their last Rose Bowl berth, Arizona State had made a quick turn-around under Erickson, returning to national prominence with a 9\u20131 record. Using an NFL-style offense under junior quarterback Rudy Carpenter, the Sun Devils put extra pressure on their offensive line, allowing in 43\u00a0sacks, the most in the Pac-10 Conference and second\u00a0most in the nation. In order to relieve Carpenter, who had suffered injuries over the season in his throwing hand, Arizona State planned to also work in the running game behind Keegan Herring and Dimitri Nance. USC entered the game ranked first in the Pac-10 and third\u00a0nationally in defense, giving up 267.9\u00a0yards per game. The Sun Devils had trailed in every Pac-10 conference game in the season up to that point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 835]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nBehind a strong performance by John David Booty, the Trojans defeated the Sun Devils, 44\u201324, in front of a sold-out Sun Devil Stadium. Under an even passing attack, Booty threw for 26 of 39\u00a0passes for 375\u00a0yards and four\u00a0touchdowns with no interceptions. He distributed the ball to eight\u00a0different receivers, including four\u00a0separate players for his touchdowns; Booty also rushed for a touchdown. Tight end Fred Davis made five\u00a0receptions for 119\u00a0yards and a touchdown. David Buehler kicked three\u00a0field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0078-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nThe Trojans defense made six\u00a0sacks as the Sun Devils were shut down for most of the second\u00a0half and held to 16\u00a0yards rushing; two of the Sun Devils' scores were from a 98-yard kick return for a touchdown and a score off a blocked punt in the fourth\u00a0quarter. Defensive end Lawrence Jackson made four of USC's sacks, the most by a USC player since 1989, including one that split Carpenter's lip and caused him to throw his helmet towards the sideline in frustration; Jackson also finished with a school-record 5\u2009\u00bd\u00a0tackles for losses. Ronald Johnson had another strong game on special teams, returning the opening kickoff 49\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 690]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State\nTwo\u00a0days later Oregon lost to UCLA, leaving the Trojans in a tie for first\u00a0place in the Pac-10 standings with Arizona State (winning the tiebreaker). USC's strong victory, along with several upsets during the week, led the Trojans to rise to No. 8 in the AP Poll, No. 8 in the BCS standings, and No. 9 in the Coaches Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 61], "content_span": [62, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Trojans ended the regular season by hosting the UCLA Bruins, led by head coach Karl Dorrell, in the 77th\u00a0edition of their annual crosstown rivalry game for possession of the Victory Bell. In the 2006\u00a0season, the Bruins' 13\u20139 upset of the then-No. 2\u00a0Trojans in the final week of the regular season ended the Trojans' hopes for reaching the national championship game. With both teams ranked going into the season (USC first, UCLA 14th in the AP Poll), there was buzz in Los Angeles that both teams might reach their December 1 game undefeated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0080-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nUCLA made it as high as 11th in both polls before suffering a 44\u20137 upset loss at unranked Utah in week\u00a03 that knocked them out of the top 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0080-0002", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nIt was the 36th\u00a0time that a Rose Bowl berth was on the line for one of the two teams in the game: A USC victory would guarantee them at least a share of the Pac-10 Conference title and a berth in the 2008 Rose Bowl Game; UCLA, despite entering the game 6\u20135 (5\u20133 in the Pac-10), also entered the game with a chance at the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth if they could defeat the Trojans and Arizona could beat Arizona State in a game later in the day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nDuring the 2006\u00a0contest, UCLA Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker had the Bruins apply aggressive pressure to John David Booty, limiting the quarterback's ability to drive the passing game while holding the Trojans to 55\u00a0yards rushing and an average of only 1.9\u00a0yards per carry. USC entered the 2007\u00a0game averaging 186.6\u00a0yards rushing and 4.8\u00a0yards per carry, significantly higher than the 128\u00a0yards rushing per game in 2006. UCLA's season was marked by numerous injures, particularly at quarterback. Original starting quarterback Ben Olson injured his knee early in the season and missed over four\u00a0games. Backup quarterback Patrick Cowan also suffered a knee injury but returned for two\u00a0more games before suffering a collapsed lung against Arizona. As a result, the Bruins had resorted to playing walk-on McLeod Bethel-Thompson and converted-wide receiver Osaar Rasshan.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 925]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nIn the week leading up to the game, a dispute between USC and the Coliseum Commission, the public managers of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, went public. USC threatened to move to the Rose Bowl (home of the UCLA Bruins since 1982) if an agreement could not be reached. In addition to honoring the outgoing seniors during their final game in the Coliseum, the Trojans also honored late players Drean Rucker and Mario Danelo, who would have both been members of the 2007\u00a0senior class.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0082-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nRucker, a linebacker from Moreno Valley, drowned during the summer before his freshman year with USC (and was honored during the 2004\u00a0season) and Danelo died from a fatal fall immediately following the 2006\u00a0season; members of both families attended. The stadium also held a moment of silence for the passing of Trojans alumnus and donor Louis Galen. USC entered the game as a 20-point favorite.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Trojans defense dominated the Bruins in a 24\u20137 victory before a sold-out Coliseum crowd. The Trojans held the Bruins to a season-low 168\u00a0yards, sacking quarterback Patrick Cowan four\u00a0times for 31\u00a0yards in losses and held the Bruins to 12\u00a0net rushing yards. USC forced four\u00a0turnovers, recovering three\u00a0UCLA fumbles and intercepting a pass. The Bruins did not convert any of its 11\u00a0third\u00a0down situations. The Bruins sole score came in a drive in the closing minutes of the first\u00a0half. USC gained 231\u00a0rushing yards and 437\u00a0overall. On the ground, running back Joe McKnight rushed for 89\u00a0yards and a touchdown, Stafon Johnson ran for 73\u00a0yards and senior Chauncey Washington gained 66\u00a0yards and scored a touchdown. Booty completed 21 of 36\u00a0passes for 206\u00a0yards with a touchdown and an interception.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 850]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe victory assured USC a share of the Pac-10 title. Although Arizona State would defeat Arizona later in the night to become co-champions, the Trojans clinched a berth in the Rose Bowl by virtue of their victory over the Sun Devils the previous week. USC extended its streak of Pac-10 titles to six in a row, having already broken the record the previous season with five. Dorrell was fired by UCLA the following Monday. USC's victory, coupled with another week of upsets, led the Trojans to rise to No. 6 in the AP Poll, No. 6 in the Coaches Poll, and No. 7 in the BCS standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 52], "content_span": [53, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Trojans ended the 2007\u00a0season by participating in the 2008 Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California; it was the Trojans' fourth\u00a0Rose Bowl game and sixth\u00a0BCS Bowl in six\u00a0years. Although it traditionally hosts the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences, the 2007\u00a0Big Ten Champion, Ohio State, was ranked No. 1 in the final BCS poll and instead participated in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0085-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe rules governing BCS bowl selections allowed the Rose Bowl to select a BCS \"at-large\" team from the top 14\u00a0teams ranked in the BCS Standings that have at least nine\u00a0wins. Keeping with its traditional bowl ties, the Rose Bowl selected the No. 13-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini (9\u20133), under third-year head coach Ron Zook.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Illini entered the Rose Bowl after a Cinderella season where they won nine\u00a0games, including an upset victory over at-the-time No. 1\u00a0Ohio State, after winning a total of four\u00a0games the previous two\u00a0seasons. It was Illinois' first bowl game since winning the 2001\u00a0Big Ten Championship and playing in the 2002\u00a0Sugar Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0086-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Illini offense was led by sophomore quarterback \"Juice\" Williams, who in the regular season passed for 13\u00a0touchdowns and ran for seven, junior running back Rashard Mendenhall, who averaged 127\u00a0yards rushing per game and scored 18\u00a0touchdowns, and freshman receiver Arrelious Benn, who caught 49\u00a0passes and had 158\u00a0yards in 32\u00a0carries. For taking Illinois to the Rose Bowl a year after going 2\u201310, Zook won both national and Big Ten coach of the year honors. The Illini entered the game 13.5\u00a0point underdogs, the biggest of any of the season's 32\u00a0bowl games. It was USC's 31st appearance in \"The Granddaddy of Them All\", having won in 22 of its previous appearances and leading in both categories by a significant margin.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nThe Trojans routed the Illini 49\u201317 before a sold-out Rose Bowl crowd. USC set a Rose Bowl-record of 633\u00a0offensive yards and tied the record for points scored. John David Booty completed 25 of 37\u00a0passes for 255\u00a0yards, three\u00a0touchdowns and one\u00a0interception. Seven\u00a0different Trojans rushed the ball, led by running back Joe McKnight who had 125\u00a0rushing yards and touchdown (McKnight totaled 206\u00a0yards for the game). Tight end Fred Davis led the receivers with seven\u00a0receptions for 87\u00a0yards and a touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0087-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nMendenhall led the Illini, rushing 17\u00a0times for 155\u00a0yards and one touchdown, with 214\u00a0yards overall. Williams had 245\u00a0yards passing, completing 21 of 35\u00a0passes with two\u00a0interceptions and was sacked five\u00a0times. The second\u00a0Trojans touchdown was a trick play thrown by walk-on receiver-quarterback Garrett Green, who caught a ball thrown backward by Booty and then threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to running back Desmond Reed, who backflipped into the endzone, resulting in an excessive celebration penalty. The fourth quarter included a touchdown by sixth-year senior and one-time starter Hershel Dennis, his first\u00a0score since 2004, leading to a bench-clearing celebration that resulted in USC receiving another excessive celebration penalty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 797]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nUSC's 32-point victory was the largest margin of victory in the Rose Bowl since 1984, when UCLA defeated Illinois 45\u20139. The lopsided score amplified existing criticism of the Tournament of Roses for scheduling the lower-ranked Fighting Illini as the at-large team. Booty was selected as the Rose Bowl Offensive MVP, and set a Rose Bowl record with seven\u00a0career touchdowns. USC linebacker Rey Maualuga was selected as the Defensive MVP with three\u00a0sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. It was USC's fifth\u00a0victory in six\u00a0consecutive appearances in a BCS Bowl.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 620]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Rose Bowl\nUSC ended the season as No. 2 in the final Coaches' Poll and No. 3 in the final AP Poll with one\u00a0first-place vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 57], "content_span": [58, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Comments\nThe 2007\u00a0USC Trojans entered the season picked as the unanimous No. 1\u00a0team, with expectations of playing in the BCS National Title Game. After the loss to 41-point underdog Stanford the team's opportunities for national success came into serious question, and following the loss to Oregon there were questions as to whether USC would even win the Pacific-10 Conference. The Trojans regrouped and salvaged their season, winning a share of the conference and the Rose Bowl, and by the end of the season were said to be playing the best football of anyone in the country. Injuries to key players, particularly quarterback John David Booty's broken finger during the Stanford game, had a significant impact over the season, leading to questions of how USC would have fared if injuries had not taken their toll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 865]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Comments\nUSC finished the season ranked No. 2 in the Coaches Poll and No. 3 in the AP Poll, trading the respective No. 3 and No. 2\u00a0spots with Georgia, another team that finished with a strong 11\u20132 record and a dominating performance in its BCS Bowl game. The teams finished close to each other in the final polls: In the Coaches Poll, USC received 1380\u00a0votes to Georgia's 1370; and in the AP Poll Georgia received 1515 to USC's\u00a01500. USC received one\u00a0first-place vote in the final AP Poll.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0091-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Comments\nWith LSU's dominating win over Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game, college football had its first\u00a0two-loss national champion, and with teams like USC and Georgia locked out of playing LSU or Ohio State, the season served as another example for those advocating for some form of Football Bowl Subdivision playoff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Comments\nThe Trojans accomplished two feats: USC became the first\u00a0team to win six\u00a0straight Pac-10 titles and became the first\u00a0team in major college football to achieve six\u00a0straight 11-win seasons. In addition, USC set a record by playing in a BCS Bowl for the sixth consecutive season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Comments\nImmediately after the 2007\u201308\u00a0bowl season, in early looks at the 2008 season, USC was ranked as the pre-season No. 4 (Sports Illustrated) and No. 5 (ESPN.com) due to key player departures mitigated by the overall talent level. Sports Illustrated soon revised its ranking to No. 3 after nearly all draft-eligible juniors decided to remain with the program instead of entering the NFL Draft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nOf all the Trojans' draft-eligible juniors, only offensive guard Chilo Rachal declared himself available for the 2008 NFL Draft. Twelve\u00a0USC players, eleven\u00a0seniors and a junior, were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, the most of any school in 2008: the seniors were offensive tackle Sam Baker, quarterback John David Booty, tight end Fred Davis, nose tackle Sedrick Ellis, defensive end Lawrence Jackson, offensive tackle Drew Radovich, linebacker Keith Rivers, center Matt Spanos, cornerback Terrell Thomas, running back Chauncey Washington, linebacker Thomas Williams, and the junior was offensive guard Rachal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 676]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nUSC did well in the 2008 draft; ten\u00a0players were taken overall, the most of any school, and a school-record seven\u00a0players were selected in the first\u00a0two\u00a0rounds, beating the previous record of five (1968 and 2006) and the most in the first\u00a0round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0095-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nThe first\u00a0round selections were Ellis (seventh, New Orleans Saints), Rivers (ninth, Cincinnati Bengals), Baker (21st, Atlanta Falcons) and Jackson (28th, Seattle Seahawks); the second\u00a0round picks were Rachal (39th, San Francisco 49ers), Davis (48th, Washington Redskins) and Thomas (63rd, New York Giants); the fifth\u00a0round selections were Booty (137th, Minnesota Vikings) and Williams (155th, Jacksonville Jaguars); in the seventh\u00a0round Washington was selected 213th by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Radovich signed as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings; Spanos signed with the Miami Dolphins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nOne year later, eleven more players were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, again leading all universities in the number of players drafted into the NFL that season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0096-0001", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nThe first\u00a0round selections were Mark Sanchez (fifth, New York Jets), Brian Cushing (15th, Houston Texans) and Clay Matthews (26th, Green Bay Packers); the second\u00a0round picks were Rey Maualuga (38th, Cincinnati Bengals) and Fili Moala (56th, Indianapolis Colts); in the third\u00a0round was Patrick Turner (87th, Miami Dolphins); in the fourth\u00a0round were Kaluka Maiava (104th, Cleveland Browns) and Kyle Moore (117th, Tampa Bay Buccaneers); in the fifth\u00a0round was David Buehler (172nd, Dallas Cowboys); and in the sixth\u00a0round Cary Harris (183rd, Buffalo Bills) and Kevin Ellison (189th, San Diego Chargers).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nDuring the 2010 NFL Draft, USC had seven more players from the 2007 team drafted into the NFL, though none in the first round. The second\u00a0round picks were Taylor Mays (49th, San Francisco 49ers) and Charles Brown (64th, New Orleans Saints); in the third\u00a0round were Damien Williams (77th, Tennessee Titans) and Kevin Thomas (97th, Indianapolis Colts); in the fourth\u00a0round were Everson Griffen (100th, Minnesota Vikings) and Joe McKnight (112th, New York Jets); and in the sixth\u00a0round Anthony McCoy (185th, Seattle Seahawks).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NFL Draft\nAt the 2011 NFL Draft, USC tied for the most players drafted from any university into the NFL that year with nine. Of those, six were on the 2007 team, though none of those particular players were in the first round. Shareece Wright was selected in the third\u00a0round (89th, San Diego Chargers); in the sixth\u00a0round were Ronald Johnson (182nd, San Francisco 49ers) and Allen Bradford (187th, Tampa Bay Buccaneers); and in three consecutive picks in the seventh\u00a0round were Stanley Havili (240th, Philadelphia Eagles), David Ausberry (241st, Oakland Raiders) and Malcolm Smith (242nd, Seattle Seahawks). Jordan Cameron, who had tried to transfer onto the team but forced to wait a year at a junior college before enrolling, was drafted in the fourth\u00a0round (102nd, Cleveland Browns). Finally, at the 2012 NFL Draft, Rhett Ellison was taken in the fourth\u00a0round (128th, Minnesota Vikings).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 59], "content_span": [60, 940]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards\nSenior Fred Davis became the first\u00a0Trojan to win the John Mackey Award, awarded to the nation's top tight end. Five Trojans were selected to the various 2007 College Football All-America Teams. In addition to Fred Davis, tackle Sam Baker earned his third-straight spot on an All-American team. On the defense, tackle Sedrick Ellis, linebacker Keith Rivers, and safety Taylor Mays all earned All-American honors. Ellis was named the Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year by league coaches, and selected to the All-Conference first\u00a0team defense along with defensive end Lawrence Jackson, linebackers Rivers and Rey Maualuga, and cornerback Kevin Ellison. The All-Conference first\u00a0team offense included Davis, Baker, and offensive lineman Chilo Rachal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 819]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193503-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards\nThe Trojans had nine\u00a0players invited to participate in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama: Baker, quarterback John David Booty, Davis, Ellis, Jackson, offensive linemen Drew Radovich, Rivers, cornerback Terrell Thomas and running back Chauncey Washington. All nine\u00a0players were placed on the North team, which was coached by Lane Kiffin, who had coached for the Trojans between 2001 and 2006 before becoming the head coach of the Oakland Raiders. The nine\u00a0players sent by USC were the second-most ever invited from one team in a single season, one\u00a0less than the 10\u00a0players by Alabama in 1987 and tied with the nine\u00a0players sent by Auburn in 1988, though the earlier selection rules favored the two\u00a0locally based schools.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 56], "content_span": [57, 777]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193504-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USG Sheetrock 400\nThe 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 was the 19th race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. It took place during daytime on July 15, 2007, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois with the broadcast airing on TNT.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193504-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USG Sheetrock 400, Qualifying\nUnlike the previous week at Daytona, qualifying was complete for this race. Casey Mears won the pole position with a lap of 182.556 miles per hour. Michael Waltrip qualified for only his fourth race of the season. Chad Chaffin once again filled in at BAM Racing and again qualified for the race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 34], "content_span": [35, 330]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193504-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USG Sheetrock 400, Race\nTony Stewart won for the first time in 2007 and for the 30th time in his career. He also led the most laps in the competition, 108 out of 267. His margin of victory over second-place Matt Kenseth was 1.727 seconds. The rest of the top five drivers, in order, were Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, and Clint Bowyer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193504-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 USG Sheetrock 400, Race\nJimmie Johnson led the second-most laps (82), but encountered tire trouble toward the end and wound up in 37th place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193504-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 USG Sheetrock 400, Race\nJeff Gordon (9th) extended his points lead over Denny Hamlin (17th) to 303 points. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. led Ryan Newman by 39 points for 12th place and the final spot in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. After this race, seven races remained until the \"playoff\" field was set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 28], "content_span": [29, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season\nThe Washington Freedom finished the season as national champions, beating the Atlanta Silverbacks Women 3-1 in the W-League Championship game in Rochester, New York on 7 August 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 207]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season\nOttawa Fury Women finished with the best regular season record in the league, winning 11 out of their 12 games, suffering no losses, and finishing with a +38 goal difference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season, Changes from 2006 season, Name changes\nTwo teams changed their names: The Long Island Lady Riders changed their name to the Long Island Rough Riders, and the San Diego Lady Gauchos changed their name to the San Diego Sunwaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 64], "content_span": [65, 253]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season, Standings\nBlue indicates division title clinchedGreen indicates playoff berth clinchedOrange indicates bye into the W-League semifinals as hosts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 35], "content_span": [36, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nFour teams qualify from the Central Conference, six from the Eastern Conference, and two from the Western Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nThe Division Winners in the Central Conference will play the second place team of the other division. In the Eastern Conference, the second and third place team in each division will play, with the winner of that match playing the top team in the other division. Finally, the two winners of the latter matches will play for the Eastern Conference championship. The top two teams in the Western Conference will play each other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193505-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format\nThe Rochester Raging Rhinos automatically qualify for the W-League Semifinals as hosts. They will play the highest-ranked Conference Champion in their semifinal, with the other two Conference Champions will play in the other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 42], "content_span": [43, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe 2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 70th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2007-08 began on July 7, 2007 and the host school for the season was also UST.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nThe Tigers, the Season 69 champions, ended the double-round eliminations in joint fourth place with the FEU Tamaraws with eight wins and six losses. They then won over FEU in the playoff for the fourth and final semifinal slot. UST held the Tamaraws to a season-low of 6 points in the second quarter. They were eliminated by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in a knockout game of the first round of the stepladder semifinals for the right to face the second-seeded De La Salle Green Archers in the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nUST suffered back-to-back losses at the start of the season but recovered by winning four of their next five games to finish the first round at third place with a 4\u20133 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nTwo of their games went into overtime. The first was an 86\u201390 first round loss to La Salle who had rejoined the league after serving a one-year suspension in Season 69 for fielding ineligible players in the past three years. Their other overtime game was also against La Salle who they got back at in the second round with an 81\u201373 win. They have defeated the Green Archers for the first time since the 1999 finals where the Tigers lost in a three-game series with Game One also going into overtime.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 547]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nJervy Cruz was named Most valuable player of the season. He topped the statistical points tally with 75.9 at the end of the second round of eliminations on top of 11 double-doubles that included two playoff games. The last UST player to win the MVP was Chris Cantonjos in Season 58. Cruz was third in the league in scoring with an average of 16.7 points per game behind the 21.3 average of Adamson's Patrick Cabahug and the 17.6 points per game of NU Bulldogs' Edwin Asoro. He led the league in rebounds with a 15.4 per game average.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 581]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team\nFrancis Allera was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of July 19\u201322, while Khasim Mirza received the citation twice on the week of August 2\u20135 and August 23\u201326.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nJojo Duncil, Season 69 Finals MVP, has announced to the team of his decision to turn professional and forego his last playing year in the UAAP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nIt was revealed on July 2, 2007 during the press conference for the upcoming UAAP Season 70 by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Ermito de Sagon that Duncil's age eligibility was being questioned by other member schools after it was discovered that Duncil had two NSO certificates that showed varying data. One certificate had 1983 as Duncil's year of birth while another had shown that he was born in 1982.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues\nAccording to Fr. de Sagon of the host school for the season, the team has decided to exclude him from the roster to avoid future games being put in protest which can only cause distraction to the rest of the team. De Sagon added that Duncil, being the rector's nephew is undoubtedly only 24 years old and is eligible to play this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 68], "content_span": [69, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193506-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 70 results\nElimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 70], "content_span": [71, 167]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193507-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UTEP Miners football team\nThe 2007 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. UTEP averaged 36,569 fans per game, ranking 64th nationally.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193507-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech defeated the University of Texas at El Paso, 45-31. Texas Tech got on the scoreboard first when Kobey Lewis rushed up the middle for a one-yard touchdown with Alex Trlica making the point after.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193507-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nUTEP answered with an eight-yard pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Jeff Moturi for a touchdown. The Miners successfully made the PAT to tie the game. The next score also came from UTEP, giving them the lead on a 41-yard-pass from Vittatoe to Joe West, followed by a point after. UTEP scored a third time before the end of the first quarter. UTEP running back Marcus Thomas, who sat out the previous game because of a suspension, scored on a one-yard-run. Another successfully PAT followed. This gave the Miners a 21-7 lead going into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193507-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nIn the second quarter, the Red Raiders scored first on a pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree. The Miner's Thomas made another touchdown, bringing the score to 28-14, UTEP, after the successful PAT. Texas Tech scored a field goal as the first half wound to a close.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193507-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nIn the third quarter, the Red Raiders scored twice. First on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Harrell to Crabtree. Then Harrell threw for another touchdown. Both scores were followed by successful extra points by Alex Trlica. The Miners added three points with a field goal, closing out the quarter with a 31-point tie.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193507-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech\nTexas Tech defense held UTEP scoreless in the game's final quarter while the offense added 14. Harrell passed to Grant Walker down the middle for an eight-yard touchdown. The successful PAT made it Texas Tech 38, UTEP 31. On the final score, running back Shannon Woods rushed up the middle for a two-yard-touchdown. Texas Tech made the PAT to close the game out with a 45-31 lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193508-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 UW1\n2007 UW1 is a sub-kilometer asteroid that is a near-Earth object of the Aten group.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 92]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193508-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 UW1, Orbit\nThe orbit of 2007 UW1 has been established with more than a 6-year observation arc. It will pass within 0.001\u00a0AU (150,000\u00a0km; 93,000\u00a0mi) of Earth on 19 October 2129. For comparison, the distance to the Moon is about 0.0026 AU (384,400\u00a0km).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 15], "content_span": [16, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193509-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Amateur Cup\nThe 2007 Ukrainian Amateur Cup was the twelfth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 8 August 2007 and concluded on 21 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 234]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193509-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule\nThis year Nikopol, Laris Kalynivka, KONFERMAT Khmelnytskyi, and Torpedo Mykolaiv started their participation from the 1/16 finals. The games has never taken place as well as one of the games between Nizhyn and FC Yednist-2 Plysky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 48], "content_span": [49, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193510-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Cup Final\nThe 2007 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Olympic NSC on 27 May 2007. The match was the 16th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193510-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kyiv\nAll 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dynamo and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 38], "content_span": [39, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193510-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters\nPrior to the 2007 Cup Final, Dynamo and Shakhtar had met three times in previous Ukrainian Cup finals. Dynamo had defeated Shakhtar two times, since losing their very first meeting. In both of those meetings Dynamo was victorious 2\u20131. Shakhtar's best performance against Dynamo was back in the 2002 final, when the Miners were able to down the legendary Dynamo team in extra time 3\u20132. It was the first meeting between the team managers in this competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 45], "content_span": [46, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193511-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nFollowing are the results of the Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2007 season. Participation was restricted to the regional (Oblast) champions and/or the most regarded team by the respective regional association.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193511-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League\nThis season competition consisted of three stages. The first stage was organized in regional principal and was played in two rounds where each team could play another at its home ground. The second stage was played in three different places to identify the best six (Luzhany, Plysky, and Illichivsk). The games were organized in one round. The two best out of each group advanced to the semifinals where teams were split into two groups. The semifinals and the final were played in Illichivsk. The winners of the groups advanced to the finals and runners-up matched up in the game for the third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 640]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193511-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Second stage, Group 2\nFC Yednist-2 Plysky - FC Lokomotyv Kupyansk 2:0All participants of the group advanced farther.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 61], "content_span": [62, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193511-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Final\nThe game took place in Illichivsk, Odesa Oblast. September 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 115]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193511-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Final\nThis article about a Ukrainian association football competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 45], "content_span": [46, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193512-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe 2007 Ukrainian Super Cup became the fourth edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions. Dynamo Kyiv had won both competitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193512-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian Super Cup\nThe match was played at the Central Stadium \"Chornomorets\", Odessa, on 10 July 2007, and contested by league winner Dynamo Kyiv and cup runner-up Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo won it 4\u20132 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election\nEarly parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt to resolve the political crisis in Ukraine triggered by the 2 April 2007 presidential decree on dissolution of Ukraine's parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election\nThe 450 seats were divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally. The number of seats that are allocated to each party, above the 3% participation rate quota, is calculated using the Hamilton method of apportionment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election\nIn the election, an alliance of two electoral blocs associated with the Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence (OU-PSD) obtained a narrow majority leaving their main rival, the Party of Regions (PoR) in opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Political crisis\nFollowing the 2006 parliamentary elections, there was an ongoing power struggle between the President and the parliamentary majority, which resulted in the dissolution of parliament. The majority in the parliament, known as Coalition of National Unity, was formed by Party of Regions, Communist Party, and Socialist Party). It was opposed by Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Political crisis\nEarly in 2007, several members of the opposition indicated their support to the ruling coalition. If sufficient numbers of members of parliament supported the government, the Coalition of National Unity could have secured a two-thirds majority, empowering the parliament to override the president's right of veto and enabling the parliament to initiate limited constitutional changes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Political crisis\nOn 2 April 2007, Yushchenko decreed the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 130]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Political crisis\nThe authority of the president to dismiss the parliament was challenged in the Constitutional Court, however following the president's intervention in the operation of the Constitutional Court the court has not ruled on the constitutionality of the president's decree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Political crisis\nThe election was originally scheduled to be held on 27 May 2007 and later postponed to 24 June 2007. On 27 May 2007 an agreement was signed by President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and Parliamentary Speaker Oleksandr Moroz, scheduling the elections to be held on 30 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Political crisis\nThe President's previous decrees were revoked and a new decree based on the provisions of Article 82 and Article 90 of Ukraine's Constitution was issued in its place in August 2007 following the resignation of over 150 members of the opposition parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 55], "content_span": [56, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nThe first polling places to open were at the Ukrainian embassies in Australia and Japan. Election districts were open from 7:00AM until 10:00PM local time. According to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine 63.22% of registered voters cast ballots. This easily exceeded the 50% participation required by Ukrainian law to make the election valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results\nFive parties received the required election threshold of 3% of the total vote and entered the Verkhovna Rada: Party of Regions (PoR),Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT), Our Ukraine-Peoples Self Defence (OU-PSD), the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) and the Bloc Lytvyn (BL). The Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) secured only 2.86% of the vote and as such did not win any seats in the new parliament. Had the Socialist Party received an additional 0.14% of the vote the overall results would have been more or less the same as the previous Ukrainian parliamentary election in 2006 with the addition of Bloc Lytvyn representatives.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 46], "content_span": [47, 670]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Election results by parties and blocs\nThere were 20 parties and blocs registered on the voting ballot. One more electoral bloc PORA-Reforms and Order was participating in early election procedures but was subsequently removed by CVK as result of court decision. Number 17 assigned initially to this bloc was removed from the ballot paper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 85], "content_span": [86, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Format of ruling coalition\nFollowing the announcement of preliminary election results, the parties expressed their position on forming the coalition. The Party of Regions announced itself a winner of the election and stated that it started negotiations on forming a ruling coalition. The party did not express the desire to be in opposition. Tymoshenko's Bloc advocated a coalition with Our Ukraine and possibly Lytvyn's Bloc. Yulia Tymoshenko was strongly against any coalition with the Party of Regions or the Communists. She stated that her Bloc would be in opposition should such a coalition be formed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 654]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Format of ruling coalition\nPresident Yushchenko has expressed the need for a better relationship between coalition and opposition. This should be achieved by providing the opposition with posts in the parliament and the government. Lytvyn's Bloc received proposals from all top parties on forming a coalition. Leaders of the Bloc stated that their decision will be made at the party's assembly. Oleksandr Moroz, the leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, acknowledged his defeat on 4 October 2007 and supported Tymoshenko's bid for premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Format of ruling coalition\nYulia Tymoshenko, following the formation of a coalition between the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine\u2013People's Self-Defense Bloc was subsequently elected prime-minister on 18 December 2007. Her candidacy was supported by the vote of 226 deputies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Format of ruling coalition\nThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is competent on the condition that no less than two-thirds of its constitutional composition has been elected. This means that if any one of the two largest parties resign en masse, the parliament would lose its authority and fresh elections would be required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 74], "content_span": [75, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Election results compared with the previous Ukrainian parliamentary election\nIn 2006, 27% of the registered vote represented support for minor parties that received less than the 3% statutory representation threshold. In 2007 the number of voters that supported minor parties that received less than the 3% statutory threshold (Including the Socialist Party of Ukraine the support of 2.86%) was only 7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 124], "content_span": [125, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Election results compared with the previous Ukrainian parliamentary election\nThe 20% difference shows a consolidation of voter's support towards major political parties. This fact needs to be taken into consideration when making any assessment as to the positive swing recorded for Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko, Party of Regions, The Communist Party of Ukraine and Bloc Lytvyn. The Our Ukraine bloc merged with the new party \"People's Self-Defence\" but only recorded a marginal gain in the overall percentage of the vote representing a reduction of 236964 votes in comparison with the 2006 data.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 124], "content_span": [125, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Election results compared with the previous Ukrainian parliamentary election\nFurther review of the regional vote shows a consolidation of the vote by Yulia Tymoshenko in regions in which her party already maintained strong support. Apart from the Socialist Party of Ukraine and a marginal gain by Our Ukraine all major political parties recorded an increase in the overall percentage the voter support when comparing the 2006 to 2007 results.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 124], "content_span": [125, 490]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Election results compared with the previous Ukrainian parliamentary election\nThe other fact that needs to also be considered is that in 2006 the participation rate was 67% and in 2007 the participation rate dropped down to 62%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 124], "content_span": [125, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, International observers\n3354 international observers were officially registered to monitor the conduct of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, International observers\nRepresentatives of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Fair Election organization registered officials with the Central Elections Committee. The OSCE closely worked with Ukrainian officials in the design, administration, and conduct of the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, International observers\nObservers declared that elections generally met international standards for democratic elections. However they noted:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Registered parties and blocs\nNumber in parentheses is the number of candidates included on the party list. Parties or blocs that obtained 3% or more of the vote are in bold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parliamentary factions in parliament after elections\nAfter the election various factions where formed in parliament. It was possible for 15 or more deputies to form a parliamentary faction (a lawmaker could join only one faction; the chairman and his two assistants could not head factions of deputies). hence not all parties represented in the Verkhovna Rada had their own faction. Factions are colored raspberry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 91], "content_span": [92, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parliamentary factions in parliament after elections, Faction changes after 2007 election\nNumerous MPs were removed from their original faction after the 2007 election; several left their (original) faction to join another faction in October 2010. From 2006 till October 2010 this was not allowed because of the (so-called) \"imperative mandate\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 128], "content_span": [129, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193513-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Parliamentary factions in parliament after elections, Faction changes after 2007 election\nIn November 2010 the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko faction was officially renamed \u201cBloc Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivschyna\u201d. and the Bloc of Lytvyn faction was renamed People's Party faction. On February 16, 2011 a new parliamentary faction \"Reforms for the Future\" was created. The parliament elected in the following election on 28 October 2012 was appointed and started its tasks six weeks after the elections on 12 December 2012. The parliament elected in 2007 convened on 6 December 2012 for the last time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 128], "content_span": [129, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe political crisis in Ukraine lasted from April to June 2007 was part of political stand off between coalition and opposition factions of Verkhovna Rada that led to the unscheduled 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election. It started on 2 April 2007 as a culmination of long lasting crisis and degradation of the parliamentary coalition when the President of Ukraine (Viktor Yushchenko) attempted to dissolve the parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis\nThe president signed a presidential decree based on several articles of the Constitution of Ukraine ordering early parliamentary elections in Ukraine to be held on 27 May 2007, though they were later postponed to 24 June 2007. He also ordered the government of Ukraine to finance the appointed elections. The Parliament and the government of Yanukovych called this decree unconstitutional and prevented fund allocation for elections. An appeal against the President's decree was lodged in Ukraine's Constitutional Court, which was considering the appeal. The Constitutional Court was expected to conclude its public hearing on Wednesday, 25 April 2007, following the presentation of the Government and Parliament's submission. The Court would then retire to consider their ruling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 812]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis\nViktor Yushchenko suspended the decree and postponed date of the election in order to have approved legislation on elections, the opposition, and the operation of Parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nLeading up to the dissolution of parliament was the eight-month power struggle between the president and the parliament. Ongoing power struggles between the Coalition of National Unity and the opposition supported by the president Viktor Yushchenko frequently resulted in the opposition boycotting the parliament's plenary sessions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nPrior to the President's 2 April decree dismissing Ukraine's Parliament, 11 members of the opposition supported the governing Coalition of National Unity (formerly the Anti- Crisis Coalition). The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, claimed that the right of individual members of a parliamentary faction to support the governing coalition was contrary to the provisions of Ukraine's Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nArticle 83 clause six, in what is commonly referred to as the Imperative mandate stated \"According to election results and on the basis of a common ground achieved between various political positions, a coalition of parliamentary factions shall be formed in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to include a majority of People\u2019s Deputies of Ukraine within the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nThe \"Imperative mandate\" provision of Ukraine's Constitution came under strong criticism by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as being undemocratic. The Parliamentary Assembly in its Explanatory memorandum dated 17 April 2007 had emphasized", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nAlthough Ukraine understandably has its own historic reasons to avoid the accumulation of power into the hands of one political force, it should nevertheless consider in the course of future constitutional amendments whether it would not be better for the country to switch to a full parliamentary system with proper checks and balances and guarantees of parliamentary opposition and competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nThe week before the president's initial decree, on 2 April, dismissing Ukraine's Parliament, thousands of supporters of the opposition gathered in Kyiv, calling on the President dissolve the parliament. A similar number of supporters of Verkhovna Rada Governing majority also gathered in Kyiv supporting Ukraine's parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nOn 2 April, the President, Viktor Yushchenko, following a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Speaker of the Parliament Oleksandr Moroz, signed the first decree dismissing Ukraine's Parliament sparking another political and constitutional crisis in Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nAt 11 PM the President, in a televised speech to the nation, announced his decree dismissing the parliament and ordering early parliamentary elections to be initially held on 27 May. The Rada, passed a motion declaring the decree unconstitutional, in defiance of the president's decree continued to function, issued orders preventing funds allocation for elections, and canceled the order assigning election commission members. The cabinet, supporting the parliament, refused to allocate funds for the new election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nOn 3 April 2007, in light of impending political unrest, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Francis Martin O'Donnell following an earlier call to deepen democracy and liberalize the economy, exceptionally issued an advisory statement of principles on behalf of the Country Team (followed by a visit by former Estonian President Arnold R\u00fc\u00fctel on 23 April).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nThe legality and authority of the President's determination to dismiss Ukraine's previous parliament became the subject of a challenge in Ukraine's Constitutional Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 244]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nOn 30 April 2007, on the eve of the Court's ruling on the legality of the President's decrees, Viktor Yushcheko intervened in the operation and independence of Ukraine's Constitutional Court by dismissing three Constitutional Court judges. The President's actions were later determined by Ukrainian courts of have been illegal and one of the judges dismissed has been reinstated; the other two judges resigned. Following the President's intervention the Constitutional Court has not ruled on the legality of the previous parliament's dismissal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nIn a separate issue, some politicians have claimed that identification cards for voting changed hands, as many deputies do not attend parliament in violation of Article 84 of the Constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nThe Central Election Commission has estimated direct costs of the elections to be at about 340 million UAH ($67 million, \u00a334 million). Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the parliamentary opposition, commented on the issue of costs:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 300]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of parliament and new elections\nIf the mafia is allowed to continue ruling the country, Ukraine will lose tens of billions of dollars, because Ukraine is being robbed today.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nIn April 2007 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine started examining an inquiry submitted by a group of 53 members of parliament who question the constitutional legitimacy of the parliament's dissolution. This inquiry is based on interpretation that the President had no authority under Ukraine's constitution to dissolve parliament under the conditions listed in Article 90 of the Constitution of Ukraine. which is the only article in Ukraine's Constitution that empowers the President to dismiss Ukraine's Parliament. Instead, the decree mentions Articles 5, 69, 77, 83, 102, and 106.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 4 April, Ivan Dombrovskyy, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, filed for resignation, stating that he is under pressure. However, the judges rejected it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 5 April, Yanukovych has announced that during telephone conversation asked the Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer to mediate in the dispute. There was no immediate response from Gusenbauer's office, and Austrian diplomats were surprised by the news about his help request.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 6 April, the Alliance of National Unity tried to compromise by dismissing the individuals from opposition fractions who had joined them and ratifying a parliamentary law banning individual membership in coalitions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nFour members of Central Election Commission - Yuriy Donchenko, Ihor Kachur, Bronislav Raykovskyy, and Oleksandr Chupakhin (reportedly affiliated with the Anti- Crisis Coalition) took sickness leave - thus effectively blocked work of commission as there is no quorum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nAs of 6 April in Constitutional Court, there are constitutional legitimacy questions from the President on an order of the Cabinet Ministers supporting the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) and from 102 deputies on changes done to constitution in 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 306]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 7 April, Feodosiya city court has canceled own order from 5 April that originally disallowed to start elections. Vladimir Kolesnichenko, a spokesperson for the Party of Regions stated that this court ruling is a fake and that the elections are still banned.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 9 April, the Ukrainian parliament passed a declaration, stating:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nVia his entourage and the political circles he relies on, the President of Ukraine interferes with the activities of legislators, brings pressure on judges of Constitutional Court and other courts, since in the legal dimension he does not have any chance to defend his unconstitutional decree.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nFurthermore, parliament called upon the heads of European states, governments, and parliaments to send its representatives to mediate the political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nUkraine's parliament on 9 April, raising the stakes in the country's ongoing political confrontation, stated that it would only support early parliamentary elections if a presidential vote would be held at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 10 April, a Luhansk municipal courts' ruling, dated 6 April, banning all preparations for the election was publicly announced. The ruling was a response to an inquiry, submitted by Vladimir Ivanov, a Party of Regions member of parliament. Reportedly, this ruling was canceled. Ivanov has attempted to use labor laws in order to keep his deputy mandate:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nI have concluded the employment contract for fixed term, and the President\u2019s decree leaves me and my colleagues without work. This is roughest violation of the labor laws.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nFive Constitutional Court judges (Dmytro Lelak, Volodymyr Kampo, Viktor Shyshkin, Petro Stetsyuk, Yaroslava Machuzhak), three of whom were appointed under the presidential quota, refused to participate in review of president order unless they will be given protection by law enforcement. They noted that \"certain political forces, acting through their representatives, publicly apply rude pressure on the individual judges and on the Constitutional Court as a whole.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 12\u201313 April, both Yanukovych and Yushchenko agreed to abide by the Court's ruling, regardless of its verdict. Furthermore, Yanukovych stated he might agree to parliamentary elections, if the other parties would also agree to participate, even if the Court rules in favor of the Rada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nOn 17 April, Ukraine's Constitutional Court, with all 18 judges in attendance, decided to study the appeal against the President's decree non-stop until a final ruling is passed. 11 out of 18 Judges passed this decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nUkrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko described a Constitutional Court decision to review the President's decree dissolving parliament as \"a farce,\" and urged the president to recall the judges appointed on his quota.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 274]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nThe Court has yet to make its decision on the appeal, and was scheduled to announce it on 27 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nUkrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych address Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly stating that the coalition of the majority in Ukraine biggest concern is not that of elections, but the choice between whether Ukraine will be a state ruled by law and all of the emerging problems will be resolved in courts, or on the streets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis\nAlthough 17 April was the deadline under established law to submit documents to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine for the registration of party lists, no political force had done so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe\nOn 19 April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held an emergency session to consider issues related to Ukraine's current political crisis. The Assembly passed a resolution calling on all parties to disputation to respect the decision of Ukraine's Constitutional Court whilst criticizing Ukraine's Constitution Imperative mandate provisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 457]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe\nParliamentary Assembly rapporteurs on Ukraine - Hanne Severinsen and Renate Wohlwend commented:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe\nThe ruling of Ukraine\u2019s Constitutional Court in the current crisis, if delivered, should be accepted as binding by all sides, the Parliamentary Assembly said in a resolution adopted on 19 April at the end of an urgent debate attended by Ukraine\u2019s Parliamentary Speaker Oleksandr Moroz. However, the Assembly also warned that pressure in any form on the judges of the Court was intolerable, and should be investigated and criminally prosecuted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 542]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe\nThe \"imperative mandate\" provision of Ukraine's Constitution came under strong criticism by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as being undemocratic. The Parliamentary Assembly in its Explanatory memorandum had emphasized", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe\nAlthough Ukraine understandably has its own historic reasons to avoid the accumulation of power into the hands of one political force, it should nevertheless consider in the course of future constitutional amendments whether it would not be better for the country to switch to a full parliamentary system with proper checks and balances and guarantees of parliamentary opposition and competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 98], "content_span": [99, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Opposition Members First Resignations\nOn 20 April, leaders of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko and Bloc Our Ukraine declared that about 150 deputy members of Our Ukraine and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko had resigned from Ukraine's parliament, as result it claimed that the parliament will be no longer was able to operate constitutionally per Article 82. Their resignations had been submitted to Vikor Yushchenko, then Ukraine's president, who accepted their resignation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 504]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Opposition Members First Resignations\nDmytro Vydrin from the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT), declared that he had not written an application on abdication, as nobody had not made this request. According to him, \"there are three reasons\" why he did not give his mandate, reports Delo. \"At first, nobody addressed to me with my proposal. Nobody phoned me and told me to write down this application. So how could I write it?\" declared the deputy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Opposition Members First Resignations\nAleksander Kwa\u015bniewski, Poland's former President, believed that Ukraine must find a political compromise and solution to the political crisis facing Ukraine. When asked who is to blame he responded:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 288]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Opposition Members First Resignations\nUnfortunately, the time after the Orange Revolution was wasted away. President Yushchenko, [the former] Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, advisers like Petro Poroshenko are all to blame. They should have helped building a strong orange bloc, for the sake of modernization and Westernization of Ukraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Political crisis, Opposition Members First Resignations\nOn 25 April, Viktor Yushchenko announced that he has rescheduled the early parliamentary elections to 24 June. On 30 April, the Ukrainian parliament passed a motion calling for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held on 9 December 2007. After negotiations on 4 May, Yanukovych and Yushchenko finally agreed to hold elections in autumn (without specifying a date).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 88], "content_span": [89, 464]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nThe authority of the President to dismiss Ukraine's parliament was challenged in Ukraine's Constitutional Court amidst concern that the President's actions were unconstitutional in that he had exceeded his authority to dismiss Ukraine's parliament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nAn appeal against each of the president's decrees was lodged in the Constitutional Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 19 April the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution in consideration of a report titled Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine. (Items 13 and 14) stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nThe Assembly deplores the fact that the judicial system of Ukraine has been systematically misused by other branches of power and that top officials do not execute the courts' decisions, which is a sign of erosion of this crucial democratic institution. An independent and impartial judiciary is a precondition for the existence of a democratic society governed by the rule of law. Hence the urgent necessity to carry out comprehensive judicial reform, including through amendments to the constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 621]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0050-0001", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nThe Assembly reiterates that the authority of the sole body responsible for constitutional justice \u2013 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine \u2013 should be guaranteed and respected. Any form of pressure on the judges is intolerable and should be investigated and criminally prosecuted. On the other hand, it is regrettable that in the eight months of its new full composition, the Constitutional Court has failed to produce judgments, thus failing to fulfill its constitutional role and to contribute to resolving the crisis in its earlier stages, which undermines the credibility of the court. There is an urgent need for all pending judgments, and in particular the judgment concerning the constitutionality of the Presidential Decree of 2 April 2007, to be delivered. If delivered, the latter should be accepted as binding by all sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 951]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nThe associated explanatory report under the sub-heading of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Resolution 1549 (2007) Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine expressed concern that", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\n\"Several local courts have made decisions to suspend the Presidential Decree only to then withdraw them, allegedly under pressure from the presidential secretariat.\" (item 67)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nThis is a worrying tendency of legal nihilism that should not be tolerated. It is as clear as day that in a state governed by the rule of law judicial mistakes should be corrected through appeal procedures and not through threats or disciplinary sanctions", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 30 April, on the eve of the Constitutional Court's ruling on the legality of the president's decree dismissing Ukraine's parliament, President Yushchenko, in defiance of the PACE resolution of 19 April intervened in the operation of Ukraine's Constitutional Court by summarily dismissing two Constitutional Court Judges, Syuzanna Stanik and Valeriy Pshenychnyy, for allegations of \"oath treason.\" His move was later overturned by the Constitutional Court and the judges were returned by a temporary restraining order issued by the court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 16 May,Viktor Yushchenko, for a second time, issued another decree dismissing the two Constitutional Court Judges Syuzanna Stanik and Valeriy Pshenychnyy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 17 May, the Constitutional Court Chairman Ivan Dombrovskyy resigned and Valeriy Pshenychnyy was appointed chairman in replacement.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 23 May, The Constitutional Court of Ukraine acted to prevent the president's undue influence on the court system. The court's ruling was made after Viktor Yushchenko unduly sought to influence the court by illegally dismissing two Constitutional Court judges Valeriy Pshenychnyy and Syuzanna Stanik for allegations of \"oath treason.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nPursuant to Article 149 of Ukraine's ConstitutionJudges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine are subject to the guarantees of independence and immunity and to the grounds for dismissal from office envisaged by Article 126, and the requirements concerning incompatibility as determined in Article 127, paragraph two of Ukraine's Constitution", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 20 July Susanna Stanik won an appeal against the President in the Shevchenko district court of Kyiv. The Court ruled the President's actions illegal and reinstated Ms Stanik's entitlement as a member of Ukraine's Constitutional Court. According to the ruling, the President is obliged to cancel his decree on discharge of Mrs. Stanik.\" The other two judges who were also illegally dismissed had previously tendered their resignations and as such were not subject to the courts order.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nFollowing the president's intervention the Constitutional Court still has not ruled on the question of legality of the president's actions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nStepan Havrysh, the President's appointee to the Constitutional Court, in prejudgment of the court's decision and without authorization from the Court itself, commented in an interview published on 24 July", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nI cannot imagine myself as the Constitutional Court in condition in which three political leaders signed a political/legal agreement on holding early elections, which also stipulates the constitutional basis for holding the elections... How the court can agree to consider such a petition under such conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOleksandr Lavrynovych, Ukrainian Minister for Justice, in an interview published on 3 August is quoted as saying", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 231]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nAccording to the standards of the Constitution and the laws of Ukraine, these elections should have been recognized invalid already today. But we understand that we speak about the State and about what will happen further in this country. As we've understood, political agreements substitute for the law, ... The situation has been led to the limit, where there are no possibilities to follow all legal norms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 528]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Constitutional Court\nOn 25 March 2008 Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court ruled the President's dismissal of Suzanna Stanik as a Constitutional Court judge illegal. Ms Stanik's position has been reinstated. The decision is final and not subject to further appeal", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 118], "content_span": [119, 363]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nOn 24 May, Yushchenko fired the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Svyatoslav Piskun, who was appointed by Yushchenko himself on 26 April, after Piskun refused to resign his place in the Verkhovna Rada as was required by the Ukrainian law, so as to not hold two positions at the same time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0066-0001", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nYushchenko cited Constitution Article 78 which states \"Where there emerge circumstances infringing requirements concerning the incompatibility of the deputy\u2019s mandate with other types of activity, the People\u2019s Deputy of Ukraine shall within twenty days from the date of the emergence of such circumstances discontinue such activity or lodge a personal application for divesting of People\u2019s Deputy authority\" and Item 1 of Article 3 of Law No. 2783-IV when issuing his decree on the dismissal of the Prosecutor General. The President appointed Viktor Shemchuk, the Prosecutor General of Crimea, as a replacement to Svyatoslav Piskun.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 749]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0066-0002", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nAfter Piskun's dismissal, thousands of protesters marched to his office in Kyiv protesting his dismissal. Piskun, accompanied by several deputies from the Party of Regions, tried to enter his office in Kyiv, however, were prevented from doing so by the Members of the State Protection Department, with Valeriy Heletiy at their lead. Valeriy Heletiy and the deputies were later joined by the Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko and supporters of the Party of Regions. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Vasyl Tsushko, ordered Ukraine's Berkut riot police to surround the building, defying Yushchenko's order for the Ukrainian security services not to get involved in the political conflict. Tsushko responded to Yushchenko's dismissal of Piskun as a \"coup d'\u00e9tat.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 893]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nOn 25 May, Viktor Yushchenko ordered a decree, taking control over 40,000 interior ministry troops. Meanwhile, the troops were acting on orders of the Interior Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Tsushko, who was charged with abuse of office on 25 May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nOn 26 May, thousands of Interior Ministry troops moved towards Ukraine's capital Kyiv on the President's orders. The troops were only lightly armed with riot gear and no lethal weapons. On their way to Kyiv, the troops were stopped by Ukrainian Traffic Police. Deputy Interior Minister Mykhailo Kornienko stated that about 2,050 troops from 13 out of 25 of Ukrainian oblasts were deployed. According to the Vice Commander of the Interior Ministry troops Mykola Mishakin, about 3,480 troops were deployed near Kyiv. Since their entrance into the capital was blocked by Berkut and the Government Automobile Inspection, the Interior Ministry troops would walk to Kyiv. Mykola Mishakin stated:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 806]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nWe will be here as long as it takes so that bloodshed will not occur... and where ever it takes so that there will be no use of force, and to give the politicians a chance to resolve their problems in a peaceful and human way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nAfter over seven hours of discussions, Yushchenko, Yanukovych, and the Verkhovna Rada Speaker have come to an agreement by setting the date for new parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193514-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 Ukrainian political crisis, Dismissal of Constitutional Court judges and Prosecutor General, Prosecutor General\nAfter coming to a compromise on an election date, the Verkhovna Rada was given two days to accept the new elections and legally prepare for them. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a bill that would allow funding for the early parliamentary elections, and the Rada approved the necessary laws on 1 June 2007. Yushchenko formally called the election on 5 June 2007, thus ending the political crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 116], "content_span": [117, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193515-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship\nThe 2007 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 2007 installment of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is administered by Ulster GAA. The holders were Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh. They defeated St Galls of Antrim in the final. Crossmaglen received the S\u00e9amus McFerran Cup and went on to represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193516-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 59th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 194]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship\nThe International Rugby Board (IRB) awarded the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the Ulster branch hosted it. The Tournament, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 4\u201321 April, was split into two divisions of twelve teams. Division A games took place in Belfast at Belfast Harlequins' Deramore Park, Ulster Rugby's Ravenhill Stadium, and Cooke RFC/Instonians' Shaw's Bridge complex. Division B games were held in Queen's University of Belfast's The Dub complex and Malone RFC's Gibson Park in Belfast, and Bangor RFC's Upritchard Park in Bangor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship\nDefending champion and top seed Australia began its title defence against Ireland on 5 April as part of a Round One double-header at Ravenhill that also included number three seed New Zealand against France.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship\nThe seedings of all teams in Division A and the top six teams in Division B were based on the final standings at the 2006 Tournament. Seeds 7 \u2013 12 inclusive in Division B represented teams who had qualified for 2007 via regional tournaments and their seeding was drawn randomly. All 24 participating teams were confirmed in January 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship\nThis was the final Under 19 World Championship. The IRB decided to fold its under-19 and under-21 world championships into a two-tiered under-20 tournament structure starting in 2008. The top tier, the IRB Junior World Championship, will feature 16 teams, while eight teams will compete in the second-tier IRB Junior World Trophy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Qualification\nThe following 24 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 53], "content_span": [54, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Match officials, Referees\nThese were chosen to Officiate at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 4\u201321 April.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 65], "content_span": [66, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Match officials, Touch judge panel\nSarah Corrigan the Australian match official created history when she took charge of the Division B match between Zimbabwe v Canada on 4 April 2007, becoming the first female to referee at an IRB 15-man tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup. (The first woman ever to officiate at any IRB tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup was American Dana Teagarden, who was referee for six matches at the 2007 USA Sevens, an event in the IRB Sevens World Series held in February 2007.)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 74], "content_span": [75, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Pool/standings\nThe IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 8 teams qualified for the Quarter finals and the team that finished at the bottom of the Division A pool was to be relegated to the Division B.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Pool/standings\nMatch points were awarded on the basis of 4 points for a Win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a Loss. Bonus points were awarded for teams scoring 4 tries or more and to losing teams who lost be 7 points or less.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 54], "content_span": [55, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Pool/standings, Division A\nNew Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Wales qualified for the Division A semi-finals by virtue of having the highest points in the pool stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Pool/standings, Division B\nItaly, Canada, Georgia and the USA qualified for the Division B semi-finals by virtue of having the highest points in the pool stage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 66], "content_span": [67, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Knock out phase\nUsing the final positions from the pool phase the knock-out round 1 matches were made on the following basis:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Finals\nTherefore, New Zealand are the Under 19 Rugby World Champions for 2007 and Italy are promoted to Division A.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 46], "content_span": [47, 155]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Final standings\nThe final standings are based on the 3 pool matches plus a further 2 matches to determine standings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Final standings\n* Japan was initially demoted to Division B and Italy promoted to Division A for future World Championships. However, with the creation of the IRB Junior World Championship, both teams competed in its 2008 inaugural edition. This event featured all teams from the 2007 Division A, plus Italy, Canada, the US, and Tonga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 375]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193517-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship, Final standings\n# Zimbabwe, Chile, Romania, Russia, Chinese Taipei and the Cook Islands were initially relegated from Division B and had to enter regional competitions to qualify for future World Championships. This did not change with the creation of the Junior World Championship and IRB Junior World Trophy; Georgia and Uruguay were given automatic berths to the 2008 IRB Junior World Trophy, while remaining nations had to play in regional qualifying for the remaining six berths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193518-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Uni-President Lions season\nThe Uni-President Lions began their 2007 season by playing against La New Bears at Chengching Lake Baseball Field on March 17. The season concluded in late October, with the Lions winning the Taiwan Series and participating in the Asia Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193519-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Indoor Football season\nThe 2007 United Indoor Football season was preceded by 2006 and was succeeded by 2008. It was the third season of the UIF.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193519-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Indoor Football season\nTeams played either a 14 or 15 game schedule from March 23 until July 14, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193519-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Indoor Football season\nThe league champions, for the third year in a row, were the Sioux Falls Storm, who defeated the Lexington Horsemen in United Bowl III. In doing so, they became the very first football team to have back-to-back perfect seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193520-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom budget\nThe 2007 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2007: Building Britain's long-term future: Prosperity and fairness for families, was formally delivered by Gordon Brown in the House of Commons on 21 March 2007. It would turn out to be Brown's last Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer, becoming Prime Minister on 27 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193520-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom budget\nThe main changes were that basic rate of income tax would fall from 22% to 20% from April 2008 and that the lower starter rate of 10% would be removed. Vehicle Excise Duty on the highest-polluting vehicles would go up to \u00a3300 and to \u00a3400 from April 2008, with the least-polluting vehicles to have their duty reduced to \u00a335. The savings limit for Individual savings account contributions would be increased to \u00a37,200 from April 2008. The Inheritance Tax threshold would rise from \u00a3285,000 to \u00a3350,000 in 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods\nA series of large floods occurred in parts of the United Kingdom during the summer of 2007. The worst of the flooding occurred across Scotland on 14 June; East Yorkshire and the Midlands on 15 June; Yorkshire, the Midlands, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire on 25 June; and Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and South Wales on 28 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods\nJune was one of the wettest months on record in Britain (see List of weather records). Average rainfall across the country was 5.5 inches (140\u00a0mm); more than double the June average. Some areas received a month's worth of precipitation in 24 hours. It was Britain's wettest May\u2013July period since records began in 1776. July had unusually unsettled weather and above-average rainfall through the month, peaking on 20 July as an active frontal system dumped more than 4.7 inches (120\u00a0mm) of rain in southern England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 541]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods\nCivil and military authorities described the June and July rescue efforts as the biggest in peacetime Britain. The Environment Agency described the July floods as critical and expected them to exceed the 1947 benchmark.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nJune 2007 started quietly with an anticyclone to the north of the United Kingdom maintaining a dry, cool easterly flow. From 10 June the high pressure began to break down as an upper trough moved into the area, triggering thunderstorms that caused flooding in Northern Ireland on 12 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nLater that week, a slow-moving area of low pressure from the west of Biscay moved east across the British Isles. At the same time, an associated occluded front moved into Northern England, becoming very active as it did so with the peak rainfall on 15 June. Rainfall records were broken across the region, leading to localised flooding. As it weakened, the front moved north into Scotland on 16 June and left England and Wales with a very unstable airmass, frequent heavy showers, thunderstorms and cloudy conditions. This led to localised flash flooding and prevented significant drying where earlier rains had fallen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nOn 25 June, another unseasonably low pressure (993\u00a0hPa\u00a0/\u00a029.3\u00a0inHg) depression, Cyclone Uriah, moved across England. The associated front settled over northern and eastern England and dumped more than 3.9 inches (100\u00a0mm) of rain in places. The combination of high rainfall and high water levels from the earlier rainfall led to extensive flooding across many parts of England and Wales, with the Midlands, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, South, West and East Yorkshire the most affected. Gales along the east coast also caused storm damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nRAF Fylingdales on the North Yorkshire Moors reported rainfall totals of 4.1 inches (103\u00a0mm) in 24 hours, an estimated 3.9 inches (100\u00a0mm) in Hull and 3.0 inches (77\u00a0mm) on Emley Moor in West Yorkshire. Until 2007, the average monthly total for June for the whole UK was 2.86 inches (72.6\u00a0mm).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 349]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nOn 27 June, the Met Office released an early warning of severe weather for the approaching weekend, stating that 0.79 to 1.97 inches (20 to 50\u00a0mm) of rain could fall in some areas, raising the possibility of more flooding within the already saturated flood plains.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nOn 20 July, another active frontal system moved across Southern England. Many places recorded a month's rainfall or more in one day. The Met Office at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire reported 4.98 inches (126.6\u00a0mm): a sixth of its annual rainfall. The college at Pershore in Worcestershire reported 5.60 inches (142.2\u00a0mm), causing the Environment Agency to issue 16 further severe flood warnings. By 21 July, many towns and villages were flooded, with Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, London and South Wales facing the brunt of the heavy rainfall.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Meteorological background\nClimate researchers have suggested that the unusual weather leading to the floods may be linked to this year's appearance of La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, and the jet stream being further south than normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England\nEngland was affected by the June and July floods, with the North badly hit in June, the West badly hit in July, and many areas hit in both. It was England's wettest July on record. Gloucestershire was the worst affected county \u2013 with both some minor flooding in June, and major flooding in July. Non -administrative counties and administrative counties affected by the flooding are given below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Bedfordshire\nBy 25 July, a number of low-lying parts adjacent to the river in Bedford and Luton were flooded and one man drowned attempting to swim across the River Great Ouse in Bedford. Parts of Felmersham and Turvey were also flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Berkshire\nOn 20 July, the M4 was closed after a landslide caused by flooding between Junctions 12 and 13 eastbound. Approximately 1,100 properties in Thatcham were affected by flash flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Berkshire\nBy 21 July, Newbury and Maidenhead town centres were flooded, the shopping mall in Maidenhead was closed and parts of the Glade Festival were flooded. Officials warned that the River Thames, the River Ock, and its tributaries from Charney could burst their banks. Trinity School was badly affected by the flooding as well due to Vodafone's HQ nearby. Vodafone's ornamental lake overflowed due to the sudden downpour and badly damaged Trinity School's astro turf to the front of the school as well as some damage to inside the school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Berkshire\nIn Reading, rail services to the southwest were affected and westbound trains from Paddington could go no further.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Berkshire\nThe flood waters affected the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Burghfield, which handles Britain's nuclear warheads, resulting in a suspension of work for almost a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Buckinghamshire\nOn 3 June, Stoke Goldington suffered flash flooding affecting 25 homes. Stoke Goldington was affected again on 3 July, with 10 houses being flooded. By 21 July, seventy homes and businesses were flooded by the River Ouse in Buckingham and 30 people spent the night in the town's Radcliffe centre, but 10 miles (16\u00a0km) away a system of balancing lakes prevented Milton Keynes from suffering significantly, apart from a flash flood of Stony Stratford High Street from the River Ouse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Cambridgeshire\nOn 24 July, four bridges in St Neots, Cambridgeshire were shut when the river level peaked, and the Environment Agency warned residents in the St Neots, Paxton and Offords areas to expect flooding that night. By 25 July, parts of St Ives were flooded. Later the same day, the Environment Agency advised residents near the River Great Ouse that the peak had passed and further flooding was unlikely.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, County Durham\nOn 15 June, heavy rainfall caused the postponement of the fourth test match between England and the West Indies at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. On 23 June, flash floods affected parts of Darlington and Stanhope Road, Northgate, St Cuthbert's Way, Parkgate and Haughton Road were closed after water levels rose by about 2\u00a0feet\u00a0(0.6\u00a0m). It has also led to Woodland Road to improve its drainage to prevent such flooding on one of the main roads out the town. On 17 July, flooding affected Peterlee town centre, closing shops and a local school.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 622]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Cumbria\nA 64-year-old man hit his head and died after trying to bail out his flooded home in Alston, Cumbria.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Derbyshire\nOn 25 June, flooding affected properties in Coal Aston, Calow and Chesterfield town centre, and the A617 was filled with more than 2 feet (0.6\u00a0m) of floodwater causing traffic delays.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Gloucestershire\nOn 19 July, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service attended 1,800 calls in a 48-hour period, compared with the usual 8,000 calls a year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Gloucestershire\nOn 22 July, Gloucester City A.F.C. 's Stadium was flooded, and the Tewkesbury road at Longford was completely impassable by the Longford Inn. Tewkesbury was completely cut off with no road access, parts of the town were under around 3 feet (0.9\u00a0m) of water and flood waters entered Tewkesbury Abbey for the first time in 247 years. Tewkesbury's Mythe Water Treatment Works were flooded. Severn Trent Water warned that treated water would run out by early Sunday evening in Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, Gloucester and surrounding areas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Gloucestershire\nCombined military and civil emergency services tried to stop floods reaching the Walham electricity substation in Gloucester supplying half a million people. On 23 July 50,000 Gloucestershire homes were left without electricity after a major electricity substation in Castle Meads had to be turned off. Efforts to stop flooding at Walham substation succeeded; the Castle Meads substation was repaired the next day.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Gloucestershire\nBy 24 July, an estimated 420,000 people were without drinking water, including most of the population of Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Tewkesbury. Emergency services continued repair work at the Mythe water-treatment works but Severn Trent Water estimated that water supplies would not be restored for at least 14 days. 900 drinking water bowsers were brought in and the Army was mobilised to distribute three million bottles of water a day and keep the bowsers filled. Coors, Carlsberg, Scottish and Newcastle, Inbev and Greene King brewing companies offered 23 beer tankers to help supply drinking water. On 26 July Severn Trent Water organised a temporary non-potable water supply to 10,000 homes in Tewkesbury. It was not until 7 August \u2013 16 days after Mythe Treatment Works stopped pumping \u2013 that the tap water for the 140,000 homes affected was again declared safe to drink.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 949]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Gloucestershire\nIn terms of casualties, a man and his 24-year-old son died from asphyxiation from carbon monoxide poisoning on 27 July when attempting to stop flooding in the unventilated Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club cellar. On 28 July, the body of a 19-year-old boy, reported missing seven days earlier, was recovered in Tewkesbury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 390]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Greater London\nOn 20 July flooding occurred in many parts of Greater London. Water and power supplies were not disrupted but parts of South West London were under 2 feet (61\u00a0cm) of water. Heathrow Airport cancelled 141 flights. Two of four rail lines in South Croydon were closed by landslips. The London Underground was severely disrupted and 25 stations were closed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Herefordshire\nBy 19 June, Herefordshire was affected by flooding. The M50 motorway near Ledbury was closed on 22 July due to flooding. More than 5,200 people in and around Bromyard, Herefordshire were without clean water on 22 and 23 July after the pumps at the Whitbourne works in Herefordshire failed. Once supply was restored residents were urged by Welsh Water to boil their tap-water until further notice. The village of Hampton Bishop, 3\u00a0miles (5\u00a0km) from the city of Hereford remains surrounded and flooded by water after the River Lugg burst its banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Herefordshire\nOn the afternoon of 24 July the Fire Service began pumping flood water out of the village, but not before 130 residents were evacuated. Houses, including the Herefordshire home of Daily Mail writer Quentin Letts, were flooded by a torrent of water gushing from what had previously been only a small, unnamed brook north of Ross-on-Wye.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Herefordshire\nResidents of East Bromyard were rescued after the River Frome burst its banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Lancashire\nOn 12 June, Lostock Hall and Penwortham near Preston were hit by flash floods. On 3 July, heavy rain caused flooding in Earby and Ribchester, affecting homes and causing the Royal Lancashire Show to be cancelled on 9 July. On 4 July, the Blackburn Mela was cancelled due to ground conditions. On 18 July, Walton-le-Dale near Preston was hit by flash floods.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Lincolnshire\nLouth and Horncastle were severely flooded, with some roads in that area impassable. Children at a school in Horncastle were evacuated because of floods. More than 600-flood related calls occurred across the county. In Lincoln, mainly round the Stamp End area, a house called Shuttleworth House was completely flooded with water in its insides. After power was lost in the area, more than 200 people were rescued in dinghies.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Nottinghamshire\nOn 27 June 2007, flash flooding caused extensive damage to the villages of Lambley, Woodborough and Burton Joyce. Major towns were hit including Mansfield and Hucknall but not as severely as Lambley. The same day, flooding occurred at Retford and Worksop after the River Idle and River Ryton respectively overtopped their banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 399]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Oxfordshire\nMany rivers burst their banks, including both the Thames and the Cherwell in Oxford and the Ock in Abingdon the Windrush in Witney and the Evenlode.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Oxfordshire\nBy 21 July, Banbury and Witney were flooded. Oxford, particularly Botley, was flooded and some 300 people were evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Oxfordshire\nOn 22 July, the Environment Agency warned of further flooding and 1,500 people in Abingdon were evacuated. Forty thousand sandbags were transported from Grantham in Lincolnshire to Abingdon and Oxford.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Oxfordshire\nBy 23 July, Oxford, Abingdon, Kidlington and Bladon were affected; some 3,000 homes including the home of William Morris at Kelmscott were flooded and 600 residents were evacuated, with many taking refuge in Oxford United Football Club's Kassam Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Oxfordshire\nOn 24 July the Thames in Abingdon rose 3\u00a0feet\u00a0(0.9\u00a0m) in less than 12 hours to a \"perilously high\" level and the Thames and the Severn were expected to rise to 20\u00a0feet\u00a0(6.1\u00a0m) higher than normal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Oxfordshire\nOn 25 July residents of Osney in west Oxford were advised to leave their homes. About 30 people went to the Kassam stadium shelter while another 250 decided to stay with family and friends. Osney Mead substation, which supplies power to Oxford city centre, was threatened but did not flood. Later that evening, the Thames breached its banks at Henley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 66], "content_span": [67, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Shropshire\nBy 19 June, rain had washed away the main road at Hampton Loade and the Severn Valley Railway line from Bridgnorth was closed after numerous landslips on the line. Also, on 19 June/20 June, parts of the town of Shifnal near Telford, were flooded when the Wesley Brook burst its banks. Some of the residents blame Severn Trent Water for opening floodgates at Priors Lee balancing lake, however no such gates exist. Repair costs to the railway were estimated at \u00a32\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Shropshire\nOn 26 June, the Burway Bridge collapsed, disrupting one of the main roads into Ludlow, severing a gas main and causing the surrounding area to be evacuated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Shropshire\nOn 1 July, a woman was pulled out of the River Severn at Jackfield on the Telford and Wrekin border near Ironbridge. By 24 July, the UK National Ballooning Championships in Ludlow had been cancelled for the first time in their 32-year history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Warwickshire\nBy 21 July, flooded parts of Warwickshire included Alcester, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shipston on Stour and Water Orton. To a lesser extent, areas of Leamington Spa and Warwick also experienced flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Warwickshire\nSeveral nature reserves in the Tame Valley, including Ladywalk and Kingsbury Water Park were badly affected, just as ground- and reedbed- nesting birds were hatching young.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 67], "content_span": [68, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, West Midlands\n200 people were forced to leave Witton Road and Tame Road in Aston, Birmingham when the River Tame flooded. Water entered the streets of Shirley, Solihull. As in Warwickshire, the Tame caused losses at a nature reserve; this time RSPB Sandwell Valley. In the Dudley borough flooding damaged local schools, shops and communities. Schools opened the doors with parts of buildings flooded with water, the damage in the West Midlands area estimated at 1.9 billion (2007 GDP).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Wiltshire\nOn 20 July, Swindon had a month's rainfall in less than half a day. More than 50 people were rescued from their flooded homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Worcestershire\nBy 19 June, Worcestershire was affected by flooding. A 68-year-old motorist died after he was trapped in his vehicle in flood water near Pershore whilst attempting to cross an old ford in Bow Brook which was by then 2\u00a0m deep. The waters were still rising, endangering the confluence of the River Teme and the River Severn. On 26 June 2007 the New Road Ground, home to Worcestershire County Cricket Club, was flooded after the River Severn overtopped its banks, causing the next day's Twenty20 match against Warwickshire to be cancelled. On 17 July, Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire was flooded for the second time in three weeks after a thunderstorm caused flash flooding. By 21 July the M5 was affected, compounded by the closure of the Strensham services, and the motorway was closed, stranding hundreds in their vehicles overnight.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 903]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Worcestershire\nBy 23 July, parts of Worcestershire were under 6\u00a0feet\u00a0(2\u00a0m) of water and the Army was brought in to help emergency services supply the inhabitants of Upton-upon-Severn which was cut off by floodwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, Worcestershire\nOn 1 June, the first day of the floods. A road in Cropthorne near Worcester was brutally forced down by a high impact of water flowing underneath the road in a pipe. The hole it made was 13 feet (4.0\u00a0m) deep and 33 feet (10\u00a0m) wide, traffic throughout the county was held up due to the collapsed main road. The site was named Cropthorne Canyon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nOn 15 June, the region was hit by flooding. Roads including the A63 and A1105 in Hull and schools in the region were closed, the Hull Lord Mayor's Parade was cancelled, the Festival of Football was postponed, police declared a major incident and Hessle in Hull, on the border between Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, suffered two square miles of severe sewage-contaminated flooding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nOn 25 June, the region was hit by flooding again. Fire crews received over 1500 calls in a 12-hour period, dozens of homes in Beverley and about 50 people at a Hull nursing home were evacuated, boats were used to evacuate about 90 people from 4\u00a0feet\u00a0(1\u00a0m) of floodwater in Hull's County Road North, and in Hessle a 28-year-old man died after becoming trapped in a drain. The new Hull police station had to be vacated because of flooding. The next day, only 12 of Hull's 88 schools were still open, affecting 30,000 out of 38,000 Hull schoolchildren.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nBy 4 July in Hull, six schools were still closed and 120 residents in residential or nursing care had been relocated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nBy 5 July, an estimated 35,000 people in streets containing 17,000 homes had been affected by flooding in Hull and by the next day more than 10,000 homes had been evacuated. Hull City Council estimated repair costs at \u00a3200\u00a0million.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nBy 24 July, Hull City Council had checked each house in the flooded streets and stated that 6,500 homes had been flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nBy 27 July, \u00a32.1\u00a0million had been allocated to Hull and \u00a3600,000 to the East Riding for clean-up and immediate repairs, and \u00a33.2\u00a0million to Hull and \u00a31.5\u00a0million to the East Riding for further repairs to the region's estimated 101 schools suffering significant flood damage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull\nBy 3 September, figures released by Hull City Council had been revised upwards to 7,800 houses that had been flooded plus 1,300 businesses that were affected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 102], "content_span": [103, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, North Yorkshire\nBy 15 June, towns and villages in North Yorkshire were flooded, with Knaresborough, Harrogate and York being particularly affected. In Scarborough, the main A171 Scalby Road flooded outside Scarborough Hospital, and the ornamental lake at Peasholm Park overtopped its banks and poured down Peasholm Gap into North Bay. Near Catterick, North Yorkshire, a 17-year-old soldier on a training exercise from Catterick Garrison died after being swept away whilst crossing Risedale Beck, Hipswell Moor. On 23 June, flooding affected Middlesbrough. Pickering was flooded after Pickering Beck overflowed its banks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0054-0001", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, North Yorkshire\nOn 18 July, streams overflowed and roads were blocked in Barton, Gilling West, Melsonby, Hartforth, Scotch Corner, Middleton Tyas and Kirby Hill after a freak rainstorm, and on 18 July 2007 a cloud burst left parts of Filey under 3\u00a0feet\u00a0(1\u00a0m) of water, just caused by the rain, rather than by a river bursting its banks. Pensioners were stranded in the town's swimming pool and rescued by lifeboat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, South Yorkshire\nOn 25 June, Sheffield suffered extensive damage as the River Don over topped its banks causing widespread flooding in the Don Valley area of the city. A 14-year-old boy was swept away by the swollen River Sheaf, a 68-year-old man died after attempting to cross a flooded road in Sheffield city centre, and several cattle were washed away, found up to 3.5 miles (5.6\u00a0km) across fields in some areas of cultivated land.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 488]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0055-0001", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, South Yorkshire\nThe Meadowhall shopping centre was closed due to flooding with some shops remaining closed downstairs until late September and Sheffield Wednesday's ground Hillsborough was under 6\u00a0feet\u00a0(1.83\u00a0m) of water. A number of people were rescued by RAF helicopters from buildings in the Brightside area, whilst in the Millhouses Park area to the southwest of the city the River Sheaf overtopped its banks causing widespread damage. There was also widespread flooding in Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham with much of these towns cut off.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 599]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, South Yorkshire\nBy 26 June, the waters in some parts of Sheffield and the surrounding area receded, and over 700 villagers from Catcliffe, near Rotherham's Ulley reservoir were evacuated after cracks appeared in the dam. Emergency services from across England pumped millions of gallons of water from the reservoir to ease the pressure on the damaged dam, and the nearby M1 Motorway was closed between junctions 32 and 36 as a precaution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0057-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, South Yorkshire\nOn 27 June, the Army moved into the Doncaster area after the River Don overtopped its banks and threatened the area around what was Thorpe Marsh Power Station. A man was incorrectly reported missing near the village of Adwick le Street near Doncaster.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 70], "content_span": [71, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0058-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, West Yorkshire\nOn 15 June and on 25 June, the villages of Scissett and Clayton West and other parts of Kirklees were flooded by the River Dearne, the second time worse than the first.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0059-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, West Yorkshire\nOn 25 June, Wakefield was flooded. Six elderly women, including a 91-year-old, were stranded in their homes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0060-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, West Yorkshire\nDuring the Wakefield flood, hundreds of homes were evacuated in the Agbrigg area of Wakefield and looting was feared, but by 1 July only four looters had been arrested in the city and were later released on bail.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0061-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in England, West Yorkshire\nThe village of Collingham (near Wetherby) was particularly affected by the flooding and one house was looted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0062-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Northern Ireland\nNorthern Ireland was hit by flooding in the June and July floods and it was Northern Ireland's wettest June since 1958. The non-administrative counties and districts affected are given below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 62], "content_span": [63, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0063-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Northern Ireland, County Antrim\nOn 12 June, the Knockmore campus of the Lisburn Institute in Lisburn was affected by flooding. The same day, parts of East Belfast near the Antrim-Down border that were affected included the Kings Road, Ladas Drive, Strandtown Primary School and the Parliament Buildings in Stormont, with 80 residents evacuated from their old people's home on the Kings Road and Avoniel Leisure Centre opened to assist flood victims. On 2 July, houses were flooded and two people evacuated from their home in Cushendall in Antrim after the River Dall burst its banks following heavy rain. On 16 July, parts of Belfast International Airport near Aldergrove in Antrim were flooded by a freak thunderstorm leaving 10 planes unable to land, landslides closed the Antrim Coast Road near Ballygally, Larne, and people were trapped in their cars in Portrush, Coleraine.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 924]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0064-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Northern Ireland, County Down\nOn 15 June, there was severe flooding around Bangor in North Down, Saintfield, Crossgar and Ballynahinch in Down and Newtownards and Comber in Ards, with shops in Crossgar centre flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 75], "content_span": [76, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0065-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Northern Ireland, County Londonderry\nOn 12 June, Magherafelt was affected by flooding. On 16 July, roads in Aghadowey, Coleraine and Portstewart, Coleraine were rendered impassable by floodwater.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0066-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Northern Ireland, County Tyrone\nOn 12 June, Omagh and Dungannon were affected by flooding, with a Dunnes supermarket evacuated in Omagh.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 77], "content_span": [78, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0067-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland\nScotland was hit by flooding in June and July, with the Scottish Lowlands most badly affected. On 12 June, the Met Office issued torrential rain warnings for Scotland and it was Scotland's wettest June since 1938. The non-administrative counties and council areas affected are given below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 54], "content_span": [55, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0068-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Ayrshire and Arran\nOn 21 June, about 2000 homes were left without electricity and properties were affected as flash floods hit Kilmarnock. On 18 July, flooding affected Kilmarnock again, the River Irvine burst its banks in Newmilns, and flash floods affected roads including the M77.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 74], "content_span": [75, 339]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0069-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Dumfries\nOn 18 July, floods wrecked homes in Closeburn, power was cut off at Eaglesfield, and roads were closed at Moffat and Lochmaben.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 64], "content_span": [65, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0070-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Edinburgh and Midlothian\nOn 1 July rain cancelled the one-day international cricket match between Scotland and Pakistan in Edinburgh and by 3 July parts of Midlothian were flooded, with worst hit areas including residential areas in Dalkeith and Mayfield.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 80], "content_span": [81, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0071-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Glasgow and Lanarkshire\nOn 22 June, heavy storms flooded roads and dumped debris on the railway line in Glasgow. The same day, torrential rain caused a landslide just south of Lesmahagow, closing the M74.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 79], "content_span": [80, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0072-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Moray\nOn 3 July a landslide caused by floodwater disrupted traffic on the A941 Rothes to Aberlour road in Moray.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0073-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Ross and Cromarty\nOn 18 July, heavy rain caused landslips blocking the railway line between Strathcarron and Achnasheen for a predicted 10 days,", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 73], "content_span": [74, 200]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0074-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Scotland, Tweeddale\nOn 25 June rain forced the 108-year-old Beltane Festival in Peebles to be held indoors for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 65], "content_span": [66, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0075-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Wales\nWales was hit by flooding in June and July, with the Eastern areas most badly affected. It was Wales's wettest June since 1998, and its second wettest since 1914. The preserved counties and principal areas affected are given below.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0076-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Wales, Clwyd\nOn 26 June, roads including the A5 were impassable at Corwen in Denbighshire, a river overflowed at Worthenbury in Flintshire, and properties were affected in Wrexham. In North Wales, a man was rescued by fire services after he was stranded on a small island in the River Dee in Llangollen, Denbighshire. On 17 July, flash floods after torrential rain forced the closure of a secondary school in Prestatyn in Denbighshire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 481]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0077-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Wales, Dyfed\nLampeter in Ceredigion was affected by flooding on 11 June and then again on 15 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0078-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Wales, Gwent\nOn 26 June, properties were affected in Tintern on the River Wye in Monmouthshire. On 20 July, flash floods affected parts of Newport, Monmouthshire and Torfaen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0079-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Wales, Powys\nIn Montgomeryshire, ten people were taken to safety at Tregynon and a dozen homes were flooded at Bettws Cedewain on 22 July, firefighters used a boat to evacuate five people from a house near Welshpool after they were cut off by floods on 23 July, and the same boat was later used to rescue three people stranded in a car on the A483. In Radnorshire, 30 tonnes of debris and earth blocked the only road out of Barland near Presteigne on 23 July. In Brecknockshire, the River Wye burst its banks in Builth Wells on 1 July,the saturated ground later causing chaos at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd on 24 July.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 671]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0080-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Affected areas in Wales, South Glamorgan\nOn 20 July, flash floods affected the Vale of Glamorgan, causing schools to be evacuated, roads to be closed, and boats used to rescue people from their homes in Barry.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 68], "content_span": [69, 237]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0081-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Timeline for June and July floods\nAreas affected by flooding during this period were as follows (see above for specific citations):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 61], "content_span": [62, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0082-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Rescue effort\nFollowing the flooding in late June, the rescue effort was described by the Fire Brigades Union as the \"biggest in peacetime Britain\". Following the flooding in July, the RAF said it is carrying out its biggest ever peacetime rescue operation, with six Sea King helicopters from as far afield as RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall, RAF Valley in Anglesey and RAF Leconfield in the East Riding of Yorkshire rescuing up to 120 people. An RAF heavy lift Chinook helicopter was also employed to move aggregate to reinforce the banks of the River Don. The Environment Agency described the situation as \"critical\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0083-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Rescue effort\n4x4 Response groups from throughout the UK assisted councils and blue light services during and in the immediate aftermath of the flooding. During the recovery phase a number of responders from around the UK 4x4 Response assisted the Red Cross in the distribution of fresh drinking water in the Gloucestershire area after mains drinking water was contaminated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 52], "content_span": [53, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0084-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Health risks\nThe Health Protection Agency advised people that the risk of contracting any illness was low but that it was best to avoid coming into direct contact with flood water. There were no reported cases of any outbreaks. In some areas bottled water was handed out where sewage works got flooded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 51], "content_span": [52, 341]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0085-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Crop damage\nThe floods caused widespread crop damage, especially broccoli, carrots, peas and potatoes. In parts of Lincolnshire it was estimated that 40% of the pea crop may have been damaged, with other crops also suffering major losses. Prices of vegetables were expected to rise in the following months.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 50], "content_span": [51, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0086-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Financial cost\nEnvironment Agency chief executive Baroness Young said that about \u00a31\u00a0billion a year was needed to improve flood defences. The Association of British Insurers has estimated the total bill for the June and July floods as \u00a33\u00a0billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0087-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Financial cost\nA report by the Environment Agency in 2010 concluded that \"the scale and seriousness of the summer 2007 floods were sufficient to classify them as a national disaster\", and that the \"total economic costs of the summer 2007 floods are estimated at about \u00a33.2 billion in2007 prices, within a possible range of between \u00a32.5 billion and \u00a33.8 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0088-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Government response\nOn 3 July, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced that the Government would increase the spending on risk management and flood defences by \u00a3200\u00a0million to \u00a3800\u00a0million by 2010\u201311. During Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons later that month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised \u00a346\u00a0million in aid to flood-hit councils and \u00a3800\u00a0million rise in annual spending on flood protection by 2010\u201311, confirming Hilary Benn's announcement. Brown also pledged to push insurance firms to make payouts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0089-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Government response\nOn 22 July, the Government convened COBRA to co-ordinate the response to the crisis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0090-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Government response\nVisiting Gloucestershire on 25 July, Mr. Brown praised emergency services for their efforts, but added: \"We've got to get the supplies stepped up. We will get more tankers in, we will get more bowsers in, we will get more regular filling of them, and at the same time, more bottled water will be provided.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0091-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Government response\nOn 8 August 2007 Defra announced that Sir Michael Pitt would chair an independent review of the response to the flooding. On 4 September of that year the Cabinet Office website launched a comments page to let people affected by the flooding contribute their experiences to the review.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0092-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Government response\nSir Michael published his interim report on 17 December 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0093-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Government response\nIn April 2010 the government passed the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, which implemented many of Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations. The Act gives more power and responsibility to the Environment Agency and local authorities to plan flood defences co-ordinated across catchment areas and the wider country, to counteract the tendency for defences to be built for upstream areas without much thought for how this might be making flooding worse for downstream areas. In also brings in a new regime whereby new building activity which exacerbates flooding by reducing the capacity of land to absorb water will need to be accompanied by the construction of sustainable drainage systems such as grassy roofs, ponds and soakaways.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 58], "content_span": [59, 789]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0094-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of Hull City Council\nHull City Council was criticised for not insuring the city's libraries, schools and other public buildings. In response, Hull City Council said that \"Many councils do not have the feature in their budget\", but other flood-hit councils were insured. It was thought that council tax payers would be left with the bill, as emergency Government funding would not cover it.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 69], "content_span": [70, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0095-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of government response\nIn June, councillors in Hull claimed that the city was being forgotten and had the floods occurred in the Home Counties, help would have arrived much more quickly. One in five homes in Hull was damaged and 90 out of the city's 105 schools suffered some damage. Damage to the schools alone was estimated to cost \u00a3100\u00a0million. The Bellwin scheme for providing aid after natural disasters was criticised as inadequate by Hull MP Diana Johnson. The lack of media coverage of flooding in Kingston upon Hull led the city council leader Carl Minns to dub Hull \"the forgotten city\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0096-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of government response\nIn July, the Government came under mounting criticism of its handling of the crisis, the fact that responsibilities were spread across four departments and no single minister could be held responsible, and the fact that the Army had not been called in to assist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0097-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of government response\nThe Observer newspaper stated on 22 July 2007 that the Government had been warned in the spring by the Met Office that summer flooding would be likely because the El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon had weakened, but no action was taken.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0098-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of government response\nIn response to the criticism, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said on BBC Sunday AM that \"This was very, very intense rainfall, with five inches in 24 hours in some areas; even some of the best defences are going to be overwhelmed\". He praised the way the emergency services had dealt with \"unprecedented\" levels of rainfall and said he had \"total confidence\" in the response of the Environment Agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0099-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of government response\nConservative leader David Cameron called for a public inquiry into the flooding after visiting Witney, the main town in his Oxfordshire constituency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193521-0100-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom floods, Aftermath, Criticism of government response\nThen Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell accused the government of lack of preparation leading to a \"summer of suffering\", and said, \"With sophisticated weather forecasting as we now have, particularly in relation to what's happened over the weekend, there are quite a few questions as to how it was that flood-prevention measures were not in place or were not more effective.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 71], "content_span": [72, 458]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak\nThe 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak occurred when the discharge of infectious effluent from a laboratory in Surrey led to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) infections at four nearby farms. The infections were detected via regular livestock testing by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak\nThe first diagnosis took place in a field of Normandy, Surrey; the second was three days later in a cattle-rotation field of a farm in Elstead, and the following day a third infection was found nearby within a quickly-established protection zone around the first detection. One month and ten days after the first diagnosis a final incidence of 2007 was identified and dealt with 13 miles (21\u00a0km) north of the first diseased animal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak\nThe source of the strain released and contained in Surrey in 2007 was the advanced effluent pipes from either the Institute for Animal Health or the similar vaccine researching and producing Merial Animal Health laboratory near to Pirbright village in the county. An inspection of the effluent pipes and manholes carried out by Health and Safety Executive investigators showed deficiencies, and the independent investigation of Brian Spratt concluded that it was very likely that they occasionally leaked still-infectious effluent at the time of the outbreak. Both laboratories, either of which may have been the cause, upgraded and repaired their effluent treatment systems to continue operation. The UK government provided compensation for the farmers directly involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 816]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak\nThese interrelated and contained events prompted precautionary measures of restricted-access containment zones in three counties where suspected infections were reported and major international trading partners such as Canada and the Republic of Ireland placed temporary restrictions on meat and dairy exports.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 354]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Background\nThe United Kingdom was affected in 1967 by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The outbreak was limited to an area on the Welsh border with Shropshire. The subsequent 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis spread more broadly and caused a national crisis for British agriculture and tourism. The epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease in farms in most of the British countryside. Livestock farmers' losses and their interest subsequently remained of public interest, and a negative testing in January 2007 in Northern Ireland received BBC local headline coverage.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 55], "content_span": [56, 627]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Initial reports\nSymptoms of foot-and-mouth disease were first reported late on 2 August 2007 on farmland in Normandy in Surrey, which was subsequently isolated and placed under restrictions. The site was a field for beef fattening rented by Derrick and Roger Pride. The following day the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Debby Reynolds confirmed that initial testing revealed that 60 cattle were infected with foot-and-mouth disease and that other potential cases were being investigated.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Initial reports\nThe virus strain was identified on 4 August as FMDV BFS 1860 O1 1967 (Foot-and-mouth disease virus, British field strain 1860, serotype O, subtype 1, isolated in 1967; also referred to as strain BFS 1860/UK/67). The virus was first isolated during the 1967 foot-and-mouth outbreak and until the 2007 outbreak was not in circulation in animals. It was the same strain as used at the nearby Pirbright laboratory sites that housed separate units of the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) and Merial Animal Health Ltd at Pirbright, 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Initial reports\nThe Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright carried out research into foot-and-mouth disease as well as other diseases affecting livestock. The Merial Animal Health site was also identified as a possible source of the infection, as they were one of four European laboratories authorised to handle the strain to produce vaccines. The next closest laboratory working with the strain was in Belgium. As a result of the location of the two Pirbright laboratory sites, the isolation zone was extended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Initial reports\nAnother protection zone was created on 5 August near Elstead after a cow at one of the two other locations used by the farm tested positive. The herd at both locations had already been slaughtered the previous day as a standard precautionary measure. Another herd the next day within one of the protection zones showing symptoms of FMD was slaughtered on suspicion. Samples underwent analysis and the next day FMD was confirmed on a farm in Surrey within the protection zone. The cows were on land owned by the farmer Lawrence Matthews who rented grazing to a neighbouring producer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 78], "content_span": [79, 661]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Laboratory concerns\nThe Health & Safety Executive (HSE) issued a report on 7 August titled \"Initial report on potential breaches to biosecurity at the Pirbright site, 2007\" which contained the following comments:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Laboratory concerns\nThe Pirbright site has been the source of foot-and-mouth outbreaks before \u2013 in 1970 the virus escaped from the experimental area into a holding pen elsewhere on the site. Eighteen animals had to be destroyed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 82], "content_span": [83, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Later cases\nA farmer who left the land at the site of the initial outbreaks reported on 9 August some of his cows to Defra as a precautionary measure. A 3\u00a0km (2 mile) temporary control zone was established, and then removed, on 11 August when negative test results were returned. Three further potential outbreaks were investigated during August, at a farm elsewhere in Surrey; at the Chessington World of Adventures zoo; and at a farm near Romney in Kent. All three tested negative for foot and mouth. Following a lack of further outbreaks since the initial discovery, Defra lifted on 24 August the protection zones around the farms. The surveillance zone was removed on 8 September. A 5\u00a0km (3 mile) radius biosecurity area remained in place longer around the Pirbright laboratories.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Disease outbreak, Later cases\nA new case of foot and mouth was found on 12 September 30 miles (48\u00a0km) north of the original case at Milton Park Farm near Egham in the county. A 3\u00a0km (2 mile) radius protection zone and a 10\u00a0km (6 mile) radius surveillance zone was established around the farm. A sick sheep found earlier during the day in Scotland at a Lanarkshire market was later found to be negative. Separately, a temporary control zone was put around a premise in Norfolk as a precautionary measure following a veterinary visit. Laboratory results for these animals were also negative and so the local restrictions were lifted the next evening.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Precautions\nAll livestock at the three geographically separate locations were destroyed on 4 August. A nationwide ban on the movement of cattle and pigs was imposed, with a 3\u00a0km (1.9\u00a0mi) protection zone in place around the affected farm and a further 10\u00a0km (6.2\u00a0mi) zone of cattle surveillance. An 8\u00a0km (5.0\u00a0mi) aerial exclusion zone was set up around the site.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Precautions\nAs required by European Union regulations, all exports of animal and meat products of species affected by the outbreak were halted from the United Kingdom.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Precautions\nA net total of 2160 animals were culled in the affected zones over the 58 day outbreak period (982 cattle, 1128 pigs, 43 sheep and seven goats). The total cost of containment and livestock loss came to a total of \u00a347 million. This compares to a total loss of around \u00a33 billion and the culling of around four million animals (85% sheep, 12% cattle, 3% pigs) during the 2001 outbreak which lasted for 221 days.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 56], "content_span": [57, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Reaction, Political reaction\nThe Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Environment Secretary Hilary Benn returned to London early from their holidays. Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs Elin Jones cut short her holiday to New Zealand, and opposition leader David Cameron also cancelled his holiday in Brittany. A COBRA meeting took place shortly before the official announcement, with the Prime Minister participating on a telephone link.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 73], "content_span": [74, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Reaction, Scientific reaction\nOn the prospect of the virus coming from one of the Pirbright establishments, emeritus professor of bacteriology Hugh Pennington said \"If we know exactly where the virus has come from, and particularly if it's a vaccine type of virus, it's less likely to be a nasty virus.\" King, a former head of molecular biology at the IAH, said \"As far as I am concerned the authorities have failed to find any chink in the armoury of the establishment\u2019s bio-security. What you are left with is human movement, which is not a matter for the institute, it\u2019s a police matter. It\u2019s very, very unlikely that it could be spread by accident. People do not spread the disease easily.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 74], "content_span": [75, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Reaction, International reaction\nFollowing the confirmation of the outbreak, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland closed all of their ports to livestock, fresh meat and non-pasteurised milk imports, and ordered disinfectant measures to be put in place at ports and airports all over the island. Canada blocked the entry of any livestock from the United Kingdom (which included Northern Ireland) into the country, and Japan and the United States blocked the entry of pigs and pig products. British beef was already banned in both of these countries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 77], "content_span": [78, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\nA report into the epidemic was released on 5 September 2007. It reported that traces of the virus were found in a pipe at the Pirbright institute running from Merial to the government's treatment plant. It is thought that tree roots damaged the pipe allowing the virus to the surface. The report hypothesises that site workmen conveyed the virus to the Normandy farm en route home from work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\nAn independent investigation carried out by Brian Spratt found that due to the recognition that infected material could survive the initial citric acid disinfection stage within the Merial plant, the effluent system up to the final caustic soda treatment plant was considered by Defra inspectors to be within the scope of Category 4 containment, yet it appeared not to have been subject to regular inspection and there was evidence of leakage both from broken pipework and via unsealed, overflowing manholes:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\n23. The possibility of infectious virus being discharged to the effluent pipes was recognised by the Defra inspectors and, for this reason, the drainage system that leads to the caustic soda final treatment plant is considered part of Category 4 containment at Pirbright. It must therefore be well maintained and contained, so that infectious virus in effluent cannot escape.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\n32. The effluent pipes from IAH and Merial to the caustic soda final treatment plant are old and appear not to have been subject to regular thorough inspections to ensure their integrity. An inspection of the effluent pipes and manholes carried out for the HSE team showed deficiencies and it is considered very likely that they leak effluent. The effluent pipes are therefore not contained, as they should be as part of Category 4 containment at Pirbright.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\nIn May 2008 the Surrey County Council, who has the authority to prosecute when there is negligence, found prosecution nonviable and wrote:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\nThe county council's external legal advice is that a prosecution against either of the two laboratories at the centre of the outbreak is not possible. This was because:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\nThree Government-commissioned reports were unable to pinpoint the exact source of the outbreak", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Investigation\nThe council may not have been able to prove beyond doubt whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) licence conditions had been breached. This was particularly because the two laboratories shared the drainage systems under those conditions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 58], "content_span": [59, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Media reporting incursion\nThe media were the only people to breach the police cordons. At the time Surrey Police Assistant Chief Constable Mark Rowley said \"So far, two photographers have been arrested for breaching cordons, despite the obvious need to protect the area and clear signs prohibiting entry. No members of the public have tried to get inside contaminated areas and unfortunately the only attempted breaches have been by some of the media.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Media reporting incursion\nPeter Denard from Surrey Trading Standards stated: \"This is a virulent disease spread on contact and proximity. The idea that anyone not wearing protective clothing and taking no bio-security measures is trampling through a potentially contaminated area of the countryside is beyond belief.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193522-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, Media reporting incursion\nThe two photographers, Philip Hollis of The Daily Telegraph and James Purkiss, were later found guilty under the Animal Health Act for ignoring prohibitions and entering protected sites. Hollis was fined \u00a32,000 and ordered to pay \u00a35,000 costs. Purkiss was sentenced to 140 hours of community service, and fined \u00a31,150.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 70], "content_span": [71, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections\nThe 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May 2007. These elections took place in most of England and all of Scotland. There were no local government elections in Wales though the Welsh Assembly had a general election on the same day. There were no local government elections in Northern Ireland. Just over half of English councils and almost all the Scottish councils began the counts on Friday, rather than Thursday night, because of more complex arrangements regarding postal votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections\nThese elections were a landmark in the United Kingdom as it was the first time that 18- to 20-year-olds could stand as candidates for council seats. The change was due to an alteration of the Electoral Administration Act. At least fourteen 18- to 20-year-olds are known to have stood as candidates for council seats and as a result William Lloyd became the youngest person to be elected to official office in Britain. There were also a number of councils which used new voting methods such as internet and telephone voting in addition to the traditional methods of polling stations and postal votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 635]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections\nThese were the final elections to be overseen by Labour leader and prime minister Tony Blair, who resigned the following month after a decade as prime minister to be succeeded by chancellor Gordon Brown. His party only finished in second place with a narrow lead over the third-placed Liberal Democrats, whose leader Menzies Campbell would also resign later in the year, while it was a strong showing for the Conservatives under David Cameron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 479]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Summary of results\nThere was a suggestion in February 2006 that many of the 2007 local elections in England would be cancelled due to a reform of local government. However, since then possible reforms are still in the consultation stage and no decisions have yet been made.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 310]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Summary of results\n312 English district councils, nearly all districts in England held some form of election \u2013 either thirds or full \u2013 on Thursday, 3 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Summary of results\nThe final results are summarised below; firstly, with a table ranked by the party with the greatest number of councillors elected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Metropolitan boroughs\nAll 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Unitary authorities, Whole council\nIn 25 English unitary authorities the whole council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Unitary authorities, Third of council\nIn 20 English unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 74], "content_span": [75, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, District councils, Whole council\nIn 153 English district authorities the whole council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 69], "content_span": [70, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, District councils, Third of council\nIn 78 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 72], "content_span": [73, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Scotland\nAll 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election - all Scottish councils are unitary authorities. These local elections were held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. They were the first election for local government in mainland Great Britain to use the Single Transferable Vote (the system is used in Northern Ireland), as implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 45], "content_span": [46, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Scotland, Councils\nThe notional results in the following table are based on a document that John Curtice and Stephen Herbert (Professors at the University of Strathclyde) produced on 3 June 2005, calculating the effect of the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote on the 2003 Scottish Local Elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 55], "content_span": [56, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nA Newsnight poll by the analysts Rallings and Thrasher some days before the election predicted the following results for the English council elections:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nCon 38% (Conservatives gaining 330 seats and losing 2% of the vote on 2006)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 137]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nLab 24% (Labour losing 500 seats and losing 2% of the vote on 2006)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 129]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nLD 29% (Liberal Democrats gaining 110 seats and gaining 2% of the vote on 2006)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193523-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom local elections, Pre-election predictions\nHowever, these predictions, as in 2006, were largely inaccurate, underestimating Conservative support and grossly overestimating the Lib Dems' performance. However, it did accurately predict the number of seats Labour would lose.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 61], "content_span": [62, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination\nThe 2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination problem arose on 28 February 2007, when motorists in South East England reported that their cars were breaking down. This was caused by silicon contaminated unleaded petrol, sold by several supermarkets, that damaged the lambda sensors in engine management systems.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 351]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, The problem\nOn 28 February 2007, motorists in South East England reported that their cars were breaking down. Motorists blamed supermarket petrol with most of the fuel sold by the supermarkets in the South East coming from the Vopak terminal in the Thames Estuary. Harvest Energy, which supplies Asda, shares tank facilities at the depot in West Thurrock with another oil company, Greenergy, which is part owned by Tesco and supplies both Tesco and Morrisons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 501]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, The problem\nThen, on the evening of 2 March, scientists who had been testing the petrol reported finding traces of silicon in the fuel which were subsequently tracked down to four storage tanks by Harvest Energy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, The problem\nMorrisons immediately announced that it was to stop selling unleaded petrol at 41 outlets supplied by the Vopak terminal, while Tesco was emptying and refilling tanks at 150 petrol stations, but was not suspending sales. The following day, Asda said it was replacing unleaded petrol at the 30 forecourts in the South East as a \"precautionary measure\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, The problem\nBy Sunday, 4 March, tests from Tesco and Asda had found contamination of silicon in unleaded fuel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 53], "content_span": [54, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, The cause\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said it believed suspect fuel might have damaged lambda sensors in some cars' systems, leading them to cut power to prevent damage to the engine. Silicon products are used as 'anti-foaming agents' in diesel fuel, but even very small quantities can cause serious problems in petrol engines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 51], "content_span": [52, 395]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, Consequences\nTesco was criticised with claims that they had been alerted to the problem as early as 12 February. Affected motorists faced bills of several hundred pounds to repair their cars and, with up to 10,000 cars needing repair, the suppliers could be liable for compensation claims of up to \u00a310 million. On 4 March, it was announced that a class action, on behalf of affected motorists, would be mounted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, Consequences\nTrading Standards officials advised motorists to keep petrol receipts, take a sample of the fuel, obtain quotes from garages for repair costs and approach the petrol station where the fuel was purchased. Then, on 6 March, Morrisons and Tesco offered to pay for any damage caused by the faulty petrol, and Tesco printed full page apologies in many national newspapers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 422]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, Consequences\nA further consequence was a rise in petrol prices charged by traditional petrol companies, of up to 4p per litre, across the country. An AA spokesman said \"Putting up prices to make a fast buck is completely unjustified. Sometimes garages increase the price to protect stocks from a sudden run. But if anyone has upped the price outside the areas where the problems have been then they are milking the system.\". However, the UK Petroleum Industry Association replied \"There is no profiteering. Oil products are priced to the market. Pump prices are usually linked to the price of crude oil or the wholesale price of petrol. \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 54], "content_span": [55, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193524-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United Kingdom petrol contamination, Further contamination\nSince the initial problem in 2007, many people have reported problems with their cars after filling up with petrol and diesel at Tesco filling stations. These problems normally caused the engine management light to come on, and ranged from problems with the fuel system to damaged lambda sensors. They may have been caused by silicon or even water found in the underground fuel storage tanks. In December 2015, Tesco in Faversham had a water leak in one of its tanks causing problems for some customers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 567]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193525-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nThe 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place at the Bali International Conference Centre, Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia, between December 3 and December 15, 2007 (though originally planned to end on 14 December). Representatives from over 180 countries attended, together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations. The conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 13), the 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 3 or CMP 3), together with other subsidiary bodies and a meeting of ministers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193525-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nNegotiations on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol dominated the conference. A meeting of environment ministers and experts held in June called on the conference to agree on a road-map, timetable and 'concrete steps for the negotiations' with a view to reaching an agreement by 2009. It has been debated whether this global meeting on climate change has achieved anything significant at all.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193525-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference\nInitial EU proposals called for global emissions to peak in 10 to 15 years and decline \"well below half\" of the 2000 level by 2050 for developing countries and for developed countries to achieve emissions levels 20-40% below 1990 levels by 2020. The United States strongly opposed these numbers, at times backed by Japan, Canada, Australia and Russia. The resulting compromise mandates \"deep cuts in global emissions\" with references to the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 519]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election\nThe 2007 United Nations Security Council election was held on 16 October 2007 during the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election\nIn accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats were allocated as follows:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election\nThe five members (elected by a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly, in as many rounds of voting as it takes to achieve that majority) served on the Security Council for the 2008\u201309 period.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election\nSeven countries had announced themselves as candidates for the five non-permanent seats on the Security Council for the 2008\u20132009 term. Vietnam was running for the Asian seat, which if successful, would be the first time serving in the council. Burkina Faso (last served in 1985) and Libya (last served in 1977) were running for the two African seats. All three countries had received endorsements from their regional groupings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0003-0001", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election\nIn addition, Costa Rica (last served in 1998) and the Dominican Republic (one of the few UN Charter members which had never served up to 2007) were competing for the one Latin American seat at stake. The Czech Republic (last served in 1995) and Croatia (never served) were competing for the Eastern European seat. Both Croatia and Vietnam were elected to the Council for the first time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election, Results, African and Asian States\nHaving been endorsed by their respective regional groups, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, and Libya were elected easily, winning 178, 185, and 183, votes, respectively, of a total of 190 possible; 190 ballot papers were distributed in the General Assembly, while there were 192 UN member states in 2007. Mauritania got two votes and Senegal got one, despite not having stood for election; there were no abstentions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election, Results, Eastern European Group\nBefore the third round of voting, the Czech Republic withdrew from the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 78], "content_span": [79, 159]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193526-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United Nations Security Council election, Results, GRULAC\nBefore the third round of voting, the Dominican Republic withdrew from the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193527-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United Soccer Leagues\nThe 2007 Season is the 21st edition of the United Soccer Leagues season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193527-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United Soccer Leagues\nThe season kicked off on Friday, April 13 when the 2006 league runners-up Rochester Raging Rhinos traveled to the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon to take on the Puerto Rico Islanders.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193527-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division\nThe schedule was not a balanced home and away affair; to make up the four extra games to total 28, each team played their four geographically closest competitors. The playoff format was changed to qualify eight instead of six teams; therefore the first and second league champions obtained seeding to determine home field advantage instead of a first round bye as in previous seasons. The previous bidding to host between the two playoff finalists for the one game cup final was discontinued for this season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 53], "content_span": [54, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193527-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Awards and All-League Teams\nFirst TeamF: Dan Antoniuk (Atlanta Silverbacks); Hamed Diallo (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders) (MVP & Co-Leading Goalscorer)M: Stephen Armstrong (Charleston Battery); Andrew Gregor (Portland Timbers); Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps); Zinho (Miami FC) D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); David Hayes (Atlanta Silverbacks) (Defender of the Year); Cameron Knowles (Portland Timbers)G: Josh Wicks (Portland Timbers) (Goalkeeper of the Year)Coach: Gavin Wilkinson (Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193527-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United Soccer Leagues, Standings, First Division, Awards and All-League Teams\nSecond TeamF: Charles Gbeke (Montreal Impact) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Roger Levesque (Seattle Sounders)M: Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Montreal Impact); Brian Farber (Minnesota Thunder); Kupono Low (Carolina RailHawks); Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Raging Rhinos)D: Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers); Marco Velez (Puerto Rico Islanders)G: Matt Jordan (Montreal Impact)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 82], "content_span": [83, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident\nOn 29 August 2007, six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H heavy bomber at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and transported to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The nuclear warheads in the missiles were supposed to have been removed before the missiles were taken from their storage bunker. The missiles with the nuclear warheads were not reported missing, and remained mounted to the aircraft at both Minot and Barksdale for 36 hours. During this period, the warheads were not protected by the various mandatory security precautions for nuclear weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 734]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident\nThe incident was reported to the top levels of the United States military and referred to by observers as a Bent Spear incident, which indicates \"an unexpected occurrence involving nuclear weapons or nuclear components that does not fall under the NUCFLASH or BROKEN ARROW categories\" or \"a nuclear incident involving a nuclear weapon/warhead or nuclear component. In the Army and Air Force, this term includes a 'significant incident' as defined in DoD Directive 5100.52\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident\nIn response to the incident, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and USAF conducted an investigation, the results of which were released on 19 October 2007. The investigation concluded that nuclear weapons handling standards and procedures had not been followed by numerous USAF personnel involved in the incident. As a result, four USAF commanders were relieved of their commands, numerous other USAF personnel were disciplined or decertified to perform certain types of sensitive duties, and further cruise missile transport missions from\u2014and nuclear weapons operations at\u2014Minot Air Force Base were suspended. In addition, the USAF issued new nuclear weapons handling instructions and procedures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident\nSeparate investigations by the Defense Science Board and a USAF \"blue ribbon\" panel reported that concerns existed on the procedures and processes for handling nuclear weapons within the Department of Defense but did not find any failures with the security of United States nuclear weapons. Based on this and other incidents, on 5 June 2008, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff of the Air Force General T. Michael Moseley were asked for their resignations, which they gave. In October 2008, in response to recommendations by a review committee, the USAF announced the creation of Air Force Global Strike Command to control all USAF nuclear bombers, missiles, and personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Background\nAt the time of the incident, the 5th Bomb Wing was commanded by Colonel Bruce Emig, the 2nd Bomb Wing by Colonel Robert Wheeler, the 8th Air Force by Lieutenant General Robert J. Elder Jr., and ACC by General Ronald Keys.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 287]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Background\nThe 5th Bomb Wing, according to the USAF's statement on the wing's mission, served with its B-52H bombers as part of the USAF's conventional and strategic combat force. The \"strategic\" portion of the 5th's mission included the ability to deliver nuclear weapons against potential targets worldwide. Thus, Minot Air Force Base stored and maintained a ready arsenal of nuclear bombs, nuclear warheads, and associated delivery systems, including the AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Background\nThe AGM-129 ACM was fielded in 1987 as a stealthy cruise missile platform to deliver the W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead. Although originally designed to equip the B-1B Lancer bomber, the AGM-129 was redesignated so that it would only be carried by the B-52H, mounted on external pylons on the wings or internally in the bomb bay. In March 2007, the USAF decided to retire its AGM-129 complement in order to help comply with international arms-control treaties and to replace them with AGM-86 ALCM missiles. In order to do so, the USAF began to transport its AGM-129s stored at Minot to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana by B-52s for ultimate disposal. According to The Washington Post, by 29 August 2007, more than 200 AGM-129s had been shipped from Minot to Barksdale in this manner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 860]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Incident\nBetween 0800 and 0900 (local time) on 29 August 2007, a group of USAF airmen, called the breakout crew, entered one of the weapons storage bunkers at Minot to prepare AGM-129 missiles for transport to Barksdale. That day's missile transport, the sixth of twelve planned ferry missions, was to have consisted of twelve AGM-129s, installed with training warheads, with six missiles per pylon and one pylon mounted under each wing of a Barksdale-assigned, 2nd Bomb Wing B-52 aircraft.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Incident\nWhen the airmen entered the bunker, six live warheads were still installed on their missiles, as opposed to having been replaced with the dummy training warheads. A later investigation found that the reason for the error was that the electronic production system for tracking the missiles \"had been subverted in favor of an informal process that did not identify the pylon as prepared for the flight.\" The airmen assigned to handle the missiles used outdated materials that contained incorrect information on the status of the missiles. The missiles originally planned for movement had been replaced by missiles closer to expiration dates for limited life components, which was standard procedure. The change in missiles had been reflected on the movement plan but not in the documents used for internal work coordination processes in the bunker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 910]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Incident\nAlthough the breakout crew in the weapons storage began to inspect the missiles, an early-arriving transport crew hooked up the pylons and towed them away without inspecting or ensuring that the missiles had been inspected or cleared for removal. The munitions control center failed to verify that the pylon had received proper clearance and inspection and approved the pylon for loading on the B-52 at 0925. After taking eight hours to attach the pylons, the aircraft with the missiles loaded then remained parked overnight at Minot for 15 hours without the special guard required for nuclear weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Incident\nOn the morning of 30 August one of the transport aircraft's flight officers, a Barksdale-assigned B-52 instructor radar navigator, closely inspected the six missiles on the right wing only, which were all properly loaded with training warheads. The B-52 command pilot did not do a final verification check, before signing the manifest listing the cargo as a dozen unarmed AGM-129 missiles to depart Minot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 469]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Incident\nThe B-52 departed Minot at 0840 and landed at Barksdale at 1123 (local times) on 30 August. The aircraft remained parked and without special guard until 2030, when a munitions team arrived to remove the missiles. After a member of the munitions crew noticed something unusual about some of the missiles, at 2200 a \"skeptical\" supervisor determined that nuclear warheads were present and ordered them secured and the incident reported, 36 hours after the missiles were removed from the bunker at Minot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Incident\nThe incident was reported to the National Military Command Center as a Bent Spear incident. General T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, quickly called United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, on 31 August to inform him about the incident. Gates requested daily updates regarding the investigation and informed President Bush about the incident. The USAF has yet to officially designate what type of incident actually occurred, Bent Spear or otherwise. The incident was the first of its kind in 40 years in the United States and was later described by the media as \"one of the worst breaches in U.S. nuclear weapons security in decades\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 63], "content_span": [64, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nThe USAF and Department of Defense at first decided to conceal the incident, in part because of the USAF policy not to comment on the storage or movement of nuclear weapons and an apparent belief that the incident would not generate much public concern. In fact, the initial DoD incident report contained the statement, \"No press interest anticipated.\" Details of the incident were then leaked by unknown DoD officials to the Military Times newspaper, which published a small article about the incident on 5 September 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nIn response, a 5 September news briefing at the Pentagon by Press Secretary Geoff Morrell stated that at no time was the public in any danger and that military personnel had custody of the weapons at all times. The USAF announced that within days of the incident, the USAF relieved the Minot munitions squadron commander of duty and eventually disciplined 25 airmen. USAF Major General Doug Raaberg was assigned by General Keys to lead an investigation into the incident. The USAF inventory of nuclear warheads was checked to ensure that all warheads were accounted for.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 657]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0013-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nIn addition, the DoD announced that a Pentagon-appointed scientific advisory panel, called the Defense Science Board, would study the mishap as part of a larger review of procedures for handling nuclear weapons. On 28 September, the USAF announced that General Keys was retiring and would be replaced as ACC commander by General John Corley, effective 2 October.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nOn 19 October 2007, United States Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and USAF Major General Richard Newton, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and requirements, announced the investigation report findings, stating that \"there has been an erosion of adherence to weapons-handling standards at Minot Air Force Base and at Barksdale Air Force Base\" and that \"a limited number of airmen at both locations failed to follow procedures.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nColonel Emig, the commander of the 5th Bomb Wing, Colonel Cynthia Lundell, the commander of the 5th Maintenance Group at Minot, and Colonel Todd Westhauser, the commander of Barksdale's 2d Operations Group, and four senior non-commissioned officers from the 5th Munitions Squadron \"received administrative action\" and were relieved of their commands or positions and reassigned. All of the 5th Bomb Wing personnel were stripped of their certifications to handle nuclear and other sensitive weaponry and to conduct \"specific missions\". Sixty-five airmen of varying ranks lost their Personnel Reliability Program certifications. Tactical ferry operations were suspended. The inspector general offices of all USAF Major Commands that handle nuclear weapons were directed to conduct immediate \"Limited Nuclear Surety Inspections (LNSIs) at every nuclear-capable unit\" with oversight provided by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 1014]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nThe new ACC commander, General Corley, referred the matter to USAF Lieutenant General Norman Seip, commander of the 12th Air Force, as a court-martial convening authority to determine if additional charges or actions would be taken against any of the personnel involved in the incident. Seip later closed the investigation without recommending criminal charges against anyone involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nRetired USAF Chief of Staff General Larry Welch was asked by Gates, who had reportedly raised concerns with USAF officials that the original investigation may have unfairly limited blame to midlevel officers, to lead the Defense Science Board advisory panel that would study the mishap as part of a larger review of procedures and policies for handling nuclear weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Response by the U.S. government\nIn addition, the USAF chartered a \"blue ribbon\" review chaired by USAF Major General Polly Peyer and consisting of 30 additional personnel to \"make recommendations as to how we can improve the Air Force's capability to safely and securely perform our nuclear weapons responsibility\". Furthermore, the United States Congress requested that the DoD and the United States Department of Energy conduct a bottom-up review of nuclear procedures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 86], "content_span": [87, 526]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, USAF actions\nOn 24 October 2007, Secretary of the Air Force Wynne told the House Armed Services Committee that he believed that the 5th Bomb Wing could be recertified and could resume ferrying the AGM-129 cruise missiles to Barksdale for retirement. He did not provide a timeline for that recertification process. On 1 November 2007 Colonel Joel Westa took command of the 5th Bomb Wing. That same day, General Keys retired from the Air Force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 508]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, USAF actions\nPersonnel from Barksdale's 2nd Bomb Wing temporarily took over maintenance duties of Minot's nuclear stockpile until the 5th Bomb Wing could be recertified. A nuclear surety inspection (NSI), required for recertification, originally scheduled for the 5th Bomb Wing for 23 January 2008 was postponed after the wing failed an initial NSI that took place on 16 December 2007. Another initial NSI was completed on 29 March and Corley recertified the wing on 31 March 2008. A full NSI was scheduled for May 2008. The wing needed to regain its certification in order to hold the full NSI. Units handling nuclear weapons must pass NSIs every 18 months in order to retain their certifications.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 764]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, USAF actions\nThe USAF issued a new policy directive regarding the handling of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, which prohibits the storing of nuclear armed and nonnuclear armed weapons in the same storage facility. The directive further instructs that all nonnuclear munitions and missiles must be labeled with placards clearly stating that they are not armed with nuclear warheads. Wing commanders are now charged with approving any movement of nuclear weapons from weapons storage areas and must appoint a single individual as a munitions accountability system officer and weapons custodian.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 664]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0019-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, USAF actions\nAll units that handle nuclear weapons must develop a coordinated visual inspection checklist. The policy further directs that airmen charged with handling or maintaining nuclear weapons cannot be on duty for longer than 12 hours, unless during an emergency, when their duty period can be extended to a maximum of 16 hours. The USAF has since instituted a program of surprise inspections at nuclear-armed bases.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 78], "content_span": [79, 489]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Review reports\nWelch and Peyer briefed the results of their reviews before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services on 12 February 2008. In addition to Welch and Peyer, Lieutenant General Daniel Darnell, USAF Deputy Chief of Staff for Air, Space and Information Operations, and Major General Raaberg testified and answered questions from the Senate committee's members. During the hearing, Welch stated that \"the military units responsible for handling the bombs are not properly inspected and, as a result, may not be ready to perform their missions.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0020-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Review reports\nHe added, \"If you look at all the areas and all the ways that we have to store and handle these weapons in order to perform the mission, it just requires, we believe, more resources and more attention than they're getting.\" Welch's report concluded that the combining of DoD nuclear forces with nonnuclear organizations has led to \"markedly reduced levels of leadership whose daily focus is the nuclear enterprise and a general devaluation of the nuclear mission and those who perform the mission.\" Nevertheless, neither Welch's nor Peyer's reports found any failures with the security of United States nuclear weapons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Review reports\nResponding to Welch's and Peyer's reports, USAF officials stated that they were already implementing many of the recommendations contained in the reports but added that existing regulations governing nuclear procedures were satisfactory. During his testimony before the senate committee, Darnell stated that \"the Air Force portion of the nuclear deterrent is sound, and we will take every measure necessary to provide safe, secure, reliable nuclear surety to the American public.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 80], "content_span": [81, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nMinot's full NSI took place beginning on 17 May 2008, and was conducted by inspectors from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the USAF's Air Combat Command (ACC). On 25 May, the DTRA issued the 5th Bomb Wing an \"unsatisfactory\" rating, the lowest rating possible, from the inspection. The 5th passed the inspection in nine of ten areas, but failed in the area of nuclear security. Following the inspection, Westa stated, \"Overall, their assessment painted a picture of some things we need to work on in the areas of training and discipline\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0022-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nThe 5th Bomb Wing Security Forces Squadron Commander, Lieutenant Colonel John Worley, was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Weaver on 16 June 2008. In spite of failing the NSI, the wing kept its nuclear certification. Said Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists about the 5th's failure in the inspection, \"It makes you wonder what's going on elsewhere, like the nuclear weapons stationed at bases overseas, and at Barksdale Air Force Base and Whiteman Air Force Base.\" Minot passed the follow-up inspection on 15 August 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 709]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nOn 5 June 2008, Robert Gates announced the results of an investigation into the incorrect shipment in 2006 of four Mk 12 forward-section reentry vehicle assemblies to Taiwan. The investigation, conducted by Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, director of U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion, found that the Taiwan missile incident was, in Gates' words, \"a degradation of the authority, standards of excellence and technical competence within the nation's ICBM force.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 568]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0023-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nSimilar to the bomber-specific August 2007 Minot-Barksdale nuclear weapons transfer incident, this incident took place within the larger environment of declining Air Force nuclear mission focus and performance\" and that \"the investigation identified commonalities between the August 2007 Minot incident and this [the Taiwan] event.\" In his investigation report, Donald stated that the issues identified by his investigation were \"indicative of an overall decline in Air Force nuclear weapons stewardship, a problem that has been identified but not effectively addressed for over a decade. Both the Minot-Barksdale nuclear weapons transfer incident and the Taiwan misshipment, while different in specifics, have a common origin: the gradual erosion of nuclear standards and a lack of effective oversight by Air Force leadership.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 944]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nAs a result of the investigation, Gates announced that \"a substantial number of Air Force general officers and colonels have been identified as potentially subject to disciplinary measures, ranging from removal from command to letters of reprimand,\" and that he had accepted the resignations of Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and USAF Chief of Staff T. Michael Moseley. Gates added that he had asked James R. Schlesinger to lead a senior-level task force to recommend improvements in the stewardship and operation of nuclear weapons, delivery vehicles and sensitive components by the Department of Defense. Members of the task force came from the Defense Policy Board and the Defense Science Board.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 824]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nOn 13 September 2008, Gates announced Schlesinger's task force's recommendations by calling on the USAF to place all nuclear weapons under a single command. The task force suggested that the new command be called Air Force Strategic Command, which would replace the current Air Force Space Command, and make it accountable for the nuclear mission. It also called for all USAF bombers to be placed under a single command. In addition, the task force recommended that the USAF move an additional 1,500 to 2,000 airmen into nuclear-related jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0025-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nGates announced that acting Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley and Chief of Staff General Norton A. Schwartz were \"reviewing the recommendations\" for disciplinary action against USAF officers previously involved in the nuclear mission. The task force found an \"unambiguous, dramatic and unacceptable decline in the Air Force's commitment to perform the nuclear mission and, until very recently, little has been done to reverse it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nOn 25 September 2008, the United States Department of Defense announced that six Air Force generals, two Army generals, and nine colonels had received letters of reprimand, admonishment, or counseling. Two Air Force major generals were asked to stay in their current position and the others either retired, planned to retire, or were removed from their position. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz met with each officer personally before issuing the letters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 580]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0026-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nHe noted that they had committed no offense under the UCMJ, but \"did not do enough to carry out their leadership responsibilities for nuclear oversight\" and \"for that they must be held accountable.\" The Air Force stated that the discipline was in response to the mistaken shipment of nuclear fuzes to Taiwan, not for the Minot nuclear weapons incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nIn addition, five colonels received letters of reprimand, including two who were removed from commands. Three other colonels received letters of admonishment, and one colonel received a letter of counseling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nIn November 2008, the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base failed its nuclear surety inspection. The 90th Missile Wing at F. E. Warren Air Force Base failed its nuclear surety inspection one month later. In November 2009 at Kirtland Air Force Base the 377th Air Base Wing, commanded by Colonel Michael S. Duvall, and 498th Nuclear Systems Wing, commanded by Colonel Richard M. Stuckey, failed their nuclear surety inspections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 552]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nOn 30 October 2009, Westa was relieved as commander of the 5th Bomb Wing by Major General Floyd L. Carpenter, commander of 8th Air Force under \"perfection is the standard\" philosophy. Carpenter stated that Westa was relieved for his \"inability to foster a culture of excellence, a lack of focus on the strategic mission, and substandard performance during several nuclear surety inspections, including the newly activated 69th Bomb Squadron.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, Inspections, resignations, and further discipline\nOn 8 January 2009, Schlesinger's task force released its report regarding the overall DoD's management of the country's nuclear weapons mission. The report criticized the DoD for a lack of focus and oversight on its nuclear weapons programs and recommended that the DoD create a new assistant secretary position to oversee its nuclear management. The task force found that within the DoD only the United States Navy was effectively managing its nuclear arsenal. The panel stated that it found \"a distressing degree of inattention to the role of nuclear weapons in deterrence among many senior DoD military and civilian leaders.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 115], "content_span": [116, 744]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193528-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident, Aftermath, New command\nOn 24 October 2008 new USAF Secretary Michael Donley announced the creation of Air Force Global Strike Command, which became operational on 7 August 2009. The USAF's intercontinental nuclear missile force was moved from Air Force Space Command to the new command. Barksdale Air Force Base was selected as the location of the new command's headquarters. The new major command is led by General Robin Rand and controls all USAF nuclear-capable bombers, missiles, and personnel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 77], "content_span": [78, 553]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix\nThe 2007 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States on 17 June 2007. The 73-lap race was the seventh round of the 2007 Formula One season and was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. His teammate, Fernando Alonso, finished the race in second position whilst Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, completed the podium by finishing third. This was the debut race of the future world champion Sebastian Vettel with BMW Sauber F1 Team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix\nThe race was Formula One's final visit to Indianapolis, after an eight-year period. The event was removed from the 2008 calendar a few months later and Formula One did not return to the United States until November 2012, at the Circuit of the Americas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background\nRobert Kubica's big crash at the Canadian Grand Prix resulted in the season's first driver change. Although Kubica passed the medical examination and did not seem to show any ill effects, the FIA medical delegate decided it would be best to rest him for the weekend, and not risk another concussion so close to the previous one. He was replaced in the BMW Sauber team by Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship leader, 19-year-old German Sebastian Vettel, who made his Formula One debut at the Indianapolis circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice\nFriday's morning practice was dominated by McLaren and BMW Sauber, with Fernando Alonso putting in the fastest time. Sebastian Vettel started his first race weekend with a fourth fastest time. Ferrari, who expected that their pace would return at Indianapolis, found themselves on either side of Williams driver Nico Rosberg with the fifth and seventh fastest times.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 47], "content_span": [48, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nDavid Coulthard and his Red Bull-Renault were the first to leave the pit lane in part one of the qualifying session. His partner, Mark Webber, was close behind followed by the Spyker and Williams cars. Later in the session, with about six minutes left, Coulthard spun out in turn eight. Fernando Alonso ran first, Nick Heidfeld second, and Lewis Hamilton closely behind in third. Although they struggled, both Ferraris made it, as well as Vettel. Scott Speed failed to make it out of Q1 in his native country, along with team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi. Adrian Sutil, Takuma Sato, Alexander Wurz, and Christijan Albers also missed the cut.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 685]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nMcLaren and Ferrari began part two of their battle with Hamilton taking the top spot early. However, his team-mate, Fernando Alonso took top spot midway through. Felipe Massa, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, and Heidfeld along with the two McLarens made the top five again. Webber made it to the next session, although his team-mate Coulthard was relegated along with 2002 United States Grand Prix winner Rubens Barrichello. Barrichello's partner Jenson Button was also relegated, along with Nico Rosberg, Anthony Davidson, and Ralf Schumacher.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nIn part three Hamilton was first out and set the quickest time with a 1:13:089. Alonso was about four tenths behind, followed by Heidfeld and the Ferraris. Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen, both Renault drivers, also were near the top, but Jarno Trulli and Webber knocked Fisichella down. With about 5 minutes left, Massa took first spot and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen took second. Hamilton was bumped to third, Alonso fourth, and Heidfeld remained fifth. About one minute later, Hamilton took the top spot, and Alonso second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying\nAlonso had one lap left, but could only get within about 2 tenths of a second of rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton. Massa and R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen were dropped to third and fourth respectively. Heidfeld held on to fifth, with Kovalainen in sixth, bouncing back from his disappointing 22nd starting position in Canada. Vettel finished seventh, just two spots behind his temporary partner, Heidfeld. Trulli was 8th, with Red Bull-Renault's Mark Webber ninth and Fisichella tenth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 49], "content_span": [50, 514]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nLewis Hamilton, on the pole, sped off the grid. Fernando Alonso stayed close behind, followed by the Ferraris. The drama in turn one was in the middle of the pack. Vettel ran wide and lost places, but escaped damage. Ralf Schumacher, who started in 12th, turned in late, and ended up crashing into David Coulthard, who he had started alongside. Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg, 13th and 14th respectively, escaped but Rubens Barrichello got caught up. Schumacher was out on the spot, while Coulthard and Barrichello limped back to the pits and retired.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nAlso, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was caught by Nick Heidfeld and Heikki Kovalainen. Up front, the top four were running strongly until the pit stops came around. The top four all went in early, soon followed by Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber, leaving sixth place qualifier Kovalainen in first. He led six or seven laps, and Hamilton then regained the lead.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nDespite a mid-race challenge from team-mate Fernando Alonso, in which the two McLaren drivers were racing side-by-side for the lead down the main straight, Hamilton maintained the lead to win his second-ever Formula One Grand Prix race, the other victory being in the previous event at Montreal. This marked McLaren's first 1-2 finish at the circuit and their first win at Indianapolis since Mika H\u00e4kkinen's final Grand Prix win in 2001.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nTakuma Sato spun off at turn 3 after managing to pass Adrian Sutil. Sato had been due a drive-through penalty for overtaking under yellow flags, but this was changed to a 10-place grid penalty for the next race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 255]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193529-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race\nThere were also three mechanical retirements\u00a0\u2013 Nico Rosberg in the Williams suffered an engine failure with only five laps to go, while BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi also retired from the race due to mechanical failure.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 43], "content_span": [44, 295]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193530-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States House of Representatives elections\nThere were five special elections for seats in the United States House of Representatives in 2007 to the 110th United States Congress.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193530-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States House of Representatives elections\nFour of the elections were held after the death of the incumbent, while the seat in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district opened up after Marty Meehan resigned to become the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193530-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States House of Representatives elections\nIn all of these special elections, the incumbent party won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 113]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193531-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election\nThe 2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election was an election to the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the United States Virgin Islands on 12 June 2007. The convention was the fifth attempt to give the United States territory its own constitution; previous constitutional conventions had been elected (without a constitution being adopted) in 1964, 1971, 1977 and 1980.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193531-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election\nThere were thirty delegates elected \u2014 fifteen from Saint Croix, twelve from Saint Thomas, and three from Saint John. Two delegates from each of those districts were elected by voters on a territory-wide basis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [68, 68], "content_span": [69, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193531-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, Process\nThe delegates had until May 31, 2009 to deliberate on a constitution proposal. The convention did not start work in July 2007, as planned, due to delays over legal challenges to the poll; it finally convened on 29 October 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193531-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, Process\nIt was then to be (after review periods by the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, the President of the United States and the United States Congress) be put to a referendum, possibly in November 2010. However, Congress referred the proposed constitution back to the Virgin Islands for further deliberations. The convention was then reconvened, with a deadline to act before the end of October, 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193531-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, Process\nThis deadline passed, so for the time being the people of the Virgin Islands will continue to be governed by the Revised Organic Act of 1954, an enactment of the United States Congress. It is a federal law, meaning the people of the Virgin Islands cannot amend it themselves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 68], "section_span": [70, 77], "content_span": [78, 353]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections\nThe 2007 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 6. During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. None of these congressional seats changed party hands. There were also several gubernatorial races and state legislative elections, and numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races in several major cities, and several types of local offices on the ballot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections, United States Congress\nThere were five special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2007. Four of them were held after the death of the prior incumbent, while the seat in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district opened up after Marty Meehan resigned to become the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In each of these special elections, the incumbent party won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 52], "content_span": [53, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections, Gubernatorial elections\nThree states elected governors in 2007, although only two of them voted on November 6, namely Kentucky and Mississippi. Louisiana's election date did not coincide with that of most states; its open primary was held on October 20.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections, Gubernatorial elections\nThe final results were a net change of zero between the political parties. The Democrats picked up the governorship in Kentucky, but the Republicans picked up the one in Louisiana. The Republicans maintained control of the governorship in Mississippi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 53], "content_span": [54, 305]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections, State and territorial legislative elections\nFour states\u2014Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia\u2014and one U.S. territory, the Northern Mariana Islands, elected their state or territorial legislators in 2007. Louisiana's elections were held on November 17.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections, State and territorial legislative elections\nDemocrats gained majorities in the Virginia Senate and the Mississippi Senate.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 73], "content_span": [74, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193532-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United States elections, Municipal elections\nNationwide, there were cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others that elected members in 2007. Among the high-profile mayoral elections were the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 49], "content_span": [50, 225]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget\nThe budget of the United States government for fiscal year 2007 was produced through a budget process involving both the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. While the Congress has the constitutional \"power of the purse,\" the President and his appointees play a major role in budget deliberations. Since 1976, the federal fiscal year has started on October 1 of each year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget\nThe government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. Final funding for the Department of Defense was enacted on September 29, 2006 as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007, while the Department of Homeland Security was funded through the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007, enacted on October 4, 2006. The remaining departments and agencies were funded as part of a full-year continuing resolution, the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, on February 15, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget, Total receipts\nThe IRS estimated that there were about $345 billion in uncollected taxes, which is sometimes referred to as the \"tax gap. \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget, Total spending\nThe President's actual budget for 2007 totals $2.8 trillion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2006. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget, Total spending\nMuch of the costs of the Iraq war and the Afghanistan war until FY2008 have been funded through supplemental appropriations or emergency supplemental appropriations, which are treated differently from regular appropriations bills. Senior congressional leaders have contended that those war costs, as much as possible, should go through the regular budget process, which provides for greater transparency. Determining the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is complex. CBO has estimated that \"war-related defense activities\" in 2007 were \"roughly $115 billion.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 49], "content_span": [50, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget, 2007 total military budget\nThe total requested military budget of the United States for 2007 was $699 billion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget, 2007 total military budget\nU.S. Military Budget - DoD Base Spending: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has the single largest budget of any government agency in the discretionary budget. This department is responsible for the four branches - the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. This includes the cost of base administration, pay for military members, and the costs of repairing and procuring equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193533-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United States federal budget, 2007 total military budget\nU.S. Military Budget - War on Terror Base Spending\u00a0: The War on Terror (WoT) incurs additional costs by other departments. When added to the DoD base spending, the amount comes to:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 61], "content_span": [62, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections\nThe 2007 United States gubernatorial elections were held in October and November 2007 in three states. The final results were a net change of zero among the parties. Republicans picked up the open seat in Louisiana and reelected incumbent Haley Barbour in Mississippi, while Democrats defeated Republican incumbent Ernie Fletcher in Kentucky.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 385]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections\nGoing into the elections, the Democratic Party held 28 governors' seats, while the Republican Party held 22. Democratic and Republican candidates filed in all three states, and the Libertarian Party had ballot representation in Louisiana.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Retiring Democratic, Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana)\nGovernor Kathleen Blanco announced on March 20, 2007 that she would not seek a second term. She had taken flak for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the government's ill-preparedness to deal with casualties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Retiring Democratic, Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana)\nRepublican U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal won about 54% of the vote in the October 20 jungle primary, enough to avoid a run-off in November. His nearest opponent, Democratic State Senator Walter Boasso, won about 17% of the vote; Independent New Orleans area businessman John Georges finished third with 14% of the vote; and Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell (D) finished fourth with 12%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 511]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Retiring Democratic, Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana)\nFormer U.S. Senator John Breaux, arguably the most popular Democratic politician in Louisiana, had publicly flirted with entering the race in March and April 2007, but eventually declined to run due to the unresolved controversy over whether his recent Maryland residency made him ineligible to run. After Breaux's announcement, Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu also declined to run.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Retiring Democratic, Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana)\nJindal led in fundraising with $11 million raised up to the end of September, with $4.3 million of that left for the remainder of the campaign. Georges had put $7 million of his own money into his campaign. Boasso had spent $4.7 million of his own money and had $144,000 in the bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Republican incumbents, Ernie Fletcher (Kentucky)\nGovernor Ernie Fletcher ran for reelection for a second term. Various polls indicated he had been very unpopular with an approval rating of 38%. Also, Fletcher's governorship had been embroiled in scandal due to the criminal indictment of several people in his administration for illegally hiring workers into the state merit system based on political considerations. Fletcher was challenged in the primary by Anne Northup, a former U.S. Representative who served Kentucky's 3rd congressional district from 1997-2007, as well as Paducah businessman Billy Harper.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Republican incumbents, Ernie Fletcher (Kentucky)\nUnderscoring the controversy over the hiring scandal, Lieutenant Governor Steve Pence chose not to run for reelection on the Fletcher ticket and publicly endorsed Northup. In addition, Northup was endorsed by U.S. Senator Jim Bunning. However, Fletcher won the primary, winning 101,233 votes (50%) and carrying 106 of Kentucky's 120 counties in a three-way race. Northup won the state's largest county, which contains Louisville, and her former congressional district, but lacked support at large; turnout in Jefferson County was not strong enough to make up for that.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 679]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Republican incumbents, Ernie Fletcher (Kentucky)\nA large number of Democrats ran in the primary, including State Treasurer Jonathan Miller, former Lieutenant Governors Steve Beshear and Steve Henry, businessman Bruce Lunsford and Kentucky House of Representatives Speaker Jody Richards. Lunsford spent over $4 million, much of it his own money; Miller dropped out of the race and endorsed Beshear. Beshear won the primary with 142,516 votes (41%) in the crowded field; his next closest competitor was Lunsford with 21%. Henry took 18% of the vote and Richards, 12%. In their election night concession speeches Lunsford, Henry and Richards each pledged their support to Beshear.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 739]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Republican incumbents, Ernie Fletcher (Kentucky)\nAs a result of the general election on November 7, 2007, Beshear defeated Fletcher in his bid for reelection. Beshear was inaugurated on December 11, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 110], "content_span": [111, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Republican incumbents, Haley Barbour (Mississippi)\nGovernor Haley Barbour ran for a second term. He was popular, with a 59% approval rating, and faced only a token primary challenge. Four Democratic candidates filed to face him in the general election, including eventual nominee attorney John Eaves.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Election details, Republican incumbents, Haley Barbour (Mississippi)\nOn election day, Barbour defeated Eaves, garnering 58% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 112], "content_span": [113, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193534-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 United States gubernatorial elections, Total results\nAt the 2007 gubernatorial elections, all 55 United States governors' seats were occupied. Of the 55 seats, 31 were held by Democrats, 23 were held by Republicans, and one was held by a third party. In this election, however, only three of the 55 seats were being contested. Two were held by Republicans, and one was held by a Democrat.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 57], "content_span": [58, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193535-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20\u201322 July 2007 at the Laguna Seca circuit.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193535-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP classification\nChaz Davies replaced Alex Hofmann after the first practice session due to injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 63], "content_span": [64, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193535-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [42, 88], "content_span": [89, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193536-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 United States women's national soccer team\nThe United States women's national soccer team (sometimes referred to as USWNT) represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193536-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 United States women's national soccer team\nIn 2007, the team won the Four Nations Tournament (women's football) (5th title through 2007), the Algarve Cup (5th title through 2007) and placed 3rd at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, finishing with a 19\u20131\u20134 record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193536-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 United States women's national soccer team\nAfter defeating England in the World Cup Quarterfinals, Head Coach Greg Ryan decided to bench regular goalkeeper Hope Solo in favor of veteran goalkeeper Briana Scurry. The team subsequently lost to Brazil 0\u20134 (the worst defeat in the team's history) and Ryan received considerable criticism for the sudden lineup change as well as defensive-minded substitutions made when the team arguably needed more offensive players to compete against the Brazilians. On Monday October 22, 2007 U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati announced that Ryan's contract would not be extended past its December 31, 2007 expiration date.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193536-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 United States women's national soccer team, 2007 Schedule\nThe following is a list of matches that were played in 2007. Win\u00a0\u00a0Draw\u00a0\u00a0Loss", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 62], "content_span": [63, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures\nThe Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007 was an international event that took place in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, starting on September and ending in December of mentioned year. The Forum, as it is commonly referred to, is a global event which takes place every 3 years, in a different city each time, and seeks to reunite citizens from a varied range of cultures, languages, religions to foster inter-cultural dialogue and to promote global civil society empowerment. It was the second edition of the Universal Forum of Cultures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, History\nThis event gathered an approximate 4 million visitors to Monterrey, and was mostly free of charge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, History\nThe Closing Ceremony started at 18:00 on December 8. An estimated 230,000 people attended the Ceremony on Fundidora Park, where several events took place as part of the Closing Ceremony.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, History\nThe biggest firework show ever seen on Latin America was the closure to the forum, with over 1,500\u00a0kg on artificial fireworks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Main Objectives of the 2007 Forum\nThe main objectives of the Universal Forum of the Cultures Monterrey 2007, were the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Core Concepts\nThe Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007 revolved around 4 Core Concepts or Axis. These 4 topics sum up the vast majority of issues and problems faced by global civil society and will remain, according to experts, the most urgent and relevant working areas for the global community. The 4 Core Concepts of the 2007 Forum were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 380]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Core Concepts, Cultural Diversity\nThe existence of cultural diversity in the world is an undeniable fact. People often coexist with others who share different beliefs, traditions and customs. Forum seeks to provide knowledge of the circumstances in which others live, new ways to see the world, respect our planet, and seek social advancement. Forum allowed us to understand the particular elements which entail the richness of our modern world, and seeks to identify the differences between cultures, to promote a respectful, peaceful coexistence.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 67], "content_span": [68, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Core Concepts, Sustainability\nSustainability is an issue of major transcendence in the contemporary world, which needs to find new options for economic, social, and cultural development; seeking an improved utilization of natural resources for the benefit of the planet and its inhabitants. Forum took on this sensitive topic not only from an environmental perspective, but from a wide spectrum of approaches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 63], "content_span": [64, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Core Concepts, Knowledge\nKnowledge is a human construction designed to organize and convey our experiences in the world. The challenge is learning how to make the best use of it so we can achieve an effective improvement in our quality of life. This topic was proposed by the 2007 Monterrey Forum, as it was not debated in Barcelona 2004.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 58], "content_span": [59, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Core Concepts, Peace\nPaving a way for peace does not only mean preventing armed warfare. In the Universal Forum of Cultures, new dialogues on peace were instituted on all levels. Peace with ourselves and the people around us, peace with our ecosystem, and peace amongst peoples and nations. Keeping in mind at all times that there can be no peace where basic needs have not been satisfied.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum\nThe 4 Core Concepts of the Monterrey 2007 Forum were carried out in 4 separate activities programmes. These were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 74], "content_span": [75, 188]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum, Dialogues\nThe Forum Dialogues took place in the form of lectures, seminars, debates, symposium, international encounters, and other types of activities. The Dialogues were broken down into 8 continuous weeks of events, with more than 350 world level speakers and experts, and carried out in Themed Weeks. That meant, that during each particular week, all the Forum Dialogues were centered in one single topic, tackled from various angles and perspectives. There were 12 main topics, organized in 8 weeks of events.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 85], "content_span": [86, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum, Exhibitions\nThe 2007 Monterrey Forum did also present 16 grand exhibitions, that allowed the participants to experience the topics and concerns of the modern world via an interactive experience. Many of the Forum Exhibitions were planned and created only for this event. The exhibitions offered at the event were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 87], "content_span": [88, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum, Cultural Expressions\nThe 2007 Monterrey Forum provided the participants with the opportunity to experience a wide array of Cultural Expressions from all continents of the world. More than 1,000 single events ranging from 189 companies from more than 75 countries, were presented during the 80 days of the event. A promotional video for the Cultural Expressions offer can be viewed in the following link .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum, Cultural Expressions\nSome of the most relevant shows and performers that were presented during the Forum included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 96], "content_span": [97, 190]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum, Special Projects and Events\nThe 2007 Monterrey Forum also included a series of grand events and spaces for social participation, which took place during the course of the 80-day event. These were designed to foster communal gathering and free speech, and also to provide an access area for members of the community to participate directly with the Forum, and to experience the richness that the event entailed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Activities and Events for the 2007 Forum, Special Projects and Events\nSome of these Special Projects and Events included the following:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 103], "content_span": [104, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Venues\nThe Fundidora Park was the central venue for the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures. However, this is not the only venue that hosted the more than 1000 activities that took place during the 80-day event. There are approximately 20 distinct venues that were located through the entire city. Some of the most relevant ones included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 40], "content_span": [41, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193537-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, Schedule of Events\nThe Schedule of Events for the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures is now available in the Forum's website. It is to be remarked that although the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures has ended, several expositions will be displayed until January 10, 2008.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193538-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Blaze season\nThe 2007 Utah Blaze season was the second season for the arena football franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with a 7\u20139 record. They went 8\u20138 record and qualified for the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193538-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Blaze season, Coaching\nDanny White entered his second season as the head coach of the Blaze.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 32], "content_span": [33, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193539-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Utah Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on May 19, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193539-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Grand Prix, Official results\nClass winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 38], "content_span": [39, 142]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193540-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah State Aggies football team\nThe 2007 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by third-year head coach Brent Guy and played their home games in Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. The Aggies finished the season 2\u201310 overall and 2\u20136 in WAC play to place fifth.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team\nThe 2007 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by third-year head football coach Kyle Whittingham. The Utes played their homes games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 276]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nThe Utes and Beavers kicked off the 2007 college football season playing in the first game of the year. For the Utes, this game marked the long-awaited return of QB Brian Johnson, who sat out the 2006 on a medical red-shirt, and the debut of highly touted Junior College All-American transfer, RB Matt Asiata. Unfortunately, both Asiata and Johnson would suffer serious injuries that altered the season for the Utes. After only 4 carries, Matt Asiata's season ended when his leg was broken near the end of the 1st quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Oregon State\nBrian Johnson threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Brent Casteel to take the lead moments later, but was injured as well near the end of the first half suffering a separated shoulder that would take him out of the game and on to the sideline. Utah's offense was never able to put together a consistent drive and left their defense on the field for the majority of the game. Oregon State's offensive line and senior RB Yvenson Bernard took advantage of a fatigued Ute defense, racking up 165 yards rushing and 2 TDs on 29 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 58], "content_span": [59, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nIn the conference opener for both teams, Utah's injury woes would continue against the falcons as junior WR Brent Casteel suffered a torn ACL which ended his season while Air force accumulated 334 rushing yards and controlled most of the game. In the final moments, Utah found themselves down 20\u201312 on the Air Force 1-yard line. On 3rd-and-goal, Freshman RB Eddie Wide took a direct snap through the middle of the line only to be taken down for no gain. With time running down to under a minute to go the final chance to score came on 4th down.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Air Force\nDarryl Poston took a hand-off to the right side of the line and was met by a swarm of Air Force defenders who stopped him just a couple feet short of the goal-line. Utah was handed their 2nd defeat of the season and began 0\u20132 for the first time since 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 55], "content_span": [56, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nHaving started the 2007 season 0\u20132, the Utes were off to their worst start since 2000, and with their starting QB, RB and star WR out to injury, their luck did not look like it was about to change against the #11 UCLA Bruins. The game started off with both teams scoring on their first possessions, Utah on a 53-yard touchdown pass from backup QB Tommy Grady to WR Marquis Wilson, and UCLA on a 45-yard field goal by Kai Forbath. The 2nd quarter was more of the same with Forbath kicking another 3 points onto the scoreboard for the Bruins from 52-yards out, and Grady finding RB Darrell Mack on a 12-yard touchdown pass just before the end of the 1st half.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nTrailing 14\u20136 midway through the 3rd quarter it looked as though UCLA was about to get closer to the lead the Utes held when UCLA QB Ben Olson found a wide open Marcus Everett who looked to be on his way to the end-zone for a 52-yard touchdown reception. Ute safety, Robert Johnson caught up to Everett and hit him before he crossed the goal-line causing him to fumble the ball through the back of the end-zone for a touchback. \"That really killed any momentum we had gained\", said UCLA coach Karl Dorrell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 558]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, UCLA\nThe Utes took possession and dominated the rest of the game with the help of their defense forcing 5 total turnovers and keeping the Bruins scoreless throughout the 2nd half. RB Darrell Mack ended the game with 107-yards rushing on 19 carries, becoming the first Ute running back to rush for 100-yards in a single game since Quinton Ganther in the 2005 Emerald Bowl. This was the Utes' first win over the Bruins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 463]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, UNLV\nComing off of one of the biggest wins in school history, the Utes next faced UNLV. Utah's offense struggled the entire game turning the ball over 4 times and never scored, being shut-out for the first time since 1993. Like their match against Oregon State, the Ute defense was dominated by a strong Rebel running attack. UNLV RB Frank Summers rushed for 190-yards and 2 TDs on 29 carries leading the way to the Rebel's first win over the Utes since 1979.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 505]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Utah State\nUtah State gave the Utes a scare, scoring first after Brian Johnson's pass to Jereme Brooks was taken away by James Brindley for an interception. Brooks would later redeem himself, catching his first career touchdown pass from Johnson, tying the game at 7 at the end of the first quarter. The Ute defense stopped the Aggies on their next possession, forcing them to punt. Derek Richards took the punt and returned it for a touchdown, the first punt returned for a score since Steve Smith against California in 2000. Utah would not trail again as Darrell Mack racked up 132-yards rushing and a TD on 26 carries. This victory marked the Utes' tenth straight against their oldest rival.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 56], "content_span": [57, 740]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nThis rivalry game, unofficially dubbed \"The Holy War,\" is typically the most anticipated conference game for each of these two teams. In 2006, the rivalry was ranked in the Wall Street Journal as the 4th best college football rivalry game in the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nThe game was largely a defensive struggle until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. The Utes took the lead 10\u20139 when Darrell Mack scored the first touchdown of the game with just 1:34 left. On the ensuing possession, however, BYU converted on fourth and eighteen from their own 12 with a 49-yard pass from Max Hall to Austin Collie. Harvey Unga made the game-winning touchdown run with 38 seconds remaining, and Austin Collie caught a pass in the back of the end zone for a two-point conversion, putting the Cougars up 17\u201310.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 593]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Brigham Young\nUnga became BYU's first freshman running back to gain 1,000 rushing yards in a season. This was also Collie's 6th game for over 97 yards receiving. BYU racked up 424 offensive yards to Utah's 244. Unga was named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week, and freshman kicker, Mitch Payne, was named MWC Special Teams Player of the Week making 3 of 4 field goals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 59], "content_span": [60, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Navy\nUtah started this game looking for their seventh straight bowl win since 1999. They did just that, led by Quarterback Brian Johnson, who threw and ran for a touchdown to lead the Utes to a 35\u201332 win. He finished the day going 20\u201325 for 226 yards and the two touchdowns. Running back Darrell Mack ran for 76 yards on 22 carries and 2 touchdowns. The Midshipmen were led by Quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada who went 7\u201314 for 122 yards, 2 touchdowns and just 1 interception. Fullback Eric Kettani carried the ball 12 times for 125 yards and 1 touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, Game summaries, Navy\nUtah struck first on a 5-yard Mack run in the 2nd quarter. The Midshipmen then proceeded to score 17 straight points with 11:52 to play in the 3rd quarter. The Utes then struck back with three straight touchdowns including Brian Johnson's 19 yard scramble with 12:47 to go in the fourth quarter to make it 28\u201317 in favor of the Utes. Kaheaku-Enhada then hooked up with Shun White for a 10-yard pass that made it 28\u201325. Mack then had a 1-yard run to make it 35\u201325 with 1:27 to play. Kaheaku-Enhada then found Zerbin Singleton with 00:57 to play to make it 35\u201332. Navy then converted the onside kick. Utah safety Joe Dale then intercepted Kaheaku-Enhada to seal the Ute win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 50], "content_span": [51, 723]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193541-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Utah Utes football team, The Beehive Boot\n\"The Beehive Boot, which signifies instate football supremacy, was conceived in 1971. The authentic pioneer boot is awarded annually to the Utah school with the best record against its instate NCAA Division I foes. The schools who compete for the boot are Utah, Brigham Young and Utah State. In its 32-year history, the Beehive Boot has been awarded to Utah 10 times (1978, 1988, 1993, '94, '95, '99, 2002, 03, 04, and 05).\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 46], "content_span": [47, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\nThe Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2007 was held in April\u2013May 2007. It was held to elect a government for the state of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) in India.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Background\nWith 166 million people, U.P. is about the size of France, Germany, and the Benelux nations combined. There are 113 million voters, and 403 electoral seats, with an average of a quarter of a million voters in each constituency. The elections were conducted for 403 seats at 110,000 polling stations under very strict guidelines by the autonomous Election Commission of India. More than 46% of the electorate cast their votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 486]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Parties\nA total of 129 parties fielded 2,487 candidates, while 2020 candidates stood as independents, for the total of 406 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 57], "content_span": [58, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, List of winners\nThis is the list of winners consolidated from the Election Commission of Indiaparty-wise results pages ().", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nThe number of criminal-politicians participating in the elections have beengrowing, particularly because they have been successful in the past. In theU.P. Assembly elections, 2002,candidates with criminal records won 206 out of403 seats in the assembly, i.e. more criminals were elected than regular politicians.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nIn 2007, the participation by criminals increased significantly. Prior to elections,74% more criminal politicians were given tickets by themainstream parties (Source: UP Election Watch, independent NGO headed by ex-DIG Ishwar P. Dwivedi):", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nThe Election Commission of India, the autonomous body charged with conducting elections, was facing intense media pressure to check criminalization related irregularities in the electoral process. Extremely strict measures were enforced, bringing in 639 companies of paramilitary forces to prevent musclepower effects. Any deviations from prescribed norms led to candidates being debarred. To help manage the situation, elections were held in seven stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nAt least six candidates campaigned from jails, broadcasting live speeches through illegal mobile phones smuggled into their jail cells while jailors looked the other way.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nHowever, partially owing to the strict measures adopted during elections, only 100 persons with criminal records won the elections (as opposed to 206 in the previous elections). These include the elected Chief Minister Mayawati, who is facing embezzlement charges stemming from the Rs.175 crore (US$40 million) Taj Corridor Case, the leader of the opposition Mulayam Singh Yadav, and other ganglords and hardened criminals (see Criminal-Politicians below).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 550]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nIn many of these instances, opposition campaigners did not feel safe enough to put up a vibrant campaign, and in some situations, the mainstream parties reached alliances with the criminals and did not put up serious competition (e.g., Mukhtar Ansari). However, to some extent, these victories may also reflect a perception that these criminal politicians are able to deliver some level of well-being to their communities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections\nFor example, the Soraon Assembly constituency in Allahabad district is one where all 11 candidates in the fray had criminal cases pending against them. Here Mohd. Mustaba Siddiqi of the Bahujan Samaj Party (38280 votes, 29.41%) defeated Mohd. Ayub of the Samajwadi Party (32739/25.15%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 92], "content_span": [93, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who won, Samajwadi Party\nDespite Mukhtar's muscle power however, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Vijay Pratap managed to garner 42% of the vote, and Mukhtar won by seven thousand votes (47%) onlyCurrently lodged at Gorakhpur Jail, where his case might take a long time to come to trial. He won the Lakshmipur Constituency seat in Gorakhpur District by a margin of nearly 20 thousand votes (12%).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 117], "content_span": [118, 496]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who won, Bahujan Samaj Party\nOut of 19 ministers of state in the Mayawati cabinet, eight have violent criminal charges pending against them.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 121], "content_span": [122, 233]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who lost, Apna Dal/Bharatiya Janata Party\nA number of other criminal politicians mentioned in the press, such as the new bandit queen Seema Parihar, wife of the slain dacoit Nirbhay Gujjar, do not appear on the candidate lists, and may have been removed due to irregularitiesin their nomination papers or otherwise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 134], "content_span": [135, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election result\nExit polls suggested that the Bahujan Samaj Party may emerge as the largest party with between 110 and 160 seats; however, it far outstripped this prediction collecting an absolute majority of 206 seats out of a total 403 in the assembly. In contrast, Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress were reduced very significantly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 423]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election result\nThese elections were another major example of the pollsters getting it wrong at Indian Elections. In a similar pattern to the 2004 General Elections. The pollsters overpredicted the votes of the BJP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 65], "content_span": [66, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election result, Defections\nThe BSP had won 98 seats in the last elections,but 33 MLAs defected to the Samajwadi Party in 2003, in a move that mayhave been illegal but was permitted by the then speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 77], "content_span": [78, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election result, Blanked out\nIn addition, 116 parties fielded candidates but failed to win a seat. The partieswith more than 50 candidates fielded without outcome are:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election result, Blanked out\nHowever, it is likely that some of these parties may have taken away votesfrom other groups; e.g., Udit Raj's Indian Justice Party has a good standingamong Dalits who also constitute an important chunk of the BSP vote bank.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 78], "content_span": [79, 303]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193542-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election result, Rainbow coalition\nA characteristic of the BSP win was the amalgamation of Brahmin votes into the Dalit dominated party, an approach that has been called the rainbow coalition. This is in contrast to the decades-old trend of exploiting deep-rooted caste divisions in the state between Dalits, Upper Castes, Muslims and different OBC groups, which tend to vote in blocks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 84], "content_span": [85, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings\nSix consecutive serial blasts rocked Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad courts in Uttar Pradesh on 23 November 2007 afternoon in a span of 25 minutes, in which reportedly many people were killed and several others injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 246]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings\nBombs were explicitly targeted to the lawyers who were working in courts premises at these cities. The first blast occurred in Varanasi civil court and collectorate premises between 13:05 and 13:07 pm. Two successive blasts occurred in Faizabad district court around 13:12 and 13:15, closely followed by one at Lucknow at 13:32.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, Lucknow blasts\nIn Lucknow two bomb were found one triggered panic after explosion and other unexploded powerful live bomb was deactivated by bomb disposal squads. Both the bombs were planted in bicycles in civil court premises. Lucknow blast was mildest among all other blasts in Faizabad and Varanasi.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, Varanasi blasts\nThree consecutive blasts claimed the most lives in Varanasi; at least 11 people were killed, including four lawyers and 42 injured. Bombs were tied to bicycles which exploded around 13:05\u201313:15.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, Faizabad blasts\nTwo successive blasts occurred in Faizabad, which were strongest among all. In these blasts at least four people were killed on the spot, and about 15 were injured.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, Terror mail just before blasts\nA little-known group Indian Mujahidin has claimed responsibility of these blasts. This group apparently sent an email to some private TV channels just five minutes before the blasts. This email says the jihad in India is in retaliation against the injustice to Muslims in India, the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the Gujarat riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, Terror mail just before blasts\nIndian Mujahideen also claimed responsibility for the blasts in Delhi and Hyderabad but refused any association with the attacks on the Mecca Masjid, the Samjhauta Express and the 2006 Malegaon blasts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 59], "content_span": [60, 261]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, HuJI's hand suspected\nInvestigating agencies suspect the hand of Bangladesh based terrorist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami(HuJI) pointsman who goes by the name Guru has emerged as a prime suspect. Intelligence agencies suspect that Guru may have planned the attacks executed by sleeper cells of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed possibly under the banner of al-Qaida-fil-al-Hindi (meaning al-Qaida in India).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 50], "content_span": [51, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193543-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings, Lawyers' strike to protest blasts\nBar Council of Uttar Pradesh decided to go on strike to protest against these terrorist activities. In the state capital, lawyers moved about in groups in the court compounds and raised slogans against terrorism. The government has tightened security arrangements in the courts throughout the state after the Friday blasts. Lawyers from other states also join state bar council and observing the day as shok diwas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 62], "content_span": [63, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193544-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election\nThe 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 2nd Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority, the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193544-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, Results\nThe Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in a house of 70. They were still one short of the majority to form a government. After much wrangling it was announced that the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and the three Independents would be supporting the government. The incumbent Indian National Congress Government lost as they had only 21 seats out of 70 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193544-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, Results\nAfter protracted discussions it was announced the B. C. Khanduri would be Chief Minister and B. S. Koshyari was to manage party work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 55], "content_span": [56, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193545-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek League\nThe 2007 Uzbek League season was the 16th edition of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1992.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 153]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193545-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek League, Overview\nIt was contested by 16 teams, and Pakhtakor Tashkent won the championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [19, 27], "content_span": [28, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election\nPresidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on 23 December 2007. Incumbent president Islam Karimov was re-elected with 91% of the vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Background\nAccording to the constitution, incumbent President Islam Karimov's term was considered to have ended on 22 January 2007. However, electoral legislation stated that \"an election must be held in December of the year in which the president's term expires\"; this de facto extension of Karimov's term to eight years was heavily criticised by the opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 397]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Candidates\nAlthough Karimov was widely considered to be constitutionally ineligible for another term, analysts expected him to remain in power. Of the six candidates announced by September 2007, only Dilorom Toshmuhamedova of the Justice Social Democratic Party had officially filed with the Electoral Commission; there were rumours that the other five (Suhbat Abdullayev, Akbar Aliyev, Abdullo Tojiboy O\u2018g\u2018li, Axtam Shoymardonov and Jahongir Shosalimov) have been pressured into running to make Uzbekistan appear more democratic than it really is.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Candidates\nBy early October, two other candidates had filed: Xurshid Do\u2018stmuhammad (or Do\u2018stmuhamedov) of the Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party and Axtam Tursunov of Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party. The Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party said in early October that it intended to nominate Karimov. On 6 November, Karimov was unanimously chosen as the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential candidate at a party convention in Tashkent, and Karimov accepted the nomination.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Candidates\nA legal explanation to justify Karimov's candidacy, in light of the constitutional limit of two terms for presidents, was not officially given. It was suggested that, because Karimov had only served one seven-year term (he was first elected to a five-year term, which was later extended by referendum), he is eligible to run for a second seven-year term; by this reasoning his first term would not count toward the total.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Candidates\nOn 19 November, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Mirza-Ulug\u2018bek Abdusalomov, announced that the candidacies of Karimov, Toshmuhamedova (the first woman to run in an Uzbek presidential election), Asliddin Rustamov of the Uzbekistan People's Democratic Party, and Akmal Saidov (who was nominated by a citizens' group) were approved. Two candidates, including Abdullo Tojiboy O\u2018g\u2018li, were rejected by the Commission on the grounds that they had not collected enough signatures, with signatures from 5% of eligible voters being required. The Commission did not explain its reasoning in approving Karimov's candidacy. Opposition groups reacted with anger and bitterness toward the Commission's decision, which they considered illegal. Aside from Karimov, the other three candidates approved by the Commission are considered friendly towards the government, and their participation was criticized as window-dressing for an election in which there was no genuine opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 44], "content_span": [45, 1028]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Conduct\nWhile the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) had a team of 21 observers in the country, it officially considered the elections \"pointless due to the obvious limited nature of the competition\". The OSCE observers criticized the election as lacking a \"genuine choice\", and OSCE spokesperson Ur\u00f0ur Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir said that the \"election was held in a very controlled political environment, which did not really leave much room for real opposition and this election failed to meet many of the commitments that OSCE states have made to hold democratic elections.\" She also said that the seemingly positive presence of four candidates in the election had been undermined by the other candidates' endorsement of Karimov. The OSCE also questioned the official turnout figure of 90.6%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 841]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Conduct\nObservers from the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gave the election a positive assessment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Results\nBy midday on 23 December, 59.8% of eligible voters had participated according to the Central Election Commission, exceeding the 33.3% minimum participation rate to make the election valid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 41], "content_span": [42, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193546-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Uzbek presidential election, Aftermath\nKarimov was sworn in for his new term on 16 January 2008, saying that he would \"mobilize all my power, knowledge and experience to fully implement all our priority goals set out in the election program\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193547-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 V-League\nV-League 2007 was the 51st season of Vietnam's professional football league. Petro Vietnam was the league's sponsor for the first time, replacing Eurowindow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 171]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193547-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 V-League\nB\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng F.C. won their first title in this season, beating out two-time champions \u0110\u1ed3ng T\u00e2m Long An F.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193548-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Challenge\nThe 2007 V8 Supercar Challenge is the eleventh round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It will be held on the weekend of the 18 to 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 220]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nThe 2007 V8 Supercar season featured the ninth V8 Supercar Championship Series which began on 1 March and concluded on 2 December. This championship consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. The series also carried the Australian Touring Car Championship title, which was awarded by CAMS for the 48th time in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nThe 2007 season was significant in that two new cars were being used by the teams. The Holden VE Commodore was a completely new car and the Ford BF Falcon consisted of several changes from the previous model. These cars debuted at the first round of the season at the Clipsal 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series\nThis season was also significant in that Seven Network broadcast the series for the first time since 1996, after Channel Ten and Fox Sports had rights to the series for the past ten years, and then revived in 2015.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Pre-season\nThe 2007 pre-season began with a number of driver and team changes which occurred during December 2006 and January 2007. The most important of the driver changes being Greg Murphy moving to Tasman Motorsport from Paul Weel Racing and Steven Richards changing not only teams, but also manufacturers by moving from the Holden-based Perkins Engineering to the Ford Performance Racing team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 435]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Pre-season\nA number of team changes also occurred during the off-season with Vodafone being the naming sponsor for Triple Eight Race Engineering and Jim Beam joining forces with the Dick Johnson Racing team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Pre-season\nMost of the team launches occurred during late January and early February with a few exceptions, including the launch of Mark Winterbottom's FPR car in early January. As well as the individual team launches, an official season launch was held in Sydney's Martin Place on 15 February.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Pre-season\nA number of testing days were also held during the pre-season. These tests were conducted at the two race circuits used as test tracks, Queensland Raceway (Triple Eight Race Engineering, Dick Johnson Racing and WPS Racing) and Winton Raceway (most Victorian based teams including Holden Racing Team, Ford Performance Racing, HSV Dealer Team and Perkins Engineering). Both of these major tests were conducted on 19 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 477]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Pre-season\nOne of the other major stories of the 2007 pre-season involved both of Holden's most supported teams, being the Holden Racing Team and the HSV Dealer Team. Both teams temporarily had their TEGA licences revoked meaning they would not be able to compete in the championship. This was due to issues relating to the ownership of both teams. This problem related to the ownership of the teams, where under V8 Supercar regulations, one person can only own one team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Pre-season\nOfficially, Mark Skaife owned HRT and John Kelly (father of Todd and Rick) owned HSV Dealer Team, however the close relationship between the two teams and the presence of Tom Walkinshaw in both teams clouded the ownership of both teams. The teams had their licenses reinstated temporarily pending the presentation of documents proving the ownership of each team to TEGA. On 22 February 2007, the HSV Dealer Team produced the required documents and has been fully reinstated to the championship, and HRT was cleared to race on 27 February 2007 after satisfying TEGA that Mark Skaife was the true owner of the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 662]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193549-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Teams and drivers\nThe following teams and drivers contested the 2007 V8 Supercar season. Drivers are numbered as per the official 2007 entry list listed on the .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 55], "content_span": [56, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193550-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar season\nThe 2007 V8 Supercar season was the 48th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193550-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar season\nThere were 15 touring car race meetings held during 2007; a fourteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races and a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series (FVS), all bar one of those was a double-header with a V8 Supercar Championship Series round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193550-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar season\nThis season saw a change of television broadcaster; the Seven Network having picked up the broadcasting rights to V8 Supercars from Network Ten and Fox Sports which had broadcast the past nine seasons in succession. However, the Seven Network had lost the rights to V8 Supercars in 2014. Since 2015, Network Ten and Fox Sports had revived the brocasting rights for the V8 Supercars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193550-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 V8 Supercar season, Results and standings, Race calendar\nThe 2007 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events held over 15 meetings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 61], "content_span": [62, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193551-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VCU Rams baseball team\nThe 2007 VCU Rams baseball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams played their home games at The Diamond as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by head coach Paul Keyes, in his thirteenth year as head coach.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193551-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 VCU Rams baseball team, Previous season\nThe 2006 VCU Rams baseball team notched a 34\u201324 (18\u201311) regular-season record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193552-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VE191\n2007 VE191 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group that was listed on the Sentry Risk Table.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193552-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 VE191, Description\nIt is estimated to be roughly 63 meters in diameter. In 2015 it was known to have a 1 in 63,000 chance of impacting Earth on 27 November 2015. However, the nominal best-fit orbit showed that 2007 VE191 would be roughly 0.5\u00a0AU (75,000,000\u00a0km; 46,000,000\u00a0mi) from Earth on 27 November 2015 with an apparent magnitude of roughly +25 in the constellation of Virgo about 50 degrees from the Sun, and the same nominal orbit gave a distance of closest approach to Earth of a little under 0.4 AU a few weeks earlier. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 17 September 2015, but was still listed at NEODyS with odds of 1 in 3 million for 27 November 2015 during the approach window.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 23], "content_span": [24, 704]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193552-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 VE191, Description\n2007 VE191 was discovered on 15 November 2007 by the Mount Lemmon Survey at an apparent magnitude of 20 using a 1.5-meter (59\u00a0in) reflecting telescope. On 28 November 2007, it passed 0.0128\u00a0AU (1,910,000\u00a0km; 1,190,000\u00a0mi) from Earth. 2007 VE191 has an observation arc of 13 days with an uncertainty parameter of 7, which means its orbit is poorly constrained. 2007 VE191 was last observed on 28 November 2007. By 1 December 2007, the asteroid had faded to below magnitude 25.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 23], "content_span": [24, 499]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193552-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 VE191, Description\nWith an absolute magnitude of 23.6, 2007 VE191 is about 50\u2013110\u00a0meters in diameter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 23], "content_span": [24, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193553-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VFL season\nThe 2007 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring twelve teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193553-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 VFL season\nIt was the 126th season of the Australian rules football competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 85]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193553-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 VFL season\nThe VFL Season is split into two sub-leagues, seniors and reserves. Both leagues have the same teams, except for Tasmania and Geelong, who only play in the seniors league. The VFL Geelong team operates as a reserves team for the AFL team of the same name.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193554-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VFL season results\nResults for the 2007 Victorian Football League known as the TRUenergy VFL season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193555-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VK184\n2007 VK184 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, and estimated to be approximately 130 meters (430\u00a0ft) in diameter. It was listed on the Sentry Risk Table with a Torino Scale rating of 1. A Torino scale rating of 1 is a routine discovery in which a pass near the Earth is predicted that poses no unusual level of danger.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [10, 10], "content_span": [11, 377]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193555-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 VK184, Description\n2007 VK184 was discovered on 12 November 2007 by the Catalina Sky Survey. It was recovered on 26 March 2014 by Mauna Kea, and removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 28 March 2014. By 4 January 2008, with an observation arc of 52 days, there was a 1 in 2700 chance of an impact with Earth on 3 June 2048. The Sentry Risk Table, using an observation arc of 60 days, showed the asteroid had a 1 in 1820 chance (0.055%) of impacting Earth on 3 June 2048. Since the March 2014 recovery, it is known that the asteroid will pass 0.013\u00a0AU (1,900,000\u00a0km; 1,200,000\u00a0mi) from Earth on 2 June 2048.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 23], "content_span": [24, 609]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193555-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 VK184, Description, 2014 passage\nBefore the 2014 close approach, the asteroid had a modest observation arc of 60 days, and the imprecise trajectory of this asteroid was complicated by close approaches to Earth, Venus and Mars. On 23 May 2014, the asteroid passed 0.17\u00a0AU (25,000,000\u00a0km; 16,000,000\u00a0mi) from Earth and reached an apparent magnitude of ~20.8. As expected the close approach allowed astronomers to recover the asteroid on 26 March 2014 and refine the odds of a future collision. As the asteroid gets closer to Earth, the positional uncertainty becomes larger. By recovering the asteroid well before closest approach you can avoid searching a larger region of the sky. Most asteroids rated 1 on the Torino Scale are later downgraded to 0 after more observations come in.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 37], "content_span": [38, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193555-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 VK184, Description, 2014 passage\nRisk assessments were calculated based on a diameter of 130 meters. It was estimated that, if it were ever to impact Earth, it would enter the atmosphere at a speed of 19.2\u00a0km/s and would have a kinetic energy equivalent to 150 megatons of TNT. Assuming the target surface is sedimentary rock, the asteroid would impact the ground with the equivalent of 40 megatons of TNT and create a 2.1 kilometers (1.3\u00a0mi) impact crater. Asteroids of approximately 130 meters in diameter are expected to impact Earth once every 11000 years or so.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 37], "content_span": [38, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193555-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 VK184, Description, 2014 passage\nOn 26\u201327 March 2014, additional observations were made which ruled out the chance of an impact in 2048.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 10], "section_span": [12, 37], "content_span": [38, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193556-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VMI Keydets football team\nThe 2007 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was the Keydets' 117th year of football, and their 5th season in the Big South Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 256]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193556-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 VMI Keydets football team\nThe Keydets finished the season with a 2\u20139 record, one more win than the previous season. It was the last year under head coach Jim Reid, who resigned after season's end with a 3\u201319 record at VMI.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193557-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup\nThe 2007 VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup was the 2nd staging . The tournament was held in Long An, Vietnam.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [58, 58], "content_span": [59, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193557-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition\nVTV B\u00ecnh \u0110i\u1ec1n Long An (Host) Nakhon Ratchasima Truy\u1ec3n H\u00ecnh V\u0129nh Long S\u00f4ng M\u00e3 Thanh H\u00f3a", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 77], "content_span": [78, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193557-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 VTV9 \u2013 Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure\nMatch won 3\u20130 or 3\u20131: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3\u20132: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 58], "section_span": [60, 83], "content_span": [84, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193558-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaahteraliiga season\nThe 2007 Vaahteraliiga season was the 28th season of the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between June 3 and August 26, 2007. The Finnish champion was determined in the playoffs and at the championship game Vaahteramalja XXVIII the Porvoo Butchers won the Sein\u00e4joki Crocodiles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 347]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193559-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaimauga West by-election\nThe Vaimauga West by-election was a by-election in the Samoan constituency of Vaimauga West. It took place on 6 May 2007, and was precipitated by the death of MP Sililoto Tolo Tuaifaiva.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193559-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaimauga West by-election\nTen candidates contested the election, eight of them on behalf of the ruling Human Rights Protection Party. The election was won by Patu Ativalu. While previously a member of the Samoa Democratic United Party, Ativalu announced his intention to join the HRRP if elected, after a request from his village. Following the election Ativalu was accused of bribery and treating, but no election petition was filed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193560-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valdosta State Blazers football team\nThe 2007 Valdosta State Blazers football team was an American football team that represented Valdosta State University as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2007 NCAA Division II football season. In their first year under head coach David Dean, the team compiled a 13\u20131 record (7\u20131 against conference opponents) and finished second in the GSC. The team advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs and defeated Northwest Missouri State, 41\u20133, in the championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193560-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Valdosta State Blazers football team\nThe Blazers played their home games at Bazemore\u2013Hyder Stadium in Valdosta, Georgia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193561-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vale of White Horse District Council election\nElections to Vale of White Horse District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under Liberal Democrat control with an increased majority. Turnout was significantly higher in many wards than it was in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193562-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia City Council election\nThe 2007 Valencia City Council election, also the 2007 Valencia municipal election, was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 8th City Council of the municipality of Valencia. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193562-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system\nThe City Council of Valencia (Valencian: Ajuntament de Val\u00e8ncia, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valencia) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Valencia, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193562-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system\nVoting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Valencia and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 732]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193562-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system\nThe mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193562-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system\nThe electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Valencia, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 53], "content_span": [54, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193562-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia City Council election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 50], "content_span": [51, 853]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193563-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia GP2 Series round\n2007 Valencia GP2 Series round was the Eleventh race of the 2007 GP2 Series season. It was held on 29 September and 30, 2007 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193564-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencia Superbike World Championship round\nThe 2007 Valencia Superbike World Championship round was the fourth round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of April 13\u201315, 2007 at the 4.005 km Circuit de Valencia in Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 267]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193565-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 2\u20134 November 2007 at the Circuit de Valencia in Valencia, Spain. In the MotoGP class Dani Pedrosa took 2nd in the championship by a single point from Valentino Rossi, while John Hopkins overhauled Marco Melandri to take 4th. In the 125cc class G\u00e1bor Talm\u00e1csi finished second behind teammate H\u00e9ctor Faubel, which meant the Hungarian became the world champion of 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 548]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193565-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)\nBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 94], "content_span": [95, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election\nThe 2007 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 27 May 2007, to elect the 7th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election\nAs in the three previous elections, the People's Party (PP) won with an increased absolute majority of seats, as well as winning an absolute majority of votes - the first time since 1983 that this had been achieved. The PP increased its vote share by more than 5% and gained 6 of the additional 10 seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 337]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election\nThe Valencian Nationalist Bloc (BNV) which in the previous election had remained 0.3% short of the 5% threshold, formed an electoral alliance with United Left (IU) under the name Commitment for the Valencian Country (CPV). This combined list, which also included smaller Green and left-wing groups, saw BNV gain its first seat representation in the Courts, though the combined vote for both IU and BNV was considerably lesser than both had polled separately in 2003, with the coalition only gaining one seat overall. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSPV-PSOE) gained 3 seats despite decreasing its vote share by 1 point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 659]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 575]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe 99 members of the Corts Valencianes were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 5 percent of valid votes\u2014which included blank ballots\u2014being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castell\u00f3n and Valencia. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 20 seats, with the remaining 39 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 762]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system\nThe electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 648]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election. Elections to the Corts were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 25 May 2003, setting the election date for the Corts on Sunday, 27 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election, Overview, Election date\nThe Corts Valencianes could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Corts were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 57], "content_span": [58, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193566-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Valencian regional election, Opinion polls\nThe table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The \"Lead\" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 50 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes (45 until 11 April 2006).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 47], "content_span": [48, 868]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193567-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Valenzuela local elections\nLocal elections was held in the city of Valenzuela on May 14, 2007 within the Philippine general election. The voters voted for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two Congressmen, and the councilors\u2014six in each of the city's two legislative districts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193567-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Valenzuela local elections, Election results\nThe winners of the congressional, mayoral and vice mayoral seats of Valenzuela City are determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted for separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials come from different political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 49], "content_span": [50, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193567-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Valenzuela local elections, Election results, Mayoral election\nIncumbent Sherwin T. Gatchalian ran for re-election. His primary opponent was former mayor Jose Emmanuel \"Bobbit\" L. Carlos.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 67], "content_span": [68, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193567-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Valenzuela local elections, Election results, Congressional elections, First district\nIncumbent representative Bobbit Carlos ran for mayor, first district candidates include incumbent mayor Sherwin's brother, Rexlon, and barangay councilor Eddie Lozada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 90], "content_span": [91, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193567-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Valenzuela local elections, Election results, Congressional elections, Second district\nMagtanggol Gunigundo is the incumbent. His opponent is Wes Gatchalian, brother to incumbent mayor Win and Rex.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 91], "content_span": [92, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193567-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Valenzuela local elections, Election results, City council elections\nThe voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are living, hence registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nThe 2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 22nd year of existence (or 32nd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 15th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. After their championship 2006 season despite a number of lingering injuries, the Whitecaps started well and led the league going undefeated until late May. However, with the sudden departure to England of starting goalkeeper Tony Caig and unexpected early season loss of Serge Djekanovic to MLS, the Whitecaps had goalkeeping instability as they gave significant minutes to four goalkeepers in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 647]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nCombined with injuries, the club never recovered from the challenging schedule due to 2007 FIFA U-20 venue conflicts, the team finished 7th in the USL-1, set a club record twelve game streak without a win, subsequently executed a blockbuster four player trade of 2006 USL MVP Joey Gjertsen, and midfielder David Testo for role players Ze Roberto and Surrey, BC native Alen Marcina, and set a club record for number of draws with twelve.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 471]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nA run of games at home to end the season in seventh place (in the playoffs due to a 2007 format change) and the resolution of injuries left the Whitecaps competitive in the second season of the playoffs. They lost a close playoff series to rival Portland Timbers with a 1-0 home leg getting overturned in a much closer than the score indicated 3\u20130 second leg loss (in which right back Geordie Lyall suffered a broken leg) to finish their disappointing season. Coach Bob Lilley was released at the end of the playoffs before the LA Galaxy friendly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 582]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season\nLocal rivals Seattle (2005 Champion) and Portland both had strong seasons with Seattle capturing league and playoff titles. The schedule was not balanced; it was home and away versus each side with additional matches against Seattle, Portland, Minnesota, and expansion side San Francisco based California Victory. Average attendance increased again and remained above 5,000. Three double-headers were played with the Whitecaps Women, the USL W-League. The season's results for both the men's and women's teams may have been disappointing compared to the club's historical competitive norm, but off the field the club was strengthening its foundations.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, 2007 club growth\nA number of factors raised the profile of the Whitecaps beginning in 2007. First after reaching the semi-final stage a number of times, the Whitecaps USL-1 championship in 2006, the first since the CSL four-peat in the early 1990s, gave the club a higher profile.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, 2007 club growth\nSecond Canada hosting the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was significant for building media credibility and soccer infrastructure across the country with stadiums built in Toronto (National Soccer Stadium), approved in Montreal (Saputo Stadium opened in 2008), and partially approved in Vancouver (Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium approved by City of Vancouver pending resolution of Port of Metro Vancouver land transfer). Third the start of play and off-field success of Toronto FC encouraged speculation that Vancouver would pursue a Division 1 MLS franchise.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, 2007 club growth\nFourth one of the two local rivals of the Whitecaps, the Seattle Sounders, over the course of 2007 had more and more credible rumors of being announced as a 2009 MLS expansion side; this was announced November 13, 2007. Fifth David Beckham signed for the Los Angeles Galaxy giving soccer significant and sustained North American media attention as well as national legitimacy. Sixth helped by connections to the LA Galaxy coaching staff, there was ongoing speculation in the local newspapers about a LA Galaxy-Whitecaps friendly almost from when the David Beckham signing was announced.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 639]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0002-0003", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, 2007 club growth\nOn April 17 Whitecaps announced the friendly against David Beckham and the LA Galaxy for October 3 at 60,000 seat BC Place Stadium. Despite marketing impacts from an August injury, he played, and it was a 0\u20130 draw played in front of 48,172 spectators. Seventh the Whitecaps started a club for local business leaders to advise and advocate for the team called Kickstarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, 2007 club growth\nThe 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup impacted the Whitecaps' season with a six-game road trip from June 22 to July 7 kicked off a lull in form where the team went 1-7-5 (W-D-L) and didn't recover until a six-game home stand beginning in mid August. However, as well as media exposure, the U-20 World Cup also spurred $300,000 upgrades to Swangard Stadium including 1,500 individual seats with backs and 36 VIP seats replacing a section of the grandstand's bleachers, better stadium lighting, and better access and egress within the stadium. The upgrades in seating and access/egress reduced Swangard Stadium's capacity from 5,722 to 5,288.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 52], "content_span": [53, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nCommissioner's Cup, quarterfinal round of playoffs\u00a0\u00a0Quarterfinal round of playoffs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Tables\nLast updated: April 26, 2010Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 64], "content_span": [65, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Pre-season\nThe preseason schedule was announced March 14, 2007 along with a four-week training camp at Simon Fraser University.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 68], "content_span": [69, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Schedule and results, Voyageurs Cup, Voyageur Cup standings\nPrior to 2008, from when it has been awarded to the Canadian Championship winners, the men's title was decided on regular-season matches between Canada's USL First Division sides.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 95], "content_span": [96, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Staff\nBob Lenarduzzi succeeded John Rocha in the off season as president. John Rocha stepped down in August 2006 to focus on the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Vancouver site chairman while continuing to support the Whitecaps in a consulting role.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 41], "content_span": [42, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster\nIt was a low-scoring year with many players used over the 28 game schedule. Only three players logged 2000 minutes or more; Tony Donatelli led the Whitecaps with 27 appearances. Eduardo Sebrango led the Whitecaps with seven goals and was in a six way tie for seventh among the USL-1 goal scorers while Martin Nash was tied for third in the USL-1 with six assists in the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 50], "content_span": [51, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nCentre back Ryan Suarez retired due family commitments; in 2006 he was a late season addition to a defense that allowed no goals in playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nVictoria, BC native and eight year Whitecaps right back Geordie Lyall inked a contract with League 2 side Walsall F.C. in December 2006. He wasn't playing with Walsall FC towards the end of their season however and by mid May was being pursued by the Whitecaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nDefender Lyle Martin from California was announced on March 26.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 131]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nDue to injury recovery to forwards Joey Gjertsen and Jason Jordan, the Whitecaps signed forward Joel Baily as insurance on March 29. Baily had been a strike partner of Eduardo Sebrango's previously in Montreal under coach Lilley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 297]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nThe Whitecaps traded Sita-Taty Matondo back to Montreal Impact for Jason McLaughlin just as preseason was concluding.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nWith the transition in the back line given the losses of Ryan Suarez and Geordie Lyall plus early season injuries to Steve Klein, the Whitecaps also brought in centre back Narcisse Tchoumi-Tchandja on April 12, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nThe signing of two local players defender Nigel Marples of North Delta and Surrey goalkeeper Tyler Baldock was announced April 24.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193568-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Current roster, Player movement\nGoalkeeper Srdjan Djekanovi\u0107 was signed April 27 by Division 1 side Toronto FC after a one-week trial to back up Greg Sutton. The Whitecaps signed former Toronto Lynx goalkeeper Richard Goddard to the new backup goalkeeper position on April 27.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 67], "content_span": [68, 312]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193569-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team\nThe 2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Bobby Johnson, who served his sixth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006, Vanderbilt went 5\u20137 with a record of 2\u20136 in the SEC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 480]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193570-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vattenfall Cyclassics\nThe 2007 edition of the Vattenfall Cyclassics cycle race took place in the German city of Hamburg on August 19, 2007. Alessandro Ballan won the race, beating last years winner \u00d3scar Freire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193570-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vattenfall Cyclassics, General Standings, 2007-19-08: Hamburg-Hamburg, 229,1 km\nOlaf Pollack received no UCI ProTour points because his team, Team Wiesenhof-Felt, is not part of the UCI ProTour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 84], "content_span": [85, 199]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193571-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaud Grand Council election\nThe 2007 election to the Grand Council was held in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on 11 March 2007. All 150 members of the Grand Council were elected for four-year terms, a reduction of 30 from the size of the previous legislature.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193571-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaud Grand Council election\nThe Social Democratic Party secured the largest number of seats once again; although it lost seven seats, its percent share of the seats remained constant. Despite the reduction in the size of the legislature, the populist Swiss People's Party and Green Party both managed to gain seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193571-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaud Grand Council election\nThe main losers were the two classical liberal parties, the Free Democrats and Liberals, who lost 15 and 11 seats respectively, reducing them from 42% of seats between them to 33%. The far left \u00c0 gauche toute! lost most of its seats. The Christian Democrats, Green Liberals, and Federal Democratic Union formed a heterogeneous centrist alliance called 'Alliance of the Centre', which won seven seats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193571-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Vaud Grand Council election, Footnotes\nThis Swiss elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193572-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vegalta Sendai season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193573-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vegas Grand Prix\nThe 2007 Vegas Grand Prix was the first round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 8 on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [21, 21], "content_span": [22, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193573-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vegas Grand Prix, Race\nThe race was a fresh start for the Champ Car World Series. With a new car (Panoz DP01), new rules, including timed races and staggered starts, new teams like Pacific Coast Motorsports, a different season opener on a new track, and an eventual return to ABC/ESPN later in the year, all were the big stories of the day. The race would be one of survival of the fittest as many drivers were taken out by either crashes or mechanical failures.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193573-0001-0001", "contents": "2007 Vegas Grand Prix, Race\nNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing would not have a good day as 3-time champion S\u00e9bastien Bourdais was hampered by numerous tire problems and rookie Graham Rahal was taken out on the first lap. Will Power had the dominant car all day long, only being challenged consistently by Paul Tracy, who many saw as the man to unseat Bourdais as the face of Champ Car. In the end, the race would all come down to fuel mileage. Tracy's car struggled with taking a full load of fuel preventing him from snapping his winless streak. Will Power outlasted the field to take his first career victory, which was also the first Champ Car victory by an Australian, in a dominant fashion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 27], "content_span": [28, 688]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193573-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Vegas Grand Prix, Attendance\nAttendance at the inaugural 2007 event was estimated to be 40,000 fans on race day. This surpassed the number of seats available on the course's temporary grandstands facilitating an expansion for the 2008 season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 33], "content_span": [34, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193573-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Vegas Grand Prix, Future of the Race\nThis was the third race for Champ Car in Las Vegas, but the only one held on a downtown street course. Two oval Grands Prix had taken place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: the 2004 Bridgestone 400 and the 2005 Hurricane Relief 400. The planned 2008 race was removed from the calendar due to Champ Car's merge with the Indy Racing League (IRL).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 382]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193573-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Vegas Grand Prix, Future of the Race\nIRL returned to Las Vegas in 2011, however the return was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, rather than to a downtown street course.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 21], "section_span": [23, 41], "content_span": [42, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193574-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Veikkausliiga\nThe 2007 season of the Veikkausliiga (the premier league of the Finnish football system), the 18th season in the league's history, began on April 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193574-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Veikkausliiga, Final league table, Relegation playoff\nRoPS of the Ykk\u00f6nen beat FC Viikingit for a place in the 2008 season of the Veikkausliiga.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests\nThe RCTV protests were a series of protests in Venezuela that began in the middle of May 2007. The cause of the protests was the decision by the government to shut down Venezuela's oldest private television network, Radio Caracas Televisi\u00f3n (RCTV), refusing to renew its broadcasting license and instead creating a new public service channel called TVes, which began operations on 28 May, the same day RCTV's license expired. RCTV had Venezuela's largest viewing audience, with 10 million of the country's 26 million people viewing its shows and soap operas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 588]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Background\nOn 11 April 2002, supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez clashed near the Miraflores Palace, resulting in a shootout at the Llaguno Overpass between government supporters and the Metropolitan Police of Caracas. A sector of the Armed Forces asked for Ch\u00e1vez's resignation, holding him responsible for the ensuing massacre during the march. Commander of the Army Lucas Rinc\u00f3n Romero reported in a nationwide broadcast that Ch\u00e1vez had resigned his presidency, a charge Ch\u00e1vez would later deny. Ch\u00e1vez was taken to a military base while Fedec\u00e1maras president Pedro Carmona was appointed as the transitional President of Venezuela, following protests and a general strike by his opponents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 748]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Background\nAccording to the St. Petersburg Times, RCTV excluded its news programs from its daily programming on 13 April 2002. Gustavo Cisneros, owner of Venevisi\u00f3n, stated that the alleged news blackout was a result of threats received from pro-Ch\u00e1vez demonstrators and callers who claimed to be members of the Ch\u00e1vez government. Protesters attacked RCTV's offices, smashing some windows and shouting: \"The palace is in our hands, why aren't you showing that? \".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Background\nOver the following months, and again in the wake of the 2002\u201303 general strike, Ch\u00e1vez stepped up his criticism of the country's private media companies, accusing them of having supported the coup. On his weekly television program Al\u00f3 Presidente and in other forums, he regularly referred to the leading private media owners as \"coup plotters\", \"fascists\", and \"the four horsemen of the apocalypse\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 41], "content_span": [42, 441]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Refusal to renew RCTV's license\nOn 28 December 2006, President Ch\u00e1vez announced that the government would not renew RCTV's broadcast license which expired on 27 May 2007, thereby forcing the channel to cease operations on that day. The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ)\u2014controlled by Ch\u00e1vez allies\u2014ruled on 17 April that it is within the National Telecommunications Commission's power to decide on the issuing, renewal and revocation of broadcast licenses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Refusal to renew RCTV's license\nThe government maintained that the non-renewal is caused by RCTV's alleged support for the 2002 coup attempt. Bernardo \u00c1lvarez, the country's ambassador to the United States, described the licensing decision as a simple regulatory matter, which \"was not made based on RCTV\u2019s critical editorial stance against the government, nor was it directed at silencing criticism of the government.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Refusal to renew RCTV's license\nExplaining that Venezuela wished to adopt a more European model of public broadcasting, he wrote that 79 of 81 Venezuelan television stations, 706 of 709 radio broadcasters, and 118 newspapers remain in private hands, citing a 30 May 2007 op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times: \"Radio, TV and newspapers remain uncensored, unfettered and unthreatened by the government. Most Venezuelan media are still staunchly anti-Ch\u00e1vez.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Refusal to renew RCTV's license\nOn 17 May 2007, the government rejected a plea made by RCTV to stop the TV station's forced shutdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 62], "content_span": [63, 164]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Refusal to renew RCTV's license, Shutdown\nRCTV ended its final day of broadcasting with a rendition of the national anthem performed by network employees and on-air talent, followed by a shot of a pro-RCTV protest. The screen then faded to black. A few seconds later, a series of TVes idents appeared on Channel 2. At 12:20\u00a0a.m. AST (0420 UTC) on 28 May 2007, TVes began its programming airing a video recording with the national anthem, performed by a large choir clad in Venezuelan colours and full sized orchestra led by the famous young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel. After some network promos, TVes switched to an auditorium, where station president Lil Rodr\u00edguez gave a speech to a crowd of Ch\u00e1vez supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 753]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Refusal to renew RCTV's license, Shutdown\nOn 24 May, the Supreme Court ordered RCTV to stop broadcasting as soon as its license expired and approved the government's takeover of all of its equipment and stations, though it would review the station's appeal of the decision. Ch\u00e1vez announced plans to start broadcasting a public service channel, TVes, using the infrastructure that belonged to RCTV. According to the ruling by the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice, all RCTV broadcast equipment was to be temporarily controlled by TVes. On 25 May, the Venezuelan government sent troops to RCTV installations to take control of their equipment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 72], "content_span": [73, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Demonstrations\nThousands of protesters marching both against and in support of the government's decision remained on the streets in Caracas. On 19 May 2007, 30,000 protesters gathered in Caracas protesting the government's decision two days earlier that rejected a plea made by RCTV to stop the TV station's forced shutdown. Other marches took place in Maracaibo and Valencia. On 21 May 2007, hundreds of journalists and students marched in Caracas carrying a banner reading \"S.O.S. Freedom of Expression.\" A few days later, on 25 May 2007, university students from the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Andr\u00e9s Bello, the Universidad Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar and the Universidad Central de Venezuela protested against the government's intentions. On 26 May, tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of RCTV to their headquarters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 846]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Demonstrations\nThousands of protestors marched in the streets of Caracas on 27 May for and against RCTV. In the evening, demonstrations in front of Conatel, the National Telecommunications Commission, became violent, with protestors throwing rocks and bottles at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. At least eleven police officers and one protestor from the incident at Conatel, as well as three students and one police officer from a separate protest at Bri\u00f3n plaza in Caracas, have been reported injured. Twenty other students at Bri\u00f3n plaza were treated for tear gas inhalation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 632]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Demonstrations\nIn the afternoon and evening of 29 May, protests in Caracas and Chacao became violent, with protesters in Chacao blocking Avenida Francisco de Miranda. At least seventeen people have been reported by Globovision to be injured on 29 May. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights petitioned the Venezuelan government for information about arrested and injured protestors; though the Venezuelan government did not provide the information, saying it would violate the confidentiality of adolescents involved.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 555]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, Demonstrations\nOn 2 June, tens of thousands marched through Caracas to support President Ch\u00e1vez's decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 45], "content_span": [46, 138]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nSince the week prior to the shutdown of RCTV, many individuals, international organizations and NGOs\u2014including the OAS's Secretary General Jos\u00e9 Miguel Insulza and its Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, the Inter American Press Association, Human Rights Watch, and the Committee to Protect Journalists,\u2014have expressed concerns for freedom of the press following the shutdown. However, Secretary Insulza also stated that it was up to the Venezuelan courts to solve this dispute and that he believed that this was an administrative decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 604]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nThe International Press Institute stated that it is \"a flagrant attempt to silence the station's critical voice and in violation of everyone's right 'to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers,' as outlined in Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights\" The Committee to Protect Journalists \"concluded [Ch\u00e1vez's] government failed to conduct a fair and transparent review of RCTV's concession renewal. The report, based on a three-month investigation, found the government\u2019s decision was a predetermined and politically motivated effort to silence critical coverage.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nReporters Without Borders stated \"The closure of RCTV [...] is a serious violation of freedom of expression and a major setback to democracy and pluralism. President Ch\u00e1vez has silenced Venezuela\u2019s most popular TV station and the only national station to criticize him, and he has violated all legal norms by seizing RCTV\u2019s broadcast equipment for the new public TV station that is replacing it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0014-0002", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nFreedom House has given Venezuela a press freedom rating of \"Not Free\" since 2002, most recently describing a number of new laws, most particularly the 2004 Ley Resorte, that include prohibitions against broadcasting violent material between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., targeting a group or individual for hatred, and insulting president Ch\u00e1vez, under penalty of severe fines and imprisonment.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 440]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nThe Senate of the United States approved a motion promoted by Senators Richard Lugar and Christopher Dodd condemning the closing, stating that the move was a \"transgression of freedom of thought and expression\" in Venezuela, while Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, asserted that it was an attempt to silence the critics of the Government. The U.S. State Department, the European Union, the senates of Chile and Brazil, and the legislatures of a number of other Latin American countries have also expressed concern over the incident.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nEuropean Commission President Jos\u00e9 Manuel Dur\u00e3o Barroso qualified the measure as regrettable, adding that \"freedom of expression and press freedom are substantial components of democracy.\" Costa Rican President \u00d3scar Arias S\u00e1nchez stated that any media closing was a deathly strike against any democratic system. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said she regrets the decision and that \"freedom of expression is the golden rule.\" Along with her, Finnish President Tarja Halonen said she was watching the situation with concern. The Spanish Partido Popular, the main opposition party, called the closing an \"attack against freedom of expression\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 702]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nAfter the Brazilian Senate passed a motion urging Ch\u00e1vez to reconsider the revocation of RCTV's license, Ch\u00e1vez \"accused the Brazilian Congress of acting like a 'puppet' of the US\", prompting Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva to say \"Chavez has to take care of Venezuela, I have to take care of Brazil and (US President George W.) Bush has to take care of the US\". Later, Lula da Silva said the decision of not renewing the broadcast license was internal Venezuelan business, adding that the legal logic of each country should be respected.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 607]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nCh\u00e1vez said that presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Evo Morales of Bolivia have phoned to show support to his decision and that \u00c1lvaro Uribe from Colombia said that his country would not mess in Venezuela's internal affairs. President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said that he would have canceled the broadcast license automatically (after the 2002 coup).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 413]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193575-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests, International reactions\nIn Nicaragua, followers of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez voiced their support of his closing of RCTV on 27 May in Managua. This small rally was met with negative reactions from local press, who condemned the involvement of the Venezuelan Ambassador Miguel G\u00f3mez.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 54], "content_span": [55, 299]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum\nA constitutional referendum was held in Venezuela on 2 December 2007 to amend 69 articles of the 1999 Constitution. Reform was needed, according to Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, to initiate the transformation into a socialist country; detractors said he was using the reforms to become a dictator.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 343]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum\nThe referendum was narrowly defeated, giving Ch\u00e1vez the first and only election loss of his nine-year presidency. University student protests and opposition from former allies helped fuel the defeat, but the referendum results and the 44% abstention rate suggest that support also waned among Ch\u00e1vez's traditional base of Venezuela's poor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Proposal\nOn 15 August 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez proposed an amendment to 33 articles of Venezuela's 350-article Constitution. A constitutional provision allows the president, the National Assembly of Venezuela or a constituent assembly to ask for changes; reform should be approved by a national referendum. The 1999 constitution was promoted by Ch\u00e1vez and adopted by popular referendum. The proposed constitutional reforms were needed, according to Ch\u00e1vez, to complete the transition to a socialist republic and implement his socialist agenda; detractors said he was using the reforms to become a dictator. The proposal was hailed by government supporters as \"the start of a new era towards socialism\", but Podemos, a pro-government party, expressed disagreement and claimed Ch\u00e1vez was seeking lifelong power.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 866]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Proposal\nVenezuela's constitutional procedures require three debates before the National Assembly, to reform the constitution. The first debate was successfully held on 21 August 2007 and gave initial approval to the general purpose of the reform. During the second successful vote on 11 September 2007, the National Assembly added amendments to the original Ch\u00e1vez reform proposal, again angering the Podemos party, which said that the National Assembly had infringed the Constitution. The third vote on 25 October 2007 approved the proposal, enlarged from 33 articles to 69. Final parliamentary approval for the referendum was given on 2 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Proposal\nThe final proposal included 69 constitutional amendments to be voted on in two blocks: 33 that were originally proposed by President Ch\u00e1vez plus another 13 articles introduced by the National Assembly (Proposal A) and 23 more reform articles proposed by the National Assembly (Proposal B). Proposed changes included:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 369]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Campaign\nIn November 2007, demonstrations arose in Caracas, Venezuela and six other cities over the proposed constitutional changes. \"Tens of thousands\" of \"Yes\" voters marched in Caracas after the referendum had finally been approved on 2 November. A 7 November riot at the Central University of Venezuela resulted in gunfire and several injuries; footage was caught on tape. In late November 2007, just days before the referendum, tens of thousands marched in Caracas for both the \"Yes\" and \"No\" votes. An opposition politician estimated the crowd marching for the \"No\" vote at 160,000. Protests were largely peaceful, and only one death has been reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Campaign\nSome of Ch\u00e1vez's supporters expressed concerns and disagreement with his proposals to change the constitution. Many voters abstained in the vote, rather than cast a \"No\" vote against Ch\u00e1vez. The student movement played a crucial role in consolidating this position and in organizing numerous rallies. The student movement has played a large role in the Venezuelan political process, having gained a prominent position during the RCTV broadcast license expiration protests.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Campaign\nAlthough the student movement is not limited to the opposition, it has been the opposition students that have gained the largest support, in part because they are not officially affiliated with any political cadres. The student movement was later awarded the $500,000 Milton Friedman Liberty Prize by the American Cato Institute for its role in opposing the reforms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 418]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Campaign\nRa\u00fal Baduel, former Minister of Defense and one of the four founding members of Ch\u00e1vez's Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, expressed his concern by describing the reform as \"nothing less than an attempt to establish a socialist state in Venezuela ... [ which] is contrary to the beliefs of Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar and it is also contrary to human nature and the Christian view of society, because it grants the state absolute control over the people it governs\". Other leaders and former Ch\u00e1vez supporters who distanced themselves from the proposal were Ismael Garc\u00eda, a deputy in the National Assembly, and Ram\u00f3n Mart\u00ednez, governor of Sucre State. Marisabel Rodr\u00edguez, Ch\u00e1vez's ex-wife, called the proposed changes an attempt to achieve \"an absolute concentration of power\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 51], "content_span": [52, 822]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Campaign, CIA allegations\nVenezuela's state television network broadcast coverage prior to the referendum of a memo written in Spanish, claiming it evidenced a plan by the CIA to destabilize Ch\u00e1vez\u2014an allegation referred to as Operation Pliers. Ch\u00e1vez threatened to cut off oil exports to the United States if violence resulted from the referendum and declared at his campaign's closing that \"whoever voted 'Yes' was voting for Hugo Ch\u00e1vez, but whoever voted 'No' was voting for George W. Bush\". The U.S. has responded by calling the allegations \"ridiculous\" and \"a fake\". Independent analysts doubt the authenticity of the document, noting both the lack of an original document in English and that \"the timing of its release is strange.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 68], "content_span": [69, 781]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Campaign, Polls\nPolls from November saw very close results. In mid-November, a Hinterlaces poll found that 51% of decided voters supported the change, while Mecan\u00e1lisis said 64% of decided voters would vote against reform. A poll by Keller & Asociados concluded defeat for the proposal with 45% \"No\" to 31% \"Yes\" votes; about 65% of eligible people planned to vote. A late-November poll by Datanalisis of 1,854 likely voters indicated 49% were opposed, with 39% in favor. Reportedly, some moderate Ch\u00e1vez backers were likely to vote \"No\"; it was the first Datanalisis survey to project a loss, contrasted with earlier surveys that showed a win for Ch\u00e1vez \"amid low turnout and despite widespread skepticism of his proposal\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 58], "content_span": [59, 767]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Results\nThe proposal was narrowly defeated, 51 to 49 percent, in the first major electoral defeat for Ch\u00e1vez in the nine years of his presidency. Ch\u00e1vez conceded defeat, saying, \"I congratulate my adversaries for this victory\", and \"for now, we could not do it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 62], "content_span": [63, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Response\nIn conceding defeat, Ch\u00e1vez insisted that he would \"continue in the battle to build socialism\". Although two days later Chavez called \"victoria de mierda\" (shitty victory) to the results, further saying that \"but already you are covering it (the victory) in shit\". Ch\u00e1vez conceded defeat by saying \"for now, we couldn't\" (\"por ahora no pudimos\"), echoing the phrase he used after the failure of the February 1992 Venezuelan coup d'\u00e9tat attempt. Manuel Rosales, a 2006 Venezuelan presidential candidate, said, \"Tonight, Venezuela has won\". Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, a popular opposition mayor, said \"Venezuela won today, democracy won today\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 695]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Response\nLatin American media responses included special reports that highlighted Ch\u00e1vez's first electoral setback in nine years and his ethical acceptance of defeat. According to a Mercosur press release, the general Latin American response was praise for the \"democratic maturity\" evidenced by the Venezuelan people. Brazil's Foreign Affairs Minister, Celso Amorin, said \"The president accepted the result in a very calm and elegant manner.\" President Felipe Calder\u00f3n of Mexico said Ch\u00e1vez had shown \"\u00a0... enormous valor to admit such results\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Response\nSpain's Foreign Affairs minister, Miguel \u00c1ngel Moratinos, said that \"free expression of people's sovereignty has been accepted by all sides including those who had promoted the referendum\". N\u00e9stor Kirchner, Argentine President described Ch\u00e1vez as a \"great democrat\". A response characterized by Mercosur as \"blunt\" came from Cuban Foreign Affairs minister Felipe Perez Roque: \"those who have organized plots to destabilize Venezuela, to abolish its democratically elected government and even attempt a coup against President Ch\u00e1vez are active and we hope that they quit and let the Venezuelan people build their future in peace\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Response\nThe U.S. administration of President George W. Bush hailed the defeat as a victory for democracy. Bush said, \"The Venezuelan people rejected one-man rule. They voted for democracy.\" A National Security Council spokesman said, \"We congratulate the people of Venezuela on their vote and their continued desire to live in freedom and democracy\". A State Department Undersecretary said, \"We felt that this referendum would make Ch\u00e1vez president for life, and that\u2019s not ever a welcome development. In a country that wants to be a democracy, the people spoke, and the people spoke for democracy and against unlimited power.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 683]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Response\nThe Organization of American States Secretary-General Jos\u00e9 Miguel Insulza called the results of the referendum an \"exemplary development\" on the part of the Venezuelan government and people, saying that democracy in the Americas \"passed a difficult test and emerged stronger, showing clearly its consolidation.\" Reporters without Borders expressed hope that the result of the vote would end the \"media war\" in Venezuela.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Referendum, Response\nThe day after the referendum, financial markets were buoyed by Ch\u00e1vez's defeat; Venezuelan bonds rose and the stock index in Caracas surged 4% following a year-to-date 24% decline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 63], "content_span": [64, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Continued plans for reform\nCh\u00e1vez said on 5 December that he intended to launch a second attempt to change the Constitution. According to El Universal newspaper, he said:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 213]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Continued plans for reform\nWatch out, US lovers, celebrate. You have no dignity anyhow. Where could you have it? I recommend you to administer your victory wisely, because we will launch a renewed offensive for the great constitutional reform. ... You have a second offensive left for the constitutional reform. I cannot say that we did not make it.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 393]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Continued plans for reform\nThey say Ch\u00e1vez was blown away. Yes, but I moved not even a millimeter. Yes, I was blown away, but I am weaker not even a millimeter. Be worried, empire; be worried, unpatriotic oligarchy. Strike as many times as you want. But, beware! Do not provoke!", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 321]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Continued plans for reform\nDuring a press conference with the military high command, he expressed on Venezolana de Televisi\u00f3n the possibility of bringing the proposal back in \"the same form, transformed or simplified\" in a future referendum and the creation of the Bolivarian militias by modifying the laws regarding the armed forces. He also described the opposition's victory as \"full of shit\" and his defeat as \"full of courage, valor and dignity\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193576-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum, Continued plans for reform\nA month after the referendum was defeated, Ch\u00e1vez named Ram\u00f3n Carrizales to replace vice-president Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, who had been blamed by many Ch\u00e1vez supporters for the failed referendum.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 69], "content_span": [70, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests\nVenezuelan protests for and against President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez's proposed 2 December constitutional referendum occurred after the National Assembly approved the referendum on 2 November 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [35, 35], "content_span": [36, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Foundation of the Student Movement\nStudent activists have been mobilizing in Venezuela since as early as 1998. In 2002, the Red Democr\u00e1tica Universitaria Estudantil was founded, a national student federation. According to Rayma L\u00f3pez, one of the prominent student leaders involved with the organization, \"Student leaders met, but as the police intelligence harassed and prosecuted them, these meetings came to a halt.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 455]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Foundation of the Student Movement\nThe movement also experienced issues internally, as there was tension between groups of student from different universities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 71], "content_span": [72, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nIn December 2006, President Ch\u00e1vez announced that he intended to shut down RCTV (Radio Caracas Televisi\u00f3n), the last of the country's private television channels, and there were immediate repercussions seen throughout the country. University and school students gathered nationwide and organized workshops of human rights principles; the intended closure \"violated two human rights: freedom of expression and freedom of thought\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 482]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nOn 28 March 2007, the Venezuelan government failed to renew the broadcasting license of RCTV. In the days leading up to the decision, students from different universities around the country had already begun to gather in their campuses in protest. They believed that without RCTV, the people would be left without an objective source of information, since all other private channels had made treaties with the government about what to broadcast. On the day the announcement was made, student protests were violently broken up by the National Guard using teargas and blank rifle shots, while some students that protested were even shot at with live ammunition by Ch\u00e1vez supporters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nSeveral months later, the student movement was given the opportunity to present their beliefs to parliament when the Bolivarian political party Podemos (that had recently joined the opposition) fought for the students' right to raise their concerns. Student representatives spoke out at parliament on 7 June 2007, and the speeches were broadcast live on television and radio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nDouglas Barrios, a student leader from the Universidad Metropolitana, gave a speech in which he addressed the political neutrality of the student movement:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 208]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nWe are not neoliberals, we are liberated beings. We are not the opposition; we are a proposition. Youth is not on the streets today fighting for business interests or political tendencies. We are on the streets making politics without traditional politicians, fighting for our nation, protecting the interests of our society.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nThe broadcast was hugely helpful for the student movement, as they became much better known around the country because of the exposure they received in the media. The movement experienced an expansion and was forced to re-organize, cutting down from 127 student representatives to 8, in order to better and more efficiently reach consensus at meetings. These 8 representatives were chosen from eight universities in Caracas, while another committee held another 25 representatives, including leaders like Alexis Cabrera, Stalin Gonz\u00e1les, Fabricio Brice\u00f1o, Ricardo S\u00e1nchez, Rayma L\u00f3pez, Yon Goicoechea and Freddy Guevara.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 673]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Closure of RCTV\nThe movement profited greatly from continued media coverage after the 28 March protests and the broadcast parliament speeches.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 52], "content_span": [53, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Tactics\nThe student movement made use of symbols in their discourse, and they consistently tried to emphasize that their cause was not related or tied to any political or partisan ideology.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 226]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Tactics\nMost methods of protest were confrontational and peaceful, although in early June some government websites were hacked in protest of the RCTV closing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 44], "content_span": [45, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Tactics, Manos Blancas (White hands)\nThe movement stayed away from using colors that would have implied partisanship- Chavez's party has always clearly made use of the color red- and instead utilized white as a symbol of peace and freedom from labels and division. At rallies and protests, students would paint the palms of their hands white, as a call for peace and reconciliation amongst divided parties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 73], "content_span": [74, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Tactics, Resistencia (Resistance)\nResistencia, or resistance, was the phrase used specifically to challenge the constitutional amendments presented in the December 2007 referendum. Students generally took to peaceful methods of resistance, such as sit-ins and demonstrations, though confrontations with the police usually turned violent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 70], "content_span": [71, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Tactics, Key leaders\nSeveral students played important roles in the 2007 protests, acting as the movement's representatives and speakers in the media. One important aspect of leadership was activity on social media platforms like Twitter, because there were few ways for groups to keep in contact other than through large outlets that couldn't be controlled by the government. Yon Goicoechea, Stalin Gonz\u00e1lez, and Ricardo S\u00e1nchez were well-known speakers and leaders who began publicizing the movement's activities on Twitter in 2009.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 571]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Tactics, Key leaders\nStalin Gonz\u00e1lez was the president of the Federaci\u00f3n de Centros Universitarios, or Federation of University Centers, in 2006, from which he organized campaigns directed at addressing human and civil rights and how these were being treated by the government. Ricardo S\u00e1nchez succeeded him as president of the FCU in 2007 and 2008, and after much participation in the 2007 protests went on to become a substitute legislator who broke off from the Mesa de la Unidad Democr\u00e1tica opposition coalition. Perhaps most known in the media, Yon Goicoechea was one of the most prominent leaders after the 2007 referendum, though he received much negative attention, including death threats, after having received a $500,000 award from the Cato Institute, located in D.C.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 57], "content_span": [58, 815]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Transition from RCTV to referendum protests\nIn late June, RCTV managed to continue producing unofficial daily broadcasts by posting them on YouTube and running on a severely minimized staff, although the government refused to sway in their decision not to renew the channel's license. National protests calmed and quieted down as Chavez and his government continuously failed to address or acknowledge any of the protest activity.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Transition from RCTV to referendum protests\nThe momentum that the student movement had picked up after the closing of RCTV was channeled into protests against Chavez's proposed national referendum, as the students believed that the 69 amendments on the ballot would give the president too much power over the government and the country.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Transition from RCTV to referendum protests\nThe referendum was rejected in the December elections, and RCTV's alternative broadcasting continued smoothly for the next two and a half years until 2010, when the channel did not air a speech made by President Chavez and therefore ran into trouble with laws that required Chavez's speeches to all be shown by cable companies and broadcast channels.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Transition from RCTV to referendum protests\nIn November 2007, demonstrations arose in Caracas, Venezuela and six other cities over the proposed constitutional changes. \"Tens of thousands\" of \"Yes\" voters marched in Caracas after the referendum had finally been approved on 2 November. An 8 November riot at the Central University of Venezuela resulted in clashes between students and several masked gunmen, with several injuries; footage was caught on tape. In late November 2007, just days before the referendum, tens of thousands marched in Caracas for both the \"Yes\" and \"No\" votes. An opposition politician estimated the crowd marching for the \"No\" vote at 160,000. Protests were largely peaceful, and only one pro-government worker's death has been reported.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Transition from RCTV to referendum protests\nSome of Ch\u00e1vez's supporters expressed concerns and disagreement with his proposals to change the constitution.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193577-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Venezuelan referendum protests, Transition from RCTV to referendum protests\nMany voters abstained in the vote, rather than cast a \"No\" vote against Ch\u00e1vez. The student movement played a crucial role in consolidating this position and in organizing numerous rallies. The student movement has played a large role in the Venezuelan political process, having gained a prominent position during the RCTV broadcast license expiration protests. Although the student movement is not limited to the opposition, it has been the opposition students that have gained the largest support, in part because they are not officially affiliated with any political cadres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 35], "section_span": [37, 80], "content_span": [81, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193578-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Victory Bowl\nThe 2007 Victory Bowl was a college football bowl game. It was a part of the 2007 football season and was played at Reeves Field in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The game placed the Malone Pioneers against the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193578-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Victory Bowl\nMalone won the game by a score of 45 to 17. A strong showing in the second quarter of 31 points by the Pioneers helped to secure the win and was assisted by four turnovers. The game was the second bowl appearance for both the Pioneers and Malone coach Mike Gardner, as well as the first bowl game victory for both.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193578-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Victory Bowl\nMalone produced 521 yards of total offense while holding Geneva to 293. Malone managed six touchdowns in the game (three rushing and three passing) and scored a total of 31 points in the second quarter alone. Malone's defense brought in two interceptions and recovered three fumbles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193579-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Victory Shield\nThe Victory Shield 2007 was the 62nd edition of the Victory Shield, an annual football tournament competed for by the Under 16 level teams of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It was held from 5 October to 29 November 2007 and was won by England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193580-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnam food scare\nThe 2007 Vietnam food scare was a food scandal which exposed contaminated food. Among the issues were formaldehyde in noodles of the national dish, Ph\u1edf, banned pesticides in vegetables and fruit, and toxic soy sauce.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193581-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese Cup\nThe 2007 Vietnamese National Cup (known as the Bamboo Airways National Cup for sponsorship reasons) season is the 15th edition of the Vietnamese Cup, the football knockout competition of Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Football Federation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193581-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese Cup, Pre-classified\nFive teams did not play in the first round, and were automatically qualified for the round of 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 35], "content_span": [36, 133]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193581-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese Cup, First round\nAll matches in the first phase took place on February 9th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193581-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese Cup, Round of 16\nAll matches in this phase took place on February 24th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193581-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese Cup, Round of 16\nH\u00f2a Ph\u00e1t H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i F.C. 1-1 TN.Quang Ngai [6-5 pen]", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [21, 32], "content_span": [33, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193582-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese legislative election\nParliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 20 May 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193582-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vietnamese legislative election, Aftermath\nFollowing the elections, incumbent president Nguy\u1ec5n Minh Tri\u1ebft was re-elected by the new National Assembly on 24 July 2007 with 98.78% of the votes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 47], "content_span": [48, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots\nRiots in the Val-d'Oise department in France began 26 November 2007, following the deaths of two teenagers (Moushin S., 15, and Larami S., 16), whose motorcycle collided with a police vehicle. The circumstances recalled those that precipitated the 2005 unrest, which began in Clichy-sous-Bois when two teenagers lost their lives as they evaded arrest while hiding in an electrical substation.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 419]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Motorcycle accident\nThe unrest began when the minibike, on which the youths were riding, collided with a police vehicle. The families of the youths allege that police rammed the motorcycle and left the two teenagers for dead. The police deny this, saying that the motorcycle was stolen and was an unregistered vehicle not valid for street use, travelling at high speed, and that the youths were not wearing any protective headgear - an account, according to French newspaper reports, confirmed by two eyewitnesses. A police investigation indicated that the motorcycle was in third (top) gear and that the police car was not going over 40\u00a0km/h (25\u00a0mph).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 47], "content_span": [48, 680]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Riots and government response\nImmediately after the incident, a hostile crowd formed around the spot of the road accident. Divisional Commissioner Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Illy, in charge of Sarcelles area, had his car burned and was hit with iron bars as he was trying to defuse the situation, and was hospitalised with a fractured nose and ribs. However, the scene of the accident was kept untouched by the crowd .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 433]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Riots and government response\nOver 130 policemen were injured during night-time riots and violent clashes, which began in Villiers-le-Bel in the Val-d'Oise department. Over 70 cars and buildings were burned, including a library, two schools, a police station, and several shops. According to Interior Minister Mich\u00e8le Alliot-Marie, several police officers were hit by shotgun pellets. One officer received a serious shoulder wound when a firearm projectile pierced his body armour and another lost an eye. including six seriously wounded officers \"who notably were struck in the face and close to the eyes.\" One police officer said that thirty officers had been hit by shotgun pellets, and one hit by a \"bullet used to kill large game.\" He likened the situation to a \"guerrilla war\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 811]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Riots and government response\nAt least ten cars were burned and a fire broke out at a library in Reynerie, a suburb of the southern city of Toulouse. Eight rioters were arrested by the police on the night of 27 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Riots and government response\nOn 28 November, President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was in China during the events, met Prime Minister Fran\u00e7ois Fillon, Interior Minister Mich\u00e8le Alliot-Marie, and Justice Minister Rachida Dati for a security briefing. The authorities decided not to give detailed account of the riots; however, they announced that 39 people were arrested the night before.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Riots and government response\nOn 29 November, French suburbs stayed relatively calm after 1,000 riot police were deployed. There was no report of injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 57], "content_span": [58, 183]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193583-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, Aftermath\nAn investigation has been opened against the rioters. Another has been opened concerning the accident. On 18 February 2008, 33 people were arrested, suspected of being rioters.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [28, 37], "content_span": [38, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team\nThe 2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was coach Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Preseason\nThe Cavaliers and coach Al Groh face a pivotal season in 2007 as they attempt to overcome their losing record in 2006. While the defense made improvements under new coordinator Mike London, the offense struggled all season. In November 2006, Groh indicated that he was not ready to \"anoint\" Jameel Sewell, who started the final nine games of 2006, as the unquestioned quarterback for 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Preseason\nThe Cavaliers were a young team in 2006, leading Groh to joke that the 2007 team was playing the 2006 season. While Groh had frequently played true freshman in earlier seasons, sometime for very limited action, he redshirted the entire freshman class in 2006 except for defensive lineman Nate Collins. Several players from that class are expected to be contributors in 2007, in particular running back Keith Payne has generated excitement among fans. Several talented true freshmen, such as quarterback Peter Lalich, joined the team in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Players, Recruiting\nThe Virginia Cavalier 2007 recruiting class consisted of 24 signed players. The class is headlined by quarterback Peter Lalich, outside linebacker J'Courtney Williams and wide receiver Dontrelle Inman. Overall, the 2007 Virginia recruiting class was ranked #25 by and #32 by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 58], "content_span": [59, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Players, Roster\nVirginia's first official depth chart for the 2007 football season was announced August 28, prior to the Cavaliers' season opener against Wyoming on September 1. Click to see depth charts for each individual game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Wyoming\nWith only 110\u00a0yards of total offense and just 7\u00a0yards on the ground, the Cavaliers were outmatched by a better-prepared Wyoming team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 62], "content_span": [63, 196]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Duke\nTight end Tom Santi scored two touchdowns and tailback Cedric Peerman ran for 137\u00a0yards with 1 touchdown. Quarterbacks Jameel Sewell and Peter Lalich platooned for 191\u00a0yards through the air and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 59], "content_span": [60, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, North Carolina\nPlace kicker Chris Gould tied the school record held by Rafael Garcia (versus Virginia Tech, 1994) and Connor Hughes (versus Georgia Tech, 2003) by making five field goals and Cedric Peerman set a career-high in rushing for 186\u00a0yards and 1 touchdown on 30 carries. It represents the first road triumph since 2006's Sept. 30 victory at Duke and just the second since a Sept. 17, 2005, win at Syracuse.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 69], "content_span": [70, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nVirginia survived Georgia Tech erasing a 14-point deficit and hung on to win their third straight ACC game 28\u201323. Tailback Cedric Peerman ran for 138\u00a0yards and scored a touchdown while punter Ryan Weigand averaged 47.5\u00a0yards on 8 punts with a long of 58 to keep Georgia Tech's offense at bay. Two key turnovers, an interception and fumble led to Virginia touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech\nDefensive end Chris Long anchored the Cavalier defense with nine tackles including one for loss as well as two batted balls, one returned for a touchdown by fellow lineman Jeffery Fitzgerald, and a game-saving sack on 4th down late in the 4th quarter. Virginia quarterbacks combined to go 20 for 35 with one interception and one touchdown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nVirginia dominated the first quarter jumping out to a 27\u20130 lead. Pittsburgh's offense sputtered throughout the contest allowing the Cavaliers to take advantage of excellent field position. Jameel Sewell went 16 of 31 for 169\u00a0yards and three touchdowns while Cedric Peerman continued excelling on the ground with 87\u00a0yards on 24 carries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 401]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee State\nPlace kicker Chris Gould kicked a 34\u00a0yard field goal with 8-seconds left to secure a last second victory. Virginia running backs combined for 151\u00a0yards on the ground while quarterback Jameel Sewell threw for 223\u00a0yards with an interception and a touchdown. Despite being huge underdogs, Middle Tennessee hung around the entire game and led by one late due to a blocked extra point. Virginia's decisive scoring drive started from their own 20 with less than two minutes to go and no time outs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 77], "content_span": [78, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nWith a strong defensive effort, the Virginia Cavaliers held off the previously undefeated Connecticut Huskies 17-16. Despite a very poor outing from Jameel Sewell, the Cavs drove the length of the field with Chris Gould chipping in a 19\u00a0yard field goal to win the game. The win propelled Virginia to be ranked #24 in the Coaches Poll and #19 in the first BCS rankings for the first time in 3 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nIn another last minute victory, tailback Mikell Simpson scored the game-winning touchdown with 16\u00a0seconds left. The play had to be reviewed by the officials due to the ball leaving Simpson's hands as he dove across the line, but the touchdown stood giving Virginia their seventh victory in a row. Defensive end Chris Long tackled Maryland quarterback Chris Turner in the end zone for a critical safety late in the third quarter bringing the Virginia deficit down to five.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 63], "content_span": [64, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, N.C. State\nN.C. State quarterback Daniel Evans threw for 347\u00a0yards and 3 touchdowns while wide receiver Donal Bowens was on the receiving end of 202 of those yards. Despite a poor performance from the Virginia defense, the Virginia offense still scraped together 24 points on a streaky night by quarterback Jameel Sewell.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 65], "content_span": [66, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Wake Forest\nVirginia running back Mikell Simpson scored the go ahead touchdown with 2:18 left in the 4th quarter and Wake Forest kicker Sam Swank missed a 48\u00a0yard field goal with 2\u00a0seconds left sealing the Virginia victory. The Virginia defense was anchored by defensive end Chris Long who recorded 10 tackles and a sack. The win was Virginia's 5th win this season by two points or less breaking the NCAA record set by Columbia in 1971.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 66], "content_span": [67, 491]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Miami\nOn an emotional night for the Miami Hurricanes as they played their last game in the historic Miami Orange Bowl, the Cavaliers dominated all facets of the game shutting out the home team 48-0. Quarterback Jameel Sewell completed 20 of 25 passes for 288\u00a0yards, threw for a touchdown and ran for one as well. Tailback Mikell Simpson contributed 93\u00a0yards and two one-yard touchdown carries. The Cavalier defense posted three interceptions, four sacks, two fumble recoveries, seven tackles for loss and a touchdown. The win set up a Thanksgiving match-up versus cross-state rival Virginia Tech playing for the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title and the chance to play in the 3rd Annual Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 60], "content_span": [61, 801]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193584-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech\nIn a game with a trip to the conference championship game on the line, the Cavaliers fell flat against their in-state rivals Virginia Tech. Poor clock management and poor defense allowed Virginia Tech to exploit Virginia en route to an easy 33\u201321 win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 68], "content_span": [69, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193585-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia House of Delegates election\nThe Virginia House of Delegates election of 2007 was held on Tuesday, November 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 123]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193585-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results, By House of Delegates district\nParty abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193585-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia House of Delegates election, Results, By House of Delegates district\nNote: Only House districts that were contested by more than one candidate are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [43, 82], "content_span": [83, 175]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\nThe 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\nThe Hokies entered the season returning nine starters on offense and eight on defense, including All-American cornerback Brandon Flowers, from a 2006 team that went 10-3 and finished second in the ACC's Coastal Division behind Georgia Tech.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\nAfter the Virginia Tech massacre claimed the lives of 32 students and faculty members on Monday, April 16, 2007, the remainder of spring practice was canceled. The Hokies had been scheduled to hold two more practices in addition to a spring game on Saturday. As a special tribute, ESPN's College GameDay program broadcast from Blacksburg for the Hokies' opening game against East Carolina.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Personnel, Roster\nStarters are in bold, based on pre-season depth chart from the", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Personnel, Recruiting\nNational Signing Day was on 2007-02-07. The Hokies' recruiting class was highlighted by Tyrod Taylor, who was rated the #1 dual threat quarterback in the country. Taylor was announced as the Hokies' #2 quarterback on August 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Personnel, Recruiting\nBelow is a list of the recruits that signed their letter of intent with Virginia Tech:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 62], "content_span": [63, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193586-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Personnel, Post-season awards\nFollowing the Hokies' victory over Virginia, which clinched the division title, Xavier Adibi, Chris Ellis, Victor Harris, and Eddie Royal were honored as first team all-ACC, while Barry Booker, Duane Brown and Brandon Flowers were recognized on the second team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 70], "content_span": [71, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193587-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia elections\nVirginia's 2007 state elections were held on November 6, 2007. Voters elected all 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates to two-year terms ending in 2009, and all 40 members of the Virginia Senate to four-year terms ending in 2011. There were also elections for local offices (such as Board of Supervisors and Clerk of the Circuit Court) in most counties. Occurring simultaneously were local elections in some counties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 451]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193587-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia elections\nIn general, the Democrats emphasized transportation and the grid lock within the Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly. The Democrats ran a statewide coordinated \"21/51\" campaign seeking to regain control of both the House and the Senate. The Republicans emphasized the need to take local actions against illegal immigration.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 359]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193587-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia elections, State Senate\nPrevious to the election, Virginia's Senate consisted of 23 Republicans and 17 Democrats. Democrats defeated three incumbent Senators and won an open Republican seat to take control of the Senate by a 21 to 19 majority.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 37], "content_span": [38, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193587-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia elections, State Senate, Election results\nParty abbreviations: D - Democratic, R - Republican, I - Independent, IG - Independent Green, L - Libertarian", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 165]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193587-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia elections, State Senate, Election results\nNote: Only Senate districts that were contested by more than one candidate are included here.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 55], "content_span": [56, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193587-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia elections, House of Delegates\nPrevious to the election, Republicans controlled the House of Delegates with 57 seats, compared to the Democrats' 40 seats, and three seats held by Independents. Democrats won four seats from the Republicans, defeating one incumbent and taking three open seats, while one Republican defeated an incumbent Independent, making the post-election composition of the House 54 Republicans, 44 Democrats, and 2 Independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 43], "content_span": [44, 461]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193588-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election\nAfter the death of Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 2007, a special election was required to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 110th United States Congress. Governor Tim Kaine announced that the election would occur on December 11, 2007. The Republican and Democratic candidates were selected by political conventions on November 10, 2007. Republican state legislator Rob Wittman was elected, defeating Democratic nominee Philip Forgit and independent candidate Lucky Narain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [59, 59], "content_span": [60, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193588-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, Candidates, Democratic\nDemocrats nominated Iraq War veteran and former teacher Philip Forgit over retired United States Navy Captain Ted Hontz by a 106\u201391 convention vote. The Democratic convention was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not invest large amounts of money into the campaign, opting instead to fund Robin Weirauch's campaign in a special congressional election in Ohio.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 493]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193588-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, Candidates, Republican\nAfter five ballots, Republicans chose State Delegate Rob Wittman as their nominee when Paul Jost withdrew before the sixth ballot could be announced. The Republican convention was held at Caroline High School in Caroline County, Virginia. The Republican convention drew a wide variety of candidates, including former State Delegate Dick Black; former Republican Party official Jim Bowden; Sherwood Bowditch, the Director of the Virginia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; David Caprara, an activist; retired FBI agent David Corderman; Chuck Davis, the widower of late Congresswoman Davis; businessman Paul Jost, attorney Kevin O'Neill, and businessman Rob Quartel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 83], "content_span": [84, 747]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193588-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, Candidates, Independent\nLucky Narain, a former Peace Corps volunteer, Army Reservist, and grant writer from Yorktown, filed the necessary petitions to be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate. He criticized Wittman for supporting a transportation tax increase despite having signed an anti-tax pledge; Wittman claimed that he had not signed that particular pledge.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 59], "section_span": [61, 84], "content_span": [85, 436]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193589-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election\nVirginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, 2007, held November 6, 2007, was a contest between incumbent Republican Scott Lingamfelter and Democratic challenger Bill Day, a part-time psychotherapist, in the 2007 general election which was scheduled for October 6. Day began sending out mass mailings shortly after Labor Day introducing himself to the voters, and in October began sending out negative advertisements against Lingamfelter, accusing him of being aligned with southern Virginia Republicans who were failing to address northern Virginia traffic congestion.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [57, 57], "content_span": [58, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193589-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, Issues, Toll roads\nLingamfelter is a supporter of toll roads, having introduced a bill allowing tolls on any Virginia interstate highway, with the proceeds being set aside to \"[p]ay or finance all or part of the costs of programs or projects, including without limitation the costs of planning, operation, maintenance and improvements incurred in connection with the toll facility provided that such allocations shall be limited to programs and projects that are reasonably related to or benefit the users of the toll facility\"; this is a position for which he has been attacked by Day in campaign literature as a contradiction of his self-portrayal as a fiscal conservative. Lingamfelter believes that tolls are a logical way to link road use with road financing. He defended his decision by saying, \"We need to build some roads, okay?\" He also pointed out that tolls capture revenue from out-of-state travelers. Lingamfelter's toll bills require the use of automated toll collection.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 1044]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193589-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, Issues, Toll roads\nDespite the criticism, Lingamfelter's website calls attention to the toll bills, saying, \"Virginians who travel throughout the country pay tolls in other states which go to make necessary improvements to the highway systems within those states. Travelers who come to our Commonwealth leave behind no money as they pass through\u2014money that could go to relieve congestion and improve the conditions of Virginia\u2019s roads. This bill would enable the collection of tolls in Virginia that will go back into improving our roads\".", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 77], "content_span": [78, 598]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193589-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, Issues, Abusive driver fees\nLingamfelter supported the enactment of the Virginia abusive driver fees. After citizens began protesting the fees (which do not apply to out-of-state drivers), Lingamfelter initially defended the fees, in an opinion piece in the Fauquier Times-Democrat and Potomac News. However, he changed his position in the face of a growing political firestorm, sending mailings to signatories of the online petition against the fees explaining his reversal. Day sent mailings to voters criticizing Lingamfelter for supporting the fees in the first place, describing them as \"abusive driver taxes,\" a reference to the revenue-generating purpose of the fees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 86], "content_span": [87, 733]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193589-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, Issues, Immigration\nLingamfelter accused Day of being insincere in his opposition to illegal immigration. Lingamfelter opposes providing state and local governmental services to illegals. Day focuses more on sanctions for employers of illegals, saying that this issue comes down to jobs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 78], "content_span": [79, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193589-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Virginia's 31st House of Delegates district election, Issues, Personal issues\nLingamfelter also pointed out that while Day describes himself as a licensed counselor and avid hunter, Day's counseling license actually has expired, and he has not had a hunting license in the past 15 months. Day responded that he let his counseling license expire in order to devote himself to the campaign and that he has switched to fox hunting and fishing.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 57], "section_span": [59, 82], "content_span": [83, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193590-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vissel Kobe season\nThis is the current revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 18:01, 4 January 2020 (\u2192\u200eOther pages: Task 15: language icon template(s) replaced (1\u00d7);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 262]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193591-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vodacom Challenge\nThe Vodacom Challenge 2007 was played between 21 July and 28 July 2007. The teams involved were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193592-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vodacom Cup\nThe 2007 Vodacom Cup was the 10th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 227]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193592-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nThere were 14 teams participating in the 2007 Vodacom Cup competition. These teams were geographically divided into two sections - the Northern Section and the Southern Section, each with seven teams. Teams would play all the other teams in their section once over the course of the season, either at home or away.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193592-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nTeams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 319]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193592-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Vodacom Cup, Competition\nThe top four teams in each section qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished fourth in the other section and the teams that finished second in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished third in the other section. The winners of these quarter finals then played each other in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. The two semi-final winners then met in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 29], "content_span": [30, 551]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193592-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Vodacom Cup, Teams, Team Listing\nThe following teams took part in the 2007 Vodacom Cup competition:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193593-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vojko Herksel Cup\nThe 2007 Vojko Herksel Cup was the 2nd Vojko Herksel Cup whose groups were held which took place at several venues across ex-Yugoslavia. In the Vojko Herksel Cup played 10 teams. \u0160ibenik, a past winner of seasonal regional league, is secured directly to the final tournament, while the remaining 9 teams were divided into 3 groups, whose winners have secured the final tournament. The final tournament was held in Bijelo Polje in Hall Nikoljac.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 467]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193594-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Volgograd mayoral election\nVolgograd, Russia, held a mayoral election on May 20, 2007. Roman Grebennikov of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193595-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Volleyball America's Cup\nThe 2007 Volleyball America's Cup was the sixth edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from North, Central and South America. The tournament was held from August 15 to August 19, 2007 in Manaus, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193596-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Volleyball America's Cup squads\nThis article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 Volleyball America's Cup, held from August 15 to August 19, 2007, in Manaus, Brazil.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya\nThe 2007 Volta a Catalunya was the 87th edition of the Volta a Catalunya road cycling race, which took place from 21 May to 27 May 2007, in Catalonia. The race began in Salou with a team time trial and ended in Barcelona. The race was won by Russian Vladimir Karpets of the Caisse d'Epargne team, who won the race thanks to winning the team time trial, and second placings on the toughest mountain stage (stage 4) and the mountain time trial (stage 5). The race also saw the first UCI ProTour victories for young British sprinter Mark Cavendish of the T-Mobile Team, when he took stages 2 and 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya\nTwenty-five teams took part. The five wildcards have were awarded to Karpin-Galicia, Relax-GAM, Andaluc\u00eda-CajaSur, Fuerteventura-Canarias and Slipstream Chipotle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Teams\nTwenty-five teams of up to eight riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 29], "content_span": [30, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 1\n21 May 2007: Salou to Salou, 15.7\u00a0km (9.8\u00a0mi) (TTT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 91]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 2\n22 May 2007: Salou to Perafort, 170\u00a0km (110\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 87]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 3\n23 May 2007: Perafort to T\u00e0rrega, 182.1\u00a0km (113.2\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 93]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 4\n24 May 2007: T\u00e0rrega to Vallnord-Arinsal (Andorra), 201.1\u00a0km (125.0\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 5\n25 May 2007: Sornas to Vallnord-Arcal\u00eds (Andorra), 17.1\u00a0km (10.6\u00a0mi) (ITT)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 114]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 6\n26 May 2007: Ll\u00edvia to Lloret de Mar, 177.1\u00a0km (110.0\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 97]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Stages, Stage 7\n27 May 2007: Lloret de Mar to Barcelona, 119.3\u00a0km (74.1\u00a0mi)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 39], "content_span": [40, 99]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race\nAs of 27 May 2007, after the Volta a Catalunya", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 72], "content_span": [73, 119]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193597-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Catalunya, Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race\nWhile the top 10 places remain the same, race winner Vladimir Karpets moves into 13th position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [24, 72], "content_span": [73, 168]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193598-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a Lleida\nThe 2007 Volta a Lleida (55th edition) road cycling race took place from June 4 to June 9, 2007 in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Francis De Greef took overall victory, becoming second rider of Belgium to win general classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193599-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana\nThe 2007 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 65th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 27 February to 3 March 2007. The race started in Alzira and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d'Epargne team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193600-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Voyageurs Cup\nThe 2007 Voyageurs Cup was the sixth edition of the Voyageurs Cup tournament started by the Canadian supporters group The Voyageurs and the final edition that would take place under its format prior to the Cup's absorption into the new cup competition, the Canadian Championship, organized by the CSA the following season. For the 2007 edition of the tournament only two teams featured, the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 450]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193600-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 Voyageurs Cup\nDuring the previous season, the Toronto Lynx had announced that they were voluntarily relegating themselves two levels, to the USL Premier Development League, likely due to their low attendance (the lowest in the USL 1st Division at that time) and the fact that Major League Soccer expansion franchise Toronto FC would be arriving to the city the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193600-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Voyageurs Cup\nThe 2007 Voyageurs Cup was won by Montreal Impact who tallied a win and a draw across two match dates in the 2007 USL season. The cup was decided in a win by a 2\u20130 win by Montreal Impact the second and final meeting on August 18, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 254]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193600-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Voyageurs Cup, Format\nThe 2007 USL First Division was not a balanced home and away competition where each team played the others an equal number of times; however, owing to a schedule which favoured regional taking priority to alleviate travel, the two sides only played each other twice (home and away). In each match, 3 points were awarded for wins (even had it come in extra time), 1 point was awarded for a draw, and 0 points were awarded for losses (even had it come in extra time). The two teams were ranked according to the total number of points obtained in all matches. The team with the most points would be crowned the champion, and awarded the Voyageurs Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 26], "content_span": [27, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193601-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nThe 2007 women's road cycling season was the eighth season for the Vrienden van het Platteland (UCI code: VVP) cycling team, which began as Ondernemers van Nature in 2000.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193601-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vrienden van het Platteland season\nThe main victories on the road for the team were the time trial at the Tour of Chongming Island by Ellen van Dijk and the Norwegian and Dutch Time Trial Championships by Anita Valen and Ellen van Dijk. On the track Van Dijk also won the individual pursuit at the Dutch National Track Cycling Championships. At the end of the year the team ended 23rd in the UCI Team's Ranking with Ellen van Dijk as the best individual at the 37th place in the UCI Individual Women's Road Ranking.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193601-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season\nThe first podium place for the team was a third place for Jaccolien Wallaard at Omloop Het Volk in March. In May Ellen van Dijk finished third at Omloop van Borsele and in the time trial stage at the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste F\u00e9minin. Van Dijk finished third again in an international time trial at the Tour of Chongming Island Time trial in June. The day afterwards Van Dijk won the first stage of the Tour of Chongming Island with Wallaard in third place.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 503]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193601-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season\nAfter finishing second in the stage 2 and stage 3 Van Dijk ended also second in the general classification. In July Ellen van Dijk represented the Netherlands at the European Championships (under-23) and finished fifth in the time trial. At the national championships Anita Valen won the time trial in Norway and finished second in the road race. In the Netherlands Ellen van Dijk won the Dutch time trial championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 468]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193601-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Vrienden van het Platteland season, Season\nDue to Van Dijks' good results in the time trials she was chosen to represent the Netherlands in the time trial at the World Championships in Stuttgart where she finished 17th. Due to her good results Ellen van Dijk became sportswomen of the year of Woerden. Van Dijk was invited to join the Dutch national track cycling team. At the national track championships she became Dutch champion in the individual pursuit, ahead of Marianne Vos and Kirsten Wild, and finished fourth in the scratch race and points race.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 47], "content_span": [48, 560]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193601-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Vrienden van het Platteland season, UCI World Ranking\nThe team finished 23rd in the UCI ranking for teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [41, 58], "content_span": [59, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193602-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda was the 53rd edition of the Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda cycle race and was held on 18 February to 22 February 2007. The race started in Otura and finished in Antequera. The race was won by \u00d3scar Freire.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193603-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Asturias\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Asturias was the 51st edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 3 May to 7 May 2007. The race started and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Koldo Gil of the Saunier Duval\u2013Prodir team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193604-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Burgos\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Burgos was the 29th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 14 August to 18 August 2007. The race started in Miranda de Ebro and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Mauricio Soler of the Barloworld team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 282]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193605-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n was the 22nd edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n cycle race and was held on 26 March to 30 March 2007. The race started in Zamora and finished in Soria. The race was won by Alberto Contador.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 258]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193605-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Teams\nSixteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [31, 36], "content_span": [37, 90]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193606-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Colombia\nThe 57th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from July 28 to August 12, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 106]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193607-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, the 62nd edition of the cycle race, took place from 1 September until 23 September 2007. For the first time in a decade, the race started in the region of Galicia, at Vigo, home to \u00d3scar Pereiro, with a flat stage. It was also an unusual Vuelta because the first summit finish came already on the fourth day of racing, with a stage ending atop the famed Lagos de Covadonga. The race was won by Denis Menchov, who also won the Mountains competition and the combined classification, and finished second in the points competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193607-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Jersey progress\nJersey wearers when same rider is leading more than one classification", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [22, 37], "content_span": [38, 108]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193608-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 1 to Stage 11\nStage results and recaps of the 2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a from Stage 1 to Stage 11.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193609-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21\nStage results and recaps of the 2006 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a from Stage 12 to Stage 21.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193609-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21, September 23, 2007: Rivas Vaciamadrid > Madrid, 100\u00a0km.\nTo meet television schedule, the final course in Madrid had been shortened by one lap, to make the distance only 98 kilometers.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 117], "content_span": [118, 245]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193610-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Murcia\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Murcia was the 23rd edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 7 March to 11 March 2007. The race started in San Pedro del Pinatar and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Alejandro Valverde.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 20], "section_span": [20, 20], "content_span": [21, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193611-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Peru\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Peru was a road cycling race held from 2 to 11 February 2007 in Peru. It was a multiple stage race over a prologue and eight stages with a total of 775.9 kilometres (482.1 miles).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 216]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193612-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a San Juan\nThe 2007 Vuelta a San Juan was held from 11 to 21 January 2007 in Argentina. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over a prologue and ten stages.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 189]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193613-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta a Venezuela\nThe 2007 Vuelta a Venezuela was held from August 27 to September 9, 2007. The 44th annual edition of the stage race started with an Individual Time Trial (18.8\u00a0km) in Car\u00fapano, and ended in Caracas.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193614-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta al T\u00e1chira\nThe 2007 Vuelta al T\u00e1chira was held from 7 to 21 January 2007 in Venezuela. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over seven stages with a total of over 1600 kilometres.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193614-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Vuelta al T\u00e1chira\nColombian Hern\u00e1n Buenahora edged his Gobernaci\u00f3n del Zulia - Alcald\u00eda de Cabimas teammate and defending champion Manuel Medina. Medina won the mountains classification and Venezuelan Jackson Rodr\u00edguez of Loteria Del Tachira-Banfoandes captured the points classification.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 293]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193615-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WABA Champions Cup\nThe WABA Champions Cup 2007 was the 10th staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Aleppo, Syria between April 1 and April 9. The top four teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193616-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was March 6\u201310 in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The winners of the tournament were the second-seeded New Mexico State Aggies, the host team. Regular season champion #10 Nevada was upset in the semifinals by Utah State.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 318]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193616-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nIn the NCAA Tournament, New Mexico State was seeded #13 in the East region and lost in the first round; Nevada was the #7 seed in the South region and advanced to the second round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193616-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament\nFresno State and Utah State made the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), but both lost road games in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193617-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFF Championship\nThe 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship was held in Jordan's capital Amman. Iran won the final against Iraq 2\u20131. The 6 entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16 and 24 June 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193619-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFF Women's Championship\nThe 2007 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship was held in Amman, Jordan. It was the second West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship held. Four teams competed and Jordan, the hosts and defending champions, won the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 281]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season\nThe 2007 WAFL season was the 123rd season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League. The season saw Subiaco, confounding the critics who expected them to slip after winning their second premiership in three years, win their second consecutive premiership for the first time in ninety-four seasons, with injury-plagued forward Brad Smith overcoming two reconstructions that wiped out 2005 and 2006 to kick 126 goals for the season, the most in the WAFL since Warren Ralph kicked 128 for Claremont in 1983. Smith also achieved the unique feat for a full-forward of winning the Simpson Medal in the Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 650]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season\nThe top three teams between 2004 and 2006 \u2013 the Lions, Claremont and South Fremantle \u2013 maintained their tight grip in 2007, though there were notable improvements from East Fremantle, who had won a mere nineteen games between 2003 and 2006 but rose to nine victories in 2007, and East Perth, who returned to the finals for the first time in four seasons. Claremont won eighteen of nineteen matches after two opening losses before their inexperience told against the hardened Lions in the Grand Final, resulting in a short but quite steep fall in the following two seasons.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 1\nEast Fremantle break a record sequence of thirteen straight losses against their derby rivals, with their previous win having been on Foundation Day of 2002.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 205]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 2\nSubiaco\u2019s 154-point win is their biggest over former rival South Fremantle and Bradley Smith\u2019s thirteen goals a record for any Subiaco player against the Bulldogs", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 47], "content_span": [48, 210]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 15\nFor the first and only time in their history, Swan Districts lose three consecutive matches by over 100 points.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 160]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 20\nPeel record their highest aggregate score on record of 290 points, beating their previous 2000 record against Swan Districts by nineteen. East Perth amazingly kick 7.11 (53) in the third quarter but 5.0 (30) in the last.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final\nSeventeen-year-old rover Daniel Rich dominates around the ground to crush the Bulldogs, who kick only 3.5 (23) to 17.9 (111) after half-time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final\nThis was also the last preliminary final held at Subiaco Oval From 2008 it was moved to the loser of the major semi final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 43], "content_span": [44, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193620-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final\nTwo medals in the Grand Final cap an amazing comeback for Brad Smith and give Subiaco a thoroughly deserved premiership.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 37], "content_span": [38, 158]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193621-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament\nThe 2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th conference playoff in league history and 53rd season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2007 tournament was played between March 9 and March 17, 2007, at five conference arenas and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 456]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193621-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 453]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193621-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format\nThe winners of the first round series advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 45], "content_span": [46, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193621-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings\nNote: PTS = Points; GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 67], "content_span": [68, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WD5\n2007 WD5 is an Apollo asteroid some 50\u00a0m (160\u00a0ft) in diameter and a Mars-crosser asteroid first observed on 20 November 2007, by Andrea Boattini of the Catalina Sky Survey. Early observations of 2007 WD5 caused excitement amongst the scientific community when it was estimated as having as high as a 1 in 25 chance of colliding with Mars on 30 January 2008. However, by 9 January 2008, additional observations allowed NASA's Near Earth Object Program (NEOP) to reduce the uncertainty region resulting in only a 1-in-10,000 chance of impact.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 549]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 WD5\n2007 WD5 most likely passed Mars at a distance of 6.5 Mars radii. Due to this relatively small distance and the uncertainty level of the prior observations, the gravitational effects of Mars on its trajectory are unknown and, according to Steven Chesley of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near-Earth Object program, 2007 WD5 is currently considered 'lost' (see lost asteroids).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [8, 8], "content_span": [9, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WD5, Discovery\nThe asteroid was discovered on 20 November 2007 by Andrea Boattini of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey on Mount Lemmon, near Tucson, Arizona, United States, using a 1.5-meter telescope. It was discovered in the constellation Taurus at an apparent magnitude of +20. This is about 400,000 times fainter than most people can see with the naked eye on a dark night far from city lights. It was discovered nineteen days after passing near Earth. By the time it arrived at Mars it had an apparent magnitude of roughly +26 and therefore appeared over 100 times fainter than at the time of discovery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 19], "content_span": [20, 615]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WD5, Mars encounter: chance of impact, Timeline of observations and events\nThis trend of increasing probability of impact followed by a dramatic decrease is typical as uncertainties are gradually reduced. In December 2004, a similar trend was observed with 99942 Apophis where the predicted probability of impact with Earth in 2029 at one point reached as high as 2.7%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 79], "content_span": [80, 374]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WD5, Mars encounter: chance of impact, Estimates of resulting impact\nIf the asteroid had collided with Mars, it would have hit with a velocity of about 13.5\u00a0km/s (8.4 miles per second), and would have produced an explosion equivalent to about 3 megatons of TNT. Due to the thin atmosphere of Mars, it was predicted that the asteroid would have reached the surface intact and blasted out a crater approximately 0.8\u00a0km (0.5\u00a0mi) in diameter. A crater this size would be equal to the size of the Meteor Crater in Arizona, United States. NASA officials say if it had hit Mars, it would have done so north of the location of the Opportunity rover.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 73], "content_span": [74, 646]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WD5, Mars encounter: chance of impact, Estimates of resulting impact\n2007 WD5 is roughly the size of the cometary object that caused the Tunguska event in 1908, in remote central Siberia, Russia. Due to the Earth's greater gravity, an impact with the power of Tunguska is expected to occur once every few hundred years. Since Mars has only 1/10 the mass to attract objects, these types of impacts occur roughly every one thousand years on Mars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 73], "content_span": [74, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193622-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WD5, Future encounters\nIn July 2003, the asteroid passed within 0.012 AU of Mars. The exact fate of 2007 WD5 following the January 2008 Mars encounter is unknown although it likely passed Mars at a distance of 6.5 Mars radii. Mars, unlike Jupiter, is not big enough to eject the asteroid from the Solar System; however, the gravitation effect from the encounter on the asteroid's trajectory is uncertain and the asteroid is currently considered 'lost'. Assuming 2007 WD5 passed Mars safely, its low inclination to the ecliptic of only 2.3 degrees and high eccentricity of 0.6 could cause it to swing close to Mars or Earth for years or decades into the future.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 8], "section_span": [10, 27], "content_span": [28, 665]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193623-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WDF World Cup\nThe 2007 WDF World Cup was the 16th edition of the WDF World Cup darts tournament, organised by the World Darts Federation. It was held in Rosmalen, Netherlands from October 11 to 14. This event was televised by Eurosport", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 240]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193624-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nThe 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 21\u201325, 2007 over the South Course at The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. It was the ninth WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007. It was the first time the championship was played at The Gallery, having previously been hosted by the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193624-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship\nHenrik Stenson defeated defending champion Geoff Ogilvy 2 and 1 in the 36 hole final to claim his first World Golf Championships title. The total purse was $8,000,000 of which Stenson earned $1,350,000. He also became the first player from Continental Europe to win one of the individual World Golf Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193624-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Brackets\nThe Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. Number 60 Charl Schwartzel decided to play the South African PGA Championship on the Sunshine Tour in an effort to claim that Tour's Order of Merit (he was successful). Number 65 J. J. Henry took Schwartzel's place in the field.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [44, 52], "content_span": [53, 466]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nThe 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2\u20135, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational\nWorld number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [33, 33], "content_span": [34, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teamsChad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio Garc\u00eda (3,4), P\u00e1draig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teamsStuart Appleby (3,4), \u00c1ngel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to eventRobert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or moreWoody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Gr\u00e9gory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Rapha\u00ebl Jacquelin, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193625-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Field\n6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 33], "section_span": [35, 40], "content_span": [41, 112]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship\nThe 2007 WGC-CA Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from March 22\u201325 over the Blue Monster Course at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida. It was the eighth WGC-CA Championship tournament, and the second of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007. It was the first tournament under the sponsorship of CA, Inc. and took the place of the Ford Championship at Doral on the PGA Tour schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 448]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship\nWorld number 1 Tiger Woods was the two-time defending champion and won the tournament to capture his third consecutive and sixth overall WGC-CA Championship and his 13th World Golf Championships title. This was the second time Woods captured three consecutive titles at the same WCG event (he also won NEC Invitational from 1999\u22122001). Later in 2007, Woods would win a third consecutive WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title (formerly known as the NEC Invitational). Geoff Ogilvy and Dustin Johnson are the only other players in WGC history to win at least three WGC titles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n1. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to eventRobert Allenby (2), Stephen Ames (2,3), Stuart Appleby (2,3), Aaron Baddeley (2,4,5), Bart Bryant (2), \u00c1ngel Cabrera (2,6), Chad Campbell (2,3), Michael Campbell (2,7,8), Paul Casey (2,6,7,8), K. J. Choi (2,3), Stewart Cink (2,3), Tim Clark (2), Chris DiMarco (2), Luke Donald (2,3,6), Joe Durant (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,6,7,8), Niclas Fasth (2,6), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio Garc\u00eda (2,6), Lucas Glover (2,3), Retief Goosen (2,3,6,7,8), Paul Goydos (2,4,5), P\u00e1draig Harrington (2,6), Charles Howell III (2,4,5), David Howell (2,6), Trevor Immelman (2,3,7,8), Robert Karlsson (2,6), Shingo Katayama (2,10), Davis Love III (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (2,6), Arron Oberholser (2,3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Nick O'Hern (2,7,8,11), Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal (2), Rod Pampling (2,3), Carl Pettersson (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,6), Rory Sabbatini (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3), Jeev Milkha Singh (2,6,9,10), Vijay Singh (2,3,4,5), Henrik Stenson (2,5,6,7,8), Steve Stricker (2), David Toms (2,3), Mike Weir (2), Brett Wetterich (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5), Yang Yong-eun (2,7,8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 1182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n2. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n3. Top 30 from the final 2006 PGA Tour money listBen Curtis, J. J. Henry, Zach Johnson, Tom Pernice Jr., Brett Quigley, Dean Wilson", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n4. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list two weeks prior to eventMark Calcavecchia (5), Charley Hoffman, John Rollins (5), Mark Wilson (5)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n5. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list one week prior to event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 105]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n6. Top 20 from the final 2006 European Tour Order of MeritJohn Bickerton, Thomas Bj\u00f8rn, Paul Broadhurst, Johan Edfors, Charl Schwartzel (12), Anthony Wall", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n7. Top 10 from the European Tour Order of Merit two weeks prior to eventAnton Haig (8)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 118]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n8. Top 10 from the European Tour Order of Merit one week prior to event", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 103]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n9. Top 3 from the final 2006 Asian Tour Order of MeritThongchai Jaidee, Prom Meesawat", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 117]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n10. Top 3 from the final 2006 Japan Golf Tour Order of MeritHideto Tanihara", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 107]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n11. Top 3 from the final 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritNathan Green, Kevin Stadler", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 127]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193626-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 WGC-CA Championship, Field\n12. Top 3 from the final 2006-07 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritLouis Oosthuizen, Hennie Otto", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [26, 31], "content_span": [32, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193627-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA All-Star Game\nThe 2007 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 15, 2007 at Verizon Center in Washington D.C., home of the Washington Mystics. The game was the 8th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the second time Washington has hosted the basketball showcase, after previously hosting the 2002 game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [23, 23], "content_span": [24, 309]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193627-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches\nThe coach for the Western Conference all-stars was Sacramento Monarchs coach Jenny Boucek. The coach for the Eastern Conference was Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 23], "section_span": [25, 51], "content_span": [52, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals\nThe 2007 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2007 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Phoenix Mercury, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Detroit Shock, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, three games to two in a best-of-five series. This was Phoenix's first ever professional basketball title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 387]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals\n2007 marked the first time in WNBA history that the series was won on the opponent's home floor. The Mercury beat the Shock in Detroit. The Shock made their third appearance in the Finals in five years. The Mercury appeared in the Finals for the second time since in franchise history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 302]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals\nGoing into the series, the Shock had won two championships, tied with the Los Angeles Sparks for second most in WNBA history. The now defunct Houston Comets hold the record with four championships won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 218]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals\nThe Shock's 24\u201310 record gave them home court advantage over Phoenix (23\u201311). It did not matter, however, as the Mercury won game five on the Shock's home floor and became champions of the WNBA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 211]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Road to the finals, Regular season series\nThe Detroit Shock won both games in the regular season series:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 59], "content_span": [60, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nThe Detroit Shock shook off the absence of their interior star Cheryl Ford and held off the run-and-gun Phoenix Mercury in a wild 108\u2013100 victory in Game 1 of the WNBA finals. Detroit outrebounded Phoenix 48-30 and scored often on putbacks and other high-percentage shots. The Shock's bench outscored Phoenix's 50\u201312.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nPenny Taylor scored 32 points and Cappie Pondexter had 27 to lead the Mercury, who struggled when All-Star Diana Taurasi missed significant stretches of the game with foul trouble.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 1\nTaurasi, who averaged 20 points in the Mercury's first four playoff games and 25 during the regular season, was held scoreless in the first half. She scored a quick nine points in the third before being whistled for a loose ball foul with 5:37 to go in the quarter. The contact on Detroit's Katie Smith resulted in Taurasi's fifth foul and she sat on the bench for the remainder of the quarter. Taurasi fouled out with two minutes remaining in the game. She finished with 10 points in 22 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 537]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nDiana Taurasi bounced back from her woeful Game 1 with 30 points to help the Mercury even the five-game series. During Game 2, she stayed out of foul trouble and scored from all over the court, including seven 3-pointers. Taurasi's long 3 made it 76\u201344 with less than 3 minutes to play in the third quarter and capped a 15\u20132 Mercury run. She also had eight rebounds and three assists.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nTaurasi's inspired play helped offset the return of forward Cheryl Ford to Detroit's lineup. The four-time All-Star, who missed the first game with a left knee injury, had five points and seven rebounds, but played less than half the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 2\nPhoenix outscored Detroit in the first three quarters and played most of the fourth without its starters. The Mercury led by as many as 34 and were ahead for the final 37 minutes of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 232]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nKatie Smith scored 22 points, one shy of her career playoff high, to help the defending champions beat the cold-shooting Mercury 88\u201383 and take a 2\u20131 lead in the WNBA finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 215]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nThe 33-year-old Detroit forward, in her 12th pro season, made 4-of-8 3-pointers, 3-for-4 in an 11-point third quarter. Phoenix, meanwhile, shot 35 percent, including a miserable 5-for-31 on 3s, in front of a loud home crowd of 12,024.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 3\nDeanna Nolan, who scored 20, sank a crucial 3-pointer with 1:53 to go, then sealed the victory with four consecutive free throws in the final 8.3 seconds. Diana Taurasi scored 22 for the Mercury. Tangela Smith scored 17 but made only 6 of 17 shots for Phoenix. She was 0-for-6 on 3s. Penny Taylor was in foul trouble most of the night but still played 33 minutes and had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 454]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nWith the poor-shooting Phoenix Mercury on the verge of elimination, coach Paul Westhead decided to run the offense through Cappie Pondexter. Pondexter scored a game-high 26 points, including a driving bank shot with 21 seconds to play, and the Phoenix Mercury defeated the Detroit Shock 77\u201376 to force a deciding fifth game in the WNBA finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 384]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nThe Mercury will try to become the first team in WNBA history to win a title on the road. Detroit, which won championships in 2003 and 2006, goes home to the Palace of Auburn Hills, where it is 5\u20131 this postseason. The only loss was a 28-point rout by the Mercury in Game 2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 4\nPhoenix shot 34.7 percent from the floor in an 88\u201383 loss in Game 3 - matching the worst shooting percentage in Westhead's two seasons as head coach. The Mercury came out just as cold this time, hitting two of their first 11 shots and finishing the first period 5-for-18 (27.8 percent). But Detroit was even more out of sync, and the Mercury went on a 14\u20134 run late in the first quarter and early in the second to take a 22\u201314 lead. The Shock found their rhythm in the second quarter, hitting 9-of-19 shots to take a 35\u201333 halftime lead. But they had missed an opportunity to bury the Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nA fast start helped Phoenix become the first team in the WNBA's 11-year history to claim the title on the road. Cappie Pondexter, in her second year in the league, scored 26 points and was chosen as the series MVP. Penny Taylor scored 30 points and Diana Taurasi had 17 for the Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nThe Shock lost the last two games of the series, ending their bid to win back-to-back titles. Detroit also won the championship in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nPhoenix took some steam out of the home crowd, announced at more than 22,000, by surging to a 20\u20139 lead midway through the first quarter. Taurasi had eight points, including two 3-pointers, in that stretch. The large deficit quickly took Detroit out of its game. The Mercury's smallest lead in the second half was nine points. Katie Smith had 18 points for Detroit, which committed 17 turnovers compared to only nine for the Mercury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 474]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193628-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Finals, Game summaries, Game 5\nThis was the Mercury's first WNBA championship. They previously appeared in the WNBA Finals in 1998.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 40], "content_span": [41, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193629-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Playoffs\nThe 2007 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2007 season which ended with the Western Conference champion Phoenix Mercury defeating the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Shock 3-2.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [18, 18], "content_span": [19, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193629-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Eastern Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193629-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Playoffs, Playoff qualifying, Western Conference\nThe following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 58], "content_span": [59, 116]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193629-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA Playoffs, Bracket\nThis was the outlook for the 2007 WNBA playoffs. Teams in italics had home court advantage. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 18], "section_span": [20, 27], "content_span": [28, 364]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193630-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA draft\nThe 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 161]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193630-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA draft\nThe first phase, held January 8, 2007 via conference call, was a dispersal draft from the roster of the Charlotte Sting, which folded on January 3. This was the first dispersal draft since before the 2004 season, after the Cleveland Rockers folded. The teams selected in inverse order of their 2006 won-loss record, without regard to the results of the WNBA draft lottery. All Sting players were available except for unrestricted free agents Allison Feaster and Tammy Sutton-Brown.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 497]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193630-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA draft\nThe main draft was held on April 4, 2007, inside the Renaissance Hotel on Cleveland's Public Square, the day after the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament ended.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193630-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA draft\nThe previous year's draft was held in Boston the night before the championship game of the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which was also in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside of New Jersey.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193630-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA draft\nA lottery was held on October 26, 2006 among the teams with the worst records in the previous season to determine the order of the top six picks in the first round of the draft. As in the NBA Draft, the teams' chances were weighted so that the team with the worst record, in this case the Chicago Sky, had the best chance of receiving the top pick. The lottery was used to determine only the top two picks, with picks 3 through 6 going to the other lottery teams in inverse order of record.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193630-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 WNBA draft\nThe Phoenix Mercury, despite having the best record of the six teams involved and thus the worst mathematical chance of winning, drew the top pick. It was the first time since the institution of the lottery for the 2002 Draft that the top pick was earned by the team with the worst mathematical chance of winning. Also for the first time, the team with the second-worst odds of earning the top pick, in this case the San Antonio Silver Stars, received the second pick. The remaining first-round picks, plus all picks in the second and third rounds, are allocated in inverse order of regular-season record, without regard to playoff results (as in the NBA Draft).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193631-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBA season\nThe 2007 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's 11th season. On January 3, 2007 The Charlotte Sting folded. Three months later on April 4, the WNBA held their annual draft in Cleveland, Ohio. Lindsey Harding of Duke University was selected number one by the Phoenix Mercury. The Duke point guard was traded later to the Minnesota Lynx for Tangela Smith. The San Antonio Silver Stars selected Ohio State University center, Jessica Davenport. Davenport was traded to the New York Liberty for Becky Hammon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193631-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 WNBA season\nThe season kicked off on May 19, with a rematch of the 2006 WNBA Finals between the Sacramento Monarchs and the Detroit Shock. The Shock defeated the Monarchs 75-68. On July 15 The All Star Game was played at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.. The Eastern All Stars defeated the Western All Stars 103-99. Detroit Shock center, Cheryl Ford won the MVP of the game. Playing 27 minutes contributing 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists for the Eastern All Stars victory. The 2007 WNBA regular season ended on August 19.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 538]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193631-0000-0002", "contents": "2007 WNBA season\nLauren Jackson of the Seattle Storm was named league MVP. Dan Hughes of the San Antonio Silver Stars was named Coach of the Year. Armintie Price of the Chicago Sky was named Rookie of The Year. The 2007 WNBA season officially ended on September 16 when the Phoenix Mercury won the season WNBA Championship. The Mercury defeated the Detroit Shock 3 games to 2. Mercury guard Cappie Pondexter was named Finals MVP.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 429]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193632-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WNBL Finals\nThe 2007 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2006\u201307 season. The Canberra Capitals were the defending champions and they successfully defended their title, defeating the Sydney Uni Flames 73\u201359. The 2007 Championship would be Canberra's fifth overall title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship\nThe 2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship (billed in the host country as 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship) was the 18th annual international nine-ball pool tournament for men sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It was held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines from 3\u201311 November 2007. It was the second consecutive time the tournament has been held in the Philippines.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship\nThe tournament is sponsored by Matchroom Sport, which has sponsored the event since 1999. 128 participants from 46 WPA member countries competed for US$400,000 in total prize money, including defending champion Ronato Alcano of the Philippines. The overall winner received a purse of $100,000, the highest-ever payout for the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 381]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, Format\nThe Format of qualifying used on 2006 was used for 2007. Several last-minute qualifying tournaments were held in the Metro Manila area a few weeks before the tournament starts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, Format\nAll matches are in winner's break: the winner of the previous rack will break on the next rack, it was reverted from alternate break used in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 198]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, Format\nThere are 32 seeded players prior to the group stages; they are distributed 2 per group. The defending champion, Ronnie Alcano, is seeded #1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 193]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, Format\nAlso, a double-elimination tournament will be used for the group stages; instead of 32 groups of 4, there will be 16 groups of eight, with the top four advancing. Each player will be seeded 1\u20138 in their groups, with a routine double-elimination tournament following the first round; however the player that wins twice will advance to the quarterfinals and will not take part in other group matches, in contrast if a player loses two games, he is eliminated. The top four players in each group therefore would have won twice. After the group stages, the routine 64-man single elimination tournament follows.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 658]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, Format\nIn the initial group stages the format consists of races to 9 racks. The last 64 play races to 10 racks. This is followed by the round of 16 (quarterfinals and semifinals) where the races are to 11 racks. The race in the finals jumps to 17 racks.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 51], "content_span": [52, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193633-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship, Players, By nation\nThe WPA considered the home nations of England and Scotland as separate entities for the tournament and the codes of \"ENG\" and \"SCO\" was subsequently shown in the TV broadcast instead of \"GBR.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [45, 63], "content_span": [64, 257]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193634-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA World Eight-ball Championship\nThe 2007 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball world championship, organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA), and held 1\u20138 March 2007 at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre of the Al Diar Siji Hotel in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A total of 64 players competed in the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 344]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193634-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA World Eight-ball Championship\nThe event was won by Ronato Alcano, who defeated Dennis Orcollo in the final 11\u20138.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 121]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193634-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Preliminary Round\nThe following players won one match in the preliminary round, and finished between 33 and 48th", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193634-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, Tournament bracket, Preliminary Round\nThe following players did not win a round in the preliminary tournament, and were ranked 49th to 64th.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 77], "content_span": [78, 180]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193635-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour\nThe 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour was an Australian endurance race for Production Cars, held over a twelve-hour period starting from 5:45am on 8 April 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales. It was the fifth Bathurst 12 Hour race and the first to be staged since 1994. It was also the opening round of the 2007 Australian Production Car Championship.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 396]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193635-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour\nThe race was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars and to invited cars not eligible under Group 3E, but otherwise subject to compliance with Group 3E specifications. These included Tarmac Rally Cars built to Modern Tarmac Rally Spec Rules and cars that had competed in the Australian Performance Car Championship and the Australian Production Car Championship in the last five years. After 257 laps and 1596 kilometres of racing, Garry Holt, Paul Morris and Craig Baird claimed victory in a BMW 335i, finishing a minute and 18 seconds ahead of the Subaru Impreza WRX STi of rally drivers Chris Atkinson, Dean Herridge and Cody Crocker.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 663]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193635-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour, Results\nFastest lap was 2m32.5945s, recorded by Car 20 when driven by Craig Baird.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 34], "content_span": [35, 109]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193636-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WPSL season\nThe 2007 Women's Premier Soccer League season was the 11th season of the WPSL.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 95]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193636-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WPSL season\nFC Indiana finished the season as national champions, beating New England Mutiny in the WPSL Championship game in Tampa, Florida on 27 July 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193636-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WPSL season, Playoffs, Conference Semi-Finals\nNew England Mutiny 6-0 Northampton LaurelsAtlantic City Diablos 3-1 Long Island Fury", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 50], "content_span": [51, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193636-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WPSL season, Playoffs, Conference Finals\nNew England Mutiny 2-1 Atlantic City DiablosTampa Bay Elite 2-1 Denver Diamonds", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 45], "content_span": [46, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193636-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WPSL season, Playoffs, National Semi Finals\nFC Indiana 1-1 Ajax America Women (Indiana wins 4-3 on penalties)New England Mutiny 1-1 Tampa Bay Elite 1-1 (New England wins 5-4 on penalties)", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 48], "content_span": [49, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193637-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WSBL season\nThe 2007 WSBL season was the 19th season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 30 March and ended on Saturday 4 August. The finals began on Friday 10 August and ended on Friday 7 September, when the Perry Lakes Hawks defeated the Stirling Senators in the WSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [16, 16], "content_span": [17, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193637-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WSBL season, Regular season\nThe regular season began on Friday 30 March and ended on Saturday 4 August after 18 rounds of competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 32], "content_span": [33, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193637-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WSBL season, Finals\nThe finals began on Friday 10 August and ended on Friday 7 September with the WSBL Grand Final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 16], "section_span": [18, 24], "content_span": [25, 120]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193638-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tier I Series\nThe WTA Tier I Events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193638-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tier I Series\nThe table below shows the 2007 WTA Tier I Series schedule.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 81]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour\nThe 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2007 tennis season. The calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-IV Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour\nJustine Henin put together an exceptional season, winning 10 out of the 14 events she entered. This included her sixth and seventh Grand Slam titles at the French Open and U.S. Open, whilst compiling a 63\u20134 win-loss record. Following her loss to Marion Bartoli in the Wimbledon semifinals she went undefeated for the rest of the year, in the process becoming the first woman to earn over $5 million in a single season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 432]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour\nMeanwhile, the Williams sisters returned to the forefront of tennis after years of injury struggles, with both finishing the season in the top ten, the first time since 2004 that Serena Williams finished in the upper elite in the rankings. Serena's emphatic victory at the Australian Open, ranked No. 81, surprised the tennis world. Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam overall, becoming the lowest ranked woman to win at Wimbledon.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 476]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour\nThe season saw two former world No. 1s retire and another one make her return. Kim Clijsters cut her farewell tour short by retiring abruptly in May, having originally been due to play her last event in October. She later returned in 2009. Martina Hingis was forced to quit after she admitted that she had tested positive for cocaine. However, Lindsay Davenport made a successful return to the tour following her pregnancy and won two tournament titles in the latter half of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [13, 13], "content_span": [14, 500]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nSerena Williams started the season by unexpectedly winning her eighth singles Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. Many critics and commentators had already written her off, questioning her desire and fitness, especially after an early loss in her only warm-up tournament the week before. Williams won the title in emphatic fashion, thrashing Maria Sharapova in the final in a performance that BBC Sport called \"arguably the most powerful display ever seen in women's tennis.\" In her earlier matches she was pushed by Nadia Petrova in round three and then by Shahar Pe'er in the quarterfinals. Defending champion Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo suffered an early loss to Lucie \u0160af\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, allowing Nicole Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1 to reach her second Grand Slam semifinal. Despite losing in the final, Sharapova managed to return to the No. 1 ranking for the second time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 880]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nAfter withdrawing from the Australian Open due to marital problems, Justine Henin returned for Paris in February. She later won titles in Dubai and Doha that month. Kim Clijsters bade a tearful farewell to her home crowd in Belgium, playing Antwerp for the final time due to her planned retirement in October. She lost the final to Am\u00e9lie Mauresmo, who won the unique diamond racket for winning the event three times. Martina Hingis won the title in Tokyo for her fifth win at that tournament, more than any other player. Venus Williams returned from missing the Australian Open with a wrist injury by winning a smaller tournament in Memphis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 681]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nIn March, Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 overcame a five-year hiatus between tour titles to win Indian Wells, the same event where she won her first title at in 2002. Sharapova lost to Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round and thus surrendered her No. 1 position back to Henin. Elsewhere Serena Williams backed up her Australian Open triumph with a win in Miami, saving match points against Henin in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nSerbians Jelena Jankovi\u0107 and Ana Ivanovic dominated the clay season leading up to the French Open, winning the three biggest warm-up tournaments. Jankovi\u0107 took the titles at Charleston and Rome, while Ivanovic won in Berlin. Svetlana Kuznetsova was the runner-up in the latter two events. Also during the clay court season Kim Clijsters announced her retirement, months earlier than anticipated, following an early loss in Warsaw. The finish to the clay season saw Henin pick up her fourth French Open title, and sixth Slam overall. She defeated a nervous Ana Ivanovic, in her maiden Grand Slam final, in only an hour and five minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 674]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nWimbledon saw an unexpected final between Venus Williams and Marion Bartoli, the two lowest seeds to ever play in the final. Bartoli beat Jankovi\u0107 in the fourth round and Henin in the semifinals, a win that was seen as \"one of the biggest upsets ever\". Williams was on the brink of losing in two of her early round matches, before beating Sharapova, Kuznetsova and Ivanovic back-to-back. In the final, Williams triumphed for her fourth Wimbledon title and sixth Slam overall. Other upsets included Vaidi\u0161ov\u00e1's win over the defending champion Mauresmo, who continued to struggle for form throughout the season aside from a run to the final in Eastbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 692]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nOn the summer hardcourts Anna Chakvetadze produced some strong results, winning back-to-back titles in Cincinnati and Stanford, and then reaching the semifinals in San Diego, being stopped by eventual champion Sharapova. Ivanovic won the event in Los Angeles. Henin won her only warm-up tournament in Toronto, beating Jankovi\u0107 in the final.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nHenin then won her seventh Grand Slam trophy at the U.S. Open and second of the year. She beat both Serena and Venus Williams in the quarterfinal and semifinal respectively, becoming one of the few women to beat them back-to-back, and then Kuznetsova in the final. Venus Williams made it to the semifinals with wins over both Ivanovic and Jankovi\u0107. Chakvetadze backed up her successful results in the warm-ups by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal, advancing from a quarter that saw defending champion Sharapova knocked out by Agnieszka Radwa\u0144ska in the third round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nLindsay Davenport made a return from her pregnancy in Bali, where she ended up winning the title. She followed that up by winning in Quebec. Henin won titles in Stuttgart and Z\u00fcrich during the fall season, beating Tatiana Golovin in both finals. Elena Dementieva recorded her first ever win over Serena Williams to win her home event in Moscow. In November, Martina Hingis announced that she had tested positive for cocaine in a drugs test, and was hereby retiring from professional tennis.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193639-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles\nThe climax of the season was, as ever, the WTA Tour Championships. The eight qualifiers were Henin, Jankovi\u0107, Kuznetsova, Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Chakvetadze, Venus Williams and Hantuchov\u00e1. Venus Williams later withdrew and Maria Sharapova replaced her. Also during round robin play Serena Williams withdrew, and Marion Bartoli was brought in as the alternate. The final saw Henin beat Sharapova to finish her career best year on a high note. She ended the season with a 63\u20134 win-loss record\u2014the most impressive record in a single season since Steffi Graf in 1989, and won her last 25 matches of the year. She also became the first woman to earn over $5 million in a season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 13], "section_span": [15, 38], "content_span": [39, 716]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships\nThe 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held from 6 November though 11 November 2007, in Madrid, Spain.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 362]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships\nSince 2005, main tournament sponsor is Sony Ericsson; and for the second time, the final event in the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar is held in Spain, on Casa de Campo grounds, in Madrid Arena.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 222]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships\nJustine Henin from Belgium won the tournament and the check for $1 million, her second tournament title in a row, defeating Maria Sharapova in three sets. Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Ai Sugiyama and Katarina Srebotnik in the final of doubles competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 291]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nOn August 1, the first two players to qualify for the Championships were Justine Henin from Belgium and Jelena Jankovi\u0107 from Serbia. Henin, last year's winner, leads the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour with nine singles titles already claimed in 2007, including French Open and US Open, and also titles in Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, Eastbourne, Toronto, Stuttgart and Zurich. Jankovi\u0107 is the first Serbian woman representing her country to qualify for the season-ending event. This season, she has won four singles titles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Auckland, Charleston, Rome, and Birmingham. She also reached the semifinals at the French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 684]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nBy reaching the semifinals on September 7, and later the final of the US Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia moved up to third on the Sony Ericsson Points Standings, just behind Henin and Jankovi\u0107. Her season highlights include winning the New Haven tournament a week before the US Open, and four runner-up finishes in Doha, Indian Wells, Berlin and Rome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nAna Ivanovic from Serbia was the fourth player to qualify, by reaching the semifinals on September 27 at Luxembourg. Ivanovic was this year's runner-up at the French Open, and a semifinalist at Wimbledon. This season Ivanovic has won tournaments in Berlin, Los Angeles and Luxembourg.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 333]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nSerena Williams of the United States, and 8-time singles Grand Slam champion was the fifth player to qualify on October 15 by virtue of reaching the finals in Moscow. Williams was also this year's winner at the Australian Open and in Key Biscayne. She also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 378]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nAnna Chakvetadze from Russia became the sixth player to qualify on October 23, ensuring herself one of the eight berths by collecting 2,626 race points. Chakvetadze is having the best season of her career, having won four singles titles at Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati and Stanford. She has won over 50 singles matches, reached the semifinals of the US Open and the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Roland Garros, in addition to winning over $1 million in prize money so far.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 540]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nWimbledon champion Venus Williams was forced to withdraw on October 28 due to severe dizziness. In 2007, the American won three titles, winning Memphis, Seoul and her sixth Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 270]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Singles\nThe last two places went to Daniela Hantuchov\u00e1 and, due to the withdrawal of Williams, Maria Sharapova. Both had exceptional seasons on the Tour, with Hantuchov\u00e1 winning her first title in five years at Indian Wells and following it up with a win at Linz, as well as runner-up finishes at Bali and Luxembourg. Sharapova was the runner-up at the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, and also won the title at San Diego. She also reached the semifinals of the French Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 48], "content_span": [49, 533]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Doubles teams\nOn August 16, Cara Black, from Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber originally from South Africa, who became American citizen in August; were the first team to qualify for the Championships. In 2007 season, they won seven tournaments, including two Grand Slams, Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships, and also tournaments in Paris, Antwerp, Dubai, San Diego and Moscow.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 420]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Doubles teams\nThe two-time defending champions in 2005 and 2006, Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur are unable to compete in this year's Championships, due to a viral illness from which Stosur is recuperating. In 2007, the American-Australian duo won four Tier-I tournaments in Tokyo, Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Berlin, and also the tournament in Eastbourne.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 398]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Doubles teams\nChan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung, from Taiwan, have become the second team to qualify for Madrid, officials announced on October 22. Chan and Chung won three Tour doubles titles this year, including tournaments in Bangalore, Birmingham, and in 's-Hertogenbosch. They also holds runner-up trophies this year at the Australian Open, and the US Open.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Qualifying, Doubles teams\nSlovenian-Japanese duo, Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama and the Czech-Australian duo of Kv\u011bta Peschke and Rennae Stubbs are the third and fourth teams to qualify. Srebotnik and Sugiyama won only one title, in Toronto, and also runners-up at French Open and Wimbledon. It is Srebotnik's first individual trip, while Sugiyama makes her sixth. In 2007, Peschke and Stubbs won tournaments in Los Angeles, Stuttgart, and in Zurich.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 54], "content_span": [55, 484]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Prize money and points\nFrom the 2001 WTA Tour, prize money for the Sony Ericsson Championships is threemillion United States dollars.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 51], "content_span": [52, 162]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Seeds and draw\nThe draw consisted of eight players in singles, and four teams in doubles. Players or teams were seeded based on the WTA Tour Rankings current the week prior to the Sony Ericsson Championships, on Monday, October 29.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 43], "content_span": [44, 260]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Seeds and draw, Singles\nThe draw was conducted on Saturday, November 3 by retired Spanish tennis player, Arantxa S\u00e1nchez Vicario, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott, and player representative to this tournament, Anna Chakvetadze. Players were divided into two groups, red and yellow, in honor of the colors of the Spanish flag.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Seeds and draw, Singles\nAfter the draw in singles had been determined, the next two players who would be accepted into the Sony Ericsson Championships, based on total WTA Tour Ranking points in 2007, became the alternates. The alternates were only in singles, and they were required to be in Madrid along with other players who competed. The two alternates on standby were Marion Bartoli and Elena Dementieva; with Bartoli entering the tournament on day 3 due to Serena William's withdrawal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Seeds and draw, Doubles\nDoubles teams started the tournament at the semifinal stage, with the winners of Saturday's opening round advancing to Sunday's final. The doubles draw was conducted on Thursday night, on November 8.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 52], "content_span": [53, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Singles Championship Race, Singles\n'' Table below is in the process of editingPlayers in gold have qualified for Madrid. Players in brown have qualified, but withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Madrid.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 63], "content_span": [64, 280]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193640-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles\nCara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama, 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 44], "content_span": [45, 134]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193641-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Doubles\nLisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were the defending champions, but did not participate in this year's event.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 146]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193641-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Doubles\nCara Black and Liezel Huber won the title, defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama in the final 5\u20137, 6\u20133, [10\u20138].", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 156]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193641-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Doubles\nThis was the first WTA Tour Championships doubles tournament to utilise the super tiebreak in the third set, as opposed to a conventional third set.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193642-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nThe 2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles was the singles event of the 2007 WTA Tour Championships, a season-ending tennis tournament held in November that featured the eight players who had collected the most ranking points during that year's WTA Tour season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 298]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193642-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles\nJustine Henin was the defending champion, and retained her title by beating Russian Maria Sharapova in the final 5\u20137, 7\u20135, 6\u20133. The match lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes, being the longest final match in the entire WTA history.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 263]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193642-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Yellow Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 272]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193642-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Yellow Group\n1 Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament after her first match (left patella femoral inflammation).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193642-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Yellow Group\n2 Bartoli's 6\u20130, 6\u20130 loss was the heaviest defeat in the tournament's history, and the only double bagel.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 57], "content_span": [58, 163]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193642-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 WTA Tour Championships \u2013 Singles, Draw, Red Group\nStandings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 54], "content_span": [55, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 WWE draft\nThe 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) draft, the fifth WWE draft, took place at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on June 11. The first half of the draft was televised live for three hours on World Wrestling Entertainment's program, Raw on USA Network. The second half of the draft, or the \"supplemental draft\", was conducted over WWE's website, WWE.com, for four hours on June 17, 2007 as draft picks were announced at twenty-minute intervals. There were twenty-three draft picks, with twenty-seven wrestlers drafted overall, between the promotion's three brands: Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 628]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0000-0001", "contents": "2007 WWE draft\nFor the televised half of the draft, each brand's draft pick was determined by nine matches, one being a battle royal for two draft picks, where wrestlers from their respective brands wrestled to earn a draft pick. The supplemental draft, however, was conducted randomly, with each brand receiving random draft selections. Raw and SmackDown! received five random draft picks, while ECW received three random draft picks. The televised draft picks were randomly selected by a computer that was shown on the Raw titantron. Every WWE wrestler from Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW was eligible to be drafted.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 612]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 WWE draft, Background\nThe draft was announced by Shane McMahon on the May 28, 2007 episode of Raw from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and was promoted as the \"first ever tri-branded draft\". Besides the promoted draft, the show was billed as \"Mr. McMahon Appreciation Night\", a tribute of appreciation to the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, who was blown up in his limousine later that night.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 405]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 WWE draft, Background\nThe draft lottery is a concept used by WWE to improve its weekly television ratings of Raw, SmackDown! and ECW'. The WWE yet again used the concept in 2007, to improve its television ratings. The 2007 WWE draft was the first official draft lottery to take place in WWE since the 2005 WWE draft lottery.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 26], "content_span": [27, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 WWE draft, Wrestler selections, Televised draft, Matches\nDuring the program, representatives from the Raw, ECW, and SmackDown brands were involved in matches that determined which brand received a draft pick. Overall, there were 9 matches, Both SmackDown! and Raw got four while ECW got two.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 61], "content_span": [62, 296]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 WWE draft, Aftermath\nThe 2007 draft lottery provided WWE's three brands with new wrestlers, allowing for new storylines and rivalries. Television ratings for WWE increased, as Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW became the most watched programs on their respective television networks in the summer of 2007. Four months after the draft, on October 16, 2007, it was announced that ECW and SmackDown! would have a talent exchange that would allow wrestlers from their respective brands to compete on either brand. At the end of the show Vince McMahon's limousine blew up which appeared to be the demise of the evil WWE owner.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 617]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193643-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 WWE draft, Aftermath\nTwo weeks later Vince McMahon appeared on WWE Monday Night Raw breaking kayfabe and explained that his demise was all a part of a storyline. The reason for this was that Chris Benoit was found dead in his home along with his wife and son. At the time, details of his death were not certain so WWE dedicated the show to Chris Benoit and his family.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 25], "content_span": [26, 373]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193644-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wagner Seahawks football team\nThe 2007 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 27th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 7\u20134 overalland 3\u20133 in NEC play to place in a three-way tie for third.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193645-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\nThe 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe in his seventh season at the school and played its home games at BB&T Field. The team began its season with an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game on Saturday, September 1, 2007 against Boston College. Wake Forest played its first season since winning the 2006 ACC championship, their first in 36 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193645-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Preseason\nFollowing the most successful season in team history in 2006, the 2007 team was not widely predicted to win the ACC despite returning many offensive starters from 2006. Some sports writers stated that they believed 2006 to have been a fluke and that Wake Forest was not going to win as many games in 2007, especially because of the losses on defense, including the loss of linebacker Jon Abbate to the National Football League. Wake Forest was picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Division of the ACC in the annual preseason poll conducted by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Lindy's was the only major preseason magazine to pick Wake Forest as a Top-25 team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 55], "content_span": [56, 730]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193645-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Preseason, Roster changes\nLinebacker Eric Berry was ruled academically ineligible for the 2007 season. Mike Rinfrette moved from fullback to linebacker in spring practice.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 71], "content_span": [72, 217]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193645-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Preseason, Recruiting\nOn National Signing Day, Wake Forest signed 20 recruits in all, eleven defensive players and nine offensive players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 67], "content_span": [68, 184]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193646-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team\nThe 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2007 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 28th season for the Demon Deacons, and their 28th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 284]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193646-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team\nThe 2007 season was the first, and so far only, season where the program won the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they bested Ohio State in the championship match. The Deacons won the match 2-1, in a come-from behind victory. Wake Forest's Marcus Tracy tied the match in the 66th minute, while Zack Schilawski scored the match-winner in the 74th minute.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 416]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193646-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Background\nWake Forest finished the 2006 season as the regular season co-champions alongside Duke. They were given the number two seed for the 2006 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, in which they lost to Duke in the championship game 0\u20131. Despite the loss, the team earned a place in the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament as the two seed for an at-large bid. After beating Santa Clara in the quarterfinals, Wake Forest would go on to face UC Santa Barbara in the College Cup. However, they would lose to UC Santa Barbara 3\u20134 on penalties.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 60], "content_span": [61, 594]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193646-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Review\nAs of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, the 2007 title remains the only title won in Wake Forest program history. The team would have three players, Pat Phelan, Brian Edwards, and Julian Valentin, selected in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, with Phelan picked in the first round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 345]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193646-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Roster\nNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [50, 56], "content_span": [57, 185]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193647-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election\nThe 2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [53, 53], "content_span": [54, 327]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193647-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Candidates\n21 seats were contested in the election with both Labour and Conservatives standing in all of the seats. Other parties that put up candidates were the Liberal Democrats, British National Party, Green Party, United Kingdom Independence Party, Socialist Alternative party, British Voice party and some independents.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 65], "content_span": [66, 379]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193647-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result\nThe results saw Labour lose 2 seats to the Conservatives in Horbury and South Ossett and Wrenthorpe and Outwood West wards. One of the two losses was the deputy leader of the council, Phil Dobson, who was defeated in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West by 173 votes. However Labour gained a seat in Normanton from independent, Graeme Milner, and remained in control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.62%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193647-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election, Denise Jeffrey, was appointed the new deputy leader in a reshuffle of the cabinet.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 53], "section_span": [55, 70], "content_span": [71, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193648-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season\nThis article is about the 2007 season of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 111]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193648-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats season, Super League XII table\n1Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 62], "content_span": [63, 125]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193649-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wales Rally GB\nResults of Rally GB (63rd Wales Rally of Great Britain), 16th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on November 30 - December 2:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 19], "section_span": [19, 19], "content_span": [20, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193650-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wales rugby union tour of Australia\nThe 2007 Wales rugby union tour of Australia was a series of two matches played, to prepare the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in May\u2013June 2007 in Australia by Wales national rugby union team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 40], "section_span": [40, 40], "content_span": [41, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193651-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Walker Cup\nThe 41st Walker Cup Match was played on 8 and 9 September 2007 at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Team United States won 12\u00bd to 11\u00bd. The United States won by the same score in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [15, 15], "content_span": [16, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193651-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Walker Cup, Format\nThe format for play on Saturday and Sunday are the same. There are four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches are played.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 206]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193651-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Walker Cup, Format\nEach of the 24 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played \u2013 each side earns \u00bd a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12\u00bd points wins the competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 23], "content_span": [24, 290]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193651-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Walker Cup, Teams\nTen players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 22], "content_span": [23, 143]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193651-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Walker Cup, The course\nThe Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland is a par 71 course with a yardage of 7,181. Old Tom Morris is credited with designing it in 1889. In 1908, King Edward VII conferred \"Royal\" status to the Club.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 15], "section_span": [17, 27], "content_span": [28, 264]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193652-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election\nTerritorial Assembly elections were held in Wallis and Futuna on 1 April 2007. Of the twenty-six lists contesting the election, twenty won one seat each in an election that has been described as \"having elected members along mainly clan lines\". Three new members were elected, and turnout was 71 per cent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193652-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wallis and Futuna Territorial Assembly election\nThe new president of the Territorial Assembly should have been chosen on 6 April 2007, but this was delayed until 11 April 2007 due to bad weather. On that date, Pesamino Taputai was elected with 12 votes in favour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 52], "section_span": [52, 52], "content_span": [53, 268]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193653-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [50, 50], "content_span": [51, 332]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193653-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background\nAfter the last election in 2006 the Conservatives controlled the council with 34 seats, compared to 19 for Labour, 6 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. However, in July 2006 2 Conservative councillors, Aqeel Aslam and Haqnawaz Khan of Pleck and St Matthews wards respectively, defected to Labour, leaving the Conservatives on 32 seats compared to 21 for Labour.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 62], "content_span": [63, 426]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193653-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives gain 1 seat from Labour in Pleck, to move to 33 seats, and stay in control of the council. As well as the loss to the Conservatives, Labour lost a further 2 seats and so fell to 18 councillors. The other Labour losses came in Darlaston South, where independent Chris Bott gained the seat, and in Blakenall, where Peter Smith of the Democratic Labour Party, took the seat by 15 votes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats and stayed on 6 councillors.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 50], "section_span": [52, 67], "content_span": [68, 559]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193654-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Walsh Cup\nThe 2007 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster and Ulster. 9 teams competed: 6 Leinster counties, 2 Ulster counties and one third-level college. Lower-level teams competed in the 2007 Kehoe Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193655-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wan Chai District Council election\nThe 2007 Wan Chai District Council election was held on 18 November 2007 to elect all 11 elected members to the 14-member District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 39], "section_span": [39, 39], "content_span": [40, 179]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193656-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Warabi city assembly election\nWarabi, Saitama held a local election to the city assembly on June 3, 2007. The election was dominated by independents while the Japanese Communist Party gained most seats of the parties. Notable is the Liberal Democratic Party did not contest with official candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 304]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193656-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Warabi city assembly election, Results\nThis Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [36, 43], "content_span": [44, 122]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193657-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Warabi mayoral election\nWarabi, Saitama held a mayoral election on June 3, 2007. Hideo Yoritaka, an independent backed by the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 166]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193657-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Warabi mayoral election, Candidates\nThe Democratic Party of Japan, the second largest party in Japan, did not support any of the candidates.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 40], "content_span": [41, 145]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193658-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Warsaw Snooker Tour\nThe 2007 Warsaw Snooker Tour was a non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16\u201317 June 2007 at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland. This was the curtain raiser for the World Series of Snooker which started the next season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 259]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193658-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Warsaw Snooker Tour\nMark Selby won in the final 5\u20133 against reigning world champion John Higgins.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 24], "section_span": [24, 24], "content_span": [25, 102]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193659-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwick District Council election\nThe 2007 Warwick District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Warwick District Council in Warwickshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire\nOn 2 November 2007 a major fire occurred at a warehouse near the village of Atherstone on Stour in Warwickshire, England.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 154]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire\nFour firefighters from the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were killed whilst tackling the blaze. This was the largest loss of life for a fire brigade in the United Kingdom for 35 years.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire\nIn 2012, three of their commanding officers were acquitted of manslaughter charges and Warwickshire County Council was fined for failing to ensure safety at work.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, The fire\nOn the evening of 2 November 2007, a vegetable packing plant the size of four football pitches caught fire in a suspected arson attack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 178]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, The fire\nFour of the approximate 100 firefighters from Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service who were mobilised to the scene were reported missing that night after they went in to tackle the fire. One, Ian Reid, was rescued but died later in hospital. Due to the debris and the instability of the building the bodies of John Averis, Ashley Stephens and Darren Yates-Badley were not recovered until 6 November.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 442]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, The fire\nThis was the most firefighters lost in a single incident in the United Kingdom since seven firefighters died while fighting a fire at a warehouse in Kilbirnie Street in Glasgow in 1972.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 42], "content_span": [43, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, Subsequent charges\nOn 28 February 2011, it was announced that three officers from the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service would face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence over the deaths.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 228]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, Subsequent charges\nOn 6 May 2011, the three officers appeared at the Leamington Justice Centre to face the charges. Warwickshire County Council also faced a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act of failing to ensure the safety of its employees. They were all granted unconditional bail. It was agreed both cases would be dealt with in the Crown Court.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 394]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, Subsequent charges\nA hearing took place on 20 January 2012 at Wolverhampton Crown Court at which Warwickshire County Council entered a guilty plea to failing to ensure the health and safety of its employees.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 241]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193660-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Warwickshire warehouse fire, Subsequent charges\nOn 18 April 2012, the three fire officers, Timothy Woodward, Adrian Ashley and Paul Simmons, appeared in court charged with manslaughter by gross negligence. The trial started at Stafford Crown Court on 20 April 2012; on 21 May the judge directed that Simmons be acquitted and on 30 May the jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Woodward and Ashley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 410]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193661-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Huskies football team\nThe 2007 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Tyrone Willingham. It played its home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 286]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193661-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Huskies football team\nThe 2007 Huskies' schedule was ranked as the most difficult in college football by Jeff Sagarin. The Huskies finished with a record of 4-9, their fourth straight losing season. This, combined with the 2007 team having the worst defense in school history, led to the firings of defensive coordinator Kent Baer and special teams coach Bob Simmons at the end of the season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193661-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Huskies football team\nThe Huskies were led by their redshirt freshman quarterback Jake Locker, who made his debut this season, throwing for over 2,000\u00a0yards and rushing for 986. Locker accounted for 27 touchdowns. Louis Rankin, who was named the team's offensive most valuable player, rushed for 1,294\u00a0yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 324]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193661-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft\nNo Huskies were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (252 selections).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [39, 48], "content_span": [49, 140]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193662-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Mystics season\nThe 2007 WNBA season was the tenth for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics fell short for the playoffs, losing in a tiebreaker to the New York Liberty.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [30, 30], "content_span": [31, 182]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193662-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Mystics season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft\nBased on the Mystics' 2006 record, they would pick 6th in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Teana Miller.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 30], "section_span": [32, 58], "content_span": [59, 186]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season\nThe Washington Nationals' 2007 season began with the team trying to win its first NL East title since moving to Washington. During the offseason, the team replaced manager Frank Robinson with former Montreal Expos coach Manny Acta. They lost several players through free agency and trades. The most notable of those are Jos\u00e9 Guill\u00e9n, Ram\u00f3n Ortiz, Alfonso Soriano, and Jos\u00e9 Vidro. The Nationals signed few major league free agents. Their most experienced free agent signing was Dmitri Young. Luis Ayala, Alex Escobar, Cristian Guzm\u00e1n, Nick Johnson, Michael O'Connor and John Patterson were expected to return from season-ending injuries.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season\nAfter losing four starters (Liv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez, Tony Armas, Ram\u00f3n Ortiz and Pedro Astacio) from the prior year, the Nationals invited an extraordinary 36 pitchers to spring training. By year's end, the team would become the first team in modern baseball (except for strike-shortened seasons) with no pitcher in double figures with wins or losses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 376]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season\nThe season was notable for it being the Nationals final year at RFK Stadium and for Dmitri Young winning Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award, marking the team's first annual award since moving to D.C. The Nationals finished 73-89, 16 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies and fourth in the NL East. This was their only season in Washington prior to 2011 that the Nationals did not finish last in their division.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [32, 32], "content_span": [33, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Offseason\nOn December 18, 2006, the Nationals traded Jos\u00e9 Vidro and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Emiliano Fruto and Chris Snelling.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 43], "content_span": [44, 169]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Advertising and marketing\nThe 2007 season saw the Nationals\u2032 first strategic marketing campaign since Lerner Enterprises purchased the team. It emphasized the upcoming opening of Nationals Park planned for 2008. The marketing slogan for the 2007 season was \"Pledge Your Allegiance,\" a reference to the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States encouraging Nationals fans to show their loyalty to the team.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 59], "content_span": [60, 439]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Spring training\nThe Nationals held their 2007 spring training in Viera, Florida, with home games played at Space Coast Stadium. They invited Danny Ardoin to spring training, but he did not make the team; they traded him to the Houston Astros for minor-leaguer Wade Robinson on March 26, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 49], "content_span": [50, 326]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, April\nOn Opening Day, the Nationals lost their starting shortstop (Cristian Guzm\u00e1n, hamstring) and center fielder (Nook Logan) for five weeks. At the end of April, one of their starters, Jerome Williams hurt his ankle while batting and was placed on the 15-day disabled list.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nHitting coach Mitchell Page left his post with the team in May due to a relapse of alcoholism.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nIn the space of just 10 days in May, Shawn Hill, John Patterson, and Jason Bergmann went on the disabled list. Jerome Williams returned, pitched one game, and went back on the DL with a shoulder injury. The Washington Post wrote: \"Almost everything that could sink a team's attitude has befallen the Nats. They started the year 1-8, then they lost eight in a row to drop to 9-25.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 434]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nThey pressed journeymen Mike Bacsik, Micah Bowie (a relief pitcher) and Jason Simontacchi, along with rookie reliever Levale Speigner into the starting rotation, amidst predictions that the 2007 Nationals might equal the 1962 Mets' record of futility, 120 losses in one season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 331]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, May\nAfter the team lost 8 straight games to sink to 9-25, the Nats won 11 of 15, mostly with patchwork starting pitching and timely hitting. and the return of Cristian Guzm\u00e1n, who was hitting .343 by the end of May.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 53], "content_span": [54, 265]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, June\nIn June, the Nationals have been led by key hits by Dmitri Young, Cristian Guzm\u00e1n and the power hitting of Ryan Zimmerman. But towards the end of the month, Guzman, hitting .329, was injured and lost for the season, and, following the injury, the Nationals lost 9 of their next 11 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 342]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, July\nDmitri Young, hitting .339 (third in the league) and slugging .512, was selected as the lone Nationals' representative in the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Despite rumors that the Nationals were seeking to trade Ronnie Belliard, Chad Cordero, Jon Rauch and Young, the Nationals did not make any major trades before the non-waiver trade deadline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 54], "content_span": [55, 412]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Draft\nThe 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on June 7 and 8. With their first pick \u2013 the sixth pick overall \u2013 the Nationals selected pitcher Ross Detwiler. Other notable players the Nationals selected were pitcher Jordan Zimmermann (second round, 67th overall), left fielder-third baseman Jake Smolinski (second round, 70th overall), third baseman Steven Souza, Jr. (third round, 100th overall), catcher Derek Norris (fourth round, 130th overall), and pitcher Pat McCoy (10th round, 310th overall).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Regular season, Attendance\nThe Nationals drew 1,943,812 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in 2007, placing them 14th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 60], "content_span": [61, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting\nNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 55], "content_span": [56, 243]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching\nNote: Pos = Position; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 56], "content_span": [57, 278]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Records and firsts\nThe 2007 Nationals became the first team in modern baseball (1901\u2013present) to trail 4-0 in each of their first six games. as well as the first to not score during the first three innings of each of their first ten games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 273]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Records and firsts\nThe 2007 Nationals also set the National League record for not scoring a run in the first inning of their first 22 games.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 174]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193663-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Nationals season, Records and firsts\nOn August 7, 2007, in a game against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik gave up career home run number 756 to Barry Bonds, who broke a 33-year-old record previously held by Hank Aaron.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 32], "section_span": [34, 52], "content_span": [53, 271]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season\nThe 2007 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 76th season in the National Football League. The Redskins finished their regular season with a record of 9\u20137 and a playoff appearance. This was an improvement over the 2006 season when they went 5\u201311 and finished last in the NFC East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 322]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season\nOver the course of the season, Washington went 5\u20133 in home games at FedExField, and 4\u20134 on the road; they lost 6 of their 7 games by one touchdown or less. After losing to the Seattle Seahawks in the wild card round, Coach Joe Gibbs announced his retirement, thus ending his second stint as head coach of the Redskins. During the season, the tragedy of Sean Taylor's death occurred before a game against the Buffalo Bills. For the first defensive play, they fielded 10 men leaving the usual free safety spot empty to honor Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Coaching staff\nHead coach Joe Gibbs entered his fourth year of his second tenure with the Redskins and was the second-to-last year on his existing contract. Gibbs previously coached the Redskins in the 1981\u20131992 seasons, during which he had won three Super Bowls with the Redskins. On January 8, 2008, three days after the season ended, Gibbs announced his retirement from the position of head coach and president; he remained on board as a special assistant to Dan Snyder.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 506]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Coaching staff\nThe Redskins fired former linebackers coach Dale Lindsey and promoted Kirk Olivadotti to take his job. Olivadotti previously helped coach the defensive line and special teams. The Redskins also added Tony Spinosa, Matthew Shea, and Bill Khayat to their coaching staff.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 47], "content_span": [48, 316]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Signings\nOn March 2, the Redskins signed London Fletcher, formerly with the Buffalo Bills, to a 5-year, $25 million contract. The deal also includes a $10.5 million signing bonus. On March 3, the Redskins signed Fred Smoot, formerly with the Minnesota Vikings, to a 5-year deal. Smoot was drafted by the Redskins in 2001 and signed with the Vikings in 2005. On March 8, the Redskins signed Ross Tucker, formerly with the Cleveland Browns, to an undisclosed contract. On March 21, the Redskins signed Jason Fabini, formerly with the Dallas Cowboys, to an undisclosed contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Signings\nOn April 5, the Redskins signed David Macklin, formerly with the Arizona Cardinals, to a 1-year contract. On June 1, the Redskins signed Jason McAddley, formerly with the San Francisco 49ers, to an undisclosed contract. On August 21, the Redskins signed Randall Godfrey, formerly with the San Diego Chargers, to an undisclosed contract.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 52], "content_span": [53, 389]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Offseason, Departures\nOn February 22, the Redskins released safety Troy Vincent. On February 28, the Redskins released tight end Christian Fauria. On March 2, Derrick Dockery signed with the Buffalo Bills. On March 4, Kenny Wright signed with the Cleveland Browns. On March 7, the Redskins released kicker John Hall. On March 9, T. J. Duckett agreed to terms with the Detroit Lions. On March 20, Adam Archuleta was traded to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a conditional 6th round draft pick. On March 22, the Redskins released wide receiver David Patten. On April 26, Warrick Holdman signed with the Denver Broncos. On August 21, the Redskins released linebacker Lemar Marshall. On September 1, the Redskins released cornerback Ade Jimoh and Defensive end Renaldo Wynn.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 54], "content_span": [55, 805]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Week 1: at Tennessee Titans\nThe Redskins started their first preseason against the Tennessee Titans on the road on August 11. The Redskins defense allowed only six points and caused four fumbles, one of which they recovered. Many were surprised to see the Redskins' Quarterback Jason Campbell play the whole 1st half. Campbell wasn't productive, fumbled twice, and didn't score any touchdowns. The Redskins scored two late touchdowns in the last 1:17 to win the game. Marcus Mason scored a 1-yard rushing touchdown, and Byron Westbrook recovered a fumble in the endzone.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Week 2: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nIn the Redskins' second preseason game, they scored first but not without having a scare first. On their second drive, Quarterbacks Jason Campbell was tackled at the knee while throwing a complete 29-yard pass to tight end Chris Cooley\u2014Campbell hobbled off the field with a bruised knee. Todd Collins took over for Campbell with some early success in the game; he threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Lloyd. The Redskins had four goal-line stands, and only allowed 12 points (four field goals).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Week 2: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers\nHowever, their offense struggled to really got back into the swing of things without Campbell; their only other score of the game was a field goal. The Redskins' sustained some injuries during the game: linebacker Marcus Washington suffered a dislocated elbow, and wide receiver Mike Espy ruptured his tendon and subsequently was out for the season due to the injury.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 443]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Week 3: vs. Baltimore Ravens\nDue to severe thunderstorms, the Redskins' third preseason game was shortened at the 11:38 mark in the third quarter. The kickoff was delayed over an hour and the game started at 9:12. The Redskins scored first in the game. Shaun Suisham had two field goals. The Redskins' defense looked great the whole night, only allowing the Ravens to a touchdown. In the third quarter, linebacker Dallas Sartz intercepted a Kyle Boller pass and ran it back for a touchdown. The game ended shortly thereafter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 72], "content_span": [73, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Preseason, Week 4: at Jacksonville Jaguars\nThe Redskins started their last preseason game strong. The defense forced a 3-and-out on Jacksonville's first drive and the Redskins scored on their first possession. Jason Campbell finished the game with 5 of 5 completions and a touchdown to Antwaan Randle El. Mark Brunell also threw a touchdown pass to Ryan Hoag. Though the Redskins were leading at halftime, they did not score again for the rest of the game. They eventually gave up three more touchdowns as the Jaguars rallied past the Redskins' backups.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 586]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Miami Dolphins\nThe Redskins scored the first points of the game when Shaun Suisham kicked a 31-yard field goal in the second quarter. On the last play of the 1st half, Trent Green threw a 1-yard pass to Justin Peelle to claim the lead. The Redskins started the third quarter with Clinton Portis running for a 19-yard touchdown. Miami later answered with a field goal to tie the game. In the 4th quarter, both teams scored a field goal and the game went into overtime. Washington won the coin toss. They ran the ball down to Miami's 22-yard line, and Shaun Suisham made a game-winning 39-yard field goal. Clinton Portis finished the game with 17 carries, 98 yards, and a touchdown. The Redskins lost right tackle Jon Jansen for the year when he fractured his ankle in the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 847]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Redskins' second regular season game, against the Philadelphia Eagles, started off with a Redskins field goal at the end of the first quarter. Less than five minutes into the second quarter, the Eagles scored a field goal to tie the game at 3-3. A few minutes later, the Eagles scored another field goal to take the lead 6-3, the only lead the Eagles produced for the entire game. Just before halftime, Jason Campbell hit Chris Cooley for a touchdown to end the first half up 10-6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 565]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: at Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Eagles and Redskins both scored another field goal, bringing the score to 13\u20139 prior to a Redskins drive that began with 1:15 remaining in the third quarter. That eventually led to Clinton Portis running for a six-yard touchdown early in the 4th quarter, bringing the score to 20-9.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 388]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 2: at Philadelphia Eagles\nThe Eagles, with a field goal late in the 4th quarter, were down by 8 as they drove down to the Redskins 9-yard line. The Eagles' drive stalled and they turned the ball over on downs with an incomplete pass. With possession on their own 9-yard line, the Redskins ran out the clock on their way to a victory. The final score was 20-12.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 79], "content_span": [80, 414]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nIn the first quarter, the Redskins trailed early as The New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes got a 34-yard field goal. The Redskins took the lead with running back Clinton Portis getting a 1-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, quarter back Jason Campbell completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley, while kicker Shaun Suisham made a 47-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Giants running back Reuben Droughns made a 1-yard touchdown run for the only score that quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 574]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0014-0001", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nIn the fourth quarter, the Giants took the lead with Droughns getting another 1-yard touchdown run, while quarter back Eli Manning completed a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Plaxico Burress. The Redskins managed to get a late-game drive, but it ended up with running back Ladell Betts getting taken down at the Giant's 1-yard line on 4th & Goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 431]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 3: vs. New York Giants\nWith the loss, the Redskins fell to 2\u20131 entering their bye week.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 141]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Detroit Lions\nComing off their bye week, the Redskins stayed at home for a Week 5 duel with the Detroit Lions. The Lions at that time had never beaten the Redskins in Washington, D.C. Though the first quarter was scoreless, the Redskins began a 14-play 80-yard drive that finished with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Jason Campbell to Chris Cooley. The Redskins' next possession began at their own 17-yard line: in summary, an 83-yard drive in 7 plays, culminating in a touchdown for Mike Sellers in a 1-yard rushing play. The first half ended with the Redskins up, 14\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 630]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Detroit Lions\nWith 2:27 left in the third quarter, the Lions scored their first and only points with a 39-yard field goal to bring the score to 14\u20133. The Redskins' next drive was only 9 yards and resulted in a punt, but put the Lions on their own 8-yard line. After a rushing play that resulted in a loss of 1 yard, the Redskins sacked Lions' quarterback Jon Kitna in the end zone for a safety, increasing the Redskins' lead to 13 with a score of 16\u20133 to end the third quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0016-0002", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Detroit Lions\nAfter a fourth-quarter fumble by Redskins' running back Clinton Portis, the Lions took possession at their own 10-yard line. The Lions drove 26 yards before punting to James Thrash, who returned the punt for 62 yards and fumbled towards the end zone, where Rock Cartwright recovered the ball on the 3-yard line. After a Redskins' five-yard penalty, Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Mike Sellers and then converted a two-point attempt with a pass to Chris Cooley bringing the score to 24\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 601]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0016-0003", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Detroit Lions\nDetroit's next possession ended with an interception by safety Sean Taylor for a 35-yard return which later helped the Redskins finish a drive with a field goal. With less than 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Lions began a drive at their own 43-yard line. After gaining 14 yards, Jon Kitna threw an interception to cornerback Carlos Rogers, who returned it 61\u00a0yards for a touchdown for the final score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 74], "content_span": [75, 494]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 6: at Green Bay Packers\nComing off their dominating home win over the Lions, the Redskins flew to Lambeau Field for a Week 6 inter-conference duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, Washington trailed early as Packers running back DeShawn Wynn managed to get a 3-yard touchdown run. The Redskins responded with quarterback Jason Campbell getting a 6-yard touchdown run. In the second quarter, the Redskins took the lead as Campbell completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley for the only score in the quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 596]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 6: at Green Bay Packers\nIn the third quarter, Washington struggled as Packers' kicker Mason Crosby got a 37-yard field goal, while cornerback Charles Woodson returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, in the fourth quarter, the Packers held on for the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nTrying to rebound from their road loss to the Packers, the Redskins went home for a Week 7 match-up against the Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, Washington took the early lead with running back Clinton Portis getting a 2-yard touchdown run for the only score of the quarter. In the second quarter, the Redskins increased its lead with linebacker London Fletcher returning an interception 27 yards for a touchdown. The Cardinals scored as quarterback Kurt Warner completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Anquan Boldin (with a failed PAT).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 634]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Arizona Cardinals\nIn the third quarter, Washington increased its lead with Portis getting a 1-yard touchdown run for the only score of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals managed to get within striking distance as quarterback Warner and wide receiver Boldin hooked up on a 10-yard touchdown pass. Afterwards, the Cardinals got within two points with quarterback Tim Rattay completing a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Leonard Pope (with a failed 2-point conversion). Later, the Cardinals managed to recover its onside kick and managed to set up a game-winning 55-yard field goal. Fortunately for the Redskins the Cardinals' kick missed wide left\u2014securing the victory.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 745]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 8: at New England Patriots\nComing off The Redskins' home win over the Cardinals, they traveled to Gillette Stadium for a Week 8 inter-conference duel with the undefeated New England Patriots. In the first quarter, Washington trailed early as New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady got a 3-yard touchdown run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Redskins continued to fall behind as Brady completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to linebacker Mike Vrabel, kicker Stephen Gostkowski nailed a 36-yard field goal, and Brady pulled a \"Marino\"\u2014by doing a fake spike and then completing a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Randy Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 8: at New England Patriots\nIn the third quarter, Washington's deficit increased when Brady got a 2-yard touchdown run, along with linebacker Rosevelt Colvin returning a fumble 11 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots finished their job with Brady completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Wes Welker, along with back-up quarterback Matt Cassel getting a 15-yard touchdown run. Afterwards, the Redskins got their only score of the game when quarterback Jason Campbell completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 613]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 8: at New England Patriots\nWith the loss, not only did the Redskins fall to 4\u20133, but the Redskins allowed the most points in a single game since 1961 (53 points to the New York Giants).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 80], "content_span": [81, 239]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Jets\nComing off a humiliating road loss to the Patriots, the Redskins traveled to The Meadowlands for a Week 9 inter-conference duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Washington immediately trailed as Jets running back/return specialist Leon Washington returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown. The Redskins managed to respond with kicker Shaun Suisham's successful try at a 46-yard field goal, yet the Jets answered with their kicker Mike Nugent getting a 29-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Jets increased their lead with quarterback Kellen Clemens completing a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end Joe Kowalewski. The Redskins ended the half with Suisham getting a 40-yard and a 22-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 804]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Jets\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins drew closer with Suisham kicking a 40-yard field goal for the only score of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins took the lead with running back Clinton Portis getting a 1-yard touchdown run, along with quarterback Jason Campbell's 2-point conversion pass to wide receiver Antwaan Randle El. The Jets managed to force an overtime with Nugent getting a 30-yard field goal. In overtime, the Redskins managed to come out on top as Suisham nailed the game-winning 46-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 600]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Jets\nWith the win, the Redskins improved to 5\u20133. The victory also improved Head Coach Joe Gibbs's overtime record to 10\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 73], "content_span": [74, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0027-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nComing off their overtime road win over the Jets, the Redskins went home for an NFC East rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles. In the first quarter, the Redskins trailed early as Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to running back Brian Westbrook for the only score in the quarter. In the second quarter, the Redskins took the lead when quarterback Jason Campbell hooked up with wide receiver James Thrash on a 4-yard touchdown pass (with a failed PAT) and a 12-yard touchdown pass (with a failed 2-point conversion).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0028-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins increased their lead with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 23-yard field goal. Philadelphia managed to draw close with McNabb completing an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end L.J. Smith (with a failed 2-point conversion). In the fourth quarter, the Redskins padded its lead with Campbell completing a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Keenan McCardell, yet the Eagles answered with McNabb's 45-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Brown. The Redskins tried to pull away as Suisham nailed a 21-yard field goal. However, Philadelphia sealed the win with Westbrook turning a 57-yard reception and a 10-yard run into touchdowns.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 751]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0029-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 10: vs. Philadelphia Eagles\nWith the loss, the Redskins fell to 5\u20134. This was Sean Taylor's last game that he ever played; he sustained an injury that kept him from playing in the last two games before his death.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0030-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 11: at Dallas Cowboys\nHoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Eagles, the Redskins traveled to Texas Stadium for a Week 11 NFC East showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, the Redskins struck first when quarterback Jason Campbell completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley for the only score in the quarter. In the second quarter, the Cowboys tied the game with quarterback Tony Romo completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Terrell Owens. Afterwards, the Redskins took the lead into halftime as kicker Shaun Suisham managed to get a 45-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 669]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0031-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 11: at Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Cowboys took the lead as Romo hooked up with Owens again for a 31-yard touchdown pass. the Redskins' response was Suisham kicking a 39-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Cowboys added onto their lead as Romo and Owens hooked up for a third time on a 46-yard touchdown pass, the Redskins' answer; Suisham kicking a 44-yard field goal. Unfortunately for the Redskins, the Cowboys managed to put the game out of reach with Romo and Owens hooking up for the fourth time on a 52-yard touchdown pass. The Redskins' only response was Campbell's 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santana Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 701]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0032-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nTrying to snap a two-game losing skid, the Redskins traveled to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 12 battled with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the first quarter, the Redskins trailed early as Buccaneers running back Earnest Graham got a 1-yard touchdown run, along with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 35-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Redskins continued to struggle as Bryant gave the Buccaneers a 27-yard field goal and a 48-yard field goal. The Redskins got their only score of the half with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 43-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 636]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0033-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins started to mount a comeback as quarterback Jason Campbell completed a 39-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley for the only score of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins managed to creep closer as Suisham nailed a 38-yard field goal. However, the Buccaneers' defense held on to secure the win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 430]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0034-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nIn the game, the Redskins were plagued with 6 turnovers (2 interceptions and 4 lost fumbles), which was the most the Redskins had ever given up in a single game since playing the Giants in 2004 (the Redskins had given up 7 turnovers in that game).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 329]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0035-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers\nChris Cooley had a total of 24 touchdown receptions since 2004 (the most by an NFC tight end).", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 81], "content_span": [82, 176]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0036-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Death of Sean Taylor\nOn November 27, 2007, the Redskins lost Sean Taylor to a gunshot wound inflicted the day before. At the time, he was at home resting a knee injury that had kept him off the field for the two games prior to the incident. On November 26, 2007, at 1:45\u00a0a.m., Taylor was shot in the upper leg by an armed intruder at his Palmetto Bay home, critically wounding him by severing his femoral artery. His girlfriend tried to call the police from the house line, but experienced difficulty calling. Initial reports suggested that the line had been cut, though Police investigation subsequently refuted that. Taylor's girlfriend proceeded to call 911 from her cell phone, which delayed response time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 793]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0037-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Death of Sean Taylor\nTaylor was airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery. He emerged from surgery about 12:30 P.M. However, he had lost a significant amount of blood and remained unconscious and in a coma. Taylor's doctors speculated that he had suffered brain damage due to the blood loss. An unnamed Redskins source reported that Taylor's heart stopped twice during the emergency surgery. Washington running back Clinton Portis and owner Dan Snyder were at the hospital where Taylor was cared for from the time they heard about the incident until his death. Portis was a junior on the University of Miami's National Championship team in 2001 while Taylor was a freshman.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 807]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0038-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Death of Sean Taylor\nIn the early morning of November 27, 2007, Taylor died at the hospital. The news was released to the media by Richard Sharpstein (lawyer), who learned the news from Taylor's father around 5:30\u00a0a.m.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 301]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0039-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 12: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Death of Sean Taylor\nIn 2004, when Gibbs made his comeback official, he had chosen Taylor, the fifth player selected in the 2004 NFL Draft, as his first round pick. Taylor, with agent Drew Rosenhaus, signed a seven-year, $18 million contract with the team \u2013 a contract which had 4 more years left when he died. Taylor was coming off a Pro Bowl season in 2006, and was the leading vote getter for NFC free safety in 2007 when his untimely death occurred. Taylor was posthumously elected to the starting free safety position for the NFC.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 103], "content_span": [104, 618]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0040-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills\nJust days after teammate Sean Taylor died of his injuries, the Redskins tried to snap a three-game skid at home against the Buffalo Bills. Before the kickoff, the stadium held a memorial service for Sean Taylor, as well as players across the NFL wearing a #21 sticker on the back of their helmets. For the team's first defensive play, they came out with only 10 players on the field, as their honor to Taylor.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 485]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0041-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn the first quarter, the Redskins took the early lead as kicker Shaun Suisham managed to get a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the quarter. In the second quarter, the Redskins increased their lead as Suisham kicked a 28-yard field goal. Later, the Bills got on the board as linebacker Angelo Crowell sacked quarterback Jason Campbell in his end zone for a safety. The Redskins ended the half as Suisham kicked a 33-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 517]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0042-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills\nIn the third quarter, the Bills drew closer as kicker Rian Lindell managed to get a 38-yard field goal. Later, the Redskins responded with running back Clinton Portis getting a 3-yard touchdown run. Afterwards, the Bills ended the half as Lindell kicked a 43-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Bills drew closer as Lindell kicked a 24-yarder, along with a 33-yard field goal. Later, the Bills got into position to kick a 51-yard field goal. They got the kick, but Head Coach Joe Gibbs called timeout.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 585]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0042-0001", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills\nWhen the Bills tried to kick again, Gibbs called timeout again, but unintentionally got his team an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty which not only moved the Bills 15 yards closer to their end zone but reduced Lindell's field goal attempt to 36 yards. Afterwards, the Bills ended the game with Lindell nailing the game-winning 36-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 421]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0043-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears\nComing off a home loss to the Bills (along with attending Sean Taylor's funeral in Florida), the Redskins played at home for their Week 13 Thursday night inter-conference game with the Chicago Bears. After a scoreless first quarter, the Redskins scored first when quarterback Todd Collins completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Todd Yoder for the only score of the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 465]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0044-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears\nIn the third quarter, Washington's fullback Mike Sellers scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. The Bears replied with kicker Robbie Gould making a 30-yard field goal, and later quarterback Brian Griese completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bernard Berrian. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins responded with kicker Shaun Suisham kicking a 23-yard field goal. Later, Chicago made it closer as Gould kicked a 22-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Redskins increased their lead with Collins completing a 16-yard touchdown pass to running back Ladell Betts. The Bears answered with Gould making a 21-yard field goal, but their onside kick failed, which preserved a Washington win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 760]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0045-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears\nStarting quarterback Jason Campbell (10/16 for 100 yards) left the game in the second quarter with a dislocated left knee cap.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 75], "content_span": [76, 202]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0046-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Giants\nComing off their home win over the Chicago Bears, the Redskins traveled to Giants Stadium for a Week 15 Sunday night NFC East rematch with the New York Giants. Quarterback Todd Collins made his first start since 1997.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 294]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0047-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Giants\nIn the first quarter, the Redskins drew first blood when the kicker Shaun Suisham nailed a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the quarter. In the second quarter, the Redskins increased its lead with Suisham kicking a 31-yard field goal, and to add to it after with running back Ladell Betts getting a 14-yard touchdown run. The Giants got on the board with kicker Lawrence Tynes getting a 35-yard field goal. The Redskins ended the half with Suisham nailing a 28-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 562]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0048-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Giants\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins continued its dominance with running back Clinton Portis gets a 5-yard touchdown run. The Giants tried to rally as quarterback Eli Manning completed a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kevin Boss. Afterwards, the Redskins' defense (along with the wind) held the Giants in check.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 392]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0049-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nThis game was a must-win for the Redskins in order to maintain their playoff hopes. During the first quarter, the Redskins appeared to be in the position to score after Fred Smoot intercepted Tarvaris Jackson and returned the interception deep into Viking territory. However, the Redskins' offense was unable to score a touchdown. Mike Sellers appeared to score a touchdown on 4th and goal, but a replay challenge by Brad Childress nullified the touchdown and gave the Vikings the ball. However, the Redskins immediately tackled Tony Richardson in the end zone for a safety. Following the subsequent free kick, the Redskins marched down the field and took a 9\u20130 lead on a 33-yard pass from Todd Collins to Chris Cooley.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 798]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0050-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nIn the 2nd quarter, the Redskins expanded their lead to 16\u20130 on a 32-yard pass from Todd Collins to Santana Moss. Later in the quarter, the Redskins took a 22\u20130 lead when Clinton Portis took a handoff from Todd Collins and threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Antwaan Randle El in the end zone. Although the Redskins were not successful on the 2-point conversion attempt, they had a commanding lead at this point in the game, and the previously rowdy Metrodome crowd was very disheartened and silent at this point.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 590]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0051-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Redskins stretched their lead to 25\u20130 on a 26-yard field goal by Shaun Suisham. Later in the quarter, the Vikings got the crowd back in the game when Tarvaris Jackson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jim Kleinsasser, cutting the Redskins' lead to 25\u20137.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 335]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0052-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nThe Vikings further cut into the Redskins' lead around the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter when Tarvaris Jackson scored on a 6-yard run, making the lead 25\u201314. The Metrodome crowd began sensing a comeback as momentum appeared to turn in the Vikings' favor. This came to a head midway through the fourth quarter when the Redskins appeared to complete a long pass to Santana Moss.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 462]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0052-0001", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nThough initially ruled a catch by a referee on the sideline, the call was considered questionable by the game's announcers since Moss had to drag his toes to stay in-bounds as he caught the pass. Sensing an impending challenge by Childress, the Redskins raced down the field to snap the ball\u2014since a play cannot be challenged after the ball has been snapped for the next play. However, the snap was fumbled and it appeared to be Vikings' ball after it was recovered by Vikings' defensive tackle Kevin Williams.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 589]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0053-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 16: at Minnesota Vikings\nAs the Vikings rushed onto the field to take over on offense, coach Joe Gibbs challenged that Minnesota had twelve defensive players on the field at the time the Redskins snapped the ball and fumbled it. After review, Gibbs' challenge was upheld and the call on the field was reversed\u2014a five-yard penalty was assessed to the Vikings for having too many men on the field and the Redskins maintained possession. After the Redskins had retain possession of the football they had eventually scored on a 13-yard touchdown run by Clinton Portis, making the score 32\u201314 capping off a 75-yard drive. Although Tarvaris Jackson later scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to make the score 32\u201321, the Vikings were unable to score again, and the Redskins emerged with a victory. This enabled them to ensure that they will be able to control their own \"destiny\" to make the playoffs.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 78], "content_span": [79, 945]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0054-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nNeeding a win (or losses by the Vikings & Saints) to secure a playoff berth, the Redskins closed out the regular season at home with an NFC East rematch with the Dallas Cowboys. In the first quarter, the Redskins got off to a fast start with running back Clinton Portis getting a 23-yard touchdown run for the only score of the quarter. In the second quarter, the Redskins increased its lead with kicker Shaun Suisham getting a 46-yard field goal. The Cowboys responded with kicker Nick Folk getting a 37-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Redskins closed out the half with Suisham nailing a 21-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 686]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0055-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nIn the third quarter, the Redskins increased its lead with Portis getting a 1-yard touchdown run for the only score of the quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Redskins closed out their divisional rival with quarterback Todd Collins completing a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santana Moss. The Cowboys finished their game with Folk getting a 30-yard field goal.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 447]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193664-0056-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Redskins season, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys\nWith the win, not only did the Redskins close out the regular season at 9\u20137, but they also clinched the NFC's #6 seed and/or 2nd wild card playoff spot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 76], "content_span": [77, 229]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193665-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Referendum 67\nReferendum 67 (R-67) was a vote held in 2007 in which the people of Washington state confirmed the Insurance Fair Conduct Act. The proposed law appeared on the November 6 general election ballot in Washington, along with five other ballot measures. It passed with the support of approximately 57% of voters. After being approved by voters the Act came into force on December 6.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 407]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193665-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington Referendum 67\nReferendum 67 is a 2007 citizen's referendum to ESSB 5726 in Washington state. The ballot measure is sponsored by Dana R. Bieber. The complete text of the referendum is available at the Washington Secretary of State's .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 29], "section_span": [29, 29], "content_span": [30, 249]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193666-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington State Cougars football team\nThe 2007 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Bill Doba and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one at Qwest Field in Seattle.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 334]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193666-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington State Cougars football team\nThe 2007 Apple Cup was played a week later than normal to allow for both Washington and Washington State to have a bye, as neither had one in 2006. This marked the first time the Apple Cup has been played after Thanksgiving since 1978.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 279]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193666-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Washington State Cougars football team\nThree days after leading the Cougars to a 42\u201335 victory in the Apple Cup, head coach Bill Doba was fired on November 26. Doba posted a 30\u201329 record during his 5 seasons as head coach; and led the Cougars to only 1 bowl game, a 28\u201320 victory over Texas in the Holiday Bowl in his first season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193667-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Waterford Crystal Cup\nThe 2007 Waterford Crystal Cup was the second staging of the Waterford Crystal Cup. The cup began on 14 January 2007 and ended on 4 February 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193667-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Waterford Crystal Cup\nLimerick were the defending champions but were defeated by the Limerick Institute of Technology in the preliminary round.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 148]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193667-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Waterford Crystal Cup\nOn 4 February 2007, Tipperary won the cup following a 1-17 to 2-11 defeat of Cork in the final. This was their first Waterford Crystal Cup title.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 26], "section_span": [26, 26], "content_span": [27, 172]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193668-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nThe 2007 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 107th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 219]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193668-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship\nOn 4 November 2007, Ballyduff Upper won the championship after a 1-18 to 1-14 defeat of Ballygunner in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1987.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 238]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193669-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Watford Borough Council election\nElections to Watford Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 212]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193670-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Watsons Water Champions Challenge\nThe 2007 Watsons Water Champions Challenge is a women's exhibition (no points for the world ranking can be earned) tennis tournament organized at the beginning of each season.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 214]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election\nThe 2007 Wealden District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wealden District Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [38, 38], "content_span": [39, 283]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, Background\nAt the 2003 election the Conservatives held control of the council with 34 seats, compared to 15 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 independents. However, in September 2006 Liberal Democrat councillor Stephen Shing was expelled from the Liberal Democrats and continued on the council as an independent.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 350]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, Background\nThe Conservatives took 4 seats without any opposition and were also guaranteed seats in other wards where there were not enough candidates from other parties for the number of seats being contested. The returning officer for Wealden, Charlie Lant, formed a band called The Council Tax Band with other council officers and performed a song called Vote! in an effort to boost turnout at the election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 449]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, Background\nAn important issue at the election was a legal loophole, which was allowing developers to build increased numbers of houses in the area.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 50], "content_span": [51, 187]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives held control of the council staying on 34 seats, but both the Conservative leader of the council Nigel Coltman and the Liberal Democrat group leader Laura Murphy were defeated. The Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats, dropping to 12 councillors, while independents remained on 7 seats and the Green party won its first councillors on the council after gaining 2 seats. Overall turnout at the election was 38.51%, up from 35% in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 502]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservative leader Nigel Coltman was defeated by Liberal Democrat Brian Cook in Hailsham East by a 55-vote majority, with the Conservatives also losing 2 seats to the Greens in Forest Row. However the Conservatives did not suffer a net loss of seats as they also made gains including defeating the Liberal Democrat group leader Laura Murphy in Hailsham Central and North. The Liberal Democrats did gain a seat in Polegate South from an independent by 1 vote, but Stephen Shing was re-elected as an independent in Willingdon, while Shing's son Daniel also gained a seat in the same ward and Shing's wife Oi Lin gained one in Polegate North.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 55], "content_span": [56, 700]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Uckfield New Town\nA by-election was held in Uckfield New Town on 17 July 2008 after Liberal Democrat councillor Julia Hey resigned from the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 93], "content_span": [94, 224]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Alfriston\nA by-election was held in Alfriston on 25 September 2008 after Conservative Keith Whitehead stood down from the council. The seat was gained from the Conservatives by Liberal Democrat Andy Watkins with a 30-vote majority, defeating the former Conservative leader of Wealden council, Nigel Coltman who had been trying to return to the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 85], "content_span": [86, 428]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193671-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Wealden District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2011, Heathfield North and Central\nA by-election was held in Heathfield North and Central on 23 September 2010 after the death of Conservative councillor Niki Oakes in June 2010.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 38], "section_span": [40, 104], "content_span": [105, 248]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193672-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wear Valley District Council election\nThe 2007 Wear Valley District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Wear Valley District Council in England. This took place on the same day as other local elections across the UK.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 247]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193672-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wear Valley District Council election\nAll of the seats being contested were last contested in 2003.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 104]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193673-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Webby Awards\nThe 11th annual 2007 Webby Awards were held in New York City on June 3, 2007. They were hosted by comedian Rob Corddry and were judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The ceremony saw 8,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 United States. Lifetime achievement awards were given to David Bowie and YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. This award ceremony for the first time introduced category awards beyond Websites in the three new super-categories: Interactive Advertising, Mobile & Apps, and Online Film & Video.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 17], "section_span": [17, 17], "content_span": [18, 576]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup\nThe 2007 Weber Cup, took place from October 19 to 21 at the Barnsley Metrodome.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 94]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup\nWith the overall score standing at 4\u20133 to the Americans, there was everything to play for following the previous year's nail-biting epic which saw the destiny of the trophy decided in the final few frames of the deciding match.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 242]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup\nThe Europeans were once again skippered by Sweden's Tomas Leandersson who had opted for a Nordic influenced line-up which includes veteran Tore Torgersen of Norway, PBA star Mika Koivuniemi (Finland) playing in his second Weber Cup and 3-time EBT champion, Paul Moor (England). The new boy on the team was two-handed Finnish star Osku Palermaa, who at the time topped the EBT rankings.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 400]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup\nFor Team United States, Weber Cup stalwart Tim Mack again captained Team United States. He was joined by another Weber Cup veteran, Bill Hoffman and two of the PBA stars who helped secure the trophy in 2006, as Chris Barnes and Tommy Jones made their second appearances in the competition. The American debutant was PBA Player of the Year Doug Kent, and PBA Denny's World Championship titlist.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [14, 14], "content_span": [15, 408]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 1, evening session\nPaul Moor once again opened for Team Europe, this time against Chris Barnes for Team USA. Moor and Barnes were never matched up in the 2006 tournament, and this was the first time they had gone head-to-head since Barnes beat Moor in the final of the 2006 World Tenpin Masters. Moor avenged this defeat with a comfortable 232\u2013201 victory, to set Team Europe on their way. Barnes missed 2 single pins during the match. Match 2 saw Mika Koivuniemi up against Team USA Captain Tim Mack.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 535]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0004-0001", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 1, evening session\nKoivuniemi started with the first 7 strikes, and won 267\u2013240, to put Team Europe 2-0 ahead. Team Europe debutant Osku Palermaa was able to stretch the lead even further, with a 237\u2013206 win over Weber Cup veteran Bill Hoffman. Match 4 brought together Tore Torgersen and Team USA's debutant Doug Kent. The match went right to the wire, with Kent edging it 264\u2013258 to gain Team USA's first point. Tommy Jones was then able to narrow the gap further, rolling only the 2nd ever perfect game in Weber Cup History.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 561]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0004-0002", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 1, evening session\nJones opponent, Tomas Leandersson managed just 204, but was able to finish with 4 strikes in a row. The final match of the session was the team baker game. Historically this has been a strong game for Team USA, and they were able to level the tournament at 3-3, winning the match 234\u2013215, snatching it at the end with Tommy Jones rolling 3 strikes in the 10th frame, taking his total to 16 strikes from a possible 16.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 470]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 2, afternoon session\nThe afternoon session was made up of 3 doubles, 2 singles and 1 baker team match to finish. Up first for Team Europe were Paul Moor and Tore Torgersen, against Bill Hoffman and Doug Kent. The European pair ran out winners 236\u2013215. Chris Barnes brought the overall score level at 4\u20134 with a 239-227 singles victory over Osku Palermaa. Barnes needed to spare to win in the 10th, and despite leaving a tricky 4 pins after his first ball, was able to convert the spare to win.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 54], "content_span": [55, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0005-0001", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 2, afternoon session\nTeam USA captain Tim Mack, together with Tommy Jones, put the Americans in front overall for the first time, with a 226\u2013207 win over Team Europe's captain Tomas Leandersson and Mika Koivuniemi. This lead was extended by Doug Kent who was victorious over Mika Koivuniemi in the next match, in a close-fought singles, Kent won 212\u2013208. The final doubles game of the day saw the current EBT number 1 and 2, Osku Palermaa and Paul Moor up against Tommy Jones and Chris Barnes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 54], "content_span": [55, 527]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0005-0002", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 2, afternoon session\nJones and Barnes put together one of the highest doubles scores ever recorded in the Weber Cup, and won comfortably 279\u2013231. The final match of the afternoon was the baker team game, which was won by Team Europe 214\u2013210. Team USA anchorman Tommy Jones needed 2 strikes and at least 3 pins with the 3rd ball to win, but after his first strike, was denied with the second.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 54], "content_span": [55, 425]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 2, evening session\nThe evening session took the same format as the evening session on the first day, with 5 singles matches and a baker team game. First onto the lanes was Mika Koivuniemi and Bill Hoffman. Koivuniemi bowled 11 strikes out of a possible 12, to which Hoffman could not reply, losing 279\u2013207. There was A similar scenario in the second match, but with the opposite result as Chris Barnes rolled 11 strikes against Paul Moor to win 290\u2013203. The two team captains were matched up next, with Tomas Leandersson edging past Tim Mack 223\u2013220.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 584]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 2, evening session\nNeeding just 8 pins with his first ball in the 10th frame to win, Leandersson duly obliged, however he left a split, which he was then unable to convert. Tore Torgersen avenged his first day defeat to Doug Kent, winning 234\u2013208. Kent was left needing two strikes in the 10th frame to win, but only rolled a 7 with his first ball, handing the match to Torgersen. Another close fought singles followed, with Tommy Jones victorious over Osku Palermaa 212\u2013204.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 509]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193674-0006-0002", "contents": "2007 Weber Cup, 2007 results, Day 2, evening session\nIn the 7th frame both bowlers left the difficult 2-8-10 split, which Palermaa was able to convert with his two-handed 'backup' delivery. However needing two strikes and 9 pins in the 10th frame to win, Palermaa only managed the first strike, failing with the second, despite throwing a good shot. Onto the final match of the day, and Team Europe were able to win the session, bringing the overall score level at 9-9, with a hard-fought 212\u2013188 win in the baker team game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 14], "section_span": [16, 52], "content_span": [53, 524]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193675-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game\nThe 2007 Weber State-Portland State football game was a college football game held on October 27 at PGE Park, now known as Providence Park, in Portland, Oregon. It pitted the Portland State Vikings against the Weber State Wildcats. The Wildcats defeated the Vikings 73\u201368. The two teams combined for 141 points, setting a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) all-division record for most points scored in a game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193675-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game\nThis record lasted only two weeks, as on November 10, Hartwick defeated Utica 72\u201370 in a four-overtime Division III game. In the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs on November 24, Chadron State defeated Abilene Christian 76\u201373 in three overtimes after coming back from a 49\u201320 fourth-quarter deficit to tie the game at 56 at the end of regulation. The following year, in the same round of the Division II playoffs, that record was smashed when Abilene Christian defeated West Texas A&M 93\u201368 on November 22, 2008. The Weber State-Portland State game held the record for most points scored in a Division I college football game, until November 24, 2018, when Texas A&M defeated LSU by a score of 74\u201372 in a seven-overtime game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [49, 49], "content_span": [50, 787]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193675-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game, Game summary\nWeber State scored 35 points in the second quarter to take a 38\u201327 lead at halftime. By then, the Wildcats already had 443 yards in total offense \u2014 10 yards more than its previous season high for an entire game. Portland State made up for its shaky defense with a high-powered offense that started the second half with a pair of touchdown passes from Drew Hubel, first to David Lewis and then to Tremayne Kirkland, which put the Vikings in front 41\u201338.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193675-0002-0001", "contents": "2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game, Game summary\nPortland State had its last lead of the game when Hubel hit Lewis with an 8-yard touchdown pass at 8:15 of the third quarter to make it 48\u201345. The Wildcats took the lead for good on their next possession, which chewed up nearly six minutes and culminated with Cameron Higgins 4-yard touchdown pass to Akamu Aki to make the score 52\u201348. Weber State followed that with Bryant Eteuati's 77-yard punt return for a touchdown and Higgins' 4-yard scoring run, which pushed the Wildcats' advantage to 66\u201348 early in the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 591]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193675-0002-0002", "contents": "2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game, Game summary\nThe teams traded touchdowns after that, leaving Weber State in front 73\u201355 with 4:22 left. Hubel, who was making his first college start, threw his ninth touchdown pass and Andy Shantz returned a fumble 84 yards for a touchdown with 31 seconds left. Hubel's nine touchdown passes set a school and Big Sky Conference record, and also equaled the then-current Division I FCS record for single-game TD passes set in 1984 by Willie Totten of Mississippi Valley State. The Vikings failed to recover the onside kick and Weber State managed to run out the clock.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193675-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game, Game summary\nPortland State QB Drew Hubel's incredible individual performance \u2013 35 completions in 56 attempts for 485 yards, 9 touchdowns and no interceptions \u2013 gave the true freshman one of College Sporting News' \"Player of the Week\" awards in the Football Championship Subdivision for the week of October 29, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 49], "section_span": [51, 63], "content_span": [64, 367]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193676-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellingborough Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Borough Council of Wellingborough election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Borough Council of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, UK. This was on the same day as other local elections.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193677-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington City mayoral election\nThe 2007 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October 2007, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast was elected for a third consecutive term as mayor of Wellington.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 37], "section_span": [37, 37], "content_span": [38, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193678-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington Sevens\nThe Wellington Sevens, also known as the New Zealand Sevens or for sponsorship reasons the NZI Sevens, is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2007 competition, which took place on 2 and 3 February was played at Westpac Stadium in Wellington as part of the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 404]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193678-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington Sevens\nThe competition was won by Samoa, marking their first-ever overall title in a leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 22], "section_span": [22, 22], "content_span": [23, 136]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections\nThe 2007 Wellington local elections were part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [31, 31], "content_span": [32, 402]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council\nThe Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 56], "content_span": [57, 251]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Eastern ward\nThe Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Lambton ward\nThe Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 70], "content_span": [71, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Northern ward\nThe Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 197]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Onslow-Western ward\nThe Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 77], "content_span": [78, 209]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193679-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Southern ward\nThe Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 31], "section_span": [33, 71], "content_span": [72, 195]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193680-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nThe 2007 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election took place following the resignation of Lembit Opik at the 2007 Autumn Liberal Democrat Conference in Aberystwyth following his belief that the Welsh Liberal Democrat leader should be the group leader in the National Assembly.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 328]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193680-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nAt the close of nominations only one candidate - Assembly group leader since 1999 Mike German was nominated and he was duly returned unopposed.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 192]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193680-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election\nGerman went on to serve as leader for a little over a year until his resignation the following year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 48], "section_span": [48, 48], "content_span": [49, 149]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker)\nThe 2007 Welsh Open was the 2007 edition of the Welsh Open professional snooker tournament and was held from 12 to 18 February 2007 at the Newport Centre in Newport, South East Wales. It was the 16th staging of the competition since 1992 and the tenth time it took place at the Newport Centre. The tournament was the fifth of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking events in the 2006/2007 season. The host broadcasters were BBC Cymru Wales and Eurosport.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 516]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker)\nGrand Prix winner Neil Robertson won the tournament, defeating 500\u20131 outsider Andrew Higginson, competing in his third appearance in a main stages of a professional competition, nine frames to eight (9\u20138) in the final. It was Roberston's second ranking tournament victory, becoming the fourth non-British and Irish player to win more than one ranking title. Robertson won against Michael Holt and world champions Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis en route to the final. Higginson achieved the tournament's highest break with a maximum break in the second frame of his quarter-final match with Ali Carter. The Welsh Open preceded the China Open and followed the Malta Cup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [25, 25], "content_span": [26, 713]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Background\nThe Welsh Open began as a ranking tournament in 1992 initially in February, occurring after the Masters, but later replaced the Classic in January. The event was sponsored by the cigarette brand Regal until 2003 (known as the Regal Welsh Open), but UK restrictions on tobacco advertising left it unsponsored until 2009. The Welsh Cup was first held at the Newport Centre in Newport in 1992 before it moved to the Cardiff International Arena (now called Motorpoint Arena Cardiff) in 1999. It was held at the Welsh Institute of Sport in 2004 and returned to the Newport Centre in 2005.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 641]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Background\nThe 2007 tournament took place at the Newport Centre in Newport, South East Wales between 12 and 18 February. It was the fifth of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking competitions in the 2006/2007 season, following the Malta Cup and preceding the China Open. Held between January and February, the Malta Cup was won by 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy, who defeated Ryan Day by nine frames to four (9\u20134) in the final. The defending Welsh Open champion from 2006 was Stephen Lee, who defeated Murphy by the same scoreline. The total prize fund was \u00a3225,500, and the host broadcasters were BBC Cymru Wales and Eurosport. All matches were best-of-nine frames until the semi-finals.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 774]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Background\nTwo-time Welsh Open champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the pre-tournament favourite to win his third title in Wales. Reigning world champion and world number 2 Graeme Dott spoke of his delight to enter the Welsh Open in contention to top the world rankings but vowed not to lose his concentration, \"If you have big expectations, they can hamper the way you play and create extra pressure. That's the last thing I want.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 473]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Qualifying\nThe qualifying rounds were played to the best-of-nine frames between players ranked lower than 32 for one of 16 places in the final stage, at Pontin's Snooker Centre, Prestatyn, Wales from 6 to 8 January 2007. It was contested over three rounds and higher-ranked players received byes to the second and third rounds. Provisional world number 56 Jimmy White narrowly missed out qualifying for the fifth successive tournament of the season with a 5\u20134 defeat to Mark Allen in the third qualifying round. The successful qualifiers included the 1991 world champion John Parrott, Andrew Higginson, Ricky Walden and Ben Woollaston.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 57], "content_span": [58, 682]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 1\nThe 16 first-round matches on 12 and 13 February were between players ranked 17\u201332 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage. In this round Joe Perry came from 2\u20131 behind with a break of 127 in frame five to defeat Parrott 5\u20132 after the latter missed a straightforward red ball shot in frame seven, Gerard Greene whitewashed Mark King 5\u20130, David Gilbert won 5\u20131 over James Wattana, and Joe Swail defeated Adrian Gunnell by the same scoreline.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 510]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0006-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 1\nWoollaston took a surprise 5\u20131 victory over David Gray as the former World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks lost 4\u20135 to Dave Harold. Breaks of 65, 68, and 70 enabled the 1995 World Championship runner-up and 1996 British Open winner Nigel Bond to edge out Liang Wenbo (who achieved breaks of 86, 56, 48 and 45) 5\u20133 and avenge his opponent's 5\u20130 whitewash of him from the 2006 tournament. The two-time Welsh Open runner-up Alan McManus compiled a breaks of 113 and runs of 71 and 54 to defeat Rod Lawler 5\u20132, bemoaning afterwards of the lack of an audience in the arena because he felt more comfortable playing in front of a larger crowd.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 697]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 1\nMarco Fu lost his match 2\u20135 to Higginson after the latter tied 2\u20132 and compiled a break of 125 along with runs of 70, 67 and 81. Stuart Bingham made a match-winning break of 115 to whitewash Joe Delaney 5\u20130. Michael Holt achieved breaks of 131, 104 and 115 in defeating Ricky Walden 5\u20134, as the former World Amateur Champion Ian Preece was whitewashed 5\u20130 by Mark Selby. Another whitewash occurred when Ryan Day was defeated 5\u20130 by Michael Judge, a match in which Day's highest break was 24 and Judge compiled a 137 total clearance to win the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 603]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0007-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 1\nWorld number 54 Jamie Burnett made a match-high break of 43 en route to winning 5\u20133 against Robert Milkins. Breaks of 110 and 79 gave Jamie Cope a 5\u20131 victory over the struggling Ding Junhui. Provisional world number 36 Ian McCulloch trailed Allen 4\u20132 but breaks of 72, 47 and 74 gave him a 5\u20134 victory, although he said after the match that he was disappointed with his performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 438]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nThe winners of round one went through to face members of the top 16 in the second round between 13 and 14 February. In this round Selby took just over an hour to defeat Matthew Stevens 5\u20131 with a 98% potting success rate and breaks of 65, 64, 133, 80 and 68. Afterwards, Stevens said he was angry with the WPBSA because he had been refused dispensation to remove his bow tie as he was ill with flu, which affected his vision and balance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 492]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0008-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nLee leveled 2\u20132 with Bond but the latter won three successive frames with a break of 68 to claim a 5\u20132 victory. Stephen Maguire achieved breaks of 121, 83 and 111 en route to whitewashing his compatriot McManus 5\u20130 in a match that ran for just over 90 minutes. John Higgins, the 2000 Welsh Open champion, was defeated 5\u20133 by the unranked Higginson. Trailing 3\u20130 Higginson took advantage of an error from Higgins to achieve successive breaks of 68, 50, 60 and 121 and won the match in the eighth frame following a fluked green ball and putting Higgins in a snookered position behind the brown ball.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 652]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nThe 2006 Malta Cup champion Ken Doherty took a 5\u20133 win over Swail from breaks of 49, 79, 116, 47 and 84 with Swail producing two breaks of 87 and a 65 to prevent his opponent from claiming an easy victory. Neil Robertson claimed a 5\u20132 victory against Holt. O'Sullivan began at 1\u20131 against McCulloch until he made a clearance in the third frame after McCulloch missed a ball while 49\u201343 ahead. Breaks of 109 and 53 and a 64 clearance on the black ball gave O'Sullivan a 5\u20133 win, after which he said his playing technique needed improving.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 592]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0009-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nWorld number 7 Peter Ebdon lost 4\u20135 to Harold, who came from 4\u20131 down to take the match to a final frame decider that lasted 38 minutes and ended when Ebdon hit a difficult pink ball instead of the brown ball and conceded. Anthony Hamilton ended a ten match and ten-month losing streak with a 5\u20134 victory over Perry. Coming from 3\u20131 behind at the mid-session interval Hamilton rallied to tie the match at 3\u20133 until Perry won the eighth frame on the pink ball. Hamilton won the final frame decider with a break of 119.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 572]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nStephen Hendry, a three-time Welsh Open champion, missed a frame winning opportunity at 4\u20130, allowing his opponent Woollaston to produce a 51 clearance in frame five and a break of 61 in the sixth. But Hendry recovered with a break of 127 in frame seven to win 5\u20132.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 320]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0010-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nMurphy took 72 minutes to whitewash Cope 5\u20130 and outscored him 556\u201332 in a game which saw Murphy become the first player in the history of snooker to produce four consecutive century breaks (a 135 clearance and runs of 123, 102 and 101) in a best-of-nine frames match and the second time it had been achieved in a major ranking tournament. Dott compiled a match-winning break of 114 for a 5\u20133 victory against Greene and the six-time world champion Steve Davis whitewashed Gilbert 5\u20130.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 539]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0010-0002", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 2\nJudge won 5\u20132 over number 12 seed Barry Hawkins with a game-winning break of 79 to extend Hawkins' record of not winning while in the top 16 rankings and the two-time world champion Mark Williams lost 4\u20135 to Burnett despite recovering from 4\u20132 down. The final second round match saw Ali Carter defeat Bingham 5\u20133.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 368]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 3\nIn the third round held on 15 February, O'Sullivan won 5\u20131 against Selby. He took the first frame by potting the pink ball, made a break of 70 in the second and won the third before Selby compiled a 100 break for a 3\u20131 score at the mid-session interval. A break of 80 in frame five and a sixth frame win earned O'Sullivan the victory. Hamilton overcame Harold 5\u20133 with a break of 120 to win his second game of the season in a match that lasted almost 3 hours and 20 minutes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 529]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0011-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 3\nDavis reached the 84th quarter-final of his career in a world ranking competition by defeating Dott 5\u20133. He built a 3\u20131 advantage with breaks of 82, 69 and 76 that Dott reduced by taking two successive frames. Dott missed a yellow ball shot to a baulk pocket in frame eight and Davis won the match with a clearance to the pink ball. Murphy prevailed 5\u20134 in a 3-hour and 48-minute match against Burnett. After trailing 2\u20130 and 4\u20132, Burnett recovered to force a final frame decider with a break of 104 in frame seven and he claimed the eighth on the blue ball after Murphy missed an easy brown ball shot. Murphy won frame nine unchallenged.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 693]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 3\nIn his match against Hendry, Robertson took a 4\u20130 lead, a period in which Hendry did not pot a single ball in 39 minutes and Robertson achieved a 141 total clearance. Hendry responded to win three successive frames as he accumulated 255 points without reply from breaks of 64, 96 and 83. However Robertson won the match 5\u20133 in frame eight with a run of 51. Robertson said after the match, \"This is first time since then I've had that really hungry attitude back\", and Hendry praised his opponent for his performance during the eighth frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 595]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0012-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Round 3\nDoherty made breaks of 99 and 111 to tie 3\u20133 with Maguire but the latter drew clear to claim a 5\u20133 victory, his first win against Doherty in three attempts. Higginson reached the first quarter-final of his career with a 5\u20131 win over Judge, while Carter recovered from 3\u20130 down to narrowly defeat Bond 5\u20134.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 54], "content_span": [55, 360]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nIn the quarter-finals held on 16 February, Higginson achieved a maximum break in the second frame of his 5\u20131 victory over Ali Carter. It was the first maximum break of his career, the third in the history of the Welsh Open and the 56th in professional competition. Frames three and four were won by Higginson with breaks of 83 and 48 and accrued 342 points without reply. Carter prevented a whitewash with a break of 54 in frame five but Higginson won the match with a break of 104.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nRobertson won 5\u20134 against O'Sullivan in a closely contested match. Robertson went 2\u20130 up with breaks of 135 and 45, which O'Sullivan tied with breaks of 69 and 122 in the following two frames. O'Sullivan compiled a 109 break in frame five as he accumulated 322 unanswered points but Robertson had a reprieve when a button on O'Sullivan's waistcoat made contact with the yellow ball and won frame six. O'Sullivan won a fragmented seventh frame and Robertson took the match to a final frame decider with a century break of 124. Robertston won the match with a clearance and a 74\u201345 scoreline after O'Sullivan missed a straightforward red ball shot.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 708]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals\nDavis overcame Hamilton by the same scoreline to enter the 58th semi-final of a ranking tournament in his career. Coming from 3\u20130 and 4\u20133 behind Davis achieved a break of 61 after Hamilton (leading 46\u20130) grazed the black ball while attempting to pot a red ball in frame eight. Davis took advantage of three errors from Hamilton to complete the match and claim victory with a clearance from the green to pink balls in the final frame decider. Maguire twice came from a frame behind in his match against Murphy before gaining the lead in the fifth frame. He was able to maintain his advantage to win 5\u20133 and complete the semi-final lineup.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 61], "content_span": [62, 699]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nThe semi-final matches held on 17 February were increased to the best-of-11 frames. Robertson won 6\u20133 against Davis and was the first player to enter the final. Davis won the opening frame, with Robertson responding with a runs of 42 and 41 in the second after Davis missed a red ball shot. Robertson drew clear to lead 4\u20131 with breaks of 70, 109 and 79. Frame six was taken by Davis who came from 51\u20130 behind to compile a 54 clearance but lost a disjointed seventh frame to Robertson .", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 545]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nDavis won frame eight with a break of 91 but Robertson completed the match in the ninth frame. After the match, Robertson spoke of his run into the final that saw him defeat three world champions, \"They've won lots of times at the Crucible and countless other tournaments as well so you could say it's been a big week for me, scalping wise. But it'll all count for nothing if I don't keep my focus in the final.\" Davis bemoaned missing a straightforward red ball in the second frame, \"When you do that Neil scores a lot of points. If your safety doesn't work against him there's damage done.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 651]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nThe other semi-final game saw Higginson become the first unranked player to enter the final of a ranking tournament since Terry Griffiths in the 1979 World Snooker Championship with his defeat over Maguire by the same scoreline. Both players shared the opening four frames of the match to level the score at 2\u20132. Higginson opened a two-frame lead with breaks of 66 and 94 in frames six and seven and a further break of 64 in the eighth after Maguire overran his intended position on the black ball while on a run of 48.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals\nMaguire delayed Higginson's win in frame eight but the latter compiled runs of 53 and 57 to take the victory in the ninth frame. Afterwards, Higginson called it \"a dream, totally surreal\" and said he would benefit from the ranking points, prize money and the additional experience, \"This is unbelievable. Before the start I was very nervous because I suddenly realised that I'd got a great chance to do something that was beyond my wildest dreams.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 58], "content_span": [59, 507]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final\nThe best-of-17 frames final on 18 February was played against Robertson and Higginson. It was refereed by Michaela Tabb, who became the first woman in history to take charge of a ranking snooker event final. The pre-final favourite to win the tournament was Robertson, while his opponent Higginson was a 500\u20131 outsider in his third appearance in the main stages of a professional competition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 445]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final\nRobertson won the first five of the six frames with breaks of 98, 76 and 71 as Higginson compiled a break of 114 in the second frame. Although Higginson clinched the seventh frame, Robertson produced a break of 74 in the eighth to conclude the first session 6\u20132 up. In the second session the first six frames were won by Higginson from breaks of 54, 100, 97, 64 and 81 en route to a 8\u20136 lead and outscored Robertson 425\u201349. This left Higginson within a solitary frame of winning the first ranking tournament of his career. However, Robertson compiled a clearance of 92, and breaks of 32 and 59 in frame fifteen to force the match to a final frame decider. Robertson maintained his composure to win the tournament and the match after Higginson missed a plant at the start of the last frame.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 842]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0020-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final\nAfter the match, Robertson praised Higginson's performance and said he had to remain patient and believe in himself despite feeling anxious, \"It was just a matter of getting a chance and thankfully I got it.\" Higginson said he was not disappointed to lose the tournament and revealed he entered the tournament without any anticipation since he was the underdog in most of his matches, \"I needed to win one more match to take the title and if someone had told me this would happen a week ago, I would have sent them for a drugs test. Getting this far is a dream come true.''", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 626]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0021-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Final\nIt was Robertson's second ranking tournament win of the season after the Grand Prix in October 2006. He joined Cliff Thorburn, James Wattana and Ding Junhui as the fourth non-British or Irish player in history to win more than one career ranking competition. The victory earned Robertson \u00a335,000; he moved to seventh in the provisional world rankings while Higginson rose to 40th. The event, according to Phil Yates of The Times, would be remembered for Higginson's performance and praised him for \"greatly enhancing the tournament by so nearly defying ante-post odds of 500\u20131.\"", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 52], "content_span": [53, 631]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0022-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Main draw\nNumbers to the left of the players' names are the tournament seedings. Players in bold indicate match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 36], "content_span": [37, 147]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0023-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Main draw, Final\nScores in bold denote winning frame scores and the winning player. Breaks over 50 are displayed in brackets.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 43], "content_span": [44, 152]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0024-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Qualifying\nQualifying for the tournament took place between 6 and 8 January 2007 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales. Players in bold denote match winners.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 37], "content_span": [38, 177]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0025-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Century breaks\nA total of 31 century breaks were made by 22 different participants during the qualifying rounds of the tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 41], "content_span": [42, 157]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193681-0026-0000", "contents": "2007 Welsh Open (snooker), Century breaks, Televised stage centuries\nThe main stage of the 2007 Welsh Open saw a total of 45 century breaks compiled by 19 different players.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 25], "section_span": [27, 68], "content_span": [69, 173]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193682-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election\nThe 2007 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193682-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, Election result\nThe results saw the Conservatives increase their majority after gaining 3 seats, which they described as an endorsement of their record in control of the council. They gained 2 seats from Labour in Haldens and Hatfield South wards, while the Liberal Democrats failed to pick up any seats. The third Conservative gain came in Howlands ward, where they defeated Green councillor Jill Weston, who had defected from Labour in 2004. Overall turnout in the election was 33.03%, while dropping as low as 24% in some wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 578]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193682-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election, Election result\nAmong the Conservative winners in the election were Hannah Berry and Paul Smith, who became the youngest councillors in the council's history at the ages of 18 and 20 respectively, after a recent change in the law had permitted under 21s to stand for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 62], "content_span": [63, 323]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193683-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Azerbaijan clashes\n2007 West Azernaijan clashes were a series of armed clashes between Iranian security forces and the Kurdish insurgent group PJAK in Iran's West Azerbaijan province. It started with a series of clashes between Iran and the PKK, leading to the death of 17 PKK militants between February 22 and February 24 by Iranian forces. This was followed by an Iranian helicopter crash in Khoy, an incident which was claimed to be performed by PJAK, though denied by Iranians as technical malfunction. The Iranian military launched an offensive the next day which resulted in the death of 47 insurgents and 17 security forces and lasted until March 1.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [28, 28], "content_span": [29, 666]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193683-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Azerbaijan clashes, Offensive\nDuring February 22-24, the IRGC forces have been clashing with the Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in which at least 17 PKK members were killed in West Azerbaijan province.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 230]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193683-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Azerbaijan clashes, Offensive\nOn February 24, 2007 an Iranian helicopter crashed near the town of Khoy, killing 8 IRGC soldiers, including several members of the Revolutionary Guards, one of them being Said Qahari, the head of the Iranian army's 3rd Corps. PJAK quickly claimed to have shot down the helicopter using a shoulder-launched missile, killing 20 soldiers, including several senior officers, during an hour-long battle. Iran, however, blamed the crash on bad weather.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 487]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193683-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 West Azerbaijan clashes, Offensive\nOn February 25, 2007, Iran launched a counter-offensive against the PJAK group in the northeast of Iran's West Azerbaijan province, near the Turkish border. According to Iran's state news agencies as many as 47 Kurdish rebels and 17 Iranian soldiers were killed in the violence between February 25 and March 1, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 356]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193683-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 West Azerbaijan clashes, Aftermath\nIn August 2007, PJAK claimed it managed to down another Iranian military helicopter that was conducting a forward operation of bombardment by Iranian forces. In this crash 5 IRGC soldiers were injured. Iran claimed the crash was resulted due to bad weather in the region.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 28], "section_span": [30, 39], "content_span": [40, 311]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193684-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Bengal food riots\nThe 2007 West Bengal food riots took place in West Bengal, India over shortage of food and widespread corruption in the public distribution system. The riots first happened in Burdwan, Bankura, and Birbhum districts but later spread to other districts. The riots started on 16 September 2007 in Radhamohanpur village in Bankura district.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 365]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193684-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Bengal food riots\nThree villagers were shot dead and more than 300 villagers were injured in riots. At least three ration distributors committed suicide. The State Government suspended 113 dealers and served show cause notices to 37 food inspectors. A Supreme Court of India appointed committee has found wide-spread corruption to be the root cause of the riots.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [27, 27], "content_span": [28, 372]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193684-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Bengal food riots, Causes\nIndia had a public distribution system that was used to distribute food grains to poor people at affordable prices fixed by the government. These food grains are distributed through Ration Shops, to card-holders. Many of these ration shop dealers were also Rice Mill owners, able to control the entire chain of supply. In 2007-08 a worldwide phenomenon of increasing food prices motivated some of the dealers to sell quality food grains in open market while inferior quality grain was distributed through the ration shops. At the same time, a move by the state government to exclude some of the families above poverty line from the PDS system. Faced with increasing food prices, this led to increasing discontent among the masses.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 766]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193684-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 West Bengal food riots, Causes\nIn many places, the houses of local PDS dealers were set on fire and looted in many instances. The threat of violence and public humiliation also led to a few PDS dealers committing suicide. The riots originated from Bankura district in the latter half of the year, soon spreading across many other districts in the state.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 358]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193684-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 West Bengal food riots, Causes\nA report by the commission appointed by the Supreme Court of India found that wide spread corruption and diversion of superior quality food grains caused the riots. The report said studies conducted by the government had shown that 34.9% of rice and 86.6% of wheat meant for PDS got diverted, while 83% of wheat meant for below poverty line people and 60% of rice (the essential diet of the poorest of the BPL families) also got stolen.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 27], "section_span": [29, 35], "content_span": [36, 472]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193685-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Berkshire Council election\nThe 2007 West Berkshire Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of West Berkshire Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [36, 36], "content_span": [37, 275]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193685-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Berkshire Council election, Background\nAt the last election in 2003 both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats won 26 seats and the Liberal Democrats kept control with the chairman's casting vote. However the Conservatives took control in May 2005 after gaining a seat from the Liberal Democrats at a by-election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 48], "content_span": [49, 325]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193685-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Berkshire Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives increased their majority to 20 seats after gaining seats from the Liberal Democrats. Conservative gains included taking seats in Clay Hill, Falkland and Thatcham Central wards to win 36 seats on the council, but they did lose one seat in Thatcham North to leave the Liberal Democrats on 16 seats. Overall turnout at the election improved to 45%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 36], "section_span": [38, 53], "content_span": [54, 417]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193686-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series\nThe 2007 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 25 through 27, 2007 at San Diego's home stadium, John Cunningham Stadium in San Diego, California, and pitted the top two finishers from the WCC regular season. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. San Diego won the series two games to one over Gonzaga and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 55], "section_span": [55, 55], "content_span": [56, 543]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193687-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe 2007 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 2\u20135, 2007 at the Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2, and the championship game was televised by ESPN.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193687-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament\nThe top seed, Gonzaga, won the tournament for the fourth straight season, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 9th straight time.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 54], "section_span": [54, 54], "content_span": [55, 191]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193688-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Dorset District Council election\nThe 2007 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 315]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193688-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Dorset District Council election\nThe 2007 election saw the Conservatives maintain their majority control of the District Council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 42], "section_span": [42, 42], "content_span": [43, 139]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193689-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election\nElections to West Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 41], "section_span": [41, 41], "content_span": [42, 569]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193690-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lancashire District Council election\nThe 2007 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [46, 46], "content_span": [47, 314]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193690-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lancashire District Council election, Background\nBefore the election the Conservatives had a 10-seat majority over Labour, after gaining 3 seats in the 2006 election. 19 seats were being contested in the election with the Conservative leader of the council, Geoff Roberts, being one of those who were defending seats. The election was seen as mainly being fought just between the Conservative and Labour parties, with the Liberal Democrats only standing in 2 wards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193690-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lancashire District Council election, Background\nThe Conservatives were expected to remain in control of the council and were targeting the wards of Scott and Wrightington where Labour only had small majorities.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 58], "content_span": [59, 221]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193690-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives held control of the council after making a net gain of 1 seat to have a majority of 12 over Labour. They gained the seats of Scott and Wrightington from Labour, but lost Bickerstaffe back to Labour. Overall turnout in the election was 31.5%, down from the 32.2% recorded in 2006.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 46], "section_span": [48, 63], "content_span": [64, 361]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193691-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lindsey District Council election\nElections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat Party held overall control of the council after what was seen as a straight fight with the Conservative Party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 292]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193691-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lindsey District Council election\nThe election in Scotter ward was decided by the toss of a coin which the Conservative candidate won.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 43], "section_span": [43, 43], "content_span": [44, 144]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193692-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Lothian Council election\nElections to West Lothian Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Councillors remained in post until 2012.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 34], "section_span": [34, 34], "content_span": [35, 597]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election\nThe 2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [47, 47], "content_span": [48, 317]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\nAfter the 2006 election the Conservatives controlled the council with 34 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had nine, there were five Independents and Labour had one seat. 16 seats were to be contested in 2007, but on 21 April 2007 the chairman of West Oxfordshire District Council, Conservative Keith Stone, died. As a result, the election in his ward where he had been standing for re-election, Carterton North East, was postponed until 21 June.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 513]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background\nFor the 15 seats therefore contested on 3 May 2007, the Conservatives had 14 candidates, both the Liberal Democrats and Greens had 11, Labour had five, the UK Independence Party had two and there were two Independents. 11 sitting councillors sought re-election, with these including the only Labour councillor in West Oxfordshire, Eve Coles. There was no contest in Alvescot and Filkins ward, with Conservative David McFarlane being elected without opposition.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 59], "content_span": [60, 520]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives made a net gain of two seats to win 10 of the 15 seats elected on 3 May. This took the Conservatives to 35 seats on the council and a majority of 22. The Conservatives gained three seats in Witney, in Witney Central, Witney East and Witney North wards, to win all five seats contested in the town and meant that only one councillor in Witney was not Conservative, independent Peter Green who had been elected as a Conservative. However the Conservatives lost a seat in Carterton South to the Liberal Democrats by a single vote.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 610]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nDespite the gain in Carterton South the Liberal Democrats dropped to eight councillors, after losing two seats in Witney and received fewer votes than Labour in Witney. Labour retained their only seat on the council after Eve Cole held Chipping Norton by 163 votes. The number of independent councillors was reduced to four after the election, while overall eight of the 11 councillors who stood again held their seats. Overall turnout at the election was 38.22%, reaching a high of 51.12% in Charlbury ward.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 573]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives won a further seat in the delayed election in Carterton North East on 21 June, which was held for the party by Norman Macrae with a majority of 296 votes over independent Paul Wesson.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 266]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193693-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result\nThe above totals include the delayed election in Carterton North East.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 47], "section_span": [49, 64], "content_span": [65, 135]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193694-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Somerset District Council election\nThe 2007 West Somerset District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and independents gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [44, 44], "content_span": [45, 313]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193694-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Somerset District Council election, Election result\nThe Conservatives dropped to 13 seats, a net loss of 4, and fell behind the independents who became the largest group with 16 councillors. Conservative losses included defeats in the seats of Alcombe East, Old Cleeve, Porlock, Quantock Vale and West Quantock, but they did make some gains, including in Watchet where an independent lost a seat. Both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats lost a seat, to only have one councillor each. Overall turnout at the election was 46.9%.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193694-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Somerset District Council election, Election result\nFollowing the election independent councillor Keith Ross became the new leader of the council, taking over from the Conservatives, with Labour councillor Simon Stokes becoming deputy leader.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 44], "section_span": [46, 61], "content_span": [62, 252]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0000-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team\nThe 2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team began play on September 1, 2007. The team was coached by Rich Rodriguez until he announced on December 16, 2007 that he was leaving West Virginia to coach the Michigan Wolverines. The head coaching position remained vacant after his announcement, with assistant head coach Bill Stewart serving as interim head coach. Stewart was then named head coach on January 3, 2008, after leading the Mountaineers to victory in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl over the #3 Oklahoma Sooners. West Virginia played their home games on Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [45, 45], "content_span": [46, 675]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0001-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Preseason, New uniforms\nWest Virginia unveiled a new gold uniform with blue stripes design for the season. The tops have been featured with both blue and gold bottoms. The uniform is currently being featured as the alternate home uniform. Running back Steve Slaton sported the uniform when he attended the 2007 Playboy All-American honoring at the Playboy Mansion at the beginning of the preseason wearing it with white bottoms.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 475]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0002-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nWest Virginia started spring practice on March 5. Mountaineer fans got an opportunity to get a first look at the 2007 football team during the annual Gold-Blue Game, which was held at Mountaineer Field on Saturday, April 7 at 12:30\u00a0p.m.. The offense won the contest 58\u201330, with the only touchdown being a 46-yard pass from Adam Bednarik to Wes Lyons. Backup running back Eddie Davis produced the most impressive performance.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 498]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0003-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Preseason, Spring practice\nThe major goals of spring practice were to improve the defense, find a solid backup for running back Steve Slaton, and work out the inexperienced class of receivers. The Mountaineers also needed to replace the center position, where All-American Dan Mozes left as a senior, and the guard position.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 371]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0004-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Preseason, Recruiting class\nThe Mountaineers received 25 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 7, 2007. Florida all-purpose back Noel Devine created some controversy when he reported to the news that he had chosen West Virginia over Alabama. But on National Signing Day, Devine never signed his letter of intent, saying that after having a talk with mentor Deion Sanders, he decided to wait to see his SAT scores. He was most likely going to pursue a prep school season, then return to the recruiting scene for 2008. Noel then received word he had passed his tests, and so signed his LOI to attend WVU. In the preseason, Devine was named one of the top 10 impact freshman for 2007. An additional recruit, LB Pat Lazear, was signed on February 16, 2007.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 813]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0005-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Western Michigan\nThe Mountaineers put up the most points since 2001 against Rutgers (80\u20137 win) when they defeated the Broncos 62\u201324. Pat White put up two rushing (97 total yards) and two passing touchdowns (196 total yards) while Steve Slaton rushed for 109 yards and 3 touchdowns, while also catching a 58-yard touchdown pass from White. Freshman sensation Noel Devine scored his first touchdown of his career, while also rushing for 44 yards. Darius Reynaud had 92 yards receiving on 5 catches. The team wore traditional blue jerseys with gold pants", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 79], "content_span": [80, 614]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0006-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Marshall\nThe Mountaineers traveled to Huntington, for the first time in over 90 years and got off to a slow start in losing 13\u20136 at halftime, but Steve Slaton's two touchdowns and 146 yards helped the Mountaineers pull out the win to capture the Governors Trophy. Pat White went 13 of 18 for 149 yards and two touchdowns, also rushing for 125 yards and a score. Freshman Noel Devine rushed for a touchdown and 76 yards on only five carries as well. The team wore all white uniforms", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 544]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0007-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Maryland\nFreshman running back Noel Devine stole the spotlight from Patrick White and Steve Slaton as he rushed for 136 yards on only 5 carries. Slaton rushed for 137 yards and 3 touchdowns, while White had an off day of 95 yards passing and one rushing touchdown. This marked the 4th straight win over rival Maryland. The team wore white jerseys and blue pants", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 424]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0008-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, East Carolina\nThe Mountaineers had their most complete game of the season as they almost pitched a shutout. The Pirates scored with less than a minute left in the game against the second-team defense, but the Mountaineers only allowed 160 total yards on the day. Pat White went 18 for 20 (90% completion percentage set a school record) for 181 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for two more scores. Steve Slaton rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown, which tied a school record for most career rushing touchdowns (42). Darius Reynaud, who played with a shoulder injury, had two touchdown receptions and a 64-yard run. Linebacker Mortty Ivy helped the defense out with an interception and a forced fumble. The team wore all blue uniforms", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 800]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0009-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, South Florida\nIn front of an expected record-breaking crowd at Raymond James Stadium, the Mountaineers were defeated by the #18 South Florida Bulls. WVU committed 6 turnovers during the game and starting QB Pat White didn't play in the second half. The team wore all white.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 76], "content_span": [77, 336]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0010-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse\nThe Mountaineers rebounded in a big way by trouncing the Orange to win the Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy despite losing quarterback Pat White to a chest muscle strain and running back Steve Slaton to only 69 yards rushing. The team wore traditional white jerseys with gold pants", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 71], "content_span": [72, 346]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0011-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State\nThe Mountaineers jumped to an early 28\u20130 lead by the end of the 1st quarter and cruised to a 38\u201313 win. This marked the first game for the new gold jerseys, which were worn with blue pants", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 80], "content_span": [81, 269]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0012-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers\nRutgers was expected to perform well against West Virginia, since the Scarlet Knights had previously beaten #2 ranked South Florida. Steve Slaton led the way with 3 rushing touchdowns against #25(AP) Rutgers in WVU's 13th straight win over the Scarlet Knights. Ray Rice rushed for 142 yards breaking a Rutgers school record for most 100+ yard games. The team wore all white", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 70], "content_span": [71, 444]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0013-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Louisville\nBy halftime West Virginia had a 21\u201314 lead. Louisville was able to take advantage of the Mountaineer's mistakes(WVU had 3 turnovers and 11 penalties for 116 yards) and were able to spark a comeback but West Virginia broke the 31\u201331 tie when Pat White ran for a 50 yd TD with a little over a minute to play. Brian Brohm was intercepted in the final seconds of the game ending Louisville's attempt to tie the game and send it into overtime. The team wore all gold uniforms, and most of the crowd also wore gold.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 583]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0014-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati\nFor the second straight game West Virginia made a double-digit second-half lead interesting by coughing up the football. And for the second straight game the Mountaineers were able to hold on for a victory by defeating No. 21 Cincinnati 28\u201323 to keep its Big East title hopes alive. Pat White finished the game with 295 yards of total offense, rushing 27 times for 155 yards and two touchdowns and completing 13 of 19 passes for 140 yards. Sophomore safety Boogie Allen recovered a Cincinnati onside kick to save the Mountaineers' win. The team wore white jerseys and blue pants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 653]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0015-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nWest Virginia rushed for 517 yards(415 of which came in the second half) and clinched their 5th Big East title with 66\u201321 win over UConn. Pat White went 9/13 passing for 107 yards and a TD, as well as rushing for a season high 186 yards 16 on carries and 2 TDs. Freshman RB Noel Devine also added 118 yards on the ground with a TD. Steve Slaton also went over the 1,000 yard mark on the season for the 3rd straight year.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 495]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0015-0001", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Connecticut\nThe win clinched the Big East automatic Bowl Championship Series berth, and coupled with the previous day's upset over then #1 LSU by unranked Arkansas, put the Mountaineers in a position to play for a berth in National Championship game with a win over rival Pitt the next week. The team wore traditional blue jerseys and gold pants.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 74], "content_span": [75, 409]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0016-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nWVU entered the game against Pitt as 28 point favorites to win the 100th Backyard Brawl and earn a berth in the BCS championship game. The Mountaineers, however, could never get their high-powered offense going against the Panthers and were hurt by fumbles, missed field goals, and ineffective performances by Steve Slaton and Pat White, the latter of whom missed part of the game with a thumb injury. Pittsburgh, starting their backup QB Pat Bostick, was equally ineffective at moving the ball outside of the play of LeSean McCoy.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 605]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0016-0001", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh\nTrailing by one possession late in the fourth quarter, West Virginia twice had the ball in Pitt territory, with both drives ending in Pat White being stopped on downs. The final Pitt possession saw the Panthers run the ball out of the back of the end zone for a safety as the clock expired, ending WVU's National Championship hopes.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 73], "content_span": [74, 406]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0017-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma\nWVU entered the game as 7-point underdogs to the #3 Oklahoma Sooners, who were thought by some to be the best team in the country. Former head coach Rich Rodriguez had recently taken the head coaching position at the University of Michigan, leaving West Virginia with interim head coach Bill Stewart. West Virginia halfback Steve Slaton was taken out of the game early on with a hamstring injury, leaving the Mountaineers with freshman Noel Devine. West Virginia scored early with two field goals by Pat McAfee to take the lead, 6\u20130, into the second quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 643]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0017-0001", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma\nSam Bradford was intercepted by Mountaineer safety Quinton Andrews early on, but the Sooners bounced back with a field goal to make it 6\u20133. However, fullback Owen Schmitt led the Mountaineers to their first touchdown on a 57-yard run to make the score 13\u20133. Oklahoma returned with a field goal to make it 13\u20136, but West Virginia ended the first half with a pass from their star quarterback, Pat White to a wide-open Darius Reynaud for a 21-yard touchdown to make it 20\u20136 at halftime. Linebacker Reed Williams won the Defensive MVP award, while backup linebacker J.T. Thomas recorded 6 tackles.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 678]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0018-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma\nOklahoma came back in the second half early with a field goal, followed by a goal line touchdown run by Chris Brown. The Sooners went for a 2-point conversion after the touchdown, but Bradford's pass was incomplete, leaving the score at 20\u201315. The Mountaineers answered back with a 17-yard run by Noel Devine for the touchdown to put the Mountaineers up 27\u201315. The Mountaineers scored again to end the third quarter, this time on a 30-yard reverse run by Darius Reynaud, to put the Mountaineers up 34\u201315 going into the fourth quarter.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 619]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0018-0001", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma\nThe Sooners scored early again, off of a Bradford pass to Quentin Chaney, but yet again failed a 2-point conversion attempt. West Virginia continued to roll however, as White hooked up with receiver Tito Gonzales for a 79-yard touchdown pass to put the Mountaineers up 41\u201321. The pass was the longest play in West Virginia school bowl history. Oklahoma scored again on a Bradford pass, this time to Juaquin Iglesias, but this time kicked the extra point to make the score 41\u201328. The Mountaineers sealed the game with six minutes left on a 65-yard touchdown run by Noel Devine, his second score of the game.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 691]}} {"id": "enwiki-00193695-0019-0000", "contents": "2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma\nThe West Virginia Mountaineers totaled 349 rushing yards in the victory. Pat White totaled 176 yards and two touchdowns passing while rushing for 150 yards. Noel Devine rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, while Owen Schmitt totaled 64 yards and a score on three carries. Sam Bradford recorded 242 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception passing for the Sooners. Allen Patrick rushed for 82 yards on 14 carries, while Chris Brown rushed for 50 yards and a score on 16 carries. Quentin Chaney grabbed 4 passes for 129 yards and a score while receiver Juaquin Iglesias returned seven kicks for 195 yards.", "metadata": {"title_span": [0, 45], "section_span": [47, 84], "content_span": [85, 713]}}